[CBQ] Buda Question

["Robert Herrick" <rdherrick@gmail.com>]

I was leafing through Mike Spoor's vol. 4 and paused on the Buda pages. I've always wondered what the substantial array of buildings were along the start of the Elmwood branch. One is a two-story brick structure in the back and the others appear to be corrugated clad. None of them appear to be used for what was originally intended, not unusual since the photos were taken in 1968. I pulled up a Sanborn map from 1901, the latest I could find, and it identified the buildings as Buda Handle Factory and Buda Iron Works (a foundry and machine shop). There is a spur track running between them, per the Sanborn. Neither is listed in the 1936 Shippers' Directory. In fact, the only concerns with a connection to the railroad then were the local elevator/coal dealer/lumber yard and a garage selling Chevrolets. Not surprising in a town of 850 souls in the midst of the Depression.

Does anyone have knowledge of what these buildings were used for over the years and whether either remained Q customers?

Thanks, as always.

Bob Herrick

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