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Red River Lumber Company Opens LosAn$eles
Thd immense new warehouse and distributing plant of the Red River Lumber Company, at Los Angeles, was opened about two weeks ago' While the plant is not entirely completed, with all of the machinery, etc', they have already unloaded many cars of sash and other stocks and are makiing deliveries to the dealers of Southern California.
The new building is 100x350 in size, with a beautiful stucco front, panelled offices in White ?ine, and the outside walls are of short length cedar siding, painted to resemble brick or tile.
A large portion of the warehouse space will be used in the assembling plant, 'as it is the intention of the company to ship all sash and window stock to this factory, in the piece, and to have the assembling and glazing done there, assuring clean stock, and effecting a considerable saving, in freight and breakage, over the former custom of shipping this stock made up, from the mill.
In addition to the large stock of sash and windows, they have thousands of White Pine doors on hand, of their own manufacture, screen doors, White Pine panels, mouldings, finish, T & G cedar stock, and of course a complete stock of Sugar and White Pine lumber.
The plant is located at 702 East Slauson Avenue, near South Park Avenue, they have their own trackage, and taken as a whole, it is one of the most complete of the many new modern industries that have been established in Los Angeles. ,
Mt. J. D. Rickard is'General Manager of the Southern California operations, Mr. A. W. Barz is plant superintendent, H. I. Hobar is office manager and they are represented in the sales field by: F. L' Holmes, R' B' Haworth, Paul Revert and J. R. Hufbauer' The office activities are capably handled by Misses M' L' Goodnough and P. Ferris.