The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-17
MIR. THoMPKINs ON SAVANNAH.
What He Says of the City's Trade
and Enterprises.

What He Says of the City's Trade
and Enterprises.
d. A. Thompkins in Charlotte Observer
Savannah Ga, May 4.-This city seems
to be assuming new activity in the de-
velopment of her manufactures and her
commerce. 1 am told by citizen, WHO
seems to- be accurately informed that
more than one hundred million dollars
worth of American made products find
shipment here through this port to 9th n
points in the United States and to foreign
countries. This shows far better condi-
tion of commerce than most people in the
South know about or would naturally SUP
pose possible. In addition to these large
figures representing outgoing commerce,
Col. j. H. Estin of the Morning News,
has shown me an estimate of the capital
invested in manufactures in Savannah and
1 was astonished 20 find that the aggre-
gate exceeded seven million dollars.
The outgoing commerce is largely made
up of cotton, rosin, turpentine, lumber,
pig iron from Alabama, North Georgia
ard Tennessee), cotton goods and cotton
seed Oil. The wharves of the railroad and
steamship companies extend along the
river on the Savannah side for distance
something like five miles. These are all
new well constructed and are loaded with
goods many of which are being loaded
from the trains and onto the ships. The
entire wharf and dock system has been
arranged for the best convenience in bring
ing in goods by rail from all parts of the
South and their economical transfer TO
ships for distribution to other parts of
this and to other countries.
The wharves docks and warehouses of
the Central Railroad of Georgia are in
/ fia oh Of ATr 4 Te~a Mt Uvh
is the general agent at Savannah of the
Central Railroad of Georgia and of the
Ocean Steamship Company. He formerly
lived in Charlotte, and inquired with inter-
est about a number jof people there, Mr..
Caldwell Mr.. Chambers and others. MIR.
Trezevant was busily engaged directing
the loading of a ship with lumber, early
vegetables canned oysters, cotton and
other goods.
SeabOnrd Docks and yVharves.
Just across the river from Savannah is
an island. On this island the 6eaboard
Air Line people have purchased all the
river front land lying Just opposite the
city. On this river front the aboard he's
now In process the construction of I'M
menee docks, wharves and slips. The pres
ent appearance of the work would Indicate
that these docks, wharves and slips, to-
gether with the railroad facilities that are
| also being provided will make as ample
and complete facilities for receiving land
freights and transferring them to ocean
! vessels and vice versa as exists anywhere
| in the United States or IN the world. From
| appearances there must be as much as two
miles of river front being brought into
| order for receiving ships and besides this
frontage proper there are a number of
| Immense slips being cut into the island,
| the intervening ground between the slips
! being covered with sheds and wharves
| into which the trains of cars Will run. A
! fine steel bridge has been built over the
| Savannah river to carry Seaboard trains
! of freight over to these immense ocean
| shipping facilities 1t becomes evident tina t
| the Seaboard must have ocean steamship
! connections at Savannah that will accom-
| modate an immense business to justify
these preparations.
Southern Cotton OIL Company.
I was taken to visit The works of the
( Southern Cotton OIL Company situated
| on the river just above the city. Cotton
! oil has always been known as one of the
purest and most wholesome Of edible and
| cooking oils Many physicians I'm Boston
now recommend its use to dyspeptics But
| in spite of its favorable points It has in
the past emitted in most cooking pro-
cesses an unpleasant odor which brought
upon it the condemnation of good house
wives Al these WORKS here the processes
of refining have been so improved and ex-
tended mat Inc TellneQ pFOQlcL mas DeeN
brought to a condition In which this OBJ
tecdonable feature is said to be entirely
absent. This improved oil is now being
put up In nice bottles for salad oil and
in cans for cooking purposes with the
guarantee that the old faults OF cotton
oil have been totally eliminated. Besides
putting up cotton oil alone the company
puts up in BOTTLES and cans this same
extra-refined cotton oil blended with olive
oil and no one l believe could distinguish
the difference between this blended cot
ton and olive oil and the olive oil alone.
This cotton oil plant is under the man
agernent of MIR. l.. w. Haskell who has
skilfully developed IT into an immense
and varied works from beginning that
was comparatively small something like
Ten years ago. The organization includes
a progressive analytical chemist, Mr.. Geo
f. Tennille, whose work seems to be an
important factor In the scientific conduct
OF che works. The edible and cooking oils
are made by Mr.. David Wesson by pro-
cess which he discovered or invented but
keeps secret.
Besides the production OF crude oil from
cotton seed and its ordinary refining, Man
ager Haskell has established The manu-
facture of soap on a large scale. using
the residual products from the oil refin-
cry as the basis of this industry. The ca
pacity OF the refinery Is 100 barrels OF
oil per day and the quantity OF soap in
sight n the soap department was, IN the
Language OF one OF the visiting party,
enough 70 wash the entire Philippine
population"
The De Soto Hotel, built and owned by
Savannah people, is a model, modern
tourists hotel. lis construction has been