Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-13
TIE CHINO FACTORY,
Edward Stevenson Makes a Visit 10
The California Sugar Works,
re Deseribss what re saw aud GiVcs
interesting Figures Of the
output Of the niiL

C5rrcsp0ndsact Of ne DEsEHtt NEW'
CHNO, California. March 20 lss4.-
Mr. Frank Stevenson, with double
carriage, conveyed our party u four TO
this place over a level portion Of Pomo'
VA valley,somo six or seven miles from
the city VI Pomona. The purpose 81
this day's ride was To SEQ the various
belts Ut land, It, products, aud more
particularly the sugar factory OF Chino'
We had a most enjoyable ride. On our
ARRIVAL nj the sugar factory the general
superintendent whs absent, anu would
be- until evening. On making our
purpose known anu that we were
vlsit9p from Utah, Mr.. w. X. Girl,
with keys In hand, led W. 90 tue dUslfud
ollsol, tnu iacloty. OPENING the gates
we came to the weighing house.
aud then tho dumping or unloading
machine, which h amply PROVIDED Tor
a continuous line VI wagon llnlH 70
pats IN. Inc wagons have large beds
adapted for the purpose OF bect hauling,
anu have suit VI hUavy nUtlns
spread IN the bed into when the brcta
Kfe loaded. Whon driven al9ugsidu
The beet receiver, "a we'll devised ma
chime uTatps the netting, liite tue hcuiH
bodily OUT Of tue wagon, something
after the mode Of unloading nay anu
the whole lot VI beots 10 dumped anu
takon into tie washing numei if0m
which they are conveyed up perfectly
clean 10 the cutter, then % the steam.
ing, evapotsting AMI cOndctHing pans
and finally converted into sugar
rhlpled 70 San Francisco ~ be refined,
and sent 10 market.
Mf. utfd tuUK us all through tue
plant. Everything was beiug repaired
and cleaned up, lhUy ufu uulhtglnE
their WORKS preparatory Tor an la.
creased run tho coming SEASON. For
Tho past tHfeo seasons thufu has bguu o.
steady increase each year, For lsua
the output was over l5,U1u,UO0 pUunus.
We we're informed that .5U,uDU pounds
OF sugar was usual dsy's ruu, con.
suming about 100 tons Of Beuts
day. This made daily chip.
ment Of "a tralnlOad " ia
product. The entire output OF the fac.
tory ljf the season, II l1adui on cars
standing In line, would make 100
standard earloAd.-a solid train about
i've miles In length. rhs payroll OF
mon employed IN the factory ilsul
amounted 10 $4,000 monthly. Tue
factory started up ON tho 8lst July,
ami from that Tins to tue Ava VI
November, when thu last sugar was
shippsd, steam was never shut Oh
Grinding OF beets was kept up cou.
stantly, day aud night, daring tue
whole time, except Sundays, When
twelve hours were taken " clean ~
aud repair. IL Ia remarkable fact
that with all this powerful machinery
at work constantly Auu ever NJ high
tension, but one small bfoak Occufiei,
delaying work but lew hJuts. Win
the conclusion OF tue third years fau,
they had made Tour times the AmUuul
OF sugar that they did the iitat season.
ruu. Three more furnaces are belt
added 10 the plant, the iull capacity
which has not been attained ny near.
5000 tons.
In this climate, tho saceharlne ha,
reached rs high Ms IL per cent. III,
amount paid tor btets depends upon
the amount OF saccharine contained IN
the various lots, all Of which are tested.
Tho delivering OF aud payment Tot
beels, by months, was a. ioliowi;