Ingram-Day Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge, 35, 40 and 60-lb rail Headquarters: Lyman, MS Mill Location: Lyman, MS (Harrison County) Mill Capacity: 400,000 ft/day after 1909 Years of Operation: 1906-1924 Miles Operated: 20 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned: see roster below |
See also: Gulf Coast Lumber Co.
Equipment: 42 log cars in 1906 |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Ingram-Day Lumber Company was incorporated in Wisconsin in January 1906,
and purchased the sawmill plant of the Gulf Coast Lumber Company, at
Lyman, Harrison County, on April 20, 1906. The original officers were: W.
P. Tearse, of Winona, Minnesota, president; W. H. Hatten, of New London,
Wisconsin, vice president; G. R. Lindsey, of Lyman, secretary; C. A.
Chamberlain, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, treasurer, and A. S. Mitchell, of
Lyman, manager (originally from Texarkana, Arkansas). Originally
a mill of 75,000 feet daily cutting capacity was operated. In November
1907 construction began on a triple band mill with a capacity of 400,000
feet per day. This mill was finally completed and placed in operation by
1909. It cut only longleaf yellow pine. The plant included a large planing
mill, dry kilns and a commissary. The general superintendent in 1909 was
R. D. Cody, a distant relative of Buffalo Bill Cody. The town of Lyman was nine miles north of Gulfport on the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad and in 1909 had a population of 950 of which 600 were employed by the Ingram-Day Lumber Company. Of this total about 150 worked in the woods. In
1909 the company was operating 16 miles of standard gauge railroad laid with
45-lb. steel rail. The logging equipment consisted of four locomotives
(three Baldwin rod types and one Shay), and 75 log cars. At Lyman the
company had a roundhouse and repair shops. In
April 1918, the company bought the sawmill plant of the Yarborough Lumber
Company, at Yarbo, Alabama. On May 10, 1924, the mill at Lyman and town
property were sold to the Batson & Hatten Lumber Company.
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Wreck of Ingram-Day Lumber Co. No. 2, an otherwise unidentified 2-6-0. |
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Builders photo of Baldwin 4-6-0 No. 9 in 1913. |
Wonderful postcard view of No. 9 not long after delivery. |
Ancient 4-4-0 on Ingram-Day Lumber Co. railroad. |
Ingram-Day Lumber Co. mill at Lyman |
View of mill from across the log pond. |
Another nice view of the Ingram-Day Lumber Co. sawmill from the long timber dock probably before 1910. |
One of many views of Ingram-Day Lumber Co. No. 6, a nice Baldwin 2-6-0 built in 1907. |
Another nice shot of No. 6. |
Ingram-Day No. 10 was bought used from equipment dealer Southern Iron & Equipment Co. in 1919, where this view was taken. |
Ten-wheeler No. 11 was also bought from SI&E, arriving in 1924, just before the company was sold to Batson & Hatten Lumber Co. |
View from the commissary looking northwest showing the Gulf & Ship Island depot and Ingram-Day mill in the background. |
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This stupendous photo shows Ingram-Day Lumber Co. No. 6 and log train and loader in Hancock County near the Sellers community and illustrates the hilly nature of logging railroads and lack of grading on the company's logging spurs. |
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
1
No data
Purchased
from Gulf Coast Lumber Co. #?, Lyman, MS, on 4-20-1906. Dropped
by 1909. 2
2-6-0
Purchased
from Gulf Coast Lumber Co. #2, Lyman, MS, on 4-20-1906. Boiler exploded. Scrapped
by 1909. 3?
4-4-0
Baldwin
3095
1-1873
61
15x22
56000 Purchased
secondhand. In service by 1909. Built
as Mobile & Ohio #34. Baldwin
class
8-24 C 1
4?
4-6-0
Baldwin
3385
8-1873
56
18x22
79500
Purchased from W. B. Seymour, Hattiesburg, MS (dealer). In
service by 1909. Built
as Central Railroad of New Jersey #288, renumb. #823 in 4-1903; to J. E.
Bowen, Norfolk, VA (dealer); to W. B. Seymour, Hattiesburg, MS, in
4-1906. Baldwin
class
10-30 D 24
5
2T Shay Lima
1849
2-1907
29½
3-10x10
65100 Purchased
new. Traded
to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL, on 11-24-1923
as partial payment on #12; to Weaver & Rivers Lumber Co. #3, Alden
Bridge, LA, on 11-28-1923; to Welori Lumber Co., Inc. #3, Alden Bridge,
LA, in 5-1928. 6
2-6-0
Baldwin
32086
10-1907
50
15x24
80000 Purchased
new. Cost $7,959. Transferred
to operation at Yarbo, AL Baldwin
class
8-24 D 176
7
2-6-0
D. & H.
54
18x24
96400 Purchased
from Mississippi Central #104, on 3-21-1911. Formerly
Delaware
& Hudson #?; to Mississippi Central #104, by 11-1906. 8
4-6-0
Baldwin
18x24
Purchased
secondhand. Sold
to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1920, Atlanta, GA, about 1924. 9
4-6-0
Baldwin
40593
9-1913
56
18x24
112000 Purchased
new. Cost $9,850. Sold
to Batson & Hatten Lumber Co. #9, Lyman, MS, by 3-1924. Baldwin
class
10-30 D 648
10
2-6-0
Baldwin
7157
2-1884
52½
19x24
90000 Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1375, Atlanta, GA, on 11-7-1919. Built
as Alabama Great Southern #140; to Dayton Coal & Iron Co. #1, Dayton,
TN; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1375, Atlanta, GA; to Dawkins
Lumber Co., Dawkins, KY, in 8-1919; returned to Southern Iron &
Equipment Co. #1375. Sold
to Holleman-Batson Lumber Co. #10, Lyman, MS, in 1924. Baldwin
class
8-32 D 59
11
4-6-0
Baldwin
3382
8-1873
55
18x22
Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1517, Atlanta, GA, on 1-2-1924. Built
as Pennsylvania R.R. #868; to New York Equipment Co., in 3-1896; to
Rockaway Valley #868; to Georgia Northern #7, in 1899; to Georgia
Locomotive Co. #26, Atlanta, GA; to Garbutt & Donovan #7, Lyons, GA,
10-1907; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #967, Atlanta, GA; to A. F.
Langford #7, Valdosta, GA, on 1-22-1915; to Southern Iron & Equipment
Co. #1517, on 1-31-1920; to Helen Lumber Co., Helen, FL, on 4-1-1920;
returned to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1517. 12
2-6-0
Baldwin
29762
12-1906
44
14x22
70000
Purchased from Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co.,
Birmingham, AL, on 11-24-1923. Built
as Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana #3, Atlanta, TX; to Dorsey Land &
Lumber Co. #3, Texarkana, AR, by 4-1920; to Birmingham Rail &
Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Webster County Lumber Co., Cumberland,
MS, on 2-28-1923; returned to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Sold
to Batson & Hatten Lumber Co. #12, Lyman, MS, about 3-1924; to
Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Georgia Car &
Locomotive Co. #533, Atlanta, GA, on 8-29-1924;
to J. W. McWilliams Co., Inc. #12, Fort Myers, FL, on 10-10-1924; to
Dowling & Camp, Inc. #12, Slater, FL.
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