The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-14
Springville Proposes to Secure a
Beet Sugar Factory.
COMMITTEE NOW AT WORK
GUARANTEE OF THREE THOUS-
AND ACRES NEEDED.
Systematic Canvass of Neighboring
Town to Be Made-Richfeld'
New Bank-Several Explosions at
the Gilsonite Mines = Burgess
Divorce Case at Logan.
CFrom Thu Herald's Correspondents.

From The Heralds Correspondents)
Springvilie, Feb. 13.-The local branch
of the American Beet Sugar Growers
society held a meeting yesterday at the
city hall and resolved that the present
officers hold over until certain work
now under way be completed. William
Mendenhall is president and Judge j
NJ. Westwood secretary. In an inter
view this morning, Secretary NVestwooo
stated that the reports read showed the
society 20 be in a healthy condition
and that a great deal OF interest was
manifested in its deliberations. 1t IN
tended to push on with the work now
in hand. and if possible to secure a
sugar factory for SprinSville.
I'VE know" said Mr.. WeStwood,
that we have one Of the best sites Tor
a factory in the United States, and we
Will use every possible means OF inter
esting capital in the movement For
some reason, the committee appointed
last spring to make a canvass of this
city and vicinity did not complete It's
work, though enough was done 10 indl-
cate generous and enthusiastic sup
port. The committee was yesterday
instructed 10 make a careful and sys-
tematic canvass OF this and neishbor-
ing towns, and using the price paid by
the Lehi factory as a basis, 10 deter
mine, first, how many acres of beets
the farmers would guarantee for a
term Of years, and second, how many
acres they would subscribe for capital
stock for d term of years, and third, TO
secure such cash subscriptions tor
stock as could be had. This work will
be completed as quickly as possible.
MI Westwood further stated that for
a factory Of the size OF the one at Lehl,
- gn f1ff he
necessary. This year Springville and
Mapieton alone viii furnish the Lehi
factory with beets from LOCO acres, and
Spanish Fork Will probably furnish 800
or 600 more.
The proposed factory site is in the
triangle formed by these three towns.
Salina, four miles south of Spanish
Fork. and the veritable garden SPOT OF
Utah county, has hitherto raised few
beets OF account Of the distance from
the railroad. With factory just south
of this city, Salina farmers could haul
their beets right to the factory with
a saving of % cents per ton to the grow
CT. PaySOn, Benjamin and Lake Shore
farmers would no doubt throw their
acreage to this city also. 1t is thought
that little difficulty will be experienced
in getting the guarantee of 5000 acres
needed, when a determined effort viii
be made to interest capital in the mat
ter This can be done through the
American Beet Sugar Construction
company of Chicago. with whom Mr.
Westwood has been in CORRESPONDENTS
for = year or more.
The Primary associations gave well
attended dance at the city hall last
evening.
Professor J. E. Talmage Of the B. Y.
academy will lecture tonight at the
meeting house under the auspices Of
the Springville public schools.
The basket party here a night or two
since was a failure, practically on ac-
count of the fact that it was for the
benefit of the b. Y. academy at Provo,
an institution for which citizens here
have contributed literally with but
small recognition in return. Hence the
frost