Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-09
HOUSES OF SUGAR.
O'aus spreckels' New Idea and VIVA, MI,
ferent Ones Think of l.,

9p'eekelS New Idea and What ME.
'efent Ones Think of 1t.
Inc scheme of UTILIZING s,o,ox g.
ouiiuiiig purposes in place of marble
wn,ch the redoubtable Claus SpreckeIs
ueciares TO he feasible. has stirred ~,
'ot1 Vi interest among the sugar men as
well as stone cutters
opreckels says his sugar experts were
asked TO lind means for HARDENING tho
sugar ne shipped to Mexico, and thew did
o. II had become necessary to get
process OF this kind, as the sugars dis.
soiVed and washed considerably while en-
route there.
ne success OF the new process made
nm think the crystals could be hardened
LOT building purposes and made to with
stand heat and water.
1t has been demonstrated to his salts.
iactioh' he declares, that the thing can
oe uohe The tests already made show
'iiat sugar blocks for interior decoration
Iouiu even now be furnished. Great
DUCKS Tor the exterior of buildings. he
thinks, will be eventually. and he nra-
u I1t; that the proposed new wing of the
White House in Washington will be of
that material.
A reporter talked with a lot of the
trust people the other day about the
new discovery. They had consulted
with their experts about it, and all were
at loss TO conceive of method which
might effect the desired result.
NO matter how hard sugar was made
water would dissolve it, and it would
melt under nominal heat. There was no
comparison between sugar and marble.
lhey were composed of entirely differ
ent elements. Marble, carbonic acid
and lime, which form into compound
OF carbonate of lime. Water has no
erect on this substance, and it would
take ten minutes of white heat tenn
perature to disintegrate it, the experts
said
Sugar is composed of oxygen, hydro
gen ana carbon, a compound substance
That heat, water or shock readily drives
oack INTO Its elements, and no chemical
substance can preserve its integrity, the
sugar men conclude, and rest contented
Or similar opinion is DR.. Gideon F.
Moore the eminent chemist, who is con-
stantly called upon to make sugar tests.
But he does not say that a process gen
orally unknown to science at present
may not have been discovered.
He showed the reporter a block of
sugar about an inch square in thickness.
1t was perfectly transparent 1t looked
hard but could be easily cut with a
knife or bitten
There is the natural formation of
sugar crystals" the doctor explained
1.-The sugar is in the same state now as it
was when pulverized. Just taste it; YOU
will see it is as sweet as ever.
Pressure could not solidify CRYSTALS
more than they are now, and know of
no chemical preparation that could pos
sibly do it.
IF way of making sugar harder
than this has been found it is something
new in chemistry, and if the blocks can
be made insensible to water or nominal
heat the discovery is wonderful"
The statement that Spreckels made
about the new building sugar, putting
marble completely in the shade, because
of its superior beauty, no one who studies
each specimen under magnifying in
strument will doubt.
The sugar is like rainbow, excepting
that each crystal represents an irregular
block
If finely cut as marble is, block of
sugar might reflect every ray of light.
making it glisten like diamond.
There can be no question about its
beauteous effects, and if it can be pre-
pared at all, it can be gotten up much
cheaper than marble
The only difficulty to be overcome is
the natural disposition of the sweet stuff
to melt. The trouble now is that sugar
issugar whether soft or hard, and piece
from the corner stone Of a sugar house
would taste just as good to the small boy
as if it were stolen from bowl