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ENGINE:E-RS LOCAL. 3 - STATIONARY ENGINEERS -LOCAL 39. ' ,. ·. - ;~ . SAN FRANCISCO! CALIFORN!A MAY, · ]953

Su·ii'ey Ruling,..._

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COMMENT

I Parley. Asks Value of Union Ca·n Be easured in {old Cash Construction ''n too.k 1s transfusions to turn the trick. ,

By VICTOR s. SWANSON The "trick" in this case was the saving of the)ife of Bro. LO_?al Union Ma-nager s~teg'uard" s Charles N. Flanders who, following his recovery: from a criti- .

What is union membership worth to you- in dollars and · U . cal illness, wrote to thank Local 3 for the help given him, cents? principally the donation from the Local 3. Blood Bank. 'Thafs .a fair question. Most union members have asked Operating Engineers in the Con- tells t he sto1·y. Here is the letter : fusions to turn the trick. ·

. Recommendations of interest to Brothet· Flanders' own letter I them_s_el __ ·v_·es-the question a~t some .. time or other. · 1 str'uction indu_stry _and ' in_therMin- Oxf st Th~tnks ~;tgai~ for everything •. _ l 666 - ord • ' _When I a.ni able I Will replace ,. .. .. ... · . .. . . : . - . eral Extractwn mdustnes were B k 1 9 Cal'f ItS' .,-··q•teStJOfl that hangS ln the air UnSp01"en every time . er e ey . ' .. I • the b}hh_'d. t·o' the an_n OUnt- of Ottr :.-::~:-{~:~ .. :\ b' ·. -.. h .. d . . , . t'· th N · • .11' :· 't·s . adopted by the. 9alifornia . Indus- March 12, 1953 orgo~l=t•.-on so s~o.In e o t. he I' a UIJJ,.Qn~:m_ :.. ~Jll er pays IS 11es, ever):' Ime . · e uni?n ra 1es I : tria~ Safety c:;onference held in LOs · ·· - ~~ --~ " .,_. . h '1 - I - ' Operating Engineers Local brother may· us,e it. meip:u~rs::to battle for surv __ iyal agamst . osh e emp oyers, .un- Angeles recently. -·-~- ... ¥·•- • , . . . . tJniort No. 3 Very truly yours, J . fdfnQ.iy;iegislators or injunction-happy judges. It's a question. The construction -industry recom- 474 Val!lncia Street, . CHARLES :N. FLANDERS thifthas to be answered whenever unions are organizing and mendations dealt · with specific San .Fraucisco 3, QaiJ.f; Reg. No. 461200. the -prospective trlember asks "Whafs in it for me?" · · safety p~·oblems · such as danger Dear Sir !L!td ~rother: Nothing else need. be said, except - . :•·:·· · ' · · from usmg boom cranes · near . ·. · The answer can be. given in d()Jhil'S an.;t cents. It can be . power , lines and . other working I am: certainly indebted to om::~ to add that YOU can help this-life·-· shown .tllat if y_ou_· ~ork __ fo_r __ a Iiving·· .... You_._ .. -_: __ ~r. e· _in_···_ tich.· ~tte . . t_ off hazards_·_· ~ _·_·_·. . . ... _ .... · , .. , · org~~,nization for the kindness amf saving endeavor and tlUit your Ii.elp . . - . consideration shown me dUrlng is needed. . . ' · · if yoti live in parts Of the . cojintry· that are •stro.ngly unie)n,ized. . ,Tpe ;,1,-i~n~,rai\ .. EX,tr~ctiot) , IndtlS· my:• recent .illness .which confined . ' . Giving bl'ood is safe, · pairdess,

F- . 1 th I t . t . . h .I'd f th " . "h " tnes . sectron placed lts . rp.am . em- . me to. the Herrick Me"lnolihl _quick. Thou:srui.ds cio· .l_' f evety" : :day -or examp e, .. e . as ma]or s rong o • o e opens .OP · .phasis dr( safety". education -.and is ,in . the . deep . So.uth. It is . here that i:h~:work!ng. peopJe:·are: recom:J:ne~d?d . that· intensive ef- . HOsPital in JJerkeley from Jan- . in cities .across , the nation. -There . · · · · · · · .. ·- uary 3 t~ligh. January 27.- of · is. no gift. 1!8 · great, an(! none that largely. unorganized. And it is. here that aver,age. earn~ngs forts be !l}ade, to-· P.rozp~t~ Safety . this : year, costs you. a.$ .little. . . . . a11d livingconditiQI_1S are the· lowest.. ' . 1 ComrnN~s in .all plants; mines In -,.-...rticul&.r the. finaitcial aid It is. a o-i_f{by wlii'c_h y'ou ai.·e . . . .. - . · . · · "' · . · . '.· and. quarnes. ...- .,. \- - In MISSISS!PPI;:. av~r.age mpom~; P,_er I*f~pn -~or :~he, y;ear.' .rt: s'uggested. that where. there.. from' the Good Staitdlng Fund 'also giving to yoiirs~lf'-not orll'y 1951 was only $77-1. · The nahonl;ll average . mcome- that -year are uniol)s, the unions 'shoul.d· ap, which paid: my dues for the tl).e sat!sfactfon of doing a> worthy was $;1,584. -This aYe~ge,, _of..course, .was _.pulled dOW!} by th.~ .poi.nt .tl).¢. iabor , memb.ers of tl).es~ ~onths _ of JB?uary and _Febru.:. I deed, · but a,lso protection for youl'- . · . . · · · ·· · · , · · · · · · , ary. was certainly apprecmte«L . self and your .loved ones-for you low Southern wages. A more· :valid coroparjson is to compare . cqmmittees and t~at the commit- Of even greater . value, how- may be. the next ones to - need the ·Mississippi income with such states :as Nevada, with a . tees s~ould do then· work on com- ever, was the contribution of blood from the Local 3 Blood Bank . . $2 029 · h C ·l'f ' · · 'th $1 9'"''"' d pany ttme. blood h' h U · I ased Th - · Lo. 1 3 · ffi · 'II '·· , . average Income t at year, a 1 ornm,_ Wl · , oo an · Brother P. E. ,Vandewark of Lo- . . · w tc . our ruon re e . e vanous ca o . ces w1 Utah, $1,424. _ . cal 3 was a cq-chairman of the. frori1 the Blood Bank for me. be glad to give you rieededinfor- __ /~

Without t his contributiol)., Blld mation, help make an appointment Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Mineral Extraction Section of the others like it, . I simply would or help in any other way. Make . th·e · othe.·r states of the- South also li'e a· t the bottom· of the conference and is a permanent · . not be !here- to tell aboout it to- your donation to the Local 3 Blood Commerce Department's wage statistical tables. In fact, the member of tp.e conference coordi- day •. It actually took 13 traJ. ts- Bank -NOW! " · . · ·· · nating committee. combined average for the 11 Southeastern states· was one~ While the . conference has no . thir.ci below the national average. · · · · acttial power to change the safety . Report of ·Last M eeting Unfortunately tbe Southern states do not publish statistics cqde its recommendations are giv-on construction industry wages, so it is not possible. fo make en serious consideration and, more- . , dif~ct,_COrnparison between COnstruction Wages in OUr areas ~~:~ed~han not, ulti!Jlately are __ T_h_e_m_ee- ti_n_g_w_a_s-ca_l_le_d__;_to_o_r-de_r_· _a_t_7-:5_0_p-.m-.-.-P-r-e-si_d_e_n_t_C-la_n_c_y,;__p_re-- · and}n.the South. But the figures are available for production The recommendations of the siding. Roll call showed all officers present. , .. . workers in manufacturihg industry, an? they tell us what we construction section follow : A synopsis of the Regular Meet"ing Minutes of April 4 w.as read and need to· know about the general wage" levels in the respective 1. Mobile Crane Insulated _Boom by mot ion approved as r ead. . . . . .. ..

Guaoo'-That management and the A synopsi~ o(the Executive Board-Mintltes of Apri1 ,.:15 and. of-.Ap1:il ;i are·as. . ' . - ·· . Division- of .Industrial Safety givE! 29 read and the acts and. recommendations ·of the Board :wen~ by ri).otion -• ::Jrf October 1952 the national average factory .:wage was considerallo_n to the _- protection af- · · " · - appr oved as read. $70 .. 80 a week. For Nevada the figure was $80.64 a week, forded by insul~ted boom g11ards to Cards of t hanks were received from Dora Wichman and family ; Mrs. for.' Cali.forn_l·a, $77.81, for Utah, $66.5?. CBut th·e weekly. fac- personnel working around mobile . - :Homer Moore and daughter ; the .-Horace B-axter J amily ; William P. t ory wage in Mississippi was only $47.08. :Most of the other cranes when operate~ near high- Waac~ and family; and Mrs. Thomas Plumb and family. Received an.d . voltage power lines. filed. Southern states ranged around the $49.41 figure for .Georgia, 2• Hoisting Equipment Load Po-ana. Tennessee was way up at the top with $56.58. . . sitiou Indicator.- 'I;'hq,t there b~ a The follow ing Brothers were reported ill: Joseph J. Amaroso, ;Ray L. -Mariy.· people would. attempt to answer ·t hese figures by study of the advantages of using a Agnew, Howard Adams, Alfred Azevedo, Carl .R. Anderson, Harold K. . saying, , "Yes, but the living costs are lower in these lo\v~wa:ge patent ed indicator on hoist ing Beaman, Leroy Bryant, B. F . Batchelor, Budd Byrne, Cecil Bailey, .Otto . · equipment to show the position -of. Bortf.eld, Cha rles W . Cardwell, M. C. Christian, Glen E. :bescans, Warr en areas. In the places where union labor has pushed the wages the load when the operator is not Daily Sr ., Walter Devencenzi, Victor Dirmeyer, J . E. Drennon,. Eric w .. up it has pushed prices up, too, SO thattB.e worker is no better able to see the load. ' Edenholm, Ralph W. Farnham, Terry Fisher, H. D. Farrar, Harold .C. off,' and the people who don't get these high wages are worse 3. Joint Responsibility for A,cci- Ficke, Alex F ender , Robert Goodrum, Hugh Gainsforth, Louis Giannini~ -:P off." · · dents-Th~t consideration be given F ·. E . Harmon, James B. Huntington, C. F. Hall, Geo. W. Ingles, Carl E . · to revisine: the Penal Code and the J6hns011, Samuel Jenkinson Jr., J . D. Jacobson, Walter Lynch, E. M. · .-.. T. ·his ·m._ay inde_ed be what' they believ __ e_ ·' but a2:ain the fig· - ~ L' t "' l · R ·L M K · 1 E k H 11 · ~ Electrical Safety Orders to place 1pps re u, .._, arence . ee, Mack I c mg 1t, arl N,Iac , enry JIIur.phy, . Ures.ar:e there, in dollars and cents, tq pro"ve this line of argli- join t responsibility on the operator, Justin L. Melady, Herman Morton, Geo. R. Miller, Robert Morgan, F ., M. ,,n·e·n· ·t:"I's \"l"on·g. th · 1 th -1 d th O'Donnell, P hillip Oliveri, Walter O'Brien, E . W. Patterson, R. A. P :;t rker, • ·v, · e s1gna man, e 01 er ap : e The u~s~ Bureau of Labor Statistics recent ly made a com- foreman when an operator is work- Mar~in Prough, B. T. Payne, Walter H. Proctor, A. E. Penn , Frank · 1·ng tinder· tl1e1·1• dJ·r·ectJ'on and has a Roberts, A_ thel_ Robert_ soil , D_an_ iel C. _Smith, Edwin V. Silva, _Car l_ Sch_ ae-patatiye · study_. of living costs ,and wage levels in major - mishap involving high voltage fer , Martm Sondergard, Plulhp Smith, Ro_bert . Stevens, Milam . Sv~tlor, American cities." . . power lines. Nob:e L. Sevedge, Ray Tmnble, J. W : Ttttle, Robert E. Trowbndge, There was a wide variance in earnings. Using t he ear.ni{lgS 4. Wat·nino- Sio·ns on Equipment Davtd T hompson, W . R. : ate, Bob E. Taylor, E. _ W . Van Calder, John average of New York City as an index figure of 100, here is -That whei~ he~vy equip~ent is IT. W nght, F~"_ank c. Wlutehur~t , James L. Wal~.ron, Fre d P . vVatkins.-how some of the other cities stacked up: Sai1 Francisco, 109; under r epair .• in thefield"'a sign be Tl~o~1a~ E. W; Libu_r. Oscar J. Wmkler, Floyd Wagar, Earl M. Wor kman, . ·,~ . · · · · posted a t the . controls warning Charl e, A. \l'v a tei son, J ames Wyman. . . · . Portland, Ore., 105 ; Chicago, 101; Bostqn, 90; Denver, 84; again&t starting or moving the I . The follo wing Br~thers wer e reported deceased: H. H . Gob~e. B. Y . . Baltimore; 84; Atlanta, 75. equipment. I W.1chman, C. L. Gray, Donald Peterson, Jack D. Southard, Henry Thomp ~ .· And here -is how these same cities stacked up in the cost 5. Safety P rograms _ That all son. R. E. Romelsbacher, Robt. R. Stephens, Edwin DahL The member-of a typical worker's family budget as priced by BLS: San employers in the construction in- ship stood one minute in silence in r espect to · our deceased Brother s. Franciscq,. $4,263; Portland, $4,153; ·ChiCago, $4,185; New dust ry, in cooperation with their Nomina t ions were declared opened and officers nominated. There y k $~·083 De $4 199 B It' · $4 217 d Atl ·· t · employees, es tablish effective saf~ty being no con test for office, and after discussion it was r egular fy moved or ' ·,. ; nver, ' ; a Imore, .: · ' . ' an · an a, 1)rograms and that t he Schedule and seconded that t he officers be elected by· acclama tion and that the .. $,' 4,315~ . ~ Rating Plan whereby employers Secretary be instru cted to cast a white ballot electing them io1• t he nex t · W{fsee that Atlanta is the lowest of this group of cities in receive insurance premium credit term. Can-ied unanimously. · · · the ~e_v.elAf ea:rnings- 25 per cent Iowe:r than New Yorl\:; yet fo r organized ;;afety activity be ex- T he Business Agen ts gave their usual repor ts which were accepted : i t ha,s ~~u~ · highest cost of livEng in the gronp, abnost 6 per cent tended to include the construction as given. . · · industry. B "l J 1 J. · · .. above New Yo:rk. / . . 6 St d it' t ' ·v . rol Ier 0.1!1 . . McDonald, Third Vice-president of the Internat ional · · · · · · · · a n a r ·Iza ·!On of 3 • ,. a Y Unidn of Opet·ating Engineers, was· intr oduced by P resident Clancy. He Bat_lim_ore, with next to the lowest level of earriings, is up Electrica-l P lug·s a nd ReceDtacles- 1 · · - g\lve a s 1or t talk on conditiqns in the West and on building . progr ams near the top of the hea p in living" COStS. Tha t a ll por table electric hand be ing car t"ied on by other local unions. His remarks were well.recei,·ed Workers in San Francisco have the pighest earnings, Net I tools be equipped with t hree-wire by the membership.

· it costs less to live there than in Atlanta ' \\rhich ahas the Io"w- cords and plugs. to fi t one standard There being no furth er business t o come before the mee ting, it · - .,.... t. . ·. \V 1 · p . l d h , ' ._ t t-1· . .~ -· · h; .1- t type of receptacle and t hat all such adjourned. es e(lrmngs. or

I\1av 1 S, 1953 ~.ENGINEERS' NEWS Three ·

-' locals . J and 12 Set New Arbitrator Upholds ~J · · ·d B · d l-· = loc-al 3 in Ruling ~~~eva a .. _oun ·a_. ry . ·._ I. s (Continued from Page One)

presenting· the facts in their real · As a result of agreement reached betw~en the two uniqns, meaning has been evidenced by

t he boundary lines separating the respective jurisdictions of both sides. It has be~ome clear 0

·· . . .., · . . that a workable solutiOn of the peratm~ Engm~ers Local Umon 0 and Operatmg Engineers dispute must be found rather than

Local Umon 12 m the state of Nevada have b~en redrawn. , a mere interpretation . of the law. -- . The new boundanes became offi- A workable solution that is cog-

0. H AGAiN . cial as of May 1, following receipt nizant of the r ights and obligations

i . of word from Gen. Pres. William of all affected groups of the build-Iii ing industry_; a solu __ t_ i .. o.n that il).ter-_ 11 E. Maloney of the Inti. Union of f r,Off. A_ 6,~. - - -~- . Operating Engineers, giving his f~:tsA;~:e~~~~ett a·nd . purpose 0

A ,AI 11 approval of the transfers ·of terri- "Your arbitrator takes this . . tory. means of than~ing all those who -AT EURE' KA I 'under the agreement, the coun- patiently sat through 1he lengthy .

·.. . . . tr'es '"'of Mr'ner'a·l and· Douglas and hearings and those who appeared ---< -~ . . . : ·· as witnesses as well as those who By A. R. McCAFFERY . the southern porti

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'SAN JOSE ACTIVITY NOIT AS GOOD AS AS HOPED

' By l\i. G. "Mickey" MURPHY and A. J. "~uck" HOPE,

ENGINEERS' NE\VS May 15, 1953

Water Troubles at Sacramento; Folsom, Nimbus Dams Delayed

Business Repre_sentatives B · R t t' By W . V. MINAHAN, H. S. CLARR a nd E. l\1, NELSON, usmess epresen a tves Well, Brothers, it is time to give you another briefing on · The contractors in the Sacramento area have opened up several new jobs in the last

what is go~ng on around this part of the country. We regret month, mostly subdivisions, street work and some paving. to have to_- tell you that things are not quite as prosperous · Nimbus Dam operations were suspended on April 27 because of high water and it IS here as we had hoped for at this time of the year. estimated that work cannot be resumed for at least two weeks. There seems to be many small jobs mostly subdivision and Folsom Dam is still operating with a skeleton crew until the river subsides enough for

city street improvements I?lus a couple of fair sized pipelines, them to replace the coffer dal1:i and direct the stream through the diversion tunnel. The w hich our local contractoi:s, nain€ly - • Raisch, . Piazza, Keeble, Sond_ groth, I 'W· A"'i"ed"\11\.!~HB r. p::; project manager has_ estimated- E F Lawrence and I rvin Silver- , wo.rld on a whirley; . Roy Sullivan V P ~ ""'-"~'111 'if~ 1611nl6 that full scale oneratwns cannot · · . J · · · · · oss, · Bateman and eters are . . · d b f er, Ar~ ~~ot and Paul Holt, :thoved _on to another project for at Fort Ord. Ed Keeble will do the gr essing slovvly. we'd say. Jack clalms that he has very busy shiftmg.

· the sanie firm. There is about a excavation . on this 'pro ject whic.h J oe Vicini of Placerville moved not had time to get lonesome. His Get well wishes and the best for ' :n:wntll's finish ·work left on this will amount to 600,000 yards of some of his rigs to Sacramento Qn address is P.O. Box 501, Steamer . speedy recoveries go to: . Leo jo.b and t hen it com es up for .state. dirt to be moved and must be com- the Franklin Blvd. job. Joe has Point, Aden. The last word is that Wright, who is in bed with a heart 1/-CCeptance. pleted in ,75 days. Condick Co. of sever al small jobs going -in the he is -now working iJr. a power ailment; Pat W ilkin, who suffered ·\'\( her e they have another couple small jobs have been let recently getting ready for the concrete lin- Bell, trucl~s ~n~ _load;rs, call Rob- Southard who was electrocuted in Pf hundred to hammer down. in this vicinity. E .' T. Haas was ing vvhich should start in the next ?ms 58R6, 'emal N_eves, trench- a job accident on April 13. Jack

Barrett & Hilp are coming to a awar ded a sew€r job at Car.mel for two or three weeks. Some of the I5n2g8, 17sew_eHrsU, \6va2t7e3r9·1Ltne~, , c,~)lll~I was a fine boy- and . well liked by.-.r-$66,200. H. H .. Anderson were the d · - or - ero~ ., a 111, • .1

b close on their State College job brothers are now engage in set- . . , ' a ll who knew htm. He · w1 1 e · after about one year's labor, same low bidders on a $35•634 contract ting up the batch plant al)d getting haulmg, sand, dirt, gravel, call _GI I missed by all his friends.

for a bridge redecking job in this the {)Ump and mixer ready for 3-4003; Wayne Hedma.n, well dnll- ~ can be said for this firm's O'Con- area. Phil Calabrese has all of his ing, call HU 6_4437 ; E d H unter, . 071r cond~lenc~s also g~a to the nor Hospital job, off Stevens ac tion. This tunnel should be com- weld1.110. ,·yol'ks Wl.l'e r·ope call family of Brother· C. L . Gr ,y, who rigs on the 'Haas & . Haney sub- 1 t d d t d · t tl o • • ' Cr eek Road. How:ver, _there is division. Dinwiddi€ and Haas & p e·e an urne over o le gov- Placerville 744-W; Pat and Ray passed away_ ot; April 4. much to be .done m fimsh work ernment by the end of ' June. " '~otor· Ser\'I·ce, an:~·· a'ltomotJ'\•e We are w1shmg Bro. Al l{lOilO• b f th. . t.t t . .11. b Ha.ney are making good pr·ogr·ess · 1u , ~ Also at Sly Park, the Tri -Con t •- d Al e ore Is ms 1 u IOn WI e_ on their Navu School 'ob. . work, wheel balancing, call WA · eli ~ spee Y recovery. was ready to accept patients. \ · J Co. i_s well on t he way_ with ~he 5_8685 . Haven Moss leveling ex- cleamng sand from a roller at

Oh, new schools? Yes, we have SAUNAS · · ~r~~J~on ~fh the . 11a~mJms~·at~o~ cavati;1g, ti·ucks, c;ll IV 9_3239; Savin's gravel plant when his about five under construction in Ed Keeble has started on his Ul mgs. . ese WI e reaf Y ·or Edward 'Ocldng., visiting Graco sleeve caught in the conveyor belt · the county at this time, ranging in. new job in Salinas, and has about occupancy m the very near uture. T, t . c . T

111 , Da i d causing a severe fracture of his ~ 8 · This coml)any will also build a tac 01 o., ~1 n) :V s an · lb T'I · •· ct price from $175,000 to $1,000,000 1 Engineers employed. He has re- •. F lovd Brig·g·s working on a rio" nght e _ow. r e 1s now recoverm"' · d d 1· quarter m1le of road from the • ' ' · o' · h M - h · 1 · s ·

co. mpleted their . Stevens Creek 20's. This firm was also awarded bmldmg ar:a to the mam road. 6-161?. ' ' . mento. or more. Pisano Brothers have ceJve e Ivery of three new D.W. . . . . Pat Harvey B-G Trencher call HU l m t .e ercy ospJta m acra-

Joe V1cmJ has two dozers work- I -· . S!=!wer ahd at the present time have the resurfacing contract · for the . h d . t' 1 Rod Doherty and Charles ·woods, W1shes for a speedy recovery : 11l.ost of their equipment in their streets of the city of Soledad. R. L. 1t1

11g _o nh t

1e acdcesSst rloa ~1°1 nbnec mg 1 runnin o· a vi ant· Vic Gerhart, do~- also go to Brother George R.oberts, · Thur-ma th 1 b'dd Te m au roa . · o te WI e mov- o ' . Y,ard, bu t are hoping to grab an- n was e ow 1 · er on ing?; F red Tenhunfeldt, batching.; .who was adm1tted to the .Sacra-

. other one in the near future. the addition and alteration of the ing equipment on this grade to t he Mickey Cava11a, moving; Bill Me- mento Hospital for · pneurAonia. .J. Engine'ers Limited of . Oakland telephone building in Salinas. Bro. 1 intake wh~re they have, a small Do u.,.al learnincr Civil Defense · Congratulations to Brother Ray·

are winding up on the W ater Line Al Williams did the excavation and dam to bmld. We haven t as yet Bill "'sduibb car;vincr a stretcher: Austin Jr., who was n'lar rie d in . job out of Los Altos, and will soon pile .driving on this job. heard the starting time on this Doug Butl~r, d;in; grill work; Reno on Apr il 18. b d ·Stolte, Inc. were low bidders on project. _ e move to other parts. Heple F d . k W d M K Louis Reeder , hard fac ing; R oy BLOOD BANR Ut.l·t· h 1 1 d an underground contract for $13,- re r1c ·son - atson an - _ ' ·1 I ·1es ave a so comp ete their C 1 'd Weber, jeeping; \Ves Kenuna, Our heartfelt thanks to the fol· 20 · 1· ' 470. Granite Constructio 11 a t San orp., who were ew b1 ders on · · -mch me in Los Ga tos. D. A. tl . d Sl p 1 working in rnud; Geor.ge Songer, lowing donors to our Blood Bani;: P · h f s k Luc_as have been delayed on their · 1e mam am at Y ar e has r ecovered from ligmeir, Louis Thrasher, Ralph Gil-expect to be turning out hot stuff his. recent illness and will soon be breath, Bill H erzog, Walt Blood

' f r.om their new plant in a couple going back to work. and Graham Morris doing the oper-: ...

lVIav 15, 1953 ·'

316 ClEARED fOR JOBS, - '

BUT liST STILL IS lONG By AL CLEM, T. D. BRYSON, L. L. Li\UX, L. SOLARI and J. Rlll.E~

Business ~epresentatives .

During the last two weeks of April we experienced a grad- · ual increase in the number of orders placed. for men, but nil-fortunately hefore a real change could 'be ·made in the .out-Of-work list a 'flurry of rain resttlted in a temporary sl:lut-dQwn of'·many 1obs and ·the postponement of other new worK. Three

--. ~ _ hundred·and seventy-six men were cleared to variouS jobs in ~~ tJ;le area within the last 30 days. At the presei1t tim'e there

are ·215 men in various classifications on t~~ out-of-work list.

~~Tl;IN.G ·A·RO.UND THE JOBS :The Stephens Truck c~~ of Stockton·· has a ~$197;000 con.,

tract for the resurfacirig ·of th.e Byron-TrflC~ Highway, a joint county and state· highway prd)ect. At ·pres.ent they m~e lay-ing 5o;ooo tons: of sub"hase. There' will then be '28;000 tons of CrtJSher run to be 1aid, and tl).eil 8,000 tons ofplanf Illix. Bro.

" Peff~ . : McHugh is supedntende·nt of ----'-''-'-' ---'---------t his job; _Jack .Taylor is foreman, nut Creek with : four members of Roy- Marc.otte and Lloyd Dixon are the locah ~mployed at this asp·ha1t

. on ,blades; N . . L. Mace and Chris plant. Bro.--William c; Connolly is 'Frii~· ~i·e on roll_ers; a_nd R. _ La.w- l,the pla.~t _e)lgip.eer, ~. y.:':Herhan-

ENGINEERS' NE,~TS Five

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ley 1s m a T.D. 14, :and ·c. J. Smrth ·aes is boxnhin · A. o. ·Fernandes is . ' · · '· · · ,,·, · . Is _,_ope_rating a T .. D . . 9. ' . fi_ r_e_ man, and D_avid ·camp; does the ' . ~!G B~GP'~~: .:r~er~ is nothing specta:cula~-'loo.ki.ng . about '.tliiqiiledriving rig! ·but ·when . tliis pic-

B C G k p K · , .ture . was taken it was· .ab·out to m'ake histOry ·by dnv'ing ·the ,· first ' Jpiliiig ·for the Rtchmond-.San ·.Ritfae!l :en . · erwrc and et'er re- oi_ling. . . ~rfdg~ wh~ch\viU 'bl; oiie''ot.'t.he - ii~ajor construction'·,iiobs 'in 'the 'Bay ·Area in the coming pe'r1od: · 'Bt'o.

'W~tt are getting . under way ' at . ::Rose &'.:Matoza now have a fine '·"· '~' ,_,.) - ., , . . ·-< •.• • l. . ''th · fi ld. h 1 t d t M , , · · · Thomas .Qil,l'rigg'is·,t1te pile4riv~g . CJtgineer :onthis :Ben ·fO.- .Gerwick ; rig ·and ·Bro. Sherman··Branscuin ~s . -li'!s -·"'· , .• ~.~r · ~ · 8 . op oca e a 0?~e s n'ew· .maintenance .shop ·: Jpr repair- fireina'n: ' Tjie . pno't{i .,,va.S talieii: \vith a telescopic lens from a ·point just · :off tlie ·Blake 'Brothers quar-ry.

-. wes~ yard, m. Oakland, _repamn.g ing heavy equipm_e.nt aft-heir yard Ricluilond.' ·' ·" ··· ''···· ,. ', . : eq?~pment and CQ?St~·uctm% varr- at 208_30 . Rutledge J!.oad, Castro • ,.,... .. • . ous types of n~~ eqm~ment to be Valley.· Th,is 'company has a $40,- · ,

. \IS,~d on the Richmond-San Ra(ael 000 contract to do all the exca- Co. has ·.brought in Jemporai:Y pow~ IN. . About -the Bro.thers·~ ·Bridge. vatirig 'apd paving for ' the new er for weidln,g J;riachi'r1es .and, other; · ·CWS

Two pile drivers are. being re- San Lor:enzo shopping ' center, ' and ei,ec#ic .equip)'Ilent ~0 be us~d ~ri .,. • .__ _ _.:.· ____ _......_.;.._;.._ _ _:.. _____ ...,

paired, and two pile drivers wi\h -also will do ·all the resurfacing of th.e jo~.. . . a· • . - ··r· h.. M th' M: ·t .·f t . 120-fo?t towers are under con-. stre~ f,or t,h~ City of Hayward. . . :A proJeCt \~hlch ,lves ev.err_.m ; ' · .' ··s· . . o'.n! '•: ·~ s . '', a· -.. t . :· ·,e· .:.\ ... ·u·re·S struct10n Also to be erected is _ . R . . dlCatlon of bemg of long dm a.twn ~ U

· . Jolin R. ' ose IS the yard super- · 1 C C "·I .' & c· · 'b ' t a barge w1th1 a 100-ton shear leg, . . . · . . \(S t. ~~ . . "'· ooi e o. JO a · · ' ' ' '' ·· · '· b d f · · mtendent, Henry Matoza Jr. , JOb Pittsburo- where 'four boilers will

- ~~ells~ us~ Or ·: settr.ng pre-cast s~perin:enden.t; w_arren ~ · Rob- be ~1·ecr~·d 'at' the PG&:'~ ' ste,am .:.p·o· .. s' .. : t)'_.,~rk. r. :fr~o. m' .. \·.·.~~·r.~. w. ~- y . p .. _l~t' .. es Also planned is a concrete batch er~s, for.eman, Cha_rles Pedr,o, head plant. Each boiler w.ill develop ~: n IU J I' U U Y IU\J

mechan~c; Bros. V1c C?chrane and 80,000 pourg1s of steam per hour . . plant barge to be equipped with a Dar! B1er are operatmg loaders; The ' steam drum in each boiler~ new Noble batch plant and a new E. A. Hill and George Nabors are will weigh i 47 ' tons, ·,,.ill be ' 65 crane. Sever a I gasoline-dr;iven on blades; _;Ernest Vargas and Rob- feet long, 6 inches thick, and have

: pumps which wHI supply diesel ert Lehto are- on dozers; A. Ornel- an inside diameter of 66 inches. fuel to the boilers on the derricks las is on a roller, and Don Santos The drum'' will be hoisted 122 .'feet are being installed, which will fa- is employed as oiler.

. F.riends of..Bro. Don l\Iiefert, currently employed as a hoist operator for Lacy Manufacturing 'co. in Riclunoml, will be int erested to leanil that on Saturday, April 18, in Carson City, Ncv:ada, Don, marrib~l i\Ia1·ion Linthicum of.. this ci.ty, Before returnhtg to Oakland, wh~~e they Will make their home, Don and his attractive brunette bxide spent

- from the center of the drum to - cilitate the morning firing-up. Bro. Pogie Hunt is changin e: his ' · ~ gi;ound elevation. The tubes \'{ill

an enjoS·able · hone;ymoon iii -Nevada. · -Another Local 3 man who has joined the ranlts of the married is

Bro. Sam Ha-ley, operating engineer for McGuire & Hester, who >va·s married on 'March 1,- to Billie Dorris of Richmond.

Local .· 3 at present has four crusher plant, the Mt. Diablo Ag- be 10.0 feet in length: . members employed at the field gr.egates Co. at Clayton, from a Each of the fou r turbine gener-shop- Bros. John. Tingen, on a portable to a permanent plant. ators will produce 1so,'ooo kilo-whii·ley with Lee Payne as his This will make possible a sizeable watts. It will take 8,0,00 tons of oiler; and Art Vandeberg and 0. increase in output. The new plant, structural. steel for the boilers Bro. ·Chet Bolay, who has been· employed as Service Manager for S. Wilson working as mechanics. which will be in operation by June West Coast Engine & ;Equipment Co. of Albany, is leaving the ' ba.y

These companies also are getting under , way . on their substructure contract for the bridge. The bridge will be more than five miles long and will take several years for completion. On the job at present are three derrick barges, three pile driver's, a Lorain truck crane, and a Northwest · Model 6 crawler. The Northwest was brought in from Fallon, Nev., l;Jy 'Kiewit.

·Busy digging for footings on the ' Richmond side, at the base of the

/.,'Blake Bros. Quarry, is the North-

.themselves, and 5,000 tons for the · 1, will_ turn out screenings, drain other phases of construction. area for San Joaquin valley, where 'he will ~e in charge of Equipme~t rock, s.1zed material for hot p.lants, B.

1•0 M'l 21. h . th . 1 I Sales ·and Service Co., located at 821 S. Wilson Way, Stockton. Th!S . . . 1 {e ome IS e genera fi 1 . h h dl h' 1 d · · f f · · d · n and crusher run. ' ,· t d t ' f th : . t· B b r.ew rm, w 11c an es t e sa e an servicmg o arm and rn ustna,

L . . . . supermen en o e piOJeC , · o h' · 1. · J I c f h' G M d. · Bro. onme Treat, one ot our W lk ·, . . h , f t ' t · 1 mac mery, specJa 1zes m . . ase arm mac mery, . . 1esel engmes .. well-known ·blade men has been tal er d1s_DI~kcFar:gedo. ~ ruchu~.al Chrysler industrial engines, and· Kohler electric ·plants. We would like

. ' s ee , an IC - nen IS m c aroe . . . . appomted as · t he new superintend- f .. b .1 t' o' . th"' to Wish Chet

lots of success wrth his new venture He w1H ·be re-.. o 01 er erec JOn. peratmg e 1 w c E · · ent for Shewar Pav~ng c:_o. · of I equipment .. are .Bros . . AI Auger on Paced at est oast ngme by Bro. ·Virgil Kling, who will be as-

Walnut Creek. Accordmg to Bro. a gu· y-d--e ,·ck D L ·".r · ... k . .o 'l- sisted by John Meeks. T·· · · . , ru , . . 1v,~.unmc on .relat, t~Is comfp~nykhal~ adsubstafn- a crane,· ·Ray Bu-tterfield' on -a 1\ "' • - . ,

tla ·amount. •o wor .. me up o~· tryck cr,ane, ,R, J . .. Bror}zich :on a- . ~fter 20. yea:·s . o~. s;wvel·runn;rig _ Bro. Ci1UCI< C. :sm;ch is n.ow ihe_ summ.e~ . and they. !:ope __ to b~ ~tugger~ hoist, ·imd' Jolin'' J arvis on qmttmg Engmeenng_ m order to go mto the hotel business, havmg able to .· e~ploy an .~d~Jtronal t hree · a ·cat. r$r~os. Bill Jones .and w,·A.. recently purcha.sed the Pax Hotel, a 60-room hotel, loca.ted at 246 Maso;m men w1thm t he ·~ext 30 . days. . Rog~rs · a~e· doing .tii.e oiling. ·

1'vh\r 15, 1953 ENGINEERS' NE,VS _Seven

CarsOn ·oam, .Housing ·Jobs IC:ranes· and _Pcwe.- lines Doa:a't ' HeldBatk··by' late Rains · Mix;l. .Brothers Die · eedlesSiy

By H . 0. FOSS and FRANK LAWRENCE . The tragiC-'-and needless- deaths of two men ha;,e again demonstrated the extreme · Business Representatives >danger of, \Vorking with unshielded boom cranes in tJ?-.€ . vicinity 6f ·power lines. .• ,

As this edition goes to press it looks like the rain is mak- The ?-Ccident also underscored the recommenqation made by -the California Industrial ]na a few repeat performances in the San Rafael ai-~a Tli'e ~afety Conference recently that attention be ""giveri' to protecting mobile cranes : ~~ith } "' · , __ . . · msulated boom guards 1vhen they . . ... ' · ·· downpour on the-26th cat~sed a setback on the Carson Dam ·are used anywhere near . high volt- work. . . the ·c'i:ime and also received _ a

· project as ~ell as the housing projects that are under way 1!-ge Jines. . : .•- Alongside t~1e ·;r6ad ~ran a111l;OOO deadly -' shock. >-- • · here. . . . Instantly killed in the ~ccident, volt po>~er lme, but no ·one · was Brotlier Came,ron leaped clear··

Br-otiler c ·t;y Slack is taking over Hutchinson Quarry. This quar:ry \which occmTed near Auburn on aware that ltl1e boom was near the safely, and he and others dragged · · · . · . reports plenty of ·work for th.e Apr·1·1 13, '"et·e Jack So•Jtllar·d 22 power li~e. At that · 1~1ome11f the the stricken . men away and ·:at-as . super · for Black Poinf Aggre- ' ' · . coming season. · of 3052 Nor·th 11th St. N'or·tll, crane slipped or swayed - so ··that tempteQ_ to revive them. They «'ere gates. Says he'·s done camping • tl ' · d k out. Broth-ei· Oscar Hannam is . Brothe:· Harry c.ahill, who . lost Sacramento, ·a member' of Oper- 1e ooom an buc ·et started ruslted to Highland HospftaF : -in -~ · · h1s leg m an acCident last fall, a tina Bnaineers Local 3 and Car·l swinging and touched the high Auburn where doctors arid'· ·a ··:r-e----~tQrch and hamn1er bo5r. Plant now

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d e urmng o wor < as ·oreman or Lee Cyphers, 41, of Napa, vice- ~ su cr a or crew wor

Fight ENGINEERS' NEWS May 15, -1953

I Field, Surve)'ing--[Otal12 Tech ·

By l\1ERLIN B~WMAN, JAY NEELEY, CHARLES OOCK~YNE, GEORGE FARRELL and GLEN FULLMER, Business Representatives Engineers ke Progress

·Plenty of Road Work scHEDuLE oF MEETINGs FoR coNsrRucnoN. B::nz.~ ~?!':~~ .. LANG CO., SAND & GRAVEl, IRON ORE MINES, Your representative had the

Started I More Expected I Fd~~T~~y c,~E~!c~ c~:: ~~~. ~~~~~c~~.S~~l~:~tel rg~;z;.~~~b~~::~;~~~?. The work in Utah this month has been tempo:v;arily slowed· Cedar City.

down due to the weather. The rain and snow that we missed Tuesday, May 26, 1:30 & 3:00P.M.: Kennecott Copper Corp ., Binghf!.m last January and February have· finally caught up to us. Canyon. r Plenty of .state road work has begun and will really get into Vitro Chemical Company: All called meetings.

Lang Company: All called meetings. full swing as soon as the weather permits, and there are more Thursday, June 11, 8:00 P.M.: sand, Gravel & Construction members, _ good jobs to be let this month. . · Engineers Hall, 1969 South Main, Salt Lake City.

·strong · Co. h ave started their Emory in preparation for moving Friday, June 12, 8:00 P.M.: Sand, Gravel & Construction members,-Park City to Silver Creek job and t he fill to the approaches on the Labor Temple, 165 West 1st North, Provo. are moving in most aU of their overpass job for Hilton & Carr. Friday, June 19, 8:00 P .M.: Sand, Gravel & Construction members, equipment as they ca:nnot start the We -report with regret the pass- Labor Temple, Ogden. Vlyoming and Yellowstone jobs as inO' away of Bro Henry Thomp ·

. yet. so~ who succunib~d to a heart ail~ SCHEDULE OF STATE ROAD .MEETINGS Bill Ross has started his pipeline' m:nt. at the age. of 40.".We wish at I'Cedar City, Thursday, May 21, 8:00 P .M., El Escalante Hotel.

work in City Creek and has one th~ t1me !o e~tend deepest ~ympa- Roosevelt, Thursday, May 28; 8:00 P.M., Commercial Club. -. 25 N.W. and . one dozer on _ the job th1es to his widow a:ndfam1ly. Salt ·Lake City, Tuesday, June 2, 8:00P.M., 1969 South Main Street.

at p"resent. · I P T d -·._ ·s.ou· THE-RM u·rA· -H'. I ro_vo, hurs ay, June 11, 8:00P.M., La_ bor Temple, 165 We_st 1st North.

At this time )ve .\youi(I· lik~ · to _ _ =;;;;;;;;;==;;;;;;;;;===========.;_======="""====="' sa~~ a few words. foi: smne of tJ:re

s ~nall outfits - ~1 ~Jtis area that have __ The weather is casting some NEWS .fROM THE MINES AND SHOPS lt.l agreement wtth .us and who.fur-

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nish year around ; employment· .foi .. g oom . ov~r our . o ·. erwise . an Y . . f _ - - b "B. goad lookmg work program 111 the · co··Nfi.DENCE ·voTE A_··r MINES ;;,~~~~ ~'Du:~;., ~:;u~t~~: ·,E:r.~~ - 'southern .part 9f the state. . ·- .. - -; - _ ·• . . . ·_ . ·. · : • · ' _' ,

Loca:l Union 12 has a jurispiction for Southern California & · South-ern Nevada , and a memb-ership of · 1100 Technical Enginee rs. · Local 12 ~as a cont.ract :covering the fof,:_ lowmg classificatwns and wage rates: Apprentice (first 3o days) $1.70 per hour, rear chainina:n; $1.98; head chain!Jlari, S2.2i; in-strumen~t man, -$2.46; chief of party,_ $2.71.

Th;s contract Is with the Civil Engineers & Land Surveyors' Assn. of California. Brother Twpmbley has done an outstanding job of organizing in an · area tha:t in the past has been noted for the ·lack of success in labor organlz'ation.

While he has. yet to . have h is classifications included .in ·uie AGC agreement, we ' feel that when the opportunity presents itself, -he will accomplish th~t also.

Fune·r, l\:lerHU Prisbey, and 'Some . ·w. W. Clyde & Co.'s jo.b in Sp~n-. flthers. ' ISh Fol~k Canyon IS stlll movm~ CEDAR CITY iRON MINES Chemical Co. have 'been a drawn- .· Sterlil\g Build~rs let the en,gi-

1\fost Qf these people ·packa ~o. along _despi:e t~e i~cl~me~t wea-, out, tedious matter. Now tihat we neering on .the Pe:drq Point Hous• 8 card of their own · and '\vear a ther. The d1rt on th1s Job .Js about In the past 30 days we have have our conti·act and . wages ing to Wilsey & ·co., ,Inc.; Frost -~

1>l.ack button ·'i.ndi"cating 'they pay done. ' . However, they · 'Will _be ·spent a lof of time and effort agreed upOJ;l we must i-nsist that. Brian have .taken H}ve·r . the ;;l;gi-their dues ·by· the year ·aJid ··still· 1boun~mg the .rock around for ·.qmte counteracting the attempt of the 'our members· live up to the, agree- n~ering - for Stern· &'··Price on : the

· · a while CIO United Steer' Workers to steal R 1 E ~ d . 1 · t pay scale and compete wit;h sorhe · · · . . . . men t as closely as p,ossible, for an ·· anew - nse~a'Ua -· eveopment' ·a cf the non-union ouffi.ts. So, if you · The eqUipment .. has been moved the AFL ·umts at ·the mmes. · 1 agreement vi ith a company can -be Cupertino. - "-..... need a ·basement dug or-can throw iJ.nd is waiting to go ahead from They seemed to have the phony, abused if our members do not live The Bay Counties . Civil Engi: S::lme· work their way, 1 know it the weather, on •Clyde's Helper job. misguided opinion that our mem- up to it neers & Land Surveyors' Agree-would be appreciated and will be The gra:ding on this job was finish- bership ·could be led -around by the We have received numerous re- ment has been . reopened -on the helping all of us; and you can ' bet ed last fall, but the oiling is yet nose -anywher~ the;,: decided to ·ports of grievances from our mem- issue of wages. No meetings ·have you \vill get a good job done by to be done and should be good for lead them. Their tact.Ics.and ph~ny bership in the past few months. been held. Local No. 3 men. a couple of months, once it gets statements would mdicate t. at We are making all efforts possible The next 3E meeting will be

stSJ.rted. they thought they were dealmg to settle these grievances and ·'held on Friday, May 22, at 8 p.m.,

NORTHERt~ · AREA Clyde'.s .Monticello job is moving :Vith ~kids or people who lacked with the help and cooperatlon of 474 Valencia St., _ San Francisco, . nicely.- 'I'his job has not. had all mtelligence. . our . members we shou ld · be able Calif. t.l e eatl1er· · er affli'cted 1'tl1 If they had anytlung to offer, to get a sn1ooth-I'Ul1I1l·no· J'ob a'

1 Just when \,re think work is · 1' w we w e w ' 1; * * * r eady to get under way, it rains or -but has had its share. There were we. could have under~tood thfem this plant. , "' .

. t .l f 1 t dd d t trymg to get in, but m the ace The"e . has b r l t d 1 u ~ l p snows or _sQmething comes up· to w_o n_ 11 es o re~ Ignmei: a e ·o f d d t een a s 1g 1 · e ay n,. 0 .. ~m -:11 \ff' keep us froTh g. ettin~ started. thts JOb th1s spnp.g, whiCh has ad- 0 .our past recor compare 0 in the printing of our agreement, U\t " • ~ a Wl J ,Jl

~ I d d ·t l th· Bl . Cl d theirs at ColumbJa Mme, all they but every member should receJ·ve Oh well, it can't go on forever, e · to 1 s eng mess. _ ame y e ld t d th J L~~~~~ ( 't

fi th- . b cou expect 0 0 was use e a COP" of the a~reement, which 00 I -·e an ' '~'e keep telling ourselves. May is I has a: · ne crew on · 15 JO · u• h ·t 1 t t t J ~ _~ .l · ,., · · C

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'-Slag ·Mine Pact Ups Pay I . , .

Ha~qiiDr~Qg~Firm Gets Big Japan Project . BY J. K WAIWAIOLE, already supplieP, three members of where the vital concrete ingredient 15c Per Hour in Nevada

By H. L. ("Curley") SPENCE and J. W. ("Bill") BARR Business Representatives

The agreement with Standard Slag Mine Co. at Gabbs, Nevada, betvveen the Operating Engineers Local Union 3, Teamsters Union 533, and Hodcarriers & Laborers Local Union 169, has been negotiated with"'15 cents across the board for an classifications and six paid I , l~~~a~\ i~~~- will be retroactive I Dir,l Building

Most of the brothers are well ~ !,. U ~ ~ . ~ -~ . pleased with the whole dea1 1· how-

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Business Representative the crew · who are· now in Japan.l .is reported running out . .....--· · "The Hawaiian Dredging Co's. A few more will be called in oy .

hydraulic pipeline dredge W-: F. the end of the month: . . I , A toot, from a tug and mustc by Dillingham, wl chich recen_tly com-

1 che Coral Strand Serenaders wei-

A bill providing for an increase . . · pleted a large dredging project for . th . . . h T - ~ corned the luxunous schooner, Ra-the U. S. Navy at Kwajalein, in m e mmnnum wage m t e er-ritory was a-dopted setting the min- mona, when __ . she entered Honolulu the Western Pacific, has arrived in Tokyo bay to begin dredging work imum at 65 cents an hour for Oahu 1 harbor and docked a t pi·er 7. Wil-on a 1,500,000-acre reclamation and 55. cents an hour for the coun- ~· liam Pomeroy, owner ot the no-project for Japan. ties of Hm~ai~, _Maui . and Kauai . . foot .. _schooner, Mrs. Pomeroy and

Negotiations have nb~v progress- . The Pl:esent -~

I minor repairs and adjustments. t ributwn ,would be around $277,- ., Necessary pipes for the discharge 000. · . of materials will be bought in Arrangements by concrete man-Japan to supplement those salvaged .ufacturing ,firms .on Oahu with

MORRISON· KNUDSE~~ COMPANY, INC. .

CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS

• for use from Kwajalein. The com- other other island county govern-pany also pla.ns to send -to Japan ments hav;e been made and -report- 411 W F"fth

1st . k f d 11 d f I . . I • approx1mately 15 ey men or crew e we un erway .. or"the removal

of the dredge. of ·sand from neighl:Jor islands to Los Angeles& Calif Captain Ro.§.~bo has been retain- ! aid construction work . on Oahu i -----------.....:--....!

ed by the company to handle the' 1 -----------,-------------.....:..-.....,.....;'----, dredge. The Hawaiian branc)1 has

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greaser. What a grease monkey on their freeway job at Army they are making progress. HERRICK IRON ~WORKS he is .. . I think j"le is going to Utah Street, north. Having run into a Devencenzi Bros. have numerous 18th & Campbell GLencourt 1·1767 · with Gibbons & Reea when the job lot of unexpected . clay. that has srriall jobs around the city that

is finished, for they really like to be stripped off, this has run keep their crew busy most of the ~.....1)1at feilow. into a. larger job than had previ- time. OAKLAND

Martin Iron Wod.;:s has quite a ously been- anticipated. At prese~1t Work on the new portion .or' the . • • • • • • • • • • • + • • • .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .+ • • • ;_ .• o • I

GARFIElD .. & _CO. Power Shovels Cranes

. (oc:omotives Draglines

lot of work. Brother AI Mabrier there are two DW-20s, three doz- Metropolitan Life Insurance Build-and his oiler, Henry Schultz, are ~rs and one NW :80 shovel on the ing is about finished. But oper-on the big trl!ck crane, and Broth- . JOb. . · . ations will shift to the qld building er Guy './ifalker and oiler Brother . M~K Corpo~ati_on has completed ) wher.e another complete story will Edward "Chubby" Fox are on the dtggmg the footmgs at the San be added. Cahill Construction is small truck crane. "Chubby" is a Miguel SchooL Now that the con- doing the job. On their Giannini "i·eal tn)ck crane oiler. He holds crete has been poured, they have School job, -work · is going right l2·32 HEARST BLnG. Phone SUtter 1-1036 .SAN FRANCISCO, J: the front _end of the ct'ane do\vn in a crew doing the back-filling._ along. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •·• • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • · • • • • .. • • • .,.. place: No outrigger.~ ne-eded when Devincenzi & Haskins contrac- Eaton & Smith have put in the .,...........,..,..,..,..,..,....,.,..,..-.;,..........,.'VTY..,......""'f"'~ ................ V'O>".,..,.,..,......,...,...,.....,...,.,........~ "Chubby" Fox is in t!1e ~~at, where tors, have a slow . proc~ss .at st. main sewer ·for the development he spends most of hiS time. . . I Mary's Garage. 'After each exca- near the 7th Ave. quarry. Numer-

Out _at Anacond~ Copper Mmmg vation cut they have to suspend ous contractors are hauling from ~o., thmgs _ ar~ smoothmg out a bit opei·ations ui1til 'the buildirfgs and this quarry and each .does his own st~ce the s1gnmg of theagreement banl.>s have- been shored · up"' and loading. With this ' situation, the With th.e compan_Y and ·the Nevada footings for the ramps poui·ea. faces in this vicinity change fre-Industnal Council, AFL. However, Considering all these obstacles quently. the Nevaq~· Industrial Council .lost __ · .:._ ________ _____ ·---------- ·- ------a_ very .good man when Brother Joe Lechner resigned from the grievance committee, but Joe wiil be right in there pitching anyway.

REPORT. FROM OAKLAND News About the Brothers

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The J. A. McNeil job at Yering· · ton, Nev., has slowed down some, . but there are quite a few of the brothers left on the project, such as Brother Byron Mason and a very fine health . shoe for men and women. Anyone interested can Brother Frank Gaines on the Lima contact Bro. McFarland at 1620 Manor Dr., San Pablo, telephone

, truck crane, Brother Manuel BE 4-3661. "Chief Popeye" McCloud on the scraper: The shop crew finds · the Working right outside the' l;lall, on the McGuire & Hester water-

. following brothe-rs busy and hap- line job, has given. Bro. C. V. Hazelwood, an unusually good opportunity py : B. V . Hall, shop foreman;

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THE ;MERRIL_L-:BROSE COn Oley Taylor, shop steward, . and to drop in once in awhile to pass the time of day with his friends, and his son Jack Taylor; E. ·c . Nivens to kind of k~ep ' an eye on what's going on! . . f 2792 Cypr,ess St.,· Oakland Phon,e TEmplebar_, 2_-_4_8_7_3_-. and Wes Carlson, who are both . - ·- ·- • • ·- -------keeping busy; .and there is a new- During the past month several very welcome letters were received Q11!112HI~i,.-o._,o41111!111i-o.-.o..-.o.-.o..._.o._.o_o..,

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RA~N AT TH'E WRONG TIME-

Can · 'Artificial' eather Be a Hazard? By H . T. PETERSEN aml G. LYNN MOORE With the return of blue has experimented with causing sistently, when and ~vh ere ·it is most

"artificial". rain over its reservoir needed? On that point there is eli· areas ·and various crop growers vided opinion.

Business Representatives skies and the jobs star.ting . Since our last repo:·t we have had one ~airly ?oo.d-si~ed again, ·many a Brother is still

:JOb let, the second section of the Madera-Fnant D1stnbut10n i li d t h dd r t th system, which went to H. Earl Parker, who were already on nc ne 0 s u e a e the job. Their bid was approximately _ $650,000. This, of I mention of the word "rain." •COUrse, will keep that spread working throughout the summer I· But it is a fact that t~e weather \and fa ll. On the same project north IS a fac tor of greatest Importance

have placed enough fa ith in the Mr. Lindsley's vpmion seems to process to. spend money on clo ~1d- 1 be largely in the negative.,.._ at least seeding effoi'ts. at this stage of the rain-making

Occasionally there have been re- effort. ports of attempts to stop cloud- Some of his key points, very seeding operations, made by' grow- much simplified, are: . ers whose crops might be hurt by Rain car1 be brought down most rainfall at the wrong time. . successfully under c o n d i t i on s

•Of Madera the Stolte & Pacific C~. j now pr:evails in Madera County in the constr~Jction industry, and · · one of the thmgs that contractors

are moving dirt on their initial and also m Fresno County. · .These counties have· all acknowl- and construction workers are go-

c ontract and making fair progress. edged that they will award bids on ing to have to think about in the But little is knov,;n, generally, closest to the natural rainfall cm1-

about cloud-seeding. And it may be ditions- that is, high water content that the construction industry as a in the clouds and low temperatures whole has paid less a ttention to in the upper levels.

At Castle Field Air Base the the basis of Prevailing scales in the future is the possibility of artificial Maca! ~mprovement-Co. is doing area, which of course is as per our "rainmaking" and how it may t he impor t and excavation work on contracts. affect construction activity and this new development than its Therefore most cloud-seeding ·t he T. ~;::,··: Bateson Co.'s hangar job. The above sums up the :report employment. V~n V~Ikenburgh have finished up for this month except that the Attempts · at scientific rainmak-a$d Banett & Hilp will complete brothers who · are unemployed ing - properly called "cloud seed-t heir operations tower within the would have· a good chance to do- ing"- have beeri reported in the ~next .tbxee weeks. There is a ru- nate a pint of blood to the Engi- ~ n ew spape rs with increasing Jnor, 'however, that an appropri~- neers blood bank. frequency during the past few

stake in the weather pattern war- operations are intended · to briugi"-ra11 ts. down more rain in natura] storms,

This problem was called to the rather than to try to get rain from construction industry's attention otherwise rainless clouds. recently in an article in "Western

tion is being set up of $9,000,000 Next meeting of this area is held years. to in;;rease the runways and hard .on the 4th Thursday of the month. I The Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Whether more rainfall actually Construction" by Ray K. Linsley, results is debatable.

Jr., associate professor of hy- Some experiments show that . draulic ·engineering at Stanford over-seeding can actualiy reduc~; · ' stand area. If this job should break ____ · _._.:..__ ________ _ Univer sify. .

ther~ \Vil! be plenty cf dirt to move. 'U P: K (Ukropina-Polich-Kra!)

w .il! complete their grading opera-t ipns within two weeks and shortly t hereafter will sta1~t paving.,

-Moseman's bridge job ·at Merced Jliver ·is still held up ~due to lack o0f structural steel. Frederickson & Watson have cleaned up their .higj1way job north of Merced and for the past three weeks have been working on a small resurfacing job

Mav 15, 195J ENGINEERS' NEWS . Eleven _

'Peninsula Highwayr ·Pipeline Projects· Picking Up By CHET ELLIOTT, Business Representative . City and-. San Bruno and. several

The L. C. Smith Co. of San Mateo was low bidder in a i others. ._

Marysville Road Job to Start ·soon; Two Plants Negotiating

By LES COLLETT and C. R. VAN WINKLE

highly competitive field and was awarded the contract fo:r 1 It appears after re~dir;g thi~ re-the grading and paving ·on the Whiskey Hill Road by the, port_ of the many large p:·oJects . . · . . . .._ gettmg under way or scheduled to Business Representatives ,, State of Call~orma Highway Department. T!:J._Is work exLends begin operations in the near future

The .best ne\vs in our tlistrict was the bid for 9 miles of ·f!om Searsville _Lake to _th~ town of Woodside. that the employment problem untreated rock and plant surfacing ori the Oroville Wye Road ~ Act,ual constructiOn. on this JOb I for one or two shove'l crews and ~hould soon settle it§_elf in a sat-. . . · . . 1s scheduled to start m May 11th . _ 1sfactory manner for a great may JOb m Butte county._ ·RICe Bros. of Marysville was the low,: . cat, _blade and roller operator. members of Local No. 3 . . and will be under the supervision bidder and Supt. Al Regalia states the, job will start in about Many large building contracts of Proj-ect Manager John Thomas 30 days from th __ is wdting. · 1-the p· ea.ch· Bo··:vl ~oys. Club 1-n- Bl'Il's' - - . f have recently begD, awat;ded in this I ' ' and . will provide employment or This company ruso has men scat~ memory. - a··n.d· district, 'The Parker, Steffens.· & · several operator ;Foreman . - , -tered around the area on the' Hi- : •.. N .. 'ou and ' 'l?f!-YI)lg . .Jpes,. ' B. ·· -"' :K·· ' •=' . B-,_·ans> ro'. m.~JQ,f'l ~~' ;?f: -t,ll~ .{b,u!l~u~gs .: ~,0. ) l!e, ·we will.~.be>in· negotiation8.;Wlth .the .area. ·:Br.other: .Al Litto11 h!l,s ;been ,h~ve_ b~n awari:leq~ tqyo.ughql,!t ,th,~~- - · .- LA ~-~;; : ', · ·_ : · U · e _ t;. •· • go;~erJ1~~-~!·. ; ·??!:ley , l(e~p . gettmg c.~m~y: 1f,ndi· there will ob6 impol"' clwsen· as Superintendent' 'for. this QISt,nct:;,rh~~S;-~ .Q~Q?n:>-t C?i, \Y~f~ ·, ·. · ·.· · . · _ ·; .. · · · · · · .l

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anpther gqntra~:;t .- -~y~ry, .so, .. often. ta t .. tte . ·to · di ' -and d ' id . \ ork . which Will employ -·15· OJ'; 20 :low:- QrdQers -at - Redwood· < C~ty c • ,

~~~~~l~~~*~~tttf~J·:~ ~~I:§j~;~;~~i ;gE~t?~~~~;~f0b:i;;;;;fi~~1 •,:~±~~·-,, !>-r .. chle TI-ll: ai).lf · J.o._.h_ n ___ • ~eh·r-en: cp __ .~ M' ·_·: 20. A_-- t 11. _ - · t' . -.·. h .. _- __ ·_ .... _ , proJect tonm.pro.ve· ·t_h_ ·e ,-erg. ht .·miles · GENE~_ CONTRACT~ IS - ~ · _. ·. •_R; 0_ ._--.--_Bo __ · ___ x_·-_·_-:l_··_o\ 0_. 2_ ; ,·_ :_ Ric_. _iH,'m _iOI_ 'MI_._: _ · have < 13 ' operatoi·s,, on . the :. Yu,ba .. ay: . . • .. t ~s: IP,-~e, I!I~ _.t ;_e ~\!~~ .·. . ,. . . '. ' " .· ' T " 'tit .not . in_ our. disfric't. Howev~r, Tuesday, _ Arml ~1st; .the ~ec9I!d. fot San Mateo Cou.nty, M; ,A. (Cap) · · ther~ is g.uite ·a .gangof,rnenwork- Labo:~ManagemeJ.lt c.omm ,\tt,ee Grant. This wonk c·onsists of re- :p --A. ~- ~- ·s· ·H ing OUt· Of - the ~hop . here and on :n~etmg WllS hel

ENGINEERS' NEvVS

Independent- elfare Signups COmpleted

: ('Continued from Page One)

C. 'Dudley DeVelbiss. Rch. Annex

.Devincenzi Bros & Co., S. F.

Devincenzi & Haskins, S. F. Digges & Son, Half Moon Bay P~te. DiSalvo Grading, San Carlos ·walter J . Doyle Ferd Drayer Co., Alameda Easley & Brassy, San Francisco East Bay Iron & Metal, Oakland East Bay Excavating, San Leandro Gqrdon L. Eastwood Co., Coi1cord ·w. D. Eastwood, ·walnut Creek El -Cerrito Bldg. Mtrls., El Cerrito Sam Elliott Electric Co., Livermore Em.pire Roclc Co., Santa Rosa F:\·ank Enright, Vallejo Eureka Sand ·& Gravel, Eureka .John Evola, Pittsburg Fairbanks Bldg. Supply, San Jose Fred T. Fairey, San Francisco. Fairoal's Gravel Co., Fair Oaks Edward B. F aria, Richmond G. Ferrabee Co., Lafayett~ Fessenden & Co., El Cerrito Edgar Festner, Albany Fisk & Firenze, Burlingame Hubert E . Flock, Oakland . Flora Crane Service, San Francisco L. D. Folsom, Coalinga ·B. Fo-ntana & Son, S. San Francisco Ford Grayel Co., Ukiah Foy Tug & Barge Co., Inc., Antioch Llqyd F. Frazier, Sacramento Freemari Paving, Palo Alto Frank A. Freitas, San · Leandro Oscar · Friberg, Oakland Galbraith Const., Hayward Edward P. Garcia, Concord Garden Equipment Co., Concord ·Gentile Rock & Loam Co., S.F. Girdler Corp. -Gilmore Fabricators, · Inc., Oakland Coddard Bros. Quarry, Hayward E. M. Godley Const., San Jose

· Colden Gate Materials, Inc., Stkton. • C. S. Gonzales Co., Concord

:R. Goold & Son, Stockton · CJ;aco, Woodland .J. G. Grattan, San Francisco Donald Graves, San Jose Green & Mears Con. Co., Monterev Cudgel Excavating Co., San Rafa~l if. S. Guerin & Co., San Francisco Guerin & Morgan, Los Gatos Hall & Son, Inc., Santa Rosa Hallwood Sand & Gravel Co.,

Marysville Hanna Const. Co., Napa Hard Materials Co., S,acramento Harrison & Birdwell, Walnut Creek Arthur Haskins, San Francisco Hayward Rock Co., Hayward Henas & White, Oakland Heringer & Co., Rio Vista Hen·ick Iron Works, OakHmd ·w. L .. Hickey & Sons, Inc.,

Lomita Park .James W. Hill, Walnut Creek Holland Bldg. Materials, Palo Alto

· V,ern H. Holmes, Stockton Charles T. Hover, Burlingame ,Hoyt & Buettner, Hayward Samuel Hubbard. Lafayette . G. Hull's Plumbing Shop, Freedom Huntington Brothers, Napa Hyman-Michaels Co., S. Francisco

. Independent Iron Works, Oakland

. .J & D Landscaping, Antioch .J. S. Construction Co., Hayward Lamar Jackson, T;rrock .Jacobs Brothers, San Mateo .Jacob;;' Plumbing, Vallejo Ed Jarvis Co., Berkeley

. N , W. Jeffries, Richmond : . L. C. Jensen, Castro Valley ·.Jensen & Pitts, San Rafael , E_: G. jesberg, Port Chicago

J"ibson Brothers, Niles· .- C, , E. Johnson, Eureka

.allos Bros., Haywar~. _ _

Peninsula Bldg. Materials Co., San Leandro Const. Co., San Lean. 1 'Howard Terminal W~lter C. Zaner, Mill :Valley

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5-EN May 1953