Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-20
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..s.~.saisx interview with Ezra
uesasr en- . svees subject
reoorssr d, the Posr-IsTKLEuKScKz'
"a he pleasure Of an isservism With
v.n nesker, u we'll known farmer AID
hov ueves, yesterday, on the subject
= ~ i,ess sugar manufacture In King
.ea,y. Durhse shs conversation Mr..
Msshsr said "You, Of eoarse. ara
svus that ioint stock company has
IN formed for the pnrposs Of manu-
s.rtarisR sugar from beets In this
sgassy, and iliai our articles Of incor-
poratlon have been filed In the Auditors
as,es asd also with the Secretary Of the
Territory. On the 10th instant u meet
jue q tie Trustees Of the Valley suRar
0omuAny vas hsld At Kent. T. III. Al,
serd wis ele,ted Prssident; n. J.
Mailer. Vios President; O. NJ. Davis,
asWglasy r. saar, Treasurer, aud my
IN. Manager. I was instructed 10
croeesd Il 0aas 10 canvas Ant,ug the
Erpssrs and c1ntract for 1900 tons Of
bses. psf annam for Ave years, the
priee 6xsd on being e4.G ger ton. 1
~ nov hsying the blank bonds printed,
scd next msnfh ! will make "a thsFoueh
ssnvass among The farmers. Already
100 tous per snnatns have been prom
I'D. Measures have already been taken
10 sssnra o site for q factory opposite
AIsosd's place ON White river, 20 that
freight can Be taken 10 and fran the
fssfory either By she river route or by
rsii. Tbs slzs OF the works o0ntem.i
dated Ii snfiii,ient to turn out 5000
poands ef sugar per day, and tiae fur
naoss viii consume fully 10000 tons of
seal Der ennual. There is no danger OF
ogsfsiccking tile market with su,sar, as
700 will sse vileR tell you that nearly
oos hansred thoasand tons Of the aFti-
dc & eensamssd on the Paclfsa slops
sAeh ycAr. | rscentiy visited Germany
Tor the purpose OF Investigating the beet
sugar Industry there, and 70 ascertain
b oerspaFison| II u would b. practical
% inangurate the indastry on Puget
Soand. 1 fouad that sugar sas there
heinR prodnoed from beets as oheaply
a. b b IN Mnt Of tbs cane suRiIr pro
aneinq fsgions 10 the world. Ovsr half
The angn eo1xumed tn the Wosld to.
dss u nAnlifaetured from heets.
tfum yeafs Of study and re-
ssarch. And . large entiay Of money
Ia travelling ard Investigating the sub
teet, an contineed that We can manu-
faefnfe augar here as cheaply AZ they
- u Germany, and consequently can
11z1ea{a xrSfk ,,., ..ss...- -. -. 49,
hkfezion On the eontinent- In Cali
f1rnia the marnf aeture Of s,aeaif from
1eets V beinz. made 3 eno0es& Ono
f1esory iii AlvsfAdo has been trimming
To- hse years successfully, ard making
paasy fof ~ t,fojeetofs- THAT i'aetory
,snsumea Seattle coal, for which u has
b pay from 9l50 10 ~ per ton, while
ne sams elmB Of epal tsereeningsl
,ouId BE- landed at our factory IN train
Dad lotsa a. e2b0 peF tsSn, which would
make 1 sAvinR 10 us over the California
|Actory sf $4,000 per annIiEn IN the
ien Of fuel alone. This Puget Sound
.santry IL admirably adapted 10 the
pscductiun Of sugar beeta. Mr. Alvord
hss for Ave ys,ais raised sugar bects
wiih an average yield Of 20 tons per
acrs. raised ls5 tons last year % iwo
aessa ef land, eu my White river fagnl.
fI1e average In 0sruzny 10 from II 70
u iona pef HsiN. All the valie,f land
81 she SQUAD b adnptsd 10
he raising OF sugar bests. TO all
ixrmofs desiring 20 raise besls for the
fsetofy, We will furnish seed st cost
Tsstye gounds Of seed will plant an
1cse ef lind. lskillad labor viil liz fur
pislie& fsom Alvarado. California. TO
build and operasa our factory Ter two
o. ikree yean. Ny son Fred 10 rsov In
saa krancisoo taking . special sonrss
b chemistry, q, prepare himself 70 en-
" tbe fsesosy ID kfvarado. whsn the
sAmpsi1n opens In August next. The
fsrtofy only rams kve or stK uionths
sach ynad, as die beet season only sx
isnds ossa that length OF time. II has
ia deapnsiraasd shai from every ton
q eests ns can eet at least 40 pounds
q arl, gFsnuisted sugar. After while
VI l1@ kiad " give ron o$her items
ecaoetnlce ear pians. and tbs psozresa
q - Nps< has mas be Of intussst %
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