New Weyerhaeuser Plant at Longview

(Continued from Page 25) storag'e arrang'ement in the river, in which there is space for 50,000,000 feet. There they are sorted and sent downstream, each one to the mill best adapted to cutting it.

Not the orfr!, but onlg the gererals, uho built the Longuim uorhs. Here ore all the tormm zoho uzre on the job in Apil of this year, uith Chris Mofat, aeteran construction ffiperintendffit of ll/eyerhansq Timber Cmpany, seoted in the midst of them. Left to ight, the men shmn are: Eduard McCluskey, foreman of the Planer mill construction; Don McMenomf, f;biflg ond. steamfittiug foremn; Hugh Wenhtorth, millirochinerg foremon; H. B. Ashley, engineeing d.etortffient; George ll/. Hughes, forenon of corcrete uorh; D. E. Moor, formn of |iling and locomtire crones; W. N. Brmr, electrical uorh; I. W. Gischel, cons*uct;on foremor; L. A. Potmer, labor-boss; Res Trcher, formon of Mill 7; O. D. McCarty, raising foremn; H. McMillan, corpenter foreman; F. I. Kruger, corcrete and general cnstrucnion; E.

"Realizing the need for dry lumber in construction and industrial usage, we have installed 50 dry kilns, with provision for others infuture. With this batterv of kilns. our Longview mills will be able to supply the irade with all grades of lumber thoroughly kiln dried. The sheds also are so large that we can store at least 100,000,00O feet of dry lumber under roof. And we have installed facilities for rapid handling at every point."

These construction details Mr. Long described in order to make clear that every elTort had been made in planning this new operation to anticipate the lumber buyer's utmost demands for service. Then he turned to a discussion of the timber end of the new works:

"The timber supply consists of a tract which contains enough to keep the mills running'50 years. It includes the best grades of fir, cedar and hemlock. We intend to manufacture all of this, so as to be able to give the retail merchant any variety of lumber or shingles he may want, and to enable him to order from the Weyerhaeuser Longview plant mixed cars containing fir and hemlock lumber, cedar siding and shingles.

"This is a service which I do not believe the dealer is able to obtain elsewhere. On such an order, or any other, the Longview plant will be able to rush delivery because of the extraordinary extent and flexibility of its handling equipment."

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Counting the preliminary preparation of the site, it was just about two years from the beginning of construction to the initial turn-over. The first pile was driven October 25, 1927, after a summer spent in preparation of the srounds. Mill 1 went into operation May 27, 1929, but it

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