The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-31
LOCATION FOUND
FOR PAPER Pulp
IND SUGAR PLANT
viii Be Built on North Side
at a Cost of 100000.
MEETING WITH FARMERS
Held Yesterday at Burton
Car Works
WAS VERY SATISFACTORY
They Promise to Grow Cane
Sufficient for Mill.
WAS VERY SATISFACTORY
They Promise TO Grow Cane
Sufficient for Mill.

THE big paper and sugar mill will be
located between the packing house and
the Burton car works, was the state
ment of one of the men interested in the
scheme to a reporter for the Eagle yester-
day. Il cannot tell you the exact loca-
ton yet, but there is the place."
a committee of business men from this
city went to the Burton car works yester-
day and held a conference whit the farm
ers of that section in regard to raising
cane for the supply Of the paper mill and
as a result Of that conference the farm
ers agreed to raise over eight hundred
acres of cane the coming summer, cane
that would be suitable for the mill. About
thirty farmers were in attendance and
all were very enthusiastic about the mat
ter. In less than an hour the men had
promised to grow so much cane and the
men behind the project are sure the nee
essary amount can be readily contracted
for. The paper mill men say they can
not build a plant here unless the farmers
agree to raise at least three thousand
acres of cane this year and then this will
not be near enough to run the plant. The
farmers around Clearwater have agreed
TO raise over one thousand acres and this
viii be shipped to this city.
The meeting yesterday was organized
by the election Of W. II. Ransom chair
man and ". G. Smizer secretary. Then
J. II. Stewart made a short talk and Mr..
Dennison told the farmers the proposition
and how the mill would work. He stated
that the seed for the cane would be fur
nished free by the company and that all
they would have to do was to raise it and
cut it aud haul it to the mill and it would
would be unloaded by machinery and they
would not have to handle it in any way
after they brought it TO the factory.
a number of farmers agreed to plant the
cane. but would not say how much. After
the men had subscribed so much a COM
mittee of six men was appointed to go
among the farmers and get more con-
tracts. The committee Is as follows: ".
G. Smizer. William Baker, a. c. Fisher,
II. G. Reeder, J. T. Giles and r. P. Went
worth. This committee is to report at
a meeting to be held in the council cham
Der January Il at o'clock Mr.. J. Cos
sett Of Bentley was present and stated
that he would pledge four hudred acres
to be planted in cane in his vicinity the
coming spring. He stated that the farm
ers in his neighborhood were very en-
thusiastic about the factory and would
readily pledge that number Of acres.
The company at first thought a four
hundred ton per day plant would be
large enough at present, but have now
decided to put up a on thousand ton per
day plant.
Mr.. Dennison talked with reporter Of
the Eagle last night and said: 1.-THE fac
tory viii consist of sugar and paper
houses and other buildings and viii have
$500 square feet of space and viii cost
over one hundred thousand dollars. We
have already purchased twenty thousand
dollars worth of machinery and have let
the contracts for the greater part that
will be manufactured especially for us.
We win begin building within month
and viii be in operation IN a very short
time. We viii not build paper factory
a present. but if we can get enough cane
to supply it we will build it at once. At
first we viii ship out stuff to our mills in
Wisconsin.
Mr. Deanison viii leave this morning for
Chicago 10 make arrangements with the
railroads for side track facilities and also
for the shipment Of the raw material and
the paper pulp. 1t is possible that the
company VIII secure rates 10 this city
from surrounding towns that VIII enable
them 10 get cane from a great many
points. It win be shipped TO this city.
manufactured into pulp and sugar and
then SO on u the market