Barr-Holaday Lumber Co.

Quinine Central Railroad

Standard Gauge 30 and 60-lb rail Headquarters: Greenfield, OH Mill location: Isola, MS (Washington, now Humphreys County) Mill capacity: 30,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1904-1910 Miles Operated: 3 in 1910 Locomotives Owned: 1	Equipment:  5 log cars and 1 home-made loader in 1910	Click Maps for Larger Versions
History by Gil Hoffman: The Barr-Holaday Lumber Company, of Greenfield, Ohio, established a hardwood mill at Isola, MS, in August 1904.  The company was composed of W.I. Barr, of Greenfield, Ohio, B.A. Holaday, of Isola, Miss., and D.O. Miller, of Greenfield, Ohio. The manager of this mill was B. A. Holaday. In the summer of 1910 operations were moved to Louise, MS. The logging railroad went by the name "Quinine Central " but it was never incorporated.
Standard Gauge 30 and 60-lb rail Mill location: Louise, MS (Yazoo County) Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1911-1929 Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned: 3	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Tony Howe: The Barr-Holaday Lumber Company moved their mill from Isola to Louise in 1911 and built a logging railroad eastward. A separate logging railroad was later built westward from Colby into Sharkey County. This spur existed from 1919 to 1924.   ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   No Data                           Transferred from Isola, MS in 1910.       ?   2-4-4TB   Cooke   1748   2/1887   14x22   50   76000   Staten Island Rapid Transit R.R. #10 Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #690 Enterprise Lumber Co. #4, Goldsboro, NC, on 8/21/1909. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1187 Barr-Holaday Lumber Co., on 5/29/1918. Cost $4,700.   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1657, on 1/22/1921, in trade on SI&E #1659. J. O. H. Bennette, Conroe, TX, on 4/14/1921 (as an 0-4-4F).   ?   Class B   Climax   594   1906           40000   Mayerhoff Brothers #594, Arundel, MS Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co.                         Flood-Lyons Lumber Co. #594, Narkeeta, MS, on 1/25/1910. J. E. Tartt #594, Narkeeta, MS, on 2/10/1913. Transferred to Akron, MS. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1659 Barr-Holaday Lumber Co., on 1/22/1921.       ?   23-2 Heisler   Heisler   1259   1912   11x10   30   46000   Charles Estes #4, Sledge, MS Barr-Holaday Lumber Co., on ?   For sale 8/15/1929.
Standard Gauge Mill location: Holly Bluff, MS (Yazoo County) Mill capacity: 30,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1917-1920 Miles Operated: 2 in 1919 Locomotives Owned: ?	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Barr-Holaday Lumber Company built a new band mill at Holly Bluff in Sept. 1917 and built about 5 miles of logging railroad here. It was apparently removed by December 1920.   ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   0-4-4TB   Rhode Island           12x16                48000   Owner code name “Gibson #5" Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1037 Barr-Holaday Lumber Co., on 8/16/1916.   For sale 5/12/1923.

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