Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	SA-175
Corporate Name:	Sidney S. Moss
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Sidney S. Moss
Location:	Unknown
County:	San Augustine
Years in Operation:	9 years
Start Year:	1903
End Year:	1911
Decades:	1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation:	1903 to 1911
Town:	Unknown
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and finished, dressed lumber; cotton 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:
Capacity Comments:	Unknown
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Sawmill, a 9-inch by 12-inch Atlas steam engine, a 36-inch by 10-foot boiler, a Van Winkle sawmill with a 48-inch saw, a planer-matcher, a 60-saw Winship cotton gin, a sawmill building, and a gin house.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe at San Augustine in 1907
Historicial Development:	Sidney S. Moss is listed in the 1910 Census as a sawmill owner somewhere in San Augustine County. He may be a relative of Zachary S. Moss, who owned a sawmill at Altonia, in the county, from 1905 to 1907. The county records reveal that Sidney S. Moss in 1903 mortgaged for a 9-inch by 12-inch Atlas steam engine, a 36-inch by 10-foot boiler, a Van Winkle sawmill with a 48-inch saw, a planer-matcher, a 60-saw Winship cotton gin, a sawmill building, and a gin house. Sidney S. Moss mortgaged in 1910 with Geo Dilley for $1025 an Ames 12-inch by 15-inch Ames Vim steam engine, an Ames 54-inch by 16-foot boiler, and a Curtis 12-saw trimmer twenty-four feet long. Sidney S. Moss mortgaged in 1910 and 1911 for log wagons.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-19-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson