La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-03-08
MAKING OF BEET SUGAR
Continued from First Pase)

es. /, passes from the first carbon
alton tank to the first carbonation
presses, where most of the lime Is
filtered from the Juice.
The Juice then goes back TO the
second carbonating tank and is heat
ed 10 a certain degree From here IT
goes to the second carbonating
presses, where the remainder OF the
lime is filtered out.
The juice is then carried to the
eyaporator. here the water is eyap-
Grated out OF IL. At times this juice
contains from thirty to forty per
cent water From the evaporating
tank. the Juice goes to the sulphur
station, where II is purified with
burnt sulphur.
II Is conveyed, from the sulphur
station to the lower end OF the fac
tory: here II goes through six thick
Juice presses and is filtered until
IL is absolutely clear. Then II is
pumped to the pan floor and is
taken into pans, where 1t is boiled by
an expert sugar boiler
1t is boiled continuously from
three to five hours and water is ad-
ded whenever II is needed When It
has a certain grain. 1t is dumped
into the white sugar mixer. which
not only acts as mixer, but also as
a conyeyor and is the means of con
veying the sugar TO the white CEN
trIfugals or sugar cutting machines.
Each centrifugal is filled with
from two to three hundred pounds
OF sugar and then turned on. On the
inside of the centrifugal is fine
brass screen through which the thin
juice. mixed with the sugar. passes
The grained sugar stays inside of
the screen and is washed with water
from an automatic washing device
which turns sugar clear white.
The bottom OF the centrifugal is
then opened and the machine is
slowed down. Then the sugar is cut
out by means OF machine cutter.
which consists OF large brass blade
with a fiber bit A fiber bit is used
in order to keep the screen from be
coming scratched or torn in any way.
The sugar goes out through the
bottom Of the machine into a white
sugar scroll by which IL is conveyed
to the white sugar elevator. The ele-
vator takes II up TO the pan floor
and dumps 1t into the wet sugar
box.
From the wet sugar box II goes
TO the granulator. The granulator
is a large revolving steel drum inside
OF which angle irons are fastened
from one end TO the other. When the
wet sugar comes in II Is caught on
these irons. carried to the top o, the
drum and then dropped Meanwhile
there is an enormous steam heat
A'iHs 'h'NNh 'A' NiAhhldAhI WHICH
dries the sugar.
From the granulator IL passes to
the grader, here the fine sugar is
separated from the standard There
upon the two grades OF sugar pass
down two different spouts into an
automatic scale which weighs exact
ly one hundred pounds Of sugar.
Underneath this scale is a revoly-
ing belt. This belt carries the bags
OF sugar 10 a sewer. especially made
for the purpose OF sewing the tops
OF the bags. when the bag OF sugar
have been sewed they are conveyed
into the sugar warehouse. loaded
on trucks and taken into place
in the warehouse where they are
stacked by machine stacker.
II viii be recalled that when the
white sugar went through the cen
trifugal. certain Juice went through
the screen. This juice Is pumped up
to the pan floor ann boiled In a
brown sugar pan. When I, has boiled
enough II IL dumped into a brown
sugar mixer. From here II passes on
to the brown ccntrifurais. where Il
goes through the same process rs
the white sugar. tn. only difference
being. that II Is cut gu, by hand by
wooden paddle.
From the brown centrifugais the
sugar goes to the brown scroll and
is conveyed to the brown elevator.
which takes II up TO the sugar melt.
or. where II Is rc-meitcd and then
pumped 10 . receiving tank on the
pan floor; here II In mixed with
fresh juice and boiled asain as white
sugar. From here Il goes through ex-
aetiy the same process as the other
white sugar went through.
When the brown sugar wen,
I