The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-20
FARMERS VS.. SHELTERS
A Delegation Of the Farmers
in this County
Lay their Grievances Before
the Owners of the
Furnaces.

A preliminary step in the adjust-~
ment of the controversy between
the farmers OF Mill Greek, South
Cottonwood, and Union, and the
proprietors of the Morgan and Horn
Silver smelters, was taken yester-
day. The farmers committee,
Messrs. J. F. Snedaker, w. II. At
wood, VIM. d. Park and LeviHelm,
waited upon Mr.. Hanauer, owner
of the Morgan, and Major Hill,
manager for the Horn Silver, to lay
before them the grievances and to
ask what relief might be expected.
A HERALD repre- sentative met the
delegation Immediately after the
interview with Mr., Hanauer and
asked how their statement had been
received.
"We have every reason to feel"
said Mr.. Snedaker, "that the gentle
men owning the smelters appreciate
the position of the farmers, and will
do all in their power to alleviate
the injuries we are sustaining. Both
Major Hill and Mr.. Hanauer assured
US that they were considering
the methods adopted so
success uily by the Germania, and
several other ways Of disposing of
the fumes from the furnaces. If
they DO that, and they say they will
as soon as the weather allows, the
evils we are suffering will he con-
Isiderably lessened. il not done away
with altogether"
To what extent have the fur
naces been injured by these fumes p
orr reporter asked.
"That is hard to Iut in fgurea,''
was the reply. " To give you some
idea, though, l will mention that
within radius Of six miles around
each smeiter it has been found ims
possible to keep either horses, mules,
cattle, bees, Or even dogs and cats
let stock be turned out to feed when
the dew is on the grase, and they'll
die like so many sheep. Our hay is
prac 'ically worthless. a few years
ego there were in our district be
tween 1000 AMI 600 stands of bees.
VIM. Young personally owned 1000;
to-day you can't find one-all killed
of by the fumes from the smelt.
ers."
"What method have you suggest
| ed for disposing of the fumes ?"
"One that can be readily EN-.
ployed, with the outlay of a little
money" answered one of the deput'
alton. GAIL the evil can be avoided
by building moro extensive con.
Idsrsing chambers, longer fiues and
higher stacks. This is done at the
Germanis, and there is no
complaint at al Of that company
the other smelters have promised
to do the same thing, SO l guess
we'll come out sll right"
We learned further, in the course
of an interesting conversation with
the gentlemen of the committee,
that a petition was now being cir
culsted in their district which would
be presented to the Legislature this
session by Mr.. Brinton. The petit
ton asks for the establishment Of a
law regulating the condensers, fues
and stacks of all smellers upon
some approved standard, as done in
the old countries. If this law were
passed, the com mittee think no fur
Their cause for complaint could be
urged by the farmers against the
smelters. AS the depntation emer.
ged yesterday from the smelling
company's Office on Main street, our
reporter was forcibiy reminded OF
a similar scene in the play of the
"Long Strike" when a delegation
of workmen waited upon the manu-
Ifacturers TO ask a redress of theil
wrongs. The spirit with which the
farmers were met yesterday, how
ever, was a far different one from
that with which the Manchester
Capitalists answered their workmer
in the play, and the smicable under
standing arrived at indicates much
happier arrangement of the recen
controversy.