Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

MO-205

Corporate Name:

Prince Lumber Company

Local Name:

Owner Name:

Prince Lumber Company. C. E. Prince and W. G. Prince.

Location:

New Caney

County:

Montgomery

Years in Operation:

6 years

Start Year:

1916

End Year:

1921

Decades:

1910-1919,1920-1929

Period of Operation:

1916 to 1921

Town:

New Caney

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

Type of Mill:

Rough and dressed pine lumber

Sawmill	Pine Sawmill	Hardwood Sawmill	Cypress Sawmill
Planer	Planer Only	Shingle	Paper
Plywood	Cotton	Grist	Unknown
Other

Power Source:

Steam

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

Capacity Comments:

Unknown

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Sawmill, planing mill, edger, trimmer, and slab conveyor

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Houston East & West Texas, later Texas & New Orleans

Historicial Development:

C. E. Prince sold out his interest in various equipment at the New Caney sawmill to W. G. Prince in October, 1916. In January, 1917, the Princes agreed to sell Tilford-Hunt Lumber Company, Nacogdoches, half a million feet of pine lumber for $1,400. The lumber was at the New Caney sawmill. The Princes agreed to mill the lumber, kiln-dry the mill, and load the railroad cars to ship the lumber to Nacogdoches. By 1921, J. L. Prince was running the mill, for that year he mortgaged to Guar State Bank in Nacogdoches the sawmill, with its engine, boiler, carriage, belts, pulleys, dollies, etc., for $2,500.

Research Date:

MCJ 03-21-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson