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OPERATING .ENG.INEE~lS ·lOCAL 3 STATI.ONARY .ENGINEE.RS LOCA~ 39
VOL . .14-No. i2 ' SAN ~RANC!SCO, CAL~FOR.NIA '· I)ECEMBER, J 95(6 '' l a_r Skies Signal ig V:eOr~End Push A solid month. of good weather-in November-the contractor's drea.rh -is in the records .fer this"year-end wind-up, and no matter. what comes-in December the, work accomplished during the long clear spell will rna!..;:e this fall of '56 one of the -best in many years for the West's construction '. industry. . ' Local 3 reports this month are pleasantly repetitious - most all tell of great achievements during, November on pending ' jo ~§_ and wqrk schedules. And as December progresses, many of ou;r district offices tell I Of _leSS than the USUal Climb in oufof-work lists, though general- A summary of this month's dis ly speaking the .. early Decembet· trict reports provides a quick look current situation in' Local 3 storms signalled 'beginning of the at the annual sl-ack period. . jurisdiction: ' . Utah: New bpildings, industr y Thus, the arrival of winter expansion help ease the · winter months and .the Christmas holidays slack season now underway. this year does not mean_ q_uite tl:e Nevada: Highw,a.y_ jobs move, but fmanc1al bm:de_n that. It has m winter gradually slowed down m ost other yea,rs, 1t 1s pleasmg to note. of the state. ·· Last ~<.aF' ,s lttll was ~-roken by de- j Redcling: · Bi~ ;: Trinity pro:ject is v~statmg floods, wh1~h we hope sparking the' area, moving wher- , w~ll not ~e the :ase th1s _YeaJ:. Jobs I ever possib)e, also highways and Wlll.contmue thru the qmet months Diamon_d Match plant. whenever and wherev_er they c~n, Marysville: Best se,ason ever, because backlogs contmue to ex1st now ea~ing off Mountain pow er ' in meeting the requirements of our jobs still mo vin~. • still booming pnpulation growth: Eureka : Dark spot of _the three .., All members are · requested . to states, with quite a . lot of rain so keep closely in touch with the un- far, that 'ol' . Oregon mist. ~iop p i ng ion·office, so that Local 3 may con- over. tinue to meet all manpower re- ,Ukiah: C9yote dam .highway r e- . _qu.irements which it- has·. do'ne so location is moving. S?,a§B.IJ. .. -' ' CQ4\;: __ _..;. ),~$} !_~-~~!E.g __ tli!s :, P~ t i?}LC!f }XP .~ I,1_:':. .• Nortl?-bay: 1 B~s-t ~~~Et~ .s10n. · · .. I tinuing as long as ·weather per ! mits. · · • ·- R' I Oakland: D_redging, Freeways, H. arnessmg a' !Ver shipyards are moving, About ;;i60 In (Jranite Gorges ::.~cleared to_jobs during Novem- .th H,{ h' .· s· · 1-. Stocld_on: Ta!'lering off on big .of . . . e - IQ_ . lert a ' Ti·i-Dam project . in mountains. ' ~. · . • · . · . . j' Some levee work down in the val- J.:Ier_e is site for Donnell's-Dam, ley. ·· · .,.__ - h~ghest of the three dam-tunnel- Fresno:' An ideal F.all period. res.ervoir · qombin~tions know£1. as $pow forci)Jg. jobs to lower· alti- · ~ the Tri.-Dam-Project, a $50. millioil tudes. FreeyYays ~n the valley. 1;ower-water_ project on Stanislaus San. Jose: Dry autumn, jol;>s hold rive~; from 20 to, 40' m~les ea~t of u p good. Industry:·-hotising . . !he Mother .Lode to~'n of Son!ir,a.: · San l\'Iateo: Freeway, ,housing, '. This js a two~year, :~!lcco-1\i~wit- and bay fill jobs. - · . · _ , Stolt~ - A r im(1ei -Dixon j'o~ that st~ll ~ ·· ~~n Fra_!.tcisco_: " Go<:Jd weatheF .haD some rnontiJs to go. Shown 111 cleaned ·ul'> m.any, ·big jobs: Water '•. this aerial vie~\' are -: ~ 1. 760-foot front freeway· finally ,moving. - · cr.est of 2'88-foot .dam. '2. Fir st see- Hawaii: Local projects under\yay, ..t~o!J. ;; base of-- ~rch da_m . .3. Spillway. also·.in outei~ islands; ·' 4: Aggregate _a,nd mixing plant. 5. ·- Quarry. 6. Reservoir. .'.
···~-~ . .- New !ndus.tri'es fo.r 1 )he Shasta Region I ·,. 'l:he vast, ricit inlaiu; empir~ · of I .. GEO.' F, CORNISH "' the north valleys, the Redwoods, i Nov. i2, 1956, Brigham City, Utah_ ·- a1id the' Siena-Siskiyous region is _ · ·comino· into its own as the state's J. SOJ,\'IERVILLE N · 14 1956 ct 'c 1 f . ; str:i tegic" area· ·of natural resources. ov · : • concQr · • a : In this .region -- S.re •" to b~ f.ound l\f·. ;W . .:GRIFFING · the best hunting, fi shing, and I Nov: 15.: 195G, · stoc~~on , Calif. . sports areas ~f th~ West. IJ:ere, _too I '·'VILL,~RD SNOWBALL . are.. the -states best ~ource of tnn- Nov: 15 1956 1_3rodei:lc,k Calif. ber; ,\rater -and power. ,_. The $120 ' ' million Trinity . fn:oiect ·'west of _ ·_P. WHI~FIELD . Redcl:n.g ;· is now _well. · un'derway,, NoY_. 20, 1956, San Francisco,- Calif. bring-ing a bgstl,e/ of :activity. New_· fsHER.RAL' BO\VMAN . industry is lo ~ating ·in t~e _area.! No'v. 20;' 195G, Oroville, Calif. ' This aerial view· shows the $21 I • mi!li~n Diam'Ond Match company JAMES CROSSMAN plant goi)tg up ,iust south of Redl' Oct. 21, 1956, Reno, Nevada. I Bluff, situatPd between Sacramento T. ·v. "HAP" CROM'WELL ~- -river an~l th~ rail and highway .Nov. 22, 1956, San Francisco, Calif. routes, at" left.- This Del ~· \.Vebb · r Const Co · ;ob has been tn'iderway ALVIN B. NELSON eigl-lt:·_mo;Iths · and -luis about ,1g . Nov. 24, 1,956, French Gulch, Shas- ·ln-onths :vet·to. go. .. _, ta County, Call£.. ~ Thi~ ]Jlan'; tnarks-a big expansion RANDOLPH WEST sten for D'.a"lond, which llas 63 Nov. 23, 1956, E l Granada, Calif. :vards in N. Calit: ·ltnd .a. hea~lqtjar - E. HEIDENTHAL t ers plant _at O.uco wzth m11I aml: · N · 24 F ,56 · 0 kl~ d c ]'f1 ' -ma!ich factory. Output. •at Red Blll.ff ov; " .'· " . ' , a' ~ n ' a · ·· wili include all. types cf lumber,: JOHN L. ROBERTSON fibre. paper orodncts. Dil~ e s seen N ov. 28,- 1956, Sp1)ngville, Utah -: in the .pi~tui' ~ are part' of an ex- AR.VIL F. DONOVAN ' ,. tensive _plan on .the, 400-acre site Dec.· 3 1956 R edwood City, Calif. for. ~ettling 1!11d_ testing basins to ' · , ' · .assure retur,n of pure water to the · _R!~Y f3HIPl'+'lAN neat:by 1·ivN', ~ ·Dec. v, 1956, Stockton, Calif. -, ; :
\The City}y the Golden -Gate Tax Status of Travel Expenses Report· -of Last eetin~ Unions in the construction in- The m eeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m., President Clancy S.Fe J BS S EE E UP dustry will want to tell their .m~m- J presiding. Roll call showed Manager Swanson absent on business of the bTehrs ,about a new tax co~rt rulmg. Union and Vice-President .F oss absent, and both were ·excused. e court savs construction work- . ers w j1o obtain jobs a\~' ay from · Synopsis of the R-egular Meeting IHinutes of November 3 r _ead and YG home can deduct the cost of trav- by motion approved as read'. E eling to · and from the job THER site and Synopsis of the Executive By PAT CLAi'I'CY, HARRY METZ, Bus;ness Representa.t.ives the cost of food and lodging at the Board Minutes of November 14 and of . N ov embe~· 28 read and the acts alHl . We hmie- been fortunate in the San FFancisco area as site in figuring their federal in- recommen.dations of· tl1e Board there wasn't a trace of rain during the month of November. com.e tax. · were by motion a.pprovecl as read. The court rules in favor .of three Ca.rcls of thanks were received from the· Bad weather would have closed down a good many jobs that construction workers, each of family of Fred simmons; the family. ·of George Larsen;· the Speich family; the fallni!y of C. Jan1f'" have open pits and trenches. One of the biggest jobs of this whom belonged to a local union Crossman; the family of Jei·ry G; Hlueny; Ann and Jackie Larst type is the Civic Center Garage project where an entire block with headquarters near his home, has been excavated.- · I"' Dorothy Young and children; Mrs. Anna Betl1 ami family and Eleene . I obtained employment through the Duarte. All were received and filed . • ·California Division of Highways ~t raight-line freeway in the vicin-I u _n~ o n, a ~d wor~ed on jobs in o~her on November l Gth ·awarded a $ ,- 1t 7 y _o_f u :e Sa~ ~r a nc1 sc o Ferry , CJtles for varyi_n g penods of ~~~1e. The. following Brothers were reported ill: Char les 'Antrobus, E. :o 5,oo g Embarcadero F reeway con- BUJldmg. The 7 JOb mvolv.es . a two- The tax commiSSioner was WIIII11 g Bechtel, Elmer Bell, i\'litche] Be~rich, Geo. Bubier, VVillar
Gibbons & Reed have moved in 'I They also have a rig working on Election Day. some equipment on their Tunnel . the Ma'lfitano job placing ·rip-rap. Latest attack on "righe' and 1 job at Cave Rock m1 the shore of M . .T. B. Construction has prac- 1 "wrong" voting recor ds has come Lake Tahoe arid expect to get tically completed its Lodi Freeway with hearings by the McClelfan
(_ 1 started fuli blast in the near fu- job and . shoulct be finished except ' Special Comi11i ttee on lobbying and ture. for the Lord & Bishoo job on the political activities. Two members \ Brother George ' "Moose" How- structures, whicn ~ )'Jill take some of the committee- both Republi- ard from L_incoln Welding Wo}·ks time yet; · cans-spent a consi.derablEi amount · Inc., is back on the job, in good Fresno Paving was low bidder on of time charging that publication shape, after a short stay in· the a storm sewer pumping plant job of such records by labor either h ad hospital and with the . good help for the new housing projects north been "illegal'' ·or "unfair." · of Brother Lloyd Burger things of the Calaveras River in the Their unhappiness over the r ec- will be O.K. around the outfit. · If .amount of $34,000. ords came- out during question of · '. ·"Moose" will keep an eagle eye on 'Brother Cecil Ford is opening a James L. 'McDevitt, co-director of. that Burger and keep him out of •. Christmas tree sales lot at Main the AFL-CIO Committee on P oli- This view shows an old steam shovel in. the copper pits a.t Ruth . , trouble that he is apt to get into Street and Wilson Way a.nd Wl 11 tical EdUcation and Carl Huh n- C'" about i9(}0. _For more deta.Hs see Nevada. office report on this page. d d t k · · "'-: .at times, for that lemonade diet - 11ave first gra e trees an a -e dorff, Dire·ctor -of the Machinists' · he has been on make him look a first grade care of the brothers. Non-Partisan Political League. bit fat and his old hide's gett;ng of Ely at the Ruth junction and jobs as Bouider (I{'oover) Dam, Senator Barry Goldwater of awful dry. running .through the town of Ely Grand Coulee, · and many· others of Arizona who ·has been feuding w ith \\liNTER· SLOWS EAST to the overpass about two miles great importance to the country, labor leadership for a long time, I1i the Eastern se·ction of the ea~ of town. · taking pictures as he went. declared that in his opinion COPE great Silver State ._ wfnter is setting There are a lot of rumors as to Two pictures show the first gas had no r:ight to publish voting r ec- . in -. and the consti·)lction work is the possibilities of some ne\\r open driven (H•agline in the State. This ords with votes marked "righ t" \f virtually at a stand stili There are pit · operations starting next year, picture was taken in 1919. while and "wrong". He insisted that t his new jobs (hat will be started in ai1d there are many favorable in- Brother Dahoney was working for was ~not "educational" but was de- the spring and others that the con- dications of truth to these rumors, the Union Land and Cattle Com-' signed to influence voters. tractors will ·return to in early .\1-S . there is a Jot of development pany in Yerin.gton, ·Nevada. McDevitt challenged Goldwater's part of next year for completion. work and drilling operations that The third picture is ·a rare one statement and declared that t he Morrison & Knudsen will be back has been done il1 th.e past' year by for this area. This was, taken in practice of publishing voting rec- on their · job - at -Pequop summit, some of the major mining firms of early 1900, ih the copper pits· at ords w i i h the designation of out of Wells, Ne. vada, in the spring, Ithe . state, at several· locations Ruth, Nevad;;l, showing one of th.e ·. ~ CO·U..U.. R. A.VE $.WO!l. 11 WE .$A· ID····D· .UC.H!" +,•.,!I "right" and "wrong'' votes was ed- \ and . will lay. oil as soon as the around Ely. · · 1 old steam operated shovels of that ucational in every sense arid per- _, weather permi-ts. - In looking over the picture, work· day. The GiToux Mines of that day ~Es:tj 1 ~;;~ ~~~1 °F1~~T ~~~~~~~~~~;J:r~~ · fectly legitimate. Stewai·t ·'and Wells Construction in this area 'for the coming year ·was one of the predecessor com- ·HAS ARTIFIC IAL ARTERIES THAT BLEED· ~ust ' Senator Edward J. Thye of Min- Cmnpany will ·re't:Urn'.'to' Ruby Val- looks very promising for the panies ' of the present day Consoli" a "5 ~ur.tAN's · w ·HE. N _i>i,ER:CED...... nesota declared that both. COiPE ley to . complete their job. · Brothers. dated Copperinines ca·rporati6n, 'at - - ·- - - and the- Machinists had been ''un- On Decernbei.· ·6th· bids. v\;ill be OLDTil\fE PICTURES · :Kimberly, Nevad·a. Today the Coho ...... fair': to him in listing him 'ivrong received fat constni:ction- of 15,189 Through· the .. courtesy of Bro. scilidated Coppermines· Corpor:ation w11J talk about. while v1s1tmg with on the postal pay bill.· ·of 1955 f or n1iles of.. secondary · high.:,ay in Leo Dahoney, T Was ,able to have has about 300 employees working each otl_1er durmg the ye~rs ahead. upholding Ptesident Eiserillow er's Elko County; .Nevada, Qn- State ·some of ·his ·album printed and en- at the miries,, with a large fleet of Best w1shes to Brot_her Dahon~~ I, ,eto. Thye declared tha:t·. he had Route 11 :between .j).mction State tered into the Engineers News for _torque converter Euclid trucks a~1d J.na~y thanks for these sple Ivo _ted for the. bill "seven" t i?:1oes. Route 18 {east' of ·±uscai'ora) ai1d the rest of: the members to ·see/ 'being loaded ' by both Bucyrus and d1d p1ctures. . · . Both McDevitt and Huhncto rff 15 .miles· north'E!riy. . . . Brdthe1' Dahohey i!l now ·retired, P&H shovels. They have a 71"B, _'Vith 'the 'holiday · season. .just I took the position that fl1e vote_· t<;> The Robi'son::Suminit'Rada; Sta- · but: \Vithin J'iis album he· has a tre- Bucyrus ·Deisel, a 110-B electric, -a ah~ad, we want to take tlus op- support the veto was the kev 01)e tion job . will be' started. in _ the mendous amount of per~onal his- 955 P&H Deisel and ~ two 1400 P&H portunity . to. th~nk ali o~ the I and the -one that Counted so far as . spring, , but , there . .has , been · so:me tory. .. . .electric ·shovels operating . arolind Brothers. that have worke4 ~n th~ labor \,;a_s concerned, - mix-up :. on ct!ie'. right· of way 'and.if This brother.. has be.en on vari.ous· the'Clock-'seven-· days a week Great -81h·er · State for the1r co- _ · ______may· be 'puLou_' 't ~ for ,. bids. agkin in jobs around the country an_d has Th.e1'e are still sev:eral: .Brothers· overation· and ·assistance on the' ~ · · ... · , · · · . ' ' ·. · h U.s. . · OIL .OUTPU'l'. .. R.J!»ES- the' D:ealtutuice. ,._ . - · ' · · ' piCtures of the stages cif construe- of Local Union No. 3 t_hat worked I jobs and ext"l~d o~lr smc_e~e w1s es - "' - . According · to r ne,w~s -:~eleas·es ,from :tion'. anci' ·the :_ equipment tise,d on· with Brother Dahoney m 1900 that to them· and ~ theu fam1he_s for a · Oil ' .·.product.a!i1 ., tn· the· United ,. . the Highway. D.epar~nt, 'bids.win each job. 'lie wen,t: from the copper. are \~Or king in 'the ar ea and I am IVery l\'Ierry, Christmas ·an(r·an_even Stat~~ - has . increased '. ftn ,•: av:erage ~" ., lie .'0 ut' -fm;-..· cbnstr.uetion . of lZbout ·pits · in El~', Nevada, t'o "the . con-I sure that these . pict~res wilJ br:ing nl.ore · Pro~perous ~ew - - Yea~ than )f.:·rornost ·5 , per·: cents.· a year for
i...~ : .. . six"miles,of··highway, startingcweststr.uction industry and too!C in such · back many memones that tney we hR(l tp1s past year. . ·· · .. " tl)e ·. pa~t t~e.rt~;Y -\ yea;rs:- ·
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$ ~ t's 01 1n-·t -I n r '3: By AL CLEM; BILL B_ARR, ~INY LAUX, DON IHNCHLOE HAROLD HUSTON and TOM STAPLETON, Business Representatives
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c ;~~r~svirle.. ~ Is Windln~ : Up .a - ~;ecord Sea~on ~~~!2· : - ~~~~~ ~~ .. .c. ByLEScOI...I:ETT;· c. ·R. VAN · WINKLE ' and -BILL . ~EKS, Busi'ness · Represehta~ives . ·s··ER.RA· H. I · GHW~ AYS December is upoh':us. and ~ we· ·are . stm -~ ha:Ving wonderful- wea-ther -'in :_ superior ·California,'·. - - ~ - · - - · - -. _. _ - - • · ·
witl:Lstill plenty of work. · f!ow~ver ; . a)ot .of jobs_arera]pidly. winding up, We surely have hado - • - . - . ' . . ' I1 By PAUL, EDGECOMBE, ER:NI]j} NELSON, ED HEARNE - Jot : O~ work- in _this diStrict}his past season. '- '_ . , , .·_ . . . - . . - I~ . -~ ·_ , . • & BOB SORNSEN, Business Representa~ives . . ' , Baldwm Contradmo- {::ompany -;s. ·.. · .· . ·. ·.. :; ...... - _ . . · . • .- · . . _ . _ stiii _iryi'ng: to __beat -the'- rafns,. on: vme· office,~ ~:re~~; · Juhe ," Bm; · -;va~,) ncluding~ew _ Year:'s _ D~y, the . Prelimina_ry work ~has ~gun on three recently awarded t-h~ . freeway ,Job s?ut~ ::of: tow~. ; and ~s, : s-~y, l\IERRY., !JHR~~T- w~ek~nd 1:>,/or~ ~~w Years· . 1 highway proJ~ts O:P · U.S. 40 and U.S. 50. Contrac~ amount Brother AI Vercruyysen fias.had.hls J.U;tS,and, ~PPY ~"EW: YE~ . to. . .While ~hi~ would :t:nea_!l wor~mg I ing to over five million dollars is good news to the Sacra crews- p_utting in ·sqme long ho:ur;s. __every E~gmeer an~ tlieir. ~he~-~- tlJ'e _above Saturc!ays .at straight, . . . . _ , . b · . · . · h . h : h hP · _· ·Doc- Har.ve' : has . - cr~ne_. 1 crevvs Oiil. "·, , -LES. , ~LLETT _ -___· . •~.. .time it :vas _ feJ ~ b¥ -th:e Joint Board i mento area. The . eautiful _ Fa1 l _ :veat . er t ro~g _ ou,t t ~ · smal) = jobs · ar~und . tltearea· : i Broth:~ : _·. ~~LB~ WE:E;_~ ,. that this arrangement . would .be,month ofNovember has.let these']obs_get a good start. and . • f · _· Ro ::·Bell" is _on .-the-,!Koelning: : .. , .. -. _ . · :__ ~: . *· ,* : .. : .. . . - ~-10~-e con_venie~t for the great rna- m_ade possible th ~ - contin_ued pr?g-~ _ _ . . -- _- n -- ·_:kino- 0',1r1·nyg_ _ · n~rete · · on···: th"-' -- under-"· I · INDQSTRIAL . REPOR~ .. -:· - · •. .-• - JOnty.-, · mlg)1t, !IT some cases; make ·ress . on the other construction A. TeiC)1ert ~ . So are _:r;naf, . .oo Y ' ....c 0 " ·. · · · · "-·''·· · ' ·· -· . · · · - ' · · · ·. · · f - b · - I . k · - - . , progress. -on then·. stre.tch .of ree- pass- on , the. Simerl'y ; slougit · rrorth, . CQI!-Crl-lkPiJ!I-l , S~ttlenwl}t.: -.. . -: It.- )l~neces~ary- or a _merrl. er ~0 wor . m thiS ar~a . _ . wa ~t Galt -·This . is another por~ o{J;own.-.::- · ' _;' . . ·- ' . J_-': ' , _-- Itto~~ ; }!ut ·_ f!.ve .¢ty~ .- sbu,t down f~r!~It a .: pmd l:ohday to'l;>e Wl~h ~IS Contractors J;(ave kept full cre'ws II tio~ that ' h~s . ot>stac,les such·- as , Lester ·L .. Ride repbrts\:his. coin- ~~ - ~O.nvi~ce . our , emp~OY!J~S .: that, family-on -~~r. Ist,rra~ or ~e>v Year_s, I reasoriabl~ b~sy taking adv,antage -.heay . t~·affib . ~nd .lew -Ia:nci qr~in~ ' -, .. ,,_ .,h_ -- - th· ~... ..k . .. -. _.t.. ";·-·· t·· . JUSUce ·· was .. 0 n our-- side · and-.. to. and -would I.nsure a ,ful1 weeks _paylof the· break m weather · ,, ... · YB t·h . - .' C b·b. S . pany:: as-· a 11-- err ·wor -. ;JUS 'oauOU ·'.-. · .. - .. .. ·- ;' '•.--' '' · .. · h' l ' j'- . · th --· 'k d ·• -, · · · ' <> -age. · · 1'.0 · er 0· ran . 0 - i · Uperm.- :· .caug,. , ,,h .t -.. up·. .·. f or..· •·t* -11e. ,·-:"e:as0-p:~ .. .. ·· ·-·WI 'th· _-.-..reacl:ha- -, . ·-settlementpracticallyalong· . : · - . -, · . · . · ·: c· ec<· to .t1ose__ ,·_. at-.-w.or· ·e. ·. :,·. . . . · McCammon. ·.& 'Wurrd'erlich. '. has'!ten .d- en;·'t -·h - as-·. -·a:. ---,.-wo:c--- . d" .f .. or: _, re-rou. , ._.. .t -.- / mte 'w6rk in thEq>il --:fieltls a'nti .ffie , the _ :In~es that· the .J;TJ!!ODS' ~ad pro-_ Of course, it was realized in mak-J moved 'In : try_eir spread and h~ve ing : ~raffic. ' . . ' - . .· .. .· .,ca:veLplant and· concret~ .busineSS\ _pose4 ~efore t~~ ~trllte. . iii.g tnis' proposal .that sqme· work ' started· dearing ~ and 'grading on' J. _R. R~eves has started prelim.:. · · . a: 1-ittle.Sro\ver th:an vsual;. .. ·, ,. ' - - ~~nda:yc. ffiOrj11I!o? .¥Y:" th_e ,. ?e~ at the ·pl;mt :.is essential ~ ~nd can-.; the . six' _ rt: i~les of highway from Iihar.y work ph the \videnin,g ' o_( . .
-z; y:ol,~ - L_a:nd C:o., '.R.&:-B; .~P-d: _C. S,· tha~ •kept ·ll}~·- of _us from seeii_lg -the as :rou6ws: --- 1 volve~. Thf~ - 11;ave a ~ittle mcire ' Clell~n fie~d· by !3ethleheJ?, , ~t!ie~, =·,, ~ _ hil1!ps C:?·· al!~ JUst about .woung . foot!J~~l ga".~ - ~n 'J'.,V. _through, we - ·. .A·- -\ve d'~ think that an mem-! than_ one . mile_f~r _then· contract who 1s_puttmg up a long can. ~Ilev~r up::- ..- . , ., . . .. _. .··- . were · m meetmg_ and · the.. settle_-_ · s , . .. .-- - . Y ancl lt may turn m to be all rock.[ type hangar. Moore Dry Dock IS - Utah; ·Bates-- &' . Rogers; ..are ,-!>~ -' inent' wa&· oV'erwhelmingly·. approv:.: . b~~ of t~e. Jo~nt Bo_ard- wtll, appre- Take-0tir ~dvice 1unless you've · got'· erecting the iron ·on the telepfiori'ee ,• paring · to put in. the: liner::hl!J.tes iri· 'ed:.so .tli'at tl~e uien 'could go back ~~te · l~e~tT~ 011 ~~w y~ear s ~ryi a ha'rd head) and go via'u.s. 40 if bui'ldlng,. down town. . . . -·-- 1 I i ' the raise,- 'wfth Ge~rge>:Brehfli. · }h - to . \Vor~ l\-I!ill4ay .inorn:in,g. _ · Is sc e u.e '.mee mg . s can(le ed( .you're going to travel' E'a·s_t. · · The Technical Engineers course- · W - h ·. •t · f. - .. . . · ' · · · and the Jomt-Board will be calle . · . . - -. d · ti . , , c h arge. . e. WT11 , · ave qm e .. a ew;, '. . The regrettable part of the whole . t ._ . . · t· 'f th · John Delphia will ·be movinO' in Ill highway an- 1evee construe _on · · '"· ·.st·'· b. · ·· · 1 · . ·' •' ' · ·. -- --- · --'Ill o a· specm 1 n1ee mg 1 e ne!)es- · · a ' • . , . .. _.- men on hoi s, motors;-- ateh-p ants, thmg was . that _the _same settle- - ; : . · - a few pieces of equboment to start- _will ~e held agam th1s season _at -• . 1 h.. b . s1ty should anse. · <' . h A - - R' .J · c 1 • 1 .c. -,_ .. _ . . . _ n:ent ~OUd . 1:1ve . ~en . reached -be- 1 . · . . . 1 the clearing . on the . Camino. job. t e me-n can 1ver umor o - -- '""r ytali. CoriBtru_c,tion at.'Turmel 15, . fore·:the s~ut-down as was reached .,General membership_ meetmg This is €1 joint ventme ·with "Fred. lege loc_ated ,on Grant Avenue neal-"' _ _ _, .on the W.P:R.R. is 'really. ._pouri!:IK ~'fterw11rds and the hard feelings, mil lie helll ~~ _t;~su~l on Tu~sday, ;J, Early J r. Not too- much activity Ma_ry_svi-lle Road. at'- Del :f>as() 1907 4 15 .. the concrete. Brotlie'r :-!Job'Harles is etc.,_.avoided ; We feer that -ovr· em- J~~uary S, . at · ;p.m. m the is expected· here :until Spring. . 1 Heights. Classes win start on _J'Ues_- ~,the _· S~peri~teJ?-dent . and __Gilbert- _plo)_'ers _ recei:ved so~e __ very bad Crity ~~!\ Lmcol~·- (Lets start the! A -section of freewa south· of Iday, January 8th. at 7 p.m._ ;All -· Frencli fs now jh~ master.mechanie advice ,and P<>w realize as we told Ne~v. ~ear out. , right~ attend y~ur . S . _ ni.en _ _on U.S 9:{ wa • com- me~l;lers w~o are u:terested m at_-- •on tJ:!e . J2oe job...... them· before . ~he incident J'tha:t we m_eetu~gs, b!)th you and your Uruon . acra , to_ . ·. _ s . · tel1d~ng, please · register with otir- . -- . - ·. . . '.- . . '. ·- . .,. ' - . ··- . . . . ' Wl~l profit) Ipleted and .IS now open foF traffic. d' h u---' Da:rke.nwal(t.Co . .has _mo .re ;. w'ork wer_e: .to · h~~;ve'f t~ . wnte tl!e pea~e . .. . - . - . - . This is another.'fine ieee of hio-h- · Jspat~ o ·.tee. . ··· .. tl1e-Caiibou :ru'ea·and; SU pt, ~ Doh sometu;~~e :,_~~d : nught :!lS· .weH·do It GO!LD - D~-EDGING Iway construction. P b Brothe_~ _ J~ct" H.\lt~heson IS _the- Gable states the weather'·has ·been bef~re ·~~!l - war. as .afterwards.'' COi\IPAJ:~S: prol!d pa~a ~gam. ·.Congrat~I,atwns: cold but dear. , :. ·: - * . . All in ·an vve believe the incident I There is little that is new to re- . . . . to both him_and Mrs. _Hutcheson. ' ' w·· l 'h c·- ' t · c - .. d-. . •fi served a 'good puip- ose · though. It pol't abot!t the operation of the most Of the InCident IS foFgotten. ' . Brother_Lea vitt Cofer is walk- . as ons · o. IS omg neon · MEETING1 ANNOUNCEl\'IENTS· · · . . . · · ' .. . ' y_'' .. thei·r two tunnels .. at 'Btitte''Valley· • ta~Jght _our, me_mbers, at least those: two ~old dredging companies. Ey - • mg ~round ~Ith_. hiS '- ng_ht_ a:~m m , - d C 'b Th . .. b. . II . ·that· didn t know the value of erythn:w has been shall we ~ay Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields a cast as a result of a kick back an . ari ou:· - ese JO s ·are Tea Y: _ : : ' • · c. · ' ' ' A h · t t' f 't ·-' · · · high in the ·imountains : and- snow' ~rade : Unioli _ unity and it "also. ·-rolitinelype.aceful·,withonlyminor st ene-x; meemg,o yQurum . from an old cat. . ... , ' .,..;;ill :no dou-bt '-be plenty: deep later J 11ught the Companies' rep~esenta- incidents· ;arising to mar the, at. would fall 011 l\'Ionday, December We are happy ~t? see . ~rothe ,t' ~ : · L It_will..take ·,a lot of.blade·· work ~ives-- tha:t ou:r membership was Un- least, seemingly·. harmon-ious out.:. 24, Christmas Eve, aud· as we don't· Sta~Co~ch out _of the hospital and to keep the roads clefn~. - · · - !dh ··!'\fen, and would act as U'nion ward appearances. suppos·e ·you wimt ·-to go ·to a meet- feelrng fme agam...... , · · · · ' ·· - ~ - Men . - . · · ., ing on Christmas Eve any · more Brother Everett J. Townel' hasc Richter ·~Bros . . bave wound . up : • . _ -'; ·. . · 'Fhat doesn t mean ·that we can than the representativ~ does; what a skip loadei· and ·a dump ·hu6'k- t~eir jobs. on 40A· in . the Feather Copies ~f the new - a:fr~emen _t are relax our vigilance, on the con- do you say if we just cancel the a·nd does itir typ~s of loading and , , River Canyon and have moved out. now· ·re,a y aii_d . av:;u a le to the trary, ju'st the opposite is· the case, meeting and. hold the next on· the . o- d'" o- C h ;h·- . 't -IV 7-:1406 · · · · · · · ' · membership ·and will be gotten fori instance, during tlre p,ast month ora m~ _. a Im a . ·, .· . · - ·. - ,, Frednckson:-and Watson, ·have a-1 t th .. ' 0-. · h·. ·, h . · fourth- Monday in January? The construction season of .195o g oo d crew on·.. t·h e f reeway JO . '"'.., ·..a ·t-. .- .11 o . e- -mem·. ers hIps anas. -as- it w, as necessary ·t__ o _ take up a rna- The N atomas C ompany · wiU -.soon .. ..be behmd. ~ · us. L·'oo'Knig· , '· .' . b · kl d l'k · h , - • soon as.convement, owever If any terJ'1I·ty c·r·a· I·m· for one· of o"ur· mem·- · . , . . . . · . · r uc, e .an ·I e · t e rest ·of the• d. . . t'h·' -b ·f th t . ' . h · . - . · Thenextregu•l,armeetingof.your- back we summanze 'it as a lat~ ' t" t t · b t"'· , esire em e ore a tim~> ·. t ey bers which had been reJected by . d - . . . . , -:on ra<; ors, are rymg to eat ·11e· - . . bl .. . ~ - ...... unit WI 1I be held Mon ay, January starting season whereby we didn'.e rains are. ava1 1a e at your Umons· office the msurance company. ·. _- , in the Veterans_' Hall, Fo. l- . . . b . b · d' · . .. ,. · · · . · . · · .. .. ., _ .. _ iri Mar;ysvfile. · 7 1957 hav_e 1 any ~1zeC! le JO s un ,erwa,_'{ - Engineers.. Lmtd. are laymg •prpe - - , · The case involved a birth ih tne _l som, at the following times: · until late m the summer ·but we • ( ,by the mile on• their job between Annou)J.ce~eut of ~ew · . . mop.th of Se'ptember and was re-~ 10:00 a.m. for those inembers want to thank you -ail ·for the fine_ . "'Butte City and Davis. · 47 Engin· Membership Meetmg Schedule: jected by the in:sura.rice comp,ariy tmable to attend the night meet- coope1;atiori you have shciwh . th~ eers are>working and- LOu Robert- 1 .Joint Membership Meetings of all bedause.nine months had not elaps- ing~ - · · · Busin-ess Represe.ritatives ·he re in son is Supt. on-' this project. · · . meTJ?-bers ·of Labo:cers'. Lo<;,al Unions ed ·- since August : l, the · da'te tbe. 7:30 ·p.1'n. for 'those hi·e1i1bers able the Sacnimerito offic·e.' · . . < ' Van _valk~nba~gh Ci:i.:o.fs:'aoi-i:Jg a: .1211a.nd ~85, ()perating' Engin,eers' new_ welfare · ins~r:~~ce : ·b~came ' ef- to attend the niglit 'nieih ing. Now, may we exfend to you arid _·__ .x mile p1pe lme . south~vest -- of J:.oca1.Unjon 3, and .Teamsters -Lo-. fectlve. We ':'ere mfonned of the A Personlii Note: . This is the your families a very Mei-ry Christ- : ~ ' Chico ~: \vith Bro. - Tiny · H~ymait · in Ical Union 137. . em~loyed ·_by the -matter and '~re __happy tb say th~t time of the year whe'h all' of us be- rrias and a :prosperous New Year! ... charge. · · • · · _ I· Concrete Pipe Companies;· Plant, · vv,efe able· to pomt:out to'the Com- come actuated by ·a feeling of kind- \. - . ~- ,. . ' >··,_ But te :creek "Roc']{_ 'Co . . of Chic(?' l ~p-ieulture 'and !'1bilo~ithic_ or N?- ~ p,any that. lin'del: ' t~e- riew policy _all ness tO\vard each ot'her ~tl1d begin - I . .~ Is busy m -BuUe and 'Glenn Coi:ifi-·'· J<>mt .;employed m this area, w1ll .members · an'd · the1r .. dependents to take stock of the. future_ This ' S11~ip·' / MUSeUm: · _· p_ .'-- ties, ..pli1s : the· :sh6p crew, .«7ho·;a:Fe\1r.he. held each month as follo.\-vs: · wel'e -fully covered if member· "':as ·is ~vell ·and-. a~ if should be. and I·[ _. -·. ' . _e _ ...., · .. ·_. • · , - ·-" ., - nice . pe~ple_ to do business with ~ - . I . The -secon,~ l\Iond_ay of ·each !·on the p_ayroll August 1 . The clarm w~nt . to reiterate the Sentullents s~eektn ·g .t Enft'lne ': --l - , k ' Te:whett & Sons -have a cre\v· month. -at 7:3.0 p.m .. m the l\'Iem- was allowed. ·- · · · - expr~ssed apove from· the Marys- ·. _ :· .·_ ·':II-<: . ___ t;O-und .C~ico and Bro. Aleximd~r I odal Building on Sycamor~(.Street, - Whi-~h reriilria;;"' u~ > 'o':f -'~86rriethlng _ville office, wllich I can assure you Roonr Expert· . ,.· ' . · has ~ trr6Ved ' in , som~ - m~n - to set _'up ·Gtidle_y. . . -'. ·_- _. · · . ·. llia:Lhas be.efl ~vbiTY;i~g ' us fQr ·s9m-e comes from the heart. .. ·F --., . .. , . . ! he -·crusher at ROdgers Flat, to Notwes Will .be posted each. time. That is ~ -t)le >rateness ' of)iling At the same time as we are fill- . . . . - . ·. S_an . ran ~).~~()' ' - -, crus-h 500;00? toils ~or _ the Ca'ri~d~l ~n~nth at the, repo~ting _ p~:W~s and · some grievances/ Durii}g, fi1e past ed with ~ the spi•rit 6f Christm'as,: S.F. Ma:Itrme ~Ju~eum! .. gettl?g and Butt Valley tunnels. It IS hoped thatt~IS·. meetmg place fe~ months vve have re.ceived . tdo looking .forward to the future vvl-t'n ~et for ~r~y~r_ of_-Its- newes_~ exh~b~ ·-. ' W. H. 0'-Hair, Co: is .Wint:ling:., li-J?. wil~ . ~rove 'more ~pny~n~~nt for the mapy complaint~ yV:eeks anci ~bm_e- · hope, it might be. we·u if we would It, the hiSt<;>ric _lu_m~er . Sf!1ooner: _ for the se~son, _ but: they_- ha_ve some entm; m~mbers_h_Ip .to -- atte~d .and times month$, after :the' grievance resolve to'ca.rry the Christmas spirit Tongass next sprmg, IS anxiOl)s) <> • c -/ ~ - nd -leV'e'lmg :.and repair WOrk. f(i that -It Will fac1htate the transfer occu'rred: into the coming ·year ·and ilito OUl~ get help __ fr~m .experts qn · engrn,~ - --\..~' on down time. · .. - - ofthe ..mutuaJ-bl:rsiness .of the group day by day lives -as I. am sure it ro~m desigrt '·m o_rd~r to restore the -' PERs-ONAL ITE:i\'IS: . . . . . - r· as well ,as make possible ' a better . In most cases we' have . sqcceed- WO!,!ld help . smooth -the' path of Shlp .properly. . ,.. . ' ' ' . " '-;' :' ·Brothei.· Ed --Neff i·s. in the OrO.: lindetstiu1dlJig by·· · al~ of our_m _utual ed in maki'ng_a satisfacto_ry .adjust- ,all . those we work and assodate . D~ n McNeil, retired wol maker!- II\ent_of the matters as it ·was .un- b I f t d l f h ( . .,ville _· I:Iosp_ital w_· ith a 'heart attack: probl_ems. · ,_ · · · . · · . with. - is ui ding. a four- oo m~ . e _o . t e ·' 7 No visitors al-lowed except the fam- GLADDING, _McBEAN . ·.. . intentional on the part of the em- And while the :fl:lture Iies u ntap- s h1p' th a-t WI' II · h e 1P wor k men · re; · · ployer. However,· it h,as- proved, in t th T · b t h h . . ily. We are hoping for a speedy re- ! It is not our habit to . write in · ped and ·hopeful before us it is well s_ ore e ongass,- . _u e . as ru~ · -co very. · · I this column· about_ matters ·. that some· cases. embarrassin_~2.-l _y "iffi·"' .also that we look back and take· i:n- mto · a snag, h as h Is engme_ ,and _ _ , ( · Brother Leo Morrison is .,back w still have to : be approved· _ by . the c·ult_· -_to _gather up enough evidence yen tory of our progress during .':the b oiler :re~dy t o msta· 1 I · b ut d oesn· 't t. vi'ork after a seige in the hospitaL membership except as a riotifica- to support the.· claim. past year so that we may·live -bet- k now w h ere t 0 ·put th· em . . We: regret to report the death of tlon that action . is pending in such . In part ~f the ·casjls _ignorance of ter and · m.ake better progress in "We _are looking. for anyone that Brother· Sherril Bowlli.an ·of · Oro- ·matters: However, as this wilL not the agJ;"eement has caused _the late-.: the future. · • can remember the engine room .· ville·. We, of Local 3, extehci' our :reach you until· after· the genei·ar' ness of the report, in other cases It is in this spirit tf!at-I ,~ant to design on the Necanicum (anothe~ ~ ..>eeepest .• sytnpa:thy to the · \vidow membership meeting. on ·December there has been at attitude of "not expres~q 0 each and every member, oldtime ship) or the Tongass," said .. and ,.children. ' . ' . ' : Jll,~:anci_ ·we ar~ 'sure tfuit 'it will 'pe ' wanting _to ca~ISe any -~r ouble.': - ~- to the-officers and the . representa- Museum Director Karl Kortura Brother· Floyd .. Huntington ~- was appFqved, ]lere goes. . ·though m tlus: last matter 1t. IS tives of Locar' ' ::~-: and : to the repre- this week. I' a.I,ried-' to -Jiean Riley of Orovi-lle Upon th;e' request ··of quite a num: surprisiug how q~ick th!l,t attitude se·htatives of other.. Jcical unions Any volunteers? . ' pri . N_ci.veml)er '24. We .wish ' the~ a ·ber oi ·rriel1lbers the Joint Bo~rd disappears', if the individual. is laid :,_:y ith whom I have wo~ked, .my . I()ng ang happy ma~rie, d )if~? ... ·:.:- a-t-· ,- the' last~ · .. Labor-M.anagem~nt of!' o-r quits. •' . - ·, ' ' '' sincere than,ks for-- the COO]!leratioh _FULL POWF;:R ·_ ' Bud Bynum, vyrote in frqm~ Lt:· ,-Committee ineettng, · p1'oposed · to - . The•polnt -is;: first read_ili)a· know. an·d help th.at :I have .received: The engihe . in a, · moden ·-automo- ;- ·,berla, Africa,: telling us .of the job, th·e· -Company_' that :no · wotk; . ex- yQ~tr ' agre ~ ment. · Sec_ond, if · y~u Dtiring. ~ the past year it is my bil~ is_- a far ci·y from · its ·pre-war ; .7schools; an_d family. \He -s'eems to 1 ee.P.,t tha_t ~hich was nec~ssary ; be thi11k -Y?U have a' _grievlmce .don't , sincere belief ·that · .we have made counterpart. It delivers a lpt more . have ,a good ,deal_over there. _ ' done -:Monday, Deceml;ler -25 and .he · afraid:· of causmg -.us, ·trouble,,. good progress and I want each an_d power but because of .:closer toler-· " : . W:e · UI'ge :.alL Bl!Qth~rs ; to ' report '. Monday','' December.·, 31, ... ·'and . thaf :·tl1at is wfiat 'we. ar'e here; fot,' re ~ · all of yo"u to kn~w t~t ir' it hadu't a~ces and l_')recision tuii.l ng.·_reqtlire ;' )lations of the working rules imd . Sat-urday, - De ~embe-r: , 29, ahd S1;1tu_r- :port . the matter·'-at :; on<>e,: 'if you· beeu for your help, I couldn't,«laim inents; it ·needs ~ore .. attef1 ~i6 n . · .. : ~ all -:their- attention:~ to'- show;_ up day, J'anu,a'ry -5',- be substituted · for-· ' !iaven't- a legitimate "J:ieef,'' _-· vve'll a- bit .. of 'credjt. Again ·thanks and You· will · eriJOY o, ft;tll · power . from- . . ' ~ im E! :· ·, '· · · · ·_ _ '· - · _:: '. :. .,: ., , . th_cis
··~ ;. • . ~ ;. ; ... .,_. : t);. ..._, ·.:· :-::~· •. .. ! _ , l .. - ~ ·:, ·-~ .• :- ..- ~1 ·· ~...... :< _.;; ;.~ ', . · :':, .-: .;-- · '"' .. ~~- ENGINEER.S' NEWS Pecem0er 15, 1956 Pa.ge Seven L()CAL3 NEWS, CONTINUED REPORT .FROM OAKLAND Jobs Are Holding Up Well in San Jose Dist. By A. J, HOPE, 11.T. PETERSEN & A . .R.Mc OAFF&EY, Business Rep·1·ensent:1.'.ives - By HE.RBERT H. SIMS, Business Representative Due to an unusually dry Autumn, work has held up well in this area. There is not the de· e arm The following contracts ai·e in this r ally w. s a pei'son's rnand for men that we experienced last summer, still we do not have as many Brother$ on heart. the process of negotiation · with em . the out,of-work list that we normally have at this time of the year. · . I. The boys u!oyed at Nabisco many near . comp 1 e t wn· : Li qwc1 d m are oing a fir�t i:tass job. Theirom While not many new contracls Co aiser ospi e Carbonic pany; K E ; plant is sparkling alld really s e- i th f Fredrickson Watson. ork wil hav been Jet n e past ew & W l I .· tals; Pure Carbonic; East Bay thing to s.ee. i I o , a , the contractm·s are cont nue on the runway flll import c 1Jept. St res; East Bay and weeks most. of m onnress p ro b e O-f h d Hotels · Looki.ng b ck over the past year I ' . . m during the \V inter onths. � d ful y occ p ed ge n as uch e . e Flui Milk In ustry of Noi'th- I am very greatful. I aJn thankfu.1 l u i tti g Most all ot th underground a con- em; California. for the help and un!'f�rs�andillg done as possible before the winter tractors h ve a huge bacldog o I PriI ce.,W· :11U�n e-Profnta o f completed m o o a m . C ntracts m during the given to e by y u. I beJieve in �11 rains. set in. w rk nd we expec ore storni · a m d t · mo11th of Nove ber re: Flint- sincerity that we have ade prog- e o , lra d a o Kelly Bros. w re the l w bidders rain con c·ts to be _Jet before the e kote; I.X.L. ; E en Hospit l and ress n wages and fringe benefits . I at1•o ns. IP As e m a on a contract for $1Q3,529, award- new ,, ear_ . the East Bay Hpspitals. but ost important, we re getting d e o R h• k d d d d e by th C unty Control Dish·ict. The ChatJ11es Hamey Company Detroit (PAD I hope that you and yours had that team-work an un erstan ing. o . o m This firm also has two cranes have ope ned . p their tw Bayshore Wit.h living costs s oaring lo t-ec• 1 nice Thanksgiving. . There is so Pr gress co es slo\yl y thr h o d d m m a d d d nug working at M ss Lan ing for Kai- Freeway contracts at �enlo Park 01'd levels, the Unite Auto obil_e ve1:y uch th t we can an should har work an s\yeat by one and . o a ser Engineers, this job will la:st an- and Palo Alto, and · w11l_ s on be Workers have c lled be thankful for. all. o m . m m upoJl. Presi-. e o othe!' tw onths. Bi·o. Fred Hoer- haultng i port fro 11 pit located I . · 1,'he n w b iler. being installed There are a few members on o w o d en t E· 1sen h ower to supwrt . a · m man and Br . ,James Bi•own. Eich- on the east approach to Dumbar- af �·;,:.e U. . C. Camp.us is now under- une p)oyment list who· need worl•. t ·n, ·a · · "searching Concrressional.. investi-· e d d · leay Corporation has two ci'anes on m' 1 ge. o er . · gding the final test nfus,. Even a· f w ays wot11 help 011: m · p · 1 · a m G ran1·t e c ns, t ruet·1011 h ave com-a .,at 10n· m· to wage· . r1ce-p1· '0f't re·1a•"" U1is sa e project. 1 r 1::,cr • a. 0 The boys a:t Ohio Chemic l tur n- bri.!1'hten up thei' 1. Christ as e o · - · d =m · m . . Re· · ·plet· e ct the· b"1 hw Y J· ob at p1· eon · · f'. & E Con�truction J1ave b gun tionships m auto, steeJ, meat'·pack- ed in., JtilJ. .. forpe. . to onate blood t9 me ber when Y.Pu can, e ploy one PoI· nt. and will complete the· Camp - · o · work on their $104,885 contract for • .wi• • in• e ino- and . other basic indu1s:tJ •ies a 'b,·rother member. Action such as ·of y ur Brother Engine. ers. e be u - "' . e the construction · of s wer lines 11,,. s c p JOb th th e n x t· t wo · I' · We welcom the fpllo.wii:ig new i;t ld ._ , . . whose po.1c1es exert such , �- ·a. e· R. a d along Home te . They h e SOUTHERNweeks. members: W.. .Eby, M rlo E - m ,� e � � ? l!,v TERRITORY . , cisive inf1uence on the American - . "'ORJ • · · · · · e d co p11:t d · the,r · Jo b on Toyan . . d . . _ RffQ fROM· wan, Ab el M artmez,.. J oe R e an d . western Johnso &·D1x_on ar_e ." ... '- , , d . H=gh ts ar:·e ,vork·n!!' on N_ 1h _ . � _ ne economy . . Robert Ree . ol ·but ·still i d n n - fin sJ �,ng _up on thls . n d· 0 f th e.ir . the.ir ·project' on Alum Rock Ave. · . · . UAW _Presi ent WaJtiµ- P�� _Il.ei+- , ' ·. We i the Oakla d office would . :, d pipeline Job and are movmg ;over _ . � . , ··. . - - -sA· ·cRAM-.' ·.ENTO . isano B�qthers. hav�· �tarte e ther made �he reques. ln a · -letter . ]J ' like to take · th�s opportunity t o. P . e rm on the· ,FiJ· baugh•· side; '!,'hey �re ,._ y A. R.� OUGHTON , w?rk on th ir sto _ dram Job on m e -·· , wish eaeh and every :9ne o_t you a also oving -some of th fr:. equlp- to the President. Business �presentafi.ve i ' V y M Winchester Rd. T�is fir?1 h s also m r d e e and your famil es a er erry d m ent ove to Nee les. "At your pr ss confer nce held· ·. r • n Chris s a. s iip starte work on its 60- ch sto a m d d A� eem ent's v.,., : · tma and mo t H py and . _ m � Piombo Constl.luction Comp ny · . •" 14 · ""6 n...� RC· A · Bidg., p y sewe � Ob off Wright Ave . \vh1ch r on Nove be• you isc.,.,sse"' · tlie . rosperous Ne'Y ear. · J • , ' m are making gooci p ogress on the Olympic, B'o�l, Dairies. JOln.· m a danger of inflation," Reuther '.iiaid will the one now bemg· c� - Uvas Da · nd Highway · job· west Agreement0 s Closed: Muddox Tile pleted by the p & E C�nstructJO_n o , d f Mor-gan Hill. At. the. present in his Jett.er. ''Since that. date the Coinpany. Con:ipany. Most· of the irt on this m m d d c. REPORT fROM oved ti e they are two onths · ahea October Consumer Price In ex has Ne,v Memb ers: Brickey. proJect was 1:1 Son groth . e �Y1 �1 of schedule. . .. been publish showing the n S N JOS S LINAS· Bros. ?f Mt., View. !� s rm s also d a ftn> r Suspe sio�: R. Knipping, R. I d . fi Granite Construction are finish- a a m A 1 A busy on their sub 1v1s10n on Grant incre se to new all-ti e hig_h. 'Jent, C. Wu Jjard. m ing up on all their larger jobs in m E and o estead Rd. unde the su- rice of new auto iles p a ed sick List· Perry Madsen -� , r this area but ill the. meantime they .P m s � f iot a, · ., � , � perv1s10n of Brother Stanley Rush. m over a ajor part in this latest rise Around the Plants: ·Visit�d Bor- & have equip ent scattered the d A n· a m d·en's Dairy the _ other day and · · Pi zza Paving and Lew Jones the In ex. - . · W Tsouv1· E m d e e county on various s all jobs. d came aci·oss Engineer D.ick Beut- By. RiCHARD A. C SEN are aking goo progr ss on th ir d e The UAW presi ent cited his un• HRISTIAN e a · e e Wil er & Jon s are :finishing up d Business Representative Fre · Baysbore ion's Iong recor of fighting° lic.h. very bU$Y with a pencil and w y job on th' v n ar on their sewer jobs in Salina� and · m JUS· against inflation. He pointed out pap�i:. D.o you suppo�e he could san Jose. Tl1ey .h a · e t a bou t Carmel. They moving m m a During the onth of November m a m o are the h ve been figuring how. much of e . . co pleted the paving section nd that, although ost UAW e)ll· r a d h· act o eqilip ent n these jobs to a new o d · e con n gotiations wfil'e con- have started work on their secti n bers are pr tecte against fis�g m "incn se in payr he \voul be d d d e e job at Los- Altos. getti g on Janua y 1, 1957? How-J elu e _by an between the Tuxei\o of th ·n· eway in Los Gatos. , t ' living costs by escalator clauses, d om d · Johnson D ake & Piper have "\V.c> ever,· · it coul have been t h at he is Can dY C pany,· Laun nes· m· s an d -- are concerned with the econ· r v . The Menlo Park Industrial T1·act started on theif· buil ing project m . a r ad omic well being illions and an e .ge bea er try ng' I to get a J ' these at the prison at Soled - of m e i m m ose, Calif., n'd the Bake ies in dis. showing a bit of activity . They have head · s t a t on· unc ·1 e s. a s fa ous · a two Truck Cr on the j . milli"ns,., of American. fa mes who r m r San Jose, Calif. Still not·concluded· ys, mwith Von Makkelan & Co1e,d anes obm after Christ as delive y of in- . , e . . . Willia s & Burrows, and Dinwi -L os Gatos Construction Co pany do, not enjoy sucn protection ai: co�tracts under negotiations d m again t in lation. come tax papers. d m ie Construction Co pany all on are finally finishing up on thelr S f. d m r e James Black at Corfee'sl Laun- with the Crown_ J3y-Pro �cts Co - separate anufactu ing plantSi, King City Highway job. They, have "Current an threaten d pl'lce e m d pan , International Mineral & d d d e increases that are having 'and· hat lry is aiways in a f 'i ni;tly oo ym. Associate Engineers are oing the the irt mov d·and are placing the t Che cal Cor:p. Effort ha . been d r d d dcr e will have such fii.r�i-eaching and se· wh�n I call to see him in spite of . a i . r s un e o-roun work an Son rotfi base rock on th ir highway job at · · d n t ken in an to p ocur con- d the busy ay a laundry e gineer ·effort o m e. Bros. ·hav the paving contra;t. Boul er Creelc rious consequences for the general a e d e . m .a lw ys puts in. tracts with the t ajor hospi- welfare must arouse not only "the1 a v�· The Lockhee Company are con- J ss Harrison has his equip ent all Hanson .'Blevins was on shift t tals in Sanm dJose, Calif., and .effort facilities working t o . concern· of �f us, but a rlational tinuing to expand plantd on Mus ang Grade f r the the Sego MiJk . Plant in Orland. is being a e to p1:ocure increases State ex · - determination to check them/I · '. a . at both · at Stanford an Sunnyvalem , but pects to be th i ough · :when I calle.d there f01: visit a for engineers the se·quoia and Bro. Phil Calabr.ese, who· was re. m e d sites. McNeil construction Co - verym �ortly. e d short ti e ago. W ha quite a Salinas. Memorial Hospitals. d a the e cently v ry seriously injure ,. . i's a d o pany an Hilp & Rhodes re A ericanm Engineering Constru - a ' Increa�es were procureq _in all o > liscussion 1n reg r t his pension e m contractors on these projects. lion Co pany 11ave three Dozers rec vering s tisfactorily.a d con racts conc ud and so e d a d which he will be entitle to take l m d l .a of- We have ha quite bit of ac- an two 20's and a Blade working We would like to tke this
I .. ,;· ..•:-~: . . Dece"inb'er I'S, 19S6 ENQil';JEERS' . NEvVS P age Nine ------~------~~--~ A~ - ~~- ~~11 - ~ 'I y: ~~ue : ®~--~ : ~!0fW\- ~ ·.. .Di\/_la_:_ e_~n_ d _ P___·: __ _._ a_ vme _ n _fs_-~ .. . ~ - ~§ t~ - ~ ~~- ~· ~u -~ l - ~"' ~ - ~,~n ~ l'l -,.,"~ J · N v~ § ~ v. · __ ·' ~ - ~,J _· 'V ~ 'J\!.,, _['}JI~)~ ·.Jump $'1B .i!Hon ··· ·_ · ~ Corpor:J,tions which .·report-t heir ': A ' t~tl~ . 'tJa"~ - - Hl~d ; -G. ~oo· ~d' Ve.. ~r ., ~:~ !' :4!1J ;\1U -· ~ . I - l _.· mU u . I· . - ·.· . I u .·. dividend pa~ men ' s have Ja.dled 'Ol!t -FRES R $1 billiol1· more to stocl{holders· in By H. 0. FOSS, F ...A. L.<\WRI•:'l~l"C E, · L .. C. SOLARI t_hc . f r ~st 10 months of 1:956 than By Q. . LYNN l\IOORE, JAM.ES D. l\IONIWE & B. F. (TINY) HELLING, & AARON S. SMITH, B1~sin e ss Representatives in the comparable perio~l: last year, Business Itepresentatives.
As this goes to pFess, the old sun is slilnii1g in all its glciry, according ·to the Conm~erce Dept. ! The San Joaquin Valley has been enjoying an ideal Fall . h' "I ' . t·h .· . t ; 'l . ,'t '+ l ' -b d . Th:e pay-out amounted to. $8,- . Season with no rain reported for . the month of November, w 1c 1 1s _e mces nev\_s A~ _can wn e, as1c rna <:es ever_y o Y 725,0_00,000 .. this ~·el:lr cf)mpared . te 'happy a~1 d busy. All JObs m North Bay area, Vall~]O and J 87,722,000,900 in 1955: _October consequently there has been a rush to beat the .weather that · Napa gomg strong. alone-· showed payn1ents of $750 has been overdue. As the. year dr.aws to a close all bitching ' and belly-aching t hat'' it . tpil.lio~t, the. departn~ent sai-(1', an - iii~ . .Th.e Morrison, Walsh & Perini Co . . are still _matntaining contni.Ctors, a ~;" far as we . know are hirs been ou·r· 'pleasure· "to . have .in crease of 12 per·ce.nt ·or· $81 million a fulL crew "as of December 1st" satisfied. ·It : iJp.s~ been a: very , ~uc - the area for ri1any years, thai:ks to bver ·October : ~955. · The_ .no_n. "fer.- \ ; a~ . t_h:e ir- Wi_shor: Dam job on ~in~s brothers busy untii after tlie firsl
cessful year, and. prospects· of-- JObs_ competent ,-proJect · managers _and .·ro.us ·metal ,. ::w.tl: aqtomol:lile0 • mdu~", R1ver. - Courtwnght .Dam, which IS of the year. w. IVI. Lyles- Pipe ·co · for· the comfng y"ear look good.. . foren1en,:: operators included: This- ~r-Y. gw:~ups ·· letl. .,.the . Para
NOVEl\iBER 5, 1956 - . NOVEitffiER 7, 1956 J OAKLAND, Contract awarded to COSTA COUNTY. 1 of North Sacramento. · BERKELEY, Contract awarded STOCKTON, Contract awarded · Prodahovich, Inc., 750 - 81st Ave., LOS ALTOS, Contract awarded·r REDDING, contract awai·ded to Underground Canst. Co ., 80'7 - 75th to R. Goold & Son, P.o: Box 190, Oaklan~, $188,663, for canst. Sa_ni. to Sondgroth Bros., P.O. Box 1055, Osborn Canst. Co., P.O. Box 1034, Ave., Oakland, $19,991, for . canst. Stockton, $19,132, for canst. storm se_wers 111 Atlas Ave., prop. of City Mt. View, $27,741, for canst. of Redding, $8,382, for inst. dbl. 60'" of drainage & sewer.repairs & c.on water sewer in Watts Ave. & Flora of Oakland, Noyo St., Klamath St., reinf._ cone. culvert & stJ~eet _work, 1 CMP culvert about 0.6 mi. 'vV. of nections at the Greek Theatre, st. Stockton Trinidad Ave., Brunnell Dr., Bru- Gram Heney Creek ProJ., city of IJet. Rt. No. 3 near P r oject City0 J Berkeley Camplls, University of •· ' ' nell Place, Butlers Dr., Robinson Los Altos. SHASTA COUNTY. . OAKLJ...ND,-Contract awarded to Dr., Ruben Dr.,- Crockett Place, et Ca lifon~ia, Berkeley. "" 0 · & H t -96 6'otl A SAN CARLOS, Contract awarded SACRAMENTO, ·contra.ct ·a,,ardG mcuu1re " es er, 1 - o 1 ve., a!., city of Oakland. ., Oaklan?, $.28,800, for const. of.sani. NOVEMBER , to Oscar Holmes, P.O. Box 790, ed to M. W. Brown, Box 827, RedG SACRAMENTO, Contract award 9 1956 e(l to Piombo Con5t. Co., l\I&n: se:ver tor n -cw steel bldg. on Heg- SACRAMENTO Contract award- Redwood City, $56,693, for impvt. ding, $73,887, for 0.5 mi. grade e.
e!' e 0 Rd Oall nd ' of Madera Ave. & other sts. in city surf. with pltmix surf. on· mitL Corp. & Com'lollycpacific Co., P.O. ,o 1 ger • ·, · ' a · - ed to Basalt Rock Co., Inc., P.O. Box 935, San Ca.l'los, $5,103,614, for of San Carlos. base, , near Hedding, betw. Sacra• SACRAMENTO, Contract award- Box 538, Napa, $185,895, for levee· NOVEI\'lBER 15, 1956 menta River Bridge & 0.5 mi. E. abt. 3.8 mi .. grade & pave w jPCC ed to Granite Canst. Co., P .O. Box repars. - stone protection ,along to SHASTA COUNTY. on cem. tr. subgra.de & pltmix surf. 900, Watsonville, . ..$124,94~, for I Stockton Deep Water Channel, VISALIA, contrac;t awarded or!. cem. tr. base & coJist. 7 strucs., canst. welded pit. girder bndge & SAN JOAQUIN & . CONTRA Pacific Contracting Co., P .Q. Box SAN FRANCISCO, contract between .Bransten Rd. & 0.4 mi. N. appr. roadways across Soquel Creek COSTA COUNTIES. 512, Santa Barbara, $91,199, for awarded to Associated Pipeline, of Marsh Rd., SA'N MATEO COUN 011 Soquel Dr. Soquel SANTA cont. Tular Co. Bridge, No. 266, Inc., P.O. Box 66, so. s.F., $4'3,799 · ' SACRAMENTO, Co11tract_ award- ·abt .. ? ITII·. E. & 1 ml· . N. of Three · TY. CRUZ COUNTY. - -. - for lay 20" 7 24" steel mains 010 ed to John Delphia, P.O. Box 313, Rivers, across middle fork of -Ka- Corbett Ave. & Portola Dr., San MOFFETT FIELD, Contr,act SACRAMENTO, Contract award- Patterson & Fred J, Early, 369 wceah R.iver, TULARE COUNTY. Francisco. awarded to Coast Grading & Pav ed to M. J . Ruddy & Son, Rt. 6, Box Pine St., S.F., ~920,629,_ for about SACHAMENTO, contract award- STOCKTON, contract awarded ing, 1145 Auzerais Ave .. San Jose, 14~19A,_ Modesto, $74,~32, for abt. 3.7 mi. 'grade & surf. w jpltmix ed to H. Earl Parker, 12th & "F" $17,206, for excav, scarify, provide to Bos Canst. Co., 1035 Gra:t·son St., 6.~ m1 ,pave w fpltmJx surf. over surf. on cem. tr. base, 4-lane lnvy. Sts., Marysville, $159,233, for levee Berkeley, $19,546, for canst. of -timG add!. mat!., shape, compast, spread ex~st. surf. & untr. base shoulders & const. RD bridg·e betw. 0,3 mi. t & 1 bbl & o p ltmi~ surf. & ?-PPly se.al coat to canst. on Snelling-LaGrange Rd., W . Fi 'I ' . cons . . p ace co . es quarry ber hwy. bridge across Tom Paine . . . of ve 1\'Ii e Terr. & 0.7 1111. E. rock nprap protectiOn on prep. Slough on McArthur Dr. a pprox, " betw. Snellmg & StamsLaus ,coun- of Camino, EL DORADO COUNTY. R & L b k y b R' o t line MERCED COUNTY. s 1opes, . an s . u a lVer 5 mi. NE of Tracy, in SAN ...JOA· Y CUPERTINO, Contract ,awarded I from Srmpson Lane Bndge to Dan- QUIN COUNTY. SACRAMENTO, Contract award- to P & E Canst. Co., 1620 S. 7th toni Orchard in YUBA COUNTY. NAPA, contract awarded to ed to Western Bldrs., P.O. Box 306, St., San Jose, $104,885 for canst. SA"CRAMENTO, contract award- I Knight Trucking & Tree Serv., St. Sta. A, Palo Alto, $39,877, for '5 sani. trunk sewer in Rd. ed to McCammon-Wunderlicb. Co. 0 Ho~estead Wire- Rope Helena Hwy., Napa, $9767, fo t~ bridges & a culvert widened at between Stilling Rd. &_ Lawioence & Wunderlich Const. Co., P.O. Box Splicing and Socketing ! canst. Gold Stream Storm Draini ... I variou~ loc. near Hanford, KINGS Station Rd., SANTA ,_./ CLAHA 359, Palo Alto, $3,601,981 for 6.1 Calistoga, in NAPA COUNTY. Agents for COUNTY. COUNTY. mi: grade & surf. w/pltmix. surf. Roeblings Blue Center SACHAMENTO, contr act award · MARTINEZ, Contract awarded i NOVEMBER 13, 1956 1 on cem. tr, base & const. 5 strucs. ed to Basalt Rock Co., P .O. Bo~ All Work Made to Order to Jay T,anner, Linwood Ave., Tur- SACRAMENTO Contract award- betw. Heather Glen & Colfax, 538, Napa, $111,070, for repair levee Guaranteed and Insured Jo ck, $21,562, for canst. storm drain ed to Lowrie Paving Co., 1755 PLACER COUNTY. at 8 lacs. along San Joaquin River along E . line of Broadway addn. Evans Ave., s .F ., $196,353, for 1.6 SACRAMENTO, contract award 600 Addison Street & Stocl Submarine Work Hatfield: in 0 SISKIYOU COUNTY. . NOVEMBER u; 1956 ·. . bet. Hatch Road & Tenaya Road, Ashland-WashingtOn Drairt'age Caa. STANISLAUS COUNTY. . nal & E. 14th. St. in Ashlai1d and 112 Market Street CUPERTINO_ . . , Contr.act a_war d e d. · _FRESNO,_ Con_ tract awarded to · · · - fo. P & E Canst_. Co., 1&20 s. 7th Nick Chambers, 2233 Chai1d1er Ave:, OAKLAND, contract a\varded to impvt. of Line 1 hetw, Siiveira Ave, San Francisco 11 · Hansome Co., 4030 Hollis St., Em- & Heyer Ave. in Castro· Valley, in ' Phone SUtter 1-7104 St., 'tSan Jose, $1D 4 · 8~5 • for constd. I Selma, $9,485, for furn. & inst. eryville, $260,026, for grade, asph. ALAMEDA COUNTY. nar'LLLLLLLLLL~ m1111l1_ sam ary tru~k _sewer 111 Hom_estea apprx. 3,_000 ft. water main, _,;,.-/· one f d . ~ .__._,~ 17..... Rd b t St 11 Rd & La cone. sur., ram, etc., on West St. OAKLAND, contract awarded· te- _------r---·- e_'_"_· __~ _ ~_n_g_ _ · wrence hyd. & 32 services, city of Fresno. betw. San Pablo & Grove St. et al, - RENO NEV c · t o. S & Q Canst, Co., 48 S. Linder. , ., on ract award- City of Oakland. ·p· 0 B Ave., S.F., $188,215, . for impvt. o~ ed to Isbell Canst · Co ., · · ox SACRAMENTO, contract award- 2351, Reno, NeV., $26,290, for re- d t F p . C Line "A" from tidegate struc. to GALLAGHER & BURKu INC. ..e o resno avmg o., 1549· Hesperian Blvd.·, Line "A-2" from canst. of streets in Improvement Th t F $34 470 f GENERAL CONTRACTORS I Dist. No. 3, city of Reno. - es a, resno, ' ' .or emerg. juct. w/Line "A" to jet. w/LinQ bank pro_ tee. Left bank of Cala-1 "A-3" ·, Line "A-3" from J'uct. w/,1 344 High Srreet Oakland, Calif. STOCKTON, Contract awarded veras R 1ver near S toe k ton, S A N Line "A-2" to San Mateo Bridg~ Office: At 0 0 00 • •• • 0 ••• • O o • ' •• • • ' • canneries Pier: No. 92. on Islais cqnst. tr:unk sev':er on s. 7th st.&' Blvd., Sa'n Ra~aei; ' $;23;59.9 ', for'· fwn~ S~,Jcraiilenio :---·· ·:· . ·Oakland ·...... : .. ·Fresno' · - ... · · · • · ' -- · . - - · · · · .. . o • • ., • ·,. ,- . . . • , .. :. _. :. ;· ;,!.•. · .. ,_ , , : _:. .- ;c··:-· Cniek; ,San FJ;ancisco;: . ·. . . - .' on T1,11ly Rd ~ , .SANTA CLAHA Cb. & inst. j)erf : ri1ef. pfpe' und.erarairieo . 0 0 1 -. ,. ·"' · ·.- '-., ·<·:- :·o-. · · - , ·· · · · L- ,_,_,._ ._: · ' ·. · ·, _ -- - ::· • :·_-· __ •. _-:_.. .•. ·t _··_:.:._f _ -~ '··-·· :-.~·;· :_. _._·.·. -.· t~~~~~:: : ~~~~~~niitl~~~~~~~ · .' 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"Tsk ·.Tsk~' N;avy To.olroom Jo~ The Navy . has announced an ex ConstrUc·t.ion~· Awards amination to fill the position , of . .... ·'· Toolroom Attendant, $1;93 Pet' hour, at .Naval .. and Marine ConJ-s .·. •\ Activities in 'or near Oakland, !Ala·· ' .• r ~·.:, meda, Treasure Island, Richmoncl, (rvroffett Field, Tiburon, San Bru.:-,o 1 and San Francisco. The Twel_fch Naval District Board of U.S. Civil IService Exami~1ers is accepting ilp- plications for these pos1tions U\1ni further notice. 1 For every man ' who lives to1 iiJ, I'J . ;. 85, there a.re sevmi women-bmt by.. .now . it's . too . late...... , ...... 1 I 0. c. JONES & SONS ; i' GENE_RAl CO.i\ITR~CTOR .S ' j Cedar and 4th St. . BERKELEY i ! . LAndscape 6-3424 . . , · I · Member A. G. C. · · ~ tolt~ .·• e ) e t A t .* 6 Ill 5 • • ~if I . . - . I BLAKE BROSe C-0. P.roducers or ~ I Asphaltic Concrete - Ready-~x · . ~~~ Concrete & . Quarry Products LINDSAY, Conti·act Awarded to --~--'------,------,--~-~---'-:-----'--- Fresno Paving· Co :, 1549 'Thesta, Fresrio, $29,347 'for coinpacting. P. 0. Bot 1 002 Richmond Western Drive BEacon 2-ti193 Barber .. Greene Co~~ . CONVEYORS DITCHERS LOADER~ ' . Asphalt Mixers and Finishers Portable Conveyo·rs 318 So. B Street \.... San Mateo DlaiTlond. 3·5828 . - ,_ . P'AR,ISH BROS. / General Contractors -f:iighway and Public Works P.HONE 330 P.. 0. BOX 6 BENICIA, CAI!.IF~ J I ·STOLTE, Inc. ·General Contractors . I 'TRinidad 2-1064 8451 . San Leandro S~. Oakland, California 1 \ , t e e e f e e , f' • • .. f , , e e t e , .., f ,' , ft e , , e , _ e ,.. e Au:' , t r ft n ' f f t .t, ~ ' ·-~ " Paob ·e Twelve ENGINEERS' N..:..;JE:::.:.... ,\..:...i'\:....:rS::...;_ · ~-_.:,.;..------,----~-..::.D_e_c_;en_1b_;.e_r-:-1_5 ...;_, _1_9-:-56_ ~Aele Ka!Hdmaka · ! asta· rea BROOSvVANSON By £. A. HES'l'El-~ & J . B. JENNINGS:, Business Representatives With the ~~~e ath er holding up remarkably well for this time of the year and the work situation still holding good, a By J. K WAIWAIOLE, Bus. Rep. few of our major highway projects will be completed by the For the past .10 days, Brother firstof the year. On the brighter side, however, we have sev- Victor s. Swanson has attended eral new jobs about to st_art. _ ! Christmas and a Happy and Pros- many meetings of the Honolulu The Bureau of ·Recl a matJ~n. IS : perous New }(ear. · Building . ,and Construction Trad e~ calling for -bids on several ml:h_on i Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou are CQuncil, its Board and Committees dollars worth of ,work on ~nmty I amonP' .seven counties due -to get He has also inet many :business River project. Advance no tree to! $200,000,000 in highway 'construe- men implicated· in the union move- aU prospective bi~ders for c?n- tion and improvements during the ment in the islands. · · struction of the 46::> -foot earth-fl_ll- next 12 years. Despite very bad ,. weather on ed dam, was released by the Dis- . The money will come from a Friday, November 30, the Ha:waiian trict Office of the Bureau, at Den- thirty billion dollar federal high- , Branch of Local 3 held .its regular roadways which meeting with about me~ ~t( '· ver, C~lorado, on_ October ~4, 1~56. way bill passed this year by Con- HIGH AND MIGHTY 1\re these giant criss-cross 45 in Invitatwns for btds, on thts pnme "Tess. Two hundred miles of free- mark the meeting. place for Embarcadero and Bayshore Freeways and tendance. Brother Swanson, Broth• contract of the Trinity Riv~r Di:. ~vay, on Highway 99 will be con- the Bay Bridge. The boys are throwing a few thousand tons of concrete er George , Gibbs, International v ision, are scheduled to be ISSUed structed in Shasta Tehama and and steel high into the air at this point riear Harrison Street }(~ok'ing Representative of tne Laborer's in Deceri1ber and the contract i~ to Siskiyou counties. Critical st~etch- toward the downtown area. It gets a bit complicated, with Bay Bridge Union and B ~·ot h er Charle~ Nichols, International Representative of be awarded shortly after the ftrst 1 es will be improve-d on 1,400 miles rail and rubbei· turn-offs tangling· at the same spot, but the boys will 1 of roads in Shasta, Tehama, Siski- have it all nicely straightened out one_of these days, and you'll find your- the Carpenter's Union were present of the year. , 1 This is to be the world's largest you, Lassen, Modoc, Trinity, and self soaring· over the waterfront area like a helicopter: Chas. Harney and spoke to t:he members. 22 new earth-filled dam, consisting of Plumas Counties. and his boys are busy as bees on first leg of the swooping Embarcadero men were initiated into the Union. -~ Freeway, a compiex, $'7 million distribution system. Actual waterfront The organizing progral!l of the' about thirty-four million yards of 1 ViThen the program is completed, rock and earth to be moved-a tre- ! probably in 1968, Highway 99 will stretch oi this freeway may soon get umler way with agreement appar- Council · is grad-ually gaining mo mendous ~noving project to say the! be one long freeway froh1 _Mexico ently reached on a straight structure in front of the Ferry' Building, mentum with all partiCipants pick least. The excav?-tion of the dam to Canada. Crossing highways, if rather than a curved or dipped arrangement. Front of the two-decker ing up some members especially alone, amounts to , the triffic they can7 warrants it, at 1\'la.rll:et Street will be "prettied up" with marble facing. the Carpenters, which to a.n-affili- site foundation, 1 four million yards. All in all, t,here 1will becon;e "e~pr~ssways." An_ ex- cites is ,a very healthy sign locally is a grand total of about SIXty- : pressway IS a limited access high- a~GGEST JOB IS as they are the key craft · at this ~-, fill fot BAY""S point being in · much demand seven n;uum: yat:?s to be m_ove d, I w~y, similar ·to the now existing . · If · J~. _ . . . . '· . . . • along wtth e1ght wousand acres of H1ghway 99, north and south of • ~ big 'housing projects, hotels, schools land to be cleared. Louis B. Acker- Redding, and a freeway is a com- · and private construction . . man, prvject manager, has state.d pletely restricted access - highway . . DE:Gj ~~m AJ-0AKl A ~U\ ADRDO~ DJ l\'IU>WAY .roB that due to the fact that weather California has ten per cent of all ~~'L -.U!'1 .A .- . A. . ~~.,~~ Ae r .. n The agreement at State Tile was conditions at the time of contract motOl' vehicles used in the United signed yesterday · for the 28 em- ; ~suance may make an examina- States. It is estin1ated that the Dredge-filling for the Port of Oakland's expansion of Met- ployees at its plant. Aside from the tion ·difficult, prospeclive bidders state will get ten per cent of the ropolitan Oakland International Ajrport started Dec. 11. The big contract for 900,000 tiles on the have been inv.ited to inspect the federal funds alloted for highway project is one of the biggest land reclamation projects ever Midway Island job, they also supply dam site now. construction; 1,700 miles of new Kaisers hotel job ·and ma·ny others', .Things are really getting ilf high freeway will be built in the state undertaken in the Bay Area. I above the high water mark, ·per- Brother Cyrus T. Beck will ac£ as 8 o-ear on the Trinity Project. We with the money. A t-otal of 14,000,000 cubic yards mitting the filling to start. shop steward for us at the plant. have underway, at t his time, three New structures, foreign to noith- of sand will be pumped fl:om the The dredge "Franci sca n ~ - started· He is well liked and r:espected· by I~rg~ road jbbs, in that v icinity-~ ern California, will be built as a Bay bottom to fill the expansion its work at the west end~ of the the gang 11nd management. another majM r•oad job coming up, r esult of the n~w activity . .Where area for a new j ~t runway, · termin- p!'ojected , taxiway and runway J. M. :Tanaka, a general contrac•. in the near future-and another highways cross the· freeway, in- a! builclii~g, heliport, parking. lo t, with a total of l3,000 feet of pipe tor who employs quite a few oper- .~ bridge job crossing the Trinity terchanges will be built either by· taxiways and other improvements, lihe running from the borrow _a,rea ating engineers and ve-ry anti-unior River at Lewiston. One year has tunneling-or bridging Jateral traf- according to Dudley Frost, general to the fill area. . may yet be ask~d to recognize· us, been allotted for completion of the fie across the steel and concrete manager .of the Port. Engineers said up to 16,000 feet as a few operators have. signed in six m iles of roadwork from Trin- artery. The recent south shore fill in AI- of pipe line will- be used jn later with us to represent them and ·the . ity River bridge, at Lewiston, to Tl'ie Bos Construct ion Company, ameda required about 10,500,000 stages of the fill, which_ will take others.needing a little more coacll- the site of the big dam. Of Berkeley, has ceased worl-:: on yards of fill. ·~ · about a year to complete, . ing may ·shed their cloak ·. oi fear On December 20th, bids will be their bl'idge job at Douglas City, Pumping was started b~; - th~ gi- The "Franciscan," built at a cost and also come over to us .. opened on the Clear Creek TunneL for the winter. ant dredge "Franciscan" of the of $2,500,000, pumps at the rate of Although' Kaiser's job is by . far This tunnel will be about eleven l Thomas Construction Company, Utah Construe: ion Company und'er 2,000 yards per hour. using more union men thah ·any miles .in length and seventeen and -of Fresno, has completed their job a $3,734,500 contract, the largest Preparatory to th_e present work, other job in the area. It is .. my one-h.alf .feet in diameter. The sue- on U.S. Highway 299E. single contract which is expected a smalled dredge last month moved hunch that no ,agreement- will be .~ essful bidder will have 1,959 days DIAMOND MATCH , · . 1 to be let in.;,the $15,000,000 project: 130,000 yards of mud from the reached for· · a Building .- Tnide's to complete the · · job, '!" h i c h Rosendahl Const; uction Co.; of The "Franci_s can" q,lso filled the area where the new terminal Council co~tr~ct now . becaus:t ~f amounts to approximate y · five Ri chmond have moved in on their 'Alameda south sh-ore and is r eturn- building is to be constructed to other imphcat10ns. However, 1 · IS years working days. , - -million d~llai· job 011 the Diamond ing to service after a short s.ay in eliminate any possibility of un- my belief that one of the affiliates 99 FREEWAY · · Match ·Project site, at Red Bluff. d ry d oc Ic - · 1 e q ua 1 s ettleJnent· · of the Council will recommendr The State Highway Department Richter Brothers are winding up Cons ..ruction . of the 4 ~!., -mil e Frost said the design -of the ter- econbmic action against the job 1 will ,a pen bids, on December 12th, Ion the excavating job at the same dike, which started more than a minal building will be start ed early any time now. • ' on a four lane freeway project, I site. · - year ago, still is under way and next year by tl:~e firm of War- JOB OUTLOOI{· GOOD · I · ' will continue simultaneously with .necke and Warnecl-::e, Oakland ar- The work outlay · for the next fifteen miles south. of D· unsmUJr, Scheumann & Johnson, at Big I fe'" ye, ~rs ·n the islands will be 99 l11 · · I the dredge-filling. The dike is , chitects. ., ~ 1 California, on Highway · T S -IS Bar, -are operating ahead of sched- very good. _It will be in Capehart ing projects for the Army and cne for tl1e "big boys" ~s there are 1 ule, to date, along with · Mercer- hous ~~~rat~6~ - ~~1~0~1C~:~~ :~!~~8y~~~: I ~~~~e\~;~;~~~~~~·ng""~~~1 a~· e fi~~!:~ S~: rJT ~~ T~ E __ - ~N RED WOODS ~~~~ln~s~r~~1~:p~~~~~~~~~\~~:phoor~l ~ care of. I believe the State's esti- ' mile road stretch. "-;1} A.u ~ c• §, "• a municipal Civic Center, the sec- eJ bore for· the mate, on this project, is four and G. S. · Harrington, on their bridge · B~ .--;, "in . A. "it{ EN" BROOH:s & DANNY "0" DEES 011d tun11 W1'I ~on_ a half million ctollars. job a t Trini_ty Center· ax-e moving Business Repre-sentatives Tunnel, roads, sewers for the Ter- Bids v.: ere opened, on November al.OJ1Z "'n1oothly . .due to the nice · - ·ritory and City e:overnment, and _ · · b 0 f M' ~ ~- 'Nell, Brothers, here \Ve are ar:ain, around to the time ~ 29th, on the road JO out -m- weatheF that has stayed with us - private constniction that ·vvill take era!, Califor nia, about thirty-five this year. . to hang up our stockings. It-sure seems like Santa Claus time ih l10tels busmess buildings and m.iles east ofTRed Bl,uff, in T:h a~a Har'old Hastings .Construction comes more often _as the yea_rs go by, ~u_t there isn't n~uch I oriv.ae ho~ es. 36 1 County, on Lllghwa)_ · Ther_e d'A til l on the Bureau of Res:lam<:Jtion, you can do , about 1t but _get mto the-sp1nt of the Holiday The outlook for .unions 1:o built" - 1 1 Co. ~. -be ab~ut :eight_ miles . 0 ~ ~ra ~ g Project at Lewiston, as sche·duled, S · .· . - ~ --- was never better than now. With and· re1ocatl0n With a milliOn yards is running smo-othly on the exca- eas?n. . . _ · It he Brothers. Brother · Mark the year closing in fast, it 'is the por- _ .· · · It IS the smcer e WIS h of this of- C:cho ler- the "super" on this one httmble · pi.ni·on of t-h1's \vrite·r that to be moved. , and the biggest vatmg. · · fi h h' Ch · '11 b ~ ' 0 Hon · of it Will be _r ock. Stolte, In- Frank Beach, of Concord, has ce t at t_ lS . nstmas wt - e a Brother Bob 'vVillis doing the ·unless the craft unions ih construe.-· corpora ted, of . OaKland, were the ed• . R d Bl ff d i cl'1 -!much ·more happy one than the "snapping." . tion in . the islands. work together l . bidd mov · · il1 at ·· e u ·an .s g last two We 'have all heard 1t said . · · · ow • ers. _ _ ging all . the d.itches for Grinnell · ' : . . Pnce - McNe~ar Constructwn as a team, forgetting bad · experi- · many times that the Lord moves Company of Sepulveda was the low n__ _ ces 'n .the past and. . unless the · ·· ' : · · · There .are numerous_ .other . PIOJ- of the Pacific, who. ts the pnme . . . . · · 1· ~ 11 1 ects commg up 111 the dJstnct. . contractor for all the pipe work 111 strange w~ys, but ~ay we pray bidder ·on the Naval F actlity job Internationals with interests herc:Y--- We :have had -a very good year D' · d lVI t h. p - t that he see fJt to spare us all the at Centerville Beach FerndaJo make ,a .- move to help th_em witf __ l·n the Reddino- area but let. me on the ~~mon a c S roJCec . k . suffering a_nd h eartbreak caused ,.,J't·h a bJ'd of ~1· 3. 10 ooo' only $1 00~0 "' ' , ' J. W. B1ggs, on the alt ree · . . ·• ._.. , , . -· the right kind of manpow:er and 21 Oakland some money, of course, this.oppor- say to you-we haven t had any- · · · d h'1 d · by the earthquake December -• under Stolte Inc of thihg to com•)are with what's com- JOb, ~l as mcrease ~ ere; an. IS 1954 ,a nd the even more disastrous . Arthur B Siri' was low 0;1 the tunity may never be dupliCated ino· for tho 'year 1957 and . for pushmg ahead to ta