Crescent Lumber Company
Crescent Lumber Company apparently had a mill at Center, according to the January 1905 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. The entry, however, did not appear in the credit firm's published records of January 1907. In 1905, the company was in bankruptcy. B.. I. Sparks, trustee for Crescent and the secretary of of both Miller-Vidor and Huana Lumber Company of Galveston, sold the Crescent saw and planing mill to Maco Stewart for $10 and other considerations. Maco Stewart used the name of Huana Lumber Company.
In 1904, Crescent Lumber returned to T T L Temple a steam engine it had earlier bought. In 1902, Dilley & Son gave a mortgage of $180 for a Curtis 2-saw trimmer and two 18-inch saws. In 1903, Crescent gave Darlington-Miller a lien on all its uncut lumber for a debt of $1,500. Crescent mortgaged logging animals and wagons to First National Bank at Center for $1,800.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
SH
Owner Name
Huana Lumber Company. Crescent Lumber Company (J. C. Bates & H. H. Bates). Darlington-Miller controlled output in 1904. Maco Stewart acquired through Darlington-Miller, and operated it under the Huana name.
Location
Crescent, Huana Creek and the Gulf Beaumont and Northern on Mill Creek
County
Shelby
Years in Operation:
7
Start Year:
1900
End Year:
1906
Decades:
1900-1909
Period of Operation:
1900s
Town:
Crescent, south of Center
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
859 in 1905; 4000 in 1928; 2510 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2