W. W. Carre & Co., Ltd.

Standard gauge, 35-lb rail Headquarters: New Orleans, LA Mill Location: Kiln, MS ( Hancock County)                          Favreport, MS (Hancock Co.) Mill Capacity: 100,000 ft/day in 1910 Years of Operation: 1905-1912 Miles Operated: 12 miles in 1910 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment: 3 locomotives and 20 cars in 1910	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On August 26, 1905, W. W. Carre & Co., of New Orleans purchased at a receiver’s sale the sawmill, railroad equipment and timber holdings of the J. A. Favre Lumber Company at Favreport in Hancock County, MS. On December 7, 1908 W. W. Carre & Company purchased two mills from Herlihy, Haas & Herlihy, one at Kiln, and the other at Bayou Talla, both in Hancock County. The Bayou Talla mill included a logging railroad half a mile long and one locomotive. The company maintained it headquarters and main sawmill in New Orleans, Louisiana.  The sawmill burned in 1912 and in December of that year the logging railroad and equipment were sold to the Stern Foundry & Machinery Company, of New Orleans. In January 1913 the remaining property at Kiln was sold to the Edward Hines Lumber Company, of Chicago, Illinois, and the operation was reorganized as the Jordan River Lumber Company.
	An ancient 4-4-0 numbered 8 said to have been taken near Kiln is thought to belong to W. W. Carre.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:   Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   0-4-0T   Porter   680   10/1885   12x18   36   40000   New England, Fairmont & Western Gas Coal Co. #1 Belle, Fairmont, WV Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. J. A. Favre Lumber Co. #1,Favreport, MS, in 1902. W. W. Carre Co. #1, on 8/26/1905.   Dibert, Bancroft & Ross Co., Ltd., New Orleans, LA, by 6/1912.   2   0-4-4F   Grant   (1190)   4/1878   10x16   39   32000   Metropolitan Ry. #14 Manhattan Ry. #214 in 1879. Rebuilt by Manhattan Ry., in 9/1887. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. J. A. Favre Lumber Co. #2, Favreport, MS, in 1903. W. W. Carre Co. #2, on 8/26/1905.       3   2-4-2T   Baldwin   11185   9/1890   14x20   48   56000   Bessemer & Birmingham #9, Birmingham, AL (dummy type). Birmingham Railway & Electric Co., Birmingham, AL, in 9/1890. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #242 J. A. Favre Lumber Co. #3 Favreport, Favreport, MS, on 11/14/1903. W. W. Carre Co. #1, on 8/26/1905.. Baldwin class 8-22¼ C 12   Transferred as #3 to, Kiln, MS. Jordan River Lumber Co. #3, Kiln, MS.   4?   No Data                           Herlihy, Haas & Herlihy, Bayou Talla, MS W. W. Carre Co. #4?, on 12/7/1908.

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