Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-23
Reviews Story Of Friction Be-
tween Officials Of American
Smelling & Refining Co.
OVER GARFIELD SHELTER.
Carl Etlcrs. Who Designed Plnnt. to
Remain Here Temporarily
Tonnage Treated.

| & The a News" learned from, an au-
thoritative source early today, which
afterwards received confirmation thati
NSlliards s. Morse is no longersto repre-
sent the executive committee OF the
American Smelling & Refining COM
pany inithis field, and that Temporarily,
at least, the duties which have here
tofora rested upon his shoulders have.
been. transferred to Carl IIilers, also a
member of the executive committee,
With the exception that the latter's du-
tics viii be confined entirely to the
operation isof the Garfield smelter;
whereas, the jurisdiction of Mi. Morse
extended to the East Helena srnelter. as
we'll az to the mill and smelter at Ely,
Nevada. Mr.. Morse accompanied the
Gugsenheim party to Ely, but upon
his return tomorrow, will prepare to-
leave for Mexico on business connected
with the Mexican plants OF the Ameri-
can Smelling &c Refining company;
after which he Will return to New York
to executive headquarters.
There is something interesting about
the removal Of Mr.. Morse from Utah.
For weeks past there have been rl-
mors of internal dissensions and from
time to time something has cropped out
TO indicate that the best of feeling has
not existed between Mr.. Morse and Mr..
lsilers, almost from the time hat Mr..
Morse was made director general of
the Utah department.
Mf. Eilers designed the Garfield
smelter and at the time MIR. Morse
came heresand for some time afterward
things did8not work as smoothly at the.
plant as many had hoped for and this
gave rise to the circulation of the re-
port that the plant was a failure. Mr..
Morse, 1t is alleged, criticized the work
of Mr.. F;ilers and placed the RESPONSE
bility. Mt least indirectly, for this con-
dition at the Garfield plant, as we'll
as the hampering of similar work at
other hand. contended that he had not
been given a free hand in the Utah
department and insisted that had this
[ been accorded him, the Garfield plant
would have assumed an economic
working order and maximum results
would have been achieved long before
now But 1t appears that as he had
had this desired authority during the
time he was engaged In designing the
plant atst Garfield IA ajority of the
directors of the smelling company be-
ljlieved ample time had been given him
to- put things in proper working order
Accordingly, Mr. Morse was sent west
| It has been claimed by President
Guggenheim, General Manager Whit.
| ley and Mr.. Morse himself that many
| of the defects found in the original
construction of the plant at Garfield
| have been remedied; while friends Of
Mi. Eilers insist that everything was
not set right by the Morse administra-5
| ton and Mr., Eilers demanded that he
be given opportunity to demonstrate
the fact; which appears to have been
| granted by the elimination of Mr.
| Morse.
However, recent visitors to the Car
| field plant declare things are going
along very much better thansthey We're,
| and that the blast furnaces are HAND
| ling 1880 tons Of ore per day and the
| reverberatories 500 tons. 1T is expect
| ed that. the sinelter will be in shape to
take care of 5000 tons per. day within
| month