Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-18
ENLARGInG
 THE SHELTER
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Work at Douglas Continues UninterruptedIy - Increase In Output Over Year 1907 Will Be Considerable.

DOUGLAS. Aug. 17-(S (Special.)- The work of enlargement and i'm provement continues uninteruptediy as the c. and A. smelter. The news of this week is the erection of the frame for the first of the six new large fur naces and the statement that it will be ready to be blown in within the next thirty days These furnaces will each be ten feet longer than the old and will have capacity two thirds greater. The present furnaces, six in number. are fifteen feet long and have capacity of 800 tons daily while the new ones will be twenty-five feet in length and have a daily capacity of 800 tens. As soon as the first furnace has been blown in and proved satis- factory work will be commenced on a second and so on until all six shall have been installed and blown in. At the present time only five of the six fur naces are kept in operation and the same policy will be followed with the new ones, one being shut down at all times except in cases of emergency, CT rush.
 It is now more that month since the converter stands were moved to make room for tne enlargement Of the furnaces and the outside trackage was laid to each furnace so that the main work now is the enlargement mentioned. Nothing will be done at present in the way of providing new ore beds though this will become neees- sary with the large increase of capae- ity which the plant will have as will other enlargements.
 The Output.
 IL is stated that there will be a considerable increase in the output over the year 1907 even without talk ing into consideration any added ca nacitv. for five furnaces have been run ming constantly since the 29th oi Jan uary last. The output last year was approximately forty million pounds and at the present ratio it will run this year into figures which will ex- ceed 45,0OO GOO pounds. This hgure will be still further increased with the new furnace in operation for three or four months and probably second for two or three months, and safe estimate would seem to be between 45 and 50 million pounds.
 With the completion of these 'iX furnaces, and with five of them In op eration, the daily feed will be 5000 tons or eleven hundred thousand tons oi ore per year and it's monthly output sbouId run not far from six and a hali million pounds cf copper.
 The flood of last month entailee considerable additional work. Much oi the coke was swept away but most o if was regathered. Fortunately th' foundation to none of the building were damaged. In order to avoid possible recurrence one of the cul ycrts has been enlarged and larg' storm ditch has been dug This is be lieved will be all that is necessary t render the plant perfectly safe eye' in the greatest downpouts.
 Number Employed
 When the slump came last tal there was a partial shut down whic lasted until into January, but sine fhe last of that month the compan has employed at the reduction work as many If not more men than eve before. It is said that this state affairs will continue indefinitely unt all ghe improvements contemplate are finished and that then the enlari ed capacity will require about as man employees as it's maximum shall hay been.
 It was stated ttat last month tf nav roll was 525 and that this mont ii would run about the same numb' of men. Of course, when the depre sion came there mad to be some shii ing about from department to depal msnt but it was said by those VI should know that there had been reduction of force this year by reas' os the depression and, indeed. the for was larger than at the same time "a year.
 While good progress has been ma in the enlargement it will be seen tn considerable time wih be reaaiF