Lamar
Hardwood Co.
Standard gauge, -lb rail
Headquarters:
Mill Location: Hortom Switch, MS (N. Quitman)
(Clarke County)
Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1923-1926
Miles Operated:
Locomotives Owned: 1
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Other Equipment:
Purchased
Clyde Iron Works Rapid Loader #375, shipped to Hortom Switch, Miss.
8-10-1923.
Purchased Clyde Iron Works Ground Skidder #2241,
shipped to Hortom Switch, Miss. 8-14-1923.
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
The
Lamar Hardwood Company was incorporated at Horton Switch, Clarke County, on
July 18, 1923, by V. M. Scanlan, Joe B. Semmes, J. K. Denham, all of
Hattiesburg, and J. H. Grimmett, of Quitman, with authorized capital stock
of $200,000, which was raised
to $250,000 on Aug. 11, 1923. In late summer of 1923 a bandmill with a
cutting capacity of 40,000 feet per day was completed at Horton Switch.
Timber holdings were in the "Alligator Swamp," along the
Chickasawhay River south of Quitman. J. H. Grimmett was general manager of
the operation.
In
December 1926 the band mill at Horton Switch was moved to Bogalusa, La., as
part of the mill of the Lamar Lumber Company, then under construction.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
1
2T Heisler
Heisler
1255
-1912
30
12x10
52000
Purchased from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1847,
Atlanta, GA, on 9-6-23.
Formerly Blakely Hardwood Lumber Co. #1, Blakely, GA.
Transferred to
Lamar Lumber Co. #1, Bogalusa, LA, in 1926; to The Mengel Co. #1,
Bogalusa, LA, about 9-1935, later at Tallisheek, LA. Scrapped 3-1941.
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