Bayou Land & Lumber Co. 1911-1924   

Bayland Saw Mill Co. 1924-1926

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Cincinnati, OH Mill Location: Lindsay (Bayland), MS ( Yazoo County) Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: Bayou Land & Lumber Co.:1911-1924                                  Bayland Saw Mill Co.: 1924-1926 Miles Operated: 6 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned:	Other Equipment: Purchased Clyde Iron Works Rapid Loader #233, shipped to Lindsey, Miss. 11-22-1915.	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Tony Howe: Bayou Land & Lumber Co. was first established in 1907 as a lumber distributor in Cincinnati, Ohio by F. K. Conn, president; George W. Hand, vice-president; C. S. Walker; S. A. Conn; and F. E. Linz, secretary and tresaurer. Around 1911, it appears that Bayou Land & Lumber Co. purchased the sawmill, timber, and logging railroad of William Deffenbaugh from the Commercial State Bank & Trust Co. This mill was logged by a railroad about 1.5 miles long that ran towards the northwest. Bayou Land & Lumber immediately changed the direction the logging railroad ran, and logged timber that was located southeast of Lindsay.  The Bayland Saw Mill Company was incorporated in September 1920. F. K. Coon was president and J. C. Neal, mill superintendent. The mill cut out in late 1926.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:    Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   2   20-2 Shay   Lima   1652   2/1906   3-8x8   26   42600   Lanana Lumber Co. #1 Waitt, Decoy, TX Later at Lanana, TX. Southern Mills Co., Trawick, TX Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Bayou Land & Lumber Co., Lindsay, MS, on 8/31/1916. Transferred to Bayland, MS in 1917. Bayland Saw Mill Co. #2, Bayland, MS, on 7/11/1924.   For sale 12/1/1926 — mill cut out. Lake George Hardwood Lumber Co. #6, Holly Bluff, MS, in 9/1927.   6   28-2 Shay   Lima   2726   7/1915   3-8x10   27½   56000   Morley Cypress Co. #6, Morley, LA Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1525 Bayland Saw Mill Co. #6, on 5/16/1924.   For sale 12/1/1926 — mill cut out. Brewer-Nienstedt Lumber Co. #6, Palmetto, LA, ca. 5/1930.

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