Many Ross Model 90 Carriers and Lift-Trucks Purchased Recendy bv California Yards and Mills

Ross Carrier Company's San Francisco office recently made deliveries of their new Model 90 Carriers to Smith Lumber Co., Oakland; E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Oakland; Carter Lumber Co., Oakland; Richmond Lumber Co', Richmond, and Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco' New Ross Lift-Trucks have recently been delivered to Hobbs Wall Lumber Co', San Francisco, and E' K' Wood Lumber Co., Oakland.

Lumber Terminal Corporation, San Francisco, has taken delivery of eight Ross Model 90 Carriers' American Stevedore Co., San Francisco, has purchased four Model 90rs.

The following Los Angeles yards recently added Ross Model 90 Carriers and Lift-Trucks to their already established fleets of the same models: Whiting-Mead Company, C. Ganahl Lumber Co., E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Hammond Lumber Co., Glick Bros. Lumber Co.

A list of the California lumber mills that have installed the Ross Unit-Load system would take up a lot of space' but it is interesting to note that The Pacific Lumber Co' have recently equipped their plant at Scotia, Calif., with Model 90 Ross Carriers and Lift-Trucks-

Hammond Redwood Co', Samoa, and Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Eureka, have installed the same equipment, and Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., Eureka, recently took delivery of two Model 90's.

West Side Lumber Co., Tuolumne, Calif., have taken delivery of their second Lift-Truck and placed an order to increase their fleet of carriers to eight.

Many Ross Carriers are in use in industrial plants and the warehousing industry wherever goods can be moved economically in unit loads.

R. D. Russell, steel contractor, of Oakland, is making records handling steel with his Model 90 Carrier.

Dulien Steel Products, Inc. of California, which has a contract for wrecking buildings on Treasure Island, has purchased a Ross Lift-Truck anC Ross Carrier for this work. They estimate that on account of the flexibility of this equipment and its capability for so many different uses a great deal of time will be saved'

Commenting on the purchase of a second Ross LiftTruck by Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, Ray G. Jacobs, manager of the San Francisco office of the Ross Carrier Company, says:

"The reason for putting in a second Lift-Truck was the fact that they found it can be used in so many different places to increase efficiency and reduce handling costs. This firm is using this equipment to load and unload highway trucks, to load and unload railroad flat cars, and for piling stuck loads of Redwood for air-drying four carrier units high."

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Christmas PartyCharles B. Hammond With Bowerman

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The annual Christmas party of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held at the Athens Club, Oakland, on Friday evening, December 2O.

President Thos. T. Branson invites all lumbermen to attend. Many members of Sacramento and Central Valley Hoo-Hoo Clubs are expected to be present.

Lewis Godard, the Club's vice-president, John Helm and D. Normen Cords are in charge of all arrangements for the party. They guarantee good entertainment and suggest that members bring a present, not to exceed 25 cents in value. for the Christmas tree.

Tickets for the dinner and show are $1.50. It is believed the attendance will exceed 200.

Back From Northwest

Ed La Franchi, Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, recently made a business trip to the Pacific Northwest.

Lumber Company

Geo. M. Hammond announces that his son, Charles B. Hammond, who has just completed his course in Forestry and Business at the University of ldaho, is now affiliated with him in the management of the Bowerman Lumber Company at Gendale, Calif. The University of Idaho is Mr. Hammond's alma mater also.

The company has just acquired and improved an adjoining 100-foot frontagg on San Fernando Road to accommodate increased stocks and facilities commensurate with their expansion program. They have enlarged their rnill and installed additional machinery for better serving their customers.

Celebrate 48th Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Means celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary at their home in Laguna Beach on December 1. A host of friends extende'd their congratulations during the day, and they were the recipients of many letters and flowers.

Mr. Means, now retired, is widely known in Southern California lumber circles. He was connected with the lumber business in Los Angeles for many years, and for several years prior to his retirement he was in charge of the Los Angeles office of John A. Marshall, Inc., Long Beach lumber handlers.