Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . was used in the construction of the Arkansas River bri-dge. In1874 the cement was used in the Kansas City, Mo., water work?,where the reservoirs built in that year are still in excellent condi-tion, after twenty-four years of constant use. Owing to improved machinery, the cost of the cement has been re-duced, in the last few years, till it is now about seventj^-five cents abarrel, free on board cars, at the factory. The product of the millsis used by
Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . was used in the construction of the Arkansas River bri-dge. In1874 the cement was used in the Kansas City, Mo., water work?,where the reservoirs built in that year are still in excellent condi-tion, after twenty-four years of constant use. Owing to improved machinery, the cost of the cement has been re-duced, in the last few years, till it is now about seventj^-five cents abarrel, free on board cars, at the factory. The product of the millsis used by nearly all the railroads throughout the State, and theshipments to other markets are very large. The conditions of the hydraulic cement industry in Kansas duringthe year 1899 were practically unchanged from those of 1898. FortScott is the only place at which hydraulic cement is made. Herethere are two plants that were in active operation through a greaterpart of the year: one owned by the Fort Scott Hydraulic CementCompany, and one owned by the C. A. Brockett Cement combined production for the year was 140,000 barrels, with a. 87 KANSAS. value of forty-five cents per barrel, giving a total value of $63, was, therefore, a slight decrease in the production of hy-draulic cement as compared with that of 1898. For some reasonthe market does not seem to demand very much hydraulic following table shows the output in barrels, with value perbarrel, from 1888 to 1899, inclusive: TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT AND VALUE OF HYDRAULIC CE-MENT PRODUCED IN KANSAS FROM 1888 TO 1899,INCLUSIVE. ^he figures from 1888 to 189C. inclusive, are based upon the Reports given by the U. S. Geological Survey. Year. Barrels. Price per barrel. Value of output. 1888 40,000 $0 75 $ 30,000 1889 150,000 70 105,000 1890 150,000 70 1891 140,000 69 97,440 1892* 110,000 69 77,000 1893 60,000 35 21,000 1894 50,000 50 25,000 1895 140,000 40 56,000 1896 125,567 40 50,226 1897 160,000 40
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