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Show TO DEVELOP UTAH STEEL RESOURCES $25,000,000 CONCERN PLANS TC BUILD MODERN PLANTS AND TO OPEN 8TATE8 IRON DEPOSIT8 6lt Lake Man Concludes Neaotlatlom In which Substantial Industrial Organizations Unite In Huge Project San Francisco, Cnl Utah, tho Pitts burg of the west. The gateway of the west opened tt a new era of development und Indus trull nctlvlty. All this, and mora looms today ni a reality through tho announceiboni In San Frnnclsc.o of the con sumation or plans for it $'J.r,000,00 merger to develop tho rich Iron tie posits of Utah nnd launch a glgnntlt program of Iron and steel productlor In Utah, California nnd Oregon. Into tills mammoth llnuntclnl anc business unmlgamntlon linvo beer drawn tho Utah Coal & Coko companj of Siinnysldo, Utah; tho Columbln Iror A Steel company, with plants nt Pitts hurg, Cnl., und Portland, Ore.; the .Southern Callfomlu Steel company ol l.os Angles nnd several rich Iron prop ertlcs In the Iron Springs mining ills-trlct ills-trlct lu Iron county, Utah. Included In tho plans formulated bj thoso affecting the merger aro these euonnous projects: Construction of a S00-ton blast furnace. furn-ace. Construction of a largo by-product coke plant. Development of tho Utnh Coko A Coal company's properties. Hulldlng of n railroad from tho Denver Den-ver & Itlo Ornndo Western Sunnysldo branch to the properties, a dUtanco of four and six-tenths miles. Development of the rich Iron deposit de-posit In Iron county, Utnh. Construction of twcnty-flvo miles ol railroad from tho station' of Lund on the lx)s Angoles and Salt Luku routo to connect tho iron deposits with the main Hue of the railroad. Taking over of several largo llmo-stonu llmo-stonu deposits near Salt IJike. Further development of tho three plnnU of thn Columbia Steel company und the Southern California Steel company. com-pany. Development of n largo stcol plant ut or near Salt Iilfo. The blnst furnuco nnd stool plant will he located probably on Utah lake. Iteblnd (his announced program of construction and development lies a plan calculated to opon tho wost, from Hull liko to tho Pucflc, to nn era of unprecedented business and Industrial prosperity. In a word, In tho rich nnd undovcl-ped undovcl-ped Iron deposits of Utnh thoro nre calculated to lie 800,000,00v tons of Iron ore In Iho Iron Springs district nlnne which uro to ho transformed Into Iron nnd stool nnd manufactured Into pro-1uets pro-1uets of every description for salo and aso on tho PncllO sIoik und adjacent Kates of Iho west. And from this will follow, In tho opinion of those behind Iho gigantic project, und era of new industries In tho west; new manufactories using the 'ron nnd steol produce manufactured for tlio first time from pig Iron produced produc-ed lu the west How ureal will he tho resultant commercial com-mercial development, growth of trade, expansion of Industries, employment of skilled labor nnd Increased population popula-tion Is more than the men of big business busi-ness behind this Intost project can presage. Tho father of the projoct Is n Salt Irfiko tiian, U P. Itnlns, president of tho Carbon Fuel company and oilier corporations of Salt Luke. Severnl years ago Mr. Itolns conceived con-ceived the Idea of n mergor thnt would imiko possible laying open tho rich Iron deposits of Utah mid tho development develop-ment of Iron and Bteel product maun-ftifturlng maun-ftifturlng In tho west. Iln svi to work, alone llrst. Two yenrs ngo his work bocnnio Intensive. He consulted others and laid out bis plans. Utile by little he suv tho Idea grow nnd develop. A week or so ngo ho cniao to San Francisco to conclude the deal with his associates. There wore confer. encos each tlay nt which the myriad of details Incident to the plan wero considered con-sidered nnd ttscused by exports. Sunday nil obstacles wero swept aside and Mr, Itnlns, his dream fulllllod, sat modestly In tho lobby of the liellevue hotel telling his friends what he was going to do for Utah. |