Pine Hill Lumber Co. 1902-1910

B. C. Lumber Co. 1910-1912

36" gauge, wood rail, later changed to steel rail Headquarters:  Mill Location: Wautubbee, MS (Clarke County)                           part of Section 10 T3N R14E Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: Pine Hill Lumber Co.- 1902-1910                                  B. C. Lumber Co. Miles Operated: 3 1/2 miles in 1912 Locomotives Owned: 1	Other Equipment: 4 log cars	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Pine Hill Lumber Company was originally a partnership composed of W. F. Tibbetts, L. A. Tibbetts and J. M. Caldwell. The company began buying timber near Wautubbee, Clarke County in August 1902. A sawmill was built at Wautubbee which included a planing mill and dry kilns. On August 20, 1907, The Pine Hill Lumber Company was incorporated at Wautubbee by H. B. McGarrah, of Reynoldsville, PA, and James O. Craig, of Sligo, PA, with authorized capital stock of $30,000. H. B. McGarrah was president and F. D. Smith, secretary. W. O. Chipman and J. M. Broach, members of the Meridian Lumber Company, of Meridian, MS, purchased the assets of the Pine Hill Lumber Company, at Wautubbee, Clarke County, on April 23, 1910 for $12,500. The purchase included sawmill, logging railroad and equipment and about 3,600 acres of timber in Clarke County, mostly east of the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad. The plant was operated as the B. C. Lumber Company, a partnership.  In November 1912 the portable assets of the company (sawmill, logging railroad and equipment) were sold to E. S. Bostick, acting as agent for the Bostick Brothers, of Meridian.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:  5                  2T Shay         Lima                        1607                    11-1905                   22                    2-6x10                     23000                Purchased new. Sold to B. C. Lumber Co., Wautubbee, MS, on 4-23-10; to Bostick Brothers, Wautubbee, MS, on 11-12-12; to Ruby Lumber Co., Wautubbee, MS, on 3-14-13; to John Lindsey Lumber Co. #2, Laurel, MS; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1349, Atlanta, GA, on 8-24-18; to Gulf Naval Stores (United Fruit Co.), New Orleans, LA, on 3-19-19.

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