ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 1919 



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At the same time other modern factories 

 of smaller size were erected on Xegros, Luzon 

 and Panay, i. e. : 



A factory built on the Roxas estate, and 

 a factory built by the clergy near Calamba, 

 both on Luzon, a factory at Tigbauan on 

 Panay and several factories on Negros, one 

 at Talisay and one at Bago, these being 

 build by Sr. de la Rama without help from 

 Americans or Europeans, one at Hinigiran 

 by Senator Guanco and one at Kabankalan 

 by Lizarraga Hermanos. 



All of these have sugar plantations and 

 factories combined. 



During the war the high prices of sugar 

 made investors willing to venture in new 

 enterprises, in spite of the high cost of ma- 

 chinery, especially as the end of the war 

 seemed far off in 1916. 



Mr. M. J. Ossorio ordered a central to be 

 put in the Manapla district North Negros 

 and later the Pampanga Sugar Mills, placed 

 their order for a factory to be erected in 

 Florida Blanca, Pampanga province, Luzon. 



In 1915 a law was passed authorizing the 

 National Bank of the Philippines to give 

 practically unlimited credit for the erection 

 of sugar mills against mortgages on machi- 

 nery and farms and the first central, thus 

 financed, partly consisting of old machinery, 

 was ordered for the Isabela district and was 

 soon followed by orders for a string of large 

 new centrals, most of them for Negros, and 

 ranging in capacity from 600 to 1,500 tons 

 of cane per 24 hours, and all designed for 

 doubling. All the planters are now con- 

 vinced that the only way to prosper is to 

 have a central to crush the cane, especially 

 as the bottom is dropping out of the mus- 

 covado" market in China, the Chinese prefer- 

 ring the centrifugal sugar of about 96 per 

 cent 'polarization. 



As the price of living and labor and fire- 

 wood has gone up, many planters cannot 

 produce "muscovado" in their little mills 

 at a profit, in spite of the increased price for 

 "muscovado" fixed by the United States 

 Government, and to facilitate the erection 

 of centrals was the only way in which the 

 sugar planters could be saved from bankruot- 

 cy. 



The following list gives the centrifugal 

 sugar factories at present working or build- 



ing in the Philippines and the principal items 

 of their equipment: 



1. Cia Aiucarera de Bais. Bais. Negros Occi- 

 dental. Managers Cia. de Tabacc* de Fil. Capa- 

 city, 1,000 tons cane per day Building. Honolulu 

 Iron Works Co.; caneknive. crusher. *>-roller mill. 

 34.t78; 4 Sterling boilers, IV effect; 3 Calandria pans; 

 14 crystallisers; 14 40-inch centrifugals; 8 filter presses. 



2. Rernia Sugar Factory. Honda Blanca. Ca- 

 pacity. 90 tons cane per day. Began operation 1918. 

 Closed down, 



3. Canlaon Central. La Castillana. Negros Oc- 

 cidental. Manager, Jose Gomez. Capacity, 100 

 tons cane per day. Geo. Squier Mfg. Co., crusher, 

 6-roIler mill. 18x32 inches; 2 watertube boilers. Ill 

 effect; coil vacuum pan; 3 A 30 inch centrifugals; 3 

 filter- presses. 



4. Calamba Sugar Estate. Canlubang. Laguna. 

 Manager, F. Dumas. Capacity. 1.000 tons cane 

 per day. Began operation December. 1914. Ho- 

 nolulu Iron Works Co.; 2 sets cane knives; crusher, 

 12-roller mill 34x78; 7 multitubular boilers; 1 Ster- 

 ling. 2 IV effects: 4 calandria pans; 22 crystallisers; 

 21 40 nch centrifugals: 18 filter presses. 



5. Carmen Central. Calatagan, Batangu. Man- 

 ager. J. M. Genato. Manila, P. I. Capacity. 300 

 tons cane per day. Began operation February. 1914. 

 McN'cil; crusher, Q-roller mill. 26x42; 3 multitubulair 

 boilers and Bibcock Wilcov Ill effect and IV effect; 



3 vacuum pan?; 10 crystallisers; 17 30-inch cantri- 

 fugals; 10 filter presses. 



6. Central Beam. Cabancalan Negros Occi- 

 dental Manager, Lizzaraga H'rmanos. Iloilo 

 Capacity, 500 tons per day. M-'NVil; crusher, 9- 

 roller mill, 24x42-inches; * multituhula'r boilers 

 IV effect. 2 <-nil pans: 10 crystailisers; 4 Jo-inch and 



4 3O-inch. centrifugals; 6 filter presses. Alcohol 

 dist'llery attached. 



7. De la Kama Central. Bago. Negros Occidental 

 Manager, R. de la Rama. Iloilo. Capacity. 300 

 tons cane per day. Crusher, 9-roiler mill 26x58- 

 inches 6 multitubulair boilers. Ill effect; 2 coil pans. 

 6 crystallisers; 3 40-inch centrifugals; 6 niter presses. 



8. Dinalupihart Central. Dinalupinhan. Bataan. 

 Manager, P. C. Whitaker. Manila. Capacity. 125 

 tons cane per day. Began operation December. 

 1913. Aitken and Co.; crusher.J-roller mill: 3 multi- 

 tubulair boilers. III effect; coil pan: 2 20-inch cen- 

 trifugals; 3 filter-presses. 



9. Guana) Central (Uagdalena). Hinigaran, Neg- 

 ros Occidental Manager, S. Ortega. Capacity. 

 250 tons cane per day. Began operation 1913. 

 Geo. Squier Mfg. Co.; crusher. 9-roller mill 

 20x36; 3 multitubulair boilers. Ill effect; Coil pan: 

 6 crystallisers; 6 30-inch centrifugals; 4 filter 

 presses. 



10. Isabella Central. Isabella. Negros Occidental. 

 Building. Assembled; Caneknives, 9-r->ller mill 

 26x56-inches 4 Sterling boilers. III effect; 2 pans; 8 

 crystallisers, -8 40-inch centrifugals; 4 filter presses. 



11. Kennedy Sugar Factory. Isabella. Negros 

 Occidental. Manager, F. Kennedy. Capacity, 90 

 tons cane per day. Began operation 1917. Assem- 

 bled; crusher. 3-roller mill 20x36 2 multitubulair 

 boilers; open train evaporator; coil pan; 4 30-inch 

 centrifugals; 1 filter press. 



12. La Carlota. La Carlota. Negros Occidental. 

 Cia. Azucarera de La Carlota, La Carlo- 

 ta, Negros Occidental. Capacity. 1.000 tons 

 cane per day. Building. Honolulu Iron Works 

 Co.; caneknives, crusher, 9-ro!ler mill, 34x78; 4 Ster- 

 ling boilers. IV effect; 3 calandria pans: 14 crystal- 

 lisers. 14 40-inch centrifugals, 8 filter presses. 



13. J/oao Sugar Co. Negros Occidental Man- 

 ager. Welch Fairchild & Co., Manila. Capacity. 

 1,500 tons cane per day. Recently organized. 



14. Uindoro Sugar Co. Manager. R. E. Wright 

 Capacty. 800 tons cane per day. Began operation. 

 January. 1914. Honolulu Iron Works Co.; crusher. 

 9-roller mill 36x84; 6 Sterling boilers. IV effect; 1 

 vacuum pans. 11 crystallisers; 16 40-inch centrifu- 

 gals; 10 filter presses. 



15. Muntimlupa Sugar Factory. Muntinlupa, Ri- 

 zal. Manaeer. C. Young. Manila. Capacity. 100 

 tons cane per day. Began operation 1911. Crush- 

 ers. 3 roller mill. 18x30-inches; 2 multitubulair 

 boilers. III effect; coil pan, 2 24-inch and 1 30-inch 

 centrifugals; 2 filter presses. 



16. North Negros Sugar Co. Manapla, Negros 

 Occidental. Manager, F. E. Greenfield. Capacity. 

 800 tons of cane per day. Began operation July, 

 1918. Honolulu Iron Works Co.; 2 crushers. 2 9- 

 rollers mill 26x54-inches 4 multitubulair boilers; 1 

 Sterling. 2 III effects; 3 calandria pans; 18 crystal- 

 lisers: 10 30-inch and 4 40-inch centrifugals; 6 filter 

 presses. 



17. Nuna Apoloma Sugar Factory. Valle Her- 

 mosa. Negros Occidental. Manager. De la Vinia. 



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