The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
SUGAR sQulBs.
Items of Interest from Field and Factory.
Progress of the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere.

Progress of the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere.
As has been the case during almost
the entire grinding campaign, the
weather OF the past week was excep-
tionally well-suited to the needs Of the
sugar planters and much progress was
made in the work Of harvesting the
splendid crop. The sun attended
strictly to business all the week, re-
fusing to render allegiance TO even the
smallest of passing clouds, and the
way in which the mercury disported
itself left nothing to be desired. The
weather man certainly deserves COR
pial vote of thanks for the excellent
treatment he has accorded the sugar
planters this season.
Most factories in this section are
in the home stretch and will bring the
work of the campaign TO close within
the next week or so. Without exception
the yield OF cane has been unusually
good, and although the sugar yield
was somewhat below the average, the
increased tonnage of cane will more
than Offset this deficiency.
Col. and Mrs. Jas. S. Webster s
Point Houmas factory finished grind
ing Thursday night, with LOCO, GOO
pounds of sugar as the result OF the
seasons operations.
E. II. Barton's ST. Emma factory
will be in operation until the 10Th OF
January. Mr.. Barton states that there
has heen no Improvement in the cane
size. the freeze, but on the contrary,
the cane seems to have suffered de-
terioration in quality. St. Emma is
obtaining 100 pounds of first sugars
per ton of cane, whereas earlier in the
season as high as 122 pounds were SCI
cured.
At the Lemann Company Palo Alto
house there are yet three or four weeks ,
work in sight.
The Miles Company's New Hope
factory in upper Ascension will get
through about the middle of next week,
barring accidents.
z. p. Munson's Glenwood finished
Monday and c. C. Barton's Little
Texas followed suit day or two later.
The field force at Glenwood was as
sisted Sunday BY the hands from Idle
wild, where cutting was concluded the
day before. Wednesday morning the
Idlewild hands were sent to Shady
side, at which place they will remain
until the close of the season.
An Ascension house in which the
very best OF results we're obtained this
year is Evan Hall, where the seasons
labors will be brought to close by
the first of January. The factory
worked with degree of smoothness
and rapidly which reflects the utmost
credit on the capable corps of man
ayers and mech anics. Six thousand
tons Of cane were ground in six days
at Evan Hall last week, and similarly
gratifying results were the rule all
through the season, rather than the
exception.
With the advent Of the holidays and
the end OF the grinding season, bust
ness in all lines is booming and a
wave of prosperity is sweeping over
the parish. The streets OF Donaldson
vile present an animated appearance
just now, being crowded with people
doing their holiday shopping, and our
merchants are wearing the smile that
won't come OFF. On the plantations
everybody is happy that the trials and
tribulations of the grinding campaign
will so soon be done with, and the
planters are congratula ting themselves
on the size of the crop and the tone Of
the market. Everything is lovely il
this neck o. the woods and the goose
is sshonking" to beat the band.
Operations at Mccall & Legendre's
McManor factory we're interrupted on
Tuesday by a broken engine and one
of the local machine shops made an
all-night job of repairing the damage
and getting the piece of machinery in
running order by Wednesday morn
ing. The campaign is expected to be
brought to close at McMano DUR
ing the coming week.
Point Houmas mill ground It's final
cane OF the 1904 crop last Friday, and
Mrs. j. T.. Webster's other factory,
Terre Haute, in St. John parish,
followed suit day or two later. Both
places made fine crops and The Chief
anticipates the receipt of some figures
from its valued friend Col. Webster
to verify this statement.
Lebermuth & Israel's model SAILS
burg factory, rightfully regarded rs
one of the best houses in the state, will
terminate the season 8 labors about
the End or 3rd of January, SURPRISING
all its previous records as to tonnage
of cane manipulated. Report says til at
the aggregate weight of the stalks
chopped and crushed by the Salisbury
machinery will approximate $4,000
tons, and as this factory's usual aver
age of sugar to the ton compares favor-
ably with that obtained anywhere else
ia this section, it may be assumed th at
the output will reach imposing pro-
portions.
The Godchaux. Company IS mammoth
Reserve factory, 10 St. John, grinds
an average of 1900 tons Of cane day
with it's two mills, and has material
enough in sight to keep the rollers
moving until about the 10th of jan
uary. According to outside reports
the total tonnage to be handled at
Reserve will range between 120, 600 and
40, 900, and the sugar output will APP
proximate 10000, 900 pounds. There
was a prospect recently that the house
was about to get Hchock-a block with
the accumulation OF seconds and mo-