, 1874-12-26

the carrier; with a blow from a hammer the
doors Of the box open, and the canes fall on
the carrier. There are two lines of rails, and
the crane works round from one to the other,
taking up a box from each line of rail alternate
ly ibis mill is the best supplied ] have ever
seen their average work is to grind 200 600
kills, each working day Of ten hours, or about
twenty tons of canes per hour.
Dillon has a better arrangement for loading
and unloading its barges. These are o iron,
and each contains eight iron boxes which fit
exactly in them. Like those of Pointe Simon
they have an iron eye at each corner. The
boxes of canes are lifted from the lighters by o
powerful crane fixed on the wharf. The rail-
road from thence takes them to the Factory.
Here the arrangement for the cane carrier is
not SO complete as that at Pointe Simon. The
boxes filed with cane weigh 5000 kills.
17,636 lbs.
Francois brings its Wagons more convenient
ly to the cane carrier than in many Usines;
and for ~neatness aud cleanliness | saw nothing
that equalled the little Usine of Simon, direct
ed bv Monsieur Briere de L Isle nor have l
ever seen any wooden building to equal that
of Usine La Riviere Sal6e, constructed under
the direction Of Mr.. Monsieur Daniel
Guillaud.
No doubt the French Usines are a great
stride in the right road for sugar making
they have brought plenty and prosperity to all
classes in the Colony, and Monsieur Quennes-
son and his deputies merit the esteem of all
classes for having solved the problem of making
a ruinous speculation turn to be q most advan-
taceous one. Central Factories under his
direction, have become q safe and lucrative
mode for the Investment Of capital. The great
ambition Of rich and poor is to possess
shares; many make efforts and collect together
Gvo hundred francs-&20 sterling, who other
wise probably would never have saved a cent.
These are the public advantages Of such estab-
lishments. When enterprises have arrived at
this state of prosperity they no longer require
large capitalists to support them the gain and
safety of the operation are SO apparent, any
man with four or five pounds at his disposal,
and the chance of having others to meet the
three or six monthly instalment of which he
is always timely forewarned by advertisement
in the local papers, hastens to avail himself
of this mode of investing his money. The
value of the shares are quoted in the market;
and, as seen in the case of Francois, have
increased in value On3 hundred and fifty fold.
On,r urgent necessity would cause q share
holder to part with them.
In the formation Of new Companies and
Usines, be it where it may, one essential point
should be considered.
Can the present FACTORIES as established
in the French Colonies be improved on2 And,
if so, should Directors of new enterprises be
satisfied to follow precisely their model
When we know that canes contain l8. per cent
of crystallizable matter should we rest content
with machinery that merely gives US barely
eight under the most favourable circumstances
of sugar in grain, and three per cent of moIas-
SEES. Should we not rather, always admitting
the great advantage Usines have been and
are to the Sugar industry, endeavour to find
out how it is we practically do not extract
from the cane the crystallizable matter known
to be contained therein; and improve the
quality and power of the machinery we would
place in our new Factories?
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