New Weyerhaeuser Plant afr. Longview Begins Operations

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To lumber retailers in California and the Pacific Northwest, the opening, just announced, of the new plant of 'Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Longview, Wash., means the possibility of unusual service in deliveries. This operation will supplement the company's mills at Everett, 'Wash., in taking care of vessel shipments to customers in California and the mills there and at Snoqualmie Falls in filling rail orders to dealers in Washington and Oregon.

Moreover, it will afford a unique diversity of supply to distributors, in that fir, hemlock, cedar siding and shingles will be manufactured on the property. And in the offing lie possibilities of the development of a box factory, sash .and door works and other wood utilization enterprises on the same site.

As,outlined by Geo. S. Long, vice-president and chairman of the exectrtive committee bf the board of directors of

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, the effects of this new operation, upon the Weyerhaeuser producing affiliation and the West Coast industry generally, will be as follows:

1. While the Longview mills do not comprise the largest lumber plant in the country, they represent "the last wotrd" in Douglas fir operation and will have a capacity, when all units are completed and running oh double-shift, of 4OO,000,000 feet a year.

2. This capacity will not be reached for an indefinite time in future, not only because only one of the three mills is running at present, but also because the chief object in erecting this plant is to improve service to dealers rather than directly to increase sales volume.

3. Improved dealer service will be effected in four ways. The new operation will supply a large part of the lumber required for vessel movement to California and.to the three great Atlantic Coast distributing plants of Weyerl.r-leurqer Timber Company. Second, the Longview plant will ship direct by rail to customers in the Northwest whenever that is desirable. Third, it will enable dealers to order mixed cars of Douglas fir and hemlock lumber, cedar siding and shingles. Finally, it will enable Everett Mill B to_go back toits original work of sending rail shipments of fir to retailers in the Middle West and the Northwest.

In order to accomplish this program, of course, special operating arrangements were necessary. Mr. Long explained these arrangements, in a recent interview, as follows:

"At Longview, the 160-acre millsite proPer is only part of the total 600 acres acquired. It is half a mile wide and situated on the Columbia River, giving us two miles of unexcelled u/ater-front. This extent of property will enable us to expand in any line that'appears desirable-the manufacture of pulp and paper, of sash and doors, of boxes and other products-without ever feeling handicapped for want of space. The plant has splendid facilities for either rail or water shipment.

"This lay-out is different from other fir operations here on the Coast in that only one mill is arranged to saw long logs, while the other two are short-log mills. The logs come to Longview by rail and are dumped into an elaborate ' (Continued on Page 28) t

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