Bostick
Brothers 1912-1913
Ruby Lumber Co.
1913-1918
36" gauge, 30 & 35-lb rail
Headquarters: Meridian
Mill Location: Wautubbee, MS (Clarke County)
Mill Capacity: 20,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1912-1918
Miles Operated: 4 miles in 1917
Locomotives Owned: 1
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
On
November 12, 1912, E. S. Bostick, acting as agent for Bostick Brothers, of
Meridian (composed of E. S. Bostick,
W.
L. Bostick and J. W. Bostick) purchased about 1,640 acres of timber from the
heirs of Edwin D. Houston for $21,540. The deed allowed seven years to cut
the timber and the right to put a sawmill on the land. At the same time
Bostick purchased the portable assets of the B. C. Lumber Company, at
Wautubbee, Clarke County, for $9,187.50. This purchase included the sawmill
plant, logging railroad and equipment. The mill was moved to a point about a
mile south of the original site. For about a year the mill was operated
under the Bostick Brothers name.
As
successor, the Ruby Lumber Company was incorporated at Wautubbee on January
6, 1913, by the three Bostick brothers and W. O. Chipman, also of Meridian,
with authorized capital stock of $20,000. The new company purchased the
sawmill plant and timber holdings of the Bostick Brothers on March 14, 1913,
for $31,187.50. The amount was paid by issuing $20,000 in capital stock to
Bostick Brothers, and the remainder, in a deed of trust. Officers were J. M.
Broach, vice president, and W. O. Chipman, secretary.
In
1917 the mill had a cutting capacity of 20,000 feet per day.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
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2T Shay Lima
1607
11-1905
22
2-6x10
23000
Purchased by Bostick Brothers from B. C. Lumber Co., Wautubbee,
MS, in 11-12-12.
To
Ruby Lumber Co., on 3-14-13.
Built
as Pine Hill Lumber Co. #5, Wautubbee, MS (wood rail); to B. C. Lumber
Co., Wautubbee, MS, on 4-23-10.
Sold
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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