ullivon Hordwood, Western umber Componies Stort

*Xlove to Notionol City

,' , One of Southern California's major lumber operations, the I Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co*p"tty and' its amnati, 'Western Lumber CgTg*ll ofSan Diegir, with annupl Sross business in excess "?TP,46il,3ili3 #j:f,? Yl'jffft"ii g:::: oJ National City's industrial tidelands. "In addition, nego- .tiations are underway with the Santa Fe for additional land, ,I"T9" W_. Sullivan, vice-president and general manager of Sullivan Hardwood, told the local newsfapers.

,':: The city land lies south fuom24th street, between the ex- of Tidelands avenue and the proposed Quay avenue, ',to 28th street on the south. Land sought by the lumber com- from the Santa Fe R.R. lies'east of Tidelands and south and east of the Tidelands Supply Co. i.:. James Sullivan said the site development by the com: p.fnies in National City would.represent an expansion of facilities but that ultimately both lumber companies expected to concentrate activities on the South Bay city's tidelands. He said storage facilities would be the first order of business in National City and that warehouses, a planing mill and offices will come next. The planing mill would be part of a third affiliated Sullivan enterprise, the National Dry Kiln and Processing Company.

The Sullivan yard is now located on both sides of Kettner r boulevard between F street and Market street in San Diego.

Lumber Company is located at the foot of Coltim't bia street and has branch retail yards in Chula Vista, La i lolla, Pacific Beach and Point Lolna. The firm's decision to r:'move to National City was said to be,'due in part to the efforts of Wesley Mohr of Mohr, Adams and Plourde. San Diego consultirig firm, who is a coordinator in Chula Vista's tidelands improvement program.

City Manager James Bird said lease arrangements with the lumber firms call for National City to be paid at the rate of three cents per square foot per year on the first five-year lease, calculated to bring the city approximately $111p16 per year for the first five years. The leases are on a graduated scale with square-foot charges running up to seven cents. Options on the original S-year lease would give the lumberyards available land for 49 years.

Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co. deals in imported and domestic hardwoods and plywoods wholesale. 'Western Lqmber Co. of San Diego handles construction lumber and millwork retail. The two are separate corporations with interlocking ownership. John Sullivan, a brother, is vice-president and general manager of Western Lumber Co. He and James are third-generation Sullivans in lumber. 'Western Lumber Company was started in 1904 by M. A. Graham and associates and was purchased by the Sullivan family in 1919. Sullivan Hardwood was started in 1914,

Utilities are already available to the new lumber companies site, a water line extension is expected in the near future. and culmination of the Santa Fe deal will start extension of sewer facilities.

Bill Stewqrt Forms Own Business

Bill Stewart, associated with the sales department of Pack River Tree Farm Products until he moved to San Francisco, has established his own wholesale lumber business at 3221 Pierce Street there. The newlv formed company-knowrt as Stewart Lumber Sales-will wholesale a general line of West Coast forest products in addition to specializing in Engelmann spruce shipments from Canadian and Pacific Northwest mills. Phone service has been established at JOrdan 7-3445.

Nowl Automatic high-speed machines for accurate production of finger or scarf jointed lumber and mouldings. Here is finger jointing equipment that enables you to salvage thousands of feet of scrap lumber per day, or to upgrade lumber-at very low cost per finger joint. Complete unit continuouslv and automatically scarfs stock up to 2" lhick,lengths from 6" ,Jp, widths to 6", 8" or 1.2". Completely assembles short stock and cuts the glued up material to any given length up to 24'. All equipment quality and precision made for years of high-profit waste utilization.

A New Way To Turn Short Lengths Into Long Profits

Installed now in many leading wood. working plants across the country. Write, pire, phone today lor ilescriptiue literarure anil prices.

More than 50 conveyorized finger jointing plants like this are in proiluction. (Photo

Plqsric-Coqfed Wood Won't Decoy, Timber Experfs' Reseqrch Proves

\Vooc1 that is coatecl u'ith reinforce<1 plastic u'on't clecav. This is trtte rrnder anv moistrrre conclition. The chemical resirr of the ulastic sterilizct the srrrface of the tvoocl anrl erclucles rlecay fungi. The u'oorl is internallr- sterile fron.r kilrr rlr-r'ing.

Settling a 1S-year controversy, significant to major industries, and pointing to a new era in wood preserving, the discovery results from research by Richard Mark, forest products engineer with Balsa Ecuador Lumber Co., 250 Fifth Ave., New York City, and Dr. Bert M. Zuckerman, consultant in wood pathology, Mattapoisett, Mass.

'fhev reportecl their lindings Febrrrarr- (r at the thirteerrth confereuce on reinforcecl ltlastics sltonsorecl in Chicaeo by the Societr. of tlic Plastics Indnstry.

"\\-e set out to settle arr arprlmeltt that has raised the vuit'cs arrrl tenrpers r,f 1rl:rstics anrl tinrller lnen ever sirrcc reinforcecl plastics c:rme into commercial rrse in a bisu'al- 15 y-ears ago." ll r. llark explains. The contro\.ersy has ntottuteci as reiuforcerl plastics incrcasir-rgly face u'ooclell c()re or sancln'ich stnrctnres of consrrnter ororlrrcts.

1'houg1.r naggeil by clorrbts over the rlecar- rluesti, rrr. tr:rtrufacturers hzrr.e steactill- .qone aheacl sealing u'oo<1 u'ith reinforcecl plastic to get structural rigiditl' anrl other values separate fronr the rot issrre. 'fhe results have been nerv prociucts in the ytackaging irrdrrstry, exterior brrilcling parrels for horrses. cortrnrerci:r1 strl1ct11res, ancl irrstitrrtiorrs such as schools ; anrl-u-iclest use of plastic-case(l \\'oodncn' boats for the bo,-rming rccrelrticrrr market.

Other aPPlications tlte irrvestigators srlggest irrcltrrle the entire srrrf:rcirrg of u'ooden btrildings, ancl coustrrrction of n.rrrch larger boats than 1'rzrve heretofore been possible for tl.re methorl of covering rvoorl u'ith 1tlastic.

Southlond '57 Building

Exceeds $2.7 Billion

Southern California's 1957 buildirlg l)ace htt $2]32,2-t3.000, rel)orts Charles C. Coharr, real est:rte erlitor of 'l'hc l..os .\n{r.-e les Tintt:s. I'-r'en tlrorrgh the ligr-rre u':rs aborrt 1,7c bekrl' thc 19.5(r tot:rls, it agairr nr:r<lc the ree.iorr :r natit,rrr;rl lca11er.

Sevcrrtr'-llve cities larrnchecl $1,2-1.3..312,7()7 rren' r'orrstnrction rlurirrg- the t-ear. 'l-hcre u'as $(r18,251,050 u'orth oi nen' constructiorr stzLrtcrl in the rrnincontoratecl areas of 11 Sorrthlarrrl corrnties :rrtrl. irr :td<litiurr t, r tlre sc cit_r' atrcl corlnty brrildinv-permit valtr:rtir;rrs, tltcrc u'as tl're rrsual ltrrge 't-olrrnre of irlentiilable projects tlrat c()1le rrrtrler governtttt'tttal or otlrer' :rttllr,,ritt

I-os Angeles.:rs earlier relrortcrl irr tirese columns, set :r lre\\' recortl for the citv n.ith $.509,553,700 rren' btrildins irr l{r.57. crccc,lirr-its 1956 recorrl b_v g2-1..590.951.

Corvel Brown Continues on NRLDA Committee

Carvel I). llron'tr, r'ice-presirleut aurl urarrager of tlre f)rban [-rrnrber Co.. 1)asarlena, has l-reerr asl<ecl b1-_fan.res C. O'\Ialle_l', O'I{alle,r. [-trnrber Co., I'hoerrix. arrd presirlent of tlrc National Itetail I-un.rber I)calcrs -\ssn., to agair serle olt tltr Natiorral's lla. tcrials IIan<llirra- cornutr'ttce irr 19513. I)calcr Ilron'n gave consirlerablc tirrre arrrl traveled nralr_\- tlrous:r"rr11s of ntiles last year in this u'ot'l<.:Ln<l he is rlrralifie<l by nrarrv vcars' cxlrt'riettcc irr rnatelials harrrlline, carlo:r<litrg an<l slrippirrg.

Newquisf Firm in SCRTA

'I-he f anres \\'. Nerv<lrrist Comparrv, ['asarletta. lras joinerl the Sorrthern Califorr.ria lietail Lrrrnber .\ssu. irr the -,\ssociater tnernberr class for l'holesale firms.

Pqsodenq Firm Applies

.|h. B. & L. Nllulrline Sgl,pl r. ('o., S,,rrth I)i'saclenrt. (':, lif.. has alr1,1 ie,l f,,r nrcml)er. :;hitr irr th,' Northu'est Hlrrrln'oocl .,\ssociarior.r. Seattle.

Furniture Mqn Elecred

O. I1. 'I'r uelrlood. fulnittrre c()llrlrAuv c\ecutive, l'ras lreerr electc<l lrresident oi the Torrarrcc. ('alif . Ch:rnrlrelri Clornmcrcc.