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130 stories matching cement
- The County That Wanted to Make Its Own Cement
The man who found immense cement deposits near Cement in 1901 is organizing a local company to build a 300-barrel mill—and promising cheaper cement for Stevens County.
- Cement Plant Rumors Swirl as the Metaline Rail Extension Stalls
Company officials deny reports of an eight-mile I.W.N. extension to Metaline and a $125,000 water-rights deal, even as a cement plant remains likely.
- A Million-Dollar Cement Mill Is Coming to the Pend Oreille
Backed by Lehigh Valley cement men, the Inland Empire Portland Cement Co. buys Sullivan Creek water and mineral rights and promises a 2,000-barrel-a-day plant—once the railroad reaches Metaline.
- Cement Truck Takes a Dip
A delivery driver narrowly escapes injury after losing control of his truck, sending it—and 60 sacks of cement—into the Columbia River.
- The Fight for Safer Streets
Walla Walla's decaying wooden sidewalks are proving hazardous, prompting a push for modern cement alternatives.
- A Cement Plant Rises at Sullivan Creek
Crews push a 15-acre cement works, a 70-foot dam and mountain reservoirs—and bring in a diamond drill to test coal and lead.
- Blasting Beneath 14th and A
Contractor C.D. Elmore is drilling into cement gravel to carve out a new foundation for a downtown landmark.
- Sullivan Lake to be Flooded for Power
The Inland Portland Cement Company plans to raise the lake level by 40 feet, submerging government timber and a squatter's homestead.
- Caught in the Cement Pipe Works: A Lonely Cry for Help
A worker’s clothing snagged in the machinery at the Columbia Valley Cement Pipe Works. Alone and unable to cut the power, he called out—and a neighbor ran to save him.
- The Battle for Sullivan Creek
A high-stakes legal fight over water rights and industrial development reveals the tension between speculative land-holding and the growth of the new town of Metaline.
- Waitsburg’s Miller Expands Operations
Local business owner A. M. McCoy upgrades his mill with an electric motor to increase production capacity in the face of rising demand.
- Railroad's Right-of-Way Bill Comes Back at $6,000
A Colville jury rejects a $30,000-an-acre claim from the old Jordan cement plant and hands the Idaho Washington Northern a costly but smaller condemnation verdict.
- Firefighters Save Lumber Yard from Train Sparks
A rapid response prevents a major conflagration after engine sparks ignite a pile of posts.
- City Jail Expands Capacity for Homeless
With winter's chill settling in, Tacoma installs bunks to replace cold cement floors for the indigent.
- The Town That Owned Nothing: Metaline's Squatters Fight Two Companies for Their Own Ground
Fifty residents of an unsurveyed Pend Oreille River mining camp petition the Spokane land office for a federal townsite — after a silver-lead company and a cement-clay claimant both tried to patent the ground out from under their homes.
- The Future of Construction in Lynden
A local factory is revolutionizing building materials by cutting curing times from a month to a week.
- The Crumbling Sidewalk Scandal
Taxpayers are fuming as newly laid city cement walks crack and crumble, revealing a lack of oversight on public works contracts.
- Crumbled Infrastructure Uncovered After Four Years
A city commissioner reveals that a $17,000 sewer project installed four years ago was completed without cement in the pipe joints, necessitating a costly overhaul.
- Thirty Thousand Volts Killed Him. The Wall Brought Him Back.
A Seattle power-plant hand was dead for fifteen seconds in 1909 — until the shock hurled him into a cement wall and the impact restarted his heart.
- The Rise of Artificial Stone
A local entrepreneur transforms Lynden's construction landscape with a new concrete block plant that promises to revolutionize architecture.
- A Sidewalk Battle on G Street
Property owners spar over mandatory concrete upgrades in the face of recent plank-walk investments.
- The Sidewalk Tax: Who Pays for Seattle’s New Pavement?
City Engineer Thompson reveals the staggering costs of replacing wooden walkways with brick and cement, sparking debate over who will foot the bill for urban improvement.
- City Leaders Form 'Improvement Society' to Push Paving and Sidewalks
A new civic organization unites the Chamber of Commerce and local business groups to demand better roads and permanent cement sidewalks throughout Tacoma.
- The Guggenheim-Morgan Industrial Play for Tacoma
A proposed $20 million expansion of the Tacoma smelter and a new fleet of ships aim to cement a copper monopoly on the Pacific coast.
- A River Harnessed: Metaline's $350,000 Power Plant
Sylvester Engineering wins the contract for a 10,000-horsepower development on Sullivan Creek, with surplus electricity promised to the Metaline mines.