The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-02
THE SUGAR PLANTERS.
ORGANIZATION OF AN IMMIGRATION
SOCIETY AT THE COTTON
EXCHANGE.

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The Louisiana Sugar Planters Association
held their regular monthly meeting last even
ing at their rooms on Baronne street Mr.. Dun
can II. Kenner Id the chair and quorum pres
| ent.
Mr.. DYmond read. for the information Of the
meeting. the following letter, addressed to the
Journal DIES Fabricants de Suwe. from the pen
OF q well known engineer and inventor Of pro-
cesses for sugar making and OF which we give
| a free translation:
Mr.. RrLLIEUxs LETTER.
PARIS. March 40, 1879.
Mr.. Editort-When ] began, In 1880, to occupy
myself with sugar aDparatuses. there were
consumed In the manufacture Of sugar from
beets about $50 pounds. Of coal to 1000 pounds OF
Grating rat IN vacuum with multiple effect. This
| apparatus was intended to economlse three
fourths Of the fuel. | proposed ~ TO various
| builders, but they objected. as the Howard ap-
paratns. or Howard vacuum pan. scarcely yet
| introduced, was already very complicated. and
az II would be difficult to induce manufacturers
complicated. decided, In consequence Of this
! refusal. TO carry my invention to America. /
pIanters to discard their then simple outfit SO
| easy to erect and mt such light expense but the
reverse Of economical In it, working. for my
evaporating apparatus, concerning the remu-
long since been advised. During this time an
attempt was made IN France TO reduce the ex-
| Inventors Mr. Ohampounota, one OF the leaders
OF the sug II industry. and DeHrand who con-
atrl1ctad tOme horizontal apparatus.
With the Uedrand apparatus there was re-.
allied some economy In fuel. but the quality of
the product was detective owing 70 the altera-
| tion OF a large part Of the sugar during con
centration. After having studied my apparatus
| very thoroughly. / erected 1t. and complete sue
cess crowned my efforts. ,..,.
paratus, and when yourself, Mr.. Editor. was
erecting and operating them 10 Louisiana, they
the planters who hava adopted them. About
| 1859 my apparatus was introduced into France,
but the arrangement was changed. and should
say that even the principle OF II vas altered or
jured. .-,
operation to- day are but portion and an in
S TScS sps agbHsh in Xme sGe r to
ii Ihe en- .h a. ny ws niea e a En-
| from the defecation, to the end Of the process
| For this purpose. introduced the JUICE into
| the last carried 1t to the boiling point. skimm
ed 1t and sent the filtered syrup 70 the finishing
This last operated In yacuuo at the lowest
| possible temperature. The steam from the
evaporato,s arose from the first pan Of the
appara.1s and which had s .nen yef III sgts
OF burning The material. and still further
boiled with multiple effect, and employed but
evaporator BY the exhaust steam Of the driving
engine, with the addition. when necessary. Of
direct In Earops ~ q ne
triple eject. and In the place IF boiling with
multiplied effect they begin With direct steam
high pressure u Is nos possible IN ths
and Of alteration Of the sugar, AND, q beieye.
they thus use II per cent more fuel than with
my system. Is 1t not more rational. however
| to conduct the boiling and the evaporation to-
gether. and by multiple etiect2 ask myself
| why they have neglected this principle; why
| this ARRANGEMENT adopted In America has not
| been applied by beet sugar-houses In Europei
| | am ied to believe that the principle Of my
system has been badly understood since Its in
PRODUCTION.
| A. to the improvements which have been
made to my apparatus In France I am not con-
vinced Of their efficiency. ,Hereis what really
| They have suppressed the boiling by double
effect caused by steam below ths Pol ng point;
ausmentinE thus the expense OF fuel "a per
cent. In certain establishments II the colonies,
notably Ia Cuba. my apparatus has been con-
Grand. This apparatus had the grave difficult
/ ty OF changing the crystals OF sugar into Rlu-
cose. and further. 1t could not operate owing to
/ an error In Its construction. Again. they have
suppressed the dry. air pumps men Withdrew
the waters Of condensation and the air from
first ahd SECOND r en- they naye
denser and " further loss liz made I'm that man
| ner In not utilizing the vapor from these pans,
and this loss estimate at per cent or differ.
ence 81 10 per cent on the total consumption of
| fuel In the establishment. Finally, my convie-
ton is that these notifications In the evaporat..
principles had been maintained ia their
and this with sh n heb 5o
speak. appear to me. then. to be OF 9 rather
doubtful character and would remark here,
that In the establishment Of my apparatus, |
consider the calculation Of these diverse points
as essential as for steam engines OF large power.
| / would induce sort Of revolution in the con
Der. which, however, would reserve for the
tubes. this being the kind of heating surface
rst into usrJ ap
was and always should be continuous. The
| juice enters at one point and Ia discharged at
surface surface Of the strike pm was half that Of the
evaporating pans: In this manner the boiling
OF the first sugars was done IN tlne sui1clen.iy
answered for the boiling and for the evapor
alton. | would add that | made. In 1850, the
plans Of triple effect vertical boiler. This ap-
paratus was introduced into Germany at the
same time ~ my horizontal apparatus. by,
Az yeron
evaporation Is more imperative than ever.
It is essential that tho manufacture of
be discontinued. II iB necessary that there
be applied here as In America evaporation by
multiple effeGC. concerning WHICH experience
has demonstrated the great superiority to all
the rlanters who have adopted 1t. propose
then to the manufacturers OF sugar as follows:
/ desire for the next campaign to transform a
triple effect into anintuple effect. with boiling
ut triple or quadru ole effect by the adj iition of
two pans to the triple effect and by special
arrangement Of pipes. | propose to make the
transformation 10 factory at my expen Q: the
manufacturer who accepts this proposition
shall have only to pay me the half OF the saving
realized IL the fuel BY this application. the
saving to be demonstrated by the books Of the
worked. shall not effect this TRANSFORMATION
this year at my own expense in more than one
factory II other manufacturers desire to make
the expense OF the application Of my process.
will ask but one-foursh OF the saving Of fuel. /
will add that shall modify the apparatus In
such manner that its yield shall b. increased
sc. per cent with the same steam, boilers. and
a'I manner that tie CROP may t be = taken
off Ia two-thirds of the time now actually
necessary, which would avoid the loss
arising from a deterioration of the last
portion Of the crop. The Introduction of diru-