The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-07
SUGAR INDUSTRY
HAS EXPANDED
Interesting Report at Utah
COmpany's Meeting,
THOUSAND TONS PER DAY
SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES OF
BETS THIS YEAR.


The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Utah Sugar COM
pany was held. yesterday afternoon in
tine Templeton building. owing to the
absence of the president of the COM
pany, George Q. Cannon. the meeting
was presided over by T. r. Cutler, the
vice president and manager of the fac
tories.
The main purpose OF the meeting was
the election of board of directors Tor
the ensuing year and this matter was
quickly disposed OF by the reelection OF
the old directors without opposition OF
any kind. The directors VIII meet IN
a few days and elect officers, and the
general feeling WAS that there would
be no change made there either
The annual report OF the business
of the company was submitted by Man
ager 7. r. Cutler ana showed the sugar
industry of the state to be in a Hour
ishfng condition. although last year was
not so good as the year previous rms
was due 70 thekdrought.
The beet -raisers We're the chief sui
fererS last year. The entire crop dld
not average eight tons to the acre,
while in places it fell below hve ana
in others it was a complete failure
There was also less sugar in the beet,
the average being al, compared with
1888 for the year before. The company
RENTED the cost of the seed where the
crop was d failure and half the cost
where the crop fell below five tons to
the acre. The amount thus RENTED
was $4,000.
The amount expended by the COM
pany on its main factory at Lehi and
its branch factories at Springville and
Bingham Junction in the past two
years was 1851, 534 AZ, and the plant has
a working capacity now of over l,0OO
tons per day. 1t is purposed to have
g..
condition for this years crop.
The company has already contracted.
for 1000 acres of beets for this year,
and the expectation is to greatly in
crease this acreage. The outlook for
the coming season is especially good
because of the abundance of water
Fully % per cent of the crop of last year
went tOs the Missouri river to find
market, and as the output of sugar in
the state increases the amount that
goes cast IS bound to increase, as there
is considered to be little outlet to the
west, and the home market is more
than supplied now
Because of the short crop Of hay last
year there was an increased demand
FOR the pulp OF the beets for feeding
purposes, and it was necessary to limit
the amount allowed to each farmer
The company also fed 900 head Of cat
tie and found il profitable. and this
branch of the industry viii be conduct
ed on broader scale in the future,
No figures were submitted as to the
output of sugar for the year or -the
amount received for the output, but the
following comparative figures op--ether
points viii be of interest.
Amount paid for beets ir 1900, $242,-
pa. 81: in 1899. $247. 743 .04; paid for fuel
in 1900, s36,303 So; in 1899, $50, 81. 81; paid
for lime rock in 1900. 50, GA. 80; in 1899,
S4,773.14; paid for manufacturing ma
terial and bags in 1900 So, 213 SO; in 1893
$32.5S3 IA. The labor payroll in 1900
was $4S $50. SO: in 1899 500. S96. So
Telephone Extensions
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company is preparing to put in another
copper wire between Salt Lake and
Stockton to make a complete metallic
circuit. This work will begin Monday
morning The work on the Park City
line has been carried as far as the Half
Way House.
An exchange viii be opened at Big
Timber Mont, on Monday, and from
that point the line viii be carried east
to Billings. Material is on the ground
for this work now. An exchange win
also be put in at Miles. City, and Su-
perintendent Summers has gone there
from. Helena now to look after the
work.
Tie BIackfoct Qda.) exchange is al
most complete and will be ready for
business during the coming week Ma
terial is all on the field also for a line
from Evanston TO Carter, Diamond
vile, Kenmerer and Opal The COM
pany Is waiting for the weather to set
tie to begin all this work.~A line will
also be built during the reason from
BiackfOOt to HALEY, in the Wood River
country, and this win make direct com
municatiOn between Salt Lake and
Boise.