Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-11
RECORD OF PROGRESS
Sugar Factory on lbs Third Million
Pounds llr thlS Season.
SOME DETAILS o. OPERATION.
Counterfeit So Tho silver
Repeal nill-I,uiug and
business Hens.


The announcement COMES ihat many
/ oi the iarmrrs oil Utah county con.
template doubling their acreage u.
bou,s next sca.on, and that c5uHirs.
ablo number who hayuuDt engaged lu
beet culture heretofore have joined Ia
the procession Tor the coming year.
/ rhu factory i- proving gtea, thing
Tor Uuh generally iu keeping az home
o large sum Of money uud reducing
/ be price % sugar o. "a minimum, auu
iscspcc'li.y beneficial 90 Uah county
In stur.u. out iu shat section the CON.
/ mcrcial Iiic-M83I.
In Wow oi thc promised Increase %
beet production 900 1893, 10 may DO
] well 10 note % uw ltcut, additional 10
those nioaJy published, regarding the
iactgry's work Che present SEASON. Tue
| picture ut che mill BE- most interesting
one. Railway trains ami an almUai
constant stream OF wagons urc still
bringing sugar blrts 90 tho factory.
/ over QUO huuIr.u railway cars b,Guu
| uul0adud on tuu RIUuugH, shuus are
| cfuwItd ami wurkmcn uru p.llug hrUta
/ uut Of doors AND preparing 10 cover
/ lhum.
Ineboot yard Of tho factory consists
| of five sheds ono feet long by 800 ,uut
| wide, in whlCu are buuls no feet deep
| -uUOu.h bryts 20 cover Uur Ui uur city
tcn.nCfr blocks all over t1H urpth OF
ave ivrt. lnu arrangement OF the
. HhUuh ~ very CuuvuuIcnt, the opening
being ON tpp. The buui4 pass over
/ screen, which will mot admit any tut
tue smallest PARTICLES. Ia the boston,
/ 10 Tue nheug thr il10r ul either side
Giants % the center, where q stream ~
/ whter uIWH rapidly 90 the iactury.
l There are four men employed shovel.
. ing beet INTO tlu stream, which con.
vryH thvm 10 thu washing machines OF
the factory. Aa thry pass uudrr tho
wall they Hru taken up by large water
| wheel, which utJIa them iu 6hulc
anu uJuvoye tuvm Go tho washing
trough. There the siiriiug machine
Keeps thU uvets IA constant motion
until they aru walhuu clean, rnsy
ate neat conveyed iu a travelling shute
90 thu cutter, where they are cur into
smell strips near tuu a,zB AMI share vi
% lead pencil. From tnuTo they puss
A"ff % hAAH" "AAN NAN''f "hNAN ANN
| the Juice tis separated from the PUN,
winch Il conveyed 20 horse care,
aud dumped IA the pulp sheds.
The pulp sheds are sD1 feet long, "a
feet Wide aus - feet deep. Intsy
sheds nfe dugOut fashion, the thed roof
| being ON the rufiaCc OF the ground.
| Eight thousand tons already have
teen uuloaued aud n IN expected that
! 700 mlfUI VIII be dumped. This
refuse h. valuable Tor cnttlb feed. A..
ready there are being fed at the factory
! 80 head anu there are eEugCtaugns
" AttcniuR great many more. ruefc
10 enough pulp laid away IA salt 70
atten 1900 head OF cattle. Its sold at
from iAlts. 10 3 per ton, Aul great
many iArmvra afu using 10. The cream
cry near by Is feeding several tons
day,
The beet juice passes through
several ciuanrlug Processes anu
10 hnally reuuced 10 syiup
ry boiling, When sufficiently
reduced u IL drawn into the uuHtrli.
ugals, or ttrIinurs. These machines
appear Ia similar form 10 lho wrngrn
ul a laundry or tho separator uf "a
creamery, aud TuvOlve at u rA;u OF 1909
revolutions minute. They hold from
Two % four hundred pounds. The out.
side b porous and by the rapid move.
ment the syrup IL thrown through,
| leaving the grams uliuginy TO the IN.
side OF the vessel. While lu M lti0u
the material 10 hluud and steamed until,
Whom 10 ia TGAJy 20 be removed, 10 l.
| white rs SNOW. Being l0Usunud, 10
falls 10 the center Rud IL conveyed 10
the drying drum. After 1t luavvs tnis,
the GRADUATED sugar falls down two
shutes and IL sacked ready for market,
Zach sack mas ON IL la addition 10
the COmpauy's lnatE, the number VI
each tncb Ia the 0rdUfin when II Il
filled. Yesterday, Friday, noon
saw tho eaCk marked 2Oi66,
making 2,Ul6, 5JO pounds Of tho nuo-I
sugar IN the wOrlu-an average Of 1888 !
sacks DAY since the factory started
it, run this year.
There are 1870 hands employed TOR the !
| 100 days run Aud twelve experts the
| year round, The factory u now "a.
/ ceiving about Any cars OF beets each
| day rs well M constant supply by
/ wagon. There had been 2l,0uU tons
/ uulOaded up 10 last evening, and
/ 10000 tons worked up. IL taxes 6j
cars Of coal a day ~ keep the twenty |
| furnaces hot, The freight expense |
alone on coal and beels 10 not less than |
$1,000 u day.
The farmer receives g. ton Tor |
| the buets delivered gt the factory, |
aud by the time they are slowed away |
these cost the company Ut lea-t $500 "a
| ton. Beets, Ia order 10 be- successfully |
worked up, should 40 II por cent
sugar with so per cent purify but some
run NO Tar below this that tuoy have u
| DO rejected. rue average taken In |
nave irum nine 10 eleven pos cent OF |
sugar anu guyruty.cignt puuly.
Out OF 25.UJI tons received thore |
have been 2jJJ t1us-or from one to |
/ tour ears duy-c0ndvmued, NJ |
"A heavy lUHs 20 the COm-
pauy. ruo contracts require Iho |
| company 10 pny 81 d ton, Aud when |
Lerts are tvsiud aud rejected because |
| there Ia no sugar, the farmer hauls |
them back home. lie hoo received his |
/ s. a ton, but 0uly Itiuint s. OF II, the |
company losing the rest.
Beets raised on the COmpany'a farm |
run per cent better Than those grown |
In other places. This ~ the result OF |
more skillul culture. The Utah Sugar !
company Is paying COusilerAblc iar lue !
| education Oi the fsTmers In beet rails |
/ ing. Around Lehl the people raise an |
average OF 10 tons 10 tue acre; these |
are OF n good quality, Farmefs raising |
sugar huets nfe required 10 open q cor |
ftspondencs with the management OF |
the factory TO obtain the beueil. Of their |
| ~ ueFiunpa and avoid faisluu unUIOut.