The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-07
SUGAR soulBs.
Items o. Interest from Field and Factory.
Progress OF the Grinding Campaign
In Ascansian and Easauhara

In Ascension and Elsewhere.
Truly might it be said that in the
past week there were ''seven days and
plenty weather. Sunday was warn
and clear, while Monday was equally
as warm as the day before, but with
an overcast sky. A high north wind
arose late Monday evening and by the
following morning the temperature
had experienced considerable drop.
The weather grew colder as the day
progressed and during the night the
mercury reached the freezing point.
| Wednesday was cold, clear and dry,
but on Thursday the weather grew
suddenly warm again and a steady
| rain fell from IL o'clock in the fore
noon to $50 o'clock in the evening.
Thursday night the thermometer de-
| cided to do another tumbling stunt,
and yesterday broke clear and cold.
Strange TO say, no change has taken
place within the past twenty-four
hours, and this morning the indica-
tions are that present conditions will
prevail until the weather man goes off
on another tear and mixes things up
some more.
The Miles Planting and Manufacture
ing Company's big Houmas Central
factory at Burnside wound up the sea-
sons 1abors at 4:30 o'clock D. m.
Wednesday, after having been in OPP
Grafton since O'Clock in the morning
of Saturd ay, Oct. 20. During the
campaign 72,08l tons of cane were
ground, from which 11,677,O OH pounds
OF sugar were made, giving an aver
age OF almost 162 pounds per ton. OF
the seasons output, 1851 ,O71 pounds
are in the shape of frsts, leaving
], 120, 900 pounds of seconds to be dried
out later in the year. There are five
places in the sMiles group at Burn
side, and the tonnage produced on
each during the current season was as
follows: Riverton, 10000; Monroe,
1905; Conway, 12,9o3; Clark, 13, 796;
Orange Grove, 1876. The rest of the
cane ground at Houmas Central was
furnished by tenants. The combined
sugar output OF the Miles Company's
various places in this parish and ST.
James will approximate III the neigh
borhood of 25,ooo,oOo pounds. At the
Armant factory, in the parish of ST.
James, it is expected that 100000
pounds OF sugar will be produced from
s., 900 tons of cane, and at New Hope,
10 upper Ascension, where operations
will be concluded tomorrow evenining,
about 4, 100000 pounds will represent
the seasons total. While the tonnage
obtained at New Hope was unusually
heavy, some $4,000 tons having been
ground, the yield of sugar was not as
large as at Houmas Central and
Armant.
The last stalk of cane was sent
through the mill at the St. Joseph
Planting and Manufacturing Com
pany's st. Joseph factory, in ST.
James parish, at IL 80 O'Clock q. m.
last Saturday, and boiling was con-
cluded just twelve hours later. The
house was in operation two months |
and five days, during which time
about $4,000 tons OF cane we're ground |
in 4}-foot Whitney mill. The sugar
output is expected to reach 1000, 900 |
pounds. The chief engineer at ST.
Joseph was G. T. Chapman, of DON
and his skill and efficiency
Is attested by the fact that no serions
breakdown occurred during the entire
season. Ed. Waguespack handled
he proof-stick, with Rene Simon as
ais assistant.
A. Wilbert's sons's Myrtle Grove
'actory, IN Iberville parish, will be in
operation about two weeks longer.
The Chief was informed that the out
out at Myrtle Grove will exceed 6,O00,-
100 pounds, which is larger than last
7ear's figures by 1000, 900 pounds.
The seasons labors were brought to
close at Evan Hall during the early
TART Of the week, after an unusually
mooth and successful run. Some
5000 tons of cane were ground and
he yield Of sugar is reported to have
,een entirely satisfactory. II
At Lebermuth & Tsraa1ss hio SAILS
'urg factory grinding was finished at
$50 O'Clock p. m. Monday, January @
Work was commenced at $50 q. m.
tuesday, Oct. Is, and apart from
light breakdown early in the season,
% untoWard incidents occurred to |
aar the smoothness of the campaign.
he mill was in actual operation IS {
avs, IL hours and IS minutes, during I
hitch period 81, 815.18 tons of cane c
ere ground, sd average of over 1000
ons per day. When the fact is taken t
1to consideration that % hours con- t
5itute days run at Salisbury it will e
g realized that the record established y
Dr. the season OF 1904 is an excep- c
onally fine one. The amount of S
agar manufactured was 1O,902, 057 il
ounds, the average yield per ton of Z
sne being 1885, pounds. OF the cane a
mt through the mill, 16,5l5.15 tons a
ere produced at Salisbury on $50 r.
eres, OF which 1901 acres were de-