Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: WK-116
Corporate Name: W. Roy Reid Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: W. Roy Reid Lumber Company
Location: Phelps
County: Walker
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1919
End Year: 1920
Decades: 1910-1919,1920-1929
Period of Operation: 1919 to 1920
Town: Phelps
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: 9,000 in 1928
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
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
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: International & Great Northern
Historicial Development: W. Roy Reid Lumber Company operated a sawmill at Phelps in 1919 and another near Huntsville. Reid sold South Texas Lumber Company, owned by J. M. West, more than five hundred thousand feet of lumber for $15,669, on December 11, 1919. On July 30, October 7, and November 9, 1920, Reid Lumber Company sold more lumber to South Texas Lumber Company from his Phelps sawmill.
Research Date: MCJ 03-31-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson