Tallahatta Lumber Co.
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36" gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Ragland (Chunky), MS (Newton Co.) 1900-1914 Montrose, MS (Jasper Co.) 1914-1916 Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1900-1916 Miles Operated: 8 miles 1914 at Chunky Locomotives Owned: 5 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: Chunky
Mill By
March 1900 the Tallahata Lumber Company, a partnership composed of D. L.
Ragland and A. Poitevent, was operating a sawmill with a cutting capacity of
about 25,000 feet per day at Chunky Station, on the Alabama & Vicksburg.
The plant included a planing mill and dry kilns. In early 1903 a new band
mill was placed in operation with a cutting capacity of 50,000 feet per day. The
company was incorporated at Chunky, Newton County, on April 16, 1906 by D.
L. Ragland, M. G. Norton, L. G. Sears, R. B. Bracken and S. H. Bracken with
authorized capital stock of $60,000. The lumber produced by the company was
sold through the Chicago Lumber & Coal Company, of St. Louis, Missouri.
Plant and timber of the partnership was transferred to the company on May 3,
1906. In
1914 operations were moved to Halsell, Choctaw County, Alabama. The company
also operated a mill at Montrose, Jasper County.
Montrose Mill: The
Tallahatta Lumber Company, of Chunky, Newton County, built a 40,000 feet
daily capacity sawmill at Montrose, Jasper County which began operation in
July 1914. R. M. Wood, secretary and treasurer of the Tallahatta Lumber
Company, was manager of this mill. In
October 1916 the mill was leased to L. G. Sears, of the Arkomiss Lumber
Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, and operated under the name "Montrose Saw
Mill Company." Sears was also one of the stockholders in the Tallahatta
Lumber Company. On
July 30, 1919, the sawmill, logging railroad and equipment and timber rights
in Jasper County were sold to George W. Howell, of St. Louis, Missouri, for
about $78,000.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: Chunky: 3?
Class B
Climax
36000
4
2T Shay Lima
2064
12-1907 26½
3-8x8
43300 empty
Sold
to Thompson Brothers Lumber Co. #4, Climax, AL, in 1916; to Climax Saw
Mill Co. #4, Climax, AL, on 12-3-17;
to A. C. Schryver Lumber Co., Louisville, MS,
in early 1920; to R. L. Mitchell Lumber Co #1, Louisville, MS, in
3-1921;
to D. L. Fair Lumber Co. #4, Louisville, MS, in 2-1926. 5?
2T Shay Lima
3-8x8
48000
Montrose: 1?
Class B
Climax
66000
Sold to Howell Lumber Co. #1, Montrose, MS, on 7-30-19, 4?
2T Shay
Lima
183
8-1887
26
3-8x8
34000
Built for Gregory & Coe Lumber Co., Stanton, AL
(36-inch gauge); to Kingston Lumber Co., Laurel, MS, in 1897; to Laurel
Machine & Foundry Co., Laurel, MS. Sold to Howell Lumber Co. #4, Montrose, MS, on 7-30-19.
Tallahoma Lumber Co., Montrose, MS, on 4-17-22; to Southern Iron &
Equipment Co. #1942, Atlanta, GA; to Green Lumber Co., Avera, MS, on
7-12-24; to Pascagoula Hardwood Co., Laurel, MS.
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