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Vol. 25 - No. 11 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA November, 1966

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WASHINGTON - President Lyndon B. Johnson has upheld the veto of Gov. Manuel F. L. Guer­ rero, Guam, on the controversial "right-to-work" measure, passed by the Island's legislators. The issue, falling under control of Section 14 (b) of the Taft­ Hartley Act, would have become law if the 90-day period in which • the President had to act, would have run out. The President's reasons for up­ holding the veto were outlined in a letter to the governor. He said in the letter in his opinion the bill would inhibit development of the free collective bargaining neces­ sary to protect and advance the welfare of working men and women on Guam. The controversial measure had been passed by tl1e Territory's leg­ islature earlier this year, after which Gov. Guerrero immediately vetoed it, but the legislature over­ • rode his veto, making a final de­ cision necessary by the President. Johnson hailed Guerrero for his leadership and good judgment, which he said had "encouraged, supported and strengthened" the progress being made on Guam. The President's decision to take action and uphold Gov. Guer­ President Johnson has upheld Gov. Guerrero's (inset) veto of veto will permit co nti nued economic gains on th e island. Had rero's veto was strongly recom­ the right to wo rk bill passed by the Territory's leg islature. The the bill passed, Uni on shop would be outlawed there. mended by Secretary of the In­ terior Stewart L. Udall. fact grant anyone the right to Organized labor has continually benefits and other conditions as laws are an out-and-out fraud, Udall said that although the bill work. Nor would disapproval of charged that right to work legis­ dues-paying U nion members. But keeping wages and fringe benefits purported to guarantee the "right­ the bill result in depriving anyone lation gives non-Union workers it goes deeper than that. below livable standards in many •to-work ," its provisions did not in the right to work. the same benefits in wages, fringe Many leaders feel right to work See LBJ on Page 2 Brown's Rec rd eserves Your Vote November 8 will be a critical has in the past, beaten William Anderson, the most massive water day in the history of California, not Knowland and Richard Nixon. project in the histmy of the world only for members of organized His challenger this time is Actor has been undertaken, with the labor, b ut for all of California's Ronald Reagan, who bas attacked forecast that by 1990 some 90 people. Nov. 8 is the day voters the record of Pat Brown, which is million more acre feet of water will decide who will be the next a remarkably good one. will be needed to supply Califor­ governor of the largest and most Incumbent Brown's strongest nia's population in 1970. This gi­ rapidly growing state in the na­ case against his opponent is Rea­ gantic, multi-million dollar proj­ tion-when the voters will select gan's inexperience in government ect has provided hundreds of those men and women who will and the belief that the state's fu­ thousands of man-hours of work represent them for the next two­ ture would be unsafe if Reagan for the members of Local 3. to-four years in various segments were to win. This project will be under con­ of government. For the record, let's examine struction for some years to come, On the line is the two-term ten­ Incumbent Gov. Brown's record. providing even more work for the GOV. EDMUND G. BROWN ure and record of Incumbent Gov. Under his leadership and with Operating Engineers. LT. GOV. G LE NN AN DE RS ON ... record of note Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, who the assistance of Lt. Gov. Glenn See BROWN on Page 2 . . . rig ht- hand a id e

• Page 2 ENGINEERS NEWS November, 1966• Ma ag r Clem Honored By nternational, Governor from the SAN FRANCISCO- Two re­ welfare for the men of the con­ - Operating Engineers Local cent honors were bestowed on struction industry. Retirement Union No. 3-for an outstand­ Manager~s AI Clem, business manager of benefits have long been the goal ing contribution to society in Desk the Operating Engineers Local of this able and dedicated inaugurating a remarkable Ap­ No. 3. The first was an appoint­ leader. In his drive to become prenticeship training program ment to the Board of Trustees the business manager of the and a Journeyman training pro­ on the International Pension largest building and construc­ gram whereby many of ou. Trust Fund, the second, a com­ tion trades local in the world, young men, some underem­ mendation by Gov. Edmund G. Brother Clem advocated that ployed, have an opportunity to (Pat) Brown for Brother Clem's members of Local 3 be given become skilled or more skilled Fall is here again which is evident by the number of foresight and guidance in in­ such a program. At present, wage-earners. dispatches being issued from various offices. As always, augurating an effective Appren­ Local 3 has one of the most "These outstanding programs employers are trying to button up as much work as they ticeship and Joumeyman trainee effective retirement pension have also given those same can prior to the rainy season. program. trust funds in the entire labor young men a chance to become Brother Clem was made a movement. more useful citizens in our com­ We have been extremely busy during the past months member of the International Gov. Brown, in citing Brother munities. Without these pro­ negotiating various agreements covering shops and plants. Pension Trust Fund Board at Clem for his foresight and lead­ grams many workers would We have numerous organizing campaigns in progress from the convention held in Septem­ ership in establishing training have to look outside their inter­ Utah to Guam. There will be approximately eight National ber in Las Vegas. programs for future and present ests for employment, or would Labor Relation Board elections during November. His nomination was made by Engineers, said: have little opportunity to learn Newell Carman, General Secre­ "As governor of the great their chosen trade. Obviously this much interest by people who are unor­ tary-Treasurer of the Interna­ state of California and a long­ "To you, AI Clem, who saw the ganized confirms that your Local Union has a very good tional Union of Operating En­ time personal friend, it is my growing need for training oper-· reputation for negotiating fair agreements with a minimum gineers. sincere pleasure to honor you, ators and created these out­ amount of industrial strife. The appointment clearly es­ the officers and members of the standing programs, my sincere tablishes Brother Clem as an world's largest building and congratulations and heartfelt On October 8, a Business Agents meeting was held with outstanding leader in the area of construction trades local union thanks." 90 people in attendance, including all the Agents on the Mainland, as well as the dispatchers and apprenticeship Coordinators. This, I believe, was one of the most con­ structive and informative meetings conducted for quite Brown's Record Deserves A Vote some time. We anticipate holding these meetings from time Continued from Page I nation to time in order for Agents to be fully informed on what is , creating further work for proposed by Incumbent Gov. Pat In education, California need the men in the construction indus­ Brown. His foresight into future transpiring in the administrative offices of the Local Union. take a back seat to no one. There by. Our freeway system has been needs of California cannot be ar­ During the past month I was in Washington, D.C. attend­ are no tuition charges in any of hailed as an outstanding example gued. He is aware of the problems ing a meeting of the International Pension Trustees. While the state's institutions of higher of meeting the needs of the in the labor movement, in con­ there _I had an occasion to discuss with the General Presi­ learning, a record unmatched any­ mounting traffic problems m a ducting business, in providing am­ where in the world. rapidly growing state. ple housing and employment foila dent and the other Officers of our International, the prob­ Our state parks and recreational Let's also consider the Con­ the masses, and assuring th~ lems we have in Local 3, particularly pe1taining to jurisdic­ areas have been improved and ex­ sumer Advisory Counsel, which working man a chance to better tion. Juris diction is really the lifeblood of our organization panded, providing a retreat for has clone exhaustive research in himself. He has sought new in­ and when we talk about jurisdiction, we are talking about the busy working people of our the area of packaging uniformity dustry for the state, making it one job opportunities for the members of our union. I need not state. and merchandising in our retail of the most industrialized in the The conservation program in­ outlets. Through the efforts of the nation. If California were a na­ tell you that this is the subject we are all interested in and cluded in the parks and recrea­ counsel staff, selected by Incum­ tion, it would rank seventh in only by working together and keeping the lines of com­ tional programs has made Cali­ bent Brown, such things as the over-all production. nnmication open, reporting any violations you may see on fornia a more desirable state in "Truth in Packaging" bill went to His experience has taught that th: job to the Steward, Business Agent, District Represent­ which to live. Congress, making it just a little there is no substitute for experi­ Incumbent ative or the officers of the union, can we hope to continue Gov. Pat Brown, a easier for the consumer to select ence. We would recommend that long-time friend of Local 3, has the best buys on the grocers' all thinking Californians retum to protect the job opportunities for all our members. also implemented one of the most shelves. Pat Brown to the Governor's It may not affect you today, but somewhere down the advanced freeway and Interstate But just as important as the Chair for the further growth and 1L< e any infringements upon our jurisdiction may affect your highway programs in the entire past record is that of the future, development of this great state. job opportunity later. As you will note on the front page, President Johnson • upheld the veto of the right to work bill in Guam. We spent se s t considerable time trying to bring this about but a great measure of the credit goes to our General President Wharton By BOB SKIDGEL, LYNN pleted in July, 1969. The bid was bidder, according to the State Di­ who used his influence in Washington to point out to Presi­ MOORE, WM. HARLEY $29,394,648. vision of Highways was Takehara dent Johnson the necessity of his vetoing this vicious anti­ DAVIDSON, CECIL PRESTON Deadline for entering bids on Landscaping Service, Sacramento. AND BOB LONG Monterey Urban The contract calls for planting labor measure. We also had assistance from Governors of Renewal Agency's proposed $3 million 1,965 trees, 1,463 shrubs and 37 4,- some States SAN JOSE - A peak employ­ where we have jurisdiction, as well as some waterfront tunnel 300 groundcover plants ment level has been reached in the project was Oct. on 3.6 Senators and Congressmen. 31. The tunnel will run from miles of highway. Monterey area, and large jobs are I think the Governor of Guam is to be commended Washington Street to Lighthouse J. T. Smith, Santa Barbara, has for the order of the day. the stand he took in vetoing this anti-labor measure. Avenue, and is designed to elimi­ begun construction of parking Granite Construction Co. con­ nate a traffic bottleneck on the lots, camp ground roads and sew­ It is extremely gratifying to report that the Stewards tinues to pick up sizeable con­ major route between Monterey age disposal ponds at the San An­ meetings have been well attended and there is such interest tracts. This week the State Depart­ and the Pacific Cove. It forms the tonio Lake in southern Monterey. shown in working together to improve conditions for the ment of Public Works awarded northern boundary of the 45-acre County. members of Local 3. I am confident with this educational this company a $3.2 million pact Custom House. An award went to Collishaw . The Urban renewal Sprinkler Co., Inc., Santa program we will all benefit immeasurably. for completion of Highway 20 near plan calls Clara, for a 1,000-foot excavation and for curbs, gutters, sidewalks, rock During the past month Nevada City. we have installed a new and more construction of another 1,000-foot retaining walls, paving, etc., at the sophisticated computer known as the IBM 360 Model. We Granite, with Gates and Fox approach ramp. Some 96,000 cu­ Havana-Soltz park. The bid was know due to the installation switch-over from one computer and Gordon H. Ball , is in a joint bic yards of earth will be removed. $258,858. venture for construction of the A low bid of $109,850 was re­ In the Santa Cruz area, the out­ to another, many of you were late in getting your dues cards Tehachapi Mountain tunnels for ceived October 13 for landscaping look is promising with numerous returned for which we are sorry. the state water project to be com- of Highway 101 near Salinas. Low See EMPLOYMENT on Page 7 We are confident that the product from the new machine will enable the agents to render better service to the mem­ bership. It was gratifying to note that there were approxi­ LBJ Upholds Guam 'Work' Veto mately 5,000 members paying their dues for a 12 months Continued from Page I left countless workers out of work, Union scale wages will now be period and, of course, by doing this they effectuate a service sections of the country. adding greatly to the tax burden more readily available for the. for themselves and render a service to the Union. Those Such laws are regarded as an of the working society. work force. Fringe benfits will be invitation for some companies to The officers and agents of the more in line with other areas, and who did not take advantage of this service but who now exploit the working man, and to Operating Engineers Local No. 3 working conditions will be im­ would like to pay their dues for a 12 months period can do move from a strong Unionized have hailed the decision as a great proved as companies sign agree­ so, and in the event that they leave the industry and take a area to a right to work area, where victory for the working man and ments with the Unions. it can gain cheap labor woman The President's withdrawal card, it goes without saying, the unused portion and make in Guam. It will bring the decision must bigger profits. standard of living a step closer to be viewed as a tremendous vic­ of the dues will be refunded. Sqp:~ .m~:V~.s. by_c?~E~i_e~ --~~:'e other areas in the nation. tory for all of organized labor. .· • .November, 1966 ENGINEERS NEWS Page 3 EDITORIAL APPRENTICESHIP CORNER PRIDE IN EDUCATION Employers like The Beginners Californians have reason to be proud of the e ducational facilities in their state. The nine-campus University of Cali­ By DANNY 0. DEES apprentices working in the shop on the Hornbrook fo rnia is the largest in the nation and ranks among the world's Freeway project. These men are getting a variety of SAN FRANCISCO-Apprentices continue to find experiences on such equipment as Michigan finest. The state college system, a tuition-free system, can employment throughout the jurisdiction of the scrapers, Caterpillar tractors and Bacyrus Erie drag­ hold its own with any in academic circles anywhere. Opererating Engineers Local No. 3, and fr om re­ lines. Apprentices are also working on the trimmer are But higher education is faced with a c ritical need for ports we have been getting, the employers who and paver for Fredrickson and Watson on the Corn­ participating are pleased with th e results. Naturally, added facilities to meet the needs of a g rowing and pro­ in g Canal. in a program of this type, there are problems, but Management has commented th at the boys are gressive state, and a brunt of the war-baby boom, which • fo r the large part, things are going smoothly, pro­ safety conscious, and show a willingness to work will send an additional 30,000 students clamoring to cam­ viding a great deal of incentive for the new men hard. puses throughout the state in the next two years. entering the industry. In Nevada, winter is creeping up, and our In Eureka, th ere are a few boys who have not The universities and coUeges must be ready. "desert rats" are beginning to look more like Eski­ been working steadily, but for the most part, our mos. Temperatures have fallen to as low as ll a California's voters will have before them on Nov. 8 enrollment has had a good year. degrees. proposition which ·will assure the readiness of our colleges In the way of classroom attendance, there are A near-fatal accident occurred here recently, and universities for that critical student influx. cases where disciplinary action may be forthcoming. when Charlie Johnston , Carson City, fell 20 feet to have to call an individual in for The proposition is labeled Proposition 2, a $230 million It is distasteful whi le working on a hot plant. He sustained head action, but such will be the case if certain in­ g at his home. higher education bond issue. and back injuries, but is recoverin dividuals continue to miss classes. Sacramento jobs are not too plentiful, especially If the bond is passed, another $100 million in federal As of October 10, there were 30 indentured ap­ for Apprentices. At present, 34 are working on matching funds will be added, bringing the total to $330 prentices in Eureka, with three working who are various jobs, with seven on the o ut-of-work list. million. The funds are to be divided equally among the nine from different areas. Jobs at some sites are spotty, Good reports have been fil ed on our working with three or four-day work weeks, but at least, campuses of the University of California and the s tate's Apprentices, and employe rs are rapidly beginning they are providing payrolls. In spite of the shortage, to realize their importance to th e industry. • colleges. the boys are showing an intense interest in the vVe are still in need of Journeymen to serve on The bonds would be a general obligation upon the state program, wanting to become highly qualified th e Educational Advisory Committee .This commit­ and the per capita annual cost over the 25-year life of the Operating En gineers. tee serv es an important purpose in the program, issue have been estimated at 49 cents. In Redding, Roy Houck and Sons Co. has two especially in establishing the c urriculum for training. Hopefully, this would be the last time voters would be asked to approve such a massive issue for education. The legislature has taken steps to meet our building needs in the Half Of BART Vary· 1970s by dedicating greatly increased portions of the state's Costs On Food tideland oil revenues for higher education construction. By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS But the bond goes further than the education of our youth. Now Under You won't have to pay more for food again this month. This massive program would require the most skilled of But you won't be able to save much on this year's record­ workers to construct the new facilities to meet the g rowing Construction high eating bills e ither. While meat supplies are increasing our youth. Many jobs would be available, providing needs of SAN FRANCISCO-Nearly seasonally and livestock prices have declined, retailers are • further economic assistance for our members. half the Bay Area's new 75-mile cutting their prices slowly. Such a proposition would take the slack out of the sagging rail rapid transit network is in Some stores are reducing prices more reluctantly than building industry. It would again inject spirit into the over­ constru ction stages. others. One phenomenon that became noticeable is that Contracts totaling $220 million all economy and reduce the out-of-work lists throughout there is a bigger variation in meat prices charged by different for 34 miles of the system have our northern California jurisdiction. A t l east two years of been awarded in the three-county stores this year. work would be available for many Engineers. area. While the variation usually may be eight to 16 cents a The need is apparent. Californians must not neglect either They include contrac ts for sub­ pound on various cuts, you can find some stores charging as way work, key connecting links working force or their youths, who are our most pre­ much as 16-20 cents more for the same cuts. This is especi­ their the four mile underwater trans­ true on pork ·Cuts, and pork supplies are larger than a cious asset. The Operating Engineers News urges approval Bay Transit Tube and other work ally of Proposition 2. in the three major cities, San year ago. Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley. For smoked shoulder, one of the best values, the usual The tube, which will be the spread among stores is only about six cents a pound, but world's longest, will be fabricated this year a spread of up to 14 cents was found. Prices range from .57 individual steel and con­ from as little as 45 cents a pound to as much as 59 cents. • 5 JUDGES DESERVE A 'YES' crete section s, the second of which was launched the last week in Oc­ Among the more moderate-cost beef items, the s pread has Voters in the N ovember Election will have an opportunity tober from a San Francisco ship­ also become noticeable. Boneless beef stew may vary 10 to approve the work of five men whose judicial ability has yard. cents among different stores. This year's variation is as much Groundbreaking ceremonies much toward putting California's Supreme as 20 cents in some cities, with some stores charging as little contributed were held recently in Berkeley for s as much as 99. For boneless chuck, the Court in the f ront ranks of the nation. a subway station. That city's vot­ as 79 cents, other has become The five, Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor and Justices ers have approved an additional more usual variation of 16 cents a pound now Marshall F. McComb, Paul Peek, Stanley Mosk and Louis $20.5 million to £nance under­ as much as 24 cents. Even the more-usual spread of eight ground work on two and a half H. Burke, will have their names on the ballot. A "Yes" vote cents on hamburger h as widened to 10 cents. miles of the system. What this means to you is that you do need to do more will assure the state of continued excellence in the field of BART officials say they expect shopping this year, and rely on specials. Shoe jurisprudence. to award some $600 million in comparison leather i s still cheaper than meat. Supermarkets are doing By any standard of comparison the California Supreme construction contracts in the next two years . more price juggling than ever, each offering some specials Court has a national rating of which all citizens should be The latest contracts for con­ but keeping prices up on other meats and poultry. proud. Its opinions on important issues are often cited by • struction of a one-mile section of When you shop for your Thanksgiving turkey you may high courts of other states and federal courts, as aids in subway tunnel in the upper Mar­ notice a wider variation in prices. Despite the record-break­ deciding the issues before them. ket Street and Mission area, San Francisco, and two similar por­ ing production of turkeys---:-11 per cent greater than last court has been known to A member of the Nation's highest tions of subway in Berkeley have year's huge crop-prices so far are as high or higher than have been upheld say California Supreme Court decisions been let. they were last fall, especially for the medium-size birds. matters by the 90 per cent of the time in criminal and civil Best buys this year are on large turkeys-over 16 pounds. U.S. Supreme Court. In broilers and on eggs, supplies are larger than they were This record will be left in the hands of California voters last year, but prices are higher. The difference in prices in the e lection. among stores is greater on poultry than any other item. Some The officers of the Operating Engineers recommend that stores are charging as little as 30 cents for broilers and 49 all five justices receive a "yes" vote for retension. cents for roasters; others as much as 49 cents and 69 cents. You can hold down your costs to some extent, and also STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, 3, and its· more than 32,000 members help beat down higher prices by shopping more stores MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION in N orthern California, Northern Nevada, Utah, Hawaii and the Mid­ Title of P ublication Engineers N.ews Pacific Islands, w ith h eadquarters at selectively. • Published monthly at 474 Valencia St., 474 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cali­ San Francisco, California 941()1. fornia . November is a good month to shop for women's and chil­ Location of the headquarters or gen­ Total number of copies printed 35,000 eral business oflices of the publishers, Paid circulation-sales through dealers dren's coats, with Veterans Day sales offering reduced prices. 474 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cali­ and car riers, street vendors and fornia 941()1. counter sales . none. Any man expecting to buy a suit should take advantage Published b y the Operating Engineers Mail subscriptions 34,800 Local Un ion No. 3. AI Clem, Editor Free dis tribution 200 of November sales. You will save two ways-because of the and Managing Editor, oflices at 474 Total distribution 35,0()0 Valencia St., San Francisco, California Office use, left-over, unaccounted, sale reduction, and because men's suits are scheduled for 94101. spoiled after prin ling 250 This publication is owned and operated Office use, left-over, unacco.unted, increase next year. by· the Operating Engineers, Local No . Total : ...... 35,250 another price • Page 4 ENGINEERS NEWS November, 1966.

By ED HEARNE, TOM CARTER, BOB HUEBNER, FRED GONSALVES, NILES COX, GUY JONES AND JACK BULLARD OAKLAND- Recent headlines in a prominent Bay Area news­ paper said "Big Berkeley Vote Buries BART Tracks." Bad news? Absolutely not. The best possible news was the vote vvhich approved a bond issue to • put the BART tracks underground through Berkeley. Engineers will find added em­ ployment. Rapid Transit officials told Berkeley City officials it would cost an additional $20.5 million to put the entire line underground. The voters approved overwhelmingly. Border to Border, the subway through Berkeley will probably mean a 15-month delay in con­ struction so that the transitions to aerial structures can be designed. The construction will mean about • fiv e jobs for Operating Engineers, for every one when aerial struc­ tures exclusively are used. Construction contracts let to date total $190,249,295, accord­ ing to figures released by BART officials. This is $4 million less than the original estimates, but officials still insist the entire sys­ tem will be operational by 1971 , the original target date announced in 1962. The first trains are ex­ pected to be in operation in a por­ tion of the system by 1969. A milestone was reached re­ cently when officials at the Liver­ The ne w Grove-Shafter f reeway interchange is certain to be 90-foot high maze will incorporate a connection with the BART. more Radiation Laboratory agreed one of the most comple x structures in northern California. The system , making constru ction even more difficult, interesting. to discuss problems with our busi­ ness representatives before taking sit job in Berkeley with Pitcher fornia . plete. Final checks should be gan in San Joaquin County. Crews disciplinary action with employes. Drilling Co . as subcontractor, The project is part of the $23 complete within two weeks. are expected to be working during We have definitely improved our sinking caissons for water control. million Grove-Shafter freeway Rothschild, Raffin and Wei­ the w inter. bargaining relations. Trans-Bay Contractors are being built by Guy F. Atkinson. reck's fi sh conservation screens Belt Crete Concrete Placement During October and the fir st working feverishly at Richmond The fo ur-level structure will be 90 and debri s curtains excavation job Co., Richmond, is in an expansion part of November, wo rk has been assembling floating equipment. feet high with curves designed for has been completed. First con­ program. The company now has excellent around the Oakland Thirty heavy duty repairmen are maximum speed limits. It will in­ crete for footings is expected to be 12 Engineers employed. working at this time. poured next week. area. We hope the trend co ntinues corporate Bay Area Rapid Transit Pacific Mechanical Co. , Ri ch­ for a lon g time. The trend is wel­ BIG PROJECT rights of way making it more FINISHING CANAL mond, has a maintenance contract come since earlier in the year, Another big project involves the complicated for the builder. Wunderlich's trimmer and with Standard Oil. Several Local things got a li ttle slow. Grove-Shafter-MacArthur Boule­ In other news, Piombo's job on paver have completed 70 per cent 3 members will be employed with Haas and Haynie Company has vard interchange, purported to be the intake canal fo r the Byron of the canal in Alameda County. Whitey Newsom as master me- broken ground for the Rapid Tran- the most complex in northern Cali- Pumping Station is nearly com- The major part of this section be- chanic. • y m ym s r s s By CLAUDE ODOM, LAKE driven before peak operations be­ On the Pacheco Tunnel, Dravo AUSTIN, KEN CLINE and gin. is setting up a batch plant for re­ JERRY BLAIR Peter Kiewitt and Sons has lining. The heading is now well FRESNO- The employment mov~ d a dragline spread to move over 7,000 feet with plans to be­ picture continues to keep pace dirt scrapers cannot reach. The gin cement work in January. with construction, as Engineers dragline w ill be on a two-shift Three shifts are employed on a are findin g timely jobs for the operation. six-day basis. season. The tandem 657s are on one­ Hughes and Sons Co. has just Lloyd Rodoni Construction Co. shift, long hour schedule. The finished building an earth-filled has begun moving dirt on th e new trimmer and liner are running dam for Dravo in the San Luis Woodward Park in the northern long hours on concrete. Heservior. Over 50,000 yards of section of town. Their portion of Ball-Granite's canal project has dirt were moved in the first two the project will keep approxi­ had more dirt-moving equipment weeks with eight brothers run­ mately 10 Engineers busy fo r a working than any other job in nin g the equipment. few months. Some 2.50 ,000 yards the Fresno district. It i s hoped Morrison-Knudsen, Utah Brown of dirt will be mo ved. activity will continue for some and Root have c ut work forces to Construction of the Pittsburg time. Brother J ames Southerland 265 men. Plans are to have all the Buying a new automobile, pickup or mobil Plate Glass plant is progressing is steward. fi ll placed on the dam by Thanks­ e home?????????? rapidly with about 16 Brothers The trimmer and liner have giving. Ro cking the slopes and Use your Credit Union and employed at present. Tommy set a pace exemplary for other finish work will run into next SAVE year, however. Winnett is steward. Operations contractors. Hundreds of dollars have been saved by members who con­ will begin tapering Mo rrison-Knudsen, Utah has off after the Rock sand and gravel plants sulted the Credit Union BEFORE they contracted for the first of the year. are working a s many hours, pos­ finished relining the San Luis purchase of an automobile, pickup or In the southern area, new jobs sibly more than they were at the canal reach number two and will trailer. We would be very. are helping keep emplo yment at beginning of the season. Owl finish the year cleaning spoil piles pleased to assist you. an encouraging level. Vinell Corp­ Rock, L. D. Folsom, Sequioa and sloping the outer banks of NEW" """""F ASTER oration is beginning to put in a Rock, PCA and Keweah River the canal. Credit Union loan service: freeway just west of Huron. Some Rock are all working extra hours. Granite Construction Co. will Your Credit Union now provides faster service on loans 25 operators should find emplo y­ It appears this could be the big­ complete its phase of the West­ through daily meetings of the Credit Committee. This eliminates ment on this project. gest year in salaries in many year, side water project in about a Some detour roads will be re­ with prospects for an even larger month. Only one mile remains at the delay that was often caused by the previously scheduled quired and some pile will be season next year. .present. weekly meetings. • .November, 1966 ENGINEERS NEWS Page 5 $70 MILLION VALLEJO JOB Green Light On Humble Plant

By AARON SMITH Roberts has 10. Both firms are moving dirt. build, to be located behind the Soscol House. Elsewhere, Lummas Construction Co. is Syar and Harms is presently finishing the VALLEJO-Construction of northern Cali­ tearing up old railroad tracks leading into and holding ponds. fornia's largest oil refinery received the green through the site for the new refinery. Dilling­ In Vallejo, Erickson, Phillips and Weisburg light with Humble Oil's announcement that ham Construction Co. will use .the old arsenal is almost complete on the Sears Point Bridge. C. F. Braun Co., Alhambra, had been given site as an office. The structures on the off ramps remain to be • the prime contract. Force Base has been active all built. Syar and Harms has begun putting sub Travis Air Subcontract for the $70 million project has year. Bill Gattung has been widening streets base on the new approaches. been given Winton Jones Co., Concord, for from the main gate to the hospital. Court restraining orders have held up com­ moving three million yards of dirt. Solano Underground Co. has been installing pletion of both areas. Valley Crest Landscape During a prejob conference with Winton several sewers in Fairfield-Vacaville. Teichert Co. has begun beautification on the com­ Jones, several other subcontractors were listed, has been working on two small housing proj­ pleted section of the marina. Parish Brothers including Roberts Brothers, who will help in ects and a paving job near Nut Tree in Vaca­ Co. has just begun excavation on the new moving dirt, Heim Brothers, who will do the ville. Elmer Wendt is moving dirt on the Magazine Street shopping center. clearing and C. A. Mag~tretti scheduled to Ulitus Creek Flood Control Project. Brother American Canyon Aggregates has been do the blasting. Ray Scott is Job Steward. working Saturdays in an effort to fill orders. Engineering preliminary work will be done In Napa, Joe Ramos is 50 per cent complete Crews have experienced a problem of over­ by Riffe and Shipard, with Schwaffel Engi­ on a sewer project. Murphrey Brothers is burden at the pit. An estimated one million neering listed as survey work contractor. nearing completion of a portion of the sewer yards of dirt will have to be removed to make Engineering problems have hampered an line on Trancus Ave . the quarry 100 per cent. effective start, but the wrinkles are being McGuire and Hester Co. is about 35 per Kaiser Steel has cut operations to one shift, • smoothed out, and operations should be in cent complete on a concrete pipe ttunk line apparently on a temporary basis. Officials say high gear shortly. from the disposal plant to Napa. they expect to resume a two-shift schedule At present, Jones has 15 rigs working, The firm still has a new disposal plant to before long. rews sf Ye r's S ial Red Lights Warn By RAY COOPER and posed of Bob Stiltner, steward; standing job for the Brothers. LEONARD YORK and George Snaderson, grade­ According to Bill Pierce, proj­ EUREKA- The social event of checker. ect superintendent, Stroco Brund­ Wrong Way Traffic operations at the season ~s held Oct. 15 as age Inc. has begun RIGS TRANSFERRED Bridgeville. The Klamath Road 15 Operating Engineers, em­ SACRAMENTO-Brilliant red round, dull white button-types In the wage-earning news, project continues to sluff off and ployed by Eugene Luhr on the lines of light will soon be warn­ are aligned and then augmented Green Construction Co. has it seems Bill will have a contin­ Orick River project hosted a din- ing drivers who are headed the with a highly reflective rectangu­ transferred most of its equipment uous job there . • ner party for the management. wrong way on some California lar one. The rectangular marker to the Gaberville job as the On the Orick job now near The party was in appreciation is split down the center and when Scotia-Pepperwood Freeway job completion, compliments are in freeways. for a well-run job, which is now This latest device, developed approached at night from the approaches completion. At Caber­ order for stewards Bob Stiltner near completion. by the California Division of right direction reflects are assuring ville, crews are doing finish work at the river and Ken Robinson at The party was held at Orick's Highways will be found on any white line. From the wrong di­ and laying base rock. Mercer­ the quarry. The $3 million project Community Center where soft freeway constructed in the future rection, it looms up red and for­ Frazer Co. is right on their heels worked three shifts for three music, ferns and candlelight set and on existing ones where raised bidding. placing CTB in preparation for months without a serious griev­ the scene for a delightful eve­ are being used Originally, only white reflec­ hot stuff. It is hoped one phase ance. reflective markers ning. and installed as replacements for tors were installed on freeways. of this project will be complete Ron Renfro, safety committee­ Cocktails were served before white lines. They replaced paint because of before winter sets in. man, also did an outstanding job dinner. The ladies received lovely State traffic engineers hope the their superior ability to demarcate Brother Jack McLean has the in keeping an eye out for unsafe corsages. red line will convey the right traffic lanes at night when pave­ dirt-moving operations on this practices and conditions. message to wrong-way drivers and ment is wet from rain, sleet or fog. STEAKS SERVED job, with over half the three mil­ A fast riser recently has been persuade them to stop before they Last fail the Division of High­ The dinner menu was topped lion cubic yards of dirt now Lewis Mickelson Construction become involved in a head-on ways placed red warnings signs with steaks from the famous moved. Some 80 Engineers are Co. who was recent low bidder on collision . reading "wrong way- Go back" on • 0. H. Townhouse in Eureka. Bob now employed. three different projects. About one of 10 persons killed every freeway off-ramp in the Bass was caterer. Souza Brothers Co. has begun 10-HOUR DAYS on freeways die in this type ac­ state system. Results indicate the MC was Fred Wright, dirt work on the Redwood Creek, a cident-the sort freeways are de­ signs are stopping some motor­ foreman. Hughes and Ladd and Gib­ short job for a few engineers, but signed to prevent. The new red ists from becoming wrong-way After the excellent dinner, bons and Reed have started their on a long-hour schedule. in a series of de­ drivers, but the new technique is couples enjoyed dancing to the 74-day project north of Gasquet. Winter has threatened in this line is the latest vices aimed at stopping such mis­ designed to tum back those who Robert Grey Combo, at the Lum­ Some 42 Operators will be work­ area as clouds get thicker and haps. ignore the warning signs and other ber Jack Tavern. ing 10-hour days on a s ix-day appear more often. The markers are placed on the features indicating the proper di­ Sixty-one persons were present schedule. WEe look fmward to a more ac­ road surface in sets. Several rection of traffic flow. for the festivities. Down the coast, Oscar Holmes tive year in 1967. During the dinner, short is busy on the Patrick Creek Construction Equipment speeches were delivered by the project. Presently, 12 Engineers Brothers who worked on the proj­ are employed. Lester Collins is Can Rocket Fuel NEW AND I!HBUH.T ect. Management was represented foreman. The South Fork Road Be Reinforced? for Sale and for Rent! by Murl Kramer. Greer Coursey project contracted to Holmes is DAVIS- Can solid rocket fuel the Corps of En­ represented progressing in spite of difficulties be reinforced, like concrete? gineers. in locating rock. Cliff Percy is If so, will it allow missiles to Finance committee was com- • steward and has done an out- carry larger loads, give missiles greater range, provide portability for limited storage and better bal­ listic power? SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT These are questions University EVERYTHING FOR CONSTRUCTION of California civil engineers are Asphalt Plants Draglineo Saws Air Tools Finiohers Scales attempting to answer with slide Backhoes Grader• Screens EXPRESSES GRATITUDE rules and paper before building Barrows Heaten Shovels expensive test missiles. Batchers Hoist• Snow Plows One of this year's scholarship recipients voiced his apprecia­ Buckel$ Hoppers Sprayers Leonard Herrman, assistant Carts Hose Spreaders tion recently in a note to Recording-Corresponding Secretary T. Chutes Kettles Surfacero professor of civil engineering at J. Stapleton. Compactors Light Plants Sweepen Davis, says the research is begin­ Compressoro Loader• Torcheo The note said: Conveyors Mixers Trailers ning to fit some of the pieces to­ Cranes Motors Trenchers Dear Mr. Stapleton: gether. If successful, the new fuel Crushers Pavers Vibrators The school year at Cal has finally started. Your valuable Derrick• Pile Hammero Wheelbarrow• will be more reliable, although Distributor• Pump• Winches is Ditchen; Roller• Wire Rope contribution to my funds for attending this great university more expensive, than present coming in very handy. I wish to extend my deepest gratitude to fuels, which sometimes crack and • you and all the Brothers of the Union for this good start in my fail. education. higher Other civil engineering profes­ rrd d 1/uun Thanking you and the Brothers for this great honor and aid: sors participating in the study are I am, very truly yours, Robert Taylor, Jerome Sackman EDWARD It BACON COMPANY Jim Laufenberg. and Karl Pister of the University's CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT entered the University of California at Mr. Laufenberg Berkeley campus. The study is FOLSOM AT 17th STREET, SAN FRANC ISCO, CALIF. 94 110 · PHONE 41 S 43 1·3700 Berkeley to pursue a career in civil engineering. financed by a grant from the Stan­ SACRAMEN TO • OAKLAND • FRESNO ford Research Institute . • Page 6 ENGINEERS NEWS November, 1966. PRIME JOB-HETCH HETCHY Jo s tt In Sto kt n r By WALTER TALBOT, AL McNAMARA A. Teichert and Son, Clause Wood Co. neers. Modification at the Riverbank Ord­ With winter rapidly approaching, the and JERRY ALLGOOD Certified Pipe and Construction Co., nance Depot, Sharpe General Depot, push in the mountainous area to complete STOCKTON- Job opportunities have George Reed, W. M. Lyles, Standard Ma­ N orthem Califomia Youth Authority In­ jobs requiring plant mix has been gigantic. dropped somewhat recently with the close terials and S. M. McGraw were successful stallation, expansion of the Johns-Manville Claude Wood Co., Standard Materials, of many large projects, due largely to the bidders on many small projects. plant, Spreckels Sugar plant, Libby­ Mittry and Craft and George Reed Co. all completion of excavation on many jobs. The only project of any consequence is Owens-Ford Glass plant and Site 300 have have jobs to be completed in the higher. Opportunities on the existing projects the 14.3 miles of Hetch-Hetchy San Joa­ conthbuted to the employment situation. elevations. are spotty, with most of the jobs being quin No. 3 p ipeline. Vinnell Corp. was low Those employers who have been fortunate Just a word on job safety. We have had under the $100,000 figure. · bidder at $.5 .66 million. enough to secure contracts in this industry two deaths resulting from industrial acci­ Work in progress at this time and which This contract will complete the remain­ are A. Teichett, R. W. Hubbard Co., Stolte dents. Brothers Johnny King, Donald Man­ will continue through most of the year in­ ing link from a point near Waterford Road Inc., F. A. Klinger Steel, Harold Newman, ka, Charles Whitman and Gaty Lowe all cludes Burchett and Good's Red Lake south of Oakdale to th e tunnel outlet por­ Bechtel Corp., Larry Aksland, Ernie Aks­ sustained injuries necessitating hospitaliza­ Grade job, Fredrickson and Watson's In­ tal near the La Grange Road in Tuolumne land, H . C. Sm ith Construction Co ., Han­ tion. terstate Route 580, Thomas Construction's County. The I-Ietch-Hetchy project is the sens Inc., Collins Electric, Clow Crane Brothers Tom Edwards and Larry Evans New Melones Dam access roads, Dan main water supply for the city and county Service, M a nd M Crane Service, S. M. were killed when the Euclid C6 and pactor Mason's Twain Harte bypass, vVestem of San Francisco. McGraw Co ., Bigge Drayage, Valley Steel ro lled and pinned them beneath it. We Construction's California Aqueduct and The building construction industry is Co., Eugene Alves, Ralph Lars en Co. and need not tell you the importance of stress­ Wunderlich's California Aqueduct. co ntinuing to offer jobs to some Engi- others. ing job safety. It may save your life. Temperature Dip SACRAMENTO RELAXED • re J nH n Puts Chi On By DAVE REA, AL DALTON a contract to Granite Construc­ recreational facilities are being JIM GENTRY AND DAN tion Co. One section is open with completed on schedule. The area CARPENTER wo rk being done on the rock cuts. should be ready for fishermen by SACRAM ENTO- The work The project is nearing completion. next spring. Northern Naveda situation is in a relaxed state at At the White Rock powerhouse, The project is still in clean-up present, but several major proj­ Gunther, Shirley and Lane has a stages as crews apply the finishing By NORRIS CASEY, GAIL the sewage affiuent export line at ects appear on the horizon, and we crew working. American Bridge touches to the Hell Hole Darn BISHOP, ROLLAND WELLER South Tahoe. From now on it will are keeping aleit to their develop­ Co. is putting in the pinstock. Bridge. Workmen have moved out be drill, bl as t and muck out until of the Interbay Damsite alto­ AND BUD MALLETT ment. In a welcome bit of the weather fails. news, the gether. RENO - Cold mornings and Many of the projects under­ Brush Creek Dam and tunnel will Ets-Hokin Corp. is final testing snow showers have descended on Robert Helms Construction Co. taken during the summer have soon b e up for bid. The dam will the powerhouse. the nmthern Nevada area, creat­ was low bidder on a 2.7 mile seg­ been completed and men are be a 180-foot high earth fi ll, 4.50 In the east Sacramento area, the. ing some unemplo yment for En­ ment of Highway .50 between hoping for new projects to begin . feet long with a capacity of 1,260 Cave Hock first phase of construction on the gineers. But some promise of con­ and Glenbrook, Ne­ In the Pollock Pines area acre fee t. , new State of California Fair­ tinued employment remains as vada. The bid was $582,640 com­ Walsh Constmction Co . is work­ In the high country, Granite grounds on Arden Way should get several projects are in progress. pared to Engineers estimates of in g long hours on the Loon Lake Constru ction Co. has begun opera­ underway soon. Graf and Dubach $600,000. Five firms bid this job. Tunnel job. Crews are near com­ Nevada Rock and Sand at tions on the Nevada City freeway . was low bidder on earth-movin g. pletion on the compressor house, Deeth will keep a crew working in ABOUT COMPLETE Thomas Construction is building The bid was $827,000. Work has parkin g lot and dry house. The the pits stripping for the crusher. TAB Construction is just about the structures. The project is on a been sublet to Elmer Wendt, Rio Company officials say a possibility complete on the sewer at Alpine shaft is also under construction. tight schedule utilizing the serv­ Vista. of keeping a crusher crew as Wells Meadows, California. Water lines Northrup Construction is the ices of 20 Engineers . Granite This project has been viewed as remains. in Carson City will be completed subcontractor on roads , keeping has moved in a rock plant and a vital phase in keeping an en­ Stout Cons'truction has just this week. crews busy in an effort to fin ish plans to bring in an asphalt plant couraging employment figure in later. about completed dirt-moving on The first snows have hit, so be the road to th e tunnel before the the area. the old lane for Nevada Rock and extra careful in your driving. snows fall. The project should be Recreation facilities at Jackson Another portion of the project Sand on on a three-shift operation during the Wells job. Robert He Meadows a re nearly complete. should be awarded early next lms Construction Co . the win ter if roads can be kept Earl Manley Co . will be fight­ has expanded Some work remains at Faucherie summer. It will include under-· facilities . The com­ cl ear. The nearest town is 40 miles ing snow showers within a few pany Darn due to weather. Evening and ground utilities and drainage and has begun operations of the away. weeks in the Ruby Mountains. new $300 ,000 hot plant. Its crews night time temperatures have some building construction. The Winter usually strikes early in are crushing base rock at the job Work on Highway 50 at Bass dipped into the 30s for nearly a fairgrounds are s lated for service that area. site. Helms is widening the Ar­ Lake is rapidly progressing under month. At the American River, in 1968. MacGregor Triangle Co . will lington Street Bridge over the face the same problem. The job Truckee River, a contract totaling will be a difficult one, consisting $73,000. The improvement will re­ primarily of silver cuts in rock. lieve traffic during rush hours. COPE Endorsements-Utah The encouraging note is in the Stone and Webster Engineer­ crew employed, including Brothers ing Co., primary contractor on the FOR U.S. CONGRESS - DAVID S. KING Tony Arthur, Dean Gustin, Glen Fort Churchill power plant in Yer­ Eastman, Bill Glennon and Bunnie in gton, is on schedule. The cooling District 1 District 10 District 19 Bustos. ponds and fou ndation impmting no recommendation E dward T. Beck Felshaw King WORKED SLOWED are nearing con'lpletion. District 2 District 20 In Elko, work has slowed con­ Stang Construction Co., a s ub­ District 11 David R. Waldron siderably, but prospects of a $1 contractor, is moving out after Richard V. Evans Carl E. Petterson completin g de-watering. million motel to be built soon District 21 • helps. District 3 District 12 THREE PROJECTS Vernon D. Law At Battle Mountain, Helms Ernest Hahn Coq). , prime con­ Earl N. Dorius Merrill Jenkins Construction Co. has moved in to tractor on three projects in Reno , District 22 put in the ore dump for Duval is satisfactmily progr District 4 District 13 John A. Lambert Corp. Stevens and Rogers Co . is ess in g on all of them. John F . Halton K. Gunn McKay hanging steel for the mill. District 23 Duval Corp. at Copper Canyon The walls and roof on the new Omar Bunnell has ordered a fleet of 90-ton K. W. Montgomerv vVa rd Store are up District 5 District 14 Dart ore trucks. We had the privi­ and grading in the parking areas Winnie Erickson F rank M. Browning District 24 lege of watching the assembly of is unde1way, presently .'50 per cent Leland Sowards the first to arrive. This is a big complete. The Safeway Store in District 6 District 15 machine which will require a great Keystone is just gettin g underway Maroni L. Jensen Ernest H. Dean District 25 deal of skill to operate. as excavation has begun. Finally, Ernest G. \1antes At Winnemucca, Industrial the new ::\ ational Cash Hegister District 7 District 16 Corp. is moving nicely w ith the building on Plumb Lane is just District 26 blessing of good weather. All the getting sta1tccl. Subcontractors Gerald E. Hnlbcrt Reese E. Bench Thorpe Waddingham CTB should be • clown by now. This have been employed fo r all grad­ District means Burggraff, who will be do­ in g and excavation p11rposes, pro­ District 8 17 District 27 ing the paving, will finish before viding more employment. Hicharcl ~.!arvin C. Howe \iVarrcn no recommendation bad weather forces a shut-down A new ball mill and concen­ At Lake Tahoe and Carson City, trator for Anaconda Copper Co., Distric1 9 District 18 District 28 employment is a bit blighter. Yerington are being constructed Wendell Grover F. Brinton McConkie Vernon L. Holman Pestana Construction Co. is by M. M. Sundt Construction, making satisfactory progress on Tucson, Arizona. • eovember, 1966 ENGINEERS NEWS Page 7

~~I I------,I Employment At r------I l COPE ENDORSEMENTS ! ! COPE ENDORSEMENTS I 0 I Peak In I NEVADA l CALIFORNIA ! l I Governor ...... Grant Sawyer (D) ! O : 1: San Jose Area I Lt. Governor ...... John Foley (D) l STATEWIDE ...... Harvey Dickerson (D) 1 I Atty. General ...... l 0 Governor ...... Edmund G. Brown (D) Continued from Page 2 I Secretary of State ...... John Koontz (D) 0 1 Lieutenant G overnor ...... Gl enn M .A n d erson (D) l State Treasurer ...... Mike Mirabelli (D) l 0 public w orks projects beginning l 1 I Attorney General ...... Thomas C. Lynch (D) I I State Controller ...... Keith Lee (D) l Controller ...... Alan Cranston (D) 1 to open up. l Inspector of Mines ...... Mervin Gallagher (D) 1 1 Treasurer ...... Bert A. Betts (D) 0 Kester and Sons has started I Superintendent of Printing . . . . John A. McCarthy (D) ! • Secretary of State ...... Norbert A. Schlei (D) : work on the $59,423 Roxas Street­ I Superior Court ...... Jon Collins (D) I I 0 0 I Alta Avenue-Prospect Heights im­ I NEVADA HOUSIE OF RIEPR.ESIENTA"ii''VES j o FOR CONGRESS l provement project. This company I For Reno, North Lake Tahoe, Verdi and Storey County ! l District District ! bas also begun work on Brommer l. Thomas T. Storer (D) 21. Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 1 I Angelo Petrini (D) Richard Jolly (D) l I Street in downtown Santa Cruz, I 2. Harold T. ( Bizz) Johnson 22. James C. Connan (D) ! 1 Lyman Griswold (D) Len Harris (D) I I (D) 23. Ed O'Connor (D) ! with a contract of $72,467. I Samuel Hammond (D) l I 3. John E. Moss (D) 24. Earl G. McNall (D) 1 JOINT VENTURE l For Sparks, Sun Valley and Roop Districts i ! 4. Robert L. Leggett (D) 25. Ronald Brooks Cameron 1 Pestana and Kester teamed up 1 Don Mello (D) Tex Covington (D ) : o ! 5. Phillip Burton (D ) (D) to win a $66,476 contract for im­ Margie Foote (D) i o 6. LeRue Grim (D) 26. Thomas M. Rees (D) 1 1 ery Cohelan (D) 27. John A. (Jack) Howard provements on Pine Street. ! FOR SiAl~ SENATOR i l 7. Jeff 1 ! 0 o 8. George P. Mi ll er (D) (D) ! Various contractors on the PC 1 Reno, North Lake Tahoe, Verdi and Storey County I (Lony) Shennan o I I 1 9. Don Edwards (D ) 28. Lawrence and E power plant in Moss Land­ 1 Roger Bissett (D) James M. Slattery (D) 1 t 10. George Leppert (D) (D) ! ing are still at peak production l Fred Schultz (D) i (D) 29. George E. Brown, Jr. (D) 1 I 11 . Mark Sullivan with the exception of Rothschild­ o 12. Gerald Barron (D) 30. Edward R. Roybal (D) I : Sparks, Sun Valley, Roop Districts l ! 13. Charles A. Storke (D) 31. Charles H. Wilson (D) 1 H.affin and vVarrick, now near ! Artie Valentine (D) l • of the i 14. Jerome R. Waldie (D) 32. Tracy Odell (D) ! completion on the phase I Humboldt, Eureka, Pershing and Lander Counties l 15. John J. McFall (D) 33. Ken W. Dyal (D) o job. ! Jack L. Day (D) ! 116. B. F. Sisk (D) 34. RichardT. Hanna (D) l The only major contract still ! !17. Cecil R. King (D) 35. Thomas B. Lenhart (D) l underway in the Watsonville area I Storey, Washoe, At-large Districts l 118. Harlan Hagen (D) 36. Open 1 is Granite Construction's freeway l Proctor Hug Sr. (D) l (D ) 37. Lionel Van Deerlin (D) I 119. Chet Holifield project. 0 20. Raymond Freschi (D) 38. John V. Tunney (D) I l------~ -J I 0 On Nov. 2, the State Depart­ i------I --1I I FOR STATE SENATE I ment of Highways will award contracts for the North Aptos District District I ! COPE ENDORSEMENTS ! I Underpass, interchange and front­ I I 1 l. Randolph Collier (D) 21. Ralph A. Beal (D) I e,. 2. Virgil O'Sullivan (D) 22. Tom Carrell (D) 1 age road fac1liti l HAWAU l ! will call for 1 3. Stephen P. Teale (D) 23. John F. Haggetty (D) l These conb·acts I Governor 9th District ! y excava­ I 4. Pearce Young (D ) 24. Alvin C. Weingand (D ) 1 100,000 yards of roadwa I John A. Bums D Robe1t C. Ohriro D! 1 5. AlbertS. Rodda (D) 25. Joseph Reichmann (D) I tion, 18,200 tons of aggregate I Howard Oda H I ! 6. Alan Short (D) 26. Anthony C. Beilenson (D) 1 sub-base, 13 ,500 tons of aggre­ I Lt. Governor l I 7. George Miller, Jr. (D) 27. George E. Danielson (D ) I gate base. 863 cubic yards of con­ I Thomas T. Gill D lOth District ~ I 8. William Byron Rumford 28. Alfred H. Song (D) 1 crete, 127,000 pounds of rein­ I Momi Minn D ' George Okano D! •• (D) 29. Mervyn M. Dymally ( D) 1 forced steel and 12,275 cubic I U.S . Congress (D) 30. Lawrence E. Walsh (D) 1 D Mits Ueehi D ! 9. J. Eugene McAteer yards of structure excavation. I Spart M. Matsunaga l 110. George R. Moscone (D) 31. James Q. Wedworth (D ) 1 1Patsy T. Mink D Francis Wong D: !11. Nicholas C. Petris (D) 32. Ralph C. Dills (D ) 1 NEAR COMPLETE 1 l State Senate- 3rd District 11th District l 112. Robert I. McCarthy (D) 33. Joseph M. Kennick (D) L. C. Smith is still busy on 34. Robert L. Humphreys (D) John Hulten D Akira Sakima D l o 13. Alfred E. Alquist (D) 1 Highway 9 south of Lockheed. I 114. Open 35. William E. Dannemeyer 1 1 Robert Kimura D James Watatsuki D e This project is expected to be o 15. James A. Cobey (D) (D) l l James Clark R \V illiam Furtado D l 36. Open 1 completed in the near future, but l 16. Open 12th District ol7. Fred S. Farr (D) 37. Warren H. Dawson (D) l Henry C. Beck gained a contract !4th District ! l 18. WalterW. Stiern (D ) 38. Boyd E. Malloy (D) 1 on the new seven-stmy Philco 1 John C. Lanham D Peter Tha D I 119. James J. Arditto (D) 39. Open I Building, which is now underway. I Lawrence "Peanuts" Kunihisa R Rudolph Pacarro D I 120. Eugene G. Nisbet (D) 40. James R. Mills (D) 1 The four acres of parking lots will I Lawrence Kuriyama D Richard Wong D: I I 1 Donald Ching D o be constructed by L. S. Smith. 1 13th District 1 A iE BOARD OF ~QUAUZATBON l 51 ! Guy F. Atkinson is breaking I 5th District Sakae Amano lJ l !District District I ground on a 60 ,000-square-foot I Sakae Takahashi D ! Leake (D) 1 1 l. George R. Reilly (D) 3. Paul building on a 640-acre industrial 1Dave McClung D 14th District _ 0 •• 2. John W. Lynch (D) 4. Richard Nevins (D) 1 tract south of Lockheed. Hewlitt 1 Duke Kawasaki D Barney Menor lJ j I I Packard is adding to its original I Howard Miyake D 1 D 0 l STA TIE ASSEMBLY I building in Stanford Industrial I 6th District Robert Taira l District District : Park, and has started another new I Vincent Espositio D T. C. Yim D l I l. Pauline L. Davis (D) 43. Richard A. Ibanez (D) 1 building on Page Mill Road. Free­ I Ralph Miwa D 15th District l 0 2. Frank P. Belotti ( R) 44. Michael Cullen (D ) l I Hedden Porteus R l) ! man Sonclgroth Co. is wo rking on D 1 M D George Noguchi 1 Walter J. Karabian (D ) 0 I 3. Leroy F. Greene (D) 45. 1 road relocation on Page Mill I ores artin Clarence Okizaki D! I 4. No Endorsement 46. Open 1 Road , and also has a crew en­ l 7th District James Shigemura D ! 5. John F. Dunlap (D) 47. Open ! ! in the Camp­ Walter H. Heen D Katsugo Mi.ho H l 0 6. Eugene A. Chappie (R) 48. David A. Roberti (D) o gaged on the canal l l 7. Open 49. Peter F. Schabarum (R) l bell

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Local Register Initiation Dues !Name- City Socia,! Security No. Date Pa,id Deceased (JsrEW~I1S SPoTLITE t~i~~~: Barrett, Dewey ..... 3A 904820 10156 12166 1013166 Gale S. Gibbs Concord, Calif. SS # 550-18-8640 · ·· -··•;ftJ'7 "· ------...::::~-- C. W. Gubka ·nrr~ Lorn Huddleston J.B.Jennl if Richard Johnson Bowman, Paul ...... 3 711934 10148 12166 1012166 Kew King Louis Lombardi San Bruno, Calif. SS# 566-10-0704 Sal'ford D. Mills The new Stewards Man ual is off th e press and available in William D. Pacheco Benson, Leonard Charles V. Snyder .. . 3 987165 10158 9166 1015166 San Francisco. The new manuals will be distributed at Trevor George Walter Salt Lake City, the William B. Weldon Utah SS# 526-16-9244 various Steward meetings, and in the near future, through OAKLAND Davenport, Thomas . 3 1025352 11159 12166 l011516t. the district offices. Trice Aigeer Concord, Calif. SS# 533-30-5689 John Becker It is important that Stewards be­ Audiee C. Carroll ,Tack L. Cunningham DeMello, Manuel ... 3D 1052252 9160 9166 915166 Collie Debose come familiar with the information Walter P. Fahje Kurtistown, Hawaii SS# 576-14-9349 Steve Freitas included. There is a considerable Carl V. Haley Lawrence A. Hanson Deniz, John ...... 3A 1175257 9 I 64 9 I 66 10113166 amount of new material included Arthur Johnson James Lafaro Santa Rosa, Calif. SS# 575-09-0660 in this revised edition that will Samuel L . Nettler be David Osbourne Domrose, Edward .. 3A 689123 7151 12166 Leonard Perry 9116166 of great assistance to you in work­ Lloyd R. Peterman Carmichael, Calif. SS # William ·F. Prof.fitt 530-09-5702 ing with your fellovv workers. Martin R. Radke 0 William E. Ross Edwards, Thomas . 3 993923 11158 9166 1015166 James Rule We would remind Stewards that Wallace J. Schissler Merced, Calif. SS# 546-40-2532 Virgil Small Bro. Colli ngwood when a job terminates and he is no R. B. Smith David Styles Elliott, Roger A...... 3 1219563 11165 9166 1016166 longer an active Steward Thomas B. VanDemen to contact tlw Dispatcher in his C. E. Vivion W. Sacramento, Cal. SS# 565-54-9319 Henry A. Wallace district. We would like to keep an accurate record of all men Howard Webb 0 Evans, Larry . .. • • • 3 999127 3159 9166 Ivan Weston 9130166 • who are active and inactive Stewards. This is the most effec­ Jack Whitefield Rex Whorton Modesto, Calif. SS# 558-12-4753 tive way we have of keeping track of our Stewards. SAN JOSE Goodlin, A. A., Jr... . 3 900146 9156 12166 101 166 We would solicit your attend­ Charles W. Alexander Redwood Valley, Cal. SS# 548-36-5253 Ivan E. Blauser ance at the meetings Leeroy Bo-wles in your area. James J . Breein Harmon, Augustus .. 3E 868831 1156 12166 1018166 Glen Christen berry Many informative sessions are in George J. Curts Westwood, Calif. SS# 450-20-0641 Billy J. Inman the offin6, many have already been Henry Johnson Marvin M. Junkins Humphrey, Eddie .. 3D 1181891 11164 9166 913166 Kenneth Kent held, but we would like to have Harold E. Machado Fresno, Calif. SS# 446-01-0641 Roland K. Mathews your ideas and comments on prob­ John M. McCracken Dick Miller Hyden, William, Jr . . 3 1059603 12160 9167 9130166 Leonard E. Penrod lems and the solutions the Stew- Loren Rodoni Oakland, Calif. SS# 521-16-3034 Charles F. Schiedel ards on various projects have Lester K . Walker Lee, Robert E...... 3D 1159627 4164 12166 Bert L. Washburn 10118166 found. Bro. Mantooth Daniel Waters San Jose, Calif. SS# 547-12-6303 Donald E . Williams Oscar Wood If you have not received your new decal please contact Nolen Young Nosenzo, Guido .... 3 635542 2150 9166 10/7166.

the hiring hall or agent. They will he happy to make the SACRAME!NTO San Francisco, Calif. SS# 721 -07-7635 decal available to you. Russell A. Armas Ronald Barrows Johnson, Tharron . .. 3 908581 11156 9166 9128166 Raymond C. Basquez As a Steward you are making an invaluable contribution Kenneth E. . Bowersmith Project City, Calif. SS# 499-10-1357 Bill W. Carrell in time, belief and leadership in your organization, the Oper­ Steven H. Casey Francis T. Comarsh O'Bryant, W . F .. .. . 3 581504 6143 9166 1013166 Lloyd Cunningham ati ng Engineers Local 3. William P. Gaines Gravelley, Ark. SS# 452-10-8124 Roy Gorton You were selected to be a Steward because of your initia­ John A. Johnson Olsen, Alfred ...... 3 683287 6151 Kenneth Keithley 91 66 9127166 tive, interest and belief in Loc.1l 3. As such, you can play a Francis Kemper El Sobrante, Calif. SS # 565-07-6802 Henry F. Marsh Beryl A. Mason vital role in promoting the welfare of all members of the Basil Mathis Ortega, Ray ...... 3 244906 4137 12166 101 2166 Joe Merri organization. Norbert C. Neid Tracy, Calif. SS# 558-01-9886 Marvin Paul Vernon Rau If your employer transfers you Edward L. Sorensen Stevenson, George . . 3 688954 7 I 57 9 I 67 1013166. Clyde A. Stonecipher to another district, you should con­ James A. Throgmorton Santa Rosa, Calif. SS# 548-03-9196 Jack W. Waters tact the agent or dispatch office and J. L. Wilmoth Toomer, James ... . . 3 750416 10152 9166 9113166 Ogden, Utah SS# 529-14-042-3 inform them that you are the Stew­ Meetings ard for the company. Also tell them Wells, Melvin E. . ... 3A 625951 9149 6167 1013166 the number of men employed and NOVEMBER Fresno, Calif. SS# 552-16-1263 the district from where you came. Tuesday 1st, 8:00 p.m. Wheaton, Allan .. . .. 3D 1059693 12160 12166 1012166 Santa Rosa Smartsville, Calif. SS# 558-01-9451 It is important that a Steward 1710 C01·bey Ave., know the By-Laws, contract under Bro. W. H. White Bldg. Tr. Temple Young, Walter . .... 3 732140 6152 12166 10/16166 Hayward, which he works, Executive Board member and members of Thursday 3rd, 8:00p.m. Calif. SS# 559-10-4351 the Grievance Committee in the district where he is working. Pollock Pines Ziemer, F rank ...... 3 1006786 6159 12166 10/ 10/66 Oper. Eng. Hall, Arcata, Calif. SS# 548-03-5632 During October, four Steward meetings were held in San Old Highway 50 0 Hafael, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento. all with excel­ Monday 7th, 8:00p.m. 2 Industrial Accidents. • lent attendance. Marysville 71 Deceased Members August thru October, 1966-5 Deaths Ste'.vards discussed a number of issues during the meet- Oper. Eng. Hall, 1010 I Street as result of industrial accidents. Wedne~day 9th, 8:00p.m. Fresno Oper. Eng. Hall, 3121 E. Olive Tuesday 15th, 8:00p.m. ENG; .EERS Modesto 604-10th Street, Left to rig ht, John Self, Arty Anderson, Hartin Casey, Ben Marco, Labor Temple Hall #2 John Collingwood and Dan Helan. It's lunch time on Kiewit's tube. Thursday 17th, 8:00p.m. Oakland-Walnut Creek Published each month by Local Union No.3 of the ings, bringing up a number of contract violation and juris­ International Union of Operating Engineers 1250 Locus dictional problems. St. , Walnut Creek, (No. California. No. Nevada, States of Utah Vets Hall and Hawaii.) - Subscription price $2.50 We would like to stress the importance of members on a per year. Tuesday Office: 474 Valencia St., San Francisco 3, Calif. job becoming acquainted with the Steward. When you are 22nd, 7:30p.m. Eureka AL CLEM ...... Editor and Business Manager • referred by the hiring hall, make an effort to contact the Oper. Eng. Hall, PAUL EDGECOMBE ...... President Steward, showing him your dispatch. Some jobs are spread 2806 Broadway out, so finding the Steward may take a little time, but he is DALE MARR ...... Vice-President Tuesday 29th, 8:00 p.m. on the job to help you. T. J. STAPLETON . ... Recording-Corresponding Secretary Stockton A. J. HOPE ...... Financial Secretary If you have a complaint, do not hesitate to contact the Oper. Eng. Hall, DON KIN CHLOE ...... Treasurer Steward. 2626 N. California • • November, 1966 ENGINEERS NEWS Page 9 SACRAMENTO PRIDE tropolitan rt- Modern Facility

SACRAMENTO- The new Sac­ The old airoort will become a line oortion have been purchased. drawings for two fingers extend­ the beginning of construction, at ramento County Metropolitan Air­ major general aviation airport. Additional land is being pur­ ing to the concourses. Escalators a cost of $2.77 million. port is rapidly approaching the 5-COUNTY SERVICE chased for future growth. wHl carry passengers to the sec­ Paving of the 8,'600-foot runway stage when it will become service­ The new facility is designed to On the immediate grounds will ond level where holding rooms and taxiways have been com­ able. provide a major airline passenger be such facilities as a 92-unit mo­ and passenger waiting lounges pleted. Access roads, parking At present, work is far enough and freight terminal and indus­ tel, which will be built by Mer­ will be located. ramps, curbs and gutters are now covering construc­ completion. • along that a projected opening trial complex for the entire :five­ cury International Construction, A contract nearing popu­ Los Angeles, two passenger ter­ tion of the two :fingers is slated to A separate contract for an air­ date of September, 1967 has been county area with a present lation of 850,000 persons. minals, restaurant and concession be let in November. port fire and crash station and shop established. The property at the airport con­ facilities, a cocktail lounge and A contract to Baldwin Con­ building will be let in the immedi­ The new airport, which met sists of 2,350 acres. It is located banquet rooms in the Central struction Co., Marysville, has been ate future. with considerable opposition in 10 miles northwest of the State Public Services building. awarded for construction of the When these projects are com­ and around Sacramento, w ill be Capitol and the downtown area TWO FINGERS two terminal buildings and the pleted, the first phase will be ready one of the most modem facilities of Sacramento. Essentially all of Architects Dreyfuss and Black­ central services building. Comple­ for operation. in the entire nation. the properties comprising the air- ford are presently designing :final tion is scheduled for one year from Then the second phase will get underway. It will cover facilities for general aviation, including a second runway, taxiways, ramp and aprons. A pilot's lounge and terminal building will also be con­ structed. INDUSTRIAL PARK The third phase will include an • industrial park with a separate runway and aircraft facilities, di­ rect to the complex. Access roads will also be included in this phase. Utilities are all underground in­ Faxeo s~s£ OPBRAT-OitS ••RcRAFT cluding power and telephone. Water and power will be distrib­ ~~~~P.A~Cl1CIM8~~ uted within the terminal area by the county. An emergency 400 TOwe:~ L1J K.W. generator is located in the (J:AAj UJ airport power vault to provide Ol standby power for essential serv­ tJ. ices. N 3 Sewage treatme:qt ponds have . ( already been constructed, and the trunk lines will tie into the system to be extended in the future. P.A~Ste'HGEil At present, much of the acreage • TE!!UIIIII NAL3 will be developed and leased for agriculture use. As development is implemented, agriculture will di­ minish. It is also proposed that a golf course be constructed in the "clear zones." Figures show that in 1965 there were 284,000 enplanements at the present airport, exceeding the 1970 forecast. Total estimated costs through 1969 have been set at $22.25 mil­ Sacramento's new metropolitan airport will be one of the most of terminal bui lding s and a motel will begin in the near future. lion, with a net county cost of • modern in the nation when i t opens next September. Construction Runways, taxiways are now complete. $14.54 million.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS Group L aiS rv1ces: B rg n Issue? How about a New Fringe Bene­ the typical unionist belongs? The willingness to seek legal solutions for l egal services among lawyer fit-Group Legal Services? quality of professional legal care on the part of the not-so-poor as and middle income groups-their All of us are aware of the bene­ for this sector is consistently below well as the poor. Educational pro­ practice consists largely of one­ fits that collective bargaining has par, partly through the fear that grams and word-of-mouth cam­ shot personal mJury, divorce, brought to our daily lives. Pro­ legal fees are too high and partly paigns, a few dramatic instances criminal or real-estate matters. grams like health and welfare, through ignorance. Middle in­ of the effectiveness and helpful­ Lawyers who handle these non­ pensions and dental care, once come wage-earners have denied ness of lawyers in solving prob­ recurring matters are forced to • labeled a "socialist" plot, are now themselves an essential protection. lems for ordinary citizens, may continually seek new clients, often standard for many Operating En­ Partly to blame for this appall­ help to overcome the apathetic finding it necessary to establish gineers. We now have group hos­ ing situation is the organized bar and even hostile attitude toward illicit connections. pitalization and medical care for itself. In a speech by President­ law and lawyers that characterizes One way out of this clearly un­ ourselves and families, pensions elect Earl F. Morris of the Ameri­ a large proportion of the middle pleasant situation is to seek meth­ to supplement our Social Security can Bar Association at the annual income group. ods for increasing and stabilizing benefits, and dental coverage to meeting in Montreal, Canada, in The expansion of group legal the demand for their services: and provide adequate care of our August he stated that the bar has practice will probably have an some form of group legal practice teeth. So why not some form of "failed in substantial measure to even more direct impact on the many provide a partial solution. pre-paid legal services to preserve render effective legal service" to economic condition of the bar­ If this requires changes in cer­ our civil rights, surely a goal just the middle class. At the same and may even have a beneficial tain ethical rules it should not as necessary as the preservation of meeting Richard W. Nahstoll, past effect on the ethics of the bar. necessarily be feared since it may our health and living standards? president of the Oregon State Bar, Many lawyers in the metropol­ allow for a genuine raising of the The Federal government, said "In my judgment the public itan centers of the U.S. are eco­ ethics of the bar. through the "War on Poverty" has need for group legal services can nomically marginal practitioners. Of course, group legal practice set up a limited program of legal no longer be doubted. Their ex­ They face an unstable, highly may tend to favor certain lawyers • services for the poor, administered istence is a fact. Their future de­ competitive and largely irrational by channeling a large volume of by the Office of Economic Oppor­ velopment and extension is a fact. market. Their work often overlaps cases to those having special ties tunity ( OEO). The wealthy, of Their existence and extension other occupations, such as real­ to unions and other such entities course, can afford to purchase the have occurred despite the opposi­ tors, accountants, insurance bro­ best legal talent available and are tion of the organized bars, and kers and others, resulting in with increasing competitive ad­ able to utilize the built-in safe­ will continue." intense competition, if not open vantage because · of increased guards that our system of law Group legal services will un­ rivalry with these groups. Their efficiency of group practice. One provides. But what about the vast doubtedly serve to increase aware­ insecurity is further intensified by can only speculate as to how percentage of Americans to which ness of legal problems, and a a weak and intermittent demand serious a problem this may be. • Page 10 ENGINEERS NEWS November, 1966.

By HUGH BODAM, JAY RAISE VIADUCT an equalizing reservior at Woods DOING CRUSHING slag pile at Ironton for both the NEELEY, MERLIN BOWMAN, The second phase will include Cross, lateral lines at Farmington Western Construction Co., 4th South and Ironton access JOHN THORNTON, VANCE raising the east end of the via­ and the start of a drainage sys­ Bois e, Idaho, is doing the crush­ roads. ABBOTT, TOM BILLS and duct to give trucks ample clear­ tem in the Plain City area. ing and graveling, and will do MOVED TO OREM JACK SHORT ance in at least two lanes of traf­ The $87,000 allocated to the the oiling in the spring. Crews M. H. Cook Co . has moved its fic. Complete rebuilding of the Pine View system is the Rna! pay­ are on two 10-hour shifts, hoping yard to Orem. Nearly all its. SALT LAKE CITY - North­ viaduct will encompass the third ment on a rehabilitation loan of to finish crushing this winter. equipment is working between western Engineering Co., Rapid phase. $337,000. The work will include About five weeks remain. Geneva and the Provo Airport. City, S. D., has begun construc­ Important to Ogden's economic renovating the 75-inch Odgen Strong Construction Co . fin­ A welcome change is taking tion of 4.8 miles of Interstate 15, Can yon pipeline, repairs to the ished the oil on the Dinosaur place on North Main Street in including eight structures in Salt welfare was the opening of the north and south Park job. The plant is being Spanish Fork with old super Lake County. extension of Harrison from 20th bench canals, on moved to Green River. The largest single item in the to 12th Streets. It will bring the painting pipeline trestles and out­ 8th North being removed and the Northwestern bid was Portland entire community, previously di­ let tubes in Pine View Dam and Corn Construction Co. is set­ street being extended to make ac­ Cement, to include nine inches of vided, together. sandblasting and painting over­ ting up a crusher at Dutch John cess to I-15. Much of the street concrete pavement at a cost of An allocation of nearly $3.5 head siphons at the mouth of the in order t o c rush gravel for the was torn up. The old railroad ties, $1,112,400. The next most costly included unclassified roadway ex­ cavation amounting to 1,365,550 cubic yards at 47 cents a yard, totaling $641,550. The company will construct a divided concrete surfaced free­ way from 5300 South to 9000 • South, according to terms of the contract with the State Depart­ ment of Highways. The new sec­ tion will join the nearly complete Gobbons and Reed project from 3300 South to 5300 South, which cost $2 million. This segment of freeway should open in the near future. LARGEST PACT The new segment now getting underway, the largest single con­ tract for freeways ever let in Utah, will run to the Draper Crossroads. The- Utah Highway Depart­ • ment said bids will be called for another gigantic project, Inter­ state 80 across the Salt Flats, a project expected to cost $8 mil­ lion, according to spokesmen for the Highway Department. The Department reported that a major link in Utah's interstate system is approaching comple­ tion at a cost of $11,221,300. It includes I-80, from Parley's Can­ yon, joining I-15 at 2400 South. Also nearing completion are sec­ tions of I-80 from Second South to Redwood Road, and the pre­ viously mentioned segment of I- • 15 to 5300 South. The depart­ ment said 490,446 cubic yards of excavation, 432,000 tons of sur­ facing material. 30,888 lineal feet of culvert pipe, 4,367,305 pounds of reinforced steel and 6,370,520 pounds of structural steel were used in constru ction of these jobs. The Department also said eight new interstate highway sections totaling .t.) miles in Salt Lake, Summit :>n d Tooele Counties will be opeH l•dore January. ~·P L US MILES The h ngest section, almost • nine and a half miles, stretches from Deile to Low in Tooele County. Second longest section, I-80 from Silver Creek Junction to Wanshi p, Summit County, is slightly over nine miles. In the Ogden area, lack of funds will delay the raising of the The largest si ngle segment of Utah fr eeway has been let, to r un shown). Work should be underway shortly, adding another important 24th Street viaduct until 1968 from 5300 South (center of picture) to Draper Crossroads (not ribbon to Utah's rapidly expanding highway system. according to the Utah Road Com~ mission. million for northern Utah proj­ canyon. The appropriations bill Dutch John Draw boat ramp and spikes and bits of electrical Despite the urgency of the cable ects is included in public works contains $15.1 million for all road. The plant will remain until project to prevent "truck scalp­ brought back memories of the old appropriations, signed by Presi­ Utah projects. next spring. ing," the three-phase program is Banberger Railroad that extended • dent Johnson. The bill provides Work in the Uintah Basin has W. planned in that vicinitv. W. Clyde Co. is complet­ from Payson the Ogden many $3,397,000 for the Weber Basin held up better than expected with ing graveling at Tabiona. Oiling The first phase will be a $500,- years ago . Project, Bureau of Reclamation, some late projects getting under­ will not be done until spring 000 viaduct over the railroad . The rail ran through the main and $87,000 for completion of way. A few shifts were lost on Most of the grade crew has been tracks 20th Street and Wall Ave­ streets of nearly every community rehabilitation work on the Ogden transferred to other jobs. Cly nue, programmed for fiscal 1968. the Jones Hole access road be­ de between and was the main form River Pine View system. Another half million dollars in fis­ cause of recent snow. Much more is also finishing graveling on the of transportation along the Wa­ cal 1969 will complete the proj­ FUNDS USE of this type weather could stop Provo Canyon job and has begun satch Front before the invention ect, which will include a four­ The Weber Basin funds will be the project until next spring. Both oiling. Work has begun on the of the automobile. Thorn Con­ lane highway from Wall Avenue used to complete the Causey and companies intend to work as long Springville 4th South access road struction Co., Provo, is prime con­ west to Wilson Lane. Lost Creek dams, construction of as possible, however. - to I-15: The belt is going in the tractor. • Page 11 ~ovember, 1966 ENGINEERS NEWS D-Day...

Loader operator Don Leivas chats with foreman Operating Engi neers donate time toward ra1s1ng Brothers Carl Van Horne and Joe Malugani Jr. operate a loader Clarence Torgelson whi le other members of the funds for Boys' Clubs in various areas, yearly event. as th eir donation during Boys ' Club da y. Some $3,000 was raised.

• • ••• T1me For Boys J3y RUSS SWANSON However, more than $3,000 the efforts that most Engineers and ASTER WHITAKER was raised. Workers donated their are willing to extend themselves to something worthwhile. day's pay toward the Boys Clubs The Executive Board, Local 3, SANTA ROSA-It was a day of their choices. for the youngsters as the Operat­ granted approval for the project, For Art Siri, those who partici­ as did the Central Labor Councils and other construc­ ing Engineers pated included Joe Ped1ini, Ben and the Building and Trades tion and trades craftsmen donated Reynolds, Tom King, Almer Chil­ Councils in the areas, all knowing their time toward raising money ders, Carl Freeman. For Argonaut that President Lyndon B. Johnson and Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) for Boys' Clubs in the area. Construction, W. V. Canada, W. whole­ The timing was a problem be­ Brown had given their D. Jenson, D. L .. Leivas, H. D. hearted support to the various had been cause much construction Seavers, C. C. Torgelson. For Abe clubs. curtailed by a lack of available Pacific Western, L. S. Kitzmiller, Because of the efforts of these money for construction, and many Jack Dial, James Sanders. Rapp men, the idea is spreading to other Argonaut employes Pete Anderson and Don Leivas take a lunchbreak workingmen found it tough to Construction, Ralph H. Brigham. areas of the United States, and the Boys Club head office is in the during D-Day operations. Boys ' Club director Archie Avedisian looks. give up a day for a charity. Stroco Construction, John Brod­ process of working out details to nansky, Jack Kirkendall, Jerre permit tl:fe project to be canied Paolini, John Winset. Windsor out on a national level. Sand and Gravel, Joe Malugani John Gleason, national director, Jr., Carl Van H?m. has been in contact with the AFL­ Once again, the Operating En­ CIO in Washington. All agree the gineers' image as a charitable and approach is creative, but effective. conscientious organization was Our thanks and appreciation to shown by this outstanding com­ those who gave of their time and • munity effort. It is obvious from efforts to make the day a success .

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Employes of Arthur B. Siri who worked on the Boys' Almer Childers and Tom King. Crews donated time Argonaut Construction employes spread fill on a road during D-Day Club D-Day project were Joe Pedrini, Bill Carrillo, to the project, which has been nationally cited. operations. Trades Unionists donated time for the project . • Page 12 ENGINEERS NEWS November, 1966. 700 ELEVATION REACHED Oroville D rew c mm nded By HAROLD HUSTON, near complete. The Feather River the shop and in the field. ton City recently cut back from a Bids on a causeway on Highway W. R. WEEKS, WM. E. outlet is 50 per cent complete. Spence Robinson has 30,000 two-shift operation, but operators 11 3 south of Yuba City were METTZ AND BOB WAGNON Concrete is being poured daily yards of excavation for Wismer should be employed up until opened Oct. 29. About $2.45 mil­ on the Thermalito Powerhouse, and Becker, Inc. underway at the Chrisbnastime. lion is available for replacement of MARYSVILLE- The State D "! ­ with completion scheduled for Oroville Powerhouse plus a screen-­ Yuba City Steel Products Co . the mile-long timber structure, parbnent of Water Resources has next year.. ing plant now in operation on the and Diamond Steel Company, Inc. built in 1928 with a wider concrete sent a letter of commendation to On the fish hatchery, which will Feather River. are working overtime to fill orders ~d~ . • construction crews on Orovi~ be a tourist attraction, Norman C. New York Machine Shop has for rice fanners. Work should re­ The new causeway will be built Dam, who recently reached "Ele­ Peterson Co. is progressing satis­ added more employees to its force main steady for some time yet. upstream. vation 700." factorily. at Oroville, which is now com­ The State Department of Public A half mile of approaches con­ Rodney Mims, project manager POURING DAILY pletely staffed by competent Local Works have awarded A. Teichert necting existing highways are in­ and Bob Fowler, general superin­ McNamara and Fuller is pour­ 3 men. and Sons a $2.6 million contract cluded. tendent, passed the letter on to the ing concrete daily on the under­ A SAG for routing Highway 70 from Rio Butte Creek Rock Co., Chico, 350 Operating Engineers, who ground powerhouse. Wismer and On the east side, things have Osa to Highway 65 at Olivehurst. was low bidder for relocation of were responsible for the achieve­ Becker, Inc. received the $10 mil­ begun to sag as the season closes. The project includes an inter­ Highway 32 in Chico. A 1.5 mile ment, well ahead of schedule. li oll contract for installation of Peter Kiewitt has completed the change on Highway 65, extension section will be redone and the Each man can take a bit of per­ generators, turbines, switchyard freeway at Orland, and Fredrick­ of the freeway from the new inter­ bridge across Big Chico Creek will sonal pride in this accomplish­ and fixtures. Work will begin son and ·watson has completed the change half way to McGowan be widened. Walnut ment. Street will about January l. freeway at Willow. Road, a new section of four-lane also be widened to provide two Had the 700-foot elevation not In other areas, contract negotia­ Both were excellent projects, freeway on Highway 70 and a new lanes of traffic in each direction. been reached on time, the Feather tions have been a major issue, pre­ and we hated to see them come to bridge across the Bear River. A nine-block section of Eighth River diversion would have been negotiation meetings were well an end. Fredrickson and ·watso n 22 ENGINEERS and Ninth Streets will be im-· delayed another year. attended. Many suggestions were plans to take most of its crew to proved to tie into existing High­ A record 422,000 yards of ma­ The company presently has 22 given which were of value in meet­ Redding for another fr eeway proj­ way 32 . . Abandoned railroad terial was placed in a four-day Engineers employed, with work ing with various bargaining units. ect. slated to run through late 1967. tracks along Ninth Streets will be period, an average of 100,000 A prejob conference was held In Arbuckle, most of the dirt has Also awarded Teichert was a removed and a three quarter yards each day, and this progress recently with Ray Kizer and R. A. been moved on Gordon H. Ball's $341,200 contract for relocation stretch of Broadway will be re­ is being maintained on the dam Heintz, joint venturers on con - freeway job. Crews are beginning and modification of the state water surfaced.

Dutra Dates To'04- Still Grows From his attractive office suite • above The Point Restaurant Ed Dutra commands a spectacular view of the Sacramento River. Here, where the river is at its broadest, he can look across his desk to the north and see the river where it is joined by Cache and Steamboat sloughs. From his vantage point along the river he overlooks the Dutra Dredge yard and dock adjacent to Blackwelder Iron Works where his dredges lie in for maintenance, refitting and needed repairs. • The Rio Vista Brm, now enjoy­ ing a reputation for dredging work from Oregon to Southern Cali­ fornia, began in 1904 when An­ tone Dutra, Ed's father, was work­ ing for the Duttons of Dutton's Landing. The Bnn now does about $1 million in dredging yearly. "My dad went to work for the Duttons in 1904," Eel says, "and at the end of a year he owned a quarter interest in a small dredge with a 28-foot boom. This craft was used as a ditcher. It towed an ark ~~hind it for quartering the. crew. With this as a start, Antone Dutra was in the field to stay. Among other dredging operations, Crews working on the Oroville Dam have reached "Elevation Note conveyor system carrying material across the r1ver. Lower he was instrumental in the recla­ (00," an accomplishment which received praise from officials. right, powerhouse is under const ruction . mation work performed in the Vallejo and Napa marshes during World War I. And in 1927 he and spillway. Concrete is being placed struction of Stampede Dam and to lay AS material. Polich-Benedict project. The bid was approxi­ two other contractors built the in the main channel. roads. Construction Co. is doing struc­ mately three per cent below en­ Sears Point Cutoff Road through SPILLWAY COMPLETE $9.22 MILLION tural work on this project with a gineers' estimates. the marshes near Vallejo. lot of bridge and culvert work re­ Excavation of the lower reaches The bid was $9.22 million, and H.elocation work will be done on By 1932 Dutra was dredging maining. of the spillway is complete, but will consist of 1,200 feet of tunnel, Pennum Road, 12 miles north of almost exclusively for the Leslie The Woodland Mill Supplv some 250,000 cubic yards remain sp ill way and outlet works, a dam Oroville. Modification work will be Salt Company on the lower end Company's grain elevator is no w to be excavated on Nob Hill and containing 5 million yards of ripe clone on Lunt Road, 17 miles nmth of San Francisco Bay. The salt complete. Two pipeline jobs begun below the flood gates. rapped embankment and 700,000 of Oroville. finn, with over 400 miles of levees around last Christmas are also A large portion of the rock was vards of excavation on eight miles Called for its relocating and re­ in that area, was a full-time cus-· coming to a close. used for riprap on the upstream of access roads. AI Sanderson will building an improved alignment tamer for the local dredging com­ side, and some of it is being placed do all the clearing, which has SMALL JOBS ·dong 1.65 miles on Bennum Road. pany. on the Thermalito Afterbay reser­ already begun. Early storms in the A. Teichert and Sons, Inc. and Lunt Road will be widened, By 1952 Ed was in dredging voir near Gridley. mountains may affect the project's Lamon Construction Co. have a graded and paved. Some 68,000 work, also, and Leslie hired him Guy F. Atkinson Co. is well progress, but the company plans variety of small jobs in the Yuba cubic yards of excavation, 29,000 as a marine superintendent. He ahead of schedule on ea1th and to use some 65 Engineers. Com­ City area as crews are attempting tons of base and 5,000 tons of as­ held this post for three years until dikes and placement of Biter rock pletion is slated for May 1, 1969. to beat the winter rains. phaltic concrete surfacing will be he bought the Dredge Belmont and riprap. Structures on the Sut­ At Chico, Peterson Tractor has a Rock plants and shops are busy. required. The job is scheduled for and took over the finn his father ter Buttes and Richfield outlets are number of Engineers employed in Kaiser Sand and Gravel at Hamil- completion in May, 1967. had started years before. • .November, 19ti6 ENGJNEERS NEWS Page 13

Plans Shape Up For MEETINGS ay ould Fill All Meetings at 8 P.M. except B x any n Dam Honolulu, 7 P.M. NOVEMBER I r By TOM ECK, ED DUBOS and 1964 floods in the area of Happy Sacramento-Tues., November 8 I LOU BARNES Camp and Bluenose, a distance of Oakland- Thurs. November 10 REDDING- Plans for Box Can­ 25 miles. yon Dam at Mt. Shasta are shap­ Crews are working feverishly to DECEMBER t ing up much more rapidly than beat the winter weather which is Santa Rosa- Thurs., December 1 .rreviously expected, according to rapidly approaching. Fresno-Tuesday, December 6 Wnformation received in our office. Ray Kizer and R. A. Heintz at Ogden-Friday, December 9 By BILL RANEY, expansion, the deposits could be Siskiyou County has hired an Canby are in finishing stages, hop­ Reno-Saturday, December 10 MIKE KRA YNICK and tripled by 1980. engineering firm from the Bay ing to finish subgrade on approxi­ SAN FRANCISCO GEORGE BAKER SILT REMAINS Area on bid for a reported $500,- mately eight miles of two-lane 474 Valencia St. .431·1568 SAN MATEO-Nature is slow­ Because of slow movement of 000 to design and construct the roadway. Plans are to take the SAN MATEO ly filling the San Francisco Bay, the water, most of the silt and dam, with a bid target date of crew to another project, the Starn·· 1527 South B St.. . 345·8237 and if you don't watch it, your other deposits remain in the chan­ April, 1967. pede Dam in the Sierras. SAN RAFAEL descendants will be able to walk nels. At present, much of tlie bay The dam will be smaller than CREWS MOVED 76 Belvedere . 454·3565 across the bay. is out of the water at low tide, most recently constructed, but a Brookins and Gage has finished VALLEJ O Theoretically, the bay could be presenting smelly eyesores, which most welcome project for our the Highway 36 project, sub-con­ 404 Nebraska St. .... 644·2667 filled with sediment in about destroy the area for anything. members. tracted from Thomas Construc­ OAKLAND 2,800 years, officials of the San When the deposits and sedi­ 1444 Webster St. . 893·2120 AWARD NEARS tion Co. Crews have moved to Francisco Bay Conservation and ment are removed, the natural STOCKTON State Inspectors have informed Malloy. Development Commission warned tidewaters will be contained in 2626 N. Cal ifornia . .. 464·7687 Local 3 that contracts for the G. S. Herrington has also fin­ recently. the deeper channels causing a MODESTO Mext section of the O'Brien Free­ ished on Highway 36. They indicated dredging and rapid "running" of the tide. 1521 K Street . . . 522-0833 taking the sediment out to sea or ~ay job would be awarded some­ Hughes and Ladd will move its Such self-flushing would revita­ equipment and crews to Happy EUREKA depositing it on dry land could lize much of our disappearing time in December. There have 2806 Broadway. . 443·7328 been a number of delays on this Camp upon completion of High­ reverse nature's process. wildlife. FRESNO project. way 36, then on to Crescent City. The officials met to vote on pos­ The present tidal flats heat up 3121 East Olive . . 233·3148 sible Bay planning and reports on In other freeway contracts, Roy Fredrickson and Watson has from the sun, forcing the fish to MARYSVILLE mud flats, marshes and refuse dis­ L. Houck and Sons Corp. was low the Corning Canal in excellent seek cooler waters. 1010 Eye St.. . . 743·7321 posal. bidder on the Weed and Gazelle condition. The pavers are operat­ REDDING MORE LIVABLE interchange consisting of two ing so smoothly the trimmers 100 Lake Blvd . . . 241·0158 VOTE ON FILL A program of dredging and have been put on a two-shift overheads and ramp with an esti­ SACRAMENTO The commission also voted on maintaining the area would make mated 250,000 yards of muck to schedule. This is good news. Prob­ 2525 Stockton Blvd .. .457·5795 an application by the San Fran­ our homes bordering the Bay lems had developed in the early place. SAN JOSE cisco Public Utilities Commission more livable. It would also re­ The company hopes to com­ stages, but they have been over­ 760 Emory. . 295·8788 to fill 150 acres of seaplane basin quire the services of several work­ come. plete excavation by January. Plans SANTA ROSA and 50 acres at the north end of ers, creating several additional are to operate on a two-shift basis, WINTER WORK 3913 Mayette . 546·2487 the International Airport for new jobs for members of the Operat­ similar to operations conducted cargo facilities. Fredrickson and Watson's crews RENO, Nevada ing Engineers. on the Yreka project, with some The commission then consid­ have been moving more dirt since 185 Martin Ave. . . . . 329·0236 Once filled, 25 or more of the 38 Engineers employed. ered an application to fill 75 acres two shifts have been engaged on SALT LAKE CITY, Utah building and construction trades • On the Yreka Freeway job, the to extend a runway at Metropoli­ the shovel and one on the Kocal 1958 W. North Temple 328·4946 crafts would be fully employed. project is slowly taking shape. The tan Airport, Oakland. loader. The project should con­ PROVO, Utah Such things as homes, commer­ country is rough, but Houck is About six million cubic yards of tinue during the winter if work 165 West 1st No . .... 373·8237 cial buildings, business establish­ pleased with the progress made sediment, silt, clay and sand from progresses to the rock stages soon. OGDEN, Utah ments, etc. would be built. Home­ by members of the Operating En­ lands drained by the San Joaquin The company expects to begin on 2538 Washington Bl. .. 394·1011 owners would require shopping gineers Local 3. and Sacramento Rivers come to the cut near the Pit River Bridge. HONOLULU, Hawa ii centers, supermarkets, etc., for GOOD COOPERATION 2305 S. Beretania St. . . 99·0084 the Bay each year. better services. Tom Davis and C. L. Fogle About 30 per cent of the sedi­ SIZEABLE PROJECT Project Manager Jack Brown, a each have several small jobs in the ment is carried by the tides to the former member of Local 3 and area, and are keeping men em­ ocean. In other news, the Junipero presently a member of Local 701, ployed. Serra extension thmugh Wood­ MUDFLATS, MARSHES has given excellent cooperation A. Teichert and Son has been Are You Bothered side has created another sizeable and has praised the safety pro­ pushing on a few small jobs. The The remaining 70 per cent is project for our members. It is re­ gram initiated by our Local. company has just completed the By the Noise? deposited on the mudflats and ported that L. C. Smith, a com­ This company has installed a Live Oak School in the Bonny­ BERKELEY-A major battle is marshes or goes into the deeper pany which has had slack times in new canopy on a 631 with roll view area. waters of the bay. the highway business recently, re­ • shaping up within our society-the Sediment in the Bay must be oars which meet the state specifi­ PEAK EMPLOYMENT ceived the bid. cations. Plans are to install them battle against noise. dredged continually to maintain Other roads, h i g h w a y s and Guy F. Atkinson, working on on the rest of the equipment in So reports Walter W. Soroka, navigational channels and harbors. bridges are being built, creating the college, is trying to get as the near future. professor of acoustical sciences, It costs the Corps of Engineers new jobs for Engineers. Piombo's many foundations as possible Bids were opened Oct. 13 for and assistant dean, College of En­ and private companies some $3 $715 million Junipero Serra proj­ poured in an effort to pave the a bridge over the Klamath River gineering, on the Berkeley campus million a year to dredge and main­ ect will be somewhat curtailed tilt-ups this winter. Employment at a location known as Bluenose. of the University of California. tain 200 miles of deep water ship­ due to provisions in the specifica­ is at a peak on this project. Most of the roads in that area, Noise-what it is, how we meas­ ping channels. tions. The San Francisco \Vater Jason Baker is in good shape back country, are one way as are ure it, and some approaches to its The Commission now seems Department is fearful silt from the bridges. with realignment of Placer Street control-will be discussed by the willing to meet the needs of the grading would run into Crystal and realignment of some three University Explorer during a Bay, but it is also believed by AN ASSET Springs Lake and muddy the and a half miles of the Old Ore­ broadcast Sunday, Nov. 6. some observers the deposits are of drinking water. The new bridge will be an as­ gon Trail Road. Entitled "Noise Unlimited," the considerable amounts, above the It is speculated that in the fu­ set, planned mainly for over-all This company's crews are pres­ program will be heard at 9:30p.m. figures released by the Commis­ ture, every home will be required restoration of flood damage. ently finishing the Redding sewer over KMPC, Los Angeles; at 9:15 sion, because of garbage and hu­ to have two water systems-one The Gibbons and Reed and ponds off Metz Road. a.m. over KNX, Los Angeles, and man sewage dumped into the bay for drinking and bathing, another .Hughes and Ladd projects are Houghtby and Son Co. has KCBS, San Francisco; and at vari­ each year. for sewage, etc. part of the over-all project. These moved its crusher from Madera ous times on other stations affili­ Population figures i n d i c a t e It is such thinking and plan­ companies are restoring portions and expects to have it in opera­ a ted with the Columbia Broadcast­ thousands of tons a day are ning that is making California one of the roadway washed out in the tion soon. ing System. dumped, and with the population of the great states in the nation. CONCRETE EVIDENT R f I limE t t t er By WAYNE (LUCKY ) SPRINKLE ceived other contracts for $6,939 for City-Parking Freeman and Sondgroth still have about 175,000 lot, $5,693 to rework Stewart Drive in Tiburon and SAN RAFAEL- Local contractors in the area are yards of dirt to move on the Marincello project for paving or preparing to pave in an effort to beat the sewer construction in Corte Madera on an award of Frouge Corporation. The dirt phase is the first part $7,853 . rains. All are hopeful of completing their present jobs of the project. The Second phase, welcome in this before the weather shuts them down. Maggiora-Ghilotti, Corde Madera, received a area, should be let this month. The Marin cello project • sewer project at Hamilton Air Force Base totaling appears to be the only large dirt project in the county The tight money situation has loosened slightly, $8,450 and a retaining wall in Mill Valley at $6,673. at this time. permitting a few contracts to be signed. We are hope­ Ceccotti and Son of Marin was awarded two jobs Soiland Company is making noticeable progress on ful the trend will continue to permit more work for at Larkspur, one on Magnolia and Bon Aire at the few jobs it has throughout the area. Its crews are our members. $22,476 the other at Doherty Drive in the amount keeping busy. Some contracts awarded recently include grading of $38,663. Merz Brothers should have the San Rafael Park and paving to Ghilotti Brothers. The job is in San At Hamilton Air Force Base, Hayco Inc. received project in Lucas Valley in the completion stages by Anselmo, at a cost of $57,715. The company re- a $37,955 for prefab metal buildings . mid-month. • Page 14 ENGINEERS NEWS November, 196- ct

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES FROM UTAH Utah must return Congressman Dave King to Congress along with his running partner from the first District Keith • Melville. The courageous voting record of Congressman King in voting his convictions and not yielding to pressure groups is one that Utah can be proud of for many years to come. Keith Melville, while a newcomer in the political field, has shown an awareness of the problems confronting working people and we can count on his support 100 per cent in our cause.

JUST][CE OF THE UTAH SUPREME COURT R. L. Tuckett, incumbent, running on this non-partisan ballot has served the people of Utah well and has earned the unanimous respect of those who have practiced before him .

STATE SCHOOL BOARD Incumbents Backman and Richards and also Mrs. Billings • Crews on the Pacific Gas and El ectric gasline get !ifts secti on of pipe off flatbed to ground for are all worthy of your support. Mr. Anderson, the other candi­ materials ready for instal la tion. Sideboom cat installation in trenches. The project is "Go." date is an avowed member of the John Birch Society and is presently their coordinator for the State of Idaho. You will vote for two and any two of the first three would be accept­ able. A definite NO on Anderson. It's G and A- o-Go STATE LEGISLATURE (Salt Lake County) By RUSS SWANSON fie is still hampered in to wn . The division work at Silvarado Golf If Utah is to move forward on programs designed for the and ASTER WHITAKER freeway is scheduled for comple­ and Country Club and on several benefit of the working people we must get behind those tion next year. Bragato Paving roads involved. SANTA ROSA-All of a sudden continues to use a number of En­ Syar and Harms, D. Altermatt candidates whose names are recommended on the preference it is "Go-Go" for Pacific Gas and gineers on the project, keeping and Harold Smith all are making list. This being the first year we have organized the Senate • Electric, on a gasline running traffic problems to a minimum. significent progress on various and House of Representatives under the reapportionment, it from Cloverdale to Ukiah, over a Pacific Western has been doing projects in the area and around is well to vote for the Democratic Candidate so that our route covering many high peaks. road work in Cotate and on site Lake Berryessa. Cost of the project friends will be in the majority in organizing the Senate and is near $1 mil­ development at Sonoma College. Joe LaMalfa continues to bid. lion with construction scheduled House so that the more progressive candidates will be in AIRPORT COMPLETE He presently has a road job in to be completed in approximately Comptche and another in Brans­ the majority on committee appointments and can support our one month. Art Siri has completed work on comb which means he is working program and have the support of the Governor. Cabildo Construction Co., sig­ the Sea Ranch Airport near Ste­ much of the time in the "Boon­ natory to the National Pipeline warts Point. The firm is continu­ docks." agreement with the Operating ing work on subdivision work D o n D o w n Company has Engineers, has apparently worked throughout the Santa Rosa area. plenty of work on the Sebastapol Still A '49er Group on pipeline operations prior to Kirkwood Bly was low bidder school site, the Sonoma College coming to this area. on a sewage plant in Sonoma but and Oakmont Golf Course. His By KENNETH CLINE screens were for, and we were With the time period involved, work has not yet begun. We un­ crews are keeping busy. Don is on told-gold. the project will require the serv­ derstand Wise and McGinty vvill the joint apprenticeship commit­ FRESNO-There remains in The unit is operated when the ices of several Engineers, many nf do the work. Wise and McGinty tee as a management representa­ this area a group of "49ers" who plant is in process of sizing aggre. whom have already been dis­ was also low bidder on road con­ tive. In observing his work, we do not play such things as foot­ gate and separating the sand from patched. struction in Santa Rosa, and i~; can readily report he is well quali­ ball in the National Football the rock. The maze of pipe is FEW PROBLEMS presently working a site for Lee fied. League. called the Yuba Gold Jig. It sepa­ Brothers new supermarket, site Their efforts are not too well re­ rates the Bob Willey is the superintend­ FIND QUESTIONS black iron from the sand. development for a sewage plant. warded, but the interest is great. The black iron is then run over ent, reporting very few problems These jobs have injected spirit in­ Ernst and Ernst, a testing com­ with the company. That's good We found these "goldminers" the Welfley Gold table. The re­ to the construction industry in the pany, has given an examination to on the premises of Standard Ma­ maining minerals are placed in news. area. a group of journeymen trainees at The Morrison terials' Riverrock Sand and Gravel containers and taken to the lab­ Kundsen "big Reichhold and Jurkovitch is Santa Rosa Junior College, in an fill" which is better known as the Plant, located on the Snelling oratory where they are reconcen­ skipping from one paving job to effort to find out what questions Highway 13 miles from Merced. trated. Cummings job, is progressing as another with no end in sight for an Engineer who has been work­ well There were few clues to tell us Although we were quite im­ as can be expected, with paving needed in the area. It ap­ ing at the trade is able to answer. crews still on a two-shift opera­ there was gold being dug from the pressed with this mining opera­ pears several contracts remain to The results are confidential, but ground, but we noticed a bunch tion, we learned the machinery is tion. come. we are grateful to those who par­ Unfortunately, an Engineer, of fixtures under the aggregate still worth more than the amount CHANNEL DREDGING ticipated. It was interesting to dis­ and sand boxes. of gold being recovered. who will remain anonymous, left cuss the material with the men. a TS-24 on a hill. The rig trav­ In dredging news, Utah Con­ We asked what the electric The machine has been in opera. Our thanks to the members for motors, pipe, wash tables and tion for the past two years. eled some 90 feet, straight down. struction Co. is still at Jenner, but their continued participation at There- isn't much remaining. it appears the one 12-inch suction various Union meetings. The reg­ Cause of the accident is still dredge is not opening the channel ular district meeting will be held being investigated. fast enough to bring barges into December 1, at the Vets Me­ Another segment the mouth of the MmTi­ of the Russian River. morial in Santa Rosa. Please hy son Knudsen Co. has been work­ Chuck Chandler is back in the to be in attendance. ing on riprap near Island Moun­ area for Utah Construction in an tain for Northwestern Pacific Rail­ endeavor to open the river. road. He has five Cats and a dragline UC Regents !Endorse YARD MAINTAINED on the job. We are hopeful gravel operations will commence soon. Prop.osition 2 Claude Meyers has been proj­ Remco Hydraulics Plant at Wil­ ect manager with Sam Wirkkala lits continues to progress on gov­ The Regents of the University as foreman. The riprap operation ernment orders. Steward Steve of California have unanimously is completed but the yard is be­ Harkins continues to work extra endorsed the Proposition 2 higher ing maintained in Willits. It ap­ hours to fulfill his obligation in education bond issue and urged pears work will be coming up keeping everything in order. "all voters" to support it in the soon. Nov. 8 election. Granite Construction Co. is still SEE MEMBERS The resolution stresses the pre­ employing a number of Engineers Berglund Tractor employes can dicted growth of the State, the on Highway 20 near Ukiah. Tap be seen on more and more jobs. California State College System, Faucey is superintendent, George We keep seeing the familiar faces and the University. Tuso is foreman. of members of Local 3. Chancellors of the nine U C cam­ The freeway in Santa Rosa is Granite Construction continues puses have also urged passage of Utah Construction has a 12-inch sucti on dredge working at Jenner beginning to-. take shape but traf- to work several Engineers on sub- the $230 million bond issue. - on the Russian River trying to keep the channel open for barges. • November, 1966 ENGINEERS NEWS Page 15 -~------~~~~--~------SWAP SHOP CORNER: Free Want Ads for Engineers 1961 l''ORD tractor 851 diesel with Ford RULES FOR SUBMITTING ADS FOR SALE loader, McGee scraper and wheel weights. Licensed, low hours. $2, 15 J. 19 Any Operating Engineer may ad­ CORN OR B EAN DRILL, one small Guy B. Sparks. 675 Longbar Rd., Oro­ vertise in these co lumns without charge deep well pump, one 5 kw AC. Gen­ ville, Calif. Reg. 107981. 11-1. erator set Gas. G. M. Cooley, B ox 161 , any ~· ERSONAL PROPERTY he wish es San Carlos, Calif., Reg. 538707. 11-1 13-FT. NOMAD travel trailer self­ contained. T rade equity for camping to sell, swap or purchase. Ads will not FIVE ROOM HOME, Garage, newly equipment including tent or $150, take be accepted for rentals, personal serv­ painted. new roofs. Fenced front a nd over payments. John T . Ellithorpe, SACRAMENTO back. 60xl40 lot . John VanDorn, B ox P .O. Box 1223 , Patterson, Ca lif. Phone: ices or side-li nes. 857, GraES Valley, Calif. Phone: 209-892-8087. Reg. 845383. ll-1 you 273-3450. R eg. No. 262119. 11-1. e PRINT OR TYPE the wording FOR SALE~12-rm . house, 3 baths, gas want in your advertising on a separate Our deepest sympathies to Brother Dennis Forni, whose TRAVEL TRAILER, 1964, 14 ft., excel­ kitchen, 3 fireplaces. partly carpeted , lent condition, $975.00. R. M. Escott, 1 fenced, landscaped. At sh Get of paper, limiting yourself to 30 Larkspur, Calif. 12 basement, son was killed in an automobile accident recently. Our con­ 3 Murray Avenue, 20th and Noe. $28,500. "Pop" Claude words or less, including your NAME, Phone: 461-92.86. Reg. 1037458. 11-1. Scantlin, 20th and Noe. P hone: VA CASE 4ZO BACKHOE-LOADER, Rubber 4-3744. Reg. 702303. 11-1 co:11plete ADDRESS and REGISTER dolences also to the families and fri ends of Roger Elliott and T ired, Dieeel, less than 700 h rs., like HvME AND INCOME, duplex, each unit NUMBER. new, $4500. G ene Whited, 79 La Carl Evans who passed away this month. two bedrooms, wall-to-wall carpeting, G Allow for a time lapse of several Prenda, Millbrae, Calif. Phone: drapes, garage, four b locks to Univer­ _ 697-8619. Reg. 1036941. 11-1. weeks between the posting of letters • sity of New Mexico. H. M Forrester, W65 CHEVROLET PICKUP, V2 -ton, 416V2 Harvard, SE Albuquerque, New and receipt of your ad by our readers. SAN RAFAEL radio, heater, barden bumper, good Mexico. Reg. 238285. 11-1. f.l Please notify Engineers Swap Shop condition, $1600. Robert A. Crow, 6~21 2 MESSENGER II 2 way radios, 1964 Lupine Court, Newark, Calif. Phone: models, $100 each, includes antennas, as soon as the property you have ad ­ Congratulations to Brother and Mrs. Charles Snyder on 793-3239. Reg. 811868. 11- 1. lead-in wires, everything complete. vertised is sold . HOMELITE GENERATOR, 3000 watts. Wesley R. Hightower, Box 824, Weav­ becoming parents of a boy Oct. 15. He weighs eight pounds, used very little. $22.5.00. Frank W: e .-ville, Calif. Phone: 623 -6650. Reg. G Beca use the purpose should be served Wilsoi1, 145 Rose Lane, Los B anos, 12196095. 11-1. within the period, ads henceforth will named Timothy. Calif. Phone: 826-1450. R eg. 38699 1. 1965 DORSETT HULL, 1965 65 h.p. be dropped from the newspaper after 11-1. motor. very good condition, 12 hours Our best wishes for speedy recoveries to Brothers Leon 19(!1 CHEVROLET PICKUP, V2 - ton. 4 on rrotor, $1600 obtain bank financing. three mont hs. speed, long wheel base, harden bump­ Wesley R. Hightower, Bo'X 824, Weav­ ell Add ress all ads to : E ngineers Swap . Muzzy, Bill Russell and Bob Anhorn. er, Hi-way Cruiser Sleeping Cab. One erville, Calif. Phone: 623 -6650. Reg Shop. AL CLEM, Editor, 474 Valencia owner, $1200. J. V. McCaleb. General 12196C·96. ll- 1. Condolences to the family of Brother William Morrill who Delivery, San Joaquin, Calif. Phone: IHC AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, Street, San Francisco 3, California. Be 693-4441 Reg, 888855. 11-1. complete, 40,000 miles, free for taking. sure to include your register number. family of TOOLS, HEAVY DUTY, % Dr. sockets; Warren McElroY, 19071 Barnhart Ave., passed away recently. Our sympathies to the Taps and Dies, No. 4-1" SAE & stand­ Cupertino, Calif. Phone: 257-4375. Reg. l~o ad will be published· wit hout th is ard; B&D Indust. rated hand grinder; 1082358 11-1. information. Brother John Deniz who passed away. 1965 Home Lite Super XL chain saw ~ BEDROOM HOME, Oroville, Califor­ w/30" bar 110-20 use). W. P. Rowland, nia, electric range, oven, rotary anten­ Brother Stan Krantz, who has spent 18 years in overseas 781 Ulloa, San Francisco, Calif. R eg. na. water cooler, 90xl84 lot, $8,0CO. 1051543 11 -1. J . L . French, 373 Bruno Ave., P itts­ work, stopped in to say goodby. He's off to Cameroons, 10 ACRES I N FRESNO, near State Col- burg, Calif. Phone: 439-1491. Reg. Vacation Pay lege, 3 bedroom older home and 1 bed- 904653. ll-1. Africa, to work for Howard-Crawford Inc., Ely, Nevada. room apartment. Presently in cotton. 18 FT. BOAT cabin motor and trailer, and $125 per • $25,5CO with $2,500 down $800.00 J. L . French, 373 B runo Ave., month at 6~'2 % interest. 0. D. Hardy, Pittsburg, Calif. Phone: 439-1491. Reg. There have been several ques­ MARYSVILLE 810 N. Pershing Ave., Stockton, Ca:1f. 904553. ll-1. Re>:l". 509762. 11-1. tions conceming payment of vaca­ HEAVY DUTY and automotive mechan­ BAY CI'l'Y CRAWLER backhoe, model ic tools, over 650 p ieces, excellent con­ tion pay. Let us answer the ques­ Brother Joe Franklin is in the Rideout Hospital in Marys­ 25. 'h yard. 35 ft. boom, \'2 yard, drag dition, many complete sets. estimated bucket and fairleed. Good condition. value $1,000, sold comp letely ONLY. tions this way: ville. We wish him a s peedy recovery. $2.350 cash or trade for dump truck or $375.00 cash. Mrs. Fred Klein, 1460 what-have-you. Charles Baldwin. B ox Dar lene Avenue, San Jose, Calif. Dming the month of Septem­ Brother Bill Ferris is in Oroville Community Hospital 644, Angels Camp, Calif. Phone: Phone: 269-1823. Reg 754156. 11-1. ber, 1967 and September of each 736-2365. Reg. 559667. 11 -1. we hope will soon be eliminated. HOBART 300 AMP DC, il STAR DRILLING RIG mounted on having problems WELDER, 6x6 3 axle drive, derrick raises by yea i· thereafter any employe de­ · Chrysle r~6 powered, $295. Charles Gebhart, P.O. Box 395, Santa Cr•1z, power. 3 bailers, 5 bits, $5,000. Charles sirous of having his vacation and Brother Harry Shields is recuperating after a serious opera­ Calif. Phone: 423-3800. Reg. 1229314. C riswell. 240 N. "A" Street, Tulare, Calif. Phone: 686 -5520. R eg. 918845. holiday pay paid directly to him tion at Chico Memorial Hospital. 11-1. 11-1. CATERPILLAR DS TRACTOR, No. ------shall notify the Administrator on Brother Earl Hart spent some time in Fremont Hospital, 2u20589, with No. 25 cable control unit 45 ARMSTRONG on Dodge Semi, $2,000. and Cat S Dozer, $7000 or best off.or; CharlEs Criswell, 240 N "A" Street, a fo rm provided by the Adminis­ LeTourneau-Westinghouse Sheepfoot T u lare, Calif. Phone: 686-5520. Reg. Yuba City. He plans to return to work soon. Tamper, 5x5 $4000 or best offer. Ralph 918845. ll-1. trator. Forms can be obtained at P lake. Sunnyvale, Calif. Phone: 736- the office of the Administrator of 7721. Reg. 877126. 11-1. l!Hl.2 FERRARI, 250 GTE 2 plus 2, Silver SAN JOSE HOUSETRAILER. TRAVELEZE, 26 ft ., gray w /red interior, Cirelli Cincurate any employment office of the Op­ one bedroom, full bath. John P rice, high-speed tires, Alternator, 33,COO 1082 Simmons Lane, Novato, Calif. miles, $5,000. Stan Krantz, 9 Bungalow erating Engineers Local Union It was with regret we learned of the death of Mabel Phone: 897-1851. Reg, 826877 . 11-1. Av .. San Rafael, Phone : 453-7283 . Reg. 1',1 ACRES , :l BEDROOM home. dou'ole 4 ~46 1 8. 11-1 No. 3 in northem Nevada. Such Murphy, widow of the late Micky Murphy, who was a garage, h.w. floors, corner fireplace, notice, on such form shall be re­ pantry, plenty of cabinet space, CONVERTIBLE DUPLEX, Single House, l years. She passed baths, business agent in San Jose for severa • $15 ,500. P.O. Box 145, Cedar R idge, Zoned for two family, 3 patios, 2 ceived at the office of the Admin­ Calif. Phone: 273-4609. Reg. 1082350. wall-to - wall n y lon, distinguished away Oct. 19. 11-1. neighborhood, $25,000. Stan Krantz, 9 istrator not later than 5 p.m. , San Bungalow Ave., San Rafael, Phone: RUSTIC 4 BEDROOM CABIN, Garage, 453-7283. Reg. 484618. ll-1. September 30, Our sympathies are also extended to the family and friends outbuildings, fruit trees, electricity Francisco time. and water on 79'12 acres, in Callahan 1967, and September 30 each year of Brother Robert E. Lee, who passed away October 18. California. Accessible by car. James WANTED TO BUY W. McLaughlin. Box 34, Fort Jones . thE'reafter. Calif. Reg. 1225523. 11-1. ' WANTED TO BUY- Used Victor Cut­ VALLEJO WANTED TO BUY, Electroplating pow­ tinghead, barrel, hoses, gauges. Send The plan fmiher provides that er supp!v, tanks. chemicals, etc. Roy J . n10del number, price and condition or monies not r equested to be paid Rosin. 869V2 Woodside, San Mateo Phone: 826-1444 nights. Hubert Thomp­ Sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Brother Calif. Phone: 343-3161. R eg. 1107246: if::;. ri~i 95~~x 225, Los Banos, Calif. will be h·ansferred in the Local 3 11 -1. Ed Peterson who passed away recently. TRADE EQUITY in 2 bedroom home. WANTED: One working head with or Credit Union in the employe's NICe neighborhood. Close t o schools without pump for 2" line. G. M. name. Such funds will draw divi­ Brothers Cliff Owsley, Cecil Hoots, Art Anderson and and stores. 66xl45 lot, for housetrailer. ~~~~e~ ~7~ 161, San Carlos, Calif. J. T. Brumley, 2621 Norwood Ave., 387 dends for each employe not re­ Asa Estes are well on the way to recovery after accidents Sacramento, Calif. Phone: 927- 1081. WANTED TO BUY- M ini bike in good R el". 1130280. 11-1. cond. Ed Mestek, 248 Sycamore Dr., questing direct payment of vaca­ FOR SALE OR TRADE, 3 bedroom Antioch , Calif. Phone: 757-3215. Reg. and illnesses. home, 1 V2 baths, buit-ins, near school 636394. tion and holiday pay. located at Ironwood. Dr.. S an Ramon Vil:age, D ublin, Calif., for truck with STOCKTON transfer dumps. Gary Math ews, Rt. I , Box 1063. Gridley, Calif Phone: 3746. Reg. 1159484. 11-1. Deepest sympathies to the families and friends of Brothers • 3 BEDROOM BLOCK home, attached garage, h obby room, 2 years old. 120 Larry Evans and Tom Edwards who were killed on their acres. 8 miles to town. modern kitch - en. $75,000.00. J ohn Chandler, Rt. 2, respective jobs in October. N evada. Reg. ~0~~00 71-i-lYerington , The following Brothers were in hospitals or under doctors' CHOICE VIEW LOT. Slight upslope on paved cul-de-sac, water and elec­ ARE YOU FLAT? care during October: John T. Perkins, William Waltz, Oneal tr~city to lot,. ~oating, fishing, swim ­ ming and nd1ng for owners and and Albert Holden. guests. Above Sono,ra at edge of snow Miller, William Gross area, close to Highway 108. Oliver Atkinson, 77 San Miguel Rd .. Concord, TIRES? f a._ll f . Phone: 686-0B74. Reg. 38641 7. NEED UTAH 1 1952 DODGE TRUCK. Utility Body D u~ l Wheels. Boom, just overhauled. We have been concerned about Brother :Vern Petersen $400.00. H arold McKillip, 16 P ort eous Ave., Fairfax, Calif. Phone: 454-5169. WE CAN FINANCE YOUR who suffered a serious accident recently. We would like Reg. 1067385 . 11- 1. 1965 DODGE TRUCK % -ton Pick-up NEW AND RECAP TIRES him to know we are hoping for a speedy recovery and V-8 engine, 4 speed transmission ho1~ lywood mirrors, radio & heater ' r::ew return to work. 6 J)l v tires. Credit Union fln,;ncing FOR TRUCK OR AUTO available. J. R. I vy, tre"urer. Credit Our sympathy to Brother Roy Lawson who lost the sight Umon Office, 478 Valencia St. , S.F . Phone: 431-5885 or 933-0814. 11-1. of one eye which was damaged by a wood splinter . LARGE MALSBERRY OSE steam ~ l ean ­ • er. A-1 condition. serial N o. 3343. It is with deep regret we announce the sudden passing $500.00. CHEVROLET FLATBED ROAD SERVICE TRUCK, 6. 1 1/, ton, good condition Brothers Gary Clementino and W. $500.00. Ray Wood y , 1031 E . Monte of two of our members, Vista, Vacaville. Calif. Phone: DI 678-5454. Reg. 347177. 11-1. CALL L. Hartman. Both were on their way to work when they THOMAS ORGAN, 25 pedals built-in ed in an automobile accident on Highway 101, Les!ie Speakers, Walnut finish, excel­ were involv lef\t cond1tlon. Vernon Voss, 1080 N. Oct. 27. The accident happened at the Washington Street r:fi~?r 1r:\ve., Sunnyvale, Calif. F.eg. RALPH DelANCEY MARQUETTE GAS WELDER, Heavy overpass in Petaluma. Duty complete with gauges, two cut­ tmg tips. four welding tips. 15 ft. Gary is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fernando hose, goggles, almost new, $100. D . R. R~f;.i4.Bfr''. 184, Camino, Calif. F.eg. Clementino, Novato. Both were employed by Mr. Clemen­ 1 In Oakland m 532-6323 REGISTERED ENGLISH POINTER tino, a local contractor. pups, 12 weeks old, hights blood lines (DAYS) champion pheasant and quail stock' will show P edigree Papers also Stuci SANTA ROSA Service Virgil M. Moore. 1685 Elverta Road, Elverta , Calif. Reg. 752821. 11 - 1. San Francisco - 731-0499 and Mrs. Fred ~7 F OOT TRAILER, has everything Congratulations are in order for Brother mov'!ble, old but sturdy, $495.00. Cra ig (NIGHTS) E . L1ghtv, .421 North I Street. Liver­ Perry, recent proud parents of a 9 pound, five ounce girl. mo~e, Calif. Phone: 447- 1931. Reg. 945)0. 11-1. Jim Shelly is also the proud papa of a boy, his first, weigh­ • WANTED 8 PLACE Curta Calculator. H ave cash for good on e . Needed right ing eight pounds and 14 ounces. The weight went up an now. Craig E . Lighty, 421 Nort'o I Street. Livermore, Calif. Phone col­ 2344 East 12th Street ounce since our first conversation. Who knows what it will lect: 447-1931. Reg. 94550. 11-1. be next time? Congrats, anyway, Jim. CEMETERY LOTS. F amily Plot-4 lots Above 23rd Ave. Overpass Garden of Inspiration Skylawn Me:no~ er George rial Park, San Mateo. Selling price: It is with regret we report the passing of Broth $1935.00; w1ll sell for $16QO.OO. D . R ose­ crans, 1425 So. Mary, Sunnyvale, Calif. Stevenson. Brother George was well known in this a rea not Reg. 546594. 11-1. Oakland WOODED. LOT-60 f t x 100 ft. on P es­ only as a conscientious worker but a good Union man. He cadero Creek, $2,500. Mike Kraynick 3585 Irlanda Way, San Jose. Phon e: will be missed. Our sympathies to Mrs. Stevenson. 266-7502. Reg, No. 595211. 11 -1 • Page 16 ENGINE ERS NEWS November, 196. Dredging LDTIMERS' CORNER

SEVERAL COMPANIES DOING CONSIDERABlE DREDGING

By AL HANSEN Considerable dredging operations are in progress through­ out northern California with several companies involved. Other work for firms presently in a slowdown appears to be nearing. Trans-Bay Dredging has i ts "Tuney" working around the clock on three shifts near the ferry building at San Francisco. Plenty of work for this crew. Healy-Tibbitts Co. is also working on a segment of the Trans-Bay job in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building, Brother J ordan, old time Engineer, sa w a lot of th e H oover Dam site is shown, but no work ha c. changes in th e Earl y Nevada been done making excellent progress w ith dredge N o. 8. landscape. Here, on th . ~ t proiect when picture was taken. Utah Dredging's "San Mateo" is still working at the Oak­ land Mole on a three-shift, around the clock basis . The "Franciscan" will probably be out of dry dock in a week, Early Dam Work Recalled and will go directly to the Bay Farm Island job. This is good news. It means work for many more dredgemen. Jim Jordan, a n old time oper­ Another project which inter­ motives were the big thing. They ator remembers when there were ested him was working on the Ex­ were manufactured in Stockton. Utah \ORst i: ~ ti on and Mining Co. a t Jenner-By-The-Sea just a few bridges around. He had chequer Dam in 1924 and 1925. In 1928, he says, locomotives is also m a,ki~ xc e ll e nt progress. This company has also the opportunity of working on all Brother Jordan also remembers used wood logs to keep heated up, launched ~ three-shift operation. Brother Bob Ford is t he the bridges in the Bay area. when the Holt gas engine loco- I but used coal for power. new Captain, working with Superintendent Don Higgins. He worked on the San Mateo The 12-inch dredge "Hoquiam" is being utilized there. Bridge in 1928, where a 210-foot United Sand and Gravel Co. has the "Sandpiper" tied up barge was used. Piles were all con­ crete w ith steel reinforced slabs. for repa i r,~, which will take from f our to six weeks. Officials He was master mechanic or. say there 'is a l ot of work to be done on her before she is graveyard when Boulder Dam was returned to work. being built. Shellmaker Co. is still somewhat inactive, but the promise He received his 40-year pin in of new opportunities lies ahead for the "Gypsie," so things are September. He is now 88 years of age. looking up. The "Gypsie" is still tied up at Las Gallinas SiDce Brother Jordan became a Creek. mer.1ber, the entire labor move­ San Francisco State Dredge has a lot of work on the water­ ment has changed, New concepts front. in b argaining have been dis­ covered, new laws govern the Olympian Dredging Co. still has the "Holland" involved 1novement and the business world. in a project at Rodeo, but should finish in a few days. The Machinery has been improved and company is preparing to begin another job at the San methods have been advanced to a measure unheard of or undreamed Leandro shoreline recreation area with some 900,000 yards of even 25 years ago, • to move. The Boulder and Hoover Dams Associated Dredging Co. is working at Suisun. Dredges Brother Jordan saw in their con­ "Solano" and "Delta l" are on this project. One rig is on one struction stages have been join~d shift, the other is on two. in the west by such massive struc­ tures as the Oroville Dam in Cali­ Dutra Dredging Co. still has ample work around the Bay fornia, Pacific Gas and Electric's Area, with an outlook for continued employment the rest of Mt. Shasta project, and Flaming the year. Gorge and Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona. If any of t he Brothers have any news they feel is of i nter­ Ben est, please let us know. efits and wages have been imprcved and updated. Engineers Incidentally, if you have a change of beneficiary in your now enjoy such things as a retire­ policy coverage, please contact us and we will send you the ment fund, health and welfare and Jim Jordan was a master mechanic on Boulde r Dam. He received pro;Jer form for making a change. It i s important that such a dental plan, a ll made possible his 40-year pin in September. He is now 88 . things are kept up to date. through collective bargaining. • The good old days weren't S8 Here's something to think about. ·good after all. The world could be transformed in one g eneration if par­ ents would p ractice what is now known about raising chil­ Vi G? dren. There could be an unlimited future for mankind if this CREDIT UNION So you wil l not m began to happen. There are 47,836,000 families in the United iss one 478 Valencia St. States. Parents who show a continuing interest in raising the issue of Engineers News San Francisco, Cal if. level of living invariably set a standard for their children. BE SURE to advise us of Phone: 431·5885 One example is setting an example of voting in the elec­ your chan ge of address. tions, and showing intelligence at the polls. HEALTH AND WELFARE· It is important to protect our freedoms by showing an REG. NO .____ _ PENSION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE active concern for our schools, by participating in worthwhile LOCAL UNION NO. __ 209 Golden Gate Avenue, projects and community a ffairs . S uch examples will create SOC. SEC URITY NO. ______San Francisco 2, Calif. • Phone : 863 an interest and sense of well-being within the minds of our NAME______-3235 children. OLD ADDRESS ______Let's not forget to vote in the forthcoming election- and CITY ______ENGINEERS NEWS let's not forget to tell our friends and neighbors to vote. NEW ADDRESS ______Pub lished monthly by Local Union No. 3 And while you're at it, remember the man who has given us of t he International Union of ·operating CITY______Engineers, 474 Val encia St., San Francisco 3, a lot of job opportunities in the past with a promise of more ______Calif. Second cl ass post ag e paid a t San Francisco, Ca lif. in the future. Vote for Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Cli p and mail to Engineers News, 474 Va le ncia St, S. F. 3, Cal if. __j •