The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1906-12-09
GREAT DEVELOP MENT|
INTERSTATE LUMBER COMPANY
TO BUILD LARGE MILLS TO
SAW Up THEIR TIM
BER NEAR HERE
Mr.. John A. Stinson and DIR. j. ID.
Mccullough Working to Lo-
cate the Immense Lumber
Plant i'm Columbus.


. Rechtin had consummated a deal
whereby the Interstate Lumber Com
pany, Pennsylvania syndicate, with
an Office at Alfalfa, Ala, has acquired
the timber rights on large tract
of land about seven thousand acres
in all This land is located on the
line of the Southern Railway partial
ly, beginning in the Stems neigh
borhood and running north along the
Yellow and He'll creek bottoms for a
long distance, the timber rights sold
extending beyond Vernon, Alabama.
While the consideration was not Civ
en- out at the time, and has never
been made public, for that matter,
it is understood that the considera-
tion was in the neighborhood of
fifty thousand dollars, and the three
gentlemen in question made hand
some profit on their investment
Since that time that company has
employed Mr. Rechtin, who is a tim
ber expert, at a large salary, and
they have continued to acquire tim
Der lands in this section until now
it is estimated that their total hold
| ings amount to fifteen thousand
acres, upon which there is not less
than one hundred and fifty million
| feet of timber, which will require
mill of the largest capacity fully fif-
| teen or twenty years to cut the same.
The development of such an i'm
mense undertaking is no small mat
| ter To market the timber it will be
necessary for the company to build
line of railroad intersecting the
Southern in the neighborhood of
Steens and from this section it will
have to run in northerly direction
as far as Vernon, or as far as the
company acquires timber rights. The
tract of hardwood timber which this
syndicate has acquired is as fine as
any in the South; it is native growth
and when once opened to the markets
they have an investment which will
yield them thousands and thousands
of dollars profit
Not only will the construction of
a line of railway be necessary to mar
ket this timber, but it will have to
be equipped with locomotives, logg-
ing trains switches, sidings, stations,
etc, and this feature of the enter
prise in itself is large undertak-
ing. which will involve an immense
outlay of capital. Nor will the ex-
penditure of money stop here. 1t is
IN ho hat hn nv
will carry the timber in the rough
any great distance. and mammoth
mill will be erected to work up
the timber and to get it ready for
the market.
1t is the location of this mill which
makes the development of this pro-
ject of especial interest to Colum
bians. 1t is thought if the prop
er efforts are put forth that the In
terstate Lumber Company could be
induced to locate it in Columbus. |
There are a number of locations
available for such an enterprise, and
it would be welcomed here. 1t would
employ not less than hundred hands |
and with foremen and office force
it would be a valuable acquisition to
our industrial enterprises.
While nothing definite has been
given out by the company, and its
operations are shrouded in secrecy, it |
is intimated that the building of the |
mill TO do the saving will be followed |
by other plants, such as furniture fac
tories, charcoal plants, etc, to en-
Dloy the finished product If this is |
contemplated, the extent of this COM
pany's operations can scarcely be APP |
preciated, as their mills and factories
will be city almost within itself
1t is rumored that the company
has acquired the Bob Niclxels place
on Yellow Creek, with a view of To-
eating their mill there. but this ru-
NOR cannot be verified at this time
This location, it is claimed, is above
overflow, very important considera-
ton, and it will admit of the build
ing Of an immense pond for the logs
to be kept in as a means of preserva-
ton. It is known that representa-
tives of fhe company have been in
this section the -ast week, and it is
in tinlated that this locality has been
selected. This report cannot be yeri-
fed at this time
Two of the problems which void
confront those who hope to get the
interested IN Columbus as