The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-11
AUGUST II, 1871.
The New Sugar Refining Estabs.s,,.
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| The enterprise of the gentlemen com
posing the Virginia Steam Sugar Re
timing Company Is likely soon to bepjn In
reap Its reward. A visit to their rcfinerv
at Rockets impressed us most fayorablyy
i;with the energy Of the management. the
capacity of the works, and the Certainty oi
o profitable return to those who have IN.
vested OF their means In the venture.
Shortly after the organization of the com.
pauy (April, 1911 Gen. T. M. Logan, the
president, went North and visited all the
principal refneries in the country, partly
with q view to becoming thoroughly ac-
quainted with the business and partly to
make inquiry for perfectly competent and
live man to take charge Of the new refinery.
His inquiries and observations as to the
latter point led to the employment Of Mr..
Henry N. Meyer, one Of the best refiners
of the country. as superintendent of the
mechanical department of the business.
The company was atlts organization, and
is now, possessed of the property in Rock
etts before used as refinery by Mr.. G.. Y.
Morriss. It embraced a lot fronting on
james river $50 feet, and extending back
between parallel lines 160 feets; q substan-
tial four-story brick building 122 by 0feet,
with framed attachments and machinery,
valued by experts at S151, ,874. The river
ront Is extremely valuable as Wharfpro-
perty, about two-thirds of it being i'm
proved by solid granite wharf extending
out to deep water. Dir. Meyer went right
into the four-story building, determined to
bring the refinery in all its appointments
I'D to the times ; and, after two months
work, he has so nearly succeeded that its
cauacity will be largely increased, and the
product of the refinery made to equal in
quality that of any other in the country,
while the saving of labor, time, and money,
by the introduction of improved machinery
is so great that it can hardly realize
how, with the old cumbersome arrange
ments, the business was made to pay.
It Is now expected that. work will be
commenced at the refinery in about two
weeks, or sooner, if the sugar and char are
ready. 0nce under way. there will be no
necessity for stoppages. II is claimed, and
we believe with truth, that there is no rea-
son why either New York, Philadelphia,
or Baltimore should be better sugar mar
ket than Richmond. Located on deep
water, with easy access to the sea, and at
great business centre of the South, our ia
cilities for receiving the raw material are
unexcelled. AS distributing point, it has
also unusual advantages, which need not be
pointed out to those who are familiar with
the fact that five or six great lines of travel
anu GTuQG CEHb1C uClCs 1CSiuCS ClCSC si0-
vantaees, the cheapness Of labor, coal, pure
water, barrel timber, and other requisites
for successful management of the busi-
ness, combine to make Richmond an emil
nently tit location for such mandatory.
The company owning the works is organ
lied on the jont-stock principle, and is in
corporated under the laws Of Virginia.
General T. M. Logan, the president, is
young man of energy, application, and un-
usual business talent. The other directors
are gentlemen of capital, we'll known in
this community. Of the qualifications of
the superintendent, we have spoken. 1t
only remains to be, said that the services of
MIR. w. L. Jennings, a young man favorably
known to the business men of Virginia and
North Carolina, have been secured as gene
raj salesman. Under such auspices, we see
no reason why this new branch of Rich
mond manufactures should not succeed
from the very start, and add not little to
the wealth Of the city.