Cecil Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Orvisburg, MS Mill Location: Orvisburg, MS (Pearl River County) Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1917-1920 Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned:	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On January 17, 1917, Cecil O. Eure, of the Eure Lumber Company, operating mills at Baxterville and New Hebron, purchased 24,000,000 feet of timber in Pearl River County near Orvisburg from the Champion Lumber Company for $100,000. The Cecil Lumber Company was organized at Orvisburg, in April 1917, and built a circular sawmill with a cutting capacity of 40,000 feet per day near the site of the Champion Lumber Company's old mill. The Cecil mill began sawing in June 1917,. Cecil O. Eure was president of the company and R. C. Small, secretary.  On August 7, 1920, the company sold all its holdings to the Southern Lumber & Timber Company, of Hillsdale, MS, for $350,000. The sawmill of the Wolf Creek Lumber Company was also included in the sale.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   20-2 Shay   Lima   382   12/1891   3-9x8   26   40000   Champion Lumber Co. #382, Orvisburg, MS Cecil Lumber Co. #1, in 1917.   Newell Construction Co. #1, Earl, AR Opdenweyer-Alcus Cypress Co. #15, Sorrento, LA.   2   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, on 6/4/1917. Cost $4,800.   Southern Lumber & Timber Co. #2, 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.   3   32-2 Shay   Lima   188   12/1887     3-11x10   29½   62000   D. C. Davis & Sons, Cady Mills, WI Mesabe Southern Ry., Kinross, MN Duluth Iron & Metal Co., Duluth, MN Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1293. Cecil Lumber Co. #3, on 7/16/1918. Cost $4,750.   Southern Lumber & Timber Co. #3, Orvisburg, MS, on 8/7/1920. Nortac Manufacturing Co. #3, Orvisburg, MS, in 11/1922 (leased). Scrapped 1924.

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