BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE MARQUETTE CEMENT MANUFACTURING CO. CHICAGO LA SALLE ArT lS6?o i^ie> Copyrighted 1915 Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co. Chicago La Salle WWV^/VWWVVUWWVWVWiWAWrtW Building for the Future T HE progress of mankind may be measured by the structures his brain has conceived and his hand has executed. From the thatched hut in the jungle to the lofty towers of Manhattan, the whole history of civilization is narrated in chapters of wood and stone. From the first, man has built for the future; the great cedar beams in Solomon’s Temple, the sand¬ stone blocks of Cheop’s Pyramids, the massive marble columns of the Parthenon, were chosen because they were at that time the most lasting materials, and at the same time fulfilled the requirements of beauty, that were known to the greatest archi¬ tects of those periods. With the opening of the one hundred years immediately behind us, dawned the era of revolutionizing scientific discovery, and of the great products of the trained minds of scientific men, there is not one more wonderful or essential to life in the terms of today than the discovery of Portland Cement —the living stone. Wood, brick, stone, iron and steel hold their places in the world, and their necessity to mankind is unchallenged, but with the development of greater needs, their faults have become clearly recognized, and in a thousand uses for which they alone were formerly employed, concrete is now conceded to be the only material that meets in every way the requirements of strength, appearance, durability and ease of manipulation. Stone ranges from the poorest grades of soft and crumbly sand¬ stone, hardly stone at all, to the granite that we used to believe was the most lasting building material in the world. Of the thousands of varieties of stone, very few are fit for building 5 purposes. Such as is suitable is rarely found in the neighborhood, but must be transported at great cost, according to the distance. Stone is a product of nature, formed by the tedious, irregular processes that permit of a thousand faults and imperfections. To prepare it for its destined purpose it must be quarried and labor¬ iously chiseled into shape, and even then the most perfect pieces are marred by grain, cleavage, and countless imperfections. Compare with such a material the marble-like concrete; a man- created stone, created for the one definite purpose desired; a substance without grain or blemish, smooth and adaptable as water; shaping itself instantly to the forms that enclose it, curves or angles; this moment a liquid, the next, adamant; then exactly what you want and where you want it. To compare concrete with other materials, such as brick, wood, iron and steel, is obviously unnecessary, and so we may go directly to the discussion of concrete, without further reference to the materials it has replaced in the architectural and structural world. You have heard this age called “The Age of Concrete;” you realize how true is that descriptive phrase. In Chicago a number of buildings have been recently torn down that were erected shortly after the great fire in 1871. That was before the age of concrete, and the buildings erected in that day were little different in prin¬ ciple of construction from the buildings of ancient history. It was a case of broad, shallow foundations and thick lower walls to carry the weight of the upper stories. Height, beyond a certain limit, was impractical; it demanded too great a thickness of lower walls. With the age of concrete came the great changes in construe- tion that its use permitted. Steel frames shot up, rooted to bed rock on the foundations of concrete; concrete encased the steel work; concrete entered in a thousand ways into every building; and the use of concrete permitted the use of other materials impractical without it. Not only the modern buildings, but the entire modern city owes its present development to this living stone. The great sewers are built of it; the tracks of the street railways rest on it— it is the enduring part ol every pavement; curb and sidewalk are built of it. Out on the water front docks and breakwaters are of concrete, railroad bridges, viaducts and elevations are carried by it. The concrete mixer has become so common a sight that you pass it by without a look. But thirty years ago a crowd would have blocked the traffic to watch men “making stone.” What does the master intelligence of the world think of concrete? What do the greatest architects, engineers and con¬ tractors think of it? Their reputation, their whole success, is at stake. The universal adoption of concrete by them for all of the greatest enterprises is their answer. The old dirt road, a swamp in springtime, a desert of dust in summer, a slough of ruts in winter, is rapidly passing into ancient history. Concrete roads, smooth, level and permanent, are fast taking their place. Here is one of a hundred instances illustrating the recognition by men who know of this foremost element in modern engineering construction. The clattering iron bridge is last becoming a curiosity. Every modern community is giving expression to its pride and enterprise by building, not only good roads, but good, satisfactory I_ WWVAWWW bridges. Here you find concrete entering not only into the foun¬ dations and abutments, but into spans and arches. The great curves of concrete are not only beautiful, but they are flood-resisting, time-enduring, everlasting. Concrete may justly be called the “living stone;” it is eternal; decay and all the normal processes of nature fail to affect it. When granite is split and crumbled, concrete is still as fresh as the day it was freed from the mould. There are certain kinds of stone that have great individual beauty, but in most cases this beauty, be it of vein or color, is so pronounced that the stone can only be used as a decorative feature of a building. The smooth, clean surface of concrete harmonizes everywhere; restful to the eye it never tires; it possesses no single quality that unfits it for use when the highest requirements for beauty are demanded. All other building material must be laboriously hewn, cut, or forged. Concrete alone follows with perfect freedom every line, curve or angle. Obtainable anywhere in convenient form, it can he instantly transformed into a massive foundation or a delicate carving ornamenting a cornice. Its rules are so simple that the most ignorant laborer can mix it. Practically wherever you can buy a keg of nails or a sack of flour, you can get a sack of Portland Cement. In every civilized country of the world it is recognized as a commercial and economic necessity. But perhaps as wonderful as the great achievements that concrete has made possible are the humble uses that has made it a necessary factor in the life of everyone. The foundations of 8 houses are today poured in a few hours. Sanitary stables and dairies with concrete stalls and floors have taken the place of germ¬ breeding, moisture-absorbing wood. On clean concrete floors hogs find freedom from disease, and increase in value. The fence posts of wood—you know the cost of cedar posts today—are giving way to posts of concrete. Watering troughs, stepping blocks, silos, barns, houses, tanks, reservoirs, conduits and irrigation ditches are built of it. Fire-proof, frost-proof, age-proof, clean, beautiful and in every way satisfactory, concrete has become the building material of the twentieth century. You will, of course, recognize the fact that in the foregoing paragraphs we have pre-supposed in every instance the use of good cement. In every great industry there is always a range in the quality of the article manufactured, and this rule applies to Port¬ land Cement as to anything else. In quality it must be the best. What is the best cement ? Let the choice of architects and engineers, who can take no chances with inferior brands, direct your selection. Such men have specified and used Marquette Portland Cement for the reason of its supreme quality; its acknowledged durability, and the ability of its manufacturer to render satisfactory service. On the following pages you will find photographic reproduc¬ tions of the big building and concrete construction work in which Marquette Portland Cement has been used; they speak for themselves; they have been built for the future. 9 Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Chicago Architect: Otis & Clark, Chicago Contractor: Williams Adams Co., Chicago 10,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used For clean, sanitary and durable buildings use Marquette Portland Cement concrete 10 Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passenger Terminal, Chicago Architect: Frost & Granger, Chicago Contractor: Geo. A. Fuller Co., Chicago 30,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Contractors, builders and architects appreciate Marquette service 11 Rand, McNally Building, Chicago Architect: Holabird & Roche, Chicago Contractor: Wells Bros. Co., Chicago 30,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used For the biggest kind of building work, or the smallest—Marquette Portland Cement is best 12 MM La Salle Hotel, Chicago Architect: Holabird & Roche, Chicago Contractor: Geo. A. Fuller Co., Chicago 35,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 13 Cook County Hospital, Chicago Architect: Paul Gerhardt, Chicago Contractor: John Griffiths & Son Co., Chicago 30,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Make the next job a better one; Marquette Portland Cement will help you 14 Peoples Gas Building, Chicago Architect: Graham, Burnham & Co., Chicago Contractor: Lanquist & Illsley Co., Chicago 25,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 15 Ford Motor Building, Minneapolis, Minn. ( Kees & Colburn, Minneapolis Architects: | John Grahanij Detroit> Mich . Contractor: Splady, Albee & Smith, Minneapolis 30,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Sound, reliable and durable — Marquette Portland Cement has proved itself to be so 16 Chicago City Hall, Architect: Holabird & Roche, Chicago Contractor: Noel Construction Co., Chicago 22,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building, Chicago Architect: Geo. C. Nimmons, Chicago Contractor: Edw. L. Scheidenhelm, Chicago 40,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Marquette Portland Cement for the better concrete 18 AWWWWi Mm ^ IJ U U al 1? SI H ®1 51 mam m*»n limit Ulllli main Biiiit ilaaaai mam Bin is a ^ « VV’r’r*w r ',*rT, rnM Lytton Building, Chicago Architect: Marshall & Fox, Chicago Contractor: John Griffiths & Sons Co., Chicago 22,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 19 wwwww Interior La Salle Street Tunnel, Chicago f Geo. Weston, Chief Eng., Board of Supervising Engrs. P • ! W. G Arlingstall, Div. Eng., Board of Supervising Engrs. ngineers. > j q Murphy, Chief Eng., Chicago Rys. Co. [J. W. Harns, Div. Eng., Chicago Rys. Co. Contractor: M. H. McGovern, Chicago Roy Shackelton, Max Landgreth, Supts. 60,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used There’s a green tag on every bag; it guarantees the superior quality of Marquette Portland Cement 20 p I Consumers Building, Chicago Architect: Jennev, Mundie & Jensen, Chicago Contractors: W. J. Newman Co, & C. Everett Clark Co., Chicago 15,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 21 Grand Avenue Viaduct, Milwaukee, Wis. Architect: Concrete-Steel Engineering Co., New York City Contractor: National Engineering & Construction Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 55,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Marquette Portland Cement outlasts time 22 Cargill Elevator, South Minneapolis, Minn. Engineer: Barnett & Record Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 10,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 23 II r ■ Jl wvwwwwwv ^AWAVVVVMWAWi Lyon & Healy Factory, Chicago Architect: Hyland & Green, Chicago Contractor: Jas. Stewart & Co., Chicago 25,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used A better cement for a better concrete _Marquette Portland 24 Marshall Field Building, Chicago (new addition) Architect: Graham, Burnham & Co., Chicago Contractor: John Griffiths & Son Co., Chicago 16,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 25 Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co. Factory, Chicago, Ill. Architect and Engineer: Lee & Hewitt, New York City Contractor: MacLean Construction Co., Chicago 28,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used I f you appreciate quality — use Marquette Portland Cement 26 Svwwu Society Brand Building, Chicago Architect: Graham, Burnham & Co., Chicago Contractor: Lanquist & Illsley Co., Chicago 27 20,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Rawleigh Medical Co. Building, Freeport, Ill. Engineer and Architect: C. A. Chapman, Inc., Chicago Contractor: Ferro-Concrete Construction Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 15,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Quality not quantity is the basis of Marquette production 28 Marshall Field Annex Building, Chicago Architect: Graham, Burnham & Co., Chicago Contractor: Lanquist & Illsley Co., Chicago 20,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 29 State Aid Road (Cook County, Ill.) Western Avenue Ji > Engineer: Illinois Highway Commission, Springfield, Ill. Contractor: Illinois Hydraulic Stone & Construction Co., Elgin, Ill. Marquette Portland Cement Used Create everlasting satisfaction by using a perfect cement — Marquette P ortland 30 Great Northern Elevator, “S,” Superior, Wis. Engineer: Barnett & Record Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 30,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 31 Concrete Bridge, Riverside, Ill. Engineer: Aetna Engineering Bureau, Chicago Contractor: Joliet Steel Construction Co., Joliet, Ill. 1,500 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Build for the future — use Marquette Portland Cement 32 1 Crane Company (Corwith Plant), Office Bldg., Garage, etc. Architect: Graham, Burnham & Co., Chicago Contractor: Lanquist & Illsley Co., Chicago 45,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Let Marquette quality help your reputation — it’s building ours 33 Concrete for Permanence — Marquet 34 Marathon Paper Mills, Rothschild, Wis. Engineer: O’Keefe-Orbison Engineering & Construction Co., Appleton, Wis. Built by Marathon Paper Mills 125,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Portland Cement for Concrete 35 Prison Wall, Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis. Built by the State of Wisconsin 5,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Eli minate all risks by specifying the best cement — Marquette Portland 36 Marquette Hill (formerly Shippingsport Hill), La Salle County, Ill. Constructed under the supervision of Illinois Highway Commission Marquette Portland Cement Used It’s as durable as the pyramids — Marquette Portland Cement concrete 37 Sixteenth Avenue Bridge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Engineer: Hedrick & Ash, Kansas City, Mo. Contractor: Union Engineering & Construction Co., Chicago 11,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Your choice of Marquette will be appreciated for generations 38 wwwwvwv Otis Elevator Building, Chicago Architect: Graham, Burnham & Co., Chicago Contractor: Geo. A. Fuller Co., Chicago 6,000 Barrels Marquette 39 Portland Cement Used Illinois Wall Paper Building, Chicago (Sears, Roebuck & Co.) Architect: Geo. C. Nimmons, Chicago Contractor: Wells Bros. Co., Chicago 9,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used M arquette service — the kind that satisfies 40 Hamilton Grain Storage Elevator, Chicago Engineer and Contractor: Witherspoon-Englar Co., Chicago 7,500 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 41 Concrete Residence for Mr. George H. Helmle, Oak Knolls, Springfield, Ill. To get the best results with the least trouble use Marquette Portland Cement 42 UWWVWVWWUVWWWVtfW Conway Building, Chicago Architect: Graham, Burnham & Co., Chicago Thompson-Starrett Co., Chicago Henry Ericsson Co., Chicago 20,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Contractors: 43 Concrete Street Pavement, Fond du Lac, Wis. Engineer: J. S. McCullough, Fond du Lac, Wis. Contractor: George Stanchfield, Sheboygan, Wis. Marquette Portland Cement Used If it’s worth doing. it’s worth doing well—Marquette Portland Cement will help you 44 Reisch Building, Springfield, Ill. Contractor: English Bros., Champaign, Ill. Marquette Portland Cement Used 45 t wauuKfc. Evergreen Park Bridge, Milwaukee, Wis. Contractor: Phoenix Ferro Construction Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Marquette Portland Cement Used Build for everlasting satisfaction with Marquette Portland Cement 46 47 Webster Building, Chicago Architect: Alfred S. Alschuler, Chicago Henry Ericsson Co., Chicago C. Everett Clark Co., Chicago I 5,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Contractors: U. S. Government Dam, Sterling, Ill. Engineer: L. L. Wheeler, U. S. Engineer Marquette Portland Cement Used o r the b e 1 1 concrete e c 1 M a r q u e t t e P o r t 1 d Cement 48 p*™' . J. R. Watkins Medical Building, Winona, Minn. Architect: Geo. W. Maher, Chicago Contractor: Haglin-Stahr Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 10,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 49 Kimberly-Clark Paper Mills, Kimberly, Wis. Contractors for Concrete Work: Immel Construction Co. Appleton Construction Co. eton. Marquette Portland Cement Used Wis. Mod ern b u i 1 d i n g construction requires good cement — specify Marquette Portland 50 Hotel Deming, Terre Haute, Ind. Architect: Holabird & Roche, Chicago Contractor: Selden-Breck Construction Co., St. Louis, Mo. 7,500 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 51 Cement Sidewalk, Washington Park, Chicago Marquette Portland Cement Used “The science of business is the science of se r v i c e ” — i t’s the Marquette motto 52 St. Paul Hotel, St. Paul, Minn. Architect: Reed & Stem, St. Paul, Minn. Contractor: W. J. Hoy Co., St. Paul, Minn. 11,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 53 La Salle-Oglesby Concrete Road (Note concrete fence and fence posts) Constructed under the supervision of Illinois Highway Commission Marquette Portland Cement Used Important road woik, big building work, farm work, all call for the best—Marquette Portland Cement 54 Lowry Building, St. Paul, Minn. Architect: Kees & Colburn, St. Paul, Minn. Contractor: Wells Bros. Co., Chicago 9,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 55 iVWWVWWWVWVW Concrete Residence of Mr. Geo. J. Sayer, McHenry, Illinois Hourly tests of Marquette Portland Cement 1,800 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used insure its superior quality 56 P. C. Kamra Co., Elevator, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Contractor and Engineer: Burrell Engineering & Construction Co., Chicago 5,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used 57 St. Paul Bread Co. Building, St. Paul Architect: C. B. Comstock, New York City Contractor: J. & W. A. Elliott, Minneapolis, Minn. 15,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Reputation depends on the quality of the cement_specify Marquette Portland 58 Green Bay Road (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin) Engineer: Wisconsin Highway Commission H. J. Kuelling, Engineer in Charge Contractor: Chas. Wussow, Milwaukee, Wis Marquette Portland Cement Used Marquette Portland Cement insures everlasting satisfaction 59 Farwell, Ozmun Kirk & Co. Warehouse, St. Paul, Minn. Architect: Louis Lockwood, St. Paul Contractor: Geo. J. Grant Construction Co., St. Paul 27,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Contractors, architects and engineers who know, specify Marquette Portland Cement 60 Burlington Hotel, Burlington, Iowa Architect: Temple & Burrows, Davenport, Iowa Contractor: Westlake Construction Co., St. Louis, Mo. 5,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used Don’t take a chance on that next building job—specify Marquette Portland Cement 61 St. Joseph College’s Dormitory, Dubuque, Iowa Contractor: Anton Zwack, Dubuque, Iowa 6,000 Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used It’s the little things that count — Marquette service overlooks nothing 6 Nicols, Dean & Gregg Building, St. Paul, Minn. Architect: Louis Lockwood, St. Paul, Minn. Contractor: Geo. J. Grant Construction Co., St. Paul, Minn. 3 ,ooo Barrels Marquette Portland Cement Used To eliminate errors is part of Marquette service 63 Works, Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company, La Salle, Illinois “The Home of Certified Cement” 64 WWW WWVWAWWVVWiVWWVVVWWWVWWWV W HETHER it is the building of a skyscraper, residence, grain elevator, modern factory, concrete bridge or con¬ crete silo; whether it is the laying of a concrete road, street, alley, driveway or sidewalk; your reputation as an architect, engineer or contractor depends on how that work satisfies; how it will stand the test of time. You cannot afford to specify or use anything but the best; it may not be the lowest in price, but it will be the cheapest in the long run; it will help you establish a reputation as a man who knows and knows that he knows. What Marquette Portland Cement has achieved in the Middle West is partially shown in the preceding pages. Much greater space would be required to show the many building projects in which Marquette Portland Cement has been in use for the past seventeen years. The men who planned and constructed these buildings, roads and bridges well knew the advantage in specifying and using the best Portland Cement; they also knew the full meaning of the green guaranty tag attached to every bag of Marquette Portland Cement certifying its superior quality. What these architects, engineers and contractors have done for themselves, you can do, and Marquette Portland Cement will help you. l/VWVVVVVWVWVVVVVVVV^ CHICAGO 65