Alpha Portland Cement Co. Board of Directors meeting minutes, April 26, 1918

Annotation Minutes of board meeting of the Alpha Portland Cement Co. held April 26, 1918 which include the following actions: the F. G. McKelvy reported that it had been necessary to increase wages at all plants and that it was very difficult to hire enough people; F.M. Coogan reported that the salesmen had been called off the road since the company had more orders than could be filled for some time; Coogan also reported that prices had increased and the company was receiving a high number of government orders; F. G. McKelvy reported that Howard Harks, the superintendent at the Janesville plant had resigned to join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Alpha Portland Cement Co. was organized in 1895 when it acquired the Whitaker Cement Co. Originally based in Philadelphia, the company later moved its headquarters to Easton, Pa. Based in the area of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania known as the ""Cement Belt,"" Alpha Portland Cement Co. grew to become one of the largest cement companies in the United States.