Daily Republican., 1880-12-04
BEET SUGAR.
A visit 10 the Delaware beet Sugar
Werks-Muw saga II Meno.

Six thousand pounds of sugar ar,
Manufactured daily at the beet sugar
works at Riverside. The proprieIOr'
think that the quantity manufactured
this year will amount to between ont
hundred thousand and one hundred
and twenty thousand pounds. The
process by which the sugar Is manu-
faetured Is very interesting, and was
related as follows to reporter Of the
REPUBIIcAE yesterday afternoon: The
bsets after having been taken from
the cars at the works are carried within
the building and placed in hols,
IRON 4, hich they descend tos hopper
and then pass to Q washing machine.
Having been thoroughly clean.sd
the beets ascend by means Of an seVa
tor and are dumped into cutting ms
chine, where they are sliced very hne,
and the pulp is cast aside.
Just beneath the cutting machine arc
twelve tanks ,constituting a diffusion
battery. Eight Of the tanks, however,
are only used. Juice Is placed in the
first tank, and descending into the in.
terror 1t rises through pipe upon the
exterior Of the second tank; descending
in the interior Of the third tank II as
cends by means Of pipe on the sx
terror OF the fourth tank. Continuing
thus the juice passes through all the
tanks and by the time it has reached
the fourth tank its heat is as high "a
1865 degrees. When the juice becomes
prsgnatsd with sugar it ia drawn ont
and carried through pipes to tbs fret
devicator tank. where q certain
quantity oil lime is mixed with the
juice and thus all the impurities be-
come absorbed. Carbonate gas is then
introduced vita the lime aud in this
manner carbonate Of lime is made.
After the Juice has becomS dsvicated
It ascsuds through pillar presses and
enters a rress formed OF knit bags with
iron joints. The lime and impurities
are removed hers and the juice is then
drawn back to the second devicator
tank. More carbonate gas Is introduc'
ed and then the juice is carried to q
tower in the far end Of the building,
where there are more pillar presses,
and thus it goes through second fl
tration. Having descended through
bone black pillars to the chlarifsd
Juice 1t is drawn into double effect
evaporating pans. 1t is drawn direct
by steam in the first pan, but in the
second it is drawn by the exhaustive
steam from the first pan. When the
Juice is boiled down to q proper consis
tency it is drawn back 10 the boRs
black pill lars to further clarity. 1t "a
then taken TO 4 Strater pan in an ad-
joining building and 10 boiled down by
steam to point where it sryStalizss in
. pan.
Next it is placed in small wagons,
where it is allowed TO stand for twenty
four hours; and thus it becomes a mass
of crystals. At the expiration OF that
tine II is dumped into a machine and
the crystals are miRsi with a syrap.
Entering centrifugal machine, who
makes /, 500 revolutions in a minute,
the molasses is thrown of aud the su
gas IL retained. The mo asses is al
lowedt5 stand for two weeks, and be-
coming crystaliSed, is again placed in
the centrifugal machine and from it
a commoner sugar is manufactured.
Four large boilers ara used at the
works, and st the lima kiln between
$50 and l75 bushels Of lime are made
daily. The company, this year, will
have SOC, 900 tons OF pulp to sell.