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Bundling Logs Doubles Storoge Copocity; Prevents Joms qnd Simplifies Inventory

13y brrnclling logs u'ith steel strapping, Elk Lurnber Company, Medforcl. Oregor-r, has doulrlccl the storage capacity of their 1S-acre pot.rcl. In atlrlition. tltis log bunclling method, developed jointll' by l',lk Ltunber ancl Acrr-re Steel Companl', has prevented 1og j:trns, eliminated the inconvenience of rccovering sinkers ancl simplifiecl sorting ar-rd inventory.

Logs are trucked into the X'{edforcl nlensrlres each load, the truck driver ol 2"x.A5U' I'reavv-dutv steel straPPing mill. .\s the scirler passes tn'o iengths arcrtrn<l the loacl /a of thc ler.rgth fronr eacl length fronr each err11. The strayrping joints are m;trle l-ith an Acn.re Steel pnetrnratically-pou,ered sc:tler. Slack is left in each stntp to allou'for buol'uncv of tlrc itnmersctl buncllcs.

The trtrck is driverr uucler ltn "A" fritmc hoist located rlpposite the brou' log. The rvinch oper:tt()r runs 'lrrou' log cal;les un<ler the steel strappe<l lt.rad arr<l hool<s them to the l'roist lrefore thc trttcl< tlriver tttrhooks the lrirrder chair-rs.

\\rhen the binder chair.rs lLrc clear:trt<1 Itunkers are knocked clort't.t, the u-irrch operttt()r tightcrrs the brr.ru' log crrlrles, u'hich roll the steel strappccl logs irlto the pontl. lr-lk Lrrrrrlrer estim:Ltes that lrurrclling hlts morc than rloulrled the capacity of their pr.rucl, since they non'ttse urr<lcru-ater :ts u'ell as sttrtace areas st( )rage. l.iunclling makes it possible for Elk of thcir pond lor

Lumlrer pond boats to sort strapped units instead of single logs into areas designated for segregation.

Peak periods in logging and hauling operations present no problem under the Elk Lumber system of bundling logs. Congestion in the dumping area is eliminated. Time is saved by moving bundles rapidly after dumping to prevent delays in unloading. The result is more trips per d.ay by each iruck. More than 100 truck loads a day are easily bundled and dumped in seasonal peaks.

Whire Bros. Hosts Office Force At November 20 Dinner

White Brothers of Oakland held its annual Wybro ofifice party for all of its sales and office personnel at the Danville hotei, November 20. Twenty-three attended the affair, which included everything on the house, from cocktails to door prizes (everyone t[ere received a Thanksgiving turkey, compliments of the house).

Coliforniq Leoding lt. S. in Reql Estqte Development

California is now leading the United States in real estate and, since 19'42, a total of 602,000 acres has been subdivided into 1,401,000 lots, a luncheon meeting of the Wilshire Chamber of Commerce was told last month by California Real Estate Commissioner Fred W. Griesinger. He added that he anticipates a tremendous future real estate boom, based upon past trends.

The California population is expected to increase from 14,000,000 today to more than 25 million by 1975. Los Angeles leads in the state's real estate development, also nationallv. and-over the entire n21iqn-$an p12ncisio ranks sixth, San Bernardino county, seventh, and San Diego, eleventh. He said the Commission wrote 1752 subdivision reports in the 1951-52 period, compared to 3,482 so far this year.

NBMDA Greets New Members

The National Building Material Distributors Association, Chicago, has recently welcomed the following firms into membership: Diamond W Supply Co., Los Angeles, Russ Edmonston-recommended by R. E. Freeman; Knudsen Builders Supply Co., Salt Lake City, ;. Arthur Knudsen-recommended by R. E. Freeman and W. Grieve; Pioneer Wholesale Supply Co., Salt Lake City, E. L. Ames-recommended by Freeman and W. Grieve; Welsh & Bresee, Oakland, Clifford E. Bresee-recommended by W. G. Grieve.

Avrom Moves to Montebello

The Avram Lumber Companv moved December 3 to a new location ai 7t55 Teiegraph Road, Los Angeles 22, tn the Montebello district. The new phone numbers will be RAymond 3-9591 a.rd PAtk.rierv 8-0281. The firm u'ill continue its wholesale lumber distribution of ponderosa pine, sugar pine, white fir, Douglas fir, cedar and mouldings, and specializing in decking and starter boards, white fir and pine, reports Ted Avram.

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Stonley Toylor Nomed DFPA Field Promolion Director

Stanley A. Taylor has been named Field Promotion Director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, announces W. E. Difford, managing director of the associ.ation. Taylor steps into the position formerly held by Joseph Weston, retired, who had been with the association since 1938. Taylor has been assistant field promotion director since 1955. He was a field representative from 1952 to 1955, first in the Los Angeles area and subsequently in Tacoma.

The DFPA Field Promotion department, now with a stafi of 34 men in the field, has been in existence f.or 20 years. Its function is intensive promotion of volume use of fir olvwood through personal calls on specifiers and large ,rs.rs irr'majot markets. chieflv in the construction and industrial fields.

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