The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-23
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ton III Thousands u Acres
..ts.! Of Ground Adapted 80
{ Work. a y. itjt
Nic;orioj Texas. w. With y the re-;
opening fSthe4 Guadalupe riyersto
navigation has rsstlte 4 In the re.
slamation 81 thousands OF acres oi:
valley lands adapted ITO the cultiya.t
lion Of garcane. and Afforded many,
orthese land theirtnrst outlett6 mar.
ket. 7. d IS \
! The erection sof a2motiern sugar
3ni)l Of large capacity here, providing
q cash market for cane. and the es,i
sabllshment OF . barge ainc on the.
slyer, atfdrdlng transportation facllI-
tiles. haze plheeds cane growing on a
safe footing HI this country and the,
industry wifi eventually become one.
ofithe most. important in3this section
1T Is c6nseryatiYely estimated. tiiat
here are 90 90 Q acres along the river
chat could be converted into cane
ields:A This year there are & UOsacres
N the county planted 10 The, ataple,5
and next year the acreage will be liz
creased to thousands, as, under rtEe.,,
changed conditions; many bottonii.j
land farmers who hefetofofei have
;1ter raising cotton and corn will
plant cane. Three dollars d ton viii
oe paid for cane al the Mill this sea-
ION; and the cost u 4 sef irahsporta-
s;ion will be a Q. cents q ton: Cane
PRODUCES on TN average of go tons
otEe acre In this section and ranger
rom 20 10 ~ tonB. ii requires only;
Ihree tons to plant an acre Of cane.
ind 1t Is UNNECESSARY to tfepidnt} II 1
slere but once In i've years. as COM
Jared with three years In Louisiana.
The cost of production is very low,
angling from s12 to $14ani acre, and
title labor Is required. The planting
3season begins In the fall; and the har-
festing season extends from October
.. January. It requiring about eight
Months to grow "a crop. Cane has no
.nemy except frost, and frost comes
90 lntesin this section tothurt It. 1T
stthe safest and most profitable crop
Ian can be grown in this country
N lands adapted no. ITS cultivation
The sugar mill twas removed here
rom st: Mary's, Ia and cost When
lew over one hundred Thousand dol.
airs, It was purchased by the Vie.
oria Manufacturing company and
cost the company, Including the ex.
sense Of removing and rebuilding
about S. 300, 4 h y q mo dern nine:
S'oiier milf. With u capacity III 500s
:ohsS 81 cane d day. willS make
,ith. white or yellow clarified ugar.
10Th { So test. THE daily capacity
% the mil! for making sugar IS 32o
'arrels Il ESQ pd6hds each. and for
making sirup three hundred barrels
II 50 gallons each. The mill. build
ng;S including machinery towers, is
our stories high, and constructed out
II galvanized iron. 1t covers about
GliGuarter Of an acre; and is located
m the river a'rfe# blocks below the
light and Ice factories, also owned
" the Victoria Manufacturing com
,any. yyg 23 w. ~ ~
2 The river is now in nerfec, condi-
ion for navigation rom its mouth TO
Ghe Brownsville railroad bridge, and
IN a very. fair state ot navigation from
.hc bridge to Victoria. The main
.rpuble with tie, river at tits tineais
he unprecedented. lpw wa .cr, result
ng from the continued dry spell up.
tteam. However; the boats will TX.
>erience little difficulty.l navigating
he stream In esehiitsl present cohdi-
Ion, according TO capt Charles
;ehuster, OF Galveston. the engineer
Tho Is ut present In Charge of the
government work here: He says the
liver is s,eadllyEraing,Sa nd will be
IN, It's normal condition a few
weeks. il: Is 4. iltif+' ,y2.'l,a
The sugar. cane plantations are To-
:ated along thefrlver for a distance
81 1. miles downstream from Victor
Ia. Next year the plantations Will ex.
lend almost continuously from this
point to both Mariana In this COUNTY
and Tiyoh in Re:uglo county. TIE !
iAstin interests at2Tivoll hsye a fair
crop Of cane thu season arI vii
largely Increase II next. Capt.
fouchey says the tug Will make The
{12-mile rum three times day. sail
ing on a given schedule and making
las}systematic distribution Or the
barges, picking up the loaded ones
and leaving the empties. The I'M
loading process mt 4 the mill will be 4
done by n steam crane capable OF
lifting three tons Of cas at a single
ttroke and relieving d barge o, It's
cargo in n few minutes. Tie Weldon
and Riverside plantations are equip
ped with similar apparatus for load
ing the, cane on the sbarges. !j5:
POLLUTION, Of . Up STREAMS.
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