| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SB-11 |
| Corporate Name: | Temple Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Temple Lumber Company. Garrison-Norton with W. Y. Garrison, J. A. Kelley, J. F. Adams |
| Location: | Three miles west of Rush |
| County: | Sabine |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1909 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1905, Garrison-Norton; 1909, Temple Lumber until moved to Pineland |
| Town: | West of Rush |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | About 150 |
| 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 |
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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: | 50000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 40,000 daily feet, 1905; 50,000 feet,1906; |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Saw mill powered by an eighty horsepower 16-inch by 22- inch steam engine; planing mill powered by 40- horsepower cutting 50,000 feet daily. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Colorado,and Santa Fe |
| Historicial Development: | Garrison-Norton Lumber Company (W. Y. Garrison, J. A. Kelley, and J. F. Adams), known primarily as Garrison-Norton Lumber Company, established a mill three miles west of Rush and early gained an interest in the operations of Southern Long Leaf and others at Rush. It kept its commissary at Rush in 1905. It had a maximum daily cutting capacity of 50,000 feet in 1905, according to the Beaumont Enterprise. American Lumberman reported that the company's principal mill was at Rush, where it ran 30,000 feet daily in 1906. The Beaumont Enterprise noted in 1905 that Garrison was moving its planer from its mill at Garrison to Rush, and that “they have secured the option on the output of three or four mills besides their own and are looking for others.” It would secure the sawmills of both Captain Ross and Southern Long Leaf at Rush, and probably absorbed the Shipp & Welch mill adjacent to the Garrison-Norton mill west of town.
By 1908, Garrison-Norton controlled the mill, town, and the lumber output. The company town had a commissary, post office, drug store, school, church, lodge hall, and blacksmith church. The Temples of Southern Pine Lumber Company of Diboll, had an one-third interest in the company by 1908, and eventually took over the company. The new name became the Temple Lumber Company. Until Rush had its own postal service, all mail was handled by the Pineland post office, the postmaster of which was Dr. J. D. Cooper, the Southern Long Leaf physician who resided in Pineland. How long Temple Lumber Company continued operations at Rush. Management soon, however, centralized Sabine County operations at Pineland and gained control of the Herman Knox lumber company near Hemphill about 1921 or 1922.
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| Research Date: | JKG 10-20-93; MCJ 02-13-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |