Creek Lumber Co. (1903-1911)
Rosine & Veedmon Railroad
Standard Gauge 35-lb rail Headquarters and mill location: Rosine, MS (Forrest County) Years of Operation: 1903-1911 Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day in 1910 Miles Operated: 14 in 1910 Locomotives Owned: 3 |
Equipment: 2 locomotives, 16 cars in 1910 |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Creek Lumber Company was incorporated at Epps, Perry County on April 7, 1903
by J. F. Wilder, E. W. Linam, R.
N. Steadman and Hardie Nall with authorized capital stock of $25,000. The
original officers of the company were: J. F. Wilder, president; R. N.
Steadman, vice president, and E. W. Linam, secretary. On October 8, 1903 a
sawmill and 52-acre mill site were purchased at Rosine, Perry County, along
the G. & S. I. Railroad, from the Three Creek Lumber Company (composed
of R. N. Steadman and E. W. Linam). The
sawmill contained machinery by the Wheland Company and had a cutting
capacity of 40,000 feet per day. Two dry kilns were also part of the plant,
but there was no planing mill. Initially
the timber holdings were in the immediate vicinity of the mill, along the G.
& S. I. Beginning in 1904 the company began buying timber in the western
edge of present Perry County and extending its logging railroad eastward. In
1906 the company acquired an additional 760 acres of timber in western Perry
County, bounded on the east by Pierce Creek, some six miles from the mill.
Known timber holdings accumulated in the years 1903 through 1906, when the
last was bought, totaled a mere 1,640 acres. The railroad was called
the "Rosine & Veedmon Railroad," but was never incorporated or
operated as a common carrier.
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