The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-11-28
SUGAR sOUiBs.
Progress of the Grinding Campaign in As
cension and Elsewhere-Items of In
terest from FIELD and Factory.

a Progress of the Grinding Campaign in As
). cension and observation-disclosures of In
4 terest from Field and Factory.
: A slight drizzle fell Thursday morn
S ing, following several days of unsea-
3 sonably warm weather, and indications
: are that more dampness viii be en-.
: countered 10 the next day or two.
} j. Arthur Leblanc, the capable
: manager OF the Ashland plantation in
/ Terrebonne parish, was in Donaldson
vile last Sunday on a flying visit to
! his wife, who is spending some time
here as the guest of Mr.. LeBlane's
, parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Prosper
Leblanc. In the course of a converse
ton with The Chiefs "Sagar Squfhsa
man, Mr.. Leblanc stated that the crop
, on Ashland and adjacent plantations
, was not damaged in the least by the
recent freeze, and consequently it has
not been found necessary to resort to
| windrowing. Stubble is yielding q
tons to the acre, and it is expected
that approximately q or 80 tons will
be obtained from plant cane
/ Among the number of Ascension
sugar mechanics who have gone to
| foreign parts to aid in the work Of
harvesting this seasons crops are
| Charles G. Maher Of DonaIdsonyiIIe
/ and Victor Suarez Of Port Barrow. ]
expert wielders of the proof-stick.
whose achievements have placed them /,
in the front rank of local sugar
| boilers. Messrs. Maher and Suarez
left New Orleans on Tuesday, the 18th |
instant, for Preston, 4NIFe Bay, Cuba, |
where they will be employed until I
about July Of next year in the great /
factory OF the United Fruit Company T
Nife Bay plantation, the sugar out. /
put OF which for the current season is
expected to reach the enormous total !
of 80, 900, GOO pounds.
Messrs. Joe Werner, Fred Werner.
Jr.. and Eugene Werner, who have
been assisting Fred. Werner, ST.. in
taking off the crop of the big Belle
Alliance plantation in upper Assump-
ton, left Wednesday morniug for New
Orleans and sailed from that city the
following forenoon for Ensenada de
Moro, Cuba, where they will manipu-
late the proof-stieks at the extensive
Cape Cruz Central factory during The
Cuban grinding season. The senior
Mr.. Werner will join them at er the3
conclusion Of the Louisiana campaign.
and the entire crew may be depended
upon to give as good an account of
themselves this season as hasl
their sugar N akine
operations at Cape Cruz during the
past several years.
Hon. Honore Dugas, the ever genial
and hall-fellow we'll met senior partner
Of the we'll known Assumption firms.
Dugas & Leblanc and Armelise :
Company, was 'sheld up" on X
w ednesday by a representative Of 8
Lhe Chief and commanded to throw {
Up his hands and tell all he knew. IS
Sure, = said he, land it won't take s
opgi" Then in reply to ranid-dre r
nterrog atories he reported that grind q
ng operations were progressing e
moothiy at Westfeld; that cane ton 81
age was reasonably satisfactory-too =
1ueh so Tor buyer-but the stuff is 81
unusually dry and therefore does not e
1eld the percentage of sugar by n
ood deal that the tonnage would orai- IS
arily indicate. Dugas & Leblanc Z
arehase q large quantity of cane 81
ON their neighbors, which is manfp- 3 3
lated at the Westfeld ia, tory in ad- 6:
ition to the product of thu firms own ~
Iantations. CO
Walter Burke, wall.kn3Wn young 81
onaIdsongillian, who is holding Ia
1Hn the responsible position Of head EEss
gar boiler at the big Lakeside re. ID
lery near Eagle Lake, Texas, writes ~ -,
The Chief as follows under date Of E
oVemher "A: Had a freeze here on 6.
sturday night, the 14.h, and exposed Ia
ne was pretty badly .seotched. "a
e!o FORCES are now busy windrowing, ~
u " udVe no pad results from the ~
expected cold snap have been ex TX
sieneed. Everything is running like -
.ekWork and We are. getting fine re. Il
es. Making a pretty grade of fancy
rlhed sugar for the western grocery
ae. We crush 900 tons of cane per Il
:, and will handle approximately u
9oo tons during the season. WflffSs
'oably wind up during the latter Il
! OF January. II, W. Rayner is ii
efal manager; Norman Boudreaux. ii
y engineer; Happy Jack Folse. II
Istant engineer; Messrs. Hopkins ii
johnson, chemists; Walter Burke il
4 sugar boiler;P. j. Lauve, Jr il
Mr.. Landry, assistants: J. IL
EDO, b d clarifer: Donovan IL
lston, head sugar & rier. VIII and
as Franz are in charge of the trinle
us. Your valuable paper is received | Ii
!: y week and eagerly read BY all the "