Logging in the Philippines

(Continued Lrom Page 24) and a box factory are operated, in conjunction with the main saw mill, and here the smaller pieces of lumber are made into boxes, which are sold to the cocoanut shredding plants in Manila.

The waste from the various mills is put through a crusher known as a "hog" which grinds the wood up into small pieces for use as fuel, in the stationaqy boilers. Part of the slabs are saved and cut to the proper sizes for use in the boilers of the locomotives, which are operated almost entirely on wood fuel.

Fabrica, where the mill is located, is about eight miles from the mouth of the Himogaan River and the lumber is loaded in steel barges, holding 225,M to 300,000 feet each, and these are towed down the river by a small steam tug. They are then picked up by a larger sea-going tug and towed to Iloilo or Manila where the lumber is loaded on steamers for shipment to all parts of the world.

The company employs about 3000 men at the mill, in the woods, and on the railroad and as a result the total population of the town of Fabrica numbers about ten thousand. Most of these are Filipinos but a few Chinese and about twenty-five American executives are included. The Filipino labor is rather inefficient but peaceable and, with good superintendents, proves quite satisfactory.

The climate is healthful and the Americans in general are contented at Fabrica. The Management puts forth a special effort to make life attractive by maintaining an ice and cold storage plant, a moving picture theatre, a club house and a dance hall for the benefit of their employees.

It will be seen from the foregoing remarks that the Insular Lumber Company is more than a producer of timber and has become, in fact, one of the institutions of which the Philippine Islands may be justly proud.

The Insular Lumber C.ompany are represented in Northern California by White Brothers, San Francisco and Oakland, and in the Southern California territory by the Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

HAMMOND LUMBER CO'S SAN F'RANCISCO OFFICES MOVED TO 310 SANSOME ST.

The Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, have moved their offices f.rom 260 California St. to new quarters in the Alaska-Commercial Building, 310 Sansome Street.

NINETY-NINE ENTRIES RECEIVED IN SECOND REDWOOD SALES CONTEST

The Second Redwood Sales Contest closed December 31, with a total of 99 entries received at the offices of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco. R. F. Hammatt, secretary-manager of the association states that all sections of the United States and many foreign countries are represented in these entries. The majority of the entries are from California and the largest number feature the long life and durability of Redwood.

The committee of award is now at work on their task of judging, and their work is most difficult as so many good entries have been received. It is expected that judging will be completed and awards announced by January 20.

The Association plans to publish immediately a second edition of the Redwood Sales Manual, and also to use a considerable amount of the material gathered in this contest in their direct mail and national advertising campaigns.

The entries gave information on all possible and conceivable uses of Redwood, from bridges to interior finish, and from pipe lines to violins, said Mr. Harnmatt.

Oakland Building Permits For 1927 Show Increase Over 1926

Building permits for Oakland for the month of December 1927, totaled fi756,549. The figures for December 1926, were $1,846,999. The total for the year 1927, was $20,794,669, which was an increase of. $719,374 over 1926, when the total was $20,075,295.

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