Valley Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 30 to 56-lb rail Headquarters: Camden, Ark. Mill Location: Gloster, MS (Amite County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1913-1915 Miles Operated: 11 miles Locomotives Owned:	Also see: W. L. Robinson Lbr. Co. Gloster Lumber Co. Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On March 28, 1913, for $95,000 the Valley Lumber Company, of Camden, Arkansas, bought 3,400 acres of timber land in the vicinity of Gloster, Amite County, from the Boutin Timber Company, of Bayfield, Wisc. On June 9, 1913 the company bought the sawmill plant, logging railroad and equipment of the W. L. Robinson Lumber Company, on the northern outskirts of Gloster. The price was $33,000 which included lease of the mill site. Officers of the company were: J. T. Sifford, vice president, and C. W. Niehuss, secretary.  On January 23, 1915, the Valley Lumber Company sold all its timber holdings and rights-of-way plus other real estate and lands in Mississippi to the Gloster Lumber Company for $100,000. Included in this deal was the property bought by the Valley Lumber Company on June 9, 1913, from the W. L. Robinson Lumber Company and the timber bought from the Boutin Timber Company on March 28, 1913.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:        Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   23-2 Shay   Lima   1610   12/1905   3-9x8   26½   43400   W. L. Robinson Lumber Co. #1, Gloster, MS Valley Lumber Co. #1, on 6/9/1913.   Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #939, on 8/11/1913. Bowie Lumber Co. #9, Bowie, LA, on 4/11/1916. Transferred as #9 to St. James, LA.   3   2-8-0   Baldwin   4926   1/1880   15x18   36   70000   Denver, South Park & Pacific #52 Built 36" gauge. Re. #192 in 1885. Denver, Leadville & Gunnison #192, in 1889. Colorado & Southern #32, in 1/1899. J. J. White #4, McComb City, MS, in 1901. Changed to standard gauge. W. L. Robinson Lumber Co. #3, Gloster, MS, ca. 1911. Valley Lumber Co. #3, on 6/9/1913. Baldwin class 10-24 E 40   Gloster Lumber Co. #3, Gloster, MS, on 1/23/1915. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1097, on 4/26/1916. Mardez Lumber Co., Benford, TX, on 12/6/1916.   5   28-2 Shay   Lima           3-10x10       56000   Unknown. Ship Island Lumber Co. 1st #9, Sanford, MS Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #904 Valley Lumber Co. #5, on 8/11/1913. Cost $3,650 with $1,250 allowed in trade on Shay #1.   Dropped by 1/1915.

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