The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-11

ping mill building of the latest i'm
proved type and a crushing plant. Then
there VIII be the machinery warehouse
ana office building, the present plans
/ not calling for q separate building for
/ offices. although it is intended later to
/ build such a structure. The machine
shop viii be equipped with full sets OF
all tools needed about the smelter. and
with facilities for all sorts of repair
work. boiler and blacksmith shop
viii be annexed. Engineer Repath
states that the plans cali for steel con-
struction throughout for all the smelter
I plant buildings. there being very little
woodwork in any of the buildings. He
spoke about the natural advantages of
/ the site:
Statement by Engineer.
THE site is ideally located" he said,
/ as there can be no possible chance here
/ for damaging crops. our smokestack
will be $50 feet high. and the prevailing
winds will carry the smoke and fumes
/ up over the mountain. This smelter
plant viii be a little better than any
other in the country, both because il Is
/ better located and because past expert
ences have given US ideas for improv-
ing the construction. II is better 10
Gated than the Anaconda snelter in re
latiOn to the valley and the town, be-
/ cause there the prevailing winds carry
the smoke directly toward the city. But,
/ even under the same conditions natural
| ly. there would be less danger of dam
| age from the smoke here, because we
know some new wrinkles about con-
structing the dust chambers now.
( Mr.. Repath stated that the work on
the smelter would be started very soon.
/ and would be rushed as fast as possible.
He said that all the preliminary plans
( had progressed very satisfactorily, but
/ that it would require steady work. a
large number of workmen and close ap-
/ plicatiOn to get the smelter completed
and ready to be blown in at the pre-
scribed date next spring. Statements
I have been made that the company
plans to employ only high-class white
labor at its new smelter. and Engineer
ReDath was asked regarding that fea-
ture: He said:
High Class Labor.
THE same policy that the company
| has adopted at its other plants in that
! regard viii be applied here The smell
( ter is designed to be operated by the
most intelligent class of 1aborers to be
/ secured. Shelters have been greatly
I improved in the last few years. and so
much new machinery has been added
/ to the equipment that intelligent labor
eTs are absolutely necessary. The hard
work that was formerly done by hand
could be done by any physically strong
human being. All that work is now
/ done largely by machinery, and they
are machines that require intelligence
| to operate. There viii be little work
around this plant that will not demand
/ laboring men who are intelligent"
/ 1t is stated that the smelter. on open
/ ing, will employ close to. 500 men. but
as the capacity Of the plant is in
( creased, which. the engineers state is
more than probable almost immediate
] ly, the force Of men viii be increased
probably to close to 700 within a rea-
| sOnable length Of time.
( Secretary Irvine of the Tooele I'M
/ provement company expresses himself
as very much pleased with the attitude
of the citizens and business men of
/ TOOele in heartily entering into the
/ plans 81 his company and assisting i'm
arrangements for the entertaining of
/ the big crowd expected there on Thurs
I day. The citizens have held several
/ meetings to discuss ways and means for
entertaining the crowds Special trains
will arrive in ToOele on Thursday about
| 10 O'Clock in the morning from Butte
and from this city, and the ToOele Com
mercial club has arranged to meet the
trains with delegations and bands. The
| citizens would have gone into extensive
details of entertainment if possible. but
| the time will be limited and the sale Of
/ lots is to begin as soon as the trains
arrive, and viii continue until finished.
/ During the last week the citizens
dubbed together and sent to Butte and
! Salt Lake home productions of honey
/ and fruit preserves. which will be
! turned over TO the dining car manage
ments to serve to the Tooele excursion
/ lists on the special trains Thursday.
| Arrangements are also being made to
/ feed the visitors there Thursday.
| Secretary Irvine states that the auc-
/ ton sale viii be conducted according to
program rain or shine. He has made