Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
UNION DEPOT WILL
TYPIfY COLORADO
Stand as a Monument T. the
State S Industrial keseuFCes
Construction Enfineers Boast Pfacti-
cally All Materials and LabR Are
Homo Products: q Lasting Exh1Dit

Construction of the new union depot
is now well under way and the general
scope of the building can be determined
by those passing in and out Of the old
wings on either side of the new struc.
ture 1t is said when the work il com
pleted the depot will stand as = last
ing monument to Colorado products and
home industry.
All contracts on the building and ter
minals were held by Colorado concerns
and all the material used in the con
struction work was obtained in Colo
rado except those products which are
not made in this state.
For instance, 10000 barrels of cement,
costing 100000 will be required to com
plete the work. This is being obtained
from the United States Portland Ce-
ment company at Concrete, Colo. It is
estimated that so per cent of this money
will be used for labor engaged in taking
out shale and other raw materials used
in manufacturing cement.
Fifty thousand tons of crushed rock
or gravel will be used before the work
is completed. This will come from
Lyons, Colo, and fully 90 per cent of the
cost of getting out the material will go
into labor.
Colorado Enamel Brick.
Fort Collins will supply the red sand
stone and Platte canon the granite.
These two items represent a cost of
$4,000. The common brick all comes
from Denver plants and will cost $22,
600 White enamel and green glazed
brick, costing $500, Will come from
Golden.
1--WE have found that the white enam-
eled brick made in Colorado are better
than any made in the East" said II. A.
Cowan, chairman of the board of engi-
neers. 'We can say the same. concerning
the terra Gotta made in Denver
A large item in the construction of
the building is terra Gotta The total
cost for this product will be SAB 500, and
the Denver Terra Gotta company en-
ployed rs to 100 men in its plant con
tinuously for six months to turn out the
order. 1t required 200 tons of Colorado
clay mined on the Moffat road. Nine
hundred tons of coal mined in the state
was used in burning the terra Gotta. The
molds from which the terra Gotta was
cast required 200 tons of Colorado-made
plaster. Electric power to complete the
job will cost between 5000 and $500.
Plant Built to Hill Order.
The company made a permanent in
vestment OF *ZO,OU III new Dull0lng,
kilns, concrete, lumber, clay, brick and
other material in order to facilitate the
execution of the order. u
Buckhorn plaster from Loveland. Cd
81 900, elaterite from Denver, 800; mar
BILE from Marble, Colo, giving employ
ment to 100 men for fifteen days, slO,
900; mill work on hardwood finish,
$4,000; paint, 1000; elevators, $4,000.
A great quantity of extra material
produced in Colorado will be used to
construct the subway and terminal
tracks. These include ties, $ll 600; steel
rails, $25,OO0; tie plates, spikes, cross
ings, frogs and bolts, 10000; labor on
subways, $4,000; changes in the Six
teenth and Twentieth street viaducts,
$4,000, of which labor is $25, 600.
Engineers consider the station a per-
msnent exhibit of what Colorado and
Coloradoans can do.