Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-11-18
BROAD MINDED POLICY
Exercised by Management of X. B
White Lumber Co. in Newark and
Other Towns Contributed
to Success.

The R. B. White Lumber company
was organized in Newark in 1915 by
R. B. White of Kansas City with it's
ward located in Clinton street. The
company was operated on a partner
ship basis until it was Incorporated
in 1919. Mr.. White gave up active
management of the company at that
time to become assistant general man
ager of the Exchange Saw Mill Sales
company of Kansas City. Mr.. White
still retains his interests in the COM
pany and its president.
During the six years of its existence
the White Lumber company has
grown and expanded rapidly. Yards
have been established at Utica Gran
vile, Buckeye Lake and Westerville.
General offices of the company are
located in the modern office building
on Clinton street with E. B. Chesshir
of Granville in charge as general man.
ager. The Newark yard is managed
by Z. H. Burch who has been associ-
ated with the company since its in
ception. The Utica yard is managed
by William Wolfe, Granville by N. H.
Overturf, Buckeye Lake by Benjamin
Oyler and Westerville by H. G.
Gorsuch.
Manager f. H. Burch of the New
ark office stated that the lumber
market had reached the low price
level for the year in his opinion and
said that he looked for an increase
in prices of lumber in the next few
weeks. Business prospects for next
year in the lumber business are good,
he declared
The r. B. White Lumber company
handles a complete line of building
materials of all kinds. Fire brick
and clay, articles not commonly
handled in Newark are a recent addi-
tion 10 their line of supplies for the
builder Cornell Wood board and
Alpha Portland cement are two we'll
known products handled by this COM
pany. In the past year the company
has supplied contractors on city
streets with more than 10000 barrels
of this Alpha cement, which is an
Ohio product.
The service room for prospective
builders is a special feature of the
company office in Clinton street. Here
samples of many different building
materials are assembled together with
from 500 to 1000 plans of buildings
from a chicken house for the farmers
to an apartment building. This serv-
ice room is open to the public at all
times and employees of the company
are willing to make free estimates
and draw tentative plans for pro-
spectiVe customers.
This sketch would be incomplete
without reference to the position the
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cupies with the organized building
trades. Through every emergency
the policy of this company has been
cooperative and when called upon
for support it has never been found
lacking in substantial and effective
response. Not only in the manufac-
turing plant has the r. B. White
Lumber company maintained a policy
of fairness and equity but direct and
indirect tranactions with the union
labor movement the r. B White
Lumber company has been open and
above board.
Towards an institution of this
character the labor paper can consist
emily extend every endorsement for
good will and cooperative support.
Towards Mr.. Burch personally can we
call particular attention to his fitness
and fairness in all matters pertaining
to labor. He is we'll liked among the
working people of Newark and is
known to be plain and sincere. The
prosperity and progressiveness of the
r. B. White Lumber company in New
ark is due in no little measure to the
broad-minded and conciiatory policy
of Manager Burch. 1t is with pleas
ure we can extend the r. B. White
Lumber company all reasonable en-
dorsement.