Bell & Coggeshall

J. E. Bell Lumber Co.

36" gauge, steel rail Headquarters: Louisville, KY Mill Location: Lambert, MS (Quitman County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: unk Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned:	Other Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman:
Southern Lumberman, 3-27-1909, p. 61 FOR SALE 75 - Tons of rail, nearly new.   1 - 10-ton Porter dummy and 6 logging cars.   1 - 16x18 Sinker-Davis engine.   1 - Hill steam nigger, 6x8, 5-ft. stroke.   1 - Brenner gang edger.   1 - Trimmer. JAMES E. BELL LUMBER CO., 517 Paul Jones Bldg., Louisville, Ky.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No. Type Builder C.N. Date Cyls. Dri. Dia. Engine Wt. Previous Ownership                                                                 Disposition ? 0-4-0T Porter 660 8/1884 7x12 24 15000 Walker Iron & Coal Co., Rising Fawn, GA, for: Attala Mining Co. Viva, Attala, AL Code name “Jacobi”                                              Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Bell & Coggeshall Co., on 8/30/1905. James E. Bell Lumber Co., in 1907. ? 0-4-0T Porter 2959 9/1903 9x14   29000 Sligh Furniture Co. Sligh, Sledge, MS James E. Bell Lumber Co., by 7/1906. George W. Stillions, Rome, MS, by 4/1910. ? 0-4-0T Porter 3105 1/1905 7x12 23 18000 Central Iron & Coal Co. #20 Holt, AL Code name “Woodstock #2" Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. James E. Bell Lumber Co., on 3/23/1914.   ? 0-4-2T Porter 1029 3/1889 9x14 33 28000 Warner Iron Co. #2 Mary Louise, Nashville, TN Cameron & Barkley Co., Charleston, SC, by 1/1907. Charleston SC Mining & Manufacturing Co., Pon Pon, SC, by 2/1908. Halsey Lumber Co., Jacksonboro, SC, by 2/1910. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Guy A. Logon, for: Chilton Mining & Manufacturing Co., Mountain Creek, AL, on 6/12/1912. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. James E. Bell Lumber Co., on 2/23/1915. Transferred to Hollandale, MS

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