The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-16
Big SUGAR REFINERY
MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN sAVAN-
NAH AT COST OF $1,OOO,OO0.
ITS PROTECTOR NOW HERE.
DISCUSSED MATTER BEFORE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Would Utilize All the Sugar to BE
Secured in Georgia and Florida
and Would Also Import Raw Ma
teriaI from SOdth America-Plan
Outlined by A. VI. Allnut, Who
Says Money for Plant Can Be Sc
cured in New YOrk-The Matter
Referred TO the Committee on
transportation of Public Utilities.
Savannah will have a sugar refinery
to cost approximately 1000 900, if the
pans of Mr.. A. NJ. Allnut of Philadel-
phia are carried out. These in a gem
eral way he outlined at a meeting of
the directors of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Allnut explained that for twen-
ty-seven years he has been travelling
over the sugar producing sections Of
the world and that he is familiar with
the chemical analysis of cane from all
parts of the country, but knows of
none better for sugar making pur-
poses than that grown in this state
and section.
This fact, together with the further
consideration that Savannah is most
advantageously situated as a port, de-
cided him to seek to establish a sugar
making plant and refinery here, he
explained. OF course, it will be i'm
possible to manufacture and refine
only the product of the Georgia and
Florida grown cane for the reason
that the season would be too short
one to make it profitable to establish
the plant, but the speaker explained,
homemade sugar would be used as
much of it as can be secured, and when
this is exhausted the raw material
might be imported from West Indian
and South American ports.
Has a Charter.
This could proftably be done, Mr.
Allnut thinks, by having the vessels
that carry naval stores and lumber
from Savannah to the South bring back
raw sugar. Mr. Allnut explained that
he had contemplated the erection of
a plant at Tampa and had even Sc
cured a charter for the purpose but
was forced to abandon the plan because
of the beginning of the Spanish Ameri-
can War.
This charter, he explained, cost ST.
900 for drawing, the work having been
done by a New York lawyer, a spec
ialist in this line. With a few changes,
he said, it would be available for use
of tho nCy" company IL i be forGned
His plan is to have the Chamber of
Commerce or the citizens of Savannah
subscribe something like $4,000 to ST.
900 for the necessary papers, prospectus
and attorneys fees and he will under
take to secure the required capital by
disposing of the stock in the North and
the East.
No Fear of Trusts.
Mr.. Allnut cited the sugar making
plant that is now being erected near
Climax, Decatur county, by Cohn &
Co, tobacco growers and manufactur-
ers, as showing the possibilities of
Georgia profitably to make and refine
sugar. Further he had no fear of in
reference from the sugar trust as, he
said, it had paid no attention to indie
pendent refineries in other parts of the
country. But, he continued, should
the venture prove a success, as it WILL
it is more than probable that the trust
will offer a fair bonus TO control the
plant.
The question was referred to the
Committee on Transportation, of
which Mr.. f. c. Battey is chairman,
and to that on the Promotion of Pub
lie Utilities, of which Mr.. T. M. Cum
bingham, Jr., is chairman. Mr. ALL
nut claims that he simply wants the
Endorsement of the Chamber of Com
merce and the plant will be assured
the city, as there is a company now
in New York that is prepared to fur
nish the money to put it in operation