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Sonto Fe Roilrood Seeks Control of Weslern Pocific for Greqter Service

The Santa F e Railway filed application October 2b with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C., seeking ap- proval for the Santa Fe to acquire control of the Western paciflc Railroad through purchase and exchange of stock.

If Santa F e is permitted to acquire control of the Western pacific, existing service, interchange points, gateways, routes and traffic arrangements and the competitive solicitation of traffic via Western Pacific will be maintained and continued.

The Santa Fe began serving the Bay reg'ion at the turn of the century and its entry into the area provided essential additional rail service which has materially assisted in the growth and development of California. The vast network of Southern paciflc's lines in Central California and the San Franciseo Bay area many years ago suggested that the Santa F e and Western paciflc work closely together in a joint efrort to present a measure of competi- tion to the Southern Pacific's coverag:e of the area. This resulted in the Santa Fe and Western Paciflc each having a half interest in the Alameda Belt Line and the Oakland Terminal Railway in Oakland, as well as each having a one-third interest in the Central California Traction Company, which serves territory between Stockton and Sacramento. Today tl1e Santa F'e and Western pacific jointly handle a substantial amount of traffic through their interchang'es at Stockton, Oakland and San F.rancisco, Calif.

If acquisition of control is authorized,, it would assure continuance of the through north-south route via Santa F.e-Western Pacific-Great Northern over the inner gateway known as the Bieber Route. This route serves the Northwest, the San Joaquin Valley, Southern California, .A.rizona and New Mexico and provides the only rail service competitive with Southern pacific on commerce between major California points and the pacific Northwest. If Santa tr'e control is authorized, it will also assure continuation of competitive service on the east-west route to and through Salt Lake City, Utah.

It was emphasized that this acquisition, if approved, would pro- vide stronger, more dynamic and more competitive rail service in the West, particularly in the San F rancisco Bay Area, the Santa Clara Valley, and the Sacramento Valley, which is termed vital to the future development of the whole area.

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Paul A. Barber, secretary of the Oreg:on Alder-Maple Company, Willamina, Oreg:on, two-time president, will automatically serve on the board of directors during the ensuing year. He was presented with a handsomely sculptured bronze plaque in recognition of his service to the association and the industry.

Similar distinguished service awards were presented to L. R. Smith and Dr. Donald H. Clark ("Mr. Hardwoods of the Decade") who was retiring from the Washington Institute of F orest Products in October and will serve the industry as a consultant. Clark is regarded as the "godfather" of the Northwest Hardwood Association and is one of the pioneers in giving recognition to the importance of Pacific Coast hardwoods to the nation &s orr €conomic asset of great importance.

Clark will head a new committee on alder tree farming which was a subject of discussion at the meeting with William A. Tinney, forester in charge of certification of tree farms in Western Washington for the Industrial F'orestry Association.

Appointed to serve on this committee were: Stuart Moir, forest consultant and pioneer in conservation, Portland; IIenry G. Campbell, manager, Pilchuck Tree F arm of Paciflc Denkmann Company, Arlington, Wash., retiring vice-president of the association; John W. Allen, and a Weyerhaeuser forester to be named.

A program will be set up to deal with the need for more extensive plantings of western alder (Alnus rubra) to provide for the growing demand for this species and to counteract the heavy inroads being made upon the alder stands by the pulp interests. It will also continue studies initiated by the association in the scientific management of alder as a profitable tree crop.

A feature of the program was the ad- dress by Dr. Edward G. Locke, director of the nation's Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin, who spoke on the future of western hardwoods.

Harold E. Worth, M.A., newly appointed forest products technologist, U. S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon, presented the viewpoint of an easterner on Pacific Coast hardwoods. He succeeds Archie Knauss. now retired, who is widely known as an authority on western species. Moore spent several years in the furniture industry of the Lake states and is particularly interested in the development of Paciflc Coast hardwoods for furniture manufacture.

M. B. Pendleton, secretary-manager, National Hardwood Lumber Association, Chicago, spoke on the need for quality control and better grading of hardwoods to meet the exacting demands of buyers. He conferred with the ofrcers and directors of the association, members of the NHLA in the Pacific Northwest, and hardwood wholesalers and importers of the area, with reference to establishing a resident inspection service at some central point to serve producers and distributors.

A 32% increase in membership was reported for the year.

Standard Of Champions

The flag at The Coralite Company now proudly flies from the official flagpole that centered tho pageantry at the 1960 Winter OlSrmplcs ln Squaw Valley. Kirk Kirkland (left) of the Order departrnent, anil John Church, controller, prepa,re to hoist Oltl Glory at the start of another productive day for all the "good sports" at Cora,lite ln Los Angeles.

The meeting was held during the closing sessions of the 5th World F'orestry Congress, in which the Northwest Hardwood Association participated with more than 100 displays of Pacific Coast hardwoods with 59 exhibitors, including several from California arranged by Milan A. Michie of Stahl Lumber Company, Los Angeles.

The spring meeting will be held at Shelton, Washington, April 7-8.

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