One of Finest

Industrial engineers familiar with the roofing business, on a recent visit to the Los Angeles Paper Manufacturing company, told officials their roofing plant is one of the cleanest, best equipped and smoothest running in the business.

Established 28 years ago as small felt and paper mill, this company has grown stead- ily until their plant now covers 27rl acres of ground and representS an invegtment, in buildings, , equipment and materials, of more than $1,000,000. Improvements and additions made during the past year to speed production and meet a steadily growing-demand are eJtimated to have cost nearly $100,000.

Between 4,000 and 5,000 tons of baled rags shipped in from all over the world and costing in exceJs of $250,000 are kept on hand to supply the mlchines that make the felt used as a base for asphalt roofing and shingles. The supply of ground slate imported from the East and kept in stock for the surfacing of their roofing products is es[i- mated roughly at $75,@0.

The plant operates on the conveyor system, the various materials that go into the completed roofing products traveling through many processes and exacting inspections before they come out to be packed for shipment.

The rolls of roofing are measured, cut and weighed at a rapid rate and each is wrapped, labeled and sealed in uniform style. The shingles are turned out in strips at a trip-

CAPTAIN WILKINS MAKES TRIP OVER NORTH POLE IN LOS ANGELE.S MADE AIRPLANE

Captain George H. Wilkins and Carl B. Eielson, who recently made a successful flight over the North Pole, traveled in a Lockheed "Vega" Monoplane that was made by the Lockheed Aircraft Co. of Los Angeles. Except for the motor mou'nt and landing gear, the entire ship was constructed of 3 Ply Spruce Plywood. The material for the plane was furnished by the California Panel & Veneer Co. of Los Angeles.

hammer speed, then crated securely in small bundles and shot down chutes directly into the waiting freight cars or motor trucks, Joseph Brown, Sr., founded the business after he was 6O years of age. He was active until a few months before his death, caused recently by an automobile accident, at the age of 90.

"Our export business has been given special attention, said R. E. Brown, president of the company. Shipments are packed and loaded carefully and promptly, and as, a result foreign orders are increasing steadily. Hawlii and the Orient have been taking large shipments of El Rey products for some time past, and South America and parts of Africa are now becoming regular markets.

"One of the first markets entered by this roofing company was that of 'built-up' roofing. Ten and twenty-year guarantees, with rigid inspections and exacting specificafions as to application, soon proved to builders that we were not only wil-ling to back up all claims, but insisted upon it."

Howard Thompson Promoted To General Sales Manager

Howard Thompson, w,ho has served as retail manager of the Benson Lumber Co. of San Diego, forthe past two years, has been promoted to the position of general sales manager of the company. Mr. Thompson is well known in lumber circles in the Southern California territory and his many friends are extending to him congratulations on his recent promotion.