New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-02

oEPIEMDER n, 1912.
'ffa,vyo;rrss5iy. We, however, DO not share in
these anticipations, and consider the
stubbles by no means as good as usual. AS
a general rule plantation work is we'll ad-
yanced and hands well disposed to work"
This, no doubt was fair statement at
the time it was made, but the unpropitious
weather since has clouded the prospect, and
the future is marked by gloom and uncer-
tainty. We are confident, however, that
the plantation interest has seen its dark
est days, and that scientific and practical
improvements in the process of the manu-
facture, will not only obviate deficiency OF
LIE annual labor, but so much diminish the cost
of making that the Louisiana planter Will
derive much larger profits from his enter
PRISE, even at reduced prices, and obtain the
command of the market to the extent OF the
yield. In this connection we copy from Mr.
Bouchereau's pamphlet the following fair
statement of the new apparatuses OF Messrs.
Bringier and Mason. Without in the slightest
degree depreciating the scientific merits OF
the Bringier apparatus, it is only just to
Mr.. Mason to say that from their practical
character his invention and improvements
have attracted the serious attention of
many of our oldest and must successful
planters, who desire to give them 1alr
trial. We hope, however, that this will be
done for both. If two neighbOring planters
were 10 add to their sugar houses, respec-
lively, the Bringier and the Mason appa-
ratuses, on joint account, with fair ap-
portioHment of the expenditures and the
yield, the result might either demonstrate
the superiority of one over the other, or
that both are valuable, and deserving of
general Introduction. We copy from Mr..
Bouchereau, as follows:
THE NEW SUGAR APPARATusEs.
We are gratifed in being able to an
nOunce to our readers the probability of
our having three different new apparatuses
in operation in Louisiana, next fall, viz:
The Bringier, the Mason and the Robert.
The object Of all Of them is to extract, by
diffusion, larger quantity of saccharine
matter from the cane, thereby increasing
the quantity of sugar from the same guam
tity of sugar-cane.
The importance of the interests involved
in this product Of our State, induce US to
hope that our planters and capitalists will
readily furnieh the necessary funds for the
purpose Of thoroughly testing them.
The Bringier apparatus consists of re-
volving cutter that slices the stock of cane
transverse into very thin sections, thereby
opening all the cells containing saccharine
matter. In this condition it is conveyed up
heated by steam from the escape pipe of
the engine, 80 that when it drops into the
washing cylinders il is partially dried and
contains comparatively larger percentage
of saccharine matter in the same volume of
cane.
The washing cylinders, seven in number,
are set in battery, rising gradually from
front to rear; each cylinder contains a con-
veyor, being a spiral flange attached to
centre shaft; each shaft having a cog-pin-
ion-wheel on the end, the power being ap-
piled to one, reverses the motion alternate
~, and therefore conveys the cane in an un-
broken stream forward and back until it is
elected from the upper and last cylinder.
During this time there is constant
stream Of hot water pouring in at the point
where the bagasse is elected, and forcing
its way down through the ascending cane,
enters the broken cells containing saccha-
sine matter, and forces it back to be dis
charged at the starting point in the form of
a rich juice; while the empty bagasse alb
serbs the said water like sponge and car
ries it up and elects it at the same point
where it entered.
1.-THE hot water is derived from condens-
ing the steam from the engine in a reservoir
above the cylinders"
1t viii be observed that in this apparatus
the old sugar house rollers are entirely dis
pensed with and less power is required in
the driving engine for the revolving cutter
than was required for the rollers.
The Mason apparatus consists partly of
our present machinery. The bagasse is de.
livered by the mill to wire carrier, and is
secured by an upper wire belt, passing it
through series OF enclosed chambers,
where it is saturated by the exhaust steam,
cred to a second pair of rollers, where it is
pressed again. To this second pressure it
is expected that twenty five per cent addi-
tiona Juice, to that extracted by the first
rollers, will be obtained. Then the bagasse
is delivered to another wire carrier, is again
secured by an upper wire belt and passed
through another series of enclosed cham
bers, where it is dried by utilizing the heat
from beneath the boilers.
1t is then delivered to the bagasse burn
er, thus the burning bagasse prepares its
own fuel, making it far superior to the
present crude method, inasmuch as one
cord OF dry wood is far more etficacious
than two cords of green wood for steam
purposes, SO. q t0rtiOri, one ton OF dry
bagasse be comparatively superior to two
tons OF the sOdden bagasse as now used
The evaporation is horizontal cylinder,
in appearance resembling the vacuum pan.
There is shaft in the centre, on which are
a number of discs, which revOlve in the
juice or syrup, keeping it of an even tenn
perature, and thereby preventing the gen.
GRAFTON of intense heat in the body Of the
syrup, as in kettles and trains, which make
sad waste by carameliZatiOn and slough
ing off Of the crystals into over crops of
mOlasses.
The irregularity of the discs give to the
material a gentle motion, thus pseventing
it from adhering to the pipes or heating
surfaces. But its greatest superiority con-
sists in It's rapid evaporation, caused by
heated currents of air, which are driven
into the cylinder by means of fan or
blower, in continued blasts, absorbing the
moisture from the sides OF the discs, sweep
ing the surface of the material, and accom-
plishing its mission IN one quarter the time
by kettle or train, thus assimilat
ing natural agents without risk of deterio-
ration. These currents of air are easily
adjusted in temperature by means OF valves,
as the thermometer will indicate.
There is also glass indicator attached to
the evaporation, showing the quantity con-
tanned in the machine, and the amount of
The modes of charging and discharging
are similar to the vacuum PAN and test
can be easily obtained to determine its con-
dition for syrup, the granting point, or con-
creting.
1t will be observed that this apparatus
consists of three separate and original ma
chimes, independent of each other (but as
whole completely, viz: The saturator, the
bagasse drier and the evaporation, singly, or
all of which can be applied to our sugar
houses, as they now stand, without any
alteration or expense whatever.
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