| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HE-6 |
| Corporate Name: | Cade Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Cade Lumber Company. Cade Brothers. A. J. Cade, S. I. Cade, and E. R. Cade. |
| Location: | Chandler |
| County: | Henderson |
| Years in Operation: | 51 years |
| Start Year: | 1907 |
| End Year: | 1957 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | 1907 to 1957 |
| Town: | Chandler
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| Company Town: | 0 |
| Peak Town Size: | 341 in 1906; 1,500 in 1928; 630 in 1934. |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Unknown
| 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: | Unknown |
| 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: | St. Louis Southwestern |
| Historicial Development: | Cade Brothers operated sawmills in East Texas from 1900 on. By 1907, they had established a company at Chandler that would last for at least fifty years. In 1907, Cade Brothers owned the sawmill in Chandler as well as a mill at La Salle (Rye) in Liberty County, which they were moving from Cushing. The Chandler mill is listed in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907. Cade Bros were listed at Chandler in the Southern Lumberman. Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills edition of 1928 and the
The Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934. According to Nelson T. Samson's list of East Texas sawmills in 1957, Cade Lumber Company at Chandler operated a sawmill.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 05-04-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |