The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-21
LEHI SUGAR FACTORY.
Many improvements Made and the
Plant Running Smoothly.
(Special Correspondence.

Especial correspondence
Lehi. Sept. 2O-Many important I'M
provements have been made at the Utah
Sugar company's factory since last fall
the most noticeable OF THESE Oelns ~ 80 - ~
beet sned. which is located TO the east - ~
the ward and provides a capacity lot -. VvV
tons Present conditions neceSsltate lne
tearing up OF old switches, winch VII .
begun not long hence; new ones 70 sup
miami them will be laid but in more con-
yenient places than the old ones occupied
At the present time over fifty cars IoAuSu
with raw material are stanoinS IN me
yards, and they look significantly ousl-
ness-like.
A new piece of machinery, the osmoses,
is a recent addition to the factory; ana
its duty is the working up or the pilch
syrup that has been steadny accuInul@t =
ing. The product of this nature from me
Ogden plant will also be brought 70 TINS
factory 10 feed the new machine, tor the
transportation of which four nat cars,
fitted with two immense tanks each, ma
been provided by the company ltse a.l,,,,+
The laundry is another lnpIoF s- -,oiI
whose Importance is by no mems 5is .~c,e
James Gledhill has neen r pt over 90 towels
of this department, where over - 80 snch
machine blankets, filter bags anu suO"
things are washed and dried ,...;oas.
The effect of such labor-sd vie ~ i.
is already quite nodcea De. mas Ss,,. 70 get
II took this season only four Gays 70 So
the factory in readiness for the olspV go
cS 400 IONS of beets daily. the same r.
e,i,irire, eixteen DAYS last season. mus
Mems 80 something to employees as wei -
emnlover. since a daily disposal OF 4OV al al
more tons adds a 10 per cent increase 90
wages. -.,ot,-sd ,,r, to
date 1900 of this having peen 60. = ?
and turned into more than H'gsJ zoe, r7I7ic N
sugar / .4O5 were made in one Gay, WIZ
breaks all previous records. Ine etlplooS-
ees number between 1Z5 ana lou " III, =
does not include the army OF workers VIM
produce the raw material
with continued good weather. tne pres
ont season promises a heavier yield thaiS
that of any past year. and the company
expects to receive in the neiFhDornoou OF
so 900 tons. The new GtDe line. between
the Springville and local plants has prov
On very satisfactory. and it is thOugnt the
Springville plant will be in fun oper2tlon
nv Oct. 90 The two silos which have oeen
built for the storage of pulp are among
the great improvements. A Smai trdch
connects them and the company mas
built a car. which is drawn by horse.
for the conveyance of the pulp to these
silos. This convenience is said to dispense
with the services of three men.
Superintendent Valley is immensely
pleased with the new improvements, and
said to your CORRESPONDENT: All OF our
m9 ohinery is running in perfect order,
and our men universally satisfactory.
Manager Cutler is busy perfecttng plans
for enlarging the factory and expects TO
put in this fall the foundations of the
proposed new BUILDINGS. which will he
completed next year. Ten new boilers will
be put in place and other improvements
made which will increase the capacity of
the plant LOCO tons daily