| Alpha-Numeric Key: | OR-50 |
| Corporate Name: | Texla Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Texla Lumber Company. Buck Williams and sons Houston, Grover, and Elmer. Possibly a contract mill for Garland Anthony. Texla Lumber Company. Also Newton County Lumber Company. |
| Location: | Mauriceville |
| County: | Orange |
| Years in Operation: | 33 years |
| Start Year: | 1945 |
| End Year: | 1977 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979 |
| Period of Operation: | 1945 to 1977 |
| Town: | Mauriceville |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Dimension, flooring, upper grades, and manufactured pattern stock and siding
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam, electric
| 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: | 40000: 1975 |
| Capacity Comments: | 40,000 to 50,000 feet daily in 1975 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Band, resaw, edger, planer |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Kansas City Southern, and Missouri Pacific |
| Historicial Development: | The Texas Forest Service reported that Williams was installing a Newton County Lumber Company sawmill in Newton County in 1945 that would cut 75,000 feet daily. He would be using lands purchased from Wier Long Leaf Lumber Company. The newspaper must have been in error because a Newton County Lumber Company was already cutting lumber at Newton by 1944. A reasonable assumption is that both mills, the one at Newton and the one above at Mauriceville, were owned by Buck Williams and the different company names were used interchangeably.
This mill burned at least two times. The Texla Lumber Company sawmill at Mauriceville cut 9,093,000 board feet during 1960. It produced 9.6 million board feet in 1973. The Williams family owned the Williams and Sons Lumber Company in Garrison in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| Research Date: | JKG 12-9-93, MCJ 03-24-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |