Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-07
GLUCOSE MAKING.
Sugar From Corn, Sorghum and
the Cassava Plant.
The New Industry in Wheeling as Compared
With 0thers-Comparative State
ments of Glucose Yielding
MateriaI-The Immense
Profits.
HOW GRAPE SUGAR IS MADE.

The large five story building at the corner
of Water and Forty-frst streets cannot fail
to attract the attention of the passer-by,
and the universal question of travellers by
water is: What is that large building
1t is the mandatory OF the Wheenh9
Grape Sugar and Refining Company, better
known as the Glucose Company. Its
business is, or rather will be, the making OF
fine syrups and the refining OF crude ones.
OF late wears, almost months, the process
of making glucose has begun to attract con-
siderable attention and various products
have been experimental upon with widely
different results. The glucose has recently
become very important article OF COM
merce and the consumption OF it has reach
ed 200, coo tons in this country alone, aud
large quantity is annually exported. 1t
has been made heretofore from corn, which
has advanced so much this year as 10 make
this much-needed article quite expensive.
The demand for it is very large and exceeds
the supply.
IMMENSE PROFITS.
Heretofore the profits of manufacturing
il have been very great at the rates paid
for corn during the past few years During
the trial of recent law suit in New York,
il came out in the evidence that the Buffalo
of grape sugar, or glucose, per month. That
company is now using nearly 6,OOO bushels
of corn every day in the week. A bushel
of corn weighing Sc pounds, will yield so
pounds of sugar or glucose; the average net
profit on bushel of corn is between 40 and
80 cents. since when the price has material
ly advanced This would make the average
profits of the Buffalo Grape Sugar Go. over
81 .OOO, 600 year, Oh Capital now invested
of 100000. But the Wheeling company
proposes TO
DO STILL BETTER,
as Prof. Dwight, the manager, claims to
have process by which the starch stage is
rendered unnecessary, thereby saving the
cost Of that process. I'VE have another
advantage" he says, lin that our plan OF
crystallization is such that we can make just
so much sugar or Just so much syrup. as the
market NAV demand With other factories,
the result OF the conversion into sugar is
just as it may happen. They 60 on with
their converting aud sometimes there IS
more sugar and sometimes less. Inc re-
sult is that occasionally barrels OF syrup,
| after being sold, will continue crystailizing
and cannot be drawn, and will have tc be
| returned TO the factory. Now we can make
| all of our material INTO sugar or all into
syrup, as may be demanded, withOu: dan
| ger Of further change. Another advantage
we will have will be the regulating OF pro-
portion, say for instance, the proportion,
| of sugar to the syrup
OTHER MATERIAL THAN corn
is beginning TO be extensively used and, it
is claimed, with the most highly gratifying
results For instance, in Illinois, the
sorghum cane is set forth as the best mate
| rial and having the largest yield ofglucose
/ In Philadelphia company has recently
been formed 10 manufacture glucose from
| cassava, tuber well known in the tropical
| countries and which grows luxuriautly in
4 Florida. The most extravaSant claims are
made for the results of CaSsaya glucose. One
professor has stated that while 1000 acres
| Of corn will yield about 500 tons OF glucose,
| the same acreage OF cassava will yield
twenty times as much or 10000 tons!
THE WHEELING COMPANY
| thinks, however, il has glittering future
before it, with wealth in the not far distant
future. Prot. Dwight claims to be able to
extract by his process, from % to so per
| cent. more glucose from the corn than by
| the method now employed. which will rep
| resent about $500 per day in clear profit.
| Quite as golden as the syrup itself. He
boasts the great regularity OF the proper
| ton Of sugar TO the syrup and has table
comparing his samples TO those produced
/ at Peoria Prof. Wiley. of La Fayette, has
| examined ten samples with the following
| rpSult.