J. J. Haney (1906-1909)

Progress Lumber Co. (1909-1913)

Bellamy Lumber Co. (1913-1914)

36" gauge, 25 to 35-lb rail Headquarters: Hattiesburg Mill Location: Stoner, MS (Marion County)                         Hickman, MS (Marion Co.) Mill Capacity: 65,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1906-1913 Miles Operated: 3 miles in 1912 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Progress Lumber Company was incorporated at Hattiesburg, Perry County on December 20, 1907, by J. R. Flint, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; J. C. Tompkins, of Hattiesburg; C. H. Armbrecht, of Hattiesburg; E. H. Stoner, of Pittsburgh, and C. E. Bellamy, of Hattiesburg. Flint and Stoner were members of the Flint, Erving & Stoner Company, of Pittsburgh, and Armbrecht and Tompkins were members of the Armbrecht Lumber Company, of Hattiesburg. Authorized capital stock was $20,000.  In January 1906, Flint, Erving & Stoner put up the money for J. J. Haney of Hattiesburg to move his mill on the Mississippi Central at Eaton, Lamar County, to Stoner, on the Gulf & Ship Island Columbia Branch, between Goss and Hathorn. In return, Haney mortgaged his timber in northern Marion County to Flint, Erving & Stoner. Haney defaulted on this mortgage and the mill passed to Flint, Erving & Stoner, who deeded it to the Progress Lumber Company on January 4, 1909. This plant cut out in the spring of 1910. After the Stoner mill of the Progress Lumber Company cut out in the spring of 1910, a new tract of longleaf yellow pine timber was purchased 14 miles south of Columbia, MS, and a new circular sawmill of 65,000 feet daily cutting capacity was built on the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad at Sweetwater Station, Hickman Post Office, Marion County. This mill was completed in June 1910 and cut out in September 1913.  On December 22, 1913, the sawmill plant and logging equipment were leased to the Bellamy Lumber Company for 10 years.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Stoner Mill:   Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   2   0-4-0T   Vulcan   876   5/1906   7x12   24   20000   Columbia Lumber Co. #2, New Millport, PA For sale 9/1908. Progress Lumber Co. #2, in 1909.   Unknown owner. Harvey Brothers, Mobile, AL (dealer), by 12/1917.      Hickman Mill:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   Rod   Porter                       Unknown. Progress Lumber Co., by 1/1912.   Bellamy Lumber Co., Hickman, MS, on 12/22/1913 (leased).

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