Show PLEASANT VISIT TO SAIT AIR Jlanager Clayton Does the Honors and Ilia Guests Have a Good Time On invitation Qf ManagerN WClayton a party of ladies gentlemen were taken out on a special over the Utah Nevada railway to view the works ponds etc of the Inland Salt Co at Saltair yesterday afternoon Arriving at the place ones attentions first called to the immense area of ponds where the salt water is evaporated evapo-rated producing the coarsef crystal salt By means ota movable tramway this is carried from various points to the mill where it is first roasted in a large steam heated cylinder then ground and sacked as fine table saltcontaining at that time less than 1 per cent of impurities Leaving the building the company were conducted over what was once tne water covered beach but now nearly dry to see the rotary pump in motion This is capable of and really does lift 7000 gallons of water every minute while running The company com-pany have been obliged since the lake receded re-ceded to move this pump out some 2000 feet conveying power thereto by a half inch manilla rope This is said to transmit to the pump 25horsfi power from the 40 horse power engine employed in the works Numerous elevators for conveying salt from various points about the buildings are seen on every hand The water is conveyed from the pump in a large V shaped flume and thence distributed to the various sectional sec-tional or sections of the pcnd The corn pan have a largo force of hands constantly employed and the engine and pump are run night and day Manager Clayton says they can with no great effort produce a million tons of salt each year They have an immense pilea small mountain in fact of salt now piled up near the building which is being ground for table salt Among the party were President Wilford Woodruff Hon Geo Q Canhon H Dinwoodey Gao Reynolds Jesse W Fox James Jack H Sudbury Wm C Spence B H Schuttler Jas Gushing Arthur Winters O C Beebe Manager Clayton C E Johnson I Clayton Mrs L L Johnson Mrs Woodruff Mrs Lang ford Mrs Cannon Misses Mamie Price Lucy Van Colt Fannie V Younir Mrs Bella Clayton and several others A vote of thanks was extended to those who promulgated the pleasant affair |