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· OPERATING ENGINEERS L.OCAL 3 ·WOL. , 13-No .. 2

1Story of the Public -Utilities Coin1russio1} 411 _s1ness

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• us·1n ss By HAROLD ROSSMAN

·FEBRUARY, . 1955 ·

1.(6hstruction Season's Low; ' . J

Sta.rt of Good

H··its' Await ·vear

Work load is now hitting the 10\,vest point of the annual wintertime lull, with uncertain weather idling' thousands -of men in the construction industry . of Northern CaJi:fornia,

Not many citizens of San Francisco know that they are the owners of a big business Neva:da, and Utah, but the outlook is for one .of the best years -a very big business-and that they 110.w have one of. their own, a iabo~ man, at the head ever as soon/ as it can gel started:-possibly during Maq::h. of the "management" that runs that blisiness ·for them. The enforced "vacation time" for--------- ·----~~

That big business is the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission: · this industry, . however, is being \ badly-~eeded . arteries th~,:y · are This agency is ·very much like any of the big, privat_e ''!10lding .companies," administering ufil1zed in every way possible to , moving aheaci quickly thru weather

and operating large land, water, transportation and other holdings, providing the citizenry , get_i13 shape for the big push ahead, fair or foul. There ·is an urgency with essential services and · . . . ·I such··,as 'tuning ut Jqt\ipme'nt. lay- · on many of these big freeway jobs taking in· large revenues. . 5. The Bureau of Light, Hea.t ing _crnt project site~; and lining I that plainly, ~hows th.eil' impor·

And_~ot special interest" to and Power. I up manpower. . . i tapce to the military · an_d cl\iil de-tlie meinb'ership pf Operating Most of th~~e. de~artments had . Members' of Local 3 . are taking I fense. The whole world_ seems to Engineers Local Union: No. 3 · one charactenstic m cop,mon- care of all t he ·1oose ends, such .as be coming to California these days,

" ·1·,1 S.".·.;n:, ,.,. 'FranciS·C0 and" elSP- they _were t~e departments . that getting .Personal belongings and I d t .. ' ' t ' ,, .. '" ~,·, ," "' - . provided services to customers and affairs straightened up, donating so an a equa e rr eewa) ne ,, o1 ""

whe1~e is the fact that the : t~Ok in reVeJ1UeS frOJ11 these CUS· biOOcl tQ C the UniOff blOOd. bank iS indeed a pressing need. "chairman of the board" of : t?11;ers :. · · that ?per~ted, _in other (that's a strong hin~.· boys), paying I Imminence of w_ar ·in the Pacific this city - owned business. is :· words, like a busmes:,. then· taxes, and lmmg up prospec• has heightened construc;tion needs our- own Victor S. Swanson, : . They were publicly-owned utili- tive employers for _the season in several fields. It points primarily 1, • f L l

3 · tfes, very little different except for ahead. , .

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, . ~ t "' . : ,· _ . rJUSmess 1nanager O OCa : the circumstance of ·public owner- ,. . ,· , .· to ou1 madequa e eustbound n.gh . a•·n-d newly-elect.ed p~1 esident -·.: . . . . ~t has been a coo11Sh ~ mter., with ways from the coast to tha Nevada

• sh:p frorr.i . ~he various privately- repeated .storms bringing in -plenti- area~--routes that will ·c;rry mil· ·of the San Francisco Public owned utilities.- In fact, the Muny fui",-.upplles of ram and snow Jobs 1

1. . . ·h d. ·t· - 1 · .

.\Utilities Commission. . ;,1, '\•tc~r:;v.a~iti~v;,r .. ~~:~ . t o~e1;·t.1:~:te1~:. ?U:~-he_~ fo r _.time~ have . tried work- enem:r 1 -:~omt s; s\~PR~~ ,,?!__s_ub• .

· · · R ·i .·,1 · , · . · ' . . . · · I 10ns or angu_1s e Cl 1zens w 1e11

· · To ... d;siribe , tlle.·._.Phb"lfc ·11tru.iiek:1' :~ :,;,,. <,J:~ !fu::,:-'•'-"'.J. •• },,,·~..zg~~~\,£L ~·,1 •':!v · .. lllg;,r);).en.~e.e.nNstmans .ru:i:d .sotn e..have ·ma:dneinr?f~ 'v~rthtffs, d"ffsh0re: send

. .. . . . . owned -1vrnrket · Stree.t:,-·Rai1way Co. succeeded ·· especially·. during· · the · 1 ··d· • - · · · · · · ·· '· · c 1 · Commi:i;sioii .ind its opei·atfons ,as a ; . , · . · , ·· · - : . · , . · . . • · · . I c ou s o! poiso.nous mist onto a.1· • • • . .. . , 1 which tne city late,r bougnt up and early February warm-spell, which , . ' c· .·, d f ffi . 1 o- ,

0 b ig ·busin~ss ' is no exaggeration ,. .I ' th t' c bl ca r es h'ch ·t;. · , · . fornia . 1vi1 e ense o 1cia s abLed even. in this day of multi-milfio)1-,:. 1· WJ · - ne a e ~ 111 w i 1 is almost an annual occurrence m early in February that 5'Uch a con-. only recently acqmrea. . th· e ·o · .. . · ·

dollar corporations. · · ! I . · . · is r gi 11· mt1011 would force evacuatwn as . · · , . - . . The .. PUC at its very beginning Those jobs where mud is a big far inland as S€lcramento. _

The PUC admiliisters holdings 1 1 was aiready a big enterprise. In factor have shut• down to await

with a _capital worth of, $317,000,-1

the 20-odd years since then it has surer weather possibly in March * * * · 000, based on appraisals required I greatly . increased the value 6f the and probably in ApriL Don'_t' let · your · eqtiipment get by law to be made at regular i·n- properties enfrusted to _it, .brought Freeway .and hie:hway J·obs now into a position where,' when

1 b C fi · VICTOR SWANSON ~ te{va s Y erti ec\-. Public Ac- more income to the city and better seem to plug' along fairly well be· bqomed up, it ·may buckle or whip countants. service to the consumers ... and tween storms, and with the state back and touch overhead powe1' , The g'ross rev-enues taken 'in by This setup was always inefficient, , (Continued on Paae Ninei pressing for completion of these ·lines.·

the Commission in the 1954 fiscal but it became especially inadequate I ----------"·----- -------·----------------~------------­year amounted to almost $150,000,- when the~ city, in 1930, bought out 000, and that's big money in any- the old Spring Valley VVater Co. body:s ·1a11guage. · with its ·dams, lakes an_d extensive

land-holdings in other counties.· The Freeholders, who were then

em ers Respon 1 Big arid complex as it is, the Pub- shaping the new -charter, d~cided ~ · lie utili-tie.s' ·Commission is rela- to create a new·· ag!?l1CY, tlie]='ublic . rO r loo'

• t ively young. It came into being in Utilities Commission-. · 1932 with the adoption of the new under the , PUds direction . they In response to the a.ppeal for charter of the City and County of placed . tJ1e following ·dep_arti:i.)e_pts: blood contributions to the u'nion S.an Francisco. ·. ... .. ; · -

. 1. ,The San Francisco Wa.ter blood bank reserve, which was Before that d~te ·San Francisco's · · Department. 111ade 1·n·_1ast 1nonth's 1·ss11e ,of ~he ~,'ater, street lighting', transporta-

t ion and related facilities were ad• 2. The San Francisco M1mici- · pal Raiiway.

Engineers News, a good many ·· members have taken _the s,tep

3 . . The San" Francisco Munici- I ancl donated, but much more is . ministe1,ed. in haphazard fashion;

with responsibility divided . between ~he" Board of Supervisors, the De­partme·nt of Works and other agencies;·,

pal . Airport. · . _ needed, and this appeal is here-4~ The Hetch · Hetchy · wa.ter with repeated.

'and power project. All members who can possibly ----------~-'---- - -------- --·--- --------- · do so are urged to a-ct

on this, now during the I sfa-ck period,' mal;;e this

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gesture of brotherly con­ce1·n a.nd help fill a cry­

c'. • . . RAISING O'SHAUGHNESSY DAM . .:... 'fhe key dam in the. Hetch Hetchy

' project was raised.some 84 feet·iin hei,ght, J:3 years after it was built, to almost double:capacity of ,its reser.v:oir. At .th.e ·-time, the tas!,i ·of getting Jhe new con­crete to' 'have.the s:;i.me propertie,s as the -aged · concret~ was a. tough; problem. and required piiu1;eering· in new techniques of concrete consti'uction;

-ing need. All supplies of . blood

· credited to tirn Engi-

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neers have been deplet­ed. \Ve cannot provide for t h o s e who need blom1, and there is a backlog of demand . for blood. ·

· More than · so· bers .of Local wives have . contributed in the past three ~veeks. We extencl our most sii1-.cere · th a i.1 k s t9 these b1'othei·s a.nd siste"rs !

· Contact the union . ofc I fice.....:.they wfU make the I appoi~tment - f o r you.

· Give . a pint tod.ay in the mime . of the Engi­

. neers Ul1ion. Get

. ihat ]!oilor roil of donoi:s,......; it's for you"t· own .prote"ct)on ! ·

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. "WOMEN FOLK RESPOND~Among the 30 or rnor~ 3 mem-bers who donated_ blood in response to last month's appeal. in the Engi­neers News, several were wives of m embers, who reasoned that since ·it is often the wives and .children who need blopd, it is therefore logical that the women folk should give if possible. This picture shows i'\'.Ii.;s. Neal ,Henderson, wife of an 9akland crane operator, d-onaiing .a pjnt of blood to the Local 3 reserve a.t Alameda County Blood Bank. Thanks, Sister Henderson! · ·

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THE "LITTLE · GIANl,'' (Reprint from Piledriving Contractors' Assocjat\on)

IIe's five feet four inches tall number_,,of piles for· the .: new builcl­a.:nd prnbably· never grossed more ing went into the grou nd, v\;ithou t than 140 pounds at any time in his warning pieces of old pi ies ai1d life. But that life, now in its 78th other debris began coming up :year, has seen much of San Fran- through the cement fotmdation of cisco rebuilt on the firm founda- the Matson bi.iilcling-bi.iried debris t iom provided by pines sunk deep that hadn't been cleared out in the ~nto tl{e earth. excavatioi1.

A yeai· and a · half ago we told "lVhy, th.at whole area under-you OI}e· story about him and how ground was ju~t a. junk yard-a he became the first man to walk I mass of timbers an~ other stuff," under the . bay. But .there 1s so , says Brown. " 'We'd frequently r un much of San Francisco and the ! into bronze anchors and other: sliip pile driving . illdustry encompassed ·; fittings 'in andition to the timber in ~he half century he was a pile- · and old piles/' butt, we are going to devote an- / other letter to the little bundle of Brown has a lot of respect for dym1mite his fellow workers some- 1 sand, too, because . Jike . all of you t imes called "The Little Giant"- it has caused him a lot of troubles. Mai;tin Brown, ' ' ' Packed.· sand is awfully . hard to

drive a pile through, he found, but His has been a life full of ad-

water, when available, ·· worked :v en;ture, ·'of hard work, of a lot of miracles. Once .he ·was drh1ing plies satisfaition in jobs well done, and

, · in the . Colorado desert · for culverts '-a lot of narrow escapes. As a lad · for a :Southern 'Pacific line- the :;i,e vvas a paymaster for the pile-

sand. was .so hard .and dry they ,butt. c'rews and ,.once \Yas ·attacked · were ·. brealdng piles every day. "by -itfghwaymen, on the waterfront. Then they movecl to ;. a spot where ,He . escaped by using · his whip on the water wagon 'had been stand­both ·: the · · highway~en and his

· · ing for a day with its inevitable horse. In 1. 906, his company had - leak. . Piles dr'ivei1 there; he said, j ust; . completed construction , of · went down so easy "we thought.we '.Pier.·s '4t . a.n. d 44 when the - e-reat - were going to Jose them entirely.' ' ·fire aiic! earthquake. struck San _Francisco -down. One hundred men There were a lot of jobs that ,wei~e .reci-~ited, as the fire raged Brown bossed . Much of the present around, : t9 ·' form bucket brigades waterfront · i.vas done uncler his 'that kept .the new piers wetted supervision, the sea w a I! from

Market "to F remont; bulkhead from ·down-they were the only piers · Market to Meiggs Wharf; 'piers 42, savec,l on ~he wc>.terfront.

44, 46, 3, 5, 7, 11, 25, 27, 31, 39, '43 Old timers tell about Mar ty and 45_ There wei·e ·the - southern

·arqv111g on -a job during the re- Pacific a nd Pacific Gas & Electric .construction period to walk into a Company buildings, foe puinping full' blown beef between his crew plant a t Second· and Harrison Sts., ·and :· some .rowdies. His shouting

the. tminel to P ier ·32 a!'1d the· Mis-:failed ·to stop the fight , but when sion viaduct. In later years there one of· the to.ughs came at him wer·e bridges too, over the ·Fea ther w ith a knire, Brown picked up a River at Oroville; the Livihgston t wo -.by_'four.:and Jznocked the six artcl Arundel bridges over ·the )oote1; , out;......and stopped the beef. Joaquin, the Dumbarton . bridge,

AROUND 1900 the Shell Oil Company docks, aild dozens of other projects.

Constructio11 'Viards"

(Compiled by P. E. .:Vanclewark and Harry M:e'tz )

JANUARY 10, 1955 STOCKTON, contract awarded

to Utah Const. Co., 100 Bush St., San Francisco, $1,600,000 fo r const. of grain elevator w /rei nf. cone. headhouse, 50 ft. x 50 ft . x 240 ft .' high, 18 21 ft. x 125 ft. reinf. cone. silos, 400-ft. docks, gTain conveyor system, loading faciliti es a.ml rail­road spur on Harbor Street.

SAN FRANCISCO, c o n t r a c 1. awa r ded to Howard Const. C.o., 1676 . Newcomb Ave ., S. F., $7,735

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The meeting \vas 'called to order at 8:00 p.m., President Clancy -pre­siding. Roll .call showed all officers present with the exception of Vice­President :Foss who was excused. Brother Peter§en acted as vke­president.

A synopsis of the regular meeti.ng minutes of January 8 ,vas read and by motion appl'Oved as read.

A synopsis of the executive board minutes of Janua:ry 9 and· o:( February 3 i'ead, and the acts and recommendations o.f the boar.:i_wefo · by rnot;on approved as r ead.

CaNls of thanks were· received from 1\'Irs. Andrew Bredsteen and .fam ily, and i'\lrs. Elizabeth \Viley and family. Both were received a~fd: ill ed.

The following brothers were reported il!: Delbert §, Armer, Abra.h'a;n Agua'.ro, Marion R. Bell, August Bolte:l1'1'ian, Jerry :Soide·n, Lloyd Bar(e'i'., • \V. W. ChiirchhiH, Mike Cha rest, V\Tm. G. Campbell, To,11 Dale, E .. L·t (Toby) Davis, Fred S. DeAn gelo, Earl A. · Drown, Hollis Dewing, Ches­ter Bede; Geo. Eridio, Ferd .Ii!. Elliott, Harold Fitzgerald, ·Joseph FJ:ati s, Wm. B. George, .lolrn B . Holtz, Kenneth Hegro, Lloyd Homs; · qt-i;rt.\s F . Hellwig, i\Iason Hoburg, S . P . Isaminger, ·Victor Johnson, '' IC F. · -Knutsen, P..obert C. Kennedy, l\Iichael Kraynick, Geo. Light, Robert J.

[or inst. sanit. sewer lines w /man- Lewis, Louie Lawrence, ·wm. Lacy, Jack Lloyd, P. F. wicCleery, R. A. holes & connec. to exist. l ne, at J

· Mdllains, Peter l\foHugh, Tony Machado, Thomas H:. Moore, .·· o·seph Naval Ra'diological · Defense Lab.: - I\fartin, Earl S. iUay, Glenn A. Nuckolls, <!'ohn O'Leary, Charlie · Ov.er~ S. F. Naval Shipyd: man, Andrew, C. Purvis, \Vard H. Park, l\Iru:c Parenti, \Vm ... :R,ose,

MARE ISLAND, contract award- Frank Ramirez, Neil Reynolds, Robert E. Randolph, WilbeTt S~rj.<:.k: ed to S. F . Bridge, 140 Mo11tgom- laud, Oriii Skinner, A. C. Smiley, Alfred Staff, Gagie H. Swinge.r, Ted ery St., S. F ,, $114,407 £or remove Sag·er, D. B. Trotter, James Thompson, Frank L. Vargus, F red J;. Von . mud S,: silt & debr:s, eLc., at. Mare Rod~r, ·Earl L. \Vinterhalder, \Vm. E . Waite,. Y. \"baro, i'1I. F. Contreas, Island Naval Shipyd. 'F . C. · Edwards, :M. J. Hogari, Ward H . Patk, .'R. A. 'White, ·Cl_iffc:>"Hl

ALAMEDA, contract awarded to .L. L. Halaas, Francis D. Garrison, Earl Neuineyer, 'Arthur . Bundle: . , Pacific Bridge co·., 256 Montgom- lVebster, Be-rnard C. House, Donl.inic Perri, John C. l\Icifinnon, I\Iur-- ·."

· · 1loo 1VIcLe1111an, Ed\\•in Sclllew, O'Neal Miller, Carl Beyer, George ery St., S. F., $174,900 for rehab. Yountiss, Lynn E. Drennon, J·oe Bruns, John Crockett, .Guy 'A. Brown,· P,ier 4, at Matson United Proper-. · The following brothers we1·e reported deceased; Dan H:elly, Cecil H. ties, Inc. \Vells, Gil R. Dougherty, Ivan \Viley, Jack Gori, George Yost, Clarence

JANUARY 11, 1955 C. Crotteau, Ralph O. Smith, Nick Lefurgey. The membe1'ship ·stood SAN JOSE, contract awarded to one ;niiriute 'iii 'silei1ce 'in 'i;espect to our deceased brothers.

Leo F. Piazza Paving Co., Rt. 1, · The following resolution was reacJ. at the first meeting: Bo.x 800 , San Jose, $3,149 -tor const . . RESOLUTION ,, . Hedding-Rosa St. Bridge approach WHEREAS : Article 1, Section 2 of the By-Laws governi11£ Locai in City of San Jose. Union No. 3 states in part: "Members of this Local Union must receiv-e ,.

, CONCORD, contract aivarded . to the proper e·stablished ,vage rates for their services ... ," and ._ ""' ., , lVHEREAS: The purpose of tliis law is to prevent the-. Emplo.yer . ·

0 . W. Van Cleave, P. 0. Box 993, fro1i1 approaching the member to work below both the regula,,r am~ Lafayette, for sidewalk re.pairs as · overtime wage· rates set forth in labor agreements bitterly fought tor needed during period of Jan. 1 to with the , employers, and f

Dec. 31, ~955. WHEREAS: It has been cliscove1·ed that this Article ha-s bee1i FRESNO, contract awarded to violated by so1~1e of f.he members in several instances, and

Va1ley Engineers, Inc. , P.O. Box WHEREAS: Should this· condition be permitted to prevail, the Wh0le ' 412, Fresno, $_14,940 (asb. pipe) for wage structur.e . _,vould be destroyed and wo~king con~itions ,votr~d inst!. water mains & fire hydran ts, I ~o!lapse, compellmg the members to compete With each· o,her for their: -Fresno Co. Water Works Dist. 13. Jobs, and . . . . . . . 0

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MT -VIEW . , . . .. -d . \VHEREAS: No 1i1einber can comnut a greater crune aga.mst)us . ·

He :started working for James :A. McMahon C.o., .before . the tum of the century and a few years latei-'·wenL to Healy Tibbitts Con­struction Company. He was a lofts­-man for . ten years and then be­'<Came foreman. About 1914 he be­_came .Healy Tibbits superintendent and until his retirement ten years

. · · · .. , ' ~ontr~ct awm ed to Union and f~fellow work_n1,e_n thap. to -work l;lel<!~:\ t~e wag.~ -xa;te~ '' T. J .. . Pacc.J1etti, .193 .. San Anton10 .neg,otiated 'for ·him by -·his Union, and therdore . cltastic action must ,. Rel. ,. Mt. View, $4,329 .f~r const. of be takei1 'by the Uiiion .t'o ·prevent further violation of' this ·section of curbs, gutters & sidewalks in City I the Bya£aws, . . - . . . - . of Mt. View. ' - Tii'EREFORE, B.E IT RESOLVED : That in any district ~n the juris~·f

SANTA CRUZ DOCii HILLSBOROUGH contract diction of Lo_c.ti'I Uriion No. ;3 ·\vliere the ,officers suspect a violation, t)rny ' Marty remembers another job .awarded to Pat Bm'.l:ley, 2870 Ste- shall be ·u11~horfzed t o co111pel .. each membe~ to obtain from the. ~nice .

well, the building of the Port Rog- vens Creek Rd. San Jose $l6 317 in the distr(ct ,vhere/he wo,rk ~s to be p~rformed, or from the busmess . t' _ t t ' . . '. N' ,tJ representative, a wntten workmg pernut to .work Saturdays, Sundays

ers dock at Santa Cruz, ,vhich \vas or . cons .. wa er mam near 01 1 antl 'lfolia'ti'ys, 'a'lid principaliy interesting because. of School ,betw. Pepper Ave. & Euca- BE IT FURTHER J:{ESOLVED : That any member found \\orking· the

1 difficulty in gettjlfg.,timbers to lyptus Ave., Billsborough, SAN· without such permit will be iinecl not less ·uum $50 for the .first ofieme.;

the job. It carrie by ship, . which MATEO COUNTY. not less than $100 for the seeond offense, and for the .thh·d of!ense,uhe anchored fo the oce11n 011tside the shall stand trial before the L-Ocal Union for either a greater _fo;e 01; ago_ was No. 1 in his company. l · ·

· - breakers. A line w as shot ashore . at vValsonville : But now he wol'l,s expn sion. His . experiences e-o back to the B · · · I I · d ··t · b t · I "cl d 1'l1e follo\"1'110· Declara.t.'1·011s of ca· .n·'c•1·c1a.cy ,v .. e1·e 1·earl a.• the· firs"t . - rown was as 1e . o a oa , w 11 1 aroun his garden at 65 Vicksburg · • " ·' - ,

"av .. s ,vhen pile butts received $2.50 · ' · · · ·· · 1 · · b. · · · 1 eaclm' ., .. '-' was pulled out to t 1e ship , nng- street, helps !1is neighbors prune · · ' · "· a day .. for nine hours work, six days · o'Ec· LAR' ATIONS OF CANDID "CY ing a Jine fro111 shore, Timbers their trees and -shrubs, and goes ' . 1 ·· ,.._ ,... - ·· · ·

a v.ieek, ~-i,ith no additional pay for were dumped overboard and. Mar- fishing for stripped bass in the bay Business I\Ianager-~ictor S. S~anson, Harr·y I\Ietz,. henne~h A, .· overtime. He is proud that h e was tin made rahs of them, wtiich _,vere cl ,· ,...-. , · • Brool;:s, Lawrence H. ,v1xson. Pres14ent, Pat Clancy . . Vice President, i11 on .. . tb .. e. e-round floor of ore-a. niz- · · · · ·: · · • ·, an nve"'1>. · . . ·I H. O. Foss. ·R. ·ecording-·Corresp· onding Secretary, C. F . Mathews. - '

~ - pulle .. . d ashore · by the · shore · .line. "I' h I a 1 f I J f l · · ine- the t_inio11 that e-ot a wa.0o·e in- · vo a£ . · won£ er u · 1 e .: _anc J' • 'F inancial Secretary, R. ·F . Swanson. Trea.suier, P. ·E. Varidewaf-li:. ,-

~ - 011ce :11is r·o\·\•l·J··oat .overt'ur ned .. 2,000 I I I ti th b t b I f · · b ' A · wor {e-£ . wi 1 .. e es un-c,1 o I Conductor, :Le;.;te.r l\1. Collett. Guard, Glenn L. Do yns~ Auditor, E.: '. cFease ... to. $2.75 a day. d f 1 ... d. · d. · ·d 1 · · · yar s rom s 1.,ore an .. .. umpe 11111 g·uys any ma11 could ever find," Hester, G. L. Moore, H. L. Spence. Trustee, Charles K, pavenport, J,

He_ admits he was fortunate' in into the ocea11, but the ship got a Ma,:ty 'stuiimarizes ti1ose 50 years A. Cara.!10ff, .Ernest \V. I\Iiller. ·becoming a pilebutt 'Nhen there lirie to him and sa,ved him. , a~ a 'pilebutt. "No oi1e ,vho ·J1acl I\Ienibn Executive Boil.pl, Harry ]Hetz, Chet Elliott, Ed Dor~n, .Al ,w as so much to be done here, with. But .the . job he feels · was · a real tho ·life .that I !fad can fa.il to be i\'I. Clem, C . .L. Casebolt, Edward P . Park, Albert G. Boardman, Alfred l he reconst1:uction of San Fran- test of pileb.utLs, was the drilling pre'tty pi·otid ,\vhen Jie w'a.Jks about J. Hope, Du~rny O. Dees.. . . 'cisco . after it had been desti-oyed of test holes 'for the fou 'nclations· of the city a.nd sees . a.U ,those : fiI'ie . The Busmess Agents gave then· reports which were accepte-d as

"bY the fire . Ani:I he shakes his head the Golden ·Gate Bi-ii:ige. Practical- l,>\iild.ing.s, .bridg.es •·ai1d. d'o·.cks that gw;;~e rep· ort of the Gener_al Secretary-Treasurer was read b:)' Pi'esi .. ' ,a ·t some of the earlier construction J · tl · · ht. ·t ·o Id 1;t be 1 - t Tl t y . everyone · 1oug1 1 · c u 1. 1<1 D har a par 111 puttmg up. · 1a dent Clancy. -- · ·,practices. In ex~avating for the done becai.1se of the heavy swells, is the f-unctiunenta1 . satisfaction of J Brother Ed Parlt~, State Labor Co111missioner, stated the Has~ins :new buildings on lower Market the tides. and th e wincls . ...:....and for a having been a pilebntt." . N•.se in San Mateo liad been d~layed because the judge had dis,:i:ualified ·street, for instance, they found while the H-T's crew was 1' eady to "But in adclition memories, .too, himself. Brnther Park said he did not know when the tril:l,l would : be great quantities of hewed timbe1·s agree. Once the swells tore, a 1\fe are pretty wonderful. And looking held since .another judge .would J1a.v~ to be selected fol' the t,iearing.-15 to 20 feet belovi the surface, boat in irnlf and on another oc- back there were many ,times \,0hen ' ~e aAso c9111,pim:r:.nt.e?-_ }~rJ,th,e_i: ,~\~':!ll?fJP -.O!t,,h\t ,~?Il~~:~,tn1c.e,.~t ,~s . r:resi:

.-providing a "scow foundation" in casion a 133-foot to wer carrying I found tafring advice 'and s\..1',gg'es- .a~n.L of .9re,: P :ub_h~ {!hlI;i:~_es ;9,b,1\m11_&.ijion ,a11,1,;1:~qJ,~:,~d) 11e_.,;~iemhel'S .

. t he soft ground. Those timbers t he fabricated steel pipe for the. r' f m i crew \ndd ,nse and a.pplaud h'nn fol' his ~u~ce,ss. The me_mbers scood and a13plauded . . ·ions rom ~n 11 m y .. · ~· e ' Br.othe.1.· sw'a.'nso'n, .-·a, s ·Br'ot'h.-er ''Fan,_'.fe'q''uesteu.. . . '. .. w ere ·in perfect condit10n in spite drill was Jost. Jn the fatter e·1Jisode f ti b d d ' ' ·

. money ·or · Te. oss an ma e . t.lS . Ei·otJ1eT Dtt'i'l.'liy' Dil~s 's'o'oke' '611 the ' reslgnath'm 'of 'Bi-other 'Riley '.as 'c

of the fact tlley'd been under- the diamond drill was broken off look goocl .on the job_ Pilebntts ·a i·e iiusiriess i;~·m·es~'Iitative '::i1'1d ·'hil!6fi1h1et1c!:e(1 1i1rat ''he "6e.l'f)la:Se'd on the ground for many years, Marty says. deep in its test hole , making neces- a class by themselves - they 'are ' ·payroll 11,t '' fri'11 · i!fr1\ e to '-l!b'n:d\'.{ht ' ifrve~tiia(i&n ''as "to ' fhe 'pel:pehatoi·s of and some of them were used to sary the . start of the drilling all firs t ~lass and bonest workm er1 '1h1d tne ·scm:r"iio'us ' letters. N o'-acfioi1 '\:vas bkt'm. build . H-T's No. derrick barge, over again. there is a pride in their wo1·k y'ou There , beh'iv \ 10 fri1't1i:e r b'usfuess to co'i'ne . before the , 11'ieet ing, it a nd some of them were used to JHAN Y OLD-TL.HERS don't find in a Jot of oLher types ·ii4.i<mi'ned. " w hich is still in u se. Brown's eyes sparkle when he of work. Yes, I've Jiacl a won·der'ful Respectft'!lly 811bfriitl:.ed,

C. F. 1\lATI{E·ws, .I! JCOtdfr1g-Coi·i·es'iJo'i'itl1ng Secl·e'tary PALACE HOTEL gets to gethe1· wi th a ga ng to ta lk life. because I was in a wonderful But timbers weren't the · only over old jobs and old times. He business." · I ' ·

u nderground obstables. Jn building i shakes his head when he thinks of That's the a]J too brief story 'of 'T:a l(·e- "+e· 10.·.·d- I rB .. ·.r;:,H_: h1· ·:a·r : Derric.k W_ 'ha!-e' Fish.inn the Southern Pacific building, the the piles driven by the old smg]e Marty Brown, the "Little Gia'j'1t." 1 n ,'\., \JI- '\., ::J

pii-es had to be driven down ·125 to I

drum · drivers with only Manil_a We,J1ope you enj oyed his meril91;ies Men T{ii ,'.-e been J~iilect ·even by . Local 3 members employed· at: 1 .'< 0 feet. H-T lJsed a tre1ne11cI0us , 1-ope to l1andle tl1e J1amme1· .. His as much · as we did. · · ·· 1· · · · · ·•· .. s F N. 1 sh·· · d · d -~ contacting low vo tage 'c,rcuits ·or ·. : ava 1pyar were rea y d river for those clays, w ith leads I anecdotes are sprinkled wi t h names 110 a)id 220 ·c'o'.ts. · ·to go wlia1e fi shfog ,vith t.heir of .140 feet. But far underground · of those with whom he worked, I ENGINIEIERS' l'-J!::WS * B * 'l:i'oisti'rig fui_1ip'me'nt ·on a pier near .-

. t.he_ pJ.les 'kept brea,king :mcl finally I names most. of you too will r eme1:1- Managing Editor. V. s. SWANSO,N Sfate 'sa'fet" 'cn' cler; i·eqnfre tfrat ·,-&bich was ' anc'hoi'ecl the 27,000-ton ' it was necessary to put steel shoes I ber. Guys hke Ho vvard Harris, P,~ti.ste~l 7h;\:i1e~~:~ti~Jcfuii~1~:\0n· eq'iitp\'n'eht s'h'o\.11 c1 ' Hot eve11 "oe carrier ' 's-65.'er, ·\vhen Willie, a 30.-o n them to break through a ship Charlie Burnham, Shorty . Denni- O;:,erating Engineers pl'aced h 1 'a ·p'os'it\On \<:,We i'e, h ? y'ou foot ' blUe · '\vha1e, cat'tght between

• sunk far down there . The found.a- 11 son, .Dave 'Reese, Billy Dam, Chas. Northern California : No rthern Ne,;ada, : 1 •kere to s\( ing I it a r'ound, it w'ou'ld 'ship 'ahd'J)fe r, ··d_edaed to· go out the State of Utah , r t ion_ of the Palace H otel, too, was Hm'pe1·, Tom . Pru d d an ; "real come ' ,\,1th\n ' six fe et .'df the Hf1es. ' ,vay he "t'atne 1i n__.:_'L111der the Boxer.

Office 474 Valei1cia Street · · a peo'\)le·m , because of quicksand. craftsmen" like Bill Spratt, John . * · * ' ~, ·1 Willie ,\vas · c'ovefe'd ·with barnacles, I -San Fra1idsco 3, Califor11ia , , , \ · ., · · · ·

. Green .Pil(;s .50 lo 60 fret long were Rucks~on and Gordon Bell; oper- ·tf 'Jou ' fi'1)d . j,'6\i. ''faffi'tfot ' 'clo "a. 1yob ·so 'it nfay 'tie "asstlme·d ' he n'la'de a .,-.. · · Subscriptio1i Price: $2.50 ·,

d riven ai:ounf-1 the whole lot and a,ting engineers like Sam Gibbs, without .breaking the-- law tell the call at the . ya.rd to get his b.ack: · · . per yoar . . t he foundatioii po~ired . .ins.icle the Jack Arnold, Abe Grismer, Art · · . po-iver c·o'n'J)any They will 'help scratched or his bottom .. scraped '.'. bulkhead so for:meci. . .. . . Kruger, Andy 'VVyn'iai\ Billy Me- Mt:er1:h::~h:1i~\;I'e~cht,t:;;;~1 yoi1.' . , ' .-.: . . ,- .. · ... .. . •• ffo al)p_atenqy h:ad detb_t1i'1"d: \nt~ :.

A ye,ay .. afte r . tl,e Matson b4ilcl- Kenzie, and a doze'ir .ol' ·so ·others. . Entered as . Second ·class .. Matter . Sep- . ..,· , *· ,*· .* . _,, . .. the E'ay from a. .- ·sc.hbol .of ·whales ... •ing .. h .. ad l>.ee_11 finished,. Brown and a I And since he's been .retired lle·1 tembe r 9, 1943, at the Pos\office at San Othe1's : 'Dori't 'go near ·'6r undei: 'of(Moiiterey, en roufe fi.·on1: A)a~l5a

Francisco ' California'. under the Act of I H-T crew started pounding piles I has been busy ·too. For .several ' Au9ust 24 , 1912. overh'~a_d 'po\V.e~ 'i11ies \vl1ile ~eqi.iiiJ'- ['to ·Mexico ' ifo 'the aririhal . I'!fcil1ng:: ;for an adjacent building. As the I yea1·s h e ,·an a ten-a cre fruit ranch ---------------- ment 1s operatmg under them. tour. . · '

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< riOUND~tJP~' setweenRains StoCkt Gets By ~. L. "Cm:ley" SPENCE and . JOE MILLER, Business Represe~,~i~~: · w k ·o· t i ~""\ . @ _ t

I. sbe,ll Co_nstruction Comr,anv - has _ t heir - ~egul. ar c· re. w. .. · o· r · one fit ~tll:, l ~- f,5) !}s,.I ~~ ,{'%, [! n·c ~ crushing roc k arid b uiiding u; th~ grav~l s t ock pjle for a · big She is a real person. Lots of the . . . . t,,l' § tc.JU t m· 'lJ JC . ':) ·.

·.;;,P-''lilllll. er . run.. Brother Cll'lrence "B,i11·" B oe· gle, the Super .·on dear brothers remember . Mabel B' ED DOR . ,' ~ . - · Y . AN, ,WALTER TALBOT, C. L. CASEBOL]; and ,, ...... e ' job keeps Brother I. J . "Toby" Tobl.er busy· on the North- from when she used fo work for . . . . ,

Operating .Engineers Local 3 in M. W. GRJFFING; Busine§s Representatives · y.;est with his oiler, Brother J. W. Cox, . Brot~er Bill -Ponton Reno when the office was ·1ocated This is the time of year when it does not 'require too much .JS on the Dozer making the stock pile. H~ is· a busy Dozer on West Fourth Street in .the Big- thought to list the jobs that are· still going on b etiveen rains. ~-nan for there is a lot of gravel coming off thaf conveyor belt I gest Little City in the World. At the present time the building contractors n ear Ione ai·e in a day, especially when Brother j Earl Gai:nes has his regular till 't ....... , t fi . h th . . b . A. P. Snook is operating the a.bout worn the Link Belt shovel crew workmg the year around. ~ w..rmg o . ms eir .JO S which were started last fall. t "'tsher . . Now . that Snook really out. Brother Bob Vulgamo!:e is Brother William "B~ll" Games, Rothchild-Ra~n & Weirick have almost complete d the dormi­\;.,.,,~s ·lots of . rock through that the head crusher man for Smith• Brother . Earl Games Jr., Brother tories for the Preston School. of Industry and George Reed fru~l).~r, put I guess he has to with . Petersen and .he is a real crushing Dee_I . Pergrossi, Brothe.r Frank have only the foundation poured on their dormitories at the Super . Boegle looking down hi§ plant operator. Brother Jim Dal- Sbnglia, and Brother Les Jacobsen · 1 ti. ··

I ' b saO'mBerieoncaRio'gngi.··ng sl1ould . have I R·Eo· D'ING .,<: eek most ·.of the time. But that's lavo is the operator on the 16ading are all usy. And of course that · ' ;,·hat it · takes to make a good out rigs .in the stock piles and outstanding greaser, Brother Laur-

superintendent and lots of points -general HDRM around the Smith- ence Semenza. However one of completed their work for the H: [ .. · -with the company you work for. Petersen plant and gravel pit, Earl Games' shovel Qperators has K.· Ferguson Co. who are the prime I ·

;t h.er· Will~am "Skinner Bill" keeping everything in shape, The . left. Brother Ted DeLavega has contractor erecting the silica plant' 11 N LOW tr_ rAR Sherwin is the general clean-up brothers arqund Sn:iith - Petersen got it made. He is a big mine for the Owen_ Illinois Glass Co. . . . ~.· !".1t .. ~.:r,L _ and odd job dozer man for· Isbell. Rock, Sand and Grav·e1 outfit ap- operator in California. But .Broth- '{'Jw ,= How~ver, Sµp.er Boegle keeps a pear to · be quite · happy over the er Ted is the same Ted · even The Payne Const. f:o. are erecting · · · ;harp eye .on Skinner Bill when raise in pay the company gave though he was fortunate enough a si_milar plant for Gladding-Mc- By E. A. HESTER,

- he is ato,u_nd ·the S~cond Street them through the negotiations and to make good and get up in the Bean Co. whkh will operate in . Business Represe,1tative · pit. · meetings that were held during real money. Good luck to you, Ted conjunction with the Owen~Illinois All indications are that we have

Every winter, · Isbell · Construe- the winter months. X will say the DeLavega. How about di'opping in plant · which is about 300 yards the assurance of a lot of gooa ·road m Co: .. has a large crew repair- Smith-Petersen firm is. the tough- at the office some time to say away. work. for the coming season; but .

111.g ar .. the ·-mAin shop. This winter €St · company in Reno, Nevada: to hello for old times' sake? Now Joe Vi cine has started stripping it is not to be overlooked that the t hey-'Jiave aY1 ·unusually large crew negotiate with. However, the· ,· you other brothers can see _just again for these silicia plants which season doesn't start in t his district · ·busy. · Brother Chris Jensen has a brothers who work for Smith- · what can happe_n to people who entails a lot of overburden to be · until about the .mont!J of April. '•ig crew repairing shovels, espe- Petersen came up with· just about work Ior Earl Games . . You can removyd, .On t he job that Vicine However, there are some new jobs

. f ially . the shcivefs from the Isbell -the average raise in pay, that is really· get up in . the · clover. did last .year~ for · the same com- getting under way despite the cold · mine jobs. Chris tells me they in comparison with the surround- One of the outstanding brothers · pany the ' overburden ran as deep weather and snow that we are

-quire quite a bit of repairing ing areas and· increases in the and a superintendent for George as 60 feet, · making it necessary to having. · 11en they come in from one of state of Nevada. I will say this for E. Miller has thrown his hat into remove about 300,000 yards to get Contractor . Claude Wood has

the mine · jobs, but: that Chris Jen- the fellows who work down there, the political ring. None other than to the silicia sand, and leaving started his job at Igo way. If the sen and his crew are just the boys, they are a good loya1 .6unch. They Brother Howard Johnston!!! Yes, only a pit about 70 or 80 feet wide pr sent t d k h · h Id who can .get · the shovels in first- really stick to· getheI', one for all fellows, he is running for M. ayor e . ren eeps VJ? e s ou - and ab.out ·100 yards long. be gomg full .blast - in . another ,Jass ·shape in short order. How- and all for one. · of Reno, Nevada. / Any support The Brighton Sand & Gravel couple of weeks. We have clea.red

' ' ever, that's what ·c. V. Isbell likes Brother Geofge Grifall is rather that you can throw his, way will plug along with an operator and a few of our good brothers to · this -goo·d fast : repai'r crews like , be greatly appreciated. I feel that

. Chris has. / a new contractor around Reno, we should have a good. man· like oiler on the bridge job they have job, Donald Berrett, Frank Fern:ons, but not a new resident for George north of Lockford on the Mokef.. Harold Hulstrom, Ronald V. Klarer,

..,y DISTRICT is an. old-timer around this state. Brother H O ward- Johnston for umne river. Joe A. Womack, and the oid-timer·· At .the Isbell Construction Co. Not in years, beiieve me, but .as mayor of. our Biggest Little :City M.J.B. Const. Co. and Lord & Leo Hartford and the "Wild

· · · to m· a·k1·ng Reno' hi_.s hom·e·. George in the World. I feel like lots of B' h h b · S d " w·11 d S t I d. mi1i.ing jobs -in the Ely atea, things other · people in Reno·, that we 1s op were t. e successful idders we e i ar at er un . Bro. _ ~em to be much brighter. Due to .,has a real outfit and is. going good, ,should have a ma~ for mayor who on the freeway alid bridge job Art Cronin is the superintendent

'the fact that Kennecott' Coppe~ but he should with Brother Cal is .unbiased in {!is opinions, a . nortl,J. of Lodi and we hope they of this project. Corp, has i,ncreased the mi.II oper- Scolari on the shovel and Brother . get an early start as the operators ,Natt McDougal of Portland, Ore .•

· · · Al p· tt · ·1· d h I · · C 1 friend of big .and little, rich or has also .. startea· on h1·s Fed·eral roa.d ations to a seven~day- week from . ire . o · m mg an , e pmg · a . aroµnd . here are flipping . coins . to. · · · I th· k th b th th poor; a man who .. understands the · ' · J'o".·· out· of C·allahan· . Thi·s' i·s· ·rou· g-. ·h

! five-day week . that has _ been . m .. ey . o ge t> e same k' see. who drags J heir belts through u • · · · · · ·, · · · · · ·· k · · · ·····G · s t h wor mg man and his. problems · · ' · · · · ' · a·n· ·d· · rug·g· ed co· untry. Brothe· .rs ,Jo-tne SCh:edi.JJe . for the past se·veral pay, · nOWU;J.&:; eorge is . no CO C - tl).e SO Up to give it a. little . flavor. ' , · . . A d B th Ed G a· . but is also able. to meet the em- . . . . seph. , C .. · Ames, Geor' ge. W. Co.lem·a·n·, . moi:iths. Isbell will probably go on man. J;J. · ro er na ig 1s ployer on his levei. A man who A. T_eichei.'t , & Son. W.- F. Maxwell

a six or' possibly a seven-day week working ,for - Grifall. He is the h th ~- . t · ·f · · & Macco Const.,.al'e ·stiil getti~g in Rober{, J. Gibson, Tc J. · Johnson, · ~lso. ,The change will ma.ke · many promoter, BDRM, dozer man, and as e m erests o Reno ~nd t~e time on · the' Man.teca by-pass, rain Frank Quadros and B. W. Sampson . . th t t a· k' ,,, , y , people who are Reno . as his mam , ... b . 1 d . W A the brot•her.s happy as th.e p·ay.' . e OU San mg . S ippy ,,nan. OU . - ·~ · · ·' . , and fog° permitting . .' ,..- have . een C eare to the Jbb. . .e:

roll income will increase consider- can find ' that Gnadig jtlSt any-· conceI~ ~oward John~ton is that .Ut.ah Const. Co.,. ·,1vorking on· the expect to place ' a few more · men . ably. where and doing: everything in his man. e nows . Reno, ·he. knows rice silos near di.e p~rt ··of Stock- here 'within ·a few days. M/ R. .c.

31;othei·s Ralph Reed, B. W. · special outstanding way. Believe what .. we need, and he :an fill that ton :,.,are prC>gre!$Sing : slo\l,·ly' with Schuman is ·. !he . g:neral ·. superin~ . vvillard and Forest .· Smith have me Brother Grifall is really fortu- need. .He has all our mter·ests. at Pomeroy Sinnock'.s . oile driver on tendent of this. proJect. Connected been hard at work in the Lane nate having such a fine outstand- heart. We need. him and he needs the° job. Bros. rv.1: E·. Hayes ' opers I t_o this job,. but a separate _ccmtract,

· · · ing· ere~ as· the above' three our support. So ' let's get behind M W B f R dd B City •shop rebuilding D-8 Cats. brothers . H. oward and_ have the best mayor ating and Clyde Winters ·oilfng on is . .. rown o e mg:. ro . .

. ~ 'l'hey . have been very busy and R , h t the Utahs truck crane. Johnny Owens has taken over as · '' · a 1 · · Broth~r Bob Williams, better .· m eno s is ory. .. int d t h h it' hin. ·,rave one a ot of repair on the Brother Joel "Pete" Peterson The shop . crews who generally super en en , e as w ,1 ,

Cats in th.e past few months. known as "Sandman Bob," has the and his oiler, Brother ·Jack "Cadi-1- keep busy in the winter are not Brothers R. E. Rackley, H. J . 9an­These' brothers know_ what there best sand pit west of Reno, on lac" Kennedy, his oiler -and "boss," doing ·so much now as some of. the non and Wally Freshom .

to be done and they do the job Highway 40-and. Bob's a real are working for a company by ' the contractors have cut down on their RED BLUFF CANAL right; provided they get the parts friend. You have heard the fa- . h I E ·a tl th ' . t . • Somers & Stacy of Klamath_ · name of the Learner Compa.ny. e p .. v1 en y .·. e eqmpmen 1s . 0 nd the b -<- a •t t · th · mous phrase "live by ·t.he sid.'e of Falls, Oregon, have stRrted work. "" . o::sses on ge m eir They are up at Herlono- Califor- all ship-shape and ready to roll for wa · · · · the road and be a friend of man." 0 • on · their canal project near Red

y. · nia, and have quite a job loading. the work that is to be done this - , Among the drill crews we find Well, Bob has a sand pit by the out scrap and junk. These two-I year. Bluff. They have a couple of small · m any of the good brothers hard at side of the road and he is a friend draglines at the present time, but

. k of everyone. He ·rtins ·a · good brothers replly have t hemselves a M. & K. will build the new offices th . k .11 b d ' th Wol. and fighti·ng th old th e maJor wor wi (c one w1 · e c wea • position in sunny California and it for the State. Highway Dept. at a er. Brothers John' Ashe, Milton Union sand pit and is a real friend electric LaTourneau pulls. That old

dl A of everyone. If you don't b'elieve looks as. i~ it's an all-"Vvinter. job bid of $268?000 at their new loca- tim. er, B, ill Hoover is on the J·oo ' a ey, . r n ° l d Decker, Fred for these two dirt · movers now tion on Highway 50, east· of the

... -drnswcirth, Dave Fielding, Clar- me, stop and say · hello to Bob at k' .. . I f d with Adam Holt, Glenn Jennings, ence · Foote, Cecil Hill, Henry his sand pit west of Reno, and I'm wor ·mg as "junkies." county a.ir groun s. . . Hersha! Lazarus, Roland P. Mont-

. Mathis, Sam Po' ulaki'das, Harry sure you will believe me then. ON IDGHWAY 40 ' Calaveras Cement Co. is about gomery, Ken Porterfield, Lyonal ready to let a nice· J'ob at t he plant

Vanlaningham, James Wakeling, Good luck, Brother Bob Williams, . Morrison-Knudsen Corp. is re-.. in San Andreas-they will build Odom, Ray E. Durfee, Hestei; N. John Zivick, Jesse Turner, and with your outstanding sand pit pairing its shovels out east of four new silos for--cement storage, Carnes · and Kenneth Donovan, Nick Rossetti are the fellows who west of Reno, Nevada, Reho on Highway 40, and there and will build added Clinker stor- Dave Laggen, who -is out on with-keep the levels "punched" full of LAGRANGE COMPANY we -find two outstanding brothers age. This will make ·up a total of · drawal, is general superintendent.

'es for °the powder. crew. Brother John · DeLagrange of deep in grease and hard at work. expansion and ·a.acted facilites at Piombo Constr.uction Company fhe Cat spread is getting along the Lagrange Constructibn· Co. Brothers Harry Smit,h .and lVI. J. the plant of over $l,500,000 spent o_f San Carlgs, was the low bidder

fine, with Brother Charles Dory and better known as the "Little "Dugan" Pulsipher .are ·the broth- over the past six months .. · M. J .. on the big job . between Vo)lmers getting the rough work of pio· man" has. really been keeping his ers who are getting · the · shovels Ruddy is moving his hot plant from and Lamoine, Highway 99 · north. ,ieering a road on one ,of· the levels crews working 1all of the winter- back · in operating .condition again. San Andreas. . ,, They submitted a low bid of $2,-in the slide area of the Veteran· months;<.· Brother P ete Fenetto ."Tuffy" .Jones," the superintendent ?14,554. We hope ' to see a lot of ac-Pit, Charlie is just the man 'to ao · ·and his oiler, Brother Dale Mor~ for M-K, is very pleased with the Valley Engil).eers have completed tivity ·up there in the vei;y near fu-ihat type ·or work as it certainly lan, have worked all winter, 1;aill' .work of these two men and is the sanitary sewei· line contract ture. ; -. 't something new to him. Broth- or snow or what have you. keeping. them busy: I believe they for the City of San. Andreas and . We don't need any outside help ~- .s "Red" \IVilkins, Earl "Shorty" They are either repairing, digging will remain with M-K the rest of have two of the br_others busy in- at the present time, as ,ve have Beckham, Art Billett, Viet.or Hee- ditches or something on· the In- the year._ It doesn't seem to be the stalling service connections for the 135· good engineers on the out-.of­nan, Deaver Kendall, Manuel Mc-· clian Reservation in Schurz or heavy duty work that bothers residents. Anyone wishing to have work . list; members of .Local Un­Cloud, Brick Smith, Leonard Wood Nixon . . This is an outstanding "Dugan'' and "Smitty," but oh! if . ~~~~~;e~~ic:o i:~t:\l~~: : rm~1.:~m:~~ ion No. 3 who ar e drawing their

· and A. L. Cr ipps keep the rest · of crew . and they really keep things a small steam · cleaner doesn't keep unemployment compens2.tion. And, t he job well in line. Brother Bi'ick going for the outfit. Brother Jay their "dander" up . . Well, that's ·valley Engii:ieers a·re in a posi- I might add, that we are havi ng ftmith is probably due for another 0 . Baker . is another outstanding what makes the world go . round, tion to quote a good ra te for their good co-oper ation from that de-

hirl" at that slide . also.·. r-Ie · man with :Lagi'ange _Construction men, work. partment. They are a swell bunch rcather enjoys working ther e so as Co. J ay can ·operate just about It was a very great loss to the · The_ state s1:1rvey crews are busy of· fe11.ows, and to my opinion, do­to keep away from the bosses. He everything . and really knows his _Reno office wlien the Utan . Co,n~ on' Highway .12, abo~e ~lements ing a · good job. There has been seems to work better when no- way around when it comes to con- strliction Co. tunnel job . a_t Chil· . ~o the Calav_eras county li~e, l~y- only-- one of our members who got

r body can bother him. ,,. struction work. Now there is an- coot, Calif., ,was finished. The I mg out n ~allgnment for 4 ~-miles ·out of line, drawin'g his unemploy-'Jl'WO NEW HOTELS ?ther ·f11n:ious . bi·other r,'ho has\ brothers on _th.at jo_b ha1/e all gone on Hig.~,:~ys 8 ; nd _12~ fl'om Val- ment ·and working, but got caught

Back in Reno, Isbell has two oeen added to Lagrange's outfit up to Kedd1e, Calif., to work on ley Spr!nob to i"' mile::s east. , and had to pay off. t'!..s out at the site of the two by the name of Brother Olend. another tunnel there. we still see .on .. highway 49, b.etween .Angles I hope that all of o,tr members

, hotels (the River Queen and C~'nbtr ee. This brothe·r is a really so~e of the br~thers· who were on Camp .and Sonora, there will . be -will co-operate fa ir and square th~ Silver Lode) now being built. Jine operator on BucyJ"US back: the job arouria :the clubs in Re~b about _12. miles .of alig~ment and with the depar'tment and I am -They will be located .on the old hoes. . as. it seems they stili have a slight regrading_ .to . be . let t h1.~ su,mmer . . sure . that you w]I have no trou-Verdi · Rdad ·west · .of Reno, Nev~cfa. Bl:other S. E.,. "Sam" Wauchope , fever for the games. Brother Les I Our appeal for blood donors to ble, · Brother Harold Reynolds is· on the ls the key man of ·the whole oper- ,Collett will be taki~o- care of- the start a new club has met with * * * ditchEir, digging the foundations· . . a:tion. He is the HDRM ·and really Keddie job, and he °viill be very some success, with .· the fo llowing . AFL Sailors Union of the Pa-Ready-Mix .. Concrete Co. is furn: keeps things rolling for ·Lagrange. pleased to have such a fine . Union having donp,ted: cific is dema~ding that its mem-·-" ing° the concrete for the R iver B.tit the re al man of all men is crew on: the job: Brother Ira ALTON ,voLBERT. I b.ers be paid a 100 percent war

.een 'and Silv'er: ·Lodehotel jobs the office manager, ' Mr . .. Harold' ·:sashaw ana his·oiler, Brother Jer- JOEBAXTER. .., ·autybonus when required to serve and the Smith~Peterseri Co. is fur; .frne llL .. Thatis the boy who. really .. ry ·Morlan; wm. ,be ()n the . North- :MRs: GOLDIE BAXTER · . on ships in the Formosa area. '

n. i-~l.1ing.· .. -_ t~e .·grav,_ei ._ t_.·o.· :_the .... ·'_ .R. ea1:( : \~ia~es.: . c.are _, · . .?.f E;V .. er.· ~thi~-g_·· f·o.r · :fh·e·J·'w __ -.·.· esJ;_ a1:a _~. rothe.r , w_ .. · .. ~- . C. ·link en- ' * * ·* · · M!X C9, _Br~th~r Chns ·Retersen ''Little Man;(' , espeqally, ·the . pay.- beard, w.111 be _seen hard ::i,t ,work in BARiNEY T.U:RNER Steel for· the : famous . Damascus . hasibeen ;di'.ggirig · rock for so ·1oiig. ·1,ol( . anci' Harold ' 'has·-·a·n ·able as: · · the' shop . . There · ·will .be. Brother .· ROBERT FOOTE ·· - blil.des · of the . a~cie1it · ~wotl1f · was . \Vitl1 :'tii11 ciUt'fif that · he ·-n~1j/cj'ust ' -sis t~:iit, Mrs. M'.al5el De:Ll:tgraiige> < (Continued :on Page Seven)' . DAN 'oovLE· . made in India.

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Four ENGINEER~ NEWS Febru ary .15, · 19 5 5

-MarysvilJe DullNowHut Good Spring Ahead JOBS W AII CLEAR , By LES COLLETT and C. R. VAN WINKLE, Business Representatives . SKIES IN FRESNO

February has arrived and the second being Ground Hog Day, he could see his shado;vv . . . - · . . . - ., ·· :· ,.. . : : · when we had begun to worry that he would not even be able to ·see his tail1 it has_ b~en that foggy .and miserable in this district. Work has been slow in the area but has ·every indica­ By G. L. MOORE a1~d J. D. MOJliTROE, Business Representatives

tion of being a good spring.

Mr. Parker, of H. Earl Parker

Co., informs me that his rigs will

:rfot be able to get back on the

:tevee _jobs until a,rouJ~d April 15. T his Co. has 11 bro1'hers on land­Leveling who have been a ble to keep pretty busy despite the weather. ·

' 'vV e have driven so .far and so :Eas t - the past month we have not had time to read and enjoy the " Burma Shave" ads along the high­WfJ.Y- That wiJJ' give you an idea h ow busy we have been. The Baldwin Co. of Marysville have a b ig job in the Sacramento area and the' Sacramento office will report <011 this job, however; I'd like to re ­port that Bro. Al Vercruyysen js now general superintendent for t his company, but at present will d~vote . his time to the_ job men­tioned above. This same company

, v,ra.s the low and successful bidder oh ·. 20,000 tons of crushed rock for S:Uaer Counly, and will crush same v~ith their crusher No. 2 in the :£:lallwood district. They also have quite a bit of concrete -work and small jobs around the . twin cities V{ith a regular crew in the shop.

Industrial Report MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS

YUBA CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS

The coming regular m eeting 9f this unit will be held l\fonclay, Feb. 28, 1955, in t.he Engineers Hall, 1010 "Eye" Street, Marysville, at tho following times: 10:00· a.111. for tli"ose members em­ployecl at night.

7 :30 p.111 . for the clay .shift mem-ber3. · ·

I is probably no way to stop the . Compa.ny from closing do,f1i the plant any time fhey want (it's their plant), yet no member under the present . agTee.ment can be forced to take his vacation during that period.

The proposal is not new, novel

Due to weath.er conditions work

has been very ·slow and not much

change in our newspaper report

of last month, how~ver, PETER

KIEWIT CQ.-FREDERICKSON &

KASLER at Castle Field Air Base stopped grading on account of

weather, but had enough ahead to or unheard of-it is the practice start laying hot stuff on existing of many companies, and is spelled out in many agreements, ro shut plants down during the summer

runways, hot plant running one

shift. Hauling base materials for·

time for the vacation period . And, leveling course on existing run­as it undoubtedly . will be a pro- ways. Expect to start pourmg con­posal of the Company during the crete about the .15th of February

GL~DDING, McB~AN COl\~PA~Y comin" negotiations, your expres- 1£ weather permits. They are plan-Lmcoln I11dustnal Council Joint . f': . . h' b" d nino- on havin o- three pavers op-. . srnn o opunon on t 1s -su Ject ur- 0

b Board Meeting (all .comnutteemen, . . . I eratin°. ·

. . lJlO' the cornmg· meetmgs for the 0

except mg·ht comnutteemen) Tues- ~cl . t .11 RUSH CONSTRUCTION'S plant ' _ . o-m ance of your neo-otJa ors w1 . . . . clay, March 1, 19.:i5, at 4 :15 p.m. Ill I ~ . t 1 "' ' 1s now 111 operation at Castle Field the office of the Lincoln Industrial e apprecia ec · I making \,vash aggregates to be used Council, Lincoln. Another subject of importance in the cement. STOLTE Inc. keep­

Regnlar membership m e et in g tha,t _ is causing. some corn;:ern at ing busy with their two building Tuesday, l\Iar. 15, ' 1955, at :1 :15 present'./ and . will . probabl_Y be_ a contracts. p.m, in the old City Council Room, matter o~ d1scuss10n durmg the CLARENCE WARD CONSTRUC-City Hall, Lincoln. coming negotiations, is the use of TION co. working on their shop

- helpers in the maintenance depart- building contracts. RIVER' ·'ROCK NATOMAS COMPANY ment. The attendance of the m'.3-in- INC. still have some P.aving to do

The next regular meetings · of tena'nce men at the meetings on their contract oh the base, wait­your unit will be helcl Monday, should be a must with them as any ing for the weather to break to March 7, 1955, in the Veterans decisions arrived at will , of neces- finish up . GRANITE CONSTRUC-B'.all, Folsom, at the following sity, be made at the meetings. TION not doing much but keeping times: THE NATOMAS CO, their batch plant in operation.

10 a_.m. for the benefit of t;he GENE, RICHARDS PAVING

ing equipment to the northern area.

Activity on sub-divisions anu ·· street work, · sewer lines, , storni · drains! ·etc., are keeping several of ,;.,. the local contractors busy, where . there is sandy soil.

BECHTEL CORP. have had nine mechai1ics busy this winter repair~. ing equipment at Camp 36 abo -; P . H. No. 3 out of Auberry. The1Y is nothing new on Ma mmoth Pool; sa.ne old rumors hope to get , started. _,,_-.

· Brothers Gl enn Mu 11 own e y , Lloyd Walker and Bob Clements all now operating service statio· and would like to see some o.f the brothers.

The following note comes from Mrs. Neil Reynolds and family: "We wish to thank each and ev­eryone for their kindness and ev­erything everyone has done fo1· u s during Neil (Tex) Reynold's illnes, and after he · passed away.

Brother Ernie Trautwein will be ver y · glad to demonstrate the Willys Jeep to any of · the brothers who might be interested.

\Ve are not having any response to our plea for blood to be donated to the Engineer's blood bank-let' get busy on this.

* * * Few problems have arisen with P J M . . 1 . night workers. , . this comr)any during the past CO. have stopped all operation on AWARDS . . ~ re_ is movmg 11s I 7 :30 p.m. for tnose workrng· days. . - (QMSTii)U(J!QU

crusher back to the Sacramento , · month except a couple of the boys their Los Banos Freeway job after · 1'1 l'n B ;-, a tea where he is to sub some work i CONCRETE PIPE COMPANIES I decided to settle their differences getting started paving. Will not re- I JANUARY 18, 1955 :fro m Baldwin Co. The next regular meeting· for-all with their fists. Grown men pound- sume operations 'until they are cer- REDDING, contract awarded to

members of all i.mions employed ing each other, unless they are paid tain the weather has cleared and M. \V. Brown, Box 827, -Redding by . the Concrete. Pipe Companies for it is in our opinion not only spring is near. This company has $44,701 (total) for canst. of Coun under agreement will be held !\'Ion- silly, really doesn't settle anything, a contract On the Clinton Avenue ty Hwy. 102-E & sanit.. sewer line day, l\'Ia\.ch 14, 1955, at 7 :30 p.m. is dangerous, especially to the nose approach on the 99 Freeway. No addn. to exist. sewer sys. of the in · the Teamsters ]·fall," 818 \Vall and eyes-and ca1mot be condoned activity on this job as yet. · To,vn of Anderson, betw. Co. Hwy.

Archie Till ha·s six cat operators ar011nd Hammanton, with Dana Collenbush as foreman. This com­:tJ,my has completed the base rock on the PG&E Poe road job. Lester L. Rice & Sons are busy setting up a crnsher in th1e Sutter Buttes to crush 33,500 tons of material for Sutter :County.

Street, Chico.

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by this union. We succeeded in HUBBS CONSTRUCTION CO. Rt. 40-E & northeasterly 0.67 mi., ~• getting one of the discharges re- have started again on their Bureau SHASTA COUNTY.

of Reclamation canal J·ob west of YUBA CONSOLIDATED duced to a suspension, and the GOLD FIELDS brother is back at work, 'on the Madera but still have some pretty

wet ground t o contend with. S. E. Good interest was shown in the basis that he was provoked and BOYD CO., sub- contractors on this

\v. H. O'Hair Co. of Colusa also last meetings and it is to he hop ed was the least guilty, Another of job, are going to give it another n ... a· ve a 10,000 ton crushing J'ob for that this will continue as it is of the boys, after a series of" thre e - · try with their M.R.S.'s working c,.-.,'u!· "L·ei.· co. Road District No. 5, at t importance to all members. Dur- serious accidents in a short period - . . two shifts _which will limber up 'T'•·owb.ridge. Richter Bros, have ing the past month a couple of of time was let out . . A thorough - • several of the brothers (not a good :finished {heir crushing job in the questions have •arisen with the. investigation produced no extenu- job for old men.) Hallwood Yuba River bottom for company involving safety and I ating circumstances, _exc~pt the VALLEY PAVING has been kept

":Br own-Ely co. 011 ·their Yuba City othee matters that have proven thought that perhaps his eyes were about the l5usiest 011 their job 011 :road job. rather delicate to handle, however, failing him. Mt. Whitney Avenue out of River-

JANUARY 19, 1955 SAN FRANCISCO, c on tr a c

awarcled to Healy-Tibbits Const Co. , 411 Brannan St. , S. F., $94,940 for underwater rock & quarry waste fill at outer end of Piers 15 -& 17, S. F. Harbor.

SAN FRANCISCO, contract awarded to F ay Improv. Co., 101 Carolina St., S . F ., $199,796 fo track removal on San J ose & · others it is expected by the time . this CONCRETE PIPE COi\'IPANIES dale. This is a sub contra'ct of c.

'Eaiser Sand & Gravel keep a reaches you these matters will These compa111·es ar·e st1·11 coast- JANTUARY 21 19--K. Moseman Co. 1 - · , .:i.:i regulai: crew the year around on have been settled satisfactorily. ing along in the winter slack pe- GRANITE CONSTRUCTION co. HAYWARD, contract awarded t o_· the ir· plant in ·orovill e . New York Over the holicla,,s, because of 1··tod a11c' t l1~ 011l_y· d1'spute tl1a·t has J · A h't t R I I N K ~60 St ' ., have t 1e1r plant about ready to go, re 1 ec ,a p 1 . err, 1 one Machine Shop work has been slow Christmas and New Years falling 1'ece11tly arise11 was a pay claim 1 · J · St O kl d St E H 11 · · w 11c 1 1s set u p in the Coalinga ,, a an ; rue. • ngr. , a a nd this is the first w inter they on Saturdays, some trouble arose which was settled satisfactorily. area, and GERALD BREWSTER Pregnoff & Matheu, 251 Kearny }la,:e had to lay off any of their over holidav pa", howe.ver, every "'' e .. ,1·s11 to urge tl1e membership l b J St S F d M 1· E11 Geo , , ., " rnve a out comp eted the grading ·., . . ; an ec 1. gr., . . re,gulm· crew. Butte Creek Rock case reported was investig·ateci and to 1·111111ed1'at_eJv 1·a.1·se , a-11y s11ch ti · 1 · J · b J K Dr·ol a" 16"" Jess·e St S F _ , on 11S 11g1way JO on ayne Ave-. , .u < \.v, J l_ ., · ., Co. of •Chico keeps fairly busy for the Company was shown to have claims, as it is not only in viola- nue. Granite will start cement $115,008 for const. of 2 classrms, t his time of the year. properlv co1npensated the em- tio11 of ou1· by-laws to vra1·t too t1·eat d b J ti th ki11de1·ga1·te11 J1ome econom1·cs 1-m J ·• · . e a_se w 1enever 1e wea er

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, ., E. T. Haas has had a rig ·busy in ployee in accordance wth the Jong, but it makes it more diffi- will permit. 1 shop, and a teachers' room. ·

Uie Oroville-Chico district. Jess agreement. Most of the misunder- cult to settle. GORDON BALL and SAN RA- LOS ALTOS, contract awarded Ho<;g & Son have just completed a sta,nding arose over the fact tha.t r PERSONAL NOTES . ' MON LAND CO. have been able to to Lew Jones Const. Co., 1535 S.

' 11 . b · c 11 ·1co. paid holidays not worked are paid Bro. L A (Oscar) Bussell main- work some on their· two highway 10th St., San Jose, $50,000 for Gt,tn-sma sewer JO 111 . , . · . , -. at 8 straight time hours, regarcUess I tenance man at Gladdmg, McBean jobs on 99 between Earlimart and ite constructed swimming pool, Utah Construction . Co. ~ ave I o! whether or not it falls on the

I Co. suffered a break of the small Delano. , TULARE, contract awarded to

moved back to Kedd1e, Calif., on I sixth day, bone of his left arm, between the UNITED CONCRETE PIPE CO. Floyd G. Borchardt, ' 1732 "L" 0

St., t he W~stern Paci~c Tu1me: No. 33 The clauses covering the above elbow and wris~. He was work!ng stil~ have a _small crew working on \ F_res1.10, $584,350 for Memorial Au.­and will be pourmg conc1ete by points are among the best to be I on an automatic press machme t he1r pipe lme contract at Delano drtormm. the time. this g_ets to print. ?eor~e found in any agTe~ments covering and, although the machine·_ was they will have approximately an~ JANUARY 24, 1955 Fos te1· 1s proJeGt manager, Bro. mines or plants in the ~-0untry, shut off, there was enough a1r re- other year's work. FOLSOM, contract awarded t o Hal'les ·is superintendent and Bro. and, although it does make for maining to actuate the plunger JOHN FERRY have their plant R. Carpenter, 907 Front St., Sac­Joe Swice is the good ma,ster me- some difference in the pay between when it was relea,sed on returning in operation now iri Porterville and ramento, $42,020 for water pump ,chanic. Ira Bashaw, J . N . Morlan, members of the same crew in -it struck his arm, breaking it. making materials for the Gordon ing chlorinational faciJs·., SACRA-N : .. W. Crew, Paul Collett, Larry weeks paid holidays fall, every Bro. Jack McKinnon, of the Ball job. MIDDLETON ROCK MENTO COUNTY. :Bashaw and Tommy Eck are on effort has been made with the Natomas Co. recently suffered a PLANT are still making materials SAN FRANCISCO, co 11 tract the Harris Horses; Brother Billy I Company, and the Company is broken leg caused by a fall on the for the Porterville area and have awarded to Theo. G. l\'Ieyer & Sons, vveeks on the batch plant, Ton:imy /.sympathetic to the problem, to job. worked pretty steady this winter, . 200 Quint St., S. F ., $'2·,340,920 {o1·-

Casada on the pumo. W. K. Clmk- , eliminate any inequities. Bro. Bill Gibson, of the Natomas quite a bit of building activity I const. 37 low-rent housing bldgs.

enb2ard and J. A. Webber are nut r r Co. has had a run of bad luck late- · scheduled in the Porterville area. \ on Harbor Slope, bounded by Doi·~' · ' 'ibustei·s, a,nd last, but not least, GLADDING McBEAN C?, ly. About a month ago he went , CEN-VI-RO PIPE CO. at Lind- mitory & Kiska Rcls. and Hunter

:Bro. Hank Allen, t~1e old gold 'dAt-~e1!da,it1hGe _a t mteetmgs, f cont- I do,,rn with pneumonia, followed by . say have two shifts running on Pt. & Innes Aves. mfoer is in the compressor house. si eun,, e _1m1~or ance O a - I the removal of his a,ppendix and their plant but are still having TRAVIS AFB, contract awarded ·- ' . h b" f , tendance at this time of the vear . . some t1·ouble g·ett · 1 h t p 'fl c 801 c I A · ' .Hank will .not aye ca 111 ever . . , ' now we are mformed he is return- mg e 1oug pro- ·o aci c o., . ec ar ve.,

:, . t ti st hasn't been what it should be and . . auction MORRISON & KNUDSEN B k I $407 718 f t t · ·. ·:,a.o,-: that he is closer o 1e re . . '. mg to the . hospital for a hemorr- . ' , er e ey, ' or cons rue ,ion <Oll '. the gang and says that on my we again m·ge t~e membersh ip _ to hoid operation . .. Bro. Frank De- are laying the pipe in the Exeter of readiness hangar and 'rock~i;

... • 11 · b ·11 h e attend the meetmo-s. The ·eommg . area t f · ·ut· · ,, m.e:--:t trip up on t e JO w1 av . . . 0 • Rosa of the Natomas Co. 1s report- · s orage aci ies.

·U-fe coffee house ready, black and I negotiat10ns will be i~portant to I ed to be in the Arcadia Hospital P. C. A. PLANT at Lemon Cove MATHER AFB, contract award- , lh.o',. a]] members as. there will probably and is to be operated on ... Brother. have only been working 3 or 4 ed ·to A. Teichert & Son, Inc., 19~~

. . be rather drastic changes proposed H b C C t 11· ff d th days a week. CLEMENTS CO. hot Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, $832;-· ·· . ·t· (F b " d) b 1 1 . d er ert . an re su ere e· 1 t d 'Today at this wr1 ·mg e . 0r Y t 1e Company and t 1e Un10n a,n . 1 f 11 . 'f tl ·t 1 Pan rea y to start operation 730 for strengthening of NE~SW · - ' · h PG&E ·

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oss o 1s w1 e recen y 1 ias . the hearing regardmg t e you owe · it to yourself to attend b t d \" t k ti '. when the weather clears up, this runway 4R-22L, involving A. C.' job will be held to ascertain if the the meetings; keep yourself in- feen rtepdor e ·tl ·v e . a ·e thllS mfeathns may keep the P ._C.A. plant busier. Pave, PCC Pave, etc. · 't I . .

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o ex en mo- 1e sympa y o e BAL j ob is to proceed. Sorry we can formed, and take part 111 t.he de- ffi d O b f L 1 U DWIN CONSTRUCTION YUBA CITY contract awarded ]put Ollt a.lly mol·e ne\·' 'S abot1t th1·s c1·s1·ons made. 0 . . tcNers : 11 t mBem ecrs 0t

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111• - CO ha\·e bee11 sl1 t d f th L t L R-' & s 235 s ·, .. · ' u own or e to es er . ice ons, um-- ·. . · . . . 1011 1 o. 0, ·o ro. a,n re an us th ·

JPI'OJect. One of the many matters that I f .1 B, W lt . H fl" f past ree weeks on their road job mer St., Yuba City, $.475 for crush · . h . b t · am1 y . . . 10. a er e m r o t L" 1 , t as raised a num ~r of ques 10ns I the ' Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields, a me say. ing approximately 33,500 tons Sut-

·rralvorson Construction Co. a from the membership has been the h ff d . . . t 11

. The GUY F. ATKINSON COM- ter Butte Mat!., So. Butte Rd. , near S p~·ing Garden, have called a shovel recent announcement posted by thel \lVf O su ;erhe absevere mJudryth O ? PANY has_ been able to work in- E'ly end of Long Bridge, SUTTER · crew out for a few weeks work C ti b 11 t· b d e t arm, as een aroun e O - termittently 011 the excav·at1·on of· 1 COUNTY.

b ompany on 1e u e rn oar s fi 1 t 1 H 11 h h t tn order to get in some culverts e- . · · th 1 d f ti ce a e Y- e says a ,e as O . their freeway J·ob on the Norther·n YUBA CITY, contr·act a"'ar·ded conceuung e c ose- own o 1e d . ·t n 1 · h 1 " fore high water hits them. Bro. 1 t f t k a · · th O now is wai un 1 ns a~m ea s. outskirts of Fresno, have about t~ Baldw1·11 Cont1·act1·11g Co., Inc., · . :i,, d pan or wo wee s urmg · e , . C. R. VAN '\\'INHLE. v

F }~Yd Foutch is on the ,. -yar month of July. * * * two weeks more with their DW20s. P.O. Box 269; Marysville, $.795 (alt . .JL1; -1a,, To put all doubts to one side , This company also have a paving bid) for crushing approximate! ~, . ':T hat's all for this month and . 01Jc~ and for all, your unon has I BARGAIN PRIC]j} job at the Plaza in Visalia, but due 20,000 tons Dredger Tailing, Sutter im.:i,/ the sun keep shii~ing. ·1 not agreed to this. We have told The man who cheapens himself to weather conditions has decided Co. Pit in YUBA COUNTY, ap-. · the Company that we will abid"e by I in public is sure to be marked to close down until the first of proximate"ly 1 3/10 miles E. of

LES COLLETT. the agreement, and although there down by his. neighbors. March, Moving some of their pav- Seve.11 Mile House.

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February 15, 1955 ENGINEERS' NEWS

Doin ,._, at's • 1n t e By AL CLEM, L. SOLARI, __ L. L. LAUX and B. BARR, Bus~~ss Repre~entatives

, Our Febmary repo:rt of working conditions in this area is,, I plant crew busy: T~e _P}ant c1:ew. of necessity. somewhat simila __ r to that of last month and also J ha_s lo_st very . little time durmg

• ' · ' this wmter to tha.t of previous years. The out of work list continues to · _ _ _ be lengthy, with in excess of 3QO men registered. However, CENTERVILLE AREA

, if- the g,Tound doesn't get t-oo wet, and the mud too deep, a The Clem·ents Construction Com­number of the brothers will no doubt be able to continue on pany of Centerville is keeping ·a

· wrth their last employers, 'and get in a little more time. number of the brothers busy at th~ A contract for the construction . • present . time. Approximately 11

of the new IsorJhthalic plant . at t~e mechanics are repairing equipment Charles Irvin, oiler and Robert in thei; shop, under the direc tion

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Richmond Refinery of the Standard M d · 1 d t Oil Company of California has been e aris, oa er opera or. of Bro. Al Hill; 12 operators are

, { _' awarded to the H . . K. Ferguson working at val'ious job sites, and

. Comr)any_. $tolte, Cantor and Coull The g rave 1 P 1 ants located five operators are employed in

throughoti°t Alameda County a re th . "I t Fla t Th ' p 1 were awarded a sub-contract to eir '" 0 c 11 · · IS com any ms now in full production. It is antici- a· sub contract to lay the base r·ocJr drive appr.oximately 1200 40-foot · · ~, · Pated that the various phases of and do the pa\11·11 0- \"Ork 011 Ball . piJ.ings in connection with the con- · 0 ' ' · the constniction industry· will and s1·mpso11's fr·eeway J·ob 1·11 Cas · ·struction of the new plant. Bro. · - ·

Gordon Garner is operating the create a big run on sand during tro· Valley, and will begin this · the coming spring months. Opera- · phase as soon as the weather per- i

. l'Jile-dr iver, Elbert Sanders is firing tion in these plants is not a ffe.cted mits. They also have a contract to ! t he boiler, and Eddie Erickson is by the weather. A definite attempt do the ·grading and . Pe-ving of the ! doing the oiling. The land on whi_ch . ,

is being rirnde to build up a stock- streets, curbs and gutters on the the plant is being erected was all pile which will be sufficient to fur- K · t d H · · T · I · · · titled in last fall by Stolte, Inc. , vis o ousmg ract m rviJfg- OARLAND MEMBER, GIVES BLOOD-Bro. ·wmis KeUar, (L1.k-Wh9 hauled in approximately 250,- nish the required mate.rial in the ton. Work is j1:1st now ·getting land memb.er. of Local 3, is. shown here gfdng a pint . of .blood, to. {hJe> 000 cubic yards of rock and dirt. coming months. I u_nde1· \:ay at. this location, whePe Loe~!; 3 rest r\le. at AJ.;tJ)1eda Co.u_ nty Bloocl Bank. T.ha.nks, Bro. Kel),d

six engineers are empld'yed. Two I . , . . · , ii~e is

12;~i!iel1~~1 c;;~;t~~a:;hIJ~~ F essenden Company of El Cer- of. theii, . _ot_her jobs of , so~ewhat A NOTE 0~ APPRE(JA TION T(), OUR BLOOD-DON;(}~$

:near Standard's new phenol plant. rito was awarded a sub-contract bnef . duratwn_ are the pavmg· of -- . . . . · '

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At the present time the H. K. Fer- by the Walsh Construction Com- the site :on. wluch the 11e:"' Safeway The response from the membership to our plea for bluo0l guson Company is putting in tl:e pany of San Francisco to move Store ~11 150th Av_enue 111 S":1} Le- I donors- has been very gratifying. We are very_ happy to be fi'nishing touches'" on the installa- 84,000 cubic bank yards_ of rockfill I a_nd_m is to be bmJt, and a J_ob of~ able to suoply this vital life-giving fluid where it is needr.ict

t b d f I : 1 / ' h s1m1lar nature for the Indenco • . -t ion of all the off-plot facilitie s for o e use or t 1e approac 1 to t e c . c . . 1 Both E18.il and phone inqlliries have been received from t he the new plant. The -actual con- lower deck of the Richmond-San • ompany 111 entervil e. · · · . . , - , struction of this .ni.ulti-million c101: Rafael Bridge. F essenden has brothers w11lmg to make a donation. · ·' · lar plant · will not begin until after r ented Ball q.nd Simpson's N.W. 80 .The Henry J. Kaiser Quarry at We woulcl like at this time to say thank you to each of the 16 rn ciu-, March 1st. . The plant is designed shovel for this job. Bro. Gene Yate Clayton is in full operation, ,,,-ith bers of Local 3, who have given of tfa;ir time ancl energy to d,oc'.tte to produce approximately 50,000,- is ,operating this rig, and Tlro. F red 13 of the brothers keeping busy on blood to. t.hc Operating Eng-ineers Local 3 reset·, ,e a.t the Alameda Cm,aty ' ooo · pounds of the chemical, Iso- Biven is doing his oiling. Other the prnduct_i on of slurry . base. Blood, Bank 'We woulcl al~o lili:e to thank the wife of a <111ember, : .Irfi. phthalic. Jsophtha_lic, which up un- me1:nbers of Local 3 keeping busy P.C.A. is keeping 11 of the mem- Neal Henil.erson, for her donation. In the 11ast,, much of the blood ,rec.

· - til this time has just been produced on this project are Brothers Walt bers employed at their Clayton .leased has been to wives and chil<lren of members, and so rn1,h traHy we. in experim ental amounts is a new Leibig and Alvin Schmidt . on load- plant; where base-r ock, well-rock, a.re ver~' glad to have any of the wives, who may be a.b!e to do::. :i,t.<f> raw material for the plastics in- ers, . and Brothers Ervin Haden- and slurry base are being pro- blood, do so. dustry, anct for use in the manu- feldt, Roy Laughlin, Bob -Enge and duced. A crew of seven engineers Each Thm·s,lay evening;, betvveen 6 a.ml G:30 is the_ tin:e whfoh -::a§ fact ure of surface coatings. , Harold Huston on cats. Bro. Bob are employed by P.C.A: in their been ar rn-ni;ed _for our group. This honor roll of donors- i·s not a. ck ,edl

At t he present time there is a considerable amount of activity on t he Groom and Moyer Fairmeade Housing Project, in the Richmond area. Close Building Supply Coni.­pany was awarded a contract for the grading of the streets, curts, and, sidewalks for the first unit of houses. Base-rock is now being laid so that the home owners and p'r o­spective buyers ca·n enter and leave

· the tract without getting stuck in the mtid. The· paving of these streets is being held up by the bad weather. It is anticipated that they will be unable to do very' much paving until around the first of May. On Close's payi;oll at this job site. are: Brothers "Pinkie" Ford an.\J., John Hall, who are operating blades; Al Flo1:ence, operating a carryall; Al 'Kruger and Art Mal-

. lo:i;y, .operating dozers; L. Caldwe ll, ·running a roller; Robert Cooper. and H. Queroz, doing the grade Ghecking; Hugh Bigson, on the

· sePviGe truck, and Charlie McMul­len doing the nut-busting. Bro. Ed Tobin, one of the well-kn.own sewer

· contract.ors in this area, has moved a b9;ckhoe and· trencher onto this jqb, operated by Bro. Ch815. W. G~1:d.ne.r, who has his son · Faur

.Shields is ninning Walsh's cat and Hot Plant and Batch Plant in Con- corporation, so- let' us hear from you. A teleµlton e call to J im J ennir~g-e, is keeping the fill leveled and cord. Dispatcher, T \';'inoaks 3-2120, is the first step, ancl an appointment willil cleaned up. Bro. Ed Fesner, who be nuule fo:r you. is known as "the Sheriff" by the \~Tork in the •Concrete Service The following Brothers !rn.ve given blllocl : Brothers EiB Barrett, 13oJro brothers working with him, is run- Compan_y' s n_ew plant _ in Sunol is I Acre, Lornn Squier, ).Uerie Cooley, 'William Ang·elsbury, -·Jack Ser:es,., A. ning blade, keeping_ the haul road 1rroving along as well as can be a-, P.,:msom, Fred Brower, I-Iugh. Rogan, Cha;rLes Russell, Bani Net:-!es, clean. _In the shop are Brothers

I expected. , There are a f~w bugs in \Villis H.elhtr, E . Bovet, P . H . Emerson, ancl Ed J-ohnson. In the 'e,.-eRJ:

Carl R1bblett and R. R. Clmken- the _ new plant w::i1cll .still have to tlia.t any of the brothern who have i:na:le .this trip t o the blood bankdill• beard _and Al K~nze, m_echamcs. be ironed out. no.t find . tlteir names in this Honor, Roll, we would ap;;,reciate it if Ciey Bro. D_ick Knapp is the dispatcher I wouid call this to the attention of "the office sta.tf. It goes without sac-·ing foi' this company. There is quite a bit of activity that should any of these -brothers .or t heir famllies need blood in ~h,e

- - - in the Parr-Richmond Terminal, futur e, they ,viii have first priority ,on this life gi ving fluid. · BERirnLEY FREEWAY I at the old sMpyard .in Richmond. Aga.in, we want to thank all of these brothers fo r their splendi4! ,co~

Stolte, Gallagher and Burke have Chutes ~re bemg bmlt to be used operation in this project.! their portable rock crusher set up, for load111g scrap iron and other ~ - --- --- - - - ---- - --------

News About the Brothers When Bro. Paul Long stopped , calling YEllowstone 5 1626.

by the office recently he took time I . --- · to do a littl e bragging about his _ Bro. Carl Haley tells rn, that ·he brand new 1955 Model Volkswagon. I is looking forward to his first loolr. Paul feels that the good mileage at his first and only granddau;h -­he_ is getting will come in mighty te1', three months old, who is ar­handy when he is driving all over i·iving soon with Carl's · daughte_r. · t he county to various construction I and .. son-in-law from the East" toe jobs, during the coming months. [ s pend a visit with grandma and Also, at this t.ime, we . wouid like grandpa. to-. make· a belated report of .the

and · in operation at Blake Bros. bulk materials to be shipped to Quarry in Richmond. This firm has other locations. These . chutes are about 200,000 cubic yards of rock built on rolle1:s and fit ove.r the to crush for use 011 th'eir freeway hatch on the ship and are move­job in Berkeley. The r.ock is to be able, so that loading can be done used as sub~base. Bro. Ernie Miller fore and aft, and port and star­is running the N.W. Shovel 011 this board sides of the ship; Parr has job, with Bro. Walter Rogge doing C/llled back all their old-time aper­the greasing for him. Bro. Carl ators, and have added a few weld­Road. is keeping busy on a dozer, ers to their payroll, to set . up the ripping and pushing rock to Ernie. job. The following brothers are Bro. Larry Ashworth is superin- employed on this project: Bro. tendent of this operation, Carl Charles "Slim" Aldredge, fore!Tian; Burke is the fo reman, Dave Davies Ten Burkhart, Bob Hansen, J ack is the -crusher orJerator_·, and ·Frank Mccuan, Jack Moser:· and Rex · Longs new baby daughte1', who ;If a:ny of the brothers are think-· Bateman is doi.n"'a the oiling·. Ap- Stanberry, operators ; John De \'···as· ·bor11 ·1n November··. . f ·b·1·t· f . · · , mg o poss1 1 1 ·1es or a vaca:.1.o·n Proximately 2000 tons of rock is Jarnatt, mechanic; Leon Huff; Bob trip during the coming mon '.,hs, being crushed per day. Vaughn, Ed· Elton, Richard Pence, absence- of . Bro. Joe Risch has a verv exceLent

Earl -Remington, Nels Pearsori, A,ft~_r an approx1- · . 0 - _. · ·

Bunton . oiling for him. Anoth-er . The foundation ;ork on the contractor, who is handling a phase Richmond~San ,Rafael Bridge is

· of- the \vork is Fred Niedermeyer, .

welders, and Curly Price and Ben ma-teJ.y four mont hs Bro. Tommy suggestwn !0 make. Last year_ Dro. K .. ·' ·e· 'ct . ··s aa· t' b t d. ii and Mrs. Risch took the Franc1s~a!1\ Marco, oilers. enn y 1 a 0 111 o e . coun e P'l . f S , - J

~ 1 , · . , T _ ' 11 1 gnmage o the outhwest . n -· ___ amo,1;i0 t 10se p1,esent. ommy te s

1- d' lVI' . d ··h G . d c · now drawing to a close, with ap-

who . is putting in the foundations proximately seven or eight addi­for these homes. Bro. Niedei-meyer tional piers _still to be er·ected. The has put Don Miller to. work on the er ection of these piers will r equire ~rading fo r these ~omes: approximately seven large pours of

7000-FOOT TRENCH ' · ' Ero. Richard Conn has. moved

-one of · the United Concrete Pi:;:ie Company's trenchers onto Giorie,t ­ta Blvd., So·u th of Orinda, wher~ they are excavating for a trench which will be over 7000 feet· long

approximately 800 yai·ds each. These pours will necessarily:· fur­nish emp'idyment tp . additional members of Local 3. While no one ever gets very fat on these jobs, at least they do serve as a fill-in for a· number of the brother s who are on the out-of-work list.

-a11d :which will extend from t::le 1"101.~ga H ighway to Brxan ResEr- There is very little activity in vo.ir. Bro. Troy Manzer has this the o. C. Jones shop in Berkeley conmany 's Model . 6 backhoe_ in at the present time. A number of ope.1:ation at Walnut Creek, \vhere the boys are. taking turns at taki.ng O;i,ey , are excavating 9000 feet , of time off. This firm will begin work

· ti:ench, extending from Lela::-id on the construction of their new:

. . that he got alon ·ust fin at ian J 1ss10ns an t e ran an-· Shewar P avm g Company a17-_d ;. . . . g_ J e u.p ! yon, and found it extr emely wor th-· .

Winton Jones of Martinez have· lv1oses Lake, V\Tashmgton, where he I "'l d . bl Th' ·. _, - · . · I · · · B 1 w,u e an en3oya e. 1s year-B started excavation for seven model was opera.tmg a crane for .echte t . . k I b A ·. ']\ · . - . · " . . · . , our 1s to ta e pace etween _pn homes to be bmlt on the Eichler Corpoiat10n, and t hat the weather . 2 d •·1 , ·J A .· 10 . . 1 ' · . . tt · 1 ·. •.1 h , n , uoug 1 pu] . th 111c ussve, Tract on Yanacio Valley Road was pre y mce -up t 1e1e um1 t e ti f I 'd ·11 · b . . , b · , . · . I and 1e ·ee c rnrge w1 e ncm1--near Marchbank Ranch V\Talnu t last two weeks of his stay, when I Add' . d ·d. . 1 ·

· · · · ' · a ·a bl f na . 1t10nal ata regar mg ~ 1H c,·eek Thes~homes ar:e the first they bot a cons1 era e amount o F . p·i . T · · · . w . . . _ .· ranc1scan 1 gnmage our c,am· to_ be bmlt on t his tract, w,h1ch snow. be obtained by calling Mrs. Risch1 will eventually number o_ver 150 at ANdover 1-8078. h_o~1es. Bro. Harold \V. Corbett is tak-

The m en. at Bay Cities Equip­ment a1;e. ke~ping fa irly busy in the shop, with a number of pieces of equipment to overhaul. . West Coast Engine is also keeping 'fai_rly busy. We understand that B,ro. Virgil Kling is b,eing sent to the plant ,back east to take a refresher course.

ing advantage of the slack season by spending ·a portion of it on a vacation frip to Guatemala and Mexico -City. The Corbetts ·are go­i11g as far as San Diego by auto­mobile, and plan to make the 1:est of their joun1ey by plane.

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Bro. Vlayne Curry, 3A, w·b_ose . fat her W. J.. Curry- is ·one of the old-timers in this union, was _mar-· ried on January 22, 1955, to ffiss· Mary Alice Livak, at the St. Law-­rence O'Toole Church in Oakl211d. Another of our oilers, Bro. Hay Davies Jr., wJ1ose fat he1· also is a

Rese~-voir to Walnut . Creek. Ray Hot Plant in the near future. The Fields is the oiler on this rig. Bi-o. new plant, to be located in 'Ber ke-Ch.ai;l' " Spoon is fo llowing up with ley will be mode'rn in every respect. Over 136 member s of Local 3 ~re a truci< crane, unloading and lay- enJployed by ·the Peterson Tractor

As a side~line during the winter Local 3 member, now hns a pr~.rty months while work in construction bride to brag about. Ray J r. \~as is slow, Bro. Neal Henderson works I married on February lµth to Miss with the Hayward Realty and In- Patricia Herrick of Walnut Crc.ek. vestment Company, located at 1179 1

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ing _- 24_-inch _pipe, and Bro. J im I Very li ttle work is under way at Company-16 a1-e working in the Ad_k1_11 1s p1lot~ng the H.D. 5 loader. Ball and Simpson and Bassco Dray- Parts Division, 62 in the Service

U11derground Construction Com- age's yard in Berkeley. The wo1;k Division, and 58 are in the special pany is keeping some of the mem- on the Castro Valley has practi- eq uipme nt division. The Used bers busy on excava t ing 800 . feet cally been shut-down, with most of _ Equipment Division is an espe ­of trench for conduit for the Te:e- the DvV 20's having been sent down cially busy department at the pres­phone Company, in Pittsburg. This south to be. put into operation on ent time, . with 19 D 8 tractors,

"A" Street, Hayward, Telephone We would like_ to take this 6p-JE 7-7700. If any of the brothers ' portuni ty to publicly thank Bro '.:h-· are interested in either r en t ing or ers Bill Hefiiey, Art Peterson, b·uying property, Bro. Henderson . ·Ernie Hopper stad, and R. 0. Me­is the one to see_! . I Cart11ey, who have donated. their•

I services on several_ Saturdays ,re-·

· crew will soon move on to Antioch one of their highway projects in 3 D 7's, 11 D 6's, 13 D 4's, 8 D 2's, (,, and begin work on one and three- that part of the state. · 13 loader s, 11 rubber tired rigs, 8

fo u-rth-,miles of co.ndu'it trench for motor ·· gr aders, 2 scrapers, . 2 rip-

Bro. l\L H. Crosby is in the equip- ' centl y to · the restoration of the ment re ntal business, located at .I Pacific Queen, the square-rig f er 2240 Mt.. Diablo -Blvd., Wa\nut

I wl1ic11 is being put into c·ondltion,,

Creek. Bro. Crosby has Fordson ;· for the Marit ime Museum. T:ie tractors, dozers,' post-hole diggers, l very fine assistance of these _brd·~h­loaders, -discs, olo\vs arid rollers ers in th is project. is greatly np­for rent. He 'can be i-eached . by preciated.

. t he same company. Making up this · Rail.some Company has their hot pers, 4 industrial englnes, and , fin-e crew ar e Brothers William plant fired up, and it goes without other miscellaneous equipment for

P etschauer, tre nch e-r operator, saying tha·t · they ar·e keeping the sale . .

Februriry 15, 19 55 ENGINEERS' NEWS Seven

A , . R I CAl!F.ORNIA. lE'GlSl,ATURE '. ppreritice~s ates · 1·ni·st. STATE SENATE

Ch~nned l•·•n 31 Name 16 Arthur H . Breed Jr. {R) I·. . S . ·N·e

U ~ ·. · .. 0 • . · 1. ' Dale C. Williams (D) . 22o·· st. James Dr., Piedmont.

n;ti;,i,_DM'l."" t ~Qli I D~'t"'ll"RICT RE. i!i't!:Es By G. L. MULDOON . Box 87;- · Alturas. 17. Geol'ge Miller:. Jr. (D) ·. . .

.. n!C_i"'Ull t . ni _"rfl<I . .. . · · • t, M .:~-, ' • . . · : ·~_.: .. .. ··-~ Acting Secretary 2· Randolph .Collier (R) -1016 Nevin Ave.,. Richmond'. · '.

~- ~ " ~ Meeting o'f J an. 17 called to or- 551 No. Main St., Yreka. 18. John '"F. Tl~ompson ·(R) . l -s Jo. SJ s ~ ~ I~ A ( ·Rtl:D.()DJ der at 8:00 p.ri1 . by Sec1·etar y S. 3. A18·6· 4W.H. ewa_taly1e1_(RL··a) ne,- E" reka.. Rt. ,3, Box 408; San Jose. \

. 0 w· A·Ts~o' A;:1L·,itj -By JAn~! ·~. ~~VERS ~ I ~;G?11ith~T:de follo:'.n~ .were p:s- . 4. ~g;i~~:Es:r:;\t) U:iah. ' r9; ::t I ~t.~~~:~;!e~~~- .' j: · Of · ifl\ · H. -1':'.s, District Repre§e~tative £ ·1 · · .- - .L. ~lu oon, ivisi~ of Z p- 5. Edwin J. Regan (D) 120 •. . Alan Short (D)

B" R,1!CHARD A CHRISTII\NSEN 11 Historians tell , us that there is, prensticFes ip _stHandartdsl; J ~ve Her- Box 265, -Weaverville. 1220 N. Van Buren, Stockton~ . ., ,. . . · : · . . . . · aa, . • ranc1s osp: a ; onn er - ·

. Busmess Re presentative notn mg permanent m tlus world I "' . S F B . C L 6. Paul L. Byrne (R) 21. Harr y L. Parkman (R) · · · · excent chancre and they must be zog, · · · • · rewmg ompany; ar- 244 West Third St., Chico. 1450 Canada Rd.,· Woodside.

Dur ing the month of January righ[ for we~ as pirt of the ·world Ei:v R1a1W:ip'. Ct. C. i\C'I.oore .f& SCompFany; 7. Harold T. Johnson (D) 22. Hugh P. Donnelly (D)

negotiations were concluded and o I t · ' ti · t b • mi rn ·ers, Ity O an ran- 423 r.,rove St., Rosev1·11e. 953 s· D T 1 k p pu a ·10n o, 11s cen ury o serve . S E S 'th B R f v 1erra r ., ur oc . · contract consummated with the du ·r ot · Ji 'e s h I cit ' cisco ; · ' · mi ' us. ep. 0 ·, 8 Louis . Sutton (R) 23. Donald. L. Grunsky (R) n ,g n , '· pan, w O e ies L 1 N 39· Al ·vv·tco k In- · Baker ies in San Jose, Calif. Also practically r ebuilt, a r a d-i c a 1 oca. · 0· ' 1 s Y, P.O. Box 547, Maxwell. 130 Rogers ·Ave., Watsonville,. w ith the Bank of America and the change in. the basic precep-ts · of structor. 9. Swift Berry (R) 24. James A. ·cobey (D) - -. ! risurance Company of Nor th world politics, arid considerable Rotation: Tl10mas s;,1vester for- 115 Canal St., Placerville. 646 W. 26th _St., Merced. Am_e~·ica . . In these, increases were change in peoples' thinking, eati11g, merly employed at .s. F . ~rewery 10. Ed. C. Johnson (R ) 25. Fred Weybret (R)

· obtamed m wages, plus a Health I drif\king and workina habits. . Company, .::it. Francis Hospital and P.O. Box 31, Marysville. 22 Hawthorne St., Salinas. and Welfar e plan . , A ' t f ti - t~ · · · h is presently employed at Mt. Zjon 11. Nathan F, Coombs ( R) 26. Stephen P_. T_eale (D) · . ,_s par o 1e con mumg c ange H . 1 H' 1 · · d ·

Negotiations are · still in progress I in peoples and organizations, there_ I - ospita .. . ~is sc 1001 atten ance is Migliavacca Bldg., Napa. P ,O. Box E, West Point. with the .Crown By-Products Co., is a parade of new faces and asso- 95% . Decis10n made that Thon_ias 12 . . F. Presley Abshire (R) 27. Robert I. Montgomery · (D) Garden City P otter, Hotels and Ice ciates through our Jives. Some of I Sylv~ster r emam at Mt .. 21011 Rt. 1, Box 212, Geyserville.. Rt. 4, Box 280, Hanford. Industry. - these peopl~ du e to their contrib- ~Ospital for the present until oth- . 13. John F. McCarthy ·(R) 28. · Charles Brow11 (D)

. . . • . ' . · er al'rangements for transfer can 819 A St s R f J s Haye . had considerable confer- utions w our hves and our -way of ib d t th U . _ . ·t .f C 1 ,. ·., an a ae. hoshone .

. · ·t . . 1· . 1 1 . . . e ma e o e mv e1s1 Y o a - 14 R h t I M C th (D) 29 A A E h t (R) , ences w1 h the p.i'opnetors of the 1vmg eave a astmg memory with 'f . H _ ·t 1 • o_,.,er . c ar Y • . • · r ar . Salinas Freezer Storage Company, us. Others, with equal ·potentials 1 oHrma 0B~pi a ,t. k d 1050 Kirkham St., ·s.F. · P.O. Box 506 .. P ismo Beach.

. . . · I 1 · · · arry urne t wor ·e at Mt. 15 L th E G'b (D-) 30 H '- M B · (D) , Sal mas, Caltf., and conferences eave no lastmg memories, or 2

. H ·t . M , H 1 H . · . u er . 1 son 1 • • . ug,~ . urns with ice plant employees. Have also thoughts,, because · of the fleeting t 1~11 d o_spi ~l, t~r_y s ( P d o~p~-- _516 Marin St., Vallejo. . · P .O. Box 748,. Fresno. bJ en endeavoring to _organize {ce quali ty of .the services ' rendered. ; ,;n .Js,pi~~n Y/~P ~re/ . s. TAI_TE ASSEMBTY plants -in Monterey County, and in All of us are grateful and thankful h . ;ewery. ~ .sc

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;:,Q;*_1·cula·1·· non· ore-.an1·zed ... · Vac't1un1 for·.·th· e ·p·art· o·f th·ems·e·1ve~· a·· 11 ·t·hes' e · .ats te.en pHoor ;· ecauseth0. 1h1s o_m_ e · ~·-· ·. · · · · .,-=<. . . - . . _ ~ ,. . . si ua 1011 owever is as im- 1. Frank ·p. Belotti (R) ·, 1}9,- Charles W. Meyers (Dr Coohng plant. people have contnbuted to the· bet- · provea . ~nd 1;e wm' be able to at P .O. ·· Box 1025, Eureka. 417 Font Blvd., San Fraricis-ca:. . . Attended a meeting at Salinas, tern1ent of our lives, and whei:ev'er. · · . . -. 2. PaulineL. ·Davis (D) . . 20 . . Thomas A. Maloney (R) -···

; Calff., on ' the 20th with r eference -they may .be We ·hope fol' the best t~nd clas§es ~ore . regt1Iarly. S~me Portola. . , 350 Missouri St., , S.ari·Francisco t

._ . . f th _r._· .. , t ime after Janua1y · 20th, Harry . I , · o prov1swns of the Workman's or em. · , · . , · 3. L loyd W. Lowrey (D) 21. Caspar W; Weinberger' <R>". c f · R

1 · Cl . · · Eur nett will be transfer red to St. . . . .

. ompensa ion ; egu at10ns, a1?1s; The members of. this union have Francis Hospital. P.Q. Box 23, Rumsey. 3477 Pacific Av., San Francisco -etc~ Add~ess g1ve!l by Mr. Bene1ch, been fort~.mat e jn their selection ?f William Delahant formerly em~ 4. · Don Hobbie CR) ·. 22. Ber nard R. Brady (D) .·· and, by Mr. M~Gee, an 'attorney_ Officers _and Representatives. F()~::: ployed. ·at Merchants Ice and now CaliyonHighlancis i5r:,Oroville; 140 Jordan Av., San F1iifoisco fro.m San F_ranc1sco; . . tunat~ a lso . hav_e_ they ·been 111 employed at St. Francis. Hospital. 5. Samuel I( Geddes (D) · 23. J ohn A. O'Connell (DV _ Attended regular meetmg of · 1:0, choosmg men ded1cat~d to the so:: \ School a ttendance 50 %. William 1621 East Ave., Napa. 1223 Fitzgerald Ave., S.F.

· cal 39 ·at· San Jose and· the special lution of our problems and to _tfie · Delahant will be transferred from ,, 6. · Francis "·C. 'Lindsay ; (R) · j 24. ·, Edward··M:·· Gaffney· .(Dj,' · · , ~l1!d me~ting of Loc_al .39 ~t sa~ a~vancem~n.t of our · ~ni~n, alon~ I St. Francis Hospita( to s. F. Brew- Box. 463, .Loomis/ l 295 :·sanchez St., San,Francisc,o..--..

~ma~, Calif. Also the mee~mg of w1_t~ a w'.llmg~ es~ to ~evo_te Jong I ery . about_ Febr uary 1. 7. Richard ·H. Mccollist er · (R) . \ 25. Daniel: J . · Creedon (R} . the . Cen~ral ' Labor Council, San per10ds of then· llves: helpmg the New apprentice . rates will be- 320 Fawn Dr.;'· San cA:nselmo; .61S.MacArthur Av.; San'-i\iate~·"'> { 9se, Callf. ,_and that of the Exec~- craft to attain its rightful goals. - come ·eJfective January 31, 1955. s. · Gordon A. Fleury ·(R) 126 •. Richard J . Dolwig. (R) ·· ·

t; .nve Board 111 ~an FrancISc~, Cahf. Recently a change has been New appropriations . provide · for Rt. 3, Box 1222,,R, Sacr amento. 23·_ .Winchester· Dt;, Atherton.; Have- kept m contact with the made in the line officers, due . to a shop for apprentices. 9.- Roy J. Nielsen (R) · 27. Grenn E . Coolidge (R}

Personnel . Officer of Santa Clara the resignation of" the secretary. The average class attendance is 1555 13th· Ave., Sacramento; I P .-0. Box 308; Felton; · · County with reference to survey Accordiµg to our, by-lm,.is t he va- between 19 and 25 in r elated class- 10. Donald . D .. Doyle (-R) - 128. Clark L. Bradley (R) , m ade relat ive to salaries, etc. Was cant offi ce must be filled by ap'- es at present time. · 3163: Stanley Blvd·., Lafayette. 1616' Hedding . St;, San Jose . . assured th~t serious consideration pointment by the r emaining line Mr. Witcoskey is to draw , up 11. S. C. Masterson (D) · 1! 29:' Bruce· F. Allen (R) ·would be given. · I officers, who in this case wer e the program as to what is needed for 1307 Scott St., El Cerrito. . 160 N. Cypress Ave., Sari Jos~~-

Delay was experienced in getting .P resident, · vice President . and the Stationary Engineers class as 12. John J. McFall (D) 1130. Ralph M. Brown (D) .

data of Hospital r ates in and about Treasurer. These officers in their .to space and equipment for en- 215 N. Sherman Ave., Manteca , P.O. 'Box 1292, Modesto.' " t he San Francisco and 'Bay areas wisdom elected to ·app6int-our Bus~ suing year. When presented srrecial 13. Car los Bee (D) ~ I 31. George A. Clarke (R) · fo t, use in presentation to hospitals iness Manager, Brother c. c. Fitch, meeting will be called to go over 1784 Fairview Ave., Hayward. Box 56, Planada.

· in Sa~ Jose. Having procured· the to fill t ~e office of Secretary for the matter . When approve?, secre- . 14. Randal F. Dickey (R) 32. Wallace D. Henderson (D) . same effort will be made to obtarn the unexpired term of office that tary is to prepare a letter ,.for Dr. 3221 Thompson Ave., Alameda. 3643 -Kerckhoff Ave., .Fresno, ~~van~ement an~- better co~1ditions. our late Brother Leo Dei'by was f o. D. Adams, Assistant Supt. of 15. L. H. Lincoln (R) · I 33. Will iam W. Hansen <R) - L would be ve1y helpful 1f mem- elected for. 1 . , Schools for Adult Education 135 4000 Redwood Rd., Oakland. I 3435 So. Walnut Ave., Fresno. bers employel:l in the var ious in- · 1 believe evei•yone must ~dmire Van Ness Avenue. ' 16 . . , Walter I. Dahl (R) 34. Alan · G. Patt~e (R) . dust ries would attend m eetings, the niature judgmeii t displayed by No further business on hand , the 418 Blair Ave., P iedmont . 155 Coral de Tierra Rd., Salinas. thus being able to keep your offi- our top officers in their r ecogni- _meeting adjourned. 17. William B. Rumford (D) ! 35. Roscoe L. Patterson (R) " c~rs infor,med conc.ernin~ the va- tion of t he principles of democ- * * * 1500 Stuart St., Berkeley. I P.O. Box 662; Visalia. r:ous ana_ .respect1v~ piants and racy' covering government by the 118. Thomas W. CaWecott (R) 136. J ames L. Holmes (R) t?ereby a~d m gettmg presenta- , ~iajor'ity. An officer, to l:ie a good A·Hend U nfon Meetings! ·2965 Magnolia St., Berkeley. ' 2800 Tallant Rd., S. Barbara ... t:ons to t ile employer of the ,de- I one, must feel t he responsibil ity ·of s1res of .the engmeers employed. the \iotes of his supporters to be d d Al~o, it 15 . urged and \'loped that the r ight man for the job. Election M N. N 'R . u ·

. ~h1;f Engmeers_ when requestm ~ of offi.cers y· il] be held in June and · . 0 r. e . ev·a. ..a ! e w s I Ou .n . ., l - p. 1ep.acements 01 new en_iployee:s at that t ime all the members may V.:1ll notify the office when . an en - I assist in the selection of their new (Continued from Page 3) - , better kn~wn as And·y Drumm Jr., 1 _zle artist" t o wind his way_ througl:li

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our office so we J:Y.l ight have our . · * * W. -R. Weeks on the b~tch plant of Fallon, Nevada, was awarded I the tangle of roads and to - fig -ire gmeer has been emp_loyed; 1f f~om I secretary. ·

· records so indicate, and if a.11 en- * and Brother 'Thomas Eck on the the job in Churchill . County, Ne- ·1 out how to· g_: t t~;r~, unless h.e -.,gineer not yet in the union,· can I ~ .\ ~ , H'" . lb . mixer. Brothers Larry Bashaw vada. This work consists ' of the has been the1 e b_i01e. I know: . be contacted for affiliation. ,.;2n·GTe. §lf!inW .. av.. ·and P aul Collett will probably be ,· t t· . f O ·f o of the Then you have t o get back, After ':JI . cons rue 1011 o. a p 1 1 n - . . tr I f d "M ·, 1\'.I

W_e urge your attendance at J · L. 11!:' S . +· on the ·••horses" or very busy at , secondary highway system be- arnvmg lere, oun ac· . 1 , c-

. meetings. Om; next m eeting will be OoS a;.Xams. e another task. Brothers ' Bob Harles tween Junction u. s. 95, eight Ka~. an\ Br~t~er BJ a~: . C~a~,;+

. on February_ i6, 1955. En.gin~ering jobs ·wi th the ,State and Joe Swicegood will be the miles south of Fallon, and Ju ne- pus ml g ,.1.e J~ .. ro er • . o _.e ".,. : "·~. * * * foremen on the job and will have t' U S 50 (.p t . R d) Cawe ti and lr s _oiler, Bro,her ·E()f Division of Highways.are .. nov/open , 1011 . . as m e oa , a H . d · 1 d . t k T to .applicatioI;J, the State· Personnel eno~gh work to · keep t.he brothers

I length of approximately six and a ow~r ' w;r; oa mg rue !. wi "_·

RDQDJ fRQM "busy as beavers;'' These brothers- · t · .. 1 All f D. , the North\~ e~t shovel and B, other f'. n . ·.·.. . . Bo.ard announces. Civil service . 11 .. t f r· fl ere quar er mi es. o rumm s Glen Vawter is th e crusher oper .:. . _ _..

examinatioqs are scheduled 'for a_ s.'. ·wer e a par . O . a ve y ne W regular crew· will be working very ' . . . . . . . : ·'.,.

OAKI ·AND· and vie are a'l sorry ·to s_ee them I t 1· · th' . b b t I ator along with the crusnel· oiler.-. · ' sociate highway· · en·gineer, vvhic.h ' soon, no on y on 1s· JO u a so . . , . .. · . . · .., ' . · · leave. They· have . been very co--, -- h h . . L" 1 C t . Brnt her Paul Wlu tene1. _Brothe.r s - _

pays $505 to $613 a month, and . . . · Qn one e .as m mco n oun Y, Rb . Ell' d E c "C .· ,,. B:;- HERBERT H. SIMS under engineering aid, $255 to $3.10. operative and kept thmgs gonlg \ Nevada, which . is construction of ? ert_ IS an .· . . ,. -~:

11< Busin~ss -Representative · - - Applications will be accepted· tmtn° _along, .. and made' ._sur e ·_th~t the rt a .· portion of'the . pl'imaty: hi'ghway , Hilde~~ and bo: h take a _ w, -

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w __ as · never · a dull ._ moment ··even- 1f ·systenl· 0 ·11 ... u.· .. s .'.··· R·o·u·-te · .93,., St.ate-., the _s_k1 p_ lo_ ader and other odds a1,_d First ·of all I would like-t o tha'nk February 25. -

our Busin_ess ·Manager:, my fellow it ineant calling ' t~e-. : Business ·-Route· 7, :bf't\veeri two>miles' -north e~ds _t~at -~eep ~1.1em bu_sy:. Thew -' Busin. ess ' Ag· .e.nts.·.and· 'our very cap-' Graduate civil engine_ers with Agen_· t out '_· ·to . ·the· Job to keep and . thirteen . mile's, .north ' of . Pi- b1 othe1s are mo\·mg matenal . at a_ -.·.

California registration alld two 1 h · I ·1 b d · · very fast pace and· are eage for · ·able office · foi·ce in San Francisco years of highway ene-ineering ex~ t 1em appy. t . w i l_ e goo · to oche, · approximately. ' .. eleven miles. · .. . • , · · _ .. r ·· _ . '· · and Oaklitna·, fdr the .heip and co- : - see them all r eturn if Ut!!h Con- Wonder . w_hich · ones , of you .:boys _sprmg ,L\ co;e ':0 tha t ~hey;· c~n. ·. ope,r;ation which ' has been extended perience may apply for , ttie aS" struction should be doing another will have to leave home and which get on t_.e 'I? .Jobs ._-ag2111. T_hey':-·

. to me. sociate engineer examination. Ad- tunhel job in Nevada some day -in ·will be the lucky ones· to catch the . a~; v.r~r~:1~g six days a we~k anil .

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A1, .. you ' be substituted for education. • · · urc I oun y-- Jo · '>'as goo feel too b~d · endeavq·r,: there are . many t hirigs FOLEY AT ELY I . to see Brother Cliff . Carr back at • . . a .

one. must learn, people to meet, Co~1pletion_:. of the 11th grade, Foley Brothers' two shaft jobs work for Silve1· State afte~ having LOVELOCK ffi,ON MINES ancf''things to do. This -I am doing, , or six months of office or fie!? ·over at Ely, Nevada, are going been off because of an accident in Up at t he iron mines out o1: step ·by°"step; and w .11' continue to engi:1eering experience, will .admit I along very well. Oh, there seems which he lost two fingers. The Lovelock, Nevada, Do d g--e Con­do. ·?o to_ the fo ll est extent ·of m y ~ppli~ants to. tl1~ under engmeer-1 to be . a little flu "bouncing doctor told Cliff to keep gripping stn)ction has taken· ove1; ·: the H. ability. . . mg aid_ ex~mmatwn. aroun'd" the job, but I know th.at a rubber ball to help r estore use Earl Parker workings · at · the

In the last . two · vleeks, 011 five Application fo rms may be \ Brother Dave Forsythe won't let of ·his hand. But the last time I "Chic" Thomas property. The -iron . _ diff~rent occasions I . haye attended obtained at personnel board offices it a-et him down. The grapevine saw Cliff, he was -busy gripping ore vein got pretty . thin at th€i­

meetings for c!iscussions on corr- 1' in_ Sacramento, San Francisco and I has° it started that Foley Brothers a slot machine handle and win- Dodge pits, and the Parker outfit. tracts, ·visite<j eighteen plants and Los Angeles and at all departments will \I\TiJ~d · up their contract with ning more jackpots than the law completed their. contract. S.o . now attended several evening meetings. of employment offices. Kennecott . around the middle of allows. I guess that's just as good Dodge is alone in the va' ley for

Many .of you -have never met:' · * * * the year and this fs keeping a few as a rubbei' ball-more pr·ofi.table the present time. Brother Geqrge _ me, · and do riot , know anything. Uncle Renms comments that his i of the brothers wondering what

I anyhow. j Eckman is stiU · the "bull of tl'J.e

. about me, '. 'BUT YOU WILL"; just I aephew ,vante~ _a formar wedding will happen when Ke,nnecott takes Dodge Construction has been :"'Oods," I mean forem~n on the

. as soon as it is ,possible for me to -so they pamted · the shot~un · over the operation of the mines. crushing gr_avel on ·the job at t he . Job. Brother Eq Barn_n_gton Sr • . get' around ·to see ·. ·you a t -your· white. · "' I am · sure that all will be \yell - Stillwater game reserve near ·Far- wiil be on the shovel as soon as · plant. -I.want to meet and know for t he brothers whef! the till).e lon, Nevada, and is getting it · they_ get set up and back in pro-::-

_'. each ?Pe .·of. ·);ou.', It \nakes'' n.o dif- I \Vi\1 co1ne · out_ and _: see . y'ou - as :comes; . if: it does·, ;Brotp.er Ken spread out.:On . eight miles : of road. : duct10n again. B'l'o t :li er s :'. Perry_; .- f~r~nce 1_f you -_- ar~ .: a ,<i_ne-man . soon. as ·-possible. Donit be surpris- Holthus . p-nd the ;\darrtsori ··broth- ·'tfiis' job is ibeing doi:ie for the c'on< Thomseri, ''Gene'' _Sh~ffner and w_

- : pla.7n t; · .. 01·_'i'.a fi. ft. :,.' ;;m.~ ari pla·.·?t ; . whe·t .. h- •

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e_d 'wh_ert on .. e . of J h_ ese .da~,s ·a .. f~ll'.ow eys, . K, Ve, -~ .: _D:, ~rd w: :r ;· don't . verii~nce) :>f tp~ sportsmen: who gci' l' Berger ·will take "cai'e· of the .Cat · .er:, yoµ_ aI'.e-J oc~ted' at •'-the extr~fme . Erigirieef : Walks.' up 'to you ~rid, ·se'eri1 to ·l:J.e bother ed 'by:~rty ··9t thi_s· fo' .thi~ area for·. hunting .. _ The job · work. Brothers ~·Mtgu'el P;mtoja,

·• . end, of,._- ou'r -jur,isdicfion; or -' \¥ithi'n>. says "I ·-,am Herb: Sfrns, ·"'·hat ··is i'f'nd wcirk · 1'.ight~a.long as usual . .... · is on t he northeast end of . the re- M:- ·P . Eschinger and Andy;' An( ere. • :-:walking\ distance• ·from -- our :officl>;' your· ·name?'-' . ·.:·,:· . · . ' . _; Silver -'State . :constructicitr\ CO., serve, bui: it'· takes a ''jig-saw puz- .. , . (Continued ·Oil :page Eigl1t)· ;~ ; .·I

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., BAD ET SLOWS Redwood Empire Eyes April 1 NTO . U~y~Q~!ME!~Y for Start of Good .Season

' · ancl · H. 0. FOSS, By A. R-. JVJ:cCAFFREY, Business; Representative Business Eicpresentative

By W. V. MINA.HAN, H. S. CLARK and E. M:. NELSON, Bus~1:ess Representatives

Unusually heavy precipitation in this area has caused a very pronounced curtailment of dirt moving at this date; Although most of the jobs have been shut down due to the heavy rainfall,. we have cettain areas that can be worked practically the year around, except when it is actually rainiJ:1g.

The wet weather still has us Up until the present time we have had only 25 inches of bogged d·own in this area to a cer- rain this year in the Redwood Empire, which is four inche~ tain extent. Monticello Darn doing less than last year. Needless to say, work is very slow am a little stripping with the North- from all indications it doesn't iook like · we will start

The constructors of Folsom Dam 1,eep pouring concrete between rain3 ano the r ock on the down-

west 80 shovel. Stephens, Stolte, '~9lling full blast before April 1. j --- --Inc. on the new road still trying Most all of the local contractors . to move when the weather permits. are o~erhauling· their equipment a $3,000,000 program m the -Arcata

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b. . . r area. The Vern Emmerson Real vv1t 1 a out a wee];: of sunshme and gettmg ready for a busy year,

and Applegate ,we down due. to I Carey Bros. should _ _j)e starting especially the Mercer-Fraser Co., Estate and General Building Con A T 1 t t Sl 1 s tl · · tracting companies have announce-,

1_'a111. . e1c,1er · 2_, · 11ng e prmgs · 1e_11· 30b at Corte Madera,. who have kept a full crew busy stream side keeps m civin 0°· out, rain IJlans for· tl1e 1·11,1est1nent of $2 000 is down for the same reason. Prac- Parish Bros. slowly starting on since the rains stai'ted. · ' ' ,-or s_,1ine. The dyke _work, which Ucally all sub-divisions and all t he Petaluma Freeway job, Bro. On F ebruary 21 the State will 000 in , four new projects, -located consists o£ D.G. fill, is sln<t down , t \'D'.'s of dirt work, except for a Mlke Sapo1,etti in charge. Starting ask for bids for base rock and in Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna and for the time being, but it will be : f~;v Fordsons, are parked at this the shovel and a few cats and cans paving of the ·Burns Freeway, be- Orick. The third project is planned ro~ling as usual when the sun Te- ' time . for the Gunnerson tract subdivision t ll ,.1,.s. T,'1i·s comrJ~ 11 -_}, 1\-'Ier·i,i·tt, this week , weather permitting. tween Eureka and Arcata. This is _ • u , ·in the vicinity of Rio Dell, il' -ChapmE'.n & Scott and Sa,,in Const. \Ve can rerrnrt an out-of-work All the rock producing plants in over fi ve miles in length; Febru- southern Humbold_t_ County.

· list 0£ over 500 names at this writ- this area are still operating....:.that ary 23 bids will also be asked fol' Co., plcked up a large cl2,m job in the State of VVaohington, near Se~ ing, wit:1, n10re being added each is something unusual for this time paving Main Street through For-nttle, am! most of the equipment clay. What we need is about 20 of year but the building con- tuna; March 2 the State will asi, is beiag moved to that location at days of dryi-ng we:ith-er. tractors are still pouring founcla- for bids for base rock and paving ti1is tin')e. They also have disrnant- · The outlook for the ensuing year tion~ on most of the housing the new · Freeway from Smith led the gf"c1.ve] plant which is being is very good for this district. With projects: I River Bridge to Highway 199 north

Tnis will give you a rough idea of the work . prngram in the Eure­ka area. The jobs I have mentionRd are the first ones to be let this year, not mentioning al! tl'!e high­way, street, sewer jobs and privat~ work to be let later· .on and all of di.~posed of too. the wo\·k already let and the jobs R. I. Black~10re, of Rio Vista, J of . Crescent City. This job is ap

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1 1 t d corning up in the near future, ,,ve took over the housing job off Mag- pro_ximately seven miles in length

,1mous am .1as been, com]J e ·e , '-- · . . . . . . the u11fin1· 0 11ed "'01·Jr to be co111 f l

. t 1. . f . I sn'ould have a boom vear. azme street 111 ValleJo. Domo· grad- with four lanes. They will ask for · " " ' •

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S' It r Tl . the Orangevale Trailor ViJlaae at buildmg pads for the houses. They 1 1 from Smith River to · t_he Ore- · emg· ms ·a eu )Y w ·e, ,..11.c. us- · .0 ~ "' • • .

rroj~ct is progre~sino- rapidlywl1ile Orangevale. He has all the faciJi .. m'.e getUng underway as this goes gon_ Border ~~ a later date. Ne·vad:a N·e·w. s. t" fi l l t l 1"' ·t ·11 . "t ti"s insta-lled, 1:0· 1:a1,e cape of an lo pre_ ss They keep several of our Bids also will be open -On March . ,.e is 1 1a ·c 1ery, a so a.· ·. us s1 e, I .. · · . · · . 2 f . . . t b .· d b b ·it

is comDlet.ed. It was built by Gor- the needs of tra·iler-sites. Brother engmeers busy for -a while. Bro. or a co1:c1 e e_ 11 ge to e m

d · p ·-1 · c ·t1 h. _ · · 1- Bill invites 'he brnt:hei:'s for an in- George Bars is the foreman on this on the Smith River-199 Freeway: on _ OJ ocK o. wi · 1 t e pipe mes ' , . · · · , •· 11 1 b' St ·l· t·· C ct C spection tour at anv t ime This spread. · Also on the calendar for 1955 will 11.s,8. .ec I oc, .on on., . o. - .. · . . b I dd' · f · f" ·

f ,,., · .J ·~r• & s ; ,. 1 . l 'd trailer court is located directly be- Steggo_ E::onstruction Co. are et 1e a 1t10nal sur ·acmg o 'rhgh-' · ' uc.ie. " " on "e. e ow ), - , ,. d 1 , , •. ~1. ,1. 0 , . .' 1 · way 101 immediately south of

der. on runway strengthenmg at ,11l1 t.le J CL " a1 ,et at range- wor ong on th eir pro_ject in Val- . . .• , , . }Ir , , n , , F' ld .·,., 1 . 1 f' "'89 ,.., vale. ]ejo. They got into some rock and Crescent CIL) . On February 23,

.l~llk •. 1e \ •\-!t..1 a )](. 0 ·~· 0£, - 1955 b' l . ·n b ' 730. \Ve should see this project I Brnthe1' Fred Lac;:ert invites any- have rented s~veral. electric puUs . o- , ;cs ~i ._ e . opened f_or grad-ti:.1clen va ,· with a few vi eeks of r one m Heed of a new car, or used so that makes it a: nice spread. m"' ancl surfacmg_ of .8 mile south d1·yin g -.,,:ea t he r. It consists of pav- 1 cccr, to cont>art hirn at the DeSoto . 1Ve are sorry to hear that Bro. of Eureka city lumts.

(Continued from Page .. 7) son will be the. lubricating engi· neers. As ' for T. C. Bottoms, I sus­pect or ra ther expect to find him loading ore with , the Model 25 Nor-th~est. This is a very fine crew of 111en who ,,,ork very well together and get along fine even though they seem cut off frqm _the rest of the 1vorld out at the irol' il1 ·=;_· O':Er existing nm.ways; which & P.l.yn:ou.th saJ.es room. and used I Richard Daugherty of Napa, passed CRESCENT CITY JETTY

' wi !l eliminate most diit moving \ car lot at Rosevi'Ue, located at 415 away. He was one o.f the old-tin_1ers One m illion dollars has been ap-eo uiprne,1t, bnt the barbei· greens

I R.iver,,i,1e Avenu e. Phm1e Roseville and worked · for Basalt Rock for a propriated for furth er development mines.

· a,1d the r o11ers s,10uld have a good I D39; or at Brother Fred's home in good many years. of the Dog Leg in Crescent •City Brother Mike Nevin, from Vir•

Lord 8:: Bi shop and IVLJ.B. Const. B,·other John F. Zurlinden now crusher and a re ready to go .. have ject to ap proval by Congress and dirt work temporasily and is hard. sm11rner's work . ' I Rio Linda 3396. Harms Bros. has set up the Harbor. The appropriation is sub- ginia City, Nevada, is out oJ' the

v·ere low bidders on a hi gh1,·ay 50 has his OWH F?r clson and cloes _ aH approximately 80,000. tons to crush that the funds would be available at . the "grindstone" with hi s work job Jocatr d near GaH, wi: h a bid _j Lypes oJi bac:kf111mg and· Jeveltng. for the Raisch job on Waldo pav- by July 1, 1955, if acted .on fa- in the State Legislature at Carson of Sl,OJG,230. They sh ould get I Call him at :tfI. 5-2304. ing. Brother Jim Henry is major vorably by Congress: This is a con- City. Brother Nevin is a former• sta\"ted cs s~cm as dry weather per- , H£RE .ANB THERE - domo for Harms. Crew incl udes tinuation of the job Macco-M. K. employee of Isbell Constructior. m il s. · \VITH THE BROTHERS Bros. Fred Thompson John Huit- Company now has on the jetty. Co. and was employed at the Levi-

So:-:,1e of the jobs Je t recently SID MILNE clem1ing a water ii,g, Richard Stone ' and Louis There is a $20;000,000 long range I athan Mine. He is well Lked by B.r2 : G1.t1'h & Schm idt, Justice ditch; SHORTY HUGHEY running Poole. road building program slated for everyone and during the election Co,irt Bui ldin g, $22,956 : purnJ)ing compressors; HA·RVEY STANCIL Seems Brother Louie Giannini, the \i\Tillow Creek-Happy Camp received the support and votes of ancl c:hJol'inat ion fa cilities at Fol- OIJerating a new scoop; MARION moi'lkey-w re n chin g for Marin area by the Bureau of Public all his many Union friends and sm,1 p ,,ison, 11. R. Carpent er, $42,- IMEL cooking · hot cakes; TOM Equipment. had his fingers where Roads. At the present time John was easily elected as assemb 'yman OCO ; s~hool adclitions at Fair Oaks, \.i\' AITE sheenfooting a ditch; NED they didn't belong and o-ot two Delphia and Humboldt Construe- from Storey County. Mike is al­Art Oclma'1, $62,225; new school, J. VALENTINE looking at the sun; . broi,eri- Says· it i;vas O. K~ though tors have a $754,265 highway job ways a. hard worker anci I an A. Waterbury, $227,7i0; new school CLARENCE BURRIS making a because he brnke them 011 Friday eight miles west of Vv'illow Creek very sure that he wiil do more

· a t Bnnderick, United Const. Co., water hole; ERNIE FLINT driving and didn't lose any time. which is shut down for the winter. than his shm·e of work and · will $346,39:J. Excavation will begin on a 1~ew pickup; HELLMER CAS- Brother Jim Kolesar, on Atkin- They will let the remaining dis- represent labor very well at the

· tJ1e:3e structures as soon as they Wlc,LL catclnn~g h1s 1st quarter son spread has added another oiler tance from this . job to Willow State Capitol in Carson City. \Ve can mo,_;e in the rigs. clues; BEN HJU;'CHESON operat- to his family-7 lbs. 3 ozs. on l/lS Creek in two sections; the first all wish him the very best of luck

Eichter Bros. are in the process 111g a g,a,tall; LONNIE DUBOSE .. Congrats. section is supposed to be. let in the and hope that he gets al,mg very ,of developing a gravel plant on the wol'kiHg. in. P}acervrne;MEL LAvV- Brother Harold Jorgensen de- near future, which should run well in anything and everything

. B ear River near Applegate to sup- SOW wekli1:ig a110Ji1,01,s: GUS MO- posited 11 is card .only to leave for about $1,000,000 all muck and no that he does. p'y the Piombo highway 40 job. RIT>Q visiti-ng contractors; JAMES Kansas City, Mo. He is going to structures. Brother Jack L. Taylor went

' T l!is company will be produeing HUTTON \velding at a batch plant; work for Midland Const. as an Coast Pacific Lumber Company into the service on January 7th. material b·y the 20th of February. HERMAN HILL running a lathe . will begin construction of an addi - He is stationed at Fort 0 ,r,d at B 1 ·, · CHESTE"' YOUNGBLOO electrician_ on a two-year job. Will tional 500-foot dock at · a cost "1·n I present. Sounds like the walkin~

rc-t.1er .C. V. Stromer is doing the. · · h · D "8- skin poles 'till we see him in June ~ gaffing here with Brothers Howard ball" shark; TOM DAVIS calling · excess" of $250,000 in the n·ear fu- A,rmy to me. Good luck, Jacl,, and Faunce, H. Bonham, Paul Me·ne- in; Ie.E.QNARD JENKINS dozing of '57· ture. The new installation will be hope to see •you back soon. You

Don't hear anything from Bro. b . fee, Cecil Ball. arid M. E. Faunce rock; FRED CAMPBELL running connected with the present 490- can rush up on that shuffieboa,,d giving the as,sist. a rock piant; RED WOOD taking Cervantes s@ he must be keeping foot dock by a 200-foot wharf, 30 p~aying_ of yours. · .

his boy, s b,us_y. as, u_sual. 1 B th J "'A s LANDLEVELLING a vacation; HARRY POWNING feet wide. The hew dock itself will :ro· er ·. . trouse is rectl-. -,. Understai1,d_ Brother Joe Perry f Brothel' Stanley Powe]] dropped batching concrete; OICK GRIF- be 500 feet long and 60 feet wide. perating roh1 an operation at tl~~

.in this office recently and picked l FITH vacationing in u. · A.; MIKE has taken men;i,bership in the heart Brother Tom Hull informs me Veterans R0.spita} in Ren_o. club -... Is · that true, Joe? A 1· ·t d 1 up some pulJ and. ca.t skinuers £01: HANNA setting up a rock pla:r.it; that he will do the job. Good luck, · . 11111 e sup.@ Y of tbe Agree-

a Jai~dlevelling job. in the · South. D. WRIGHT bailing rock; HOMER Brotl:\e.r B:.oy Deardo,f'.f, foreman Tom. ment between Operating Engi-.Stan has a contract \vith the Des- KERR loa:di,ng. tFansports; LEE for Norca.1, wa:_s q-uite a p,roblem Oli\Ter J. Olson. & Company of neers Local Union 3 and· the .ert Land Develoment Co. for level- HURD feeding, a rock plant; MEL t?, Ma,rin, G,ene,ra]. Hospit~l.. Was San F:rancisco are also going to Nevada Chapter of -the Ass;cia·ted _ing mmroximately 4000 acres of BAILEY worki.na on diesel en- si,gned up foi: an operatwn but con_struct a · new $200,000 dock at General. Contractors has been r E .desert' ·land for · cotton growing: gines; BILL BUTLER towing pri~ o,41e1' complications set i~1 ai'!d he Fields Landing. Th,ere will be a .ceived in this office.- A~y h-i'.rnber

· 'This development is being super~ vate ca.rs for no fee; WILBUR I wou:1d up . Ln the. m:aternJ.ty ward. cousiderab.le fill on · th.is job. Bids who is interested in havi11g ·a copy vised b:v Sports Crews, Bill Mur- MORSE wor:king 01a T 0 D 18's· and Don. t kno\v yet \vhat he came out for constructio;1 of the dock will may come in to t he office and pick .

. j,hy and Joe McKain. Skinners on FarD,1,all:s,; JP,..CK . CARWIN catch - of there with b,esLde th_e. mumps. b,e awarded ·some time this mo~th one up, or drop ·a ppst.carcl to tliis the jo'J to date· are Jfrn Withrow, ing N0. 5 a:.,sess:me11t; LYNN and work on the· project is ex- office and one ,dll be ' mail ed to

- J\.fan)n \Vithrow, Howard· Green-, OOUGLAS watching the rain. ·· lowing · brothers who have died pected to begin so.,on thereafter. yo1,1. Jar:nes McGuire , Harold Quio-o- B:ER'F A'FKINSON watching the siiice our · last report : Sterling The Glovei, Co'i1struction Com­CJ.aucte Sitton, Lee Allen , vVebst;1: p1ayers; DOC L:ENDSAY "rack 'em Pirtle, Nick Lefurgey and Ralph pany of San Ftancisco, with a bid ·Godleski and Herb Godl esk i. up"; ELMER MADDOCK picking Smith. These men w'ere all well of $188,900 has been awarded the

* * * New Pow.er ·Plants On Feather River

Another job that we have in up Ci!imes; CUB \~TOMAOK leveling known and- very well liked contract by the Arcata Elementary p1·og1·ess is the ·'West.Iy Base ext.en- land; BIL.L HOGUE setting a ho t thro1,1,gh0u t this area. Sclrnol District for building the siQn a t Mc:Cle!lan Field, being done pl:mt; CARL BAKER getti1'lg Congratulations to Broth~r and new Manila School at Samoa. Lots by J. R. Reeves Const. Co. with away from the north wind; ORO- Mrs. Geo1·ge Scott upon tl1e birth of ·sand · to move here. P.G.&E: ·will build three more Erothe1: Di.ck Cooper as superin- VILLE GODFREY watching a ·or their baby son born on Jan. 14 Valley Engineers, Inc., of Fresno power plants on north fork of tendent and Brothe1· Han'k Doer- plant; JACK ROBERTS driving a and named George 'Nayne. were the successful bidders to _the i Feather River at a cost of $74 mi) · ing ~n '.'lpping. Brothers Ed VVest, pickup; IVOR JONES waiting for Our sincere thanl.,s goes to \Vrn. HU'rnboldt Comm ll11 ity Services -I lion, it ,vas indicated Feb. 9 whe, .

. N 0rm:m Gates, F rank Dickey, a Koering; 11/III(E ROBERTSON ~- l,i:dwa.rds and Walter T. IIc•,yes District for instal lation of a corn- r FPC announced granting permis­

. Vince MmTis, Snm . Clark, Lee Roe- ·on a week's vacation; DOUG BUT- for their donati01~s to our Blood plete water works. project involv- / sion to build the plants and operate .der, Cyrus K<1iser ancl F. M.' .e,b - LER -working on his Ford ; CECIL l3~nk during ti1e past rnp11th. i11g laying 140,000 Jin. ft. of 2 to I them for 50 years . .bott. are pulling the levers. FIELD taking it easy; HENRY Ren1emb.er, tllis office is open ev- 16 inch mains, 1300 service con.nee- This will bring the number of

The job consists of 70,000 tons MORETTI roading a blade; HAR- ery Thursdc1,y from 7 to 9 p.m. for tions and 110 hydrants and appur- Feather River plants to 10 and of c1.ggrcgate with approximately RY CRIGLER watching the sun- your conveni,2nce. · tenances. complete plans for · developmen t. 1.000 tons laid daily with 11 trucks shine; LOREN SQUIRES and W. * *' * The Chicago Bridge & Iron Com- Butt Valley and Caribou No. ' hauling. Another 30 · clays should H. ANGELSBERG hoisting steel; pany oJ San Francisco was the low powerhouses will use water· fr' o11,

iUar:>' : "So you hought a. new see this exteEsion sold to the Air CLAUDE McKAY rind ED WIL- · bidder to the Humboldt Commu · ..,ake Al manor, Butt' Vallev i·eser·-

fur coat a fter au. I thought you Force. SON likewise; ART JONES fur- nity Services District for furnish- voir, and a new dam and 1:es.er·vo1·1, sa-id ~'Otll' husband couldn't afford The g1·0.\'el plants are nurnjng nishing air. it this --yeaT." I ing and installing a 500,000-gallon to be calleo' Beliclen·.

· .to capa city except .when its rain- Best ,vishes go to Ralph Gil-in,:;· . These brolhers are building_, breath who is in the Sutter hosp i­the s_,ock piles for the summei· ! tal waiting to undei ·go surgery; nm, Perkins Grave) Co. has start- I and to Carl Beyer who is resting eel to e r ec,t anothe1' hot plant at ! _before surge1·y which will be per­their grnvel plant on the Jackson I formed soon.

• . steel reservoir and appurtenances Jean: "So I did; out we had a ' in Cutten, a suburb of Eureka.

stroke of luck M:y husband broke · his leg- and the insurance company HOM:E PROJECTS paid him $300." ' Plans for three huge home ·de-

* ,,,_ velopment projects in various Humboldt County communities

Road. ;· · 1 Om deepest .Tile Piornbo jobs at Placerville i the wi,:es and

·sympathy goes t o Reputation. is character minus I we1·e disclosed · recently. Chester fam ilies 0£ tl1e · fol - what you've been · caught doing·. I Spiering Hoi11es, Inc., will initiate

Under way at pres~mt is con­struction of the $40 million power­house at Poe on the Feathe;.

* * * A footcan c'Ue of light is the

amount measured one foot away from the frame of a standard candle.

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February 15, 1955 .. ENGJNEERS' NEWS Nine . ~ \ ... , ... ·. ... .- r-

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. . maJor riv_a, 1s s 1ut o_wn Y j has a deficit, it is being cllt down. genera Y provided a glowing . ex- Returning to the PUC'·s facilities · nohnal- sup·pJ'y. . .. , '

1 . . we~_thfr_. or __ sn1og_ 4.7 :·Jlef ~e~t o_f Beside,s, .every city with a Iarbo-e

amp e of responsible and efficient and ori'erations, .. the · outstanding T_he PUC constructed b' th t · · b.1. . . 1g reser- e 1.1ne '-- n_1o __ re th3:n th _ _re_e tin_rns municipal transit system 1·s oper-

pu 1c operat10n. achievement of the Comm1·ss1·on · h · u · · M · · · vo1rs sue as . mvers1ty ou.nd, as mucl1 as San Francisco. atin o- at a deficit. Dream Becomes Real might very well be the way it has the Sunset reservoir and others Ail '' oi' this 'rnagnificience is a . ,b . •

This fact stands out-more sl~ai·ply expanded the San Francisco water \vl1ich tod9-y impound ~nough water far cry from the inadeqi'i.ate 'stretch .Let There. B~ Light as you look into e·ach of the systerµ and developed its wide- foi; six day's' norrnal requii:ements of bayside marsh ' land in San The .least consequential of all the branches of the PUC's operations. spread and di\zersified properties. if breaks in the lines or . other Mateo county that the airport ·was ~UC's departmei:ts has the mos.t

Take the Hetch He.lchy project- It' s hard to realize now that U:n- emergencies should shut off the when the PUC inherited it. Merri- impr_ess1ve-sound111g name-Bure_au Hetch Hetchy was a 30-year-oid ti! a relatively snort 'time ago San I supply· from the outside. bers of Opera_ting Engi1;eers Lo- of Light, _Hea_t . & ' Power-:-but its

1 ~ dre;,m just begining to become an ~ran:isco with all' of_ its people and · And -it has just recently com- cal 3, of. course, have a special soft only ~unctwn is street lightmg, and actuality when the Puc · fell ' heir mduscry h.ad to buy its water from pleted a brancl new $1500 000 spot for that airport because - they that is_ n:iostly pro_vided by arrange­to it:' a pdvate . company. This was ~h·e pm-i~ping plant and treatm~~t f~cil- graded and compacted the hun- me1'.t , with . a private utility, the

As far back'as 1901 the late Se.n- Spnng _Yalley Wa~er Co., which ity- a,t Lake . Merced. In ·the event dreds of acres of 'fill which was put Pacific Gas & Electric Co: ator Phelan and other far-sighted had . driven out · of busi_ness ~r o{ · a ··di~a,st~r . oi emergenf)y this down to make the expansion and The Bureau contracts with citlzens had foreseen the growth bought O\.lt . a _number of oth.er pn- installatioit ,vm make it possible: _improvement possible. , PG~E:. yearly for the lighting of 0£ San Francisco and anticipated vate compames supplying water to take water 'fron1, ·Lake i\'le_r~ed!, As it stands today the . a-irport the stniets. · PG&E transmits the that nearby _ supplies of water from private wells or other ·sources. puriiy it ~nd pum1l _it tp au part.s ' has ·· a valuatio'n of over $50,000,000. power and ow1:s most of the light­would one day be insufficient ·for . Even. b~ck in· th~ Gold Rush days_ of 8.!_ln Fr~ncisco ~ -enough wa.ter_ I r,i the 1954 fiscal year it brotight ing standards - for which engi-the citys' needs. sandy, and San Francisco lacked for anq~her 30, days-. . · · $.l,223,970. into the city's treasury. nee rs use the fancy name "elec.::

. Engineering studies, in which I w,ater, and the flu.id ~ad to be fer- . . . W . . troliers" the Army Eno'ineers a·ct 'ect - ned over . from Mann County or Better Fire Prevention ·1 Jth added revenues coming in F ' . . b ' . b . , I ' even h 1 d . , f . d th p . . , . .·· . from the new terminal this figure - or a .num er of years the PUC tually pin-pointed the mountabs . au e m rom own e enm- ,Water -is wh_at )'.ou_ drmk and will be mu~h ·1arger for 1955. The has been sti' iving to . increase its . th y . · · . sula wash clothes with-it 1s also ,,,hat · . h' f t t 1· ht' t m e osemite area as the best · . ·, estimate for this y'·,>.r was $2 689 _ .

1 owners_ Ip o s ree 1g mg s an-

, f th ·f t · ir · • · 11 JI S ,. you figh t · fires with And another · ·" . ' ' d ·d ct · · - · · 0 source o . at u ure water. ~p,r,n_g ,- ~ ey , p,e.aKS . · 000 but earnings are runnig ahead ar s, an 1t now owns about 2 In 1913 Congi·e;s passed the Th_rough the . years. the Spring by-product of the PU C's develop- of the estimate at this time. . . per cent o_f them, --mostly . on th·e

Raker Act which granted . San Valley Water co. had bought ex- ment _of the _water_supply and dis- · A · n .!!.·· · 1..J n ·, boulevards and freeways. Bu t the Fra'.ncisco water rights in the fed-. tensive areas of watershed 'land tr,1buti~n facilities is improve_d fire . ,,-.ro!17~U,, e _uea,, . city purse ' strings are ' held too_ era11y~owned Yosemite Valley,' arid down the Peninsula and construct- prote,ct10n and Jo.wered fire msur- Ut;:~.e anz oth_er. busmes~, t~e I tightly to allow much progress in the city began the long program eci Pilarcitos Dam, St. Andres Dam ance rates. , i i i_es omm1ss10n occaswna Y this direction of building O'Shauglmessy Dam, and other dams and reser·voirs that From the very _beginning, th~ pulls of£ _an especially profitab:e ' In the cun;ent budget the Com­Lake Eleanor Dam a·nd the tun- were wonders in their day and that' PUC beg~n replacmg _ the made" de~l for its .stockh_o~ders, who, 111 mission asked ·for .$Hl6,700 to erect nels and flume·s which fi~ally are still in use. The private firm qu~te 2-mch and . 4-i1;-ch wa~er this case are _ the c1t1~ens __ a1:ct tax- light . standards. That figur~ was brought Hetch Hetchy water to had piped this · water· into San mams. Today the. city 1s supplied_ p~yers. Such was the case with the knocked down -to .$24,500_ San Francisco in · 1932, the· year Fi'ancisco qnd created some storage throughout by .6-mch and 8-inch airport _. A. the Puc· was born. . facilities in the city. · · · · mains, with a "grid" system that Back in the '3.0's the idea de- .. ~r_~spe,rou,s Far.mer

During the ''20s . and early '30s Eventually the Spring Valley Co. enables water to be pumped from veloped that h would be a fine As a by-product of its water ' when the inij;ial Hetch Hetchy de- had developed all the economically any place in the city to a-ny other thing to have · an airport (or operations the Ppc is a big farmer

velopment was accomplished it was feasible water possibilities south. of place. should one say, "seaport") for sea- and landlord. And it makes money the biggest undertaking of its kind San Fi'ancisco and it wa:s seen this . In its last survey of major U.S. planes to land closer: to the down- on the deal. in the world, and it pioneered some supply would not long be adequate .. cities the Natl. Ffre U~derwritif1g to.'.vn , secfion. I~ furtherancE: . . of Few know; for example, that the of the most important water engi- The company then spread out into Bureau gave San Francisco a very this plan the city got grants of Commission owns and operates a neering advances -of our time. Alameda County, bought watershed hig·h. overall fi~·e ~revention 1·ating, money from the federal ~overn-: 100-acre walnut orchard. That may ·

· Bigger Water projects have been , lands · there, constructed reservoirs

I spec1fica.ll~ pomting out that this men. t, a~d the PUC filled 111 that sound funny, bti.t it's a profitable

constructed since, but they have and prepared to bring · East Bay was clue l!l large measure to the are_1; known as Treasure Island ad- joke :..._ last year the walnut ·crop, bee,n less_ of an achievement be- vvater across the Bay to the 'Golden city's exceHent -water s1;1pply, the jacent to ,vhere the Bay bridge_ marketed through the Walnut cause they had available the data Gate city. adequate water mains and the grid. res~s its middle on the rocky spur Growe1·s Assn., brought in $47,826. and experience of Hetch Hetchy- Still the city o-rew and still the system. of Yerha Buena Island. It ali came about through ac-anct even some of ~he same skilled water system w:s ndt adequate. It And just this month the city en- T)le commission :inade Treasure quisition of the Spring Valley prop-craftsmen and engmeers. I became clear that the job was too joyed another reduction_ in fire in- Islan·d available f_or the 1939 erties which included approximate-

. A Lot of \N afer big for a private company. Also surance rates. World's Fair, and in fact was the ly '55,000 acres of land in San Toclay· the money value of the the· Hetch Het~hy project was un- San Francisco also ranks high in agency that built the exposition Mateo, Santa Clara and .Alameda.

Retch· Hetchy project is officially der construction and public water comparison with other American , buildings, _irith funds supplied by counties, held to protect the water-placed at $121,807,448.49. Actua.Ily was well on its way. At this point, cities in another respect, its very the federal government. sheds. it i:S invaluable-:modern San Fran- in 1930, the city stepped in and fine airport which is another of · Then came \Vorld War Il. The These lands are under- direction cisco could not exist · and flourish, bought out the Spring Valley wkter the PUC's d~partments. military services 11eede~ Treasure cif John Brucato, affectionately let · alone progress, without the JYStem and all its holdings. It is the fourth ·largest airport Island as a base and took it over, known to San · Franciscans as the preciotis Hetch He.tchy, water. \/'/hen the PUC took over t he in the U.S. in terms of passenger paying $12,000,000 to the city of father of the F.armer's Market,

'It · is a water source that when municipal water system in i932 the traffic and America's major air San Francisco. The $1~,000,000 was who is superintendent of the Water ful~y de.velope:d will provi?e enough I co_n~umption of water aver3:ged 50 , ·gateway to the Far East. ploughed-into· improvements_ 'of the \ Dept. agricultural properties. water for all ·the domestic and in- rmlhon g·allons a day. Last year th(l Fi. f • ff W J..J San Francisco airport, savin,g the· · Brucato manages the walnut dust.rial uses of a community of city's water consumption was 2¥2 · .,n_es 8111 »e . @!" g city's taxpayers that amount. orchard and handles the leasing of· 4., million people. This amount of times as great-125 million gallons Fourteen schedule~l airlines oper- And what ab.out the plans for a the ot)1er properties for a vai'iety water is · enough to take care · of a clay. · . ate out' of the airport, and during downtown seaplane depot? Just as of uses. Some of these arrange­the total present r equirements of And a measure of the· efficiency the_ calendar year 1954 sorrie 2,- well that it never came about. In ments are on a flat rental. In other the nine counties bordering on San of the water service under PUC :50,000 air travelers passed through the -years bet,veen, flying boats cases the Department goes ·in on Francisco Bay. direction is that this greater vol- it. . dwindled in impor tance and t lie shares, taking oi1e-fourth of the

Hetch. Hetchy also provides a ume of water is being· furnished . :"71th the new _$14,000,000 ter- land plane took over almost com- net profit. considerable amount of electrical now with fewer . ern.ployees· thaJ1 mmal which was dedicated last pletely. If the seaplane qase had There are hay farms, truck

,, energy which is brought to the city were · at' work. in 1932. month the San Francisco airport been built it probably would have g·a.rclens, one parcel of- 150 acres _over transmission lines of the The price paid by the city for the has been adjudged by exp_erts to been a white elephant. · 1 in strawberries and large acreages Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Spring Valley system was $40,00o,: be the finest in the. world. Opera- The "f rrrnsit Svst.em I of range lands leased for grazin!. sup'piies power for various city 000, a sum which paid for the com- tions people . of the airlines -say so,. The .. PUC d p rtme - t , pciss'bly I Altogether they •brought $280,700 services. pany's "good will:' and ··probably meteorologists say so-practically best ,known toe ~1e a~erage ~an i~1 the fiscal ·year 1953-54 in acldi-

B·e~ause the Raker Act forbids was more than the actual woi;th of everyone agrees. Franciscan _ and likel the onl t10n to' the revenue from the wal-sale of any of. this power to a pri- its physical pi'operties. ·what's so wonder ful about it? d . Y . Y nut orchard. vate.· utility there were years of BU:t the actual appraised value , Well, to begin with, there are on.e cusseM-ou_t _by him_ occaswnally This revemie, of co_urse, helps l·t· · b · I . th · 1 d . . -1s the umc1pal · Railway i 1g~t10n efore an acceptable ar- of the Water Department proper- e amp e an excellent term111al · , , ·. keep 'the San Francisco h'ouse-

crar1gement could be worked out. t ies as of. June -30, 1954, · was $97,- facilities for airlines, the superb I No one takes · . the cussi~g-ol:t holder's water 'bill clown·. · · Fin'ally a complicated system was 573,147.21, an index of the growth facilities for the convenience · of very p~rson~lly. S~n Francisco 18 · · settled upon by which the city pays of the system uncter public owner- passengers; _the four runways, an n_ot umq,ue 111 havmg tra~sporta- About the Commission

- ' the PG&E for use of its facilities ship. 200 feet wide a-nd long enough for I ~1011 headaches: The spreadmg_.?l.\t .A-· vvoi;d is .in- order about -the and sells excess Hetch Hetchy - • r the biggest planes now in opera- mto the s~?m bs, the con:ipetit10n organization and personnel of the power to two rural irrigation dis- BrcHJght Many Benefrfs tion. betv~ee_n . pr'.vate ,automobiles , and Public ·Utilities Commission. It is-

, tri~fs :and . .to industrial plants_ for- Here again the full measure · of' It is unique among the American public transit ~nd th~ pro~lems of a five-man commission appointed me~l.Y s\\p'plied by PG&E. th~ngs ·cannot be expressed by. a airports in that the approach to it costs and service which anse as a by the Mayor and responsible to

Under the charter Hetch Hetchy pnce tag. Under PUC operat10n is over water which means that r~sult are common to all large him. renjains ' a _&'ep1'},rate department, the. depar tment has brought many the planes d~n't have to come cities. And the agonies are . eve:1 Currently the commission com-dist_inct .. _fr:om the Water Depart- savmgs and benefits to the city. down over densely populated areas. greater _where mass . transit . 1s prises Victor S . . Swanson, president, men't, until its completion, possibly Tod'ay,_ for example, _the San The big pla·nes come down fas ter under private ownership, as with Donald A. Cameron, vice president,

' som~ tim_e iri t~~ next_ century_. Franci~co householder's rate for and at a flatter -angle now, and in the Eas~ Bay'~ Key Sys_tem. . . and Sam McKee, Edw. Baron -and There 1s an mterestmg sidelight water 1s 10 per cent less than that several other places there have All diffic_ul!1es notw1thstand111g, Oliver R_ousseau, commissioners.

to the building of the Hetch Hetchy charged . bY, the Spring Valley Co. been crashes in ·residential areas. the Comm1ss1on has gone ahead Each commissioner is appointed project. in 1~30. ·what other ccnpmodity or At Newark, N. J ., .a series of t?ward_ its goal of provi?ing th~ I for fo~r.1ears. The Civil Service

· Who Could Have service can you buy toda.y as cheap- crashes near the airport h . 1 d city with a wholely-publl~, mod- Comm1ss10n and Board of Educa-·.' · G .. · d? ly as in 1930 - let alone more to a demand · by fearful ::ar~y ernize~ transit systei:n. In 1945 it tion . excepted, they are -~he only

uesse • cheaply? . residents that the airport be 1 ed a c q u Ired . the privately-owned appomtees who have defimte terms Back in the '20s when Hetch And _it's better ":ater. Yes, there up. This could not be duplica~e~s in Market Street ~ail way which ,~as instead · of merely serving at the

Hetchy was a-building, the payrcll are. differences m water. The San Francisco. mostly a franchise and a bunch ·of pleasure of t~e Mayor. cler:k was one Bob Macdonald. S v Jl 1 · · ttl t b k ct t E h J th prmg . a ey _ supp Y,. seepmg But the greatest airport assets ra , e- rap, ro en - own · stree . ~c year, 111 anuary, e co~-Amo.ng the .many men working · on through the grou_nd of 1t:' water- of all are the stead winds which cars. m1ss10ners .choose ~hen: own pres:-the · project was a member of the sh_e ds on the Pemnsula, p1cke~ up blow 90 per cent of ~he time from ~v~r the years it has beeri mod- dent and :7ice president. 1:he presi­rigging crew, Vic Swanson. Ma,> mmeral content and was somewhat one direct·o t b ·th t · ermzmg the system, replacing the dent presides at all meet111gs. and donald had a slight · acquaintance "h ct, i 11• wes Y nor wes , · h · th J h n . Tarh ,..•H ;;

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with Swanson but knew him most- e etch r: etchy water commg I · · . · · lmed street cars trolly coaches and spec1a mee mgs or ma e a dee a-ly as a name on the payi·oJl. in tocla)' is pure melted snow · off No F,og, No Sm_og . I buses, and in' the i'ecen'.t period it ration of ern,_ergency which permits

Ma,cdonald encountered Swanson the granite flanks of the High Si- 1 That last point might sound took over the private cable ·car making repairs or meeting emer­on the project agp.in in the early erras. It is very pure, very ·soft; ft strange to many who thin,k of San I 1ines, thus ·tinifying all public gencies without going through the '30s. when the tunnels to ca:·ry makes suds with Jess soap, requires Francisco as a city of fog, but the transportation in San Francisc·o. · full 1'igmarole of business , pro-H:tch Hetchy water were ben:g. no water softeners and leaves· no I figu_res. speak for· themselves. Be- To those who become agitated cedme. clr1ven _through the Coast Range curd or scale. cause of peculiarities of topography over the increased use of busses Brother Swanson is the fifth· mo1;1,nta'.ns. . · . This means the housewife saves and of ·. winds the. San Francisco the answer is given that the pfln- president in the 2.4 years -of the . Ct;~tamly neither could have on, her soap bills; indus,trial users airport is almost never fogbound. cipal street car lilies have been re- PU C's existence. His · predecessors,

unag:med_ then that l\'IacdonaJd have less trouble with scale in t,heir Over the past five years 98'!6 tained and that San Francisco is in order of their service, were wot11d b_eco1~e . secre~ary ,of the boilers, no expense for s_ofteners. per cent' of · all schedule.d plane now the only major city west of Louis F. J3yington, Marshall Dill, PUC early m its existence, that The value of these savings to users arrivals ancl departures have been Chicago with a large street car Philip F. Landi~ and Oliver Rous.--S,~~?ison would eventua~ly. become i~ hard to estimate, but it is, con- J carried out. This record · is in- operation. seau. pies1clent of the. Comn1.1ss1011, ru:d I s1derable. . . I finitely better tha-n that of air- As it stands the Munlcipal Rail- · Swanson is in his e'ighth yeai· of tha~ th.ey some 'day would ~hare m When, t~e Commission took ?ve_r, ports to the east, where snow a~d I way is _valued at · $43,112,667.85. service on the Commission. He was tl!e . m~nagem~ut, of the ?ant en- the an_i-o~nt of wate7 stored "".ithm storms frequently , stop the "flights. Last year it had gross income of I appointed on Jan. _-}9, 1948, by Jlllef nng proJ~t of. which they ~he city s boundanes for emer- An<'! Los Angeles airport, nearest $22,062,123. And if the Mu·ny still ,· (Continued on Page 11) . ,

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YOUR WELFARE ~PLAN /OVER~EAS REPORT Local· 3 Op· ens,'Btanch-·Office

By RUSS SWANSON .

It's about that time again for another overseas report ·and I

By .P. E. VANDEWARK $2,000. If you accidently suffer the might say that things are a little Assistant Local Union Manager loss of a hand, a foot or . the sight m·ore promising now than they've_

San Mateo· for Peninsula of one eye, you will receive $1,000. been in the past reports. By CHET ELLIOTT, Business Represen,tative

This question and answer col- · I · t talk d t M Al K" d' Umn l·s i"ntended to better ,acquaint Even if the loss of your limbs, JUS e O r. '- mca e, In· Order to render more efficient, and better service to the

feet or eyes occurs on the job you who works for M&K, and he r e- • you with your Health and Welfare will still receive the amounts ports that in the next few months members of Local Union Nb. 3 in this area the Local Union

. Plan. above mentioned. there are some good prospects for has opened a new office at ·304 - 7th Avenue, San Mateo, 1. Question: Do 1. have to file a 7, Question: What hospital bene- overseas work but at present he phone: Diamond 4-9065. The business agent in the district

-claim form every time I visit the fits are provided for me under the cannot give any definite informa- will operate out of . this Office and can be . contacted at the "' doctor or the hospital for. the same plan? tion. This is about the best for abo,;e address and phone number. He· will take care of all

sickness or ihjury? Answer: You will be reimbursed some time from Al. Answer-: No, you are only re- for charges as . herein set forth by I talked' to Mr. Carl Bieber, who , union business pertaining to the

qt1ired to file one claim form for any legally 'constituted hospital ex- sends men out for Pomeroy-Bech~ SANTA ROSA membership as well as the employ-·each sickness or injury. If your cept those hospitals owned and op- tel, Hawaiian Dredge, and he re- ·

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ers in the San Mateo district. In injury or sickness becomes a con- erated by the United States Gov- ports it slow now but that the addition to the business representa-tinuing one; all that is required of · ernment. For each day you are prospects are fa\;'.orable . . This past HAS PROBLEM tive- the local union has employed you is · to forward to the welfare confined in the hospital you will month a few men have gone to the . . . . · . · .an ·office girl 'in order that the -office bills or statements you may be allowed $11.50 per day but not Philippines to work on a dredge- . office can· operate on a full-time receive from hospitals or doctors to exceed the total of $805.00 dur- Aavard Carlson, Townsend, All- basis. for additional treatment. ing any one period or disability. bright, Stevenson and Menge. Part By GLENN L. DOBYNS, Although our out - of - work list

2. Question: What type of life s. Question: When does that pe- of these fellows are on their way Business Representative has grown to a large number of insurance . is actually provided for riod _Q.f disability above mentioned now and ;some of them are being California state highway engi- unemployed brothers we are doing the member ? · · cease? processed. Good luck, fellows, and neers have some knotty problems quite well for this time of the year.

Answer: ·This Plan insur~s you Answer: That period of disability let us hear from you so we can in- to solve in designing .the future All of the large projects in the area in the amount "of $2,000 payable in ceases when you have returned to form the brothers· as to just what route of Highway 12 between are active· every day, weather per­full · to your beneficiary in the active work for one . day. If you · is going on over there. Sebastopol and Kenwood, • and the mitting. At least this spell of clear event of your death from any return to work for one or several During the past month we were knottiest is spelled SANTA ROSA. weath~r enables us to place some cause if on or o_ff the job so long days and then return to the hos- contacted by a Mr. Johnston who Also the sooner a route is fixed of the brothers on jobs. as you remain insured. pital for confinement fpr: the same was hiring · men for the Vess Cor- the better it will be for the com- Foreman, Bro. Kavanaugh, with

· 3. Question: Do I have any ex- sickness as you were treated for poration. I sent a number of fel- munity and the state's pocketbook, the assistance of jeep operators, · tended coverage on my life insur- before, it still will be classed as a lows down to sign applications regardless of when construction Brothers Grundy and McFadden. · .anc!) in the event of total disabil- new sickness · or a new period of and so far none of them have begins. .along with Brothers Wilson on the ity? disability. heard anything from the company. From east to west, Highway 12 dozer and Brother McFadden· on

Answer: Your life insurance will (To be continued in· next issue) If you happen to be one of these now enters Santa Rosa on · Fourth the blade are actively engaged in .stay 1in effect without additional * * *. fellows wh·o went down and signed Street, goes out College Ave. to grading on the McFadden & Sons premiums if you become totally an application, please let me know the Freeway, . south on the Free- real estate development j ob for the disabled while insured and before Occupational Cancer when and if you hear from them. way to Sebastopol Ave., and out BrentwoOd Co. at Sharps Park. y ou reach the age of 60. The. full American Cancer Society has Thank you. Sebastopol Ave. and Road to the This developer plans to build three .amount of insurance will be paid issued a partial list of occupational Harry Hanson was in the office ·City of Sebastopol. hundred homes. t o yo'ur beneficiary if your .disabil- causes of cancer and types of can- a short time back and gave us a S R NEW JOBS STARTED

· That anta osa~getting into ity continues until death. cer they develop, all chemicals or lot of interes~inbg ~nfoLr~ation re- and out of it, and either by or The largest new construction

4. Question: Do I have any con- agents, as follows : Crude anthra- garding the JO m 1beria. At th h . . . proJ·ects to be launched in this area. v ersion privileges on my life in- cene, skin. Aromatic amines, blad- present he has had a holiday in roug it-is the big problem on

~ d A · k" l ' d A 'fl · 1 the States and by t-he ti·me you the 16-mile section of future · high- so far this year is at the present surance, er. rsemc, s m, eye i s. rti c1a Answer: If your insurance term- asphalt, skin, eyelids. Asbestos, read this he shou1d be well on his way. date getting under way. There are

i nates your life . insurance will be lung. Benzol (benzene), blood- way back there. He reports Local Only about 11 per cent of the no large real estate development t . d f 31 d D · h t 3 · 11 t d th B"ll traffic coming from either direction projects put into operation by -con mue or ays. urmg t a forming organs, skin, bladder. is we represen e ere. i developer L. ·F. Smith, of the L: c.

period you have the privilege of Chromates, lung. Creosote, skin, McQuire and wife, Bud Bynon on Highway 12 and its· satellites h. · ·t f · d" "d l l"f · wi"th wi"fe and. two chi"ldr·en, Ski"p (Montgomery Dr., West College Smith · Consctr-uction Co. of San ,exc angmg i or an m ivi ua i e lip, eyes. Crude mmeral ·oil, skin, h

·n 1· I d t d Paulson ·and wi"fe, Johnny Mi"ller Ave.) goes clear through Santa Mateo. This work involves t e 1 surance po icy. n or er o o lip, eyes. Crude pa,raffi.n, skin. - · · d f t his, y6ir need only make applica- Pitch, · soot, and tars, skin, lip, eyes, with wife and two children, Larry Rosa an.d out the opposite side. moving _of two milllon · yar s o · t ion and p~y the proper premium scrotum; Shale oil, skin. X-ray, Swain and wife, Lawrence Zehnle. "The big movement into town is earth from the Concar Rancho to to tlie· insurance company and other radioactive m:aterials, lung, Shorty PaPierre from Los Angeles, the predominant one." 19th Avenue Park. The dirt from

·. y our life insurance will immediate- skin, bone, and blo@d. Jack Billyear from See.ttle, and About two-thirds .of the traffic tbe grading for homesites at Con-ly go ;into effect. * * * George Patton from Boston. entering the city from the east and car Rancho is to be used for fill

5. Question: Who will collect my HOUSES FUR1'TJSHED west is destined for points within- at 19th Ave. _Pa1:k for industrial ]life insurance in the event I die? Hear · Ed Morgan Those who have their family the city and about half of that is sites and homes.' The grading,

Answ·er: Any one you may name Tune in each week night at 1 with them live in five-room houses destined for the downtown area. underground work, paving arrd .a s your ·beneficiary will collect on ABC for a clear, concise report and the single fellows u;e in cot- building of homes involves thirty .such insiirance and· you have · the and . comment on the news spon- tages which are very comfortab1e Utah Construction Company of million dollars. This project, now p rivilege of changing your bene- sored by the AFL, giv:en by Ed- and also are furnished by the com- San Francisco was again the low getti.ng started is the · result of 15 :ficiary at any time by filling out a ward- P. Morgan, widely - known pany. There is a very fine school bidder on the construction of the years· of effo;rt and plarinlng on proper form and sending it to the commentator. Utah st at ions : which goes to the. 10th grade. new 83 bed county hospital in I the part of the developer who pre­welfare office. KUTA Salt Lake and KIXX Provo. There is a hospital with two doc- Ukiah. _ · diets that 19'55 will be the largest

6. Question: Do I have any addi- Nevada, KWRN Reno. California: tors-all kinds of recreation-the This time the firm included a list year to .date in the construction 1;ional insurance to cover me in KTIP Porterville, KPMC Bakers- natives treat . Americans fine-a of sub-contractors, for lack of field. The job is a shov~l and truck ~ase of accidental death? field, KGO San Francisco, and few snakes around but so far no which 13 bids opened in December job and will provide employment

Answer: Yes, you are insured KFBK Sacramento. one has been bitten by any of were rejected, because federal and for many members of Local No. 3 for $2,000 against death or dis- * * * them-food is good and comes state governments, contributing to for· a long period of time. ·memberment resulting from an Calif. State Federation of Labor from American commisaries-the the hospital project, decline'd to Superintendent Ero. Kf1?- Hll.ye_s, .accident on or off your job. If you will take up current state 1-egisla- climate ranges from 80 to 86 de- agree to the second low bid. assisted by Foreman Bro. Dutch a re injured and as a result die tion pertaining to-1abor at a state grees the year around, but with Federal and state funds will also Bowles and a crew of shovel, cat from that injury within 90 days, conference set for March· 4, at 230 about six months of rain. aid in the purchase of equipment and blade operators have resumed your beneficiary will receive $2,000 Jones street, San Francisco. Some of the Americans · have for the hospital which will cost an I operation on the United Airlines

· in addition to the $2,000 to be paid * * * been laid off and there is very lit- estimated $133,000. job at ' the San Francisco airport, · u nder your life insurance. If you The Alaskan fur seal, which tle hiring going on. There are so The new hospital will be an ad- although the work foi- the United

s'hould acc;idehtly suffer the loss of spends much of its life in the many Dutch, Italian, English, Scot- dition to the existing structure and airlines is near completion these both hands or both feet or the water, does not swim at birth and tish, and Austrian men who. drift will include a 42 bed tubercular brothers will move right onto an­sight ~ both eyes, you will be paid must learn as a pup. "" off the boats and will work for a yving and a 41 bed general hoopital. other job at the same location foi;

lower scale than the Americans. I A cine story structure of wood the TWA.

UICKzWAY'J· ;ua Rugg:ed % Yard, 5 T,cin Money Makeir

Hour after hour, d ay after day, you can count on your 53 "QUICK- WA Y" to handle all types of jobs -faster, smoother. The 53 is r11gged- built to han· dle to ugher digging, heavier li ftin g and roll up productio n reco rds tha t put it way out front as a mone}'-maker.

The S3 "QUICK-WAY" gives you all s_teel con• sfruction, precision engineering, simplicity of de, s ign, imerchangeabilicy of parts-and BIG CAPAC­ITY in digging and lifting- all at a price that COSTS YOU LESS. Fu!ly convertible. An attach­ment tor every kind of job. Ask 11s for/11 /l details today.

,.; Edwarrcl R. Bacon Co. . CONSiiHJ(ilON !EQU IPMENT

Fo!s~m _at 17th St., San francisco, Calif., HEmlock 1-3700 SACRAMENTO• OAKLAND • FRI::SNO

might add that the scale for the frame and concrete block has been FREEWAY JOB natives is very low: laborers at designed. The Piombo Construction Co. 4 cents an hour,, teamsters from 8 The biggest street improvement freeway job at Belmont is moving to 16 cents, en!5meers fr~~ 16 to in a single year in the history of along very weli during 'this fair 28 cents-overtime scale time and I the city of Ukiah is programmed weather. Master Mechanic Bro. a half. for 1955-56. Permanent surfacino- Gino has moved a rarge crew of

All of t~e b_rother~ _are working is planned for many of the proj~ heavy duty mechanics to the new for the Libenan Mmmg Co. and ects, with widening in. son-ie in~ yard and shop at San Carlos: from the reports t~ose who are tances, reshaping and excavating On the large construction proj-there at present will be able to involved where needed. ect at the Mills Estate the Hindry stay just about as long as they Water mains must be installed Construction Co. with· a crew of want. That three-month vacation_ on some of the streets and the ·engineers too numerous to men­every . year wit~ pay _ai1d trans- council expects to -call for bids at tion in t his limited space are doing portation sure will help t hem stay an early date on the mains, which as well as can be expected at this there. There are three 120 Bs, will be .installed befor:e the street t ime of the year and are working two. 54 . Bs, two 80 Ds, three or work begins. every day possible. fom: small :ranes, and five _loco- I Oak Street, Cypress Avenue to All the asphalt plants, quarrys, motive engmes. · · The Amencans Low Gap Road. Construction of a building material yards in the dis­are the only o~es who . are able new bridge over Orr Creek is in~ t rict are operating at full capacity to ke':!p these ngs runnmg. M_ost eluded in this project with widen- providing employment for many of the brothers are now workmg . '

h . d t .. r · t t mg of the street from the south memb.ers of Local No. 3. on t ell' secon wo-year c_o~ rac · bank of Oak Street to a point · on · . Thanks a lot, Harry, for givmg. us the south side of the Hansen sub- I · t such a fine r eport and. we wish . . . . . proJec s. you and your wife the best while diviswn. _Also mcluded will b_e cur~, ] Arthur B. Siri Inc. expanded and b . .t , th St t gutte,·, sidewalk and pedestnan rail remodeled the Ukia-h shop and emg ou or e a es.

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W . d . t 1 t' along the east bank of Orr Creek. office The shop is now modern e r eeceive a very 111 e ·es mg . · . · · letter from Paul Tepsa, who_ is · _Walrl'.ut Avenue, Pme St~eet to ! It --h as a separate welding room,

k . . th A o for Om n Live Oak Avenue, resurfacmg. paint shop · grease and wash racks wor mg m e z res a - . . , · . Farnsworth-Wright. He is very Clay Street, State to Mam, wi?en Heretofore when it rained, the happy with his job and expects to and resurface, and construct side- boys in the shop had to move be there for some time but he re- walk, curb and gutters. hither and yon to keep from get-ports, just as most everybody else, The list . is long-in fact,. some 20 ·1 ting wet when the old roof sprung that th·er e are no new hires for . · a new leak. that locality at present. Good luck, the brothers who are on the over- Bro. Vic Henry, _ the ma.ster me­Paul, and if you should hear of seas jobs. When we have any ad- chanic in charge of the ·shop. Bros. any openings please _ let us know. ditional information we wilJ print Ben Arnett and ·Beir' Reynolds, the

I want to thank the brothers for it in the paper. . . . . . . '. mechanics. Bro . .. George· Hanson, giving us this i_nforrriiition . artd I · .Good luck fo all ' of the 'brothers welder · and· ~Bro; -' Jean · Ross the hope t o· hear from a lot rriore ' Of who are away from ·the States . . grease monkey, .

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Heavy· 1,ahis-'dt'irfog th~ ·p: ast f~w weeks hav~ r'e'duce·d the ·c6i{stru~_tibh·wo:tki1n this a~ea Tradeiofficial who resigned to be- 'the state legislat:ite)ast week. Tiye \ come a director of the Golden Gate pian is -sponsoi·ed by the Common·, ··

to a1rrr0st' a statrdstill. However; '1955 ·slh'oul'd· he a prom.is'.in:g .year for 'Hsi'e '·Brothers, ·Witn Bridge'. He was ' reappoilited 'qn weaith Development · Corp'Oration, .'J.any· 'tleW ~qntt'ac~-td ~€' let. I· · . . -. ··. · . . January i5, 1952 and was eiected l of- whicl: Secy .. of State .Frank M,

. ?Ur _ long dis_cussed~c~n Jos~ Dis- '1 p1eted his D1spos~l Plant .at i:1npi- they are , still working on their president on Ja!'1µary 25 of this I Jordan lS pres1denL . . . '!.

·posa:l Plant .w111soon oe a reality. tas, 'has a back-log of work s.e~er '. job .in this city . . They also· year. • 'This plant is expected 'to ·cost in l·a'fno'unfin.g to approximately $2d0, - have three 'snirall se\ver jobs in the The Commission appoints a Ma11- -. , ,•, -· -~-~ .,

~ the ·-neighbod100 .. d 'o. f. B mi1Hon dol--rooo; Pi_a.zza Pa\iing with ap'pt~x'i- Montel'~y -area: . · ager cif Utilities, answerable to the o. Ca JON~S & SO ___ J~S _. .•. liars and we ' unde_rstc\nd 't'hat sev- f ma'tely $150;000. 'A J . Raisch Ccim~ -I3'ut:ler ',& ' F\lx ha~e C0111])let~d I Commission. ·currently that post is GENER·AL CONTf.tAClORS . era! centractbrs-·aTe ·bidding on this I ·pa'ny have pl'actically all ·of t)leiT . . their ·work' for the City of Holhs 0

• held by James H. '.Turner. Secre-">r6ject. The plant will be located I equip'ri1ent setting i'file. Sondgroth - ter; B1'other · B'uzz I-Iart is , doing tary. of ,the- Commission is R.. J. Cedar and 4th St. BERIIBLEY, ,

. the end: ·of ·· ':Za'frker Road near·I Bro.t:hers ·of Mt. View were for- some 'v/oi'k ·for ' the local ta11chers. MacdoriaJd. · ·· LAndscape 6-342·1' · /Alviso . . Bids -ai·e e:kpected to be biYiate enough to complete m'ost .. \V oi:_k 'on t1.1~ '. F reeway . by-pass'ing Tµere .ate five depart~ent .i1eads, . . . . . . _ Member A. G. C. opened about FebhYary 15t-h. of tlielr wdi·k b'efore the rains set SalY*'~s '113:s b:een ·sh11t 'do\vn 'due t9. _I appointed b}' the man?\ger .and c,on- ·, , , -, , , • , • ,

· A. J. Raisch, :0)1e ,. of 6ur Local in. However, this firm doe ___ s have· the faW1s 'an'd J'ohn DeipJHa is rnov-1 firmed by the Commission. 'Serving "·paving firtns, m'µst '"be expectihg ·a c'Oji:si'defa'bie 'ah1ou~t .of w'oi'k '. ing;:p1s 'e'qi!t~'!'>pte'nt to Httnway 178, ·at thistinie ilre.: - . ... : .. ' , I

more b-usi~ess 1n the t6ming ye·ar, 'aiJ'l'~a:d or ffie'rh. Eic'hle'ay 'Steel C6T- ''e'a'.st ' of . P'c;tsb 'R'6·b1es. . . George Pracy, genei·al . manager .

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'"'S the·y· have ·s. e.·en····· 'fi. t· . . to op.en up a p6i.'"at·'i·o· h 'wa. s. rec. ·e.htly ·a."',a.· t·.·de .. d. ".a· I Th. o·:rn. ·a:s' C-.ohslt'uCti1o.'n . Cor'npan:y and ch.· 1.· e. f •. . engine .. e. r of 'the Wat·.er .I !W gravel pit on Los Gatos Creek, 'tontr'a'Cl for the -, NAC,A. - 'c)n 'c\l:i~ _of F-rfsno -'\v'ete 'awarded ··a -$23,798 'I Dep~rt~erit. · ... · .. . . _ . . . \ '

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;!ic~·e':!Hh~;h~;; ~~~i&~tb;: f~~: :~~l:o:i:,1t1i~. ~{1fi~ett :;~{dih ·.f;ng~t\.~6y~r;~t;;;a\;f t~i:1~~ an!· .!hi~;l?Ye~ig1!:i~ralota;:,~:J: ,

under C?~s_~'!iYC.~.ro~ .. b,Y L. C. Sm1.th !3ndge and ~1ttsburgh-pes Mo1.n~s ~m\t: c..1.: H~m;y H~·:1:is. ~~s- begun Hetchy.. _ . ·· j, . · ,Company of ·Sa11 . . Mateo. Work . on Steel ·still -have c_o·n s Ider ~b 1 e _op:~r:at10ns .on the tlemollt1on of a I Fredgc B. Butler, . gen(!ral- mc;tn· · this Freeway f1as ·been somewhat amount'' of work to be done onJhe , school, at Soledad. .· ' .. . I ager, of 'th'.e Airport, . - , •' ... ·: . retarded dl.i{',icfthe recerit rains, base, Vye .also have _bids , on t.nt~~ There is very little activity in . Charles _D. Mille£<; general man­but operations have again ~n riew schools coming llp whicl1 wm .tl}e Ojl Fields at the present time I ager of the Municipal Railway. , , ' ·esumed durhig. t~e past fe"".' day_s. I total . about 5 minion' doilar( ': ·· .. · 1 ~ri~ . a' .grea~ many of the brothers I B. -~. ' Devirie, .-gen~1:a1 man~_ger !.

·Several . ne"( pieces of eqmpment Work is slow .also in the .Soufh- llv1:1g 111 this area are now on the '0f the, Bureau of L1gl1t, Heat & have been o'Foifihl :in; namely two ern Territory, not ~nly due to' ' the _q:Ht;of-:,yo1;k list. ' . I Power. :·. , _, . Electric P_~lls, ~ Dozer and a rain- but 110 new c;ontrads· 11ave _1:lpR~ONALS . . . . I There are ,three J:rnreaus under ·

•Grade-all which is';being operated been let and won't be until iatei· We received a very welcome let- I the Comrnis!,iqn: .

Wire - Rope Splicing and Socketing

Agents for Roebli'ngs Blue C~nter All WorkcMade to Order··· -Guaranteed and Insur!.)d . .

·600 -Addison Street. ·· Ber-keley I c,C:alif.

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by. Brother . Jo~~nie .. ·'~C. ales, who· !s in the spring. The Santa . <:::. ·.~ara. t~r. fro_m Brothe~ Thomas F. Hinds; I . Pers~nnel .& Safety, ,Pa·. u.1.· ~an-: , -~ . domg a mastE;rf.u:l Job. There is [ Water Conservation· District ·· ,has · who ha.s beeri m , Casablanca for mng, d.irecto,r. . '. _ , _ ..• I ~onsiderable ·concrete pipe-culvert, voted bonds totaling $2,lil,000 for t.he past two yead. He is wcii'ki1:g Bureau of · Accounts!-. George ·; . · · -· ,, · " _0 be placed on· thi's · job and Bro. I the construction .of Uvas Dani and for Atlas Constructors and says ·1 Negri, director. · -Bl·AK·E BRO· S· -C/l '.: l .' ·,','.' G~ne_ . Foster is . ~he --~µpervisor of road, this will !l-i~o inci\lde a 'pipe

7 · .that · tll~re are several -~oc~l 3 men . ·Public. Service Bureau, . David , - · · ' . o "\t\l~ ; ·,,)_'.

~his item: Nearly aU of t,he clear~ I line to car.ry Uvas water .fo Llag~s employed there also. We _are happ~ I Jone_s, cj.!l'ec;tor. . . _: . .: ... , ·11 ._ ,_y mg has been completed on the Creek. Work on the roads by-pass- to rep?rt that Brothers Walter " ., ·, . . ,~ . * *,· : ...

1 Producers of ·,:,~ 1·

southern end of the job and they inc- the Chesbro Dam will be cori1- Gruehdemann and Mam:rel Cem- . .. . . .. - . . . . , ... ,1 AsphaJtic ·Concrete --- :&.eady-1\Iix :·,,. , 1 b · · 11 · t "' - t · - h. b 1 d f th S01iie people 'don't. ·liave. riliicb· 't.o 1

~11 soon be ring1hg a . of he pleted in about si:x weeks and then - reras ave een re ease rom e _ . . . . eqnipment-to· the north section of . t' ·11 agai·n · resume on hospital and are on the mend; . say but you ha,;e to listen · so fon'g __ . -- .. - . opera !OllS WI , I t n d ·t t ' the job:,•, ,· , Chesbro Dam. _ __ , . howev.er, it ~ill ~e s~~~ ti~e be-

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,, Carl N. :Swenson, who has run George Renz has started ' «rork I fore t_hese brothers wil . e a le to Little Johiiny: .. ''Let's · P.lay ·' \\ie P. 0. Box 1002

Concrete & Quarry Prodii~ts . : ~ ,J ~~ -

\VesteI'i1brive BEacon 2.0 5193 into considerable- difficulty on the on his subdivision south of Gilroy. I go bac~ t? work. Brother Del are 111:irried.'' · · @emolitio11·\/f"the . ·6Td bridge, has Western Tile :ind Gravel are · stm f\.rmer_ is still _confined to the hos· Little T~mnh:''' ·"Can't; ma ' said fi 11 · ·- · • ·· ···- · • ·· · bl d ----- ·k· _ - d , k G· -···t· .

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,.pital 1.n Hollister. Brother Tony . . .. __ .,, . :cY) _ na y . ?vercome' hlS l~ro ems an WO! mg SIX ays a '-' ee · · I am_e, B·runo · Who· has been ill with the we mu_ s{ keep qlliet.'' - - - . -is mak.mg go0d progress at this Construct10n have completed their fl.· ·· h' . . a· h' d t· · ·_ , ,., ... . . ·. . - '' · ·· .i:'· >( · ·· .. . .. · .. St . b f th c·t f G'l. b t u, as c;1.gam resume 1s u 1es , . __ .. Ci' ' .,..,

time. . .. . ·- . .•. , , . · . . , ate JO or _e 1 y o . 1 roy u with L,. ·c. Smith. · - , fl!HD,(~o.-.o~o-o«.lllftl,_0'4i'IID'O_<_o_o~o1l!Bii>c . ·. · ' ·i' . . . , - _ . . -, . . . ·e ao-a;n w1s o re . m a e .... ~ · .. 'r While work 1s slow at this time I have several Jobs farther south. · · w·· · . : h t . m· d 11 th .·,'j. ':·. - . ·· ·· . ., ·'.

·-~~~\:; ~~~~geofb~~:-1~tn~1~;;~~: Jt~~r:i;f;a.;;8~~;~t1lo1~::~1:f~c~ t~.ther:Jt'tg i,;1th~Sa-ta Cru~ ' o· '·L.. . " E'. . it. ., L·ew Jone' s ·· w· ho· has , ilearly co. m- irig of roads south of Salin'as and .- a mas, a SOll\l e, on erey an i . -... ' ·.·.-· .·.·· .. . ·· . . , . '-n!P... ! ''·'

• · · , · · · Gilroy areas that if they are .draw- :! I ~... , .,- ·· . ., ing their State Unemployment ,,. :· · \ C

-, .. -~---.~u ~·'i'be'i!P:'i" Ill '!!l'leene--'""~~ ~ig?~:5:t~~:r;\~,~~:1r~r_.tB1t;~i(l -: · . . · -,-_ .,7

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· , . i' -Du.mo &'.' U& \iv~ J9!:le Qffice_. ·:.! .. ,. Ge11.etdl ·c .ontractorS\ :'.,; · i d

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· WNSTROOfflm a!WlffllTS I~ lFRffli~~d . 2-1064 . . 8~51 ~an Leandro St..J •: :·'CONVEYORS . DITCHERS LOADERS

~ Asphalt Mixers and Finishers Portable Conveyors

· 'JANtJmy· 12 ,19~~ i ;:. . . . . - OC3k!and, . Cahforma . . __ : f . ,rf :·,1~ -~---------------------....--~-----~ :to~t~ i~r:~i- _z~6~i::ii:a;fis~~! ·11~~.~~ .. 0-,~. · . ;--;~._ .. __..,.__..,:~ .. ~'.'~~:: -;:

318 So. B Street San Mat,eo'. • ' · -Dlam~nd 3~582-8

· • 'St., Daly City, $12,600 for drHhng - -- - - · . ; :- . · , - . . · ·. · . _ .. . ·.· , .. :;,'; I?· A 'R 1-s H" B R. 0 s· Westlake Weil 'No, 2 i'i1 We'st'l11(e J,, . . , 'c.!)

., :f , ' ', - - . -" " 'Dist., . Daly 'City, SAN MATEO \· ·Ba,y· ,Area . :cAT-ERPlllA.·R - . ' " . · ' . COUNTY. .. Gener'~I Contr-9~ctors_:.Highway and PublicWo~ks ·. . d' ' 'H a··· i s·· ~: ·EnUIPM~i'i!T 'pri.Rr"" ' .

-.• £:. HER[.;ON(i, cbntract awa:· ·ed to \· . ea qtJaner ~ ... "1 .- - C.11; . • -t\ ~ · · ':_

PHOJ~i( 330 P. 0. BOX 6 'BENICIA, CAL'lf. Gilb Const. Co., 1136 ·E. 11th ·st., · I , · ·· ., . .· . .. . , . _ - _. , tiak1ana, $18,534 ,f0r tepair ·paye- ., J o.r . _ . AC C.-.E SS-0 RI ES • SERVICE · ..... ,

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.. GALL;~GH!Hl & BURKE .. JN·C.

GENERAL CONTR_:_:ACTORS

344 High Street Oaldc.md.- ~!if .. ·Offiee: ANdover 1-0466 _._,Quarr,y:: -1'.fl.in'icfod _2.2,100

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''Cbnstr,M'dion 't'lrl'a ·sanane ; Engin~er-s Meinber of A.G.C.

· St., G'en. Slippl;y Area, 'Sierra Of d­wance bepo't, ·rrerl'ohg.

, JANUARY ,13 1'955 "

MODESTO, c:6illra'dt a\varcl'ed to 1 ~ Stahaa't·d Matetia'ls Co., 1411 9th ,[: St., 'Modesto, '$9,!l.~9 ·for const. oi' . bridge across Motl'e'sto frrig. ;Dist. · La:tefal No. 3, 'at CoH•ege ·Ave., Mos1eslo, STANJShAUS 'C0'lJ'f-r"tY.

JANUARY ·f7, ''1'955 SALINltS, co'nt'ract ·aw'ai'de·d to

'1'h·oinas Const. ''Co., P. 'O. Box 6S3, Fresirn, '$23,798 for ·con:st. por. of Carm'el Valley ·Rd., .approx. '4.2 mi .. horn Carmel:by.cthe-'Sea, MONTE-

4030-Hql!is .Street - Olympic 2-3600 Emeryville -8, Calif. REY COUNTY. · "S1ACRAMEN'r0, ·c·onti'a'cts nwatd-

ed as follows: (1) COJitra Co-sta

!Blll!HH~:!ll';liHHi!&!ZMJ-,.o~o~o--o~o,-o-o.-o~;m1!!!N,. · t9<,.:, . to Tr:b'lsocean Engrg. Corp., - ·· · • · , • ,<.; -78'07_ "'Russell_ City Rrd., Hayward, I . , G M p -,, i'$547i5:7 for u - tni. g1'a'.~e ·'& slirf. c . . - . . , . .c . w / plt.11x. surf. .on .· untr. base,

ii GEORGE IVt PHILPOTT ·co.- l ~t~:;i:R~~ll!y '~!:y:!~--~:;~:\?e:;

C . SAN rRANCISCO _ OAKLAND o 001'tc<ird. (2) Sliasta Co., to Claude , <do · a I C. ·wood, P:b. Box 599, Lodi, I

. Compressors - Pumps - Ball ahd Roller Bearings ·• · $359;82-5 for ·6.2 ini. gr ade & surf. ~ . Rock Drills: Steel and Bits - W ire Rope Q ,v; u. ntr. surf. & weJcl. pit. girder 1, SAlES · ' RENTALS t bi'idge & •.triple ~C , box culvert ,., · · . · - const., betw. 0.5 mi. south oi Igo Ol-.o..-.o.-.o.-cH'l't~,m•o-1M11m1&0~0..-cH1,;llti,!•O._o_ll & 2.6 mi. west ·of Girvan. -

~~:il]g;:g;g;[ylil:!J[g:[gJ[gJ!l'l]E[gJ§g][gJ!!!J~[gJ[gJ!l'l]lll'l!ll'l![gJll'l!ll'l!i!llll'l!ll'l!Ell'l!ll!ill'l!ll'l!ll'l!ll'l!Tll'l!~i~f([1!]i1lJ[gJ[;l}[;li~ \ ed ~~Rt~~G:.M:1ai~~1t~~~ina;v~·t I

B " .' I:,t . .1, Box ~00,' San' Jose, $49,458 . £or improv. m Casa Del Sol No. 2,

- ct 'SANT A CLARA CO UN.TY.

{RAY SMITH-Local 3) . .

All -Type~ of

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

STOCKTON, contract awarded ·1 to : Clements · Const. Co., P.,O. Box

667, Centerville, $98,HOO for re­l const por. of v~r . ~tree~s i1: ~.W.

I Stockton area: . (outside city limits), SAN JOAQUIN · COUNTY. .

:for -Sale) mud ··Rent ,1--.~AlhLMAXEO, ,:a0,i1traet awarded . . . • ,.,. ;:·, ·: '' '., t to ' d3r'.aga'to Paving ·.J0o:f'.f 50Q :. ·.Bra" ' 31S4,')Ea.stshore ,.HiffhWi'Y'' < ::-' l'gato i Rd., Beltn·ont, , $18,9~2 ,for rfr

· · ·· · -- ~ ~ · · · 1 const. ·N. Humboldt betw: E , Pop-lUCH~1C:>1Nl) · 1 · · . LA11dsc:ape. ·s-2f90

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1ar,· &, Pen'inslilar- Av_e., Sa11 Mat~o, liiiiWi·J!i~~~mJilfiltijuJ[i!®ffi:~ig]lli'ffll~ SAN MATEO COUNTY. ·

Just caJI · h ' - · · r ·E :'l!B·ft S ·O.N ·. :t R ;. ,CT OR·.; & ·. EQ U IP M E-N T C O,

e-:~{j'. .. -S-A~ LE~-NDJ.p . SRENTWOOO 5AN FRANC ISCO , HALF MOON SAY ~£P Sy.te;:wood 8·5500 MElroie 4-3546 YUkoo 6-6300 H9rf Moon S:y 4443_ .

ment and ·machines for your .job. One house - one order - one

. invoice.

Sales • Rentals ·• Parts o Service

GET IT FROM

EnwARD~R.:BAcoN COMPANY .... ~' •; - . -s.. . ·. _.,.

Folsom at l 7th , Street, .San Fran~isco 10,. Calif.

.· SOcrijmehfo .•. Oakland • HEmlC>Ck l-3700

Fresno

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PAGE TWELVE

S.F. SET TO ST RT EM R DE OF Y.1

JBy PAT CL~NCY _and PAUL ~D~~-COMBE, .IB:-ismess Representatives I The _Callforrna . State D1v1s1on of H1gh_ways has been au­

thorized to s_eek bids on the first unit of the 45 million dollar Em~arcadero Freeway. This unit is estimated to be approxi­mately 5 million dollars and will involve the demolishing of many .buildings, _driving piling~ erection of steel and many yards of concrete pouring.

On other portions of t he Bay- f • [d S N . shore Freeway, Guy F. Atkinson ' ie, I urvey . otes,

SURVEY WORK INTE.RRUPTED

By AL BOARDi.\'L<\N ]Business Representatives

Co. has .removed a large .sl ice off t he hillside near Brisbane to '. t he water fill between · Can.dies tick Point and San Mateo County line. Keeble & Caputo's section from 3rd to Atkinson's water fill is at a stand-still at the presenl time. Opening for the -heavy Bayshore· traffic will lie soon on Chas. Hat'- i ney's section from Alemany Blvd. to 3rd Street. -The Operati11g Engineers Lbcal

rn· additi.on to the Franciscan Union No. 3 is having its annual

ENGINEERS' NEWS

H ousing ·Project now under con- discussion with the Carpenters over st.ruction, Theo. G. Meyer & Sons were awarded a 21h milion dollar the union's attempt to , fo r ce DUL'

low-rent housing project at Harbor people ft'om their work. The con­

FffiST DIESEL TRAINING CLASS-Shown in this picture are the instructors and members of the first Diesel Training Class 1·ecently held at tlw \'Vest

Slop~. Grading of this si~e will be struction proje~t involved is the I l D requU"_ed_ before construc:10n of the Theo. Meyer contract to build the I --oor-' 37 ~mldmgs can be _started. mu lti -unit, mu lti-story housing I (l.

B1ltwell Construct10n has crews project in the Western Addition of Board OK's 15 Cent

busy on the Alemany and Hunter's . San Francisco. 1 ·,A/ f View Housing Projects. These are During the early part of 19'54, n ~fie t°Qr P~'ojects that have been in the pl_an- ground was brnken. thousands of V u\,~ 1 •. i nmg departn~ent of the rehab1hta- yards of dirt moved, and the fbot- '>,!/

f'f u .

;February I 51 1955

Coast Engine al)d Equipment Co. in Berkeley. AU taking pa,·t say they ha.ve learned much useful inn·­fom-iation fro m thi~ training.

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. Utah fights nRight _ To \Vorl(' Measur1e

non program for- sever al years. in , wera 1a ·d O t b b ,~ f . On. t he la rger buildings ·under ! t/:s

O : •. ·'a- 1/ o-·· Y ~1em er~; By J. 'W. WAIWAIOLE, Busint>ss Representative

construction, Dinwiddie Co. has .· e peia,_m"'. 7'1~;,rneers: In. a 1- i .

Labor a.nd other· groups in the state of Utah are gathering fore, again to ·fight off a "right to work'' bill which has been presented to the legislature .

P g . . lhe Tech111ca1 Engrneers were re- . . . . '1 1 -. yet been Such a measure was defeated by

close votes in both House of Rep . finished ourin the concrete on tJOn to ea~ th,,ork _and site-layout, j Nearly 16,000 Island workers. will lulu. No contractor has

t he 26 story Eqmtable Life Insur- .b1 f 1. 1. f

1 be m for pay raises 1f the leo-1s- I engagec.

Bid Th $~ 750 000 D spons1 .e or eve mg o pane s, I "' . S ·ift & Compa . of Cl i o- ,Jl resenta tives and Senate in Marci ance g. e ", ' own- d k" d '" d · 0 F • lature a pproves the new minimum r 1·' · ny 1 ca"'o " 1 19~·, · 1 - ' t own Center Garage is nearing _ec 111~ an i~pro_ l~cm 0 0• center - , , , . , ., .· _. · be e,xpand ing its fac ili ties by spend- ;J.:,, ancl proponents .iope to nae ~ompletion a nd will be opened I lmes a,, the bu1ldm"'s rose . 11~ age iaw maorsed by Te, utonal mg more than $S50,000 on a pro- it through this t ime and line 1x around the · last of February. This I The work progressed at a pace labor commissioners. - cess1ng pla,1t four times the size Utah with Arizona am( Nevad1>. is a modern appearing self-help '.vh1cl1 s~t an example to t he trade Th , d . . of 75 of their present plant. This project the lat ter t1,vo ·having SLtch meas-'.

fol. i·ao1d co11st1·uc t1011 The I' e propose mmnnum L·,1·es ·1·1 e""1··ect at p1·ese11t Ne• ·ada parking palace which will accom- '. · nea . is contemplated to be completed in ·' ' u · · - ' ·modate 1200 c~rs. Cahill Company complet10n of ~everal of the con- cents per hour 1s 10 cents more September of this year. · nearly clumped its law in last No-is the contractor. crete shells of these multi-story than now is being paid on Oah u I vember's election , "the final vot0

b ·1d· . tl . d f f Workmen a1·e demolishing olp l counted in the wee si-nall hom·s · MacDonald Yo ung· & Nelson are UJ mgs in 1e peno O · a ew_ and 20 cents above hourl,y rates on , I" IT · , "' · , - · ' th · t ·b t t th , 1:?,u_._ses. on ,ci_ :

11.ry J. ·~.1s_e_1· s vv~J-1 be_ing sub_ject to suspicion bu t_ not making 1)rogTess on the nine-story- mon s ts_ a ,n u e O · e remar,.;:- neighb. 01· islands. A11 ·es·t·11nated 15,- J- t . · · t f · ' ab! ffi 1 t 1 ~ ' 1"' P1 opel ) 111 P1 eparn 10n 01 a with in chailenge because of reoer Pacific Mutual Insurance office e e ciency anc ·ea 111 w O r ' 838 {)ersons woulcl · be affected if · t • t t t · -a1no110- all t l1e c ft . ol d I , gian_ . a par, men c_ons rue wn I of the COITU[) t n. ractices law ii b u.·11d1·11g. . "' . - ra ·s mv ve , sue 1 , h . . .

~ " e raise 1s apprnvecl. proJect. The land, trnnsferred from that state. . Street repair and track removal as rig opera.tors. engineers, carpen- I

t I b fl · 1 Construction on Hawaiian Pine- the John Ena estate to Kaiser , Some 17 states now have the jobs have been at an inactive stage ers, a . orers, cem_ e_nt ms 1ers, · I

l b I apple · Co., Ltd's. $3 million can Community homes last June for I

vicious "right to "·ork" lm\·s, whi::),_ for some time but Fay Improve- P um ers and e ect ,·1curns. ment : has st;rted removing the Unfortunately this friendly team- manufacturing plant get undenvay approximately $750,000 is boimded i which are a pho:!\.y ap!)l"OGch to the

I 1 d. t d h b . as the contrac.ting firm of E. E. by Ala Moana Blvd. and Kalia Rd. I subject, one that is ident ical wl, h

r ails on the San J.ose Ave . job. wor' was isrup ·e w en a us1- - I t - h B h h f Black, Ltd. be1rnn readying the Details of the construction project the "righ t to work" baloneu oe • -Home builders ·on the subdivi- ness agen, or t e rot er ood o ~ J ,

s ions . in the area have plans for Carpenters appeared 0 11 t he job Iwilei site for the one-story, 76,000 ~a~e not_ been fu lly announced, but· dled in totalitarian_ countries. _ :inany new homes, making it pos- site and demanded that the Tech- square foot building. it 1s believed. the apartment umts I All labor 111 Calito1:nia and Ne--sible ·for the dirt move.rs to get nical Engineet'S surrende r their Preparation of the site, located ~ave been designed t_o cater ·'.o low- I vada extend their _sincere hopes

- 1 · · t , on the makai side , of Iwilei road mcome vts1tors. Residents of some , that good sense .,will prevail in r olling when the weatherman does wor, r1g11 s to tne carpenters, · fl dir_.ectly across from Hai)co's· main 100 homes in the area last July i Utah .and that th is state 1\·ill not uot interfere. Devencenzl Bros. usmg the imsy excuse that "this ,

· 1· office and can warehouse buildings were ordered to move by Feb_ruary 11.·nflict such a measure _on_ its work-have approximately 50,000 yards is 1ght construction." The carpen- ~ . t , d is being done by the contracting 1. Most have a,lready transrerred I ,ng pe~ple. of excess dirt to move on the Henry 1 ·ers were ,1al'asse during the

· company on a cost-plus basis. thei1· belongings. * ii: * Doelg<:r Westlake project to the en_sumg 11:eeks by t_ heir busines_ s t t I tl fi d , Parts two and three-strµ_ctural J. M. Tanaka is again low_bidder , S • ~1/e"·h , · f ( -~ low land area between Alemany agen ·s un l 1ey noti e that tneir I f.!lrM!I'~ R"' ~~~w-~ ~ :I"' 1!

Blvd. and Lake Merced. unioi: would fine them if they per- steel and genera-! consLruclion will on widening Kalanianaole high1vay , \,;i lg .1,,,:;:, w f ~Ull u · ·\ll~ 'tiS f k · . be let out for selected bidding in from Wai lupe r adio station to -. Repair shops continue to keep ormed wor - 111 cooperation with ~ Shel'idan Atkinson

about 10 days. • Kirkwo_od Place. His bid was $702,-. t )leir crews busy throughout the the Technical Engineers. w.et weather in mos~ instances. The result of this man·euver was Estimated value of the new plant 569·

, Jerry Gag!e Hallvard Haugnes

ti h · b is $445,000 and equipment orders The project will include installa-. In conclusion we hope that our mt t e JO was delayed until t he · will total about $2% million. The tion of a 30-inch sewer main to

· Hany Guy La.uderbauglil George McC:hesney optimistic outlook for the coming carpenters became conv inced that

ll b Baldwin - Lima - Hamilton Corp . of serve _.the Aina Raina and Kuii- 1 season, based on anticipated work, 1ey were una. le to do the engi-Hamilton, Ohio, will build t'he bulk ouou districts. I

Jim C. Nugent • Charles F . PaimeT will annihilate our out of work list. · neers' work. The eng ineers hav~ *' * * 1;emained on the job and will con- of the can, making machinery, vvith The sewer job -is a city-county

Gil R. ·Dougherty Napa, Jan. 6, 1955

George Yost Del Paseo Heights, Jan. H,

· 1955

Jack: Gori .-San Andreas, Jan . 12, 1955

Ralph 0. Smith Del Pa~eo Heigh ts, Jan. 17, 1955

· Clarence V . Cro-Ueau Manteca, Jan. 18, 1955

· d h E. W. Bliss Co. of Toledo, Ohio, project, but has been combined ·

I t111ue to o t e engineering on a ll buildings. pl'Oducing the . press equipme11t; with th e h ighway project in a

"" · Ang··eles San1ta1;y Ca.n I Macl1inery single contmct. This job is con-.l:he fo:iowing leHn was g·leaned • · -" ., ., c Co. of Los Angeles . making the templated to be completed in about d'Om the a.,eauer omment eo!nmn - - • ·

, · seaming machinerv, and Dewe,1 & 240 working days. · of t,ie Eng1neers' News Record, - J J

.. · · Amly Chemical Co. makin00- the Walters K. Eli , international ,.,.pri! 2, 1953 !Ssne. It speaks for

itseli: one compound linen material. representative of the I.B.E.W~ has

* * * TOf~ · fiU.OOD DON 10R MASSA CARRARA, Italy, Feb. 3 .

Blood donor Angelo Fellini, 61, claims a record-at least for Italy. Since 1S48 he l-ias given 220-·pounds: of blood. · ·

The plant 1·s fig Lt recl to be 1·eady been installed· as president of the ARTIFIC!aL SHORTAGE? Sir : Your issue of , Feb. 26 · has sometime in January or February AFL Central Labor Council , sue- . harbors many apartments and

two ' articles that I feel need fur- of 1956- ceeding Carl Christiansen, who has I

hLmdreds of private homes. It is ther amplificatio11 . You state that Anothe_r multi-de_ck }) ar k i 11 g held the. post for five yea.rs. . , . . estimated that the overall oroject there is a shortage of civil eng1- 1 building is planned m the heart of Constt uctton n will beg1_n. w1tnm might involve an investm~n t df­nee r graduates and t he average town by trustees of th e McCand- 60 days of .a nve-story remforced $40,000,000. If work mo~res right

I startin" salary offer for "taduates less estate. concrete office buildmg at the cor- ahead, t he groject could be com-· was $364 per ·month "' Mr. A. Lester Marks, chairman, ner of Kalakau Ave . and U!uniu pleted in 1958. Mr. Kaiser said tht

[ I have a BS. in Architectural of the board of trustees, announced St., in Vvaikiki. Cost is estimated Mr. Fritz Burns and his company

I Engineering from one of the best that present plans call £or comple- at ·.$2DO,OOO. wou ld handle the project and that

11 tion within one year Despite 1·eports by various con- ,,. Nick Lefurgey co. eges _in t~e co untry (Washing- · 1hr. Burns is just as enthusiastic as No. Sacramento, Jan. 26, 1955 I to1~ U111ve-rs1ty, St. Louis, Mo.) The proposed garage will be built trac to rs that the alleged "hiring he is about the project.

where my average marks were on McCandless est a t e property agents" have no official authoriza- Charles D. Clark, expert larni · presently LlSed fo1· SL11·fac • I'k·n tion, some 200 men turned out in among-the highest in my class, and e pa ·1 g, use c;onsultant, v,:as also here in .-

n-ear ly tlrn years of design and between the Hawaii Theatre and hopes of being put to work on vestigating foe problems to t " ·L.1be1;ty Theatr·e b o u n led b Ha wa ii a-11 Airlines a 11d Ha-•',a1·ian 11eld experience; yet I am earning · • c Y ' " encountered at the Kona site, a m.

Betllel 0 t1·eet a11 J "T a A Dredg·ing Co. proJ·ect•. considerably less than · the reported " 0 c 1' uu rni ve. ~ ~ Mr. Clark ' does not se5'! any in -

offers for beginners. I have made The prelimin:uy plans were EXPLOlTATIC~ surmountable problems at this pm·~ many applications for jobs in vari- drafted by John J . Gou 'd . a San Th is representative noted quite ticular site. ous parts of the country but have Francisco struct•.ira l engineer. He a few ex-members (Engineers) in- Our relations at the Pearl Har ­fa iled to receive offers of salaries has designed a· number of majo:· eluded in this group. Our boys were bor Naval Shipyard with man·age ­higher t han I am 110w receiving. projects, inc!udi:•g the St . Mary·:; so badly disappointed after it 1vas ment is gradually picking up ~o~ \Vhtch firms ar~ offering graduates garage in San Fi'ancisc6 .1nd th •! :tJunct that it 1,·as only a w ild ti1e better since our last hearir such high salaries? Riverside garage in Reno. 'Te also ~cheme by a few agents in the city on prnblems affecti'1g a few at tt,ie

After having observed that engi- did the sfrnctural enginee , ing for' hoping to exploit labor to make a yard. They have curtailed over ·so neers frequently are paid far Jess the \Vooh~·orth buildi,ng in Bono- good appearance .to contractors of tempi'lrary permit operatoi·s wh o lhan foremen, l have decided that contemplated big projects, such as ,,.,er<? causing quite a probiem for if by summer · I do not find a job· mensurate with the skits and the Kaiser projects and a few our members. A shipyard p1erno that offers a slecent salary I will training required?· othe rs to be handled locally by j and order has been circulated to give up ' engineering entirely. YOUNG ENGINEER, island co11tractors. , · ,_all super visors to ,be ve;.-y carefP

Can it be that the · shortage of '.l'ulsa, Oklaho1na: The Honolulu Chamber of Com- about the use of permit men to t

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engineers ~is an art ificial one due I The next meeting· for Technical merce unanimously voted; OK to the _work of t he Engineers. Addi· to relatively low salaries? Would Engineers will be Friday, Feb. 25; .

1

Kaiser's Kona tourist project. tional pay for our men as classified , ~his shor:~age disappear if engineer- 1955, at 8 p.1?i., at "'?~ Valencia The. Kaiser pecip1e envision fo~!' I in. the S~ipyard's N .8.P I. is now

. i!!""•"H· ~ .!.!:"....!. ~!"-~~~ _ mg salanes were made more co_m.- St., San iFl·a.nc1sco, Ca-hf. large hotel groqps, three yacnt bemg strictly adhered to. ·