Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-15
SHELTER INCREASE ANNOUNCED FOR THE
 [. & 4. AT DOUGLAS
$1, 100000 to be Spent by the Company in Additions to Its Already Large Reduc- ton Plant.

i DOUGLAS. March 14-That the Cal
 umet X Arizona Mining company has
 authorized the expenditure of one mil lion two hundred thousand dollars in
 increasing the capacity of every de- ! partment of the big smelting plant in
 this city and in adding new and inn portant features was the announce ment made here last night by Capt. John C. Greenway. general manager of the company.
 Though the work of making plans | for very material enlargement of the Calumet & Arizona smelter in Doug ! las has been under way for several months this fact has only reached the ears of few in Douglas and that on the Q. T.
 | Capt. Greenway has just returned ! from Chicago where he attended meeting Of the company directors on February 29. At that meeting the reg ular quarterly dividend on c. & A. stock was fixed at s2, being the largest quarterly dividend ever paid, the for mer dividend record being s1.50. This dividend calls for the distribution of a i large sum, but all the C. & A. earnings are not going into dividends these days when it is considered that S1, ,200.- ! 900 is going into shelter improvement at once and that the C. & A. is provid-
 ing the money required for building | f ho fn in nd hn works for the New Cornelia property at the terminus of the Ajo railroad.
 Big Things Coming. | Capt. Greenway made the announce
 ment on Saturday that he had been authorized by the c. & A. directors to expend one million two hundred thou- 1 sand dollars in making additions to the capacities of the C. x A. smelter in this city and adding new and import i ant features to it.
 Acid Plant.
 The most important addition will be the construction of an acid plant that | is to be located east of the present 1 roasters. This acid plant will have a capacity for producing daily 200 tons of sulphuric acid and it will consume a large amount of the sulphurous i fumes which are now emitted from ! the roaster stack. The operation of this plant will materially lessen the sulphur gases which have previously come from the C. & A smelter and alleged to be injurious to certain vege- tation and trees in that vicinity. The sulphuric acid manufactured by this acid required in the oreqQ shrdIuwy acid plant will supply the acid requir- ed in the ore teaching plant now in process of installation at Ajo Besides the construction of this acid plant, estimated to cost s750.0O every department of the C.. & A. smelter, ex- cept the blast furnaces. will De ma terially increased. as follows: Capacities Increased. Two new reverberators will be pro- vided 10 the east of the three rever- berators now in use. This will amount to an increase of 66 2-3 per cent of the present capaclty.
 The roasting plant is to be doubled in size, twelve new roasters being pro vided in the new plans for enlarge ment
 The power house is to be materially enlarged. A new blower engine will be added and the electric plant in- creased 150 per cent.
 One new converter will be added to the eight now in commission.
 Thirty per cent additional capacity | will be provided in the sampling works and like increase is planned ! for the storage bins which receive the ores when they arrive from Bisbee and from other districts from which GUS tom ores are received.
 | A new fireproof store room and warehouse is to be provided. Transmission Line. A high power transmission line will | be constructed connecting the shelter in this city with the company's mines in the Warren District This line will carry tlcClIlC pUNtT iIOul tue SnltiJeT 10 the mines for use in operating ad- ditional crushers and for other purpos- es in the mining department. Designing Engineer.
 A. c. McGregor. we'll known in this city and in all the principal mining districts in Arizona. has been engaged ! for a considerable time in the work of designing the plans for this shelter. ! It will be remembered that Mir McGre 20. then having an office in this city
 with MT. ReDath. supervised the con- struction of the present C. x A. smelt- CT. which was completed during the summer of 1913. Since then Mir Nc Gregor has been employed in building the Arizona Copper company's new
 smelter at Clifton and the new smel;-
 or at Globe owned by the Anaconda people.
 Clark Gets Busy.
 Harry Clark. superintendent of the | C. & A. shelter and who had charge T