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STATIONARY E:NGINEERS 'LOCAL 39 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

-H _Another .Big -Industrial Center:, for .

' -.-October 17, 1947,

Engineers Join Up for AU .. Out Year's Progfrun Organized labor will make

its voice heard in every home. _ shop, farm and business office

I ref the land during · the next ·. ye.ar under the -most vigorous ! program of pubFcity rind edu­·~cation ever attempted, it has i been decided at ihe AFL's 66th ! annual convention which ends ihis week in San Francisco •

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[Redding IRepo~~~ts 11 Ext~ensive Road

~----------------------------~------------------~ I Report of last ·meeting

. By JOE 1rutiEY 1 Jobs IDeve.lop:i ~~ Several important changes in state veieran"s JbeneiHs are .now . · Jay E. }~ .. HESTER

The me.eting, a joint meeting between. Uocal Union No. 3 and Locall Union No. 39, was called to order at 8:10p.m. and was presided over by President Clancy of Local No. 3 a1id President Brantley of lLocal No, 39. JRoU call showed Brother Bynop, financial secretary of Local No. 3,. absent, and excused by reason of being on his vacation,

$n effect as a result of new laws enacted by the California leg·- Repr<es•entati.ve, Local 3 j.slature, the State Department of Veterans Af!aiir:s reumou:ncced .. .

The effecti.y·e date o! .most sfahit~s adopted ai the 194'7 reg­-ular session of . the legislature, ~i::ept those containing urgency «;:lauses and takin·g eHectimmediately, was September 19.

Because of prevailing high real

estate prices; the legi,slature re- LEG.'I, S' LAT. I moved the former $10,000 limita- · tion on the price of home property . · · · ' , ,I which may be purchased by the 1 n state on behalf of veterans under CONr~lt RE· t he California Farm and Home . ~ . · Purchase Act. ·

fR..edrdhDg :- Ob_t cd Shaskt Dam working !:or !he Bureau of Reclamalion,, we have added

There we1·e approximatl'lY 550 members present. Tile purpose of the joint meeting with Local No, 39 was t o 1rnake

it possible for the members of both organizations to see and hear t.ine General Officers who are here to attend tlle American Federat ion off Labor convention.

A syillopsis of the Regular Meeting minutes o!l' September 6 w:&s read and by motion adopted as read.

A synopsis of the Executive Board minutes of September 17 anil! of October 1 was rea:d and tl1e acts and recommendations of t he iBoarlii

with WiUi.am H. Gamer, l.. IB .. were by motion a.pproved as read. Madry, Harold JR. Hoover, Leo Tihte minut es of the last Regular l\'leeting of Local No. S!l were re:arll

to our roll Ihe boat oper.aiors, ' tugboais, motorboats, el'C. !Bro. Everett lEEce" chief engineei'I

by Secretal'Y Carmen and a-dopted as read.

I Morga·n·· and. Arthur M. Parks. At thi.s .. t ime the ;egular order of busi~ess .was suspended hi nrrller And also some m,ore new m'em- . til:at il.'he members m1.ght hear from the General Officers.

B E 8 ·1 1. . . 1 .. · ~ - . . h 'fh . , . 1 Th.e foUowing Gener,al Officers, representatives and vi.si;to;rs were fum·-.De.rs won~mg 10r I e omason troduced: .

Devide Milling Go .. , out a t IBroUaer Al Laster, International Representative iBrolther N. G. Eisenhart, International Representative (Release from State red. : of l abor) Minersvil'le.. Congratulcdi(mS to iBrot'h.u J ohn Lynch of Local 150, ·Chicago.

No change was made, however, in the $7,500 maximum which the , , state may advance for the pur­chase of a veteran's . home. Also, t he department's appraisal , based on prese11t fair r eplacement cost, ]ess depreciation, may not exceed

SAN FRANCISCO_:..A conference each and every one o1 you. I JBr.other Hunter P . \Vharton of Local No. 5'6, Pit tsbm•g of representatives. of all councils am sure !haft y,our memb,ership I iB1·other Charles Paluska of.,.De.troi't, Michigan

b 1 · li' s f lB•·ot.heH' Jack MacDonald of Lo,ca i No. 302, Seattle, Wash. will e he d m . l' resno 011 atur- in o llir [n!~mahoncd Ub.i•on is !B.!;otih.reit<li:ev~n ·w alsh, Seca·eta1·y of the California State Conlereurr.ce . ~10,000 . day, Novem bet 8, at 10.:00 a .m . in Sol'n~~.h .. ing . . of _whic_· h yro.u .. · ·.y,. yrijfq_.~- of{Jipei:at.irl.g E1igineers . ,.... The new law '"'ill benefi t prin - th car•o, ·a H t 1 t •· · ~IB1·othrcir ' Cla:Ude F itch, B usin ess Manager of Local No. 39, San F r::m·-eipally t he veter an who has a sub~ tl e

1 h : 'nl .nl .. ode ; . 0. . n:sct~ss wctys b e;1Pl'btu1L ':. ·: .~ , , .. , ~ r · --, , chiCO ·c · ,, ,_, , :,q: ;

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1 ·t . h . , 1e p ans rormu ate to mttJace tne . . . S an 1a equt Y_ ill a ~me prevwus- campaign for reapportionment of Nine miles down stl'ean1 at Kes- iBrotftHn' ' .. Viictor S. Swanson, Seventh Vice-P resi-dent, San Fra.nds<Cii]l

ly J?Urchased m the mfl ated ~ost- t he State Senate'. Notification of wick Dam, bids w ere postponed 011 B1·otheit· 'I'hon'las Roberts, .Local No. 39, San F ranciseo w ar marke_t .. ~or shgh_tly mor e chan t his conference: has been sent to the switchyat'd fr om · September Brother :WiUiam F anning, the oldest member on the West C'Oas\t, 5>10•000 anct who desires to submit all the affiliated councils b · J. C. 15th to October 15th. There is still membel' of Local N o. 3 t he proper ty for purchase under .Y Brother Anton J . :Imha1m , Second Vice-President, Chicago. (Brothel!' ~aggerty,- secretary of the f~,der<J. - ~ a lot of wo: k to be done at both · [ m. hahn gave a brief <histor y. of Local N o. 399. His remarks we!re wellll t he state plan . twn. Shasta and .Kesw1ck Dam

1 receiveu1 !by ~he membership ) .

Other new laws, among 70 vet- T he initiation of this campaign , Big Highway Job 1 !Brother Herbert Woods, Internat ional Statistician e raiis; measures enact ed by the was decided upon by action of the I F d . k ! -· c . Bro!tllien· \ll/ilHam Thomas, ilnternat ional General Cm.mcit (BrotheJl'

1 . , . . rencson anc •v a tson · on - "'h , b'f t lk h'l 'I ·d b ... b - h ' m.'· legislature · include ~he fol owing : last two conventiOns or the Ca.lt- . , . . ... oa.1as g.ave a ne a • w ·1c 1 was we1 recmve Y . .. e mem e.s . n.,p State Educational Assistance: 1

forn ia State Federation of Labor. strucbon Company of Oakrand, !Brot\lhel' Frank P. Converse, Fifth Vice-President, Cleveland, Ohio · California , were awarded t he high.~ .. Brother Cha.rles ·Gramling, Sixth Vice-President, . Atla nta, Georgi:~~. Extending the ._present state . as- J The proposed initiative measure, to way project at Hombrook, Siskiyou · General Secretary-Treasurer JF. A. Fitzgerald, Washington;· D .. C. sistanc.e for education of · widows . be titled and · placed ·on the 19_48 · • County. Their low bid was $651,-. _ Geneii·~l President William E. ·Maloney, Washingto~, D. C. (Bro(h e:r and' children of veterans who died ' ballot thi.•ongh obt aining the .re- .... ' d h' . t ' f th' . . t t' b .. 1l" " during vvar service or of . service connected disabilities incurred in t ime of war , t o include adopted children or stepchildren of such

030.27. T his job has been awarded hlLa,oney expresse IS appreCla Ion o ,. }S JOm mee m.g e.ween !WOC:a,, qi.lired number of valid signatures, and we expect to see the equipment N?. 3 an.'~ .Local No. 39 and briefl~ covered the Ta~t~Hartley bii~~ ,!!'"!!l.llll will be submitt ed' to the delegat es , ll'• . , · · , efforts ltlemg_ ma:de by the Internatt.onal to combat at ) . .. . '" assembled, for their opinions. Since 10 ~<lg very soon . · _ .'REPORT OF ·THE SICK COMMITTEE this will mar k the beginning of one Harms Brothers and iYI. _w. 1 • .. The l'l)llowing )lrothers,·Wtll'e reported ill: H. Vem.,Moo.re, Arthur qf the most important oap-1paigns Brown of Sacramen.to ancl. R~ddmg : L. Chr.isman.,.<!L.. A. Woq!r~dg!l~< -~)r., ! .,ohll W. Cassa!ly, _ .~Ienn _R,' JeJisellJl, which the labor movement.' ill'!Cali. _ tak. es. another Federa1 road JOb 111 1 Fred Bot.ts,: ~icholas _IB:ack .. o,vicn, lP;t~l. . .W ... :: Flet.:die __ r, .Ge.org.·~ E. Forsey,

veterans.

Requiring .90 ,,days active service T t c t H f k I ur·t• "' w It" IF '"'th " G' tiL: _, H · d E G J k T fornia has been called . upon .· t o rm1 y . oun y, near a~ or · . . .. ':a .arllll a er ry~! .- 1?:-~nl}~ . , ~· .~~~~us, .·· o~a;r_ : • nmm, ' a~ . .. during World War II to qualify wage; it is vit ally important that ;Fred.pckson Brothers .or Oakland, . Gilmore, AUred Hansen, JQ§eph 1\'Iotris" ,Wi·FHPenrod, ':HUbert T. _-JR.an­a vetenii1 'for state el.'lucatfonal as- all the . councils s'end . representa~ Califorliia was t he low bidders .. on som, JPa·m Sdnoder, M. '·'E; "Tavenner;' J.osepli Y'e~ger; ·· Charllls Gondola,. sistance . tives to the conference; th.e <CO.tpPl?tl~n ~f; ~ ~~.ci:amei}t~ ~Vmi:a;iriin A• Hil!· •· t 'l , . , . . . .. ;~< ,· £ ·;.:, • • i- ) , > ~'-Exte~ding ~.drt~a'tional issistanc'e Ri:Ver Bridge job ii1 Redding." Th?i~ Th.~ 1l'~owmg.,. Brot!~~r:.;. · ¥'~re ll'':JJ!l!lrted deceased ,, , ~J;a;tt J,. lEiudill.<e:- · rights to natives of California even STATEMENT' OF . THE OWNERSHIP, lo b'd ·' $69~ 000 Th .. h 's 1 ston, JL'\l.iflS_ Schle,el, . CV.!lJ;l~~- E. JoAtnllion,_ I . . C. . ~acey, W. A. ~l!<l~er~ t houg· h they did not reside in the ·MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION.~;;Tc . . w.

1 was " ~o, · e.e a wmari'l. Lewis; Lew Chamberlain •. . ;, . ,: . . '-' ' _ " .... REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS been over t wo ·million .dollars worth Tlineie !being no further business; 'tll'e m~e.ting adjou.med .. stat~- immediately prior to enter - OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS AMENDED of construction work let in this dis- . ReSI>ectfully subn}itte·d, Jng- : m.·~!litary :service. BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3• 1933; trict in t he past thirty days, and . C. F. 1\olATHEWS . - AND JULY 2, 1946 . · · ' ··

State Civil Service: Requiring a Of Engineers New,s , publ ished monthly at t here will be more coming up in · Recording Secreta.!'y, cur~~nt disability rating of 10 per- San Francisco, Cali f., for October 1 · 1947 · the very near futur e.

~~~:d 0~e~~~~~/0pr~~!~~~cefo~/~; ~~J.7~:{f:F?~~~~~r,si~hli~5 in . and for the i Tr~~n s':e~~~e;t~e,pr!~~~~~~'g v:~dY .. W. ~ ~A O'rrlk IP~'"OS~eCtS 1

1 CONCILIATION·· - State and county ·aforesald, persona!ly ap· . ~ - ' "' iiF points -in state civil s€n·vice exami- peared Victor s. Swanson, . who, havi~g I nicely on t he Ball and Son road fIE . s·- · , _ ·. . . ·;·· .!, · nations. (Veterans' p.ot qualifying 9een duly sworn ~ccordmg . to law, depo>eS job there I• mi o-ht be intepestin ·'Y ror acramen ~ 0 I . . . as disabled, and widows of veter- ~~~rss~~;;~nd1et h,~ t t~,ee 7~Ng!,i ~~ l~.e t;ntf,'; t o know to s~me '='of you old .timer~ !S ' <e .... ~ . § IS 19"' , ~ - ." I SERVICE NOW ans,· receive .a preference of 10 best of Ius knowledge_ and belief, a true state· t hat. B. rotner Andy Webster·. a•Jd . Gil~ . ~CIC6'l!.. ·ernn lf)j! ·. . . ment of the ownersh1p, management (and 1f · · • . , . ~ .. points.) a dai l;: paper .. the : circulationl, , etc, of ' the Thelma Stevenson took a t rip to !B r A 'LAWRENCE ED PARK ' - : . . . ·Public AceouJ;J.tant Licenses: Ex- aforesaid publicatwn for the date shown Ln Reno so. me few wee'·s a o-o and got . Y " , , . .' ' . IN OPERATION' 1 . ·'· • .· . . . _ . the above capt1on, requrred by the Act . of . ~ ". '=' . 10 • i" l 1 3 . J • t enqmg to March, 1951, the penod August 24, 1912, as amended by the Ac~ of marne d. Now he rs a 3Uperin- .~epr.e.sen ,a 1ves, LOCa · !..I . . durhlg wh"ch V t r·a s f W ·ld I March 3, 1933, embod1ed tn sect10n ) 37, • d t f .. b f , B· 11 d S , . · 1 . e e n . 0 o: I Postal Laws ancf Regulations, printed on the ~en en ° a JO -0 1 a ~n ·~ vn Sa!!!tr(CJJnlllelfif·C - Although War II are g1ven spectal cons1d- 1 reverse of tlm fo rm, to w1t: 111 Hayfork, and Thelma 1S book- (Release from State Fed. of -abor) eration in quali£ying as public ac- 1 ! ._That the .. names and _addresfes of the keeper for the same firm in Weav- mos't o1 lhe members in .the . _

1 . publisher, ed lCor, managmg ea1tor, and 1

· · I SAN FRANCISCO-The ne·1iif COUJ'ltants. . business managers are: . - . er ville. T hese jobs are about forty Sacramenio· area are working ' . - . . . . " Solicitations· Making it a mis- PubliSher, Operatwg Enl'weers Local Umon . miles a part but I believe t '1"t ""I ··,·.n....."' """"'"'""".l<l,.>' "!•_"m"', ih" ...... ,.·!,..,... ~. -. Cahforma Gonclhahon ServiCe , - • " · No. 3, 1095 Market St ., San FranCisco 3. · ' · • ~ '"" u.'"' J>"" '"'~""'u' ' '"" "" ,.,.u .... v .IC demeanor for any person t o solicit Cali f. Andy comes home every night. - <, .. ""' "' - became effective Septe.-Dbe:r 19 "' d · f th b' fit f Editor, Managing Editor and Business Man· C .· t. l ·t · t ... <h ·f · for. the .w:iniednonths is not too . . 1 . ' ~un s or e ene o any vet- ager, V. s. Swanson, 1095 Market Street, ongra u a Ions o OOl o you, . . --- . , .. . d ·n b dm' 'st ed b•r eran or veterans' association and San Francisco 3. Calif. · and ~very good wish fo'r your hap- !b.ri.ghil.. ran W l e a 101 er ·.,

t · h · d f . . 2. That the owner is: ·(If owned by a cor· · F · 1 0- Paul Scharrenberg, Diredo:r o~ o us~ sue run s 01 pm poses poration, its name a"d address must be pmess. The fate of t he o som am other than those represented in the stated and also immediately thereunder the Morrison and Knudson Construe- will""rest~Wltit Congress- whert it mdustrial Relations for thre

1. 't t' names and addresses of stockholders owning . C so ICI a JOn. or holding one per cec.t or more of total ~1011 · om pany will .. soon w ind their convenes next January. There· Stat•e of California .. State Income Tax: Exempting amount of stock . If not "":ned by a corpo- JOb up at Red Bluff. T hey are now . . . t . · 1 1 . , d 1 ration, the na mes and aidresses of the in· nave been two rneetings he,..e With ermma eave pay an federal or dividual owners must be given. If owned by moving part of their equipment for ~ - - '

In 1947 the legislature removed those conditions which prevent ed. state educational benefi ts from Il l fi rm. compar.y, or other unincorporated the job of P . G. & E. Hyelroelectric I a congr essional committ ee from · · concern, its name and address, n:s well as · · V" h ' t d th h d state income tax. , those of each individua! member, must be pr oJect whic 1 ·is now getting under 'Y :;.s m g on an ey ave assure the general application of provl··

State Disability Benefits: Estab- • given .) . . . " · . · way on the Nort h F ork of the us that the money will be appro- sions for the mediation of !ndus-1. l ; c . • Operatmg Engweers Local Unron No . 3 of ,., · · t d f th fi • d I 1S 1mg the nght or a veteran to tn' e .Internat1'onal un,·on of Operatino" Engi· .r eat he'r River out ·of Oroville pna e as one 0 e rsc or ers It · 1 d" h ' h h b ·t · · - • · T · dd na 1sout es w rc ave een par rec~ive state disability benefits on n.eers, 1095 Market St,, San Frar.cisco · 3. This, I tmderstand, 's a sixty mil- or busmess. · his a ll a s up to no • . - . . . t he basis of wage credits accum - Ca~'_f .That the knowrr · bondhoiders, mort· lion dollar· project. work on that project before next ·. or the Cal!forma Labor Code smce Ilated -prior to military se rvice if gagees. and other security holders ;>wning Harms Brothers are progressing summer sometime. 1939. E ither party to a dispute

h : t 1. "bl f f or holdwg 1 per cent or more or total . l "h . . . . b t [ • ..,..,. 4 ~!~,...1· "':n . h . • •. · e IS no e 1g1 e or ederal serv- amount of bonds, mortgages, or · other se- very mce Y on c eu· Dtg JO a mpror'"""" ' ~~:o.l '" '"' . .., ' may now r equest t .e tncervenLIOn icemen's readjustmen t allowance; curities are : (If there ·3.re -none, so state .. ) Shasta Dam. This "ob promises . The voters· of the Sacramento of a state conciliator. Slich request d "t t ' ct · l ffi ' None . I 1 . • . l • f B th D' . t "ll d 'd N an perm1 1ng n1e 1ca o cers or 4. That the two paragraphs nexr. above, I emp oyment ror a oc o our ro -- Fort ' 1stnc Wl · ect e on ov. should be addressed t o Paul Shar·· g overnment hospitals to certify giving the na:nes of the .~wners, stockho'!d· ers throughout the winLr . They 4 whether or not they want a deep renberg, director of Industrial Re·-

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water har or ere ._ t lS expec e lat ions, State of California, St.ate f or ·state disability benefits. · holders as they appear upon the .books of road job out at Camby. that the vote will. be in the affirm- Buildin g-, San Francisco 2. Any G. · . . the company but also. m cases where the ..

0 . . • b " ~ I Loans : Enablmg mmor vet- stockholders or security holder appears upon Brother B!!! t r .ssley and Sid I ative but lt behooves the mem el ;, further information about the con -erans to qualify for. GI loans the books of the company as trus tee or in J.I!IcBroome just returned · from 1 of. Local 3 to get out and work for ciliation service may be obtained - . any other fidunary relatron, the name of the . , ~ t hrough guardianship proceedings person or corpo,.tion for whom such trustee Okmawa, where i:hey have been and vote for tne bonds necessary at t)1at address or at the Divi.sion in court. (Under a previous stat- is acti ng, is given; aiso that ·the s•id two employed fm.· At!dns»n and Jones to finance t his job. Also on the of Labor Law Enforcement, State . . parag raphs contam scatements embra :mg af~ ! ..t. • · · o f h · · • t ' 11 · ute, mp;wrs are eligible for state tiant's fuli knowledge and b_eiief as to the 1 Conscructwn Company . They re - sUbJect o .t. e conung ~1ec ·;on, a - Buil~Hng, ,:Dos Ang~ie.s . farm and home pur chases. without Circumstances · and condttwns uncle: ,Whtch 1 port that help is scarce there and members hvmg and votm g m Sac- Glen A. Bower has ibeen appomt·­t he -necessity for guardianship pro- ~~;;.hro l ~~~n a~g/'\,c~~ic7 ~f'1~.h~s ~~t;;;P~~.,"~; lots of work to be dot e. ramen to should work and vote to ed as supervisor of the Californi.~. 'ceedino-s.) trustees, hold stock and securities in a ca- Anll! Jf<J>r ilistii.nctlion, that ·li!is- keep R.ay Flint of the Teamsters Conciliation Serviee.. Bower war> . ."". . . . pac1ty other than that of a bona fide owner; • . . , '. , r." ·1 H · · _ :Huntmg· LICenses: P erm1ttmg the and this affiant has no ,easor, to belie,,e that tmgms'hed gentleman l: l.'Oilil. .Ohm, on the city counc1 · e IS meum the fi rst executive direct or of the alien w ife of a veteran to obtain a any person, association .. or. corporat~on has Sen. Taft, recent ly slipped t'lu·ougn bent and h11.s the endorsement of Division of Placement and Unem·-any mterests dlfecr or rnd1rect w tne s,ud 1 10~_,,. • , ' L · tl S . e • to Buiiding . :r h unting license at the resident fee stock. bonds, or other ;ecur~tres tl11n as ;o

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=uul!lilg. We~;, ~:he man w.to CO!.l- ocal , 1e acram n - - .· !)ioyment L1-sm·ance m the New of $2 r ather than the alien fee of stated by hw1. . , taminateill the whole connh·y. ·Th~we Trades and the Federat ed Trades I Yo!rik State Department of .iLabotr' .. 5. That the averao-e nu:nber of copies or ~ -1 . $50. (Makes no reference to fish - each issue of this publicabun soid or distrib· Wel'e n o illecGr.a.tnons m• cheers to Councu. . ·. . * * * i.ng licenses, fo r which the alien uted, through the marls vr otherwise, to paid \ weic!Hne hiim. Up to date we have Only one highway job of any s1ze ! FRESH FROivK [ 'I'AL¥ subscnbers . dunng the twel"e months ore· . · . · th ff' t "b p ese~L t ime \ V · t •· · ~ fee is $25.) ceding. the date shown •i:Jove is ...... .. .. .. ; ,~. ; .. .. \had ORU3 DcuUwn people at ShMi!;a., iL . e o mg a ~ ,'e r ac -- • . :~-~- m_ erescmg commem:::;. 011 * * jr (Thls mformauon u caqcuced !rom· amly, Dam, a,n<!i!, in my npiillion, Mil' . Ta:l't : Commg up for bm October 15 on i con01t10ns m Ualy, on Commumsm, Gua.i11, Arabia, Gree e, Canada, ;;~;;;~· ~~~Jtaekly cw.d tr; -w-eekly news- was the ODae most unpo[Ju:la[· ~ \ route 'i9 near Gr_ass Valley is three II the Marshall plan, .a~d the black .

,1 a pan, . Alaska- Local 3 office in · VICTOR s. swANSON, * * * and one-half m1les. of ne_w_ r oad. I mar ket-are coverea m ~he report S ., · b . (Signature of editcr, buineso manager) B · h , .. ., 1· h - · 3 We tcope a •wet wmter aoes not. of Local . 3'~ San Francisco- office an !' ranc1sco r eports mem ers go~ Sworn to and subs(ribed l>ef<>re me this ::'0[ et• ''" e c , LOCal mem er- '' \ - ~ ing . to and . coming in from these 24th day of September. 1947. _ AL CLEM.· I in San JVia.teo, has 3,000 va.rieties prevent this j.ob from supplying under an int erview with Brother f araway points. (S~:ttLccommiss ion eY~pire s Oc:. 21 • l950 ·) of t!'opical fish. · (Continued. on Page 12) Frank FennelL

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SANTA ·cLARA• VOTERS ADOPT LEXINGTON DAM· PROP_OSALS···· lHEPLE GIVEN BIG. ROAD JOB

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D~~. ~ ~oa~ Jo~s .- ,1 :WI·DE~rREAD ACTIVITIES FOR­

Guarantee Wo,r:k ISTOCKTON .,REGION SHOWN IN In Fresno Area BUSINESS AGENTS' R'EPORTS

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By M . G. MURPHY B'( H. T. PETERSEN f By ED. DORAN and RENNY BURROUGHS

Business Representative, Lo cal ~3 · i and LYNN MOORE Business Rep1 ese~ttcitives, Local 3 San Jose- Lexington Dam carried the Santa C lara Valley Repres~ntatives, Local 3 Stockton- This month we will try to cover all jobs in the

\V.ater Conservation District October 7th, by a vote of al~ost Fresno - California State Stockton ar~a. Let's start at Cook's Station. Paul Moore has

three to one. This is good news as far a _s we are concerned as · Highway Department plans 51/z . finished a . realigniment _and resurface job for the State of Cali­

they can now go ahead with the relocatio n of the Los Gatos- miles of double highway from 1 fornia with three to fiv~ members employ·ed during the summer.

Santa Cruz Highway, which will be quit·e a job. It will now be Kingsburg to Selma, ,at- an esti- The ' Winton Lumber Company I --- --·- ...'::_ _____ · . ·,l,lp to the State of California to get busy immediately and draft I mated cost of approximat~ly has just about completed the road ; ments. ~ith Buck's rigs. are Bros .

. · . . . . . job from Pioneer Station to way ; Roy Hamilton, Paul Formby, Glen .up their pl<ms and call for bids on the relocation JOb. The Lex- 5600,000. Bids were opened on above West Point. Claude Wood I Hamilton', L. M. Baker, Lanny ·. ington Dam and .re:oervoir will be built on Lqs Gatos Creek, near October 8. Company of Lodi put on the sub- Burns and George Graham. Cut-ihe old town-site of Lexington, abo~e Los Gatos, and will cover We also understand from the ' grade and · surface on the eastern, ting it fi~e for Lee are Bros. C~ar-

-"'" . , st t H " l D t t D. end and J . P . Breen Company of ence Sm1th, Bob Rackley, Wrllie about 450 acres and have · a storage capacity of about 25,000 a e Jg nvay epar men Is- Sacramento put the ~ sub -grade and Melton, D. Webb, Ed Niets and Ray

tr.ict Engineers another large job -·acre feet. 1 ----- surface · on the west end. This Trapp. These two spreads are

, . .. , ' . 1 . . be another large breakwater built will be let the early part of , No- ll fi t . t f Earl, W. Heple ''as dec,arecl low , . ·h· . d' t ...

1 A J vember, _ rebuilding the existing will complete about 30 miles of rea Y at emng ou the oothills

b idder 'on the Santa Cruz-Rob Roy lpll t ~s lillf ~e raJ: Vl(Clll11 yb. : ~- . ~ highway between Hern-don Bridge this road with about 17 miles . to- for clover. J t . . b . t <: · f $1 , 7? ete1s o ~an o~e P urn m, con g·o· on the east end into the primi- In on the Waterloo Road, Claude · unc -1on JO a a 11gure o , ,o ~.- : , ) 1 h f · •1 a d and the 4 lane highway south of noo ( 1 t $ll 000 d th t t1 actors a so ave a an Y boo - tive area. Kenworthy has Bros. Chester Eay-'l a n:os ' . un et: e nex sized Job in this area .... P erman- Madera. This job will probably run A. Teichert of Sacramento has a ars, Jack Farmer', Laurence Kull-]owest brdder). Thts JOb IS approx- t ·1Vf t 1 1 t · · a t , ahou t 1 miJlion dollars. . 1 . .

1 . . 1 en e . e as pan IS runnmb o. job · of grading from the Red Cor- man, Claude Hunt, Bill Cass, John

nnate Y eight ml es Ill lengatrl:clsanocf :, full productio_ n on lime and othe_ r . Pine Flat Dam r·al to the west end of the Winton Alameda and Clarence Niets doing c onsists of 395,000 cubic y

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1 1, products wh1ch are · necessary m Army Engineers state the North J'ob which has r_ ecently been initi- another finish job.

roadway excava 1011- p us stee : . t h

. h . d · f j the manufac ture of htgh tempera- Abuttment to Pine -Flat Dam of a ted and have ten cats on the job. At Linden, Fred Piacentini has struc1.1res w 1c are ma . e up o . , , ,· ·. , . ·"-'·?-- 0-00 d f · 1 Th . tme or fire buck Much cred1t can approximately 250,000 yards of ex- Bro. Joe Pische is superintendent two rigs of his own and one of .a_;) poun s · o stee . ere IS . ·

' . , · .· . . , ? 5 0 , be giVen to many of our members cavation will be let soon, ho\~' -

1 and Dave Hanney is grade fore- Teichert's working on truck crop

a lso approximate!) ~, 00, 00 sta- 1 h 1 t .1 d 1 d 1 d bl [ . d f 1

. . i w o 1ave 01 e so ong an 1ar ever this job will r:ot be a .e to man. This gang. is staying at ~ro. and tomato _land. Also in that area, , ~wn ·.yar s 0 overhau · Thts IS the i to make possible the high efficiency get under way until the by-pass' Bob Russels' Krt Carson Traxler Ken McBnde and Gene Button Job for which many. ~f you broth- I g_f this plant. A few of these are: road is completed. Latest hiforma- Park Bro. Wes Mallery, the smil- have three rigs working. ers have been w<:ntmg, and no [ '~·,,. · L A 1 E A, t C . lf · Cl b N tl f Cl t M t ". b- b h · . . d h' ,:,os. . cams, . rms rong, . tion on· the Dam structure rtse ing ·proprietor of the Carson u , . or 1 o emen s, on gomery {tO_ u t Y_. t e t1me _yo_ u rea t _IS B · ~_. 1 .. . C E C , "' E· D .1 d ·B t l d f - .

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11 1 e ~ dn, . · . onnor s, yy. • at Y, . leads us - to beli-eve that bids w ill is back on the "cats" but his place an ax ·er 1ave . a sprea o cats

a rtlC e, operatwns ·wr have start- , H D'll G W F - ·tl B. . G and _pl!lls and ou-t at Clay CJ·t·y, 1 I . 1 on, . . . oxwor 1y, · be · called for in the late spring is located in downtown Pme rove.

ec · F.Jittner, J. Gambetta, R. Botch- of 1948. Then we go back up the canyon Melvin Mills has two rigs working. San Jose -News I kiss, W. Johnson, Norman Kim- The Bureau of Reclamation will to Connolly's tunnel job which is "Chuck'.~ Rohn and Lou Erikson

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- S · 1 baum, H . Nicola, M. Northrup, N. 1 OJlen fot· bids, about November 9th, going along very nicely , consider. have just finished severaL . small · Bechtel Corporation of an I 1 · __ .. _ 'd ( tl · •I Odom, Ed Powers, F. Phillips, L. 8 ,, a<lrlitionfll 22 miles of the Fri- _ ing it's one of T. E.'s jobs. jobs north _ of Stockton and are

F _rancisf,co w ast_awarth~c fi_let _ CQ~-t I Riley, J. Sexton, . E . A. S_ arimento, ! ant l{ern . Canal. Competition . for 1 Power House Project moving their equipment south of tract · or .erec ··mg · e rs 0 um · · · · · '" "'h't H ' . · · : .Stockton · along· the ·san Joaquin of ·the O\v'en:Cor~ing ' c;rass -core: I Henry Weaver, n. YY I man, om- I thi:~ section _will ,be_lreen as a~l the Utah Constructi_on Company has River.

· · t : -: , . $7·· ·00· 0· 00· ~0 .-1 -· · t -_ 1·. _h·.· · 1·er Woods .and Bro .. Scott. 1 present canal contractors will be a -powei· house and dam project at · · · · pora ron s •. . , . ·.p: aiT w uc 1s ·. · . ~ S 1. . . . · · · · ·Frank Taylor has l{ept his rigs . to- ·b· 'e· · .. s. ··i·tua' 't.ed, · 011 a· _. 4, . ?-a· c··r·e··-- t. ·-·' a-ct T Domgs at a mas · · · i biddmg. . . · the bottom ·· of the hill between - l:iusy 'in. the ._Farmington area. ·

. ·-· ... a_ t . {[!. e' s~~~h\v_-~st , __ 'cbi'ne_l~ -0 £. Kifer ) _ · D,l_ln. Caputo was the. lucj;:y: bidder -,. Gunner ~o .. 's . ,_high_\.vay 99 job We~t Point and Pioneer Stati_._?_n. • · Charlie _. Ferd,un has one rig ' ·n·0· ac·l · ·and: .. tl·l·e . ·s· a11··ta·' -ol·ar'a-A._lv·i··so ': 011 ·-an o:verpass on the _Southern nortr. a,f Merce_r'l. IS about complet- Pwprbo _Broth_ers. hav:e fi_ Iush_ed

r. "" , . • . working: out :at Lodi. •-.· roa~.,.'ope~dtiqns ha~e '"ali·eady be~ fP~cific tracks just. sout? of Sali~ i ed:· in_ fact traffic is movi~g ~Ve~ the . excavating and are getting . Out in .,the tslands_ we have ' · -gun •op.. ., th\s 1;1:ojecL ).' C. , B'-1te:. i . n~s_. . . . . !he T:ichert .JO.b . on 101 1 th1s hH!;~:vay _no\v. On then~ l:rgh-1 ready to move to F~·esno-:hese missed Al )~iders: o,utfit sfrrce they

. , n:i.ai-1' has ,'Hie cgritr~act ,-' fOJ' 'rriost of High,way IS - rapidly 'nearmg '~om: way . 99. . ~ob JUst "'sol!th of Fresno boys have been ' runmn~ through , have. been working over· Di)fon ' way -the ex_··ca'vatiqn qii' . t. l~[s ;fob/ ~n_ ~e ple_.t __ i.on: .. It is. now in the,· stage ox_t~ey fire about . ~~ - --~omplet. ed . ~nd th:e . br.·u~h- ___ .. · for about SIX . mqn~hs I bu·t· . . Jqh_n ' Renner_·s ~ c~ts __ ·. hav:~ been .

~·1J1·~seht _ fii;rie : J'. o: : Ar~hibalti has~ ~n1~11 work ·o~:Y· t be}r;ve , the_y,h,~ve s t a_ r t ~ d "the1r .r,esu~~facmg an~ .~re hap~~- to ge.t ou_t i:J..t l~st. :-going steady: as h.ave .those of: p . _ ' "'h'eraf'of'his.:'cats"'' ili 't11'el+ a.ri~· ls ; e.x~_ec~Lto have .It r~acly ;for,- ac,ce.pt~ hJgh\ya:y. .JOb "m . ~qp]a~:. . . . . /W>t :ab~ve : the . J)O\Y~_r : nou~e ,a ! G:'Andre-*s Jo~ Rodge'rs; and : Joe

. d(Jini ::p!udl , O.£ ,hie_, _jn~~lil~iin'afy; · ajlc~ ~ early in ' Ng'-:eillber, - M. J. : ~t)ddy; c~. :p1,1tt~ng:·~9t~~uff })r1dg: ~ rs. to ·: ~e erected -I~~edr_a:t~-1 Lu~e ~ _•. ·· :' _ · ·_ · · · · _· . , :wo):k : \Y:hetr· comitle.ted, < tM·~ ' f~c-1. Pq:lo ~lto News ' . . . ' . ~Ti . the..:r Yosen:n~e Hig~way Jpb. ly _.acr oss the ~okelu~neR~veL .. I ':Ai ou_nd Mo'qesl<], G~ilbrl!-itt ·m1!i : .

···• · ··-- · ·· ·1 ·' · ·, · ·· .,_ ' 11· • ·f . ..., b .. ·t· ·1-· · ·· . -·· . . - · -·· -· . -1 Hatold-McGaaan•- Is •su:penntendent -- ·· Downstream· ..• ahouL:.a . mile the .. . ~ .. . ..... · . . . ,_ . . -f _: ' . .tot.·y•' __ wil :J·l.ave. : a- . payro,_ · -'" o_ ·-"' 0u· .. ·,. , Leo ... P.uizza' 1s·z pr0g_r~essmg_ · · n~ee y ..- . ··. · -_·_ · c . _, ._ -_·.,._· -· · •; . -. _ .. ·_._ .- · • · .-. • 1-_ · • · • 1.-·_ •• __ -,_. _.· -, ' : < ,-- ··:: ·· _·, '_ , •.· ··_,._ ... ,_. ····_ ·:·' ,- St. _ ;:tnng ,>.are ~. rn t]:le -',. ai'ea -- s.ott~h::: o. · · ··· · " · · · '" ·· · · · - · · · ·· · · ·· · · · · H Earl Parker -Co still have 19 Walsh Const1uction Company · of · · · , · · ·· ·-- · · · · ·· · . ,~:000 errip)o;Y'~es. ' ~lie~'e :' ~l'e to-cbe' lwith 'his Palo .Alto .-subdivision -job . . . ' . . - . . . -.. ·,· . . :::.. .· .. · I " . ' y v '; '• d '. , ··. ' t ~ •: 'i ,. b , !l'url9~k. Hickey· q-p.q·, C~Sl19~ .are : .• :.h V.o fi:l'el_ "'oil :. ,Sftwa'ge : ~taliks; <ea_'Ch': wrt:Pi'" t"Ei as_sistarice . of •· Bl:O. ·. John-- cats ·on·_. tpeir )Oq .J:llll_ m~lg . !i?U,ble,_ -N_~;\h"/1·· ·. obr.; ,: are '·, mnf'f}L.- a ,_ lup3n.:e JO : . woi:king . .t'he:_w~st e s'lde- an\!• Willard ·.-

. ·· · · · · · · · ' ·· ·· · '' · · · · · · l'ft d I k tl th 'll ·b· ·· w1t ·· a ··· ig·, gang o oca · .--mem- · · · · ·· -·-· . · · -- ·· - ·-. · ·. :bf ·: 480 000 .--- o:a:uo:n:s . 'capadty: This Mattus 'as pusher . and 'Bros:'. Carl· s 11 .. an ' 00 ~S · ~S •:. ll) .'. ' ey . WI e' · .'.. . . . . ···. ' . ..· . . I Spenceld S at Manteca. ' . . .,

- · -' . ,. _ • - "' . · · - . . -· · · , .-- . ·. · · · · · ' · · · ·1 · h f ' f ·th · · - ·bers · · "Haywire" · · Huntmgton ·., 1s· · · · · · · · · · · · · ., ··:'.:oi·oi_e'ct. ·shotild .·keep quife -' __ ._a<ri.u:hl~ -:Re·•,nolds' '·P rml Sarazan .'FrankiRa." .' runr:n\g un:ti t ·e . rrst :.u _: e ._ ye_ ar. · _. . . . ·. :-- . · _. . . · ·. . . , · _j · :Ter ry· FisMr!s cats .and. C:hesteJ>· · •· ·· · · J .• ' · · · ..• · ·. -~ · • ·J ' · · ' ·· p· h ·B ·· · t · .. · · · b supenntendent"on th1s · Job · · · · · · · · . . . ·· ,. · · - .· · . :- bel< of . the :· brotheis busy duJiiii_g mus: arid Gle11 >Bi o:e]O\V .... ·0. v. . : wm Q-' rO$. ' s ar}mg ~ a .. ne)'V;-JO : . . y. . . . . w · l. h . • .. . b _. ~ . b k ' Grant's" pul~s are-off of lahdl.eveling

· · · · ·· -, · · ' ·- ·· · • • · • • · · · · b · tl K' · R' h · h · b · on leave a s s JO go · ac 1 ·. • .- · .. · . · · • the ·comi:rig.· nionfhs . . .- . . . ·:Judson· 'F 1·eeman is -still fully occupied . on.'l on le mgs · iver, w IC 1s .a , .Y-. · P . · ·st t' -·t t 'th ·h· h J .now and_· are · taking .on son,le .-of ,

· · Pad_fic .~. of 0 iiklaha· -_-~vas . mvai;ded·r.-·h: r·s· . ·su-bdr·,, ~· si.Oil. ar1cl str··~·et ,. -.:;vor·_k : p;;1ss ro:a('l foi' Pin_ e Flat :Dam. -'J'h-ey to . omeer-b · akr~nt. outho e . __ · Igt -. · S tolte' s-·dirt on the ,Tr_ac)'c c.anal- :job . . · · · ·. ·. · ..... _ · · · · · ··· · · - · ' ·1 · · w'ay · then · ac· m o e ·canyon ·- o ~.. · · · · · · · ~ · - the , fabrieatin cr .: conti•act ,. ·cni , the I . ·. Harvey , Connor (ditch · digaino- st1ll have quite :a bit· of · work on •. . _ , · -· . b Delta Draglines are alL working

. Gerieral Electl~c·s · MW · $2 000"000 i ~~~tractor) is still workina ·on" hi~ 1 the soi•th si(le of the River. . Morn son _& Knudson s tdunnedl JO · now with-- R. E. ' McCarty's rigs .an· . . . ·. · .. , , ' . .- ' ... 1 . · . . . o ·· s v· ·. H . I · Oneheadmghas -stoppe ·an con- .-·, ' . ' .

~pJa:lt ?n .Soutl:t Monterey Road on_i .JObs m . and arom;d th~- same 1~- tart . et osplta crete is being placed- other . than scatte~ed out fr,om Thornton. ~o · -.,.vJ;Ic~ tl~2y · expect t o , s~m: t oper~ j.cality, . . . . ~ac1fic P1~e Co. is Construction on the new Veter- that and a few-beefs everything is Patterson, as · ate · tl:.ose __ of B~ll -atroRs th:s· month._ ... N1chols ;md 1 fully occuprecl m the laymg ·of the an's Hospital in Fresno has started fine. Al Huntington is super - on 1 Young, Cost~ and Abu_ght,. Ed' Sil-Cash, better - known as .' Los : Gatos hiah pressure ·aa$ main for the with .the Stewart & Nuss Co. sub- . . . ; vera, Coy Bault and· Fisher ·Broth-. . . - I " " thrs JOb. L .t h d . . d .. Constructi.on -Co., have - a ll their p , G, & E. project. At present I ing all excavation from the G. I. Back out on the highway towai·d e:s. aun z:n a . a ng ·m nvmg <e<;tu ipment ~ut of .the .. yard and in ;_believe most of the brothers on Barnes Co. At the present time

1 Jackson you turn left into Utah· ptles on Whiskey S~ough and Pom­

f ~lll -' operatwn. At .the pre~ent [·this job are working in Bro . . Chet there is only 3 pieces of "e quip- i Construction Company tunnel job eroy Smno~:k has JUSt set :h:. o~d . ttme they have, roughly speal::mg,! E.\liott's territory. ment on the job, however a shovel where Bro. Freel Arp is super- Rough and R~ady Island bud, __ e 1_n :;:>75,000 wo·rth · of ·work: · ·· · Pa- : News of the Brothers and severa:l additional pieces of. never much trouble on this job, it ~or the new Fr.sh Ravet Road cros:s- · -cific Truck Servic~ h~s bse n busy Bro. Frank Cabral, an old timer equipment will move in shortly. is very well managed. mg on Roberts _Island. :on many of theu· ~obs . r:l and who just recently finished a job Guy F . Atkinson Co. have sfart- Then you go back toward the Mokelumne River . ;ar ound town and the1r equrpment for Fredrickson & vVatson, is in eel on the overpass job in Fresno highway over a road that a rooter 1 On the Mokelumne RJVer north :o_· nsi~ts of two true:;: · cranes, roll_-_ town taking a long-ne'ede'ct rest f~r : and at the present time are oper-1 would improve to Utah Constru:_-

1 <;>f •. Lodi, Miller & ~dmi~ston ~re

-ers, 15lades and othe1 mrscellaneous a f ew clays .... Bro. '' John Ber~rest atmg_ 2 small shovels and· one cat. tion Company Electro Surge Basm d01~g the last back fillmg w:th p teces. . . . . Raymond. Concrete has been laid up for the past three This firm has sub~let the bulk of and West Portal to another tunn~l t~etr _Northwest 25 and are ship-Pile has at long last fi1psh ecl then· - el· "tl _ baa'! n "'led hand excavation and fill ~ to Ceo. Fi·ance at. Lake Tabeaud. Ted Stewart rs pmg Jt out soon. Bro. Ray Bates , . . . we ,s wt 1 a y rna b . • • d F k 'dnvmg" . JO_b on the new tele- Bro. Eerrest is a mechanic for J. Co. of Visalia: super on the big shaft and "Skin- of Fresn? Is_ op:ratmg an ran"

p hone bmldm_g and have moved C. Bateman. Bro . . J. N. The Bas.ich, Price and Sawyer ny" Frank Moore is sup on the Kew~tz iS hi~ otler. Down on the men and eqmpment back to San : "Bl d. , Blollcl field d •r"fe Co. at Visalia are completina their valve chamber. Stamslaus ~rver, Frednckson and -~ • , • 1 on re . e an '' 1 ' b fi · d 'th th · ·1 .oo rancisco and tne pounng _of the J have just returned from a won· l job in that area and will be in t he PG&~ Tramw.ay :Vatson a~·e mshe wt . en· pt-<eonarete for the foundatw n IS w_ell , der£ul vacation spent in Canada . market for additional work com- The PG&E is putting in a tram- mg and piers and are _rapidly p~ur-under way. vVahlberg and Swm- I 0 1 . . t 1 1 t 1 1.t 1

ina up f tl t f th h 'll t mg the deck for then· new h1gh-. ., _ ,_ . . · . n 11s re urn, 1e a so_ oo:: a I - , · . . . way rom re op o e 1 o , b ,· da · ~erton of . Sa~l ;r~nct~co a_I e t-he I tl e time out for a "hunt. " . . . Maceo ConstructiOn Co. working Electro power )louse-this tram is j way IJ ,e. . . , ~eneral , ~ontra,c,~rs ,on. this JOb. Bro. L. Baumann, who has been on the Flume Job at Three Rivers, over a mile long and is being built On the S~n !oa~mn RIVer a t

; • 1~ Wane_n T!al,sport~tJOJ: _c~. 0 : , operating for Eci Keeble for some but because of the rough country to haul material for the penstock. I ~ossdale, L~r.d ""B:shop are pl~c: Oa .... land still has OJ~e of. theu tt uck : time, just tied the big knot and they, are using a minimum of You then go back to Jackson and mg sheet ptlmg for the las~ .. pier :~ranes fully' occupr:.d .m ~he _P.a-~ took three weeks off for a little equipment, 2 e,<its and 2 compres- take the Mokelumne Hili road and and expect Ju~son Pa~lfic m for -~ tfic_ Gas_ & Electuc C~ - s yard trip. Good luck, fellow .. . .. Bro. sors. This is a fairly large job and . turn into the Electro power house the steel ~uperstructure contract .1oadmg pipe for the new high pres- Gene Helstrom has recovered suf- later will support additiOJ'Ial equip- where Morrison & Knudson are about Chnstmas. Shuper poured :sure ·. gas main' which will help feed i ficiE'mtly after a serious operation ment. . building a dam and new· power the last sect! on of ~he deck of the the B.ay Area. · · · Bro. George 1 to return to his duties as equip- The regular meeting this month house. Moore Dry Dock has ·erect- Calaveras River bndge last week. :-§?L.lsta, - who . ~or;ner. ly ,w~s th;e

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: ment supervisor for Earl w. H eple.l wil~ be on the 23rd, 8:00 . P. i\I. at ed all of the ir~n and has moved General Mills Job _,naste~ mechamc for A. T!echert . .. Anothe·r of the l;irothers · .who l l03 lJ Broadway, Fresno. I out. Western Pipe & Steel Com- At Lodi, Utah Construction has & ·Sons, and who for the pa~t fe:V visited in Canada this year is J .l * *. * pa,ny is erecting a stiff leg derrick ust finished i, most of its General

. mpn,th~ has . bee;r l _and-]eve:hr.g m i K. "Kenny" Graham, . crane opel'" _! Tl ' t . Cl. . . . 'tl . I to use while placing the penstock. Mills -job, but the clean- up . work _::md-; ,~ro_und Sal,n~s, J~:st. 1 e_cent;y I atoi· fo1: San Jose Steel. . . . Just 1

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bu: 13;~Ia:;:~ ~u::- From . :g;lectr_o YOJ.l go ove_r t~ - will keep them there· until _ Christ-·~::r0' e m 011 - a nrce rtt~e JOb, m I received . a letter from Bro. Ted . . , ' - · · · Mountain Ranch where Brarsotti mas. Claude Wood k eeps his En- · - ;H~a~j;h· SanthJ ose , .]flear . V'lh~te .Roa<;L W. Knoff, \Vho .is wor·klng 26 m_ iles lltlh-oeld'~!I.no:a LocaHl 3t';h~'S E. opeelkl~ad an. upd.. has .a string. of "cats" grading for : gineers bu_ sy on small loc'al st~ft

·· .... 2 · as · ree . o: our well-k;wwn I . _ . · ~ ~."' , -pore 11 In ur . · .. · d - , -, . ·· · . . . , _ . t~.-1 k.. f h' '· .

1 south of Faa· banks, ·A-laska. · He serves excellent· Chtirese food a new roa_ · . but IS laymg for . a s1zeable · Job

'.5!:-P _Iers wor-·mg or_.- m:, , ;nam~ y, says so far the weather is not bad .A .k l J . . J .. I t ·.k· The A,: A. Ho;ffm~u:r Company :lias s~on . . Hilliard Construction _- Co . . ·.Dd Fox Carl Crevola and Bro . , . . I s ec IOW come, le says ·-· le ·oo k' f th t th .. .· .. . . . . . . . : . : •- · · .· • --~ :· at all but ·he says he :doesn't lmow . ·· · 1 · . ·c·1· . oeen wor·mg or ' e pas ree have just complet-ed -· tneir. ·$6-000

. Butler. . . _ . · I . 'a corresp~Jn£ ence ·course m . · rmese i . , C 1 · c · t · . · . · · •·· · · . . : . ·.- - · .. · . · - · ·.. whether or not he wants to stick co~kin". 1 years on the aaveras · emen street job and are . headmg .for Sac-. . Moss ,Landmg · · around until it get 60 -or 10 be- 1·-~ " . ____ plant . . . , ramento again. -Bro, .· G. S. Stu~rt

lStandard.·Oil has .·see11 ·-·fit to con- _19\v . .. _. . B!:o. ·R A. Wright ncent- Construction, was i11 to tell us Within . the city llml_t:;; _of !ack-_ --of F:resno ·brought his tre1_1cher,· ~T1 s tru¢t· another storage . tanlc of i ly received serious internal in- "goodbye." He is l eaving fo1· Ara- son, Bro. Fred Butler rs super for to do some woi·k for the city tp:ere. '

. ;great ·capaciity i n t j1is little settle.- juries while driving a cat in a log- bia. Bro . . "Blondie" W.all, shovel Fredrickson Bro~h~rs who_· have a Bro . . W_alt Brown is on the· city ' .:mimt. -Granite Construction has · the :gii1g camp, and I am sorry to hm;e operator for A. J .. Peters, also has 1 contract for two lnghway Jobs- and ·blade. · ·:p iie dr:iving, ;~·hi ch ~onsisls- ·o,E · ap- to , report that at this writing he ~s : the Arabia . "fever." Let's hope it / a nu:n~er ·of bridges and ~~lv~~'ts. S. M. McGaw is lay'ing_ black top ·:proxirira tely .- 5QO. piles: . -TJ-wy _. _are I sti_ l~ . unCOJ)S~i~us and in a ,~eo· 1 i sn~ t ·_too hi-gh .biJt good luck to Yo_u, 1- Th:s rs about ~ll the wor];: ~omg on the _ West Lane road. n~ar Eight

a:_·. , __ . do;ing~ this job, wi th the .. aid .. an_d ._ senous cond1tron . . . . Bro. Roy . boys, anyway .... Bro. Jack l\!Ia-~ on I~ Amador and Calm eras Mile road. Stockton Construction "' ·:skill : of- B;ros: .Orville .:Smith, _ Bill 1

•• )jondon, .shovel operator . for druga, .an oldtime employee of Dan :counties. is laying li7av_el for r;ea_lignment of ( .:Sti·ong, . and .Tommy,. J;Ierzog, ~ Oh;I .Rhodes and Robinson, is '' back .on Caputo, has recovered .sufficiently Report Valley Work curves and shouldei·s in this area

,-~s~ ••. _~ocal - _3!! .~ · h. a s .. _. a_..;,.fu_ll. ~~;e_w · J h_e., ~- ob ___ :again . ~fter, .. a __ bout t.hr __ ee i ;1~tei· six n-1· ont_hs __ J·n_- the ._ l_wspit~ll Coming d. own in-to · .the " valley; .a_l_s. o. _B.ro.- T .. E. Dougl,a_s. is u:m th-~ . , ~.! ,_?l':e : , ilJso . . -:~ ' : .,::;I; rec~p!J? -- l'e~ety~c1. _w~e)5 s ,IIIJ(el'~ ··;.' . -.. 9r?~ .c. D. ,G~U, 1 ~v! tll .a :bt~o)-::~J} b<lcc!~ •.• to --reS1\f11e. his . Bros. :Buck_~owarJi an?\L~e Bor~d',~: .blad __ e:'-' . _ '"' . .• . . . . .. ,,_, "' ..... ,, ·:·

, .information that .tbe;r-e .is -goiug ,;to .iformer blade -• operator· for Gramte !duties. : ~ . . : . · o ·. ·. ·, .s.tring : of cats are levelp1g ,.a! _Cle-_ _ ·· · .. ' (Col\t~nJ..led- - oli);~age :J) · • • • •• ·• .;1 •

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·-MORRISON, · KNUDSEN STilUNG OUT FOR -J;;AKE GOUNT~I:~ .. JOB~··~-. two ·· nAM: ·· saJits~:oeERATIMG

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. ,. : ~~n .' Rafael~M~~~i~on _a_nd ~-uds~~ ~~e ~S.~~u~g out ~n_l _ ~~e1_~ ·b1g ·La_k~ ~qu~ty JOb ~h1c? : uns.· · ~e~t ,~f . LO~~r L~~e. Br?.- j . Johri.ny· Chnstman 1s supenntendent anc;l' B_ro. Mel Stoddard lS .

. puSh~_r; Olive~ Oswald is in charg~ 'Of their offite, located atJ the S-B<ir~S - Ranch. · B;o~. Deave~- and_' Ball are lll~chahies. Bro,; J~ H. Meyers is welding, while Bro~. George.Rayn'ius and .Acu:on ' Smith~ are a couple of oldtimers working there. Bro. Lee ·Young · ..

. , w~s on thi~ job. but the poison oak got the best of .hint Alto­gether .there ate about 12 pieces of equipment on, th1s -iqb; With more scheduled to arrive. j . - · -- . . . ,

Al Moretti and Paul Straub are : finally advises me that Ius quarry l:ioth running two shifts- in the is under full production, as is his :Petaluma area on conservation J hot and gravel plants. Good luck dams. to you, Plul.

1 ran into B1·other H. J. Lewis, E. -E. Lowell is nearly finished . who is doing cement work for on a large sewer job .in the . Santa

Marshall Maxwell in the Santa Rosa area. . Rosa area. Brother Lewis is ready

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Art Siri has a large crew of Engi- . to furn ish jobs with ready mix, and neers scattered all over the north- J can be r·eached at Santa Rosa ern ~rea. _ , . . , _ . 1

2351-R. Good luck Brother Lewis, Brother Jack Foss, tOJmeJly with : in your new vent~re. . Atkii1son in South City, left by ·

There is a new Beacon service plane for a job· v\rith Betchel in J

· :st ation, located in San Rafael, at Arabia. . · . 'j

Fourth and Ida Streets, and is op- Brother W. H. Littlefield has hiS : e.rated by ex-member Claude Ivers . . own portable we!dmg machme, and I Claude will be happy to see any c~n be reached at Santa Rosa

·of you old timers. . 6·r-Y-22. . · I recentlv re~eived a note from McCaffery & McKay are busy '

!lrother· s. · B. Turner at Hopland. ; over . here on this side of the bay. J' :B~;other Turner has ·been on the Brother Vern Short, we are very

· :sick list for t.he past eight montl1s, sorry to report, was severely burn- 'J · · ahd is progressing ·slowly. He ex- ed Oct. 10 when the . crane boom . -pe.cts· to. -retum to work in the not' hit a live one on the . Pacific Pipe-j · too distant future. . . lines job between Conn dam · and 1

.. Brother .Kenileth L . . Searcey; em- Napa: and · is in very serious con-. . dition. ·we are all prtlling 'foi· you,

i\'loyed by B.J.L. Co., A:P.O. 937, f ll C:~re of Postmaster, Seattle, _ says e ow. ihat it is .ge'ttilig too _ cpld . for~ him, . · . -.: * * * .. ~hd ' he plans oil ' spep.di~g -- the \~in- ·Ag,ni' Reports . I • :;r-~~~~- ~ 11;i~~1~:i~A~fJ-· B~~~;~on{~ · -NC!ws ··of ·Loectl•. _·.· · ;-: · Anchorag.c,, Alaska. ... I M • ..

Brotl)er .Wes: J!ei,man was 1·e- • ft·:' GfYSVIIIe · · ~ : rcently dowJ1 . .. from ' Ventura way ·By ·WILUAMC;· WAACX .. · w here •lle has be(!n _ erecting a .· . Basalite and- Mix Plant for the . Representative; Local 3

· ~ag;i l t · Quavies .. Bi·?ther Hern:an 1 Bi·other' Howard Poston got :his .· . l!S now _fo_reman. m the yard, takmg buck on opoening day, · a three / the pin~~ of Brother Keig Samuel- · pointer, in his back yard virtualiy. son, wl:o is on vacation·. Most of Tifoward lives on Hammonton. Road the Engii1eers employed by the Ba- and the buck was killed in the

· ~alt Shipyard seem to be taking tailing piles about 7 miles from 1

their vacations at this time. The towri. ;:;;hipyar ci is getting ready to start vVilbur Brophy, one of tl1e fam ­t~eir s ,·~ ing shift on the disinan- ' ous north valley ball players, got t hn g work. into the hills back of Hammonton.

Brother s Drazell and Quinlin He got a try at one but the eye t ake car:e of the ope1'ating in the that can connect with a pitched Quar\:y. . ball didn't work on the buck. Five

Brother J . T. McKellar dropped · shots and no meat. Unusual for a in to say Lhat he is headed for Brophy, who brings them in pretty I IQhichiua , Old l\'Iexico way, for the regularly. ]i'aloma Lumber _Co. Jack says that · Brother Howard Good oililig on 1

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_h e always has l1ked beans and ta- Biggs 3 of Yuba Consolidated at-, males, 1l;ncl shou ld certainly get his tended our last dr.eqge meeting at'

. :fill of them in the _ one or two Marysville. His head and chin were I years he plans on bemg ther e. trussed and brad:eted and for· dur-

BroShE!I' Fred Jensen, the boy ability, listen to this one. Howard· who started up on his own over was working on the deck-the j · :!here in the last couple of years, digging end of 3. What happened is n~w keeps about 12 ~1embers busy, purely guess work on the part of I atnd se_ems to be gettmg along fine .. the crew· of that shift. Maybe the Fred IS ,.._ member of the A.G.C. rock was lodged between the ~tother Ernie Wheale J s his super- buckets, but one jarred loose from j

· lp.:tendel}t, and Brqther Otto Bord- somewhere, struck :·How(lrcl on the I ~~t:oes, the m~?ority of tJ1e shovel head. inflicting a nasty scalp or

·· head injury,· ;:tnd .naturally:.kriock-· 1

· Brother.· Jim Hewitson, the well ing him co~tt. ·, Re .Jipally .came to I lttnown .·illlt buster, is ·-starting a and crawle'd ' off '· the deck :'was g~net-al · ·repair' business in this area, taken to the h. ospltal : whe:re •i·~ a'd-J a .. 'nd proh1ises dau and ·night ser\' -

J clition to the head injm'Y: ·his '. neck · ilc.e. His tel('!p liori~ n~mber i~ San \vas found .· to be ·fraeturect' iri t\vo .

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·Rafael 6004-W. places. And altho he is yet unable 'frail Job Ending to be back on the job he is· getting

The Silvar ado Trail job, award- around on his own power - still ' eel_ to George !VIun-ay, is just about able to tell how it feels to J1ave a J

:finished , as far as the excavation broken neck, and how, wi th the a nd rea lignment work goes. Broth- broken n~ck he made it to shelter, I e1: Paul Ma t us is doing th.e paving, where the gang found him. a nd Bro ther Art Burch is foreman. In the event of any ili<1ustrial Brother Ot is Montgomery is on th e J accident, Brethers, please contact ~rag line, and D. L. Keithley is the your business agent. master m echanic. i· . * * *

Stolte Co. is ahead of schedule 1 SAYS SO RIGHT HERE on their big job for sewer install a- . Cra.ps, roulette aml bla.ck jack t fons in Mill Valley. are popular pastimes in Reno, but

A. G. Ra.isch is very busy on the the natives-·seem to prefer faro or '\(allejo .. stJ·ee t woi'k, · and so is J. stra.ight poker. SmaHer house per~

1 Henry I-Iarris; whose job is rapidl y centage the~; say. One chap didn't 1

:Winding up. !mow much about polmr as the I Several of the boys are report- dealer at his table would substan­

iln'g · very successful hunting trips, . tia,te. He aske<l him what was a 1.

, ~ith Brothel' Ed Nelson of Square roylil flush. · . ! Head Co.n. Co., being one of the "Oh," he replied, "that's when I

. roost fortun ate, having bagged a Queen Eliza-beth pulls the chain." nfce seven poirited buck. (Who · * * * . · .

: ~pld you bums that I don't · Jike · · Aiaska,'·:~[exi<)o, Arabia-thosej · . d~'er rn :at?.?) . .' are the . destinations· of' ·Local 3j

Bi·ot-iler· H. Q; Phillips, after; 'a 'me11lbe'rs ·ret:ee'nt_I{ ~ortta~thig . Bro:_ . iohg str~1ggle out ·pt; Reyes '~ay, ·H. 0. Foss·'of the San· R.afaer office. ·

· . Octobei: ' l7. 1947

TH.-~· .. E···$ ·1·- , -:,, ·Q:.· •E•-,·~-- .. ·· G. •· -~J't!E· ·· J . . ·. • .\.;). . '·· -· ' . ' .··· .. ,, .-. ¥ :'· ,,,,: · ~ . .

Headed· 'by ·Gtiner·at Pr~$i'd~rit ~- Wimant· !~ ' Ma., : .

Ioney and· s ·ecretary-Jreasur-er:. F;· A.;. ··. Fitzgerald~ ·· the lnt~-rn~tiorfci'l Uni'on ·: g'ave· .. ci ·dfn~er .; par-ty:·_ on "

Left ·to right: Newell J. Carmen, · secy:, Local 39; S.f.;. Frank 0. · Br~ntl~y. Pres., >Lb~al 39;. Ha'rr,;. Vosburghi 'clo~~J ' 3,9 Exec. :Board - ~ ·

M~~ber; AI Leist~~. :_ inti. R~p~f llJOE'; · .Herbeit • Woods, · Director . of ..

.. Res~arch, Washin~·on; · o;c:; CliO's, B; G~a~lili'g; lrift,. 6.lh Vjce-l'rres.,

Atlant~, Ga.;' Ariton··J., Imhahn, Inti. .~2nd~ Yicii-flres.;- Chicago1; ; .'lic,tor'·

S. Swanson; Inti~ . 7th~ Vi~~-Pres:, , Locat 3; S.E.;;.' Genl. PreS:: ~rhv F.· · Maloney; IUOE . . ·

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Left to right, background: Edward · Shinn, Local 825, N;wark, N.J .; John . l. Lynch, Local 150, Chicag~; Harry F.' Klin~, - Local 2, St. louis; Thos. J .. Roberts, ·executive

board, Local 39, S'.l: .. Foreg·round, front to ' back: Wm. Costello, Ex. Board, Lncal 3_9 ,

San lose; Jam·cs T: ·. Rivers, Bus. Rep., Local 39, Oaklor~d; Leo O_erby:. llus . Rep. ,·

Local 39, S.F.

:.Left to. right: ' }'th-Vic~-.P.res:-: Vict9r ·Genl. Secy.-Trc'il's) f':' k ;Fttiger.fild ;

. -~n~ - 4~ vi:e~Pre~; .:~sok~ Oekine)

. cent o:ipoiritment-as

·Left, front: E. A. Heste·r, Local 3, S.f.r in bock of him, G: Tudor, l.ocal 12, L.A.;

1. :left to right, ocross ~·tabfe: Harry Vosburgh of Lcicol 39, S.F ., J. Groom, Tony . Saunders,.- Jack ·Emer-y, and J.oe Francis< o.IL:ciLLocal· 12, L.A .

verware, . wh ile . Pres.· Po ·~ · Cl ·~. n·•

Left to right:; V. , L. Kelly, LO.co

Joe W aiwcrole, .L:o-cai .6JS .. He ·Cif Ret!'oin.-ation; -Mor.ris _A. :••S.i(,

Willis, ·LocCJI .. 12, -L,A.

October 17;.'1947

A: ]).INNER -PARTY -Francisco -fo·r. :aU International·- RepreserJtaUves~ ·· ·- · ·

' t~ U. 0. :E~ - delegates to the · A~ F~ -of -l .. convention~

··and' ·Engineer· representatives on · the West-Coast~

· · P.ictuh~s . of' the event .are shown ·bel.ow.

; . Inti. Pres .- 'Wm;.; Maloney;· Cou~sel W;m:~A: cThcimasi

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Left t~ right: A~ton J. lmhahni:2nd Jntl. ViceoPres., Local 399, Chi­

cagb; Pres._; 'W.ri: ; E. Mal_o'ney; . ~~~-E;_Vi~tor+ ~wan~~n, 7th l~ti.:- V~ce~ '- Pr·es,, ·La·c:al.' 3; · S.F .. ;· Fi .. A . . F1t.xgerald, 'Ge:nera_L Secr..-Treas., · IUOE, .

Wm. A. Th~ma~; Inti. General . Ciilinsel~ cWoshingtoh~::o. C.; J,oseph ·J~ D~lcney, ln tl; --4th ~ Vice-P.res;, :l~~oi :U; cN:.Y,;-V. b Kelly,' l.:occiltSl,

E¥cnsville, Ind.; . Henry :H:. - Herbcilshetmer, lntL .'Trustee; Local 'L Denver.

: r of Local 3, being -congratulated· by

:!:Y (if 1ud·E upon . Bro. SwaMon's re­th --Yice-:-,-e,,;.dent. C>fthe :IUOE. ·'

Left to right: Wm. C. De Koning, Local· 138, New- York; ·J. C. Fitzgerald,' ~n_tl. . Rep., Local 12,- L.A:; Andrew F. Leach, Local 399, Chicago; Hunter P. Whorton,

Local 66, Pittsburgh; .Chas: A. Evans, Secy., Local 12; LA. · - · ·

3-·is caught ·in the act of stealing sil-t$ on~ a~'dea,dpan ~C:t to .. cover up for him. · - Evan~viiJe,_ ln.d.; , Claocy; Math_ews, a,nd

ulu_. Right b.ockgrO>und.; ·Bob. S,:.ith, ;Bureau

l Lo'caVf2, - L ;A~: (face!tidd~ri)/and ·w.: C.

. Left f'o rign ~. background : R. E. McCarthy, Bus. Rep., Local 39, Stock­ton; Keven Walsh, Secy., .Calif.: State C~nference .of Operating Engi­

neers; A.. ·· R._ Oughton_, · Bu~. -'Rep,., Local.:_ 39, S_ac:ra~}mto; -~ewell __ !: Carman, Secy., Local . 39~ S.F:; Frank 0; Brantley, Pres·., Local_ ~9. _

For:egrCiund: .. David - Richardson, ·Trees., . L~cal ·~. -s.F. (face to com-era) • . Sid:e face: Harry F. Xline,-loc.a1 :2,.St;,·Louis. · · _ ' , ·

Seven

( ~OMING,ltAJNY. SEASON _WILL SLOW- ._l ttn; ,: B'Illl!:D· ·wnntD ~uniRE~·~~~ . -· V~:~_ ..... ,; ~-: ;.t,:J;;~~ -~~,- _,

NEW, · Yt'~1rtU8~-·~!:g, a~-~ ..... ~nw.;&·a..:NN_E_ -o - ~ . •u·pa· ~-~- ~- - - ~uVq, ~ • . l:tt1l . .

B.¥ : OTTO-·E{ NEVER ·· Busip.e5s Repr~.sentatives•: .Local 3 . . . . __

I. Eureka-Reporting ~or -the Redw?od•.Em~ire. things -~~e h'e"' . • • 1 ginning to· slack off'a bxt -butwhether the ~amy season·.wxll stoP,

·air construction· o~'- J;lot -is a question. Iil the -· Del Norte .County area,..

-the ·Basalt Rock·· Company.a 't Cres­c~nt City is .pi.pidly · finishing the breakwater and' jetty and unless

Carlin;. Bros. have - finished:': the job at · Big -Lagoon·- and:·: ha~e ·bid · with Mercer' Fraser Co. on the

the weather -t:ntervenes, they will new airport 1!-t ~ohnerville. T~eY , complete th~ job by November i'st.l were ??w bi~der but at .the t_11ne This job has b~em well coordinated of wntmg th1s report they had no

! and the con1pletion of this job will knowledge of when the award 'j show excellent supervision as well would be made. _as whole-hearted cooperation and ~ercer Fraser's h.ot plant is kept team work on· the pa·rt of the qmt~ busy . and w1ll u.ndoubte~ly members of Local 3. The ·members contmue to be ·bt!SY until the rams who have handled the cranes on make it impossible to lay any more the barges ' as well a:s the Link Belt hot stuff. crane used in placing the A-rock Fred Maurer and Son were the on the jetty have done a splendid only · bidders for pile driving for

dolphins and piers at the niunici-job. b · pal fishing boat har or.

Vital Dock Question Bui·an Equipment Co. has laid Yom' business representative met off a couple of brothers in the

w_ith a representative of the Stirn- shop, but hopes to maintain the son Lumber Co. on Septe 11ber 28th r emainder of their crew.

-reg:~rding a proposed dock for the The Landing Aids Experiment ·.shipment of lumber and other com- St_ation at Arcata has continued to modities. It is possible that a dock put on one or two brothers each \v!)l be commenced withil). 90 days i week until they now have a pretty, and it will be built so that later a · substantial crew. spm· . track can be built for the Th~ Borden Co.'s fish 1:eduction shipping of loaded railroad cars plant still manages to kick up a . by . railroad ferry to Eureka. These good stink, so that we all kn@w wiil be unloaded at Eureka · and that the brother's there are , busy. 'push~d on to the Northwestern Ice Plant Wages · Pacific tracks. Negotiations for an . increase· -in-. This . may . sou1;1d, ·. fantao;tic, but

wages for the brothers at the ice 1tiinber companies . interestecj. ·feel plant there ai·e s-till ' :going on,· btit that it . is ' flnanci~lly ·sound~ and should be settled within the ' next that docks in Eureka and Crescent

·. 30 day~. ' City can be built . and a. railroad . Phoenlx Construction Co; is . still _.

. \iei;i'Y- purchased;.at a .~otal: ~()~~·~ of at'tenipti!lg to finish~ th~i-r pio,n~er · · $8QO;ooo. The · c'ompany then ·m- . ,\vor-k at· Piercy-: but have,.'run ' into • tend's to 'build,: 'a , railroad · as 'far , all ' l{inds ... of luck .. whicti"is-; an ·bad; north ' as . f:\rdokiilgs . and . as 'far Just when this . job will be com-· south as Klamath. with '. neces$ary pleted will b-e ·pr-oblematical_. · · spur tracks to ' th:e larger :m~ns.. McEwen & Syar should 'be fin­The ·freight-' rates ' will 'then ·be qp- Jshed:c with the cutoff below Willits.-proximat~ly the . same . a.s ) t is .in by: November 1 at -the latest; :·and• Eureka .. and the incentiv_e _for · the 'th'e sari1e applil.is ,to~ tlie Guy -F;- At:: . marketmg of some 35 bill!OJ1 feet kinson.job .at Fort Bragg . . ThEr ~iri' of timber in· the . Del Norte .area· bridge and approach · job 'hortii {Jj~ ' will be apparent. Your busmess Fort Bragg is being rushed . with representative proposes to contact the same intention-to finish up all seven of the large companies before the rainy season sets in. interested in the Del Norte area Burman Bros. have finished up and see · what can be done · about ti1e schoolhouse project at Rock­placing engineers on, all of the port and will leave some of their classifications that are held by our equipment in that vicinity in order organization. to take care of any slides that may

There is no new activity be- occur on · their access roads that I tween Crescent City and Arcata. were buil t last summer for the

Cliffor d Dunn is attempting to M & M Lumber Co. below Leg­complete th e concrete pie;s and gett Valley. the approaches to the bridge at Vve l'egret to report that Bro. ·weitchpec. With good _luck, Dunn Lawrence Shetter suffered a brok­should be completed by November en foot and possibly other injurie!l lOth. The steel work cin the bridge to his ].eft leg while oiling on one· was awarded to the Guy F. Atkin- of Basalt's shovels at the quai·ry son Company. \'V_e have been un- at Crescent City. Bro. Shetter, abie to ']earn when . they intend too. has ha.d a run of bad ruck startin:g _ their contract for the past year, and we are sur.rJ

Tom· Hl\n- is still _getting Aggre- I that when he leaves the hospital gates out at Hoopa. As usual, -Tom_ his luck in the future will lie aJl is .·having his bad times; ' due·· to good. He is ·•certainly entitled' to a break-d-owns. and.··Iack of pal'ts, but better break. _ .

I we have· yet to hear-:of.. ·one' 'ofiotir . Bt'o. Ray Anderson, who turnec'l_ members. sufferfng ' from-:-anoss of -his cat upside down a_t Piercy andl time. . _ ~' • · ended \lP by being underneath: ha~r_·

Bro, Vic Rayniond' 'has :-gone up hee·n · discharged from . the General in the sticks near Sn6\v ·camp'::for 1 Hospital in Eureka ·and will .take, the Brizards . C& on:· the FG&E a few weeks of rest .at his homE;>

l l~ight-of~way and ' has shQ)~ · -- the ,in San Rafael. Bro. Ray had . ·C\ .

. boys how to spot -a ·pole · with a close squeak. . . .. :. -~ -- . . ·Y truck, crane.' · · · . · ·' ' . Some time ago we :.mentipi1edt• .

. - ~ ·. B:~;ers' job ' at. Willow .- Greek.· is-.1 th-e flwt that .we· were protid . ~ft, alqwst. all hand lab?r---'-only ~ne the ability of members of Local $ cat skmner on the JOb. The JOb to go into other fields of .endea.volt' 'at Ridg·e Cabin ·will probably carry i and make good. \Ve mention _witlln on until snow flies . I a· great deal of pride that Bro.

In Eureka, :Mercer Fraser man- ! Robert Burkholder, formerly 31. ­

ages 'to keep all of our worthy hea.vy duty · mechanic ami weldel' b1'others busy and will corttinue to at the Jl.'[ & K job at Fairfield, hm9 do so until the \veather stops opened the Singapore Hut in Eu~

them. rek2. at 517 E Street. Bro. Bolb> Many of our brothers who have serves th e finest of steaks andt

bought one or two pieces of -equip- chops, a.nd believe it or not, he alsl!l> ment q_nd gone out sub-contracting serves · Chinese dishes, notwith·· have done fairly well in th.e past I standing the fact there is not :&1

year an d are all busy at this time: I Chinese within' 150 miles of Eu1.-

Bro. Louis Com1er keeps :six or reka. \Ve asl{ed him how come''awdl seven of the brothers busy on his ho stated that he took a cm·res .. cats' and carryalls. H~ !:as one job I pondence cours~ in Ohinese cook·· at -Maple Creek bmldmg . access ing and after his ·first lesson ev.eJm roads and ano-ther for the Ham-

1 his friends wouldn't associate witlin

monel Lumber Co. above_ Blg La- ! hi:m._ However; the food is goo4ll., · I .

goon. . Bro. Louis Conper ·has al- every bit of i~. I lqiow-I hav6-ways insisted . on having eJ.;pe'ri- tried it, ... so how about ,giving Br~. enced cat skinners, but has :always Bob a break? '

I giv~n the boys a - fair shake in· re: * . * * ' I tttrn:,:· working the boys six days · a Turkey season has started fu:m -1 week and-',allow:ing 'them .an hour blast. in .the valley district, office9

for travel time. · · · of Local -39 ·report.

T'RADES BAC.K ~ I ' I •

f~ I!TZGERAlD :" ~ : ,. .

RESOl,UT~ON

IN~EPENOENl IRON~ , WQRKS •. l"c.· 8th & Pine Street's - "' . ~ . •.·· ~ - ,.

FABRICATED STRUCTURAL ~T~EL - ST~EL BUILDINGS- SERVI CE

STAT!0"-15-:--SHEET M ETAL. PRODUCTS-TANKS

STEEL JOBBERS

ME POliT-AN · CONSTRUCTION CO .. - ' - .- . ,. ' . . ~. • ! ~ " 1 ~-'- • • . ~ " ;

PiP-e ' Une~ -.- 'Process Piping lDJQ)!]gl!l\S 2-0371 Ull New ·Mo:lil!tgumery St., S. F.

C. HI. G~AN.iT CQMP~NIY 4i:3:S BRYANT SL. SAN FRANCISCO

JB:LAW-KNOX MruLTIFOOTE

])l]A\JH 0 ND VilAYNE

ST'ARIING & GAJ ... BRAJT'M

.GMP. GE:Ofi:G,E MI .. , PHILPOTT. COl ..

SAN FR.ANCISCO ·- OAKLAND <DmiiJUesso~<'s -· Plllmps - &n & Roller Bearings - IR:.ock Drill.s ·

SA lL lE S Steel & Bit.s- Wire Rope RENTALS

ENGINEERS' NEWS October 17, ]SJ~,~

Pabco~ s Building · Ma~elial industry Origi ted in San F rancisto .Bay_ Area.

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$rat1f Letke Cu·tr ·- Every 1 sentative of Operating Eng_in eers . ""if ':' hwe three jobs going, one

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. Youn_g and Srn,.ith a re goiug the: .conci·e.te arou!Jd Provo from construction stiff whco .has spent 1. Local No.3, dated March 28, 1947? I in.' Ogden, Ol).e a.t B~ig,h_am City aLqng ~jcely 01i their . Farp)in~tQn I tpeir :batch ·plant un?er the San~,.

. . . • .. • A.' Yes. · 1 ~., rl_ a nother at Wellsville .... The .and RJVerd1).le · j_obs.. . . , . Glen, j' G~:a_y,el ·and, -Re.ady-lYII.xeP. <;pncrete <Otnl{ hme m the conslruc_bon Q. Do you reJp.ember the cop - II Wate rfall_ Co. is using_ apol.)t eigl}t 1 W.oo.C!.w<;~r,d, W. E. Thatch.er. E. w., Agr_ee,me~t, . anq .are ... cioiJ1g -_S()Ilf,e . game could proba;bny · quote tents of that letter? members m Ogden .. .. Sterps and F'ou~g,er , .Ja!ll_es Leek, L. T . Gat-' construc;twn work aro;ury,d ·. Heber. ;many instances illustrating and A. Indirectly, yes, I could not RQgers .. a;e I?akip?' nice prqgress tett, and W. F . J .ol)nson; all )Ja~.e · · ·· Strong ~o ... has. a ,.?mnber. of

• th t "• • -n..l' d , quote it at Dev1ls Slide w1 th the help of small J'obs goin o- .in or about Oo-- :th.e . b.o:ys workmg on .theu'. roa:d JOb :p:rovmg a you can. :p-u • . o 1n · · · · · . o , " • · : ~ • · • · ,. .. • , . . · Q. I hat~d you what purports to ftfteen of th~ Brothers .... F ord .den . ... Hyman ,q)l.d M:tc.kle are .at ,Mont~Gel~o .. . . J . :Tf:frt.~p.g .~n.g. :fa1th m your employer. ··The be a letter signed by G. M. Whe:el- the Ferguson at CorriJ')e qre on th.e getting a~ong fine 011-"th.e job near -Sgp_s ~re ,_e:vi,C;ie!1-tl:yc .. trbct!Jg- toma~e compiler of this article well re- wright. That is y~u? finishing stage of their roa,d job. ti:J,e uta):dd.a]]o St!).te line. . . ' . Salt !-ake City by ~inter the way members some year;s ago 1~eceiving, A.' Yes. . .. Gibbons and ~eed ·are abo ut C.ontra,ctiJ')g Engineers ~re . vy,ork- ~hey .are proceeding on .the U. P . a , telephone call from a cont rac- Q. Addressed to Mr. c. L. C<,~se - 1 through at Riverdale. ing a few of ·the .boys .a.t .Clear- JOb. Last heard they we,r.e ,_at ·Hog[ .. tQr in which he asked whet her I bolt, Business Repres_e!)tative Op-~ · ' field .... Olaf Nelson's j.ob in Sar- . ~er. ' · . · ~.ethers B~·os . . a.re- ~t!).;rt.· was working and upon being told erati,ng Engineers Local N,o. 3, and f U ·G .d dine C anypn is goi.ng along fine. m g then· JOb at Kq.nosh. that ! wasn't said, · ~Don't take ask Y0\1 if t)lat i~ a photostatic .res no nas ' .. O(l . :He ~as thirtee·~ of the Broth.~rs .. F loyQ , Whiting is . tryi_ng to hea~ anythmg for anyone e lse, I've got copy of the letter you wrote. · · · workmg for htm: . . : W. W. tl}e weather at Modena on his sur .. just the sort_ of j~b you are_ best A. That is co~Tect. M· "efinl'tl• Offi~>.e Clyde~· job ?n the Mormon Trail ia?ing and . if . the . :vy~~~her hold$ at and one m wh1ch you w11l be COM. ROYALE: Are yo u sul:)- ~ ~gG~e . . H~ Road 1s . maku~g g_ood. prog_ress. · .. . he!J make_Jt. ... , ~Jt.a.h {.':o~!J.truc .. extremely valuable to me, ·in fact, i mitting that in evidence? 0 ~Jogk · D Green _Cons.tn.icti.on . Co. is ,lfoing a tion. Co. is using the S<!-.!T)e cr~w: ~:~t I've got to have you." Upon ex-1 A. I call your atten tion to . the . oen_s : OV~h~ m act water and sew.er job .in Sandy. : . . Iron l\![our).tain · and. Iron . S'pri11gs. · plaiu~ng his pr~posi~ion an~ being . letter . i~self , Mr. Wheelwright, ~ 1

1 Utah ~on~tn.ict iori ~ompa_n:Y's Rail - i . . · . CoJd weather is_ threatep.ing

told It was sattsfa<;Lory, satd, "I'llJ where_m 1t _states: By MARK G. CAMPBELL road Job .Js pr?ceedm~ - mc_EClY and 1 th.e A.. ~- Thorn Co. Job _ at Cedar eall , ~ou ?efore the end of the "Thts w1ll q.ckn.o)vled~e y~ur Re resentative, Local .39 . I tl):ey are gettmg ,tj'letr 1)}.~ .el:c- Breaks, 1t~ 10,000 feet h.1gh there. week. Th1s cost me a couple of letter of March 24, 1947, 111 }Vht ch p 1 tnc shovels ready .for the1r d1ke . .. . At S1gurd the . Western Gyp .. other jobs, as I'm still waiting for you served notice of the termina- Fresno _ The last regular job. . . . W. W. Cl ydes' Magna ~urn Pl ~nt ,bein_g erected .by .Ii!-cob ­the call. tion of your construction agt'ee- r f th F b , h street paving job is making good I son . Construction Co. is making

On another occasion the con- ment. mee mg 0 e - resno ranc progress thanks to our good I good progress. Western Steel Erec .. t ractor by \:vhom I was .currently "We have referred this matter was very well attel).ded. ·'A weather ... . Ralph Pr-out is doing tion Co. has the steel erection .·. : ·. employed ran ou t of work a nd to the labor committee of A.G.C. cla'ss of 14 new members wei:e 1'a. lot of housing work around Salt Next door to them the U. S. Gyp .. upo n being approached to ascer- and will recognize the rates and initiated Th b th h 1 Lake City. . . ;Enoch Sm.i.th and sum Co. is starting a new plant.

1 f . G · e ro ers w 0 S d · 't b' f k "'11 ' B k · t h · 1 tain the prospects told me "Don't c assi· 1cations established by A. .C. . • ons are omg QUI. e a . It o wor -~" Is ar er IS e . genera and w orry, I'll take c'are of you ." Well, 1 or through the collective bargain - did n.ot get up to the meehng for the gas comoany around S<,~lt W. W. Cl yde has the· excavating. it's lucky that I"m not the worry- ing process with your union. W e missed a good time as Brother Lake , City and Murray. . .. W. W. Clyde has laid off the ing type and had the Llsual com- ca1m?~ a~eept the working rul_es,! Vettling and Brother Day had Th.ayne Construction Company is ~ight s~~ft on_ his. Sal~ha ·canyon plement of ears, eyes, mouth, h_air, classificat iOns and wages whtch I a bi sur • . f II really mak tng the clirt fly among JOb. He ~~. howevel ' gomg to worl~ legs and arms, ' e tc., because he you submit until approved by our I g · P~lse _or _a pr:sent_. a .. number of .the housing projects as lon._g· a_ s the w~ather allows ,him. forgo t his promise and I had to A.G.C. Labor Committee. The In the fimd mt~k mdustry .our ar:gu_!).Q S.aJt J~ake City . .. . w: w. Purely Personal take care of myself. As said, every working rules. wages and . classi - agree~ent has ?een opened for ' C)yde's paving iob at the St . .Johns_ . Brother C .. R. . Br;idget.. genial · worker, if he remembered, could .:fications in last year's contract negottatwns, whtch_ we hope . to Chemical Warfare base is making sfe~vard on the Car l B. Warr,en. probably recall many sli:nilar' in- I continue until changed by our Ia - ha_ve our first. meetmg by_ the time good time and keeping a number Co. has · recovered nicely from a stances of employer promises that bor committee." 1 t.hhts goes_ tod press. Follo~mg c~mes of the brothers busy ... . Enoch bladder oper_ation and is back on

- k - • · Q y t tl 1 t . ? t e 1ce m us try and milk manu- . · _ w ere not ept and whtch IaJlure · ou wro e 1at et er . 1 f t Smith and Sons have a number of the job. Good . going Rich ....• If . ht ' t th . d' A Ye ac urers. . b ·~~s

1mJdg Y d~erwus 0 e t.ll 1- Q. D s. . h t t t th t Officials of Local 213 Farm ·~ sewer JO ~ _arom:d Salt Lake City. you have wondered. where Sferling

vt ua epen mg upon the prom- · o you wis o s a e a W k , U . h ffid .t b . . . P actf1c Bndge So at Park Jacobson has b_een _lat~ly he is suf.-. - d'd . . or ers mon ave a avt s y ' . . . · . 1se. you I not at any t tme authonze 19 th d' h d f . Ctty Is usmg quite a crew on their ferin" a disease named Monon·eu .. , . men ey were ISC arge rom • · · · · o · · · · - · · · . Such experiences are one of. the your A.~.C. Lao or Commtttee to! an Exeter P acking Plant with 5 ore reduction , plant This! .ptant. is c~eosis, ... cjon't .ask .. wl:Iat i.t is 9chow

best . illustrations of the · need of do anythmg_ ·for you?. . .'other union members. . ! under a ~parate agreement with 1 you pronounce it but Sterling-says trade unions qy the individual A. Aut~10~1ze them to· 'negotmte, I Local 3184, Bo xmakers' Union,

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. Local Umon .No .. _3 : : . . W]1eeler l)t ·.gi:ves him : a,~ bad, h~,adac!le . - ~:Ee workers. Such uriions gj~e the bu~ I di dn t · get . around t? the their 'represerytative reports 19 of and Tempest are ~usy as usual says ~-e is be;ting it though. w orkers something other than . t he pomt w.h_ere -vve had · to .s1gn · a their members were fired while a ·· around Salt Lake Ctty .on a num, _ .Meetmg Notu:;.es . _ eniploye_r to., depend upo:n because. con tract;" _ · i. · '·. . contract was· -being negotiated: . J ber .of .s~wer a!'ld water jobs. . Uni~~ meetings a.r·e imo.o·rtant \1;1[1,

: th'e av~rage eniployer " ls absorbed S.F. Makes History· Looking for: Trouble? I ~W. W - Cly~. e .is _really ~- aking you and your· faril.ily . . Please . try in r u.nning his . busine~~"'-~and u nless As this .is written labor history A th' . T t' 1 k . ~t -ogress o - his -fom lane h!~hwa,x. and -attend. Salt Lake City: Labor lhis_ ~mpl~yees' weifa_.t:t:is forcibly s ts si l)a wn °0 s t_o me- JOb at the Point .of the Mountain. . · · ' · . - · . · · · is · being made in San Francisco. those · employers are asl,ung for ·1 AJ.. 35 .· · - . · Temple, Second Wedne&d_a:r m :eaclln called to his attention is mo1·e Tl · . .- . : . ,...ol,lt of our:.members are help- /. th . p k c·,.. • . ,..1. · n . · . . _.. ". ' 1ere gathered into. conventions trouble. If a SituatiOn hke that 1s . . ··· . . ' - . , .. · · · · .: · . • non · . · · · .ar -: .. t~y ... "· emor~· :often than not mclmed to s:acr· ·- · . . . . mg htm .. .. Cary B. Warr-en 1s B ild' 1 t T · .. da ·. , · · ... . · . ' ' . ,~ ~- of the Building T·rades Depart- allowed to extst 1t w1ll have a dt- . . · - . . u _mg, .as . .!les Y. · o~ ea..e,., flee_ h ts employees affairs tO his, ment, the Metal Trades Depart- r ect effect o~ our ci~il liberties. as· ~.;ett~llg st1!rt~d on the Salt La~e ·ni_o.nl!h; · • . Pro.vo:· Lab})!' -TN:nple,

. ment, and other departments of well as fre e enterpnse. All thts · . · .,. · · secon rt _ay .o . e.!!.v .. mon t ·. p ••

busmess. I . · ' . Aqued.uct and J.ordan Narr ows St- d F 'd . f · h. · h .. . Early thts. year ~om• offieia ls the American Federation of La- talk abo~t communism .in the ranksl ~~on JQb. Sever~! of the :plcj )1q,~_d$ 1 J:Jedar .City: .Court l_to~m, 1City ani!ll

? POll you: _mstruc_tlons entered bor. and the American F edera tion of organized labor is just a sham. : e back to ~~ ork and ~he pipe 1 County. Building se,cond Tue-sday <D> ~ mto n_e~otratwns with the Lab?r of Labor itself are the National If through the Taft-Hartley bill/ plant should start ~JY Novem?e1; I _each month, unless o~,herwise Jqotli -CommJttee of the A.G.C. During Leaders of the -American Federa- they are successful in breaking the 1st. · · Only SJ'!lal) JOb~ c,tr~ .:tJ.emg fied. · the course of those negotiati,ons it t ion of Labor and of its affT t d I unions as some of the employers . done now at Geneva Steel .Plant_ ,--.,...------,--....,-,..----..., was agreed that every _membe r of International and National ~~~:s .

1 think, 'it would leave a fertile. fle ld but r~mor say's .bigger jobs st.art. l l

~he A.G_.C., upon an agreement be- There will be decider] the pol icies I for the communist. aroun_ January 1st. Utah Con-mg arnved at, would, as an indi-1 of t h' A F f L U . t d G h t D k D b t structwn ts on the JOb at present. vid ual contractor; sign that ag-r<>e- 1 tl ; ft. H · t~ A tnwn~ ?w~r

1 ear ar · uc 5 e a e · .. V. C. Mendenhall has ~ job

· ment. While there is "Om ·, ~bt i 1e a - ar ey c an s.t mt ar ' It was reported Congressman at Lehi Danie1s Canyon Eureka ·th t t h L b C :" · · e c.ou 1 State Laws · such as our own so- Bud Gearhart was asked to o-0 on . and St' b L k · 0• 1 a e a or omm1ttee of the 1 C . · o ; . raw erry a ·e. ur re a-A.G. C. had the au tho it t I . d ; ?a led. legg-Vest Act. . When th ts the r adio for a round table dis- , tionship has been strained of late ·th . ' 1 h' ·d r Y . 0 om ts decided your' local officials will cussion _with Brother Chet Cary but .. b. tt... ·f 1. ·: t d . · eir mem Jers Ip an -~·-eamre .s uch k h t · ' e er . ee mg IS expec e m a signature 8 n h "· th · now ow o pro.ceed. Secretary of the Fresno Labor 1 the near future . • ' urn er O.t - .e n1em- Tl1'o . . . 1 t' C 'l d. . th T f H t ' . ' hel·ship of the A .G.C. indicated !., IS g·Iv.en m .. exp ana lOTI as oun~ t ' Iscussmg e a t - ar . , Enoch Smith and~ Sons are do-. h · . . to why it mie-ht . have a:rine'are.d ley . b1ll. Mr. Geal'hart r efused but . · · . . . . !bley '~~-u:dl, b~ havmg. a reso.ons- that yrmr local renre~,f~ntatives still he voted ·for t he Slave Labor I ~gt ?~YJ~g JOlb mc)?rovo. · .d· · ~he I e o ICJa' Sign a. form letter, wer e a. l it tle' heoitant about attack- B' ll . a en.a: \1PP. Y o. Is. W l ·emng which was evidentlv :nrepa.red by IJ'h. ll 1 d ' t ·. 1 First North, -Provo : . A. 0. . . . ' . ing some problems th at · ·have e overa unemp oye s1 uatwn · T . . t he A.G.C., and mmlmg rt to your fl.risen of late. Such orohlems inttst' in Fresno . was t.IP 27% in Aug~. st, . horn Co. IS ... supplymg most of

108 CLUB c;,o ,CKTAIL, ~OUNGrE and

'RiEST AURAMT

Restauran t ooen 6 a.m. to 2 a.m .

H3B G~AN ill A V iE .. OAKlAND

union. -.. ' ' be met by a concerted, coOJ'd in- altl}ough a large percel)tage con- ----------------One of such firms ·wa.s t he aterl. attack or m uch damage might sists of unskilled labor. ·wheelwright Construction Com- · he done as a ooor case carried into So brothers, every opportunity pany a nd the following sworn tes­ the courts might he the cause of you have to gather · more of: that timony illustrates how some em­a decisimi that would have an ad-~ gray matter do not pa·ss it up .a~ ployers, a small minority we are · verse effect upon the labor move- take a chance on fa.lling .into ~hat .

pleased to report, feel about keep- ment and its membershio for category. . . · . . ing th·eir; pledged word when t hey · Br.other· Mar·cel Ke· n11edy · h··as· f years, whil e a well planned case eel t)lat it is to their Immediate . taken Br·ot)ler· :Jones' pl-ace. at . t he might be carried into the co~t.rts

advant age to violate that word . · d 1 Fresno Ice Ar·ena, wht' c· 11 . sta· .rte· d an . resu t in a decision that would ·T-he following is . taken fwm the operation Sept. 20, 1947. · Mr. Ber-. nullify much of the preseiit r-e-testimony of · Mr. G. M. Wheel- · . . . . gen, the manager, claims to. have wrig.bt, Secretar:v-Treasm· r . o·f the s:-n ctive legislatwn. In the mean-.. t h 1 1 b a gr~eatly improved hockey tearri .

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BOSE. WEBEIR STOCKTON

CONDITIONED CLUB ROONIS IN BASEMENT .. OPEN 8 A.M. -TO 12 P. iVI.

Under .l\'lanagement of. ;Harry W. l\'letz OP -EN SUNDAYS .

Wheelwright Construction Com- tme we ave our oca cases e- this season. . . . . I pany and may be found on nao-es i for~ the Sta~e Sum·eme Court an.d 0 t . 't t th . V ll 36 a nd 37 of .the transcrint of the I unti l we _a re ~ure there .is no use 0 ~ mycrecent vHISI f o·d ei a teeyd I;._---------..,..-..,-.;....-_,_;;.,:----------_,.----..:: ·· · . . .- I of becomm~ Imnatient and start- xyoen o. a an .or , n.o , hean,ng of the Wneelwt'Ight Con- . th' _ th t . 1 t b I the company had installed another ·t t' c , .. m_g some . mg a mi g 1 e ex- . . . s rue Ion · ompany s cna.rges of . h th •h · 1 1 . still, which is keeping the brothers f · . 1 b t' . , pens1ve o . to , e oca umon . . . .. .. .. un au a or prac tce~ a _gams. v_ nur d t . t l · ~;,· . _, · 1 b

1 on the jump. Had a talk with Mr. ·u .- R d ·t • ·t • d 11n ) o .1e ln,. ,J.vtuua mem ers. nwn. ea 1 ana c<I"cn JU· ge . , · 1 Freeman, the manager, was in- General Engineering Conirado.r

whether or not your o.fficia!s were News About the Jobs formed if it was possible to keep, justified in their actions. Information nresent1y on hand his produ cts moving ·he would im- 1 2101 E. Weber Av,e. ·

Mr . · F . ~enri H_enro:td, attor0ey would i n~ i cate_ that wor1{ may be mediately put on another engineer I;._--.,..-----'-----------------=-------....:: Phone 9-97H!

for Oner atmg Engmeer~ Local Un- better thts wmter than pr·evious on each shift. ion f':Jo . 3. cro's examit:;.ing lVIt'. G. I win ters. Pretty au thent ic · rumors Brothers, do not forget the nex t M . _Wheelwright. Secr~ta.t•y .. Tren.s- have it tha't some road johs l'tre in regular · meeting on October 28, urer, Wheelwright Cm str·uction store thl'lt can be worked thi s 1947, at 1035 Broadway, · F.res;1o, Company. · / winter. We onl y hope this is tr ue. California,

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TH.OMPSOt{• SAGE,a -hmc.a Distributors In~~r~ational _Harvester Tractors .- Scra1)ers - 'Do.;ers

Adams Gr l!>ders · 400 South Wilson y.lay . , Pl:).one 5~5973 . Stockton, Calil.

''Q. Did you ever inr1\cate rn an y I Work to c:1ate has held up well person that you wonJ,d. ah1d by witl:_ but very few on th P out of the decision of the Utah A;;3ociat- I work list. So far the weather has ad · General Contractor·s Labor heen ideal and it is to be hop-ed Committee? tlwt it will stay that w11v .

Bro .. Ray Anderson of Local 3,

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Eureka, is r ecovering from a close ----------------------------~;:_;~ .. call. His cat tur.ned upside down !

A: N o. W. W . C1 vr'!e jobs at Farming--Q. You don't recall any inst3. n- ton and Brigham are proceec:1ing

ces? nicely with the help of about A. No. twenty of the. Brothers . ... Wheel-Q. Do -you recall writing a letter et· and Tempest a lso ha.s a small

to Mt·. Casebolt, Business Repre- job at Farmington . .. . Parson and

at P iercy a nd he ended up by be- ' ing und.erneath. He is now. out of -the hospital.

Need for a · strqng union . was never greater. than now!

.. .MOORE EQUIPMENT (::0. A llis-.Chalm!\rS Industrial EquiP-ment;-Genera,l i\'lo.t •n·s Diesel ·:mn- . gin.e87;:-1ngersoi!~RaJJd : <QQIYJPr!Jssors-';-Gormim-l~upp . ·Pumps.....:U M: C

· Trp~kS-Koehrmg .Cr.anes.~Pars.ons:,Tr.e~chers-Kwi!k l"'P~ i">'~u.ers-Quonset Buildings· ·

. ~tp~}<:ton, Qqlif.. · · Phofi<e· S-85.l61S '

'fen ' October. l1 .. . 1941 '

.·News San office iBy P. E. Vandewark, Pat Clancy and Chef Elliott , Business IR.epresenfafives., l~oea~f 3

San fran.eisco- Work in 1 e_ral president ~nd general ~xecu- 1 started since t~e last report with I with a bout a. million dollar s uper them fo r a while to awaken t~1em

ah S· . F · 0 area has I tlve officers . . W1th the openRlg of 1 each of these JObs havmg .at least stru~ ture proJect. to the fact that we have tried t~ · • e an ranc1sc 1 • 0 ·t b 6 . . t. · 1 h · · 11

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. h · l the AFL conventwn c o er ml one rna ena OISt, occaswna Y I In t his district at t he present feed them and then for us to learn

been holdmg up. better i an 1

S~n Francisco, >~e will be bu_sy co~p.ressors .and other types . of time t he P. G. & E. have two pipe- by our past errors to do t he job

·was expected, w1th very few w1th the conventwn and comm1t- bmldmg eqUipment. In most m- line jobs under ·construction with properly." W hich leaves us i!'l!e

:men on the out-of-work list as tee meetings for t he nex t two stances, these jobs are of . short Macco-l\Iorr ison-Knndson doing still very controversial question,

. k · th tl · d' t · t weeks. . duratwn but t}ley do furmsh a one unit of this work and Pacific "'What SHOUJ.D America do?"

wor 1n e ou ymg lS nc s The executive board of the 1 considerable amount of work for I · · · !

has absorbed the few idle men Western States Conference of En- ., those b1~others who are ;1ot stead- P•~teh.nestl op e.rattJlng 0d1.1

fthtel otdih.er 1 News of Brothers . · . . I um m 1e sou · 1 en o . 1e s- w h , 1 · '- ~ . .

.· th ' t 't ho cared to o-m eers has had several meetmo-s 1ly employed. . . . - . ·e ave severa m emo<ers. own-

.m IS ern ory w "' "' tnet-th1s I S a twenty-four m ch . f 1

·with committees to discuss matters In the fina ncial district of San I . . ers of boats wh o belteve 1rm.y

:work there. I f . t t th .· . . . . gas lm e and employs a number of in fishing commercially as well . , . . o 1mpor ance o e engmeers m I Franc1sco, there are mnumerable · En~ineers. . ·. . · . .

Smce our last news report we the 11 western states, report on remodelin o- jobs beino- don . 1 . ~a~. f01 pleasme, bu t 111 our opmwn,

spent practically all of our time at- tl t · .,. ·n b ad t a · "' · "' ~· . 11 Eaton and Sm ith have comole t- ·Nolan Welch tops the list-he is

I 1ese mee m"'s Wl e m e a I some cases t he complete bUJldma d b t soot f tl · . St t H' h I t endin"' the conventions of the 1 t d t • . "' e a ou 70 0 ten a e Jg - firmly , ntrenchecl in the tropical

o • a er a e. and m· other cases certam floors· . . · . . · · ' <

Metal T rades Department and I 1 . . ·. . ' way pro.wct at Waclell Creek-th1s I fish business in San Mateo- B!"o-

Buildin a Trades Department of the --- · Whlch. ~ontrJbute to the difficulty is pract ically a n all-rock job and ther ·welch advise; tha t en crinPer-

. o . · 'ld l of pol!cmg the work as much of , f th b , th , . f th · < • o -

Amencan FederatiOn of Labor As Much New Bu1 mg . . . _ . , . man:~ 0 e 10 ers are 0 e in g took only eight hours of his th1s work IS done after t he offices I opinion this is no gravy train · . ·

the:- brothers know, our last meet-~ A large number of n ew building

ing vvas an advertised meeting for projects both large a nd small have the membership to meet the gen-

PEERLESS IRON WORKS FABRICATION OF STEEL PRODUCTS - STRUCTURAL STEEL

CONSTRUCTION-ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING

foot of Everett Street, Alameda Lakehu rst 2-1073

BURAN E9UIPMENT co. ' Machinery for

I Contracting - M ining - Logging Oakland, California Eureka, California 11tinhiad 2-5335 Phone 303

BAY CITIES ·~9UIPMENT. · Inc. SHOVELS:_CRAN E~ TRACTORS-GRADERS

AIR COMPRESSORS--.:cONCRETE MIXERS .. V. E . Gray; i\la.nager - Office: TWinoaks 3-8313

2792 CYPRESS ST., AT 28th, . on approach to Bay Bridge .. , Oakland · California

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1· lndustrial-~ontrac,tors and . ~ining ~quipment <.N~ATlDN·)tL. I·R,ON ··& ·_:M·ETAL CO. I - · Main:omce: 1U5 Sevimth St.-TWinoaks 3~4026 ·. i , sA~ KAL;M'AN· ~ · OAKLAND, CAL::.IF. , •

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,,. . :::Webster ·Automotive· ·.Service

are closed for the day so that The local contractors are. a ll dfay wh~relasbatb~endi(ng dtohhJs stock there will be no interference w1·th · o trop1ca a 1es an e has a ·

' busy in this area with the rock the normal business . of the offices. . . . . . stock, in fa ct. some three thous-

quarri eS operatmg at full capac1ty. and varieties-- that's right. count We have m a naged to keep this

1 work well under con trol, but oc- 'em) req uires twenty-four hours a

cassionally a jdb gets a way from Report on Italy i day- it must be good, Brother ·

us for a day or two or until one i Welch is thri vi ng on it.

of the brothers informs us that Crane Operators .. $; :~~ per day d I Apparently the equinment: busi­

such a job is in progr ess. 1V~eat ·· · ··- --- ----·· ··· -··· · · 1 per poun ! nRss .ha~ ~uch lnr-~ for Brothe-t·

There is considerable activity Clgarett,es ··;··-........ .SO per package I Fred Tucci as he has just en tered

along the water front in pier re- Laborers Wages .. 1·00 per package ·r this line after havi ng sold his ser~ pair work and berth dredging as The above are prices and wages vier. station . ·

most of the pile driving contractors as reported to us . by Brother j vVP hear via the "ntom ic !<rave­

have some of their r igs working Fran.k Fennell on hts recent re-I vine" :that Bro t·her Sam Moore i" ·

along the water f ron t. turn from Italy. Brot her Fennell· back j i1 the ci t v. 'after a recent ·

Big Sewer Job was born in SaginmY. Michigan of visit to Idaho, but no reverbera- . Italian parentage a few years after t.ions ~s yet.

H ealy Tibbitts Construction Com- the turn of the century : he served B k f J pany have a large sewer outfall with the United State~ Armv. 36th . ac rom apan job in . operation at the end of I s- Combat Engineers t hrough the Af- 1 Ship P aulson . formPrl:v with the

lais Creek with · considerable sheet rican campHlgn and snent eighteen i United ~tates Army. Engineer Ba- ·

piling work on this · job as it is months in Italy. While in Italy he I tallion, has returned .from · ,Japan. ·

necessary to . construct t wo large met nretty Lydia Va1leggi from I P~rt ot, ·his duties includerl in- ·

coffer d~rhs . here and _there are the historic city of Pi sa ·. and ~e-~ structi11g · the . ·service men. in al~ · ·

several ngs .busy on the JOb. 1 ve1oued a very dee~1 fnendshl}J. uhas;s of eampment operatiOn a~rt · .

Ben . <:;. Gerwick job at the San I·After Frank was discharged from repau·--he· has many good · stones ·

Francisco Naval Shipyard :·has six I the Army. he worked for J. H . I on this-renort.ing seriously : that

drivers operating. with some of.the Pomeroy .Company on Guam ' for a the- p nited .S.tates i ,~ .· ~oing a ,-goor1

ri.gs ~Mkiilg tide· work a~ the .pres- :year and u.poi1 returning · to Pisa

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1 job ~~~ Ja~an. re:1abi.litation· .w ith

e11t ~1me . . · . . . . ·marr.i·ed . his ·· Lydia and finally . ar- .conditions··Improvm g, _slowly .. , , , .

.: M. &:K. . Corpo~~atio~1 a~·e · b~s~ · rived i11 San Francisco ,vith- his I Ihasmu~~" as .the Liberia .job · ''~Jts on then·. ·la r ge · p1pe .· 1me .JOb With . bride. .. . ·. . . completecl o:Br·others Curly . Atk:m- , s. ev~ral :rigs, .. ·pumps, ."· co111-pressors ;. -C ··. · . • t ···c , th

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.11.011: ail:d LJo:vd Sidebottom streaked .. . • . • • • · • • · 1 · ommums · row . · . · . . . . .·· . and · blowers m · operatwn. · · · · · · · ·fo r home-:-but .. amr:k. ., , , .

The Stone & Webster: P . G. -'& E. In ·JiJJ.e w'i'th our native cmiositv 11 · It -is .rum(n:erl that BrotherS: Fred-'

power· stat.ion "On . Ev~uis' · ~~ \ren~e is find inasniuch as Brother Fe11nell . Sells. · J ames:,McCreary: arid ·· Lewi._. ·

rapidly d~v~lopliig iilto a .Jai:ge :job ' had just . re~urned from . Solithern. Smith. are i1ot i n .. favor .of the' ··"six l

with ; several . Engiiieei·s . st~adilY ~urb~e we. tho.l~ght .· al !e\V ~ues: I months : Jong night" as ·'they · have ··j· 'MOTOR TUNEcUP - "MOTOR ·REBtJII.iDING employed on this project. twm m connectJOn w1t .1 the h1ghly 1 retnrne9 .from Aln~ka . . - . ·.

~- Shop: TWinoaks 3-6702 2305 Webster Street I Charles .Harrrey Comp'. any, in act- controversial subject of Comniun-[ Thre~ . of our. Bro~hers.:_John . "

" '''Res.: LAI{ehurst 3-2465 Oaldand 12, Calif. · 1 ·1

· · GUARANTEED CLUTCH REPLACEMENT . ·~iti~n t? several srn~Jl ~h·eet pav- .1 isin. would be in order, so lere \'ve. Meyers;, George ' Boyer ;.uid Inv~ ~-

:-.-----------------------------...; 1· mg JObs, has a large JOb m progress are. II Jones recently departerl for Arabia . , !!'11----------------------..-------"'!. on Alemany Boulevard, and also, "Frank, what about the Com~ -they are with Bechtel -Interna- · (

C one at the Toll P laza · on the Gold- munists over t here, what is the I tiona! on a . pipe .line iob there. . · ~

BAY EQUIPMENT Q en Gate Bridge. re!:ll low-down?" Brother J am es Jor don. formerly··<

~ Rosenberg Brothers have several His answer was such: "T11e larg- with tlH~ State Harbor Commission - .i ALL TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT , small jobs in progress, mostly ex- , est maj.ority of ·the peonle o. ver is. nm.v,:. in ·Guam . with the Guam ·~· ... "'

Phone lAndscape 5-2190 In the contractors' shops, aU of ! it is surprising th e high channels Headed for Greece Sales- Service - Rentals II cavation jobs for new buildings. I there are .Communistic-minded and Dredginf,!' Comuany. . ·

;:, 3254 IEASTSHORE HIGHWAY RICH MONO, CA'LIF. our heavy duty repair m en are 1 of public life in to which the fan 0;s · ·f.

- · steadily etnployed either getting ! of Coinrnun isn1 penetrate. The Broth~ ~ Rov c~rpen~er, 0.n~ 0~ 1

· t d f · I · · · · Local Umon No .· 3's most bnlllanr ·

. . WILSON· WELDING SERVICE HEAVY DUTY PORTABLE WELDING ON THE JOB

325 ith Street Phone Glencourt 1-6.828

I SYSTEM l .IFT TRUCK SERVICE

FORK LIFT TRUCKS FOR RENT I

BY THE HOUR, DAY, WEEK OR-MONTH

ALSO REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

417 SIXTH .ST. OAKLAi'o'D TWin oaks 3-3862

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eqmpmen rea y or new JObs or black market IS runnmg w1lcl Wit h . •

keeping it in g·ood condition for suga.r. fl our a·nd soap from the ' hghts. has r ecently departed ~or

jobs already in progress. I United S tates. the three essentials Gre_ece f~r a road constr~t.ctwn

Ship repair work. in the yards i of lidng. fot· sale on the black nroJect w ith _the G~1Y F .. Atku~s.on alona the water front rema.ins . m arket of course in Genoa Pisa Company. Thts prolect will utlhze

about on an even keel with an ad- and near! Y every· town or ~ill a ge native labor importing the few su­

dition al new hire now and t.hen, in which .I visit~d. It is a knov~·n pervisory personn'"l necessary. .

~lthough under present conditions, fac;t that there · is no t sufficient 1 " B_~·o ther J_oe . Ber~~-a~ld, ~r~tw~,11; 1t would be rather difficult to ob - American Relief food through the . Okmawa I esident ts. 11 · " '·\.'L1

tain any men for shipyard work as proper ch annels. so the gt'eat ques- 1 BrO\·Vn &_Keeble on then· Canadmn

our out-of-work list is almost de- t ion is 'whe>·e does the black mar- l roafl. pro):ct. , ·. 1

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ple ted. ket Amencan food come from?'" ! B1 othe1 W. H. Stewa1 t r etur~1e,a

The membe.rs of the Operating Aft. (! r this oration. ,,.e meekly to the, States fro m Guam for a .ew·

Engineers employed by the State ~a id , "that may be. but what are days rest before renortin g back

Harbor Commission participating t he Russians givi ng you?" and there to t he M-K-K Company,

in th e wage adjustment should re- t he ,·ery emphatic answer was I Guam: ceive their n ew rate some t ime this "noth in ; b11t at least \\·e ,,·ould 1 \Ve would like to say a very lour'!

,,..-------------------------------·1 tl d' · all be e,.,c.tltal." ' < ' :. "H-E-L-L-0" to Ole, Han a,nd all mon 1 accor m g· to the State Per-

Il sonne. 1 Board. Then came the question: "What the other brot~ers 0~1 Guam. .

CALIFORNIA POTTERY CO,. MANUFACTURERS OF CLAY PRODUCTS

13th & Folsom Sts., San Francisco ( 3) PLANT - NILES, CALIF.

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1 1:~ .CONVERSE IRUCKING .. SERVICE GENERAL FREIGHT·· AND :' HEAVY HAULING

::' ., 1026 MURRAY ST. BERKELEY Pho11e THornlva ll 3-1262

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Si9n · of the Finest IN

abou t t he Marshall plan for Italy?" Brother LoUie Levm e of Okm·­

And the no t surprisin g answer was, awa reports h e w ill be back home 1 "it is my opinion that at the time after the Christmas Holida.vs. may-

Peninsulp District the proner channels of r elief be h e w ill com e in St. Nicholas'

Employmen t for m embers of Lo- reaches where it should. that is, to nack the night before. Brother.

cal 3 has held u p very well in this the hungry and the poor. there Louie reports that work is pro,-

d . t · t h 1· 1 J ll ' ff' · · ·t -1 gressing nicely ~. t Okinawa and 1

lS r1c ,. owever very Itt e re- wi not oe Slt JCient smn ava1 -. c~mtly contract a\~arded work. hqs 1 ~ble to grasp its_ ben efits, and t hat sends some pictures of his riggers

·j 'been sta:·ted but .m. any. proJects lS 'v.h y Commumsm appeals to ·the a. n~ . p~tential oilers-they look en

are still 111 operation. pe.ople now." very m ce to us. K eep up the goocl

Guy F : Atkinson Company have I nquiring further int o the .food, work, · Brother: , . . ,

about. another sixty days ·work on situati on we · asked about restau - ·i The world yavelet, affabl.e Sll;n

the Airport job,. · howew~r. on · t.he t'ant prices and the answer was. I Allen w ho _ vtslte.d many nomts. m -Bayshore F reew·a y at . S01ith . Snn "the averaae restaurant m eal costs t·he · E ast, mcludmg Canada, Flor- ·

Francisco. This ~omnany is very about $2.00, t he tourist usually is,i id~ and Ni~.~ar~ ~a lis (-w~th 0~ ...

active witli Bi·other Hines ils Sn- able to '[JaY · this amount together w:thout a bdde .) · rs bac~ _m Oll~ .

·perintendent · and Bmthers Doni's with a few others, ·public officials. midst for a few days . vtsi t :a nn

and Con1 acting as Foremen. etc .. but ver y · few others can af> then °11 to Seattle ·for Shm. Happy;

· E ,Q· U 1. P M>E N T Carrico -· anrl Gautier are nearin!;· ford it." · landings.

the · completion of their overpass · Feeling that our BrotherTenneU * * * AND suo-struct ure work with· some of \Yo o was a n honest · obserYe r of' the Bro. Johnny J ohnston .of Oak.·

the worthy -brothers a lready laid- situation. aml feeling that solu- land is going· deer hm1ting or -else- ·;

off. · tions ·!Jf international problems , His arm is in [!.. cast, since he broke

·At South San F rm1dsco, Harry i came fro th th~ minds of the · aver-· ~ the · l<Jft elbow in four .places wh~n Oser· and P eter Sorenson are well age people, we asked, "what would i he fell into a coffer dum · on the ,

1 along on the S. P. Railr({ad .over- you do, what is your solution c to I Tenth A""'·. Underpass . job . . nuthe

1 :Pass ·and . J ;· 'H: ·: ~o\Vel'OY "~6rifpa.n :v. ·the· ··?ro lMm" ··,and the-·· ~apid; · e.m- .1

has a: ·one~hand~d sltootin~,. i.tumfo;r: ,.. ,' ·

•are also oper:::.tmg · a~ th1s pOiht · phahc answer ··was !'qmt feeding the deel'. ·. · · · ·· ..... ·.

~ Df1ily report of aw r s f 'r c n~iffLt. _ ~ ,, ? t , Seo!emlnar II .1947 canst four car shelters at Modesto State Sunset Blvd, betwe·en Western Blvd and

1 and canst. superstructure for s truc s tee l I sewers, Geneva Avenue, between Mtssion

IFRt:SNO. Cahf , contr"ac t awarded to Hospltal Casfro .St g1rder bndge w1th r1e10f, .. cone de~~ be- St. , anlf, Alema~y Boulevard.

( Downer Co Stockton $39 972 for canst I s t b 22 1947 RENO. Nev contract awarded to r A tween [unchon Rte 3, ·Redamg ant! 1 5 . SAN FR'ANC!SCO. contract asardfd to r sanitary se~ers in Su~val~ re~ubdtVlS!O.'l, CARSON CITY Nev "tc,~:ace.' aw'arded Bryant, Valle]~. Cahf' $155,878, for canst mtles East. Shasta .county, Caltf ' I Love &$ H07a2unf, 2357 16th / A'Vde ' tkn rand · 191 l Act m Fresno b • · · $ 2 0 Na"£al Reserve Armory at Reno under SACRAMENTO, Cahf • contract awarded ctsco , 4 or canst Sl ewa s . an > • • to B H Stouten erg, Carson Ctty, I .5 7, S l\) 18338 ' to McGtlhvray Canst Co p 0 Box dramage facthhes at Palace of LegiOn of r WATSONVILLE. Cahf . contr~c t award- for canst four bndges and one culvert on pee 1 o . ' Oc tob er 2, 1947 873, Sacramento, $158,474 'ror ' I 7 mtles I Honor, Lmcoln Park · ed to Gramte Canst Co., Watsonvtlle, 0 045 mt state htghway ;econ~ary system, SACRAMENT O. Cahf, contract awarded grade, ,plant mtx surface , on cern " SAN fRANCISCO. cpntract awarde.~ ,f,o l $7 ,500 , for coryst . storm dram 10 Wall S-, from I mt NW of Mmd_n to . m1 S and to H Earl Parker, Mar svtlle , $23 ,335, for base and seal coat at Ltve Oak, 10 Sutter Toe Chevreaux, p 0 Box _65, Sta A , [ Ftrst ,St and Locust St. JUnchon of Rt 3 (US 395) to Genoa enlargmg levee ' on Rye~ Island , County , Cahf Auburn, $62.409, for construcj10g slu1cewary·

k EUREKA. Cahf, contract awarded (su::,. SACRAMENTO, Cahf. , contract awarded DENVER. Colo, (btds to be called) U I SAN FRANCISCO. con tract . awarded to I and miscellaneous work a t Lower Cherry

ject to Civil Aeronauhcs Admin approval) to r R Reeves, Sacramento, $32,767, for Is Bureau of Reclamauon, Denver, expects Chas L Harney, Inc ' 575 Berry Street , Aqueduct , 10 Tuolumne Cot;tnty, Cahf. , un· ·~ to Mercer, Fraser Co., Eurek<;, $127,644, 1 reconst Arden Way b~tween Fulton Ave to call for btds dunng Nov -Dec for the San Francisco, $42,922, for surfac10g and I der Hetch Hetchy contract No 200 . • for grade, gravel, pave ana dram 10 and Bassetlaw Ave , d,sjance 2 miles. followmg projects: l canst of_ a landmg stnp a t Humboldt SACRAMENTO. Cahf., contract awarded Canal-Central Valley ProJeCt, Cahf.: ,-, .. . ' · j. Cou nty Atrport, RohnerVJlle. to McGillivray Const. Co.. Sacramento, Construction of earthwork, lining and c .I sf . . .ifl . ~ <.. &·· E . e · t ·c. ~- . . Seplem:bet 12. 1947 $45,900, for grade, dram and surf. in structures .lor 14.5 mtles oT Fnant-Kern ~ · ~ nrnlll:ll 'r!3r"'.Rr q~upmenl fl R L_ ,__QAXLAND, Calif .. , con tract awarded to Westland Park subdivision. Canal near Visalia, Calif. . .- . g ·8 U .~U U\.DV · Mm 1~ • ' ,('uce 1. ·Ferguson Bros., Oakland, $10,835 , for 1:1- -FAIRFIELD , Calif., contract awarded to. Canal-:Central Valley ProJect, .Cahf.. _ . . . , .. . . . stalling ·_2, 4, 6 and 8-inch cast iron water A. G. Raisch, San Francisco, . $3.490, for Construchon of earthwork, hmng and co· N'1'R 'NCTORS .A'ND IN.IDiJSfR11'"' '!1'

mams m Contra c;:osta. County, under I canst: storm drains in Cypress Ave., structures for 13.6 mtles of Delta-Mendot~ I .! 1 .n. , . , , Jt.!M!..!L.

LS No . 395. near Vallejo I Canal near Fresno, Cahf. . ·r EQUJIP111:1'11:'11N'f· · •• . · · · · I Canal- Central Valley Project, Cahf.: , JI,\Y.lJ[:.JI. ••"?J?ESTO, Cahf., con tract. awarded to September 23 , 1947 1 Construciion of earthwork, lining and · Frea J. Early, Jr., San Franctsco, $23.480, I SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. (unit structures for 17.2 miles of Friant-Keril Sfor sewage screenmg sta tion , Modesto and total bids submitted, contract award- Canal near Porterville, Calif. Tractors__:RoHers-Bulldozers-Air Compressors . ta te Hospttal. ed). Contract awarded to L. C. Smith, October 3. 1947 1 ·

SHARP PARK, Calif., contract awarded San Mateo, $21,364, for grading a nd asph. SAN 'LEANDRO. Calif. , con\ract awarded ' P~ow.er Shovels-Scrapers and. Graders ' to ·McGuire & _-Hester, O;:tk land , $184,571 , cone. surf. Orange. Ave., from Railroad to Clements & Co., Hayward, $7,500, for fo1r sew1erf. p1pefs, mannoles , pumping AvBeE.RtKoELNEoY. 4CO c1.afrlme, tundter 19lld Adct . I armor coat resurf., on· W. Broadmoor j OA"";rAND STOCKTON .1 pant, can 1er, orce main and outfall • a 1 ., con rae awar e to Blvd., Haas Ave., Begier Ave., Williams n.<J . · · · sewer. Albany Concrete Co., Berkeley, ·$5,781, for St., and Washington St. I C t ' 24th St t 124~ S W'l Way ·.· SAN CARLOS. Calif. , contract awarded canst. curbs around Grove, San Pablo ·and . October s. 1947 ·ypress a · . ree_, I o. ! SO!ll to_ B. Miles Thomas, San Francisco , $29, - lames Kenny Playgrounds. .

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Phone: TWin oaks ·3~5824 . Phone: Stockton 2-8'i42 trial area Bronston Road and vicinity. Lee J. Immel , San Pablo, $20,_,589, for I $174,743, for cons!. two steel beam span 70~ . for installing sewer system in indus - ALBANY, Cahf., contract awarded to to G. M. Carr & Bati Rocca, Santa Rosa, I

·- SAN CARLOS. Calif., contract awarded gradmg, surf. , etc., on Santa re Ave., bridges and 9.53 miles grade cr. run to Manning & Whitaker , San Francisco, between Portland St. and Marin Ave. base and armor coat surf. approaches, ,----- - - -'--------_;_--------------------,

·· $25 ,976, for installing street lighting sys- DALY CITY, Calif., contract awarded to Thomas Creek and cicross Reeds Creek, 17 ·· ·.. · · :_., ·' · · · . r ft:!l,ji~G ro ..

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5'0Aku~%~re6a~Ji , contra~ t awarded to ~~75s6, ~r ~rO:di~Yg a1r0' 'su~a•n_et~r.aw~~~: mi~~IR~IE'ile~aWr".ff contract awarded t~ 11 TUCKER EQUIPMENT '& ENu~Nu.n ii'l . ~ · ·•

. Willis F. Lynn , Berkeley, $679,000, by row St. between !efferson Htg h School H. F. Lauritzen, Pittsburg, $5,706, for . Renairin!!:-::Mauufacturin~~~En!!:ifl.eering of Construction Equipmelllt ,- _Arch. Wm. G, Corle tt & A. W. Anderson, a n1 Cttrus St., Daly Ctty . . , · treat. timber !resile Coun ty Roa_d No. 122; ·1 "' ~ ~ ~ !f Oakland, for construction Alameda Cou::>- .,ACRAMENTO, Caltf., comrac, awarded 1.Jl/z .mi: . n·orth .of Elmirct,> ISolano County •. ' \ · . f! · · E . . • -,.11· C i•g 7

' ty Labqr Temple , Oakland . to Bmgham Cons!. Co., Sacramento, .• $1.2, - . ·< ·s AN JOSE Calif contract awarded to .Z255 (jh!E!SICldCI Ave.1

~(Ulj ri"Ol fiCISCQ & ., 1 . IC!l;~ ~~. · ' September 15. 1947 214, for fenc;e, pave yard area of Cgl~mc;: •. G .c . . Ren;,' Gi!ro'r. $16.· .758, for const-.

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·: , .. DiA VID. TUCKER Phone VA!encis "'-053/.ii SACRAMENTO. Ccilif., contract awarded School property.. . • rein£. ·cone:: bridge~ i.aP_d·neur! : cone. cui'• , ' . to - A. Teichert & Sons , Inc .,· Sacramento, SONORA. Cahf., contract awarded ; tc .j,.;;&rt over L_ag l.jna., Sec;;x.- Cree.'=: .a!'; Bqiley _~ L ____ :.:_ _________ .,-------------------------' ~80.448, for grade, surf., etc. , in Merke ly Beerman & [ones, Sonora, $38 ,568: for I.Av e . .in ·Dist. No. 'Y.

1 . ract. grdde, surf. and realtgn portton~ or Btg· · SACRAMENTO . . Calif.., contract awarded

SACRAMENTO, Calif. , contract awarded Htll and Lrttle Fuller . Rds. , berv.een Co- . to · McGilliv:.r,ay. Cons!. Co. , Sa,rament':1

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to Brighton Sand & Gravel , Sacramento, lumbta and Tvram Hane. . . , 1 $8,193, ·fdr plantmix surf . Florin. Rd., be- J

$78,000, for fum. 20,000 tons asphalt carr- OAKLAND, Calif., con tracr awarded cO I tween Stockton to S. P. tracks . m Flann. l THE crete mix for Street Deoartment. 0. C. Iones & Sons, Berkeley, $6 ,255 , for SACRAMENTO , Calif., contract a warded Consulting Engineers- Industrial Constructio;m

SACRAMENTO. Calif.: contt'act awarded pavmg paths at Mosswood .Park. , to · A. Teichert & Son , Inc., Sacramento, MIJ,Ciiinery Erection _ Genm·al Contractors to McGillivray_ Canst . Co ., Sacramento, OAKLAND. Cahf., contract avmrdea to $109,858, for grading , d raining and surf., · $29,706, for grade, surf. , etc ., Lawren•:e McGutre & Hester, Oakland, $11 ,382, for etc · Orchard .Terrace subdivision. GEORGE C. GOOD"WIN : Phoneiillllogg 2-2673 & KE[{rog 2·-216'14. · · . Tract. installing underground sprinkling system SFtCRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. , con tract -awarded at Mosswood Park, to A. Teichert & Son, Inc. , "S.acramento, . '1 - venue, · an • a . ' I to Piombo Canst. Co. , San · Franc!sco, · BERKELEY: Caltf., contract c;rwarded. to $26,540, ..fof. grading, draining and . surf., I:._ ________ .;_ _____________________________ _.; $181,806, . for 0.6 mi. rock slooe protection Sharp & Ntedermyer, Rtchmond , $8,351, etc., Coloma Terrace, Unit No. 5. . 1 ~--------------------· ______ ..;:_ __ _;__;_ _____ --:-rz and dfainage facil., city o( Oakland ::rt fo.r canst. 40x!OO- ct. warehouse at Cor- JACKSON, Calif. , contract awarded to S. F. Bay ·Bridge Toll ' Pla za. porahon .Yard. G. C. 'Gildersleeve, Douglas ·City , $7,000,

SACR-1\MENTO, Calif., con trac t awarded September 24, 1947 for canst. · Latrobe Bridge. fo McGillivray Canst . Co. , Sacramento, OAKLAND . Calif. , contract awarded to JACKSON, Calif. , contract awarded to $5,833, for grade, surf., etc-. , 53rd ·St. be- [. H. Fitzmaurice, Oakland, for asph. Hetinger &' ca-.,· Rio Vis ta, $9,100, for tw-een r and K Rt~... . surf and curb and gutters at the follow- canst . Buena .Vista Bridge.

CARSON CITY; "Nev. , contract. awarded ing · schools: Cole, Durant, Emerson , Tel- · ·· STOCKTON, Calif., contract awarded to He(jvy Ce~sfriiletiorn

. fo Hunt· & Frands.en, ,_ Reno', $138 ,557, br ferson, Longfellow, Maxwell Park, Santa Chas. 1. Cunningham , Oakdale , $1,214,

1 23.98_6 qt,i. grqde: ,. ,g-ray_, I, surface , etc., Fe Elementary Schools; Frick and Wood- for canst . . c)lrb and . gu_tters on lith St. . _. S t. Hwy. Second. · Sys. , from a Junctton row Wilson [unior High Schools; awarded between N. B·' St. and Central Ave. , Tracy. !.,_ _______ _:.;_.:.;__.:_: __ :_::.:::;_ :;_.:..;:._;_ ______ ~-----------'

Blenheim· 765 with U . . S. 50;··15 . mi: east . of Eu reka to to [. He\'lrY Harris, Berkeley, Merritt B,us;_ · .. JACKSON, .: Calif., contract ·awarded to Strawberry (Newark Val.) White Pine High School and Technical High School. .Vicini ,Bros., Placerville, $8,335, fo r grad­County . . Proj 'No~ ~ s:578(1) . : . AUBURN. Calif. , contract awarded · to: ing of athletic field·, [ackson High School.

· . Sept.emhe r 16, 1947 Fredric)<son & Watson Canst. .Co., Oak- ·. . . : . . · October 7. 1947 MATEO, Calif. .. contr.ac~ awarded land, $10,768, for plantmix bit. road . surf. SAN MATEO. Ci:dif. , contract awarded

Smith, San Mateo,. $!8,459, for on 1. 47 mi. county Rd. No. 90 , Luther to H. c. Reid & Co., 389 Clemintina, S.F., paving . ·and imp6.rted borrcw 1 Road, Placer County. . , '" $11,466, .for electroliers . in San Mateo

. lh~t\(~.;e . . Gitlwlcl<~ . · ~nc.,~ Gen eral Contralto.rs - Engineering Construction , ~ - Wha_ifves ·- Pii<ers ··

s uo-!om;e, cone , . base .. and wearing I . September 25, b47 . :Knolls, Third and . Laurel wood, under RI I El Camino Real from 6JO MODESTO. Calif., contract awarded to ·· 46-20. . . . . p!!.. ~· Ujl.t · 'II · 'iJ 'ft !I'll(!. 31st Ave: ; to •··ldO llee'tl•nor. th . W. Lenkeit Canst. C9 ,_.; ~a.~ _f\r.f'_n~j~<;:,o • •.•. SA.!:! . FJ!AN.C1SCO, contract aworded to I 112 Mdr~ei- S'i ;0 S. f. ' n. · ~ T .~ It · 11 .~ !~-~~ .. _ "'. --- ~; tJJd:·'-·' ·:--::" ·$55,325,. fo r canst. an ·mHusthar·•lW-aste ' Fred T. Fairey, 1874 25th .Ave., . S. F., :....;-'-___ .;__::_:;_ _____ .:__..,.._...:_ __ ..:__.:..;:..;_ __ .;_ _ _____ _ -"'.

Foundations - Pile Driving - Subaqueous Work ..

, contract awardeC! to Stan- sewer hne No. 2. . :-' ll· ·· . $5,023 , for install. .6 in . . C. I. mams m · Koll.er, Crockett, $3,270)5fb} ffcbrist. · · Septembe-r 29, 1947 (;rays tone Terrace, •between Corbell and yitreous .sewer in•·j'qo;thi.l) . BIV'Cl. RE:ODING;'-'·Calif., contract.· awarded to Villa St., w. D. Canst. No. 459 .

205 feet north o'f ' Pin"!l"rSt~· '/o ' ' 775 Evans .Canst.. Berkeley, ,$2,976, l P.r; repairs SAN FRANCISCO, contrac t aw~rd.e,d to feet west:of -Laurel. . <'l ;;? be· to Cot!onwood Creek Bridge, f/4 ' mi. south s. F. ·water Dept: 425 Mason St . , S. F., ·.NAPA, .Calif., contract a ,,:r,ar,ded ,_ to Stan- of ~no, .·Shasta County. . '· .. $5138 for inst. 6 in . and 8 ·in : ,. C . I.

l<1Y H. Koller, Crockett , "$685; for canst 1 SAN JOSE, Cahf, contract awarded to mains in ·Gavin and Treat Ave., W. D. 8-inch samtary sewer m Jacicson sr frcm I A. r. Raisch, San lose, $17,785, for asph Cont. 462. . .. center line of Trancas St. to 260 feet W. cone surf, Alum Rock Ave , between ·RICHMO ND Calif. contract awarded to

SAN JOSE. Cahf., contract awarded to Mt. Hamilton Rd , to Crothers Rd., Dist. ' Lee [. Immel: . P. o.' Box 175, San Pablo , Union P;:rving G6.1 San Francisco, $73,3!9, No. 3, Santa Clara County. . $10,~32 for widening and conditioning

· for asph . . cone. surf L11wrence Station Rd. . SAN )O~E, Cahf., contract _?vrarded to pavement, 6th , Street and Barret Ave., Bayshore High'way to El Camino Wm. Radt;:;e & Son, Gtlroy, $26,188, for Richmond. . Santa · Clarci ···County. const. cone. bndge on Walnut Ave. , over HILLSBOROUGH. Calif., contract award-.

JOSE. Cali~._. contract awarded to Pacheco Creek m Dtst. No. I. ed to L. C. Sniith, 1st and Railroad Ave. , I Albanese, San [ose , $8 ,893, for rein£. SAN MATEO, Caltf. ,. contract award,ed I San Mateo, $1056, for asphalt surfacing

1 ·cl,l lvert . on Lancaster Rd. on San tc;> W. G. Ebnght, Burlmgame ,_ $4,850, .or West Santa Inez Avenue and Hillsborough Aquino . Creek. gradmg 5-acre site for Shorevtew School. Blvd., to Black· Mt. Road , using three·

, Cahf., contrac t awarded. to AUBURN, Cahf., contrqct· awarded to fourth in. armor .coat.

.. GAR·FIE'LD & COc.· -1' •• '

1232 HEARST BLPG. .SAN FRANCISco· 3

Repr.~~~nting .. BAY CfTY SHOY,El S, . INC.

1Pow·e1r Shov,e!s,.. Cranes, · Dr.ag'lhl.¢s, ~r~c~ -Cranes, T.ru cik S!hHOY(e!!:s,, T·ren ch Hoes, T rOiJers;, ~:ro'gHrne Buckets

TH'E T. ( . SMITH C"OMI'ANY ' · Tn!l:~lk lNHX-e.rs, T ilting ari.d N:On-Ti1tihg- C onc:r.etie Mix1e1r:s

IPl y MOU.TH !.OCOMOT1VE WORKS Di~sel and .Ga soline L~·comotives

, Gustme, $41 ,600 , for canst. 1 H .. Earl Parker, Marysvtlle , ,$5,_415 (road- . STOCKT ON. Calif., award recommended and ptle bridges , a total of 7, • mtx) for addmg 2-mch surracmg to 1.4 to T red r. Early [r. Co. , 369 "Fine Street ,

Bridge No 391 to No. 397 inclusiv.e, in 'm1. county road 48, 9h1rland Tract Rd. San Francisco, $197,860, . for constructing· CLI MAX ENGINES Mer,ced County. • MURRAY. Utah , c;ontract awarded to imorovements and additions to N . . sew- 1 _________ :_ ____ __:.::.:_.:..:_..:.:. ___ . ____________ __ _._.

FRESNO, Calif., contrac t awarded to Rex F. Moss , Salt Lake Ct ty,. $48,135, for cige treatment plant on Smith Canal , •

I~OUSTRIAl BRQWNHO.IST CORI'.OR . .A'!IOI'l. !LocomotiVe Cranes, CICnnSbeU Buckets

Pacific Pipeline & Engr. , Ltd. , . Fresno, canst. cu rbs and gutters m Dtst. No. I. . incl. ' !urn. e"quipment and accessories, ex-$11 ,588, for canst. sewer in Clinton Ter- RICHMO;..ID C

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Sept temtbe_r_ 30d, dl94t7 cept 4 sew. pumps. (Refer issue 9-30 for race No. 3; Linda Vista and Linda Vista • , a'., con rae a war e o I bids received) No. 2 in Fresno. Lee . f. J mmel, San Pablo , $8,487 , for . . October 8. 1947

·sACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded gradmg asph. cone. surf. , etc., on Sev- 1 • STOCKTON, Calif., contract awarded to i · to E. F. Hilliard; Sacramento, $4,529, for enth St. and Lucas Ave. ~ y, A. Teichert & Son, 103 N. E St., Stock- ' ·

sealcoating Christenson .Rd. , Sac to. Cty. SAN JOSE, Cahf., contracts a~ard~~J9 ton ·$19,854, for. asphalt surfacing .West . OAKLAND, Calif., contract awarded to A. [. Ralsch, San lose , as folio"· . --c .. . Lane between . Ha mmer Lane to Stockton

Ferguson Bros., Oakland , $10,834, for in- Asbury St., between Walnut S q. ,. and C"t • l"rrr'ts . · · · · s talling 2, 4, 6 and 8-inch cast iron water Irene St.,_ asph. cone .. surf. , etc., ~~~, 821 ; · , 's).CR·AM.ENT O. CaliL, contract award' mains in Contra Costa Countv.. ' Umverstty Ave_. , for asph. cone. surL ed to Fredrickson Bros ., 1259 65th St.,

September 17. 1947 etc., between Swckton Ave. and . center t Emervvil1e, $625.427, for 1.5 miles grade ,SAC_RAMENTO, Calif. , contrac ts award- !me of Spr10g St., $19,370. I a nd plant mix surf. on c rusher run base ea as follow: Curhs Ave., for asph. cone. surf. etc .,

· · (1) Glimn County 11II-GLE-45-B, C) to betw~en Willow and !000 feet north of

BARB·ER e GREENE CClo coNVEYoRs - nrrcHERs _;_ LOADERS

Asphait iVIixers & Finil'hers - Portablre Conveyors 593 Market St . . . SAN FRANCISCO · l'Ukon ll·-Uiln

· Judson Pacific-Murphy Cora. , Emeryville. i Minnesota Ave., $6,766 . · $228,990, canst. port. superstrucs. 2 119th St., .for asph. cone. surf. etc. , be­bridges, Sacramento River and · E. Bran.;h twe;en Empire St. and .Jackson St. , $9,948. Rase r Slough near Butte City. SACRAMENTO, Gala ., contract awarded

McGUIRE & HESTER Belated Victory PIPE · LINE coNTRACToRs An Eng·lishinan moved to the I E Q u I p ii,J E.N T F 0 iR ;8, E N T {2) Humboldt Count y (1-HUM-Whitte- to [as. H. Mcfarland, San Francisco , $27, ­

more St. Pk.) to Reed & Tut tle , Redwood 289, for repairing bridges across Red Valley, $39,580, for rep. stl. bridge , S. Mountain Creek and McCoy qreek , be-

United ·states after the end of 79,6 _ GiJth Avenue · · OAKLAJ\"D TRii-i.idaUl 2-7c6':lli World War II and immediately )_ _____ _:_ _____ -:---.....,:---- - - --- --------'' Fork £@1 River near Redway: tween 57 and 59 m1. norrh of Wtlhts. ·

SACRAMENTO, Calif. , contrac.t awarded STOCKT9N, Calif., contract awarded to to Fredrickson & ·Watson, Oakland , S65 J, - Duncanson-Harrelson Co. , San Francisco, 030, for 7.8 mi. grade and install drain- $6,644, for repatr bndge fender, across

and irrigation f.acilities, between Napa River at westerly city limits Vallejo . Low and Bailey Hill, Siskiyou Ciy. STOCKTON, Cal!_£. , con~ract awarded to

took out his American citizenship

September IS, 1947. C. M. Allen, Fmrneld, $o.435 , for extend. li'ALL:tl)O, Calif., contrac t awarded to i three ferry ramps at Cache Slough ferry

Henry Harris, Berkeley, $5,652, for and Steamboat Slough ferry , north · of American .citizen . . p.aving, grading, etc., !ndian Alley. R10 Vtsta . .. . . . · Hun. 1 t 1 ~ • b

papers. Several months later he was visited in this country . by an English relative who sternly r·epri­m anded him for becoming an

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah , contract award- OAKLAND. Cala., contracr awarded ro ·· H HJ[, W 1a 1av.e you. 1"0 ga.!n Y ed to Ashby & Thayne , Salt Lake City, Manuel Smith, Winton, . $44,377 ,_ for const. becoming· an American?" he asked. $38,429, for const. vitreous sewer extens. vttreous sewer m Momara Tract, etc . "Vlf::1l," replied the other, "fllr No. 560 in various parts of city. · CENTERVILLE, Calif. , contract a warded

· September · 19, !947 to AssocwtedEngmeers , Palo Alto , $50,· OI_le .thing, I win tile American . CREEK, Calif., (unit a nd total, 744, for . canst. mamhne sewers through- Revolut .. ion !"

submitted, contract awarded. ' Con- out d1stnct. · ._·, ;_, :. awarded to Tom C Gogo, Los An- OAKLAND, Calif. , ·(contra~! award!'d, Ji : .· *r * *

$4,328,769, for const. reinf. cor.c. umt and total btds submtttea. ) Contract ~ ·~~~ge·• T'ha·,. -· ~·'k' S trunk sewer, s ·ection L awarded to Browne & Krull , Palo Alto , ~ c• , "' "" , Calif., contract ai.varded to 1 $38,24 1, for excavation and ~d. county ~@ . •U•

Berkeley, $25 ,7!4 , for ,. const. I road commonly known as Hesperian Blvd. in E St. , !OOth Ave. to , from E. 14th St. to Lowellmg Blvd ., Eden A ce1·tain smaU w eeldy . news-

Township·. · papel', which frequently aci.mo~l: Calif., contract awarded to RENO. Nev. , contract awarded to Isbell . , San Francisco ,. $16,907, for Const. Co. , Reno , $30,569, for grading and edges in its columns the gifts ten-

surf. Fleming Ave. between Tuo lum::re sud . 1947 Easr Second . St. dered it ' by rui·al subscr~bers, one and St . Hwy No. 40, near Vallejo. SACRAMENTO, Calif., con.\ract a \v-arded .., .~ ff . d th· . t t • g •t .

. FA!RFIELD, Calif., contract awarded to to Sheldon Oil Co. , Suisun, $21,847, for U>~.Y fJ- e~~· IS m eres m I em. Fredrickson Bros. , Emeryville , $21 ,184, !or resurfacing Andrus ·Island along Georgia "We have r eceived a basket of surf. poriions of coun tv roads No . 88 , 125, I Slo!lgh . fi ~ f , f. · nd M

_454 and 621 , near· Dixon. SA"CRAMENTO, Calif. , cpntract awarded ne g>apes ro,u our rte. --· · CENTRAL VAUEY, Calif. , contract to Willard W. Reid, Sacramento , $8,500, 1 0----, for which he will please, awarded to Western Pipe & Steel C.) . , .

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for pamhng Ga rden Hwy. __ Bndge. . accept oui· compliments some of 'I · San Francisco, $17,980, for erecting .two s.~N FRAN~ISCO, Cal~£., . c _on tr act _ • ' .

1 . 200 ,000-gallon s teel water . tanks . awarded to Harms Bros . Or M . . W. Brown , wntch ~re n-eady two Inc h es in : SACRAMENTO. Cali f. , contract award.ed I Sacramento, $5,!9~ , for 1.080 m1. su;:!acmg dia.meter." 1

to .Dan Caputo, San fose , $18~"527, _lo.I: Barker . Creek Ra. , Tnmty . Natl. rorest, · ..L .._ canst. steel beam span ove rheaa crosst:-tg Tnmt y"' County, Pro]. Galt!. FD-3N05-A, *: x ~

tracks of S. P. Co. on Sanborn Rd. , Unit I. .• · · 1 Geed many .of Local 3 oidtimers · miles SE of Salinas. ANTIOCH, Calu. , contract awarded to . ' . . S.ACRAMENTO. Calif., contract .awarded . Olive~· DeSilv,';', Alameda, $8,686 ,· for str;et I have been . a.t~ra ... cte. d baek · to the to E. H. ·Peterson & · Son, R1chmm:d-:" repaas. on 4,rr , 6rh, lOth, A ar.d D . S,s ., Oakland distrwt to work .on the $83 ,826, for canst . . six bri,lge3 at points I .and Railroad Ave . · ' ,· • i. · · .., _ l ;t . d , • , between : aboui 17··mi. wesl of Mariposa · . · Qctoher I, 1247 .!ng pump sta.wn anu >e a: e canal

ClEVERDON EXCAVATING, PAV~m & GRADING

Tra.ctor & Truck Cranes - "Operated Equipment Renta.il Route 1, Box 1, Lafayette, Calif,. Phone Liaf.ayette 2525

STEADMAN. & POWELl CONTRACTORS

D-2 LOADER - HOURLY· OR YARDAGE BASIS ANdover -1-0883 Oakland, Califomiia 103<1 - "45tlht. Ave.

GENERAL CO~~TRACTO.RS

(·.:.- . and 12 mi. eas t, Maripos.a..County. 1 .HAYWAllD,_ CaliL r contracLawarde!f to ~ - \\. 'Ol'k on Delta-N!endota ·Canal neal'

MODESTO, Calif. , contract a warded to I Paris Bros. , Berkeley, $28,923, for canst. ,., , , · .. . •! 1:.._ ____________ _

S. C. Giles .·& Co. , Stockton, $33,667 , for reinf-orced cone. storm sewer extension on .Lla{)J •

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*Jiy AI C:iem}, 1· D. B.ryscn2 .and Glenn Dol3y~s, Busin.ess Represenhrtives., loc"l 3 Ocdri/Gind-'-Once 'l:i!.gcalin the time has r•oUed. around Io atlempf efforts of reactionary politicians; privileged to . attel}d a meeting in solve these problems as they arise.

'io gather the materio:Hor our po:rtion of the news letter. At times wiil cause many problems. We feel· Boise, Idaho, where representatives ·~his is rather an easy job, with items we feel will be. of interest sure, however , that the labor rriove - of all hoisting, portable and sta- · The employment situation con­

t ionary locals in the 11 \Vestern I tinues abou t the same in this area to the members seeming to !all into our laps. But then there are ment in this country will even - stat;:s met to form the Western, with 541 members clEa red . during

tually be able t o surmount the ob- c - f E I l' s ·fi those times when everything runs along in a r.outine hum-drum onrerence o ngineers. n ta K - · the last mo nth. · ome class1 ca-stacles which are being th rown in ing with these representatives we ! t ions a re very much in demand but

sort of way, and we have !o dig for every bit of news we g,;i. its path and_ emerge · victorious in found that practically the . same for others, notably c_rane ·and · hoist This looks like one o1 THOSE months! the end; providillg better 'ivages problems confron~ members of our operators, t lwre ·is little. cali. ·of

' d and working · conditions fo r its craft whsrever they may go. This the number clea.red ·last' month, . . As you ·.all know through rea -1 . . , . . . members. We are h_opeful that this

hiStory oy the tnne thiS paper organization has baotten off to a many went. OJ! -J·obs of . short dma-ing the· daily pape1·s, the A. F . of L. : · · convention will - do much toward

' . . . , 1 reaches you, its outcome is still an flying start and we feel confident tion, b.u t we are glad to rep9'l·t COI).ventwn was held 111 San Fr~n- · unknown quantity as this is writ- speeding the arrival of that day. that as it pr ogresses it will prove that we were able to clear some cisco the weeks of October 6 and I ten. We do know that t he Slave Meeting a't !Boise extremely beneficial to the mem- jobs which w ill last. ·fo r a consid-18. Though this convention will be i Bill, brought about through t he Dur ing the past month we were bership as a ·whole in h elping to erable length of time. ·

.Getting around the jobs The largest job in this area right [difficult to keep a standing pump stock in the story of the oiler who

n ow is the work 011 the pumping crew, however, due to the water' bows to the audienc.e as he goes . d · t · • th lVI conditions. As the ditch progresses off sh if t every n ight, but there are

· ,J, R.. Armstrong w as SiUCCN;sJ'ul l Out .at Peterson Tractor they

bidder o'n the $160,000 highway job i are , pu t t ing the finishing touches

!between Danville a nd Dublin. 'They I to the first consignment of . cats

are r ·esnrfaeing and widening on they received fl'om the Pacific

this r-oad and there are five op- arc:a. Another batch, consisting ·of

erators empioyed., with Bro'ii!J.er JL. 46 motor patrols, composed of 40

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statiOn an a por wn °1 e en- they run into spots with lots of often enough people kibitz ing to dota-Delta Canal project which is water and other places which are give a guy stage fright. The b eing done by S . U. II. B. Com- · comparatively dry, and, of course, building will be 17 stories high p arry. Here we have Brother Bill the pump crew must fluctuate ac- and some of the columns compris­Mathews in charge of excavation cordingly . B1:other Dave Eckhart ing the structure weigh as much w ith Brother "Doc" Merrill acting is still acting as stewarcr out there.; as 35 tons. Two derricks are · sit­as his assistant and Brothers and doing a mighty fine job of it. ting in the· hole at the present

0. A·shworth acting as superiinteii~ No .. 12 graders and 6 No. 212's, is . <'

dent. expected soon. This group . w'iJl ')'_~_.· "Wingy" Cardoza, E. M. Craven, , - -·- . I time a nd Brother Tommy -Carrigg "Red" Bosley, "Rip" Edwards and R. G. Clifford's portion of the is operating the engine .

· ., have to· be thoroughly ovel'hau+ed Harrison and B.irdwell are in- and will provide considerable work.

Barney Bell w orking in the ca- bridge job out in Niles Canyon is pacity of foremen over the cat and fast nearing completion. Al Bia­'pul spreads. The , -~o.ur d~·ag~ines \ so tti _recent!~ moved in equipment are under the supe1 visiOn of Broth - ~ and 1.s startmg work on the ap ­er "Stubby" vValker, and Brother proaches.

InternatiOJ1al Harvester Com-pany has taken a lease on what is known as vVarehouse A, just nor th of old Shipyard No. 2 in Richmond . The lease will cover a total of 13

cr-easing the capacity of thei r The . ·Pacific Trucks and Parts Mitchell Canyon quarry to 750 tons Salvage Company's yard at · the l· per day. This expansion has been foot of 65th Street is also a pretty warranted by the increased demand busy place. Tllis company has been for base rock and cru~hel' run. vvorking on overseas equipment

Vern Barker is holding dovvn the master mechanic's berth. There are two shifts in operation at the pres­ent time and due to the water conditions they expect to run into considerable difficulty. This job has

·brought many of the old timers back to the area and it seems good t o see these fellows in this neck of the woo~s again.

The Gl'HJ1ite · Const ruction Com- acres with 228,000 square feet o£ Good Yard. Activity pany iww has a second dragline in floor space . avai~able . A . compl~te The~·e is considerabl€ activity in operat,ion at a gravel plant near ~t4ock o,f par:ts_ Will be c_arned wnh the various equipment yards in the Radum. They are furnishing fill ~ -ho m se:v1c~ on rep!acement East Bay right now. Soule Equip ~ for the approaches to the com- parts to be IU.~'mshed for a1l dealers ment is vvorking the bugs out · of pany's bridge jobs near Hopyard I and o\Itlets o~- the_ company's prod7 the king size rooter they are c-on-Road . · ucts 111 Caluonna, Anzona and str ucting for Bechtel. .This rig,

· Southern Oregon. It is expected which is to be used on the pipe,_

also, and reports that 14 addit!onal cats are on t he way . The boys down there are anxiously avvaiting the completion· of the new shop building, which not only will · speed up the work, · but will provide more comfortable w orking condi­tions for the coming vvii1ter months .

B!iclg~ Job Progress that the stock will amount to sev- line job in Arabia, dwarfs ali others Stolte ;s also doing considerable

Brother Nealy Folger recently t ook a clearance as foreman for t he Artukovich pipeline job. This project is going along about the same as at our last writing. There is not much turn-over as far · as

. en gineers are concerned, with the

eral million dollars and approxi- by compat·ison. As compared with I overhaul work . . They too, have re-The American Bridge Company's mately 100 men will be employed. a K-30, formerly the largest built, ceived .recent shipments fi·om over-

job on the Telephone building in 1 This is the first announced develop - which weighs 13,000 pounds, this seas, which include · so cats, · 4 1 •

downtown Oakland is getting well ment on the former .shipyard prop- one weighs in excess of 30,000 shoye,ls, 2 truck cranes and 2 load­underway. This, the largest steel--erty and it i~ hoped that other in- pounds. It has 6-foot teeth, is 24 ers . Brothers ;J·oe Valen.te·:.and Bar­building job our city has seen for dustries wilt be utilizing more of fee t long and the box, will be of old Hunt, who are in charge of, some time, is a source of great in - this ground in the future, thus 3-inch ·steel, and when it is in op- h t· 1 · b t e_ opera wns are ;:eepm~ us . u~y~

1 terest to the local Sidewalk Super: helping to alleviate unemployment eration fo ur D-S's will be used, trymg to ljt]pply them wrth repmr intendents. vVe don't take much . in the area. I three pullii1g and one pushing. men. · •

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Dredge Ne·ws News about the brothers:: According to Brother Johnny I that moment Jay drove up and Johnson \.Yestern C 0 m p a 11 y's

Johnston the well-dressed man will they rushed the little girl to the dredge Alamitos, is finally straight-be wearing casts t his fall! A firm emergency hospitaL She is fine · ened o'ut and going strong down believer in this new style he is now- but the doctor told them that at Redwood City, The Olympia

has moved in on the East Shore sportin,g a beautiful little number in a case of that kind minutes

h . h t d f h' cotlnted . . Jack doesn't like to thm' k Freeway job q.nd is expected to w IC was ens om ma e or • Im • start pumping Monday, October over at Providence Hospital about what might have happened if Jay 6th. The Papoose is in place just a month ago! Seems that Johnny had beem a few minutes later. He off the Alameda Golf Course, where was tending pumps and compres- also hopes that this will serve as it will take the material from the sors . down on the Tenth Avenue a warning to you brothers with Olympic and boost it on to the Underpass job, and everything was small children, never to leave a job. They expect to finish the going along smooth as silk, till one i can of gas around where a young- pumping in about three months.

which I understand is just about AIDS C-HEST wound up. (Release .from State Fed. of Labo r)

SAN FR A NCISCO....:....To·-Dutra is keeping the dredges Mallard and Edwards busy on the Leslie Salt Company job in the geiher with the American Fed-vicinity of Redwood City and Al- eraiion of Labor, the Califor·-vi so.

J. 0. Archibald has six rigs work­ing at Blaumberg, building settling ponds for the Leslie Salt Company.

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nia Slate Federation oi Labor places its se.al of a pproval on the efforts o:f the Community Chest to alleviate the sufferings of humanity, and urges the unions to respond liberally . to day he got tangled up and fell .ster can reach it! · I The Associated Dredging Com- (Continued from Page 2lc

into the coffer dam, breaking h is If you'll look real close at the pany is well along with the cut employment for a goodly number ., ·

the campaign for contribution,s. , , l!n the State of California~ the left elbow in four places. He was picture on page one, you'll see, and expects to finish in about three of the engineers.

in the hospital for nearly four not only one t r uck crane, a nice weeks. - Jolls Winding Up w eeks and it will be about t hree clear creek, with a log across it- The San F rancisco Bridge Com-

months before he regains even but placidly parking the seat of pany will soon be finished wi th the Also near Grass Valley the Chas. aside for this drive.. . month of October has lbeen set \ ~

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partial use of the arm. However, his pants on same log, you'll find dredge Hines at the Standard Oil T. Brown job at Scotts Flat is Pres. William Green and other it cer tainly doesn't seem to be one very contented looking fisher- Dock at Point Richmond. They nearing completion. Supposed to ranking officials of the AFL-par­crarriping his style very much. Last man .. ·Taking another squint you'll then expect to move this dredge be done sometime in December . . ticularly Vice Pres. Mathew Woll, t ime we saw him he ·was going probably . see that Local No. 3 but- to the Oakland outer harbor to T~; brothers . ~,r~ st ~ll on a 12-hour I who is serving as chairman of the a head with arrangements for a ton on his hat; ~nd then by look- make the fill for widening the toll shllt and not ll«mg lt too wen from · Labor-Employee Participation· De- I· d ear hunting expedition to 'Oregon, ing r-e~a-1-J~y-c.lose you'll be able plaza. Tl1ey are nm~ laying the all r eports. partment of the Community Chests . -i .. w hich he had been planning be- to reco'gnize this lucky' guy as none pipeline and getting ready to start W_estbrook and P ope will soon and Councils, Inc.~have · given 'i

\ ·. fore .. the accident. We asked him otli.erthan BrotheT Dick Brogden. pumping. Incidentally, Bro th .er complete their job at North San the ir .unqualified _approval to t is if he figure d on bowling 'em over I Now, Dick has wo'rked 'around this Charles Gondola, who received. a .

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Juan and then we will lose son:e important campaign. with spit balls, but he assured us part of the country for a long, long fractured leg on September the 15th •good, members to Local 12 as ~his that . even though he only has one jtime, but we doubt. if he has ever while working on this job, will not outfit has knocked over two JObs . A honeymoon sandwich consists .-., good wing, he can still hunt. He I found as ideal a setup _around the be able to return -to work fot' a down that way. One reported to _of ''just lettuce alone." has a German Luger which he bay, and even though he had to good six weeks·. be good for at least ten months. -·.--- · · · --.--· .

L . 3·· L. h · '~{ C Th . vmced that a : roller cannot oe -.op·, plans on taking with him, and with

1 go to fields afar to get on a job The Simpson Brothers .have fin - . . . ync , ,. . . ~ ompson I . t d f tl b •t

this one-handed shootin' iron he with all the fixin's , we are glad ished building ti1elr clamsheil and Baker are still busy in the era e . ro!TI. _!e 0"-

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1i' " H'll d 't 1 k l'k : Bro. Geo. Schults 1s also on · feels pretty confident he can bring he did find ohe, antr hope he was dredge . and have it working on a - or:est r s area an 1 oo s I e 1 t 1 ft , v· h'~ • " · one 'oack. T-here is J'ust one catch able to hook some big ones. The three nionths J'ob stre' ngthen·1·,,1g •,.!1e.· they will be there for three or four '1 cru c les a ·ex pu "

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-~ between the bank and the counter~ to the deal however- If he falls picture was sent in by Brother Don levees on Venice · Island. The r ig mont~s, modre._ Bf ro.BAkndre. Kuco_n, balance of a shovel. He picked ~" down .and busts the cast the ·doctor Meifert, who also forsook t he Bay is very satisfactonr and the boys s1wermten ent or a er, IS maK- , 1 ·t · t · . . .

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is going to be very unhappy. Says Area for some of this mountain seeni to be well pleased with it. 1 1 ~1g a ot ,or nOise a out e conm- Bro. Vic Nelson is on the sic'

he'll slap him back in the hospital ·wor k . We know these bqys are The Olympian Dredging Company twn of tne , county . road_s up that list ·with rheumatism and . will b · and keep ·him there until he's fully enjoying it up there, but hope they ~ave their dr edge. Neptune work- ~ay and s:vears he Is gomg_ to ru~ unable fo work for _at .l~as:t si~ r ecovered- if he has to use a won' t become so attached to the mg on the Hastmgs Tract near ~or supervis?r so he can overham weeks and even then cat skinning straight jacket to do it! · Johnny I w. ide open spaces that they ·will Rio• Vista and the Golden Gate is every road m that county. is a tl~ing of the past for Vic. · · says he .isn't vvorried though-if want to give the fog-bound regions on a \ barge job at Oleum. The 1 Bro. Geo. McFadden who is Bro. Bob J1nkerson - is around ~ · he can just bring back that veni- the go-by permanently ! · Palmer · ~suction dredge ) is just I shiftin¥ over~ t~e pulls out on the . with a broken arm but says it is on son, it'll be well worth the trouble. I about fi ll1shed at Sacramento and let'ee JOb ha::. JUSt returned from • the mend and he will soon be able

Brother Jack McKenney says he Not long :ago, Broth er Bob I n- I think most everyone is glad to two years in the East where he: to go ,back to work. . · . owes a great deal to a chance visit I gersoll, who had been . ~rm.shing on see it finished. This has been one was foreman for M. K. at Youngs- ~ All the brothers ar en't having • paid him by Brother Jay Northrup 1 Russell's Rand leveling j ob, decided of th_e most unsatisfactory jobs that town, Ohio, and Pittsburg?, P a ., tough luck though, for Acie ·D'un- 1 '· not long ago. Jack had his car to talke a whid at Roggiing. :How- we have had recently, principally <?eorge found onl! one thmg he I lap is the proud .Pop of a baby boy torn down and was using a can of ever, wi.th the season <lllrawi.ng to on account of the difficulty in ' get- hked very much m the East and 1 and Bro. Amos Johnson of the.· gasoline to clean the carburetor, a close, Bolb i.s now lba.cik on till.e ting satisfactory help in that lo- he married her and brought her· Horseshoe Bar Mine is just as He turned away and his two-year- Fonmi!illl._ Farms jjolb, shiiftling .on cality. back with him. . · · I proud and for just the same rea·- · ~ old daughter, Sharon, toddled up niglhts. We feel tihlat tlhe !oggeis --n is reported that the Associated · Bro. Ray Austin, Jr., came in on .son, A baby boy. and drank the gas. She immedi- R&ss is our gam, and we 11,re. very Dredging Company ha~ a ra ther crutches . the other day after let-1 This has been a short report. but ' ' ately lost consciousness a:ti.d 1;vas in glad w lhave Bolb woil'Jkmg <with ns ·large .job for . their dredge Sucker

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· tin~ a ~.oll~er get him down: Says I we hope to h?-ve more and betj;er · · a very serious condition, but at : ouoo agam. . . I when they~ finish . at Petaluma; he 1s gomg t o be 0. K . but 1s con-I news next month.