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How Lumber Looks

Reflecting the continuance of activity in the building industry^throughout the Pacific Coast in February, an inciease of 26..31 per cent in building permits for 90 cities in eleven western states and British Columbia last month over the corresponding month of 1938, was shown in the Western Month- Iy Building Survey prepared by H. R. Baker & Co. of San Francisco.

A- total. of _1O,514 permits for these 90 cities produced a total -of $18,682,320 in February, 1939, compared-with 8,456 permits totaling $16,044,598 in February, 1i38.

The lumber industry durins the holidav week of Februarv 25, 1939, stood at 55 per celnt of the i929 weekly "ln.t"gl of pr:oduction. Shipments were 59 per cent and producti6n y_as.64 pe_r cent of the 1929 weekly average, according to the National Lumber Manufacturers Associat-ion.

._Pgt-"g^1tre- week-ended February 25, 521 mills produced 178,386,000 feet of hardwoods aird softwoods combined; shipped 189,058,000 feet; and booked orders of 168,29$00d teet.

Lumber orders reported by 438 softwood mills for the week 9g{gd._{e-b-ru?ry 25 totaled 159,171,000 feet; shipments were t79,547,W0 feet; and production was 168,944,006 feet.

Reports from 99 hardwood mills for the week save new business as 9,I27,AN feet; shipments 9,511,000 ieet; and production 9,442,N0 f.eet.

A total of 143 down and operating mills in Washinston and Oregon which reported to the West Coast Lumberm"en's Association for the w99k ^en{gd February 25, produced 89,- 904,275 feet; shipped,82,324,90I feet; and new-business was 72,791,983 feet. The unfilled order'file at the end of the week stood at 324,642,807 feet.

The same number of mills reporting for the week ended March 4, produced 87,056,083 felt; sh-ipped 98,600,328 feet;

W. T. BLACtr

815 Locrcarortl

PBorpca 3810 Southern Oflice 2ad Nqtioncl laal tldg. Hourloa, frxqr and new business was 87,437,127 f.eet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 311,261,30g feet.

The California Redwood Association for the week ended February 2! fgqo-tlgd production of 13 mills as 6,905,000 feet; !$lments 7,776,000 feet; and new business 5,7SS,-OOO teet. Week-end orders on hand totaled 33,370,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended March 4, 118 jlillf re?orting, gave orders as 53,466,000 feet; ship- ments 55,16O000 feet; and production 40,231,0b0 feet. Orde-rs on hand at the end of the week totaled 155,999,000 feet. Orders showed an increase of 127 per cent'over the pre- ceding week.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended March 4, 125 _mills reporting, gave orders as 28,480,000 ieet; it ip- ments 29,371,W feet; and production 28,006,000 feet. Ord_ ers on hand at the end of the week totaled Z0;035,000 feet.

-T,umber cargo arrivals at Los Angeles Harbor for the month ot }tbruary,. amounting to 68,413,000 feet, were 12,000,000 feet greater than in January.

MRS. HANNAH WISNOM

Mrs. Hannah Wisnom, wife of John Wisnom, vice-presi_ dent of Wisnom Lumber Company, San Mateo, and mother of Howard Brown, also associated with Wisnom Lumber Company, passed away in Hillsborough, February 27.

Mrs. Wisnom is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Whittington and Mrs. Marion Smith, and another son, William Brown,