Ocean Springs Lumber Co. (1891-1893)
Gulf Lumber Co. (1893-1895)
36" gauge, wood rail Headquarters: Ocean Springs, MS Mill Location: Ocean Springs, MS (Jackson County) Mill Capacity: unk Years of Operation: 1891-1895 Miles Operated: unk Locomotives Owned: 1 |
Equipment: 1 locomotive and 5 log cars |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Ocean Springs Lumber Company was composed of Parker Earle, M. E. Ansley, A.
A. Ulman, F. S. Earle and J. T. Casey. Parker Earle was president and M. E.
Ansley, secretary. In October 189,1 Parker Earle and M. E. Ansley purchased
a mill site directly north of Ocean Springs from F. M. Weed. This site
bordered the north side of the Louisville & Nashville tracks and
extended northward to Fort Bayou. On this site a sawmill plant was built
which was in operation by August 1892. To log the mill, a wood rail tramroad
was constructed which used rolling stock purchased by Parker Earle &
Sons. On
May 8, 1893, the sawmill plant and tramroad were sold to Edward Browne, W.
R. Sutherland and Robert L. Chapin for $24,000. The deal involved $2,500
cash, assumption of a note for $5,000 due on August 7, 1893, and the
remainder to be paid in one year. To operate the property, the Gulf Lumber
Company was incorporated at Ocean Springs on July 12, 1893 by these same men
plus John W. Murray and Parker Earle with authorized capital stock of
$100,000. W. R. Sutherland was president; Parker Earle, vice president;
Edward Browne, secretary; Robert L. Chapin, treasurer, and John W. Murray,
superintendent. On January 12, 1894, Browne et al. sold the Ocean Springs
Lumber Company property to the Gulf Lumber Company for $50,000. This deal
involved a mortgage for $12,500 on the sawmill plant to the Globe National
Bank, in Chicago, Ill. Suit
was brought against the company in Jackson County Chancery Court which
resulted in the property being sold on August 22, 1895, to John B. Lyon and
E. J. Morris. On October 24, 1895, W. T. Hieronymous, of Mobile, Ala., was
brought into the operation as an equal partner.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
434
2T Shay Lima
434
4-1893
26
2-7x12
28500
Purchased
new by Parker Earle & Sons. To
Gulf Lumber Co., on 1-12-1894. Returned
to Lima Locomotive & Machine Co.; shipped to S. J. Warren #3, Brinson,
GA, on 3-18-1896; to D.
L. Lumber Co., Saffold, GA; to Georgia Lumber & Shingle Co.,
Thomasville, GA.
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