Howison & Welch (1897-1898)
J. F. Welch Lumber Co. (1898-1899)
Standard gauge, 30-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Howison, MS (Harrison County) Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1897-1899 Miles Operated: 3 miles in 1898 Locomotives Owned: 2 |
Also see: Native Lumber Co.
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History by Gil Hoffman: Howison
& Welch was a co-partnership composed of Allen P. Howison and J. F.
Welch, formed on April 9, 1897, to carry on a sawmill business in Harrison
County. Howison was from Randolph, Alabama and Welch from Plantersville,
Alabama. Welch was to be the general manager of the business. The
partnership assumed control of 2,831 acres of timber belonging to Howison in
the vicinity of the village of Howison and the sawmill of the Howison-Rogers
Lumber Company, also at Howison. The Howison-Rogers mill had been built in
January 1897. By January 1898 three miles of logging railroad had been
constructed. The
J. F. Welch Lumber Company, which took over the assets of Howison &
Welch, was incorporated at Howison, Harrison County, on December 21, 1898,
by J. F. Welch, Walter F. Welch, Oscar S. Welch, Vesta S. Welch and Sallie
H. Duncan with authorized capital stock of $75,000. On
April 4, 1899, L. N. Dantzler, Jr. in return for assuming the debts of the
J. F. Welch Lumber Company, obtained possession of its timber and sawmill
plant. In a separate transaction Dantzler bought the dry kiln at the
sawmill, the logging railroad and the Baldwin locomotive, all belonging the
Welch. On
June 10, 1899, for $75,000 L. N. Dantzler, Jr. sold the timber and sawmill
plant of the former J. F. Welch Lumber Company to the newly formed Native
Lumber Company, a subsidiary of the L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company.
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Builder's view of trim-looking 2-6-0 Number2, named "Daisye"
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
1
No Data
Purchased
secondhand. In service by 1-1898. Gone
by 4-1899. 2
2-6-0
Baldwin
16289
11-1898
36
12x18
42000 Purchased
new on 12 month lease. Named “Daisye.” Cost $4,600. Resold
prior to completion of lease to L. N. Dantzler, Jr., on 4-27-1899. Cost
$4,500. Sold
to Native Lumber Co. #2, Howison, MS, on 6-10-1899. Baldwin
class
8-18 D 90
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