| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-241 |
| Corporate Name: | Texas and Louisiana Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | J.C. Means, J.S. Bonner, R.W. Wier, J.F. Helms. G.M. Duncan took Wier's position after he left the firm. |
| Location: | Virgie, near Mill Creek, on the International & Great Northern |
| County: | Montgomery |
| Years in Operation: | 3 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | This mill appeared on 1907 company letterheads |
| Town: | Virgie |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Wholesale 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: | None |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | International and Great Northern |
| Historicial Development: | The Texas and Louisiana Lumber Company of Houston was organized in 1902. Sole owners were J. C. Means, president; J. S. Bonner, vice-president; R. W. Wier, secretary; and J. F. Helms, treasurer. (Wier left the firm in 1905 and was replaced by G.M. Duncan). Little has survived of the business' history, but an article which appeared in the July 1905 issue of Southern Industrial and Lumber Review announced the firm's decision to “go extensively into manufacturing and wholesaling.” Records of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, however, do not list the company as manufacturers, either in 1905 or 1907, at Virgie. Surviving letterheads of the business also give little indication of the company being a manufacturer, but they do reveal that the company at least controlled the output of five Texas mills in 1907. One of these mills was at Virgie. But according to the Lumbermen's Credit Association records, the only mill at Virgie in 1907 was that of the Donnelly Lumber Company. It is possible that this mill was a Texas and Louisiana Lumber Company contract mill. Another sawmill operation, in fact, did exist in 1907: the Spring Creek Lumber Company which had been sold to L. H. Wallis in October of that year.
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| Research Date: | JKG 11-3-93, MCJ 03-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |