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·· j. e ()PER~'[~~~ ' EN G I NEERS ; I.OCAl J . .. - •S TATIC)NMY · E~ GJME ERS I.OCAI. 39 VOL. '17_:.__:_NO. 12 . . . ·· ...... @ . , • · · SAN FRANCISCO, CAJ':.IFOBNIA DECEMBER, ~959

~: .1 th lnti.Cenve~tio~ - i n April, . l ; New Membership . ., J o Elect elegates and· lterna~eS l dentifi~i;3Jion rds.··. .. ' . ,. ;Fouo~ing •;• th~ prn;:d:=~~b:· ~~~;~N~YL~~:;;;i~~·~~;;;;~,°F,~lccYP ~9,? ~? · ~~ ~~ ; :l ®::•B. .Js8 Ue cJ .·· ern: Ja rt;z:: .; ;\~.~ . 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. ~lft r?W . Pf~'' ~fie ::!nt~rn '\t:on~!' ··. c:.; .. ·• ~ ·; .·· .. , .,_,, ·.. :. ~. · · • . . · _· • . · _ . - .J,!~ion ··:o'¥' t>p~fat~n1f_cE fi gi;ri: liers(to: be 'held ir_l''Arh·il, 1960, ~at :1\!Iiami Be_ach ;. Fl6rida: . · · · ' . · A.. new. card. h~. b~e n designed to _ expedE~ e - t h~. - r.eturn_· . ol

. ~.Sectwn 1. There, shalf oe ._ for- .·. - ~ .~ .""' :_ ..,;' . - " : · . . . · . :~ . > • ·• • """ :!I~IT,I.bership _Ide n tific~ 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-.' . . . . . , . . . · Sec ti~rl ' 3. :~'-· No~tn:~ti6 ri~ >~£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·c b_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, . b e~; m.aa¢ :~~ t a·: s pec .ific : nie ~tii1g/ !ng en:velop'es ~ t h~

.~~fl~~~~!~i~~~~~~~~i w;th .. piid> ihd in ''~rt- 1 0 11 S~cti~ i~ ,· ri The e~ectio~ ~ ha l i ,. ~:~r~ - Po s th~ff~~~ . ~0~ ,~n s~~~ .. ~ ~e conduct: cl · by . ~ . c ommr tt~ ~ _Fra nc i~co ; o_ppn the Post Offic_e ~-_known, as tl,e Eleetlpn _Co,.,:mr:nt: Box at 10 A ~ M., ;F ~b_ru_a ry 29; _. t~e c ompos e:~ ,..?f o;~ m '"P1 ?e~ 1960': in the __ :Pr6.s§nce :'of the A on:- each . di~t~I ct - ~.L; _ Op e r . a L n~ - e_lectwn committee or .a sub-.· "i'ngm,eers Local Umon No .. · 3. · · "tt th ·.a f 1 1· ,.. . · · · · · Th . · ·u , · b h be. eommi ee _ er vo , s 1a I re~ov e . . · e _com~r e~ m em . ~r s a 11 . '" the rf;turn envelopes cont(\ming · n ommate~ a ~1d ele ct~d at t h e the' ballot from the Post Office . r~g u ~a ~: d~stnct me_etmg or ~ spe: Box, check the r eturn envelopes . cral meetf?g at w~rch del~g a t e s . for eligibility, set aside ·an en~ _ · and ,a.ter1 nates . a.r ~ , non;mat~ d Closed envelopes from eligible . ~nd . shall: be_ a ~egi ste~ec, vot~r voters containing . ballots; . mix· m t~e distnct m, which. "1 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~t ds we wouldl appreciate it i ll'~ - 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 p ay~ · .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-..c a: P..§f-.... _§ ect~on12 . The ·forty-six (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 cased ~ ~n . the to- Local Union No. 3 for the short- · John F: Frost ' . n?~e, techmcal or profe~swnaL assiS" tal nun1ber of V!)tes recetved by _ est neriod of time . ' .. 1 · ..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- ,. . • _ · -... - . · · . . Har.ry V. Korey · .. ·• · · . · . 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 . . . . . ·. . , _ ~ Rosert~uir§ J: Rush · · . ..,_ : ..- · · ··; .· · oSection 10. All members no.t votes shall be a:t the.- top Q.f the number of ~elega t es to tn~ 26ll1 11 · Irene E·. souza .. · , Se~t~~~- -?· _.:\ 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 · June: n: ~elson ' 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 ~~ca l·: N:o ..· 3 1 ~ - · ·Kem'i"eth"Glov er . 6 trc,e ··· En__ glil€! -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 SA;N'.MATE(Y g Eng-r~eers .. Local_.Umo),l No. ing Engiiieers '-Loca'l Union No: In the evehnhat two cirniore·. through the total nurhper of ·Mrs. J_ohrn · Nichols · 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 SAN JOSE . ehg~ble . ,to .be : allots-ai'e •l'n:ailed. be •~ oCJini e shall be at the toP: of . alternate. w!th _tl~ e h1ghest num- James Gorti"ant . good sta1~ ding Oil ·Janw:iry 16, B~e s ~nt ~ at tfi·e :b-penim( cit' 'the the ':T!st.' and tiH~ cancli_datel~ ·and _. tj:ie. c.on1- · .. a~ Yr · vi> .t e(m~a, _. thEt ~ ;b~llots : ; ~£. !=\ll. tl\ey ~ hall :t hel) .. 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~s h:~ l: .. i~: ,this ~~;s;~~~i~n ::,_~J·_qy:i. ~ ~~ : J ~ :~ . i1~g Jor~: m e, _conve~tipn sh aH · be . . the ~ ballot· and ~- certlfiGatron c OY~·$t~ng_ep; . ~lj;:.-~:<-oi·:.,-. ;~ ·- ,~_ :... _'~:;--;;~:_..:;_-:_:l_~~·~--· -~~·s::·- <~-.,. i\ -~' :-:~-- i''•. ~ . ,,· "\ F'<'' ::· ·· :QECE1,VIBER, 1959 ..iPAGE~O . - ~ ·· V ·· CAll •• si:S Gl ~y AL CLEM, A~s ~ stant Local Union lVlanager As this is the last iss11e .of the paper year, a. summing .up_of some of the activities of Published each month by Local Union No. 3 of the fo ~ th~s . Internation In the .Rock, .Sand and Gravel H. T. PETERSEN...... ·...... : .. _ ...... ,Treasurer, . · Sl,lbscription Price: $2.50 Per Year · · 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~ p. 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~ent i an~,. followmg wa~ increased by $1.50 per day ~atron plan by: .. obtammg, s.ta..J;J;,· ·ciSCO 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 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 n eg?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 mb lthed~? 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 0 1 work season than usual and a job. Prior to tb,~slide. ~heY; had of next .year. spr e P 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 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 ~ l dmg 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" (Thursday) Ukiah, Labor .Temple,_Sta:t~ Su.reet ... San Ftancisco; Cal., Nov. 3:1959 . ·8 {Tues(lay) Salt Lake, 151 Sb. 2nd~ East, i~JTI! m:~x. RAY G: ABULON ' 9 . (Wednesday) Reno, Reno Musicians.. ' Bldg., U® W. Taylor Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 3, 1959 · APRIL 1\'IONROE JOHNS'l'.ON · 6 {Wednesday) San ·Francisco, 200 Giterreto. , • Berkeley, Calif:, Nov. 4, 1.959 12 . . (Tuesday) - Eu_reka, 2806 ,Broa{hvay. . · . RUSSELL E.' LARSON ' 13 · {Wednesday) . Red~ing, · Eagles' Hall; 10®5 'YlFlb;a, . .sa:il'Leandro, cal.; Nov. 7, . .1959 . 14 {Thursday) Mat•ysville, . ~capulco Da1icz 1Hl:a1lll!, _3:23 E St. C. U. HIBBARD . . . MAY . \ sai1 Era'ncisco, Cal., Nov. 7, 1959 . 5 . (Thursd~y ) · ...~ aqame nt(j, C.E.L,.T, Bldg. ...: . ·SAN FRANCISCO GROWiHdhese days is upwar.s:l, with EARL E. ·WEBSTER . 9 {Monday) ·Stocliton, Enginee1 d k d . . . h · San_Jose, Calif., Nov. 12 1959 's' Bldg. . a ozen new s ysc~apers un e~'fay qr set +o. go. H.ere IS t e ALBERT N.' ~WYMAN' ,.: 11 (Wednesday) ·_Oakland, · Labor Temple, 2315 . Vru]dez, back ·end 9f the · g1a.nt Jack Tar hotel ·and _convent1on' center O kl - d c · l·f· N - · 19 ' (l'hurs~ay) · §~ linas, Labor · Ten~ple, n, -J?I:i!!]llilrllD. , t . y N " T 'II' · t' · S F , f t _.._. a an , a I ., ov. 18, 1959 • on .mg on an ess, - exas . m1 _. Ions 1nves .mg '.n : .. ,s u u.re. . JOHN MATTERN , · JUNE It wdl have hotel, pqols, ·hall_s; garage, 1ce nnk, bars, f1ve S J C l'f N 18 1959 8 .(W ednesrlay)' Fresno, La b01: ·Te~twle ; · 631 1 -Kt'J.Ill. r~~ey , B Jy c( . re' st?~ran~ts, a~d - an . 11-story . business ·office building. Com- ag:~~~A~~ER ov. ' · '· - 9 10 • (Thurs~ay) S J.~ nta }J.osa, L._a~or Tz\np]e, l$3iil» Tlhlirj:l. · plet !' wdl be In Mar__ch. Ogden, utah, Nov. 22, 1959 . ~ .. 14 ·~ (Tuesday) ... Salt ·Lake, 151 So. '2nd-·East, Ahlm~: x .

A' 15 (Wed,nesd~y) ~~I1o, Reno Musicians' 'h ., . . . I ' e) · ·~ ·;. RALPH MATHEW&.·· '. Bldg ~~ 12@ W. Tayi-or· JULY C·' ' anges In n·)ury ·'-'· a ;~· ..._:.,_ .. Reno, Nev.,Nov'.' 24, 1959 . 5 '· .. ERNEST SHAWEN (Tuzsday) · Eureka, 2806 Broadway. . .by FRANK 7 LA\\ RENCE ... -~ '·. Lewiston, Calif.; Nov. 28, I959 6 {Wednesday) Redding, Eagle~' Hall, 1005 1!Yn1bJa. Industrial Accident · CommiSsioner , .. " LOUIS H. DUTRA;-SR. . 7 (Thursdayj '·.Oroville, Prospectoi·s vmage, ([}1- m!.ill:e . ..Q .ues,tion: Has the ininilmimc M>h:ere the injury occurred on. or San, Leandro, CaL , ~ov. 30, .1959 ' · Da'm Blvd. ·

disability payment b'een in- · after September o 18, 1959. ·- The · ~3 . · {Wediiesday) San Francisco, 200 '-Guerrero: - :, : . ' creased by. the new laws? . previous maximum . allowanc .~ . v· z·~ ·j c :~ 7\ T. ·AUGUST Answer: Yes: the minimum• w~s $400. _ . rte ~t JU1?;ey 1 votes . '·3 (Wednesday) Stqckton, Engineers' Bldg. · payment for temporary or- per- Question: Has there been any 1 . _ · 4 ··. (Thursday) Sacramento,. C.E.L ..T. Bldg. · · manent disability has 'been in- · chang_e in . whe? or h9w dea.th M'A· y .J·o ·Bs 9 ·, (Tuesday) ~ an . Jos _e, Labor Tzinple, 45 Sanrota 'lt'eresa.' creased from $15 to $20 a week .. oeneflts are paid? · . -. . . . . 11 (Thursday) Oakla,nd, 2315 Valdez: · aluestion: What is t11e ne'~' . ~ .. Answei': No, de~th benefits . - . . SEPTEMBER _1.. ~xim~m ~~n~anent disa. b. ility '_ a~·e··, ~a.id just 1i k e temporary . u ~ oErE · ~AB. ·E·R 7 (Wednesday) Fresno, Labor Temple,· 631 Keath' lilHey Bh·d. pqyment for :ll1lnors_?- - .. . . : d~sabrhty payments. Unless the 11· ... -b- Ill · . : · 8 {Thtu:Sday) Ukiah, Labor Temple, State St1reet. A11swer: If ;:t .niinpr )s p~i·~ _coi'limissi'on :.. orders otherwise, 1 : · ·. 14 (Wednesday) Salt Lake, 151 So. 2nd East, /~ mm. ex. mimently disableQ., i1_is .·avei:age· th~~ -- dependent receiyes $65 a .: By· AL ~OARDMAN and . · 15 (Thursday) 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:..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 ::taken l.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 . t'· D tl . contmued good· weather · 1s al- -7 {Wedne~day) -- Fresno, Labor · · ·. · " . - ·, · . ·.. - .. . :. \-tne.s 1011: ·, o 1ese .mcreases :.. .. , _ Temp~ , 63Jc:l\: ea ~ rlllley · :inwd~ - . Aris\Vet~ Yes: the death bene.,·. :. b · . . . . 8 (Th d ) . s t R L b ·r ·1 · L"'lber ? . · ep em-. .. . . · .. l"' {Th d ) R R 1\'l · · 'Btd ·ryou7 T ·1 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 deal" with the boss, you are and one or ~ more dependent do not a p p 1 y to m]unes or lowering your own standards. minor children it has been' in- deaths occurnng before Sep- This time of the year the out- these h ~rd wbn gains. - ,.1:e When When you accept "special of -ase. cl from $.1' 5 OOO-to. ·$20 500.· te_mber 18, 1959. of work lists begin to 'expand. you accept a monthly "' ' As our broth members fers" from the boss, · you are . Question: Wha-t is the highest Question: What is the new ~r come salary, -ignore the fact that your lowering your sta ~lyf;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 ''· ·. . ·.tl _··th -" t< 0' ·. · ·1· .j:g. ·•-., . · ---~ - · ·:· ·· , ·, · ... -.. · .. • :.- ·· ·-·-; . ·. .. . . · . ·· . ea1 , WI 1 '· e. uoss. · ver· a on · · . · expens_es. allovv. ed? -.. · · . . ., .. .· ·. earnme: capaCity of at. leas_t . · ...... · . h . ~-T h. · · · .. · · · · · · - · ~ · · · -- · period ·of years · t e · ec mea1 .A ri~)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 $600 1s, allowed;. fo~· .,~ an-1o~:mt, you don't get ·the max" cen \\ages ~n . con 1 1~ s . · death due to industdaLinjiiry Jmtlm'. · . _ step by .arduou~ step they have · ·· ,. ' ' · · · .. · ·. · · · " · · been ·able to rarse themselves to a pointwhere- they need not be. ashamed th()Y · work ii1 the sur vey field. We find that in a few instances, brother members · Local J Gains (Conti'nued from p age2) deal of help from our General Office. This evidences the high regard for your Local Union by the 'General Officers of the In ternational Un~ori of Operating Engineers and their deep coil . cern that all goes well with it. ) In closing' I would like 1to take this opportunity to extend to SMALl AND TOUGH_:._Bro. Conrad Oelkers-823834 here ooer- you and your fainil)' the Sea- .es latest model· of "con cut"' joint,- master saw with1longit'udi-- son's- Greetings, sincerely -trust nal · attachment · cut.fing '- expan~h:~n ·joints on Peter· Ki'ewit .Ven-· ing· that the_coming. year will be. tura Fre·eway.- job. ·. Th~se ·new-fype: joints. will eliminate slight · prosperous and -that- all of yo_u ,;:, : ~ ~ym. p~ ~: :ript:ji:~. ~.P'F~d~-' ~ar. ;dri y er:s : ~; Tl:.fh S~Y>' ·:baS' : Jg_ 4;r-.: 14terC)_ I :; c:ut- .. ~n$l o ~' ?~~: : y La!r'f 'McCar-tney. l ;the· best o{ dizalth~ . : :' · : ENGINEER'S NEWS · DECEMBER, 1959 DG " . F . r· , , r._ • ···· S..an Jo ·; 1st net ·Jden dI .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 " 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.: 1989 D ! · · ' · 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 -Tlfey.: . ·reaL-good for most 6f the brothers. Although ·we ·we1:e .slow; in month given out doz~ns . of plet~ly. ,· N~~: 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 ~ throughoutA he ;.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. 1 ·the area, the many. small sub- -~~ey are co11centratmg :ow on : ber has ·made·use of: his Pledge still : m .. , pr,qgr:e~!> ' · .· . . .· . ~-· ... ~t. · Bro~a -RQ'ad :. , and • -the·.. .Bay ,• .. · · iiivision 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 •. .Jhe l, 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"'- 'We -cently :; wer~e: _,: a'favded • ·a · $76,(i7A; :'ha:ve.-the;_J)a~Vii)g: cop.tract. · . . d b . . f . tl Oddstad m Pacifica-have sev- . . ·.~- ~ --·· . t "ontract" fo·r ·sto· I'm . ·s·ewers· o·n,·· . . ·...... · ...... ;summer,. . ·an · ecause.. o · 1e . · . . -- • . ·-. · · . · . .· .are· .extremely-_ gratefu ··to. Bro h•'(·" .• ... · '' · -·· .· :· ·· . . o . •• ' ~ - p ·:&-K Coustq.t.ctrorr, are wotk·.: 0 0 ·-good"weather mqst ,of the broth-·· eradl f th~e J)rofthersf t'h'l r1,{}ng, ' ~r - Munoz . ai:idJio.pe that:by .·the:· ' How.es_ ~ead ··-R_oa.d -~ · Thi:S _ i· p;oJe£t~ >irig , en\;_their'Jwo. miles - of_·. stoi' m :,~ . ·. S · · an . a 1so -· ave ·a . ew o e 0. wn- · · , ·. · · ·11 · ·d· ··· c ·u-ne t'·n· · ···w··•.t•---a· ··· ·· · ·· ·· · · · · · · · .ers a~e .$till emp~oy ed . :T 11e _a.n · .. . • .. · · · ·.' · . · t . · time-.\¥e write: .the ·· n~t jssue, ~ WI,: •· PIJ,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 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 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 - : ti 011 , 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. is- 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. 1 work to run well i :1to 1960. stages of their pipe line job. Local No. 3 Bill will giv.e a 10 ed to p & E Const.. . Co .. l620;,S 0 ; : 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 ..b rae •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}: co v eriii: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 ..~cot t, · 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; Dam 1 'f~nneJ~•it~~~ : ~j~_Ne <;.t? !.§'l 9~'~· ~or,,:severalinon~l;rs 'Tract has slowed· down consid- . Over_at La Hpn

By H .. T. "PETE ;~ . PETERSEN_, 'BILL BAR~; c":i:INY" . LAUX, w~ ~RE N ~E MOINE, ' TOiVIlVIY THOM·PS ~'r and 'JOHNNY SCA:uES, Business Rep~esentatives · ;\l: . ·' ... This . November 'rrews ,f~ port ·is , i1ot 'a fgrea L:-i;I~ff.erent than : · \ .. J i1ose ..We've ;· reppit().q · th,¢ ~ J i: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 theythis 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 and tfte.· : office .for ce·· would~· like :to ~· t~k~ .:· tnis : opportunity /to'•' :Wish !each . . a'nd. every one:of your. atfd y " . . .· . · ~ : : -~ ~ · A · ·1 p· b · · t ' d sis s o ms a mg a e sewer, " , . . . ·. l?nb · ~ ~ JBomkolnasf ~a 1sRo 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 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~IS Ymo ving Hayward. He chipped the bone A ~ afe ty 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 wh E;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 r eal 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 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- raded and surfac·..r on untreat- Nice to see these brothers back b ·t t k . t f . g · "", 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 . : ' M-. · "' · t , :Bro. Tom P.oague dropping in m an let us make e appomt- .SSR N 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 .h s d H; · b work, he tells us. We wish him helps to elect better congress- . T e yar an arms JO. IO · 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 and 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 ofJice, ~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 • nd way w1lh lots_ of equipment a !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- 700,000 rards. Therr . capable pitalization. Job Awards 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, Euke; Ray Ranson on him Jots of good luck. . to Williams & Burrows, Inc., the D9, \\7 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., 0ak their 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 starting 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 cen Lee·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 are doing a lot of small · 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 Ball job is finish· MacDonald, and our l nternation- ing up including the paving at Rf PORT FROM al Representative, Dan Molles, Winters-all equipmenl moved who are instrumental in set- out. SANFRANCISCO ling it up, Heinz job just finishing up at By E. J. KING and One of the lhings that has Allendale. E. J. VAN OF.R TJETH, 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 Business- Representatives tional Association of Power En- working man,1ed by Brothers C. The period just before !be gineers. Guests of this meeting D. Nelson, Gle,i }!umiston and Holiday Season is one of the included Asemblyman John O'· Clyde 1-laJcomb. Foreman co01- most difficult times or the year Connell of the 23rd Assembly ing in with equipment is Carl • for negotiations, probably be District, San .Francisco; Brother 'Ruamussen. There won't be loo catise or the increase in t.11e year. Edward Parks Director of Re- much work fo,· our men on Lhis end· business, wl1ich makes it search and E'ducation for the job, so it appears. hard to s~t up meeliugs with West·coast Conference of Engi- • • • the employers or their represen neers, Brothers Newell Carman, The following brothers are tatives. !11 spite o( tbis we have James T. Rivers and F. J. Van now ''year" men: Ed. S. Dusky, managed to settle the San Fran· der Lieth. At this meeting the W. H. Moungovan, Joe Adams. cisco Retail Stores, Bay Fair lice nsing of engineers was dis· C. L. Mahoney, Aubrey Single· and Valley Fair Shopping Cen cussed, and the mutual coopera- ton, R. E. Wyman. Lobuic E. ters, San Francisco Hotels and lion between N.A.P .E. and your Giannini. Warren Blake, Art Hospitals, Shedd Bartush, Lyons. union in this common cause was Cereda. Brothers Singleton aud Magnus. Eng Skell and James reconfirmed. I!, good time was Wyman recently returned from F. Waters. had by all. thanks lo the officers • The recent tour through the and members of the N.A.P.E. one a Merry Christmas and a Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, A ,·ecent ,•isitor t o om· office, prosperous New Year. We would conducted fl>r uur Nuclear En Brother Claude Fitch, asked for ~!so llke l-0 take this opportt1111ty ergy cl.asses, was a big success the opportunity to say helJo to to extend om· best wishes at the thanks to our organizer, Gordon Ule members and to wish every- Holiday Season. ~ ~AGE EIGHT :: ENGINEER'S 'r~Ews · ' arysville Area ·. owsDo 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 0 uld 'b . 'Que_s_tion: . ~w~at . i~ . 'the n e':w- - periritendent,· "BiUl''Anderson, plans and fii,st . · -cr- e · . . . e . m_axi_inum_ payil}ei1t:'if'or : the- specifimitions -.- ~i~.e ·~ ~9-;:· b~ - :r~ad.Y hy .. 'l\'lai·ch 1 -ll~ - e ~ou ~ 1 w~ekly · · with thebiddi~tg as sno_ti - ther.~~~ft.er as }i1;adfc~L ·: _.· _ . _;; ;< 2~:·. ·· ·· · -.:·; <. .·• • · -- · • :. ' ~~~ ~~f~~~sda~~r~~~~sA~~ ~ 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~ver al 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?t9_, - ~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·. • . . - _ d. d' • .· ·.- · fact· ...- .. . . t k . _ must have had average weekly , - d · · th d 'th · "ll -.·- .conn 1es a . wr 11 a .up to a . we 11ave no -exac now1 ...... f lll~ 1: ·:an revismg · e . e.a 1 ::V~ vt. e.. . , ~ · · · . :. .:.j(H),:here_)lfid there: · .· _ . edge ·of thiHrear imd day--ofHis _,.earP'.mg;; -or earn111g.' capac~ 1~-_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 die a death the Romans _have ~ctu~~ly earned . over }he 1 . Apparently some' ~ngineering Engineers' HaH, 1010 "Eye":)~.t. ·, •a.J:ipye,, .p_L pr_esent .and u t ~l r e reserved for comm . . . 1 past s~:X- months to a . year._ Bow-- I ~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 ... r - 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 · • £~ 0 l'< 8 .0 -. th t k h . t IS 01) an man n an any , · t -·· · . - - . d _ . - · 1\f,l ad 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 '' -· · ipeHne _·c_o wt Co ·. ay · anuary 5- 19o0 at 4·15 · · ·· · ·· + ' t h th · · · · · · " · ., 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 _work ing 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 1 Q-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~chm z11's . $75 000 is budgeted for " im- ba

·By H. L. "CURLEY" SPENCE,. JOSEPH "J.OE" MILLER a'i'i d ~ ~ . ber'th ~O perati ng Engineers. 'Lo' -:. L S - ~ - .fj''. TOMM-Y ECK Business Representati~e s · .. . . 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 t h~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~sL and 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 -t hat 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. ~.~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 ; ::0n Ec~ ·· attende: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 Iilsti tub~ ·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~!U rd(l~f :and ;jt··· Loca,V_l'fo. : · · ~ . , ~~ns,:: :tJlis:'_'af}d;.gru bbing and expect to who sub-contractmg 0 s~art ~r~ . ·rrolll\t .. . . ~ ·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 . .· .'The JVI. J. · v~ · 1ost plu~. ex~~ns~~ ; Ruddy & Son · j 0 b .th e. shp· form ascei:dmg app,roxi: _ . ': ~s :. a_-~~ck ; of: a~l trP:qes, . he, f~lls 'spe~}{e!s; film~ $lides· and,pam,, 111 ;'· : 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~ ". for all of..._t he 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~le r ;re . aol~ f'l:o~p~?n, _ ~ lre HDR,,l\'L,· veal-_ sation,'' "Benef-its. Under: S 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 · vyorkers r ~-~ · 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 " . , T.~ey ·hp.ye .q.ui!e a proble~ ; - . ~-. IP;9· ~_ w.e~~ ·· .. ~n?erwaY. on _t , . Workers . union· ·has :' bee_h 50 e~r .·u1e ~_"to ·IVI.; Malfitano· & Son of Pitts- ~eorg~ . R. ,Patterson is re-lev"': ~ · · · t)1ink there Js almost-: too much Highwa~. · .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 ~ ar0undl 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'}ri: : the~-'imently . $1260 oo and should 1s m and arounq Manteccte:i.v 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 ~allo t.'~ nd .flirtlier ·neers:· Inasmuch :as the soil is they w1.11 be avaJ-~ab le 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,co ur~ - . 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~n g, · 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 - -. · ~ ; _ coi1tacti ng , tb~ ; e~npl ~Y,ees .invol t . ~- The Asphalt Plant Contra s:t.o~s , . ro. ers .. WI •: "~ 11 . ? s o ~ e:m, : . 't . d· h' ., d ... .t . Bob spreqd . .Wrth .thJs h1ohball c1 ew, . e..t ·· as·. many have· been under · tIVl y. aroun IS ,san . p1 .. _ 't . 't' t k . ·t . . t . u., . .· . . . . . the . .. . .•. b f't , ·tl . g' d . . their. penod .of conf.mement. _ 0 1 0 a1 so eo ene 1 oy 1e 1on ry _. ~ . . ~. , has some real go~d'· id;eas abo tit I · 'vV 1! : a ~ - very · ; on~. · pu ·. jutis-dictjqri .9f. Local .No ,. } ;fri season are Claude Wood 1 C. Com: ~roth,e: Jake K1erp.ele who hve.cii ..·' ·. A he new Freeway. through--Reno_, te~m. l~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. Canc er~ - 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 outfa l.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! .'· ·up due to rigl1t-of-way .problemso changed and subsequently .:was ~ • · NEVADA'j SCENE: Shown h.ere 'are.:_ Up. Cherry Valley way .the sent to Arizonia . on. the IVI-K:;: > · · ~r6. Tony Maderios. 6ii a Mi'Chigan ' Doz- · first sect1on of. penstock. pipe . railroad gra9e job near wn.;. ; er and Bro. Alvi • n ~ Traves on -the' Michi- · ', was put into place ,via·the tram- Iiams-. , -~ gan ·:PulL · T~e~ :' rig,s:,:· ar& :;.fr,qin , ' G r-ai~ .--< · ~ way · ou Dec. 9th by:'Consolidated- . We the -business represelltlJ!- ,;,., <, ,- E : - :' . have . all bu.t completed. the· lin- Year. · · · • ing of t11~ , p owe r · tunnel and. are · laying off, · 1:~n as different oper: HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON _;:.\ _ --~· FRANK BOLDING:' ·H AR . ·. JIM f! - ~ H : -· e. -~· S· El::BY ··--·-·~ -._ .. :Sei vice Depadment --'- 'AIIiMembers ·of toea I No: 3 : · - · ·· } '· : Oakland;, OLympic:· 8 ~ 3923 San· Jose, CYpress 3-3'132 . ;...... _ ..... 1 • . · · · } ; L i: ! . ,l -~ t ::. · . ~ i ~ .. r ~, ~ ( -~ : I ~ - i. .f : _· ~· ; _.... ) :; ~ i : ' ! . -;t {_ .i 1 : J 1 . l ' ' j -~ _; ' " ...k ) : ~ 1 ; l_ ~ .~ ; ~-. :_ ~ I;' J i. : ~ ) ~ ~ 1· "..-' PAGE TEN ENGINEER'S NEWS DECEMBER,· .1959 SACRA ENT SEASO Job Awards • SAC RAMEN TO, Contract Representatives awarded to Lee Stephens, P. 0. By D. R. KINCHLOE, ERNEST NELSON, HAROLD HUSTON, EDW. HEARNE and WM. E. METTZ, Busilf~ss two men there Boxx 726, Stockton, $490,300 for 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 anyway. . abt. 2.1 mi. grade & surf. w/ several contractors have shut down for the winter. cubic yards of dirt excavation for quite a while, and Perry PTM·X. surf. on untr. base & The Sacramento Office dispatched 281 men in November. done around the runways and At Pilot Hill, Flores · has most of the m·ading com- const. 2 brdgs.-on Geer Rd., btw. The National Labor Relations Board has told' Squaw Valley t>• 9 120,000 cubic yards of concrete rock Rd. ~ SR No. 110, abt. Co. in Squaw Valley to put the inen back to work. pleted and are seting up a H~tch D~velopment 15 000 HilL They _mi. S. of Oakdale, STANISLAUS We have had pre-job conferences with Gibbons and Reed on poured this year. , Also · plant. right at Pilot was laid worked two shifts for a short CO. · , t he Camino Dam, which consists of 200 feet of tunnel and 3,000 ton~ of asphalt paving 1 ·didn't pay as far OAKLAND, Contract awarded feet of access road. . \. . down. This job has kept a lot of while, but it . to Payne Construction Co., Oak· Also a prejob with Walsh Const. on the Camino Dam· and our brothers real busy and we as we could see. there is not land, $434,08! for constr. & com· • Camino Tunnel. The tunnel consists of 26,000 feet of tunnel. sure hate to -see if come to an At' Grass Valley Hansen Bros. plete Redwood Road Elem. Schl., Lord and Bishop on the Watt Avenue Bridge. · end. In about two weeks· ail the much stirring. the brothers go- at 5000 Redwood Road, .. The following members donated -blood in the month of No· Clean-up work should be com-. keep a . few -of lo~ated there. Bob Winkle Oakland. - vember: pleted on this - job ~ ing-here and the same. Carl Woods has OAKLAND, Contract awarded Fred Lacert Ben H~tcheson HIGHWAY 40 about ;i. City to John K Branagh; 42 La Salle . Viola Berg · .Bob Ifarris_ On Highway 40, woi·k has been started his job at Nevada of the Av., Piedmont, $4,14:0,500 for C. R. Van Winkle . Bill Hutcheson slow and it looks like it will get on the site preparation ...... ev:en s}owet. '· in'' spite: of the :fair Nevada Union High School. He const.&completeHillAreaHigh . James Gorham ii1 about 3o- -schOol; Joe. on_Skyline & -FenJ· . : THE . . OFFICE ' EXTENDS .. TO .·· ALL' -·_ THE w~aU1er - ~lilch~}ifls ·-pievailed· up _. slwuld be finished SACRA~iENTO hoff )load; inc> one story struc~ . BROTHERS AND . THEiR ·FAMILIES· A VERY MERRY CHRIST- to this tint~: Most of the. bigger· days. -is still going steel admn. unit, one story stl.; MAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. jobs are abount wound up, or Lowrie Paving else they don't want to start any- on their · sewer jop at Rocklin. frame· gym ·& one story steel . ''' * * has a small frame shop bldg. . Gordon Ball have their jobs at in high gear to complete its thing with winter so close. G. s. Herrington as well as a SACRA M:E NT 0, Contract - McClellan Field all finished up. Capehart Housing project locat- A. Teichert & Sori has finished sewer job there, near Smartville awarded to 0. K. l\'littry & .Sons, All they have now is two me- ed at the . end of_ Watt Ave. This the Roseville~ Newcastle Freeway . small road job . , 15905 So. Broadway, Gardena~ • chanics getting the equipment job consists of constructing 540 and turned the traffic on it on in Nevada County hiwe about $877•869 for const. intake canal .r eady to ship cittt.' The paving is housing units for the U.S. Air December 8th. This is a beauti- Claude Youngs on the site of the new & Bethany Fore.bay Dam ALA· .all done on their job at Winters, fulpiece ,of highway and will wound up 1\'IEDA co / · 1 · left there is the should- Force and sh6tJld---be completed all that's save a lot Of driving tiine and Sierra College at Rocklin. This , • ;:, . some ti.me next spri·ng BI·othe·r · b d'd k t .e. i;s and clean-Ul) work_-' · headaches. · It mak-es us wonder JO I n't eep oo many oper- .· ·. - ' · ramento Valley brane gets t11e .- . ··Harms· Bros. is laying should- Fred Manning Is operating the wh_at will happen to the police ators busy·. . heavy lifts. ers and wili have these au -done fork lift, handling all the mate; force ill . the town of. Rocklin, AT AEROJET ·General is McLaughlin and Wilkens have bY- Christmas 'i£ the weather ·rial for tl1em. now that the towns main source Work at Aerojet basis. Teichert the operators on a full pay check . . holds out. Rocky . MOUijtain Const. Co . of revenue is cut off. Guess on a day-to-day crew :.:go!ng on every w_eek. · · , A. Teichert & Son have most have subbed all the grading and theY'll be signing- the out-of- ~keeps a small Robt. E. L. Granite Const. _Co . . keeps. a ,_ of the p_aving done on their jpb excavation work on this project, work list or whatever policemen time and material. the .same position,. full crew of mechanics doing at . Davis. Still have all of the around the houses, and the fol- do when they are out of ;work Parker is in have three gMd · wo1;k ori the equipment. Most of ·structures to do yet. Also the lo1ving brothers are working on All kidding aside, Brothers, ·no work, but the payrolL - their outside work is to a stand· shoulders ~ ill keep some of the this job: Richard Gore, Ferguson this is a real nice stretch of road ·engineers on ~~ bid on everything still at present. · brothers busy until the ra'ins run Scraper; Russ Starkweather, and it has only four turns in A.E.C. will along in ord'er to · A. Teichert is still working at t hem out. They have grading Fordson Loader; E. M. Fortney, 11 miles. · that comes for our their subdivisions. Their crews • nd paving in ~;ubdivisions ·and A. C. Loader; and Duke Fager- Madonna Const. Co. is still maintain 11!1Ployme~t a never get finished; there is al· are doing a lot of underground stedt on the blade. There is lots bailing dirt on the Monte Vista- brother engmeers. doing what they ways one more street to build. work. of gradin gto. do on this job and to-Baxters section and the broth- Callahan is to their crew of The shop .crew at Perkins is Granite Const. \have been do- we hope they can keep busy this ers on this , job are getting in can to hold on D. W. Nicholson happy , now with lots of outside ing subdivision . work in 'the winter.. . quite a few hours each, week, top engineers. pay checks to sev- equipment coming in .for over· south pa1:t Of town. They have Collins Roofil\g Co. is keeping which is not hard to ·take this is able to give ineers each week. hauling. h ad some. good -sized jobs . this _brother Larry Reedy real busy late in the season. They continue en brother (1ng Freight handles th~ Lentz Const. is .going good· for y e~n:. This . has. been their beston·the ht1ffloader, keeping ma- to bning)n new cats. and now Western one -brother · eng1- · this time of ye_ar, trying to win~ 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 Crane doing ·. ~their jobs and. taking on - 11~\V · Sacramento. · all . 'the · roofs ~ completed before These are ·the ones with the au- neer, and- Reliable up with their· steady ·:ones. The brot.hers . ~re happy .. Brighton Sand and Gravel old ?Ian winter. sets i~. tomatic transmissions ,on them, the heavy lifts _ . < with occasionalov.e_r7.time:hours; . have·. a big underground job out- - Richar_d .cox has J~st com- Had . a ehance lo . push a few crew of operai'?ts, and off-with.< Erfckson Cons.L · hay~:- sharp• . , 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 111 Const._; Ba:y imed theii' pen<;ils and ' a're . get· year they ,•have · do_ne .. this J~et _. Qf · B"mch ,~~ ~ter rna . at • they•are S'\lre easy to . run. Tlil:y .· th~Ir Jobs. Bald~m fir-st- Iron, and ·ting a fair share of the work. . : 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 . on the __ McG_lllivray: Const. have most lot of -paving to ;do •:yet. Perry ~.,Edwards was - operat111g would be Iost.in changing gears York have eng111eers old-timers on the p~y- • has most of ~ords<:>n L_o.ad~r and Br~ .. to _back up Jor the next ~ass. welders and c~mp:esso~s.. of the~r McGillivra Const. tl~e 111 and roll with the shop. crew repall'· k f_Y. d . tl S th Gilbert Ice operatmg the Par- Also want to .radd here a few Larry Greens crewk are· · · · tl1eu· - wor IlllS.le1 m 1e ou ·· T h Ell' L d · ·- · -· · · · and tpe plant sons . :enc . er, . .' . IS . ane omg words . to tl)e operators of the out domg patch W?r . .. ing the eqmpment, area. · the plants. ollmg .for .him. .. . Cobras I pushed. "Brothers, I All the plants 111 the Sacra- crew overhauling the long hours It seems about all you can Erickson Const. Co. are do~ng hope your backs are getting bet- mento area are going of old_-timers. write at this time of year is that all the .gradin:g and excavat~on ter by now." with their crews plants are m need 0. C. JONES & SONS work is all coming to a close. and pav111g on the new shoppmg . There is plenty of muck left Most of the GENERAL CONTRACTORS has started center at Watt Ave. and "E" on this job arid thebrothers will of extensive repairs, so tllis 'Hydraulic Dredge will be busy , u p again. They were down for Street. Bro. Marvin Moore and be busy right up until they get means the brothers rebuilding or Cedar & 5th St. BERKELEY about six weeks to re-wind the Howard King are the for·emen run out by rain and snow. which throughout winter plants. ; -LAndscape 6-3424 main motor but now have about on this job, and the following we know · will be -here eventu- remodeling the Kilgore Pit is on a Member A.G.C. t wo years )work if t 11ey d on 't brothers are working for them: ally. . · · · _·· · Brighton's schedule. h ave more bad luck. They have Howard Dickey, gradesetter; Bill A.. Teichert . &_ Son have op- one~ and two-shift at Perkins is a new dragline which is laying Herzog, blade; .M. C. Long, blade, ened the three ea·stbound lanes Their main plant complete overhaul, 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 plant. off the levee hands. . Lentz Const. Co. have approxi- section .and this has enabled as is the hot at Perkins ~LAKE BROS. CO. :• . Pacific Dredge is almost into mately 2,000 feet of sewer line them to pi.it' soir{e of the crew Teichert's plants Rock are in the t he turning basin. McCammon · still to dig and lay for the Coun- back to work that was laid off. and Del Paso their entire · Producers of and Wunderlich have some cats ty of Sacra~ento . This job had Th_e portion of'- -e·astbounq lanes proce'ss of re-doing new Watt Ave. backworkingonthelevees;they a total of 15,000_ fe~t of 6-irlch, that.!s opened ~s aH butapout set-up. The a part of th¢ ASPHALTIC. CON(:JR;ETE ' I.: q uit tl;lis work about si.x we~ks 8-iri!:!h{ artd · . 4 ~ inc1i : sewer lines .to .two miles.: ,0u ,. ~ '>.~ - ·.· material stockpiled -. · 0. ~x ·l 002 -, -~ i~~ntoncf .-, 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: The brother ~ngiileers at Er- ~p far enough• .that they ,- can .This has peen ii good job for a down co'ip.pletely' ·and the only Sand and Grav- We~rern: Drivt? BEa.~n 2-519~ 'tvotk all winter. The re-develop- lot-'' of .the"brothers and the fol- ini:ni' left:.there:is B'rotherPattey, icksons (Haggin between crushing ment work that has been going. lowing are stilL working: Cliff ' the load -er~ · operator. I Wqtched el) repair in h~r e in Sacramento for the Simmons, operating the Foi·dson him op En·ate that'.''275 A" Michi- jobs. on negotiated the past two years has begun to take ~ backhoe, · Ho;ner Pm;cell cl,oing gan orie day, and if-it' could be We recently Agreement for a new look. '-Erickson Const the ·oi1ing for' him, Marvin Gums run sinoother· and faster, I would Building .Material ·1_- R ~ - FEENfY on and ted the dirt work on ·on the Fordson backhoe and H. like·to meet the man who could ·our batch plant 'engineers has star under a . · wmE - ROPE some new apartments on 6th A. Fontaine doing the oiling for do it. have the employers These brothers SPLICING AND SOCKETING sh'eet. These buildings are to be Gums. Hatold R. Tuggle operat- · If the snow holds off until the good contract. Stan first of the year, most of the dirt are ail top men and willing to Agents for • sixteen stories high. ing-, a Fordson l;lackl1oe and of concrete you · ·Dinwiddie Const. Co. are hav- Whiff en oiling, Clarence ·Enos ~~ ill be -moved on this job and mix every type Roeblings Blue Center ill be darn little to be need. . .:,ing- a bHd time with the Federal on the loader, Marvin J:,awson there w All ·work Madeto Order c The brothers on . the ' long - Building. They crre unable to get on the loader , Bob McClernon ·moved next y ~ar. ,. Insured may be seen Guaranteed and e steel. on the blade. Jimmy Geer oper- · Wood- Kirst Co. at Sod a boom truck cranes th day doing the Continentar Const. Co. is put- ating the buckeye 160 Trencher Sprinas · has finished and com- all hours of the 600 Addison Street work in which_only , the skilled ting up a _new County Road and J . Reed Moss doing the oil- pl e tel~ moved oat, as has Fr e g~ Berke ley, Cali~. _ an- can do. Reliable Crane takes Camp just south of Franklin. ing for him. This job should be rickson anQ. Watson and R e.rry .3 -3286 jobs and Sac- Telephone AShb This, place looks more like apart- completed in· about three 1ifeeks. some · Co. ·at Truckee. The care of the tough - rirents than a jail. But I guess Gordon H. Ball has just about Truckee · freeway is not com- 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 R0 s -: _: ·_· .·. • . ions are spreading in the Forc-e )3as~ : on Watt Avenue, tior1 . .is op~ned. : That should be . • . . subdivis - , ·south end of town, this camp -This job consisted ·of strength"· Very.. shoi·tly;. :,, ' :, "- · General Contractors - Highway ancLPublic Works • ·will be_one ' of·them. -~ . eniii:g··-the : pdnl,~ry -• .Funway ari.d c ~ ·: Worl_drt oudiire js at .a stand- 0 , Ya}~ey ::a~ea ·; · . PHqNe ·-:'l30 : · P;~ 6.' ' BOX ·:- 6 _ '{_/-'i); ::';:· a~·~Jplif. :: oAt-If.;:::'·• ,: .: :: ~Ma,o/ :'_ }t -·. M -.. _ -- NEWH (HJ~I.N_G <;, .- ,• ., als(i '):.erl~gng :, p~v~-~~.nt ;iriuved .out. They . DECEM1,3~R .. J959 . ·. .-: . '_. . ENGINEER!S ' I ·NEWS . - : - • -: - - ' t'AGE ELEVEN .• ' '' . ' . .. · . S~ I : NG - .· REDDING DISTRIClJO Jo~ Aw~ras . ' .. GET . 'E ES o ·c:L . ' 1 A lm L·o~o rc ~·uy· PlA~·T VACAVILLE, Contrac't award, :tf! ' ·I if·. mL~ . m. •, ~l~ Li'1 -. '' ·. _· ~, ' . eq 'to Darke_nwald _: Co.n:$L..G,o., ·& . ~ R ~ atlons at the Ad1t are stlll•· m no _~or .-_ an .. aroun. . ~ _ u 1 Improv,e~:pent D~st.. -. · · : -- . . c • • a~ar - .e . a ., . · 'th th - h'ft. · sanville,, area but additional . . ·.... - . · .. ,,. . .: . •. however, they k~~p mo"t of the F'resno Pavmg _Co. for exca~ · .1.-U11 • 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. Avenue 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_ s o u~h of Red Bluff. T~is j~b, at 12 ·midnight Friday" ~nd. all nect highway 140· to Mercy R.. G. Fisher Co. were award;· ·.r . h_ave_ complete 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 mento eValley . 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~~ 15 .. II! . the • northern area ·slows m_ fie~, your-Executlye. Board; Y.Ol!r attentiq.n: Th1~ , offlc~ , WqS _aJ:>le ·way about Dec. · _ -. 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 . !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 . .fobs ·Awrir i.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

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