The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-24
SUGAR sQUIBs.
Items of Interest from Field and Factory
Progress of the Grinding Campaign

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Progress Of the Grinding Campaign
| I'm Ascension and Elsewhere.
| It the weather man is endeavor-
| ing to establish a reputation for &C.
centricity and grumpiness, he IS GER
tainly succeeding nobly these days,
for nothing quite approaching the
variegated weather conditions which
have prevailed of late has ever before
been experienced in this neck of the
woods. AS noted last week, the
weather up to Thursday had been de-
cidedly unreasonable and altogether
disagreeable, but change for the bet
ter occurred Thursday morning and
it was believed that period Of more
propitious conditions was about to en-
sue. Alas for the frailty OF human
hopes. Friday was warm and cloudy,
and high wind sprang up in the aft
ernoon and blew with great gasto uu-
til after nightfall, making life miser-
able for all who were compelled to
brave its vagaries. Saturday, Sun
day and Monday were like their pre-
decessors--warm and cloudy and en-
tirely unseasonable-and the buster
ing wind continued its irritating pranks
with undated zeal. A light rain fell
at intervals Monday night and the
following day the temperature com
menced to fall, to the huge satisfac-
ton Of ssevery body concerned We'd
nesday dawned clear and cold and the
same conditions prevailed Thursday
and yesterday, but a rising tempera-
ture today holds out little hope for
continuance Of the favorable condi-
tions. Hove yer, the unex pected some
times happens, and it is sincerely to
be hoped that the mercury will change
its mind about climbing upwards and
decide to rest where it is for week or
so at least.
Joseph Werner and his nephew,
Fred. Werner, Jr., left this morning
for New Orleans, from whence they
sailed today at l p. N. for the big Cape
of Cuba, where they will have charge
of the vacuum pans until the arrival
Of Fred Werner, ST., who is at pres
ent boiling off the Belle Alliance crop.
That the young men will give perfect
satisfaction goes without saying, and
it wouldn't surprise The Chief TO learn
that Mr.. Werner, ST.. had found it
unnecessary to GO to the island at all,
SO carefully and we'll has he coached
his young assistants.
The following paragraphs arequoted
from this weeks Ascension letter to
the Louisiana Planter:
1t is unofficialiy reported that Lee
bermuth q Israel's Salisbury factory
had ground fraction over l9, 900 tons
of cane up to last Sunday morning,
obtaining therefrom approxima tely
2, $50, 900 pounds OF sugar, an average
yield of l25 pounds per ton. II these
figures are correct. Salisbury is doing
considerably better than many OF the
other factories in this section, it being
the exception rather than the rule this
season where more than 100 pounds of
sugar are extracted from each ton OF
cane.
"Sam Sicily, for the past five years
the efficient chief engineer and super.
intendent OF Wilbert's Sons Myrtle
Grove factory in the parish OF Iber-
vile, has rendered his resigna alton, to
take effect at the close OF the present
grinding season.
sd. Ohlmeyer, chief sugar boiler at
Myrtle Grove, spent Tuesday in Dom
aldsonville On visit to his wife and |
family. He states that the Myrtle |
Grove Mill is chewing up approx.
mately $50 tons Of cane per day il the
smoothest kind of fashion, and th at no |
trouble is being experienced in getting
cane to the factory in sufficient quanti-
ties to keep the machinery going with
out stop.''