Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-02
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IN N||[)V.A|!L
United States Smelling and Re-
firing Plant is to be Start
ed Up Again.
JUDGE MARsHALL's ORDER J. E /,
New s25o,ooO Bag House and
Flues Are to Be Built
AT Once.

Number Of Men VIII BE Doubled, So
That 1000 Laborcrs Will be
On Pay Roll.
Through Judge John A. Marshall this
morning allowing the motion OF the
United States Smelling, Refining and
Mining company for a modification o.
the decree OF Injunction granted nearly
two years ago by which the company
was restrained from smelling all ores
q n ew era for the company was started
this morning. In a verbal decision Of
but q very few Words Judge Man
shall allowed tire company to- smell
all kinds of ores at the plant at Bing
ham Junction under certain conditions.
This means that a new s250.o0o bag
house. and nues will be built at the
snelter at once, the number of men now
employed will be doubled so that 1 200
men will be working. and the capacity \
of the plant will be Increased from
treating 1000 tons Of ore a day, as IT.
present. to $500 tons a. day.
1.-The motion was allowed this morn
ling after having been under consid-
CREATION by the court for several days.
Several months ago the United States
company applied for a modification Of
/ the decree that ut be allowed to smeIt
! the copper suIphide ores on the Same
+ basis that II was allowed to slnelt lead
( ores. The decree was modified shortly
after the injunction was granted which
closed down all the smeters of the
Salt Lake valley. The first modifica-
L ton allowed the smelling of lead ores
provided that but three fourths of
percent Of suiphuric acid was allowed
TO escape through the stuck IA d, n
g. By SECRET PROCESS 81
Evei. since the first qualification 81
the decree was allowed the colnta,fy
has been smelling from 500 at /, 900 ltn!a;i
OF ore a. day. BY the secret process OF
the company which is d gbtt,; mouse an!
the introduction OF zinc oxide and tlls
cooling of@the gases, the company has
&baen a Bile to- srneft ORC With the ESCAPE.
of no deleterious matter
When y Judge Marshall returned from
I Oklahoma several weeks ago; the mo-E
ton for d modification of the decree ~, 4
as to allow the smelling OF; all ores uu-
f der the same conditions as the lead
ore was taken up. For more than a. Is
week large number Of experts wers
examined as to the conditions they
found at the smelling plant. The farms
ers, who were the complainants In t!fe
original suit offered no evidence DUE
ing the hearing although they were
represented by the attorneys, King q I
FBurton The defense was represented
by Howatt & Macmillan.
After listening to the experts ana
other proof Of the ability or the cons
out injury to plant and animal III in +!
the Salt Lake valley, Judge Marshall
took the matter under adyiSemelt and
this morning gave his decision. 1T was Il
simply that the motion of the defense
for the modified decree was granted
figation. s.
AS soon as George w. Heintz.
local manager OF the company,
learned of the decision this morn
Ing he photographed to the head
I quarters OF the company in Boston, in
curing as to whether work on the new.
bag house. which win care for the
fumes from the copper ores, should be-
started at once. 1t is probable that he
will receive orders to begin immedinte- I
~ the construction of the bag, house.
and fiues. which will mean the outlay
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BAGHoUsE SYSTEM.
BY means of the fiues the hot gases
from the furnaces are cooled and
through the introduction OF zinc oxide
all of the deliterious matter that was
heretofore expelled into the atnos-
phere is held. The solids are all re-
strained from entering tho air by tho
playhouse system, The arsenic that is
saved by this means has been q good
source OF revenue for the sonlpany and.
within the past 90 days 1876 tons Of the
refined arsenic has been sold. At pres
ent 1t is said that the company could
dispose OF more than 100 tons of this
bi-prodGct,
The present playhouse system has cost
the company in the neighborhood III
s25e,Co0 and through the biproductganti
the expenses saved in other ways 1t has
nearly paid for itself In the past rs q
months.
AT present but 500 men are employed
at the plant as compared With the large
army that formerly found work at the
smelter. AS soon as tho plant is COM
pleted for the additional ore which win
be smeited undertSthe present inodifl-
cation more than 200 men will find en-
ployment,
When the news of the decision reach-
ed Bingham Junction this morning
there was considerable celebrating. Tha
smeltsr plant announced the decision
with the blowing OF whistles and the
ringing OF bells. Soon tho entire town
was shouting, blowing whistles and
changing the gongs.
we do not feel ciesty over the de-
cision.' said Manager Heintz this
morning. 1T shows that ore can be
gns3lted without harnlsng Vegetation
and animal life. BY our process all
the deliterious matter Is extracted from
the fumes before they are allowed TO
escape.
'.At the same time the modification of
the decree is avictory for the farmers.
They have accomplished what they
started out to do
SUGAR REFINING co. CASE.
New York, Aug additional time
to August 30 for pleading to tho
federal indictment against them was