Louise Lumber Co.
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36" gauge, changed to standard gauge by 1912 Headquarters: Lexington KY Mill Location: Hawkes, MS (Jones County) Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1912-1915 Miles Operated: Locomotives Owned: 1 known |
See also: W. S. Carter Equipment:
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History by Gil Hoffman: On March 1, 1911, the Louise Lumber Company, of Kentucky, leased the sawmill plant of R. C. Carter, at Hawkes, MS, for a period not to exceed eight years. This mill had been operated by W. S. Carter. On June 14, 1911, the company bought the timber holdings and logging railroad of the W. S. Carter Lumber Company at Hawkes for $60,000. The sawmill, located six miles north of Laurel on the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad, had a cutting capacity of 50,000 feet per day and employed about 300 men. The ownership was the same as the Poplarville Saw Mill Company, at Poplarville in Pearl River County. George W. Headley, of Lexington, KY, was president of both companies and served as general manager of the mill at Hawkes. The mill cut out in July 1915 and was dismantled.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 2 2T Heisler Heisler 1260 -1912 33 13x12 72000 Purchased new. Transferred to Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #2, Poplarville, MS, about 1916; to Lamb-Fish Lumber Co., Charleston, MS; to Turner-Farber-Love Co. #7, Charleston, MS, in 5-1923; to Santee River Hardwood Co. #7, St. Stephen, SC, in 1928; to Maggie Valley Amusement Corp., Maggie, NC (Highlander R.R. #2 "Old Cinders"), in 1962; to Maggie Valley R.R. #2 "Old Cinders," Maggie, NC, in 1964; to Whitewater Valley R.R. #2, Connersville, IN. |
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