Show SMEt SMELTER TER SMOKE CHANGES PLANS American t to Select New Site for Contemplate Contemplated Works on te the Coat Coast FUrE FUME NUISANCE DISCUSSED WHY FARMERS LOST OUT IN CALIFORNIA I It is fairly certain now that te the Guggenheim interest interests known a as the American Smelters Se Sc corporation wll will bula build a large cOP copper er smelter in the vicinIty of San Frncisco Francisco say says the Mining and Sd Pres Press The sie size of ta tile plant is yet jet to be determined but it Is not likely to include a refinery that lat last stage of the metallurgical process will willbe be completed I In Tacoma where a re refer refinery fer finery exists aready already The northeastern end of the bay of ofSan Sa San Francisco has bias bee been the favorite favorito site for smelters the Shelby works the Copper King plat plant ad and the nw Mountain Copper smelter having been bee erected along that shore of the Sac Sacra Sacramento mento estuary This locality is nEr nErthe near the transcontinental track of the Souther Southern Pacific railway of the Ore Oregon Oregon gon and Norther Northern California branch lie line and latterly of the Santa Fe railroad But the farers farmers have a habit of getting busy wih with damage suits Jis in that part of the countr country and poor look looking looking ing horses are found to increase in value when they eat smelter fume so that such uch practices have become irk irksome irksome some to the smelter manager managers and thIs important Industry now fights shy shy of Port Cost Costa Benica Benicia or Martine San Bruno Selected I It is understood that te the new plant planta a large copper smelter that that wi will sup supplement supplement the Selby lea lead reduction work works wi will b be erected on the south southwest west shore of the bay at Point San Ran Bruno in San Mateo county about six miles mUes south of the city of San Fran FrancIsco iran cIsco The prevailing winds for nine months In the year are arc the westerly trades so that the smelter smoke wl will drift across the water here four to five mies miles wIde and in its crossing be rendered harmless to even the most susceptible cow Speaking of seler smelter fume we rote that he United States circuit court of appals appeals has reversed the decision whereby an injunction wa was granted against the Mountain COPler Copper company at t Keswick Shasta county Cal on the ground that the acids generated by bythe bythe the smelting work works were injuring gov government property Smoke Nuisance Discoveries Two of the judges decided that it wa was contrary t to public good to stop the of a large industrial establishment In the Interest ot of the owner of ares acres of ter territory worthless for agriculture and already deforested Judge Hawley the minority pronounced the dictum that the innocent are not to suffer either In their property or comfort for the promotion of interest or profit Ad And this idea is undoubtedly at the base of aU all blackmailing suits brought against the smelters Tey They are always willing to buy land or compensate the owners of it when such land comes withIn a radius of their smoke nuisance but th they y are net al allowed allowed lowed to tet treat such cases equitably in the on the contrary they are put position of enemies of the good We regard the smelters as represent representing ing a beneficent industry the wel well being of which is essential to profitable ble minIng and in taking this his vIew of them we disregard the financial schemes involved in their organization and te the speculative share market which some of them aford afford As the promotions of clever finan they do not interest us they are able cers to take care of themselves but as asan asan an integral part of the vast operations of the by which the mineral resources country are exploited it does apper appear to us that they should not be hunted from pillar to post by blackmailing who trade on the no noton notion tion that a ranch ranchman man Is a benefactor ton and a a criminal Greatest Good to Greatest Number The greatest good of the greater number is te the aim of intelligent gov government government 3 a right of way for a railroad land landby landby can be obtained through by proper lega legal proceedings a city can extend a street by condemnation and in general the individual who obstructs obstructs a development condu dye to the public benefit is politely told to be reasonable and eventually compelled to take fair compensation Fair compensation the smelters have always been willing to ofer offer unending blackmail they have fought It would be to the injury of our c and of the state of California if the idea should prevail that a people whose ex cx existence was founded on mining has made up It its mind to treat al all smelting works a as a public menace |