Butte and Plumas Railway - Revision history

John Hall at 05:29, 18 January 2024

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	In 1909, at the same time the Truckee Lumber Company was grading the spur up French Creek, the [[Swayne Lumber Company]] constructed its first mill nearby.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 9, 1909, page 1</ref> The mill was located 1800 feet above the Western Pacific Railway tracks just northwest of Stanwood. A 4,200 foot long incline was built to move cut lumber from the Swayne mill down to the Western Pacific tracks.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' February 24, 1910, page 4</ref> The SLCo. built a short 36 inch narrow gauge railroad between the top of the incline and the sawmill.<ref>''Chico Record'' November 19, 1909, page 3</ref> The railroad was extended north into Swayne timber lands where the timber was logged and brought to the mill by a Class B shay built in June 1911. Expansions of the track and mill occurred periodically until disaster struck on October 24, 1916 when the mill burned to the ground.<ref>''Chico Record'' October 26, 1916, page 4</ref>		In 1909, at the same time the Truckee Lumber Company was grading the spur up French Creek, the [[Swayne Lumber Company]] constructed its first mill nearby.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 9, 1909, page 1</ref> The mill was located 1800 feet above the Western Pacific Railway tracks just northwest of Stanwood. A 4,200 foot long incline was built to move cut lumber from the Swayne mill down to the Western Pacific tracks.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' February 24, 1910, page 4</ref> The SLCo. built a short 36 inch narrow gauge railroad between the top of the incline and the sawmill.<ref>''Chico Record'' November 19, 1909, page 3</ref> The railroad was extended north into Swayne timber lands where the timber was logged and brought to the mill by a Class B shay built in June 1911. Expansions of the track and mill occurred periodically until disaster struck on October 24, 1916 when the mill burned to the ground.<ref>''Chico Record'' October 26, 1916, page 4</ref>

	Initially the newspapers reported the mill was to be rebuilt. Instead, the controlling interest in the idle ex-Truckee/~~Westside~~ mill in Oroville was purchased by the Swayne Lumber Company along with the Butte and Plumas Railroad and the extensive Truckee Lumber Co. timber lands.<ref>''Chico Record'' April 11, 1917, page 3</ref> The Truckee Lumber Company and the Butte and Plumas Railway both continued as subsidaries of the Swayne Lumber Company. The Southern Pacific Railroad's $400,000 mortgage on the B&P was changed to a $250,000 promissory note.<ref>''Sacramento Daily Union'' August 30, 1917, page 5</ref>		Initially the newspapers reported the mill was to be rebuilt. Instead, the controlling interest in the idle ex-Truckee/West Side mill in Oroville was purchased by the Swayne Lumber Company along with the Butte and Plumas Railroad and the extensive Truckee Lumber Co. timber lands.<ref>''Chico Record'' April 11, 1917, page 3</ref> The Truckee Lumber Company and the Butte and Plumas Railway both continued as subsidaries of the Swayne Lumber Company. The Southern Pacific Railroad's $400,000 mortgage on the B&P was changed to a $250,000 promissory note.<ref>''Sacramento Daily Union'' August 30, 1917, page 5</ref>

	The original SLCo. mill site and incline were abandoned as the focus of logging shifted to the Butte and Plumas Railway.		The original SLCo. mill site and incline were abandoned as the focus of logging shifted to the Butte and Plumas Railway.

John Hall at 05:14, 18 January 2024

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	The railroad and lumber mill operated until the close of season October 1911.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' October 2, 1911, page 1</ref> During the Fall a Royal Tourist automobile was converted into a track speeder.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' October 18, 1911, page 1</ref> A review of the first year's short season convinced some of the large stockholders that the lumber mill and railroad were bad investments. The Truckee Lumber Company did not open the mill the following season and the mill and railroad were left idle after building only 23 miles of track never reaching its initial goal of Stanwood.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 23, 1917, page 1</ref>		The railroad and lumber mill operated until the close of season October 1911.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' October 2, 1911, page 1</ref> During the Fall a Royal Tourist automobile was converted into a track speeder.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' October 18, 1911, page 1</ref> A review of the first year's short season convinced some of the large stockholders that the lumber mill and railroad were bad investments. The Truckee Lumber Company did not open the mill the following season and the mill and railroad were left idle after building only 23 miles of track never reaching its initial goal of Stanwood.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 23, 1917, page 1</ref>

	====~~Westside~~ Lumber Company Ownership====		====West Side Lumber Company Ownership====
	The ~~Westside~~ Lumber Company purchased the controlling interest in the Truckee Lumber Company in August 1912.<ref>''Sacramento Daily Union'' August 20, 1912, page 9</ref> There was much speculation in the local press about the WSLCo. starting up the lumber mill. However, the company never resumed milling. The WSLCo. did exchange it's No. 1 Heisler for B&P's No. 4 Class C Shay. One could speculate that this was the entire reason for purchasing the TLCo. because 5 years later the WSLCo. sold the controlling interest to the Swayne Lumber Company without ever operating the mill or the railroad.<ref>''Sacramento Daily Union'' April 17, 1917, page 6</ref> Prior to the sale, the WSLCo. sold the timber that had been languishing in the mill pond for four years raising local speculation that they would soon open the mill.<ref>''Chico Record'' March 31, 1916, page 2</ref>		The [[West Side Lumber Company]] purchased the controlling interest in the Truckee Lumber Company in August 1912.<ref>''Sacramento Daily Union'' August 20, 1912, page 9</ref> There was much speculation in the local press about the WSLCo. starting up the lumber mill. However, the company never resumed milling. The WSLCo. did exchange it's No. 1 Heisler for B&P's No. 4 Class C Shay. One could speculate that this was the entire reason for purchasing the TLCo. because 5 years later the WSLCo. sold the controlling interest to the Swayne Lumber Company without ever operating the mill or the railroad.<ref>''Sacramento Daily Union'' April 17, 1917, page 6</ref> Prior to the sale, the WSLCo. sold the timber that had been languishing in the mill pond for four years raising local speculation that they would soon open the mill.<ref>''Chico Record'' March 31, 1916, page 2</ref>

	====Swayne Lumber Company Ownership====		====Swayne Lumber Company Ownership====

John Hall: /* Truckee Lumber Company */

2023-06-30T04:08:44Z

Truckee Lumber Company

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	====Truckee Lumber Company====		====Truckee Lumber Company====
	In 1889 W. H. Kruger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the 12,611 acre Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref><ref>Oroville Daily Register May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the expected transcontinental railroad through the Feather River canyon to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville.<ref>Marysville Daily Appeal April 25, 1889, page 1</ref> In 1907, when the Western Pacific was under construction, the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac~~, its major holdings~~. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In 1889 W. H. Kruger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the 12,611 acre Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref><ref>Oroville Daily Register May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the expected transcontinental railroad through the Feather River canyon to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville.<ref>Marysville Daily Appeal April 25, 1889, page 1</ref> In 1907, when the Western Pacific was under construction, the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

	====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====		====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====

John Hall: /* Truckee Lumber Company */

2023-06-29T18:21:31Z

Truckee Lumber Company

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	====Truckee Lumber Company====		====Truckee Lumber Company====
	In 1889 W. H. Kruger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the expected transcontinental railroad through the Feather River canyon to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville.<ref>Marysville Daily Appeal April 25, 1889, page 1</ref> In 1907, when the Western Pacific was under construction, the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In 1889 W. H. Kruger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the 12,611 acre Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref><ref>Oroville Daily Register May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the expected transcontinental railroad through the Feather River canyon to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville.<ref>Marysville Daily Appeal April 25, 1889, page 1</ref> In 1907, when the Western Pacific was under construction, the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

	====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====		====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====

John Hall: /* Truckee Lumber Company */

2023-06-29T18:16:42Z

Truckee Lumber Company

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	====Truckee Lumber Company====		====Truckee Lumber Company====
	In 1889 W. H. Kruger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> ~~The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville.~~ A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In 1889 W. H. Kruger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the expected transcontinental railroad through the Feather River canyon to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville.<ref>Marysville Daily Appeal April 25, 1889, page 1</ref> In 1907, when the Western Pacific was under construction, the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

	====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====		====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====

John Hall: /* Truckee Lumber Company */

2023-06-29T18:08:51Z

Truckee Lumber Company

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	====Truckee Lumber Company====		====Truckee Lumber Company====
	In 1889 W. H. ~~Kurger~~, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In 1889 W. H. Kruger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

	====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====		====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====

John Hall: /* Truckee Lumber Company */

2023-06-29T18:02:27Z

Truckee Lumber Company

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	====Truckee Lumber Company====		====Truckee Lumber Company====
	In ~~the early 1890s, in anticipation of exhausting its timber lands near Truckee,~~ W. H. Kurger of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County ~~forming a subsidiary,~~ the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In 1889 W. H. Kurger, President of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]], purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County which became part of the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

	====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====		====Narrow Gauge Butte and Plumas Railway====

John Hall: /* Truckee Lumber Company */

2023-06-29T17:38:35Z

Truckee Lumber Company

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	====Truckee Lumber Company====		====Truckee Lumber Company====
	In the ~~late~~ 1890s, in anticipation of exhausting its timber lands near Truckee, W. H. Kurger of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County forming a subsidiary, the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In the early 1890s, in anticipation of exhausting its timber lands near Truckee, W. H. Kurger of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County forming a subsidiary, the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

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	In the late 1890s, in anticipation of exhausting its timber lands near Truckee, W. H. Kurger of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad ~~new~~ timber land in Butte County forming a subsidiary, the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In the late 1890s, in anticipation of exhausting its timber lands near Truckee, W. H. Kurger of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad 5,879 acres of timber land in Butte County forming a subsidiary, the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

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	In ~~1906~~, in anticipation of exhausting its timber lands near Truckee, the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] purchased new timber land in Butte County ~~using~~ a subsidiary, the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville ~~Daily~~ Register'' ~~June 30~~, ~~1906~~, page 1</ref> In 1907 it decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>		In the late 1890s, in anticipation of exhausting its timber lands near Truckee, W. H. Kurger of the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] purchased from the Central Pacific Railroad new timber land in Butte County forming a subsidiary, the Merrimac Land and Lumber Company.<ref>''Oroville Register'' July 25, 1904, page 1</ref> In 1907 the TLCo. decided to move its operations to Oroville, California.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' May 22, 1907, page 1</ref> The plan was to use the soon to be constructed Western Pacific Railway to move logs to a sawmill in Oroville. A standard gauge branch connecting to the WP at French Creek would be constructed by the Truckee Lumber company to reach its timber holdings at Stanwood with a future extension to Merrimac, its major holdings. While the WP was under construction the Truckee Lumber Company made an oral argeement with the WP to carry the logs to the Oroville mill at a fix rate.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 18, 1909, page 5</ref> Based on this agreement the TLCo. began constructing, in July 1909, a large state-of-the-art steel building two-band mill in Oroville. The company also began surveying and grading for the standard gauge spur up French Creek; eventually spending over $250,000 on the railroad.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 28, 1909, page 1</ref><ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' January 27, 1911, page 7</ref> When the WP began operating trains between San Francisco and Oroville in March 1910<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' March 17, 1910, page 1</ref> the newly established operating department would not honor the oral agreement the TLCo. had made with the construction department.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 6, 1910, page 1</ref> The TLCo. refused to pay the higher rate and stopped construction of the standard gauge branch.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' April 27, 1910, page 1</ref>

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