How Lumber Looks

C:".-f"i heavy lumber shipments from the mills during the week ended August 18 mark furher release of the water !hip- ments on the Vest Coast which had been tied up by the long dock strike, total shipments €xcept for the previous'week anl one week in March bling the hea-viest since july, 1973, accotd,- ing to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Associ- ation. Lumber orders were somewhat lower than durine the preceding three weeks, while production though slightlf less than during the preceding *..L was otherwisJ heav-iest'since M.y.

For the week ended Au_gust lB, lr3gj mills reported produc- tion as 2O4r7O3.OOO feet, shipments 2O9,l57rO0O feet, .rrd orderc 1841465'000 feet.

The new business reported to the 'West Coast Lumbermenrs lV 5SO mills for the week ended August t8 was 81,9431955 feet against a production of 96125612{2 feet, and shrpments oI l09r25lr975-feet. Shipments were over produc_ jb"-lf 13.5 per cent, and current ,.lo l""r" by l?-f per cent. Orders booked for the week by'thi, ero,ro ot mills were under the preceding week by about g,:OO,OOb fe"i or..approximately lO.2 per cent. The unfiiled order file at these mrlls stood at 452,741,978 feet, about 34100O,000 feet under the week before. ***

The Sotrthern Pine Association for the week ended August 18- reported new business from lg6 mills as z6,loOpOO 'f-eet, shipments 26,661,000 feet, and productiotr 2li+S,OOO f""t. Orders were 10 per cent above production and Z p., """i t"t", snrPments.r Stripments wete -12 per cent above production. (Jrders on hand at the end of the week at these rg6 mills totaled 74r5O4rOOO feet, equivalent to 3,54g cats.

BACK FROM NORT.HWEST

- I E.^"Eddie" Peggs, sales manager, W. R. Chamberlin cr Lo., ban -1,'rancisco, was back at his desk August 16 from a 10-day business trip to Marshfield and portland.

CITY OF'FICIALS VI.SIT REDWOOD MILLS

R. R. Leishman, California Redwood Association, Los Angeles, accompanied by C. V. Welsh, Chief of the Build_ ing Division, and Blaine Noice, member of the Building and Safety Commission, City of Los Angeles, h"rr" ,.1 turned from an inspe,ction trip to the Redwood mills. Mr. Welsh and Mr. Noice were commissioned by the Building irnd Safety Commission of the City of Los Angeles to makl the trip to investigate Redwood

The Western Pine Association for the same week reported new business from 122 mills as 44167210}0 feet, shipments 43r547rOO0 feet, and production 5Or379rOOO f.eet. Orders were li per cent below production and 3 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 14 per cernt below production. Orden on hand at the end of the week at the t2Z mills were 94r398rOOO feet.

The California Redwoodirl".rl.a" for the week reported production from 15 mills as 614481000 feet, shipments 5rg-22r000 feet, and new business 513281000 feet. Oideri on hand at the end of the week were 33183!1000 *feet.

475 hardwood mills reporting for the week ended August lE gave new business as lTrT5lrOOO feet, or 14 per cent belJw pro- duction, and shipments l7r58lro(X) feet, or 15 per ""nt bJlort, production. Production was 20ll&000 feet.

The California lumber situation showed little change during the_p13-t two weeks and the demand is light. Fir cargo arriva[ at-California ports continue to be h"aw J,r" to the acirmulation of orders placed at the mills following the dock workers' strike. I he Government's modernization program under the National Housing Act is now under way but lt is almost too soon to determine just what the demand for lumber from this source will be.

^ Cargo amivals at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended A;rSust 20 totaled 10,503,000- feet, which included ff carloes :l_Ftl g"Tying l_0,118,000 feet, and one cargo of redwood with 385,0fi) feet. Llnsold lumber on the pribli. docks at Los Angeles harbor totaled 3llrOOO feet on August 20. 66 vessels 3r.e. operating in the coastwise lumber ."*1""; 34 vessels are laid up.

A. C. HORNER BACK FROM TRIP

A. C. Horner, consulting engineer with the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, returned to San Fran_ cisco August 23 from a lGday trip to Southern California and various intermediate points, in the interests of wood frame school buildings and timber connectors construction.

Receive Many Congratulations

Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Seward are the recipients of many congratulations on the birth of a baby daughter, Janet, a1 the Cedar of Lebanon hospital, Los Angeles, on August 22. Mr. Seward is Los Angeles representative for the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company.