Gammill Lumber Co.
Mississippi Railway
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Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Pelahatchie, MS (Rankin County) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day by 1917 Years of Operation: 1912-1921 Miles Operated: 16 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned: |
Other Equipment: Purchased Clyde Iron Works Rapid Loader #191, shipped to Pelahatchie, Miss. 2-25-1913.
See also: Apollonia Lumber Co.
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History by Gil Hoffman: On April 10, 1912, the stockholders of the Lockwood Lumber Company, operating a sawmill at Pelahatchie, Rankin County, voted to transfer all the assets of the company to the newly formed Gammill Lumber Company in return for a like amount of stock in the new company. The Gammill Lumber Company had been incorporated at Pelahatchie in April 1912 with a paid-in capital stock of $250,000, the incorporators being many of the same people who held stock in the Lockwood Lumber Company. The new company was formed because the charter of the Lockwood Lumber Company was defective, the organization never having been reported to the Secretary of State, as required by law. The sawmill plant, logging railroad and timber holdings in Rankin, Scott and Leake counties were sold to the Apollonia Lumber Company on February 23, 1921.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 1 2T Shay Lima 2560 8-1912 29 3-10x10 72000
Built as Ray Lumber Co. #1, Ray Siding, Maine; to Indian Lake Lumber Co., Ray, Maine. Sold to Apollonia Lumber Co. #1, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #11, Canton, MS, in 5-1925; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #11, Canton, MS, on 9-1-38. Scrapped 1939. 2 4-6-0 ALCO-Pittsburgh 29460 12-1903 56 19x26 140000
Purchased from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1354, Atlanta, GA, on 9-30-18. Cost $17,500. Built as Stearns & Culver Lumber Co. #2, Bagdad, FL; to Bagdad Land & Lumber Co. #2, Bagdad, FL, in 1912; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1354. Sold to Apollonia Lumber Co. #2, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #2, Canton, MS, on 2-7-29; to Canton & Carthage #2, Canton, MS; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #2, Canton, MS Scrapped 1947. 4 2-8-2 Baldwin 36756 8-1911 44 16x22 85000
Changed to 2-8-2, Baldwin XO-3331, 4-12-12. Transferred to Mississippi Soft Pine Co. #4, Canton, MS, by 7-1917; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1355, Atlanta, GA; to Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Co., Lutcher, LA, on 11-11-18. Baldwin class 10-26 E 336 5 2T Shay Lima 2516 4-1912 29 3-10x10 72000
Sold to Apollonia Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #5, Canton, MS, in 2-1929. Scrapped 9-1937. 1st 6 3T Shay Lima 3-12x15 140000
Sold to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1356, Atlanta, GA; to General Equipment Co., New York, NY, on 10-7-18. 2nd 6 4-6-0 ALCO-Richmond 50378 9-1911 56 18x26 136000
Sold to Apollonia Lumber Co. #6, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #6, Canton, MS 7 2T Shay Lima 2039 4-1908 28 3-8x12 64000
Purchased from A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer). In service by 4-1913. Built as W. C. Wood Lumber Co. #7, Collins, MS; to Eureka Lumber Co., Eastabuchie, MS; to A. Marx & Sons, in 1912. Sold to Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Co. #7, Merryville, La.; to Kirby Lumber Co. #97, Merryville, LA, in 1-1926. Scrapped about 3-1929. 8 2-6-0 Baldwin 7509 11-1884 52½ 19x24 94700
Purchased from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1117, Atlanta, GA, on 8-18-17. Cost $5,500 plus IC Mogul in trade. Built as New Orleans & Northeastern #240; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1117. Gone by 2-1921. Baldwin class 8-32 D 100 9? 2-6-0 IC Shops ---- 9-1886 56 18x24 96000
Built as Illinois Central #240, renumb. #703 in 1890, renumb. #1703 in 5-1903; to Crosby-Bonds Lumber Co., in 4-1914, for Elk Lumber Co., Canton, MS; to Stillwell-Crosby Lumber Co., Canton, MS, in 8-1915; to Mississippi Soft Pine Co., Canton, MS, in 5-1917. Traded to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1209, Atlanta, GA, on 8-18-17 as partial payment on engine #8; to Central Santo Tomas #8, Cuba, on 5-31-18. 12 2T Shay Lima 2287 2-1910 29½ 3-10x12 84000
Built as Conner Lumber Co. #12, Seminary, MS; to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA, in 1913; to Carruth Brothers Lumber Co. #12, Coral, MS, on 10-15-13; to A. Marx & Sons, on 3-31-14. Transferred to Mississippi Soft Pine Co. #12, Canton, MS; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS, on 2-23-21; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #12, Pelahatchie, MS, about 8-1924; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS, about 5-1925; to Marietta Lumber Co. #12, Burnside, MS, about 3-1929 (on loan); to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS, on 9-1-38. Scrapped 1942. |
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