PICKERING IUMB CORPORATION

Phone: (Sonoro) JEfierson 2-7141

(Tuolumne) WAlnut 8-4213

TWX: SONORA I l6-U

Freight Rqte Chonges

Soutl-rern Pacific Railroad Company, under date of February_3,.1960, advises that "Carriers of tl-re joint meeting of the California-Northcoast Lines, held in 'San Franciico, Jarruary 28, approved under JT-8624 reduced TFC rates on Lumber, Veneer, or F'orest products, viz: Boards or Sheets, Flat, Saw Dust or Ground Wood compressed with added Resin Binder, not exceeding l0/o by weight, loose or in packages, from Springfield, Oregon, to Los Angeles and Los Angeles Harbor Groups 90c, minimum 30,00d1bs., and from North Bend, Oregon, to Los Angeles L. A. Harbor Groups 115c, minimum weight 30,000 lbs.; also, carriers under same docket approved reduced TFC rates on Lumber, Veneer, or Forest products, viz : Veneer, Native Wood, faced with Paper or Pulp Board, from Springfield, Oregon, !o Los Angeles and L. A. Harbor Groups 105, Minimum 30,000.lbs. ; 96c, minimum 40,000 lbs. From North Bend to Los Angeles and L. A. Harbor Groups 121, minimum 30,000 lbs. and 7I2, minimum 40,000 lbs., rates in cents per 100 lbs. including all increases.

"Above adjustment will be published on statutory notice in PSFB (TFC) 295-C and we shall advise effective date when knorvn."

Open House in Redding Introduces Anofher New Diqmond Nofionql Yord

Diamond National Corporation, busy as a bird dog with grand openings this Spring (last month it was Fairfield and a tl-rree-day opening, I\{arch 24-26, ol the company's new yard there), has just concluded another huge grandopening production in Redding, April 7-9, celebrating completion of a brand-new yard and big showroom building, comparable to the company's Concord and recently completed Fairfield installations. Full details will follow in a later issue.

Mills: Stondqrd, Colif., cnd Tuolumne, Colif