Yard Handles Lumber Entirely With Lift Trucks

The new plant of Baugh Bros. & Co. at 2926 Sierra Pine Avenue, Los'Angeles, now almost completed, is one of the finest and most modern wholesale lumber yards in the country.

Much thought has gone into the designing of the general layout and buildings of the new yard, which occupies a site of lOl acres, with frontage on Sierra Pine Avenue of 700 feet. and 600 feet on Bandini Boulevard.

In planning the new plant the owners have looked ahead to the competitive days that will be here again in the not too distant future, and they now have an operation designed for low cost handling of lumber through a unique arrangement for employing lift trucks exclusively.

There are five storage sheds, each 6O feet wide, 120 feet long, and 24 leet high. These are separated by asphaltpaved lateral alleys 30 feet wide. These sheds have a total capacity of 5,000,000 feet of lumber. They are open at the sides, enabling lift trucks to drive through-an important feature that has had favorable comment from several large manufacturers.

The main alley between the storage sheds and the spur track is 50 feet wide, asphalt-paved. The spur track is 80o feet long.

This concern handles mainly dry, seasoned lumber, and specializes in California Ponderosa and Sugar pine for the commercial and industrial user.

Plans are projected for warehouse facilities for finished forest products such as plywood, etc. The overall development of the operation will be completed in about two years.

The assembling area is large enough for assembling orders for the trucks. This work will all be done with lift trucks, assuring the greatest possible speed and the least delay in loading customers' or the company's own trucks. They operate three lift trucks and six roller bed trucks.

Baugh Bros. & Co. consider themselves fortunate in having a completely equipped mill, the N{cCoy Planing Mill, alongside the plant, enabling them to give expedited milling service.

The office building contains a general of6ce, six private offices, and a shipping office. The interior is all finished in Douglas fir plywood. Stall showers have been provided for the comfort of the office staff and the yard employees. The building has wood siding on the exterior. There is a forced air system that furnishes fresh air heat in winter, and cooled air in summer.

There is ample parking for customers' cars.

H. A. Olsson, Los Angeles, was the builder of the plant. The principals in the company are the two .partners, Robert P. Baugh, and his brother, William E. Baugh.

Frank P. Scrogin is sales manager. Tom Cyr is yard superintendent.

They expect to move to the new location about January r.1947.

Ncrtioncrl Lumber Production

For the fifth consecutive month, lumber production in September reached a total of more than 3 billion board feet, the Civilian Production Administration reported.

The total national output of 3,206,148,000 board feet was slightly below the August total, but was 44 per cent above the figure for the same month in 1945.

CPA said the decrease from the August total of 3,450,645,000 feet was caused by a combination of the continuing shortages of equipment and supplies, the shorter work month, and the abnormal shift of workers to agriculture.

The September figure brought lumber output so far this year to 25,494,81,W board feet.

Curly Birch Pcnels Used in New Ollices

The new offices of L. J. Carr & Co., Sacramento, wholesale lumber dealers, and sales agents for Sacramento Box Co., present a fine example of the use of hardwood panels for interior decoration. L. J. Carr's private office is finished in selected curly birch panels, and the general office in knotty pine. Doors are Rezo hardwood doors, made by Paine Lumber Co., Oshkosh, Wis. Armstrong sound deadening material is used on the ceiling; walls are insulated with fiberglas.

Fluorescent lighting and an air conditioning system for both winter and summer comfort complete a fine job.