The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-03
SUGAR sQUlBs.
Items of Interest from Field and Factory.
Opening Of the Grinding Campaign

Opening of the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere.
The present week witnessed the open
ing OF the sugar. making season in this
vicinity, but it will be several days
yet before the campaign becomes gen.
eral. For the past fortnight the
weather has been clear and cool
closely approxim aqing the kind that is
most desirable at this period of the
year, and if other things were as
favorable the grinding season would
open with better outlook than now
confronts us.
81. Emma factory started off Mon
day morning under favorable auspices
and is working away smoothly, grind.
ing an average of 300 tons q day.
The juice is weighing 81 Beaume, and
IN the field approxim ately Is tons OF
stubble are being obtained to the acre.
| <. A. Aucoin, the efficient manager
OF st. Emma, is officiating as chief
sugar boiler, as usual, and Florian
Michel, Of Donaldsonville, is his as
sistant at the pan. Guy Dunning is
again il charge of the engine room,
with Lawrence Montero, also of this
place. as an assistant. There is an
ample force OF labor on hand, and no
shortage is anticipated. ST. Emma
has 230 acres of D.74 plant cane to
grind, and this is expected to yield so
well that the plantation will probably
make as large a crop as last year
about $4,000 tons. Unfortun ately, ST.
Emma will be alone in her glory in
this respect, as no other place here
about IS likely to do anywhere near
so we'll.
The Lemann Company's Palo Alto
factory got under way Wednesday
morning with everything running like
creased lightning. Edgar Templet is
holding down the position of chief
sugar-boiler, with John Babin and
Lester Vessier as assistants. The en-
CINE room is presided over by Jos.
Gre, assisted by Lawrence Michel,
Tom Chapman and julien Barthelmy.
1t is unofficially reported that Palo
Altos tonnage will fall about one
third below the amount handled last
year.
Mccall & Legendre's MeManor
factory was in operation three or four
days last week, but the cane was so
green, the percentage OF sucrose SO
low and the granulating process so
difficult that it was considered the part
Of wisdom to suspend grinding opera
tions in order TO put down seed.
Mccall Bros Evan Hall factory
began the seasons labors Thursday
morning and is chewing up several
hundred tones Of cane per day in the
smoothest sort of fashion. Joseph
Dicharry, for many years chief sugar
boiler at Evan Hall, is manipulating
the proof-stick again this season and
has Charles Landry as an assistant.
Q. Q. Peltier is cock o. the walk in the
engine room, with Joseph Landry and
Fernand Leblanc as assistants.
The Belle Helene central factory
also ground its first stalk Of cane
Thursday morning, and has been peg
ging away since that date without the
slightest Interruption.
The Miles Company's New Hope
factory was scheduled to start this
week, but deferred the agony until
Monday.
The St. Joseph Planting and Manu-
featuring Company's St. Joseph fac.
tory, in the parish of ST. ames, is
expected TO begin work next Monday.
Gale T. Chapman, of Darrow, will
again ofieiate as chief engineer of
the sanity establishment.
G. B. Reuss' Germania factory will
make a start Monday after next, the
18th inst.
The Belle Alliance central, one of |
crack factories, started
her rollers to rolling this week, with
what result remains to be seen-and |
guessed at.
The exodus from Donaldsonville OF |
held-hands and factory employees has |
commenced, and by the latter part of |
next week all those who have secured |
positions for the current season will /
be "on the job"
Arthur Lemann left for Palo Alto |
Tuesday evening and will exercise a
SUPPLEMENTARY over that factory dur
lng the crushing season.
Genial aBObn Murch's many friends |
n this community will be pleased to
earn that he is again delivering the
goods as cane -weigher at Belle AL
lance.
w. A. Dill and Hubert Comes left
Wednesd ay forenoon for Tallyho plan
alton, Iberyille parish, where they are
billed to hold the boards in the sugar.
polling department. of the Tallyho fac
DRY during the present season.
Hspp6 Warmer Gp Ty, oF 4
Iciating as chief and assistant sugar.
'oiler. respectively, at the big Belle
factory, and it is safe to saw
hat more efficient team would be
ard to find.