Dupont Lumber Co. (1916-1921)
Gulf Pine Lumber Co. (1921-1927)
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Standard gauge, 35-lb rail Headquarters: Poplarville Mill Location: Dupont, MS (Pearl River County) Mill Capacity: 60,000 ft/day in 1922 Years of Operation: 1916-1927 Miles Operated: 4 miles in 1926 Locomotives Owned: |
Equipment: 1 McGiffert log loader, 8 log cars. |
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History by Gil Hoffman: On
March 1, 1916, Mulford Parker purchased the sawmill plant and timber
holdings, amounting to 1,760 acres, of the White Cedar Pile & Pole
Company (belonging to C. E. Batty), about two miles south of Poplarville,
Pearl River County, for $18,000. To operate the newly acquired sawmill
plant, the Dupont Lumber Company was incorporated at Poplarville on
May 1, 1916, by Mulford Parker, of Ellisville; Lawrence Dupont, of
Poplarville, and L. M. Noland, of Kola, with authorized capital stock of
$10,000. The sawmill was of the circular type with a cutting capacity of
40,000 feet per day. Mulford Parker was president of the company and L. H.
Dupont, secretary. A spur track ran northward from the mill for about 2½
miles to a connection with the New Orleans & Northeastern on the south
edge of Poplarville. The logging railroad was laid on the roadbed of an old
dummy line of the Poplarville Saw Mill Company. On January 1, 1921, operations were suspended and on August 2, 1921 the company was judged bankrupt with T. C. Hannah appointed Trustee. On October 5, 1921 the assets of the company were conveyed to the First National Bank, of Hattiesburg, MS, and on October 31, 1921, resold to the Gulf Pine Lumber Company. The
Gulf Pine Lumber Company was a copartnership composed of L. H.
Dupont, of Poplarville; L. M. Noland, of Kola, and S. A. Windom, of Kola. On
October 31, 1921, these men purchased the plant of the bankrupt Dupont
Lumber Company, at Poplarville, from the First National Bank of Hattiesburg.
They also purchased a tract of longleaf yellow pine timber in Pearl River
County from the Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees, of Lumberton. L. H.
Dupont was the general manager. The
Dupont sawmill was rebuilt and began sawing in January 1922. It was of the
circular type with a cutting capacity of 60,000 feet per day, specializing
in railroad and car material, shed stock and boards. The general manager was
L. H. Dupont. The mill cut out about June 1926. On January 22, 1927, the sawmill and logging railroad were sold to C. L. Spottswood for salvage. |
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
Note: Records of the Southern Iron & Equipment
Company show their No. 1298 as Mt. Penn Gravity R.R. #3 (c/n 277), but
land mortgage records in the courthouse at Poplarville, MS, show that the
engine delivered by Southern Iron & Equipment Company to the Dupont
Lumber Company was c/n 358 — see Trust Deed Record Land No. 7, p. 624.
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