Show SILVER BROS IRON WORKS the mining mining review is informed thata that a deal involving was consummated in salt lake on the ath dinst whereby joseph A silver and his son james W silver have purchased the interest of john A and hyrum A silver in the silver bros iron works company of this city and that the reorganization of the firm will be as follows jos A silver president and manager james W silver vice president and assistant manager L S hill president of the deseret national bank treasurer and joseph F fueger secretary mr silver and his associates among the number being several well known and prominent business men of salt lake propose to erect within the next two years an up to date shop and foundry on the property purchased some four years ago on fourth west street between sixth and seventh south and it is stated that it will be one of the finest and most complete establishments lish ments of this character to bs be found in this western country the firm of silver brothers had its origin in 1864 when william J silver started on a small scale on center street and from this small beginning the bus business ness and wor works ks of the company has grown until now it is one of f the largest between chicago and san francisco in 1886 the firm was known as silver brothers and in 1898 it was incorporated under its present title today it is the largest establishment of this character in this intermountain region during durin 1 the summer months of last year the company had men on its pay roll roil and at 14 the present time is giving steady employment to ninety eight men which force will be more than doubled as soon as it becomes necessary to handle spring orders john A silver who has sold his interest in the firm and who recently purchased some 2000 acres of land in canada proposes to go into the grain implement and traction engine business under the union jack it is understood that hyrum A silver proposes spending the coming year in travel and recreation taking a well earned rest after years of close attention to business william J silver the founder of the business and who has lived to see this enterprise ter prise grow from almost nothing into a mammoth establishment is still with the firm as mechanical engineer and draughtsman |