| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HD-78 |
| Corporate Name: | W. B. Cariker Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Hervey Lumber Company, Kountze, in 1948, belonged to A. E. Hervey and W. B. Cariker. By 1957, it was listed as the W. B. Cariker Lumber Company. |
| Location: | Kountze |
| County: | Hardin |
| Years in Operation: | 21 years |
| Start Year: | 1948 |
| End Year: | 1968 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1969 |
| Period of Operation: | 1948 to 1968 |
| Town: | Kountze |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: |
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam, and possibly diesel and 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | From 5,700,000 feet in 1960 to 25,000,000 feet each in 1966 and 1975 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1948: Sawmill, planing mill, dry sheds, lumber trucks. 1966-circular, barker, edgers, planers, chippers, resaws |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The Hervey Lumber Company and its successor, the W. B. Cariker Lumber Company, manufactured at Kountze after the end of World War II until the late 1960s. In 1948, the A. E. Hervey Lumber Company (owners A. E. Hervey and W. B. Cariker) suffered a fire on June 3. The $50,000 loss, partially insured, included the planing mill, the dry kilns, and fifty thousand feet of lumber on trucks in the yard. By 1957, W. B. Cariker owned the company outright. The W. B. Cariker Lumber Company produced 5,702,493 board feet of lumber during 1960. In 1968, it was a member of the Southern Pine Inspection Board.
It generally employed about fifty personnel and had dry kilns, log stackers, lift trucks. It worked with shortleaf pine.
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| Research Date: | JKG 10-13-93, MCJ 03-13-96, FS 08-29-18 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson, F Shockley |