Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-04-23
ONE OF TOWANDAS WORCESTERSHIRE
EAGLE FIGURING MILLS,

ed by Col. MASON in the First Ward ten
years ngo when everything was g booming
but which has been lying idle for NUMBER
of years. Last fall the property fell into the
hands Of G. A. DAYTON & Co. GEORGE A.
DAYTON and BENZ. KUYKFNDALL), who inn
medately set to work to overhaul the estab-
lishment preparatory to starting up. The
engine and boiler were thoroughly repaired,
the engine room enlarged to nearly double its
original size, every liece of disabled machin-
cry replaced by new the old bolts" discard
ed and better and improved ones put in, and
q new run of stones added. All this required
months of patient work and the expenditure
of large sum of money. At last.the steam
was turned on and the machinery which had
so long been silent, moved like thing of
life." But II short trial demonstrated that
the wheat cleaning apparatus did not leave
the grain in as good condition as they desired,
so the very best and most perfect machine Of
the kind made was ordered, They also dis
covered their water supply was inadequate
and large well was sunk which affords them
an abundance now. "Having puttheir hands
to the plow," the indefatigable propretors,
who personally superintended and directed
the improvements, determined to leave no
stone unturned until the object they had in
view was accomplished, namely, putting the
mill in condition to successfully compete with
the best competing establishment in all this
section. That they have admirably succeed
ed is abundantly evidenced by the product
of their MILL.
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DAYTON very kindly escorted us through the
different apartments and explained the moduS
operOnGi of manufacturing -four, meal, feed
&c. We were most agreeably surprised to
notice how smoothly everything was running
and what proportions the business has al
ready assumed. All the available room in the
vicinity of the mill was occupied with teams
of country people who had brought grists to
be ground, as it has got whispered about that
the mill is not only doing excellent work bun
that customers are promptly served and re-
ceive full weight. n#
Mr.. DAYTON informed us that so far they
had been kept very busy with custom work
and had been unable to do much Touring
for the trade; the few orders they had filled
gave excellent satisfaction and the dealers
had duplicated their bills. He has no doubt
they will find ready sale for all they can man
ufacture.
The mill has capacity of ten to twelve
hundred bushels in twenty-four hours We
found stored in the bins some 1900 bushels
af wheat 1900 of corn, 1000 of oats and a
quantity of buckwheat. Dering the season
lhey shipped about $50 tons of buckwheat
flour.
The firm buy all kinds of grain and pay the
highest market price in cash. They own in
the neighborhood of 5000 bags which hold in
the aggregate ten thousand bushels of grain.
The head miller is ANDREW d. FORBES
and his assistant JAS. c. FORBES, both gen.
tlemen of large experience and reliability,
whose past success is an earnest of their skill.
We have said this much about one of the
most important of our home Industries SIM
ply to call attention to the Importance and
duty of encouraging the establishment of
manufactures among us. The position of
Towanda as the capital of one of the first
counties in the commonwealth, in the centre
of q fertile agricultural district, should at
tract capital and call hither skilled labor. If
we desire continued growth and prosperity
we must foster enterprises and encourage
the intellignent, thrifty and enterprising to
make their abode with us. Our people are
loyal to their town and its best interests
They only need that their attention be direct
ed to their duty in these matters. t@A
One way to afford G.. A. DAYTON 81 Co.
substantial evidence that their enterprise,
public spirit and large outlay of capital are