CIHM Microfiche Series (i\/lonographs) ICI\1H Collection de microfiches (monographies) H Canadian Initituta for Historical Microraproduetion* / Inititut Canadian da microraproductions hiatoriquaa 1995 Tachnical Mid Bibliographic Nuns / NoMi nctiniqiMS tt biblkigrilihiqiw! Tht Imtituu lAi'- »i JS> .^>1?1. '^'^ \S \% ^^j^m PROSPECTUS Ti<« NATIONAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO. I'M.d IIOIIKI.I.KII rX I'OI.'Tr.ANI) CKMKVT .. OKBMANIA ThI I, ■'""''"'■""'■''""••"UK HllllTl.AVnCKMEMT 'I"H|{ NATION A r. Portland Cemknt Co. I"'"r|iuralf,l l,y l.,.,ler, i'.,tfnt u,.,lcr tin- Cval S.-.,l "f lln- I'rovinci- iif Onuir o (n-Mcr,ii OtVui's : Tukomo. Ont. U'urks : l)i kii.xM, Ont, CIaimiai. Siol - - - _ c, „„„ „ *•! ,000,000 In 10,000 Shares of" 5 100.00 each \\ . h. ( u\\ MAM, "•'""'"« °'""'" '■' I" l'""l.nJ IV™™, I,,.. J„ ,.„,„. , "iiriiKki Ml Kkchmk, Cx-Nr.lM'., ".r, l„„|, l)„r|,,,„. 0,11, I' W. SlANH.M I,, M..l.m.l.o.,T,..,.„l,..Ont. ' ^. K. Ma, I.ARKv, M.l.,, Slraircnl, On, Pr..ij™, A p. ^'YL;;^;.,<^';^p;'i.ici,„..co.. Li„,i,.j, BAkt-(tW Cl'MlIFkt.ANlJ. Vi.e.Pr,,,J,-„l Ni,,„„r., N., lB;„i.,n C l\>r..(iU). Ont, HANKKKS: The .Slandord is.n„k „f Cana.l.,, TMruril,,, A U D IT O H : J»s. 1'. Langliy, Charterd Accmntanl. Tirunu,, SOMCITCKS- Wake, Lash & Ca«l,, I'mkcr,.,, .V Co„k,. Address nil ci.mriiunicalii.ns Ki THE NATIONAL PORTLAND CKMKNT CO., U, Telephone — Ma 1 JoSo. Cor. King and ^■ mis 4 ttn,t 5 Janes Huildine, ongc Streets, Toromo, Om ellit«rtt,i-.it..f.\i;ii, >i T II K iii.j.clM 111' The Nntiunal Ptirtlnnd Cement Co., Limited, MM .•x|ii.»»,i| l,y tlj>' bie.rs I'ntiMit, are (.> iiiiiiiiiliirtiii-B, liiiy, "Oil iiiiil i.llii-rwisi' .1™! in I'lirtliind (^■iiii'nt, til OHM. purcliiiMiv or liusa marl i>r dMiieiit iiinl fliiv liiml. il('vel ami iji'iiiiii;; in cpmriit |ini|>(M'tii's, willi llioir |ii<«IiiHm nml siidi ntliiT thiiit's r< iiiity hf uevmnnry "!• I'oTlv.Tlil'lll til its liimilU'SS. 'I'liis I'oiik it |mlpli>.lii-.'. It will tri'nt l.rlclly tin- siil.- jiTt .if I'ortiiiml (;(;miMit, ilir i|iialitv iiiirl .|miiitit_v «if rnw iMUtiiMiil-., iiml till- factory to l.c constriicti-.l. it will ako tniii'li on niciclern adaptations in the um' of ci'nii'nt, illustmtini' Iftti- devi'lopmi-nts, and sn;,'i;fstini,' in a plain, honest and siMisilile manner tlm fntnre possibilities for the cement Imsiness. 'rills Company oilers a woinlerful opportnnilv for investment, one that will ec|uul or surpass in earning; powers the ;;reat industries of the world, and one that will lie safe, sure and permanent. A earefnl study of the whole ipiesthm cannot result in anything hut favorahlc and important ileductions, ami a ronclusion that the j^rentest |ios- sihle henefit will he olitained hy investors in this enterprise. The properties intended to he utilized hy The National Portland Cement (^o. consist of about eijjht hundred acres of marl and clay lands in the viciidty of Dnrhain, Ont, a };reat deal of which is advantaijionsly located about two hundred feet alrove the level of the factory site, which renders it practicahh to transport the material by means of the com- pressed air system, or otherwise, to the factory clieaply and conveniently, and nni -onx analyses show the deposit to be . liiM llrtt'clu^s iHlii|i]riTi)_' t'lu'ilitii's. nixl .^pet'itil an»luii to nil pitrls ot' till' rutintry liavi' aln-iujy I'ueii si'diml t'r'»ii tlu* trAru|H>i'ti)tii>ii codiiiuiii'-, Portland Cement TIIK liiitiny of luitural or PK-k niiit-nHtlM |>n..luft "f an iinpuri' liiiifHtoiu-, onin|)osi'*.s (it'tinitt' |n-opoitioii-^, hnintl in tin- imtivr statf) i'\tfii«U l)a('k nearly tVmr tliouftun*! yours to iIk- tiin*' of till! K^jyiitiftiiM.anil tlirou;;li tlu' Huccfi-.lini; a^ji-^ nmny Hnl.^tan tin) strnctiirf>< wtTc mu-tfl tli.nfroin, Init it was not iinfil iStf-t tliat t) man nmni-il ApsdiiLuf Ket'ds, V(nk- sliiru, Kni^land. niann- facturtMJ liv mixing antl truutiii^ iiiurl aii)><-H<'«l Aith ft tl)im-f hIiiiuIiih Iht^ ttri'at m)ti1ii V. and ixTniiiiii'Dri) in ['enifrit V)n--tni<-tli)ns. U lii- bitttled ttie dr- eli'iiieiit-) of limi- tor nlrietfen poii- and -liowf hut a -iiiKle will, on calcination, prodoca theflnoat Brads of Portland Cement. D The avenge percentage campaeltlon of the marl !■ ae follows :■ Sand Sllloa(SI 02) Alumina I AI-2 03) Iron Oilde (Fe2 03) Carbonate of LUne (Ca Cai) og ug Magnesia (MgO) ,54 Siilphurin Anhydride (S 03) Xone 0.4U 0.70 Trace 99.08 Clay la a decomposed orthoclase feldspar, consisting chiefly of silica and alumina, with smaller proportions of the oxides of Iron, lime and magnesia. For the manufacture ot PortiamI Cement, these proportion. must l« within certain definite limits, and the silica must be In a state ot chemical combination, or what Is known as '• soluble silicate "and not In the form of free sand. Careful and exhaustive analyses of the clays submitted show tliat they include all of these very desirable nivilitki, while free sand is entirely absent. I have also nia" '» o"l»«n. of our ton that foot doop, oM la or aufflclont oSinfrr?!. ." • "■"•""« '■•001 loontj to alKtr daj .111 fo.- ooiJuJlo! ««.pti«.- or tha factorr !lta. .hlch Jill ™JSf- .? '"hundrod foot abovo tha loTtl ra. ■.t.rlalo. w.t.r po..,-! .inlKj "iL""?,? ">»'■'"«>■ o^ln.tlon of our • top. .or. l™dl..oirt«Ii *loh Jilii^iS',, f;*' "";"■>« ">olr raporta poTiJr no. knom .. Ih. K.tliS.rpSrtUM cILif J- organlaatlon of tBo Co.- ■00 or our lo.r, ...i.t.a in So ormSrJ.SjSrlr ?:'"?'' '•'»»•''• n-o laMlr* :!:::p?fon°"frS'iL'»;r,:;;;H E Trf~°'-^ '""""''^^ in mj ««7 poaslbl. to thoroughly ln«rtl«f.'5f..P''*F*''Jyi ""* •■•I*' "»•■ of oup ol«liB. ougnAj invoatlgat* our uiiPialB, und th« troth Youp« Ttpj truly. Uoe of the U'titer Powers to bv utilized by The Nalioiial Portland Cement Company. Limited. Power NEXT i>i iMiporUiice to the supply „f raw inateriarco.ne. the .|uestioii of power. I„ ,»auy <■»«■» the abun.Iance ol cheap power has l«eii th« main factor in the imild.ng up of large niamifacturiiig centres, the saving in coat of p<,wer alone enahling manufacturers favorably located to survive competition which has proved ruinous to others It is generally conceded by engineers that a k• Vtnr trulj row*, /M0 Th« aboT.i .III Kliim^ HiiiiriixliiiMt I'nHliiDtluii of I'ui-lliitiil ( Hly llir loUkl I'oiixiuiititiiiii. iiiiiHin^ iiiiil I nt In ('Hniulkoiu'li yi'iir for li'ti >t'arK. Demand and G}nsumption of Portla'nd Cement I HE supply of cement in Canada iloes nut, by any iiiean.^, I approach the deinanil, much less the increasing de- I niand, and as the industry is steadily winning its way forward in Canada as in other countries, there is yet con- siderable room for expansion in the imlustry at home, and its future in this country seems very promising indeed. Tlie imports of l'ortian therefore nearly twenty-two :ime* that of tl'i> entire Dominion of ('iinmlH. In view of the far ){reati>r extent of territory ami the magnituilo nf lmildiii)( and engineering o|)erntionH to he carried on in thin growing eountry, there ix gmxi ri'awm to lielieve tlint the cnnHiitiiptiiin of Portland Cement in Canaila will eventuidly farexceeil that in Oermnny ; for it will be rei'ilily seen that the Dominion of (7anaila emhrueeii tlirongliout a largt! [K)rtion of its territory every facility of aoil and climate culculateil to maintain an immense population ; it has a wealth of minerals, a fine ngricultural country, and profitable fisheries, and with its a;vaileil, and many important engineering works were delayed or su.spen^^^BI ifi E 1 ^m ^H^^^^^^^^^^^^H 1 1 CkMKXT BKinOK OVKK TUB KaNI'AS IllVKU AT Toi-KKA, The Topcka bridge Ih the larKeat cement (^oncreto bridge in the world. It hiix Ave spanti, Ibe cenlre si.aii alone hiiving a clear leiiglh ori25fe«t. For the piirpOBc or saving the wing-Wiill fooiidntioris the roiiatruetlon provides at the ends canti- lever "ingwulls made of monolithic concrete. Thin bridge la of the Meliui Arch eoiistniction. The followinjj instances of actual construction, and articles from recent newspapers, are evidences of the increasing use of Portland ('ement: — Southern California, Cincinnati. Ohio. Pasadena. Osl.. Oak Park III The.8 hou.e« are built iiul of Portland Cement Imbedding expanded metal. ■ RoiiK Tii.n i\D Eaves-Tboi-oti ok Ckment. FROM THK i Apbh, 1900 Cement Dwellings Any obHerver of tmiKliriK operations in t)ii8 city must Imvf bt-en struck by Portland Cenmiit Bidewtilkw. This material In now bt'ln^ UBed for many purposeH. It is rapidly displacing stone, hriclt, wtmd and tt-rra cott^ for dry-docks, fortifirations, locks iind dams, sowers, tunnel,-*, kcrh walks, fireproof doors and cvtm factory cliinmeys The piL-rs carryiuK two of the elevatcil railwiiyn of Chicago are constructed entirely of concrete. The IlUaois Central Itailroail uses concrete for its hridKcs, piers, abut- ments, retaining wails, culverts and other it. provenients where stone and brick were fonnerh' "sed. The extension of its use to the construction of dwelling houses i- ut a step. At the present time Detroit parties are Ketting ready to build cement residencen on the Cass Farm. The cost of these houses will be from ao to i5 per cent, less than houses of stone or brick and they have the advantage of Iteing more tire-proof than either of these materials. For Instance, a brick and stone house costing 3H,000 can be built of the material for »6.()00. The cement building can also show architectural effects in ancient and modern Htyles at nmch less cost than stone carved by hand. The enaction of these houses on the Cass farm will be an event in the history of Detroit buildings and will lie regarded with great interest. Cement and Cngineerind Peroo PDBLISHBD HONTHLV Portland Cement T!ie manufacture of Portland Cement Is well eHtahlished in the United States. The American product is iu every respect equal to tlie European brands In strength, fineness and duraliility and with a demand far in excess of the output. The American system of manufacture yiele«era, tanneU, c.iUert», toun.latlons for om,„ hnlldliim. breakwater., kwb walk™, retalni„K w«ll» for wharvm, i-oncrete plli„g hrldw-, over rlver« and public highway.. Md.w.lk, kHrl, an.l gutter coi,: .traction, barn Boors, Br-proof fl,»,n., roof »hii,|de. and tllc« ; factory chimney, .r. being con.tructed entirely of coomte, some over l.-W) f..,-! high Pipe, for w»t«r service In cltlc, mill ra.e. und water-wheel hon. lug tre*ch.rou« earth cut. along the line of railways are being coven.l with coDcn.t... Heservolr. for city water .upplles, fodder silos, grain elevators 18) feet hl«h and a) feet in diameter are In u,e in Europe and n"", 1 "^f' ^■™"'""' ■""""■''■ '"f*''^^ >"» '•™""r '"on erected at IJulutb. Minneiota. Concrete engine beds have almo.t entirely displace.1 stone and brick. The pier, carrying two of the elevated railways i„ Chicago are constracled entirely of concrete, while the New York and London underground rallwajs will consume many millions of harrel. foundation, for street pavement, are coming In very eitenslve n>e Con. ?";;■ r'7"* "° '^'"^ "mftruoled In many cltlc. In Europe and the I nited State., Irrigating flume, and canals u.e large qunntitle, of Port land Cement and tlie proposed Nicaragua Canal will consume main million, of barrel.. The Illluoi. Central Hallway, extending from Sioux City, Iowa, to New Orleans, l,a.. u.es concrete tor Its bridges, jiiers, abut, lents, reUinlng walls, culverts and other Improvement, where stone and linck have heretofore been used, and thl. example Is Iwlng followed bv many other railways. The railways of India, Ceylon and Egypt erect their .latlon. and approaches to the same out of concrete. In Germany 40 per cent, of the burnt clay roofing tile has been substituted by concrete tile durlnir the past ten years. Concrete railway ties are coming Into use In Europe and Oriental countries, and are being trleoorly ei|uipped ujills in this country are too well known to require publication here. Germany, u cement exportin}; country, witli most of its product still manufactured under the old crude and extravagant system, lalmrins also under the disadvantages of sharp competition in prices, heavy export shipping rates, coupled with the payment of immense duties and tariffs in order to sell her cement in foreign markets, all of which tend materially to decrease the mrning power, has always made handsome ilividends on her cement properties, as is shown l.y the table on page 2S, taken from the auth.ntie report of the Thonindustrie Zeitung of Berlin, Germany, relative to the dividends paid in 1H1I« and I8d in IHUI, and Incorpiirated nnder tli< lnwii of llii< SUlii at New York. Th« ComiNiny hnx t»t>n doing It vrry proHUblt' inialniH, and lixl wrelc ll« Ktaik nold at II7U for tlUl ■hura. DfCAtur Kvtning Jtmrnat, April, IIHNI. Large Earning! The Kr««i* liuiiiii-NB of the Ararrlcaii (Vmi-ril Cumptuiy of IMiUiiilcljihIa, for the four monthit endlnK March 'M, ahown an Ini-reaae of IH por wnt. over the correapundlnR iwrloil of liiat year. The buliinw sheet ahowed a aurplaa of i|ulck lusc'tii over current llaldllllea of »i4a.(J00.-C«m«i< and Engineering Newn, May, UNO, It will be uiiiierstood that the above mcntioneil American plants wore working umler seriims disadvantage.s which will not be encountered by The National Portland Cement Company, Limited, as we liave no limestone rock to blast, mine, transport, grind, etc., all of which is an expensive proce.ss. On tlie other hand, our raw material is lound in its native resting-place in a condition ready to deliver directly to the mill for immediate mixing and burning, without any expense of preparation whatever, and when it is understood that the plant of The National Portland Cement Company, Limited, will be equipped with the very latest improved machinery, instead of the old crude and expensive system of manufacturing, and that the material will pass througii the entire process of manufacture without the aid of human hands, it must certainly appear even to the most criticizing and conservative business man that the cost of manufacture will ')e greatly reduced, and that the profits and earnings of The National Portland Cement Company. Limited, should at least e.|Ual the earnings ot the mills referred to. Taking into consideration and estimating simply the amount actually saved by our splendid system of munufac- turing, together with the amount saved in preparing for mixing and burning, by reason of the natural condition of our raw material, we find it impossible to figure the profits even as low as the highest indicated by any of the factories above mentioned. From the foregoing, and from the mo.t coBwrv.tive e,timat«, we .ro e.,title,l to ti.e conclunion that the e«rnin« of the Nafunnl Portlu,,,! Cement (Company, I,in.it«.l,.l,o,:ld he far In .xctM of that of any othar mill In axlitanca to^ay. With .«,r ln.le»triuail.l. natural rev.i.rces, perfect eco- nonncal p„we™, plant „f th. very Ust po«,ible mechanical e|.ii»al|,\ lliii...il, , i.mii.li.Biil aiilil Urlof 71 IIioikIwv. N ^.. -.iy« - "I'mirnl roiiiri'li not ■■nil l> riiiirhlPMriiranlK In ll>i ■liir>l i> nnil »MI !■« iiii.'. hi uihllrlun !■ il. ihinihllilr, ilii< tli««'i»«l known n^iiliTlnl. If n'K.'^l \,y inarlilnrry Ihp walk „r s '■ulldlnii cannahulll f^.r llli'»nt» l,.„ |hr luM.' I'lil lh«n onliiuin hriili w.ik." Mil- muaruni i.r Sl.inf^^nl I iiImt«II,\ . I'lilifiirnln, will W Hip inii-l lmp.^rliint vdlllr i ilie yronnd 11 will U. :«ill frai l.,nK. tlirf^' «l.^rl.> hlKli. /ind llipvnHremrii.'tuiv. wallH. Moor', iind pimf. I. to lir.^l I'orlliinil iVnipnt (■■>nrr«i» iind t«MiMl lp.,n Ckmkm' RK'^mirm km. ■il.i-lltlil, X..I.. ,s|„c,!i^ Kldri.l. \.V.. mill IMroil. Mli " I'nrtlaiKl (Vmenl, one of tli» grritleal I'onKtrurtive materials em plami at the ilisiunnl of i).- iiidiitiTC, !hf iTjiini-.i- and tlw lii!l,ler • C. T.. In Buihllng Xni; Pasiing of Stone Age (IKNKKAI, .T. S. ClARKHON SAYS (' MKNT IS NOW IN DkMANI). "Til.. 8lone !w is passing, and tire iigi' of cumcnt !• upon ns," said liencriil J. S. (jarkson at tlie Andltorluiu jestcrdiiy. " AniiTlian cities an. In the rougli, and tlicj must in tlie npxt few yems bi. cnniplpted «o I Dork foundiitions. relaininif wftllB, abutments, niul piers above slinwn are construeted out of I'urtlHnd remeiil. that they will he safe and sanitary. The work of development will lie donetn great part with Portland Cement. That will lie the material for bridge piers, for foundations of buildings, for conduits, and for the tunnels In wliiih underground tninsportallon will In time be placed." General Claiksoii was formerly the Warwick of Iowa politics, but now he is a resident of Xew York. As President of the New York and 3i I New .IiTM'Y Ilrldxe Company ht is do- ing much work to bring about tlu- rnpid approjich of the feineiit ora of modern cities, in wliicit lie iH'lJeves "Our own crj ing Mvcd for (iimn- tities of ccmi'iit is for U8C In the towerH of our Hudson Ulver l)ridKe, Tlic Hud i> an old linn of the sen. iind 160 fret of silt In de- posited in its in'd. To secure foiindii- tions for the tow- ers we roust sink throuKh this wilt to ro<-k hot torn. Our cais8onN, tho mod- ern Huhstitute for the cofFer dftm, will be tilled up with cement nnd will form the ha^^in of ttic towers. T h e towers themselves, in order to carry the viist sp'in of the bridge, will l><^ thirty fivn feet taller than is the Washington monument, so you miiy imaKine what quantities of cement will be required. " The l)ridge will cross the Hudson River from Weehawlcen, on the Jersey side, to I-'ifty-ninth street, in Manlmlliin. Its span will \>e2,mH} feet long, exactly twice tliivt of the Urooklyn Hrldge, and its ai-ch alive the river 160 feet above hi^rli tide. The bridge will carry eight railway trackM on its lower level, and on the upper roadways, Iriunways, and a bicycle path. Work will he commenced inside of twenty-four days The contract was let at a figure of ;S:i:i,(IOO,(HHI. , " As I .said, cement is taking the place of stone. Our bridge, gigantic Ji'* it is, is but a fraction in the municipal improvements which are under way. We must complete our cities, make them sanitary, safe and finished. In this work i'ortland Cement will be tlie largest contributor. " -Chicago Time^ Herahl, April, UtOO. PittsburR is considering the erection of a tilter plant to cost *2,500,«». or over. The specirication calls for :i;i,a)0 cubic yards of cement concrete in the walls, figured at «I27,000 and L'3,700 cubic yards for the floors and •Irains, figured at |142.U(K). -Cement and Engineering Neu% Chicago. .15 Till- inoiniineiit \» 21 feet high. 14 feet wide, 6 feet ttiiclt. ami cuntanis over Kii tons of Portland Cement concrele. It has 2-J medallion heafl«un>inid the bane iinrt (i full loiiitrh statues above. Tlifl nionunieiit Ifl one mjUiI inaKH witlioiit break or joint, east wliere it Htands t-ntirely fponi Portland Cement and rr.juired lens than three day' chirtelUntj luid dn-sslnK to put It into presentable fortn. 1l lo ...» ,..„_i, „* „i^ptor Warmi sf Cuslnnan, of Betlc Cement will Displace Wood in Buildings Tlic lumber suppl\ of tlie t-ountry in f.int becMiiiinR t-xliausU'd, iind the iM-opIt' will natnniliy be coiiipi-lled to turn lo nomv ^^ubstltuti' pre- si-ntiiiK ilurability eh well n9 clifupni-Bs. rortland (Vmcnl otters un adniirahleHubstitutc, and people itre iK'ginning to realize that inventive genius haw (illVuded them n clear Bolut ion for the builders of tills and future BenenitioiiB. Mimy of the liifffe buildings of the world are made almost wholly of Portbnicl Cement. The Chicago Recorrt. I'EKlsrVI.II M IN TUB UOMAN RkI'KOOI'CTION, HaI-I-S Of TIIK Anciksts, ItepoHiiiction in eeiiient of tlio Roman House of Vettius in the Halla of the AiiciciitM. WawhiiiKton, P.O. This house wa« it niorlel of Roman luxuriance and eIeM:;iiire exhumed at Pouipeii in IWtj. More than one hundred photoKraphs and eolored Iranweripts of tho piiiiiIiug!*ou the walls of Hie i;xhiimeii house, as well as th«Kround plan aud uunieroua crasts of objeets found in the house, arc incorporated in Ihe WashiUKtou reproduction, a partof tlic National Galleries. More than TlMHM) barrels of American I'ortland IVment have been consumed in the CDnstructioii of the (Jreat lSouHi Terminal Station at Itosifui ane>.t, ltn durability is Ijeyond compare, and liecauseof itw undoiihted HUpcriurity >ili()iild he aiiopted for ttli Detroit'^ public work," Buici City Kiinineer Mc('<»rmltk. Mr McCormick ban ccim mnntciU"! to the Hoard of I'uldic \Voik» tlie alw^ve opinion, toKetlier witb tbp con tiiiiiatory Stat lsti^■^uitb the recommendation that the Hoard ask the Common Council to pnividc in the Bpeciticatioiis to be adopted for imvinjr. that none other than I'ortland Cement be usi'ii.--T)etioit Frfp t^resa. The Report of the Bureau of MInee for Ontario states (amouK other tliinKs) that concrete i-- the utreet enKini'er's material for street buildinff, and hift chief reilamein llie making of it is not lloman or any otlier kind of natural cement, but the stronRer and more durable Fori bind. IJullBfonlaine. the American Pioneer in coinerit street imivIiik. Scvattil street* in ttiiH town, some of which tlie atwvc cut* illustrnte, aro iMived entirely with Portland Cemotit. have ttood years of wear without the expenditure of a dollar for ropiiira, ami nre in excellent condition now. The last yard of concrete in the walls of the PInciuemine lock waH laid Nov. 17th. T'lis Io.tl.nd IVrno,,, ,e.m> to !«. i„v,„li„K and dispUutng „,.n, of ll,e uld «1IhI,I>. malerml. u,e,l in lKill,llnKi„n.tiucMon It >..> now ni«d>. anothiT cumiae,! In tmnslorming old frame »truvtun» (ron, »-„od,„ exterior lo ,. Portland (enient ll„l»li. A hulldlnK .o tran.form..d will b,. warmer In winter and cool.r ii. .„mmer. The rat,. „f In.umnci. will be ,ut ,U,wn rlT '■ f,."'1 '""1'^ "'" •"■ '"■"■ ■'■'"■"■ "'■ • »"■"'"■■• »' dwelling- in liUagn that havi- l,een tran.forn,ed In the manner alove indicated with the re«>ilt that the tran.tormatlon .annot be a Krcat f nture for this class of work . —Cement and Engineering .Ve«», Chicago ''" Th.'^',''"'"'''''' I!!"-'"":; '"•'"■'"' '"" '"" """""' """ "■>«■"« THa«. n,.,ir1;?'S"t•l,i'n^arb!/'X^'^f7rrrSdaf'••^"itKs°ft^v^ I (r,ll,,..l m ^ncrclo. IncMhiK beurns to ,u„i,orl « .„ov,.l,k.,.r»„f o( .« Ion. we St. .No 2 Kh m a vic.v or the aliiiplun caiinl. bui t iilonK tlie abrupt iiioiintiUii «!*■ In ronriii„tOic-w..Uirof thellhon,. f„r inollvi, i«,wcr to BriKHes kV tTerl m a ^^^ eai-h'S fVrt'bi^l!''°"'"' "' " ''"""""■ »"*'" "levator at Stra»biirK. iiomaiiiliiK « bins aad^o^rfuC'^JSj^Sri,?' ' '""""• ■""' "' ''"""""■ '^'""""" ■•"'■""'"- """- No. 6 inii«ale» a ii»o for Portland foment onlirely now In ' morlca. but viry Srn TSvii if • ri'1^' •.f"i''t"'"'1 'i? i.H''"'" by the Honni'blque .yntem. Tho 49-St ^"b Babiook S: Wilcox Co. , and employ- eom.nt girdeti of Tlie emwn of the rvNprvoJr \n of ■•oHil ceiitfiit foiicreto. Till- ahort Icni-'li" of «■«- tnont nf> .'er pipe nhuwi) Ri J two or three feet In diAiiinliT smt an> timdi' f n cnnle Dioiildti without ex- pen mI VD niai'tiliuTy aml nt'etl no tmrniiiK but onljr niiituriiikf liy betnit kt'pt wi't for ii few ilivyi*. The lii^^t rut llUiHtratCH a, very reiiinrkitblo trnt iiiiulti ill Jiint', llNHt. hj thi' New York Kxpandcil -Mclat Co.. on a por- tion of tliucomliiil for the JfTwr City wtitrr ■upply. Kifl'-i'n ihiyH ftfttT the M't'tlon htid bt'cii niHde, -'-'> toiin of $tr,t rtiilH ii-rre pilrd On the Ktetion. Thn-c rails wL'iKhins ai)- proxiniatcly a t on wi'ndhfii twiicflrop- Kuil on one end of tlic ladled anh : all thi-> iiriMliiccd only a il«'- IkHMlonof 7-PliiK'h in hulKhl of arch, with a few rraikfi. (Jn re- tnovInK the mile n half month Inter tht arch rrauittfd itn original foi-m ii-illi pntctieiiHu no dtimayi-. Over 80,01)11 harreln of Port land Ctnieiit were nwd In ron- siructlnK the C'love- la n (I Iti'cak >vater, Thi; i-nt showx an antfle of thu Jlreak- waltT, top Hurfave and parflpi't. T h v MarsellleM jetty itx- tendn into the M<-dl- U^rranuan over two nnd n rjuiirtcr iiilhtn ami irt hnllt up from lanfe cement blocks (Inniped Momcwhat proinWtioHxIy Into the >ieii. The Arroyo Ditih Sl Wftter ('o,, of Dowtiey, Col.. huH JUHt HnlHhed a ft milt? cement Humy. Luge Conitructioni '"d,^[ SSX '° I ''"'""■»•"''-• '"• Pr.Hn,ln.r, work „„ ,h. Tr..„. Ihp Oomliilon (iov,rnmeiit in the con.tructlon of «. new lock .t the r™ t , f r.aw««h.r?^,? ■"'•"•'' •i»»'"i'i'""-t- ■» co.,»uni„i I., th. Cumenl work oh Pier at tlie liuliith Ship Canal. The south canal pier at Diilnrh Min» sections. The «p«-^, P..t,vr..„ -he I? ™ t m l ' *'' '" •"•■'"•te M M T*'*' M'*"*'"""!!!*!!. (1111. of Iiiiw.1 auilim Nkv) . l> 4 C^BMBNT Cow H„H^S£"K' ".!""""!"«' portion «nni the HudHon Rh-er wax AlverUsdtt Dam wM bulJt tor lhi. tothoeiiatbank.sillabim',: of thetiionl)' t«iiraiiM " mil thniiiffh them. On ,J«ed concrete whk pi^cti- w«,T,;*.1 (,j the sciinioK -----jot in plat'oH on the down. laffaqi'ARK-CORNBHKn and prac- Qtr Engineer Eriaon Favon Cement Concrete i'lljr Kiiithit'cr Krli-'on. of CIiIkukci. uv*: "Hecrtil Until ti( n-iiicnt cnncn'ta for K<'nentl tonKtnu-lion anKith In coxt nf labor ami in Itx ftiiniblllty . It r)riiklii.vfrii, wlilli- roncrvta tani|M>ni can Im- oMainiil for 9J iH»a daj. I )M>llevi> from :iii to lu per rent In t-Diit ran Im- Havf thn itiit> of i-eint* nl roiH-relf. It in, rlinrfffori-, very prntMihln tliat tlia fijlurt' will »t>e a muth iiiori' exIfiiHlva um> of thin materiul Mian In thv pant."— Cem«n( nntl Snffine^ring Nnrt, Chioaf(o. Interior views in the Pompein, at SnratMcn, N.V., flnorH. walli*. pillars, oapt, arnhitmTec, etc., nil of Portland Cement. Cement Bridge at lUnkakce Th» Cll; Couni'll III KiuikakM. Ill . Ium iiili.|itril iilanii lor • ii-intlil t>rld»« arniw Ih.' Kiinkakri> lllvir. Tlie brldn* Kill Ik »«) liet Iiuik mid *l iMt widi', InehidliiK mi n lo.il nldawut on oiii' aide. It !• to li< a uilld ronrnta lirldK>, wltluiut aUil or Iron Tli.1 Aniirlinn IV nl Co. ol I'lilladalphla, »lll lurnlah I.Mal.lul biineli. of rtiiicnt r.ir the Xi w York IU|ilil Tr.ui.ll .iiliw.y i iinnlruclion. Honatoii ItroN , Thirl; ««mid utml iind I'liBii. 11 II., I'llLbiirK. I'a . will luraUh :«I,II00 liarreU ol inin, m r..i I he o«w IjiiiKhllii luiiiaiaa at l'UtaliurR.-C.'«in«il ami fni/inririni/ Ntm, Chliaco AbuciuuuU, MivIiuH, Ouui-H, raiiiiiKM. ail ol! i'ortiand cefnont. 47 'f lie Columbia, one of the cruitteni beloncrinK to the United StAtes Navy, Ih lined with PortlnndCuiiiont. Thlt material, at tneage of one year, will Rtand a cruHhlng strain uf 220 tons tu the square foot. Bkooklyn, N.Y.., Strbkt R.K. Cunbtrlctiox. Steel Ti\lU imbedded in longitudinal concrete licH. 48 Muan. John Aud & Co., of England, are bulldlnit a dam or barrage for the KgTptlan Govamment at tlio «r«t cataract of tha river Nile, near Asiuan, Egypt,.whlch will con«unie .t.ooo.noo harreln of cement and will co«t tlli,(IOO,(Kn. One thousand European workmen and 2,301 natives are employed on the work under ( ieneral Manager ,Iohn Blue. The dam will be 711 feet high aud the top of the dam will Ixs from .TCI to 40 feet wide, and will be uaed »a a bridge. It will Impound the Rood-waters of the Nile 76 feet above low water for irrigating purpoaCH, from which the Egyptian Government will derive a revenue of t3,0aa,UOO annually.— From Ctmrnl. , The iUuJitrationg on tht« pme give an Idea of the po>wlble variety In arllftcial bulmlnK utoneH and «how clearly Ihi; adaptability of Portland Conu^nt to every concetvable problem Involved in architecture. Kcononir, durBbiltty, and texture of natural Atone, are marked characterlKllog of Eood artlflcial 6tone. Advantages of Concrete Structures J) After STar "''cwC"';:n:,''T '•" """^"'•■' "-' "■'«'• (X) ooncret.; ,2, brick Xtl'" i'' '^"' "/ «'"««' "■•" <«■"«: block. <„u. ™.„. .v»L„^,uictlT„^""^•"' '■'"•'• ''«'''»"<' Sheets 0, fl.m.spre«Iov«-!L!!. , ^° ' ""^ ""^ »"■' »' ""o". fragment.. 1„„ Cm-Td^ "^^ ^ ".rehouwe, ,..t., flew ,„,„ but.heeoncr.t.w.U.H:^^;!':; """"""■"" '■"<"""-<>'""". 4. Anchor rod. mw not required. 5. Art»pt.bmt,u.,Up«i„ble,c^.„.h,p„ ». Tr.„.port.tion without th. „. „, derrick, u both ..r„..n.,, '■ it set. under water. S. Require, no expenw of m.lntenM>efc eon.!"!;'::*"'"' """"'<'"••"'>'»'»««. oh-perper cubic foot th„ iaH«pldityotcon.tnictlon. 11. AbMlutely air and watertight. la Concrete building- - -ooUr i.. .„ than any other. "^ """°'"' ■»" "■»™" In winter '/ The day of ignorance regarding tlie true value of cement and its p«,pe, manipulation •nd application has passed , and the dawn of a new era, the Cement Age. has dispelled an doubts and fears> and to tha« connected with building arts has come the full reaU- Mtlon that the stone of nature has at last met a successful rival.