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concrete building. In general, warmth and dryness
depend on insulation. Even without the aid of in-
sulating materials, concrete is a poor conductor of
heat, and when used either with
insulating mem-
branes or by providing dead a)r spaces in walls pos-
sesses ideal insulating qualities. Both of these
methods of securing insulation are easily car-
ried out with concrete. The usual inside fin-
ish of furring, lathing and plaster furnishes the
necessary insulation to prevent condensation of
moisture on the walls and provides added resistance
to the passage of heat or cold. No moisture passes
through dense, well-built concrete. Concrete build-
ings are easy
to
keep warm in cold weather and com-
fortably cool in warm weather.
An exceptional degree of
security against loss
of life from tornado, earthquake and explosions is
provided by the practically indestruct’ble monolithic
concrete structure. Many cases are on record where
concrete buildings have successfully withstood the
effect of these destructive forces. The San Francisco
earthquake and fire, the Baltimore fire, the munition
ship explosion in Halifax Harbor, the Fergus Falls
(Minn.) tornado, earthquake In San Domingo and
Guatemala, and numerous other similar examples
testify to the great resistance of concrete buildings
against destruction or serious damage by the forces
of Nature. Life and property are truly conserved
by such structures. Their occupants have the as-
surance at all times that they are enjoying the high-
est measure of protection against personal injury
and loss.
Concrete and Cement Plants.
Demopolis, Ala. —Gulf States Portland Cement
Co.; reported to erect $2,000,000 plant addition;
daily capacity 2500 bbls., increasing cement output
to 3500 bb’A
Charleston, S. C.—Carolina Portland Cement Co.,
Joseph S. Hanahan, Secy., 1 Broad St.; increased
capital to $2,000,000.
Blacksburg. S. C—N. W. Hardin, Mayor; in-
terested in organization $1,000,000 company;
build
Portland cement
plant.
Regland, Ala.—Geo. E. Nicholson of N:
cholson
Construction, Co., Commerce! Bldg., Kansas Cfjty,
Mo.; organize company to mfre. Portland cement;
overhauling plant; develop stone quarry 5 mi. from
quarry; instating crusher; proposes daily production
3000 bbls. cement.
Chattanooga, Tenn. —Signal Mountain Portland
Cement Co., Geo. P. Deicikmann, Mgr., Demopoh's,
Ala.; build plant with daily capacity 3000 bids, ce-
ment and increase to 5000; purchased site at foot
Signal Mountain, 5 mi. from Chattanooga; purchase
include 600 acres limestone land; contracted for
coal from nearby coal mines.
Birmingham, Ala.—Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
has secured 400-acre site at Tarrant City, in suburbs
of Birmingham, and will erect cement plant; tract
has large deposits of limestone and dolonite; initial
unit of plant w 11 have capacity of 1,000,000 barrels,
and other units will be built from time to time; cost
of plant, $3,000,000. Construction will begin at an
early date.
Birmingham, Ala.—Marquette Cement Mfg. Co.,
Chicago, contemplates erecting cement plant in the
Birmingham district; situation investigated by John
(I Barker, assistant to the president of the company
who has secured, it is reported, options on several
desirable sites.
Foreign Trade Opportunities.
Where addresses are omitted they may be ob-
tained from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Washington, 1). C., and at the branch of-
fices of the Bureau, 315 Custom House, New York.
N. Y.; 629 Federal Building, Chicago, 111., and Asso-
ciation of Commerce Building, New Orleans, La.,
and 310 Custom House, San Francisco, Cal. For
convenience in filing, please use seperate letter sheet
for each trade opportunity request.
33391.—A commission
agent in POLAND desires
to secure an agency for the sale of machinery, heat-
ing plants, plumbing supplies, castliron /articles,
cement, erences.
33448.—The municipal board of a city in AUS-
TRALIA desires to purchase cast-iron pipe, 4 to 12
inches; steel tubes, Va-inch to 4
inches, for water
service; and 10,000 barrels of Portland cement. A
copy of the conditions of contract and schedule of
quantities and prices was forwarded and may be
examined at the Bureau or its district office. (Refer
to file No. 13103.) Quotations should be given c. i. f.
and e. Austrailian port. Payment to be in
pounds
sterling against receipt of merchandise.
33548.—A commercial
agent with branch offices
and agencies throughout the NEAR EAST desires
to secure the representation of firms for the sale
of structural
iron, builders’ and other hardware,
References.
Important Industrial Consolidation
The Austin Machinery Corporat‘oll of Chicago
and New York lias announced the consolidation of
the F. C. Austin Machinery Co., Inc.; the Linderman
Steel & Macine Co., the F. C. Austin
Drainage Ex-
cavator Co., the Toledo Bridge & Crane Co., the Mun-
icipal Enginering & Contracing Co., and other large
manufacturers of kindred lines with plants at To-
ledo, 0.; Muskegon, Mich.; Winthrop Harbor, 111.,
and Woodstock, Ont. It is further stated that the
combined energy and capacity of these organizations

'll be devoted to mass production of a complete line
n-in-* i"d pomrAo mixing machinery to
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TH E CONC R E T E AG E
October, 1920.

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