, 1890-06-12
Work on the Northern Pacific Re-
duotion Works Boen Has
Begun.
The Union Pacific Will Build Its
own Spur Down the
River.
a Complete Description OF the
the Plant and All the
Buildings,

'shg ~ N'NI NAA'i vi
tIons will commence, All of the
lumber Is on the ground and the
work is being pushed forward us
rapidly as possible.
Mr.. G. X. Burns has been indie
fatigable in his efforts to make salts.
factory arrangements with the
Union Pacific railroad In regard to
the spur to the works, and has at
last succeeded in getting the road to
agree to build the three or four
miles of track itself.
This has changed the proposition
somewhat, and, while being Of great
advantage to the guarantee sub
scribers, has neccssltatod tho draw
Ing up new contract, which the
subscribers will be asked to sign,
The fact of the matter is that the
signers OF the first contract were
liable for some small part Of the
building expenses, but thanks to
Mr.. Burns this liability has been re-
moved and the Union Pacific will
pay all bills.
~ Hhiilbti vi tIl' HuUSttllltiH Mtlf
seen yesterday, and about $40, 1000 of
the amount of the guarantee was
easily raised. The rest of the sub
scribers will. of course, grasp the
advantages of the situation at once.
Tho smelter will carry very
large stock Of ore on hand, probably
as much as 10000 tons. This re-
quires an enormous outlay of money;
for instance, Cnur d'Alene concen-
tratcs at present are worth $50 n ton,
which would mean an investment
of 100000.
The works will employ from sixty
To seventy-five mon, to say nothing
Of the employment given to char
coal burners, wood-choppers, etc.
Mr.. Burbridgc estimates his pay roll
at 600 month.
The site selected Ia most excel
lent one, the land lying In natural
benches, of which advantage has
been taken in the grading.
THE n. p. REDUCTION COMPANY.
The Northern Pacific Reduction
Company II the conception of Mr..
Henry B. Clifford, Ia whose energy
Is due the fact that to-day Spokane
has "a smolter.
In travelling through Washington
and Idaho Mr.. Clifford became i'm
pressed with the idea that Spokane
was the natural site for large
smelling industry. Its many ad-
vantages III the way of water power,
proximity 10 the mining districts,
etc, made Mr.. Cliiiord's task of in
tercsting Eastern capitalists COM
parativcly easy.
He formed II company with
capital stock Of $1,000, 900, and in
cOrporatcd II under the name OF the
Northern Pacific Reduction Com
pany. After careful investigation
of the different sites Offered the one
down the river about four miles was
selected, and II Is on the twenty
acres selected that the plant IL now
being erected.
The officers OF the company are:
President, Robert q. Ingersoll; vice
president, james IL. Breslln, and |.
y. Baker, secretary and treasurer,
Among the stockholders, all PROM
incnt capitalists of the East, may be
mcntioncd; Thomas NJ. Waller eN-
consul general to London, OF New
London, Conn; James II. Brcslin,
proprietor Of the Gilsey house. Now
Sork; Daniel II. Wade, of New
York; G. &. Shayne, Of New York;
w. III. Cooms, Edward kcarney,
Hon. Clinton B. Davis, Hon. II. l..
Dudley, and Robert Dunlap, the
we'll known halter, NIL of New York;
Hon. Henry b. Pierce. secretary
Of state Of Massachusetts,; Hon.
Charles i. Griffin. secretary of
state Of Indiana; Hon. Bruce Carr
auditor Of Indiana; Hon. l.. I. |
Michener, attorney general Of Indi. |
ana; Hon. William l.. Dudley,
treasurer republican national com.
mlttee, of Washington - &. II
Hon. Antonio Joseph, delegate to
congress from New Mexico; Hon. |
Bradley B. Smalley, Of Burlington,
Vt; Hon. Charles French, OK mem |
her OF congress, OF Seymour, Conn.
w. Quinn 4 Co, Horatio Adams,
Philip q. Peabody and Harry Dut-
ton. all Of Boston; w. II. Hurley,
J. c, Fuller, Samuel II. Shipley and
Thomas Cochran, all of Philadel-
phla, and many other well know n
Easterners.
THE PLANT.
Tho works nre beautifully located
on the banks Of the river.
Tho plant will consist OF two
water jacket blast furnaces, each |
56x120 inches ut the tuycres, tho
openings at which the blasts enter
the furnaces. The Hue, or dust
chamber, connecting the blast
furnaces with the main stack, will
be of brick 1i0 feet long, 10 feet
wide and is feet high.
There viii be two No. 7 Baker
blowers, which furnish the blast for
tho furnaces.
Two calcining, or roasting fur
heces' each "a feet long by 10 feet
wide.
Ihere will be two large brick
smoke stacks. The one for the blast
furnaces will be 100 feet high, and
WE'VE feet square on the inside from
pue 10 coping stone. Tho smaller
suick, Tor the roasting furnaces.
VIII be ninety feet hiuh md will |
measure three aud a nalf feet sn,,orc
ON the inside, all the way i'm,
The ronstiuiy n,rna....' ~