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Show IltHINI8 COXDITIONR AUK AH OOI AH AT AXV I'ART TIJIK O. W. Van I. aw, erond vice prenl-dent prenl-dent of the United Htatcs Smeltlne, Iterlnlnx and Mlnlnic company of lion-ton, lion-ton, Ik nRaln In Utah on a trip of In-gpcctlon In-gpcctlon to the meUI mine and the Rmeltcm of the company. He iny that the nmeltem In all pnrta of the United Hinted me running at capacity nml thnt tiuelnrmi condition nre a good nn nt any time during the pant ten yearn. He would not mnko nny eittlmate of the tonnage that Is being taken tal-c of nt the nmeltem, but re ferred nil qtieiitlonii nf that character to fleorgc W. Helntz, the general mnn-nger mnn-nger of the concern. The' prosperity of the countr) U due to the gicst nrdem from nbrimd for steel nnd for grain," saya Van t.aw. "The blockaded condition of the KttMern' railroads tcftlries to the great amount of limine. One would never think thnt great railroad y-tema y-tema with every convenience wpuld bevomo so congested that they cfitild not handle the trnfflc. Tho prosperity prosper-ity which I with us Mill continue for at leant two years. After that I cannot can-not say what tho business condition of the eountry will be." Van Ijiw hns twlpo recently been n visitor to the mines of the United Htntcs Kuel company In Carbon nnd Hmery countl6s. In company with IS. ! Carpenter, president of the fuel comer n, nnd has expressed himself ns more than pleased with condition ns he found them on both occasions. With the smelters doing well the conl properties of Unstern Utah nro bound to prosper In tin n. Ilotl thn coal mines nnd mcltcm mentioned are In fact owned by the Ouggenhelm Interests. |
