| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-166 |
| Corporate Name: | M. M. Carroll & J. W. Paul |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | M. M. Carroll and J. W. Paul. By 1928, the M. M. Carroll lumber company. |
| Location: | Unknown, eventually Joaquin |
| County: | Shelby |
| Years in Operation: | 27 years |
| Start Year: | 1903 |
| End Year: | 1929 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1903 to early 1930s |
| Town: | Unknown, eventually Joaquin |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 184 in 1905; 1000 in 1928; 407 in 1928 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Hardwoods and shortleaf yellow pine.
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Before 1910: 40-horsepower Atlas engine, 50-horsepower Atlas boiler
| 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: | 15000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 1928: 15,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Before 1910: A Port Huron sawmill, Dixie edger, a cutoff saw. 1928: Circular sawmill, edgers, trimmers. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | Paul & Carroll started in Shelby County, possibly near Joaquin around the turn of the century. In 1903, J W Paul mortgaged to Buckalew, Friend & Co for $900 an Ames boiler, an Ames engine, and one sawmill. Four days later, Paul mortgaged to W. A. Paul for $2,000 the engine, a different boiler, the sawmill, four mules and horses, an edger, a cutoff saw, all the building on the mill site of six acres, the commissary, a barn, the dwelling houses, the mill house, and the water tank. Carroll, in 1906, bought on a mortgage to Port Huron Engineering Company, a steam engine, a cutoff saw, and a Port Huron sawmill complete, No. 0317. In 1907, Paul mortgaged to Farmers Bank 6,000 sawed crossties.
In 1928, M. M. Carroll was the only Joaquin sawmiller listed in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. He operated at 15,000 feet daily, sawing varieties of hardwoods and shortleaf yellow pine. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 03-01-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |