Show PIG IRON The Possibilities Its Manufacture Manufac-ture in Utah From a gentleman in Idaho a letter was received at the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce yesterday by Mr Forhan from which we make a few extr cts My attention this morning was arrested ar-rested by a notice of circularin fact giving the circular itselfin yesterdays Tribune in which you represent that pig iron has been successfully productd close to Salt Lake which according to the showing made would net the manufacturer man-ufacturer from 35to45 per tonnd wnich has been pronounced by experts equal to the finest quality of Swed isn pig Would you kicdly furnish fur-nish me the figures that would in any way approximate the figures given above No trouble I would say to persuade capital to take hold and put up a plant having an output of 100 tons dailyor as many 100ton furnaces or even of greater capacity as you might desire if anything like as you state it could be realized My last work in the eastwas general manager for a corp ration having in cnarge several furnaces besides doing something on mv own account associated asso-ciated with others for some years and hence it is I was Inclined to think some mistake in the figures you give for I cant see how pig could Le produced pro-duced and sold to realize anything like the figures you name It will be pleasure plea-sure to me as I think I can male something some-thing as well to help put a plant in your midst A reply was forwarded giving the figures representing the lower one of the two mentioned in the above together to-gether with other information regarding regard-ing the requisite materials in tao Territory Ter-ritory for the manufacture of pig iron Of course comparisons were necessary an the result arrived at was obtained by figuring up the cost of raw materials mate-rials adding freights and profits of handling and the cost of pig in the I market at the present time |