Whitney's Great Plant at Garibaldi

The Whitney Company, as is well known, is one of the outstanding manufacturers of quality lumber in the Pacific Northwest. Their extensive operations are located at Garibaldi, Oregon, on the north shore of Tillamook Bay, and we take pleasure in presenting here some particulars regarding this company and its products.

The name of Whitney is an old and well-known name in the lumber industry of the country, and while the mill at Garibaldi is its first operation in the West, the Whitney brands have been used in every big northern lumber center from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast since David Whitney Jr. started in the lumber business in New England in 1856.

The big mill at Garibaldi, located on the north shore of the bay, within a mile of the ocean and adjacent to the deep lvater channel connecting the bay and the sea, is one of the most modern and best equipped sawmills on the Pacific Coast, with a capacity of 250,000 feet in an eight hour shiff.

Whitney Fir Frames. These have attained a wide distribution and have been well received wherever they have been sold. All the lumber that goes into the frame is scientifically kiln-dried, the high standard of kiln-drying insuring uniformity of the product. The frames are built completely of one wood, Tillamook Soft Old Growth Yellow Fir. They contain no patented frills to catch the eye, but are buili on the experience gained by people of the different sections of the country where the frames are used. It has been proved that Fir frames will not deteriorate in any climate. No better evidence of their durability and lasting qualities is needed than the fact that many houses and frames made of this wood more than 70 yeari ago in the Pacific Northwest are still sound and intact.

It is interesting to note here that the 5000 windows of the worldls largest hotel, the Stevens, now under construction in Chicago, will have vertical grain Douglas Fir sash and frames.

Flame parts, ctrt to length or lineal run are also produced in the factory.

Being equipped with gang saws enables a very large percentage of the output to be produced in vertical grain stock. Some idea of the great .size of this plant can be gained by turning over to the double page aerial view reproduced in the company's advertisement in this issue.

The head rig is an Allis-Chalmers band of heavy type, and behind this is an 84-inch edger with the necessary trimmers and subsidiary equipment. On the main sawing floor is also a 26 x 6 Wickes Gang, being the largest in bperation in this territory. The logs are broken down on the head rig and the cants go either to'the gangor the edger as the occasion requires. Adjoining the main sawing floor is the 'remanufacturing department where the lumber is re-worked for grades and sizes. This department is equipped with all necessary resaw.s, pony gang, trimmers, etc.

The dry kilns and the planing equipment are of the very latest design and so arranged that as nearly as is possible the handling of the lumber is done mecLanically. The machines produce lumber com,parable in every way to any on the market.

The machines of the sawmill, planing mill, frame factory and other departments are all driven by individual electric motors, with the exception of the head rig and edger, the power being furnished by a battery of five Wickes boilers, drivirrg a big turbine and Corliss engine. This makes for a very flexible and economical operafion.

Leading products produced by The Whitney Company ;are as follows:

(Continubd from Page 49) or dressed and sanded, is manufactured from Fine Old Growth Tillamook Soft Fir, cut and graded with the greatest care, workpd to precision and kiln-dried by the most upto-date methods. This includes casing and base and all kinds of interior trim.

Whitney "Green Tied Verticd'Grain Flooring, and other '(gr€en tied" ,planing mill products. These are well-known for their uniformity and high quality. All bundles are tied with green cord.

Fir Shop. This has attained an enviable reputation on account of its fine texture and the fact that it is carefully manufactured and kiln-dried to any moisture content desired by the customer.

In addition to the products named above the company manufactures every kind of lumber used in the construction of modern homes, as well as timbers and other heavy structural lumber.

The timber where the logging camp is situated surrounding the valley of the Kilches and the Miami rivers, consists mainly of Old Growth Yellow Douglas Fir, rtrnning very heavily to fine-grained clear, and the 50,000 acres embraced within the company's holdings gives assurance of an ample supply of raw material over a long term of years, thus.guaranteeing steady and continuous operation, irrespective of any supply.

This Old Growth Fir is soft, free from pitch, and has been much in demand for shipment to door factories, which are very exacting in their specification,s and requirements. A great part of the cut is sold to door manufacturers and other users of factory lumber.

The logging camps are models of comfort ard cleanliness and are fitted up with everything essential to the well being and comfort of the men. The logging equipment and railroad equipment are of the latest design and ample irt every respect for the needs of the operation.

The mill and camps have been running continuously'since March 1922, and the production up to this time has gone by rail and water to all parts of the United States.

Although the operations of this company on Tillamook Bay are of comparatively recent date, they are an offshoot and continuation of one of the oldest and best known lumber interests in the United States.

The origin of the company dates back to 1856 when David Whitney, Jr., in partnership with his brother, Charles Whitney, and David M. Skillings & Company of Boston, started operations in New England under the title of Skillings, Whitney Bros. & Barnes. This name through business changes a little later became Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes, and this name is still among the best known of the lumber firms of the New England States. David Whitney, Jr., attracted by the pine forests of Michigan, moved to Detroit and identified himself with the lumber pioneers of Michigan, and his operations in that state continued over a great many years

'lhe opening of the timber holdings of The Whitney Company in Oregon marks the spanning of the contirent by the Whitney brand, and the activities started by David

Whitney, Jr., in New England 70 years ago have been favorably known wherever lumbermen foregathered in all the important lumber certers of the United States during that long period, and the reputation of the Whitney name. has continued unsullied throughout that time.

Upon the death of David Whitney, Jr., the direction of the lumber and other interests was taken over by his son, David C. Whitney, of Detroit. His son David M. Whitney is active in the affairs of the company, and no doubt his grandson David M., Jr., will, when the time comes, also follow in the footsteps of his father and carry on the Whitney name as an unbroken tradition among the lumber fraternity of the United States.

Weights of Various Woods Grown in the United States

The following table shows the average weights of various woods grown in the United States.

The weights of rvood when green, as here recorded, are for material at the moisture condition of the trees when felled. The air-dry weights are for wood at a moisture cont-ent of 12 per cent, which is approximately the condition reached without artificial heating by material-sheltered from precipitation in the North Centrai States.

All the data are based on the weights and volumes of small clear specimers from the top 4 feet of 16-foot butt logs of typital trees. Wood thus selected ,probably averages a trifle heavier than the wood in ordinary stiuctural tim_bers, poles, posts, and railway ties. Such piices usually include the pith and are often taken from top ,logs of low averag'e density.

..COULD USE A FE\M"

A recent classified advertisement in this journal, seeking a yard manag'er, said in part: ,'one who cin build up ar,d hold business against strongest competition."

Now comes W. H. Falconbury, retliler of Stockton, with a .few pert remarks on the woiding of the advertisement. They are good.

He said: "I am surp_rised at the advertiser wanting only o.ne.m3" of this type_. If there are such specimens, I Jhould think he could use fifty at least. I,ll takl a few on uo this way if a ,surplus shows up in answer to the ad."