Weyerhoeuser Unloods 36,558 Feet in 53 illinutes In First SoCql Test Shipment of Unitized Lumber

The first known shipment of "packaged lumber" into the Southern California area was unloaded by representatives of Weyerhaeuser Sales Company on a company siding at the l-os Angeles yard the morning of August 16. The car Weyerhaeuser unloaded contained 36,558 feet of lxl2 Engelmann spruce and it was completely unloaded and set side, units intact, in just 53 minutes. The entire operation was done with an S-ton fork-lift truck from the ground, with a driver who had never before unloaded one of these cars working from both sides of the double-door boxcar.

"After this first experience," said Weyerhaeuser's F. W. Click, "we feel we can unload subsequent cars in 45 minutes with one man on the lift and one man in the car. We Orrie Hcmilton of the