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.OP ERATI:NG ENGINE'ERS .LOCAL l ·sTATIONARY ·ENGI·NEERS LOCA~ 39 .- . VOl. 12-No. 4 SAN fRANCISCO. • CALIFORNIA APRIL, 1954 Cdliforitia, NeVada Members-
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~ CD ti t r1 ry IS-. it Last Day to Register: In Calif.-- April 15; in NeYada, April 30
YO~ M~ ST ~ ~ Gg;) 'f g~ !?~~- tion for another term- by default of the v oters. · 1. F OM fwve fli'HHI' ed since yo1_1 knzt registered, er There are millions of people all You dffd fG.@f v ote i n the l ti.~st ge raetr e:li ele(;ticm, or ai:ound the world who would give their right a.rm to become Ameri 3. Y©u lwve duaru;:~d ;•oa~ r name ·or just come can citizens,. and you can be sure of ~ g e, or ,. the y would treas ure a right and ANOTHER ENGINEER JO~Th i s look-down view from high over a duty such as voting. . They would the San Francisco Bay shows the . recently com pleted Texa.s Oil Com~ 4. r 024 have n~t registered in the state bef-ore. do a tiwusand · times more than pany plant at Richmond. A num ber of: Local 3 m en, worldng for vario1L1S. we !lo· as citizens .lust rfor the pre local firms, participated in m ost phases of construction on this n eMr We cannot sttess too strongly the importanc"e of all Oper cious ·right of citizenship. · pl~t. Picttire was taken by Bro. J im Jennings of Local 3. a:ting Engineers taking part in this year's vital elections, ana The rest of th'e world also is. it may depend upon your actions in the next few days whether wli-tchlng and waiting to see ho\~ or not you will have any part at all in this year's voting. we conduct ourselves in this year's elections. If America . turns out ~HERE'S WHERE YOU REGISTER - ' Thousands of voters in California are going to lose their and votes it will be a plain signal Hn· 'San Francisco} vote this year simply . because they don't vote in the vital to the ·world that we. are vigorous election-and they won't.be · able to vote in the pri and interested .in our . democracy. Registration deputies will · be Walgreen 'Drug Co., Stonestov;:n, primary But if we lag in ·this fund!Unental available at· t he following loca 1 p.m. to 9 . p.m. ,., . mary if ·they are not prop-erly registered-last day to reiis- of _r egis duty it will be an impo! tant vic- ·tions to _take affidavits :!\fission District--' ~ 15. · 2nd ter ·in' Calif01•nia' is ··next Thursqay, April tory to other ideologies, whos·e ex- · tration from Frida y, April Sears, Roebuck ' 8915 "Scram!" Says Civil .Defense Head. 14Y2 • 24Y2 I!Jeport, of Last eeting ~· The meeUng was called to qrder at ·8:05 p .m., President Clancy Bay Cities Ask: "How Possible?" presiding. Roll call showed all officers present with the exception of Financial Secretary Russell Swanson, who was excu ~e d . . · Best defense ag-ainst t he big a wide barrien across the bay. A syi1opsis of the Regular Me~t i ng l'viintes of March 6 read and boom, come war, is t o scram. One bent fender collision on the by motion approved. . . That;'s official. Straight from · Val Bay Bridge now, during e"::eryday A synopsis of the Regular Meeting Minates of March 6 read and :Peterson, U.S. head of civil de traffic, backs up cars .for five -· miles March 31 rea d, and the acts and recommendations of the Board were . f'ense, visiting San Francisco last in fi ve minutes, so how could I by motion approved as read, ,,;,eek anyone in his right m ind expect a Cards of thanks were received from the famil y of Lee Probst, the 'f But Bay Area cities, especially couple milli Subscription Price:· $2.50· ' 1 . job is. at Qleu~ for the U~ion O!l Point. they are ' entirely. :su_pporte!i by. ,·lieaclies a:re· sunny ·· spots where 1 per.-year . Co. The road·. JOb at 'Monticello IS BrotheL· "Fuzzy" Wyman, recent- .you. Any one· of these , ch.ilqRell ·· shady cha;taeters from under®vei· .Maillat'er. all -thanne.ws the: items Sth olin each to ··editormoiitll. not .· .. so far advanced that aH equj.p- ,ly employ· ecl: as. forerri!).n .ori .At kin- must ·be -14 days· · old. or I.e.ss ··;tl~an• oped:. places · briqg overde~: elop'e~ : .EriterP.d . as :Second .< Class.- MaHiir·· ·'· Sep-· " ···· ·. men-t WI.l·l .. be ·t..,ansf., ·erred· ·onto· th·. e. .-> cei.v~ Burke, Thomas J . ------460.08 Drew, J . H. ------25.00 Hall, Charles ----~ ------1,120.47 Deaton, Flay ------,-- --- . 21.00 II Jam.es, Josepi-i P. ____ : ______. 170.75 Burke 1 , Thomas T, ,_,______·86.77 : Drewery, Wilmer ______149.93 Hall, John T ..... , .. ______434.30 Delany, John R. ------~ --'------803.89 Jeanotte, K. A. ------305.84: Burkhart, Ted ------_- -- ._------. 820.74 Droes-ch, Francis ------/ 330.59 [Ialm, E. J . ------25.00 Dickinson, George A. ______6.00 IJeffri es, B. M. ______, ______21.SO Burleson, George A :' ______15 00 duBos, Gaston A. ______283.05 Halter, Joe D. ------190.42 Dickson, Daniel ------219.96 Jeffs, Charles F. ::______1CJ7. QO Burns, Edwin T . : ______:______112.50 Duckworth, 'iNalter ______·18.00 Hamby, Jack N. ·------13T38 Doherty, Roger J orda,n 22.00. Jenkins, ·Louis ____ :______107.35 Burrichter, Elton. ______· 25.00 Duff, John B. ______:: ___ 23.00 . Hamilton, Edward ______: __- ___ 381.63 Domingues, Oris ------118.61 J Jester , William ------345 : ~1 ~urt, Patti ------'------136.50 Duffey, John J . ______164.57 Hammer, B. C. ------7.00 Dressel, Lester ------3.00 I Johns, Floyd E . ______45.00 Bush, Edward J. ------188.55 Dunfield; -Edward T ______52.891 H amm-Jnd, Bernard A...... 109.50 Dryden,_ Chester· ______:______176.00 J ohnson, Clifford L_ ------~ -- 15.0(J Buster, W. H. ______:__ ___ 84.75 Durkee, James R. ______117,80 Hampton, Joseph W. _. ______509.45 du Bas, Gaston ------240.56 J ohnson, George ______• 158.40-- _ Butterfield, Ray W. -:-.-:: ...... 15.00 Dukes, .J ames L. ______817.00 Hanley, Weldon ------·------623.85 Dye, A. ·J. ______:______89.65 Johnson, Hale ------45.0(} B utton, Roswell C. ------· 75.00 Dunfield, Edward __- ______: 279.62 Hannam, Oscar F. ------387.33 Easton, O'N eil ------40.00 Jones, Clinton ------13.00 4 B yrd, Merritt S. ------28.00 Durfey, Francis H. ______34.00 Hanni, Walter R: ------1,332.34 E!am, James ------,------117.96 .Jones, Glen ------45.00- Byrne, Budd ------•------449.81 Durrance, Solon G. ______111.50 H ansen, Elmer C. ______, __ __ 7.50 Ely, R obert ______:_ 110.71 f Keithley, Kenneth ______361.69 . Cagle, Ernest ------15.00 Eastwood; Gor d:;m L. ______20.00 / Hansen, Louis ------567.08 Eversole, Jimmy ______: ______164. 50 I Keit hley, L. L. ------207.31 Call~han, Frank J. ______- - 15.00 Eastwood, Warren D. ___ __._ 530.31 Hansen, W. F. ------17.00 Farmer, 1 Harold ------25-:00 Kim,bley, William ______313.00· Campagna, ~V-4'gi1 ----- ,------103.05 Eddings, Jason 0. ______61.00 Hanson, Chalmers ------.130.15 -Ferdig, Loyal B. ------1,529.521 King, Charle3 30.00 1 Campbell, Jam€!s D. ------42. 00 Edward~, Peny L. ______8.00 ·Harding, Ernest ------~ -- - 280.87 Ferguson; Douglas Ivi. ··---- 3~ , 9.62 Klein, Fred ·-- -~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~:~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~~ 52.00 Cq.ntarini, Joseph ------· 152.26 Edwards, M. F . ------32.50 Harris, Ted ------468.03 Flanagan, L. D. ------1f't6 .35 - ~Knapp, R.ichard G. ______60.00 ~~ Cantarin i, Julian E. ------'118.00 EUder ,- Robert ------12.00 Hart, Caron F . ______: __ ___ 22.00 Flynn, John M. _:_ ,______216.40 Kump, Anton ------15.00.- - Cardoza, J ohn -----.------18:50 Em_erson, E . S. ------·--· -- 106.30 1 Hartman, Ernest A. ------· 734.68 Fodge, T. A-. ------75.00 (Continued on Page 10) . - - r. '·II ~ril . 15, 1954 C- Seven _:.-:,· I REP~Xtif:~tuo ,,Permanente -- Boys Honored· For LATE. . ··.STORMS I Conf;:;~~:!~;~~;~_R, :h-ISafety; Ford Plant Well Ahead SL·OW WORK ..l ards vold Star age Company, Sac- B M G "M' l , MURPHY • d A J "B k" HOPE B · Re tat' ramerito; Air· Reduction Pacific y · • . . . 1 · rc cey · . an . . . uc , , usmcss 1)resen rves · AT ·REDDING _:::--l ~: Company, Sacramento; Palace · Yes, Brothers, it is time (!gain and we are proud to·i<>e able line job in Hollhter> and· are mov- By E. A. HESTER Laundi--y, Golden State Laundry, to come with the first caption, and we hope that it will con- Concord have,completed their pipe- Bu§iness Representative Corfee's Laundry, Shasta Laun-dry . ' ' ing back to Watsonville, ·where At the time. of oqr last .news and Community Laundry, all of tinue indefinitely; as no injury invariably means no lost time they will be for approximately six report, we had 175 men on _the Sacramento; and Reno Brewing and no pains, financial or physical: This envious record of weeks. out-of-work list. We thought at Company of Reno, Nevada. which we mentioned was accomplished by 23 quarry workers PERSONALS • that time that the list w@ld be ._Contracts Completed; Hales and and in this number 16 were· Operating Enginee_rs. This same Brothers, it pays to be consid- smaller by this time, but instead Weinstock-Lubin.. Department crew received the same award in 1951,. arid continued to erate of the sick.' In November, it. has ~rown to more than 200. Of Stores of. Sacramento; · Made-Rite 19{8, one of our good brothers, course, tfie weather has been bad Sausage Company,-Pureta Sausage ~pe_rate without aJiy disabling.Jn- . W. T. Alloway, H.D. ·· mechanic, and has held everything pract!c~ 162 300 Company, Murphy Meat Company, JUries last year < • m~n- Road job and also on Chittendon paid a visit to one of his friends in ally to a standstilL We believe· all of' Sacramento, and Humphries-' _hom:s>' a r ecord now l!nder con_sid- Pass. The Ed Keeble job at I;laven- the hospital and · took along his and hope that things Will be hum- - iVI-ace Company of Dixon; National! er~twn by the Bureau of Mmes port -has ~bout a month's w?rk le~t shaving kit, knowing that a ton- ming very soon; all indicator 1953 s are Ice and Cold Storage Company and fo: the awards to be present~d I before being completed; this prOJ- sorial specia,list (barber) would be pointing that way. 111 Crystal Ic"e and Cold Storage Com~ this fall. Th~s~ boys have put · ect is under the supervision'of Bro, welcome to his dear friend at any Rice Bros. of Marysville were 500 000 pany of · Sacramento; Sutter and o_ver • lllJUry-free man-hours John Matus. time. He was· soon prevailed upon low bidders on the Sulphur 1950 ,creek Mercy Hospitals of Sacramento sm~e and for ·their fine I' Ted Baun's job at Watsonville is to try his ability at this profession. and Project City highway.· job. and Mercy Hospital _of Redding; achievement_ all were honored at a off to a good start with Brother Having performed a first class job They submitted a bid ·of $57.9,385. Wonder Bakery, · Betsy Ross Ba- · wonderful amner by the ?ompany Bill, Smith and Brother Carruther's on his friend, he turned to an M. w. Brown of Redding \Vas kery, Sunbeam Bakery of s·acra- last month and a good tlme ·was four rigs to move most of the ma- elderly gentleman in the next bed, low bidder on the Weaverville job menta; Golden Crust Bakery of had _by all. (We were there, terial -On this highway _job. offered his service and was accept- on Highway 299-W. This project Chico; Sacramento County Hospi" Charlie.) Gordon Ball was awarded the ed, he again performed a nice job, is situated between Douglas City- tal, Sacramento County Farm, * *· * contract for the $2,000,000 highway ~icked up his kit and said good-bye, and Weaverville, connecting with Sacramento · County Court House.. Our ·Ford plant, which' everyone I job at Sali~as. John Delphia _of thinking 'that he wo,uld never ;gee Brown's present job. His· bid on Sacramento Jr. College .and Sacra- has heard se much about in the - Patte~son :VIII move the material the old gentleman again. About two the work was $368,695. · mento High .School; Golden State last . six months, is going along on th1s proJect. They expect to g~t months ago Brother Alloway was In Siskiyou County a $125,135 Milk. Company of -Gridley; Carn_a- much better ·than was antiCipated started· aroun~ ~he lO,th o~ - April, awarded very generously with a contract to resurface 11 . miles of tion "Milk Company of Chico; ·Sego ·at the beginning of the constr_uc- weather perm1ttmg, and will ~eep $1000 check from the estate of -his Highway 97, between · Horse Thief Mill<, Company -of Orland and Alta :tion. We understand-that it is well the bro_thers busy a?out a year. last tonsorial customer. Creek and McDoel, was awarded California ·Dairy. of. Willows. ahead of schedule and the company Gramte Constl'Uctwn was the low Brother H. M. Giovanetti, one of to Clements Co. of Ha_,yward. I ' made 31' ?lant calls, four out- expects ·to roll their first product. bi~der o_n a $44,725 . contract _for our ''old-timers" wP,o was recently Fredrickson & Watson Co; 'of Oak- of-town m~etmgs on contract ne- off the line some time in Novem- sun-gradmg and pavmg 0.9 m1les confined to the hospital for a se- land and Redding is doing its level gotiations, 16 . meetings in Sacra- ber of this year. The 70,000 yards of road north· of . Salinas. Gra~ite rious operation, is back home and best to get lJlld~r way on : all' its: mento on. con~ract ~egotiations I of conc~ete is nearly · all in place al.so has several oth~r small. JObs recovering nicely. Brother Hollis work. . This firm was -recently nd seven 1 meetmgs w1th the En- except ·for a couple of acres of. aro:md the southern area of Pickle, who just recently went into awarded an 11-mile stretch b.e- gineers on. con~ract negotiations. floor an· the north end of the plant. ISalmas. . I the oil station business, i s recov- tween Red Bluff and Los Molina~. New Members: Jack Nissen o_f All the 18 miles of siding a·nd spur E. A. Insh and Company of Los I ing from a very serious operation, The company has a l\)t of work Sacramento; ~ugh C. J?ent of Sac- track have been placed, much of' A~geles, ~a~e been a~arded 37 and it will be ·some time before he in this -district and is going to neecl ramento; Ervm L. Panera of West the slab or tilt walls are up, and I ml~es of § lggmg _and laymg of con- will be ·o .K. again. some good blade men, which we Sacramento and Arthur L. Halver- approximately two-thirds of the 1 dmt for the Pacific . T e le~hone and Received a nice letter · from Bro. are not overstocked with at pres- ·son _o! Sacramento. . pa~king area. completed. E. A. Telegr_aph Company which starts· Joe Bowling in Arabia_; he sends ent. W1tndrawals: George W. Dough-~ Forde Co., of the Bay Area, are at Salmas and_ extends to Soleda?. his best to all bf Local 3. Enjoyed Eaton & Smith are back with t;s erty of Sacramento;_Lolan McKm- occupied on that project. LeDiet Radtk~ of Gilroy has starte~ J:l_Is heari~g _from ~ ro. Don Wheeler: again, and a 1·0 t of the boys ar_e n ey of Chico and . William L. ' ·Glass Company are , installing the three miles of conduit for the Pa- who rs. m ~a pan. Don says tl~at _glad to see them coming. Tiley Church of Sacramento. . ithousands of square feet /of glass, ?1fic ~elephone and Telegraph Co. everythmg I S fi'ne ..and sends ms Iar .·e now ~ngaged in moving equip- ~uspe~de d: G~enn Van Voorhis 1 plate •and other type. Newcomb- m Salmas. HP. has ~!so been awar~- best, to !liS many fuends. _ ment to ·Beegum, which is located of Reddmg, Calif. Deti·oit Colppany are now install- ed . another 10 n:1les of condUit Vv e w1sh to extend our m?~t sm- about ·50 miles west ,of Redding. Gnevances: None: ing the huge ovens for the baking which starts at G1lroy and extends cere sympathy to the families of Tne ·going will be rough 011 this Blessed Event: B1ll and Evelyn process of the paint or Duco on the so u ~h. They expect to start on this the recently , deceased / Brothers proiect. Brother Andv IvicC:athney Delaney are the proud parents of bodies fenders etc. This firm also proJect as soon as they have com- Magnus "Swed.e" Jensen. and Orris cails .it "Eaton & Smi-th sand.'' an 8 pound 7 .ounce,.baby boy, born h~s the install~tion of a large por- pleted the job _at ~alinas . . V._ Richards. Their absence will be- Work is all done on our new 1 March 5th, 1954. Congratulations tr"on of the hea1-·ng system. Cal M.G.M. ConstructiOn Company of !1llssed by all of us. * * * . "1 offl_ce building, with _the exception 1 Viking have the sprinkler system. of . ClJrb and sidew&l lk and 'blacl,;: \~RtPORT "FROM '~~~0 - ~~~fi~;:c~~e~n~:ll~~~ t~:s:o~~ ~F- RESNO· DISTRIC"r ·' IS ;~~pi~f. o~~~e s~:~~~;;{;a~: ;~: :,~; ) 0AKLANO !-doing much of the electrical work . , . . April •l5 if the weath.er p·ermits. By FRANK 0. BRAl~TLEY I~~~~:~~:~~~~~~Ji~!~fd~i~~:~~i~~ STAR.TING BI-GSEASoN ·~!~t:ra~~;:~~:~f t~I:1 0~t~:~e :~:~ I~a~:r~~~es~sR~~:es~~~~~~PAR-1. ~~Jt~:~s t~~ ~~r:eo~~:i~~-m~ao~Y t~~ I . • . _ .. __ · · ~~~~!~~· days are just around the .. RISH INDUSTRIAL PLAN costs ·our local contractors have started I ·By H. T. PETERSEN and LYNN MOORE, Business Representatives * * * our members one dollar ($1.00) per Icalling u:eir "old hap.ds" back since I Conditions have not changed much in this area. In the ye~r ar:d I so_ often. know of our Ithe last ISSUe, but the rams of the past month we did have some new . b t rt' b t t office g1rl callmg th1s fact to the past three weeks have sent many . JO. s s a. mg U _recen Con-struction. attention of our members, and I I of the boys back ~o the hall again. rams. held them ~p; T~e~ probably Will be m full swmg by see ~ou . diggir:g deepe1: for that i our Freeway is-still in Operation the time you_ re~eive this Issue of the paper. In th~ north~rn dollar · and askmg ·questiOns about and carrying about 15 of the. broth- part of the d1stnct, Merced County: M. J. Ruddy still makmg Awards the Pl~n makes me .worrder if you ers, but it too was hampered con- slurry base and setting up their :.. . are info"rmed_ and in sympathy with siderably by the recent rains of ·hot plant near MARCH. 31, 19M, the Merced River. surfacing with plantmix 4.6 miles the deal. . the past two weeks. Many of our River Rock, Inc., and the Mercec\ of secondary road. SACRAMENTO, co.nt ract award- . Each year we call a Specia] local cont{:actors just hauled their Sand & Gravel Co. have full crews1 ed to Frank Merwin, -2904 Frank_:- . M ti t 0 t h th t · Volpa Bros. have received a sur- ee ng vo e w e er or · no equipment into the shop and start- at work making asphalt mix . for lin Blvd., Sacramento., $3,094 fot~ -- th Plan shall be cont'nu d fo a · - facing job from the Division .. of e - · - J e r n- ll'd repairing and many others have their current repaving J'ob at· · · canst. street lighting system in th I ak Highways for paving p01·tions o.f · P ~r ye~r-:- m . e no recommen- just ·haul_ed it in, period. However, Castle Field Air Base. Moss & Lucas Tract 1, ROW 3007.-· ·· _.; nd ti t 1 ft t th the Hanford-Corcoran - .. ·· a ons-1 lS e up o e mem- some have a few subdivisions to I "' · road. · SALINAS, contract awarded to. bei;s who are in attendance At the · t nd. d d T. '-'· Bateson. Co. have most of The situation is about the same P&E Con Co., lG?O tll, St·.·, ._ ...... ·' . . ·' . . . . move m o, a an un ergroun .. th t -1. th h cr- . ' t ~st. ·- s. :7 lai;t.. meetmg It -was voted unam- .job or two, but there is much equip- J" e tls eFe- ldup-- ond _ell tan.,tar_stha , in the pipe m?-nufacturing· plants San Jose,. $15,818 for canst. of san., mously to. continue •th·e .:P_ Ian fo·r· m· · · · · · . . . · o.:-as e _Ie . an . w_.l s ar . 0 . er ·wi'th Un1'ted Concr·et p·pe· A·m . . -·. , ...... ent m the1r yards, especially the phases·. of construction on this JOb. e ·1 • er- --itary sewers in Sherwood Gardens . an9the1 · -Y.:ear. Therefore, Ellen rs larger ones. . . . . ican Pipe & Construction and Con- subcliv. placed in a position of some way Th b d . h' h .. !' . Gramte_ ConstructiOtJ. expect to· crete Conduit Co. all busy; Laying SAN FRANCISCO.' con t r t ·t · t• ·- th ·t ·d n 'f · .. h · e . on rssues, w rc we men- start ·the1r plant on ·Bea-r .Creek a.c . -~:X r~c; _ mg . ath·._o ar Thro~. eact tioned last month have not come ·· this ' week but we;e held up -on ·operations are co.ntinuing as awarded to Lowrie Paving· Co., memoer agam IS year. 1s 1s no . .. . . -. . . . . - weather permits -I · 1~~- E · A. s ·F $41 61. ~ ail 1,\ssessmertt'aild .ha. ~ nothing to ~-~~ ~et, and we hav.e no 1?-for:'ll,il:-, th~ir town job_ in. Merced because . . nc., IO'J vans ve., . ., . ' .P do with the' :Uni·ori. , .· · ... - twn _on the M?ff~tt e:x;p~!ls10n. ~e of. we~ther. This com ]Jan)_"- h?-s been In the Fr~s no a;rea activity is for street resurf. on Battery S~. ·If·-- ·h.· . _. ·t·-·· _. b. ·. ,. ·f th. ha'.'e not learned_ anythmg ne)V m .. .aw _ari:led ti. contract by-the Division pretty. much confrnEKl. to small pav- and other streets. . . .you .. appen o e one o ose . .- --.. ,. · _, - .. · . · · .-. - · .. , · . , · .. - . ·. 1·ng J'ob·s a ·d- · d , · · ·a· HANF-ORD , d. 1 m · b · h0 ·a· -· f f II . c( _ rgg~rds t_o · the proposed und<;!r- ·of Highways- on _3lh miles realign- . n . .some un · ergroun · • , con.;raC"t a war ec to em e.rs w P no · u Y un er. ··cr-round work f · s nriyv" · 1 · a 'd · · -- .. · - - work. Granite Construction sub- _Sae:inaw Const. Co._, 6446 Sag. ina_ ~v staria·'-l he SMITH.:.-FARR.ISI-I .Orie ·. " · - · _-: : . . or u ..·_. ~>: ·p c; inent on the· Merced~Y_osemite · · . . ~ D II o"'; p ·y- ..· k . -Mt. Vl~\f. or the u.s. 0 PI . ci H;ospital at Highway, . . mitted low bid to the City of Fres- Ave., Selma, $6,953 for con:;;t. ar er · _ear - an, a,; us an Pa1·o· Al.to· ·At th1's nrrr'tr'n· g the·re·· · r·s· '! H · · B t' · ' 'II · ·1· · · ·t...:...B· u ·T· T. HE ·D· OL~ · -·. · . · . · '~ . -.. · . · . arm~ no for 8 storm dr-ain_ sewor and .··v·_. alks .. and roadwf!,ys r'11 Fa' I·r·_- WJ 1 . ros. are. get mg the1r· " ' - \\ e exp am - th'1 d fi ·t b · · · M'l . · · · · · ·· · · will be startin'g· by t.ne time you !irounds. LA.RJS 6uE: ·A.s OF APRIL 1:. ' ne . ~g \!~ r;-le ._a; out t~e ··. 1 Pitas rough _grade pretty well shaJ?ed up _ ~ . · · . t .· ..-. t · . -- _t' '.d·... .-t · · . ~ous_ mg ProJect, m_ aybe m the next. at_ their Bricebur·g J'ob should be -- read this. SAN- FRANCISCO, con t r a ;c t A:11 con rae. s are up- o- a e ex- , . . ·:,: . · . , . -- ~ . . · ' . . . :t th·---u -- :v··. --. 't ·f ·c· 1.f· .. ·-· • -Issue -we- will have. !]lOre- authe!1t1c ready to lay .slurry some ·time· this We have': ·been : in touch· with awarded. to F _ay Improvement Co., cep . e m ersi Y o a r orma. - f t ' d...... B 1 C . 101 C J' S $. ~go . ·u th A.· R d · I ·d . m orma wn an encouragement month · . echte orp._ re their· Verimllion aroma :L, S . F. ., _· 8•" . f' or... ,. --~~-A .. e 1r e uctwn n 1,1 stry IS f - · 1 • • · · or you I M d C t N ll Valley opened for ·negotiations, · as well as . _ ,- · · n a. era .. oun y, . orne Ill! J'ob. The ·proJ·ect w'ill r_esume basalt and brick pavement r"epla_c. Con.sum~rs Yeast; Mon<-el! Meat ~QUI'HERN TERRITO~Y - j ConstructiOn c?mpany s~1 ll wor~- operations as soon: as. weather and on ,Polk and Chestnut Sts. Packing Company, Washington . There .has be~n ve~y l!ttl~ change j mg a good s1ze crew on their snow conditions ~· perrri_it , . that· of EUREKA, contract awar:d'ed to Market, Bakeries -and Owens-Illi- In the Southern Terntory s1_nce last Berenda Canal ocntract. D. & H. course is anybody's guess. Mercer-Fraser Co. and Merce_r- nois Glass Co~pany: We ·are also month due to the rec~nt rams. The I Construction, wit~ sub;; _Karl Har- Gravel plants-' in the area . have , Fraser Ga_s Co., 2nd and Comm ~;.r, starting the ball rolling for an in- Los Gatos Constru~twn Company mehng and ·Condick Co. are mak- all resumed operations on a lim- cia! St., Eureka, $3,108 for cons,t . .crease f-o r Alameda County -and have started on tl;leir l\1t. Herman\ ing prog~·ess on their Bureau of ited basis; however, this keeps drainage facils. betw. 13 mi. ande City "jf Oakland. Brothers AI Kyle I . ' ReclamatiOn c o·n tract. Several many of the bi·others busy. 39 mi. north of ELireka, HUM- and Vincent G. Curti have them- our. "SiSk List" for the month of brothers employed bere intermit- Don't forget when writing in for .BOLDT· co. selves in .executive positions with Apnl: tently because of weather. . claim forms for the 'Health and APRIL l, 1954 the County Employees Association,. . WM. BURCHELL Morison Construction Co. & Ted· Welfare be sUI;e and state who you · REDWOOD CITY, c 0 n t r a c t and are going to be of consider- SCOTT W. HAHN Schwartz have moved in and are working for. awarded to Stevenson-Pacific, 1079 ' . abfe help to this Union-it .is hoped FRED HATT broken ground on their section of May we again remind the broth- Chestnut ~t., _Redwood _City, $141,·- that . these Brothers can keep me F . E. MOSER :canal job west of Madera, for the ers ot" the BLOOD' BANK. 844 for renabil. of McKmley Elem; informed as to·' the best strategy ·JOHN. PYRON Bureau of Reclamation. Th next reo-ula meeting of this School, Redwood City_ wherepy our Civil Service mem- AL RODRIGUES --Trans Ocean Engineering· Co. distri:t will }}; Th:rsday, April 22, . CARSON CITY, NEV., contract bers will derive the most benefit. JAMES WILGUS are still busy on their fish hatchery 1954, 8 p.m. at 631 Kearney Ave.,, awarded to Dod~e Const. ~o., Inc., -Your·good attendance at the reg-· We regret to · report the death. job at Friant, will be for some time. Fresno Californi;i.. Fallon, Nev., $<:>47,430 for canst. uhr ·meetings will do .'you 'more Iof LARRY HINE who was em~ In the southern end of the dis- ' * * * '19.886 mi. (pew.) Primary Hwy. · good than you may think-KEEP plo;xed at the Ambassador Laundry. trict, L. B. Wells Construction of System, betw. East Ely and · '"· ~ IT- UP! . . . , j He· had been a member •·of Local Visalia were low bidders to the Play it safe-follow safety reg- foot of Connor's Pass, \VillTE · · The foll'owing -Brothers are on ' No. 39 since November, 1952. j Division _of Highways, grading and ulatioP..s ..Report all job injuries. P:lt'\'E CO. ' ' ,-.'I · ~ "-.!_ .• \. '' l .- j . '} ::' J !< I t ' J ,') '( : Jo ~t •t '' 'j ,t " • ( \ f; ;•• .... ) J t ' . :i ...,.. ~· h .r ..]~ . t ENGINEERS' NEWS April 15; 1954 (} Construc:tiori; warq~ MARCH 25, '1.954 By 1.\'!ERLIN BOWMAN, CHARLES COCKATh"E, GEORGE FARRELL, GLEN !<""ULLMER and JAY NEELEY, Business Representatives SAN FRANCISCO, contract· There have been a number of small jobs let in and around awarded to Lowrie Paving Co:, S21t Lake City the past month and about six more advertised Inc., 1755 Evans Ave., S. F., $24,947 Sch e.d~ ~ e of lv1ee·tiilgs for ConsliTtu:tloBlgLang Co.! for street resurf. in St. Fi·cmcis to be let in the next two weeks. Some of those let have al Wood. .. rea~y started and with good weather in sight, things should Sa~d &6~ 'avet ~ n:m Ore Mh1esa Vitro Chemkia~ Ctt, SAN FRANCISCO, con t r a c .t really get ·going soon. awarded to Lowrie Paving Co., . We still have quite a number of men on the out-of-work Kermecott Copper · ·Inc., 1755 Evans Ave., S. F ., $20,528 list. With a few going out every week vve should start gaining Construction, San & Gravel members,- 2nd Thursday of each month; for widen. Pine St. betw. Larkil'l Eng-ineers Hall, 1969 Sou-th l\la.in Street, Salt Lal'e City, Utah. and Franklin' Sts. 10 ~ it now. , . I Construction, Sand & Gravel members, 2nd Friday of each mo;nth, SACRAMENTO, contract award~ ..V. W. Clyde has started his additional on the first _of June, Labor Temple, 165 West First North, Provo, Utah. eel to L. C. Smith Co., Box 610, Brg Oottonwood job and at present 1954. It is very urgent that all Construction, Sand & Gran! members, 3rd Friday of ei1eh month, San Mateo, $85,155 for traf. · sig. the-y have three super -C Tourna- member.;; notify their representa Labor Temple, Ogden, Utah. sys., hwy. ltg. and channelization pulls, two cats, and a N6rthw~st tives if these raises are not put Vitro .Chemical Company, 3rd T hursday of each month, Engineers HaH; in Daly City, SAN MATEO CO. back h0e on the job, and will prob- into effect. 1969 South Main Strret , ~ Salt Lal•e City, Utah. SACRAMENTO, contract award~ ab ~y get into full swing this week. Lang Company-All Called ~Ieetings. eel to A. J. Raisch, 900 W. 1 S'h n Gibbons & Reed are .working on ~~orther~ Area · Cedar City Iron i.Uinrs--Thursday, April 29, 1954, 8:00 P.;u.,' Hotel Carlos St., San Jose, $40,996 for t h-e Sugarhouse job and will clean This Ir:onth -should find a num El Escalante. 0.4 mi. widen. and sur£., etc., in t hi " small job up in a few weeks. bel· of additional men back on the H.ennecott Copper l\Iines meeting·, Tuesday, April 20, 195-1, 1:30 and SANTA CLARA CO. . .S tatewide Plumbing has finished job. A few contracts have been 3:00 P.l\1., Civic Center, Bing·hn,m Canyon. ~~ W AT S 0 NV ILL E, contrac'c t he main lines on the Murray awarded awarded and .several more adver- (' U to Granite Const. Co., sev;er, but they are hanging onto l. d f S used to be bid during ApriL .>Cntie Lhe 0 ·tah~ P . 0. Box 900, Watsonville, $43;356 their operators iii. anticipation of Road .Meetings for pave, curbs, gutters, etc. on . Althuugh ~he House Appropria.. Ceda.r City, Friday, April 30, 1954, 8:00 P.:.r., El Escalante Hotel. some of the Salt Lake County California St., Wilkie and Tharp twns Committee has proposed a Log-an, Friday, Ma.y 7, 1954, 8:00 P .l\'1., Cache County se·.-, er to be le.t early in May. Court House. Aves. · cut ?f 1.,9 million . doll:rs o~ ~he [ Salt Lake City, Tuesday, i\lay 11, 1954, 1969 So. l\Iain St., Salt Lake City. VALLEJO, contract awarded ':'he above-mentioned cou ntY P.-esident s suggested 1.9 milliOn i Provo, 'Ve~lnesday, lV!ay 12, 195-1 8:00 P.i.\'1., Provo Labor Temple. to sevier project should really be a allotment for the reclamatiOn Ogden- Called JI•Ieeting-.. 't! Lee J. Immel, 3030 San Pablo g00d job for a number of our No. work on the Weber Basin Project, 1Price- Called iUeetino· Ave., San Pablo, $33,664 for street' 3 ::~ 1e n · and will·be advertised in the there are two jobs scheduled to be ==.. ·======"··===;;....-======:""'======;;:;; const. in Chabot Terrace Housii1g near future . and will be bid as fol- ' t'< d f b'd l · Project. · ac,ver I ~ e or I c urmg A' pn·1 or definitely by. 18 inches of snow on lov;s: early in May. . around and notice what's happen- SACRAMENTO, contra~t award the morning of March 30. While ing in industry throughout the n a- ed to Brighton Sand & Gravel Co :, )Iay 6, 1954 : Major trunk lines The 190-thousand dollar street the storm delayed the work some- tion. It's hard to figure out- we P. 0. Bo.x 1, Perkins, $23,937 for to be bid in three separate con- repair in Ogden scheduled to be what, it was welcomed by the food have ' years of full employment, grounds trc:.cts: 33rd South Branch; 39th bid April 15 is meeting tough com- d f improv. at State Printing pro ucers o our section. The pre- everybody busy and doing good- Plant. S ,J-uth . Branch; 48th South ·and petition from petitions protesting cipitation average for the vicinity making a few bucks, then a bunch H ighland Drive Branch. · the way this work is to be financed. was greatlv improved as the mois of knot-heads con1e alOI1g and de- . . . . Also, the four million c J :Hay 6, 1954: Sewage t reatment I dollar sewer . . - . Lann C"'mpa V I . . . , ture content was very high. . cide we need a change. Well n o- ':ll "" n- nle. nt and facilities. chsposal and one milliOn dolla-r ' . . . , , b d . ' "' sewer disposal and one million dol- Davis & Butle1 Company "a<> o y can say we didn't . get a At this writing I wish to compli- 1\Iay 13, 1954: Feeder and col- t 'fi t' , - . . . . . 1ar wa er pun Ica ·wn p 1an s are awarded. the contract for the Provo change. It raised plenty of hell ment our membership who are lectiO.n lmes to be bid In twenty- t' th ·· .t. City sewage disposal pl-ant after - · mee mg ·. e same opposi 10n. ' for a lot of people, but we got a . employed by the Lang Company faur separate, contracts. Additional hangar facilipes and some two weeks of ne~otiation s . change. We can all agree that we 1 for the good attendance that we ':he Union Building· at the Uni- a 13_thousand-foot runway figured ~hat caused the delay m award- do ne~d a: change. now and Novem- had at our last meeting. We only ve:c·sit y of Utah will be bid Arril at 7 million for Hill Air Force base mg the contract !)as not been made ber Will be creepmg around sooner l ack~d one of. having .a 100 % rep, Hi, 1954. " al'e ·planned for completion. by I clear: We are. eage:·ly awaiting the t~a1: you ,real.ize, and there'll be resentation at that meeting .. I feel On April 13, 1954, the stretch July, 1!;JSS. This should make ad- s~artm~ of t~Is proJect, as _our rela- yom oppor tu.mty to help do some- that there was a great deal ac of 1 u. S. 40, ,between Summit Coun- ditional work in this area soon. [ hon with this company grows bet- , thmg about It. , complished and your · representa- t y line and Keetly in Wasatch However, no definite starting date ter with each job. I The ri1atter of the H yster Crane tive wishes to exnress appreciation · Cr:n nty will be bid. This jo b I'> ad- has been set. · I Tl1orn Const ructwn· C ompany I was se ttl e d a t t a Tecen meetmg· for the cooperation and t1ndel': jo:.. >')i ng the Strong Company job Following is a list of the jobs lost no time in going to work on with Barlow and some other prob- standing that was reached at this at Park City and should be· a good which have already started or are their job at Lehi. Things are being lems which had arisen in the cur- meeting. We all know· . that the · cJ't J' ta'l job and one that has been n')e d, e d scheduled to begin in the very expe I ed at t 1Is job under the · 1 men t were s t raig· lt 1 ene d t ou . work'has . been very. slow in shops fo 1 r some time. rr neat~ future and should take up g.uidance of "Plug" Clark, one· of At the' next regular meeting, this winter, with no government At present we are some"' li 'th b t d · · 1 J:i • Apr'! 20 19~4 matte t · · projects still ~., a t some of the slack: w . w . Clyde, e es · gra e supers m t 1e ys1- l . , ;:, , r.s per ·ammg comine-~ in but we are · il1 fn ; he clark as.• to what will happen North Bountiful . to Farmington, ness. Brother Ken All-en is pmih'ing to the new contract will be dis- hopes that it will pick up now on the Wanship Dam and the rest road surfacing; Floyd s. Whiting.. the · equi~ment and also is very cap- cussed-so plan to attend is pos- that good weather has hit 6~ ot the Weber Basin project. Right- Company, completing 6 miles in able. This company has a very ex- sible. state. a -·,,; ays seem to be the factar that Echo Canyon. You no- & Smith I1 tensive asphalt program this year . Vitro Chemical is n olding up the works. getting a good start o~1 6 miles of 1 and are off to a goOd start by fir- Cedar City Mines '.V e ,,-ere a,ll very happy last new road in Echo Canyon· Ger- ' ing tip the hot pl;;tnt at theJ.r By the time this paper reaches ;vEe k to hear of President Ike's mer-Abbo.tt & Waldron with crews Springville site April 3. · At the present time the opera- you we are in hopes that we have a r ;:; r 1 · t J !VI s · d s tions at the Cedar Mines a re at a oval of the E c h o Par' pro)ec ·. at 'vVanship, Penrose, Montpieler, · · umswn an ons are a signed agreement, but up · to T l:is, of course, isn't the final de- Idaho, · and leveling land near nearing completion of their job at very low ebb; there .has been more date we have not reached an c eO:: ing word, but it is good news Tremonton; J. B. !':'arsons Com- Moab. Two or three days next cut-bac~s, but we hope the recent agreement on wages. We have had t o us. If any of you members pany has work at Richmond, Ply- J week will complete the improve- ones wmd up the ball of yarn. Lyle J ohnson, of the Conciliation VlOIJ 1d like to help the. matter along mouth and Malta Oalf Nelson I ments on the roa-d that runs be- If rumor and grapevine can be i Service, at our last two meetings, :;ttie, a we request that you drop Company on road. job west ~f Itween Moab and the town of depended upon, some resumption ' but Mr. Hall,. manager of Vitro, eiif er Senator 1 watkins or String- Smithfield; Le Grand Johnson Dewey. This company is on the of operation may be in sight for says that he ha;; gone as far as he fe ]}ow a Jetter giving some good Conipany on Bureau of Reclama- look-out for a job, aJld if they do around the first of J une, but we'll can go without calling their Labor li'~c::sons in favor of the project. We;' tion drain at Hooper; Waterfall I~ot connect will have to turn loose 1 just have to vvait and see what Relations ·man out from the east. tm.:l.erst and ~he opposition to this IConstruction con:pa.ny on their a very ,fine crew. VVe are hoping!' happens then. We are now standing by waiting pr o.)ect receives thousands of let- curb and gutter JObs at Roy and they co.mect. . We Rre told that son'Ie of you for !VIr. Johnson to call the next les weeldy opposing it, while our Botfutiful and local Ogcien work; I Frank Barben's job on the Hite brothers who have been laid off meeting, and are hopiil.g to have ·.;;e n ator.s receive only a few letters W. W. Clyde Company landscaping, I road is also nearing completion. had vacations coming and were not eveTything settled by the time yOll. fa,·oring the project, anq that fact surfacing and road work at Weber It will ta.ke three or four weeks paid for them. If that's the case, receive this article. alone seems, to carry a lot of College; Utah Construction .Com - ~ to finish what they have opened get in contact with us and we'll · · · · w e~ght ii_l some of. the pany getting m~etings ready to start _ the up and. by then the enginee,r s~ys go to bat about them as soon as I State Road News ~ _':.1 a 1 nn heanngs .held m Washmgton, concrete work on the Gateway they Will have· used the appr opna- vve're notified. Several had worked I Because of the lack of iJl..terest 'D. C. So if you would like to do Tunnel. This is · Rbout the extent I ti~n. If the State of Utah : ver re- a little under a year and don't ! shown by o'ther state departments 'yo <.:.r good turn, drop a line to your of the ·work, with the exception of 1 cei~ed. value ..on a, road JO~-.we quite qualify, but we are asking I in otlr program to go out and so 'co:-:gressma'J 1. several smaller jobs which are claim It happened nere. This JOb the company if they won't give I. licit sio·natures to o-et · on the No- At this time we would lil . (Compiled by P. E. Vandewark) ,_.Mountain ·· Blvd., m· c·1t y o f o a k-• 1 t er mam· · ex te n s'o 1 11s· on · \"·v. 9tll , St., Croc·k.ett, $9819 fo-r ·,.,., J.det1 re- , :;9th"' .St., Oakland, · for grade <::.!ld- :r.IARCU 4 1954 . land. . I Hudspeth & Trowbridge S_t., Santa in£. cone. bridge across Contra Cos- pave at t!J.e Stanley B. Ellis SchooL WALNUT c R E E .K, . c~n trac ts . M_ARCH 11, 19.5:1 . . Rosa> _...-- ·. ta Canal on Railroad )\.ve. '(County · CARSON CITY Nev. c~ntract d SAN FRANCISCO, contract Road No. 5261) , 'l4 mi: S. of Calif. . . . . ' · ' .. .'--- t awarded as follows for const. 3.69 SACRAMENTO, contract a war - . . · . Ave. near P__ _.ftsb_iU~' g·. · _·· I awarded to W. W. Clyde &; Co., Box d f M M lfitano & Son Inc. awarded to Harp & Sha11nan, Box 1 a:cres lawn,· irrigation and sprin- e o · a • • c. S S F · $ 99- f r MARTINEZ, . cor!tract 'awardei:l j 231, Sprin_ gville, kler system, 14,000 sq. ft. walks, P . 0. Box 750, Pittsburg, $231,962 1::H, 0 : an . rancSJsFco, B. 12. , ~B rdo Utah, , $286,235 for - all in Pleasant Hills Park, North (Ait) - for enlarge levee, · etc., E.· reloc · ·water< . !me • · •· av• n ge· to Stanley H. Koller, 1694 Pomona 26.096 m1. const. por. ·of Sec. H wy. •• L Levee, Sacr·anlent·o RJ' ver·, Maub_e1·- a__ t,y.s. Naval rSta. Tr.·easure I_s land._ St., Crockett, $49,412 for canst. re- o-ys. betw. Nye-Clark County line Walnut Cl'eek. La};V n-to Da_v id · " v I CI CO 0 t · · · E:lavis, 2607 Richard, Concord, $3, - ry Slough to Jet. .Pt. of both banks, -."'AN FRAN S ' e n~ r a c . inf. cone. al;d str1,1c. steel J:n:idge and Mt. Springs Summit, CLARK '. o44 ·, · pa\•ine:-to 0. C. Jones. &. 3 Mile Slough CIVENG-54c37 .. 0: . awarde9 to The Fay Improvement across Las . Trampas ·Creek on COUNTY, NEVADA.. . "' ~ · ' · Co., 101 Carolina St., San Francis- Morag:t Blvd. (Cou'nty Road Grdup s ·ons, 1620 4th St., Berkeley, $4,.- FR_ESNO, contract awarded , to co, $ for const. Capistrano 6864 Avte. No. 3445 ), Lafayette, Calif. MARCH 24, 1954 · 456; ir rigation- to Associa ted Ell,- Gramte Const. Co., Box 900, W~t - drain. . CARSON , CITY Nev. contract . SAN FRANCISCO, contra. c I; gineers, Inc., .3606 El Camino Real, sonvill e, $175,434 for canst. adeli- TRAVIS AFB, contract awarded awarded to Sch\~ake Const. - ~0., I awarded to Lowrie Pavingo s~ -, Palo Alto, $11,450. tions to sanitai:y sewer system, to Coast P ipeline Contrs. 580 2 I Bra- Gardnerv··· ille, Nevada, $146,000. for line_., 1755 Evans Ave., S. F ., $u6~-~~ l ; _SAU:3ALITO, contract . awarded Sec. 6, Unit • in City of, F resno. , gato , Road,. • Belmont, $59,856 for 5.917 ;m. canst. portwn ~ of Second- for reconst. Geneva Ave. bhv\',. to . Brown-Ely Co., Box 474, Corte LINCOLN, contract awarded to i·eplace gas m ains. · ary Hwy. System o:n !3·r-8-B betw. Mission and Prague Sts. _ ;Madera, $27,245 foF grade and pave Bingham Const. Co., 6329, Eastern FRESNO, contract awarded to Paradise VC).ljey & 3 \iii.: N,'ly and ! PETALUMA, contract awar ~ed ·.,various streets in Sausalito. Ave., Sacramento, $118,030 (total) Grey & Kossian, Rt. 1, Box 691, 011 FAS' No. 612·, betw .. Paradise to Stolte Inc., 8451 San Leancro 'f., _ _M ILL YAL):..EY,. contract award- for canst. sewage treat. plant and Fresno, $7433 for canst. sidewalks, Valley and 3 mi. E'Jy, in . HUM- St., Oakland, $119,721 for extend - eq to Sileo, 747 Sutter St., Yub3. outfall, sewer. i curbs, gutters and driveways on BOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. utils. and con st. sewage treatment City, $29;575 for canst. intercept- SAN FRANCISCO, cont ract j both sides of W . University Ave. SUNNYVALE, contract awarded. plant at T wo Rock Ranch Station, ing sewer line from. L ocust to awarded (general) to ll'a H. Lar- betw. Tielman & N .. Friant Aves., to Justice-Dunn Company, 1260 Petaluma. ·.• - BJlsa & \Varner Canyo.n. sen Co. , 64 So. Park, S. F., $447,701 City of Fresno. · SAN F RANCISCO, c 0 n tr act for canst. Cafeteria Bldg. at City FIRE BAUGH, contract awarded awarded to Hart & Hynding, 389 College of San Francisco. to H. R. Langworthy, 3601 Lewis Clemeritina St ., S. F ., $12,616 for MARCH 12, 195 4 ·I Ave., Fresno, ~4503 < .. :..;lemany · Blvd.,_ soutl;t of. Lake Walnut St., O~~la,nd, . $5: ~4? for '1 to B e~nal c:onst .. Co., 128 Texas St., 1i1erced, Daly C1ty. const . pump _discharge !me and San :_• ranc1sco, . $15,738 for const. CONCORD, contract il_warded t_o se"Yer ljne 'to Wes ~ .e t; n Sky}nclus - ~1 sand tl:ap at West Lake Well Site. _Anderson . Const. Co., 83,50 .Mar ti- tries on Russell Road. • ~ · DALY CITY, contract awarded ne!li Road, Forestville, .$11,308 for TURLOCK, eontra:ct awai'Q.ed .to to Pacific Pavements.Co., Ltd.,· 85 .canst,:. of Corporation Yard build- to Oaklang Sewei· Corst. Co._, $915 Barstow St.,, .s ·an .Francisco; · $10- irig ili Concord. Walnut St., Oakla nd, $16,919. for 499 for gri}.de, pav.e .& const. ·storm ' . DALY CITY, contract a\varded Walnut A\,e. Trunk Sewei:-c''Exten- d1:ain at West. Lake Well Site. . Par_ts-Service- P r ompt . Em e rg~ ncy . Field Service. You' ll k.n~w w hat. yo u to Ber-nal con'st: <::;o., . 2124 Anza sion, from Tfdew~_t er · Southern' . DALY CI'rY, contract · awarded ore getting an c;l that you ore deaJing wit[l a depencloble and· reliabl e .St., S . F., .$19,935 ·fo1: .. const. retain~ Railroad track ·and. Walnut'.. Ave. to :E . T. Haas Co., P.O. ·Box; · 95, in.g. walls on . Brun s,~ick St. exten- I along Walnut ~ Ave. and Vi: Mailli ~~lrriont , $9991 fo1• .reloc.· of l f · in, GET IT fROM sion1. D.£!l;y. City, . . · ., towards .w ·,·, M,£!.in -and. Soderq~ist pipeline: at . intersec. ,. of , A:lemany· . C . . :. l\~ARCH .. -~0, 1954 .... · . ·Road·. , . . . · Bivd. ,& .Lake Mel'c'ed•, &. instalP·2', EDWARD .R. BACON . Q·MPANY . .. Qi~:1NP.fCitt\~ a f~ · a\\y arp€1,cj;,tp · · , l\I~'C~·, l~; . l~i}-1.. . • _ in. pipeJineonS()uthGateAvenue;: , G ~ON · S' TR U~ - T, ION EQUIPMENT . .. Gal11i;gh~l-.;:&'. '1Burk ; .lnG.; , ;J4f H ig,h ~ . SANTA,. ROSA,;·. contract ... awared. :Day-Ci.ty. : .· : .· ·' · ,. ' · · f olsom cit mli St~e~t. San Fra ~ cisco 'l O ; · C alif: . HEmlock ·1·3700 · '. '- st: ; ;~:< o~kf~ii li ; n:~~r22~ · fm; · corist~ ,to . P. ~i efz." .Co ., . :~,236 C'entJ;?al Ave. ;- · M~R.:TrN~:?>; .. ,c_onh:acL -:.awar:deq_ , . Sa :-O~f~l .Santa ··,>..: · ..:..::..,..:...____ -'-:__.:___;:.__ o ~-~~ Rosa, __ ::;'A,~.~ - .4rrli.or~hfll . ·t,O, $11;_29( for const.: wa- to. ~tanl~y H. ·Koll.er, 169.4-,Pomqna: _ .,.!-_:__...... :__ ~------,·· Twdve ENGINEERS' NEWS April 15, 1954 Fifld Sur~ey N~tes- Delaying Uncertain Weather . . SUrveyOrS , Not ;.· Progress in the fenlnsula Area .. (See Page 1 for W~1e1·e to Register) Under Nt By CHET ELLIOTT, Business Representative . By PAT. CLANCY and PAUL EDGECOlViBE, Business Representatives Ordinarily the new construction work for the current year· Bv AL BOARDl\f.AN is usually advertised for bid and constracts .awarded to · . In addition to . the many buildings u{1der construction in Business Repr~sentative are San Francisco, the University of San Francisco has awarded our employers during the late winter and early sprin'g months. a contract of $1,500,000 for construction of a student resi- The ,big news during the month Due to the faCt that the aver-age contractor has work left ove1· , of ·March was the decision of the d ence, to the Barrett and Co. eon?truction firm, formerly the NatiO'nal Llibor Relations Board to trom the previous year on which he has susperid.edoperation on during th~ wet weather in De- · · · · · dismiss the of the As Barrett 8? Hilp Co. Work will start soon on this six-story p~tition cerii.ber, January and February, building which will include 200 rooms, lounges, dining rooms sociated Civil Engineers · & Land s1ump in employment. According which again becomes active as soon to the . best information available and recreation facilities within the campus. Surveyors of Santa Clara County as the heavy rains are ovsr and Raymond· Concrete Company's and San Francisco Area Group of at this office there will be a: sub- provides employment for members stantial gain in employment as big pile driving job on the site of for the past few weeks due to the. Professional Employees for 8J col of Local' No. 3 until our employers soon as the weather settles. the Equitable Life Insurance build- heavy rains. With a few days of lective bargaining election. The have obtained some of the new ing is nearing completion. Din- sunshine work should begin to pick petitioi1 was filed under Section 9 work. However, this winter being During the past month the L. C. widdie Company, the general con- up to our expectations. (C) of. the National Labor Rela- an unusually dry one the contrac Smith Company of San Mateo were tractor, has started pouring foot- DEEP IN THE HEART ( ?) OF tions Act last November and hear- tors were ' able to complete most the successful bidders .a·n .four miles ings. TEXAS! Brother E. L. Duff has ings were held before David E. of the work left over from last of State Highway at Half Moon About May 1st the $2;500,000 city- just returned from a trip through Davis, tlie hearing officer. summer and rains coming late in Bay. This new link on the. Coast owned St. Mary's Garage will be the Southwest and reports that On March 16, 1954, the NLRB the season, the new work that has Highway bypasses the city itself open for public use. It will have working conditions are bad · · · es- made the following decision: That been contracted for has not started and connects up with the new road three different elevated entrances pecially in Texas! They are operat- the' Land Surveyor performed serv as yet a11.Al has caused a temporary at Fr·!nchmans Creek which was with escalators to provide patrons ing cats for whatever they can get. ices for area contractors in con- constructed a year ago. According access to any level. A portion of He found a Negro operating a bla,de nection with the . surveying and · to information your representative received at a pre-job conferei1ce the roof will be landscaped similar for 90 cents per hour! He espe- plotting of residential home de- Se~·vke \Vithdrawa; Cards to the park that was there pre- cially mentioned the DICKIE velopments, and the lay-out of with Mr. F . H. Brown; project man~ ager for L. C. Smith Company, one viously. Haas & Haynie are the WORK CLOTHES ., · · they are on streets, sewers, watermains and SAMUEL D. LUCERO of our worthy brothers· Anthony builders. the AFL WE DON'T PATRONIZE electrical conduits connected there" JAMES PLEUNEY Bruno will be in charge of this job Cahill Construction has vari~ u ~ 1 LI_ST in Fort . Worth, Texa.s · · · with for which it received approx and will have many Operating En.: jobs throughout the city including 1 said he \:Vas . tol? they .file em: imately $171,650. It also received gineers on the payrolL This firm the Hamm's Brewery, Metropolitan - ~loyees for attendmg a umon me:t- $12,150 for services. ren,dered to 0 sl was at;o awarded the contract fo1' Life Insurance building Giannini mg. I Remember that when youre contractors in·:connection with the YS. ctopus Rinner installa~ion of signal lights and re-. School and Burgermeister Brew- buying your work clot hes. construct.i.on of the Ford plant in !1. -. er y, thus keer)in_g s.everal hoisting James name in City. engineers and corppressor men Kr~OV./ WElfARE PlA~i As there wa;; no showing. that the papers and on the radio April7 Bids are being advertised now busy. the contractors annually shipped when he ran into an eight-foot and will be opened on April 21 by Track removal and street repair (Continued from Page Two) goods valued in excess of "25,000 t h'l d. · f b 1 'ob~ ar·e tape_r_I.Il£ off. HarJley hac '~' oc opus w I e lvtng or a a one the California State Highway De~ J ~ ~ ~ 12. Question: If I work more in in'terstate commerce, the serv- at Fort Ross and proceeded t 0 walk completed Balboa Street while Fay h' ~trrs per· 'Jnontlr tl a · " · ~. . ,. partment for the' erection of two u 1 11 requ!I'eu, ices performed for the contractors ashore wtth the cntter and ms ·· Improvement has finished Eleventh wha.t happens to my working d . . · - bridges and grading of one mile of - r - Street. Eaton & Smith have.several hours in excess? by the Lan Surveyors Assocm- patch it to octopus heaven. freeway one-tenth of a mile south . b d _ tion are twice removed from inter- Once th~. octopu. s had taken hold I 0. f . the San Francisco County line . 1 sm~ l .10 s scattere about the city I· Answer: Your working hours in state commerce and. accordingly of Jtm wtth fou1 of tts arms, he 111 San Mateo County. · which keep their steady crews on excess of 115 are recorded to your are not relevant in determining dectded the best procedure was to · the payroll in between rains. credit in a reserve bank of hours. whether the . Association's opera- pull it off the rocks to which it The I:Ienry Doelge: Company ,at Lowrie Paving Co. will be finished 13. Question: How n~any hours tions exert sufficient impact on in- cluna with four othe arms a d Daly Ctty on the huge WestlalMare Island, $225,000; Port. Chi- Managing Editor, v . s . ·sWANSON· Main Gate of Travis but the last with' a blade . .. result, a badly I enroll? cago, $304,000; Monterey · 'Navy PublishedNo . 3 of· Eachthe International Month by· Loca· Unioni·Union of , storm pu t a s t· op t o th a t JO· b '· W e br·okell le!l~ . On active. duty now in Answer: No. School, $33_2,000; Oakland · Naval Operating Engineers were informed by Brother Mike office. Hope to see Pat on job soon. 7. Question: \'i'ho can I ·claim Supply Center , $3 ~lillian; O~kland · ·' Northern California, Northern Nevada, Saportti .that Bechtel Corp. dropped Sorry to report the tragic death as . dependents-? Army Base, $1.8 mrllwn; Fort Ord, . State of Utah 50;000· yards· of excavation into the . of Pete Vehornik's infant child, Answer: ·Your lawful -wife, .your · $774,000; 4 4 · Office '7· Va!Emcia, Sti·eet lap of Parish Bros. and there will: d\re to accident. Pete is employeu unmarried children, your step-ehil-. '' * * San Francisco 3·, California be. more as tlie job-progresses.-.Trre at the Bas< Rock Co: at McNears ·dren and YO\lr foster . children if Read that those French . resort