| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HR-13 |
| Corporate Name: | Bering Manufacturing Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Bering Manufacturing Company with Conrad Bering, president; F. C. Bering, secretary and treasurer; A. Teichman, manger; A. C. Bering, assistant manager. A. Bering & Bro. |
| Location: | Houston, German Street near the Texas Western Railroad depot |
| County: | Harris |
| Years in Operation: | 42 years |
| Start Year: | 1887 |
| End Year: | 1928 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909,1910-1919,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1887 to 1928 |
| Town: | Houston |
| Company Town: | 0 |
| Peak Town Size: | 46,639 in 1905; 269,000 in 1928. |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Sash, doors, blinds, rough and dressed lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | A complete sawmill operation in 1894. By 1928, it was listed as having only a planing mill. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Originally, Houston East & West Texas. Later, many railroads. |
| Historicial Development: | The company was originally A. Bering & Bro. It advertised on May 13, 1887 itself as “Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Doors, Sash and Blinds, Sash and Blinds' Trimmings, Sawed Shingle, Rough and Dressed Lumber, Planing Mill and Factory Near Union Depot 62 & 64 corner Main and Prairie Sts Houston Texas.”
The first Bering Manufacturing Company activity of note before moving into the lumber industry in Louisiana, this company organized in 1891 with $40,000 stock capital. On four city blocks were a two-story machinery department, a two-story carpenter building; a warehouse shed, a store room; a boiler house; an office building; a shaving house; etc., etc. More than 100 laborers and skilled mechanics worked in the concern.
Power was provided, in 1894, by a 250-horsepower steam Corliss engine and a 250-horsepower Corliss boiler.
By 1928, Bering was operating only a planing mill at Houston. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-06-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |