Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-17
sEtr SUGAR MAKING.
Charles Hoidsn Gives . Description /. =
the fEoesss-


Charles Holden, of this city, recent
ly returned IRON California. Vale
cnere he made a study 0. the process
%! manufacturing beet sugar. lie Is
eat aus.astic over the success oil the
industry, and in conversation with
reporter for the Telegram Heraid, he
gave q compete explanat alton OF the
process OF converting the beet iaio
sugar. The industry Is carried ON at
Chino by the Chino Valley Beet Sugar
Company, and the process Of manu-
iaeture was explained by Ar. Holden
as follows: When | LEFT there were
$500 acres OF beets ready TO harvest.
AT one end OF the factory building are
two sheds about 200 by so feet, under
each OF which Is "A bin. Unde. this
b-I. is a sluice, through which Is flow
Ing "a strong current OF water, and in
the bottom OF the bias arc trap doors
that can be raised and the desired
amount OF bccts dropped into the
canal. From the bins the beets are
noated into the factory by way OF the
canal. They are dropped into spiral
elevator that carries them up and
Iroos them into n chute which carries
chem into the end o. n long tank part
Nv filled with running water. in the
center O! which Is shaft with hori-
zontal and slant.ng wooden arms.
These keep revolving, and the beets
are tossed about so severely that
they are completely cleaned. From
this tank the bets are taken by an
elevator to the third floor o. the
building and empticd into beet ac-
cumulator which has perforated
bottom. The beet next travels
TO the slicer and cut into
corrugated strips called "cossetts.'
The sliccr discharges the cut beets
directly onto the beet convcyor which
feeds the diffusion battery. Next the
sliced beets are put into tho diffusion
cells, each with a heater having q
! heating surface OF 40 square feet. The
tops OF the cells are open and alter
they are filled with ''cOssetts hot wa
ter is let in under pressure which pass
down through the contents OF cell NO.
/, then out at the bottom and up
over into the top of cell No. =, ans!
down through its contents, and so
on through the remainder. The same
water passes through all the cells. By
the time ten OF twelve successive wa
tiers pass through cell No. 1 all
the cigar Is extracted. its J tom is
opened and the refuse RENE i The
Juice from the diffusion Das.sgy runs
through exhaust steam heaters into
tanks where it is treated with milk o.
lime and carbonic acid and is then
pumped through u filter press. The
filtered juice is then pumped into the
sulphur station where it is treated
with sulphurous acid gas and passes
into the evaporating pans The thick
Juice is again treated with sulphurous
acid and passed into the vacuum pans.
The thick Juice Is led into centrifugal
machines to a depth OF about ten
inches. This machine runs with vel
Dcity OF $50 revolutions per minute.
The thick Juice soon begins to change
from dark brown TO n light color
and soon the syrup is gone and sugar
remains. The centrifugal force has
thrown the syrup through the per-
forated sides and conducted 70 another
part OF the building to be boiled again.
A spray OF water and bleaching fluid
Is then played on the white sugar.
This is thrown off by the motion, the
machine is stopped and there stands
the sugar firm, white and perfect
Mr.. Holden produced sample OF
beet sugar manufactured in this way
and it war fully equal to the granu-
lated cane sugar.