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No SS U. S. \Tithout Wood

Building of the mammoth new superlinpr, SS United States, would not have been possible without the use of wood. So says the United States Lines, owner of the pride of the U. S. maritime fleet.

More wood was used in the construction of the SS United States-an all-metal ship-than is normally used in the construction of large all-wood vessels. In fact, the SS U. S. is the world's greatest "wooden" ship, for its birth required enough lumber, poles and blocks to stretch out 200 miles if placed end to end. The nearly 3 million board feet of lumber and wood that went into its construction would build at least 12 ships the size of the "Constitution," or three ocean-going ships 300 feet in length.

United States Lines figures on the tremendous amount oI wood used to build the superliner reveal enough pine boards850,000 feet-to build a 2,000-ton wooden ship 300 feet long. The shipyard's pattern makers needed an additional 187,000 board feet of wood; another 150,000 board feet went into protective coverings, packing and shipping cases. For purposes such as braces, ladders, ribband and stage boards, 2,0U,M board feet of Douglas fir and Southern pine were used.

Shipbuilders require a large supply of wood for scaffolding. Just the supports for the scaffolding erected during the construction of this modern passenger ship took six and one-half miles of pine poles-some of which were as much as 95 feet high. Staging utilized 240,600 board feet of Douglas fir poles.

Enough oak blocks went into cribbing and shoring the liner to build more than 14 two-story, six-room houses. Oak timbers used as keel track and cribbing amounted to 222,000 board feet. There were 115,700 board feet of Southern pine poles used in shoring; an additional 66,900 board feet of Southern pine lumber for blo.cking and shoring

Which all goes to show that there would never have been an SS U.S. without wood.

Bob Male, Los Angeles representative of Fay Lumber Company, Portland, is back from a trip to the mills. He met Hank l{eiser, buyer at Portland for the company at Arcata, and with him. called on mills on the Coast and in the Willamette Vallev.

Atkinr, Famous Saw Maker, Sold

Indianapolis, Ind.-E. C. Atkins & Co., century-old Indianapolis saw manufacturer, has been acquired by the BorgWarner Corporation of Chicago, it was announced. The company will be operated as the Atkins division of BorgWarner, according to R. C. Ingersoll, president of the BorgWarner group of twenty-eight manufacturing plants and specialty steel mills in twenty-three cities.

The company has been strike-bound since June 9, when 700 members of the United Steel Workers, Local 1543, C.I.O., walked out after wage negotiations broke down.