The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-12-20
SUGAR sQLJIBs.
Close OF the Grinding Campaign
in Ascension and Elsewhere
Items of Interest from Field and
Eacforv


in Ascension and Elsewhere
Items of interest from Field and
Factory.
The current week witnessed the
close of the grinding campaign at
all the factories in this section with
the exception of the Mccall Com
pany's Evan Hall mill, which will be
in operation several days longer.
Point Houmas and Belle Alliance
closed down the latter part of last
week, and Palo Alto and Houmas
Central crushed their last stalks of
cane shortly after the opening of the
present weekly period. The season
hereabout was one of the shortest on
record, due to remarkably propitious
weather and Shrinkage of about 20
per cent in the cane yield.
The fine Salisbury factory in upper
st. James terminated its seasons run
Thursday morning, after grinding ap-
proximately $4,000 tons of cane in
about So days, an average of 100
tons per day.
Palo Alto is reported to have han
died $1,000 tons of cane, in round
figures, from which something like
100000 pounds of sugar Were made.
Houmas Central had crushed 10000
tons up to the Sth inst, and the ex-
pectation at that time was that about
10000 tons more would pass through
the rollers before the close of the
campaign.
The Supple Company's Catherine
factory in Iberville parish brought
its seasons run to a close Monday
night, with a sugar output in the
neighborhood of 100000 pounds. o.
Crochet, of Darrow, was the efficient
proof-stick manipulation of this es-
tablishment, and Achille Blanchard,
also of DarroW, served as his able
assistant.
Weather data for the month of No
vember shows that the highest tenn
perature recorded at Donaldsonville
was 80 degrees on the 23rd, and the
lowest IS degrees on the 10th. The
mean temperature for the period, 67.4
degrees was s degrees, above the
normal for November, as established
by a period of observation extend
ing over twenty-five years. The to-
tai rainfall was 2.20 inches, which
was 1.29 inches less than the average
precipitation for the month.
After putting in a portion of the
Louisiana grinding season az assist
ant sugar-boiler Of the Belle Alliance
factory, Charles Wives left Friday of
last week for New Orleans and sailed
from that city the following day on
one of the United Fruit Company's
steamers for Cartagena, Columbia,
where he has accepted a position as
chief sugar-boiler and superintendent
of a large refinery owned and operat-
ed by the Columbia Sugar Company.
Mr.. Wives was accompanied by Tony
Vegas, Of Belle Alliance, who will
hold down the job of centrifugal fore
man. To reach their destination they
proceeded first to Colon and then by
another ship to Cartagena, from
whence they Travelled by rail to a
point some twenty-five miles inland,
where the Columbia Company's plant
is located.
After thirty-one years service in
the employ of the Mccall Bros Com
pany on Evan Hall plantation, as
store manager, ,bookkeeper and gen
eral superintendent of that concern s
mercantile and planting interests, w.
L. Tearney has rendered his resigna-
tion and will make other connections
for the future. Mr.. Tearney has
multitude of friends who will be in
terested in this announcement, and
whose sincere hope it is that he
will continue to make his home in
Ascension, where he has resided for
SO many years and is so widely
known and generally esteemed.
Fred. Werner, Sr., Palo Altos ca
pable chief sugar-boiler, will sail
from New Orleans today via Southern
Pacific steamer for Havana, Cuba,
en- route to Ensenada de Moro, where
he goes annually to preside over the
pan-room of the big Cape Cruz cen
raj factory. Mr. Werner's brother,
Joe Werner, left for Cuba several
weeks ago to take charge of the
Cape Cruz sugar-making department
DpndiDo tho arrival of b;c obiof