The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-04-15
GETTING BUSY
At AOELlNE.

Sugar Factory Company, of st
Mary, whose burned !, 900 ton fac
tory IS to b. replaced this season
with ,!5OO-'on central that Is t
c"ntain some new features con
necfcd with sugar manufacture IL
Louisiana, It WAS learned several
days ago thai nearly all the ma
chlnrry contracts for the plant
have now been placed, that il, fol
ne principal equipment to 60 into
the house. for the building OF
which Tie foundation work il un
der way
| AS told IN these columns before
the mill IS to consist Of n IL roll
on fir vi |, r,uslrr, and preceding
tie Z usher 10 cnt the cane aS II
Comes up on III" carrier. II set 0f
rpvnivlng knives Will m run at
speed at SEQ revolutions yer min
ut, which; aid to the crnSheI, ire
vehti z e>tta heavy feeds ch"s
ing tn" crnsher. is used to some
extent in Hawaii. o operate
:hr milling plant three engines
vii tie applied. one 10 drive the
cruShrr. ore for the following
three sets Of nine rolls, and anolh.
er smaller ,ngine to run the forth
and last set Ut three rolls The
crush. rolls a,e to b~ 7'x33", and
the mill rolls Z x34".
For The eva!,oIa'ive end Of the
Adeline house, contracts have
|" en- !et for the hnllding "f two
1l.fort calaudria vacuum pans, all
of copper, which are being built
il the works If Payne Il Joubtrt,
and the order for the effects was
IL, to the SwrnsOn EvapO,a or
Company, Of Chicago, who are to
install at Aneline two units Of
quadrnpIe fleets, each Of 5000
square feet heating surface, this
giving eight pans in the effect ar
ray, which Will be the WeIlner.
JeIenck type. The steam general
ors. consisting Of batteries Of hori-
zontaI tubular boilers that sum Up
to 1000 h. p, are being made 10y
the local sheet metal manufac-
turer, John II. Murphy. The bat
tely Of centrifngals, to consist Of
eight 40 inch h-It.drivem ma
chimes. are being bought from the
american Tool Il Machine Com
pany. In the filtering department,
something new TO the cane sugar
industry will be secured by the
purchase of Nix Kelly filter presses,
which are made At Salt Lake City,
Utah, whose system of operation
is quite different from the prevail
ing type Of presses. Other fiitra-
tions to be followed ut the new
Adeline central will also rest with
the use of sand filters twice during
the process of manufacture of the
gr;, nulated sugars t" I've made, and
Danek filters will be- used to filter
both juices and syrups.
1t is interesting to note that the
afeline Sugar Factory Company
il; d about decided to install a ba-
gasse- drying appliance to render
tie bagasse of higher fuel value,
~ shown possible by Prof. +. w.
Kerr's experiments at Palo Alto
|: st season, but owing to q rush
If other work have lately decided
it best to forego the drier erection
until a later date.
The structure Of the ,5OO-tOn
Ade:iEe factory il to he strictly
fire.prcof, with re enforced con
crete flooring, and the frame work
of the structure entirely of steel;
contract for the structural steel
work was let the very first thing
this season, and the Virginia
Bridge & Iron Company, who
landed the order, are due to make
their first deliverleS two or three
weeks hence.
That entire confidence if felt as
to the manufacturers tffecting de-
liveries Of machinery in ample
time to allow the house to be CON-
pleted az per schedule, and in run:
ming order before the coming cam,
paign il due to start, is evidenced
by Mr.. Oxnard telling that he ex-
poets the plant will handle be
! ". en- 10 ON and 12O. 900 tons Of
Cane next fal. On the Adrline
gronp.. 1t plan aticnS the outlook
is for about 80, 900 tons Of cane he
ing raised. the remainder con-
trated for with numerous planters
in Lafayette, iberia and Vermilion
parishes. Modern Sugar
Planter.
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