The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-27
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Coming of Griffin Wheel 4.
Chief Topic of Conyers,,,'
in Salt Lake. 4
PAYROLL OF ENORMOUS
PROPORTIONS IS Assn,
Step Regarded as Begipos|
Industrial Era in lp,.'
mountain West,

Coming as it did from No.,
speak with authority, the ..
Thursday morning that the r,,s
company win establish a ers,,
In Salt Lake, there has besr
comment upon what the cor,,.
gigantic enterprise will mean -
Probably the greatest stir
nouncement OF the coming =,
was In railroad circles. Ano.
men the factory was tho cS,ass
discussion Thursday. II IL e sa,a
Gould and Hartman systems W
other companies. purchase
Griffin company. IN.
Tho, erection Of a factory
20 railroad men, in this city sori9
lhat the railroads of the In,erosl
country as We'll as those OF -.
CaNiornia and other parts OF ~.
would be supplied from ihs s,,,
plant, as IT WOULD be the most :,
lent shipping point, ''
Employs Army Of Men.
The largest plant OF the c,,s.
pany Is AT Chicago, where lo0s -
wheels are turned out each dao sg
men are employed, The smalIs,,
Is at Tacoma. Wash. where ~:
are turned out each day hv y,
ployees. The Denver plant. iror.
the supply OF wheels Is obtained ~
roads of Utah and divisions funS.
manufactures $50 wheels day ~
ploys i00 Men
In addition TO wheel enuIpme,t y.
Hartman and Gould roads II.
Lake K Ogden Railroad rornnasy
Ogden Rapid Transit COMPANY ~
street cars OF the Utah Light b ps5
company of Salt Lake City are -
with the Griffin wheels.
That tfe company has been ~
plating a plant In this city for sorS
was confirmed by an officer OF liz
riman system Thursday. He Az
eight months ago the company hsl
resentatives in this city who were Il
to secure n suitable site for tts i
Immense Plant Assured.
A well-known Salt Lake railrsy
said Thursday night: There arr +,
important reasons why this woud h
ideal location for the Griffin co.
among which may be mentioned .k,
limited coal and iron deposits kntV.
exist In Utah. Another is thai 4
will be a vast amount OF railroad 4
ing IN the west within the ned
years and the company that is n
ground cannot fall TO have the sdsl,|
over other companies that Will htTI
ship their products for hundr1
thousands of miles.
From what I know OF The q
company, Salt Lake people may y
sured that its plant here Will not Il
little thing. but Will be so biz n
will make people sit up and
notice.
Answers the Pessimlt
Joseph Z. Game, secretary OF ths
mercial club. in commenting on "
clsion OF the Griffin company 70
factory In Salt Lake. said TO 10
reporter:
"The decision of the Griffin y
company TO establish extensive von
this city is the final answer 10 the
mist who has persistently conteneH
Salt Lake could not grow wltho7I
tories. The Commercial club bss
tanned that its work In the bullall
the city lay first In an effort 70
In people who would cultivate tm
and In the encouragement OF the as'-
ment OF our mines, QuaTies ana
natural resources. thus creating eoi'
ers' for the factories we already nsv,
creating traffic that would sse<.
necessitate the location here
great plants as the one about 70
tablished by the Griffin comInn!,
useless TO offer free sites OF -
where there is no demand ior u7
factured article, but where the
already exists. the manufacture "
the first TO seek the location.
More Enterprises Coming
"The decision OF the Griffin Y
company TO install its great pls9t y
Lake marks a new era In the ins1'
life of this city. because 1t Is w
step in the establishment OF -
shops and other factories wnicn -
largely upon our transporsatlon ~. ~, ,
their market The location Of ins
In Salt Lake ought to lead 20 ms :.
development of the great iron oeP.s;, P;,'
southern Utah. with their eou.,'
coal beds. II the finished prod.9
be turned out here ut pronI, :
likely that the raw material VI
hauled thousands OF miles When ~
within the boundaries OF our oss .asI
mountains OF iron and feds ol ~,
limited In extent and uhso'P's'
richness. :, ,l,e,i'
"The Commercial club is s.nr an :,
correspondence with many sA1 ~ h
facturers who are heginnlns sNs|
that the intermountain Yves. s,ssm Z
market In many lines of pus'I d
cannot be overlooked | expm, epo,,,s
twenty or thirty factories. emp% -; -
TO 200 men each. located ID " "a n
city within the present yea,' srs tt
be greatly surprised II tness on on rsd
cornpanied by a number OF isre, er,s q
comparable with the great "vhis vcoahis
Griffin company. we nav o otber
edvices of the intention OF one osAI
panv that is now figuring uH,Cn iH,no IA
tion here. whose final dec,seSd decasond h
favor would be a fitting 1rrs IN
good news that appeared 'n ~"
today. Nauhous
"The building Of the s,,na Newaldt sldt
scrapers was a great foI~aIu i9ld
the life of this city ana w', s,rudf
by many other magn,Insse"W NE wheel 4
The location OF the Gri;nn, riil 81
marks another eJoch whlch ,Se q
d,InI;cafes and triplicates III vs.