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Show Sugar Company Will Operate Big Plant Sufficient Tonnage Now Assured for the Year's CampaignResume Work on $70,000 Improvement. In preparation to starting the wheels of the million dollar sugar factory owned by the Gunnison Valley Val-ley Sugar company in this valley when the beets are harvested the coming fall, more than twenty men were started to work Tuesday of this week at the plant. While only a few men are at work at the present time it is announced that the working work-ing forces will be increased from time to time until a full crew is employed. em-ployed. "While we are a little disappointed at this time as to the acreage contracted con-tracted for beets for the 19 22 campaign, cam-paign, we will make immediate plans to carry out the fall campaign, and to this end the men who were laid off ten days ago have been put back to work," said President W. Harvey Ross to a News man yesterday. "We have a little better than 3,600 acres already signed for, but according to reports coming from those who have not signed the total acreage will exceed ex-ceed 4,000 acres. This is short about a 1000 acres from what we had in the district last season. The movement move-ment started by the citizens ami farmers of the valley to have a spur of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad run to tap the westside of the valley has created a splendid feeling and the possibility of having the transportation trans-portation problem settled amicably no doubt will result in an increased acreage in the Westview and Clarion district. I think the scheme possible for the Tspur and if it is brought to a realization it will prove one of the biggest assets to the Groat Gunnison Gun-nison Valley ever known to its history." his-tory." Mr. Ross stated that more than $70,000 would be expended during the summer in making improvements improve-ments at the factory. The big plant will undergo thorough overhauling and put in first-class shape and in readiness for the fall campaign. |