The record-union., 1898-01-14
THOUSANDS OF ACRES READY.
THREE BIG SUGAR FACTORIES
FOR THE VALLEY.
"A Syndicate Secures 10000 Acres
for Beet Culture North or
Sacramento.

The San Francisco "Call' of yester-
day had the following to say regarding
the operations and plans OF the peet
sugar syndicate recently organized lot
business in the Sacramento Nalley'
A cablegram has been received. py
Homer Wilson, announcing the arriV-
al in London of Willard 4. Green.
who recently left for Europe in the IN
terests of the big sugar beet syhuacate
which has been negotiating Tor lahoS
in the Sacramento Valley. Inc cable
gram announced that the contracts
which have been secured were ehtlreiy
satisfactory to those connected Win
the venture, and now all that remains
is to secu-e the proper persons to Gull
tfvate the beets-
Contracts have been signed by which
15OOOO acres of land near Chico, Ma
rvsville and Red Bluff has been secured
and the work of erecting three immense
sugar factories will be started at once.
The syndicate has a capital. of $1,000, =
600 and intends making the venture a
success if money and experience can
do it.
The land secured embodies tracts
from the Glenn Ranch, the Bidwell
ranch, the Phelan estate, and the
Stanford estate, with other tracts in
smaller quantities. The principal troub-
le over the immediate installation CT
the work on all the land arises from
the tenants who are disposed to reject
the advice offered them regarding the
proper manner of growing the sugar
beet
The managers for the syndicate have
procured the best beet seed and ex-
perienced men to teach the tenants
how to properly cultivate the root but
there is a disposition to resent this as
unwarranted interference, and the ten
ants have already given so much troub-
le that it is possible that the syndi-
cate may be compelled to look else
where for people to properly take care
of their interests, as it is contended
that unless the beets receive the best
of attention they will be unfit for su-
gar-making.
A large acreage has already been put
under cultivation necessary to take 1t
from grain land to beet land, and it
will be seeded down as soon as spring
opens. It will take a year before all
arrangements are completed and the
factories are ready to take beets and
in the meanwhile the tenants who are
now on the land or those who will re-
place them will be shown everything
that is necessary for their part of the
work
Mr.. Wilson was seen in his Of
fee in the Mills building, but de-
clined TO talk on the subject further
than to say that the syndicate was
ready to go ahead with the project and
the venture would be pushed to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible. The exact
location of the three big factories has
not yet been definitely decided but this
will be done Immediately on the re-
turn Of Mr. Green from his consulta-
ton with the European members of
the syndicate.
Colonel c. C. Royce Of Chico. who is
manager for part of the lands secured
by the syndicate, was in the city on
Wednesday. He takes great interest
in the matter and is sanguine that the
lands secured by the syndicate will
raise the best beets in the State as he
thinks the soil there is peculiarly
adapted for such roots. He showed
Messrs. Green and Wilson over the
lands in question several days ago, and
became very enthusiastic over the sub
ject.
muse W Ho are ihlcl tcStcu III tiiC III"
ter feel that the returns from the ven
ture after the first year will give very
satisfactory dividends to those who
have invested their money and will also
give a heavy sinking fund for the pur-
pose of extending the plants If that
procedure is found advisable.
IT is expected that the full acrea ge
which has been secured will be seeded
down this spring unless unforeseen diff
culties arise on account Of the action
of the tenants, but should this occur
the managers of the business are pre-
pared to replace all who are dissatisfied.