The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-24
hE LIKES CHINO SUGAR
Nj. Ed. B. Webster'S Account of q Visit
to the Factory
Some Bswiiderlng, Yet Interesting, Stalls tics
Regarding the Capacity aad Out
put Of the Great Place

Mr. Ed B. Webster of this city has re-
turned from a visit to Chino, OF which he
gives the following account:
1t was my pleasure one evening and a
portion of an afternoon OF last week, in
company with mutual friends, to visi:
the Chino best sugar factory. Briefly
will state that held letter of introduce
ton to Mr.. Cottman, the jovial manager
OF California most important industry.
Upon my first visit (Mr. Cottman being
absent from the whirl and hustle of Chi
nos sweet factory found my old friend
Harry Lamb, who is employed in the
chemical department, and under his
guidance we traced s1gvr beet until i.
was safely nailed up inside barrel ana
placed On the cars, in the form OF pure
graduated sugar, and labeled "Chino
Beet Sugar, San Beinardino Co. Cal"
pen more adapted to intricate descrip-
ton, and space which would lax even the
ability OF The Herald, would be required
to give an exact description OF now the
sugar you may perhaps have upon your
table at the present moment was pro-
duced. How and by what process these
beets are placed in trough OF hot run
ming water ana carried from the beet
sheds into the factory proper, only to
come out at the otter end q few hours
later in the form of extra pure granu-
lated sugar. the inside of numerous
watts. boilers, tanks, steam chests, CEN
tritugals, condensers, granulators and
other named but forgotten unseen things,
must answer. At later visit made in
company with MIR. Cottman as my guide,
| n or fsttf "a
derstand the process of preparing, cutting,
boiling and making up into sugar 800
tons OF beets per day, that being the ca
pacity; but under the inducement of
prize offered BY the management for the
crew running out the largest tonnage, the
capacity is greatly increased.
From Mr.. Cottman | learned that the
factory gave employment to about $50
men daily during season of over five
months duration. The men work in shifts
OF an equal mum Der and of twelve hours
each, or from a. m. until p. m. Over
"a, 700 tons OF beet pulp are fed to numer-
Gus hundred cattle quartered close by,
ana 1t requires three and one half million
gallons OF water to supply this factory for
twenty-four hours; 800 barrels of oil are
required per day to feed the fires that
constantly burn under ter Zell boilers of
2aO0 horsepower. This is required to run
the various machines placed in two spa
ciOuo rum tuTee 10 IlVe stories
in height. -Four large lime kilns, one of
them being the largest in the country, use
up anc reduce 100 tons of lime rock per
day; and from three TO FIVE carloads Of
lime ready tor use are received daily.
The ice machine supplies vast am cunt s
OF pure ice, which is used in gaining the
proper temperatures of water required :;
and train load of sugar leaves the fac
tory yards every evening. 1t is Won
derful study and 1 have to return my
thanks to Mr.. kCottman and Mr.. Lam b
and the many other obliging assistants
and employees with whom l came in con-
tact during my brief but pleasant and in
structive visits.
1t will we'll repay anyone to visit this
INDUSTRY at our very doors; and may
Southern California become spotted with
factories and green with beet tops. May
the people at Chino in their sleep have
dreams as sweet as the snowy-whise pro-
i duct that daily leaves their factory