Harbor Kiln Presents Unique, lndispensable Service

T) EPRESENTING AN investment

I\ of well over a cuarter of a million dollars, Harbor K;in Co-p^ny in Alameda in just six months of operation is processing lumber for more than 30 leading importers and wholesalers in the Northern California area. Operated and managecl by veteran kiln marr Coy Brown, the installation is the only shipside dry kiln plant in California.

Built for Harbor Kiln Company bY Encinal Terrninals in cooperation with the Bloxham Engineering Company of Berkeley, the plant is located directly adiacent to Encinal's Berth 6. Covering some fottr acres of Encinal properiy, the installation offers importers, exporters and processors of lumber a vaiiety of services including loading, unloading, storage, drying, planing and processing of lumber; grooving, processing and storage of Plywood; and on-the-spot rail, truck and ship connections.

One of the most modern Plants of its type, the company can kiln drY uP to a million board feet of lumber a month in its battery of Bloxham kilns which circulate air in a "figure eight" pattern from blowers located down the middle of the double track kilns. Bloxham engineers claim this departure from conventional circulating methods allows better moisture control and a more even flow of air to all Parts of the charge . single track efficiency withthe 6onus of double track capacity, if vou will.

' Completely sold on his nerv Bloxham setup, Brown has spent liis life in two rathir incongruous professions-killr drying and Ire flyirig. A rrative. .of Westwood, Brown learned the kiln business at the old Red River Lumber Company at Westwood, which back before the war operated the largest battery of kilns in the World. During the same period Brown also became interested in flying and after a few years became a commercial pilot for

Ited River in combination with his kiln activities there.

Brown returned to Westwood after serving as a bomber pilot during

!VWII. resumed {ris kiln activities with Fruit Growers, and became one of the first fire flyers for the company. Later, as the industry became aware of the value of aircraft in spotting and fighting forest fires, Brown also fleu' for the U.S. Forest Service and the Paul Bunyan Lumber Company.

During 1949, Brown moved to Redding where l-re established his own kiln ooeration under the name of B & D Lumber Company, continuing that business until shortly before becoming financially interested in the development of Harbor Kiln Company. Also associated with Brown, who is vicepresident and general manager of the firm, is William Drury, of Tacoma, a rvell known Pacific Northwest heavy equipment dealer.

Tqlbot Withdrqws From Lumber Business

A notice of discontinuance was sent to the trade by Talbot Lumber Company, San Rafael, last month by Fred Talbot and Joe Shipman. Both Talbot and Shipman expressed their appreciation to the customers and suppliers of Talbot Lumber over the Past five vears of its operation. Talbot, it was disclosed, will- devote his full time to other interests with headquarters at 100 Bush Street in San Francisco. Shipman will announce his Plans in the near future.