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Show I thers Iron Works s Installing Steel-ting Steel-ting Plant. 'ENDITURE OP LNDS OP DOLLARS r Equipped, Plant One of Biggest sre in Salt Lake to sup-of sup-of the city?" is a ques-a ques-a most every visitor to any othor citj", for that a natural question to the first visit to a city iquiries aro directed as ;s offering employment, o casual visitors or men selecting a city for a ttracted to Salt Lake invest make this one of ous asked, if not tho do about the city and aumbor of residences. :now all about the fac-rtunity fac-rtunity for labor, the y invested in industries I to build up tho community, terested largely in bringing ;ans to Salt Luke finds those facing them every time they or parties of men to tho citj' doubt tho future growth of depends on how well those may bo answered. Whilo londitions, natural location, ural resources and the like to the growth of the city Lake has all these tho in-ivestor in-ivestor and prospective resi-fnrther resi-fnrther than these things, lias heard before coming to It is to see for himself how eople are taking advantage conditions and building for rcial growth of the city that nmn of means to a city to Ho has heard of the big iustry of tho state, of the leltcrs in nearby towns, but to ride about the city and id out to him tho producing at belong to Salt Lake the that would tend to induce many of the natural ro-o ro-o removed. Answer to Question, le answers to these questions a prospectivo resident and rough the Silver Bros. Iron pauy, on Seventh South bc-'th bc-'th and Fifth West streets, lis time- tho visitor will see f progress manifest 13' the of thousands of dollars in steel casting plant, tlto only kiud between St. Louis and :co. "When ready for opera-reeks opera-reeks hence, the plant will urn out steel castings of all lljPted m the installation of im 'SPmnUR machinery. One con-WAri.!! con-WAri.!! bo installed to start with, jjMsoon as a second is needed to 0mQ of the business it. will be in-. Sm. Joseph Silver, manager of the B spent five months in tho oast !B fa thorough study of the steel 7J business. m tlant is being installed in. the Uj ieting room of the plant. The QH inverter will bo placed in one ag too room, near tho melting fur-rM fur-rM Hie iron first will .be melted in f, furnace used for iron casting, m Tried to tho new equipment, t will bo further melted and M ho typo of machinery to be JE .of tho latest model and im-j im-j at. A large part of the operates operat-es t was made by the company in !WJ fry. The need of this land of ;'jf boen felt for some timo by g (Tr company, as a considerable 7j mining machinery is shipped A least. Only the rougher iron am.the machinery are furnished Rl foundries. iana Big Expenditure, iition of the steel casting es the Silver found rv one of equipped in tho west. The esents an investment now of inclusive of tho land. Tho owns'nbout Eix acres. Half overed with buildings. The ling contains the offices, room R patterns and storage floors, re on hand that to duplicato t something like $200,000. kept for frequent use. Back tiding is iho immense bnild-nch bnild-nch aro located the casting tho machine shops, whero all 8 aro llnished from tho Two immenso traveling Q used. Each is capable of ocomotive and carrying it to f the plant. :hino shop is filled with new isivo machinery, by which n a coupling pm to the most Diecos of machinery, can bo vorkmen are just complet-e complet-e steam cooker to bo used by M milk concern at Logan. It Plant That Will Soon Treat Utan Iron Ores is a sample of tho rapid and accurate work the plant is able to turn out. Beside Be-side it is a peculiar looking implement to be used by P. ,T. Moran in rolling a dam ho is constructing at Wells, Nov. On all sides arc seen pieces of work under un-der wav that show tho success with which the company is meeting. A special machine has been installed for grinding down Hour mill rollers. These Tollers, in course of time, become uneven and do not crush the wheat with uniformity. By the special process in tho Silver plant the rollers aro returned re-turned as smooth as when new. Moro Big Machinery. In the back shops are pieces of machinery ma-chinery used in dressing castings. Boilers aro made and repaired in this department. Two large steel plate cutting cut-ting machines aro used in this section of the plant and the first rolling machine ma-chine used by tho Silver company years ago has a place on the floor and still is used for small pieces of steel. One of tho pieces of machinery to attract attention is the big saw used to saw girders and the like. By using this machine, largo bridge girders, T rails and anything of that kind are clippod in two as easily and quickly as a car-pentor's car-pentor's saw cuts through a piece of wood. In the yards are heaps of scrap iron bought from all parts of tho state. Pig iron is shipped from tho east at great cost in prico and freight. With tho installation of tho steel casting plant a class of raw iron which is mixed with tho pig iron is used that costs $100 a ton, besides tho freight. It was pointed point-ed out b' a representative of tho firm that the mountains of iron ore in Utah should bo furnishing all tho raw iron material needed, not only in their plant, but in all tho foundries of Utah and other western states. The growing foundry industry is opening up a big market for iron ere and tho foundry owners naturally would like to see the material come from Utah instend of having to be shipped from Alabama. Employs 150 Men, At this timo the Silver plant is using 150 men. When working full force the plant uses 315 men. At this time of year work is somewhat slack, but orders are coming in that will soon mean an increased force. On account of tho class of work turned out a number of skilled workmen arc employed. em-ployed. In adding tho stool convertors more skilled workmen will bo needed. The Silver Bros. Iron Works company com-pany was first started by the father of Joseph Silver. After a time, tho founder of the "plant sold out to his thrco sons. The3 enlarged the plane and made a big success of it. Later two of the brothers sold out, leaving Joseph Silver, the present manager, the solo owner of the plant. Tho company com-pany was reorganized as a stock com-pan3' com-pan3' and operates under tho name mentioned, with Joseph Silver as general gen-eral manager, and his son, James W. Silver, assistant manager. The plant is substantially built of brick. It has been kept iip by the addition of new machinery and with improved machines to handle the work. Although the plant draws business fro7ii distant slates, few people in Salt Lake know the size of the plant and the part it plays in contributing to the support, of the city. After a visit to the plant, visitors to the city sav without, hesitation. "Well, you have answered our question, as far as vour plant is concerned." |
