| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MS-5 |
| Corporate Name: | Chambers & McIntyre |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Chambers & McIntyre |
| Location: | Daingerfield |
| County: | Morris |
| Years in Operation: | 6 years |
| Start Year: | 1879 |
| End Year: | 1884 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1879 to 1884 |
| Town: | Daingerfield |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 1000 in 1905, 4,000 in 1928; 1000 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 24-horsepower steam engine
| 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: | 500,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | Chambers & McIntyre were listed in an 1880 Chicago lumberman directory at Daingerfield. Their mill was located in Precinct 1 of Morris County in the 1880 Census. The circular sawmill was powered by a 24-horsepower steam engine and boiler. Chamber and McIntyre employed nine men at peak production and five normally, paying them $1.00 to $1.50 daily for ten-hour days, winter and summer; the workers received a total wage of $1,000. During twelve months of production, the sawmill, from $2,750 worth of supplies and sawlogs, milled 500,000 feet of lumber worth a value of $5,000.
Logging was done on Beaver's Creek.
The firm was listed again in the Rand, McNally and Company's Directory and Shipping Guide of Lumber Mills and Lumber Dealers for 1884. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 04-02-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |