Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	MO-146
Corporate Name:	J. Youens and Company
Local Name:
Owner Name:	J. Youens and Company
Location:	Youens, about six miles east of Conroe (post office) on the Santa Fe
County:	Montgomery
Years in Operation:	18 years
Start Year:	1890
End Year:	1907
Decades:	1890-1899,1900-1909
Period of Operation:	1890s to after 1907
Town:	Youens
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and finished 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:	50000: 189325000: 1906
Capacity Comments:	From 50,000 feet daily in 1893 to 25,000 daily in 1906
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Sawmill and planing mill. Only a planing mill is listed in the 1905 and 1907 LCA listings.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Santa Fe
Historicial Development:	J. Youens, possibly a sawmill or planing mill company supplying lumber to manufacturing companies, appeared on an Accounts Payable Statement, Lufkin Fence Company, Lufkin, Texas, Fence Plant, Exhibit A Sheet No. 4. W N Saunders was to obtain 500,000 feet of lumber from Youens by February 23, 1893, for T M Richards Lumber Company of Oklahoma City, Indian Territory, as part of W N Saunders contract with T M Richardson. W N Saunders was to obtain 500,000 feet of lumber from Youens by February 23, 1893, for T M Richards Lumber Company of Oklahoma City, Indian Territory, as part of W N Saunders contract with T M Richardson. J. Youens & Company appeared in both the 1905 and 1907 editions of the LCA. Youens had another mill at Navasota, which appeared in a 1904 Santa Fe circular.
Research Date:	JKG 8-20-93, MCJ 4-11-94
Prepared By:	J. Gerland, M. Johnson