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

be built close up against the mountains
The location Of the smeiter in relation
to the city and the valley is regarded d
most important point, as the prevailing
winds of the region are toward the
mountains. and the smelteT smoke will
be carried directly away from the val
ley and over the range. The fact IS
also pointed out that three canyons
back Of the smelter site will assist in
carrying into the mountains most Of
the fumes and smoke that the city can
in no degree be affected.
The smelter company, ON selecting
this site for the smelter. secured ease
ments and options on all the agricul-
tural lands within a wide radius Of the
smelter site, paying the farmers 10 per
cent of the value they placed on their
properties By the agreement entered
into with the farmers. in case suit is
brought after the smeiter has been in
operation a year for damages arising
from the smelter. and judgments are
found the company has the option TO
buy the property at the prices set by
the farmers Of its worth. In this way
the agriculturists are all fully protect
ed. and the smelter people state the as
surance that they are running no risks
by making this agreement. As one of
them stated:
1T has cost US a great deal of money
on the start to secure the options, but 1t
has given the settlers assurance of pro-
lection and has removed US from a po-
sitiOn where we might be harassed in
the future. Not more than twice dur
ing a season does the wind in this re-
gion blow in direction to take the
smoke toward the valley. Our smoke
stack will be $50 feet in height, carry
ing the smoke to a height of nearly 900
feet above the city. and the winds will
then carry it over the mountains away
from the valley
At present On the sTnelter SITE FOR the
Improvement company and on the rail-
road, there are nearly 200 men at work.
This number is to be increased very
soon to about 600, and that number. as
soon as work on the smelter and other
buildings IS well under way. will be
again materially increased. The only
work actually being done right now on
the smelter site is excavation work and
the laying Of a short pipe line. This
work is in charge of the Ely Construc-
ton company. and about forty men are
employed. Information regarding the
smelter and other buildings was secured
at TOoele from J. 3. Mcintosh, engineer
on the work. and from c. II. Repath,
chief engineer for the company.
The Smelter Buildings.
The smelter is being built by the In
ternational Smsiting & Refining COM
pany, and is to be a custom copper
plant It is to be blown in early in 1910.
a contract having been entered into
whereby the smelter is to be ready to
handle ore from the Utah Consolidated
company by the first of April next year.
Mr.. Repath stated yesterday that the
smelter would be ready at that time to
receive ores. To convey the Utah Con-
solidated ores to the smelter that min
ing company is preparing 70 construct
a tramway from its mine at Bingham,
three miles and a half over the noun
tain. ores from other mines will be
conveyed to the smelter by railroad.
The plant is to cost In the neighbOrhOOd
of $4,000, 900 when completed, and is TO
be built so that II can be easily and
readily enlarged in capacity as de-
manded. It's capacity, it is stated, Will
be $500 tons.
The largest building on the site will
be 200 feet wide and 400 feet long. and
viii really be three adjoining buildings,
the converter building, the reverbera-
tory building and the blast furnace
building. The next i'm size and impOr-
lance will be the power house, 240x72
feet. Here viii be generated the power
for use in the smeltcT and also the
power for the operation of the electric
railway. There will be installed in the
power house two triple expansion en-
gines and generators of the latest i'm
proved pattern; two 400 horsepower
engines and generators, two blowing
engines. each Of 400 horse power: motor
generator sets and other electric APP
paratus. Nothing will be lacking to
make the plant when completed, the
best equipped in the country.
on the site viii be erected two large
McDouEall rooster buildings, each con-
tanning large dust chambers. Each
building viii contain sixteen McDou-
gall rOasters. Besides these buildings,
there viii he erected four large steel ore
bins for storage of custom ores. a sam