The Billings gazette., 1909-12-17
BIG INDUSTRY
FOR GALLATIN
Plant Nearing Completion Is Designed
to Supply Cement to the
State.
Twenty-Five Cement Houses for Work.
men, and Other Buildings Comprise
the Newborn Town of Trident-TO
Employ 200 Men Mt Start.

BOHEMIAN, Mont, Dec. 15.-The big
cement manufacturing plant at Tri-
dent, in Gallatin county, is rapidly
nearing completion and by the be-
ginning of the summer will be ready
TO supply the builders of the state
with the very best of material. Vree-
land & Kain, who have constructed
the cement part of the plant as well
as of many other buildings in the
town, are removing their equipment,
having completed their work. Much
machinery remains to be installed and
some of the steel construction is not
finished. The two big steel kilns are
ready for operation. They are lined
with fire brick and are nine feet in
diameter, inside measurement, by 140
feet long.
The total cost of the plant is said
to be about $750,000, the company be-
ing financed by Butte and Utah capi-
tai. The entire town is owned by the
company and all business is conducted
by it. The "drys" have victory here,
as no saloon is in the place and
none will be permitted. Residences
for 25 workmen have been erected, all
of concrete, besides other buildings.
Everything in the place is of con-
crete. A large and modern hotel is
being built and will probably be fin
ished before spring. Water and sewer
systems have been installed and the
company has just made arrangement
with the Madison River Power COM
pany for the installation of an cleo
tric lighting system.
NO 0f alanf ic oh n,I$
1000 barrels of cement day, but pro-
vision has been made for enlarging
the output to meet the demand. About
200 men will be employed at the pres
ent capacity, and this number will be
increased to about 400 within year
after production begins. There is al
most an unlimited supply of the finest
limestone and good clay for the man
ufacture of concrete. A ton of the
materials was shipped to Copenhagen,
Denmark, and manufactured there into
cement which compares favorably
with the very best grades on the mar
ket. Investigations have led the en-
gineers in charge to the conclusion
that the older method of manufacture.
which consists of three crushings and
two heatings. of the materials, will
give the better results in this case.
Trident is admirably situated with
respect to shipping facilities, the
Northern Pacific running through it's
center close to the plant and being
Just across the river from the Mil
waukee road. The material in the
process of manufacture is handled al
most exclusively by electric power,
and it is expected that the same power
will be used to transport it across
the river until the Milwaukee connects
directly by means of bridge.
The development of this project has
been carried on with care and has
consumed about three years. 1t was
known several years earlier that the
materials would make it desirable
site for such plant, but everything
was carefully worked out beforehand
in order to avoid, if possible, all cost
ly mistakes. The opening up of this
plant will mark the opening of a new
industry for Montana and the extent
of which this industry will be devel-
oped is expected to be formidable. 1t
is expected that the product will be
sold at a price much lower than cur
rent quotations, thus encouraging it's
use in all building operations and in
suring a more durable quality in the
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