Cass Lumber Company tram road.
Cass Lumber had been sawmilling at Steep Creek since at least 1904. That year, J. J. Bland, a San Augustine sawmiller, controlled its out put. In 1906, the American Lumberman reported that the Cass Lumber Company at Steep Creek at a logging railroad. In November 1908, Cass Lumber bought from Henry & Harris of Lamerle, Sabine County, a fifteen-ton standard gauge locomotive, more than a 100 tons of steel rails, and five standard gauge logging cars.
Cass Lumber also had a mill at San Augustine in 1905.
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Cass Lumber Company. J.J. Bland, San Augustine, controlled output March 1904
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1904 to 1908
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Steep Creek, six and one half miles south of San Augustine, in San Augustine County. Steep Creek was also known as Venable. .com
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Cass Lumber had been sawmilling at Steep Creek since at least 1904. That year, J. J. Bland, a San Augustine sawmiller, controlled its out put. In 1906, the American Lumberman reported that the Cass Lumber Company at Steep Creek at a logging railroad. In November 1908, Cass Lumber bought from Henry & Harris of Lamerle, Sabine County, a fifteen-ton standard gauge locomotive, more than a 100 tons of steel rails, and five standard gauge logging cars.
Cass Lumber also had a mill at San Augustine in 1905.