Lyndon Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 30-lb rail Headquarters:  Mill Location: Wingate, MS (Perry County) Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1903-1912 Miles Operated: 12 miles in 1910 Locomotives Owned: 5	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Lyndon Lumber Company was incorporated "near Wingate," Perry County, on May 9, 1903, by R. T. Sleeper, W. M. Hemeter, D. D. Carter, W. P. Martin and J. W. Rush with paid-in capital stock of $50,000. Although not an incorporator, J. R. Buckwalter, from Pennsylvania, became the major stockholder of the company, the president and general manager. In 1903 a circular sawmill cutting about 50,000 feet per day was built at Wingate, on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad. Employment was about 100 men.  In 1911 the Lyndon mill cut out, after which the mill equipment was put up for sale. About two years earlier J. R. Buckwalter had established a new lumbering operation at Union, in Newton County. On February 1, 1912, the cut-over lands and mill site of the company were sold to Ellis B. Cooper for $1.75 per acre.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership     Disposition   1   0-4-4F   Baldwin   4657   5/1879   12x16   42   44000   Long Island R.R. #110 Re. #206 in 10/1898. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Lyndon Lumber Co. #1, on 8/24/1903. Baldwin class 8-14_ C 46       2   0-4-4F   Baldwin   11549   1/1891   12x16   42   47000   Manhattan Ry. #312 Long Island R.R., in 6/1903. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Lyndon Lumber Co. #2, on 10/25/1905. Baldwin class 8-18_ C 14   J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Co., Union, MS, by 6/1911.   3   42-2 Heisler   Heisler   1145   1908   15x12   36   84000   New.   J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Co. #3, Union, MS, in 1911. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Charles E. Brower & Co., for: P. Koehler & C. W. Hunter, Memphis, TN, on 6/29/1920. Jonesboro Gravel Co., Dee, AR.   4   36-2 Heisler   Heisler   1174   1909   13x12   33   72000   New.   J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Co. #4, Union, MS, in 1911.   5   Class B   Climax       1909           66000   New.   For sale 3/1911; not sold. J. R. Buckwalter Lumber Co., Union, MS

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