Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 152
Corporate Name: Hays & Webb Lumber Company tram road
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
Ownership: J. A. Hays and Webb.
Years of Operation: ca. 1890
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
Track Length: Three-quarters mile
Locations Served: Probably Dodge Walker
Counties of Operation: Walker
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
Equipment: 1890: one tram engine, ten tram cars, and three-quarters mile of tram road (probably narrow gauge).
History: J. A. Hays and Webb owned a lumber company and sawmill in Walker County in 1890. That year they defaulted on loans and had to sell their mill and equipment. Included was their tram road operation, consisting of a tram engine, ten tram cars, and three-quarters of a mile of tram road. The engine and six of the tram cars had been bought from Peter and Frank Josserand of Montgomery County.