The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-02
OGDEN DEPT.
HERHLD sRHNcH OFFICE.
6l3 UTAH LOAN & TRUST BUILDING.
Ogden, May 2 81
THE IRON WORKS.

Captain Evans. Of the Ogden Furnace
and Manufacturing company. arrived
IN this city yesterday morning at ]
O'Clock. AS announced in The Herald
of Tuesday. he was expected within a
day of two; hence. he did not take peo-
pie by surprise.
Considerable interest is manifested
in the movements of the captain just
! now. because he is at the head of one
of the most important enterprises that
has ever been launched on the business
sea in the west. and. what is more, it
is an enterprise that interests Ogden
people more than any thing that has
been proposed for many years.
Iron has always been a theme in
which Ogden people took delight. be-
cause it is known that almost within
the confines of the city limits can be
found bodies of iron ore that will pro-
duce a quality of manufactured iron
that is equal, if not superior. to any
thing in that line to be found in any
other portion of the United States at
least.
Some months ago. Captain Evans
came to Ogden for the purpose of in
vestigating the iron question. and af-
ter careful examination. being an ex-
perienced furnace man. he came to the
conclusion that iron of the best quality
could be manufactured from the ores
found in this vicinity. He at once took
steps to organize a company and in a
short time the enterprise was under
way. A contract was made with the
chamber of commerce which secured
for the new company a bonus of $4,000.
on condition that certain amount of
work be done within a given time, and
250 men be permanently employed.
Ahn11f 10 Of "a bn Pa n
tain went east to perfect his plans.
and now he has returned with the en-
couraging assurance that within the
time specified the company which he
represents will call for the bonus. The
company that is back of the PROPOSE
ton has Just purchased a complete
blast furnace and iron pipe mill with
all the necessary appliances and the
material. or a greater portion of it. is
now on the road and will arrive about
the 18th inst. One hundred and fifty
tons of the freight has been loaded on
seven cars of $4,000 pounds capacity,
and the cars are now speeding towards
Ogden. This first shipment includes the
machinery and material for the blast
furnace.
1t is not a new outfit. The machinery
and other material has been in use
about one year. and at the time of the
purchase by the present owners 1t was
IN the hands of a receiver ana was
involved in litigation. which caused
considerable delay in the shipment of
the stuff to Utah.
The capacity of the blast furnace will
be about 125 tons per day. and the pipe
mill will turn out rs tons of pipe every
day.
The entire outfit has been paid for.
and will be set up Just as soon after
arrival here as possible. which will be
about sixty days.
Mr.. Loveridge. the superintendent or
the pipe foundry, goes east at once to
purchase tools. patterns and moulds
which will be required to completely
equip the pipe mill in addition to the
material already purchased.
In addition to the men employed
about the furnace and in the pipe mill,
d great many people can find some
thing to do in other departments. For
instance. it will require considerable
wood to make the charcoal used and
the lime rock for fuXing will have to
be quarried and hauled. so that taken
altogether a very large force of men
and boys can find constant employ
ment.
There is to be no delay from now on.
Mr.. Evans goes out to the site today
to look after the work now in progress
and Mr.. Dupries will push the work on
his hotel and boarding house so as to
have it completed as soon as possible.