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Construction Confrocls Set New R.ecord in | 959

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New York, January 28-Construction contracts in the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) in 1959 set an all-time record of $36.3 billion, according to F. W. Dodge Corporation, despite declines in the last five months of the year. The total for the year was 3/o ahead of 1958, the previous record year, Dodge reported.

DEcember contracts totaled $2,224,060,000, down 3% from December of 1958. Dodge Vice-President and Chief Economist George Cline Smith said that the December figures showed encouraging strength, despite the 3/o drop.

"llousing was particularly encouraging," he said. "Despite the general pessimism about the effects of highinterest rafes on housing, dollar volume of contracts for residential building, at $993,185,000, set a new record for any December, one percent ahead of December 1958. It is true that the number of dwelling units covered by the contracts was down 3/o lrom a year ago, but this was a very moderate decline, all things considered. Greater average floor area and cost of units account for the increase in dollar volume while units were declinins."

For 1959 as a whole. residerrtial buiidirrg. at $17,149,577,000, was up I7/o.

Lqunch Pcrlo Alro Lumber Co.

John Tietjen and three former associates at McElroy Lumber Company took over a 3-acre yard site formerly operated by Traynor & Silver at 4173 El Camino Real in Palo Alto and officially opened for business as Palo Alto Lumber Co. on January 18. In addition to the acreage, facilities also include a large warehouse for dry storage and a mill.

Tietjen's partners, all former McElroy men, include Bill Gretz, a l0-year man with McElroy; Francis Murphy, who had logged 2I years with the firm, and Al Hill, with five years to his credit. Dealer Tietjen, himself, l.rad spent over 2l years with McElroy and was purchasing agent when he retired last Spring.

New NHLA Inspector in L.A.

The National Hardwood Lumber Assn. has appointed Joe P. Johnson of Memphis, Tenn., the new deputy inspector in charge of the Los Angeles, Calif., District. He replaces E. G. Caudill, Jr., r'r'ho left the NHLA for private emplovment effective Tanuarv 1. Members were requested to send their orders for inspection to the Chicago office until Mr. Johnson established residence in Los Angeles.

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Skil Corporation, Chicago power tool manufacturer, has opened the first factory sales and service branch ever established in the San Diego area, according to Paul K. Jones, western coast regional sales manager. Jones also saicl that Earl L. Wolfe has been appointed service manager of tl.re branch. J. P. (Pat) Cannon is the company's sales representative for this area. The expanding industrial and residential growth in and around San Diego, Jones statecl, influenced tl-re company's decision to open a branch here. Equipped with repair facilities, it will also carry a complete stock of factory parts and accessories for servicing the firm's line of heavy-duty industrial and homeowner type tools. In addition to the new San Diego branch, Tones said the company has factory branches in Los Angelei and San Francisco, while authorized service stations are maintainecl in Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara and Oxnard.

Raymond T. Heilpern was electecl secretary ancl general counsel of United States Plywood Corp., succeeding Kenneth Wulff, who was elected treasurer, at a directors meeting in New York. Mr. Wulff will also continue as comptroller.

Robert J. Weston has been named sales manager of Bellwood Company of California, a division of Pickard Bell llectronics, announces Allen H. Suard, general manager. He was formerly with Davidson-Western Plywood Co., _Plywood, Inc., United States Plywood Corp., Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. ancl M & M \Aroodworking- Co., all of Los Angeles.

The appointment of Thomas F. Cole as a senior sales representative in eastern Oregon and southern Idaho for The Celotex Corp. was announced in Chicago by E. E. Dierking, general line sales manager.

_ Tgo promotions in the traffic department of GeorgiaPacific Corp. advance John H. King to Western traf;frc manager and Gene C. Uhl to district traffic manager, replacing King. General Traffic Manager Wilton Cole siid both men rvould make their headquarters in Portland.

Neil Anderson has been appointed regional sales manager for the Seattle division of Filon Plastics Corp., announces President David S. Perry. He was formerly with Fiberboard, Inc., Pabco Div., in San Francisco.

The Philip Carey Mfg. Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced the addition of George C. Cheap as national accounts representative for California and Arizona, with he.adquarters at Carey's Los Angeles district ofifice. He joined Philip Carey 1n 1954 as indlstrial sales representa- tive and insulation specialist in the California district. A graduate of the l]niversity of Southern California. he resides at Whittier, Calif.

-A_ppgintment_ of Robert Missey as advertising manager of. the Wright Saw and Sprayit divisions of Thoiras Indirstries, Inc., is announced by Frederick Keller, president.

Edward H. Kendall has been appointed -general sales manager of Permanente Cement Company, announces l_ame,s K._Beatty, vice-president in charge-of sales. Born in Eureka, California, Kendall had his early schooling in the San Francisco Bay area, and is an alumnus of the"University of Oregon. He will headquarter in the Oakland, California, home ofifice of Permanente.

E. L. Bruce Company of Texas is the newest member of the Hardwood Plywood Institute. The company is a subsidiary of E. L. Iiruce Company, world's laigesi maker of hardwood floors.

George E. Bailie has been appointed director of New Products Planning for Visking Company, Division of Union Carbide Corporati,on, Chicago'.

Phoenix-Southwest Lumber Mills has effectecl a consolidation with three Los Angeles paper products companies as part of its current large-scale explnsion program, announces J. B. Edens, president of Southwest.