San Diego Lumber Company Opens New State College Branch Yard

The accompanying photographs give a fine perspective of the State College Branch yard of the San Diego Lumber Company at San Diego, California, which has just been completed. The yard is located on 58th street and El Cajon boulevard. within a short distance of the new site of the San Diego State College, which is to be built within the next three or four months, and is centrally located to six new real estate subdivisions which are being extensively developed. The new vard is approximately seven miles from the center of San Diego proper.

The yard has a frontage of 186 feet and is 7O feet in depth. There are two entrances, one on 58th street and the other on El Cajon boulevard, making an "L" shaped alley 2O feet in width. The finish shed is 60 feet long and 22 leet 'high, with a runway extending the entire length, and a cement room is in one corner of the building.

The attractive office building is 36 feet by 22 feet. The

"U" shaped counter is an innovation and allows ample display rbom for builders' hardware, paint, roofing, screen cloth. nails and built-in fixtures.

The normal stock carried in this yard rvill be approximately a quarter of a million feet, and they are now car_rying a -stock of miscellaneous merchandise, hatdrvare, paint, roofing, etc., amounting to approximately $25@.

ThJ entire yard frontage on El Cajon boulevard is illuminated by flood lights every night and rnakes a very attractive display. The company finds that by flood-lighting the plant at night, they obtain very satisfactory advertising features.

The San Diego Lumber Company is one of the oldest retail lumber concerns in California and have been operating since 1869. Their main office, yard and wharf are locaied at the foot of Sixth street, San Diego. Albert A. Frost is manager of this large and active organization.