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Show tAT PREPARATIONS BEING MADE AT TOOELE TO RECEIVE ViSITORS ON NEXT TUESDAY aSflKTls the week when 'Jooclc City, TilaRJ? e expect inj: to cast off its swad-kllxP' swad-kllxP' Kthct lnv usidf i'orovor I lie Iran-1 Iran-1 m,i o " peaceful, lazy, .villajro; in.lo. HKke itself, stretch its limbs anl JHE' un to the ai'tivitics of a real SStv- iH of t,lia 5s oi,C t0 ,U,C .next Thursday, wIipii the Tooclo 'iSBScnt company will oftcr at auc-iS auc-iS 173-acrc platted stibch vi-P'j vi-P'j 0,'i this occasion the Tooele JlftJBL. "of today will erect, or expect hundreds of Tooidn oily citi-.jVf citi-.jVf tomorrow. 3 ml ioa lions are tha t H!. will he uianv people in rooele on HP to arriving m the morning on i r'ninw from Butie and Hall Lake. iR lir from Montana, Wyoming IB Srfous parts of Utah and from Jmf'dis'tant points. i-'IBP jfc has been said about. Jooclo of Ltf$K It lm been heralded as the ideal ?SMxii!ncitv of Iho country; il has been SSfllffifi --Anaconda of Utah." Hun-WrtiVnf Hun-WrtiVnf nersons have written inquiries i) f! it It lias 1)CC" Jm,,:,, tfllecri 'iCt For tho purpose of getting sKfchi facts about this Utah I own, ln-" ln-" ihirtv-fivo miles from Salt Lake, 'SBKp nn l'edro road, a represenlal ive '"lMrtis paper, i" company with a nuni-aBrBf nuni-aBrBf Salt Lakers, visited the town lfceot' ho informal inn. It. was vKitita him in bnnchep. Tic saw it iKWarcl it f'"1 absorbed it. 31. was WBrcrv eide. Jn fact, ho even ate if, rvJK Wpartv was dined where Tooclo QjrKjccts were served on tho table fsfcrt Toocle-grown preserved i'niit. J E vnllev grown vegetables and K; alleV-fnttened beef, cooked TIEje jtvlo and served by Tooele maids ':VE foo'clo temperaments, made, (hem SlJfEkalb' satisfied bill increased Ihoiv JE jor more information about the Kr and Iho big smeller which the tairJKs depends upon to enlarge The spot JJjJtb new maps that will indicate its -Kitbe firsC i)lace, Tootle is located iSLn tbo sun in winter and cool JEus from the Great Salt Ijake make jt(lininte ideal; where the mountain llH mBkc its children strong and Ejtijr, tbo older persons happy and '4En'ted, aud where nature's forces ijBetho liammerlock clinch on grouchy 'aBwifiions and disease. The town and j-jflKvalley aro surrounded on three sides ull, majestic, protective inniintaiu '"'ifcf.T, and in the other direction the tfcliExitQ overlooks the great lake. 'Hflc town is two miles from the Sau ryBfo) station, and the smelter site is Kiled four aud one-half miles further 'm. up tbo mountain slope. Between ;K&n Pedro and the smelter si to a TpViKi force of men is at. work on t he Tjf jHJiruction of th( Tooele Vallc' rail-cfijpr. rail-cfijpr. an electric line, which nnis di-KjKtlr di-KjKtlr through the present town of J 'Kitleand through tho new subdivision "liEj road, it is said, will be completed -Mropcration by steam by I he first of next month, and il is already in operation opera-tion for a distance of three miles, with nearly two miles further graded. 1 he only station on this line -will be built on the new subdivision, where a pressed brick, combination passenger and freight depot is soon to be erected, 1U0 by -10 feet in dimensions. This railroad, it is stated, is to be used eventually solely for hauling freight and ores to and from the smelter, and another an-other electric lino for passenger nso will be built. On the smeller silo aud on the railroad rail-road and in the em ply of the Tooele Improvement company there aro now at work nearly 200 men, with half as manj' teams. It is slated that immediately imme-diately after the lot sale this week, active ac-tive work on the smelter will begin, and flic ' number of laborers, aside from those who will bo employed b' private individuals and concerns in city improvements im-provements will be increased to about GOO. W. 1,. Irvine, secretary of the Tooele Improvement company, has an ollic.e on the subdivision, right opposite the situ selected for thencw depot, lie was in his shirt sleeves pounding out answers an-swers on a typewriter to a Jarg'e number num-ber of correspondents who wanted to know particulars about, the townsite. but he found time to answer some questions ques-tions and to take the party over the subdivision and explain the details of Thursday's sale. Right on the start he said he wanted lo express his appreciation ap-preciation of t,hc manner in which the leading citizens of Tooele had taken part in assisting the improvement company. com-pany. "Why," he said, "they arc taking all kfnds of interest in our plans. They have held several meetings meet-ings lo plan entertainment for the crowd expected to be here on Thursday. Thurs-day. Tho special trains will bo mot by delegations from the Tooolo Commercial Commer-cial club and bv bands from Tooclo and Grantsville. They would have prepared pre-pared an elaborate programme of addresses ad-dresses and a big reception if it had been possible, but, you see, it will be necessary to start the auction about as soon as tho trains arrive so as to finish fin-ish in limo to let the people gel away. But the people of Tooele showed tho proper spirit all right. They havo pulled oft one particular stunt that I think was . mighty clever. They got together and sent, a lot of honey and preserved fruits, products of tho valley, to the management of the railway dining din-ing car service to bo served on f.hc special spe-cial trains bringing the people hero on Thursday." Mr. Irvino explained how the auction auc-tion would bo conducted. He. said it would bo pulled off according to programme, pro-gramme, rain or shine. 3n the event of inclement weather he will have a largo tent, erected on the site. The lots are for the most part forty feet in width by 130 feet deep, but there are many lots varying in width from l.wcnty-fivo to forty feet and in length from llil to 300 feel. The company com-pany has placed a minimum valuation on the lots' ranging from $100 to $:!00. A large blackboard will be erected on the subdivision at the place where the sale will he conducted which will show a large plat of tho subdivision. The lots will be put up at auction, one .by one and tho bidding will be of prices over and above tho miuimum price put on each lot. Tho lots will be crossed off from the blackboard as fast as sold Secretary Irvino explained that no favoritism would be shown in selecting sites. No lots will be sold before' the auction and no sites allowed lo bo selected se-lected except in two instances. A site has been chosen near the center of the proposed business section for the erection erec-tion of a line hotel bv F. K jrcGurrin, president of the Salt Lake Security and Trust company of thiseity, and a silo for a. lumber yard has been picked out and awarded at a desirable location west of the depot site. These, concessions were made for reasons. rea-sons. It was realized that many purchasers pur-chasers of lots next. Thursday would desiro to build at once and the lumber site was selected so that lumber could be at mice placed in stock for the accommodation ac-commodation of the immediate builders. The hotel site was allowed fo be. chosen so Dial, the hofel could le creeled with all possible hasle. to accommodate the many people who are expected in Tooele this summer. Work on the ho-ifl, ho-ifl, which is to cost iu tho neighborhood neighbor-hood of $20,000. will be commenged this week, accordiug fo Mr. McGurrin, and is to be of steel and pressed brick, probably four stories in height and modern in all particulars. Neither tho site for tho lumber vard nor for tho hotel was sold out rightThe proprietors of these places aro given no advantage in prices over others. The hotel management, for instance, has agreed to pay for its sito tho snmo price that the lots on tho three other corners opposito that site bring at auction. auc-tion. Mr. Irvino also explained that, to protect tho buyers at Thursday's auction, the prices on all lots not sold that day would bo raised immediately 20 per cent hy the company and the advanced price maintained. The raise in prices will be made from tho prices at which Iho lots are sold at auction. From .T. B. Mcintosh, engineer on tho work, and from Chief Ungincer C. II. Bepath, considerable ucw information, informa-tion, concerning which there havo been many inquiries about tho smelter con-si con-si ruction, was obtained. Tho smelter silo is four and a half miles beyond tho town and up on the mountainside at an elevation of 5400' feet, or .100 feet higher than tho town. The view from the site cannot ho surpassed. It looks down over Iho beautiful, scenic valley and commands a pretty view of tho blue water of tho Great Salt lake and its towering islands. Back of the smelter site rife tho ma.icstic peaks of tho Oquirrh range. But the engi-ncprs engi-ncprs arc not basins' their claim that this is the ideal smelter site of the country upon the scenic advantages. Thorc are several reasons why the Tooclo smelter sito is considered the most advantages of any. and the principal princi-pal one is that its location iu reference to the city and the valley is such that the latter cannot in any manner bo contaminated by the smelter smoke and fumes. Tho prevailing winds of tho region re-gion arc such that tho smoke will naturally nat-urally be carried up over tho mountains and iu an opposito direction from the. agriculture section. Tho smoke .will really ho carried nearly 900 feet above tho citj-, for the sito of tho smelter "is f00 feet higher, and tho plans call for a smokestack 3a0 feet in height. Work on the smelter construction will bo commenced very soon and will be rushed. While Mr. Bepalh states that all tho preliminary work has advanced' very satisfactorily, ho says that il will require steady work and a largo forco of men to got the smelter ready for operation next April, at which time a contract has been cnlcred into to begin be-gin tho handling of ore from the Utah Consolidated mines, at Bingham. The mining company will build, a tramway over the mountains fo its mine, three and a half miles awav. to convey the ores to the smelter. Tho smelter is fo bo a oust oin copper smclfcr. and tho ores from other companies will bo hauled by rail lo the smelter. The plant; coniplefe will cost. $3,000,000, and tho chief engineer states that it will be ,1'ist a little better than any other smHfor in the country, because of its advantageous position and because it will include overvthing new in machinery. ma-chinery. Tho buildings aro all to be of steel construction, it being stated that tho plans call for as little woodwork as possible. The largest, building will bo the snielfer proper. flOOx-100 feet in dimensions, di-mensions, and this building will include the couverlcr, tho reverberator aud tho blast furnace. Tho powerhouso will bo 240x72 feet in sizo and will bo fitted with tho latest improved machinery, including in-cluding two triple-expansion engines aud generators, tvfo 400-horsopower engines en-gines and generators, two 400-horso-povvcr blowing engines, motor generator sets aud electric appliances. Two largo McDougall roaster buildings, each containing con-taining improved dust chambers, and being fitted with sixteen McDougall roasters, will bo built. Thcro will also bo erected, four large steel ore bins, a sampling mill building, a crushing plaut and a big machinery warehouso and offico building, with a boiler and blacksmith shop annexd. The smelter will havo a capacity of 2500 tons, and is being built so that tho capacity can readily bo enlarged with little effort when demands upon it are greator. It. is slatod that it will em-plo' em-plo' about 500 men on tho starf, which forco probably will havo to be ma-tonalh' ma-tonalh' increased, later. |