Standard gauge, 20 & 30-lb rail
Headquarters:
Mill Location: , MS ( County)
Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1919-1921
Miles Operated: 10 miles
Locomotives Owned: 3 known
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Other Equipment:
13 log cars
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
On
July 30, 1919 George W. Howell, of St. Louis, Missouri purchased the sawmill
in Montrose, logging railroad and equipment and timber rights in Jasper
County of the Tallahatta Lumber Company. The total price paid was around
$78,000. To operate this mill the Montrose Lumber Company was incorporated
at Montrose, Jasper County, on September 13, 1919 by George W. and Frank K.
Howell, of St. Louis, Missouri; A. J. Dempsey and A. H. Tardy, of
Bay
Springs, Jasper County, and George W. Davis, of Montrose, Jasper County,
with authorized capital stock of $50,000. The Montrose Lumber Company did
not own any property. A. J. Dempsey was the manager. Howell spent an
additional $35,000 in repairs and improvements, and in the process became
financially overextended.
The
Union Station Trust Company, of St. Louis, holder of a mortgage on the
Montrose mill property, brought suit against Howell & Company in
Chancery Court in Jasper County, which resulted in a receiver being
appointed on November 25, 1920. Other suits followed regarding Howell's
other mill properties in Jackson, Miss., and elsewhere in Jasper County. On
January 24, 1921 the court ordered the assets of Howell & Company sold.
On April 6, 1922 the the Montrose mill property was sold to the Union
Station Trust Company, and resold by them on April 17, 1922 to the Tallahoma
Lumber Company for $97,832.05. The Tallahoma Lumber Company actually began
operating the property in November 1921.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
1
Class B
Climax
66000
Purchased secondhand, probably from Tallahatta Lumber Co.,
Montrose, MS, on 7-30-19.
For
sale 7-1920.
Sold
to Tallahoma Lumber Co., Montrose, MS, on 4-17-22.
4
2T Shay Lima
183
8-1887
26
3-8x8
34000
Purchased secondhand, probably from Tallahatta Lumber Co.,
Montrose, MS, on 7-30-19.
Built
for Gregory & Coe Lumber Co., Stanton, AL (36-inch gauge); to Kingston
Lumber Co., Laurel, MS, in 1897; to Laurel Machine & Foundry Co.,
Laurel, MS.
Sold
to Tallahoma Lumber Co., Montrose, MS, on 4-17-22; to Southern Iron &
Equipment Co. #1942, Atlanta, GA; to Green Lumber Co., Avera, MS, on
7-12-24; to Pascagoula Hardwood Co., Laurel, MS.
9
2T Shay Lima
943
10-1904
28
3-10x10
66000
Purchased from Ship Island Lumber Co. #9, Sanford, MS, in 1919.
Built
as East Union Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #9, Hammond, LA; to Ship
Island Lumber Co. #9, Sanford, MS.
Sold
to Tallahoma Lumber Co., Montrose, MS, on 4-17-22; to Jones County
Hardwood Co., Tuckers Crossing MS; to Wells Hardwood Co., Tuckers
Crossing, MS, in 5-1926; to Stoddard & Cletts Equipment Co., Mobile,
AL, in 6-1926.
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