Bond Lumber Co.
Standard gauge, 56-lb rail Headquarters: Moss Point Mill Location: Bond, MS (Stone County, was part of Harrison County) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day in 1910 Years of Operation: 1910-1919 Miles Operated: 15 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned: 4? |
Also see: J. E. North Lumber Co.
Equipment: 4 locomotives in 1917
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Bond Lumber Company was incorporated at Gulfport, Harrison County, in April
1910 by Z. D. Davis, C. A. Alexander and J. A. Alexander, all of Jackson,
MS, with capital stock of $1,000,000. On June 27, 1910, the company
purchased the plant and timber holdings of the J. E. North Lumber Company,
at Bond, Harrison County, for $795,000. The mill had a cutting capacity of
150,000 feet per day and was equipped with two double cutting band saws and
a gang. Only longleaf yellow pine was cut. The company did an extensive
export business through Gulfport to South America, Africa and Europe. The
general manager was Charles A. Gunstream. In 1910 the plant was leased to
the L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company, and in 1915 was purchased by them.
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One of the mill boilers in the powerhouse blew up in March 1912. |
What is believed to be Bond Lumber Co. No. 103 in 1914. |
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman and Tony
Howe:
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Class C
Climax
752
-1907
14x16
130000 Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #899, Atlanta, GA, on 1-31-1913.
Cost $4,000. Built
as Great Southern Lumber Co. #300, Bogalusa, LA; to Southern Iron &
Equipment Co. #899. Later
to Leatherwood Lumber Co., Leatherwood, KY. 102
No Data Purchased
secondhand.
103
2-6-0 Purchased
secondhand. At least 1 more locomotive was owned by the company |
For more information contact Tony Howe at howe6818@bellsouth.net or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net