Jones Hardwood Company in Ne* Location

Jones Hardwood Company recently moved to their new plant, located at 14Ol Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, which they describe as "1938 model in efficiency."

In talking with a representative of this paper, Nelson E. Jones, owner of the Jones Hardwood Company, in expressing his satisfaction with their .new quarters said: "We commenced business under the name of the Jones Hardwood Company inl92l in an old building at Beale and Bryant Streets. We now have, we believe, the most efficient, medium sized layout for the economical distribution or hardwood lumber and plywoods in the West. High labor costs have rendered spur trackage and labor saving devices more than desirable-they are an economic necessity if a concer,n is to make headway under the trials of our present day conditons. In addition, we are located on the heaviest traveled street in San Francisco, Potrero Avenue being the main artery for North and South traffic. The advertising value of this location is obvious.

"William Schieman, our Sales Manager, is one of the old timers in the hardwood industry, having started to work in the hardwood business in San Francisco in 1906. Kenneth Penn, yard superintendent, has been identified with the hardwood business f.or 20 years."

Mr. Jones has been in the hardrvood game since 1911. He has done considerable promotion work to further the use of hardwoods in particular and lumber in general. An individual accomplishment and one which has received nation-wide recognition was the construction of two allwood homes in Burling'ame, Calif., in which hardwoods were extensively used. These homes have been publicized in over twe,nty magazines, a number of which have national circulation. Almost a thousand letters have been received by the Jones Hardwood Company, requesting information concerning these homes, some from foreign countries. This promotion effort not only has been of benefit to the company's business, but also stands as a contribution to the industry as a whole.