Oakland Plant Installs Modetn Dry Kilns and Other Major lmprovements

Herb Tildesley, president of E,astshore Lttmbei & \till Ciompany, announces compietion of recent improvenrcnt projects in conjunction u'ith their modern plant in C)aklancl, California. r,hich for many years has been associzrtecl rvith the grou'th of the redrvood industry.

Nerv ultra-modern dry kilns are no\v ready to serr.e the trade lvith a capacitv of four hundred thousand feet per charge. These are the ne\\,' gas operated, externally fircd reversible units. Set up in four compartments, thev are nou' turning out kiln dried products for further rvorking in the planing mill. They are reported functioning superbly by Earle I. Hill, kiln superintendent.

Nen' surfacing in the pre-air drying vard has l;een completed in the kiln area, and additional surfacir,g is nou' under rvay in other parts of the yard.

Other projected improvements are expccted to be complcte in tinre for spring bnsiness. These irrclude rlrv storage facilities to handle one million feet of dry stock from the kilns, and a ne\\r modern siding and finish operation.

A ncrv Yates American A-20 matcher rvith Stetson-I{oss tilting' nnloader is the heart of this operation. It u.ill embody full length sorting chain u'ith facilities for grading, sortir-rg, and bundling, and a merrv-go-round trimming setup, and increased daily capacity to 250,000 feet per shift.

;\ trip through the large redu,ood rnills in Humboldt and Xlendocino Counties was recently completed by the companv's executives. On this trip, a thorough survey of modern nletho(ls and facilities \\:as completed lvhich served t<; embodv the best ieatures of all into their orvn plant.

Fine conrplimer-rts have lteen received by NIr. Tildesley f:-om marry parts oI the country on "Elmco" Brand kiln dried quality reclu'ood products, and these additional facilities u'il1 certainlr- aid them in continuing or bettering thcir record for qrralitr-.

'f'l.re nerv kilns can be seen in thc foreground of the aerial shot of the plant and the yard shou'n on this page. New sicling and finish operations rvill be installed in the present mill buildings in the backgrouncl

Herb A. Tildesley is presiclent of Ilastshore Lumber & nlill Company, fnc., Joe Sullivan is secretary-treasurer, ll. P. (Bob) Smith is sales manager, \\r. A. (Bill) Tildesley, sales department; Griffith R. (Grif) Beeby, mill forenlar1 ; Charlie Jaehnig, production superintendent.

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\(/. l. Poultcr Named General Managet of San Pedro Lumber Co.

\\'. I. I'oulter, forme: nranag'er of the Iloseburg Lumlrcr Co. at Los Angeles, has lteen appointed general manzli<-cr of the San Pedro Lumber Company.

Mr. Poulter has had long experience in the lumbcr lrusiness. Starting in the retail lumber business in 1923 at Ogclen, Utah, he later served as vice president :rnd a nrembcr of the board of the Ove:land Lumber Compan,r', Gem State l-umber Company, Bonneville Lrrnrber C-'ompany and Construction Securities Conrpar.ry, sul>sidiaries of thc Merrill Co. of Salt Lake City.

In 1935 he came to Los Angcles and l-errt l'ith tl.re IIanrnrond Lumber Company as manager of their llranch 1.ards ir.r Scluthern California. He rvas rvith Hamnrorrd until 19-12 n.hen he u'as recalled to drrty in the Army ar.rd scrvecl zrs ir Colonel in Chernical \\'arfare Service ancl u'as assigned to operate the Rocky \fountain Arsenal at l)cnr,er, Colo.

FIe u'as discharged fron.r the Army in 19-16 :rnd organized the Western Construction Co. at I)errr-er. rr'hich he <l1leratecl for nearl1' trvo ycars, then soltl ottt ancl cAmc t() I-os Angeles in 1947 u'ltere he organizerl thc Nlar.ragemcrrt Consultant Companv and l'orkcd r'r,ith thc Southerr-r I'acilic NIilling Compan,r'. Ikrseburg Lunrbcr Cot.npatry an<1 other lLrnrs. For the past 1.1 months he nranrtgcd the Rosc'burg I-umber Company.

N{r. Poulter r,vill spencl most of his tinrc at thc conlpalr-\-'s Slrr ]'e dro vard.

Dicmond Mcrtch Compcrny Acquires Willits Lumber Compcny

Neu, York-Acquisition by The Diamond llatclt Company of the retail lun.rber yard and building r-naterials store of the \\'illits Lumber Company of Willits, California, has been annour.rced by Joseph E. Dufiey, Diamorrcl vice presidcrt t.

Mr. Duffey said that the acquisition of the \\tillits raises to 74 the total of retail lumber yards and building suppll' stores operated by Diamoncl in California. Irr addition, he said. the company has one retail yarcl in Idaho and 35 irr Neu' Ilngland, a total of ll0. Diamond also has trvo wholesalc lumber yards in l\{assachusetts. Flach of the retail yarcls carries completc lines of supplies for private at.rcl commercial building and renovation.

The appointment of I)elbert M. Pittman as manager of the neu' Diamond yard rvas also annonuced l>v X[r. I)uFl'ey.