Monarch Lumber Co.

 

36" gauge, wood rail Headquarters:  Mill Location: Monarch, MS (Jones County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1916-1919 Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned: 1	See also: Monarch Lumber Co (1st)  Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Monarch Lumber Company built a sawmill on the New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad, at Monarch, in April 1916, and operated on timber owned by W. G. Lancaster, owner of the old Monarch Lumber Company. N. McKinstry was the general manager. The mill cut out about February 1919. The company then bought a tract of timber on the Gulf, Mobile & Northern, at McLain, Greene County, and moved its operations there.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:  1    2T Shay     Lima 445     6-1893      22      2-6x10      20000 Purchased from J. H. Bostick, Ellisville Junction, MS, about 1916. Built as R. S. Phillips Lumber Co. #445 "Charlie," Ellisville, MS, renumb. #1; to Flood-Lyons Lumber Co., Narkeeta, MS, in 1908; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to W. M. Carter Lumber Co., Laurel, MS, on 8-14-12; to J. H. Bostick, Ellisville Junction, MS, by 5-1913. Transferred to Monarch operation at McLain, MS, in early 1919.

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