lnspecfion Bureau Expands

The West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau has expanded its grading and inspection service to cover the traditional "western pine" species and will offer its service to mills farther east geographically.

Aaron U. Jones, WCLIB chairman, announced that the agency will grade all commercial western pines, western larch and Engelmann spruce, as well as traditional 'oWest Coast" species for mills on the east slope of the Cascades in addition to continuing service to'oWest Side" mills.

WCLIB's service throughout its territory will not be disrupted by establishment of Western Wood Products Assn. grading in the Douglas Fir region. WCLIB, Jones pointed out, continues to be the only ofrcial rules-writing agency for west side species in the Douglas Fir region, including all of both Oregon and Washington west of the summit of the Cascade Moun' tains and northwestern California. Atty grading of west coast species done in the Douglas Fir region by other agencies will apply WCLIB rules, he added. ln addition, WCLIB has already signed

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{Factual stories ol real reder interest you the latest in NEU/ PRODUCT NEWS for the fast-changing lumber and building materials industry. up several mills in that area who wish to use its grading service for their pine, larch and Engelmann spruce production.

The overwhelming majority of mills in the Douglas Fir region have indicated that they plan to continue with WCLIB grading and inspection.

WCLIB's expanded service territory, in' cludes that part of Washington lying west of the Okanogan and Columbia rivers and that part of Oregon west of the l2fth meridian. The l2fth meridian is a direct northward extension of the CaliforniaNevada border. Except for the Ochocos, this is non-timbered country and puts all of the Cascades within WCLIB's service area. It does not extend eastward, however, to the Blue Mountains as yet.

This line is as far east':as Westside grad' ing values now apply.

WCLIB will grade to i,ts own traditional rules and values for West Coast type species growing in this expanded area. Any future extension of its service eastward, would require grading to the rules of the old Western Pine Assn. (now merged into Western Wood Products Assn.) All grad' ing of Westside species by .tty agency in the Douglas Fir region will have te follow WCLIB rules.

WCLIB now grades for 310 mills. Only 5l mills (two of them currently inoperative) have resigned from WCLIB to join the WWPA grading service. There are, of course, also a number of mills using separate, non-rules-writing. grading services.

WCLIB will continue to issue certification of grade and volume only through its own independent staff, ..Iree of any mill interpretation. WCLIB ihspectors are stationed in offices at Eureka, Calif.. Medford, Eugene and Portland, Oregon and at Seattle, Wash.

WCLIB already has on its stafi inspectors fully qualified to superintend grading of ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, Engel' mann spruce, Idaho white pine, western larch and sugar pine.

Glenn Burke Promoted

R. H. Lawder, manager of the lumber division of American Factors, Ltd., Honolulu, has announced the appointment of Glenn Burke as assistant manager of the division. Burke, currently headquartered in the Matson Building at San Francisco, will soon move to Honolulu when all lumber department functions will be consolidated in Hawaii. He will also be responsible for lumber and wood products purchasing for the company's operations in Hilo and on Kauai.

R. Gregory Suverkrip, presently with the San Francisco office, will also assume new duties at the head ofrce of the lumber de' partment in Honolulu.