The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-30
A Big Shelter Deal Has Been
Made at NeOdesha.
The canyons Have Sold Their
Plant to the Granbys.
WORLDS GREAT FIRM.
At CRANKY, No., They Have a
Smelter-May Move.
will Invest $4,000 and Have
$4,000 Monthly Payroll.

Neodesha. Jan. 30.-The long pending
smelter deal at Neodesha has at last
been closed The Sun tells the story in
the following:
The deal between the Granbys and
the canyons was closed yesterday. Last
night at the meeting of the city council
Mr.. Catch of the CRANKY Mining and
Smelling company. stated in so many
words that his company had bought the
Lanyon smelter of this place and that
the investments of the Granbys here at
this time represented 5000. O00
Mr. Catch further stated that his
company was ready to greatly increase
the capacity of the smelter. the capac
ity of their works being gagged only
by the amount of cheap fuel they could
obtain
3" We produce from our own mines
said Mr. Catch to the council 10000
tons of zinc ore each year. which will
make when sheltered 1900 tons of
spelter The capacity of the smelter
we have just purchased here is 200
tons of spelter a year, so it VIII readily
be seen that we must more than double
the capa city of the plant. It is our in
tention to extend and add to the plant
Immediately and continuously fact
there is no limit TO what we viii do in
extending our works If we can get
cheap fuel We only ask the city 10
d5Hl5l US 10 &Cl ItOtE EdS- Al IdilD y
Missouri. we have a lead snrelter en-
plOying so men and producing 200 tons
of pig lead a year. This may be brought
TO Neodesha. In our board of directors
meetings we have discussed the advisa-
bility of adding a zinc rolling mill. Also,
we are told that the fumes from ton
of zinc ore will make a ton of sulphuric
acid and we may put in an acid works.
THE council asked Mr.. Catch if he
was ready to enter into a contract to
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in consideration of acquiring from the
city TIE OFT lease. and he said he would
contract to invest $4,000 more in in
creasing the capacity Of the smelter,
this amount to be separate and apart
from any amounts that might be ex-
pended for gas lands, tenement houses
or for drilling wells and laying pipe
lines.
I'm Mr. Gatch's talk to the council he
stated that the canyons would remain
/ here in charge of the works. William
Lanyon said to reporter this morning
that r. V. Lanyon would manage the
! business for the Granbys- William Ian
/ yon does not expect to remain here and
4 he thought possibly Dee Lanyon would
not stay. The deal between the Ian
/ vons and the Granbys is not entirely
! closed. The contract as agreed upon
with Mr.. Catch has been sent TO St
Louis for approval but no papers OF
! transfer have been made and no money
/ has been paid. However, Mr.. Lanyor
says the deal viii be closed. The hand
! some new residence Just built by E. v
Lanyon, and the lots purchased by Other
members Of the Lanyon Bros Spelter
company. are not sold to the Granbys
though the dwellings, at the smelter are
included. The Granbys win go ahead
and build more dwellings at the sTnelteH
just as the canyons had anticipated.
There seems to be a difference oil
opinion, among those who heard Mr.
Gatch's statement. as to whether he
means to exDend $4,000 after complet
ing the Lanyon contract or simply tC
add $4,000 in improvements to the plan
as it now stands. The canyons are Un-
der contract with the city to build foui
blocks Of retorts and to have a pay
roll Of 50 900 per month but so far the.
have only three blocks built and two O
these in operation. However, Mr.. Gatci
stated that their pay roll would be a
least SIS 600 a MONTH