Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-08-01
About the Orofino Cement Plant.

uOuDlS as 10 cement plant ever Delng
built at this place. Such expressions
have generally been based on the ig-
norance of the persons making the
statements, although there seems to be
disposition on the part Of some to dis
parage the enterprise for no apparent
reason except that certain interests
could,not graft the company to any ex-
tent. BY ignorance Of our people, we
mean that they had no idea Of the mag
nitude Of the work that was being pro-
NOTED, nor the details to be worked
out before actual. construction could be
undertaken intelligently.
The company has gone about its
business in conservative and bust
ness-like manner, and nothing is being
ing promised that is not being per-
formed.
In January Of this year, when the.
stockholders held their annual meeting
and received the reports Of their Off
GERS for the past year, numerous mat
tiers were considered, and the old
board Of directors, composed of G. w.
Peddycord, A. B. Lee, D. G. Munro,
Elmer DesVoigne, C. A. Reid, J. j. Day,
G. E. Frederick and ]. H. Tillsley, was
reelected for the ensuing year. The
officers Of the company were also re-
elected, thus assuring the stockholders
that the work would be continued
along the lines originally laid down,
and to which there has been strict
adherence.
The annual report Of the officers
showed that contract had been let to
Mr.. R. B. Hassan, for the construction
Of the plant, and that he had come to
Orofino and opened his offices, and
that from three to five draughtsmen,
civil and mechanical engineers had
been employed for seversl months pre-
pairing the plans and specifications for
each Of the twenty-one buildings to
be erected on the ground. The stock
holders were informed that the first OF
the permanent buildings that was to be
erected would be the machine shop,
and that all of the machinery for the
shop had been ordered and would be
shipped as soon as the building would
be ready to receive it.
Two temporary warehouses, each
37x72 feet were to be built. and over
100000 had been expended for ma
chinery and equipment for use in pre-
pairing the grounds and excavating for
the foundations for the buildings. The
stockholders were further advised that
no great force would be put on in the
spring until weather conditions would
permit Of excavating and work in the
dirt to advantage.
That the company is working out the
plans made last year, and announced
to the stockholders at the January
meeting, is evident from the way in
which the work has been prosecuted
this lspring. Owing to the continued
wet weather this spring it was imprac-
able to begin earlier than was done,
and, although work was resumed very
late, water is still seeping into the ex-
cavation made for the machine shop.
One of the temporary warehouses,
37x73 feet, is now up and the excava-
ton for the foundation for the ma
chine shop is finished. The shop will
be 4Ox2O9 feet and will be of brick on
concrete foundation. The sand, gravel
and brick for this work are now on the
ground, and work on the construction
will be commenced very soon.
The work on the railroad spur from
the depot to the site Of the plant is ex-
pected to be taken up soon, and it will
be pushed to speedy completion, as all
Of the material for the buildings, which
will be principally steel and concrete,
will be delivered in car load lots at the
site Of the plant.
There are thousands Of yards of
earth to be moved before the actual
work Of construction Of the buildings
can be started, but the arrangements
have been SO made that at a very early
date work can be commenced on other
buildings besides the machine shop.
The buildings will be as nearly fire
proof as they can be built, there being
very little wood in any Of them except
the one with the bins for storing the
material when ground. These bins
will be butt Of two-inch planks, spiked
one on top Of another, until sufficient
height has been reached, the lower
section Of the walls to be Of planks
2x1O inches and the top section to be Of
2x4 inch planks, with 2x6 and 2x8 inch
in the intermediate sections: the whole