The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-14

SUGAR FACTORY
FOR GUNNIS0N
Eastern Men to Put $750,0C0
in The Plant.
FARMERS ACCEPT TERMS
WILL SIGN CONTRACTS TO SUP
PLY NECESSARY BETS.
FARMERS ACCEPT TERMS

special to The HcraId.)
Richfield, Dec. Rat a meeting OF
farmers held today at the court house
the proposition for a joint sugar factory
for this (Sevier) and Sanpete county, to
be built at Gunnison, was enthusiastically
accepted.
There was general discussion of the
character Of the plant proposed by the
promoters and the contracts tnat would
De required of the beet growers Com
mIttees We're appointed to carry out the
VIII OF the convention. There we're about
10 citizens present. every precinct in the
county being represented except Salina
ana Aurora. Il. +. Locker of Salt Lake
represented eastern capitalists who are TO
build the factory. and he laid before the
convention the kind of factory proposed.
II is proposed to put in factory that
viii cost at least $1J0.O0O with cutting
stations and pipe lines at the most suit
able places along the railroad. Tae COM
pdny proposes. as an indEcement to the
farmers, and matter OF convenience.
10 nave switches put IN at all stations and
to put storing bins TO take care of the
beets. In case the railroad company
should run short of cars. as has been the
case the past two years, they will also
build elevated platforms alongside the
track. 50 as to do away with all the
hard work of loading beets on the cars.
As consideration for all that the COM
pany proposes 10 do IL requires that the
farmers shall enter into a contract to
cultivate and harvest not less, than 5000
acres Of sugar beets, 10 be delivered at the
factory or It's cutting stations for a period
OF five years, For the beets the company
agrees 10 pay at the cars $425 per ton for
oeets showing from u TO 10 per cent Of
sacharine matter, and $3.50 Der ton for
Oeets showing Is per cent or better and
to take and pay for all beets Oct. 10
whether orders have been given to dig or
not.
The proposition on the part of the pro-
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better than those hereto enjoyed by
| the beet growers of this county that after
| the general discussion of the matter it
was unanimously voted to accept the
| proposition of the factory people, and
7 committees were selected by the meeting
to attend a joint convention OF the farm
| ers of Sanpete and Sewer countless at
Gunnison at date not vet fixed. at which
the factory people viii be represented.
/ The committees are composed as follows
| General Committee-W. H. Seigmiller.
j. NJ. Politho ]. A. Moore. A r. Hawley.
! Precinct COmmittees-JOSeph s. Baker,
/ w \. Stafford and r. II. Yarney OF An
nabella: Peter Christensen. +. f. Gray
/ {. Jensen, j. NJ. Shaw ano S. F. Nelson
| of Elsinore; p c. c. Peterson, Martin
Johnson and Gordon Oltroyd Of Glen
! wood; j. A. Rolf. John A Parker and
| James Wells of Joseph; Simon Christen-
| sen, William Ogden and J. B. Morrison OF
Richmond; Thomas Giedhill. Nephi c.
Jensen and Nephi G. Anderson of Yer
! w Buchanan of Venice; F. >. Goold,
Lewis Jones and Joseph II. Lowe Of Mon
roe: Lewis Christensen. Martin Jensen
| and T. j. B. Smith of Redmond.
| This committee was empowered to look
after canvassing for the required acreage