OPERATING ENGINEERS lOCAL 3
Vol. 23.-No. 9 . SAN FRANCIS.CO, CALIFORNIA September,-1964 • ues Increase Effective n c: ober 1st·in aU Local3 reas The July round of special pense and Good Standing .funds. Safety Cou1,1cil and our own In: meetings prodtlced an over- This has now been. ·pro-rated ternational Union. The Credit whelming majority vote in favor over a 12-montl'i period · to cut · Union, with over 1650 members, of raising membership dues and costs ofextra bookkeeping. Now, was initiated this year for Jhem initiation fees throughout· the California members will pay bers' be·nefit to assist them in se JUrisdiction of 'Local 3, ·and is only $24.00 , for the fourth quar- curing low-cost loans, and pro- effective October 1 of this year. ter. vide an easy systematic savings The raise received a vote of MEMBER BENEFITS program. And; in the interest in ·oval of 77 per· cent. By this · streamlining t h e office appl Since the previous dues in- pro- Business Manager AI Clem . . cedure and processing of mem- • vote' crease several years ago, mem- FINANCIAL PICTURE ... Business Manager AI Clem is .d the members expr·essed · bership accounts, an automatic sal bers have benefitted by the ef· shown · explaining Operating Engineers recent membership confidence in the strength of the data processing system is being forts of the ,union and includes · t d t h ld dues increase. The Brothers gave the increase ·an overwhelm· union and its importance · a.t the ms a 11 e , o o down ever- wage and fringe hikes amount- · · t ing vote of approval. The increase is effective October 1 Collective bargainin!!' tables. nsmg cos s. ~ . ing to slightly more than eight In OI·der for Local 3 to mai·n- do II ars to over $10. o0 per d ay. EXPANDING SERVICE - A Challenge Live Safely tain a sound financial structure, The membership as a whole has The overwhelming affirma an adjustment had to be made benefitted .through the many pro· tive vote demonstrates the desire in the initiation fees, dues sched- grams instituted the past several of the membership continuance Labor Provide Don't Wait; . Ule and Paymen-ts I·nto speci'al years which has given· 0 perat' mg of a high Iev~l of servi~e , and funds. Engineers a prestige level never improving and expanding this Leadership in Report Accidents FOURTH QUARTER LOWER before kriown. service in the future. Clem pointed out that a great Under the amendment of Ar- The apprenticeship program is deal of thought and study by the Econ ~ om · ic War As. ~hey Happen · ticles VI of the by-laws, t h e na.tionally recognized and is a In a special Labor. Day mess- Union Executive Board and a The tragic loss of six of oul." fourth quarter, or October dues pattern for other crafts; the re-. age, Ernest B. Webb, director of Brothers should have a sobering bl t th '11 t 11 cent retrai·ni.n!!'_progr·am at Camp representative group of mem- . paya e nex mon WI .ac ua Y ~ " b f th 12 d' t · t f L the California Department of In- safety message for all of us. Dur b e .· 1ower I · th Rober;ts· saw· nearly.·. 300 m' en ers rom e IS nc s o o- . . n · pno_r-. years,. e 1 3 h' h 1 t db th dustrial Relations, said the labor ing the past mo nth there have • amounts due for California merii- giveiJ, ai). opportunitY. t.Q upgrade . eGa . w IC cwere _stet ec he .d y e movement is the natural ally of been countless number of indus -ll~rs o£ · to~i r 3 (f-~t~-~~am· p· ·i~ · ~~~ s .· . their skii.I.'ii,: ,.LocaL 3 °has ·· ~ .safety nevance · ommi ee a gone ' · ' ' · ' · . · into the amendments to Articles those who struggle fo:c self re- trial accidents and six ~roth.ers $28.00 which included seven dol- program which has been Cited on . V and VI~ ~ . . . _ . spect, ~ecur.itJ:')lnd a fair :portion have lost the.ir lives on the job. l~;~rs tq_mai:gtai ,g:· t.he .Ex- ,""""'· ... , .,.• .....,,.~.,.:.., ' - ~r.r - ~ "'-· :· · of the good thl'ngs of a ·1J·oun'tiful .During tha't period, we ·have Below IS tl).e standard schedule ·. e . y '· · o{ · dues; ·effecfive October r; · ·.: conom __ _. .. ·heard of several :tccidents which 1964: · · ; He sard that ·more Americans, ·have resulted in man-lost days. STANDARD DUES and Ca lI.f ormans · · · Ill· par t'I CU 1ar, Seat belts have saved several Quarterly are Sh ann· g m· th e sa t·IS f ac t'wns lives. Only recently, a Tea_mste r, . and rewards of employment, yet reporting to work for his first A. California and Nevada experiencing the frustrations and day on the job, collided with an Parent Local ...... $24.00 pinch of ·unemployment, or un- immovable D-8 Cat. He wasn't Sub-divisions A, B, deremployment. wearing a seat belt and was C and E ...... $21.00 President Johnson and the thrown from the cab. The truck Sub-division D 9vert'urn.ed and crushed him: ...... :...... $6.00 per month 88th Congress is mobilizing the Seat belts saved two Brothers B. Utah government's resources for an on the Kiewit San Antonio dam • Parent Local ...... $21.00 a_ll-out '~war on poverty," while .. Governor Edmund (Pat) Brown project in Alameda County. A Sub-divisions A, B, scraper "got away" from an op. C and E ...... $18.00 has steadily pressed for new eco- nomic growth to provide new erator and went into an embank· Sub-division D ment and rolled over. The oper· ...... $5.00 per month jobs, and educational and train- ator lived. In another accident ing programs 'to fit people of all C. Hawaii and Mid-Pacific there, a 660 was pulling twin Islands . groups with the skills necessary. belly· dumps and the rig slid over Parent Local ...... $20.00 Labor has a big stake in the the .side of the filL The operator Sub-divisions A, B, · success of these programs, .Webb rode it out, unfastened his seat C and E ...... $17.00 continued. Too many people are belt and ·lived to tell about it. Sub-division D · subject to ".hard-core unemploy- On the other hand, when you ...... $5.00 per month ment or substandard wages." The do have an accident, no matter Annual dues-paying members labor movement cannot remain how small an incident it may should note · that their dues, if strong in a state or nation handi- seem to be at the time, report it paid for the four quarters from capped by stubborn poverty. The to the foreman or superintendent Octoqer, 1964 through Septem children ·of laboring people right after it occurs. • ber' 30, 1965, will amount to $99 would find a future beset by dif- . Recently, in San Mateo, there under the new dues schedule. · ficulties in a land torn by strife was a case of a Brother Engineer The increase starts with the between the "haves and have who, for some reason, dropped July, 1965 quarterly payment nots." the can. The rig came to an a·nd amounts to three dollars a Automation and technological abrupt halt and propelle·<;l him quarter. In other words, dues are advance is moving in on existing into the steering wheeL $24 per quarter and three dol· jobs, and the hard-won security He kept on working. A few Jars higher starting the third o(organized labor is in jeopardy. days later he was dead of an a·p· quarter of 1965. Each generation,' Webb said, parent hemorrhaging colon. must "wage it own social and It is vitally important to you economic fight." There are no and your family to report all ac· Housing Bill Passed permanent solutions. cidents, no matter how trivial, as Schools and colleges, and es- they happen. The Sen;1te and House passed pecially agencies which provide Statistically, it has been proven a final version of the $1.1 hous apprentice and other vocational that accidents occur most £re ing bill and sent it to the White training, must be guided by the quently where the worker- is House for the Presi<;lent's signa insight of responsible labor lead- familiar with his job. But, where ture. Th_e bill • continues .old hous- ership. It is a time of change for the worker is doing an otherwise ing programs and adds some new ··those wh'o wili take the· initiative "unfamiliar task" or is working ones. _:> will shape the conditions neces- · in a danger area, he becomes r · .. . .: ... ,...... ·.. . Hottest fight was over the sa.ry for a nation's peace and more cautious and keeps ·alert. _:REGISTER slum. ~learance and urba.n renew 1 AND VOTE stamp shown above has been ~ssued b~ , prosperity. . . So report all accidents to the -~ the Post Office Dept. in the 5-cent denomination in the hope 01 · al program; . ·but it survived .the Organized labor has ~ great -· foi:eman-or -sup_erintendent. -Then· ·. ~pe-rsu~d~ng ·· niore ~mer~can~ to go t~ _ tEe pol~~- '?!i " Ele~tion_: Qay. _ - .most bitter- attacks' it has ever p~wer- for .good. in. meeting these . go to the' doctor designated by faced. challenges of Lab6l'. ·Day, : 1964. -Continued on Page 4 Page Two !ENGINEERS NEWS September, 1964 ~~------~------~------· 'That''s a Non-Union Job' eJDo /rom the _ Manager's Desk By A·L CLE-M • Help K-eep Labor D-ay Safe Again there is ~nother Labor Day rolling around which means a long week-end holiday, , one of the last befQre .the I:ains set in. We sincerely urge you to be extremely cautiQUS while traveling on the busy highways as we note when we . read the list of those who have passed on, there are too many members in the accident column. Let us work· together _to make this Labor Day holiday a safe one for as many as we can so that the heartaches will be few and far between. · V·Ol£ ON BY -·LAWS As many of you know, we recently concluded the rounds of meetings, whereby the modifications to the By-Laws were read and discussed. At all of the meetings where this most I \ ~ important subject was read and discussed, it was gratifying . • to note members in attendance were in accord with the recommendation of the Drafting Committee which had sub· sequently been approved by the Executive Board and recom- · merided to the membership for adoption. You have received your copy of the new By-Laws, and we .sincerely hope you have read and studied them, and ha:ve marked the ballot signifying whether you approve them or not. If you have not voted by this time, w.e urge you to vote and exercise your democratic right as a member of Local 3. NEGOTI-.A. 'nON HIGHUGHTS . The highlights of negotiations during the J:>ast month including agreements covering the Rock Sand and Gravel Industry in Northern California have been consummated and the. proposal has been submitted to the membership with How to Buy a recommendation of concurrence by the Negotiating Com mittee. The agreement was ratified _by an -ov:erwhelming majority by those voting thereon . .The proposed three-year ~''I · ·:L · b~' ·.b -y K.· I· ·'1 ~j1 eu....~ • contract includes a 5 percent increase per year in wages arid 15 cents applied in 5-cent increments to fringe benefits yearly. \ · . ,' . _- I , · · · ., ·. We hav~ been notified that the Mine, Mill ahd. Smelter .. - workers haY.e reached an agreement with Kennecott Copper 'L· Company. This is one of the largest groups employed by By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS volving credit," or "budget charge ac Kennecott in the State of Utah. Our Negotiating Committee The "truth in lending" bill, proposed by counts," which often require trne interest has re~che_d a .. .tentative agreement and is being submitted · . Senator Paul A. Douglas (D., IlL), was of 18 per cent a year. to ::tlie >memlrership employed at Kennecott for their ratifi" killed by one of the most. powerful assem The Bar Association is beli.eved to have cation. blages of business organizations that ev.er joined the fight against _"trutk in lendin,g" We are starting negotiations with Anaconda in Nevada set out to beat a bill intended to protect because some lawyers on its credit commit and will continue negotiations with Rock Sand and Gravel the living standards of moderate-income tee have Hes to finanoe companies. Producers in Northern California, who are not members of families. the association. · After squeaking through a s-Nb-committee The Douglas . bill would have required vote by 5 to 4, the "truth in lending" bill HOlT :RATIFIES AGREEME·NT lenders and ·stores to tell the true annual finally was killed by the-full Senate Bank interest rate charged on loans and install • The employees of Holt Tractor · Company ratified the ing Committee. The bill always had been proposed agreement negotiated on their behalf at two meet ment purchases. Except on mortgages, · no opposed by the chairman, Senator A. Willis ings, one in Merced and one in .Stockton on August 13 and lenders or stores now state true annual Robertson (D., Va.). He was joined in voting 14, respectively. The proposal was not all we had hoped to rates. They may state their charges as a against it by several Democrats - John gain, but was a fair agreement and we believe that by work monthly percentage on the declining bal Sparkman (Ala.), Edward Long (Mo.), and ing together, the union, the employees and the employer ance; for example, 3 per cent a month on a Thomas Mcintyre (N. Ramp.). Long himself may look forward to securing more favorable working condi "small loan," or 11/z per cent a month on a has investments in Missouri banks and loan tions and wages in the future. We know that if we continue department store "revolving credit" ac companies, and the Si. Lows Post Dispatch to have faith in each other, this can be accepted. · count. But they do not disclose that 3 per had urged him to abstain from voting be · You will note that we are continuing to hold Credit Union cent a month is 36 per cent a year, or that cause of his self-interest in the outcome. ai1d Safety Meetings throughout the Jurisdiction of Local 3, the 11/z per cent a month is 18 per cent But the surprises turned out to be Senator arid we urge all of you to attend these meetings. annual interest. Mcintyre who had been expected to favor The California Federation of Labor AFL-CIO Convention Or, they may state the rate as a dollar "truth in lending," bill and Senator Harri- · was held during the week of August 17. We were able to charge on the original amount. But a credit son A. Williams (D., N.J.) who did not ap attend this most informative convention and hear some of fee of, for example, $10 per $100 for financ pear for the final vote despite previous the keynote speakers. ing household appliances or a used c~r, is support in a subcommittee vote. • Brother Don Kinchloe has been transferred to San Fran really a true annual rate of close to 20 per • cent. Republicans who voted against the bill cisco where he will assist in negotiations. Brother Ed Hearne were Senators Wallace Bennett (Utah), John has been assigned as District Representative in the Oakland The deceptive ways in which finance charges are ·stated have made a fertile Tower (Texas), Milward Simpson (Wyo.) and area. Brother Hugh Bodom is District Representative in Salt Peter Dominick (Colo .). Senator Bennett, Lake City and Tom Eck was assigned as District Representa ground for overcharges. Working people and the nation's economy itself, have been one {)f the most vociferous fighters against tive in Redding. Eck is assisted by Jerry Martin as Business the "truth in lending" bill, is the brother of Representative; Jack Bullard is Business Representative in harmed. in two ways: (1) by outright gouges, with many families induced to pay such a Salt Lake City department store execu Reno and Gene Forth has been assigned to the Fresno area, tive. and Norris Casey is District Representative in Reno. true interest rates as 30 to 100 per cent and even more when buying on installments, Voting for the "truth in lending" bill STAPUE'fON CCE TRUSl'EIE and (2) the steady erosion of family pur were Douglas, Joseph Clark (D., Pa.), Wil· We attended a meeting of the California Conference of chasing power through constant use of in liam Proxmire (D., Wise.), Maurice Neu Engineers held on Saturday, August 15, where Brother Tom stallment credit, even at relatively mod berger (D., Ore.) and Jacob Javits (R., N.Y.). Stapleton was elected to the office of Trustee. This office erate charges of 12 per cent. You can have the last word: , was created by a vacancy and all the other officers were re The Douglas bill to require disclosure of 1. Senator Douglas has an:nouneed'he will elected without opposition. true annual rates was backed by labor reintroduce his bill. Consumer spokesmen • WESTERN CONffER:EN·CE unions, credit unions, savings banks and are urging that families write tQ both the . As we have reported many times before, when the West consumer organizations. Senators who opposed (to urge tlicem to re· ern States Conference meets, we have always made every The leadin,g antagonist of the bill proved consider), and to the Senators w&o favored etiort to 'be in attendance. We recently attended one held in to be John Hazen, Washington lobbyist for the bill (to thank them and ask their con Portland, where new officers were selected .to replace those the National Retail Merchants Association. tinued support). who had resigned. Brother Russ ··Conlin of Local ·302 was Department stores, which make -u:p the asso 2. Learn the facts about how to shop for -Continued on Page 3 ciation, have been heavily promoting ''re· -Co-ntinued on Page-16 • /
ENGINEERS NEWS Page Three
-Published each month by Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (Northern California, Northern Nevada, States of Utah and Hawaii.) - Subscription price $2.50 per year. Office: 474 Valencia St., San Francisco 3, Calif. AL CLEM ______Editor and Business Manager PAUL EDGECOMBE ...... :...... Pre-sident • DALE MARR . ______:______. _____ Vice-President W. V. MINAHAN .... Recording-Corresponding Secretary A. J. HOPE ...... :...... ,...... Financial Secretary DON K-IN CHLOE ------···--············-~---··-·····-······ ·- -Treasurer Minimum Wage_to $1.30 For the working wives and minor children of Brother En gineers, note that in California the minimum wage per hour in private industry, effectvie August 30th, is now $1.30. The Department of Industrial Relations of the state said these orders set forth standards for hours and working condi- · ions as well as wa~e and overtime provisions. It also covers meal periods, lifting, ventil~tion, lighting, rest room and • washing facilities, length of rest periods. It covers the fol lowing industries: canning, personal ser-vice, manufacturing,. public housekeening, laundry. linen supplv, dry cleaning and dyeing, mercantile, handling products after harvest, trans· portation, amusement and recreation, broadcasting, motion picture, preparing agricultural products for market on the farm: and professional, technical ,clerical and similar oc cupations.- BATCH PLANT ... on the So. if your spouse, son or dau~hter is San Luis canal project near mile 18 stand this plant with a scraper covered in any of churning in the foreground. the above categories and isn't g-etting the minimum $1.30 per hour. vou are invited to contact your nearest office of In- dustrial Welfare. · SUPREME COURT RUUNG The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a company cannot increase a worker's economic benefits to influence his vote in union renresentation elections conducted by the National La· bor R~lations Board. · • We make this information known, because it has been brought to our attention in recent cases where we are organ izino· that this may be haonenine-. The Court, in a 9-0 ruline:: likened such conduct to a "fist inside a velvet glo_v~." ·and helg it tended to "coerce em ployees in makirti;('a dedsion to r.hoose 'a 1u1ion:to r·eoresent ,:- them in coll~dive bare-aining." The rulin~ ·concernerl a c'ase involvilll! a Ft. Worth firm, and the International Brother· hoon of Boilermakers. Fattening benefits _just nrior to an election is a tactic em plovers freauently use. The NT -RB has repeatedlv ruled it illen"al. but this m::trks the firl't time it has been carried to the natinn's hie-hP.st Court for a final determination. J11stice Harland. in writing his oni11 ion, said the Taft H<~.rtlev Act !War:lntees workers the ricrht to orn"anize with out interference. This guaranteP. he adds. "nrohihits not onlv .intrusive threats and promisP.s. but also r.ondud immediatel_v favorable to emnlovees which is unoert;:~ken with the exoress purnose of imninR:ing unon their freeflnm of ('>hoir>e for or acr:1inst unionization and is reasonably calculated to have that effect." OUT TO SEA . . . this acre-sized drilling rig, built in Richmond, headed out to sea recently >to THE UNION WAY begin off-shore exploratory oil drilling thirty miles northwest of San Francisco. "Those who would destroy or further limit the rights of _ organized labQr-those who would cripple collective bargain ing or prevent organization of the unorganized-do a dis· FLOATING STEEL ISLA-ND HEADS ·FOR SEA service SAN to the cause of democracy. FRANCISCO-A massive The vessel, first of a new class $12 million. The leases are more "Our labor Unions are not · narrow, self-seeking groups. island of floating steel, the "Blue of all-weather deep-sea rigs on than three miles They have from shore and raised wages, shortened hours and provided sup Water II," headed for the open the West Coast, is being towed covered by 250 to 900 feet of plemental ·benefits. Through collective bargaining a n d sea where it will be used along water. grievance procedures they have brought justice and with a deep-diving robot to drill to a point 30 miles northwest of democ "Blue Water II" was built -by racy to the shop floor. But their work goes beyond for oil for Shell Oil Company San Francisco where it will start their own the Kaiser Steel Corporation .obs. and even beyond our borders. off Pt. Arena. drilling its first hole in nearly· for the Blue Water Drilling · "Our unions have fought for aid to education, Workmen had to lower the 400 feet of water. Corpo for better ration, and is under long-term housing, for development drilling derrick atop the vessel of our national resources and for to S. F. Bowlby, Shell Vice Presi lease to Shell. saving the family-sized farms. They have contributed funds pass under the Golden Gate dent, said that the "Blue Water It gains stability and talent to improve our overseas relations." - John F. Bridge. The "Blue Water II" II" will be used in an explora while drilling by having more than Kennedy stands 260 feet high from the bot- - tory drilling program aimed at half of its weight submerged below tom of its hull to the top of -its finding oil on 266,000 acres of the sur face, thereby reducing the drilling tower, and it has an acre- offshore leases acquired from the effect Keep Labor Day of wave motion. Safe sized deck. federal government last year for Continued from Page 2- The vessel's predecessor, the selected Chairman of the conference replacing Brother Jack tion of Local 370, comprising portions of Washington "Blue Water 1," using the same McDonald. Many of you know Russ for having and worked in the the State of Idaho, will be happy to know that Brother Bill principle on the Gulf Coast, was jurisdiction of Local 302 in the states of Washington and Dunn was elected Business ·able to continue drilling despite Alaska, and we know Manager of this local. We have he will do an excellent job for the always enjoyed friendly relations with Local 38-foot waves and 70-mile-an- . conference as he has done as Business Manager 370 and would of Local 302. like to take this opportunity to congratulate Bill Dunn on hour winds, and Bowlby said the Brother James Twombley was chosen to replace Brother his new job. "Blue Water II" should do equal Newell Carman as Secretary of the conference; since Brother ly well. .':;arman was elect·ed Secretary-Treasurer AGREEMENTS AND DISPATCHES of the International, Aboard the vessel will be time would not permit him to act in the capacity as Sec . During .the month of August there were 23 regular agree retary of the conference. Shell;s newest robot, used to per Brother Twombley is assigned as ments signed and 88 short form agreements, making a total form underwater Regional Director by the functions on International with his office in San of 111. There were 3056 members dispatched to the various the wellhead in place Francisco. JObs during the month. of divers. It was also reported The robot swims with propellers, that Brother- Joe Seymour and his We would like to leave you with this one thought. Be sees with television, entire slate of candidates were re-elected hears with in Local 12 by an . sure you are registered tG vote by September 10! We know a hydrophone and has an arm overwhelming majority. _ that this November 3 election will be important Those of you who to working that can turn lock screws and have worked in the territorial jurisdic- people and their families. operate valves . • Page Four -ENGI'NEERS . NEWS ~eptember, 196. Sacramento Hills Are Str. ~ng; ·HARNEY co. ENDs ERA IN SoF. WITH ALEMANY JOB Down to ( d e Force BiA~~iE.:.A:~·;~'::'o~E ~~"J~;~~.:~·~:,::: :,~t~':h~ Work list with Skyline SAN FRANCISCO-The Ale- Bayshore Freeway By ERNIE NELSON, AL . company was low bidder on an fine job. Every move is coordi many Freeway job here in the Blvd. The job at "Gas House DALTON, CLEI\'I HOOVER, ART $1.8 million dollar pipeline job nated and a really well run and Golden Gate City marks the end Cove," which is going along well FAROFALOandJERRY in the Fruitridge Area. planned project. They will be of an era for an oldtime construe· right now, since they overcame ALLGOOD Teichert, along with Lentz, done about the first of January tion which is no more. the problems of the banks being SACRAMENTO-Work in the Brighton Sand and Gravel, Small with the big dirt on this dam. With the death of Charles Har- filled ·with old rocks and con- Upper Sacramento Valley has and Graff, to mention a few, are The highway crews on 40 are ney, civic leader and construc cr.ete. the dredg. held up well during the Summer busy with various sub-divisions moving along fine. These crews tion symbol in San Francisco for Manson General, on of Army Street, months while in the Sacramento througnout the · Sacramento are on the finish and getting many years, the company bear job at the foot is now full capacity. This job is Valley itself has been slow, we Area. some good hours. They are try ing his name, too, dies. This was more Engineers at still managed to dispatch 608 En: Reynolds Metals Developing ing to finish before the snowman the term of his will. The com .. employing . we have gineers to jobs. The out-of-work Corporation of Richmond, Va. arrives. pany's equipment has been sold present than any job had in the area for a long time. list is down to cadre force, how- has signed a contract with the PLACERVILLE AREA off in a piecemeal manner and They are working three shifts ever, we still have a few in al- Sacrament o Redevelopment Gates and Fox on the White the company will cease operation most every category. Agency for the construction of Rock Tunnel outlet are in 2,700 Several new contracts h a v e an estimated $3.5 million west feet and there has been tough been awatded in the area in the end shopping &· business devel- ground for awhile, but it is p a s t month. Kaiser Engineers opment, They hope to start con- pretty good at the present time. was low bidder on the $12.7 mil- struction by the 1st of Novem- lion dollar W-X Street Bridge ber. More on this project in the They have a full crew of Oper- and freeway job. The job will be near future. ating Engineers on the job. This starting shortly. DAVIS-WOODLAND tunnel, when completed, will be Fredrickson-Watson & Gran- Over in the Davis-Woodland five and one half miles long. ite Construction Company, a Area work' is slow. Small subdi- Granite Construction Compa·ny joint venture, were low bidders visions, pipelines, and buildings; is working long hours on the on the $4.5 million dollar Sacra: outside of the rock plants, about Highway 50 job, trying to beat menta County Metropolitan Air- cover the work picture. Nomel- "Old Man River" to the punch, port in the Natomas area. This lini, Guy F. Atkinson and Conti- where they have most of the will be a good dirt job which will nental-Heller are all busy on heavy muck moved but have employ several engineers. It con- their respective buildings on the most of the finish work left to sists of grading the area, pipe- Davis Carripus. P.C.A., Teichert, do. The crusher is going two lines, roads, 8,000 feet of run- Granite and Madison Sand and shifts trying to strip enough rock way, parking areas, among other Gravel have their plants going to complete this job. If we have things. full blast building stockpiles for a late wiriter, this job will be Shellmaker, Inc. was low bid- the Winter. completed this year. · der on a dredging contract on AMERICAN RIVER Heavy Construction Company the Sacramento Deep Water The contractors on the Amer- has two jobs off Highway 50, Channel. This consists of clean- ican River job have completed making a golf course and hous ing the Channel of silt that has a little over 36 percent of the ing project. All equipment · drifted in since the completion: project. Most of the spreads are is working, and the job should of the Channel last year. on a six-day basis, and are run- be done this Fall. . The conh·act on the 29th-30th ning a few weeks ahead Of sched- Sierra Pacific Construction · ,0_ ·Street freeway has been post- ule .on an overall project basis. . Company is · still working on · poned and is now scheduled for There are about 1700 men in all .Highway 50 and keeping some of . RESTORATION ... of San Francisco's "Palace. of Fine Arts" September. Cl:afts on this project. Most of the . the Brothers busy widening the has started with M and K Co. dpirig .. initial work. The $6 0 i ! ' mi II fon job was long delayed while~ iht~rested partL~~ :aepu- -moving right along on their por- largest dams of the project. They J. A. Jones is working long sands of tourists. · · · · · · tion of- the' 29th-30th Street free- have placed approximately 1,250,- hours on the Robbs Peak Power . way. As Kiewitt completes the on OOO yards of material in French House and doing some work in with the ~ompletion of the free- on some of the equipment. the clearing th t · I Th · b"d ·. · E··c·hle-r·· Homes st·ar·ted '·two 15- a·nd 0 .: , ,ap.9,. ,.off. .ramp, re... -taiping. . .walls, Meadows Dam, . e unne . e company IS · 1 · way job. Many of our Brothers 1 i' \ - ~rightQn moves in with their . is about 96 percent complete. ,ding on a job in Alaska and hope story apartment house jobs :in dam is due to finish the to .et .t. will be ·looking for eJI1ployrrient · dirt hauling operation. They . are This ~2 1 Visitacion Valley, . At pre'sent th h k" .. making quite a hole in their pit · 15th of November. Be· nnett Murroay Com.pany 1·s with other outfits. · ey ·are c ec mg ·and overhau-1 A th I. d k · S F. . .on Jackson Road, Kiew.itt has ap· TUNNEL ·WORK startin2: the muc.k movin~r for the no er an mar m an ran- J·ng th tw 0 climb" g · es .. proximately 15 Engineers on this While all this activity' is going ~ ~ . e . m cran ·job .all set for what shouid be a on above ground we also hilVt~ a new super- market in Pollo-ck cisco is being razed. Work. has · which will go into oope·ration Pines, ·and _have small jobs in started on .the demolition of the soon. This job should run · of men underground. Placer·v1·11e · and Polio. ck P1"nes P I · F" A ts · th M years and·we are ·hof, - · fair winter job. busy bunch a ace of me r . m e a- nearly two crews have done N. P. Van . Valkenburgh is These. tunnel . a area. . rina d. istrict _near the . ~ol.den . ing for a lot of work here for \vindirig . up- the pipeline job in · tremendous job. They have · · - driven. more than 28,000 feet of Kuckenburg .Construction Com- Gate Bridge; M&K is prime. The· · our .. members, .· the Natomas area. This has been 0 .. · . . · . pany purchased more new equip- company is topplng off its t.-ele- Many othe1; contractin~r firms, .. .a g6()d job, money wise, for: sev- tunnel. The underground crews ~ _ .eral of_ the Brothers. They have have had to combat water in 'al- ment for the-· job on the freeway . phone - ~uilding job and winding such· as Fay Lowrie, Mui·phy; As ~ . · on Highway 50. Most of the cul- up its JOb on the · Embarcadero.· - -sociate(l · Pipeiirie and sevei·al . ·n and all the· fenci·ng . Th F' · A t d l"t" taken home some nice fat pay- most every. tunnel, dsome . bad v· ei·ts ar·e 1 e me r s. emo 1 wn and re- othe·rs are busy on street and ld an- · · t - · · th · hb · ehecks from this job. We cou ground ui others an m some. under . contr·o· I. Ther·e· 1's · als() cons rue 1wn IS m e nerg or- . sewer jobs. use some more like this in the .cases, they have had the comb!· other J"ob to be let in September h 00 d 0 f $ 6 ·ll· · b area. nation of both at the same time. · a mi Ion JO • SF GRADE SETTING CLASS sometime on Highway 50 from Bragato. Paving . is relining The John O'Connell Technical A. · Teichert and Son are still Emil Anderson, starting the Bass Lake East to Placerville racing.the weather man on their Auburn Ravine Tunnel is plan- about a mile of the Great High- Evening Institute is offering a · free\vay. th Th" · d · pipeline. job near Elk Grove. ning to bring crews down off the way near e zoo. Is Is a san class in grade setting for all op- They hope to finish this· by the mountains as they finish and put job and compaction has been a ·erating engineers. The class will time the fall rains start. This them . in the Auburn heading. 4000 Jo·bs Vanis.h .problem. meet· on Tuesday evening, ·start- This should keep many of the II The Perini Corporation has ing Sept. 15, 1964, at 7 p.m. in . men busy this Winter. r M . nearly finished the first phase 'of the Gompers School, located • Hardeman and Bedford crews m;, very orn1ng the Golden Gateway project, and 22nd and Bartlett Streets in Slftr Live Safely are rolling along at a good pace. Raymond Concrete Pile has Francisco. Continued from Page 1- This company has most ·of its ac- WASHINGTON, D. C. - The moved in to drive the piling on Harry Cummings, who has the company ..!£ you are not satis cess roads oiled at this time. The average worker goes to bed each the next section of this job .. The taught this ·class · before, has with the treatment, request fied thing about this is-Ahere is no night facing the problem of 4,000 new section will rise 22 stories broadened his outline to give a change of doctors and you'll be money in the contract for this jobs eliminated the · next morn- high and will mean 400 more more depth to the subject mat given a choice of three doctors item, they have done · this on ing, ·apartments and 20 more town ter. An advanced class is being to visit. their own. That's the way Secretary of houses. The F.H.A. has a commit- scheduled for Thursday provided If you do have an accident, Jackson Meadows is on a two- Labor Willard Wirtz sees the ment here of close to $11,550,000.· there · is sufficient number to many times this office may be shift basis with mechanics going automation ptoblem. The answer, ·· Easley & Brassey were having hold the class. Call the dispatch of service to you. The time to 0 They have· a few according to a recent address by some ti:ouble with the fill and office and reserve your, class corisult with an attorney is if you three shifts. the dam on the.. Labor Dept.'s Manpower Ad- cover at Brisbane, but it has fi- room attendance. are not getting doctor and hospi men working below ministrator, John Donovan, lies nally been settled and we expect Apprentices will start school tal bills paid or not receiving the flume line at Milton Bowman in "more jobs in the total econ- to. put three more members to Sept. 14th, at . 7 ·p.m. School your temporary disability, or you at this time. moving right omy and a work force sufficient- work soon. P.C.A., working the night will be Monday and are released by the doctor to go Faucherie Dam is ly flexible to shift into the new quarry at Brisbane, is still on Wednesday. back to work and you feel you along and they should be done one shift, however, they expect are not in condition to work. in this country before the snow jobs." double shifts with me CANCEROUS SMOKING But if there are any questions, comes. "By 1970 there will be 84 mil- to go on as force," Donovan chanics soon . .The company is HABITS • call Fran Walker at the San Brother Bob Becker h lion in the labor modernizing the crusher and pug ' The American Cancer Society's Francisco office, and he may be moved most of his crew from said. "That means that we must hich should be an im- "Athletes Against Cancer" pro able to help you and advise you. Chicago Park up to Dutch Flat grow ·more 1·apidly to provide mill, w as most of this plant gram . was initiated in 1960 to Many times · a call to him will and they should be kept busy the ne·w jobs required." provement are · now · has the original installation it help inform teemigers of the avert a lot of "red tape" by going re.st' of the year. · Donovari said there it opened in 1945. ' heaith : ha~ards of ciga~oette smok- througl1 the Industrial Accident . G1;anite Construdion Company, about 72 million Americans at had when is mov- ing., ' ' Commission. on the Rollin·s ·Dam:; -is· doing a work. · ·Peter Kiewit Company • .., r ~ . EN G'l N E'E 1t::S N·'£ W S
Santa·~ a : osa ·~Iu rfls from .- : ~ . 4:Bu.ck '--s·upply' _: t:o ·_'~iuc~ -. s~a~o~'- ...... ·. . . :· -··. -· . . . - .By R:tJss '.sWANSON · J,A.C; of Santa Rosa,Ukiap. dis . arid ·· LOU BARNES triCt. SANT~ ·. RO~A- -"'e . wi~h a·t S:yar Harms_and -Ball, working -tnis wriiJ.I?:g, .tii.at the jobs 'Yere ·on . the Steele -ira n e, overpass as_plentiful as 'hunters-that -hav_e ·which is · designed to ·eliminate ~infiltnited our' .area . since the stops on· highway 101. Reichhold . · ~ - ' . • :_o~ening of "dee~season." So far, .& J11rkovich is_nearly finish~d at the B_(JCK supply for th~ S!)Orts: the :Dry Creek Road job. The m _an ,has bee-':1 . better than .. the rock plants, Windsor- Sand and . ' buck' supply. for those seeking Gravel, Hein Brothers and Ba empioyment -in onr area. salt,· are all going strong and The work load here in the steady. Redwood Empire this seas6ri has been such that we have had somewhat of. a .hard time remov .ing names from -t h e "out· of work" list via the employment San Ra-fael in ·· route. This holds true with those ·residing in the district and there Fast Company fore making it much worse for By- AL HANSEN those "just coming through" - ·.:· ...·· . and SAN . RAFAEL-Reports ·work ·registering for work. ·moving at a - tn!men.dous . pace • . · There have been short periods · . ~ith the bu._ lk { the ·jobs· being of time where we have found 0 ourselves short in supply of ~ el: _ subdi-Vision work. .. ., tain classifications, but this h~s Sy.ar & ·~arms-Ball joi:i a(:Ham MARINA AERIAL ... Vallejo's multi-million dollar bo'at harbor on Mare Island estuary is been the exception ratl!er than . ilton Field at I:J:w:y. 101 still go- shown here with atomic subs at bottom under construction at navy yard . . the rule. This leads us right into . ing _right along O!l their job with "Whafs ~oing on in 'this are':\_?i' three crews. - Mil_lion Marin.a Proie_ct; Little Im-provement At ~his_ . wri~ing -. Hughes ,Ladd Peter Kiewit Hwy. workseems B n •. ~ndi:J:untingt9n are Working on:e to be -pretty. wen completed,with Ch I L k Stft Is In Building ~ua~atv shift.on • / September, i Pa~e Six ENGINEERS NEWS 196~. Labor ~eeling Miniature Wheel at Work; In S.F D ldopls Mc~Cioud Dam Shows Progress Many P~licies :By TOM ECK and kicked off the lining of Portal JERRY MAR TIN one and are on two ·shifts now. SAN FRANCISCO ~ The Cali- REDDING-The work picture Here again the ever important fornia Federation of Labor, AFL- SA·N MATEO here is normal for this time of Engineers are serving the "tun- always told who CIO held its statewide conven The sick list mounts .... We are not the year. There were 211 Broth nel stiffs" and can be proud of O~is Pat~erson tion' here during the week of Au- is ailing, therefore, we miss some .... Brother_ ers dispatched the last 30 ways . the progress they are making Th1s IS a_n Illness gust- 19, and spent much of its . is not recovering from his emphysema. Following is a partial list of under really adverse conditions. attnb~ted to time applauding speakers who at quite common to engineers and it is generally companies and job locations at "Mike" Michaels the Compressor. to tacked the Republican nominee dust. Brothers Dan Smalling and Ralph Mort ar~ sub]~ct this time: Gordon H. Ball, Inc., man on Portal is Steward; and .for Pr~sident, Sen. Barry Gold the same problems .. .. Brother Harold House Is_ s~nously in Redding, is keeping a number will be setting up Stewards all . . B -rother John Mumz IS back water. ill in Peninsula Hospital. . of the Brothers busy as well as along these Portals. All the jobs Governor Edmund on the job after gallbladder _surg~ry . · · · Brother Frank California's Ferry Brothers, subbing on this will have Stewards to give our led off the attack with King is recuperating _after senou~ Illness. · · · Brother J~hn G. Brown project. Brothers the much needed rec- . statement that "everything Albonico is experiencmg an amazmg r~covery from a senous the The N. F adel job, .at Anderson, ognition of the importance of. movement stands for is accident at Foster City. One arm was severed but sewed the Jaoor is off to a good start. This Com their jobs and conditions on the · this election ·back on by a team of brilliant ~urgeons. He _has every hope under bitter attack pany brought in a "small wheel" jobs. I:>ack on the year_;, of regaining full use and we will l_ook for him in comparison to te ones used Peter Kiewit is making good most of his _statement job soon.' ... The builders of the Circle Theatre m Redwood _ While at Urovule and Los Banos dam progpess on the Pit McCloud · devoted to his attack on City were unfortunate recently when one side of the roof was sites) capable of excavating and powerhouse and have a Linden Brown also asked the structure collapsed injuring some other craftsn:en. They Goldwater, loading out 500 tons per hour un Ne. 30 tower crane handling con to support other were fortunate to have had E. H. Bean Crane Service nearby convention der ideal conditions. At the pres cret-e pacing and all hoisting for candidates besides who rushed three cranes into the job and in a matter_ of Democratic ent time they are moving 300 per specialty crafts. Here again we Johnson, and to help hours they were able to salvage the building and construct~on President hour. It is (:ailed a MX 500, have James S. Hedges as Stew~ him with his legislative program continues. Quick intelligent response by talented operatmg manufactured by Mechanical Ex ard and Joe Belue as Safety. . in California. · engineers saved the day. . cavators in Los Angeles and is a ma~ _ support Watchwords of the Day: 1. Safety fust. ·... 2. Hire an_d _ Specifically, he sought real earth-eating machine. Out of Callahan, Gibbons & row- and middle- train apprentices .... 3. Use and save With ,YOUr Credit· for Medicare, Fredrickson & W a t s o n is Reed is in some really toug}l go and an attack on Union . ... 4. Labor Day .. . . It is more than _JUSt another income housing, moving along, both the Red Bluff ing on two shifts with the 180-D poverty-stricken conditions holiday ... 5. Any Union can only b€ as good as Its members. the and Corni-ng jobs have large McClellan on days and Arlie •.. 6. Blood Bank Day in October. that beset farm workers. crews of Brother Engineers. The Pratt on swing. We will be keep SANTA ROSA (Back in Sacramento the next H. K. Ferguson Company at the ing a close eye on _this project. The Santa Rosa Grievance Committee recently inter- day, Brown told reporters that new Kimberly-Clark Plant is still O'Hair, at Mt. Shasta, is busy St t C 1 part of the responsibility for the a small crew as well as and McCabe, professor at Sonoma _a e <:>- condition of farm workers lies keeping is is Fredrickson-Watson . viewed Dr. George various sub-contractors. A. on the who recently resigned his po~t to seek_ the First ~IS- with labor unions, who "only the showing good progress lege, & Son is working on a trict Congressional post. The Committee was Impressed With make speeches.") Teichert new freeway_ Some Brothers wide variety of projects in the been moved down to Red him and the Executive Board of Local 3 co~curred and en- The attack on Goldwater was have Don't forget to register to vote by joined by Federation president Redding Area. Bluff on the other Fredrickson dorsed him for the post. IN PROGRESS you vote November 3· Albin Gruhn, Retail Clerks Inter- DAMS Watson spread. September 10 and then be sure Dam is really show to Brothers Leonard Vaughn and Ken national President James Suff McCloud We have been very busy smok Congratulations · progress, and on August 17, new fathers to new daughters. Also, we ridge (representing AFL- CIO ing ing out these non-union Owner Decailett, recent of the river into the to get well to Brothers Glenn Harmon, President George Meany), AFL the diversion Operators that don't realize :extend best wishes the tunnel took place. This is a 3. When. Yardley. Jack Blackeney was our 0 !11Y CIO national political director AI boundary of Local No. Mary Stutts. and Chet sign of an anticipated speed up it always gives Barkan and Undersecretary of we sign them up Blood Donor during the month. we hope to have more Broth at some Our sincerest condolences to the family of Bishop (Pappy) Labor John Henning. and our Brothers a chance ers cleared to the job. Two more work. A good many of Dycus, who will be missed by many Brothers in the Ukiah President J o h n s on himself very capable Brothers on the job these violators are reported to of the Fed- area. ~asked for the support are Stewarns Dave Tenney, on an us by our . ~rothers and this is a filmed , message SAN RAFAEL eration in 80-D and Andy Cantrell, on a the best way we can keep ahead to the delegates. We received a card from Brother John Lapp, who at shown ripp~r-dozer. They are still on a of them. The convention was also asked present is working 14 hours daily, seven days a week, for single shift here. Your business agents want to to devote its energies Bechtel Corp. in Tripoli, Libya. repeatedly Rothschild, Raffin, Weirick emphasize · the importance o1 the defeat of Proposition 14, Our thanks to Brother Ray Schunk for his blood donation to and Piombo Construction are off working in close communication " on the on July 31. the "bigotry amendment to a running start on Afterbay with your Stewards. They an: state's ballot in November. Prin- It's a girl for Brother J. D. (Rocky} Sumner, born on Dam and you can certainly see helping all of us in so many speaker on the subject was August 13, weighing in at 7-4. C~ngratulatwns! . cipal the orange and black color of ways. Direc Our condolences to the family of Brother Alonzo Thrall- State Industrial Relations · Northwest draglines and shovels, kill, who passed away on July 30. Alonzo was empl?yed by tor Ernest Webb. including one 180-D Northwest In- Hutchinson Rock Company at Greenbrae as an Oiler for Superintendent of Public 4-yard rig. They are busy build on several years. struction Max Rafferty spoke ing jobsite roads, shaping up the educa Survey Notes Make sure you are receiving your correct rate of pay as labor's stake in the public area. Several dozers are busy per contract. If not, please report this to your Business_ Agent. tion system. wading in two to three feet of num- As this goes to press, we learn that Coxco, Inc., Will sta_rt The delegates adopted a water pushing and stock piling by on a new development job at Scottsdale in Novato, and Will ber of policies recommended out of the river bed. Here again unions. .b e usm· g DW 20 s and Dozers . officers and member we have an old experienced hand on "right- By They asked for a ban running the Stewards job from a to-wotk" laws and professional DAVE SACRAMENTO D-8 dozer, one Herman Parker, Richard A~len, strikebreakers, for an increase in REA We are holding mail for the following: a Cat skin Louis McGe_e,_ Jack Riley, minimum wages and in overtime and we all know what James Cooper, J. F. Johnson, in that rough, rates, for a reduction in the wo rk ner goes through 1V alter Reich, Jacob Scheller and Emery yt1ll1ams. the go Donors week, and for extension of these tough pioneet·ing when Our sincerest appreciation to the followmg Blood also area: Mr. and Mrs. Howard benefits to many not now cov ing is r ough. This job is from Sacramento-Pollack Pines time. Bettis, Bill Carroll, Evelyn ered, including farm workers and single-shifted at this Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth We certainly have the Dams Kortuem, Dave Leonard and Celeste Stockley. · public employees. Hays, Joe scattered out in this area. Mor It has been a good year for policy statement adopted EUREKA One rison-Knudsen is still on a two Local 3 Surveyors with the tr:ea the convention called for extend our sincerest sympathy to the family of by shift operation and keeping a mendous amount of canal an~ We economic plan Brother Reid Lee Hood, who lost his life as a result of an comprehensive lot of the Brothers making good dam work going on. in the states. nin -; in housing, in conversion of 13, 196~.. . pay checks at Pit 6 and Pit 7, The Pit -·McCloud hydro - elec on-the-job accident on August industries to peacetime Also our condolences to the families o£ Br.other Robeit drfense still pouring concrete, mucking tric project -and KimberlyClark us?s, and in finding jobs and in an automobile_acc_ide:r:t July 29, and ~rothe~ out with Draglines and Backhoes pulp mill in the Redding area Maples, killed training for the unemployed. Walter Short, who also lost his life m an automobile acci so the Batch Plant can go full are now nearly completed. dent, July 20, 1964. tilt on the concrete pours. These two projects have been We wish a speedy recovery to Brothers Andy Anderson TOPLESS? we are doing our best to see the mainstays for Surveyors the and Lud Krupka, who are confined in the St. Joseph Hos- ....At Resolven, Wales, grocer that the Brothers are treated past two years. With other pro pital. . . , Ben Richard put up a sign offer right on these jobs. There are a jects in the mill ready to be · We have JUSt received word that Brorher Earl Leach was ing "free groceries for the first few B-rothers doing "hook work" started, the men coming off these killed on-the-job in Reno. Our heartfelt sympathy to the lady customer wearing a topless for the specialty crafts, and two jobs should be absorbed into family of Brother Leach. dress." In came Catherine Jones, when it comes to doing the pi:e the new work. bare from the waist up. Aged 3, cision handling of equipment and Although home building gen STOCKTON she asked for candy and soda placement of heavy pieces in and erally has shown a sharp decline We are happy to report that Brother ~ack ':Vhitehouse, pop. She got them-free. around these D·ams we some the past few months, the Oak With a stroke, who was recently confined to Dameron Hospital times accuse the operators of lan~d-San Francisco Bay Area ;. back on the job. is now CURB PRO STRIKEBREAKERS sand papering their fingers to providing a good level of employ REDDING Canton, 0., became the 38th get the ultimate feel in the ment for land surveying. The San Our deepest regret and heartfelt sympathy to the families city in the nation to enact an handling (no offense)! Jose area, however, has shown a :a nd friends of our departed Brothers, August Rose, John ordinance curbing the use of pro MORE RECOGNITION general tapering off. ]Little, John E. Tanner, Reid Lee Hood and T. L. "Smokie" fessional strikebreakers in labor Shea, Kaiser, Morrison, Maceo One last note: those Party El'igman. disputes. Passage of the law fol on Portals 1-2, 4-5 and 6-7 have Chiefs who feel eligible for certi or contact MARYSVtU.E lowed Ul months of activity by variations of double and triple fication should write was set me in the San Francisco office yd is going to have a serious operation members of the Typographical shifts. The Batch Plant Brother E. B. Lo they for further d-etails. -Co~tinued en Page 7 Union. up .and is in operation as • • ENGINEERS NEWS P;~ge Seven -Inter-Line Power .si x-- F-reeway .JObs-s :~r- engthen ·- · Transmission -·Eu :ireka's Stuany Work load · By RAY COQP'ER highway g o i n g through their Agreement OK'd CURLY SPENCE By A. G. BOARDMAN ranches, but you just can't hold Continued from Pag_e 8- . EURE-KA- Up in the Great An agreement was reached last b-ack progress. on his hip and will be ]aid up from 6 to 12 months. We Northwest of · Sunny California wish him week between State :and. Federal Piolarsi Construction Company a very ?peedy recove_ry. . . , . __ . . authorities and private power in the Eureka area everything Brother Lotus RosebeLTY IS back 1n tne Rtdeout Hospital is hopes to finish their sewer job firms for the biggest power very good, with • and we; hope it won't be too l?ng this ~ime: . six big·. Freeway in Eureka next month. . transmission .operation · Brother Jimmy Allen will be going mto the hospital. for in the jobs· going. Foster Drayage· Company has United States. The proposed a knee operation, anq.. will be unab~e to work for so~e hme. P'omroy & Gerwick have .the a rig on tlre . unloading of the Brother Elmer Lantzer broke his foot at Beale Pac-ific . Northwest-Southwest driving of the· pile on GranHe's chips at the old Holmes-Eureka Air .Force Power. Inter-tie plan, now to go Base whole w0rking for :Bing site, and is keeping his other Construction and is still not before Congress, would have a and :Moseman's job across the · able to go back to work. . cranes busy around town on var· . ' . . 3.9 million KW capacity and will Klamath River, Brother R. V. Rowland called us and smd he was g?mg just above the ious jobs. cost some $700,000,000. old-Klamath Bridge at Klamath. to be admitted at the St. Joseph's Hospital in San· FranciSCO. Burman a n d Sons Company . The Inter-tie is based on the The pr-esent old bridge a-t Klam- Good luck to you from all of us. · • . . has a couple of rigs u·p · around .age-old pr:oblem of poor distri- ...~ ~th will remain for awhile· .as a Brother George Morton is in the Fr~mont Hospital,. as a the Ruth Bam and the Reservoir result of' an accident at Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields, bution of resources; people, an . - in' - • I - . ' - .September, 1964 · E-N G I N E E R S N E W S Page Thirtee111- ' ' Operating Engineers New. · Jo,bsI Start In •San. .Jose ·. By A. J. HOPE, WM. HARLEY ond section,- with paving to fol- ·terlake Road, between Bradley · Official Directory DAVIDSON, G. L. MOORE, low in the near future. and Jolon. Ted Watkins is doing · JAMES N. HALL The A. J. Raisch Co. is going the bridge. of Officers and .Business Representatives . Work in the San Jose Area, is strong after a slow period and Work_ on the Green Consh·uc- still going along at a fast pace. is work in g on the Monterey · tion Co. San Antonio Dam proj MAIN OFfiCE~474 VALENCIA SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. The -out of work list is a "skele- Highway job, with about two ect is going and progress · has T~l: HEmiQck 1·1S68 ton of its old self" at this writing ·more weeks work oldhe cement been excellent: There are 45 of S. F. Dispatching .Office 470 Valencia -Tel: HEmlock 1·5744 · ·-and there is nothing but good treated base, then the paving. the Bt;others currently employed, ....· 697-6798 ·news to report. -Brother Ray Hjlrris is pushing and looks like more to come! AL CLEM, Business Manager . ... • .•. ·..• ·•••. . .•.••... PAUL EDGECOMBE, President ...... MArket 6-2775 Construction started on t h e this one with 25 of the Engineers CONTRACTS A WARDED DALE MARR,. Vice President, Dist. 1Representative .. .- ...... HI 7-3668 • - $8.5 million, 15-story United Cal- ·showing results. · This is a one FOR NEW WORK W. V, MINAHAN, Recording-Secretary ...... •...... 686.5058 . ifornia Bank building, in down- year project, costing $900,000. DON KINCHLOE, Treasurer ...... •...... , ... 837-7418 To L. C. Smith Co., contract Representative ...• , •• •..•... JUniper 6-4423 - town Palo Alto. This will be the Their Lincoln Ave. job, from San GEORGE BAKER, Business for Calabazas Blvd. widening ED DU BOS, Bus·iness Representative .. ... • .....•. ..• . . . .. 583-5164 - principal building in the office Carlos to Coe is under the super- $45,276. T. J. STAPLETON, Business Rep~esentative . • •.. . .•..•. . ••.. 479-0881 - center complex, which will oc- vision of Brother Ralph Bran- .• . ..•••...... 681-6418 To W. L. Chalmers Co.: for FRAN WALKER, Business Representative -cupy an entire city block, .bound- zich, and 2~ of the worthy Broth- BOB SKIDGEL, Business Represen tative .. ...• .. ·• .•... .•..•. .. . .• ·.•• Winchest Blvd. trunk sewer line ed by University ·Ave, Cowper · ers. · Brother Jerry Bostick is -$113,929. SAN MATEO, California st., Lytoon Ave. and Tasser St. pushing the Lawrence Station 1527 South "B" Street Fireside 5-8237 To H. E~ert Corporation & Mote than 100,000 cubic yards o.f job (Unit No. 4) a one hundred W, BILL RANEY, Business Representative . ...•••• •.....•. EMerson 8-5690 earth have been removed from working day, one million dollar 'Spartan Construction Co.: for MIKE KRAYNICK, Business Represet'tative ..•...... AN 6-7502 Storm & Sanitary System at Coy the site leaving a hole 35 ft. qeep. freeway project, with a crew of ote Creek-'--$108,290. SAN RAFAEL, California Concrete has 'been poured (3,200 25 operating engineers. They 701 Mission Avenue Glenwood 4-3565 ·grad yards) "fo_r the 81/z ft. deep mat have ano,ther project going in To W. D. Smith: . for site AL HANSEN, Business Representative . . .•. ~ • ..•...... 43 5-04 71 foundation. the Santa Clara Industrial Tract, ing and improvements of Law.' California month job, and 15 Brothers. renee Station RecreatiQnal Cen· VALLEJO; - It will take the ·entire output a six 2l72 Springs Road Midway 4-2667 ter-$32,159. of two l a r g e batching plants SAN · JOSE HUB AARON S. SMITH, Business Representative , ...... 643-0108 · - working at f u 11 capacity - ten Saratoga Ave., in San Jose, is To Bahr Ledoyen, Inc., for AC California hours daiiy with a special ar- a hub of activity, This is the Paving, curb and gutter for Mc OAKLAND, 1444 Webster Street TWinoaks 3-2120 rangement of cranes, supplying city's main southwest approach, Kelvey Park Street improve ED HEARNE, District Repre senta1 ive ... ·•. . •...... 782-1342 feeder troughs to pour the entire and it is torn up at present with · ments and parking area-$28,778. JIM JENNINGS, Business Represe ntat·ive ...••.. •...... : 'foundation,· in· J·ust one · day. three construction projects. To: Herwig of California, for L. L. LAUX.. Busine-ss Representative ... .•., ..• ...... LAndscape 4-.4023 ' General Contractor· on the p·roJ·- The first is the Piazza Paving the building of the Ponderosa JAMES IVY, Business Representat ive ...... •...... 228-2958 ," . ~ ...... ·..• • . 782-6188 ect is Johnson & Mape in a joint contract to widen Saratoga Ave. . School which ,;,ill be located in STAN GARBER, Business Representative . . . GERALD BLAIR, Business Representative ...... • •. .- .JE 8-8677 venture with the- Henry C. Beck to" 82 feet, from Scobt to Stevens Sunnyvale at . Wolfe Road and Co. Bahr & Ledoyen did the ex- Cree·k Blvd. This will mean a Reed Ave. The building will STOCKTON, California · 2626 No. Californ1a St. HOward 4-7687 -- cava tine: work. four-lane highway with 16 foot · house 10 regular classes and. two ~ .. •••• ..• , •.. HOward 4- 1092 . Leon · Wheatley & · Jacobsen ~ ~enter strip. Piazza :Is working on kindergartens and . co~struction WALTER TALBOT, District Representative AL McNAMARA, Business Representative . ... • • •...... HOward 4-0706 · Bros; are- making good time on the Newhall _to Pruneridge sec- -. will begin shortly, · The sch'ool th.i' ·· Stanford Hospital project. tion at this time, with a -long way · district straddles Lawrence Road MODESTO, California 1511 K StreP.t LAmbert 2-0833 -- They are also starting two eight- to go. _ and . will serve sections of both ·...... : . .... LAn-;bert 2-7632 'story buildinas·· with 12 · two- Dan Caputo holds the $1,200,- · Sunnyvale and· S(lnt~ ·Clara. Con- GLENN DOBYNS. -Business R eprese~ tat- ive. · JAMES W. HUDDLESTON, Bu s·iness· Representative . . • _. .•.••...... :. , 'stm~y building~ for student hous- . -000 -portion of the joo,, which is :. tract went for $368,90(). '. l~g. "S(indgroth -is· doing tile· pav- the San Thomas Expressway sec- The Barnhart Construction Co. ' EUREKA, .California 2806 Broadway . . Hll!side 3-7328 · - ini/ and 'Anthony ·Izzie-, thidm- - tion,_from · stevens ·creek BlVd . . was low .bidder at .$2,084,644 in RAY COOPER, District Representatio{~ _ : · : .. ; • ; •·•• . ..•.. .. Hillside 3--1814· , -derground work '()D. the job.: ..· ---- .iJ.()rj;_hward - across ·Saratoga Ave. tlie ·santa Clara l:ligh Schooi p.is H. L. SPENCE, Business Representa-tive ; · ~ -• ., •. • • •- .-. ·.-;· .- .Hillside 3-4293 -- Freeman Paving co·. is busy on to Forbes Ave. This will realign trict for .the coritra_ct t~ build . ,,,~ ( f~}'ge pa~ing ·and gr:act,iiig p~o,J- the sha~low_ S~ri Tomas ·_ Cre:k, , . the ._ llilarion - A. __ f.>etersoi). . ~Iigh fRESNO; California . . . ,, . e~! at,- ~Janf_?r~ for s~veral · build- . and . bh~r: l_t ~ ~-tn ak _ttubed. l~rge School. The school will :be erect- '. 3121 East·· Olive . -··. ... . - . - ADams ~-3148 ~ )Ji?s ~~r Sinte~ ; ;_Thi~ -~ill~ be - ~ : ethnr?o~ugh or a · rue · 0 · r~~ e : ·ed·_south o( Ea .. C~~ino Rea(a,t '1 JOSEPH MILtER, District Representati-.;e . • ' -- ~ - · , . ; .. : . ·. ; . ·,- ,..;;, BA2-8f32 ·ee millron dollar· PI'OJ g • . RALPH WILSON, Business Representative :: .. . ·...... ··; ~ . ·... Kf 4-7_789 One to thl - "LENN MULLOWNEY B R BAld 2 288 · . . . 'th.·- b.- 'ld' · · · · . · Th -th'- • d t-- t · .h ld ·b - ·· Ham ·Ave.· · and. will accommodate· ...; . . , .usiness ~r.esehta.tive .. . • . ;·, . . win -0 _ ec t WI o_ne ._ __ lii m~.- n_eat1 Y . _· e Ir c_oJ1ra_c · Is · e_ Y ._ 600- fresP,m. ·e.· n · _an·d sop.hom. ore · G. . ENE. _ F. ORT. .H, Bus1ness · · · Represen t a twe' -, --...... ,. , .., • ; • •.•... , . ,., .·358 -4605 ·, co¥Ipleted,, about one-hal~ ~vay Pisano B.ro_s. _ f~r _ mstallaho~ of _students when it ope_~s in_Sep- .t~r~HW~, on the· second_ b~Ildmg~ the _storm di~ai~ and samt~ry . tember, 1965. No ~tal:tirig - date . 1010 Eye Street MARYSVILLE, c;l!fornia . SHerW,ood 3-73~1 w~th several more_ bUildmss to sewer system' ¥long Saratoga has been set as ·yet. ' HAROlD HUSTON, District Representative :;: ; . :'' i :-:, .'·• . \ ·d ·)i .-742L1728 be let; - . Ave.; south·of San Tomas·Creek. Engineers inte!·ested .in en- W. R. WEEKS; Business Representative . ~- ::. ·;. ·; .-...... •.. . . 743-4603 Underground ConstruCtion C_ o. T_hese jobs must be finished· be- . . - - CLAUDE ODOM; Business Representati'le ..• ••• ..•••. • .. , GR . 1-287 4 ·· - - - · · -· · · · · · • rolling in a .grade;checking night . RAY HENNEGER · · G 2 'have· started 'work oii. the wa'tei· fore Piazza can "move' into ',the . ' . _· p I Busin_ess Representative ... .- . • ;...... R 1-375 '"c ., . . . . - .. ' ' . . . school are urged . to contact the . and· sewer lines in the new Park area to complete-the road · widen~ · · - REDDING_, C_a _li_f_or _n_ia _ CHestnut 1-01-5 8: ~ - sit~; --~~ ' t4e Palo ' Alto foothillS - ing. The _talk Of an · eai~ ly wi~ter, ~~~~es:::r. ~l:!:~ ~~~ b:s~!~ : 100_Lake Blvd. . . behi_nd Sta:hfotd.: Sdme of the· with rain being forecast early in . TOM ECK, District Representative ....•.••..•... ; .- ~ ; .• .. 243~52'79 •. )ine' wilfbe ari '80% gra'cte.' Pitts- the' seaso'n; is· causing. sonie con- in· San -Jose. ' JERRY MARTIN, Business Representative ...•...... ••.•••.•. •- .. 241-1 ?84 .'.' 'burg:Des :ti,foirtes Stbel \viii be in·-. cerri, with . the result that;- the . SACRAMENTO, California . Gladstone 7-5795 .· stafiing 3 "large sto~age tanks, _' BI~ otlie~·s . ar~~'highba_lling" t<> --. lndians Lose ·-Again ... 2525 Stockton Blvd, _ , vurchas~q. by the City_ of Palo get _the w01:k ~omple!etl. - . - · . · . , . . . . ERNEST · NELSON, District Represent-ative .- -.-- . ·. ; .. ·, . .- ; •'; •• , • •. 363-1-885 Pe1iicciofti will ·· · • ·- SOUTH COUNT-Y . , A~oth~r chapter 1~ the W~Ite ·AL DALTON, Business RepresentatiV.e . ; ·..•... ·... ·. .. ; • .• : . 644:02565 :, Alto. Beflici'tti & CLEM '. HOOVER, Business .Representative ...... ,_;·; , 428-1458 be putting in a '300,000 yard - - In· the Southern end o-f the .. mans - ~r:at~en_t of the . Indialls RepresentaHve .. ·, • ..••.• •• , •• , 637-4 136 . · -· · ·· · · · . ,, · · . . . · . who ongmally owned this coun- ART GAROFALO, Business eaith . filled , dam, . ca,.lled ' ,_the . County, wor:\{ lS exceptionally . "t. - . '. -· t -. r t - k . h JERRY ALLGOOD; Busin ~_ss Repreristative ... . .• • •• ; . . ; ._•...... •• · Park Dam." . . .good. The . Manuel Sniith. Com- . IY was wnt en as_ we~ . w __ en "Foothill SAN JOSE, California Freeman Paving Co . .has start- - an started a ii.ew (. $338 000 180 - t~e ·_ ~enate . atld H~u~e. I>assed a . 5-8788 · . - - · -- · · · . p Y . · · -· . ' . ' bill to pay $12.1 m1lhon to mem- 760 Emorr Street CYpress ed clearmg work on Alma ·St. m · workmg days) water lme JOb for · ·b f- th. S - · ·T '.b h · · . A. J. HOP( Financial and District Representative .... ;_,. : YOrkshire 7-2942 Mtn. View, for a four-lane ex- the City of Hollister. _In the San- ers o e eneca n e w o aie H. T. PETERSEN, Business Representative.· ..· . ·.. . ..- ..... •.. ES 7-6105 pressway, They . have moved ta Cruz are·a . Granite Constru~- being evictEid. from their. reserva LYNN MOORE, Business Representative . : . . --·: ...... ; ; • • . . . 243-67 42 quite a bit of their earthmovin_g tjon, with Br~_the~ Russel_l .Kemp tion hinds to make ·way for the W; HARLEY DAV IDSON, Business Representative ...... • . . .. PA 4-5490 Kirizua D-am · arid flood control JAMES N. HAL L, Busin_ess Representative . ·.· .... -...... 241-6467 equipment to Marin County in pushing the job, is going along · · _ reservoir th_e Ai·my · Engineei·s DAVE REA, Tech. Engineer .. · ...... _ .__ .. .•.. ~ - · ...... •••••....• preparation for work to start at top speed on the road job go- · • there· on ·Hy. 101.. ing into Newell Creek Dam. This are building in Pennsylva}1ia. SANTA ROSA, California Liberty 6-2487 ' Sondgroth _Br!>s. have several is beautiful fishing area, and . · In the Senate debate, Sen_ator 3913 M_ayeHe Liberty 5--4414 jobs going in . the _area at this will be. quite popular _place Frank Church (Dem., Idaho) re RUSSE LL SWANSON, District Representative ...... •... a LOU BARNES, Business Representative· .: .... _...... •••. Liberty 2-5948 time, and just s-tarted a new one w he n completed. The F . .B . called that in 1874. Uncle .Sam for streets and parking lot devei- Stearns Construction Co. broke signed with the Senecas a treaty RENO, Nevada Avenue FAirview 9-0236 opment in Sunnyvale. They hav,e ground for ·union _ Elementary saying: 185 Martin .., . • .awarded the con- School, in Aptos. Leonard _ & "The United States . acknowl- NORRIS CASEY, District· Representative ...... •...... , •...... also just been BUFORD BARKS, Business Representative ...... , . . . 358-7 434 ; tract for sewer. construction, Blair will soon be starting the edges that all land within the GAIL BISHOP, Business Representative.: ...... ,' .•. ; ; . . ·. 831-0609 The L. C. _rSmith Comparty is site preparation work for the So- boundaries to be the p1;operty of JACK BULLARD, Business Represe ntafive ..• . . ·..... ·, • , . .- . , • .- ...... •. working in all parts of the ai:ea. quei Union. High Scho-ol.' the Seneca nation; anq the Unit .. SALT LAKE CITY, Uta-h Right now they are on the Bay~ Leo Piazza is making good ed States will never claim the 1969 S. Main Street ' HUnter 6-7401 the Seneca na- . shore-to Law~· ence Station Road progress on the Seasc;:tpe job · same,-nor disturb HUGH BODAM, District Representative . . . : ...... : ... _266-7234 project with Ball & Olsen on near Rio . Del Mar . . Peter Kie- · tion residing thereon. It (the JAY NEELEY, Business Representative .. _...... CRestwood 8-9628 structures. They have just come . witt, in Moss Landing, is hold- land) shall remain theirs until LAI<;E AUSTIN, Business Representative ... . . ; . • ..•...... 467-5724 up with.another award, the con- ing the same number of oper- they choose to sell the same to PROVO, Utah tract for the Scott Blvd. project, a tors, but ,will have to be hiring . · the United States:" 165 West 1st North FRanklin 3-8237 Liberty St. to Murguia in Santa a few mo_re in the near future. _· The Senecas did not choose to JOHN THORNTON, Business Representative ...... SKyline 6-4915 ...... _... 798-7123 • Clara. _Phil Calabrese is still working sell . the land required for .the VANCE ABBOTT, Business Representative .. . .. •. - Fredrickson & Watson started on ·san Antonio' Dam campsites, ..dam, but it was taken from them · OGDEN, Uta~ two sections · of freeway 'on and has picked up a few jobs in · . anyway on the gi:ound that f~ood 2538 Washington Blvd. , EXport 4~ 1() 11 Homestead to Lawrence Station and around Fort Ord. control was "in the public in- · M. F. BOWMAN, Business· Representative, ...... : ....••... AM ·2-0644 Road and are renting the Euclids Harms Bros. will be starting terest." Supporters of the bill HONOLULU, . Hawaii from Pete Gim:dano & Sons and on a new contract for 52 miles said this was justified because 23.05 So. Beretania St. HOnolulu 99-0084 ...... 243-992 DW · ;201s frQm . Lloyd R()doni, of A.C. plant _mix in Sant_a Cruz land has. often been taken from -HAROLD LEWIS, Business Representative ...... -CLARENCE FRIEND, . B~_s in ess Representative ...... '· ...... -: .. 245-868 They are about ready to stai·t the. County. The _ A. J. Diani Co. , pthei.'_~;ndi~n tribes "in tl~e p~~lic _WILFRED BROWN. Business _Representative ...... HOnolulu 8lcJ929 cement treated base . on the: sec- started the conJraCt .for . the ; .:;· . • Page Sixt(;!en ENGINEERS ~EWS September, 1 • .1 More E. - How to. Buy Continued from Page 2- months you repay, you will find that your lowest cost credit, how to use credit judi average . debt (in this example) is $54.16. ciously, and tell these facts to other fam Say the finance charge is $6 per $100. Di ilies. vide the · $54 average balance into $6. The You need to know two points particularly: true rate is 11.1 per cent. If the term of First, if the finance charge is stated as a repaying is shorter or longer than one year, monthly percentage, the true annual rate the rate has to be adjusted correspondingly. is 12 times the monthly rate. Secondly, if For example, if a dealer charges you $6 on the finance charge is a dollar amount on the a debt of $100 repaid in six months, the original balance, the true annual rate is true annual rate would jump to 21 per cent. approximately double. Usually, you can finance purchases at a This happens b_e cause the .dealer or lower rate by borrowing cash from a credit lender figures the finance charge on the union or commerCial bank than by using a original balance yov owe. But since you pay • department store installment account. The back each month, your average debt is only credit unions and banks nowadays charge about half the original amount. On a debt from $4 .50 to $6 per $100 of balance, whicn of $100 to be repaid in 12 months, the first is the equivalent of true rates of less than month you owe $100; the second, $91.67, 9 to 12 per cent, in comparison to the 18 PSSST! etc. If you add up the remaining balance per cent and more charged by Mr. Hazen's each month and divide by the number of department stores. · watch this space next month! . C. RAY LIM Continued from Page 7- posed by Secretary of the Inter PG & E, Pacific Power & Light, near Los Angeles; one through ior, Stewart Udall, there has been Southern California Edison, and Tracy and direct to Los Angeles, considerable protest from public San Diego Gas & Electric. The and the other through Tracy, power proponents. Many of them lines from the Bonneville Power swinging off to the West for insisted on Federal construction Administration . to Hoover, as loops to Moss Landing and Morro of the entire system. Others were well as the line from Hoover to Bay. There would be a 230,000 willing to settle for slightly less, Los Angeles, would be fe derally • volt tie-line from Round Moun but still felt it should be largely constructed. tain to Keswick Dam, near Red a Federal project. Addition of the 230,000 volt tie ding. A 750,000 volt line would The final agreement provides, line to Keswick will provide be ·constructed from Bonneville in California, f o r Federal con power for preference customers Power Administration to Hoover struction of only a short stretch (public agencies) to replace re Dam. There would be a 750,000 of one line from the border to ductions when pumping opera volt line from Hoover Dam to Round Mountain, and the smaller tions at San _Luis Reservoir get Los Angeles and two 345,000 volt tie-line from Round Mountain _to into full swing. The new Inter lines fro m Hoover Dam to Keswick. 'J.'he balance of Califor tie will be available for wheeling Phoenix. nia construction will be built by Oroville power to Tracy and the Since the plan was first pro- the power pool, including the Tehachapi when that is needed. SWAP SHOP: free want ads for Operating Engineers DIVERS HI PRESSURE . INGER RUNABOUT 14 ft. Rockholt, 40 hp, SOLL-RAND 3321 complete electric Mercury Electri RUNABOUT BOAT 16', 70 hp, Mer FOR SALE c, Tra iler & Equip cury e ng., trailer, s ki equip. Good motor unit w /H. D. filter & cooling ment. $600.00, or will sell boat & RULES FOR SUBMITTING ADS•. fishing boat. Price $995. - 23 ACRES on new Winters Hiway, syst em, on wheels. Fills 72 cu. ft. trailer $350.00. Claire Rooney, 9 E . Bobby G. tank Cooper, 29302 Ave. 13%, Madera, good road on 3 s ides, new s teel to 2250 in 5 min. Unit rebuilt L ewelling Blvd., San Lorenzo, Calif. ~ Any Operating Engineer may ad· fence. New well 250 ft. deep, plenty in 1963. $800.00. Roland Mounce, Calif. Ph o n e 674-5457. Reg. No. Phone: 278-0190. Reg, No. 991097. 1058389. of water. Beautiful vi.ew. R. Woody, 1422 Mariposa, Lodi, Calif. Phone: vertise in -t hese columns without charga 1031 E. Monte Vista, Vacaville, 368-0941. R eg. No. 1126192. L-122 I . H. C. % TON, duals, flat LAKE TAHOE 3 bedrm. house. Sen· Calif. Phone: Dixon OS 8-5454. Reg. or Trade, local property or land. a ny PERSONAL PROPERTY he wishes No. 347177. HOI"IE, 1 bedrm., w / furniture, base steel bed. 3 -speed B r ownie (12 m erit. garage, sh ade & fruit trees, forward, 3 r everse) . Excel. w elding Fir eplace, central h eat. elec. kitch to sell, swap or purchase. Ads ~ill not I LABRADOR RETRIEVER P U P S. a ll fenced, la r ge lot big enough to r ig, trailer tower, wrecker, etc. R. en, $13,000. Low down financing \ - Whelped 4/17/64. AKC reg. All raise b eef. Full price $6,000.00 cash. B. Moyer. 247 Bailey Rd.. Pitts C. T . Smith, 637 Beacon, Oakland, be accepted, for rentals, personal serv black. J, L .. Bonney, Rt. 1, Box Garland Booker, Box 62, Smartville, b urg . Calif. Phone 458-4603. Reg, California. R eg. No. 487434. 2197, Applegate, Calif. Phone: 352- Calif. Phone: 639-2257. ·R eg, No. No. 830834. ices or side-lines. 2786. (1 mi. southwest of Applegate LARGE BUILDING SITE. Huge old 448639. p ines. In beautiful Aptos on Hig-hway 40.) R eg, No. 918832. Country 111 PRINT OR TYPE the wording you BEAR Equipped frame straightening LOT 60Xl00, W oodsford. Calif., Pow Club tract. A fast moving area of mPICiiUP % TON Foim;3 speed e i', water, paved road. Kenneth D . distinctive homes in country at Brownie, 8 ft. b ed, ·g ply tires, & wheel aligning BUSINESS. 50 mi. wa nt in your advertising on a separate fr. San Francisco, in growing com French. 3929 Via Cristobal, Camp mos pherP. . $5.500. terms. Ralph Kid power shocks, built-in boxes, cus bell, Calif. Reg. No. 908550. w ell. 21575 Norman Dr., Los Gatos, sheet of paper, limiting yourself to 30 tom munity. Owner 18 years at present bumpers directionals, many address. Zoned for heavy industry. Calif. Reg. No. 947108. extras. Mrs. Consuelo Button, 140 D on Krueger, 1 words, or less, including your NAME, Norlyn Drive, W alnu t Creek, Callf. 550 Noelle Way, Bl>LTONE HEARING AID, m o d e 1 N1\SHUA HOUSETRAILER 1962, lOx Napa, Calif. P h one: 226-8784. R eg. "Companion". lVIake offer-cost $349. 55' expanded livingrm., 1 bedrm., complete A DDRESS and REG ISTER Reg. No. 449646. No. 855083. Don J. Davidson , 798 No. 13th HYDRAULIC f r ont kitchen, $4,000. 99 M Austin NUMBER. • H-O::cR=-=:IZ=-,o::-:N:-:-=T:--::A-:::L--::W=o"'o~D St., San Jose, Calif. Phon e 292- Western Blade $1800. 1947 F o r d S P L I T T E R $300.00. 1 T andem DORSETT CABIN CRUISER 17 ft., 1888. Reg, No. 876154. 75 hp, Johnson Motor, both 1960 Dump Truck $175. Neely L. Foug • Allow for a time trailer, can carry up to 8 ton. l er, P. 0. :Sox 297, B ethel Island, lapse of several · $350.00. Chevrolet 1% ton truck models, H eavy duty trailer. Life liiOBILE HOJ\IE, 10x41, . 2 bedroom., j ackets, Calif. Ph o n e 684-2424. Reg, No. weeks between the posting of letters w /dump bed. $500.00 Wilton C. li'Ic- ladder , paddle, helmsman one w/n ew bunk b eds. N ew carpet 394264, ·. 'Manus, 575 J enning-s Ave., ValleJO, seat, s peedometer, 12 V battery, in livingrm. Awning & Cooler in and receipt of your ad by our readers. anchor, nylon Calif. Phone: 642-8590. Reg. No. r ope. Licensed. ·r eady cluded. $2.700.00 furnished . $2.400. GAS STOVE w /trash burner, Vibra • Please notify Engineers Swap Shop 1136312. . to go. $2,000.00 Cannon Simpson, 626 unfurnished. Steve Doug-hty, 717 N . tor chair, each $25 . Dressing table TRAILER:::-,---:-Io- ,-,-----;b---,e-:;d;--::-pu=-1;-;-1-, ---;:-ta::-:n::-:dem Meadowlark Ave., Los Banos, Calif. McDowell. Sp. 118, ·Petaluma. Calif. w/large round mirror, $15 . H . W. as soon as the property you have ad Phone 826-4238. R eg. No. 1098513. Phone : 763-3598. Reg. No. 1065300. Keeler, 2281-2nd St., Napa, Calif. · axles 2-4000 Ibs. linko axles, elec. R eg. No. 429149. vertised is sold. brakes. 24' long, 6'7" wide. $250.00. HOlliE 3 bedrm, lovely, modern. Fire Bob Sousa, 3927 W il son Ave., Castro p lace. 5 acr es, 3% permanent pas 1959 FORD F5 with Powers Utility HOME, 1 b edrm. w/furniture. base • Because the purpose should be served 8' xll" mechanics b ed, 8 compart ment, garage, shade & fruit trees, Valley, Calif. Phone: 582-5212. Reg. ture, barn. Eligible for FHA or within the period, ads henceforth No. 1130337. Vets loan, $23,000.00 . F . J. Wyman, m en ts keyed alike. Gin pole sockets, a ll fenced, large lot big enough will Tulsa 18 . winch :REAR DOUB=L-=E:-:D=R-:::Uc;-;1";-;I--;:U:;-;N=IT;;--;;fo:::r Route 1, box 12 D, Biggs, Calif. , trailer hitch front to raise beef. Full price $5,000 cash. be dropped from the newspaper after R eg. No. 719422. & r ear. bottle rack & vise s tand. Garland Booker, Box 62, - Smart HD 10 Allis Chalmers Tractor, This truck r eady to go. Low mile ville, Calif. Phone 639-2257. R eg. t hree months. Model CD 400 D, Size 5. S. Yager, EQUIPMENT TRAILER, 16' tandem age. 1 owner driven. Virgil Ander No. 448639. 1523 N . Beale R d ., Marysville, Calif. • Address all ads to: I tilt bed, 750x15-10 ply nylon tires, son. 1 35 Rose Lane. L os Banos, CABIN CRU:::I:::S~E=-=R=-,-::c21;--;:f.,-t....,T=-ro...,j;-a-n-. -:;H::- d-::-., Engin eers Swap Phone: 743-8853. Reg. No. 977701. Calif. R eg. No. 962243. elec. b r a k e s, adjustable hitch, stove, icebox, sleeps 2. V-4 Johnson Shop, AL CLEM. Ed itor, 474 Valencia HOI"IEHayward:-3-- be-drms., 2- baths, boxed 7" channel frame. 6-7 ton elec. 0. B. Coast Guard inspected. Street, San Francisco 3, California. Ba Japahese garden , waterfall. FHA capacity . Oscillating spring action. FA L C 0 N -60 STATION WAGON, 2 Fully equipped. $2, 000 or trade for appraised $17,900. F orced to sell $850.00. Martin Ronning, 229 Al dr.. engine rebuilt, top cond., over self-contained Travel Trailer. Ralph sure to include your register number. varado St., Vallejo, Calif. Phone: load springs, fast-$16, 900.00. Sma ll down. J . de radio, heater, deluxe L. Sloniker, P . 0. Box 885. Port No ad will be published without thim Giy mes, 2666 Leeward, Hayward, - 1\U 4-4335. Reg, No. 899450. model. Priced for quick sale . $700. Chicago, Calif. Phone 458-4693. Reg. Calif. Phone: 782-6473. Reg, No. J. deGlv mes, 2666 Leewa rd, H ay No. 622796. information. 1079873. READY-l"IIX CEliiENT PLANT, 4 ward. Calif. Phone 782-6473. Reg. DiNING mixer trucks, 1 dump truck, 1 No. 1079873. -"'-=R=-o=o-=n,=-r -;S~E;;;,T;:;,-:;:D:::-t::m::c::-a=-n...,P=h::-:yhfe, tractor and office building, $15, - 5 pieces, 2 leaves & pads $89.50. 3 000.00 and assume payments. Rich 1957 GREAT LAKES TRAILER pc. bedrm. set complete $85.00. 5 ard Manning·, P. 0 . Box 12, Los piece dinette set $35.00. D ale Moore HOUSE, 8'x45', good condition . Car Banos, Calif. Phone: 826-3236. Reg. pet. washer, n ew furnace, porch 5366 B rophy Drive, Fremont, Calif. No. 863900. Phone: 793-5405. R eg. No. 822695. included. $2000. Ronald Barney, 565 No. 9th West, RFD No. l, Box MOVING? HOUSE TRAILER , 1952. 28 ft. , mod MOTOR complet e, IHC Black Dia ern, a lum. w /awning. New draper 46~-A. Pleasant Grove. Utah . Phone mond. Transmission, drive shaft, ies. Almost n ew foam sofa. $1,350.00. 785-3482. R eg. No. 912090. etc. 264 cu. in. Excel. cond. $325.00. Rex Turner , 4846 Spaniel Ct., Con So you will not miss one w. L. McElroy, 10355 Beardon cord, Calif. 94521. Phone: 686-1845, INBOARD 18 ft. $200. 10 ft. Hydro Drive, Cupertino. Calif. R eg. No. Reg. No. 295839. - Plane 10-horse, Mercury $100. B ert 1082358. A. Gen ereux, 2900 Mt. D i a b l o, issue of Engineers News ~ER B~A~R~h::-o:--::I:--::d-s --p=-on-y-7k::e::-g-. -C~os~t HOlliE, large redwood, 3 bedrms., Stockton, Calif. Ph o n e 463-3371. R eg. No. BE SURE to advise us of · $115. to mak e, sell for $85.00. Percy tile kitchen, bath, large panelled 509659. H. Howse, 3350 Santa Rosa Ave., front room, fireplace, 2 porch es, · your change of address. Santa Rosa, Calif. Phone: LI 5- s howers, garage, laundry. 2 bed 1964 PRESTIGE 1\IOBILE HOJ\IE 20' 2498. Reg. No. 649264. nns., porch, etc., downstairs . On x50', 2 b edrm. carport a luminum Russian River . $6,000.00 down. Wil· awning 10x30. 'patio awnin g 40xl0, WELDINGLEADl50c--7ft,..., .-=-2;""'0:-.-A:-:l:-:-1-o:-:r . liam C. Jansen, 225 Mallorca W ay, full a lum. skirting, many extras, · part 25c p er ft. Gerald Hammer San Francisco, Calif. Phone: WA 2- garbage disoosal, extra w ide slid REG. NO. schmidt, 3604 N, Maple Ave., Fres 2127. Reg. No. 514763. ing glass- door, many more. Will no, 3, Calif. P hone CL 5-6587. Reg. take best offer. Raloh Calaiaro, LOCAL UNION NO. _ No. 1072423. 1\IODE O'DAY FROCK SHOP, estab· Phone CERES 537-5325. Reg. No. 1958 TRnhur-=H=-,-3::-:5:-:;0::-,""2 ::-c-:-y-;l-:-in-d:;-:e::r:- . 'b:-;-1 u::e:-, lished 20 Yrs., Franchise. S m a l I 1148253. investment. Owner r etiring . G eorge good condition, $250.00. B 1 1 I Y SOC. SECURITY NO. Westberg, 3278 East 16th St., Oak HUNTERS & FISHERliiEN ! 1 9 4 1 Crouch, 309 Holly Ave., Novato, land Calif. Phone KE 2-8484. Reg. Calif. Phone: 892-9228. R eg. No. CHEV. 1-% Ton Panel, 4-\Vheel dr., No. 200508. dual rear wheels, 40 gal. water NAME 1123403. tank, 2 gas tanks. -10x5x5 inside. ------· HOME Oroville, 3 b edrm., carport, PLACER GOLD MINE, 60 acres, Si trailer hitch & vacuum brakes. $450 fenced cooler nr. shopping, in city erra Co. Water. Cabins. $12,000.00 or trade for j eep. John R. Franklin, OLD ADDRESS------ limits.' $12,750. FHA appraisal. Sell '4 down. Can b e w o r k e d w ith 20059 Royal Ave., Hayward, Calif. or trade Bay Area property. C . . W. dragline. W. W. Whitman. 3509 Phone 538-3154. Reg. No. 1076473. Young, 38149 Glenmoor Dr. •, Fre Ripley Street , Sacramento 88, Ca-l. CITY Phone 922-7670. R eg. mont, Calif. Phone: 593-5449. Reg. No. 381862. DINING TABLE -Eastern Rock ~Ia· No. 997636. - WARDS PORTABLE ELE .C. GEN ple, with 2 leaves, 4 chai_rs, $150. NEW ADDRESS ------~- 7 ACR,ES, 1\lOD~RN 3 bedrm. home. ERATOR, almost n ew, u sed 4 hrs. 1 (will include 6x9 oval braided rug· Fireplace. Frmt tr.eesj vrew. Eqmp hp 1000 watt, 115V, Briggs & Strat & pad) ; butterfly coffee table $25.; ment included. $40,000.00. See to ap ton 4 cycle .engine. $71).00_. Just the solid oak modern b ed $10. W . _C. · 'ticket 'for trailer ·or Elliott', 251 Corte Madera Ave.,_ CITY ... 'p reciate. Arthur · Ring. · Rt. ·- 2, Box camping, E arl · Clip and .mail to. Engineers_ Hews, .474 1812, Grass Valley,· Calif. Reg. N o. Va n Etten, Occidental, Calif. Reg. ·Mill Valley, Calif. · Phone . 388-3545. _Vale_nc1;i St;, S:, F_, 3, Calif. 574300. No. 261080, R eg. No• . 605444, · •