Summary of Logging Railroad in or near Grays Harbor

Aloha Timber Company, A 25 mile, standard-guage logging railroad in 
    the Aloha and Pacific Beach area.
    
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    Aloha Lumber Company
    Aloha Mill and Lumber Company, 1917 - 1934
    Aloha Timber Company,          1934

American Mill Company, This company, formed in 1902, operated a small
     rail operation in the Montesano area.

Anderson and Middleton Lumber Company, A&M had small rail operations
     near Oakville and North River. It purchased the Union Mill
     company in 1912, which had a small rail operation near 
     Aberdeen. All rail operations ceased by 1929.

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     Union Mill/Timer Company

Anderson Logging Company, A 7-mile, standard-guage line near Aberdeen.
     Operated 1929 -1936.

Carlisle Lumber Company - A standard-guage logging railroad 
    that grew out of several earlier roads. It operated a 
    10-mile mainline between Onalaska and Napavine and various 
    logging lines until it was abandoned in 1943. The 
    headquarters were in Onalaska.       (193)
 
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    Newaukum Valley Railroad Company,  1914 - 1924
    Newaukum Railroad Company,         10/5/1914 - 10/4/1914
    Copalis Lumber Company,            1914 - 1920
    Onalaska Lumber Company,           1916 - 1917

Polson Logging Company, 
    This company was purchased by Rayonier in 1948.  It had operated 
    since 4/11/1903, was headquartered in Hoquiam and operated 85 miles 
    of standard-gauge track.
 
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    Polson Brothers Logging Company     1895 - 5/11/1903
 
Smith Lumber and Shingle Company, M R 
    Organized in 1920.  The company was owned by M R Smith.  The company 
    constructed and operated a 12 mile logging railroad in the Moclips 
    area and an extensive logging railroad in the Taholah area.  Operations 
    ceased in 1938.  M R Smith would go on to organize the M R Smith 
    Lumber Company.  This company, a non-railroad logging company would 
    purchase the remains of the Aloha Timber Company.  He sold this new 
    venture to the Evans Products Company.  (Data courtesy Paul Curtiss)
 
Thompson & Murray, Joe Creek
    No data.
 
 
Lytle, Hoquiam
    No data.
 
 
Greenwood Timber Company, Hoquiam
    No data.
 
Donovan-Corkery Logging Company - A standard-gauge logging 
    railroad operating in the Wishkah River valley. The 
    company operated roughly 6 miles of track until it was 
    abandoned in 1934. The headquarters were in Aberdeen.
 
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    Coats-Fordney Logging Company,     1910 - 1923
    A. F. Coats Logging Company,       1905 - 1910
 
 
Saginaw Timber Company
    Incorporated on March 18, 1908 and organized in 1909.  The company 
    was to be capitalized at $100,000.  The organizers were A J Morley 
    and W G Hopkins.  The company constructed and operated a 40 mile 
    logging railroad in the Aberdeen area.  In 1919, the company merged 
    the E H Lester Logging Company, a two mile logging railroad in the 
    Montesano area.  In 1933, the company merged the Gray's Harbor and 
    Pacific Railroad Company, a 9.25 mile railroad in the Aberdeen area.  
    The company also merged the Saginaw Southern Railway Company.  Grades 
    of 60 to 70 percent were used at one time of another.  By 1934 the 
    company was known as the Saginaw Logging Company and operated in the 
    Brooklyn area.  One of its locomotives was a 2-6-2T Mallet.  In 1947, 
    the company acquired the Bridges to Vesta track from the Gray's 
    Harbor and Puget Sound Railway Company.  In 1946, the company was 
    reorganized as the Saginaw Lumber Company.  On February 14, 1947 the 
    company was dissolved.  (Data courtesy Paul Curtiss)

 
Schafer Brothers Logging Company - The Schafers purchased 
    a number of logging operations in the 1920s and built 
    a company that operated roughly 150 miles of track. The 
    headquarters were near the land the family homesteaded 
    in Satsop.
 
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    National Lumber & Manufacturing Company,   1920 - 1927
    Wynoochee Timber Company,                  1913 - 1927
    Chehalis County Logging & Timber Company,  12/5/1902 - 1923
    Wilson Brothers Company,                   (1907) - 1920
 
 
 
C.C.L&T., above Lake Sylvia
    No data.
 
 
Slade, on the Satsop
    No data.
 
 
Satsop Railroad Company - operated from 11/30/1883 until 2/18/1891
    when it was purchased by the Washington & Southern Railway
    company.
 
 
Washington & Southern Railway - This standard-gauge line operated
    from 1891 to 1895, when it was purchased by the Peninsular
    Railway Company.
 
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    Seattle Lumber Company     5/17/1884 - 2/28/1891
    Satsop Railroad Company    11/30/1883 - 2/18/1891
 
 
Hewitt Timber Company on the Satsop
    No data.
 
 
White Star Lumber Copany, Whites
    No data.
 
 
Henry McCleary Timber Company, McCleary
    No data.
 
 
National Lumber Company - See Schafer Brothers Logging Company.
 
 
Mason County Logging Company - A standard-gauge logging 
    railroad started in 1891 and operating until 1941. Its 
    headquarters were in Olympia.
 
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    Vance Lumber Company,                       (1906) - 1923
    Black Hills & Norhtwester Railway Company,  4/18/1903 - 6/30/1916
 
 
Shelton Southwestern Railway Company, The - operated 1/1/1898 
    to 1902.  This standad-gauge line was headquartered in 
    Shelton and operated nearly 20 miles of track.
 
    Preceeding lines:
    Shelton Southwestern Railroad Company,  7/27/1891 - 4/30/1898
    mason County Central Railroad Company,  7/25/1889 - 7/27/1891
 
Clemons Logging Compay 
    Organized in 1903.  Charles H Clemons was the first president.  
    The company constructed and operated a 13 mile logging railroad in 
    the Montesano area.  The company owned the Melbourne and North 
    River Railroad Company, an eight mile logging railroad extending 
    from Melbourne to Montesano.  In 1919, the company was consolidated 
    with the Melbourne and North River Railroad Company and reorganized 
    as the Clemons Logging Company.  In 1941, the original logging site 
    was dedicated as the first tree farm in Washington.  (Data courtesy
    Paul Curtiss)

Clemons Logging Company 
    Organized on December 31, 1918 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the 
    Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and a successor to the C H Clemons 
    Logging Company, a 13 mile logging railroad in the Montesano area, 
    and the Melbourne and North River Railroad Company, an eight mile 
    logging railroad extending from Melbourne to Montesano.  The 
    company was to be capitalized at $210,000.  Charles H Clemons was 
    the first president.  The organizers included Charles and Minot 
    Davis.  Hugh Stewart was a trustee.  The company operated a 75 mile 
    logging railroad in the Montesano area.  In 1936, the company was 
    merged into the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company.  Its locomotives were 
    later sold to the Murphy Lumber Company, Discovery Bay Logging Company, 
    Craig Mountain (Idaho) and West Fork Logging Company.  The company 
    was dissolved on June 29, 1937.  (Data courtesy Paul Curtiss)

This Montesano-based, standard-gauge
    logging railroad operated from Febuary 1919 until it was
    sold to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in 1936. It operated 75
    miles of line. (201)
 
 
Homer P. Brown - built a line into the rough country south 
    of Elma in the 1920s, but the terrain proved so costly 
    his operation collapsed, bringing down with it the Hayes 
    & Hayes bank of Aberdeen.
 
 
Anderson & Middleton, Independence, North River
    No data on Grays Harbor operations.
 
 
Bealieu & Mackie
    No data.
 
Union River Logging Railroad Company - Operated from 1883 to 1901
    when it was abandonded.
 
 
Porter Railroad, Elma
    No data.
 
 
Hoquiam River Railroad, E. Fork Hoquiam
    No data.