The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-12-07
NJ GORSUCH SON s. co.
Manufacturers of Flour, Dealers in Feed,
Seed, Strd7V, Etc.

Seed, StrG7V, Etc.
In the great volume of its productions
and shipments, in the extensiveness OF
its trade territory, in its excellent stand
ing in the commercial world and in the
advantageous market conditions it main
tans at home, the business conducted as
n. |. Gorsuch Son & Co. is among the
leading and popular enterprises of Car
roll county and contributes materially IN
its daily activities to increase Westmins-
ter's prestige as an important trade CEN
ter.
The N. I. Gorsuch Son & Co.'S plant
consists of connecting warehouses COX
go feet, having a capacity for nearly one
hundred and forty tons of feed, flour
mill equipped with the Wolf system roller
process, having a daily capacity of one
hundred and fifty barrels Of -four, an ele-
vator, the capacity of which is twenty
thousand bushels of grain; cooper shops,
corn cribs, ETC. All the buildings are
situated along the tracks of the Western
Maryland Railroad, thereby securing by
their ease and conveniece of accessibility
the very best railroad facilities. The N.
l. Gorsuch Son & Co. manufacture the
popular brands of -four "Gorsuchs Best
and Sea Foam" These productions find
a ready market in Baltimore and New
York, to which points shipments are be-
ing constantly made. Such are the pro-
nounced integrity and reliability of their
methods of manufacture that for years
past this concern has been selected as
the official manufacturers for the Pass
over bread, used by the Hebrews of Bal
timore, during their annual religious GER
emonies. This concern makes speciality
of baling and shipping threshed rye
straw, which is forwarded in carload
lots to manufacturers all over the coun-
try Fertilizers are also manufactured,
and the brand known as the dissolved
Raw Bone phosphate has long ago es-
tablished its merit as one of the best soil
enriching productions to be found on the
market n. |. Gorsuch Son & Co.'S es-
tablishment is headquarters for cotton
seed meal, linseed meal, clover and tim
othy seed, grain, hay, straw, salt, fire
brick, ETC., in all of which lines hun
dreds of tons are handled annually in
supplying the demands of a large, repre-
sentative and constantly growing pat
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enterprise are Charles C. Gorsuch, presi-
dent; John T. Brown, secretary and
treasurer, who, with Eli Butler, Howard
Roger and Harry E. Roger, form the
board of directors. This business was
established in 1861, by Denton Gehr, who
conducted until his death, in 1881,
warehouse and grain depot The found
er was succeeded directly by Nathan l.
Gorsuch & Son, and under their owner
ship and management a progressive spirit
was exempli6ed in the erection of
twenty thousand bushel elevator, in 1885,
and in the building and equipment of the
present -four mill, in 1890, and by the in
crease of patronage and trade territory.
On the death of Nathan /. Gorsuch, in
1903, the business was Incorporated TN
der the laws of the State of Maryland
and has been conducted in its corporate
form by the officers and directors above
mentioned. The business is one of the
wide-awake and hustling enterprises of
Western Maryland, and is conducted by
men of pronounced business ability and
enterprise This statement is verified by
the results achieved, WHICH gan be SEEM
any day in the IA SD shipments at e q
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