The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-29

Again is the factory of the Utah
Sugar company in operation, this time
for the manufacture of the raw pro-
duct, or molasses. held at the works
since the close of the seasons regu-
lar run, into sugar. The latter is to
be raw, however, the refining being left
until the commencement of opera
tons in the fall This will give the
refinery some work to do while the
beets are being prepared for the
crushers and the first raw sugar is
being manufactured.
Work was resumed yesterday morn
ing and when he came to the city last
evening, General Manager Cutler of the
company, stated that the machinery
was running smoothly and the raw
sugar would soon commence to come
out. He is of the opinion that the run
will last in the neighborhood of
twenty days, not more, and during
that time he expects to turn out
about half million pounds of the
raw product. OF course, only part of
the works is being operated but the
company is giving employment to
some thirty hands in and around the
plant and the distribution Of the wages
at the end of the run will prove very
gratifying to the people who were for
tunate enough TO secure places.
Contrary to general expectations,
nothing has been heard from the sec
rotary of the treasury relative to the
bounty payments provided for by the
Congress of the United States at the
last session, and in the opinion or Mr..
Cutler nothing will now be heard until
after the end of the fiscal year, June
80, by which time all of the produc-
ton reports are expected to be in and
before the secretary and his assist
ants. Until such time it will be i'm
possible for any classification and sub
sequent distribution Of the bounty
money to be made. Congress only
made an appropriation of five million
dollars for the payment of all of the
sugar claims and it is highly probable
that none of the producers will be
enabled to secure their full shares, but
will be forced to be satisfied with the
pro rata distribution always escorted
to when the funds on hand will not
permit of a full payment. The share
of the Utah Sugar company should be
In the neighborhood of $4,000, but 1t
is doubtful whether or not the COM
pany will receive any such sum.
Mr.. Cutler reports that the beet
fields throughout the Utah county dis
trict are in splendid condition and the
storms of the past few days have not
in the least interfered with the growth
of the plants, but on the contrary nave
given them stimulus. He is OF the
0ninion that there will be no frosts or
sufficient strength to injure the beets.
The outlook for an abundant harvest
this fall is very promising and IN con-
sequence the farmers are greatly en-
couraged. With the increased yield
the growers of sugar beets Will pc
enabled to make fully as mucn on tnelr
acreage devoted to the culture of the
crop during the year 1895 as they dld
in 1894 This, Notwithstanding the
fact that this year they VIII receive
one dollar less per ton for their tuners
than they did in the past year. The
comnanv has an increased number OF
acres devoted to the raising of beets
than during any previous year. Inc
reservoir propositions of The company
have proven signal successes and the
indications are that the pace set VIII
be followed by many or the ctHer
growers of the tubers. fhe company
has two large reservoirs, one at the
point of the mountain ana the otner
on the road to Alpine, in the Ioolhiiis;
Both of these will take care OF d soou
MANY acres of beets and other crops.
Notwithstanding the operation OF
the factory, the annual cleanup and
renairing are being continued and the
plant is being placed in strictly first
class shape. This annual work Is OF
the most important nature ana is one
of the heaviest single expenses in the
maintenance of the works, entalllng
as it does the replacing OF miles OF
burned out pipes and a general over
hauling and repairing of every piece
of machinery and apparatus. There
are in the factory something like If
teen miles of piping.