The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-23
coLFAx, GRANT PARISH, La. SATURDAY, MAY %, 1909.
A Trip to the Saw Mills.

AtSC WCCA OuH ICPOIVCI mduC a
trip to Villas on business and Incl
dentally to look over the saw mills
in that vicinity. Our first stop was
at the mill Of MIR. B. h. Phillips. at
Phillips station, on the s. &. r. II. v.
railroad. We found the mill closed
down for the day. but all hands busy
stacking lumber and getting things
ready to begin operations next day.
This mill cuts 10000 feet of lumber a
day and works about twenty men.
Mr.. Phillips is now at work cutting
on contract of 5000 railroad ties,
and is also saving out some car sills.
In addition to this he is cutting and
loading cars with a large amount Of
lumber to be shipped to st. Louis
and New Orleans. Instead Of logging
his mill with the regular mule tram
way, Mr.. Phillips has purchased and
has In operation a tram engine,
which runs on the regular wood
tram-way, and keeps his mill sup
piled with logs at the rate of 10000
feet day. This tram is about four
miles long, and ia in charge OF C. w.
Phillips, who sees to 1t that the mill
always has a supply OF logs on hand.
The commissary at the mill is in
charge of MIR. +. A. Ethridge as coun-
ter jumper and book keeper.
Leaving the railroad we rode
through the pine woods until we
came to the Colfax Lumber Co.'s
mills. Here we found everybody
hustling and bustling around at a
lively rate. This company have two
mills in operation and cuts $4,000 feet
of lumber per day-mill No. l cutting
40, 900 and No. 2cutting e, 900. About
forty men are employed at these two
mills. At the big mill is a large pond
into which the logs are dumped and
loaded on cars running from the mill
down in the water and hauled up
and placed on the carriage to he cut.
At the other mill, No. 2, there is no
pond, but the logs are handled onto
the ecarriage with the regulation skid
way. Four logging teams are kept
busy supplying the mills with logs
from the company's large forest OF
pine timber. Besides their regular
logging teams, the company have
built at great expense and have in
operation four miles of steel railroad
from their mills to the Valley railroad.
and have n standard guage engine
with which they haul their output to
the Valley station at Phillips where
it Is shipped. This railroad is also
used to haul logs to their mills. The
officers of this company are C. H.
Teal. president; HI. E. Robb, vice
president; j. F. Meas, general mana
ger; j. j. O'Quinn, secretary and
treasurer. The commissary is in
charge Of Messrs. s. c. Law and r. w.
Cobb. with Mr.. Law as bookkeeper
and MI. Cobb as clerk The mill
crew is composed Of Jno. Ingersoll,
foreman of yards; A. j. Livington.
woods foreman; q. C. Patten, saw
filer; besides the regular number of
men necessary to carry on operations.
After taking dinner with Mr.. Cobb
at Mrs. Harrison's boarding house,
we went over to the mill formerly
owned by Mr.. Z. HI. Millerick.. This
mill has lately been purchased by the
TealLaCroix Lumber Co., a accompany
organized a short time ago and OFF,
cered by the following gentlemen:
C. H. Teal, president; Jno. L. La
Croix, vice president and general
manager; VIM. LaCroix, secretary
and treasurer. The mill has been re-
paired and remodeled to some extent
since the new management has taken
charge, and cuts about 5000 feet OF
lumber per day. The mill is to be
made to cut $4,000 feet in the next
thirty days, as another twin engine,
together with other improvements,
Is to be added in the near future.
Several new houses have been built
to accommodate the increase OF hands
necessary to run the mill. The new
commissary has just been completed,
and MFR. j. B. Lyman has charge as
bookkeeper. The tram-way is being
extended and is completed to within
one mile of Phillips station. Until it
is completed connection will be made
with the railroad by wagons and
teams. This tram is now three and
a half miles long. In addition to
their three tram cars they have four
logging teams, which are constantly
at work hauling logs for the mill.
The crew at this mill is ID. N. White,
mill foreman; Homer Chandler, saw
yer; Ben Brewer, engineer; w. j.
Sharpe. shipping clerk; s. M. La
Croix, woods foreman; Ike LaCroix,
generalforeman and superintendent.
At Villas the old reliable saw mill