W.
M. Carter & Co.
36" gauge, 20, 25 and 30-lb rail
Headquarters: Heidelberg, MS
Mill Location: Haney, MS (Jones County)
Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1900-1906
Miles Operated: 3
Locomotives Owned: 1
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Equipment:
4 log cars
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
On January 19, 1900 W. M. Carter & Company, composed of W. M. Carter
and his wife, M. A. Carter, purchased the sawmill and logging equipment of
J. E. Parker, on the New Orleans & Northeastern at Haney's Spur, about a
mile and a half northeast of Sandersville. The price was $4,000. Operations
were then moved to this mill from the old Carter mill at Sandersville. In
the summer of 1901 a new sawmill with a daily cutting capacity of 40,000
feet, planing mill and dry kilns were built on the site of the old Parker
mill.
In late 1906 the company moved to Laurel where a mill was built one mile
south of town and operated under the name W. M. Carter Lumber Company.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
16 2T Shay Lima
348 4-1891
26 2-7x12
26000
Purchased from Haskins Williams & Co., Birmingham, AL (dealer), on
7-23-98. Built as C. C. Gibson & Son #1, Magnolia, MS; to Haskins
Williams & Co. Transferred to Haney, MS, in early 1900. Sold to H. C.
Fonde, Boice, MS; to American Supply Co., Mobile, AL; to C. C. Vaughn,
Malcolm, AL, on 12-9-1910; to Vaughn & Wright, Walker Springs, AL; to
Glendon Lumber Co., Glendon, AL, on 8-18-1913.
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