Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-07-26
THE GREAT sAWM1LL PLANT
In Which G. H. Brown and Thomas
Bowling, Of Live Oak, Arc
Large Owners.
(Tampa Times J

ling, until recently president Of the
Bowling Lumber company Of Live
Oak, where they have one Mill which
alone has a capacity Of 10000 feet
Of lumber per day. Mr.. Bowling re-
Gently sold his interest in the com
pany for a large sum.
Messrs. Brown and Bowling had
come here from Odessa, where they
have large lumber interests. Mr..
Bowling is president and Mr.. Brown
secretary and treasurer of the Gulf
Pine company which recently pur-
chased the big lumber plant Of Muel.
Ter G Lutz, near Odessa. c. H. Ted
der of this city is yice-president Of
the company, the three gentlemen
constituting the firm.
In conversation With Times man.
Mr.. Brown said the company was
making big improvements on its
equipment, and was entirely rebuild
Ing the large planning mill. When
the present arrangements planned
have been completed the mill will
have capacity of $4,000 feet Of
lumber per day. The mill Just now
Is not turning out much more than
One-third this amount. for several
reasons, one Of them being that the
present condition of the lumber trade
is not very encouraging.
"our company is capitalized at
s75O,OO0," said Mr.. Brown, "and We
have $1,000 acres Of round timber to
cut. We have tram roads leading
into this timber and we are extending
them all the time 1t is conservative
y estimated that our pine timber win
cut 2OO.OOO,OOO feet of lumber, and
we have sufhcient black cypress to cut
an additional s5,OOO.OOO feet. Our
plant is situated in a beautiful lake
region where the resources Of the
country are practically undeveloped.
It Is my opinion that with additional
transportation facilities. it will be
developed rapidly
Mr., Brown then spoke Of Tamua.
You have here" he said, "the finest
city in the South. It is a town with
a great future. / have recently re-
turned from an extended trip through
the southwest, and everywhere I went
! heard OF Tampa. / always called
Tor Tampa cigars, and could find
them everywhere, ! believe that.
Tampa is now the largest city in the
state and the one that has the great
est future"
He spoke enthusiastically Of the fu-
ture Of Tampa as a deep water port.
With the wharf facilities here you
should and would handle the bulk Of
the export lumber business Of the
state" he said, "and there is much
other trade that will find its way
through this port when you have deep
water"
Mr.. Brown has been a recent in
yestor in improved property in this
city and ne is highly pleased with all
of his investments. He also owns
5000 acres Of virgin land near Tho
notosassa, in this county.
Speaking Of his home town, he
said the last census gave Live Oak
population Of 1900, and that 1t has
had steady growth since that time.
Inc town recently purchased its wa
ter plant from a private concern, pay
Ing $4,000 for It, payment being
made In city bonds at par, the bonds
paying five per cent interest. The wa
ter rates there, which were $40 for
one opening and about twenty-five
per cent additional for each extra
opening, will now be reduced. The
old concern also allowed any num-
Der OF opening at a fat rate of SIS
for the premises