![]() ![]() His plans are as clear and concise now as they were when first conceived and unfolded to colleagues. The man who made the company possible has not, however been swerved from his course on this account. The extent of this company's holdings and the plans for exploiting them have been subjects for widespread criticism and comment favorable and to the contrary. The formation of the Kirby Lumber Company has furnished an almost inexhaustible theme for the press, not only of the southwest but of the entire Union. The taking over of these fourteen mills, representing as they did many millions of dollars' worth of property, was a notable event in the industrial history of Texas. Their interests in certain plants and standing timber were bought, and all that was asked of them was a clear title to the property purchased by the new company. ![]() Those who sold to the new concern were not asked to agree never to enter the field again. The formation of the Kirby Lumber Company was not, as is so often the case, merely the consolidation of the various firms under one management the plants and properties were purchased outright, and the former owners and managers found, in lieu of their interests, well tilled pockets but no saw mills. Of these plants, eight were finally dismissed from the available list, and the remainder were purchased. This concern, the largest in the United States, was chartered on July 5, 1901, with an authorized capital of $10,000,000, and an option on twenty-two of the best lumber producing plants in the state of Texas. ![]() In no period has this fact been more clearly demonstrated than during the year 1901, the natal year of the Kirby Lumber Company. Paramount among those of the class last named is the lumber business. This realization is notable not only with regard to speculative ventures, like oil and the semi-hazardous business of agriculture, but with regard to those in which the element of chance is practically eliminated. In even the superficial mind the largest state in the Union-Texas-is associated instinctively with large enterprises, and neither the superficial nor the observant have been disappointed in their expectations as to the magnitude of the enterprises of a state larger than the average European country. ![]() The rich returns offered legitimate investors have induced financiers all over the country to invest their capital in a section which is now leading the country in rapidity of development along new lines-departures which have yielded big returns to those directing and controlling them. Industrial developments in the southwest during the past five or ten years have been on an ever-increasing scale. With Illustrations And Text By Staff Representatives ofīeing Chiefly A Reprint From Its Edition Of With A Discussion of Related Oil Interests, Financial Plan, Manufacturing Economies, Market Advantages, Etc. Through The Inception And Organization of The Kirby Lumber Company of Houston, Texas, Their Recognition And Development By John H. New Mills "R," Bessmay "S," Browndell "T," Kirbyville, Texas Mill "M," Woodville "N," Mobile "O," Fuqua "P," Bronson, Texas Mill "H," Kirbyville "J," Roganville "K," Sharon "L," Village, Texas Mill "D," Orange "E," Silsbee "F," Lillard, Texas This long-form article is broken up into the following chapters. ![]()
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