Earthquake Building Lessons From The Santa Barbafa

Writing in the October number of the "American Arcl"ritect," Winsor Soule, architect, of Santa Barbara, discusses the lessons of the Santa Barbara earthquake. On the subject of frame buildings this article by a neutral authorifr entirely confirms the report made by a special investigaior of the National Lumber Manufacturers Associati6n, soon after the earthquake occurred. Of frame build' ings propqr, Mr. Soule writes: t'Fiarne buildings of every variety from residences to warehouses and apartments suffered little or no damage from the quake. Where frame buildings were on insufficient foundations, or where the plates and sills had rotted from extreme age, some shifting of the house occurred, in place3 as much as 6 inches being observed, but where the foundations were adequate, even though the house rvas old, little damage occurred. In many of the older residences, practically all of the plaster was shaken from the r,r'allJ, although the frames were undamaged; this rvas probably due to the decay and ageing of poor lime_ plasler, as 'little or no damage was cattsed in the buildings having the modern quick setting patent plasters. The main damage to residences and other frame buildings was due io falling chimneys and these, particularly where they were free standing on the exterior walls, were throWn down, almost without exception. There were few of the so-called "patent or earthquakeproof" chimneys, but these all came through the temblor intact and a special amendment has now been added to the building ordinance of the city permitting this constrttction."

Mr. Soule also calls attention to a kind of cheap construction practiced in Santa Barbara and other parts of California-called "board and bat." rvhich, on accotlnt of its flimsy hature, "suffered a good deal of wracking and twisting, but did rrot collapse." This sort of construction consists of l-inch by l2-inch boards, nailed at the bottom on the outside of a platform frame, and on the top to a 2x4 frame supporting roof, with no studs of any kind, the cracks between the boards being covered on the inside and out with tl by 3-inch battens.

As more than 90 per cent of all California dwellings are of complete or stucco frame construction, or of ordinary construction (that is, the skeleton of the building being of lumber joists and studs and the walls of masonry) it is evident from Mr. Soule's report that the people of that state have hit upon the sort of residence construction peculiarly fitted to resist earthquakes.

Steel Frame Best for High Buildings

Mr. Soule conclrrdes that steel frame construction is best fitted for tall buildings in earthquake zones. He finds that mixed construc-tion, that is of "concrete and brick, brick and tile, brick ancl stone," where both materials are used structurally is not well adapted to earthquake shock. The failure of so many brick buildings in the Santa Barbara disaster, is attributed largely to poor mortars and careless workmanstrip. Most of the buildings in the business district of Santa Barbara were built of brick, and this accounts for the impression that brick construction fared much worse than some other materials.

"Goods of the Woods"

Dec. l7th, at 47Ol Santa Fe Ave., we will give an actual fire demonstration of the fire retandent qualities of Somozided Lrrmber and Paint at 2 p. m.

Telegram From Shingle Congress To Secretary Hoover

Seattle, Wash., Dec. 3.-The ninth annual Red, Cedar Shingle_ Congress in session here today adopted United States Standards for Red Cedar Shingles. This action is ugliryqus, It_represents the attitude of the vast majority of Red Cedar Shingle manufacturers. The step is regirdeh as the most constructive in the history of the organiiation, since it paves the way for a solution of numerous problems affecting the manufacture and marketing of Red Cedar SAingles. (SSd.) A. J. Morley, president,-shingle Branch, West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

H. P. KENDALL, JR., ISSUES WARNING TO LUMBERMEN

Speaking at a recent luncheon of the Vancouver. B. C.. Ifoo-Ifoo Club, H. P. Kendall, Tr.. stressed the necessitv oi the entire lumber industry getiing behind u *o,r.rn.r,i to combat rvith an aggressive adverti-ing campaign the efforts of the manufacturers of wood substitutes to have laws passed limiting wood construction on the ground of fire hazard.

Mr. Kendall is president of the of North Tonawanda, N. Y. He spending $147,000 this year in crease this appropriation in 1926.

Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., said that his company is advertising, and will in-

HENRY SCHOTT WILL MANAGE W.C.L.A. ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

Henry Schott, who has been assistant publisher of the Nation's Business, will manage the proposed advertising and trade extension campaign of the West Coast Lumber-men's Association. He was the director of the Southern Pine Association's advertising campaign some vears ag.o.

JOHN M. CrtEELy TO OPEN OFFICE AT MIAMI FOR CHAS. R. McCORMICK LUMBER CO.

John M. Cheely, for the past year associated with the' sales department of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. at their San Francisco office, left for Ner,v York on Decem!_.r -3. _$fter spending a few days in the companv,s New York office, he will leave for Miami, Florida, o,rhere he will open an office for the company.

Prior to his coming to San Francisco, Mr. Cheely l,vas connected with the mill operations of the company at St. !{9lens, Oregon, where he was in charge of theii Island Mill. He is well known to the lumber ti-acle of the South, and {or Tany- years lvas associated lvith the Kentucky Lumber Co. of Lexington, Kentucky, large southern pine and ha-rdwood oDerators, where he had chirge of their pine operations at Sulligent, Alabama.

Chas. R. McCormick, president nounces that they are also opening with Guy E. Smith of their- Neri this branch.

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The Fable Of The Boss And The Teamster

Once upon a time there was a teamster who was alive from his collar up; also a boss who ran the business on the iame time table his daddy used.

Now, the teamster, being besieged with constant P. D. Q. calls for bread, butter, and clothes and the "makin'sr" worked both ways from his necktie.

He had a foolish idea that the boss would fatten the pay envelope in return for a bright, new customer.

So when he drove the lath to Jones, he looked for trouble and found it in chunks.

Smith, 4ext door, needed a new fence to keep the lowing kine in the town herd from eating the posies in the front yard, and the teamster passed on the glad tidings to the boss.

And wheq he suggested that the boss go sell Smith that fence, and the boss replied that "daddy never did it," the teafilster went out and kicked the mule.

But the teamster still had a spare tank of think-gas and his machine was sparking on all cylinders.

And he opened his eyes to what they saw and laid utr, a store of things SOME boss might do.

So when the boss at the other yard wanted extra help, he offered himself and HIS IDEAS.

And the other boss gave him the glad hand.

But the old boss still ran the yard like daddy did. And he was still the "lq,oss" and his new teamster was only a teamster.

And the, cashier at the bank thoughtfully fingered the bankruptcy blanks.

MORAL: Even Napoleon allowed his soldiers to do some of the fighting.

Cuttle In Washington

Francis Cuttle, of Riverside, a member of the California State Board of Forestry and an ardent advocate of conservation in the State, paid a visit to Washington recently. While there he paid a visit to the President, the Director of the Budget and the Secretary of Agriculture in the interest of the proposed California forest experiment sta- yetbom

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LOS ANGELES TR. 759r tion. At the last session of Congress a bill authorizing the station was passed, but ho funds were included. Mr. Cuttle pointed out the need for the necessary establishment funds in view of the importance of this station to the forest industry of the State. He showed that it affected every one rvho grew, cut, bought, sold, or used lumber or other forest products. A. B. Grltznachcr

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Employers And Happiness

Many employers, while they are not opposed to their employes' happiness, regard it as a matter that has nothing to do with business. They never notice the dull faces of their work people, and the quieter those people are, the better they like it. In hundreds of shops and factories a hearty laugh would bring the foreman to see what mischief was afoot. The ideal in most factories is SILENCE, as though it were the reading room at the Library.

The truth is that laughter is a CREATM FORCE, just as anger is a destructive one. Fun, just fun, is a new force in industry that few people have as yet appreciated. They prefer discipline to enthusiasm, and they never know what they miss. But in the long run, everything that ignores human nature will come to an end.

We shall now begin to humanize our shops and factories. We shall shift our industry from a coal and iron basis, to a human nature basis. We shall think more of people, and less of things.-(From the Rotary Club of Invercargill, New Zealand.)

Forest Service To Sell I94 Million Feet Of Timber

The California district of the United States Forest Sen,ice has just received chief forester W. B. Greeley's approval to placing 194 million board feet of government timber in Modoc county on the market. This timber is in the Fan{