Burrus Lumber Company.
The Barber Lumber and Manufacturing Company employed forty workers noted the Beaumont Enterprise, in 1927. The operation was purchased by Burrus Lumber Company in November 1929. The Burrus Lumber Company sawmill facility at Beaumont suffered from fire damage on June 4, 1948. The sawmill was destroyed, but the planing mill and dry kilns were saved. Estimated losses totaled between $75,000 and $100,000.
By December, 1953, the company had converted to a concentration treatment plant and was not milling lumber. The company was noted in the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas edition of 1957.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
JE
Owner Name
Burrus Lumber Company. Barber Lumber and Manufacturing Co. 1929: Felix A. Burrus, president; son E. A. Burrus, vice president and general manager; and L. T. Foster, secretary.
Location
Beaumont, on Crockett Street
County
Jefferson
Years in Operation:
31
Start Year:
1927
End Year:
1957
Decades:
1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959
Period of Operation:
About 1927 to 1957
Town:
Beaumont
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
65,000 in 1928; 57732 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2