Poitevent & Favre Lumber Co.

36" gauge, converted to standard gauge in 1886 Named East Louisiana RR Headquarters: Pearlington, MS Mill Location: Pearlington, MS (Hancock County) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day in 1910 Years of Operation: 1867-ca.1907 Miles Operated: 5 miles in 1886 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The firmof Poitevent & Favre was composed of W. J. Poitevent and Joseph A. Favre. At Pearlington, three sawmills were operated together with a shipyard and a fleet of steamers and schooners in the Caribbean lumber trade. The first of these mills was built in 1867. Around 1880 large tracts of timber land were bought by the company in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.  The mills at Pearlington cut their last log about 1907. In December 1912, Poitevent & Favre sold their holdings at Pearlington to the H. Weston Lumber Company, of Logtown, Hancock County. This sale included 5,500 acres of timber, sawmill, planer, dry kilns and marine equipment. Poitevent & Favre then moved to Mandeville, Louisiana, where they built a new mill that was placed in operation in 1913.
Narrow gauge ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   0-4-2T   Porter   522   10/1882   9x14   36   17000   New. Named Abita.   For sale 1/1886. Unknown owners. W. B. Seymour, Hattiesburg, MS, (dealer), by 2/1909.   2   No Data                           Secondhand. In service by 9/1886.

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