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Show Local Factory Now Fully Equipped With a new battery of boilers, a new lime kiln, two juice heaters, Kelly press and other necessary accessories, ac-cessories, the officials of the Gunnison Gunni-son Valley Sugar company announce that everything is practically in readiness for opening the fall campaign cam-paign in sugar making at the factory at Centerfield. The finishing touches are now being made and by the time the beets begin to arrive the big factory will be in better shape than ever before for the manufacture of sugar. i Since early last June mechanics have been busy In overhauling the plant and fully $125,000 have been spent in improvements. Four new boilers cf the Sterling type have been installed. The boilers have been' placed on concrete foundations and are equipped with chain grates and will be fed by automatic stokers. A new lime kiln, having a capacity of ,000 cubic feet, an increase of 40 per cent over the old one, haa been built; Two new juice heaters, a Kelly press and a gas plant have also been installed during the past summer, and with the complete overhauling over-hauling of the plant, the management manage-ment is looking, forward to a highly satisfactory run during the fall and winter campaign. Laboratory work has begun and the sugar beets are being tested daily. Advices from the factory are ta the effect that the beets are not fully developed in saccharine as 'yet, and it will perhaps be ten days' before be-fore digging begins. The crop outlook out-look for this year Is highly encouraging, encour-aging, and it is estimated that fully 50,000 will be treated at the valley plant. It is believed the campaign will start about the 25th of this month. . |