Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-11
SOME BEET SUGAR FACTORIES.
What They Are Doing Just Now il,
the Central States.
KALAMAZOO. MICH.

KALAMAZOO, MICH.
The third run of the Kalamazoo bee
sugar factory was commenced Oct 10
The heeta being received show a higher
percentage of sugar than last year. SUI
perintendent e. Naupre, who is II
charge this season. has worked hard Il
get the machinery and varied apparatus
of the factory in the finest shape. am
with good beets and plenty of them the
outlook Isl for a very successful season
for both the company and the beel
growers.
BAY CITY. MICH.
/ The Michigan Sugar Company, Bay
| City Sugar Company and West Bay
! City Sugar Company factories are run
ming along without a hitch, slcing beets
to their full capacity. The beets are
testing few points higher, on an ave-
rage. than last year, which indicates
| that the farmers have learned much
about beet culture, and profited by their
| past experience.
The plant of the Michigan Chemical
| Company, the location of which in Bay
City was brought about by the proxim-
| ty of the three above-named factories,
| is about completed. The plant will turn
out 1900 gallons of alcohol daily, Civ
| ing a revenue in duty to the govern
ment of $4,000 per day. The immense
amount of alcohol manufactured neces-
! stated the location in Bay City of a
| bonded warehouse and work on a
| building 500 feet long for storing the al
cohol has begun under the direction of
| the deputy revenue collector for this
| district.
LANSING, MICH.
The Lansing Sugar Company started
upon its first campaign October 10. The
beets being delivered are of a good quail
ity, and they are coming In rapidly. Mr.
l.. S. Boutell. in speaking of the plant
to the Republican of that city, said
The work of the factory has been
satisfactory from the start. We have
the most complete and economical
equipment of any sugar house in Michi-
gan, consisting of all the latest and best
inventions necessary for making the
best quality of graduated sugar. We
are also the only sugar house in the
United States manufacturing sugar
from sugar beets that has the lnachin
cry for making cubes and dominoes.
We have a capacity of 10000 to 100000
pounds Oh STdUuIdleu sugar per Jay.
MARINE CITY. MICH.
The Marine Sugar Company begun its
second campaign October &c. The ma
chinery worked perfectly from the
start. The factory is now slicing about
400 tons of beets per days. and Manager
w. r. Sauber and Superintendent
Frenk are said to be booming with JOY.
The campaign this year gives promise
of being satisfactory one, both to
factory and farmers who grow beets.
The beet crop is an exceptionally good
one, and the fine we Their and good
roads have made 1t easy for the farm
ers to get their beets to the factory.
Beets are being delivered to the fac
tory in satisfactory quantities, and are
testing high in sugar content and pur-
ity.
MENoMONEE FALLS, WIS.
The new factory of the Wisconsin
Sugar Company tried some of it's ma
chinery October %, but did not begin
the campaign at that time, owing to
the non-arrival of the line. 1t was eX-
pected to start full blast the first days
of November. BeeN have been coming
in rapidly.
LEAyITT, NEB.
This factory started operations on
the 21st of September and has been
running very smoothly ever since, with
the exception of shutdown of two
days on account of lack of beets. We
had an extended period of wet weather
shortly after we started and before
our bins got we'll filed up, and as the
roads were very difficult to haul over,
II fha nd
had to wait two days. The sugar con-
tent of the beets is very satisfactory,
averaging at present about 1876, with
purity of S0.2. We have a great
many car loads running over is per
cent sugar, with a relatively high pur
ity. The yield is also very satisfac-
tory
During the September rains the beets
started growing again, and we believe
have gained fully two tons to the acre
in weight since then. The sugar con-
tent dropped during this growth, but
for the last ten days we have had ex-
cellent weather, and the beets have
more than gained all the sugar they
lost.
We have, up to the present time,
worked $4,000 tons, which we figure
about half of our crop. The largest
run we have made in continuous
twenty four hours, is 624 tons, and the
factory is daily operating above its
The prospects for large acreage of
beets next year is very bright, as the
farmers have become convinced of the |
drouth-resisting qualities of the beet |
crop, since they have raised ten tons |
to the acre. where corn was q partial |
or an entire failure.
STANDARD BEET SUGAR co.
Per II. Scilley.
October 81. 1901.
NORFOLK, NEB.
The Norfolk beet sugar factory is |
working both its own crop and that of |
the Grand Island factory. out of which |
it will have a total of about 10000 tons.
The campaign began October Z, and |
has been in uninterrupted progress ever
since, turning out as fine a grade of /
graduated beet sugar as is ever put on
the market. The prospects are that the |
factory will have as successful run
as last year. both as to smooth opera |
ton and quality of product, and Will be
another feather in the cap of Superin-
tenoent Connolly.
Farmers have begun to realize the i'm
portance of protecting their crop from
frost. and are SLIDING all such beets as
be delivered to the factory at
once.
SPRECTSLES, CAL.