The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-01-18
LAKE CHARLES CALCAEU PARISH LOUISIANA JANUARY 1885,

the Houston Post sent a man over the
twenty-five miles of railway to take 1t
all in, Which he did,
Many of the planters have person
ally inspected it. The list of visitors
up to date includes Ex-Governor War |
moth, Mr.. Gilmore, of the Sugar BosOIi
Mr.. Soniat, Don Santiago bod, the
Cuban expert Don ]. N. Casanova OF
Cuba Shattuck h Hoffman of New
Orleans, who interviewed everybody
from the boys who ride the mules to
the proprietor; Wilbrey Thompson OF
the Teche country ; Manager Billings
of Shattuck & Hoffman Capt. Pharr
of Berwick, who CheWed the bagasse,
and said his mouth was an astounding
sacrometer, and went off to buy a diff
fusion battery right away Mr.. Clarke
of the Teche, Foost d Barrett of
"Bhadyside" plantation, on the Teche;
Chemist Won Trescoe, Government
Chemist Edison and batch of eleven
who arrived on Thursday last. They
comprised Mr.. Haubtman of Edwards
& Haubtman, New Orleans E. Legen-
DIRE, owner of "Terre Haute" pIanta-
ton, Louisiana Leon Godsohaux, a
clothier of New Orleans, who owns
some eight or ten Henry and Harry
NJ. MCCauII of "Evan Hall" plantation
on the Mississippi James ?. Knock,
of "BeIIe Alliance" the original diff
futeF and champion of the null :" IL,
Dugas of "Armelse," who uses the
old open kettle system and tops the
f New Orleans market on sugars and
r molasses Count DesbaCh, of Paris,
, France; Prof. BecneI, chemist at Evan
e Hail Harry Lewis, sugar maker at
e Evan Hall aud B. Thoeus, of Leeds
O D. Co., foundrymen. Some of these
gentlemen were enthusiastic, notably
i Mr. Godschaux, who left on Thursday
4 evening filled up to his neck with Ell
G sIage cutlery, ditfuses and all The
Il rest Of it, Some were nOn-COmmtttal
!. Some expressed a desire to have i
n proven that the exhausted chips coult
r. be burned. Some were disappointed
n that the cane was not weighed betor
:. 1t struck the cutter, so as to give al
n exact idea of what it was turning ou
m per ton of gross weight, All wer
is satisfied with the simple and para
2. mount fact that diffusion diffused
,e which after all was the main thing
in Ex-Governor Warmoth knows NOR
W about it, probably, than any othe
n Lonisianian and his opinion is there
,3 fore worth something, Here it is;
is Il have never seen sugar hons
in anywhere better than Col. Cunning
he HAMS. Neither the building nor mi
e. chinery can be surpassed in LouIsiant
ch He has spared no expense in his etto
I'd to develop the sugar industry, and
ID am glad to see that be is meeting vii
as such splendid success. The dlffusic
Ily work IS excellent. The cutters are {
lis far superior to mine that at once
nd dered cutters and masceFators fro
We Prof. Swenson, and they will reaG
MI Magnolia In a few days, | intend
ay have a hydraulic movement similar
So that at 'SugarIand' attached to n
he battery. Prof. SweDson will be doV
gar at Magnolia to erect the cutters. |
biz is a most skilIful and competent c
1t pert, and is as modest as he is al
bis and skiIlful. He has had au extensi
zen experience in Kansas with sorghu
ter and is delighted with the way 0
Ter, cane yields to the system Of diffuslt
en- He has every confidence in our succe
,bo and believes that by this process
est can get practically all the sugar out
all the cane. The splendid resplt at s
He garland this season shows what
the epterprising man can accomplish q
eIe- Cuppingham's example il throwi
to aside the old process and adopt
the modern and scientific methods v
un- doubtless be followed another year
aDy other planters in Louisiana and Tea
up Nothing can exceed the exuberapc'
r q Colonel Cuppingham's hospitality,
my visit was most enjoyable. He
i've qnested me to invite any and all Of
Is friends out to see bis work. lie
No. good thing, and is perfectly will
600 that all the world should share in
and knowledge that be gained at SO m
|. If cost"