, 1866-09-18

slightly granular and returns the taste
and even the faint smell Of fresh cane
Juice. 1t is indeed nothing but cane
juice solidified by the removal of water,
no change having been made in its CON
s%titution nor any foreign material having
been added in the process. Only three
persons are required 10 attend to the
machine-The boy who regulates the
influx Of juice, a man who watches and
governs its flow through the tray and the
cylinder, and another who directs 10 the
proper receptacle The finished Concrete.
Nothing is wanted, nothing is spoiled.
The whole of the Saccharine matter of
the cane is brought in the space of u few
minutes without any changes of it's ma
ture into "a state ready for transmission
to the %refiner.
I stepped from the Concreting House
into the adjacent Boiling House which is
still at work and the contrast was indeed
a strong one, a number of people were
digging out from "a cooler and carrying
off on their heads in buckets 10 the Cur
%ing-house Sugar dark and wet with Mo-
@lasses. The floor was black and sticky
with the unavoidable droppings. The
Coppers frothed and foamed and steamed.
Men toiling and hot were skimming,
SplaShing and Iadling the troubled liquor,
and us [ stood IL moment looking at the
dark brown contents of the tache ceas-
Iessly rising in large writhing bubbles
they seemed us they burst to protest in
vain against the Injurious treatment (now
no longer needflD from which they suf-
fered.
Mr.. Fryer has modified his original
design by emitting the drum upon the
outside Of which he proposed 10 effect
the last drying. This simpliies the pro-
cess and perhaps will reduce The cost of
the machine, ~prohnbIy without at all
diminishing its efficiency. The slight
degree of deIiqueSceuce which is observa-
Bile in the Concrete now making may
require It to he packed in hogsheads or
boxes instead of as was at first proposed
in bags, but can hardly cause either loss
by drainage or change Ivy fermentation.
| was not present at the first trial of
the machine, hut heard with some con-
Germ that instead OF Concrete it had been
making q sort of sweet Tar" Happily
for the West Indlrs those IN charge were
thoroughly interested in its success and
had Intelligence 10 detect and rcctitv The
cause of its apparent failure. The mir
drawn into the Cylinder was too hot and
charred instead of drying the juice.
Some forty or fifty gallons were injured.
The Cause was at once perceived, about
one third of the heating tubes were re-
moved and Immediately all went right.
1t is seldom that "A new invention,
tested in its progress toward realization
by miniature experiments in the model,
has passed 10 success through 50 brief
and slight an ordeal Of Temporary disap-
pointment. The perfect balance of, all
the parts of the C,ncretor in it's actual
work is scarcely less admirable than the
simplicity Of its principle, and brspeaks
the amount of careful and exact thought
which have been expended upon it. The
invention Of such a machine is above the
praises of common place men. All he
can. receive from US is the congratulations ]
of his friends, and the gratitude of the
world.
@SigneG w. J. READ,
Rector of st. Mary's and
Chaplain 10 the Lord
Rsohnn~ IS Anks~,r