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·· j. e()PER~'[~~~ 'ENGINEERS ;I.OCAl J . . . - • STATIC)NMY ·E~GJMEERS I.OCAI. 39 VOL. ' 17_:.__:_NO. 12 . . . ·· .. ..... @ . , • · · SAN FRANCISCO, CAJ':.IFOBNIA DECEMBER, ~959

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.1 th lnti.Cenve~tio~ - in April, . l ~: . . , ; New Membership ldentifi~i;3Jion rds. ··. . . '

. , . ;Fouo~ing •;• th~ prn;:d:=~~b:· ~~~;~N~YL~~:;;;i~~·~~;;;;~,°F,~lccYP~9,? ~? · ~~ ~~ ; :l ®::•B . . Js8 U ecJ .·· ern : J a rt;z:: .; ;\~.~ J o Elect elegates and· lterna~eS

. the electwl\~t:-,?!~~~'}J,:,t~-~1i;~}V~l':l'l:.~t~s,.:;t_o:: t:hc::g~t~;.:.Il!:t~:t;p~tron~l . y?,~Y.~lftr?W.Pf~''~fie ::!nt~rn'\t:on~!' ··. c:.; .. · • ~ ·; .·· .. , . ,_,, · .. :. ~. · · • . . · _ · • . · _ . - .J,!~ion··:o'¥'t>p~fat~n1f_cEfigi;ri:liers(to: be 'held ir_l''Arh·il, 1960, ~at :1\!Iiami Be_ ach;. Fl6rida: . · · · ' . · A.. new. card. h~. b~en designed to _expedE~e -th~. - r.eturn_ · . ol . ~.Sectwn 1. There, shalf oe ._ for- .·. - ~ .~.""' :_ ..,;' . - " : · . . . · . :~ . > • ·• • """ :!I~IT,I.bership _ Identific~hon , Car~s upon paymelill1t ,~f. umon ,~u.e_sP . ty-six (46) 'delegates and alte~- · IS:",>S=~~~~"'~~,..f""'~~:~~~~"'~'~~ It ·Is a_~nounced _by Bro. Ne.~ell J. Carman, Loeall Umon M~nag®ll'o

nates elected. . , . · · ~ T T · B t (' · -' G' ··'f. .f - ~ !h1s c~rd Will s~ow you the amount of your next paymemt ~ _ s_ection 2. The electjon shall · _;j Y _ery eS Jetf~On ~ . . . ree t-t ng.£ ~ (X m se~~wp. -~ of d1agr~m below) and -the da~~ due of your ~2lY"

be held in the -month of Febru- · \'< • · . • - ' · . . • ment (Y m section B of d.Iagram). , .. . ary, 1.960, b)r maihid oallot. Bal-) ~ . On behalf ~f _the .Officers, St~!f· ,and my~lf, I w?uld h~e The· card rna~ .be folded in three sections,' with Section A IOJi\

: lots ,shall be 'mailed out on or· lto -~~ten~ greetmc.:~s · to ~~h ~nd «:very member and_ hts -famlly~ the outside, and carried by the member i_n his W:allet. When _ tlhe _ bef()re ·Fel,>ruary 15th a·nd tnust ;~-c1 wis~ for the merriest Christmas and a New y·ear-filled·withi next. dues payine~t is pay_able, the Il!ember .sends_ .. O~LY t~e rig1~~ _ be , r_efurned to. the: Post Office · ~good he.alth and h_appiness. _ · . · . . · , _ portwn- of t~e _card . ISectwn B of ?Iagra_m!,-along With his check . Box on o;-before Februarr_ 2~t~: ~ - , · . -NEWEll J. CARMAN Local· Union· Mana er . ~n· ~~ne~ -~~der _to ~he .San. ,Francisco_ offi~e. : . ·.:. at _10 . o cl9,ck a.~.< at whmh ~ . · . , .. . . _ ' . . .. .c ...... ·-. CJ : The left .. portwn of the card -(Sectwn .A of dmgram) remann~

. time the· ·post' O.ffice,. Box ·shan-: ~~~~~~~~~-*Y~. il~ the member's possession at all t.imes. . · · '

.· be ''opel1ed; .· .... · .. - < .. _ . ··_ the firm of Certifi'ed Public Ac-.' . . . . . , . .

. · Secti~rl '3. :~'-· No~tn:~ti6ri~>~£tii: : 1· 'c6uhta·nk . · ~ · . ·. · . , d~l~g~t~s anji ~ a}t~tn~fes sli}p. ·iA · / S~cfiori · · 7,~ : The . election : _c?m~ . . . be :-m.ade 'iii· th.e:: rrio-ritfi: (}f J~iJ: ' ,tnittee -sh_afl' be ··· tespppsible . for ·

;._:ti:t~6o,: .at: tii.1\' . regu:i'~i~kcn~d~~: nre.P#ilig ::: a: ~fs!' "'of · eli'gibi~·:.vot-';_ ·. tiled ' ¢istdcJ· ~m.eetirlgs',:.as: ·a 'spe"' j~~s~ . t:he' printing of t.re· cb_qllofs; :' -. chil . -ord~l' :bf · . .;l)t{si~~~s; o·f< . afa·nv ·_:e;ivelope·s ai).d T.et).li'ii e.pv~lopeS ,- ': :. me~ti11g sp~ci~Ily ' calf~d : by t~~ _Mihich ·,. shall_ }?e · delivered td .. . Superviso'f iri that : wotith'.•. Nbi· ·:Price~ Waterhot1se ~ qo., ·a ri.a~ .

tice' of the-fact thafnoil1ii1ati6n· tionally ·known: firin of Certifieg .. · :· of . delegates. and : ~itei·nates :\;;rill Public~ Accountanfs,· t~1e a'ddr:ess, . be~; m.aa¢:~~t a· :spec.ific : nie~tii1g/!ng en:velop'es ~ th~

.~~fl~~~~!~i~~~~~~~~i w;th .. piid> ihd in''~rt-S~cti~i~,·ri The e~ectio~ ~hali,.~:~r~ - Posth~ff~~~1.0~0~11,~n s~~~ ..

~~e conduct: cl · by . ~ . commrtt~~ _Franci~co ; o_ppn the Post Offic_e ~-_known, as tl,e Eleetlpn _Co,.,:mr:nt: Box at 10 A~ M., ;F~b_ru_ary 29; _. t~e compose:~ ,..?f o;~ m'"P1?e~ 1960 ': in the __ :Pr6.s§nce :'of the A on:- each . di~t~Ict - ~.L;_ Oper.aLn~- e_lectwn committee or .a sub-.· "i'ngm,eers Local Umon No .. · 3. · · "tt th · .a f 1 1 · , ... · · · · · Th . · ·u , · b h 11 be. eommi ee _ er vo , s 1a I re~ove .

. · e _com~r e~ m em . ~r s a . '" the rf;turn envelopes cont(\ming · nommate~ a~1d elect~d at t h e the' ballot from the Post Office

. r~gu~a~: d~stnct me_etmg or ~ spe: Box, check the r eturn envelopes

. cral m1eetf?g at w~rch del~gates . for eligibility, set aside ·an en~_ ·

and ,a.ter nates . a.r ~ , non;mat~d Closed envelopes from eligible . ~nd . shall: be_ a ~egiste~ec, 1vot~r voters containing . ballots; . mix· m t~e distnct m, which . "18 } S_ theh1,: open thei:n and ·remove J~ you baye already paid_ your dues in a.dvance and are U(Jii\i' .

nommatect; and ?ave b~en a "the ballots, . coui1t t h e ballots . ing determination as ·to 'their · carrying . ~he old . Membership Identification C(t:rd, do · not worli.·y~ : member ?1 -Operatmg Engmeers and certify the resuits : - yalidity. · If : the challenged. hal-~ as .we wip mail you a new card ·before your next payinent.is gtw.

Local Umo~ - No. ~ · for o~e y~ar · Section. 9. The expenses · of lots .are suffiCient. in· number to FORWARD DUES PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE MAIN .n~xt pre:eamg his nommatwn the election . committee shall· be ~ffect. the :resu.lts of the el.ec- OFi!'ICE .. : . Jn order to facilitate processing dues .payments . and electwn. ·. paid ·· by · Operating Engineers bon, all challenges shall J:>e m- · and issuing new membership c~tds we wouldl appreciate it ill'~ - All members , _not suspended Local Union: No . . 3 and -each vestigated by the election com- . in · the futurz, ALL MEiVIBERS would forwanl! thei:r dues pay~ ·

.ar ·non-payment of" dU'e~ as of comri).itteeman, unless he is on mittee · to--:determine their valid- . ments directly to the iVh;i.n Office of the <;>pen til11lg· Enginee1·~ _ ~ill.J.ary 10, 1960, oC the patent . the full'tim·e payroll of the Lo- ity as promptly as poss~ble. Local No. 3 at 474 Valencia Street, ·san: Eraneftscco 3, .Calif.-. local. union, jl).l)iQr: ~l}._(i:' .!Wfyren- ~al ·UniQn, shall-.tQ.e j:)aict-.. ca : P..§f-.... _ §ect~on12. The ·forty-s ix (4p)_ ---=-~. _"""'-;-_---:--...,..--,.:..,.....,---. -. -,. -.. -----'---'--'----''--;----.,;-...-.,.•

- . ~~~~iJi~?~;is~f': ·6~~~i~J~~~~~~::.:~~~f-~:Jr~:~~~otg~ · t::i~~~~t o~~~: .. ~~;l~!~: t~~u~~;r~ .-~~·e~~\:~ -:·,~~~ - . !~~~0!_ ~~:b;~m~e/o~:~ts~~i~ ·BLOOD·. 'DON-ORS , . . gmee~s _Lo~al Umo!1. ]\J'o. 3 sh~~l committee. . . . shall be aeclared. elected del: lowmg the number assigned the HO. N.OR DOLL be '-~~Igibl_e · to !lOmmate c<m.m~ _ The dencal staff · necessary gates and alte~·nates . T]Hm · tied candidate who has been a . . · r\.. · .

_ date~ : fot .th~ EJection_ Commit: f?.r the performa~ce of t~1e du: nam~ ·shall b: . arranged in de- member of. Operating Engin,eers · . _te"e and for delegate~ or a!ter· t):es C:~ : the comr;ntt~e . ~nd a1_1y scendmg o~der j:>ased~ ~n . the to- Local Union No. 3 for the short- · . n?~e, techmcal or profe~swnaL assiS" tal nun1ber of V!)tes recetved by _ est neriod of time · .. All nom_inees·· :fi1llst ·,t:.e:. p'r·e"s'e' n· t · tance shall . he ·supplied by the each of then'!. . The candidate_re- ,. .1

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· .. ·• · · . · . u . ·. L• -· I U · · · · - ·· · tl h' 1 · t . b f Sectwn 13. · When the total to accept therr: nomlnatwn· · · ' oca · mon. _. , · · .. . . CelVmg _1~ • 1g 1es num er. o . . . . . ·. . , _ ~ · · . ..,_ : . .- · · ··; .· · oSection 10. All members no.t votes shall be a:t the.- top Q.f the number of ~elegates to tn~ 26ll1

.. · , Se~t~~~- -?· _.:\11 mell}~bers · In s,uspended for non-payment• oL.Iist, the -ca'IJdidatereceivini(the I n _t e, r n a tronal. C?nv~n_tro!l . ~o .

. g;ood_ ~t,~n~J).~: 1;'1". the . pa_ren~ ~- . -~~~s a~ _ of Februai·y .1, _ 19~0, of · reast: mH.:J~be'r o~ votes at the'_ bot, which -~ocal _ ~o. 3 IS entitled ~s · c_~l :.P:t?:~~r; ·. J)-lmor . a,n?-: .1\P~ren, . · t.{i~ ,PI'eseri~ . Lqcal u.niorl ; ' 'Jup~Q( .. tom,of t,he list imd they··shan· be det_eEl)ll?~d a~nd ~~cal·: N:o .. · 3 1~-

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trc,e ··· En __ glil€!6-r. -&u_ ~ bdi~I._sio.· n .• a __ n ~--_·_ a_ n_d .. ~pprenti_~_ e_- ~ub. divisto_ n -and __ , numbered_ in,.;qe_ scindi!lg order, ~ffic~;:~l!r a_dvrsed . ~here9f · .. the

a11c~ ~.ubdrvlSlons of _Op~r(lt ·.Branch SubdlVlswns of Operat- one (1) through forty-six (46) ... cand1dales elected, numbers 1 g Eng-r~eers .. Local_.Umo),l No. ing Engiiieers '-Loca'l Union No: In the evehnhat two cirniore·. through the total nurhper of

". 3' :oll ~ Ja11~ary. l6,'4 960_ shall ·be · 3 ~ shall be. eligible t~ .vote. . . · camlidates · · recei·ve . tfje ·. sa.me· ?elega~esto which. Lo~al No~ ,3 . ehg~ble . ,to .be : <l, .candidate for · Section· 11. Each candidate _!}umber cif vptes, .: theh; . nanies .1s . ent1tl~d, ·: shall :be .declare.d .

. , del~gate; or alteJ:'n~te ~o· the 2~~h shalL)1~ve. tlie _right to have an _shall- be arnm_geg :.iri d~scei1ti_1ng _elected_, ~s · d~Iegafes :, T~e: baF · •. Intemat~onal Co~' entwn of t~le observer at the polls and. at the order based on l.ength . of ' mem-1 _ance-of the llst of forty-sl,;; (46) ·

: ~nternat~o~al Umon ·.of · ope~·at: counting of. the .ballots ,- tb.at is, bei~ship in.- Qperahrig , Engineers · spall be. P,eclare~tel:eeted as . al-. mg :Engn~eers . fron: Operatmg each . carididat.e .. sha:ll . : ha,ie a Local Unio1i. No; '3:; ,The candi" ternat.es. ~. ·. · · ··' . . :· · - . Engmeers. Local Umon No. 3.. rigl1t to "have -·~u{ .· obs ei·ver to date \ v110 has been a member -of Each . alteri1ate . .shalt' serve ·a.s .

S~ction 6. Th~ elec·t.ion ~orn- . check • tlie.; eli,riibi:lity list . .. oi Operat.ing.·Engil1e~i's . L_ocal. Un- necessary. , T"I!e alternate 'with ·. mittee .shaH det~rmine .whethei· . voters, ·check th~ ballots; s' e e . ioil No :; 3 for the·Ionge.s£ pefiod the lo_,~·rst.J:um~er - fi_rst, .a net the · or .not each "candidate · was in that' J he );>allots-ai'e •l'n:ailed. be•~ oCJini e shall be at the toP: of . alternate. w!th _tl~e h1ghest num-good sta1~ding Oil ·Janw:iry 16, B~es~nt ~ at tfi·e :b-penim( cit' 'the the ':T!st.' and tiH~ cancli_date<who ber -l~sf- . . /.

· .0. ·.t?-ny · cahdidate~ ·fo.und not . ~os~ .Qff~ce Box and the ·count- has bee_n · ~- memb~r • -for .Ahe Sectioi1 14 . . Only . c~egates .

'SAN FRANCISCOO John F: Frost ' . ' .. Har.ry V. Korey Rosert~uir§ J: Rush

· Irene E·. souza ·- .

June: n: ~elson ' · ·Kem'i"eth"Glov er .

SA;N'.MATE(Y ·Mrs. J_ohrn · Nichols ·

SAN JOSE J~P,nn_y \ M'tnnoz · . sANT~- RDsp._ ~ Russelt Am!erson

SACRAMENTO F~·ed. Lacer{

.. Viola-Berg · James Gorti"ant .

.. Ben i1!utrc,'li1.eson Bob H~rrfs . to be m . good .. s}andmg ,by 'the ~ng ·o:UJ:i.e ballots. The observ~r short~st penod of t1me shall be will _ a_tt;end t l1e· conyention. An~ :.

electiond~ominitt~e' shall· be de- ·.may, cliallenge the coligi]?ility of at .. the bottom Of . t;he :· list and a_lt~i;nate . whO: r eplaees a . dele- . . clared in~ligi)::>l~ ·and _. tj:ie. c.on1- · .. a~Yr· vi>.t e(m~a, _.thEt~ ;b~llots: ;~£. !=\ll. tl\ey ~hall:thel) .. ll~f nu¢hf.red ' as : gal e prior_ to that delegate l~l! v- ·MARYSVILLE , . mittee'~ ·~- 9~.~,i;;}~n; i'~~ll~ ., ~Q.~~r}l, ;:vgt~.r~·~~~!t,_of. ~~?~~ay~ ~-~~e~sh:~l: .. i~: ,this ~~;s;~~~i~n ::,_~J·_qy:i.~~~ : J ~ :~ . i1~g Jor~:me, _conve~tipn sh aH · be . .

. · BiJl,Huteheson

the ~ ballot· and ~- certlfiGatron cOY~·$t~ng_ep;.~lj;<f!t;:lt¥<:f~t::'·~~q).. P~p...4· Jttn!3 . fl!,n~J~~t~...,: ~wJm..:,:.Jl!,~ ,,,p.~x;t considere.d , ~ ,deleg~.t~. . . [ L G~ - ~, 07a:~ :i~Ytn,kli ._. ; . -:·• ·'-f, · u - :.._ ··· •: ·- · . ·_;· ;,"'·-~; - ~··" ~-'": .. >:.-~:<-oi·:.,-. ;~ ·- ,~_ : ... _'~:;--;;~:_..:;_-:_:l_~~·~--· -~~·s::·- <~-.,.

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Published each month by Local Union No. 3 of the Internation<!l Union of Operating . Engineers

(Northern California, No,rthern Nevada, State of _Utah, the Hawaiian Islands)

Office: 474 Va lencia St., San Francisco 3, Calif.·

-Mail all news items in to editor not later tha n the 5th of each month

; NEWELL. J. CARMAN ........ Managing Editor and Local Union Mgr. P~UL EDGECOMBE ................................ --------------------------------.------ President :H. 0. FOSS .................................................................................. Vice-President_ W. V. MINAHAN ......... , ...... -------- · :----R~c.or:d!ng·Correspon\'ling_ Secr~tarY, AL CLEM ..... ~ ............................. , ...................................... Financial. · Se~retary; H. T. PETERSEN ................... · ...................................... : .. _ ................. ,Treasurer,

. · Sl,lbscription Price : $2.50 Per Year · ·

·· :QECE1,VIBER, 1959

··V ··CAll si:S Gl

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~y AL CLEM, A~s~stant Local Union lVlanager

As this is the last iss11e .of the paper fo~th~s . year, a. summing .up_ of some of the activities of your Local Union dudng 1959' is . apprbpdate. . ·. ·. _. · . .. ·· :

This . report is ·made fer your negotiatiBg committee, v.~h;ch consrsts of ~nternatwnal Vrce-Presr· · dent imd Local Union lV(anager, N. · J : Carman; President, Paul Edgecombe; Vice-President, . H. .· 0.

Foss; Recording Secretary, W. V. for manufacturing a~d -;ther i~- a . some;h~t..,..i~w~;---;9-ge . . scale Minahan; Tre.asur.er. H. T. Peter- dustries, were for less than .15c even ' a ter this last increase. lP sen, and myself. per hour. repeat, again the settlemer1t •

Probably' the most significant BREAD AND BUTTER ~luded , in addition to t~e wage new bel}efit won in the negotia- In addition to these monetary mcrease a_nd othe~ : gams, the tions this year was, a vacation gatps. sectlreg at the ba~:gail).inK new Vacatwn. provrswn. pay- allowance· for the members table· with the A.G.c. ; we snouldi Ro.ck-Sand Gams . of our Union employed in the note the othei· "bread and but~ > In the .Rock, .Sand and Gravel co_nstruction and allied irdv.s- te~:' · gains of _particular inipof- Indu~t~y in Nor,th~rn Ca~ifo~n~a tnes. _Althougp we had alrea~y tarwe to the members of Local_ the JO~nt negot,atwns 'Yltl} ~he won Paid vacations inJh~ _Ropk, 3: ~The 15c per hour differential Teams~ers, Labo~_ers, Machm_1~ts Sand _and_ Grave.l an~ Bmldmg· fqr Operators and . Oilers on and Borle~make;s w~ Blacksmrths Matenal mdustnes, rt was not Cranes . with Booms, in excess ~es1,1.lted ~n a 7 V2 P~~ ce~\ wag~ unt_il tl).is YEiar th~twe were.able of80' in: length, puts dollars in.. m?rease m all c!asrf1catwns fo~ to mtroduce the rdea of a vaca- the pockets ·of .. ·the Engineers . this year and . 1 per cent for tion payment in the Constr,:uc- an.d· Oil~r.s. The ·. s1,1.bsistepce pay ne~t year. We rmpr~v~d the va·

. tion ~gree~enti an~,. followmg wa~ increased by $1.50 per day ~atron plan by: .. obtammg, s.ta..J;J;,· that, m the Pilednvmg, Steel on)obsJet after January 1; ·1960, mg J~nuru:~ 1, 1960, three .we• Erection and .othef branches of making a tot'!Lof $4.50 ' a day v~cat10~1 wrth pay for me~b~rs

·) By P~UL EDGECOMBE, . JERR:Y :.DOWD , ~nd DA.N M~TTESON, the. constructiOn mdustr..y .. Un- for alr job~ iq-.the .sub?istence w1th erght \8)_ years .semonty ·· ·Business. Representatives der .. these new agreements, area and-the territorial jurisdic- . anq by provi_dmg that lay offs

p. ·ciSCO

Here we are in the second week of. December and still no wet wh.ieh started on Octobe;: 1st, tion of Local' Uni.on No. 3 in o.f .less th::m srx (6) mo?t~s dura· ~eather· ... this· is one of the longest dry spells San FranCisco 1959; in addition to wages and Californi~. Thidangilage regard- tron do not,br:eak semon~y. . .. :\bas had. for many years! However, in spite of the dry.weatherbur subsistence, the employer, also ing sll.iff differentials· for · Satur- . We comrp.~nced neg?tr~hons ·work list· continues to grow and w.e .. can. only attribute this to. the pays 8c; an-. :qour as. a Vacatjon .day,s and Sundays were strength- with . th~ ~ar~ous Matenal · Deal­.(!ontractors antiCipation ·. of rain at any. moment, and they . are . all allowance. Since these are three ened. . . . . . ers Assocratron~ and Indepen· ·.dubious as to starting 'any new year AgFeeme~ts, that amoun.t . . For the State ~f Nevada; in- d~tnht Produc~drs mblthed~? area cwork. Also, we've had along~r ll};:my to do_. the, hois.ting Ol} this increases to 15c on October 1st .t · · f 't b. · " . ht t .wi a eonsr era e 1 e~~l)Ce work season than usual and a job. Prior to tb,~slide. ~heY; had of next .year . spr e P

0 1 s emg a ng blo ~nth~ wage scales an~ cond1t~ons last month, they had mtended . . . " work S~ate, we ':'ere also a e m the agreements wrth the var-

·great deal of the jobs have been using the Pecco Crane that was . . Thrs yei;],r, m o~1r . p(1t~e~n s~t- ~o secme wage mcre~~es and ious parties. Your negotiating ·oeompleted. . introduced t'o this aiea· on the t~n~', ' Nor.tl1ern Ca!~forngl nego- Improved . t~avel condrtwns at committee felt that more pro-

We certainly hope that. some FrankJin Street apartments: The tra_twns wr.th_ th~ _A.q.c., we ~he bargam_mg table: The wage .gress in this industry could. be <lf the proposed work for the San Superintendent claims :that t_he~;e-· garD;ed an r~crease m :V~ge~- of mcreases .w!ll result m our wage ma_de if conditions were ma..d,e_ Francisco area gels started soon Hammerhead type crap_es will be 6 per cent m all classrfiqlt~ons sc~les fOI the State of Nevada uniform throughout Northa after the first of. the year and another first for this area:. How- and . t~e Tr~~tor . O~erat.or:. ~nd bemg comparable to our ~age California and, particularly, the t hat the starting of construe- ever, we have been informed ~eav~ Dl:lty ~echamc classifi~a- s~ales for the State of ~allfor- Bay area. It gives us great plea· .tion is npt delayed. that there's one working in the tron . u~e~~ve E\ Vz _ Rer,. cent. ma. at the end of a . 2 Vz -year sure to report to you that, . this . We ar.e .,happy to report that San Jose area now. It is worth noting that the in- p_enod. The sa_me v_acatwn bene- was accomplished to a large de-t he Shipyard · strike has finally G B 1 1 h · ht crease in wag· es apart from the frts were obtamed m the Agree- gree by first improving what ..... · f ·1 d eorge · e c ler. as erg ' · · mer1t w·r'th the A G C in the · · · · · · · ueen s~ttle~ sa tis acto;n ~ . an . floors poured on his left slab vacation ~llowance. and other · . · · was, generally spealngg, t~e ?.est m any o~ our ,brother Engrpeers apartme~lt. It will be about. five xpon~l gams, recEirved . by _the State ?f N~vada as 1~ the State agreem.e_nt"-and . then bnn?mg .are now" , t,ac,c,}o :~~~~c Th~re)o six weekp before they._ ~ will P:J.emJ?\rs of.. our ~9cal Um~n , of Callforma. . ' ! . , · the other , a:g~eerp~_nt~yp to A. ·/ ~as/been a con;;Igerable ~!rrountntart jacking the floors in plqce- were .. <cop.~igera\JIY. more th;m " ~~ our .ne~otrat1ons ," \\ I~h the · Negotrat.wns co v. e/ .1 n g t~~e ,of t.lme and effort spent by the Th : t b ·t . _ that received by other Building · ,:-,te"'l Erecto_ s and F abncators three Land- Surveymg Associa-w C Sh . b 'ld' & R ' dS seems 0 e qm e an oper ·· ' · · ' · · · · Councr·l \"e \r.vere able to expand · ·.·

~s~ ost LIP . m m~ . , e- ation, with oveitiine. being in- /Trade Uriions. The statistics ' . ~- tio~1s gained for .our Techmcal ':pairmg Industry, both £roll} Man- 1 d f ·£· t, · B tl· published by the Bureau of Na- the area c~vere_d, forme~ly Engineer Brothers a 6 per cei1t

d L b . tt· vo. ve or some o ,le ro lers. . ·' . . . N tllern c~lrfornra Northe-n . . . .. .ageme?t an. a or, m _ge ~ng When they start jacking, it re-; tional A~f~irs _show that1 most or a ' f '

1 in~rease in wage~,. an addrtlQ11C!l' ~ur farr share. of the Sh1pbmld- qu-ires continuous operation un- constructrop_ mdustry settfe· Ne~ada and the State 0- Uta~~' pard ?olrda~ (malnng a total of m g contracts for the West Coast, t·l · 11. fl · · · -1 · · d ments in the first nine monl hs to mclu~e the State of I_Iawau, 8 pmo holidays! , · 5 cent~ -. 1 .· a ~ oors are m p ace art , . . . . . . L bl 1 ~g ~ 1 s lt . · .L. •

. Key System r~1ls are no\\:' be: with 17 floors that's quite a job! of . 19~9 , although higher than esLa rs ung Wa e .,ca es m a hour addHIOnal t::J the Pens1 · :1 mg removed ana a roadway for ~ . . . · Lake ~nd Honolul~ equal to Plan, and Impro?ed travel condi-vehicular . traffic is being placed Haas & HG!Y111~ co~pl~ted the those m San Francisco for the t1·0 ,_1s·. Cro n Zelle bac11 B ld ng la t clam or.· draglii1e before long·. · o.n the Bay Bridge lower deck. "'w : ~ r , · ._ UI 1

· s Cahill has ' a pump . man on the operators and apprentices ~m- In addition to the main agree-Sharp &_, Fellows have the,, 'ratl we_vk ~ The tl!Il1lr1,g over of the . . . . . . . ployed under our Ste .. el ErectiOn ments cov.·ered above, YO. ur Busi-

bmldmg to the owner has meant job and . D,, J. & T. Sullivap . a t A 1 t d T.emoval and al'e storing the ma- · · · , ' · · sub-contractor; <1lt>o has a pump agreemen s. s prevwus Y ?0 e ' ness Representatives have oh-t erials removed, in the . old Key the end o~ goo~ employme~t for man emplc)yed. Looks like these these contracts also con tam the tained hundreds of other con­

. :System yard at tbe. Oalcland end the three engn:eers · employ~d Brother's . will be there . for same . vacation . pro~lSlons as tracts throughout our terTit~rJal ()f the bridge. Equipment be- on the eleva;?rs. T~ere rs still awhile. those m our Calrforma and Ne- jurisdictiqn, and initial contracts

· ing used on this part of the job. one .man on ,ne e~ev~tor at th_e . ' vada A.G.C. Agreements. with new employers have·. been ·consists . of one B_urroughs crane Joh~- Hancock Bmldmg, _but ~t The. demolition work in the Piledriver Eng_in~er Gains . negotiated in the. states of. Ha-which loads the rail and . tie wo_n t_ be ~Q'Ac now, un_trl this area. is still holding up with r'igs Your negotratmg committee waii and Utah .

. sections -on flat cars which are bu~ldmg wrll be, tlFned over to working throughout the whole succeeded in extending the cov- Bl.·others we think this is a then transported to the Oakland the Insl,lrance . Company. Westem Addition section of the erage of the Piledriving Con- record that we can all be proud yard and stored there. A Hydro- At this ·writing we have three City. UnionDemolitionCompany traCtors Association Agreement, of. it goes without saying that crane. is . ~andling the lighter- men empl_oy~d on the Bethlehem has two of their rigs workin~ on which .for~ne~ly qovered . only it. co~ld not J:ia_ve been ac~·­matenals 111 the ya_rd; a small Steel B~rldmg at Sacramento the contract they were . JUst Norther_n_ C~11fo~m~, to . cover plrshed had not the employers,

.. air-compressor is running an im- and Dav1s. It looks as though awarded .. Dec, 2. Cleveland · the tern tonal ]unsdictwn of with wbom we were dealing, .pact wrench to_loose~ the r<Jils the,v wpt be}he!·e !or quite,- a Wrecking Company, M. T: K. Local Union _No. 3 in the St~te h~l? Loq1~ 3, ~ts nie'~ber,~ ~nd

· and a mechamcal sprke puller whrl~ :yet. Inudentalq, we hav~ Wreckers, and Flora Crane of. Nevada and Utah. We obtam- offrcers 111 lugh esteem. We js pulling the~ spikes. Only four a . compliment · ~or Mik_~ . Hatton S<h·vi~e have their rigs wor~i~g ed a 6 per ce~t i~crease in think' it' is ·espeeia'ny ~sig~~f!cant p'anels cawbe;nimoved at a time, fr-om the Supermtendent .. on the also m the same area. This rs wages for the prlednver opera- in this year of the Steer Strke before the · pre-cast c'oncrete fine job he's . doing! This job one kind of employment wet tor, fireman and· oiler, with an that these increases and ' impi·ov­,slabs ·are piaced. on the steel was.: only meant for one, we.ek weath~r won't bother. The more additional 15c an hour on all mehts were accomplished ' with­structure o£· the ·bridge so as to at the outset, but it's now going it rai11s, the better it is. ; rigs ·with ~ooms and/ or leads out the necessity of one member k eep the we1ght at a proper into the third month. Charles Barn~y was awarded in excess of 80' in length. This losing one hour of work due to level. : Cahjll 1s . b9-ck ori full proquc- the . job · of construCting the means that an Operating Engi- a work stoppage.

Illdependent Iron. Company is tion ontheir !:JUildirig Dn,Califor- 'Ge1J_ry ExpresSWiJ.Y Underpass .at neer or an Apprentice Engin•eer Mempers ,Back, Union .... . preparing th~ . · br_idge steel f9r . riia Str.eet. A shortage of steel Fillmore Street. The amol,lnt of working . in the State of- Utah For, a nd!pn behalf of th~- Ne­the slabs of PL'e:cast reinforced had slow,ed_ then1 down. Bethle- th~ awarsj $981,889 which and Nevada for an Employer gotia}ing Committee and ,. the concrete, then placfng the con- hem · Steel hav_e ·. ~oved in plac- should make lots of work for · signatory to the Pih~driving Con- represe11ta.tives \vorking . fpr . Lo- . crete in place. ·ing more steel. Big Ei·nie is on the _brother,s. We have been ii1- tractors _ AssociatiOii. Agreement cal.Union No .. 3.we wish to st!l' . All in all, the t~tal operation the_h?ist for Cahill and he 's, com- fo:·in~d that Harney will s~art will ~eceive . t~e. sam~ wages and that ,in neg?tjatlng these, agr~ 1s properly orgamzed and the plammg th<\t th~ scenery's not this JOb shortly after the frrst workmg condrt19ns m the State ments the JOb wa? made easre , work is progressing smoothly. quit~ as good as it was on the of the year. ·· of Utah ·and Nevada as that re- by the filet of the · emplpyers' While it's slow; when it is com- John Hancock Building. Kinda Automatic Irrigation Com- ceived in the State of California. realization that the membership pleted there will. be a very nice have to agree with htm) pany, Inglewood was awarded Again, the new vacation allow- of LocalUnio!'\ No. 3 is. made up r oadway on the lower deck of Del · Webb Corporation have a contract of $39,983 for install- ance _provision was introduced. of people with a high. degree · of the San Franciscp-Oaklaild Bay started construction on the mp- ing a new irrigation system for In our negotiations with the intelligence, members w.ho are .Bridge sometime . .iri.1961. , tel at · lOth '& Marl~~}, Str.eets. the City at the Great Highway. Dredging Contractors Associa- ready at all time.s to stand be-

The Pacific 1Company of Ber- DevencenziBr6s., completed the This job will also get underway tion, conducted jointly wi.th Lo- h.ind their Union if · it sh9uld keley, who are constructing the excayation this week and they after the first of ·the year. Bilt- cal12, ~we secured an Agreement become necessary to · take · eco­Comstock Apartments on the will be putting some more men well Construction, Company was covering all oz California, Neva- nomic action, ln order to secure ~rest of Nob Hill at.Jones Street on the jol:) in a:/ few weeks.: awarded a contract to rebuild da and Utah, the State of Ha- an agreem~nt \vhereby they and are coming right along- with Cahill has hit water in the Jackson Playground · and Field- waii and the Pacific. Islands. their families receive a just and :th,eir project. Visiting the job excavating for the American house at the bid price of $109,- Mainland wage scales are uni- fair renumeration in returner t he other day we wer~ informed .Trust. Comp;:my's office _site. De- '754i That's all for this year . .. for~, and we made progress in the work they perform. tly the Superintend.ent· that the ~ vincerizi . ·and Haskins are doing have a Merry Christmas and extending all of the Mainland You should also be advised ·c ompany: had purchased two the· excavating with a 977· Loader · Best Wishes for a Happy and conditions to our Brothers in that we have received a great

:~~wr;n.~~h,ef.~lYP.~H~n~? ~n. g~r~ ~bul~ wi,gl;lt, J\flY~)?.: :,b.f!h:g~ in' a Prosperous .N:,ew '(earJ · . Hawaii. who -c~htipue torec~!ve · (Conti.~1ued o~ ·next page):· .. -~- t .J. ~ <4 J :~ . ·:i ·~ -~·f. - ~ :,~ t. ·.,'. -~ iV ·'!J ~ ~ ~- ;; ':' 7f ·l -~ ~ -~-- ~- ~- -~- tt If. s ~ ·- · .;'! -* "x ; · - ·, ! l -~ rJ u ·? 1{ ) _:_· ~ ~ 1 { .l .. ., J . r. A. ·- ·:· -~.. f ~ { 1 · ! i ~ ·-~ ' J·.; ~ ~ ; l 1.: _) '1 ·I ~ ·l J ,

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· ·1960 S~hedule · of Regular :M:~\et!ings . · 1960 '

JANUARY . · '6 (Wednesday) San Francis'co, 200 Giienrer«t S:h-eet .. 19 · {Tuesday) '- Eitreka, 2806 Broadway.

CLIFFORD B. GRESHAM Eureka, Calif. , October 6, 1959

2.0 (Wednesday) · Redding, Eagles' Hall, 1005 'Ym!bp:. '. · 21 {TJ:iursclay) Oroville, Prospectors Vm?,ge, Orovilh:!

CHAS. P. O'BRIEN ' , FEBRUARY ·. BerKeley, Calif., Oct. 18, 1959 3 ('Vednesday)

SETH PHILLIPS . · . f~·rk,' Utah, Oct . . 22, 1959 ·· .. 4 (Tbursday)

9 {Tuesday) GEORG~ MANASSERO , . · H ' · {Tht'irsday)

Pp.so Hohts., Cal. , Oct. 27, 59 MARCH VIRGIL G. JAMES .1 ·

· . ;Calif. , Oct. 27, 1959 · .. , . R. G; HARRRELL .

San Ftancisco; Cal., Nov. 3: 1959. RAY G: ABULON '

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Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 3, 1959 · APRIL

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Dam Blvd. '

Stockton, Engineers' Bldg. S~cramento, -~.E.L.T. Bl'dg. San Jose, Labor Teniple,· 4'5 S:aJm~. ia1 'fzresa. Oakland, Labor · T~lll}lle, ·'2;3:;It.s; Valdez.

Fresno, Labor Temple, 6,~n Kearl\lJey Blvd. Ukiah, Labor .Temple,_ Sta:t~ Su.reet ... Salt Lake, 151 Sb. 2nd~ East, i~JTI!m:~x. Reno, Reno Musicians' Bldg., U® W. Taylor ..

1\'IONROE JOHNS'l'.ON · 6 Berkeley, Calif:, Nov. 4, 1.959 12 .

. RUSSELL E.' LARSON ' 13

{Wednesday) San ·Francisco, 200 Giterreto. , • . (Tuesday) - Eu_reka, 2806 ,Broa{hvay. . ·

.sa:il'Leandro, cal. ; Nov. 7, . .1959 . 14 C. U. HIBBARD . . . MAY

sai1 Era'ncisco, Cal., Nov. 7, 1959 . ·SAN FRANCISCO GROWiHdhese days is upwar.s:l, with EARL E. ·WEBSTER . d k d . . . h · San_Jose, Calif., Nov. 12 1959 a ozen new s ysc~apers un e~'fay qr set +o. go. H.ere IS t e ALBERT N.' ~WYMAN' ,.:

back ·end 9f the · g1a.nt Jack Tar hotel ·and _convent1on' center O kl - d c · l·f · N 18 -195·9 • t . y N " T 'II' · t' · S F , f t _.._. a an , a I ., ov. , on .mg on an ess, - exas . m1 _. Ions 1nves .mg '.n : .. ,s u u.re. . JOHN MATTERN , · It wdl have hotel, pqols, ·hall_s; garage, 1ce nnk, bars, f1ve S J C l'f N

18 1959 re'st?~ran~ts, a~d - an . 11-story . business ·office building. Com- ag:~~~A~~ER ov. ' · plet10!' wdl be In Mar__ch. Ogden, utah, Nov. 22, 1959

C'h ., . . . I ' e) A' · ·~ ·;. RALPH MATHEW&.·· '. ·' ' anges In n·)ury ·'-'· a ;~· ... _:.,_ .. Reno, Nev.,Nov'.' 24, 1959 .. ERNEST SHAWEN

.by FRANK LA\\7RENCE ... -~ '·. Lewiston, Calif.; Nov. 28, I959 Industrial Accident · CommiSsioner , .. " LOUIS H. DUTRA;-SR. .

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· {Wednesday) . Red~ing, · Eagles' Hall; 10®5 'YlFlb;a, . {Thursday) Mat•ysville, . ~capulco Da1icz 1Hl:a1lll!, _3:23 E St.

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. (Thursd~y) · ... ~aqament(j, C.E.L,.T, Bldg . ... : . {Monday) ·Stocliton, Enginee1's' Bldg . . (Wednesday) ·_Oakland, · Labor Temple, 2315 . Vru]dez, (l'hurs~ay) · §~linas, Labor · Ten~ple, n, -J?I:i!!]llilrllD. ,

.(W ednesrlay)' Fresno, La b01: · Te~twle;· 631 1-Kt'J.Ill.r~~ey , B Jy c( . • (Thurs~ay) SJ.~nta }J.osa, L._a~or Tz\np]e, l$3iil» Tlhlirj:l. · (Tuesday) ... Salt ·Lake, 151 So. '2nd-·East, Ahlm~:x . (Wed,nesd~y) ~~I1o, Reno Musicians' Bldg~~ 12@ W. Tayi-or·

'· (Tuzsday) · Eureka, 2806 Broadway. . {Wednesday) Redding, Eagle~' Hall, 1005 1!Yn1bJa. (Thursdayj '·.Oroville, Prospectoi·s vmage, ([}1-m!.ill:e .

' · Da'm Blvd. · .. Q.ues,tion: Has the ininilmim c M>h:ere the injury occurred on. or San, Leandro, CaL , ~ov. 30, .1959 disability payment b'een in- · after September 18, 1959. ·-The o · ~3 . · {Wediiesday) creased by . the new laws? . previous maximum . allowanc.~ . v· z·~ ·j c :~ 7\ T. ·AUGUST

San Francisco, 200 '-Guerrero: - :, : . '

Answer: Yes : the minimum• w~s $400. _ . rte ~t JU1?;ey 1 votes . '·3 (Wednesday) payment for temporary or - per- Question: Has there been any 1 . _ · 4 ··. (Thursday)

· manent disability has 'been in- · chang_e in . whe? or h9w dea.th M'A· y .J·o· ·Bs 9 ·, (Tuesday) creased from $15 to $20 a week .. oeneflts are paid? · . -. . . . . 11 (Thursday) aluestion: What is t11e ne'~'. ~ .. Answei': No, de~th benefits . - . . SEPTEMBER ~xim~m ~~n~anent disa. b. ility '_ a~·e··, ~a.id just 1i k e temporary . 1u~ oErE·~AB. ·E·R 7 (Wednesday) pqyment for :ll1lnors_?- - .. . . : d~sabrhty payments. Unless the 11· ... -b- Ill · . : · 8 {Thtu:Sday)

A11swer: If ;:t .niinpr )s p~i·~ _coi'limissi'on :.. orders otherwise, : · ·. 14 (Wednesday) mimently disableQ., i1_is .·avei:age· th~~-- dependent receiyes $65 a .: By · AL ~OARDMAN and . · 15 (Thursday)

Stqckton, Engineers' Bldg. · Sacramento, . C.E.L .. T. Bldg. · ~an .Jos_e, Labor Tzinple, 45 Sanrota 'lt'eresa.' Oakla,nd, 2315 Valdez: ·

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Fresno, Labor Temple,· 631 Keath' lilHey Bh·d. Ukiah, Labor Temple, State St1reet. Salt Lake, 151 So. 2nd East, /~mm.ex. R~no, Reito Musicians' Bldg., 120 W. Ta;;nor · ·

earnings an~ C()hs~dere'ii .:to he; \V:¢ek, .payable; as a rule, twice ART · PENN~·BAKER _ . OCTOBER what· he~ wotJ,ld ,probably, ·h_ a v_e .,:.a:Jl':l,61it l'L · , · · · · Du~ · to ~Hfe amazing · win:teF :. · 5 (Wednesday) San Francisco;< 200 Guerreto: be~n •e<tf.nilig -::at • .• ~g~· '·.2}:]if, :he :; · -~Questioii~ • \Vere ~workmen's -weatlte~, ·work for th·e first time 11.. · (Tuesday) · Eureka, 9th· .a11<l ,~;- LabOr T~l~tJplle. I1adn't b~'ert :h~rr·· :If trrif C(:\J~i195. · ,'thinpensilfion .. -benefits tnc'i.~e 11 s:~ ,hf ,m:ar1y ·years ' is _holditi:'g ~P · 12,:. · (Wednesda~' ), Reddtng, c Eagles' ( l,Iall;- '10ltS>:..1liliblat;_ :: · be ' determined; .2~his~ ·. av:~i'age/ect-~ hy:· n1e .: 1!J59,• legis1ative· ses~ - rig:ht·· thtough December. In 13 ·. (Thursday) ,l\'Iarysyilfe, :Ac_apulco'DaneeHati], 3:23-E 'St~ --w~kly: ~arnings "wilLbe ::takenl.o :sioii?: . · · . · . · l~o!Iirig-t>Qwal'd' the comirig year NOVEMBER. · be· $8~.02 ;SQ:J itat ::.i'l~ -,~~li]d . ~~t ::; : :Answer~\ Yes· ce~tain . benefits ... l,ti_ant engineet._ing ·· firms . c;orn- . 2 .· - 0-V.ednesday) ·· Stoektqi1i- Engiueers,' .. Bldg, •· p~rm,ahentr ., disaJiility; : p<l:ynY~ti:~~- ,:~ndel.' ·· the:workme't~~s · cbmpensa• ,plahYth:if the"'Eis~liliow~r. tight~ · -~ ._(ThUi sday) ' -· ~~~:ri~,n~~h~i~;~~~:p·~~d.- ~~ii!5' W~mlez;_ . . of $52: 5o a \veek: .. : · . , ·. ··;/uoncact ~~ere in'crea.sed for: in~-.--mon<:W policy ·has cut ctm~wthe , · to · (l'hutsday) ·· . Questi(ui:: -Has the·;aplo.uri(of: ·}ui;ies or death QCCUrrli!g: on ;or nulllb~r 0~ . ~ew starts;:· pHmne9- : ,16 . '· · (~ednesday,) Salinas, Labor Terilple, 117 P'a]llllT'O.Stre(et. fM d:e_alh .:be_. hefith~,en::. i}l~r~;is:~~_·a:~ter September 18,_ 1g59. ···. by ~evelopers·. ,Also, tha~ the~ D~CEM,BER · . -e!P'·by the· new laws? ·. . . · ... _ -~:< D> . t'· D tl . contmued good· weather · 1s al- -7 {Wedne~d_ ay) --Fresno, Labor Temp~, 63Jc:l\:ea~rlllley · :inwd~ -· · ·. · " . - ·, · . · .. - .. . :.\-tne.s 1011: ·, o 1ese .mcreases :.. . . , · . . . . 1 8 (Th d ) . s t R L b ·r ·1 · L"'l<L" '~~'' '-· ' d . Aris\Vet~ Yes: the death bene. ,· . :. b ft

1 t . . . lowmg builders to - comp ete · urs ay an a osa,- · a or emp e·; ~uw ·Jl wr , fit f6r a Avido-~ when · th.· ere ate_···. d11~:. tlene 1 _s a~pgyb -of lllJt

8mets or_ ,\,ork that \vould have:· been com- i4 (Wednesday) Salt Lake, 151 $o.· 2n_d -East; -l~.l!ll llllex. . • . · . -· · ea 1s occurnn e ore ep em- .. . . · .. l"' {Th d ) R R 1\'l · · 'Btd ·ryou7 T ·1 no . dependent _·mmor . childre.n:>ber

18 1959? . · . ~le~ed . next sprmg. _. This would a urs ay zno, eno usicians ·· • ·.g., 1.:.1(!1 v1 . ay.· Or'

has· been increased . from $12,- . ;, · ' . h . md1cate that work Will ·be. scarce ' 000 to $17,500, and -·for a widow Answer: No, t es_e _mcreases come next spring. _ of your Union are giving away and one or ~ more dependent do not a p p 1 y to m]unes or minor children it has been ' in- deaths occurnng before Sep- This time of the year the out-,.1:e-ase. cl from $.1' 5 OOO-to. ·$20 500.· te_mber 18, 1959. of work lists begin to 'expand. "' ' As our broth~r members come . Question: Wha-t is the highest Question: What is the new · f in we- begin to get complaint::; sum -that is allowable for partial · n1aximum weekly payment or

b .l. t ? of me~bers being miderpaid, dependents? , .. .p ermanent disa I rty ·p.aymen ·s. -Answer: Th--e highest sum al- . .Answer: The maximum we.ek- hot getting pay for holid~ys, not - . getting overtime pay, working lo,waple for partial dependency ly ,.paymenV for permqnent dis- · · n~s -been increased froq1 $12,000 :abili ty has been increased from on .a monthly b,asis instead of · hourly pay. · . On questioning • . $15,000 .. , This does . not ' me~n .$40 to $52.50' a week for inju- some of the -· brothers, we find,

m"at all - ca:?es will be allowed rie,s occurring on or after Sep- in many· instances, t\hese things th;is _amount._ This . is ~ .. the maxi- : -tember 18, 1959, payable, as a · · · - )1appened . back in May or July, mum benefit. - -• -rule, twice a· month. To get the b t· tl· . b . d'd t com · · · . .. - ' · · . . u . 1e mem ·ers . I no -

these h~rd wbn gains. -When you accept a monthly

salary, -ignore the fact that your employer '.'fgrgot" to · pay for a paid 'Holiday,· work with non­union · employees, work ·over­time at straight time pay, etc. -you are giving away what you had to fight to get!!

When you work along side a man who has · made a "special

~- ; Que~tt.on;: Has t11,~re l:>yf;n a~1y J~la~mmm you must . h~ve ' had la:ili' _because he had made a change-, I_ n.,_the ·,ma~rm_ urn ,bur.Ial;c,average · weekly earnmgs , 01'.' pd ''· ·.1

. ·.tl _··th -" t< 0 ' ·. · ·1· .j:g. ·•-., . · ---~ - · ·:· ·· , ·, · ... -.. · .. • : .-·· ·-·-; . ·. .. . . · . ·· . ea , WI 1 '· e. uoss. · ver· a on · · . · expens_es . allovv.ed? -.. · · . . ., .. . · ·. earnme: capaCity of at. leas_t . · . . . . .. · . h . ~-T h. · · 1 · .. · · · · · · - · ~ · · · -- · period ·of years · t e · ec mea .Ari~)Ver.: .Yes,,_ th~ ~~easpi}ab_Ie ~~.5.02. If ~()ur_ earnings. or earn~ . - · <· . .:... . · ; · . : , f ·'r de-. ~xp_enses .of bi.J.l'!~L~p ' t~ a _ ma~- :nW capacity Is le~s than_ that . .Eng;,Ile;rs: haved foug~\- ~i ~

unum . of $600 1s, allowed;. fo~·.,~ an-1o~:mt, you don't get ·the max" cen \\ages ~n . con 1 1~ s . · death due to industdaLinjiiry Jmtlm'. · . _ step by .arduou~ step they have · ·· ,. ' ' · · · .. · ·. · · · " · · been ·able to rarse themselves to

a pointwhere- they need not be . ashamed th()Y · work ii1 the sur­vey field. We find that in a few instances, brother members ·

Local J Gains (Conti'nued fro m page2)

deal of help from our General Office. This evidences the high regard for your Local Union by the 'General Officers of the In­ternational Un~ori of Operating Engineers and their deep coil­

. cern that all goes well with it. ) In closing' I would like 1to take this opportunity to extend to

SMALl AND TOUGH_:._Bro. Conrad Oelkers-823834 here ooer- you and your fainil)' the Sea-.es latest model· of "con cut"' joint,- master saw with1longit'udi-- son's - Greetings, sincerely -trust­nal · attachment · cut.fing '-expan~h:~n ·joints on Peter· Ki'ewit .Ven-· ing· that the_coming. year will be. tura Fre·eway.- job. ·. Th~se ·new-fype: joints . will eliminate slight · prosperous and -that- all of yo_u,;:,

: ~ ~ym.p~~::ript:ji:~.~.P'F~d~-' ~ar. ;driyer:s:~; Tl:.fh S~Y>'·:baS' :Jg_ 4;r-.: 14terC)_ I :; c:ut- .. ~n$lo ~'?~~: : <!.e,a~ {Qri,e!if}Yflh~pj~)'.;:. ·.· ting -di·am_olrd ~p.'Oirit · b-lades-. · ·(·P+c :l;>y La!r'f 'McCar-tney. l ;the· best o{dizalth~. : :' · :

deal" with the boss, you are lowering your own standards. When you accept "special of­fers" from the boss, · you are lowering your sta~l<!ards. If -ymn give· ·away your ag:reenient, . or allow other meinb;r::;rs to give avvay youi agremnept for you , for all practital purposes ·you have no agreei11e.nt .

This ' is your Uuil!llm- do w.h:at you will with· it. . Itt ,.'iim ·be 1\(j)

better that you wfslhl ftr til b.e.

ENGINEER'S NEWS · DECEMBER, 1959

S. J DG " . F . d r· , , r._ • · ··· .an o · ; 1st net ·Jden I .leason i ureetings RecOrd W·orki ng .Weather Year'· By~ A. {· HOPE, DANNY 0 . DEES and W~I. HARLEY Di\. VIDSON; Busilicss ReprCse.tativo&•

· · We would Fke to take this opportunity to wish the Brothers and theif' families A ·. VERY

1989 D " t Cl MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND PROSPEROU9 NEWYEARl· The>. year- 1959·· has. been . ' ...... raw~ng 0 · ose , a good · yeai for most of the Brothers and we hope tha.t.d 960: .wiU ·pr;ov.e to·. be even a better, year. : ! · · ' · The San Jose Office has tried

, · . " ' . . . ., for severalyeqrs to get a :mood tering as Fonlson.; Operator;s,, the Bayshore. . J'£y BILL RANEYand GEORGE BAKER, Busmess R~ptesenativ~s .Bank establish~d for the benefit hoping for a chance to get-a few·· Sondgi:Qth Bros: have staited·

Another yeai· drawing to a . close, and a record ·one· for weather of the .:Brothers and their fam- days more ·· wor:k · .b~fote ·,· the.· wqr!L<md heir $165)200; contract: .

;in . San Mateo. Comparing 1959 with . previous ,years,)t ·has been 'ilies. \ve ; have .. ·during ·the past · rains shut the: jobs do~nr. , com- · on-•. the; .. n~w, , Safety, ·!?ark> -Tlfey.: .

·reaL-good for most 6f the brothers. Although ·we ·we1:e .slow; in month given out doz~ns . of plet~ly. ,· N~~<Jobs .arfr ,:Just ·no.L~a~~ ·: a1so,;]:m,sy;>: on: sever:al su:B-dl· ·

~tarting,. many of the operators and oilers have really come::'out Pledge. ):ards ·ta. the in embers startmgcUP!lmspl'te ot~he-, goqq>,viswns ~ throughoutAhe;.ar.ea : · ..

Dn top as far .. as wa~e ·earnings are concerned. Then ·again, we ·promising to g!ve a pirit of their ' W.~ath_er-•. and Contrac;:.tors:'·: ar.~~~ Firter:;·:Hoines; Jnc .. , ar:e: -build-

llad very Jeyv large · p_rojects in · . ... blood. J:_o .date ·.o~1iy · on~ .ffi.em- h~~mg:· t~_,_complete -the .. Jobsc.ing, .a .. t\¥.o:;:million·:·doU~r- ca.ur.

·the area, the many. small sub- -~~ey are co11centratmg 1:ow on : ber has ·made·use of: his Pledge still : m .. , pr,qgr:e~!> ' ·· . . · . . . ~-· ... ~t. ·Bro~a<W.~>-RQ'ad:., and• -the· ... Bay,• .. · ·

iii vision and · fair sized . commer- the TeFT,a N o_Y.a .·School 3ol;>. · gn. c ·ard. , JOHNNY ·MUNOZ has:the · · >· P & -E tC0,nst).;uc.bon,,Gornpany,r shone.\ ;or· J, J ot)'es :::is ~:.doing • .. Jhel,

i!ip.L building ·jobs . that .were 'i:u :the Coas,t, · an~ : se.v~ral ?£.' the · distirlc_tion .. of ·:beil~g · not - ~i:ily-;ate~.stiU Wo"Etd~g: qt tqp·, !)pee€l.to :under:~&l.md;,.:'¥ork>:on,:~:Uris ''job .

;progress created :·sufffcient brot~ers ·are_ ·wmlung · on . the the first :but· the oiily one so faf eotnpJete ;_the'ir :: Jo.bs. · > The:y:.':)'e"'- <fnd .. OHv.e.r i IYSil':a· oh Oakland\,·· ·

ivotk ·to keep the men busy. this gradmg an~ und~r~roun~. o- .· · to.· donate a plnt . of blo0q.> 'We -cently :;wer~e:_,:a'favded• ·a ·$76,(i7A; :'ha:ve.-the;_J)a~Vii)g: cop.tract. · . . . d b . . f . tl Oddstad m Pacifica-have sev- . . ·.~- ~ --·· . t "ontract" fo·r ·sto· I'm . ·s·ewers· o·n,·· . . ·. ... . ... . . . .· . . . . ...

;summer, . ·an · ecause .. o · 1e . · . . -- • . ·- . · · . · . . · .are· .extremely-_gratefu ··to. Bro h•'(·" .• ... · '' · -·· .· :· ·· . . o . •• ' ~ - p ·:&-K Coustq.t.ctrorr, are wotk· .: ·-good" weather mqst ,of the broth-· · eradl 0

1 f th~e J)rofthersf t'h'l0r

01,{}ng, ' ~r - Munoz . ai:idJio.pe that:by .·the:· 'How.es_ ~ead ··-R_ oa.d-~ · Thi:S _i·p;oJe£t~>irig, en\;_their 'Jwo. miles - of_·.stoi'm:,~

ed T. 1 ·. S · · an . a so-· ave ·a . ew o e . wn- · · , ·. · · ·11 · ·d· ··· c ·u-ne t'·n· · ···w··•.t•---a· ··· ·· · ·· ·· · · · · · · · .ers a~e .$till emp~oy . : 1e _a.n · . . . • .. · · · ·.' · . · t . · time- .\¥e write: .the ·· n~t jssue, ~ WI,: •· PIJ,<J\U~· · .. ::. r l ~ ,,,. h.'.!~ '.~ ,'(irp,Jn~. 'Oft• 4~h (Street 'and;;th~ .-· Mateo area ; (as - m most of th~ e.r pperators .· worki~g on . h_eir we w~ll ·have a .ltmg .liSt of · th~ - mam-stGnm" qr1;1:m·-fr~m Ci;)Ja~az~<~ayshor~:) T11ey~_:ate:' abauL-half .. , - . ) I d 1 d 'ld l . -- proJect. .Lowrie .Pa-vmg working 'B . th· , ... h .. h ·. 'I .1 ·ct ···· ·as ·C· reek·· alo·n·g'Hr.m=t·ead· u;;:~·~ ·, .. .. h . . ,, ·h ,. thi· . b ' •. areas_ now 1a 1a ·a -mi sow· ' . . . . · "' ro ers,:-w o ·· .. ave · re pe .. m · . -. . · . c · .· - · .. ,v ·.""' 1 · ~~~·:· way;·. t. r:otlg- :. on ... S' JQ. ~- _ · :

~ng do,vn that h~s !dled approx: ~~;~le jd~!~~tth1I~~e~.any otllcr ·:this . worthy .cause . . ' . . :· ·:·: t()~· ;Portal- A~~e.nue ·OI?'· : S,tevens~-: .: 0 . ·:c.~,Jopes ' h~ve ·the . traffic .

t mately one hundred. men, but · . · . . THE- LIFE YOU SAVE MAY Cte~.l): Road. · . · . . . . detoured . on Alviso . Road · and

even with this · coriditi_on, we a~·e _The E. T. H~~s~o. see~n_to BE you~ OWN.' OILA':;LOVEI) ·· E>T_.~ Hasso~-Belmorit·wa~'th~: , the Ba,ysfipr.e .whiJethey are ·in•< .

. very_: ~ho~t of_ mer: .. m. . C~).'tai~ ~lave son:~ sort o_f a JOb W?I-k~ng ONE! , . . ... . . .. . . . : ... Iowc~bldder, •. on: -a :. _$.?2;692 ' son· . statliiig .ail. 8 foot box culvel;1;a

dassificatwns. All m~ all 1t ap- .m every " ~rea- m · the . distr~ct . ·Jobs are becoming- so ·scarce ~~ad ·for ~?.ll!itruchon· of , se'"':.er :Dewey M<m}tiiss has his rig ·ol11' _ _-:.pear:s to haye been a· better._than . !hey have_,.one g~od si_zed JOb in the San Jos.e office thi.t o·ur~ lmes on King ·Road for the•C1ty. tli.is job . .

·=average. wu1ter ; . .. and Busl'll_ess_-m the . area ~hat_ IS .. ~tn~tlY: · an ' Blade. Operator~ -are ·ev:eri i.-egis: ·Of' San Jose: _ . . . SANTA CRUZ . SALINAS •Econorrusts predict._· £!-:_real bulld- -undergrou_nd proJe~t. This com: · · · ~ •· · ·· ···. ·,'. A: J. Rai,sch ·were the low bid- AND MONTEREY . ing .boom- for 1960. ~ . . -pany furmshed employment for . . .. _ · . ·.· · . . 'ct· , .,. · · $1· 2·0- 7o6 "' t t f •·· . ·· · - . . · .~ . ·

· . . " · , · . · · · . · a good portion of the brothers. were )ow bidders · for..the ,schooJ .. er§;_. on ~ -. · : ' . · - con rae or <· HealycG:ramte, M.J.B_. ; :P & E . ... . The total C day ~ffort was 'Fisk Firenze & McLean seem to job . at Pescqdero, bid being of~ . street , Improvements,, off. ConstructiOn :. C o·mp anY and

-above · $28,000 of y.vh1c~ about b· . 1- . _. b . . . .tl .. 11 $489 OOO • . Frahm Engineering. ~mchester ,Rpad near .. Camp- ·· Fredric-ks!}n are all . pushing to .J, . lf a due to orgamzed la- .. e near Y as usy, .WI 1 sma , . .. . . . ·b·eii · . . . . . :ua, w_ s_ ·· . · ·. . . . jobs.·going· all over u1e -a1;ea. · Co:.... is · qoing· the en~neeripg, _. :·· -· · · . · ·; · :--· :get ,th~rr"'Jobs complet~ before _b or s bel~ef that thls Is a go?d UTAH TRACT Piomb.o .is .d.oing: the. heavy grad~ }!lee Bros,, .are . busy~ a.n, the_Ir the ·rams· . .shut them. down. .

' Way to giVe, and be a good guy, · Th Ut i t · t · b . t ing .· Harry . Lee.· Plumbing Co. :$4!3J20 se-wer . contract on . .Wll--·. : Ed Ke~ble was low bidder on ~,R: is unfortl!n.ate that th~re are t · ~ tha

1 radc IS :. udsy puk~ · doihg ,tlle ·pl~mbing· ·so -between Iiams Road. ·· · - · .. the Greeh . Valley Road exten-

£0 rna:ny chanty fund dnves all - mg m e . un ergroun wor . •. '. . . . . . TY B. . ·' . b . - • . . . . . . W ·t t f th . as we mentioned in previous:-re- all the .co.ntr actors, this ~Ill fur- .·~ 1s_ano r os ,., are . us_ y on sev swn .west of Watsonville. They

· vear ·long. ere 1 no or e · . · ' · h t .. d 1·· f · k f .· r ' ·1 · .. b tt.."' · 1· t th h t..~ t 1 3 'l f d t :United Crusade we would have . ports. The heavy, dirt work has . ms .. a gre_a . ea .o. wor .. O,~ .: ~~r~ .. JO s . moug l?U .. · e -~~ea. .· ave ~l:IU\1 . mi es o :oa o

· · f d · · · been finished for the time . be- the brother_s. . . At the present · time . th_ey .. are be graded and planhmx . sur-~t_ 1:eats~ _ }nor~ . ~n · rm_smgd. or~ 1·ng ·at~·-lea·st and •we' '"'e ho· p1·11g J. D. Ar_ chlbald ·is . setting' .:· u_.,P busy on th.~ir .undergr(}uni:l joh,Jace, With 225,000 yards .of. ex· . :ganiZa wns ~- nngmP" your · oo •. · ' ' · = · · · · · ·· · '' · · · · · · ' ' ··" ·· Mil ·t 0 · th' ·. · b th · · . · · · ·

.,. · If · ·. · ·k d tr . "C" -they have more w 0 r k ' iri the their cru.shei<at•-th.eir quatry,·iri ' J:lear: PI ~s , ~~ n : Is .Jo ; ey cavatwu. Brother Woods 1s the

. -~:fl. ~ff~r~ua~'~Id~d ~~t ::ceive ·very near future as this was ·a . Pescad~ro to .. fprriis:i .the rock, ~ar~~·using two ctrenchers, a back~ Super :or:· thi.s job. Other jobs i. 3 !anet· card,·and -window stick:c nne job. Frederickson & Wat- for their three __ Jobs m th_a,,t area. h?e and;;evef~l ca~s: · · · . Wats?nv1Ue are ve:y sl.o_w. .·. · . · t t · B · · · · son have finished their job at The state has taken .the· road Flat top ,Smith IS busy on a . Phil Calabre::je IS . domg · the . ~r. pleaset ct~n ac your . usmess the ·airnort and have moved out. frorn tb.e county from La . Hon~ ~u~division off ··Calayaras: Roa~k excav:ation on the new bow.ling 'ftepresen a IVe · J:' · · · •· · · · · 'th· th dd't' · f b t 60 11 b ··1· d' · W t 'll

·. . . . .· .•: They were sure' thankful f 0 r da to Skyline . . We .are. hoping Wl . ·. . . e a . 1 lOll ' 0 .. •. a ou ·, a ey '. Ul mg ill . a sonw e. . San ~at~o .has n:any ~I?-ploy- t'h d. . f 11 'f . ·f ··tl · t that. this will m:ean mote real- .'homes . . , · ·. · · · - . Fisher·& Stokes were the -low ·· · · that keep their Engmeers e ry a or I le we · · · · · ·~;J 1 · c t · t· · ·· · · · b 'ld ·

- ~! S , . . · . . bs weather had' set in this job ignment in this area, _.and will B\1Uen 1ermer. on s r .uc wn ~rdd.ers o~ the llqmd rce m : ·_ all __ the year. ro~p.d . _These JO . would have beeil a rough one. cr'eate more .:work for the broth- q_omp_an_Y- - have: - ~gun work on mg ~n S~lmas , a?d Ed. Keeble IS :

· :and our Brofh~rs ar_e all news . . . · · . , . ,· . - ,a::n~w ;·J.Ob . ofL.P,1edmont ·Road,: cmovmg m . eqmpment' to help .Worthy, . but . a ~artlcu_lar com- In th~ Mrlls Estate aiea th~re ~~EAKWATER ·. with~ ·Doc . :Reynolds . doing . the them .out •Brother John ·Ma.tus ·

:-pany GOmes to mmd this mon~h, ar~ · . still seve~al compames Healy G_ranit.e Co_. is moY}ng paving and 'grading. .· . . · . is the Super .on this.job;·witli C. ~he-E. H. Bean Com.pany wrth workul:g. Ra~k?vich C?nst. C?. · MT. VIEW & PALO. ALTO J . . Brannan and Earl Lloyd on .owi1er:- Bro. Tex Bean at .the h~ve Just fm!shed with therr right along with their breakwa- . ·'Noxan Construction Company. the scrapers, Louis Bam:nan. a.nd -~'helm." "Tex" has over the d1rt work with the · DW 20 ter job with jus_t about the same f . .. L A 1 1 . t ·t d S .

1. p .. . t . th . d •

· · .·· . · · , - d b t th t'll .h re the crew on the Prmceton end. The 0 .• os ng_e es lave_ s_ ai e trr mg · urnn on on . e ·. o~ . years_ collected a good per ecnt fiprea : u ey s 1 . a\ , _c • · .- • . • work on their new bmlchng .at ers. They have 32 workmg ·days

age of the really top crane op- t~ucks _and s~ovel spr~eC\d; run , {u~~~Y: t_h~\supphe\ th;~ ~ 0t~k 'the Lockheed -Plant, with ,. Per· to complete the job .. · Fisher &... :eratm:s .. and. oilers, as ' well as mng with work well mto next Sor JIS J() A lappen~ o- " 1~1e ham Construction Company do~ Stokes ·have again started '111oJ'

-€I even cra~es of various-. :Y~:s. yea~·- . . . _ . _ . . . st~~d ~~:t t~::e ~fa ~: :~r:; ing the grading; this job wei1t jng dirt on the ... Carmel Hill job. These engmeer.s. and then 11gs - In . Mtllbr ae ' and .Mills Estates ·. • · . · g · ·for $7 49 775 · · This ·has ·. put several of the

are capa?le of just. about any ·the L. ~- Smit~ Co. are still workmg there onl:y. ·.. .. · · · P.B.A.:· of. Los Aijgeles: have Br~thers ., back to work ag~in . , '

. :poistin~ ·lOb known m our bus1- busy · with _then· street work, Bro~her .AI; · Gup~pan of the ·completed their five . mileS. of.· Buttler & Fox of -Salinas. have

·· _ness . '''_rex-~ ~. gets. a good mari ..-"':'it_h ' the .grading pretty '~eU Associat_ed Prpe _Lm.~ Co. l:as conci'ete · strip· · on tlie:. L. Q. submitt'ed· a low·: bid·· of $133-,834 · : ·

11.nd ·keeps . hmL_ Of the twenty fimshed. :They also have a h~gh- s~v~ral JObs -run~ng :~ -th~ area_ Smith' highway job near P~lo ~-- on . a new .road to Aronurs, ·situ· ~­.operators-and oilers on the P~Y- •· w~y proJect on the Bay~hore Simllar: to ~he Eicll:lei JO_b ln- S?. -A! to . . All of; the -approaches ~re -!lted ,· wller~> Monterey; Santa · '

.. '!'(lll-, the av~rage ha~ been ·with -Hrghway, but. th~y · have mo:v:ed ?an Fr~nclsco, .· do.mg ~Is ·Share completed and Oscar Holmes is <Cruz·.·and San Benito: .count ies•·'

t hP. comn:>nv . fo~ ~1v~ v e.a.r s . .. most of ~he ~ld tim~rs to a:650,- m keepmg the PI others ~sy. putting in the finishingto~ches. · meet.. ·-The" 1.8 ririle , recanstruc-

.. Mos~ notable .statJ?tic 1s_ the._Jact 00.0 yd. JOb .m .Manv. , OU~ SINCERE THANKS TO · Stolte, · lnc . . have . ·" deliv~ed - : ti011, and •;widening· of . Carpen'- ·:

t hat in tbe-first fwe years only The Associated· Dredging Co·. MRS; JOHN·· -NICHOLS · WHO 'their underpass . job .on . Pag'eJe;ria Road from San .. Juan:.wat- '>

t wo en.e:ineers -h;1ve drawn . an. -have started their 100,000 yard MADE ·SUCH -AN EFFO~T TO MilF Road for . the :Southern ~·Pa- .·· sou ville rChl.d·- to · .6~ miles ·south ·

' 1.memplovm~nt. check. Don't job at Coyote Point.in Sa11 Ma- DONA.TKBLOODrro TH~ - E'N-···· dfic Railroad; ten'months. ahead · of . Aromas ·- i~ - expected·. to start_, :

-rush .down there though, ·there teo, at the Yacht Harbor. This GINEER~ BLOOD BANK. · of schedule. .. the·· firsL week in· Decemher;c.

i s- no ·turnover. ~ob - is now running two shifts · To Brothers "Ga'd Roberts ~nd . Le'\-v Jonesand ~all & Sim?-~: Completion is due,June l!f60: . ·

.PACIFIC~\ JOB and we were told that. they W. Nelson: we . are . holdum. son have started ·work .on, their ··NEWS• OF THE . BROTHERS ' Buzz ' Haskins has the big Ba- have another job to move. to as checks in this office which have De La Cruz overpass job in San- ·· We would like to . take- this

cifica job as well as two other soQn as this one is completed. been returned from the address ta_ Clara. This job went for :• opportunity . to extend our sin· .

projects going in the _a rea at All. of the Brotners must be wbich-you have given us .. Please $928,027. - This overpass will cere sympathy to-· the· ·families

,-this time. He has ~5 cat ·.opera: happy on the Kunz Paving pay- come by the office and pick up . eliminate the" bottleneck aLthe · of Earl (Shorty) Webster · and· '

, t ors . nine ._20's, 3 PW 20' units roll : They have ·several jobs go- y9ur ·checks~ 'E! :Camino Real. It will pi~k up ·John Mattern, who recently '

. pulline:· t;:~mp.ers. 2 sho.vels, 1 ing in the area at this time, • no -PERSQNAL . · the · traffic · on Clay Street' in passed away. after a lengthy· ill· · . - Case Backhoe.- 4 foremen anQ. turnover, and have been . kept BROTHER BILL CANION has Santa Clara .and carry ·over · to · ness. Both Brothers were well '

Buzz himself. We were told tl~at very busy. opened a Signal Service Station known in this · area and their ·

.. e:vcept. in the case of heavy ram- On Alpine Road the A. J. PE(- at 37th and El Camino Real, in · :tATE JOB. REPORTS ·passing will be· a loss . to all · of

:f all this company has enough. ters Co. are on the finishing San Mateo. To all members of SUNNYY AL,E. Contract award: _ us. work to run well i1:1to 1960. stages of their pipe line job. Local No. 3 Bill will giv.e a 10 ed to p & E Const ... Co .. l620;,S0 ; : Broth~r...;: Charles Scales iS ;in

· They have ~eer: .\v.orkme:. sev_en This has been. anot~er go.od jo.b_ per cent discount on a~t acces- ·7th St., San;-,J~se; $4?9.;197.-1 for '· ~he O'Connor Ho_spital ·:recover·

. ~ cays <;>n thts JOb at Millbi a e. for the brothers thrs fall. '. sories, tires and battenes, . and· grade, paV~; cane~ . cur}>,& gutt~~.· · mw·from •. an._ accident mcurred

' MeBclows. T~ese brothers should · The Sharon Heights area IS a car . wash 'with any $2 . pur- . sanitary sewer.,sys., storm. drn~e; wh~le ': op.~ratmg . a Gr:adall-' for

,t·e,allv be ~ good. shape for very slow. with many of the chase, for $1.40 . . Bill also an- sys. & wat~r, maiJld~YS•, Nogil~~s:::,-.Olhe Nelson: Good. -Luck. to yoa. ·

'Christmas thrs year. ~ . homes still not sold. w_ e have nounce·s that he is giving away I~tdustrial Ass.t.:"Distt,:i<:t.~· · · · . qharles· and pope- you wilL sooi'r'

· Pioinbo Coristr . . Co. at M11l- been informed that this com- · a $60 Waltham Watch on De- · . sACR AM E-NT 0 ; Coutr-aekbe;; .(lbJe: to .resume ·your work

. .brae •are finishing the streets, panv intends to retire fr.c;.Hn: .. .the cember 21 , 1959: •Drop in .and awarded .to :G:~~1}~6)i~ ~;&l;t~e.£f,~Bix\.:. "EJ!6.th~Jfii' ;~ay~:' -Delaney- is " re-

. imd ·this has been a real good building business. Good .luck to see Bill at his new station. Good :54(( )lurJi:qg:p-Q~,,.:~ ;:J, ·A~:,Jo:nes}:coveriii:g;J~~_om ' a seriQus· ill_ness. ·

job · for · the member-s . this sum- you !'Red" in your next endeav- luck to you Bill. ·. · · . · . . . . coitst. · Co., · :BQx.\~66;- Cha~:Iott,e, :)~~ptlw~\E.;, J .. ~cott,· Dozer._Oper-

mer. . or. It has been a pleasure do~ng This will be ·oti·r lastreport'to N;C, .~(JV)' $1;8l0;!181,·for .. :'coltSY:O : ator'. for·p_ramte;,.~has , be.ell"' Un·

The work on the McKeon business wi~h :You . to you for the . year 19_59. Al· .~CaJ1lino;Dam1 'f~nneJ~•it~~~ : ~j~_Ne<;.t?!.§'l9~'~· ~or,,:severalinon~l;rs 'Tract has slowed· down consid- . Over_ at La Hpn<ia . the Thorn- thougb we were slow IlJ, start,_: appm•t. W.~I·}(~ ; :UpJ?.~l: :;,AD?-~liJ-~~~~,~·du-e1to:pl~~~-~~ ;;- -.but:, has,., now;. nn· erably and there !s not much as Construction Co. has the ing, it has ·proven to be a mor.e River. pr.oj.,_.EL.;D()RA:DG.lC(i).;} · ·Pl~Qv~.d ~\COl1.Side_r~bly · and - we

·w ork there · at . present. The highway job 2 miles east of La than go_od year for many of the · -'SAN MATJ!}Q,~ CQntract, inv:ir~·£! h'op_e) thak he will · soon . be~ ot1t

1andscapin~ cqntractors are still Honda, well under. construction, brothers. The Business Repre- ·ed-nego.tia,t~d.-.-awar~,,:Jo . Will:dn the., field again. . . ·.

, ·· l:Jiisy on th,e. project apd prob- with a good sized crew working. sentatives and office: personnel-.jams & Burrows, Inc., 500 Har- .· ·Brothep Clias. Gage is laid ·UP.

ably . will be i.mtil the rain sets They also have the bridge job wish .to extend '· to -. each and. ev- bor; Blvd., · BehiH~nit for expau- with _several bones broken- iJi. ~in: . " iil bac~ of Memorial Park: Both · ery one of you ;l VER,'':"MERRY $ioh &-remodeling,ofMillsM~m" l1is ·foot. Our · b~st wishes for• < J?erger .Coastwide , still going jobs are under.tlie· .able; suoervi- CHRISTMAS AND . A . HAPPY --orilil HospitaL Estimated_ Cost..,::. .• sp·eedy.: recovery to you · ~;rot]1er

·,-JStrorig, very little turnover , and sion · of Brother Andy Cathey. AND . P R 0 S p; KR 0 US NEW $3-;000;000 (Amount Of -• award '' Gage 'an<F hope that-you will not

.)l<JPfejlty of work in the offing. ,Th,e. Long 9~T ffo.~ .. ,Fr~sno, . YEAR. . · . ) ; . ~- . .. :.. t l 1

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By H .. T. "PETE;~.PETERSEN_, 'BILL BAR~; c":i:INY" . LAUX, w~~REN ~E MOINE, ' TOiVIlVIY THOM·PS~'r and 'JOHNNY SCA:uES, Business Rep~esentatives· ;\l: . ·' ... This . November 'rrews ,f~port ·is , i1ot 'a fgreaL:-i;I~ff.erent than : · \

.. J i1ose .. We've;· reppit().q ·th,¢~ Ji:st;e~_uple., ·OJ/. ~e~r:s;: · iF-ot:.~PY,.. '{l,riqlarge · · . . . ~lt~<,mgh ..the .-weatp()f .. :Js.: h.o:J:q~rig · v~~Y.:·;~v~ll;: \v~<-~ind;:: t'hat many .::.

_oL our jobs .. ~re· finisbi'n.;g: a~d. ·in ·. 'ac1dition, the ·: conttactors,_ ar~:' ,; . reluctant to break operi ~any". : "vork 'fliat they<ll;lay , 'l).<(ve; dt,Ie ~9.' · ~- the ' fact that ' they• are ';eXpectibg -th_e ' rains·· t6 '_§tat( cl.f~wever",;: :~e : .

· Cleared· nearly .4:00 -inember s··out >this month, "W.\JiCh :is":,doing ·v~ry'. · .well ·for. this .time,-of the y(lat. ·As. this is out·-' lcist: ~s'sl,i~ · thaLy_oii · ... . · all ~;eC'eive before the'·~oliday -season 'ana.: also' ,the 14;;. t_'~ngine .. er_s• . . 'Wews .that wilLgo to ·press·.•in·l 959; .-the· Business <Agel:\ts:->and tfte.· :

office . force·· would~· like :to ~·t~k~ .:· tnis : opportunity /to'•' :Wish !each . . a'nd. every one:of your. atfd y<nj.r tfamHies a very l\ierry;;Cbtistmas : .• . . and a ·Happy New Yea: .. : . ... ; . b . · .tli B ·· ui · c· : : ·l-; •:d·· ··:~K·:., t- ~h . · ~

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h .ld ......... t JO .. WI .ro er y _e IC ens . T e wor. Is_ s I . · ?. 1:tg . ?u . "as foreman. They pay~ so nit/ of v~~-y well _ m ·the R~chmo~d- and t)ieir own ~quipm,erit:,.qn the: job ·

.. Ber.~eley area due t? o~.n . good plus equipment rent'ed -:£:ro:m Bob w_ea~her. All of the d1rt Jobs .. are · Mullpy of Oakiand · and s·orne . · movm~ . fast to ~ beat t~e ram:. f:r;om· Ii~nk S:P<!rks:: 0( ' 0rovii1Ei: ·· .. The P1011_1bo _Constructron Go. s·· Th'e Brothers ort -thfs job m;e, fre~'Yay JOb m Albany has ~p- running the · 'following equip- · Sh~wn here .is a posthole digger, . ~t 'right, built by the 'Y.( illia'm N. Box co., Union City and. i:~~

. -~-!· Ed;n Fergus~ri Tra.c+or ~Y. Loc?l 3 n;embets. At left .. is .a ·Foyr~~heel. drive tracfor' desi.c.ff!edJ .. · a.nd budt by W,m : Bo~ Co; Th1s U1;11t maae a kur-whe,el . dnve two-wheel tractor and is de. [{ s1gned ~nd bud+ to f1t any wh?el-type trader. The shop is lota'ted in Union City, forme~IY; [ known as Elecoto; · ----------~--~--~~~--~~-------~----------------~--------------~-----~

·. prox<1:mately 90 days left to fm- . ment: Earl Barker on DB. ripper, ish. M?st of the '~ork lef~ to bee Lqyi§o .WYmC!n on. D~ ripMr-, do11e Is the pavmg a n d ·the Fred Broo'ks ori ·· .. DB Tamper

.• ~:Ncture.Piombo's_San~aFejob ~icli:ard Yo).lng on .DB Tamper: uom 25th Street m •Richmond . RiChard.Fa.nfa (m :DW ·21 1Glerin to . Cypress Pt. is ~oirig along Gilliam ·on :D\v 21 " ~ind 'Jimmy

~goOd . They are movmg a, lot~ of Jenkins on the P"rease 'truck. . GE.m. ,Hallen otl.' rubber Les Eddy . c:·. ·h. o H . • -th . f. e t . rock .and are having· to -blast * · :: · * ·. · . ·on. tamper. anci Pete :F~edioni on· ' . ·-r ti:r'irm· ~('1 ... :Is· ~ . · e. · . ~ f~·e·· r,

' inost of Cypress Point. The ··rock D p d . . h I '. 'f o ··i{· tamper. - . ,e ~J.I CJ: 'ti . .. . .. . In R;} is 'being- hauled by truck from . an ro anovJc, ·' nc. o · a · . * * * . . . . ·Ferry · Point to the · fill ; and are land, underground piPeline· con- C. J. Woods in .w··aln.ut Creek H ... ~- od . . d -'.tJ~ . dl• t'l

. tractor has all the un4erground .· 0 I .:3y -R "e·a . •es .. ' .. · ~tt;i~fbf:og~o~o~~tif.~~~c~h~; ":otrk Ofll;. thtis lplfojecltl' wt'hhicJ_I ~~n- ~~~~kinp· ~~j~:he;~~ s?.p;i~~Cy· ~~gse~·;:; .. E . u ·. "'"' "' . ; :. ~ · · ,> " . . .· . · ~: : -~~ ·

A · ·1 p· b · 1 · t ' d sis s o ms a mg a e sewer, " , . . . ·. l?nb·~~ JBomkolnasf ~a sRo tshtahr.led . and_ water. Ii:nes. They ·ar,e :ha.y, mo:e. sun~_hine --; and :dry~ }_~ys. By·· GLENN L. DOBYNS; s .afety Representative · . :}:'• . a ~o. m e~ ~ ey .or ... o. e 1 .' . in_' g a . rough go in . aigg·in_g :the _. T~~s __ J_o_b. 'D.~e_ of seyeral ' s~ct~o~s · · Ra£fm & Wtenck. They have ap.- . t . h d t. t'·h . '· .. k.· , . t·h.. to be <let m .the hear future ' Th_e Chiistm~ s . holiday is one .of -the ,high accident. periods -;)f. . proi !mately lB,OOQ . · yards,, :to . _rbntlies ue t . e ~ocd Qfh tlis_ ·should' ~.eliminate : the flo i:ii:ied tp.e·year o~ .the streets and high~ays , ~~n th e home, and elsewhere~ :. move at · the Radiation Labora- ·]o, · · _eyare: rym,g 0 ?, .a.,,. __ le cofitlitioris t:h&t · follo\V's· each · The suffermg and all the other Ill enects have no place in cele· . .-~ ·. . , . · · trenchmg w1th one trenchmg ..... .. . ". " . brat·ng l·g· · h l'd· tory. Th1:s . should keep ·some of . h. . d ,_. H. t ..... t·l . ramy season· .In the area. Woods . L .a reI wus o I ay. . . ~ . . . I

tl b b " h'l ·r th · mac me an a op o. w1 L · · ... It would be interesting to discover, in this .era of motivati.O"''r': le oys usy .IOr aw I e I . e •'B th ·B.ll' J . ·. . . . . th' . hOpes. ·to 'be 'out vby Christmas ... .... . th l ld t Th h . ro · er I arvis nmmng e . · , . · . ·. · . research, what the world "holi- --· ·.-

• l aW eNr 106. ~~ ou .1 eytl _av~ ba trencher,- Charley Webb "'oiling, :With .. a little luck. They are d , . . WI o. , wve on 11s JO "B . , S · . ... : th workmg ten hours a day and ay means to most people. close fellow worker have beeB,fi and are mo~ing in two dozers. H rotwnbie khouza IsdruE_nmlngH· . e six 'days a ·week trying 'to beat What is the first thing that injured .. Each one of them rrrus~i'

* * *· . . op 0 ac oe an ' ar eap . . . ' . flashes to mind when the word . is ·his oiler. : ·. the rams. The ·bo)IS on the JOb learn that unsafe working con··''"'

. The Colgate-Palmolive . Co. is . * * · ~, · at the present . 'wdting are: ·c . is mentioned ? ' ditions and carelessness·. ar&i.~': \ doing ·some expansion work at Th W N B · . C i .. t d J. Woods, Supt. , Jim McGee on Time off from work? A tr~p? bound to. result iri inJ·uried~~~t:<-"

7th and Carleson .Sts .' in Berke- . e . m .. · 9x 0 · oca ~ - theD:$ doze!· Jim•Richardson ·is An_excuse to celebrate? A:tragic ley. Dinwiddie Construction · Co. m Uqwn .Clt! has tl,le agency grade checker, · Cliff .Jorgenson ·accident toll? iqness .... that will be costly im?~ I·s cloi·ng the b.tli.ldi'ng Bob " ·~ul for the Massey Ferguson & J. I. I·s 'operator d. C t. Jac·k · Unt" ·t 11at 1 t thf 1 ter ms of lost wages, suffering~ • ·.

, 11"~ • • • c T · L , ·c -Tlf _. -- . · . · · an ur son Is or u e y, ru u an- . . · loy the excavating,. and 'f ill, work hase. rt~Ct.OI o. t . , 1~tlc~mp,an~. oiler on the Northwest (Cliff's' sw~rs probably would place .. all p~ssibl~ _perJ11anent handic~p o~ -.... ·

·· • . ·• · ' · · .. · as JUS ·come ou WI 1 ·a new . . . ~ . . d ' f 'g · t d I · 112' and George F. Casey drd some t k t ·

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1 .. d own ng). Geo. Henderson 1s on Df those higher on the list than · Is 1 uremen an even oss oz.: ·

f . d t · d '11. th· . , rae ype craw er ozer oa . bl d H .. G :1-. . th th t . . f h 'd . life. oun a IOn n mg on rs JOO. d .· Th:. . . .' . t a ,e, Larry: ansuerger ·on e e rue meamng o t e hoh ay. · · Dinwiddie has a truck crane and er abn uppetr.,V IsNegBmp~Ce~ No. 955 loader with Jack Moore And it's especially unfortunate ·One of my greatest pleasureS!iw

1 d ,. can - eseena · m. ·ox o.s ·. dc lP . .. th · ththl'd th comes fr·orn "'alk 'ng ·· t .· ....., · a · oa er wom mg. d -1.. L d : D . . t 'Rd ·· 't an . ar rynJK on e pumps. a · o I ays mus ave an · as- · · . '' 1 m o a.~~

* * •!• rgrh S~cat.~ T~~ , e~:0. ? , : l a This 'project at' a price of $250,- · sociation with . high accident area which I have not visited for ·" . • . 'willamett e Iron . & Steel co. d . · rdee ·.d b1b. ltcomr.~.nty hC! slo 000 ~has been a ga'mblers night- tolls. some time and have some ;past·~

es1gne an m a . pos ... o e· . · b. ·t ·t· -1 k .1.k "C J, · · b f f t 'tt . " yard No. 3 in Richmond 1uive digger a'nct a method ·of chang- m~re . u I .oo s · 1 e . . Ch;ristmas, wi th the . deepest mem er o a sa .e y commi eat .

sta:ited some work from :t heir·· . t h .1 ''a .. , t·' ' t' will wm out. spiritual significance, is the that I have no.t .talked to for a~ . .. ·.. . . mg a wo · w ee nve rae or : * * . * · few weeks com"' up and t te;.:

Navy contracts. _It look~ ._as to a four wheer ··ariv,e tiactdr · deadliest .holiday of · all, accord~ . . . . v . s_ a .: .. · t hough the_ yard will ,be domg a· which has already proven itself N - A.·: b .. · · · · ing to statistics. Il:onicany;. it . h1s a_ttitude ~n safety .. _ Possibly ., . l?t of repair work. T_hey ,are get-· to be very sat isfactory in a 'mud ews out . achteves this terrible distinction he may mentron ·SO:Ue Idea .th·at J tmg some more whn:leys . r~ady condition. The . coihpany which .· _ precisely ·because .. we want it to .. h~ has . bee.!), worki~g _on ·f or_~ f~r ·use .and are s~ttmg p.umps · already has several of · these The Brothers be such a w·o·nderful occasion. · S()me. time m~d. whiclr ~~ ha~ -for some more basms. We have four wheel drive tractdrs in op- . . It is ~ - s~n_timental ?oliday. ~~~nt~ncouragmg supervlSlon to ''' · a~ ·present three operators, one . erati.on, says that lhis tractor in Brother -Fred Parker who liv~s People Will dnv:e long dtstances P . . . . oiler; one pump . operator .and . mud condition will out pulllhree in Oakland has been·· in the '< hos- for the traditional familv reuri- Eventually I would· like to sea"-:'' ~me compressor operator on ·the of the two wheel t r actors. This pital with the virus thinking that ion, undaunted by 'the" worst ev_ery · member _of every com~ , ,~.

·JOb: shbp is 'under the ;supervision · he had the sniffles. We want to· weather. More travel-especially pany, every ·office, ev:ery · gov·"'• * * '' · of owner and· Brother Bill •:Box wish Fred lots of luck in gitting winter travel at highway speeds ~rnment agency, every commun;• ':

. · Yitba Tank Erector's ha,,e a with the f9nowirig _ ·Brothers rid of the "bug" which has ·a -means rriore accidents. 1t:y, every school, serve on .somS"· ~· job for Richfield Oil Co. at Point working in the shop: McKeown habit of hanging on to people It is convivial holiday. The for:n of a safety ~om_mittee in .. ,

· .<;hmond. They have erected Logan, Bob Lynch and Oliver once it gets a hold. . joyous spirit of the occasion is- which1 the emphasis ~s 0~ th~,.,g . three large storage tanks on the Abreu. " · * * too o~ten sought ~n liq_uid form . f_a_ct . tllat m an; ex·pandmg I~1d,~s:.:..

hill above yard No! 3 and are .,. * * Brother Art Affonso had an Thts d_eady. conJunctiOn of t he tnal commum"y no o~1e wilL DEk ,

now erecting some . small tanks Fredrickson & 'Watson Co. , . automobile accident :on Thanks- throttle 'and bottle has :climmed safe unless everyone Is safe, · .. ·at .the loading docks. This job is qmtractors of Oakland have the giving Day , .in Los .. Bantos. His the frue radiance from the star ;Now that 195,9 is drawing ta;r coining along fine. We have a Tennyson Rd. flood contr-ol :job car was totally demolished. but of -Bethlehem a clgse and l have. been work~ . few members working ·on :the in . the Hayward Distiict: . They we . ·~re v:ery happy . to report . It may som~d trite to say that ing_ as a_ Safety Represe~tative,­job and it should last ·fQr·a 'fe:w. have completed this 1db "ofsome that -Brother Affori.so came. out "Safety is everyone's business" fqr ove~: a year-"":ould _l~ke tcr'':-

. weeks yet. Y.uba Cons.oliaated . $156,000 ; whieh consisted . ~gf without any .bruises. . but . I. am . sure that 'no . one ·can . take thiS opportumty to. · thank~~· has ~ started fabricating piers '"at deahihg, "Widening· ·arid Iining ·. . 'i' * ·* . .. . dispute the .fact 'that too 'few my, Bn~ther lYiemb~rs . for .· th~:l:f'., their yard in Richmond. Th~y this canal with gu·nite. The.·gun- · Another Brother had .an acc.i- · concern ·niemselves with- mind- wonderful . eooperatwn I havtJo plan on'startjng two shifts in-the iting was 'dolJ,e oy 'the :A'ssociated dent in October. His ;:1ccident ing''that part of ·their ow~ busk received: ' . . . . near future. They are · p~Jilring Gunite ·Co. :. of· Hayward. !Jlhey occu-rred inthe Sier:ra's. ·Brother .. ness . . Too often . management Merry Chnstmas and a HaPPT:.c pier-s iJ;J. Richmond. and are plan: also put in thlee ·small bndges: Bob ~ Mares broke his .baCk :.in sets .up .safety 'rules a·nd consid· · New Year to: you ·and yours. ; Il:~~g to _float t.)J.em ~p tO-H1eir This. \'las ·.a wet ~uict ·muddy·.Jbb ': three places but'is ready to:Work . ers_· it has· qone the job while

.. b:pdge Job at Martm~z . · ·a.fter the :Septerriber;iafn. sfoi rr1. , agairi after a rapid. recovery..· injuries c~ntinue unabated .· ~nid LA TIE JQJl . REPORT·S. ; . . a . ''' * '-' On the two :electric pulls were * * ·~, . ~ the rules· gather dust in· the files S A"C R A !VIE NT. 0, Coritracti

. . ~e\v_, Subdivision . ·. . . . c :'Ruffand,Roy Keinmitt/Oper- Bro_ther App ·RusseJi is . bac'k of'the<!re'rsonnel office. _awarded to R. A. Westbrook,~ ·. Close Construction-Co. of Hay- -ating · the ·· fruck ·cr.ane :is· 'Ray. from Tahoe Valley after ·wotk- Uibor ·in mmiy instances has . Inc. & Mot'rison-Kmtdson ·-Co.,, wa:fd _has the contract .for ..-Hill ., Da¥ies -with £n:ice::.:Hinds "as : oil~ ing there for Hm:ms ·Br.os .. for begn just· as guilty "'of ·negligence ~nc. , · ~431 Elvas Av., Sacram.en ... n' 'Dale" sub-di:Vi$ion. iri. · East er. ·:tv: BerrY' is · on blade, : Char~ over a year. Brother' Russell bad: in this field. Of c:ourse we have to, $535,061 for abt. ,: mi: · lgth::,~· Hayward f.or lBB new · homes. ley Burritt .grade ·setter ·toren a good job l~ying pipe · but is . derri<inded tl1at each employer two lane 'hi.e;hway to b¢ const~~ These homes will be· custom ·. Jones on D-8 Dozer·iand 'Bfother glag.to be back iri t11e Bay Area. ·agree. t o 'set lip labor-manage- by grade & placing untr. b~se Oil<:' . b~ilt ranging in price- l.tpward Bill'Phillips_ the :foreman. . . , · '-' ~· * .. merit safety committees. In many. Alder Point Road, betw. Bridge~ ,,_ f!_om $25,000. The lots .are priced * ''' * . Brother Jimmy Johnston was -instances such committees have ville, and 4.1 mi. · Southerlyl,· fi'qm . $5,000 on up to about' In Lafayette on '...the Peterson hurt on the job while working . been established and in most HUMBOLDT CO. . .

, $1~ ,,000. This project >vill have a . Electronic buildirig 's'ite ;Friborg-· at the Herrick · Iron Works i~ eases are doing good work. .. SACRAMENT 0 , . Ccintr~~ , two acre recreation pla~gl'Ound Cop.struction Co. is b~ISYmoving Hayward. He chipped the bone A ~afety program is one field · awarded· to Friclrick & Watso.~~ vvit:h a large swimming pool. some 50,000 yds . 'for ·the con.- in his right wrist and has it in of endeavor whE;re management Const. Co. ,, .B73-Blst Av. , Oak··

. T}1is has\ been a very rOtigh and struction of a new ilidust:ry tg a cast. We want to ~wish Brother and lab.or can work together and land, $673,540 for abL 2 .~ mL

.ugh job and has taken about "this . area . . With about three Jimmy and. all of . . the other where the success achieved will grade & surf. on untr. base. &:, three months ' to complete. They weeks to go we . find .the "foliow- ·Brothet s . who · (lre ill or hurt a pi,'bve profitable to both.. R.C. bridge to be const on Tren~' J!loyed some_ 130,000p.tbiC y~rqs ing Brother? at the-qoritrpls ~ifn · very speedy recovery. . We have a real tough ~ob be- to~ Rd. , bet":Y. Wholer R;d. & 1.~ of .muck which consisted .mostly Brother ·EarlBrown as Foreman: fore us. It cmmot be disputed mL W. of Olivet Road, aot. 7;Il1L:.. . .. ~f r.ock . . Les Mc~opald of • Close Ralph Sheperd is . on . plishcat , WE WISH YOU A HAPPY · that . our members ·give · little, N.W. of Santa Rosa, · SONOM~. Constr)lction ¢o. is Sun't.' "On' fhis 'Whitey Wilkenson' on< ruboer , ,, HOLIDAY SEASON! A ~ thou'ght to safety untinhey or a co: ,• .. ' ~:-... _

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ENGINEER'S NEWS PAGE SEVEN

North Bay Busy; Good Year in Prospect By H. 0 . FOSSrF. A. LAWRENCE, L. C. SOLARI and A. S SMITH, Business Representatives

This month's report shows the bulk o! the members stm busy-and the contractors taking ·ad· vantage of the good weather. From all fodications, the coming year of 1960 looks good for the Marin · Solano Counties in the construction field.

Carey Bros. Const. were re- . . . . cently awarded a contr,act for overseas l?bs. B.ro. W_yman ~av- And agam, we w1s~ to stress street ~nd road work !or 1.6 mi. ll)g _been m Ja1>an ~vith Guy F. to you brothers the importance length two J,al)e highway to b.e A:kinsou __ as excavation foreman: of d9oating to bl9od bank. Re-graded and surfac·..r on untreat- Nice to see these brothers back b ·t t k . t f .

· "", in the Slates. mem er, 1 a es JUS a ew nun• ed base on Lucas , a,lley Road. . utes of your time Why not drop between Sequiera " Road and PERSONAL NOTES: . d · th . SSR N : ' M-. · "' · t , :Bro. Tom P.oague dropping in m an let us make e appomt-. o. 1 1n arm v OUll y a. a .. , . . . ment for you? cost of $102,487'. These- boys are -to tell us of his new )ob. He .JS . • presently in the process of fin· now a. "Commercial" Salesl!,lan, We also have the COPE tick-ishing up their ,job· at. Marinero and wJll travel the w~t- co.ast ets ayadable for $1.00. Have ~ou project at Tibu:ron, selling· men's wear. He llkes his donated yet? Your donation

T.h s d H; · b I work, he tells us. We wish him helps to elect better congress-. e yar an arms JO. O· cl . h' men cated at Marinwood is one of the mu I success 111 1s new ven- · . fastest jobs in Marin County, tur~, Our best_ wishes to the fol- In closmg our report for . the and 13r'other Ja'ck Bean, their lowmg_ brothers w~o were con: yea~ of 19?9, we look forw_a~d Super says he is anxious to wind fmed III the h~sp1t~ r!cently. to a b1gge1 a nd better yem m it up so be can devote special Broth_er Olhe F1edle1, Oil~r. for 1960. attention to a job they bave· to Magg,ora and Son. 1)and mJu~y w~ in the San Rafael office, start in Vacaville. on Nov. ~5th on the )Ob. He w,11 ''llienie" Poss, Franl< A. Law-

. . , be wearmg a cast for a wlule, rence Terry Haan and from the The ~- C. Smt~h Job located at b)lt he is already up and around. Vallejo ofJ ice, ~uis C. Solari,

McNear s Road m Marin Cou~- To Brother Milo LeFever me- Aa s s ·ti d N · ty bette known as the Mann . , . ' ron · 1111 1 an 01 ma

.' .· . r . chamc Jor Gh1lott1 Bros. who Scaringe. wish each and every-R1V1ei~ Developmen~., ,s under suffered a hand injury also on one a Verv nteny Christmas way w1lh lots_ of equipment and !he job-trying to put a spring and bes! wishes in the coming about. 18 engmeers on th? ngs. into an lnternaliona.l truck. yenr. This Job has until ab~ut May of However, we understand Bro. · 1960to run and there_«rearound LeFever did not need any hos- Job Awards 700,000 rards. Therr . capable pitalization. foreman is Br-other Phil Dunn, To Brother Al Morgan, fore· pro3ect manager 1~ Doug St~w- man Ior Brown-Ely who we SACRAMENTO, Contract art._The crew cons,5ts of the fol- learn is confined at Santa Rosa awarded to Lol'd & Bishop, P.O. lowmg: Brothers Desmoncl Cal- General .Hospital for an opera- Box 812, Sacramento, $577,107 vin on D~zer, Freel Cunha. tion. · for const. bridge & appl'Oaches Dozer: EarmeHartman on l':llad~: .Brother iim Craddock has la· 011 Walt Av. Extension, acr. Henry C.,lvlru·sli on _Euke; Edrue ken a service withdrawal, and American River abt. 2 mi. east Maxted, Dozer; ,hm Nyholm, will be "one for about four of Sacto. SACRAMEN1'O CO. Euke; :t:r~d Per ry, Grease Truck; years wit1tt11e Seabees. We wish OAKLAND, Contract awarded Al Quat~l, E

7uke; Ray Ranson on him Jots of good luck. . to Williams & Burrows, Inc.,

the D9, \\ ayne H. Rommel, We wish to call the followmo- Belmont $764 709 for roo[ on Dozer; Howard Sampson, Com- to the attention of our brothe; Dist. ao' MG North Reservoir,

1 postor Operator; George South. members who reside in City of Richmond. · ers Euke; Pe_ter Verhonik, Novato to-be: Brother Charles B (:JR L l NG A 'III E, Contract

Euke_; W. E. Willi~ms, Dozer; s. Adkins employed with awarded to ;\!orris Daley, Jr., Merrill Hartzel, .Master Meehan- Schultz Bldrs. as a member of 1145 Calliornla Drive, Burlin•

· JC. We also l!ave_ tlu·ee brothers theil' survey crew (expediter of game, $753.775 (Base plus addi· oµ rented 20 s f_rom C. J. Wood lot-lines) is a candidate for City tives) for Burlingame High

· -Don ?strom, Paul Bennell and Couucilmao and would appreci- School At hl etic Facilities-Gym, Al. Bilhngs. ate your consideration and vote. Locker .Bldgs., etc.

Williams & :Burrows still have We also have another brother MARTINEZ, Contract award'ed a few pieces of equipment on on withdrawal by the name of lo James E. Roberts Co., 0ak­their Marin City housing proj- Everett Pozzi, also a candidate land, $769.500 for 90 dwelling ect. All the sl1·eets and utilities for Councilman for City of No- units, incl. alts, to Admin. Bldg., are in, paving done by A. G. vato to-be. Brother Poz.zi is re- site work, etc. North Richmond. Raisch on Lhis project. Unless tired fron, business al present, FRESNO, Conb:a.ct awarcle<;I to there are further expansions on and most or us who know him R. G. Fisher Co., P. 0. Box

; this project, this wiU be about remember him as sta rting the 4081, Fresno $684,044 for the • the extent of the crew. . !i,st readi-mix plant in lhe Greyhow1d Corp., Market &

Kappas Yacht Harbor m Sau- coU11ty. The election for Coun- Fremont Sts .. S. F. for const. salito is now comJ)leled with cilman in Novato will be held new cone. bus depot on "H" St.,

· berthing of boats. Members wbo on JaDuary 12th. These two betw. Tulare & Mariposa Sts., · are interested should investigate brothers are worthy of yoUJ" Fresno. ; this for prices, etc. support. S U N N Y VA LE, Contract

We note wbere Parish Bros. We have a supply of watch awarded to Noxon Const. Co., ; of Benicia were awarded a nice fobs a1id lapel pins. The (obs 1513 W. Temple St. , L. A. $7.49.·

cont1·act in Contra Costa County. sell for $1.00 and the pins, 75c. 875 for const. dev. control cen­Lee·Mac Paving and Ghilotti Makes a good Christmas present ter, increment 11. Sunnyvale,

Brothers, lwo ot our local con- (attention to the wives). SANTA CLARA CO. tractors a re doing a lot of sma ll

· jobs all over the count)• and hoping !o finish some of them befo1·e the rains hit.

• • • L'I TH.E VALLEY AREA

- - ----------------------- The Gordon Bal l job is f inish·

Rf PORT FROM SAN FRANCISCO

By E. J. KING and E. J. VAN OF.R TJETH,

Business- Representatives The period just before !be

Holiday Season is one of the most difficult times or the year

• for negotiations, probably be­catise or the increase in t.11e year. end· business, wl1ich makes it hard to s~t up meeliugs with the employers or their represen­tatives. !11 spite o( tbis we have managed to settle the San Fran· cisco Retail Stores, Bay Fair and Valley Fair Shopping Cen­ters, San Francisco Hotels and Hospitals, Shedd Bartush, Lyons. Magnus. Eng Skell and James F. Waters.

• The recent tour through the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, conducted fl>r uur Nuclear En­ergy cl.asses, was a big success thanks to our organizer, Gordon

MacDonald, and our l nternation - ing up including the paving at al Representative, Dan Molles, Winters-all equipmenl moved who are instrumental in set- out. ling it up, Heinz job just finishing up at

One of the lhings that has Allendale. taken place sbicc our last ar- L. i\l. Wils<;>n at Bomarc Site ticle was n meeting of the Na- has three pieces of equipment tional Association of Power En- working man,1ed by Brothers C. gineers. Guests of this meeting D. Nelson , Gle,i }!umiston and included Asemblyman John O'· Clyde 1-laJcomb. Foreman co01-Connell of the 23rd Assembly ing in with equipment is Carl District, San .Francisco; Brother 'Ruamussen. There won't be loo Edward Parks Director of Re- much work fo,· our men on Lhis search and E'ducation for the job, so it appears. West·coast Conference of Engi- • • • neers, Brothers Newell Carman, The following brothers are James T. Rivers and F. J. Van now ''year" men: Ed. S. Dusky, der Lieth. At this meeting the W. H. Moungovan, Joe Adams. lice nsing of engineers was dis· C. L. Mahoney, Aubrey Single· cussed, and the mutual coopera- ton, R. E. Wyman. Lobuic E. lion between N.A.P .E. and your Giannini. Warren Blake, Art union in this common cause was Cereda. Brothers Singleton aud reconfirmed. I!, good time was Wyman recently returned from had by all. thanks lo the officers and members of the N.A.P.E. one a Merry Christmas and a

A ,·ecent ,•is itor t o om· office, prosperous New Year. We would Brother Claude Fitch, asked for ~!so llke l-0 take this opportt1111ty the opportunity to say h elJo to to extend om· best wishes at the Ule members and to wish every- Holiday Season.

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' arysville Area ·. ows Do n'Wr<~ .. infer> THO Hi R _Changes In ·myo~~~~;;~~~~~:~c . E. COCKAYNE, W; R. WEEKS & IRA BAS~A:W;Business _ Representatives ruR_·_ • .·s· -T' .A .. -s· . -__ ·.' '· l_n_·. iu __ ._·r_- Y_.' __ A__ . i·d __ .

. Best news at this writing is that Bechtel is again reactiva#tig Jl!e, ~~.ngii,leer,ing ·work, on the t>ll U . . . · . -Wynailotfe pi:ojed: -Tliey . h'iiv·e---starfzi:ll\vo ·surveylng ' pattie~:Jo: '\:forJi\:·an(lJ~ceording lo Jhe stt" · · - By- th · t · - ffi uld 'b . 'Que_s_tion: . ~w~at . i~. 'the n e':w-

- periritendent,· "BiUl''Anderson, the-plans and specifimitions-.- ~i~.e ·~ ~9-;:·b~- :r~ad.Y hy .. 'l\'lai·ch fii,st . · -cr- e · -ll~-e ~ou ~ . 0 . . e . m_axi_inum_ w~ekly payil}ei1t:'if'or :

· · with thebiddi~tg as sno_ti -ther.~~~ft.er as }i1;adfc~L ·: _ .· _ . _;; ;< 2~:·. · · ·· · -.:·; < . . ·• • · -- · • :. ' ~~~1~~ f~~~sda~~r~~~~sA~~1~1!~- tem_poT~_ry}o!~t ~~s-~b~1itYz ; __; ·· ;

. ·As reported_, _to . ~his -_ o~fic~ : . '. . . . ·- . > c ->~e«t>hrrdg{;buiiL'ovi:mth~-~ Bea~ we forgef_in the excitement· ere- - ) \:_nswer; ~lie,ma~I_I?_~m we~.~-: :about seven mrlhondollars Is to aAA£'ll.!b;nt'IJ -NaA",.A.s· :·' \i-f,-' / b ·- -: ·· :_ . ·-_ .... · . . · at_ed _ by the · eommeicialization. l~_ pa;y~ent _for·. te~po~:ary _ t?!~l ; ~ loe 'trimmed from· the project aws .... ~Ten~ · .. vJR~'f' .. <\2 . J;~e~ .il:_ ?Y:,e _Rt? .Qso a~d } h~e-. of the da' ' this is the' ·aa --we ·,~d.I~ab,:li~y .. h~s been. mcreas~d-'This is to be . d~n·e· by .. making R~G'{JLAR QUA:ltT~RLY;P_!~· _Pr:~~:~~~t - }jridge; Fpr t~e ))ndge, . ceieBrate::\h~ birth oLHe,~ who .· ~r~~: $50 ' t9J95 ~ wee~ fpr .. ~in~ . - . 'I

·s~veral change~ I? · ti~e P 1 an s, ~RICT lVIEETI_NG: -- T?Is ver~ flp,'.-.re(l~IgJ1:_1E(~~~of t~e road a~~: the -_)s to Chfistfans,. The.Savior; 'rhe .. " Jun~~. o~cu~rrr~g ~n- qr _a ft,er • . __ -.··, SJJ~h . as :the . celm_n~a~mg ·of .. one poptant _. meetmg will _ be 11.~1~ -.<'~h.()r?t<id::i ·y$?d?0:~90 .: has be~n : Lord arid:c_rhe -Master. Septembe~ 18: -19<>9_, -~ayable . as ""torage dam wh1ch Is to .be off- Thursday January 21 1960 •,_at , a ~. oca_ , e , . . paditron ~h~~e.wilL · ,,,- · , . - . a rule, twice a month. ·'

:et ?Y the r;ising of another, re- _ s;(}~ p:m, i i~ i'he Pl~osp~ctorsy~I;<:-~ha(?:~rt~~~~~f{~c~~~dt:~~~ · lif~~~ ~~i~~~sn,k a~ oaw~at~~r~~~ ___ T? _· get -~he . ~~J~:imv~, _ ~~u crlucmg the )ength of the tu:n- Jagv, Oroville Dam Blvd., Or_Q~ . < ·· ·.t_. ... ·:·t·h . t·. • . .

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'th · "ll -.·- .conn 1es a . wr a .up to a . we 1ave no -exac now . . . . . .1 f lll~ : ·:an revismg · e . e.a ::V~ vt. e.. . , ~· · · . :. .:.j(H), :here_)lfid there: · .· _ . edge ·of thiHrear imd day--ofHis _,.earP'.mg;; -or earn111g.' capac~ ~-_o_ !f- .-~-fc and . K and .. Yub~ Cou~Ly. _ GRIEVANCE_ COl\'llVII~T;EK .: ; ' -·. . . . _ . birth and death. Yet this Man at.le_ast$105.~6: . Usu_allJ~,Jhlsfrg~-: .1~t ~Al amounts_, to .qmte a J?b, MEETIN<?: M_eets eve~y Thit_rst :~ M..J.~~~E~~NEQUS WOR~: _ of lo'i-vJy birth, who was ·des- ure1s_ based on the .a~ollnt ~ou . ;,sat tn.at. day evemng at 7:00p.m. in ~he .• : II1~dditH_m. to: the ·pa.rtlalhst tined-h> die a death the Romans _have ~ctu~~ly earned . over }he

. Apparently some' ~ngineering Engineers' HaH, 1010 "Eye":)~.t. ·, •a.J:ipye,, .p_L pr_esent .and 1 u t ~l r e reserved for comm . . . 1 past s~:X- months to a . year._ Bow--~W.ork will also be done this year Marysville. . ' . -~ : work : t_here ar_e any number of was to have more· f:rl~:~~~'l~~ ever, m some ~ases ·the . CI~CUhl· . •mn t:1e Yuba River• Project. we YUB ,, · ·c 0 ... r 8 -0 L I·D ATE D small Jobs;. gomg all over t h e h' t , _ d ki -d th . _ stances are such ·_that th1s Is not

· • £~ l'< . -. th t k h . t IS 01) an man n an any , · t -·· · . - - . d _ . -· 1\f,lad hoped th.at Bechtel would GOLD FIELDS: December meet-. ~re~ t- -. ~k- .. eep us optphmgh. ry- man before or :since. . .~ ctohrrdec meas,~dre~12f.n , other

;;aiso do this work, however, an- ing cancelled. Next meeting on mg o _ eep . up Wl t_ e~. . . . . ,. \ ' . H1e 0 s are u.s:~... :YOUr ayer' ~ther fir.tp., , the Internatio~al Januar 25 1960_ . _ . Sacl~as ~87,4_33 fo: ~ s.ewerproJ- ; Yet H~s teachmgs wer~ .·~el~: __ age_~ee~~Y ~~rmng_~ . orearning_ 31En;:;;ineering· C_ o. is being seri- N 'TYO!V·~ -'s ro . N - --.... ~ ~ct m Oroville which . went to Lvely_ .simple and uncon;ph- . c~paci~Y 1s less fhan $105.26 you, . •

-- I fl. "-'-"'~ ·~ .. • ext meetmt; B ld ·· · A $45 450 · ·. k' , t cated He taught us that we are ·'d · 't · t tn '' -· · <l!lusiy considere-d 'by the -dii·ec- will be subject to ca_ll. . ·- . . ta Cwhi_~_ n.. .s+' t ' ·c ~llpar mgh. _Loh to lo~e one another. . That we on ge ·. _e_maximum . . ~ors of the Yuba County Water GT '\DDING M B"'f\1\T & CO. a _ . 1co . ~a e o egy w IC _ . . . . .

-'-'· · • ' 1 c j<j. 1 • . . .. · ·a: t 1 · ... b 'T' · 1 t · t A' . are all brothers m the Father~ · MT · 1 ,. · ,_ · · · · .Ag:::ncy. 'Because . of onr good The Joint-Board will meet Tues· ~s _ a(en- Y-'-e1c1er, e c . . 1SO, _ __ . _ . _ · . VIEN, Co~rera~tawarded :;-relations with Bechtel _we have · ·d . J · · 5 · ,., . · · ·• m ._:the_. same area Butte Gr_ eek · nood of God. And that we_ .a_ re _·to Ince Bros f>ipeHne _·c_ owt Co ·. ay · anuary - 19o0 at 4·15 · · ·· · ·· + ' t h th · · · · · · " · ., <OUr fingers crossed--!oi· th'em. p m' . tho T'' l i d t : .. 1 ' ROC\( Co. ··keeps -a fair siz.ed vO ao un ° e a c -o er as we '616 E. Taylor, ~Stfnnyvale $29:695 -

Bids are to . be opened. so we c.ou~1;:~ Offlce~mco n n us na · crew_ busy ;pretty-m)lch the year would be done ~Y- _ . · . . · fo~ y~u~_ :s~reet,:~vater main ex-. ;;are 1nfornied, oh -,the Missile The . _-_ ., - . .- aro!lnd.- ~ ·_. , - . .· And as a remmder to many ,tensiOn, Bailey Av~ to Mariposa :ll~ases on January 5 and to be let . . Ge_neral Mvll].bership _· . . Around · Marysville ·-. ther:e has who have forgotten or may _ not Av: · · · ·. · ·

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°n. Tuteh_s· •bee_ri·:quH_·e a - riumb~r of ho_b.sing know . these ·simple teachings . CONCORD ·contrac· t'·a'va-·r·ded---;;as soon thereafter as is practi- av anuary 111 . e - -- . - · - · th b · · · 1 ·· · · · .. , " ' <:«:iJ.l. We hope, as apparently Lirr~oln Cit A }t · ' h wojee'ts, going · b?th i? ' Ma_rys: are_ e _ asic pnncipes UJ?Ol'l. ~to -Shellmak~~, ~Inc : , ;525 Market'

. 11fr-here is a lot of preliminarv ex- h . f 2· Y u I onum at t .e ·. vllle · and _-._Yuba City Wlth a 350_ which the Labor ~or Tr_ ade _ yn- St. San Francisco_· .$33.400 . for . J ours o 30 p m and 4· 15 p m h' " ·-· · · ··· ·t - b • · lV'r t · b ed ·Th · ' ·. · · - · .. -.. · , .. -- ,._

~av::ting , that this means we'll CONCRE.TE- PIP · · v: o~se ~r;oJ~e ·slated to. est~rt~ wn .1ovemen Is ~ as · _ _ e rilaint. dredging_ 'al;Eier--34, _Mare ; 1[~e [ ending out a lot · of the M t lVI d , J E ~DYSTR~-~ ed by _ the Hand ConstructiOn f?unders of ourmo~en1~nt _be- Jsl?ri:d Anriexxf.or Naval Ammo . . • 1'_-h_ r'others · to thi·s .,,ork ~r-ound . tee sl 1 on a}_, . an~aty 18, 1960 . Co: : of S_an ·Francisco;· Total cost lleved th_at by ol'garuzatron up- Depot . Conoor~l .. . .. . . . .. •.r.~ ' - a L1e Engmeers HalL 101{) - · · . . · · ·. - · . · h . .· · . . · · · · ' · · u. · . · ·· - : __ ~ebruary 1. Incidently it may "Eye" Street, Marysville at7:30 qfth.~ · pl'OJeCt has bee~ estm:-at~ ondt-t~se Plltncirest~~ ~orkefs IYI~RTINEZ,-Contr:actmvarded . lllp.terest the brothers that work p.m. ed at $f5,000,000. If. )PU th~nk an e . res 0 . n1an m ·";cou d to M1lls Excav.Jlnc., -P. 0 . Box ·. ~or Earl Parker t~at _we_ha~re ' ROCK, SAND & GRAVEL IN- th~ttoo marw hou~e~ ~r~ bemg re:p ! he _practlc~! benen~s of 534, Millbrae, ' $25;253 ·for constr .• ~been _told that he Is blddmg m DUSTRY: Meets Friday, Jari'tiary . bt~Ilt . aro~nd Marysvllle you th~se _basic_ teac_~ngs of life . . · •of -main ~ewer fr-om W. Contra i «Dn this work. 22, 1960 at the Teamsters Hall might ~~ I_n~erested to k_n ow . So -1~ . this spmt _we . of the Costa Ammal ·Control Center to <\'CONSTRUCTION NOTES: 818 Wall Street, Chico at 8 p.m: that th .... military me: es,~Imate Marysville Office wish to each connect. w/ sew. sys. of Conti'a··

Stolte, Inc. and M. & M. under NEW -.YORK~lVIA:C.HINE-SHOP another _ 4 •00~ ho~Ise~ v.~ll .?e of ,You a_nd yours the very ?est Costa Co. Sanit. Dist. No. 3. '\th8 spo-nsorship of Stolte has AND PETERSON · TRACTOR needed. Who IS gomg t9 hve_ 111 th1s Chr~s~mas Day- may bn1!-g, S A C R A'M-E N T ;O Contract

t d tl h . · t' h' 1 " ~o . . ., . . . . them- anc). what they are gomg both spmtual and ·otherwise -, - · . .. . ' . . ;-£ - arte 1e comwma ron lg1- .,H P. !VIeetugs SUbJeCt to calL to 'do fdr a livino· they · d'd 't d t ' t th . . . <aViarded to A. Teichert & Son, 'Way-railroad bridge over · the · · - "' · · I n an na ' 1 e c~mmg year . may Inc., 1931 Stockton Blvd., Sacto., ; ·west bF<tnch of the Feather l{iv- gardless of the weather, we say, - ·be a_ Ha?PY an~ Pros~erous one. '$78,380 · for abt. 2.4 '-mi. -2-lane "\Br. This job which involves rather expect that if it gets too INDUSTRIAL REPORT: · . _And 1~ leavmg tl11S_ message hwy. to be stirf'.:·--wf.P.TM'Xi~ - surf..i:. ~ne2rly nine million dollars isn't cold the company may close it Gladding, 1\fcBean and Company \yith you may we agam rep~at on untr. base .& fog· sealcoat. to ·

· cr t b · ·t · h 1 · ·• The level of prodtiet1'on at the the words of the Master With b · 1· d G · d' -- ·s -· gom--. o nng · oo muc woL<: down this winter as they have - . ·_ . . · . · . _ . . _ . _ e app 1e , on . ar mer- perry . i_or the brothers, at least at the sixteen months to com lete.. · · Lm_coln pl~nt I:as been the the hope ~tha.t ~ou Will make It a Rd., bet~W. Sacto. River & Rovyles start, as ·only about eight engi- The work at Beale ~r Force white' spot m this area where, part of :rom hfe. That WEd ove Road, 1/ 2 mi. 'south · of Vfl1a, ·} . · lineers will be on the ' job. Base is p· roc end. . d ' · t -· despite the low level of con-- one another. That we remember TEHAMA CO

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tt . 'tl - ~ mg ·.adccor mg 0 struction in this district a real that we are all Brothers in . the SA- -C R A·_·lV'~ ·:E N·T 0 Contract··

' As ~he job procedes this nmn- pa ern WL 1 every ay or so a . : .. . · . . · . : . . . ' -' .. :1 • • • • _, .. · - .• '

~Jjer may increase ·as · the pile • new sub to contend with and an- .· good . year. of . produch?n ~'las Father hood of God. And . t,hat awarded ·to ·McGillivray 'Canst. _..rl'vl·ng g'ets goi.I1g and other ot'le ' f'" . t. . d been expenenced. Considermg we do -unto each_ other . as \Ve iCo p 0 -·Box-- 8'73 ·Sacto $110 . '' •1u , • 1 r ones a~tairs o wm up, . .· . . . . · ld ' b d b · · · ., · : . · ' · . .· · · ' · s3ubs start up. Raymond or Mac- Of the second 4000 houses an the w,;u~l wmter curtaili?e~t _of wou e one y. , \ .- · . '558 for Impvt.'of ·Reddmg Av: : <:«:o· aFe to do this work, the com- effort is being made to get the prod~etipn ~ th~ · l~vel of activity C. R _ ·Van Wmkl,e · OA.«LA~-D, Goiltract ,awarcted: &oany wasn't sure which, Soule ~radi~g: underground and pav- ._ remat~s ~airly h_Igh. . _ ~- ~; ~~:-;_;ne to Galbrmth . Const. . ?o., ·83_4-: · ills to _do the reinforcing and mg flmshed before the rains: - ., There ,IS one Item of mterest - . . Blossom Way, Ha·ywarrl ,$159,814 Am~rican Bridge to set the This 'vvill niake the C'cmstruction :that, - ~eserves mention at this . Ita Bashaw . for cost. line F-il 'ffom :Plummer~~ 75tesl. The .. three ·center piers of the houses easier in wet rli:qre and that is the joint safety The~esa Crosby Creekto Nimitz Freeway ·& lines ·1

· ~vill be poured · with slip forms weather. -Scion after the first of. prograin .at the plant carried on Dons ~coney F·2 & F-3, Newark. , .a1id this mciy n1ake some more the year there is to be another -by. the cOm.pfiny .. and the· t].niort . 1

~<l,vork according to the type form 240 houses let or so they tell us. -~very :nonth a very t~orough er. This has pleased ·us no end the old wooden 'bunkers; whiCh • .j <1nsed. . Also, other contracts outside mspectron of the plant rs made as this dredge will be taken ·-out may have been ·a blessing in

·c ates and Fox have moved in· the housing are also projected -· by a joint committee composed of service in the event of high disguise, as it •·was ·in pretty ba:d , ' 1\to r;tart the tunnels on the Ball act;ording t o our information. of representatives of the union water and this has saved a good- . condition ahd ·it may supply J l .;and Simpson, Gates and Fox THE HIGHWAY PICTURE: · including the business represen- ly riumber of the brothers their some employment in replacing · I

"\-Vctern Pacific relocation job, ' The Ba1ii.1 Construction Co. , tative and the management. jobs. · · it. , • i'ibut won't get around to doing Inc,, of Fresno, which company Each unsafe and potential un- The situation has not been so Concrete Pipe Industry: JIDUCh . until after Christmas as has done a nurhber: of jobs in safe condition is noted and made good at ]\fatomas . vvhere poor During the past season the J!B,a11. and Sini'pson are behind in this_ area was low bidder on the a part of a safety report. ' This ground has forced the Closing level of sales at these plants has i.\the~r · pa:rt of the work and this contract to widen and resurface report gpes to each department down of two dredges during the apparently depleted consider' »is holding them up, . , · two sections of the Maxwell-Co" head \Vho is supposed to take . year. This ·has resulted in a · able of the stock piles and this

: '\,7right Bros. are making very lusa Road. · ·This contract at this irtnirediate steps with the main- loss of employment · by sflme of · makes the ·future · seem some-. rgoud : progress on their Forest writing has .not ·been let' sd we tenal1ce · de'partment to rectify the brothers, however, ,quite a what -brighter, we hope, cfor t~he

· ifSei·vite Road job at Seneca. haven't any idea of when it' \vill the ·situation. When these steps number have been used by the - brothers working in these pl_ants. "'They were also low bidders on start or if it will be started this ·,are riot taken the n1atter ·be- C~rilpany around the sl1ops and ·The weather has certainly been ', :a rdad job near Beckworth winter . · · · co!nes a ·1natte·r of verv serious ip the '.:vater service. · . a factor 'in this., as.'\vell as in 'Which they tel~ us they won't Ih the next budget of the discussion .at-the rrionthly Labor- Shops: ' . other cases, and for 'this we are l

· g et slarted before Spring. Val~ Highway Commission there ·has Maiia:gemerit Committee meet- . Most of the shops have been duly gratefu-L_ . _ . I Jiley Engineers are going right · · been budgeted $2-10,000 foi· int- ·.· · · · · -~ · · quite busy, in fact Peterson Trac- PERSONAL ·NOTES: It -·w-~s ·. ~long on 'their sewer jobs. at work in Chico and $480,000 •for · : G()ns'equently over _ the years tor hl:l::; increased its crew, ·how"· with deep regret that. we t1earq.'z i (([)roville and Greenville. This widening and resurfacing State ·tnet'e :ba:s-- -been a - definite im- · ever, New York Machine Shop · of the_ sudden and unexp.ected .. _ - ~

. job should run through March Sign Route. 32 · from the Sacra- provemept .-of ·the safety condi- is an· exc~ption t0 . this a~ they . de at~ -8aturda! .. Bee._ 5th, of Mrs . ·~, • '\Dr April, if the weather. per- men to river to 2% miles west tio'n aiidrecord at the plant as it have run .mto . a slp.-ck penod: At Fanm~;:L . C~ns'L:y, wife _og Broth~ . ·· ... I

. ~·nits. _.- of Chico. And to show ~vhere h.as ,ortlyieqtiired >a few 'knock the H. Earl Par){er shop _the er Cllfford ·Chnsty, . mother .;of. -Healey _Constru'ction Co. has a large part of your · higlnvay dowrr .:a'hct dfag ·out . argu:ments _ working over of the equip!llent Brother Robert L .. Christy, ;Dis~ ;

celosed down th'lt company's job funds are going at the s atn e ~ild the···br'irig-ing- · in' of ~ few · for the liquidation $ale)1as about. trict Executive Board Member : »near Alm~nor. They have grade time $435,000 was budgeted for department ;heads tb ·sit - in the : been completed· a:nd this has from the Marysville area and ; :and base ro.ek completed, but "various rights of way." . hotseaf" and ~nswer: ,'1\ihy,- to caused some loss ofemployment Brothers . ·lVIelv'in . and Preston" •mn account of the weather will In Colusa county there . is niake thes~- ·reports highly i'e- Rock, Sand and Gravel: . Christy. ·To these our brother~s : ·~vait till Spi'ing to do the pav- budgeted $250,000 for wo~k on · speded~ Now. the maintenance .. J:>roduction still eol).tinui:!s farily and . all other members . of -her~ :\ling. Clarence Baker clid the State Sign Route 45 at Grimes, dej)artrnerit . is 3:llowed ahd is good· in · this ilidustry -in most family we extend ·our most sine · celearing and is waiting foi· a $440,000 is btidgeted 'fo.r rights ' dding a liang-up ·job· of rectify- cases, due no ·do.ubt to the con- ·cere condolences from the offr­:\'fain so that he c·an start burn- of way in Colusa Countyi $250,- irig alL t~pm;ted unsafe condi- tin-ued ·high level of activity in cers and mBmbers of Operating_: Wrig .. . 000 in Glenn Cou1ft;Y, .. ·, $~90 1Q-DO.j,n .::t~01ls> ·· ··-' . hou~ing. At:.,_~the Henry · E:aiser Engineers Local ·3. 'Ve al~o . \v ;:tn.t~

Isbell Construction Co. have ':'·1tter - County and .- sao:oo.o _ir · Goll:l 'D6~'dg1ng: . . I plant in' Or_ovi-lle which had prac-_,. to extend our sympathies and ®.bout 25 of the brothers tough- . Yuba County. . - . '- . - : Yuba COlJ:S6lidated . ca_n . -look tically, closed down, some Of th~ hope- for . an early recovery to_ . . • ]ing it ot1t on the Fre~chmz11's . $75 000 is budgeted for " im- ba<ik ' on .'a what \¥e . consider .a dear brothers · have been called Brother Will Frye who suffered.' . (!dam job. So far t~ey have had pro_vement of State ·Sign Route highly . sU:cce~sful year. During back to ·work arict_'we hope this a pai¢ui injtiry recently by fall- : m very 'good break m the weath- 20 m ·Yuba County b~tween pry the .year .. another dredge was means t h?Y are going back to ing- irito an. open storm drain . ~r. and although .there .is :a lot ,Cr.ee.k and Parks Bar )3.ridgf. pla~yd iri· ·,op~rp.tion and still is full prodtictim1. ]'he recent fire .while .employed by C. 0. Brand '-~f ;·Jck th~t can be moved re~ Biggest item for our area is the ·in 'operation -due to the low wat- at this plant destroyed ' one of 'at the Beale Air Forq::_Base" ·

DECEMBER, 1959 ENGINEER'S NEWS PAGE 1\r;I.'N~ · !t'IJ' -:'; ~

·By H. L. "CURLEY" SPENCE,. JOSEPH "J.OE" MILLER a'i'i d~ ~ .ber'th~Operating Engineers. 'Lo' -:. L S -~ - .fj''. TOMM-Y ECK Business Representati~es · .. . . cal Union. No. ' 3 fil'ed.unfair la- ._By -WALTER 1\'I. TAL:60T, AL .B. 'McNAMARA, and ~ - l · · . ' .. . · . · · · -- . · . · bor practice charge's against, the · . . ,. c. L. CASEBOLT ·Business Rep1~esentatives T?e NcA.C.?,.N·::Constructwn co:npany IS ~ell along_ Wlth their· 'Nevada Tank ·& .CasingCompany~ . ' .. . ·· ' , . . . . . : ' .

Peavme Dam JOb -Just north~est of Eeno, Ne~ada. Brother Bud of Reno. This Gompany·t$rminat- 'pue to rhe unusually dry winter we are experiencing this ye;rf' (Delicate),. Jacobsen ·is . the· big push: .on t}:le .,Job. Brother Lefty ed ·: an: of their, . eniployees · be- · some jDbs that ;vould normally · be closed, down -due to sno\v ar1.da ·

. \Lemich and Brother -Bo~ (Red) G~over on the. S-18's and th~y ar.~ .. cause of their -efforts to drga.nize · rain' are' still progressing. · However, storms· are predicted as- we ~ . . . a ;_couple·, of fast. bo.ys· on those .ngs; . how.ev.er, th~t Lefty · ]S f~sLand J1ave~Local No ) S ·represent ·vvrite' this article so the pi'cture could change abruptly. < .any pl~ce .. he goes~ Bro~her :'\1vn1.~_Traves . holds _lus own.~_n -that them as .Earga~n:ing. ~e~'r'e~el1fa! .· The I. L. CroR·&·JS<;>n job oi:i·· . ·

new M1Ch~ga,n Pull, that s qmte a n~. Er.ot~er Tony M~c;Ien ~~ ?m~ tives. As a result_ of tl~e ' Come: Hh\ray 89 near Luthe,t Pass at atwns are finished . -- . Bx:other Jim Snowden· on. the h~o -~ng Mic-lug_an J?oz~rs. Th~Ie, ~ . a · pany~s _a,~tiQn _against ~the· eni-· approximate'ly . 7000 feet eleva- 'Fhe· gr<.~in ~ermina~ at t~e Part . • ouple of good men_ on those ~Ichiga_n Dozers. Bro~he~ Ed. Sm.,t.h ploy:e~s, . the -,ch._arg.e~ were _filed ~ti.on which was scheduled to of Stoc.kton ~s showmg signs ?f· ·~

OJ) the-D~9 Dozer. ~<r ha~. to. do.~ost qf the hard woi k hke push!ng . and-.triaL was)1eld~ by; Na~ional -c om m e n ·c e operations next expansio~ 'WI!h two more .grapru . al1~i:rootin.~. a.~d· al.J of the small,; Whttwortl~·: arid-'Business · R.epie; .. ~4·bori ~elari(>.~s:,,Baord at ;'{lerw, ', sprin~ is at .thiS time·under con-' storage s1~os Jobs~ t.o ?e corn~~et-­odd Jobswlth. the doz~r. around , s'eritativEt Tomniy ; Ec~·· attende:<F :Nevada ~ ::0n p<:!:seJ?,b~r: 1 ;·,;1~5~. ::.~~.r:.uc.twn with 110 . snow on the e?. T.he fi.rst consistmg of :ur . .1

. tl~~ <!a~. ,Brother. Melvlll James,,_ the . ~' Nevada· · State: . AFL-CIO>The - l:es.u!~s. P.f this ,_ tn_al -s~~u.!~ ':)Ob. They now .lmre, four . c_ats silos. Is bemg erected byHo~~~arn . :.c-. t]1e sheepf?~t kid, ,, !:~s-, ,som~ week end;;Labor Iilstitub~ ·sehOoF be :known_ ln.. the. ne'X:LJ>Q: -.(lays; and :a blade domg the eleanng & Lawrence of · San ~ran~ ">CID

··.- .·.~rouble, ~~~pmg out, ·of !h~ way. . he-id' 'in:. R~:hc);.•·Ft.i_day, . S~!Urd(l~f :and ;jt ···Loca,V_l'fo. : · ·~ . , ~~ns,:: :tJlis:'_'af}d;.gru bbing and expect to s~art who ~r~ . sub-contractmg ·rrolll\t .. . .

0~ ·the . J?~ls, ilztd .. BJJ.d,z.tl;l~. boss: ··and:'Sunday.; · necembel~" '!'; s ai1d• :~se·; :· -th~ :~· ~~P.l9Y~.~s, ·,, :nXR~yed;::.'·crush~ng rqck up to the .. tup.e . th~ Wilham. J. ·Moran Compan!,. · :B~9Wflr -~~ed . -Me:Adam,s:, .Is:. y~e 6;,:: 1959(· a~d ·, were"~.greaHy: ::·en~ · ' will , b~ '.: ~emstat~d ~\9-, t,ee.Ir, ' J.Ob~ ?ad:, weather ca u~es them ~o srmt As · these Silos are p0u:~·' .ornt ,

.· h~rO.est - worker qn. the . Jp.b -with 'ligllt~:ried on a. multitude of'srib~ ~al')d :re;ce1.~e:pa~ for- :.P,~Jll~JI)l1e :~.do\vn ~for . the wmter. . . , _ .... an a_r?und. the clocl~ basis vvit~m . ,, ·. ..~he b!ad~. :Brother Fr~~t Hl,lP~er jeds . by a':vatiety . of..,veu;chosen . ~hat· th,e_y-na v~ ·1ost plu~. ex~~ns~~; . . ·.'The JVI. J. Ruddy & Son · j 0 b . the. shp· form ascei:dmg app,roxi: _ . ':~s :. a_ -~~ck; of: a~l trP:qes, . he, f~lls 'spe~}{e!s; film~;'· $lides· and ,pam,, :meu~ed ~: ~h~le :s~eki~W:_.ot~er . _. or,i.th_e Es~alon-Bellota Road ne.ar mat~ly one foot pe~- hour It take~

". 111 for all of ..._the boy~ ?:~;l:the.- J~lt phlets: ·Topics such· as·-"Gornmu- W?rk:· .. ~e ·'}iave 1ngh, ·I!?pes; P~,·· _.Fanhington wi!l have completed· on.ly ~bout a ~ree_k t~ erect 130l1 .

. aqd he~p~ . ~ud ou:t ··~ n ~-~ : .m ~ r ~riity· Servid:i:·A~tivities ;'< 'Bene.; ·: :vipn!ng_ th:s · .c~e ·£-::or ~tl;~e' ell}: the paving with 1n the -next: fe\.v -foot siJes. Brot~~ers Art ~Ienosse,; , . ·.gr:e.~t JY.l~I\.~· · ~?w-~ Brother: _-H.?I ~ -ffts' Uli(l;er; W;orknian's .:Compe:n~- ,~loye~s~-"~b~~~ we : wi}~~- kee~_ }J.ur ·,da~;s ::althnugh . ln late ,Septe~ber Roy ~onk, and C. ~- MI~ler ;re . aol~ f'l:o~p~?n,_ ~lre HDR,,l\'L,· veal-_ sation,'' "Benef-its . Under: S<icialAmgers · ci:?s.sed: ~~t~l- t,he· Judg~.: aftei· the .rain, 'Ne ha<t the job· mann.mg. th~ matenal _ hoist. ~h~ ..

-~y, has all. ki~ds o~ pr?blems- ~ry~ , Securit~r;" "Amerjcan · · Labo·r > r~nders ~ Ins-~d~~·Isron: H_~~~yer~ was not expectecl.to be complet- s~cond Job, ·w_e are t?ld, c~n~- : m:g to · kC:P . ev~rytlli?? rollmg. 'Movement,:' ·. "The .-I!nPQrtan_c~e,.}v!n ·~r-'Jose .tl!I,s .case; tqese; ~m.: . ecfuntil next spring. ; s1sts of twenty two s~los w:tljll ., )h.~~e cold mopnngs; 1ts ·a head- -Q.f -Auxiliaries," · ~··union Demoe• pl9ye_es ·knowt{lat the · Opera_tm,~ · Another ·contractor that 'has . R~ymond ··. Co11:c~ete P1le S?~Th ; .• aclr~. Bro~he~ . C~a:rl~y : S.chafer, :racy" ; and~· . ''l:egislativ~:-. FU~~; ~ En,gW;er~- ~c-~~_tr~: ~dhct. -~ev..e:y" ... i>e·~efjt~d by the long dry · spelt p~:q~ ·.,now -~ ~nvmg the . pf1:;~g~ .. J .. < th~: _g:rease,) Jall, ,h~s :~?e soft~~t: tiohs," ·were all . covered_ br.iefly:i.i thi~g-:~n,.-tf\eir_ power: t? .I~rqtect:: is . Oli'ver De Silva on. his road ., HQw-ever ~s y:t. ·.no . anno!.l-....,_e .. · JOb·. on .. the ~eayme .1\'Iountam._ btit:. thorougJ.:ITy . . )'m ·. sm·eJ,:• aJY.their:ngh.ts _as ·vyorkersr~-~ ·want joq 0~ Corral Hollow Road, south ment _of the secret bid~ opened!l

· J?am: : .. He .works. whe~.· he f~ls \vho ·attended · learned a .gr.eat to. than~ .the ~embers .1~v.oJv~d . of Tracy. This job .will ~. afford D_e_c.- 4th as . to the pnme. ~on·~ like It ang :has nO ·'_V0Hies at.al~ deai :heretofore.: unthought of. along vnth' t 9w·othe! employeeS' : better access to the Atomic ErE tractor have been forthcommg .• '!'he . d<lfll I ].Ob,. has beerr··a ~ g~ .. : . · Ali~ :student~'.: were . a\Vanied ;dip.; ,;.Joi· .t~'eil' ' COqpe~ation . ~h~fo(_.aV _ e;i-g~ . Commission Sjte' 300 :from . . Land lev~lling- also pas plckedR .

. JOb ~or tJ~~ d~a~ .brothers.: .. · lonias upoil''tompletion of Class~ tendmg· .. t.he tna1 , a~ · -~ttness~~ ; l'racy and to the Site in Liver~ up d.ue · ~o ·the dry ·.weather. b~t ' .Brother Lorm . Phelps;. ~ncl. -:es: · · . • · < · · · ·· . -~ _ <and h?P~ 'that.· the ~nal E~~mi-. in ore. · · not -like ~It has been m past ye~rs~

Earl Oltman are on the· Lorame · . . . ·· · . - · . . ner will rul~ Ip t.h.eir: favor: · The largest excavation job let E. H. R1der & S011' are workmg· ~ Truck . Gr,~ne for~Brun_zell Com- O~t. F~llm~ waY. \~e fmd ·-~~; ~ KT~Mi~e· & 'lViill at Ely .. : . . · in this district, Stanislaus Coun- ~ost . of their equipment near , pany at-Sien~a and· Court,Street. Dod~e C~~~~ructlon Compahn~' · The Mine Mill & , Smelter · ty 'in some .time is that ·awarded Farmmgton on Gw.ane · Road.> "

. , T.~ey ·hp.ye .q.ui!e a proble~;- . ~-. IP;9· ~_ w.e~~·· .. ~n?erwaY. on _t , e~r . Workers . union· ·has :' bee_h .·u1e ~_"to ·IVI.; Malfitano · & Son of Pitts- ~eorg~ . R. ,Patterson is re-lev"': ~ · · · t)1ink there Js almost-: too much Highwa~. ·50 .relocat~on PIOJe~t -_ Bargaining Acrent · for 'a -large ' bu-r;;, ·by the ·Corps of- Engineers r.lling his ranch property on Rob-llliii.'l . f ·t·h b tl f th '~'- ~- shoe-flymg ~ ar0und l the · Van" , . . b - ~- : . . . b v . . . . t I l d 'tl B th· Cl'fi!l , .,-,aom OL. e . . o 1 o em,. uuc · · . , ·, .. . , .. , _ .group .. of .employees _ workm,g . at for levee protection and realign- er s . s .an WI 1 ro er · 7! .1...

they ar.e·. ~ couple· ?f '~ys. tl~~t V0():-]1rs: ~~:V<ll Aux . . Al~ .statw_t.I, :the ,op(m _pit:·miries a,: sllort dj~~ jnent~: Thed o\:y bid was approx- ~orns m.charge, Larry -Aksl.m_<R can tak~ care of tlnngs.·m -a big· ea~t ()f F~l~0!1· After a. ~~ow ~·tance from ·Ely· ·Nevada>'}ri: :the~-'imently . $1260 oo and should 1s m and arounq Mantec<!._as IS

.wciy. ' ·... ' .. . . . -. sF~!t, . :wha~. ~vJt~' all the ~n11ga"·.: area ~f 'Ri.it'ii ~rid 'Kimbe,i'ly -N~: ·· keep a small c;e,~ working for Er:nest Aksland 'who is also ~en.:. · .· · t see Brotl~er Whitey· Woad· tr?n drt~hes ,WhiC~1 ma~e ~ a.c.~:e~s : ~: vad~. · -Thi~ ·Union· lia~ · beeh :~oii: . .'s6mefime· Due to the irtig·ation gaged · iri the land smoothing · . · " . · . · . ,.: · a probl'em ·and · all the structures•· .. . . ' · ·· ·. · ·., . · . · · : : . .. . .. · . . · b · · .on Geor:g~ ' Gnffall 's · back . hoe· h:·· h• h ct· t.- . b ., . · 1 t d;•-T.c ·; stnke,, agamst o,,the :. Kennecot~ problems that will be encounter- usmess.

t . d 'th ld Cl. .1 w lC a . o e comp e e . . ue C C L' . -~' tli . .. . t .. l. . t t' ... '•'' e;:~:n~_g . .own .. e 0 . . lr~s er dirt is ' really flying'· now~ . Of . opper . orporawon ~or . ,e P?S . ed-w nle cons rue lOll I? 111 prog- -·BJQOd Bank Club: . .. B~Ildmg: O;J). ; the· co~ner of Sie:qa • cour~e' winh· the reliable>cte:i.v<if four. (4) .months.:A larg,enumbel~. ~:ess w~ are told that It ~11~ be- . .Brothers '.;Ve_are again app-:al~ .. .. . . and -- Island. Avenue where t.he .. d'rt'.·'-'"''~ . ·.· · t.' . -. · .· . -- - .~t . of the employees ·have -bee]J. un-. rmposs1ble .to mov.e ·the dirt m a Ing for- tl1e blood donors t·o ·ci·"-. · · . · · · . ._ . 1 . ·· movers ·· on· ms· pro]ec ·, · . . . · · ·. . . . . . . . ·- . · . - " · -ne,:V ijomfi! F~rmtm:~ stpre IS ;thlil!is' ·are'· bound :· to -m'ove··· hr~ a. happv.·· ~ItJ} .. th~- Mu:e 1'!1~11 ap;d:hu~ry as the contract9r will ?e posit. a pint of blood to th-e club .•

gomg t.o be' budt, an~ _a.cr<Y.l~.the . slick· and~ orderly fashion · und'er f.meitei Workers -U~I?n .and . ar~ .' gu-~ded ?v a ch~rt .of ~he d~tes As· yo~1 know we have but .on~ ~ st~·eet .they. are t~armg • d'Own ti - • . . :· f•lh' , 4~ . . B .· th · m the process · of fillp.g . a peti- "·when, different UTigatwn pipes pint on hand at this time GJ:'ldll ·;

· th~ ·· old . bu.ilqin.g , so .they. · can . B~~ w~~:ki wit~: ~;0~~-ei' 1b"c!~ ·tion, .. :with ·. the .National_ -~a?or ·c·an · be removed anp 'replaced'. several. sick · n1embers. . ,

start to- build the new County "E 1 E , M 1 k~ .. ,Relabons Board for Decerhfica- Consequently the specifications .PERSONA.L N01'ES . . : . 'ff d ag e ye oser . C!lec mg . . . . f tl . U . d t th , . Ja1L It looks hke Shen Bu tl d . . t k B th · t10n Q 11s . mon .an wan " e allow -700 workmg days for the· B tl F . W

1 l· . . , b · d 1e · g ra e s a 'es, · ro ers·· ·B . d t h ld 1 t' · th t · . Al ~ . · ro 1er . ranc1s . e .s 1 IS

• Young has some, new. oar ers. R 1 I "J , St , ...,. R' oar o o an.e ec 1011 so a Job to be completed. so, m . .. . . St . J 1

, H .·.· ~· . · · . ( 0 . t I a p 1 ug .... evens· anu·-- a~ 'th h tl •· B · . . ·1 .. agam· m . · osep 1 s usplt ~al'l ior the .. wmter Np pera ors, . · M '~ll .- th ·d . AI ··H · d ._ ey. "'may:.c oose ,a.IJ.O 1er ar- Stamslaus 'County, ·Lee Step1ens 'th ' 1. t. f ·n·r. - -~ .

hope-). · . . .. . . . 1 ei .on e . oze~s, .. e~ .ef ,,.gapung Representative._ M~n~:9f has staited his· job on the con tin" . W! com_p Ica wns rom : 1" 7

r_e ~ · 'Brother R o.y . . T)1¢ker · has · son, B?b Wnght, Ge~le. Akms these people·.bave. ~ontacted I,o- uation of Albers Road across the · cent op~r_a~I?n. ~rother Ed -:m

· found himself a,. horhe with Me- _Eand ··8Mic~ W:haDl~n·· Fon ·the S-lS .. cal No .. 3' airi:l. a!?ked for help. U Tti;olilnine ·Rive.r. This project en: glmlnanh· lS .. nt1 ·O~kd . Pt.ark BHostph· lta~ ·Kenzie ·· Company-,.: He-C. ·ne\'er uc . craper.s, · .on e~g~son °11 this p~ti~ion is file~ ·and. appn~v-· ·tgils. approximately · 'two miles-- Wlt_1 a e~r ·?011 1. 1~11·· ro ers; -' . . ... : hift. , ·That . Tucker t~e. sneepfoot. D.Ic:k Har~v on tpe ed,·by the.,N.L.R..B., .the :Operat~ f w· r ad · to be constructed . }Iar vey Gilbert, W1lham KJ;amer . misses ~ s . .· · fm1sh cat & Can: Lee Pl!ch~r . on . E . · · L . 1 u· · · N 3 ° , ne: 0 . . and James· Drennan are h~J'11&.· knows a g~od: th.mg when he . th ·bl d M J . "'·J -. · ~11g _ngm,eE(rs . oca n~on o. : , .an'd· two bndges that have been -_ b t .t· ' ll~ b _ t· b~>f' ). ·' finds it.-" , ·. " · e a e, ; <;~c .one~ al'!u . !u~eus ~ Is gomg to do what t~ey can . to .sub-contracted bv ·Affilated Engi- u 1 ':"'1 e so~•e lme .- . ...rED >

Chicago. -·Bridge. & Ii'on hiis_ Ca~p~ell .. spellm~ e.ach . th?er:. ~ppeap. nn;the ~allot.'~nd .flirtlier ·neers:· Inasmuch :as the soil is they w1.11 be avaJ-~able for work.. , · f .. I d tl . tank 'ob at the off an the · draglme-,, Ed Jones- to be selecte"' as the choice of tl , A tl p t· We beheve any 'A ord of en,cour~ - . mis 1e .. 1e1r ". J d . . th , 1 • . . . _ . 'd ._ . . u;· . • ra 1er sanuy . ·1e com any • an 1- f b , t• t ::: Tank Farm in ·Sparks; Nevada_. omg , .. e. m~c lan~c~ng, · an -_ ' th,e. ,empl_o~ees . .' We 'are ·pr~sent- - cipate.completing the excavation agemen: rom y.ou mem. ers .1a ·

- Brother· ·Bob''' Williams, ::: the· sth~nley. slld~~ :1:· kd~~pmg . dev etrhy'~, ly Jl}v~sttgating th,e ~~tuat~oh . :;~nd . wdrk,befo~·e: long. . . . . kb_ notwh or , ~a~lel w.orkdedtwithht~te.se '• ' Sand ·Mah,·has ·quite a 'hiL of ac" ... · mg ~ - '~.e . :·: \He . ·. ! r?un - -. · ~ ; _ coi1tacting , tb~; e~npl~Y,ees .in volt . ~- The Asphalt Plant Contras:t.o~s , . ro. ers .. WI •: "~ 11 . ? s o~ e:m, : t . 't . d· h' ., d ... . t . Bob spreqd . . Wrth .thJs h1ohball c1 ew, . e..t ··as·. many have· been under the . 1.. . .•. b f't , ·tl . 1 g' d . . their . penod .of conf.mement. _ · IVl y. aroun IS , san . p1 .. _ 't . 't' t k .1 ·t . . t . u., . .· . . . . . a so eo ene 1 oy 1e on ry _. ~ . . ~.

, has some real go~d'· id;eas abo tit I · 'vV0 1! : a ~ - very · ; on~. 0 · pu ·. jutis-dictjqri .9f. Local .No ,. } ;fri season are Claude C. Wood Com: ~roth,e: Jake K1erp.ele who hve.cii .. ·'

·. A he new Freeway. through--Reno_, te~m.1l~s: of ~oa·~. a;r oss the na_t~. , past year.s, .an __ d desi~e-: to ~have· lis . pan_ y.,· s. M. McGaw, A. -T.eicheit - ~n :todi and· ~~or ked out nf th~s · .::-Nevada. , If · you . don't . think so espe~l~Uy6 WJ9~ yle g~~d _n:uc,k repr~sentth~m. 9-gam. . ·· . & .. Son, Te~chart Aggregates; office for the past ·• fo~r :eais ' :

'just ask Brother Bob · and be- . t~ey are oettmg m then,, borrow AROUND THE .. ()FFIC~: P:c'.A. , Munn· &.Perkins,. Stand-· succ.umbed ··to stomac.h. Cancer~ -lieve me he will l'eally tell you pit~ · . _ Juqe -WhelcheL with his good ard 1\liaterials and M. J: Ruddy' recently. The sy~pathi.~s of t~e, , all about -Freeways. ·.The .. Dodge · C. C. , Inc. Iron, dispositiqn .· a:t~d big .. smile 'for ' & , Son. Ho,¥everi they are now mem~ers .and office-staff of this ~ ·,

Silver.. S,t-a;1; e , Construction ¥.ines operation 2.t LmreJoc.k go,.-.,:.e\ieryone. 'Wild. !Bill) Whityirorth · operating· on a day tQ day basis orgamzatw~: are, extenped . t@ : •· Company's jpb at Denio is going ·ing .along·.in normal prqcedure. ' w~th : sorrie of his 'good .}atl:redy. depei:tdent on the weather. . Bro.ther Kiemele s Family. • .. ,.:

. along ,in· the usual. A: D. Drumm, with no tui:_nover in. .. PersonneL advice and then Brother Pucci- - Stockton . Construction : Com- · -we are holding i·etro-activ€b. ; ·

. Jr. style. Lots of highball} much ;or · deviation in toi1age. -:outp.~t. ·nelli 'givin{ out• witii : a ··lot · of pany-who have all but: completed pay checks· inq'iis ·office for ·c.;. · · · ·moving and also lots. of legiti- _The, same,,ap.pJies . 0 ·the Mm~ guff ' and ·. gettin'g· every' '· one 's ·.their trunk line sewer job here F. Duncan· and Johnnie· Bmm~ : mate ·beefs which we • hop~ . to · er.al Material . operation· on the· blood -pressure· arid tempers' up :in-StocMon, !;!Xcept for the San. mond. . . .. have ironed· •out in the near fu- ._same locale.:.. ·, . ~ · ·along with ·· his own. We" think -Joaquin · River · Crossing, were 'Brother Coy Sanders who hadft ~ ture. '•· . Nevada. Tank & Casing Co. ""·· ·he should take more trariquili- · low bidders on an outfal.J sewer t<~k~n about 10 shots (in · the .•

>Brothers· Leonard Miller, Bil.l ·Dudng th~ m~1th of Septen)- zer pills. . ~ · ·. jo~ .in Manteca but . as , of this - ~.r.rri). fDr work in · Pakis.~an. for. :: · '' · · ~ ' wntmg the award has been. hel,d lVIornson-I):undson· had his p1a11S! .'·

• · NEVADA'j SCENE: Shown h.ere 'are.:_ · · ~r6. Tony Maderios. 6ii a Mi'Chigan ' Doz- ·

er and Bro. Alvi•n~ Traves on -the ' Michi- · -~ gan ·:PulL ·T~e~ :' rig,s:,:· ar& :;.fr,qin , 'Gr-ai~ .--< ·

,- E<Juipmerif co: o.f,-Reno :-:Bro; . M~ :.:o-: - Oud_~ · -.: _ ley, "'Graid ··co : HDR.M-•s.er\ii.ei· rnci'n ~ s-~qL · . .

the . piGtu_re OI'J the _:P~a-vine . Mount_ain . ··: Dam . 'iob~ being d·onec: by · N ·.A~CTO),.{; ' · · Consh'uction <:<o. · of-r:Las ~ V~egas> : - :'

FRANK BOLDING:' ·H AR . ·. JIM f!<AS ··.\: JER·RY -s·:~:f"A\At > - ~ H : -· e. -~· S·El::BY ··--·-·~ -._ ..

:Sei vice Depadment --'-'AIIiMembers ·of toea I No: 3 : · -1 • . · · · } -~ ; L t ::. · . i : ! ~ . ,l i ~ .. r ~, ~ ( -~ : I ~ - i. .f : _· ~· ; _.... ) :;

·up due to rigl1t-of-way .problemso changed and subsequently .:was ~ Up. Cherry Valley way .the sent to Arizonia . on. the IVI-K:;: >

first sect1on of. penstock . pipe . railroad gra9e job near wn.;. ; ',was put into place ,via· the tram- Iiams-. ,

~way ·ou Dec. 9th by:'Consolidated- . We the -business represelltlJ!- ,;,., <,

.. Western Steel who .have the sub- ti:ves and . the office stat£. take ;,,..c-: contr:act. for the penstocks from this . opportunity of wishing yow ;,· Gunther-Shirley-Lane Compan- and yours a very Merry Clu:ist~ ·-

. .ies: ·:cherry Tunriel Contractors mas and a more prosperous I ~eW! ., . have . all bu.t completed. the · lin- Year. · · · •

ing of t11~ , power · tunnel and. are ·

--~· laying off, · 1:~n as different oper: HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON _;:.\ _

· ·· } '· : Oakland;, OLympic:· 8~3923 . ~ l ' ' i : ' ! . -;t {_ .i 1 : J j -~ _; '

San· Jose, CYpress 3-3'132 " ... k ) : ~ 1 ; l_ ~ .~ ; ~-. :_ ~ I;' J i. : ~ ) ~ 1 ~ 1·

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PAGE TEN ENGINEER'S NEWS DECEMBER,· .1959

SACRA ENT SEASO Job Awards • SAC RAMEN TO, Contract

By D. R. KINCHLOE, ERNEST NELSON, HAROLD HUSTON, EDW. HEARNE and WM. E. METTZ, Busilf~ss Representatives awarded to Lee Stephens, P. 0 .

The work in the Sacramento ar~a is starting to slo\v down and There were a total of 300,000 only had one or two men there Boxx 726, Stockton, $490,300 for

several contractors have shut down for the winter. cubic yards of dirt excavation for quite a while, anyway. . abt. 2.1 mi. grade & surf. w/

The Sacramento Office dispatched 281 men in November. done around the runways and At Pilot Hill, Flores and Perry PTM·X. surf. on untr. base &

The National Labor Relations Board has told' Squaw Valley · has most of the m·ading com- const. 2 brdgs.-on Geer Rd., btw. 120,000 cubic yards of concrete t>• 9

D~velopment Co. in Squaw Valley to put the inen back to work. pleted and are seting up a rock H~tch Rd. ~ SR No. 110, abt.

We have had pre-job conferences with Gibbons and Reed on poured this year. , Also 15·000 plant. right at Pilot HilL They _ mi. S. of Oakdale, STANISLAUS

t he Camino Dam, which consists of 200 feet of tunnel and 3,000 ton~ of asphalt paving was laid worked two shifts for a short CO. · , 1

feet of access road. . \. . down. This job has kept a lot of while, but it ·didn't pay as far OAKLAND, Contract awarded

Also a prejob with Walsh Const. on the Camino Dam· and our brothers real busy and we as we could see. . to Payne Construction Co., Oak·

Camino Tunnel. The tunnel consists of 26,000 feet of tunnel. sure hate to -see if come to an At' Grass Valley there is not land, $434,08! for constr. & com· •

Lord and Bishop on the Watt Avenue Bridge. · end. In about two weeks· ail the much stirring. Hansen Bros. plete Redwood Road Elem. Schl.,

.. The following members donated -blood in the month of No· Clean-up work should be com-. keep a . few -of the brothers go- lo~ated at 5000 Redwood Road,

- vember: pleted on this - job ~ ing -here and there. Bob Winkle Oakland.

;i. Fred Lacert Ben H~tcheson HIGHWAY 40 about the same. Carl Woods has OAKLAND, Contract awarded

Viola Berg · .Bob Ifarris_ On Highway 40, woi·k has been started his job at Nevada City to John K Branagh; 42 La Salle .

C. R. Van Winkle . Bill Hutcheson slow and it looks like it will get on the site preparation of the Av., Piedmont, $4,14:0,500 for

. James Gorham . . . . . . . . .. .ev:en s}owet. '· in ''spite: of the :fair Nevada Union High School. He const.&completeHillAreaHigh

: THE . SACRA~iENTO . OFFICE ' EXTENDS .. TO .·· ALL' -·_ THE w~aU1er -~lilch~}ifls ·-pievailed· up _. slwuld be finished ii1 about 3o- -schOol; Joe. on_ Skyline & -FenJ· .

. BROTHERS AND. THEiR ·FAMILIES· A VERY MERRY CHRIST- to this tint~: Most of the. bigger· days. hoff )load; inc> one story struc~ MAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. jobs are abount wound up, or Lowrie Paving -is still going steel admn. unit, one story stl. ;

''' * * else they don't want to start any- on their · sewer jop at Rocklin. frame· gym ·& one story steel .

. Gordon Ball have their jobs at in high gear to complete its thing with winter so close. G. s. Herrington has a small frame shop bldg.

McClellan Field all finished up. Capehart Housing project locat- A. Teichert & Sori has finished sewer job there, as well as a SACRA M:E NT 0, Contract -

All they have now is two me- ed at the . end of_ Watt Ave. This the Roseville~ Newcastle Freeway . small road job near Smartville awarded to 0. K. l\'littry & .Sons,

chanics getting the equipment job consists of constructing 540 and turned the traffic on it on in Nevada County. , 15905 So. Broadway, Gardena~ •

. r eady to ship cittt.' The paving is housing units for the U.S. Air December 8th. This is a beauti- Claude Youngs hiwe about $877•869 for const. intake canal

.a ll done on their job at Winters, fulpiece ,of highway and will wound up on the site of the new & Bethany Fore.bay Dam1 ALA· all that's left there is the should- Force and sh6tJld---be completed 1\'IEDA co / · ·

save a lot Of driving tiine and Sierra College at Rocklin. This , • ;:, . e .. i;s and clean-Ul) work_ -' some ti.me next spri·ng BI·othe·r · b d'd k t

.· ·. - ' · · headaches. · It mak-es us wonder JO I n't eep oo many oper-

.- . ·· Harms · Bros. is laying should- Fred Manning Is operating the wh_at will happen to the police ators busy·. ramento Valley brane gets t11e

ers and wili have these au -done fork lift, handling all the mate; force ill . the town of. Rocklin, AT AEROJET . heavy lifts.

bY- Christmas 'i£ the weather ·rial for tl1em. now that the towns main source Work at Aerojet ·General is McLaughlin and Wilkens have

. holds out. Rocky . MOUijtain Const. Co. of revenue is cut off. Guess on a day-to-day basis. Teichert the operators on a full pay check .

, A. Teichert & Son have most have subbed all the grading and theY'll be signing- the out-of- ~keeps a small crew :.:go!ng on every w_eek. · ·

,_ of the p_aving done on their jpb excavation work on this project, work list or whatever policemen time and material. Robt. E. L. Granite Const. _Co . . keeps. a

at . Davis. Still have all of the around the houses, and the fol- do when they are out of ;work Parker is in the .same position,. full crew of mechanics doing

·structures to do yet. Also the lo1ving brothers are working on All kidding aside, Brothers, ·no work, but have three gMd · wo1;k ori the equipment. Most of

shoulders ~~~ill keep some of the this job: Richard Gore, Ferguson this is a real nice stretch of road ·engineers on the payrolL - their outside work is to a stand·

brothers busy until the ra'ins run Scraper; Russ Starkweather, and it has only four turns in A.E.C. will bid on everything still at present. ·

t hem out. They have grading Fordson Loader; E. M. Fortney, 11 miles. · that comes along in ord'er to · A. Teichert is still working at

and paving in ~;ubdivisions · and A. C. Loader; and Duke Fager- Madonna Const. Co. is still maintain 11!1Ployme~t for our their subdivisions. Their crews •

are doing a lot of underground stedt on the blade. There is lots bailing dirt on the Monte Vista- brother engmeers. never get finished; there is al·

work. of gradin gto . do on this job and to-Baxters section and the broth- Callahan is doing what they ways one more street to build.

Granite Const. \have been do- we hope they can keep busy this ers on this , job are getting in can to hold on to their crew of The shop .crew at Perkins is

ing subdivision . work in 'the winter. . . quite a few hours each , week, top engineers. D. W. Nicholson happy , now with lots of outside

south pa1:t Of town. They have Collins Roofil\g Co. is keeping which is not hard to ·take this is able to give pay checks to sev- equipment coming in .for over·

h ad some. good -sized jobs . this _brother Larry Reedy real busy late in the season. They continue en brother (1ngineers each week. hauling.

ye~n:. This . has. been their beston ·the ht1ffloader, keeping ma- to bning)n new cats. and now Western Freight handles th~ Lentz Const. is .going good· for

year · _since they -have been in terial to them so ·they . can get . have fo.ur 46 A., D 8's on the job. fork lift with one -brother · eng1- · this time of ye_ar, trying to win~

Sacramento. · all . 'the · roofs ~ completed before These are ·the ones with the au- neer, and- Reliable Crane doing ·. up ~their jobs and. taking on -11~\V ·

Brighton Sand and Gravel old ?Ian winter . sets i~. tomatic transmissions ,on them, the heavy lifts with their· steady ·:ones. The brot.hers . ~re happy ..

have·. a big underground job out- - Richar_d .cox has J~st com- Had . a ehance lo . push a few crew of operai'?ts, _ . < with occasionalov.e_r7.time :hours; .

on ~24th::Street Road.; This is the ,pleteg .dig~mg _apd laymg. _1,800 Cobras _ with one of them -and :• ~el~a Const 1s .~n and off-with .< Erfckson Cons.L· hay~:- sharp• . ,

fir-st- year they ,•have · do_ne .. this J~et _. Qf · B"mch ,~~~ter rna111 . at • they•are S'\lre easy to . run. Tlil:y .· th~Ir Jobs. Bald~m Const._; Ba:y imed theii' pen<;ils and ' a're . get·

type of •work. They -also have a · Watt-~Ave. : and E.' Street. ~ro: save a _lot .of time in a day that .Area Const., Nat~onal Iron, and ·ting a fair share of the work. . :

lot of -paving to ;do •:yet. Perry ~.,Edwards was - operat111g would be Iost.in changing gears York have eng111eers . on the __ McG_lllivray: Const. have most

McGillivra Const. has most of tl~e ~ords<:>n L_o.ad~r and Br~ .. to _back up Jor the next ~ass. welders and c~mp:esso~s.. of the~r old-timers on the p~y- •

t l - k f_Y. 1 d . tl S th Gilbert Ice operatmg the Par- Also want to .radd here a few Larry Greens crew are 111 and roll with the shop. crew repall'· 1eu· wor IlllS.le m 1e ou ·· T h Ell' L d · ·- · -· · · · k · · · ·

area. · sons . :enc . er, . .' . IS . ane omg words . to tl)e operators of the out domg patch W?r . .. ing the eqmpment, and tpe plant

the ollmg .for .him. .. . Cobras I pushed. "Brothers, I All the plants 111 the Sacra- crew overhauling the plants.

It seems about all you can Erickson Const. Co. are do~ng hope your backs are getting bet- mento area are going long hours

write at this time of year is that all the .gradin:g and excavat~on ter by now." with their crews of old_-timers.

work is all coming to a close. and pav111g on the new shoppmg . There is plenty of muck left Most of the plants are m need 0. C. JONES & SONS

'Hydraulic Dredge has started center at Watt Ave. and "E" on this job arid thebrothers will of extensive repairs, so tllis GENERAL CONTRACTORS

, u p again. They were down for Street. Bro. Marvin Moore and be busy right up until they get means the brothers will be busy

about six weeks to re-wind the Howard King are the for·emen run out by rain and snow. which throughout winter rebuilding or

main motor but now have about on this job, and the following we know · will be -here eventu- remodeling the plants. ; ) 1 d 't t wo years work if t 1ey on brothers are working for them: ally. . · · · _·· · Brighton's Kilgore Pit is on a

Cedar & 5th St. BERKELEY -LAndscape 6-3424

Member A.G.C.

h ave more bad luck. They have Howard Dickey, gradesetter; Bill A.. Teichert . &_ Son have op- one~ and two-shift schedule.

a new dragline which is laying Herzog, blade ; .M. C. Long, blade, ened the three ea·stbound lanes Their main plant at Perkins is

t he pipe; this takes a lot of work and Harry Welcher on the rolle~. on the BaxtE~I's-to-Emignmt Gap ready fo1~ a complete overhaul,

off the levee hands. . Lentz Const. Co. have approxi- section .and this has enabled as is the hot plant .

. Pacific Dredge is almost into mately 2,000 feet of sewer line them to pi.it' soir{e of the crew Teichert's plants at Perkins

t he turning basin. McCammon · still to dig and lay for the Coun- back to work that was laid off. and Del Paso Rock are in the

and Wunderlich have some cats ty of Sacra~ento . This job had Th_e portion of'- -e·astbounq lanes proce'ss of re-doing their entire

backworkingonthelevees;they a total of 15,000_ fe~t of 6-irlch, that . !s opened ~s aH butapout set-up. The new Watt Ave.

q uit tl;lis work about si.x we~ks 8-iri!:!h{ artd· .4~inc1i : sewer lines .to .two miles.: ,0u<th.at ,side.:The re~ briqge will t~j{e a part of th¢

·ago: for the winter ;' Quit ~ it -has --. d!g;{iniLla"Y.; ·<itti\:£dei1 W'}.y; Howe ~?m:irlid-e'f.: \\rhf))'.e~p:aved ~nexf yeat . ptoperty where the. Hot Plant .is .

~LAKE BROS. CO. : • · Producer s of

.. b~en, sO, dr:y tl.Jt!Y. ·:w,ere ) ible .. t?: Av~n_J!~/_, ·:HJ!rl.e?' , '"Vf?-.y, ··-:Hood 'wh¢l). .. the:Yr ~P~X~)Jhe .westbound: .. · P.C.A. is try in~ to get enougQ.

ASPHALTIC . CON(:JR;ETE ' I.: ' REA~Y~ ~IiX 'QONcRE~iiJ?~:_;_' [·:

s tart' again. -· . , _ • _· . · · .Road-,( B$ll : $f. ;' Clinton Rbad;Janes: .... > ,.~ '>.~ - ·. · material stockpiled so they can

Lock~Bridge_ has_ the_ stn~ctures Waylahd._Ave. ; ai~qW,i~tkop Way.\_ . They, have sh.'tlt;f he. rock plant do some long over"due repairing. -. · p: 0. ~x ·l 002 -, -~i~~ntoncf .-,

~p far enough• .that they ,- can .This has peen ii good job for a down co'ip.pletely' ·and the only The brother ~ngiileers at Er-

'tvotk all winter. The re-develop- lot-'' of .the"brothers and the fol- ini:ni' left :.there:is B'rotherPattey, icksons (Haggin Sand and Grav- We~rern: Drivt? BEa.~n 2-519~ ­

ment work that has been going. lowing are stilL working: Cliff ' the load-er~ · operator. I Wqtched el) repair in between crushing

on h~re in Sacramento for the Simmons, operating the Foi·dson him opEn·ate that'.''275 A" Michi- jobs.

past two years has begun to take ~backhoe, · Ho;ner Pm;cell cl,oing gan orie day, and if -it' could be We recently negotiated the

on a new look. '-Erickson Const the ·oi1ing for' him, Marvin Gums run sinoother· and faster, I would Building .Material Agreement for

has start ed the dirt work on ·on the Fordson backhoe and H. like ·to meet the man who could ·our batch plant 'engineers and

some new apartments on 6th A. Fontaine doing the oiling for do it. have the employers under a

sh'eet. These buildings are to be Gums. Hatold R. Tuggle operat- · If the snow holds off until the good contract. These brothers

sixteen stories high. ing-,a Fordson l;lackl1oe and Stan first of the year, most of the dirt are ail top men and willing to

· ·Dinwiddie Const. Co. are hav- Whiff en oiling, Clarence ·Enos ~~ill be -moved on this job and mix every type of concrete you

.:, ing- a bHd time with the Federal on the loader, Marvin J:,awson there will be darn little to be need. .

- Building. They crre unable to get on the loader , Bob McClernon ·moved next y~ar. ,. c The brothers on . the ' long

the steel. on the blade. J immy Geer oper- · Wood- Kirst Co. at Sod a boom truck cranes may be seen

Continentar Const. Co. is put- ating the buckeye 160 Trencher Sprinas · has finished and com- all hours of the day doing the

t ing up a _new County Road and J . Reed Moss doing the oil- pletel~ moved oa t, as has Freg~ work in which_ only, the skilled

Camp just south of Franklin. ing for him. This job should be rickson anQ. Watson and Ran- can do. Reliable Crane takes

This, place looks more like apart- completed in· about three 1ifeeks . some · Co. ·at Truckee. The care of the tough jobs and Sac-

- rirents than a jail. But I guess Gordon H. Ball has just about Truckee · freeway is not com-

·1_- R~ - FEENfY . ·wmE - ROPE

SPLICING AND SOCKETING

Agents for R oeblings Blue Center

All ·work Madeto Order Guaranteed and Insured

600 Addison Street Berke ley, Cali~. _

Telephone AShbe.rry . 3-3286

libusing is getting better for ev- completed their six million dol- 'pletefy open but it will be as

e ryone these days. The way the 'lar contract at the McClellan Air soon as the new Agriculture sta- PA I I s H . B R 0 s subdivisions are spreading in the Forc-e )3as~ : on Watt Avenue, tior1 . .is op~ned. : That should be . • . . -: _: ·_· .·. • .

·south end of town, this camp -This job consisted ·of strength"· Very .. shoi·tly;. :,, ' :, "- · - ,

•

• ·will be_ one' of ·them. -~ . eniii:g··-the :pdnl,~ry -• .Funway ari.d c ~ · : Worl_drt oudiire js at .a stand- General Contractors - Highway ancLPublic Works

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DECEM1,3~R .. J959 . · . .-: . '_. . ' - ENGINEER!S ·NEWS :

I . - • -: - - ' t'AGE ELEVEN .• ' '' . ' . .. · .

. · REDDING DISTRIClJO GET . Jo~ Aw~ras. 'E ES $' 1 A lm L·o~o rc ~·uy· PlA~·T VACAVILLE, Contrac't award, :tf!

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S~I :NG - .. . ' s.-' ·I if·. mL~ . m .• , ~l~ Li'1 -. '' ·. _· ~, ' . eq 'to Darke_nwald _: Co.n:$L..G,o., ·& . ~

- . Vinson Const. ·co., E,· o. Bix ByJ. B. JENNINGS ,.&Sil) li'IcBROOME, Business Representatives 4175, Sacran1ento ·$36.7:;72l.(Scb.' BJ: G. LY;NN lHOO~E, · J . ·D. MONROE, B. F: (TINY) HELLING9 · . The Cala~era~ Cement Company will start construction as soon 1); $235,502. (Sch. II)&. $Sp,ooo - ' Business Representatiyes A

'bl $14 '11' 1 · . 1 1i · (Sch. IIH for S11isun Vqliey Grav- . _ _ . . . . . . . · a~ possi ~ _ on a mi wn cement p ant II1 t 1e 1\1ountain Gate it Pi eline-East Unit SOLANO ~s we cqm~ to the end of 1959 the_ Fresn~ area IS wmdmg up /area, eight miles no.rth of R:eddi.ng. A spokesman _for the company cb P · , . -' . . · _.-. one of the busiest season$ .ever expenenced m the Valley. stated that they hope to have the plant .in opey_ation by March of · . .•. MC)p.y of th,e·Contr?ctors are taking advantage of the unusuo.lly

.19.61. Wixson & Crow.e haS: ~ompleted the clearing for the excava- PINPL_E, Contract award eel; to dry.weather and are puttirm in a few extra hours to beat the rain •. tim~ and H. P. Edwards is. doing thr.ough Dunsmuir far ·more qarl Lund~e~g, 260~ : M_iraVi~ta . ~edericksen .&. Kasler Company still have a largy spreaa1 .,. the e~cayation on the job· site leasant. Gibbons & Reed was , D~·~, El C~rnto; '$26~ ,334 (Ba~e ~Qrkj.?g - long l~ours on the San .· -:-· . _ - -. - _----

• withappro~imately 15 brothers fhe 10-w bidder on a road job on BlU) for_ addns , to T~rra Hill Jo(\~U~l1 lev_ee. Job. They ~xpect Sierras- about 275 miles from1 moving dirt at presep.t. · The Highway 998 betwee~ We~d S~hool, r~c;ldg. _8 . cla~s:r6orn:s, ! · tojm~~!1 th1s JOQ b;,r_ the fll'St of. the .Fresno office. The job is 45 main col! tracts will be -let for and . Shasta River. The have lnndergarce~, tmlet:ro~ms ; stor,~;;. the _year. On the 1'4ammoth Pool mires north. of Inyo Kern in Tu~ the str4ctureof the plant some moved in on this 'ob a~d are ropn:s , mec11,. ' .~ .- Jamt 'ryqms,: p_ro)ect . the_ Bechtel Co_mpany . .., . ., . . . i , .. time in the .montp. of February. - .· . J . • cornqors, m_qltr-purp. room w/ have a few doz~rs cleamng up lare ~..;ounty. Thi~Job wJl e ven .·AR.OU"'rD TRINITY ALPS now m the process of domg_ the_ k't h . ' .. . d-h t ·th ; . 1 . t . tually connect With the Welker . n r 1 . g Th 1 •. d t I .e en. an .·' ave.cu e.r s 1op crew o .

·operations at _ the dam have cfeatrhi~ ; . b ~ .1c1ombp et~hwn

1 tat e six. mechanics. & Peterson job near Johnson·· · . · . . o IS JO WI e e a · er SOLF;DAD, Contr~ct award~d ·. '- - . .

been reduced to on~ shift and .part of 1960_ M: J. Coieman to L. R Pipes Co., Fre~:q.\) .(geJ:?.- .. Utah Constrl,lct!Ol1 Co. have dale. · \¥€,ll9M'· have . approximately 30° Construction got into full swing eral) $307 463· for const. Voca-. wo;und -up the. tunnel, except for KINGS RIVER ' me:tllber~.- ep1plo:y.ed by T.D.C. on. his' road job in Cecil ville. tional Shop' 'Bidg. at '-Cali£7- State. so.me gunniting ,which is being Winston- G ~- e en Companies Shea-Kaiser"Mornson · has ceas- · · · · · · - - · · - · · · • do11e -by the Maceo Co The· - - ' -' " - :' · · · . · - - IN ALTURAS AREA Prison Soledad l\1' 0 NT E R E Y - - - . · . . got underground on the KinP'$ _ ed all operatiOns other than ~ , -. . · . ' · - ·' · - . · · Becht.el c 0 r p. are keeping . · -. - - · P .• _--·pumping . on the Clear Creek . Morns on,· & · Knudi:ion recent- CO. _ ._ . _ . -... t . b. h - River Tunr:el recently. and no_\V' · _ . 1 t t d ·th -.- .1. d · 1 · · __ ·_ , ,: . sev~p. opera ors_ usy at t e h th h'ft t' ,.. $ . Tunnel project at the Intake in y s .~J . ~ . e_Ir rai roa re oc~~ REDWOOD . CITY ~· contract - l . ave ree s I s . oper~ I~b : - . . , _ . .-- . · tign .. jolUIJ. Ravenciale a,nd ,this ..-- · ,· ' , . -~ · _, ·. .· poyv,er; louse. . - . . days per w.eek. This JOb Is aoov-t . Lewi~to~' - t.]1qugh th~ P4!ll.PS a,re job_ will g_9, :4) o;·5 month~, weath- awarqe~ .to . E,_, '1\ Ila.~~ ,,:C~., ~?:J:C . 'l'homas · ~o.nstructwn . Com- 60 . miles - from - Fresno. ne~l~

•·WQrl\mg qioupd th~ clock. Last . . .t .. . -· W h . b_ . t 95 Belmont_ $334,291. for const. pany have finished the excava - B 1 h C Th - · -. · . - · · ' · · · · ' . er permit mg. e ave <t o_u ' . . ~ . .. · ... . : ·· · , : . . · a c amp. e. company n~s; . .w,e~k. th~f~, was . abou~ _5,000. g11_ 2.~ b;rothe~s: Ql} this .. _particular wa~er Il}ains -~ samtary -~_ew~r tl~n .. on their Bass ~ak~ JOb ?ut set up a trailer park but there )??s ofw~terpe~ mmute flow_-_ oper,afi_o'I!r, 1\t, pr~sent th(m:~ is mams, and stoup. s~~ersyst.em _ Will not . do th~ fmal gradmg. is- NO -camp on this job: Tlfe m~:out o~ the tun.neL rr:he .op~r _· .k . . --d .. . d th S _ for Bayshore Indu~tr~ap~ar~ N9. o and . pav_mg UJ:!tll next Sprmg, -PG&E. d d _ contract tGJ> ~ atlons at the Ad1t are stlll• · m no _ ~or .-_111 an .. aroun. . ~ _ u 1 Improv,e~:pent D~st.. -. · · : -- . . c • • a~ar - .e . a ., 11 . · 'th th - h'ft. · sanville,, area but additional . . · .... - . · .. ,,. . .: . •. however, they k~~p mo"t of the F'resno Pavmg _Co. for exca~ · .1.-U • swmg Wl ree s I · s SIX · · ,. · · ·· - · · · · S A C R A M E· N T ·o · C · t t th · . b b d. . . - ' ' . d ' -Th' · ·b h ·_·- ·b f ,.; 3oo road ~work is scheduled 'in the · : • . ·· . , · 911rac . . e1r crew usy on su .- ~visiOn vation for the new po:wer house · ' ,·f:~rof t~~~~l- lef~\~ ~iu,. ~ork' 1960: b4dge( Also, additiqnal awarded to_ Buttler ~ F.Q:JS P.· O; work and various bridg~ jobs_ apd pen$t~cks. The copt:t;act f9r ,

;. in . and. around T~init ~ill hit wor~ between, Re~ Blu# ' and Box 9~ , Salmas, $_133,8j34 (or abt.; thrqughout ' the area. Richard- tlte power . ~o~~e has n?t bee.m . ·T :· k ·:- ·- 1960·· ·/ th f t Susanville on: Highway 36. The 1.8 m1. lgth. gra~e &,_. syrf. .w/ son., Bros. from Los Banos _ are let. State DIVISIOn of Highways ~:Jj~b -t~\reak_ oaithe ;~i~I~Y fi~s( j(}b .. will .break ~orth of PTM?C. s~rf: on ;tmtr . . ~a~~' o~ grqdi?g and p~ving the parking hay.e called for bid~ dueDe:ce~ ..

. n)ject :will .be th·e relocation of MmeraLWor~: m the SIX ~ nor~h- Carpmtena R.oad, 1:Jetw. , 2A ~l. area m Yosemite Park. be:r 16th for ~, 9 miles near, Lip<• ' ~ighv_;ay 299 whick will amount ern,·. cqunties. :. has beer. very So. & 0.6 m1~ . So. · oL · Aroma.s, . . Briggs Construction Co, from colp. A venue m Merced Coun.ty"' • - to; appr'o_xiqtately . $7 m!Ulon. go?d - for Operating, Engineers MONTER~Y ·CO. . _ Redding were award~d a $600~- esti:rp.ate . ~75,000 also f~r bid~

- . Bids ar·e' already out on thi~ job this y.e~~ but, the wor~ sche~- CONCORD, Contract aw~rqe~ . 000 contract for pavmg ~he• Tl· fqr 6,4 miles of 4 Ian~ h1gb,vyay : and contracts ' will be awa.-ded uled fqr; 196Q fqrecasts th~. best to Downer Corp., 540· No. · Call- oga Pass road. The gradmg on alJ.Q. frontage roads 31fz miles ·; il]. Janua~y, 196Q. · . yea~ fqr Loc~LNo. 3. in the past fornia St., Stoc_kton $99,3~3 . for this job was completed tl;lis north of Tulare. . . · : • ' Following. that, the Whiskey- 10 yea,r~. constr. of sa~Itary sew~r sys- year by H. Earl Parker Co. and L: B. Wells Construction Co.;.

• town reservoir will be awarded There are a number of jobs tern, Assess. Dist. No. 14. Harms Bros. were low at $130,827 . to graqe along with:' an· additional 5~mil~ contempl~ted -other than those , MT. VIEW, Contract awarded · Bechtel Co. and Chicago and pave 2 miles on Alta Av.e;,.

; timnel which will take the wa- recently m e·n t ion e d which. to L. C. Smith Co.; ,225 - 19th Bridge · & Iron Co. have a large east of Reedley. Jack CampbeHI ter !nto the :keswick Dani area. should be · co:rp.ing up in April Av., $150,968 for plantmix surf., cannery job under construction Construction Co. were low .bid·· Also' hiere will be an earth ~i1d and May. The relocation of a etc. for parking d~str,ict No. 2. ' near Merced. · · ders at $43,943 to . construct tw~

, conc~~et~·, fill · control dam in mimber of roads in and around - - J\.f. J. Ruddy Co. are still busy . bridges near Mendota . . - · 'whis~eytown and another dam Redding is due to ~reak, in that they familiarize t):Ieinselves on runways and parking aprons Bids were opened Becembell." in: Lewiston b~low the 11-mile 1960. Work ·in' and arouhd_• :Red with it. One clause,'for instap.c~ , at Castle Field .Air :Base. This 2nd for 16.5 miles o.f concrete

. turmet? . .'-T~~--PPW.er 'plant ,wilL W}lff, has. heen ,_pl~~tty . sl~:~y ,this is , SeC\ion ~ D; . P,age·, ~21; ' whicl;l cciinpany were . low -bidders ; on pipe line for the TEA Pot D?me a.Js§"'he~ a)Vilrd,_~d, in 1960. :South- year. · Tl1e Hood & C as.e Con- st.ates "On · siJ1gre and double 7.3 miles of grading ·and pav- Water District near Porterville~ . ~es_t Weld!ng ~s near comp!e· str~ction ' ~o:. is . sti_ll · m ~till sgift. work, '_Sa.t.urday .shaW:'be ing on Lander Ayenue, west_ of The contract has not he'e!l'l hpn on the pertstoc;k for Trm- swmg at tne1r pumpmg stiJ,tJon tile 24 hour penod commencmg Merced. This section will ccin- awarded yet

_ ·'ity Dam. o': K. . Mittry & S?ns job_ sou~h of Red Bluff . T~isj~b, at 12 ·midnight Friday" ~nd. all nect highway 140· to Mercy R.. G. Fisher Co. were award;· ·.r . h_ave_ complete<l the excav?,tmg which . mclu_des a half-nule I~- work perfo~·med aft~r midl)Ight · Springs Road near Los Banos. ed a $684,044 contract to con.:

ai1~l ·.gr:~qing .on tl_! ~~r. . job ~:ri the take canal, v-rill I:un . appr.o~1- 0_9 Friday _will be at. t?e ov~J~ The Ruddy Co. are still operat- struct the new Greyhound Bi.lr:J • 'f;nmt! Alp,~ . This Job w11l be mately $823,000. S1x. p1pes Will time rate; Recently tl11S office ing their hot plant and rock depot in· Fres-no .

. completed m _1960 , when . :\'Ior- ;arry Sacrament.o River. water collected_ a total of $5,567 for plant near Snelling. Joe D: Miller _ Co. wa§ award~

. gan Co:q_st1:uct10n mov~s m to .lrom th~ p~mpmg statwn, ~P 103-- brot:Q_ers ~h? were emp.loy~ From the information we can ed a $27,320 contract for · sewer . d.o th~ pavmg. Also, Kizer Co~· 700 f~et mto}~e Bureau ofR;ec- ed _on the Tnmty Da.m RIVer gather at this_ time bids for the work in Merced. Bids are due ~tructwn has ~O!fiPl~ted their lamahon 20omile long Corm~g proJ~ct. n~am; o( ~l}om . were. Merced Freeway _ will be_ let _ December 16th for additiohali JOb_ bet:\~een Tnmty Cente~ a~d canal system. _ Up to 50.0, cubic not awm~~. that they were en- sometime in February. · work at Lemoore Air Base, con.;,.

. Mmersville .. Floyd. Grubb IS -m feet of water per second · can. be . titled . to tl11S moneY,. · . · . ·.T· h B.· C t t' C 1·st·1·ng of unde•rgroun·d storage · · - · · · · · · · · · · · · ·· · · · · · · . · e aun ons rue 10n o. s · · . full s_wmg on his . r~locatwn l}fted-. to IITig<lt~ 35,000 .acres on If there~ at.~ ,.any of:,c~o.u,wor,k- - -. - · d d $511180 con- tanks estimate $500,000, clear~ -~ road JO):> out of Tnmty .Cen- the dry westside of the Sacra- ing on,. a_ sh1ft . oper~~wp after were awar ed. a .- d ' v i n ing ~radinct paving, cutbs amll . . ter. Mem~:rs :~ w:or:~j11g in this men toe Valley. mid~igh( OJ). Friday _and. not re- trac!Jor gr~ mg anne~: Fir! _ gutters esth~ate $1,000,000. · , a~n~a : have.>qeen. v:ery fortunate THANKS, B~ST WISHES. ceiving~ the. ov.ertlme rate, on ees . _ yenue_ . . . _ ._ ' _ . - ..

~ri, the. w~a~per. GerieraJ.ly \VO~k .. The_staff.if}..t~e Redding . Of- please brlr;t&, ,the . ~atter. to our baugh. Th1s -Job w1ll g~t un?er _ Ina!-:sw_er to m~n~:c~[~n~~ .. II! . the • northern area ·slows m_ fie~, your -Executlye . Board; Y.Ol!r attentiq.n: Th1~ , offlc~, WqS _ aJ:>le ·way about Dec. 15· _ -. re.g~rdi_n~ the, n~:Vee . ob. This . t}1~ latter. part- of October, bl1t Gn~v~nce an.,d By-laws Comm1t- to_ colle~t_,a to~p.l of.:a~q~mt$19.,- 99 FREEWA ~ . . . _ ~he San o~qum let riecember-- thiS yea~ we have been ~toppe~ te~ '\¥1Sh_ to ,Jha,~k301J fqr;: Y~l:lr 000 this .. yea~, froJ.p. ';:vapows.: em- . . ' FrEll:))J,O Pavmg Co. ~re . QJUld- . JOQ was d~ ':: to:~ ' 0 ening was

•,,for onlY: t~;o.: d;.tys by adverse coopE:>;J:atwn .and _ypur. effort~ m players in the ·. six _ north~r,n mg streets and · gradmg on a . 1st. However, h~ c~ntracf has

... ~ weather ·apd worl(is predicted _ ina'l~iil,g ; 19.5~.A · goqd _ wor,~. _ year counties. We recom:w.~n:dt()· t~~ ,subdivision nQrtb, of_ M,Cide(iL d~l~yed and . t . t this um·e <to continue rigl1Lup to Christ- \\'itl;l, ,.b~tter: · . .C?l1dttions . aJJd: b«?,t- memberl:i .workintr·in this ~Is-. Griffith ~ompany _hav~ moved a no~ bfe~ ~~~rde~~ost entirely

· .. · rnas. : . . _ . tex,. 'Y<l~~~; ·W~, _h~pe, that w~ 1can trict thgt they k.eep .aJe£~r:d of I\ew, PC\V111&- l?achme m on th~ :r'his JO . ei g u'nt will ba W,h!le. m ,. mqst · cas~s the ram mmpt;:nn · ,an,q . III!prov:~. t}\~~e their, time as this wtll fa~Iht(lte 99 Freeway Job pear Herndon.. m Stamslaus ~1~ St~ckton anill

·_stops · the ._Operat_ip.g- Engineers_ cofol~Utions ._in)utll:re_. years. Your the processing of any claim .. In To make _tie . ins on this new handled ~~~-oft_. '·' ·. frb.m wQr;lqng; w:.~ .- have ,one case Gqey,ance <:;o;nmittee_ me.~ts, on the event- -y0u . h~ve a, cla_m~, ·. freeway 1t _was n.ec_essC~ry to .Modesto 0 Ices: up ·. north · where they capJ\pt :. T-h4rsd~Y, n}g_lit;; b.~t.wr~U.); a_nd please do not , delO;Y.j~J:?:O!tiri_~ ~t;. close one ~ lane of the Her~~oP. . NO DON 0 R S ;FOB. ~ES work untiLthe rairis start: The · 9.,,p.m: .amt_ the, Reddmg,, Office as :there . is : a · 15. , day: time hm1t bridge· during the TJ:lartk$gwrgg BL90D. BANK::-Let s do bet~~r­reason is ~ery ' simple. Th~re is open.,d~r:H;&_ tq~se:.hputf>. !or for- fililjg claims _ _'as prov~de~- i)l :ijoliday and tr~ffic ' was,. tie·~ ' ttJis ffiO/lth. . . . . ~- :·· are appro~Imat~W--fiVe cleanng . your . cony,epwnf2e: Y041. d?·. not our agreement. t\ .clanr not filed. up .for. several miles m both di- . To all .the memb~I ~ a~d th~I~ :jobs on -the~ TrJ11]ty Dam proj- have to hay~ , a gr.,_i~:VI;l!l~e , to within the time. limit must .be rections. The State Division of families we ·want to Wish ~01lJI

. ect and - aU- .summer the boys cofh~, il). and;:, d!l?C~~ss, anything referred- to the Deputy IJabm; Higbways al'1d the_ Griffith Com-_ all a very merry Christmas an.ill h?v~ l;>een clearing the bapks of · at oui· meetin.gR· · If. y,ou have Commissioner in Redding . ap.d, pmiy are attempting to com~ a happy _and ·prosperous N~W th,~;_.Tr}nity Alp~ 'Co,untr_y. ::-.Jo.w _ ~ny, q_y. es,tio?~: 'r:egar,dinK yo;ur :(or_ .this r~.ason,. al~q,itis irhp_or~ pJ~f~ a portion of the tie in_to. ,Year. _ _ . the B'!lreau of:Reclamatwn Will · JOb or.~ .per,tmmng.to the oy~l(lWS tant . that you keep a complete eliminate another ·_ bottleneck . .

· - ncit :; is:sve- a burl\1_ng __ permit un- or the mas,te:r agi~~m~:ri.t , please record of yo~r time to subst~rt- over. the ·Christmas · and - New . .fob s · Awriri.i.ed. -• til· it stgr.ts ra_i!lil1i· and there feeLfree to_ com,e . .iJ1 andodiscuss tiate the validity of; your claim. Year h_olidays. This paving 'rna- RENO, NEVADA, Contrac~

are. a doz,en eat skinners waiting these matter:s: at this,. meet!_p.g. The following named · men · chine was ·built by Guntert & awarded to Lemoke Const., Larg for the ·weather: t9. ~turn b~g ·so We are awar,e that.it ' is impos- have checks ·being. held .in the Zimmerman in Stockton. It has Vegas, $1,029,J75 (corrected figa

. th~y can · gQ back. tq work, This sible. for soJ?le of the, fellQws to - Redding Office: Melvin Fergu~ been used successfully in ~he ure) . for 3-story rein£. concP. is just a pout the work picture disc.uss. · their problem.s or~: the son, John Geddes, Willie Hogue, Los Angeles area. The machine county jail. . - -.:. for the Trinity· Dam area. . job ana that-.is one reas_on w,hy Robert ; Howard, Bert Manson, lays concrete much the same as · ALAMEDA, Contract awardedl 99 TO OREGON LINE this office re;mains open one Robert _ G. Montgome_ry, Parry a black top paver. The concrete to Valley Enginee1:s Inc. P . 0~ ·-Gibbons & Reed Construction night a week. Our next. quarter- McCollom, C. C. Osborn, J. M. is dumped into a . ho-pper in Box 992 Fresno $88,782 for in, is, still jn full swing on their ly meeting in. ·the. Redd~ng Dis- · Roth, C. K. Stephenson, 0. C. front, the machine is a one pass stallation of storm drnge. sys~

. freeway job out of Castella and trict . will. be~ held at, lOOlt Yuba Taylor. · operation, all erectric control- to Walnut St. t~m. Lincoln Av~ , are running two shifts which is Stree.t at 8 P-111· on, Wednes,day, If you could. use this money led, it :contains its headers and to Estuary. hardto believe in the · month-of Januar)' '29th, - .for Christmas, all · you have to finishing mechanism all in one IMOLA, Contract awarded t<D December. Wunderlich Con- We . would li.k~ to call to. the dci is write us, call or come in unit. Ralph Palm berg, 2111 Rogers

• str~ction 'is .- nea~ comple~ion on ~tteqtiq~ of,.our -brQHier-Ope;rat- person and. pic~ up_ y?ur . :he.ck. Something of a record was set Way, Santa Rosa, $78,861 fut~ : their new sectwn of highway mg_~ Engmeer~ _that. th.~re ,have We. take pleasure m .Wishmg for distance the past week when construction of Food Cart RooiXl\1 99N at Dunsmuir. When the job been a number.~_ of clauses added you and your families a Happy· several ·pioneer dozer men were addition to main food s~rvice

~ is finished : it will -_ certainly. to _.' th? , 195~=6~ , A;G.C. Agree- Holiday ·season and a Prosper- ~~dispatched to the Clyde Wood center at Napa State Hospital il® . , m~l\r ;'\._df!V~lf&- . ~rom . Gastellj ,Jpe_l\1~ :-?~d it .is n~g§.t· iJJ?:I;Of:~ant : .. o_us New:, Y~.a:r Jor -19.69 .. : , :· ~ -- Co.- j?b ?n the e<Jst .sid.e Qf tbelrr10la, NAPA CO. ,c.·.

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