The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-22
sAvANNAH'S BIG INDUSTRY.
WHAT THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL
MILL - DOING.

salad. Cooking and other oils, I
which Are BeinE shipped 10 Al
pnrts OF the United Sfates-The
urs.on oils. the Lard Compounds
and the soaps All In Big Demand.
rbr Industry the Largest of Its
Kind la This Scction-PIant Covers
rtftrcn Acres and Employs 500
,cp-Usrd S2OO.OjO Worth OF Bar-
rcis Last Year.
c.torsccd oil products manufactured
,r savannah are being shipped an over
ta. United States. Lard. soap salad
..f cooking oils and Other products OF
o similar character are being consumed
t,. the people OF san Francisco. Omaha.
reI-,so ST. Paul New York and Bos-
,en ,s well as by those Of savannah.
Notwithstanding the fact that these
rr,iucts are now being generally con-
.Yr.d throughout the country very few
!, me people OF Savannah are aware Of
t,e extent OF the industry which exists
az thelr very doors. nor Of the large bus
re.s which 1t has bunt up in so short
,tre The fact is that the Southern Cot
ION OH Company's plant Is the ciiy's
largest manufacturing industry and one
Of the largest In the state. The refinery
p,art Is believed to be the largest in the
south
In company with Mr.. J. B. Johnson,
VINO has charge Of che sales department
FOR the grocery products Of the company
"a Morning News reporter visited the
paut yesterday afternoon. and was
shown through the various departments
hy AIR George L. Tennille. the ehiet
chemist and Dr. Wesson. who mas charge
of bs WesSon processes for making salad
ard cooking oils.
TIN. plant Is situated on the river about
"a mil. west OF the city and covers fifteen
a-rcs Of ground closely built up win
mills refinery buildings. storage ware
houses and numerous large tanks Tor
storing OIL The crude oil mill located
on the river. Is a very large one. having
n .apacity OF iW tons OF cotton seed with
a nrodurflon OF about 1870 barrels Of OF
dauv Ths. refinery is the chief feature
~ no plant however. and some idea OF
ga cauacitv mas be CLEANED from the
statement that the crude oil mill hardly
furnishes enough oil 90 keep the refinery
busy more than one-half a day ~ eaeh
we-k. Crude cottonseed oil Is brought 70
s,,onanh from every cotton state. even
IaNAE fAENleuNAk aHAl At Atft''at-et
refined here and shipped oil over the
rlobe. cottonseed oil now having a well
eetablished pleca IN hundreds OF indus
trea Resides oil the crude oil mill turns
ont large quantities Of cOttonseed meal
ana cakc. hulls and nuters. for which
there S. a well established demand.
June last. the entire refinery pah'.
iUriudiug the lard compound soap a""
W.s-on oil plants. was destroyed 10y IRE
Tho work OF rebuilding wae undertaken
almost Immediately. and was practically
CONNECTED lu about five months from the
date OF the fire the plant being reoult On
a more extensive scale than iormefE.
some additions and extensions are sun
being made. and u b. probable that quite
extensive additions viii be made TO 'he
Weseon OIL refinery at an early date
tbo demand for the products OF this de
psrtmeut being greater than can be sup
piled with the present capacity.
After the big refinery. where millions
81 e-nHons OF oil are handled. comes next
n size II not IN Importance. the soap
rant Here the Forest city "Magho-
l." baseball" and big Blue Bar
r.e turned out in immense quantities.
r,ese soeus are already well known n
savannah. ana ore being generally SOLD
tnroug nout the country ~ large. Toilet
-1aps are also manufactured in small
t,v. and "a considerable business Is done
ln soop powder. Iu the soap factory are
several immense kettles. each - feet deep
and holding 30 barrels each OF soft soap.
enough TO wash the whole city of Savan-
nah nt one boiling
When the SOAP has passed through the
various processes It IS turned out into
huge wooden urolds. which shape it into
big square cakes 81 40 pounds each.
visitors to the factory are invited 20
take away cake in their vest pockets.
After being allowed time 10 become firm
the biz cakes are cut into slabs and these
IN turn are quickly sliced into cakes OF
the desired size by passing them through
"a SET OF wires. after which It simply
remains to dry. wrap and pack them for
shipment. The soaps named ore IN large
demand for laundry purposes, and are
well known IN the local market About
200 boxes arc turned out each week.
The lard compound plant Is one Of the
chief features OF the refinery. Here the
refined oil is pus through various process
cs which are not explained 20 visitors.
and reduced 10 a white Opaque substance
go closely resembling the leaf lard OF
commerce that the animated would hard
~ suspect the difference The compound
has all the appearance OF lard, is odor-
less and almost tasteless. Il IS claimed
Tor Il that Il not only answers all Dur-
poses for which ordinary lard Is used.
but tina, being purely vegetable pro
duct % Is free from the impurities which
must naturally pertain 10 an animal pro-
duct and this heing the case the product
81 entirely free from that danger which
attaches 20 the animal product Of the
use Of fat from diseased animals.
Many people have the impression that
the lard compound from cottouseed oil
81 simply used in combination with enc
bog product and that the Western pack
tr avail themselves OF the oil product
f0r This purpose IS doubtless true The
southern Cotton OIL Company does not
s, les output for this purpose however,
hl' puts 20 on the market as turned out
from the factory. "Snowdrlfs Lard Com
pound" Is its favorite product in this line
and O. Is sold throughout the country as
such
no cotton oil lard has not
oa.y taken its place among the
edible food products. but g. preferred IN
many places 20 the natural or lear lard.
Ntd the time may come Ia the not FAR
h ant future when the world viii look
."- los supply Of edible fat 10 the cotton
n''.a of tho South instead OF the packing
n"'sea ~ the West The output Of lard
'H pound amounts 10 about 100 barrels
week.
H' iies the Snowdrlft compound tho
m"lny also manufactures "Palatlna."
.omewhat similar product used FOR