The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-23
Beginning Made In Securing .
Monopoly in Cuba
Of the Entire Sugar Business
Of the Island.
HAVEMEYER IS IN 1T
A Body of $4,000 Acres Of Land
Has Been Bought.
Contracts Placed For Machinery
Amount to Over S2,OOO,OOO.

New York. March 23-The World says:
What may be the first step in the con-
Eolidation of the various large sugar in
terests in the island Of Cuba, or the
purchase of these interests by Ameri-
can capitalists has been taken
The Chappara Sugar company OfCuba,
with offices in this city. has placed con-
tracts in this country aggregating over
s2.OOO.0 900 for the equipment Of the
largest sugar plant ever built in Cuba
The company. OF which ex-COngresS-
man Hawley of Texas, is president and
in which H. H. Howell Son a. Co. and
Theodore Havemeyer are largely in
terested has acquired 66.0 acres Of land
in the eastern portion Of Cuba Nearly
10000 acres of this land are under Gull
tiVatiOn while on the rest the work Of
planting sugar cane will be Immediately
begun This enormous planting is with
out precedent in the history Of Cuba
With the exception Of SEQ acres in the
immediate vicinity Of the factory loca-
ton. 1000 acres under growth are be-
ing divided among ColOnists who cult
vate their fields and deliver the cane to
the mill for a return of 4 per cent
"A railroad 80 miles long viii be con-
structed on the estate and grinding OPP
erations ara to begin next December, by
which time 1T is believed some $50 600
tons Of cane VIII be ready to be handled
The mills will have daily capacity
for grinding 5000 tons Of cane Power
Will be derived from a steam plant Of six
thousand horse power
Augustus Smith. of this city, has OBJ
tanned the order for the building which
viii mean the purchase of $50. 600 worth
OF structural steel The BabcOck & VIII
cox company is to build the boilers Of
500 horse power each Eleven piston pat
tern pumps and three rotary dry
vacuum pumping equipments viii be
furnished by Henry E WOrthingtOn,
while another New York concern. the
Morris Machine company. is to supply
three large pumps direct, connected to
vertical engines.
Fox Brothers & Co have undertaken
the contract for the equipment of the
machine shops The tools comprise pine
cutting machines. gap lathes. engine
lathas, radical drill presses, bolt cutters,
twist drill grinders. etc. The same firm
has taken an order for 200 sugar cars.
The Whitney Iron Works Of New Or
leans will build three immense roller
mills and crushers. They viii also make
the necessary filter presses The Clarity
ing apparatus is to be furnished by G.
W Deming Of New Orleans The Chat
tanooga Car company. OF Chattanooga,
Tenn. viii build $50 cars. The Illinois
Steel company is TO execute the rail con-
tract, which calls for 1000 tons of forty
pound rails.
The Sugar Apparatus Manufacturing
company Of Philadelphia, viii build the
multiple effects and the vacuum pans
are to be got from James Dat & Sons, of
the same city.
Other contracts just determined on in
clude orders for factory stacks and steel
tanks from the Ritter onIey Manufac- Il
turing company, Of Pfttsburg, Ia. mill
shafts from the Bethlehem Steel Works
II. # Sturtevant company OF New York
City.