| Show A PIONEER SWEET the great interest taken by the pioneers pion eera of utah la in the abe approaching celebration Is ie shown by the numerous letters received from them and by the information bearing on subjects ol of ve peculiar cullar interest contained therein reprise representatives Representative nta a of the sturdy band which blazed blamed the pathway of olvi liza lon across the continent ate are dally daily visitors to Jul jubilee ailee beal quarters and every one has baa a tale of interest to tell among the callers caller rec recently outly were philip de nuttall Nui talland and george J taylor a son aon of the late president john taylor of this city the former had charge of et the train rain oi 01 prairie schooners ners which brought from fort leavenworth on the missouri river to utah the machinery lor for the plant of we the first beet sugar factory which was introduced in the united states making utah the pioneer of that industry Indu itry on the western continent mr do de la mare la is now la in the sere but his memory Is ia as ae good as aa it was in the days daya when he be started on that thai memorable trip the idea of fishing a beet suar factory in utah was waa conceived by president john taylor then an apostle Ap oatle while travel ing in france in 1860 1850 in his bia travels be observed that the people were ex tou engaged in the cultivation of 1 a plant which they called and from which was wai extracted what Is ia known to latt erday commerce as rape seed eed oil and which in thore days day was wai godby tb eFrench taylor believed that if the plant could be introduced into utah it would prove of great value an aa at that time the he people were compelled to depend upon a meager supply of allow can dies of home borne manufacture for lighting purposes ur posea while the subject mr taylor learned of the boot beet sugar industry successfully conducted in the town ol of arras france franca and go ing there soon boon became convinced that while his bie first idea was a feasible one olite that more advantage could be derived by utah from the establishment of a tugar plant he obtained a draft of tue the machinery used in the theAr arras raa plant plans which he be took to england bo gland slid and succeeded ilk ID interesting in the enterprise captain russell bussel a scotchman who had become a convert to the faith and john W coward of liverpool mr do de la mate mare while in france had bad advanced considerable of till ate money in the enterprise A company was organized known as aa the he deseret manufacturing company and with tuner funds on hand mr taylor en into a contract for the construction trac of the necessary machinery for a complete sugar augar factory with fawcett preston co of liverpool from drafts and plans submitted when completed abe was wae shipped on board the ship rockaway Rook away which mailed from liverpool on the jtb of march 1862 1852 for nw now orleans mr ellas elias morris of bolt bait lake cuy city being in charge eider john taylor was wall at new orleans on the arrival of the ship god and directed in the transfer and shipment bip ment by steamboat up the mississippi rivers river to st bt louis it was again transferred by ottem steamboat boat to furt fort bo missouri url and after somie some delay waiting tor for wagons and cattle was wag loaded on oil wagons built at council ly tor for the journey across the he plaint to so this city these wagons gome fifty in number were brought down the river by ellas elias morrie but they proved to be too light to carry the heavy machinery after proceeding on the journey ten or twelve miles they be gin to break down whereupon mr iia de la mare the captain in charges charge who was a practical blacksmith to re turned to weston wanton missouri and con for several large schooners ners 0 with five or six yoke of cattle and a competent teamster to each on arrival at bt BL louie MY mr do da la mare who had been beau appointed to take charge of the shipment from mat place rejoined the company he having been previously on en in purchasing cattle ella marris and wife L john nuttall william E nuttall and wife of walls turg burg joseph nuttall of provo prove samuel harding and wife of provo and fred bollwinkle of salt bait lake city are the he only survivors so ao lar far as aa known of those who started with this machinery from liverpool and COD continued LInned with it until its if arrival at provo utah in th abe train etrain of fifty two wagons wagon which started from the missouri river on july 6 1852 cow living baere were philip D de lua lia mare capt captain sio and his hi son eon philip filias elias morris and wife william wiiliam IL nuttall and wife L john joseph nuttall samuel harding and wife thomas carlisle and wife of ef alpine john evans evana of ef north oden mary parry rowlands of logan and fred bollwinkle alter a long and tedious journey encountering snows nowa ana nu lose of cattle some of abe wagons carrying the heaviest leads joada that ever crossed the plains the train arrived at salt bait lake city in november 1854 it was decided to establish he plant the provo stream so 0 o the machinery call ID ceattie of mr delamare de ajla mare I 1 wasi hauled to its hi bankc but wing owing to un unforeseen forseen difficulties which presented themselves it was wae finally decided to return it to this thie aty this accomplished part of the machinery was erected on the north f W M ONE OF THE COPPER BOILERS 6 ft 8 in x 4 ft bat corner of the temple block and lon OB the banks of city creek and with beet grown 0 on n the lowlands in the district south and west of the baity we be process of manufacturing heniot sugar in I 1 the united states was wae inaugurated for the first time A was wall scored floored not because ol of say oy defect in we machinery but solely because of a lack of knowledge the abe cultivation of the bett beet grown wn la in AO an alkali toll eoll the juice when awed d from the beets turned black tio bd b became our and instead of the r expected the product was a 9 quan quantity t ity of mol aseep Bp but owing to the conditions specified it was im 10 nible to convert that product into but bat the utah ats b failure has bus since ince been duplicated a number of times antho in abe millea states mr taylor used every precaution 60 AUtion in preparing for the enter prim atoe mr bhae morris was wai engaged a n wales by fider elder taylor to accompany pany the plant wid and to erect elect the build aa A mr john vernon an a engineer of liverpool was waa also on eo in ID tie the construction of the plant 0 41 THE VACUUM PAN 6 X aft ft and d to personally per supervise its if erection la in the territory the seed and from which the beets beetow were ere grown was waa imported Import eJ from france an expert sugar maker mr Motten hauer by name was waa placed in charge and the factory was wa a berro danon of the arrao factory which As a ray produced pounds of odgar sef annually but BUS the chemical were carefully guarded and of that tact it the utah ture cure WM was a losing one mr E H dyer really the father of the she beel beef industry I 1 io a CaM california ornis related to mr george P F taylor while the lehi lebi factory was waa being erected the numerous nume roua failures fal luree he bad scored wore before be wan waa enabled to turn out ous a satisfactory product ano ana expressed surprise that the original utah diah factory did so BO well as aa it did under the adverse circumstances circumstance of the time had the venture been bean successful it would have been a boon baon to the pioneers pione ere the main object was wai to give employment to the people but it wae vas hoped that it 19 would be a source of revenue BB as well notwithstanding nonsuccess was wai the reward of mr taylor toe be then better than he be knew for it paved the way to this great in dmitry austry of which all utah in so 10 groua prou the machinery was finally di strib buted where it is would do the moet good the hydraulic presses were for a time used for making flooded oil and one is ie now used la in the bookbinding depart ment meat of the news the big pans pane were set se up in what is now known as an sugar house ward and devoted to the abe manufacture of paper two of the presses and some papa pana were used in president brigham woolen factory on parleys parley canyon creek and one of the boilers was waa transferred tu to and is now located at the be mouth 0 big cottonwood canyon the vacuum pan a copper utensil globular bular to la shape sm six feet six ilabee in diameter and coaling and a copper boiler six feet eight inches lo in length and four feet in diameter are still in the possession poise eslon of the church authorities but the present thereabouts where of the other pieces of ni machinery is a matter of conjecture with mr do de la mare the object of the visit of de la mare nuttall and taylor to jubilee headquarters was to call the attention loo of the commission to the fact that as a early an a 1862 1852 utah had a beet sugar augar factory an evidence of the greatest enterprise antho part of mose law his ble for she welfare of the people aud to suggest that measures be taken to collect as much of the machinery an aa possible for exhibition purposes purpose during abe jubilee la in order that evidence of the enterprise might be to the people a pioneer movement which should not be lost might light of they sug ug that thas the vacuum pao PAD and tbt he copper boiler would be striking oroa orna ments tor for a flast and as they are of 01 copper it to believed that hat they can be burnished burnic hed so as to rival toe the sun it ii dazzling splendor ap lendor it Is due no doubt to the foresight shown bbown by taylor in 1862 1852 that the magnificent beet sugar augar factory at lehi owes its if origin on OB a bounty being offered by the she legislature of utah some ome twelve years ago for the manufacture of sugar in the territory mr arthur stayner of farmington made the required amount of ough from cans cane ani obtained the bounty after his bia success he be was wa persistent aoa anu indefatigable la in III hla en davon and never conned his hib labon labom until be enlisted several beveral of the loading leading business men of the he city anu and the church authorities in chis enter prise ariae the presidency of the church and other prominent citizens mitiz became in bliss morris merrl frank arm trong strong george W Tha tober amos howe and arthur stayner stay net were appointed a committee and they examined a cans cane sugar factory at fort scott kannah bad and afterwards went to te california where two beet sugar factories were examined from the reports of this committee being in favor of the beet sugar the liebi lehi sugar factory was inaugurated inaugurate ci and became a aue suc cess cows and last season consumed about tons of beets and distributed among farmers and for labor nearly during the interview several interesting recitals were made by those gentlemen for instance the great need of a sugar plant in utah io in early day was because of the excessive freight rate of 25 cents cento a pound and those who could not deny themselves sugar paid 1 a pound for or it the cylinders of the me sugar plant were made of wrought iron in order to lesson their weight weigh r thereby i saving freight charge a departure from the casting process never before made by an iron irod founder this idea was suggested by president taylor to faw oett preston co and which originated the manufacture of wrought iron guns by wat that firm a gun weighing 24 tons being their first product in that line in this sugar company train was the first still and worm ever brought to the west they were used for the war manufacture of liquor jeter clinton AD and a others operating them for yeara and they are now believed to be la in the valley below this city captain russell one of the boken bickers of the first sugar plant built the he ship brooklyn which conveyed a kompany of mormons cormons from now new york to ban francisco and among the passengers was the redoubtable sam leader ot of the company who for over thirty years was wan the most conspicuous argonaut california could boast of |
