Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-10
CEMENT CONVENTION CLOSES
Peter Palmer is Elected as President
Of Association.
CONVENTION CITY NOT NAMED
Selection for Next Year is Left in
the Hands of the Executive
Committee - Interesting
Papers Are Read,


The Nebraska Cement Users association
brought their convention TO a close yes
terday at the Hotel Rome with the cleo
ton of officers and annual reports Of the
several committees. The following were
elected to serve one year:
President. Peter Palmer. Oakland; vice
president. G. F. Lille. North Bend; secre-
tsry and treasurer. Frank whipperman,
Omaha; board OF directors, C. ]. Tracy Of
Loup City. ]. NJ. Kreiger Of Rising City
and NJ. J. Peterson Of Omaha
The matter Of selecting the next con-
vention city was placed In the hands Of
the board Of directors and this question
will not be settled for some time 1t Is
understood that Lincoln and Grand Is
land both want the next meeting and
Loup City has also extended an invita-
ton. A general tollificaton banquet will
be given tonight at the Hotel Rome and
arrangements will be made for the &C.
eomodation Of about 100 persons. H. C.
Mccord of Lincoln will preside>snd act as
POSTMASTER.
Humphrey Fails to Appear.
Richard L. Humphrey, president of the
National Cement Users association, was
slated to make an address before the
convention. He was delayed. however, and
was unable to appear
The morning session was the most
interesting Of any during the convention.
c. A. p. Turner, father of the Turner
system Of reinforced concret. construc-
ton," addressed the convention on REIN
forced concrete construction and he made
his remarks doubly interesting by the
use Of stereopticon slides. showing huge
buildings In the course OF construction.
The John Deere building here was con-
structed on Turner principles. as was the
Henshaw hotel The speaker told of the
methods Of cement construction and OF
the materials that bring the best results
His remarks were largely technical and
t.'ertained mostly to different qualities
OF construction material. but from the
conventions point Of view. 1t was an en-
tightening feature OF the meeting.
Condra Talks ON sand.
Mr.. Turner was followed by Prof Con-
dra Of the University OF Nebraska Prof.
Condra Is In charge OF the physical
geography classes and is well acquainted
with geographical conditions In this
state. He chose for his subject Sand and
Gravel Resources Of Nebraska"
Nebraska is one Of the best states in
the union for gravel and sand purposes,
besides being large farm state. The
sand and gravel here. is the best possible
for construction purposes and Is easy to
get at These two conditions are the
most important. In many states sand
and gravel must be imported for build
ing purposes. but In Nebraska we find
that It is SO easy to get and Of such
fine quality that we can furnish neigh
boring states with IT,"
Prof. condra thon analysed the various
sands In the state. He said that quartz
was plentiful everywhere and that other
elements that go to make durable sand
are found in plenty.
w. F. Roney OF Grand Island told Of
the introduction Of cement paving In his
city. and he said that thus far cement as
paving material was proving to be highly
successful. Grand Island has a number
of streets that are paved with cement,
and Mr.. Roney says that 1t win not be
realize the value OF cement and pave all
of the streets with It.
The paper on Cement Silo Construc-
tion," which was to have been read yes
terday by NJ L. King Of Ames. Ia. was
read before the convention. Mr.. I. E
Watenpaugh Of Western. Neb., closed the
session with brief talk on The Future
Of the Organization" He said that ce-
ment and concrete was no longer an ex-
pertinent. but a material that is known
TO be an important factor in construction
work. He said that an organization such
as the Nebraska Cement Users associa-
tion does much for the advancement of
scientific concrete and cement construc-
ton, and he said that any advancement
in concrete science that might be made
would be due to organizations such as
the Nebraska association.