Alpha-Numeric Key: | SA-32 |
Corporate Name: | C[lab] B. Bela |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | C[labe] B. Byley |
Location: | Rebecca, near the Sabine County line |
County: | San Augustine |
Years in Operation: | 7 years |
Start Year: | 1904 |
End Year: | 1910 |
Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
Period of Operation: | 1904 to 1910 |
Town: | Rebecca |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | Commissary |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Lumber and cotton
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Steam
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: | 12000: 1906 |
Capacity Comments: | 12,000 feet |
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 cotton gin |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe |
Historicial Development: | Southern Industrial & Lumber Review reported that the Byley mill at Rebecca in 1906 was manufacturing 12,000 feet daily.
C. B. Byley mortgaged to Dilley for $130 a 30-inch, 3-saw edger on 25 June 1906.. Byley also appeared on the county tax rolls from 1904 to 1910. He in 1908 he was taxed on commissary goods, product, tools, and boilers. He also owned a cotton gin near or at his sawmill. |
Research Date: | JKG, 8-20-93 MCJ 02-19-96 |
Prepared By: | J Gerland, M. Johnson |