| Show THE SUGAR WORKS THE utah sugar factory will probably be in full operation in a few days the machinery has haa been thoroughly tested and works like a charm the only cause of delay is the necessity of awaiting the full ripening of the beets which was somewhat retarded by the recent rains raiDs the present fine w eather will doubtless develop them rapidly the chemical tests of the roots from various localities show the average percentage of sugar and of purity to be at least equal to the same qualities in those produced in any other part of the united states this is an encouraging fact the standard of the beets raised on lehi lebi bench land is somewhat higher than that of samples from any other locality this is probably due to the fact that these roots for sugar purposes do better on the high lands then where the soil is heavier and also for the reason that in lehi the crop has received more attention than has been the rule elsewhere however the average quality all around is quite flattering natt ering the location of the factory Is isad admirably adapted to the sugar industry the water supply is ample for all purposes purposed the main source being a small lake fed by a number of springs there are besides a number of flowing wells which are easily obtainable anywhere on the grounds at the time these the se lection of the site was made it was thought by some people that the ground was too soft for the purpose as the large building would be in danger of settling this view proved to be erroneous in going down only a few feet the excavators excava tors reached an exceedingly hard substance resembling sand stone formation it is so 80 compact that in excavating for the silos it is necessary to do considerable blasting A asa a a consequence the foundations of the buildings could scarcely be better than they are the entire premises are il illuminated lumina to 0 by electricity which is manufactured on the spot for this purpose there are two sets of electrical machinery to provide against emergencies that might possibly arise as the result of accident there are electric lights one hundred and sixty of these are in the interior of the bull buildings tings and nine ty on the grounds and I 1 connected with the outlying structures the establishment is well worth a visit everything about it being both interesting and instructive this must be evident from the fact that popular information in regard to the sugar making industry la Is necessarily limited being as aa yet of comparatively meagre development in this country the factories are also as a matter of counci louiae soui ae widely separated from each other in viewing the wonderful mechanism associated with this branch of industry one cannot help being struck with the ingenuity that could have produced 31 such elaborate and exact rua machinery chinery which has been brought to an amazing standard of perfection the process of sugar making may be 1 said to begio begin at the beet sheds or of which there will be at least five and probably six several are already complete these structures are built of timber are each feet long lone 24 feet wide and 10 feet high and built on an incline the floors slope from the sides to the centre where there is a flume nto into which the beets fall I 1 iu U order to be put through the first process of washing the roots are emptied from the wagons into the sheds through apertures aper tures in the roofs when all Is ie ready to begin the work of sugar making the water at the head of the sheds is turned into the flumes blumes the beets are not only swished rolled and cleansed by the force and action of the current but are carried along to a deeper flume into which all the streams r of water and roots converge they IA are through this conduit car carried rie d into the main building of the establish ment inside the building the beets are mechanically chani cally conveyed to a piece of machinery where the washing la con linued by a rotary process when they are moved another step forward and knocked around to a lively tune by aw an apparatus with complicated arms j they are thus freed from all kinds of ia refuse matter and placed in improved I 1 condition to cast their awes sweetness aness the 7 1 next treatment consists of their being fed into a bucket elevator which run rugs v i them skyward to the upper part of the the building where they are received into the embrace of the cutter a contrive pj ance whose revolutions are so rapid that the roots tire are sliced into infinites finites in ta m mal ai bi bite th to the tune of 35 0 tons each i twenty four hours after being subjected to the foregoing ordeals the resultant mass man descends floor below where it I 1 is 8 received by the diffusion batte battery an exceedingly ponderous section of the machinery this elephantine piece of mechanism has an important duty to perform that of expressing the J juice itce from the mass of material the pulp not the julee juice Is carried i to presses dresses where it is relieved of all alf S surplus water it is then conveyed to the silos from which it Is ie fed to cattle it having been practically demon that it has baa excellent fattening properties the company has haa eon con already with a stockman to feed herd berd the animals will be a large weighed weighed ed wh when n they go upon the EK mound and as again in at a future time and their owner will breed upon beef additional they the all kyfor for iby save their bones in the meantime have laid on all tile feed in addition to the pulpy needed by took stock treated to regu doses ot of the stringy agy is a btttle supply the necessary rough to y this utilization of the factory not lot only be a source of rev effae be will sugar bugs r company but will nae me to the benefit belef t to the local beef IBO so be a larket ket He lRe turning to the juice which has from the beets by the hen H en n expressed it travels from that diffusion battery to the carbona carbon tors atom ece of machinery which have the important allme lime pans pan auty ty to perform perfo roa of clarifying the sac this result is reached marine liquid of the impurities it fey by precia precipitation citation pi tation the manipulation to K b D next ext subjected 9 which complete the bf the filter presses presse 0 of f the carbona arbou tore by means of liquid being effects the pure i vorce separated aena rated fro from m the impurities here it etore re precipitated the liquid then tors where it is soe to the OVA evaporators pora l of all surplus water and be it vines a thick SAC saccharine charine syrup from the vacuum to pans thence it goes boiled until it il ibrie it to is as an thick as grain becomer bec omea ea a dense wable and still be subject to 4 by the mixer to bwy manipulation i to be knocked travels Syll ch it then to keep it from set get P ilont t vigorously fe ing prom the mixer the material is trans to the ce centrifugal fugal a really won ll toul I 1 piece of mechanism it has reo re revolutions a minute the grain I 1 there T here separated from the syrup and lt S for former mer is thence conducted to the her r the Is latter ater Is a large boiler which revolves in contrivance barizon horizontal tal position posidio n at the comple revolution it is struck by a a n of each lodea hammer the object of these cause a vibration which W being to from adhering to rents the syrup sides aides of abe interior of the ivr the syrup has been conveyed to tanks where it generally remains no until th the e closing portion of i slown season then to be put th through rough a pad d and even perhaps a third pro JB fur or the pu purpose apo se of extracting from a lower grade of sugar i the granulated result of the interest ang process has during this time de ic ended from the drier to the sacks floh of which are labeled thus utah bagar gar company one hundred pounds sugar lehi utah the product is then ready for the market it t will be a plume in the cap of the territory when the initial production in the shape of beautiful refined sugar will be ready for the dealer and consumer this result maybe may be confidently expected withie a few days from date |
