JAMES L. HALL

Pacific Coast Wood Products

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New Plywood Mill

Portland Plywood Corp. has started construction of a $900,000 mill in Portland at the site of the wartime Portland Spar Co. plant.

The firm was recently formed by lumber, logging, and plywood interests in Portland. The Portland Spar plant, valued at $150,000 will form the core of the mill while $750,000 will be spent in additions, equipment and working capital, according to George Murphy, president.

The mill is expected to employ 160 men and produce 36 million square feet of plywood a year. An adequate log supply has been assured. Logging operations will begin in about 60 days, while the remainder of the plant is being completed. Full operation is expected by year's end.

Willcmette Vclley Logging Conlerence

The Willamette Valley Logging Congress will at Eugene, Oregon, on IUay 14-15.

Items of Interest

A knot is the end section of a branch or limb cut across the rings of annual growth. When a limb is sawn through at right angles to its length, a round knot results in the lumber. When a limb is cut through diagonally, an oval knot results. When it is sawn lengthwise a spike knot results.

In the Douglas fir region of Western Oregon and Washington the federal government, states and counties own or manage 60 per cent of the 439 billion feet of available timber.

Wood surfaces that are to be glued should be smooth and true. Machining should preferably be done just before lte held gluing so that the surfaces do not become distorted from subsequent moisture changes.

George D. Eubank, of L. H. Eubank & Son, wholesale millu,'ork manufacturers, fnglervood, Calif., returned April 22 irom a trip to l-ris ranch near LaBarge, Wyoming. His father, Lee H. Eubank, lr.ho accompanied him, u'ill stay at the ranch for some time.

Paul Matthies, P. L. Matthies Co., wholesale lumber dealer, Pasadena, is back from a business trip to Northern California and Nevada. Paul reports having had a successful trip and says he got through Reno in good shape, in fact a little to the good.

Checks are small lengthwise separations of the woods and are caused by too rapid evaporation of moisture from the surface of a piece of lumber.

During the plastering operation in a moderate-sized sixroom house approximately 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of rvater are used, all of which must be evaporated before the house is ready for the interior finish. Failure to provide adequate ventilation means trouble later because of the moisture absorbed by the framervork. It is also a cause of paint blistering on exterior finish and siding.

Transfers General Sales Headquarters

Standard Gypsum Company of California has announced the transfer of its general sales headquarters from Long Beach. California. to Oakland.

Simultaneously, Claude Harper, assistant general manager of the Henry J. Kaiser directed organization, revealed the company has expanded its Southern California sales force and also added to its line of products Standard rock lvool, an insulating material for hornes and other types of buildings.

Transfer of the organization's general sales ofrfices brought General Sales Manager Gil Richards and Iixport Sales Manager Sidney J. Smith to Oakland where they will headquarter in the Kaiser Building.

Handling the company's sale of mineral wool insulation and Synkaloid products and headquartered at Long Beach is Robert C. Sides. Prior to the war Sides operated his own business, Sierra Minerals Company, which manufactured roofing, accoustical and insulating materials.

Another newcomer to the Kaiser organization is Galen Thomas who early in 1948 joined the Southern California sales staff of Standard Gypsum Company.

More Imports Thcrn Exports

Lumber exports from the United States during 1947 totalled over one billion ,board feet, according to statistics released by the Census Bureau. While these exports were almost double the 1946 total, the volume vvas still belor,r. the average for the pre-war decade.

For the seventh consecutive year, imports rvere greater than exports of lumber in 1947-footage imported exceeded exports by l3 per cent.

Exports of railroad ties during '47 reached re.cord levels -about six million ties vl'ere exported, r,vhich is substan. tially higher than the former peak year of. 1929.

Estimated requirements for countries participating in ERP indicate that over 50 million ties .rvill be needed from sources outside F-urope from 1948 through 1951.

New Ycrd

Floyd A. Morrow, and his son, Vernon, have opened a lumber yard and building materials store in Nipomo, Calif. Dwight Sanders is plant superintendent.

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