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Budd, W.J.
Budd, W. J.
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William James Budd, was an industrial builder from Calgary. He had been involved with the Calgary Power company and the Horseshoe Dam project that he failed to complete. His brother H. M. Budd was there to collect on stock subscriptions.
Budd was contracted for $10,000 to lay out the buildings and machinery to efficiently produce between 500 and 700 barrels of cement per day with a budget for 1912 of $200,000. He assured the company that he could build to produce 2,000 barrels day, then immediately left for Eastern Canada to tour Canada Cement Company plants to understand modern designs.
It has been reported in other journals that Budd was deeply involved in the planning of the Rocky Mountain Cement Company works in east Blairmore. Budd was also vice-president of the proposed Keystone Portland Cement Company plant in west Frank, which was never built.