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South Bqy Lumber Co. Now Completing lts Exponsion Progrom
South Bay Lumber Company's expansion prograrn is drau'ing to completion, according to Harold M. F rodsham, president, and Thomas D. Philips, vice-president of the Southern California wholesale lumber concern.
In addition to the beautiful new executive offices recently completed, sporting every modern convenience including bar, shower and kitchen, this progressive redwood firm has added several new truck-and-trailer rigs, nerv Stetson-Ross planer, twin resaw and two single resaws in the mill. A total of eight new units of equipment have been installed to increase production, which is now on a double-shift basis. The last unit to be placed in operation was the new clouble-end automatic trimmer.
The moclern 5-acre plant has spur track facilities {or 10 cars, four units of mobile lumber handling equiprnent to service loading, unloading and the remanufacturing mill. It requircs the services of 25 employes in the operating departn.rent, plus the sales staff of Cecil Whiteside, Henry Myers and Rob Halbert, to cover the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego,
Frodshcm (foreground) ond Philips ore shown left in the hondsomely furnished ond equipped ofiices qt the expcnded lumber firm. In the right phoro, Frodshom stonds by the fireploce qnd in front of librory in office, which qlso boosts bor, shower, kitchen ond couch
The firm's business hos exponded os well os irs physicol focilities, ond four units of mobile lumber hondling equipmenl serve looding, unlooding ond the remonufocturing mill ql rhe S-ocre plont with spurtrock facilities for l0 cars; 25 employes now ore engoged in lhe operqtion in cddition lo fhe sqles stoff