The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-05-30
THE SUGAR Factory.
Twenty -Four Carloads Of
Machinery Arrive,
And Is Being Set Up In
the Massive Brick
Stru ctuYeS.
Thirty-FiYe Tons of Sugar
to Be Manufactured Every
TWenty-Four Hours.

On Thursday representative of the
NelUS visited the sugar factory, in Utal
county, in order that the people of the
Territory might be Informed, through
the columns of this journal, concern
ing the progress being made in estab-
fishing what is destined to be, for many
years to come, the chief industry OF
Utah. For the means of attaining the
object in view the newS-gleaneT is in.
debted to Mr.. G. A. Granger, who
during temporary absence of Super
intendent Thomas r. Cutler, was in
full charge of the general business OF
the factory. He also assists the man.
ager when the latter is at home.
Mr.. Granger is active and energetic
and has the advantage of being con-
versant with all the details connected
with the manufacture of refined sugar
having been employed for some time
by Z. II. Dyer and Company in their
factory at Alvarado, California, the
gentlemen who are erecting the Utah
establishment and who have contract
ed to run it for one year. During last
winter Mr.. Granger was engaged a
good deal of his time in accompanying
]
ments, delivering brief and explicit
lectures to the farmers in relation tc
proper methods of raising beets, which
| is a vital branch Ofithe sugar industry
The first Impression made upon the
visitor as he approaches the factory
/ buildings is one of establishment
caused by the magnitude of the Struct-
ures. The attention is then instinct
lively directed toward the somewhat
Squatty aspect they present. The lat
ter appearance is created by tie ire
mendous ground proportions compared
to the height. This will be readily i'm
agined when it is stated that the main
building is $50 by so feet and the an
mex 1874 by 60 feet. All except part
of the annex is three stories high
There is small structure on the roof
Of the main building which somewhat
mars the general appearance of the
latter. 1t is to accommodate the
vacuum pans, and it was deemed that
it would be sheer extravaganza to raise
the main structure another StOly foI
that object alone; hence the roof addi-
zion.
The buildings are light colored brick,
and have exceptionally strong founda-
tions. In fact the whole premises are
as near perfection in the matter of be-
ing substantial as they can well be.
They are without crack or blemish.
The contractor for the mason work is
Mr. Elias Norris, Mr.. z. II. Evans be-
ing foreman on the ground. The lat
ter is one of the most careful workmen
in the Territory. The interiors are
of FL,
being Is l6 inches, extending from
floor to roof. The carpenter work is
done by Taylor, ROmney 81 Armstrong.
Mr.. Busher, a very capable workman,
is their foreman on the grounds.
Tie company have begun the cree,
ton OF y boarding house 20 10y 40 feet
aAd tlr, I stories high, for the accom-
mediation of the workmen.
In short time the erection of beet
sheds for storage purposes will be be-
gun. They will be between 400 and
500 feet long. These figures appear
somewhat large. 1t must be remem-
bered, however, that when the factory
begins to run it will take $50 tons of
beetS TO keep it going to its ull capac-
ity for each round Of the machinery of
thirty-siX hours, and it costs as much
to operate it fully as below the degree
o. which it is capable. Again, the
company must possess facilities for re-
ceiying beetS from the farmers at any
time the latter may be prepared to de-
liver them. In relation to the build
ings it is proper here to state, with no
small degree of satisfaction, that the
Messrs. Dyer assert that they are sec
nto1 n thnCn Of of Rt
in the United States.
1t is impossible at this stage to give
definite idea of the character Of the
machinery-at least not as the result
of personal inspection. 1t will cause
some establishment, however, when it
is stated as fact that that witch is
to be placed in the Utah factory is so
extensive that it will require one
hundred cars to convey it from Cleve-
land, Ohio, where it is manufactured :,
to the grounds. Twenty-tour car
loads had arrived just previous to the
visit of the representative of the NelCS,
and with 1t came an expert mechani-
cal engineer to erect it. This gentle
man was just on the point of having
it uTlaaded, and maSons were finish
ing snae of the foundations for it. so
it ma} ir taken for granted that the
WORK OF placing the machinery in po-
sition has ALREADY begun.
Some time since we published de-
tails u the sigar factory established
at Lincoln. Nebraska We under
stand that The building and capacity
of that factory are about similar to
that of the Utah concern. That Of our
Territory has, however, a decided ad-
vantage over that of Nebraska, for the
reason that while ours will require