Georgio-Pocific's New Son Jose Worehouse Designed to Offer Centrol Coliforniq Customers Every Convenience

Georgia-Pacific's new San Jose warehouse, 660 East Gish $,oad, was the scene of a lirge gathering recently when Manager Norm Rose and his staff invited- nearly iOO customers and friends to inspect the big 28,000-sq. it. facility which replaces temporary quarters-in Santa-Clara. ThL brand-new installation is undoubtedly the "latest word" as far a_s the company's string of eight -California warehouses go, designed lpecifically for the purpose by Georgia-pacific yoi_kj"S with Kirk McFarland, San jose industriaf designer. Builders were Knight-Englis of Mountain View.

Big gothering (righll ottending the prevue included Roger S<huyler (G-P's Hmmond Divisionl md wife, Soquel deoler Femer Angell, Po<ifi< Lunber & Supply, od lirs, Angell. Alrr. Frott, wife of C. D. Frott. ossirtdt vic€-preridenl of G-P's Worehouce div., Portlond, in foreground.

sary following a costly fire which leveled the Sunol street warehouse early one evening, November 25, 1958. Fire or no, the rcompan/ secured a short term lease on some Martin avenue property and Manager Rose continued to serve the Santa Clara Valley trade while G-P moved ahead almost immediately on construction of the new warehouse.

All.qctive 2,OOO-!q. ft. oficc |top, oboyel ir contliu.ted entirely of cmpmy-monuto(tured- productr, interior od rxte.ior, Big ncw fcitity ii!""Yii,rl1t"t"t votd tlorqge lo reor ild ldtss pqrking-oreq in froni

Of tilt-slab construction, the 130-ft. wide structure is spanned by eight graceful, arched laminated beams (fabricated by Standard Structures) engineered so only ori ,o* of center posts (also laminated-beJm constructioni was necessary, afford.ing almost complete materials-handling freedom.. The building, r.ylich is 200 ft. long, was desig"ned to handle storage up to 25, in height.

The company-owned installation is located on a 4-acre industrial tract located just one block from the Bayshore Freeway, 1nd ogly.two blocks off the Nimitz (Eastthore) freeway. In addition to easy highway accesi, the new branch has a specially designed 7-cir depressed spur which allows lift-truck unloading- and materijls handling all on one level with the yard an? warehouse.

Staff of the new warehouse includes five men on the "floor" and on the lifts, two drivers, two men on inside sales, and three men in the field working under Rose.

Gordon Taylor, originally with G-P in Pennsylvania

(Continued onPage 42) ft16. Juonito Bdnhqt (righll, bookkeeper, in her new ofice. Oftces ore eqch poneled in difier{t cmpony-monufoctured hordwood ply- woodr, in.luding gum, oth, blrih ond wolnut.

And inride (obovc, righf) it Ollie Lee, hordwood lumber ond ply- wood chief, inrldema Chuck Xeerling qnd Di(k Virkcrt with Mooger Nom Rote. Rore conlinced on with the <mpony when G-P bought itt firrt Cqliforniq wqrehourC from North-Robblnr in Solinc in 1935 qnd wqt mqde mmoger of lhe So Jore bronch in 1955.

Worehovre, yord ond unlooding opron {leftl ore qll on one level. Apron runr length of 7-Gq. deprer:ed 5pur.

The second of G-P's California warehouse chain, the company originally moved into San Jose with Rose as manager at 345 Sunol Street, next to Cheim Lumber Co.. in February 1955. The San Jose branch was, and still is, a member of G-P's Central California division with headquarters in Salinas, Bob Brazelton division chief.

_ Although plans for a new company-owned warehouse at San Jose weie underway, a "crasi1" ..h.dul. became neces-