The Delta independent., 1910-12-23
DELTA MAY GET
JUNCTION PLANT
DELTA SUGAR AND LAND co.
HAS OPTION IF SPECIFIED
CONDITIONS ARE NET.
Matter Considered Favorably and
Regarded As Logical Solution Of
Present Field Conditions
Grand Junction Weeps
Over Prospect.

Mems Association Monday night
pitch OF interest than perhaps any
in its history.
Within the past few weeks a COM
mittee of prominent Delta citizens
had conferred with the Western Land
and Sugar Company at Grand JUNO
ton regarding a factory here and
that company had submitted to the
Delta Sugar company a proposition
embodied in an option to purchase
their plant.
This proposition. submitted in
writing. and duly signed. was read
by the secretary of the association.
A modified copy was then read by
Mr.. Seaton and the two were discus
sed at length. the discussion draw
ing in more or less OF a personal
nature which had grown out OF work
for a fctaory at Delta throughout
the past season. This feeling was
happily, gradually fought down, and
near the close of the meeting har-
monious steps were taken to con-
tinue negotiations with the Western
Land and Sugar company through
committee of seven appointed for
the purpose.
The proposition OF the Western
Land and Sugar company was. in
effect. to sell to the Delta Sugar
company its plant At Grand Junction
with spurs. machinery ETC.. its tipple
and contracts. not to include the
building occupied or land. upon
which building stands.
The machinery to be moved TO
Delta and added to until its equip
ment should be sufficient to treat
600 tons of beets per day. The
factory should be located within one
mile of the city of Delta, should be
housed by suitable brick buildings
supplied with 20-acre site. The
Delta company would be required to
subscribe for a certain amount of
the capital stock. the balance of
which would be taken over by the
Western Land and Sugar company.
The Delta company WAS also to Sc
crre contracts for 5000 acres OF
sugar beets.
In tho face of the situation. this
appears. II 1t can be brought down
to a business understanding. to be
the most logical proposition sub
mitted to the Delta field for
sugar factory; logical alike to both
Delta and the Western Land and
Sugar company.
The situation up to date has
been such as to retardi the building
OF new factory at Delta. at least
until the completion of the Gunni-
son tunnel would bring more beet
land into the productive area and
the occupancy of the field by the
Grand Junction factory could be
eliminated.
That the factory at Grand juno
ton was n mistaken location, we
believe all interested now agree. for
down there. and while Delta has
emphatically fne beet territory,
II has not. up to the present. raised
enough beets to supply factory.
With factory in prospect. however
for Delta. there Is no question but
the acreage OF beets can be very
largely increased.
II Is agreed. however, that a
new factory starting at Delta would
be compelled to operate in more or
less competition with the one at
Grand Junction, at least for year
or two, and while this would hurt
the new plant. its operation would
also hurt the factory below to even
a greater extent, as 1t would deprive
It of still greater portion of its
beet supply territory.
1t can readily be seen that the
proposition to move the factory
from Grand Junction to Delta and
merging 1t into a greater plant. will
AFFORD It an opportunity to start ms
a success and to possibly grow into
n greater one, and will avoid the
mixing up of interests.
To make It more binding. Delta
presents the one logical field on the
Western Slope for a beet sugar
factory, as It is the center Of the