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REMEMBER.I Stock and sell only DF'PA quality grade-tra,dernarked pl5rwood, tural trend of one-story schools. The simple design of a onestory frame school maked it easy to remodel or enlarge. One-floor construction also offers the advantage of multiple exits for safety, and both side and overhead daylighting.

Henry Hewitt, Jr., was chairman of the Lumbermen's Club School Forum committee. A folder containing literature and background information on wood schools was sent to each person who attended the meeting.

Report Available

The club has prepared a report of the school forum and will provide copies to any interested lumbermen's group. Write Tacoma Lumbermen's Club, Box 757, Tacoma, Washington.

Sonto Ano's Borr Lumber Co. Pushes Good Work With Schools for Wood in Oronge County Jobs

The California Lumber ll[erchant

108 lilest 6th Street

Los Angeles 14, Califomia

Dear Sirs:

It was o pleasure to see my article regarding economy school construction in a recent issue of your good journal. Enclosed is a hrmber and, lraming spec. put together by Erik Flamer and a I,I/CLIB representative with regard for the provisions of the Field Act (zultich in Calitornia establishes lumber-grade requirements as well as structural engineering minirnums tor otker tnaterials to inswre marirmunt safety in school build,ings). These specs. were oha,\ed by our local school architect and hazte been adopted by the Santa Ana School Board to be used as Luvnber Fratning Specs. in all school construction projects

"ErrU and, I tried to get them adopted by the Los Angeles city schools bwt zaere told, Jranhly by an ad,rninistrative staft rnan, zuho handles specs. for that system, that so long as they can buy "all-construction" grade lor $Q-$5 more thon Stand,ard construction grade, they zuou,ld continue to use the higher grade.

Very truly yours, BARR LUMBER COMPANY

Santa Ana, Californi,a

' IVilbur Barr. President

LUMBER, & FR,AMING

All lumber, unless otherwise detailed in plans or specified herein, shall be a minimum of Standard Grade Douglas Fir, meeting the requirements of Standard Grading Rule No. 15, latest issue of the West Coast Lumber lnspection Bureau. All sizes referred to are nominal sizes.

All rafters, studs and joists 4" or less in thickness, 67' or more in width, shall be a minimum of "Standard" Grade. Any members 4' or less in thickness, LESS than d' in width, shall be a minimum of "Construction" Grade.

Posts 5"x5" and larger, width not more than 2" greater than thickness, shall be a minimum of "Construction" grade.

Beams and girders 5" and. thicker, with width more than 7' greater than the thickness, shall be a minimum of "Construction" Grade.

Lumber for sheathing and miscellaneous framing such as grounds, furring strips, etcetera, shall be a minimum of "Standard" grade in accordance with Section 601 C of Title 21.

Sizes for timbers are indicated in nominal rough dimensions. Where details are drawn to actual sizes, dressed rough lumber may be used if it measures the full nominal size. Ilowever, timbers exposed to sight are to S4S. Sheathing in walls may be SlSlE.

Each piece of Structural lumber shall be Grade Stamped by an agency approved by State Division of Architecture.

Los Angeles Building Heoded for Another Record in 1958

Building permits issued by the city of Los Angeles for the first three months of 1958 total $145,581,296, compared to $120,342,013 in the first quarter of recordsetting 1957. " At the present rate of construction, 1958 will break Los Angeles' all-time record of over $500,000,000 set last year," said Gilbert E. Morris, superintendent of building, City Department of Building and Safety.

County Engineer John A. Lambie at the same time released figures showing Los Angeles County building of $24,000,000 during March surpassed the $19 million of February.

All lumber used for nailing blocks, imbedded in concrete, or framed against, or otherwise surrounded by masonry, shall be treated Douglas Fir. All bottom plates for cross partitions shall be treated Douglas Fir.

All plywood used for subflooring, wall sheathing and roofdecking, except where exposed to view or to weather, shall be PlyScord CD with Exterior glueline, or EXTDFPA Plywood slreathing CC, manufactured in accordance with U.S. Commercial Standard CS-45-55. All plywood used for roof sheathing, exposed to weather or exposed to view shall be EXT-DFPA PlyShield AC Douglas Fir plywood manufactured in accordance with U.S. Commercial Standard CS-45-55. PlyShield shall be laid with "A" grade surface exposed. Each piece of structural plywood shall carry the grade marking of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Thickness and application details shall be as shown on the drawings. Nailing shall be as indicated on the drawings.

Douglas Fir treated timbers shall be pressure-treated with Wolman Salts (tanalith) or chromated zinc chloride.

The pressure treatment shall be in accordance with Specificitions of the American Preservers Assn., "Standards for the Purchase and Preservation of Treatable Timber." There shall be retained in the lumber after treatment not less than the following amounts of dry.salts per cubic foot of lumber treated : 3/10 pounds of the Wolman Salts, or ft pound of the Chromated zinc chloride. Cut faces and bored holes in treated lumber shall be thoroughly brushcoated with the preservative. 'Pressure treatment shall result in a minimum penetration of /a inch into all surfaces of the wood . . . Also Boliden Salt (Chromated zinc arsenate) Retention 5/10 lbs. of dry salts per cu. foot of Iumber.

Pine Tree Lumber Compony Gets Shipmenr by Woter

E,scondido, Calif.-The Pine Tree Lumber Company here last month received a shipmen.t of 325,000 feet of lumber for its yards here, at Vista and in Fallbrook. The cargo was delivered to San Diego aboard a German-built schooner that was captured by England during World War II. The lumber, from the Georgia-Pacific mills at Coos Bay, Ore., was shipped on the Cynthia Olson, which has a capacity of 3,000,000 feet of lumber. Tarter, Webster & Johnson, wholesale lumber distributor whose vards include one at nearby National City, was the sales agent.

The Olson line is now the oldest lumber cargo shipper in the country. Its crerv reported that the local shipment came through the roughest winter weather they had sailed in the past 25 years. Pine Tree Lumber ofificiali said the shipment contained enough to build 30 average-sized homes and marked its entry into the cargo market.

There is no finer quality kiln dried lumber than TAHOEthe brand you can sell and merchandise with complete confidence! Helps build a rteady rcpeat business as no other brand will! Shipping mixed. cars and truck and trailer.