Gloster Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 56-lb rail Headquarters: Camden, Ark. Mill Location: Gloster, MS (Amite County) Mill Capacity: 45,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1915-1933 (RR) Miles Operated: 24 miles in 1927 Locomotives Owned:	Also see: Valley Lumber Co. Equipment: Purchased Clyde Iron Works Rapid Loader #232, shipped to Gloster, Miss. 9-13-1915. Purchased Clyde Iron Works Ground Skidder #2204, shipped to Gloster, Miss. 8-23-1919.	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Gloster Lumber Company was incorporated at Camden, AR on November 28, 1914, with authorized capital stock of $100,000 and paid-in capital stock of $23,000 at the time the company was organized. The incorporators were T. J. Gaughn, C. W. Niehuss, J. T. Sifford, W. H. Hall and W. W. Brown.  At the first Board of Directors meeting, T. J. Gaughn was elected president, J. T. Sifford, vice president and W. H. Hall, secretary and treasurer. On January 23, 1915, the new company purchased the contract of the Valley Lumber Company covering the lease of the sawmill plant and logging railroad of the W. L. Robinson Lumber Company and the timber obtained by the Valley Lumber Company from the Boutin Timber Company. The purchase price was $100,000.  In 1933 the logging railroad was abandoned and the engines put up for sale. The mill continued to operate afterward, but was logged with trucks.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   3   2-8-0   Baldwin   4926   1/1880   15x18   36   70000   Denver, South Park & Pacific #52 Built 36" gauge. Re. #192 in 1885. Denver, Leadville & Gunnison #192, in 1889. Colorado & Southern #32, in 1/1899. J. J. White #4, McComb City, MS, in 1901. Changed to standard gauge. W. L. Robinson Lumber Co. #3, Gloster. MS, ca. 1911. Valley Lumber Co. #3, Gloster, MS, on 6/9/1913. Gloster Lumber Co. #3, on 1/23/1915. Baldwin class 10-24 E 40   Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1097, on 4/26/1916, in trade on Shay #4. Mardez Lumber Co., Benford, TX, on 12/6/1916.   4   42-2 Shay   Lima   2330   5/1910   3-10x12   29½   84000   Boleyn Lumber Co., Ltd. #3, Boleyn, LA Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1084 Gloster Lumber Co. #4, on 4/26/1916. Cost $4,300 with $1,200 allowed in trade on #3.   For sale 10/1933.   5   28-2 Shay   Lima   438   5/1893   3-10x10   30   56000   North Bend & Kettle Creek #2, Gleasonton, PA (Howard & Perley Lumber Co.) Returned to Lima and rebuilt for: Cook & Graham Lumber Co. #2, Brookville, PA A. W. Cook & Co. #2, Brookville, PA, on 9/10/1902. Northeast Lumber Co., Huntington, WV, ca. 1906. Glady Fork Lumber Co., Glady, WV Gloster Lumber Co. #5, on 2/8/1921.   For sale 10/1933.   6   70-3 Shay   Lima   2507   2/1912   3-12x15   36   140000   Champion Lumber Co. #5, Crestmont, NC Suncrest Lumber Co. #5, Sunburst, NC., on 12/18/1918. W. A. Zelnicker Supply Co., St. Louis, MO (dealer). Fourche River Lumber Co. #6, Bigelow, AR, on 8/16/1919. Gloster Lumber Co. #6, on 10/1/1921.   For sale 10/1933.

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