Hattiesburg Lumber Co. (1905-1910)
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Standard gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Hattiesburg, MS Mill Location: Millview, MS (Stone County, was Harrison County then) Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1905-1910 Miles Operated: 7 miles in 1906 Locomotives Owned: 2 |
Also see: Latimer-Joyce Lumber Co.
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Hattiesburg Lumber Company was incorporated at Millview, Harrison County, on
April 19, 1905 by R. W. Huie, C. E. Neeley, C. A. Bowman, George B. Young
and Frank McClure with authorized capital stock of $100,000. The officers
were R. W. Huie, president, later succeeded by W. W. Brown, of Camden, AR;
C. E. Neeley and C. A. Bowman, vice presidents; George B. Young, secretary,
and Frank McClure, treasurer. On May 4, 1905 the company purchased the
sawmill and timber holdings of the Latimer-Joyce Lumber Company, at Millview,
22 miles north of Gulfport on the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad. A planing
mill in Hattiesburg was also part of the purchase. Frank McClure was in
charge of the Hattiesburg planing mill and J. T. Holloway was in charge of
the Millview sawmill. The
sawmill contained a Prescott rig and feed and had a cutting capacity of
75,000 feet daily. This was a longleaf yellow pine operation with the
product chiefly sold for export and car material. About 20 percent was sent
to the planing mill in Hattiesburg to be worked into finishing stuff.
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locomotives purchased secondhand... one from Latimer-Joyce Lumber Co.
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