Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
Brief Story Of How a New City
Has Risen ON Shores OF
The lake.
MILLIONS IN SINGLE YEAR.
Beginning Of the Greatest SmeIt.
InC Center in All the World
Near City's Gates.
Threaded and CriSs-Crossed by Sew
cral Big Railroads With Another
Building Through.

During the coming week the new Gar
e.3 shelters. which have been crested
dshrg the past year al an expense of
,,r s. 0oo .000. will, IN part, begin the
,3vciion Of ore. Only a portion 81
n, treat plant VIII he ready. but In
works OF this KIND the start can only
b rradral so II viii be in this case,
until the entire battery Of furnaces is
n commission.
Notwithstanding that all this vast
wealth has been expended within the
past nine months. there are probably
thousands Of Utah people who DO not
begin 10 realize what is being done out
that way 20 provide facilities for treat
usnt n the Constantly increasing sup
ply ~ ores coming from the mining
camps OF this and adjoining states, nor
% they comprehend what the existence
Of these rev works means in the way
Of supplying a market for the products
Of TIE farms. orchards and gardens,
opening up now opportunities for bus
iuoss enterprises and In increasing tAs
metal wealth ~ the world.
WONDERFUL CHANGES.
Those who remember that opening in
The OQuurh range of mountains. and
the seilmcuiary deposits below a.,
which have been iu process OF fOrma.
ton Tor ages and. which finally Wild
cned out into a vast sage covered area
between The ola Ga1led resort ana
Black Rock, would not know the plact
now The uausi0rmati1D has been go
great Where once the jackrahbit had
ne way. are nov located gigantic build.
inss u steel and brick. miles Of "a l.
Ioai track have been laid. Immense
ofebins a great power plant machine
s''l' a. ,l. q Natrr@oIks system have
~. DsilI "hhe money has not been
slatel IN providing the very best
y-'pue.t me marke, affords to make
''7 ""o'e zoe hne't Ia all the world,
FOUNDING OF A NEW CITY.
This formed the nucleus for the
.olhaIhg ot O. new city Garfield. which
= now n-iag built ont near the western
tltt of san Lake county: about fire
Nilts east ot The Nneltrrs. MOI only
WV. ine men who labor In the smeltefs
u1he lnell homes there. but those Mn,
nlil NHd employment IN the great piants
~ ihe Utah Copper and Boston Con-
tliiaale1' where 1000 tons OF ore VIII
l'lu0el 90 concentrate daily. will
sylae 70 Garfield With their families 10
..sAe inelr homes In due time. eiee-
l.Is VIII operate between the town
IN. ,ne te'eral plants, and IL is not
.li'Asig mat an electric traction sys.
~, "ll DO established between Gar
day ~ '''' az u" ulS'al'
ihe new smellers win he opera;,d
sl. me direction Of the Ga6pld
-sluhs company, an adjunct to the
Allellan smelling q Refining CONE
10y ana The buildings and trackage
,S'tfs an area 81 about SO acres. II.
..s1 Us easily reached hy all tho ran.
,iu.'s centerlng in this city. The main
81, =, lhe san Pedro. Los Angeles &
49,, lAhe aud Western Pacific when
az, pass me town and plant; the RIO .
~, mas built a branch line. while I
-, Vfegon short line has irafic ar
i ,.ls'nenis with the San Pedro. or sal. /
plHER LARGE BUILDINGS.
Aside from the general offices. a.
ana chemical laboratory. mess 4
ts ana officers residences. which |
&c bullt of old Spanish design, there
~ nlne other large buildings. seven !,
~. which were by the Minneapolis |
, ssi and Machinery company The
,t.-s.smith shop occupies space of
$50 ieet and Is equipped with every
,s. AZ, ,'.savlng device. the machine shop.
,,t, re ieet. the power house. is0xs56
~ me latter building contains all
~ .'eam and electrical power equip
required In the operation Of the
The power house has seven
mead coal bins with caracity for
Dhs each. This trio Of buildings
y, l, steel and brick nsfruction. The
'ss ousAll rooster building - sex
- Ieei and contains is is-foot fur
ss Two ssmplIng mills. where
WIZ be crushed and sampled, !