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Show I Ogden Iron Works Developed I . Into Plant of Great Importance I Developing rapidly as one o the pay roll builders of Ogden, the Ogden Iron Works company now has enrolled about eight employes with a constantly increasing force of experienced men In the handling of all kinds of metal work. This plant is on Lincoln avenue, ave-nue, just north of Twenty-third street, on property that was occupied by the old plant of the Western foundry. Under Un-der the direction of Manager James W. Silver, and wiih the approval of prominent Ogden men heavily Intcr-,1" Intcr-,1" ested In the company, the iron works has extended Its lines of industrial endeavor en-deavor so that now metal equipment I Is furnished for numerous lines of I I western business. J. Sugar-making machinery for west ern plants became one of the initial 1 lines for the iron works in this devel- opment work and large quantities of J such equipment are turned out at Uio V plant. The iron works is equipped so that it can handle all kinds of plate metal work, tanks and steel bins, steel pipe lines of large and small size, general factor' equipment, latest Improved ore cars, and mining machinery, oil shale machinery on special designs and. in fact, all work of pattern shop, foundry, machine shops or boiler-making plant These four are the chief divisions of the work of the Ogden Iron Works. The immense new factory that was built during the past year is about equally divided as to space between the foundry and the machine shop. The latest of equipment, including electrically driven hoists and cranes, has been Installed so that there is economical eco-nomical handling of all the heavy work that must be cared for. Small railroad lines, pjaced in heavy concrete floor, also can be utilized for transporting material when desired. An electric ele- vator hoists the metal to the cupalo for easy unloading. Theso modern foatures, combined with the excellence of the buildings from tho standpoint of construction, light and ventilation, make the Ogden Iron Works an ideal plant for this kind of business. There is also the consideration of traffic facilities. The plant is located both on steam and electric lines, is near the center of the city on a paved street and has every possible opportunity oppor-tunity for expansion through the ownership own-ership of ground surrounding the factory. fac-tory. The excellent location of Ogden as a city from wliich shipments of machinery ma-chinery can be made into all the mining min-ing and manufacturing districts of the intermountain states, is also a reason for the growth of tho iron works and the certainty that there will be oven j greater progress in the future than there has been in the past. |