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Mosonite Nomes Jomes Assistcrnt To Generql Sqles Monoger

James C. James, Jr., has been named assistant to the general sales manager of Masonite Corporation. An employe of the company for ten years, James rose from a sales engineer to manager of the structural section, product development department. Four years ago he organized the product application laboratory at Naperville, I11., and has devoted his time to the development of new hardboard aoplications. He headed the reseirch which led to the rrse bf component exterior panels in the NAHB Research house at Kensington, Md., in 1957 and at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1958.

Terry Hecrds NLMA Division

Ira Brewster Terrv has been named director of the IntraIndustry Cooperation Division of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C., He will be responsible for the establishment and operation of a National Wood Council to coordinate tl-re wood promotion programs of various associations in the lumber industry and allied fields, to work toward maximum effectiveness of all promotional funds spent by the wood-producing and wood-using industries.

Open Forum

, (Continued from Page 8) each building permit before sending a notice.

1. It must be mailed to the OWNER at the address appearing in building permit on file.

(a) How close is your office to all offices issuing building permits in the area in which you serve?

Tell your Senator: l. Senate Bill 814 does not protect the public from liens. Vote 'No' S.B. 814 and 815.

2. Notice bills were proposed and defeated in 1953, 1955, 1957. Vote 'No' S.B. 814 and 815.

3. Senate Bill 814 and 815 will create an unnecessary expense and burden to su,bcontractors and material men. Vote 'No' S.B. 814 and 815.

A Notice Bill passed the Senate Committee in 1957 and was defeated in the Senate. This is not a good bill. Vote 'No' on S.B. dlz+ and dl5-

Senate Bill 814 and 815 are special interest bills. The construction industry is not in favor of these notice bills. Vote 'No' S.B. 814 and 815.

6. Senate Bill 814 will create a hardship on a few and will not benefit the owner. Don't sell the construction industry short. Vote 'No' on S.B. 814 and 815.

To be able to protect and recover $$$$$$$ by a lien right is certainly worth a few minutes of today's time. You are doing this for yourself and your pocketbook.

Your Legislative Committee, Tom Samuels, Chairman.

Phone: CApitol 2-1934

Telelype:

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BUIIDING COSTS UP ONE PER,CENT IN PASI SIX N,TONTHS

Although construction costs advanced only one percent in the past six months, probably due to cold weather and the off-season character of the market, costs are expected to be 4/o higher by next April.

_Commenting upon the construction-costs rises, Myron L. Matthews, manager-editor of the 1959 edition of -the revised_Dow Building Cost Calculator, an F. W. Dodge Corporation service, said, "The prewar $7500 house which costs $19,200_ today, will probably carry a price tag about $768 higher by April 1960.

"The 1941 building dollar is now worth 39 cents. Thus the buyer must put up 92.56 to do the work g1 did before. Twelve months from now the buyer will have to increase the amount to $2.66," added Mr. Matthews.

"The same increases apply to non-residential buildings, such as offrces, schools and hospitals, but we should nlot

Freighr-Rcrte Differenfiqls Restored

San Francisco.-At the request of the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California, the railroads have restored freight-rate differentials between various points as they existed prior to the rate decrease that went into effect Dec. 26, 1958. In about 45 days from Mav l. it was reported..the historical differentials will go into eftect in : Points south of Fresno to (but not including) Bakersfield; Salinas, Monterey and Santa Cruz spread from the San Jose rate; the Marirr County spread from the San Francisco rate. Will be effective in about 90 days.

forget that 'construction packages' are more complete than those produced 18 years ago," Mr. Matthews stated.

Of the two major components of constructi (materials and labor at the site of constructio maior construction measured (materials construction), labor has again exhibited the greater strength. In the 6 months ending April 1, building material prices to builders have not changed in 93 of 143 major reporting cities and their environs. Slight decreases are reported in 12 other places, and in 38 places prices are a little higher.

In contrast, labor costs have risen in 79 places and remained unchanged in 64 places for the half year just past.

Combining material prices and base hourly wage rates for all places, costs have gone up in 66 of the cities, remained static in 74, and dropped slightly in three. "These observations do not hold uniformly true in each of the costsampling cities, but represent the way the averages happen to work out. Nationally, overall cost increases since 1941 range from 126/o to 216/o for an average of 156/o," Mr. 1\4atthews revealed.

DOOR FRAMTS of the United States are in 43 places. District Six,

Figures for the western half compiled by a sampling of costs the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states, shows in- lvlountaln raclnc uoast snows creases of from 134 to 215/a and local city levels are from 3 to 23% under New York.

Bennett 2-Way Pqnel Sqw Inslqlled In Addirionql Cqliforniq Yqrds

Some recent installations of the Bennett 2-Way Panel Saw reported by lA/ayne C. Ervine, Dealer-Service, Atascadero, Calif., include the Adobe Lumber & Building Materials Co., Otay, Calif ; tl-re University of California, Los Angeles; Village Building Supply, San Lorenzo, Calif.; Atascadero Lumber Co., Atascadero; Fred Kelloway Hardware, Walnut Creek, Calif., and the sale of a fifth unit to the Pacific Coast Lumber Co., for the San Luis Obispo yard.