Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-05-27 | Page 2 | Railroad Car Wheels Will be Made Here

AD GAR CAR WHEElS HEELS Will WillBE ILL I BE MADE HERE Chicago Company to Erect Plant Using Columbia Pig Iron The Griffin Wheel company ot of Chicago will establish a manufacturing manufacturing 1 turing plant In Salt Lake before the year ear is over said a telegram from R. R P. P Lamont Lament president of the company company company com com- pany to President Frank B. B Cook of the the chamber of commerce The company plans to build car wheels of every variety and brass castings The plant will be built on six and a half halt acres at Seventh I North and Sixth West Yest streets plans and specifications for which ha have ve been given to Salt Lake conti-ac- conti for their bids Mr Ir Cooks said The first unit of the Salt Lake plant will Include square feet of or floor space but according to the telegram from Mr Lament Lmont no defInite definite definite nite information regarding the number of men to be employed can be given out at present Mr Lamonts Lamont's Lamont's Lamonts Lamonts Lamont's La- La monts mont's telegram said The Griffin Wheel company contemplates the erection of a car wheel plant on their property in Salt Lake City and hopes to have it operation the latter part of this year The Capacity ca capacity capacity ca- ca of the plant is still undecided undecided undecided unde unde- and this of course will goven govern gov gov- ern en the number of employees Included in the plans under one root roof are a two-story two cupola a power ver house a machine shop cleansing room foundry foundry annex and core room Additional units are to be constructed as the demand justifies declared Mr Ir Cook The site Is easily accessible to both Denver and Rio Grande Vestern Western West Vest em ern and Union Pacific railroads Th The demand for the products in both Salt Lake City and Ogden is expected to be strong owing to both clUes cities being railroad centers while Pocatello and other northern points are expected to call on Salt Lake for their needs said Mr 1 Cook Mr Lamont Lament recently declared that the company compan would probably look to the Columb Columbo Steel company for pig iron in which event the Salt Lake plant may be more fa favorably favorably fa- fa a- a enabled to supply northern California than could the Tacoma Wash Vash or Los branches of the company This would be es especially especially es- es favorable to Utah Industry as lS s Sacramento and San Francisco l co could call on the tle plant lant lantt At t a lower price in all probability according to Mr Cook Coole I