Fair-Chritton Lumber Co.
Standard gauge, 20-lb rail
Headquarters:
Mill Location: Chritton, MS (Coahoma County)
Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1904-1911
Miles Operated: 6 miles in 1910
Locomotives Owned: 2
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Other Equipment:
1
log loader, 1 skidder, 32 log cars
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
The Fair-Chritton Lumber Company was incorporated in Coahoma County in early
1904 by George A. Fair and George C. Chritton with capital stock of $45,000.
A single band mill with a daily cutting capacity of 50,000 feet was built at
Chritton, on the Riverside Division of the Illinois Central Railroad. This
mill had 3½ miles of railroad connecting it with the Mississippi River,
where the manufactured lumber was loaded aboard barges.
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American Lumberman, 12-19-03, p. 71.
WANTED - RELAYING STEEL RAILS
100 tons of 20-lb. good rails. Address
FAIR-CHRITTON LUMBER CO., Sherard, Miss.
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American Lumberman, 11-5-04, p. 64.
WANTED - LOGGING ENGINE.
A first class six or seven-ton standard gauge
logging engine.
FAIR-CHRITTON LUMBER CO., Chritton, Miss.
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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 |
1629 |
1/1906 |
2-6x10 |
22 |
23700 |
Gulledge Brothers Lumber Co. #1, White, AR
Fair-Chritton Lumber Co., on ? |
Kimball-Lacey Lumber Co., Arkansas City, AR |
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No Data |
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On hand by 1910. |
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