White Brothers Open New Oakland Yard

After doing a satisfactory hardwood lumber business in San Francisco for fifty-five years, the well known firm of White Brothers at last have decided to open up another yard in Oakland. The growth of the East Bay cities has been so marvelous in the last few years that this conserva- have a stock o{ supply the Ala-

On Monday May 16th they opened their new plant at High and Howard Streets, Oakland. The yard area is approximately three acres, covering practically an entire block in the heart of what is becoming known as the Oakland lumber center. They are surrounded by fir and redwood lumber yards and planing mills.

The transportation facilities are of the best, their own spur track being 704 feet long and running through their main building for a distance of 300 feet. Roller conveyers take the lumber, flooring and panels to any part of the yard desired and concrete gangways make trucking easy. All this reduces the cost of handling which is a very considerable item indeed in a bulky merchandise like hardwood lumber.

The new offices are finished in hardwood as befits the business. Quarter sawn Oak is used on the first floor and needle point Philippine Mahogany in the second floor offices.

The Oakland managers are William T. Meyer, formerly Purchasing Agent of White Brothers and a former member of the Purchasing Agents Association, and Walter J. Herkenham, formerly their Oakland representative.

White Brothers are the pioneers in the hardwood business on the Pacific CoaSt. From a small beginning in 1872 they have built up the largest hardwood house West of Chicago.

The lumber is brought from the Mississippi Valley, Central America, Australia and the Philippines and is sold all over the Pacific Coast, throughout the Eastern states and to the countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean.

Unloading Cars in Shed tive old house has found it necessary to hardwoods right on the ground in order to meda County trade.

Every kind of commercial hardwood is carried in both their San Francisco and Oakland establishments. The large area in Oakland especially gives room for drying yards, and here will be carried immense stocks of Philippine Mahogany to supply the Eastern trade,

White Brothers consider that their new establishment is the last word in a hardwood yard, and with it they can give better service to the lumber users of the country.