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I Problems of the peace I; NOTES ON Report of . last meeting . J j Shortly before this issue of the News went to press, the I BRITAIN_, . The. meeting of Aug~st 4 was called ·to order at the usual J

, announcement came that the Soviet Union had formally de- J '---,--.------------' time, President Clancy-presiding. There were sixty-five me~bers • dared .war on J,apan, thus becoming an ally in the East as well Before, the war Britain had com- present. _. _ ·- l as in the West. Russia's entr_an_ce into the war against : Japan, pleted extensive plans for the de~ The minut~s _ofthe Regular Meeting of July 7, Executive Board! •. ,:. __ ·})lus the , tremendous destructiv~ power of the "atomic. bomb," velopment of her West African meeting of July _21 -and -August,.4 were read. :and · the acts- and:. ·

I 11 f th J. · t t· l ·w ·· Colonies and. in 1940 money. was . · .d . d d . . " means an ear y co apse o e apanese war po en ia . e are-,' ' · . · · recommen ahons were approve · as rea . · . . . . · · . . , • - . made available for that. purpose . · . . · . · · . , , . . . . . . ·

faced with the fact that the war will end witn dramatic. sudden- Th' k . b : 1 Commumcahons from .. the -.Governor s Office, Central lqbor, · · is wor -is now emg acce er- . · · · . · , _ . · · ne.s~-,-with the United St.ates. Cong;_ess still dcxwdling with press'< ated. ;several hundred thousand Council . of Alameda County -.and Father Flcmigan's BoysHome., ing problems of reconversion and massive cutbacks throwing West Afri~a~s joined the British were received and filed. ~illio~s out of. work-. · armed forc~s_ ':here they _ received Communkation filing ch~rges for violation of the Constifutiqn

Organi·zed Labor eve·rywhere must energeti·cally· back up the va,luable t r ammg, learned many d · d th- d t. - f th·· t · l t f . August ·25 · 19,(5 ·at . • . - . new skills and trades and devels w.as rea .. c:m •'. e, -q e O '· · .e na se , or: ' 't '. · .

program of the Ame;ican Federation of Labor for -• removing oped a new and broad~ned outlook 1

8:00 . ~.m. at Em:eka, California. Motion to this ~ffect earned crippling labor controls, for adopting. reconversionle.gislation to through service abroad. The worn- unanimously. cushion the coming shocks of w.ar dislocation, to maintain ade- en have had to learn to manage In the case of the tria_I, set for this meeting, it was moved crnd quate price control to prevent postr~ar inflation, and to liberal- money · ·1d ·. • .• · · · · a~n~al- inco:ne of hundreds of billions of ~ollars. li,we c~ ~o · O . ·. m1n1ng peps up 1n this m wartime, for purposes of destruction, we -can- do it In· During the European· war, 75,000 .· ·· • - . , ·. 'U l · l p.eacie time to advance the security and happiness of our citi-· merchant ships. involving some 1 Reddin er area as nc e-. zens. · . · 2200 convoys, were escort-ed across ' . · . . ':::1 , . · · · · ·· · .. · . '

August 17, 1945 ENGINEERS', NEWS . Three ,'

·construction.jobs begin _Plenty Qf~ews:,. 'Job£ in Neyada picking · d. from ~·Humb·oldt really Jo hum aroun lhe an'dplentygool up fast; Army, highway

Sacramento area, report By oTTo E. NEVER wo:r.k steps ··up turnover By F_l{MK A:. LAWREN:CE · Business Representative By JOHN DeLAGRANGE

Bu'siiress ·Repj,'esentative . Eureka~The 'Redwood'Em~ . Bu'siness Repr,esentative

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Soc·ramento~Lots_ of ·con• aerators OJ! the job at present and ·pire ·has lots of'news, mosLof it . · f h Reno-The V_ ,egas Rock & Sand Company is now con!:;truct~ sltuction ·work ·going on in this e:>cpect more. ·to . go on soon. "good; ·and .. some o it oh t e ·'.entire area; and ' Vfe, too, . are . :Jack Bre·en- ·continues .to · main- amusing side. . iiig the· Airport extension at Battle ·Mountain, Nevada. On my

-., l,e·ginningto1eel the manpov;er ,tain:.·seyeraL ·members ,0n work . · Up · in: Del •Nor,te Cpunty, recent trip to this job they had two of the new type Wooldridge . '.:. shortage-. still in rieed of ·oper- )lere> and · at Knights • Landing: · ·Sause· .Bros:· of Alb.any, · Oregon, pull Jype ·scrapers and' are expecting the delivery of a third ·one ''aiors~ oil~i'si cmd :mechanics. _. · Henl~treet & · 'B'ell have ju~t are .frying· ,to get 3;000' feet of iri the . very neai°future. After 'having a conversation with soin~

The· contract' o~ · the ·new Sig--f about finished their two state jobs, harbo~ frontage· fr.o_m: the City of the'oper~tors they informed. me that the Wooldridge is a go6d

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Stockt(on 1area l1as record mc)nth; ·big- jobs finished] more getting u.nd.er w,ay

Dredge ·operator pact approvedjj waits on board

By T. D. BRYSON Business Representativ~

Manpower sl1ortage still biggest headache 1n San Jose; demand all classes

By ED DORAN Business Representative San Francisco - The new

By M. G. MURPHY Business Representative

Stodd'@n- The Stockton area has had an exceptional month with everyone w:orking with but a few shovel runners. The pros-pects for them don't look so good at the present time.

Pomeroy-Sinnock has a little job with his derrick barge fur-nishing steam while the boilers of ships are being repaired.

The Pacific Pipeline COl'r~pany of Los Angeles has a job from Tracy to Byron. The work consists of taking up the old line to

repair it, then it is replaced. 1

Dredge Agreement has been San J cise-This report will I but so far has been very fortunate. approved by the Dredge Own- be v·ery brief, as there is noth- Dick also says he will be glad to ers Negotiating Committee and I ing new on which to report in be back in the States skinning is now in effect except that part , this territory. Our biggest trou- ·'Cat" where you .don't have to which requires approval by the i ble at the present time is a keep one eye open for a "Nip" be-War Labor Bo.a:rd and the Qf. l manpower shortage, but this I hrnd a. rock ready to take a ~~t fice of Price Administration. situation exists in almost every ·1 shot at you. · · · Had . a V Ma/l Any part of the agreement that .other territory, and we must letter from W . A. "Hand.some _Bill" provides for an increase in wages suffe r a like in this national erner- Crosson from Luzon. Bill said so

Brother Joe Souza is still in St. or adds in any way to the cost of gency whether it be employer or far he was unassigned but expect_. The Pacific Pipeline Co. of Los Angeles has a job from Tracy to Byron. The work consists of tak -ing u p the old line to repair it, then it is · replaced.

Josephs hospital with compound fractures of his left leg. He ' also. will be laid up for an undeter-mined period.

the job must be approved by the employee. During the past week ed to start pulling levers any time governmental agencies before be- I've phoned nearly every office in as there was lots of . stuff to be coming effective. We have asked i Local 3_ asking for operators for bailed ... . Received an interesting for a speedy approval of these fea- ' certain types of equipment and letter from Brother John Sharp

The P · & S Construction Co. of tures and hope that it will only be those "Dear Brother Representa- who is with the M. K. Company in Writing stuff for· this column is · · · · a ,shor·t t1·me until we can print t ives" tell me to e:o to the well- Al'aska . John says the nights are

San · Jose have completed their the hardest thing ever assigned to ~ the entire Ae:reement and furnish known destination of all habitual. plenty short up there just now. · You sewer job ·in Stocktoi1 and are

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me, so if any of you Worthy Bro- ~ ,v·ould all the members with a · copy in sinners. no sooner get to bed than it's time thers have anything you ,

• J t f w·e ar·e sJ1or·t of oilers and opera to get up. Says he laid a cigarette like to have in this papfr, bring it pampn e orm. ators at all three of the P.er~ in the ash . tray before he w·ent to to me, and I will do my best to There have been some changes finish Airport Joh M l 1 t N t . 'd d sleep _ the other fright and . it wa:s get it in the next issue. in t he location of some of the I manente 1 . eta s P an s, a 1v1 a ,

A. Teichert & Company ha,,e. d1·edges since last month. The Moss Landmg and Los . Altos, also still s111older,ing . ~hen the · brea1':-. completed the Airport job Papoose and Monarch are still at at ·watsonville, Santa Grub, San ast e rang e · next mormng. at For the information of our mem- I f b 11 th · ·

bers who desire to transfer to Lo- ' · u· d · t. · d p. ·t· · l\,r D B · Stockton . Field, and have moved Hunter's Point where I understand ,Jose and Moffett Field and so it · · · 11 ers an v · -h. .. . ynon

· cal No. 12 with contractors equip- (smi of T. M. Byndn, . Financi;l most of .the men and eq,uipment to · they w ill soon finish up. Tbe Rich- goes , on down the line. I believe . . "' . .

men_t, _ the following is a copy . of ··secretar·y) · ,.,ack 011 th' s1·de . Rough and Ready Island where · mond and San .Pedro are . at Cali- Brother Metz of Fairfield and Bro-· · . · · 1s .'·-u · · . . is . . . d agreement which is now in effect · aga_in .. a. fter d. 0_ in!!' a stretch with _ they are paving the streets an fornia Point, the Pearl -Harbor is ther Lawrence, of Sacramento have ~

between Local No. 3 and Local the · Marin.es .. He: was wounded . _a·t pa1;king areas. They expect to in the . yard at Oakland getting· -either a No. 1 priority or a mo-1. h k tl · th No.

12 : N " t d Oki.nawa and is now recuperating. compete t e wor.· • 11s mon · . ready to go to th_e same job. The· nopoly on our 1 o. 0 opera ors an : .Rp.ymond Concrete Pile Co. is i~TERNATIONAL UNION OF Olympia and the Pronto are on I do believe those brothers are the in Oak Knoll.

less than half finished with the OPERATING ENG.IT\'EERS the Alameda Naval Air Base job. two culp~its who are responsible * * * piledriving .on RoL\gh and Ready LO.PALS 3 Al~D 12- The Trojan is still at Bay Farm for the manpower shortage within Island. This Company has . about AGREEMENT Island. The Golden Gate is still in' a radius of one hundred and fifty 6 mont hs to go -before completion. Definite Policy Under 'Which the drydock at the General · Engineer- miles of the aforementioned cen-

1\'Ia.cDonald-liahn Co. has started International Union of Operating ing yard in Alameda. The Alamitos ters. I _gue$s there is nothing much ·to pave the docks .on .Rough and Engineers, Local Ui1ion No. 3, and is still at Rough and Ready Island. we can do about it so will have to ReaJly Island. Pat Azavedo is oper- the Intemational Union of Operat- The William H. Palmer has n1oved do the best we can under the cir-

. ating the gantry crane usecl to i~1g Engineers, Local Union No. 12, to Sacramento where they are get- cumstances.

_p~ace the -concrete. wiU accept transfers of certain ting -started on a job for the U. S. "Help!" IS the Word Geo. Patterson has moved his members eoming within the ,juris- Engineers. The Duwamish has fin~

"cats" from Buckhorn Lodge where diction of e ither Local Union No. 3 ished the job at the Oakland Army he has coi::npletect a road job to or Local Union No. 12 with con- Transport Docks ang moved to the Fairfield. tractors equipment. Richmond yard where she is un-

Ruddy Highwcty Done _ 1 (one) Foreman having super- dergoing some repairs. The Robe

Aside from that brothers, I can't say a whole lot but I do hope Lo-cal 3 will always have a demand for operators and oilers alike (not that. I want to see any of our jobs

n1·s·1on o"e1· tl1 operat1·0 f eq1 ·p e· 1·ts Isla11d "Clam Shell" is on the M. J-. Ruddy has completed the ' ' · e · · n ° . 11 - held up through a shortage of man-highway job ou t of Modesto, and 1i1 ent. Grantline Canal in the vicinity of j)O\\;er nor do r' w·ish to see any · of the r-ailroad job at Pickering is 1 (one) Foi"eman having super- Tracy. Dutra's two clamshells are our friendly contractors being com-going . full blast. Jim Simpson, vision over the Heavy Duty Re- busy, the Mallard is on the Cali- pell eel to pay a penalty by rnnning

ft . f l t" 11 pairmen. fornia Point job and the Edwards ov·e1' !11·s t1·me 11·m1't) 1·11 i·ts 3' t11·1·s-a ·er trymg or a wee

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Work goes ahead-rapidly at Merced base; jqbs at -Pine Flatawaits surveys·

· -- Work holds up · for North Jlay

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Road :work Plentiful • I

Brown-Ely _going after road

Construction --jobs begin really to -h~m around· the _ Sacramento area, report

By H. L. SPENCE work and they seem to be doing (Continued from Page 3) on the job at Camp Kohler for

Business Repr,esentative O.K. Brother Oscar Lewis with Elzie McIntosh, Bill Hunt and Cur- 'Belyea Trucidng Company.

/Fre . .... o-N. M. Ball & Sons Harris and he may take over the "'" Hutchinson Co. recently returned tis C. Clark. To all of our boys on the sic,1, is really going at the Merced rigs and move in to Fresno to Brother Robo-er Reed is Master

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Six . ENGINEERS' NEWS August 17; 1945 .

··f·· · - u-~ -. -,-h -r. m -t , . ' ~- ': . · ·By ·c. L. Caseb:olf,·· Salt Lake; T. L. C'fark~ Salt Lake; Scott Ledingham, Ogden; C. R. Van Winkle; Provo-Bus. Rep·resentafives ··

From Salt Lake: I Boys · Go Contracting I lack 'of good' fai:h. ~n tl:e part_ of present time, thei;-e are no signs of Pipe Work 'Winds Up Two of our members, Brnther the Company s o.f1cials m putting any new work · starting. 'rhe u~ah Concrete Pipe Com~ .

Much of my time during the Wood and Brother Ewell, have into effec: the agree~ent ~etween Discuss Road Program .pany's work at Richfield is .nearing . . f. t h 1, f J 1 tak I gone · in the c_ ontract ing ·business · the Amencan Federatwn of Labor In my conversations with Con- completion. The crews will .be sent.. irs a:1.1 ° u Y was en up · · and the Geneva Steel Company. · · · · · . . r r ·th th Ut h We want -to ' Wish them success. griJSSman Robinson I took up 'the to ' e'i:ther Fillmore, where .the coma . ;1n ne9o ia ions Wl . e a ·I They ar·e getting off to a good The membership charged that they question of the road program iri pany has · additi·o~al work; ;or to .·· Copper Company. The Agree-

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start, · they have ·240 basements tci had shown this: Cl) By the dila- this State. This program, by ·· the, 1Idaho, I ' am advised; _, t ·· th th c h s· d' d 1 f d 1 · tory manner in which they handle T. h ut h c· · ·t·. t· · c · · ·- ,wen · W I ·. · e ompany a ·1 1g an a ot o grOuh c earmg way, is not to start until thePresi- e . . · a ·ons rue ion : om~

\?lOW been signed and we are· ai1d street' work ·to do. They have g'l'ievances. (2) By t heir general dent declares the emergency over," pany's ,vork at ;Cedar ·City at the Sh 1 d t C d

. refusal to . abide by the spirit o~ 1r· · · ·s ·.. ' ·· d I ·M· · ·t .. ·., . . negotiating trav-el time for the , a ove an wo a ts . an are - or Congress passes a concurrent on pnngs an · ron oun am.

. . d h really using them. the agreement in regard to senior- resolution along the same lines. Mines Is employing about th_; sattje~ -~rnployees as d1rec!e by t e . . ·t (") B th tt·t d f th

·· "''a:tionai War Labor Board. This Hebe Glenn Consu-uct1on Com- 1 y. 0 Y e a 1 u e· 0 e Present plans cal( for about twen~ 'number · of · members; (20)'. >Son'ie ' · ~' Company's · '. officials toward · the · · m·'ff' · lt · · h 'd· · t. h · ·· 'is quit e a controversial issue and pany is .doing quite a lot of w0r-k ty-one million d'ollars worth of · 1cu .y was a ·. m · e ··ore ·:con-

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. d m Utah and Wvoming. road work during the three v·ears· en a • ron p_rmgs w1 1ch- _ p_ra(}· .·,un ouoceu:y · w1 reqmre . a goo ' · · , dear of attention. \Ve could use a few more cat failure of the Company's officials· f~llowing the ending .of the em.er- -tically closed -that mine d_own, most

·. Work in t he oil fields is IJrogress- men in this tefritory.. The Utah to abide ·by the · :agreements be- gency. Sixteen miilion . dollars of of the crew at Iron S1>rings bein~ . C t t . c tween the Union · and the Com- hift d t 1 · ,.,.. t · 1 · t k •

1 11 b ons rue 1011 ompai1y is doing a this money is to be ·-...r0_ vided by_ s e · o ron ·m.oun a111. _ a e. 1hg ·a ong as we as _can e ·ex- (5) B h f ·1 f h ., stripping job at' Bingham Canyon. pany. Y t e ai ure O · t, e the United States Government. it for granted that the difficu_lt_y

pected and all jobs within our jur- · r '-isdiction are r-unning union.

The Dike job is all done, we have Company to grant vacat10ns to e 1-. Five million doilars by the State has been straightened out .or I a few men there cleaning up. gible employees, although in many of Utah. ·Rumors that t.he State's . would have been . iilfo,rmed.

~Engi:nee.rs in Vv"yoming Tl A d , cases it would 'not affect produc~. O 1 t· ·t·h th ·w w· 1e n 2rson B rothers Pipe road fund is badly balled-up, that ur re a lQns Wl · e , . · · We have a great many engineers Line is finished on ' rhis end. tion . CG) By its failure to pursue it may interfere with this program Clyde Co. continue to be good.

working in Wyoming for different We have b,~en senU,ng a lot of a uniform program throughout the al'e unfounded, the Congressman This ·company has finished up its contractors under a wage scale men to Mor f'i!'; on-Kn ud~on Con- plant. (?) By a;ppointing foremen stated, land leveUng job at Enterpris~. ·which is not entirely satisfactory struction Company bu t have not who are nei ther competent ,. know The other work there, by ·the ·way,

I . · · h b how to handle men, nor to conduct Reporting for the Jobs b d 1 d It K 1 · b ~o us. attended a meetmg wit een able to k e")P t h m supplied. The Carl B. vVarren Co.· has may e e aye . s · eet ey JO the Wyoming State Highway Com- Quite a few m ~ri coi~w t hrough work in a safe manner. (8) By re- for · the State Road Commission

. . added a few men to its crew and mission in Cheyenne on July 26th, here bu.t only a few stop. Om ser- qumng employees to perform work ·was going along fine on my last .

t 'd f h · · · b has moved part of its crew back which was very satisfactory. The vice men do not seem to get set- ou ·si e O t etr respective JO s. v isit, although they h_ad some trou-(9) B f ·1 · d f' 1- · b to Provo Canyon. The .present con- . Commissioners were very agree- tied, . but I guess we cannot blame Y ai mg to e me t 1ese JO s ble and had to install a new

· d. t d b ti u, L b tract for t he making of pipe is ,able. in arrangi.ng a joint meeting thern for that as they have done as irec e Y 1e vv ar a or crusher. The Scofi.eld Dam job is

B d (10) B d. · about completed. However, there .between their committee and a -la- a very good job elsewhe1·e. oar · Y suspen mg em-· progressing nicely. Most of. the 1 ·ti t · d is another contract coming up but

.bor coinmittee to set up a proper - T. L. CL ARK. p.oyees wi 10u · a equate r easons Entei·prise crew having been shift-h · (11) B b 1· h ' there may !:>e some delay before it wage scale covering the State or eanngs. Y a O is mg ed there. A little addiUonal work

J · · f 1 d gets started because it calls for a ·Highway work, this will be very t 1~ poSitwn ° ·gang ea er. has been started at the Dam in the ·beneficial to the engineers. we ·are From Og-den: I also insisted that an immedi- different type of pipe. The work form of a dike that is being built

on the line should last to · about ,a lso taking t his matter up with the ate attempt be 111ade to · have the · across one end of the lake to pre-N tl h l.r f h S f U h March next year. ·,.,arious contractors and they are or 1 a 1 0 t e tate o · ta Company's officials agree to meet vent the water backing ·up;

· · t ·,h I f The J. B. and R. E. Walker Co. ,also agreeable so perhaps in the IS very qme , wi, on Y a ew with the Union representatives to Anno· uncement.· · b · 1 • · f still has the same crew. Conditions future we w ill be able to have these JO s wonnng, prospects · or any iron out the difficulties. This they In our last issue it was stated

l . . · . have been better there during the . :matters corrected. vVyoming is a wor c IS not very prom1smg. agreed to do if the men and wom- that the office would open until 'l R ld C · C past month and there has been very large state and to swing · ,eyno s onstruchon o. on en involved would return to work. p.m. Saturdays. For the informa-

s B · · b l · fewer complaints . This Co'n'ipany around i t ·back to Salt Lake re- now asm JO are ma cmg At the 1na§s meeting in the ball tion of our menibetship the ,office. d

is still working at the mouth of quires .several days dr iving and a goo progress. park, over which I presided; and will close at noon Saturdays. This

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ENGINEERS' NEWS Seven

.n By Al. Clem, Joe Riley and Joe Walther, · Busin~ss Reptesentafives

Local No. 3 Chose,n .· the next ranging all the way from · ~t the same ti.me many indus-. I-sjnce . I~O cm_? now .ranks thir~ · Bjg Sten~ JP:roducer, . _ At an election conducted- by ! free i.ni:iation fees and cheap d~es tnes have announced plans to meet · largest m the State. Compared I Did . you know that Alameda"

· .to "pie m the sky when they die." the anticipat~d development at ·uie , to a 28 per cent gain for the I County led the state in the value of the N. L. R. B., on , August 6, iri. ' B . . _ut the employees in the various war's end. - - rest. of California this gi:v:es a ! miscell aneous stone produced in

the three._ plants operated by · I t b · f · t ir t · ··. · · · ! · • ~ · , · - · · · .. P an s, emg a group 0 _ m -e igen The Judson Pacific Company and pr~tty complete p1cture of the 1944? There was a total or 35,3 ,o,-

!l:ie.-. Pe,erson Trac~or & Eqmp- :m~n; · refused to be nusled by ~l ' J. Philip Murphy, who have merged , ~maz,ing str,i.des.;we haye made .. 143 net tons of this misce1laneous ment-Cg., y~ur Umon was cho--_tin~ n~alarky at:d cas~ a _substantial-· their ·interests ·a;r~ preparing for a · For .. YQU _ fel!o.ws who have been stone, including , sand, , gravel, ·s.en,as_ t4e appropriate bargain-· : maJo~i~y of the~r votes m favor of · greatly exp.anded manufacturing , away, this growth is b~und to be cr:ush.ed rock, rubble anc;I riprap-:

·_ ;,·'ing agent· by the" employe·es of : l!> legit~a~e U~rnn'. Ther.efore, yo~r . program. · · · very noticeable. when you get back. produced . in California during tht\ · ·. '"th1"s ·co· mpanu. · .. , · ·' · officers ·J.om with the membersbJp ; " · 'Fhose vacant lots with the ·tall year Of this amount the Oakland · . z'• · · . • • . • Ha.r:ry Ferguson, Inc., nat10na.Jly · , · · -

--:· The ballotihi(began at 10 :06- a.m. m welcommg this group of men to k · f · · · · weeds and the tin can piles-many area produced 3·,231,372 tons of sa11d membership in Local 3. . - , nown tractor and arm. eqmJ;Jme_nt, - . . 224 850 d

in the San Francisco' plant anci ran ___ _ manufacturer, has--established head- of them are now covered by tr;1m and .gravel va~½ed at $2, , an , ' through the day · wit~; the poliing ,, . quarters in Oakland to serve the little homes. In many; instances I 4,695,743-tons of crushed rock val-

·.'p-la-ee "operating at Bfontwooci i.:t 12 I Big, Growth Plann~d 11 Western states. where you remember seeing plowed ued at $3,887,215,· which made a ~ 1

_ -_noori, ':ii.nd ·at ;Ha,ywarJ ·at ,t:30 'p.m '. . The Metropolitan 9 Oakland area _ Westinghous~ Electric Conipa.ny fie~ds you . will see . that : housi_ng · total of $6,112,065. . Los Angeles

It was a · bitterly contested · elec- continues to plan for huge indus- h h d - th · · , . umts have sprung up, some with county ·was. in second. place. with an . . , . , . . _ . · . . . as pure ase over . ree acres m I . · , £ion_ with-· four choices ap· pearinit trial ·growth at the end of the war E · t O kl d ·· · 1 · d' t 'b t · their own shopping ceNters and output of. -.$4,596,097, according tor ~ _ . . · .. as a an as a sa es 1s n u -

'. on the· ballot. The Pe·t·ers'o·n· T·ractor Ith be nno· ced b tli Boa.rd · schools-eomplete little communi- the Research and Statistical De-_ a_s en a .. 11n Y e . ing and service centei;- for farm -Employees' Association, the Operat- .of Supervisors that more- than $3,- and industrial equipment.' ties in themselves. partment of the Oakland Chambe'l"· ing Engineers, and ·of course ·our 300;000 will _be spent for the- con- . For those present··tm:ie. Jess, ~1;11c1dentally; IS 1. company at Ole um. Brother D. E. · ·wh1clf: has · been , awarded, to · the 1:and, ,1t is·- expectaj ,that work will j Quarry., loatjmg · fill for the Job . JU,

:··::::builiiirrg.,,a ,new low:-bed ·lrailer for I Hunt is job steward. I Henry J.,.Kaiser:._·company; ·will, re,- J be· iiJ.cr,eased accordingly. i Alamedil,.

, News:abo.urthe -brothers: .,. ; R~elv~d - a iette~ from ~r6t~~r·: A Sen,i_ce withdrawal has been I brou?J.i.t ; t\\19 of, .the Jive, 'so1,iv,of..1 b_usin~ss, He . will. be locl:)..ted .at 35·9 . a; withdrawp.J card during, the , · ··· .. · Douglas ·Gooley. not, long -ago. · He, 1s issued· to · Brother; Lloyd A. ·Walker Brother .. · Fr,ed Conradr home ·at the. Seventeenth, Street, Oakland, · ~onth. of .July. He . plans· oi.: devQt• ·

now living in Brookings, : Oregori, \vho is hoping to get into the Navy. I same . tim~. Ha~;v . a :chi~i .Motor I_ . , . . ing most ot his tiilJ:e -to his ranch ---)3;nd-at .the 0 present time \s plaiming I ---- j · . . . . ' _ . · Brother L. 9. Johrn;on also took. near Colusa.

· · E ' t · IT H Ma.chinists Mate, .came m from the on- ra1smg as er 1 1es. e says I Brother Walter "Dutch" Block I · - · ' · ·. ... . · · ._-that he :w,i~l :plant ~oout _two .acres has been appointed ~raveling Su~ i Paeific. and.Fr4;1d,. - Pfc. got a Jur~. . > Our boys in service-

ofi them th1s .. fa]l,. . I perintendent for the Heafe;y Moore lough on: his retur~ frop:i _.Eu,r.ope. 1

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·::··, . ··· .. ". ' . Com'pany. ·-Anold.timerinthisafea, !I The. other three~E!:lilie ,_R.3i catslA· R 1·, w . D . I into the- office the other day, Sta . .. . B h J E Ab . · 1 · th

1 . . . , ea .. _ ar rama, , rot _e_r .· .. er 1s eavmg e-. we -are glad to hear that Dutch has tached to a destroyer ·Dickl\{M ·l/c ; .' t · d t c · ·p · k. t ·th B A·. · · t · k h ' h · I : -· - I ·. . ' ' · Engaged in laymg mmes and _1qne . a amp ar s a e .. pre_s-ay. rea_ o _. ma e 1s o_me. m, . r~ce1yed this promotion. : R · Sh· d J k pf · I · · . · . · · - · · . Santa Barbara·. He has been _e~1- ·_ _ __ •. I on.a epru.r . JP, an ac , _ ·. c., lil bu.ilding_roads ' with· the .Army En- ent time ,he nas -been In the se_rv1ce._. ployed by Bethlehem in Alameda -· ·E t: t -b b k th . b · the Army are all sopiewhere-m ·the i gineers in Afriea-, Brnther John B. for , nearly three years, and ,spep.t .

- :for some time and we : feel · that I . · txl pee mg :(ot e. · aBc tohn Se JWO -1 Pacific .. Brother ·com:ad,. veteran_ of

1. Gale was captured by Rommel on ten, monU1s in the South Pacific.1

. . . .. . . . m 1e near u -ure, ro er . . _ . _ . _ . . theue is a great deal_ of erect.it due McReynolds, w.ho-. w.as in Merritt both the Me~chant Marine and the I Febr:uary 17, 1943. Flown to a pns- At the present time he., 1s laid up,

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·._, -. · to ·both' h~m an~ Brotl:er Rex~St~n- f Ho~pital for an opera,tion the . mid- J Navy himself, has been employed on camp at · Furstenburg on Oder,_ for re~air~, but· :hings he ~~ht ?e bercy for keepmg. •· thmgs runmng dl · f J 1· rts th t he i·s feel

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. R" Jun d N. ·.·-2 b f , he says he spent the next 26 months back m-circulat10n as . a c1v1han m . - . - e o u Y, repo a - m LC on o. as -a mem er. o , • , so. smoothly ai1d for the fact that . h b ·tt ,. · doing - nothing much but concen- the near future. .. · our craft is nearly 1_00 per cent I mg very muc e er now. the trial crew for nearly two years; I trating on ho:w to keep_ from starv- · , ---- · organized in -that yard. Brother . -e, I but says he is seriously consideringJ ing. Often it was nip and tuck, with 1 · Now stationed at the ·Receiving Ab . · . . ·t th · P 1. D Another of .our.· members, H. - .

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. . ·sh· T 11 d B th ·. er 1s. gomg- m o e o ice e- , . . . ; going back to sea in . the near fu- as many as eight or nine men try- "Ip on · reasure s an , · ro er . . f . f 1 Burnett 1s on the sick list -too. At I · · · . · · ·t -partment and so 1f any o you e - · . . . . tlire. Some family! ing to make a meal on one loaf of

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. C. E. Clark F 1./c, paid us a v1s1 . · 1 . h ld 11 t t' k t 11.1 the present time. he IS m ·St. Jo.- · · · · . . · 0 d t . M' . . . ows ·s ou co ec a 1c e ·w_ 1 e , . . . , · . bread and a pot of t lun soup. Later, I not long_ ago, · n u y m 1ss1ss1pp1

traveling. th1:ough the fair city of seph .s H_ospital at - S~n Francisco Brother Bob Creery who oper- however when the Red Cross sup- for some time, Clark says it is nice . . . h and 1t will be about six weeks be-1 · · · · ' · - ' · · · · · Santa Barbara-you know- w o to ated compressor for the Ransome plies got through, thmgs, eased up to be back on the coast and wants .

1 fore he can go back to work. - · . t "H 11· " t 11 h ' f · d see-. Company for the past 18 months, somewhat. For him the great day ; o say . e. o o a 1s nen s. · --.-- I is confined to the hospital. came on April 22, 1~j5, when the. * * *

- ; The "Diamond Garage" accredit- Brother J. C. Titus, who bas been ---- Russians broke through and re- . ed AAA establishment, 3475 Cham- operatirtg crane for the ~ain st:el I ~i::other Ch~rles C~rbin, _w.ho re- leased many thousands of them. , Garment.. Workers -Get. pion Street, Oakland, ha_s. been Company, has taken out his SE:!rvice I ce1ved .a Medical Discharge from When · asked what he thought of ' Me " V e

·taken ?ver by Brother Ray But~er- withdrawal ca:d. _He says he has I the · Navy after 28 montfis in the his rescuers he said, "Those. Rus- n'UfflUffl~, i)(~hoos fiE!ld who .recently took out a with- requested seryice m the Navy. ' South Pacific, is planning on going sians! Now there is a hardy bunch d 1 d · ' ·· I · Washington, D.C. _ r,awa · car_ . There·- ls a ga~ stati~n to work as an Engineer_ soon. Prior of boys!" Brother Gale, who wears The men and women who make m- conne,ct~on and I~utter.f1eld an- I An~ther 1:0 cal .3 pian w~o took to his induction _he was relief crane I ribbons for two African .campaigns, those union-label overalls and n,oun.ces th~t- they -will be open for ! ~ut ~is Service w1thdr_a~al m July I operator in Kaiser's. Yard One _ for also has the good . conduct award other ·.vork clothing have been 24-hou-r ser,vice. 'is Brother Robe~ Killi~- He _ex- 23 months. . I and· the Purple Heart. At the pres- granted a rnillimum rate of 5,0c an

pects to be called m the 1mmed1ate I · ent time he is enjoying a 60-day hour and a n1or e liberal vacation . In the. ho$pital for_ an eye_ opera,, futur·e. I Ta~ing a wiUitlJ;:awal card during- furlou gh. _ . , p_la_n in a voluntary agreemen,t be-

tion:,the fir.st .part-of July, Brother:. . the last month Brother Harrison I . . . . . tw~en the m.anufacturers and the ,,Georg\;! . Harrison, _. d b t"· A·B' R" . . .. - . . ' - .. -. . . . . Umted Garment' -workers (AFL)

ts up. an . a .o.tl I ·; 1:g, •et1n1on . _ . · .. Bed~ll tells us that he i$ going"intp _ One of . ou_r Sea Bee Br.otner.s; ' approved .. by the National Wa~ again. ·,, . It .was: a happy comCJdence that i' the. Automobile ·ana Fire· Insurance , Lawrence Wixson MM 1/c, qropped :'.Labor Board. _

Eight ENGINEERS' NEWS August 17, I945

Daily rf! rdsf r · constructionjc:,l,$. ,,· ,:,-.

·July 12, ,,1945

OAKLAND, Calif., contract

awarded to Chas. L. Harney, $376,-

.. 'E:RI__ANT, Calif.; c~ntract ·award- ', }iAN LEANDRO; Calif., contra.ct! PORT CHIC~GO, Calit, c;ntract ed to . Petet· Kiewit Sons Co., $1,- a:v,,:arded to Monson Bros., $70,527, awarded to _Freethy-Kimball, $7Q, -

. · · for drainage and Te pairs at U. S. 701 for · construction of tug basin 163,340 for construction earthwork

935 for regrading and paving of and struct ures at Friant-Kern

streets at Naval Supply Depot, nal Project, Calif.

Ca-Naval Hospital, San Leandro. and dispatchers office, Naval Mag-

_ azine, Port Chicago.

HUNTERS POINT, Calif., con- I Oakland. tract awarded to DeLuca & Son, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con-

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. SAN MATto, . Cali f:, cont i!ac{

awarded . to San Mateo ·, Feed and

Fuel, $1,880 for resurfacing · play

area at Burlingame and San Ma 0

teo High Schools.

FALLON, Nevada, contract $244,700 for const. of 110 tempo- tract awarded to W. G. Ebright, August 3, 1945 awarded to Dinwiddie ·Const. Co.,

· SHOEMAKER, Calif., contract $141,435 . for construction of . 36

awarded to Haas Const. Co., $185,- . homoja ·buildings at . _A.A.S., Fal-980 for ·const. homoJ·a . housinbcr at 1 N d

rary family dwelling uni ts at $16,990 for" grading Sa~ Andreas ! COTATI, Calif., contract award-Hunters Point Project, Calif. outlet No. 0, San Mateo. ed to J. c. Spaletta, $28,577' for

- -- patching runways at Naval Out-on, .eva a. Camp Parks, Sl1ciemaker. ·

BENICIA; Cal., contract award-ed to E . . T. Haas Co., $20,700 for construction of utilities for build-

CAMP BEALE, Calif., contract . . . , award~d to Lawrence Const. Co., lying Field, Cotati, CaJ.if.

RICHMOND, Calif., contract

ing at Benicia · Arsenal. $45,634 for alterations at Camp Beale, Marysville.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract . awarded to A. Teichert & Co., $il,-

SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded to MacDonald & Kahn, $6·,214,000 for construction of new Sacramento ·Signal Depot.

awarded to LeBoeuf-Dougherty & Co., for dredging and coffer dam work at Ya,rd HI, Richmond, Calif. SAN F_RANCISCO, Calif., con- 764 for i!Jlprovements of San Luis

BRIGHAM, Utah contract . lf tract awarded to E. A. Forde, $iO,- - ' Court, Mun· Way and south ·ha

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con- 116 for 0.5 miles grade and surface awarded to R. J . Daum, $87,326 ·of Sutter Way, Sacramento. d d D. 'dd. c foi· additional work on building_s at .,,_. __ tract awar e · to mwi ie on- woi'k between San Rafael and San

struction Co., $38,467 for construe- Quentin. Bushnell General Hospital, Brig-tiOll dispensary for U.S.N. WAVES ham, Utah.

STOCKTON, Calif., contract awarded to M. J. B. Const. Co.,

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con-tract awarded to W·rn. E. Thomas Const. Co., $8906 for construction of culvert and trash rack along VVard Creek at Hayward, Alameda County.

barracks, Balboa Parle SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, con- $17,019 for const. of additional open MODESTO, Calif., contract storage area at Stockton Ord,:_

tract awarded to Utah Const. Co., d d t II · Const. c ALAMEDA, Calif., contract $19,995 for construction of addi- awar e · 0 - arns fac·ili'ti·

0e·s• nance Depot, Stockton.

d d H f M C h $3210 for const. lavatory

a war e to ea ey-. oore o., tional railroad trackage . at Uta · GRASS VALLEY~ --Cal. , contract $10,475 for resurfacing of Gibbons A.S.F. Depot, Utah. at Hammond General Hospital, August 6, 1945

. awarded to .Guy_F. _Atkinson Com- Drive, Alameda. ModeSto. - .SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con~ pany, $11~,475 for ... c·onst. of founda- Jul~·· 24 1945 · j t1;ac·t awarded ' to Peter Kiewit tion for construction of foundation July 18, 1945 SACRAMEN~O ' Calif. contract July 31• 1945 . Sons . Co.,· $173,303 for. consfruction: for Scotts Flat Dam located 4½ SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., awarded to A. Teichert & Co., $99,-'I SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, con- ·of new hard standing, Islais Creek:

· & · . . tract awarded to Horman Const · . ·. :rpiles east of Nevada City, Nevada. contract awarded to · McGuire · 869 for about 8.7 miles resurfacmg . N 1

S. F. · · Hester, $H2,000 fo11· constr.uction work 15etween San A,rdo and King Co., $31,478 for construct10n ava .

July 16, 1945 sewer, .pumping _ plant · and force City in Monterey Co4nty. Officers Quarters, Dug:way Prov- VALLEJO, Cal., conttact award.E CARSON qTY, Nevada, con- main, South S. F. ing Gr.ounds, Utah. ed to J. A. Bryant, $81,150 for corr-

tract awarded to Russell · Olson, SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract structiow·· of commercial bldg. i11 ·. $-7-,974 for 11.7_2. -mil:s 'o suffaci~g ~tj _ July 19, 194_5 awarded to J. Henry HaiTiS, $15,- OAKLAND, Calif., contract 'vallejb. : · Wadsworth. t o Sutcliffe at Pyramid SHARP PARK, ' Cal!L, contract 789 for portions only about 14 mi awat:ded to Chas. L. Harney, $24,-

N d $60 · d 885 for surface strips · for tent Lake, Washoe County, eva a: awarded to P. & S. Const. Co., · ,- repair work between Base Hill an 325 for construction of water Cresto's in Shasta County, Calif. houses at Oakland Army Base,

- VALLEJO, Cal., contract award-1 transmission line in Sharp Park, Oakland.

erl to Stolte, Inc., $16,949 for con- Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract VALLEJO, Cal., contract award-

ed to J. A. Brya·nt, $61,844 for con-struction of commercial Bldg., Vallejo.

struction of sewer on Sonoma St., Vallejo.

. STOCKTON, Calif., contract awarded to Pomeroy-Sinnock, $3520 for pile dolphins at Stockton Ordnance Depot.

awarded to · Granite Const. Co., CARSON CITY, Nevada, con- $26,088 for about 2:4 miles surfac-

tract awarded to Russell Olsen, ing between Gilroy in Santa Clara $7974 for 11.72 miles surfacing on County. portions of highway at Pyramid I Lake, Washoe Coun_ty, Nevada. MARYSVILLE, Calif., contract

awarded to E. B. Bishop, $13,300

VERN ALIS, Calif., contract

- - - PARADISE, Calif., contract for 1.3 miles repair with plant mix s.urface between Oak Streets in Willows · and Orland, in Glenn

awarde·d to Johnson Drake & Piper $57,929 for construction of f_or-ward firing rocket facilities, Naval Air Station, Vernalis. ·

BERKELEY, Calif., contract award~d to Pacific Pipeline, $18, -awai·ded to Newsom & Bechtel, 939 · for ditching laying of pipe and $2,249,176 for construction of 126 backfilling. County, Calif.

August 1, 1945 family- dwelling units in Berkeley.

July 17, 1945 SAN MATEO, Calif., contract

awarded to L. C. Smith, $7764 fo1·

RICHMOND, Calif., contract OAKLAND, Calif., contract FRIANT, Calif., contract award-

ma111 111 V1rg111ia and Standard Army Base, Oakland. I tm es, Fuant Ke1 n canal.

awarded to Freethy-Fogelberg, awarded to J. Henry Harris, $36,- ed to Peter Kiewit Sons Co. , $1,-$12)16. for . in_st~lling 20" water

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440 for const. tent camp, Oakland : 16~,340 f~r c~nst._ earthwork sti'uc ·

grading ·: and paving work in San Avenues, Richmond. , · - -- _ ---Mateo County. WINNEMUCCA, Nevada, con- EUREKA, Cal., contract award-

. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con- tr.act award_ed to John B. Powers, ed to Tom Hull, $7647; for const.

SALT LAKE CITY, · Utah, · con-tract ·awarded to Gibbons & Reed, . $5261 ·for ·construction roads to S,,E. open storage area, Utah A.S.F. Depot.

MARE ISLAND, Calif., · contract awarded to Freethy-Kimball , 5,43,-811 for consti-uction submarine at-tack teachers bldg., Mare I sland.

Augn~t 7, 1945 OAKLAND, Calif., contract

awarded to Geo. A. Rennet·, 5,15,-623 ior · repairs to 7th St., Unit Wharves, _Oakland Outei· Harbor.

BRIGHAM, Utah, contract awa;·ded to Geo. Whitmeyer, $2089 for construction· of plumbing fa-cilities · at Bushnell General Hospi~ ta!, Brigham, Utah .

FALLON, Ne,;aaa, contract · SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con- tract awarded to DeLuca & Son, for constr.uction of sewerage sys- 5 wing dams on Mad River, Hum-tract awarded to S. F. Water De- $3540 for construction of fence, tern in · the Harmony Housing Ad- boldt County, Calif. awarded to Dodge Const. · Co.,

$168,570 for repairs to runway and EUREKA, Cal., contract award _ stabilization of shoulders ·at N.A.

partment, $3804, for laying mains walk and curb from carline · to dition, Winnemucca, Nevada. in San Francisco. Fleishhacker. Cafe, Great High-

way, S. F. July 25, -1945 ed to Reed . & Tuttle, $~550 f?r A.S., Fallon, Nevada. HAYWARD, Calif., contract const. two pile trestle bndges, 111 · * * * SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con-

tract awarded . to W. J . Tobin, $21,- HUNTERS POINT, Calif., con-320 for laying cast fron mains in tract awarded to Columbia Steel, Embarcadero, between Taylor and $617,200 · for steel work for ship Bay Street, S. F. fitters and boiJer makers building,

~warded to Sam Hunter $64 379 District No. 5 Humboldt County.

for construction of storm 1

drain1

age I I · b system, North Ashland Drainage RICHMOND, Calif., contract .· nsurance / y

SACRAMENTO, Calif., contr t,~t awarded to J. Henry Harris, $20,-590 for 23.6 mi. repair with seal c.oat in Tehama County, Calif.

Naval Dry Dock, Hunters Point. project. awarded to Daniel G. Longtin Co., s·charren.berg.

$5000 for diamond drill work at CALIFORNIA POINT, Calif., Yard III and Yard IV, Richmond.

July 20, 1945 contract awarde_d to Macco Con- < Continued from Page 1) SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract struction Co., $249,653 for con- SAN F RANCISCO, Calif., con- nine months after-policy expiration.

awarded to A . A. Tieslau & Son, . struction of highway overpass at tract awarded to Moore ,Dry Dock $42,658 for about 7.5 mile length California Point. Co., $28,950 for construction of

SACRAMENTO, Calif. , contract repair between Napa and Oakville, awarded to Raymond Concrete Pile Napa and Sonoma Counties, Calif. Company, $5400 for removing 300 1

piles Calif. Maritime Academy, SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract Carquinez· Straits. awarded to . Clen1ents & Co., $48,-

926 for about 7.8 mi. length repair , SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con° fietweell' Gold Run and Kingvale,

three landing floats, San Francis-V ALLEJO, Cal., contract award- co, Calif. •

ed to E . E. Lowell, $1770 for ap-proximately 12,895 sq . ft. surfacing SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con-of playground area at Curry ·tract awarded· to Mercer, Fraser Schoo, Vallejo . Co., $33,000' for repairs to car ferry

--.- slip at Pier 43, S. F. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, con-tract awarded to J. Henry Harris, Placer ·and Nevada Counties.

$22,549- for constructing 0.711 ini.

The overhead, or administration expenses of the . Fund, including taxes and every other expense, ave-rages less than 15 per cent of the premi1,1ms. With a loading of 40.6 per cent for overhead expenses, the collection of the rates approved by the Insurance Commissioner simply means that an extra 25.6 · per cent (assuming that 59.4 per cent will

tract awarded" to J. M. Sumsion, SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract f b. fit ) · 11 t be required or ene s 1s co ec -access ·road - to Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda County, Calif-.

MARYSVILLE, Calif., contract $25,100 for construction of gravel awarded to · K. R. C. Const. Co., ed by the Fund and then returned awarded to N . M. Ball & Son, $11,- j stockpiles · involving , 30,000 T. $43,600 for repair and restoration to poHcyholders, plus approximate-130 for 1.7 mL repair between Bre- crushed rock in Summit and Salt of Jenner Jetty at mouth of Rus- · t ly 3 per cent derived from mteres

EUREKA, Cal., contract award- tona and Genevra, Yolo and Co- · _Lake Counties, Utah. sian River, Sonoma County. earned on invested assets. Reinsur-ed to C. C. Gildersleeve, $8740 for , lusa . Counties. 1;epairs to existing bridge across ·1 VALLEJO, Cal. , contract award- SUTCLIFFE, Nevada, contract Squaw Rock Slide about 8 miles SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -con- ed to C. M. Syar, $1401 for asphalt awarded to Johnson, Drake & 1101'.th of Cloverdale in Mendocino : tract awarded to .J. Henry Harris, i paying job on El Patio Street, Val- Piper, $79,800 for const. landing County, Calif. $22,549, for ·const. 0.711 miles ac-. lejo. and shore facilities at N.A.F ., Pyr-

cess road to Alameda Naval Air amid Lake, Suttcliffe, Nevada. OGDEN, Utah, contract awarded Station, Alameda, Calif. FRESNO, Ca)if., contract award-

ance is carried to cover all losses which exceed $45,000.00.

Accident Prevention Pays Accident preventio11 is ,the most

.important service which can be rendered. The-, elimination of acci-dents not only preserves lives and to Reynolds Construction Com- ed to v\im. E. Kovich, $15,362 for August 2, 1945

pany, $4371 for relocating railroad SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract constt"uction of sewers in Wash- SAN RAFAEL, Calif., · contract bodies of workers, it also results in spur adjacent to freight ware- awarded to A. Teichert & Co., $32, - ington Heights and Blocks No. 5 awarded to Edward Keeble, $65,390 lower rates for the employer. The house at Ogden Arsenal, Ogden, 915 for about 5.3 mi. repair in Yolo an'd 6, Avalon Heights, Fresno. fo1' . construction of curbs, pave- Fun.d's safety engineering depart-Utah. County. ment and insta'lling sewers in Fair- ment makes a careful study of

\. July 26, 1945 hills Sub-division, San Rafael. each· individual risk and assists its TRACY, Calif. , contract awarded MARE ISLAND, Calif., contract! SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con- 40,000 policyholders in forming per-

to Steve P. Rados, $269,356 for con-· awarded to Lee J . . Immel, $312, - tract awarded to Clinton Const. RENO, Nevada, contract award- manent safety orgcJ.nizatio_ns amo!lg ~truction of the first unit of a san-

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424, for repaving and paving re~ Co.: $:3;10'0 . for . repai~- ~nd . ·rec~n- ed ·to I .. Christensen, ,$134,920 !or employees and aids· in keeping the i.tary sewer. and ·v,ater extension .in .pairs at U. S. Navy Yard, Mare struction of fender ]mes at Pier construct10n · of P . . C. C. gradrng interest· in su;h_ or.gani'zafions·ali~e · Tracy, ,Calif. · Island. · No. 40, S. F._· . _I ~u~d ,paving alleys in City of Reno. and active: J ·

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