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Unirized Shipping in Boxcqrs

(Continued from page 4) all of their dimension in 2, wide McCracken packets at a considerable savings in loading costs over hand-loading methods.

Southwest Lumber Mills, Phoenix, Arizona, is workins on a complete layout to handle and ship all their lumber ii units which will be 2, wid,9 and2, high. They now ship some of their lumber in this fashion an-d enclose in each car a photograph showing the loaded car iust before it is shiooed. The number of mills shipping unitized lumber is ste'ahily increasing. Those who have bien shipping in this fashion regularly and for some time are generiily ieporting fine re- sults. The.change-to unit shipping has prbduied mJny prob_ Iems which have had to be &eriome^but, of all the mills now reporting that they are shipping units, not one seems to be unhappy with this practice or is planning to discontinue it.

Wholesalers have also felt the impact of unitized lumber shipping. Many of them state that, because of the fact that retail dealers are so desirous of receiving lumber for mechanical unloading, they are making salei they would not otherwise make.

Paul R. Williams of Winton Lumber Sales Company says, "IJnit loading has made salesmen out of us again and has sold lumber for us."

Similar experiences are being reported in all sections of the country by both large and small lumber mills, retail and wholesale lumber dealers. As time goes by they are certain to become commonplace, since the slippin! of unitized lumber is progress ""d tl lurnb". ]lt.r..t: must keep pace.

(TelI them Aou sau it in The Cakfornia Lumber Merciant)