New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-30
Nj.
THE suGAR REFINERIEs OF NETWORK.


The most important trades in this CITY, appears 70 nave
been fret introduced into Americs BY some German
settlers and it 10 remarkable feet tina. ti ~i'nn
c.. ,esrs the trade has been almost entirely monopo-
S,sd hv the same race some Of the principal nrms nav
m, been carried ON under the original name for t~' or
.h,s osns,.,;ons Indeed although a, ths time the
trade nnder notice ia pursued certain extent BY
belonging TO all countries yet the German eie-
N, n, ureoouderaes not only here but throughout the
Union
IN, cty records show that the process Of Sugar Re-
s,;.g Gained footing in New-York a. al early date
even in our pre-TevclutoDsry history, ana was no.
The ffst among the earliest manufacturing arts estao
lshed here About the eod Of the Sixteenth century
= Refinery, known as Bsyard's Sugar House. was
erec.ed In New York, the site OF theNcld Wai'-s
PresbyteraD Church, which many OF our readers VIII
doubtless remember as it occupied the ground a. the
No f Wsllst ROW used by certain Of the express OH
ces Every one vic the details OF the s'rus
Gle for dence will also easily recclect the ff-
aent allosiops made 20 The Old Sugar House. formerly
standing ia Llbef.yst, adjoining the present POST
Office and used by the British pr.on for the sale
keeping Of captured patriots during .hicn period IL
earned an uneuvisbe immortality on account OF the
erneltes snd have been perPerated GA those locar
ceratsd forming the subject OF many go'diy tome
wherein British tyranny aud cruelty have been exposed
with ruthless veDgs ance inferior only 10 toat COM
itted By the objects Of sucb denunciaons Inc Old
est established house in this business noT standing
tboueh no longer used IA re6nerys that az the corner
Of Rose and Duane SIS the walls vi which bear da'"
yisble FROM the street. Of 1863 aud it Is thus eligible
10 be considered as Of the Antiquities OF New-iofk
But no contrast could possibly be- greater than thai
presented between the Of business carried Gu In
those times land indeed ill within very few years.
and the present day although itmay be almost eqlaed
by the difference IN the size and Of the prem
Uses used for manufacturing purposes, aud che cost Of
the stock in trade a. the ts0 periods, as modern SCI
spce. while enormously multiplying the production Of
sugar by the agency Of and the attendant appa
rstus Indispensable for its USE has ikeyse proper
tionaely increased the expense necessary to put re
finer, into active operation The old structures were IN
every way vastly inferior those OF the present day.
the rooms being low, dark, and badly ventilated inc
modern gigantic In SIZE and built Oh essenay
opposite principles We gave few weeks ag0a tu ie
scriptiop Of one of those process OF CONSTRUCTIVE
which will enable our readers 10 judge OF the mign
tube and the quantity of capital expended on modern
:febDerits.
Sugar refining like all other industrial arts, has, as we
before stated the advantage OF the various sciennc
discoveries which distinguish the century Is percep
bic in the improved quality OF the sugar the less opnoA
ious ingredients in general use To remove the impurities
"e siea,e. no'uo" i'"'' 80 %, ,b art;.le can
Stea' III" sun nio'e"s'nb oP ,. - Nc
seqneBt on the ircqueDt "SV"'oi! y, I nv 49,, -
economical system of OPT ration IL would piQbaoy DC
interesting to OF readers were we able 20 give
minute description Of the process OF sugar refining
but osng 10 the limited number persons engaged N
this trade aud each believing he has some plao superior
70 his neighbours though all essentially the same ta'Io
Is sD lndisposition ole the part OF 'hoSe 'eecS'cu
have any particulars so tar as relates 10 ther own
bshIDents pubished; ana therefore, 'Iousn No nav
ourselves visited some Oh the prmcipai Iehnolos, ""
shall defer the wishes expressed by parties sensitive
in keeppp involnte the "secrets OF the trade, ahd
coune ourselves pointing out the leading differences
betv &c the old and new methods.
By the former the sugar ia its raw state, was placed
In alarpe copper pan, ana mixed with certain quantity
of lime water 90 which was added bulOcks bOOi-the
object being TO the impurities which would rise
N surface in the application Of heat by Gre As the
mass spurosched the Boiling point containing the
c,r.ion ns,t,les w,ad goat on the top, and
.,.,rsJ y, means az n skinner which operation WIS
continued until the iquor became quite clear after
which it was strained thrcmoh ouness, when II was re-
i,a 40 ,bo ssme nan aud submitted to process caus.
-: ~ snors,ion AT the water The test as to the
ne 'ne t;. .rst;on might he considered effected
Yya,S s;a,nle tLougb one that could only be arrived
a. Az, "a lana exoersnce consisting merely in taking
n;;,s r a.. hof lonor b,tween the hnger and thumb
" - Nv, -, ,h,eaa unan the lenet h aud thick
sna h!t ,b hosr S,,med ms Judgment as TO its
o,v II was then placed in shallow vessels, where it
49, siowed 20 remain ill sufficiently cool to be poured
into the mods of sugar loaf e,' aud thus left m quite
cold when the mclds were IL. wed to the upper st-
H. Ia dram Then came the process at bleaching, o.
fc,,d by placing on the top white clay, the same
as used by pot,eTs made by the addition OF water iao
about the consisencc of cream, the waiery portion oil