The daily sentinel., 1903-08-19
BUILDS CITIES.
What The New Management
OF Sugar Factory Propos-
es To Do. What Is Ex-
pected The People Will
Do. Imposing Figures Oi
Progress.

Progress.
1t is important that the people of
this city know just exactly the status
under which the present management
of the Sugar factory expects to operate
here in the next year. The Sentinel
desired to make the matter plain and
have the facts stated correctly and its
reporter sought Mr.. R. p. Davie.
president and general manager of the
factory. of Colorado Springs, this
morning and had an interview with
him.
He said in relation to the matter,
as it concerns the public, the follow
ing:
I'm the first place we do not take
any contracts from men who are not
able to carry them out We want the
land fall-plowed and the choicest land
selected. There seems to have been
in past, disposition to use lands fol
sugar beets, that was worthless for
other purposes. This worked to the
disadvantage of both the factory and
the farmer We have decided to pay
So 90 ton fiat FOR the beets, which
is the highest price paid in the state.
''The successful operation of the
factory means as much or more to
this community, than it does to us
and we can only be successful by hav-
ing its hearty CO. operation.
We propose to give the use of about
one thousand acres of our land togeth-
er with sufficient water to irrigate it.
to men who will raise beets for us.
We will do this, however. only on
condition that the beet raiser can
satisfy us of his ability to carry him
self through the campaign. The
company has practically $50, 900 in
it's treasury and is in condition to full
fill any contract that it undertakes.
''As an illustration of what sue
cessful factory will do for commun-
ity. 1 can site Loveland, as the owners
of this factory are largely interested
there also, where before the erection
of the factory lands sold from thirty
five to fifty dollars an acre that are
now in good demand from seventy
five to one hundred and twenty five,
and the town itself is particularly
prosperous We paid the farmers last
year over $500, 900 for beets; for labor
500, 600, this does not include office
expenses.
The enhancement of the value OF
property in the Loveland district. as a
result of the Sugar factory being
built, has been many millions of dol
lars and there are no agricultural or
mechanical reasons why the Grand
Junction factory should not be made
as great a success. in fact from the
point of cheap coal. accessibility to
the lime rock quaries and an abund-
ance of water, it should be made a
greater success, 1t is up to the farm
ers of this community to say whether
1t will be or not and this is probably
have. if they do not heartily take a
hold this time, as there are other dis
tricts which would like this factory
and we cannot afford to have this
large sum of money tied up indefinite
ly. We shall however turn every
stone to make this factory a success,
as the owners of this factory are also
largely interested in other enterprises
in this city and county"
Mr. r. P Davie will be here to
look after the affairs of the factory
himself The work will not be left
in the hands of hired people. 1t in
dicates that the principal stockholders
are personally interested in the mat
ter of making the factory a success.
Mr. Davie did not mince words
when talking to the reporter. He
said too many equivocal statements
had been made already and he wanted
to stand squarely and fairly be-
fora the people ON platform which
meant business. upon which not only
themselves. but the farmers as well
could rely upon. All fair minded
business men and farmers would ra-
ther transact business under such cir
cumstances than to have an undeter-
mined person in charge from whom
they could not obtain satisfaction.