JAMES L. HALL

Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Enlarging and Modernizing its Big Plant

Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Company at Oakdale, Lrouisiana, is modernizing and streamlining their large plant in a big way.

The jcib already well under way will include the following changes:

Completely electrify the plant, sawmill and all.

Junk 150 miles of logging railroad and all equipment, and start logging entirely with Caterpillar tractors, trucks and gasoline loaders.

Modernize the present set of dry kilns, and build another set about the same size.

Build a tremendous new storage shed for kiln-dried hardwoods, with heating arrangements for winter, new methods and new equipment for handling in the sheds.

Do away with all their old forms of handling and hauling lumber about the yards and between the various units of the plant by use of Western type lumber carriers, handling the stock in packages.

Build another unit to the already large dimension plant for the purpose of manufacturing hardwood paneling.

Build a new and beautiful streamlined office building.

Already the l5Gmile logging road has been discontinued permanently, together with all rail equipment, and they have purchased seven big Caterpillar tractors which will handle the logs in the woods in future. The logs will come to the mill by truck. They will be loaded by gasoline loaders which are highly efficient.

A big new ftrel plant is being erected, built entirely from heavy sheet steel. Two additional water tube boilers are being installed in the power house, together with another big turbine.

When the transformation of the present battery oi six kilns into fan type kilns has been completed, they will immediately erect another set of kilns right alongside of them.

Long in possession of a cooling shed of unusual size, the new storage shed will be several times as big, and engulf the old one. The idea is to furnish room for the storage of an enormous reserve of kiln-dried hardwoods of all items, so that the customer can get anything they make without delay. Since hardwood lumber made to order re- quires four to eight months f'or preparation and seasoning, this new shed offers to the hardwood using trade a great service. This shed will be heated, so that winter or summer the lumber will be kept to the proper moisture content.

New electric motor cars have been ordered for handling the lumber in the various sheds. Big western-type lumber "carriers" have been ordered for handling the lumber in big packages around the yard and between the various units of the plant. The new department for manufacturing solid hardwood paneling will be constructed at the end of the huge dimension plant.

When completed it will be one of the greatest remodeling and modernizing jobs ever done in the South. The whole purpose behind the rebuilding campaign is the promotion of economy, efficiency, and bettering the service rendered the patrons of the company.

The Hillyer Deutsch Edwards Company is nationally recognized as standing in the very forefront of the progressive ranks. Ursin Perkins of Los Angeles is the company's Pacific Coast representative.

George \(/. and Bill \(/ood With Hebbron Lumber Co.

George W. Wood, and his son, Bill, are now associated with the Hebbron Lumber Company at Santa Cruz, effective July l.

George W. Wood has been connected with the lumber business in Santa Cruz since 1911 when he started as a bookkeeper with Wood Bros. Lumber Co. He became manager of the firm in l9l4 and continued until April, 1939, when the firm was sold. He has devoted much time to questions of home financing and modernization and is said to be an expert in this field.

Bill Wood began his lumber career with Wood Bros. in 1934 after graduating from Santa Cruz high school and attending Stanford. He started in the yard, worked up to salesman and then specialized in architectural drafting. He drew plans for many homes recently built in that area.

Here is cn ideql home lor c S0-Ioot lot. The crttached gcrcrge cdds width crnd chqrm to the exterior crnd the interior ollers mcny conveniences demcrnded in modern-dcy plcnning.

This is only one oI the mqny qttrqctive homes shown in the new Modern Low Cost Homes plcn book issued by the E: M. Dernier Service Burecu, 3443 Fourth Avenue, Los Angeles, Ccrlilornic, whose plcnning depcrtment is under the direct supervision oI Wm. E. Chcdwiclc Registered Structurcl Engineer.

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Ten Years Ago Today files o[ The Calilornia Lumber Merchant, July 15, 1930

Ed Seward, Los Angeles representative for Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., made his second hole-in-one on the sixteenth hole, 146 yards, at the Hollywood Country Club on Jane D. He also registered an "ace" on the same hole on February 15.

An illustrated article Harris, Holmes Eureka pears in this issue.

on "The Redwoods" by Lloyd Lumber Co., San Francisco, ap-

The decision of the fnterstate Commerce Commission authorizing construction of the Great Northern and Western Pacific Railroads of a line between Klamath Falls, Ore., and Keddie, Calif.., joining their two roads will give San Francisco another transcontinental railroad. Completion of the line will give Red River Lumber Co. another outlet for the marketing of the products of its big Westwood plants in the Northwest and Middle West.

A. S. Murphy, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, was ,elected a director of the California Redrvood Association.

Larue Woodson, Northern California representative of Wheeler Osgood Co., becomes manager of the Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco, a subsidiary of the Wheeler Osgood Co. on July l, succeeding J. C. Haring, who resigned. Mr. Woodson will continue as representative of the Wheeler Osgood Co.

J. E. "Ted" Higgins, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San

Francisco, was chairman of the June meeting of the San Francisco Hardwood Club, held at the Southampton Lighthouse, located in San Francisco Bay, near Richmond. After the business session, there was an entertainment program followed by a banquet.

A visit to the logging operations of the Sugar Pine Lumber Co. was the feature of the meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club, held at Central Camp, Madera County, logging headquarters of the company, June N-21, where they were guests of the company.

United Lumber Yards, Inc., built a new shed and remodeled their Ripon yard, which was purchased from the Ripon Lumber Company.

An illustrated article on the modern display room of the Pacific Coast Coal Co., San Luis Obispo, is in this issue.

This number carries a career sketch ofWilliam T. Meyer, White Brothers, San Francisco.

Mason Kline, Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, made a business trip to Dallas, Texas, traveling both ways by airplane

James B. McKeon, secretary of the East Bay Lumbermen's Club and former director of the Alameda County Builders Exchange, had an interesting and instructive article on "Centralized Control" in this number.

Courtesy

"The elephant hath joints, but not for courtesy; his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexture."

The office boy had limber jaws And much good gum he chewed, He had no time for friendly sPeech And often he was rude.

A stranger came to see the boss, The day was cold and raw, "Please, is he in?" he gently asked, ' And Johnny answered, "NA'W !"

The maiden at the telephone

Was young and fair and neat, Her voice, when she made use of it, Was rather low and sweet; r But when inquirers asked of her Concerning this or that, She'd yawn and answer "Yeah," or "nope," In drawling tones and flat.

The manager was bright enough, And had I been like him, I would have forced myself to smile And show both zeal and vim. But he was puffed with foolish pride, And so he'd strut and try To overawe his customers When they came in to buy.

And therefore when I wish to buy, I quite ignore the place And go where everyone can wear A bright and smiling face. Where office boy and manager Have time to speak to me

And voice and smile and friendly hand Are used for COURTESY.

Adeline Merriam Conner.

Tours Cattle Country

Bert Bryan, president of Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, was back at his desk July 8 after three weeks' vacation spent on a tour through the cattle country of the Southwest where he used to ride the range as a young man. Accompanied by his family he visited parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and had the good f'ortune to meet about 10 old timers who used to punch cows with him.

A trip was also made into old Mexico where he found cattle ranch conditions much the same as they were in the old days.

A visit to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico was very much enjoyed by the party.

Visits Los Angeles

W. H. (Bill) Nigh, manager of the Pine department of Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, was in Los Angeles last week on a busines strip.

Stresseg Economy of Teco Connsctors

Washington, D. C.-The economy of Teco prefabricated buildings for CCC camp construction was pointed out in the recent annual report of the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps to the President.

The Director said: "Since work projects were limited to one or two years, it became desirable, for economic reasons, to develop the knock-down portable type of wood construction which is admirably suited for temporary occupation. These portable, demountable wooded buildings make interchange of entire camps, or of sections of a unit, possible, as'well as shipment to other sites of one or more of the units if expansion or rapid replacement is in order. During the year, 1938, when the transferring of portable camps first became widespread,, 125 transfers took place within the limits of the various corps areas and 41 transfers were effected between corps areas. Strict adherence to an economical design and common sense application of standard construction methods have resulted in relatively inexpensive but satisfactory housing conditions."

The majority of these structures are erected by using split ring connectors at all joints with edge girts of' roof panels as the top chord of roof trusses. The bottom chord, diagonals, and verticals are attached to form the trusses at approximately 8-foot centers.

,Business as Usual

No interruption to business occurred as a result of the fire of undetermined origin which caused a loss of approximately $30,000 in the wholesale yard of Hill & Morton, Inc., Fresno, Calif., on June 22. The loss is fully covered bv insurance.

New Yard In Oakland

Morris B. "Nick" Carter opened a retail lumber yard at zl00 High Street, Oakland, July 1.

Mr. Carter is a well known retail lumberman. He has spent 18 years in the business, and was sales manager of the retail lumber department of Hogan Lumber Company, Oakland, for the past 12 years.

The yard will carry a oomplete stock of lumber and all types of building'materials. The site was formerly occupied by the National Mill & Lumber Company. The telephone number is ANdover 7272.

On Eastern Trip

C. I. Gilbert of Eureka Mill & Lumber Company, Oakla.nd, with his wife and son, is expected back on July 15 from a 3Gday automobile trip to New York to visit the World's Fair and many other points of interest.

ENJOY EVERY rSSUE

The whole firm, of the Brey-Wright Lumber Co. enjoy your trade journal every issue, and still get upto-the-minute ideas for our business.

Alberta R. Brey, Porterville. Calif.

Wins Roadside Beautification Honors With \(/ood

Further evidence that the national campaign for roadside beautification is gaining momentum-with the emphasis on elimination of "tin-roof markets" and "hot-dog kennels"can be found in this prize-win,ning fruit and vegetable market designed and built by Mrs. B. O. Schucking.

Mrs. Schucking's primary objective was to increase the sale of farm products-including flowers-at Eola Acres on the Salem-Dallas road in Oregon. But, so neat and attractive was the new wayside store she created, that the National Council for State Garden Clubs has just awarded Mrs. Schucking an ornamental plaque for her "contribution toward highway beautification."

Her cottagette-market has a lGfoot frontage and a depth of twelve feet. The shingles are of western red cedar and the interior is fi,nished in No. 1 common plywood; otherwise, the handsomely finished little store is constructed entirely of Douglas fir lumber. The wall covering is another nationally-distributed product of the West Coast lumber industry-Douglas fir bevel siding. Materials and construction information were supplied by the J. W. Copeland Yards, Salem, Oregon. That organization is typical of rnodern lumber retailers who, under the professional guidance of architects, have done a fine job of creating or helping create designs and methods of construction which

Shingles Duty Bill Passed By Senate

Washington, June 22.--The Senate passed and sent to the White House today a measure permitting the President to place a duty of 25 cents a square on Red Cedar shingles when importations from Canada exceed 3O per cent of the domestic consumption. The duty is the highest permitted under the Canadian trade agreement. The measure was introduced by Representative Wallgren of Washington.

Leo Campbell Visits Middle West

Leo T. Campbell, who is associated with Perry E. Canfield in the wholesale lumber business in Burbank, Calif., left July 5 for Kansas City. He will be gone five or six weeks and will call on his firm's retail connections in several states.

enable the owners of roadside places of business to build unique yet attractive quarters.

Mrs. Schucking built an ell at the rear of her new market (erected after business became too brisk for extras to be stored up front) and this serves as a work room and storage annex. The structure as a whole is painted white and trimmed in cherry red.

On Summer Cruise

Ted Lawrence, son of T. B. Lawrence of LawrencePhilips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has taken a job during his summer vacation on the S. S. Monterey which has sailed for Honolulu, Pago Pago, Auckland, Melbourne and Papeete. The cruise will last about six weeks. Ted is a student at the California Institute of Technology.

Ralph Dickman Los Angeles Visitor

Ralph Dickman, owner and manager of the Dickman Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., spent a few days in Los Angeles at the end of June. He was a visitor at the offices of Tacoma Lumber Sales, representatives of his company in Southern California.