-.1 t \fOL~ 14-N.o. 8 . ·.~7.' , SAN · FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AUGUST, 1956 \ '~:~i=~~:..~c:e Record .. Vote Cast -1\iEMBER-· ·_ I·. .1·· ... E -a t.·. -_ , 1\'!EETlfNG ·postponed ·n ., u·..... ....., .. ... IIwI until September · 8th, 1956. · Rep.orts .from across the U.S. indicate that a record vote Because of the Labor Day was cast in the recent IUOE referendum on choice of Inter­ Holiday the regular member­ national union officers, and Local 3 jofned th1= parade· with ship rpeeting will be held on a most substantial response in balloting. ·· September 8th, 1~ ather . than Results of .. the referendum will 1 --. ------------'--- on the · 1st Saturday of the ~robably be announced in th€ next J For Genera·! President: 1ssue of the l'UOE Journal. Coun~ - William E . Maloney .......... ~ ....... 7295 ing of ballots was scheduled to H. o. Foss .................... ~ ................. 9862 start August 15. : , * * * Ne. w Of-. Col'nplete results on Local 3 vot- :"l:st General Vlce-Presldent: Please Note ,. ing are given here. .. I Wilham lVI. Welsh .................... 15,034 fice Addresses: The election committee com- Second General Vice-President: Reno Office -185 M ti posed of E . L. <Garrett, ' Harry A. J. Imhahn, ............................ 14,829 ar n .Metz, and Al Boardman, wishes to . Thircl General Vic:e -President: Ave., Reno, Nevada. Phone- state that it was very g~atifying , J. J. McDonald ........................ 15,066 FAirview 9-2336. to have so many members take Fourth General Vice-President: _ • . such ai~ interest in the election. J . J. Delaney ..... ....................... 14,633 San Jose· OffiCe- 760 Em- They said this shows widespread .F'fth G l. v· p 'd t· "' J C l'f · · t · af'f · · . I enera 1ce- resi €n . ory St., ;:,an ose, a l orma. , II~ ere.st Ill . rurs of the umon, Frank P. Converse ...................... 354 l Phone CYpress 5-8788. Ia!ld . ltne~ etxpretssed.ltlheb hopd'e that IDale L. Burchett .................... 16,472 sun1 ar m ·eres WI · e 'emon- -. llltrated at the general election Sixth General Vice-President: Oregon was the first, in 1887, of polls on November 6. Victor S. Swanson .................. Hi,_933 the 48 states- to pass a Labor Day Following is the official tally of Seve.nth General· Vice-President: law; Wyoming was the last, in Local 3 on election ·of general of- William J. Stuhr .................... 15,665. 1923. _ 1 ficefs during July, 1956: Eighth General Vice-President: Jack McDonald ........................ 16,193 Ninth General Vice-President: Charles Paluska ..........: ........... 16,323 J;OB: .SEASON ..NO ·· Tenth Gen€ral Vice~ President: ... .. '"',RECORirR1GJt · ~!~/:~: :· ~r~f1~n_ : :::·!:::~~~---- ..~ _-:_-_-_. _. _._._._.:3~~ J: C. Turner : ...........................16,214 For General Secretary-Treas.: One of the .best seasons· in many years i.s ··now. ''in. hi~h~ . Char 1 es B . 'u-raJ" - nli - • ng .............. 1.6 , 706. gear throJ.Ighciut _the three-state jurisdiction· 'of Operat1ng · For · General Board -of Trustees: Engineers Local 3, .\vith out-of-work lists down nearly to bot- L. E. Egan ................................. 16;443 tom ip practically all distriCts. Hunter P. Wharton .................... 619 c a to A · k ·th Newell J. Carman ...................... 364 The annual · rush to beat the ' sa r men : . p1c -up w 1 - bd' · · d h' h Michael P. Connors ,............... .... 574 rains i.s now on as contracto;rs re- su IVISIOns; an Ig ways. v > L. Kelley ..................................483 alize it is mid-Augus. t and soon Stockton: Mountain dams and \Vm. A. O'Connell .................. 14,060 comes the fall with its uncertain- valley .hi . ghways holding fairly Ray W. Tucker ....................- .. 16,069 ties. ,good. A round-up .of the various . dis- , Fresno: Holding its own . with tricts si\.ows the following ::;itua- valley jobs. tion: . , · San Jose: Moved into a new Register Nov/ ,Shasta area: In full strid€ on .all home we're proud of, __at 760 Em­ north-valley boom, with big dam ory St. Work · is exceptionally November and industry jobs well underway_: _ good. 1 Marysville: Sizeable crews tackl-~ North B~y : ~n high gear on I Electio·n ing tne huge power projects o1 · · highways and hopsing. 1 Registration Deadline· PG&E in Feather River canyon. <Contip ,~;~ed 011 Pag-e 12> Sept. 13 . • SHASTA INDUSTRY EOOl\'I- With the $120 million Trinity p(Jwer job. under wa.y, new ·housing, and industry, and n,1>w the $21 million 'I)iamond M:~tch '. plant .under,,_way, the north inland· empire is.boomhig. ·This view s!tows .present wo~k on the Integrated· Forest:·:Products. pi'ant '9fDiamond M:atchabout .two miles south of Red Bluff;· off ~ig~waY: 99, . with the Sa{lrarnen.to. river iii background and highway at _left, Del E . '· ..,Vebb Qonst. Co. and Southwest Engineering Co. are the _ b~il(!er !?. - . - . ~ \' . .. · JUl\ffiOS ·_ Giant · concrete stilts, brown hills in bacll~ of Pinole- and R odeo and drop moun­ CALIF. SWITZERLAND- That's what they call the rugged eaeh. as big as a 15-story building a,re :walking aeross· d:o\vn to this high-stepping crossing. The dog-leg on on Highway 299. :This shows ta.in country between Eureka and Redding the present . span cwill be straightened . out on tJie a Kuckenberg Const. Co. job near Willow --Creeli on the Trinity River, the deep.· fast waters of Carquinez straits to present a .twin to the-present bridge. The $40 million project foundations which can be seen in center background. ~ast of E~reka, _a !~~1 ~ha1!_e11g~ to !_he O_ger~ting ~ngin_e~r~ and their --- .!'1'1 -- - -- --- &--.~ ..... _ »:-"--- --~'1 .a .... ~.,. ....,.,._....,_ ........ ~ 1.-: .... t... l rD'a-.. -4--. _,_,.. __ £l,...,.J.,..l.,-..1 n~ ,..:,.. "':i1 ...... ,..;-.n..-..o.- T nran.l 9\ / ., . ~ .... Su-rve)' . Not-es By AL BOARDMAN and . I qi.mlified to -handle all manner of By PAT CLAl""\'CY & HP~RY METZ, Business Representatives · work and this, we believe, is due BILL l\fiNAHAN engineering projects. · · Nev.r contracts for work in the San Francisco area are to the ·fact that many -members . .Business R!Jpreseiitatives . Leptien, Cronin & -.-Cooper, CivW _,, t d'l·' · · Tl ' are limited S ea I to the operation of one ' · . \ Engineers with offices .in.M_artinez, Y mcreasmg. 1e congestion of traffic trayelling in and, kind of equipment. At a special meetmg on Tuesday, signed the Civil ·about the c;:ity calls .Engtpeers.,&.-. Land for speedy relief in the way of new free- August ?thr · the< Wchnical. Engi;' l Surve y~rs' agt~eement on·Aug].-lstr 'ways. Shoreside projects -.1, ·, al"e also in"th'e news thjs. month.. neel:S -· membership ., of ' Operat-ihg,b956-.( ' . '. ' _M. &"K. Corp., was the low bi<I- . 1 . , ' Engi_neer•s .iUliion:.-L;ca:l NeJ;. 3 ~ voteEi { : Matich. Bros-: and.: Sundt Col:ttvat- der ($2!(2- million) for widening;! AU' obstac'les h·aving been 1 , re~ ·. : tmanimo'us c· appi~ oval \· Of~ 'thP.'dg 5.6 __57 . to1:s,- fporm:. Southem,:r Calif"GJ niJ:~~\' and: realignment of up-per ltlarliet:i moved from · -the "iocation · of' I the lVr' ·-··e .... A a ·eement·· with ~- the B""''' were- awar.dedc;a , contl1aot>·.t6"' co a~ _ ··-Streetto. ... theend· js t"' 1 ' F ·t · · ·t ·d1 a~c ~- o~ ·.· . ·. · of·PortolaDrive. _ou •.,e:n_ _ree_w_.a_y.. ; ·I· __ ;. Js -. exp.ece_ c t c 1 E ne & Land~n struct .runw<cy.'S, etc., -at:Ttavis:.,IIJ_r . _les_ 1 1 .:_ This· job ·is expected to start in. o~n ,,, v . ngi ers : ··• _ : Base, F ainfiela~ : They! have-employ- ~~~~tl~~~s ~~'b Wlll be. up for ~ld Surveyors_. Assn .. The new._ contract ed,h>,;o -sur.vey -cl:ew-s:: and .are··wor.k- about ·thirty days ·C. al_lsfo_r ·__ a • · • · 0 C Jones ts ma!tlriz, gocid prbg- _cro.ss_._-the_ _board mcreases·· imr _10 h.ours,a •· day-,' 6 days_"a ·. week. Theo I~:Iey er & Sons wa.s the sue- · · ~ EARLE HILL 0 f 15 t · 11 f P t ~ ' ress on their joh · . · cen s :- pet' our or. ~. ar y _· Guy .. F. Atkinson Co. startedc:Q.P· ·eesful bidder for the exca.vatio.n of . · at the Sim Fi·an- ~ · Ch 1 f · In t m nt Man Sen1 o ·In Jt_me 25, 1956, Na_pa, Calif. · e ·; s ru e ' . · r· . - erl'(tions on Coyote- Dam; ne~r .,..__,·, _I.vi·c· ···ce·n· .ter Pa-t·!,·. -~ ne\v· CI·v·t·c cisco· State Colleg· e. _,.._ spe- L~ tor ·• InsrJe~tor.. L. : · • and Field Assls-' Center ·exhibit ha.Il, and- ga.ra.ge, ·_Fa)r . Ukiah. ' They. at:e .-: currently·. using. Improvemellt Ccfmpany. is WM. E. ERICSON tant, Class,. II. Field A.ssistant, ·. cJass; three. ~u rvey ·. cr.ew on this .laP""e \\•ill be constructed. underground also busy ar'()und to~~ n resurfacmg July 6, 1956, Fallon, Nevada I (Head Cliainmar).) receiv,ed an in- project~ · . s "' and the park replaced. in its p:res- 1man:y of the streets 1!1 need of re- creas~ -- of 27. cen~s per ·hour . .Other The regular.. meeting-- in . August ' en~ form. The bid '\.Vas $3,711,315.1 pair. - GUY E. ROSE additiOns .. are time · and one-half has-been eliminated because of the Utah Construction Company's Mike . Lynch, E. T. Tracy and July 8, 1956, Portland, Oregon pay ..fo :r time spen~ traveli~g <JYer . sp~ial . me.eting·. .that was ·held Auc job of ·a 200 ·acre industrial subdi- Walter Len heir have underground JOHN T . o•-r.TEIL ~ 40-mtle round-tnp, Per _diem for gust 7th. Remember, the next''I'ech- vision is making good progress. jobs. located 1 in · qifferent p<J.rts of July n: 1956, San Francisco, Calif.