Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-16
FACTORY And MINES.
A Utah Sop Hill That is Growing
Rapidly.
MINES ~ VARIOUS LOCALITIES.
Irrigation scheme at American Falls
Miscellaneous business and
Mining Items.

faced the Grant soap company when
1t began business this morning. One
carl al goes to Ogden, which Ia
making record "a lHtfouizer Of
home industries. The remain or Of
the ORDER gy-s t. different parts Of tho
Territory.
The large new factory building for
the Grant company, ON Third West
between Seventh ami Eighth South
streets, is tcing pushed forward to COM
pleI on, and the mauagers Of the com.
pauy hope to have It rcady for ocou-
paucy before thr lOtt Of November, 30
tnty can be well established In the
new quarters before the very cold
weather sets In. Itwill require con.
siderable rushing on the part Of the
builders to do thIs.
Tho building now used tor q
ieciory, halt block south Of the
Union Psuho depot, ~ altogether too
small TOT iho purpose Tor when u "a
usru, and .uiuIl arc badly crowded
there. The building, too, 10 lumber
unp.utturev, nud IA That condition toJ
cuid TOR winter occupancy aud the
GARY ing o. OF eOau manufacturing.
Ii WAS iniuudcd only for capacity Of
niiy b0xus u soap Gay wheh tue
factory nnl began operations, but the
trade ~ increased to such an extent
that imust double that amount, or
| nearly 3lOO pounds 4 sonp per Day, 10
turned our. Whom the transfer n
INSIDE 90 tue now building, however,
the machinery aud apparatus which
the company now has on hand Will
have capacity Of $1,000 pounds Of
soap each working day.
All Of tue material used In tho
I Grant soap, that eau bu putchaied
/ here, 10 homo article. SoInu OF Vie
chemicals must be shipped la until a
/ local chemical works can Fupply tue
/ demand. About half OF the weight
represented Ina the soap 10 Utah ,allow.
Tue factory h under tie immediate
direction VI VIM. SOhluter, OF this city,
/ who has received special tGHiulug IN
/ Iho manufacture Of toilet, bath anu
| laundry aoapr. The process OF making
| IL simple, yet rgquites COuBidesablu
/ care anu tkiil whicn MAXI ~ interest,"
/ ing TO observe. Toe tuil8w 10 heated
] Ia tankH 10 n temperature at which II
eau hr properly handled In
The mixing operation. There IN
no boiling Or application OF Auy grsas
amount OF heal. This chemicals are
theu added Ia proper lfupctuoo, Rud
tuo vibrator set to NSfs until the
whole gass IL thoroughly oompOIui l.
ed. The material tnen rrsls la the
cooler for couple OF days uutil It IL
sufficiently solid 10 DO tul Jggted 20 the
cutting HId packing process. From
the time the taliOw IL heated 10 ths
required temperature until the mixing
or making OF the liquid soap IL aconm-
! plishpd IN hut four or i've minutes. The
coolers aro wooden boxes, which are
removed Ia sections, leaving n cake II
soap about forty inches square ana ten
inches IN thickness. THIS IL cut Int
"slHbsD l0xi1 inches aud about two
Inches thick. rhe slabs are again placed
Ia tue cutter aud come out as cakes OF
bars. These arc then stamped with the
nAnuiacturrf's brand anu passed over
~ tue young lsdy wfApper,w deitly
place them In the paTefs ami boxes,
ready for femvgl. In this condition
soap should sand at least u month
before II IL used, but 10 meet the orders
which 1t now mas the company will
have TO send out In n little lees than
that time, THOUGH the necessary period
for harden Ia will have been reached
before this soap gets to the consumer.
The growth OF business OF the Grant
company may be- ciassod almest ~
phenomenal, and IL In u large measure
uue to the fact that people Of late have
I given special support TO home Indus
tries, aud nre fading that In general
the local articles are the cheapest ana
test.
CoALviLLE "CHRoNICLE" NOTES.
w. j. PAGES raw mill at Peoa
started up ON Tuesday last under the
management OF Mr.. Jos. Williams. II
~ reported that Mt. Pace hRs received
otdeIs for lumber from the mines vi
Park City TO considerable amount and
will no uoubt run his mill the entire
winter, should the minss continue
running. IL Is expected the CO-Dl
saw mill viii start up soon.
Conner Thomna VIII soon have his
mine In condition TO handle 100 tons
OF coal day. He IA now doing "A
good business and his coal 10 proving
10 be Of good quality.
Wilson Bros. have their new hoist
about ready Tor business and expect 10
DO ready 90 hoist coal by means OF q,
Ia the course Of n week. They have
shipped fifteen cars OF coal thus faI
this month besides supplying consider.
able local trade. Their coal IL tAking
we'll Ia Salt Lake market.
Two miuefs were hurt at Chalk
Creek mine this week. Monday after.
noon Chas. Walter was severely In.
jurod by q cave. The debris struck
MIN upou the neck anu head nud also
his lett Lex. His back was quite
severely Injured, portion OF his Outei
skull was l0Osened aud tho small tone
OF his left leg was broken. Under the
care OF DR.. HOsner no Ia fast recover.
ing, On Thursday q. A. Strickland
was Injured by piece OF iron flying
into his eye. lie will soon recover.
Robert Forester, the territorial In,
sueutor OF coal mines, has been ia Coal
Vile tho latter part Of the week a.
specting minea, but up 10 time Of
pOlug to pTeHH has not made sufficient
Examination 10 say anything IN regard
To any OF them. In regard to thu
weather bureau which he Ia trying e
get established here hs dphiTes TO say
10 the people that II they wat on,
here they must act at once. TIE de
uartmont has given authority and tn,
necessary instruments TO establish fiv,
WeatheT bureaus Ia the territory, ant
N We speak In time We can have on