. STATIONARY ENG1NE£RS LOCA~ · 39 . wdu·: 'iUN·~· ,.16 •· ., · ·~~~~: :'''.. SAN FRANCiSCO;· CAU~(JRNIA 4

4i~:~ff·o(·~f:l Endorset~'jZ MlMBtRS . sfRgN<5fH ··. ·. JQBS­·.·.h ·· ·. : ,;:,a~~s·\Atiri·· ·on·. ·J,~ urief~.·~;.· ·lo. c ·{ 3 · .· t .~a·k . ··

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tat us; ~- '· . \l : Ninety~eight ··percelit 6£ 'AFL-endorsed '· c~r;didate~ , ··r. ~. _ ::..11

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~von the-Ir_ O\Vl1 p;:rrty nomination or• carried. botli...-"tickels in -Q ·o son >:he· Califomia .. ,primary eleetions of June 5 . .. ':'- ··-·- ......... __ · The . AFL' took . no>:position in :the · · -\i·hidr '\Va,s ~·s~l~pt' 1by,_ A:¢Uai Stevenson

~ .ket Estes·~ Kefauver ran · a -dis- .. · ... . .. ··• ·. ..... . . . . . . , I ta.:nf second. P resident Eis<:mhower 1

~,<Biggest season in the history of the ... Central-West region's' · construction jnqustry is no\'\i in full blast, and . appropriately the ~strength and position of Operating Engineers Lo­

.3 now' stands at their highest degree of attainment-in keeping with the history of this organization, largest unit of the International Union. ·t;oo·k th~ · :Repub!ic,an noi11ination '

without opJ:)'esition. · . .i\Ien:ibership of LocaJ· 3 ha.s· gO>ne I · . · , ~ . · The primaries \<Vere f¢atured by well 'beyond the 16,000 marlr, nmk- hers a.nd offioo1·s of the union- J;JOrts reflec t the vast amount of the foliowing labor high) ights: ing ii:. one of· the larg<lst siug·le tm~ all made possible by teamwork leg-work and head-work needed

I>'. ·AFL..bil..cked Rtcha1~d Rich- io~§ -- ii1 the Western U.S. This withi!f1 th~ ·uni<m. to police our jurisdiction extend-1.-.:a s capt {,ir ed t h e 'DemocratiC · g'r'owth ~an be attribut-ed lal'gely It is appropriate that . sOme· such ing from the Rockies to the Paci.·-'-un1iiiation . for~. U:S. Senate' and ! to lea-dership t~t has tal{en ad- self-ami.lysis · be stated occasionally, fie and on out to Hawaii.

vvill f. ace: . incumbent . 8'€nator I ~rurtage of every opportunity_ to not ·onlY tO counter-act the mali- vVe _recommend. your iJerusa·~ . Thonias_.. K-~eh~l i'n.~ Ndveri1ber;_ ad~:ai1ce the welfare of the Eng'i~ cious claims of. union-haters ·but of all these reports but we offet~

2) ·.Of 23 ..A:FL-endm"sed candi-. 1ie-in:J' and to assure , their best also to give expression to the also here1.vith a digest of them for ,}a tes :for Congress, 26 :wo.Ji nomi- ! funcJ ioning. in the teamwork oi 'pride of Local 3 members and of- a quick glance a t the si tuation, as -no>. tion of their mvn p.a r t -y and · th ·(::·~~onstruction industry. ficers in · this" union . follows: th ree ,'von ~Y~~tn);l by' baking both · .4:-}gng· . wit.h this gTowth .go~ · This month's :Engmeers News J San _Frandsco: At season . peak "'i.rty . nomi;;atio!1s '; . ; wh'at is generally regarded. as one provides f!nother solid clu\pter in in industry, fr eeways, subdi visions ..

) OL -15 · •AFL-endot'sed candi- . of . the best examples · of muon our history, .UiustL·ating well the Short of good men in some clas-da tes for · th,e?· State · Senat e, eight ho-lisekeepi.!1.g in the ·west, which : progr ess be)n·g · made · bJ' ·our joint sifications. won nominS.~i:or\, six . Were elected I has ln-ought s;;.:bst.a.ntial ga.ins jn I efforts. . . . . Oa.klll.ad: Cleared 900 m en !n 'Omd c:me: fajle\1 ' .to">yi1,1 ·nomination_; j Wa.ges, c-cnnitions, and hea.lth pro- It tells the story .O'f · another lVIay, now hitting full stride on ia- .

_4) Of 63 _.··.~'\F,P~.11d?rsed candi- 1 :tect:ioJ1· for .tJ1e memb<ership, soull(l branch office ·:to be stai·ted; in ad- dustry, freeways, housing, ship-rla tes for · the~. Sta t~ · Assembly. 45 .; . ' finan~ial op.era.tion of the union, ·dition to ~tJ1e " one recently com- yards. One Eastqay aggregates. wo.n':.rio~filatidl\; 17 . 'lier~ kle~ted' ~ . . : b~ihling of several outstand- pleted. The picture on this page firm is, tuming out 1,000 t ons: 8,

>f ,.;;j on'e·:.failed : to . wiil ) lOminatiori. ' 'ing . bra~wh offiN; buildings, al!d shows how Local . 3 ·is progressing I day. ' . AFL · candidates vvere· endorsed I .. · · .. ··: ;, · : ... ·' · ful!est .. IJa.rticip.ation in . s!n.tl-', com- in -the field of membership growth. Utah-N~vad:a: A big year for the

at tfle ··ea1ifof~ia: :Lab;~ii L?.ag\,le f~r ·~· . ADDA;I IS ON, mt;mity artd labor .affairs by mem- The business representative re- I mining indus try in both states. Politic~] Educati~n's' I:'r~-Pi:irr{ary ·--, - . . . .. . . . ' _· . . . . . . ; r Highway improvement . ill ' all di -

-.-_g~~J{;:~~JJW~ '}~:) ~:il ·,.:~ -/~~-:~sal) I J'~_::. ~:~ ~~b-~:~(~t.~':,:··t:~··:, .. ·:·:,,·~~~.;~;:~;t{E:i)~?.:A.,;:l:;~ .:. 1' .:~ l~_.:." Jt-~~LA_·'' ·~P~E-· · , .. :,:~,_:: ··-~' · fi~~i~:\:,~~~~~i~;l;fi~~~~hir:Xi~:~ Si:ite{ "AF;:r,; .'1\t!ridq u.arte.ti$ : is~ue~ l ~ti/?\9 \:JI~-'' ~ . ' . . ~ . ·J't'' (\:· v ''M_· L r~-\..J .• v v K~ . . . . I Hat, 'htah'.' Re~10 gam'blmg 'pal~ces

-~1;;~~~: ·:r~1i~~-i~;~~;Nlp~~~~~~!lel.TI'i .n R .. o' \;1 S·l·o··. '~:~-- :, .. I. :~J f . 'I s RO' A·. D '- B:ll··t· I bo;~~~: Fi!'m1lv undern·ay after The ele<:U?J1 oL ·~~F.L : ca~1~idate-1 p · ·. ·: ' V' .·::·- · : ·:- , ' 1_3~ :~: 'l ~. \.). . · 1 ·, · . . .. .late rains. Work· heavy iri va1ley,

C.il,rJ -~L.; C~u:;;tensel} . . J1. ._m }J:~ L, · . . . _. .. . . " ~ , . . . . . , .. · · ·. .: ... : I in mountains. · · · Third ;~ S~natp,r1a_l ·' dist r~ct. ,bi'Oyglit I·. . The Senate passed and sent Ci;;il , .. review" of . prevaiHng .. :I:Vage measure failed \;:he~ i tp~ .: :}:Io].!Se ' St.ocktm~: No waiting • list, no tt1e :J?';un oci::S,tiq: party ):~q~e~ . tg ;.c.~n-'· . t6 a· Ho.use-Se;{te·:~6nferen~i -jiJ.:~ili~;>. A , sim\lar amend1_rrent. to turned · dowti ,;the bin's~ financing. chirnce to; loaf in this are!l; Td-l.ro!' of · tl).e. -Stare .·senate. ··: .~ : · ... , . · .. · . ·' .. . , '.' · •.'':; .. · ·· the .. Wal~.h-:Healey . Act · con~roUmg features. · ·. ,. . · ' i .·;C... · · Dam .at · full .· steam, ·n-roi.mtain'• ~;r:Jl.e, ·I)Cmocraj s .. rip·;\. \-~oitl l9.j ~o~m~ntt_ee. ~ huge .fn~l1,\\~ay- !h}riirpur.n, wages on gov~rninent PROGitAJ.vi .REVISEti ~,; . .. roads; subdivi~\ons.

seats .' ih ~ . t)'le ' upper h0qse <J.l1d the :.:l;lulldmg ' b l p -- after: :.:·lab01~ . PU:ti.lhase;;. .has handicapped en· The . .Hous~ this year revived the Sa-cramento: HOjl&es popping up ·~P~':II.Jlic~~s, 21. . . -~-: _ . · • . ... • . j scbre:d . a D1~jor·~ ~i<;t.~~·y-:' ~1ri: : forcement. '' bill, revised)he financing 'progrnin !lk_i!., mushrooms in alL directions; .. C.~Jtforraa:s ·::Jlapty, lden,.Jftc~cton _ Senate adoption of . a Da VlS- :At .~a press ·ccniference; Sec. oi and overwhelmed ·a: Republican at- much flo~d . control; high'\vay \vork; ·

law,_,_ .d:, !l-?9Pt(~ .:' bly9·-., ~~.m:tltl.Ut}dl,On~l Bacon . "prevfdlirig.\vage:!_ sec- . Labor~ James P. ~Iitchell_·~sa:id he teri1pt · to have '· prevailing•_ •. wages I ' S:aJ!.. JQse: A new horne 'for 'th~ amen men .. m ... 5, resu e . m · . · ,. ·. ·-· - ··· .. .. . . .. . . · set accbrding to•· '.'states' '~dghts" Engineers, to. be built ·a:t 680 Em-'" ·•· ' 1 • : I:· ·.t. · · ·. · ~ ·· f- · ·· "h., ··'· • · tion. · ·_ :~. · · - - ·· · ·::: ··I QJ?.R.Q§es the . Fulbng:ht -amendm~nt pat·i'ern·· by._. s,..ta.te·' ·hl·g·h·w·· a·,( o·r. '·la:· ·bo .. r . o. rv,· J·ust . off . Stockton Ave.··· B. ous.:O -· n~or~ . . e~18 .'t,f:V~-- ry.~1~0, :s .,. §111

· 111 . . c· ·. . . - -- • - ·-. : =- - atid "'. fayors :the· detern1ination · of " J J

.a ny other ... pnmary m ~he modern . The·. effect Wlll be·-t<r ·::ali'O\!i c. the~ r · . :- :; · ;ll " - ·& ·. • b . th Lab commissioners '. instead: of the. 'u.s. ing, industry ' expa,n.sion. Big . plants .. ·. - .. · , ·. . ,. . · - - ·- · p1e:va. 11o- wa es y e or · · . . ·. history of ' Califorrti~ j:}Olitics; Secretary ol' Labo,r to .. de.l,er:w}n~ . ·De: t . I ·c.t l . fi,ld .f .· J· .. h . . · . . Seeretary of Labor. . . going up in Mof:iett . Field~Sunny- ' .... . _ ... _, .. ,., .... .,.. · · .. . . . . ·- · · ..... t _ .· p. n 1e 1e o ug 1'\>ay .con- . • · . .. . Under··:J.~ .. 1.:>5-? law,- car.Jidate;; · · prevmlmg wage_s _on · r.o~d · ~Qll.~ .. rpc-· · · . , . . . . . · . . · In the S~nat~: thjs yea1' Sen. Wil- . vale· 'area. · .. ,, .. d .. , -.·ti···;,·-;;-..· '·b . t . . ·. th. .· f . . .. . t . .. -........ ..... ·-- ... a- ... str:uc_, wn, the Fulbr!gh t amend, 1' F K ... 1 d .. { n. .. c l'f ) h ··s " 'I '· Th . t . . . ~, ):. ~:~ : .;~:;~~ ;: _y ·JS~ y .on · . e .o • tlO)I'proJec s m:· =.:f~!~L:::a),'~'!: !lP.: .. ~:.to ~m£ri{ -· \\:cmid be , ''adminis.trativ€1 mm · .. . J10W an ·. ·n:.:.. ~ 1 : , t e : an lT a,;eo: . e· c1 y contmues

.c!al --ballot;n hus · reducmg -1n part- r equ1re that-· e\'e1·y .o contraetol'=·of~· : .: ... ~:-:.:·' · :, 1

, h ,. '\i· · . ... y GOP floOr' leader;: offered•.'an 'iden" : to · s.p~B into 'this ·fast-growing ·t·e-the ; iibn::.pir.tis~n ,. aspec\s ' of the. fet' i!'lg a bjd agiee ::-to.: matc.h:::~±bis m:~g~sl[) e, . e· sal · . . tiCal ·"states~ ·rights" :anrehdmerit gioi1~ ci·oss~filing ~~ system .Whid1 p~n_nj.ts ni·ini-ir\um wage ':fcii: -,voi·'ke'i;s,::;:: .. -. A ;motion by ~en: :Paul H. Doug- and this \'ll:aS tentatively ·approve:d No~t.hbay : Big highways up both

- candldafes: :to'~: see'k · two·-. or ·~more DA ~IS-BACoN 'IN'- . ·" .. - _la_s" ,( :p~Ilj . ) · td 'teconsider the Ful- by· a: 39~t0~39· Vote;· w·ith 'ViCe Pres. sides 1of Bay; plus the new North-narty · :riomirl~tio~:S. : . · : ·; ; · ;. . .. . · -. , . · ·,-brigl'!t amendment \'f:as tabled by Nixori ~asting . his · ballot foi< the bay bridge, to boot, nearly; fin isp -t . Th~: 'ciiifor'iiia :State· Fe-c:feration· Defeat of t)1e-.· Da\)scBacon ·sec- a :;3o: to-33 vote, . -The · conference Ki1o~.\'land amendment to break

1-ed. Airbases; homin%, dams. '. ·· ·

ofLato'r .'in: r952· placed a ' ccn'l.Stitu~ tiori would have allo••'eif ~ ::Im·ing committee w ill decide \Vhether ~ the the tie. . ' f Redding: Ran out . of . o:perators 11af a.Jil€ndment' oefore .:· t .h e contractors, planning . to:.::unde1:'cut amendment . :r:·emains_ in the fiJ¥11 Sen . . DehJ.'!iS Chavez: ~D'-N.M.J up here, can use som~ gqOd ones. :.

l'"-'DPJe ·.:callipg/ fb{ cori.iptete eli~- wages with "imported.". labo;·;: · to measure. later offered:· another: amengmnn1 The Shasta area is tooming;· \vith ' uiatlon .of ;the . cross-filing system. ~nder:bid rair·j >'ag¢ contiac:to~ in. ·· A · corilmittee· section · dealing .. · · ~fhe Secretary: of Labor ·industry; reclamation. · · Th'E(,~· ptOii'Osal '. lost loy a ·narl'ow in.any· ah~as. . ·· witp~ pl:eva1ling wages .was ~nock- to deter:ri1ine the · wage ·.standard~ , ~Ckiah.: .Coyote Va]ley',. dam on .·

ti1ar'gjn;: :.hll.Lthe '·party idimtitica- Th~ ~it~~tin was s~o~iw~( ~01~- ed.:.o_ut by a voice vote on the Sen- and' .this~' wa's -'appr'ove.d by. a 42-to- the . Russian rivel', a three-year "'t1on·· an:1endrri:int won ,, by a sub~ pl'icated, however,'-by appro\'aJ "of .ate.'· floor last year-.: 'Jh·~ provision 3:/ vote .' The parl;ia~entary' situa- job; finally ~ unde!'Way: . sta~ftal'\i'oteAn:·the same eleCtion:· ·an amendment.: by ,Sen:: J. -i.V. :Ful- was ' restated · in"·' House Pu[}lic :twn was silch · that the later ac· I Eureka: Summer m . the Red· . ';.:, (~~htln~~~ 'on Pa:ge,12) ' . br:ight (D. Ark \ . a~tl1or.l:zing . ')udi: Works ' yo~mittee~ but the whOle elimir•uitedKnow!an'ci•s hlnend v.;oods' find~ them busy as beavers

ment. .: ··; . · -sqliaring ,up after · the w:inte.r 's .dis-PARTIES.- SPLIT ' 0:$' · VOTE · a .stl·o.us floods;-- wotk on high W?-YS,

· Twenty•seven: Democrats ~fnd .. 15 : ho.lhes,': harbors: : · · Republicahs voted fOl' th~ Chavez ,. ... . .. . . . . - . amendn1ent; :12 .. southern · D.emo- ·. , ,. ·. ·. ·

_cra ~-5· a1:d c25 · Repubiicans, voted I ~~l· pc (Anuen~i&'\~ agamst .1t. . . , ~- . ib .. v~n~ iHlhun . PriJ1cipal · .. differe.nces between the I · · · Senat e and ·House ·versions now . i'n· j· . t· ·for . t .14 volve the distribution of federal . ·aid to the :several states and the ! : (Sta le fed. Release )

iengtlh df the authorized . program. The pre-general election con ven-Bulk of the funds · will b.e· raised ·tion of. the California Labor r..ea-­by "users" taxes, .mcluding a 1-cent a gallon gasoline tax 'increase !md higher le.vels . on heavy duty tntcks and <tires.

FLOYD B. w AGAR May 1'k 19.56, San Francisco

LI\R,RY l\IESSA June 12, :p!easonton,. 8alit.

· gue for·· Politic al Education. will. be held _ September 14, in San Fran- . cisco, it was announced · this week by c ... J. Haggerty, secret~ry-trea-

l surer. o! . the stale . AFL P?l!tical org_amzatwn. . , · .

.. H~ggerty said the ' . Septeinbe_·

I convention will be held . in·, Gali­i or n fa Hall in downtowi1 San F ran­cisco .

The political session wili .follow by- one .month the California ·stat e Federation of. Labor's annual con ­vention set for August 13-17 in Long Be~ch.

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RIALS

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--s"-"'_ By J. K WAIWAJOI,E Business Rep1·esentative

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_The meet~ng ·_,;-.a.s called t o ordeJ'· a.t 8 p.m., President Cla.nc~' JH'B~id: ing. Roll_ call showed al.l offi·cers present. ' :1 ·- · · ''

A Synop;;is of _the Regula r lVIeMing· Minutes of IVIay 4 wo:s · read and by n1otion unuto-:v.ed as !'ead. ·::.t n·.~

Business RepreseJitatives

Wl,en the 3-ton plaster ceiling , · A Synop;i~ of the E:<.:ecutive Board Minutes of May 16 and --of IVI!).yi ) dr~pped · onto the 40 by SO , foo1 1:ead ;.1n~l th~ a-ets and r -ec ommendations of the Board were 'o':v ·lnoti<n~ work shop class room at -Roosevelt appro-:ed as rea d. ·· "" High School a few weeks back; it Card - 9~ . thqni(s• received from Francis VValsh and chi:dren. Recei-ved was only fortunate that class was and flied. , , . ,

We are pl!:-ased to report in this month's news that -vyork, in general, h(ls had a deci~ed p~ckup and there is a much brighter outlook for the future. We have coi1sistently ))een

out two hours before it happened. CASE OF ROBERT .. ROLJCHECii: , .. Now, the <;ity f:;tthers are tryin;g to , It \ms bi:oug:M .orrt that BJ·other E·cO!tcheck had been noti-fie.d <if. ·tlH~ fl.x the blame on the arch itect, coli- · cha1·.ge,s 3lld ,C9inplaint against him ~nd that t.he da.t_e set -~:<H: - :ftU-n_g.f · ) tractor and inspectors. Others, · esc answt;l' JXJ tht~s~ eha1:ges was at tlus Regular Me~tmg .. .. S~_n:Ce ·BYotl,:··:':' pecially school principals are cla:m- Rolicheck did· not answer these charges, it was regularly ,uwved ant1 or.ing to . h.ave· their s.chool buildings seconded that 'lirot1i~rRoli ctieck be cite.d to stand triaLb~fQre - .the .. UuiQ<I

short-of skilled operators in many classifications. ·.we .wish-to reminotthe memp,ers, that on -all construction

work, as of June 1st, 1955 the .'-------·..:....... _______ _

hourly scale was increased 12'hc I a· v·' E' v·' this u1crease on your pay· check, . , f . pe: ~our. If _you _ hav€1.1't_ rece ive<;l-~, _ . · .. , _·__ . ·_._ :_ ·_, .

please ~onta~t the dispatch office !\L • .. "' . . •

inspected i1mnediately for any · un" safe conditions. . . .. The seco11d, a 1000-.foot tunpel at

· -the Nuuaim Pali lookout site. broke through on the Kailua side the past w.eek-end. The_ concrete -lining o( the fl.rst 500-foot tunnel has

at the_Regulm· iUeeoting of July i. Carried. .• : ·.. ,, --The Tn!s~el's Repo1·t \..Yas read. It was reg-ularly mov:ed .and_,se()onfle,dl

to accept the Trustees Rei>ort: .as ·read. Carried. . ' ,,.-.: REPORT OF Th'E SICk{ CD:L\'BIITTEE . .

Ti1e followijl_g Brothers were reportea ill: Kenneth ,Aliei_l~ flo_~:,(i ;II'~ Av.en', {h:o. ~;ro.ce_, Alber,t E. Bry!len, Jqhn Birdwe1l, . JQhll-.. f!. ClJ,.lJjn,g,,., :Wo.od, A ... J).: C~Jil4.re~s, ~~f-!~ry N . Clowers, Glen11-Cochralil(, Q9py pe~:to~l\;, _ F~ _C. i&h~:iJ.~,4~, . ~ratlfppd Grimm, F. Gamner, · Gerald.- ~- : G:r~yi\~ -.\-Yl:ll: -~::. Hofl'man, 'tholU.H·s L. l;Iewitson, :Earl E. Ifill, Dav~d ,H:umy, .C!iff-Qrd :H:~nd!?~-~QJl, ' nob~~~- '(}. Hic~mJall , R~:r~~10n~lflail, Fra1rqis 'L~:-~~~oi1;· ':L,!le Jen~h1s, G. L. 1\Jo;rer, ~l}JilW ~· M~lemlrez, F1:ed L. 1\'I!Hlto;ya-, W. JY, Pilo:itse, -fliiey Owe~; E.pg-e11e Pete.rs, John P-I:h14ible, Stan~~Y :E . . rar:n?l'.;_ ter, F . Piment-~1, ClaJ.ule A. Robertson, Cly~~ E. Son, J(J~eph ~~eve2,, O . . J. &l~i~mer, Pete Va1le~lpr i, J. Vejoza, Da~mie Watt~, IJ:erschel .. \l:ilsoi1!~ Solen B . '\11eHoll, La>vreni]e H. \Vi¥on, Earl Wilson, Geo. F .. Y,otplg: .. ,·_. ·

There . fs a good dea! of work r r~G~~ gQiJ1g on at Htl.nters Point. _M ~ K .J.m 11 ~orp01:ation has the la __ rgest con- ~ _B • AL BO_ ARD~L!\N. been completed and cars go through

the tunnel daily carrying workers to the 1000-foot tunnel beyond. J.

tract m the Navy yard: A good an~ BILL l\HNAH~N many members are workmg there. B . R · · t £· There are also several ·housing · · usmess e~re~,t;n . ·.a. ·IYes M. Tanaka, co;ntractot·, expects to ptojects and se\ver jobs in that vi- Calvin M. Jones Civil Enaineer have the tunnels and bridges ready cinity. of 550 College Ave ., Pa}o"' Alto: for services a year from tl1is sum-

Utah Construction Company are signed a collective _bargaintng I mer. . · . . -1 1 agTeeme1_1t with the or)eratin

0a __ E_ ,n- _ The n_1uch ~co_ ntrovers1_a1 __ w_ I_lson

t~mv,otarily held up wln e t 1e 1 ~ 3 1 ft A overall pass at Grant Avenue is gineers Local Union No. 3, effec- tunne lS a oaiP 011 s 11 s. p- , Tl1e foHpwing .members ,~·ere reported de~ased: C..ha-des ,G. Jiigg,

Floyd I?. WtJ..ga~·.· .The mei11bership stood ·one n1imite ill ,sil'"nce in.·)·e.~ being erected. A special 6600 feet tjve June 15, 1956. Jones, a former I pr?ximately 11 men to a shift. Two associate of James & Waters has dnft tunnels have already been spe.!Jt tQ. ou:r iepea-~e<l. ~~·others. · , ,· .. ,

long haul road, for the fill rna- · ' I< l'l · v 1 be.en . 1·1'1 business iJ1 partne_r_·ship driven thro ugh to the ·. a 1 11 _a -terial will be built across private­

. :Tl}e Bqst11ess ]l~presenta:tives gave their reports w~qh \v~~·e ~?~ wit_ h Chann_ine: w. c_ a_ thea_ rt. on ley side. Now, the_y are muckm?

1§ owned property. ~ 1 t t E E Bl 1 sub~division i·eports and surveys in out t 1e cen er par :on. . , . . . a?<,

Guy F. Atkinsori's job at Sena Point has slowed ,down to a walk pending, t_he replacement of the Southei:n Pacific's · tracks and the compl~tion of the M & k Corpora­t ion's pipeline at '9risbane so the trucks may cross t l1e road again.

cepte(1 as gjytm._ _ __ ... _ . "- .;c, ~ep9rt of, the General Secretary-Treasm-er was 1·ea4, J.i,y Presid~

All of tl~e hot pla'(lts ' a,round t,own are busy and streets are be­h1g r-epaired at a fast pace. . MacDonald, Young & Nelson h~ve sveraJ jobs i'i1 ·San Francisco an,ci are , k~ep)ng a good ~a-ny' of the · boys busy. · ·

Cahill Construc tiol). Company are dping -a .. good ma~)' re\nodeling jobs 'in the downtown area. ·

B€thlehem Steel Company are er§!~ti~g .tvlo large ste~i . buildings a t .tlje~ U.C.' Hospital. . This com­pany;$ shipyard : is also., busy on ship repa,ir employing,. u)?f!).lt thir­ty-five members o~ Loca~ No. 3 The yqrd ~11 st<~rt' a $io millio!l_ expansion soon.

NEW FRE1EW.IH'S

oiancy~ · · · · · · ·· - · the Palo Alto area for the past Ltd., contractor, lS happy Wltl,l

year. His firm has taken over mus:h their fu1dings that the "jun1b!J~:· o,f the work done by James & presumed to be a total loss a-s cov~ Waters, who recentlY, closed their ered up at the last disaster is sal ­Palo Alto office. we· we1come :this vageable with a minimum c0.st.:for , j

firm to the_-. gro.wing list of' inde- repairs. Th.e employees gr-ipe for

. T.\lere .. i.Je.ing no further busine!)s to co_me befor~·t.~~~~,; J11e~tiJig, ·_:Ji, · adj~·vrneol.

Respectfully submitted C. F. :MA.THEWS .. . ,

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transportation to and from th_e job

··.·:::: Recording·-Cari·espondi'qg· :secretary, .,~ .. ,

-----~~--,------- . . ,.. . . . .... · pendent Civil engineering firms to · do busil1e~s with Opei'atillg En- site and more money, yet they ave ~ - . . , II . .. f. .E - ~-

gineers Local No. 3. . ~~;~~:.~~1t ~~-g~~~;:ti~~~ in~~~:l ~~~;i~ -.f ... m·.·. PIO'! V_ ·m· .I •. ·, e.·· -n ·t·.. I 0· r n_g"l·ne_pt~s_ ·_· .. ::· s··.· .. _ The first meeting of the .negoti- ii.o • 1 vu ators --representing the Operating neers, ironworkers and laborers t , , _ , _

unions have. a Jew men work.ing Engineers -Local No:· 3 and the Bay oi1 th_e .. · J'ob. The'' find it ' h_al;d j6" 'St bl '0 th . Sa Mateo 'A ea . Coui1ties 'Civil ' E)lgineers' &· Land .! ~ I ·e H1 ·e n r Surveyor's Assn. will be held Tues- convince the great. majnr)ty to join u I I II . ' day, June 12, The ·contraCt cover- them. . . -

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ing Party Chiefs, Senior Inspectors, A vehicular and · a pedesti;i.rin By CHET ELLIOTT, Business Represen.tative:

Instrumentmen, Inspectors and ~:;~t"p~s; 01:~~~~hefo~a~;:vi:;:'te~~{! Although nothing startling such as large ne>y ·jobs beil;~g' Field . Assistants Class I and II ex- month. This trend will be .extended rstarted, has happened during the past month; .fhe .out :qf, pires . August

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1956: An , early to various traffic bottlenecks' ,i __ n_ th_ ·_e: wor· k li"t in thi"'· office remains about the same_ ,-~ .at_· .l .. eastjt agreement is expected' to be rea.ch.- v "' -

ed on an issues. · city to help eliminate our present has not -growrito any extent, and a great many Local No; 3 Of · t est to ll eJ1ai·neers traffic problems. b · · .. ·l d · th ' d' t · t · '' ·;,:· - m er -. a . "' . Brother George Maliil,apu, a mem ers -are emp oye m IS IS nc .

shpuld pe th~ . recent pa~sihg·of the - ------~--~-~·'-----'-'"~~- ~-'--''~--"--'- · · 8 eperal Jiighw<J.y l),ct bY -the Cern- stationary engineer employed on Some .changes have taken place 1 _ .. _ ·: :.· _ . , _

· Canton Island by C.A.A. for 'the 011 t-he Peter Kiewitt tunnel J'ob grading ar·ol.!nd the houses a11d the gre>!s of th~ UniteP States. This -past 6 years, is back in town. for ~, t s,~n l\·Iat.eo·. ·Tile cllal1oae O\'er p~acing of top soil {_or_._ )<;l\;.'-l .. 1S, lo'fS. 111~1lt,i~pi11!~n ·· dollar progr<J.m will " " • " a much need.ed rest with his fahi:- · . , . . - . 'Nell a§ the grading·, ang P.~-ymg:_ Ot_

' Th-e following new freeways to k~ep eJ1gineers busy for thf, next ily. He. returns . this month ·and his from a two-smft JOb _to a one-shift driveways, . and . ani now operating be built in San F-rancisco are not ten . ye<J,rs; In~lllQ~d h1 the_ l:iill is family will be following liln'lshoi-t- basis IS now taking place, and the . at this pqint -~vitl1 a cre~v-- o't' .engi" .

• out . of- the blueprint stage- as of the Chavez amgJ~dment pr;oyipjng ly. qS a horne ,, will b~ made av.ail- job will now operate from each neers 'consisting of .Brothers· Gar - , , thl·_s. J·ssue ... _The Soutl1er·n· .. Fr·ee- fo.r -Pr.:e_yq.iling, n1te of wa, g~ under 11 1 · B tl E '· end· botl1 . tl1e· Nor·th Portal and · ·Ll ·a· H .. d ·G· ··" d - · a) e tq urn. r.o 1er ugepe .,m, - -, - · · ' ner, oy , ansen a11 re.er, a,_n"-·-w. ay to cost "'· 1_.{!25,0·00--.- . . the de. ter.m_:_ ina,tion ot Se_ cret.a.r_._,y of La- h d d N f 11 t tl1e South Pot·tal At tl1e pr·esent fi t f t k "' levetman on · t e re . ge : 1 or o 5 .tl .. · · · - c • • · a ]arge ee o· rue ·s. Cr.os~t(}wn Freeway to cost $1,250,- bpr f01~ S~Ulle type or. wprk on sim- Subic Bay, P.I., w _as also reported time Master l'ii-echanic B1'ot-her The' Lowrie Paving Co.,- Teccm · 000 for land acquisition and plan-. ilftL~pnst.ruction in·· the immedi[}te back in town. Brother Lamont SFnith, mucking. machine-operators Trousdale Co., Ow·eri NlcCue; Guy :' ning ... The. · Ge.ary Street Ex- lQ~ality as determined unf!er. th~ L~ff'o~Jp, employ:ed by_ C.A.A. on Brothers Joe Bush and Gem:ge F. Atkinson 'co., Jacobs Bros,; · As~ pressway will cost aboJlt two-mil" .D.ayi;;~:j3q.cqn, .1\ct. This m;nei\PT\1ent Wake Island· was called. back hur- Bush, compressor operators Broth- sociated Cons-tructors and Et-sJ lion . dollars and there is not es-, , \Ygfi much cjesire!l by lqb,01: and ri~djy dll!" to the death cihis wife. ers Br:own and Wa~ters, ·and mo- Hqkin . ancl Galyiti - ~re a!l v~ry. tima'ted cost as yet ' on · Hunter:-; great effort was made for its Pf!SS- H.e ·lea yes for Wake sometime this t01·men Brothers Campbell, Ford active at Millbrae on··. the !\•fills Point Expressway. age. The main opposition to this month by company plane. an!l Wi!l)a.JT\S are happily employe(\ E-state, which employs · a great

The ' San Francisco Planning leg!sl<J,tion ca:(Ile from Vice-Presi- After many hearings and 'inter- on this project. . ' many of' our' worthy~-brothers•. <>

Commisskm are ·contemplating . the d~nt Nixon an!l Senator Wm. ventions by interested parties, our The Ei~h1er Homes . vroject at · ·""' expenditure of $10,527,000 to- ex- Know land, of,- C:;!_hfpr.l1ia. They. sue- Citv · 'Board of Supervisors have Eichler Highla1i.ds on SJ.;:yli11e Blvd. pand the San Francisco !nterna- ceeq~d in .fp.rcing throttgh an fin~lly approved a Building Code in San rria,teo, is the scene of much tional Airport and anotl1er $24,- aiT)e:qdment Provi¢\jng for a judi- that is workable and accepted by activity at this time. The J. 0. 440,000 for -a long range water de- cia! revi!"W of, all prevailing ·wage all parties, especially craft unions. Archibald Co., L. C. Smith Co., E. partment program im·olving pipe- rates estaqlisheq by the SecJ~etqrY A traffic code was also approved J. Tobin Co., Eichler Homes Co., line extensio.hs and reservoirs. of Lapor. Thus, any wage rat~ is which should be of some help to Todd Cement Co. and others, are

H·e, l.pvents. q Time~Saver' and _

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Piombo Bros. are no\v dq_ing the subject to court ruling and lqbor th-e. citize:q1~y ot the . Qity of Hpf1p- now emP,loying._ a lqr.g.e g;-oup of excavation · work on the South- gains little in the courts. lulu. oper[!jjng e11gineers on t)le gr;ading

Gets Cut in Pay, ., Trent011, N"

basin reservoir in the Sunset Dis- Next 3E_ lll !l~ting· will be ·h!lld ·on of. lots as- well. as the grading -~md trict. June 22• 1956, S:OO p.m., at 474 1755. Evans Ave., S.F., $31,45~, for pa:vin& of, strw'!t;; 'lt. this point.

CharJes Kinkade, a . tinsmith at the New Yo1~. Shiilbuilding Co., has-learned a lesson J;.e•s not-lik!JlY Buzz Haskins has a job Df build­

ing- new roads, and levelling lots, in the Sutro Forest Hills for Standard Home Builders.

Rollingwood, · Vv e stY i e w, and "Westlake Tracts are also employ­ing a gocid nim1y of our brothers.

..In most instances, t.lwse homes are sold before , th,E; house is. erected.

- SACRAMENTO. contra~t a~v<tr'dc, ed. to Lentz· Const. Co., 24l6 Sutter­ville Rd. , ' sacto. ~ .$23,555, fo.r c~~st. sto~m ' ~e~v~1-~ 'vic . . Roll·;-wood Pari~ s:choof. · ·

Valeneia St., S~n Francisco, C>llif. st:opn dnlil}f!g_e i[l1proven~~nts, Contr-i.lctors St<3c.ker and Scott of.

C(onstruct~on A.WQ.rd·$

U11it Nq. 2, l\~il~s Creek Realign- Sun Vall '"Y; C<1Jifi, \'>\ere low bict~ ment, :f?J.1.rlin~~me. · · ,. , .ders on the . S-tate- Highway jqb , at

DAVIS, Cqptr.D:ct awarded to. A. ·:,r,a. H!:mda. This w.ork. consists of Teir;her,t &: SIJE, _ 1~31. StoQkt0)1- cle<H·ing:· the i·.ight of way, the B]Fcl-, S ~f:tp . , $~0;51;5, for grade '& ' gi:<1di·n:g. aqp , straighten ing ot the pq.ve · apP,fQX. 1 mL of· Hutchinson. 1)l;evelqPl c.un-:es . on . the p,resent·

MAY 22, 1956 Rd. QJ1 t1K Dqvk Camv,us. _ higlm<.ay. 'I:his will , keeH many en~ OAKLAND, Contract awarded to REDDlNG-, Gontra<lt• awa-rded-. to gipeers · in this area ernp,lo}'.ed · for

0. C. Jones & Sons, 1520 - 4tl) St., lie,-St~!; ~C\'wst. Qo,; , 2i5 .. •ic;;, -~~. seV.ei~E!lmqqtl]s.

to,fol'g$!t soon. ,. 1 He ·ilwen ted a time-savjng_ m.~th ­

odrfor·installing: bunk :beds in. trogp ship,s which resulted in less wo' and a pay cut for himself an(! othl,.1· ; workers. He s4ed , the compalf)'"Joy , $51000 comgensation . to ma-k~ : up for the pay cut and loss of . wm:k but, the New, J ersey, Suprem~ Court ruled. agf!i.nst- him.

Berkeley, for rem. street. car rails Dl'l::v4~, $;'\\h?;~~. fp,r, ~Q!l('.t-. s~w~g~ -- Tl1e Bri'\g~to Pavil1g Co. of Bel~ & repave streets, approx. 4 1,~ mi. pqmnlilg·, ~- tr~·tm!li\t· nl~nf:. . mmn, are . I!OW a pti"e at· varlous_• ! · Ei\fGU•J'Et:RSJ ' N:ews· -~ as follows: San Pablo. Ave. fl;om MA:Riftil':T:E4i . Co11tra,~t awarde.d poipts in this; area'i In a·d(lition to_, ' ~ ~1 A.l St S 59 "'6tl St G · · f d .. ~ . l'llj~!l.a_ging_ Editor, v.. S; SWANS,O~, , j'• 1 een . o. "' · 1 . ·_ rove Ut L~e . J. Imn1~ , 1~;\5;'\ ~ap --:Pal:llo · being · t\113 Stt!)ces.s Ltl . birl e~;s .. on f P.u~hsh!>d '.Ea~!i- Mo.ntli~by, Lo~_!',\ ; Umo !) ,' St . . -fl;_Qm B.erJ.;;ele,y city lilitso, to A;v.e.., Sqq _ Ral),j\),. $~a0,943, fQl\ .Te- t11e l(J.r-&'.\' · prw.ing_, jgb, for the. CitY. · No. 3·<of<the. Internationa! IUmonnof ' 57th.: Pie_. d. n1-0n_t·,--_.A. ve. From._<R .. a_•li1.d- . .. · f v. · · v 11 R' f f · B 1 t · 1 · · fi 1 f . . , Qpera-tir.g,, Engin;eer"' .-· • · ·-: ::! . , con:;.t .. o , .J.',g:lW!JlO .a _. ~y c~._,- rom, o · e '[\\9n _, _ t us_.- r-n1 , 1as, rnarn:. -- N d ...

· SACRAMENTO conti·act award- wipf;:_,_ St. ·No: .59,-A;t;;t St. GJ>;an.d YVallw~- Cr,e.el),., to O~k . Greve -Rd, otl]8r. P.ro,je,cts loca:ted , in , Sanc-Ca.r.~ [ Nor!heJp,. CaiMiC:~~c;;i ,~~~~e~n,· J e.v_"' 9 ·' Y ed tci' ·B'os':corist. Co. ' i035 ~'Gr~S'soi\"' ;Ay;e..: , J~'P.!R ' l\>1ac.!\rtl:l:\,lr Bty,dL Nl:l. 1"1•t¥t 2?:; .195,6 ' lo.s, San; l\'frit('oj · R~d}I'O.O_d l Ctty-, ! OJ.ijc,e 4!7'4 Vl!!lett~i~,; s~~~f . st, Bei·l\eiey> $57,Si5; ior }~pair to. c: lVIflH~\1-11a~ . B1B:fu!lP.NID:i Col\!p~c.t, a_wa:r.d~d - t9, Pedro . Val\~=<Y• HWsb,orough; an~~ SMI, Era.n,!Ji!!M'· 3~ , C~l!:t:or.ll~lto ; b i.;idge aci'oss McCoy Creek, 59_, m,~ VA-LLEJO, . Co11tr!-lct awa:r:ded1 to Brag-ato Pa:vii\g. Co, 500 Brag-ato Milbrae. Foremen- Brothers Far- . Subscriptiqn, ~ Pn~e:"$~~p0: ' .--. N . of Willits in ME __ ~_;,DoCINO co. Syar & Ha~·ms, P.O. Box 143FNal- I Rd., Belmon,t,· $112;787, for. gr.itde, ~-ell, E_ragat~, H~nsolt, ?,ina .and per--yEl{tr . ' - ' ' i'

· .. .. .- lejo,. $10,868, .f\)1,' recon_st. , of Ba_ Y pave,·· .. ,vat_et':. &- s_ anita1:y. se.~_ve1_·_s· in. ByWatel','a;;sisted ' by a _ crew of 24 , . , . • .. :· : ... :· , .. · .. · · - · ·· · · · -- · · ... Ma1l all •n-ews 1tems - ln to ed1tor. not. : _

, LODL, contract aw?n:l.ep , to, · St:, .. bet\'(. Lemo1,1 D;-. & - Gener~~ CorOlfet . B~vd., Winding:,\Vay, Sem;. engweers;· w!l~- -:be ' assl!?'e? o: e:rp.-, .( I at~<- • ful'n .lhft -~··"l .ll~c';p.~o,n~~ .. :o.·l Qla).\d.e . C .. W.o.pl-\, P .Q. f\o;-; ; 59,~, Mills, city of Vallejo, SOLANO eria:- &,,.~f.l~eis, . ilk city ,of , Behnpnt; p\0YJ;l)en_t-, unt1I ·the · l_'f\-111 .. Y. >vat_h.er. 1Ent-!".c_ "'.d..:. :ti~"Becq119, .,_ <:::_ I_._a __ ,_,._ .' __ -~-, ~t.!)tr,-. Se.o.:

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Lod~, _ $626Q, fqr pav(C th~?, 4Q9,NR9~' COUNTY. Calil. · · · · · · ·· ... sets irt> , · · ·.. ·. J-'.-&~r 9;-1'943;'- a f 'the'.PdstoHice .. at'Se:m -.

of E. Lockeford St .. in CH]'_Of Lo£\i, BURLINGAME). Contract..·aw:ii,!rd- · At-;Eioh lei· -: H_ighla~ds, the . G & ,.;f'l l 1 Fran<i\scp;-· ctu1~~if,12:f;1~1t~he•· A crt oi i ·:; SA1'i JOAQUIN COUNTY, · eel to The Lowr:ie P<l\~ing Co., Inc.; Attend ~. Meetings! Paving Co. have conti'acted for tlre - - .. .

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June f5, 1956 ' ENGINEERS' NE,VS

-~orth·Bay · /~anpower Supply at-lowest Level · SUM . , E~ l.~p T!, REDW90DS By H. 0 . FOSS, FR.~'IK A. LAWRENCE, LOUIS C. SOLARI ' and AARONS. Sl\UTH, B:\' .r\. A. 1iEN l.h•DOh:sancl DA::\::SY 0. DEE0

, . · · - · 1 Business Representative~ Business R epresentatives · ' .. · .Sunshin~ and · work to be done. cause of the federal money in··

Out oi.it-of -\.vork list .is the lowest it -has ever been. All of the members in this area are have all th e Br.oth e>rs in a good i crease. · \VOrkinga~d the 'prospects look as though they will continue to be busy for quite some time. state of mind t hese days. It looks 1· vVe don't know yet jusLwhen it

I We ar·e·.happy to 1;epor:t ·an addi- , ·· · like it . w ill _take Old Man Wint'er will st art, but we expect .it could..

LI'O J~ :' fo· -our ··staff. Brother Aaron -· Cont:ract a warded ·to Peter;· Kie- hotel wi!J' be under coi1struction to stop us now. . enable us to get some extra . jBbs Sm. r-th' .· se· rvJ·n·g·' ·tHe' .. Vaiie· ·J··o· ··ar;ea: H_e'· ' · · · · · · .,._ 'I under way· this .year. \vif Soi-is' Co . . for '. 3/ 5 .rriile . grad e within the next two weeks. There 11'\T, A~O~-~~ _EUREK;\ ·.. . . . .. Coupled with_ D~vis i.on· of -Beaches can :'·be contacted- at the Bui'l'dlng ~ vilth piaptmix surfacing on cemeht \\•ill be a terrace of cabins .. ahd . Mercer . F ra,~ r Company un ~1er , and Parks money all6cate'd for the

;JTl'ades, locti'ted at 316 Virgiri:iit si:., f1·eated;. base : and consti·uct two room:s built ofl the side or a hill full- steam ag~m ~SmllSUal workmg I by.;p'ass free'way of southern -'!-Ium·-·­Val1ejo, : tel,epho~e 'nu~9e,r - is: 'Val~ Jitldges· betwfeen' _0:7 mile · N: of ovet•itioidng f.,ichai:dson :B'ay. The eve1.y place, lt see s. . boldt redwood groves expenditures

. lejo . 3"5608 . . Member.s rrjp,y :· l' eaC:h Gi·e'e'ftbdteTritersedion a)1d 0:2 miie' excavati()Ji \Vill . cost abcnit' $8·oo;ooo Brother .. A~·thur . Burman has ~IS I in the district sho~ld ·. r each :!)20-. h im-: at night : by' califn'g hi;; lid~~- N•- of' Aito i'nters'eC:ti:ori 11elir: San ' \vlikh ha~ to be ''co'nhac'teCi out to . . ~pread -0~ Cats . . a rubber on the go million in the 1957-58 fiscal •ear.

· <~~i§tf~~gi~~~~,r_ii~r~Jl!.~:-~~t.·•~:~:~~ ·~l~F~f~i!f:i:~;r~~~~~~:~I ·f~]t~·;~~~~f:lfif~:!.~; ·!?~~t~i~i~i1~fft!:,Ei~ .· anead. . ' . . . ence was'<held ,here. ·on ·the :16th of ne\v• ti·act ·south 'of " the railroad cl omple:e c. _u ,, h~r plandt nbeat v.' tl About 108 m\les, or 8.3- per cent, ~ ~ d . k' ' n W ts & R iisorrie ' M . - "tJ lf c ·· . - d tracks . at . B~Jl Aii:e·.C: f~r . several ow C,eek, whtch ha een Idle of th al' t 1 b . . . ~re_ n .c so· a o.n ·. '": .a , f _ _[J.Y _wi 1 ' a : par res concerne . .. .. d . . ,, ... , .. _, ... ~ :for som tirrie - had . vanished . from • _, .· e _I gnmen 1as ~e~1 ap- -,·' Co. 11ave ~tarte!f th_e11:.-J6g-_on H\YY', A,s~oci~ted Eng1neers to .do all .tht h'i.m~-~~~ ' ~ew '_homes;> . . . ._,. . - h .. i e ~ e -T .. . . · k . prove~! by ~he s k'l.t~, Tl'\1$ :mdudes , 4,0. - b~t~~e,l1 ~ Ca1~qumez Bnd?e and , 1~1pe · \~ork . . ~~o:' Murray · adv~se~· :~, W,~E},lJ ,(1!0 9-l;: & A?ph~l; .C~-,~~~fo~~ ~'\r:~s. 1~;~~~ ~ra~:~ '~~~\;~d;~~ 0~ th_e . e1g~t-rmle sectwn arotu1d .1\I.c:-­Va!IeJo ·underpass. as of .May, 28th·:· . M'axam Trnckm o- to do hauhng .. wo~kmg ]!!.{(~:. a colon~ o, bqes m- · D · P . . · . "' Kmleyvtlle recommended t h t s

. The . cost of this . job 'is ;S1. 875 000 I' Moore . Diy Dock' . 'the' . sti·uctiu·ai stall!ng· ne~v ~ dusHh·s;-··_ ,cony.eyoi:s a . r-o:k ¢~nd gravel .JOb for Peter I week by the d iv ision'. ' ': .. . · . : · . · · ' '.· '·c·· " c,.,. • ' • ·. . · rr :• ., •. , ;,. ·' ·,,._ 'f · . . , t' -'ld R 1 ' P' ~" t ' KleWrt ·at Hoo·)a. Some real enter- . . . - '\'V'l th __ 1,000,000 .. yards of dirt to move s.teef, K. 1ewrt to do structures. Th''e~ '\a!l_.,l..;sc~,, J.~-~;~/J-IP a ·? on: ?~'~ ":•>,·- ,· , ,_,i.;"~""" \ 1

t . 1 h.l Other state h1ghways 111 the .dis·· within 335 woddn.Y days. · ... , job will probably wor'k five '9'5. nor rh ·of Nov?-to. The :· n ew mstal- pnsmg ... p.erson ac. 0~ 11 - t Ie .. w 0 e trict will benefit as a result of ac·~ · . . o .• . · · - . · • · · . 1 t' · . ' JJ d · bl . ·t·l · ·.. t t · f works clown mostlv ·with · torch ,and · . The first •p'h ases o£ this job is for • Contract 1s .$2 711000. Raymond awn WI ou e le ou pu 0 · · . . - · : • . · · · · celerated const1;uction of Highw·ay · , · · · · : · -- .. ·· · .' \ , · - the · ld lan f hauled It to the ·1unk yard. W e are .'5,000 cubic yard: to be move¢! ; .Concrete ~o . dnve piles.. . . . 0 P:. · · . . ·' . . happy to say th.e culprit has been 101. Work on t he routes. si.wh as· ov November 1 19::>6, or a penalty. I . Job· conference held w1th Ball & Some tnne ll1 the n~ar futUle, a . . Sign Ruute 36, will be'star ted' ;o.::;on-• : . . .. • .... · ' 1 . . . .. .. .. • · ! • · . ' . _.. ·' · · . . _. , . , new 6000-pound Hot· .Plant will re_ ~ caugh_t, , and ,.,.•rll _be .a .. sorry man by N of S7:900 p.er day. But .w1t~1 -_ the !Srmpson on .May 29th on u;en. San . . . . . . :. . .. · 0' the tJme the smoke clears away. er. o major work is contem -crew this· company. 'has consistin'g! Quentin-' road job, amount of con- place the present small e>-'lStin, . . . ,, . , . plated until after Highway 101 is • - . • . . ' ' I .. . ' '. . . . . 0' ' pla11t.· vYe have abqut 15 Brother Blother Lotne Conner has hlS fi . hed ,?f Supt. Robezt. Ca_lou, . Foremen ! t.r_act· a..vard $861,959.Geor,e Drop- . . . .. . entire spread on the move. mostly ms. · . ..,

Johnny · Owens and Lyle Engel, pos ~s Supt., Paul Pra.t~, ChiefF.ield memb_ers.on t:Je JOb. .. ,, county and, Corps of Enginee;s .. Usmg Srgn Route .:.6 from For-plus t he 15 operators who are · now ;Engmeer · on all proJeCts, Brother A re~mder to .those v\h~ have work. 1 tuna to Red Bluff as an exam ple,

.1 · ··Jrking on this job and · approxi- Whitey Haver is foreman. Dozers not pu~chased thelr watch tobs or No:rman I. Fadel North I w·hen funds can he clivertefl after .ately ·another 20 .men to be added starting on this job on the · 31st l.apel P1_ns as yet. Vl'.e have a fr:sh H ol1ywood is fi nally ~:~·til~~ under· I complettOn of High v,ray 101,. it 'IIYithin a short period of time they of · May shovels 20's etc on tl1e supply 111 • fobs ar e $1·00 each , pms · tl L" 1 t F. W would ta ke c nlv abor·C. four vears . . · . . . . _ : ' ' ' ., - . ·. - o- . . ? way on · 1e o e ·a •.reeway. e .. . " should meet tlus deadlme w1thout 5th of June. 7~c. Have you bou,ht yours yet· su. sympa'tl. .11 th' company to construct a two -Jane htgbws.y. too much' difficulty for they .have Fredrickson Bros Const C~unty This is ·a]] from · this encl . See re ·

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1 Js . over the enti re route . Deve!oo·· ' .' · · t tl r ' for the delavs th ev have had m . . : ;.. very reliable crew Road job at · Montiscello-19 engi- you n ex mon 1· tt' tl · .. D ?1, . -b -1 I ments on H1ghwav 299 w11l oe , . . _ . . . ge . mg 1e1r w - s m y ra t , 1

1 B .. hl' . R d" We might also s.dd that- we are neers employed, · JOb 25 per cent they have fou r of them in .the <'li'rt J mo~t Y on ~t reau of ~u · IC · '-~~ ,,

pleased to·see Tom Bond, a former completed, to be completed by De- w G. .at this writing. ·Brother Fred PrD.Je~ts ·as ln.e state 15 C{Jromh Led I ,....,embe~, . in charge o{ the . office. cember 1, 195_6-$600,000 job. . . a r n. in g i v en 0 n S_tokdale an~l ·.·B.lackie" Shermari II to u:mg COllVlCt ].-abor on much of

'yar & Harmes are still plugging R. A. Fansh Const. road JOb doing the ~·snapping." - the road~. . . . . ~ ·. along on their frontage -roads be- Jrom Route 128t~' Rt. 37 by Capell 'H-eat·.th·lnsu· ~:a· .·.n·.ce . . The smaller local jobs are too I _In_ addttlon. lt was_ pomted 0~ '-: tween . Alhambr a a .ri.d : Sequoia ''!alley, 4 9( 10 mrles -long, 28 feet r numerous to mention. :Wlthm 10 years · ~onvJCt labor ':"'t n $ tree ts, paralleling H\vy, . 40, . and wide:.::...370;000 . yards , excavating, . •, have, C{Jffipleted n;-ost of the ]'Oh • . .have completed appr;iiximately .00 ·13,000 . tons road· rock, 1:).,000 tons _ . _. ' ; ¥'i!leola, N _.Y WILLOW CREEl{, EAST . . Increased funds ' ":ould , howe_ver,-per. 'cent of' the '·dirt moyfug of the rflantrriix. Completion of job by Major medical 'expense insurance . Harold H~stings getting under· speed up · the · pa\'mg of ·sectiOns

. Magazine 'oveq\as's. -. · .... August; Supt. is E: L Williamson; sold by commerciaf companies i~ way at Martms Ferry on a ,Federal l prepared by -honor ~amp cr~ws. -/ ' S t ockton Constructioh ' is stm ' ·Dari·el . Hall, . sub-grade' foremari; falsely ' described as -''healthc insur· B-ureau road, likewise J. w. Briggs -vsual methods Wlll be usecl: on • ~ Ang aiong: fai\'ly ~veii .wfth_: ~J:i-~\'i· -pf"qr:g~ P~Spai~, *~ish gra_de fore- .ar!~e_,•' : a proinii1e~i . . m~ic~.l _ ~u- . or: ?ne a.t. _J?l':lff . Cr~ek, . Peter Kie~ . · 299 _ from , Highw~y · 101' } ? . !3l?_e . . stol:m .·se:\ver ~ -iii ;' the ; . vldnlty ,, of inafi ;· !Cra_nk, ~~i·beries; master' -me~ tho~;ty . has . ·warned · trad·e . umomst~ . \vl.t makmg . go-od progress on the . La·ke, h owe.ver: tlus e·xp~nsron wu!· . Vallejo. . · · - . chanic ; Don 1ta.rion; rock .crtiSI~er ~ere. · · · _. . . . . ... . . . ., bndge_ job at I;Ioopa. K_ucke11berg be _})ceded 11~ th ree . ~ f~ur ;yea_rs .. .

Scli.all & F,arrell_, with another . fore~an:~_ e:, Willi~mso11; . crusher· D1:.- Geo~~ge E'aehr, president and C,onst. Co~ ~'chewin~;· :oll _the ?~t," _ The n~ \': l:tg~v~~Y· b tl~~~ th: btg-100 000 yards ·'· iu\d, · possibl~,r- · more, run forem~m ; · There ai'e 25 · Erigi· medical director of ~he H ealth In; to .... g~t underway· Qn: their .. mtlton g~st puollc \.VO I J,s · pr <?.Jeet -e~r on' their fiir .oerv..:een ·· Saci:amei'tt6 n\~ers on. this job~ · . . s~kapce Plan of Greater New York- yartls on Highway 299 west of .Wil-- undertaken ancl _w.ll! ~onnect .altbut Street · and . Napa High\vay; wltlf · ,- . . . ·· . : ·.· . . _ . told: the . Nassau~~tiffolR · Central ~ow Creek. They h.~ve ~h7ee_ Cats 23 of the 232 cttJes m . i!1e Um3ed : "''~ in Kane as superinteiiderit.' ·1 MONTICEL~O DAM . . . · .. Trades and Labor · Council tl}a1 m but no stakes, fine s1tuat10n. $tates that have ·populatJOn of ~0,:-;

' rhey are ·nearing ~ofupletion on ~ · The M~ntJCell? D~m JOb, - wh~r:e "chea:p'~fnsui:-arice is a poor bal.;gail'lt J. Ira Mc~utt .i~st ·about co~- ooo or. more. It will connect all 4f5 , th · "-d. · · ·· · · Fl ' · · · T ' · · we_ .have "0 Engmeers .employed, IS for the family of moderate means •· pleted on thetr sect tOn of 299 Ltl- states . . e suu IVISton }n . emmg own, ... ·. . f . · .. · . . . . . , · . . . . · · . ' . · · · · · v{ith Dalias ·wnso'n,· Inc. cl·owdiiig :gomg ull bl!!st after ._bemg shut He charged that it v,r'as "good busi· lebo Const. movmg back m to fin: The system -will be buil.t tcr the , th . , .t-1 · ' . · •. 1·. ' , · ·down fr.om the damage done· last ness" for insurance firms· btlt nor -ish the two bridges on sub-contract highes't· standards that engineeri3 em wr. 1 sewer m e . . _ . . . .. . . . . · Andel'son & Kerbb; . 011 the Ni'ke· ;t.mter. Th1s qamage has , set · th~s for _ families insul'ed , under these · from McNutt. ':" now can devi se and expect in Site ~~ Hwy. :12'out of Suisun, are JOb back a go~d three . mon~hs m policies. . ?' Hm:nboldt ConstJ UCtors putting sparsely populated areas. where , making nice progress \'iiith the ex- work. .compl:tw~ of dam rs ex- "Duriilg the ia~t 'r ew years, thE the . fills back on their section of the very. highest standards are not ..

"otion of fightino- knats! pect~d m Februa1y, 1957._They are commercial · insurance companies 299 that the flood took uut. Broth- needed, the system will contain· np• " · o . . & · pounng 9500 yards of concrete in . ·. · · . er "Alska Joe" Ber trand "super" grade · crossings. The1·e w ill -be no · Bro .. Jack ~ean . \\;tt l~ . Syar five days-swing. shift and grave- ~~ve been .enthusi~s_ticp-lly se.Jlmg on this one. We are sure he'll do !Stop .lights or stop signs. Harmes at Cement Hlll· Is• ·tard to · ··d Th d . h "ft . d . th th1s new type of msurance," thE catch lately, as this job covers sev- yar : . . e ay s I. IS OingT e H.I.P. official said. ·'Why not? The a fine job of this one as usual if A house appropriations commit -

era! acres. reparrmg . o~1 eqmpment. hey premiums come pouring in from he doesn't try to burn his ."puss" tee allocated $1,000,000 for \vork J ,· Glanville Pipe from So. Califor- star~ed wor;mg on the dam .as of every insured person whiie ven off .again. Stay away from those on Crescent City harbor in an ap·-. fi . d" · b. ' d t h Apnl15 19;J6. f h . d . · fires "Joe," then I can ,o-et you on propriation of $83,000,000 for fi,~(l · raa are n mg ay n_1u . r a er '. . . . & . . " ew of t e msure ever recelve any · hard to· cope with on their storm A. Teichert Son from Sacra- ·benefits dtl ring a given year. ManJ the radio. cont rol water . conservation and

si>wer job in Suisun. ~en~o . a'~:arded $1,147,921 , canal ·w ill not collect a cent during thE 1 TO THE NORTH navigation projects in California in ' ~ JOb 111' Wmters- Recl. Earthwork p I{ ' th b l the coming fiscal year. · eritire wage-earning period of their eter 1ewit have .eir ate 1 :.. ... , .A VIS AIRBASE JOB concr ete lining, working five days, lives. · plant. nearly ready to go and are - No funds, however, for ,jobs on VIe have· a $4,000,000 , job coming two shifts starting as of .June 7th, "At1d after retirement, w,h en in about read-v to start casting tetre- Humboldt Bay or in Humboidt

up in the near future on · Travis 1956. T went y-seven Engineers'. are their--old age they might use .rna- p-~ds for n(e jetty. The rock work County. were earmarked in the­' \. F.B. which will take a good num· employe<;! ·and completion of this· jor medical expense insurance. w ill get into full swing when the i commtttee vote at vVashington,

ber .oJ' men. . job is contemplated for the latter they cannot have it," Dr. Baehr tetrepods are ready as the -t\NO D . C. ·W e are barely h olding oUt' own part' of the year .' . . asserted. "Or the premium is in· must work hand in .hand. Pelican K. A. "Ken'' Brcob

Danny 0 . Dees by scraping the bottom of the bar- Supt. Bro. Modcly with Carl N. creased so that i~ is ' prohibitiVE Bay Construction, at Smith R iver; " f or m en to handl e the jobs now Swensen Construction Co. ·advises and th e benefits are decreased S( has their n ew rock plant ready to lH existence. he is lifting lat;h as of May 25th, that they _are negligible. roll. A real asset to the area, t hey

Numerous bids have been award- going home' ann will Be· Supt. for. can supply .any type of material ed th is m ont h ·· to con tracts in the Piazza in San Jose. Bro. Moody yo u can ask for. Marlin T ryon

\, ,:orth Bay area:. and this office had ·a rough time MAY 16, 1956 keeping some of the Brothers Inc€- Bros. of . Sunnyvale has keeping this job str aight. Sorry to LINDSAY, contract awarded to working h ere ,and there. Nat Me-

SALINAS, contract awarded to . G ranite ConsL Co. , ~.0. Box SDO, \Vatsonville, $72,131'7, for const. curbs , gutters, sidewalks, street pavin g and storm sewers· in B lanco Estates, Salinas.

been 'awarded a con trikt of $63,350 ll los.eh im. Bro. Buck Hope gained Volpa Bros .. , 3763. N. Ar;thur Ave., Dougall Cans t. Co. making good at · t he Glenwood ·Subdivision, San on us. ' · · Fresno, $44,100, for surf. opera ting progress on their realignment and .. !- - f . . B'l t B C t f L A . d r"' d. 1 C 1 C t J V 1 SALINAS, contract awarded t01 rae -sewage orce mam. oun ros. ons . o · os n- roa , na era. ana, en ra a- bridge on Highway 10.1' at Wi1son

-~ssociated Dredge of. Sausalito geles w as awarded a _con tract in ley P roj ., loc. n ear Madera, in Creek. Nice company to work for, Granite Const. Co., 'P.O. Box 900, ' d d. . t f "'5" -?- th " f $942 084 f E ~ -rA· DERA COUNTY \Vatso1r\> ill e, ~35 .. 957, for const. a war e a . con ract o ., . .,,;:,:.o- . e amount o , · or ngr- lv , · · we welcome them to California. ' dredging Petaluma· Creek. Nike Installation at .- Travis AFB. From the looks of the bids to be curbs, gutters, sidewalks. street· C t t .•. d d t S & A · b · f -11 b h ld SAN FRANCISCO, cont r act ~l,ave & storm sewers ·in Fairfax ' _on rae· a war e · o yar pre-JO con erence Wt e e called for there will be some forty • .1-r A F p k -' A t ' th 11 · · t " d awarded to Pacific Paven;tents Co., Estates, Salinas. =armes, . . . ar ·mg reas a WI . a par 1es concerne . . miles of Hi ghws.y 101 · resurfas;ed Travis AFB at a cost of $5967. Br othe r R.ay Dillard · who · has Ltd., 85 Barstow St., S.F., $34•600• this year. STOCRTON, c.ontract a>variiei(i[ ·

· Contract awar'ded to Stoc.kton been manv year's with A : G. Raish fo~x~~q:~~~;~C~ay~i~: ~~.h:~\ A four-lan e High ,~iay 101 fr ee- to Nonie!lini · Const. CO., S39 N12~, · J- 1-S t ., amounting to $70 ,683- Co. has b.een in Sa~ Rafael Gi:m-· . .. , - - . ' , way from three mlles north of r engo Rd., Stockton , $.109,G.2B, lfoi· '.sto d a 'n . . . t . .. S .I . . ·era! Hosp'tal r·e t··. f ·. 30. d . . .awarded ·to PactfiC Pavements Co., C . ~ . . COI1~t· . shop h ai·,v·",ll" - bll.lr!. '''f?"o.;,· ... . rm r 1 age p roJec m · o ano · 1 · · s mg ·or ays. Ltd: 85 ·Barstow St. S.F. $9710 - :es~ent C~ty to . San 1', ranctsc:o ~ " ~ , "~ '' County. ' - . 'I H is doctor has sent him )1oriie .to~ . : . ·f . . . . ()" ' 'G. ' ' wrthm 1Q years IS the topiC .of the lltilit'~· connecs., - Stocl{tOn A_r!ny"'

Conti: act . a;:v·~·rdt!? to ~yar ,&._ : lay. in shade a co~pl~ more m()iitps. ~~i·e~~:u~~n~::~~7;ct~n & ro\ es day. A~th?ug~ none of u:e hig11- NatL Guard .si;e. _ .· . 1

. . , ,. -' i Jarmes, crty-grade, asnn. · cone: j Hope . he · gets out soon, as we n~ed. ' · ways wrthm Dtstnct 1 are mclt)ded· SACRAMENTO, contract a;va;r:i(Jl.-sul'f., Vallejo, cost -$10,808: . . . motor patrol finisl1 me11' bad. ' Good 8AcaiA.MENTO, eqnt~;~ct award~- in the -official i!'! terstate ,syst.em I ed to :r;·edrickson ~ \Ya~~n (Jonst,:. Contract awarded to' Villey'. En" luck; ·Ray.'· . . ·d t ··G ...... . t C -t eo· ' PO B .. called for by the federal brll 1m- Co., 8t3·81st A\e., Oakla;ncd & . .. . . . . . e ·~ o· · rain e ons . · ·., . ; ox . , . . -. , '!.''l>ieets, . cost .... $11,100 - . 'Dist.-In.st. B r0. Fred E. Schultz,· mast~r. ·· .. : · w'· · · ·. . . . .,. ·. ' :. · m' ense· ben.efi·. ts ar·e ex· pee. t.<>cl .l)e· I_ :&_nisome . Co., 4080 Hollis . St.;, ·.· . ,. . , . . . .. , . , 900, ats<inville, $359;598, for 1.8 - 1 .t Iron & Steel ·Maili"s· at Green~ .\Vit11 Sea View Lumber Co. at Fort mi, gra(}e and !'~l.J.:f. w/pltmix surf. cause of diversion of reo-uJar state Em~t'yville, S1,785,55l'l, for 1.2 nii, brae sul)divis1oii,\-Sa,n ' 'RafaeL Ais6 Reiss; dt'tipped il'l; doing · okaY aii.d ' ori eel~. tr. J)ise ahd. const: reinf. funds I from oilier' cin?as ~nd an in·l g1·ade a:n<l stu·( \~)plti11iX' sui(_oi{

- to Vall~y Enginee rs -at a ·. ' cost ·of i1appy. . . . ·- COl'lcrete· bridg'e; betw. 0.5 mi, s·.· Of .crease ii1 regu la r federal ·. appor- .cem. t.J·. base, -a. haul . roail unde%' -$14,945 for. cast :i'roi1 ': \};atei: ·mains · Bi,o. -Eai' J Leach is in grading Cache ()J.·~ek atl._d 0.5 mi .. N. of Yolo, tibnment. The federal bills calls ; m'ossing· t-o be con st. . and wiuem-) Alto ' Wye Iiitel'section~ Br6s.- 'F, ·.and · exc-avating business~owns D6 YO~ COUNTY. directly for ~xpenditure ~6f about ' exist. b1·i<1ge, betw . . Car?tli~e~ L ; Dunigan on· the 'rrel1cl;i~i', Thos. Dbier and is ready to put- it to $29 -billion, with the total, includ- ) B1)dge and 0.5 mi. N. o.f _ V:ill<ejiJI ·. W. Roath, Oiler, · and :., Fted' '13 , \\'ork: His home phone is: GLen,- LIVERMORE, eonti-acts award- ing · state 10 per cent matching! Wy-e in SOI.u-'\NO GOU~'TY. 'V!il1ittrey ·on :the: Boom Cat. · wood 't~5289. · · ;, .ed for work at Junction Avenue funds and increases in federal aid OAKLAND, contract awarded· to.

oi1ti:act . aV..cir=ded .. to' Ghinville :Bi·o. T. J. Davis has 3 water . . School, Livermore: (1) . to J. R. to prin1ary . and secondary high - v. Rodriguez, 226 .Jackson St., Hay· .. P1tiri1:bfu.g:,·co . . 'of <Bakersfi-eld at : a '\vfigons, 2500 · gallon capa/:ity': for · Ann strong, ' 57-:(1 · Ceritrar, · El ·cer - ways, expected · to . t6p. $5D billion . .. \•ia:rct, . $8901~ for liJameda County ' cost . of. ·$!575;282 ·. for i canst of a .''hire~ and·. will go any\vhere. 'He rito & ·R ed<Y'Wick & Ban'ke' Haj~ The program · is to · be over a 13~ Flo&l- Control & W·at~r 'Co1Jserva-

(_ ~ewage '·.purriping . plant and trtilik ;may ' be reached . in Sacramento, i.vard, for gr:~ding '<2)"fo j, R. Ai'm- ' year peri0d. . :· tio ri 'Dist., foi; - canst. o'n Lh.;,e; A ' In . lewe1; . ·. ih -'Fai:dleld-Si.iisirn> Sewer ·l:eiephone • is: 'IVanhoe 9-3408. -~ strong '8,:· Red.~Vick & B'ai1k~ , :Hay- Construction vi itJiin. this tiistriet , · ~-ic. - oi l\'Iqlu'lalid -S~hool,' Zon;;; No. · Dis(· ·located' -·in Solano ·county. . Four. and. a hal( million dollar:' ward;· ofor const: & a~ph . . paving. · is expected · to at least doubie · be~ · 4, · .<~L.AMEDA COUNTY". ·

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\JPage Four ENGINEERS' NEvVS Tune 15: 1956

What's Doing • 1n t·he Oakland Area By AL CLEl\f, BILL BARR, TINY LAUX, DON. KINC~LOE and HAROLD HUSTON, Business Representatives

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The "Sunny" month of June is already upon US and the Orinda Excavators sub-contraF}-

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re.construction, wide.I1ing o£ streets NEWS ABOUT THE BRO:J'HERS . Oakland office is anticipating another month of ac~ivity eel all the dirt excavation from a. d construction of sto.rm sewers Brother Pat Collins, a long-time

· Underground Construction Com- .y'{hicl). begins a't Concord Blvd., member of Local 3, recently wrot~ · which will be pretty- much of a repetition over lClst mqnth. pany's 180 acres located at fthe end I Galindo Street to East Street from us from Isshiki, Hayama, Jap_a' During May we cleared in excess of 900 meJ.l frorri this side of Neal Street in Pleasanton. They I Concord Blvd. to Willow ,Pass Road of all places, that he is 'enjoyin;:; !Qf the Bay to fill the various jobs in the Eastbay area. · still have about 55,000 yards of dirt 1 in Concord . The job is scheduled a fine trip. He sailed on the U. s .

Work in. this area is very good and we are confident that excavation left to do: L. c. Jensen 1 to be completed in approximately N~tval Ship General Hugh J . Gaf~ :i.t v.;ill remain that way thr:Oughout the summer barring any is _digging and laying all the sewer 1 30 day~. Members working on this fey, which, · according to the pic-

pipe in this tract, which will project include Bob Enge, foreman, tures of the ship, must have been~

'IU.nforeseen rain storms. Most of the jobs are already manned amount-t~ about 8000 fee t of 10" Richard Avi"lez: D-7 loader , Lewis a wonderful crossing. We'll look by our brothers SO o'llr dispatching consists mostly Of replac- pipe il1 all. This tt·act when com- Lively Michi gan truck crane clam, forward to seeing you home again :!ng the borthers who want to move on. We are managing pleted wil l! have over 500 homes and Sam Kuckenthal , oil er. soon, Pat. · · ~~ to keeo our out-of-work list down to a bare ·minimum, but ra1iging in price from $17,000 to * * We are happy to report that

a. :re stiil in need of 2:00d finish blade men who are skill-ed at $35·000· RICHMO:l\TD FREEWAY Brother Bud Lampley is back 011 ~ J. D. Wall is di gging all th e The McCammon and Wunder- the job for the C. J . Woods. Corri-

o.oeratin£ dozers and rubber-tired equipment. foundations for th e elementary . . pany after recovering from serious ' - l!ch Contracting Comp.a 1Y is m

The P·ast month has shO\VI1 an ir1crease in activity in the school .on East Avenue in Liver- burns he received wheri he re-full swing on their Highway 40 shipyards of Oakland and Alameda. more. Brother John Wall is . oper- Freeway job from Road 24 in Rich- ml ovded the radiator ct~P ·from t~_e

. d'l . .._h. d ating the Oliver trencher with Ray monel to Vvillow Road in Rodeo. oa er he was opera mg. The dredgers are workmg stea I y m L IS area an are . Cl l d . . tl .l. f h. Brother John Perdue, who h',,

d l d 1enau t omg 1e 01 mg or Im. This five mile portion of the free-.lkeeping a good number of the brothers stea ily emp oye . * * * way ties in on .the south end with been off work for the past year - . The Equipment ·Dealers' shops are very busy and most Elmer Wendt, sub-contractor the Frederickson and Watson sec- with a serious back injury, will

<0-f the dealers seem to be looking fm· ways to expand their from Blake Brothers are working tion which runs : through Richmond. soon be operated on again. We shops, and '~re know that they are expanding their personnel. on Ryer Island. They are busy The north end connects with the certainly hope this time . they'll fix

. * * * sloping the banks so Blake Broth- new portion of the freevvay at you up John, and that_ you'll be

I · ers can put the rip ramp oil. . b t d up and around again real soon. . Tlle Gallao·her and Burl·e Com . b . Rodeo whJch ,is eing construe e . Brother· Clyde York has bee· n' "' • <> ' • - Ball & ;::nmpson Freeway JO m Brother Clyde Grundon is operat- b F B th & c c ,. );lany i_s fi.nis.hing the excavatmg I Alvar·ado. Their J'ob ~11 the Bay Y erry ro ers row om- resident of the Brookside Hospiti

. . • ing a 25 N.W. Dragline. The .con- pany. The grading and paving for and gradmg . on the Mormon Fa·1·1, Shoppr'ne: Ce11ter rn Hay\"ard t t 1 t f $3.9 000 d · · in Richmond for the past several

~ ., rae was e or , an m- this project will be cement treated C. hurch J'ob at 'the tOIJ of Lincol.n llas been slo\"ed dO\''Il dL!e to dr"r·t 1 d 1 t f ·1 f 1 · months He lrad h1's leg broken by ., ., c u es a JOU our m1 es o s opmg. sub-base. This company has al- · · .Avenue in Oakland. excavation that has to be com- The job will be completed in about ready moved some 500,000 cubic a runaway pick-up truck when he .

Fredrickson and . Watson Com- pleted fir·st. 90 d was working for the Malfitano _ ays: - ,·.· ,·.· ,,., yards of dirt of the 5,300,000 yards Company. pany is making fine progress on : ;, * *

·J- Hol Names School J'ob I they have to move altogether. Most Geor·e:e Johnson of the Utah. <: .1 e Y · · . Blake Brothers have the contract f h' h b d ff tl ~

0. C. ·Jones & Sons have moved Johnson Western Gumte Co. has o t IS as een move 0 re Dredge Company is also in the ho' 1 • of laying and setting the rip ('amp H 1 H'll t

()ff the Joaquin Miller Road and. moved their compressors in on the · erc,u es 1 cu · pita! nursine: a bad back

I on Ryer Island. The levee will be The Ray' mond Concrete Pile ~

JParis Bro_thers are putting in the ~an Ma_ teo Briqge and ~tarted to d d 2 1 1 . h ld . t d widene an a to s ope for ap- Comp.any is busy drivine: the pil-sewer ·mams. remove all t e o conc1 e e, san - ~ proximately four miles will be clone ine:s for the seven reinforced con-

On uie lVIcCammon-Wunde)'lich blast and replace with new con- b 11 . · k' ~ D ld At] . . Y the fo owmg brothers wor ·mg crete bridges for the crossing over

·.J~Ob for the Oddstad Homes Com- crete. Brother ona 'mson rs · . . 1 k on the job. Reno Carro w1l be op- the Franklin Canyon Road and the Joke~ Son, Joke

,~any on Skyline Blvd., the excava- foreman on the job with Jac h 1 · · · h ~ erating t e c am on a scow, Brot - Santa Fe tracks at the Pinole Y. \Jon is rapidly nearing completion Armstrong and Dale Atkinson w lte L \n· , ·s d k E ·ne r· There \Vas It little gt' rl ·J.II l'larce-

Tl b'd er a r · ·vl,e 1 ec ngl e They have already driven 1730 and Brother Cal Barnett who is in operating the compressors. le 1 c1 B th J L H. est ·s to' n·,I., Sp·,tt.Il,' named· li'-.-r1nen LJ._ol1er -

an ro · er ames · er 1 lineal feet ot concrete piling. "'" .:; chare:e of the m1derground work on this job was $444•555 and should fi A ·mate! 50 000 tons - Her tnotlter ca.Jle· d· cq .. ~men·,

~ · reman. pproxr Y , Local 3 Engineers busy on this ~ such as the water mains, storm take about one year to complete. f "B'' 1 k '11 b 1 fo co·ut·se,· btlt liei' ·fa· tiiei·,· fo·r· t'ea·~Ans· o c a,ss roc WI . e usee r project are Floyd Helm who is the "v sewers and sanita·~.:y sewers is mak- * * >~o rip ramp. project manager; Brother Sam only lie could expllltin, . afways' ;;ng good headway with the very The Moore Dry Dock Crane is * ,,, ;• Martinelli, superintendent; Broth- hailw Iter ·tiy her Iilst' name, O&lienr. able -support of such -members as'· setting all the steel structure. for ENGINEER JS 1\'IAY~R ers Jim Kelly, · Pat Stewart, Art .~s a result, by· the time .the un~· :!Les Davis and: Dwane Scott on the the new St. Alphonsus :Giguori fortunate little girt· J'ia~:l re_·a:Cliedl

, The . town .of · Pleasanton has a Stewp.rt, and Harold Skeans as 1o~ckhoe, "Tex" Barker and V:ernie Catholic · School- l'Jeing built · on the age of 12 sire did.Irt m~w ~lPl.i'ller on the Tren.cl1er, Don Nug- Foothill Blvd. in San· Leandro: B'lm . .- .brand' ne:~¥,. mayor - none other g,rade foremen. Brother Orville wh'ether she was Carmen ,

· · than "Rrgther Reno Cairo, a ,, rnan Dillman, Master lVIecl).anic; Ed-get on. the DW 10 and' last but 110t Erriie Jnne·s is operating the crane· 1: 0 1 , we all .know and. like, Reno was . . mond Halliburton and Jo,hn Davis 0 ten.

1~east Clarence Heidiler as the and Ctiarles Crabtree is doine: his· * ~ elected last month. CongratuLa- as mechanic foremen. The follow-;f0ckey -on the backfill cat and oiline:. ·

~ tions, Reno, we all know you'll do ing equipment is being used on this Corbie Easte_rly doing the grade 1 · * * * a great job. · ' project: 18 DW 12's, 4 D-'8 dozers, checki.ng. Brother· Ed Brown ·is II Ace Ex.cavator··s na·~ r·ented th.er' r· . ' "' " ~, '' '' 1 D-6 loader, 9 D-9 Cats, 6 TD 'c. t_Jttirig f_oundation slabs_ on Unit %. -_yard · Lora. in _backhoe to P_eter Th J · E Alld · c t t' 24• 4 t 1 2 Lo · e . . rm ons rue 1011 s, motor pa TO s, ram No: 1 With an HD 5 Loader for Kiewit & Son on tl1e Highway . 50 Company Jrom Ripon, California, truck cranes, 1 grade-all, .1 22B ~ & B Topso~l Company. ~rotl~er : Freeway job to digc all the. p~er ·has the sub-contract from Orvel Bucyrus, 1 Northwest 78, 3 grea-se .Herbert vValdle has moved m wrth holes for the brido·es. Brother Har- Jbnes of Brentwood, California, to tru'cks, 1 (!Ompressor, 2 Southwest :Rhodes and Jamieson's Mixer- vey L. o. pez 1's op"'eratt'ng and Joe 1 h $19 000 · b f · 60 000 bb · d 11 d " h co t e , JO o movmg , ru er-tn·e . ro ers an o s eeps-~mobile ·t.o· suppiy ··some 300,000 Correa is oiling. yards of dirt fol.· the subdivision at foot tamper'S. As wei! as the oper-cubic yards of concrete for foun- ;, * * d · ·

Altarin a in Ormda. ·Brother Man- a tors and oilers for , all th is eqmp-dation slabs, curbs, gutters and p and E Co'nsti'llCtr'O!l Company d . d · uel Macha o will be the mechamc ment we have fifteen heavy uty sidewalks. It . looks like Brother h'as mo\>ed the1·r e' qu1·pment 1·n arrd "'"' on the job and the following mem- mechanics who are keeping all this 'VVa ldie will be on Skyline B'oule~ st. 'arte.d to worl' on Coole<> Road· and 1 b ' ·~ hers of ~ocal 3 wi 1 e: Roy Braw- equipment on the go and two vard for quite some time if the Driscoll Road in Irvington. There ley on the sheepsfoot, William E. grade setters busy setting all ,the J,ires.ent plans are carried ou.t, be- are .46,000 feet of 10' sewer line Morton on the Cat and· Can, Al L. gr.ade ·on this .busy project. The cause Unit One of Oddstad Homes whr"ch they wr'lL lay for· tl1e County D ·· 1 th D18 d d · · b · · l d 1· ame s on e ozer an r1p- JO IS movmg a ong at a goo c 1p :irl just a primer, as compared to of Alameda. Brother Romeo Gras- per, Leslie P. Jones on the Cat ;and on a 40-hour week basis. the LJ500 homes planned for the sesschi is operating the 407 Buck- can as well as Walter M. Gibson. * *· * Skyline area of Oakland. eye trencher· with Jim Elam doing They plan on approximately 30

* * * ! the oiling for him. On the 160 days to complete this job. LOCAL 3 WiNS AGAIN! ?E!G FREEWAY JOBS Buckeye, Jean Ball is operating * * * On June 1 the National Labor

· The Grove Shepherd Wilson & and Leamon . Hamess is oiling. The Pacific Coast Aggregates Relation Boar(l conducted an ':iKruge Company's Cypress Streed George Dorsa is running the HD-5 plant in.' Concord is · ·working 'full election at the A. J. Lavino Com­:IFr eeway job is a mas~ of activity' loader , and Rod Sohn is on the swing, working 10 hours a day and pany, a refractor:~r plant in New-1i'~achlng from 7th Street to Grand Huff Loader. Kenny Sohn is fore- doing their repairing on Saturdays. ark, California. Avenue. A temporary off-r·amp has man. The plant is ,_ putting out ove.r a There were 41 membt>rs cov-'l:ieen erected at the Bay Bridge * * * thoul)and tons a day. Most of the . ered in t.he unit aml there were ',i'f.istri):mtion ramp to take the place Baldwin Construction Company hot stuff is going o Buchanan Road 30 votes cast in favor of becom-

I ' The g-reatest su1•geon in. town

\V.as performing a .'difficult ope:ra;.­tion before a gallery of fascinated, internes. At the most crttcial< mo­ment another doctor ta.wed tv- · surgeon on the shoulder and askt "May I cut in'!"

* * * A Shal,es~-aria11 troupe_ ven­

tured into a Nevada niining tow1~

and gave a rather startling per~~ forma.nce of "l\'Iacbeth." At its con:; elusion the ·audience roared { lustily for the autl.10r that the manager of the outfit deci<led to go out and take a bow. He lia~tily put on a fal•e ·beard, walked to the center of the stag·e- and tlie a:\,di­ence shot him. ·

* * * "A1·e you saving any money sin'

you started ·y.our budget syst.em:· "Sure. By ·the time I get i t

strnightene<l out every evening, it's too late t,o go anywhere.'' ·

Labor Archives '<O f the existing off-ramp that is be- from Marysville have their B G in Pittsburg, where Martin Broth- ing affiliated with the Operating xng removed by the J. Henry Har- Trencher busv on Main Street in ers are doing the paving on the Engineers· antl ·u votes cast in..._ New Yo' X'is Company to make way for the Niles workini on·. their job which four mile stretch which will be favor of becoming· affiliat~d with The Archives Committee of th., db uble deck Cypress Street struc- is· to dig 1300' feet of 8 inch water completed ih about two weeks. Local 552 of the ' Unit-ed Brick American Labor Education· Serv-·i;t1re to connect with the distribu- line for Citizen Utility Company Brother· Monte Petrie is .. foreman and Clay Workers. ice has announced· that the · rec· I tl:on center. · of \Niles. They also have 19' fire on the P.C.A. hot plant. Brother \Ve take this opportunity to ords of four pioneer projeCts· · i1s

: P eter Kiewit and Sons have 82 hydrants to dig and install Brothe.r John and Erickson is the fireman welcome these employees into workers edtrcation have beeri. ·. pre- \ e:'il our· members employed on their !?.ill -Cole is operating and Cliff and Bill Dillon is boxman. Oilers the membership and anticipate . sented· to the -Wisconsin State His-· \ f our ~tnd one-half million dollar Simmons is doing his oiling. are E. C. Barb and Jack -O'Bryant. starting neg-otiations in the near . torical Society for · the· use · oli la'-· ·:f1r eevvay job on Highway 50 be- ·* ~, * Brother Steve Stinson is on the 1 future. bor scholars: ., \

~ tween· Castro· Valley and· Dublin. NEW LUOU:Y STORE · Mich,igan lo,ader- and Ed Gomez is 1- - ------------'----------------~ 'rhis job is really moving in high Work for the new dlCky Store the material man. ·gear and they hope to get most of on the corner of Bridge Street and ~, * * ithe dirt moving done before the Foothill Boulevard has been start­'l!leavy rains set in this winter. At ed by the Hayward Rock Company: 'this particular point of the project Their work on this store consists they have already moved approxi- of placing 35,000 cubic yards of fill. l:nately 500,000 yards of dirt, leav- Brother Ben Souza is general :lh;1g -one million, five-hundred thou- foreman and George Fagundes is ·sand yards left to go. There is over the paving foreman working with :25;000 feet of drainage pipe to be him. George Placido is operating 'dug and laid on this job alone. the pavitig machine. Worbng with

* * * him is Monroe Phillips. Vic Alves Gordon Ball has moved in on the

:~Eastshore Freeway and started ··)['louring the last 16,500 cubic yards oi' concrete that will link Highway ;50 Freeway to the Eastshore free­'Way in Hayward. They are using a -Koehting twin ·drum to pour the ·concrete and are keeping 15 mem­lben of Local 3 busy on this job. '

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and Don Santos are on the do~rs are James Sanders is running the blade. When this job is completed they have the , bid to do al] the excavation for. the new ·Eldridge School located off UnderwoodJ.i11 Hayward. ·. . . : ~- -

-* ; *· * Alber to and Costa got the con­

tract ,t o dig 1800 feet of sewer line . The · Raymond Concrete Pile on the new adCiition of the R. N.

-Company now has three jobs• going Jerisen tract located on East Ave­·iil:J Alameda County. They are driv- nue and B;illcrest in. Livermore. jl?-g· all the . piling on the Peter Brother Joe Alberto is operating :Kjewit & Son . Freeway on. High- the 407 BuGkeye wi.th · Serveo !'ll''ay 50, and aU.· the piling on the . Mendis doing his oiling.

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Eugene Alves from Pittsburg, California, has a $Z52,000 contract for a 2.8 mile stretch oil Bancroft Roao, of Ygnacio to Geary Road in Walnut Creek, which is a recon­struction and · extension job that • will tie in with Gallagher and Burke's freeway in Walnut Creek. One bridge is· two lanes and in the future will be a four-lane ro.ad. Ther~e is approximately 20,000 tons of import and 16,000 tons of crush­er run base being used. The fol­lowing members of local 3 are busy on this project: Ora Elliott, super­intendent; Al Alves, · foreman; Tom. Ferguson and Allen Florence oh DW 10's; Ben Blackman, D-8 doz­er; Floyd Head on the bl.ade and Glenn Keeton, oiler. At this point the job is about 15 pet' cent com­pleted and. should be finished bY Septe.~nber, 1956. · ·

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. 85-TON BOTTLES. - This shows an acc~.~mul~tor . ~tation · being. erected for Harvey Aluminum fJo. in Torrance !Jy . Dearborn IVIachi.nl)r~ i\'lovei·s. Accumula;tor bottles are 52 .feet high and weigh s5· tons eac.Jt.

Lee J. Immel was awarded Jhe The station supplies pOlver for: a i2,000-ton capiicity: Lo~~ba!d :_e~trus!(}.O.· contract of $46,060, :which involves press.

June 15, _ 1956 ENGINEERS' l'JEWS PAGE FIV'E

·~ ~ngine . ·s to Have New. Building in San Jose'F ESNO Fl ALLY By· A. J. ·HoPE, H. T. PETERSEN, A. n.. McCAFFREY/ Business Representatives G .. .. E .... · ~Ts· . - ~. .-o.· . · I'G' .·.:·u· •.. '. ·

\Ve are very happy to report-that before too long the Operating Engineers, Local Union _ No. 3, will be moving into their new home, located at 680 ·Emory, just off from Stockton Avenue. For a long time we have: looked forward to having Olli' own 5uilding and hope By G. L. :M:OOR.E a nd J. D. :NW:r>i"JWE, Business Representatives ·that if work progresses on the · building acco:r;ding to schedule, \Ve will be moving the latter The best news in this· area is the let-up in the late · spring'

..( -~i·t of July. . storins ih the htgh comicllfy, which has kept jobs in the moun-Work haS been good consistently to he-started in the near future in Stecke & Scott Highway job at · & S · h 1 ed f

this · locale. Diani Construction Co. San Ardo and are .now demolish- · ·· b · · k · 't ff"' l tl · · b • th St S · R 1 :tWis spring' and we do not' h.ave too . r . y . . • l tain area at a rti'ii'litnum. Eaton nut 1ave mov a ew rnany men on ..--the "out of work of Sarita Malia are ronilig nine ina th old bridges replacin,; them -rigs . ' ac m b ms 1 'lt'll' JO on e um.p . prm.gs . oaa

'1ist."bBrothei; Ed Keeble is making hours a · day, five days a week on with . :n earth fill. Jess i:-I~rrison 1

j'i!>b above·Big Creek. H. I!}QiJ,'Parker has a small crew clear­. ' good pl"Dgress on the LB.lVL job. theh· grading contract· at i:.He Sol~- I1iis com~leted his highway job at cing if"i pte-patafiDn for an ear!}' start Oh tfi~ firtar section of

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.He rec;ently purchased 10 new dad Prison·. At the present time Car~el Va.lley a. nd.ha~ m.oved· his['~ this projt:ict. . 1

. -trucks, also two new cat 12 blad_es. th ·s·.. 3 s e "C's" a · d 2 t t th o 1 F eld ey are ·u mg up r · · n · eqUJpmep o e · 1 . 1 s. . B. echtel Cono'n, .. ,.,i'.'j,;. J·,'. n,;;_-n· a. •.• rr." 1 firf!e O.f v .. ear b_ ut Avenal and Coa.-,.·- ·•l is job is under the supervision cats. _ -·' ·- ' ' - ·'

"' ·Brother Barney Bell. Haas and Now: that the detour' 011 the Allen "Con. stru~ti.on C~ .. na~e be- ::sfu.m. "ll 'cre1v working at VermU!ion ~_li~~a .a±:e ~~kin!5' forward :to new I'Tay·ru· 'e·· "'er·e t·.J1e l'ow· b. 1·dder."" on a . . gUn work on therr bndge JOb at. Dam on repairs and have res.umed ·appropnatwns· from the qrl com-CJ. " " Mosenlltn Highway job at Kin'g . - • . . . . $1'9oo·,ooo . contr··act· fo· r the·. cD· ·n- t . Lime-Kiln bridge: on Highway -No. 'Work on- the power house at . Hunt- pames:- . · · , : . Ci y lias been comp'leted L"os Gatos · - I ("( ·t · b't f · · · · struction of the bi:lildirlz on this 1, south of Big Sur. At the , pres- ington Lake. The PG&E power . ><\:Ul e a 1 o news appeanng

7 . . ~ ' Corisf.ii'udio'n car'i continue with ent time there are four Engineer$ . project oli · tlre Kfhgs RfVer has. al:ibut tlf'e, proposed n:ew air bas.e project. · A. J. Pet~rs, ,C: Swenson, t.heir dil:t movirie: project' · on this - · . · · t L · , b" t f · · f t' Bros. Ray ·and .Bu· .ck Wall, all lo- ~ on tlie job. . ., picke<;l u.p cbns.J.·_dera. bl_ .~' .. s.Jn."c .. e··. o, ur .l a_ e_m_'OOre;.· 'tt_· . ro·m · m orma 1·0~ . J'ob . . Volp· r· Bi·otH:ers . are doing the . · h h 11 t t t ,...., t · · · · ··· · ., last report· TIYe Dre1stia_ eh. ·.Lu. m-[ we ave, t 1s ·W.I .n~. . s ar .. ~vr a_., -,1 Contractors, are also busy on paving. Granite . Construction- were lo\v

J.s sam. e proJ·ect. . br'._dders• orl $3 .. (a.,OOO sewer J'ob .. at. ber & B~x Cornpa1fy Of Oakland I least another yea·t:: . ; , Valley Paving and Grading Co. have . tciken' a . co:fftfaet \vith the · Stewart ~ Nuss; Inc., were j<JW L .. C. Smith have finally_ over- h. ·· · d d t · tl Watsonville · • . ave pave · one · e our on . 1e · ·· PG&E .fo. r .. · . cl€a.ting· the · Wishon b. idd. ers .of -$99,442_~oo or1 ·_surfac_in_lll .. · come the ·Obstacles on' their Fr~e- . · way job·. at Los Gatos and are storage a,rea, they have four Cats I JOb out of Hantord an~ m Tular.e - SACRA'. M' ENT·e· .. ·-: a··usy· on the - job at present. . The Mor~ Count y on several sections of. sur;-. ,. •making· good . headway, This firm . . . , . . . .. ' " . . ris0!'l Walsh & · Perini Comwany ' facing, a low bid . of $91,275.00. ' ; ' ' has started work on their highway , . . . · . · : - .· . . • . '., -~ .. :.. . : "~ ~: ! , .:'. _ . have Started work ·on the rein.ain- 1· !'-"' l<Jw bid of $~64;000 .00 was sub-·

job from Cuper:tlno to SlJnnyvale. . . , . . inl:t 1 IA,. miles of . road to Court- mltted by Stecker & Scott for a, We are happy · to report that o· N su DIVI'S'I' o· . ~NS' wright>Dam site. As soon· as this-road j'ob at Johnsondale. . ·. ~e1~~~~~~~/~~~:e~l[f~s~w'~~~:~~ ';~! .... ... ·.. . . ' , ~· . · .. .- •·. , .. , o., - "·;. ;.···· :- • .; rte0 ra:daliss r·finnissehtedupthaeyca1~n,i1lp1. 1a11n.0dvedr~r·,~e-l th!l[a~N~~Ni~~~Sre~~~rio~l~~ .freeway j_o,b at Lo·s ·Gatos is im- 1. , . . , · , , . the diversion tun11el and prepare rs m n~ea, please lets do some bung proving as well as can be expected. .By PAUL EDG.ECOl\:lBE, ERJ\-"'E NELSON, the dam site. There will be very. about 1t.

' ,_H~ will, however, be in a cast for . < • • G L "~ 1 · ED HEARNE and BOll SORENSEN llt tle actual construction on this · · · m.<wre, am · sever.al months, due to a back in· ' Ji D Monroe Bus Rei'S Business :R.epresentatives dam this year due to the short : ' · · · ' · . ' • ·-J . C. Bateman Company nas

plenty of work in· this locality, as does Pjazza Pavi.ng Company, who are still . busy on their Bayshore

All nhases of the construction industry-. dirt moving, working season at . this a ltitude I 1" (8170 ft.) . The Courtwright · Dam

concrete pouring, · steel erection, and. pile driving h(}ve in- will be. 290 feet · high and will con- · creased consider ably this month . . TI1e main activity is in the tain 1,450,000 cubic feet of rock. grading of hoi.1S'ing ·sites on the many subdivisions in the Work is getting unden;,,ay on the area SUlTOm1ding sa'cra mento; nanling a few-Rancho Cor- Wishon Dam, which is some three

. _Freew.aY. job . . :. ··. · \. 11 A. 'J.'.Peter's have· started work

miles downstream from. Court- 1 Ene:ineer Ernie says there i~.· orl. t lreir 60-li1ch storm drain sew". dova, Cordova Meadows, Lincoln , -. - . - · wright, at an elevation of .6550 feet. I nothi~g llSl useless as a letter. open-~ ers ·on Almaden Road but have run Oaks, ·· Arden Bluff, . North Gate, . the approaches. When this section This dam will be 250 feet high and 'I er to a married man. ·..,to difficulty breaking through Foot hill Farms, Golf Course Ter~ I is completed· this will relieve an- contain 3,700,000 cubic fee t of rock . . * * · *

,e concrete cuhiert which has race a~1d Parkway Estates, alol).g ·other bottleneck on the Highway Moving· to .. th~ valley floor, work Two tourist~ were dl·iving across 'tieen there for -years. - wit]1 se'.•eral m_ ore, too .. _m.1merous 14-o proe:ram. . There will be two ha b en n•rde abl 1 th

~ - ~ e co - r Y s ·~wer an I the maple syrup district of Ver-. ·~IOFFETT" FIELD· · to mentwn. All t)1es.e . prOJects _re" f more contracts awarded soon on lasL year. .The . f,<'rede~1ckson & mont. Noticing the shiny · tin buck-; ' Work a t" Mciffett Field has pick- q~lire engi~eers .t? d~ . the g~~d~n: I thi.s highway, Kasler Com~any are gettm~ a g<Jod ets ~~·mg .low on the truuks ofi! ed 'up during the last month with or lots, streets, sidew~lks , dr<=>gr,no Contractors in the Placerville, star t on therr 99 Freeway JOb near It ~~~ f th 1 · ~"'' · l!ll·· - · · · .... f th e and fmally laymg . - : .r.,,. , one o · en1 exc ann= 1 'Fred J. Early, Chas: Han'iey, Eat- or .e sew rs, · · · · . · · · , I Au bum and upper foothill area Chowchrlla. The R1chardson Rock a!t..oru'slm· lent.·. , · ·· · · · ·· the ])avements · None · of these · · . · . · · . c 1 t h -" n & Smith, A. J. Peters, and En- · .. . 1 have been keepmg their . crews · ompany 1ave se up . a crus er onl · "M o- odn they cert.aiul~ · ·L··· ·t d II 'tl 11 r)roJ·ects · are of ·vast proportwns ' · .,. · .. · · ' 1 · d P·r·rl·och.e' Cr·eek ar1d a· r·e n1akr·n- Y "' 0 . ess, __ ,;1eers rmr ·e , a wr 1 sma .. · ·. .. .. .

1 • : busy on high:;vay c eanup an · ~ burrch · of •1o· :!"'. """" but they are numerous er.ot.gh to ll d' _ b .. . 1 · f 1 B f R 1 "' have a sarutary ,_ "'"' ·spreads· btiSy on the field. vVe were ; . , ~ . . . sma gr:a mg JO s m vanous oca-· rock ·or t 1e ureau o ec a:ma-

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around here, informed b_. y tl1e Publr'c Works Of- keep qmte a crew 0~ operators. and t' · Th tl k · tl t · tion near Firebaugh. ·Granite · · wns. e ou o.o rn 1a .area IS . * * * 'ficer that plans are ... proceeding and oilers busy. very go.od and · they shottld have a Construction Co. are keeping sev-~· . . ·

,bids .. y.rHL . soDn be,_ advertised to Judson . ~acif~c - Murphy I a. v e goDd construction year ahead. er,al of the brothers- busy on sub- t It tookt:he earl[ se~~~: ~~~lt~~ lengthen ; th~ ru·ri'il;,ay , by approxi- completed erectmg the .. steel on the L 1 3 i 't 1 t' rt di·visions and school work in' the . ;o cross . e coun ry. 1. o !l.y ~

· hew .T C Penney store and Din· . .. · ,p·ca_ 1as: · ~{En .an ._ac ·Ive pa . : Merc.ed .. an.d-- Atwater ·dist. s.tan. d-,' ti·affic; tha.t's _s. till .. g.o. od time. . ·. rn.a~el:s-- 3000 feet. Thi;; job will .in- : . · · . . '. , .. ', 1

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11).· ... the orgall)zmg J?rogram sponJ •"il a·redlling a·S "Well as r·nlport wrddJe has moved m then Ccew to ' d b . ll l 1 h . . . d. . ard Materials . Co. are ke.epmg a . . ·• •· ,. ::. ~ · . · . . . .sore · y a oca s · avmg JUns rc" ateri<U, . also concrete paving the do the concrete :onst~·uctJOn. ' ti011: . il; uie Lake Ta!{oe. ar'ea. Tiley large . ci·ew . bus:y at c'astl~ Field ( ' Glasses niay .have· a.n . runazing

ne\v as • well as the existing run- ' M & K are makmg fme progress ha~-e · ~~de . ·p~·ogres~ to date in or-: ·:Air Base; b. uHcjing and .. pavin&' ac.l:e~e!lt o~: a persm~'s visio.n:-es~-r ways. on- the new State Veterans' Af- ·gam:p·ng· the · •.cori.hactoris ·· doing cess .. r oatls and aprons . . Clarence ·Cially when tHey've been frlled anc1!

Woi'k is nearing con1pletion on f~irs Buildin'g. Rayn?~nd C~ncret~: -work ·around the lake. With tlle VVar ·d . ·ConstnJCtion .. co;.· wer·e . ·eilipt.ied many .. times. . .. , Tthe ... Disposal' Plli.nt at Sunnyvale. Prle has . sta~: ~ed dnvmg plles ?n antlcipa·tecl-. Olympic games. i:rl 1960,· granted a . contr,act for l;elocating . . * * . *· .

' A . .r: Petexs is woi·king on the out" ~h: r;.ew addrtr~n to the telephor:e nnrch. bui·lding a11:d highway- wovk. · raHil:oad· spur;; oil· the base. They A bachelor never quite gets ove:r;:: falL line. and Wiiliari1s-Butro\vs · is omldmg. ~m:tmental Const. w:n !·will be· done' and we il1:tend ·for · it ' have ·subbed - a~} tlte grading to the· idea · iiiat he is . a tiling of ~oing . the ch~an up . work. . do the .b~Jldmg. Stolte Inc. are It ' b . -d ~,.t . . Union labor S~andard .. Mat:ena.Js Co. ·lieaiity 81id a: ·boy forever. . . . . . - , I . tf th C ty o e one \\ l n .. . 'At the·· L:ockheed-Surmyvale- job; ? annmg ?n· ·-~e 1_~g e _ , our1 .. · . . . -~ 1· . . • , . , . "' t>d• . Lee"!t:rnold Inc., D. D. Dalder- ~ . · * * * " · -·· • '. · " · . . "· I Ja"l co·11pl"'-ted rn "'r·me for tl'e .. new· Strop, work, . las l:>een yery <> 0 · . . , ., • . ··a· - s~ -1"" '· ·1 · h · ·· b. - -..+c .- ... ,, •• ,, ••. ·'· -~ · ' · · 'f '· we· ha·"'e·. Hr1lp. & 'Rhodes -construct" • . 1 1

"' . .L.. ·. ., . .. . "· : '-.-·. ., ,· :. · · ·,, ; : . : . .,. , · ma:"t an · w '"e a · o ·ave ·Jo s· on .. ·1.-.ever. lore a.nr·oppo..-.umty o ·see• . .J .. ,._.--.,.· . , . - •. IFa:ll crop Enck-on Canst has a the .. 1ast few . weeks at .~ Cla.JIK.s, t' h·'·b · ·· . . - . ., .. ,,, - L .:,.,_· .,·,. . • . '· . . •• mg ... t!1e·. bmldmgs, · J.()hn' Carsten-.1 " · · ~ ..., . •. · . • . J.x'r<' J'a' ; . 31.·, ~··.- -"a··.-::N''· • . . N'r··.,· .. ,,1, e ase.. · · . ' . ·· · · · Qig , any;r.hl!lg,·, ~~aytiful. Beauty 19 ... · ·· aood ·start 011 the new Sears-Roe- ne rno , 10p an e.w .· adona , ,, .... · . , , · , ... ,, . .. " .. ,, . .,....... . sen doing the ' paving, ~isano . o . . . .. . . . ,' :8qttrpfi1•eii:t'. clark'CW~ldlrfa ai;~ :_ Te'd•".Batui Oo'rrstr'ti~ti'6il Co:- Mve· :God's fui.M\vnt:mg. , · . -Brothers: . dciiri.g the undei·groui:J.d : buck· store loca~ed. off .Hrghway 40 . th ; ··ni'a:hrifacturdrs ·· of · tl'i~ ~Rttfiy: : resuhr~dc w6fk oil:-their · High\Vay .... * . * * _· : ,\\'or_k an~ . P & z D~·illing co. on : at ~-rden_:'ay. Tl:rs w.rn oe o~~of. Po~·table Batc.h Plant :wliich ifa's ~40 "job ! neat . M'~fip'O~,: afte~- l't~~- _,_·:~~Y, .~· Ile ~larl;ied her: .,~e~ ... the ;_rotary ~ork. __ . . . . u_:en Iar . .,est 8~~1!~ . m . Y:e \\est iJ~n - ·a' pfqmineiit ' 'op'Eifa·ti'on• irr . ~~~ be,e_J;I ~~ut~ d<Hvr: several wee"ks , ~u~. her uncle left .her . a million ,Tne· GBneral . Motors · ·Company . wrth an1.ple parkm<=> _facrlltles. . : . ..... -... ,.:,_ ; .... . ....... . :· · ·, ·· .. , · ··dlfe ·to · weafher. . . . · .aoiiars." . : ' ' . . ... .... ,. ' ' •, ' . o·. . '· . ·"· ... ··· · t! '···' rkeep!llo tJ;leu:· shop v.ery .. bus), · '' ., ".''." ., -~ .... , .• ' ..•. ·. .. .... '.' , . J · t' ·rl',.. , e bu~T: d1:1J._ftmg .PlaJ?:s . f.d,r the1r .. .. ther .· e<?n;.pames ~ .. :n· .· . ~e . -~re~,· .. ~ .Nfi\y': N~tj.'Oniii ···:Eiitl-i:Pme:r)Jf\ a.re: .. ~·.stl;bQi~Is}t;>il , ,w6'~k , n';is ; :51,o~3'd! . , • · ~o~, . ~_: .~o~·~ · .. tJu~ , . ~k'~ , .. ~~'!' rrew' plant . rn:~,S·unnyva:le and . ~x- ch-ave: kep~ . h~-~· :cor:~~~.uctm~ ,n:~ny, ' antfc!i:tHiting·:the· l)fl'ii.tli,hg'•bhf la·i<ge • g<:hyil sq1:ne\y!lat .. iii tlii·s · .in:ea out; : ~ld of.?Jo!. I. ~,nl_r; h.~'d have ~1a~1::

. p~ct . to · a(]:vert~~ ·fo_r · constructi~n ·_ of .· th_E'· ?e'~ . ·type tdt~up_: ~,:u~am~s, lfsi\b'''' to·' a~c'o'rrim<id!lte · thElii.' ~ixpa)l:~· :froth ' a:li · i\iaicatiotts : it ·is dli~ j•br' }}f:d her ·no '. fi'l!ttter who ·left 1t ~ .. brds m July, With work to start ·m , mostl~y-mth·e warehouse ~· arrety . .. :5. P · ro- ·· . · bettef"Uiries. · . .Jier." . . .. .

( k ugust. i M't!Cleiian Field is a < bsuy place 1'0~ pro9~ar:n. _ ... , -. c· . • . ; _ . _, . . • • , * , * *- . , • • 1 • • • 't 't' h Rhea Tractor eo. keeps: a. steady . S·tew art -& Nuss -Inc. are-busy on , .. , -· • .. ·. , _ hi , ; . ~!though sub-division ' work h~s smce the ·\Veat~er S1 ll'~ ·lOll . as :crew. busy mo§tly re'pii.irillg farm their .coritract· with c: K. :Moseinan' I··: p~,:e~!. :lS ~he ·o~Y. ' lo~~- ;W ch ~~ slowed · down -~,oniewha:_t, tl1ere rs cleared up - so·· that g@Od' compac- q·-0· ··p1-1•1··ent su·rprr'sl·rlg" -a·s· r't - m"' a·y' ~- ;;.0· rn· ··'a,.;y ·m·o . '"' 1 t .. f a·. ·t·· ... ·'th.' :the hcaner: tlie. more loved O:Q.e!) ' '11 , , . . . -.!! b bt " - dTI'e t e I . • · "" Pm•, vmo.a<Jo !I . WI jt~~h . ' ...... ,, . ~< '' • "' •t ..- ' \,. plenty· of activrty on existing twn c~n . . _e o ame -':. 1 . s:on rae- I s'eem - a: Local . 3 .'meeliallic , is . a hvo. ' dumores .. and truck.s.' M'ose- . ere are to assrsl; m u~arll,lg,} ~ I ( d.cts · tors Tlanng work m the freld have j ' . ,, . . - . · . · · · · . . · -RICIITER. , . McNeil Construction. Company all · extended . trreir operations .. , pnuERS_~:;~eO_-rNoALp~s· _n-ay baler r~parrman. ntlan t'Coh1panGy __ nare Rp~thtm_gd upeo' . the . * * <· . · . .. I . . , .. . I " · : · s rue ures; · e e · ·lC ar s · m- · · · · ' have started· work on two more Heller-Campbelf-EnksO!). & - law- B u · · H .R "Ray" . Jacobus. is · · a

0 ki C t · · is law, but because the1·e is riglifl b 'ld' ·t i La kh d E · · - b · · ' t. · .. · ·their · r.o . 1er ·. . · pany · re w r ng.·on S· rue ures Oil' A law is valuable not because n.tl C~ ~~ rng~ a t 1e , : ee xpen- r;n:e:· a~'e u~ . c~n mhmg. . . _ hi'mr a:" disfi·n)_utor fon Ac'ine' ·su- their section oi Free\\;a:y and als<J

mental_ Pl~nt at :Sta~for~, _on the \"ork on· ~he lar,ge .ware ou~ co~ pn!l'ne vegetable and fr~uit juice' are quite busy on their contract in it,-Beeeher. same srte JS L. C. S:J:mth aomg the I tFa:ct as · rs Ro).lert ~IcKee ."·ho JS , ext1'actofs . . If ariy oife is in the for widening of Hig.hway 4.1 . * .~ * ' . -general' gradlng, ., Sondgroth Bros. getting. a good st;3.Ft on Jus large market\fo sti~h an extractor call CBiackstone Avenue). F'cirtie~ Cow ALL AFTER IDM hqve ~h~ paving contract, Pisano hiingar _job. . . . . . R~y 'at c[ .. 2~23"7ci. ' stntC:tlbn Co. have a crew rem<Jd- A fellow asked his boss foi· ill\ ~ os. oomg the undergmund work A: Terchert has eqmpment scat- K'· & W EXCAVATORS owned eling ·their hot plant oil the San raise. He told the boss . that h-8 a;rrct·~B<fffl~':&r :CedoYen . ·doing the tered· all ovei· the 3.J.:~a \\tot king on and oper7ated by ·B'1;others Joe Kor- Joaquin River and also are busy must have one, . as several oth,eJr>

. ~:adH1g for the Hewlett Packard some su?-contl~actc"':work ·· along tuem John Wise and W. B. Ap· grading streets and mixing oil in companies were after him. It wasn'W r" ~- .. . • ; ~. , . . · with . then· O\'-:Ii con!~~afts . · :·yan 1 te~l; · 'cto ~ll t);pes of excavatio11S. · various ·su-bdivisions. until weel{s later that the boss di~~

~~U'J;'HER~ TERRI~ORY. . , ValkenburgJ::! :is . doJn~ ~~~het·· ·undei·- ·1 An~one in need: -of theii· serv'ices The Fred 'Galante Company ' have covered t.bat they were the ga.~! : ::santa Clara Pavmg-· Company ground' foi." McKee'.~ ·pro]e c . ; ·· ., .. , . k. a·. 't ·1,1• then t. GA 8. ae:ain resumed w-ork on their High- company, t.lle electriC company, an!1ll -"-· . _ t . ll' c · S . A . . 1 , ....... ,d .... ·"· l areas e oca J a . , ~ , It,.,'· . ":'-:e .ms a m·g a ru~h~r creemng ~ ei"oJ~et;· x<eeps ex~an ·rng•as : aCl ·2o40·. - · · · way 180 j<Jb near Cedar Grove, a c Q•1r.u1g .company . .,l!-n.t at c_oY.o~e. T~lfs 1s a perman- 1 week_Rasses lj.nd .~ew con~r~cts ~reI BL00D ·· BA:i~iii: after having been rUn· out by the · ;

v.;tt mstallatron, w1th Dan Caputo awamed. Accordmg. to therr- pians . s·· . l'a t-' wr'iHng the fbl- -raging _Kings R-i'\'\er. SUNNYViJ\.LE,. contract. awa~:de<1\ do in£ the work. Wentworth and I aadition-ai w0rk wm be forthco'in- 1\ 1 ~nee hou~ · d·os

1 •e' d t ' Bloocl F "· ... · · · ··- · · to John YV. Mauck Co., 625 E. Tay -:-. - ~ , . [. , . , . . .. owlll" ave na" 0 our The · resno Paving Company are Stedley have c9mpieted the grad- mg in , that area. There · has been .B·, · ·1:": "'l t . Ek''" . W -B--- A t d busy ori citi'l::i and ·gutter work ih lot· St., Smmyvale, .$7440 for;~cons~. " " th · ·'b a· •· ·· · · H'Jl' · .. h' ' , .. · .. ... I ' I an~ .... e e I:Jerg, · · P e ' · t · · f W 1 .,, -( .,.mg- ~-n. _err· s:: :- -~1\'rswn _m ·r :s- rece~t n'e\·s -~ a-t .. ~e1·o~et _ ;as 1:e· J 6e Ku'rtuei'n· and John J. \iVise. Ha'i~f6i'd . . . , _ . . . _ c~s rron water mams .or· a:.mJ"

t:er aaa are· workmg ·o11 · the .sub- >leased: 2(000 ·a:cres·cto' Dou-glas Au·- ,,,.;.., · .. ·t:""'d·" ~ .. · . 'C ~ . t:h' . '' ~s t'o' •Tlte ·ooraoil Ball co. have started· ·,vrna, .TracL;No: :.14Sg, Clty. oJ,S1,)~!- -. ·a· · · · · · G'i · '. G · · · :. · · · ·. - ·~ · · b t · d vv~ ex en OUl sm e~e · an"' · · · .. , ... · ·, ·· · '·' · · l S~NTA LARA COUNTY f:!~r~P;. 1~: , 1 _>to~i . /?'mte _Coi~c cra_f,t::tor ~ ;:t· p-I:n~r _!;> e : e~t~ · ~\ ·e·acl-1 of ·yotl:"for 'yohr ~doiiatioii.s; · . tJ:s rr , ~new _· freeway !ie~tro'n ori nyv1~' .Fl!\NOI~~o t _ 't ; s 'UC_Ion .. 'ay~ >~· ; ' t~en· euJverts nea:l:i:,.:c. but:_;. t :e-r~ c!S· no · ·~ . · ~cr;; _. . Refuenibei· tl'1a't this o:fffce is }figh\va)r 99' S<!u't'hXof: · . KJ,ff~sbutg ,. s ·.d, :d t·-- ' T .·' "' . ' · p~ 0 r: r <1c' C · • .

·. on• th'~r- Jngh.Way JOP .south ·.of, word··on<·· Un's.. to-·'date an:d all · sor)?>' -1 ·. ·; 's''t ' · ,,.. •.. , ·b· ·.~ . < >" - ... ' and' acre' ·rnbvi.rl."g 1-·sarne•.:i eq'uipn~ehf ~._\'la~ e ··:·- ·O .• .LOWrie . avmg; . Q·~ ·GT , .. . Ti ' ,, f . . . '·" ''d ·. , . f . . , . , ,. . ffl .. - •' -:!{· ··. · . · c osea. a ur.,.ays Uc IS operr every . " " . I 1.1-"' E . . A SF .$6384 ·hi :oy; · 1:ey· 1aYe _7no8v:~, ··most . o · of r;tlm.ca:s ?l'~ ' 111 ·. · :~-: ~~;a· ·rn~:-l . . , Tflursd'a'y until .8, p:m. for·· your - ~~d - r;rerr: f_rom ·their· job: ~t??>i}{ley. rfnc. , ~ .Od;J . v.ans " vde., . · :'''· •· 'a. t eu~-: · eqmprnent .. ··: to ·. anta .. Cruz, · Ar:r ··. Products -Il'ew' four .. rm~· 1on ,. ti" ,, - , -, . · . .. · ·<:>t"e\Vaft'\~ Nuss·~ Inc.':are dOirl~;"lhe·l or,, Ian scapwg .· an · .,pavmg an, 'wliere·, .fhey' are'. wcirkiirg . 0rt their, dolla'r :-liqil'i'd'' ox·Y'gl~n .. J?licli)l! is get- 'c n veme:;c~ . ' . ' '• " ' ' . . fUxl'€:-y. ·itnd ,, gettina'·tneii· ' mdtef ials· other . ,misc. ' .w,ork ' at . I B~oachy~y !r~e-\\;iiy' j0b.' ·-' · ~. ,, .,.- tiil'g_ \Vell t~ iicl:ef~diy';ai1ti:\~' ill · addyr . ~ ~'fihic!C ·. -~oiF ,~-?;k · ~1.?-;~Ballis' 'ji:Yb· ~~t J-TunneJ ~w~st _.yt;ntilatien Bldg., S.F •. . S:.~I-~~s : s:'-~f\l~~REY· . . ' . f~ciHtiM . a'S;~ it isn:R~·t:. i~ito' _oJ?h'~- .· _ . S~<(R~~;t;.g/e,?ntra~t award~-r ifo'nl,. ~heh·i··.Pdrf~r\rme· 'J)la~f..:. -~· · 1 - -'· ·SA:~JEN:W,- contract. a-'"::.or!~~ -

. 'BM·t,t~~r ·: ~d : _Fo~ : ar~ ' d_omg the bon; Many~·contractors are rn 1::-J;p~ _ed to ·Ball · & SiJitpsorr; ' 685: Dela~ ····Un1f.ed Concrete :.Eipe"'·Gompany "e<Lt.o .Ba;ldwirt Const.·Co., _Inc., P.~. ;/rl~tJ:_g 'o_n·· Hrei~-. rt~w ~~gh{vay ·job vicini(y ii'n~' are ,~erl~pl~yirtg " sever\:ti \vaYe ··'St., · ":Be~keley; .' $861;6591 for ha~e ;been adding a ·'fhV' mb'r.~ r1:i'€m ,Box -~69; lUa.l'ysviller- $848,840, .f'(}lr

the- San Miqael' Canyon ROM of O:tir· brother engineers. 2~2 iui: const., grlille;- ' u'ntr: . ti':ise ··to tltei'r pipe· pfant 'sotrtii' 6f Tti1are . 1.3 - nnles gra:de .and surf._ Qll · ~em. it0rtli, of Sa'Jf.h·as . . Grfmite Ccin- . Th'ornas. Consf. ha·s fhe major li:iatl::, ceilf fr: b"~;~S6, . suff;'. wfjjlm~x "and rl"fe ge~tfrig '·stai;te4 6ri .maldi1g . t~.-O:~e' aft~;~n·'~iitt.}lise &~ c~nsfJ. str m.eti6n ·Ha:Ye ·sllirted th'e .grading porff.on of the concrete ·po\.n'ed' on su:H. &' cori"st. 'lh!idge ·at 'S31C·Rafael pipe - fik: tine: .:Lloyd· ·COmpany fdr 2-cl)iidges, betw. ·18tli·st: iit NI!iry~• ·

r en tireiFr ·ite\v ~su!J-<tivisi6ns in . sa~ the strud ui·es . at Auburn and now ' be't\v Tibtiro~ si; '& pt, Sari ' Quen- ' th'eir' job' iit was6o. . · · ·· · \iife & o~-1~ rtii: N. Iff. si.i11mcriY, " ' .firra's: I 'Pblit' rlitire' sub-'df\-'isions a'r'e have b~gun ~0 . ptfl'l in the . fiil fbr ' tiil; . . .Iri Ute oiifre1d+at'\ea':;j 'tJ:is\ me: sl6i;v I siougll, irr m:Bx ebbKiT'Y·. '

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lune,.JS-,,. 1.956 - -ENGINEERS' ·NEWS Pa,ge Seven

Big ,Marysville Tunnel J s-Awarded 1 STO By LES COLULTI and · C. R.. VAN \VllNKLE, :Bus. Reps. 1

The ·best ·news to · start this ' Halvorson Company has a few ~,;,=;,;,;,=~~==~====

r u . monthly . ~eport to -our membership mi>n ' on the 40-.A job at Spring .,.,li,,6 -W ... A1'd..JP' .. ··e· -~~- -- _ . is to inf~~in yot~ that WalSh Con- Garqen, Calli : · ' · · · ~~~ M Oill iiliJJ

· 'structi~n . Co~pany \\;as the sue- Delphia Wiiliams and Burrows · . · . - ~ . · _ - · JB;y En DO.l'M,2"l', 'I!VM_,T TALR{);T, C. L . CASEBOLT,

cesSful bidder on both- . the Butte are making progress slowly ' on the For -E.ng~neer·s . I· . - !iii. vr: Gl!:t.,llfi'I'lrNG, RE::t-.'N-Y E-lLTRROl.TGHS Valle,; and Caribou Tunne_ls in Mosquito Creek Dam above -·P,ara- ..,, ·

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" In SAn"'"1 n0~1N. riusxuess Rep;resent4ll.tives

::P lumas .-County_ -en the ':Feather dise. ~ Tu A; ~~ I ·Hive. r. The -.· P .G.&E, · . Company Archie Till .has a bunch of rigs A-· f. J- ul 1, • l"~G t'- ff" _.,_ We are happy to say that the time has arrived \Vhen we s o y .._, "'" , ... e o _lee au d t l , . . . . - . .

, ·awa.r,ded the job.-and Les Hpnting- on the 'channel change on the Yuba dress for Operating Engineers in 0 ~10 1a\ e a W;ti.tmg hst. \Vhat few men-come m from JObs· .i on; .sU.pefintendent for . the com- '1 River above. Hammcmton, '. . ' · Santa R,psa ~ri be' eh.ilng~d' t~: I that finish from thne to -time are sent out again ~ith ver;y pany has. started things humming Lester .L. Rice'- & Sons has rigs 5!6 Fa.nners L:me 11ittie ]ost time between jobs. - · . · .

' a lready. By _the time this reaches scattered around the area. M t ·nn , the press . they will be, holing in. Ben c: Gerwick has a good gang on gmnery ' a.ge I The Tri Dam Project is moving along rapidly now, and

)4 000 · · · we are told thrtt rhev a r e ahead of ·The combined . tunnels· are - :- , on the )IV estern Pacific Bridge over at the Natomas .· C~n~p.any, a:'_d schedule on almost · all uhases of ~ _ . :reet · lri ~fe~gth ai:i.cl ' you heed a ·jeep the Feather, between ·the Twin . August 1, 1956, at ·Yuoa ConsolJ- 1, h . , . k ' Dttm R.e:;-ervmr. The second con-to .reach ' the .. job . . fn fact, a man Cities, . Marysville and Yuba City. dated Gold Fields represents in it- " Te

1h1 \\Or · t · t h b tract goes to Fred Teubert o.f

. · · · f h 1 .. , . I -:- ' . . 1 ree more con rae s ave een L d 1 C l 'f . . . 8, . . can _get a: 11ose ~le. ed _ rom' t e a_ ti· -"'· Teichert Company has qmte self a sizeable gam. It will · gn·e l l t . h 0

. , 1 I . . D' 9.wn a e, a 1 orma, tor $11 404, . . · . . . e ov \ e akaa e rngation 1s- . . · · . · . ... · · .t U:de ·'ji.ist bY: looking ove1' :thecan- a bit of work in the Chico area. I you the best plan '\ve thmk en- · . t .. d 'S h

8. J . I · . wJUch consists of the clearmg ·be·' · - . · , . . .. ' . · ' . tl'Ic · an out., au oaqum rn"'a- · . . · : - .. ·.

· yon si~~: ?f " ~he Caribe_u Po~er 1 Kgn Fox' is in charge. • ·.-. joyed by the members of Local 3, . ·r)' t ... · · f th T . hrnd Bearasley Dam. The th1rd <House: No. 1. ' . · · . - - ~ Butte Cree'k .. Rock· Company .and any membeis .of any other tlOn

18 ~ret, . owner~ 0 · e . . n contract which is for relocating.' the

' 'The . Utah, Bates· &'·.Rogers Po'e· keeps a pretty. steady: crew 'in .the, u'nions "·Or em. 'pl'oyees ·of any "Other D?m Pl'?,Ject ... One IS a cleanng Pickerin<> Lumber . Company rail-,_._·. ' contract to Wixson and- Crowe of "' . . . .

·jQb · are going ·_along . pl~et(y . good. airfields,• plus their shop and their companies/ - . '·' ., · · ~ · ~ . · Redding in .the aniount of $592,000 road, as ~he present grade Will lW -The ~~ft~ha.s -:sf,arted ' atth{ lower const~uction jobs jn t-he Chico . : Th~ wag~ s~WerA~nt n1ar1{S a big h' ·h ill b d . th D U' filled, went to Harms Bros. an_d

· _end oJ .' Aill,t -·~o. · 2 : .a¥d thejil'clil}'ed area. . . . .. . . . . step _on 'the· way to '·equalizing the w 10 w e one m e onne s under water when the reservoir ~s . tr:ann\;ay,:.is ;being .installed· a{ the NEW WOR-K IN TillS :AR.E;\ - . ' rates be.tweeri: the . t~vo co.mpani_es, Andrew Gladney o~ Sacramento i~

t : - S'llt'~\ch'alfib'§(· This\ is 4notlJ.er one ·. Th~ Citf.•of Chico is ·taking bids actiui.liy . ~.nsJdering 'the different tions have been held, so far, in the amount of $331,606: Brother ' o-f thosf(jo.bs (cv,ih~re :.~rou- \\'isn' they for·· st reet w(n:k on ' East 1st Ave- -methods .of: operation; it is . surpris- LOs Ai1geles, and we have not been Ernest Frost, who was foi·mei:Iy

'i wdilfu! ~buii,~,; ; ~a .. tunnel;' (m ·~ ·le:iel_: ,ime; J1.1ne 5th: ; . :_;- .. ! . ' . . : . ! ing ,how · c:lose'.- the ~.raverit.ge· rate" attending these .meetings. How- with Ball and Simpson, will be th~ . ~· : gr6~:~~pt . Y;in~~e)3o>vd~/ "one ~of·, tif.e · i. Scl:\elr·_an:ct F~;rel~ :: ~~re ·the· lo~· 1 wil~ - be:, Wh)le>th.ere. ~til~ ~vil_I re" ever; we hilVe been kept informed. superintendent on this job. · ,_ ._ p,G,-&E; .:.-eng1.11eers, , said· .he 'w .ould' ;l'ndders · on_~ the subdtV1SlOl1 .work ·m; ma.m ---differences -wh1ch ) ,ve hope V\Te \vish we ·could tell you, that Another project for the near. fu..-

•. ;~;~p~,lfj~.:ta;t::1~o\t~~ -.t~l~~ ~~i:. -t~~t;~-,~f~~!:W~~~ -'~~s· t~e - fo~ ~t~~~~~~~Yaffil~~~1~~~,1\!s~ ~1!:~;~~~ ~~~~er;!~~~i~~~~! ~;~: h~~f~~i-~ ~r~,o~j~~;~~~Y\\~_7t~ ~:;s~;:r~i~~ . . "?·JBechtelt·C:Ci;i:pona;f;lbP. ~'lla's ~-diock ~ bidde:P ' -6iL' tl}~ str~et. ' and 'sewer' in;_ t n,e \rtgh:t 'direction. - .. '> ~ ·- - be . seen, '.!Jut, sbrry ; to ; saY; they Project, will l;g; .~n~\V qridge acro%8" •'

:~ .. :·. o . ·'~of ,.: .Cat.s ; ~e:i~av-itJtii ~;;~t : · ~t.h~ . Pqe' ~o,i~~·'lh ·Or()yillp, $40,?Etf -~ :.· : : . ' Twu additiorial ~ h6iidi'iy~ : Cthe_ ac~ haven!t. ' . ' . . . .. · ' - ' t~e Mi~dfe· F6dc:oJ the ~StaiiisLat'\? ' .. ~; \' .·i .:~P.O~::e!i.'\Hotf8.e ~te: ::a;id' ;;\vill :go -as . ' California :)X\tision-· of ' High'j-Vays l'tlial ;' .clays a:re .' yet -,tc( be :decided ' As so~m as they do. progress or I ~rver . to- be kno\~ as :Hell's . Ha:\f. . .:i.;;":.:,;.c)'ai ~a'S ;.:rWSsibi~, -Avitli ~:thaJ · -~qui~"'· is: . t~kin~ Joids-' JiJne : l3t!f ~-o.n ' ~7 . ~pori), · ai.'i; ·; for _.all : p~a~tical . pur- • we ~re able to ·meet with. the co~~ Acr~ ~ddge, .·situated about · on,e

··.( -:;cm~t t:']Q{j;a~c ) E§\ . Ran;kili' ·:Starts p1iles Of :pi3:I;tt:-111ix , ~sur~acing; near :poses n~ade -pa~d · lu}l~~ay~ · They I pames, y~u can be sure . we . wrll . hunareu yards . upstream from -tl~a . " ~ceJ~ea#arion.•,{m-';lhe,,.-Poe;. Daiil ·with·· Spi·ing Of\rderl;>¢allf:'Ihidget al1o: -l_.\\tiH l'?e· wor,-ked; and :this·.means ad- ~asten to mform·you. I~ the mean- Donnell's power house: : : · · · ·

· ' J';; ' :a- ri~w.:'.JibJ:'Jtlw.8s1 ::6 _ 'shovei for tfl~ · cation; $121.>00,0; .. :: ,:: · - ; : (':dltiq,n~l ihcome ·:fdr --I)Uf. u{embers. tm1'e, attend your ~!ee~1ngs, as you R. .A: Fadsh .co. :v-as the succes~ .. :;.:.. . same< ·t;ori_lpanY:; ~ Ja:c.K", · :curJ:~s - is ' Butte Cte"ek· Rock -c'qmj:Jany was· i AlSo thequestitin. of a: paid 'holiday can ·be sure we Wlll let you know ful bldder on ~-9 miles of roadworlt ... ·pro~ec't-:ma.nag~i:; ·c: E. 'Jeffs;·'omce ·the io)<r oiclder .. cm)J:le' levee .job on ~ -falling in .an · a1Jo(:afed . vacation · evei7thing there is to be known !)ll the .Mariposa Road . betwee}l\ '·\ . , :rnarfager( Jack/-L:l·o~'rd;. R~y Powers: the' sacrameni6-:. :fuvet ell1e1·gelicy ,. period . ~as ··been ~ clarified so th~t at them. · Collegeville and the · S1nff Ro.rupi

- - ,··: ·:a~d:· Eltn'er-!Fatker 'are Joren:teh on .:wor!{, $3,800. . . . :: . . . . . . · there wrll . be ' no . doubt .. that th1s SPECIAL XO'IE TO :ti•IEMBERS near Escalon for $240,583. i · · ' the :two .jobs: Thi/coinpaii;{is build~ California·· Division of B:igh~ays holiday ~hai:I be paid· for, WORKING FOR. THE NO-JOTh".r HILL ~AD J.OBS · ~~-·' l ''ing .. ;: an·: ·o:tnce -near the · P.G.&E. -'is taking bills, . June 6th; 'on 1:2 'MEETING 'A~TNOUNCEi'\lE~'TS: COi\TCP.ETE PJ!PE COMPANIES: Frednckson Bros. have _almost

c ~- - :! ·o:ffice :ae ·JaJ.?.boe,·Gap: ·· · . I miles of 'road :work- iii. Sierra Coun- Na.toma5 · CoJiipa.hy: . A special June 1 you bad a 12~.\lc an hoJ.lr completed the grade on thelr Val-- '- > cTil:e >.Utah ' Construction Con-ic t~-. Bu.dget alloc;itr~n; S10:6,6oo. . . meeting . has ah-ead~ been . called increase .in rates due you if· you ~ey ~prings job and will star~ haul-

"--- ·pan~'-s ... \vestern~ .. Pa~ific :Tunne1 · No. C. S.PhiUips·.Company ofPeta~ for Wed-nesday June 13, 1956, ' and 1vere worki ng - on ' construction mg rmport ~une 11th. Tins has .. · • :-15~· is :goirrg'-.along.cO:J{. and_ ni:aking· l~ni.a was· th.e , low :bidder on . 900 will hAve 'been held bef.m'e. this is- work If you' are . on agriculture been a. -goo.d JOb for several of the ,

·aciod'·. footaO'e. : ·:There are - th1;ee acres of clearing in the Suttei~ By- sue·: reaches you. However, we are work, a,ny changes· ·due will·-not be Brothers m. Stockton. Beerman_ -~hift~ ·with 'H:eavy Holman, : tunnel pass, ._for the U.S. Covps of Engi: · of the opinion that the reguiar made before July 1 and will de- -3.nd Jones of Sonora are making

..... ·commander. · neers, $128;000. · · i'nee-l:ing of l\10Jiday, July 2, 1956, pend on the reSLllts of tl1e negotia- good progress · on the AltavJlle ]' · :: 'The · Ut.3.h ~- Construction Com·~ That's all the dirt J for · this· due tQ the. cio'senes.s of t-he above tions . with the Concrete Pipe. Com- Msu~~-J~l~:s'thReo~~rtv-:ith Mit try Bros .

. ,.~ ,_ '~ :'l')<Jny'.s 't unnel. ·! lining job - is doing month. ·meeting .and July 4th, will be un- parr ies. lif ~-ou a.re entitled to the "' · · · . :fine · at K'e<ldie, . Calif., an:d -those -LES COLLETT 1 necessary. Unless the membership ab,oye inc.rease and .haven't· receiv- H. Earl Parker Co., · of JVIaxys-

: 'boys:Jnake .the ·- concrete Jio\v:. Business Repre~~ntative. l objects, t~at meeting will be can- ~(l it, report it to your office im- ville, are at the halfyvay point on 'H. Earl -Parker -has the City of * * · • celled, and the · next meeting will mediatety. ___ A_ttend the · foilow.ing grading the Hwy. 49 job at Carson

"· · ' , b · -, ·. -- · - HilL His job is gbing_·-·a·. ·10-hotm ·. ·' MarysviUe~ · smr0und,ed · by · equip- GOLD DREDGING COMPANIES: · e :.:_held on the reguLar date 1ri meeting or o.ther spl1eduled meet-

· . . ' .. - .· ·. "--~-·.ent ·0u~. the· ·. -.-hr· gh\\~.ay 3-0-b· n'or·th of Augtist. . . 1 h , 1 d . clays with 18 pieces of · equipment "" ~ Report on the ' Negoti,ations:,·The ~ .mg or ot. ier sc _ceau e meetmgs ·. · 'tOw" ·and ·the· high_\va_y· . J·oo south . -- . . . ,. . . . . to ·keen r'nfor'nled.·. _· rolling .. \Valsh Construction Com-

' • ._ negotiations have been complet¢'cl; . ·. ruba ~0.'f~51~~~l}tecl.~Old . ·F!-~ds: - pan)r hav:_.e another two weeks anr;'i ':~:c:>..of..town; • .Pltis - Verne .Ha\\;kins and ex.cept . for . the cletails .of.fhe 'Wel~ As we.rJhave:.~~i1 wntmg th~s we !HEETING N<YrrcE;· they will be complete on; theh: jo~J>

· ·::his ' ;Iandle.veling · ' crevis, behinq fare Insurance Plan. At .thi& writ- 'hav'~ 'bE~e~ 'seriousiy . considering The next· meetinz, ur_1less a .. spe- - · · · · ~ at the Calaveras Cement Plant ip. ·every ·bush -in' the --~rea:. The two inz. ·we are ready to -bring' :the n. e- when to call a ··special meeting to da1 meeting is, cal_ led before that

~ ~ ~ San Andreas . . , ·. :na ri1e,d·~jobs· ··above are joint · ·ven- gotia_ted . offer" ·to· the rrtembersh. iP•· .act . tlpOri the negotiated offe-r of .date, Will be a joint · meeting with . . - · . . George France, Inc., have rnove!l

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·t ui·es \vith ·Baldwin, who .. will do for their consideration.• -.-, , : ·the : .Company: . No . mattet' what the Laborers and the Teamsters . . their crusher frorrt Columbia t!J' ~'1e :pa\~n~-J?:t~,r. . . . . _ · .

1 . This year we wi_U - _hav~ the best date we· pick, we run into some This wtH be held JUo'nday, JlHy 9, their Sonora Quarry to crush out'

r • ·R.1Chffi.J;: Brothers . has a : :),12$,000 offers by the I'Ompames, m our -not •Obstacle; · either some other Union· 1956, in. · the , Teamsters'-. Hall, .· 818 25,000 tons of ·limestone for th!'l' . · nighway<·~ob on,40-'A above· Jarboe too h~mble opinion; and we thin_k ha·s the hall or 'otlier commitments WaJ.l Street, Chico(); . Califmm.ia, .a.t kilns at Sonora. ·

·G~p: . J3ro;ther : Vic . $,tromer _ is in they will be a~c~ptable~, : 1-ft~_se of.~. irite~fere. 7:30 p.m.. .·.. _ i. _ _ H. K Ferguson ·company . hav.e · ·- .(~~~~~~-\. -·H · . · - ~ :":, _,_ ~ , . . _ . ~ ft::rs~ do · n~.t : repl~~s.ent : f1U ~ t9.at .' v./~ . .As_ ~-~re w_ant._ t~_. get the>.matter to GLADDThTG,: )fcBEl(N C()c: · started on the Johns-MB.nville pipe·

1 :'·~Dlih'hen:Walcl:" C:on~?trUction Com~ .. had :wanted or ·h,ojied fot> b.l}f they :tlie ,l1eml.lei·ship::as 'soon·~s 'possible . _Negotiat~ons have COll11lleiJC~d I plant. This job \~ill employ a goo~ . pany, ... :i:nc·.-; . is :makii].g . progress on never are, . a~ you a·nd I well 'know,". (we suppose · you. want · to · spend With the Company and your de- I number of. Engineers and is sched­·the access : -roads · for _.the P.G:&E. The ,Welfare Insurance Plart; the · -money) 'we . have: ' d&'ided . to mands have) been pr~sent~d as you [1 u,led for completion December 31, at -Carih-Qu .• a!ld '. Butt'e· Vall€-y . . ' ' which wilt be effective. July ( 1956,' can ' the meeting fo.r Tuesday; June ?rew them up i_n the s~ecmi meet- 119_56. . . . . .

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.12, , 1956; in the Engineers' Hall, mg,_ a~d, su:r;pl;'Ise-a _clifferer:ce of 1 This is about all for thi~ repol{t ioiO ·Eye.: Street, lVIarysville, . at the o p ~ n 1 on developea. S~rwusly

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except to make· an. · .urgent appe~l\ . .f~ilowing:·tiri,1es: · ,. though, ,the .Company · asked for to any . Brother than can possihly

·-19:_o·o a.m. for tliose menih!'>rs Ull- time t~; eonsid ... er the -d~mands ~f i do SQ to plea~ ·. ~-onl!:te .it vi1'1~ .<t:ft ablfl :'to attend· the ·night;; meeting~ you1• Umon, J\10re meetmgs have .. ·blood to our blOOd ba,nk~ It. nugQ~

· 7:00 p;iu. fin• ·tho8e niembers un- .been schedill.ed, at which time the sa;ve · ;t. life, - possibly . J'~ur · own . . · a.bie' to-: atten<~ .the -morning -meet- companY. wm :.:uncfoubtediy make · .. ,.::./rhauks. _, ing._ '· · .. · · / a ·.counter offer. ·. • · ... ·

1 ,-\V. e do ilot think it is >rlecessary· . \\T e a:fe ·a little . at , loss a·s -hO\V :to r ' ' · • • ::'

1\IAY 24, 1956 to. reiterate Jl1e importance of this proceed on the · qit~tfon .of peri.- SAN RAFAEL, Contract a'--vard-meeting, but how about ietting a sions. The other clay plants have· ed to. Inee Bros. Pipeline. ·const ..

• < .'-.',:: ·, :: -.. EI,lgi~e,~rs.;: ., ;rriust ·. be . "gettin.!([field;· TO. promote . greater: . unio:~;r substantial majority 'of the mem- extended the present . plal~ for one · "' ' : , healthier fqr - it,·hl;ls b€en a long s_tab~ltty. this may be the time to Co., 616 E. Taylor, .Sunny'"ale;' · . . . . bership decide the issue this ·year? year, or until July · 1, 1957 .. We $59,500, · for const. se\vage·_ fm:ce ':: .. ti_l~_ e.· sinee: ·:w_. e:~hii_:v.e"'had - a!1- -- a-ss.ess-. consiclgrl_engt_ he_I1i_ng_· _th __ e . term.s_ o_f w th" k't\"O l'b d 'd 11a ' · th Cmpan fo ce · · ·e · m - ·l ., u a .· e -a goo ·1 ea. ve · asr:eo. · e. · 0 Y. r · r- mai.n, Glenwood ·Subdivision, - Sat"~<

" .. :,ne~lt .to 'bmtq NP the Good Stand~ l' o~r _officers ,.tq th:' !_~me, prov-Ided 'Incidentally, eaeh one of you will .tain ' · infcn'mation . regarding' the · · , . -,mg··Fl,UJ.d, ;We -now have'·. an assess- . for m our Constltutwn. Most of be notified personally · and notices present plan, which li:hey have Rafael.

t f fift n. t · · bl w'th · · t · 1 t ffi ' 1\"'0DESTO CoJ1t-1·act awarded to · ' : :rnen o ' : . .Y' ce . ,s · paya e 1 our SlS er. umons now e ec · o cers ·wili be ·posted ·at , the places of promised· to supply, .. and -when that · ·:~. ' ;· .. . . · ·'your July-_ques, and . I hope -all -en- for terms fvom four to six years, work. is recei,ied we will be in a betten Wm. · H. Schallock; 217 Danie~s

f, · i , gi~eers . remain in_ the best of thereby . dqing away 'fith : 4nnec- CONCRETE PIPE . COlHPAN1ES: position to proceed. . Lane, Bakersfield, $65,382; fm." ·.·' >•:hea-lth. and. never · have to u·se the essary' time SIJent on electioneer- . With these companies we are Under the circumstances, all we con~t. of MjHer Ave. Sanitary

_F und. · Hewever, if you· are ill -and I ing, and allo~i~g th~ inen in o~ce · son;y to repqrt that we cannot 'tell can a<lvise you is to attend the .tr\lfik sewer in city of Modesto. _; ;, unable to . work ior at : least one to do a better JOb With enough JOb you of substantial gains made dur- meeti!i.gs,' wh~re ·we . will . report SAN FRANCISCO, C·o n t r a c~t. · month, · ·pleaJ?e Jet your· Business security so t,hey can consider sei·v- ing the negotiations. To be trutl;l- upon the prog1:ess, \V:h~JJ negotia- .awarded. to '\Valter H. Lindeman,

> .'R.epresentative -know,· so . that we ·ing a:;; the ·representatives of .the .ful, and we try to do this, we have tions have gone as far as ·pos·sible RFD 1, Box· 740 Red Bluff, $29,218, . can. pay you~ dues:· A doctor's cer- union their. only . work. - as yet to meet with the companies. \\T.itl-i 'p1e Company, we will call a for ' const. of Hat Creek Bridge No.

; , ti ficate stating .. .the onset of your · .Vacations are-in seq.son Cl.lld with .. Ther.e · is a .reason! and before special meeting .for you to make. 252 on Lassen Nat'l Forest SH,AS--_,-> ,jllnes~ : :3,J1d t{le possi~le duration is every one. else· I am looking for- you say- "If there wasn't one they the ]J.ecess.?-ry decisions. TA COUNTY.

:necessao', · according to our By- ward to spending. time getting re- would probably think up a good R-EGULAR-·NIEETING DATE: SACRAMENTO, Contract a;ward--· · Laws. T:P.e Good Standing Fund is I acquainted with my. family, a~d one," read on a Utfle farther. The ' The .Joint · Board · of the Lincoln eel to Walter Lindeman, RFD1, 'Box '· , on~ methocl .for -all of us to assiSt I to try_ and ou,tsmart some fish. I siti.mtion in the concrete pipe in- Industrial Council's next meeting 740, Red Bluff, $14, 975 for exist.

· . . :our -sick brot]1e_1:s in. time _ ~f.-need. hope everyon~ w?ll erijoy thei: va- . clustry is a little different than the elate falls on Tuefiday, July 3. This bridge . to be ·repaired, across· Big · -· :, · Compared' .. w1th the poht:cs of catiOn as much as_ I hope to . . · · gold_ dredging industry. It is · a may he inc-onvenient to some of Lagoon about 10 mi. N . of Tririi-- . ,- ·.last" "'year's,_ union·· election, this I - · · · ' . ·.. state-wide industry with some com- · the Board, and so u:n,Iess you are dad, HUMBOLDT COUNTY. ' . .-._, ' rr,_o~th i~ rel~tively . and satisfac- N'O.. TICE . · ·· · panies operating over large ter- informed differently ·this meeting .

. ,.,_, torily qmet·w1th all your represen- · . . ritories and other operating in will be eaUed mt an~tlier date, at this writing, no deaths · amoqg . tatives aoing their best to nego- . . ' ·more· restricted areas: . ' I.GEN. 1\'IEi}mERS.:m:P MEET: I the membership ip_ the industrial

' ' .tiate• t he best possible raises . and Qi kl' 'd M b Competition is controlled only ;This. meetillg or~arll.y _ ;would be . units have been rep~rted . To ' those, :-, ::' cunditi?us.-·;·Ele'ctit?ns a11d the op- ' a an·- em ers. by method, ·buying power, wages,,, ;JteJd .on Tue$y, Juiy>.lO; and is members who have ·been ill or ha'.Ce -.. ::por.tumty- to express our thoughts - and othet costs incidental to wages,· . · postpo.ne, . - i.rnii~ss y_ot~ ' ltl1e: ·other\-yise . ·Sliffere'cl acddEfrits 'or ' vvli.d'. hav.;E_l'

is a necessary requisite for good 1 As July 4th fa.Us Qn tb.e , next .· but also by the . cost 'Of handling, , •no.tHied, b~~e. · there -will be a had sttch happeiiirigs Ciccur !n:'thetr · :'~ ·, ··• unibn .management~ Since om· early scheduled 0 a klan d meeting, The strategy has · been to meet __ special: caUed meeting sometime families, we offer our· s~rppathies.

· · . tm::l{ulent years, · your officers. and 1 there \\ill rwt be .a nwet.irtg in with the company that has the between now an~ tha.t dia.te TJ1is I To those of our members who hav.e 1' .-.-·.xepresentati:ves ~ have learned our. I'. chk!and in .July. ·' · wides~ operation . first, and try to special m~ting :will make the reg- married or -have h!id ~abies we ex-

' ' · d?]:>or· Iaws.·thorou.ghly· and -because . Ple~se - bea•• 'in. mind .. <that · the negotmte a settlem~nt that would ular meetmg _unnecessary .Ul}less tend- our congratulatiOns. · I11 the • ~Q_f ~th_e . hum~er . . of . contracts neg()- , . . next : Oakland meet.iilg,,.· is· •AU-- be fair -to the rest of the companies, an emergency arises •. :: · .. , . -· : ! meantime, ta~e ~t easy, ·drive ~care-

·. :_. :tiate:a . :year~.y, : ·have, ·_ through . ex- GIJST 1,' 1956,. 2315 : Valdez St.; ·consideri~g the· competitive fact?r. I P~SONAL_ NOTES.:-- . · , · .. , .. ; I fully~ sta:y_ well and wa~ch o)it' for pel·ience;:: peco:r:re . experts . in ' this Oa.Jidand, Calif;,- at. 8 •p.m. The aoo.ve .- mentiOned negotla- ' V.Je are .. pleased to r e;port that, I wooaen mckels. .

Page Eight ENGINEERS' NEvYS . . . . ' ' \~· Tune 15, -1956

j - - • ' ·u- Living ~est -, -Hike Ups Pc;y· For Million

J?y 1\-fERLIN BOWM-AN, CHARLES COCKAYNE, GEORGE FARRELL, GLEN FULLMER and JAY NEELEY, BusineSs Representatives Ab-out one million workei!l~-are We ·haye n:mv. cmnplet-ed o~ negotiations with the As-. -due for · a 1-cent-an-hour wage· in-

sociatcd General Contractors for' the stat-e of Utah. The new i S l d ,_ f U; ·t·' · f c-· --f f'! - t -· C crease as a result of cl~mbing living a.greem(mtis written Oii a fom· year .basis with a package 'in-1 Ctle u e 0 fYtee mgs or . ons rue u;m, ane . o., costs.

crea..~; of. forty-five cents, along: "'ith a_ .Clause which calls I Sand and GraveL, Iron Mines, V'ltro Uran'lum Corp., The ' Bure'au of Labor Statistics •. u , atmounc'eq tliat· its Consumer Price for the re-opening of wage negotiations ill case of a N~tiorla:t i and-KeFHiecoft GopAer Cor'p a' nd tt~te ~'oa·d Index jumped; t~o-tentlis of 1ller-Emergency . .. FoHotviiig are the terms of •the ' agteemeiit as·j ' . I" _ ., J u . n. cent in A:pfll. This was enough, they apply to . wages and the neW Health -and. W~lfare Pbi.i:l., Construc~ion, S~na . a~d Gravel Mt\~beishi_P; 2n"~ Thui-sdaf of each added• to, -iil~reases 1rt earliel'

Jtffi'e , 1 19.56;;_,.1()c V.'ag:e fuc:r'ea8e. . month, Engmeer.s. H~;, 19'69 SOuth Mam Street; . Sit:lt. ooke. City, Ut-ah. mont~s, to _ g(Y,e · ·. viage ra-ises. to s 4- ' . . rc_ > .. ,.. . . ."" . ... .. ·.· . • · , • . · - ~ I Construction and Siind·.and· Gr.avel Jlilenibersfiip; 3rd: TueSda.y of each · ailt0; ail'eraft and farm equipment . ept<; 1; .19;),.,6--o~ ·to H:e;!t·h,, and :w ~lfar~: I month, M:boi· :Temple;: 165 West 1St. No:th, Pi:o:vo; trtab; !f p;m; _ wor~ers . whOse . .. ron tracts. have es-J~-~·- 1, 1.3~1 -~ ~~ c "'to -~~-r~alth _ and · Welfare. I . · Go.iistr.tictfon an~ __ &u1~ . and Gravel _N~embersliip M-eeting; 3rd Frilbiy calator.·- claus.es' tie __ d: ·to· li vingc costs. June 1, - ~957-"'-'lO'c · '\-Vage J!.llCI'ease -. . . of each month; Labor.-Temple, _(i)gden, l:ltah at 8-·p;ril.; . I ·The index now sta:rids at ·114';9

· J;Uile . 'f, ;:*9o.;;..7:-:-2%c to _He~,Itll-. and .. ; \Veifa-re. . ., , V.i_tro .. l'Traniu~n .. ~F~)ri~ershi.p ineilti~gs .":~n . ~e c_tilled: .nieet. ~n~s. ·. pe~ce.rit, ?f' tii.e·: .. ~947~~9·b~.· Il<'-t~o.d. ·'June 1, 195&---lOC .Wage lnc.rease;_ Lan_g--_G!>mpa.u.y, Me~tier,sh1p meetin::-s Will ~e - call~~- ~~eet;m_gs. Tlirs:Is sLx~teu~liS",oH f>er·eent;-~1gh-. J • .. f .1959_:_"" . lV" _ In ,. · . '< . . , H_ennecot:t· C~-plfflr- e~Jll·, ·· l\f~mb~:S~~- meetmgs ~viii' be dilled: er than· a year ago and. only one- . · une ,. · 0C .. ge . • c,re-ase. · ' -I (Jedar:Iron l\fmes:Membership meet!ngs will be called. half of 1 percent belo\.vL-th-e . ali-

UTAH ~"EW.S _ _ f Stateo.·Road ·and·alhothers-.\\•Ul be caU~d' meeting~ ' tiine· high of.Oetdlie'r 1053, Aside from a little lost time, due J started off }-or the big: jop ahead~ ----.-:: -'-------~- -----'---'-'---

to ·rain. during . the past month, I W. W: Clyde is also -laying .as- . us the : naine of the -person::wlio in- W. W. Clyde Co. was low hiddh dn vVarehduse; . Gil5bons .. and -Reed LocaL N0. ·3 men have been work:- phalt on hi-ghway No. 40; east .of tervh~ws you. :· We have not' re- on 8 miles of the Scofield i'oad;" Co. on runw'ay ·ext~nsio'ns, · pefrk­ing at _full capacity and ·making Yenlal; ahead of : schedule ; as us- ceived. a dec.ision: from the Su- fron1 . the ~iid· of . Bill Ross' job in- iitg ap1'6i;ls, a:n~ · Stipporting· f ctcili~ very good paycl1ecks: ual. Bro. Lefty mgh"tlp ts · opei'ak preme Court on ·last' year's claim Scofield. It wili be a 2-inch bitu- ties. Peter Kiewit · & Sons C6. on

·· E ven . ;_noug·h some of tJ-ie "close ing the· hotplai1t, along , with Mack. yet but · should before much. long- minous slit-face and will complete runway's and supporting facilities. · Olson ·-and: Chester, Elanders, ·Que· er time. - . the oil surfac· e· from' I:jl·"'cihway No· . ·Himsen Neid·eh·aus·e·r .o- n .. Sto' r·n1 :. to town jobs" are finishing ·.up, ·"- -

there fu·e still · a f eiv ne\v ones on Nel~on_ a: pu~~er~~:o~--- job; a -full I We are happy at t1.1is time to 50 into Scofield. The low 5Td was Sewer, Coutnaih StaJes Constr: Co. the agenda to be bid soon. cre\lOL "'ood No. 0 men. welcome qUJte a number. of new $371,829.23. · on Storm. Sewer; outfi!ll _line -and

9 . Most of the jobs over -the State' members at Kennecott into Oper- ViTill'·,·.nson Br. os. fr'om Mor·o;an, settling ponds. Nelson Bi·os . . on

East to the foothills was bid JVIay are working 48--hours or more per ating 'Engineers Local Union No. Utah were low bidders on a 2 '\1,- Steam ·Distribution lines. There The 3 th Sputh pr0ject from 9th I ' - "'

week, so things are going .pretty 3; you have joined ·a top-notch La- inch ])ittJminotJs S'Jrface.d r·o·a·d I-11 are also several si.1b-contractors -smo.oth for awhile·, . bor Organization. You Oldsters lVIilla.rd Cottnty. The lenbo-th of tile using engineers, including Cache ·

re-bid June 19th. Because this job · 29th, but was rejected ar1d will be · I ' ' is clos-e to town, it -h2,s aroused SOUTHWEST A~ 'WEST . , should_ .consult wi.th ~o~roStew_a"r~ job is 2 % miles and runs qetween Valley Electric, Fife Constr. Co., some sharp compRtiti\;e bidding. On Friday May 4tli the long dis- or . thiS 0 ff tce 1 ~gardm"' retne Hinkley and Sevier River bridge, Wangsgaard C()]istr : Co., Hilt on & · Another job close to t-own, per- pu ted vacat ion probl:em at the Ce- ment, theie seems t? ]:le a mis- The bid was $104,099.31. Carr, Plant- and Dardnell, J (} h n ·

1 dar" I l\1. f u· t h c· t understandmg regardmg the age v . Purcell, P vV. Larse1i, Jarn:iat1 · haps a ittle too close for some, ron mes o a ons rue- . . 1. our r epresentatlves have just ,_1· C f' 11 1· d d for compulsory retirement. Six ty- Steel Co ., Shurtleff & Andre~'S

was let May 29th on State Street "on o. wes ma -Y reso ve an . . . . . been informed of ·a Uranium proc- · ' a fe d

. ' j d th l eight IS the age, not SIXty-five as. and Steel Erection & Rig·e:ine: co:' from 350 Sou th t-o 9th South. The w ays ago we 1a .e p eas- . ~ . essing mill to be built at Mexican ~ ~ low bidders were Vv. w . Gai·dner ure of a visit at the Salt Lake of- s~rne _are b_emg led w_ belleve, and Hat, Utah . Stearns Rodgers Co. The Thiokol C,hemical Corp., has · and Rex Moss; however, this job fice of Brother Erwin Walker who tne sixty-eight dea_l IS n_ot effec-.. from Denver, Colo. is the contrac- satisfactorily completed · nGgoti'a~ ; eoulcl be a toughie right in .the was enjoying the fruits · of that ef- tJve _until August l,

1956 regard- tor. A more acceptable company tions for the purch~se ·of land it1 middle of heavy traffic. . fort , and we expect the rest of the less tf you are now older than 68· from the Union standpoint · does B-ox Elder County; west of Coi."-

Enoch Smith & Sons were low brothers involved will be heading On the State Road side, the pic- not exist. This company requested l'ine. l;llld construction on the Rock-bid.c1ers on 47 miles of resurfacing for vacation_ spots as the months ture changes little, we still f.ace the a conference with the local build- et Fuel Plant is expected to start' of the torn up County roads where. r of June - and July move along. It problem of the opposition which ing t rades, laid their cards on the in the near future. . the Subui·ban Sewer System has beats this writeT why a company creeps in from several directions, table, asking advice and council Sub-bids are asked ·for the street made such a mess of streets for ·insists on stirring up so much re- we get one · mess straightened out •on problems concerning this job. work, surfacing, water main ex- ' tlie past two years. 1 sentment ·over a problem such as and _find several ~tners ai:ise. w_e The biggest problem being its very ~ension, and sewer rr~ain and serv-

Peter Kiewit Son's have finish- the vacation problem, which has c:"edtt _all you brothers wtth sufft- • isolated loc-ation, another being' I~es on a largeo housing sub~aivi~ : ed \-\'ith most of the D. W. 21 and b.een very well -.discussed and un- Clent l11tell!gence to anal:y:ze - the 11 that the mill is located in the swn in Sunset. scraper work on the Parley's Can~ derstood by all parties to the res,ults of our efforts, of course hear t of the Navajo Indian ·reser- Mountain S tates Constr. Co: has·' "' yon job, and have moved · some of agrement, ·over the years <:~uring were not able to reach the people vation. been awarded a $458,587 contract'· t he machines and men to Ida.ho; negotiations, but they seem to we are trying to get at. We. sin-! The construction . cost is reputed by the Bureau of. Reclamatidn for:. 110\vever, the shovel work is still want it that way. · 'cerely appreciate your intestinal to be between 10 and 30 million the constructio~l - of the .Slaterville progressing· very fast with three 8_0 Brother Ef;win w as limping _sortitilde, and- ~now u:at it will ' dollars. The project includes 66 Diversion Dam aria ·Layton Pun\fl" D's on ,a -two shift basis. Bro. Gayle around ·as-a reSult of -a foot injury P_ay off. for-you 111 the fmal :analy- new homes, cornplete sewage and l intake Channel'. · ·:: Nye has been advanced · to Grade. buf still had t'hat c;ontagious _smihoi Sls. ,_ ~lght now.' as _you, :V1H ob- water s~~stems, a community audi-1 Enoch · Smith & Sons Co. hi:t.ve Foreman, end with the able as- for everyone. serv: 111 the foregoing <•ar~lC~e, we torium, housing, a theatre, hospit-1 crews busy on the three \Vater sistance of such top notch opera- .. Brother Vftn: Gamer is having are ·m the. throes of negotmtmg on I a!, drug store, and cafe. and airport, Distribution System contracts in ~ors as Denton Pai·ker · on·_the ~in-~ some troub.les which re~uir~ .. si.1rc K~nnecott ,· Copper agreement and. wireless system and trailer park- Clearfielc!; Farmington ·and -- Boun­lsh blade, Jack Leydens ,stili domg gery and all that goes wtth It. We Wlll ?e-. busy :an that. t~rough June, a1;e --a1So on the agenda. This proj-/ tiful. a little scraper work; .Harold' Dal- .

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hope the brothers are· back in good so Wll}_not : get t~ Vlstt. You · broth- ect is a joint venttilie, by the Texas\ Seveml _Engineers are employed ton ,an d -Vern :W-right on the dozers shape -by ·tile time this issue reach- e~s dunng .that trme; however .w_e- ·oir Co. · and . N~w Jersey Zirik . Co. by the Davis & Butler Constr,: Co.

· 0-long -with the ·. rest of the good: 1 es. you. -We regret the-trouhle~ : ~nd ~1 e· makmg - every. ei'ort _to v1Slt Somethin-g happened to show th·e ow the wate1;· trea:tment -plants in No. 3 men ·on this· job; we expect won'ies which ar-e ·hoU:ridirrg·Broth- J:OUr sheds along with takiNg. care- contractor what he was· up agarnst. Ogden and.- Bountiful, also on- the to _see ·· a .real finishing job. "Sully" er Tracy Blood :and ·sincei'ely hope, of-a. very busy schedule of work The· p·ast Tuesday when a contract Layto11> sewer.job~ and Ogde_n sew-

. W illis; ·super, Oli the ' job; ',has· ex~ · the ' .future is brighter< for ' nini, . . thmugh the .-state: 011 C0nstr~ction .' whi·ch: was ,advertised f0r gnrdi·rig· I er pum~ing plant. : p ressed: sever-al times 'his appi·ecia- · Up on· the · Bing]l-am . •Stripping.-·. At Wendover An> -Base,. Gibh~ns ·and oU on 2l ·miles of roaGl!: in Uiat The f1rst phase. of\ the . preHrnin-tion··fo'r the· fine.· coope·ration No. 3 job iqo\ze :the .. KerinecottlVi'lrr&, Is- ¥· Reed, have -a black.top J.Ob, wrth' ar~a: dfd not:reeeiv~ R bid·;. · ·a1·y. ·work . 0~'' the .eM:orrisow & :n1en: .-_have -· given him · on -this job,~ .be1l's :cFewc_app·eru.'s.t& ·have become a_ few of -the -brothers\ busy . there.' NORTHER:N 'ACREA · I Knudsen- Const r,·,,_ Co. - L~;tcirie ; • Grit~ Say_s -he, ~ 'this ls 'as ··good: a cre\v .of 1· pretty _· well · s.tabilized, at , l~ast_ ·· it - Utah · San~ .: & :Gravel .. P.roduets The'· shmmer · s~a.-sori appe'aFs. to [off . f~U pt;oject; · for ; the· _ Soutl~ern

. ope_rators-:as ·I liave ever had:" In - ~?oks tha_t '::'~~; 'I;'ak·irig al~ 'th~ngs: ~0· has :.,.~' SIZab~; · force ?~ Op~r:t-_ be welf on its way. Eveil ' thou-gh PaciflC· Ratlrqad ;<_Jq; (?ne' of-.MtaWs f ace ll;e- wrl! . prob'ably ;_tak~ - soiJre of lmto ;constder.atwn,_ :we· are: ~~1cll~ed lng .. , En...,mee7-s~ on ;hen · se"e.ral-_ there hav.e been sever~l go.~ ~ai1_1: larg~st Ct:>?st.n~;ctJ.orr JObs): IS : we~l t hese·· top ·~perators w1th · fitm when ·to say that ·1t's . a pr·etty. good JOb. ': proJects, · then· mo.sL recent; ben:rg storms· th1s~ past month;· v~ry l!ttre: __ under. way. <ThE! eonstrqctiOn : of. :a he lea.ves; -: ·· .· · · . · .. ·. - We all· c(ckho\,,iet:rge tliat · J-fe Gan"-· the: Pl:e;s1;ressc:;d <·plaFtt ·u-nder , th~ time was lost; :a ;rid:,: as ... vi>arm •as i.t-\ dm1p ;- to h QU$1'!,<:. se->:me ·· 60(); ~ eri1,~ ; Gil:i ]):j ns & .·Reed; sti'll ·· are la~hig yon · .. traflfc is·· a · measly pro olein;: 8\!'perviSlOL~ 9L g:elf!ie:k ~eith <_Brad~ has beeii< the .j:iast ,:fe\V days it looks · pldy~~s •·•. is. · ile:ar;Iy/. : dflj.plf-t~d;-;. v,;ith gr'a\;e]. on ,their . Pa:r:ley's Canyon \ve: all "-k.ndw it's,·thei·e 'arid, \\·e-·can• .ley " "hOlTI- .. \Ve-· ~lOPe ·: WILL retain·_ at. ·as thotrgh summer· is really here Sev€i'al H t$-J}e· Mrac-ks; a fi;ailer job. The crusk~r work~ ~wo shi~~sJnbt . m(>ve the jo_b·_ do\~n into the least. part ~f !~Is~ han· -th:u.ou~~ the ' to_ stay. ·~ . . . . " , . . . ; ~a~k tl~at: -~~ill '. ~fc?!11f:l~ate 300

_ a day. , Cwe~-ther . permrtt.mg) .with

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.Valley, ?u. t we st1l.l qelie.ve- t.h·at on- ord. eal of_ "'ettm~ t_he . bugs . uoned . ln _gettmg· . a~:ound ·the censtr~~cc ~-~_n. Its: . ;v.a.r .. e~~usey;-.• sl:(}J!ls: and .o·_.f-.. ·operators. Jim.: Toomer; ·Mel · Bass: the basis of year rom1d work, ; a out of t~ts . enterp~lse., · tJOn JObs, we fntd ·everyorie takmg fice bUJldmgs ·~read~ - bemg occu­-on the "rusher; Les B·eth'ers .artd ·a member will s ee · .considerably At Vltro· Uranmm Co_rp., ~he advantage of the fine- weather · ~ pie~. . . , . . . , finishing· crew still on the ·shou!- l larger figures on his Wi-.form than Brothers · are .pre.sently. dtscussmg conditions, with all of ti1e Engf- , At ~ this _ time there ·are 10 rigs,

® ders and· grade. . most of the brothers in construe-· the problems w:1l~h w~ll be · pre- neers irl this ar'ea busy. A nunT-1'15 tractors, and. se\ieral other :vanship Dam is . going very good 1 tion jobs will see at the end of the sented. for negobatwns m the near j:ier of the jobs are of several, . st~'lal!er. r:1achines -al_r'ead_y in _ use

this year. High water has ham- 1 year. There have been a minimum future. months' duratiOn and most of the ~ and additJOrla l 'maten?-1 and equip-pered operations some c(uring the 11 of .real pJ;oblems on the job, and Lang Company's Shops are hum- men are working a few overti'me' I ment arri \ring daily. past month, but it seems to have we feel tha t Bob has tried to give ming. Vv"ith fulL seale activity and· houi·s and this should keep the The first dredge is _ already \n subsid_ed now. and things are un-[ a pretty fair shake to the crew the membership is quite happy meni.lY~·s happy for some time. o'peration and d1·ed~e No. 2 · is in der controL · · 1 and we- are glad to have Isbell in· with the aditional increases which Germer Ab'bott & \Va1dron has ' the process··· of beirtg assembled.

Schmidt Constr. Co. has landed I the State: . , were g~·anted as of JuiJ.e llth. a full cre~v busy on their crushers, Chicago Bridge and Iron . Co. is a nother sewer job in the Mun~ay I At . the Kennec~tt Mine we are SOUTHERN · SEOTION shOvel and . excavating equipment s:c-~rtin~·,.. to , assen.1b.le-. the . fii-st _of : area and are keepmg the entire entenng negotwtwns for the forth- V\fith our A.G.C. agreement set- on the Tremonton Road work, also SI'1' 55x2°0 ft. barges that a-re be-, _ere":' .. oLisy_ with exp~ctations of [ comit'Ig ;:ear a11d are hopeful for a tied, and nie work picture still several mem'bers· are bus~' on the ing_ sl:ipped to th~- j~b · from the: g ettmg some of the oetter JObs subst-antial mcrease and . some Im- looking good, we must wait the Cana·I lmmg, land lev€!Irtg, and Kmser Steel F abncatmg })!ant at soon to be let. ' I prove'ment in the Health & w:el- settling of the other crafts. Iron Wood's mixer crews. The cnlif· Napa, Calif.. Ben Gerwick has- t\V{) ,

T hayil Co. is laying hot stuff on fare ; sick leave and vacation pro" virorkers and carpenters stdl are Nelson Coristr. Co. has suo-con~ l pile driving rigs on' this job driving· the Salta:ir Highway, with Bro. Ed gram, along· .with , con'ecting sorrie negotia-ting. They are the only tr·acted fi·om . Germer, Abbott & !·pile for the-- loading dock- -J olley supervising the asphalt, -and phases of the present agreement crafts who are not settled at this \Valdron the laying of the bit urn- More abottt ' this project as ·. the.: Bros.· Ned McColiey, Jim Hall, wh.ich · aJ?E' no.t clearly ei'wugh de_c. time. iimus surfa.ce on: the TI'e·mohton ' viiork progi'es~s. · · Harold .Vi ekstrom · and Paul Cni·iss, fined; so ·that they may he better Tht'ee road job's have been let in job . I . · . . . · doing a:. ba·hg ·u·p job on ·the hla"des. understood by all. ·We. wa'i1t to put .our sectron si-nce the last issue. L.! The Davis At{u'e'di:Ict is n1oving' I CillG0; . Oont!'i{(:~t awarded: to A. Roy, Yotl.hg .:and Alma ·· Ki·nde1··· are ! out this firi-formatinn hi cil.se there·. A~ TO'ung Go. ·frdm Richfield, Uta-111 along at ·a g_o-o·d; pace, with ten· Teicfteft , .&. Sail,, , Iirc-;,:· 1:93>1 .. Stock- . on tjle l~ydo\vn: mae!lin'e}. so_ J:~u I should b: _ tlie a:nnual shlit ~~wn. :iva's lOW" -~i~.d'~r ·on t he· 5.-'h mile~ r~gs b:--:sy d~gging a:ild l~yin'g _the. 't~n B)v~: · S~eto .. ,:$.17,4~5;i fOr i;\."ii:len

< .can see tne hotstl:!ff ·1s .rea-lly fly- By all means be · sure .· to regrster · o'f U.S. I-hgh.way No . . -89· · between pipe and eight ·cats : pnmeermg,·l Manwove· .:\-ye, m , Chtco; -BUTTE irig::- Of course it·taJ."es ·n1cir e .opere t or··tmen'lpl'oyinei1t b·enefits . with• .Ephraim. a n>d . · Ph:ige0ir H"01'tow ' level!~"'? -and' .. :back .fU.Hng : The· I GOBNJY; . ·· ·· · :. :· . :- :- .: '

·f···.ato.rs •tha11:Jhose; mentioned to ·ri:l'n the · Sta~e · Uli:e'ri1pl'oyrrfent ·Cornperi· · •Juneti'oti . . L.: A. :· jealciusiy · guards :; Young ·& :Smith: Constr; €56.- .Jias•.fhe ·. · M---E·N· w· · ._,. · , ·- •· · ,, ". , __ ::· .. . _ -·:, .> ::.ucll· c& ·o ''e· t·o b ·t · . . ,._.ll t' .. ,.,. . t '- · .t . .. -"' . h . b ' . .. ·.- ; ,. . . . · b · . . f {h' .• · .• I . Pil:RK . Contractaw-ard-. ·.·· :'.. . .... II..· p I a 1 n, . u . space \.Yl sa wn- uep:;tr ·men· , rt · ·1~ .your· ng · t the road · JO s m·-the ·tel'rlf<'!ry· fl'OII1' su -contract-- rom·• .. · ·e- Umte·d·Con"·· · "'d · :· · .. -:- .. · ". :' ,. __ ' ·-~ : , .. '· < c·" •.. · -

. ~ot ,)Yenriit ~ au ; ·the - 1i1:en to be · to · ~:eglste1• ; and ' if any of · the iF I N·ephi .on th'e' ncirt!F to P a\iiguitch' ·crete. Pi'pe c&. ; ~whn; is fu·rnisfllng · 1~i t;] .,~re~rn~j-r,t,, f3cYE:'g:,_ Cp., :} 20

l.1arnetl , a't-- this· time; howev'er }roll tervie\~ets . t-1.-y. to telt' y. ou that it- I dn -the s&t!·th. T6. get a " job ii't'. this ·wfi(L ae·uv:~d.ii.g. · ·.the · iJtpe to. th'e; job: 1·.:, n;_ e~t __ st., _P_a~o -'?:l-j;o,, fo~ ~rade, · . 'riT~Y ·~oe: ·asu'i·ed;•·'th_e,te .. ar e ·so n-i e' \VHl not , do: you· ahy; ·g9cid'; insist area; ·a · coiltraetoi; mu·s't · really :· Thw ·expansion pr?gram · on"; Hill ; ~-i:Ve, . ~nc . . ~'!~b~ .-- & . g~tter.s, 011

·.· nughty -g·otrd , memb'ers ·backing up _on. 1'egisterihg ·; anyhow; arid dbi1't '[have his ·pencH sharp, -The gfadi·ng Air, P brce Ba:se is keepiftg' a ·num- Ive St., :r.f~n,J.o Park. -.,. this · oper.a'ti.ot'l. ·' · ·. ' ri'liss- at any time-. Th'e col:intEir 1rtan· _.crew will ' be ·t!i·rciugh sool') at the· BE;r Df Eri.gl'neers ·busy \\iorkihg for ·· MENLO Pli:RK' Goittract a'-''~rd- '

. ~~~ i~. t he Uihta~1 Ba~in; St rong is a J:orig ways from a firiat deci-1' Park Vallej' ·pob, a:rid 'will be inov- tfiese Contractors; J acol)sen Con- 'eo to Baitfhair Brbs;, 69'9 •itidusti"ia-1 xs,frnlshTng yp on_ tfie Ma_nila Ro'ad. sion. ori _ t!te m-attei".· In case you· !i1g " to .. Ephraim soon. L: k will struction Co, ori Ha:n~et, M.cCi:Il- Rd., San CaH&s;- $62;996;. fj:ii· ii-ri~''' We _1\ave sent one dozei~, and rip- ~re reftised that· righ.,t, immediate- . pi'ob'ilby cut· to 40 ·hoUrs fora week H->ugh Constr: Co. on · Paii1t ' Hangc prcovefuerit · df str~ts·' &stoi'tri · wa~ ~eT info -the Flaini rrg · Gbrge ;area: :ly get 'in toueh .. with ·otlr o.ffice orior two 'in p~·otest of otrr lOc in- ei·; · O'il-kl&~~ - const~ .. co•. on ~Vastei'Jer se\vers ill' F~l.ton. · GaBle·s, dty to wonee-r · a road to g'et things your steward~ . a-nd' if possible get I crea-s·e, D'isp&s'al Unil , J. W. Bateson Co; 6f' M·enlo ·Park. · · . · ·" _ (~

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~ne 15, 1956

THE: NEVADA RO,UND.lJP~ By Fl. L~ _"Cu'RLEY" SPENCE _~d JOSEPH "JOE'; ·l\flLLER, ;Busine~· Repr~s~nu;,tives

To all Memb~rs \Vcirking, in the State of Nevada-:::-Don't and Bert Fernande_z <Bossmen)

for~e~ th.at incre~se i_n your Faychecks :or _all y~u -B~~th~rs ;~ ~~~s~;;:~~l~i~fs~;~0~{, ~i~ht workmg m Constructwn~12 Yz cents per hour raise effective Green Martin Rosso Rav Barber June -'1, 1956 in all ciassifications. Bud ·Berg, Jarries ~How~. G. c:

Gibbons and · Reed's h\ghway job- Brown, "Tex" , Brown, "Toby" Tob-:riorth of-Winnemticca, Nevada, on "Charles _ Stevens, Bro. Kenn-eth ler, Jim Blah;, - "Currey" Higgins, Highvvay No. "fi5, is in full swii1g. Hille, and last but not least, Bro; "Ernie'' - M~cAHister, th€ Shay Brother Shirley _ Craig is the Hank Kiechle1~ , on the job. Weath- Brothers,- RogerHevic, James :M:ott, "super" on the 'job -and- he is do· er permitting, ali will 'be welL Andy Antunovich, -T. C. Ainsworth, hl.g -a good job. All the brotners Lee Construction Company" is ·Roriakl Hoover, Carl Hector, J. H. seem to like hirrL Brotiier "Link''" gettidg r;eady 'to put -the _ i·oadmix Cox, Frank Breeding and other Harris is the grade .foreman, and on their job at Diamond -. 'valley; outstani:Ung bi'others •We have not believe me that Link . has al! the- between Markleeville, Calif._ a_nd mentioned here. All of these br-oth­brothers . ori the ball. Brether Bert Ga): clJ~erville, :Neva.da. Working for ed -are doing a "whale of a job' Roark is cin the finish blade and Mel Sch\vakf>, we find Br()thers -for- Isbell, - and r knovv that ·it is doing his -,usual -, fine -job. Really Charles Ouilette Sr. ai1d Jr., Edwin appreciated by 'the· supervision over does look. 'a-s;. if Brother. Bert• in~ Haase, Roy Hell~vinkle, George them. Brbther' Bill Boegle. is · keep­tends to· :stay reformed. Hope so. J-epson · and Johnnie c~sta: · _, The · ' ing up his share of the -operations Everyoiie. iikei; ' Bert. ' He sure is brotl1ers are ha~d - at work in the arid' hasn't had' any pick-up · trou-

! doing .a g:oo'd job: for Gibbons and 'rock, and are working 40 hours at bres Iat'ery; . Hffl AND HEA;\[Y.--,This, shows a: ro9--tou reador being_ engine~red :freed( Brother;. Lloyd Burger and the present time. At the Isbell Eeno shop, nego- into pla:ce via a: l\:f_anitowac 4500 crane witli 87-foot J>oom, at.:Richfield

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his favorite . oiler, Brother Dale tiations weFe-corl:iplated on the first Oil-eo. ·in. Wilmington. The gadget is 32 feet Io!Ig, H feet in, dia1neter -Modan, are, -qn· t)le . Northwest ANACONDA STRIP · of June, and' the orothers working' a~d has ' 4-ill~h pla:te; It goes qn, a; _l7,000 BPO i·eformer, Stoney Brock Shov.el digging the rock -for Gib" Wens Cargo -is back at the L_e- there are now under agreement. wasc operato-r aml::_ Ven~on: Ga~ten, oiler. · bons an~ Ree-d. Dale and · Lloyd via than Mine out of Gardnerville, They received a. l2 1Ai cent Hlt:n:a~,, - 1 a11e on> the "Leinonade'' nowadays; Nevada, again this season, . strip- along with fringe ben·efits no moi'e ·<hooch!!f!! - Brother Dan ping,_tl:le slitle Il)CJ,~erial off_ of, the workihg 'condi.tions, thatwereneed- aE~ :,. (!_ _ B;c· UNJGN·IS·MTESl-Jeklih has.: a full;' time job di)ing surp~lJr ore deposits- fo~ the Ana- ed' in· the shop. We wish· to take :R; ~ Q,r, ~~- ARE vou GUILTY? the· li eavy duty ' repaii· work for.- conda cgmrf~nit_They t~av~: t:~ 1 this opportunity to tJ1ank all· .of . J,. . - 1 , , . •

~::~~~ss i=n~ll'~~:d·E~~ti~he~cr~;:~' ;l~~s r:~lly Ghu~msAin~n al/\~~J' tihi~, ~~~i:;;~~le%~~:1{t~:er~eor01~ht!~ ~~~ - ~ - ; R;1!' ,~!'· Chbarles f LL. _dParr6·i3s4h,B a thvethera~ but has lots of: ti-oubl~. One of his. B~-others ray zparren, . ame_s - forts is getting the job· done, and· -J. • :·t· -llJ· Il,1em el· o · o ge r<J- er ooui

Lilly Dan A very R Tra111s N e1l 1 · of -_Raiiroad Trainmen, has oonie very dear· fPiengs· borrowed all of J ' li; _, . B "b J" ll~SO~ ch~rr~ - 'Me also,. al.J of. the brothers W0rong o· ... ~,, __ .E·R-... _ :~*T·;''_.-" "- up with a" list" "of 17 ways the "niem-his clothes- and, forgot to return ° IfSO_n, 0_ 0 ' .· - s .. - in·- the~ shop• for their coo-peration . • .. , . . . them. _Brother· ~'J·iggs" Williams-' is· Cbm.b~ and: Bo?, Greer ~~·: ope:atl.ng, and -suppol't in the colltractc nego_- bers- can hurt their union and dis o_n- the- DW-20; Now - jiggs is right the rJgs. I Wish to , thank ~~o~her tiations; and their · attenaance at ' courage their off-icers. at -hoine on a-· 20, Be moves .·more I AzP;arren f~r the ~se_ of .111s Jeep the meetii{gs. By .E. A; . . HESTER Read them and decidi> how ofte&

b h- t while check!JlO' the JOb It IS pretty ' · Business Representative YOU ar·e gui'lty-.· _ dirt than all the ' rot_ ers put o- . b. · • At the Ammuni-tlon Depot at . gether . . Brothe!' . BilLIVIartin-is on r~ug~ m the : p1~ a:~:Jor a c~r, so H~l'long, Calif.; things: are' going The work situat_im~ in 'and arqtmdJ_ 1. Don't _attend meetings, but it the Push-Cat ,- and•-. that Bill is a - tll:e' Jeep came 111

- nb[lt .]fand~. along very weB, and, the· brothers Redding,in fact the· entire north:-1

you db, -arrive la(e. · - _ real ~'p'tisfier:•: - :H~: lias -a couple of " The Anaconda Company is get- are very busy, Isbell Constr.ueti0n ern section' ofthe state, is increas- 2. Be sure to :leav:e before the_ side jobs ,;vifh his piCk-up too. ting their operation in shape and Co. is putting, g~1ayel down- on the ing so rapidly that it r;eally has us m-eeting is closed~

Dodge ' Cohstni~tion,'· Inc., -have should. -be moving sulphur ore by -Approach Road and gettin-g a new jtu'nping, to keep - tra~]~: of it all._ . 3, Never -have anythlng to say sta-pte.<f:. crushing -tock c f-0:r> ' their fne time · t_his pal)er co rile?. off the l:irid'ge set iri that \v;;ts wa~heq . out- Almost everyone -is workil1g _and; at · the meeti~g~wait until you get hfgMvlliY job·" 't'Jtit:of . Winnemucca, p))_es_s. :Brother BO.b McCullom _ and• dur!ng; the Christim(s, flood: Broth- of course, the · out-of-'work ;list is~ outside. _ · NeV.ad:i• ': ~:J- Hfg\1\Y,ay ·N()· _95, B'ro: ~ ~rotller q~r;lld·_ ~uke a_re _onc, t~e ,ers Clare~ce Wi.bel, ,Mat_t Gl,ev.e, mere.ly . ~ s~ado\~ oL \V,haf it has II - 4. :vVhen -at the ;meetings, vote t()c Reggie- Fi~lds' is'. orti-the ' (:rl;lSher - :JOb;.: J:tnd B;r~othet . LIJ~e g_rves h s :'l;ony Molrne, B:qwa~;d. kuewr, Ke~l- been, were gladto say.·. do_ .everythi.ng. Then go ·home and

- --. . -. --- . -- --- -.- -- --· -.. - .. - - -regat,ds to the- man'< brothers- who . -d- ll S- d A'l· p'- t' .h d A'd I ma:kmg) rttle .. onesi !lt;t_of· bJg:.ones;-_ · · ._ -- . -.. -,' ·.-_ J:· . - . --- -, ke · .~- __ _ c_ow ,.arl _-: -. --oa~ . an _ '1 o There is . a.n actite ' shortage , of ~cr0, not!hi'hg. Le\v' Fieeki ll> · getting,:. the .hot pla;n:t ,knO)Y l~I.Jn, m th,~ area. M_~;s,. Lu -i -.!War.ncrottt ' are-_ tb,e · operat_ors · ,qliaF~ed oPeratqrs in this • dlstr!.ct; 5: ·The next day, fin a fault with steanihr up Jor :-hOt 'stuff, .Brother also says hellG ' ~0 - ev~r:yone ~n ·.· doing;. a_ gciqc1,joli) for IsheU.~ at. pr•eseht; -F~u;tictliarly eat s};::·~-n- ·5 'the- <ifficers and your n1einbers. Jack._: C--h·a-tel·J·e.-- -1·.-s--•·on'-_ tl'l'e ·"g"'ra· d"e •-m"' -a·-.·k• _wo. uJd_. l!k. every_ much .. to -hear ftom br•o-.th"i_r- S ,-,I,'ll.···b-. e -C_omincr-. .. into· . ' bl d - "d . - 'j .- t ns · 6 "' '· t · - - · t' _ . . - . . . - . ~ _ " . . , . ;ners,; . a -e men~an +~llni ar. .. ·. yp., , _ ,. £-a·"'e ---no . pa.P 1n orgamza -10111 ino- . it smooth. - Brother .. Edward frrends m the Ely-' area. . .so.im. We exp.eqt- tQ-'see them on, ot eq;ui.]:l!Jl.ent opePators.. Most of ·aHa.n,s. · H~gins :is "potihding,. stakes. Bro; ' The· sulphur ha~l should s't.art South Viilginia-, joo in a couple. O\lr roa~ jobs a~·e jn. the. neafby . 7 .. _Bec.sure to. sit in the l9ack, so " Howal~d :•w·estendbtf/.and• B'Fotl;Ier· .,sooao,: a1'~cV we ' ~xpeet tG see mo~e weeks. hil,is wh~re there ,is, ;rather. rol:igh , you c~; talk it over 'With-a ·- meni-John .:·waik~r· -;~.tf! , on~- the"< fiifisg\; ' Of ctlie:bi:oth:eu::r :working at . LeVl- - George·. :C. M1:l,ler: Go:-~structien terrain to baWe, so -... experi- her:. _ blad'es;.· an~, b~Hev~ , me; th0seEtwo> atlfarJXMi:IJ-e: This· wi.Jl 'l!e· a~ J~O" .Com!Jan\Y is 'bu~y insid:e· of the· de- ence isa· necessity hei·e: .· s: Get ali :the ~rganiZ~tion . wilil brothers :. arei 'i:eal' blademen .. Hid, . . s-hLft operation m;-, soon, as P9SS!b}e -mol,ition, a1~ea a;t the:. Depot. ·at :Hev- Since our last repor t, there )la,;e - give _you .afid dont' give the organ-

-. Ralph :<•jt!ghead;! Stephe_ns · is on as there is a lot of slide to move'.111 long, @ali:fr .. B:rQt)lers. Jolm Garnier been seyerai new · jpbs awarded: ization .any:thing. · -the nock. Jug has_ had a tough:--job order for the An~conda Com~ailY ail_d- bis, ,,br!:!tl;ler"·M. A. Garnier, Lester Rice, o_f Marysville, was the .9. Never ask · anyone to join. the all this vdnter with the rock, but to mine sulp~ur ~pe ftr use a~~~= Hauold Ha,wn;. p.1td · Harold· Lewis low . bidder _ on the Lookout-Adin organization. -

_Jug is tough .and gruff and he can -Yerington, eva a, opper 1 -a·re- keeping. i·n strid-e with-- Ur_:,e· dir.t job. -This project lies on "the border_ 10. -At -every opportunity -threat-handle the rock. · Brother E. C. operat~ons. work for MHJer. This group of of Lassen and Modoc counties and en to resign. Try to get others t(]l "Curley" . Hildebrand is fooling C. H. Leavell Company at Fal" bllpthers: get al0ng . very well . to- involves a,bout 16.1 miles to be sur- do the same. around ·betwee1i .the · \>Vinnemucc/:J. lon; Nevada, haye increased :their' 'gether arid are very happy with faced. r 11. Talk ' cooperation but don't job and the Goiconda job, not do- operations at the Air Base. MQst -the job - at Herlong- even though ' Valley· Engineers, of Fresno·, , cooperate. ~ i1lg much of -any'thing. -Brother Ed of the Enginee·rs work is being the- dust coriditior:r· gets pretty were the only bidders for _the job 1 2. If asked to help -say you "Sc1uirrel" Jones. is making up for subcontracted to other contract01's. rough in the middle of that lake of constructing ,water ' distributi.on haven't time. lost time .. He is really working now Leavell has one crane of their own bed. If - the equipment keeps -up reservoir pump, etc., at Clear 13. Never r'ead anythin~g pertuin. trying to keep ali olthe rigs roll- I on the job pouring concrete, etc., \vith. the men the· ·bl'others will do Creek, Lassen County, about four ina- to the organization. · ing. That "Squirrel" is really the J and it is being operated -by two a good· job in record" time, as they miles· from Westwood: Tire con- l4. Never " accept an office since boy when he gets going. expert Operating Engineers, . Bro. ·are among the top hands in this tract has not been awarded to it is easier to cdticize than to do

· "Buc!(" artd Iiis- oih~r, Bro. Loris dirt moving game. They are also date. ' - _ _ ,_ . · - ~ - anything. DOD-GE- AT LOVEU)f)I~ Amdi:·eason. In d<e P e·i1 d-ent Iron being supplied with -gravel by that In' Shasta County contr.acts, have . · 15. II app-ointed to a _ committe~ ' NoW:, ou(at' -Dodge Construction, " Wol;ks; lm\re" two' enines setti'ng 'outstanding crusher " crew; Broth- been aw.arded r\ecently: to _ ~e-S_t?n bever. give any hnie or service to

!11c.,- Ircm Mii1:e: 'at I!.ovelock, Nev., steer on -the· hangers. Bl-others John ers Anderson, Biale, and James Co11struction Company, of Davis,- it . _ . v/here Brothel;· :deol'ge·· Eckman is Soil:\mm a:ndt R·oy - Tucker a~'<'~ < the Obester Jr. and Sr. . "for the :- eonstPuctfo11 Of _a- sewage .l6 If vo"u re~'eiv-e' a bili f(n: due~ th~e Gehera]Super, _ a1l:d -m·other' H. opera:i:or;s ' and' :B'rothers· J'oe ·Gomes Many ·jobs are _i1ow under way pumping a:nd treatmeqt pianf _at igno~·e _it. · w .. Pardick "Jr. is. the Manager af ~ a.n:di Dtm J e·a:kins· are their· re-spec- ind. more work i$ coming Up ver:Y ' .Iteddhtg,-,and- tb ; Walter' H; _- 'i.tnde- 17. D~n·t do. any more than. yon: the ~ Loading·· Ramp' ,· thine·s~-are tive '" oilers. The steel erection is soon · 1·11· tl1-e. sta•te .of Ne,_ra-da. -w~e ma:n df ·Red Bluff, -for · the con~ · .. h -

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l'eally iri' fine shape, Br:other M. D. rapidly taking - shape undei~ · the expe-ct some big jobs 011 the st;i;uetiori. or:Hat Creek. Erid'ge No. ingly and· .unselfishly-. _u:se- · t:heie _ ''Doctor" "Mello; "the Head · Weigh _ capable hands of these brothers. 'f.ruckee a11d Carson Ri\,ers and 252; · approxiirfately -60' miles east a:b:ility to" help the· _good' cause Master' arid ' hi~:Vl1elper, ':Br·otfier·. George- E : 'Mlil~rConStructibit Co. Donner Summit lat.ei· this y~ar. It "Of Redding. . " .. . atorig, theri,"howLbecau&e- the or~ Dar'iiel' R; ·· EHfs_,.- .ke'ep - -everythini has: many of ·the'-bi·others working ·appear·s· to be one. of -t-J1e- la-Tge-si: Peter Kiewit Sons; of..Medford, . · · " ••

· ~ ~ · · · · · ganization• is '- run . by a _Gtique .. -ru·I'Inirig smi:J0tli1y; No overl'oacls or alf.-over the-ar·eac at= Fallon. B:rotli~ and' most active· "work seasm1s-- in Oregon, woii' the chaniiel - rest01'a~ troubles· -\Vi'th -"tlie-'- cars ''-·RJr thes-e -'ei;S~ Lesll'e "Re-d"'Wanert, Jloim Sfri, this state in . q\:t.rte- some time: Not ti:oir pro}ech:m. the ':Kl'arriath Riyer hvo - brofhets' woi'kih'g' . togStner: 'c~ · T: Cline, Frank ''lVfal;!"' IVicVitty; on{y is• .there irrcreased'· activity . iri ar' S'eiad'· Va}ley arl'<l Ftett-Company . CHICO, ·confract· - awardee} ta D<ldge .Construction, II'tc., .has - no I Chas: Gillum; - R'uss Rockett, and th'e road' w:01'k,: but also ' in the of ,Sa'cramento-ca,me out on. top in Rober't M. Merian, Rt. 1, R<;~x 750; worries a:t ·the, Loading .. Ramp. .Brother . Thompson .are all hard at b~ild:in·g construction, and. the Jninc tl-ie J)idding fop. ti1e• bridge-t() , be· or>·ovil'!e,:·$40,802 &;Va1ley Ripe Co.,. Brothers Mick ,Whaler'!;- Ray Sei- .it ' <'in'· their i ndividual jobs . . Broth- in'g in'dush,yi i~ '_ rapidly gr()w,irg construet ed- aeross SwH!up.·· Creek, P .O; B'ox 510;.• Gnico, - $54r, ,500"~ for' bert, Gene ·Akins- and--Perry Thorn, -ers _. Dan- St.-· Angelo and Dan Sf. ~vithF ne\v plibjeets. We' are looking about · :20 ·rhiles- south _ ot Hapny, -copst. _ str:e~ts ·. &· sewers in:· Ciinymir: sen are up at' the _Jr_:Qn Mi11e d'Oing: .Angl:!Io:_ Jr. arid Billy Rexon are .• on forwa:rd~to ai o}Jsy se·ason this';year Chinp hi Siski;you- County, Calif. J!igh!a-nd .S\ilidiy,_:_Unit 1, near Oro.:. a bit of strippihg. These JJrothers me- cohcret'e iravinog crew a't the and: also;Jw· fl: few years 1fhead. in Bi<:,!s-are -also, being taken on Uiree ville; :BlJTTE · c _OUNTY,. . - . have lo"ts of il;oh'ore strij;)ped'. :BhJ; Base> Things are picking up arid' a_ the Silver State for everyone, con~ other·· bridge jobs in this county:" T C "Al "b. ,- B- t - - dB- '"' f- -· · b "th o· - to 0-.- •• --v. ' M"ttr'y· & Sons, o"f· Ga-rde11a, · STOCKTON,- contract awarded' . : __ a a:ma ' _ ot oms an . ro.- ew more . ro ers are g mg tractors - and brother engmeers "" - • Frankie -: W, '- ChiCo are- on the \vork at the 'Air Ba;;:e right along. alike . . We are very happy to· re- have moved in on their job site on to S. - M. ·McGaw, P.O, .Box 757, -Sl --1 - B'- ~c; - -, ;,,T·~, l. "M .. k- , -_ W h- · t' "' 1'- '-· ·-e "o· ·nO' - - - the Cor'nr'rle: Cailal 'r'n Tehama. Stockton, $7038, -for _ reeonst. - of 1ove s:--' • l'Oull'et· l'"'f<>ue - - T "e- -·' e' ope . -o· see a: arge-CI vv g r o poi·t on such conditions as it is ~ P -._ · - - -- t---h-- - "'"" ., : t. th" · b "'-' " - · w- ]' Coun' ty, a-r,.d- ar'e s' w1'11£?:1·n" g- 1'r1to- Stanisraus St. betw. Hazelton ltve . • aneoJa "is - · ·e~ ouust:anum"'-' &re-aser oi:J · _ · ·er~e ·· e,-ure> many ee-,s - go beneficia'] to- everyone hi the state, '"' ~ · · ·- tl _-- -,- .- ' -' '" -d" '' - · N':' "' - t-h·' - ~· b ·R·-· · C"" str·u-c"I'on" un-de- r· th-·e· d - - actr'o11 w1'th R-.N. 'ur-tt-r"y -as" supe-r< · & Tavror St. in dtv of Stockton.-111' 1e mmmg u r -tlsury: 1 ow ·- · a-" . · Y·' - e_ca· cJJl · u · · - · · _ big or-smaU, ari :heFps, our-state to · m J J

M 'J · -- 1·1- · --· t~ - ' t! ·- ·' b" d · - · · ' · ., -- 'f -B--ro' t"' · Jos"ep"h· B"en 1'nten' dent. B1'ds -ar-,e due on' Ju11e ~0 SAN FRANCISCO, contract, 1 -rn~- rea . yge.,. ·le'.JO ' oneany ·supervJswno · · ·:uer · · - - gro\v, brii;rging pr:osper:ity - t6 alL . - · I -I - k. ' b ·s bac' to wor·k on- th·e· B-a'se - · for· hi'gh\;'ay I'mpr'o\rem· en_ts I'n tl11·s awarded-_ to J . L. Connor Jr., ·B_ox pace -1e wor s. · -- . ow r - K . _ • Of course, we anticipate .a growth ' . c - ·

Hoops Construction Company at and1 they haye three pulls moving iw industries-whiCh will add to the same- county at three locations, a 835, Eureka, $2900, for levee repair Eureka, Neva'd'a'; is fi1nl:lly beg-in- =dirt '- witl'i· some•- l'ligl'i' speed' action,- inc~easedi activity ;o\v under vvay. net length of-18_8 miles in alL on-Lorenzo .Belli and Rose P€renin ning to get under way·- again "after ·and- a·d'din'g their · fine . work to the vVe hope to see the unerhployinent Gate"s and Fox, of Burlingame, properties,- Eel River _ on Mosley b · ' h t· d b -1 fi' h :fl d t th Na a] A' Statr'on -ha-ve finr'sJ1ed·. ti1Ar·r, -bride:e across Island, HUMBOLDT COUNT-Y. emg-s u own ' y a as • oo progress -a . · e v _ rr rolls vacant, and everyone in the c ~

in the aTe a. Many of the - bl'other~ at Fali0ri, Nevada. Great Sil.ver · s~te vvorking and eri- the Sr~cramento ' Riv_ero- and . are a: I _ PALO ALT_Q, contract- awarded lHt the . job because oji the. la(I'Ofli, ISB'EE.L;~,T RENO" ' -, jo~<ing, many prosp·erous seasons, set to go on the facmb o~ - the por- to C. J. Gahn Paving _& Grading and now, we· are:- in t'he "'pro"cess of Isbe!'lC Ctms1:ru·cti·on• :Company- is · not miJ.y this year bttt "many more. tals. -They-have subbed ~h1s to John I c_ o., 346 Oakwood Blvd., w. Red.:· supplying -Hoops with alrnrost . a very -busy ini -the·_ Reno -a·l1ea_ this , "Brothers, while -we are \"Or king Allum, known as the J. & B. Con- _ -d C- -t $

12 335_ f t f "

. ·• . - - woo r v, , , or cons . o wh0le hew ci'ew, The jOb· -wi].J· go- season: . wi1lh- w91ik dn : the ·- South and .moving dfrt; - structron Company. - Q ., - • • ·, - d b -1

, . - - - · R J R L tt - r- H.. 711 1 L 0 prcmc areas, _san ox ·p a} area, on two· shifts- again soon; and-- we Virginia fou1· · la,nes, souoth of- eno, Let -Sa:fety -First be our motto , ' · · · , ove • 0 yaes\1 _e, a ~0 catering area, ~headers and 35,204:-

look forwavd- to .a<:speedy recovE!J;y_ woPk at Ai:rpovtRCDad', on new sew- . and not g-et hurt." ;]1as _several small channel JObs m ft __ d _ k 1.n M' t

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- '" - . ' 1-. - . . 't · Sq, . re roe: paving l I.Cle hy the·- Hoops out fit: a.s this is. a age-_ instaUa;t;ions;- ,:;t~Td'· thee Fetvhre _ t1.:\S VICml y. .- . ,_ . Park good district .for< dirt moviHg (rto :fliO'ad• a·rea: with·-· another-. ~ewer .__/· ·-, There are : sevexaL large · road ---·---~-'------'----:rock) , With , all •of- }I oops' · new proj'ect. - ·All .of., these jobs along SACRA11'IIBNTO; contn~ct award'- jobt ·in Trinity (:ounty in tjle very equiprnent:· things have got to get with . numerous smaller jobs are etl' to · R. E : Hertei, 2904 near f'uture, with over two million Hester' Carnes and Sidney J. Ol~on, better,. especially<with such.-opera- : ·keepi~1g a lot of the .brother.s-,busy WaY,- sa:Cto., $100;9.06; fo~· - (hl mi. dolia:i's to be spent this . season -- i:n- both un th~ Somer~ & Stacy-j~b at toi's _'as;-:Briithei:L'.'Hank" Hm~st, "Os- and. ai'e --keeping. the Reno• shop grade " & slir-1', ·w/vltniix smf. a:~ui volving about nine· n1iles ' of- ,')1ew ,C_aJla·han, ;ver.e hospitalized, 'follow-_ ca~ :.NJ;o.y{~~~ . B~ot~er ~odl'l1~U1\. Br-~~

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.crew-• busy. ' ~s b.e!l:iTers: Al·:J:· ti.~p~,ug{l· const. :a ·litidg,fi,· g,; mi;., S . . of DoyJe cpn"stpt.Jction~ and qui((!, ,a few · }·e-~ ing an ~ut?mobile ac~ident re~ent_-:-, Bmggs; -Bzw> Jame;s.·. sweet, ;Earl -the - I-sbell! JObs; •· we nnq:, the -go_ocl at·' ~i~g, Vali~y:> €ree)i, - LA~SEN sUJ;facing and repair-' jobs. :-, . ly and expect to be lard up ior -se":~ \'Vlllis, Bro . . walter lYicMain, Bro. worl> ')f Brothers George Co11J~y COUNTY. \ We are sorry · to . report . t)lat I era! months. · · · '

ENGINEERS ' NE\VS June 15, 1956

ily r n (Compiled h? P. E. Vand-e;nu\i: arid awarded ;to A. T ekhert & Son, Jllt<c., J F ernda le, .HUMBOLDT COUNTY. 575 Berry St., S. F ., $132,295, for I and Tuttle Aves., city of Watso~

Russell Swanson) 1931 S:ockton Bini, ·Sac1t<o., $139,- SAN FRANCISCO. Contract track removal a nd street widening, vi!ie, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: MAY 4, 1956 655, for grade Jli):ano, rC'!:UriiJ, gutters, awarded to J. R. Lovett Const. Co., Stockton St. betw. South portal of ' SANTA CRUZ. Contract awa.rdeciil

PIEDMONT. Contract awarded sidewalks lUld se•.Yers, \Yitni,u and P .O. Box 23, Hydesville, $10,500, for tmmel an<l Columbus Ave., City of to Va;lley Engrs., Inc., P. o. Bl))X, to Independent Const. .co., 740 adj. _to . Golf Co urse Terr.a.ce Unit restore channel by rem. gravel fill San Francfsco. 412, Fresno, $14,675, for in~t. 2-Hi.-

. 50tl;l Ave., Oakland, $95,470, for I No.6. · and pl. in embkment and rem. and SACRAMENT 0. Contract inch welcl.' steel water mains ac~· .. gF-ade. surr,_,_ curbs, e:c.,_ on High- ~ sAN FRANc r s_co. c _ontract J ?ispos_e o~ debris, South Fork Trin- awa_rded to Lord & Bishop, Inc., Sar1 :.Lorei1io Rlvei: ·in Talt st. a.il<lll' land A\·e. from Moraga Ave . to awarded to The LDwne Pavm"' Co., rty R!ver, TRINITY COUNTY. P. 0. Box 812, Sacto., $6,990, for co1mec.tf01dnto exist. water ·systein .. Iviou,nt~in Ave. ir;_ ,Piedmont. · . _ 1 II~c. , 1755 Evans Ave ., S.F~, $S,665, WALNUT CR~EK Co 11 i rae t replace pi les, pile caps, planks and SANTA CRUZ~ Contract awarded.:

SACRAillEN TO. Contlact .for reconst. Hamerton Ave. betw. awarded to Martm Bros., P.O. Box wall blocking of wooden trestle. to .Granits Co_nst. Co.; .P. 6: Boi~: ~ 100 feet .and 325 feet S. Boswoi"th 5, Concord, $19,928, for· offic~- site OAiiLAND. Contract awinde<l to 900, , Watsonvii!e, $5','983; for cdiist .. . ....,..- ' .. "~ " ;- · ' -." • -, St., San Francisco. preparation for the District. Wms. & Burrows, Inc., 500 Harbor· roO\ds · in . SL Francis Subdiv. · illli. o~ c. JONES _& :SONS t ELK GROVE. <::;ontract . awarded MAY7;_1956 . . . . Blvd., Behnollt, $928,830, for const. S~NTA CRUZ COUNTY . .

, GENeRAL CONiRJ~iCTOR·S j to Ei·ighton Sand & Gr3:vel Co., P. McCLELLAN. AFB·. ~ contract ot college bldg. on ne\v camlms, hie. ·€eda.raml4th St. BERKE):.EY 0 . Box "1, Perkins, $5~660, for surf. awarded to A. Teicher~ & Sort, Inc, at 35tfi -Ave; and MoUJitain Blvd.;

-ti . exist. roads at Central Valley 1931 Stockton Blvd., $29,787, for OSJdaiuL . LAndscape 6-.3424 · · P 0 R T E R VI L L E. Contract Hatchery,. ne.ar Elk Grove, SAC- re·pairs to airfield.' pavements at

Member A. G. -c .....• i RAlviENT·d COUNTY. . McClellan AFB. a~·araed to Wm. H. ShaJ!ock, 217 · · ""' • • · , ..... " • Daniels Lane, Bakersfield $25,657, ,_,.---------------: 1 SACRAl\IENTO. Contraet SA'N LEANDRO. · Contract fo!· corist. of sanitary ~ewer in

~ I awarded _ to c. ·s. JPhiUips· Co., P.O. awarded to J. Vy. Lee; .1575 La~e .Grand Ave. betw. Hwy. 65 and sew-

· SANTA· CRUZ, Contract' a\,iar.ctecr.' to Robeis~n : Bros'. 3in · Glen can< yon li<r: santk ci;uz, · $5;13t; . for . grade, rein. trees tmd '·e'Xl.s,t ·strucs., ' and cons( pavement"and arainage'· faclls. on State H\vy; Sig1i: Rt. No.: ·9, about 1 mi. N'. of F elton, La'zy . Woods Road, SA:N'I'A · 'C 'RU Z :.1!)L .lKI: BROS co Box 758, Petaluma, $138,600; for Chabot Rd., San . Leandro, $6,pBO, age plant. . ·. io:. A ' I. ; . ! \ - ~ • r. ' • clear Sutter ' By-Pass, Fre~B· nondt for reconst. Ha;rold, Lloyd & Mar- RIVERBANK. C~mtract awarded

Weir upstream to Nelson en ' tell Aves. in San Leandro. J. D. O'Brien , 212;1 N. "F" st:, COUNTY. . .

·OAKLAND, Contract- ,awa'rded to: Producers ol SUTTER COUI\Io'TY. SACRAMENT 0. Contract Stockton, $22,500, ·tor furn: and

SAt'l' FRANCISCO. C 0 n tract awarded to Harold P. Hastings, erect. truss span . and 205-foot ~- A"'!llta-itic Conc·,.ete - 'R;eady-lUix awarded to John R. Lovett Const. Box 546, Lakeport, $70,000, for re- length of suspension span· to re­Co., P.O. Box 23, Hydesville, $1,700• pairs to roadway, grade; ditches place strucs. d{!stroyed by flood.

Rose & Matoza C6nst., .20830: Rut· · ledge Rd., Castro Valley, $20;·424,. : for grade, pave, structs~, etc.; on. ~

por . . of the . Public Health Center. parking lot, Foothill Blvd., and l50th Ave., ALAMEDA COUNTY ..

~ Concrete & Quarr~· P-fo·d.ucb for emergency flood contl'Ol work and strucs. on 16.6 mi. of Klamath MERCED. Contr~ct awarded to at Canyon Crk., Junction City, River Rd. and other roads on the M. J. Ruddy & Son, Rt. 6, Box·

.. . if'. 0. !Box l002 IRl' ,el~ .m .. <"''"d TRINITY COUNTY. H a I d'an Reservat1'on HUM- 1419-A, Modesto, $60,212, for re-" ''"'' SAN FRANCISCO. Co 11 t r a c t oopc n 1

' • ' .MAY 10, 1956

BOLDT COUNTY. const. various city streets in ;: Western,. Drive BEacon 2·5193 awarded to A. B. Siri, Inc., 1357 Merced. $3 047 MAY 8, 1956

Cleveland Ave. , Santa Rosa, . · , , SAN MATEO. Contract awarded W AT S Q NV ILL E. Contract

SACRAl\IENTO, contract award,; e·d to ·Granite Const. Co., P.O. B •()l'J; . 90, ·watsonville, $31,424, for 0.2 1111llli.: gr:;tde & surf. w/pltmix surf. I!JJIDl

untr. base, about 5.6 mi. N. oJ! Boulder Creek, SANTA CRIJZ CO. ·

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US£ CAT 02 TRACTOR as Tony Lobo does on this building site in Lafayette. You'll get plenty of power from its 38 drawhar hp. for dozing and scores of other jobs. You'll like its maneuverability and a bility to turn on_ a short radius - great for \YOrk around houses, t;ees and the narrow quarters of building projects. Its low height is ,a decided advantage when grading in orchard subdivisions.

· D2 is a thrifty operator. _Initial investment is low; sma ll low bed t ransports it from job to job; economical e-ngine does more than a day's work oi1. a single 26-gailon tank of fueL

See how the D2 can make money for you. Call .us NOW - NAi\fE

'rJ-IE DATE, WE'LL DEMONSTRATE. •

26 PETEBSO .N 'TRACTOR .& EQUIPMENT CO

Ji SAN LE ANDRO: 955 1ST AVE. • SAN fRAN CISCO , ~.15 RA·~ .~ I $01< SWEETWOOO 8 -5600 YU KON <o-oJIJ')

Cc:-= rpillar and Cct ore Regi s. tered Tro~e,orks of Coterpili ar T~odor (:,).

to L . .C. Smith, 225 -19th Ave., San Mat~o. $8,329, for resurf. 5th Ave. betw. S.P .R.R. and Bayshoi·e. ·

SAN MATEO Contract .awarded to L. C. Smith. Co., 225 -19th Ave., San Mateo, $49,147, for reconst. Pa­cific f1lvd. betw. 38th Ave and southerly city limits, et al.

SAN MATEO. Contract awarded to L. C. Smith, 225 -19th Ave., San Mateo, $18,296, for resurf. Hills­dale Ave. betw. El Camino Real .and Bayshore Blvd.·

SAN MATEO. Contract awarded to L. C. Smith Co.,' 225 -19th Ave., San Mateo. $49,417, for resurf. major city streets in San ·Mateo.

SAN RAFAEL. Contriact awarded to Ghildtti · Br.Os:, "629 ·Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, $24,'745,"ror re­const. "A'' St. betw. 5th and 3rd

I Aves., in City of San Rafael. r

PETALUMA. Contract awai'ded to Reichhold & Jurkovich, 13550 San Pablo Ave., San Pablo, $5,792, for grade, pave, curb; set meter stanchions and lighting on city­owned lot for 0ff-stteet parking.

PETALUMA. Contract awarded to Reichhold & Jurkovich 13'550 San Pablo Ave., San P ablo, $5,495, for reconst Upham St., Unit No. 2 _betw. Western Ave. and English- · St., city of Petaluma.

SAN JOSE. Contract awarded to A. J. Raisch Paving Co., 900 W . . San Carlos St., San Jose, $3,323, for reconst. 19th St. betw. St. James St. a nd a point 235.5 feet souther­ly city of San Jose . •

SAN FRANCISCO. Contract· awarded to A. B. Siri, Inc., 1357 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa, $2,410, for levee i'epair at Mad River Slough in H UMBOLDT 20UNTY.

REDWOOD CITY. C on t r·a c t

awarded t o Granite Const. Co., P .O. Box 900, Watsonville, $301,206, for const. of storm ·d:rain on Hushbeck

Here and There And Now There Is One

The 'first convention of the California State Federation of Labor w:a" held in 1901. There is no recoru of any survivor's of that brav.e litU~ group. Up ·until two weeks ago when the veteran; Tiri1..Reardo:n, d.i'e<!l!,.' there wet·e two sur.vivprs Qf the secoml ·corivention. Now there - i~ ·lb1111t : one; Andrew Gallagher, recently retired _member-of· the U.S. Conciliati:Glll'.. Service and a member of the Photo Engravers U·nion. Tlie secoJid· coiOl·; vention was held in Vallejo.

* * * Belleve It 6r N~t '·

The impossible in labor-management rel(l.tions .has.happenect in Fre.~­no-an employer group asked lo.eal unions to demand higher pay sca1et3' .. . The Central Valley E lectrical Contractors A8s'n niade ·the proposal to thunde:i'stt·uck union leaders as a means of attracting more workers to·· the area.

** * . For Union-wise IJlcers Unionists vacationing at Lake Tahoe ·

will find their milk easier to digest . this: year. U]1i.On milk and dairy produc.ts will be available for the first time, because . th e Minden Co-op Creamery, selling Windwill · produc ts, has been organized by ·Reno . T eamsters.

They Need Help Although Shell Oil workers in California came up with a nice :coan­

tract recently, they're still arguing with the other face of the compallll:jr"· They're suppo:rting a strike in Anacortes, Washington, where 309 work' ers hav-e been striking since March for their first negotiated ag:I·ee1nemt against the lowest wage of any Shell refinery in the U. S. •

The Martinez local asks Oa.lifornia unionists to write the company, urging it to .bargain in good faith in the ,NOI·thwest.

* * * a.-warded to Oscar c. Holmes, Inc., Decontrols Cost Money P .O. Box '19D, E.edwood City, $187,- California cities were includ·ed in a rent survey ma-de by the NJJ 854, fo r const:. Parking Lot IV, State Council for Rent Control Le.gislation, and they didn't compare t.o•J> ­Parking· D ist. No. 1 Red,vood City. well. I,isted among cit.ies which hav-e ended controls, Los Angeles re11.~~

SAN FRANCISC O. ·c; on tr a cts have gone Ul) 22.7% since J uly 31, 1953 and SF's ~tre up n .G%. In N•ew awarded · to Cl) J ohn R. Lovett York and Philadelphia, where tight local controls were main\t>ained, rei!ll t!l , Canst, Co. P.O. Box 23, Hydesville, increased 4.6 and 3.9%. $.3,000, for rem. and disp . debris and chann. clearing, E . Weaver Creek near Weaverville, TRINITY COUNTY; (2) Peter Kiewit Sons Co., 208 W. Main St., Medford, $16,435, for res tore channel,- const. barrier, new chann., Klamath River, Seiad Valley, SISKIYOU COUNTY.

MARTINEZ. Contract awarded to 0 . C. Jones & Sons, 1540- 4th St., Berkeley, $40,555, for const. of San Pablo Crk. Bridge (Bear Crk. Rd.),

MARTil\fEZ. · Contract awarded to Lee J. Immel, 1.3555 San Pablo Ave., San Pablo, $24,989, for resurf.

. Santa Rita Rd. MARYSVILLE. Col) tract awarded

to Souza & McCue Con:St. Co., P.O. Box 325, Yuba Clt:~i , $49,784, for const. streets, ·water and sewer lines in industrial tract No. 1-near Yuba City Airport, approx .. §7 acres, near Olivehurst. MAY 9, 1956

SAN FRANCISCO. C o n t r a c t a\varded to Chas: L. Harney, Inc., 575 Berry St., S. F ., $15,292, for reconst. connect. 'road betw. State Hwy. Rt. "56 and ·. 25th Ave .. and· Fulton St . ·Golden Gate Park.-. ·

SAN FRAiN CISCO; Co ri tract

* * * TV Strike?

TV writers in Hollywo od figure if the screen writers can have cc>!l.- . tract prot~ction, they can, too. The video scribes say t hey win · striike · major networks unless they get a contract agreement soon.

* * * Acres of ,Jobs Workers within reach of the Stanford Industrial P ark .are rtJ.bbing

their hands at the prospect-Ampex .Corporation in Redwood City, m anu .. facturers of magnetic tape recorders, have announced that they will build a multi-million dollar plant in the· development. They'll use a ·20 to 30 acre site:

* * * Plans for building 51 new plants in N. Calif. were announced in the first quarter of this year, including 35 in the Bay Area.

* * * . Nothing Came of 'It _ Seems too bad that FrimJ.f Goodban ' didn't accomplish much by r lfl··

signing as manager' of the MOdesto office of the State Deparfiiien~ ll)!i' · Employment. The c-ommercial press studiously avoided publishing "!hiull< · cltarges that "civil service pror:.edures have beeii relegated · t~ . a hew low · through rigged exaimnatioJ1S, an,d .that State Director H. W. Stew.M't fifJ ' a "pensioner from Shell Oil who did not know the first thing, aibout tilllre · department." Goodban asked for an investigation, was told the Depart· · ment had no money for investigatio;ns. And that was that.

. * * * Catching On

------------·---~-----'__: _____ ___ awa.r{le-d to ·CJw.s. L. -Harlltly; Inc..,

It's a good idea, and it's spreading -:- that-·idea-- of working out an . . agreement with doctors .to set standard fees'-in line with welfare plan · benefits. This time it's the Sonoma County Buildlng .~ades Council .that ; flas met ""'ith the MD's. The San Joaquin 'Euildlng ·Trades Council ~!ii • eonsid~I'lng the problem, to''·

· ·J· ~~rre · 15 · 1956 ENGINEERS' N.E\VS Paie Eleven •- ~~L'~~~~--------------~~------~--------~----~==~~~~~~~~~=-~~----~----~------~~----------~-------=~=-----~--------0 S~N FRANciscO. c 'on ti' act I ' "' .• ,;::. ( . •.

a \V.'iri'ded- :W Fav Ifu;p'roVernen't -Cu. 1'· . -· ... 'JU;NE 4, ~956 • .., : • , . • . l -::.1..~!-cJ:t-" ~ ¥ >f" <. '( . _.. f.. • • • 1 •

iof d:m:lfine st s. "F .... :$22·:fi(i'8 ;'for 1 'C-~<-aO'N Pllfi'Y, 'Nev:!· ccntr;tct sti'ee~ resnrfadh·g 9\~~n 'A.v~- et I ,~~;a'f~e:~ 1;~ _sr(v'~\,,.st. 'So'n'St. ~o -~

. . . . ' M~Y 18, ·1956 . . ' OAKLAND, Contract awarded to Bridge. (2) UTAH & CARBON al, City of -San Fran:crsco. flu9 l\~alne ~St;, _ 'Fal.o'n, ~·~_v., $100, · ·sA.:¢R.~ll_-1Ef.rro, ,, cimtmct award- R?se & M!J. toza~ Canst. __ Co., 2.~830 COUNTIES-v-/. W. Ciyde & ·co., SAN :imMr'IsCo c 0 n tract 1s21J., f6i· t~ :ll'SJ i-i1i. pl'fn16~ ' surf., . ed to A'sta Con§t. Co.,33 N: Front Rutledge Rd., Casti·o Vp.lley, $16,- Sl:i:dngville; $~jt,829 for 8.179 rni. awar&ed t~ F.~v l111P;oveme;1t Co., li fl~Okt J:~e-~: {J~~\d\_an . 1~ft}'rv._ Rd., · 8-t:;• ;"R.io· Vii(th, $91,42Q, for 5.8 mi. 733, fw grade & pltrriix si.n·f. a of canst. a 2" rdmix . bit. surf. road,. ioi choli-na St ., s. F. $8;787. for, ·wA: . · 0':--' ·co 'N:TY. ,-

.r hiittlers' alul §hldr§: to be const. & portion of County Rd.; . knpwn as on-a sec. of SH. No. 95, from 0.4 grade pave; :sewet'S et~. : E:urt~ham I ' ,~fA !E,E R AF<~, contract_ ~awa.:a~ t pTi{ i}ltii1x. sriH, over exist. pave. & Cs.r1ton Ave. extEnsion from .Sta. n-li: N . of Utah-Cai·boil County liiie . St. betw. Elizabeth and 24th Sts., eq Bngnton Sa·nd _ & Gravel C':o.,

ne"\{i" bol.·dei·s; ' l{ei\.v. 2.3 111i. N . of 1300 to Stanton Ave., Eden Town- to Scofieid. . s'an Frm'!cj·sco. . _ ·t· P .O . . Bo·x 1, P erki'l1S, $33437, - for Coiltra ' Costa Cmtnty line and 2.0

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ship, ALAMEDA COUl'l'TY. . SACRAM:2J<r'To, Col~t{·act a\var'd. - sAN FRAN CISCO. c 0 n t r a ·c t res'urf. parking areas and streets. n1C:N~~ o:f"Eio Vi~·ta. . lUAY 25, 1956 · ed to Bntte Creek Rock Co. , Sky- 'a.Walidecl , to E. _ J . _Treacy, 452 at Mather Air Force ~as<;, appi·ox . ; sii.CRAMEt~TO, contract award- SACRAMENTO,' Contracta\vard- way. -Chico, $3,800 for. emeicge'ncy D~~v~y be~vey · ]3Ivd. san .Fran- 11 mi.. E. of Sacramento. ~dto Cai:l R_; Fiedler, 2231 "S" St., ed to BrightonS.and & Gravel .Co., leve~ r epairs, L. b~nk Sa"cto. River cisco,. $s:o59, for gliad~, pave, sev,;· S~.cto :,.$33!16, fot ' reconst. alley I & :P ."O. Box 1, P_(~rk,hls , _$53,351, for at mi. 187:0 in BUTTE COUNTY. ers -~tc. Bni:(r£in·d St. betw. Cort - - - j

, j betV.r: ·23rd & ~4th Sts.; sacra- grade, pave, sewe1:s, curb,, gutters,, TRAViS AFB, Coi1'tract a:wa·rded 1 land imd i.\irojave. . · · . · l 1 ·B .'' · · ·''tr . f :7' . mei,tG. - . >' • . . .etc. in & adj. to . South Land .Park t.o Blount B'ro"s. 'CoiTst,, s'l-6 "W." 5th' S•AN 'FRANCTSCO . . c 0 ]1 'tr_a c t ' 'Ill \ttl-a ' ' -:· -~ --~.- .. _ -_-, __ ;_

,- SACR:~ME;N:TO,contract award- Hills Unit No. 9, Ro\v 312L . - st.', L.A., s~i42 ,:08flo, f O): coirs:t . Ntlfe · a\~'O~;de_d : 'tD ~L 'J . Lync'h, '225l Re-l_ \~iire - R'ooe . ed ~to A.' '(eichei"t & Son_, Inc., 1931 • TRAVIS AFB, Co~ltr.a.'ct avv.arded >'l'-10 Elnifm at i'i·aVis A~.iB. <J>2~ ve).'e; st., S'8:11 Fi~a11 (:i'Sco, $li,200, 'fcir ,: . . . ' s't6ckf~n Blvd., Sact,o., $3293, for to Syar & Harms, . P.O. ;Bpx, l43i, ferise Area; SQ'LANO li)OTINT"if. c9'hst. ' effhl ~n:t . ).iy-pass -seWer a~1d J Spl'l~ijlg 'and 'soolrefiitg· .. rec6n~t 1rliey F & G .betw. 9th & V~llejo, $8,289, : fclx .co.nst .pa,rk ~ SADRAiYi'ENTO., 'C()~i1t:r'a'Ct a:'\vai:d-· 'i:I'iftile1"it 'ch:ai'irieL ~-a~e~ "iqne Rich- : , . · 'A.lgerifs f or __ i illi :·:::f '" S · •· · -, t · .. · · ·· - - area, ~ecreat. .A.r:ea, F l;lirfielg AF:S·; ;ed t'() _R.ich~~r 'B,t.?s.,. P."{;)~ ~ox 't'tirl, i-p-~~a~su:~·~et . · ___ s~:{v_ag~ ·. trea:tr~1ei1t f ·• R·o~btfi1<gs '.RI'ue 'Ce'n'ter · · .•. :~ ;--~-- ,. ·A~_; ___ ~_~§t_A_ ?~_-a_B_.·:_m, ·,· ~:1~~-ra_ ct_ · a_w;r_· __ d_ ed .. SAN JQSE, COJ~ti,act awJtrded to. Oroville •$128;5!75 f6'r 3.'0 '1111 :iP,·. plant, San Francisco. · · · '· An <vcn·k lVT'a'de to 'order

_ "' __ . .. :Haa.S .~ Hay~iie, . 27~ ~in e. S~·•:. §:F:,, . i;oaifbed: const; &' ~t1;f. "lv f~IUni\ ' , _ . ~~N~ ;'1; 1956 ' ·'· . Gni.u'ariteed and Insured to Syar, & Jfl!rh1s, P,O. Box 1431• $1,857,000, foi· const . . of A{l:v-~nc.e s:u'M'. abt. · 25 'in'L N. of 'Or'o"Ville·'at .. SA'$RAN1BNTO, co'ntract 3:wqrc1- ' " . . ·

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Vailejo, $5967, fpr paY.e Parking Research &P·rod14cts BQi,ldg .;' s. ·of ' Ba~:dees cr~ek, BUTTE bo'u':r4't'Y;_ eci'to ·c~rl R. -F ied'Ier, 2231 -"S" St., 60'0 A'th:Jison S'rreel Area _Platn No. 2, etc., Fairfield Sli,n Jpse, E;ANT,A CLA,RA_ ·DOUN- ~ SA.LINAS, Contract awarded to Sacto'., (A) ' $3333 & (·B) ' $3158 f01' I Berkeley, Calif. AF_$,' 1'l:avis AFB. ·

· · · TY. ,Buttler & Fox, P.O. Box 91, Salinas (A) grade & pave alley "D" & "E" Telephone AShberry 3-3236 ;_:-.: :, ' ' · -~f 2i, 1956 SAN ' RAFAEL, Coiltract award- : $;rg;6'17, .for sea-l c6atin:g c'ertain f·r om E'ly _Hne of 8th St. W'ly line I ;; ., SAN- ~- FRANCISCO, c o.n tract eel to Valley ·Ertgrs:, .Inc., P .O. ·-Box :county roads in MONTEREY of 9th St.-<B l grade and pa\·e al- . ~ a,w~~s1-~d tp,j(Jh~ ·:vv,. J . Petersen, 412, Fr.esno, $T!.,iOO,,)or inst: .c_ast. :cotJf'\l"TY. ' . ley ' b~tv~: ·:X" & "Y" Sts., . from 1 1 1 1

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R.t. L B_ox: 83; Loleta, $20,825, for iron . & steel mains in , Greenbrae - ·. . E'ly Ime of ·3rd St. to W'ly lme of\ · -_, ~~i~~; l;~P!J.ir:- o~jb~ .Eel River at Subidv., ·san .. Rafael, ,, IVrAf.l.IN: .1\<IAY 29,, ~956 34th st: ' . . ·_ , • · J 'ftD C · 'f'l!!i:W;IiJ· ., __ l Loleta, HUJ\IIB,04DT .COUNTY. COUNTY. - . -~-- ~ MARTINEZ, Contract awarded . SACRAMENTO . corihact award- ' ~ . . · m & n' .\\~ I. ' J~~PR~Q!)Nl'Q,Contra-c~ a:warp_- SAN RAFAEL, Contra~i: award- to 'Greuner Oonst: Co.; 4:30 - 40th ed to Ghi!otti Br;s:, 629 Francisco I :

ed .to · aarms Bros., . 5261 _ StocktQn- ed fo Valley Engrs., IIJ,c. , P .Q. ·B-ox · St., Oakl;_~nd, $445,950, for const; Blvd., San Rafael, . $31;849, · for · ltf!. ~ B.J:y.d., •. ~"cto~, .,$,i5f,z45, ~or' abt~ 6.4 412, Fr.esno, $1-4,945, .for inst: C.L & 3-story R.C. Co. Hel.llth Bldg" in widen 3 l:'n'idges , and approaches, '

. l~i.i. e~ist.. rO~!idbe.d Slurf. with J.ll!tl1t- steel mains in vic. of Alto inte:t:;;e: :Martine-z, Cil.lif. ' b~t'w'. 4 7 i:o m:i. NW Of Sebastopol, Engineering Constt:uc:t.!oirt . mix -~t~ri: .on ·,·~tr. base b~tw. Wil- & S.H. No. 1()1, MARIN COUNTY. I .VALLEJO; Contract awarded to SONOMA COUNTY. · . , · .. Wharves - Piers - Bridgea> . 1~\y_, 01-eek ValleY. a'bt': 17 mi N, · of l\1AY-zs; 195,6 · . Basalt Rock Co., P.O. Box -538, · SACRAMENTO, contra<;t a warp- , Ter!!liitals ~ · Fo~nda.tions Susan:.@e &: Stone Ran-ch, LAS- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, -Con- Napa,for .resurf. .& patch streetS ed to Thomas · const..<;Jo., p:o._ Box J Silbmariite Work SEN ·CoUNTY. . · ·- · tracts awarded as follows. (1) in V~llejo as required during fiscal 683, Fresno, $19,244, for 0.2 m1. re- 1 12 f.Aark~t · Street

SACRAMENTO, Conf];act award- MILLARD -cour:nY - Wilkinson year, July 1, 1956 . to June 30, 1957. tain. walls, -drainage improvements San .Francisco l1 ed to" Tzi~P- E. · Mit~~U, Faircaks, Con:st., Morgan; Ut-ah, $:1,04,099 for R ~No, N·E v AD A. Contract & roadway widening tQ. be canst. 8 Phone SUtte~

1_7 fo4 $24,237, for grade; fill, surf. & dbL 2.630 mi. of cOns( 21h" rd~ls bit. a.warded to Isbell Const. co., P.O. mi. E. of Springville, nr. Tule River

box cul~erts, Hoffman Acres, SAC-~ surf. road, on a sec. of U.S. No. 6, Box 2351, R.~no , $238,072, for g:rade, Po~Vel;house,"'TULARE - COUNTY. 1, t 1 1 r 1 0 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 LLLO-tJ_I. i n

RAMEN TO COUNTY. . , betw. Hinckley _ & Servier River place gravel or sel. ·ma.tl. . base · ,, -. ~

ctse., ·. pltmix bit. paving and inst. -.r ' . ' '. t n . . ».• Ab I . ' . . Clll'bs; gutter and walk on certa-in 1\ASWers . -0 yUesnons oUt· -~nsuran'ce -. -desig·nated streets within .City. of GAllAGHE.R · &-BURKE, -INC.

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S·.h::po' p'e_._ fs_qsbt'P-e,we_·_i_·a' ro __ df_'sf_ . _Jc~ru-sn, !'ofno r _e men, medical office/,o{ a unit~i-st~tes ReX.fvv~;~:~contract awarded to

, business Government iuedicaL f~wilit.yif y~~ Ahlratef · Undergrotind. Const. Co., a gents a rid. other . i~ep):esentatives are . hospitali~ecl . h1 : or ~i{<lt~I· tlie p;():. Box · 26A; Milpitas, $17,546, of both labor and management cru·e of the "ia.ciilty~ · · · · · . for ·instalL storm sewers l'!nd ap­f r equently . are . -asked questions Q. May a religious pradiu;ner pui.;ts:~ in city of Atwaler, Calif. a~o;4112ll~·o.-.o~o-_o~~~-o-o_.o~o~o~<~

::l~~;_e, t:rr~rn:l~~;~ente~-~~~:r~ec~~ si~:, ~e~~a~7- t~~:n~l:imani iil bod av~~;~dF~:~~~~~~- ~~r~·:Y~ a5~J - ·I , ·' . . . . G M. p_- -- --~ l a·n.c!.'. dis?.bil_ity: ·.iri.siii,ance. Here are faith• adhei·e's·· .:-. t~ -0-_,t·h-_ e· ; :t·e-ac.liii' 1 .. g·s .. of ' Berr y St S. F .' $9 146 foi· repair ~ . - ,. --·· . - · . . - ·.· ,-_ ·-. · . ·. " ... :;;: ~ . o SRJ.lly~ ~-Y._BI§.~ -,~P9,,,:JJ_.Ues.,.~~ns an ai bo'na.- fide·-cifui•Uh;''OSect;· d~H-on1i'n-' ' g~ R \,71; m n ll.ii Jlii!· ·~JI u ~ ., · - ,.,,_. t -- -,. r "- h. - - f · ·d taxi~vay ;:c··· anc1 p~r. o_'f B,9.y· s11~1~e ., ·:::, __ l!!.._r!Q~.?.!'If1!'.;.,_:t::A_ -.-.~~~-tp~u_ ·.1. 1~"_'-~P-A_ ,i --~- -"·- --C_~l_"~-.Q.:._'_-.:-r_L_:_;L,,_ authePtiC. ansmers · -- · ·· · · · 'H--, ;y- _·.--,· . s· . F. In' t:e-I·natF..,_.'._1.al __ _ A· l·_rpoi:t. ' · · - -'-" · -· , · ,_. · · ·"- atiort or - in·gaiuzittion v;;hich · d;e-. " '"" • · · -

Q. I s there a waiting period for sAN: :FRANCisco. co1ftr act ~ / SAN FRANC1SCO -~OAKLAND ~~~ pen<fs for hea:ling entireif' upon· .. > ' ~ •

disability insun~nce ?. prayer or spir#'iiltli1Ieaus 31id the a\\rard(id''tci :Wm. G. Mdtltosh .& ' Compresso'rs- Pumps· Ball and Roller Bearings ·'-A. Y~s. I! ·y.j>u, are NoT ho-spit~ practitioner ·is accredit~a ·,.by :the s£n;·· ·6.35'" TIJ!£J;. §t., , $S;4.50;~ fo~ :: Rock Drills- Steel _and Bits· Wire Rope __ .-' -

a.Iized, ther.~ 'is · 8.. ~ev{ln-day wait- · - , -- canst o'f parkin·g area: at S F Zoo- I · _. I" ilig' peJjod for each' <minterrupted department. / . ··-•--•- ,. logic~l Gard~ns; :san Fr:an:cis~. · SALES _. RENTAlS ,--' ·

· peri'od::: of::.. disabllik u~der the Q. May one · qoilgQL,d_isabiilty~ in• KA N .. LEA NDRO; .. Conti>aCt 81~0~~-l .... o . .-. __ il.-. ___ 0- 0- o:..&_ o....iai&_· __ }J~o-_ o--..Q · st-~~ pJ:a,:ti:· <v~ii!.ne;I.:\f' p~~~1 wait- surance durii!g :"a' :pregmmcy~· ' '"'' aw~rded to J. W. Lee, 1575 Lake . · . .. . .. l·no-"n"'n· ··oo ··· o~ · ) ... If' · h A Onl.y 1:f .. : ./J·I_.l .. e.-'dl:·c··a·· l · :e __ v_. :I:d-.-e·.·n·' --·c .. e 'ffi.a.b· o_ t. Rd., .sa· -n' Le0 -'ldl'O,· for stre·et_ "' ' ' ' ' "'"' ' • • • • • ' ' '. ' _• • ' '.· ' ; 1'_· ' ·" ' · " " • • " " " ' •.". •, __ •,. __ ,.. ' ' " " ." ' ' · __ , . -"'-~ · ._ s-.. V-.·Y•" •· . .. :~ Ol\ are o-s- . , _ ,,._ ,.-,, · .. , _-, . _ · :. vu ~

pit:¥.1Zed;• t]!e '· waiting p_eriO(J iS prOyeS the ·: di~tiitity is.' dUe I to reCOQSt~ prOjeCtS in 8pn LeandrO: · ,, wat~'eq• l)e"g.iJinhig .. Wit.!t tlJ.e day YVU Qth~r 'causes . a;i~ ·~ot in .any ~Vl_l-Y W; . J oaqnin , fro·m . San Leandr.o

) . enter -the hospital. · connecte-d \vi til.. t~e pr~!pmii~Y; ._: Blvd. to · "Vashington and Clar.k Q; If I have a: ·r.elapseof the Q. If my einp}oyer~ ·cont~mie_s t6 from . Davis tow, Juana, $4l,ll'Q; ._. s~t-O ·I.T-_E l·n-c.

sa:me disqbilit~V d__o. I .haye to ser've_ pay me w'ag~s, may I eolle~+ dis- ~w: · Jl!aim from Washinghm to E. anpther, waitirig , p,eriod,? · ability benefits? . 14th; :$7,2o7; ·Eastabrook ~St . . from

A; ' ::N;9,;,;not/ if .the :relapse oceur!l A . . If ' YOUI' ein,~lO~!lr 'Wt¥$ you \Vushing:ton to·. :¢. -14th,": $16;530·;, w-i~~~··o- :1:.4' '•<l.a:~:s::_ Qf' tl~e ei1~in!r of less than your weekly -w\\ie, yoti Williams St .. · f~oii1 Was~gfon to·

:tp.e c l_).l'ig:j.naF d,i~~Je-~~~ent; may r~ce~ve llisapility . b.ilne~its for' K 14th, $8,600. · · ~, ,,Wh~n- .~o·:~li send iii my fir~t t~~~- - d\~fer1lnce .. be~re~!I : ~he r~guliir· _·- ~A~ -. ~E A "N.•i) R.o: - ~~tr~C?~- ,

claim?· ' · · ·· .. · · ·· ·· wee~y. wage l).1lq t.be li.JnQ#!lfP!!ld a~'_ll;fd~<l :-tl) J:,ee C.i?ML C-o. ,.- Io?o. ·

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··!."-_ ~- .!_y·i_~.-0·~-.f'--~,.,:_~.~ .. -~.~--o~;_h_·_;rs_lli' __ :~tyr<\·?'•l·'-·f_:t_l· .. ~'',Oo_hu.n·~A~iR'_~_.E.·~-J~h~-iots{-; __ •. . !:axJ;:: ~~~~~~e~~ri~iitt~n::~~:. !t7~l~hf~~~~h~!{ !:~~~~~~\~~i . ·. "'"' _- "'......,. ·.u;<"" _ . (Wagtl!l <'Q I'Qt ai(~ct the ·rfCe,\pt diiio.'St; ."bet\v . . E . . i{ui S~ and lviac~ pitaliredi ·mi41; Y!;}-\11' fil'Stt clliim·. QI' ?f' -Iw~pit~l cQnfiri~J1Ie.p.t l!e~te-fit;S); -A~:~.y~ BI¥d:, ~~· 'l-';ap.~i<>. -. · · £.,......:.-~-~~~~-;..A.....,...., ..... ~~"',!-! ............... ""· ""'"'J>~,.,..."'-i!~!W....,.....,~~o\ the . second day·: of -)iospitalizaJiQn: Q .. If I _am disabled ancf ·confined . OAKLAND. Contr--lWVawarded .to, _;.~--..:_:~ __ __;~--'---'-.:..:...'-..:..:._;.;_..;.,.. __ ..,...:.....;...;.;;_;_.;....,;_;;..--'-~-'-__;~,..;,-,~ Y~ri.r : .-firSt-· Ch~k: Wi.Jl be- for ' O.nly to a hoSprt8.1 ~· ,vh8.t" ' wiii ·my~ bel).e- Pa~i~ ~B~o~.'~~- 27.5i··~pa,;k}iii~(L~ ~s.3i1·~~ · · .. } 0 ... = -d .. . · d·-:..·'-' lit. b b f I f't b ? . ' 393, · for 'const. of Lihti c · betw. · i"'l-"'>· ay; -ofi.: 1~1 . y, .ut- y : o.'" ·1 ·s · e. · . . . .. ~- . . .. . .. ,, lo.wirig ~he iilio,;e~ instr.nf.lthms, the A. You ni_a'y- reQ~ive IW~ll1tiil· ~~n- A:~ml!n«::~"Y~~til~~~on Dtii~~~i~ Sa,:;­W~riq:d c - r~qui.red · to: pro,cess your finement benefits · of $10 a da.y ilp n~;l l\A4" :Ca~I!!Jr~1,!'ry_. DrlY!l . arJ,d cia,iiTt · a~d' esta;!>lish an awa;rd will to a maxi~num' of 12 "d\.tys (hirlng coifst. 'Line D' b'ef\v. 1G2nd:l\.ve. anti' be oompleted- at: the ear-liest date a disability -b~nefit pe~io<l; Yo~r r7'iith. A~~: iu' - Ash,lr~!ui; "A:i,A:lV,iE-6~ ·· possible. · basic disabilit-y benefi_.ts may range _ cOUNTY. · . '

Q. Is it possible to backdate a from $10 to.- $40 a week (~c.ord­claim; will it he r~tr:oactive . tci the ing _to-your ma.-ximum wee_kly beif-

. l\'IAY 31,. 1956 SAN FRANCISCO; . C o n tr a c t

tim'e ·I became 'iil? efi t amount) . _ _ a\'varded to Chas;. L; Harney, 575 A. · Ola.ims: can: be. baekd!J..ted a Q. Do I have to · be _disabled for Berry St., S; F., for excavation

m&ximum of 27 days from the . a full· week i:o collect disability work required ·. for expansion of p ostmarked date .of m ailing if you benefits? · Hunters Point Pit.,· S. F. cOst of are· riot hospitalized, or _20 :days A. Disability benefits are paid on Hunters Point power -plaht -expan-

. froin ' tlie postmarked rlate of IJ)ail- a. DAILY basis, after' the one-week .sion' will be $2:).;0()0.000. . ing If you ~ a.re · hospitalized. How- waiting period; If you were 'not MARYSVILLE, contract. avvard-_ ever, ,·ba-ckda.tmg 'more than seven- hospitalized, 'basiC benefits . w'ould ed to Joe· Chevi"eaux, P.-0. Box 65: days from the - <la'te f-i:J:st exam- be payable for th~ eighth artd s,uc- Sta. A; Auburn, $8359, for net dis­ined by or under the care of a ceeding <lays of· disability. ·If you -tance 0.3 mi. - restore embki. and physician is nQt p-o-ssible. were hospitalized, both the basic shoulders abt. 8 mi. NV/ of Facer-

Q:· D·o ·I have- ·to report to an of- b-enefits and: hospit~l -coi1finement ville , EL -DORADO COUNTY. · fic e each week while' sick, or send ben~fits ~ould · be· p·a.y~b'le ·· fron~ · SAN FRANCISCO, contra c t

' someone, in order to receive dis- the first da.y of Iiospita.lization.' awarded to J . L. Conner Jr., P .O. ability insurance? Q. · Are disability payments de- Box 835, Eurel{a; $2750, for ·levee

A. You · <lo no.t rep_Qrt· in persQn. · du cted from · urieinj)loyinent ' insur~ r epaii· on Neuhaft Ranch a f Mad Ai"iy •''di~IHiity 'ins'U'rance to which a nce awards; ·I'r!,ay·,Y di"a\v ' both: ~ tin- River, ·· in HUMBOLDT _ c _OUNTY . ·you' may "!)~' - ~ntitiea will" be mail- employment' insurance· ahd ''.disabil- SALINAS; conh·act . ·awarded to ed': t:O --yoi.I, 'Witli:~: a.'·~on:timiNl -cialm ity insurance"' hi · the '. sahie · yeai'; G1;anite Corist: 'Co., P .·o. Box 900; forrri 'atta-ched:· ~vliich 'y~u '~o~1pl~t~ may I dtaw bot11 ' tindmj:i'lo'yn'leii.f wa·tsoriville, -_ (al· $17,600 . and (b) -' a.nd: · l•etqr~l by ' ina:il ·u you·. remain insui'arice" arid' ·aisaoility i-risi:m'ui.ce ' $9193, for seal coating ce"rtairc dislib_Iei.t', . - in the· same we~k? . •· roads in MONTEREY COUNTY.

Q. Must a doct~n· ·sign my disa- A;·. Disabilityl payifiim'fs are :not SACRAMENTO; Contfact' award~ bility in!lurance claim? · ded~cted from · un·en'iploym'ei~t in- ed to ~~ercer"Fraser; ' fu.c. & ~!er< :

A. Yes. Doet~n;s auth9~·ized to ' sth;ance awards and" un'eh'lploy- cer-Fraser. · Gas Co., 2nd & _Coni- · · sign the medical certifica-tejnelude ment · hi!nirimce -.paynients ,are-- · not .niimiiitl s'fk',. :Eu·r-~k'a - $i87,o65, for · ~ pll(v:Si{)ialt and surgeo:n r ostei>ptJl ~ ;detfii~ted ~:ftonl' di~al:iiiity' iiiS!UfaJi~ · atNut" 6: 6~ _:n'-ti -[!.~rf: . '~fP~'tnii~' SJ,I:t:!- .· chi.~;O:pi<!!.ut-or~ •opooii1'ehb"t/ · aentfit awardS'; ~YlYii : · -niliy-.:tl i\a\\1'' b'i>tliil} dfs-" on"uhtt. ·b'iise, beuv:-.. wriiJ'\'¥ Creek

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MOSAIC MURAL 'll'EJLJLS LABOR STORY: THne lobby of the newly deillcated AF'L-CIO Building in ·washiilgion, D .O:, is dominated by the symllH>lk lil'wsaic occup;ying the enth·e •east wall. Pictured with iit a~·e ·so.me of the ·men wilm lhelp~d create and set it

· · ·~ phwe. Left to right, are John Niero, llmsiness agent o.f Bl'icklayers JLQ<e:aJ 3, Washiugt<m, D.C .. , Sam lltalian:o, fimmcia.! s~ec;r.e ·tar;r of 3, who .ai1ied U~:t~ ·

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mosaic woriiHil'si John Te[-si, Local 31, Washington, 'iJ<ho also worked on the !PI"Oject.; Harry C. Bates, ;president of the Bricklayers; \\lilliam F, Schnitzler, .AFL-CIO seeretary-treasurer, Arno Heuduc'k:, BI'ickc layers Local No. 2, St. Louis, and Domhlic .Gii'ola;•1li, !Lo.cal No. 2, who installed th'e mural for Ravem111 l!Viosaie Uo . 'Of St. 'LoiU!is.

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Here ,are Northern C::dilorni& I · · · · ~ - · Bv GLEN.iN L. DOBl"NS candidates endorse'l __ hy tlhe_ :State. I J · ' '·" '

AFL who woh Iwmin:ation of own Btisiness ii~~~ir·esentati'we party ·01' ·of both ptu:ti\'~ Ri~d wvere I A $319,000 cimnk of the Coyo~e: thei'eby elected : 1

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. Valley D. am will .. he . .-manu•fs d~rre? UNITED STATES CONGRESS separately, pl'obably .in a ' large·

Dist'. Name steel plant Ol.' shipyard; for . ship -. 1. Clement W . . lVI.1ller (D )_ I ment to the dam site. north of

. ~- Clalr ~n~le (~)J ~l~g~o Ukiah. BiCJs w~re called lasf mon_t'rl -0

· _John · Mo~, 1_' · / I for the prst step' in construct~on : ·

4. James L. Quigley (D. . . L of the Coyote Dam, fm1 the gate- -~ , 5. John ,F. ~hell~y {J)) E,!eo::..ed v.-orks. Th~. gateworks consist 'ot ,[ 6 . . H. Rooe_rb .Qumney (D" .. three gia:nt gates whic)1 ev'entually ' 7. Laurance L_ Cross em will control the. fl.ow of the 1;fver .. 8. George P. Mlller . (D) , thmught he . dan1 ·.outlet works', Th~

11. Joh!l J._ McFall (D) con:tract . was .. awar ded to the .Guy_ 12. B. F . S1sk <D) F. Atkinson co11st:r.·ucticin Qompai!i 13, William Kirk Stewart CD/ of So(lth san Francisco, Which w~s '! 14. Hcn·lan Hagen (D) also low biddei· 0;1 the darn 'oJ.·oject ..

STATE_SENATE at $4,467,750. This \vili oe: a -3~year Dist. N:ame project. · · .· - - ·

1. Stanley Arnold <Pi Elected The three gat"s will. cut the· 3. Carl L. Cluistensen, J t·. (D) ri:ver to less than a t1~.ic}de iinrne::

Elected diately· below the · dat~ dui~iJ).g 5. · Edwin J . Regan (D ) -E lected floods . Through the satt1e gat~s, : 7. Harold T . <Bizz) Johnson during dry periods of the year, \\ill

(D) El€cted be released the water. · · · .• -11. Nathan F. Coomb.s (R} When the three gat'es . are ;.vi~~ 15. Luther E. Gibson (D ) open, some 47,000 gallons of wat~r

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ID d I Elected per second will rush into a tunnel . t: .r. ~ I 1 . ·. ea·· i·f1uarters Is ]_ ~cafe(; I La . r On ses ~~ : ~:~~f~ ~~il~~~i::~n {~b) ~~tofe~~ei 1~h~::~t~~::td ;~rof~~! ~ !r' 23. William L. lVIa.thson, Jr .. (D) downstream, on the ~ower .slde of .

Neighbor Eisenhower Partidpates Loo~~:=~ ~~:~1 . ~! ~E~~~;~:~firJ?:~~, ;r~~;: ::.,r.~~~:~~ ~t::fil:i

\V h ' t I 33. James .J. McBride · (D ) gate inst3.lled in tandem, . o.riF!. :~?7 .~ I asnng ?n A pending bill to loosen regula- STAT~ ASSEiVill.L'f . fore the Otllel'.

A g·entle breeze, a \Varn1 Sun, a 2:aJa crowd OI wel!--'>V!Sn - , t1' on of pri·v·ate [JO'"er' compan1'e.s Dl·s·.·. ;..T~-.1"0 ~ " ' ~~~ ··~ 1 0rRly the sc>I·dce. gates y;ll1 be ers an? the . ~res~den~ of. the United ___ States all jo~n2ct forces I whic1·1· oyera~e- atomic powe_r reac- 1. Tom E . Blair \Dl I used normally·. contml1ing three to ded1cat0 lE.WOl.' s neiV home, the AFL-CIO Bmlcung, m the tors '"a" op po~ed by the AFL-CIO 2. Pauline L. Davis (D ) inlets which w:lJ join l:lef!eath t~e heart of the Nation's Capital. . . I on ?rounds t hat. it "wo~ld make Elected I dam to form the single outlet · Th. .. , , ,. :, ., ,-·,--;, . b· · f b . .;; ,. t""f .. :

0 ,· , th "''' --h· 1 poss1ble combn:atwns whlch wou~d 3. Lloyd W. Lovn>ey (DJ' tunnel. _ . _

_ . e c_eore~n.?,,J,He_~ ___ v,,_ t!_ ~ _e _r._1e __ ut _a.L Ylno to , , ,O.:,:e \\ O l carve out ree:wnal monopoll_es m Elected · t .d d 1· . t .. . . . 1 1 - " ~ T11ey w1ll be opera e hy~ rau ~~ have devo ~d tLeu ll\ e" t O t 1e a- 1 the development of the atomic 5. Samuel R. Geddes (D) . caliy and · by remote ;::ontroljrOJ1l

· bor movement. ican working men and women \'i·ho I heat indus trv ." · . · · Elected an office at the top of. the ·.:180--foot On a specially cvnstructed plat- are now united under 't he banner I "This bill ~-epresents the first. se- 6. Paul J. Lunardi ID l intake tower.

form 1n .front of the imposing of .. tl~e mer~ed labor mov:ment. I rious attempt. to weaken the Pub~ '7. Richard H. iYicCollister (R) The gate machinery will.pe .in a: eight-story structun~, w·ere Presi - Fmally, H must be deu.:cated to 1 lie Utilitv Holding Companv Act of 8. Thomas J . l\IacBride (D i concrete room about 130 feet be- · ·dent E ise11hower, Secretary. of La- the generations [O c~me-to those j1935 an.d v;·ould make nos~ible <e- 1 Elected low the office and .actually un.der: boi · James Mit chell., AFL-CIO who Wlll carry on t.ne bai.mer of 1 currence of the a1mses- which ltd j 9. Roy J. Nielsen CP.. ) watel", and wi.ll b.e' reached -bv an

. ·President G~orge Meany, AF L -CIO the free tr" Oe umomsm wnen we I to the passage of this la>v." An- 10. Donald D. Do:yle CR) ele\·ator a~d sedes of ladder~ hi~ • Secreta-ry- T rea s u r ·e r ·\Villi:am are gone.'' I dre,...- J. Bie;;-iller, AFL-CIO legis- 11. S. C. Masterson (D) side the tower. Scln~itzler, AF'L-CIO v:ice presi- WAS JF'OJi,~ AFL lath·e repre5entatil·e, declared in Elected The gatew·01:ks to the- d~m- ·,wili ·

--oents, d,epa-rtmem head~· and wiws. Schnitzler, pr~~JdeJH at e1e cm·e- , testimony before the Senate Com- 12. William Biddick, Jr. ID) require a 300-day' construction monies, point"!d ·out tlia t one year 1, merce _Com.mittee. 13. Carlos Bee (D) Elected period. . ..

The dedication was n •o''xs \vhich · . ago wi1en the .. coTn,~rsto:H! of the i BA"'cr\i,.-'·'-'R, 01~. ~-- , . , ~-;!;~·:r'' _ · 14. Robert 'vV. Crown (D) A 250-.foot bridge witl'] a 12,foot· went around the wodd. Thr2~ ra- ''-' uv "' "'""'""~~ J . . . • .. . . .

11 building W<l:s laid, i t was just the . . · · · ·,;.),;;ht;::o ··~ _ .. · , 16: William M. Freeborn I. D) roadway will cormect the crest ,of ·

dio netwot·ks earned L e :speeches. future headquarter·;; of t11e AFL. He _charged. t.~~S~ -~ p!O\bi.on °1 17. William Byron Rumford (D ) the dam and the tower. · TV camerarnen f'1med the event Lie added .· the b_1ll \'>.'OU_]d .. _·,._J.>_l-1DV __ lde_, an 1ncen- "·"lected · · .c: ~ \Vhe:n· ..' the' r;ese·rvoir is .full the for their nev..-s show·s. More than "It is. I believe. a tribute to the tivE:! for the establishmellt .of a new 18. James G. Whitney (D) to .. wer · will ~see~ to be·· standing far; ,a hundred ne•,vspapermen and ·~o- commo~ sense .of the leaders of la- layer of corpo~·ate structure--one 19. Charles W. l\Ieyers (D ) out ih the . water. Actuallv· it will men_- some of them r:pre_sentmg I' bor gathered here on this vlatfoi·m producing_ heat .fi'om nuclear re- 20. Thomas A. Maloney (R) · j'oin the. dam ' structt;re >~hich; as· · foreign newspapers-ana stJJlcam- that the merger of the AFL and actors for sale . to .the ·utility in- 21.- Casper W. ' We:inberger Utl ari earth fill , ~vilFslope gradually eramen kept bt!s;:. . CIO •vas accomplished more rap- dustry." He said that orgariizeo Elected three 01· mcire fee·t out for each ~UJRA'L STORY I idly than the construction of this labor supports instead the proposal ?3 John-A. O'Connell (D ) foot down. .

by Sen. Albert Gore W-Tenn.) for - · Elected On June the 6th Guy F. A.tkin~ The story was that An1erican building." unionism lwd brought the Ameri- Eisenhower · paid t ribute to the Cfm working man to nev1; heights "glorious record" of the labor of dignity, s-elr'-respect and secur- movement, pointing out that labor, ity. The -steel and stone and glass like government, must always be of the AFL-CIO headquarters "dedicated to the ~en·ice of the· were a symbol of this. The Pres- peoph'." ident of the United States said he He said that "~·ast new oppor­was "delighted" to have the lead- tunities'' are open to the lahor ers of labor as his neighbors. movement but this is •·accom­·_ . M - t tl . t l ;o f tl j pan!ecl by a vast inet'ease in re -

- j'!an-y se le :nem. o le I sponsibilitv.' ' ceremonv as he ded1cated the new . - . . . _- , '·The great essayl3t, Carlyle. smd; structm·e to the past, tne nresent ,1 b .

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and the future: • a or . lS l_Ie . n · ' at grear essay he pomtea out that labor brings

"First of all, it 'is ded icated to order out of chaos, that it leads to the founders· of our movement, to true knowledge. Labor creates oa­those pioneers of long ago whose tience and co urao-e. Labor makes coural';e and sacrifice helped to es- I men · great.. This "'i:s why he said, ta_blish and build the free trade 'labor is li fe.' • union movemen t. It i:o t hey to "I think we cou.ld add to that wh0-\11 ' ·all Ame'ricans are indebted on our account this morning: La­lfor helping to devlop the · h i gh i bor is the United States . The men s~apdard of living .which i s the na: i and 'semen who, with their minds, twn's greatest wealth and 1·esource j: t!\.eir hearts, and· hm:tds, cre:ate the today. __ · _ , 1 wealth. that is s ha.red in th~s ·c:oun-

'!This )1eadquarters of the AFL' J try·, they are Ameriea.' ' · CIO ' is likewise d:di~at_ed to its l TOUR · BUllLDiiNG · · real O¥vners~the 15 m illH;m .Amer-, T he . P.res_ id~nt, . acC(HnQani;;d by

· · · 'l\'Ieany, . Schnitzler, .UAVV P.resi-,J~pa~~Se IUir:llempilc'yment I d(mt Waiter Reuther, Car pen ters

T · ... , _ . ~ 1 , _ ! President M a u r ic e Hutcheson, uapan ~ U.l:mployme~~o Ie~cned ' ILGWU P resident David Du bin-

a ·post -war mo·Jl durm;o lV1arch 1 . . . _ - >

.. Ji tl · bJ.a~ :'. !' ie~1osoooo I sky, ~c. WA Prestden t Jaco_b s. v. en·· ~ le JO ~~s lO ,s h. · .. ' · Potofsky and Bricklayers Presi-TJ_w ILe 111 unemploym~nt '1 ~~ _at- 1 dent Harry Bates, took a brief t n b_ uted to a lar ge .n u moet' Oi mgh I to• . 0 , t h b·· ;1 ,.;· , -11 • , e ch ulng. school a1_1d college graa.w.;;. res en-

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T' " t · ' · ' · · c"' . ., 1 ~t . k , ne III'S . -SLOp was ac tne ma1n l:cnng t ne -"' 01 mar e c. two-s to1·y lobby with the ceRing

I to the Hoor mosaic. mural based

TUL.Il,RE, contract Rw~.rded to 011 the Uoeme of which t he Pres ­vV. 111. Lvles Co .. 3306 Wtnerv St ., 1 iden t · s1;oke, Cariyle''s '·Labor is F1~esno . $6936, rOr· cons·c .. ::;::u~itary· ! . Life .· ~ 1·rhe In.urai ~~vas conceived

se\_:--e~·s an(i \l ·a~e r n_mins _in Mefford 11 b-y ,Lum::l M .. \'~i-~lter . _. • . ,

Suodrv. No. ::? nY ' C1t;- ot Tulare . Next s eep we.o ,,he e1gluh rloor · .. vvhlch c01ltains th e executive SALINAS, contract awar ded to .

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suites of the AFL-CIO president Granite _Const. Co.,_ P .O. Box 900, and secretary- reasurer as v,c-eli as ·watsonville, $12,251, for const. 'I the executive council r oom. The parking :ot, at Mo:·1terey Co ._ Hosp~ - President saw the impressive view tal, Natrv1o.act Ro .. Sal mas, !'liON- . which- IV!eanv has of the VVhite TEREY COUNTY. I House across. LaFayette Park

the immediate construction -by the I 24. Edward NI. Gaffney fD ) son \vas again the· .lowest o.f te~: federal government of six of the I 25. \V. B'o'.vard Hartley (D ) bidders on the main portion of the, most promisin;s designs of atomiC -

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"_.7._ dam. _ , Glenn E. Cooldidge (R ) reactors. Elected The dam itself, 160 feet·h~gh ''and

I n this \\·ay, he pointed out. allj 29. William J. Harris, Jr. (D ) 2800 feet long, , will contain .5;000,.: the pO\ver prodt1cing - industry in

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30. Ralph l\1. Brov{n (D) El~cted 000 cubiC yards of "material taper­this country · '?;oul<:l benefit from 31. Gor.don H : . Winton, Jr. (Dl ing from a maximum . \\~ idth , of)OOQ­the experience · wl ich would be 32. Wailace D. Henderson (Dl feet to a 20-foot crest. It will gained b?' the immEdiate testing of I Elected create a lake five miles long . and ·. the vanous reco mme)lda,tmns . of 'I 3;3, Charles B. Garrigus (D) one mile wide. covering 2000 acres. scientists concer~i-ng- the . pro_duc- "<4. 1 G p tt ( n li'l · d and containing_ 122,500 .-acre-feet_ of_

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ti-on ot . elect1icity from atomic water. energy . ' . . Regarding the channei revet-

"If we wait, instead of progress under .· th~ kind of proposal pend­ing before t-his .- committee,·~ Biemil­ler declared, "it is likely 't-hat we will bring only further delay 1mtil all of the con<'litions laid out . by some advocates of . this bill as a basis for progress in -the develop­ment &f th~ atoJUic power . indus­try-have bl"-en met. ·

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t.,A.o,·n·.-t·.· \ir_ el :j_Q· .. · ~a- m-. 1 ments, tve ' piiot works will te.put: IYi l"" U in as soon _ as rigqt-of-way is ac-·

J 'b. · quired. If . this is comple_ted, bY'.

-01 Progr·e.- ssing next fall, it will represent an ad-.. 1 J : · : / . · · ~ vance .of one· season Qn _t,he ·~ched-· Local 3 business representatives, ule for that' portion of the wprk. :

back from an inspection trip to the The channel works are . to . be Monticello Dam project, report it built at various points all the· way­progressing satisfactorily. down the river below the da~.;

The damage and debris left by Most of them will be -in· Sonorpa . _the flooding .of the last rainy sea- but some will be in the -MendoCino son have b.een pretty well cleared district. The plan w ill be to pliti~

_G(a:rd-e:!Jhe·:rs Co'!f.i~ :re·..cl away, and most of the men who a few pilot wor.ks at kiey poin_ts . jn If you hire . ~ garde:hel' · handy- Were \vorking when _ the floods one season , then let them. ride ou.t.

mail , 'or som-eone to just l~ok afte~ ~-halt ed, t he job ,are ll{)',\f back on a winter to see how they hold up; the lawn thb ·surhmer. don' t forget the JO O. _ _ and do the final building the. fol~ that. he's covei·ed by ·socia l . s:ecur- [ TJwre :r·e ~-~:~ut .1::!0 -~:.n em- lowing season . ity if you pay him as much as $50 l -pl.O}f:J p. esel: dy, ofo~ ~anety _ ~f- Bridge repair work ac,ross Me· cash wages in a calendar auarter , cra. ts m~ludmg Op~1atmg Eng~ Coy Ci·eek, 5.9 miles north -of 1Nil­of the year. · I neers. Laborers, Carpenters, Iron lits on Highway 101 was a v,;arded

, Vforkers, Plumbers, Cement lVIa- to Bos Construction Co ., Berkeley._

I sorrs. Shee t Metal men and Teams.:

CJH£!..1'\'-GED 'fOIUR N IS~ff? sters . Has the Miss befor·e your · name ;. Doug Baker, pmject superinten­

_changed to NIRS.? Then now is II dent for Peter Kiewitt Sons Co. t he time to geL the name o_n your and Parish Bros. s~id work on the soci~.i security accoun t number I d;m was going forwar-d a t t he r ate cam chang-ed. Call at your socml i 0.1 6,000 cub1c yards of concrete security oi'fice for assistance in ! poured in piace per week. completing a "Request for Change If t his rate is cont inued it will in Records" for~m . bring completion of the dam in

Vvhen you'r fo llowing , another automobile, stay at least one car length behihd , for each · ten m iles an hour on your speedometer, cautions the Ca1ifornia State Au-

F ebruary of next year. Crews are working three shifts

aroui1d the clock, pourin g t he con­crece' on t he nigpt and graveyard shif~s . from 5 p.m. to -8 a.m. arid utilizing the daylight hours large­ly for moving materials with the big Gantry crane, readying sup-

SAN FRA.c'l'CISCO, o o 111 t r a c.t awa.rded t o The Fay Improvement Co., 101 Ca;·oltna St., S.F., $153,484, f.or . extensio111. oi ·aircraft pa.rking apron and related worl•, S.F .. Inti; Ai.!"por t. -

RENO, Nevada, contract award.: ed to l\'Ialott-Peterson & Grundy~ 2412 Harrison St., S.F., for resur~ facing tennis courts in Wingfield Park, Reno, Nevada .

plies such as drinking water and otherwise making ready of .. ' the hard-driving, continuous operation of pDuring concrete.

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