Garrett-Turpin Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Liberty Center, IN Mill Location: Greenwood, MS (Leflore County) Mill Capacity: 30,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1917-1919 Miles Operated: 2 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned:	Other Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Garrett-Turpin Lumber Company was a partnership composed of O. D. Garrett and Dr. Frank W. Garrett, both of Liberty Center, Ind., and Thomas Turpin, of Greenwood, MS. In July 1916 the company bought the sawmill and timber holdings near Greenwood, MS, of the Bluffton Land & Lumber Company, of Bluffton, IN. In 1917 the sawmill had a cutting capacity of 30,000 feet per day. On July 22, 1918 the company sold its mill at Greenwood, on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, to the Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Company. In the spring of 1919 the logging railroad was sold to the Churchill-Milton Lumber Company, of Greenwood.
	Southern Lumberman, 9-9-16, p. 60. WANTED Standard gauge locomotive for logging railroad, 15 to 25 tons; log derrick and hoisting engine; log loader for dummy line. Must be in good condition and cheap. GARRETT-TURPIN LUMBER CO., Greenwood, Miss.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:    Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   19-2 Heisler   Heisler   1139   1907   11x10   30   38000   Unknown. Paducah Cooperage Co., Charleston, MS Garrett-Turpin Lumber Co., on 2/5/1917.   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1326, on 7/22/1918, in trade on Shay c/n 2056. Mississippi Veneer & Lumber Co. #3, Cedars, MS, on 5/16/1919.   ?   24-2 Shay   Lima   2056   11/1908   3-8x8   26½   53000   J. J. McCaskill Co. #1, Freeport, FL Choctawhatchee Lumber Co., Freeport, FL Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1176 Mayo Lumber Co., Milton, FL, on 11/19/1917. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1306, on 5/27/1918. Garrett-Turpin Lumber Co., on 7/22/1918. Cost $3,650 with $1,800 allowed in trade on 19-ton Heisler.   Churchill-Milton Lumber Co., Greenwood, MS, in 1919. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1256 Standard Cooperage Co. #1, Standard, AL, on 12/10/1919. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1570 Ray-Cox Lumber Co., Sumatra, FL, on 10/30/1933. E. M. Walker, Sumatra, FL, ca. 5/1937.

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