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Show f - " " FAGTOBY IS SOON IS DE COMPLETED Announcement 1 1 1 j.i t the Gunnison Valley H.i;:ar couip.niy would positively posi-tively operate this fall was made; a lew lan following a meeting of directors anil ollicers of the conipanv held reeenlly. At the medium, reports trom llie retiring directors snowing the activities of the (.'()!ii:!iiy to dale were presented. A, report showing the industrial survey sur-vey was al-o presented and accepted. In the recent months, some of the moid, sn 'isia n t u1 1 !, iteresls in this Blate and Idaho have heconie in-teresli-d in llie new inii list ry, thus makiniv a chnn:re ril' ollicors anil directors desirable. All present at the reienl meeting voiced their satisfaction sat-isfaction at the splendid condition that Ihe report, showed I'ne company to he In. Now that government restrictions on building materials have been removed and the labor conditions and freight shipments have again been returned to normal, the work of completion of the factory fac-tory will 1,0 ahead immediately, according ac-cording to the decision of the officers and d''reclors. "Ninetv-five per ('cut com, Dieted and the remainder of the machinery on the ground.,--that is the statement, state-ment, of Fred Ilinze, of Rurlingame, California, experienced sugar beet r-.mi'.faclnrer and construction engineer, en-gineer, who has had the work of construction in charge. The report contained the statement of a competent com-petent consulting engineer who recently re-cently inspected the plant, to the effect that, when completed, the new-factory new-factory will be as good and as -efficient, as any and all plants in the state of Utah It was pointed out that hut fo-ty-five clays more labor will 1-e reenired to finish the work of installation. Reasons for failure to operate last yenr as originally planned were i:uu-':;t : i.-ou- by a r demands, it was impossible 10 secure the additional ad-ditional pieces of equipment necessary necess-ary to mak- the factory complete in time lor the 1913 beet crop. That this condition has now been remedied rem-edied was ih a:-.:-.u;-a;ice of the officers. of-ficers. The repoit of the orfpintc fdh'-ials iudicM.-d that appru-;ima'e!y s7en.-lilin s7en.-lilin ha. I been spent to d:-e in tile plant, and thai, purchased at the present advanced pries, a factory eeual in all lespects to the Gunnison factory, could not be duplicated for less thrin from .i 1 , mm, 11 li n 10 SJ.Sii,. nun. information tj the effect that, despite th.' inability of the Gunnison company to handle the he-Ms contracted con-tracted for in its own plain, arrant,'' ar-rant,'' men is were made by v.hhh it was impossible to tike the 1700 acre yield, the amout planted for tiie company last year, at the c-.ju-tiaci. price ot sju per 10;;, ami in turn fell ihem to other com oa nios at. a small Margin of profit to their. -selves. This arra 11 -v 1 neat . made possible by the advance in the market, mar-ket, protected both 1 ho growers and the company against loss. The enpa'-ity of the factory when ready for operation is estimated at I5D Ions of beols in each LM-hour period of operation. With few exceptions, tho equipment is rated at a COO ton per day capacity. With an additional expenditure of only $50,000 rew equipment csn be added which will raise the capacity of the plant to the higher figure, it is said. The renort of the company showed that approximately 4,000 acres o splendid beet land are already under contract for periods running from three to five years. With the approach ap-proach of the planting season and the deviate- assurance that the factory fac-tory w-11 be oee'-ated this Oil. if was pointed out that th's acreage is sure to be materially increased. The plant at its present capacity can handle' the beet crop from an ad-d'thi'al ad-d'thi'al 1000 aces of land, anjl with the additional prospective improvements im-provements in the plant as suggested, another 1 500 acres of beets could be handled. Thus the future of the company is promising. sa-- those who are best acquainted with the proposition.. I':' .-! 10 r'.e . ;;:?nd;i new i '. jMcrete, re- .... ' .. ...a iu.s oeea t.v.a-.l on the :;.i-iure site near Gunnison, the company has built for iis employees a splendid boarding hoiMe lurjff- enough for the accommodation accom-modation of 75 persons. The building is equipped with hot and cold water, electric lights, and i-.i) and shower baths. . A brick dwelling house for the accomodation of rhe supeiiatende.il in charge of operations has also Peen erected. The reports of the rearing officers and lie industrial survey were ac-ceeu-d by 'the newly eie.Hd directors aid expiessious of optimism for the fu-ure were voa-cd. Kecoininenda-ti.vis Kecoininenda-ti.vis for the immediate completion of Hie plant were considered and favorably acted upon. |