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shipping of lumber in boxcars. I myself wasn't too interested in this idea when the Materials-Handling committee began talking about it several years ago. I saw it l,r'hen it was fi=rst shown publicly at our Chicago Exposition, but still didn't feel it would be of value to onr yards since we receive most of our lumber on flat cars and trucks. I was cured and sold a year ago, and realized the potential it had for the retail lumber dealErs of this country, when I ordered two of these unitized cars and had them sent into one of our medium-sized vards. This vard had one lift truck and four men that work in the yard"and drive the trucks. We unloaded the first car in an irour and eleven minutes and the second car in forty-seven minutes.

."John Moeling's crew unloaded a car of 35,000 feet in 16 minutes. I'm sure this served to cure all skeptics.

"The young lumberman I mentioned earlier wrote me that b:.h$ taken a llp !o the West Coast visiting mills which he did business with. He became very discouraged about the future of unit boxcar loading becauie, without"exception, the mills he visited were not too &ger to go into this type of opera- tion. They had various reasons-, mosiof them sound, but'ones that could be overcome by both the mill owners and tire lumber dealers if we will sit down and solve them together.

"We have done this. We have met with the National Lumber Manufacturers Association's Materials Handling committee, aCTe+ on a joint-program to further develop aid popularize unit lumber shipping, and are now working hard on the program. We musC woik harder and we need -your help.

"A West Coast mill man told me his mills wouldn't go into unitized_shipping in boxcars because there isn,t enough d-emand for it. We have now about 275 of our dealers cooperali.,g in our test program. We need three times this many to just 6egin to convince the mills'we are serious about this thing. lf ydo .." a {uture and some savings for you in this method of shippins lumber for mechanical unloading, help us develop it by cooperatl ing.in our program. Ask the managidg officer of yo,ri fedeiation to have you included in the program or write'direct to your national office in Washington, D.C., and our Materials Handling director will send you the full information.

"We are working with the Association of American Railroads and the individual railroads. The number of double-door boxcars increased over 11,000 in 1957. You all can feel proud that we had a part in helping them do this through your national Material Handling committee. It will benefit all of us. You can help us in this respect also by asking the railroads in your area to prowide more of these cars. Ask them to investiga.te the plugdoor boxcars.

"Much remains to be accomplished in materials handling. Everything accomplished will benefit you. We need your cooperation and support."

Wood Kitchen Cobinet School

Reservations are now being accepted for enrollment in the second annual Training School for Kitchen Specialists, to be held August 17 through August 29 at Michigan State University by the National Institute of Wood Kitchen Cabinets. Two separate courses will be offered, a basic curriculum covering the entire two-week period and a oneweek advanced course ending August 22. Enrollment is open to owners and employes of establishments in the retail kitchen business, including lumber, appliance, plumb- ing and specialty dealers, and to representatives of wood kitchen cabinet manufacturing companies and their sup- pliers. Enrollment is limited to 40 trainees in the baslc course and 25 in the advanced course. Tuition for the twoweek session is $75, and for the short course g4O. Room and board is available on campus at moderate rates.

Headquarters for the school will be in modern, air-conditioned Kellogg,Center on the university campus, East Lansing, Mich. Companies wishing to enroll representatives should submit reservations without delay in-order to avoid disappointment. Requests for application forms should be addressed to the National Inititute of Wood Kitchen Cabinets, 75 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, Ill.

Coliforniq Sowmills Produced

6 Billion Boqrd Feet in 1956

CaliforrilL sltn'tnills prorltrccrl trcarlr' 6 milliorr lroarrl-feet ,rf lumbcr iri 19.5(r, Keith Arrrolrl, tlirector oi thc (':Llifornia ]iore'-st lLrrrl I{rtngc Itxperimcnt Station, U. S. Forcst Scrlicc, ar.rnounccrl. 'l'1rc 1956 o11tl)tlt tvas 15ti',, grcatcr than the l!)5-l lrrorlucliorr reported lrv thc tl. S. Btlre:Ln ol the Len-*rts. Census r,i -\l;Lntrf:Lcturers.

'l'1re l().56 lrgtrrc-s l crc rclcrtst'd front iI c.,)l'rl'ittivc surve\ by tht' Iiorcst Servicc, t I. S. I )cltartr.ncrrt of -\griculture aittl Llrt'llttt-c;rrt of C'ertstls, U. S. Deptitrttltettt riI Comt-tlercc' l)orrsl:ts llr lccl :Lll spccics ctrt irr (.aliiorrria. u'ith -lf il ,ri tlrc strtlc's total ororlttctiorr. This u-as tttore thatr tlr'ice tht' lrrorluction o{ rt'tlu'oorl (inclrrdirtg gi:tttt scclt-toia), or of ,|r.,rrrlcr-oslL lrint'. '1-1,1' 19.5(r lun'rlrer 1rt-otlttctiot-t b1 slrccies

Douglas-fir Redwoods Ponderosa pine True firs Sugar pine All others

Total i Itrr.r.rbolrlt cottnt,l' -sau.nrills prorlttcerl 26'1( tti lLll ClLliiorrria's lumlrcr irr 1956. Nlcrrrlocirro cotttttv u:rs second u-ith 1 .i ?i,. Siskivou arrtl Shasta i::iTi rcspectivell., in l,rc,rlttction connties l'crc third and Tlrc six lt':rrling counties

-\rlrlitional infortnatiotr regltr<1irrv California's 19.56 1umlrt'r procluction u'ill lre pulrlishetl lrv the E,xpcrinrerrt and tlrc ilurearr o{ thc Ceu,stts rvitlritr thc tlext fcn' n'ceks.

A Navy Public Works meeting was held May 6, in one of the conference rooms at the llth Naval District. The San Diego Lumbermen's Association, together with Bill Sorbo, construction management engineer, 11th Naval District, were responsible for the program, which included Ben Benioff, structural engineer of Los Angeles, and who is a top authoritv on Glue Lamination. Carl Ramstrom of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association also reported on the Grade Stamping Program from the mill and manufacturers point of view and organization. Approximately 50 district design and field men were present and many favorable comments were received regarding the program.