The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-26

lake IN tanks. Two wells are being
bored, however, within the confines of
the camp. One not far from the lake
shore, is down thirty-five feet, and
water has already been struck 1t is
exceedingly salty and unit for use. but
one OF the men in Charge of the work
says that the salty quality of the wa
ter is reduced as III boring progresses.
and il is expected that before long a
well Of good, fresh water will be struck.
The other wen is being bored from a
considerably higher elevation than the
nrst. II is down 100 feet and no water
either salt or fresh-has been found.
The company wants water supply OF
1000 gallons a minute. and expects TO
get II, no matter what it has to pay
for IT,
The smelter buildings proper will be
OF steel construction, and structural
steel is arriving almost daily on the
ground. The eXasperating delays usu-
ally attendant upon steel construction
are not anticipated in the case of the
smelter. and il is believed that within
sixty days-when il is expected TO COM
piete the fOundatiOn-the work of put
ting up the smelter buildings proper
and installing the big machinery can be
begun.
Outside of the tents and a few bunk
tation in Garfield. The only buildings
there aside from those directly CON
nected with the construction are a
frame store building and a saloon
building of similar character. The pro-
prletors of these two places have con-
cessions from the smelter company,
and no other business is allowed to be
carried on the grounds. Efforts 10
establish rival saloons have proven
failures. The company owns All the
land Tor considerable distance around
alton.
Camp is Orderly.
LOT the 700 men here abont half are
Dagoes. Greeks and Japs, and the bal
ance are white men" said a labOrer
yesterday.
The American laborer resents any
suggestion that the Italians and Greeks
are white men. Notwithstanding this
consiomerate mixture of races the uni
Nersal testimony of all classes is that
the camp is orderly A single deputy
sheriff policies the camp. As n rule the
iaborers are too tired when their days
work is done to spend the night in
hilarious dissipation.
Common laborers get from S. to $3.50
day No labOrer. il is stated, gets less
'iie'i4 -. lie CONSTRUCTION company
works its men ten hours n day, and the
smelter company observes the eight
hour day. Many Of the men working
Tor the smelter company in puttisg up
buildings, installing machinery. etc
are skilled mechanics, of course, and
these Insist on the eight hour day.
There are abont twenty-five women
IN the camp. They are the wives of
men employed on the works. No dis
reputable women have as yet taken up
their abode IN the camp which. in part.
accounts for the orderly condition of
things, and, if they did put in an ap-
pearance they would probably have to
pitch their tents at Il considerable dis
lance from the works. because. as stat
ed, the smelter company owns the land
all around the works and can dictate
who shall come and who shall 90.
The women in the camp take pot luck
with their husbands. Some of them
most of them, in fact-live i'm tents To
the resident of Salt Lake, accustomed
these chilly nights TO sleeping in a
warm bed within four walls, "a tent
would seem to be Il most cold and
cherries habitation: but the worlzmen
assert that so far they have not suf-
fered. Bunk houses are being erected
as rapidly as possible.
Taken all in all. the scene at Garfield
is one 10 quicken the pulse of those who
believe in the destiny Of Salt Lake and
Utah.