Walworth
&
Neville Manufacturing Co.
Standard gauge, 30-lb rail
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Mill Location: Pinebur, MS (Marion County)
Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1905-1909
Miles Operated: 6
Locomotives Owned: 1 known
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
On April 1, 1905, the
Walworth & Neville Manufacturing Company,
chartered at Bay City, Michigan, but with office at
Chicago, Illinois, purchased from Hawkins &
Company, of Hattiesburg, its entire sawmill plant at
Pinebur, Marion County, and 6,000 acres of timber
land. The price was $85,000. The property had been
operated under the name "Pinebur Lumber Company." J.
C. Neville was president of the company.
The Pinebur Lumber Company,
which originally built the mill at Pinebur about
August 1903, was composed of W. T. Haney, president;
J. M. Bilbo, vice president, and T. D. Parsons,
secretary and treasurer. The sawmill was logged by
oxen. In September 1903 the sawmill and timber
holdings were mortgaged to Hawkins & Company,
which through default on the mortgage became owner of
the Pinebur mill.
On July 1, 1909, the plant
and timber holdings were sold to the Cardal
Lumber Company, of Chicago, for $86,000.
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ROSTER by Gil
Hoffman:
33
0-4-4F
Pittsburgh
1311
4-1892
42
12x16
52000
Purchased
from Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham,
AL, in 5-1907.
Built
as Manhattan Ry. #33; to Singer Manufacturing Co.,
Elizabeth, NJ, on 12-5-05; to Birmingham Rail &
Locomotive Co.
Sold
to Cardal Lumber Co. #33, Pinebur, MS, on 7-1-09; to
Alabama-Mississippi Lumber Co., Pinebur, MS, on
12-19-11.
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