The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-01
A New Cement Plant Is to BE
Located Near Carlyle.
Capacity Will Be 5000 Barrels
and 900 Brick Daily.
BUILT BYLUMBERMEN
The Concern Will Be as Large
as Any in the West.
Have Gas and Oil Rights on
Three Thousand Acres.

lola, Kan, Aug. ALLEN county will
have another cement plant. A deal was
contaminated in Kansas City this weel
that will make the building Of the ce-
ment plant possible. The gas and oil
rights on three thousand acres were
transferred from the individual owners
to the cement plant promoters.
1t will be built by big lumber men
from all over the west and will be
known as the Lumberman's Portland
Cement Company and Mandatory of
Brick. The plant Will be located on the
Joining line of the Sawyer and May
farms, one-haIf mile north and one
quarter of mile east OF Carlyle.
The plant is capitalized at $500, 900,
and organized under the state laws of
Kansas. BY organizing under the laws
or this state the plant was put on a
more solid ground than if organized I'M
der the laws of any other state.
II will be built in the valley between
what are known as the Edgar and Maize
Mills By locating there, the shale and
rock can be lowered to the plant where
1t Will be ground into cement without
power The hills are naturally con-
structad so that the cars will run right
to the plant without being propelled by
some power as is used in other cement
plants in the west. The rock for this
plant will be taken from the Maize hill.
while the shale will come from the Ed
gar hill. The site Of the plant was well
located in that the Santa Fe tracks pass
the site. This will give them transport
tation facilities.
The capacity Of this plant will be 5000
barrels daily. This means that the plant
Will be as large as any in the west and
Will be so constructed so that the ca
pacity can be enlarged if it becomes nee
essary to do so. The brick plant that
VIII be constructed in connection with
the plant will have a daily capacity of
1000 brick.
A lumber YARD and a brick plant will
run in connection with the cement plant
The surveyors have already surveyed
the site for the brick plant and arrange
merits have been made for construction
work to begin within the very near fu-
ture. The lumber yard will be put in at
once also.
S F. Gritzner of this city was the orig
tnal promoter of this cement plant He
discovered through E. s. Slough, also of
this city, that J. r. Dunlap and w T.
Woods owned gas and oil rights north of
this city near Carlyle and that r. A.
Edgar. who lives in Carlyle, and for
n1erly was local agent for the Santa Fe
was getting gas leases. He immediately
went to the men and proposed the build
ing of the cement plant. He then learn
ed that Mr.. Edgar was promoting a
cement plant through the Santa Fe pro-
moters. He got his capital together
and bought this land from Mr.. Edgar
and Mr. Woods and Mr. Dunlap before
the other promoters could take any ac-
ton After the preliminary steps were
taken Mr. Woods Mr.. Dunlap and Mr.
Edgar, together with z. S. Slough sue
ceeoed IN interesting other men who
owned the gas and oil rights so as to
make the cement plant possible
The deeds for the gas and oil rights
on the 1ollowing farms have been trans