Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-11
AMARILLO SHELTER
POSSIBLE, DECLARE
VISITING MEMBERS
NEGOTIATIONS PENDING FOR ONE
Or MORE PLANTS ~
A\NOt NCENiENT.
PLANS ARE Indefinite
General Manager of Oklahoma Com
pany Spends Several Days Look
Ing Over Prospects Offered
BY Panhandle.

ny Eatlildiluic,
In =. Levin uf 'awhuslsit. Okla,
who hns been her In the interest of
a prospective smcltcr. lett iur the
north yesterday accompanied hy
e. T.. kaysrt. j. -. Ward and
Charles DE- Siulcs were here on
similar mission week ago Deli
mite arrangements were not made by
either uf the parties hut negotiations
are pending. and II is possible one
or even two sincltcrs at Amarillo
may result
Has Pipe Line Rights.
Mr.. kayser is the general manager ol
the American Zine a Smelling Com
pany. which has large zinc smelling
plant at RirtloSvillc. Okla Dr Lawn
has been actin. as scout ~ field agcn,
for the Bartlcsvillr company. and spcn,
several DAYS In the Amarillo gas field
on "a former visit. II was through MI.
Ward. a promoter. that De Saulcs was
brought here. II was Ward VINO s"'
cured from the Potter County court per
mission to lay two i2.inch gas pipr lines
across the Canadian river bridge. De
Saulcs is a mining engineer widely
known who has been In the cmployc ol
some of the large concerns of tn" coun'
try and is thought 10y some To represent
the Guggenhcim interests In seeking q
smclter location In the Amarillo field.
-Four Oklahoma Plants.
There are four smelling plants ~
Rartlcsyillc and the gas supply ~ now
restricted To an area go miles square
This fact may figure In the activity oi
the American Zane a Smelling Com
tany In seeking new field. Another
factor. one In position Ia know advances,
is the fact that one of the officials oi
the American Zinc a Smelling Company
is a director ON the board Of the Chi.
cago. Rock Island q Pacific road. ana
Is anxious to have smcltcr located on
the Rock Island at this point.
Railroads Interested.
A letter received by \ Peterson. divl'
sion freight aud passenger agent here.
Yesterday. from Superintendent Booth
uf the III Pasp a Southwestern railroad
at Ancho y. NJ. reveals the Interest.
and the reason therefor. Nuck lslanh
and III Paso a Southwestern officials
are taking In the location OF smcltcr
on the Rock Island at some point ac.
cessihle 10 cheap gas.
The III Paso a Southwestern read Is
the Rock Island line In New Mexico
and at Ancho In that state n being de
yelopcd one uf the most promising iron
mines In the west. The letter received
hy Mr. Peterson yesterday stated that
urc now being taken from the mime runs
ns high AZ - per cent Exploration ns
To its extent is being made. Suprrin
tendcnt Booih Is convinced that there
IL enough high grad" ere uf the B'ss'
mcr auaiity e. fupply Ym"li"r viii
tho cnuacity uf the Hartlcsyillc muclt"i
20 tn ~ Years. Orc ~ now h"inr
Hhnpcd from tho Ancho district to Pu
ohio AT a cust of S21o per ton. II D.
estimated II can hc shipped to Anna
rjIlo iv WAY "f the l;ock island ui ap
uroximatcly Ss.si ton. Hcnc" the IN
,rrcS, of thu Rock island and ~ paso a
southwestern IN thu location uf a smcl
ter at Amarillo.
Dr. Levin stated before leaving f"l
pnwhuska Yesterday, his luii IN try
ING to got smcltor l"oatcd In tn
Amarillo field WIS dome. General Man
ngcr Kays-r uf thc American Zine 4
sm.ltinp Company remarked tn Freight
and Division Agent Peterson before hi
,.,arturc tu Hartlcsyillc. that hc di'
no, h.licvo the time II ripe for hi'
,nm,any tu enter the Amarillo ficl,
yet.
Mr. Ward. who has been granted tn
pip,.laving privilege across the county
Lrldr.. asked that sioo ooo stock In th'
propns,d .ntrrpris" l." taken by Anna
ril,o citizens. and pat the matter "f 81
curing the si"ck subscriptions NJ q
Amarillo p.uplc Ward and -" Siulc'
nlsn attach ~ condition to their pru
no.,l that thoy bc left ficc tu buy 50
FROM any Suurcc they may ch""sc. an,
decline o. hc huund up 10 purchase from
any designated concerns
Nnnc uf the representatives ~ smell
Ter companies are left "n IN" gruun'
anil there ~ tnlk uf meeting ~ tia
h,i,in interests to d-Nisr u meant
nf rndraVuring to induce one 80 bvil
of the concerns tu lucatc in the Ama
iillu field