The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-03

them till fall and then plant some of
them in the mountains above Pasadena.
I will give the Government an object
lesson. The tree, which is to some ex-
tent fireproof, grows best at about 3,ooD
feet altitude 1t will grow fifty feet
in hight in the course Of thirty-five or
forty years. I will plant each seed 50
that it will have shade while it is
young. This kind of tree does not grow
high up For the higher attitudes 1
am going to experiment on my acre
with the sequoia and other varieties"
THE BEET SUGAR BUSINESS.
San Francisco Chronicle: There can
be no doubt that as the result of the
Spanish war there was for some months
decided falling off of interest in the
sugar beet industry in this country,
growing out of a feeling of uncertainty
as to the amount of cane sugar which
might have access to our markets in
the near future If West Indian and
Philippine sugar, in addition to that
| from Hawaii, We're to be admitted free
OF duty. capitalists would be little dis
posed to invests largely in sugar fac
tories All this feeling has now passed
aWay. 1t has become eviden; to all
that whatever else we may conclude to
do in regard to territories now at our
disposal. no more free sugar will be
admitted from any of them, With the
possible exception of Porto Rico whose
possible output cannot seriously AFFECT
the market Fiscal necessities, If nc
other motive, will compel the retention
of the present duty.
| AS a result there is now great actlv-
| ity in promoting the establishment or
factories, and the production of beets In
! all sections of the United States IN
which there is prospect OF success.
At the opening of the next campaign
there will be in operation in the United
| States nineteen beet-sugar factories.
with an aggregate capacity of ll,90O
tons of beets per day, of which Cali
forna will have eight, with a capacity
of 800 tons. The other eleven fac
tories, with an aggregate capacity OF
2,200 tons per day, are distributed as
follows:
One each in Oregon, New Mexico,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan,
and two each in New York, Nebraska
and Utah AS matters stood on the
first of the present year the combined
daily capacity of all beet-sugar facto-
ries in the United States outside of Cal
iforna was 500 tons less than that of
the single factory at Spreckels.
| This condition, however, is not to con-
tinue. OF the factories in existence the
| capacity of stsne is certain to be in
creased during the summer, and new
| factories, on a much Larger scale are
practically assured in many States.
| The greatest activity, at present. seems
| to be in Michigan and Colorado, where
large companies are organizing, bu.
| there is to be another large factory in
Nebraska, very likely one in Oregon,
and doubtless in other places which
have escaped our notice. There is
large assured business in sight, and
there will evidently be a scramble to
get it.
| A party of surveyors are at present
in the vicinity of the Wards Ferry
bridge, on the Tuolumne River, suT-
veying for a prospective dam site, ditch
and fiume to convey power for an ex-
tensive electric plant to be built in
the neighborhood of Rough and Ready.
The proposed ditch and fume will be
about five miles in length and ten feet
In width by five feet in depth. 1t Is
to furnish power wherever it is needed
in the county, but principally to supply
| the mines
Ell DORADO ACTIVITIES.
Mountain Democrat: The Ell Dorado
Power Company, as recently incorpor-