Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18

steers that he thinks of experimenting
with. The cisterns will hold 200, goo
gallons of syrup.
MORE MACHINERY.
But this is not all Of the Medicine
Lodge sugar plant. The boiler house
and pumps have barely been mentioned.
In the boiler house are six boilers, each
" inches in diameter and 16 feet long !;
each has go finch fiues the boilers are
of standard steel, seamless bottom
plates, laid in friedrich, and the six
have the capacity for furnishing steam
for 750-horse power machinery. Only 5
of the are necessary for the work, so
one can always be cooling off to be
blown out. The smoke from the fires
under the boilers, goes out through a
breeching into flue So feet high. OF
this, % feet is of brick on foundation
feet IN the ground, and 63 feet of the
stack is of iron. 1t can be seen for
miles and the black cloud of smoke that
issues from it is constant reminder
that there Is lite and activity at Medi-
cine Lodge.
Then there are two immense Knowles
pumps, each with acapacity of one mil
lion gallons Of water day. These will
be used for pumping water for the city.
Besides these are two vacuum pumps,
juice pump, l molasses pump, / syrup
pump, pump to supply the boilers and
air pump or air compressor. These
are all of the knowles patent, said to
be the best made.
Then there are engines, two i'm
mense affairs, one for driving the I'M
leaders, cutters, elevators, cleaners and
cables; the other for the centrifugals,
mixer, sugar elevators, etc. The other
is quick-moving engine that moves
the electric light generator.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The light for the building, offices, lab
oratOry, cane racks and engine room
is supplied by brush incandescent dy-
namO. At present, 10 lights are at
tached. 1t is a perfect success, and
quite curiosity out here where many
had never before seen an electric light.
FIRST WORK.
The mill started off without any seri-
GUS delays. The machinery was new,
the working force was generally mex
perienced, and of course there was I'M
avoldable stoppages but it is now
moving in every department like clock
work. 1t should have been completed
two weeks earlier; but owing to delay
ed freight and the immensely of the
work, it was not possible to start earli-
er. Next year, the mill be ready for
the earliest cane.
There was planted, this season, under
CONT act, according to J. II. McCrack-
en-, the cane superintendent, 1890 acres.
This will average IL tons to the acre.
He has found some that will go as high
as l8 tons. Only small part, if any,
of the earliest variety will be lost. The
later varieties can all be taken care of
by the mill if the farmers do not get
tired hauling 1t.
THE CANE
The cane, so far tested, shows most
| gratifying results. Selected samples
have shown 10 per cent. of sugar. when
extracted by crusher. The average will
be l2 per cent, it is asserted by those
who know. The proprietors think that
they will get so pounds of sugar to the
ton of field cane, and IL gallons of mo-
lasses. They would be satisfied with
less.
THE COST.
What has this gigantic plant cost :?
In round numbers about 500, 600.
Eldred & Hinman have paid out for
freight, $500; for labor, about $780,:
for brick and stonewOrk, $4,500. This
is all for construction. They used 100
600 brick, 250,0 feet of lumber and a
lot of stone in the building. From now
on, to the end Of the season, the daily
labor account will be about SIPS per
day. They have go men employed, and
some at big figures. Their coal will cost
800 per day, and they are getting it
cheap. Then, if they handle $50 tons
per day, they will pay 1915 per day for
cane. So it is safe to say that this com
munity will be In good financial shape
for awhile, at least.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Besides Prof. Cowgirl, the Messrs.
Hinze, Mr.. Dey and Mr.. McCracken,
mentioned above, others who have been
active in the preliminaries and con-
| struction Of this work are j. D. McGin-
ness, the mill-wright. Harry Bancroft,
the architect and principal builder, d.
j. Aber, surveyor and engineer, who
designed the lake and waterworks, ETC..
Joseph Hagstette, a machinist, from
New Orleans, Ambrose Allen and Thos.
Warwick. machinists of this CITY: D.
c. Wolf. of Lyons, T. c. ALBRIGHT and
j. w. Holder.
D. VanSlyke has been the time-keep-
er and weighmaster, Geo. w. Horney
bookkeeper and cashier.
Macy 4 lift did the brick work: Nc
Daniel & Snodderly, the stone work;
Munson s. Boggs the concreting; Law
renee & Boggs the blacksmithing.
We arc taking ordora pov, FOR bo.7