Jordan River Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail

Headquarters: Chicago, IL

Mill Location: Kiln, MS (Hancock County)

Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day

Years of Operation: 1913-1930

Miles Operated: 50 miles in 1917

Locomotives Owned

Also see: Edward Hines Yellow Pine Co.

Equipment:

 

 

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History by Gil Hoffman:

The Jordan River Lumber Company was incorporated in South Dakota in January 1913, with $250,000 capital stock and domicile at Kiln, Hancock County, MS Officer were Edward Hines, president; L. R. Dantzler, vice president; C. F. Wiehe, secretary, and L. N. Dantzler, treasurer. In January 1913, the company purchased the mill of W. W. Carre Company, Ltd., at Kiln, on the Jourdon River. The company had the same ownership as the Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees which operated a yellow pine mill at Lumberton. 

The original mill burned and was replaced in 1914 with a new mill with a cutting capacity of 150,000 feet per day. In 1922 the Hines railroad equipment at Kiln and Lumberton were consolidated at Barth, MS, the division point on the Mississippi Southern, and lettered “Hines.”

 In February 1930, the mill cut out and was dismantled.

The Jordan River Lumber Co. mill at Kiln

A postcard view of the Jordan River mill shortly after it was completed.

 

 

Heisler No. 2 is lettered "J R L Co" and is being used on the tracklaying train.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:

 

 

Road No.

 

Type

 

Builder

 

C.N.

 

Date

 

Cyls.

 

Dri. Dia.

 

Engine

Wt.

 

Previous Ownership

 

Disposition

 

1st 3

 

2-4-2T

 

Baldwin

 

11185

 

9/1890

 

14x20

 

48

 

56000

 

Bessemer & Birmingham #9, Birmingham, AL (dummy type).

Birmingham Railway & Electric Co., Birmingham, AL, in 9/1890.

Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #242

J. A. Favre Lumber Co. #3 Favreport,

Favreport, MS, on 11/14/1903.

W. W. Carre Co. #1, Favreport, MS, on 8/26/1905.

Transferred to, Kiln, MS.

Jordan River Lumber Co. #3, ca. 1/1913.

Baldwin class 8-22¼ C 12

 

 

 

7

 

2T Heisler

 

Heisler

 

1254

 

5/1912

 

16¾x14

 

40

 

120000

 

Horse Shoe Lumber Co. #7, River Falls, AL

Jordan River Lumber Co. #7

 

Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees #1254, Barth, MS

Northwestern Pacific #235, Tiburon, CA, in 1922.

Northwestern Redwood Co., Willitts, CA, in 11/1923 (leased).

Shaw-Bertram Lumber Co. #2, Kirk, OR, in 4/1924.

Lamm Lumber Co., Chichalo, OR,

in 12/1926.

Wrecked 7/31/1937.

 

2

 

25-2 Heisler

 

Stearns

 

 

 

1900

 

 

 

 

 

56000

 

Champion Lumber Co. #2, Orvisburg, MS

Jordan River Lumber Co. #2, in 1917.

 

Used with track gang.

 

2nd 3

 

2-8-0

 

Altoona

 

1389

 

4/1889

 

20x24

 

50

 

114620

 

Pennsylvania R.R. #1318

A. V. Kaiser & Co.

H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., Bellwood, PA

Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co.

Champion Lumber Co. #3, Orvisburg, MS,

on 3/24/1913.

Jordan River Lumber Co. #3, in 1917.

 

Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees #1, Barth, MS, in 1922.

 

2226

 

2-8-0

 

Schen.

 

2226

 

11/1886

 

20x24

 

52

 

132000

 

Colorado Midland #2

Re. #62 in 5/1918.

Jordan River Lumber Co. #2226, ca. 1918.

 

Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees #3, Barth, MS, in 1922.

 

3261

 

4-6-0

 

Schen.

 

3261

 

11/1890

 

19x26

 

52

 

122000

 

Colorado Midland #45

Jordan River Lumber Co. #3261, ca. 1918.

 

Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees #3261, Barth, MS, in 1922.

 

 

 

 

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