OPERATING ENGi~EERS LOCAL 3
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ~ 1 5 1 August,-1965 ._,•_ ()- .r nfr c-t- ' 0 r S· t ,.,,,: r ,, w ell~ (Assistant to Engineer R e- lVI ulti-E ng ine earth-moving e quipment ·Business Manager Al-Clem, re_c~ntly signed a two-year agreement with the Associe-t~d Gen . quired) , · (over 75 c.y.) eral Contractors of Northern Nevada after'a lop-sided and overwhelming vote of acceptance Elevating Grader Operator GR-OUP NO. llA (New) $3.10 $6.H by the membership. The contraCt, covering one of the nation's right ~to-work states, contains Locomotive Engineer (Asst. to Eng·.) Airborne Hoist Operator fo r H eli Mixermobile copter u sed on work co vered by this much of the provisions of the recently accepted and ·signe·d Northern: California agreement. . Oshkosh, DW-10, 20 and 21 Tourna Agreement ' · Included in the master agreement ~mportant pull or similar equipment Operator GROUP NO. llB (New)' $fL22 $6.5(; is the change ·in .manning which provides (up to & including' ~ 5 Cy. "s truck", Co-Pilot of Helicopter u sed on .work ·for ·a "utility operator" as the ' . J • ' - m.r.c.) · · covered by this Ag reement 'eighth man" for every seven Matehal Loade·r . or Conveyor Oper- Curb-Cutter \Mechanical Finish ers) Loader (up to 2~':. yds.) GROUP NO . llC ,(New) $6.36 . $6.7() • · ator . . · Mechamcal F1mshers (concrete) (Cia- GROUP NO. 9 . $5.30 · . $5 .58 Pi!Qt of H elicopter u sed on work pieces of earth-moving· equip- ·Pump-Operator (note 2 -& 3) • · ry,' Jol1nson, Bidwell Bridg.e Deck, · Universal Equipment Operator, Snov- . covered by this Agreeme'n t ; . · Scceed _Operator . or similar types·) · ·. el, · Dragline, Derrick Barge, Clam~ In each instance in .which one (1) ment. -T ar Pot ·Fireman (power agitated) GROUP NO. 7 . . $5 .00 $5:26 shell, grad-ails, (up to and inc. 1 . or more Assistant to Engineer is r e- Clem· said the · ."J:ttilit_y op-' -GROUP NO. ·3 . _. $4:46 -$4.70 Road ·qil Mixing _Machine Operator yd.) . quired, subject to the provisions ol ' Engineer Generating._Plai)t _· or Pugmill , Operator . Crane (not over 25 tons) (As-s istant to this ·-- Agreement, an indentured Ap- .erato1:s" Will -prqvide _'a_ channel 'Asplfalt. P lai)t Fireman ·Surface H eater & Planer Operator Engineer required) prentice may be e mployed. · ' for · upgrading skills of Local 3 Mixer Box Operator ·Material Hoist, Double-Drum , · Euclid or Similar-T ype Loader NOTE: Motorman · · Boring Machine Operator (excluding Motor Patrol Operator A . . Ass-istant to Engineer required .members alid -place them in a H ead Chainman. (not-e 4) pneumatic : or similar capacity)' Combination Backhoe and Loader (to on Universal Equipment Power Shov Grade Setter (note 4) 'Irenching Machine Operator· (Assist- & i'ncluding % yard) (oiler r equired els, etc. Two (2)- Assistants to Eng i . better position to compete for 'Rodman (note 4) · ant to Engineer R equired) when more than ·200 degree sw.ing') . neer r equired ·on 120-B . and similar h_ighly . technical J. obs . on auto· Concrete Curing· Machine (Streets, Concrete Mixer , Operator , Paving & GROUP NO. 10 . $5AO $5 .70 t ype equipment. . · ·. Highways, · Airports; Canals)· ' Mobile Mix · Chief of Party- (note 4) B. Operators .- Assistants,· tb Engineer mated equipment." . - Lubrication · and . Service Engineer ·Chicago· Boom, Tower Mobile Tractor, Scraper or Drag-type Shovel, ·. and Indentured Apprentices on equip Tandem • ·Management is continually ·de- _ without me.nt with booms or eighty (80) feet G~8~~~~t~dlr eas€ ~-a$Ns 111 98 T';;~~fs earth-moving attaeh- Oshkosh, DW-10, -20 and 21. Tourna or· more, including jib, shall · receive . ·. db' tt · t h · · Boxman . (asphaH plant) Pumps (note 3) (2 to 6) · pull or similar equipment Operator additional premitim according to the Vlsmg new an e · er ec mque~ Grade Setter ' (Dams & Hig·hways) Compressors (note 3) (2 to 6) · (over 35 ·cy. "struck", m r.c.) · following s-chedule: ' . to move material and equipment (note 4) W elder -Gas or Diesel D riven (note c) Multi-en'gine earth-moving equipment· Per Concrete Mixer Operator, Skip Type (2 to 8i · , . . . . (up to & i'ncluding 75 c. y.) , H our _is becoming more complex there- Concrete Puinp or Pumpcrete Gun Small. rubber-tired trenching machine Loader over 2% yds. up to and in- Booms of 80 feet up to·, but not by the demand is for a highly Operator' . . . · . .. & similar small equipment (any. as- clud 4 yds. . in c ludin~:", 130 feet ...... $.15 Dinkey ·Operator (Assistant to E1i- sistance in the operation if needed Euclid- belt type L oader & similar Booms of 130 feet up to, but poli s h ~ d , skilled operator. ' · gineer: R equired) sh all be performed by an Employee) types (Assistant to Engineer re · -not· including, 180 feet ...... 3jl · Ross Carrier Driver Self-propelled boom type lifting de- quired) . Booms of 180 feet and over ...... 15 He believes the additian of tb,e ·Skip L oader Operator (under 1 yd.) · vice (Assis tant Engineer r equired, GROUP NO. 11 $5 .56 $5.84 C. An Operating Engineer shan · t · 'II 11 Fork Lift except on 10-.ton capacity or less) Universal Equipment Operator, Shov maintain and service gasoline o r • 011rneyman ramee Wl a ow GROUP NO. 5 $4 .86 $5.10 ·Instrument Man (note 4) el, Dragline, Derrick, Derrick diesel d riven welding machines when . another man to be trained under Elevator & Material Hoist Operator Pipe Cleaning Machine (tractor p ro- Barge, Clamshell, Grade-all , over 1 the welding is being performed b y . (1 drum ) pelled and supported) . y d. another craft. actual work conditions. .Pavement Breaker Operator Pipe Wrappin·g Machine (tractor pro- Crane over ·25 T (As-s istant to Engi- The straight time hourly wage rate ' · Roller Operator . pelled and supported) n ee r r equired) , \ of Indentured· Apprentic'es shall be The -- journeyman' ti':::inee · will Small Rubber Tired .Tractor w ;o 'Pipe. Bending Machine _(pipelines Highline Cableway Operator the following percentag-e .of the Group 1 DW-10, 20 , e_t_c., T
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Manage?s .Desk By RUSS SWANSON and LOU BARNES ·Rosa Ave. street widenin.•: jo~ . This company is now. buil(thlg : a SANTA ROSA - Even though good, the says there ····• By AL CLEM · '~ st1per" will . new -disposal pit for the \tmnt. it appears to be just a fair ~·ear be some hours. This will be a of Sonoma. Argonaut . Cqt _:stnic s.o fa~ as the q u anti t y of gQod one :for the brothers. tors is busy at several· ioc'11tions --' !,______;_ __ .;_.;______~..;. · :.:-·'· ··:,;.;·· ··---:------·· . pears are concerned-the price Arthur B. Siri got the second ·.throughout the . distikt,'• ' arid • -M· •d • h -··a· --•t· . is up so .that i:t will not take as phase of the same job and will Str-occo paving company is\ st~ll jB ur nLng . •.· .. · f . D.LiJ' 0 t •.. .. L . :0~~tift'~~,;;:~~t ~~ ,;;~~"'" ~:,:':~'::';' :::~:':;h::·~.: going '"·:~·s CLUB -- · · 1 · b · ··- f 11 · Now, ·just ·what ·have ,pears got they now ha¥e· in progress. This . ,July 17th was '·'D" for a num- . The month of July was an ·extreme y usy one ' or a ·-to do with construction? Nothing company is now one .of the larg ~ ' bet of Operating En_girieets '; and those . con_rie _· cte_d _.- with' the negotiations of the various con- but on a' comparison basis ·this es't earth moving 'spreads in the · · · other Building Tr.ade.sme.n who ·tracts. -.· ' . ' . year.has .so far shown us a bump- area. worked and donated to benefit The most outstanding contract that we were able to. arnve er crop of work and the price Absw -Paving Co. moved into the Boy's ..Club; mainiy ' 'in the ·at with the employers was that with the members ofthe AGC is up; that is, the new contract Lake County and is in the process Santa Rosa area. Many th;;lnks to in Northern Nevada. After a series of meetings we conclu~ed ba.s been completed and the ' of putting up a new' Bar.ber thosewho worked~ . ' . ;a contract.. which contains most of the provisions of th~twhich .brothers are enjoying the iri- Greene asphalt plant and rock The . president of _the ·• state ·we .have with the AGC .of Nort~ern Qalifo.r_nia. We thmk.that creases obtained by the Business crusher to• service the Hughes Bulding trades, Bryan :Deavers -this being a "R,ight-to ~Work state" that this was a co.ni;Ider- Mana,ger and Officers. ' and Ladd, and Si.ri job. was present at the Vidoi;y Pi. able achievement Had we not had the wholehearted supp_?rt Not th'at we have an over- Vic Henry, the "Super" of Ab- nic . held in Boyes Springs and ·of all the members in Northern Nevada in the construc;hon abundance of work to take care sco, says he hopes to keep this a along with the rest ofus'feit'that jndustry, (am confident that these gains could not have been of all those passing through the permanent installation in the anything which can ' b~ ddne to- accomplished. , . area; put we have been fortunate County. We certainly hope so; for wards helpingiiboys .develop good OVERWHELMING ACCEPTANCE · in pr~~iding employment for the it will be an asset to the En- habitS is well worth the' ·eiffort. The proposal was sg.pmitted to the ~embers at the spec_ial- greater majority of those living · gineers and the County. Next year iHs hoped '·pirticiPa- called meeting on Saturday afternoon m Reno,_ July 24, and in the area. Lange Brothers was awarded tion will sp:readso. that'o.tnetin- was ratified by an overwhelming majority with only four The Parker-Thomas-Gist high- the second addition on the Clear dustries will be invGlved.-:. dissenting vote~; we think this speaks f.or itself. . way bridge job at Casper has Lake Riviera sub~division for APPRENTiCE · · The ApprentiCeship Standardshave be~n submitted .to the · been shut down for- two weeks streets arid all the underground. The new coordin'ator in this ·employers for their app:roval and we hope.to get the :\.Ppr~n- because of a pile butt Pi<:ket. An The amount of the _bid is not ·area ' is Rog-er Gtant,. 8o when ticeship Progra!ll op. Jhe road tnthis P?rtron of ?Ur )UflSdi~ - explanation is in order because known, but is sizeable. ' There are you see a youngJoo:k{~g ,bihnq_ fel tion in the immediate future. It-goes Without saymg that thiS of some rumors g_oing a_round. si~ . operators working on this low ori th¢ job taJking to .th{ap Will be a difficult job due to the fact that it ;.vill be ne~essary First of all, a question arose , as proj.ect, which will give you som~ · prentic:;es you will recognize 'him. for many of the apprentiCes to travel a considerable dLc;;tance to why other jobs in northern- idea as to the size Of the job. Rath-er· than 'go into detail now, to attend the classes; however, we are gDing to endeavor to California employingpile drivers, Raymond Murphy Associates has other than -saying t he apprentice • alleviate this hardship by ·setting up corre$pondenc~ c~~rses such as Thomas and Peter Kie- two survey crews · working ·and ·program is ' pr ogr essing~, we, 'r. whereby they can· getthe n~cessary credits to quahfym the . wif';were , i,)~ot . shut d~w~ .. . The cannot keep up witl:J. the 'sales;' gret to report something' which program. ·· ._ · · . · , reason is those compames s1gned so we can do with a' lot of these is very heart-rending. · · '' ·: ·' 1' -:SURVEYORS AGREEMENT . · an~'~nterim" agreement wit~ ,Lo- jobs 'throughoutthe area. ·· · ·. Apprentice •Tom Clark had just Another ~B ontf:act whi@h ,coveis .:;almostfaS iiin';ln~.' meAJ.~\JS · . c ~!, ~4 of }h.~ . ~ i~-~ I}fJ':r~r; s Union. , i_~ . ODD JOBS •been ' accepted · in ; the, program · ··· ·: ·: · · ''>N '- a -:· th t " £ th ~c B ' :Count :Lan:d . T:he same ,~ontr;,act ;;~w;J.s off;~red ',...... ·._·. ,., · · "·" .:. and hadstatted toi.Yior.k. -: OrN\ily ~~:~:io~ · ~:rw~~i;~~~~~aid6~ ni~. ~ ~t at.· prb~im~'flif' 1 '2' ~oo ~·•' ~ 6'" G-1st, ana -- ~e · ·~-e'fu se"'d to'"sign ,_,.· ·Most local firms ar,e, in ·f!l-11 : ,, 24 he had an a•ccideri·twb:ile•-dniv- lt Thus two Plle butts have been .• swing; at present, with <,1 multi~ . .l.nf! .- ht'·s ·c·a:r •a-nd ·was killed•· l·n- midnighf August .10 we .arrived at a ten t ahve agre~me!l t WIth. , · . , ...... , ~ ,J Q.is :gro.po o.( ; emplo.v~rs. , and before many of you receive this - ~~ ptcketduty and _about 40 En· tud·e of sub-divisions going in the ': stantly, , ,, ,._, issue of .the ..paper . it will be submitted to those. employees ,;meers .hav~ ?ee~. :dle. area. We in the Santa Rosa office . Many -people have called .· and en a aged. in the' land surveying industry for their acceptance At ~hiS wntmg It IS our under- have ,been asked as to ' when !the, it'is evident, that Tom, .who was ::, . . . · · · · · . . · . . . standmg that an agreement has Wamn Springs Dam (Dry Qreek) ' -only, 21, · had develop.ed ·-~ mahy . or r~1~~hi~n~nother excellent contract in the wage increase ' bee_n :eached ~y the unions ne- will be let. At this time we have ·friends. while . working only•, a ' ·.and fringe bel1'efit T?ayments equal to those received by the gohahng committee and.the _odds heard nothing more eon.cerning short time. His-fellOW•~mployees erl1uloyees'' per£orming the same tvte of ~ork for t~e A~C are that the mem~ers Will giVe a dates. All that has been stated in and employers knew that .•he ·n Northern Cali'forni·a, with a modified hirmg hall which Wl.ll fav.orable_. v.ote for . the contract, the local pap~r_is the Supervisors would have been a credit to the l - h h 11 t t th h 1 .. a.re- s-till n_eg .otiating with Con. - Opera.t'ng En<>I'neers • 'p' rotect _the 1'obopporturtities for those employees engaged 111 :' Ic ;'I m urn pu e.w ee s · .I · · "' · · ., • - ··th" t f. · l · . · · . . m motiOn and the Operatmg En- gress for an appr Published each month by Local Union No.3 .of the ~ _ Internattonal ·Vnion of Operating Engineers - (Northern ~ California, Northern ·Nevada; States-of 'lTtah ·. .., - and Hawaii.) - Subscription price $2:50 per year. Office: 474 Valencia St., San Francisco 3, Calif . . AL CLEM ______: _____ ~ ...... Editor and Business Manager .PAUL _EDGECOMBE ...... c •• ·----·--···----·---·---President· • •DALE MARR ---·--·----···-·------:...... :: ...... Vice-President W.V. MINAHAN .'... Recordin-g-Corresponding Secretary A. J. H: OPE ______: ...... ~--··--··-·--·----·--Financial Secretary·' DON KIN CHLOE ··-·--'---·-----~---- - ,··-··-······: ~ ~ ~ ----- : ·-- Tr.ea~~!.e!' • . ·Major·Contracts ·_ N·ow-~Complete · . Lo2al 3- major contracts hiJ.Ve been·· completed, with the exception of those awaiting ratification from the member- ship. _ . . . . · The contr.acts are: AGG, EG_CA and CCC m Cahforma and Nevada. The Pile Drivers, Master Dredge and Surveyor's · con~ •tracts-have been tentatively okayed, and await membership I • app~oe~~ining is the Steel Erectors contract· whiCh B_ usine~s Managa-er Al Clem and the negotiating committee currently is compiling. ' . . . . _ . . . .· .. . In every instance,. Clem · and · his team have made out standing gains-.in all phases .of the contracts. The contracts are the best and -most representative· obtainable to kee1J pace with the economic progress of our jurisdiction. · · . The outstanding feature of AGC and major earth-moving . contracts is the "cr·ew -concept" of eight men to seven pieces - . of equipment. To· the-best of bur knowledge, no· other IU0E local throughout the country has this .provision. It should_be of great value to our members as an assist in keeping pace with the . highly ·technical . skills· these newer arid complex machines and contractors demand. PROTECT LOCAL J:·. coNTRACTS .How to Buy , But, and here is a word of caution to all our Brothers who • work under the banner of Local 3: contract violations jeop ardize your guaranteed security gained by skillful and -tough minded collective bargaining at negotiation, time. . . . _ . Know New .· edicare · If there is an attempt to weaken the jurisdiction on the job, this should be reported immediately to your Business · RepreseQtative.- Don't. wait for him to come. atound the job site to inform him. Call the office immediately, and he'll get S ··.·ial,Security enef-its the message and see you within hours. Protect your own job, · as well as your Brother. Engineers' · job, .by -protecting the (First in. a series of two articles.) a year. Removing the expense of insuring ol!}el' provisions of the agreement. . · . . By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS ' p~ople ·won't stop that rise completely but will slow . Familiarize yourself thoroughly with the new contract. Social Security health :insurance for the elderly it down, one hea_lth-insurance authority advises; New booklets are being printed now, and should be in the goes into effect July 1, 1966. In ·addition to the Who is covered? .- It is important to know that dispatch offices shortly. . · medical benefits, Congress has enacted important .. virtually everybody; 65 er older, is covered whether .· If y:ou're not sure about what-_your new .wages are; then . improvements in Social Security itself, effective or. not they are-getting Social Security or-railroad yo!J had better contact. your Business Representative, Look . immediately. Some of these help younger people· ·i·etirement benefits. -Doctors who fought Medicare into last month's "Engineers News" for the new job rates in still at work as well as retired and widowed fa'mi: also are covered. · • California, and this. month's issue for the Nevada rundown. lies. . . - On the other hand, no one under 65 is eligible HEAT. DYS.T, NOISE SURVEY · The health insurance provisions, popularly for Medicare, even ·if . getting Social Security or _ U.S. Pu~lic Health Department survey crews are visiting .kriown as "-Medicare," do much to solve the most railroad retirement payments. One large. group job sites this month to gather ·information ori the effects. of difficult problem of older people -: their medical thus left 'uncovered is about 1.5 million wives of heat, noise and dusf on Operating Engineers: Results will expenses. After all the debates ," Congress and the men 65 or older, who themselves are under 65. be tabulated and recommendations made sometime this Fall. .Ad-ministration did produce quite complete health These wives · riow become a problem, especially This is . the first complete Stlrvey of· itS kind conducted in insuranc~. It not only ~ill solve many financial if· employers who provide health. insurance cover America. · problems, but will ·be a boon to health by ma~ing -age for retired .workers; now discontinue it. The available . some preventive care as _welf as cai·e . coverage ':for wives will .have to be pwvided either when· ill. In fact, ol,der .people now wili have better' -by asking _employers to continue coverage for them, ! medical coverage than . younger families, . one or if y_ou have your own family policy, by convert· _More--Manager's. tdemo .I health-insurance expert points out. But they need ing -it ·to individual coverage ·for your · wife until Continued from Page '2~ . . it more; . . .. - she reaches 65 and becomes eligible. gest you contact your O,ispatch office an'd make inquiries as You will need to. understand· the new provisions What Medicare Provides: The basic coverao·e to.where the best work opportunit~es exist·...... thoroughly to get f_ulf ad_ vantage from them. A . for which you ·don't have to pay anything if y~~ NEW UTAH . BUILDING · massive educational campaign _by unions, co-ops are 65 or over,_provides: · • We have secured plans and bids from ~ariou~ co~tractors _and otb.el~ community groups will be· necessary to . <1> hospital insurance, including full coverage • h acquaint m_t e_ State. of Utah for building.·a new __ office in Salt Lake_ · · p-eople with what. the new law does and after the first" $40, for 'up to 60 days rn each: period · does. not pr_ovide. of il~ness, plus ~n additional 30 days for which you City, and hope to start this pro jed this _:tp.onth. It is" antici; ·some people may not realize they ·are covered. pay $10 a day; . pated that it will take 60 to 90 days to coniplete•this· job, . however, I feel confident that the members in Salt Lake will Others ~~!> think they are, ·may not be. Too, full (2) :post-hospital nursing-home care for 20 days - - l - benefit of the new. law is yours only if b e' we11 P eased with the proposed building. -" · . - · you also buy in each period of illness, fully insured, plus 80 ad· - .. the voluntary supplementary insurance which pays ditional days for which you pay T h e booklets containing- the AGC contr~acts for Northern . $5 a day·, California and Northern Nevada m:e ,at the printers now, and doctor bills, and which will cost you $3 a month. (3) .. outpatient diagnostic services, provided by they should be ready for distributi'on within.the ne_xt two or .There· also are a few gaps in protection, and a hospital, for which you pay the fir~t $20 of cost . these 'lend themselves to exploitation by some of plus 20 per r . • three wee k s. This is a rather complex printing job and it , -- cent of any balance above $20·, takes considerable time. _ _ . ,; .- the high-pressui·e commercial insurance companies, (4) home nursing care, including up to 100 post- HELP .ON jyn•so•cT•ONAL . PR·-onLEMS . · l>ut -can be filled in inexpensively by 1 group-care hospital visits by a nurse or other technician at no 'u ~ a !Ill and Blue Cross 'supplementary coverage now being cost to you; ' We are .still plagued with several jurisdictional problems developed. (5) psychiatric care in a hospital for up to· 60 with a . couple of the crafts SO we would like to ·take this op- Medicare also provides a. hidden boon for young- days, with a lifetime limit of 190 days. . portunity to ask all of you that whim y"ou · see someone op;. er workers. By relieving Blue Cross and com- u_nderstand that .this basic coverage is mainly erating equipment falling within the jurisdiction of Local 3; mercia! in_surance companies of the high expense · hosp1tal or post-hospital care, and does not pay ·~otify your steward imm: ediately.or.th~ ~usiness R~p!'e~enta : of insuring older people, the ~ new law will slow doctor bills. Coverage for doctor bills is available bve,_ Be alert and protect our ]Unsdichon. Help obtam all _- down the steady_increases in Blue Cross and com- separately ~hrough the voluntary supplementary possible job opportunities for all the' meinbei·s of. our-union: mercia! health insurance rates. . plan for Whlch you would pay $3 a month. This in< Having. a good. contract, bu~ all9wing someone else to per~ For example, Blue Cross in the New York area - surance will pay· all- doctor and surgeon fees for form the work IS not a good SituatiOn! · has been paying out about 5o per cent more for extr<1 care in or out of a hospital (including office . DISPATCHES RECORD HIGH elderly subscribers than it takes in from them. and home visits) except for the first $50 of your During the month of August there were 4255 men dis- Blue Cross plans in other areas have been simi- total ann~al costs, and 20 per cent of the total cost p_atched to various jobs .. There were 11 regular agreements larly bm:dened.· Blue C~'oss rates in some areas above$50. You will pay t~e first $50 and the addi· signed and 2 short form agreements signed. · · ·: have been rising at the ·rate of about 8-9 per cent . tiqnal 20 per cent...... • Page·4 ENGINEERS NEWS August, 1965 • -placing the first concrete for the Sacramento Report- restrairiing· wall. The first con crete placeme~t wili take place · by the :, ep~ ,.' of July, 1965. The completion · date for this project is February 5, 1966. Project &u: Capitol City lo king for ore ork perintendent, Bill 'Kenni-sh; Op eraqng Engineers, B. c ~ Cullen, By ERNEST NELSON, AL DALTON, 'CLEM A. HOOVER, . a couple of rigs left and so has Tunnel. The contract to excavate Ivan Lashley, Charles Cartmill, · ART GAROFALO and JERRY ALLGOOD . Wm. Long. There should be more the shaft for the underground Andy Christiansen, Harry Porter, activity in this area soon, as A. powerhouse is expected to be bid Jim Sutton, Homer Leorthrop, SACRAMENTO-Work in this building two pumping stati~ns as Teichert' & Son was the low bid around the middle of August and Ai't Duarte,,Jay Williams, and E. area has been exceptionally slow part of this project. der on~ a road job from Sunset work should commence shortly T. Sneed. factors: One was due to several A Teichert & Son have quite a City across to the ·sunset Indus- . thereafter.. Construction on the _ The Granite Construction Co. Cement Masons strike for the crew's working on their Morris . trial' Tre.ct on Hiway 99E. This Loon Tunnel is expected to start ·on the Freeway job at Pollock some time which slowed down Creek · job. They _also have the in the spring of 1967. Also, ex · Pines, Hiway 50, is planning on • means a lot of rock through the sub-division work. · site preparation for the hugh lava .beds. Teichert has the dirt ploration for the Brush Creek the rope .cutting ceremony around Another is no major highway Broadway-Hale Shopping Center, moved on the Formica Plant at Dam is underway with c_ore drill the 28th day of July, !965. work is being let in the immedi whiCh has purchased the dirt the Sunset Industrial plant. Stolte ing on both abutments of the pro The Hm;ms Bros. ·Canst. Co. is ate area. It seems most of the from the Morris Creek job ~or Inc: is building the plant. posed dam site and construction resurfacing the Hiway 50 be money for highway ·con k~lling birds · east of Pollock State their fill. This is two F'redricksen & Watson is really is expected to start in the early tween . Riverton has been go company Lodge. This struction and repair with one stone. This making the dirt fly at the County summer of 1966. Pines and Strawberry area in the on account ing to the flood ravaged · also has another contract for Airport. They have a couple more The cui-rent construction is is a slow tedious job Greek ·from to the the northern part of the State. widening of Morris months of heavy dirt moving then progressing on schedule. Namely, of the heavy traffic going There is a lot of highway work . 47th Avenue to Power Inn Road. will taper down to mostly finish White Rock Tunnel with progress South Shore. a bit of dirt Local No. to be let, but does- nQt look like There will be quite work. They will be starting on averaging approximately 60 feet Operating Engineers we will get much of it this year. to be moved on this project. They their Hiway job from El Centro per day. White Rock Powerhouse 3 office has moved to a new loca to We are still in desperate need also have another contract Rd. to the river very shor-tly. with excavation for the retain tion, across from the Bechtel of on Berber Pines on · Hi way of qlood for our blood bank. Our widen Florin Creek Granite Construction Co . has ing wall nearing cornpletion and fice in Pollock open on blood bank has been depleted for Road. started laying the :r:ock on their form work wili begin ·in prepara- · 50, and will be . kept Granite Construction Company Tuesday nights from 5 to 8 p.m. some tim·e· and we have been bor- 1• portion of the airport. tion for the placement of con" is busy with several jobs through BLOOD DONORS • rowing blood for our members · The W-X and 29-30th St. Free crete. from the reserves or other blood out the area. They are widening way jobs are a beehive of activity The Slab Creek Dam is pro Allen, Alden . . banks. 47th Avenue from Stockton Blvd with Kaiser Steel setting the steel gressing on schedule with excava Bell, E. Richard to the Freeway and from Frank Brzysce, Chester We cleared 577 men out this girders, Fruin Colnon paving the tion of both left and right abut lin Blvd. to the Railroad Tracks. Macintyre, Jack· 0. hal-l last month. concrete on the W-X, Keiwit get ments, preparing of diversion They also are widening Franklin Parton, Mrs. Beverly ting their portion of W-X shaped thru the upper end of the White Summer is finally here? We 47th Avenue to Florin Blvd. from up with the clearing, pipeline to Rock Tunnel, setting up of the Smith, Ladd W. had rain every week in June here Road. Out in the north area they DECEASED l\'iEMBERS be installed, · building to be batch plant, and the clearing of: in' tl:le mountains. have Sunrise Blvd. and Madison We wish to extend our deepest - ARC i.s finally getting full wrecked. Keiwit is still going the reservoir. A venue, both to 4 lanes. They J. A. Jones Construction Co. is sympathies to the family and crews going at Hell Hole. They strong on their job on 29-30th also are busy on a large pipeline continuing at a rapid pace. Since friends of the fo llowing Brothers have had considerable trouble St. Freeway. job on Fair Oaks Blvd. the contract a ward date on May who ·have passed away: ith the clay, it has been very POLLOCK PINES w · Rados & ·Samar, Inc., from Los 6, 1965, the Jones boys have con .Allen, Op.al J . wet. The shovels have been go Angeles, is busy on their pipeline PI.;ACERVILLE AREA .Chesney, Keith . Loon . centrated on completing the ex ing steady with the rock and are job in the Fair Oaks area. Ham Exploration .started on · Grunden, Richard Gordon Powerhouse cavating work so as to divert the above the clay by about 125 feet. Bros. of San Diego, also have a Lake underground Hernandez, Barney of a 1200 foot south fork of the American River The Ox Bow Dam is progress pipeline job in this area. with the drilling James, Ralph D. hole by Boyles Bros. near the in through a temporary diversion •• ing very well and by the time this Sunset City is - almost at a : Ochoa, Peter R. e of the proposed Loon Lake channel and getting ready ·for reaches you, the concrete should standstill. Ma tich Corp. has only tak be above the river. Once they get to 'this point, ~he concrete i1sually rises very fast. CR-E.DIT Ur~J·ON . · The Dam at Interbay is just Check Social· Security Change-s getting started tl.it should move gross income from farming ME·Eil- S ·not ·too will gram: 1- a basic plan of hosEital along rapidly as it · is Most California residents under the optional provision. Hn~gEL ·The Company has had con~ be affected in some way by one insurance; 2 - a supplemental Sept. 1, Wed. in San Francisco, siclerable trouble with bad ground or more of the changes made in medical plan covering-physicians' 474 Valencia St., 8 p.m. , as well as The amendments also: at this site, but t~1e State has fi the social security law by Con and surgeons' fees Sepf. 14, Tues. in Eureka·, Eng. given the go-ahead sigmil. other costs. nally gress this year. e Adjusted social security tax Building, 2806 Broadway, 8 p.m. As a result of the amend Ets-Hoskin Corp. has four pow One change affecting Califor rates for workers, employers, Sept. 15, Wed. Redding, 100 erhouses and four penstocks on nia residents who now get ments- and self- employed persons to -Lake Blvd., 8 p.m . . monthly retirement, survivor, or e Widows may receive reduced this project. The Ox Bow Power finance the old-age, sQ.rvivors, Sept. 16, Mar:¥sville, 1010 Eye over disability payments is· the 7 per · monthly payments as early as house and Middle Fork are and disability insurance pw St., 8.p.m. 50 % completed, and the French cent increase in the benefit rate. age 60 if they choose, r ather • gram. Also established a new a than waiting until they are 62 Meadows a.nd Ralston Power 95,000 persons will receive contribution to finance health more each for an unreduced benefit. houses are. just getting off the total of about $500,000 insurance for the aged. · ground. ll).Onth because· of this increase, • Benefits, to children can con DISTRICT maximum amount · according to a Social Security tinue after age 18 until they e Raised the The tunnels have been halted of wages and self-employment spokesman. reach_ 22 if they are attending MEETINGS due to the strike but had been income on which social secu ALL START AT 8 P.M. moving right along, They ·had Monthly payments which pre school full time. worker's monthly rity taxes are paid from $4,- s01ne bad luck and lost a man viously ranged from $40 .to $127 o A retired SEPTEJ\'IBER atically 800 to $6,600, beginning with in a cave-in and injured several a month, . will now be $44 to benefit will be autom DISTRICT 10. refigured to take account of 1966. . others. These crews have done a $135:90 each month. The increase . 2, Labor earnings which may e Provided for monthly benefits Ukiah, Thurs. Sept wonderful job when considering will b~ effective with January additional for certain divorced wives and Temple · on State St. the conditions they work under. 1965. In mid-September ·benefici increase his payment. aries will get an extra check for o Certain persons 72 or over surviving divorced wives of · DISTRicT 5 Over on· the Hardeman job they the difference between the old may be able to qualify for deceased workers who were Fr-esno, Tues., Sept. 7, Engi are winding up the Jackson Mea and new- rates for January monthly p a y m e n t s even dependent on their foi"mer neers Hall, 3121 Olive. dows Dam ahdlaccess i·oads. The August. though · they did not have husband. Chicago Park, Dutch Flat Dam through DISTRICT 12 •• Another important change, af enough work credit to get cash tips under cer and Drum Flume lines are about • Covered Salt Lake, Fri., Sept. 10, Team nearly everyone 65 or benefits before the change in conditions as w~ges for completed. We regret that this fecting tain ster Hall, 443 So .. 6th Street. over, is a new prog~am of health · the law. social security purposes, be project will be complete(! by the DISTRICT 11 insurance for the aged. . o Low income farmers can now ginning January, 1966. first of the year, as this job pro Sat. Sept. 11, Musicians There are two parts to this pro- report a greater amount of o Changed the retirement test to Reno, vided many jobs for the· brothers. Bldg. 124 W. Taylor. Darkenwald has moved .in a permit more earnings without withheld ' be- · spread at the Drum Forebay and having benefits OCTOBER ginning with 1966. ' · are moving right along. This job DISTRICT 1 earn has a very tight completion date • Covered self-employment San ·Francisco, Wed., Oct. 6, from the practice of medi and must be ready in order for ings Labor Temple, 16th & C ,, .o!" '· ·-.:....::...---- • Page 5 : · . · ''Crew~concept-'· -"ai1ed ·for · . Ba}t Area Transit Forviard -Vision Systefri :,AidsBrothers · · A fabor agreemeiifwith a n-ew coricep.t 'titlrrotip.g management's ~ :By -DAVE.:imA engineering flexibility imd safety, growing' demands -.for highly .., A congestio~-free 75-mile net· The system must compete in at !'killed and· trained heavy equip- - work of Subways-Aerial Lines tractiveness with the private au- · ment operators to hqndle com- Surface ·Lines comprising t h e tomobile - and thus remove plex, - costly equiP '~ en t was world's (astest, safest and · most thousands of peak-hour commut-· •• · readied by Local 3 and Northern modern urban transp9rtation sys ers from the ·region's streets and California contr~c;tor associations, ' tern - specifically designed to · highways. · · and ratified by an overwhelming solve the Bay Area's automobile WHAT IT WILL COST 4553 to 88 'membersl-iip vote. congestion problem - and to pro-. The.- new agreement provides vide resid~nts with a: new and .ef· Three sources of funds will be eight heavy equipment operators ficient form of Inter-community used for. the vroject. Bulk of the for every seven. pieces .of equip- . Transit service. · . construction capital - $792 mil ~ .ment, and the additional...t;nan's . - Constniction on the Bay Area's lion - will be provided through '· . c l a s s if i·c a t i o n is "joumey- new 75-mile· rail rapid transit sYS· a :general obligation bond · i~sue, man trainee." · · · · tern is now under way. The pi·oj- to be repaid oyer a 37 year period Al Clem, Business Manager of , ect, was authorized by the voters from property taxes levied uni- _Local 3 and veterari equipment of Alameda,- Contra. ·Costa ·and f oF m l y throughout the three operator himself, said:. "Th'e jour- San Francisco Counties:· through county district. Another $133 mii neymari 'trainee will provide a U1eir approval of a· $792-million lion for construE;tion of the trans channel for upgrading the skills bond issue at. the General Elec- bay underwater tube will be pro of our· members, thereby placing tion. . vided from surplus _-Bay Bridge them in a better.position to com- First priority .for construction automobile tolls. The remaining • $71 miliion, ·I pete with automated and larger - has been given to tl;le 4%-mile to be used for the earth-moving equipment." test track between Walnut Creek ' purchase. o~ roiling stock, will In .tracing the history of the de- and Concord on which many new come from fut4re revenues of velopment of modern .earth-mov- transit design concepts will ·be the transit system itself. ing equipment, Clem said that a ·_ developed for use throughout the DETAILS OF THE SYSTEM few years ago , ·earth scrapers, .. nation. Regular passenger service Routes of the proposed system cranes and bulldozers did one- _ on. the initial rapid transit line Were carefully laid out to follow · fifth t he amount of work that to- is scheduled to begin in 1968. the ·Bay region's most heavily day's machines are capable of do- . WHY IT IS NEEDED used traffic co ~.: ridors - to con ing. · · Rapid transit is not just a vi- nect its cities· and communities This has created a problem or' sionary engineering scpeme. It is with an efficient new transporta providing top-notch a n d more . the carefully planned solution to tion link. highly skilled operators to handle a problem faced by all metropoli MARKE~ ST~EET SUB¥(AY-~t bottorY; of page is Bay sub· equipment which today travels tan areas Included in the network will -.increased traffic con- way, _whr ch wrll funnel rnto thrs three-level subway at Ferry . at speeds up .to 50 miles an ho~1r gestion. · be 16 'miles of subways and tun B~ildrng (background) and high-speed trains will propel com· on haul roads with loads up nels, 31 miles of aerial lines 24 to Within 25 years the Bay Area muters between Oakland and San Francisco. 140 tons. ·is expected. to double its present miles of new . surface lines, ~nd • The J Oorunt' !.: Ytiur·;~Bte~s:ings soni'ething favorable·. •:-tlie . ne~t · t news rep(:n;t; also some " i~vorable . report on the Karpowits project. ·-:-. : > ·- .~ .../'o ·d-; ~ f 0 . NORTHERN AREA . ' j -~ ' ·Altnost· .l. ·e·'·· ·· ,a: ~ :. --·•tL 450 rrien arr(f .,sev_eral i rou .e -· . : : ' I• .·1 : ~tf · -·mi-llion dollars wo~th ': o£ 'heav"Y:' equipment are rapidly giving In· By' 'HUGH ':&ODAM ; JOHN THORNTON, JAY NEELEY, MERLIN to Riverton and are now. working and Indian Canyon iri high gear. terstate 15 up Weber Canyon·and BOWMAN, VANCE ABBOTT, JACK SHORT, and TO:lll BILLS on the cut near the Jordan Rivei Interstate 80 a new look. This is '1• •• , ,· ·, · r ·. They have dug all the way They have their 800 -loading through Pr:ice Canyon part. of the $25 million dollar SALT .LAKE ,...... , We here in . we have built 'up. We do not and are . s~rapers because of the · wet, crushing and placing · the highway · work· under construc Utah who have wor~ed in the wa~t this tjpe of person as . a . gravel muddy area. at I~d Canyon tion in this area. ·.. .abor Movement, have wa~ehed . member, but. many companies i an . Both of these · w. W. Clyde is hoping to com- jobs ha~e been If you 'were . driving around ' with pi'ide the strides that hav.e will keep this man on the pay affect~d py the . plete the· frontage roads on .-In- weather. There has been looking at the ·construction been . mqde . in helping the work roil, simply because it means . more jobs terstate 15 at Draper before Win- rain this year than for se:veral in the area; you might start ing : man improve . his ;vvag~s. more money in ' their pockets . . at · ter sets in· so that traffic can be years and a consideraple the. mouth w.oJ;king conditions and standards. These peo,Ple .we call chiselers: amount o( Weber Canyon. diverted off the main right-of- of floodi-ng has resul-ted. y ~u will first find · Rosenlof. of)i'fing., Progress h;1s been sloW: . Management cries: The Presi at way. At this time 15 en~ineers The canal system being done · Prestwich and Healy finishing ,times· due ..to the many co,ntro- , dent has asked that management ve.rsies are employed on this job. by the R. A . Heintz Company their railroad overpasses. 'Right · between. Labor and Man hire young people- this is diffi The run,off water has de- is· in . the polishing stage and ori the other side of the overpass, age/nen( . ~s most of you irnow, cult ·now under our Union con creased enough that Kiewit has should· be finished · later in the ·Fife Construction Co . with 'the ' the severest blow s·uffered, was tracts. started the bridge over the Green - sea~on. M. Morrin & · ·son Con-struction - th~ . ~riact~ent of ' the "right-to-' We answer: Hundreds of young woi;idaw ·:· ' 'which River at Dinosaur National Park. The Strong Company on I-70 Co. are buiLding bridge's for the . . many people people have worked during Sum misinter~ret. · This job will keep two or three are still hammering away at the Inte:Fchange. You ·..vm then find · : ' - / .. mer months to earn .money to engineers busy until November. rock and finishing up some Gibbons · & Reed ·construction Co; We who belong to· Unions help them through college. Some sec Also in the same· area, Tiago will tions. Another Section of I-70 is at Death 'Curve. Gibbons & .Reed · know the benefits we have de-.. will make-construction their ca surface the grade already com- . to be let july 27th .and are putting a bridge across the · -{ved: imd are proud to. show our . reel;. We are hopeful of an Ap should pleted and_Strong Company .has pick up some of the slack from · river' and -have ·a big cut to .make. ~nion cards .and explam to. peo- _ prenticeship Training Program . gone back to work on the Section the other jobs that are . cutting ori the other side. ' ·. pie ju'st wKa~ the Union means here in the State of utah to pre ~ of road that is 'half in Utah and back in this . area. Right around the curve is Le• to us. We dare say the majority pare; these young people ·to be-· half in Colorado. Tiago Grande Johnson finishing pad o£ of people are una.ware 'of the true come competent, safe operators. Construction Cpmpany is Strong has all but finished the now laying hot stuff the Interstate Highway. On up the· meaning· of Unionism. Our Safety Prdgram is another at Cove Fort . highway 40 . section of road near with two laydown machines op- . Canyon at Round Valley, Gibbons 'Duting. the past months, Man- ·· fine.. feature- arid a safeguard for Vernal and s}1ould be _paving_by erating. The Company is at pres & Reed have another large cut agenient has poured thousands our members, and others. the time this Artide is read. ent using two dryers with their through the mountain. This will' · of dollars · iiJto editorials, pro~ We could go on and on but to Corn Construction Co. has be- hot plant -but are anticipating take out another real bad bottle· tests, :pressure ·on State Senators conclude- let us point out that gun their paving project_s in the cufting back to one .and shipping neck in the canyon.. · 1 and '}!.epresentatives, etc., to de· all this is being ,made possible by Uintah area and will have to the other to Salt Lake At Echo Junction, Peter :Kie· · feat the repeal of 14(b) of the Uriion Leadership and Union to make hurry to get finished by Winter. . hot stuff for the wit & Sons Constr.uction Co. have · Taft-Hartley law, which · would Membership. These . Freeway Jo~. standards a job on the Echo Interchange. - automatically eliminate the sick, · and benefits are maintained -by SOUTHERN AREA Cox Brothers is putting the At this Their job is right next to Morri sO'-called "Right-to-worl},law" in· reasonable membership dues, 'time there is a lot of finishing touches on their proj work going son-Knudsen Company's big job· all states.' 'Their argument is stiH • which do not cause a hardship on on in the out-lying ect at Cove Fort. Machines and districts on Interstate 80 heading up the the- same but growing ·weaker any o·ne. To us Unionism means and this- is supplying men are being moved to the Sig jobs Canyon to Wasatch. Last but not : .fll the time. _ Unity- to unite in one common not ·orlly to our Brothers urd Job and the Snowville :t>roj here in least will be . Thorn Construction • They state: A Labor Union, effort - to enjoy and Utah, but we have been ect. maintain Co. on the las_t 11 miles before . like a trade able to place some of our less ·w. W. Clyde-at Hamilton Fort · association, club or the heritage and benefits due you enter Wyoming. any other group should attract any true American. fortunate Brothers from the is going real strong with two South who are If you planned driving the e~· ,, members :PY virtue ~ of )f~ }>W_IJJ out of work due shifts _rn.aking the dirt fly. Broth.-. SA;L T LAKE AREA __, tire day up W e_be~; Canyon, _you . values""',and,;,.<.p!;Og_r ai.:IJ~ e'• W,.~t.h?Ut to ''· the ·.;c:~mtract . negotiat~ons ,e.~ ·.:_s!inner'' l~.t~r, ~on,,~ ~s jN!!.,~ . .. ~,e1,w.~ in thl,l·l!,del'~~~we_ =r: in could take. .tPp.ny sid.e. trips. !tight., rs,' ··•'whiCh ha"S-"resultedr ,,ifi' a .,~woik . · reddmg-the-sm::ead :Wl:tl1.)3Toth,ers. -. ,,-~ ··-!: ·!.. r1 •)'·t-~1 ·. ' 'I',.. ,·~ .,..} ...lr~l,l, ;'A , l E N G f N EiR --S-. N E W S .August, 1965• ·. STOCKTON . Brother Harold Hamrick suffered a broken leg and. knee injury in a recent airplane cr.ash. Br0ther Hanitick and a friend, who pilqt~d the plane, failed to clear the tr~e tops,.. on a ;recent fishing expedition in Alpine County. . . · · . Retired Brother Jess Reese; who., now resides at the Veterans Home in Yountville, dropped by recEmtly to pay a··· visit to old acquaintances. - ' SAN RAFAEL Best wishes for a speedy r~covery: to Brother Paul Greves who was recently confined at Hillcrest Hospital in Petaluma. · · · · Congratulations to Brother Bob Bynym and his missus on the birth of new baby born on July 5th. . Brother Dave Kragler, mechanic for Linscott ·was in volved in a minor acddent on the San Rafael Park, Lucas Valley job but we learn he is back on the job hobbling. around for next 6 weeks, as he is wearing a cast on ankle. · - .. FRESNO Brother Joe Wilhoite, 82 years of·age, pa~sed away J~ly ·. 9, 1965. He was a retired ~rother who had been a member in excess of twenty years. We will all miss 'his jovial person~ SPANI(I NG ~EW-For you rubber-tire dozer operators, here's a new Cat with automatic ality. transmission, forward and back 3 speed. This one hasn't even had a chance to get dirty, We wQuld also like to express o·ur sympathy to the family but we are seeing more of these on the jobs all over. of Clarence Keith who passed away in July, 1965. C.ongratulations to Brother Bob Reynolds who became the By . father of a boy in July.· . The Dredgerman:; DAVE REA ' . W. H. Kelley is in the Fresno Veterans hospital. He would enj.oy s·eeing the Brothers. We wish to thank the following Brothers for donating What's Going-o,n blood: Lee Ray Cooper, Fred Myrick, Paul Ramey, and William n Califcr&lia? J. Harris. By AL HAN~EN R-EDDU,.,G Dutra Dredging Company jobs: Our sincere sympathy to the family and friends of our · The "Alameda" working at late Brother John "Pat" Patterson and Brother James R. Stevens Creek (Santa Clara Coun Deetz. ty) with a two shift operation. •. We wish a speedy recovery to the following ill Brothers: This is a flood control job on the Bill Hyder, Fred Brock, Jim Landgraf£, Jack Tucker. levee. We are still holding checks for the The "California" at E g b e.r t · following: Walter This is helicopter used in Survey Work. Eaglemanl P. E. Crewse, Jr., R. E. Pratt, F. C. Watson, G. Tract, ·building a damaged .levee. Caton. This is a three shift -operation. A series of three ratification The agreement covers over 70(} .meetings are slated for San T h e "Sacramento"· at Miller Jose, techengineers in the 46 counties MARYSVILLE San Francisco, and Oakland on of northern Par~ with a full crew. · They are California Local 3 the tentative agreement Brother Loren Little is in the Fremont Hospital recuper cleaning the entrance to the reached jurisdiction. Ratification meeting ating from a recent operation. Also on the sick list this month creek at Sacramento. Aug. 9 at the Union office with notices will be mailed. is Bill the Local 3 negotiating commit- The workload at this Strang and Lawrence Whitten. We wish to extend our TI1e "Liberty" at Coyote Hills time of · tee and representatives of the the year is unusually heartfelt sympathy to the family of Brother Harold Cholcher Slough with a two shift operation, heavy, how Bay Counties Civil Engineers ever, I am happy who was killed in and on a job accident. We wish to thank and they are doing this job for to say that the and Land S_urveyor's Brother Richard Bell for donating blood last month. Leslie Salt Company, Association, out-of-work list is down to a bare Inc. . minimum. The "Frances" is at Fall River VALLEJO Business Manager Al Clem and Mills for P.G. and Another note of interest: We regret to report that Brother Dale Tharp and Jerry E. with one the negotiating committee spent I crew working. understand that the contract Dorthysons landed in Vallejo hospital recently as a result of many long hours, including 16 : accidents. Dutra Dredging has quite a bit Bullard's Bar Dam, out of Oro, hours Aug. 9, in finalizing the ville ! We see that Brother Dale Gmiths of work at this time, and let's on the Middle Fork of the is back on the job after- tentative agreement. -Feather River, should . undergoing an operation, and that Dispatcher hope that they get a -lot more be opened, Doug recently The meetings are scheduled for bid toward the end of the k~came the father of an 8 pound, seven ounce boy. work for the Brothers. Hydraulic Dredging has a good Aug. 17, 18 and 19 starting at 8 year. SAN JOSE sized crew working at Foster City p.m. in the respective Labor This job should, when it starts, Brother Earl Gish is hobbling around on crutches and the way things are going, Temples of each city in San Jose, provide many more jobs for the these San days after a fall off a crane resulted in a broken knee for him. they will be on this job for a long Francisco and Oakland. techengineers. Our sympathies are extended to the families and friends time to come. They are working of the following deceased Brothers: C. A. Barnes, Lawrence a three-shift operation on this job. Bartlebaugh and Roy Bryson. By the time this goe·s to press, We appreciate the donation of blood to the San Jose they should be starting a new job BEATING Blood Bank from Teresa Dye and Eugene Damron. We always at Sacramento with the sucker need blood-give a pint now for a Brother. "P a p o o s e" which will have around 350,000 yards to move. THE The·suckeT "Rogue" is working at Foster City with three shifts going strong. They have 5 miles • Obituaries of slough to dredge. JULY, 1965 Olympian Dredging job at Ala · DatE.' of meda has about a year's work Name City Init. Date · Death building a levee for Utah Con struction C ' \. ... ~ ...... ,_- · P.age u~, 1965 E N G I N E E R S .N E W S ll -APPRENJJ.CE.·. P~OG~RAM - .ourLI-N.ED THE .Si/Af . ~~HO~ ;~::. CORW~R;: Free .~ Wan.t.·: A4$':ftr .·Eng.inee. ' By~- ~ANN'~ ~o ~=J)~~s, A~ 'A;.J,!ENN,~BAKER~ EDWARD ~ ' ·; -' ' ' . ' ' ~,: l'~U~B -TOO~~. - full set,. heavy duty, ' ROAD G;RAI!E~. $3500. Blade tire. ' 125 M:n)DLETON, :L. R ·•JONE_s; GLEN MULLO_WNEY, JACK FOR SALE ' :',;· three-quarter drive. 24" Crescent, _14,. moopx:~n· . 11if9e6_ Lne,.bv:'e'_rt $Ra-.·. PHe.t,.~u: - · • · · , -·- · · · · · · · ·' ,. chest. ·$85. - Glenn Parish, 531'5 cole 8 ~v " • ·· :-:-: McMA:NUS,.CLIFF,MARTIN;'and ROGER GRANT - · . - -1936 FORD, 4. dr .' - sed~n. ·35,786 oTig- · 1 · S:t .• Oakland, phone KE 4-4349. Reg. rna, ·calif., phone 763-1448. Reg No~ .. ina! miles, five new w.w. tires. Will No. 302214. 664005 : · ' take $700. Dim Thoms, 5 -S,unnyhi!l ' S-I{I BOAT; 14-ft. Javlin,· 45 hp. :Mere. · At this time in the constr-uction bt~rg, Jim Knifong, Ron Ch~_ffi. Dr., Petaluma, Calif. phone 762- JEE~ PIQKUP, '56, 4-wheel drive, trailer, extras. · $1050. Also, Gib<>on 9238. Reg. No.-·1154357. 6 , cyl. ·- needs front · end work, $700· freezer, chest type, $200. ~ob Lar- season nearly ail 'apprentices ··berl.iin :and Ronald Saber in the Dick Perdock, PO Box 279 Clear- ,kin,--3267" Baker Dr., Concord,. ~alif. · registered on the· out of wo1~k Ilst _ SLE'El'ER CAB, fiberglass, sleep~ - 2 lake Oaks, CaliC Ph~ne ·: 3309. R.:,;;. ' Phone 685 -8364. Reg. No. -354746. Wjllows;Qhico ~ area. Aro·und t,he or seat for . 4 kids, fits flee.tside • No .. _93556;1.. •.. ·· , _ . · · - - -- - have ·been dispatched . to ·· jobs ~ - pickup. Lyle Booth, 5980 W . OJ,ve, CO~lPR'ESSOR, 3 phase, _220-449v. 5 Winton, Calif'. Phone 358·.5466, l;'l,eg. · DRAGLINE, P&H lh yard with tag- hp, Model TV451 Cochin, ·:ike new. llir/my have \Vaited patiently f _Page 16 ENGINEERS NEWS ~orlh Bay ·vallej-o Area Reports Many Work Rolling Subdivisioins , With Small Jobs By AL HANSEN By AARON SMITH J . B. JENNINGS VALLEJO - T h e Benicia Cord ella freeway is- ready to re SAN RAFAEL- Wo:J;k here in ceive a face -lifting. Industrial the north bay area is moving in a Asphalt Co . is doing the paving; tremendous pace - most of the · Darkenwald and M-K is prep. work being on subdivisions. ing the sub-base. Westbro.ok and M-K . is crush Brown-Ely has completed aPout . ing rock for the big asphalt plant one'-fourth of the Tiburon Hwy. supplying the material. job, an <;I this should be finished · On the Marina, all has been _by Fall and was recently awarded quiet while the piledrivers took a strike holiday; but work should a repaving job on sections of be back to normal at the time Laurel Grove Ave. you read this column. The following jobs are being The Marina promoters are al considered by the Marin County ready advertising for business, Planning Commission: a permit and things here should pickup for 18 apt. .units be.tween Hwy. shortly as the Redevelopment Agency gets things developing. 101 and Alameda Del Prado on Syar & Harms has been busy ·the south side of the former en with. several dirt and paving jo. trance to Loma Verde; an 11.6 . a~d a 200-house pad pr.oject in .acre subgivision known a;; Reed Vallejo. . . . hinds Unit 4, _inReedlands J Richards started . a: new Heights, Tiburon peninsula; ·ten o~ project in Napa and is employ tative map of '17 acre subdivi ~ a ing several Brothe'r Engine_ers. sion named Horse Shoe Hill, be The_ company _also has a few tween Olema-Bolinas Lower Road . DOUBLE BELLY-. -Appropriately named is this earth-moving train of equipment. If you think this isn't automation in Nevada, then what is it? . . · . other projects .in the same area. and Olema-Bolinas Upper Road. Streets in Fairfield have taken Bids have been called for · Au- on a "new look" since Ebert & g u s t 11 on reconstruction of Barton Construction company shoulders and resurfitcing of 1.1 What Is Man? added sewer lines and replaced miles of Hwy. 101 between San several miles of streets. \ Rafael viaduct and Lincoln Ave. Up on the highway 40 (inter $100,000 is budgeted for the job, _ 0 state 80) job near Vacaville, the according to the State Depart chine; Gordon Ball Co. is readying its ment of Public Works. rot eel am crews for final paving on both The biggest highway project · By DALE MARR and FRAN eyes · 25 times per minute and average of one-fifth second; thus, sides of the city. • .:t:_ ·underway in Marin is the $616,- WALKER scientists say each blink lasts an gineers, and currently, at Mo · All Ball's earth-moving equip 000 interchange job to ease the SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES if a persoJ;l averages 40 miles desto, Fresno and Oroville U.S . ment has left the area while sub off-ramp congestion at the San per-hour on a 10 hour motor trip, Health Department and State base crews manicure the base. Rafaei Viaduct on Highway 101. Man is still the world's most he drives 25 miles with his eyes Health Service technical person Clyde Plymell Construction The project, now one-third of the miraculous mechanism. shut! nel are gathering facts to deter Co. is tearing out an area east of way toward completion is part wan - t proo f?. T a 1(e a 1oo k. a t The human body can with mine health factors affecting Op Tennessee Street, and plans more of the division's proposed San Quentin Wye n r t h to Miller • these figures which are compiled stand a lot of punishment and erating Engineers on the job. county work. 0 ·from known facts. , still function. A-man can survive Twenty miles of pipeline was ·Creek Road interchange at' Marin.' · All their findings and result wood. In 70 years of life, a human without a gall bladder; appendix, ant conclusions and recomenda the .. subject of discussion . at a spleen and can give up one kid pre-job conference with ARB and . Several other design studies for eats 1400 times his own body tioris are for naught if accidents Wel·g·ht,· over 100 tons of food 'and ney, two quarts of blood, a piece on the job continue because MG.M joint venture companies. Highway 101 are in progress, in- of his brain, both eyes, all his The job is in the Rio Vista area. cluding min 0 r · frontage road spends five years just putting someone is careless with life's teeth and several appendages monkey wrench. A few 'Brothers are working changes at Manuel T. Freitas food in his m~mt~ . .. and still live. on the new American Food Co. Parkway and the addition of two If his weight is average, his To give you a further ~tatistic building, now under construction lanes from Third Street in San heart beats 103,680 times a day; But is also a fact that only'one to mull over, if you were paid small accident can throw a mon near the Winters eutoff. • Rafael to 0.2 of a mile north ·of he inhales 438 cubic feet of . air; $115 for each heart beat during One last note: . our thanks to San Pedro Road. Also beirig de- gives off 85 degrees of heat; key wrench into this wonderful your normal life span, it would machine and stop it cold! Gov. Brown for okaying the $18 signed is the . addition of two moves 750 major muscles and ut not equal the national debt of million modification at Vacaville lanes ·on Highway 101 from Man- ters an average of 4800 differ During the month of July over $300 billions. there were four m o n k e y Prison. When work . starts, . it uel T. Freitas Parkway to Miller ent words. Safety starts with you should-mean employment for our Creek Road. · The average person blinks his wrenches carelessly thrown into -don't learn it by accident! the machines of our Brother Eri- Broth~r Engineers near home. A major design study involved the re-routing of Highway 101 for the site of Redhill Elementary east of Novato. The job will School in San Anselmo. · ' ..._ change the route from Highway Marin · Trucking and Storage Watch ~ T~Va 37 interchange to Atherton Ave has ta)cen over· op.erations . and nue near San Marin Drive. rig_.s of Operated Equipment ~oin, Your C~edit Unfon is now in feature is "an added cost," and Resurfacing jobs from Richard pany, and at present has .a pretty fe -Driving, a Position to finance large ioans in most cases, disability is not in son Bay Bridge to Corte ·Madera good_ job going at McGraw-Hill · foi· meinbers. cluded, Creek and from Atherton Ave buildin_g just JJ.orth; of Novato. Sho\v; Auga ·ao . -We are presently able to fi Obtain a purchase order on the nue to the Petaluma overhead L. R. Yegge, doing a job be The National Safety Council's nance. new and used cars, pick-up item you wish to buy and submi. are to go to bid early next sum hind Marin Trucking & Storage tP, e order, along with an applica mer. second safe driving television trucks, trailers, household ap on DuBois Street, recently com ·production wiil be vie_wed August pliances, boats and mobile homes. tion, to your near.est District Of · Studies are still in progress for mended Geistei:· Bros. who are · 30 by approximately 30 million New mobile homes cari - be fi fi ce where one of our loan of location of the major east-west owners of the fii·m, also the City persons in an effort to emphasize nanced for up to five yeai:s .. · ficers will assist you. route from Pt. San · Quentin to of .San Rafael for coming to their When you finance these items West Marin. The State Division careful driving over the Labor You may borrow 80 per cent of rescue when a water main broke ·Day weekend. at your Credit Union, you pay no of Highways says "location type around 5 p.m. one night. Mr. the sale price plus license, tax and hidden charges. You pay our low of facility a.nd number of lanes Yegge couldn't thank those who The couneil produced its first insurance. The low interest rate rate of interest and that is all! show May 24th which was-termed are still to be determined." helped enough. includes life insurance on the If you decide to pay the loan off a "smashing success" as reported Ground- breaking ceremonies Ooops - sorry, in our recent loan at no added cost to you. ahead of time, you pay no pen ly 30 million viewers tuned in. recently held at the site of Ross column, we mistakenly referred On . new automobiles. and new alty. School, involves construction of a to the Luhr-Wendt job at Bel The August 30 show will be trucks, you may finance 80 per Your credit union is as near multi-purpose room and 4 class Marin Keys-where Bro. Joe Sil on CBS network stations starting cent of sales ·price plus license, as your telephone, mailbox, local rooms, repairs to present build va is foreman as just having 2 op at 10 p.m. (PDT). tax and insurance - up to 36 union district office, · or our ing and conversion of the prese1it erators - our apologies - this - The International U n i o n of months. Your only cost is the in credit union office in San Fran multi-purpose roo)ll into an en should have been 24 operators - Operating Engineers St\pports terest you pay. cisco. We are here to serve your larged library. Herrero Brothers please excuse, Brother Silva, and this program, as General Presi Again, remember our fine in needs. • was the low bidder. thanks for calling this error to dent Hunter P. Wharton is a surance program for these loans. -Let us demonstrate .how· the Ghilotti Bros. 'humming with our ·attention. We hear that Bro. member of the Council's Execu Don't sign a contract with any Credit Union ·can help too'-by activity - latest job is at Third Silva has assumed position as tive Board. dealer! financing all of : your "Big Street extension from "E" Street Fire Chief for the Bolinas Volun Local 3 members are urged to Your loan will be insured Ticket" items ·at your "Friendly . to Second Street in San Rafael teer Fire Department and de watch the show and sign up for against death prior to age 70 and Credit Union." ' consists of street and road work. votes all his spare time to train d r i v e r improvement programs total permanent disability to age . We will be looking forward to C i m a Construction of San ing his men. You can see Joe in sponsored by the National Safety 60. This is at no extra cost to serving you. J ose was awarded the contract action any weekend in Bolinas. Council in select .areas. you. Elsewhere, this insurance Come in and see us today! • ---;-: "::. . ,;,;-~ ,· <' · , · · Lloyd WalkeF and Deari' Walker' . the mo.uth of Weber Carwon., · been normal. Fife Company has .a· road job ,gQ~ doctor, lawyer, · We are optimistic about the running day and night shifts re member of an . On ing ·over· to. :.Cherry August ,15th, . Governor , outl.ook for the balance of the spectively. .·Whiting ···Brothers Lane. Then.: As~bdation1 allow ·an outsider to ··J • '• '' ) • ol • • '• ' Ramp, ton . cut ribbon ,opening , above the to.wn .,of"'Morgan; Miya· practice or belong fo your organ a season as . th~re s.eems to be an have started 'laying oil on their - anothe~ ·'section of Interstate 15 Brothers ' have'. just s tai'fed to ization '· W'ithout 'bec<>mirig · · a ·· ample amount of work sched- project which adjoins W. W . receJ;J.tiy ·. ~omplet~d by Gibbons . work again• on _the road· over to pl~dg~d, · 'dues. ' i>aYin'~( ' nierril:Jer? ., uled ·with more to follow. We are Clyde's job at Hamilton Fort. . & 'Reed Company from 6th South East Canyon where L.· D. S.chil· ' w'otild:''you 'en]oy rubbing sl:louF . still short-on erection and strut- . Whiting Brothers have t\vo shifts to 33rd South and should. some ling is putting in a concrete dam. · de11 ~ '-*itti' a man 'whd receives . tura-1 type ·of work but have been · still pounding rock. · what relieve" congestion Of traf On the other side of the dam. the same salary·: and · 'benefits ~ as able to take"up the slack in the V. C. Mendenhall in Ced_ar City fic : through the main pait' of the' Tiago Construction Co. is rebuild· •oii....i.'b~t hot pay earth moving· field. is hOlding' steady with the same . does '. his share . ci(y. Also, · Operating 'Engineers ing State Highway 65 over to: •f the 'cost to Two. nine-hour shifts six days crew on the project. They a.~-e ' promote such 'bime- cre\:vs · ate putting Henefer. Just below Henefer fit~? · ' · . : ·~ :,, " .: .' .,.-" " - ' ... the _finishing · has been the order of the day on now . crushing gravel for 'the )COil' touches on the Parley's Canyon can- turn off at· De.vil's Slide and·· 'Arid . when a Union Member the Joe's Valley Dam and much street work in Enterprise. · ' int'er-cbange which will help the go -about · 7% miles of dirt road s~ ·e~ics · . of ' b'enefi.ts, he-_speaks progress is- being made. Water Strong : Company wa~ success- of ..· traffic situation 'on the' east side . back ·into the mountains and find ' th'e' foHowirig: · · ' · content and co,mpaction are criti- ful bidder on. the Kolob Park Job. along Wasatch Boulevar-d. the Lost Creek ·Dam. 'This 'is an.' 1. A decent wag·e so' he can en- cal fa;;::tot·s controlling_ this op; and should be moving .dirt before · Peter Kiewit & Sons wiil earth. tilled dam being built· by , · jo:y · the 'blessings. of life · soon eration. Th~ ~~ather continues long. be starting their job- on 2nd the Steenberg Construction Com· ·which belong to every work-· to · play havoc in this high coun- . Stratton Brothers are .going . South between 8th west and Red pany. 'ing 'American . .. not to the try so some lost time -has re- . rea l strong on the EnteRprise wood Road. The · job involves ' After returning to Weber C.an '"fortunate few- who · were suited. However, . most of the Reservoir job. This Company grading, paving and 'four pair of yon from Lost Creek you can. go· · · ' piked ·-on a higher level be problems have ~en ironed out .was successful bidder on· a BPR bridge structures (8 bridges). back up the road to Echo June- .' ,·' caus'e of circumstances. This and things . are ·. going pretty pri}ject at Dry Canyon and are This will be part of the freeway tion and turn righf and you .wm · ' · wage is determined by trying· smooth. They have completed the now making progress on getting · ·· belt route which skirts the city. find W. W. Clyde ·construction · .to obtain a fair share of the White Canyon job and moved the job busted open. L. A. Young ·Company has had Co. improving U:S. 40 from Coal· · . profi't made by the wealthy out. There are no new reports on a crew all Spring and Summer ville to W anship.' . corporations, whose millions H. E. Lowdermilk has both of progress on the Dixie Valley on the .access ro!id: from Draper OGDEN • . are ' made · by ·the American their spreads at ·. Price . Capyon Project, - but- nope' -. td report REGION werk~r; . . In the Ogden area, J. B. Rar· son ·construction Co. has t-hr-ee 2'. A Health and Welfare Pi·(): · jobs. One :job starts ·in Ogden and• grain to protect him anti- .his · goes to -Roy · connecting to their family in case of accident or . · job in :Roy to Clearfield. This 'is mri~ss; a burial fund iri 'case . . part of the of ·death. · ' Interstate Highway. Parsons has · '3. Ahd now - a . Retirement sub-let the cement ·: on . these jobs to Owl Plan,_ which the average Slip-fovm.: · Co ...of California. . working . inan has never en- ·_ Owl Slip·-form-: Co. expects to finish the 12 ''· joyed before. . . .. mile··· . · of highwa·y, 36 feet wide hea.ding:'. ·4. The '· never ending protection · south then turn of his rights as a ·working around. to d{) the· 12 miles of highway, American are in the capable . north, .36 . feet wide, all in- about hands of those who are dedi- 35 ·days with a new fype . of au ' cate'd ·to furthering the se' tb~ ~tifo 12,eoo · -.. '~:' ... _d,-. -~·-·· square feet; 64 acres for multi unit housing_::_58 'acres for com . ~ ' -o ' -o '· -··_ _- . mercial . areas (Motels,, sho_p~ , stores, restaurants, etc.) _ ! i othe1; contract in the amount of Willow Creek & Weitchpec. A Shelter Cove is known for its. ' $1,045,519. on repairs ,in the same excellent -salmon, surf and bot-· • EURE~-With''' a D-ecember award-ed work . along thi:s rouite ' time limit of 65 -days- This will · area; 1& miles north of Gasquet, _ tom fis,hing and its _natural deep . - "time limit" 'on repair~ng ' last ' east of BridgevHle. be a rough job, fellows! but haven't moved any equipment . water.-harbor. It has also been a w{n1rer's storin dania:g~;,: it,: ?~Pears ,j·.•' in yet. G. L. Conners has a crew_over favorite .of sportsmen because .of . : th'at .Brothers in thifi -- area will . MORE FE'(l)'OO CONTROL in Redwood Valley widening & surrounding King_ Range,. a 31,- .• Tile-Corp-s o-f Efl'gineer~ aTe ad- Brizard-Matthew's "cat" shop be woYki'D:g long. hours·· f9r t_lle in 580 acre wildlife area with ca,mp- -, vert!s.ing. for more than a mil- Crescent ;City are pretty repairing storm damage for the nexfseveral months. busy ing sites. . , lion dol'lars 'for moFe flood con- wi county . •Work is b.eing let by the divi th overhaul jobs_ v_ & R have Already near eompietion are · trol work on the Eel Rwer two -cats a sion of highways every,day, and working at Klamath Gra-i'n te is still working on their 3,500. foot airstrip and . a: 1,000 im~und; S.andy Prairi:e:Frederick- Glen on storm damage. repair. IDOJi e brd awards 'are expected job at Redwood Creek Route 299. square footvisitors recep,tion c,en- : m .b~entarily. . ·· · . son; & . Watson)!' goiirtg stn,mg Otl . Granite is about finished - on They can't seem to be able to.· get ter. _ Green Constructi(};n Company · theh: jeb at ·G,asquet 'fit[! cat::.~ ' ; their job at Klamath; but Fred their ro.ck ·passed by the State .Brothers: we want to thank y:o.ti Scraper, Load•ers-and d:ezers. is just getting startb:t on the Pep This erick & Watson are still trying to Inspector. The inspection at the for the fine tm:nout at 'the rati- ; job · also p.erwood Freeway Job. At the includes two bridges. · beat their deadline in this same ·plant which is at Blue Lake OK's fication meeting and the unani>: Ed Kesjiirdin is the p1~ esent time there are a few 631 pfi.me con- . area at present. They have thre'e the rock and by the time it gets mous yote o'f confidence '· you · tractor · on the Patrick Scra,p.ers working, While waiting Creek plants going with a crew of about to the job, the inspection turns showed for you:r negotiation com~ Bridg & atrival of the 651 ·se-mpers and .e Riprap jeb. 30 members over Houpa Way. it d'own. mittee_ we think they did a firie "Qu:.i~ 91' to ~oiik. ·Getting ··start Tfue placing of the rock was · Fruin-Colman awarded the Mar $50 1\fiLLION J'OB job arid secured_ a _good Agree- ed this late in· the year makes 'su_bbe_d' to Combot., Construction . tin's Ferry bridge in the amount Contractor Elmer Zigarrti keeps ment for you. - · this job a sure "six tens~" Company. They have a number of $195,050. The job is to be ad.ding q~ore equipment to his Watch your pay check~, ~rot~ > of our Brothers working_ completed Granite Construction Company in December, 1965:. spread on the Shelter Cove job, · ers, to see that you have re,- • Lewis & Nicholson is finishing a storm damage. .10.1 was award· "Fellows you better hurry"! and at the present time is · re ceived your retroactive· pay. Also , highway job from Scotia to Dyei· ed the contract on· storm damage Mercer Fraser also has a crew building the road into the devel if you come up short on any pay .. vme·and will m·oveon ·south to·_ repair on the Smith River north · working up at Orleans on storm opment site. cheek arid can't get any satisfac- · of the _reeen~ly awarded job near Gasquet to the amount of damage. Thomas Construction of The Shelter Cove Community tion from your Employe,r, J>lease _ Le_ggett. $284,302. They should be going Fresno was awarded $893,188.00 will encompass 2,80'0 acres with let us know right away and not · sl:i:ong: by the 20th of this month. · for work on Route 96 . This work 4,200 homes_ Plan allocations pro after. the job . has been coffi; MILLION -DOLLAR JOB , Granite was the winner of the will be in six locations between vide 1,230 acres for padts, aiT- · pleted. Morrison-Knuc:l.Sen Company picked up amillion dollars worth of work aloRg '10:1 Highway from : 0 -·: ,· Myers Flat _to . Sylvaridal~ and · :- .0 · along the Avenue of ih!! Giants.' gaaazes rea Sh fresno ) ' :Most of -this worK. will consist - ·' of rock slo.pe protection, rebuild By JOE MILLER, STAN B-ERGMAN, GENE FORTH had .to pull back and put some Brother on a dozer commented ing shoulders and repairihg sur- and CLAUDE ODOJ\1 spreaders in. It wa's their hope ' just the other day, . "I saw a jack to · find better gnumd up ahead. rabbit carrying · his own water ·· facing. FRESNO- The Fresno District moving along. The signing of the Gord'on Ball -on the West ~ side · canteen " · · Mercer Fraser Company has is in ·' · ·-·- · ·' · • the process of- a large or- ._ new contract with the Cement freeway has begun to lay the· C. . With .all this work mentio~ed ; ,: t heir ·- l:iot Plant in operati'on at ganizing drive. Organizers and. Masmis has enabled some of the T. ' B. It started oft' without too · we would like to report thatthere Garberville, and la-ying black top Staff Representatives · are very Brothe;s to ·go back to worK-Guy many hitches and is going aion,g . is more to come in this .area. on the Dean Creek project. They active in the six _counties of the • F. Atkinson trimming and lining as good, as can be ex~ected . How- Roads 13. and ,14 over ·highway .· ai·e also going long hours on District. :. got back ,underway. Also, _Dark- ever _ the Brothers will_be right 99 _.will get new , overpass~s ,rna)!:, , t heir Levee job at B1ue Slide We are , c·oncentrating our ef- '- enwald &. M :& K at .the ·Little ? . \ : ,· ' ' . ,. ' . · on the tail Of the outfit laymg ing that section. of_- 99 .freeway. . · Ro;ld and quarry. _ . forts , on:· the . equipment -repair ' Panoche Dam got started again the materi~l dowri. · There is a1so . more ·of this type ; : }i:fyin-Colrrion ;is ;J1\a-l~ing ;very artd servk~ shops hi' the v'alley; · but are not going full bore yet. · Not' to change the subjeCt but, work coming up. .in the ~ut)lr, e . g9od progress on-the 4-laneSouth Progress is being made in this . Not until they get some more wouldn't that be a kick in the . Three miies' Sj:>Uth of ;Madera :P~?. ; , S~otia Bridge. This has been a area- and successful results have · iron; will they hit .their peak. posterior to see ·a "woods mixer" north to Berenda -Farqt, W:hich. ~s - , round the clock ()peration when been made in the elections held. : Work along reach No. 2 will go 'tip the hind end of a set of about ten ,miles. nort\1 ~(Mad~l'a. , , pouring the piers ··:by'· slip-form · · Recently we . organized. the -c. · probably. get started next week.. doubles. Well, so much for that! · . . S AFETY - . . .. , _; method. Jim Quilm Tnict9r. Comp~ny. Ne- : Stolte at the 18 mile pump is Peter Kiewit & S'ons' job 'in Now . a word . on . sa.fety. With, . : Arthur B. Siri still doing a lit- gotiations are-now underway with : two blocked on their · backfull. Gustine is also moving alomg with. supnp,~r h~r~ . ' a110. · th~ , {emp.eni; ·: tle work on the approaches to the employer for a contract to They are up as high as, they can tw6 new Letotirnaii · Westi'ng~ - tures r unning. fairly high, the t his bridgoe. . cover shops in Visaiia, Tulare and ;. go; until they get some concrete house skl.f loading sc~·a.pers work- Brothers should striv~ to ~e .• : Ferry Brothers has completed Porterville. m~i·e ' poured, which will be-soon "we ing out fine; The Brothers' op- careful around the rigs_ They the repair to -the Rio Dell-Scotia A large majority of employees . hope!' Most of the structual steel· erkting them won'der if they c~n should . be most careful when bridge- and once again it's open to of the Quinn Tractor Company of is up at the 18 mile .pumping · hold up under the pace they are they are operating or ~epairing . two lane traffic. Fresno have- joined Local No _ 3. : plant.• Now, it is just a matter of going. Should this be· so, the- B70 them. That "iron," as you may • Alliance Construction Com- · W•e fil'ed a Jktition for a N.L.RB. . time before they start to pull the ' wilt :turn out in theif-fh'ind_s Jo well know, can get p~etty -"ti:II_l'in " pany, now owned by Gerry Car- election on July 14. The election : plug between it and reach No. 1 ~ be 'a good rig_ Whili w-e are ta1k- · hQt! . A person c-ould g~t burned michael, will be moving to the should be held soon an·d we ex- • Work at the forebay pumping · ing of · Peter Kiewit & Sons we: . more ways than one. This-· to _the-- -. Dinsmove Airport job after com- pect to win by a substantial num- .. plant has resum.<.)d, after this · would like to pass ori, a ~om.pli: - mechanics and oilers .who have p_leting the Petrolia project. ber of votes. We are looking for- brief stoppage- of'work. It is be men't -- to: the Brothers on the to v1or'k: ·on the different rigs , "Good luck Brother Carmichael"! wa.l"d to the' negotiations on be• . ginning to take shape, and one Gustine job. Dick Steingraber ·is ·changing the hot oil, gt;ease ·and ,- I John Peterson blo ssomed out half of those employees working can get an idea what it will look very- pleased with the crews he water, to do ariy repairing_ :so,T with three new TS14 scrapers for Quinn Tractor. like, after it is completed: _ has. In fact, as he put it, one ot say _again,wOJ!.k safe. It will be a _ a_na· keeping a number of Efigi- Orga.nizing progress is also Work at the San Luis Dam is the best he has ever had. Keep· long -hot -sunim.er. So ·let's inaK;e-< neel's busy. He has Cl}mpleted the being made with · three other still g01ng full bore with just a up the good' wo.rk Bro.thers . .. - it w-itl1QUt an.y iniuries: . - ; grading on the Conservation firms .of the: same type which we few complaints of the- weather Work tm the San Joaq_uin Levee · • SO-UTHERN AREA ·- !'::' ,_; Camp at Redway and'is presently cannot mention at this time. All . and wind. job is moving real gGod, wit h just All the jobs: in the ar.ea . are . doing a levee job near Ferndale. indications at present are most The Pacheco Pa-ss tunnet' job a :i~ttle problem of dust and wa- .. progressing well withi a big PULP 1\tiLLS one:· • favorable and we may . file for _ has a few problems_ It seems they ter; We might also add. it does awarded, this week 'fo _Gra _nite Activity across the· Bay from elections by next month. 'ran into same bad ground, so they get fairly hot out there_ One good - Construction and - Gordon ·Ball' Eureka was nearly at a standstill ARE'A WORK · Enter.prises for ' the tobLsum: of ~ . because of labor problems of the Jobs in, the District were affect- • $2o million dollars. T hi s jO.b Cement Masons and Pilebutts, ed by the recent Cement Masons starts at Avenai Gap and runs -·-··• but now both the Crown Simpson Strike. The bulk of the large thirty-five rttiles south. This ·will :_! and -Georgia Pacific Pulp. 'iv!ills projects . in , the area . were pick be a good jobr fo~; .,quite a 'few are 'bitting: the .ball, as well as . ' eted and down for a brief period. . Br9thers. - · _... - ,, P,et~r Kiewit and Willianiette Pile · Ali projects ·are in full swing . - There Is a lot of building going - driving on the docks. again and the area is buzzing with : · on in. the Kings. and 'Tttlare Co un ; Granite Construction Company activity. · tie'S. The jobs in the high country i; putting the final tquc]1es ·to We are still experiencing the are all started now and they are" . · - - 1 busiest season ever anq have ~ - the Blue Lake Freeway_JO 0 ' -'!Y· more work coming in lar!!e quan- a long 'w ay 'from- towri_ Th'e!·e· 'is . ing C.T.B_ and plant miSe Their ~ one_big advantage, the wea~her is_; p'1ant at Blue Lake is also furnish- tities. The out of work list is on . abotit fifteen to . twenty degi·ees ~ ihg material for their Redwood , a steady decline and most of our , cooler 'up· there. ' . . . . - ...... ·• c ·reek job. ·. - :People are woi·king. - ! - In the coalinga _area it is -so· • ·Approximately a million _dollars_ MASSEY-:fERGUSON hot the Horn Toads- are carrying i is estimated for work on Highway· Negotiations have been com- wooden-blocks to stand qn when 36 from Carlotta to Bridgeville. pleted with the Massey-Ferguson - · the.y' stop: - · •· . _ · The same amount is estimated Company at Fowler. A tentative ; _- "· The job. at ·.Millerton .-Lake is fbr work at •Ruth Dam_ on tl).e . th'ree year. ·Agreement l:l.as: been ! . ~eeping- a good rni.mber of Broth I spill-Way•' and 'road' arOUild'' 'the reached and WiJJ' be presented tO : .: ers busy: They are talking about • lake. the membership for ratification ,- INSTALLATION-- -- Brother AI Boardman, right, is sworn- into - ariothei: big job in the-same a·red. ' ; Sierra Pacific Construction Co. in fhe next few days. office with Industrial AcCident Division of California: Judge · This will be close -to town and' ot ·Sacramento .:was, x e ..c en t 1 y Wor~ jn the. San. Luis_ area is Rose_is o'ffkiating ~ - · be a good job. ' ' ·· • · t!ugust,.196S Page ~1 Reddl ··• (leaning reject By TOM J<;C~, ~D DbBos·.and . LES ?HAP,M~N _ . , 1 ~ No. 2 and N~. 3. P.G. & E has decided that Portal No. 4 shou~d · Operations in the Red9lng A1;~a at.)\1ears Creek co~in? along real be .extended 178 feet out into the back to . noi.·mal after· a ratber- - good. · :· '-'' lake back of Iron C;myon Dam." · . hectic ~ o n t h · of th,rea tened · : ·John Gi~t t;onsti'uct1on · Com- This will extend the· completion .· strikes by the vario.us bttilding pany have.:c a suli.on the dirt work · ''qate on Portal ~o. 4 to pecem- . trades crafts and the ''selectivE;! '· .on their Sacramento River bridge ber 15 1965. Portals No: 5, 'No. 6 employer strike" by the' Cement,' · at Dunsmuir.' This work will be · and N~ . "tlu;e. expected. to· be com- ... ili,.IIasons which was conducted iJ1 a d~ne by w: H. ,O'Hair ofMt._. pleted Dec.ember 1;.1965~ .· · Wery slip shod fashion anc:I state ' ~h~sta . . ' . . . ' Pit McCloud Aggregate .Plant·· of confusion. . Ray Kizer ]md another three has gone on three shifts tr{'.ing to . .Anyhow n~w we are all squared - months wor·J.c added to his con~ keep up . the rock supply for the around and 'an· projects are "go- trcict on the''flood damage at the Shea, Kaiser, Morrison, Maceo ao" for 'what looks like .a .. good· Forks" of ·Salmon:· This has been tunnel work. ~onstructiori season for ' many, a ·good job for many of · the Granite Construction Company · many Brother Engineers. · Brothers. has started two shifts on the Iron Since we wrote the last month's M. L. Cross' is s-till working on Canyon Dam. The clay for this . Engineet:s · News; •. we ·have dis- the ;ro~d between the Forks of dam is being hauled by scrapers. patched some 250 Brothers· to the Salmon and Etna. The rock is being hauled by numerous projects ·. in the. six Thomas Construction Company . trucks· from the :Granite Aggre- . North East' Counties! is b~ilding a bridge across Clear . , gate. Pl~nt, which is located . on _ i\r, W. Brown has finished the Creek 8 . mi.Ies south of Happy Kosk Creek · 5 • miles downhill Cedarville Pass. Hi way 299E joo Camp~ The . present bridge is a ' from the da~ site. Granite· Con-. and is moving hi~ hot plant to temporary .log bridge, the origi- struction Co~pany also has ~- · tun~ :r;i]m]y where he will do the pav- nal bridge was washed out ]ast nel job in this area. It. is a. over! . • mg for Souza Brothei.·s. Bill Davis ' December. flow tunner out. of Iron Canyon has his rock crusher on this job. D R Watson Construction Lake. These three jobs of Gran- Bill Davis moved the (Hi·t also. · Co~pany have started their $1,- ites have over 60 of the Brothers . Weichmai:m Construction Com- 495,000 job at Happy Camp ~ They working_ Pa.ny 1's about ready to put the m;e !!oing to straight_e'n and widen h fl.nJ"shi·n·!! touches on the sub-base 5 miles~ of the Klamath River Peter Kiewit Sons' ])as enoug ~ day and rock in the McC 1oud on their Lookout Road job. This road. Dam. that it is beginning to I.ook . job ·1s· ] oca t .e d 17 m1'l es nor th of Gibbons & Reed & Hughes and just like .a dam. They expect to '•"•'•'•'•'•''•'•''''''''''''''''' c b Ladd have a joint ve'nture con- an y. sistin" mostly of paving 62 miles have inost of the earth fill in . Paselk and Young have setup · "' the dain by late September. This .. Th of the Klamath River road with a'l their hot plant at Tulelake. ey J'ob aiso have over 60 of the small amount of rip rap to be are· paving several_.of the Modoc · Brothers working. It is a 2 shift · placed on some of the curves. At County roads. h k' " on job. the pres.ent. t ey are wor m, Sierra Pacific finished their the rock work. They expect to · Morrison-Knudsen has some CORE- Heavy dl}ty repairmen at Pete~son T:actor job in the Lava National Monu- move a hot plant in sometime more work added to the channel · INTO THE ment but there is another job to excavation below the dam at Pit in Oakiand tackle transmissions almost daily ,where the. com~ ' next month.' here. is_ mech~ n ic into al:>e let late in July on the roads Morrison-Knudsen has started No. 6. They have gone to two pany is lOO per cent Local ,3. Shown the very bowe ls of this giant Cat transmiSSion while reas... ~n this park. pouring concrete on the spillway shifts in order to get' it complet- · sembling the b~~- ______D. · L. Cooney has started up at Iron Gate Dam. They have ed before the rains this falL again on tlie widening of the Pit 80,000 cubic yards to pour before · Owl Constructors schedule calls · River Bridge on Hiway 99. He has · it rains. for th~ last g'enerator to be in- ...... called most of·his old hands back, I ..· 0. Hall lias · stai-ted the con- stalled before Christmas 1965. the fellows who worked on· the crete pour on the administration . This will put Pit No. 5 in full first half of this job. building a.t the Siskiyou County operation. Ray Kizer is starting to · move Airport. The airport is being . For"A Unlon .. Tire Deal R. R. W. & Piombo is still work- · dirt on his Hiway 99 job at Salt · partially taken over by the U.S. ing on the Channel excavation be Creek which is about 22 miles Air Force. This $485,000. build- . low Pit No. 7, but they are still · north of Redding. At present he ing will be for the U.S. Air Force. hampered by high ·water con- · has one ·shift for th~ equipment Peter Kiewit "Sons' and Com ditions. see ~ RALPH DE LANCEY : and 2 shifts for the mechanics, pa~y should haye the majority of Gordon Ball is on the last stag but it is expected soon .to go 2 the dirt moved on their Hiway es .of the new freeway past Red L . 532-6323 (days) shifts for the equipment and 3 · 99 job at· the Oi:eg\)n border ding. This job has been a good 'or pnone 731-0499 •(nights) .hifts for the mechanics. · '· by the end of August. job for a lot of the members and . Hughes and Ladd Construction Shea; Kaiser, Mordson, Maceo . ,,_;e will be. sorry to see Daryl Company have the Hiway 9.9 _job co~pleted tunnels at portals No. Doyle and his crew leave. Ferry Brothers are also ready· to leave as they are doing the FREE ... tire balance clean up work here on final parts of the job. We are also sorry to see A: S. Gardner gq . . Baker & Anderson are going great guQs but like all .pipe line . This of{er good only to Local 3 members. jobs.they're having many ups and downs . .One of the things that is Bring this ad with you to verify . membership. different is the loader i11 the ditch that pushes the dirt to a clam at the bottom of hill who clam out the rock and dirt. They are also making a Multiple Vibra tor which in priniciple looks real good. However, they are having FRIENDLY ROAD SERVICE their trouble due to the pipe . shortage . . D. B. Stutsman is sub bing parts _of the job at Happy Valley. Fredrickson & Watson is going · to start pa:ving ~on the south end of the Red Bluff job Monday the H CElli 26th. The rest of the job is most-: . · iy up to· gnide arid I imagine that when they start paving it will be a fast process. The company will move on' to the canal jop that is Tl E·c 0 in the same. location. Norman I. -Fadel has started up again-I hope this time they · [email protected] Silvert@~-wn ·and get finished as: it. is liard for the ·.. , men wl:i.o -w0rk 'there to inake the . ·Ke~;y Springfse~d itres adju~tment that closing a job : down arid starting :up. again -re- ' quires . .. Valley Engineers have settled · CLOSE QUARTERS-Gradall· in backgrou_nd standoff whi le down on its Redding job and is ripper. cat maneuvers in !ig~t area_ b r e~k1~g o~t chunks of getting production now that all solid rock at S.F. V'{ater D1sh1ct project m .S1erra s . the strikes ar·e. _pver with. ._____ ·, ------~~ • .,