Show BUILDING FOR SCOURING PLANT PUN PLAN t 7 Further details received by J X David Larson l secretary of ot the Commercial club regarding the scouring plant which may possibly come to Salt lAke Leke City show that tho the enterprise will bb be constructed here on an extensive scale scalo I if it built The plant is la to bo be a three story structure with a a. full fun length basement basement basement base base- ment of concrete It will be fireproof throughout and will vill be equipped with the latest labor saving Raving machinery Tho The capacity will be bo about 1600 to 2000 pounds per hour for each of the six machines to be installed or a total of ot about to pounds ot of otwool otwool wool scoured per day of eight hours This wool after being scoured will willbe willbe be packed Into bags containing pounds each and will wUl be bo ready for tor shipment without extra handling The Eastern capitalists who are planning the promotion of tho the enterprise enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise stated In the letter which Mr Larson received that the tho cost of ot such sucha a n. scouring plant woul would total about and that after searching the Western country they had definitely decided upon Salt Lake City for tor the following reasons First their theory Is that wool should be scoured at tho the point nearest tho the place where clipped and Salt Lake Is tho the logical center of ot tho wool In Industry industry industry in- in of the United States The Tho Idea of shipping the raw wool loaded with grease rease to the East t. t paying excess freight and also losing much from shrinkage strikes them as os being waste being waste ful fut Second the matter m of or cheaper fuel Fuel is much cheaper In Utah than In inthe tho the East where the scouring is done dono at present The quality of fuel Is better here than in the places place nearby the Eastern points and manufacturers find that the coals of the tho Utah fields furnish furnish fur fur- nish a much more Intense and even heat than the Eastern coals The quality of ot water also makes a n. great difference in results obtained In wool scouring The capitalists who are investigating Salt Lake Lako as a 2 possible location of ot tho the wool scouring scouring- plant have had chemical Investigations of or ortho tho the water here and find that It is soft and pure and admirably adapted to the business Tho The l letter states slates that Mr Ree Reeves es of or orthe the Oregon Short Line has hns assured the promoters in case they decide to build here that the railroads will grant them thema a 1 per cent better rate than at pres pres- ent It S seems probable that a 8 scouring plant hero here is merely a matter of or a a. short time according to the letter of or the Manufacturing company of ot Boston who are arc interested in promoting pro- pro moUn this enterprise |