| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HR-88 |
| Corporate Name: | Hudson Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Hudson Lumber Company with O. F. Chichester of Chattanooga and local manager R. E. Goodgame |
| Location: | Fifth Ward of Houston |
| County: | Harris |
| Years in Operation: | 1 year |
| Start Year: | 1908 |
| End Year: | 1908 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1908 |
| Town: | Houston |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pencil blocks for lead and slate pencil manufacturing
 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 and block factory |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported that seven sawmills operated along Buffalo Bayou in 1908. The Hudson Lumber Company was located in the Fifth Ward of Houston. O. F. Chichester of Chattanooga and local manager R. E. Goodgame owned the mill, which produced only pencil blocks for shipment to the Eagle Pencil Company in New York and London for making lead and slate pencils.
Seventy employees, about fifty men and twenty women (the latter doing the lighter work of sorting the pencil blocks), worked in the mill. The gnarled and crooked cedar brake of Texas as well as Oregon fir and pencil cedar were cut by the sawmill, but no lumber was produced. Eight-foot lengths of wood were turned into cedar blocks 71/4-inch long by 3-16ths of an inch thick. Export was equally divided between New York and London.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 05-06-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |