, 1922-03-15

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of approximately 100000.
Tie plan to construct an asphalt
plant here WIS presented to tho Md
west Refining company by r. s FL
lison. vice-president " the concern at
the Forum me ing Of the chamber Of
commerce which was held at the Hen
ming hotel Isl night
The forum meeting called for the
purpose of hearing the discussion Of
Development OF Asphalt. n latent in
dustry" by Herbert Daily OF the Ian
department of tic Midwest company.
extended until views on many types
Of pavement were presented 90 the
diners for consideration
Open discussion of the subject fol
lowed motion picture exploitation OF
the manufacture of asphaitic types of
contract which were prepared under
tho supervision of tho bureau which
is investigating road types for the
United States government
The pictures were presented by n.
b. Carpenter who talked of h ad-
vantages of the asphaltic types during
the showing of the picture Many in
~teresting tests wcru shown tending to
prove that the resilient surface OF
asphalt gives a more effective nd
better surtace ron pavement.
Mr.. Daily called attention to the
fact thai Wyoming is ideally settled
in the center OF n group Of states
which lack the natural paving re
sources of this state According to
his statement there IS ample rock
black oils and all materials needed for
asphaltic types of pavement in this
Immediate vicinity
TT IS good business to develop the
VIC have at hand" he said.
and take tho pavement market OF this
district which IS open to Casper
w. S. Kimbau, ST., briefly addressed
the forum telling of Casper's first ex-
p~crience with asphaltic hase oils in
making Tho streets Of Casper passable
before The days OF pavement He ex-
pressed his belief that he black on
fields of Wyoming presented n pos
sibflity of development n that the
oil was equal &c or better than pave
ment oils Of any other part of the
country.
r. S. Ellison, vfce-presddent OF the
Midwest company went into the pos
sibiiity of such a plant in Casper from
the viewpoint of the company. He
said that the tremendous expenditure
would not be warranted unless there
was a real demand for n product
Mr.. Ellison called attention to the
fact that several black oil fields in
many sections of Wyoming were shut
down during the past year of
the overproduction of light oils. He
then explained the refining processes
which he announced would be too
costly to handle heavy oils to take a
small percentage of gasoline and then
turn the resi- of the product over as
fuel oil.
THE failure of the cement construc-
tor on III Salt Creek road" he said
first directed cur attention to as
phaltic types Of pavement n Its pos
sibilities. The company now wan to
try the asphaltic types hat can be
manufactured here under a fair test
and to thus determine the best pos
sfble type of permanent pavement"
He then explained that the cost OF
an asphalt plant in Casper would be
approximately $780, 900. This, he said
would permit opening up new oil de-
posts and would result in thousands
of dollars being paid to the oil opera
tors of the state.
Casper needs a good s~erviceable
highway. Rigid, inflexfble surfaces
like the Salt Creek highway are bound
to d~isintegrate under the strain. This
leads us Il the belief that the resilient.