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New Redwood Data Sheets

San Francisco, Calif., February IL,1947:To aid lumber dealers, architects and.other specifiers to select the proper glade of Redwood lumber for each specific application, two new and helpfully illustrated data sheets, "Yard Grades" and "Grade Use Guide," are currently being distributed by the California Redwood Association. The publications may also be used profitably in merchandising and sales promotion.

' Designed as quick and easy references, the data sheets are the convenient 8%xlL size. They are punched for ready insertion in sales or specification books.

Featured in each of the publications are the new lumber grades adopted by the California Redwood industry as of December l, 1946. As part of the industry's continuous program of product improvement, these new grades were developed to give Redwood users the maximum volume of lumber in the durable all-heart grades.

"Yard Grades" gives a clear-cut description of each of the seven new yard grades of Redwood. It tells in simple language exactly what each grade is and indicates the suitability of the grade for specific purposes. Pertinent illustrations supplement the text.

"Grade IJse Guide" presents a handy list of the proper yard grades for more than 90 specific uses of Redwood in building construction, on farms, and in the garden. The character and utility of each yard grade is briefly outlined opposite an illustration of its grade mark. Of special inter- est to architects and specifiers are two serviceable tables: "Standard Net Sizes of the Most Used Standard Patterns of Worked Redwood Lumber" and "Standard Net Sizes for Surfaced Redwood Yard Lumber."

The two data sheets may be obtained withoug cost by writing to the California Redwood Association, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francis,co 4, California.

Typical Lumber Designs Assist Architects and Builders

Washington, D. C.-The 1947 edition of typical lumber designs with quantities and materials lists for light and heavy frame structures, prepared by Timber Engineering Company, is now available to architects, engineers and builders.

Over 200 typical lumber roof truss designs are listed for garages, stores, churches, theatres, gymnasiums, warehouses and hangars. Other designs cover low cost prefabricated houses, grandstands, various types of towers, bridges and railway structures.

The designs employ the Teco connector system of construction and are ofiered as guides in designing for specific jobs. The Timber Engineering Company maintains a staff of engineers, who will examine plans for the adequate and proper use oT iorlnectors. Most of the designs are available upon request free of charge.

Lumber Production In California And Nevada During 1945

Berkeley, Calif.-Lumber production in California and Nevada in 1945 dropped about 8 per cent below the peak year of 1944, according to an announcement by Stephen N. Wyckoff, director of the California Forest & Range Experiment Station, U. S. Forest Service. The decrease is largely attributed to the general letdown in production following V-J Day.

The production statistics recently released are based on an annual survey conducted by the Forest Service in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census. Total lumber output in 1945 was about 2,261 million board feet. Of this total, about 1,109 million feet, or nearly 50 per cent, was ponderosa and sugar pine, 444 million f.eet (20 per cent), was redwood, 373 million feet (16 per cent) was Douglas fir, and 286 million feet (13 per cent) was white fir. The remainder was other species. Approximately 457 sawmills, all but 2 of which rvere located in California, were reported as sawing lumber during the year. This number represents an increase of 44 mills over the previous year. Twenty-one mills, each cutting 25 million board feet or more produced nearly 50 per cent of the total output.

Seven counties, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Lassen, Mendocino, Plumas, Eldorado, and Shasta arranged in descending order eagh produced over 100 million board feet of lumber in 1945. Their combined output equalled 7O per cent of total production. Of these seven counties Humboldt with 49 mills was first with a cut of about 418 million feet, while Lassen, with only 6 producing mills, was third highest with a cut of 246 million feet. Production in the other leading counties ranged from 139 to 269 million feet, and the number of mills from 20 to 45. Humboldt County has led in total production since 1941.

Further details of the survey including production by species and mill size class, number of mills, and production by counties separately for the pine and redwood regions of the state are given in Research Note No. 50 entitled "Production of Lumber, Lath, and Shingles in California and Nevada, 1945." Copies are available upon request to the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, 3D Giannini Hall, Berkeley 4, California.

The annual lumber census f.or 1946 will soon be under way.

Long-Bell Safety Program

Mrs. Barbara Joncas holds one of the newly designed safety posters being circulated by The Long-Bell Lumber Company to all manufacturing and retail outlets to promote safe practices among employees. At the left is the trophy now in Long-Bell possession for first place in safety in the combined Milling and Logging operations which is awarded annually by the Western Forest Products Safety Conference. The posters were designed and produced under the direction of Long-Bell Safety Engineer Robert P. Miller and are the first dealing exclusively rvith the lumber industry.

Opens Office in San Frcrncisco

Paul D. Clary has opened an office at 633 Judah Street, San Francisco 22, to buy 'West Coast lumber for the eastern and Pacific Coast markets, and for export.

Mr. Clary has spent five years with the Lumber Division of the OPA-three years in Washington, D. C., and two in San Francisco. He has had a total of 30 years experience, including logging, manufacturing, marketing, and timber property management.

Stucrrt C. Smith A Grcndlcther

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crickmer of Pasadena are the parents of a baby boy. Mrs. Crickmer is a daughter of Stuart C. Smith, manager of Sierra Lumber, Inc. at Brorvnsville, Oregor.