The story of Pittsburgh: Cement and concrete

Cement and concrete (Vol. 1, nr. 8)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623277

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239793

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Cement and concrete

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 8

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1921

Scope:: [ca. 18] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Transportation the Neck of the Bottle

Collection:: Economics Books

was about 890 million sacks in 1920. That is to say, the country has never used, at least in any recent year, as much as 709, of its productive capacity. With adequate railroad facilities, there will be plenty of cement to supply the country’s needs. But many people are too complacent about the transportation situation. As business quickens, as general commodities begin to move, as the season progresses and the demand for coal increases, and as farm products move to market, trans- portation facilities become taxed. The railroads, like most other concerns, are not equipped to handle nearly a full year’s business in a few months. It is uneconomical. If too many people wait to order cement shipments until farmers turn loose their products and business in general quickens, it becomes difficult to obtain cars not only to transport cement and other materials from mill to market but to haul raw materials to the point of manufacture. GOOD CARS REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT Cement, under ideal conditions, is shipped in box cars in good order, but in 1920 it was necessary to take what cars could be obtained regardless of expense and inconven- tence. Use of restricted railroad cars, privately owned cars, furnished by customers and by cement companies, stock cars, open-top cars which require the use of tarpaulins to protect the contents and bad-order box cars have to be re- sorted to, as in 1920, when it is impossible to get enough good-order cars to supply the demand. Another means adopted to keep Universal cement mov- ing to its customers in 1920 was the use of motor trucks, involving, of course, additional expense to the company and to its customers. At the Universal plant near Chicago, there were loaded as many as 618 trucks in a single day or the equivalent of 120 box cars. This was at the rate of more than a truck a minute. In 1920, total shipments of cement by truck of the Universal Co. were nearly 10 million sacks. This saved about 12,000 railroad cars in a time of acute car shortage and furnished that much extra cement to the country’s building program.

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