Central Coal & Coke Company
Central Coal & Coke Company (4-C) undoubtedly operated a tram road in support of the lumber plant in bought in 1893 at Texarkana from Bowie Lumber Company. Increasing cutting capacity more than four-fold to 175,000 board feet per day, the company would have to have had access to a ready supply of lumber. It is also known that the company operated tram roads at its plants at Kennard and Conroe in Texas and Carson and Neame in Louisiana.
Code
366
Corporate Name:
Central Coal & Coke Company
Folk Name:
4-C
Incorporated:
No
Ownership:
Central Coal & Coke Company. Bowie Lumber Company.
Years of Operation:
1888 to 1902
Track Type:
Unknown
Track Length:
Unknown
Locations Served:
Texarkana Bowie
Counties of Operation:
Bowie and possibly in Miller County, Arkansas
Line Connections:
St Louis Southwestern and the Texas & Pacific at Texarkana
Track Information:
Equipment:
Unknown
History:
Central Coal & Coke Company (4-C) undoubtedly operated a tram road in support of the lumber plant in bought in 1893 at Texarkana from Bowie Lumber Company. Increasing cutting capacity more than four-fold to 175,000 board feet per day, the company would have to have had access to a ready supply of lumber. It is also known that the company operated tram roads at its plants at Kennard and Conroe in Texas and Carson and Neame in Louisiana.