Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CK-351
Corporate Name: Southside Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Southside Lumber Company. Wallace A. Phillips. C. A. Jones, O. B. Livingston, and W. E. Martindale.
Location: Jacksonville
County: Cherokee
Years in Operation: 6 years
Start Year: 1952
End Year: 1957
Decades: 1950-1959
Period of Operation: 1952 to 1957
Town: Jacksonville
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
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: Unknown
Historicial Development: In April, 1952, C. A. Jones, O. B. Livingston, and W. E. Martindale sold the Southside Lumber Company to Wallace A. Phillips, including all lumber and timber, trucks and trailers, and all machinery for manufacturing the lumber. The Southside Lumber Company at Jacksonville appeared in the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas in 1957.
Research Date: MCJ 01-31-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson