The herald., 1894-07-29
WILL PAY OUT 100000,
The Big Beet Sugar Factory
Built at Chino.
The Sum Of S1,500,000 Now Ex.
pended in the Plant.
A Big Boon TO the Farmers 4
That Section Whore $50 an
Acre 10 Being Re-
allied.

mate idea OF the lmmenaity OF the big
sugar factory at Chino from what has
been written about it. Invariably it is
underratsd. That is to say, the value Of
the big collection of ponderous wheels,
boilers. pipes and the like are rarely
understood, even when the visitor ia
told that the vast sum of 81, SOC, 900 has
been invested in what now goes to form
the Chino sugar plant. The most forci-
BILE illustration is to see beets going
in at one end of the big building and
comiug out at the other end in the
shape of sugar. As before stated, this
10 the picture which can be best under-
stood. Everyone knows what sugar 10,
and what an important part 1t plays in
domestic economy. 1t is just so much
gold.
The capacity OF the big plant is now
1000 tons of beets q day, twice the
amount of last year. If last years per-
centage of sugar is taken as q baeis-
say IL per cent-these 1000 tons of beets
will yield 130 tons of sugar every day.
They expect to have 70, 900 tons Of bscts,
or 9l0O tons OF sugar for the seasons
work. This in brief is story of the
Chino factory.
1t does not include the very comforta.
BILE cum Of 100000 paid out to the sew
eral hundred farmers at the rate of $50
| an acre, but when they are added to the
other it will form an object lesson which
will be both pleasing and instructive.
A HERALD representative visited Chino
few days ago for the purpose of look
ing at the Improvements made for the
present year. He saw ono of the most
lively places to be imagined. There
were over 200 men at work in the fac /.
tory, and everything was being put in
order to begin the seasons work on Mon
day. He made trip through the fac
tory with j. M. Ermerius. of Esston,
Eldridge q Co., who is extremely we'll
informed in regard to the process Of
making sweet stuffs. A start was made
from the dumping shed, upon which the
loaded wagons drive after being weighed,
and where tie beets are unloaded by a
net arrangement attached to each wagon.
The fall into big, long trough-like ar
rangents, in the bottom of which is a
regular sluice box with heavy stream
of water. This stream carries the bsets
down into little basin, and q revolving
screw carries them up to washing tank,
where they are thoroughly secured of
dirt and then thrown into another ele-
vator. All this time the beet ia being
carried forward by machinery. After
they reach the last elevator they fall into
a receptacle where they are weighed, and
they then fall into machine which cuts
them into strips the eize Of lead pencils.
From thence there are carried to boilers,
where the saccharine matter ia removed.
Tho i1iNa ia Mt arod I'M ~ nsn hOi 10 %
while the pulp remains in the original
ones and is subsequently withdrawn,
the water squeezed out and then used
for feeding cattle upon, either green or
after it iB dried. In the meantime the
! juice goes through q clarihcstion pro-
cess. 1t ia pumped up to q tank in
which are lime and carbonio acid gas,
and from thence to filter process under
hydraulic pressure. 1t again goes
through carbonic acid tanka and if it is
then found to be pure it passes along
and is weighed. From thence it goes
into the evaporation tank and into va
cuum pans and finally into the centri-
fugual machines. As it drops from these
machines it il carried up into big
wooden tank. 1t ia then good white
sugar, but a little damp. In order to
put the final touches upon it the sugar
falls upon hot revolving cylinder
and comes off perfectly dry and ready
to 60 in barrels.
The new improvements put in have
just doubled the capacity. The new
addition which has been added, embrac-
ing the Steffen process, was put in that
q complete saving OF all the syrups could
be made. Hitherto a certain amount OF
syrups, holding a small per cent oi
sugar, had to be thrown away. Under
the new process, which consists of q
treatment of lime mixed with iced
water, it takes up what sugar there may
be and results in q saving OF or pei
cent.
When the factory was first built 1t was
fitted out with German machines from
top to bottom, but the improvements
just completed have been entirely from
American firms. the greater part from
the Kirby Manufacturing company Of
Cleveland, Ohio, and put in under the
supervision of Mr.. Ordway.
The combined boilers for furnishing
steam now represent total of 5000 horse
power. and it requires just five carloads
OF oil day to keep up tho fires. Adjoin-
ing the power house is q new lime kiln,
built this year, which rises to hsigh
OF 80 feet. 1t has capacity OF 301 tons.
and every "a hours 70 tons of lime can
be drawn off. An endless bucket runs
up the side to carry rock to the top, op-
Grated by an engine located clear mp on
the aummit of the tall tower. This kiln
ia said to be the largest in the United
States.
To give further idea of the business
at the factory, it is stated that 175 car
loads of machinery have been received
since February. The freight sent out
last year amounted to 755 carloads, and
it is thought that this season it will
reach total OF 1900 cars.
Another good idea is obtained when
it ia stated that 100000 gallons OF
water day is consumed. nearly all OF
which is obtained from arteHian wells.
The new Stefen building. just COM
pleted, reference to which is made
above, is building 73x110 feet in size
and two and three stories high. 1t has
been made particularly strong, in order
to hold the tons of heavy machinery
with which it 10 filed. The well-known
cement expert. G. Leonardt, OF this
city, did both the brick and cement
work, and, as usual with his contracts,
was in advance OF the time required by
the company. He makes q specially of
cement work, of which he does q great
deal all over the state. 1t is his knowl-
edge OF the sui bject which gives him the
best possible advantage in doing wide
range Of work. His knowledge of the
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