Cargo-Loading

New Method of Loading Lumber for Rail Shipment Introduced by the Veyerhaeuser Mills.

t Cargo-loading, a new method of loading lumber for rail shipment, has been introduced by the Weyerhaeuser mills to insure delivery of 4-Square packaged lumber to the dealer in A-1 condition, and it is being highly commended by dealers everywhere.

Cargo-loading of rail lumber shipments by the Weyerhaeuser mills may well be terrned scientific lumber shipping and another forlvard step in lumber merchandising. It is the culmination of studies and experiments by Weyerhaeuser mills to popularize lumber pioducts by re-manufactur-

The various items that make up an order are grouped by item and loaded at a limited height for the purpose of facilitating unloading, and the packages are interlaced to obviate shifting and jamming. In some cases the topload is bulkheaded to solidify the entire load into a compact unit.

The accompanying pictures clearly portray the process of car preparation and loading. And after the car, so loaded, rolls on its way over the miles and miles of main line tracks and through the numerous srvitch yards with their high centers, low joints and jerky switch engines, it ar- ing, packaging and guaranteeing them under the nationallyknown 4-Square trade-mark, and now, by cargo-loading, placing these grade-marked, specie-marked and guaranteed products at the dealer's door in all the original beauty of newly-manufactured lumber a.s it comes fresh from the machrne, rives at-the dealer's siding in the form of the long-sought answer to a lumberman's prayer-the receipt of a car of lumber that "comes through in good shape"-qndamaged merchandise, easy to unload, easy to tally, and so clean that it puts the old stocks in the warehouse to shame. The perfect condition in which it is received adds greatly to the modern merchandising atmosphere that characterizes the 4-Square packages when they are properly piled in the dealer's warehouse or shed.

In addition to preserving all of the merchandising qualities inherent in 4-Square packaged lumber, cargo-loading accomplishes two major benefits for the retailer; It practically obviates damage in transit, and of much importance to the dealer, the cargo-loading method permits of quicker unloading, handling and warehousing with consequent reduced handlirtg costs.

Briefly, cargo-loading, in addition to car selection, involves a variety of new practices in lumber shipping. These include an unusually thorough cleaning of cars and the repairing of any faults in the car structure that may cause lumber damage. application of protective furring strips to sides and floor of car, paper coverings on end walls and ceiling, and. sealing of car doors with papel. The heavy paper coverings prevent damage to the stock by cinders and dust that may filter into the car, and that on end walls also protects the square ends of the lumber and the caps.

And so, cargo-loading effectively protects en route to the dealer's warehouse the 4-Square packaged lumber that has initiated a new era in lumber merchandising by taking, as asserted by a live-rvire eastern dealer, the lumbir business out of the cracker barrel stage and putting it in the merchandising class.

Cargo-loading has been adopted by the various Weyerhaeuser mills of their own volition. So that there mav be no deviation from the proper method of stowing thl 4Square packages or in providing for their proteciion, the warehousemen and loaders at the mills are governed by a rigidly-enforced set of loading rules. These rules are accompanied by blue print charts that illustrate the methods

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