Whited
& Wheless, Ltd. 1894-1908 Frost-Johnson
Lumber Co. 1908-1913-? Bodcaw
Valley Railroad
36" gauge, -lb rail
Headquarters:
Mill Location: Alden Bridge, LA (Bossier Parish)
Mill Capacity: 118,000 ft/day in 1907
Years of Operation: 1894 through at least 1913
Miles Operated: 20 miles in 1906
Locomotives Owned: 4 in 1907
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
In
1890 F. T. Whited and H. H. Wheless formed the partnership of Whited
& Wheless, Ltd., and entered into the lumber business at Shreveport,
LA with a yard and planing mill. In 1894 the company built a sawmill at
Alden Bridge, LA. In September 1908 the company was merged into the Frost-Johnson
Lumber Company, with the mill at Alden Bridge continuing operation under
the new name.
Alden Bridge was on the Cotton Belt about 16 miles north of Bossier
City.
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January 1904 Official Guide of the Railways |
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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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13-2
Shay
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Lima
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331
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12/1890
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2-7x12
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26
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27000
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Long-Bell Lumber Co.
#331
Built
for wood rail.
Whited & Wheless,
Ltd., on ?
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For sale 6/1/1907.
T.
W. Haralson #1, Brownsville, TN
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2-6-0
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Baldwin
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5017
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3/1880
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13x18
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42
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40000
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Missouri Pacific Ry. #7
Re.
#182.
East
Line & Red River #2, in 1882.
Missouri,
Kansas & Texas #406, in 1889.
Whited
& Wheless, Ltd., in 1894..
Baldwin class 8-20 D 30
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(tentative)
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co., Alden Bridge, LA, in 9/1908.
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