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-fINCE man carried his first stick ilof lumber, the trend to larger shipments has continued. The recent arrival in Southern California of a4.l million B.F. load of Canadian lumber -a record for Crown-marked not only another confirmation of the pattern but served as a reference point for some major changes among the shippers.

Historically, Crown Zellerbach's wood products division in Long Beach, Ca., received lumber from its subsidiary Crown Zellerbach Canada. But last year CZ sold its Canadian subsidiary to Fletcher Challenge, Ltd., a major New Zealand conglomerate that changed the name of the Vancouver, British Columbia, property to Crown Forest Industries. Included in the transaction were the shipping company and manufacturing operations as well as timberlands. Despite the ownership changes, Crown Forest Industries is continuing the 25 year pattern of regularly delivering lumber to Southern California by ship. It is the only firm with scheduled lumber ships, although a number of other firms use ocean barges to import Canadian lumber. Among the other major importers are Fremont Forest Products and the Ed Fountain Lumber Co. Other area wholesalers bring in smaller quantities of lumber.

Also for the past 25 years, "Crown" lumber sales in Southern California have been thru Far West Fir Sales Co. of Huntington Beach. The well known trade term "Crown Lot Red" will continue under CFI which will still paint their logo on the side of the package and end-seal each piece of lumber in red paint. The

F0RKLIFT, in shadowed toreground, can carry four lifts of 20' lumber (approximate weight: 25,000 lbs), unloading vessel in one day. 0n deck is part of 4.1 million b.f record cargo for the tirm. Value at wholesale is about $900,000. Ship also carried $6 million of newsDnnt.