The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-26
SCENE Is BUSY
AT GARFIELD
About 700 Men Are Now at Work on
Shelter.
PROGRESS IN THE BUILDING
FOUNDATION is TO BE FINISHED
IN SIXTY DAYS.

Inc rather narrow strip OF land be-
tween tho base or the Oouirrh noun
Ialhs ana the shore line OF the Great
SAT- Lake at Garfield, where the new
upper slneiter or the American Smelt-
3 lls KeIlning company is being
erected, is one OF the busiest spots i'm
the west today.
fof mile and half on both sides
OF the san Pedro railroad the white
8 tents OF zoe or more labOrers dot the
landscape, and when they are az work
II looks as If a small army had been
turned out 10 carry the big project
through to completion.
d {. bowman, superintendent for the
Ctah Construction company. which has
s. The contract for escaVatinrs tho founda-
tioh Tor me smelter. estimates the eX-
5aVation Will be completed in about 90
OF several acres.
Three Miles of Railroad Track.
To facilitate the work OF excavation
INC construction company has laid fully
three miles Of temporary narrow gauge
railroad track. which completely en-
81 circles the big foundation ON the
south side OF the foundation il is neces-
sary 10 eXcavate. On the north side a
Dig MI OF gravel, rock and earth must
s. he made. So this narrow gauge track
IL utilized in hauling the foundation
81 material from the point OF excavation
10 the point OF the fill
The construction company has eight
81 locomotives, Ia teams and three steam
shoVels- OF the 700 men employed about
half are in the employ OF the cOnstruc-
lion company, and the other half are
III the employ Of the smelter company
S and by the sub-contraCtOrs who have
charge OF portions of the XcaVatiOn
81 work. Gravel taken from the grade of
10 sIs
s being utilized in filling in on the south
and east sides OF the foundation. in al
ditiOn 60 that eXcaVated from the south
side OF the foundation.
AS the train pulls into Garfield and
one sees the north side OF thu fOunda-
lion tho first thought is that the
smelter people are building a new
lnountain at the base OF the ones nature
built. The filled in side of the founda-
lion has a truly gigantic look. and to
climb up the sides OF il causes one TO
: puff and blow and wheeze.
Buildings Going Up.
The smelter company is putting up
s It's own buildings. To the west OF the
smelter foundation a blacksmith shop
and a machine shop are about COM
Iieted. Both ara built substantially of
brick. and are complete except that the
windows and doors have not been put
'in.
Also west Of the foundation and south
Ot the machine shop and blacksmith
shop, three enormous steel water tanks
5haVe been built. Still farther TO the
south tho concrete foundation for the
S7big engine and power house has been
*practically completed, and the work Of
erecting the superstructure VIII COM
flnence shortly.
Considerable progress has been made
I'm installing one of the big furnaces.
Publicity is not one Of the strong points
Df the cOmpany's employees, and all in
S. luiries as TO details are ignored. The
mon i'm charge OF the work won't tell
2hoN. many furnaces are to be installed,
Or how many more water tanks are to
Boz built He won't tell what the exact
acreage OF the foundation OF the smelter
proper is; in fact he won't tell any
hing.
Quarters for Officers.
East OF the big foundation five small
nne-story brick buildings with concrete
foundations are being erected. These
81 viii include the main offices OF the
e smelteF. an assay Office. quarters for
ha SUPERINTENDENT and assistant super
nlendent, and q mess house for the Of
icerq and clerical employees OF the
s smelter.
In on the hill to the south or the
smelter foundation about sixty feet OF
he big yellow brick smokestack has
Deen erected. It is over thirty feet in
diameter at the bottom and VIII taper
oWard the top.
AT present all the drinking water
lsed in the camp is shipped from salt