Port Orlord Cedar Used For Wood Culverts

The Nevada Highway Department has standardized on Port Orford Cedar where wood culvert is specified, according to a statement by Edgar A. Brown, San Francisco, special representative for a number of Oregon manufacturers of this wood. For culverts up to 36 inches in diameter unreinforced concrete pipe will be used in Nevada, he says.

Mr. Brown also states that the California Division of Highways recently specified more than 100,m0 feet of Port Orford Cedar for culverts on the new access road from Albany to Richmond, Calif., this wood being used to take the place of critical materials not now available.

"Engineers will be glad to know that the problem of providing some alternative form of drainage structure, since metal culvert pipe has been placed on the curtailment list, has long had the attention of the U. S. Public Roads Administration. As one of the results of this study Port Orford Cedar has received the official approval of the Bureau. For the past year this strong, highly durable timber has been widely used for culverts in highway construction supervised by the P.R.A.

Opens Pordand Office

The West Coast Stained Shingle Company of Seattle has opened an office at Zllt N. E. Union Street, Portland.

Don L. Day, formerly sales manager of the Excel Shingle Co. of Seattle, will be in charge.

"More and more building projects are turning to stained Cedar shingles for sidewall construction because of the availability of supply and their low cost," said Mr. Day, "Our special process of pre-staining the shingles in our plant and furnishing them in package form to the contractors and dealers, has won the approval of the trade as well as home-owners."

The West Coast Stained Shingle Company with their main plant in Seattle, distribute their products in the eleven Western states under the trade names of Creo-Diot and Weatherbest.

"Most of the installations in which this wood has been used have been box form rather than round. Most acceptable has been the laminated type, wherein the walls are constructed of.2x6 or 2x8,"

The illustration shows the form of wood culvert approved by the Public Roads Administration.

Lumber Branch Chief Named

Washington, April 24 - Philip D. Reed, chief of the Bureau of Industry Operations, today announced the appointment of Arthur T. Upson as chief of the Lumber and Lumber Products Branch replacing John Haynes, who has been acting branch chief.

Mr. IJpson, until coming to the WPB, was director of the Southwestern Forest & Range Experiment Station, of the Department of Agriculture. He was stationed at Tucson, Arizona.

Seattle Man Named To Wpb Committee

Washington, April 24.-1. W. Scully of the Puget Sound Paper Box Co., Seattle, Wash., has been appointed a member of the newly-formed WPB set up box industry advisory committee, it was announced today.