The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-01-04
SUGAR SalllRS.

Progress Of HE Grinding Campaign ii. As
ceasion and fsssewhere-Its.ns of Ia
teress from Field and Factory.
The present week Witnessed the ter
mination ofthe grinding season at Col.
J. s. Webster's Point H0umas and
the niles Compang's Houmas Cen
trail factories, the former concluding
operations Tuesday night aud the lat
ter Thursday night No figures as to.
the results obtained at Point HoumGs
are available for publication, hut it
is reported that Houmas Central
ground 50, 900 tons of cane and OBJ
tanned between 1900, eco aud 8,0o0,o00
pounds OF sugar.
The only Ascension house still in
operation is Belle Helene, which has d
couple of days more work in sight
The St. Joseph Planting and Manu-
featuring Co. : St. Joseph factory in the
parish of St. james finished grinding
at ; o'clock p. n. last Monday, after
d smooth and satisfactory campaign.
Approximately 900 tons OF cane were
J handled, trom which something like
/, 250 900 pounds OF frsG,class sugar
were produced. Last year ST. Joseph
ground about 6I50 tons of cane and
made 800, 600 pounds of sugar, while
in the splendid season of 1901 the
sugar output totaIled ?, 600, GOO pounds.
Rene Simon, of Feitel, vas in charge
of the sugar boiling department, and
Messrs. Gale T, and Robert Chapman,
of Darrow, held down the responsible
positions OF chief and assistant engi-
neer, resp ctively.
The we'll equipped Belle Alliance
factory ia upper assumption wonnd
up the seasons work last Saturday
afternoon, and the Lemann Com
pany s model Palo Alto house in this
parish closed a ten weeks run the fol-
lowing day. Semi official reports are
to the effect that Belle Alliance
turned out approximately 5, 25o, coo
pounds of high grade sugars, rs com
pared with $500, 600 pounds in the dis
astrous season Of 1906, while the
sugar output of the Palo Alto factory
is placed at $500, 000 pounds il round
figures.
The Murrell Company's Iallyho, in
| Iberville parish, and George Reuss'
Germania, in upper Ascension,
brought the trials and fluctuations
of the crushing season to an end
shortly before Christmas. W. \.
| Dill, a prominent Donaldsonvillian
and sugar boiler par excellence, ma
nipulated the proof-stick at Tallyho
and made coed with rush, % in
former seasons.
Leon Gaudtn, OF Darrow, who ofiici-
ated as chief sugar-boiler at the Oak,
ley factory in Assumption parish
during the past grinding season, was
in town Tuesday on business and IA
vored The Chief with an appreciated
visit.
The following paragraph from last
saturd ay 5 issue OF the Iberville- Sen
tinel will be read with much pleasure
by the legion Of friends and acqaaint-
ances in this community OF the esti-
mable young gentleman to whom it
principally refers:
"Theo. s.. Landry, who has been the
efficient assistant manager OF the E. J.
| Gay Planting and Manufactures
Company ST. Louis place for the
past six years, has resigned and will,
on January l, assume the management
of the jefferson Planting and Manu-
featuring Company's Willswood plan
tation, in Jefferson parish just above
New Orleans. While the Sentinel is
sorry to see Mr.. Landry move from
Iberyille, it rejoiees over his advance
ment and eongratnlates his new EN-.
p1oyers upon having secured such q
reliable, experienced and efficient
man tolook after their interests"