The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-22
Western Glucose Co. to Lo-
cate in Fourth Ward
With Big Factory.
EMPLOY 5000 WORKERS
Immense Concern With Capital Of
Two and One-Half Millions to
Come to Hammond.

Robertsdale is to become the CEN
ter Of the glucose industry Of the
West. The news was received in
Hammond today that a new concern,
the Western Glucose company, with
a capital stock of nearly two and one
half million dollars is to locate with
in the corporate limits of this city
and will begin at once the building
of an enormous plant that will en-
ploy 900 men at the start
This means that Robertsdale,
which has been progressing steadily
but slowly for the last few years. is
to become a community of approxi-
mately 5000 inhabitants within the
next two or three years and will make
Hammond of which it is the fourth
ward, a city of 10000 people before
the next census is taken.
The Western Glucose company is
the latest Independent company to
enter the field against the Corn Pro-
duct Refining company and was in
corporated under the laws of the
State of Maine. The officers and di-
reetors are all Chicago men and in
dnclude stock capitalists who are well
known in Hammond. The list is as
follows: President, Daniel B. Soul
ly; Vice President, f. G. Let's; Treas
urer, c. b. Shedd; Secretary and
Counsel, w. O. O'Neill. The direct
ors include all of the above named
men and E. A. Shedd, H. L. Spencer
and Phillip L. Saenger besides.
OF the $2,4O0,OOO of stock there
will be one issue of S1,20O,OOO Of
cumulative preferred and $1,200,000
of common stock. There will be no
bond issue
Phillip L. Saenger, one of the di-
rectors who was general superintend-
ent with the Corn Products Refining
company will supervise the construc-
tion Of the new plant which will be
completed by Aug /, 1907
The exact location Of the new plant
is to be on a twenty acre plot of land
located between Sheffield avenue,
which is the paved road that leads
from the White House to the Lake
Front park and Wolf river 1t will
occupy the land north of the street
car tracks that was once the site of
the Forsythe race track.
The plant will have a capacity OF
10000 bushels of corn per day at the
start and the buildings viii be so ar
ranged that they can be enlarged at
small expense. 1t is the intention of
the company to finally increase the
capacity of the plant SO 10000 bush
els of corn will be disposed OF daily
Besides this there are numerous by
products such as the manufacture
of denaturized alcohol that will be
little industries in themselves.
One of the interesting facts about
the new concern is that the stock
holders are large consumers of glu.
cose and basing calculations on their
consumption Of the last three years
they viii be able to take the entire
output of the new company as soou
as it is started.
One of the important disclosures IL
connection with this enterprise is the
fact that a big steel concern is ne
I gotiating for the land on the othel
side Of Wolf river and when these
I two concerns have built their plants
they will at once proceed to dig ;
/ deep. wide harbor that will admi
freighters of the greatest capacity
These will be used 10 bring botl
grain and ore from the West for con
sumption here in Hammond.
The strategic Importance of tn,
natural harbor at the mouth of VOL
Lake has at last been recognized an,
with its construction the Northern
part of Hammond will receive an i'm
petus that will make this city one o
the most important municipalities II
the State.