Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code: 124
Corporate Name: R. C. Miller Lumber Company. Sold to Ohio-Texas Lumber Company.
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Incorporated:
Ownership: R. C. Miller Lumber Company. Sold to Ohio-Texas Lumber Company, a subdivision of C. W. Hahl of Houston; president, J. H. Conkle; vice president, M. J. Snively; secretary-treasurer, C. W. Hahl.
Years of Operation: 1891 to at least 1910
Track Type:
Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
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Locations Served: Napier and Shepherd in San Jacinto County.
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Track Information:
Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
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History: The R. C. Miller Lumber Company had been operating since 1891 at Napier, with offices in Shepherd, when it was sold in 1909 to the Ohio-Texas Lumber Company, a C. W. Hahl business based in Houston. Not much is known about its logging tram operations othern than it operated a narrow-guage road and its timberlands were covered with pine and oak.