The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-22
TO REDUCE ORE.
Great Smelling Works
for Seattle.
A Company With $780, 900
Capital Organized.
Preliminaries Arranged and
Plans Drawn in Detail.
A Capacity of $50 Tons Day-The
works VIII Be Erected In West
seattle - Construction to COM
menee at Once - San Francisco
and Chicago Join Seattle In the
Enterprise.

and Chicago Join Seattle in the
Enterprise.
one OF the most extensive enterprises
ever projected for Seattle was insBgu-
rated yesterday b. the completion Of ar
sngements for the establishment Of re-
dsctlon and smelling works OF I'D tons
daily capacity. TO be located In West Sc
sstle. Construction win begin within 90
DAYS, and the works, employing at full
capacity so men, win be In operation
within eight months.
some three and one half months ago Mr..
]. 81. Thompson, protector and largest
stakeholder In the two cable road systems
o. Seattle. recognizing the suitability OF
his city for the location OF smelling
works, determined TO organize a com
pany for the promotion Of such
an enterprise. He succeeded In
enllsing the interest Of two very prornl.
nent capitalists Of Chicago, one OF San
Francisco aud of Nessrs George B0.
man and Fred z. Sander, of Seat
tie, and Mr. j. H. Hoadley. OF
The firm OF Hoaiiiey & Hendy. the well
known constructing engineers of san
Francisco. The Seattle Reduction Works
Company was organized by these gentle
men with 5000 capital. and IL was de-
termined 10 begin the erection OF smeltcr
AZ the earliest possible moment The
n ,.fans Tor sHa
was done In elaborate detail by Messrs
Hoadley & Hendy, at a cost OF ssooe- They
were completed during the past week and
were shipped from San Francisco for Seat
tIe last night Shortly after the ar.
rival OF the plans, there will come
from the East two men Of experience
in the construction OF smelters. who will
snperintend the preparation OF the site
and the gradings for the buildings OF the
smeltef 1ue II these supt rintendents Is
from Montana aud the other from Chi
eago. Messrs. Thompson. Boman and
Sander leave tonight for San Francisco
10 arrange for the transfer of funds from
that city 20 Seattle. They VIII return In
one week. Mr.. Hoadley departs next
Wednesday for Chicago on the same mis-
sion He will return 10 this city by way
OF Los Angeles. where he has the super
inte1dence OF the construction Of a new
cable road system. lie will be detained
there but a short time. aud will
then come TO Seattle 90 assume active
charge OF the work Of construction, and
will remain until the works are in opera
tion.
WHY SEATTLE WAS CHOSEN
The location of the works was made at
Seattle because of its accessibility from
the three great mining regions Of Caur
d'Alene, Okanogan and Alaska, and be
cause of the lowness OF the price Of fuel,
which Is "A very important factor In the
operation Of a reduction plant. A COM
parntiye statement of the cost Of coal, coke
and charcoal Ia Seattle aud at Port Costa,
Cal, where the Selhy Smelling Works are
situated. viii clearly show what an i'm
portant factor In favor of seattle It's eligi
billty 20 coal regions must have been:
AT PoRT COSTA.
Per Ton.
Coal . ooaS ; 90
Charcoal Is Oog I6 %
Coke. .......... Is sea 40 90
AT SEATTLE
Coal .- I 75as
Charcoal ..... $50 ~
Coke. .....- .....- 10 O0(t II 80
Tho amount OF fuel consumed In the op-
GRAFTON OF II smelter varies greatly. because
OF the vast difference In the quality OF ore
10 be reduced. The range Of consumption
in the prop sed works win be from 80 TO
200 tons OF coal, coke aud charcoal per
day, at a fair estimate. Surprising that the
articles OF fuel used be In equal qnan,i.
ties, simple calculation viii determine al
how much less cost reduction works eau
be provided With fuel In seattle than
al Port Costa.
QUESTION or FREisHrs.
The problem OF freight rates. too. bore
an important relation to the settlement Of
the location of the enterprise, BE ore Sc
attic could be chosen, IL was necessary TO
make a definite traffic Arrangement with
the Northern Pacific. over which railway
oaiy one can now be obtained from the
flsur d'Alcue district aud over which IL
will probably be necessary TO transport one
from the Okanogan region. The Northern
Pacific agreed TO a very satisfactory
schedule Of rates from all points ON aud
tributary to its line to Puyallup, aud
thence ever the Puget Sound Shore at
slight additional cost "a Seattle. The com |
pleti0n OF the columbia 4 Puget sound I
railroad 90 the Common Point means a
competitive rate from the Northern Pacific |
to this city. aud the projectors of the en- !
tcFprise were first assured that the road |
would he constructed aud operated |
as standard gauge hy next summer /
before they announced that the works !
would be erected In seattle. The certainty /
Of The construction Of roads rival 10 the \
Northern Pacific aud the consequent re.
from the mines 20 this point doubtless ian, /
proved, in the opiuiou 81 the promoters OF /
the project, the cligibllity Of Seattle as a 1
location for their smelter.
The ohtalnment Of q reasonable freight 4
rate, however. cut not nearly so important !
shgurc in the decision as the question OF 4
ton.
LOCATION OF rHE WORKS
The location OF the smelter. as was .
stated. wall be at West Seattle. The eNsct 4
NE cannot now be made public for .
various reasons. bat Il j. at a place easily .
seeesslhle by boat and by railway that 4
Protected. The power house Of the 1
seiks will be located on the water front,
xaere also will be docks for the reception
WeoAl and ore. The works will be erected I
nAnd. aud the power conveyed TO the ]
naeainery BY means Of transmission
s'm rope The site has been purchased.
saa the title Is now vested Ga one Of the
'Naers Of The projected smeltcF.
COST oF THE ENTERPRISE.
US estimated nv Mr.. Hosdley that The
Ss OF construction viii reach Sss0.oco
ine machinery, which has been partially
eoasvseted for with Hoadiev & ueudv, wifi
$500 49, ~ .Aan, aud the remainder viii be IN
$50 49, ~ eonstrnrlion and the purchase of
an ne II y expected that the fall s0e,-
nlsi.aua probably y greater sum, viii be
"NNFf tAhtNAfNa (
SHAREHOLDERS oF ruE coHrANY
tae secrecv maintained a. 10 the ideut
- =. we thicAro aud san Francisco pSr-
So VIC are behind the enterprise. = eN.
ksasssu by the statement that they are
a.. interested "a Other enterprises aud
80 -. disclosure Of their names AT the
snSea ume would cause them no small
r.rs..Sst OF embarrassment The Chicara
rsksts' However. arr understood O Ia
and mining men, aud
-. stated thst they r.p~r-
nise ,.seSA,too cspifsl They fur-
F,sslsa~e " the first 500 Coo TIE san
e,e.iseo capitalist Is an extensive mine
va eho IS wen known In seattle ana
49, 'srsely interested Ia the mines %
rsirsa- ne psVyldcS 500 40 The re-
I-s-4 OF TIE necessary genital comes
S,,iNf. lhowusap Mr. BomRn Nj
yeet aud Nj Haaalrv
81 ~. q remarked thar the VohmetcrS
NnSs Islect form a clos. corporation.
80 ~ t9e compsny's stock i for sale
so-k. a. COMES Tor tbc 'o,a.irn II the
leT - ~ attic will De asked Mr.. Hnsd-
lrsis - sai'tr Vistne engineer has received
s,ons 10 push construction forward
res.eS} a. possible and REGARDLESS ~
SSseoselc sxv-7,>,.
ui,i cav b ADDED also. tbs. ua difacuifv
So - eA Pefeucvd hv the smelling COM
er,s. - ea'Ainfrg orr Roc reduction Two
a. - baye alryady been saeN,,,d. whose
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