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We Solicit You llgniries lor Wolnanized aud Creosoted Llnlcr, Tinbers, Poles anrl Pililg

4. California Redwood Association (CRA)-Redwood' GRADE.S OF LUMBER FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

(a) SPACED ROOFSHEATHING-MaX' span 24",Max. roof covering D. L. 8 lb. per sq. ft.

WCLA-AI| species Standard grade

WPA -All species No. 3t Common

PLIB -Port Orford Cedar No. 2 Common

Ukiah, Calif.-The hue and cry over Mendocino County's "strange Case of the Wandering Still".was stilled-March 24lreports The San Francisco Examiner. Deputies ended a 2-year search with the arrest of a former ordained minister turned logger, his logger son and his logger son-in-law. The itinerant still, found near Leggett, produced 25 to 35 gallons o{ liquor. a claywtren the distillers weren't out logging in the woods, tl-rat is. graded are as follows:

CRA -Redwood SaP Common

(b) SOLID ROOF SHEATHING-Max. span 24" o. c.-ljse one grade better for 32" spat Max. roof covering D. L. 8 lb' per sq. ft.

WCLA-AII sDecies "UTILITY" Grade

WPA -Al1 species No. 4 Common

PLIB -Port Orford Cedar No. 3 Common

CRA -Redwood Sap Common

(c) SUBFLOORING less than 2" riominal thickness laid straightMax. joist spacing 76" o. c. Minimum /(" hardwood or other approved finished floor.

WCLA-AII species "UTILITY" grade

WPA -All sPecies No. 4 Common grade

CRA -Redwood "Merchantable"

PLIB -Port Orford Cedar No. 3 Common

(d) FLOOR SHEATHING 2" nominal thickness or more-Max' span 4'0"

WCLA-(Douglas Fir & Hemlock Utilitv Gr. 2x6 ot 2x8 T & G) (All other species "STANDARD" grade 2x6 or 2x8 T & G)

WPA -All species No' 2 Dimension 2x6 or 2x8 T & G

(e) PLATESTOCK dbes not include foundation plates and sillspermitted)

WPA -All species No. 2 Dimension (No honeycomb permitted)

CRA -Redwood Sap Common grade or Construction Heart

(f) STUDS-One-story buildings or top story of Multi-story buildings

WCLA-AII species "STANDARD" grade or better permitting 15% "UTILITY" grade. Also Redwood Studs, graded under WCLA "Spruce" Rules

WPA -All species Studs No. 2 Dimension, permitting 15% No. 3 Dimension ljnder the above recommendations, MIXED SPECIES to be permitted in horizontal members only. ALL SPECIES, except Redwood, may be mixed in STUDS' It is und-erstood that the Inspector has the right to require the removal of any piece, anywhere, that he feels will riot carry the load intended.

Timber Institute Nqmes Directors

IVlembers of the American Institute of Timber Construction, at their 7th annual meeting .at Boca Raton hotel, Floiida, inducted Ward Mayer as the new A.I.T.C. president. He is founder and chiirman of the board of Timber Structures, Inc., Portland, Oregon, reports Executive Vice- ros

President Frank J. Hanrahan. Mayer succeeds former president L. A. Jacobson, who is president of Associated Wood Products, Inc., Berkeley, Calif.

Other officers on the new board include I. p. Weverhaeuser, president of Rilco Laminated products, St. paul, Minnesota, as AITC vice-president. Other directors include Val Gardner, sales manager of Rosboro Lumber Company, Springfield, Oregon.

G-P Opens New Oqklcnd Wqrehouse

The opening of a fourth Northern California warehouse rs announced by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. The com_ glly-:: newest warehouse, which will be headed by E. L. 'Riff'_Rifenrath, is locatqd in a 23,000-sq. ft. buiiding at 2109 ,P.eralta (corner of Cypress &' peraita) in Oaklind. rll aodttron to undercover storage, the new warehouse has another 30,000 sq. ft. of vard -storage area. Besides the new _Oakland plant, G-P operates warehouses at Salinas, San Jose and Fresno.

Goodmon fo Open fhird Yqrd in New Son R.ofoel Shopping Center

The veteran San Francisco retailer, Ed Goodman. head of Goodman Lumber Co. in San Francisco and Goodman Building Supply in Mill Valley, will open a third store next month, in San Rafael. The new San Rafael yard. y!!.tl will put in a strong bid for the area's do-it-yourself dollars, will be located in Goodman's own shopping cente-r _development-the Montecito Shopping Center, iorner of 3rd and Irwin Streets, housing some 70 stores in all. The new Goodman store will operate under the name of Goodman Lumber & Hardware and will occupy some 6,000 sq. ft. of showroom space in the new development.

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