Hurricane Lumber Co. (1907-1910)
J. F. Wilder Lumber Co. (1910-1913)
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Standard gauge, 40-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Perkinston, MS (Stone County, was Harrison Co. at the time) Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day in 1910 Years of Operation: 1907-1913 Miles Operated: 6 miles in 1910 Locomotives Owned: 2 |
Also see: Farnsworth Lumber Co.
Equipment: 1 locomotive 8 cars in 1910 |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Hurricane Lumber Company was organized in February 1907 by W. W. Farnsworth
of Scranton, Miss. (of the Farnsworth Lumber Company) to cut pine timber
around Perkinston downed in the hurricane of September 27, 1906, from which
the company took its name. This timber was purchased on February 26, 1907
from the Inda Pine Company, of Inda, Harrison County, and was estimated to
contain 3,070,000 feet. The price was $3.50 per thousand feet. It was
located three to four miles east of Perkinston, just south of Red Creek. A
sawmill with a cutting capacity of 50,000 feet per day was built at
Perkinston. In 1910, the mill was leased to J. F. Wilder, of Hattiesburg. The
J. F. Wilder Lumber Company was incorporated at Perkinston, Harrison County,
on September 13, 1910, by J. R. Pratt, of Gulfport; R. T. Kirkwood, of Epps;
L. A. Wilder, of Epps, and C. H. Hill, of Epps, with authorized capital
stock of $10,000. The
sawmill cut out in May 1913, but the planing mill remained open until the
latter part of July 1913, dressing stock on hand, and then closed.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
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2-6-0
Baldwin
36
11x16
40000 Purchased
from Gary-Fatheree Lumber Co., McHenry, MS, in 1907. Leased
to J. F. Wilder Lumber Co., in 1910. For
sale
7-1913. 99
2-6-0
Brooks
50
16x24
72000 Transferred
(tentative) from J. F. Wilder #99, Epps, MS, in 1910. Sold
(tentative) to Hinton Brothers Lumber Co. #99, Lumberton, MS; to Edward
Hines Yellow Pine Co. #99, Lumberton, MS, on 11-6-1917; to Southern Iron
& Equipment Co. #1321, Atlanta, GA; to Calcasieu Saw Mill Co., Lake
Charles, LA, on 3-24-1919.
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