Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-17
THE PROBLEM SOLVED.
Success Of the Eddy Beet sugar Fac.
tory Means Great Things for New
MexicO-Remarkabie Saccllar.
inc Kesults--An Industry
That Will Grow.

Senator Geerge s.vy, of Roswell, VIII
ably served as president of the last leg
islative council and will represent hi
district in the next council, is still in San
ia Fe giving attention 30 official ant
| private business. When the New MExIoA,
scribe this morning made an inquiry o.
Mr.. Curry regarding the success of the
experimental beet sugar factory at Eddy
he found that he had ''struck lead"
Mr. Curry did not wait for any more
questions. He Immediately announced
that the success of the beet sugar factory
at Eddy solved the problem for New
Mexico and 1t only remained for the peo-
pie of this territory to make the most OF
The superior advantages of soil, elm ate
and water to realize large and constantly
increasing profits.
The experimental sugar plant at Eddy
represents an investment of about $780,
600 and is capable of handling 225 tons
of beets per day. The promoters of this
great enterprise are j. j. Hagerman and
A. s. Goetz, of Colorado Springs, and
Capt. Pabst and the Schltz Brewing
company, of Milwaukee.
The recent trial run, made in the per-
sonal presence of the promoters named,
proved success that exceeded in sac.
charine results the most sanguine ex-
pectations of those interested Some of
the beets run through yielded as high as
20 per cent in sugar and the average was
lS per cent, says Mr.. Curry, which is very
gratifying considering that IA per cent
in Nebraska and 13 in California are
deemed good results.
An acre of land in the Pecos valley will
yield from eighteen to twenty tons of
sugar beets per season and they are worth
about $5 per ton. The price paid by
the plant is governed by the richness of
the beets IN saccharine material Beets
that run IA per cent in sugar are worth
"a per ton at the mill and the price in
creases as the per centage of sugar in
creases.
"The present plant at Eddy" continued
Mr.. Curry, "is only capable of handling
the beet output from 1900 or 1900 acres
of land, and those who are familiar with
the extent and resources of the Pecos
valley well know that it is capable of
supplying beets for plants of many times
the capacity of the one mentioned"
Mr.. Curry adds that the gratifying sue
cess of the Eddy plant hae already in
spired capitalists to figure d the erec-
tion of S500,000 plant at ? swell and he
hes no doubt that these figures will n a.
terialize in cold facts in the earlY spring
and that the erection of this plant will
prove merely the forerunner of similar
plants in the Rio Grande valley and else
where in this Sunshine land"
The first car load of refined sugar from
the Eddy factory was shipped to Thur
her, Texas, and found ready sale at the
highest market price. 1t was pronounced
superior mall respects by the experts
who chemically examined it. Mr.. Curry
brought samples of the refined article
with him and his numerous Santa Fe
friends were permitted to sample it and
all expressed pride in country capable
of such results.
Concluding his running conversation,
Mr.. Curry said that too much credit could
not be bestowed upon Mr.. A. s. Goetz
for his active and faithful efforts in se-
curing the necessary investment of east
ern capital to place the Eddy beet sugar
factory on paying basis.