MODERN PROGRESS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16356, 4 October 1917, Page 2

MODERN PROGRESS.

', The development of the cement industry* in America has truly 'Seen one of the- marvels of recent years, the output for 1909, totalling '(60,000,000 barrels, an" increase of 55,000,000 barrels in years. This vast consumption,of cement,is solely due to the fact that .the American people have fully, recognised its great value as, a~struc; tural material. Indeed, so thoroughly are they aware of this fact - that m many parts of the country there \J'?h 'been public demand for'the~substitution of cement concrete in the of bridges when official interest or prejudice has insisted on the continued use of a less economical or durable matenal! ' American people have witnessed the--1 construction of huge concrete- dams, capable of holding billions of 'gallons; and'millions of inhabitants pass toland fro under rivers and benea+h. strews great concrete tubes and subways nineh I have solved the problem of congested traffic. Throughout the country, less factories, office buildings, ,w,are'houses. dwellings, schools, and-churches* have been built. Concrete is, and Will ■oe the 1 natural industry of this country. Possessing as we do miles of and riverbeds, containing unlimited quantities of. beaxitiful material suitable for concrete construction," wo>a.£o possess several cement manufacturing works that are thoroughly up to-dnte. Truly it can be said that the cement a<*e is upon us, and those ' who J are desirous of moving with the times are advised when intending to build,, to consult Glue Bros., the simplex hollow concrete wall builders. Address, ' 20 Baker Street. Phone 792. \..- ,*, > -*