The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-01-06
SUGAR sQUIBs.

Close Of the Grinding Campaign in
Ascension and EiseWhere-Iten1s
of interest from Field and
| Factory.
| The weather of the past week, up
to Thursday, was exactly similar to
| that which has prevailed in this sec
| ton since the beginning of Deem
| Der, continuous rains and high tenn
peratures, accompanied by heavy fogs
and total absence of sunshine, hay
| ing constituted the disagreeable eli
matte conditions of the first four
days of the period.
| Thursday and Friday were clear
and cold, heavy frCsts being observed
on both days, with thin ice also IN
evidence Friday morning. It seemed
as though the warm, rainy spell was
| about to be terminated, Whereat.
everybody rejoiced nightly, but to-
| day the weather is cloudy and
| threatening, foreboding a return OF
| the dismal conditions which have
obtained for the past several weeks.
| AS a result of the prolonged wet
| spell business is almost at a stand
! still, so far as the country trade is
| concerned, the roads being in such
! condition that travel over them is
/ almost out of the question. The sit
uation on the sugar plantations is
similarly gloomy, the ground having
become SO soft that it is only with
the greatest difficulty that carts and
wagons can be operated in the fields,
even where the loads are reduced TO
10 ,,oipi,n,1Yn MANY nf fha Factories
in this neighborhood closed down en-
tirely for days at a time, it being
impossible to get enough cane to
the mill to justify a continuance OF
operations.
| One of the places where the grind
ing season has been prolonged be-
yond the length of time ordinarily
lrequired to take off the crop is Geo.
/ B. Reuss Germania, in upper Ascen-
i sion At the beginning of this week
there was something like 1000 tons
of cane in Windrow on Germania. all
of it in fine condition and well worth
being hauled to the mill for manu-
/ facture into sugar. Owing to the
unfayorable weather conditions it
was impossible to get this cane out
of the fields in sufficient quantity
/ to keep the factory going, and the
result has been that GermanIa has
been compelled to suspend opera
Itions from time to time, waiting for
4 a change in the weather that would
/ permit of enough cane being hauled
/ | to the mill to keep the machinery
! moving.
:. Graugnard & CARES Columbia fac
] tory in St. John parish terminated
& the grinding campaign at $50 O'Clock
! Sunday morning, the finish having
+ been delayed several days because
Of the inclement weather: The last
4 strike of sugar turned out by CHIEF
h Boiler Justilien Delatte was cooked
from the juice of WindroWed cane
delivered from Adlard Webre's place
adjoining Columbia, and which was
q every bit as good as that passed
:, Through the rollers at the outset o.
{ the campaign, having been put IN
- der cover early in the season While
: no definite figures are available a:
! to Columbia's output, it can be
: stated that the results obtained were
: as good as those recorded anywhere
- else, and perhaps little bit bette
= than the average. Fancy sugars ant
: a fine grade of syrup were manu-
= featured, and as large acreage o
= the Columbia cane crop had beef
: windrowed and remained in first
class condition UP to the close o
the season, both these products
measure up to a high standard ant
i should command top @ marke
= prices. All of the sugar was granu
= lated in the pan, the "strlnging
, process not being resorted to. Mr
= Delatte was assisted in taking of
= the Columbia crop by his sons
John and Prosper, and among TIL
= members of the factory's efficien
mechanical crew were two othe
= Well-known Donaldsonvillians, Cam
- lie Esneault and Joe Montero.
w. A. Dill chief sugar-bcller OF tn
Murrell Company's Tally-Ho factory
spent New Years day here with nj
u family, grinding having been sus
IS pended temporarily at Tally-Ho OWN
le to the inclemency of the weather.
q Harry Weber, of Donaldsonvllte
u who is holding down the position o
4 chief electrician Of the big Rose Hi
u factory near Abbeville, spent a fey
le days here this week, leaving Thurs
IS day night to resume his duties, Nh
e Weber says Rose Hill will be in ope
IS alton a couple of weeks longer.
"a John A. Miller, who for a humble
a OF years past has filled with credl
e ana ability the position OF fiel
g manager OF the Orange Grove plar
7 tation at Burncide, retired from tn
K service of the Miles Company
e the close OF 1911, and has departe
with his family for West Point, Miss
where he viii engage in stock ralS
If ing and farming for his own accoun
n on tract of land he owns in tn
n vicinity of that town. e. S. MorsaI
II who has been Mr.. Miller's capabl
i. assistant on Orange Grove for tn
n past five years, succeeds to the mar
b. agement of the plantation, and is i
al turn succeeded by Felicien Gautrea1
h formerly hostler on the place. Dtn
ID ing their residence in Ascenslo
a. Mr.. Miller and his. estimable famil