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Show H Or? Utah, her qimat, 5eeijery 2? produces'. H DVflR ITh. ensj-s hers ' published weekly re from the lit etorlo Class ol His ll.Y, MH Acad.roy. Thoy took Hi. prho for "I h. boat oolloctlou of comiioillloiii on Utah, HBBL her climate, scenery and products." Tli.y ro presented, as alvo Indies mI, only fit H irattour work, but, It I. hoped, m amalour wuik lu llio right direction. X I. K HHMw Tcachcr. AUlr HflHHl The Utah Sugar Factory, IBfV For several years the question of UHH manufacturing beet sugar In Utah had UH tieen agitated and not without a degree. II of success, for early In (he spring of IM 1891, a body of Utah's ablest men met HII In I.ehl to decide upon a place for the l location of a factory. MB Different places were discussed and UB their facilities shown up, among which HflK were bait Lake City, Ogdcn, Logan and I l.ehl. The latter, being the preference I Nil ' of about two thirds of the assembly, Mffil was at length selected. Hlltl Tho contract of building was given to Uljl Mr, D)er, a California sugar maim- !HII facturcr, and under his skilful direction, jHI.Hj the beautiful structure reached com- UJIk pletlon In September of the same jear, lit and thus, In less than nine months one Ml half million of dollars was expended lo fljl i add to the industrial i ntcrprisis of Utah Wf t The building has an Immense capiat) IB I nnd Its massive brick wills enclose HI i', several hundred car loads of the finest W I German machinery. U f;i Near the factory there are three jHj J) if sheds, each of which Is five hundred Uf jl feet long. The beets are stored away SJ "' ; 1 in these sheds and are carried into the Bl l factory by a stream of water which il 'I serves to wash them at the same time ITT 4 1 IS Here they arc dropped into a large 111 I 1 .1 elevating wheel which carries them to Ml If the culler. Ijjj All Nest, we see them In V shaped pieces h1(9i about one Inch long. They now slide lit J J down the shoot Into tlie batteries, where ell Sr y an intense pressure is placed upon them It i in order to extract the juice. Hjj Here the pulp and juice arc scpor O nl1'1 ntcd, the former being carried away and Ml H! , stored in cellars for use us food, and the Hi K I, , latter continuing its course through the fll l1 i mill J1 111 !: V The juice Is now taken into the car- WH '( I blnators, vvlicru it Is mixed with lime Hfllll 1 water and carbonic gas Ihls preclp- ItriKll ' tatcs the solid mutti-r III the juice After II llj I 'J i about twenty inlmites it is pumped H 91 It I ' t through the tiller prt'ops uhrre all if flcf r ! f'ltt 'Imc ant 'rt nro taen boin Kin , Now the clear, swell jjil .s clrried Wnl ' Into the evapjrators, whero Ills mixed Bill! I) ; with caibonfc or mulatlc acid NfijJ : 4 On becoming n syrup, it li strained ll t througli bone-black, which takes away HmiiiI' J the sorghum color so common in granu HJIPJIlp '"led sugar, J Li I llj It Is now stored away In large tanks, Ml fill I? 'IS n1 xh"v lt(' lu crstallre A hw S III if 'it da'5 '"" lllc crystallzed Juice Is i poured Into the mixer and after being ill)' thoroughly mixed passes Into a large fll lil' 'K v:!1. helow, under which are fivu ecu-H ecu-H (li If I trlfugals Hlylf i The centrfugals are for the purpose MM! 6 'l "irjlni: out all or the juica and Hill IIL--W IIUIb-w Idling the white crystals of sugar, 1 rom here tlie sugar is dropped Into llio Irving room, wheie tlie moisture Is re-ntovcdfroiiiit re-ntovcdfroiiiit and it is ready for sacking. sack-ing. 1 here Is demand for all the sugar that can be manufactured at this mill, for it is, lu quality, second to rone In tho United Males. I'kank Evans I.viii, Utah. |
