The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-12-23
OUR FIRST Big ENTERPRISE

Thomas J Dixon and Frank r Sim.
onton. president and general manager
respectively. Of The Rio Blauco Car
bon Company spent Monday and Tues
day of this week In Meeker. and IN
visiting the plant site and White
River field. Up until this time all Of
the business transactions Of the Com
pany have been handled through Mr.
DixOn's Office. but recently things
pertaining to the Company's Affairs
began to happen no rapidly that 1t
was necessary for the Company to
take Offices OF Its own and place Mr..
Simonton in charge as General Man.
ager Of the Company. Mr. SimOnton IN
a strictly Colorado man; In very Wide
ly acquainted and favorably known
by number Of Colorado's most sub
stantial business men.
On Monday these men. accompanied
by + A Wilson and John r Clark Of
The White River Company. visited the
Carbon plant site and the gas wells
at White River City. Satisfactory pro
gress Is being made on getting the
No. well into shape to begin the
delivery OF gas to the Carbon Com
pany In about three weeks. The Tow.
er House at the Carbon Compony's
plant site Is well under Wy and
should be finished not later than
January I.
One Of the principal objects OF tho
visit by the Carbon Company's on
cials was to make arrangements for
the hauling Of the machinery to be
Installed In the new plant. They re-
port that approximately two hundred
In transit from various factories and
mills In the East and will arrive In
Rife between January to Is. Some
time ago. bids for the transportation
Of this machinery were called for but
the officials Of the Carbon Company
decided 1t a better policy to have ths
freighting done In open market At a
specified rate Arrangements were
therefore made with Mr. H Harp.
who will act as agent for the Com
pany and attend to the moving of
this freight. Anyone desiring to get In
on this hauling should take the mat
ter up with Mr. Harp. Ninety cents
per hundred was the rate agreed to
be paid for delivery Of this matsstat.
at the plant site at White Rivse. City.
From this Item alone II will be Seen
that the Carbon Company will dis
tribute close to two thousand dollars
In this vicinity.
There is no question but what Q
carbon Hack plant at White River
City Is now an assured industry. A.
ter the installation Of the hrst two
burning houses. the estimated cost Of
which is approximately Thirty thou
sand dollars, the Company intends 10
add further and additional units ~
rapidly ns conditions will warrant.
The newest and most improved mach
Inery Is being Installed throughout.
What IL known as the Horton Process
will be used In this new plant and II
will bc the first plant In the Country
to have n complete installation Of this
up-to.date method. This machinery
will soon be arriving and with II
will come mechanics and experts to
put II into place and to make a test
run as soon ms everything is ready to
go. The Company will be burning gas
by not later than March 10. and the
first real manufacturing industry Rio
Blanco County has ever seen will be-
gin pouring cash into our community.
There can be no doubt Of the success
Of this industry since 1t was all plan.
ned to bc operated ut proht when
carbon black was selling for only
nine cents per pound, whereas the
present price is twenty-one cents per
pound. with every indication of its
going higher.