Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-23

Sugar Company in New York City. backed
by the Mcdowell Yoakum and allied inter
e>t>. with Incorporation under the laws of
the state OF Delaware. with a capital
stock OF >500,000, and with principal of
iIceS in Brownsville. was announced to-
day by X. Il. Creager of Brownsville. see
retarN and assistant treasurer OF the com
pany and it~ general attorney. Appl.ca-
tion Tor permit 10 90 business IN the state
of Texas ha~ been filed at Austin
The Ia Blanca company ab>orb~ the
properties including sugar mill and plan
tation of the Donna Plantation Company.
including several hundred acres oi planted
cane. and the properties ot the Sunset
Sugar Company. which controlled 5000
acres OF land on the Barreda tract. about
eight miles from Brownsville and which
hae about 600 acres IN cane. Altogether
tile new company will have 10000 acres ~
land under IT. control. 1000 acres nj
Donna, the balance the Barrcda property
The company has NJ the outset approx
nmately 900 acres at sugar cane IN the
field. and order, already have been ISSUED
fall. tho seed 10 he obtained from thl~
years crop. Next year the acreage actn
ally N cane will be- extended. and within
three years u y planned a. have about
5000 81 the 1000 acres III sugar ran.
The plans ct the Ia Blanca company
while not Yet ally maicrlalzcd are under
stood later To include the construction OF
..
production Of refined instead VI. raw sugar
ia the Valley. The personnel Of the boar,
oi directors and incorporators of the com
pany Indicate su:fIciency of capital I,
carry out any enterprise the company ma,
decide "a undertake.
J. &. Mcdowell uf pitt.bnrr Pa. /.
president of the company, ". r. Hull ~
New York City j. vice president, and Mr.
Creager of Brownsville the secretary ano
treasurer These and Hiram H. Hart, r.
ID. Garfield, Jr.. \. VI. Snyder and Benia-
min Il Noakum constitute the board ~
directors.
Mr.. Mcdowell will need little ~ ~ intro
ductIon 10 the sugar interests of the Val
ley. He was head of the Donna Plantation
Company. and has approximately $1,000
900 invested IA various enterprises ana
properties IN this section of the stale Ill,
- president OF the Empire Ga. & Fue
Company of Ptt~burg. and director il
the Cities Service Company, concern
owning about one hundred and fifty public
utilities concerns IN a many cities IN IA,
country, besides being. next to the Stand
ard OIL, one Of the largest oi operatn.
concerns III the country.
Benjamin T.. loakum of New York CITY.
director IN the new company. has not
been heard from very much in the lower
valley Tor the past few years, but the "Em
pre- Builder Of the Southwest still bcIeye>
IN the future of the Valley. Indicated in ex-
ton-iVe investment IN this new sugar prop
erty. 81 have never for an instant lost in
terc-i IN the Lower Rio Grandc Valley
MIR. loakum l. quoted 60 have said IN be
coming Interested III the In Blanca com
pany. Il still believe II j, 10 be one of th,
greatest sections IN these United States.
Hiram I. Hart Of Brownsville and New
York, recognized a. one ui the best su
thnrliie~ on sugar m this district and the
man who T. generally credited in tn,
coastal region with keeping alive the pos
slbitics ot the Lower Rio Grande NaIlc,
a. sugar producing section l. member
OF the board of directors II has been
conceded by various sugar men that Mr.
liart'- unwaVerlng faith IN the belief that
the Valley " destined To become the "Nu-ar
Bowl OF America i responsible for tn,
continued influx NJ capital for cXtens on
OF the industry. Mr.. Hart has been the iii
rect means of the investment of ~ 800. 600
in cash in the Valley. lie it was who
undertook the work that preceded the re
habilitation of the San Beniro and Donna
Sugar Company. the Borderland Sugar
Corporation, and now the largest Of all, the
la Blanca Sugar Company.
+. ID. Garfield. Jr, of New York City,
vice president of the Fulton Iron Works
of 81. Louis. the largest manufacturers Of
sugar machinery IN the world, i another
member Of the board. This concerns mills
are ia three fourthS of the great sugar fac
tories IN Cuba. He T. y director IN the
great Cuban American Sugar Company, a