Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-10-17
SUGAR REFINERY At TEXAS CITY.
One Of the Largest independent
Piants-Wiii Greatly Stimulate
Development.

San Antonio. Texas, Oct. 17.--With
81, 100000 of the capital stock of ST.
500. 900 subscribed and contracts en-
tered into for the designing of the
plant and erection OF the works, an
nouncement is made by the Texas
Sugar Refining Company, project en-
bracing the building Of one of the
largest independent sugar refineries in
the country at Texas City, on Calves
ton bay, and the second refinery In
the state Of Texas. It Is claimed by
sugar men who have been studying
the Texas raw sugar industry that the
building of this million-dollar plant
means the development within few
years of an industry producing from
Texas soil each year new wealth
Amounting to more than $43,000,000. \
Sugar refining earnings range from
rs per cent to S5 per cent, and stocks
can scarcely be purchased-they are
recognized among the most stable of
Investments. The Texas refinery will
be entirely independent. Contrary to
popular belief, the American Sugar
Refining Company, the so-called
sugar trust" does not begin to man.
ufacture anything like the bulk of the
refined sugar consumed in the United
States. The last report of its board
iof directors says: Your company
does not refine more than 43.5 per
cent OF the sugar consumed in this
country" Willett & Gray, the sugar
statisticians. in the issue OF their
journal for January 6, 1910. shows that
whereas the trust manufactures 1927
per cent of the total refined sugar In
1907. In 1909 1t manufactured only
43.14 per cent, a decrease of 6.13 per
cent On the other hand, the independ-
ent refineries manufactured 42.40 per
cent in 1909, against 37.44 per cent
in 1907, an increase of 1856 per cent.
Practically the entire balance, 14.46
per cent, was manufactured by the
beet sugar factories. The average in
dividual in the United States is con-
stantly consuming more sugar. For
the past twenty-eight years the aver
age annual increase in the total con.
has been 4.469 per cent. In
1886 the per capita consumption was
5255 pounds: by 1909 1t had increased
to S1.S0 pounds, an increase of 1925
or 54.6 per cent During TIE
ten years ending with 1909 the average +
cost OF raw sugar was about 1896 per
pounds. and the selling price
Of refined sugar, granulated, about
s4.S5 per one hundred pounds. There
are but three independent refneries
south of Philadelphia and east Of San
Francisco, two of them located in New
the third is the plant at Sugar
and, Texas. They are all small plants.
II Is these facts that induced the ar
ranging OF the greater part of the
of the big project. Texas
City was selected as the location Nc
cause it Is on the mainland, on the
vest shore of Galveston bay. in close
to Galveston, and IS cousid-
cred and operated as part of the
lort OF Galveston, anu while equally
avored with deep water channel to
he sea. offers as good railroad facil-
ties as Galveston. It's geographical
POSITION Is more favorable for obtain {
ng the raw sugar supply for a refinery
or the distribution of its products I
han that of any other place in the {
country where a refinery Is now 10, q
,ated. Freight rates to Texas City on
'aw sugar from Cuba, Porto Rico and
South American countries will be less 9
han the rates to New Orleans. {