Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23
LARGEST SUGAR
FARM ON EARTH
AMERICAN CAPITAL IS AT WORK
IN CUBA.
A GIGANTIC SUGAR COMBINE
WILL SPEND MILLIONS IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR
GREAT PLANTATIONS.

New York, March 23.-The World says:
What may be the first step in the con-
solidatiOn Of the various large sugar in
terests in the island of Cuba, or the pur-
chase Of these interests by American
capitalists, has been taken. The Chap
para Sugar company of Cuba, with Of
fees in this city, has placed contracts
in this country aggregating over $2,0oO,-
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. Howelson & Co. and
Theodore Havemeyer are largely interest,"
ed, has acquired $4,000 acres of land in
the eastern portion of Cuba. Nearly 1O,-
900 acres Of this land is under cultivation,
while on the rest the work of planting
sugar cane will be Immediately begun.
This enormous planting is without pre-
cedent in the history Of Cuba.
With the exception Of 500 acres in the
immediate vicinity of the factory loca-
ton, 10000 acres under growth are be-
ing divided among colonists who culti-
vate their fields and deliver the cane to
the mill for return of four per cent
railway 80 miles long will be con-
structed on the estate and grinding OPP
eratiors are to begin next December,
by which time it is expected some $780,
900 tons of cane will be ready to be
handled.
The mills will have daily capacity for
grinding of 1900 tons of cane. Power
will be derived from a steam plant of g.
900 horse power.
Augustus Smith. of this city, has OBJ
tanned the order for the buildings, which
will mean the purchase of $4,000 worth
of structural steel. The Babcock & Will
cox company is to build the boilers of
six hundred horse power each. Eleven
piston pattern pumps and thre rotary
dry vacuum pumping equipments will be
furnished by Henry r. Wothinston, while
another New York concern. the Norris
Machine company, is to supply three
large pumps directly connected to ver-
tical engines
Fox Brothers & Co. have undertaken
the contract for the equipment of the
machine shops. The tools comprise pipe
cutting machines. gap lathes, engine
lathes, radial 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 nine-
roller mills and crushers. They will also
make the necessary filter presses. The
clarifying apparatus is to be furnished
by G. w. Deming of New Orleans. The
Chattanooga Car company of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, Will build $50 cars. The
Illinois Steel company is to execute the
rail contract. which calls for 1000 tens
of forty-pound rails.
The Sugar Apparatus Manufacturing
company of Philadelphia, will build the
multiple effects and the vacuum pans
are to be got from James Oat & Sons of
the same city.
Other contracts just determined on In
clude orders for factory stacks and steel
tanks from the Ritter -Conley Manufac-
turing company of Pittsburg, Pa; mill
shafts from the Bethlehem Steel works
of Bethlehem, Pa. and blowers from the
B. F. Sturtevant company of New York
city.