| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HR-163 |
| Corporate Name: | W. H. Borders & Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | W. H. Borders & Company. George W. Burkitt & L. J. Barnes |
| Location: | Near bayou next to tracks of Houston East & West Texas and International & Great Northern in Houston |
| County: | Harris |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1909 |
| Decades: | - |
| Period of Operation: | 1905 to 1909 |
| Town: | Houston |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 44,639, 1905 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Manufacturers of 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: | 30000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 30,000 feet daily on sawmill and planer |
| 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 and planer |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas and International & Great Northern |
| Historicial Development: | Burkitt & Barnes sold their mill at Midline Switch, in Montgomery County, in 1899. They next were involved in a mill at Benford in Polk County, which they sold to West Lumber Company in January 1905. Burkitt & Barnes were listed as being manufacturers of lumber in Houston in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905 and in 1907. The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported that seven sawmills operated along Buffalo Bayou in 1908. The Burkitt & Barnes Sawmill Company was managed by D. G. Barrow who supervised thirty men. Equipment included a circular sawmill, a planer, and five Arkansas dry kilns. By 1909, the plant was in the hands of W. H. Borders & Company. An article in July 1909 of the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported that a fire destroyed about $6,000 in lumber as well as the $500 which the old dry kilns were worth. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-06-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |