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A. L. Moore (HO-5)
| sawmill id: | 10743 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-5 |
| corporate name: | A. L. Moore |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | A. L. Moore |
| location: | Kennard: intersection of South Fork and Highway 7 (Druso) |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 3 |
| start year: | 1905 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1907 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1905 to 1907 |
| town: | Kennard (Druso) |
| company town: | Yes |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Pine lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | Yes |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Steam |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | Yes |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | 50000: 1906 |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 50,000 feet daily in 1906 |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | St Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt), route leased from the Louisiana & Texas Lumber Company tram road, the Eastern Texas Railway |
| historical development: | Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported that the Moore mill at Kennard in 1906 was manufacturing 50,000 feet daily. Mill was situated at Tesla (or Tekla) which was about two miles north of the rail stop known as Druso, on the Eastern Texas railroad, and again in 1907, according to lumbermen credit rating references. |
| research date: | JKG 11-9-93, MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | W. T. Block believes the Moore mill and the Craddock was located at Kennard, since Louisiana & Texas Lumber Company owned the pine stumpage in the vicinity of Kennard and Ratcliff, were hardwood mills. |
| interpretation by: | M. Johnson |
| interpretation date: | MCJ 02-21-96 |
| bibliography: | ?Lumber Mills of Texas.? Southern Industrial and Lumber Review. September 6, 1906. 29. W. T. Block. ?Some Early Sawmills, Log Tram Roads, and Logging Camps of Houston County, Texas.? Unpublished manuscript. Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, January 1907. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1907. 52. Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, January 1905. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1905. Railroad Commission of Texas. Official Railroad and County Map of Texas, 1912. St. Louis: Woodward and Tiernan, 1912. |
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