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Construction Contracts Awarded In Eastern States

New York, Oct. 2G-Construction contracts awarded in the 37 states east of the Rockies for the first nine months of 1952 were 2 per cent higher than the corresponding period a year ago, it was reported today by F. W. Dodge Corporation, construction news and marketirtg specialists. This, despite inclusion in 1951 figures of $980 million in Atomic Energy Commission project awards. Without the,se.awards in the comparative 1951 figures, the current year is running 10 per cent ahead of last year.

The nine-month1952 awards total is $12,747,79I,00f.

Construction awards for the month of September showed a new surge of building activity with a total of $2,039,203,000 which was 42 per cent more than August and a whopping 88 per cent greater than Septemler 1951.

Individual classifications for September showed non-residential awards of. $1,272,367,000 which were 145 per cent more than August and 215 per cent over September 1951. Residential awards totaling $518,471,0m were 17 per cent less than August but 8 per cent more than September last year. Public and private works and utilities at $248,365,000 were 15 per cent below August but 25 per cent above September 1951.

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Seroing (?) Tbe Red.utood. Country

Consistently crt height ol the lumber sedson, o bottleneck, which through devious meqns mqnqge to move only o portion of the lumber recrdy for morket.

The resuitqnt scorcity on the Iocql mqrket, ond surplus crt the mills, hos, in my opinion, done more to hurt the Iumber mqrket, thon ony other sinqle fqctor.

Right now q query obout the mqrket's immediqte future, with the roiny seqson in the offing, qnd cr cqr shortoge or something on the N W P, must of necessity bring the onswer "SOME THINK PRiCES 1MILL GO UP, SOME THINK THEY WILL COME DOWN," I DO,

We qre now forced to truck in pcnt ol our requirements, so we ore stil oble to toke cqre of our cusromers

Comparing nine-month 1952 totals with nine months 1951, non-residential at $5,053,968,000 was down 8 per cent. (Note: Less AEC awards included in 1951, this year was ttp 12 per cent) ; residential at $5,098,182,000 was up 4 per cent; public and private works and utilities at $2,595,641,000 gained 22 per cent.

Moves Into New Quarters

An expanding business has necessitated the Berkeley Plywood Company's move into new quarters in Oakland, according to W. R. Odenthal, one of the partners. Associated with him is E. C. Harter. The new quarters at 1401 Middle Harbor Road, Oakland will have thirty thousand square feet, plus the yard. Everything will be under one roof. Besides jobbing plywood as mill representatives they are manufacturers of plywood iterns such as bins, etc. The Berkeley Bins is a subsidiary of the company.

According to Mr. Odenthal one of the recent developments in the use of plywood which has helped the growth of their business is pushing of plywood for sheathing on roofs. It is claimed there is a saving of fifty-eight per cent in labor. The Plywood Association is now strongly recommending plywood for the same use, but the Berkeley Plywood Company was working on the problem before that time and were pioneers in its use for the purpose.

Howard Noah, sales manager, E.- A. Padula Lumber. Co., San Francisco, recently spent a week calling on the trade in Los Angeles. He followed that by calling on mills in the Redrvood area.

Salvage Logging Team

Mqrtin Stormo, lelt, cnd the Wialred "Windy" Wetzel lcrmily, includiug Mrs. Wetzel cnd gon Keith, qre contrcct logging cr portion ol Weyerhceuser Timber compdny's Skykomish tree lcrm aecr Monroe, Wqgh. Girl, the 8 yecr old mcrre thct Keith is cstride, provides the "horsepower" Ior skidding bolts lrom decd and down cedcn trees to c lcnding where they cre msde into hcnd-split tcpered shqkes. The crec rvql origrinclly logged 5 or 6 yecrs ecrlier cnd is rcpidly being reloregied.

She's only eight years old, but she wears caulked shoes, has been logging for two years, and works like a horse.

She's Girl, an intelligent, efficient mare and an important member of a Snohomish county salvage logging team.

Girl, proof that there is still a job for the horse in the woods, works with a pair of industrious partners, Martin Stormo and Winfred "Windy" Wetzel, who are making horse logging pay on Weyerhaeuser Timber company's Skykomish tree farm near Monroe, Wash.

Stormo and Wetzel, from nearby Marysville, hold a salvage logging contract with Weyerhaeuser permitting them to take out dead anC down cedar from designated areas of the tree farm. Among the provisions of the contract is a stipulation that the logging be done by horse. This, of course, is to protect the young Douglas firs rapidly reforesting logged-over portions of the tree farm.

This is where Girl comes in. She is a capable and professional logger and it is something to see the husky mare "skid" cedar chunks through brush, over and around fallen logs and stumps, to the improvised landing. These chunks, or bolts, are converted on the spot by Stormo and Wetzel, using froe and mallet, into tapered shakes, shake boards, fence posts, hop poles, pegs and other useful products.

Salvaging cedar is hard work and horse logging presents some unusual problems.

Stormo and Wetzel say that cedar, like gold, is where you find it-and they frequently find it half-buried in the earth and overgrown with brush. Working with peaveys, they pry logs into a position where they can be bucked into bolts with a chain saw. These cedar bolts are usually 52 inches long (or some multiple of 26 inches) and in odd-sized chunks up to four feet in width.

Girl, making good use of her caulked shoes, backs up to the bolts, a chain secures the cedar to her harness, and with a word from Stormil she leans into her load, scrambling over, around and through obstacles to the landing, frequently up to 2000 feet away.

"The caulks stand Girl in good stead," says Stormo, "but they do create an additionaL hazard when she occasionally steps on my foot." According to Stormo, Girl fortunately seems to sense when she has her foot on something besides the ground or a log and doesn't put her full weight down.

Stormo and Wetzel are hard workers and take the ups and downs of horse logging in stride, according to Jay Gruenfeld, Weyerhaeuser forester in charge of the Skykomish tree farm.

"Contract loggers like Stormo and Wetzel perform a real service," says Gruenfeld. "They carry out a share of the company's program for greater utilization of the forest crop and are often the first to spot and report fires."

Gruenfeld has this to say for Girl, "She is an unusual animal. You don't find many horses with the patience and good sense necessary in the woods. She is responsive to Stormo's commands and in a tight spot-with her foot caught between two logs, say-she holds still until she gets help. Many horses would thrash around running the risk of serious injury."

Completing the Stormo-Wetzel logging team are Mrs. Wetzel and son Keith, age four. On almost any sunny day they can be found on the landing, helping with the board stacking and shake bundling. Keith, with a new pair of cowboy boots, gets plenty of rides on Girl-an opportunity envied by countless young cowhands who never get to straddle a real horse.

The partnership's major product, tapered cedbr shakes, is sold in bundles to a small sawmill at nearby Lake Stevens where they are wholesaled to lumber specialty jobbers. Most of them eventually find their way to builders and retail lumber dealers in California and the East, ending up on the roofs of some of America's finer homes.

Dennis Lumber Co. Moves to Menlo Pqrk

.Dennis Lumber Company moved its general offices from San Francisco to 1060 Evelyn Street, Menlo Park, Calif., October 13. The telephone number is DAvenport 3-2401 , and teletype is Palo Alto, Cal. 43.

The personnel at the Menlo Park office consists of Chester Dennis, Art Hilhaupt, and Knute Weidman. Pete Speek is in charge of the Southern California office in Beverly HilLs.

With Wholesqle Lumber Distributors

E. R. (Hip) Hipkins, former manager of the Antioch Lumber Company, is now with the Wholesale Lumber Distributors of Oakland. He will cover Northern California for his company, traveling the territory in rr hich Tom Tomlinson made so many friends. Hip has had an extensive background in the lumber business, and knows its problems from the inside as well as the sales.

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Series of Dinner Meetings Sctreduled \(/estern Paciftc Plywood

A series of dinner meetings on the subject of "Lumber and Building MateriaLs Handling," have been scheduled throtlghout Northern California by the Lumber Merchants Association. The subjects for discussion will bring out the need for reduction of operating costs by more efficient handling of inventory and deliveries. They should help dealers, who are confronted with these problems, find a solution.

Featured in the program will be the film, "Mechanized for Profit," produced by the Building Supply News. The action shows the operation of mechanical handling in lumber yards throughout'the countrl, using methods which have been tried and proven profitable. The meeting should be of interest to supervisory personnel, and wherever possible, yard employees and truck drivers should attend, as it is they who actually handle the material and operate the equipment. Most of the ideas and ne!\' equipment were. developed by men in the yard rather than from men behind the desk.

The dates, places and dining locations are as follows:

Tuesday, October 28 . Santa Rosa, Richard's Supper Club

Wednesday, October 29 . . .. . . Sacramento, Hotel Senator

Thursday, October 30 . Stockton, Hotel Stockton

Wednesday, November 5 .. . Tulare, Hotel Tulare

Thursday, November 6 .. Fresno, Hotel Fresno

Wednesday, November 12 .... San Jose, Hotel St. Claire

Thursday, November 13 . Watsonville, Loma Linda

Sells to Jobbers Only

Western Pacific Plywood Corp., 3200 Bandini Blvd., Vernon, recently reorganized, and established a new policy of selling to jobbers only.

The plant has a capacity of ll million feet of Douglas fir plywood a month, manufactured according to Douglas Fir Plywood Association standards. They specialize in two grades, regular plyscord sheathing CD and BD. All the BD grade is sanded on the face side.

They also manufacture MAPLY in %" thickness, with 3-ply veneer center and Masonite on both sides.

The veneers are transported from mills in Northern California and Southern California by truck and trailer to the plant and then made into plywood. They are working one shift at present but plan to put on a second shift soon.

Plywood stocks are carried at the plant and are sold in carload and less carload lots.

Tom Tomlinson, sales manager foq \\rholesale Lumber Distributors, Inc., recently returned from a trip to Southern Oregon and Elko, Nevada. He was accompanied by his wife, and at Elko they visited her family, owners of a large stock ranch on which they raise fine beef steers. To Tom they looked like so many beef steaks, rvhich to his regret were roaming over Nevada, and not on his table in his Berkeley home. But for that sad reflection Tom's trip was very enjoyable. There may be no connection, but about that time Johnny Tyson, who is head of the company, went deer hunting in the Redding area. At least he can bring his deer meat home.

Al Peirce of the Al Peirce Lumber Company, Coos Bay, and a director of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, plans to attend the Pacific Logging Congress to be held in San Francisco, November 10, 11 and 12. While in San Francisco he 'ivill make his headquarters at the offices of Paul McCusker, who is his Northern California representative. Al Peirce is well known in the industry and is considered one of its leaders.

Paul Williamson, salesman for the California Builders Supply Company of Sacramento, has just returned from a week spent at the Armstrong Cork Company school in Lancaster, Pa. Part of the coLlrse on Armstrong products included a tour via their company plane to the soft board plants in'Macon, Ga. and Beaver Falls, N. Y. Dave Olmstead, salesman for the company is scheduled to take the same course during the week of October 27 to November 1.

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Walter Foster is the new manager of The Diamond Match Company plant at Walnut Cretk. Mr. Foster was formerly wiih tfre Interbay Lumber Company of Oaklancl.

Sterling Stofle, Co., Los Angeles, Western Hardwood made a business trip Lumber Co., Los to Nerv York City.

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