Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1912 — Page 1

ure X. Number 247.

BICE PRESIDENT WRIGHT PULLS THE VALVE, STARTING MACHINERY

■WEETEST SPOT IN THE STATE ■dams County And Decatur Officially De- ■ dared Such Today

BEET SUGAR PLANT Formally Opened 'Mid Enthusiastic Cheering of Vast Throng. p: SIDENT * McLEAN Makes the Presentation— Stjeeches in Response Given by Citizens. ) Adams .-ounty in •Oporal, and Deca tar n particular, are kpe sweetest »po’» In the state. They were officialir declared such at 11:16 o'clock when President McLean, of th* Holland-St. Louis Sugar company preMttM to the county the million dollar heel -sugar ptant. the flrat in the sta’e rs Indiana, and said the word that first «et ata motion the machinery of this vast plant Th'is the fondest hopes, and the air castle* not only of this company, which already has two other similar plant*. but also of the residents of the ounty. and the business men of »h«- .ty, have materialised The opening of this vast tnanufac to*» his morning was one of the greatrai events of the home week, and took place midst a cheer in a crowd of thcHuaada. " Prior to the hour set. ten o'clock, ■ultitadee gathered at the factory, and h ranged the four floors of the main building The platform for the formal exercises was erected on the second floor, under the great dome over which hung the balconies of the two upper floors, and commandinc also a view of the full lower floor. In the 'enter of the dome on strands leading to the top waved m/rttins of •man flags, In the national colors, and ut'onal designs, were draped abo'it th*. n«'conies »»" *bjrd balcony was seated the Packard band, which gave a half how's concert. and the triumphant tn sir. with gay, waving flags, and scar*--. •"<! it-eerg from the vast assembly of meg and women, greeted the arrival e* the officers and committees on th* platform at 11 o'clock *-atM on the platform were C M ” ' eaa. president and general man «'•*. sad B C Hubbard, secretary aa<i treaauror. of tbs company, ©ecu ' 'ring chairs at the front. In the sec °nd row were the board of directors of ’bo company, who arrived Tuesday, •ad held the regular monthly meeting •’ »he plant prior to They are Arend Vlaseber. John J. Cap- ' •**, tteorge E Kollen. faaa T Wright. John J Pfriflec Georg* P Humm<r. * B fhamurh. Albert lohuU Reeled slao os the platform were F H Hub bard, local manager William Krem ••». local superintendent E M Wag •er, chief agriculturist, and <’. B Wil "o*. seeewtary of the local man**-' meat; also J Fred Prance, clerk of *he aupretne court, the bom* week * ommlttee, and a number of Dseatvr business mas Whose efforts secured •he factory, and press representative* F H Hubbard, local manager, pr* sided, and la a few remarks touching upon the happy reailxatma of hopes •nd dreams, la thia moment. Introdu* •d President M*lx>M. who aald. n hart the opening of Ibis, th# flra» sugar factory la Indiana, it <**•'• '•• areal pleasure to apte th# enthu*' “•m displayed by the people of this ■-immunity. sud especially the (arm •rs «rnti)*ulate you today for * f,r interest y oil have displayed In this ■nmpany and In this indnatw This industry la capable of ekpaaeten and •nlargameat in thia bsantlfnl alate and * fr* facta of general Interest may !**♦• ratable to you In forming an ’•timate upon which tn bos# yen' MghHM of the possible enlargement

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

lof this industry in Indiana. This one factory will use over a hundred thoul sand tons of beets each year for which i the farmer will receive an average of J s•'. per ton And the factory will employ two or three hundred men every day in the winter. “When we first came to Decatur to (look over the country our .Mr. Wright j was Immediately in favor of locating here." Following .Mr. McLean's speech, In behalf of the company in general, who I was loudly cheered. Mr. Hubbard spoke, in behalf of the local manage ment. telling why they located here, in part, as follows: ■ “When we first struck Decatur we were Impressed with the excellent i condition of things In general, and when one of our number suggested ' this to be a good place to locate, I said, ‘Well, we'll go to the only aion I know in this town and see what he says about it,' so I went «o A. 11. Seilemeyer and stated olir proposition, which caused him to jump out of his chair In fifteen minutes there were fifteen or twenty boosters at the hotel and when it was suggested that we make an inspection of the county by auto twenty minutes saw twenty to twenty-five machines ready and waiting We later concluded that a live bunch like this was worth considering '■ Mr French Quinn, replying in behalf of the city and the county, said that the officers exercised wise judgment In selecting Decatur as the site of their plant. "Gentlemen, of the sugar company. I hop* that this industry will grow throughout the state and that th* happy recollect tens of thia the first opening of a sugar factory in Indiana may long be treasured in the memor lea of Adams county people '• C. J. Lutz, our well known attorney, spoke to the assemblage following Mr Quinn. »nd he remarked: “This is the most auspicious time in the history of Adams county. Our farmers never failed a ben called upon, and what was thirty years ago a wilder ness is now a blossoming, beautiful garden spot of the middle west—and ’■# owe it to the farmers who saying -can and will' went forth and 'did.' Fifteen years ago an enterprising fanner went forth and complained to his fellows that our roads were not good enough for hauling and today Adams county roads stand first in the stat* In miles of stone roads built And that Is due to the farmers And I presume that when these officers came to thia Mty and saw that the na trlotic farmers had «>pent one and a quarter million dollars In building roads they probably thought that such a |4ar* was a good place to erect • million dollar monument to American Industry. There will be discourage meats I found from my own export ene# that you cannot raise sugar beets unless you plant them, and then It tak*« work to raise them. Good farm era raise good And In con* lu alon I must say deep down In our heart* w* welcome among us, these men who have mad# prosperity ours, we appreciate what you have done for ua. and we thank you for It" Mr LuU *•• followed by an Old Adams county boy. a homeromer. j >*rrd Franc#, of Indlanaimlta, clerk of the supreme court, who respond--*! In behalf of the state. for her flrat sug sr plant H-aold: "Kbout an hour ago I was Informed by th* cltlxsna of th# committee that ! WMI exported to respond upon thia occasion tn behalf of tho state of In dlana I'nlurkily th# band of state rffiriai* who wore to *»•*• tM * n V er« delayed In coming and It d* volvea upon tn* alon# to rxtmd to tbla new Industry a hand of wolom# in behalf of «»•»' • bd “* W hafF to congratnlat* th* t"’"**-.ec-triog thia factory and I wieh to sM<ir# you of 'h* *** r ” r of th*, .tat# with you te "X mmn an ln<-r*aao of rwenu# for ow on Ibe port of th# aut# of □ana ** •*!<■«»"” * "•.rrz ( rcsttt>o«d oe fagv »»

“DECATUR CAN AINIO WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, October 16, 1912.

DECATI'R’S NEW SUGAR FACTORY I k ' T “"’ 'IfTW L•• ' TT*‘ ' V. ’ ‘ • L 8 2 '’ ■ i F ■ A 1. » wW' Ll.> . kur ---A-.-. f- ». . JWWHtey T ji! j, di A . , ... 9 .•» t - Officially Opened Toda t-Erected And Equipped at Cost of Nearly a Million Dollars

TRAMPLED BY COLT Stanley, Young Son of D. F K Hoffman. Was Seriously Injured Monday. BY EAGER COLT Which Ran Him Down—Dr. Hoffman of This City Attended the Boy. Stanley, the twelve-year-old son of ' D F Hoffman of near Linn Grove, I ' was Rcriou*!} and (minfully injured i Monday, when in attempting to drive som- horse* from pasture a four-year-old eolt ran him down inflicting so vere contusion* sbout the face and J body. The young I*ml had gone to the pas tore to let the horses out in order to bring them to the bnrn for feeding i purpose* and they in their ••ngernesa | crowded the lad in »uch a manner that the coit rau Mm down He lay under th# horse's hoofs and was trampled about the head and body Across hl* face he was cut *eripusly and bruises 1 on his body gave evidence of the ac I cident He wag carried to the house and Dr | Starting P Hoffman of thia city was •ummoned to attend th# Injured lad j Dr. Hoffm»» stated that while th# boy was not »eri<>u«ly Injured he sustained i hurts that will keep him from attending to his regular duties for some time to com* THE COURT HOUSE NEWS The appeal *f Will Ward to th# supreme court make# necessary a call lor the <ounty council to meet to ap-j propriat- m<»n y for defense of poor. I The appropriation la exhausted, and a# there is an immediate need torj mor# tn th# prompt administration of; justice, a reqa-at was mad# that *g| rousty co-iortl appropriate 1300 more sos thia porpoee The defense of’ Ward baa t»eea '*nducted as a poor person ■UBwaamasate In her will probated today Mary Isa bells Johnson gives lo her grandson.! Cart Zimmerman, ail her estate This, Is to ba held m trust for him till he' i.ecomea of by Lina R i*lght Hhould be dl* before. It la to go to' Lina Light The will was written De <<-mher 6. I>l I Mrs Johnson was fortMTly Mr* Bell Grimm Sc blag* I. Whose death oc curred thia week. Ureneed to trad: Cecile Shoemaker Ford, borti July 12. HM. atendgrapher. daughter nt Abraham Shoemaker, to wed UM IL Uupley, Ma*kamltl». bora Octohee It !«»«. sob of M G. Buptey, of Routh Whitley Will Ward, adjudged gulßy of con •Piracy to ••#*!. »ho »** granted ap peal of hla case to the eupram# c'burt,, has tll*'l oppilcallon for an order of court, directing the clerk to make a transcript of the proceeding* and for the court reporter to make* a long

hand copy of the short hand notes ol the evidence for use of the defendant in appeal. County Clerk Ferdinand Bieeke has received word from Eaathaven Insane | asylum at Richmond of the acceptance of Mrs. Anna Elizabeth King of Ge I neva, who was adjudged insane, and for whom application was made for her admittance to the institution She has been In jail since the inquest and will be taken soon to the asylum. TO DEFENSE OF GREECE. J. A. Vakrlnos. formerly employe*! at the Howard Burdg shoe shining parlors on Madiaon street, left this morning for Fort Wayne, enroute to New York City, from where he will ' sail for his old home in Greece It ! will be rvmetnliered that the Grecian government called all of their citizens back on account of the war. I 4 **' : . - C. M. McLAIN. I President Holland-6t. Louis Sugar Co. TL« gentlemaa. no' ao well known here aa the local officials, la held in high esteem •• a business man of untold qualities Coaaervatlve, but I progressively so, alive to the great I possibilities of bls business, he la worth knowing and we consider De'catur fortunate In having such a man connected with ua financially A do* I #n years ago b# waa the superintend ’ent of the Holland public ecbooia when th# people of that city organised a sugar company and mad# him manae ST. He ba# SilK# looked after ibeii Interests sad when the Holland Rt , l*outs company was organ'zed. h# was' •elected aa the president He Is known I ' aa one of the big beet sugar men of th# country Aa praaldent of the com 1 pany be today preaented thia great In- 1 to Decatur. Adatn* couq/y. and the state of Indiana PRESENT AT BIRTH. Os Elghty-year-etd—Grandma Ferry Enjoys Visit A distinguished visitor In the Mty wna Abraham Barnett of Fbit Wayuv.' who la peat eighty years of ng# He visited hem with Grandma Ferry, who Is pas' h#r ninetyoeventh birth anniversary. and who wna present at fh* ' time of Mr BarnaU*# birth Mra J U Fnlton es Portland. Mrs Ida Beulah of CMlilcotbe. Ohio, ar# guests of Mra Robert Blackburn

BACK TO ADAMS - L. G. Williams, Famous Nine O’clock Washing Tea Manufacturer I • 1 SELLS HIS INTEREST In Adams and Buys Resi 1 !. dence in Blue Creek Township » ! 1 L. G. William*, a former Adams 1 county boy, who for twenty year^has; 1 been located In Indis:*apoiis, in the i manufacture of tite famous “Nine' O'clock Washing Tea’’ has sold his en-1 tire interests there and will return to j Adams county. Mr Williams has purchased one hundred twenty acres o' iknd in Blue Greek township and expects to spend the remainder of hf* life at the scene of hla boyhood days. | moving his family here. He will engage in the raising of sugar beets and also o. line stock Air. Williams ha* been pre-eminently successful and has mad>* a fortune from hi* washing tea which Is knov u in every household far and near. ALUMNI RECEPTION. The high school alumni reception I will be given tomo*-nw evening at 7 ■ o’clock in the aigh school building and will be an enjoyam# reunion of all wbo have in any way been connected with the school All former students, teachers, and all who have been con- f ' nected with the school, are cordially I Invited. I ■ i.i -1 o ■ I DALLAS BUTLER BABE A fine baby girl was born this morn i Ing to Mr and Mrs Dallas Butler, •nd la royally welcomed by all. Inchid •Ing the elater. Mra Butler waa Mlea Kate Krlek 9 IN SERIOUS CONDITION. ——— David Pierce, aged «3, th# Weltr **>uniy farmer, who suffered an attack Jof paralyals Friday night while re'turning horn# from rralgvllle. and lay' I out doom during the entire chilly night until found the next day. la Mill ' aald to b# In a serious condition It ’ will be remembered that Pierre, who Ilves a mile from Crainville, was found at daybreak Saturday, lying unron acloua on the Ludy farm BULLETIN c*hlrano, 111, Oct id, IBlS—lmperial lo Daily Democrat! Th# following bulletin wna laetied nt l:BB today re ' gardlna Roosevelt's condition Puls#, h Bfl; leMperatur#, #• < throughout the : entire morning, bsratblng easier General condition excellent !< i ■■■ o»- —— |< | Mr. and Mrs Otto tlroaa of Ash I land. Ohio, *ho visited with th# llett I 'Dibble famil) at Middletown, at* I hero to spend the we#k with other rel 1 1 atlvea.

FACTORY FIGURES ANO FACTS p ' Relative To Our New Million Dolkr Beet Sugar Factory

IT COVERS ACRES Description of Buildings— What the Big Plant Will Produce. I ■■ - IN ANNUAL RUN Will Pay More Than Half Million to Farmers Annually for Beets.

The Mammoth Factory. This mammoth factory, the first , sugar plant in the state, and Decatur's largest industry, practically coves thirty two acres of ground. This lies north of the city on what was former ; ly the Julius Hatigk property, in a “V” shaped plot. The tip of the “V” is toward the north, formed by the inter section there of the G R & I. railroul which runs along at the west, and the St. Mary s river along the east aide j At the south is the old river road. Only a visit to the grounds can give 1 ; one an idea of the magnitude of 32 acres of buildings These are as nearly fire-proof as can be made, and are of the “mushroom" style. All are of brick spiral steele. Iron and concrete. Everything, Including the machinery. ( is of the latest and the plant is the most modern of Its kind in the world The main building lies near the railroad, well up into the tip of the “V." This main building is one ol a stretch nearly eight hundred feet long, and sixty five feet wide. The main building is about four storiea high and parts of the adjacent ‘ ones range from three to two stories I The main room is the middle oil three which adjoin, and is 238 by 6-i' feet. Here the principal process ol sugar making takes place. At either end and adjoining are rooms, one fort I the CbislMnl product 2nd uu* iui wiiaii until recently waa called “waate.'* At the north is the warehouse, 23.* by <5 feet The finished sugar is I i Ktored here. This warehouse has a capacity of IS.ttoo.ooo pound*. Adjoining the “main room" on the south la the pulp dryer room. 133 by 65 feet. Here the pulp la dried after the sugar has been extracted. Until about five year* ago this pulp was considered waste and wholly worthies# Rmce. It ha# been learned that it make# excellent cattle feed Hence the drying room Routh of the main building, and separated from th# others is the pulp ware bou»e, 160 by ‘ I feet. Here the dried pulp ia stored, ■until taken by tho farmers for their] cattle. The machinery in tb« pulp rooms alon# coat tl.'.d.Odo, and ia th# latest and most Improved mad* East of th# main building center la* th# holler room. 13d by 42 feet Nonh! of tbla is the Um# kiln. 42 by bl, tn-1 | connecting thl» with the main building ! il# th# machine »hop, 61 by 2<» Al th#' west aid# of th# holler hoqs* <n a*t alcove, between it and the main building, thus formed. I# the smok#-| ' atack—whlrh Is l«t» feet high, which can be seen for mites around, and

from which curls th# amok# that tell# ,to th# world and stat# that on# of th# latest and beet equipped sugar fa* torten in th# world, and th# only on# tn th* state, Is in operation Th# boiler house, a# are ail other, departments, la equipped with th# | moat modern machinery. Th# holler*, {tfnvfHga •♦•mpi f«»r 3,9ih> hnfM* . All th# coal handling and firing Is don* by machinery Wherever machinery can be used In doing Ute] heavy and mechanical work, thia I* provided All the lifting and unload ing of th# beets, coal, atone, etc . I* don* by locomotive cranes Tb# Um# kiln la a mammoth de-

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: partment, having a capacity for burn- : Sag 60 tons of lime rock. This Is used in separating the impunities from the sugar while it is still in juice form. The cooper shop is located north of the boiler house. Wondering how the many tons of beets are gotten into the factory takes us back to the beet sheds. These number taree, each live hundred feel long

and holding 8.000 tons of beets. They are located between the railroad and the main building, extending south of it Between each is a switch from the railroad, and room enough to be brick-paved tor the farmers' driveway. The beets are unloaded into these bins, the concrete floors of which slope to the center, where there are two Humes. The water of the flumes flushes the dirt front the beets and pushes them along to the main building. A stone separator frees the beets i beiore they are carried up and automatically weighed and sent to the cutter which cuts them into slices and I shreds. Contrary to general belief tho juice is not “crushed out" Hot water is run through the shreds, and the sugar-laden juice is taken out by the osmosis process. Waste is minimized. Even the water, which forms 76 per cent of the beet, is utilized. It is sent back through the beet shed flumes to wash the other beets up to the factory. Switches Big Feature The switches from the G. R. & I. railroad to the plant were built by the Pennsylvania railway company at a post of s::o.tto<>. and helped make possible tho securing of this plant for the city. Beets and Sugar Production. In their booklet, which the company has sent the wholesale grocers of Ohio. Illinois and Indiana, giving some concrete fact# about beets and sugar productions, they say. i The Decatur plant will consume during their annual run of about I<M days of 24 hours: 4000 car loads of sugar beets. 6<M cars of coal. 12 cars of coke. 126 cars of limestone IS cars of cooperage 4 cars empty bags. 4 cars heavy chemicals For which they will pay to the farmers for beets.... $550,000 >M To the railroads for freight 125.000 (Mt jTo labor and salaries 25.000.00 1 And several hundred thousand dollars for various other supplies purchased in th# U. 8, mostly In Indiana. The Decatur plant will produce about 10,000 tons of standard granulated sugar 5,000 tons of dried beet pulp 3.000 tons of molasses If all the beets u»#d In on# season wore loaded on wagons, two tons to a load, with the leant* attached and formed in a Mae. this lln# would extend 237 miles or from Indianapolis to Cleveland Th# sugar pulp »n<Mffitolaaa#s annually produced, will load »75 freight care, which, If shipped in a t-ontlnu o,is train with their locomotive* and ' tender*, would make a string eight I and one half miles In length , Practically tee Bams. The word sugar la not generic and ila all but meaningleaa inaetnuch as *# have ran# sugar, beet sugar, mapl# sugar, etc., which are identical Th# Btanderd Dictionary give# th# definition of sugar m 'Th# white cryatall in# compound variously known •• can# sugar, beet sugar, maple sugar, otc,. aecordlng to tt» «*t»tn. id#n<lcnl rhemleally. having the composition

jfC U HM (Ml). ttelng identical It la lr»|x»Mjbl« to diaHnguleh on* from It ho other, either by looka or analyaie Th* ditloranr* in th*. flavor of muni* »uw, raw can* •tutnr and raw, beet »u*nr la duo not to th* aumira. but to th* Itnpumiea which they contain A* diamond* are th* name ehemlcally th* world round no aurar la, th* ■amo, no matter whom produced or by what name It la called A very large portion of the w<ul.| a (Continued on Fan* O