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Dodge Reports Show Huge Eostern Consfruction

Boston, ],{355.-fentract awards in May for future construction in the 37 eastern states set "phenomenal" new records, Thomas S. Holden, vice chairman of F. W. Dodge Corporation, disclosed to the directors of the American Institute of Architects in their annual convention here June 17. The figures are the dollar totals of Dodge Reports.

"The May total was the highest monthly total in Dodge's 63-year history which started here in Boston," Mr. Holden commented, "if we omit the huge Atomic Engery Commission projects which brought the totals for some individual past rnonths to suddenly swollen sizes. New records set are, in my opinion, phenomenal.

"On this basis with the AEC projects eliminated, leaving only only the normal run-of-the-mi11 construction commitments, May was seven per cent ahead of the second biggest month, October 1953, which in turn was one per cent ahead of the third biggest month, July 1953.

"Even with atomic energ'y projects included for past months, May was the third biggest month in the totals, led only by May 1951 and by September 1952. There were no exceptionally big projects to swell the May total.

"In addition to the great confidence shorvn over many recent months, by people making enormous commitments for construction investment, an underlying reason for the continued high level of the figures is wider use of the skill of the architect," he said.

Mr. Holden revealed that the May total of $1,925,253,000 was 14 per cent ahead of April, and 20 per cent ahead of May

1953. The record for a first five months w-as broken by a $7,517,885,000 total, 11 per cent ahead of 1953's first fiive months, and two per cent ahead of the second highest period, in 1951, which included a $980,000,000 atomic energy project.

With benefit of the $980,000,000 atomic energy project, May 1951 remained the highest May and the highest of any month in history. But even against that fact, May 1954 was the second highest May in history.

May's non-residential total was $672,288,000, up 11 per cent above April; 16 per cent above May 1953. May's residential total was $825,300,000, up four per cent over April and 29 per cent over May 1953. This set a new high for any month in the residential classification.

M ond M Wood Working Co. Reports lmprovement

M and M Wood Working Company, Portland, Oregon, announces that f'or its fiscal year recently closed, it had total sales of $36,210,750, as compared with $33,634,279 in the previous year. It produced 214,000,000 feet of plywood, an increase of 1.7 per cent over the previous year. It now makes all its own glue, where until recently it purchased 40 per cent of its needs.

The company owns or controls timber reserves of 2,329,300,000 board feet, of which 57 per cent is in California and the rest in Oregon.

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As reported in The California Lumber

The State of California has specified Redwood 2x6 T & G Heart Common for the roof of the new Pier 48 at the old China Basin in San Francisco harbor. Half a million feet did the job.

Jerry Sullivan, of San Diego, u'rote in this issue of the progress of the hardwood industry on the Pacific Coast, particularly about the rapid development of the hardwood flooring business.

Figures compiled by THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT show that for the 12 months er-rding June 30, a total of cargo shipments of 1,083,352 feet of Fir entered Los Angeles harbor, while 555,235,000 feet entered San Francisco harbor.

Orrie W. Harnilton, secretary of the Lumbermen's Service Bureau, San Diego, rvrote in this issue of the successful efforts at dealer cooperation secured by his organization during the previous year.

In this issue, Max E. Cook, of San Francisco, Farmstead Engineer for the California Redwood Association, tells of

1, 1929 that association's creative efforts to develop farm building.

Ira E. Brink of the Diamond Match Company, Chico, California, writes in this issue concerning the fine cooperation maintained by the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club, of which he is president.

In this issue Harry Lake, of Garden Grove, California, president of the stateu'ide California Retail Lumbermen's Association, writes of the successful activities in the retail realm of his organization.

Jim J. Farley, of The Pacific Lumber Compar-ry, San Francisco, writes in this issue of the rnany misunderstandings that used to fill the minds of many people concerning the high qualities of Redwood, and of hon' light has come on that subject through education.

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"Just couldn't do without the good old Merchant, being 3,000 miles from home. Believe it's getting better with each issue."Rod Henclrickson, New York City.

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Bob Osgood, of the Robert S. Osgood wholesale lumber firm, celebrates his 33rd year in the industry in Los Angeles July 1. lle remarked at the Hoo.lloo golf tourney and dinner at l-akewood Country Club June 18 that the date is a memorable one to him because July 1, 1921, was also the date that marked the first appearance of THE CALIFORNIA l,UMBER MERCHANT, which celebrates its own 33rcl anniversary with this issue.

Bill and Company, visited the fornia, for wiltrip Ly- appointed general nranager Co., Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., D. C. ESSLEY AND SON REDWOODLESS THA]I GARMTD I(ITS olsr*ruffitARD Ar 7257 Anoheim-Telegrqph Rd., los Angeles 22

Friday Freeland of the West Oregon Lumber San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively, N{clntosh Lumber Co. mill at Blue Lake. Caliseveral days during the middle of June.

E. A. Bishop is now associated rvith Sales, Inc., Eureka, Calif. He has been production in Northern California for He resides in Arcata.

Great Bay Lumber engaged in lumber the past six years.

Duke Hemmings, rvell known Southern California lumberman, head man of Hemmings Lumber Company, Los Angeles, is back on the job follorving a heart attack suffered several weeks ago.

Dave Davis, sales manager of the Redwood division, Simpson Logging Co., returned to his San Francisco office July 1 after a two-week business trip to the Simpson headquarters at Shelton, Wash. Davis also visited the Seattle and Portland offices of the ,comDanv u'hile in the Northwest.

Tom Quinn, counter salesman for the Sun Lumber Company for many years at its Van Nuys and San Pedro yards, has been assigned to the Wilmington harbor sales territory, it was announced last month.

Lyman Laisy, of 'Consolidated Lumber Company, mington, returned last u'eek from an extended vacation to Wyoming and Colorado with his wife and son, man, Jr.

Bill Brauning, sales manager, Eureka Redrn'ood Lumber Company, Eureka, Calif., spent part of May and June on a s.rving through the east and middle-west on a business survey trip. He returned to the home office June 20.

"Chuck" Clemensen, formerly lvith Consolidated Lumber Company, Wilmington, Calif., has joined the sales stafi of Tarter, \\rebster & Johnson, Inc., Los Angeles.

Dean Jones, Southern California manager of the Eureka Redrvood Lumber Company, Compton, and Mrs. Jones flew to Tulsa the latter part of June on a short vacation trip. While in Oklahoma, they also visited his brother in Claremore, u'here he is the area Ford dealer.

Jack Ford of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., Stockton, was clue back early in July from a month's business trip calling on accounts throughout the south, southeast and midrvest. \\rhile in the south, he took in the Southern Sash & Door Jobbers Association meeting in Memphis, Tune 6-8.

Louis Martinez, L. W. Martinez Co., returned .to his office in San Francisco June 28 alter a week's business trip through Northern California and Oregon.

Bill Tobin, Tobin Forest Products, has moved his office to 151 Argonne, in the Belmont Shores section, Long Beach, Calif. I{e was formerly engaged in his r'vholesale lumber sales at 145 Claremont.

Al Wahl, longtime Southern California lumberman, has been named a purchasing agent by Consolidated Lumber Company, Wilmington.

W. E. "Bill" Kesler of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, is again passing out cigars-for the fourth time yet. Barbara Lee is the newest addition to the Kesler family, and made her clebut June 3, tipping the scales at eight pounds even.

Tom Duncan, well known Southern California lumberman, has moved to Coos Bay, Oregon, where he is now with the Al Peirce organization, operators of lumber production mills in the Pacific Northwest.

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