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Furniture - Qu olity Wood W hdows look right for homes and theY are right. R'O'W offers the warm enduring beautY of wood in a full range of architectural styles. Modern R'O'Ws eliminate the problerns of corrosion, rust and condensation.

Exclusive Potented C.onstruc'tiotr permits quick removal. Springcushioned metal guides prevent sticking or rattling-insure a penrranent year-round weather seal. Repeated checks find first R.O.Ws functioning perfectly after t2 years of service.

Kennetl-r W. Jprgensen has been named supervisor in the Northern California area for the West Coast Bureau of Lumber Grades and Inspection, with headcluarters in the Monadnock Building, San Francisco. Mr. Jorgensen had formerly been with the Bureau in Portland, Oregon. William Graham, Mr. Jorgensen's predecessor, rvill return to the bureau's office in Portland.

Grqin Slope Teco Detector

The limitations placed on grain slope in lumber and wood products, manufactured to meet military and industrial specifications, have increased the use of the unique Teco slope of grain detector, according to Alden K. Smith, sales manager of Timber Engineering Company, research afliliate of National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

The detector is a simple though highll' accurate instrument used by manufacturers and inspectors of lumber and wood products, for which specifications place various limits on grain slope. The Teco detector establishes the slope of grain more quickly and definitely than the old method of applying colored liquid and trying to determine the direction of its florv.

New Moore Instqllotions qt Hollow free Mill

In the middle oI 1952 the Hollou' Tree Lumber Companv, Ukiah, California, had just started the installation of dry kiln facilities when fire destroyed their planing mill. In addition to installation of dry kilns the company had contemplated several major changes in their saw mill and the fire thus presented three major construction problems.

They have recently completed all three major jobs, although not without problems, and entered the 1953 season in good operational condition.

The Hollow Tree Lumber Company is a corporation composed of William Moores, president; William Smith, vice president; Larry Courtright, secretary-treasurer, and Warren Wood, general superintendent, and the operation consists of sawmill, planing mill, remanufacturing facilities as well as air and kiln drying equipment.

With recent changes and improvements the sawmill is cutting 95 M board feet per eight-hour shift using double circular saws and the mill normally operates two shifts a day.

In addition to the normal yearly maintenance the recent shutdown resulted in new carriage, enlarged and improved log d,eck and storage ahead of the mill and lengthening of the green chain.

The sawmill site is on the west side of the Ukiah Valley and lumber is transported by truck from the mill site, approximately lr/a miles, to the planing mill and drying facilities on the rail head.

The planing mill has large rail siding capable of handling 12 cars of lumber per day, truck loading and unloading area, air drying facilities, rough green storage, dry kiln, sorting chain with resaw and planing equipment, remanufacturing facilities and area for installation of shed storage and additional kilns. An H. O. tilting breakdown hoist manufactured by Moore Dry Kiln Company is now being installed. Incoming lumber from their own mill or outside purchased lumber can be handled over the sorting chain and/or through resaw andfor through planer and hence shipped out to be air dried then kiln dried and ready for shipment or remanufacturing.

To date a large air drying area has been completed and the first kiln has been operating for some four months. A large 300-horse po\^/er Kenanee heating boiler was in- stalled for producing steam at 10-15 PSI for the present and future kilns and oil is used in the automatic boiler.

The present kiln is Moore-Cross-Circulation type 32 by 104 unit holding approximately 100 board feet per charge. The kiln unit is of the double-track double-end type with building construction of three layers ol 2x6 T & C heart redwood.

This modern Moore kiln has such features as:

1. Main line automatic reheaters as well as overhead ventilators for high moisture content stock.

2. Automatic fan reversal and complete automatic control of wet and dry bulb and consequently relative humidity.

3. Large diameter overhead fans on a single shaft driven with a single motor for high rate and volume of cir,culation but with normal investment, in fan and electrical equipment.

Present plans include erection of storage sheds and additional Moore kiln facilities to meet market demands.

Hszehine Appointed On HHFA

Albert M. Cole, Administrator for the Housing and Home Finance Agency, announces that John Hazeltine, of Los Angeles, has been appointed commissioner of community facilities and special operations for HHFA in the Los Angeles area. Mr. Hazeltine was until recently assistant manager of the construction and maintenance department for Richfield Oil Company. He has had 30 years' experience in the oil, lumber, and construction industries.