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OPERATBNG ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 STATIONARY ENGINEERS LOCAL 39 · VOL. FIVE, No. 5 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

S SLA San ··Francisco Street Cars?

BUI Fanning is •Oldest.living . : member; IU,OE.

No, this is not a San Francisco I street car being hoisted from Em- 1 Example in ch. eer qarcadero docks onto the · Pacific -·Fru: East Lines freighter "'Mid-, , . . . night" bcmnd for China. But Bro. Its a d1sU.nction to be the only Vic Swanson thinks that it woula I member of Local 3 who has lost )Je a good way to get rid of the both legs (about a dozen have lost beat-up Muni railway cars. · ·1 ) · · · · · This is a second-hand Uni O n one eg m Job accidents, but Bro. Pacific coach w 11 i ch has rattled Robert Petersen has a much great­many a prairie mile out of Omaha ei· distinction to his credit, namely one of 50 being shipped from SF the outstanding example of "come­and Portland to Shanghai for use back" and. good cheer that he is on the Shanghai-Na n 'k in g run. demonstratmg.

Oldest living member of the In- Shipper is International Engineer- Bro. Bob_ has been in Mary's t erna'tiona,l Union of Oper(l.ting in,g Co., an overseas subsidiary of Help Hospital. for tJ1e past 18 Engineers is Bro. William H. Fan- Morrison-Knudsen Co. These cars months, followmg an accident at nfng, . who has carried the card cost $6,000. They are part of a Golden West Quarr;( in whi~h his j ust o_v:er one-half century, has large number ·of cars and locomo- legs were caught 111 machiner:y.

• lived ,and ·worked in Sa!} Francisco l tives being shipped east and west. Ju~t recently he h~s gotten ar_ll­.. region · for the. past 40 years, an\i , out of the U. s., to be replaced by ~c1al walkers. ~l.lld 1s now pract1c­

is a: daily visitor at the San Fran- J new equipment. Out of elate here mg on them six hours a day.

L Attention AH Members, Locals 3, 3A, ~B,.and 3C

Assessment No. 2 of $5.00 of the Burial E:i..]Jense Ftmll of Lo­cal No. 3 is tltie June I , 1947 and must be paid not later t'ha.11 J,uly 31, 1947.

Asses.sment No. 1 of $5.oo·was voted in 1939 and has now been_ depleted. Out of t:hat fv.nd Lo­cal 3 has paid out claims to a

I total of $128,000 to the bene­. ticiaries of ~54: brothe.rs who

· have passed away during the last six years. On.r by-laws, ap­proved by the unanimous vote · of the membership in 1939, pro­vicle as follows:

"In every instance in the fu'­ture when authorizecl clisburse­ments from such fund shall rctluce the funcl to $3,000 or less, then in eaeh of such cases upon approval by the Executive Boa.rel, an adclit.iona.l assessment upon each nrn•!'lber in the smn of $5.00 shall be levied.'' Only one assessment was leviecl cllll."­ing the first six :rears. That, of course, has been due to the

- large jnc:rea.&e -0f members dui::­ing that time. . Tlus benefit h~s proven very b'eneficial a.nd is to Uie. 'best in­terest of all members t.o p11r­ticip2.te in and it is tlle.refor.e very urgent that those of yo-µ­who des.ire to be coverecl by same see to it r.hat Assessment No. 2 is paid not late1· than July 31, 194:7.

BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD,

Local Union No.~.

' about Bob is his attitude. Most persons losing both legs at t11e age of 31 would be pretty well in­clined to a g1um outlook · and self­pity. But not Bob! He is cheerful, happy, a.nd full of enthusiasm, the finest e~ample of learning to ap·­preciate life itself. Engineers are a happy lot, in .general, but he takes the lead.

So, we say, hats off to B1·0. Bob Petersen, and best wishes to him . May we all take a hint from him and twist that old face into a smile! ciscq dispatcher's· office of Local ·3, tliis car will soon be enjoyed by But the most notable feature

.:. · the Chinese as de luxe eQuipment. - - ----------------------------This car weighs 100,000 pounds.

Six were loaded on tliis ship. Do­ing the hoisting is a giant floating

I Smith-J:lice barge operated· by members of Operating Engine~fs Local 3.-This photogra ph by courtesy The San F rancisco News.

* * * Electrocutions Rise From last July to January 1/here

were 2S deaths in California. from cont.act of n!'obile hoist.Ing equip­ment with high voltage lines. In tlte previous fiscal year ther.e were ' only 14 deaths, ancl IS the year be-

I for e. Stat e Safety Orders must be c;i.refully observe·d. This is th('I full responsibility of the employer. He may not operate any equip­ment, including cranes, power shovels, etc., within six (6) feet of high voltage (750 volts or_ more) I Unes, m1less he has notiflecl ·the power company and : (1) put up 1

mec'han.ica.1 barriers, or (2), de-bringing cheer and lively humor euergizecl comluctors, or (3) re­to the "youngsters" arow1d him. moved high-volta.ge conductors. The union is a lifetime fraternity The Division or Industrial Safet.'y . to him. ·will act in advisory capacity to any

Bro. Bill helped build the 555- eiupl9yer contemplating such op­foot Washington Monument in t he erations. nation's capital, where he was . . * * * born back in 1862, on April 21st. Report from Salt Lake O~ce of He went to work as a hoistillg en- , Local 3 reveals that the umon de­gineer at the age of 17 and has I feated ~IO Smelter Workers by a

vot e of 34 to 11 at the Pacific (Continued on Page 6) Bridge Co. plant at Park City.

Engineer Turns Inventor

1~ ' . This picture shows Bro. Phil Allen demonstrating easy placement of

t he WixsoJ1 Attachable Scarifier, a hancly arrangement of detachable teeth fittin,g on the bit of a scmper wltich is saving many honr51 an'i:J, much hard, cli.rty work for brother Engineers. This light, easily at­ta-ehecl gadget is tlte invention of Bro. La.w.rence Wi.-xson, a member_ of Opera,ting Enginee1·s Local 3. For more c1etea.ils, sec the Oakland report in this is~ue.

M@y 16, 1941,

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ruman "We ask that you assume the

full powers of your office as Chie-f Executive a111l lead Amer ica. baclt on tJ1e 1·oad t•f true democracy: lrom which it, h?.,s strayed in the blindness of g!'eed, hate, and cor­ruption, before our course is sc.t for inevitable relf-clestruction in a, worm of unceL·tainty."

Thus began a._ strong statement directecl this week to ·P resident Truman by the officers of Operat­ing E ngineers Local 3, preparecl as Congl'ess move<l for enactment of the most crrastic anti-labor leg­islation.

"We ~sk that you veto any andl 2'11 Jmte-im;pired, wealth-spon.sored legislation passec] by the Congress :.it tl1is time, in 01·der that tracle m1ior..ism m.ay ire )'Jl'eBel'ved in its historic 11·oie ~s a bu i w a r Jc of democracy," t.he statement co\t­tinue<l.

''If you wo1.lil s,Pread liberty to ·other peo1>ies, it certainly must be preserved here at home. This can­not be l\Ccomnlishecl by· the nega,. tive and punitive attitude of Con­gress toward Ja.bor. It cannot be accomplishe<i by condemning com­munism and then adopting legis­lafion that would breed millions of converts t.o C-Ommuni-sm.

"The present program of Con­gress is devilishly contrived as a, means of taking public· attentiom from the greatest swindle of prof­its in our country's history. Iti would wreck production and filll the nation with iJtclustrial strife, s; mad conquest of money values over hwna.n values.

.''Rising profits and falling wage51 and failw·e. in the common se,11se of collective bargaining will leao! 'to a depression that will rock om! system to its foundations and froni which this American system of life · will never recover.

''We ask · that you choose n1a111 before the dollar and tell theses facts to ·the American people i.lTi a press tha,t now speaks only the voice of blind, unthinking greed. We as~ t.hat you tak.e the lleln;l in this time of crisis to prevent civil war and to restore America: to its historic destiny in w o r l di leadership."

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I S!~!t!~~~,~ ,~!!~!~.~. Central California freeway proj­ects now underway or soon to start, truly a glance into trans­portation's future, as _revealed in business agent re_pol,'ts in this is­sue of the News. This, however, is only a start on California's real highway needs, which are now be­ing sal:lotp,ged in Sacramento by 1.1tility, oil and truck lobbyists.

Fresno freeway, $1,750,000, in June on big Monterey Ave. over­pass.

San Jose freeway, 30 blocks east of. downtown, $1,500,000, opening in June.

Multi-mnJion dollar . Bayshore project, South SF to San Mateo, well 1.1nderway.

Eastshore freeway, south Oak­land limits to 6th and Oak, $1,-850,000, underway.

Stockton f _r. e e w a y, by-passing Stockton to the east, four subwaye. $2% million, · contracts in June.

Sacramento, no single freeway, but several major, expensive ar .. terials ru1derway. ·

EDITORIALS COMMENT

Sacramento OK's $14 Million Port Considerable new work is under way in Sacramento area; bond election wins

Things to b,oom before long for EMreka brothers

By OTTO E. NEVER Represen.tative, Local 3

Eureka-Activity at Cr es­cent City has finally com­menced. Basalt Rock Co. has

'By F, A. LAWRENCE, ED PARK and D. W. BURNETT Representatives, Local 3

.Sacramento-Considerable new work has started in this district with imore jobs being let and the unemployed list is nearly defeat~d. st~rted moving their equipment

in and have started their quarry at the old rock quarry used fox the previous jetty constructton, John Meeloni is in charge af present. Work should be welJ under way by May 15. Con• tract is for $800,000.

The election for the- Port District of Sacramento and Yolo Counties was approved of by ,a four to one vote, so, the deep water channel is assured for this dist:rict and will create a lot of work for our members later on.

The B_ond_ Elec~ion_ for th.e Ne- I · vacla Irrigation D1str1ct . carried by. Iv. D. {Whitey) Hokanson. Brother a large vote and the contract; has . . been awarded to Charles T. Brown ~okanson died 1~ the Sutter Ho~­of San Francisco for Scott Flat pita! and was 111terred on Apnl Dam and they are mo~ing equip- 16, 1947. The Paragon Terminal Co. have \Vithycombe H olmes Lawrence

V.oters ot Sacrame11to and Yolo I on financing and start of work on countjes on April 15 overwhelm- the big venture. Bro. Frank A. ingly approved launching of st-e_ps Lawrence, one of Local 3's Sacra­t9ward bu!lding a deep water river me 11 to business representatives ship channel to Sacramento and and also president of the Sacra­docldng facilities at Sacramento I men to-Yolo Building Trades Coun­with a total outlay of about $14 cil, at right, was honored by ap­million. Tl1i.s will provide a ,sec- 1 poi.ntment to the commission. ond big inland 1>0rt, in addition to I Other members inc 1 u d e Earl the one at Stockton, to improve Withcombe, West Sacrfil'!lento civil o-affi-c facilities for the huge agri-1 engineer; Walton E. Holmes, vice­cultura.l and industrial growth of p1·esident of ' the Capital National the grea.t Central Valleys area. Bank: Ivory G. Rodda, Sacramento

Shown above are three mem· druggist, and Roy Dreary, presi­bers of the new Sacramento-Yolo dent of Sacramento Chamber of Pott District Commission, which 1 Commerce.-Picture, com·tesy The will go ahead wHh arrangements · Sa-0rame11to Uuion.

Veteransa information By JOSEPH RILEY

Business Representative, Local 3 Washington, D. C.-Of the 2,692,000 compensation cases sub­

ject to scrutiny under the new disability r.ating schedule, more than one quarter (842,000) had been reviewed as of March L according to announcement of the Veterans AdmL'listration here last month. ---·

All claims are· l'eviewed atttp-111atically and any increase in com­pensation resulting from the re­view will be retl'oactive to April 1, 1946, under the law. The new schedule permits the Veterans Ad­ministt·ation to make more accu­rate evaluation of veteran's dis­abilities than preceding schedules d id,

It provides for new types of com­bat wounds also, as well as tropi­cal diseases contracted by rrtembe1·s oL the armed forces du1'ing World War II.

Although the new schedule pt•o-. vides increased rntings for certain

types of disabilities and decreases for other types, it does not make any blanket change in ratings. Tile increases far outnumber the de­creases jn cases reviewed so far. Veterans Administration said vir­t\ially all veterans drawing com­pensation for service connected dis­abilities will have their cases re­viewed under the new schedule.

chase a home, business, or farm. In no case, however, may the Gov­et:nment guaranty be more than 50 per cent of the loan.

Any eligible veterans may select his course under the Serviceman's Readjustment A.ct CG.I. Bill) and choose any State appl'oved school in which he is able to enroll.

A veteran may pay off his G.I. loan any time without premium or fee. This is true of all 01· any part of his indebtedness but not less than the amount of one install­ment or $100.00, whichever is less.

A state~ent signed at discharge to the effect that his disability ex-· isted prior to his enlistment will not · be held against a veteran should he apply for pension or com­pensation. Under the law such statements at·e 11ull and void. [nsurance Facts

The fact that a veteran is re­ceiving one benefit does not pre­vent his receiving other benefits undet the G.I. Bill providing be

File Leave Claims! Renew G.I. Insurance!

· qualifies.

Dea-dlines for Veterans Rights and' Benefits:

July l, 1947-Application for SllGOO atllomoblle for leg amputees: P L 663.

July 1, 1947-Veterans discharged on or after May 12, 1945, may en­list in Enlisted Reserve Corps in same grades held at time of dis­charge, providing such enlistment is accomplished within six (6) months of discharge, or before July 1, 1947 (whichevei· is later).

IMPORTANT-August 1, 194.7-Reinstatement 0£ Term National Service Li.fe Insurance without physical examination. Septembel' 1, 1947-Applications for Terminal Leave Pay. Until August 1, 1948-A beneficiary who has received payment before Septembel' 30, 1944 of National Service Life Insurance, has the right to change option of settlement .from Option 1 to Op­tion 2.

The onJy change beneficiat:ies may make after the death of the ve1ernn is to extend the period of payments.

One ,ret, typical of many, had $10,000.00 NSLI in service. Afte1· discharge he converted $2000.00 to 20-payment life and dropped the rest, or $8000.00, Other vets in his shop al'gned he could not now re­instate all or part c,f U1e $8000.00 into any type policy he desires. AD eligible vets may cat:rY a maxi­mum of $10,000.00 in Government insurance.

San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto and San Mateo t'eceived men­tion in the Veterans Eme1-gency Housing program c01mnunity ac­tion l'eport when the city of Pasa­dena donated land for a veteran's housing cooperative.

The five above mentioned cities are considering consLl'ud:ion of large, moderate rental p1:ojects for veterans as war Memonals. Let's au wish them success!

Before 1950-Velerans w ho did nGt take out National Service. Life ENGINEERS' NEWS Insu1'ance policy while in service Mana;ing Editor, v. S. SWANSON

• may apply for such insurance now. Published Each Month by Local Union Those who make application before No. 3 of tho International Union of

l b Operating Engineers

1950 will not be denied po icy y Norlhern California. Northern Nevada, reason of any disability incurred State of Utah in or aggravated by service. Office 1095 Marl,et St., San

Before 1950-Veteran applying Francisco, California. for total disability insurance cov- Subscription Price: $2,50 erage, will not be denied such be-

f . . d · . per year cause o any service mcurre m- Mail all news items in to editor not jui-y or disability, if he applies later than the 5th of each month. before 1950. Entered as Second Class Matter Sep-vets May Combine Loans !ember 9. 1943, at the Postollice at San

Francisco, . California, under the Act Two or more veterans may com- of August 24, 1912.

bine their loan eligibilities to pur- !..--------------

ment to the jobsite. They will have .New Agreements received U1e franchise for a lum~ ber wbarf at the foot of Kent

two shovels, elevei:i c~ts! Compres- The following agreements were Street. Wharf is. expected to be sors, etc., and the Job is to operate signed since the last issue: 1200 feet Jong and will be used 111 two shifts. Steel Mill Supply Co. with ij7½ for all types of freight, but lum-

E. W. Elliott Construction Com- cei~ts per hour increase, vacatio.n ber will be the b.ig item. pany is moving back.to the Meyel'S and eight holidays; Schlegel aml The Portland Barge & Tugboat Grade job and will be started by Lew.is, subbi!lg the dirt worl< at Co. is negotiating for the hauling the t ime this is released. San Juan for Westbrook and Po.Pe, franchise. Luniber is expected to

Metropolitan Construction Com- .si.gued OUl' 1·egular ag\·ee1\1e11t; be deliveved to San Francist:o, San 1Jany is doing considerable pipe lin- Oltal'les W. Temple signed a 1;eg- Pedro and Tacoma. It will be run ing ,vork in the Dixon area. i!la.r agreement covering three. between two to six million feet

Tom L. Gago Sewer Contractor small cats; Claude E. Zanders, a a week. from Los Angeles has moved in and 1·egulat· ll,g?ee~nent; F . E. Wright, H d B 'ld R d started their sewer job for the City a lan(Uev.eling a.gre6ment, ·and C. g:mmoo Ul S - oa and County or Sacramento. McCorn1ick, a regular agre.ement. Hammond· Lumber Co. is build-

W. w. Bil'd, La.nd!eveler from Ne,gc:iti.ations .are now open for re- ing a special Jogging road north the SL0ckto11 area moved into this new.al of S,acra.mento Brick Clo. of Big Lagoon where their next distl'ict and, aftei· a little trouble, agl'e.ement and Auburn Li{lle Prod- townsite is 'being laid out. J. Wel-was sfraightened out. uct Co. come of Seattle has the contract

McGilveray Construct.ion Co. V. C. Jones signed a 1' e g u la 1· If.or I.he road building. was Jow lJ iddel' on r.onsiderahle agreement. The 111111\)er strike is now in its

• 1-7tn mo~1th a,ml the struck com-street work to be done in the city Notxce to Members! I nanies h,a,ve fa,ken a nretty bad of Sacramento. They also have « ,. " considerable work at the Fair Ueginning Moll<by, !\fay 19, all shellacking. We h.ea1• tile~ · ha'\ie Grounds. long distance calls will be taken I gone so £at· as to buy Un i o 11

Califol'nia Rock at Auburn are .off om· out of work Ust due to the 111arked lu111ber fr o m aammond under way now ancl ha.ve moved fact tha,t mauy 1.rn11l1bers tf:}gi~fa~red Lumber Co. an<! 1r1jxed lt with a 50-B electl'ic rig in, with Bro. with. this office u1·e now working, their own in a:tte.mpts. to get Union· c. J . Galloway at t he controls. or h,1.!ive \11.oved, u.ncl \1ave ~1eglecte<l ca.rpe1t't!:'.rs to .use it. Mucl1 .of t.heir Bro. c. E. Nelson, meclJanic for to notify us ·to th.is e~ect, · lumher is being refu11ed as "t.oo this company, came up from San Oonsequ.en,tly, a great (lea.I ot Iiot. to. han\lle.'' One car of mixe(l Francisco to help put tl1e l'ig in tun~ and money llit6 been spent Qll Union ~nd non-union Juml>er was order. Two more brothers on this neeclless fong distance telephone refusecl at Terre Haute, Indiana;. job out of San Franeisco are w. calls. Any me1nl1er tlmt is not W. C. Ra,iling i.s pushing his job r. Robertson and R. v. Bi.l'd. They wo1·king an,\! wishes to rei,1ain 011 at Blue Lake for the 'Grizzly Park are takit,g care of the drilling ma- the out of wo1•k list will please Lumber Co. in order to st~rt his chinery. notify this office immodiate1y. ·,v~ State job of furnishing fmported

Westbrook & Pope have 1heir a1·e open every Wcdnesclay 1dght base material and stockpU,ing of job undet· way at North San Juan from 7 p. m. until 9 l'· m. sc1·eening ·fot• 10 miles of 1;oad be­with Bro. Jar.k Blackbul'l1 as fore- Mail is being held fo1· Croft and tween Blue Lake and Redwood man. This company also e>..-pects McDowen, F. E. King, Twain Mc- Summit. to start Lheir North Sacramento Goyne and Vase! Coleman. (Continued on Page 6) job. This is an extension of Horne Ave. and will furnish considerable work for members of Local 3.

Schlegel & Lewis have subbed the dirt on tl1e Norlh San Juan job and, as soon ai; the weather permits, will be running shifts.

Brother Edward Domrose is in the Sacramento Hospital and Bro. William Andrew is recove1ing nice­ly. Brother Hans Werner is home from the hospital and is Tecover­ing vet·y well from the injuries ~u~tained on the Dredge Nepti.me. Brother George F. Roli.n injU1'ed his hand a11d lost a finger whi1€. on , the job for Pacific Coast Ag­gregates at Fair Oaks.

The members of this Local ex­tend· their sympathies to Mrs. V. D. Hokanson in the dea1 It of Bro. ---------,-----

Steel Musc!es A new development in mechani­

cal genius Is being applied to many types of machines such as bull­dozers and cranes. This is known as Servo Mechanisms. They are machine muscles conlrollr.d by hu­man opera tots, A Servo unit multi­plies fingertip touch into complex motion that would demand super­human muscular effort and co, ol'dination.

You move a tlny lever in ~ny di­rection. Every detail o( your move­ment is flashed faster than a nerve impulse to an elech'onic brnin. Out from the brain, via relays, surge mighty power impulses. Electric motors or hydraulic force or com­pressed air inst,antly causes - the same motion to take p1ace in the heavy machine you are contJ:olUng.

Thus with your little finger you ca11 move anything from a boat rudder to a shovel biting 50 tons of earth. The machine you com­maILd m11.y be across the room ot· so far away you can watch it only with binoculars. Response is un­believably precise and swift. The mechanism is being used for new machines doing work hitherto im­possible. The field is unlimited. Here at last is a simple means not only to multiply brute strength but to give massive powe1• to human dexterity.-Magazine Digest.

\ Report of last meeting 'Oie meeting was called to or<ler at 8 :05 p.m., P1·esident Clancy pre·

siding. Roll call showed all officers pr.esent. '.Chere .were approximately 290 me1'!)bers present. ·

Synopsis of tho Regular Meeting Minutes of A11ril 5 was read and by motion appt·oved as read, as were the l\'linutes of a Special l\Ieeting heldJn Eureka on April 19.

Synopsis of the Executive Board Minutes of May 3 ·was read and acts and recommen'dations of the Board were by motion appi·oved as read, with the exception of the R-eport of the Negotiating Committee and the Resolution. pertaining to the Business ·J.\Iana.ger, which. were referi·ed to New Business.

Ooimnwtlcation from the Bay Oities Metal Tra.des Oouncil regarclil1g negotiation of a new agreement by t'he Pacific Ooast shipbuilders was refened to New Business. ,

Letters and ca,rds of thanks received froln Mrs. William N. Berry, the, family of JoJm H . Gehrig, Joe Vautrin and family, and Una Hokan­sou, Received anll filed.

'l;he following members were 1·eported ill: Donald C. Jense, William 0. Budd, Robert Peterson, Ja,ck Gilmor.e, George C. Hill, Nephii,Nemel­lm, Elmer Coustanz, :Earl J, Ward, Nathan George, Wm. R. Duvall. C. L . Martin, Ray Mdtinney, James Shippey, Ernest Pestano, i'\'.Ulton Gree, Olyde Wood, William Antlre, Al J. Wyckoff, BYron Pl'lor, Charles Quillette, P. L. Young, Nils Hageland, W . R. McGat·y, R. P . Wea,ver, H. H. l{eown, L. W, Thomas, Lupe Rocl1in, M, Osorio, J.ames i\farion, James M:al'l'itt, J. L. Bagley, Henry Bourdreau, Ben Turkovich, George W. Ingles, Bill Gau.gess, Claud McKay. NEW BUSINESS

The Negotiating Oomrnittee's Report to the :i\femhership was read, After considerable discussion it was regulatly moved and seconded the Negotiating Committee's Report bo a'dopted. Can.ietl unanimously.

The letter from the Bay Clti~s :i\fotal Trades Co~1cil rega..-iling neg-o­tiation of a new agreement by t11e Pacific Coast Shipbuildors was read. After consi1lerable discussion it was .regula.i·1y movccl and seco,1ded that this Union go on record of. strih-mg the Pactflc Coast SWpbuilders if an i11c1·ease in wage rates is not n~otiatcd at the Salt Lake City Con.~ ference. Carried unanimously. ·

Resolution in regarcl to the election of Local Union M.anage1• read. After considerable discussion it was regularly movc<l and second'ed the Resolution be adopted. Carded.

Tile followin~ officers were nominate<l without opposition: President, Pat Clancy; Vice-President, H. 0 . Foss; Recordi1.1g-dor­

respo11ding Secretary, C. F. Mat'hews; Financial Secretary, T. l\'I. By­non; Treasurer, P . E. Vandewark; Conductor, Josepl1 Riley; Gua,1·d, Paul Edgecombe; Members of Executive Board, M . G. Murphy, Ed Doran, Al Clem, Chet Elliott, E . A. Lawrence.

The Business Age11ts gave their re11orts which were acceptecl as given.

Brother Davies, former business re1>resentative of Local 635, Ho1Jo­hrlu, stated f/hat after six years in tJ1e Islands he had decided to move back to the mainland.

-Tllere was a request for a. report on boom trucks and a. short 1·eport was given.

There :being no furthel' business to come before th e meeting, it adjourn eel.

Respectfully submitted, O. F. MATHEWS, Recording Secretary.

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' ·-' San ., Francis.co :--' M u c b I agreemer:t. This confe~·ence will • . - , . . '· be held m Salt Lake Crtv due to · ·

hme hgs been spent smce OUI the fact that no other city on the Card of Thanks -last _ News Letter ~:- attending ·Coast was able- to supply suitable 1 - · . -. h h - C . - hotel accommodations. wish to express my heart-meetmgs wit t e ontractors Brothers Bill Reiner and Charles felt thanks and -appreciation to Associations at Reno and -Salt Sheff, both stewards from Pom- all - the members _ of Local 3,

L k C. U h eroy's job on ·Guam, were recent Engineers, also truck drivers,

a e Ity, ta . visitors -at the office. Can you im- oilers, mechanics an'd others, for - The . Salt Lake City meetii1gs . agine~Ch'arles Sheff came all of the beautiful floral offerings

took up most of a week, . also over- 3,000 miles back here just in order and kind sympathy 'ex-tended to

Lots of jO;bS ope·n -up . for ,Norfh .-Bay R-egion as good. lw·eathE?r gives go. signal

·By·H. 0. FOSS a week was spent ir1 :Reno. I -be- to get ma:tried! Love will do won- lne in the losS' of my beloved lieve by our next N~ws Lettel' the ders, vwn't it, Charlie? husband. I am deeply grateful Business Representa_tive,' Local 3 agreements will all ·be signed ·ai1d Brother Paul Harper, who is the to eadhGaRnAdC,eEveNry. BonEeRRofyyou. .- San :Rafaei--:"Bud . Doyle, a good, loyal m~m. her of -~. 1. ~SC<cd -be behind us. Also at-several meet- pr s t t d n G c I e en s ewar · 0 uam, om- (Mrs. w. N. Be~ry). 3, s_ topped in the offic_ e .and advised us_· that he_ ·has gone_' )i.n~o ings with our members . employed municates with this office quite qy the Natoinas . Gold Dredging-- ofte'n (and incidentally, he is doing I business for himself. -He is known as "The Welder on Whee~s:~

. Company, ,there was an. offer -1na-qe a . very nice job as steward)· He lovable and willing worker (whe~ and is located at 220 Earl St., Santa Rosa, phone 4368-W • . Any which ou_ r. members , by s_ecret ba)- . says that the J'ob is progressino- fi )

- · · " we can nd him Slim Allen, cur- brothers 1"n th1's area should drop 1"n to· see Bud and drop what lot' rejected . by 153 · to . 13_. · .Since quite smoothly with the usual rently home from Samar and now 1 . ' _ _

t hen we have been · re"negotiating small ups - and downs. - A-lthough busily employed by the Pinkie j peanuts in his path they can before they are all sh~]]ed: - Go<Od with . the management of :the N:a- with the help of such oldtimers as Armstrongs. J . J. Gahegan is not luck Bud' ~ tomas .. .Company. This -matter · h:lS "Hap" Cromwell, "Slim".- Dewing, only home from Okinawa but we ' • not been settled-'' as ye_t .but we Ole Nelson and many others, the are happy to announce the arrival Grant Construction Co. is still A. G: Raish, who was rec'c:mtly J:tope to have it settle.d by our next·. job. is kept quite well in hand. The of a new pull skinner, J. J . Gahe- pu_-ttering around up L_ akeport \~ay awarded a resurfacing job in the writing. · ~ ~ Pomeroy Company has been very gan, .Jr. on April 23 ahd he has wrth Bro. Johnny Hmote keepmg Petaluma area. He will soon Toe , We have spent cons;derable time ·cooperative with this office in try- already made application in Local the ends · gathered _up for them. . starting up the Cement Plant on in .other meetings at Fresno and. ing to iron out many of the dif- 3. The Rex Thomases - have a _ Bro. Paul Fry thmks that he ~Ill 101. various other places . . The work a]l ficulties that have arisen on Guam. baby girL Our Best Wishes for a I accept a good ~0~1tr~ct ~ear _Nrc~. The Shultz Subdivision at Green­through the area seems . tci -_ ])e -Smith, Rice & Haviside Company Speedy Recovery Department is 1-I~e' has Barbe~tlll!S ngs Ill thiS VI- brae is being paved by A. G. Ra:ish, picking up fnasmuch as practic-ally a1'e not doing a great deal of work booming, too: Owen Starr report- crmty, and wrth all of the work with Brother Ernie ·Gresso-t in all o'i.1r members _- are employed at at the present time, due mostly ing that he practically lost his that he has, Pau1 manages to keep charge. the. present time. · 1 to the slowness of ship' movem<>rits, eyesight but is progressing as w ll several memb~rs busy, _ Dow and Huffstutter are adding

Conditions . in the San Frai1Ci£co although the future does look a as can be expected. Gordon Blai~e "Pug" ·Hastmgs reports 111 from a couple of Pulls to t heir equip-area remain about the: same, mem-- · w~ole ~ot more promising. Smith, employed by South S. F. Lumber L_ake Count;y tha~ he has _several ment for use in this area. bers are practically , all employed. Rrce r;ecentl~ purc_hased tVI~O of the Company, has a broken wrist; -Bilf drfferent thmgs lmed up m that Neil Martin, a recent contract or· As you know, we have been deal- Army s fioab~g dresel whirleys. to Spencer with the same in.iury is area. .. in this vicinity, is opening · up a ing with -the California Association add to th-err fleet of dernck already back at work. Ed Bar- Piombo has a shovel or two on subdivision at Kay Pa~:k in the-of General Contractors . and· there , bar!<es. Bro,,thers ,, Al Auger, Jay rington, formerly master mechanic_ the Nqpa-Lake Cqunty _ highway Tamalpais Valley .. F. E. Young will

North N t Bl d tt d job. At the present time they have do the filling and grading, and- wilf are to be a few · mo're meetings. · -- ,- rup, ew . 0 ge_ .an for A_. D. Shade_r Companv, _and sub-let br·r'dges to Kr'rnball, and · · · A h B 0 t h ld d tl " be bringmg 111 a few ngs. t t e with the negotiating committee be- : . en s rum are o mg own le who rs now l'Un~mg a garage and there - is one rig working on the present time, McCaffrey has a few fore this ao-i·eement will .-be sign_ec_L' controls. auto shop of his own at Carson J'ob · - f h' h - b

" .rrgs o rs own on t e JO . Ben C. Gerwick has two pile- Peninsula District City, . Nevada, suffered a broken I . . . . We seeh1 to have our share- of

driving jobs . in operation, one on D . th t h l anpe?dix but is getting along 0 . K Bro_. W. A: Prerce IS m .charge of air-minded people in the construe-the P . G. & E. on Beale St. and urmg e pas mont emp oy- He mvites any of the engino_~rs the Pwmbo JO? at A?-chm Bay, and

ment for members of this union " they should wmd thrs up about the tion game around here. F or in -t !l-e other at Hunters Poin-t. On has shown a decided increase in of Local 3 coming to Carson City' . · · stance, Lou Jones, who· is in 0 11 t he the. Point J'ob, six drr'vers are r'n to stop in and have a cold o'ne. middle of June . · · h p · h L '

tlll·s di'str·r'ct - JO·I'nt ventur·e wrt ans - at :tn -. Ch 1 D Here is · some -!rood news for you operation, each of the rigs having The Guy- F . Atkinson Company ares ay has a broken arm ~ - den Lane, uses his plane t o com:

a two-man .crew. Gerwick has a. - 11 d and leg. Robert Hunter has a "Old Timers." Shirley Korfield, su- mut·e fr·om sa11 Jose. D. L. st,..at ton 1s we un er way with its nroject k - t d t f tfit d •

new floating whirley which they bro en collar bone ·and fractured perm en en o many ou s, an planes in from Concord each day, . . . at the San Francisco Airport. 1 - d ·n b 1 'd whom many of you have worked

are nggmg up with swinging leads. They -are now oper·ati'ng t"'o shr'fts pe vrs an WI e ar up until and Giffin keeps his ship at San ta D · d H ld h ,. som t'm · J 1 J A'l h for, says that what he is doing sure · uncanson an aro son ave in 'the field arJd tl1ree slli'fts 1-n e I e m . u Y- oe 1 <en as Venetia. We here tell that Mrs.

t · · t' h M' d f 11 d · k' t beats hell out of working . .Shirley · wo rigs m opera wn on t . e I rs- . the shop. Three 120B electric recovere u Y .an rs wor mg a . Giffin is a pretty fair pilot,. t oo. sian Rock Pier J'ob. Thi_s· J'ob con- Guy F. Atkinson, Mills Field. Mark has opened up a_ fir~t class grocery A. D. Robinson has a ~mall - shiiJ• at

shovels are how working and a d meat market rn No at · nd -sists of concrete piling and quay Guilfoyle still is 011 the sick list. an - · v 0 d . }Iealdsburg, · -Walls' . · fourth is being set up. This iob Sherman Sparks-, veter·an of World 1 would_ be very p_leased to_ have hrs

· b · bl d b · We are sorry to report Bro. :Alvin " manager· Bob Atkinson and -Super- mrght even find somethm cold out uami on t e src { rs! . 1a.s e -. M. B. McGaw·_ an ·l1as 011e pi·!~ rs emg a Y manage Y proJect War IT, spent considerable tr'me o-11 I old_ fnends drop m . He ~_ - ao-rd that he Q · h · 1 1· Al l t h

driver in ppel'ation .on a new saus- Anguar and it was necessary for . . "' sincere wishes of his fellow broth --age -factor--Y off Oal):dale Ave. - intendent "Slim" Connolley. The him ___ to come back to th.e llo.spr'tal back m the rce box_. . d d - 1

three shifters -are Brothers Elmer - ers for a spee Y an suc.c.essm r e-Chicago Bi·idge arid I1'on- has a at Livermore due_ i:o a throat in-~ Bro. Julius Siri, now with Art covery.

Daley, Joe Canto and Wm. Ellis d · large steel truik erection job at and Brothers Jam _e s Meel'ian, fection which he acquired at An- Siri, j_ust recently _returne from a Steve Zappetini, who ··has & shop t he Marine Supply Base. Charles Harris and "Shorty" Dor- guar. Nick Thill has finally been two months vacatwn. He t~·aveled at 112 Second St., S1m Rafael,. has - The Charles Harney Company ris are foremen, with Brothers released from the hospital and is -

1

- bt_hy · cAartl dot~n Cthrotugh l\d1e_xrtco, tuhp taken out a card wi-th Local 3,. and is s_till busy on .the Market Street at home. Ray Smith suffered a e an rc oas , an 111 o . e is equipped to do blacksn, 1ithing,

Mike Holten, -Hal Van Scoy a:nd N E 1 d t t H t ~ailway job. Go?d· _Pl'O'~ress ~s be- "Curly" Larsen doing a first-class broken foot. ·1- ew ng an s a es. e repor s welding and repair. mg m_ade on th_ls JOb m smte of J'ob as stewai·ds. T k R 1 'r having had an enjoyable t rip, but Fred Jensen advises me t hat he th t ffi h d H 1 h rae emova says that for his money California is bidding on a State project in the

e ra c · an rcap: ~ · a so . as . On the Bayshore Freewav Mac- Chas. Harney Co. are working I still has the best highways. - · Eureka area. I hope that . he is su c-numero!-ls .street pavmg- JObs . whrch - ~ co- Morrison- Knudsen stili have on the track removal and r€- You old timers will be glad to cessfuL This firm, starting from k!;!ep his n_ot plant. ~n,d conaete over one~half million yards of dirt' placement on lower Market St. learn that Ralph Jones is still at nothing, is now working nine mem-plant stea~Ily o.perah~~-- _ , · to move and will continue double This is a tough job on the con- Mirabel for Cai!}gros GraveL He bers. · · -· The Cahrll Bros. Bml~mg,Job - pn · shift operations until this work traCtor, because he not only has can dip his line in the water while }he a~ne~ to _the Furmtt_Ire , Mart: is completed. In addition to the to contend with automobile and eating his lunch, and this setup no rs rapr_dly ne~rmg comp_Ieti?n. Tw<) 1 dirt moving, this firm ·has the pav- street car traffic but must _also doubt pleases him greatly .

. m~tenal horsts are strll· m ope,r- i-ng on this project from Broad- have the 1'oadbed back in oper- Kiss· Crane at Hisindia near at~~- 'dd' C . - · . -, way, Burlingame, to South -San ation each afternoon at 4 o'clock Guerneville should be on the com­- . u~wr . re ~nstructror: has t_hr?e , Francisco and will keep a large so that the street cars may use . pleting end of the bridge job as bmldl!l_g JObs m operat~on - -With!rt -number of the members of Local 3 the inner tracks during the rush this ifOe~ to press. They ~hould also on~ ~rty block: the new I : Magnin hnsy until the- first n7 next year. hours. He also still has some rigs be wmdmg up the pourmg of ~wo ~nnldmg, O'Connor & Moffat ad- . St t p • J b' working on the Laurel Hill.Ceme- bridges at Upper Lake, in Lake dition and annex. A large number ar S QVlng 0 -- I G F tery job as Well as· the usual sand County. of br?thers have been and will be :UY - At~ins_on is just ~etting hill leveling and street paving out .Art Siri, the A.G.C, boy from steadrly employed on these three . started at thrs trme on then· pav- R h k t buildings .for some time to come. I ing job 011 the 'Bayshore Freeway. in the Sunset District. Harney Santa osa,. as wor -. strung cu : -Monson Bros. have started work Carrico . & Gauthier, also Peter manages to keep all of the broth- all over the place, trymg to ca~ch

· ers steadily employed as well as up on the back wo~k and gettmg on the new Telenhone Bnilding, '.Sorenson, have their nrojects on an additional new hire once in a ready for the new JObs. M~Coppin St. DeChesney & Has- ._ the overpasses of the Freeway in while: John Spalleta has his new hot k;ins have the sub-contract for- ex- I full ooeration and are employing Standard Building Co. job off plant in opera~ion a~ Santa _R?sa cavatioll work arid Hre performing several of our members. Sloat Blvd. is still in progress with and reports qmte a b1t of actJVJ~Y-that at .the present time. There is a large paving job con- all of the cats working. We un- Bro. Bob Pol~ard, f?rmer s_upenn-

Erbentraut & _Summers have · templated on the runways at the derstand that "Sand Hog" Hatten tendent on the arrpor~ JQb for just started er-<>ction of :'\ - n ew San Fr·ancisco Airport. The bids is becoming an expert at gas tank Johnson, Drake _ and Prper, has telephone building at 24th - and for this wo1~k will be advertised removal and replacement. We cleared out ~o Spalleta_. Caoo ·sts. • sometime soon. - At th H Q p t 1 ma would recommend that Bro. Geo. , e _ em ~arry 1l:'l e a uh - M. &K. Corporation still has on0. The local . contrac;tors in this dis- Jones install wing nuts on the Bro. Bob Noble rs ru?mi?-g the _ ot job in progress not having yet trict, including Henry Do-elger . . brackets for a faster operation. plant, Hopa~ong Cassrdy Is 1;ur:mng completed the 17th St. ·sewer job. Flovd Watson, Pete Farish , L. C. ' Bros. Bill Reiner and Chas. the steam_ ng, and Ammonos rs o,n Tw'o crawler ril!s ar;e still in oper- Smith, California Paving Company, Sheff both stewards from Pome- the gas ng. They have a seasons ation on this ;iob. · : Ole Archibald and Union Paving roy's' job on Guam were re_cent work ahead of them; _

Swinlle[ton & 'Wahlberg has two Con:pany, are all busy on housing . ·. ' Also at Petaluma the Ben C. large building nroiects in oner- proJects along the peninsula. _ylSlt~rs at -the office·. Can you Ge1;wick plant is working two shifts ation. one on Main St. for the M<tt- The outlook for emPloyment and Imagme_-Chas. Sheff _cam~ all of with Bro. Lee Polland and his son $on Navi,e-ation Comnany and the prosperity is better for members 3,000 mrle: ?ac;{ here JU~t m order operating the · two locomotive -other at Bush an·d Octavia which of Local 3 in_ this district now to get ma;n~d-. Love_ "'.;1ll do won- I cranes, Bros. Bird and Windrom on will eventually be a la,·ge apart- than ever b-efore. ders, wont rt, Charlie· · . the Gantrys, Bro. Ryder, Master ~ent house. Tl'i_ere will _be con- About the· Brotllers * * * Mechanic, and Bro. Griffin is doing s1derable excavahon-· work -mvolvell Dll";&I;::~~B'ilf futuro the weiding. · on the latter job. The:v also -have The Engineers continue to travel ~u u~ " HIWiiB · M · I!; Lee- Immel \vas the successful a large addition to the nresen1- overseas. · ~ · In Okinawa Howard An himate of a booby hatch was bidder on the Highway · 101 job, Standard Oil Building which will Dorritty. Harold Crooks, Joe Ber- about 1;o be discharged. . west of San Rafael, and Bro. Higey mean raising the building a few trand, Nick Nelson (who came "Now, sir, that you're cured," is in charge of resurfacing. stories. home from Anguar and then went E. E. Lowell was low bidder on - Lowrie P avin g · Company. FR-Y back ~o Okinawa). Truma·n Yaeg~r said the chief pychiatrist, "what the Santa Rosa sewer job, and also Improve_ ment . Company, ' Pacific' , h as. srgn-ed up. as master !111echa~uc are your ·plans?" has many sma)l jobs. in the Vallejo Pavements all have their hot for one year at Venezue"a wrth "Well," replied the man, "I used vicinity. ·- . · ,

·plants in operatiol1 at present- cio- C. A. Cam~nos. Ed Nenn ~mployed to be a lawyer, so I may go baek I am informed -that Brown-Ely ing numerous small st~·eet paving by MK as an: eqmpment m~pe:t_or to pradi•sing law. I'm a . certified have a new Northwest shovel for ~obs about the city. · came ho:ne from a _10,000-mrle..Lll~ public accountant, and maybe Pll 'their quarry. This ,should eliminate

·The activity among the ship re- to. Cubhcan, lV!exJCo a1_1d ?Lher follow that profession. I speak sev- the told steamers. Da- 1--., compa111·e.s ~lo,1g the \i\. :at.er-- pom_,ts; n_ ext .as~_I gnment rs Rro de Huntington Bros. recently lined

•· " en .languages, so I might go into 1 · · b f th front has remained on an even · Janiero m BraziL up a good rec amatwn JO _or e -keel since · the last reoort. Vr>rv Home fro_m Overse~-s: From Oki- the State Department. If I find I City of Petaluma. Deck Huntington feW rush· jobs _are ever brought nawa, Lours K _ Smrth and R:oy don't like any of them, I might is unloading fo'r George French in

. in since the ending of the war so Carpenter, supenntendent Atkm- become· an architect or a plane the Dixon area. that the employment; remai;1s al-l son-Jo!les; from Anguar. John B. pilot.''_ Parish Bros. are making good most on a constant ·leveL Hendnx and Ray Schofield (now Havmg spoken be got up, placeil progress on the Linden Lane job,

negotiations pene .. - -ously ill) , From Miridarioa. Gene f th ·t di ti -' ·1 d They have a few p1les to dnve for

** * Vacation Daze

That old feeling. Vaca,tion tim e. Local 3 boys, accustomed t o m ov­ing around from job to job, a re .casting a fishy eye at those -high ­way and construction- jobs in t he hunting and fishing country. .

Local 39 boys, who are a bit more stationary in .their - occupa­tion, are just as vacation-consci­ous, however. BA's extend wis~es for a happy vacation to all,. but also the- reminder that you let t he union office know when you 're go­ing so vacation relief can be a r­ranged in plenty time.

Highway jobs in the Sierras, the Coast Range, or in the mountain areas north and south of F risco are going to be very popular \rvith Local 3 members. Bro. Murphy0

reports from San Jose that he h as heard of some such jobs. Bro. Bill Waack reports from Mar~wville that Fredrickson & Watson a re starting up on their 11-mile Lake Almanor-Westwopd job and adds: "This rs a good summer job for those who like mountain air, fish­ing and hmi.ting. •-With be tt er ·weather at higher altitudes, plen ty of mountain jobs are slated . to break."

* * * CRESCENT CIT¥ HARBOR Basalt Rock Co. has started o-n a

million-dollar harbor job at Cres-; cent City. A wharf is to be built for, lumber runs to coast cities expect­ed to hit between 2 and 6 million feet a week Other Redwood Em­pire news in Eurek a report, this issue.

* * * Much work down the Peninsula nowadays with big contracts for huge fills and paving work .on t he SF Airport and a _five-mile stret ch of the new Bayshore F reew ay . nearby, Chief contractors are Guy F. Atkinson Co. and Maceo-Morri­son Knudsen.

* * * ... ., • . .- o' d ' I in Iowa where his father is seri- his left hand on his hip faced an~ are running ah~ad of scJ:edule.

. N , . , c1 F F • G D ld away rom a rec on, p ace M Pha'l They will soon be leaving : egotrations wer-e to be . opene avr-ett~- rom uam, ona · the back of his hand a ainst his c I · . · . That was a truly , human tom!b~

\ • . o... , .• H 1 • ' • , • ' forehead Then he extended his H '11 b h' " · . th s one a ore e · Inscrip r.on: and work conditions'· on ctJfe Pacrfic Ralph Cros er and Wm. Huckaby. . · . . _ , . arms WI _ e, ~n- _ ~s way _Ill _- e, ,- , _ . _ . _. . ., . ,. on May 12 for a new wao-e scR"le I Gay WilfrE;! Clark Lee Bellows g for the .brg Contra Costa Canal JOb. t th . t b ' th · - · t'' .

·coast_:__Master-. Shipbuifdihg. agree- --~harles Hanke, · J'hast~r mecf\anic ' .fingers and _said_: "Or - maybe FU very ·near future for _'t~e ~eddmg 'I_ expected this, ,but,not Just ~ et._ ·; -·~''"''=mentmene fand·?'the ·-ship·· Repair, 'for ·Polloek<Shipbuildihg ::and·''(i_l;li: beoome··a tea'· ket'tle:"" '" ' · area. Naturally<the ·-pavmg :·rs-up-,to· ~s w. Lu:NJ)Alll..;,

.. f our ENGINEERS' NEWS May 16., 1947

Citi~ n's Guide o Central Va 11 e y Proiect Reclamat!on Bure,f"ftu Tells do1.1btedly ma ny more lo come. The IRRIGATION DISTRIC'rS I GOVERKOR/S ACTION

V.. major ones are wor th a bl'ief de- Aside from certain 1 I n 1939, U1e Governor of Califor-

s f M I scription. ethical aspects of this p~~~t~o~~s~~! . nia, ,vith the endorsement of Presi-t ory O .... ost mportant DIRECT ASSAULT argument is not weighty, Irr igation dent Roosevel t. and Secretary of the

In 1944, an amendment was in- districts under California law have I:ntel'ior Ickes, sought to have the

BUS1 .. n6ss f C I" I,, • troduced to the Rivers and Harbors many powers including the right to Project t umed over to the State ~ r, or a 110rn1a Bill t o r epeal the excess-land pro- inco1•porate holdings into a district of California for operation and

By BICHARD L. BOKE visions of ll.eclamation law as t hey without the consent of individual maintenance. The Governor's r ec-• might apply to t he Central Valley owners as well as t he right to make ommendations were embodied in a I Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation in California Project. The amendment passed t he variable assessments against lands piece of legislation known as the

Convention has an iron grip on most public descriptions of House of Represe11tatiYes but was within the district. A careful policy P ierovicn BiJI, which, debated un-t · , . . Th defeated in the Senate. in the sale of the limited supply der a special r ule in the closing

vhas ~n~mee~mg enterprises. ey are commonly p~esented .o:s. FLOOD CONTROL APPROACH of project water to irrigation dis- days of t he Legisla ture, failed by t e eighth, nmth, or tenth wonder of the world, as either larger Th F . tricts-a policy desirable on many t wo votes of the necess~y . two-

. e • ederal Government has h' d or only first smaller than the Pyr,amids, the Empire State, or the long assumed responsibility for the other grounds-will seriously limit t 1r s majority. The Govei·1101• at-Pentagon Building. Th~y are, in truth, remctrkable enough as control of damaging floods. The the supply available to those who tributed its defeat to the ''power

may propose to appropriate with. out I trust r epresentatives.'' The Ctmtra.l proof of man's technical genius, But by now we know that these conStructi0 n of works for the con- payment. Fu1ally, the <Temand foi· Valley Project is & Federal an<fer-

. . . trol of flood waters is a function engmeenng skills are on order. We can even divide, subcon- of the u. S. Corps of Engineers. irrigation water is very much tal,ing today la1·g·ely because pow• tract, and put them together ag.ain. It is not here that the special The identical structure may be greate1· than the Project supply erful private groups within Ca.H­

and the Bureau will certainly pre- fomia were iu1willi11g to have it challenge lies. -------------- equa~lY, sui_table for flood contl'Ol fer to deliver the water supply to otherwise.

Suffice it to say that the Central The Bureau of Reclamation oc- an~ ll'n gati_on purposes. From one tl10s~ a.1·eas where it will serve the Many of the same groups who, Valley Project as presently author- cupied a generally nori-controver- ~01.nt _of view, flood coiitrol and public pru·poses for which it was in 1939, successfully opposed State lzed is a gigantic engineering un- sial position in California public life irrigatrnn are merely prior and developed. operation are today in the fore­dertaking involving the storage of during much of the early period of subsequent _P~ases of the same sys- The concern that small farmers front of the move for State con­Very large quantities of irrigation Central Valley conStruction. In this ~em of water management . . Th~re be not overcharged for their water trol. It seems reasona,bly clear that water, the addition of 450,000 kilo- phase the Bureau was viewed 15 one school of . th-oug!lt ~h~ch is one that the Congi·ess and the State vs. Federal control is a sub· wat ts generating capacity of hydro- largely as an agency of master holds that where ·irngat1on 1s m~

l t . buildevs, preeminent in its encn- cide,ntal to flood control as the ob- Bureau share with the advocates si?iary issu~ .. The real . issue lies

e ec l'IC power for Northern Cali- b• • f of repeal of the excess-land pr·o- with the policies by which and the. 4' • tl ... f f . neering skill, erecting functional Ject or which a Federal appropria-,.orma, 1e .,,ans er o water, d1- t· · visions. Congress has expi·essly pr·o-, obJ'ectives fo1· wl1ich the .P1·"J·ect 1·s r U d b

· f' h edifices that would grace ·any land- 1011 1s made, reclamation law does v ec Y an Y a senes o exc anges I vided that charges for· watei· sllall to be. administe1·ed. · from Shast D t · ts al scape. It appealed to the deepest not app y. There is considerable a am o pom most ·d 1 h be in accord with tl1e fa1·i"e1·s' ab1·1- Fr•on1 one poi'nt of v1·ew the 500 u ct· t t t i t f and most constructive impulses of ev1 ence :o t e conb.:ary and in the "

m es is an' 1e con rol O the citizem·y. recent joint venture of the Bureau i'ty to repay and the Bureau natu- 'Stat.es Rights argument marks a ravaging floods, the improvement of Reclamation and the Engineers rally will offer water at it.ates in broadening of the social horizon of of navigation, the repulsion of salt MORE THAI\ ''AGENCY" · th 1 · f 1 · d_irect conformity with those opposed to the pr·ov1·s1·01,s of water encroachment and the devel- But the Bu1·ea.u is more tlla.n a m .. e P ~~':1ng O t 1e. Pme Flat I congres- ,

f Constrllction a.o-ency, It 1·s

O cus"o- P10Ject, . 1t 1s sett).ed issue. The SlOna enactment, Federal law. The much stricter po-

opment o · much needed municipal .... .. ~ a nd industri~l , water supplies. Tlie dia.n of a. national Ja.nd policy w'ith ~rmy ~111 co~s~·uct . and the Bu- STATES RIGHTS ISSUE sition has often been taken that ·project will bring supplementary more tha.u 100 yeai:s of American r~au will adm1~1ste1' 111 accordance The Central Valley Pt·oject as t he sovereign body should not be water to 500,000 acres of very val- history behind it. When the time with . Reclamati_on la.w. Notwith• now authorized and as ultimately

the Sla te at all but rat her that

u ab!e land and a new and complete came to apply this land policy, with st3nd111g t~ie weight of the law &._11d conceived, lies entirely within the group of Valley counties where the :mpply to an additional 500 000 its frank objective of pl'Otecting ~nore _particulal'ly of recent ad.mm- boundaries of California. The State be11efited la nds lie, or more par-acres. ' the benefits of reclamation for isti·atwe ~greemeuts between the of California hJls always shown the ticularly the organized Irrigation COMPREHENSIVE PLAN wol'king farmers; of promoting t~o 3:genc1~s, the flood contr?l tac- liveliest interest in the development Districts within those counties.

But this is the project only as healthy rural communities of in- tic still enJoys some popularity, and construclion of the Central The claims of 0ther groups to an now authorized. Congt·ess has called dependent land owners; and of de- Against the application of the Valley Project, For many years the intereS

t in

the Project have been

for a comprehensive plan for Cali- nying spe·culative profits, the Bu- excess-land provisions, it has been initiative lay with the State. A regard

ed as carpetbagging or worse, fornia's interior basin. The Bureau reau moved rapidly into the center argued that these provisions are Water and Power Act for purposes OVERLOOK FU.l.\"DAMENTALS ()f Reclamation ,l1a.s submitted a of controversy, The large land- unenforceable as they relate to paralleling those of the· c.V.P. was This view neg1ects· elementary p.rogra.m which, if a.pp1·oved by tile owners of the valley, with certain underground watei· and will there- submitted by referendum to the financial, as well as political rights. Congress, will prodnce 1,700,000 kw. exceptions, made it perfectly clear fore result ill an inequitable bur- people of California in 1922. The The price at which Central Valley ~ f hydro·elect..-ic energy wlle1·e tile that they did not subscribe and had den of payment falling upon the Pacific Gas and Electric Company farmer·s receive their water will be presently authorized project pro- no intention of submitting to the small farmer. The reasoning goes with the aid of a citizens commit- heavily subsidized and the sub~ duces only 450,000; will bring water limitations of Federal law. like this-a substantial part of the tee of its own creation and half sidies will be from two sources.

- t-o about 3,000,000 acres of new land THE STATE LINEUP project water will be delivered to a million dollars defeated the The Federal government assumes comp!ll'ed with the 500,000 of the The sides have formed rapidly. underground water basins, there to measure. In 1933, a Central Valley tile ~ost of t:iat pa~t of t_he ex:. present project, The resources thus Demanding either waiver or repeal be pumped to the surface by the Project Act, passed by the Califor- pen~it~·e which might otherwise developed and preserved will have of acreage limitation were the Cali- individual ·farmer. Since water thus nia legislature, was forced to ref- be ?ust!fied fo~- flood control and a decisive effect upon the- fut).lre of fornia Chamber of Commerce, the delivered pays no attention to prop- erendum by the same public utility: navigation.. Smee Shasta Dam California. With the wise use of Farm Bureau Fede1·ation, the Irri- erty lines or the presence or ab- This time it received a popular ma- serves all _three purposes- floo<l

-t his water r.nd this power the· ends gation Districts Association of Cali- sence of sig11ed contracts, much of jority, However, the revenue bonds control, nav1gation, and irrigation of a democratic society can be fur- fornia, and -the Califomia Water thls water will replenish the under- authorized by the Act were never - th~ costs of irrigation are sub­t hered. If they are allowed to re-j Project Authority. To the support ground supplies of excess laud own- issued. Instead, there is a long rec- sta·nt,al1y reduced, Further, the inforce Pl'esent monopoHes, democ-

1 of _acre~ge limitations came the ers. If the excess-land provisions of ord of application for Fedei·al aid' ~edercrl funds advanced for irriga­

racy can be thwaL·ted by the vei·y I Cahforrua Grange, the Veterans of the law are not waived the large commencing in 1931, vigoi·ousl; tion do not b~ar i~terest and the techniques t hat ought to serve it. ' Foreign Wars, the American Le- land owners will refuse to execute pm·sued at the ve1·y time tile ref- necessary capital 1~ advanced to

California is a wen-settled state gion; the American Veterans Com- repayment contracts and will sim- erendum was before the people and ~he water u~ers without c?st for and its agriculture is highly devel- mittees, the AFL; t he CIO, the sev- ply pump water from wells sunk successfully culminating in 1935 1~5 . use. To th1s Federal sub5.ldy the oped. Part of the project watei• eral Catholic welfare organizations, into their own lands without any when the Ccnti·al Valley Project citizens of the State of New York stored for irrigation is destined for together with many individual payment therefor. The r esult will as a 1·esult of strenuous efforts b; make 8 substa.ntia.U.y greater con• use upon lands already farmed. small farmers. be the levying of t he entire irri- the State, became au official under- tribut.ion than do the citizens of These lands, over-developed, pump- ~any t actical maneuvers have gation charge against the small and taking of the Bureau of Reclama- California,, ing much of their water from xap- already taJ,en place. There are un- complying farmer. tiou. The second major source of sub• idly dwindling underground sup- IF===::==========~!!!!!~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~=~!!!!!!11 sidy to the water users of the Val-plies, face serious drought with t he ley comes from the users of elechic ;5rst extended series of dry years. . -~,, i,.,..;:4 ::,. *" ,.,_ power. The rates governing the A major purpose of the project was sale of power, although substan-to bring new water supplies to tially lower t han those of the nl'i-these highly developed farms. But va1e utility, axe .still high eno~gh ther•e is a condition which the Con- to con tribute nearly $100,000,000 to gress first enacted in 1902 and has · the subsidization of the users of frequently reenacted siuce-no land irrigation water. The consumers of owner shall be entitled to draw electl'ic power, although often in., Federally-developed water for more articulate, have a clear interest ~in than 16~ acres. In a community the policies of the Project. property state such as California ~,.,..,,.,..,....,,.,,~,,_.-... The major illstrument by which RESERVOI' this has been co11strued as entiiling ==,..,,.,.,,....,,.~ the Bureau of Reclamation applies a man and wife to water for 320 KESWICK° Dllil Federal Jaw is the water contract. acres. The condition fo1· the deliv- This is..,an agreement entered into

. 'f!l"Y of water to land ilt excess of foETiir1iii:o~mmiNEn-..:1~~~ between t he Secretai;y of the Inte-320 acres is an agreement by t11e i.=.:.=..:..:::...::==~==~ ... .,..,,,,.,_,,_.."""" rior and an Irrigation District l andowner to sell the excess por- tl'l!'!ff!I~F:'Q"Q?'~~["'rri'~Q--GJ8-:l~~;t:::~:;; which sets forth the amount of tions.at apprajsed prices within t en r.:-::,:-::-.,.-':":":'~-=---- wat er to be delivered, the price, years after water is delivered. DELTA-J.IEr.DOTA CANAL the Obligation of the Distt•ict fO WATER DELIVERY enforce the e.xcess-larrd provisions .... . This limitation on deli~ery of of the. law and othe1· rights and ~

water has become an issue of the t':':"':,..,,..,.,...,_,,,...,.,.,._ mut ual obligations. Contract nego-fil'st importance. The Kern County MADERA CANA · t iatiops have proceeded at .a lively Land Company, a single owner un- ,...,.,...,..,=,,,,...,..,.,.,.,., 1·ate t lu·oughotit the .Valley and two ider t11e law, holds some 400,000 MILLERTON LAI< contracts have been completed, with acres in California. Russell Giffen, ~~~[iiiaJ~;]j~Q]]!Q others in various stages of neg-0 .. who testified befoi:e a Congressional "' t iations. Committee that he operated a fa.m- These are not the ordinary con-, iily-sized farm of 42,000 acr·es, has tracts which the Bureau offers be .. iold his family ~arn1 to Andersqn- cause this is not the ordirary 11roj-Cl.ayton, the w:orld's largest cotton .ect. The cont-i:a.ct offered to the fr-:factors. With the entry of t he large ,ri~.tion Districts . cpntemplatee distillers into California's wine in- ;'i n~ither the conferring of absolu.te dustry new land baronies have water right.s nor the transfer to ,the come into being. In all, some 50 Districts of Shasta a nd Friant _percent of all the land to be bene- Dams, ancl the hundreds· of mile& tited is held by 5 to 10 percent of ~ r";;......."""":z:C: of major ca,na.ls, each the eqUi~:,. .t he owners. The delivery of public- r-- ------ --...;... _ _::~ alent of a fair-sized riv.er, ly developed water to the present For t his ru1d oti1er reasons (.par-and developing patternof·privately- CENTRAL VALLEY ticuhu·ly t heil' application of the nwnect 1and would aeepen, con.fu·m p ROJ ECT excess-land law> ·t11.e contracts have .e:nd for many· years fix this pattern ""':·--"'"'' been vigorously a~taeked by repr.e-oi ownership by pledging Calif or- CA LI FORNI A <('~~~~r,; senfatives of the Irrigation DistJ:icts nia's limited unused water resources INITIAL FEATURES Association and others. Leaving and the Fe:d,eral Treasury to its · .._ _______ _., ____ _J · . , :9 ·~~ aside for t he moment; the interest;. :maintenance and st~pport. liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiii"!iii;;aliiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiilima~iiiiiiiiiliiiiiliiii~~-iilill!aliiilia;aaas;;;. .. _.J ' i.ng question of what indi vidul!l

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May 16, 1947 ENGINEERS' NEWS

ENGINEE}!S' ~S May 16, 1941

Big j o'bs fail to open up Predicts 1947 Clerks International in San Jose, but mosi of ToT@pRecord Tol-IoldConYention

1 Fresno overpass job el!pected +o get going soon

b For B111ilding

I In S. F. on July 14

. oys appear to be busy Washington, D, C, I Lafayette, Ind, By H. T. PETERSEN More money will be spent on The 20th convention of U1e Re-

By M. G. MURPHY new con~truction_ in 1947 than in

I tail Clerks International A~ocia·

Representative, Local 3

Business•Representative, Local 3 any previous year in the nation's tion (AFL) Will open in San Fran- Fresno - Highlighting this month's report is an announce• ment by the State HighwW[ Commission that bids will be called for the $1,700,000 Mon- :

San» J'ose-WelL brothers, there is little change in this dis- history, according to Herman B. cisco July 14 with AFL Pres. Wil· trict since my last report. No large jobs have been let and Byer, ~ssistant Chief of the Em- lian'! Green and Sec-Treas. George most of the work now going on is small ·stuff- housing tracts ployment and Occtrpafional Out- Mean Y among the scheduled

look · Branch of the Bureau of speakers. (plenty of those), street work, sewers, basements, etc. very Labor Statistics. That h1,1ge pro- Sec.-Treas. James A. Suffridge little highway work). gram, the Labor Department offi-1 said arrangements were being terey Avenue Overpass-in tha ,

Guess we shouidn't complain too their work on the many housing cial preditted, will require some· made to accommodate more tha.p city of Fresno. much, though, as this so-called projects in and ar9und $,an Jose. th4Ig over 2½ million workers 1Jt . 1,000 delegates. There are 1,50'G . "smal1 ~tuff," together with Per- Brother Ralb'~rg is super_'ihtendent,. the s.ite of new projects during tl\e eligible delegates, ac'cording to un- This job will elimina,te all grade

of most of tb1S wo k and B oth r "''" cr.ossings and a1so· will . act as a m,anente and the many E: r ave 1 ,, ,, . , . r . r e pei.u( month, probably September. · ion .'re·cords. ' - , ~ Doc Merrill and Cha le Dun a traffic · diversion system . for north pkleaonttsmaonsdt mofattehrialloycaalr db$ thha~e the"Pushers," r Y . c n, . ·t· . f . . a . el"" . h . h ,Nldo.bfultl-hdress _conv_entioln9has·been and south 'bofuid traffic into . and b • t ( e ro es's A. J. Raisch Con'l'pany are still c1 Y. on .a a1r-s1ze p~p .111e Jo and , e .Y e union smce 39 . . Nor- out of various pa,rts of . the citi, ·

usy so ar, me, too)· busy on th:e Kaiser ho.mes p_roject, ar~ go,mg along mcelJ- , . , A. mally conventions ate scheduled It is haped tQat th·e conti·act ·will Postpone Celebration also on Richmond-Lowell Sub Divi- Teichert . Company were-.the ~UC· every four years, but none was ' be awarded ·eru;Jy in Jun·e arr(!_ w6rk '

. R . cessful bidders on a medium-sized h ld d · t" · mnst b 'st<>•·ted · rm· med' · t .,, · , · .The ~le bra ti.on ·for the comple- SH:>n. • • aymond . Concrete Pile job below Holliste d T, · p · e . urmg ue war: " e ';"4 . 1a eiy m · or•. titm and opening of the New 101 ha've completed their j,ob on the \ . r 8:1 . r~s mas df/!'. to take advant;i.g'e of t_he fed· Hi.,ahwa y or Freeway on which N. new Roos Bros. Bui1dfng and Bro. and 'have stat~ed ~peiatlons. Bt?th· are findin"' it difficult t9 keep away er·al funds alloc'ated to the·.m~ojed,

B 1,. · . · " . ., · er Dave Hanny is the ''Pusher." 6 At the las't c·ty e' lect·o'· th lVI. Ball, Fredl'ickson & Watson, e _la11 has move~ lus Drive~ out. As you know this companu- is now froin acquiring a backio"" F · 1 t n · .e H J d t b f L l This company also has a Job on ' ,. _ 1 ... • · J,:; . .,, · • · • voteis ·o; Fresno· put ,th'¢i( stajhp

ep e an a grea num er o . oca the 11ew Tele.phone Bw'lding. antl v.~ry busy on. their JOb betw~en C. Stolte Company are alsb bnsy of @Proval on a $4,500,QOO.QQ'sto'!.¼ 3 ·men have toiled for so long and , _. _ ,. · _.,.., . Gilroy and Salmas (on 101') wh1ch th .. , . 1... • • . d · t $2.650 '0 w,,, L hard, has been postponed u n ti J ie.cently a_ouble shift,ed_. Bro_tber J . will eventually make a four-lane Io~ eu many proJects 1n this lo- ram sys em, also , , 00'.w for·

E L th fi t h ft d constr:uctio'.t') of new schools." Th~se . a't'ound the first of June. This new . ·, ang . is on e . rs s I a? highway between San ' Francisco ·Ca1itt : · .. M~ }, Mu~·,Pny . .O~ <;ai:- pr<ije·cts to. be started in th·e 'UU· .

·bi'ghway will practically isolate San Brothei: B:n Phel1:u1._on the second. a.nd sari Luis Obispo. I'm quite pos~-1 mel) s m the same ~tfgory, Wh:er- mel:l'iate ·future. · Jose but we will still be .on duty Altogether, I beh_eve t be re. ~re tive t hat as soon as more steel is

1.ev~r YOI./ look theres sometnmg

at 40 No. Monison Street and will moy;e . than_ llOO: P•!es ~o Q~ driven available for bri'dges and ov'erheads, gomg 9_n and I must menti?n P.C.A. Lining -Operations be glad to see any of the bt'others and \~hat 1s quite. a Job .!!1 close there will be anothe'r couple of at Lap1~., They to~ have mcreased · , . who care to sto.o in. q4aners .. . · . _A, J. Raisch and good·-sized jobs on which th'e St'ate ·produ~t1on on their s~d _plant ,by Ariz oh a · Nevada Constructo·rs

Plttsburg-De Moines Steel are EaTt ~- 1-f_eple !~ave almost c~m- . '"?11 ask for bids on this orle sp~cific mstall'.ng ~ new sl_!!-cJ0ne c~.bleW!J.,Y hav~ started their conc!ete ' linln'g making- n rogress on their new fab· i ple_ted ~!leu conu act for the black highway, The sooner the ·better for ~nd are s_t1ll e,roenencmg difficulty 01:era,tions o_n t_he slow mar.ch .t~· ricatino- p lant

011 Alviso Road Earl top pavmg on the new Palo Alto- us and A. Teichert (if they are m supplymg the demand for sand·. wards ,?ak~rsfleld. The Com_pany ~s

0 • • Bayshore Drive-in Theater. This luck ) · W . .11 N , employmg nwch tne same system Stua~ C~mpany a:e laymg ~o~ds is. the second ahow house of this : · ~ . I atsonv1 e ews j as th~ Peter Riewit CompanY,,. b,ut and. Ci?mc i wl;to li~t~eR e~ca~atmgl type to be built in ' this district. Doings at Salinas prani~e Construction Company have mtroduc~d several in~o.vati~n.s . !~!1 ~t ;:.~:l:~r_}' th 1

O,} T omp· Popular here-where nigh ts are s1iice I mentioned lOl and the I hav_e all their equipment o~t of for the hand~n_ig of n_iater~al W.IJ.}cfl , • • 1 warmand balmy. four-laiie highway South. 1 must fhe1r yar~,~so that speaks for itself. should ,pay d1v1dends.1?, ~h~ ~mount

Leo ? 1az~a have .started .then: 4th G•l -H l}'' N mention that bids' will b·~ opened 1 · . : 'F,,arry Karst~dt is i~ the same of footage per day :m. lmmg. ~rO· St. IDgb w~y Pr~Je~t wluch JS a l roy. 0 ~~ter . ews for another stretch between Salinas p0s1t1on .... Leon Weldmg Wo~·ks ther shet }\'Iayhew I~ m cha..~'.ge , of. con n e c_ t 1 n g link to 101. The Bay C1ty En_gmeel'mg Company and Castroville and between Chular of ~an J.uan Eoad are also keepmg 1fle tn'!lmmg ope~at10ns , and_Br?· ''Sup~l'" 1s none other than that are still work.Ing intei'mlttently on .and three miles 'not't'll 101 ·and be- t heu· steel-e1·ecting crews bi1sy As ther Fred Hagadone has the Shi:) well known character, Harley_ Da~- their stee~ job at B1:e Pee when tween Salinas and Watsonville I understand it, th.ey. are moving form. . , . idson. Needless to say, the Job is the matel'ral supply will permit. As Junction All addin"' tO" the improve- to San Jose for a big Job soon. Du!mg the past .month Morrison , progressing nicely. Mr. Piazza also I've said before, steel really gov- ment of 'the highw~y system. S ·t C D . 1 . :t & Knudsen & Hasler have m'<fved has some equipment on the Rich- erns many projects under construe- • an a ruz eve opmen S the 9W Mono~han to the .second · mond-Lowell Sub Division and a tion at this time .... Granite Con- Monterey Happenmgs · I've been informed that there is scheau1e of their contract ~nd will small project near Campbell and struction Company also have re· N. M. Ball has finished the con- to be plenty of activity in this sec- also s~art C?ncret~ operations on Brother Matus, as always, is doing sumed work on their Ferguson crete on hi:;i job here and are put- tion before very long-sometime in . the 1{mgs _Ri"'.er Siphon. . his utmost to rush U1em to com- Road . job after having suspended ting the nnishing touches to it . ... June or July. Rob Roy J unction, Pet~r Kiewit Co. a1:e ope~at~g . ple't ion. operations during the winter Granite Construction have put their Davenport and Waddell Creek jobs ?n abo~t the same basis and ma~-

Union ?avi.ng a1'e soon to finis]:,. months .... Bill Radtke of Gilroy new hot plant in operation and are ai·e to come soon .... Davenport 1~~ fan' pro?ress although . th~1r · t lieir West San Carlos job and has all his equipment in operation now ready for business .... Cala- Cement are to start on another lmmg operations are temporarily :from th.ere most likely they will go and the same ap--plies to Geo1•ge brese & Mal'tin (that pqpular firm program · to increase production SllSPellded. · . to Palo Alto where they have a , Renz. . • . M. G. M. Company of of Monterey) are also keeping their i shortly, More evidence of a banner Bechtel Bros. & McCone Co. are $280,000 tob, not to mention alJ ' Concord have moved into this little equipment quite busy and at times · year in construction. (C-011tinued on Page 12) ·-Round~up of the news from Utah

/By C. L. Casebolt, T. L. Clark, C. R. Van Winkle and L. G. Ostler, Business Representatives, J.ocal 3 Salli Lake CJfy- Negotla- 0.o~um.ittee of the A. 0. C. in a called Clegg.Vest Bill, an amend­

masterly maru1e1·, 'pointing out the ment to the present Utah Labor iions w ith the Inter-Mountain increase in the cost of living; the Relations Act, enacted at the last !Branch of the' _l;,ssociated Gen- inconveniences our members are session of the State Legislature,

C i k f under in working on most of the become law. This law prescribes eral ontr.actor::, .ior wor O jobs in t;h.is state, especially the certain acts of employees and thei1· our membership in the State of isolated jobs; the fact that the representatives as "Unfah· Labo.t; Utah mig.ht be described as fol. other trades ha\·~ had three ia- Practices." An analysis of the

crea.se!l (including th.is year) since amendments by our attorneys lowing \ihe National pattern. 19.42 9.cnd the Operating Engineers leads us to believe the amendments

That jg, the contraclors are will- only one; that the Engineers have will have little or no effect on ing to bargain, but on ' their own been very honorable in keeping coflstruction work .However, un­t erms, a1one, and are stalling, hop- thefr a.greements (a statement in til we have -an official ruling from ing newly enacted laws might re- which the· contractors concurred); the Utah Labor Relations Board move ibeir obligation to bar gain. that the national pattem was. for we cannot be sure and our mem­In this hope they are apparently a greater increase and that we bership is advised to attend . our l!ioomea to disappointment, as were were, wilUng to pay the p1·ice in regular meetings at which the law the employers in the basic indus- securing our just demands. and the rulings will be eiqJlain<c:d. t ries, and the more enlightened Other Agreements Dispute With Utah-Idaho ones ar e beginning to chaff at the The matter of. the other agree- For a number of years the delay in completion of the nego- ments under wh1.ch our member- Teamsters Union in the State of tiations. ship works i.n thi s state are more Utah has had an asn:eement with

A t. &M times your representa- or less stalemated while waiting ,the Utah-Tdaho Con~rete Pipe Co. t ives hawe s11own a conciliatory at- for the settlement of the construe· covering this company's "plants ltitude :irnd to dat e, with the excep- ~on agreement. These agreements and other operations.'' This com­t.ion of wages, It.ave worked out mclude the Perman e 11,t Plant pany mam,factures concl'ete pipe i l1e major portion of the agree- Agreement, mostly affectmg our which is ordinarily sold to con­ment, m a manner that, we are membership employed by the Utah tractors or builder~. Recently the sure, wm be satisfactory to our Consh·uction Co. at Cedar City;_ company began to tal,e contracts fu1.11nbe11Bhip, In the matter of the Permanent Shop Agreement to make and lay the pipe, which wage;, we have 1·eceded from the and the Sand, Gravel and Ready brought it into the construction original demands of our member- Mixed Con:rete Agreement, the field and it attempted to inte1·pret sllip alll.d. ha-ve offe1·ed two coimp1·0- terms of which have been agreed its agreement as covering all its mii!es in an. attempt to reach a. to with tile exception · ·of wages. "operations" to include construc­se.ttlement. To both of our com- These agreements will be simple tion. pro m i -s e offers the eontraotors, to consummate as ·soon as an As lhe cbmpany also attempted have m imed a deaf ear and l1ave agreement on "'.ages .lias b~en to interpret its agreement as car­stuck mwompl'omising to their rea~hed cover 1 n g construction rying a lessei· wage s ca 1 e (al-first "take it or leave it, not a work.. • • though no classifications or wage bargaini111g offer'' of 12½c an hour Engineers Win Election scales covering engineers were in-increase. With a thumping majority of 34 eluded therein) and promding for Swanson At Sessions to 11, Operating Engineers Local a 40-hour week instead of the

1n or·der that the contractors 3 bested the CIO Mine, ~ill and five·d~y week, ~is natu!ally. l~ad might have a th Or Ou g h under- Smelter Workers o~ Apr1~ 19, at ~o a dispute w~ch, at tlu~ w~·ttmg, standing of otlr l O ca l's position, ' tbe pl~nt o.f the Pacific ~rid~e Co. is not settled (m fa~t t~~ d1sp,ute Busine~ Manager Victor s. Swan- at :ark C1~Y, .. Utah. '.fh1s victory aJ.r:nost ~.rev~nted tb1~ article from son accompanied by President Pat makes Ope1atmg, Engmeers Local being pr~pare~). I.t 1:> ho~ed that Cla~C:Y new in to assist us in our 3 tl1e sole bargaining agency for w~en tlns article 1s m prmt that deliber~tions with the contractors. aJ~ mill and ~utside employees of tlus matte~· wil~ have been settled At thi;, meeting a compromise of- this, plant, ':vh1ch was erected last to our satisfaction. f er of 17'h c an hOLll' increase (with year to :"'ork_ ov:r the old dttm~s Work Prospects Better t he ex ception of the Tournepull near Paik Clty and•. w~ hope, JS Although our unemployed list classnifieation the Grease Monkey the firSt of several s1m1lar plants has been s 11 , th· · t , ti • ' t b t l · h' t t o d' t ma er is wrn el 1an and a couple of other classifica- 0 e _erec_ ec_ 111 ~ is s a e. re 1 ·t h b f , d t ~ · for this win m a strong CIO town 1 as een or some years, ue o t ions tl iat have more or less been h uld t B tl C b lt h more members securin<>' work in agreed are e11titled to a higher s 0.nl go O .rodlerth ase O

1 w O permanent shops or 1:avin<> t b<>

Tate) was offered. This offer, to ll'l~ Y ;rg:~iz:h e ei,np 03{;.es· state looking for greener pa:iure; d ate, has not been accepted by the an . c?n uo e e ca.~ptUgn. ~- yet the prospects for new work c ontrac.t?rs and a t this writing the ~~~:~~s. i~r an agreement will looked gloomy ~mtil recently. Re-matt e! lS stalemated. Cl )v . . ' cently, the U, S, Army Engineers

lhi1smess Managel' Swanson pre· J' egg- est Bill Law began to consider several flood sente«l! our case to t11e full Labov This m o n th will se€ the so- control projects, such a,s the Provo

Ah-port and the City of Redmond, edly mostly our fa.ult for not hav­which work is being done by Mor- ing· a better news nose but t~a rison-Knudsen Co. and has result- membership can help us by turn• ed in all uur sho\·el operator s and ing in a.ny li~le items or storie-s oilers, as well as others, going to about- Qur membership. If it in~r­work. ' ests you, -you can be sure that the

On May 28, the Bureau of Rec- rest Qf ihe membership will b~ . lauiat.ion is opening bids for the interested. completion ·of t he Salt Lake Ague- Stewards, Attention! dµct, w_hieh involv~s the making Your attention is called to the · and Iaymg _of I3 miles of. fi~e-foot following Trade Rules adopted at conc.rete P1P~ a.n~ the mciden~l our recent "special called meet ­work connected with s1;1ch a._ proJ- in ." ect. If this contract 1s awarded g · t-0 1me firm th.is project . shoulcl Rule 1.. No member shall wo~k m<'lan two yea.rs work for so or on P.ny Job unless one or moire mQre of o:ixr membel'S. Ou June membe1:s act as s~~ard. The first 16, the Burea:u will· open bids for member on . the Job shall act as the compktiou of the Duchesne steward until three (3) member.s Tunnell, a project abandoned be- are employed, when they. sh a l i cause of the war. This contract meet and elect one. of the1..r nwn• shoul<i provide a large number of ber a,s ste,~ard. Tl~ere shall be a jobs for ou.i• membership. ste_ward on each _shift and on eoo~

. .. . unit of the proJect. Ca.re should ~lso m the offing are rumors be exercised by the melnbers in

winch are P r e ~ t Y s~bstantial of electing ,stewards t.o see that m~em· oth_er large proJects m the state, bers with experience are electe-d which makes the future ~>l:ospects that they are of sober and ca~ for work look mo~·e promising. In judgment and tliat they ca.11 iret additlon, there will be a J a r g e around the job if necessary ., number of jobs open in Southwest ' • Wyoming, a section that we are I ~ule 2. No ,member sl,1all be per­assisting Local 326 to man the nutted to refuse to act as stew•, jobs and to police. 'Prospect tor ar-d, when ;electe~, and al~ stew• roa<l work doesn't look too prom- I arcJs, shall unmediate_ly ~otify tha · ising but we are sure that the Busmess_ Represent31t1ve ~ .charge : present ja,m on new road construe- of the JOb of their electwn. No tion. is going to be broken, espe- member shall act as st~waTd un· cially when ~11 outraged public.be· less approved by t~rn Busmess Reil!·· gins to w·onder why it is_n't getting. _resell.fa!lve. ~!J.<l tl!;e . epmpan31. noti• any new 1·oads for its ga,soline fie-0, UI wr,tmg, . of the election of taxes. th~ member or members as ~t.ew•

aru, Secretary Congratulated lt is expected that our mem~

Recently, the well-liked and popular secretary of the Provo of­fice stood up and took the mar­riage vows with Brot her Frank Boylan, one of our popular shovel runners and a member of Local 3. It is a pleasure for us to take this means of wishing the happy couple on behalf of ourselves and the membership a long and- a happy married life. We are sure they not only deserve but are going to have both. ·

It i& our wish and desire· a1id also our 011ders to p1·int in these columns as · n111ch local news a:bo11t om· membership as we can secu1·e. \Ve wish to apologize for not hav­ing more of 'this type of news to offer this month. This is undoubt-·

bership wiU religiously live up to these rules as they were made for:' your benefit and will greatly help. your .business representativ~s in policing the work and impi,ov,ing the w or k i n g conditions of the membership.

New Provo Office Your attention is drawn t-0 tlu;

fact that the Provo office has been moved to Room 6, in the n e · w Labor Temple, 165" W. 1st N,, Pr o \• o. The telephone numbel!' (wnen the stri~e· is settled) will l'emain the same, Provo 680, This new La.bor Temple, recently com­pleted at a cost of $150,000, is one of the most mode.rn bui:Jclings ilii. Utah and would be a credit to · a much larger city.

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A FREE ERIC /

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The first step toward totalitarianism starts ~ith the shackJin.g of

labor; ]t so sta!ted in Germany under Hitler • • : in Italy under . . Mussolini. An:d when govei'µanent assumes coq1pre~en,sive con•

trol over labor, the complete ~e:gimentation of .business must fol.

low. It is merely th_e other side of the sa~e coin. And this is

tota!itaricmism.

You Must .Decid.e Now

1he next few days may_ decide the destiny 9f America · • • • on.d

with it your future and that of your child:en. You )!lOW have the

colg choice between productive _prosperity or another &ism.al

depression. The4lhour of decision is here.

This Vicio~s Anti-Labor 8il[ W'iU Hurt You

The pending Taft-Hartley .anti-labor· program would destroy free

enterprise by destroying labor. To you personally it would deny

well-recognrzed rights, impose ~a~pering restri~tions, an~ Jay down strait-jack~ting rules. It is up-American and so u~f~ir that, . if ever enacted, it would surely incr.ease rather than decre~se

industrial strife. It is designed to destroy labor by powerlul

reactiqnary inter~sts and written in a spirit of hli~d vindictive·

n·ess. If is an open invitation to national disaster.

· You ~on't Want Commu.nism

The ~nsl~vement o.f the working man in America, hy prohibiting

free bargaining among _freemen, would wreck· our Nation's po.

sition as Hie defender of democracy and the chcimpion of free• 1

~.. · • • • • ,;;i. "'. • • , • • • , rl•, •,: t · ~ . · ' 'd°(jm 0ifl' th1i:fight1.to halt fu7'ther .expansion of• CommuniSrtl.: ·It takes

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bee labor to check the menace of ,Communism, which always

thrives amid chaos, disorder and oppression. The proposed anti-. . Jabor bill would surely brfog chaos, -disorder and oppression to

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. America. It would re_c'r~it_ morE: p~_ople into 'th~ rank's oi -~ ·~ ·

opposed to the American way of ·life . than the C,ommuni.st Party - . . . . . ~

itself could ev~r hope to deliver. you, as an American~ .hove no

use f ~r the hateful docfrir1es of Communisn:i or ~my other form

of to,talitarianism. Only reactionary Fa~cists would even conside•r

any bill which ~akes freemen . .;,.,ork against their wrn.

S..f.<1ve ILcborr Is ·~ever Productive Laborr

The productive forc,e of free labor brought America victory encl

prosperity. Have some ~eri~ans already forgotten the h.eroic

fight for freedom made by. labor on .both the. home and the fi~ht­

ing fronts? Surely·,. you haven't forgotien! · Yo~ know well h.o:w

free American la~or outfought an'd outproduced the · sla.ve .fo:hor

hordes of Hitler .and Hirohito! No~, in victory, will labor's rev,1'ard

be the shacklrs of slavery?

Your· Mandlaite to ·Congress

The recent ,\man.date from the people" given our Congress SUillfely

was not a mandate .to tum back.the clock of social progi:eS's! The

real mandate given grew out of a .protest agai~st bur·eauctm:y

and continued wartime reg.imentation. It was a cry for freedom

-surely not' a ' plea for the ·very bure~ucracy and' regim.el(l)i~on

that this proposed anti-labor i~gisl~tion would revive.

IFre.e. Laib~r f:fos Mode Your America

In America, every· one who works for· a living· is "labor," !f'1Ul~dc.t·

mentally all our problems are the same ••• under our e:dsting

social order, .America. has achieved all-time records for prosperity.

America stands practically alone as a powerful nation of. plenty,

in a world of h:agie poverty; This is not ~er~iy an accident of '

history, or a reflection of the bounty of nature: it is the hm~-earned product of our way of life with political freedlom <rod

economi.c opportunity for all. It is proof that good workiin.g con· dition.s .. arid goo~ p1:ofits go hand in hand.

We Need Product,i_on NOW

Th~re are stupid and vir1;dic_tive men who_ a~e unhesitafi~~Jy ~r·

mitting and· ~betting ·the ruin ·of the free labor system ibcd has . . .

made US gr~at • • •. \ln~ at a time when every one of US 81.l.OWS

that our every i1Jo111ent should be utilized, · not by internal strue'.

but by an hqnest .effor-t to produce more and more goods to meet . "

the desired needs of all people. Surely, this is no time ·-for clan-.. . .

gerous expei:imenfs witp totaJitc;uia,µ con,frols that will I\ll.fuo. fl;1e

efficiency Qf our productive P,lant~.

. . ·This is the first "of a .,series whiE:h wm expose_poml'.lt-by-poi·nt the dao.g~rs· of the l'GJft-.H~r~·~~y cnti,.l.9bor progr~m.

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1ng at's d the .oaklan office By Al Clem, T. D. Bryson and Glenn Dobyns, Business Representatives, Local 3 · _ .

Oakland-Since the sun Harold D_are\~1~ are handlmg t e I compressors and generating plant. cret~ coating is applied to the pipe fa_mily of Brother _Henry Bul-· · h Brother Dixon is operating the Pipe near pittsbul'g. Here the con-I We extend our s:rmpatlues to the

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Job Jointly. We will have another crane crew afte1· which it is transported to the wrn~le, who. met ht~ death 011 as s ar e - - -, · e.rectin the buildings as soon as job and welded in place. The whole April 11 while working for the

sides of the fence things have Drop,Ped by Noble~ yar~ a~ Jhe they afrive at the campus which process, a series of well organized Olympian Dredging Company at been looking up considerably foot of Seyen

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O b er b ay should be within the n~xt ten steps, is accomplished with the ut- Rio Vista.

. : and everyone seeme . 0 e us_y da s most dispatch and efficiency and * * * {or the Brothers m the Oakland down there .. Brother' Jim Cook. is Y · will do much to facilitate the early H• h • II.. •

still operating the Cl'ane! with Raymond Concrete Pile has completion of the job. fft WffY !l_@US 1n area. Brother Clarence Nelson domg the ":I n Fat' the first time in ma11y a oiling. We detected a faraway look three 'drivers in operation on the ~·e~.u~•da benin fO

moon. our out-of-wol'k list is on in Jim's eye, ano imagine he was job at the Standard Oil plant in American Bridge continues to be D~ w 'ci11 ~ the decline, and unless something looking into the future toward the Richrnond. According to Superin- bu,sy at the Columbia Steel PJant, fflA"uo· full Lin.

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h hope to h h ill b tt· ti t tendent Carl Johnson, the ·work w.ith 10 onmueers on their payroll liad1 w llii> IHI 9fli;,ll 1' unforeseen ap_pens, we time w en e w e ge mg 1a is moving right along with 5,600 .,. be able to lower it considerab{y crane of his own. now. during the next few months. While piles to be driven.

there are no large job; in the _off- Talked to B11oth,er Vern De Ago, The Oliver de Silva Company re- ~ccording to Brother 1;,ouie ~o-

By. H. L. SPENCE Representative, Local 3

ing, grading work or various master mechanic for Mccosker, cently finislred a lOO,OOO sq. ft. Ian, shop s.t~ward, there 1s cons1d­housing projects and other small not long ago. He says that things pavi11.g job at P leasant Acres for j e~a_ble . activity around t~e Bay jobs l~sep the brothers quite busy. are pretty slow a1'ound the shop the C. ·Dudley De Velbiss Com- C1~es Equ1pm~nt Co~p~y s shop. The bad feature is that most of r'ght 11ow witl1 Brother Joe Call I TJ,1s organizatiol1 wluch 1s a com d t . .... b t ' pany. They also have a small pav- ', . · • _ -t his work is of shol't ura io .. , u the only mechanic on the payroll. arati e newcome1' to the East Bay

Reno-The highway work in the Great State · of Nevada has started to hum with activity. Dodge Construction Go. has a Le Toumeau dozer and three new 26-yard Le Tourneau Pulls. They are really high speed and streamlined. dirt moving equip­ment. They have taken them on their Battle Mountain job.

at least We al·e e:Jad to be able ing J"ob in operation in Antioch at P . v . . . = . • has Just finished movmg part of to report that right now things the present time. j its sl!op .facilities here from San

are improving. Niles Canyon Bridge Francisco and now has headquar-The bridge being constructed The Ace Tl'actor and Equipment ters at 2792 Cypress Street, Oak-J. R. Armst1·ong is rounding out

the road job in Sau Pablo, while the J. H. Pomeroy Company at Pittsburg con,tlnues to go a.long about the same as usual with their job at the steel mill.

N. M. Ball & Sons are moving in on t11e Willow Pass job and get­ting ready to pour concrete. Harms Bros. are finishing their portion of U1is job and have taken most of their equipment to the job in Red­oing.

Parrish Bros. are setting in fo1• an all-summer job · on the canal nea1· Martinez and at present are busy getting U1eir cats onto the project.

On one of ou1· recent routine trips we dropped into Ball's yard in Berkeley, and found _a pretty barren looking place, with most of the equipment out on jobs. We were talking to Brothers Oscar F ryar and Bill Sorenson and they said they .aren' t antkipa.ting much activity in the yard tn the near future.

over the Western Pacific Railroad Company, a · Los Angeles concern, land. and the present highway in Niles I has moved into the area ior the Canyon is a portion of one of the purpose of processing 40 R. D. 7s most interesting road jobs h1 prog- and 8s, which were l'ecently ress in this area at the present shipped in from the Pacific. This time. The old river channel in the equipment is to be shipped to canyon is being converted into a various contractors in Northern two-lane hig'hway with the center California as soon as the repair of the road following the middle work is completed. There are 10 of the former creek bed. For the heavy duty repairmen employed bridge approaches, wJ1ich total on this work at the present time. ~PvP.n-tenths of a mile in length. 12,000 cubic yards of the old bank was used for fill along with 50,000 cubic yards of imported bon-ow. On this .iob sacked concrete rip-rap is being used for the fu·st time as bank proteclion. Eighteen hun­·ared cubic yards of this rip-rap tons the fill and seven feet more will be added later. The job is ·beinJ:{ done by R. G. Clifford and AI Biasotti & Sons, and has ftu·­nisherl work durin~ the past win­ter for a few of our members. Brothel' Craig '.Mort has been op­erating crane with Brother Joe CampbeJl on the mixer and Broth­er George Langfol'd holding d6wn the oiling job.

W. A. Bechtel 1·ecent1y moved the pipe coating plant to Concqrd, where they are now employing three members on work for the Coast Counties Gas Company.

I guess they will be firing up the hot plant to finish their job that was shut down last. year on accow1t of bad weather; aJso their

Brother Hans Werner, who was job east of Wells. They will be on severely injured in a recent dredge it rea,J soon. I do not know too

much about their job at }{ouna accident, is reported doing quite Mountain for it is in Local 12's

The Rock, Sand and Gl'avel In-

Utl.li'ti'es ProJ·ect , ,_.vell at _this ti~e. Ha_ns was_ wor_ k- d h f h 01 D jurisdiction, but l undetstan t ey P . & J. Artukovich, who Wel'e 1J1g 01 t e ympmn redgi~g are almost finished for some of the.

successful bidders on the pipeline [ C?mpany on the Neptune_ near Rio rigs are being moved to the Battle job for the East Bay Municipal Y1sta and was en~aged m ch.an~- Mountain job. With the four jobs, Utilities District, are getting well I mg cables at the tl~e of the acci- Dodge Construction Company is u derway and expect to be in full dent. He was standmg on top of plenty busy. o:eration by the first of the month. the bucke~ ':Vhen the ground . gave Strong Company is still going This project consists of the placing way . undei it and he was pmned strong, ,°\Tith two 10-hour shifts. of 32 miles o-f 68 and 69 inch steel, i~t;;:; !~eh:~~~o~~is t~e:ffi~'!:i~ Brot her Herman Kohlmeyer is concrete coated pipe and covers a he will have an operation to repair head_ ~teward and head heavy duty portion of the pipeline and ague- some damaged ribs, and we are aJl rep~uma.n. Lots of luck to you, ·duct exten.dilig from Pardee Dam pulling for him for a sneedy re-I He1 man. . . to Oakland. Made necessary by " d J b p the rapid increase in population covery. Roa o rogresses and the resulting building expan- Hunt & 'Frandsen's road Job to sion in the East Bay, work on the Johnson-Western Company was the mine is proi;ressin.e: very well

Start Highway Joo larges~ booms in its histo1:y. Evel_'Y

I dustry is experiencing one oi the

. , st rted plant m U1e Pleasanton-Lwermore

improvernent of this water system low bidder on tJ1e Stockton Chan- with Brother Elmer Heenan. the is of the most vital importance to nel job, extendillg from Pittsburg pusher, and Brother Grant the residents of the Oakland area. to Stockton on the San Joaquin "Swede" Swasey as steward. W. The Artukovich Company, a Los River. The contract will be let E. "Bugs" Baker is their blade man Angeles concern, have headquar- within the next few days and the and Richard Zane Huut is their ters in Concord where they have dredge Olympia is being readied sbovel runner. They have moved just finished with the unloading of for the job. This is the only dredge their five pulls to their Eureka, considerable equipment. Included job of any consequence that has Nevada, job where Brother Ding was a N. W. 80, a N. W. 106, 3 been let since last fall, and jt is Turner is pushing the job.

Keeble & Br?wn ba, e a area is running at full capacity at their bigllway J~b at tJ-,e Na~a) the present time. The red rock Fuel AnneJ_< at 'Pomt 1VIola;e. ~;!: qual'l'ies in the East Oakland-Hay­~he road :IS less _than .t O Blake ward-Niles area are also running m length, e"1:endmg ft om full blast and it seems that right Bros: Quarry to tbe Depot, th~re now everyone ~;;mts 1·ock. will be nearly J35,000 yards of dirt to move., Brother Antonio Bruno is supe1·intendent out there-his first work in this tenitory for some time. However, he is well known, having spent many years on this side of the Bay. We are sure that all those brothers who have worked with him wlll be clad to know be is back and we join them in welcoming his l'e­turn. Brother J. G. Bums has been acting as steward and says everything is goiI1g along fine. By the way, th.is Bul'ns fellow is one boy who either loves the local cli­mate or the job of skinning cat, This was proved conclusively in the recent case of tl1e Hay Bailer. It seeins that, having an eye for business, Brother Burns· acquired half interest in a bailer and set it to work near Fresno. Fired with enthusiasm, he was all hopped up to run it but a combination of dust, hay and hot weather c~used this zeal to suffer an untimely death . and made cat skim1ing in t he l1ice cool bay fog seem more inviting by the minute. So Burns says, ''Here, Pal'tner-you run the bailer. rn stick to cats." Good deal Brothe1· Burns, and might we add 'that ·if you ever get on a rlg t hat needs pat.cuing-you should always have at least one roll_ of bailing wire handy to do the Job.

The Macal Improvement Com­pany is handling the gradin~ on the proposerl wood pu.lp mill in Antioch, which is located on Wil­bm· Ave. a t the site of the old r ifle range. With approximately 1;50.000 yards, of dil·t to move, two shifts are in operation. Brother Louie Roberts owner of the com­pany, is rurming the swi.n9; shift, while the day shi(t i,; u nde.r the able supervision oi Brother Floyd Greiner.

truck cranes, 4 cats, 45 welding expected that it will furnish em- W. W. Clyde bas his hot plant machin.es and 2 ditching machines,· ployment for several of our dtedg- steamed uo on his Va.lmy, Nevada. the operation of which proved very et'men ior a while at least. job. Brother Geor.ge Yukich is

The University of California has purchased several of the barracks at Camp Parks and the process of cutting them up and moving them to the University grounds is now in progress. Daley Bros. have the contract for this work and of course they are using Local 3 men on all equipment. Brother Sam­ways is superintendent with Brotl1-er Graves operating the crane and Brother Pete Higgins oiling, while

fascinating to us. These machines, steward on the job, also the head a 705 Austin and a 302 Buckeye, The many friends of Brother barber green soreader man. He are able to cut a ditch .any width I Jame.s Shippy wiJI be glad to know bas h is hands full on this job, be­from 24 inc.hes up to 10 feet 6 he is feel.Ing much better. After lieve me. W. w. Olycie's other job inches, while digging a trench up I being confined to the San Fran- 11,t Lamoille, Nevada Jrn,s two eight­to depth of 30 feet, handling any cisco Hospital fot· many months 'hour s'hifts an<l a good crew of variations -requil'ed. One of the with a serious illness, he was re- boys. ' most interesting features of the cently transferred to the Hasler Clement ConstrucU011 Company project is the method of .handling Rest Home in Redwood City. He has started its job near Doyle, Cal­the pipe for the job. Fabricated seems to be very well satisfied ifornia. by the Western Pipe and Steel I with the ca1'e he g getting and J. E. Johnson Rock Company is Company, it is shipped to the tern- I we believe he will be completely finishing the .ioh thl'lt TiesJau start-porary plant of American Concrete recovered before long, ed down near Wellington, Nevada.

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News about the brothers: Bro. and Mrs. Herbert Weaver I charge. It seems that Ray dec-ldedabout, it. Occasionally, however,

are enjoying a long awaited vaca- army life wasn't for him long about comes a fellow with a good work­tion in Huston, Texas, at the pres-

1 last November, when he married ing kn()wledge of_ tbE; subj~ct at

ent time. A native of that city, Miss Elma Price, a Lincoln, Nebras- hand and mecharucal mgenmty to Herb was anxiously awaiting start- ka girl. Right now they are look- go with it, and this type of chap ing time when we last saw him. ing for a home somewhel'e around is liable to do something about His excitement was w1derstand- 1 Oakland. He says he wouldn't live making the job easier. Tak~ the able as he has been away for over i anywhere except in the Bay Area, case of Brother La\yrence Wixson. 8 yea1·s and during that time has as it bas the best doggoned climate Br_other Wixson, llke every . sat seen none of his family. Then, too, in the world. skmner, has on many occas10n.s they wei·e to make the trip lzy ail• found it_ n~cessary to do a little - a new experience for both. As he ground nppmg, and has never par-said "we've both been hitting the Brother John Underwood is out ticularly enjoyed the process of ban' pretty hard for 8 years and gunning for the black cat he is sure uncoupling the sc.rap:r and hook­think it's time we had a little fun." must be running back and forth ing the rooter on behind. He often

across his path. He thinks the wondered why "they" didn't have . . . whole thing started back last fall detachable teeth to fit on the bit

On Apnl 7th, _Brot~er Bill l{l!lg when he got kicked behind the of the scraper-but the mysterious broke a bone m his foot wlnle ear while cranking a cat. !1:e didn't "they" never came to the fore. In­:"'orking on the C. W. Thompson thin!< much about it at the time stead of just trunking about it, Job at Pleasanton. Though ~e ex- but declares that. things have been beefing a b'it and going on with the pects to be back to. work, m t~e adding up steadily since then. A old way, Lawrenc!:! evolved a plan near future he says it wont b~ ll1 couple of months ago tbey reached for 'making his own rooter. During that area-swe~rs he bangs lnm- a climax and he l'eal}y decided he the past fall and winter he worked self up every time he works east I was hexed when a horse he was ' on his idea, testing and perfecting of Hayward. riding got a temperamental streak it. Now he has it ready for the

and Uu·ew him-with considerable market-a boon to the contractor

a lot of equipment out on their Austin, Nevada iob. They d0 not have much activlty around Re-no. They have a patch crew ru1d a .few of the rlear brothers around the main shop. Their big strinning job at Kimberly is i;oinf,\' 0. K.

I stopned in at Brother Peder­son's and Brother James P. Coop­el''s Richfield Service Station. on Hii:rhway 40, next dnor to t],., Rat­tlesnake Farm in Colfax, Califor~ nia, and he tells· me that tile fish ­ing will be good there this year. So if any of the brothers happer1 to be traveling that way stop in and see the two b1•othet·s, for they are full of information and ideas about fishing and camping spots.

I see by the Reno paper that Brother Kenneth Carnenter has a permit to enlar,f!e his place of business in Ve,rdi, Nevada, kno,vn as Ken's Bar. He has a very nice place. Stop in and see Ken for he enfoys tall<ing to the dirt stiffs.

Brother Tom Davis was in the Reno office to say "hello." We are very happy to see him up and a.round. Although he is still s very weak rrian, he is improving slowly from his accident. It will be some time before he will be ahle to return t.o woek as. a cat ooeratm' for he is still unrler the doctor's care. Keep uo the good work of improving, Tom.

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Brother Jack Youngstrom t'e- injury to the back of his lap, he an~ a saving of many hours a.JJd cently left tbe employ. of Bo~d tell_s us! '.I'h.en just ~he other. da?, lots .of dirty h_ard work for brother Hunt1ey to return to his home m while bu1!dmg a tlou~h fo1 lns Engineers. This attachment, know.n the Caroline Islands. Held a pris- turkeys his thum~ ~ot m the way as the "Wixson Attacha~le S_car1-oner of war by the Japs for many of a hanuner and 1t 1s now a gaudy I fier," is manufactuJ·ed . 1n single years, Jack is nevertheless anxious 11ooklng thing, bl~e,. green a!1d to- units we\ghing about 75 pounds to return to the islands where he mato red. He _11:s1sts he 1s n<?t I each, which. can be used m c1:ny ow,,s a copra plantation in partner- really a superstitious man, but 1f I number, from .t to 6, as tbe equ1p-

l ., d · t ship- wiUi his uncle. anyone bas an old used four leaf ment and ground necessitates. Eas- Tl1e bi'g PG&E tunnel .;ob east of We recent y J.OUn 1. necessa1·y 1 b t bb't' foot they · h dl a J ·t b at ·'

to hold a meeting with the em- --- cover or ea up ra 1 s ily an e ' eac 1 urn · can e - Jackson is going three shifts 1.mder Pio,. 1ees of Martin Bros. in Con- Br tl · Ra Sidbeck was in the don't need a,-,.y more, he would tached in about 4 minutes by mere- two contractors at one end, and cord. in regard to a misunder- othel? d~~- Fo;. the past three years, appr~ciate having I.hem forwarded Iy slipping it over. the bit. of tJ:ie the other two contractors are get-sta11ding of the working rules and Brother Sidbeck, a Sergeant on the Ito him. scraper and dropping_ t~e gate m ting under way at the ~ther portal. ·working conditions. Later we held Army Ai.r Corps, has been dropping --- place. T~e S. & . W. Tractor and Details 'in the Stockton report.

by about once a year, and at first 1 · , . Automotive Service, ope1·ated t:,Y * * * a meeting with the company rep- w assumed that this was just an- Engineer-Inventor Brothel'$ Stahl and Shattuck, will resentatives and, as a result of ot'.iier of his annual visits. However, , Often, when doing an unpleasant have the. agency for the Bay Area, Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc., these meetings, we are glad to he hastened to assure us that this job, most of us have found our- and we suggest th~t any of. you sales revenue for the March. quar­report that everything is coming time it was different-he's back to selves wondering, why "they" don't fell?ws inte~ested might drop m to ter was $2,331,681, compared with along to ttie satisfaction of all con- stay. Stationed at. Hamilton Field, do something a.bout it. However,J theu: shop m Hayward and loo~ $1,2;52,062 for last year. Profit~ for cerned. Brother Ervin Cox has he. is now on 30 days furlough, we are generally satisfied to grum- over the wo1:k of a Brother Eng1- these two periods jumped from 4 been .placed on the foreman's job -after \"hich he w.ill receive his dis- Ible a litUe, do. the job and forget neer, turned .mventor! eents to J.6 cents per shwe.. . and.Brothers Ma,rtin PJscovich and. ·~

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Restaurant open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.

108 GRAND AVE. OAKLAND

Fishing adds to Marysville lur.e far Local 3 men

By WILLIAM C. WAACK Representative, Local 3 ,

Marysville - Fredrickson and W a'tson have again started their Almanor-Westwood job. The camp and shops are set up on the east side of Lake Al­manor. There are 11 miles on this job and once again, for the fish~rman or de.er hunter "th~s is it." Brother Larry Walker is on the shovel, Bill Holloway is master mechani_c.

Aside from the shovel, there are only two cats on the job but Archie Harsh, the super, tells me the cats and jeeps are. on their way in. This job at present is five days, nine hours.

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took on some rigs for himself. At present he is doin~ some land lev­eling in District 13. Good luck; Elmer.

Johnson.-Western have added a skid driver and a cat to their spread on the Butte City Bridge. Raymond's equipment is doi1;1g the pile driving. Nothing has been done on the Bidwell Bar job as yet. At\ Jeast no equipment or ma­terial is on the job site.

Earl Parker's gear has gone down to Clovis. There still are 25 rigs scattered around this neck o! the woods. Mo$t of·.this is on farm work. Brothers Ed Bell and George Williams are handling most of this equipment with Brothe r Joe Brown in <iharge of the approaches and dirt moving on the Butte City Bridge.

Bridge Job July 15 Lord and Bishop don't intend to

start the Colusa bridge job until a,l;>out J ul:y 15.

Excavators have knocked off two shifts on the draglines on the south end of their levee at Grid­ley. On the north end, ho·wever, the three shifts are carrying on

Clarence Bal~er is on the slow- · as usual. ~ell, most of the e((Ui_pment being Charlie Lloyd has the day shift n the_ yard. A _few rigs, however, , on the south end while Herman

are still o_n agncultura_J w,?rk an~ i Cecil has the cat spread on the Ian~ levelmg. T~e genial "Swed~ north end. George Root shifts on L_ru.s~n ,~as spent a },ot of Bak~r ~ swing and Ken Cline on grave­biscuits _on a n:w Queen M~iy, yard. With the Mississippi wagons an overs1ze_d sc~ap~r that worked. there are about 45 units of equip What m?nic~er he II tac_k on the ment on this job. This is a sixdav low-bed 1s still the question. . job. •

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Jimmie Dorris; the shop man for Tracto'r and Eouipment Service, Natomas Negotiations also California Land Levelers, is invariably "head down and back up" on most anything from a lawn mower to the Cletracs that this outfit handles. Brother KerleP., formerly master mechanic of this outfit, started out with a "Seven" last fall and is rapidly increasing his spread. Most of Kerlee's oper­ations are in the hills at present, but land leveling and hauling are also something he knows about.

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Phone T.R inidad 4414

Ei~t. Us Pil®E & C@o 2150 .Washingten Ave,

Sa11 Leandro , Calif. Brother Elmer E. Smith, who shifted last summer for Larry Roper, is another of the gang that

Fredricl«:so.n & Watson Construction Coo General Construction

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873 - 81st AVENUE- Yard Foot .of 81st.Avenue Phone SWeetwood 1264 Oakland 3, California

The Utah Construction Co. Engineers a"d Contractors

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* * * look Out, Below! In the past 17 years, 42 persons

have been killed by falling rocks in California quarries. · Qt!arry Safety Rule 610 requires that all slabs of rock that may be danger­ous to emploY,ees must be dis~ lodged; where necessary, watch­men be employed to give wai·ning to other employ~es when rocl<S are about to fall; and where practi­cable slope the face as to eliminate the danger of rocks faUing on workers.

The 42 deaths occurred as. fol­lows: Working on quarry floor without watchman, 14; with watch­man, 3; loading holes or drilling without watchman, 8; with watch­man, 3; scaling or barring, with­out life belt and line, 9; with belt and line, 3; life line improperl) used, 2.

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* * * Easy n Hot Cables!

A safe type of tongs for lifting heavy cables has been developed down at Portland Cement Co. quar­ries near Colton. It consists of a shovel handle fitted with two hooks with the openings in· opposite di­rections and sufficiently spaced to go over . the cable. A half turn brings the two prongs or hooks un­der the cable, giving the operato1 a firm grip on the cable, but al­lowing him to remain at · a safe distance and prevent bodily con­tact. The hooks are taped to pre­vent damage to the cable and to provide insulation.

1\foving heavy cables presents considerable danger to workmen through bodily contact.

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A&-N GOLDEN EAGLE SERVICE SEVENTH AVENUE AND GEARY BOULEVARD

EVe_rgreen· 9784 Alfred Tucci, Manager, (Member of No. 3)

COMPLETE ONE STOP AUTO SERVICE Steom Cleoning, Washing ond Polishing and Minor Reooi rs

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325 7th STREET f ·~l'JL'lie GL. 6'.8,28 -

0. C. JONES & SONS Concrete Construction- Excavoting-Paving-Groding-T rectors ond

· Tru'cks Rented-Equipment for Rental or Controc t Wo'rk 1601 Dwight Woy, Berkeley THornwoll 2266

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METROPOLITAN CONSTRUCl'ION · CO. Pipe i..ines -:- Process Piping

111 New Mont~omery Street, S. F. 00. 07~1

EDWARD RQ I .A.CON co. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Folsom ot 17th Street·-Son Francisco I 0 HEmlock 3700 Oakland - Fresno - S,ocramento - Stockton

BECKETT & FEDERIGHI -GENERAL CONTRACTORS

1441 Franklin Sheet- O.aklarid 12, Ca,lifomio ROY E. BECKETT TEmplebar 8782

PEERLES,S IRON WORKS FABRICAT ION OF STEEL PRODUCTS - STRUCTURAL STEEL

CONSTRUCTION-'-ELECTR IC AND ACETYLENE WELDING

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BURAN EQUIPMENT · CO. Machinery for

Contra_~ting - Mining - logging Oakland, California Euveka, California TRinidod 5335 Phone 303

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2192 CYPRESS ST., AT 28th, on approach to B,11y B,i,dge Oakland, California

Industrial-Contractors and Mining Equipment

NATIONAL IRON & METAL co. Main Office: 1415 7th Streer-TW. 4026

SAM KALMAN · O~KLAND, CALIF.

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\Vebster Arurtome.tive Service MOTOR TUNE-UP - MOTOR REBUILDING

Shop: TWinoaks 6702 2305, Webster Street Res.: LAkehurst 3-2465 OAKLAND 12, CALIF.

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· HERBERT . G. JOii ii SON BRICK AND FRAME HOUSE MOVING

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5819 EL DORADO AVENUE, EL CERRITO, C.'!.LlFORNIA Telephone BErkeley 1022 Telephone LAndscape 5-1442

INDEPENDENl iRON WORKS, Inc. 8th & Pine Streets

FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL - STEEL BUILDINGS-SERVICE

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Twelve ENGINEERS' NEWS May 16, 1941

Spring construction boom pL1ts practically all men to work in Stockton area

miles in length. J ohnson & Wentz; Kenworthy & Patterson, Ted Wat-

. kins and Dick Arthur a.re the con­tractol's as ,veil as Wlnton's own rigs which are operated by Local No. 3 members.

B r e en Co. of Sacramento has been worl .. i.ng a NW shovel on a slide for the past three w~eks and from the looks of things Brother Vic Bonner will put. in the summer there as he hasn't moved the rig and is still digging in lhe same spot.

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mants a,re spreading Stocktt>n Q\J.t excavating on tJ1e south side of pretty fast. Case Co. is 1.mtting in Siphon No. 1 and are setting forms a new farm equipment phlnt on for concrete. the Harris Manufacturing Co. ~ite Gunner Company's job in Merced off of (lherokee Lane and Iniema- will soon be completed and t hey t.ional Harvester are just auout are making good progress on the lined up in Moore Equipment's old F1·esno Highway job south of plant; The Engineers l1a,ve asked town.

By ED. DORAN and RENNY BURROUGHS Business Representatives, Local 3

Stodrfon- Happy days are here again. Most everyone is working. and it becomes tougher to get men to go out on the jobs. So timez ,are definitely getting better. Freeway Proposed

hoth plants to negotiate. ~he• H. Earl Parker Company's job is Stookton Construction Co. is plac~ now working two shifts on the Dl':V ing the steel. for the ,1ew Lil,t.le C1·eek Resei·voir and are making ~ir Products plant on W. Clun·ter fair progress. Brother Alt is l'Od­'\Va11 and the Downer Com. 11:we ding the job.

\/Ve have here in the Stockton office some two hundred and thirty ing on two headings with three names on the out of wo1·k IJst, this shifts. Brol11er Fred Arp is gen­list is going to be eliminated on eral superintendent for the Utah May 17, 1947, if yo.u stm want your Construction Co. and 'since his head name . o11 the List will you mail a walker has gone this shoula turn card to 805 E. Weber, Stockton, or into a better place to work. T un­phone 2-6847 and your name will nel work is tough enough without be reinstated in the order that you J,aviJig to work for a boss that are now registered. stinks.

Much interest and speculation is aroused by the prospect of a new freeway for Stockton bypassmg tbe main section of town on 'the east. Thfa main 99 Highway will speed tlll'ough traffic. past the m a n y traffic hazards of the old toute, thl'ough four subways and then on to Freckickson and Watson's new four-lane high.way job heading for Lodi. There is almost 2½ million dollal's of work involved with much excavation. The contract will be let early in J une.

just finished t he sewer !iirns for Piombo Bros. are mal<ing good Pacific Oan Co. on the Rough and progress on the approach road and Rea<ly Isiand R-0ad. Wininger & s~ut,h abutment excavation fol' Selby have started Jevelinf.\' t h~ir Pme Flat _Dam .. State and Govern­lot for the new Nestle's Nesr.afe ment officials wi ll .hold a ceremony fl:-ctory at Ripon. General Milli; at on the site ta des.ignate UJe o~cial I,odi is going up fast with ,J. D. start of construction on this proJect. O'Brien's · crane, ably opera tell by '. McS:.osley from. the Bay Area Geo. Crews, just back fl'om Guain, subm1~ted a low b1~ of $253_,000 on completing. setting the steel in the the Firebaugh .Bridge. This firm mrJn :warehouse. A gin pole bas expe~ts to stal't work by the 15th been erected by Bay Oity EJ1gt- of thl~ month. SigIJ. Land Levelers The Walsh jo;J on the tunnel has

In the past 60 days we have been turned out to be a good outfit. successful in s i g 11 i 11 g 14 Land There has been no one quit since Leveling Contracto!'s to oui· Land they started and every member .has Leveling Agreement. Twelve new a good word for tJ1e bosses. This contracting organizations have job is headed by Les "Haywire'' signed our Construction Agree- Huntington, who obviously is a ment, as well as three ready mix real tunnel stHf and kn ow s his concrete outfits located at Patter- stuff. He has also surrounded him­son, Escalon and Modesto. self with bosses who are members

Morrison & Knudsen co. have of Local No. 3 and want to go finished assembling the 9W Special along 100 percent with us. Brother Bucyrus M O n i g an northwest of Bill Lyons is master mechanic. Tracy. Brothers. Van Landingham, On Tom Connolly's tunnel Mar­John Miller and Bob Wooden are tin J ohnson is superintendent, who the operators, and there are two is also a tunnel stiff from the old oilers on each shift. Brother Bill school a.nd an easy man t? g~t Edgen is foreman over erection. , along _with. Brother AJ Sm1_th_ 1s This i·ig is starling in a 65-foot o~eratmg the compressor. This Job cut, 106 feet wide on top. This is ' f tll not get under wa)" for some

All th1·ee major hot plants in Stockton are going iull blast. Mc­Gaw has the Fairview Terrace and Thornton road job to pave. M. J. B. is to pave the Holt road job and the Basalt Rock plant at French Camp. Teichert is to supply 350 tons daily to the Navy besides com­pleting their Charter Way jo'b. Bi­asotti has Swain Oaks Manot· to pave and the Edison High School yard and will purchase their a·,­phal t materi.111.

1 10 crs to place vats in the upper I During the current month we sfol'ies. I have ?lea.red over 400 men to _va-

rious Jobs and at the present tune The papas m the r~ks of, tl:e nearly all members are working.

En~meers are sure bettmg. 1-.uay I Steward's meetings are l1eld the Lo,.ano from M. J. B. hot pl:am, 2nd Tuesday of each mo.nth, tlte C ~ a Y ton McNutt from General regular meeth1g the 4th T.Jmrsctay l.v~ills, and FI o Yd Le e. frm:1 Al . of every month, wbich will be .Ma.y Riders spread are a~l ?uymg c!gars . 22nd. The office is open every and Brother Jess Willmgham 1:., al-J Thursday evening from '1 to O p.in. 1·eady showing off his love!~· new * * * claughtel',

1 Bumell Wichman and Harr y Operating Engineers at Cosden Carver made a. real May 1 trout refinery, Bi'g Spring, Tex,, have fishil1g· trip. They left at 12:01 011 gained wage increases, raising rates May 1 and returned the foi.a'th of to from $1.13 for laborers to $1.80 May. :N::, uews as to their Cl.l.i'.cl', I fo1• stillmen. Shell Pipe Li.ne mem­but k11.;wing these brothe1·s we het. 1

1 bers at Hobbs, N .M., were also

they ha<l fun anyway. raised. the beginning ot M & K Canal job. llIDf; yet. .

The George Mun•ay Co. of Stock- P1ombo B~·os. ~f San Fl'anqi,co

Three bridge joos are in progress in this area with a foul'th cne to open. Lord & Bishop are d1iving pile on the San Joaquin River bridge at Mossdale. E. J. Warner is filllrig in tlie approaches lo U1e Calaveras River bridge nol'th of Waterloo; Lord & Bishop hav,! al­ready d1iven some pile for him. Miller & Edminston are jusi be­ginniJ1g thefr Mokelumne River job with Claude Wood moving in on the preliminary excavation. The prime cohtraclor ,vill mo,·e in his own dragline for major excavati0n.

The follow ing brothers have m:.il f in the Stockton olnce. Pleai,e let ~--------------.

ton 81,e doing the cat work for a.te excavatmg 101' the Po. we r M & K. Brotlier Ivan Mul'ray is Ho~1se and Dams: Bet; Dow 1~ ~u­superintendent 011 the job. peuntendent. B10,~he1 ~111 P1e1~e

lVf. J: Ruddy are doing the cat 1;; ,fo;·eman, Oscal' Bu~k Hanna 1s work on the Evel'ist Canal job west shltu~~ on the road for P~ombo. of PattersOJi. Bro I her Mike Eneboe j Mot r1so~1 & .Knuds~n . have been

us know what to do with it. Jn11'l1:s A. Bames, Leo R. Burke, Joi1n A. Clark, Jack Crum or Grace Cn1;n, George Chaves, Ray N . Crow, Bill Forbus, C. E . Grimm, Allen L. Harris, Ralph E. Holcombe, Lloyd E, Mc.Murray, Vernon M. N'elson, Charles N. Nicholab,en, Walt~r H, Proctor, Vernon J. Ruckman, Pete Scandalis, C. W. Silvey, Bill Stnut, · Joseph Scott, Carl A. Thornhill, Charles Windso1·, Ralph Whit ing.

NOTICE There will b/. a special meet­

ing held in the Labor Temple Saturday night, May 24, 1947, for an members of Local No. 3. Please try to attend. Your of­ficers aad Union Manager will be there.

is ShiHet· on the job. low bidde1 on t~e po"·et. house and

S T l ' b dams. Rumor 1s that it amounts tart unne O to !i,15,000,000. More information The P. G. 8r. E. Tunnel Job east of about this next issue. A ll Business Agen ts of Loral

No. 3 are cordially fovitecl. J'ackson has begun with M & K Winton Lumber Co. are going and the Utah Coustruction Co. go. along oh the road j ob which is 47

Fredl'ickson & Watson 111,:c a ~·300,000 job at Ripon on the Sta:i-

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April 10, 1947 STOCKTON. Calif., conJract awarded lo

MacDonald , Young & Nelson, $139.'717, by Public Works Ollicer, Jor construction ol Naval Reserve Armory.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, "°ntroc: award­ed to V. C. Mendenhall, $146,915, by State Rei Co=. !or 12.298 mi. const. graded roadway, hetw. Boulter Summit & St, John, Tooele & Juab Cos.

April II, 1947 SACRAMENTO, CaliL, con tract awarded

lo A. Teichert & Son Inc.. $56,315, b{ Coun!y Clerk, for grade, drain & sur . Arden Park, Vista.

SACllAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded to Harry J. Oser & Peter Sorensen, $412,-331, by Ca!i1omia Div. o( Hwys. , for cons!, 3 bridge & substrucs. [ot 2 rr overheads on Bayshore Freeway in City of So. S. F.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con tract ay,•arded to M. J. Lynoh, $62,222, by Dept, or Pubhc Works, for canst. Caselli Ave. & Douglas St., sewer betw. Eagle and 18th Sts.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con t r a c t awarded to R. Flatland, $93,882, by Dept. of Public Works, for resurf. Third St., from Custer Ave. le Bayshore.'

STOCKTON, Cali!,, contract awarded to Stockton Const. Co,. $16,613, by City C!er.k, for canst. sanilary sewer in Men­docino Ave., betw. Pershing Ave. & Ken­sington Way & in Kensington betw. Men, docino Ave. & Alpine.

STOCKTGN. Calif., contract awarded to Louis Biastolli & Son, $8 ,500, by Board of Education of Stockton Unified School Dist. lor rough grading of oart of the site qt Edison High School. -

STOCKTON. Calif., con!raots awarded to C. E. Kennedy, $79(514, by City Clerk for canst. 75'xl65' rein . cone. plunge, 2' -11" , Oak Park Plunge.

April 14. 1947 STOCKTON, Calif., contract awarded to

S. M. McGaw, $61,882, by R, E. Graham tor 5 miles plan!mix surf. on Thornton Road, betw. Terminous Rd. & Eight Mile Road. in San foaquin Co.

sho•Jldsrs with er. run base & seal coot • Ci:y Engr. ior (I} 2!9 l-lt, excavation, IS. r. DisL Cps. Cngrs. for rem. balloon from Mt Blvd easterly Oa}Jond, betw, San Raloel & Waldo, Marin Co. back~H & c;leannp, Balzar dr .. in Mt. View plcrtlorms, Mare Island.' I · ' . May 1. 1947

ALAMEDA. Cali!., contract oworded to subd1v. (2) 400 l-lt . . excavahon, backhll, STOCKTON, Calif. , contract awarded to SACRA.MENTO, Calif., conlract awarded J. Goelld, $1,528, by City Clerk, for cons• . Eureka Ave. betw. Fifth 6 6th Sts. C. M. Allen_, $3,540, by Dist. En,;ir. for to H. L. Parker, $150/acre, $33,750, by 6'" san. sewer in Encinal Ave. I SACRAMENTO, Calif. , contract awarded repair~ 1o bndge across Sacramento River, I Sacramento Dist. Cps. Engrs. tor clearing

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., c O nt r a c I to Sausalilo Ship Corp., $41,078, by Soc- Rio Vista, Sol~o & Sacramento (;os. 225 acres overflow areas on Feather River. awarded lo Rosenberg Bros Grading Co ' ramento Dist. Corps of. Engr. for mean- VALLEJO •. CahL, contract awarded to J. I SACRAMENTO, Cali!., contract awarded $380 by s F Dis t Corps· of Engrs . ,;; version of 3 steel barges to 70 T drogline I Henry_ Harns, $84,686, by C1.·1y Clerk, for to. Hutchinson Co., $17,014, by Sacramento rem~val ot'blclgs &'rester work at 4°ib.', boots in Rio Vista. I widening Tennessee St, from E. curb line Disl. Engrs., for bank proteclion at 4 ~ites Perry Sts. · "' April 21. 1947 ol Sono~a SL lo W. curb line of Monte· on Bradford lsland, San Joaquin River.

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nt r act SHARP PARK, Calif., contract award:,d my &t., ValleJo. . SAN FRANCISCO, Cali!. , con t r a o t awarded to Independent c;nst Co Ltd to A, J. Peters & Son, $89,632, by Board ol ACR . Apnl 25, 1947 awarded to Granite Co!3st. C<;>,. $19,718, $2 587 b s F D· t C f ·E · ·• Directors for canst water mains Jnclud S AMENTO, Cahf. , contract awarded by 01st. Engr., for 0.1 mi. grade & h11um.

'd.' ~ · ,· G,s · 1 oprps,_081 ndgrsr'·\dlo~ valves&' fittings, fo~ Sharp Park ~rea. · lo La':"'rence Const. Co., Ltd., $305,.6~61 by ~urf. Ir. lrom 11/4 mi. W. of Merced Co.

gra mg u s.ur . rizz:y ea.. v . 1 en . St. D1v. of Arch., for canst. add1hon to line, Santa Clara Co. Park, Alameda Co. YOUNTVILLE, Cahf;, contract awarded Public Wks. Bldg. May 2. 1947

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. conlract award- I by State D1~. of ~chitecture, for worl: at SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awruded SACRAM.E.NTO, Calif., contract awarded ed to Ford & Ferguson, $110.JIB, by Sterle Convolescen, Brks & Velerans Home, l.o to .M. & K. Corp., $82,550, for cons!. of 2 to (MQnterey Co.) Granite Cons1., $22,478, Road Comm, for 17.605 mi. gravel surf. ,Moore & Roberts, $895,112 (Tot). olJJcers qrtrs. at Sacramento Signal Depot. for 3.7 mi. N. betw. Solinas & Cas1roville; road S. R. No. 83 betw_ Corinne & Lampo, SACRAMENTO, Calif. , conrrdc1 awarded REDDING, Calif.. contract awarded to & betw. Werner Hill & Watsonville Jct. Box Elder Co., Utah. to Fredrickson & Watson Const. Co., $81,- Fairey-Hammond, Inc., $199,857, by Co. (2) (Mono Co.) to George E. Fronce, Box Elder Co., Ulah. Bids rec'd .from: 964, by Calif. Div. of Hwys., for 1.1 mi. Clerk, for 5.87· mi. grade & plantmix surf. $37,872, for 2.8 mi. place inported bor. & Hunsaker Sand & Gravel .................. $1 13,835 grade, plantmix surf. & apply seal coal, behv-. Millville & 5.87 mi . .E. on Hwy. 14-C. roadmix resurf. betw. Point Ranch & Wheelright Const. Co ........................... llS,076 I betw. 0.3 mi. wes~ & 0.8 mi. east of SAN CARLOS, Calif., cont!act awarded Bridg':port. (3) (Siskiyou & Modoc C,:>s.) V. C . Mendenhall Co ........................... 117,049 Plumas-Lassen Co. hne. lo M_. Weber, $11,999, by City Clerk, for to Foney-Hammond, Inc., & R. A. Far·ish, Parson & File Const. Co ......... ,-....... 119,103 SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded gradmg & surf. Chestnut & Woodland Sts. $159,675. for 15.6 mi. plantmix surf & seal W. W. Clyde & Co ............................... 121 ,628 to Lord & Bishop, $136,165, by Calif. Div. SACRAMENTO, Cali!., contract qwarded cl . betw. Rt. 72, 3 mi. N. of Dorris & 4 Olof Nelson Const. Co ........................ 123,883 of Hwys., for repair, bridge a9ross Sacra- to A. B. Siri , $31,625, by Calif. Div, of mi. W. of Hallield1 7.2 mi. plmx. surf. sl. Reynolds Const. Co.- .......................... 132,674 mento River a t Colusa. Hwys., for cons!. reinf. cone. bridge & ct. & shldrs. restored with imp. bor. heh'{, LeGrand Johnson .................................. 135,483 April 22, 1947 approaches across Kelsey Creek at Cobb. 2.4 mi. N. of Stronghold & Oregon St. line.

April 17, 1947 REDWOOD CITY, Calif., contract award- OAKLAND, Calif., contract qwqrded lo SACRAMENTO, Ca1il., contract awarded HAYWARD, Calif., contract awarded to ed to Peter Sorensen, $8,382, by City 0 . C. Jon':s & Sons, $8,~8. for asph. cone. to . !(lay~Bennett Const. Co., $141,867, by

M. Perry, $3,829, by Secretary o. c. Finlr, Clerk, tor const . oil'8treet parking areas in surt porho!"s of Hamson St. & Grand Calif. Div. of Hwys., for cons.I. of reint. !or canst. sanitary sewers on No. 3d betw. Calif. Square, Redw,:>od Oily. , Ave., by City Cieri:. . cone. g1rde~ bndge across Kings River, Crescent Ave. & S. boundary of tract 740 SACRAMENTO, Cold., contract award~a . Apnl 28, 1947 near Hardw1ch, Fresno & Kings Cos.

. . · · to M. J. B. Const. Co., $93,715, by Cali!. MERCED . . Cali!.. contract awarded to SACRAMENTO. Calif., contract a.warded F• S~CfAfIB~TO, 11 Cah~, b (Al~c~tion of Div. of Hwys., loT 4.4 mi. plantmbc surf. Tames I. Bar~es Const. Co. , $725.739, by 'lo Geo. E. Murray, $118,496, by Calif. Div. Cun 5

1 unhs of llocat.e Y alil. Hwy. on unlr. rock base, betw. Middle River I Sacramento Dist. Cps. Engrs ., for convert- of Hwys., for 4.7 mi. grade & suTI with omm. 0 . I e . o owuig co!lst. proje~t,;, & Holt. inQ' bldgs. to olficers apls. & canst, new C':]She.r run base & armor coat & ·canst.

alld of which will be adverhsed for bids SACRAMENTO, Calif., contra ct awarded officers quarters & util. crl Castle FielcL. rem!. cone bridge on Silverado Trail an contracts awarded by July 1, 1947: to M. J, Ruddy & Son, $84,373, by CaliL Merced. betw. 4· ml. NE. of Napa & Calistoga. '

. RI. No. 68, U. S. 101 Alt. So. San FT<m- Div. ol Hwys., for f>.3 mi. pl. untr. rock! SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded . May 6, 1947 CIRt' J0 · ~ac. Overphass, $741,500. base over exist. pave"J & plantmix surf. to Fredricks.on & Watson Const. Co., $341\- REDWOO_D CITY, Calif., contract award-. · o. • aproac to S. F.-Oalc. Bay betw. Planada & S.3 m1. E. of Planada. 8071 by Calif. Div .. of Hwys., for consl. st. ed to Edwm J. Tobin, $39,92.1 by Bd. of

Brlftg;\ 1n6c9reaEsed Sfohol lac., $5?5,000. PALO ALTO, Ca!il, contract awarded to bridge across Stanislaus Rivel', 8 mi. NW Supervisors , for cons!. vitr. s~wen; &. tr.

. · ;•0 : , ast ore Hwy, m Oak., S. Vern D Freeman, $97,230, by Dept of of Modesto. plant, Emerald Lake Hghts. cry i11tru!s$i"SSOS1

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& Oak Sts,, grad. & Public Wh., for grading and surf. on SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., cont ract BERKELEY, Calif., contract awarded to s rue ures . , , · Melville Ave. awarded lo Malott & Peterson, SS,498, bl J. Henry Harris, ~.784 by City Engt. fer

12th ? I· m Sacramento, 12!h St. grade . April 23 , 1947 j Park Comm:, for 41,000 sq. f:t. ~pply sur. removing portion of Muni<,i.pal Pier. ' separahon, $4.70,000. . HAYWARD, Gahl., contracts awarded to <>curse Ianni~ courts, elc., Mission Park. SACRA.MZNTO. Cali!., con!ract awa~ded

Rf' N$B? oWo· near Nevada City, Graci & Oqk. Sewer Const. Co., ~ ,957 (I); & to SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., contract to Triangle Co.nst. Co. , SII,912, by Co. Sur·, ' , , · Enos & Posies Sewer Serv,ce, )900-101 St. awa.rded to E. J. Treacy, $4,275, by Park Clerk, for repair ing bridge on Mqrysvl!le

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• RICHMOND, Calif., contract awarded to F. J. O'Shaugnessy, $7,400, by Board ol Educ. for canst. two blocks 35" cone. storm drain across Castro School property in El Cerrito.

RtN No, ~·k nea~ Fort Bragg, Superstruc. Oal:., $7,367 (2) by Oro Loma sanitary Comm., McLaren Lodge, for 4,500 I-ft. Te- Blvd., 700 ft. N. o[ intersection with Del onRt ~o sr· Bridge, $491,500. Dist., /or cons!. of vitrilted sewers in {]) place 2" w~er pipe in irrigation system Paso Blvd, in No. Sacramento. ~;, C · 1. o. w' near

1 Sane ta CruZ;"Son Mateo Hillcrest Knolls & (2) Meek Estate Or- at Buena Vista Park. SAN FRANCISCO, Cali f., c O nt (act

o. ine, qddel r. to Fmney Crk., chards, Oro Loma Sanitary Dist. April 29, 1947 awarded to Stolte, Inc., $14,173, by s. F. grade, surf. & structures, $600.0-00. PALO ALTO, Calil., contract awoTded to SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., contrac t Dist. Cps. of Engrs., for deck repairs F ruit-

SACRAM':;N1'0, Calif., contract awarded 10 A. Madonna, $50,890, by Calif. Div. of Hwys. for 3.2 mi. gr., furn, & Pl. imp. bor• row, aply bit. surf. tr. & slct & pen. tr. shldrs, Ase Flaco-Nipomo Rd,' betw, SP RR & 3.2 mi. E., SLO Co. , Cal.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., contrac: awarded lo Scrcramenlo Dis!. Corps of Engrs. ior cons!. drainage difch on lo"l'er Hastings Tract along Cache Slough Undsey Slough & Wright Cut. .

April 15, 1947 SACRAMENTO, Cali!., contract a warded

to Duncanson.Harrelson Co., $226,434, by Calif. Div. of Hwys. for cons!. steel plate girder wing bridge with RC approach ,pans across Pacheco Slough, near Avon,

CRESCENT CITY, Calif., contract award­ed to Basalt Rock Co., $841,500, by S. F. Dist. Corps of Engs. for consl. 1,000 It, rubble break-wafer from end of existing break-water towards Round Roel:., Pi$h­boar Harbor,

SACRAMENTO, Calif., contraot awarded lo McGillivray Const. Co.. $84 ,128, by Calif, Div. of Hwys., for 9.2 mi. repr. plantmix surf. & seal ct. btw. 1.25 mi. N. of Solano Co. line & Woodland & be1w. 3.75 mi. N. of Woodland & l mi. S. of Knights Landing. Yolo Co.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cali!., con trac t awarded to Eaton & Smith, .$67.500, bv Dept. Pub, Wks. for cons!. RC Evans Ave., Bridge.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded to Lee J. Immel, $74,603, by Calif. Div. of Hwys. for 2,2 mi. A. C. resurl. & canst,

!'ll. NSo. 4, U. S .. 99 through Fresno, Mon- L. W. Jenson, $184,900, by Dept. of Public awarded to Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc.. valo Ava. Brid9e. swing span and dt>-terey t. separation, $1 ,550,000. Wks., for const. of reinforced cone. sewer by Pac. Gas & Electric Co., for cons!. of preaches, Oakland-Alameda. -G Rtd. No. 4, U. S. 99 N, ol 5qkerslield, culverts, drainage ditch, headwall, catch- 132,708 H. P. Electra powerhouse & related SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.. c O nt tact

ta e, pave & struc., $1,440,000,- t basins.I. c.onl!e.cUqns etc., on Louis Rd. 1 st.rl.!CS, at N. Fork, Mo\;elumne River, 8 awarded to Erbentraut & Summers, S33.­Rt. No. 34, & 65 through citv 01 Jackson,

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SACHAMENTO. Calif.. conlracts award- mi. E. of Jackson. 000, by S. F. Dist. Cps. of Engrs., for con-Grade, surf. & struct., $460,000. ed as follows, by Calii. Div. of Hwys. ; PAtQ ALTO, Calif., awaras recommend, version of 3 vrord bldgs. to family apts.,

!Rtb .. Ndo. 11, Sacram.ento Co. , Substrucs. (l) Son Toaq:uin Co., to A. A. Edmondson ea to Fred J. Early, Jr., Co., (!!em l $193,· located at Lettenoan J:fospital , Presidio,

0 . ri ge, over 3 Mile Slough, $225,000; & A. L. Miller, $159,071, for struc. steel 297), (item III $8,997). lo Heqly-Tibbilts San Francisco. ln(SC. , bn~ge . repair- & const., $683,100; I and RC bridge across Mo)<elumne River, Const. Co., (Item II $1!,900). and to A. S. May 7. 1947 misc. traffic signals, etc., $271,200. 5 mi. NW Lodi, (2) Madera Co., to Dan Dutra (llem JV $1,200). by Dept. of Public STOCKTON, Calif .. contract awarded to

HAYWARD, Calif., contract awarded lo Caputo, $78,799, [or slruc. steel bridge & Wks., for enlarging sewage plant, Downer Co.. Inc., $26,386, by Stockton M. Perry, $3,829, by Secret., 0. C. Ping, 10'.2 mi. approaches, across Flno Gold Crk., SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. , contract Unified School Dist., for con&t. oi sanitary for coi;,;t, sanitary sewers on No. 3d betw. 34 mi. NE Madera. awarded to Pcttrick R. Kelly, $2,816, by sewer a t Roosevelt & Elmwood Schools, Cr

5escent Ave. & S. b?undary of .. !rac.t 740. ANTIOCH, Calif., contrac1 awarded to Pub. Util. Comm., lot canst. sewers at STOCKTO!'{,. Cali{ .. contract awruded lo • ACRAMENTO, Calif., (Port Dist. voted) Parish Bros,, $),072,147, by Bureau of S. F. Airport. Dan Nomellini. $206,613, by Stockton Uni-

Sacramento & Yolo Co. voters approved Reclamation , for cons!. earthwork canal GRASS VALLEY, Calif,, contract award- lied School Dist., for cone. work & cer­f?rmalion of a Port Dist. Appoiniment of lining 6 sttucs., Contra Cosio Canal & ed to .Chas. T. Brown, $519,741, by Board lain parts of Elmwooc.l Elem. Schoo! Bldg,

Sfive. comm. by the two cos. & the city of I Clayton & Ignacio Canals, Central Valley ol Directors, for consl . Scotts Flat Dam & WATS.ONVlLLE, Calif. , contract aword·

acrrunento, and bond electlon ior $3 ,- Proj, a ppurtenances. located 41h mi. E. oi Ne- ad lo Granite Const., $5,898 (subject l-0 000,000, to. commence work will be the REDDING. Cali!., contrcrcl awarded lo vada City, Calli. Calif. Div. of Hwys. approval) by City next step m the program. Harms Bros., $814,273, by Bur. of Reel., FRESNO. Calif., contTact awarded to Clerk, for plantmix surf. etc ,. on Ford SL,

April 18, 1947 1 lor earthwk, struos .. & suri. Sha~la Dam to Johnson-Webster Co., l283,000 (approx.) betw. JCinbum & Rodriquez Sis. SAN FRANCISCO, Cali!. , contracts Summit City Hwy & Shasta Dam left abut. by the So, Calif. Edison Co., for inst. WATSONVILLE, Calif., contract award-

awarded as fo.llows by Park Comm., ,

1 pOTk, a rea, Central Valley Proj., JQ.[4 hydro-turbine in Unit 4, Big Creek Power ed to Granite Const. Co . . , $38,224. (sub­

George Paulsen, $2,625 scmiwypetooinssh mi. Jil. Redding. Plant, and alterations in bldg. incl. piping jecl lo Calif. Div. of Hwys. aJ)provdl) by Golden Gate Parl:.: (l) Sharp Park Mun. 1 SACRAMENTO, Calif. , con1ract awarded & electrical connections. City Clerk, for planlmix surf, eic.1 on Golf Course, to George Paulsen, $2,625; to A. G. Raisch Co., $85,911, by Calif. Div. • AorU 30, 1947 Bridge St. betw. Market St, & E. City (2) S. F. Zoological Gardens, to M. J. I of Hwys., !oc 4 mi . asph. cone. resurl & SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded lhnits. Treacy, $2,500. er. rut\ base & seal ct. shldrs., betw. 3 to A. Teichett & Son, $7,299, by Cily C lerk, REDWOOD CITY. Calif .. contract award-

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nevada, contract mi. N. o! Petaluma & I mi. S. o/ Petaluma. /or AC pave on 36th St. belw. 12th Ave. ed lo Gabrie l Const. Co., $7,443, by Ciiy awarded to Wickes Engr., $9,994, Sch. N'o. I SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. , con tract & City Limits. Clerk, for canst. VCP sewer in Valota '· & $8,795, Sch. No. 2 by Civil Aeronau- awarded lo Keeble & Brovm, $57,110, by I SANTA ROSA, Cali!., conlracl awarded Rd., Redwood Ave. to Woodside Rd. ucs Adm.in. for cons!. ol l 6X'32' sectional Pub. Roads Admin. for 0.571 mi. access I lo E. E. Lowell, $125,295, by' City Clerk, May 8, 1947 steel framew~tch. house, two SI' beacon road . to ]l!aval Fuel Annex, Richmond. !or canst. of trunk line sewers in S. Rosa. FRESNO. Cali[., contract awarded lo lower, held lighting vault elc. April 24, 1947 OAKLAND, Calif., contract avrarded lo DeLuca & Son, $652,692, by City Clerk,

RENO, Nevada, contract to Earl E. M!\RE ISLAND, Cali!., contract awarded Hee.fey-Moore Co., $22,971, by City Clerk, for cons!. sewage treatment plants c.nd Games, $219 (Jtem I) cS. $480 (Item 2) by to Healy.Tibbitts Const. Co., $12,950, by Jor 0$phaltic. cone, surf. on Keller Ave. , appurtenances.