Batson & Hatten Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge, 50 and 60-lb rail Headquarters: Lyman, MS Mill Location: Lyman, MS (Harrison County) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1924-1932 Miles Operated: 16 miles Locomotives Owned: |
See also: Ingram-Day Lumber Co.
Equipment:
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Batson & Hatten Lumber Company was incorporated on April 4, 1924, at
Hillsdale, Pearl River County, by Randolph Batson, N. P. Hatten and W. H.
Hatten, all of Hillsdale, with authorized capital stock of $1,000,000. On
May 10, 1924 the company bought the sawmill plant and town property of the
Ingram-Day Lumber Company, at Lyman, Harrison County. R. Batson was
president and W. H. Hatten, vice president and general manager. In
June 1924, work began on a new double band mill with a cutting capacity of
150,000 feet per day to replace the old Ingram-Day mill. In
May 1932, the mill closed down, but reopened later that same year for a
brief period, then closed for good.
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Batson & Hatten Lumber No. 7 |
Builder's view of Batson & Hatten No. 12. This locomotive was used to haul logs over the G&SI main line from Forrest County. |
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Batson & Hatten 9 was used to switch the mill at Lyman in later years.
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Builder's photo of Batson & Hatten 8, an 80-ton Shay. |
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
5
2-6-0
Dickson
56
18x24
Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1848, Atlanta, GA, on 1-6-1924.
Cost $4,500. Formerly
Blakely Hardwood Lumber Co. #2, Blakely, GA 7
2-8-0
Pittsburgh
2105
4-1900
50
20x26
200000 Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1866, Atlanta, GA, on 10-2-1923. Built
as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie #152; to Georgia & Florida 1st #201,
about 1918, renumb. #351 in 1920; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co.
#1866, in 8-1923. 8
3T Shay
Lima
3290
9-1925
36
3-12x15
171000 Purchased
new through Woodward, Wight & Co., Ltd., New Orleans, LA. Cost
$22,500. Ordered
as #13, but changed to #8 prior to delivery. Shipped
from Lima to Maxie, MS. 9
4-6-0
Baldwin
40593
9-1913
56
18x24
120000 Purchased
from Ingram-Day Lumber Co. #9, Lyman, MS, on 5-10-1924. Baldwin
class
10-30 D 648 10
2T Shay Lima
3080
2-1920
36
3-12x12
120000 Purchased
from Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1538, Birmingham, AL, on
7-28-1924. Built
as Huskin Coal Mining Co. #1, Windber, PA; to Birmingham Rail &
Locomotive Co. #1538. 11
2T Shay Lima
2437
3-1911
36
3-12x12
120000 Purchased
from General Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA, in 10-1924. Built
as Stony Brook Lumber Co. #1, Lopez, PA; to Southern Iron &
Equipment Co. #1091, Atlanta, GA; to W. C. Wood Lumber Co. #2, Collins,
MS, on 11-20-1916, transferred to Belpine, MS; to Elton Lumber Co.,
Belpine, MS, in 10-1923; to General Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA, in
8-1924. 1st
12 2-6-0
Baldwin
29762
12-1906
44
14x22
70000 Purchased
from Ingram-Day Lumber Co. #12, Lyman, MS, on 5-10-1924. Built
as Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana Ry. #3, Atlanta, TX; to Dorsey Land
& Lumber Co. #3, Texarkana, AR, by 4-1920; to Birmingham Rail &
Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Webster County Lumber Co.,
Cumberland, MS, on 2-28-1923; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co.
#1451, Birmingham, AL; to Ingram-Day Lumber Co. #12, Lyman, MS, on
11-24-1923. Sold
to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1451, Birmingham, AL; to
Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. #533, Atlanta, GA, on 8-29-1924; to J.
W. McWilliams Co., Inc. #12, Fort Myers, FL, on 10-29-1924; to Dowling
& Camp, Inc. #12, Slater, FL. Baldwin
class
8-22 D 296
2nd
12 2-8-0
Baldwin
58101
11-1924
50
22x28
187000 Purchased
new. Cost $29,385. Sold
to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1825, Birmingham, AL; to Woodward
Iron Co. #38, Woodward, AL, on 10-14-1935; to Heart of Dixie Railroad
Club, Inc., Birmingham, AL. Baldwin
class
10-38 E 3749 37
2-8-0
Baldwin
18364
11-1900
50
18x24
106000 Purchased
from Gulf & Ship Island #37, on 6-14-1929. Built
as Gulf & Ship Island #21, renumb. #37 in 1903. Baldwin
class
10-30 E 11 63
4-6-0
ALCO-Brooks
40575
6-1906
57
20x26
154000 Purchased from Gulf & Ship Island #63, on 6-13-1927.
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