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.Engineers -Battle Stakes Are·Big in f) ~- Snow : \VHh Dozers, . right. to · contr~l En 1n- rs ep rt road -Help ·the Haylift Natural Resources " "Operation Haylift': is getting The· stakes are ·enormous in the - great . h.elp from the skill and nius, fight over wl~o is going to ·contr01 at stern eet

: cle _of Operating - En~ine~rs : · ac ~ 1,t11e po ~vei· and ther~after ~lte d:­ Reports of extensive gains on every front in the West's I r~ported on cmrent statl ~ d of the ·- cordntg to reports commg; , m from. y.~l()P,me .~1t ot _n,aturd of grcn\·th and industrial .expansion were bJg Central Valleys ProJect a n,~. 1 -'- · 1 · 1 x -1- C " · -· f h IUOE ·other reclamation projects in Call-- ·an of the area. hit oy.record-br.eak~ . , Regional Director_. R. L. hear~ . 3L 1: 1e regu ~r v~ester~l Staces onrerence 0 ! e ' fornia, which total sorne $72 mil·· · ing- -snows. · Vvhile the · unpre;;e,_ EfokEi ·of -the Bureau of Reclama­ held m San Franc1sco s Wh1tcomb Hotel on Jan. :G9 and 30. lion for this year. . • clented_ v\;:eqther is putting the- w )n tol~l - delegates at the IUOE Tempc:i!·arily stymied by ol' man He declared that th·e stakes in · squitch on highvvay and construe-. West-ern. States Conference)n San wint~r, engineers are nevertheless other delegates attendlng the ex- the ba~tle for :control of ·water arl(f . tion projects, . engineers at'e turn-. F.rancisco .. set to go _on . one of the biggest ecutive board meeting in Miami power development a're enormous,, _ ing-~ th e ir attention to helping the The Basin · plan for California years in history, .reports from 15 being permitted to sit in on · the with private interests fighting des, (Continued on Pa.ge 12) (Continued on Page 12) local unions and representatives of delib.2rations. perat.el.y to control them, rathelf the ihternationa:l union hulicated. NEXT lN' DENVER than to let the small business mti,Jm ' !tl!l!U~D Afl .~~nr ·· . - ~c· ·~e ~· To~·: ~~~~D~l5i(' Membehihip, in engineer locals has Next meeting of the conference and the average family rnan get OJ i B~u:~. nv. - ~ . L mI - _ ll'i'lil~"'~'}Lg}>'f'~"') increased in; .every IUOE local in ,. is scheduled for DenveJ: in June. their shitre. ' IS YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS ON FILE? ;u is very hnportant the West, it .was revealed. Local· 115 · of Vancouver, B.C., was (CGntinued on Page 7) that all · cha~ges of. address be r eported to the Iilain. office. JVIany of The conference heard l'eports I granted permission· to affiliate with ' the contractors h~ve . •simt the i'epof earning~ in to this offi'ce ;.u R 0--_ . River Basin; projects that mean rising vote of thanks to Brother serve F)md set U]J in the I~ame of our organi~\ttion . After. all this:.. ac- . ' tl~'ot.(sands Qf jobfi' for skill,ed trades- ArthUl' Rossman of Spolqne for CARROLL PARKS couut was ;set up for the beuefit of the members and their families ; n~en - as well as great n-ew sources·! i1is capable work as conference -Died J anuary 21, 1949 and n cannot be a success - unie~>s the member's make blood donations. · of pow·er, water, ·apd flood control! seci'etafy_ F . J . WELLENSTEIN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROTECTION FOR YOU AND . that are badly needed tq bring .-in- . Deleaates from -the 14 affiliated -Died J anuar y 25, 1949 YOUR FAMILY ... MARE AN APPOJIN~l\IENT TODAY! rra:nspor- , dustrisl in~,ep e nil Em ce to ·the \Vest. i local t~1ions gave reports on con- ELMER L. BE:R.GAN tation will be furnished any member to and from-the, Blood, Bank,, if The conference voted to set upj ditions il't their. respective areas, -Died January 26, :1949 ___ . •they .will contact; the mail\ office. - ' .. _ - - - I a committee tha't· ,,\{iiJ confer with and the co nference heard several EDWARD ,WALL ACE . · · . ! - · TECfjl'N[~AL -,E~ci~E1_tS, MEE-:m;t-TG·' ~- .-.,.._ ··-.-,: ",i,. · _&:;j:·\,,- ·-·~ _, ' ·,~eJ)ej·ai ·p~_~s)dent . 'ka)o,il_ey. g\ ·l'e::, :~ ~W. [7~.ng ,- tp'lks.-, l)y goverri~ ent -;~> .. c ~Died · January 27,' ,1949 ·: .':' ~!¥7WJ}'£il~~~1~t1~g~~Iti_ti~i!{~i'rJ~~:~ct<.r~~tgli[ru;,t¥e!s i'1'TIlO\ffi.r:a~-rg'~t~i\-" .J ~q~ J:Jg'f.~f"i;it,J"'~ft;~;.~cit'hz i~~~fit.":P. r';f'):Xct ' f~,Jit}_, tat tve.:?':·:< '· C - -, \~.,.~::- ~:·~~~~f."fPe:~,. 'J~aj;n~ 'Pl~l~r- Ey·:S.s ~l~~~ R_ ~~-:~:?tr~-"'r.- ,,-b~ ~ held' fi'itla~, ·s i,r.m.: ,.1.Febi'Il~~~ ~ 2·<>1· a,t_ ..e moii 0 • ces, 1 O.,<> r ~ar - -c'6;1fth'i:mce ;-sev~ri th-Vice· Pr'eslcien t ; "BIG STAKES" - --'"' 1 0 ~ 3 1 1 9 ~ 9-- ~ -~ ke~ ~tr~et ; San.:Francisco,_ql!l if. ' l • Victor s 'wanSSJll of san:- _Francis co I· Richard L. Boke, regional clirec- j ARTIE B. CO'OK . ' -. • • ·I ! t<{ ,.''tOl'k. \vl'th the group, and any to;- Of the Bureau of Reclamation, -Died Febntary 4, 1949

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·._. · _ .. · WI«. ~-bove . are delegates h~ 'I the conrerence. They . were: ·. sheimer. Local 3, San .Francisco, Loc,al 6·3,, Los A:ngeie": Daniei J , , t:t::.r e, H. L. Holliug~wln'ti,, Arthur· · .:attendance_at . t1Ie .V\ 1estern Sta.te:s . International Vice President Vic- 0. L. Casebolt, Pat Clancy, Alton Mofles, Earl' c. Smlth, .Raymond lA. Rossman·. . . . · · ·Confer.enc.e of the International tor SwaJ•.son, Tnternational Trus- Clem; c: F . lVIath.ews, .I'· E . Van- W T- -- L p tl d .. , Local 428, Phoei_ux, L. L. Dugan; ·Uiii.oi1 of Operating Engineers, held - dewark. Local 12, I,os · Ang·eles, · uc1 rer. oca1 87 ' · or an ,- W . A. G1·ay; I . c. Lane. Local _526, in Ho"tet·· Wpitcomb, , San Francisco tee H. H . Herbolsheimer, Interna-l Chas. A. Evans, J . R . Groo~11 , Mor- E. C. Lange, c. ' R. 9wen. Local San Diego, Milton, E . JeaJiney, o. 1 on January .. 29 .and 30. tional Representatives.N,ewell Car-l ris L. Miller, James J. Royce, 285 Boise, Elmer Chi~s()n, Fred H. Willia,1i1son. ··Local 612, Tacoma. Delegates attending the con~ men, Jo~eph Dzivi, G. W. Eggiman, I Mauri?e A. Slmtes. Local 39, ~;!an Radomske, ' I:ocal 302, Seattle, C ol ~ J-ames Estep. L'ocv~l 701, Portland, ference, most of whom. are ill the lVI. {}. Ewe-nhart, A. E . La~ter, Paul ,Franc1sco, M. G. Campbell, Claude Abbott, Loms Berman,, Russell T. 1 L; E. Egan, E. F . .Harland, , H. A. picture,. i·~preseiite-d the internil.- Larson and Edmond Wark • ·c. Fitch, R. E . IVt:9arthy, James Conlon, ~~ - A. Door, Jacl{ MeDon~ I Schell,: George L. lrVe_sling, LocaR tional unlon an'd 14 local unions in Local 1, Denver: H. H. Herbel- ~iye rs. ald. Local 370, Spokane, Ray 843, Seattle, .Ber! Swam. -: 1 11 lfs Neither Ruinous Nor Socialistic The reactionary Chicago T 1:ibune and many other IIReport of la:st meeting influential dailies which r eflect the conservative business The meeting was called to order at 8:10 p.m., Vice President Foss :vi ewpoint, termed President Truman's recent message to presiding·. President Clancy and Secretary Mathews ·were. excused be- the 8lst Congress as being "left" of the New Deal and· cause of mness. · A synopsis of the Regular Meeting I\finutes of January 8 was read a s ' 'so c ialistic." T h e aforesaid Tribune called it "ruin- }B M G Ell:QENH!iD'lf' and by motion, approved as read. · OUS SOC ialism." y ':!., . ;r, d ~ Jtl).; .!!. A synopsis of the J.l: xecutive Board Minutes of February 2 were read B ut mose peopl e vill10 read the Presi dent's message Asst. Int. Rep. and the acts and recomlnendations of the board were by motion ' It is smart to beloncr to t he Iapproved as read. . . . . denominated it as a s tatesman-like d ocument which . f f I· . " . A letter was read from the Ca.hforma State Federation of Labor re- umon ° your era t. t .1s ~ 1 ;? 1_m-. garding the organizing ca;npaign of the California State Federation of called for long-overdue social justice for the many and portant to protect the J\ll'lSU!CtlOn Teachers. Received and filed. the under-privileged. of the craft to which you belong. A lette~· was read from the Buil'ding and Construction Trades Council t 1 t · . :. . • 1' t' b t ~ 'd' 0' You should fortify yourself vvith a of San Francisco regarding the union building tradesman's working ..J US W 1a lS lllll.OUS.1 01 SOCia lS lC a OU . PI OV l ll1b a copy of your constitution and by~ card. Received and filed fo r information. m mtma of ?ecent hou~111~ for what W~ mrght. call the /laws and familiarize yourself ':Vith C~rds of thanks were received from Mrs. Bill Iv,ey and Louise Vest. " also- rans" 111 a!) explottattve and explOited SO Ciety? same, attend your local meetmgs Recmved and ~led, ...... and take part in its operation. It The followmg brothers were reported Ill: Ray C. Appleby, Fred } u.st what lS. l'UlllOUS Or S~CtaltstiC m.r estramm~ 1110 - is essential that you do these Arbuckle, Migue.l Archuleta, W. 'H. Arvin, Elmer Aydelott, E. L. B~r­ n opoltes and1 o·1a11t a Osal i,t~.at better medical treatment-with the fundamental objective du~ies. The . more . aggressive a 1949 sport fishing regulations just 1iNorth and Sout~. plan a volu_ll.tary of raising the nation's health standard? umon. becomes_ t~e l~ss chance ani10mi.ced by the Fish and Game ·swap ot populatwns was n:a.de to · ...... there 1s of cla1m JUmpmg or the Cot11mission ·' ,, the Senate last·. week by D1x1ec;:rat 0 What lS rumous or SOClahstlC m assunng all Citizens, infringement on your jurisdictio.n.. • Richard Russell of Georgia . . His r egardleSS of race, creed or station in life, basic civil . The Engineers_' International Un- Effective March 1, new conserv- plan would call fOI' the govern­ 1o d l . 1 t tl ation measures set by the c;om- ment to finance migration of -.rig·hts that permit the111 to vote ar1d -de,relop.tl1e1't· tal·ents n ~n oca muons are cons an_ Y · · f th · ·· . . . . , . • fightmg for better wages, workmg misswn or e commg year m- Southern negroes and replacement · and ·OpportUI1ltleS On an even COmpetltlVe plane? conditions, and protecting the ju" 'elude: by northern whites. Claimirtg that ~ l\.1ost people believe these objectives are democratic risdiction of our craft, but your Reduction' m the. daily bag limit the trade would sotve southern race 1 . · 1 h ld h · d . · officers and business representa- of black bass from ten to five fish. problems by scattering the negroes ·· goa S OUI peop e S O.U ave enJoye ge~1etat10ns ago, tives cannot do this alone. They A May 30 trout season opening in northern ·communities with· a and . that our democracy and freedom will be all the need the -assistance of every mem- in 11 central Sierra region coun- small percentage of ·· minorities, more seetHe because of such ideals. ber on every job to see that your . ties-one month later than the Russell admitted it would entail Th · ', · · b f l .craft is respected. general May 1 start in the remai1i- reallocation ot some .1',500, €l00 fam- lS reactiOnary m.terpre!atwn y a PO\~er u seg- The Engineers' Graft is so highly del' of the State. ilies. Serrate spokesmen regard ftis ment of the press certamly Wlll not help t o diSSOlve the respected that the manufacturers Cut ili the daily a'balone bag proposal as - a gesture not to be g 'rowino- suspicion t hat our free press controlled by a and contractors look to you to limit from ten to five. taken seriously. , f b • · h l d' . . keep the machines of production Establishment of a two-month * "'r * ew on tQ.p, lS not t e e ast concerne i 1!1 protectmg or in motion . .Your knowledge of ef~ closed season starting March 1 for p reservii1g the vvelfa-re and freedoms of the ovefwhelm- ficient care and operation of these black bass and sunfish angling in Little Dorothy had been promot­ ed to the third ·grade and' a few ina majority of the A merican people. machines is .the essence of steady/ . . , · b employment and higher wages. Reduction in the bag limit . of days later she . met her second Your Engineers' . Union is looked ocean game fish from 15 to 10 per grade teacher. upon as the· source to find the cali- day. "Gee, Miss Sullivan," ·she piped, ber of men to fit these positions. Inauguration of a bag limit of "I hate .tp leave you. I wish you Therefore, ke~p yourself in posi- 50 scaUops and 15 rockfish. were stnart enough to .tea<:h ·me this term." · tion to accept these jobs, by keep ~ Except as modified by 1949 reg~ ing in good standing with your ulations, all previo:us angling reg~ * * * membership. · Notify your nearest ulations and ·, stream . closu-res set Approximately 35-,420 acres of office when out of employment, by J he Goven:10r, Legislature, or land in Chicago is in streets,. alleys and last; but not least, attend your Commission will remain in effe,ct. ·and boulevards. ' union meetings and take part in thg_ promotion of your well-being and the :advai1cement of mankind. * * ·* Influence is ,- something· you- may think ~ you .have until ;rou try to use it. ,. * * * Miss ·B1ue-''I t hii1lt the most wondel'f~l thing <· in the ' w!)rld is marrying the !i.uin you want."': .. Mrs; ina,ek.,..::"You'i:e wrong.' The. · most woitderful thing is nial,'rying' the man the -other girls. want.'' ENGINEERS' NEWS Mana ging !Editor, V. S. SWANSON Published Each Month by Loa~r Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineem Northern California, Northern Nevada, State of Utah pmQe 1095 Market St., San Francisco, Califorllia Subscription Price: $2.50 per year Mall all news items In to editor nol later than the 5th of each month. Entered as Second -Class Matter Sep­ TESTIFIES IN ANTI-TRUST SUIT - Hollywood'IS Walt Disney tember 9, !943, a f the Postoffice at San (1. ), vet-el'lH'L of many a bitter battle with his employes, takes on the francisco, California, . ll,'lider the Act STYLE NOTE- "I'm ·getting a lavende1' conve1·tible -to go wit!a , o! August 24, "1 912. · govemment iii its .$8 millio1i anti-trust suit, against United Detroit , lJWI.~ new spring h~t."' Theaters. Febru ary 15, 1949 ENGiNEERS' NEWS . Three San Rafael- Redding- Eureka- MASONITE PLANT, ROAD JOB Big Recreational REDWOO-D PJRE LOOKS AHL\D MOVES DESPITE BAD WEATHER Project, Is Start TO MANY BIG JOBS THIS YEAR By H. 0. "HEINE" FOSS and GLENN L. DOBYNS, On Shasta '· Lal~e By' OTTO E. NEVER, Business Representative, Localf3 Business Representatives, Local 3 By E. A. HESTER and l\'1. W. EDWARDS, Organizer The Utah Construction Company project at Ukiah for the Business Representative, Local 3 Althou gh there is snow everywhere h e re in the Redvvood construction of a thirty-seven mile road from Lop Gap to The preliminary worl\: has Empire, we look for plenty of work the coming year. Here Navarro is making steady progress in spite of the "unusual started on a $750,000 exten- are some of the construction jobs that have been prepared weather" of snow, ice and rain. Frank Laird, project man- sive recreational program at for bids. Crescent City jetty,'-to include access road and ager; with Kenneth Ludwig as chief engineer for the Utah Bridge Bay, Shasta Lake, quarry, $1,200,000. We understand this will run to $2,000,000 people are doing a fine job ably assisted by Barney Apgar, California, by the Shasta this year. . superintendent on the L ow Gap side and Cecil Walton on the Navigation Corporation. _This A dirt moving job from the north I agency servicemen on Local 3. Navar~·o side replacing Chet May - ~ includes a $400,000 hotel, - a end of Freshwater Lagoon to rsouth \'V!-JALE BUTCHER hew rec en,t~y assign.e? as Equip- another tract in the ea_rly Spririg. sidewheel b oat, and many end of Stone Lagoon, about $700,- We hear that Brother Clyde ment Supermtendent m the South These Strawberry Pomt homes other recreational facilities. OOO. Phillipsen, now a whale butcher- p ·f· · 'ar·e 11 h' 1 1 1 d m ac1 ·1c. : a 1g 1-c ass 1omes an see This project, when completed, will Richardson Creek to Klamath, 4 at Fields Landing, is specializing irr. Thi proJ· ct ·s a p ·vate road J t be 11 · · Jl . s ·e I :·1 o se mg as qmc cy as com- be one of the outstanding· recr.ea- miles, and from 7 miles south of raising bantams. Why the peewee' eratiOn of the 1 ' d B th J h · f b u Ut f· or th e Op · P ec.e · .ro er o nson 1s ·ore- tion centers in California, if not in Crescent City toward Crescent 1 size of fowl we don't know. They 't C mpany comple 'th B th B·1·1 J · g M as0 m e o upon - man Wl ro .er 1 ·ennm s the whole United States. City,· 2.3 miles,· total J'ob, 6.3 say he stows t welve birds at a. tion of their million dollar plc;.nt master mechanic. Construction work in this are~ miles resurfacin g and ceme nt meal. · and whose present offic-es · are Ferguson lo~ Brothers of Oakland; in 1948 was twice that of the pre- treated base. Brother Allen J enkins received: cated in the Preston Building, recently started their $88 000 pro- vious year, and plans a~d speci- Two and eight-tenths miles a badly mangled arm while greas­ Ukiah, with General Manager ject at the Samuel P. Taylor Park fications on file show that con- north from end. of Mercer Fraser ing a crane for Baldwin & Str:auh \Vohlenberg in chqrge. with Brother L. \V. Straight as struction work will be greater this job at Elk Preserve; -resurfacing at Hunter Creek. No bones broken,. . Marston & Lesl'liak are consult- operator and Brother Smith as year than that of 1948. and cement treated base. but a narrow escape from losing ing' e'ngineers for the Masoi-Ilte oiler, with 8,000 feet of 4-inch There will be many jobs that vie Laytonville, 4 miles south and 4 his arm. One thing-we did lea,rn. Company with Mr. Lathram as water pipe and reservoir, and 7,000 will have to look forward to this miles north. cement treated base who is the young ladles' heart resident engineer and Jack Luccas, feet of 8-inch sewer line to be in- and r esurfacing. throb in Crescent City. They tell year. One of these is the highway· me that Brother J enkins' room was chief engineer. Barrett & Hilp are stalled. B c k D 1 N t Co t BI·other Fred Htllltington, in- job, between Cedarv_ il_l e and AI- ear ree ' e or e un y; so full of giggling females that his. the contractors for the Masonite . d at th Atk' C 1 ll turus. Over one milhon yards of culvert and line; small job. folks had to visit him after visit- plant with the' exceptation it will JUr~ t . e mson- t _a pe at muck is to be moved, and we will Orleans, steel bridge over Camp · be completed about November, pro)ec , IS now recupera mg a , · . · . S A H I . . c k mg hours. 1 1 . . b' need approximately 40 engmeers ree · For the present, our meetingiJ 19_49, and the logging road ready 1ome m an nse mo. e IS a "e I'The hi'gh\·"ay J·ob betwee·n Le"'J·s- Dillon Creek, 26 miles north of ' " at Orick will -be· held on the sec.. for use about July, 1949. to be a~out but no h-eavy work}~r ton and Hy 299 will require _about Orleans; approach . and bridge. ond Tuesday of each month. 111 Our.· Ben C. Gerwick's yard at Pe;;a- ksome tlme, alnd,. F, refd says, 1 25 engi·neer·s, wh1'le tl1e Federal Fair-sized J'ob. · 1 d t last meeting showed 54 members of 1uma IS s owe o a wa11 B"~ t'- , eep my nee ( m rom now on d · t b t J t' n "'II'Il Cr·eek State P ark, bridae i_ c o uer . , ,· . ..· roa . proJeC , e ween unc 10 "' · · "' the logging industry" present. Van Atta, operating the rig on the out. . Supen~tendent Jim Humph- City and -Hayfork will n-eed an~ and seven culverts and approach. We have several checks due barge to do some badly needed reys . JS keepmg everything under other 30 or 45 engineers ... Then Plaza Avenue, Arcata; revamp- members formerly in the -employ dredg-ing·~ · to get on the quays, etc., control. t'll h s 1. we ave ano th er 1arge h'Ig h - ing · of Ruby Harroun . . Checks are re.. with. Brother Bird as gen-eral. util- Brother Luce Huntington is mas- way job coming up b~twee~ Red-~ . ~r~ Creek Road, Stevens Grove; funds for money paid for health ity man in the yard and Brother ter mechanic on th-e Navarro side ding and, Orland, which w1ll ask dnt JOb. and hospital insurance. Please con·· Bill Pacheco on the California city for the Utah Construction Com- for another flock of our' men. $4 MILLION TOTAL tact our Em·el'a office if you have- project. pany and doing a nice job. KESWICK DAM The State enginee1: has asked a check due you. Brother Charlie LaHa is _now on Brother Deck Huntington, _with Bids on the Keswick Dam have that I refrain from giving the es- Things are beginning to look up: AI Moretti's payroll. in I Petaluma headquarters at 1828 Mc~mley been postponed from January 2·0, timates on these jobs, but I can a bit in the lumber and. logg·ing following termination · of the At- ~--oad,_ Napa,. phone Napa 5. R-1, 11949, to February 9, 1949, and by say that the total work listed business; however, there are quite­ kinson-Calpella project: Al · is. re- 1s domg alr1~ht and ma~1ages . to I that time Heintz Construction Co.· above amounts to approximately a few outfits still shut down. When covering rapiqly from recent hos- keep the eqmpment movmg With 0 f Port! d 0 · ·ll be start- $4,130,000. Bids for these jobs will the weather gets back to normai t 1. t ' h' h h ' · d h 1 t R d H 'll S A an ' regon, WI · · A pi a 1za wn, w 1c asn t g.eeme one s o~e a~ . ·e 1 , an n- ing work on their railroad re- be requested startmg m pnl· an d we look for things to go full to ·· slow hi mdown any and- still selmo, w1th B~other Otto Bortfield location 'ob. B-etween these two will be continued through July. swing. sticking to 1 him guns in saying, as ooerator. • J · Underground Construction Co. is ~C-GGiNG OUTFITS "M''.· No. 3 .. ·boys don't ·-need J.' herdin, .." MAJnNSHOP JOB JObs we sho~ld·• be able to place stil_l "'Orki.J1g on the bridge over the about 75 engme.ers. " "'vv e now J1ave qm·t e a f ew 1oggmg · lVAT~R, SEWER- .J.OJBS . · · .·. • Brother Guy -Slack is ba,ck in . ·George Stacey, of Tulelake, Cal- South Fork of the Smith River. On companies under agreement and a. ·'B'rothi=r,H615'·Rapp· ci rxsa:n:tci.'Rb~Ei:; .tl:Jis .area but not in the construe- ifornia, wals recently .awarded an- my last· trip there they were fin- lot more in the offing. Thing ~ have adVising .his company lias enjoyed tion game - .Guy is now tearing . other small drainage project in ishing up the decking. Tyson & been bad in th!s country as far as : a g ood season but practically but- down the Plate Shop at Marinship, that . vicinity. Ho·wever, at the Watters have been doing a fill and unions in the woods are concerned,. toned up for. the winter with a Sausalito, w.hich should keep i1im present t'ime, due to weather con- levelling job at the Del Norte and believe ~ne, it is no easy task few sliJort jobs ot compl~te ..in the busy until the middle of March- ditions, Ramsey Consh·uction Co., County Fair Grounds . . Job is small convincing men that have once Napa-Cloverdale: area: His pencils he. would like his old friends to Natt McDougall Co., and George and should be finished in three been bitten that we, Local 3, don'.t are sharpened for . the trei)ch, .stop in and say "hello." Any of the - Stacey Co ., all from the Tulelake weeks. operate that wav.. and are not water and sewer work .coming up brothers making· a visit to Guy Baldwin & Straub have had hune-ry. They are heginnine- to un,. area, have had to sto·p operations. ~ ~ in- the Spring. Bob has plenty of might check with "Lucky." Guy But we do know that there will be plenty of trouble on the bridge derstand that our main object is to equipment and: all good operators; Iwas almost "torn down" a f-ew days plenty of dragline and cat work over Hunter Creek, but are trying hell? them and bring them togeth.. in fact,. nine No. 3 brothers, are ago when the "overhead" dropped to finish it up in a hurry. Their er under the powerful and protect- happy on~ · around Tulelake, .California; when b this payroll. ' . . . and he spent a few days recover- th th , · o job at Turwar Creek is held up e- ing wing of Local 3. . D p , . . W . . e wea er c1 ear.,. f k f t · J osep h and e aul, v~ho took )ng. e a~·e glad to report he IS Brother Alvin A. Oakden, a cause o 1ac o s ee1 · There is in the making a log- over the Spaletta yard m Santa 0. K. as this goes to press. T<>chnical Engineer J 1ad the mis- AltE FROZEN OUT gers association and it is certainly Rosa, have been doing alright with Tom Crane of Ukiah is finishing : f -rt n . • . t 1 a·n ' ye fr·eak Maurer & Son have had to shut what they need. It will stop alt Broth-er V1c · Henry as . Master the Ukiah. ·Cit . y Reservoir $98,000 I o 'deu nte o ose e k m a . Bro t 0 1 b 1 down their job a r eans ecause throat cutting tactics which are: M h · W ll I t 'th B h \V'l ace! severa wee -s ago. · of snow and freezing weather. 1 1 b t 1 t' - ec tamc.h . e "affi remembe ·~, Guds c_on r~c~ WI h rot er t_Les _Ih- Oakden is out of the hospital now, sow y, u sure y put mg the Reen s,_ w o Is o ce. master; an 1wms small ngs on t e exca.va ·mg, whic 1 and he states that ·he can see bet- Their jobs at 5th and E streets, loggers out of business. \Ve believe; he adv1ses that Sprmg prospects has now been completed. J t t th t t' th r ior and at the Eureka high school are they a,re doing a good thing·, . not . d \'' · 1 . - t · 't er a 10 o k very goo . 've are a ways sorry o repor t th e'-presenf h' Ime Itan . P n still going. Atkinson's job at only for themsel\'es, bllt for; ·. t. hei· ~.· Ernie Van 1 1 -• . Racified, .popular the p~ssing of a brother, and it l~e ~r~~e~ O~k~~~- tha: ~=n Weitchpec bridge is about buttoned employees as well. We wish them owner-manager of 'the Petaluma was w1th regret we learned of the h. . f h t t·me up and the lower approach l'to success and if any help is needed, R,ea d Y-MIx, is dd · . , . . s ow a sense o umor a a 1 Weitchpec will be finished in the - dl · · 11 t . now operating six su en p~ssmg of BroLher Francis : like this that give credit to the we w1 1l g1 a y give a we can · Oi mixers after a very good season. Well.enstem of Sonoma. Our sym- 1 t' E . Spring. help it be successful. ~ .~·-· Th ·Ford B oth f Uk. h th t h' f . 'l 0 pera ·mg ngmeers. Tom Hul has another job for his B tl S d p 1 . ·e r ers, rom w , . pac Yl oN ISS ami y. f S J Although our out-of-work list is ditcher for the City of Arcata. Ed ro 1er an Y ar n un- needed, and that he never !mew of sand revolutions a minute. The let · several b_!.·others ·busy 011 . the IBrother Fred Huntington, i njured • der 18, they are not gainfully ~m - a job that the- Engineers had done ter was intercepted by gov<.'rnment Strawberry Poi~t sub-division w_·~t.h qn the Atkinson Calpella project, pioyed, they do not work on farm~ him any good. Wonder where he's _agents,. whereupon the businessmam street and pavmg work for tne fractured vertebrae; Brother . .Jess nor are they too . old or otherwise going to get a job now that he was called before El Presidente homesites . and are practica]ly I.e. Stauft of Petaluma, cardiac con- m1able to work 'Vith all that is doesn't need any helJ;l from Operat­ who said: "One revolution a day :finished in the Bret Harte district Idition; Brother Howard C. Schaaf, yet undone in the. world they are ing Engineers? As previously men­ Wl' can handle, but a thousand rev·· and have _expectations of opening accident; Brother Forrest D. Car- boreq ')tiff. tionecl, keep selling the tractor olutions a, minute-t\)o much." Four ENGINEERS' NEWS February 15, 1949 Sacramento- Reno- San Francisco=- rS ·R 0· :FORECAST: SLO\V; Engineers ,Aid in NO Rl~ ,IMPROV ;ENI .lN -CITY AND-ROAD ,P·ROJECTS MOVE o ration HaJ.Iift, S. F. AREA, MANY JOBS PEN t;G By ED PARK Dozers ve Snow By PAT cLANcY, P. E. vANDEwARK, · Business Representative, Local 3 By H. L. "Curly" SPENCE . Business Representatives, Local.3 Our report for the month of February is not an encourag­ Business · Representative, Local 3 The work conditions for the S.F. Bay region are pretty ing one. We would be happy if we could report that many The winter weather has much at a standstill. A few one and two day jobs have been 'good jobs will soon be under way, but as usual for this time dealt a ·terrific blow to the coming into the S.F. office but at the present time that is of year it is pretty rough and will be for several more months. construction work in Nevada. about all. The future looks a lot brighter with a-lot of work •· The situation on the Deep Water Most operations have ceased coming up but it is hard to say just how long it will be before Channel and. the Folsom Dam re- between Diamond Springs and Bell entirely and there are quite a that work starts or just when the contractors will begin ·mains the same as in our last re- Ranch. The bid was for $88,547.50. number of Engineers out of port and no further information is Brother Al Kingwell will be the operations. Arabia for Bechtel with an 18·- expected until congressional ap- Superintendent and work is sched- work. AROUND THE JOBS b · soon as weather The "hay lift" is operating quite Chas. Harney has been going month contract. ~o ropriations are received. u 1e d t o egm as · We had .quite a chat with Broth­ . H. E. Parker has moved all of permits. successful in the Eastern part of pretty strong with the street im- ers SHERWOOD KNIGHT and 11is equipment off of the Putah Lord & Bishop made a start on the StEJ.te. The Engineer s are do­ provement jobs that he now has RAYMOND CRUSE, who have giv·­ Creek Levee job and sent it to Los their bridge job across the Mokel- · ing a good job on the emergency in progress ;:tnd has managed to en us some information of the Angeles. There is still better than umne River but were forced to work out there. They deserve a brothers still over on Okinawa" .a l]lillion yards left on this job cease operations due .to the weath- lot of praise for their efforts, due keep a number of the brothers Brother Knight was over for 15· To ut it will be some time in the er. Brother Del Switzer was the to adverse weather and working busy through most of the rainy . · b conditions. There are about 20 season. months and Brother Cruse got liate . spring before operations are engineer on thIS JO · tractors with dozers on them clear- 'Floyd Watson is doing all right back after six months with Mars·­ lfesumed. Superintendent Brother I CAPITOL, STREET JO~S for a few of our members. He has man. They report that Brot{len; Perry Parker had a crew of ap- The Bethle~em- P acific ~cast ing the snow to get out the starv- four cats working on a double shift CASEY ZWARTY, FRANK BANDY ]proximately · 45 engineers working . ~teel CorporatiOn was low b~dd er ing and freezing livestock. basis at the Stoneson 19th Ave. and OWEN NOSKER are stili lfor him. With the able assistance m the amount of $398,826 for the Basic Refactory bought the old job. Most of the work is being there but should be home soon ·· of Brothers Wayne Morris, Lloyd furnishing and erecting struct~ral BMI plant at Gabbs Valley and done in the sand and the rigs have ?being as the job is nearing com ­ Parker, Sid Murray, Charlie Rowe, steel for the new State Capttol they will probably start repair and been able to work through most pletion. Les Brown and s. Hamby acting addition. construction as quickly as the of the rain. We have heard via the grape- 't f Sacramento will cret weather p' ermits. McDonald Engi- as foremen, wonderful progress Th e CI Y o "' The Stone & Webster PG&E job vine that Brothers ROY HAWLEY · t least seven maJ·or neerine: will do the construction. was made considering the adverse gomg on a · ~ at Hunters Point is in the final and JOE CAMPBELL are working weather. The last man on the job street and construction projects as They expect to start production stage with but one or two engi- in Hongkong as operators for was an old timer and an old friend, soon as weather permits. They will sometime early this summer . The ne'ers remaining. Most all of the Marsman. They went directly Brother c. A. York on the blade. include: Widening of Broadway present Basic Refactory vv ill con­ members who have worked on from Okinawa where they had A great many of the Brothers on from Fifth to 16th Street; Streets, tinue operation until production that job have voiced the same completed one contract. t his job were thrown out of work sewers and paving in garden Ter- gets started at old BMI. opinion-that is about the super- ED NENN has recently shoved lby this move to Los A nge I es an d race N o. 2,. Coinpletl'on of El\ras Jol111 Powers will probably get vision being on a high standard. off for Brazil to work with M&K we express the hope that this will Avenue between A and C Streets; started soon on his job in Lincoln M&K Co rp. has a good deal of as a mechanic. Bring back a lot ',b e of short duration. Reconstruction of J Street from Alley, with the weather permitting. work going on around town. They of that folding stuff, Ed. Front to 12th Street; Widening of George Miller is working in are now going strong with the GEORGE W. ERICKSON, who ·ROSEVILLE SUBWAY 12th street from C to D Streets; Lii1coln Alley on the basement job sewer job at Lake Merced with a has been running a plant for M&K Guy F. Atkinson is moving along Realignment of the intersection of under the Nevada"Club. three shift operation. The sewage in Guam, is once again enjoying on the subway job at Roseville in Freeport Boulevard and Sutterville George Schilling is getting start­ disposal plant job in the North the comforts of the mainland. spite of the bad weather. Brother Road; Installation of sewers in ed on his sewer job on Keitske Point area is still in the primary There is one brother who is cer·­ Ernie Gressot is the foreman on Colonial Acres. Bids have already Lane. Earl Games is doing the stages but once in full swing it tainly lucky and if he happens to t he lower end of the spread and been opened on the latter with the digging. should employ many of our broth- read this, he should know who we Brother Claude Youngs with the low of $83,922.65 going to A. Teich- Silver State Construction, bet- er engineers. are talking about. The brother is assistance of Brothers J. L. Will- ert & co. ter known as Andy Drumms crew, There are various contractors GUY SLACK. Last week, at the ]ams and W. R. Herzog and L. E. Brother Clyde Stonecipher is is hanging around Fallon waiting spread throughout the city who j writing of this article, · one of the · Rylen are foremen on the west end still on the payroll for Ebentraut for the snow to melt to resume are working on more or less short · 40-foot-long timbers which he was .of the job. Claude has a good deal and summers out at Davis. Also in land leveling in the vicinity. jobs but they seem to keep what hoisting at Marinship slipped from of his own equipment working on Davis, Broth~r Burke, Billingsly, Part of Dodge's crew is around men they have steadily employed. the sling. One end hit the ground t he job when weather permits and Masterson and ·whitmire manage Fallon. Some of them went to SHIPYARDS and the other end headed. directly we wish him lots of good 'luck. to keep busy on the Archibald job. Parker, Arizona. They will send There is still hope that if pres- for the cab of· the Linkbelt which When the weather is right and P. c . A.'s Batch Plant in the part of their crew to Lovelock sure is put in the right spot, S. F. he was running. · If it hadn't been lb oth ends ~f the job are rolling same town is being ably manned soon. will put some of the shipyards 'to· for the-levers or ·the •frame of the t here are approximately 25 engi- by Brothers Fleming and Luckie. Ray Norcutt seems to be the work. If Washington, D. C., · sees cab, we don't believe · that Guy neer!'. employed. This number, how- Brother Vern King and Brother only one who works a1:ound Fal­ fit, this would create a lot of em- would have· been so fortunate. As ever will drop some as the grading George Neely are taking care of lon. The weather has no effect ployment for S. F . and put a num- it now stands, he was only off on the west end is completed: the Operations of the P. C. A. plant upon him. He levels land every ber of engineers to work. work for a couple of days and that Brother Earl Baker, Superinten- here in Sacramento. day. As far as the work in the ship- was to give his stomach a rest dent for Excavators, Inc. , is keep- A contract has been awarded to Brother Andy Duque has quite yards is concerned, it is slow and where the timber had pinned him 1ng 12 of the Brothers busy-be- McGillivray in the amount of a project running the dozer filling only a few of the brothers who down. t ween storms, that is-out on the $5912.70 for city street improve- in around the Nevada Constructors have been at the various yards for Brother DON MALHIOT had Iower end of the Folsom By-Pass. ments on the lOth :;md 12th Ave- new yard on east 2nd street. a .number of years are working, some misfortune when t he roller Brother Joe Friedman, Ray Coch- nues. Brother James E. Wood is still PERSONAL TOUCHES he was r unning for Ray Sigadni rane and J. C. Tredennick were on Many more new elementary in Afghanistan and is getting along Brother RAY F . SHACKELFORD turned over. Brother Malhiot is the job when it started and are schools in the outlying districts are fine. wrote us quite a nice letter want­ now in the 'Franklin Hospital with still holding down the seats when- s-oon to be up for contract. Among Brother Herbert Nefstead is still ing us to tell the brothers how a pelvic bone broken in two places.. ~· ever work is possible. Brother Al them are : Elder Creek School, on Guam and expects to come back much our Engineers' News was Don would appreciate it if some / · Brown, another starter on this Fruit Ridge Manor Heights School, to the good old U.S.A. about June appreciated while he was in of the brothers would drop in at ' job, suffered a back injury and Dos Rios Elementary School, Del first. Greece. He said that his wife sent the hospital and say hello. w ill be laid up for about six weeks. Paso Heights Elementary School. -----,------each month's copy at the cost of CHARLES MARCUM is the Here's hoping you'll be ready to The U. S. Engineers are now ad- Los Angeles as service man for L. 65 cents, air mail, but it was daddy of a 7 lb. 7 oz. baby girL go before then, AI. vertising for bids for a wood frame G. LeTourneau on the big airport worth it. Most of the American Congratulations, Charlie. SEWER PROJECT "'[ building to be used as a core star- job in that area. personnel were from the East This announcement got lost in Brother Wise is keeping 12 of age room at t he Folsom Dam site. Adolph Teichert, Jr., Sacramento Coast and he says he had a battle the shuffle-but better late than on his hands to get to read it first. never! Brother DON E. SUTHER ­ t he boys busy out on the AI Down- Bids are being called for another contractor, will become president He goes on to say that the La­ LAND was presented with a lovely er sewer job in North Sacramento small job on Mosquito Ridge. It is of the Associated General Contrac­ rissa area was infested with gt!_es.­ baby girl, Donna Lee, who weighed. a nd at last reports there is about for 1.008 miles of road with about tors of America at a convention in rillas the last two months he was in at 7 lbs. 5 oz. on November 1, 3 year's work remaining on this 41,000 yards to be moved. New York City in late F ebruary. there and land mines getting the 1948. Bet she tips the scales a lot project. M. R. Carpenter has one PERSONAL MENTION He was nominated for the position trucks was almost an every-day more than that now, eh, Don? / 1lhan thirty years with the Engi- reka, stopped by to say "hello." blood for such a worthy cause and His reports are favorable as far }).ow to get to the ffiWJIN 1~0· meers, is operating the driver on We were glad to see Mike but urg·e the rest of you to do likewise. as the conditions are concerned RKAL BLOOD BANK, drop· in at . '!the Ben C. Gerwkk job below sorry to learn that the death of It takes but a little time and the but as he could not see eye to eye the S. F. office and sQmeone willl Dixon. his brother brought him to our men report that it causes but little wit h his · superintendent, he decided be glad to makf.> the reservatio[ll Moore Dry Dock has moved town. discomfort. So come on, fellows, tci tak~ off for the mainland. In- for you and also will be glad to one of its truck cranes back into Brother Raymond Kimzey is now let's get busy on this ·while work cidentally, it cost him $750 to get talre you. t own to complete work on the new on his way to Afghanastan where is s!acl• and .make our Reserve back. Our thanks again to Brother Breuner's warehouse. Brother Cliff he hopes to fulfill a two-year con­ Fund a good one; By this time PAUL TEPSA ·BEN BUCK, who we have been Thompson is the eng'in€er and Bro- tract i,vith Morrison & Knudson. should be well ·on his way to Af- advised, has just donated anothet· t her Roy Sickles is do ing t he oil- Brother Alva A, Green is still * * * ghanistan. He is going over for I pint of blood. This is the brother i\ng. Brothers Wesley Warner and in Arabia and likes it there as well A college education enables a M&K as an operator, with a t wo- who donates regularly every t hree Ross .Peoples were also up in this as an'ywhere away from home. girl to get a job as secretary to a year contract. Good luck, Paul. months! man who never went to school. a rea for the same firm a short Brother Green receives his Engi­ ROBERT C. KNAPP is in town * * * .time ago. neers News regularly and reports * * again after completing a contract .There's always one consolatioll1l IVI. W. Br own, Redding contrac- that it is a "friend indeed" even if =~fi forgive-and forget; how with Bechtel in Arabia. ab~->rt matrimony. When you looik . 1tor, was low bidder on 4.7 miles of it is a long tim~ getting there. else could politicians be re-elected? PAUL HARPER and F. F. MAY- around you can always see some­ gradh:g and" resnrfacing of r oad Brother Carl Beyer is going to-~'.The Word." BERRY are ·on their . way to one who did worse. February 15, 1949 ENGINEERS' NEWS Five , ~ . ~~~~ us n ·~r~G that sand to go out of the pit with have every reason ·to expect will Peninsula J . ·. · . · · ~ ~- >l f ~ . . . a full load but Brothers Joe Souza, by June of July. . & o ~ 1\ ~ ,.J PIPELI~~Es. . ll. . ·"AND . . CANALS·. . ·. • KEE·. 'u! . Floyd Hicks, Jack Brown, Clyde . Cherry Valley dam on Retch AWii~ ~· ~PI~y urOUfBM . ON lpNG:INE· [l.R·s BUSY ~~;o~~t, d:l aH~~~~s j~~~ B~~~~~~; ~~~~:ha~b~:il~r~~:~:~~eit~ f~~~a~ To ~~ove Rins . STOCKT L L Whitey Carlson and H. Hansen are to be appropriated by congress to ~ on a dragline. making the final match those of the city of San By CHET .ELLIO'lr'li' · B y E D D ORAN and RENNY BURROUGHS channel cut. Francisco, and this' action is slated Business Representative" Local S. Busi~ess Repr-esentatives,, Local 3 Back .in Stockton S. M. McGaw, to be taken so that preliminary Midwinter in Stockton has seen an unusual condition, with Teichert, ' Moore & Moore, Dan work should start about the first Most jobs in this area are five pipeline jobs going at a surprising pace considering the Nomellini, Stockton Construction. of July. temporarily shut down due to weather, and two canal jobs employing good size crews. We and R. E. ~ccarty are. keeping courlty road work let for, bid by heavy rains. have more Engineers working now than at any time since the m~ny of then~ regulars busy on Stanislaus and San Joaquin C

fim~•- " ''"" . c>' tlw· mmn1P'1'1-· " '·.C' P to--lo~ e do the "'O"k ·vh1"Ie 1 d al 1 tl d 1 · · 1 . -. " - ' . 1e oe,~ ~·1 I .1e a vanceme· n t fo worhels· .-. - m· t·ne could tmp:rov.e on a syst em l!lw by California's sardine poryula1 - tion sJ1op and noticed an empty 011 1 the msultm",. .Sou t' 1. that'· . in :l' ecen t· years. ary 15,. 1949. ENGINEERS' NEWS . Seven L·39 BUSINESS MANAGER'S REPORT· By C. C. FITCH Business Thianager, Local 39 CITY ENGINEERS u· '!C "'f th . t• b d I Rep@rt from . The recommendation of the Civil Service Commission for ._•ve_n_1· lh_~s_. u_.. _e_e_xe_CU_I_Ve_oa_r -' San Francisco the City Engineers was a $10:00 per month increase. Feelina Stationary Local No. 39 this insufficient, we hired an attorney to represent us befor~ PROGRESS HALL By LEO DERBY the Board of Supervisors and to prepare briefs covering our Building 'l'ra.des Temple, S:\.n Francisco, January 22, 1949 Representative, Local 39 contentions. We feel the City Engineers are entitled to the The meeting was called to order at 2 p. m. by .President Frank 0. In the one and two-men plants highest rates paid for engineers in the State of California. Erantley. Roll call was taken and the absentees were noted. several negotiations took place this Minutes of the last Executive Board meeting were read an,d month which were successfully Our attorney presented a very ;!ipproved. completed. Soon we "will be start- Ifine case and we are sorry the re­ Minutes of the various councils were read and filed. ing negotiations in one of our HOW \\~E STAND , suits are not known so that they •.AJalifornia. "~''"· ""·~· '··· . , - .. . -- . .. . ·pFession that ·a · depression is just I went after better conditions .will cover the engmeers employed-. ·Permission was granted to strike Ba.nk of America, San Jose ; Pa- around the corner, at least our such as holidays, call back pay and ~n the milk manufa~turing plants. cific Oxygen, Oakland. Broth~r Sullivan requested in;formation on the EXPERT radio commentators leave vacations. Obtaining these condi- m Northern C~llforma . The Team" teoming election. Brother Brantley discussed the schools for engineer'S the thought with us each day. I tions paved the way fol' more uni- ster.s are turnmg over to us , t~e :llln-hospitals, Sacramento Valley Ice fund and I know that all the engi- why not acquire a good habit by plant-wise by other crafts; engi- mostly business representatives, and Cold Storage Industries, Yuba neers who know Mac are hoping attending your monthly meetings Ineers _working ~ogether for pro- from the eleven Western States, City Refriger ation Company at for his recovery. regularly. gress m · most lmes and d1stncts. wa.S held at the Whitcomb Hotel in . Yuba City, Bank of America Build­ Good luck to you, Brother Mac. * * * Los Ap.geles: engineers holding San Francisco J anuary 28, 29 and ing. In these I report good prog- Brother Joseph Taylor, chief en- . • ""' . A 1 tl~eir c,onditions; .m uch w~rk. iJ~ 30. The conference serves as ·a very :ress, gineer at Setzer Box Company, is Jobs m~~!daBstry Reporred plOspe_cc. ~o.rtlan_d. r?oc~ Pl·~gre~~ valuable medium in the exchange In roaming around the plants we right at home in this cold weather.! ., · m 0 0 a b1g. terntory, ho om" our OVi of ideas and unites the locals· into alw,ays find ·Brother Howard Tack­ As you know he has be.en working Dedmmg Smce Sept. ?n e:ectwns;, too. m~tch government one minci in the fight for jurisdtc- ley at the Golden State Dairy. He at Woodleaf · for the last six or W lit < • mterference. Bo1se . good c-cmtract, tion. as 11 gton.~E m P ~ 0 Y ment 111 much work. Seattle: gelling Alaska We are of the opinion tens· me he is quite interested in seven years. that Lo- Boy Scout activities. ~an_u~actu~·mg :ndustnes·. has_ been jobs lined up; local in good shape. cal 39 has benefited grep.tly from Brother E. H. Teague, chief en­ John Taggart at the Shasta oeclmmg smce ch~ Sep;ember 1948 Spokane: membership g a i n s ; the information received at these · ·gineer at the City Filtration Plant, Laundry is really watching his post-war peak of l 6, £00,000, the work holding up. Montana: weath- meetings. Many of the delegates ' was rather disappointed with our boiler burn oiL Keep on the job, Labor Department report~d . er bad; much . w~rk comir{g up. feel that it would be advisable to mail service as he and his wife John, you are doing welL The _number-of workers 111 manu- Phoenix: ·considerable influx ·Of establish an office with a fuh time wanted to attend the dance · Brother Alan Taylor at the Sut­ we had facturmg_ pla~ts at the end of De- men. still 100 percent union de- secretary who would gather data cember, 1t smd, was down to 16,- . ' . . . . {er Hospital seems to have some- but did not receive the notice. 2 0 000 , b . th . sp1te state ant1-unwn Jaw . San from all of the locals and render Brother Kenny Thomas at Pure­ 4 100 000 1 1 1 thing on his mind besides his job. of December, , or , . e ow e eve D.1ego: goo d orgam. zm. . g JO b ; wor;:1 ass1·t · · · d. t· 1 1· t ta Sausage Company is doing a 1947 ance m JUriS 1c wna c 1spu_es . I coUld not talk him out of any in- "Most of this decline llas· taken I good. Tacoma: Northwest locals No doubt such an arrangement formation except that he had a bad good job but does .not say much 1 1 1 t 0 tl 1 f 11 t 1 v

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.. U~preced.ente.d Snows .Play H ,av~c '~~eBr~~;~e~~~~~:e~:ada~~nd~;~~11 ~; ~~g~~t:~~ :: l~~s~tJ~~i;e:hi~; ;;~IS . · · With the newspapers· playing up articles on "Coldest Win- John ·McKean, International Rep- take this QppQrtuni.ty ' . t.~ _.. express I an '1 ose- ter in 70 years," running. pictures of piles of, flead deer, fallen resentative-of the IronwQrkers, at- our . sympathy to his family and D . .J B-U:GIIt.. h th t d t d th d. . tended · the White Pine ·Metal our _regret .that we did ,not ~e ~r ~me ·· · .Q··. .W ere , ey s a.rve · o ea -an ,pictures of st_ock, cattle and Trades Council :meeting in Ely; Iof h1s death, soon eno,)lgh to nave --~ ..1\ · sheep, marooned and isolated from food and help; with the Nevada. Purpose of the meeting been of. some assistal'!Ce. I J '. t. Hell -radios announcing warnings ,that '.'alLroads are closed east was, to wor!{ out a coprdinated .'From Brother Jesse T. KilJburn ,~n ,e;OS · OS · .·. I S and west. of Main Street," !t seems hardly necessary for us program ~n tb,e metal mining in- of .· Morgan comes the following By i:lARRV w. Thl:Erz to m_ention the weather. ~. Rut iUs the main topic of conver- dustry which, if successful,, will go • story "regarding Brother Reed . . a 1o.ng way to heJp .our membersi·Rudy's tr~plets: It seems that a Business Representative, Loeal 3 sailion and. as Mark Twain so: aptly saiq, ;'everybody talks employed . in . that industry. . couple .._ of months . prJ or . to the · Activity in this vicinity has about the weather but no one .does .anything about-it," and it ;&!IEUTh'Li\TIC FEVER blessed event Brqther Rudy vi~ited been rath,er quiet the . past is a serious topic of conversation FOUNDATION ,Taggart's Camp, wJ:!ere . he and two months. Unusual weather because it has brought to Oper- ·and -report. that labor's legislative · · · · Freddie · Singleton som_ehow or h ' h 1 d h . E · · ut h th. , Rheumatic :fever .__ is a _disel:!. se · · · · . · · · asn t e pe , a_ny. • T . e future a t mg ngmeers m a e 1arg ~ prog-ram is :- a cinch to go ' through other got to discussi_ng the comin_g ~ . t l t . t tha_t is· ver,y· pr_. e.va. le. nt ., l!,,ll_10n_g .,,·.~, hil- lo' olrs a ll't'tle brl'ghter'" ·se' vera' I es t wm er une:rp.p oymen reg1s ra- the . Legislature as prepared and - · - · ~ - t A 1 f f · · · ·• . - . .· ' · . . b f h d dren . in Utah . especiaily in Utah even . . · s usua ' S9Jile · specu. a wn t:>~ood constr.ucti'.on ·.. J..Obs · . t wn smce . e ·ore . t e war, · aiJ. introduced · In Lh fi~st nla~e ·t ·· · ' · - · h d th · 'bl f th ~ . are what is more .ironical, during -a . .. • e • · .- 'I ,County _ (sec~l1dhlghest coun.ty _in w.a.s ·_ .ta,d. ol~t. tle , p.o~tsl e_sexdob- . e coml·n·g up · The-. m"ost l·Inp·o··r··· -winter t hat more.. emnloyers,more is still too .. earlyto tell exactly how th.e United :.. stl}tes; by ._ per ..capita) . . e.x;p:c e .·.·tih .. et_yisib_or, .bal;l ·. emtg , , . t. ·- t. ·, . .- .· t' . ·f. l: . " the ' lines '-Will ·be drawn . . Party !t-is a disease t_ hat re_rof many., sections ·of roads almost _us. An- agreed-to' bill .between in- UNIONS necessary. time Mrs. De Leeuev has r·ecov- OPERATING ENG 1 NEE R s LOCAL build an addition to its present dustry _.groups and -labor on un- ered from all ill effects of the UN ION No. 3, OF THE INTER!~·ATIONAL plant. · 801\IE ANSWERS employment insurance compen- accident. UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS. Piazza Paving Company received TO SOME QUES'],'IONS sation, elimating the VICious.. Brother Ralph ChrJ'sti.aJ1oen \Vho Receipts a contract for work on Storev ~ , January I , 1948 to December 31, 1948 " Fairly reliable information still "charge back" system, will prob- broke a leg last fall while scuf- Dues and Fees ...... $780,439 .17 Road.. . would lead us to believe that con­ ably sail through both houses and fling, has now fully recovered and Interest, U. S. Defense Bonds 6,875 .00 Approved plan and specifica_tions receive the Governor's signature. Interest, Savings Bank 3,109.95 M S siderable additional work can be . has reported himself able to return Rents ...... 30,844 _65 for improvement of onroe treet expected at the Geneva steel plant, This bill will eliminate, for one. to work. Engineers News .... 1,787 .50 in Santa Clara within the Kaiser but no information is available of thing, the calendar ba§e year and B tl R' 1 d L M D ld Books and Buttons ...... 174·3 Community Homes Subdivision. ro 1er dC 1ar , c ona Good Standing Fund ...... 2,854.00° any contracts having been let. replace it ·with a base year con- of Provo became a married man Burial Expense Fund ...... 14,937.50 Appropriated $26,200 to operate· The Bureau of Reclamation in­ sisting of. the four quarters worlmd on· .January 6_ His bride, Miss Helen Refunds and Reimbursements 13,671.49 concessions at Alum Rock Park -forms us that bids for the · Du- just previous to the unemployed Jane Losee (or .should we say ~~!~~ff~n~~~~e ~~u'~!Il~~t, etc.· ~:5§§j~ during the 1949 season -and to im- chense Tunnel will - again be ad- perjod. This may eliminate some Mrs. McDonald) is the daughter plement a dead tree removal pro- f th d'ffi lt' t d b Total Receipts ...... $861,141.57 vertised and indications are that ·o e 1 cu Ies encoun ere Y of ;Brother and Mrs. William Losee. Disbursements gram previously appl'oved. the job will be let this time. No, our mel)'lbers this winter. Brother Lqsee is . a member of January L 1948 to December 3L 1948 . NEWS OF BROTHERS 1 261 the Central Utah Valley project \ Some .improvements in the In- Provo Carpenters' local union. The ~1/,~~;; a~GdoB~~mess Represen- $ ·203 ·52 Among our brothers who are ill hasn't reached the advertising for 'dustrial Accident and Occupational I happily mar_ried couple were hon- tallves Expenses (33 persons) 105,947 05 and have had accidents are Brother 01 , bids status--as yet. It must first Disease Act are hoped for at this ored with a 'reception in the Labor I /);ceofi~~nses, Duec1, . 53 533 82 J. E. Mahan who has undergone a be recommended by the Secretary writing b_ut it is too early to say Temple on January 21st. May we Aud1t and Legal Fees .. 5,439 78 serious operation at the San Jose ?f Interior to Congress -as "feas- whether _other p_arts of labor's pro- take this occasion to join with the ~~';,'ksc~~d BHu~~b~~al Plan U~E ~~ Community -- Hospital. . . . Bro. , rble," Congress must then approve. gram will. receive favora,ble eon- many._ others, on behalf of the offi-' Building Operations ...... 13,185.50 Nathan Davis is also confined at . of t he recommendation and then sideration ... We don't , want any of cers. and members ·of Operatincr CBuriatl ExEpensedFund · 14-937-5 0 the Community ·Hospital_ where he , . . , :. - o ap1 a 1 xpen 1tures 110 , 668 . 20 specific parts of the work must be :our members to thmk we, ,are pes- Engmeers' Local 3, to wish the Dues and Fees Refunded, ' underwent an Qperation . ... Bro, placed .. · before .Congress - for ap- simistic, .. we ~ aren't, but _on the bJ;"ide great happiness and to offer EnTr,a~~erre?, etc 6,698.05 M, L. ·Pless has had a bout with one proval and. appr-opriations. . ; Infor- other _ hapd · f_acts are facts and our congratulations to the bride-\ Ge~'~alrsor~~';;i~i,;g :: :: :: ...... 1j:~~~ ~5 of the fashionable bugs Cflu) :. ..• mation .. at hand, at present, indi- must be faced and we want to re- groom. . Good Standing Fund ...... 2,854.00 He has just returned to work . ..• cates that this is only a .matter .of port·themtr.utnfully. In t)1e ,mean- From far-off Virginia (youneveriL?ts~~~~a"r:'eo;;_~·:::: :::::::::· 2U~j:~~ Bro. E. "Bob" CaJ;"penter . working time as the biggest hurdle, the time we a_re doing our best to can tell where a . member_ of Local Per Capita, Intern,ational .. 166 ,000.20 for G. W, Reese, received a serious .approval of · the· Upper. Colorado push the , program and if 1,1.ny time 3 will be or get to) comes word ~~~ ~PE~~'is;oc~l_c~~~~ 11_s_ 1 3 ·~~~ : i~ broken arm while at work. River Pact by the upper .. river you wonder where Brother Van_ from Brother .Warren G: Richard- \ax - Federal O.A.B. .... 3,351.29 Bro. John T. Box had his right states seems .assured. Winkle is; ·well, you'll probably be son of the . birth of little Warren }~~ =~~~'~-d~-B~employment .. 1 7 ~k6~ arm broken while at work for P i- J{Elli'NECO'li'T '· STRHffi ENDS able to find him in the. State Capi- G. Richardson, Jr., on January 23 Tax - Utah Unemployment · 132.34 azzel.. . . . Jim Aregger has had The announced decision of· the tol. l weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. Knowing ho\~ +~~,;or~~e~~al _',\f'1 ~~~~~i~~ IU~N5 more than his share of bad luck. Kennecott Copper. Company a1id CASEBOLT ATTENDS I much you : wanted a son, Warren, This time his young son was shot in the o BI,otherhood ... of Loconlotive CONFERENCES. may we be glad for and with you. Gross · Disbursements· ...... 857,571.75 the eye by a playmate accidentally Firemen and. .Enginemen .. to , accept Brother · · CaS.!!'bolt was in San Just before we began to prep~re LeBlut'C!;~;~ ~~~ucllons: 1,028. 50 while playing with a Bee-B gun . ..the,. services . oL a . "fa•ct .. finding ·Francisco _again this past month, this article came the sad- news of Calif. S.UJ. 1,494.26 He has been confined at the O'Con •

board" appointed . by .the President 1 this time as a delegate from Utah the sudden death by heart attack ~~=~~l ~fth~'oicii,;g· :::::::: : : 2 §:;it~~- nors Hospital where he underwent .and return ..to , work: _ ca:me as a' to the -Eleven ·western States Con- · of Brother Eimer Bergen. While Traffic Fine 5.00 an eye operation . . welcome bit. of. news to our :ni.em- ference of· the· lnternational Union details are . mea f> gfi If. 1 .g,~~l.ll Ail: ~ A Committee to Combat Into!- · ·d d · 1 · t w1th the help of the OQeratmg ~ (/)B ~t?§ U E@I ~ GM'!; n.. di~J en corporatwns, anc pnva e rent controls," particularly new Engineei·s as usual: Pictme shows 1,500 New York City Wanna- erance has been set up by San bmlders who can conform to rent ' man of the industry of Dr. George· t he south-end o f the subway u nder Francisco Central Labor Council schedules of about $50 to $60. \ W. Taylor of the University oe t he Sou thern Pacific tracl•s on 12th maker Clerks recently left the CIO AFL. The t"dso-bcallhed ecobn~mldy l~ouse," Pennsylvania, former chairman o.t in a body and joined up with AFL promo e Y orne m ers asso- the War Labor Board. street. -The job is about a third In its first public statement the ciation and the Housing and Home 1 d · b · - k d 1·n th ee Retail Clerks International As- one, IS .emg wor ·e r committee said "President 'William Finance Agency as a substitute for sections. Isociation. - Green, of the American Federation ~he program ~roposed by the A~L, 1' D~Ng~~t M;m~~r~ ' vft~~ growing Is no solutiOn, the resolutwn U5~ ~~ ~nu~ ;a

(Compiled by P . E. Vandewar k) JANUARY 13, 1949 YOUNTVILLE, Contract award- . SACRAMENTO, Contract award­ Sierra St. & B elmont Road. to Moore & Roberts, 693 Mission J ANUARY 11, 1949 OAKLAND, Contract awarded e d ed to McGillivray Const. Co., Box SACRAMENTO, Contract award .. Oakland, $315,572 for general ANTIOCH, Contract awarded to to Underground .Const. Co., 75th St., 873, Sacramento, $'5,912 for asph. ed to Jennings & Jennings, 198 No. constr. receiv. & adm. bldg., Vet's Hubert H. Everist, P. 0. Box 100, & San Leandro, Oakland, $44,515, concr. surf. etc. on 35th St., betw. 300, E. st., st. George, Utah, $15,· . Westley, $3,679,107 for canst. of Sch. No. 1, and McGuire & Hes- Home loth and 12th Aves . . 272 for inst. instrument land sys. JANUARY 19, 1949 earthwork, concrete lining and ter, 796-66th Ave., Oakland, $68,- JANUARY 25, 1949 at Sacramento, Calif., Muni. Air­ Contract awarded structures, Station No. 1366/ 50 to 835, Sch. No. 2, for install. Sch. SANTA ROSA, BERKELEY, Coptract awarded port, under Prop. No. 6-49-293, & Dana, 580 Station No. 2149 j80, and timber No. 1-C.I. mains, Lafayette Aque- to Edwards, Faulke to 0. C. Jones & Son. 1520-4th St., consist. of antenna shelter & sup­ $2,­ operating bridge at Station No. duct RJW to Colorados Reservoir, Ave., Del Ora, Redwood City, Berkeley, $18,889, for concr. work port, stl. transm. bldg., i,nt. standby 1229/ 28, Delta- Mendota Canal, and Sch. No. 2-stl. & C.I. mains, 536 for install. 8-inch water mains for gen. warehouse, bldg. No. 346. engr. generator, ect. Central Valley Project, Calif., un­ Grant Miller Pump. Pit. to Bryant on Doyle Park Drive, Sonoma to UTAH, Contract award­ PROVO, JANUARY 27, 1949 der specification No. 2460. Reservoir: in Contra Costa County, Bennett Aves. & on Brigham Ave. ed to Young & Smith Canst. Co,, SOLEDAD, Contract ctwarded to. REDDING, Contract awarded to under L.S. No. 448. RICHMOND, Contract awarded 403 Beason Bldg., Salt Lake City, Kovick Bros. Constr. Ca., P.O. Box Brown Brothers Welding .Company, JANUARY 14, 1949 to Piombo Const. Co., 1571 Turk Utah, $55,160 const. earthwork 1323, Fresno, $14,862 for const. 223 ·Main St., San Francisco, $8,- SAN FRANCISCO, Contracts! S.t., San Francisco, for found. exc. & struc. Sta. 5/ 55 . to canal lining vitr. sanit, sewers in .Soledad. 748, for installation Section SSL-1, awarded to J. Henry Harris, 2657- for 17,000,000 cu. ft. gas storage Sta. 28jl0, Provo Resvr. Canal RIVERBANK, Contract award to and make-up piece, Penstock No. 9th st., Berkeley, (1) $11,080 (3) tank at Point Richmond. Enlarg., -Deer Creek Div., Provo Mathews & Jorgensen, Hughson,. 1 at Shasta Power Plant, · near $37,572 and Allyn L. Burr Co., 2417 CAMP STONEMAN, Contract under Spec. No. R4-12. River Proj., $41,998 for const. trunk line sewers Redding, under Specification No. 28th St., Sacramento, (2) $16,690. awarded to Vezey Const. Co., 3670 SAN FRANCISCO, Contract in Part 111 of Riverbank Sewag~ R 2-38. for: (.1) Exterior grade & pav, & Ardley Ave., Oakland, $520,983 for to S. F. Water Dept. 425 awarded Disposal Project. SACRAMENTO, Contract award­ interior grade, (2) interior bit. const. enlisted men's Service Club San Francisco, $4,.Hi8 Mason St., SACRAMENTO, Contract award-- _ ed to Lord & B isnop, P.O. Box 812, pave, (30) misc. cone. & alts: all i & swim. pool at Camp Stoneman, for laying 4-inch and 6-inch C. I. ed to Oilfields Truck & Pheonix Sacramento, $244,8'52, for canst. at 1-A Dist. Agric. Assoc., (Cow under Ser. No. Eng. 04-203-49-5. & 27th St., mains in Kronquist Crt. Const., Box 751, Bakersfield, $212,.. stl. truss swing bridge with reinf. Palace). IRVINGTON, Contract awarded No. 505. under WD 968 for 6.4 mi. grade & pltmix,. cone. and tbr. trestle appro. spans, SAN FRANCISCO, Contract to A. J. Peters & Son, 534 Stockton BURLINGAME, Contract award­ surf. on untr. rock base, on High·· across , 2 mi. N. awarded to H. C. Reid & Co., 389 Ave., San Jose, $54,672 for canst, 308 El Camino ed to Wm. C. Smith, land Ave., betw. Elkhorn Ave. & of Thornton, in San Joaquin and Clementina St., San Francisco, $5,- sewers in Assessment Dist. No. 1. Mateo, $115,582 for cons. Real, San State Hwy. Rte. No. 4 (VI-568), 710 for install. traffic signals at JANUARY 20; 1949 Sacramento Counties. recreation bldg. in Washing. Park. Fresno County. YOUNTVILLE Contract award­ Dewey Blvd. & Pacheco Sts. OAKLAND, Contract awarded to SAN FRANCISCO, Contract SAN FRANCISCO, Contrac t ed to A. G. Ralsch, 2048 Market MENDOTA, Contract awarded to Elmer J. Freethy, 1432 Kearney 206 San­ awarded ot Cahill Bros., awarded to Shanmac. Co. 4035 Ale·· St., San Francisco, $45,415 for C. Norman Peterson, 2832-9th St., St., E! Cerrito, $79,174 for const. for (Gen­ some St., San Francisco many Blvd., S. F., $8,235 for const.. const. roads & walks at Vet' Home, Berkeley, for canst. sw"itchyard prestressed reinf. cone. reservoir High eral Constr.) Boys Parochial LaPlace Canyon Diversion Sewer Yountville, Napa State Hospital. strucs. at Panache Sub-Station, (2,000,000 ' gal.) in upper Cragmont, Schl. at Phelan and Judson Aves. force main & sewage pumping sta., , Contract awarded to near Mendota. Contra Costa County, under L.S. awarded ORLAND, OAKLAND, Contract near Mount Davidson. Modern Building Co., 116-west 12th JANUARY 17, 1949 No. 449. , 741-50th to Independent Const. Co. OAKLAND, Contract awarded for const. ex­ PACIFIC GROVE, · C o n tract JANUARY 21, 1949 ; $7,980 for grading st., Chico, $84,216 Ave., Oakland awarded to J. H. Fitzmaurice, 285'6 -hibit bldg., 42nd District Agricul­ awarded to Stolte; Inc., 8451 San WALNUT CREEK, ContI' act Elmhurst Jr. Hi. School. & Pav. at Hanna St., Oakland, $4,182 for ex-­ St., Oakland, $47,000 for awarded to Martiri. Bros., P.O. Box t ural Association. Leandro OAKLAND, Contract awarded to tend. playgrounds at Clevel. scht House. 5, Concord, $107,150 for canst. vit- PETALUMA, Contract awarded const. a Municipal Bath Oliver De Silva, 848 Laurel, Ala­ JANUARY 28, 1949 Ness 18, 1949 rifled sewer collection system in to Crowley .Co., 333 So. Van JANUARY meda, $7,650 for grading & paving ALTURAS, Contract awarded to· Ave., San Francisco, $24,147 for OAKDALE, Contract awarded Improvement Dist. No. 6. High School. Frick Jr. Menzel & Kimball, Hotel Lorenz, & gas services ·at R. Dahms Canst. Co., Rt. 7, SAN FRANCISCO, -contract water, sewer to 0 . MENDOTA, Contract awarded to Redding, $137,000 for erect. 174-mi.. awarded to Chas L. Harney, Inc., 4th Dist. Agric. Association. Box 1143, Sacramento, $73,254 for Cullen & Cullen, 1890 Glen Ave., distribution line. ded to plant, con- 375 Berry St., Sa n Francisco, $8,­ UKIAH, Contract awar constr. sewage disposal Merced, $113,442 for constr. 12 FEBRUARY 1, 1949 mech. 645 for asph. cone. pave, etc., on Carl N. Seve'rson Co. , Inc., 1095 sist. of bar screen, aerator, classrooms, Mend. U.E. Schl. Site. SAN FRANCISCO, Contrac t unit, opera- Egbert St., betw. Keith .& Jennings. Stockton Avenue, San Jose, $624,- clarifier, sludge pump SACRAMENTO, Contract award­ awarded to Severin Electric Co.,, County ~Judge beds, SELMA, ContraCt awarded to 435 for const. reinf. cone. tion house, digester, ed to Litchfield Const. Co., 721 249 Natoma St., S.F., $189,800 for ennett & Bennett, Selma, $30,928 Court House, Mendocino County. water pump unit, piping, elec- B Francsisco Blvd., San Rafael, $76,- canst. trolley system for Haight -­ to Valley Trench­ & J ANUARY 12, 1949 trical work, roadways, parking & (furn. pipe) and 250 for const. resid. gar. misc. Parnassus Trolley Coach line, un-· r a c t Broadway, Fresno, SAN FRANCISCO, C o nt fencing. ing Co., 215 strucs., Taylor St. Park, Marin Co. der Muni. Rail. Contract No. 325. awarded to R. Flatland, 1000 For­ PROVO, UTAH, Contract award- $44,825 for const. concrete outfall RENO, NEVADA, Contract was SAN JOSE, Contract awarded to an Francisco, $21,802 . t ola Drive, S ed to Young & Smith Const. Co ., sewer . awarded to John B. Powers Co., Sam Barth, 351 Par k Avenue, San f or -install. traffic signals in 3rd 403 Beason Bldg., Salt Lake City, SACRAMENTO, Contract award­ 2284 Lakeside Drive, Reno, $3,504 Jose, $365.000 for const. gymnas., 75th street, betw. 4th and Custer Sts. Utah, $150 650 for earthwork and ed to Underground .Const. Co., fo r inst. 639 ft. stm. drain in Lin­ locker & boiler bldg. for Abraham t r a ct eandro Blvd., Oak­ SAN FRANCISCO, C on canal lining, Provo Reservoir Canal Ave. & San L coln & Douglas Alleys. Lincoln High School. awar ded to Payne Canst. Co., 876 enlarg., Sell. No. 1, Sta. 10lj35.9 l and, $14,322 for 1.3 mi. install. RENO, NEVADA, Contract was Harrison st., San Francisco, $28,- to 129/ 50; Sch. No. 2, Sta. 466 to 6,600 ft. 12-inch. welded steel water awarded to I. Christensen, 234 * * * 956 for const. temporary pre-fab. 496 j 50; & Sch. No. 3, Sta. 104j 00 pipeline, bet. Waddell Creek & Gardner St., Reno, Nev., $14,973 A test of good manne1·s is being classrooms at San Mi guel Elem. to .1069/ 00; Provo Rive r Proj. un- Finney Creek, Santa Cruz and San for constr. 161 ft. cone. retain. wall able to J?Ut up pleasantly with bail! school. der Spec. No. R4-ll. Ma teo County. on No. bank Truckee River, betw. ones. February 15 ' · ; 1949 ' _ ENGINEERS' NEWS ·Eleven Salinas-- Monterey- Premature Mary sYille--i. EXCAVATION IS ABOUT DONE Ofi MOUNTA.IN PROJECTS ~10Vl~~G -· j'\ ti}lJI.~ . T- u·[; nwc. JiD~'[;.7[; 01k 'AO B'IG P E. MOSS LAI~DING JOB LW r 1 ri , t DI~ 1 I\n..~L£Jij . 1 'iJ

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There are no other jobs of any great importance going on in this district at this time. A little work _ in the oil :f].elds, yes. At the present time Vincenz Bros: are employing . about ten of our brothers at San Ardo and Peach Tre.e Valley on the To Push 30-Hour ~ Coalinga"Road whe~ t~ey are try­ ing to build roads, a f~\Y,_ta n!~ farm sites, and reservoirs 'when· rt isn;t \¥ee.k- ~/he.n . Ne~e ded_r too cold or wet. Brother J . ·, V . . "Alaska Joe" Bertrand is one of the lucky brothers. He "copped" the new .blade. Some of the other brothers employed on this work are L. A. Anders, W. B. Adams:, ·Myrl F. Blazer, Wayne C; Graham, Bob Doyle, John Riley, Ed Stubble­ field, James K. Jackson and Jack "Dempsey" Smith. . . . Frank De .Amaral- of . Monterey has a · nice little road job for a private party in the Carmel Valley and he is em­ ploying five .of our brothers that I know of, Brothers Doyle Evans, K F. Brewer, Marshall Tibbetts, Lew F.itzsimmons · and Bill De Amaral. It is on very rare occa­ sions that ·I have the opportunity to talk to these brotl).ers as . they are usually working in some re­ mote spot.· Brothers, if you want to see my "ugly mug" .more frequent­ ly, you'd better keep me posted as - to your latitude and longitude .... Archibald and Sondgroth are progressing slowly 'with their Arroyo-Secco job due to inclement weather and, at the present time, insufficient equipment. Brother i . Hartwell, the superintendent, in­ Garment· Workers-Gain ' forms me that this obstacle will Heavy snow and stormy weather · . soon be ov~rcome, . however, as one marooned at Colgate all hands en- Settlement in .Dispute . Of their other _jobs in the northern gaged in 'constru~tion of . the new Philadelphia.-An agreem-eri:t 'has part of the state . is nearing com­ powerhouse. Local radio stations been rea.'ched, in . ~ contro~ersy in­ pletion and .tl).ey will soon be di­ conveyed· to. the · me~ber's fa~ilies volving 400 employes, bet\veen-rep- verting the equipment from that tlie fact that the P. G. & E :· h~d resentatives of . the . Piiiladelphla job to the Arroya-Secco job. To facilities to care for all -hands dur- Pleate'rs, Stitchers and Einb~oid­ date,. th~re are ·nine engineers on ing the emergency: This job .is in erers Association and the Waist and the job. They are Eldon vi. Kelley, the hills 35 miles east of Marys- Dress J oint Board of the Interrta- Orval Unruh, ·Marion ville. . ' . Carlotta, L. tion:;1l Ladies' Garment Workers D. Ritchie, Walter Cochran, M. L. Brother Artie Cook passed on to Union (AFL). • Uttel'back, Arthur•S. Eitner, Rob­ the place where all good cat skin­ Terms of the ·settlement, which ert Lehman and Stanley Rush ... . Professor Says ~orkers ners go. Artie receiv.ed a head in­ extends the expiring agreement for Granite is still ·lceeping a number jm;y several years ago whe~ doing one year, are: ·, of the brothers busy with odd Want TQ Be jobs Appreciated : pioneer work in ' tr\e mountains in A $3 weekly increase for all em­ he'i·e·-. and there, ·but not to the ·· Rochester, N. ·v.-Workers ex­ . in Westwood. Artie left · a host of ployes ·of the members of the asso­ tent .that .they modern did the past few industry. want appreciation friends in the · Yuba-Sutter area. ciation. The increase months. is retroactive In fact, I believe business for good- performance and they He was in the employ of Parker to Dec. 17, · 1948. · is a litile slow with them wa:nt at this to feel that they ·are part wh~n he vyent to the hospital for ·Authorization of incre~sed pay­ time. Here's hoping they land some­ of a team, Dr. Temple Burling his last operation.. · ments to unemployed workers from t hing good, soon.. : . said · here. Otherwise, they cannot A second ~eeks vacation with the industry's Fair Income Fund, STOLTE JOBS be' happy. ,. . BUSINESS AGENTS of Local 3 pay for all employees of Yuba Con­ maintained by contributions from ·stolte also has a few jobs run­ A' professor in the New York are moaning about the cold weather solidated and Capital has been the employers. ning such as the Prison job at State School of Industrial and La- this month, and rightly so. There­ added to the present contract to Appointment as impartial chair- · Soledad, ' the · Swimming Pool in bar Relations at Cornell Univer- fore we thought this piece of Flori­ be affected as of the next vaca­ construction, permanent accommo­ Salinas and the odd pipe and sewer sity, Dr. Burling asserted that da propag;tnda might be good to tion period. This includes service dations in residential hotels/ motor line in Monterey and .Salinas. As I wage-earners are not ·,_ concerned balance things up a bit. To· hear with the companies prior to the courts, trailers and trailer spaces. mentioned in the last issue of the exclusively with compensation for the hurricane state talking, you'd wartime order that deemed gotd "Engineers News,": their Ca;;troville their, toil but want to be consid- ti1ink all they have down there is dredging a non-essential industry. . Less time *would * *be wasted in job is all but complete. . . . Pisano ered .as -human beings . . He urged sunshine and sex, Anyway, this Borderline cases wilL be settled by uition m e if Bros. of San Jose have a little eting•s some of the emplQ~ers to ~· ecogniz: the psy-l here helps brighten up tltis corner a committee, two from the Ham­ speakers . would tell what they sewer sub division job on East cholog1cal needs of then· employes. of the page. monton · or Capital offi'ce and two know instead of what Ser'c· they think. Twelve ENGINEERS' NEWS- February 15, 1949 1Me11• I condensed steam to the boilers, Fresno- J 14\fl eight sets of two pumps, each set Stakes Are Big in TY.IA~YV ~51~2 ~ u driven by a 2000 horsepower motor, ruRTAI'S a combined :rate of D-1\D UTEAJII[IR w60i0110 opelll'ate at . t ~L !U f 1 ~I p·Gij"'i PI' t i. minute. DRL1l)l n . Ill£, t . ·· , t1. · ~ !j1l ~. ga ons of \\later per fight· to Control - RS IN JllfE FnESNO RR;rwo·l\J .IU U.!Hl ~ Boilers-Six radiant type, water . . ' ' 0 ~~~~ b:il~~~sn;n~~~l!e~~~~:~. r~~! .', . ~~ . . n . '·.R 'J . • LUI' . h A ~ l t~ah1ral Resources" ,JO from Pagel) (Continued MOORE !!UD boilers are 32 feet vvicle by 59 feet By H. T. PETERSEN and G. LYNN UdOCU ~ long and rise to a height of 108 ov,er a 25-year period will r un of an 8- Business Representatives, Local 3 Ground was broken on Feb. 10 feet, equal to the height about $3 billion, with 38 clams and are to be six \Ve don't know whether to cuss or bless the weather but for Pacific Gas and Electric Com- story building. There reservoirs to be built, a huge con­ 4 2 and job~ , the mostsevere cold spells in the history of Fresno has pany's new 0 ,000 - horsepower, steel stacks, 11 feet in diameter struction project providing one of Contra Costa Steam Plant on the 200 feet high. ' power, more population and new e a total max- curtailed much of the work in progress. San Joaquin .River t wo mil es east The six boilers hav industry for th:e state, and as the will be one I' imum capacity of 3,300,000 pounds con• Guy F . Atkinson Co. have sus- of Antioch. The plant' program develops the issue of of the company's of superheated steam per hour. pended plans to· stan surfacing ing with Mr. Rodner, who is now of the two largest trol will get hotter and hotter, It is scheduled for Each boiler is fired under forced work on the Taugus Ranch high- the head of the Tulare Basin Dis- elec'tric system. Bake said. summer of 1951 draft by nine burners equipped for way job until weather clears. They trict of the Bureau of Reclamation completion in the The reclamation program wm of $51,500,000. use of either gas or oil fuel. Pro­ will not continue on their Atwater- and have been informed that plans at an estimated cost be attacked from all angles, he chairman vision is made for the future in­ , Livingston job until later in the are going ahead rapidly for the William J. Buchanan, predicted. "If it was a small joq County Board stallation of coal-burning equip- care." Power com­ Spring. construction of distribution facil- o~ the Contra Costa nobody would on the eco- ment, if found to be desirable. a big share, N. M . Ball Sons rmve cut down iti