The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-04
RAILWAY REVOLUTION
1t is Slowly But Surely Going on
In Colorado.
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Ap-
parently in High Favor With the
Ore-Shippers of Colorado-A New
Scheme.

Denver, Feb. .S-The Times this
afternoon says:
Under the supervision of the United
States surveyor of customs for the
port of Denver a slow but sure revo-
luton in transcontinental freight
movements is going on.
Last night the Globe Smelter shipped
1000 tons of pig lead through the Gus
tom house in bond to Liverpool.
On Jan. is the Pueblo Smelling and
Refining company shipped 500 tons OF
pig lead to Liverpool via Galveston,
and these shipments have continued
daily at the rate of about six carloads
a day.
This morning the Guggenheims, the
Philadelphia Smelling and Refining
company, had their ore houses bonded,
and will at once join the movement to
Liverpool of large quantities of lead.
Back of the whole movement is a
scheme to break the backbone of the
great and all-powerful lead trust, and
millions of dollars are at stake. The
trust sought TO freeze out the English
owners of the great silver and lead
mines in British Columbia. The trust
declined to buy the output of the
mines, and at the same time advanced
the price of lead the world over. This
was . defiance and it was Substan-
tally backed by closing the markets in
America and endeavoring to influence
the railroads and make it SO expensive
for the British Columbia mine-owners
that they would be killed off. The
rust succeeded for while in keeping
The ore cut of the market and the de-
selopment of the country was delayed
until some big syndicate took charge
u the mines in the Kootenai and
Slogan districts, and with barrels of
cash began the fight.
The mine owners found one road
Which has fewer strings on it than the
transcontinental lines and favorable
rates were made with this line, the
Denver, Union Pacific & Gulf.
The Gulf road made special rate on
condition that the shipments should
De made via Galveston, so as to give
them a long haul.
Arrangements were made with the
United States custom house officials,
so that the ore. as soon as it crossed
he American line, came under the su-
perViSion of customs officials, the gov
ernment inspectors accompanying each
shipment from the international bound-
ary line to the SmelterS of Denver and
Pueblo. AT the smelters, the ore is
placed in bonded warehouses and is
of the customs officials. Transformed
into bars of pig lead, it is placed upon
the cars of the Union Pacific, Denver
& Gulf and taken to Galveston, and
under government inspection is placed
on ships bound for Liverpool. In Liver
pool a market uncontrolled by the
lead trust is found and being shipped
and smelted while in bond, relieves the
owners of the United States duty on
imported lead.
This mammoth combination and
operation has been in progress since
Jan. Is and, cleverly, the full scope of
its significance has been kept from the
public. AT the offices Of the Union Pa
cific, Denver e Gulf road mum has
been the word. for the line does not
care to antagonize more than neces-
sary the transcontinental line people,
who regard any diversion of travel to
the gulf with a jealous eye. Accord
ing to information obtained at the GUS
tom house, the ore is arriving in Den
yer at the rate of about six carloads
a Gay. OF these, two cars go to the
Globe smelter and four are forwarded
10 the Pueblo smelter The ore runs
On an average of 100 ounces in silver to
the ton, at the same time being so
per cent lead. The lowest grade re-
ceived was 56 per cent lead, so it can
be seen that the ore is very valuable
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