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Guqrcrntccd to mcol or cxcccd rcquircmrnb ol Amcricqn Society lor Tcrting Matoricls Spocilico' tions lor High Ecrly Strongth Portlcnd CencnL cr wcll ce Fcdcrql Spccilicctions lor Ccmcnt, Port' lcnd. High-Ecrly-Strrngrth. No. E-SS-C-201c.

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(28 dqy concrele atrcngthe in 2l houre.)

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(Besult ol compound compoeition cnd usuclly lound only in epecicl cemenlg designed lor thie purpose.)

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(Extremely sevcre auto-clqve lest resuhe consistently indiccrte prccticclly no expcnsion or conhsction, thug elimincting one ol noal dillicult problems in uge ol c high ecrly strength cement.)

PAGIED ItI MOISTUND. PROOT GNIIil

PAPDR SACI

(Users' cssurqnce ol lresh etoclc unilormity ond proper results lor concrete.)

Conrtruction Activityin Fcbruary

Construction activity during February l95l exccede<l all previ<ltts February records, the U. S. l)cglartment of l,allor's llurcau of Labor Statistics an<l the lJuilding Materials I)ivision, U.S. I)epartment of Contmerce relxrrted jointly. 'fhe total value of new constrttctittn llut in place ant<lttnted trr rrearl.v $2 billion, 22 lterccnt tnore than the lieltruirrl' 19.50 total. Nearly :rll tyl)es of strtlcttlrcs rvcrc lrcing lruilt in larger volunre than a ycar ag(), irrclu<ling homes, factories. st()res. oflice lluil<lings, chttrcltes antl schools, as well as high\\rays, sewer ancl water facilities. and of course, military and naval installatior.rs.

The total value of privately-6nanced constrttction put in place during Iiebruary rvas $1,545 million,22 percent altove F'ebruary 1950. Dollar volume of industrial ltuilding'rvas almost doul>le the year ago rate. Cotntuercial building was up by alnr<lst 60 percent. l'rivate residential building, up by a fifth, was valtted at $8rr4 million and accountecl for 57 percent of total private outlays for neur constrttction.

l'ublic construction expcnditures at $435 million, u'ere also 22 percent above February 1950.

T. M. (Ty) Cobb, of T. M. Cobb Company, Los Angeles, r,vholesale distributors of R. O. W. \\rindon.s, returned recently from an air trip to Detroit, rvhere he attended a meeting at the main office of the R. O. \\r. Sales Company. He was gone a x'eek.

DWr'vo boca rticking to our Lnit' ting qll wiatcr waiting lor thr wecther to clccr, wctching lhc ritutrtion in Korctr cnd lirtening to all thc dopc cbout the cco' nornic and intcrnctional rituqtionr, trying to leeP lniliag cnd rewicing our cuttonorr, in order to obtcin ihe uratericl theY nce& It hsr been tough-but there ir tr ccricin rcrtirlactionthat wo hqve been ablc, in nogt cq.a., to deliver the kind ol lunber you need in your buri' neat.

We don't trlecn to be Pctting ourselvel on tbe bcck-but there ig q difference in the lum' ber we peddle and the rervice we render-this difference beilg -we lqle tr Personcrl interest in YOUR REQUIREMENTS be' cquse in the eud lhe wholesaler cnd the retcriler hcve lhe lcme problemr.

Now thct Eqgter is iust 'round the corner we hoPe the worry ol lullilling our commituronis legseng with the clecring ol the weqther cnd the loosening ol the tight car situqtion-so thcrt cll of us ccn look torrcnd NEW HORIZONS during the aummor months checd.

We leel we hqve "whct it tckes" to properly gervice Your cccount -so why don t You give us cr ccll and let ue try?