OPERA ~.-.; · NG ·ENGINEERS . LOC,Al 3 STATIONARY ENGINEERS lOCAl -39 I VOL a-No; 5 .-:D SAN FRANCISCO, CALif. -- Mav 15. 1950 ------~--~~------~------
.. Members Must ~ ' .... . ~- . .. I I Have :O.nJy ,' State. . ... f Dis~bility Plan t ByP. E:VANDEWARI{ . I Assistant Local Union. ·Manager .Again it is 1iec'essary to call. at ROOSEVELT, MltLER GET .FULL AFL BACKING; ~e ntion to the brothers that · a · re DISTRICT CONGRESSMEN ARE ENDORSED jlewed drive· is being made · upon California voters will go to the polls on June 6 to vote on ~he_ private ~nsura;nce - companj.ei\i , jobs, a matter carrying disability insurance -plans· I vital to the daily comfort and year-round se Calling for ·cancellatio.n of ·· such curity for themselves and.Jheil" families and now being loudly IJlaus. . · · championed by candidates for public office. Bu~iness representatives of. the The stat.e's bigg.est labor organi- orgal)ization . will again. be calling I' upon Bew:are Th;s Vici,.ftus zation, a million-member chunk of . you to . sign. a release, which . ..,. U U H nn.; the American Federation of Labor, will be .presented to your employ- ENGINEERS BRING WATER-Shown ubove· at the grcund-b:reaking believes that James Roosevelt, eld- ei· 0 , if you are covered by a· private of a $12 million water pipeline project are union and city officials. B~ est son of the late great FDR, hi'S irsurance t H plan ana have- not al- : B~o. Victor Swanson, business manager of Loca.} 3, is seMnd :from . ;OW ·. ous~ng the most praetical solutions to the , rea a. . . .dy signed such a release. · right in the lower row. ·Bro. Swanson_ is a memb.er of the P,ublic job situation, to provide jobs not '· To All Unions and Councils- 'The· private ipsura;nce ·company ·Utilities Commission. Others in the picture include Phillip S. Landis, Dear Sirs and Brothers: only' for the jobless but also for lobbyists were -very noticeable in .commission president, in center, upper row, and Ge-orge Pracy, m anager those who may become jobless in · · The powerful en~mies of public their. activities during the, most and chief .engineer, S.F. w.ater department, and John J. Goodwin, S.F. the months and years ahead, a recent session of the ·State Leg.is- citf treasurer, at left, bottom row. fu the bacl{ground are rolling housing have opened another at- cushion against hunger and ·hard 011 latU:re, anci again they ~vere exert- hills of blue lupin and CalifQrnia poppies near Stanford University tack the working peop)e of the ship for them. - . · · - · · state through the -means of an in- ing all . the pressure they cou:d- (Hoover tower on the campus can bar~ly be seen in the background). itiative measure thaf' is being cir- Accordingly, the State Federa- command to ·see that .no better: The 72-inch steel line, a section of which is se~n here, will carry 76 . · · · · culated throughout tion of Labor has voted its full en- forms of benefits to the workers million gallons of water per day. ·(For further details, California for · · · · · ·· -J · · · · . · see the San dorsement to the candidacy of could be obtained .through legis- · · · placement on the Novemb.er bal- · ..ose report in this issue.); " ·, .c Roosevelt for the next governor of lation. · • · I .· .. · lot. California, as a man who can move · The only weapon thay.--Labor ·has . · . . . . Th.is proposal . would require a.n firmly .and capably in both Sacra- to combat such activities;· is .to sec oft ·r ,g. . s "It .(1· ' -I i '· B!I'I~~~,a. ~ ~ ' h.n. '·iy.· ft ~H. .. ele_ct:p11 b~fo~~ _any _low-rent ,public_ men to. and Washington. ·'I'he ap- ii1iit ~alf of the ·p~ivateplans of ?is- vn D.. ay-·-. ·-· ~arrm · ~ uUh;n. Uv u~ housmg pral Utilities District sewage · plant shown ing to your attention the value of or a senator or congressman are would pour thousands of dollars for ·a California near Oakland .A-rmy Base is 72 per govern~r caiufidate Accident Prevention. to be voted for. This means that a into such elections; while the in 20 years. cent completed. This is a big job. He and Miller· are· .ex- · I know hovv uninteresting and union -cam10t contribute o~ expend (Continued Chief benefit to the public: · elimi on Page 2). . (Continued on Page· l2) unpopular the subject of Accident union funds in nate that familiar eastbay sewer this coming elec Prevention can be; I also know tion to bring smell: \ about the defeat . of how ·important the freedom fr.om its ene,mies in Congress or to bring * · ~ accidents is to our membersl1ip Bass C~d~h - Jii~~ 2: * and , about the· election of its friends. · . - <$!!? · " · Another plane crash: Bro. . Bert to our economy. [ However, while union funds in Larson of the San: Jose area was 'All of us are likely to consider 'a . union treasury cannot .be used ~~a~ ~~ ® p~~osecute ·killea when the BT-l3 airplane be the subject too lightly; always for such ~ purp~se, the Taft-Hart was flying back from a Bishop fish 'thinking-"It can't happen to me." ley Act does not prevent you or ing trip crashed. When an accident does occur we ~ny union member from making at once develop the know-how that a _contribution or expenditure for * * * , m·ay have-prevented its occtirrence. that purpose. With the knowledge I # ·we were to ~ake use of this th~t - individual members of. _labor · knowledge we have acquired from umons lawfull~. can c.onc.nbute l-our observing accident causes,. we m~ney ~or pol!~Ical a~ t iV lties m could develop sufficient foresight th.Is com. m. g electiOn, anc, Wlll _want that when properly u sed would be to do so, the Amen_can Feder atwn ·I'the means of . preventing ·maily ac- of "'Labor , has . ;armed Labor's I Joseph J. Pruitt cidents. Lea"'ue for Poll.1cal Education. April 3, 1950 · Experience is our best teacher, 'They now request a $2 contribution Glenn F. Smith why not avail ourselves of the ex per member to be use d to fight April 22, 195? perience we have gained in Acci anti-labor legislaticm · and any en~ T . L. Clark dent' Prevention? This experience emy who int roduces any legislation -- April 27,.1950- when properiy used may mean a which will be injurious to labor. Your Emmett Wright 1 lite sav.ed, a ~erious injury pre- committee urgently re April 30, ~95_0 • I ve nted. quests that you . make yo(n· con Bert Larsen With .kindest regards,' :t am tribution as ·em·Jy as possible at - - April, 1950 · · Fraternally yotiTS, any 'of, you;· offices; or to any of Joh11 ~ · Cramer · · · . WM. E . MALONEY, _ygur:· business representatives. All · · · · .• May 5, i95o · General Presiderit. 'ai;e supplied with receipts and but tons for your" contribution: ·· · .Local Union 3's · Legislative Cc:i1nmittee · .OFFICIAL .NOTICE ·TO .MEMBERS PAT CLANCY •' DlSTRICT ATTORNEY EDMUND G. (PAT) BROWN of ·san · C. F. MATHEWS . . A .V.O'I;E lfO:R :JABOR I.S. A VOTE FOR YOU!! Don't neglect ~o Frandsco, ·candidate fo·r Attorney .General whose platform includes P .- E. VANDEWARK. ': C;J.st. youi· biJ.i~ot ir(the coming p.~;i'm:ary . election orr J'ONE 6TH. IT a pi ~dg e to ·vigorousiy support con!le1·vation ·policies an:! protect IS VERY -IMPORTANT. Vote .· for. the CANDIDATES ENDORSED * * * ' the ::nate's fish p.nd game ~ resourc~s, pcints to bu::;e i !l:aal cat ch BY ..THE A. F, o.f of stripe:l bass. They weigh 514 pounc!s-· :-ncr~ tho:n 2J times the L. . , . . ' . : '. . , : . . R e p o 1: t from Eureka is that I~ gal l imit . . Th~ bass,. ·al.l female full of spawn, v;c r~ netted in San . TECaNICAL· ENGINEERS, Local .No. : 3-E, meeting will be held politics have succeeded in closing ·· Fl':Jncb: :> bay · waters· an{ all:ig~tl l y bo -:;tL~rH;:d t' a .San Fran:::isco t. , d n the. Union:Qffices at ·1444 .Webste1; Street, Oakland, California, on the Landing Aids experiment sta ca·ie o '..v; :~r. Ha Llnd a l d ·~c~~ert hel per . Friday, -May 26th, 195,0, iJ.t 8 J;>.M. v;~r~ ~rr.:s ·ted b:f a : State tion at Arcata, on which engineers Fish and · Gcir:"!e Warden and a;,-vait tr~a l. Ang:3r3 ~nd .sportsmen BLOOD R~NJ.i DEPLETED ·. · . PLEASE DONATE!!!;! have. ·been . employed for _several·( ar~ arOU3·ed at the fiagrant violation Of l aVJS protec~in!J this game ' years. fish. Brown, ·a sports fish~rman himsel·i, will prosecute the case.
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:·· ~Vages-Lifeblood hf th/ Working:ni·dn Reno- . By JOHN W. RUSSELL · ~ : ~~ ,...; ;:, t ;~-o . , · Report 6f laSt meeting The majo~ity of the people in this CONntr:i. axe :wholl;· :nef;aua· ~n g lnee!~S I ~:~;,n~~::- ~~VY:i1~~j~~ ;n ~~~~1ll~~~ht~{~~~;~~~~~o~_:l~~~~~:~~ 1n~ :Spr i fi g t, jrrain 'i rig' ., _ ~r=~!I:i~:~~i::~-j~~=rF:a:~:~rs~~e~~~~ ~;~~n~>~~~fi~1talc~~1~:~ .
~:~~u~~.~tt:;~~i~~~s~~ '~~~~ - lb~v~~;~n · ~~~~rf;~~er~~~f tOn't Roads ; 'i . ,'i; :ays· by ~1~ri:;~:p~fo!:~ · ~:~~~:.lVIeeting lVIinutes of Aprill was read and: tives or fnends, and perhaps With credit from the butcher, B "CURLY" H L SPENCE A synopsis of the Executive Board Minutes of April 12 and of May 3 the grocer and landlord. However when this point is reached Y . · : J •• read and 'the acts and reconunenda.tions of the Board were by motion...... ' . . · • . · ' Busmess Representative. Local 3 . · d . d ' the CriSIS IS near. They must soon choose between starving to - . . · appiOve as rea · . . . . . death r f · · · Isbell ConstructiOn Com-. ..A letter _was 1·eceived fr~m _the B~Iildmg & Constrqc~wn Trades 0 11 · · . ac_cep I.ng ~ a~Ity. . . . , . L ,· , pany is well along with their COt~~cil of ~an ~rancisco enclosing~ a Resolution regarding signi_ng . ThiS Situation IS Lkev11se m all-modern mdUSLllal coun- .· -, · th . · .th" 11· h . . petitwns· whwh .might be presented m an attempt to take away. City 1 1 tries. History does not record any ·era in which so many peo- :'~ < on Reir Je.e . dig ~~y ' ~;nployee'•s PaY inc~eases. ,Regularly moved and seconded to receive ple have been so completely. depem.dent ori income from wages. ~ 0 s .near en~~ · ; .e~a ,a. . e and file . .Carried ...... 'I·s · the one outsta d' ·Ch· , · t · t• f mod· , SOC·I.ety One JOb that begms . ~n.th,e City_ .. A letter was receiveconcrete center is q.lmost firi- .furtlier cOitsideration will be given it at "the present time. Received:. ~source of ~economic ert}ptwns and ,gene.ral ~haos. Th1s lS · ou- ,ished and the curb and g)ltters are and filed. _ . bly true wpen these wages are n()t sufficient to enable the finished. On the Kiske Lane j.ob, Cards of than~s were rec.eived from the. Kelperis fami~y; l\'Irs.-llerb worl$:ers to provide forsickness, old (j.g~ and retirement. This most of the euiverts are in and I ert Johnso~ . and Mr . .and Mrs. Frank ~orges; Mr. ).VIaUigJ1i andFred tired, sickened condition of insecurity must be dealt with part of the grade is I'€ady for gra- a!ld Lena; Mrs: ?· J. A~yer~ and family; aml Dorothea: and Frank ,· · · 1 b f , h, ·11 · 1· · vel. That super, M. r. Arnold Blair, Fuller ~nd fa1.ml~. Recei.ved .and filed._. . , . . . . __ b ldl d b b h h The followmg ResolutiOn was read .as the second and final readmg· · O Y an razen Y e ore e WI rea Ize_ any economic,, 1s. a real road bmlder,· . ut e as . • peace.. . . ~ . ., a good crew of Engineers working ~ESOLUTION . Flrst of all It would seem a solution to reform our eco-' for him, and that always helps a ,_ \vHE~~AS: Local Union No. 3 !tt the Regular Meeting of •February nqmic . setup and make all the masses owners, because it is super out a bit. ·I guess some of 4, 1950, p:assed. a Re.soluti'on, authorizing the Officers of Lo.ca:l Union gen__ erally believed . that ownership _promises more security. Isbell's men, will be m_o_ving ba.ck. ~o. 3 to form ·.an Association with the_Carpenters Local 586,' La:borers N d h h b Local 185; and Teamsters Local 150 of Sacramento; California, for the f.Iowever literally speaking this is not practical. The, na- ~ 0 Tuscarora, eva a, Jg way JO · purpose of pu_rchasiug a site and erecting a much needed Labor "Temple ' ·- ' . . . '. . . . . ' m the near future, weather per-. ~~;e. of our eco~o:mc system 1s not so designed: Consequently, mitting. · ·in sacramento, and . . mllllqns and millions of our workers are destmed to be wage The Isbell Construction Company· · W.IIEREAS: In compliance with said Resolution au Association e_:arners . . Then instead of flitting away our time hoping for strippine- job at the Ruth Pit ,at . known a_§ the C. E. L. & T. Association, !Jnc., was formed and4.s now . ~ leg·ally in order, the impossible or the impractical, it behooves us to make the Kimberly, Nevada, is going along THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: ·That the officers of Local Union rn:ost of what we have. Those who rely solely on wao-es· must in fine shape. The whole crew of No. 3 be authorized to withdraw from the General Savings ·Fund · f .. h · · · b Eno-ineers o-ot a small raise in pay . b. ~ ?IVen s~me o t at ~ense of secunty which IS gen~rally. a~- of "'five ceJ~ts an hour across th~ Account• a sum ·equal to one-fourth the cost of erecting· the Labor. Temple in Sacramento, California, but not to exceed $65i000. . Soclai:ed With Owner,. 'Ship. . I n th e usua1 sc 11eme 0'f tl1mgs, 1t lS board, retroactive to March .21, It was regularly moved and seconded the Resolution ~be adopted. 1 h 1950. Som€ of the dear brothers o_n Y t rough the Union Contract, or wabae contract, that most Canied unanimously. ' workers have. any hope whatsoever of becoming owners. were. well plea~ed with the five The followii\g Brothers. were reported ill: Albert E. Arent, Roy What other source is there for them to draw from to acquife cents an hour raJse. However, s~m~ Addison, George Bacus, Martin J. Binion, Thomas E. Brotherton, 'Roy property. except through savino-s from wao·es? of therp were11't too happy a ou w. Bird, Sa.Jnuel E. Cohagan, Julius Cable, Ruel Crocker, :L. R. Croxen,· .. · b • b_ • the deaL c · Ch dd k Inasmuch as the ma]·ority of our population will continue o· , . I 'll I. W. Carson, John R. Cothran, Albert S. ounter, D_. D. a . oc , . . . . . "' . Dodo:. Construct_wn,. nc., ~ 1 John Daly, Ralph E. Davis, William Dupes, Thomas P.·.Ferguson, Wm •. ~o ?epend wh?llY on wage~ for h1s s;ource 01 mcome, and also start 01lmg on_ the1r highway JOb Folden, Frank Fiddler, Aldo Giuntoli, Wallace Hundley, Edgar ,w .. 1t IS from this source of mcome only that he may become at Sod _House m the near futu_re . Hatcher, Matt Hoffman, Lonnie Jones, William Kushel, w. F. Krame:r, owner of any property, this wage m:ust be a just one. What They Will move to ~he Gerlach JOb John Lowney, Ansel Lee, Earl A. :Lentz, John A. Lockwood, Earl ·W." . . t . ? .N 1 . . d h t h to OJl that highway JOb next. Dodge "I •tt G "'[ h. R b t J. "'I ·d . k J h E ";loo·re Tho a K 1~ a JUS wage. ,.ear y everyone JS agree t at we mus ave . . o-' . w ern · , eorge 1> ars , o er . n u,r oc , o n . u , m s · . , . ·•. · · · · . · . . 1 ~ levellmo land With a couple of Moore, \V. E. Meisenheimer, Enoch Mulford, Thomas -Marshall, Bud· a JUSt wage- the employee, the employ~r,0 and everyone else. no-s near Fallon Nevada. N. A p· . F d p L t· Park Jose·~.... Quan· · · . "' ' ye, nge1 o IZZIO1 , re 0 . ar1 ier, eo IS · er, · 1"" I, We have learned above everythmg else, from the past half- "LAYING HOT STUFF" . Herman Ridenour, Don Russell, J. P. stone, George Slavin, James century, that the answer to all progressive, economic reform The Silver State Constructwn Co. 1 Shore, Allen Shaffer, Ernest Stark, George F. Sullivan, A. L. Sargent, is the just wao-e. But aaain let us ask just what is a (better known as Andy Drumn:l , Frank E. Silva, Glen Smith, H. P. Toft, David Vanekin, M. R •. Webbe:r, . t , ? b b . ' ' is the fii·st outfit to start up their Al J \Vyckoff F l\'1 Willey Frederick J WaP JUS wa ae . , d 1 • . • • " • ' . • •t · · b · • . . • ~1ot pla~1t s ll1 the S1lver State, An Y The6!1foilowing Brothers \Ve1·e rep0rte(l (}eceased: Qeo. J. F~ller , Some thmk that a JUSt wage lS one agreed upon· by both lS puttmg down hot stuff between Albert lVIallegni, Edward K:elpm·is,· Joseph J. Pruitt, Glenn F. 'Smith, employer and employee. Others think that a just wao-e is one Hazen and Fallon, Nevada. When T. L. Clark and Bert Larsen. which is the product of the la\v of supply and dema~d. Still ~he job is finished it _will be a great The Business Agents gave their usual reports which w'ere' accepted th th" 1 h · · • . . · . Improvement for H1ghway No. 50. ~ .. ~rs ll1 < t .at a JUSt wage lS one Whic? lS proportiOnate Andy has' finished the gr~ding .on as i::•~rial of Brot.her Lee Essley was· held'. , Preside'nt Claricy, l~avin ·g to the productwn Of the worker. There IS some elemental the Fernley, Nevada, highway job made the charges and investigation inthe case, ~::_equested Vice-President truth in all these, but none conta_ins the real answer. They and well along· vvith the widening Foss to take .the Chair. After hearillg· both side! of the case, tellers all ignore"'a fundamental law of life, a law \Vhich is so para- o'f the ' ~ernley overpass. Andy's. were appointed and ballots passed, showing the following results: mount that human happiness depends on it: That is a law con- pulls a_nd cats and most of the Guilty, 153; Not Guilty, 29. Vice ·President Foss sta~ed that he.. \'YIJUld. · . . . ·· · ·crew has moved up . to Lovelock, d · · t tl lt t t v 1 M t· trollmg the factor of HUMAN NEEDS. Nevada on tl1e I'oad J'ob fr'om Love- announce .his eciSion . as o te .pena Y a. . our nex .uiegu ar . ee mg .. • There being no · furt.her ·business to come before the meeting; a · ~,,)ll ,:4- P . N!.§;ge Go;ntrg.Ft~ ll the -R ':W~.S. J\~1!s.~d1~Sati_Olf _, sl)oufd be lock to the Lovelock Airport, how- adjourned. th~ hurp.an, l}~eds. , ';r,h,e , a l:;l~91ut~ , rr).,Irl;lffij:;l).'). V{ag E; ,shol.,).ld {~over ever, there are a f€w of Drumm's Repectfully submitted, ali)1uml~n , ne~ dE?, ' 'Abo¥i :,~n d ':bgyqnq J 'hat, ,'lin\6u''\Wr d. 'Em- good Engineers left on the Fernley C. F. lVIATHEWS, Recording Secretary. ployei· "should.work oud~'h a fis 'c·onsis feni with~ good btisiness to Hazen job, such as ·Brother Ross I 0 for , tJ'le · e~plo yer and ·. ~hat ~an ' £es '~ tt . il\ ~ ai1 ': l'lfilpl~ · - ~~vings ~~iiu ~a~~~~ ~;a~~ 1~~~e\~e~r~th~: · for-th,e erw:5l?Y~ ,e : It is, :~western hospitality, of the initiative me·asure and warJi· Shelley lauds G1·ants ·Jos~ph, ''': tf1.~:rs~~t1 ·:Heaas .vvith Brothers Melvin Lee and E_c1 . . A. D. Schader railroad job, re- them against trick argument s·· Duncan. However, one of theJ~ , :placing some of the old rails, is which might be advanced to.obtain For'.Biitlding Hospitals State.'·~mer ; Drive · b t B th B d Ja the necessary signatures. The init- v~ry es men, ro €r , u , -- ~ ,quite a job but Brother William iative is titled: P ublic Housing· ·Pro ~ . · ~'.The action ..of the House of R€p- . J ;seph ~Ma{;sha ll, · international cobson, is laying off fora week 9r_. ·R. . Cullen and Brother F , J, Gil- 7esel).tatives yesterday in voting to j r eprese11tative o ~ t he In~en1::ttional so with an appendix operation, but more has the J"ob well in hand. jects. Requiring- Election .to Est a.b- f · 't lish. In 'it i at i v e . Con.stitutiona il mcrease ,the· -f11nds .. for. gd'ants ...f or_ Laboi"ers' Union, · AFL ~ ha's been he will be back .soon oi· you can Georo·e Shillino-er Disposal Plant Ameiidment. And Article XXXIV hospital- construction under the appointed chairman of a statewide keep a good man like Bud down for is alm;st finished. Brother E a r l · . , PubJic Health Service from $75 AFL committee t o work for the o· I"'tll'I'Y bacl- Bud for' all the . . · . ·· to· ConstitutiOn. lol1o· :1. " • • . • .Games, Jr., rs puttmg the roc.k m · . . · "', · . million to $150 million will be o'f election of Senator George IIIJ:iller, dear brothers miss you, espeCially 'th , h ll H . · 't I Alert you1 memb~rsh1p at once, · wr . a cam1 s e · e rs qm e a for if the initiative pr·oponents are • great importance to California, as J r, to the o ffi c~ of lieutenant gov substantial part of such funds will €rnor. clamm€r. . successful, we will be obliged to be ~ ar~arked for constructior1 of. · ENGINEERS' NEWS Part ~f John B. ~owers Company figl1t this measure throughout the hospitals in the . State," said Con- AFL committees in every Cali- ~ Managmq Editor, V. s. SWANSON crew Will be. m~vm?' up to L~ke state in the November elections. gressman John Shelley of San forn ia •community have· been or Published Each Month by Local Union Tahoe on. a p!pelm~ JOb, L?oks like Knowing that you will answer Francisco. "I was happy t o h ave gan_ized, Marsha_ll ann_ounces, .fol No. 3 of the International Union ol the_ vacatwn work IS startmg early thJ's 11e\·V thr'eat t o the .vrell-being . Opera ting Engip.eel'l! th f 0 f tl1 d ' played an active part in t he fi ght lowmg t he unammous mdor~eme~t Northern California, Northern Nevada, IS year or some e ear of our people and wit h ·kindesf. state of Utah brothers. I understand Brother R. ' .on the fioor of the House t o assure of Senator M1ller by t he Ca1Iforma Office 474 V a 1e nm. a Stree t J', F'1e ld s IS. up on t h ·e L a k·e T a I1oe regardss· ,. I am d Fr·aterJ all " OUl'S passage of the amendment increas- ' AFL Labor League for Political ... · . · .- . . - .- 1ncere 1y an ' 1- y 0 . , ing the grant." Education. San Francisco 3, California JOb already, domg a b1t of fishmg C. J. ·HAGGERTY, ~ ecretary. Subscription Priee: $2.50 maybe. * * * * * * * * * pe:r year P. and J. Artukovich has just .. ,Most cinnap1on used-~ as: a spice . In an area less t han' that· of.New, M~l all news liemB In to vork a little slow hel;e and. forma State Highway Com- I on their 20 miles• of resurfac . . .to the brothers going out of town plans g. ot.tlcr .otit. agat·n. II m_is_simi met in Ukiah Thurs-~ ing, widening of shoulders and A visit here· by. the San to .wo;k in one of the other dis- b Francisco representative·. ." Of. tticts. Roy Carpenter ba~k from Africa . day with . the members of the three bri~ges to be built. They hare.• ' · .' · · · . · t. Pl · · · C 'tt ' now settmg up crusher an,d _ . ,ot cr Mor.iselti the. Pllbli_c : Housing Adminis-. ~ AROUND THE JOBS after workmg-_ SIX months. With'·1 Coun y.. annmg . omml. ee I'p l an t near c ornmb.. H ec ...... - tration : the 'past week ·has .. The Broadway Tunnel_ job on Raymond. The previous 10 months of Ukiah, at their request. will be the commander-in-chief . . Broadway St. between Polk .and . . . h M&K I Th' . b arne necessary g~ven . .u.s _a chance. to, p~-~~et:tt our he was in Afghamstan wtt .· IS move ec Iher .e. .. . . · .. . views on labor with respect to Pow~ll ~ts. has not yet started _the Donald . Perron going to Alaska primarily because · of develop- I Frede_rickson & Wats~n w:re the .. ·, . ft .. . ·. 'th b .l·d. g" an· d excavatwn. At the present time f f M&K h d h f l k b dd tl b h ghnray era umons -m . e m m . . . . as a oreman. or : • . ments nort an sout 0 uc y 1 ers on 1e 1g · 1 ., .· . t. . . d t . Alth. oucrh Case Dnllers have three ngs work- H L k o tlg to Canada 1 . b b t A d 1 Red -const rue ton m us ry. . . . ., . .· • . . d · _. enry ea e g 1 Ukiah along the Redwood JO .. e ween n erson_ anc . · - · the· ·greater . bulk -of the wcir.k is ·tng on - ~ two-~htft ~asts, anb untt1 for Bechtel. . . · . · · ding. They are now domg prehm- in . other·. crafts : we . are certain t~ey fi~Ish there Will ~ot · e ~ny Jack Gould is off to Okinawa for highway. . inary work and should · be well . some . encrineers . will also be 'called dtrt gomg ou_t The mform_at!On Vinnell as shifter in shop. I ~r. Nash . said that the state underway very soon. They also got t;pon. fotthese ·projects. · ·· that we have Is that. there wtll b~ w. G. Camfield going to Guam , pohcy now ts to . construct free- another job from the Bureau of . Constt;uction of· the new Ceritral t _w_o separate bores With one_ shove for Brown, Pacific, Maxom. J ways, and property . adjustment Reclamation at Shasta Dam. · . Branch: YMCA' Building is ·just be- gomg c~mpletely thr?ugh wtkth 0.nde Al Auger should have left for must develop so as not to jeopar-1 Rand Construction Company of g innin·g . on their . seven~acre site hole. an_d then commg bac an · Hungry Horse Dam by the . time! dize the highwa-ys as transportation Bakersfield are also getting under at· Ala ·Moana and · Atkinson- Dr:ive . .dup!Icatmg the same pro.cedure you receive this issue. I ways. The proper plan is to pro- way on ·their highway project be The · Hawaiia~ · Dl' edgi~g Co. ,_was with the. othl:!r bore. As can be_see n Those brothers who have re-J·vide for expansion to a 4-way high- tween Weed and Mt. Shasta. This, low . bidder ' for the -' roimdation and ·from this-the same crews will be turned .from some out of the coun- way, and provision shoul.d be made like the one above, ·will provide · th~y are . just starting piledri~ing working a lot longer ~ut there try job- we appreciate it very j-for an outer highway or fronta~e employment for many of our broth f or the building. Bids for. the . con- will _not be as many engmeers on much that the majority of you Iway so that develo,pment of bust- ers throughout the year 1950. This s'truction also vim . be ·asked for the JOb as we had ho~ed for. have come into the office and told ness along the highvvay can expand firm also has nine miles of surfac 1 shortly. . The Sew~ge additional ~ - section of this i~oa d, ------ Now that the sun has been shining on both sides of the 1 fence for a couple of weeks, we are expecting things to get from 23rd Avenue to 98th Avenu. e II underway in and around Oakland. In most classifications, will be open to traffic on June 1st. notably crane, shovel and oiling, things are still very slow; but tractor and blade men are moving out more rapidly. We Keep running into Ransome's ' still have quite a ways to go with over 200 still waiting for rigs around town. Seems that this outfit is doing considerable trac1• a call; but hope that the next month will see a much dimin removal work, in spite of the fact ished out-of-work list. that the Key System announced re cently that they planned on hand GETTING AROUND THE JOBS ling their own work. In checking the district acrossning. to swing along well on this I , . . . _ . · . ' t -11as been announced by the the Berkeley Hills, a person can't IproJect and It IS expected that General Services Administration in help but realize that the Concord work will be c::omp leted well withi.n! Washingt?n, D. C., that a l~an of I · Valley is "bustin' out all over." It the 16 months allotted for th1s $20,000 will be made to the C1ty of - seems that every few days a nevv [ portion of the contract. Roscoe Oakland to cover cost of planning hoiising _ pi·oject is getting under D. Jones, EBMUD president, re- a concredtesundeLrpasds at 1B05 th Aved.- . . . . · nue an an ean ro ou1 evar . POPULAR OAKLAND OFFICIAL&-Shown abo.ve are George A. way, with attendant dnve-ms, su- .cently repprted the following pro. g- 0 · · ll 1 d f 1 · · · , 'h · ·"' - t , t · . · . ~ ngma y p anne as a our ane Janssen, supervisor, second district Of Alameda Comity; Sheriff H. !P'. per s, oppm, cen er s, e c., gomg m ress on major units of the $23,500,- b th d - fi ll · . to 'accommodate the population iri- 000 project being built by Spe'cial su way, e un erpass was na . Y "Jaclt" Gleasi>Jl, and Hai'ry Biut~ll , chaf~man . of the boai·d of sup~r crease. Pasture land is fast be- District No. 1 fcir the East Bay co~stl:ucted as . a two lane umy. visoi·s, Alameda cotii1ty. cbiniri'g 'a thing of the J)ast! At This IS a defimte bottleneck ana . _ _ . . cities of Alameda,. Albany, Berke- the loan was requested so that Aiaineda County has a staff of present' · · - t there· are over · t'eight .- new -ley, Emer·y,r1'lle, Oakland and p 1·ed- P1 ans an d spec!· 'fi catrons· · for an ad-- efficient county officials, many of innovation that has proven , a proJec s· m progress WI mn a ra- mont: )nterceptors, 77 per cent dT 1 t 1 b ci whom are candidates- '£or i·e-elec- worthwhile . enterprise. · Gleason's dius of a few miles. Among these completed at this time·,· treatine. nt ~ wna a~es ca~ . e prepare : - - th T · B ht d C1ty officials:vo pomted out that there tim•, some without any opposition· well-trained force handles tl~Oll - are · e arman anc1 ec e 1 e- 1 t 45 t 1 t d 'th · · · at all. sands of cases annua_lly . . velopment, . the Flagg Tract, Con- P an ' . per cen COrnP e e ' WI . IS n,o plans _for . early start of the The three public officials are. !lOt work on tl'\e outfall 100 per cent work but that th plans would be Three incumbents. ali seeking rd cord Estates, Phil Herdty's. Greg- complete. The total project is 72 · ' e only active in boosting the affairs ory Gardens and De Velbiss' per ce.nt complete an.. _ d is proceed- made ready so that, shou_Jd the election who have demonstrat~d of their county but they take a w a d A' I d . Federal government authonze the their friendliness to organized la- · . ~ gewoo . cres._ n ustry . m ing on schedule. · Additional bids .construction as a public works lead in sponsoring philanth1;o{iic l:ior were !'ecently honored. at a big programs _such as otganized, SPQ,rts thiS . m:ea IS keepmg pace With are to be ca.lled '· fo~· construction Project, bluepr~ints would be avail meeting of Oakland'.s Booster Club. t~e develop~ent and many l?c ~.l of struc_tures i11. connection with able. for . the juveniles of the coJ,m ty. contractors are kept busy on JObs the treatment plant. These will HAVE-FINE RECORDS Both . Gleason arid Bartell are ex- . · . · The officials singled out .for rec- professional baseball playeri). which are practically in their own include uie. adrr;inistta:ticin building After prolonged negotiations with - . · · · · · ognitwn included Harry Bartell, Supervisor . Janssen's l1pbby . is back yards. The Walnut Creek and laboratory, .sedimentation ba firms engaged in the scrapping in- · ' chairman of the Alameda County helping· small .vol.unteer. fire de- Aggregates r e c en t l y completed sip._s anq slg<;J.ge digesters. It is ex dustry, we found it necessary, re- · · · · · . Board of Supervisors whO is a past p· artm:ents, of which the_re are work on a new batch plant near pected that the entire ,project will cently to tie up the plants of one · · - · - · · · president and now treasurer of the ma11y thr·oughout Alame'da Cot111ty. t he · Hughes. Plant; and it is ex- be completed during 1951. of the members · of the association. · ~ ··. CaJifornia State Supervisors~ As- Once Chief of the Melrose Fii·e pected that they will be kept busy While we. are very reluctant to re- · · sociation and chairman of the leg- Department, Janssen numbers furnishing material locally. 0 . C . . Joi1es and Sons have ap sort to these methods we found · · islative committee of the Natioi1al among h.is many friends hundreds proximately _19 .m.embers working that this was the only means · · · · ~ · Association of County Officials .. _of public-spirited citizens who are United ·concrete Pipe ha.ve start- _on various jobs_ around the Bay whereby we could accomplish our · · · Bartell has been a supervisor since identified with one of the r•ural fi i·e ed to . opim up the second 11eac'ling Ai·ea. This company has three aims. We are glad to be able to ' · 1938. He is without opposition at departments in _the courity.' on their tunne~ job above Moun- cats, a blade and one shovel work report, however, that following a · - · · · this year's election. · He is a ·resi- Ability to _perform the dtttieo ~." . tain Blvd. in Oakland. Pipe laying ihg on the 26th St. cutoff between short tie-up the industry signed an · · · · ~ " . dent of the City of Alameda. _ which they have been chosen b_v ·. is proceeding on schedule on this Broadway and Ilarrison. Closed agreement which is satisfactory to ' Serving on the Boai·d of Super- .the peop·le has heen proven by each project, with two back hoes, one down for some time due to the the members of Local Three in · · · cherrypicker, a blade, loader and ' rains and, more recently, awaiting their employ. visors for the past 17 years is a ·of. these gentlemen. Recoi·ds of t he compressor in operation. Two install1).ti0)1 of utilities, work is man whose record stands out as grand jury show that in every in- crews are working on the · lower now progressing on schedule. This Suction dredge work, which is flawless. S~pervisor George A. stance the three officials h."lve been Janssen, representing the large highly commended for their inti end of the tuimel and the uppex outfit has just ·finished one job in very slow will be at a standstill end, which has been portalled off, Walnut Creek, which consisted of when the Duwamish finishes ori Second supervisorial district, has· mate -knowledge arid administra is operating on a one-shift basis. widening and paving Pine St. the Grand Island job at Rio Vista. three candidates who have- filed tion of their respective dt1ties. It is expected that the tunneling Olympian Dredging Company has against him. Janssen is chairman * *. * ·wm be completed within the next Work in the tractor and equip- been successful in getting two of of the hospital committee and has "How long have ·you \v·orinid forr their large clam shells to work. championed the building' of new the con1pany?" 30 days. I ment shops around town is .still fireproof hospitals at Fairmont riear .. .., --- slow. However, Peterson Tractor The Monarch is on the Hastings "Ever since the boss threatened San Leandro. A successful business Healey-Tibbets Construction Co. and Equipment Co. of San L_eandro tract near Rio Vista. This job is to fire me." were recently awarded a $439,825 is p)acing a few orders for me operating on a three shift basis and man, Janssen is a resident of the * contract for construction of Section chanics from . time to time. Inci will last between three and four Melrose district. His territory in "I inust be getting stronger." No. 1 of the South Ii1terceptor of dentally, the demonstration of the months. The Golden Gate is · en- eludes that . section ?f Alameda "How can you tell?" the East Bay Municipal Utilities T. D. 24 held at the Bay Cities gaged in a barge job at the Ala- County startmg at Tlmt~e~th Av "Well, ·a few years ·ago I couldn't District. This contract calls for in- Equipme11t Co. on April . 22 was meda Naval Air Station, and should enue, Oakland, and runnmg south carry $5 worth of gro{)eries, lind stallation of over 10,000 feet of very successful. A large mirhber finish up within 30 days. This com-- to Decato. ., . _ . , now it's easy." reinforced concret~_ sewer pipe, of engineers, as. well as many inc pany's dei-rick barge No. Eight is SHERIFF IS POPULAR * * * _ varying in size from 42 inches to terested contractors, dropped in to loading barges at Parr Terminal in Sheriff H. P. "Jack" Gleason has "Dad, what is an inscruta.ble 63 inches in diameter. To extend the compqny's .showroom on Cy Richmond. This is a short job but headed this office since 1940 when smile?" from Hegenberg·er Road near Oak- press St. to see and operate the big there are some prospects of more he was nameci to succeed the late "It'~ the kind, my son, your land Airport to 50th Ave., this sec- rig. work in that vicinity. M. B. Driver. on w_hose st?-ff he mother 1iad on her face tllis niorn· tion of the interceptoi· will gei-ier- Associated Dredging has the clam served .for several years. Gleason ing when I told her 'that bu~iness ally parallel th~ free,'Vay. Pipe for On Harms and Ball's job on the shell Delta No. One working on the. )as a .large following and is )~eenly might keep' me out late Mii.ignt." - this section of the system is being higl;lway out of Liven:note, work Yacht Harbor in San Rafael. interested , in the mpst s~1c~essful * * * suppli~d by the American Pipe·and is .completed on the west~bound Brenden and Deeker. are bringing. Alameda County P~·iso n ;Fa1:m at Mary had a little il!.mb, Constr)-lction Co. of 0 a k 1 a n d. dotiqle laue, and ·the ~ther half· is in the sand to stabilize the pipe-. Santa Rita where inin_~tes ,are _giv Its -fleece was \vhite as ~now. Healey-Tibbets also have · the con- nearing completion. Blasotti has line on the outfall s~wer 'at Oak- en an opportunity of. working in She took it to Los 1\nge_Itis tract for the submerged se6tion of. just..finished gractiflg pn the access land. They are tising LeBoeuf and the gi'eat outdoOrs. - Treatrh~nt of And look a.t the da;irineil · thing the outfall sewer in connection road upon . which Harrris a'nd Ball Dougherty's clam shell barge to alcoholics at Santa Rita is another now! with the sewage disposal system.- will place the rock and do the load ,the sand, which is being se- ----,.-, ----,------,--.,-----,-----~~~~------Thei·e are three and sometimes finishing. four rigs working on this job, ~~~~~dne~:!~~;oyfo;het~!ds;e~~= -NEWS ABO·Uf THE BROTHERS which the company reports is Ted Bares is finishing up his job Cross 9Mnnel job, which . r11ns Brother W. F . Marnane, one of ~:fter a fashion, · but' says it will be rocking - along according to plan. of laying storm .sevirers in Castro from Walnut Gi·ove to the Tracy [ . . . . · . · close to a month before he can pumping statism. Appai·ently there o~~- \ old timers dropped m for a Stolte, Early and Harrelson, with Vall"y. He _exp~cts to be moving have his ~alking cast i·enioveci. , a. large contract on the South In most of. his equipment to San Jose will be no dredge work qn this, v1s1t not long ago .. For the past terceptor, have work in progress in the near future. however, as the low bidder was a four years he .has been working We regret t~ l:epbi·t that .Jack _ on two tunnels, 1,000 feet of open coinpany which operates with li nd . out ofLo~al S25, Ne,;,ark, but says Call, the 17 -year-old son of Bi·othet· :, :: ditch, .and. have placed approxi Things are . picking up coJ1sider_ machines. California is still home to him, and J o~ Call, died in Highland ,HosiSital : mately 300 feet of pipe at this ably out at McGuire and Hester's he figured it was high time he took on .Sunday, April 30th. He had been ; tiine. The following pieces of yard. During the past month this a trip back to see how things were burned in a gasoline exp'Josibti at equipment are being used on this c<•mpany has been successful bid getting along. Brother Marnane his home and an appe11-l f9r biood ' r job: thr.ee ModEil . 6 Northwest der on_ several . jobs, one of which "No Incen-tive;'' first . came here in 1906, and we plasma had been made ti)i·ough. ,the : -: . cnines, five truck cranes, two %- is work on' the Ora Lorna S.;mitary .surmise that before iong he will daily papers and, the Erigirieers · ,. :J'ard crawlers, three pumps, one District, in the Fairview District be back to stay. News. -· Brother Call asked us, . compressor, two cats and three of Hayward . through this column, to extend the . · mtickirig machines. Tunnel work Want- Blood? · . There will l;le none of this bus- family's thanks to C).ll tl;lci_~e who "·is belng handled on a two-shift Dmi11g the past month we par iness about "Making an .. Engineer carrie forward arid . offered blood in ' )basis at .the p1·esent. time, with the ticipated -in an election conducted Banlm~· s and m~nagers of Anier out of 'em" f~r: the -babies J)orn ~n effort to help the boy, --- majority of. the operators having by the National L~bor Relations ica's big business say there ·. no intQ . rne~bers families du ~ in g April, . .. . transferred over from the N oith Board, fo1; the empioyees . of How longer is ai1y incentive for invest for there were just two-both,girls. Blood donors for the i1io1{th of - .Interceptor job on the Eastshore ard Terminals. While there were Jug· capital. . Recently, ~he As·soci The Don Kinchloes .greeted theirs Ap~·il ; - Brother ~md lVlrs. ' lVI: :F. _:iJ::Iighyvay. Elof Gustafson is gen- riot too many men iy;volved iri: the ated Press reported that 565 u. S., on. Aprilllth' and ~n the :nth the ,-"WHitey" .. Orr, Bt;othe~ a:n:a ·. Mh. _ ;:;ral SUperintendent _ of this job, Unit, W€,,Were _SUCCeSSfUl in seem~ - corp'ora.tioiis in 26 ;11ajor :ti_~iiis Ted Halba ~ ks second ·daughter; \':a§ 1..rJ~c~ ~~i·ip!JIJ; . J:itoiti.~·f' ~ftd , . ; :@s. ~ > with ' Brother. Bill .Mathews in ing the bargaining i·ights for ~ll made their' second-highest profit in born ·in Madera. · -- C~r l E; ·· Strader, ·Brother All)ert - charge ~f the . ~quipmeht . .B t;ot~er the operatoi·s arid repairmen em- history last year. Th~ highest profit M~rfin; B~:otii'~f. Be~ n; iRu~k; . Joe Valente, who is master me- plo~~ ed by the firm. . . iuark in history was i-ecently; te On April 14th, Brother Bill Fer- •- chanic for the .outfit, recen1ly caine 01]. Fluor's job in _the -,Union Oil poi·ted by .General Motors for , 1941) guson slipped and fell whU~ gas~i;:;.g ~ i-cither Jim R~gers lris a:Cqi±ir"ed · · :, up with an idea which should save plai1t in Oleum, work is ,very .ciuiet ~$656 million.· That's after all his cat. AlthOlJgh he SUffl=!r~ci twd a 'fiew addition' to his' s fiH)l ~-a a lot of wear and tear-first on at the present time. Several of t he taxes and expenses, and repr~erits crushed vertebrae he is . able to be mldg-et, ah:-bo1;ne ti·actor. Crnly h o
clii.m she;! buckets ~rid s~cond _on .' ?i·others are taled on hjf; foot, breaking the 3-9i4b if you firtd 'the' heed for ~i:ic h i;1g m~ck. Thirigs are just begiri- the East Oaklarid Free~ay. Ai~ tee~th. ceritui~y has been' rapid. instep. I-ie is a hie to 'h6bble' ai·orihd a small piece tif' equipment. May 15, 1950·
'By 'OTTO.E. NEVER By ED DORAN and GLENN DOBYNS, Btisiness ~epresentative, Local 3 Business Rept csi€ntatives, LQcal.3 The slowest district to start No. :3 n1an got the job, even thougJ> ' FLASH! We have again won an N ~ LR.B. election _by al work is the Redv,rood Empire. there was pressui'e from the coni, pany and the other union. W e large majority at the Calav.eras cemeHt I'Jlant. This election tinued rains have-hamper- ·wish Brother Dudley every success covers 208 employees. A large part of the credit for the sue- ed the local j'obs so 'that no in his new venture and can assure cessfuLotitcome .of thfs el:ect!on.is due. to the untiring efforts p1.;0 gress has been made up to him it will always be a pleasure _. of. :B;o. Bin :Waack, ~ho . was borrcnve:tM,~in/s < ~ 'J,umping . F. 1~0 g of'Ca]a• . 'apd.ap .Y,outh programs.and organ- -Ith"nl ., t"nk ., Tli" op. inion .aJ..e: ahva.ys -blowing their top ·h~s ·oeen corrected: If __ you have ,.·. < , ..... , " .. . ,.. . ,. , .. t'10 · s · . . : .. I { I• s I .s. Is . . -·. ·., .· : · ;. · ·any· further trouble, le.t us. know• . veras;?'· lies· . the' ri:wuniliin• 'tpwns ?Z9- . ;n, ·~ ' Ie~presse'd las't' year by Vi~ . Pres; because J,obs are·not ~v.;nlab~e. ; Be ' sure; ·howeve'r, that. you. lni.V~ •· oi: ~a~ ,:Anctrea&; . Ange:ls Camp and ; l'fE~:N~ W,AS~WA:Y:. ;.~.erp~rt __l1· : N~lson . ofthe Natiorlal N. M. BaU' has moved··mto Smith' your blue card o.k.'d at our office Altavi11~al'l ;- · of .them: gold' towns, !· > Eig,h( bH~S . were-_ s ub.mitte~ for .A.sSo.matiOIJ. of Re:tl Estate Riiver and' is ·ready: to ·start ' his o j~b' :before' goirig; to the employment ·Q f ! ~9. · a.:ere alsoc,is loc~ted one· of: G\)nstr;uetio~ of tj:Ie New,manwaste- in_a.let,ter.: to the he:id of . ·Brother W . ·. F : Beatty· IS office> Also; 'if· you have had;· over . · , .the oldest ' and •J_arge13t: · c~ment ,way; a; ~ctwn. · of .tP.e Centra~ Yal~ .cia#on. It was: niade. publ~c , .. . . A\! so. on' the JOb are··Bro.th- '$30.00: · dedlicted from' your- ·· pat · . _plants;-of· the west, . the•, Calaveras J~y Pr?J~ct's. Delta;Mendota eana.L )~i~l~n's t~tiniony before a H~;~,11se ers Mike Glage .and D: · H::· Shh~ts. :ch.ecks .. in' 1949: for i.uiemploy'I'nertt · . Lime and" Cement Company:. - . !f.h~ , b1ds: opened m: Tr~cy were _lobby ·· ihvestiia,tmg cactors \V.ill ha.v: 500 ; ne~ p~sitio~. Thl~ jacki~g up ~Ok . . & : K at Crescent Clt~ ... forms and if you· \Vill stop irt, we . this centenmal· year·anothenmpor- days·. m wh1ch to. COJllple.te . the . . . . . f Although ~rother Chas.. Sv,:ann IS wil!'shov,;.·you ·how to fill themi out. . ·. · - tmues· unt1l the des1red he1ght o b k · Ma ' hop and Brothers . tant event· took place~an event not work~ • . . · ac 111 . · ceo ss · :. , . At present we have plenty.· of to be-confused with t11e lore of the , Low bi~der under Sc]1edule One the structure is reached. The con- Floyd Neff, _John . Blackwell ~nd members on the out of worW li'st past, but ·· a modern · inCident· that· for; constru:tion of · th,~ wasteway 'erete hardens into its initial set iri Dave ~pindler a~e doing ~eneral to fill all · jobs, both qmstruction determines. the standing· of a· labor was A. Terc/l.ert & . Son, Inc., of less. than three hours. swampmg! ~ here IS no defimte, pro- and woods. union, . the· Operating . Enginee~s Sacram~nto, · $42~,159.00 . S~c~nd .. Ml'. J. T. Smoody recently pur- g ~·Can. lrvr: Syar is ...s .et up at Klamath . ·McVay Loggipg Coplpany is go- and t hird low b1ds came from ing again near Orick. · Local 3, to. r'epresent t h e men )n . · . · ·· ' . ' · d and.. 'brOllght · his crew with liim. · tliis · huge industry. Interwoven Western C~ nstruction · CorporatJO~ chased the Modesto Sand an , To. date, our next meeting has W it h· the~· names of the personilel· of Westley, $460,851.00 and Morn- Gravel Company . located 0~ Me- ' Ct~rly Willia~s is Slipedntendent 'not been set, but will contact you . ' . : again th1s year. · Brothers Walter on t he job and let you know. of , this plant ·are the names· of son-Knudse~ Company and Maser1 Henry Highway at Stamslaus riVer: Short, John Mikkola, Leo Dtllle; . * * '!< . 3 5 · many ot' the' sons of old pioneers Company of . Los Angeles, $~6 , ~1. .He contemplates improvem_~nts _on 1 J ohri · Tayloi- ·and M. D. McDowell as weU as· those of present settl'et;s Under .. Schedutle Twfo, wh1ch /~- the plant . for 15reater Ilrod.uction: I are on the jdb at present. ' ,R· f.S (OH~~Q~Ue . - the pioneers of today \Mho ar~~ eludes construe ron ° servlc~ . a - At the ·p11esent time, they are ship- ·· Mei·ce'r Fraser . Company has · · !!i ·g~d · ·:11 • still striving : to build for · Cala- erals along t he · wasteway, Umted ping out all their -materials by rail 'started· to set up their crusher ·and ~ o~ •. ; -~ ' · ~ - ~ , · , ; ,-,_ ,··· veras County and th'eir- respective Concrete Pipe · Corporation· and 'and wouid like to : be able to ac- hot' plaht' up· in brick. Brother · f d cmc · L_ communities; a better pl'a:ce in · Vinnel· Company of Baldwin Park commodate more local trade. Pappy Johnson 'is crusher-operator, · ;,J f; ' ~' . dmlllJl . whiGh ot live for them·selves and :was low biddei.· ·with $1;031,790. PERSONAL-NEWS · assisted by Brother Ray Gilbert. - .. · t. -'·; ·R ·; · - . \'"·h,, · · · b'd b ,. · - . ·. . '' a.s 1nng on.- encs are L e on1 y their · childl'en. The n ext lowest 1 s were su - On the personal s1de P Brother Brother Walt Reed 1s pushmg the 't ·, .. -- Ji u· . 's -t f . .. . . Local 3 has made many import- niited· by. ·Hass & '- R otl 1sc h'ldI •. s an c L "Louie" Thompson is a proud· cat. Mercer Fraser. Company got 1,. em m t't e . . . t . cos'h o 1JVmg· t ': m-d.. ant gains ·for the men· of · this Francisco, · $.1',107,!~57 ·50 an d A · father· · again. · He acquired· another I the blacktop JO· 1Ds f rom.. 0· nc,· k to uex.· . con mumg ·o s ow a s ea y · plan~, not because of the record · T.efc herr Company· of Sacramento, daughter, Donna Lynn, on Miu:ch I the ·county line, · and the Piombo us~h r U S D ·t f L b · set by ' a union that' formei'1 y-,rep- '~',"1122 ; ~15r .00 . 31st. Moth· er·, fatner,· , an d SIS· t e r IJ'ob .at Freshwater~ Lagoon. reports- e . th· . at· pncese~m m paJen.t.d P by . aoty .~r resented this group but because. of The· Morriso n-Knudsen Company Suzanne are all doing fine. Prombo has a few cats on t~ e . . . ~ . . . • ...... , · · · . J'o b "" Freshwater Lagoon and will fam1he" of modera,e mcome for the determination of the men was apparent low b idder to d ay on Brother Roy Wallace IS m1lkmg ctL · · a d ·d •• ·, · 'th th .· t hemselves to starid solidly behind a ctmtilming contract for construe- 40 cows and taking care of 40 acres Ihave about half the grade ready e~o s. ~n ~fer0 ~ · Ices, \hvr , e maJ.O.r . . for surfacing by May 15 However except~on o rents, ave snown an L dcal 3 in negotiations of incre·ases· tion of the ·main dam: and spillway of clover on ms ranch on Farm- · c · , ' 1 • d .d . . :fi ' . . . '· If a . '' Brother Phil Dunn tells me they Ialmost steady downw ar tre~ and tbe i _mpr ~vipg Of working con- of Farmington ~am. . . The 1rm s ~ngton Ro~d aL i\1a,nol1a. If you re will not be done before August l. ·since the postw·ar peak in the co~t ditions. · · ·bid, opened in the SaCl:vamento of- m the neighborhood, stop by and ~ d R · . t. · ·ed I of ·\,· g \"as l'"anhed in August d' , · . carr an ,occo 1ave no 111•0 v 11 111 ., ' ~ v . , Un. der the guiding. hands of the fice of tl+e Army 1stnct engmeer, get your butter and m1lk. . th . b ·d 1 · b ·n the 11948 , .. , . • . . . _ omo en· n ge JO s 0 .~ · . . . · genial "Hatchet Man" Jimmie '\>,as $865 ,9'6'5. . Brot.11 er . ~e~ ~ . W1ll!ams was m' Klamath at the time of this wri.t-· Rents h~ve s~1 own an. oppos1 te Qtiilici,' who tireless~y kept the ' The dam's purpose is to protect JUred on tne J~b at N:w~an 01. ing. It is not likely that they will I trend to most Items pnced _.eash spirits of the men in hlgh gear un- ·the eastern' and southeastern sec- May_ lOth. He IS m th~. N_e,:m~n use more than one operator and, month by the Department .or La der adverse· conditions; . Brother tors of Stockton from the flood hosprtal. The ex;tent of h1 s 111JU nes .. a1 oiler. bor's Bureau of Labor Statistics 1 Clarence Monte Verda, ·plant rna- waters of ·Duck and· Littlejohn is not known, as we go to pres·s. Because of the excessi\:e mois- for its consumer price index. chinist and candidate for sher'iff creeks. . William A. For'd, labor's endors- ture, BaldwiJl. & Straub have not The major decline in costcof ot' c 'alaveras; Laboratory Tech- The completed earthfill dam will ed candidate for Congress· in the been able to start theiD pipe laying! living items has been in the price nician. Maurice ·z winge, candidate stretch about 7800 fe et from foot- third district (San Joaquin, Solano, iob for the city up till this time. ! of food items in the BLS ''market for constable of San Andreas Town- hill, covering the beds of Rock Napa, Yolo, and ·sacramento conn- Syar and Goodenough .on their r es- basket," though apparel, house ship; Brother Bill Schwoerer, who Creek and Littlejohn Creek,' and ties) at the coming June primary ervior jolJ' for t he city water de- furnishings, .and other items have also seeks the constable job; will be about 50 .feet hi gh. election, is winning friends and partment. followed the downward trend: Brother \iValter Saracco, shovel The Division of ljighways adver- votes by the hundreds with his Brother Louis Conner has had· a In no case, however, have· the . runner; who worked like a trouper tised on May 1st. for bids covering · appearances"before A. F . of L. un- · cou·ple· of cats doing odd jobs but price declines moved at the pace -and so many others ·equally as reconstruction of a '· portion of ions throughout the district. otherwise is not very busy. with which they c;limbed. at 'the interested in Local 3, whose names. State· Route 4, between Murphys I Ford, a Stockton farmer; who CLOSE .ARCATA STATION war's end and between Ju]y, 1946, · because.. of limited· space will have and· B,!g. Trees, in Cajaveras Coun- doesn't like the. Taft-Hartley law, We regret' to ·admit that politics when most OPA controls we,re to be .· held untii another edition. ty. · The· prop.ose(i improvement already has piled up endorsements has succeeded in closing the_ Land-_ lifted, and the midsummer cost-of· Congra,tula-tions to you, every- consists of two . separate units of fro.m . five .. powerful. thtrd district ing Aids E x perim e n~ S.tatwn at living peak of .1948. . . ~ one, and in the -future, ·rather than highway with a ·· total leng~h of ' org~rifzahons. ' 'Th'e){'a're':· '' ·. :': ·· Ar<;:ata: We have e11JOyed a go~d - Rents which now constitute· the be invOlved in· ali.oth§!r NLRB elec- 5.6 . miles. The rec'onstructio'n wilL i Th~ Thiyc(CoJ;!gressiona-1 I?istrict contract . w~tll . ~rans. ocean All'· I only Yteri1 in consumer prices which .tion-let's get together about the consist- of grading' and sudacing, :Labor'Le'ague ' fof,'. Po~itit al':Ed ).ic a- 'Lines. 011 this prOJ~ ~t foJ.'. sever~! ·has co.ntinued to show steady i:11· . same . time each year to celebrat~ and;_while _ fol'lowing general align- 'unti;·' 'the sdfliri'o ·ah d.1 ' s ~'h ·} oqqUin years. Ou.r relatwns with thJs_ deases, stalJ ed their upward t1'.end . with. " Th ~ Jumping. F-rogs.of Gala- _. ment of the . e~isting road, will ea~e .Coy,ri'ty b e.mocratic P'>Jhrrtl:ttees;'' as com~any have_ always - been m?st ·in 1947, when wartim~ controls· veras." ' ' . . . .. and eliminci.te sY!arp curves and.: wen''·ifs: · thd ;' T:h.li~<{ bi ~.t i" i' t:( · n ~Hi o- cordial: Plans dean dforl· . thde bstaJt!Oln were to some 'extent relaxed. " ·. JOr"NJ."'OUHY th "''·n' t ··fh.az ·r·d ··. t ·· "" ' t'·· cc·._, .. , . . t. t"~•.:,-· ,,, tobed1smantle an case y uy. .. F, OUND .n.J. ... o er po 1 s o a , era 1c "'en I:a 1. , ornm1 ee-. · · , . d· * · ..._"'· * . • · C HUNT F. OODS " vi ., · '"; b'"" · ·. .; rd-·, :!;-d-,. l'k l. Brothers Andy. Anderson an Altaville,.adjoimng Angels amp, . , , .. .. , , , -. . . . · }~n. wp. . ~e ~'\ -~ r:-~ ·· an ,, 1, ¥"\}~~-~ - ! e John 'Phillips who were- formePlY It costs no· more to buy Uniom
has.0 ~s one 'Oi its o'utstm1ding cit-· In ,an: effort to elnmnat~ diS· . ' E:o~.d ~.s ; s~a .n st:.,?.Ji ~ ~~'l;I·. ;ikh!c;~ ;J;le .s.ays em Joyed at' L.A.E.S. have been Label goods, ·but it nevertheless izeps, :a · m·~rnber ·of' . Locai/' 3 on . _agreeable odors arisin~ frol)l waste, ;;is ytc: i 9.~s ;~ ~~-~'.;:? is.1 f: i.~i~~t9F:Y: · ;;md .pla~ed on other·]obs.- swells the funds of organizedri la- . withdrawal. ·Immediately follo,v,iing dispo ~ al ~ ponds . near. the. Oakdale . \,s~?~~4',' . r"be ;.. , ,_:.·e~. ~f l~~ ; ·l fh'e¥ ,~ a'gfe_e Mercer F-raser's plant at Essex : bor. . the b~ganlzation of. Local 3, our plant qf. Hu11t Foods,, Inc., . exten- ;:\\jlt:}i , f! S;~ .P,J:?~ ~~~~ s o;tigm:. ~o~;- :,~ IVJl is busy again ·Mth Brother George j . member~ working on the-river and .s1ve wark Jfas.been done dunng the· ~ right~ . ; . the:y ' applaud' l,us _demand Henderson' as. Buli of ·the \Voods 1 .harbor dredges. did ·not' cotne -und1r 'pil,st _6.0. days. R·a:lph Mc~win Co .. 'fo r'.' Kti}ii:n ~l.e clia£~;i ffied luiri ::1r1ct ihe · and ~ crusherman, "Sweet smelling" ! · * * * , t h~ ~cimpens~.ti~n f~sm:ance' act b~ -: h~ ~ ' complet~d ~· epair . wor~ on the, j19p~\~J.i.; _I.:i ii?.~~~nf;;;, the }:~1 :lik~ ' 1 ~his 'Qly.de Phillipsen, whoJ says "a, . cause .they we.re : cons1d~red man- d1kes arounct the. ponds .. The level; ,promiSe' to oppQse remov~:l - of _any widow is a woman who .no longer · time \ ,Jorkers. One of the foremost of. the, 'dikes has be en raised. to in-, :·gi;>v!oirnmeni: ·, p'li bj ~ ~} ' ii' iferhciva.r is finds · fault with her husband." 1 · · adv o~?te s of a change, and the sure lOb per ce~1~ fncrease in the· i <~t~i~~- ~~f~n~ :.t~~ -; ~;~~W(?:~~ ~,6~it~·?a l Fred· J : Maure1~ S:. Son' have no I . ultimate _gu~n ea : pig of the act cov- 1. drai~age pond· area..,.. .. A number -of.: : t~~~·n:,g ;,· an ~·)Io~:~: ~c~~?:;;;~ : ;1e~,es- ·new jobs of any size at present, . 1 ering ''th1s mdustry, was John.. J: .trees. have been removed-from the: •.s1ty.: ... , ' · ...... ·. · . · but manage_ to find· enough work Touhy. John had · to leave · the ponds, higli spots reduced; and low.':-· Ford .·also. toqk . a. firm stand on . .to keep a crew busy most of the 1 dredges as a result of his activities areas :filled. The repair work has.: ;tlie, cohtro-\r'ei-'siill? :r\1ol)tecelld' D.am time. . I1 1 . and finished ·au·t . the . war in .the 'enlai'ged· '·the ;rea required '·for1 ::....;. hJ.':. say~ it's-. a.'·needJ ct:'P.r.o3ea and . · Brother. Tom.. Hull still kee);)S Richmond shipyaiods, t hen with his e'' E>.poration. ,, . · shoui.d . be'. bi1iif " i n1i'll~ dlatel y . ~nd three of the brothers busy. This wife .to Altaville. One , Of the le(rgest jobs of its, no.t · U's~ d a,s ·a ' #6lltic3,F ta ·~_'tb'a iJ: '. inc.l.udes the desciple of the House Today, ~0 1111 is in the real estate kind ever attempted.' here, a bat- Fo}d' -is ' runri'irl,if'bn-' the ''-rle~ o- .of. David, or the bird ~ith ~he flow- gaJ11e, insurance, etc .. John, too, as- tery of six s ilO~ and a head. house: cr.atiC 'ticke.t, '' ·but '' ha ~·' 'crbs.s-filed ing beard, . Brother Charlie. Sear~. I· sis ted. at Calaveras contacting a contain-ing nine bins 'and c~pable on·.. tli'e -R,e'P,Mlicfi,i\11 bck~t. He' \ e-. _Bro~her "Re.d" Harry Fmson, I: . very diffic\.\lt sectiOn of the plant- of storing 300,000 bushels of grain·.. sides. ill St6c1Hoh' a'ncr i$' eli·gagtid: in ·wmchmg ~gam on the bucKeL the pack ·hOuse. Let's give John a is being completed on Staten Is-. faq:n!ng · iri tii\·C dfsti'ict. '· Be~ id.es dredge J_uplter. Chances are the .. .. · · . · · · · > . ··. ,.. ,., ·,. · · r·-' · 1-;,. dredge ·wJl! be busy. all summer. pl u g~you members of' Angels land, 1.1~ar ~ew Hope. Laandmg. . ·othE? : acre;~~:'\ .. lie ... mai; ~g~'-" J he During the::;e troublesome times. Township-TOUHY FOR JUSTICE . Of. rer_nfor.ced conc.re L,_the ma~n, farp1!;y . far , ~!,; • ,:,. wh; ~ ~1r. ; h1s., , "'r~~d- of anti-labor legislation and scab QF THE PEACE.. part of · the plant was poured m : ~at.~er -~ on;~~~~~~~c\ , i;e ~~ ~. ~ t '?,c,~to~ competition, it is . refre.;;hing to . Messitge to Calaveras County seven and one-half days of. con- ·Ill 1852,_, He.. IS' marned, the.fat,her k w· that w - stl'll hav :eal uni·on ·- · · · · ·r .J • -·· .-p·r p·- ~ · · Jl no 1 e· e -1 G.· voters ;fi'om ~ 1 are n c e Monte tinuous operation. It is over 100 o~:· three:· sons,, · an d '. ~ gi·ad\H.itf of ni.embers' with us ins'tead of card Ver?a <,· · . _ ·fe .et high. Building of , the silo bY- .the' Uniy e1'sit':{ Of ~· a · p t a · ,cta1:p':::. packers. r refer to Brother R. F. . If elected_ sheriff . of .Calaveras continuous operatw~ is th~ result· ; . . *-··:. 11r··; * ..' '" · "Dud'' Dudley. For the past four QUE~N OF HEARTS -:- P. os~,ng County, I w1ll propose to the Bom·d of the use of what 1s known as . a . Invesbgatwns ·are , bN?g, _;_ond~ct- years, Dud !+as worked £01, an em- appropr1atel;r: enough, Mary Coll~ns · of Supervisors that the six electi\'e slip form by the Macdonald Com ~ ed .t.P ._ d .ev ~s .~ .1JP .. ~c ono~ : ~al ·· ~nd; ef- ployer who has a contract with J let. photC)gra.phers shoot her after to:vnshiP ..., SOll~t ab~e $_ \)e . paid salo pany: This form,: designed·. an.d fectiy: way of drilling and biasing another union. During. that time, ,. being nam~ _qu?en pf ,I:ea~.~s - ~,Y anes substan.t,1aL e}1.ough to war- 1_engineered by tne ., concE;rn rs tacomte-an ·extremely hard, low- wh.eneve1• Dud, took . off; he s.aw to New York CJt.y pwtur.e. editp.,,. ~t s rant dev~ ·ti ng 'full time · t~ . la\v placed ..'f n po ~ tio11 and when, ,the ~rade irOIJ or~ _~h~ch is available it that a: No. . 3 man · too~ I;is ·p_lace. I. all p~rt of a ~m~d" r~s~ng ca1:n~>a~g~ enforcement as deP.l!tY shenffs. . I poured concrete ~ardens at the Im l_arge q~ant1tJes m the Lake Su- L~e~e ntl ~ when Dud .: deqd~d to _go J t~ aJ.d ,tJlC . crt.y s vwtnns of n,ear t will work to have the cars of 1 base, the form is Jacked up to a penor regwn. m LOr himself, he saw to 1t that a 1 dH;ell!~e. _ Ei£h. t ENGINEERS' NEWS May 15, 1950 ~~~------~~~==~~~------~~ - - San Rafael- , Eklgineers Kill Off Old ri0~1 n; ROA. DS~ f ACILITI , KEEP Architects NO,RTli B.J\Y ENG.INEERS. BUSY I By AL BOARDMAN, Bus:::f~:;,::entative f?lk:,~~ ~~~•.. · ~me
r· . , · . . · ... r · than $1.1 billion for public assist· H. 0. FOSS, Business Representative, Local 3 t · 'th th B A. C', .. 1 Wl e ay rea l ; L ance, more than $1.1 billion for Th e De V 1'lb 1ss' Company · of E as t B av t s art' mg th e1r· B e1 - . The C1v1l Engmeermg con L.aC . . d .c • , r : . . • • . , .; . , Engmeers and Land Surveyors Assoc1atwn was opene as 01 retirement pensions of different ... hundred forty-three home proJect M A t t· h b h ld w·th the associa kinds," says sen. Robert A. Taft• . veron• Garden. i:JrO]ect· 1· d . . · h B. th H l\tr M:ll ay 1 . s ye no. mee mgs ave een e 1 - to run abOLlt a m1l10n an a quarter Wit ro er . 1. I - t· T' b . l'ttl1 . t t h the part of the l~ncJ. "At the moment they (the pen eras superintendent and Brother Del DeSqnno on the cat. . . 1on. nere emg em eres s own on · · a · sioners, widows and poor people) the balance of equipment to be local with McCaffrey Broth- survcitoi~terest to the members is the fact that agreements f~; ... getting something for not h ~ ers of Mill Valley probably getting their share. . have .been reached with the engineering firms of Macabes, There's that phrase again. WQrke Old timer C. W. '"Bill" Stevehs; . · . . . .. (capacity, .rubber tired, a)l electnc Riffe, and Shepherd of 759 Las Juntas Street, Martinez, C,al- ers contribute· to social secm-ity,_as now operatmg on a· small sewer . th M Taft knows · · . and available for renta1 . . . ese 1·forn1·p., and. Edwin W. Brunt. on, 3320 Geneva Street, ar- · · · · b T'b1 R d B'll1 has And a, bout those persons;.. on re- JO • uFon oa · · · · are brand new · rigs and can Qe tinez. These firms have agreed to t t' E · $ to $415 been operating South City way and . . · · s rue 1011 xammer, 341 . lief. . What would 'you ·do wi~h doing. p .. K. ... Good luck, Bill. seen at West Spa)n Street yard, pay the scale and have 100 per If requirement for both classes met, ·them, Senator? Save a billion dol- Shaffer & Mad11en, Sausalito Sonoma, telep_hone_ numbers.: So-l cent anion field• crews. At the pres- single, applicat~ns may be used lars and let them starve' to death?. • lunch snatchers, have added· a new: noina 3294 or Sonoma 2094. ·ent th~~~ . t.~v~ fir:msha~e .. tw~ , par~ Ifor both exairlination~. Final filing; ~(LLPE). ·· TD."14 to their str.i,ng, IU.f~~: ~P ~~Dlj} ·,. ties in 'the freJq but with the ex- May 5. One GraduatiOn fro~ col- * * *· on~ of ·tl:Je- old,-tim~rs and best Paul Straube of, P~taluma has 110 I!and\n,g: ho!l~ip'g_ prs>gr&ms these :lege with m~jor :vork in · ~rchitec- Although Arizona Is the n1\tipn,'s. operator in Loca,l N:a. 3 fqund. it "gum bea_til')g;: _with. "Ripper" Lind~ two· fir)Tl.s_have pro~pects of exJ?an7 tup:! or engmeermg may . be su]J- leading producer·· of copper, its · necessary' to move . from this area ley, "Laughing Boy" Williams an g. sioh. Tbes~ i)ld'eP.end~.nt firms are stituted _ for required' exp~rience, mines also yield silver, .gold, lea.d, and recently· purchased property in "Sw.ede!' Baga,a~ as his crew: ... .progres .sive.·· organizati.ons capiible Cqrhpletion of . twelfth ,gr9;de re~ zin<;., and practically',all ~ajor 1lO~· Salt La,ke City ... Gqod luck, Bob Just. ~·ecei},ily; ~dded. a,.. new ."8'' and of handling any engineering_ pro7 q_uired, but, experience may be sub7 metals. Magers. expecting· additional eq_uipment;my ject. · · · · · stituted for. ed,ucation. c;a,H~orn~a ,....------. .--"-:. George "Beech-nut" Ereeland on day. CIVIL SERVICE JOBS. . driver's license re,quired , for 'both W.ELDING MACHINES . 8 0 1 ~::t~:;~s~ . ~i~'~inag :~~/~:a;~r~~ eh~~t~~~~g~ ::~t~~:r~Y;L~~!e~h!~: en~f~e:~i~; ~:~be~~t~t~~:ste~it~~ cl~=~~~r Structural Engine.ers.with FOR RENT . Since. Geo1:ge lost his teeth, one ing good in the chinchilla business State, . County . and Federal Gov- State I)ivision of A.rchitecture. ~on PORTABLE ARC . AND . GAS package don't fill the cavity ... at 3313 Sebastopol , Road, . Santa ernment the follo.wing information tinu.ous examinations to be given WELDING- MACHINES so Carey Brothers say ' they trade Rosa ... John say;; these animals may be of assistance. with salary r:·angil!g from $505 .. to With or Without Operators dirt for Beechnut by · the carton·, are smart enough to be taught to City Planning, Draftsm0n, $315 ·$613. Applications will be rated im- . Licensed Sub-Contra,ctor , Brother ·cl)arley run equipment ... any member of to $465 a mo.ntl.i; plus $20 per mo,nth mediately upon their receipt by t~e .. with the oiler !;; the Shop o~ on the. Job Colwell, now - ~arrying a bigger mop No. 3 welcome to inspect his chin- additional compensation. Usual one Board and the name of ~ach quall Calls Given Prompt Attention and bucket . ·. . chilla farm .. . these little animals year Alameda . County r esidence fied applicant will be placed _on n:e George Slinsen Company of Napa are worth about five hundred each waived. Final filing, IYiay 19, AppJy .eligible list in accordance with his ·WHson VVe~din19 Service area got about all he can .do for and you can put half-dozen in your Oakland Civil Service. percentage rating. California res- 325-7th Street,~Oakland, Califo' -. 1950 ... thirty-six acres to level pocket ... with cost of coats run- Senior Materials and Research idence not required. Cer-tificate of 1 Pho ~ e GLencourt 1-6828 . ' ' fo r the. State ne.ar Yountville with ning about $65,00Q each ... John ·Engine.er: Salary range $481 to "Structural Engineer" under the ditches and fill . . . Napa Third is also interested in rotary vyell rig $584 per month .. Final filing,. May statute regulating practice of Civil . -N-----11'¥'-~--,.,...,..,..,... Street grading and paving under:- so if you need some deep post holes· 27. Both clas.sifications may . be Engineering in California essential. way ... twelve contrac:ts in "bag" give John a ring at Santa Rosa filed 011 one application. California No written examination . 0 . C. JO.NtS & S.ON$, . . . George says he lost two rigs 1021-J. r esidence not required. Certificate Construction Inspector: Salary GENtRAL CONTRACTOR~ · and operators on land leveling job ;Brother Lee Cox, operator for ~f registration plus required edu- $3,100 to $3,825 a year. These va Member A. G. C. lly found J ohnson & Nelson Company of San cation and exnerience necessary. cancies exist in the Bureau of Rec recently and when he fi na Cedar and 4th St. BERKELEY them they had made enough money Anselmo for a long period of time, Associate M~terials and Research lamation and are in California, Or LAndscape 6-3424 so that he got a new "8". . · says ·it pays to be on your toes ... Engineer, with salary rang~ of $415 egon, Washingtort, Arizona, Nevada, Piombo Construction Companv no ~v foreman for the company to $505 a month. If you m eet en- Idaho, Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma, job with eighty thousand yards starting · in April .. . Good luck, trance requirements for Senior Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, North overhaul that Engineers found_ in Lee, and with the bunch of goocl Materials and Research Engineer, Dakota,' sciuth Dakota and Texas. cut, being placed as shoulders on operators on job, you can't miss. you may file for both examinations All applications will be accepted Sears Point Road . . . gravy??? A. G. Raisch Company of Black on one application. Fip.al filing is until further notice. Apply to the Harms Brothers Hot Plant crew Point have now finished their 101 set for May 27. Ex~e ri e n ce plus Execu~iv e Se~retary , _ Central ~oard I ClPIPE ~S where Bl:other w. Tugembo is op- Highway project and gone with equivalent to graduation from col- of U. s. C!Vll S e rv ; c~ Exammers, I MT. DIABLO BLVD. & ELIZABETH ST. erator and Brothe1·s A. G. McCoy, part of their c;·ew north to, Chico lege and certificate of r egistration Bureau of ReclamatiOn, Denver Lafayette 2, Calif. Ph. Lafayette 3709 fi reman and C. H. Burchfield box- with Superintendent Brother Bill as Ci vil or Professional . Engineer Federal C enter, Denver Colorado. =------·-"-1 m an dismantling Vacaville plant Russell advising this won't take issued by California State Board The nex-~ regular meeting will be 1I and moving on to Bridgeport long . . . "Cowboy" P owers going of Registration necessary. held :May 26th at the Oakla1id Hall, nice vacation, boys . . . along and very happy as the job Supervising Materials and Re- 1444 Webster street, at 8 p.m. BAY EQUIPMEf~T F!'JRFIELD DRl!vE-IN is near his home. search Engineer: Salary range $556 * * * Brother A. E. Re.issman of 164 J ames T. Thornton of 329 San to $676. Final Filing, June 17. Cal- CO!VIPANY Because industrial diamonds are • T allac Street, Vallejo, doing the Francisco Boulevard, San Anselmo, ifornia residence not required. Ex- 1 MANITOWOC CRANES t rench work on the Fairfield Drive- g;-ading and paving contract, re- perience may be substituted for sensitive to radioactivity, they· aref I now being used as counters or AND S~OVEI.S In Theatre for J. Henry Harris. cently si gned No. 3 agreement. Jim education, but certificate of reg- . b d alpha, beta and gamma rays, re- For Sale or R.en.t J. Henry Harris doing the D1~ i ve - is interested .in smaller JO s an istration necessary. I . ~ placing in ~)Orne instances the In Theatre at Fairfield junction does good work . . . he can be .. Construction Supervisors, Asso- Geiger-Muller counter. Highw&.y 40 w here· J. L .R t. c1 1mon d r eac 11 ec1 a t s Ran ~ f ae1 5690 · w· Idate Construction ~upervisor ~nd * * * LAndscape 5-2190 is Superintendent with Brothers AT l\IARE ISLAND sen i 0 r ConstructiOn Supervisor 1 3254 Eastshore Mighwa_y P reston Marr, Bill Craft and H. E. Tyson & Watters still going two \" I.th salary ranging from $481 to I The first amateur athletic organ- ·v j ization in the U. S. was the New Riclunond Whitacre are now on the project shifts on their reclamation work $584. Final filing, M.ay 12. York Athletic Club. and ·expecting to move to the High Iat Mare Island and probably will California residence not neces School job at San_ ta Ros_a where be there until September .. · its sary and· if requirements are met ViTesley D. Alcorn IS supenntendent been a good deal for all concerned for both classes single application T. R. DECH·.~ . ~L . ~o ... 'I ' CASE' · for the East Fifth · S! reet School ... Brother Jack Edwards is the for both may b.e made. _ D :JL[il \v CASEY & 1 and Ray D.eWitt, Tom Thomp_son, pusher and still ·looking for about Completion of twelfth grade re- Bill Merrifield and Bill King and two f.l undred feet of levee .... Won. quired, but experience may be sub- General Contrac.tors FO.UNDATlONHAN' N.~ tt'[ ' ''fo· Uis , o··' I~"··~ " 'c'; s··. ~1{/f~if;ff,ii:' l~::!i":.~,~~~g~pHt~~ki~:,::;~~~~~ M t· 9 ~ J b-· Ar . p· 8 k'" I"! . Cl.f&iL •• L ~ . u!i~ n, H lViU · f'~L\] truck ~ra ne. oun.:aln ' 0 ~ ··f\re . IG iing ·-up .-By E. P. PARK dnd :H. s. CLARK .. · Th2 lVL · w: Brov-' n job on the Foresthill road· out . of Auburn is · · · · Business R. ep1.·eslm.~ tati~e. ~' ..~ .·oca:l 3...... , . , . , . going baood at this writing with the By \v~I. C; WAACK and LES COLLETT, The .sacramento district IS begmnmg to, shake ()f,f . !he I same c ~·ew pulling the levers. Business Rep'rese:htatives, Local 3. mantle of inactivity that has shrouded it·an wi:hter · arid jobs work continues on the T. M. Things are a little brighter at this writing and the "out are slowly opening up. At the pr.esent tl.me we still have Montgomery job at Georgetcl\h of work list" was cllt down some since the last .isstle bf the more than enough men to fill the jobs as quickly as they be- Superintendent Pete Chris~i6-h Johnson \~ as on 'Butler is in charg~ at Shend~n. in the Gi:ass .Valley area. This c9m- · N.t -K Co. Inc. at ·Rodgei's ·:hat in Tennessee with men · goili.g _out - the job during:' th.~ Portal excava- ~own at Midway, _Br?th er .A~t pany is 'doing the dirt work on the nas' been tearii1g dov~·n tlni Cftfsher ·windows ancl side . doors . . No, I tion. Birch will be ~.- Superinten ~e nt m :B en' Hill . School. The ·Pacific Co. ·aiid scrEieri.ing -pHmts and shipping w§ii't say. \vhe~e the -g~1e_ 5Vli~ ' . Hawley, Hawley and . Ramlase charge . of the Vacaville . j9b . . Bro: of Oakland i ~ the ·contrattor. them back to . North Da:Kota; and field, but I'll say it won't be· tliefe have the . contract for wiping off ther Wm. l.YicN~!t 'YiP be :plan_t . Lentz c o'nstnicticn1 Co. is ge t~ sori1e of it to Montana; Brother aiiy rnore ! the ab l.i trrie ~f arld ' they have a few foreman and B~other · B. W: Fuchs, ting started ori spr)ng vvorl{ . with . Bill Clerk, crustier foreman; went Brother Ira · Basha;v, owner of of the Brotiiers on the' pa:y!:oll: ma.st~~ . m.ech~mc ... .IE.~-- ~o~kers , 0.!1 several smail JObS go1rig. Thh ai·e Back tliei·e to fake· charge. the Belden Garage, is ninnirig for B~otiier . Tobe . Ramiose, ,'fore'mani this job at the . present time _are· wor~i~S o.n t~e .. COUJ1 ~Y Ho sp.it ~ l , ·'~Valsh ConSti.'uction . Co. :.:h~s fih- constable.· cif that a:rea . . He ·-will Ed 'M:iiler,' l:iiad:gdiari; Jimrcie L ew~ Brothers J .. A: Cree~an an~,E_d Dy- the Drive~tn Theatre' on Dry Cre~,k isii ~ d 'tlie bi:id.ge job . ont: of . bi·o: appreciate your vote a1i.d deserves . is;',i)ick w!~zel; ' il~try Mercie; .Dick sert, mec~antcs; . Ray. Woo,d~, Sr.:. Rpad, and. the leveling-~.or ?uildi_ilg viiie ahd 'is now rnarkliig Wne ere your support. Zaj'lg and _Carr PirtJ ~ 9ri the Qats; L. ~- . ~q le). Scl].waj:J,_~~y Marcottt at the Folsom, pam. J?r?~ ~ -ers Bi~l atrdther - ~oriti-act' "si\ o \v s · up. . Don J oi·genson has : a few men Herb ·tantliier 'ii.l:ici ~E ci.·resf Sliearer, and Earl Gtbson, operators. Simpson and Henry . Moretti are A' ·· G: .. R. . . h c' ... .. l . ·. . b.: ::d· .>·· . ·wot;king in Quincy area. , .. , · - · · · · · ... - ·· ' - ,, 1 · · h .. · ·· . . - . ' ·. . ·· · · atsc 0 · was ow 1 "'er Ted B ares Co. also have ·a couple m echanics; '. lVi:. J >Whfti'! arid L.A. H. ~ar~: :~a~~~~ ..h ~~ , . u .s _ 9C e ge t t mg . ~ta~t~ . 9_f Dnye-In -~heatre oil.'"th.e'' p'avirig of the Cfiico':.Pai:a: ' Witt, . sh8vel, :'oMra:fors; :Horim· ~~eek JOb gomg · agat~ With Broth-er w~rk With ·I3r:?ther Marvm R~ed dise cutoff and wfli' bti:y asph~J'i of brothel's . on the payroll in 'that ~ei~Y,. _: ' Gier( .Quin,t<:m:) in? V'iri.ce Shm Alt as Supermtendent and domg thE!. bossmg. . froin ' :Butte Creek RocK' Co. the area. " . . . Ramirez, oilers·, T cim- E a:ton, · vvind Johnnie Brown as. foreman. Bro- One of Teichert's crews is work- . .b- .., .. ,c. 'f' : $ ·· ·- o'oo -·'"·"'d ·- '·' ' ,t.. Ben C. Gerwtck has a ... ptlednvmg '·" .-.. . , ::·.:,.···. . ' ...... ' .· .. . - . . ... JO was or 108' an won . t L· k • A:.l . . 'th ·B . th l3_Ump · ~ngm E;er: . '. ; . ~her Charles Rowe. :ttad r,ee~~ .~P. .!his ing on a new 1'1.\bdivision in North take very' many of our~ hleh. '' ... l'lg a .· a. e . ma~or W l . ro ~r . M & ·K., h~y~ i2'qt.,.piJehed, lfP a:~ ~o b b~t~ e - lef! fo~ ano !~e r, . ass ~~ n- sa:c~~mento . B~o~her ~er1'y (::uneo Ri ~e -Bi·os, ··are dbihg a little. Ja: k Clark. and his. ~on on the ng yet · but · Supei'inte:hdent • Rol:ibins ment.. .Among th.ese workers we. is-aomg _the Shtftmg. Wtth BJ;others .overhauling· · ·of their h.ot ·p. la:nt .· in dotng so~ .e test dnvmg. ·.. . .: · . · found Brothers Pat Chandler Ray 'H D"· · - . Ch 1 ·w Ike · .· '·· . . • · . : . , , ·: The L1ttle brothers · Cltff ·and and F oreman B - ob 0verman are on 1· . . . • . . enry oer-mg ~ . · ar es a r, preparatiOn for · startmg qn theu: · . : · . ' . . . •. ... the job. This is the picture at the .D.olc('!, , . Will~ r d _Th,omp~<;_m, s;:!!ff etc:, operating the . equipment. . 'paving job in Sutter County. Whdtt, '~ho own the servl~e statwn 1 at Lake .. Almanor, are F 1 D t d t ·Parker Roy Pope Jim Hall Glen .., " .. ·" , .~ - •. ·· - ··"<. an garage ·~. -?: -~~' ~- ~ll,\ n· ? 1· :~ ,;.: ·' s iffi'-'soh· ' .Jiffi ':P0rt~r " Wa"nid.1:orse P~!tso;r~AL ~~TION · . , . .. ;ARPUND cmco · getting itchy feet for'the construc- ~.P .CH,~~L. ~L?}'R : ... , . . · ' Rus~ L~ w.i s Bert 'Kin; Georg~ - Broth~ 1~ Er~1~ p~ess.ot , . wh~ ~td ~utte Creek Rock Co. have put tJon game and a:re liable tci, tak;e •i ':I:h~ D ~~.p,l}Y fl._t~~, . c,ha~~e l IS ev~n Williams Blll'Herfistreet' and Lo- S':!C~ _a . ~well JOb as_~UJ?erlJ'lt .end e,~ t a few more men back to work and off an:y time following the' first ~aster tq report on l;iut much roore .· . ,.. , ' .. · .. - . , · · .' ·. · for Atkmson on thetr ~ ubway pro- ·are getting ready for a good sea- shovel aoing throug· h there ·. · ·.'.,.. ._, .,,, · :' li'< ··. · -· :- - l'ttl gan Elston vVe met another Park- .,, · · ,. ., R.. · , · :11 • - '· · · b t · ·· b · • ~~s:o~ ra,g\ng· ,, )·: , ~f,~. .} s ,ve~y 1 -~ er man B;othe; Poston who ' ave JeCt : a ~ . . ?s.~y t e, ~a l?e ..Y 0 . ~~y son. Bill Yont a:nd B. L . . Smith are activtty .m connectwn wtth thts . ' . . ' _ g that he ts off to Oregon on a three _CJ:!icago Bridge & Iron Co. have improvina their · gravel plant in project. Several jobs are to be ad- o~t w:th an m!,er,e,s t~ng :>:a rn about 'year .j:O( for the same firm. Gbod finished up their water . tower joh Quincy a~d would like to see these · ··· · d ... h .. ·ld ·b - t ·b· f hts tnp to the Alcan Htghway to .,_ k .. E- ·· · . C . verttse and s ou e 1e . e ore A. .. .. -; -- ." .. '· , ...... ·' .: -;;- 1.~~ , '.- rme. ,, . .· . m htco.. . . brothers.make it, for · ~ hey are both July to prevent the moriey already . las ~.~· - ht~ . _.S 1 X, ~veek stay up there, Brother Robert· D. Suther~and E. T. Haas CC:J. keep three or ·high-class fellows · and members of appropriated from reverting qack, and htS flight Back. l (Smokey to rriost of us) is suffer-· four men .. busy with ditch work this union. Bill Yont is an ex On checki~g what Work is under ~n.th \'; . ("91? by; P,as~ f ~!??}}{n~g~ts ing from a dislocate~ :vertebra and ' ~round the area. Marine and served in Jiminy Roos~ 'Yay, we ~ound Brother Stirling ~~ndmg we ran:·mto ~r-otliers Dick i~ expected to be la;d up for a H. Earl Parker has . oniy a few ·evelt's ·line outfit overseas. He says Pirtle and Bob 'MGKerlie on Teich- Stone and Herbert Jess.ee ,on a month or so. . . . men on thE! job and is avvaihng . Jimmy was a swell commanding ert's equiwment grading around the couple of Harms Bros. ngs. They Btother Jack Roberts has . been another contract. officer. grain elevators. Brcithel's c6u rn oy~ g()t in most of ·the winter leveling ·forced to retu ~ n to the hospital to Archie Till Co. has finished the Trans- Oceari Engineering . co. ~r and Manning are- working for land. undergo an operation caused by a tunnel r epair job at Dobbins, Cali- have moved in o n their bridge job Barrett and Hilp on the elevators, · The Fred J. Early job at Davis former ,injUry. . fornia. ·over Butte Creek near Bi1tte City. Brothers Carl Acker_man, AI Wal- -continues to roll along with Bro- Brother Tom Cowen is a patient Lord & Bishop ·have a cobble job Brother Strick Strickland is run ker and Whitie Wardell working thers Bob Mays (both Sr. and J r.) in the -- Pet ma:nente Hospital in in Colusa and Bi·other Whissler ning and Andy Anderson oiling for for the Port District as a Survey Leo Wright and J ames Standley Vallejo and will ·be confinec1 there brought up the P&H and . dro~e a him. ai1d Ehgineering crew. · on the payroll. Brothers Clyde for several ·months. · few pil e~ and made a dumping pit * * * _ Several bids . have be em opened Baker and Bryant Morgan were Brother William Covington isjn to hold the · cobble. 1 . . ·· on jobs that _y.re hope \vill be under up ,fr9rt1 the Bay area on . ohe of the Community Medical Center in O'Hair Co. of Colusa subbed the · ~ ~bftr ·:-IJ) ~~ti#int~ f/1!!'1 way within the next we·ek or t-.:Vo. Consolidated ·Western's rigs for a Noi'th· Sacramento recoverjng from dirt work ori. a levee job about foui' I L~ U · 0@~ ~ ~ . ~ . \1§ George Pollock \vas low on the few days ori this same job. a recent operation. miles north of Colusa from Lord \'!!) i 11} , . . . . ._ U . _, . Delta . Cross-C.l.J.arinel at Walnut Anderson Bros. are going on their Brother .Lee Coast recently ·un- & Bishop. and have :two .cats and .· r,a ~ ,. gt~ own BV'BOUnts Grove. Loi·d & Bishop was low and Transmis~ion job at Elverta with' den ilent ·an lipperidectomy at· the one draglme on the JOb. I . . , ·. · has been awarded the new bridge Brothers A ~ th.ui· Kipp ' artd Bob HighHmd Hospit.al in A.ub~rn . . Norlie Construction Co. are put- I .L.a?or sUpport is inoreasing in across ' the Sa(!ta_mento River at Whalih- on the job at the present · To all these brotfiers go ,our 'best ting up a grain storage job at · Dtstnct Attorney Edmund ·. G. (Pat) Walnut Grove. Clyde Wood was time. ':Br other Vic Bonner: .as boss wishes fot~ a ·speedy recovery. ·Ri.c.hvale. Brown's campaign for Attorney low · ~n~ has l:ieim a'ivaraed .nineteen ai1d '-":Br"a.den"'!Vi:acfioii'ald . 'and ':M. Congratulations are in order for . Bayles & Joost have two ·grain General of .California. miles, oi' su rfacing on th.~ Mosqtiit6 Gr'tih'am" as"the ' crew; ·are"working Brother and Mrs. 'Art Docktor storage, jobs going, one at Sutter James Ward, secretary-tr'eas Ridge Road. A. Teicherti.u:ls picked ~n the ''new DH.:Ve~ In Theatre at upon the ar'rfvai 'o f a baby' girl ori and.one at Terrell Farms \vest of :ui·er oof the Building and Material ' · · · · · · - G~idley . ' . ' Teamsters; Union, Local 2i6, AfL, ~p s~veral srpal} : j_o}?.s.: ~~- !./12~ _, :-'~;! I!~ Auburn f()t ,.. /)~'.-J?,? nil:e~· · . .Apr~,l.~ 22 at the Mercy' H 8spitai in B J ~e B f c . h . ·• . a~rinotiriced the union's endorsement 1ty; a;noil:g t~em _1 s the A.rcade Sev':: : R. W. Reade .:s ' dom~ !he pat~t- S [J.~~~p: en_tq . ! , ·.. .. , ..... , .- .. . , · thei~ /iii :!~to in t~~~o ai~vew.i~~ of Brown today: 'The locai ·ha's . a er,)?ts!:r}.~ ~ 'J?aking 'li t> ,t~~ c f~_\-V · plioii.~ ' n4mber: ~s Ro s' ~vm~ - 5.49,:\Y· ·E. Baker Co. also ha v ~ a crrain .southei·n California ,labor ·sup- ~7 es of vegetatwn t~at are SU):J ; DAVI~ SEWER ~0~ . . : -- ~rather,. I:J:oiJ.le~ Atc_hel' ·is ~ rl,o '\'V 'stotage job at Prili.ceton; c'alifor- J:lOrt . also is mciiintihg.)or ' Bt'owri. P?Sed to -perform thiS month ·of : A. T.techerr & Co. IS gomg on their t~~ ' (j\\· h~r ".O.J..l.erat\r~ .,, T:lii~a~, 'PERSONj\:L l\rENTION ~_rp":h ' s ~~t;¢1\~'acy . Nola~, :; : Re" .. Zenh!,e , ;: Jf! ,:n ~s Vale~ !~!!:~ · ·on: a -i'eceht Sund~y sonie of the. PR~~~c. ~!)· ,llkew!s_e ~tat:t:t .~.e, w~u~d A. Scott· and Clem ,Marchant. ··m···e·n .,... · · k· ··· .• ·,'·F . t" ·. ·R· . · o . a ~st~t .1J1 the_ oragrpz,atlOJ?: cOf 11:\l:J.Or ...... !... " _ . , ,y ·' . uer . 1ver ...... ·"tt·· t ...... ·. .. ·t · · · .. B '·" ·. , ..,><·"·'·· wor Ing In ea. 0 111 'Y~ ~ . ~Yil.l ',me~i~l! ' P~!~ti~ ; ~.of ~ Cariybri .. h3:~ : a little . ga:me .• of Afri ~ ; .sqm ml; e~~ . .aSS IS - · row~ ~ ·::··- f11{)ment .. All · ~()U' Broth!irS who.;liv,e :can golf and•' it'is reliably reported ~ _a,qtpa~gn , . ," . . •. :·. ' ~- - '' .·; ' . iit'San ·'~Bfiiano; :N:i.P8:;· Yolo .· · .· :, ·. · · · · · - · . ,c·~rf· excitement during the three . .weel~s he was at..-, li~;rty, by. charging K . ;Jehkiils, ·Percy Payt(ni,, Cecil r,erio~< ~iheyints of blood_w e re fe: Btoo,yn's state-wide AFL i ai:iof. ca:rri- n um e rou ~ .hors~m~ri who attempted to capture. hiin, '(Note : the bull Daily, Wm. J: Pierce; Wrri; Lee. 'leased. At this v.i r)ting we have hirie paign ·chairman. is u{th~. Jieh ih , 'bj.~k; _htJront it's a couple ,. if,; ~p::~ggy ' do~s {\;fio :;:fi~Ipe d Crisler, ," ~ ;~,"S. Cl~ r~.~ _- E.:.;F' ~ ' P, ~_rk, , ~~e:d_~ts ' i:'e\-iiaining iri ol.it;. Resetve if: ·. * .~ - ·~:the chase.) . Picture; courtesy, Oroville Mercury. · Harry ·cngler, . Albert 'J job, which begins near San Pedro Soledad Prison on the 9th. The I1 ed a serious injury to his knee cap ~ Bay City Shovels, Cranes and Drag. Lines . iii and Taylor. Bert Butterfield is the Engineers' Union was also well on April 4th, while working on the llll @ super on this job. represented at the ceremony. Pe- Dinwiddie job, and will be laid up I Lima Shovels, Cranes and Drag Lines ~ Pisano Bros. al'e working on tel'son and M.&K. have two prime for .some time.. . . Brother S. J. llll Industrial Brownhoist Cranes [g) [g] ~ their $210,000 job on Moorpark contl'acts, with Granite Constl'uc- Jordan, who received a crushed ll!J Plymouth Locomotives . ll!J ./;l.ve., as is L . C. Jensen on the tion and Herrick Iron as subcon- foot some time back, will soon be' \i Lidgerwood Hoists . ~ Kaiser Subdivision with about $70,- tractors. About 12 members are on the ball again.... Brother Vic ~ ~ ~ 000 of work. Hester & McGuire of employed . . .. Granite Construction Mason is now over that "baby di- iii 1232 Hearst Bldg. San Francisco 3 SUtter 1-1036 ·· ~ Oakland have a $100,000 project on Company have their new road and sease", mumps . ... Brother Otto llll ll!J Winchester Road in Santa Clara, underpass job undel' way with one Cornell is recovering from injuries lfll'll@lli~ll!l i!ll~lilliilililliiliiililll!ll!lll!Jil!l§ ,:g]rgjJll!(gj!gjll!JlllJllll~llllllll~lll![!;J!l;llll!!l;l!g][g)!1!J!!l]lll!~ilfllll~llll[gjll!J[!;JQI9 and A. G. Lantz Company are keep- shovel crew, one blade and a cat received in an automobile accident.[:------.., ing a full complement of engineers digging in. This one is just below . .. Sorry to have to report that busy on their Diggers and Dozei.'s. Salinas. Brother Bert Larson, who has been I "r· ICnn~nm.cnj Then, we have the Sinnott Bros., Work around Salinas continues associated with- Earl Heple for Califtt.rnaa8 V I Tract• ·V &L'1Uity ~g! eft~u~ with about a $75,000 job on the on an even keel. Quite a few some time, was killed when the new San Carlos Subdivision, and buildings going up in connection BT-13 which he was flying was i CONTRACTORS AND BNDYSTR!AL still another Jensen (L.W.). They, with the county hospital and pipe- wrec ·ed. He was returning from' enuiPMENT too, are fully occupied in the ditch lines and subdivisions going strong. a fishing trip near Bishop. Bert . "t" · a nd pipeline work around Palo ... Johnny lVIeheren's ·carmel Val- ill be missed by his many friends. Alto; also Blondie Wall and L. C. ley road contract is about two- ... Brother M. Mosley received a Tractors a RoUers a Bulldozers a Air Compressors ·Smith of San Mateo. Roggasch thirds completed with the usual serious back injury but is recover Power Shovels • Scrapers ·and Graders Bros. are also working on several number of engineers employed- ing nicely.... Brother J. Rushin ditching jobs. Leo Piazza is doing around 15 ... . Wendall Batt and was injured severely while on the OAKLAND STOOKTON t he subdivision work on the new Jim Evans have their crews mov- J. Mehren job at Carmel. . . . ~Cypress at 24th Street 1247 So. Wilson ·way $100,000 · San Carlos Tract. This ing dirt on the Monterey School Brother Stanley Robinson, an old Phone: TWinoaks 3-5824 Phone: Stockton ~ - 3742 :firm is also working hard to com- buildings. Stolte have their boys on timer with Ted Reed, has. been very / M~y~5, 1950 Eleven
Wo~piled by.P.'E. V~ndewarl{) $4).61 fot> drilling wells at Stock- ed' to Lord & Bisho,v, P.O. Box 812, . , 1 ,, . ,-,,. 'tori State Hospita.l. Sacramento, $526,299 for const. APRil;. 11', 1950 n · 1950· Walnut Grove Bridge, a 400-ft. Sal( Lake Citv- / o· akland·, c· oi1ti·acts awarded a.s Ar RIL U, - KI""'GS ·BEACH f"lont act· award steel struc., across the Sacramento follo, WS for COnst. vitr. 'sanit. Sev\'- n ' '-" T - . . . b El E e d t·o! p . & . J ArttJl- .garages, Division of For- - SAN FRANCISCO, C o n t r a c t By RENNY BURROUGHS; ·C. . R .. VAN WINKLE t? :B.S. ~~ 1 \i\~ r! ~. , 0. B~;x . )0 8~ O ~kland, $A!192 _ ,.( press~,ue to E. J . Thor e P .O. Box 1017 Van Ness Avenue. activity ceased irnmediately. 1~---=------'----'--~ lqte)' for eonst. Mpr-aga 'Pump. Sta. ' . . ~ p ' . . - ' . .. ' " . I this highbc.il bonus deal were Ni - 1' - d . - ift b-· c·ast. Stockton, $35,160 fpr earthwork for APRIL 21, 1950 A few jobs not yet started 111 approximately $150 a week ·gross, , os. .an 3' 700 · 1· m. _. 't d' : OAKLAND, Contract awarded to Ut h b t H irpi1: & .steel pr~~sure ''line & 2,420 ne;A~ aJg~~ · C t. t d d t - Russell Hinton Co., 361 Hayes St., R a ld~t s_oobn o ~~· are_: .,. T~r~i with mucker operators and me- 1ft. vitr. line. ' . , ' on rae awar e 0 eyno s JO at wneer ·-Iat' chanics proportionately higher :·;ANTIOCH, Contt:act awarded to I Guenn & Morgan, Box .517, ·Los San Francisco, $21,962 for dean & Olof r-:el~ofi's job at Kam~s, L. A. 1J We are -proud to announce . that ,. A~ta · 'const. , Co., · 33 N. Front, _Rio Gatos, $4,190 for. con~t. remf .. eon c. paint. Park Street Brid\;e, betw. Youngs JOb out of Mar~svtll.e, and/ in the· last 45 days the folloWing · _the _Leonard ConstructiOn J.ob at contractors have signed agree . Vi~ta, •$2 73,2·94 for i~prove. Lone. e~lvert over dram, d1t.ch on Book- :Alameda & Oakland, ALAMEDA 7 Tr ee.:·& , other streets & rights-of- sm Avenue Exte.n. mtersect. -of COUNTY. · Garfield: These and e:x:p~nswn of ments in the State of tJtah: w~;v ; · ~n A,ntLoeh, -ine.luding _sanitary Foxworthy & Jayrvts Roads, SANTA NOVATO, Contract awarded to crews on C1yde's Parley,: .Job, Strong _ :R. E. Davis, J . K. Thayne, Nel- ., sewer~ water . ma_ms pavement, CLARA COUNT _. Johh Rocca, 415 - 4th Street, San .Company's job at Lakeport, and "' ' SACRAMENTO C t t d R f l $28 562 'f t t ld ' F. t .son-Bii·tcher, L. T. Johnson, Harry. curos ·& gutters; 'under 1 911 Act. _ I , on rae sawar - a ae , . , or eons :· wo we . Floyd Whit ings job at Cave . 9r , . . . ,. - APRIL.... , · ,. - ed as f?Hows: ·steel, 100,000-gal. capactty storage should cut our out of work list Reynolds, Germer .Abbot '0 ''up there, but it's a lot better tl1.an spread with. another former Teich- River Bi:idge & ' '4 mi. N. of Win- (B) VILLA STREET: To Gran- DAVIS, contracts awarded to lying · in bed. To celebi·ate Ben's I erteer, Har<:Jld Shannon. · ton Corners. ite Canst. Co., Watsonville, $7;145. Un~erground Con~t. Co:, 75th . & . return our · crew had just success- . Brother Irvine Collins,, we~der , . SAN FRANCISCO, Contract (C) ACCESS ROAD TO RODEO San Leandro, Oakland, (elec) $75,-Jfully crossed the St. Jo. haula.g:e I .Just left to &'0 ·to Ra.y, Colora~o, awarded to Wm·. E. Tliomas, Rt. 4, GROUNDS: To Granite Const. Co., 736; &. to M. R. Carpenter, . 9071 tunnel and was busy instailihg -a · 'On :a new -sizeable dam job of Utah· Box 3400, ·sacramento, $10,.940 for Box 900, V{atsonville, $3,~57. :Front Street, Sacra~en!o ~steam) 'big, fast hoist at British shaft, top Constructions. He says he will be ~ ~viden 5-span bridge · & surf. with SAN FRANCISCO, Contra c't $8,832 for const. utJl. drstrrb. sys., Irecord with which at present is back in\1955. plmix surf., 1 · mi. N.E. 'of Yount-. awarded to Clyde W. Wood, Inc_. , Unit. No. 2 & ex~en. & service co.n- 81 buckets per shift. . An old pipeliner, Brother C. S. ·- ville, across Conn Creek, NAPA: P .O. Box · 620, North Hollywood,.· nectwns for restdenee halls, Umv. A WORLD'S RECORD . Gonz;ales, from Ti;aey, .California, co. I $150,418 for 19:047. mi. ~rade, drain, of California, Da vi_~ Campus. ' I Grafe-Callaghan started to . co'n- :stopped over in Salt La~~ abo'ut pAN FRANc:ISfO, C_ontract surf., _etc., Mosqmto Rtdge, Tahoej LATHROP, contract, awarded t,o,eentrate on their headi'ng m - the the first of the month gpmg tp .a awarded to Lowrie Paving Co., National .Forest, . PLACER co. IE. T. H~as, Box.95, .Bel:nont, $17191 Duchesne 'rmmel :i.bout May ·8th I six-n:onth, seven-day ' pipeline ~ph . 1755 --.Kv.ans · Ave., San Francisco, SAN MATEO, Contract awarded for 12 m. bYP?SS lme and meter, 'aft-er :achievihg 8 woi'ld's record at 1m the Saskatchewan, 9anadran . $2;(547 for . drain, surf., etc.. in to F. w. Sm!th, P.O. Box 726, San Under QM-04-468-50-37. I ' I Palisade, Color<' tO, driving an ir-1 oil fields. It is always a pleaSll:·e j\idah St., betw. 25th and 36th Mateo,. $7902 for const. par)dng lot, j · LATHROP, coiitr'act aw~~?.ed t'o •rigation tunne' of over 2,000 feet 1to hear from these traveling . . A~es. . Baldwm Avenue. . . . ' E. ~· Haas, Bo~. 95, Belm_ont, $5.938 J in 30 days. T;:otorm'en's checks or. brothers. .$AN FRANCISCO, Con tr~ act SAN MATEO, Contracts awarded for 584 ft. 12 m . cast rron ptpe, t • · ------awarded to Chas. L. H~rney, Inc,, . as follows . for .street work: incl. inst. two 12 in. valves and tee. 26 1950 575: Berry ·St., Sa,n Francisco, $121:-; (1) SOUTH EL' CAMINO REAL- STo'CKTON, ~on tract awarded· near Excelsior. APRIL • 177 · · · SALT·LAKE CITY contract waE MERCED, contract awarded _to ,·· .. : for tra.ek removal, sewer re- ~125th to 42nd AVES: To L. C. Smith, to S. M. McGaw, ,Elks Bldg., Stock;- awa-rded: to Strone- C~., Springv.ille, Barrett & .Hilp, 918 Harrison st., "" con.st., &.. paving . o_n Jackson St. , 1st & Railroad Avenue, San Ma- · ton, $7,973 for resurf. West Lane, - S F $ .., f t · u·tah·, $440,209 for ?. 2.163 mi. pla_'nt 1 ~an 'ranctsco, 14.o;400 o_~- eon.s .. b et.w. D rumm & Battery. •teo, $71,324. . ·. 'from Kettleman Lane (St. Rt. 12) " · - , 3 - ·sAN FRANCISCO, Contra-ct (2) 25th AVE.-EL CAMINO RE- south to Armstrong Rd., SAN JOA~ mix. surf. betw. Scipio & _Levari, on I~~00 - seat grandstand at och Dist. · a\¥arded to Eaton & Smith 715 1AL TO HACIENDA: To Lowrie QUIN' COUNTY · U. S. No. 91, JUAB & MILLARD 1 "'ric. Assn., MERCED. ' · A S F $ · ' . . .A· .:. - · - · . · COUNTIES ALAMEDA, contract recommend- ,• 0 cean ve., · . .; 133, 9 for dram, Pavmg Co., 1755 Evans venue, '· SACRA.MENTO contracts were · I c l'f · B 'ld I 55'"- - t t h. l'f f L b' W S F . $57 797 , . '. ' . C CO t t Ied to a J orma ur ers, nc., .<>;> -- pave, e C: · -wes a o a tea ay, . an rancrsco, , . . awarded for: . SAN FRAN IS , . con rae . was Ma ·shall St. Oakl,ahd . 224 619.,for ,: be.t.w.,.-Mtra Way .& 140 ft. north. ELVERTA, Contract .awarded. to (1) FRESNO co (IV-Fre~559) · awarded to Jos. I. Gallagher, 791 . ~t . F k, . G ' $ 's h . .. · · · · · · · · ··· · · eons ran ·1 m rammar c. oo 1· · ·· :.~AN FRANCISCO, Contract A. S. Schulman Electric. Co., 620' -'ro Gene Richards Inc. p 0 Box· San Jose · Avenue San ·.Francisco I' · · . •A . ' ·· ' d d w J K 8 1 · - - ·o'·- -. ., -' · · ·· '· ·' · '- -1-Paru & San Antomo ve. ' ._,, ,: awar ,e , to. . . . ubon, 2 . Ma~y Impenal St., LosAngeles, $170,32 · ~349, Fresho ·$112;619 for 5.5 mi. and:S.H.yan Gelder,62~ Bays)1ore I _.. ___ ...... _.,_ ··< for ALAMED.A, eontraet.was a_warde.. d '' St., San Ra~ael, $~,460. f~r repmr for . string . conductots & overhead grade, pltm:x. surf. on' cern. tr.. l5ase . Blvd., ·san F~·anciseq, ~70,3~0 1 damage to corner of Pter 35. .ground wrres, for Shasta-!ra~y · &. apply sealct., Madera avenue, utility expanston at, l.Jmversrty of to Olympran Dredgm!5'. ~o, , . ...~~~ · _ ~AN FRANCISCO; <;::on tract Nos. 1 & 2, 230-KV double-crremt-hetween 'Chui·ch & Adams Aves. California Medical Center. 1 Market St.: San Franc1seo, $8~,500 r awarded to Wm. A._Smith _Contr. transmission line, betw. Madison & . YOUNTVILLE contract award~ DAVIS, contr~ct a';;~ard·ed :{gen- (Alt. 2), (mstead of S. F. Bndge' ·. C9:• P. 0 . Box 1506, Oaklan~, $55,- Rio Vista. - · · ed to A. G . . Rai~ch Co., P . O. ·Box eral) -. to Continental Con.st. Co., Co., a.s stated 4-25) . for 2~2,000 c~ ,': _500 . for eonst. belt RR Yard · at S~N JOSE, Contract awarded to 458, San Rafael, $5,800 -for paving, 1402 Front Street) Sacramento, dredgmg at Nav&l Atr StatiOn. .. ,. -·., Bares Const. Co., 900 - 73rd. ;- t t V t . ·H. y t . BERKELEY, •contract awarded ~o · Islars Creek. Ted . e e., a e erans orne, oun vr 11 e. $333,333 for const. Food Teehnolog- - ··s - SAN JOSE C t d d , , , on ract.s _awar _e Avenue, . Oakland, $373,140 _f o.r DAVIS con'tract awarded to. A. ical Bld . . . Lee J. :):mmel, P. 0. Box 17::J, a!l,1 as .follows for const. .Umts-IL& IV const. Umt V-A, storm sewer prOJ- T···· h t '& S _ I · . _ th. St g ·· Pablo, $29,202 for repav; Fultf!n ·. . ere er on, nc. 1846 37 ., d A h - t runk sewers m. M oorpar k . A ve. & .eet. . ·s . . t $ • f t 1 t I . APRIL 25 1950 . Street, betw. Dvvrght. Way. an · s - ,,. . 'd' R d u · II T · ·p· - -- acramen o, 27 , 518 or eons . s . . . ' . "'.';_en _~n 0~70:0 Mmt '· ~ o_ -1- APRIL 19, 1950 iniprov. . curbs, gutters, fences, etc.,. & :h-ght- ·: .STOCKTON, Coriti·a<;f'.· a\iva:tded ALAMEDA COUNTY.· .. · · · awarded to FJiy Improvement Co., 7328 Mrsswn Street, Daly C1ty, $12- i~g, at State'Hwy: Blk DJ~\I!@Mln~l14 ~ REDWOOD .CITY, Contra e t ~ ~n er· \AI~\y· ~G nu :?'&~~~n;.;~ ,·a_:varded to Chas. L. Harney, Inc., um . · 'ff a Co11gres~man Franck R. Haven-~5 15 Berry St., San Francisco, $39;- . Get · ~ · ner's candidacy for re-election was 540 for 0.35 mi. grade & surf. ·o p 0 I launched early last month with the. (widening), on Geneva Ave., from . ' .n ...e. nI nru .~ .almost .unanimot.ls SUPl~Ol't of every Bayshore H\vy. west to Schwerin ,, . . . . ; J ·U group u: the commumty. St. 1 ·· ·· · Labor committees who · have in ELK GROVE Contract awarded By CHET ELLIOTT the past carried the great load of to A. Tiechert' & Son, Inc., 1846 · Business Representative, Local 3 Mr.. Ha.venner's campaign have 37th $t, Sacrame,l)to, $135;065 for 'The Eugene Alves Const. been warned not to be lulled into canst. sanil se\vet system. Co. were the low bidders and i~activ it y_ by the n ~rrowed opposi- MODESTO, Contract awarded to t he contract has been award- tr~~ to hrs re_-~l~ctron. Harris Canst. Co. P. 0. Box 109 The opposrtwn to Franck Hav- ' ' ·ed to this firm for the con- enner's elect'o lth h . Fresno, $563,646 for. canst. Roese r n, a oug sma 11 IS velt School. - struction and realigning of very powerful," Jack Goldbero-er the Alpine road extending president of the Union Labor P;rt;· l\'IAY '\. 1950 f of San Francisco, wa·ms members REDWOOD CITY, Contract : rom Stanford University to of organized labor. "It consists of awarded to C. 0. Bodenhamer, 635 Portola Road. This is a joint the powerful r eal estate lobby, Br:v.rster Ave.~ Redwood City, $3, :State and County Project and whose candidate has resigned his 10::J for cone. srdewall's on Alameda· ·COnsists of dirt moving, bridge job as chairman of the San Fran- de las Pulgas & Hopkins Ave., Red :building and paving, Brother cisco Real Estate Board to oppose wood City. Franck R Havenner. The San _ IMOLA, Contract awarded to "Whited who will be in charge Francisco Real Estate Board is a Pacific Pipeline & Engrs., . Ltd., ·Of the operators informs this member of the National Associa- 2128 San· Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, ·office they will move a shove tion of Real l Estate Boa;·ds, whose $1,660 for const. undergr'ound ~~le- DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES.-When Hitler ruled Deutschland· ;and other equipment vice to the president, Hubert U. Nelson, phon~ cable line at Napa State Uber Alles (Germany Over All). was near the top on' the Nazi · b 't th' k recently hit said· 'I do not believe in HosprtaL P