The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-08-21
ADVANCE INFORMATION
1914 RED BOOK, BU-
REAU OF LABOR, STATISTICS


Missouri Booster Bulletin, released
for Sunday, August Is.
jefferson City, Mo, Aug. 10
That Missouri has sufficient sand and
gravel for use on lis roads next Tues
day and Wednesday, which days have
been set aside by Governor Major as
The 1914 Good Roads Days" is DEM
onstrated by bulletin from the Blu
rCau Of Labor Statistics given out to-
day by Commissioner John 7. FitZ-
patrick,
During the year 1918, 4,l26.l26
tons Of Missouri sand and gravel,
worth 81, l09,2 were marketed. This
was a decided gain over the previous
year when 3,GS7,3sG tons. worth ST.
OSS,279. was disposed Of without Wis
IDLY affecting the supply of these
road-making and building materials.
/ Probably 100 Missouri counties con-
tain enough sand and gravel to last
rs long as there is life on this earth.
| In addition the lead and zinc concen-
| trating of Southeast and southwest
/ Missouri annually turn out thousands
| Of tons Of chat which is as good n
J road making material as gravel and
/ which is extensively used IN counties
containing the minerals just MENTION
! cd.
White sand, which is so necessary
/ for the manufacturing of plate and
window glass is found in incxhaustiblc
quantities in the vicinity of Crystal
| City and Festus. Thousands OF tons
of it are used annually for the pur-
| pose Just mentioned Beds of gravel
are to be found in nearly every por-
| ton Of the state, especially in the
/ Ozark region. Thousands of tons of
it will be used next Tuesday and
Wednesday improving Missouri's
roads by the large army Of volunteers
who turn out with picks and shoveIs
to improve all highways.
According to the bulletin which was
prepared by A. 7. Edmonston, Super
visor Of Statistics, the 1913 out put
of glass was 1866 tons, worth $91,-
2Si; l32,il5 tons Of holding sand,
worth $4,000; ,5S5, 1853 tons of build
/ ing sand, worth SJ2G,9l2; I24, 583
tons Of grinding and polishing sand,
/ worth S63,69j; "a 800 tons of fire and
furnace sand, worth $ll07G; 21,100
| tons of engine sand, worth 50 700:
2S9,OG7 tons of paving sand, worth
! 500, fJl; i25,2S2 tons of railroad bal
last sand, worth S3S ,G97; 20.S33 tons
of miscellaneous sands, worth $3.50.
, The gravel which was sold for com
mercial purposes amounted to 1863
2O2 tons, worth $500 S3l. This was
exclusive of the several million tons
of sand and gravel which were used
on roads during the year 1913, espec-
Tally on the two good roads" days of
! that year
In rural sections in 1913 large uuan-
| titles of sand and gravel were hauled
from the nearest river beds and used
for constructing good roads without
an account being kept of the quantity
and value. Thousands Of tons of
gravel and crushed macadam have
been used and are being used on the
new State Capitol. This material
comes from the Usage and Moreau
Rivers. Coed road workers with
grit enough to put in next Tuesday
and Wednesday an Mssouri's high
ways will find sufficient grit close at
hand to keep them busy filling all
ruts and depressions and resurfacing
every yard Of the road in the state.
Thousands of tons of sand are TAX
en- annually from the Mississippi Riv-
er at ST. Louis, Cape Girardeau Han
nibal, and from the Missouri River at
Jefferson City, Boonville, st. Joseph,
Kansas City and at other river
points and used for building purpos-
es. So extensive is the demand in
Missouri for sand that very little is
shipped from the state.