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Oudoolc for Lumber Industry Good

That a constant and growing appreciation of quality building materials is reflecting itself in an increased demand for California Redwood, Leonard C' llammond, president of the Hammond Redwood Company, and Carl W. Bahr, president of the California Redwood Association, r'eported upon their return from a three weeks' December tour to Eastern states.

Both attended the meetings of the executive and advisory committees of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in Madison, Wisconsin, December 7-9, and' conferred in Chicago with Redwood sales representatives from midwestern and eastern states' Mr. Bahr also was an official visitor in Washington, D. C'

"Not in 2O years has the outlook for prosperity in the lumber industry been s'o favorable," Mr. Hammond and Mr. Bahr declared. "Especially is this true in the field of quality lumber, where experien'ce has shown definitely that cheapness is not economy. Increases in business in the past two years have been steady and healthy and we look forward with confidence to t937 and 1938."

Promotions in Hobbs, \(/all Organization

Personnel changes that have recently taken place in the organization of Hobbs, Wall & Company, manufacturers of Redwood, are as follows:

W. E. Stewart who has been with the company {or several years, is now in charge of Crescent City operations'

Bill Mun'cie, with 34 years' service. has been promoted to mill superintendent at Crescent City.

John Pinkey, with 20 years' service to his credit, has beln made chief millwright and general assistant around the mill at Cres'cent CitY'

Charlie Martin, who has been in charge of logging operations for the past 10 years, will remain in charge of all woods operations.

Thomis D. Jones, whose service with the company totals 33 years has been made comptroller, with supervision of botir the Crescent City and San Fran'cisco offr'ces' John Rhoda, who has been with the company for 14 years, has been appointed superintendent of the San Francisco plant.

Lewis Godard, with over 20 years' sert'ice, has been appointed sales manager of the company.

A. A. KELLE,Y VISITSE-S ANGELES

A. A. Kelley, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, with Mrs. Kelley and their two children, spent Christmas week in Los Angeles where they were visiting Mrs' Kelley's parents. Mr. Kelley was a caller at the company's Los ingeles office, and with Robt. Forgie, their Southern California representative, they spent a few days calling on the trade.

Lumber Office Remodeled

General Saler Ofice: Eugeng Ore.

Millr: 1ys1{ling, Ore., Springfield, Ore.

The Shattuck Lumber Co., Ontario, has completed the remodeling of their offi'ce rvhich presents a very attractive "pp."rtn... The ceilings of the main sales offrce, adjoining too-, and private office are each finished in Celotex of modern designs. The interior of the offrce has been rearranged and painted, and a Knotty Pine front has been installed on the counter. H. M. Shattuck is owner and manager.

Harbor Plywood Corp. Announces Expansion Program

The immediate construction of a new addition to its Grays Harbor plant to permit large scale production of the new Super-Harbord, has been announced by the Harbor Plywood Corporation. According to John J. Long, pre.sident of the corporation, the plans for the expansion program involves an expenditure of at least $150,000 and the new main building will have a ground area of 40,000 square feet.

Additions to the present equipment for Super-Harbord production will include two hot-plate presses of most modern design and a considerable amount of auxiliary equipment will be installed, particularly assuring that all processes will be under scientific control.

"While the company has been manufacturing this improved plywood for some time," declared Mr. Long, "it has been possible to produce it only upon a limited scale with the present plant. The expansion now underway will enable ns to manufacture this new type of moisture-resisting plyrvood in quantities sufficient to the demand rvhich rve have not been able to satisfy heretofore.

"The new product will be known as 'Super-Harbord'. It is particularly adapted to all outdoor and special uses such as roofs, sidewalls, outdoor signs, etc., because it offers positive resistance to all moisture changes, extremes of temperature and insect infestations. It enables many industries to manufacture products rvith greater economy, utility, and durability."

In addition to the new main building, the expansion provides for another separate building to house the laboratory for research work. The only fully equipped laboratory in the plywood industry, it is stafied with qualified chemists and engineers. Besides carrying on experimental work on new products and working constantly toward improvements in Super-Harbord and other plywood products, the function of this laboratory is constant checking of quality in the plant, everyday, on the efficiency of the glue, the moisture content of the panels, checking resistance to stress and scientifically supervising other details of manufacture.

"It is our intention," Mr. Long further stated, "to systematize these inspection services so that they are constant and will enable us to know each day the exact quality of the production. Samples of the panels manufactured each day are subjected to water resistance tests and further scientific tests for quality rvill be made daily on SuperHarbord."

Construction of the new buildings will be carried on without shutting down the present plant so that current production schedules can be maintained. It is expected that the additions will be completed so that the enlarged manufacturing program can be started early in 1937.