Georgia-Pacific Opens Model Warehouse ln East Bay Area

As the aceompanying photos show, everyj'.. one was all smiles as the stafi of Georgia,;-Pacific's East Bay warehouse group set.' tled down in their new warehouse and sales ofice at 800 Grayson Street in Berkelpy. E. L. "Rif" Rifenrath, manager of G-P's northern California warehouse group which includes an identical installation at N. Sacramento, formerly had operated out of Ieased quarters at 2109 Peralta since 1958.

G-P's newest warehouse in its huge nation-wide chain is located on a choice 97,000 sq. ft. industrial tract, just two blocks off of Ashby Avenue and right adjacent to the Eastshore Freeway which connects the north and south bay areas. The warehouse is tilt slab constructed and roof supports are laminated beams throughout. Contractor for the job was C. Norman Peterson and the architect for the iob was

Ted Moist. Warehouse area covers 25,0OC sq. ft. with an additional 10,000 sq. ft. undercover area at the rear of the buildine on the unloading dock.

In addition to a full line of GeorgiaPacific products, manager Rifenrath is currently building up a select inventory of softwoods, including redwood, and also a popular line of hardwood lumber.

Top row, leff: Some personnel with thot typicol G-P "know how" include oftce monoger Bob Shelver ond G-P hordboqrd speciolist Joe Solbor. i/liddle: Worehouse foremon Ji,m Barron lstondingf found himself burning ihe midnight oil getting his worehouse €orrectly oligned ond reody for business. Note the Johnson-Floherly "lree" rocks, used throuhout the wcrehouse. Right: Old hqnds qt ihe order desk (but q brond new, speciolly designed desk it isf qre Tom lillord qnd Jim Gillis. Note "lozy susqn" under the customer qnd order flle. lThe discerning reoder will olso note the dote of the intlepid photog's visif foo!1,

Botlom, leil: As ony fool Gon see, there ore certain "fringe" benefits to being o Georgio-Pocific monoger! Here we obserue pretfy Judnito O'Brien toking dicfolion from monoger "Rif" in his new wolnut poneled oftces. Middle: Tolenled secrelqry Esther Gonrodson furlher enhonces the G-P woll poneling in this oftce. Eoch oftce, by the woy, is pcneled in o difterent G-P prefinished hordwood poneling, c lhowcose for your Gustomer. Right: Mconwhile, bock in ihe conforence room. lhree of G-P's numerous promolion men loke o quick breqk from their octivities Inote combinotion recorder-proiector used by G-P promotion men lhroughout fhe countryl. Here we hqve Bud Smith of ihe compony's Son Jose worehouse lCentrol Colifornio Divisionf, Bill Meinheit of ihe Berkeley outlet. ond Al Newmon, mercho:dising monoger for G,P, Portlond.

Lefl: An odditionol |O'OO0 sq. fl. of undercover spqce is ovqilable ot back of worehouse on unlooding dotk. Operotion is seryed by S.P, ond, olrhough we forgot to ork, it's quile qppor€nt thol lherc's plenty of room for more csrs of quolity G-P produc6 on this spur. Right: Roll'eml Here's the whole worahouse crew pitching in to get q semi ond o len wheeler reody for tie doy's deliveries. Note lifts qre butqne operoled.

Solvoy Process Producls Chemicql

35-50%

Better for Fighring Fires

Allied Chemical's Solvay Process Division today announced new facilities for the first domestic production of technical grade potassium bicarbonate. a chemical with exceptional fire quenching properties.

Wilbur H. Brumfield, division president, said the _finely powdered product, used as a base in dry chemical fire extinguishers, will be made at Solvay,s Syracuse plant.

Other potential commercial uies for tech- nical grade potassium bicarbonate which

U. S. consumers have had to import from Europe, include detergent formulations, cleaning compounds, blowing agents in rubber and plastics, dusting agent for plastic sheeting, fertilizer compounds and leather tanning.

Field demonstrations have indicated this type potassium bicarbonate is from 30 to 50 percent more effective than existing dry chemicals in combatting flammable liquids such as gasoline and oil.

Mr, Brumfield said the "growing need for potassium-based chemicals for a multiplicity of purposes has become apparent in recent years."

Solvay, serving as a leading supplier of potassium alkalies for many years, has' added the bicarbonate to help fill industry needs," he added.

Solvay's new product technical grade :'i potassium will be shipped from the Syrdcuse plant in bulk and 100Jb. bags.

Solvay Process, first United States Company to offer a domestic source for technical grade potassium bicarbonate, established the nation's alkali industry in 1881 when it constructed the country's first soda ash plant.

lmpoct of Notionol Standordizotion

Twenty-nine Northern California lumber mill executives dis' cussed the irnpact of national standardization of lumber grades on the redwood and Douglas fir industries at.a special meeting o{ the Redwood Inspection Service in Santa Rosa, Monday, November 19.

RIS President Harry Merlo of Rockport Redwood Company introduced the speakers, who included Philip T. F4rnsworth, Secretary of RIS; Gerald F. Prange, Vice President, Technical Services Division, National Lumber Manufacturers Association; Kenneth Smith, Business Consultant; and Russell Ells, President of the Willits Redwood Products Company and a member of the NLMA Executive Committee.

Mr. Farnsworth spoke in the absence of Carl W. Bahr, Vice President of The Pacific Lumber Company and chairman of the American Lumber Standards Committee. He gave a brief outline of the Committee's procedures. Mr. Prange told the lumber executives how the proposed standardization of grades would affect the merchandising of lumber.

Mr. Smith said that redwood's grade standards were ahead of the rest of the lumber industry, and warned that acceptance of standard grades might mean that the redwood industry would be going backward to the level of grading of other species.

Mr. Ells was asked to give the producer's viewpoint. He said that standardization of grades was a natural result of industry trends.

At a discussion in the afternoon, the lumbermen agreed in general to keep watch on developments in the field. It was pointed out that it would be at least two years before any grade changes would begin to take efiect, and that RIS could keep its own grade names and sizes as long as these equalled or surpassed national standards. All persons present, and all other interested parties, were invited to send their opinions on grade standardization to RIS Secretary Philip T. Farnsworth, 5T6 Sacramento Street, San Francisco 11, California, before the December l0 meeting of the RIS Board of Directors.

Conodion Lumber Produclion Running Aheqd of Previous Peok Yeor, soys Bonk of Novo Scotio

Canadian lumber production for the first eight months oI 1962 was ahead of its previous peak year 1960 and was ll per cent higher than comparable 1961 figures, according to a recent analy' sis of the industry by The Bank of Nova Scotia's Economic Department.

"In the first eight months this year, estimated production (of Canadian lumber) totalled about 6,089 million board feet, up roughly ll/o irom the comparable period in 196I (5,477 million board feet) and an appreciable increase over 1960 (5,677 million board feet) the previous peak year for lumber production," the bank reported.

New residential construction in the spring and summer months coupled with increased activity in industrial and commercial construction during the middle of the year were determining {actors in the increased production. The Bank cautioned, however, that "seasonally adjusted estimates of spending on new housing indicate a somewhat flat trend in housebuilding activity and a similar levelling off has taken place in non-residential construction suggesting that lumber demand for house-building purposes will remain at about the same level throughout ther final months of this year."

Canadian Iumber exports haye inbreased this year over year earlier levels, according to the liank's'report. Higher demand for Canadian lumber in the important U.S. market accounted for almost all of. the l3/o gain in total exports during the first seven months oI 1962.

Building Stondqrds Commission

Directors of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce have urged the City Council to establish a Building Standards Commission for correlating and eliminating overlapping building regulations.

A resolutioh calling for a commission composed of representation from the construction industries and similar to that used by the State has been forwarded to the Mayor and City Council.

John Case, chairman of the Chamber's Construction Industries Committee, in announcing the Board's decision, said, "There are at least 15 different departments in the city now writing these ordinances, often without apparent regard for existing regulations of other departments.

"One set of rules can virtually eliminate the conflict that exists and save the taxpayer, as well as the construction industry, great sums of money," he added.

Case said modern codes must be a product of constant research devoted to the evaluation of new products and building methods.

ooModern regulations must have flexibility so that these new products and methods may be used as soon as they are practical and safe," he said.

"The review of building regulations by one central agency, in full cooperation with all concerned, would present requirements which are practical and safe standards," he added.

Case pointed out that often inspectors from one city department refuse to accept standards another department has established, thereby causing loss of time and money to both contractors and the city.

Noturolly Termile Resistont

When taking precautions against termites, one should not forget that there are two species of commercially available softwoods-California redwood and Tidewater red cypress-that are naturally termite resistant. Naturally resistdnt to rot also, they are ideal for use close to the ground where decay and insect hazard is the greatest. Only the heartwood of either species contains the substances w.hich discourage termites.

The manufacturers of redwood and cypress lumber do not, of course, claim complete immunity from termite damage for their wood. Ilut the record is amazing. An all-redwood building built in the tropics by the U.S. Department of Agriculture resisted all insect attacks for sixteen years (when it was smashed by a falling tree) while scientists counted 45 different species of termites in other species in the area.

For this reason, redwood is widely used in the tropics and in sections of the United States where the termite hazard is high. In Hawaii and Florida. architects have found they can have the traditional warmth of wood, safely, by specifying redwood for homes. In Florida, redwood is coming into wide use as supplies of the native Tide. water red cypress decrease.

The California Redwood Association, in its data sheet No. 2D2 "Durability of Red. wood" (available free from Dept. PF9 California Redrvood Association. 756 Sacramento Street, San Francisco ll, California) cautions that proper constiuction methods must be followed when the heard wood o{ a durable species is used. Thq Association advises builders to remember these points:

I. Clear all wood debris from the sitei especially from foundation and crawl spaces.

2. Provide for positive site and building drainage.

3. Separate from known moisture sourcea ' to prevent excessive abdorption, allow for peiiodic insepction, and provide necessary physical barrier for termitg protection.

4; Thoroughly ventilate all spaces undei the building.

5. Use soil poisons if the termite probl lem localfy is severe.

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Top row, lefl: Jocques Morvcy of Reno ond Rosev!lle Lumber's Willcrd LoFronchi (Also Pocific Forest Producls, Fresnol-before ,, Midd!e: ond ttofter"-Where'd she go, boys?? Right: Lomon Lumber's Rolph Lomon, Bob Korn of U.5. Plywood, ond Riley Cook, Sequoio Forest Industries. Second row, left: The Mosfer, George Duft, ond o porlion of the 63 trophies oworded fo the record crowd. Middle; TW&J's solesmonoger, Rolph Proufy; Bob Dowson, Dowson Distributing; ond Chos. T. Groy, president of Americon Foresl Products. More lrophies. Righl, stonding: Horvey Bohr, Blotfner-8ohr Distribulors, ond Beryl Robinson. Rich Brothers, Visolio. Seoted' Speckerl Lumber's Armin Speckert, McWillioms Lumber's Horry Robinson, Bill Blotlner Blqltner-Bohr, ond Hol Hortzell of Norco.

Third row, lefl: Jock Crone ond Ben Word wilh mortini vendor. Middle: gin (ond tonic) Eorl Bliele, Jr., stonding. Righl: "cords."

Fourlh row, left: The hollowed winners circle: Horry l-ousmon (low gross), Don "Bud" Miller (second low nel), Tournoment wheel George Duff, John Sorlo (second low gros-\ ard 8!ll Bfottner {low nei}. Middre'We reDeql lhe sho} becouse in this lineup we hove first flight winner Billy Moin of Redding (second from leftl. Right: And hots ofi to the lodies who did o lerrific iob of hondling fhe deloils: Louise Allyn, Ervo Duft, Alberlo Moni ond Lilo Sthiffner. Fifth row. lefh Joe Lousmonn. Lousmonn Lumber, ond Gordon Dovis of Auburn r.umber Co. Middle: Armin Speckert qnd Ed French of Crone-French. Right: Wendling-Nolhon's Bill Froser qnd Chorles Tyler of Builders Supply.