Yarbrough Lumber Co. (1903-1904)
Petal Lumber Co. (1904-1907)
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Standard gauge, 30 & 35-lb rail Headquarters: Hattiesburg Mill Location: Petal, MS (Forrest County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1903-1907 Miles Operated: 4 miles Locomotives Owned: 1 |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The
Yarbrough Lumber Company was incorporated at Yarbrough Switch, on the
New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad, in Petal, Perry County, on May 29,
1903, by W. H. Seeger, T. D. Taylor, E. L. Sterling and C. O. Eure with
authorized capital stock of $30,000. The original officers were: T. D.
Taylor, president; E. L. Sterling, vice president, and H. H. Seeger,
secretary. On
May 18, 1904, to satisfy a mortgage of $14,440 and other debts, the company
sold its sawmill, logging railroad and equipment to the Louis Werner Saw
Mill Company, of St. Louis, Missouri. The Louis Werner Company operated
the mill under the name Petal Lumber Company until about August 1907.
On January 8, 1909, the logging railroad and rights-of-way were sold to the
McInnis Lumber Company, whose mill bordered the Werner mill on the south. After
selling out to Louis Werner, in the latter part of 1905, Taylor and Seeger
established a new mill on the New Orleans Great Northern at Oakvale, in
Lawrence County.
For a detailed history of this operation see: Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods Volume 2, by Gilbert H. Hoffman |
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For more information contact Tony Howe at howe6818@bellsouth.net or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net