The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-04
EN- TERP RISE
GRO WING
in OGDEN
FEW PEOPLE AWARE OF AMOUNT
OF WORK BEING DONE.
New Plant for Production Of Hollow
Plaster Bloeka Located at
21st and Wall.

Within tho past few months there
has sprung up here In ogden thirty
Ing. progressive industrial enterprise.
unheraIded and without knowledge OF
even the small majority of business
men Of the city But there has been
no lack OF real businesslikc activity on
the part of those interested in the
proposition, which promises to be a
factor in building circles of this city
and tributary sections.
The institution referred to is a fac
tory for the production of hollow plas-
ter blocks for the building of the Sui
Ivan patont flreproof wall and parti-
tlon, an invention by J. d. Sullivan, A
former Ogden contractors, with whom
ls associated Judge A G.. Horn OF this
city. The new plant Is conveniently
located near the D. & R. G. tracks, at
Twenty-nrst street and Wall avenue,
where work has been rapidly progress
year, turning out a supply of the
building blocks for which ready mar
kct is awaiting
in this new method of producing
iircprool building material, the whole
scheme sccms-to have been worked
out along lines Of utmost simplicity.
the machine moulds in which the hol-
low blocks are cast being arranged as
10 turn out the finished blocks in per,
feet uniformity and with remarkable
rapidltv. Al the local plant. fivc Of
these casting machines have been In
stalled. In the center of the factory
building a track. the same as used for
mining purposes, has been laid and
the machines set on specially designed
four wheeled trucks. facilitating the
handling of the blocks before and af-
ter the casting Each machine con-
slsts Of 32.lnch square steel box, IL
inches high. inside measurement IN
which tho stool dividing plates are ar
ranged according to the width OF
blocks. and then wood cores for the
shaping Of the hollow space are placed
at the proper intervals and the metal
mesh reinforcement lined up on either
side. The mould is then ready for the
pouring In of the material. q compost
tion consisting chiefly of finely ground
cnlcincd gypsum mixed with an inter
laclng hemp fibre Sufficient water is
used In the mixing to reduce the plas-
ter to a thin creamy solution. which
is poured into the mould and allowed
to set for period of about Is minutes.
when the end and side gates of the
machine are taken of and the blocks
removed 10 a table where the wood
cores are driven out and the product
stacked for drying
The one important feature OF Sulli,
van blocks Is In the method OF con
structing them into a wall, wherein
they differ from any form Of cut stone.
terra Gotta. concrete blocks. brick or
other sQuare-edged block material.
The regular blocks. 80 inches In length
and Il inches high. are made with
semi-circular indentcd ends four per
pendicular air spaces aud solid cen
ters, In placing them in the wall the
bottom tier is aligned and sealed at
tangent onjS by pouring the same plos-
tic material OF which they are made
Into the cavity created by the abuttcd
indented ends. thereby creating
bond. that Is. makes every joint n
solid. The additional tiers overlaid.
breaking joints at center. and the same
process followed out so the wall when
completed forms solid piers, with in