Disrribution Figures on Ccrlifornicr Redwood For 1953 Prove Interesting

The California Redwood Association report on the distribution of its products in 1953, furnisl.res interesting figures.

For the first time in history the distribution table shorvs that more Redwood was shipped out of the State of California, than in the State. Of the 514,862,m0 feet shipped, a total of 257,198,00O feet u,as shipped intrastate to California points, while 257,664,000 feet went out of the State.

However, the Association report states that it seems certain that shipments of mills not reporting to the Association, if available would keep the intrastate total over half of all Redwood shipments.

Shipments outside of California were: Eastern, 227,045,000 feet; Western states, 11,986,000 feet; Rocky Mountain states, 10,169,000 feet; Export, 493,000 feet; U. S. Offshore, 7,971,000 feet.

In 1952 Maine received no Redwood. In 1953 Maine bought 25,000 feet. But New Hampshire, which bought 19,000 feet in 1952, bought none in 1953, the only state in the union to draw a blank.

The biggest increase in Redwood shipments to any state went to Illinois, which jumped from 17 million in 1952 to 26 million in 1953.

Ohio continued to be the biggest Redwood buyer outside of California, receiving 31,707,W feet in 1953, a decrease from 1952, while Texas, second in rank, received 30,174,Affi feet, an increase of 12 per cent over the previous year. Iilinois was third in rank.

Of the states taking more than a million feet of Redwood during 1953, the largest percentage increases were in five Southern states, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

The three top states outside California, Ohio, Texas, and Illinois, took about 39 per cent of all Redwood shipped East of the Rockies.

Distribution Of Redwood Shipments East Of Rocky Mountains

L.A. Horbor Totols High for '53

Los Angeles Harbor established a record making year during 1953. More than 4,5C0 ships passed through the Port, the highest mark achieved in the past 12 years. Tonnage moving across the docks amounted to 24,762,587 tons.

Los Angeles Harbor cbntinues to keep abreast of the dynamic growth of the Metropolitan Los Angeles area, the fastest growing area in the nation. As a factor of big business of the Pacific Coast, the Harbor occupies a position high on the ladder of industrial organizations. It is a $150,000,000 enterprise occupying an area of 7,000 acres with 28 miles of waterfront and employs around 1,000 people. Indirectly, thousands of other citizens, the people who produce and who transport the goods shipped through the Harbor enjoy gainful employment due to its two-way commerce with the rest of the rvorld.