Show f PROGRESS OF DELTA SUGAR FACTORY Fl I I The first of the wee week the big ton 1200 sugar factory factor of Jho tho Delta Beet Sugar Corporation which has been In course of construction for forthe forthe the tho past ten months blew In an and with the starting of the machinery the heart of or every Interested citizen gave a bound Its coming and operation marks a new era ern in the industrial activity of our whole valley valley valley val val- ley and forms the opening wedge of an enterprise which Is destined to become an immense Industry In this primarily an acknowledged sugar- sugar beet country countr where exceedingly large yields with a high percentage of have been produced on new land The new factory means the coming forth of a budding rose There arc are thousands of acres of fine Irrigated land now awaiting the coming of the tho beet grower His opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op to get in on the ground floor Is here and now and the valle valley extends a welcome hand to him Some Somo seven seyen thousand acres of beets containing a good percentage 4 of sugar are aie harvested at the present writing and all conditions point to a successful campaign The plant itself is the best in the State It has a daily capacity of twelve hundred tons which can be Increased if necessary b by slight changes The power transmission is almost entirely entire entire- ly electrical and in this respect it itIs itis itis Is the most modern modem sugar factory factor inthe inthe in inthe the United United States Transmission by shafting and belting is almost entirely entirely entirely en en- eliminated d electric wires being being being be be- ing substituted and this plan promotes promotes promotes pro pro- motes not only the efficiency of the factory operation but the safety of the employees as well The beet washer Is a combination design of the most Improved construction construction con con- and anel is preceded b by patent paten trash catchers The diffusion battery cells cells- are unusually unusually unusually un un- usually large and a of the latest design design design de de- sign similar to that used by th the Great V Western stern Sugar Company Compan o of Colorado with bottom discharge and hydraulic closing A large number of heaters boaters are employed employed employed em em- the factory factor economizing economizing econ econ- fuel and contributing largely large large- 1 l ly to economized production production of sugar 4 The evaporator is the well known vertical type with large laige tubes easily easily easily ily cleaned and not subject to being shut down yn during the campaign The pans are of the Kilby pattern and the are the well wel known manufacture of the American Tool Machine Company of Boston and are disposed in two batteries one on either side of the factory There are two l large rge generating units each of K W. W A. A giving ample reserve power All pumps are motor driven and amI a motor is used for each battery batter of The washer and elevator and end beet-end are assembled on one meter Th The two are driven b by another motor POI For first fust and second carbonation Sw wetland Presses are used The boilers are a of the well known Heine type which are much superior to the Babcock Wilcox or the Sterling Sterling Sterling Ster Ster- ling ordinal ordinarily ily used in sugar fac- fac tories The boiler equipment Is equipped with Illinois Chain and Grate stokers The are of the Bock Dock t type pe manufactured by the Kilby Manufacturing Company Compan I I T r rS AYr 4 r J i r L P BEET DUMPS AT THE DELTA SUGAR FACTORY The lighting is unusually good both by day and night Dight Railroad storage sheds provide room for upwards of fifteen thousand tons of beets The steel work compares favorably with that used in modern office build build- ings Every column Is bolted to its foundations which is not often the case in other sugar factories The steel is designed to carry loads with witha i a factor of safety of five being eing much heavier than that in general use in sugar factory construction The beets from the sheds are elevated by a pneumatic lift the most recent device for this purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose which is an improvement on the scroll or wheel usually employed The of the factory Is designed designed designed de de- signed with a large laige reserve capacity sugar warehouse will store two hundred thousand bags of sugar The water supply for the main purposes of th factory Is taken from the main Melville Irrigation Company Company Company Com Com- pany can canal l with a large storage lal lake e for reserve Water Vater for washing sugars and for domestic purposes comes from deep wells on the factory site which provide provide provide pro pro- vide clear pure well water The weather of Delta is ideal for growing and harvesting the beet crop labor conditions are favorable all together the prospects ts for this new factory are very promising In in- deed |