The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 19
ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 24 1909
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We extend to our customers and friends and
the lumber - trade generally, greetings of the
season and wish one and all
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
The Lutcher & Moore Lumber Co.
AA PER CENT OF THE ORDERS
I We have received the past month have been marked “RI SH”
W Fortunately, we have had the cars and have been shipping to our
full shipping capacity—thus being able to render our customers the
service they want.
“Faultless” Brand of Flooring, Ceiling, Siding and Finish is finding a hearty wel-
come wherever used. Suppose you try some.
Two Mill* with a Capacity
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Lumber each day.
MILLER-LINK LUMBER COMPANY
ORANGE, TEXAS
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Our facilities Rv prompt ihipment are better than ever before
We solicit your inquiries »n<l order*
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Loading Tickets
Scale Sheets
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Time Sheets
With new type and a completely equipped plant, we guarantee highest
clan* work and quick delivery. We solicit your order*.
The Leader Printing Company
ORANGE, TliXAS .
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With The Lumbermen
BY ARTHUR L. FORD
The principal subject of interest in Texas lumber circles this week has
been the big deal pulled off by J. W. West, of the West Lumber company,
who has finally taken over the Onalska mills and the Gulf, Beaumont &
Northern railroad. This deal has been pending for a long time, but it was
one of such magnitude that it could not be closed up within a few months.
The career of J. M. West as a lumberman has been meteoric, indeed,
and no single deal has ever been consuinated in Texas that equals this
latest big deal be has made—not even the formation of the Kirby Lumber
company. The story of the consumation of this deal and the signing of
the largest single check ever drawn on a bank in Texas, was told yesterday
by the Houston Post as follows:
“With the signing of a New York exchange draft for $2,750,000 by the
West Lumber company at 7 o’clock last evening, the entire holdings of the
William Carlisle Lumber company irf Texas, including 143,000 acres of
timber land and the Beaumont and Great Northern railroad became the
property of J. M. West, R. C. Duff and associates. The purchase price is
said to have been $5,000,000.
“The deal was of greater magnitude than any in Texas or Louisiana
lumber circles for the past several yeaFk.
“The properties comprise the immense timber tracts in Trinity, Polk
and Taylor counties, two mills at Onalaska with a daily capacity of 200,000
feet, the town of Onalaska, where are situated the present headquarters
of the lumber and railroad companies, a number of miles of logging trams
and the Beaumont & Great‘Northern, a road thirty-four miles in length run-
ning from Trinity, Trinity county, to Livingston, Polk county, and con-
necting at the terminals with the International and Great Northern and
’the Southern Pacific roads.
“Negotiations have been pending for some time between the inter-
ested parties and for the past two months step after step has been taken
toward its final consumation. During the past two weeks representatives
of both the West and Carlisle interests h;„ve been engaged night and day
signing the volumes of deeds and other documents necessary iri the trans-
action.
“All day yesterday the representative interests were closeted in the
offices of R. C. D,uff, the intention being to have the deal closed during
the morning hours. So many details had been left until the last moment
and so many hours were consumed in signing up deeds and other docu-
ments that it was 7 o’clock before the name of the West Lumber company
was placed to the $2,750,000 cheek, and the big deal was closed. Those
present were William Carlisle, pre. idem of the Beaumont and Great North-
ern railroad company and managing partite* in the William Carlisle Lumber
company; George Guerrier, secretary of t’ e railroad company and assist-
ant to President Carlisle; Judge lathes YQrr, general counsel for the
Carlisle-Pennell interests, and'J. West nd K. C. Duff.
“Possession of the properties is given the West Lumber company from
December 1. the general warranty deeds conveying the titles filling a 7 by
11 inch volume containing 280 pages, including description of about 300
tracts. Other documents were equally voluminous. Attorneys and those
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J. M. WEST,
President West Lumber Co.
familiar with deeds have stated that never in their,, experience did they
see anything to equal the book of deeds placed in the hands of J. M. West.
Their 'gathering into the solid vol me and prebmiuary work has consumed
the better part of several months, while their printing and proofing has
taken a large majority of time spent in handling the deal.
"William Carlisle, whose home and headquarters are in Atchihson,"
Kan., and who has been an important factor in Texas' lumbering interests
for a number #f years, withdraws alt interest in the Rea mount and Great
Northern railroad and the presidency J. M. West is president of the newly
organized lumber concern and R C. Duff lie -emu's vice president of tlyt
Itituber company am! vice president1 nl gem ■;<] manager of the railroad.
"With the ,change in control will come the removal of the general
offices of both companies to lb list- n, a suite of office.- already being '
engaged. The present offices of the West LttniMr- company will also be
tran-lVrrcd, all bonds of tjte deparm«nt> being together in one buildittl?.
In this connceth n, R C Doff, coin re.sl-dujg in Ucatmitiitt.
home in Houston immediately following the first of th
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their Houston office a ft' 11 staff o? traveling sa|
clerks.
“The new owners have not made any detl
velopment of the road, although it has been*
tentative.* that the conservative operation ;u:d
ties would be pursued. In.regard to the rail
intentions of the original builders will bo can
-ion.to Beaumont.
short time before the deal was closed l it-wa
give the properties the best value of the road’s Stri
Beaumont. This would allow the territory t'fayic
great .amount of business that would .be tram-py
and western parts of Texas to the coast.
"Judge Orr and William Carlisle left over the
St. Latri.y Eroin there they will return to their hpj
“The Carlisle holdings are ftnong the largest
comprise besides the itr men-e timber properties
standard gauge railroads,.everything that goes to at
town of 3000 population, Two large s.viv mills s
fixtures to the town of Onal'askrt, both being fully
machinery and every up-to-date appliance found in
include power houses, planing mills, filing and yd
lumber sheds and the new soda dip process, for preventing lumber ■
stains. ,*
“There are also fully equipped ear shops, water works,; dte
slaughter house, bakery, brick wafts*. lard rendering establish^
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Ford, A. L. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909, newspaper, December 24, 1909; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth645572/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.