Show JAMES R HOWE HEADS BIG SALT COMPANY building of a railroad spur and installation stal lation ot of modern machinery in the mill of tho the great western salt company at its property located just baat of redmond at a cost coat of will be started in n the near future according to earl S wright general manager of the company the branch una line will bo be built from tho the main tracks of the denver and rio ric grando western railroad about oh one ohe e and one half miles north of rodmond reamond and will be completed within thirty days according to a dispatch from salina salana A new mill building to house the machinery Is to bo be erected and the now new salt press will have hava capacity of 1000 tons pressure turning out four fifty pound blocks of salt per minute the plant will bo be operated by eloc elec triciti furnished by a branch power line from tile the main transmission lines of the telluride power company nom pany tho mines have been estimated to have a large amount of suit ault in ight and it Is said tobe tabe of high quality ty suitable for all common Pur purposes loam as stock feeding refrigeration and weed wt cl eradication the groat western salt company acquired tho the holdings less than a year ago from the gunnison Gunn lson valley company which was principally owned and managed by I 1 N parker the principal officers in the new company are james R inowe of illinois president and earl S wright secretary and general manager mr wright la Is a stockman of utah and idaho since taking tile the property over shipments of salt are being made I 1 to canadian dealers and stock men to exporters at portland and seattle and much of tills this product finds its way to alaskan points according to the dispatches this salt also has markets throughout lle lie W west st father escalante the first white man mail to come to utah is said to have stopped at the salt deposit on his return journey to santa fe after lie had visited the indians indi ans in utah in 1776 and replenished his su supply of salt from the properties east of redmond 1884 john C Fre fremond moud it Is declared frea frequently bently visited the place and renewed his supplies it was also a rendezvous for the trappers of the early days the mormon mor pioneers have used tile the salt front from the property since they first settled r in utah As the sevier valley salt company thoy they operated tile the more than thirty years the C lun ulson valley salt company acquired tho the property in 1909 and early in 1926 the present owner the great western salt company purchased it |