Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	NE-17
Corporate Name:	Barber Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Barber Lumber Company. See Hartburg Lumber Company and Southern Lumber Company, both of Hartburg.
Location:	Hartburg on the Kansas City Southern railroad
County:	Newton
Years in Operation:	23 years
Start Year:	1906
End Year:	1928
Decades:	1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929
Period of Operation:	About 1906 to 1928
Town:	Hartburg
Company Town:	1
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Pine lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	Steam Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:	30000: 192850000: 1908
Capacity Comments:	30,000 feet daily
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Circular saw and lathe mills
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Kansas City Southern and the Black Bayou Railroad (the company steam logging tram road)
Historicial Development:	The only Hartburg mill that appeared in the January 1907 published records of the Lumbermen's Credit Association and the 1915 U.S. Department of Commerce's report on sawmills was that of the Barber Lumber Company. The Barber Lumber Company had a mill at Ruliff, five miles to the northeast, reported in January's 1905 Lumberman's Credit Association listing but not in its 1907 reference book. Southern Lumberman reported in July 1908 that the Barber Lumber Company was a 50,000-ft capacity mill that was shut down for the summer while a tram road was being built.
Research Date:	JKG 12-10-93, MCJ 04-15-96
Prepared By:	J. Gerland, M Johnson