L _ OFFICIAL JOURNAL OJ' THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, STATE OF CAUFORNIA OCTOBER, 1931 Table of Contents P~' GO~'HIIOr Roll)!l'" Call Puts 3600 !>Jeu to Work • 1 BJI A. L. n....u. A...ut"NI Dt:fH&/lI n.....,IO.. 0' P ..Wte Work. Slltte Comm' ions and L S. Board Act on Wakr Problem.______ 2 Waste and Want in Waler S'lpply Sbo1\'n in PielnraJ___________ 3 Stille High .....ay- Prevention Work Reduees lo'ire ToIL. .___ 4 How Stalp ('f\OJlf.'rllfl"~ in Buildil12" HigbWll)'S Through Cities.____ 5 BII C. 11. Pllrcell. 81al0 NIotA_. &ltJ/blcrr Good Versus Bad Hoads Hefl~ted in Tran-! Cost _ 6 American Association of Highray Offidals Bac.k Employment ~easuTeS • ._____________ 8 811 C. C. c...k'.... ell..,'. Di~"'io.. •, c....,......" ••d lllglU. "f Wa, Analysis of Governor's $5,000,000 Con~t.ruetion Program for 193L. 10 JIll W. II. Vald.,,.. DC","'lf ettk/. DIWiOa oj Arcll"KtIl~ Buildings Finishej and in CoUr.>E! of Breet.ion Pictllred . 11 Consultaot Engineer Board Approves Trll.nsbay Bridge Plans 12 nil c. 8. Atodr_. «",.:"e"" Irw Sa. FraH.,q(o·Oa.l:lon4l Ball DricI.., Building the San .Tuan Grade Cm-off 14 BII L. If. 0111...... mu....t .l'llil/llle<:T Governor's Letter to Mayors ReqllestlDg Joh Quot.AlO 17 Sont.hern Calilornin Water Problems Aoalyzed 19 Galltml Hescue by Wll.tcr Division Engineer 23 State Elllplo~'~e8 Give $31,000 to Community ChcsL 24- U. S. 'Engineers Study Stale Water Plans .__ 2:1 Hesolutions Adopted by National Hjgliwuy Officill.lli 27 Annual }[eeting of Redwood Bmpire As.sociiltion 29 State 'Engineer's Report on Water Resources 31 Vitlll St.ntistics on Dum COJl,<;truction 34 Bep"m,,, W,L" Appli",,';oo••od P"mit'-- 3J HighwllY Bids and Awards for September 36 Dedication of Jenner Bridge Over H.ussilln Rh'er_ . 38 HUDting the "Fox" Itt Weekly Bidders' Meeting 41 By A. L. BANKS, Aa8l.ll.ant Depu{y DIr«:tcr of Public Wark. ALT..ED from tl.e dispirited ranks of The 3600 men called to the highwa)' work unelnp!o)'ment. 3600 men are now WCI"'e oot taken (rom cities or communities on C melldinl!', dressing and improving the a bas:s of population. The district engineers highwa)'!! of California. They face the winter had worked out their itemized programs. ill a mien o( cheer(ullJess that Will sadly lack­ These l\-e.re adju'te..l to terlllS of mell and ing u few weekr. ago. Better atill, nearly money. Work wl.ieh or-dinarily would not 18,000 dependents hR\'e wf'lromNl hope IUld hal'e bM-n takt'll liP \lntil next yellr, was set com for t baek to tlll~ir llOtn~. For, lit! it up !ur immtifiate altt:ntion. The lUt:n we.re known, rn.ltrried men have been given e"ery called b)' quota from poillt8 adjaceut to the pretereliC<'. The more children, the greater job in hand In most instances the program the consideration. Out of 40 was bO arranged as to enable mcn lake.n from Saer.ltfficnto, the men to spend their nigbts e"cry onc had at least fh'e at hOllIe-to take back to their ehildren i some had SC"en and fllmilies their full day's wage. eight. Old man Illachineryisout.of Governor Rolph 'a highway luck, for the time beiug. The maintena.nce program calling program for the next few for this ext.ra. la.bor will put months gives the righl of WhY about $52 monthly into the to hand labor. And it is a pocket of every man in the wholly legitimate clearance. big crew. The Slate Depart. Under lilly circumstance or ment of Public Works, High. Ilt /lny time, the work in hand way Diviaion, has increased would 118\'(' been done by ita daily pay roll by $7,200 in 11I1IId power. AlII] none of it order to meet this one item. is "!lliltie jobs." Good old Oalifornia! NOI' is this 1111. Evcry phose Not Oharity Work of higllW8)' llnd construction Colonel Garrison has been work h88 becn sJ)ct:dcd up. inststen1i that the la.bor fit rJiterally mil1iollS of dollars in A. L. BANKS the going program of the ncw contractK have becn let dimion. He said it must be the IllSt few w(-eks. Autltori7.atioll!{ arc going ca.refully planned and al carefutly auper_ out for new higbwnys, lor new buildings and vised. This means that there iJ no charity in for cn:ry form of State improvement. it. Thc State and its work_needy citizens are working in a reciprocal relationship. Good Ooopera.tion In assembling the men, 145 mayors and Dut-speaking directly of the emergency about 00 Leg-ion Poats and rural officials were work of the Public Works Department-the contacted. A personal letter from the Gov­ jO)' apparent Hmong the department nttaehes ernor ""ent to each. TIe in"ited their eoorera· ill pl'cparulK for it. 1"811 proo! o! their fine tlon, specifying that the men IDUl:it be (I) fibre. And the cooperation receiw!(l. from bona fide residents of California, (2) married every pnrt of the Stale made the ""ork of men or t.hOAA with sole depe.ndents, and (3) preparation even eHsier. known to be acutely in need of employment. (Continued 011 pqe II) 2 OALlFOR'KI.4. HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORK' State COTrlTrlissions and U. S. Board Get Into Action on Water Problem ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NCREASINGLY active and State-wide nated plan for the development and distribu­ interest in California's water problem has tion of the water resources of the State. I been evidenced during the pa t month. 2 To meet with and collaborate with the Joint • Legislative Water Resources Committee. Governor Rolph has made several public 3 To cooperate and confer with the President of addresses calling attention to the vital im­ • the United States and any board, commission, portance of obtaining an economically sound congressional comm ittee or other agency of solution of the problem, and of the necessity the United States which may have charge of a.ctivities in respect to wator conservation, for doing this with the least possible delay. utilization, flood control or navigation. Governor Rolph '8 commission of citizens, 4 To do any and all things necessary to make a known as the California Water Resources '. full and complete investigation and report. Commission, has organized and has held sev· eral meetings, two of which were joint meet· "It is my desire that you study and report ings with the California Joint Legislative upon all phases of the problem-engineer­ Water Committee. Both bodies are cooperat­ ing, economic, legal, financial and constitu­ ing with each other, and have discussed plans tional. for joint procedure. "To the fulfillment of your momentous The California Joint Legi lative Water task I pledge you my whole-hearted and un­ Committee held a number of public hearings stinted support." in order that all pha es of the problem be given consideration. One of the principal GOVERNOR AT MEETINGS dutie of the committee is the preparation of The chairman, Matt I. Sullivan, former proposed legislation and constitutional amend­ Chief .TlH~tice of the Supreme Court of Cali. ment.c:;. The committp.e ha. bep.n earnestly at foruia presided. Shannon Crandall of Los work on the study of this phase of the problem. Angeles was elected vice chairman and State Engineer Edward Hyatt, secretary. CALL FOR .\CTION The econd meeting of the commi~ ion was The initial meeting of the commission was a joint meeting at the invitation of the Joint held in the office of the Governor in an Legislative Committee and held in San Fran­ Francisco September 17, 1931. In addres.s­ cisco on eptembel' 28th. On the following ing t]le member upon the dutie of the com· day a joint meeting was beld at Hotel Oak­ missioll Governor Rolph said: land, with members of the lIonorary Advisory "The problem that you have before you Committees appointed by Governor Rolph to for solution is the most important and press­ assist the commission present. The Governor ing one in California today. * * ,~ Im­ attended both meetings, outlined the principal mediate and energetic action is required to features of the State-wide water problem, a.nd correot this unsatisfactory and unnecessary assured the committee and comm.iss~on of the situation.. It is no longer a local problem. whole-hearted support of the- executive and It is one in which the State itself should the State departments. take a part. The task that is assigned to The Honorary Advisory Committees met you is to evolve a plan of ~ction. after the general meeting in the morning and * * * * * organized by the election of chairman, vice "The duties of your commission as set chairman and secretary. The former Gov­ forth in Senate Conourrent Resolution· No. ernors Gillett, Pardee and Richardson were 40 are: _introduced by Governor Rolph and addressed To study and report upon the conservation, the meeting, assuring those present of their I • development and distribution of the water interest in the problem and of their willing­ resources of the State, including particularly ness to cooperate and assist in every way. findings and recommendations as to the eco­ nomic phases and such proposed legislatio'n, Both the Joint Legislative Water Committee resolutions and constitutional amendments as ~d the Water Resources Commission were may be necessary to c~rry into effect a coordi- in session on September 30th at San Francisco.