Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-11
RECORD OF PROGRESS
Slglr FlCiOly on It's Third Million
Pounds for this Season.
SOME DETAILS o. OPERATION.
Counterfeit 50 Certificate -Tto silver
Repeal Bill-NIuiug aud
llusintss Hens.


The announcement comes ,ha, many
I OF the farmers OF Utah county c0u-
template doubling their acreage OF
beeis next sea.op, and that a cjnsiiur.
able number who have not engaged ln
beet culture heretofore have Joined in
| the procession TOR the coming year.
The factory 10 proving q great thing
Tor Utah generally iu keeping at home
o large sum Of money Hud reducing
he prise " sugar o. "a minimum, auu
especially beneficial 90 Utah county
la starring out ia that section the CONE
mcrcial Iiic.hiood.
In Wow ol tho promised increase "
beet production in 1898, 10 may uo
well to note n lew itour, additional 10
those already puUlrhed, regarding the
iac,vry's work tho pr,boat araaun. The
| picture at the mill IL most interesting
one. Railway trains ami nn almost
constant stream Of wagons nro still
bringing sugar blrts 10 the factory.
over QUO hundteu railway cars s,Euu
| unlOaduu Ou tuc gIUunuH, sheds aTp
crow led anu wurkmeu nrU pItug hrets
uut OF doors aud preparing TO cover
them.
'rne hoot yard at the factory consists
Of five Sheds 5UO feet long by $50 feet
wide, in whlOh are buels 10 feet deep
enough brcts 10 cover one VI our city
tcn.aorr blocks oil over 90 u depth VI
ave feet rne arrangement Of the
hheds h very convenient, tho opening
being on TOP. Tho bccts pass over O.
screen, which will not admit any but
tue smallest PARTICLES. Ia the bottom
u tbs ahedH the floor on either siuu
slants 10 the center, where a stream Of
water lows rapidly to the factory.
There are four men employed shovel.
ing buels into the stream, which con.
veys thVm 10 the washing machines OF
the factory. As tnry pass under the
wall they hre taken up By large water
| wnvul, which dfoia them la 0hutc
anu conveys them 90 the washing
trough. There the etiriiug machine
Eueus the beets IN constant motion
until they aru washed clean. Tnsy
arc next conveyed IA a travelling ahute
10 thu cuttur, where they are cut into
Hmsll etrips near tnu s.2B and SHARE OF
a lead pencil. Ff0m there they pass
down into the prgHa, where all
| the juice lis separated from the pulp,
winch II conveyed 10 horse care,
aud dumped IN the pulp sheds.
The pulp sheds are 500 feet long, "a
feet Wide auG 20 feet deep. Intse
sheds are dugOut fashion, the thed roof
being on tile turlacc OF the grguuG.
Eight thousand tons already have
been uuloaded aud II n expected that
0
refuse IN valuable for cattle feed. Al.
ready there are being fed at tho factory
80 head anu there are expectations
" htiening a great many more. rnere
10 enough pulp laid away m salt 10
iatten 1900 head OF cattle. Its sold at
from 75olu. 10 81 per ton, anu great
many fArmets arc using IL. The cruam-
cry near by Is feeding several tons "A
Gay.
The beo, juice passes through
several cleansing processes anu
10 finally Teuuceu TO eyIup
10y boiling, When Huiilcluuty
reduced it IL drawn into the cuHtfil.
ugals, or btrainJrS. These machines
appear Ia similEr form 10 tho wringeu
IOl laundry or tho separator uf "a
Creamery, nud fcvOive nj "a rate OF 1909
revolutions q minute. They hold from
Two TO four hundred pounds. The out.
side Is porous and by the rapid move.
ment the syrup IN thrown through,
leaving the grams oliuglng TO the ia.
side OF tho vessel. While In M itiOu
tho material is bluod and steamed until,
when II 10 reAuy to be removed, II l.
white IA snow. Being loOsunud, Il
tails tO the center and IL conveyed 10
the drying drum. After 1t leaves this,
. | Fall
shutes and In sacked ready for market,
Each sack nas on It la addition to
the cOmpAny'a lnaTg, the number VI
each tach IN the order In which It IL
filled. Yesterday, Friday, noon
saw the sack marked 2OiB5,
making 2,Ui6, sou pounds Of tho finest
sugar IN the woTlu-Rn average OF $3.50
sacks u day since the factory started
its run this year.
There are 1880 hands employed Tor the
100 days run AMI twelve experts the
year round. The factory IA now 70.
ceiving about iiity cars VI bests each
day Ms well M constant supply by
wagon. There had been 10000 tons
unlOaded up 10 last evening, and
10000 tons worked up. IL taxes 55
cars Of coal day 10 keep the twenty
furnaces hot. The freight expense |
alone on coal and beets lie not leaH than |
$1,000 a day.
rhe farmer receives s. ton Tor
the beets delivered Rt the factory, |
aud by the time they are slowed away |
these cost the company ut least $500 u |
ton. Beels, In order TO be- successfully |
worked up, should go IL per cent
sugar with so per cent purity, but some |
run no FAR below this that they have to |
bu rejected. Tue average taken iu |
have from nine TO eleven pur cent OF |
sugar AMI seyvuly.eight purity.
Out OF 25.OlJ tons received thore |
| have been 1000 tous-0r from one to |
| four ears day-cOndrmned, nj
a heavy loss to the cOm- !
pany. rno contracts require the |
company to pay 50 ton, ara when |
Lerts are lesiod aud rejected because |
there "a no sugar, the farmer hnuls |
| them back home. He has received his |
| So ton, but only returns s. OF 1t, tho |
company losing the rest.
Beetle raised on tho cOmpany'H farm |
run 3 per cent better Than those grown |
In other places. This Is the result Ct |
more skillul culture. The Utah Sugar ,
company Is paying considerabla Tor 1ne |
education OF the fafmers In beet rails
ing. Around Lehi the people raise AN !
average OF 10 tons 10 the acre these
are of "A good quality. Farmers raibing
sugar beeIs NE required TO open a cor
rssponuencs with the management Of
the factory TO obtain the benvtl; OF their
| eXpeTionoS, and avoid raising unpt0lt'