Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1900 — Brief News Items. [ARTICLE]

Brief News Items.

It has been determined that light is an important factor in sugar production, recent investigations showing that the, sugar content of the plrint is dependent on the amount of direct sunlight received. A Lehigh Valley Railroad engine reccntly accomplished the felt of hauling a train consisting of thirty-three steel cars of 100.000 pounds capacity and thirtyseven wooden cars of SO.imKI pounds pacity. each fully loadeil with anthracite ? coal. The total weight of the seventy ears was 4,567 tons.