Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-15
CUR|TY QUARRItS
AID MILL INSPECTED
Nv. crothers and officers Of Gem
pany Come Here and Are Trans
ferred to Berkeley Plant.
- The 1Norld al SATURDAY:

ferred to Berkeley Plant.
ON The World Of Saturday:
Officers of the Security Cement and
ime Company and about fifty
svited guests including Governor
rothers Of Maryland and other state
ficials and members of the Maryland
sood Roads Commission and promi-
ent consumers Ct cement and other
products of the Security company left
baltimore this morning on train No.
SIS and arrived here before noon to-
Xiay. They occupied three cars at
tached to No. So. The cars were
Xtraasferred here to the Cumberland
Valley and the party was taken toI
Berkeley, where the stone plant OF the
company is located arriving there be-
fore moon.
An inspection of the plant there
was made and the party left about
1870 for Hagerstown where they were
taken to the cement plant of the
company for an inspection. They left
Security at 4:30 and will be due IN
Baltimore over the Western Maryland
at Z o'clock this evening. Luncheon
was served during the run from BIER
kelley to Hagerstowa.
The stone plant of the company To-
Gated at Berkeley Station is said TO De
the finest crusher plant in the world.
Everything about the place is COM
nlete and those interested in the pro-
ducts turned out there were no doubt
much interested in what they saw.
The Security Cement and Lime Co.,
whose cement plant is located at Sc
curity. has just been awarded co1-
tract to furnish the District OF Column
bia Security Portland Cement for its
entire requirements for one year,
commencing July 1st, 1911. The esti-
mated amount needed is at least Co.
900 barrels.
The Company secured this contract
in competition with practically all
the well-known brands manufactured
in the East, the Engineers and Com
missioners of the District waving in
that clause in their proposals which
requires cement to have been success
fully used under similar climatic con-
ditions for three years before 1t will
he eligible for use in the District. In
order to waive this clause an exhaus-
tive examination of the use of the ce-
rnent on various works in this v1cln-
ity was deemed necessary, and the
Following experts were sent to vlslt
tn plants and laboratories, and to
thoroughly investigate thu quality and
use of the materials:
M. c. Hargrave, Par. Agt. and Prop
erty Clerk of the District of Column
bia, Washington, D. c.
Asa E. Phillips, Chief Engineer
Sewerage Division Washington, D. G.
Capt. Marks Brooks, Asst. Engineer
Commissioner, Washington.
DR.. S. W. Stratt9n, Chief Bureau
of Standards, Washington. D. C.
Capt. s. s. Hunt, Asst. Commission
er Engineer U. s. Capitol, Washing
ton, D. C.
David Lynn, Asst. Commissioner
Engineer u s. Capitol Washington,
ID. C.
Capt. Warren T. Hannah, U. s. En-
gineer Office, Washington, d. G.
R. J. Wigs, Asst. Chief Bureau Of
Standards, Washington. D. c.
Frank Upman, of Harding & Up
man Architects, Washington, D. G.
After three weeks investigation by
these gentlemen the contract has
been awarded to Security. 1t would
seem that no. stronger testimonial
could be given as to the quality of
its material. The company is Latur-
ally proud of it, and feel it will inter
est the community.
The officers of the company. which
has it's Offices in the Equitable Build
ing in Baltimore, are: Loring A.
Cover, president; Charles Warner
vice-president; Harry B. Warner, sec
Rotary; Horatio w. Whitridge, as
sistant treasurer. The directors are
Douglas H. Gordon, Samuel c. Ro-
land. DeCourcy w. Thorn, Richard
N. jackson, William c. Noting and
William @. Robinson, all of Balti-
more.
What They saw.
The trip includes al inspection of
the lime plant at Berkeley with a
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