Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-09

MAMMOTH SUGAR FACTORY.


Next year the Utah sugar Co.'s fac
tory at Lohi viii have ita capacity
trcblod. which means that n viii work
the juice from 1000 to 1900 tons NJ bects
per day. the alicing al ithl spring.
VILE and the new plant so b. erected
In salt Lake county GOING on stimuli
tancously. This seems like pretty bE
plant. but II II In realty about one
third the size OF the great beet sugar
factory az Sprccklcs. California.
This IL the lntgeet beet sugar fac
tory In the world, II II owned by tho
sprcckcls' sugar co, Of which MT
claus SprcckelH 10 president and IL
located at snrcckcls cal, on the bank
" the Salinas river. twenty miles from
IL mouth and four milca from the city
uf Salinas and on the salinas Valley
railroad. The company owns and
Operatca two narrow gauge roads. one
10 WntSonvilic and the other to the lime
qulrrics The factory drainage nnds
q rcedy access into the Salinas river
and thence 10 the sea, while from above
tho mill "a stream leaves the river and
furninhcH water for the washers ana
other coarse operations The water sup
ply Tor the diffusion batteries and other
machinery, whore very pure article
o. required, comes from elk nny-fDot
wellA Altogether about 100000 gal.
Ions are consumed daily.
The buildings consist o. the factory
proper jsexi03 IT,. boiler house. i5sN6s
H.. machine chop. 55oNt0 a.. oil house.
pump house, warehouse, office building
and beet sheds. These sheds nr. ave
iu number. each $40 feet long. and have
combined capacity Of 10000 tons of
bccta, within each shed arr two fumes,
N Inches deep at the dump aud ~ feet
ut the factory. aud between the fumes
l. an elevated railway 10 convey ears
laden with bccts which are dumped ap-
tomatlcally. The main building contains
all the machinery necessary Tor pro-
duclng either the raw or refined prod
uct. Thorc are four diffusion batteries
of fourteen cells each and four sets OF
washers. elevators. HllcerA ana scales Co
correspond, Thcre are eight diffusion
juice heaters. twelve eaturntlon tanks.
twenty-five filter presses, two SETS
quadrupe effects. one double effect. uan
sulphur faturatlun tanks. seven vacuum
pans. forty-clght crystalizers, seven
mixers. twenty eight centrifuguls ana
numerous pumi~, engines. motors,
tanks. elevators. etc. 10 correspond.
Besides being ilghte1 by electricity tho
factory 10 TO grvat extent opsrntcd by
II. The rest o. the machinery "
operated by steam produced IN forty
eight bollcra at igs horse power each.
stationed In the boiler house. These
boilers consume eco barrels OF oil daily,
The boiler house ala0 contains the steel
lime kllns which rise 30 feet through
the roof and the other apparatus FOR
mixing ana pumping tho lime TO tho
factory, .sft
The factory has a daily capacity OF
5000 tons 81 boctA and win require tho
product Of $1,000 acres yearly for a fun
run. or this area the company Will be
able 20 supply good portion. aa II
owns large ranches IN both the salinas
and Paiaro valleys The comnnny'a
capital IL si.00o.0o0. OF which tho
Sprcckols factory represents 1900, 600.
the Watsonvlllotsli,00 600 and the ranches
above mentioned. with their Irrigation
aystems, ctc.. the remainder.