The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-10-19
AMALGAMATED SUGAR co.
BEGINS PURCHASE OF BEETS
FOR MILLION DOLLAR PLANT
Seventy Thousand Tons Of BeCtS Will Be Used During the Next
Three Months al Immense Factory in Twin FaIS--Big Sum
of Money to Be Paid to Farmers.

The Amalgamated Sugar company
began to purchase beets at the new
sugar factory Tuesday afternoon when
thirty loads were bought and placed in
the immense storage rooms which will
hold $4,000 tons. and from which sup
plies Will be drawn as soon as the
mill gets into operation. Yesterday
about sixty loads came in, but the av-
erage is expected to reach $50 loads
daily in short time, and will con-
tinue until the crop of 10000 tons con-
tracted for are all in storage. The
mill will be in operation by November
l if not before, and will run about
three months. AS the daily capacity
is 1000 tons, the beets will not last
that long, but there will be several
weeks work refining the sugar after
the last of the beets are used up.
About 300 men will be kept busy after
the mill starts, until the work is COM
pleted about February 1.
The tracks to the storage rooms
have not yet been finished owing to
the delay on the part of the Oregon
Short Line in getting steel, so that it
is not yet possible to ship in beets
from Kimberly and other points to the
factory. Large quantities are being
shipped to Burley where they are be-
ing stored and it is thought that
large part of them will be shipped
back for manufacture at the Twin
Falls mill. Everything is ready, how
ever, to take care of all that are
brought on wagons. The mill has a
theoretical capacity of 1000 tons. The
managers say that its actual capacity
cannot be figured down to a ton until
hoc
but 1t will approximate that quantity
The main building is sixty-five by
23O feet in dimensions, and with extern
sions is $50 feet long. Besides this
there are boiler rooms and other out
buildings covering much space. The
smoke stack is 225 feet high and made
of re-enforced concrete. The factory
is of a new design, having all boilers
on the outside of the main structure,
which makes for safety and efficiency
The machinery is of the latest pat
ents.
Work on the construction work be-
gan in April, since which time sew
eral hundred men have been employ
ed. One million six hundred thou
sand bricks went into the buildings, in
which $50 tons of steel were used. al
together making more than 400 cars
of material.
Modern machinery was used in the
construction work, among the "tools''
utilized being locomotive crane lift
ing 10 tons on a ninety-foot boom.
The heavy tressels holding the roof
were lifted into place with this i'm
mense machine, which placed all the
heavy material in its place.
The factory is built with the idea of
efficiency first, the safety of the
workmen being guarded as a matter
of course.
L. R. Eccles was here a short time
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday
morning, looking over the plant, which
| he pronounced excellent He declar-
ed himself pleased with conditions
here and predicted a great future for
the beet industry on the Twin Falls
tract
The building were constructed by
S the Larrowe Construction company
= under the supervision of A. ]. Cow
e man. w H. Baird, of Detroit, of thi.
f company, is here making final exam
e. ination of the plant before turning i
a over and will remain three weeks afte,
= it is put into operation.