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Baxco Corporation Leases \(/ood Building New Store and Bank

Preserving Plant at The Dalles, Oregon Building at Scotia

Horace X. Baxter, president of J. H. Baxter & Co., recently announced the newest addition to the family of Baxter companies, the Baxco Corporation, which has leased the Union Pacific Railroad Company wood preserving plant at The Dalles, Oregon. This plant, formerly operated by the' Forest Products Treating Company, is one of the largest and most modern wood preserving plants in thc United States.

Mr. Baxter announced the intention of the Baxco Corporation to use their timber prefabrication facilities to their utmost in conjunction with a trained office engineering staff.

The Dalles plant, situated on 50 acres, with 4 large pressure treating cylinders, modern diesel locomotive cranes, machine pole shaving and framing equipment, complete timber fabrication equipment and railroad tie boring and adzing machinery, is a model of what a complete timber preserving plant should be.

The Ba*co 'Corporation intends to carry large stocks of piling, poles and ties at The Dalles so that consumers throughout the states west of the Mississippi may be served prornptly.

W. B. Doan, formerly general manager of the Forest Products Treating Corporation, will be general manag.er, and W. W. Jackson will be sales manager of the Baxco Corporation.

Companies affiliated with the.Baxco Corporation are J. H. Baxter & Co. of Oregon, with a wood preserving plant at Eugene, Oregon, and J. If. Baxter & Co., San Francisco, with plants at Alameda and Long Beach, California.

Western Pine Supply Co. Building New Shed

Western Pine Supply Co., is building a new shed with a capacity of 6,300 square feet of covered storage at its yard at 5760 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, Calif. This is the first unit of a large lumber storage shed, and is a part of the company's building program.

The Pacific Lumber Company is building a large new store and a new bank building at Scotia, Calif. The store, formerly operated by the company! has now been leased by departments to private operators.

The start of construction was delayed until the final decision was made by the State Highway Department regarding the re-alignment of the highway. It is hoped that the new buildings will be ready for occupation by January 1, 1951.

Converted Ncrrry Vessels Are Efficient Lumber Ccrriers

Irwin & Lyons Lumber Company's converted LST Coos Bay makes a round trip between Wilmington and Coos Bay in 12 days. She carried 2,100,000 feet of lumber on.the last trip. This ship takes 20 hours to discharge and 3O hours to load.

The company's boats Rolando and North Bend, converted LSM's have a capacity of two million feet a month between the two ports. These smaller boats.make a round trip once a week. All lumber is shipped in packages, strapped, with widths and lengths all separated.

Fire Destroys Lumber Ycrd And Mill in Scn Carlos, Calif.

Damage estimated at $125,000 was caused to the O'Neill Lumber Company's yard and the Oliver Mill & Lumber Company in San Carlos, October 9. The flames spread from a two-story warehouse and offices to lumber stacked in the three-acre yard. J. K. O'Neill of the lumber company estimated his loss at $75,000. This includes the loss of 300,000 feet of kiln dried lumber. He said 2,000,000 feet was saved.

W. H. Clover of the Clover & Oliver firm said the mill machinery, valued at $50,000 was a total loss.

Chcnge in Phone Numbers

The telephone numbers of the Central Valley Box & Lumber Co., Oroville, Calif. have been changed to 546 and 547.

This company recently sold its box factory at Riverbank, Calif. to the Setzer Forest Products Company, Sacramento.