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Approved Lumber Grnding Agencies

fn answer to the r_equest by one oithe d-elegates to the recent SCRLA Membership Conference at the "statler Hil- ton hotel for the names of the lumber-grading agencies which have been approved in the area, the Southein ealifor_ nia Retail Lumber Association lists them as follows in its February 26 Bulletin because the question was not com- pletely ans-wered at the Conference (the meeting itself will berepo_rted with photos in the next issue) : "

Oc.tob.er 77, 1958-Lumber Grading Agencies approved as "Authorized Lumber Grading Ageiciei' by the'City of Los Angeles: l West Coast Lqmbe,r Inspection Bureau-WCLB; un- der WCLA Rules No. 15

2. Pacific Lumber Inspection BureauPLIB ; uncler WCLA Rules 15 and redwood studs under the 'spruce Rules of WCLA

3. Western Pine Association-WpA rules

4. California Redwood Association-RlS rules

5. California Lumber Inspection Service-CLIS ; under WCLA, WPA and CRA rules and redwood studs under Spruce Rules of WCLA

6. A. E. Green Lumber Ilspection Service-A. E,. Green; under WCLA, CRA and WPA rules and redwood studs uni der Spruce Rules of WCLA (note: some confusion was caused-by a_statement that A. E. Green was only permitted jo g1ad9 redwood studs under the Spruce RuleJ "i WCi_a but A. E. Green is authorized to grade all species under the rules. follow_ing their name).

It is the SCRLA's undeistanding, reports Orrie W. Ham_ ilton, that the other city and buildlng departments through_ out Southern Californii are generaliy foitowing the lead-of Los Angeles in this respect.

New Lumber Wrap Developed

lromqte.d by a scarcity bf -bo*c.r. "uuil"bl. for shipping packaged lumber, two Portland, Oregon, firms hav-e- del signed a new lumber wrap which.proteEts iumber in transit, is easily handled, waterproof ar.l c"n be stored outdoors or lndoors.

Mills: Stondard, Colif., inforced with a fiberglass scrim and laminated with polyethelyne which, according to R. S. Mee, vice-president, Morrill and Sturgeon, "brings the wrapped lumber to its destination in excellent condition with minimum shifting en route. Our packaged lumber can be unloaded in half an hour and stored outside if desired because the bags are waterDroof."

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Morrill.and Sturgeon Lumber Co., portland, askecl Crown /,ellerbach Uorporation's Western Waxide division to de_ :tgt] " strong,er, more,adaptable package for rail shipment ot lumber. Western M'axide's North portland plant de_ veloped and produced a two layer kraft p"p", pu.k"ge re_

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