Arizona republican., 1919-07-22
WATER USERS TO
 INSPECT CEMENT
 PLANT PROPOSAL
Council Votes for Associa- ton to Enter into Manu- facture of Cement--Board of Governors Delays Ac- ton Until Complete h. vestigation Is Made

The board of governors of the Water Users association temporarily settled the matter of the associations entry into the cement manufacturing busl- ness yesterday afternoon by voting unanimously to make an investigation of the localities where cement material may be obtained in the valley, and or the present plant of the Phoenix Fort land Cement company. Pending the inspection the board of governors LOOK no action on the council of the associa- tion's recommendations that the asso- citation enter into the manufacture ot cement, amending the constitution for the purpose, and the councils proposl- ton authorizing the board to submit at shareholders election the matter Of the associations purchase of the present cement plant in the valley
 Yesterdays two meetings, that of the Water Users council in the morning and of the board of governors in the afternoon, were the latest develop ments in the movement to have the water users association enter into the manufacture of cement for the use ol l the association and it's members incl | dentally providing a cement supply al home which could also be used in the | road building program in this county.
 Took Up Cement Matter
 The meeting of the council yesterday morning found 20 members present just enough to take definite action b1 a two-t thirds vote. The meeting wa called to act on the recommendation O 1 the county highway commission Una 1 the water users buy the present ce ment plant and incidentally supply material for the. county's great roat work project Frank R. Stewart acted as chairman pro tempore of the meet ing in the absence Of chairman M' | Phelps.
 Eugene Hackett. member of tn county highway commission, explaine' to the council the commissions reasons for recommending the taking over ant operation of the cement plant by tn water users. He explained that tn commission would require about S00,00 barrels of cement on it's road construc tion program. and told of the unsatis factory results obtained in communi eating with cement dealers outside thi district.
 He then told of the great saving o the taxpayers money to be effecte by a cement supply at home, and eX plained that the commission itself ha no authority to enter the cement manu featuring field, and that it was eQuafl impossible, for political reasons, fO the city or county to attempt to manu facture cement. Mir. Hackett adde that this consequently left the Wate Users as the logical organization [ begin a local cement output by the pur chase of the present plant nea Phoenix.
 Council Votes to Buy Plant
 The result of the councils meetin yesterday morning was the passing c a resolution by the council to amen the constitution of the association, au thcriZing it ito purchase or otherwfs acquire. own and operate cement plant to acquire cement deposits and to man ufacture cement for the use of the as ; sociation and to sell cement to il shareholders for use on their farms. 2 cost. and to it's shareholders and other for any useful purpose. for profit"
 The proposed amendment was az , proved by the council and recommend
 ed to be submitted to the shareholder
 of the association at a special election at an early date. The original vol on the resolution was IS for and against, but the two nays later change
 NLtH fONC u 6INC biiC iC4dAoAN0 NFfN
 thirds majority
 The council also adopted a resoll . ton authorizing the board of governor ? to submit to the shareholders propt sition to purchase the local cemel ) plant. and to put it in operating shap : at a cost not to exceed s150,000. g Governors Were Skeptical { If the council of the Water User T | aSsonia+ion UaS decidelv in favor of il
 associations purchase of the ceme = plant and entry into the cement man a featuring business, the board of go
 ernors of the association were more r 8 served yesterday afternoon, ending Q | meeting by taking no action on t , councils recommendations, pending il e vestigation.
 Y During the two hours of discussio
 the board of governors talked over t
 cement matter from every angle. T
 prevailing sentiment of the meetil $ apparently was not particularly again
 entering the cement manufacturil business or against buying the ceme y plant, but against taking any acti ; without first assuring themselves tn II the move would be wsie one. Several members of the board we e frank in declaring that they We
 against buying the cement plant = manufacturing cement until they we d sure that the plant was worth buyiI l. that the price was not eXorbitant a @ that the association could manufactu e cement without entailing, an operati y cost greater than it could afford. Mel a bers of the board were also conserv n ---------------