The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-11-16

ing labor in the old sense, is the SHOW
cling up Of the waste coal that drops
down from the furnaces and is again
used. The steam which condenses
into water on the upper floors or in
the various processes, runs into the
water also used, and this is in turn
pumped back into the engines to be
again sent through the same routine.
This is saving in several ways. 1t
is warm and requires less fuel to heat
to the required temperature, and it
does not scale the boilers. OF course,
little water must be added from time
to time, but Engineer e. ]. Hart said
that none had been added yesterday
up to the time that THE TINES re-
porter left at 4:30 p. m.
The engines are six in number and
each of 300 horse power In the large
furnaces are 42S six-inch tubes which
extend upward into three immense
tanks. The tubes are always full Of
water and the tanks. from which
steam is generated, about half full
You go out into the Steffens depart
ment, from the main factory, and there
you find lime kilns, where the lime
necessary for purifying, is made.
Everything seems to be made on the
ground, and nothing wasted anywhere.
Formerly, a syrup was produced, a
sort of byproduct, that was used in
making cattle feed. Now that is all
past There is no byproduct The Bur
ley mill still has such, but all this will
be shipped here this year and re-
duced to either pure sugar or a mess
of lime and sulphur and the like, but
mostly to pure sugar.
The fact that the mill cost a mil
lion, that it has a smokestack 225 feet
high, that it was built by the Larrowe
construction company, that it employs
300 men and the like, has Ill been
told before Incidently there are about
fifty tents, each accommodating -four
transient workmen and six nice cot
tages at the mill Other employees
live in town.
A peculiar thing in connection Will
the mill is that everything that makes
l for the betterment of the sugar is done
while it is going down. When it is
on the up grade it does not improve
d. but when it is put through a process
? and let down, it comes to standstii
better sugar than it was above, but i
l does not improve until it is lifted up
= anu B6lS duOlllCI ldAl. W hONiicA 'hoA
< is anything in common between sugal
4 and human beings in this respect, IS
question that the sugar company EN-
ployees did not discuss, probably be
: cause they were very busy in the OF
j flee paying out $150,000 to beet raisers
!. Three-fourths of the crop is now IN
Il the balance is still in the ground, blu
e unless the freeze should be protracte
it will not be injured. Only one-thir
e of the money that will be paid out 10
the 10000 tons of beets on the trac
was due November /. Out of this wa
: paid the cost of caring for the beet
| so that the farmers will have mic
! little sum to collect yet.
I Everything is safe. for no precautio
= has been overlooked. The beet sheo
are far from the main factory, so thu
- in case of fire it could not destrc
Il both. The evidence of. building oper'
he tions are still on every hand, and mu'
I'd machinery belonging to the constru
c. ton company is still in the yard. Ne
vof year, said George Richie, I'VE W
TX have mighty pretty place here
al George Richie is outside foreman. I
. showed THE TINES representati'
as through and proved himself at once
ed intelligent and polite gentleman, WI
r knew his business and somethil
r about the sugar beet.