Oakland Yard Has Become lmportant Factor In Supplying Area's Building Needs

InterbayLumber Company, located at 333 Kennedy Street in Oakland, owns and occupies a four-acre tract with a 7@ foot frontage on the Oakland Estuary, and a deep-water dock covering the entire water frontage of the yard property.

Paralleling this 700-fcot dock is a spur track of the samt' length, allowing 13 fifty-foot flat cars to be spotted at one time when occasion demands. The yard at present emplovs about fifty-five persons.

The administration building, which houses the building store, fronts on a four-lane divided highway approactr connecting the ne.r,v six-lane Super Freervay from Oakland (and San Francisco) to Alameda and San Leandro. This r.vill eventually extend as far south as San Jose. The eastern side of the property has a truck entrance at the junction of two arterial highways, 23rd and 29th Avenues, connecting Oakland with the City of Alameda. Rapid access to arterials, either North, South, East or West, minimizes truck delivery time from the Interbal, yard.

'fhe company operates two modern 1S-ton lift trucks, three late model 66-inch lumber carriers, besides five large recent model delivery trucks, including one truck-andtrailer for longer highway hauls.

A complete stock of kiln dried fir, pine and redwood finish, large and varied stocks of sash, doors, and sundri,millwork items, plywood. plasterboard and insulation are carried intwo exceptionally large storage sheds, the largest being 50 x 120 feet with access to lumber carriers or lift truck handling from any portion of this shed.

The building store represents modern trends in designing lumber retail stores large windows fronting on Kennedy Street and flanked by beautiful, as well as bountiful flower planting, which not only is an eye-catcher in this heavy-industrial area but sets off the redwood rustic, stained sidewall shingle and brick exterior, all of which materials are commonly used in residence as well as commercial buildings. Inside this attractive exterior, a cllstomer is greeted by an attractive and efficient receptionisi and several well-trained retail salesmen who have estab-