Fern Trucking Forms'Mines Bondini' to Hondle Lumber Storoge

F. J. Negri, president of Mines Bandini, fnc., and Fern Trucking Co., Los Angeles, announces the opening of the former, a new lumber-handling facility at l2O0 Mines Ave., Montebello, California. This well-located plant is situated directly in the heart of the greater Eastside industrial dist11ct.

Th-e new plant is an addition to the present operations of the firms and adds another location Tor lumber handling and storage to better serve the industry. The Fern lumberhandlers company is the pioneer firm of its kind in California. Other well-located yards are maintained at 455O Mavwood Avenue and 4200 Bandini Boulevard in Los AngeleJ.

Fern Trucking Company, a common-carrier concern for Los -Angeles and Orange counties, is fully equipped to handle any size material and offers a completi lumber-hauling. s-ervice to the woodworking industry, including yards and furniture manufacturers.

Mines Bandini, Inc. offers complete car-unloading, storage, handling and milling facilities to the trade. T[e new yard addition _will increase the present warehouse storage to more than 3 million feet under cover, as the warehouie just completed (10Ox2,10/) will house better than 1,.500,000 feet of dry stock.

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"We are showing a steady growth with Southern California and intend to continue to offer paramount service at all times," said Mr. Negri. "Don Ford-, our general manager, will be in charge of all operations, administration arid policy for both concerns," he continued.

Don Ford has been identified in the lumber industrv for over 20 years and has been associated with F. J. Negri Entgrprises for the _past 17 years. He is in charge of al-l Fern Tru.cking and Mines Bandini ventures, incfuding mobile equipment, warehouses and more than 40 employEs of the nrms.

"The F. _J. Negri lumber-handling concerns do not in any.way offer lumber for sale to anybody. We are strictly gervice org-anizations. set gp to seivice- small and large lumber and woodworking_firms with storage, milling afrd handling problems," Mr. Negri pointed out to the.-CLM representative. "Although we hold a common-carrier certificate-for..Los Angeles and Orange counties, r,r,e do con- tract hauling throughout the west,t Don Ford aclded.

Federol Aid Proiects . . r

CFA Commissioner Hazeltine approved advances totaling $161,341 to the University of Arizona, Tucson and Flag- staff campuses, to finance planning for new educational facilities costing $4,688,900 and to stait construction this year.

S.acramento, Calif.-URA Commissioner Steiner aDoroved a 933,198 fe-deral grant to the California State D.pi.'"i f.i_ nance to aid general planning work for growth and develoo_ ment of Atwater, Benicia, Fairfax, I\It.-Shasta, pleasanton, Sausalito and.Tracy, Calif. Refer: T. H. Mugiord, n.p"tf I)irector of Finance, Sacramento, Calif.

, -9{qd", Calif.-CFA Commissioner Hazeltine approved a $38,120 advance to the Orinda Union School tji.tri.t oi Contra Costa County to prepare plans for a new elementary school here to cost an estimated $785,820 and start construc-_ lol !y Ya_y-1958. Refer: Joseph L. Sheaff, District Supt., Orinda, Calif.

Helena, Mont.-The state received a $7,350 federal grant

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