J. W. Whitney (1883-1886)

Whitney & Johnson (1886-1889)

36" gauge wood rail Headquarters: Summit Mill Location: Summit, MS (Pike County) Mill Capacity: 10,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1883-1889 Miles Operated: 3 or 4 miles Locomotives Owned:	Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On July 13, 1883, J. W. Whitney purchased 320 acres of longleaf yellow pine timber land, three miles southwest of Summit, MS, and built a circular sawmill on this land. The daily cutting capacity was about 10,000 feet.  In early 1886 he formed a partnership with Nick P. Johnson, a lumberman from Alabama, after which the firm was known as Whitney & Johnson. Total timber acreage bought between 1886 and 1888, when the last was obtained, was 1,138. In July 1889 the mill cut out and was dismantled.  Afterward, Whitney may have established another sawmill operation around Greenwood, MS, while in early 1890 Johnson built a small yellow pine mill a few miles to the south of the old Whitney & Johnson mill.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:        Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership     Disposition   ?   9-2 Shay   Lima   88   9/1883   2-7x7   24   12000   New. Apparently not numbered. Boot boiler type.   Whitney & Johnson, in 1886. Alvah Richardson, Johnston Station, MS, in 2/1890. Wiley C. Maxwell, Johnston Station, MS, on 10/3/1895. Daniel & Willoughby, Johnston Station, MS, on 3/10/1897.   ?   6-2 Shay   Lima                      57   12/1882   2-7x7   22   12000   J. M. Wesson, Bogue Chitto, MS Built for wood rail Whitney & Johnson, in ?   Hartman Lumber Co. #57 Joe Johnson, Hartman, MS, in 1890. D. H. Eastin & Co., Walkers Creek, KY, on 2/14/1898. Swan-Day Lumber Co., Clay City, KY.

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