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San Francisco-The California Public Utilities Commission announced that 57 shippers in the Redwood Empire Iumber producing area have been notified in the past 12 months that they might have to pay additional amounts for intrastate shipments of lumber by truck because they originally paid motor carriers less than the lawful minimum rates. Twenty-three of these shippers are located in Humboldt county, 13 in Del Norte, 16 in Mendocino, and five in Sonbma county. The Commission has sent similar notifications to 177 lumber dealers or brokers in other communities in California. Many of these firms are consignees of lumber from the Redwood Empire, and they received notifications because the shipments were sent collect.

The California Public Utilities Commission last month canceled the rates, rules and regulations for the transportation of logs by truck in Del Norte, Humboldt and Mendocino counties and exempted such hauling from regulation, pending further study. An interim decision of 1950, establishing hourly rates for log hauling, was revoked.

The Commission found in its decision, following a public hearing in Eureka March 8, that "present hourly rates are not being observed, are not suitable or practical for log transportation and presently do not serve any public or useful purpose." It said the testimony presented does not contain sufficient data to permit establishment of reasonable minimum rates on a workable basis for the operation.

Commission enforcement personnel and rate experts testified that the industry generally regards the houriy rates as ineffectual and impractical for log hauling. It is customary to base such hauling upon a thousand - board - foot measurement.

A Commission engineer testified that all shippers and carriers interviewed believe rates should be based on board foot measurement, but that the same varying ,conditions of off-highway terrain rvould still make uniform rate determination difficult. In the absence of a workable rate structure the Commissiqn staff witness recommended cancellation of present rates.

Hqrbor Plywood Announces Chonge in Sqn Froncisco

Malcolm W. Hill, formerly of Harbor Plyr,vood Corporation's Chicago sales office, has been appointed manager of Harbor Plyrvood Corporation of California. Hill has been connected with Harbor Plywood since 1946, having spent seven years in the Chicago sales ofifice and two years in the organization's West Coast logging and manufacturing operations. He succeeds George A. White, who recently resigned the San Francisco post.

Harbor Plyrvood Corporation of California distributes a wide range of building materials, f.paturing SUPER-Harbord solid-core, boat-hull fir plywood and HARBORITE -a SUPER-Harbord panel with tough resin-impregnated overlay. The San Francisco sales offrce and rvarehouse also distributes Mengel flush doors, Celotex, Panelyte and hardwood plywoods. Offices and warehouse are located at 3095 Third Street, San Francisco 7.

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