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How Lumber Looks

A total ol 149 down and operating mills in Washington and Oregon which reported to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended March 5, produced 76,817,644 board feet of lumber. The entire industry produced 48.8 per cent of its average weekly cut during I9ZGD. The new business reported taken during the week by the 149 mills was 90,341,419 board feet, and shipments were 79,513,005 feet. The unfilled order file at these mills stood at 328,187O10 feet.

Reports from Il7 mills for the r,r'eek ended March 5 showed new business of 65,396,000 feet of lumber, approximately 8,000,000 feet more than the previous week, the Western Pine Association reports. Production was 34,422W, a gain of about 7,000,000 feet over the week before, and shipments totaled 59,345,000 feet, about 3,000,000 feet over the previous week.

The Southern Pine Association, 114 mills reporting, for the week ended March 5, gave production as 26,46,O00 feet; shipments 26,943,000 feet; and new business 22,773,m feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 58.789,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association. for the week endid February 26, reported production of 13 mills as 6,162,Offi feet; shipments 5,227,ffi feet; and new business 6,732,ffi feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 35.7o7,ffi feet.

The Northwestern Pacific Railroad has been blocked by slides since January 31 at Kekawaka, between Willits and

South Fork. The ments by boat and Redwood mills have been making shiptruck since that date.

Rebuilding of the property damage in the Southern California storm area is under way. The first demand for building materials will be for temporary improvements which will later have to be replaced with permanent structures.

The trade reports many inquiries, and they are figuring on many new jobs. With the return of favorable weather conditions, the market is showing more activity.

Cargo arrivals at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended March 12 totaled 13,427,W feet, a decrease of 5,000,000 feet from the previous week.

Los Angeles ranked second in building among the cities of the nation with the largest permit valuation for the. month of February with a total of $4,153,000. San Francisco was in eleventh place with a total of $768,000.

As we go to press on March 14, there is another tie-up on the the Los Angeles harbor waterfront.

The trouble centers around the loading and unloading by longshoremen of merchandise to and from freight cars and vessels by means of a lift or miniature mechanical elevator. Longshoremen maintain that use of the lift deprives car men and warehousemen of jobs. The employers state that it has been the practice of longshoremen to employ the lift in unloading vessels.

The longshoremen and warehousemen have refused to submit the issue to arbitration, and on the morning of March 14 the Waterfront Employers' Association of Southern California suspended relations with both groups.

Lumber on the docks is being shipped out as usual.