The herald., 1898-01-02
THE CHINO FACTORY

THE CHINO FACTORY
Through the wise foresight and perse-
verence of Richard Grid, late owner of
the Chino ranch, one of the founders of
i the Chino Beet Sugar factory, the beet
sugar industry has been firmly estab-
lished in Southern California.
This factory was built by Mr.. Grid
and the Oxnards, and it was the first
one built in this section of the state.
This season the output of this factory
is about 1850 tons of refined sugar,
using about 1000 tons of beets per day
during the sugar campaign. 1t will re-
qure about 10 such factories to supply
the United States with sugar.
THE LOS ALAMITOS FACTORY
During the past season the Los
Alamitos beet sugar factory has
been built by the Clark Broth
ers. w. A. Clark is the owner
of the United Verde mines at Jerome,
Ariz.. one of the richest copper proper
ties in the world, and J. Ross Clark owns
the Butte (Mont) mines and smelter.
The capacity of the Los Alamitos factory
is about half that of the Chino factory.
The Clark Brothers have recently pur-
chased 5000 acres of land near their fac
tory for the sum of 100000, for the pur-
pose of enlarging their works. They
propose to double their present factory
next season, and then, in 1892 to either
build another factory of equal size or
double their present factory capacity
again.
THE HUENEME FACTORY
The OXnards have also contracted for
land near Hueneme, in Ventura county,
where they will build another factory
this coming season of the same capacity
as that at Chino and have itGeady for
the sugar campaign of 1898, so that next
season the capacity of the three factories
will be 5000 tons of beets per day, and
the output of those three factories will
be nearly 10000 tons of sugar for the
season.
They also agree to double the capacity
of their Hueneme factory in 1899, and
this, taken in connection with the en-
largement by the Clark Bros at Los Ala
mitos that year, will increase the out
put of the three factories to nearly 1000
tons of refined sugar for the season of
1899. This sugar crop will then be worth
about $4,200,000. Southern California
will then produce nearly per cent of
the sugar used in the United States, and
the work of developing that industry in
this section of the country will have but
just commenced.
The beet sugar business is of great
value to California from another stand
point, as being auxiliary to another
great industry.
SUGAR FOR PRESERVING FRUIT
This state uses $4,000 tons of sugar an
nually for preserving fruits. This is a
great fruit state, and any assistance
that can be given to developing the
fruit preserving business will add adj
dtional wealth to the state in an indi-
rect, as we'll as in a direct, manner.
1t has been generally believed that
beet sugar could not be used in preserv-
ing fruits and in making confectionery,
but it has been fully demonstrated of
late that the recent improvements in the
machinery and methods used in refin-
ing beet sugar has brought the beet
sugar to as high a standard of purity
as the cane sugar, and hence this dis
elimination no longer exists.
OUR SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES.
Experience shows that the Pacific
Coast raises the best sugar beets grown
in the world, and that Southern Califor-
MIA is the best portion of the Pacific
Coast for that business. Not only do
our beets yield a very large percentage
of sugar, but the purity is also of a
very high grade. Again, the even eli
matte conditions here allow of a much
longer sugar campaign than can be had
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quent occurrence during the sugar sea-
son, and where the temperature rapidly
declines from a warm summer to a cold
winter.
a beet-sugar factory in Southern Cali
fornia can therefore run twice as long
each season as it can east of the noun
tains or in Europe, and hence only half
Of the capital is required in factory
works, as is required in other countries
to produce Given result.
AS GOOD AS WHEAT OR GOLD.
Sugar is a staple article. 1t is as staple
as wheat. The market price of sugar
varies but little, and when a factory is
started, the owners can figure very close
ly upon the receipts from the output
Each carload of sugar is worth a fixed
amount of currency, and the financier-
inG therefore, is confined to the ex-
penSe account
For these reasons it is plain to see that
the time is not far distant when the an
nual output of sugar in Southern Cali
forna will only be limited by the area
of land suited to the growth of the
sugar beet.
Beet-sugar factories will be built