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Approvol of New Sire Given Mill Volley lumber Compqny

of Morgan^ Company, vice-president; G. M. Curtis, treas_ urer, and O. C. Lance, secretary-manager.

San Rafael, Calif.-The Mill Valley Planning Commission has ruled that the Mill Valley Lumber C-o. mav set up business on the unimproved iomita drive aboui 225 feet from its intersection with the East Blithedale extension. The lumberyard plans to move from its present location on Miller avenue. The Commission had before it the matter of whether to reclassify the yard's 4.24-acre parcel from retail to warehouse and light manufacturing. -It was decided that it would not be necessary to rezonJ provided the lumber company conforms to its present business conditions: that no less than 85% ol its business be retail sales. that no manufacturing be conducted on the premises, and that very limited use of processing machinery be made; also that no sawdust incinerator be operated on the premises.

Dodge R.epott" Sho- B,rilding Down

Gains in the heavy engineering sector highlighted activity _in_ contracts {or future' construction in Februlry, reports F. W. Dodge Corporation, construction news and marketing specialists. However, these gains were more than offset by decreases in the building categories, both residential and non-residential. Total construction contracts in the United States (except Alaska and Hawaii) in February amounted to $2,239,534,000, down 3/o from the same month last year, Dodge reported. After adjustment for normal seasonal patterns, however, February construction contracts were at about the same level as in January.

Contracts for residential buildings in February amounted to $987,577,000, down 8/o lrom February 1959. The number of dwelling units represented by the residential contracts totaled 76,114, down lI/o from a year ago.

Cumulative totals for the first two months of 1960 show