Hand-Jordan
Co. (1912-1916)
Bay
Creek Lumber Co. (1916-1919)
Standard gauge, 35-lb rail
Headquarters: Purvis, MS
Mill Location: Purvis, MS (Lamar County)
Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1912-1919
Miles Operated: 8 miles
Locomotives Owned:
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Equipment:
1 skidder, 1 log loader, 15 log cars
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
The
Hand-Jordan Company was incorporated at Purvis, Lamar County, on
February 17, 1912 by James Hand, F. H. Jordan and W. H. Magee, all of
Purvis, with authorized capital stock of $50,000. James Hand was president
and F. H. Jordan, secretary. One of their first acts was to build a band
mill and dry kiln on the north edge of Purvis, completed about March 1912
(Mill No. 1).
In
December 1912 Hand and Jordan acquired 7,000 acres of virgin pine timber
from the Tatum Lumber Company, located about five miles from Purvis. That
same month, to cut this timber, they began construction of a sawmill seven
miles northwest of Purvis (Mill No. 2). This mill was known as the
Hand-Sheppard mill and was logged by oxen.
In
March 1913 the company bought six miles of rail and a locomotive to log its
mill in Purvis. The road was completed and put into service on August 16,
1913.
The
Bay Creek Lumber Company was incorporated at Purvis, Lamar County, on
May 31, 1916, by D. W. Slay, of Purvis; W. G. Lancaster, of Ovett; D. M.
Eubanks and W. I. Denton, of Sucarnochee, with authorized capital stock of
$120,000. On April 20, 1916, W. G. Lancaster and D. W. Slay, acting for the
Bay Creek Lumber Company, bought the two sawmill plants, logging railroad
and equipment of the Hand-Jordan Company, at Purvis, for $60,000. D. W. Slay
was general manager and treasurer of the company.
On
July 21, 1919, the sawmills, planing mills, rails and rolling stock were
sold to the General Equipment Company.
For
a detailed history of this operation see: Steam Whistles in the Piney
Woods Volume 2, by Gilbert H. Hoffman
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
Road
No.
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Type
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Builder
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C.N.
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Date
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Cyls.
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Dri.
Dia.
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Engine
Wt.
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Previous
Ownership
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Disposition
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?
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2-6-0
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Baldwin
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11x16
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Hand-Jordan
Co., Purvis, MS.
Bay Creek Lumber Co., on 6/12/1916.
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Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #1285.
Sumter Stave & Heading Co.,
Sumter, SC, on 9/13/1918.
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?
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25-2
Heisler
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Stearns
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1058
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9/1902
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12½x12
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33
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50000
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McKinnon
& Ikeler # , Moselle, MS
Built
36-inch gauge.
P.
M. Ikeler, Moselle, MS, on 11/12/1904.
Hand-Jordan
Co., Purvis, MS.
Changed
to standard gauge.
Bay Creek Lumber Co., on 6/12/1916.
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General
Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA, on 7/21/1919.
Christian
Kurz, Helena, AR.
Changed back to 36-inch gauge.
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?
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42-2
Heisler
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Heisler
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1228
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1911
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15x12
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36
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84000
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Hall-Leftwich
Lumber Co. #3, Morriston, AL
Bay Creek Lumber Co.
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General
Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA, on 7/21/1919.
Unknown
owner.
Birmingham
Rail & Locomotive Co.
Gosa-Steele
Lumber Co., Eutaw, AL,
on
4/19/1922.
Ingham-Hutchinson Lumber Co., Eutaw,
AL, in 2/1927.
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54
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50-3
Shay
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Lima
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566
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12/1898
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3-12x12
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32
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100000
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Eastman,
Gardiner & Co. #4, Laurel, MS
Re.
#54.
Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #785.
Scotch
Lumber Co. #7, Fulton, AL, on 3/15/1911.
Bay Creek Lumber Co. #54
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General
Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA, on 7/21/1919.
Green
Lumber Co. #1, Garner, MS
Transferred
as #54 to Avera, MS, in 1924.
Eureka
Gravel Co. #54, Montrose, MS.
Pascagoula
Hardwood Co. #54, Laurel, MS.
Boiler exploded 12/1928.
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1206
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4-6-0
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Baldwin
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6226
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5/1882
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17x24
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49
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79000
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Shenandoah
Valley R.R. #38
Norfolk
& Western R.R. 1st #545, in 12/1890.
Big
Sandy, East Lynn & Guyan #7, East Lynn, WV, in 11/1903.
Norfolk
& Western Ry. 1st #500, in 6/1908.
Independent
Construction Co., in 5/1911.
Augusta
Northern #1, Marion, SC, in 9/1911.
Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #1206
Bay
Creek Lumber Co. #1206, on 4/2/1918.
Cost
$7,200.
Baldwin class 10-30 D 129
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General
Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA, on 7/21/1919.
Williams Yellow Pine Co. #1206,
Poplarville, MS.
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