Woodson County KS Archives Photo Place.....Toronto Roller Mill 1899
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Source:             Woodson County Advocate Fri Sep 1, 1899
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           A MODEL MILL
The Toronto Roller Mills Equipped With the Most
Modern and Approved Macchinery. Its Products
            are Unsurpassed.
A Manufacturing Enterprise Under Competent
Management Which has Added Materially to the
Commercial Importance of this City. W. P.
Dickerson, Proprietor.
   No commerial or manufacturing enterprise tends
to build up a city as a business center more than
a well managed modern flouring mill. The farmer
here finds a ready market for his grain at the
prevailing market prices and receives in exchange
the manufactured products or cash as he desires.
As a natural result he does his trading at a town
having a first class mill if possible, and the
people of a community thus favored should patronize
home industries by using the ontput of concerns
which add to the general prosperity of the city.
The writer unhesitatingly states that of the 
several mills in Woodson county, none are better
equipped than the Toronto Roller Mills, and this
assertion is made after careful observation, and
a comprehensive knowledge of milling machinery. 
The mill proper is a two story and basement frame
structure, iron-clad, and its ground dimensions 
are 28x60 feet. An engine room 14x24 and a storage
house 24x60 are the additional buildings required
to handle the business. The Todd & Stanley system
is the main equipment, and the other milling
machinery is of an equally high standard. The 35hp. 
engine and steel tube boiler are also models of 
their kind. The flouring capacity is 50 barrels
per day and the other grinding capacity 400 sacks
or two car loads daily. The brands of flour for
which this mill has become popularly known are
the Gem Patent, Pride of Toronto and Wild Rose, 
all of them ranking with the best in their respective
grades. The output of the mill also includes corn
meal, feed, bran etc., and these latter products
find a large home consumpton amond the extensive
stock feeders of this section. Grain of all
kinds is handled and the shipping of these products
is an important feature of the enterprise. This
mill was erected in the winter of 1894-95 by its
present owner, W. P. Dickerson, and is in charge
of T. J. Dickerson as business manager. Its success
from the start may be ascribed to its modern 
equipment, the high standard of its output, and 
the correct business methods which have characterized
its management.

Additional Comments:
1900 Toronto, Woodson , Kansas
Willie P Dickerson 38 Nov 1861 OH OH OH Banker
Kate L Dickerson   39 Jan 1861 Canada Canada Canada 1870
Freda M Dickerson  12 Jun 1887 KS OH Canada
Nellie E Dickerson  9 Apr 1891 KS OH Canada
Frank W Dickerson   7 Dec 1892 KS OH Canada

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