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JAMDS L. HALL OO.
South Boy Lumber Compony Adds Stetson-Ross Mcrtcher
HAROID FRODSHAM, president ond genarol mqnqgar of Sourh Boy Lumber Compony, is shown in foreground of photo or left beside rhe new StetsomRoss molcher ol the ploning mill
The South Bay Lumber Company, Southern California wholesale Redwoocl distributors, recently installed this new Stetson-Ross electric Matcher in the llawthorne, California, plant of the firm, according to Harold Frodsham, president and general manager.
This latest autorratic machine has tripled the capacity oI millwork by South }3ay and is presently operating on a two-
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shift schedule turning out better than 100,000 board feet of lumber per shift.
Custom milling is norn' available, according to Mr' Frodsham, and the company is in a position to handle a considerable volume of outside millwork, he said. "We will put on the third shift should the demand warrant such action," he declared.
New Phone for Cqrl Wqtfs
Carl W. Watts, Oakland u'holesale lumberman, fied the trade of his ner'v phone listing.-Olympic in the conversion to dial phones by the teiephone for faster service on certain E,ast Bay listings.
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