Interstate Lumber Co. (1907-1909)

Day Lumber Co. (1909)

Standard gauge, 30 to 40-lb rail Headquarters: Tangipahoa, LA Mill Location: Brushy (Shipman), MS (George County) Mill Capacity: ,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1907-1909 Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned:	Equipment: 38 log cars	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On May 3, 1907, the Interstate Lumber Company, of New Orleans, LA, purchased the assets of the D. C. Bacon Company, at Brushy, Greene County for $262,500. Officers of the Interstate Lumber Company were: W. G. Day, president; M. Day, vice president; H. C. Day, secretary, and C. W. Eubanks, treasurer — the same officers as the Day Lumber Company, of Tangipahoa, LA. Timber lands were in Jackson and Greene counties.  On April 1, 1909, the assets of the Interstate Lumber Company were sold to the Day Lumber Company, of New Orleans, LA, for $111,000. At that time Day moved the entire Shipman mill and its equipment to Monroe, in Franklin County, where it was reassembled and run under the name Monroe Lumber Company.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1     4-4-0   Baldwin           15½x24       64000   Unknown. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #238 D. C. Bacon & Co. #1, Shipman, MS, on 1/27/1904. Interstate Lumber Co. #1, on 5/3/1907.   Day Lumber Co., New Orleans, LA, for: Monroe Lumber Co. #1, Monroe, MS, on 4/1/1909.   3   0-6-0   Pittsburgh           15x24   50   70000   Allegheny Valley #60 or #43 Pennsylvania R.R. #6403 or #6401 Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #319, on 10/28/1904. D. C. Bacon & Co. #3, Shipman, MS, on 7/15/1905. Interstate Lumber Co. #3, on 5/3/1907.   Day Lumber Co., New Orleans, LA, on 4/1/1909.   5   2-6-0   Baldwin           17x24   56   90000   Unknown. Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, Anniston, AL dealer). Interstate Lumber Co. #5, on 7/23/1908.   Day Lumber Co., New Orleans, LA, for: Monroe Lumber Co. #3, Monroe, MS, on 4/1/1909.   7   2-4-0   Baldwin           16x24   49       Unknown. Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, Anniston, AL dealer). Interstate Lumber Co. #7, on 11/16/1908. Cost $3,150.   Day Lumber Co., New Orleans, LA, for: Monroe Lumber Co. #5, Monroe, MS, on 4/1/1909.   14   36-2 Shay   Lima   1950   9/1907   3-10x10   28   72000   New. Cost $3,000.   Day Lumber Co., New Orleans, LA, for: Monroe Lumber Co. #14, Monroe, MS, on 4/1/1909. Alabama-Mississippi Lumber Co. #14, Monroe, MS, on 1/15/1912. Lyon Lumber Co. #1, Garyville, LA, in 1918. Stebbins Salvage Co., Inc. #1, Garyville, LA

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