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George C. Cornitius

George C. Cornitius of San Francisco is one of the best known men in the hardwood importing business in the United States.

Charges and Regulations Established by Port of Oakland

Tlre Port of Oakland will establish, on January I, 1939, the follorving charges and regulations:

1. Free time, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, applying at Livingstone and Dennison Street Piers will be as iollows:

Shipments of 75M feet or less... ... 5days

Shipments of.75M to 125M feet. 7 days

Shipments over 125M feet .. .lOdays

2. Sidetracking Lumber (Setback). All lumber and lumber products clischarged onto the open dock at Ninth Avenue Terminal must be discharged on to blocks and removed immediately by means of lumber carrier from within reach of ship's tackle. All lumber not so moved by consignee or his agent will be moved back to rear portion of the dock by the Board at the expense of the consignee. The charge for this service will be 25c per M feet B.M.

George C. Corniiius

Born in Waco, Texas, he went to school there, and learned the hardwood lumber business by working in a sawmill at Grayburg, Texas. He came to San Francisco in 1910. His first position in California was with E. A. Howard & Company, hardwood dealers, San Francisco, as a salesman. Later he was associated with Mitsui & Company, being in charge of the selling of their hardwoods in the United States, with headquarters in San Francisco.

He went into business for himself in San Francisco in May, 1914. and has operated steadily ever since as an importer of Philippine Mahogany and as distributor for Port Lamon Lumber Company, of Manila, P. I. Through all these years he has still been closely identified with the sale of hardwoods imported by Mitsui & Company, including Japanese Oak, Birch and Tamo. His company, George C. Cornitius Hardwood Company, also imports from the Philippine Islands fancy veneer logs such as Dao, Yakal and Narra, and exports in large quantities such West Coast fancy hardwoods as Claro, Walnut logs, Myrtle arrd Maple burls and Maple clusters.

Mr. Cornitius lives in San Francisco. His main hobby is golf. He is a member of the Shrine, and of the Merchants Exchange Club.

He makes frequent trips to New York and other Eastern buying centers in the interest of distributing Philippine hardwoods throughout the country. On transcontinental journeys he travels a good deal by air to save time.

The picture of the pretty girl on his office desk in the Merchants Exchange Building is his 11-year-old daughter, Patsy Ruth.

3. Surpervisiorr Charge. When vessels load or discharge lumber or lumber products during overtime between 5:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. or on Sundays and holidays, on which no "Service Charge" is assessed, a charge for supervision at the rate of $1.75 per hour will be assessed against the steamship operator. A minimum of two hours' time will be charged when rvork is started and completed during overtime.

The Setback Charge is not considered a "Service Charge."

Completes Modernization And Expansion Program

Alley Brothers Lumber Co. has completed a modernization and expansion program at its Santa Monica yard, the offices and storage buildings having been completely modernized. The company operates its own planing mill to turn out detail work and trim. and in addition to the large lumber yard has facilities for the storage of cement and roofing

H. J. and Frank Alley are the owners, and prior to establishing themselves in Santa Monica in 1922, they opcrated. a sawmill at Portland. Ore.

Calls On Arizona Trade

C. P. Henry, C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, L,os Angeles, has been calling on the Arizona retail lumber trade.