Prentice Lumber Co. (1899-1900)
Derby Lumber Co. (1900-1902)
Derby & Southeastern Railroad
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60" gauge, pole road Headquarters: Derby, MS Mill Location: Derby, MS (Pearl River County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1899-1906 Miles Operated: ? Locomotives Owned: |
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History by Gil Hoffman: Prentice
& Herren was
a partnership composed of Edwin I. Prentice and W. E. Herren. Their sawmill
was a single circular type of Simonds make with a 3-saw Wheland gang. There
was no planing mill or dry kilns. The mill site consisted of 33 acres of
land east of the right-of-way of the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad
at Derby, Pearl River County, and was bought from D. B. Jarrell and wife in
November 1899. The mill was operated by the Prentice Lumber Company,
composed of E. I. Prentice and his sons, Lewis E. and Ralph Earl. On October
8, 1900, because of accumulated debts, the Prentices transferred their
interest in the business to W. E. Herren. That same day Herren signed a
contract with M. J. Brown in which Brown was to operate the mill and from
the proceeds, pay off the debts. Brown operated under the name “Derby
Lumber Company.” On June 24, 1901, Herren deeded the Prentice & Herren
property to the Derby Lumber Company, at which time C. H. Hyde became
a partner. On
July 8, 1902, the mill passed into the hands of the Hyde & Rowan
Lumber Company and on February 11, 1904, to the Bilbo Lumber Company.
These latter two companies apparently did not use a logging railroad. The
mill site finally passed back to D. B. Jarrell in March 1906.
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Rare view of Prentice's pole road about 1900. Notice the rails are simply pine logs laid 60" apart. |
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Another rare photo of the Prentice pole road Climax. |
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