The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
us OUTPUT SHOWING

ITS OUTPUT SHOWING the enor-
nous increase over last year
OF 100000 pounds. the Utah
Sugar company closes the thir-
teenth campaign Of fits career. and,
save for the OminOue prospect resulting
from the passage of the Cuban reciproc-
ATTY Dill, enters upon what otherwise
would be its banner financial year
The figures Of the beet sugar industry
are stuDendous. Where the first years
production amounted 10 slightly more
than 100000 pounds. the 1903 output
is In the neighborhOOd Of 50, 600 600 with
chances IN favor OF even q greater
corresponding increase during the en-
suing year. Progress Expansion" has
been the watchword of the sugar COM
pany, and the completion Of the new
factory at Garland. Box Elder county,
gives the company five distinct facto-
Ties. They are located at Lehi. Utah:
ogden. Utah- Logan. Utah; Garland
Utah and LaGrande. Oregon.
New Factories Building.
New factories are projected. and un-
Ger way, In the state of Idaho and when
they are added TO the cOmpanys plants
already I'm operation. the annual pro-
ductiOn viii leap to prodiRoue figures
Manager T. r. Cutler asserts that the
factories combined viii produce during
= sugar, while the regular market. in the
states Of Utah. Idaho, Wyoming and
Montana, altogether. consumes only
about 40,O00.000. This condition is
source Of worry. for il win be necessary
TO dispose Of half the tremendous pro
duct expected in eastern qUarters-and
this in the face of Cuban opposition
Even with the supply Of sugar now on
hand there rs q strong cry for markets
and l. is evident, as Manager Cutler
puts 1t, that the future Of the industry,
especially since the passage of the Gu
ban treaty must depenz largely on
economical management, and the seiE-
y're Of every opportunity for side earn
ings. This briefly sums up the situa-
ton as IL exists today.
The management Is highly Cratifed
with the results Of 1908. At the main
: factory In Lehi, alone something like
23.0O0,0oO pounds of sugar was sacked
more than is consumed annually by the
entire state Of Utah-and this Is an
average Of 2,421 bags sacked each
rWenty-four hours Of the run. To ac-
complish this, an average Of 1920 tons
OF beets were sliced daily. And in this
work another record was broken. for
between the main plant and three aux
P iliary cutting stations, g6 90 tons Of
beets were sliced. OF this total Leni
was credited with 35,203 tons. Spring
Vile with 361S4 tons. Bingham juno
ton with 13,205 tons and Provo with
1890 tons.
Plant at Garland.
An important Improvement OF the
year was the building Of the factory
al Garland, Utah, which is probably
the most up-to-date plant in operation.
The building material is structural
steel brick and cement, making the
factory absolutely fire-proof. It com
menced its maiden run on Dec. 2, and
the results thus far are encouraging,
The factory having turned out 100000
pounds Of excellent graduated sugar
since that date. Under present condi-
lions, the mill at Garland has a capac-
1ty for sllclng 500 tons Of beets each
twenty-four hours. For it's initial cam
lFaign about 1900 tons Of beets were
harvested in the Bear River valley.
and it vas found that the contents Of
The beets pOlaTiZe high. even those
that have been in the bins more than
sixty days being still in excellent con
dition.
one other great stroke Of enterprise
this year was the erection Of a modern
power plant by the Utah Sugar COM
pany at the mouth of Bear River can
yOu. three miles from Collinston. Utah.
Two machines of $50 X. W. energy were
installed. capable of generating 2.400
horsepower. and this power is at pres
ent consumed by the Utah Light g.
Power company through q 45-mile line
from the plant TO ogden. from whence
the power is transmitted 10 salt Lake
county. The power house was built
with an ultimate intention Of charging
the capacity to 1000 horsepower.
To Irrigate Vast Area.
The company has been working hard
during the past two years for the inn
prOvcment Of its canal system, and is
now distributing water on the west
side Of Bear river 20 10000 acres Of
fng the people on the east side OF the
river with the surplus waters. A new
canal is being constructed with the
idea of reaching Honeyville by the
beginning Of the next irrigating sea-
son.