The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-20
URUGUAY PLANS
 MUCH BUILDING
Chance for Sale of Construc. tion Materials
 There

The next few years will afford op-
 portunities for the sale of many kinds
 of construction materials in Uruguay,
 according to a report just issued by
 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
 Commerce, Department of Commerce.
 Uruguay is financially solid, it's busi-
 ness is on a high plane, good work
 manship is available, and there is
 steady spirit of progress.
 The biggest single project now be-
 ing considered is a proposal for an international power plant to be erect ed on the Uruguay River by Argen-
 tina, Brazil and Uruguay jointly, with guarantees for the equitable distri- button of power to the three countries
 concerned. On the site being con sidered it is calculated that 2,50o, ,00O,- 900 kilowatt hours per annum could 1 be developed or an energy equivalent to that of 3,000,O00 tons of coal. The project contemp1ates the construc- | ton of two dams, one movable and one fixed, with canals to the power 1 plant. It will utilize a fall of TT feet. | The installation would also open for 1 navigation 419 miles of river which 1 today is inaccessible, and would per l init the inundation of adjoining zones
 which are suitable for agriculture. l Other projects for the development ! l sidered by private persons and cor porations. An official commission has prepared a plan for the irrigation of l a 37,00o-acre tract not far from Mon tevideo, to serve as an experiment and l example. up to the present time, "
 says the report, nothing has been
 done in Uruguay in the way of taking
 advantage of the country's water courses for irrigation and power"
 Fifteen cities of Uruguay are also tc install water and sewerage plants within the next few years, says Trade ? Commissioner w. W. Ewing who writes the report. The pre-war estimates fol l this work totaIed about $15, 900, 900. r In 1916. American engineers contract l ed for the installation of water ant f sewerage systems in three of tn l largest cities in Uruguay at a cost o
 $5,000,000. The work was completed s twelve months before the contrac v date and the bonds have now been re e tired by the Uruguayan Government r It is probable that a part of the ney r work of this nature will be given t = American interests.
 d There is a present need in Monte :, video for a large number of work e mems houses, for at least ten ne7 U business structures, a hotel, an oper = house, co1d-storage facilities, and .- number of factories, the total cost ( e immediate needs in private construc d ton of these kinds being estimated b n architects at $16,, 100000. Within tn y next few years the Government wi l- need new and modern edifces to tn y value of $23, ,00O, 900. The chief irr d ports which this program of construt X tion will require are steel and finisf s ing materials.
 SC Uruguay has local supplies S, granite, marble, porphyry, limestor Tt in limited quantities, and cenen of There is also abundance of exce1lel " clay for brickmaking, but it has h. IS been fully utilized. No clay roofir K tiles or sewer pipe are made in Url f. quay. All fire bricks and plaster SC Paris are also imported. There is of developing demand for many types of construction tools and machinery, ar
 for heating and elevator installation as according to this report, which d, known as Special Agents Series N IS, 1S9, 'tConstruction Materials and M lis chinery in Uruguay" and is sold to the nominal price of 15 cents by u Id Superintendent of Documents, Go to ernment Printing Office, Washingto
 D. c. The report may also be o
 tained at any of the district or c is operative offices of the Bureau KS Foreisn and Domestic Commerce.