Editing W. B. Wright Company

The '''W. B. Wright Company''' was a lumbering firm operated by [[William Benjamin Wright]].

The business was initially established in [[1872]] by Wright's father, [[George Washington Wright]], who retired in [[1888]]. W. B. incorporated the business under his own name in December [[1895]].<ref name="southern"/>

Its mills were located at the corner of [[Intendencia Street]] and [[10th Avenue]] and in 1901 had a capacity to turn out 65,000 feet of lumber, 20,000 laths and 40,000 shingles.<ref name="southern">J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.</ref>

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