Lenwill Sawmill Co. (1915-1925)
Monroe & Texas Railroad (1914-1925)
Standard gauge, 35 and 60-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Lenwill, LA (Ouachita Parish) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day in 1910 Years of Operation: 1914-1925 Miles Operated: Main line: Alpena, LA via Lenwill, LA to Rollins, LA, 8.262 miles. Locomotives Owned: 5 |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Monroe & Texas Railroad was incorporated in Louisiana on
November 24, 1914. Its date of organization was November 27, 1914. It
extended in a southwesterly direction from a connection with the
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific at Alpena to Rollins, LA, 8.262 miles,
by way of Lenwill. The line was purchased in 1914 from the Louis Werner
Saw Mill Company, which held all of the $40,000 in outstanding capital
stock. In 1915 the Lenwill Saw Mill Company (owned by the Louis Werner Co.) built a sawmill at Lenwill, 2.51 miles south of Alpena. This mill furnished most of the traffic for the Monroe & Texas, which was operated for freight service only. The
country traversed for the first four miles from Alpena was low and swampy,
the remainder being rolling. The line had 15 pile and frame trestles. The
main line was laid with 35 and 60-lb relay rail and was not ballasted,
instead being full earth surfaced. In
1924 the sawmill at Lenwill cut out and shut down, thus depriving the
M&T of most of its business. On October 31, 1925, the railroad company
applied to the ICC for permission to abandon its remaining trackage, from
Alpena to Lenwill. Permission was granted on November 5, 1925. The line
south of Lenwill was apparently discontinued in 1924 immediately after the
sawmill shut down.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
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