W. M. Carter Lumber Co.
36" gauge, unk rail
Headquarters: Laurel, MS
Mill Location: Laurel, MS (Jones County)
Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1906-1917
Miles Operated: unk
Locomotives Owned: 1 known
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
In late 1906
the W. M. Carter Lumber Company, owned by William M. Carter, built a
sawmill on the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad in the northern part of
Laurel. In January 1916, having acquired considerable timber in Clarke
County, the company built another mill at Eucutta with a cutting capacity of
10,000 feet per day. Charles N. Carter was in charge of this mill which was
known as the Carter & Ferguson sawmill.
Since the
Carter mill at Laurel apparently did not have a logging railroad, it is not
known where the above Shay was used.
A small
20,000ft/day mill was also listed as located near milepost 108 on the MJ&KC,
about 2 miles north of Tuckers Crossing, in 1907.
On the night
of October 1, 1917, the entire plant at Laurel was destroyed by fire along
with 12 houses for mill workers, 17 cars loaded with lumber and the adjacent
mill of the Baldwin Lumber Company. The loss to the Carter Company was
$100,000. At the time of the fire, the Carter mill was located on the
northern outskirts of Laurel next to the tracks of the New Orleans &
Northeastern Railroad. Apparently the plant was not rebuilt. The mill at
Eucutta was sold on May 9, 1917, to Campen & Grady and moved to
Sebastopol, MS.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
Road No. |
Type |
Builder |
C.N. |
Date |
Cyls. |
Dri. Dia. |
Engine
Wt. |
Previous Ownership |
Disposition |
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13-2 Shay |
Lima |
617 |
9/1900 |
2-7x12 |
26 |
29200 |
Allen Lumber Co. #1900 Lewis Moore, Sterrett, AL. Built
for wood rail.
Blount Lumber Co., Dallas, AL
Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co.
W. M. Carter Lumber Co.,on 1/30/1914. |
T. O. Cooper, Neshoba, MS, by 9/1914.
Campen & Grady, Sebastopol, MS,
on 5/9/1917.
H. H. Summer, Kestler, GA. |
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