Nutter Lumber Company in N"*, Modern Plant

The Nutter Lumber Company is norv occupying its ncrv and modern'office, warehouse and yard at 198 N. Gorclon Street, Pomona, Calif. The plant features many new developments in lumber yard construction.

The building,92x264 feet, houses the office, '"r'arehouse and lumber shed, and gives the company 15,000 more square feet than at its former location. The exterior of the office portion and the front of the building is finished in Redrvood Anzac siding, and the other exterior surfaces are covered with galvanized Tyl-lyke metal. The office is in the northwest section, the merchandise warehouse is in the southwest part, and in the rear is the lumber shed where stocks are kept under cover. A drivervay, 36 feet and 11 inches in rvidth and wide enough for three trucks, extends through the center of the building. This drivervay has an oil-gravel surface and is kept clear for service to custorners.

The interior of the office is especially attractive. The rvalls are of stucco and the ceiling is covered with acoustic plaster finished in a light cream color. Walls and ceiling are insulated, and the windows set in steel casements. Hardr,r'ood blocks, laid on cement, are used for the office floor. Electric light fixtures suspended from the ceiling providc indirect lighting.

The merchandise warehouse, 36x120 feet, is stocked with heavy hardware, sash and doors, panels, roofing, nails, cement, plaster materials, fireplace supplies. etc. Due to specially constructed partitions, there is no dust from the sack goods.

The lumber shed is rvell ventilated as this portion of the building was constructed with openings at the bottom and just under the roof which gives good air circulation. The lower lumber racks will hold 24-foot pieces of lumber whilc in the racks above the catwalks 2O-foot pieces are carried in stock. Loading and unloading to and from the racks can be done from trucks.

Between Mr. Nutter's office and the front u'all is the rvindorv display which is illuminated at night. Stocks of paint, light hardu,are, and nails are displayed along the inner wall of the office, and are very convenient for customers to make their selections.

The Nutter Lumber Company started in business i.n its f'ormer location at 143 N. Gordon Street in 1932. Expansion of business necessitated the acquisition of the new site and the building of the nerv pla.nt. Mr. Nutter has been in the lumber business for many years, and prior to that was associated rvith the roofing business in Pomona.

Besides J. Fred Nutter, the orvner, the personnel of the company includes : R. C. Witter, sales manager; George E. Bleich, assista.nt sales manager in charge of hardware and paints; Victor M. Jones, accountant and credit maltager; J. D. Alumbaugh, yard foreman; H. C. Richter, assistant yard foreman; Talpey Benner, in charge of roofing and insulation ; Elmer \fetzger and Ruel W. Pitts, drivers.

The company held open house on Saturday, October 21, from 9:00 a.m, to 9:00 p.m., when the public inspected the nerv quarters. They u.ere the recipient of many bcautiful fl'oral pieces rvhich \vere on display at the opening.

Egypt First to Make Use of \(/indows

Egyptians were the first people to make use of windows. At that time they consisted merely of narrow slits between slabs of stone and were for the sole purpose of admitting light. It was many centuries before window panes were invented. These were made of thin slices of marble which admitted a certain amount of light and also gave privacy to the home. Windows of this type were first used in Greece in 430 B.C.

Apparently the use of glass in windows was invented by the Romans. Windows during this period were merely small doors which swung in and out on hinges. It was to an unknown Dutch inventor that the honor came of being the first to construct a window sash. This was about the middle of the 17th century. Meanwhile, various materials other than glass, which originally was very expe.nsive, were used. Waxed paper and isinglass were pressed into service. The window of today represents evolutionary processes that have run for 3,000 years and possibly more.

Return From Trip To Plumas County

D. D. McCallum of D. D. McCallum Sash & Door Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. McCallum returned Novernber 27 from a trip to Chester, Plumas County. They spent Thanksgiving there and "Mac" enjoyed some fine pheasant and quail shooting around Lake Almanor.

Ten Years Ago Today

From Decem6er 1 ,1929 lssue

Hudson Lumber Company, Lynwood, moved into its modern new office building. The building is of brick, 25x75 f.eet, with an attractive front having two large show windows and a recessed ftont entrance.

The board of directors of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club elected the following officers: C. W. Pinkerton, president; Leslie Pearson, treasurer, and E. Stefiensen, secretarv.

A. W. Bernhauer, Fresno, was elected president of the Millwork Institute of California at the sixth annual meeting held in Oakland. Howard Coor-Pender, Los Angeles, and C. W. Lannom, Oakland, were elected vice-presidents.

Frank Nolan turned in the low net score at the San Diego Hoo-Hoo golf tournament held at the La Mesa Country Club and was awarded the Hoo-Hoo trophy. There was a dinner dance in the evening, 125 being present, and Meryl P. Bennett, Club president, was master of ceremonies.

The largest fruit dock in the world was built in Los Angeles at a cost of $250,000 for the Safeway Stores, according to Wm. I\'Iellema, architect and manager of construction. The dock, 480 feet long by 114 feet in width, was built with Victor Portland cement, using Victor HydroPlastic for all floors and the ,dressing of exterior walls.

Fha Business Shows Gain

The daily average number of applications for F.H.A. insurance of mortgages, under Title II of .the National Housing Act, received in the week ended November 24 by the Southern California F.H.A. district office, was a substantial increase over the preceding week, District Director W. G. Bingham reports.

Four hundred and sixty-six applications for $2,034,2N were received during the week ending November lZ, as compared rvith 336 for $1,445,600 during the previous week. Allowing for the election-day and Armistice Day holidal,s the daily average still showed a l3/o increase.