Southern Lumber Company
The Barber Lumber Company appeared in 1905 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association as a manufacturer of yellow pine lumber. Its main plant was located five miles to the southwest at Hartburg. The Barber mill at Ruliff was not listed in the 1907 edition of the LCA. but the Southern Lumber Company was.
Barber Lumber in 1908, according to Southern Lumberman, was shut down during the summer while its entire employee force built a tram road for the 50,000-ft mill.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
NE
Owner Name
Southern Lumber Company, with headquarters at Shreveport. See the Barber Lumber Company at Hartburg and Hartburg Lumber Company at Hartburg.
Location
Ruliff, five miles northeast of Hartburg
County
Newton
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1907
End Year:
1908
Decades:
1900-1909
Period of Operation:
1907
Town:
Ruliff
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
32 in 1906; 1500 in 1912
Mill Pond:
2