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Small container with log, and a few very small trade items. Not recommended during Glendale Celebrations because muggles abound and parking is difficult. Because of the muggle problem, when the cache is found please move away to sign the log.
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Construction on a beet sugar factory, located about one mile east of Glendale's business district, began during the summer of 1903. By December, due to financial problems, construction was halted, with only a steel skeleton standing. The Eastern Sugar Company was unable to sell a sufficient number of bonds to insure further construction and went into receivership the end of 1903. The company remained in receivership until 1905 when W. J. Murphy was able to secure new investors from New Jersey and Michigan. These investors hired Mr. Teodor Hapke, a partner in American Construction and Supply located in Chicago, as General Contractor and agriculturist. Mr. Hapke was considered an experienced sugar man, who had instructed farmers in the Midwest in the growing of sugar beets and had written articles on the subject.
When soil around the factory was found to be suited to the production of brick, Mr. Hapke, decided to produce all bricks needed in the factory's construction at the site. By December 5, 1905, the equipment, two large kilns which produced 25,000 bricks per day, were in operation.
On August 11, 1906 the Glendale Beet Sugar Factory began operations at 1:30 P.M. when General Manager Layafette Meyers threw the switch, starting the machinery. A large number of valley residents were on hand for the start-up, for the factory was seen as a major industry for the entire valley and one which was expected to bring immeasurable wealth. There was even talk of a second factory on the valley's south side if all went well with the Glendale plant.
IF YOU ARE REALLY INTERESTED, JUST GOOGLE "SUGAR BEET FACTORY, GLENDALE, AZ" and the complete history is available.
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