Brown Milling Company.
To have her bread and biscuits "the
best" is the aim of every housewife,
but in order to do so they must have
the best flour, and those of this city are
fortunate in this respect, having at
their very doors the plant of the Brown
Milling Company, whose output is
conceded to have few peers and no
superiors in the entire South. The
plant of the company is located in
East Main street, and is one of the
most complete of its kind in the
country. The main building is a five-story
structure with a combined floor
space of 13,440 square feet, and is fitted
with the latest and most modern improved
machinery known to the milling
art. This building is devoted to
the manufacture of flour and meal,
office and storage purposes and a
cooperage, the concern manufacturing
its own barrels. A large number of
hands are employed and the mill has
a capacity of 120 barrels of flour and
500 bushels of meal per day. They
manufacture "Roller Patent" and
"High Grade" family flour, their
leading brands being "Albemarle
Lily," "Monticello Pride," "Royal
Straight," "Whole Wheat," "Peoples
Choice" and "Extra." All of
these are favorites in the South and
are ready sellers. Although this concern
is a new one the owners are
experienced millers, having been engaged
in it for many years, and have
by the purity and extra quality of
their goods built up a most substantial
trade which extends over this entire
section. This mill is not only of great
benefit to Charlottesville but to Albemarle
county and surrounding counties
by furnishing a splendid market for
grain. The company was formed
about two years ago succeeding Brown
Graves & Company. The present
owners are Gilbert M. Brown, J. Y.
Brown and C. W. Browning. Mr.
Gilbert Brown, senior member, was
born in Rappahannock County, Virginia,
and was educated there. After
leaving school he entered his present
line and has engaged in it continuously
for twenty-three years. He formerly
conducted a place at Culpeper, Va.,
but came here four years ago and
formed the firm of Brown, Graves &
Company, which existed until the formation
of the new firm. He is active
in fraternal circles, being an Elk and
taking great interest in that order.
Mr. J. Y. Brown, brother of the senior
partner, was also born in Rappahannock
County, and has been engaged in
making flour since leaving school
twenty-one years ago. He had an
establishment at Luray for several
years, but disposed of it to enter into
partnership with his brother. He is
prominent in Masonic circles, being a
Knight Templar. Mr. Browning, like
his partners, is a son of Rappahannock
County, where he now resides.
He is devoted to agricultural pursuits,
and his place is one of the finest and
most fertile in this far-famed section.
All are men of sterling character whose
reputation for fair business dealings is
an enviable one.
[ILLUSTRATION]
Plant of the Brown Milling Company.
