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Henry Payne (HO-52)
| sawmill id: | 10790 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-52 |
| corporate name: | Henry Payne |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Henry W. Payne |
| location: | Enumeration District 25 (probably east of Kennard) |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 2 |
| start year: | 1879 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1880 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1870-1879 1880-1889 |
| period of operation: | 1879 to 1880 |
| town: | Enumeration District 25 |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber and shingles |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | Yes |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | 20-horsepower steam engine |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | Yes |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 100,000 feet of lumber and 200,000 shingles during the reporting period of the Census |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | Yes |
| equipment: | Sawmill and shingle mill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Unknown |
| historical development: | Henry W. Payne operated a sawmill in Houston County during the enumeration period of the Census of 1880. The mill was capitalized at $3,000. Work required six male employees, two of whom were children under the age of sixteen. Payne paid his workers fifty cents per each ten-hour day, spending $500 total in wages during the period. The power plant consisted of a 20-horsepower steam engine with a boiler. Cutting equipment included a circular saw and two shingle band saws. From raw materials and mill supplies worth $1,700, Payne?s mill produced 100,000 feet of lumber and 200,000 shingles for a gross value of $3,000. The mill did no remanufacturing. Payne did his own logging and shipped logs and lumber on Cochino Bayou. The heavy production of shingles to lumber, combined with the probable location of the mill somewhere to the east of Kennard, strongly indicates that, in the absence of local rail connections, the products of this mill were for local consumption. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
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| bibliography: | Census of 1880. Houston County, Texas. Special Schedules Nos. 5 and 6--Lumber Mills and Sawmills. Microfilm Records, East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, Texas. W. T. Block. ?Some Early Sawmills, Log Tram Roads, and Logging Camps of Houston County, Texas.? Nederland, Texas: unpublished manuscripts, 1994. |
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