Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-15

smelters In accordancc with thofe re-
strictions and limitations. These nego-
tiations," he said, "have been going on
for some two months. and during that
period the committee and It's expert, Or.
eEbaugh have not only made an ex-
haustivc study of the situation. but
have applied TO 1t all the knowledge and
experience which has been gained by
them during this protraoted litigation
and all that could be obtained from
research and experiments conducted at
various shelters IN this country and In
Europe,
After all this investigation. am not
only of the personal opinion but it is
the unanimous conclusion of the COM
mite. that the operations of this smei-
er will, upon the completion of the inn
provements contemplated, be conducted
In such manner as to result IN no
damage to the farmers of this valley
The easements which II is proposed
shall be granted the company for the
continuance Of It's operations under the
restrictions of the modified decree VIII
simply grant permission to II TO operate
under this decree without giving the
company any further or additional priv
ileges than those contemplated In the
decree itself. and. to make thcse euse-
ments effective. 1t will, AT all times. be
necessary for them to operate in con-
formity with the decree.
RIGHT TO INSPECT PLANT.
"In addition to all of these various
restrictions, the further precaution has
been taken TO reserve the right OH the
part OF the farmers to inspect the plant
at all reasonable times for the purpose
OF ascertaining that II is being operated
in strict accordance with the decree
and In such manner as Will prevent
damage being done. The action of the
farmers In ratifying this settlement
was practically unanimous and there
should be no hesitation on the part of
any one in giving the easement.
'The committee has also arranged
with the company for a settlement Of
all damages accruing up to the time of
the completion of its contemplated inn
provenents: these damages to be set
tied by friendly negotiations, or, fail
ing in this. by arbitration.
st is Al source Of much qualification
to the committee to know that after
some three years of harrassing and
veXatfous litigation we have at last
succeeded in amioably settling the diff
culties OF the farmers with one of the
shelters in such a way as to afford us
all the relief that was ever contem-
plated and still permit a valuable indus
try to remain in our midst"
F. w. sCoFIELD.
Mr.. f. w. Scofield manager of the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany, says: after a considerable
period of careful and difficult nego-
tiation with the farmers committee,
we have succeeded in concluding an
adjustment OF our smoke difficulties In
Il manner which Is satisfactory TO the
company and which 1 have reason to
believe is as agreeable to the farmers
committee. and, through them. tho
farmers whom they represent. AS any
details affecting the character of this
settlement are essentially the bust
ness of the farmers committee
would rather say nothing about them,
preferring that any such expression
would come from the committee. or
its officers, should they desire TO dis
cuss 1t.
.While the restrictions which have
been imposed upon us by the farmers
are somewhat severe and our opera
lions under these restrictions Will be
to some extent limited, ii Is neverthe-
less a settlement which is satisfactory
TO the company and which am Of the
opinion affords an agreeable solution
of a troublesome situation. We have
always been OF the opinion that our
Murray plant has been responsible for
but little, sc any, of the smoke dafn-s
ages which have accrued here IN the
Wiley, and we further believe that
in meeting the requirements 0s the
committee we have thrown suon safe
guards around the operations of our
plant as to preclude the possibility of
damage at any time in the future.
CHEERFULLY COMPLIED WITH.
While some OF the restrictions which
have been imposed by the committee
and their expert Dr. Ebaugh, are, in
my Judgment, not entirely necessarily,
they will nevertheless be cheerfully
complied with in order that the conf
mittee and the farmers may have the
additional assurance which these will
give them that our plant can and Will
be operated without doing them DAM
age.
THE spirit of fairness upon the part
of the committee, which has been man
ifest throughout these negotiations in
a willingness upon their part to agree
TO an adjustment of the trouble when
we were able to demonstrate to them
that we could operate the plant without
damage TO the farmers in the valley,
hasNbeen source of great qualification,
and in view of the continuance of our
operations in our present location I
shall hope that as result of the satis-
factory conclusion OF these negotiations
we will have gained on behalf of the
company the friendship and good will
OF the committee and the farmers
whom they represent, II being our de-
sire for the future, regardless of our
past differences, TO operate in entire
harmony with the farmers In order that
we may all reap such mutual benefit as
may arise from the conduct of our oper-
ATOMS"