.OPERATII\IG ENGU\iEERS LOCAL 3 STATIONARY ENGINEERS ..lOCAL .39 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. ls~ue Warning on Possible Over.~pay 9n SoQ Security Tax Great Waste aters of i By P . E. VANDEWARI{ · Assist£tnt Local ·Union Manager :: If. ~7 o u have more than ~ n e em- 1 North st ·Rivers .ay p!o:yer and earn _Co more than $3000 I in a year, you might overpay your ~ocial security tax, because each employer must deduct the tax from th_e . first $3000 which he pays you. I Go To Ari Southwest If y ou ·pay social security t axes !I Indicating _that at least some of. man's b oldness, imagination, and plans are being direct~d to .. on more than .$3000 per year, ask :1•ard ·constructiVe human welfare, as well as to the destructivenss of a world arms race, is the follow .. t he Collector of Internal Revenue mg ~eclanu>. ti 01;. ~ur ea u release. This account. r e v~als fascinating plans for bringing some of the (where you file your income tax) . enormous qum1Litles of waste water now pounng mto the sea from north coastal rivers. south a r>d for the necessary form on which to l\TEW ATTORNEY GENERAL? I sou th eastw ar~ to the vast arid regions. Here this White Gold ca n open up millions 'of acres ;1£ claim your refund. P op u 1 a r, cap a b 1 e Edmund G. land to the httle people who long for such life of sunshi ne, health, an cl indenendence. Bio· la nri KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS Brown, San Francisco's district at- I and power companies, h owever, are fighting to control all western l'esources. • b - " ~ The employer is required to de-l torncy,. has announ?ed 1.1e will be I The first objective of the Bureau [be used, and such costs will be . duct the worker's tax from 1 · a camhdate for Cahforma's Attor- · . . . · . areas of deficiency. If these corn~ 11s G W 'tl d l.- t , of Reclamatwn's Umted Western compared w1th the benefits wh1ch parisons are favorable, it is ~ x .. wages and pay it to the Federal ney ,en era1 · 1 1 a goo 1a vvr a · - ~ I , · · · . , would accrue as a result of "h - " Government. He must give each torney background and g·ood rel a- m estigatwn IS t~ determme what new \Vater made available in ~h: pected t hat detailed investigations worker receipts for the amounts tions with the city's AFL, he ha-s surplus water, ~f any, may be and plans will follow. deducted. It is to your interest t o ·gained quick endorseme-nt from available for exDort from the I nvestigation will be made of the keep these receipts. T hey are proof many labor groui:,s and _is expected Northwest-to v.iater-deficient areas [ [])l''[iili@ll m eans by which the plan could of the amou!1t of wage credits you to be state laboi s choice for the throughou· th t ' Wa t A , tJ:::.:::::I ha ve accumulated to your credit job. ~ e en.lre ~s · u- compensate for any disadva ntage for social secu~· it y benefits. * * * thority for this statement came .to .existina; ox . tut ure power .Pro- YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY fromS. P. IvicCasland, ~ngine er in ductiori whit;i1 .might result. from AOCOUNT Pres' ldlal on ev hs l; · ~ char-ge of the m\,estigation. - Me- the .expor t of water ot-hel'Wise util- It is to your interest to check 0 fVl( I .,. · H ~ [\,.} Casland. ·said the iiwesfigation is izable for power. E xploration will up on your social securit y account M s ( t H d now estimating the water which be made of the possibility of usin.>< t o m ake sure that you have been ore a·1 e v, ~ ee c may be available in the Columbia steam power for such means. given the proper amount of wage "' 1 River and other streams of the BIG NEEDS IN SOUTH credits. You would be wise to do TO ALL HOISTING UNIONS: I Nor._thwest, includ_ ing' those of McCasland said that municipal, this .as often as once a year. In . Greetings: I nord1e1·n Callforma, after a supply industrial and agricultural use for any event, you should check your The progress of the individual for all possible future demands of water in large ~reas, particularly· accounts within four · years after worker, thr oughout the years, to the Northwest has beeri reserver:l. in the southwestern United St ates, the wages are paid, as some error s improve his lot was slow. As the I In short, l{e said, the s1:udy con- is growing a 't a rate which wili in · ca nnot be corrected after that workers began to organize the stitutes a preliminary reconnais- the near future exceed t he supply. length of time. value of their combined efforts was sance to ascertain the justification As local surface supplies are fully Chec}Los Angeles, GENERAL PRESIDENT eral agenc1es, Will be transmitted down · the dry west side -of the Nevada; and Salt Lake City, Ut ah. · ~MV"FM Holly ,~ood, and,. H;'"[IK. to Congress. south and B urbank. He is on Mon., Wed. and * * * ·" -valley into the. less pro- * * * ]}'ri. at 10:15 on KXOA Sacramento The Union Label is the emblem FUTUR.E NEEDS _lific San Joaqum river. Lessons aml liGB San Diego. Tune in to- of the. greatest industrial-peace In determining future water learned here will be valuable in movement night! in the world. needs, a summary .is being made the propd&el] pr{)ject described ,----~------....;.------: of all the lands w hich might ever above. l:ie irrigated' under'. future condi- ·;.· ·tions, McCasland explained. A sim­ * * * Official N-Qtice to Members il a r estimate is being made fo r HQW ABOUT A. DATE .•. , . TO DONATE'? industrial, municipal, and all other Ira L. Sicl> els J anua ry 1, 1951) Each month·. our ·Engineers News features an ·article by our foreseeable water uses which m ight Don't fcrget: General President Wm. E. Maloney, in arise under conditions of ultimate Agostino Sciaroni which he stresses the haz­ A good citizen always votes. ·1 -ards' involved in the, operation of construction machinery. Read development. Being considered as January 5, -195D . these articles . . • think about them ' • • and then realize that the available for· export are only t he A vot~r must always be regis - ~ R. J. Otto · Janu.ary 12, 1951} :blood donations for. which· we ask a.re for your own benefit in case waters which would remain after tered. R eg!ster now before it's t oo a supply had been reserved for \Vm. J . Handley of an emergency. . late. · these present and potential local I J anuary 17, 1950 * * demands. James \v. J ameson TEC~"'CAL ENGINEERS, Local No. 3-E Meeting * * * .The study also will include mak­ T he Union ~ab~l help; protect J anuary 23, 1950 · 'fhe nexhn:e~ tin~ {)(the Engineers, Local Te~luti.cal No. 3-E will ing cost estimates of the various th.e 'employer of union men from Clinton F. V\'ebster be held in the Union Oflices:at 474 Valencia Street, San Francisco; ways in which ~ ny surplus water the u)1fair c omp e t i t io ~ of less en- , January 31, 1950 Calif., on Friday, February 24, 1950. in the Northwest migl-lt be tra~s­ li gh'~imed en1ploy e_;·s .• I t wot:ks for Don G. R

T)le meeting was called to ilrder at 8:00p.m., Vice President-Foss The mo st ipe:-~cusable of all_ forms of waste is the· 1. Don't attend n1eetings. presidin'g. Vice President ~ Foss a.pp!>inted Brother Glenn Dobyiii to enfprced idlerress of tD_~ wprk,er who is willing af}d 2. If you go, go late. act able as vi~e~president . aJid' B~;otller Rtissell Swanson' as guard: ' call 3. If the weather isn't pleasant, Roll to wor~ . Th~ · tr~n.1. en . do_ us ' costs an.d wid~spread suffer­ showed Preside1it Ciancy, Recordifl stay home: · · · 'g Secretah l\'Iatliew~, Tieasurer Vand.e\vai~Itand Busine's·s l\'lanag~r swanson absent by'rea•son of being ing cauq~d by the · great _ depr~ssion of the thirties taught 4. Don't accept any office; it'~ away on business of the union. - . . us this lesson · if 'nolhing e1se did; and it gave easier to criticize. us some A synopsis of th.e ~:egular meeting minutes of January 7 was read 5. Never approve anything your guideposts of experience through which to avoid the and by motion approved a8 read. · · officers or committees do. . A letter was read regardip.g the l\'larch of Dimes. Referred arrarit nonsense of cyclical periods of boom and bust. 6 . . Don to New t pay your dues until you Business. have to. · There is a tremendous amount of work in this coun­ A letter was read reg~rding tile Sa.fewaY str*e. Received and 7. Don't bother recruiting new fil.ed. Cards of thanks received from the Graham family; try that needs to be done, not all of which can be under- members. Mrs. Otto and Sons, and' the fa.n1ily of 0. E . Butler. Received and filed . . .taken and finan ced by private enterprise alone. 8. Insist on official notices being There The following resolution was read as the sent you, second and' final reading: are houses, roads, schoo ls, hospitals and public bu i1dings but don't pay any . RESOLUTION . attention to them when you . WHEREAS,- the present Labor Temple to be constructed; slums to be eradicated; natural re­ get them. ha•s become antiquated and therefore unsuited for the use ilf the _labor movement sources 9. Don't waste any courtesy at a in Sac­ to be res tord and wisely used through reforesta­ ramento, and meeting. It's up to your offi ­ tipn,. soil conservation, flood control and power ex­ Whereas, labor has tried for several years without cers to take it. success to form­ ulate ·a plan to finance a new l!!obor temple in Sacramento, panswn. 10. When you don't like what's and Whereas, four unions, namely; Carpenters, Engineers, Laborers. going .on, say so, but under no and . Droughts on the East and West Coasts indicate t.he Teamsters, ·propose to form an ·association for the purpose of building circumstances offer any con­ a suitable Labor Temple in Sacramento, and impqnderable need of ample water supplies. Our po - structive suggestions. · · · Whereas;a,desirable location has been found .luted ·streams, like our· air 11. Devote most of your time to and the land available , must be purified. Backward for purchase, therefore be it talking; let someone else do industrial areas must be developed, and for Resolved, that the national the work. officei'S of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 3 be instructed to form an association with the security, decentralization of high ly concentrated urban 12. If elected a delegate to a Carpenters, Laborers and Teamsters Unions which shall properly monst rosities higher body or comrention, protect the investment of Local ,like New York must be effected. No. 3, and be it further don't bother about attending Resolved, that the officers . All this requires planning. for future developments sessions. of Ope1·ating Engineers, Local Union No • 3 be authorized to withdraw from on a national and local sca le. It requires the 13. Then you can come home and the General Slwings Fund Account backing a d a sum equal to one-fourth the report that the organization purchase price of tJie property, bt1t not cooperation of business, labor, agriculture and the to exceed $10,000, is in the hands of a political It was regularly moved and second various subdivisions of government. · It re quires close gang and that there's no use ·eci that the resolution be adopted as the second and final reading. cooperation by our I}ational trying to do anything about it. Carried unanimou§!y., and state legislatures. The following brothers were 14. Look for hidden motives; reported ill: Thomas E. Brotherton, LeRoy Bryant, Albert Baratono, Edwa President Truman, in his recent message to the 81st do'n't credit brother or sister :nl s: Bigger, Lee W. B1;own, Ray T. Cummings, Ruel C1·ocker, L. J. Congress on the State of the Uni on developed this theme members with any ideals . . Cornelius, John VV. Clark, ·\Vm. R. Commin-o, \Vn:l. L. Duncan, E. S. Dolan, 15.' Don't cooperate. with any offi­ Harvey H . Danielson, Ralph in his recommendations for the development, conserva­ E. Davis, JoJ~n Daly, Louis cer or committee; make them Del Chiaro, Glenn Easton, Henry Elsasser, Johnny Green, Lewis tion and use of our natural and human res ources from cooperate with you. L. Gann, L. E. Graves, Nesby D . Guinn, ·G. 0; Gullikson, l\'latt the viewpoint of national as well as regional 16. Remember, you know more Hoffman, 1;1;. 0. Herbert, Edgar '\V. Hatcher, Ed.win E. interest and Hall, Wm. J. Handley, than anyone else about every­ Wm. Jester, Leonard Jordan, James L . Joy, welfare. Harry W. Johnson, Frank thing. If they don't agree A. Kuhre, Wm."McKinnon, W. G. Martin, Thomas K. Moore, . 'T'hrough blood and coord inated planning we can with you, they're wrong. · G. L. ~oyer, Alfred L; Mabrier, Samuel l\'l. lHoore, \V. G. Martin, H. Miller - RepTint from Cleveland Citizen. J.' , Wm. S. Norris, E1·nest Nelson, l\'Iarvin make possible at the right time, full employment, steady, Prough, Lloyd A. Putnam, J. Patton, i.\'1. E. Purcell, He1·man Ridenour, we .~l-paying lobs, rising living sta~dai- ds, ·reduce idle­ * * * Harl E . Stewa.rt, Alfred Swann, Jame·s Shore, Ira lVarren, ·Wm. Waters, ness and use of soc ial security stopgaps to a q1~nimum; ABRAHAM LINCOLN. ~~~~~a':ct~~~.~;!~~el Wright, David Walkington, C. L. Yoder, J. H. . and extirpate the obsolete cap it ~li'sti c obscession of the The follilwing brothers we1·e reported deceased: R. J. Otto, Agos­ inevitability of d-epressions. Tl1is is the day w·e celebrate tino Sciaroni, ha ·L. Sickels, Wm. J. Handley, James W . Jameson and A man of world-wide The p-rosperous year of 195Q is the year to undertake fame. Clinton F . :webster. His name was Abraham Lincoln; The business agents gave their usual reports which were accepted SUCh planning, to do the Elany thii~gs t)1at must be done From obsecurity he came. as given. Brother ltusseli Swanson explained the form on disabiiity benefits to dive'i·t insurance to state to -insure many more years of simila1~ national well-being. He ·fought to keep the young nation insurance fund. Brother Fuss spoH:e on the same subject A 011e united whole, in answer to· qu,estic;ms from the floor. Report of the genCI·al secretary To liberate the colored race -treasurer was read by Vice Presi­ From slavery untold. dent Fos-s. Under new business, a motiiln was made· and: seconded that Local 3 He stood like steel against a: wrong, contribute $50.00 to the l\'Iarch of Dimes. Brother Foss ruled the mo- For justice was his creed; tion out of order. · He broke the shackles of a crime There being no further busi~ess to come before the meeting, it The paled inhuman needs. adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Among the great his name stands Wl\'I. C. WAACI~, (State Fed. Release) out- Secretary pro tem. Immortal, strong and grand. Security for the aged has become a "major long-run social His life still lives in many lives, and economic problem in this country,'' tne Labo~ I~1forma­ This product of the land. tion Bulletin, a U. S. Labor Department pl.lblication, points For he lived so close to nature, ·. out in its current issue. The problem· Communed with nature's God; rack.. Down·. of m~etin.g the~e need~ On This was the secret of his strength most effectively is "of prime importance," according to the That gained a nation's laud. Bulletin. In him we · In this connection, Secretary of 13, in that group, a "declining pro­ see personified. The virtues we admire: Labor Maurice J. Tobin has recent- portion" of elderly workers has a I. Prison La or True manhood, blanded with wis­ ly stated: "I have insisted time and been able to rerilain in the labor State AFL again that while private . pension ' force, the Bulletin says. dom, labor's vigorous fight against use of prison labor plans are an important supplement "The social security program of Strength with truth acquired. by county and state agencies-a fe~ture of Soviet Russia that to a public system, they cannot 1935 was an effort to provide the His n_am e will last as long as time we severely criticize-gained new headway in the past week take the place of a comprehensive answer, based on certain funda­ And empires come and go. with these important developments: and basic system of Federal old- mental principles: (1) That pen­ For having buried centuries' sin 1: Governor Warren ordered -. ------­ age insurance. I am for a major sions are a matter of right and so And laid that monster low. shut do~n the project on Highway tice, as fa.r as the labor move- revision of the Federal Social Se-· without a means test; (2) that 80, just outside San Diego, ·· upc:m ment is c~.n c erned," said P~·e.s. curity Act, liberalizing its benefits 'Yhatever the· exclusions, the sys­ May such a life our lives inspire the request of Frank Lawrence, Lawrei:c~. ~~ represents unfa.tr so that they will come somewhere tem applies to workers in the cov­ To deeds of usefulness. president of the state Building , competttwn with free labor and near providing adequate support er ed industries; and (3) that pen­ For he gave his life completely Trades Council. establishes a dangerous precedent." of the great majority of our aged sions are financed by contributions To benefit the race. .2. Suits were filed in Kern A tunnel job connected with the people." from both employers and em- -By FRANK DAVIES. county against county agencies to Highway 80 . project recently em­ In1900, only about 3 million per- ployees. Experience has shown that -t * * . prevent use of prison labor on the ployed conv1ct labor, and here sons, or 1 out of 25, were in the these principles are sound, but it new Kernville-Isabella county high- also the Governor ordered correc~ 65-or-over a.ge group. Now, how- has Practical uses in the home for also shown :!laws in the sys­ way and to force observance of tive measures. ever,· with 11 million, -or 1 out of tem." phosphorescent paints in c 1 u d e prevailing wage scales on public San Francisco labor has vigor­ marking door knobs, electric light­ projects. Similar suits, involving a ously protested use of prison switch plates, key-holes, stair ris­ labor ' county building, were earlier filed on extensive building work at San Di?tribution of ' tot~l population by age group :-;:t~j~jf;.~~~~~~~- ) ers, door jambs, railings and pro­ in Tulare county. Quentin prison. P.fRCENT-t 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 "100 jections of any kind. I t I I I I 1 I I I 3. Shasta county supervisors * * * ENGINEERS' NEWS began a study on the use of county Asl.. 1\f!\t'llL.~m na!stcr prisoners for work, and labor ~ I!J.,_u~h.111 Uu ~ Managing Editor, V. S. SWANSON l organizations prepared to fi e WashiJlgton- NLRB Actual {i:::. Published Each Month by Local Union - Gen. Coun- No, 3 of the International Un!on of strong protests. sel Robert N. Denham was the 1940 Operating Engineers At a meeting in the Governor's center of a growing storm of pro- Northern CaMi~f.;1a,; 1 Nu;~gem Nevada, office on Feb. 3, use of convict la- tests as labor leaders demanded he Office 474 Valencia Street bor on the San Diego highway job be removed by Pres. Truman. The San Francisco 3, California was discussed, leading to the Gov- new outbursts followed an address •P roje<"' Subscription Price: $2.~0 ernor's order to close the project. in New York by Denham in which J;::: per year In attendance were building trades he invited employers to appeal Mcdl all news Items In to editor not labor officers from all sections of NLRB later than the 5th of each month. I decisions in favor of labor. G.ooo ·E;,tered as Second €lgss Matter Sep- Southern California. He suggested that the employers tember 9, 1943, at the P.ostollice at San "The Governor's action put a could find justice in the courts Francisco, California, ~er 'the Ac:t · stop to the use of convict of August 24, 1912 . la:bor, even if they could not before the .______;;;.__;.______.: which has been an obnoxious prac-NLRB. February, 15, 1950 ENGINEERS' NEWS Ti ree San Rafael- ·Awful fair Deal Sfln Jose- Gorp orate d i vi den tl payments NORJHBAY GETTING IN SHAPE reached the all-time high of $8.4 DOWN COAST THEY billion VOTE 30 in 1949,· according to the estimates of the Council of Eco­ FOR START ON SPRING JOBS nomic Advisers. TO l E.NGir~EERS That is $500 mfllion more. than FO·RTHE UNI01N H. 0. FOSS, Business· Representative, Local 3 the dividend figure in 1948; $4.6 bil- By M. G. "~UCKEY" MURPHY and J. E. The Hellwig · Construction RILEY Company of Sebastopol, a lion more than in 1939; and $2.6 Business Representatives, Local 3 recently signed member of the A. G. C. are keeping busy in billion more . t.han in the "boom" The mechanics at Ditz Bros. Tractor Co. voted overw h~h:n - · t h e area with Brother Dee Dowd, year of 1929. · 1 · f f U · Sh foreman, and Brother L. A. Yep the Fair Deal sure is ruin- mg y m avor o a mon op recently-both in San Jose Martin. on the payroll for a long time, and have had a very sue- ing the (lOuntry. _ Hollister. This again proves to anti-labor forces that the cessful year and Tecently purchased 1 new equipment, which 1 * * * Union man wants a Union Shop. The election was condu.cted means expansion ... at the present time doing the grading for by the NLRB on February 1st, and out of the 30 employees the San Francisco Construction Company at Santa Rosa. labor Man to Run . there was only one dissenting vote for a Union Shop. Bro. Jimmy Joy, tFeel recently dis- Cincinna.ti - Rollin H. Everett, certain one of the boys must have become confused a.nd charged from the Sonoma County his last lease turned out S?-tisfac- Cincinnati Newspaper Guild (CIO) marked his ballot on the Hospital wrong side.) Any Union shou(d be after major surgery, has torily. Harold has good prospects executive secretary and ex-city proud to represent a group of men of this kind. asked ·your Business Representa- for this year with Bros. Sonnick- councilman, will run for Congress ______tive to express to the many broth- son and Black assets to the firm. in November against Rep. Charles An-derson ers Jimmy's appreciation for their Harold, Jr. Dam ,- is stepping in also .... H. Elston (R.,) reactionary aide of . . firms have voluntary donations of blood which Where's 1 quite a little wor ~ lined Kenneth Jessee? Sen. Robert A. Taft. Accordmg to latest reports, b1ds ' ·rr:my. 1 up if the weather will permit. . .. l1e nee d e d so urgen tl y. ·. · · Jl. ' E. E. Lowell of Vallejo ! on the Anderson conser.·vation dam Jmows repair- * * * Edwar·d, Foull'' & Dana of R e.t" \>·,,·o·od he would not be here . v,:e're on '" ing equipment, with Lowell him- Coyote River near Madrone will City (well known pipeline itLstal- it not for the tl:ansfusiorts of ' the self taking a few days off in the p• b h R t U lttS urg en s p be opened on March 7th. The 235- lers, in L.ocal 3 territory) have a brothers and can only say '.'thank sun in Southern area . ... Some foot ·dam will consist of about couple of nice jobs staked you." ... While on the subject, people have a the luck! . out a t 11 Pittsburgh.- Even with federal 3,000,000 cubic yards of dirt. In- present-just enough to . keep a we again call your attention to Where's the sun? controls, rents ·in .the nine-county eluded in the Anderson project is couple of crews on the payr oll the Blood Bank maintained · by Pittsburgh 6 area have gone up $ ,- the moving of about two miles of through this inclement w e;,ther. Opei'ating Engineers' Local No. 3. 750,000 a year for 76,000 Pitts- th M d - s R d p t · e a rone pnngs· oa · . . . Ed' .K eebl e has resumed . If . any of the brothers wish to· burgh Dp era- e aIuma Ph one Bid g· tenants since the end of the San Jose Airport is in for more tions on his Los Gatos - Sa t· atoga donate blood and do . not have A r t S1n. · o f s an t a R osa 1s· d om· g war. That means increases for · 1 w d h · t expans10n wor c or as JUS H.1g 11way JO· b , smce· the weather has transportation, please call this of- 6 ,000 -yar d excavat mg. an d pavmg· one-fifth of the dwellings in the b · d tl t "U 1 een recen•e 1a nc e s am " !S· perm1tted.· T he same is appEca.Tole fice _San Rafael 4616 _and ar- on the Petaluma telephone build- area. going to make another donation to most all the jobs in this terri- rangements wila be made to your ing, with Walter Galbraith in ------somewhere in the neighborhood of tory-possibly with one exception, convenience. . . . This is a very charge and Bros. Castle and Cum- They have a D-8 for sale and can $100,000 for improved taxiways, Moss Landing. Rain or shine, they worthy cause and is more than mings as crew ... where Olson is be reached at 1828 McKinley Road, aprons, etc. At the present time, work. Rain just makes it tmcom ­ worth a few minutes of your time. the prime contractor. ... Siri also Napa (telephone Napa 4-1097). Contractor Lew Jones of San Jose fortable for the brothers orr1. this Fredrickson Brothers. of Emery- doing the grading for the Sebasto- Bro. "Chris" C. R. Christensen has a contract for - several small job. . According to rece•;t r.e- vills were recently awarded the pol High School lwt this will prob-[ is operator in river· for McGill hangars. Lew has another nice job ports another construction pro­ $240,000 Foster Road and Union ably be delayed on ·account of soft Gravel Plant at Oakville. -a warehouse for Baron-Gray gram is planned for Agnew .State Station street project in Napa and ground. Pierce Realty of 300 Sir Francis Packers- to the tune of about Hospital in the amount of a p'croxi- plan on starting as soon as weath- Rein Quarry of Petaluma doing Drake Blvd., San Anselmo ·(tele- $150,000 at 5th and Martha. mately $1,700,000. The pn;·zram. er permits ... with Bro. Archie season's repair and filling local or- phone San Rafael 4012 or 4150) Lit H •!t will augment a mor e than $4,000, Edmonds as grading foreman and ders. - has a D-7 available . .. ready to I\' I . am II on 000 construction and road buUding Bro. Lloyde Dixon now on the job Ben C. Gerwick pre-cast pole go any place. J. Henry Harris of OalJI r e­ Woody, Gene Schupert., Gus ViTal- expecting season's share.... Bro. Postmaster address, writes in that approximate 10,000 cubic yards of ports Sunnyvale is headed fo r a. To ig lin and Don Wengler to be the Bird getting in a few shifts. Jack the boys on the job, Bros. Sandy rock for the new telescope building year in construction work. S.::veral starting crew. The superintendent Weiss in charge now, recovering Field and Joe "Shoeless" Jackson, atop Mt. Hamilton (Can'ico & large subdivisions are in p n:;;;p ect. . 011 the job is ·w. J . Roland, vvith from recent hospitalization. recently made foreman enjoy the Gautier are the .general conttac- Morgan Hill also reports a ~e c o r d Don Davis, office manager, and the Bro. Harry Keeler of Sebastopol Engineers' News ... with Ben on tors) is having a tough time get- high in building as does Sa:r. Jose resident engineer for the State is writes he is tak~ng off for ab?ut the Cedar I Rapids Portable Gravel ting set in on account of snow. and, in fact, most of the to:.:. n ~ in E. J: Carter, and the Inspector, W. five weeks vacatwn ... plannmg Plant ... with Sandy humming on Brother Parley Batt, the foreman, this district. Vv. Coles . . , . Huntington Bros. of on returning when the rains stop. 1 the cat. and Brother James Thompson Napa are doing' the clearing for G.l Bro. Dave Otis, foreman on the s t f s . learned one thing for sure-that it I roy the project. Bro. Luce picks out Harms Bros.-Vacaville project in e or prmg can snow like the devil and be Fredrickson & Watson ha ·:··e r e- little trees and cries for help, with this area last year . .. visiting rel- Out_ at B. asalt Quarry, McNears awfully. cold on Mt. Hamilton. sumed operations on their h i ~l'i. wa y Bros. Fred and ·Deck chasing chok- atives in San Rafael ... stopped Point, Bro. Joe Kortuem and crew Brothers Ray De Witt and Harold job after the secession due t.J th e· ers. in at office to say "hello." doing little repair on the 120-B IWhitaker are on Dozers ·and Bro. recent q'ains. It is still pretty, Maxwell Gravel at Red Hill hoping for the spring i·ush and Henry Fischer (operator) and Billy mucky, however. Maceo Co :1: :.pan:r, Bridge on the Russian River isn't Bro. Pat Donohue Tom, Joe, Charlie "assisting." ... King (oiler) comprise the crew on are driving the piles on th '" o v~ r- . Bro. Charlie Plumb doing a bit of complaining The of · the "fa­ A. G. Raisch Co. of Black the N.W. 25. pass with the assistance of E;:otl'lel• mous Big where Bros. Simmerson and Big- Point -3 Plumbs" ... Tom, Joe do not plan on doing much L. C. Jensen (family) of Hay- Earl "Shortie" Webster a'.l.d a: and Charlie.. . . . Tom craft are the crew. on is maste.r 101 Highway before April ... ward have just about wound up the full crew of thirty-four men •. mechanic Camgros at Maribel Russian Riv- making for the American Con­ up little slurry base . · ... it pipeline job in and around Monas- Number of piles-about 1•!0 . . . • crete Pipe ,Co .... er with oldtimers Bros. Ralph is Charlie is work­ expected bids will be called for tery Gardens. These brothers have George Renz, loCal contract c: who ing part time Jones and Ivan Meyers overhaul- the at Fibreboard at four-lane on 101 .Highway from had several nice jobs on these sub- is building the nice new r. :.o der n Forestville ing-the shovel and Bro. Albrigi on Forbes with _millions of feet Overpass to Ignacio Wye divisions and we must say our prob- and beautiful jail house· f .:r..· San of logs to stockpile and the hi-line . .. at the Russian Riv- sometime their An­ next month with over a lems with this company have been Benito County (in Hollister' says t ioch mill full. er Gravel, , operated by Boyd as million ... Joe is at San lined up for the job. at a minimum .. · . 0. E. Anderson don't rush to make your rcr.>er va­ Quentin on excavating owner and Bros. Trefethen and job for the Bids are due for opening Feb. was the lucky bidder on the new tions as it is only· 50 per cen: com­ State, according Onsrud as crew, putting out on 2_7 to last reports. for the 7300 feet of 36-inch bell James Lick School job. The bid plete. . . . Eaton & Smitl\ vrho Bros. Floyd Foutch and .production and doing very well, and spigot Buford welded joint water pipe went for close to one and a quarter have the Pacheco Pass job .. have Radons are on with no complaining. line the afternoon shift from Pine Mountain Tunnel millions. · · · Leo Piazza and A. J. resumed operations after a:~jQU:t a operating for Tyson Rein Gravel Products plant on to & Watters, Fairfax Gatehouse, Marin Coun- Raisc-h are managing to keep a few three-week shut down due to· t he· Mare . Island reclamation the Russian River is on low oper- ty project, ... . The North Marin County of the boys busy throughout these heavy rains. From the way ie: looks with Bros. Lucas and ating ... doing little because of Water Evans on the District of Novato proposed rainy days but it is an effort. These now not much progress will be morning shift... . Jack Edwards adverse weather conditions. dam is expected to be called .for made on any of the work i1: t hese in charge, and a .little ahead of bids within the next 30 days. . . . parts for awhile .... It is e:-; pe·cted schedule. On the This River dam is to. be constructed on that bids will be calle.d on sewee Bro. C. W. Sherman is with the The Basalt Plant at Healdsburg the Ryan Ranch about t wo and a remodeling work in this locality County fire roads and fire breaks. working but one shift half with the miles west of 101 Highway on very shortly in the appro:,:i.rnate Says "it beats h--- out of \>i ork­ Monaghan, with Bros. Lawrence the Novato-Pt. Reyes road ... lots amount of $60,000. ing." . . . ·Still building ·on his home Cousins and Cliff Wilson the crew. at Woodacre ·in spare moment . . . Bro. of dirt. s Jack Rowe is on the hot Bro. Sam Temple of Okinawa JVLAIOC~ vv Lana'·lng and weekends. plant and Bros. Anderson as fire~ writes in things are humming Stone & Webster's P.G.&E .. joh at Bro. Bill Pierce, superintendent man and Fitch on the box, w ith there with plenty expected for the Moss Landing has r esumed c; pera- . for Piombo Construction at the Bros. Dave Bennet working the next few months. t{ons' after a two and a half day ti ~ Sears Point project, advises he crusher and J. C. Voss electrical William Rapp Co. of Santa Rosa up due to difficulties betwe.fn. t h e "hopes to fight it through" with and general utility.... Bro. Harry we1·e awarded the $49,000 sewage Plumbers and Boilermakers. At the. pulls and cats ... . All equipment Delfino taking care of the cat disposal . plant at Sebastopol . . . present time complete hannony, floating at present writing. · work where Jim Kennedy is super- going right along in the local area. seems to prevail among our 7G e n~ Nick De. La Montanya; the rov­ intendent on the project repre- Carey Bros. of San Rafael were gineers employed on this p:·oject. ing land-leveller from Sonoma senting the Basalt interests. low on the 40,000 yards for the (Maybe we shouldn't talk too loud.) way, has disposed .pf his N. W. 25 C. M. Syar of Vallejo has several VonRotz Housing at Santa Ventia; No doubt most of th~ brothers and it is likely he's in the ma,·ket small jobs tci complete in the Val- with Bros. Johnny Lapp and Willie know, this huge ele.ctric p\ant is for a Buckrus 20. In the mean­ lejo area and also El Camino St. Care y on the shovel. one of t he world's largest steam time, · he has taken on some more in Napa .. . . Bro. Curly ViTilliams B. Miles Thomas making ·good plants and the 1600 employee;; eep-· cats and will be busy in the Igna­ and Bro. Herman Cecil pilot the progrE;ss on sewer job at Napa... . resenting many different cra:ts a re cio area on a 600-acre clearing members around.... Bro. Teter Bros. L. A. vVoolridge and Chad- making real progress on t hts job .. deal for some time to come. is master mechanic, with help in wick wading around in mud with C. C. Moore Co., who have t he con- Bro. Jim Lewis of the Silve1'ado the shop. . .. Syar is fi xing his just ears out. tract for as s e m b 1 in g t he . six Trail, if not busy building dams­ equipment with other than paint McGuire & Hester, with Bros. Babcox-Wilcox Water Tube Boilers is busy doing some clam thing .... this year, it seems. Also buying C. B. Booth and R. C. Burch, do- for this project, just recem'ly ran J im is in the market for an "8" cats and after r epairing them and ing Telephone Co. job at Napa. a t est on ·two of those con'.1;1Iet ecl and has lots of work lined up. peddling.... Always felt "Tony" Coutts Steel Erector Co., with and they' received a 100 pe The office manager for · the Geo. would end • cent this way. Bros. Vvalt Vorpahl and H . E. rating. Slinsen Co. of Napa, Mr. Bennet, The Brothers Tom and Don Me- Mountain as · cr ew on the truck is confined to his home with a Clean from Concord way laying crane working on small -setting br ok en ankle. . . Monterey- Carmel . How's at out 7,000 feet of six-inch water line I s ! ~el job at. th ~ Fra ncis Junior nailin H ester-McGuir e of Oaklai::'! b.ave g down the rugs? . . . Or for Stanley Kol1ler, Napa area. f11 gh School JOb 1i1 Santa Rosa. finished their sewer job this spreading a yard of sand? Brother Don is foreman and Bro. Br o. Joe Dixon writes in from i•'· town and have moved to otilel' re­ Bro. R. J. Andrade is master Don Messer is operating the E r ie , Kansas, that things a r e slow gions .... Val Valkenburgh iR Just mechanic for the Slinsen spread trencher. •... E xpect to be fin- as in California .... Wonder when about complete with his pip , ·tob in a nd everything is ready .to go i§hed as this comes off the press- he will pop in at the office. 1 Carmel. This has been a tough one. w hen weather permits . with unless some extensions on job. Just as this is being finished, . ROLLS HER owN· - What to . ·.. · Granite has resumed up er a­ plenty of work. Huntington Bros. of Napa are the "annual" L. L. Oldaker just wear while .lolling in the Palm tions o'ri ' th~ir Del Monte _l_,ien ue Harold Smith of St. Helena is repairing in the shop and working walked in the office after his third Springs, Calif., sun ·is" no problem job and are going ahead as Ea st as busy (when the steelheads aren't when weather permits. They have completed hitclf on Guam. .. · . for· Joan Olander. She rolls her own ·possible in order to release the running) getting his gr·avel plant contracted to get out material for Things must be good there ... -suits, that is-and on her they equipment being used on L i.,; job into production . . . don't think Perlite Products Corp., Iric. . . . Maybe the fourth is coming up. are just right. (Continued on Page 12 !. Four ENGINEERS' NEWS San Francisco~ 0 Bav Saf a~ !Stockton~ SAN FRA~JCISCO OUT- OF w·. RK ' 1 LIST LL UP IN HUNDREDS Strikers Ask w KTOM By PAT CLANC¥ and RUSSELL SWANSON He__ , l _ p_ - 0_f .-_ -L~h. .lo__· r· By ED DORAN, GLENN DOBYNS, c. L. CASE~OLT · Bu§iness Representatives, Local 3 \0~ _ _ UlU Business Repl'esentatives, Local 3 The San Francisco out of work list up to this time has been Dear· Sirs and Brothers: The Farmington Dam is designed to stop floods such ·as rising steadily but with all reports shDuld be at its peak now we urgeritly · need your help. inundated portions of Stockton during this last rainfall. We and should be starting on the down hill grind any one of these We are.- on strike against Safe- ' hope that they start this job SO that we will not have a repeat days. There have been a number of contracts awarded way Stores in three Bay Area coun- of this same situation. As I understand it, they will call for throughout the jurisdiction of Local No. 3 and lt is our belief ties to protect our jobs . and our bids some time this month on the dam. The four story ccni.~ unions. ' that with1n a short -period of time the members who want to Safeway has embarked on a trol tower on the intake channel is almost complete. The dam work win be able to do so even though the job may not be union- smashing campaign that itself will run from foothill to foothill, a di?tance of 7800 fe,et. .threatens the very foundation of Barrett & Hilp Construction Co . in their back yards. 1 .. Th . eathe man has been giv- the weather but at the present our unions, threatens the protec- of San Francisco, have a sewer e w r f · · · 1 • 1 the·r1 ing the farmers a break but as far true 15 gomg ng 1 L a ong on tion we have had under union con- job in Empire with Brother Frank a-s Cqnst~·. uct_i, on r·s co ._nc_erned, the Juniper Creek Overpass job. tracts since 1937. Jackson, Jr., as superintendent, gi·ourid is still wet and it makes lsla;S Creek Job Safeway wants to use non-union Vvilliam R. Taylor on the blade, it impractical for~ th_e contractors I -- ! \ employees to fill ·our jobs under James Walker oPerating the The Ohio, the Wab.ash a!ld the to be.gin oper. ations. A number of Duncanso_n and Haroldson ar_e non-union conditions. · Safeway trencher and Lloyd Gustrce as the l\'Hssissippi Rivers have made 1950 contr'acts have been awarded but winding up their job on Islais wants to exclude some pad of our oiler. already one of the worst flood ye,anl , . con· tra·c-tors -~r·e 1Jidinbo- their Creek bridbo-e. and it is expected_ members from · the contract pro- the v Kovick Bros. Construction ,Co. of in history. Th:ousands of persons in im.- e i· · o· r~ der that_- t_hey may bo-o that as soon as Eaton and Smith tection they have had · ·for more t 11 . Fresl'\o, have 35,000 fe-et of sewer the river valleys have suffered ~nd right ahead, -Ol19e their job is start- finish the approach~s the bri~ge than 12 years-the samr· contract in Riverbank tO lay with about 50 lost their homes. Millions of dol-­ -d·_· , -w. .-tho-'lt- tl ] · _11_ dr~i _ ce of ui1- · will be opened. The opening date. protection enjoyed by clerks and k e 1 • 1.e 11 ~ 1 days' wor ing time involved. Bro. lars in damage has been done, ·fayorable weather. is expected to be around March 1: managing clerks in every other Mike Batr·ich is the master me~ Precious top soil has washed away. Fay Improvement is about finish- grocery store in these three coun- chanic; Tom Butler is operating The Missouri and Columbia· Riv­ ed with their track removal and ties. s a f eway wants to d eny some ers also have threatened to spill A.r.ound ·the -Jobs · h b · 11 the trenching machine with Bill resurfacing job along San Brm1o o f us t h e ng t to argam co ec- over their banks. In the past five Even though the out-of-work tively through unions of our own Hinchman as the oil-er. avenue. choosing. Joseph Gallagher Construction years, those two streams have list 'is or seem$ to be at its peak Ken Royce has recently let a few there-are a number of the brothers s feway is in a position to back Co. from San Francisco also have flooded millions ,_of acres and done men go from the shop because of 0 billions of dollars in damage. who are fairly steadily employed its union-smashing demands by a sewer job in Empire. Brother the shortage of incoming work. Residents living along the Ten~ drawing on the resources of its Daniel Leo Trade is the super'in­ - on the-various jobs around town. Swinerton and Walberg Standard hundreds of stores throughout Cali- tendent and Brother Geo. B. Hay­ nessee River, however, don't have The M & K .Corp. tunnel job is Oil building job is going right to fear _floods. 'Vhy? The answer, progressing very nicely and at the along and the members working fornia and in half the states of the wood is operating the trenching nation. Its enormous wealth and machine and Brother John Bolls is of course, is the Tennessee Valley present time they are working on there expect to keep their names Authority. ' . infiuenc.e can be used to smash us on the cat. a th1:ee-shift basis on one heading off of the out-of-work list for a We have been told that TVA is and our unions who are, after all, Claude C. Wood Co. of Lodi is and have gone in about 300 feet. little while, anyway. only a relatively small handful of digging the footage for the ~ewage impractical. That it is pie-in-the­ M & K are also doing some work Devincenzi and Haskins move employees. disposal plant at Woodbridge. M. sky stuff. That it is "socialism" for on other jobs throughout the city. their rigs around so fast that you For our part, we simply want E. Hayes is operating the rig for the Government to operate hydro­ The North Poin,t sewage treatment are liable to see them in most any electric projects and to control genuine assurance that any em- Woods. plant shows progress but has run part Of the town. ployee performing clerk's work United Concrete Pipe Co. of floods. into a littl~ difficulty. The earth is The Dinwiddie Metropolitan QuestiQn for Congressmen from will receive union wages, hours and Stockton, under the supervison of slowly pushing some of their forms Housing j9b is g_oing very smoothly other river valleys: Which is better, conditions. It's that simple. Barney Bell, has completed the the wr9ng way and that has re­ at the present time but any time living in "socialism" or in water? We look to you, as members and excavation on the freeway at quired the contractors to go to a that there is a little rain means -(LLPE). friends of organized labor and as Keyes. They have the steel forms lot of additional expense in order that the operations are suspended. fair-minded Californians, to give us for the paving of this job-as soon a tunnel 6x8 feet and 17,000 feet to preven_t this. At the present time Floyd Watson has his rigs work­ the strength to match Safeway's as the weather permits they will long and an earth-fill dam and the Sailors' Hall jo.b is behind ing on the Stoneson job and at the a millions. get started on it. They have laid schedule but that is mostly due to present time the rigs are filling in p·ower house. Here are three ways you can off all the crew except, one that the w-eather. some land which will eventually ~ 'Hard Rock" Johnson's job on help: they will -keep -around for odds and Eaton and Smith have their shop be a parking lot for the business the ,Carson Pass will not start until 1. We urge you: DON'T sh.op at ends left to be done. _ in full blast and within a short section that is expected to be there the snow melts. The clearing for Safeway. Ask your friends and As yet the PG&E has given no time will move their yard from in the near future. this job was completed last fall.- o6ean avenue t.o the.ir property off your· families not to shop at S~fe- indication as to when they inte:t:J.d George Fr·ance road job, below way. Every dollar spent in a to start the Bear river job, above of Third street where they are Sa~e- Jamestown, will not start until the Personal Touch way sto:re buys ammunition for Jackson. The access ro~ds have leve.ling the land and preparing to The information as to the broth- k. · "' weather clears. They have mo_ved Safeway's att~;tc 011 our umons. been built and the camp set up for in several pieces of equipment and erect ·a new plant. The California -ers, both -going and coming from 2 w ~-' ' fi · 1 pport to · e ne.,-u nanCia su this job. The job will consist of are all s'et to go. street and Sacramento stl·eet track the various overseas jobs is very carry on our strike. ·Some of l;!S removal jobs are in full operation limited. have been on strike for nearly five but the- weat.~er has slowed them vValter Visen recently has gone months. The burden is increasingly up a lot. Also Eaton and Smith to South America for a short stay great. We n:eed help. · hgt_ve other equipment scattered but we are not certain what con- 3. Read our appeal at your mem- and working through-out the city. tractor he is going to work for. bership meeting-post it on your Chas. L. Harney - as usual - Chas Schank has been seen bulletin board-publish it in yo1,1r have a num]J_er of jo_bs going on around town again after being in newspapei· or bulletin. Spread the around town with their pip_e job the Persian Gulf for approximately I word in any way you ca.n. ' on Brannon street being about the two years. I Even now, Safeway is laying the largest. The shop has also been Vincent J. Gutton completed his groundwork for . extending its at­ keeping a number of our brothers contract at Arabia after . staying I tack to our sister unions in other busy. for 18 months. ~areas of the state. Without your Lowrie paving has scattered jobs .Case Zuarte and Don Easter are help, Safeway most certainly w!ll around tovvn and their shop is con­ once again on the mainland after renew its offensive. With your help · MARITIME INDUSTRY ENDLESS thousands of tinuing to employ some of our working at Formosa for the past __:with the help of organized labor · -'·-ship riiiisfers what Safew~y · cal_IS · "su~r~ · brothers. ye~r \vith Mar;srnan. throughout Califomia, the Safeway Deck officers C~i, ef ' e!lsi 'n~~rs visi>ry employees'• enjoy t4~ The Atkinson-Harney freeway It wciuld be very much appre- attack can be defeated. p~oy:c!],on of unJ~~ co,n!ract~ •. job has about run out of dirt work cia ted if some of the members who Can we count on you? NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY T~e l.iS~-. at ..l.~lt ". ~~-- ' .~ JUS' .t .a , . and is now ready to start raising are riow on_some : foreign job would -Fraternally yours, Comp-osing room Joreinen f ew. the iron. write occ:;asiona)ly and let us know STRIKING SAFEWAY · Premo9m. JC?r.em9n The McDonald Young snd Nel­ how much v.:ork there is and just EMPLOYEES Ph ,oto~.e/.'_ 9_ra,~ing 'ire_m,,~ ." ­ M~i, linJ} room ,fore.n;en IT'S ~n old A.mcn_can cu.s_tQtl,l: son and M &.K job on the sludge what is g;ing-· on: This inform~tion San Franci~co Alameda County when a man works at a trade, plant-- is going right · along. Ray­ could then be printed and spread Contra Costa County BUILDING TRADES Ad foremen handling tools he _be;lo,ngs _to-:- ~nd . bargajns mond Concrete Pipe Co. is doing to other' menibers ~vho are very thro';lgh -- th~ u~~)n of -his-:­ the -foundation work on th'at pro- much interest~d~ · back an.d informed us th0t he h.a.s AIR TRANSPORT trade. ject. bon't forg_et, broth~rs, your blood gone into the h.otel bUSiness. The Aiiliria · pil,ots 'The ViTalsh and Pomeroy Sewer is sfil~ needed, _ and don'.t forget hotel is-located at 725 Geary Blvd. eNTERTAINMENT YET • • • Safeway is us4tg_its job, which is adjacent to the above the Ne\v Yeai·';; resolution about and he also informs us that he ~otio" piciur;G .directors · enonm?US :e~!lflOnll~-~ ~_!Ye r ' tO -. jo1); he.s just begun operations. giving at lea.st one pint of blood Scr ee ~n writers· does have some rooms available. ' · · · depri_ve man;tging _qer~ of the · Gr'anite Construction has been this coming ye·ar. · ·Or~hest/a · l~a~d'ers Good luck, Lyle, and we hope you co_ntr:act pr:o.t.ectiQn . ~ey have hindered somewhat on account of Lyle At1>:i_i1son caU~d in a while Radio -diiectiih make a go of it. had ..since 1937. If the operator of the boiler that RAILWAYS sits off' of Bayshore Blvd. was won: Tor!'llin.oJ ya,{_9,i)1 0 ~i8_rs ­ SAFEWAY's pqrpO.se .is to dk A Gompers' Cover for Ill~~oi~ dering where his wo_o_d for firing 'freight ·ira in -~'"d . Jja~~ger tra_i~ Condydor~ ' .vide our .unions, w:eaken them the boiler disapP\W_red-well, may~ -in .their efforts -to protect-the, ·be we ca.n enligh(en him· a bit. It T.RANSPORT , jobs of all Safeway clerks. R~11!; ' ~ii_P,.e_r,~isor'$: seems as _though an op-er.ator was ._.,. - ··· ' } .1, 1 - - se~t out · to fire:. up a boiler on_e FOOD - WE -ask .merelr that employees_,_ Sunday morning and he receiv€_d B~ttchQr foreme.n,_ rfit~ll. . · who . do clerk's . work -receiye ~ the wrong dir.ections. Being ·as avteher foremen, packing f ll .- f 'ih . . that was the only 'boii~r that could ~(e:iicr ro~t'e , J' ui).~(yis~ts ·, . - u_ .. proteCtiO~ 0 -th .e -1!-llldOn l5;e seen-that is the 'one that ,:Vas. -- 1{(1 ~ route ~ su~~!v1~~j~ : · contract_:. ~OYC:l}ng ~: CI! tra _e ~ . fired-,up and -the mistake . waS:t:J.'t corr.ecteq until the -coritr~ctor wh_~ was supposed. to hav,e the man got worried and' did ' 'a ' !ittl~ telep_hon_;--- ~~~Ur~~g .$~1ew~y c Gier.~s , ing. The mis,take was corre.cted SAN .FMN.CISCQ ,. - ALM!'\~DAC9 U~TY ·· (. li,,J}n~er; n, )~c·v 9P-rfri :A-,:9.\!ri st~q~, se.c'y 1and the man did finally g~t on th.e _ . right job. - CONT~tt- . CO:ST~ . C~UN:r'f . E.st~. e,r ,.L u_l.her, sec_y * * * Washington.-Here is one of tlie many attractive firsf day covers Earthworms feed upon the , or­ ()f the Sarnuel·Gompers commemorative stamp issue. The cover belongs ganic matter in the soil, adding :to T. J. Borucki, ·Berwyn, Ill., a member of Division 241 of the AFL fertility to it and irrwroying .its :Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Ernp \oy~s .. !:Mr::Borucki 'has· asked "AFL Prt;sident Willlam Green to autograpji physical condition by its under­ .the en'velope; Tliese' covers, without address, sold for 50 cents ~a ch­ ground . bori;}gs; they 0re eyel~ss, ianl;l u'p P,n' th~ iif~.t dliy. Mr. Borucki's' wm· be 'enhanced h~ v~lu_e 'by legless facei-ess, .el;lrles_s and voic',e- . ~lr. Greens aut!)graplt, -~------iess. · · · · · ,. · February,_15,J950 ENG~NEERW NEWS Five Sacramento- Peninsula- _ fEurekq~ _ . E'flRST -THA.WHlTS ·CAFITAL Heavy Rains Delay ISTORMY, \VE~T \VEATHER ON·NORTH.- 1\REA; ·nAM, PORT JOBS:fV10VE Sta_~ting ~f : Big,. . COAST BUT OUTLOOK IS GOOD By E. P. PA:RK and~ .. s. C~AR_K ConstructiOn Jobs B/OT'll'O NEVER a~d M. w. EDWARDS -Business Representatives, Local 3 By CHET ~LLIOTT . Busines~ Representatives, Local 3 Bids were opened January 311 1950, on another srp?,ll unit Business Representative, Local 3 In the. Redwood bls.trict there. is still plenty of obnoxious .· of -vvork at the Folsom Dam site. At this writing the contract Due to the severe weather weather .including snow an.d an abundance of rain. has not been awarded. Out of seventeen bidders Hawiey and GOnditions· which has placed ivl:acco-M. & K. Co. had expected to have a shovel or two Rainlose submitted the low of $236,043. The Engineers' esti- our rainfall far· above normal working by this time, but. so fa1: nothing ha_s happeni?d:. ~ri mate was $331,450 and, the. highest bid submitted. ran. $545,- for this time of year the be- my last conversation with Supt. McDonald,. he had ho.ped to 243. This job "will not 'do a great deal to alle.Ylate the unenF ginning of several large con- have a new quarry site approved and to start clearing the ploymen~ p~o~ lerri t~~t__£ace_s us a~ present, .but · ~Jong with 1struction projects which have overburden. ·1clears. Carlin ~ros. ~re · ~lso 011 the prospe~ts of addltlbnal work bemg advertised m the near already been awarded to va-l I note that Congress has recom- the prowl-for jobs, I mean. future it is encouraging. - rious contractors in this_area I mended a million dollars for furth" Reed and Tuttle ~igned a -con- The Fort District will open bids The Fred J. Early job in Davis ' have been delayed. . Ier work on the Crescent City jetty tract with _Local 3. T_ltis organiZ;:l- on F ebruary 16, 1950, for i·ailroad rolls along w ith Brothers Bob At the aii·port the Morrison- for this year. Also, just what Dut- tion has alw,ays paid_ the scale put construction into· the Port area. May, Leo Wright, H arry Foster Knudsen Company are operating ton will do on their dock at Cres- · were reluctant_ to s1gn. They are The U. s, Ei)iineers _were expected ~nd Burt May on th_e equipment. with a small cre\'' of heavy-duty . . building a bndge and approach t9 call for bids for additional chah- _ :Brothers Ernie Batchell and I repairmen getting some of the cent City remams to be seen. How-~ near Ferndale as well as doing-. a . nel work in connection with this George H oltz are on one of Bill e_quipment in shape for th.eir job. ever, it'7 _a sure thi.n_g they _won't small job nea; Fort Seward .. Reed, 1 project some tim ~ thi§ month but Terrell's trenching machines run-[ The best information this ser vant start dnvmg .any pilmg unt l the Jr., carries a card in Local ,'3. "to date this is still just an ex- ning ditches on the Davis .campus. I of the members of Local No. 3 has weather in:proves. They. h a v.e Brother Ray Gilbert's wife pCJ_ssed- pectation. _ I P i:teific -Coast . Aggregates a~e _ been. able to obtain from Project 1 1 bought considerable land for the r away and was buried h ere in Eure- . t · h ft t f F a M a · M • 0 H Tucl e • a to mill site and seem anxious to get .ka last Monday. She leaves Broth- As yet, no vvord is forthcoming runmngT_ h wfo ll s I_ s ~u t: Ir than ~~~, 1 d \ .he. th ' ~; ~ s 'll started. We understand that there er Ray and . two young daughter-s. O\lt of Washington regarding . ap- <0aks. e o owmg ro ers are e ac !a a e w n e w r W1 will be considerabie piledriving on Prop'riations for this area so both on this job: L. Stevens, A. Gagnon, be started and under full produc- . . . Our sympathies go to Ray and his • t' '11 b M . 1 1 t t M . h the new mill the F ederal and State picture 1·e- B. Bothun, S. Stevens, E . L. Janes, wn WI e arc 1 s ; o a1c and It w1ll cost about c.h'ld 1 ren. main s practically tl~e same. as re- Leroy Stark, Wilber Vaught, Jim 15th . •At t~at time this firm plans 1$600,000 "~hen ;ompleted. . . _Work in t he ':"oods i_s still slack. ported last ·month. Bates, Mavy, c. Ralph Roediger, on emp lo y1 ~1 g 125 }o. 150 members I We were StLc es~f~ l m gettmg 1 I-lowev:r, the o~1tlook Is good, a1~d · . - -d· Charles Baumgardner Herman of the Engmeers Oman. - H arms Bros Shop was prov1 mg I Ithe Bank of Ameuca to release no douot we wrll see between srx , · - ' - ·. · · - 1· tl 1· J' c E J h0 n's 111one _ Sandner, Leroy Gingrich, Carl Hag- The p1pe -lme _Job wh!ch has b~en , Je r :en on · · . nso. _ Y and seven thousand men employed ~helter for a. few of the b~ ys dur qu.ist, Clarence Johnson, Ed Hic-ks,' awarded to Umted Concrete Pipe 'i due _him from the .Depaltment of in Hurnboldt and Del Norte Coun~ mg all wet weather "'e have D . Fr t S F' h G argo i and Art 11 1 ukovich has also been de- Publ!c Works. Th1s money was ties in the mills and woods opera~ been having. Brother G. R. Me- Re ~ s In_ ' Satm IS edr, \i"~lb ~t · layed on account of weather F d F · d B others .o m, 0 rv1s raw an ., 1 er con- due some of the brothers as wages ar1 an , oreman, 1 1 __ . tions. Several new mill~ are l;>ei;ng an · . r . . ditions, and the acquiring of right on the job near Hwuch1 last sum- built in th~ Eureka vicinity and W illiam Halloway, Bob Jones and Butcher. of way. However, this representa- mer. Brothers Scotty Jenkins, should be in operation by 1 ate Joe Rodgers,- mechanics, were all Bids Opened tive has been -informed 'that when Percy Fletcher, and 1 and August Senes- summer. ii~ from outside jobs. . the heavy rains are over this job traro were some of the brothers The Barker Corporation is most- Some of the boys in Teichert's Con-tractS A\uardPd will ·get under way. . we recovered wages for. Total ly btiilding roads at present, but Gravel Plants manage to keep fair- · VY ' 'v - The br'cls \"I.ll - be opened on ., - amoun t recovereel was 1'11 excess some logs continue to reach the ly busy t hroughout the win !~ r. At Erickson Construction Co. was Thursday the 16th of February for of $1400. mill.. This is a good logging. com- the · Del Paso plant the foreman the low bidder on three alley jobs the extension of Junipero Serra A. c. Johnson & Son were sue- pany and they can get wood if allY- is Brother Art Beckwith . . Brothers for the City of Sacramento. 1' Boulevard from its present termi- cessful bidders on the new school body can. Of course there are Glen Pritchard, Gu~do Del Bucchia, A contract has been awarded to nus at Sneath Lane to Crystal at Klamath. Bid was for ~ 134,995. some Local men 3 011 the job .. It Roy Addison, Billy Stark, H. W. the Campbell Construction Co. for Springs roa.d in San Bruno. This At the time this issue of the news could be they have _something to Warne and E. Robinson make up the construction of resident halls work consists of moving a million was being written, the award had do with it. . . the crew. on the Davis campus. The amount yards of dirt and is a Cat job oper- not yet been made. I f' awarded, I There will be an election for , At the Perkins plant Brother Al was $872,967. ation which will keep many of our . work should start immediately. . , the bargaining rights at Northern Nev~r man is the foreman .. Other Lov,- bidder for construction of catskiriners and "jeep operators You were advised of the jobs t o Eedwood Lumber Co., Korbel, Cq.li- _ Brothers on the job are Frank the tubercular ward at- the Sacra- busy throughout the year. be l et in the previous issue of the fornia, this month. It is a que;:;tion Groska, Jack Carwin, J. W. Allen, menta County Hospital was How- At Menlo Park the San Mateo news. Any work on these jobs prob- which way it will go, due partly James Bettencourt, Carl Fletcher, ard s. Markwart at $55,490. Road Department with Brother ably will not start before Apdl 15. to the fact that the high rate of Carl Baker, Gus Newman, Norman Lawrence Construction Co. has Curly Bourne in charge are busy However, Piombo's job at Orick has turnover of employees mak;;s it . Moreland and Benny _Ellsworth. been . awai'ded a contract in the clearing the right-of-way for iin- had a few slides and this work may very hard to organize, and }1ar.tly The number of Engineers in the amount of $45,224 for the con- proving. and realigning of Alpine be pushed so that the surfacing to the. Lumber & Sawmill Workers' Perkins Shop fluctuates according struction of a new classroom build- Road from Alameda be Las Pulgas can -be let. This looks like the only strike of mo_nths . duration. · Tl~a t to the work. Foreman Brother Red ino- at the Pleasant Grove School to Portola, in an estimate prepared d- t · - b f 7 o ' · 51· e t 11' a• Batchelor and Brothers c E · "C , G Jr -movmg JO o any Z < " has left a bad taste in many a Virgil A contract in the amow1t of I by ounty ngmeer ap rant, · h" b t t d · , · d. t Wimmer and Harry Nltche 1 com- $146 000 has been awarde-d to San Mateo County recommends fmitg ,L e s ar e m L 1e Jmme, ra,e mouth. However, we know that ' prise h. d1't 0 f · 'Jl' d 1 u ure. unde1· our jurisdiction there sh6-uld the crew at this writing. Arthur Odman for the construction t e expen ure sJx mi wn q -~· B ·&· s b ' d · lars for the building of bridges and u_ rman. ons_ 11 ave een omg be no reason why the entire Out at the McGillivray Shop of a six classroom and shop addi- 1 ttl d t tl t opera- improvement of County roads. This ~ 1 e. lr -movmg on 1e wo tions shouldn't run as smoot!1 ·as Foreman Brother Bill Hogg is tion to the San Juan SchooL plan calls for realignment and pav- school JOb~ m Eureka and Arcata, silk. keeping a ·few of the ·Brothers Louis Biasotti & Son of Stock- ing of Alpine Road, Portola Road, but both JObs won't take over ten I Brother Leho Pelasdri.i is now busy. Gordon Hanna, Flyod Briggs, ton were awarded the contract for Alameda De Las Pulgas, J efferson days to complete. home from the hospital vvhere he Herb Efickson, l;l.ill Austin and grading on the grounds of the Rio Avenue Cordilleras, Middlefield and Mercer Fraser Co. Johnny has slowed has had lots of attention from the · · Bakken make up this Vista High SchooL Their contract · ff 1 · 'd many others which will provide a down and laid o a coup e of Ol i nurses for the past three months. crew. is for $8,442. - - b d t d t f livelihood for many memb.ers of timers, ut we un ers an no or I vVe are glad to see Lei1o on the . b J b ~A Bids have beeri opened for bank Local No. 3. long. It seems to the writer that Iu p-and"around list again. Brother Au urn 0 lV!OVes protection work at ten sites along Q A B in these times, one day is too long Hap Horton, hook ' tender . for . Brother Pete Pace is operating the Sacramento_ River and Three uarries l'e ·· usy to be laid off. .Barker Corp., will probably under- the only piece of eqtiipment mov- .Mile Slough. Blake Bros, of Rich- During the. past few weeks the Fred J. Maurer & Son are doing go another operation on ·what is - ' mond submitted the low bid of · ing on the vVestbrook & Pope job rock quarries in this ar_ea have some s 11ee t pr· 1mg· work a t t' 24 763 ne left of his index finger . . at Auburn. Pete is doing the main- $ • · been the scene of renewed activity. Coast Guard Statkm at Fairhaven. Ned Valentin is about to start : taining on the. blade. Three me- A contract in the amount of The Brisbane Rock Company, This. company has been doing a logging again after several m0)1ths __ , chanics are 126 413 on the job doing repair $ · has been awarded the Rockaway Qllarry, Ken Royce good job in keep.ing its crews busy. : inactivity. Brother 1 0 Dean Lang­ 'work on the equipment, namely: Lawrence Constructio; Co. for Company, Whipple Road-- Quarry, Brothers J oe Smith, Ray Gilbert, ford is also going back in the iog­ Brothers Vern Curtis,, Jerry Ald- coti.strti'ction of the new school in and others are operating at full and 'rex Barker are part of the gin_g business. Brother Dean is an n 'd d K • - rr r · H the Riv_er Park district. capa· c·ty. egula ge an ennet11 l\lc1 "-mney. • : 1 r r crew. exce· llent logger himself, so n_o w. Ruby is nearing completion . G. ~' Harringt6J1 subn:itted the With the coming of a new boom Brothers Jack Thompson and doubt he ·will be successful in the~ of his bridge and headwall con- iow bid for the co~s_tructi?~.of the in apartment and home building Tom Wilbur are keeping busy for venture . . tract on this job with Brother Eoy IArmory and ,Exhibit Bmlamg at projects the building material yards John P etersen, most of the time I .J Bloxham the only ·engineer left on Aub.~rn at $114,435. __ . are operating at full capacity in- doing reclamation a nd drainage I * * * - the payroll. _ Bit:ls have been ope~e- ~ on . ~o n~ suring steady employment to our work . Work continues, between rail:s, ~t n~c t~?n of transmr.sswn lmes worthy brothers who' are engaged Brother Tom Hull hasn't re- I .on the Brown. and Brennan job on from Elverta to Perkms, part of in the operation of these plants. ceived any new work lately and • Olympia, Wash.- Hard- pressed- . the Forest Hill Road out of Au- the Centi'al Valley Project. Erick- At Half-lV£oon Bay the Eugene the continual rains have held him vetera'l.s rushed to apply for their burn. Approximately the same son, Phillips & W eisberg were low Alvis Construction Company have up sorilewhat. H1s outfit is wor!c- state bonuses at a pace reflecting. crew is on the job but, needless at $170,325 for construction of tlie started work with a small crew of ing whenever weather permits. the impact of 11eavy unemployment to say, they're n ot geeting in rimch foundations and erection of the men, clearing land on their SUite Mercer Fraser were low bidder here, reports to the .state audit-or t~me. steel towers. Donavan Construction -Highway Construction project. on the Arcata sewer disposal job showed. The Casse:~: & Case Foundation Co. and James Construction Co. While visiting this job your rep- and ar~ stai;ting ~-ork immediately. Viiithin two clays after applica- Co. have moved a dr.ill rig imo submitted a low bid of ·$199,188 .resentative contacted Brother J. vVe stopped ,by to watch a ci vil tions were made available, 75. per Auburn on the telep) one bui)ding 1 . fo1· the stringing of conductors :and C. V/f-,ited , who will be in full service test the other day _and saw -cent of eligible veterans had proc- '"' · ' 1 ·res · cl'al·ge of this work and was in- B.rothers Relder Scribner - E over,.eao grounc w1 - • - Brother Pat Furnish taking an essed _the forms. They wilJ _"f"et $10. Brawley are on the rig. ana oy ·Bids hi:l.ve been opej1ed for a fo;:med by Brother Whited that he oral test. It went lilce this: for each month served within the Sevvage Collection, Outfall and was moving in a couple of cats and ·.- At Grass Valley, Stolte, Inc., m·e . _ . Examiner: "Can you read continentD al limits of the U. S. be- just about · finished with their sew- Trefl_ tment Plai1t at Bryte. Low as soon as some pwneermg was stakes?" t\..veen ec. 7 , 19 41, and Sept.,. 2, .dde"s mo -, as foll'o;vs· c· ollec"on, comr)leted they would be in a po- er -proJ·ect. Brother Han·y Brown- bl. " _ '"'·1 ~ - 1845, and $15 for each month over.. "'e,.,e--c ' ·.' .. · " . . _ . . , Pat: "Yes". ing is the · I ""tz c 011 ~· r· 1 c<· 'o 11 Co SitiOn to employ several engmeer-s . seas du;-ing that p·eriod. only engineer left on I" '"-'-'" · J"." ,,L c " ., . - _ - ., Exan1iner: "Spell straight". tl . lJ $102,303; Force Main: A. Teichert The DavJ.cl Bohannon Compcd1Y Pat: "s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t". * * * ' le JO · & s $1.8 467· "' 'T'. t. · t at South San Mateo have begun ' i \ · . F . T. Bastian of Grass Valley · on~, , • "'ewage .rea men , _.. , · - · · _ , . ·cr I Plant . . Examiner: "Correct. \Vhat does · !i} · D' .'.• g- >· - i - ·. .,_ - tl d t 1 a.nd Pumpr·ng Stat1·0,,1 .. p_. J. ope1atwns on a new f_our mrll!on - hr.·"'.-:- ;r,rr::~;;~~ lil\1l t.lr£i!'"'el'll h. ~s recen Y· Slone on_ agreemen ' . - q. · ~. - - , dollar_real estate development it mean"? r.. v .'b.» >i;~~B~tiMUE~ lk\li-il\>Jl'ta 1 1 1 011 pro- February 15, 1950 ' -- A"•·--- -·-···· ...... - .. Ukiah- jMarysYille- · · · . Engineers Architects ~~1oving Road Muck I RAIN, SNOW, HIGH WATER SLOW T Draftsmen Only Go~d Side THIN UP IN NORTH VALLEY By AL BOARDMAN, :Business Repre§entative ·Of Bad Weather By Wl\rly-1\'lix The cm·cis ar e issued to }mion ra ~n of mediocrity. Concrete & Quarry Products A iascinating account of the bat­ members bv their union officials tie of ability against mediocrity of to certify t.o the SES th.at the I an i:-J dividual's talent against the hearer is out of work in his par- . unHed common average is contain­ ticular line and entitled to unem- I \Vestern Drive BEiwon 2-5193 e el L·: THE FOUNTAIN HEAD by ployment insurance. \I A :·:TJ Rand, published by Bobbs :Mer- · To ela te the system has worj<:ed 'I '------1 .r iH. Read it to see hovv- an englneei, to the ac;vantage of all parties ron- faceo the challenge of t he many. I cerned by cutting red tap€, making \\'ElY NEED A UNION it unnecessar" for .an u. nemployed I Dssn~a !!f~nlnt"'ia .?\n engineer do·es not need a un- ,j union !Dan t~ certify that he is , MORm vi11;, fie'llb~ji:n looking for work in some line for ion 10 nlead his case to the em- ~ which he is not suited or for which (8l!!.4tll b. &.U)f ~~r :r,Jc:·:"r. An engineer can point to his v;v~r B.'lH'~ • g h1'1.1• 0 he has little chance of qualifying. ac i1i ~ Yements and can say, "I have I· . the SES c1o::Je this." "I have done that." He The system pr€vents CONTRACTORS AND is distinguishable from any other from bei··l"' u£ed as a means of engineer. He can show how he de­ N"'.tion-wide acclaim is greeting the newest commentator on the bre~king . down established . union I ENG INEERS handling of t he news-~ome ­ serves better wages than another air, because of his fair, pleasant, forthright conditions. It was first proposed , thiHg· new to t he lister~ing public, which fqr years IHJW has be~n hsten­ engjYJ eer, regardless of tenure. The by State Federation officials and ino- to biased c ommentators' advice . a1ul then gone and vo~ed _ t he the unions which use it have co­ wor:!;ing man n eeds a labor union op~>OSite. Edwards is shown abov~ reading )hail f roni. his ' listeners, 411;.W. Fifth St. operated \'igirously with the SES to pJ ead his case beca~1se there an which has beeii pouring in h ~av iiy~ t housaials of canis .and letters f~om Los Angeles. Ccdli iJy1ividual is not distjnguishable for all over the U.S. coming in each week. · He is lieard on most l'I'Iutual in S€eing that the card's use \vas nbt. abused. his ~ff orts from another. stations I\Ionday through F riday at 10:15 p.m. \

F~.b.l:'l).t;u:y, 15, 1950. · ENGINEEi~~S' NEws ·

' .-': l ·,n• • ffic By AL CLEI;i; T. D. BR¥SON, F. A. LAWRENC~, L! C. SOLARI, :6u~iness --1 Repr~sentatives

GO TO THE POLLS ON FEB. 28th. Vote to ~eep Cmm.- t cilmen Joseph S.rpjth, Eay :Peas.e and &cott Weakley in ! offlce. They are fighting for. t.he. large construction pr.o- I graiJl \Vhlch m~ans a bigger an(J. b~tter ~al,dand . DON'T LET THEIR RECALL G:0 TH:&OUGH! - . . . .-: . - -.... , ...... I At this point there doesnlt seem to be much use in men-·[ tioning the w_eatper. ~urely YOtl are a~ tired.of it as we are, what with rain mud and more rain. In the Oaldand area it ' ' . . . has wet things down so thoroughly that, in some plac;es, 1t seems that the hjlls are comii).g· loose from their ri1oqrings. Several bad slides have been reported; but the most publicized and spectacular was· the slipping of the cliff behind Belfast Avenue off Mountain Boulevard. FoJ1owi_!lg approximately . two weeks of steady rain, . rocks iJ1 the 120 fo,ot cliff commenced It is adj_acent to the new drive in brealdng away and there was im-. theater and hie same equipment m ediate danger of a m jor slide will be mo:ved directly on to th.e . Br o the~· Rol;lert ,"St ~b by" ~al~e~·, 1 ------. ---. - _-.-·-. - - engulf.in~ the house_s at the_ bottom operation. At .------~ew p,r~sen.t th,e w?rk pictured abo.ve, beside Ius n.ew a_nd naval. If t~1 s P_red1ctwn IS ?a ~ - lowing his trip to Holland. Said he . of the 11111 . Immedtate act~on wa.s . . . ,_ f . ,. . of 000 0 71 ready mix concret.e pla . ~t, st::tl'te,d ned tl'\rough 1t w1_ll mean: high- ha-d a fi ne necessar and the- John McCosker W\ 11 consiSL 1~ve . mg . • 1 time, enjoyed every min­ · · ·· · ·. Y. -- · ·· · yards of earth w1th more to c~;n1e brancJting out fOI' l;l_imselt du,1;ii~g ';ays, 15 P.er cent mcrea.s~; wat.er u~e _of it, but still thinl):·sit's awfuliy Constructwn Company was c:;tlled ' · · · · later tbe past year, wl;,e.n he purchas·e.d aevelopment, 20 per cent_m creas.e, good to be back. . upon to handl,e - the remqvc;tl of · a ;tr.ucl• crane. ~ate r , he sa~ th_e and· sewage and water, 16 per cent Brother Joel Childers ha.sn't been tbe h,;;tzard._ ·F-irst step was . con­ po ~s i bilit i_es . Jo.r rea(l'y n~x cm~crete, increase. so very far from hom_e, but he too : struction o.f ·;;t berm 25 f~et wide, M. JYialfitano recently moved aiJd s_et. ab_O.!,!t de!>.igning his ·o'Yn The Bu~'e au of Reclal)'lat_ion has ·is darned glad to be here. . running the length of the bank. Too.k a one cat and a dragline in on plant. LocatecLat _20431 Jol,m Stre e~, at jts di sposal this year $356,514,- business trip to Minnesota early ii1 . Th_el).. a D';! started working from old jetty on t he . Dutch Slough .C~s.tro Valley, th_e . outfit is no,w 510, the largest amount of money January- saw some . 41 o below· . the top, relieving pressure frol!l' road . . 'Th.is contract consists of re­ re_apy to g_o, and-will . turn out 100 ever appropriated to this agency, vvea_ther, got snowed in on. the train : the. face of t he cliff. Later with a moval of · about 4,000 yard.s . of yards of material per day. Aside with th~ .entlre. con~txuction btldget between Billings, Montana, an_d . D'.S;. a:ctjng as anchor cat, the. '4_ muck above the w;;tter line. The fro~~ the pl.a.n.t #~elf, .St~J~by has a to be spen,t in . the 17 Western Spo!rs with the touchy job. Ac­ with the old piling to complete of the tremendous demands for 1 always- had a ·longmg to see ·c11e 1 . cordir:Jg to McCosker t he imrpedi-­ the reopening. of the channel. W· h at · th e · highway building, and 1 950 budgets world and say this is fi1 st the fi rst ' a te. h a~ar d has been removed, but D h A for all of the wester'n states have step. They plan · on goii1g many . work will continue ·for some time. erot '.ers .fe once again been tipped to meet the places-with the next stop Austrci- · A one·. and one-ha:H . to one slope M. G .. TvL Construction Cornpany • trem endous incre~se in ,population Ilia. We wish them bon voyage an_d will be completed along the ;full h as ·· three· crews working on va;ri­ . and industr y. , say more power to you, folks, fo r . length of the b,ank · to eliminate ous pipeline jobs in, 'the Contra D0 I n,g -Flood control projects in t he I doing what you really want t o· do! _,. . the p,ossibility. of . a recurrence of Costa area. At presei1t a consider­ • · • 1 western states will piay a major ~-tl1e . sl~ d e. ' able amo .u1:1-~ of . time is taken up The A.mencan Concrete P ipe 1 role during the coming fiscal year. On- Febr.uary 1st, following a_ with scraping tl;le good black mud .c?mpany ha ~ _ r eov.e ned :their \iVest Of the 20, largest individual appro- long ill.ne.ss, Brother Don Rowen off .the wheels .of th.e ditchers they Pit tsbur~ !'lan~ f~llqwmg a shut_ priations made by Congress for t his died at his home in Oakland. A na­ :·G:etting ·Ar.ound ?-re ush1g, but even so they report ?own for m st~t.l.a tw l_} of. ~ew and pm~ p 0 se, along ·with harbor . and tive. 9f Idqho, D_o n _had lived i n the progress. Brother E. G. Aston, who Improved_ machmery. This com- river work, ten were in the west Bay Area for the past seven year.s has been operating . for this com ­ pany, whtch has a rrocess for con- as follows: and had worked as. an . Oper ating piu1y for some time, was seriously e:ete coa_ting of steel J? ipe wi~ l fur- McNary Lock and Dam, Eng\ne,er during that time. He ~s the Jobs injured recently ,;,hile loading a msh se?t ~o_n s fol~ the Retch rletchy Oregon, Washington $35 ,0.00,0.0.0 survived by his wife, Bernice, his - Another slide, this one in th,e ·trencher in Danville. H,e slippe,d Bay DI VISIOn Lme .No. 3 for . ~an Garrison Reservoir , br. oth~ r. Harold, and 01'le sister, t o Francisco. At .P,re.se.nt tl)ere Narrows .of th~ Niles Canyon High­ and fell, breaking several bones are fi.ve North D ~k ota ' 27,5_00,000 'whom w~ extend ; ur sympathies. Engineers workipg in. the plant: Fort . way, dumped 700 tons of rock, ar:Jd injuring his -back. At last rec Randq.li Re ~_eryoir, Carl' Nee(jham, ' trees )?Ort he was recovering nicely, but_ . general st,~perin - - Sol,lth DakQta 23,000,000 \"e wl'sh to tl ank tile· foll , , - a and dirt into the roadway tend ~ nf, "Re,d" Clin.e, general fcire- 1 0 1 111 !t is expected he will be confined F_ort Gibson -Reser v.oir, Brot' Y " · e recently. The ava)anche, termed by rnan, ·Tom hers and the · wife of one of to Concord Hospital- for some time. Plumb, master mecha-, Ok)a)1om_a 12,000,00p . J . B. 'Manriix, ·state foreman ir, · Brother and Mrs. Neil Coe-a son to get ·under ~s l an, d, 1;md will b,e :r:noying .. o.n th.e Cali'for'ni_a 7,000,000 [J ~.ct Way again till on December 1st. Par.ker ~tJ;ff.ins . ;;t nd . . Pear-?e . of April. ' The ' access r oad is now op~ n Napa River job about the middle Los Angele's Cot!nty p~·q.t't:t- · · · · · · · ' ' - The Bob AUgoods- celebratin g San Franctsc_o, successful btdde~.s ·from High S~r eet to Airport Road, of this moritli. This 'will be a short ag'e- .Ar:e· a (excl'u· SI.\Te of . - · ' · the arrival of their second child, for constructwn of a t~r.ee stor '!( but there · is considerable work re- stay, )loV.•ever, as this dredge is just Whittier N~n·ro'(Vs Res." a boy...... reinforced concrete buildmg.on.th,e maining on t_he fraff.ie separation-!$, ·going in· to finish"tiiat part of i-iy- ervoir), C_alifornia 6,500,000 B othe , G A Tor'be· tt-n1ar·L'r .e·d draulic's 1 U. C. Campus, have subbed the which will not be undertaken untll J·ob which .. couldn't be r · · - handled- with the e lectric earth moving to Ace Ex.cavators. later. c. :B. ' Tuttle of Lon.:;: 'Beac powered. . ~-- to Miss Betty O'Neill on New h Papoose. . · Received a letter f;rom Brother IYear's ·Day ! There is appr<:!ximately 5000 .yards ~ ub~1itted the lovi bid for c~nstru c ­ Ray JY[erc.er, who h:;ts peen worki;ng · ___ of di_rt ~ to. remove and, weather tion . They have moved the dredge · N f dl · d f f of the free\~ay bridge at the Duwamish on the Redwood City up m ew oun permLttmg, _ ~;~ n or som~ lmt Brother Pat Maloney is the new the company has one ' south city limits of Oal~land .' The He_ expe.cts. to retu_rn to Cal!for_nta, operator of ·Barbara and Johnny's . cat, a shovel and a back hoe work- bridge will . span job and ·started p~:~mpin g on Jan- h b tl t 1 the s. P; tracks wi.ry 31st, .They were also low bid- t. IS s u n~ ~1er, ut ~~ .1e mean ' ing tme · R esta m~a nt , 945 S;;tn Pablo Avenue, on the project. and San · Le : ·- -· · Engineers migl ·ty welcome! · Utah construction .is readyir:.g as yet"(Ve .havenlt heard-when .they 864, c/o ;p.M ., N.Y, c)o _M . H. K C. -k- ; * * -•. ~~::~F:~i~~!~£:o~r~:i~·c:~r~ ~i~~~~~1~ts~~~~i~6~~~~~~~~}~~;~~~~ :::~~~~~1~-~~;~~~ l: ~::~i~~t~=·~ b:~~ ~-1~~-· :::.:m::n~:e l;~:~:e:::~::: PriEes Drop . 'of the u. P . Railroad in Washing- strJ,lctiqn' of, sections -5 'and ' 6 0~ dredges have been very busy on Sid ~~y Ho ~1es,l. ~y - fl'<{ID _so-;newhe_l,'e ' A·., -yn.~~' D; ~ .fL, . ton and Orego~1 an<;l re~l~gnment of t l}e South Int ~rcepto r of the East the L ~s lje S~;tlt. Company job, and . in Arkansas-says· he's JU ~t huntt.n' . mn u D~ I! . : the state highway near Umatilla, B ~y Sewage Disposal project. Th~ t)Cie As.soc\at.e.d.- :Ore.dg)ng . G.o.mpany and _fi shin' and .waitin' for spring! . . . . in the state of Oregon. At . pr~s ·- job went . to three f irms, Stolte d,Qes a small joq o.c.cas_ionally. . '.Anotl1e1: lett.er '·' this one from · Waslungton. - Ret

e · r a i-1 ·from the· Richmond yard, • and ·submitted a joint bid ·for the four- to• a .-!ot ,at .clam- tt'o.·n .. a't 122 .M ai~ ·st' re~t.· , p_J easa. ri- t he Bureau- of 'Labor Statistics re_- . E I d . . . ~?h. ell_ . ,'(V_Qr):: J o ):>e_, .do_ n _e :UP _t ~e r;iver. -1to~ .·, an.d tl-iotlg. ht som~ of the other ported- J c:n. 26.: _A cc . .ther.e __, will .be 20 . u c i s commg. m m1!e.. section . of . sewer. .To -run b t b t rl BLS .?rding to t_h".- ; from another 1 1 d t h t job: · According to .from Fifth, Avenue .. and the Em- .l!t· It: s_e _~J1'l.? ' o· - ~ i ~ -- . up Ill - ~ }) a~e ,; (]Ji;t stiffs might like to know where ' , .-. ~onsumer ~n ex,. . e en tr e , the Richmond offtce , all:·.hiring : f~~ ba~~ cadero · t o the . treatment plant, Qf re.d tape, Wlncf!_· :;'lS .. tYP\Ca). o.f Il ie vvas lo ca t ~d . . . , ' reauotwn of . pnces durmg- 18'49 ... work,J haj; is ):).apg!~d, , l:> Y .t)Je U. _S. : · · " · · · _ __ amounted ' to 2.3 .per: cent. This the job will be handled thr,ough t11e work will consist of jnstalla- ~PTIY Engine_er.~ -.,. . · . 1·, · . . . . slight decline _h?.S been- used - by :the· ·office at H erm iston, Or.egori, tiori ,. of reinforced concrete se\yer . . 1 Several visits during . t]Je , past-· many employers' as an . excuse t o . : and it is expected, · that they .Will pipe in varying size from 7 to 9 A cheering note comes from tbe/ mont-h .. ·fr;orri feUO:\VS ·who · were refuse-to raise -wages,. and-'- even to :get' started ,i!l -about one month. . feet. 'This 'inj;erc.e~tor _ is_ one _o~ u. s. D~p~~:t r:n~I!t . of . Commer<;e, . eit:h~r returning irom.trips or! ha§ * just ' been awarded a levelir:g I$O lpe of the c rew ,,;ill undoubtedly lars o~ ~vor~ ~p u t ~ in' : plqqe, ;;tnd Theh thgre ~ ·is Brot h.er Charli~ Fra~1k Eel wards. r eports the n ew1•s !1n1 gr~.9-~pg j_

(Compile.d by P. E. Vandewark) 1 SACRAMENTO, Contract was east end of N.W.-S.E. ta.xiway at· alley, south of "H" St., betw. 50th January 12, 1950 awarded to Eugene G. -Alves, Rt. 1, :Naval Atlx._Air §Jation, Monterey, and 42nd streets. OAKLAND, Sub Cpntract award- Box 390, Pittsburg, $82,916 for 1.0 under Spec. No. 22709_ CHICO, Contr?ct awarded to Haw.a-ii:-:- ed to M. B. McGowan Inc., for mi. ' grade & plantmix surf. .on im- · · .· · Tyson & Waters, P .O. Box 1914, fu' ~n . and dr.ive untreated timber ported base matl., betw. . French- OAKL~N~, Contract aw0rded to 1 Sacramento, $17,442 for lflndscap ~ piies for East Bay Muni. Util. Dist. man'~ Cree]{ &: 1 mf.. North, in E. H. Peterson & Son, 28~ 9 San Iing at Chico State College. . · · Ev.~n z 'i ~ ~t~U "~!dng effluent pumping statiqn, Oal,Jand. SAN MATEO CO. Pablo Ave., San Pablo, $21,000 for Februal·y 7, 1950 . SAN FRANCISCO, Contract was SA.CRA;MENTO, Cot~ tract aw,qrd- repairin~ 26th_ St. overpass, . unde: I SAN FRANCISCO, Coh~r. av) ~rd- Bad · a.t.her; qJobs_·~ awa~·~ed "to W. J. ~ub?n : 3Q Mary' e~ to Westbnl~k & Pope, 2331}'' .a~r- Inc. No. 04-113--50-2. · ed Paris Bro_thers 2415 Oregoh St 1 Ina Court 9'- Bancroft Ave, under being very anti-union, we h ave· 530 W. Cutting Blvd., Richmond, son. Berkeley;' $18,142 for cofist. add~: I Spec. No. 535. . - I only been able to place two equip- (joint venture), $ , , for ARCATA, Contract awarded to to dornestic water system at Oak- I SALINAS, Contract awar ded to_ ment qperators out of seven .now 4 611 470 . ·t t - & S th I t Mercer-Fraser, 2nd & CommerCial land 'M(Jnicipal Airpor·t. Lembke __ C_m:st. Co., P.O. Box 1391, workmg. The others have been cons . sec s. 5 6 , ou · n er- :, ~ - ceptor sewers & appurts., from th" $19,000 for sew- SAN MATEO, Contract awarded Las Nev., $333,300 for co.nst. with outfit so long that t hey 5 ~t. . Eureka, con~t. Vega_~ ! ~he Ave. & Embarcadero to th & ag~ . treatment plg,nt on Arcata Bay, to Arthur · Bros., 811 B St., Sail Isolation Wing for County hospitaL think they are part of the com- . 34 W ' ci St kl d - d S D N adJac. to N.W.P.RR & H\'ly. No. Mateo, $167,253 ·for canst. eie'h'( TRANQUILLITY, Contr. award- pany. °~ ' 0• a .an luf_rt1 er , · ·, o&. 101. classroom· Colleg·e Park School,~ lo- ed_t~ - W. T. Scane, Box 483, Fowler, Byrne Organization has called 1 22 500 84 96 .42 , Inv.o v. , . ' ' . l\ff~RC• ~ ' ED, Contract awarded to cated at Poplar & El Dor·ado A"e''· $?. - :-J 7.I for const. adequate sewage f·or SIX. members who were form.er 108" percent reinf. cqnc. pipe or - ' ~ cast-in:place monolithic cone. pip,e, Adek Canst. Co., 133 S. "R" s·t., SACRAMENTO, Coilfract award- hookups f?r ~he School Properties. employees and they have been sent with , lift. ,in: tunnel (Alter- Merced, $17,962 ·for canst. addns. ed to Erickson donst. Co., 1119 E. February 8, 191)0 to Kwajalein and Midway on their· nate D.1 660 to Highway Patrol Station. · Bassetlaw Ave.; North Sacramento $AN F)l.ANCISCO, Contr. award- pier work. We are told that they · . January 25, l950 $2,270 for cone. p~ve alley betw: ed to Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc. will be calling for other employees ·January 16, 1950 SAN JOSE, Award Recommend- wand x, 22nd to 23rd Sts. 4ll West Fifth St.; Los Angeles, who vv orhd for them previously MERCED, Contrac;t a ~varded to ed to G. E. Anderson, 1075 North SACRAMENTO, Contr~ct award- $5,243,535 for con,struction Bwdy. and this office appreciates that, be- Harris Construction Co., Box 1C<9, •.t Oth·_ s treet, San Jose· , $1,125,820 ed to Erickson Canst. co., 1119 E. I T l..mp e 1. an.d approaches, betw. Polk cause t·n' ese ·boys are s·t.ll·1 out of_' Fresno,· $_ 281,611 for · canst. new f·or cons t . sc h ool buildi·ngs · at James· Bassetlaw Av.e ., Noi·th Sacramento, anci p owe;' 1. streets. 'NOr 1c · Co. Com'ts building, "M" & 21st Lie)' High School Site, corner of $2,598 foi- cone. pave alley betw. SALINAS, Contract awarded to Recruiting for the Holmes and Street. . . Alum R()ck A~nue & V/hite. Road. u · and V, 15th to 16tli Sts. F. V. Hampshire, 525 Sa.nborn Rd., Narver Co. is in full swing at DAVI$, Contract awarded to January Q, SACRAMENTO, Contract award- Sqlinas: -$39,,6£)5 for canst, r ein{ present and the arrangement her e 3 1950 Qliver -&s. Coburp, 1006 Pardee St., SAN. CARLOS, Contract awardc eel to Erickson Canst. Co., 1119. E. concrete & frame addit. -tQ Deten- is quite satisfactory to all parties :?erkely, $34,379 for canst. vesicu- ed to Bl;agato Paving Co., 363 'N : Bassetlaw Ave.,' Ncirth Sacramento tion Home, Natividad Rd., Salinas. concerned, meaning the unions, t he lg.r exanthema . laboratory bldg. El Dorado, San Mateo, $22,725 for $2,254 for cone. p·ave alley betw: SACRAME]'1'TO, Contract award- Employment Dept. of the Terri- ·-Pa-yis -Campus. cc:inst. improvements-to North Red- Wand X, 33rd to 34th Sts. ed to San Francisco Bridge Co., tory, and Holmes and Narver . .Al- ._, • ' DAVIS, Contmct awarded to wood se\v~rs, S~n.., Car!o'.s, under . STOCKTON, Contract awarded 503 Market St., San Francisco, though the security issue is some- ·· campbell Canst. : .Co., 800 "R'' St. R.I. No. 1949 ~ 63 _ . . to John Hachman, I3ox 206, · Stocl(- $.249,418 for dredging in Sacra- what ~of a setback because of this ' Sa~ni.mento, ':$8'72,967 '.for canst. _· · ·· Jan'ua.ry-2'}, 195Q' ·. ton, $97,604 foi· · con~t. U-shaped men to River at jn,ct11 . ·of cach.e & area being more ·cosmopolitan, it ·· r!'Sidence halls· at Davr~ Campus. SAN F.RANCisco; C 6 n t ract cone. blk. 'dormitory, County Hon- Steamboat Sloughs, Rio Vista. _has now been clarified t l1at if these OAKLAND: Contract awarded to .'awarded to' Morrison~Knudsen Co., or Farm, SAN :JOAQUIN CO. Febt'q;otry 9, 1:950 men applying have· had 10- years Robert L. :VIl,son, 16Q S. Park St., Inc. . ,' 442 Post St., s~ ' F'. ; $2,595 fm: Fehruary r, '·1950 PETALUMA, Contract. awarded residence here th.a:t their recoi·ds San_ ~ra!1Cis~o! $21?,6~7· for con~t. grade, draii1, eiec. \vork . and re- SAN F-RANCISCO, C a·n t r a c t to vVi11. D. Rapp, 705 B.ennett Ave., could be . accepted. , Any\.vay, it is Rockndge B;Ighlands Elem. Scho_91, late? work, pave rumvays ailci oth- awarded to Archer Equip. Co., . 600 Santa Rosa, $15'5,010 for -canst. high a good idea to take advantage of Joe: at Formosa Ave._&_Marguente er paving at ·s. F. ·Airpoi~ t. 16th St., Oakland, $9,57.7 for instai. school swimming pool. a very thorough physical examin·a- Dnve: TRACY, Contract awarded to deep-well tui·bine' punip at nol'fh ANTIOCH, Contract awm;ded to tion on t he Governrneht. ·SAN F~ANCj.SCQ, Contr,act \V~S Ul}ited Concrete ' P{pe Corp., ·Box Dutch windmill,_Golderi Gate Pai"k, Wallace D. Harkins, P.O. Box 1767, A few months bad: there was awarded :to H. L., Peterson, 731) 425, Baldwiil Park aria Vinnell Co ... ·san Francisco. · · Oakland, $257,800 for canst. one- a gr·eat deal of talk about projects Treat Ave.: San Francisco? $79,436 Inc~, :n45 . Westrni~ster, Alh;:tmbra: SAN FRANCISCO, Contract story cone. ·block school io accom- on Guam: However, af this writ - · for corrst. Improvement to Byxbee for canst. earthwork· and · str;uc- awa,~·ded to Pacl:llc Pumping Co'., niodate 500 students. ing the talks have moved . farther · P.l~ygrpund. , t ures, .Sta. 4535 jQO. to' 548~ j5Q 9201 San Lea-ndro St. Oakland EMERYVILLE, Contr. awm;ded west an·d every day questions are SAN FF,ANCISCO, Contract was D.elta-Mendota Canal and Fire- $2,7iO for' replacement' ~f salt \;1a:~ to Parker, Steffens & Pierce, 135 asked vv i~0 refer~r;.c~ tg the_ proj-· awarded to w. Jorst~eyer Co., 20 ba,uih ~wa·s-te-~vay, -Central .. Vall!'Y ter pUmp at : Fieishhaker S\:Vim- South Park S~., San Ftancisco;· ect on Okinawa. This office knows, . Mars Sj;., San Fr:anCISCQ, $297,849 Project. - . ming pdol. . . . . $275,000 fol' canst. a ' 71,000-sq. ft. of course; that this work is con- for · canst. Museum bldg., Corona ANTI.OCH, Contract awarded to SAl\ FRANCISCO, contra c 1. one-story \:V a!'ehouse at 53rd & tracted out to mainland contrac- Heights Playground. S~anley H. Koller, 1694 .Pomona awarded to W. J. Kuban 39-A Hollis 'streets.· · toi· and nat urally men are hired OAKLAND, Contract awarded to St., Cro_ckett, $40,320 for canst. ad- Marr St., S?-n Eafael!' $8,253 for- HANFORD, Contract awarded to from, t~le mai~land. . • 0. c. Jones· & Sons, 1520-4th St.,., ditions to City Water Vvorks con- rep_a?'s and alter ~1~l ~ l1S' to Aquatic qerald 'E.' Brewstb·: P.o :· Box 112, Memoer'£ ~eek Office Berkeley, $87,800 for redesign De sisting of pumplng stati~n at' Con- Park Rec. Bldg ~, Beacn and ~olk IAven .· al, $36,016 for gra_de, drain & I Fremery Playground at Poplar St., tn' Costa Canal, etc. · Sts. surf. runway & par kmg aprons On the political fi·ont loc~ll y , the · ELVEPTA c t • d · · issue is "Statehood for 'Hawaii." B e t w. 16th & 18th Stree t s. SACRA. . MENTO, Contr act award- < " '- ·• '· on TaCL aware1 e , t9 facil. at :Hanford' lVI unicfp-. Airport. ~ _ ...... SALT..LAKE CITY, UTAH, Con- ed to Edwin J. Mackey, 720 Howe Don L. Cooney, Inc., 1749 Airport . FRESNO,' Contract awarded to ~wo; ~1 : mb e ~s of the ()perating tract · awarded to Gibbons & Reed Ave., Sacramento, $472,313 for con~ Way, Seattle, Wash., .$367,694 for Rudcilf :r/ l\lf~cls im · 477 FladisOI' Eng.n,. ers hel e have been endorsed · Co., 259 West 3rd . .South, Salt Lake struction basketball pavilion on con st. 230 ' KV transmissiok line, A~e. , Fr e ~; , ~$1_6n· 'for: con;. curbs: , b~ the . Cerihai Labor C~unc il ; 10 11 City, $287;394 for 2.136 mi. 3'f,'' campus of Sacto. High School. ' Shasta-Tr":CY No: 1 & 2, Cotton- gut. & drive,:vay a p pr~d aches, Thor'ne ,~~el y : ~awr:n c : M. Sh1geura plantmix bitum. · surf., U ... S. Hw-y. .January 27, 1950 wood-Artois Sect!on, Cen:tr al Val- Ave., be.tw. Cortland & Garland ~ .. a myselJ, ;o represent the Amer- 89, 91 ·& 50, betw. 480Q S. & 6400 OAKLAND, Contract- awarded ley P1:oj ., under Spec. No. :.:W'l.8. ii.. ves. · · · · Icaa F ederaoon of Labor to enter S. State, Muri·ay, SALT LAKE tp P. & J . Artukovich, P.o. :Box February' 2, 1950 Februai·y 10 1950 as candJdates to the Constitut:ional COUNTY. 785, Port Chicag·o, . $85,786 fOl' 1·n- SACRAMENTO,. Contract award- OA I{ LAND,· · · Contract· ' awa1· 'ded to · Conventt ion· . This, being our first January , stalL welded steel and cast iron ed to' David E. Tuttle, ' Woodland, Gallagher &. ,Bt{rk; · Hi £>- h St., ven u_re 111 see:dng public office, 18 1950 344 OAKLAND, Sub Contract was water mains in Castro Valley, -$13,905 f?r rental of equip'ment for Oakland, $25,656, for cone. p~v e on we ~nd It. qmte confusing t hat · ALAMEDA COUNTY. em_ergency sn_ agging and clearing memcers of our present Legisla- awarded to M. B. McGowan Inc., MacArthur Blvd., betw. '14th and t 1 OAKLAND, Contract awar-dea· to of.Ttile River, from-Vandalia Weir · ·ure _ar e_ a so candidates to the 625 Market St., San Francisco for Champion Streets. c t " t Ransome Co., 2040 Holl.is St., En - to point 11 mi. downstream 1iear ons ILU wnal Convention, . who driving creosote piling at the Oak- 1 ' OAKLAND, Contract awarded to '11 r·r · · d eryville, $2,585 for furn. welded Porterville · · WI ' I 'ew1se, JU ge their own land Yard of the Western Pacific . SAN F_RANCISCO, C n tract McGuire & Hester, 796-66th Ave., work in_· a special session_ after the Railroad. steel bulkheads, ·cover plates, etc., 0 Oakland, $13,401 for canst. storm under. S.D. No. 228.. awarded to Eatori & Smith 715 ' •· · · conventiOn retires. There is noth- FRESNO, Contract awarded to ' drains, Unit IV, 23rd Ave.,_ Sewage · th t 1 SAN 'FRANCISCO, c 011 tract Ocean Ave., ·s. F., $6,547 for grade mg · a cou d be done at present John Gray, Rt. 1, -Box 691, Fresno, d d pave·, etc. I·n Sat1ta RosDecember 1948. The . · st sogers F &-onst. J HCorp., 209 'Post Red Bluff,- $112,623 for completion Pisano B_ros., 17.00 Moor,-par'l', Ave., in t_he ver_y irh_po _rtant PI'l·mai"Y department clail;ned price drops ac- ., · ., . · · Pomel~ oy, · 333 _.of Shasta Powei· Plant, Central San Jose, $8,706 for canst. storm electipn. counted for the diiference. · Montgomery St.; ' San Fran'ci~co, Valley

1\'Jiiami, Fla. ~The AFL Executive Council puncfUI'ed• thlf'- - inread they foryear "guests". As we somehave timementioned with- =~ · -~·- u111 't e d c 0>1cre t e P~.Jpe . and~ V... m- real estate industry's grandiose seH-congratulations on 1949's before, M. & K. have the general Reddi·nf!~ ~ell Cor~., out of Los Ange~es, record home-building. contract. Granite has the concrete '-" nave moved on to then· 18 miles And it called for continuation of effective rent controls and Stolte has the underground . [i)rft ~~;r· na ue it contract on the Delta-Mendota Ca- until the supply of homes •is increased sufficiently to "fit the work. The one important fact or in II) V.Oe nal and at the unload- this job is the structural steel and ~~h 'If idS ~.~OOu.a mg eqmpment p.tpresen~ the JOb ar~ s1te; how- pocketbooks of the millions of families who are without de- U ever the camp I t · d .ng." ,- that is in the hands of Herrick Iron n"'rs~f/. M' ~ ~ri\ft~~ d' 5; Ia "start wor·k andye ;~s ndo 'trec~lllveb Cent housl Works under the supervision of one , U r&; -IM ~ll:lln\; · or r an 1 w1 e The Council statement said: I G of our old time brothers, J . F. I wk !!. f ~.a. c §.. probably. 30 da~s before actual "Compared with the 1920-1929 I nsurance Fredricks. During the war, Brother w ·.s.. at J){Ug reem{ construc:wn. begms. From info.r- ?ecade, production of housing has t: . -. mn Fredricks operated a crane for . - matJOn l eceJved here, the JOb Will mcreased much less than produc ~ I Q Moore Dry Dock in Oakland. . . . E. A. HESTER carry ~five o ~·. six draglines and a t ion of automobiles or other con- F Oh, yes, Granite Construction have Business Representative, Local 3 goo?-s1zed strmg of cats. We are sumer goods. Indeed, the 1949 rec- ar on Oi=< a similar bill has been offered by In answering the criticism, Gal- Bechtel) and sends his best to ev- ! It has been adver tised that bids R. A. Heintz Co. has ·brought in Congressman Brent Spence. lag her stated: "While the Fund is erybody and particularly those in 'will be called for on the removal more equiprrtent on Highway 180 "These bills would ake possible the largest workmen's compensa- the Stockton office. . . . Brother of fifteen million yards of gold 111 and has begun to make a fair private financing of long-term low tion insurance carrier in Califor- Jack Mayberry, who received a dredge tailins within the next 30 showing on this job. They expect interest loans for cooperative hous~ nia, it does not dominate the in ~ broken back some time ago, is still days. The work will be situated to bring in several more pieces ing · projects for middle-income dustry since it writes about 25 per in a critical condition in the Vets in Trinity County. · of equipment in the near future. families. cent of premiums in this field, in- Hospital. . . . Brother Dale Cald- O'Connor Bros. of Red Bluff, The Nevada Constructors have CAN'T AFFORD $80 RENTS cludin.g its ,premums from puiblic well, one of our old-time mechanics I' California, submitted the final and moved in on a joint City and : "We estimate that under the agenc1es. for Ditz Bros., r eceived a serious low bid to the Bureau of Reclama­ County job at Mariposa for the t erms of this bill rents for an aver- ~The Fun.d v:rites app roxim ~tely arm injury and is confined to his · tion for the completion of ~has~a 1 construction of a small dam there a ge 4'h-room apartment would be $2::J,000,000 111 msurance premmms home under the doctor's orders . .. Dam and Power Plant. The1r b1d and will have only five cats on r educed to $55-$65 a month. This annually, most of this representing Thanks to Brother C. L. Harr ison was $112,623. 1 this job. compares with rents of similar and . 'over. .the for the penny post card notifying The B. & R Construction Com­ r e_n~wal counte~' ! \7Ve still have many small jobs. dwellings offered by private build· bt,smess, and 1t sohc1ts new bus1- us that he had gone to work else- i pany of San Francisco were the operating throughout the district ers of $80 a month. or more. ness through a salaried staff of wher e . ... Brother Fred Jacques successful bidders on the Redding keeping a lot of the boys busy o~ "This program offers a practical ci vil service men." sends his best wishes to all from Junior College which is to be built I1 a part-time basis. It looks as mea.ns of obtaining· decent home.? The Fund m anager declared that Saudi, Arabia. He a1so is with this summer. Their bid was $635,­ though it vvill be around April 1 for thousands of middle-incom·o the present campaign against the Bechtel Corp. Brother Joe 000. The buildings will be of frame before work will pick up. families at prices they can af'l'or d Fund is not actually concerned Doolin is just recuperating fl'om and stucco. We, · from this district, would to pa.y. .We urge its immediate with its competitive practices, but that- "baby qisease," mumps. Joe At this time things are very like to thank the officers for their enactment so that we can begin to is a flank attack which has as its says it's no fun at his age . . . . Re~ quiet in the northern part of the attendance at our last meetincr meet the acute housing shortage of primary purpose the distribution ceived an interesting letter from state. And we have a large number January 26, and extend to them b~ ­ cur mo£lerate-income families. among agents and brokers of com- Brother Bill Crosson who is in of brothers on the out-of-work list, cordial invitation to visit us more "However, we recognize that at missions on $25,000,000 of pre- Needles. Bill says they are making with no relief in sight for at least often. Our next regular meeting t he present time, the housing miums received annually by the fast progress on the Bechtel Pipe- another six weeks or two months. will be held February 23 at 631 shortage is still with us. Until the Fund. These commissions, or their line ~::>b and hope to be in the Fres ~ * * * Kearney Blvd., Fresno. middle-income housing program as equivalent, are now refunded to its no distnct some time in the early well as the low-rent public hous- insured employers. falL . .. Many of the brothfrS will * ;.- * ing program enacted last summer Gallagher said t he law provides be sorry to learn of the death of Futile Operation The Council of State Chambers greatly increases our supply of that the Fund shall be operated as Chester Stanley who for a great of Commerce presumably has the Set Medical .fees homes, an effective rent control a mutual insura·nce carrier, re- number of years was construction The Industrial Ac.cident Com­ interests of the businessmen of the program must be continued. we quired to return to its policyhold~ · superintendent for the A. J. Raisch mJsswn has approved a schedule. 48 states very much at heart. can safely remove rent controls in ers all profits resulting from its I Co . Mr. Stanley died very suddenly of fees for medical and surgical How, then, does it explain its only one way-by building an ade- operation. · of a heart attack. In conclusion, we services in workmen's compensa­ opposition to giving the Recon­ quate supply of homes that fit the He further held that "because want to give you a few don'ts- tion cases, it was announced this 1 struction Finance Cor p o r a t i o n pocketbooks of the millions of fam~ other carriers spend from 17 h% Don't forget to get a clearance week by Dan Murphy, Jr., chair-~ ilies who are without decent hous- · to 40% or more of their premiums before you go to work. more authority to lend money to man of the Commission. The ing today.'' on overhead costs, the State F und Don't complain to the members small business? schedule had been submitted to BUILDING WAGES MODERATE is criticized because, in spending on the job-call the Business Agent. Or its opposition to valley au­ the Commi'ssion by the California Some impressive evidence in sup- less than 15 per cent for adminis- Don't tell the boss how good you thorities by which more electric Medical Adn., with the agreement port of the Federation's position tration expense, including taxes, it are compared to the other brothers. power would be generated for in­ of insurance companies writing was given by Herman T. Stich- returns all savings to its policy- Don't forget to wear your button. dustrial use? workmen's compensation insur­ man, New York State housing com- holders." Don't forget to register when you Or its fight against more funds ance. Copies of the schedule may missioner, when he appeared be- Since 1914, the refunds paid by are out of work. for public works which would stim­ be obtained from the offices of fore the Council to describe the the Fund have saved California Don't register as a '"Finish" ulate business activity? the California Medical Assn. in state's experience with a coopera- employers more than $85,000,000. Blade Operator when you are just Or its stand against increased San Francisco. tive housing project for veterans. Gallagher asserted that insurance a compressor operator. social security which would enable . Stichman revealed tha.t he has forces object to the return of these Don't forget to let us know if recipients to buy more goods from * * * made ,an extensive study of build- excess premiums to its policy~ you go to work elsewhere. their merchants? The higher we rise, the more ing costs and found that "it's abso- holders. Don't forget WE accept your It appears that the Council is isolated we become; all eleva­ lutely not true that wages of the The drive on the State Fund fol- dues, stamp your card and issue a cutting off its nose to spite Presi­ tions are cold.-De Bouffier& construction workers ar.e responsi- lows by less than a year the insur ~' button. dent Truman's face.- (LLPE) * * ble for the high costs." ance lobby raid on the disability * * * There was one* doctor available "Specu.lative builders skim tl1e insurance. law during the 1949 ses- The principal reason for using Two to two* and* one* -half ounces for every 730 person!) in the U. S. cream and gouge the public with swn of the California· legislature. meat as a food, aside from its of' boneless tuna or salmon sup­ in 1949, compared fo one for·· 671 .high rentals while labor is . gi\1en . * *' * taste, is that it furnishes pro- plies the one-half ounce of protein in 1909. an unfair share of the responsibil- The state of G€orgia is the larg- teins. It also· furnishes some fat needed for one person;s main dish ity," he declared. · est producer of kaolin in the U.S. and vitamin.S; at dinner. Have you registered* * * yet? .