Show Zooming g Ind s ry Promised t. t f. f Utah S' S baby i tn n jid d u s t r i s m m. sk l rm of e early s e. e pj r ft l 8 JeC r a a near near- unparalleled raIl l. l p promise s for forthe forthe or ore the e app appetite i which h the to st d te from froni a a. e of manufacturing In In Th quicK suc e Monday s significant announcements announcements' came camerom camerom f from rom three independent pend nt s sources 1 The Warrn Nar Var Ass t of p p t e then some Remington small arms plant U Utah ah ordnance plant on n s sale le as a i. unit t. t R Refinery nery Plans Plans' 2 Utah Oil Refining Co unleashed un un- leashed pl plans s for a ad ad addition tion to its crude plant facilities f In Salt Lake City 3 Standard Oil Co of Call Cali California fornia fomia set the Salt Lake area as asa asa asa a sc scene ne for fora a huge refining plant of which expected to tobe tobe I Ibe be completed ted within a year will cost The Tho prospects are that oil oU refining refining re re- refining re- re fining already one of the c city's tYs major industries at a capacity of about barrels daily will grow v o to some some Standards Standard's first unit will have barrel capacity the Utah Oil expansion n will bring it up to and Wasatch Oil I Co has doubled Its capacity within within ih the p past t year to approach barrels a day Standard officials made no estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates ultimate size of their project but butH H D. D Collier chairman chair hair i man of the board said sald in Spokane that the was only a preliminary figure He also said saida a pipeline would be built from rom Salt Lake Ci i Spokane 3 within wJ tJ the e next for three y years rs It It 1 i. i Jio how now pr pa g o to c com plate a i a pipeline ppe e. e It th i ng 1 U i to tOs Salt t kic ty Utah Oil 01 al already al- al read ready has a pi pipeline e n from tr m R Rangely g ly In op operation The W WAA A A. A announcement On on the arms plant nt which now houses houses' p part rt of ot the surplus agency's ia- ia fa facilities dUties at 1710 S S. Redwood rd came from Ralph G. G Deede Dede on his first day as Salt Lake regional regIon l director c He said Utah Power and Light Co industrial engineers engineer have been been assigned by the company to contact contact contact con con- tact large industrial centers for fora a taker take Good Prospects' Prospects James C. C Littlefield the power company's Salt Lake division man manager ager reported Tuesday that m many y eastern int good prospects pros prospects peets for tor parts of the huge plant which contains contains' about 90 JW b buildings but that there was hesitancy to take it over in toto t I He suggested however that two or more manu manufacturers a could purchase the entire facility and divide it up up according I to their needs The plant is adapted he hes s said ld to house any of the lighter or medium manufacturing indus indus- tries Mr Deede said bids on on the entire entire en en- n tire installation Will be accepted until Jan 30 at 2 pm p.m. when the offers will be bc opened publicly The plant plan was co constructed cf In 1942 and nd ceased operation as an arms factory In December 1943 At the height t of it its it production workers rs turned urn 1 out millions mil mu- lions of rounds of 50 caliber am am- Buildings Sp Spacious Its three largest buildings total more ore than square feet of manufacturing floor space and are made of structural steel and con con- crete Smaller buildings of ot wood frame or steel masonry construction tion run un the total floor space up to square feet teet The See PageS Column Columns S I S INDUSTRY Continued from Page One property has its own st steam am heating heating heating heat heat- ing and sewage disposal plants a gallon daily dally water supply and spur tracks connectIng connecting connect- connect Ing ng with the Denver Rio Grande Western and Union Pacific rail rail- roads After ceasing operations as a small arms plant it served as office quarters and storage depot depo for se several eral other war Installations war and government agencies agencies' Also currently hiking Utah's hopes for or the future is another war assets sale the sale the plant in Salt Lake City which after considerable in Washington Wash Wash- ington is slated for sale to the thc great American Potash and Chemical Chemical Chem- Chem ical cal Co for Renovation Plans According to the Salt Lake chamber of commerce which brought pressure for or acceptance of the American Potash bid over two lower offers a renovation renovation reno renovation reno reno- program Is included in the bid Approved by the WA VA A Aboard Aboard Aboard board of ot review the offer now needs only an okeh from U. U S. S Atty Gen Tom Clark on the monopoly angle which was the bone bane Jone of earlier contention Other r recent e c c e n t dev developments which have kept up hopes for the dreams inspired by Utah's successful suc successful Suc suc- fight tight for for- forthe the Geneva Genev steel plant include the large Co rub rubber er factory at Nephi and an announcement from the Chicago Chicago Chi CM- cago Bridge and Iron Co that Salt Lake has been chosen as one of its fabricating sites The The iron company which chose the Utah location because of the Geneva Genev steel output builds no bridges but significantly enough docs does specialize special special- ize in the building of giant steel tanks such as are used extensively In 11 tl r |