Poplarville Saw Mill Co.

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail

Headquarters: Lexington, KY

Mill Location: Poplarville, MS (Pearl River County)

Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day 

Years of Operation: 1910-1919

Miles Operated: 25 miles in 1917

Locomotives Owned

Equipment:

1917- 1 Clyde skidder, 1 Clyde Rapid Loader, 1 McGiffert log loader

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History by Gil Hoffman:

On July 16, 1910, the Poplarville Saw Mill Company, of Lexington, KY, purchased the sawmill and timber holdings of the Poplarville Lumber Company, at Poplarville, Pearl River County, for $220,000. The Poplarville Sawmill Company was incorporated at Lexington, KY, on July 27, 1910 by George W. Headley, Jr., E. L. Hutchinson and others with authorized capital stock of $50,000. G. W. Headley, Jr. was president of the company. 

In March 1914 the plant was closed because of poor business conditions. It was rebuilt In the latter part of 1915 and reopened in late January 1916. Cutting capacity of the rebuilt mill was about 75,000 feet per day of longleaf yellow pine. About November 1918 the mill cut out and the machinery was moved to Tiger, Choctaw County, Alabama, on the Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad. On February 5, 1919 the mill site, sawmill buildings and company houses were sold to D. D. Durham. 

The Poplarville Saw Mill Company had the same ownership as the Louise Lumber Company, at Hawkes, Jones County, which cut out in July 1915. During the period of shutdown of the Poplarville mill, George Headley moved to Hawkes where he ran the Louise Lumber Company.

Poplarville Saw Mill Co. 2-8-0 No. 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:

 

Road No.

 

Type

 

Builder

 

C.N.

 

Date

 

Cyls.

 

Dri. Dia.

 

Engine

Wt.

 

Previous Ownership

 

Disposition

 

1

 

42-2

Heisler

 

Heisler

 

1261

 

1912

 

15x12

 

36

 

84000

 

Smith-Payne Lumber Co. #1, Hiwannee, MS Lettered for Hiwannee & Tombigbee R.R.

Diverted to:

Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #1, Poplarville, MS

 

 

Hinton Brothers Lumber Co., Lumberton, MS

Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co.,

on 4/1/1917.

Cecil Lumber Co. #2, Orvisburg, MS,

on 6/4/1917..

Southern Lumber & Timber Co. #1, Orvisburg, MS, on 8/7/1920.

Foster Creek Lumber & Manufacturing Co. 2nd #1, Stephenson, MS

Turner Lumber Co. #8, Lemoyen, LA,

by 1935.

Santee River Hardwood Co. #8,

St. Stephen, SC, on 12/8/1942.

 

2

 

36-2

Heisler

 

Heisler

 

1260

 

1912

 

15x12

 

36

 

84000

 

Louise Lumber Co. #2, Hawkes, MS

Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #2, Poplarville, MS,

in 1916.

 

For sale 5/1919.

Lamb-Fish Lumber Co., Charleston, MS

Turner-Farber-Love Co. #7, Charleston, MS, in 5/1923.

Santee River Hardwood Co. #7, St. Stephen, SC, in 1928.

Maggie Valley Amusement Corp., Maggie, NC (Highlander R.R. #2 Old Cinders),

in 1962.

 Maggie Valley R.R. #2 Old Cinders, Maggie, NC, in 1964.

Whitewater Valley R.R. #2, Connersville, IN.

 

4

 

No Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown.

A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer).

Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #4

 

Repossessed by A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA, in 1914.

 

5?

 

4-6-0

 

Baldwin

 

11795

 

4/1891

 

16x20

 

40

 

80000

 

Ordered by Huntsville Belt Line & Monte Sano Ry., Huntsville, AL. Cancelled and resold to:

New Orleans & Northwestern Ry. #5, Natchez, MS, on 11/16/1891.

Tensas River Lumber Co., Moreau, LA,

by 8/1912.

Baxter Lumber Co. #2, Wildsville, LA

Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1057,

on 4/5/1916.

Poplarville Saw Mill Co., on 12/6/1916.

Baldwin class 10-26 D 94

 

For sale 5/1919.

Swift Lumber Co., Knoxo, MS, by 4/1920.

Colmer-Green Lumber Co. #5, Colgreen, MS

Barnes-Creary Supply Co., Mobile, AL,

by 7/1925.

 

7

 

23-2 Shay

 

Lima

 

882

 

3/1904

 

3-9x8

 

26

 

45210

 

Poplarville Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS

Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #7, on 7/16/1910.

 

Phillips & Wentworth, Maxie, MS, in 1918.

Wentworth Lumber Co., Maxie, MS,

on 3/4/1919.

Love Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS,

on 9/1/1922.

Poplarville Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS, in 12/1924.

Scrapped ca. 6/1926.

 

9

 

2-8-0

 

Baldwin

 

42781

 

1/1916

 

16x22

 

44

 

87500

 

New. Cost $8,450.

Baldwin class 10-26 E 398

 

De Kalb & Western R.R. #9, Electric Mills, MS, by 6/1917.

Re. #502.

St. Francis Material Co., Forrest City, AR,

by 7/1951.


 

 

 

 

 

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