Pioneerin$ Lumbering in Los An$eles

(Continued from Page 18) dealers. For some reason the business languished a1{ w,as liauidated. Charles Humphreys took a posi-tton.wlth tne Ganahl Lumber Co., which he still retains, I belleve' anc ir-i"a."a a pioneer in the lumber business here' with a ;;;a of coritinuous service of nearly 5o years'Mr' Clark became associated with Ex-Mayor Bryson-' operatlng YTder the name of Clark & Bryson, but I believe lost hls ;;";t in mining ventures attd spent hislast days in a clerkship in the court hottse.

I will now revert back to the Ganahl Lumber Company' *ht;;-;;pioy I entered in the spring of 1885 as bookk".o", and afierward as manager of thJmain yard until the fall of 1888. Mr. C' Ganahl had recently pu-rchased tne "lia ft"* |ohn Bryson, ex-Mayor, and orvner of the Bryson 'g"iia^i*,',i'ho had'est"bti.h.d-it about 1883' The business ;;l;'?'h;t*" ;l Mr. Schallert, who was a cousin to Mr' G;hl ."J'*tl. had just arrived from St' Louis and purchased an interest. Mr. Schallert was the father of Edwin i"ft"ii.ttlrtt.atrical critic on the "Times", andhis wijlow is .tiiffi"i"s in Los Angeles. The only-one of the Ganahl ;;;.';l-lh'"i ii-. in th-e business was Mr' Ed' Ganahl' who was yard salesman. His brother Joe was stillin St' Louis ;J ilt. tt"ri-tt"tft.rs, Connie and Jean, 6eing respectively a baby in arms and a vouth of ten'

After Mr. Schallert's death about 1895, Mr'' Christian Carr"t t took over the business, which has continued with th"-;;;; .wnership but in difierent locations to'the present time.

Ouite a nrrmber of men prominent in lumber circles have gri-tluated from the Ganahl business'

Mv successor as book-keeper was Frank E' Walsh' the i";;;";;" ;"n, and -y successor's manager was Mr' Driscoll, a very active man who afterlvards became manager oI itt"'1. W. Btinn l-umber Co. and died many years ago' Mr. Bostler, rvho afterwards estab-llshed the California g"*'C"-;...eaea Mr. Driscoll, and Mr' Chas' Lynch also started his lumber career with them'

The boom days of 1886-87 were halcvon. days in the lu.mber, business. Customers would throng the ofhce begglng ;;;1" take their order,.often without bothering about.an estimate, and you would not agree to make "prompt dell\'ery if it breaks our back."

There were very few grades, com-mon and clearin Redwood. and common and\o' 1 and No' 2 flooring in Pine' the latter being all 1x6.

I think iutty 50 per cent of the st^ock carried was Red*;o;;;hi. b.i'ng in universal use for finish, no Oregon Pine b.i[ used at ihat time either for finish or ceiling' - -li"i"iL price for all sizes of dimension was $25 per M in 1884 and advanced to $32'50 in 1887' ^"Dr;i& Ae period covering- my service with the Ganahl ronrr"r-co. they established branches on washington and G;;;d avenue, also in East Los Angeles' A yard was est"bltrh;J uy ti-t. wiii;;;; Lumbei Co' of Portland' ore;;;; North Alameda street, where Mr' Chas' Wier first ftarted in the lumber business as manag€r' -

C. E. de Camp also established a yard in East Los An*.G, east of the Ganahl yard, about this time' ""d;';i;;, d."'.tt af that time 'ivere very jealous of ,r"* ttJoa, and placed every obstacle in its path' '--enottr.t' by Shafier,-f{ia" & Day' real ariri" t"""'on San Pedro near First, which only operated a-ie* *o"ths and was induced to retire' -th"; endeth the first chapter of my recollections of pioneer lumber daYs.