, 1922-11-30
RAPID PROGRESS
At new REFINERY
CONTINUED FAVORABLE WEATHER
MAKES POSSIBLE BtWILDERING
WRIRL OF INTENSE ACTIVITY

the Producers & Refiners corpora
ton, who is at present making head
quarters at Casper. arrived Sunday
from q business trip to Chicago,
where he has been for the past two
weeks attending a conference of Of
ficials of that corporation. Mr..
Wcrtz remained for a short time to
make a survey OF the PROCESS which
is being made in Genville and vicin-
ity and left Monday for Cheyenne
and Casper. expecting to return to
Rawlins at an early date for a longer
stay.
While here he expressed himself
as being delighted with the progress
which Is being made on the big re-
finery which his company is erecting
at Grenville. due in large measure to
the ideal weather which has pre-
vailed in the past few weeks. Every
effort is being made to get as much
work. accomplished as possible before
Indictment weather sets in, but in ad-
dition to this preparations are being
made so that work will proceed
without serious interruption even
during bad weather.
The conference in Chicago. which
was attended by all Of the heads of
the corporation, was a very impor-
tant one and covered a wide range of
present and future operations of this
great company. Among other things
that came before the meeting was the
question of whether or not the peo-
pie of Rawlins are going to take care
of the employees of the p. & X. and
provide decent houses and plenty OF
them for these people to line in.
Mr.. wertz was enabled to tell his
associates of the Board OF Trade
meeting. which he attended two
weeks ago and at which he made an
address setting forth the attitude of
the p. & II. corporation on this sub
ject and also of the commendable
public spirit which was shown by
the citizens in declaring their inten-
ton to cooperate with the refinery
company and to get started on a
home building program at once. On
this showing the directors decided TO
allow this matter to rest for the
present and to make no further ar
rangements for building a colony Of
homes at Grenville until Rawlins had
shown what her people can do. In
the meantime the p. & n. corporation
has bought up all the land adjacent
TO the refinery site. which could he
used for town site purposes and this
they will hold, for the present.
This action was taken for the
double purpose OF protecting them
selves against the possibility Of some
acquiring this property and
selling or renting lots to bootlegEers
cr questionable characters and. on
the other hand. for their own use
In establishing n town site for en-
plovees I'm case the housing question
II not taken care OF satisfactorily in
Rawlins. The officers OF the cor
poration which IS making this huge
investment are determined that their
shall have decent moral
surroundings. II Is also rumored.
although not so stated by Mr.. Wertz.
that the Grenville refincry's capacity
will be doubled in the spring. that
is another unit OF the same Gze a.
the one now under CONSTRUCTION will
be built and connected.
The progress which is beanr made
~ the refinery AZ Grcnviiie In simp-
~ marvellous and this busy hive OF
should he visited by Raw
Inns people as frequently ~ possible.
while the baimy weather
for II IL n real Inspiration
End indicates better than all the
speechcs that can be delivered that
the future OF Rnwiins In fully ns-
snrcd and that the citizens Of the cn-
tire community must keep boosting
ant building.
Three powerful air cDmprcssors
have been set up and are being test
cd out. Two of these will use oil for
fuel and the other will be operated
by steam. The immense job OF rivct-
Ing on the many tanks will require.
the compressed mir that can he
by these machines. The
first Of the ten $1,000 barrel
IL now being erected md AL
ready the floor" Is laid and the
VIII be put M Mt a rapid rate.
Work on the big still house Ia pro-
crossing with unusual speed. due
more To the weather. A small
army OF brick LAYERS and their as
sisinntr are busy and alongside tho
house wortmcn arc erecting n pow
crfui crane for usr IN holstsnx tho
heavy machinery when II arrives. In
avery direction houses are either go
,rv up or foundations are being dug.
while NJ some distance from tho
cluster OF buildings nre teams and
rcrap " ~Ieveiing off tho foundation.
Cor tanks and buildings which will
500 house the heavy and expensive
machinery which Il 10 arrive soon.
The long siding which has been OK.
tended from the main tAa rails Of
the Union Pacific TO within q few
yards Of the still houss IL Nned with
carloads Of material Of evesy de-