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Vol. 23-No. 10 . SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA .rn r october/ 1964 H Hr.r !'>- Fourth. Quarter

1 MEN, MACHINES RESHAPE EARTH ··•· Revised ·Dues . . ' Is, a Saving The revised dues rates,. adopt­ AT GIANT O~ ROVILLE DAM SITE ed by the membership, went into OROVILLE-,:...,To describe what one can s~e at the site of the world's largest earth-fill effect· October l, and f~u many dam, op the lilstoric .gold-yielding Feather River near this 1.15-year-old minfng town, one fed and grew too large . (see pic­ ture page) . ·who have already. paid their would. have to be a Hollywood script writer. This is the most ,colossal project witnessed, and fourt}l qu'arter dues .'a credit will . ail the Holiyvlood- adjectives and superlatives couldn't begin to give . the reader a true THE MEASUREMENTS appear on their next biliing. . . - picture of what Operating Engineers and other crafts are doing here. This monster, for those who The savings. resulted from de- This dam is being constructed ------·have not seen-it, has the follow­ leting the regular special' dues of from gold dredge tailings left plan to redistribute w a •t e r Qne of automating to do the job. ing measurements: 44-43-99, that seven dollars in the fourth quar- many years ago, and, in this throughout :the state. Much of A year ago, Oro Dam Con­ is, height, width and length. This ter. Here are the savings fo·r the case, had it no.t been for auto- ,the Feather· River water will structors, the name under which old girl weighs 660 tons! It is mation and technological ad- find its way into southern Cali- the eight"company joint venture self-motivated on tracks standing • those tailings would still fornia, through the Oaliforni·a .plies its trade, is b-ashful about fourth quarter: vance, over seven feet high, seven feet Calif., Nev., Utah be in ploace and Oroville Dam, Aqueduct system. revealing cos,t figtires, but they .wide and over 34 feet long. 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3E...... ~ ...... $4.00 wlth its hundreds of men work- DOOMED BEFORE START &pent a cool milliori apiece for The wheel, over 29 feet ,in di­ ing, would no-t· he a reality. seven new 3000 horsepower elec- ameter from the tips of opposite HAWAII While it is costing the people . A few ·years ago, people were tric diesel locomotives; installed buckets, has eight 1.8-cubic yard 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3E...... $3.50 of California to build the dain laying bets the dam wouldn't be about 20 miles of standard guage buckets. The exc•avator's rear 3D-Calif., Nev ... :...... $4.00 · Qver $120 million, this. is a drop built. M a n·y problems, insur- track; built three r a i I road conveyor boom that carries cob­ 3D-U.tah ...... $7.00, $4.01), $1.00 in the bucket comparing .it with mountable a,t, ·the time, were bridges at various •points along ble from the bucket-wheel to . 3D-Hawaii ...... :...... $2.50 .the eventual water .supply which tackied. The biggest problem · the route from the reclaim area transfer cnnveyor can swing in 3D Reduced ...... 6.00 will be aV'aila.ble ··throughout the '.wasn't, "how are we going to to car unloading station, plus a 210 degree arc, and the bucket­ Another important aspect of nation's number one stMe which place all the material for the switching equipment, repair gil- wheel is capable o-f CtJtting a the by-laws revision is in the is growing .faster -by the day. dam, which amounts to some rages, rolling stock and accouter- vertical swath of nearly 33 feet. The dam :is part of the Cali- 77.5 million cubic yards" (this ments of a rail line. handling of delinquent members. forni:a -State. Water Resources ·alone defies imagination), but Cobbles, or rocks, are dumped and 3E- "a member. who is USE OF GOLD TAILINGS by the buckets onto a rub-ber belt of the sta.tionary boom, and then sixty days delinquent in the pay­ This reporter was profoundlY,. ment of his dues shall. by action dropped to the tail boom of this • struck by the sight of the mounds . German-patented machine. From of the Local Union be suspended of smooth rocks, some smaller as qf the si~ty-fi, rst day, unless th·ere it progresses •to the band­ than a mki.·ble. others larger tha:n. wagon, which is also self-moti­ on · or before the fifteenth day of a basketbalL Everywhere one the third calendar month of such va.ting, and .theri into a self-pro­ looks, there are mounds and pelled hopper car mounted on a delinquency he shall ·have · paid mounds of this rock! On page his arrearage in fulL" track and straddles a 7·500-foot one, there is a. picture :of a gold long, 54-inch wide field conveyor In simpler terms, dues must be dredge, owned by Yuba Consol­ paid within 75 days after due .to sys·tem which carries the cobble. idated Gold Fields, out of Marys- · to storage piles. avoid the trouble and expense ville. This is one Qf the types of Trains enter these piles in sp'e­ of reinstatement. machines used ito dredge these cialiy-built tunnels, and the 40 "tailings," as the rock is cailed. gondola-type cars are each loaded Several of these · •abandoned in a matter of seconds through dredges may ·be seen with trees automatically and electronically gr_owing through them, and pits controlled devices. There is, in­ • of rattlesnakes "protecting" ·them cidentally, closed circuit tele­ from intruders from 'San Fran­ vision "viewing" every step to cisco. the ear.th filL The workhorse in reclaiming The trains pulled out for the ·these tailings, left over 'from the nearly 12-mile run to the doam­ "golden days," is a gigantic site, where H uncouples, picks "wheel," w hi c h looks like a up an empty 40"car str-ing of trencher which had been over- -Continued on Page 7 LBJ, HH'H Receive CO·PE Labor Backing The California Labor Council S. Senator, Frank E. Moss; 1st • on Political Education unani­ Dist. Congressman, William mously endorse President Lyn­ Bruhn; 2nd Dist. Congressman, don B. Johnson and his running David S. King; Governor, Calvin mate, Senator Hubert H. Hum­ Rampton; Secretary o.f State, phrey for President and Vice Clyde Miller, and Attorney Gen­ President at its pre-general elec­ eral, Phil Hansen. tion convention in San Francisco The only recommendation com­ this month. ing from the Nevada COPE or­ The 500 delegates similarly en­ ganization was for incumbent U. dorsed U. S. Senator Pierre Sal­ S. Senator Howard W. Cannon. inger for a full six-year term. Salinger was appointed to his Pitts praised President John­ post by Gov. Edmund G. Brown son for his choice of Humphrey to fill the vacancy created by the and said, "President Johnson death of the late Senator Clair stepped into a b-reach last No­ Engle. vember and gave the country Thomas L. Pitts, secretary- leadership, wisdom, strength and • nation needed . treasurer of the State Federation warmth when the of Labor (AFL-CIO) was named it most. chairman of the California La­ "His unmatched training for bor Committee for Johnson ·and the presidency enabled him to Humphrey. · .. carry forward the late President In Utah, COPE made the fol­ Kennedy's blueprint for a Great Gold ·Dredges 'Like This One Heaped Tailings Now Used for Oroville Dam lowing recomme_ndations: for U . Society." • Page Two ENGINEERS NEWS October, 1964 .. eJD from the Manager's Desk By AL CLEM •

The work picture still holds good. It is extremely gratify­ ing to note that the members who are employed by Kennecott Copper are now back on the job. This, in turn, will open up many new jobs in the State of Utah. This coupled with the fact that there has been some recent letting of contracts in this area should bring some measure of prosperity to the members in our Union in Utah. GENERAL IEXIECU·TIVE MEETING During the past month I had the pleasure of attending a General Executive .Board Meeting in Washington, D. C., and as usual, we were able t9 exchange ideas with representatives NEW ZEALAND . . . the tail race tunnel on South Island here is rushing along with this ' from other Local Unions and gain knowledge which we hope • 100-2 Conway mucker on the Manipouri Power proje~t, according to Brother Jim Powell, will be helpful to the members of Local 3. While there we now a service representative for Goodman Manufactunng of Chicago, Ill., owners of all met with the officials from the 0. J. T. Program and we pre­ sented another .program for consideration along with-repre­ patents on this machine. sentatives from LO£al12. We are hopeful to secure approval of this program as we know the first one was highly success­ ful. We only hope that the next program will be equally successful. ·" ·· We also met with represent~tives of the F.C.C. relative to securing a radio channel for· m()bile radios to be used ex­ clusively by the labor movement.· This was also a joint ven­ ture sponsored by Local 3 and Local 12.

WESTERN STATES ~MEETING During the past month we attended a meeting in Portland, Oregon, where all the representatives of th~ Hoisting and Portable Locals_in the ten Western States were present in­ cluding Regional - Director James J. Twombey of San -· Francisco. At this meeting the problems of the Hoisting and Portable Locals !n relation to the projected power transmission inter­ line construction were discussed at great lengths. The Semi-Annual Meeting with the representatives of the AGC Chapters was in progress at the same time and it was a greata deal of pleasure to renew acquaintances with many of the contractor's representatives with whom we have had contractual relations. BART·D, UNIO·NS MEET No doubt many Brothers in the Bay Area are familiar with the proposed Bay Area Rapid Transit District System, which is in the engineering stages at the present time. There • was a joint meeting of representatives of the crafts, the engi­ neering firms and officials from BARDT to seek a solution whereby a suitable agreement would be resolved for this huge project which could be constructed with the very minimum of delay caused by labor disputes. Due to the complexity of the job and the number of individual contracts to be let, table, but we this will entail many hours at the bargaining supplies air to Oroville tunnels. feel confident that with good faith on all sides, this objective THIS GIANT COMPRESSOR may be achieved. As the project is of several years duration, this is extremely important. - 1MEMBERSI-UP BilLING STREAMLINED In other parts of the paper-in more· detail, you will note a mock-up of a dues card and billing form which will be forth· coming some time in November. This is the result of your • Union . installing a 1440 IBM Computer to process the ac­ counts of the members of our Union, as well as to do other work by mechanical means. We ~re looking forward to a smooth transition from the present method of processing accounts from manual to mechanical means. On behalf of · the Officers and the office staff, I ask that you bear with us, and if there is a mistake, notify the office and it will be rectified as soon as possible. I am sure that by wGorking to­ gether, this transition can be brought about by a minimum amount of inconvenience to anyone. We know that when the computer system is in full operation, we -will be able to render better and more efficient service to the membership as a whole, and it goes without saying, this is the goal of the officers and the Executive Board Members of your Local Union. BE SURE TO VOTE. NOV. 3 • Inasmuch as this is the last edition of the "Engineers News" prior to election we cannot urge you too strongly upon the importance of your casting your ballot in the forth­ coming election. How you vote, of course, is part of your American heritage and your right which should always be -Continued on Page 7 THE NEW Caterpillar Packer made debut on Oro Dam. • I

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P ublished each month by Local Union No. 3 ofthe Internationa.l Union o( Operating Engineers (Northern California; Nor thern Nevada, States of Utah ·and Hawaii.) ~ Subscription price $2.50 per year. Office: 474 V alencia St., San Francisco 3, Calif. AL CLEM ------·-----· ··Editor and Business Manager PAUL EDGECOMBE ...... President DALE MARR ------Vice-President W. V. MINAHAN .... Recording-Corresponding Secretary . A. J. HOPE ···- ~ ------·····-- - ~----·-··· ·· ·· ------Financial Secretary DON KINCHLOE ··-··-···········--····------··········------·Treasurer mocrats Dominate Voter Gains· The State of California this week released figures showing t hat t he Democratic Party gained over 600,000 registered voters since the June 2 pr.imary e lection, while Republicans during this time gained 250,000 new registrations. Democrats in the state have an edge in registrations, 58 . per cent compared to the Republican figure of 42 per cent. Yet, in the 1960 General Election, Republican forces nar­ r owly beat out the Democrats. The recent California COPE convention here in San Fran­ cisco endorsed President Johnson, his running mate, Senator Hubert Humphrey and former presidential press secretary Pierre Salinger, for President, Vice President and U. S. Sen­ ator, respectively. Over 500 delegates, representing all · of labor, were unanimous in their selections. The Executive Board of Local 3 went on record of supporting COPE en· dorsed candidates. · It is interesting to note that newspapers and magazines acro~s the e<;mntry also follow COPE's selections. . The Saturday Everting Post termed Johnson a man "who has manly flaws and leaves much to be desired, but who is· unquestionably as wen· qualified to be President as any tried and tested' leader the Deniocratic Party now affords." While endorsing · Johnson,- the Post even more strongly: • urged· the defeat of Barry Goldwater. · . . - While the many. campaigns and local issues are heading' into their final rounds be sure you listen carefully and make ·TO COPE HOW ' up your mind· to protect your hard-won lahar gains won for· . you through active leadership in yom; , ~nion a1 the collective bargaining table. The'i:e are forces who would take -collective bargaining away from the labor unions and substitute a na­ FAll'S P~RICE · tionwide right-to-work law. The Kennedy-Johnson administration has inade many By SIDNEY MARG()LIUS houses. In some areas, especially the West Coast gains the past four years; this may not be the time to change and South, rates are higher. in the middle of the stream. · Led by food and housing pt:ices, your family will cope with higher living costs this fall, except for The three kinds of mortgages usually available COMPUTER- ARRIVES to you are "conventional," FHA and V.A . In FHA ·appliances and clothing,· stili seiling at relatively The long-awaited computer to mechanically process mem­ and V. A. mortgages, these agencies insure the low prices. bership records is· being moved into the general office. The lender against loss, but as with the conventional new billing system will go into effect next month and we The price problem calls for close attention to se­ type, you arrange the mortgage directly with local eshall depend upon our members to send in the billing card lecting the better values in food .· The Dun & Brad­ lenders: with their dues remittance to receive credit. We need your street wholesale food index recently hit its highest to make the transition from manual processing of On FHA and V.A . mortgages, lenders may charge help levels of the year. This is a warni.ng of higher food set by the govern· membership to mechanical. no more than the maximum prices through Winter. Recent rises in the cost-of­ ment (although there may be a variation in · some Your Executive Board members and Business Manager living index already have pi1shed living costs to a a long time to add extra fees such as closing costs). The current FHA Al Clem have planned the lBlVI system fo.r new high plateau, and have wiped out at least a of 1 per cent another service to members and accelerate handling of dues. rate is 5% per cent plus one-half little of the benefit you got from this year's tax cut. for FHA insurance guaranteeing the lender against COLLEGE SCHOLARSH!PS The government could help defend both con­ loss, or a total of 5% per cent. The V.A. rate is Parents of high school seniors are reminded that the sumers and business men from some of the new 5% per cent. Executive Board of Local 3 for the second year will award inflation now threatening. The government has awarded in June of 1965. Business 2- Another help to homeseekers is provided college scholarships to be large stockpiies of metals and other raw mate­ just signed into law by Manager Al Clem said the Executive Board amended the by the 1964 Hou·sing Act rials, including copper. If the General Services President Johnson. Among other benefits, the Ac t rules to award a . scholarship each to a boy and girl, based Administration offers to sell some of its huge re­ iversity of California Scholarship provides for direct home loans to the elderly, as on the decision of the Un serve of copper and other metals on the open also provides Selection Committee. Students must have achieved a mini­ well as for farm housing. The Act market, it could effectively quiet the bouncing for home-improvement loans at an interest rat~ of mum grade average of "B" in any public, private or paro- pri~es. jurisdiction of Local 3, which in­ only 3 per cent for low-income· families in urban echial school throughout the up to local cludes Northern California, Northern Nevada, Utah, Hawaii Higher prices of copper and other metals used renewal areas, ot bring their homes in housing affect home building and renovation standards. and Mid-Pacific Islands. most application should be sent to W. V. Minahan, costs, and the cost of housing already is the Still another important change authorizes FHA Lett'ers for P. McMurray, Sec·retary, at .474 Valencia St. in serious living-cost problem. Joseph to pay for the correction of defects in hornes Recording-Corresponding Home Loan Bank Board, , Calif. Chairman of the Federal bought from now on with FHA mortgages, if the San Francisco average selling price of a new reports· that the builder defaults. This gives the FHA mortgages up $1500 in the past year to a new house has gone added value to home buyers even if the interest of $23,474. This means the aver­ · current average rate is no lower than on the conventional type. age worker can't afford the average new house being built today. In fact, he can afford just about 3- Another help is while prices of new houses have Obituaries half of one of these new · dwellings. The usual are still climbing, prices of older houses Init. Date of yardstick is that you can afford a house about leveled off. Name City Date Death 21f2 times your annual income. On an income of 4-For renters, one help is that ;:m oversupply has developed in some cities­ Wilford Anderson, Hayward, Calif. 12- 6-47 8-27-64 $5,000 a year (typical industrial wage today if you of new apartments work all ye.ar), you can afford a house priced at not a real over supply but an over supply at cur· Stephen Andrews, is that more 7- 9-61 9-10-64 about $12,500. rent high asking prices. The result Walnut Creek, Calif. ------·· concessions are being offered in the new buildings. Gulch, Calif ..... 3-12-47 8-31-64 Here are suggestions f01: coping with this fall's Tom Evans, French in older houses are being pushed down. Marrie Dyer, Eureka, Calif. ______11- 7-53 9-17-64 high housing and food p1;ices: and rentals • Richard Ghilotti, Carson City,· Nev. 11- 7-42 5-23-64 FOOD BUYING CALENDAR: The major price HOUSING: There are four trends to moderate­ Rudolph Hugi, Gridley, Calif. ------·· 12- 4-48 9- 8-64 problem is protein foods . Turkeys are the buy of Cyrus Kaiser, income homeseekers: the month. They are in especially heavy supply No. Sacramento, Calif. ·······-----···· 6- 8-42 9- 3-64 1-Mortgage interest rates have dropped to the this Fall. Among red meats, beef, although it has Allen C. Peterson, lowest point in recent years. The lower rates gen­ gone up, still offers some· relatively good values. San Francisco, Calif. ·------· 8- 5-50 9- 9-64 erally in existence today are ·one of the · real Cheese is in heavy supply, and can be used· to Othon B. Romero, Newark, Ca lif ... 1-11-64 9- 2-64 achievemei1ts of the Kerinedy-Johnson Administra­ substitute for or supplement meat in many savpry *Industrial accidents-one. tion. Av'er age .mortgage rates now are 5% per cent. di!mer dishes. Also take advantage of this year's • for new homes, and a little under 6 for older bumper apple c rop-the biggest in 27 years . I

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By BILL RANEY, $270,000 grading and paving job, y fer En MIKE KRAYNICK plus all utilities for the city of SAN MATEO- This area, as Belmont. This should help sev­ By T-OM ECK and The first contract will consist of and Linkbelt Speeder companies. well as every corner of the juris­ JERRY MARTIN the Wintu Pumping Station and We are negotiating an ·agreement diction of Local 3, and the entire eral Engineers. REDDING- Two major new a chlorination station on the with Dale~s Salvage Yard, and nation, today is faced wi:th one Bahr and LeDoyen, Inc., is j(}bs are expected to help reduce project. hope to have an agreement in ef­ of the biggest political battles of starting on street improvement this district's out-of-work list to Invitations to bid the pipeline fect with it shortly. this century. These hotly con­ work in Redwood City, .amo. the bone. The list now is very laying have been· sent out and the In and a r o u n d Mt. Shasta, tested political campaigns seem ing ·to $172,000; Do.uglas and sm-all and we are short in sev­ bids will be opened November Fredrickson-Watson is pavi ng· to be the backbone of our nation 3. Woodhouse is stirring after a eral 'classifications. 0 v r 200 The entire project, including a and cleanup on 99 West. Also· which gives it its strength. e period of inactivity; S and Q dispatches were handled the past conh:act to install a 4 milli-on O'Hair has a good bunch of ·our We ar-ce CGntinllally lambasted gal­ Construction Co., of South San month and the workload is reach­ lon steel storage tank, is expected Brothers busy making aggregate, by one political faction or the Francisco, picked up a $100,000 -ing the peak of to go for about $7 million hot mix and paving, While out of other each proclaiming. "how the season. and all sewage disposal job in Redwood However in the uplands phases under construction McCloud at the dam, Peter Kie­ bad the good -guys are .and, con­ , we by mid City area; Granite Construction de.teded s'n ow flurries, while December. Looks like a go ~d wit has added to the com,.plex versely, how good the bad guys was awarded an $894,000 con" som·e of the dirt spreads were win t.e r job for some of the with a crushing rig, and every­ can be." tr,a£t fC:Jr ·site development ·of turned into mud pools during Brothers. thing seems fine. Out of Calla­ On the one hand, .advocates {)f Mariner's Island, in San .Matet>, han, Gibbons & Reed is digging the "good old days," are preach- 1·ecent rain squalls. FREEWAY WORK adjgining Foster City's project. . Granite Construction Company out of one rock cut with the 180 . ing Malthusian theories reminis­ The Gordon Ball This is only one ·part of a much was awarded the Iron Canyon freeway job (DOG) and they'll move it up to cent of the "feudal days." This has larger project for the _future. Da'm (another portion of the Pit­ reached that stage where another and punch out more tb:eory, dominant in the 17th some of the Brothers Buss McCloud project). We have d.is­ are not get­ road way using tw{) shifts. Century, was proposed by a man Haskins' s ·p r e a d s are ting in full time each week, but worklng full time. One of the ·Jlatched several operators, and KE'EP TIME RECCYRD named Malthus. For years men with new work opening we hope were jailed, and worse, for sug­ better pa~r, ing jobs, located • they are · in the process of pre­ The necessity of k e e p i n g a to place these Brothers on other ;gesting publicly that .an attempt Burlingame next to the Bayshore paring shop and office areas and written r-ecord .of days and hours projects. must be made to improve work­ highway, sees shov.els, dozers pioneering access roads to the worked is becoming more impor­ Ferry Brotbers is keeping a ing conditions, welfare and hike and blades under the able -eye of jobsite. This is an earth and tant. In the processing of a ·griev­ good crew of Brothers going on wages. 'Br.o-ther "Hardrock" Martin. This rock fill dam 200' high, 900' long m1ce involving a certain t i m e this same freew.ay job as well as You do have a choice. Which is a combination bay-fill, indus­ with approximately 1,700,000 cu period, it reflects how important the new work they have picked shal'l it be-return to the "good trial park, d·rive-in movi-e and ;yards of material. this can be since it usually is dif­ up in Palo Cedro. The Norman old days" or protect hard-won small boat marina. Developer is The company is planning to ficult to remember what you had Fadel job at Anderson is mo.ving gains made through your Union Keyston Enterprises and is su­ single shift now, a n d perhaps for dinner the ciay before yester­ well, des·pite the traffic prob­ and its powers of collective bar­ -pervised by Brother Bill Scott, s\vitch to a two-shift operation day, let alone what time lems. you fin­ gaining? of Anza Pacific and Glacier Oil next season. Joe Luco is Pr-oject ished work ten days ago. No-vember 3, go to the polls Companies. Manager, Howard Modie is Gen­ Fredrickson and Watson kept How many tim es have you had and make your choice known Brothers on this job include: eral Superintendent, and Brother large crews busy on projects at a shortage on your pay check and through your constitutional privi­ Chuck Carlton, Don Martin, Pete Wilson is the Master Mechanic. Red Bluff and Corning. The J. F. because you Were able to tell the l lege and cast your vote! Egnatoff, Gor::.on Burton, This is a good job which will Shea Company is doing a num­ Superintendent or Foreman the Lew Pitts, Al Knowles, Cliff keep sev-eral Brothers busy for ber of small jobs around the area exact time you started and-quit BLOOD BANK Jones, Lloyd Haskins, George Ramsell, many months. and keeps some Brothers gning each work day during the pay The semi-ani1Ual Blood Bank Charlie Mayham and Jo·hn BELLA VISTA PROJECT part time. H. K. Ferguson ·Com­ period in question, it was .ac­ day of the San Mateo Building • r~ The long anticipated, talked pany and 'Daugherty Company on cepted and there was no difficul­ and Construction Trad€s Council monson. about Bella Vista water project the Kimberly-Clark Plant coming ty getting p a y shortages cor­ will be heid Saturday, Oct. HI, Although tbt base material was js.about to become a reality. Bids to .a head finishing o u t with rected. at Peninsula Hospital from 7:3Q the nemesis of dredging com­ on the first phase of the job will small crews. There are many reasons why a.m. untif noon. When you gi¥e panies, it seems to be excellent be opened by the U.S. Bureau of The Chicago Bridge and Iron yOctober 20, 1964. Company is doing tank jobs out ord, the most immediate one be­ family or a Brother Engineer or Foster City is dominated by of Red Bluff and Enterprise. ing if your employer went bank­ his family. You also re.ceive a companies · which incluue: Gran­ Most of the Rock, Sand and rupt you would have to know the free breakfa.st and a bit of the ite ConstructiQn, Oscar Holmes, Gravel Plants in the area, such as exact hours worked day- by day "elixer." McGuire and Hester, Kunz Pav­ ·N•lpa l :iv-er Span J. F. Shea Company, J. H. Hein if you had any hope of a satisfac· The previous Blood Bank day ing, Hydraulic Dredging, Bra­ Company, Oaks Sand, Gravel and tory settlement on your wages. · in June was very successful, and gato Paving and Wilsey, Ham and .To Start Shortly Cement Company, Trinity Sand Your pay check stubs are ·in­ we hope this will top any pre­ Blair. \, & Gravel, T.H.R. Company and va luable to you in the collection vious output. Your officers and staff in the VALLEJO- Gordon Ball and Houghtby & Son are going full of health and welfare and other THE WORK PICTURE San .Mateo area are proud of Syar and Hal)ms are finishing blast. T h e Ransome Company fringe benefits. Many of the larger jobs and companies which regularly hOctober 2 at tbis district! new Yolano Mobile home park We will again ask one in this district. U. S. Forest Service preferred 1:30 p.m. located all the brothers at Yolano and Enterprize who are not NO BIDS ON YUBA the concrete structure; it was The immediate plans now are Streets in Vallejo. This is only working to be available when As has been predicted recent­ more feasible in connection with to explore every possible way of one of the dispatcher a dozen or more jobs calls so you won't ly by contractors, county offi­ the multiple outlet features re­ reducing costs, eliminating ·alL w hich is keeping our Brothers miss a job. We have had good cials and other observers of the quired by the California Depart­ possible co ntingeNcies and in­ working. cooperation from the Brothers, progress of the Yuba County Wa­ ment of Fish and Game for fish creasing revenues for constn• We have several and we pro j e c t s are sure this will con­ ter Agency's $i50 million proj­ facilities and it provided a gain tion funds. Although the agen. plam1ed to start this year tinue. and ect on the Yuba River, no b{ds of about one year in water stor­ previously has been on a "crash 1965. One is 13.5 miles During the past of State month we have were received for opening of bids age schedules. schedule," a Spring biddin~ highway from Denverton to Rio been in negotiations with many September 17. schedule would allow time for DELAYED UNTIL SPRING Vista. of the employers in this district Several major contractors sub­ thorough investigation. The , big It is noted that the Napa whose agreements have expired. mitted letters of expla1\ation. The Yuba County Water Agen­ question to resolve is wheti?yr River span construction will open We are happy to report most ne­ Most expressed continued inter­ cy met the following day and the agency should precipitately soon and will widen the present gotiations are completed, and est, and conviction the project formally resolved to go ahead change back to plans for ·a rock two-lane road to four lanes to the new contracts have been rati­ is worthy but the principal rea­ with plans for the Yuba River fill dam, or go ahead with plans Interstate 80. fied by members concerned. sons for not bidding were cost Project Arrangements were for a concrete arch dam. • Page Five October, 1964 E N G I N E E RS -N :E W S -coP£ Recommends LOST I' U.tah Camlidates By HU«;H BODAM, -· Utah. It will eliminate the dan­ SALT LAKE CITY - The JA:Y NEELEY, gerous ·horseshoe bend. at Bevil's success. the Operating Engi­ , Gate which stopped. . the ·Mormon MERLI-N BOW'l\-1-AN neers in Utah have e:x-:peri- _ JOHN THORNTON, Pioneers'. attempt to enter the e.nced the p-ast .few years must ­ VANCE ABBOTT valley throagh Weber Canyon. be- pro.tected:' for the next faur; and· LAKE AUSTIN PROVO AND S()UTH ·years with e veryone going-to The usual Fall rush to beat the SALT LAKE CITY-Work is th-e p6'lls on election- day, No~ ·weather is on. The leaves are ho-lding up weH in Uta)l,~ and ·V{lllber -3 and voting; ~orne very good jobs money-wise turning and there· was snow- on The Union recommends are coming up.for bid i.n the near the mountain tops. the other that the COPE endorsements futJire. We hope this will provide morning, which indicates that the for the following be u~ed in >~rk for some of the Brothers _working. days for this season are_ - guiding your thinking: Lyn- ring th-e Winter months. The ·nuinbenid. It is true that a few 1 . don B. Johnson, president; weather is getting cooler in the of the pr ojects are nearing com­ Hubert Humphrey, v'ic~ presi­ mornings as we get nearer to th-e :pletiori but in most cases it wi:H dent; Calvin Rampton, 'gover­ opening of deer seas-on and a -lot be nip and tuck with the freeze-_ nor; F rank Moss, -senator; of lhe Brothers are looking for­ ·up, and with tP.e· new jobs to be William G. Bruh n and: David:; \vai·d to the hunt. Good Luck to Jet, there_is every indication that S. Kin-g for first and second all-but be careful so no accidents -the employment. pic-ture should Congressiimal Representative; occur. ·. .. r emain good to the end of the with something to look . S. Clyde Miller, secretary of · Work from 9th South to the :season forward to in the Spring. state and Phil Hansen, att01·­ point of the mountain is still at . ney general for the state of -Some of Stout Construction Co., at Kan­ the peak of the season. Utah. ' t he -jobs are preparing for the ·nar-raville has cut back to one shift as most of the heavy muck­ These men are friendly to Winter already but at this writ­ · organized labor a1td its aims all equipment is manned. ing is compl-ete. V. C. Menden­ ing ;md p.ur poses and deserve Some · of the · jobs that start- _-hall, on I-1-5 north of Beaver, has ­ your vot-e. - ~ late have almost caught up a couple more we.eks left on its .. 1th the work schedule. This UTAH'S FINEST ... Shorty Afleck operates this Hough 5-00 sm:facing project. They intend to was done through two-shift op- Paydozer on the Gibbons-Reed job at the mouth of Parley's use a's many of these men on •'eration or long hours. If a deep Canyon in Salt Lake. This is one of the largest rigs working ·their Cedar City job which has frost dosen't arrive too e a r l y anywhere. been started ;md has most of the C-onsumer· Price Index most of the Brothers will be able pr eliminary work done. Work in Up &.3 for July :to make up some of the time struction usually has a sewer job They are now starting to work the rest of the area remafns most­ lost-earlier this year. or two going on ali the time but on -their .stt'ucture. ly unchanged. WASHINGTON-:-The Consum­ - W. W. Clyde's 4500 South Free­ at this writing Butler has laid off­ Thorn Construction Co. is on EASTERN UTAH er Pr ice Index rose _by 0.3 per­ way job is nearing completion. most of his employees. their oiling job at How-e , Utah As Autumn appears in Eastern cent in July, the United States Bt'other Grant Haslqm is super­ KENNEC01'T COPPER and weather is in their favor. A.t Utah, work is at its peak with Department of Labor's Bur~au · of Labor Statistics announced. intendent w i t h a crew of 15 We are happy to report Ken­ the rate -they are going t h e y _some work to be let which we Sha-rp- increases in prices of Brothers getting this job fin- necott Cop.per has resumed work .should complete the job before · hope will go-through-the Winter. meats and fresh fruits and -vege­ ished. The equipment on the job afte ~· an 80-day strike. The new bad weather sets in. In less-than a week we will have tables were primarily responsible will be sent to other Clyde jobs, agreement is now in effect and Bids were opened Sept. 22 for .some additional' highway jobs let and the Brothers working now we· hope things will get along cOctober 6-Hayward. pointed. requests because of lack of blood. Please make an effort to Summit is putting in so many October 8-Stockton. Due to the fact that in the call for an appointment and donate! hours it is almost a two-shift October 13-Los Banos. State of Nevada • your vacation operation. We have 37 of the October 14-Merced. SACRAMENTO pay is paid into a Trust Fund Brothers working on this job. October 20-Watsonville. We are holding mail for the following: Dick Allen, Dick and is payable once a year , y ou Clements , Rock Products at October 26-San Rafael. Benson, Cordett Braden, Cecil Gipson, Lake Moore, Arch are urged to keep a record of Truckee is still on a· 3-shift, 6- October 28-0akland. McKnight, Art Standish and P. Stefani. your time. In the event there is day basis, with approximately 91 October 29- Redding. · We extend our sympathy to the friends and family of a dispute you will have proof of Engineers employed. A. Teichert October 30-Eureka. Brother Cyrus Kaiser who died recently, and wish Brother time. This is very important to Lee Tulen a quick recovery from injuries sustained in. a win. a dispute. recent fall. Safety meetings were held in · We appreciate the pints of blood donated by the follow­ Elko, Truckee and Reno. We . ing: Alvan Bobo, Arnold Boehm, Wayne Kaffka, Beverly were happy to see 45 Engineers Parton and Dorothy Webber. turnout. at Elko. Films were ·1 · Brother Fred Husum j recently underwent surgery at shown and a safety message de­ ~~~t~~~[ ~ [~: Uili u~ mn :1 ~I ll Mercy hospital, and we hope he livered is on the mend and will be by Brother Fran Walker. , Performance, Quality, Parts Availability and • ,., ,., '" · · on his feet soon. There is a petition being cir­ STOCKTON culated in Northern Nevada to ~l Field Service make up the VA LUE of your i' r~l · ~· i put some union teeth in the pres­ Brother Allen H. Knoell was injured on the McNamara lit Construction Equipment purchase or rental from : •. , • , • job when his Euclid ent right-to-work law. This peti­ jacknifed and threw hini off. He was m : mr m ~ n~ confined to the Tracy Memorial Hospital for a short time. tion is being circulated by all Un­ i,:._• ·.: E R BCO. That VA LUE is l:ranslated into a ; ~;: :!~ :;; Brother Don Hunt requested that his mail ion Representatives and may be r· th l l\• ~ . ~ be forwarded !" smoo runmng,· pro f·1ta bl e JO· b• : mm:: ikm: it,.:m signed at any Labor Union !ol' hall ,,, , ~~ to his address in French Guiana where he leased 200 acres . 2('>!_ 1~ ~ ,. 1J l: :m:m of gold-bearing land he mines hydraulically every year. 1 •J'• ~n• ··m · We appreciate the pints of blood donated by the follow­ }.: · !f: m: H~ :. Since 1910 ERBCO has been giving that ! W: if' il" ing: Juanita Jones, Wayne Wood, Merle Laughlin and Bill I •l!i - ~ !1 ~!!1 Nevada 'Work' I d .W"o (1 Boohen. · VALU E t:o the construction industry. We look rif;· ir~ • 11 ;7- 71 EUREKA Petition Ready ~ u u forward to serving you today and tomorrow. :!PH~ HU · The Eureka office sends its sympathy to the family and A petition to amend the Neva- 1 ~ ~: n~~ ~m l !J ~ p., J2 \o\ loved ones of Brother Marrie L. . da State "Right-to-Work statute 1 ~~ : ~m ; l~ Dyer, who passed away 1 51'·• • , Uo o m,l t ~• ,.,Jl'!t September is being cir.culated by the Nevada 1 n lEi 21 17. We wish a speedy recovery to Brother Ray tyl d I ""~ ;, •4\ 0 .,,, !;uJm 1 2l '.O 21-;i 2l~ I 2'; \'i. 2~ \ i 70\~ Monteith who S t'a t e AFL-CIO, according to 1 llh 11\ , Il l~ is in the hospital. · • £I 1n 1 o ~~~ Lollis Paley · executive secretary. R B [ .otOhlfli'Oi\ UTAH Brother Engineers are urged £DW:1Rll • ACON OMPfll\IY i ~~ ~~ l~ · Brothers Dave Braegger, F. F. Siler and Layne McNalley CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT . - ll ~ ll to sign the petition whiCh will be _. ~ :; : ;~ ;~~ have all been hospitalized. Best wishes for a speedy il 1l 1l recovery. at the Reno Operating Engineer Fol som at 17th Street, So n Francisco, Calif. HEmloc;k 1·3700 : ~!"' ~ ll!. ;:,.. . n •. • u u .,., . Sacrame nto • Oakla nd • Fr esno · lll• m;. n- SAN JOSE . Office. The only requirement is : ~: : ~~ ~ Our thanks to blood donors Bertha Miller, Alice Aber­ that you ·must be a registered nathy and Robert Sandow. · voter. The deadline is November On the sick list are: Brothers Bill Baertsch, in O'Connor 3 . . · j.!. ~~;·.o"'""UO U " · •. " • o> •oooh+ ·'"' "' ~ '''"""'M<>> ·~ >o ~ m ~: U< ~~ o o+ o> o W ~f OH o" . ,itJ -::·,DQN,'T TAK .-~:, CHANCES .· great degree. While there, are ~ome tr~uQle spt~ ~the ~h::s:i~~c~~~~P:~dr:::~:!~ . . ~ . , . ·r·- , _ .. . . ·;.. w ;~ . ,. ~-" - . ~' . ,_. ;·; world, we, !ll~re . generaU1 !tere ~I.I\ , AUJ.enc!'- , fl!~·~Jonug ~ - $ho-qld 'be created for tf}:e .man' .: .:.-· ·W·J:IH· ·. SMOCJT H.-T IR ·ESl ··'· _, greaJi . plE~ast¥'e, of. prosperLty. We.. woWl,er. if :t~. .ey,~~~ortf:t,_ tb.~ : 1:hou§·arids of-)leople who ·a~eam~ • , ·,- - ..•. , · ' - . -. -: · ., : -- : chance lo cliange all of this py ch~ngin:g horses :the-mid(lle' · ·. · • : · · ' · in .. i ' -:< , 4 ., ' ' : . ' -. ., ' ' ' . . . : . ,;:,.. ~ l •. • . ' . ' " of the ·s'tr""hi:' ' ' . .,, ' - ' , .. . : •'' . . ' ~ ' and; r · en~ee:red, thi~ -- fantasti• -<" :r."("'-• f"'A:;:iJ::, ' ,, ••, ••' ' ~ -:~;; ~ , ..., ., ' 4 { , • ~ ~~R ~ · -; .. ' ' , "'•· k r, ~.,.\ .... fu..-.. ~-"' ~ • .., ' ;;t .• ~.,~~~ ,;t,., 't ,..~ ' • ' • • .r;, .,. ·, .' , ...·~~f....;-fi,i<~rF~ ·l,';;;c . 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·. I NEARLY 3 000 DISPATCHES Gas utilities throughout th1 - -./....,-,.~ 0.,. 91.1,,-~J"' .$WI. · . D · th th f •S · be United States will serve abou · urmg e mon - o eptem r there were 33 regular 36.5 million customers in 1964 2344 E. 12th Street Oakland agreements ·signed and 95 short form agreements, making a an increase of about. 900,000 ove KE 2-6323 total of 128. There were 2899 members dispatched to the 1963, according to the America1 various jobs during the month. Ga~ Association. · Page Eight ENGINEERS NEWS October, 1964 . • Altering Feather River Will

BIG MEN, big machines, big dreams and planning go int.~ Marysville in Butte County. At top is picture of.dam showing tr Below is "the Wheel" which chews up 5500 yards per hour; -tc top right is car dumping area and below ·it is Brother Engineer

where dispatches are made. rjar.old -Hustofi'; is - dis tr ic t- , represEmt~ Phenneger. Over 400 Operating Engineers work at dam. .ober, 1964 ENGINEERS NEWS Page Nine

. ~ .. ielp State Water Problem

>ri.ex wa!._er resources project at· Oroville Dam, north of dumping material into hopper for final leg to dam site. Ft ,is hopper and "baloney reel" at end of wheel excavator; 1 crape ~:> · at reclaim .area. At .lower left i_s, tv}arysville office

-'I:Susi n-e ss-- C!geh ts : ~ re ; C:laude-i Odom/ Hilrold Weeks ·and: Ray ·- .. Page Ten ENGINEERS NEWS October, 1. Sco,rching Fire D~ebuls Hits Santa Rosa New Equipment on Canal; By RUSS SWANSON and LOU BARNES More Can·a·l W·ork Up f·or Biddin SANTA ROSA-This area has been "hot." By WALTER M. TALBOT, AL portable cement silos are neces­ McNAMARA, GLENN sary ~ Over 90,000 acres of grass, DOBYNS to help augment the five timberland and real estate prop­ and JAMES HUDDLESTON trucks hauling b u l k cement erty have been scorched and, in STOCKTON- The work load around the clock as the job re­ many cases, completely de­ in this district has remained quirements near the 2500 barrels stroyed by a fire which raged out static this past month. Several · of cement a day. · McNamara of control for several days. jobs are nearing completion and Co-rp., constructors of the Winds up to 70 mph whipped up unless more new jobs are let in Tracy by-pass and West­ flames which could be seen for the immediate future, re-employ­ side Freeway, will be down to a miles around, and a heavy pall ment will slacken. single day shift before the first of October as the bulk of the dirt of smoke fills the sky in Sonoma Western Contracting Corp.; low County. .is now in place. The structures bidders on approximately 30 and fine grading will probably The fires started above Calis­ miles of the California Aqueduct, keep a sizeable crew busy until toga in Napa Valley and leap­ is taking delivery of Euclid TT­ 'the rains come this winter. · frogged ove:· the hills into the SS90's, with which they plan to M~ Maliftano & Son started Sonoma Valley. Hundreds of move the bulk of the excavation the .. levee and bank protection homes were lost and the area has material. (See Picture.) Only five job on the San Joaquin River been declared a "disaster area" of these self-loading units will near Vernalis. This project is ex­ by the State of California. be on the job on a two-shift basis. pected to keep about 10 engi­ Many Engineers pitched in These are the first on the West neers busy for some time, as the Coast with bulldozers . to blaze fire and were or dered by West­ . company has 700 working days trails, but the high winds sent ern several months ago. to complete the job. the flames sprawling over into · Each scraper is a forty yard Stanfield & Moody of Tracy, untouched areas. Thousands of "struck" capacity equipped with successful bidder on the recon- · WHAT'S NEW ... the " equipment race" to build bigger ma­ volunteer workers helped con­ a· 540 horsepower V-16 G. M. struction of Copperopolis Road, chines is on, and latest entry is Euclid's TTSS 90, capable of tain the scorcher. Diesel power plant. The tractor east of Stockton for $276,163.00, hauling 80 yards for Western Contracting Co. on its canal However, . the work in the also has the same engine, mak­ now has a crew l;>usy plus a few job at Newman. area, unfortunately for our Engi­ ing a total of 1620 ho·rsepower. "new hires" at this time. neers, hasn't been as "hot." Most Unladen weight of the unit is in AI Haworth, of Stockton, was . & Son is taking a good deal of Division of Highways calling for Brothers are working, but this excess of 100 tons, mounted on low bidder to the U. S. Forest Teichert Aggregates output, area, as yet, hasn't been one sixteen 18:00 x 49 tires plus the bids October 14 on the construe- Service for land clearing in the Claude C. Wood Company Rock which has had an over supply of two smaller tires oli the front Stanislaus National Forest. . tion of 5% miles of expressway and Plant furnishes the materials for jobs available. an overall length of 108 The building construction work on Highway 124, north of lone feet. their construction wo-rk plus sup­ In the offing, however, is the This same company has a continues above normal in both and the intersection · with High­ Cat 16 plying other users in the Lodi $2 million finishing touches to blade (see picture) on the Modesto and Stockton. New de­ way 16. Budget allocation is $1,- job. This job will be manned area and Stockton Sand & Gravel the freeway by-passing Ukiah on partment stores, industrial 800,000 for the project and in­ from the Modesto sell commercially in the eastern Highway 101. This job may not . office; how­ plants, housing projects and cludes a bridge across Dry Cr •• ever, in view part of San Joaquin County. materialize for several months, of the equipment shopping centers create grading about six miles north of lone. mentioned, we do not expect In the Modesto area Standard however, about this time last and paving jobs for A. Teichert Materials, The Bureau of Public Roads many engineers to be employed , M u n n & Perkins, year Gordon Ball started build­ & Son, S. M. McGaw, M. .J . Ruddy will be advertising for a grading this year. As the work progresses American Sand & Gravel, Santa ing approaches and bridges here & Son and Standard Materials, and temporary surfacing job in into the concrete phase of the Fe Rock, Allied Concrete and and worked right into December. to name a few :of the larger con­ Tuolumne County near Big Oak~ job with batch plants, aggregate American Transit Mix are all Noyo Breakwater and Warm tracts. This type of work keeps Flat and another in Aspen Val­ plants, more operating engineers cashing in on the Matich Corp. Springs dam are still in the many smaller employers and ley later this month or next will be required. However, this Freeway Jo-b in Modesto · and "talk, talk,. stage, and there's owner-operators busy on small month. will not be the case fo-r some Ceres, which was noted in the nothing new here to report. backhoes and hoisting equip­ time. beginning of this report. This The State Department of Wa­ The bridge ·and approaches at ment. leaves Turlock Rock Company ter Resources has earmarKed an­ Matich Corp. is going full blast .-Caspar, :south of Ft. Bragg on The mountain road jobs have supplying aggregates for hatch­ other $13 million for a portion on their concrete paving oper­ Highway 1, is up for bid this reached their peak of employ­ ing operation on the new Stanis­ of the California Aqu-educt to be ations in Ceres and month and it is estimated costs Modesto on ment at this time and should re­ laus County College in Turlock constructed in Stanislaus County the new freeway. The paving will be in excess of $2 million. main this way until their jobs and Frank Marks selling · com­ with bids expected to be called completion date is October 15th, The million dollar Hughes, are either completed ·or shut mercially from his gravel plant · for some time in October.• s with the job completion Ladd and Huntington job outside date fo-r ·down for the winter. Harms east o-f Newman. will adjoin Western Contractmg both the Ceres and Modesto jobs Boonville on the Boonville­ Bros. on Highway 88 and Claude NEW WORK Corp. ending west of Patterson to be May 1965. This is a Ukiah Road has been working wet C. Wood Company on Highway The call for new work is rather and continuing north for about hatching operation with 15 new double shifts. When the job is 4 are in the paving phase of their slow at this time with the State . 6 miles. Rex Tilt Type mixers hauling done the road will be included in respective jobs. the state system for maintenance. from a Conveyco Batch Plant Rubber-tire equipment is be­ rated at 250 yards per hour to FOCK PLANTS PROSPER ing used by Charles Chandler . the Company's own designed slip The rock, sand and gravel Freeway Work Nearly Do·ne Co. on its $1.2 million channel type float. With this accelerated plants are enjoying a good sea­ clearing job on Santa Rosa pouring schedule, the company son due to the building construc­ Creek, west of Santa Rosa. The acquired a Barber Greene ce .. tion and road jobs throughout Many Jobs Going in Mari_n ment treated base . . company was low bidder by plant with a the district. P. G. A: at Tracy By AL HANSEN division in San Anselmo .is doing rated capacity of 600 tons per is working on a two shift oper­ $500,000 under the next closest SAN RAFAEL-The all the underground. hour, which is unique to the ation to supply crusher run for north bay competitor. Several Engineers area work program West Coast. Nine hundred barrel the McNamara job. A. Teichert is progress­ Brown-Ely Co. started a new are being used here, and we hope ing well, and our out-of-work list job ·at Novato-to move '150:JlPO the comp1;my will make out fi­ is low. This is the way we like to yards in 60 days. Litecrete' •. nancially. · ·,- · , . see it. Equipment and men scat- has several rental rigs ori ' this Ernie .Pes'tana, Inc. in Lake tered all over the place!! job. · ·· · · County 'is 'installing sewers in C. D. Madsen has a few & Kelseyville _with several of the jobs go­ Syar Marms and Gordon H. Brothers.· :-· · · ing around the area, and a good Ball, . o'u Highway 101 at li~mil- · crew working steady. ton Field are still Locli!l contractors received the trying , to get job on sub-bids. Rhodes, Inc. is Pacific Coast Builders, with a finished this year if they c a n. There grading and 'paving and have an­ job going at San Rafael High are three crews working other paving job at the new Lake­ School, has a few members work­ steadily. port High School. WhilE) this is a .- . ing. Coxco is working steady on relati . ·company our · re- Soiland Company has several their two jobs (130,000 yards on lation,S · ' ' . good and we'd underground jobs going through­ one and 270,000 yds. on the like to ~tay around a out the county and a few good other)- both jobs are located in subdivisions. Novato, andhave good crews on · E. A. Forde Company, with a these two. jobs. · few small jobs around the area. Hydraulic Dredging _Comliliy -J :· .has a good job on Highway 10~ fini~.heg! Jt,s . .dredging jop ~n ' ··:at th~ north end ~f the ~o'u nty. · · P~~~1um lt ~tyer and: by th ~wm.e: Williams Colis.truction iC om~ tin~ ' go~s" to ·presS)·· !?ey sp9uld ~ Pany,;:st~rt~!i }~l,S::, joh~ :~. .tl .Sttaw.- ~ P,e :Qut. 'f ~- · . { , _ , • ; " t{' ~~ .· berrY'Cove wi£Iht.!ewJile.robers·. ~ > Ghilotti 'eros. has several~maU Brown-Ely Company art d Lin- jobs ·around 'the ·county, al_1d a scott Company are also working few are of pretty good size. Strocco Paving, on this job. Williams Construe- Linscott Co. has a job at Jurkovich:· all have paving crews BIG AND POWERFUL .. . this new "Cat 16" makes its debut tion will spend a little over one Strawberry and working on a , doing overlay work for the state with Western Contracting Co. Relative size 111i1Y be compared million and one-half on the first job at San Rafael assessment and county in and around Santa with the size of Business Representative Glenn Dobyns and section of its project. J & K Con- district; also they are sta~g Rosa. the tire. struction job at Indian Rock sub- a new job at Terra Linda. W - < ·· ·ktober, l 964 IE N G I N E E.R S NEW S Page Eleven San Francisco's Tallest Building Now Being Erected r s f s By JOE 1\HLLER, GLENN -and then it picks up later in the model out. The company revised By DALE MARR, ing the piles they will move 1\iULLOWNEY and GENE year. the digging ladder and made a GEORGE BAKER, ED DuBOS some of the boats in from Yacht F ORTH We are negotiating now with real machine in doing so . This Harbor and start restoration SAN FRANCISCO - The tall­ FRESNO-Work is still hold­ the producerp in the area and ex­ machine will dig a trench 25 feet there. est building west of the Missis- _ ing very well, with m any jobs pect to complete · negotiations ·deep. The owner, Edith Cham­ sippi River will give a new di­ Cahill started work on the new going and many Brothers work­ foe a n~w contract before the bers, is very pleased with her mension to San Francisco's inter­ F on tan a building, completing ing in all parts of the district. first of October. new purchase. four floors, and have 14 more national skyline with the addi­ The out-of-work: list however APPRENTICESHIP Valley Nitrogen Producers has tion of the new 43-floor Wells floors. They figure they will be is beginning to grow as we have Classes are under way at the awarded an $8 million co11tract finished with the cement pour 4'argo building. had an influx of operators· from Fresno City Coilege again for to Chemco Construction to en­ by January 1965. The Pomeroy - Gerwick Com­ other areas. our apprentices. · One group is large their plant at Helm·. They pany finished driving pile at the Mary's Help Hospital is near­ Engineers should call the Fres­ starting its second year and a will employ about nine Operat­ site and installed the bulkheads ing completion. Lathrop has tak­ no office before coming into the new group is beginning its first ing -Engineers on this project, for- the building, and recenUy en down their tower crane, but area, as we now have a number year, Approximately 50 appren-. crane_ operators, oliers, etc. Bigge laid-in a 42-ton steel foun­ there is still a great deal of fin­ of men out-of-work on our list. _tices are in school. dation girder at the corner of ishing work to be done here. J. F. Pritchard Company ex­ will call the other district of­ . We expect to start a class for the -building, at Montgomery and Swinerton & . Walberg have we pects to use five Operating fices for men should the need gradesetters in February. Any­ Engineers at Hanford on the1r Sutter s-treets. nearly completed the $7 million one interested, contact the Fres­ job on the -Ghiradelli building. arise. ammonia storage plants. This is Significantly, it is the largest no office for applications and in­ single section of steel to be used They are hoping for a November We have a few new jobs break­ a $2 million job and should last for-mation on this class. in the building, and was fabri­ ' 20 opening with Trader Vic al­ ing in the - district during the about six months. ne;x.t mont]l which will employ JOBS <:ated by U. S. Steel's American ready to move in and open an­ Ball and Miles, on highway more Brothers, and expect to see ~ Bridge division in Los Angeles. other of his famous restaurants. Huber; Hunt & Nichols is 198 at Visalia, should keep their Over. 10,500 - steel sections, to- Bragatto Paving is half-way more orders for men to come coming along very well on the r ·from contractors as ·Exchequer crew busy until next summer. talling 1 2 , 5 0 0 tons of high- finished with the realignment . new county Court House. Tbe They are using ·a Coleman loader Dam equipment arrives on· the strength weldable steel will form job on th ~ Great Highway near steel is up to the fifth floor. We on the excavation. job. have three crane crews on the che framework for the building. Fleishhacker Zoo. American Paving Company Guy F. Atkinson is starting on This area should continue to project at present. The steel - work is - expected has six miles of Mountain road, • the Freeway job which will con­ do well for the Brothers this Thesta Construction Company _to take seven months, and two 70 miles above Portervil_le in nect the Bayshore with Third Winter. However, weather will is well along on the new tele­ 100-fo-ot high guy derrick, each - rough country and working a lot Street and will be working in a be a determining factor. phone building on Van Ness and 45-ton capacity, will be used to of overtime to coniplete the job very ·confined area, so they have. Local ·Building Contractors: should be fini$hing the exterior lift the steel into place. before the snow comes. One of the, larger projects go­ brought in a truck tower crane All local contractors in the and interior walls. in the next ing on right now is the restora­ for the job. metropolitan area are busy. Dem­ couple of months. Fredrickson & Watson, Hess & tion of the Palace of Fine Arts.­ M. J. Lynch -started a sewer olition contractors are active in Alex Robertson Pipeline Com­ Dubach & Kenneth H. Golden This $7 million job will be a job at Franklin and Lo~bard the down-town area demolishing pany will be starting a 40 mile -Company are putting down C. T. slow and tedious one because all streets. old buildings in the re-develop­ ·gas line in October .. This line will B. and will start paving this Win­ original work is being duplicated. the excavation and underground ment area. be in Kern and Tulare Counties. ter on highwa)' 99 at Kingsburg Aron -Wreckers has completed work, and is now. starting to New construction of the down­ A pre-job conference was held next month. about 60 -- percent 6f the demoli­ build the clubhouse and recrea- town area should pick up in the in Bakersfield recently. We ex­ At Coalinga we now have · tion here, but there is a long way -tion center at Visitacion Valley. near future. 'pect to have a good numbei· of signed agreements with Atlas to go. Eichler's project in Visitacion ROCK, SAND, GRAVEL Brothers on -this project. Minerals Corporation and Coa­ Peter Kiewit finished a por­ Valley is about ready to go with At present we have had a slow­ Nick Chambers Trenching Com­ linga Asbestos Corporation who ..tion of the piledriving job at a crew inspecting and making down in the · Rock, _Sand and pany recently purchased a new are mining and processing as­ -- Gas House ·cove in the Marina. necessary repairs on cranes be­ Gravel. operations. This seems to Parson 255 trenching machine. bestos. They are now employing As soon as they complete cement- fore going full swing. occur each year about this time This machine is the newest about 50 men.

I · sWAP SHOP: free wend ads 'for Operating Engineers ·LARGE BUII.DING SITE. Hug·e old RUNABOUT BOAT 16', 70 hp, Mer­ 1961 P ONT. Bonneville Conv., full TOOLS, complete, for HD :Mech a nic-, RULES FOR SUBMITTING ADS pines. In beautiful Aptos Country cury eng ., trailer, ski equip. Good power , all access ., new· tires, A-1 Welder; ' 61 Stude. % pick-up, 4 Club tract. .A fast moving area of fis hing boat. Price $995. Bobby G. con d. · throughout ; Sell equi.ty or speed, 289 motor, Budd wheels, 21 ,- dis tinctive homes in conntry at­ Cooper , 29302 Ave. 13 %. Ma d era ,, t rade for older ca r or pickup. F . R. 000 mi. Sell together or separate.­ • Any Operating Engineer may ad­ mos phere. $5.500. t erms. Ralph Kid- · · fo"ilJ~ _.P h o n e 674-5457. R eg . No: K a tarzy, 65 Virginia Dr., Pittsbm:g, J\'L S. Holderm an , Rt. 2, Box 2062, well, 21575 Norman Dr., Los Gatos, 89 Calif. Reg: No. 736362. Ph. 458-4557. Auburn, Calif. ; Ph. 885-3639, R eg . vertise in these c ~ lumns without charge Calif. Ph. 354-2901. Reg. No. 947108. 271558. J. AKE TAHOE 3 bedrm. honse. Sell HOUSE, 2 bedroom modern, 2% acres a ny ._ PERSONAL · PROPERTY he · wishes L. H. Harlon, Reg. 429142, p,o_ Box BELTONE HEARING AID, mode I or Trade, local property or land. HOUSE TRAILER, 1959. 30', TERRY.­ " Companion". Ma ke offer -cos t $349. Fireplace, central hea t. elec. kitch­ 313, For t Bragg, Calif., Ph. 964-4495. t o sell , swap or purchase. :Ads will not en , $13.000. Low ·down financing Modern, tw. beds. Complet e with Don , J. Davids on. 798 No. 13th COJ\IET, 1962- S-22, R & H , bncket awning, cooler and TV a n tenna . St., San Jose. Calif. Phone 292- C. - T. Smith. 637 Beacon, Oakland, be accepted for rentals,- personal serv- California. R eg . No. 487434. seats, automatic, new ww, $1500 or Sliding glass doors. $2400.' James , 1888. Reg. No. 876154. make offer; s ee J a mes Vvhitman, C. Good, 821 Latimer Ave. , Sp. 22, .ces or side-lines. Modes to, Calif. · Phone Area Code L OT 60Xl00, Woodsford, Calif., Pow­ Castle Trailer Ct., Sp. 48, San MOBILE HO~IE, 10x41, 2 bedroom., P a blo, Calif. ; Reg. 10538_8_3.__ _ (209) 523 -8979, R eg. No. 652475. • PRINT OR TYPE the wording you ' er, water , paved road. K enneth D . one w / n ew bunk beds . New ca rpet French , 3929 Vfa Cristobal, Camp- in livingrm. Awning & Cooler in­ S UCTION OR D I SCHARGE JIOSE, want in your a'dvertising on a separate b ell, Calif. R eg. No. 9085_::.:5::.:0;_. _ _ _ H vy. Dty. 4 in., oil resist. . 400 ft.; CLUTCH ASSEi\IBLY, TD 24 Inter­ cluded . $2,700.00 furnished. $2,400. nat]. complete. $200. George W a lk­ unfurnished. Steve Doughty, 717 N. Roy Cook~ 9300 Fruitridge Rd., .Sac­ sheet of pa per, lim iting yourself to 30 NASHUA HOUSETRAILER 1962: lOx - ramento, Calif., Ph. EM 3-8228, er, City Trailer Park, Sp. 31/ 1153 McDowell, Sp. 118, P etaluma. Ca lif. 55' expa nded livingrm., 1 bedrm., 13th St., . San Pablo, Calif. Phone words, or less, including your NAI-.1E, ' Phone: 763-3598. R eg . N o. 1065300. front kitchen. $4,000. 99 M Austin R eg. 683257_. ------BE 5-8644, R eg. No. 1059638. complete-. ADDRESS and . . REGISTER W estern B lade $1800. 1947 F o r d BUCKEYE TRENCHER-18" Buckets 1959 FORD F5 with P ow ers Ut ility ,.Dump Truck $175. N eely L. Foug- 4400 Caterpillar Motor-$2150 ; 85 NU:MBER. - 8'x11" mechanics bed, 8 compart­ ler, P. 0. Box 297, Bethel I s land. Ingersol Rand Air Compressor- - HOUSE TRAILER, 1960 30' K enskill, m ents keyed alike. Gin pole sock ets, Calif. Ph o n e 684-2424. R eg. No: $550 ; 1959 Buick Station Wagon. exc. con d ., awning and cooler. $2450. 394264. See at Pleasanton Tra iler Park, " Allow -fo r . a -time lapse of severa l Tulsa .'18 wineh, trailer hitch front n ew rubber, $1300 ; Gay W eir. 2222 · Space 39. William R. Grinnip, P.O • wee.ks between t he posting of letters . & r ear. bottle rack & vise s ta nd. GAS STOVE w / trash bumer, Vibra­ Grand Ave., Sacramento, California, Box 339, Pleasant on, Calif. R eg.­ This truck r eady to go. Low mile­ Phone 922-2193, Reg. No. 773001. . ... __ and 'receipt of your ad by our re.aders. tor chair. each $25 . Dressing ta ble No. 1112890. ag·e. 1 owner drive n. Virgil Ander-, . w/la rge roun d mirror, $15. H . W . • Please notify Engineers Swap Shop s on, 135 Rose Lane, Los Banos , K eeler, 2281-2nd St., Napa, Ca lif. HOME, 3 br. in Anderson. 12 min. Calif. R eg. No. 962243. R eg. No. 429149. So. of Redding-fireplace, GE air as soon as the property you have dd­ conditioner, !g. closets, hdwood WANTED TO BUY vertised is sold: - FA L C 0 N-60 STATION WAGON, 2 HOlliE, 1 b edrm. w / furnit ure. base­ fl!Jors, Elem : and H. S. in walking dr., engine rebuilt, top cond., over­ m ent, garag e, s hade & fruit trees, d1 s tance. FHA appraised $13,500- H. D. l\IFlCHANI C'S h a nd tools• . • Because the purpose ;hould be served load springs, radio, heat er , deluxe all fenced, .large lot big enough Jack Wey ler. 66 Silver King Mine Please give d escription and p r ice m od eL Priced for quick sale. $700. to raise beef. Full price $5,000 cash . ~~5~4. Redding, Calif., Reg. No. to: Les R eeve. 53 E. Hills dale Blvd.,. within _the _ pedod, ads henceforth will _ J , d eG!y m es , 2666 Leeward; H ay­ Garland Booker , Box 62, Smart­ San Mateo, Calif. Reg. No. 1051351. be dropped from the' newspaper after ward. Calif. Phone 782-6473. R eg. Ville, Calif. Phone 639-2257. R eg. No. 1079873. · · No. 448639. .three months. CABIN CRUISE R, 21 ft. Trojan. Hd., • Address all ads to: Engineers Swap 1957 GREAT LAKES TRAIL 1<~ R s tove, icebox. sleeps 2. V-4 Johns on HOUSE ; 8'x45', good condition. Car­ elec. 0 . B. Coas t - Guard ins pected. Shop, AL C LEM, Ed itor, 474 Valencia pet , washe r , new fnrnace, porch Fnlly equipped . $2,000 or trade for Street, San Be included. $2000 . . Ronald Bar n ey, 565 self-contained Travel Trailer. Ralph MOVING? Francis~o 3: Calif~rn i ~. No. _9th W est, RFD No. 1, Box sure to include - yo~r register number. 465-A. Pleasant Grove. -Utah. Phone L. Sloniker. P. 0. Box 885, Port 785-3482. R eg. No. 912090. Chicago, Calif . Phone 458-4693. Reg. No · ad will be published without t his No. 622796. So you will not miss one information. INBOARD 18 ft. $200. 10 ft. Hydro STJny . .Servi·ng structed :at the Waikiki tunnel. " UJJ~ ~" h t 1 d "II · tion Company started clearing . Stewa-" fo·r '" company t e cen er comp ex an WI 111· working for, Kirk Fox is 100 percent owner as Shop •u '" 1 d th L"b ...i-.. H d J and excavation on approaches : ....._ ., ·h·"s had no um"on for ·"' very c u e . e I e.'"J ouse an . Campbell Construction Com·. Fox Company. He wlli:ll• "' ., t to and Ra.ymond Concrete Pile of Gates and lQng period of rtime, and a pay- C. Penney deparrtmen s· res. . Company moved in a 3900 Mani- pany, with their subs, Lentz Con- was also the first in the United / roll of approximately 130 em· BIG ISLAND NEWS towac .. Fruin-Colnon, who· is the struction Company, Lebeouf and States to use long. holes and the gr t Dougherty, and Lloyd Johnson is the P1 oy~es, BIX! ther K0 h as :a ' eli/ Most jobs are nea·ring com· sub for the concrete work, has first to use rock bolts. He ~ e through St Company are really rolling on in tunnels and respnnsi· "b"l"ty I l · Howe· v r, · pletion. The Chain of Crater a 38B on the job. Kaiser ee 1 leader_in safety his ,. efforts, . he has gained the Road in Hawaii National Park - Corporation is the prime con- their storage tanks at the Yolo he gave a great deal of his time · hl d f om Port. They have already poured device in· 1 respec t 'h e ric Y eserves r will link historical Kalapana with tractor . on this job with a con- to further the safety both members and management. the Volcano Area. It will be com- tract of $12,700,000 and will do one building and will be starting vented by 0. D. Brogan to pre­ on another in a couple of weekS. We a d IDir· e his a ggr· essi·veness pleted in approxima~tely t w o the steel erecting for the bridge vent air lines from breaking d The A. E. Teichert Construe- tal!- d. ·e.1.. ~f· ICiency · . and are Imp· ·r esse months, by Construcrtion Equip- span. California Wrecking, West loose and hurting the men. In wl~t" ,the wonderful work he has ment Company. Upon. comple- Coast Wrecking, to name . two, tion Company of Sacramento has six months on this job they have ~ · "~ · 1· hed · k · n g the submitted a low bid of $69,241 man hurt. This was ' ~mp IS m e e P I ' · tion bids will be called for sur· are clearing the area between had only one ~ members informed, handling ·· raci~g the 20-mile .~oad. · W-X Street which will carry the to the City of Roseville for the a broken leg. gri evances, ·and seeing th.:a·t the .· f t Th f t construction of Darling Way Walsh's Project Manager is "'"act ·I·s enfo'r'ced. ·E,ach s·at· . OVER ON HILO , reeway across own. e IrS B "d Con contract on this portion will be n ge. Les Huntington and his assistants •• - have al- ·urday ni·orning, Brother K(fwith· On · the" Hilo Flood · Control let in_the Spring 9~ 1965. The city councilmen are Gerald (Fuzz) Herd, Super­ out. fail, unless he -is. working, .. Project, the bridge over the ready. awarded the project to intendent; Matt Krumpotic; ~ rep·orts to the Union office to Flood Channel, on Kilauea Ave· Peter Kiewit and Sons is mak- Teichert to give them as much Project Engineer, a.nd Les Gi· 29 · discuss all of his bus i n e s s nue, is romplete wirtli traffic ing good progress on their · ·time as possible before the rain rard, Asst. Project Engineer and throughout the week. We are in- open rto motorists. Construction 30th Street freeway job, and has starts. Geologist, and McAvoy, Master esti­ deed proud to have Brother Ko Equipment Co. is now bu-ilding started pouring the deck for the City Officials originally Mechanic. Gene Byrd is Office ! as a member and. Shop Steward. .· concrete embankments on both east-bound lanes from P Street mated the cost of the project at Manager and Cliff Nelson the figures · (Next monrth, our spotlight will sides of the Channel, and will east. They have a very efficient $56,000 but raised their Paymaster. SMUD's Project En­ i fall on ~~mother brother member proceed with the rons,truc,tion of crew of Engineers on 'this job. recently to $65,000 when they gineer is Homer Castonia of I ... it might be you!) a concrete box culvert at the in- Our out of work list is small became convinced they had com- Bechtel Corporation. Brother Al t .,, now as we have reached the t d t 1 'lt,e have been busy in nego- tersection of M oh ou lI. stree ~nu' pu e oo o~·; . Dalton is the business represen­ ,t rtiJtiOns for the past few months. Kinoole Street. The excavl'l.ltiOn ' peak of the season. A total of tative for the Operating Engi­ being done . 440 men were dispatched in the WOR i IN UPLANDS '1 4 may report new tagreements of the intersection is neers on the White Rock Project. hav'e been consummated with Doi by Kuwaye Brothers. Tr·affic on past month. Work is still slow Work ' 11 the high country is at this time. 'The I I, . Hauling Contractor, Inc., Kinoole Street is being diver.ted in the valley with a few jobs in full swing RMT Equipment, Inc., and w. T. into Kilauea Avenue while this moving along. crews in general. have been put- Chang Contractors, Inc, (Dredg- job is being done. A. Teichert and Son started ting in long hours. District Meetings Rollins Dam is on schedule so far. Granite Construction has had good job here, and it has · October a very DISTRICT 1 been a smooth operation. I • Hell Hole Dam is just in its San FranciscO-Oct. 7, Wednes- first stages. The tunnel here is day, S.F. Labor Temple, 16th and slowing down -as they are going Capp Street, 8:00 p.m. · to come out of this hole and DISTRI<_:;T 4 move the crews to two other lo· Eureka-Oct. 13, Tuesday, En­ cations. They 'will be concreting gineers Bldg., 2806 Broadway, here and driving from the down 8:00p.m. stream end. Part of the crew will DISTRICT 7 go to Ralston Portal and the rest Redding-Oct. 14, Wednesday, of the Middle Fork heading. Engineers Bldg., 100 Lake Blvd., The concrete crews are still 8:00p.m. 6 having trouble getting into ac­ DISTR,ICT ceptable ground at Oxbow Dam Marysville-Oct. 15, Thursday, 8:00 p.m. site. These Brothers are working Elks Club, 920 D Street, in mud and water trying to find bed rock to start the base foot­ November ings. This project is running two DISTRICT 3 . shifts and when they start to St ockton - Nov. 3, Tuesday, pour will go to three shifts. Engineers Bldg:, 2626 N. Califor­ , nia, 8:00 p.m. POLLOCK PINES DISTRICT 9 One of the power tunnels now Watsonville-Nov. 5, Thursday, under construction in California Veteran's Memorial Bldg., 215 is 'being driven by Walsh Con­ Third Street, 8:00 p.m. s,truction Company, three miles DISTRICT 8 north of f'lacerville. Forty to 50 SacramentO-Nov. 10, Tuesday, Operating Engineers have been C.E.L.&T. Bldg., 2525 Stockton employed on this project. Blvd., 8:00 p.m. White Rock Tunnel is one of DISTRICT 2 three major hydroelectric proj­ Oakland- Nov. 12, Thursday, NEW DESIGN .. . this sharp-looking grease truck was built for Dravo in Sacramento by ects in the Sacramento Municipal Labor Temple, 2 3 1 5 V a l d e z shop. It is powered by a small Euclid. Utility District's White Rock Street, 8:00 p.m . Clark.. Welding • Page Sixt€1en ENGINEERS NEWS October, 1964

: . . . Compu er Will Streamlin' ~~!\' ! :· Handling Membership Dues The long-awaited electronic tion: member's Social Security computor which will start proc­ number, Register number, dues, essing membership records will credit if any, the dues period, be assembled in the San Fran­ date due and amount due. cisco office next month. The au· It is, therefore, very important tomatic system will provide more to the member to return the. card accurate and faster service to for proper credit. It is equall~ the membership, according to important that the IBM card no1 Business Manager ~1 Clem. be stapled, folded or mutilated The mechqnical processing will The second card will be m_,dE cut down on administrative ex· up of the member's wallet len pense and insure proper credit tification, receipt and punc !lUI to members' accounts. decal to insert in a re-styled Members will receive two identification badge. cards in thtll mail. One will be If a member doesn't have ~ clearly marked, "return this bill· badge or loses one, he should ing Cll;rd," and must accompany contact his agent, or the maill dues payments. The card will office in San Francisco for -re­ It is important to re­ contain· the following informa· placement. turn _the enclosed bi 11- ing card ~o re c e i v·e credit for your dues payment. Also, clip out your decal and insert in badge holder. If you need a holder, contact your Business Agent.

WORKING ... at Oroville: top left, crew vulcanizes sheets of conveyor belt with reinforced nylon. Below are three operators of "the Wheel," Terry Braaten, Adam Gonsales and Warren Keen. Top right is a scraper delivering cobble to hopper at K station, miles below dam site. Bottom is Oro Dam Constructors repair shop above dam. - . •