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Code:	82
Corporate Name:	Holliday & Shilkee Lumber Company
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Ownership:	Holliday & Shilkee Lumber Company; Miller-Vidor Lumber Company
Years of Operation:	Before 1909
Track Type:	Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
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Locations Served:	Todd, in Grimes County.
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Track Information:	Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
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History:	It was reported in July 1909 that WIlliam Holliday had “recently” acquired the Todd sawmill and timber from the Miller & Vidor Lumber Company. Miller & Vidor earlier had taken over the plant through receivership. Holliday was also a director of the Alf Bennett Lumber Company and the Dayton Lumber Company of Dayton, Texas. The output of the Todd mill was managed by the Alf Bennett Lumber Company by February 1910. In 1909 the company town consisted of a commissary, a boarding house, and around forty rent houses. The sawmill plant consisted of the saw mill, a planing mill, steam dry kilns, and lumber sheds. Tram mileage was four miles in July 1909.