The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-05-30

but one hundred men to operate it,
the other will need one hundred and
eighty. being nearly double. The rea-
son for this difference is that the ma
chinery in the Lincoln factory is of
German make, while that being in
troduced into the Utah establishment
is American, the latter having been
constructed with special view to
save manual labor. The Germans do
not give as much attention to this
point as do American inventors and
machinists, for the reason that labor
is comparatively cheap in the former
country.
The land sown in beets is quite ex-
tensive. The acreage put to this i'm
portant use by private individuals
lfarmerS) is 1900 acres, extending from
Willard City, Box Elder county, in the
north, to bennington, Millard county,
and Gunnison, San Pete county, in
the south. The main bulk of the land
thus utilized, however, lies in Salt
Lake and Utah counties. Besides
this large extent of ground devoted to
beet-raising purposes by private par
ties, the Sugar Company have 800
acres Immediately north and con.
tiguous to the factory, where the root
is growing most promisingly This
makes total acreage of 2,100 acres.
on all of which, with the exception of
a few patches. the Sugar-producing
roots are doing splendidly. The pres
ent rains are most opportune for this
department of the industry, and will
dispense with the first application of
irrigation. The lowest estimate of
the average production of sugar beets
is fifteen tons to tie acre, with pos
sible twenty-five tons. Basing the
calculation on the lower figures, the
total result would be 81 800 tons. The
capacity of the factory is $50 tons of
beets every thirtY-six hours, the pro-
duct of which will be thirty-tiye tons
of refined sugar every twenty-four
hours, as the factory will be run day
and night until the beet supply is con-
consist of fifty men each.
As before stated Messrs. E. H.
Dyer u Co. are under contract to
complete the entire construction, an d
to run the factory for one year. Mr..
E. +. Dyer was on the ground when
the NeloS representative visited the
buildings. is there the slightest room
for doubt in relation to the success of
the enterprise?" was asked of that
gentleman. None in the least" was
the ready response. Give us the
beets and we will produce pure refined
sugar and in the proportions stated. y
1t should also be said that the result
will be in every particular the same
as refined sugar produced from cane,
there being no chemical difference
between the two products. The pro-
cess of manufacture will begin in
September. How long will It con-
tinue?' was asked of Mr.. Dyer 1T
Will last just as long as there are
beets to put through the machinery, ;"
was the reply.
The more one inquiries into the
subject of manufacturing refined
sugar from beets the more firmly con-
WINGED one becomes that it will un-
doubtedly be grand and profitable
success in Utah, and great material
blessing to the people of the Territory.
At every step of the investigation
doubt disappears before the encourag-
ing proofs that come into 81 hit. The
superintendent, t1ishop Thomas r..
CuGlCl 10 enUutSi doOlC JLl lD6 SuUJeCU.
He las followed it closely, and has ex-
pended upon it a great deal Of thought
and energy. He works at it as if the
fate of the world WAS hanging on the
issue, this being one OF the character
istlcs of his nature in relation to any
business project in which he engages.
We feel sure that the result of the
establishment of an industry so i'm
portant as the one now treated will
be all that its most ent husistc sup
porters have claimed for it. So may
it be.