San Antonio Rigid Pole Construction, Co.

Among our latest jobs is this one for H&M Wholesale Lumber, Inc. in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca., which is near Fontana. The San Antonio built buildings sit on the eight acre portion, out of 23 acres, that H&M has so far developed.

Included in the buildings we built for them is a truck repair garage and another building for open and closed storage. Other buildings are a saw shed and one of our popular umbrella buildings, which will be used for long lengths of lumber.

San Antonio buildings are being used by more and more Western lumber and building material firms because they provide a quality building, custom designed to your requirements, at a reasonable price.

Let us show you how you can have the building you need for more efficient operation of your business.

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A large majority of the redwood milled at the two facilities is logged on 60,000 acres of company-owned timberland. However, as the demand for redwood is growing in leaps and bounds, outside sources are constantly being developed to keep the mills supplied. Many independent loggers are employed on a contract basis and currently logging operations are planned from Santa Cruz in the south to the Oregon border in the north.

As redwood comes in such a variety of grades, all suitable for their respective purposes, it is only natural that Harwood wants to recover iust about all of the useable wood products connected with the mills. The finger-jointing plant is one of the prime means of accomplishing this.

The remanufacturing plant, known as the Willits 'B' plant, has been in operation for about 10 years, with Harwood running the operation since '75. Short end cuts and other cutable material is remanufactured into clears, thus producing a marketable item. With the latest gluing and jointing techniques being employed, near-perfect 20-22' boards can be produced, although 20' is the preferred longest length.

For sheer design effect, the clear and clear-heart fingerjointed material is hard to beat. The contrasting patterns offer a striking relief from a set tone and many contractors and decorators are utilizing it more and more.

As the demand for redwood is climbing, Harwood Products has an eye on the future. Almost the entire forestry branch spends the winter months re-seeding and re-planting. In fact, the entire year-including the timber falling season-is spent with an eye on the future. The firm has a reputation for clean logging activities and as respect for the environment and as future tiqrber yields play such an important part in the overall picture for the future, it makes sense.

In fact, Bud Harwood is one of the leaders in the industry who has spoken out in favor of legislation governing forest activities. Of course, Bud and Jack are opposed to legislation that has no basis in current fact. But as Bud puts it: "In the long run, controls will be better for us all. For years the future timber yield of our forest land was neglected and it has only been quite recently that legislation has come in to protect wildlife, stream beds, etc. It costs a little more to get the product out of the woods but in the long run, it means that there will be more useable timber there indefinitely."

Big Western Tool Market

A new survey on the ownership of tools quoted by Sunset Magazine notes that Westerners have an above average index of ownership of five basic power tools, and the highest regional index for four of the five.

The tools in question are a portable electric circular saw, electric jig saw, chain saw, electric drill and electric sander.