YiS Sash Door and Mill Workers San Francisco Millwork Institute Attacks Problems

The reorganized association of the planing mill men of San Frar,cisco has become an established fact. This has been brought about by the untiring efforts of J. A. (Jack) Ffart, who has worked unceasingly in a victorious effort to

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st4bilize the industry in the San Francisco territory. He, together with Will .Goddard, staged a campaign of such intensity, that within two months, the organization was complete, and in actual operation. The new organization is known as "The Millwork Institute of San Francisco" rvith offices at ll79 Market St.

The Officers for the ensuing year are:

J. A. Hart, President; J. G. Kennedy, Vice President; E. J. Nutting, Treasurer; H. W. Gaetjen, Director; R. R. Leischman, Director; Chas. Monson, Director; C. E. Reinhart. Director.

Connected with the organization is a Plan Survey bureau, which is for the use of every member. Mr. Goddard has been appointed Director General.

Mr. Hart is to be congratulated on his untiring efforts and the entire industry is fortunate in having such a man devote so much of his time and ability in bringing about an organization, which will do so much towards solving the problems of the millmen not only in San Francisco but through the entire State of California.

One of the first problems to be tackled was the one of estimating versus "guesstimating." An estimator's class has been formed and is headed bv E. V. McClintock. The first meeting had 44 estimators &changing views and experiences, the second meeting 46 were in attendance, and there is every indication that the next meeting will be still larger.

The class meets weekly at the central office, and will continue to do so until every Manufacturei is assured that prices will be no longer guessed at, but based on actual cost of material and labor plus a reasonable margin of profit to which every manufacturer is justly entitled.

The first study of the class was the Standard Sash & Door Schedule No. 128. This schedule was compiled by the Millwork Institute of California, and is without doubt the most complete and flexible method of pricing in existl ence today.

The organization has retained Mr. Morgan J. Doyle as their legal advisor. This coupled with the guidance of Director General, Will Goddard, who possibly, is better acquainted with the Lumber & Millwork problems in the San Francisco territory than any other man, together with the dynamic personality of its president, Mr. Hart, forms an organization, which will be of intense service and value to the planing mill industry.

Steel Sash No Fire-Safety in Fresno Blaze

On June I, 1928, the plant of the Valley Body Works, at Fresno, California, was destroyed by fire.

The building was equipped with steel sash. They not only failed to stop the blaze but as illustrated by the photograph reproduced herervith, were damaged beyond all hope of repair. The condition of the steel members demonstrates also that even heavy wire glass would have b'een no retarder in this fire-the twisting and buckling of the steel would have torn any glass out of place.

While wood is combustible. it does not twist and buckle when exposed to fire. In a serious blaze, wood sash might become badly charred and sometimes burn out clean, but it has been demonstrated repeatedly that the r,vood members often remain sufficiently intact to hold rvire glass in place even in severe fires.

Replacing damaged steel sash with new ones--*n eith'er of steel or wood-is clearly a more laborious and more costly undertaking than if wood sash and:. frames had been used originally.

(Reprinted from Service Bulletin-Millwork Institutel of California.)