C&R Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Picayune, MS Mill Location: Blodgett, MS (Jones County) Mill Capacity: 80,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1921-1928 Miles Operated: 22 miles Locomotives Owned: 6 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: On July 1, 1921 L. O. Crosby and Lamont Rowlands bought the holdings of J. M. Griffin, at Blodgett, Jones County, for approximately $1,500,000 and changed the name to the C. & R. Lumber Company."C. & R." were the initials of Crosby and Rowlands.The purchase included 48,000 acres of timber in Greene and Wayne counties.The mill at Blodgett was a single circular type with a cutting capacity of 80,000 feet per day. The C. & R. mill cut out in December 1928.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 2 2T Shay Lima 3104 5-1920 32 3-11x12 100000 Purchased from J. M. Griffin #2, Blodgett, MS, on 7-1-21. Transferred to Virgin Pine Lumber Co. #1, Piave, MS; to Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #1, Crosby, MS. Scrapped 1954. 3 2T Shay Lima 2140 2-1909 28 3-10x10 72000 Purchased from J. M. Griffin #3, Blodgett, MS, on 7-1-21. Built as The K. C. Lumber Co. #3, Lucedale, MS; to J. M. Hemphill Lumber Co. #3, Rhodes, MS, in 1915; to J. M. Griffin #3, Rhodes, MS, on 11-24-17, transferred to Blodgett, MS, in 1919. Sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Brown Paper Mill Co. 1st #3, West Monroe, LA, on 8-11-23. 4 2T Shay Lima 2096 6-1908 28 3-10x10 72000 Transferred from Goodyear Yellow Pine Co. #4, Picayune, MS, in 6-1922. Built as Lacey Lumber Co. #4, Carriere, MS; to Rosa Lumber Co. #4, Picayune, MS, in 1917; to Goodyear Yellow Pine Co. #4, Picayune, MS Transferred to Virgin Pine Lumber Co. #4, Piave, MS, in 9-1924. Scrapped 1933. 8 2-8-0 Baldwin 23597 1-1904 38 16x20 86000 Purchased from J. M. Griffin #5, Blodgett, MS, on 7-1-21. Built as Dunbar & Wausaukee #5, Dunbar, WI; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to J. M. Griffin #5, Blodgett, MS, on 8-2-18. Possibly transferred to Goodyear Yellow Pine Co., Picayune, MS. Baldwin class 10-26 E 312 11 3T Shay Lima 3197 12-1922 32 3-11x12 133000 Purchased new through Rosa Lumber Co., Picayune, MS. Cost $18,805. Transferred to Virgin Pine Lumber Co. #11, Piave, MS; to Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #11, Crosby, MS, in 9-1937, retired 1958; to City of Natchez, MS (for display in Duncan Park), on 4-30-65. 15 2T Shay Lima 2977 5-1918 32 3-11x12 100000 Transferred from Virgin Pine Lumber Co. #15, Piave, MS Built as Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. #2, Ada, OK; to Virgin Pine Lumber Co. #15, Piave, MS, in 2-1920. Transferred to Goodyear Yellow Pine Co. #15, Picayune, MS, by 4-1931; to Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #15, Crosby, MS, about 8-1944; to Pascagoula Veneer Co. #1, Crosby, MS, in 1957; to Thomas Lawson, Jr., Birmingham, AL, on 11-13-70.
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