PAET III. 

 EXPERIMENTS AT LAWRENCE, LA. 



The Department of Agriculture having determined to continue the 

 experiments in the manufacture of sugar by diffusion in Louisiana, 

 Mr. E. C. Barthelemy, of New Orleans, was appointed general superin- 

 tendent of the work January 27, 1887. 



Following is a copy of the order assigning him to this duty : 



JANUARY 27, 1887. 



E. C. Bartbelemy, of Louisiana, is hereby appointed general superintendent of the 

 diffusion experiments to be conducted in Louisiana by tbis Department. 



NORMAN J. COLMAN, 



Commissioner. 



The following instructions were sent with the order to Mr. Barthe- 

 lemy: 



JANUARY 27, 1887. 



DEAR SIR : I inclose you herewith your formal appointment as general superin- 

 tendent of tbe experiments in diffusion wbicb are to be made in Louisiana next 

 autumn. 



At present your instructions will be of a simple nature. 



The contract for tbe building of the machinery bas been awarded to tbe Colwell 

 Iron Works of New York, the lowest responsible home bidders. 



Tbis company bas also taken tbe contract of erecting the battery in Louisiana and 

 putting it in order for use. 



First of all you will consult with prominent sugar planters and others interested 

 in the matter in respect of the best place for locating this experimental machinery. 

 Keep in view that good double-effect and strike pans and convenient crystallizing 

 rooms, etc., must be bad. 



I expect to visit Louisiana early in March, and by that time you will have secured 

 such information as will enable me to decide upon tbe location at once. 



Immediately thereafter the machinery and building material now at the "Her- 

 mitage" plantation will be transferred to the new quarters, and then the apparatus 

 now at Fort Scott, which is to be used in Louisiana, will be secured. Tbe details of 

 this work I will send you later. As soon as you enter upon the performance of your 

 duties. February 1, you will proceed to Judge Emil Rost's plantation and make a 

 careful study of the machinery on hand, and submit to me, at your earliest possible 

 convenience, a full report thereon, and add thereto your own judgment concerning the 

 suitability of the place for the proposed experiments. 



It is my earnest wish that all persons interested in the success of thu sugar indus- 

 try should heartily co-operate in this work. 



Very respectfully, 



NORMAN J. COLMAN. 



E. C. BARTHELEMY, 



New Orleans, La. 



