The Delta independent., 1910-03-25

ne mass HlftAlHk NAh'A ~ NA'
Business Mems Association Mon
day night at the county court house
in Delta to discuss the proposed beet
sugar factory. packed the court
room full OF eager listeners.
The routine OF discussion was
begun by w p Dale. who explained
how the field was blessed with coal
which could be laid at the fac
tory's door. OF better quality for
producing heat and more cheaply
than at any other section of the
state where sugar factories are
operated: that we had water. lime
stone. land on which to grow the
beets, and were actually growing tn
beets of superior quality to be man
featured.
Mayor b. p. Smith spoke en-
Enthusiastically of the benefits a fac
tory would be TO the city and coun-
try and presented numerous pleas
ing points of argument.
DIR. barley spoke in--his chnr-
acteristic manner of preacher-boost-
er describing lucidly his experience
In Fort Morgan before and after
that town secured a beet sugar fac
tory. DR.. barley said that before
the town agitated a sugar factory
he tried and failed to find n shoe
string: that after the factory was
located n single town lot which had
been recklessly bought for 5000 sold
for $11. 500 and that today Fort Nor
gan is one of the best towns in
Colorado.
Mr.. Seaton explained that the
articles of Incorporation of the
Delta company were so formed that
no advantage could be taken OF
small stockholders by control of
stock in larger stockholders hands.
This had been done by providing for
n local trustee. who was empowered
to supervise n sufficient percentage
of the stock to prevent any such
manipulation. and that such trustee
was named as John +. Hillman. of
Delta.
Judge Stewart spoke on the land
available for sugar beets. He
stated that Delta county had at
this time, fully 100000 acres un-
der irrigation exclusive of the Gun
nison tunnel lands. that Montrose
county which would become tribu-
tary to n sugar factory Mt Delta,
would have. including the lands to
be watered by the Gunnison tun-
mel. probably an equal amount;
that from the lands already watered
and directly accessible. the re-
quired 5000 or 1000 acres of sugar
h., o,tnplinI hv drawing
upon one acre out of every fifteen.
that 1t had been proven by previ-
GUS canvass. possible to secure one
half the acreage necessary. with
in wagon haul. or three miles dis
tant from the factory site.
Mr.. Kernohan. of North Delta,
reported his experience in previous
locations where factories were built
and expressed his approval of the
movement for factory in Delta.
]. Il. Killian spoke upon the value
of the by-products of the sugar fac
tory as stock fattening proposition
Mr.. Killian had collected interest
ing statistics from stockmen ac-
quaintances who had profited by
feeding the pulp, and these he
gave in detail. proving that the
pulp would be worth many thou
sands of dollars to local feeders
and hence valuable asset of the
factory.
Mr.. Henry Schwarz. OF Denver,
who has probably had the widest
and most varied experience In sugar
making of any one man now in the
United States, spoke Mt length on
the details OF manufacturing sugar
and the technical points and ma
chinery used. Mr.. Schwarz has
spent half n lifetime in this coun-
try and Europe in sugar factories
and schools of chemistry and me-
chanical engineering, hence was