| Alpha-Numeric Key: | LI-3 |
| Corporate Name: | Allen and Williams Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | Mill #1 south of the Trinity |
| Owner Name: | Sam C. Allen and Williams Lumber Company
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| Location: | South of the Trinity River, on the Houston East & West Texas |
| County: | Liberty |
| Years in Operation: | 2 years |
| Start Year: | 1879 |
| End Year: | 1880 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1879 to 1880 |
| Town: | South of the Trinity River |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Products for railroad building
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 45-horsepower steam engine
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | |
| Capacity Comments: | 4,000,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | The firm of Allen & Williams was one of many early East Texas sawmilling businesses to follow the construction of the railroads to tap the most easily accessible pine stumpage. The company appeared in a 1880 Chicago lumber publication as operating two mills south of the Trinity River, near the tracks of the Houston East and West Texas Railway. Allen and Williams moved their mills to the area of Gail in Polk County with the post office at Corrigan.
The Manuscript Census of 1880, reporting for June 1, 1879 to May 31, 1880, detailed the business operations for both sawmills. Mill #1, d a capital value of $12,000, working twenty men normal and thirty-two at peak. The employees received daily wages of $1.20 to $4.00 for ten hour days, summer and winter. Allen & Williams paid a total wage of $8,000. From a total value of $25,000 of supplies and sawlogs, the sawmill manufactured four million feet of lumber valued at a gross value of $40,000. |
| Research Date: | JKG 12-14-93, MCJ 03-14-96 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |