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Vol.  208 


No. 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architea, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los   Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 


COVER  PICTURE 

FREMONT  HOTEL 

Las  Vegas,  Nevada 

Architects: 

Wayne  McAllister 
William  C.  Wagner 

Striking  new  Fremont  Hotel  rises  thir 
teen  stories  above  desert  floor  claim 
ing  title  of  Nevada's  tallest  building 
Angular  sun-shades,  one  for  each  win 
dow,  protect  guests  from  severe  des 
ert  sun;  the  architectural  porcelain 
enamel  shades  also  provide  a  unique 
and  attractive  effect. 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

Fubllahed  Daily 

Vsmon  S.  Yollop,  Manager 
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ARCHITECT 


AND 


ARCHITECT  O  ENGINEER  is  indexed  regularly  by  ENGINEERING  INDEX,  INC.:  and  ART  INDEX 

Contents     for 

.^i7%       JANUARY 

ART   DEPARTMENT 

EDITORIAL  NOTES 2 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 4 

CASUAL  ROOMS  for  CASUAL  LIVING 6 

By  ARTHUR  W.  PRIAULX 

A  GREATER  FORT  WORTH  TOMORROW 13 

VICTOR  SRUEN  AND  ASSOCIATES,  Architects. 

OFFICES  &  WAREHOUSE— General  Electric,  Lamp  Division, 

Los  Angeles,  California  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .16 

ALBERT  C.  MARTIN  AND  ASSOCIATES,  Architects-Engineers. 

NOYES  ROACH  CO.-C.  L  PECK   (Joint  Venture),  General  Contractors. 

T.  Y.  LIN   &  ASSOCIATES,   Engineering  Consultants. 

GIANT  ROCKET  TESTING  STAND— Air  Force  Missile  Testing  Program     .  20 

GEORGE  A.  FULLER  COMPANY,  General  Contractors. 

BUSINESS  DECISIONS  THAT  AFFECT  YOUR  TAX  RETURNS  ....       22 
By  AMERICAN   INSTITUTE  OF  ACCOUNTANTS 

NEW  CITY  ARISES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO  BAY. 

Utah  Construction  Co.,  Alameda  City  Addition     ......       24 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities         ...  26 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS— News  and  Notes 28 

BOOK  REVIEWS,  Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 34 

ESTIMATORS  GUIDE,  Building  and  Construction  Materials         ....  37 

ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY,  Building  and  Construction  Materials        ...  39 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES,  Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  41 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 42 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data  .  43 

IN  THE  NEWS 45 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS 48 


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FEDERAL  SCHOOL  CONSTRUCTION 

A  spokesman  for  the  Health,  Education  and  Wel- 
fare Department  stated  recently  that  momentum  is 
rapidly  building  up  and  that  passage  of  an  administra- 
tion-backed bill  appeared  imminent  in  the  first  session 
of  the  85th  Congress. 

His  comments  followed  appearance  before  a  con- 
ference of  representatives  of  a  number  of  national 
organizations  pushing  for  federal  intervention  in  edu- 
cation. 

Hearings  before  the  House  of  Representatives  last 
year  disclosed  a  number  of  facts  which  have  never 
reached  the  American  public,  including  significant 
facts  about  classroom  totals  and  wants. 

One  state,  for  instance,  reported  that  only  122  of 
its  existing  4,616  school  plants  were  satisfactory.  This 
state  has  the  lowest  school  debt  limit,  low  tax  assess- 
ments, virtually  no  state  debt,  and  no  sales  tax. 

In  another  state  the  people  have  twice  rejected 
(1955  and  1956)  proposals  by  the  governor  and  State 
legislature  to  boost  taxes,  issue  state  bonds  and  build 
schools. 

Should  taxpayers  in  other  states  be  assessed  higher 
taxes  in  order  that  these  states  may  "enjoy  federal 
school  construction"  programs? 

One  bill  which  received  serious  consideration  dur- 
ing the  84th  Congress,  would  have  provided  the  state 
of  Illinois  $8.5  million  in  school  construction  funds  at 
a  cost  to  the  Illinois  taxpayers  of  $I8-million. 

Perhaps  the  observation  of  Illinois'  Governor  Strat- 
ton  shoull  be  given  more  than  mere  passing  thought: 

"I  think  the  question  of  federal  aid  has  been 
stressed  out  of  all  proportion  to  the  possibilities  for 
accomplishment  within  the  state." 

The  only  way  to  defeat  federal  intervention  in  edu- 
cation, or  any  other  phase  of  governmental  encroach- 
ment into  private  enterprise,  is  through  local  and  state 
effort.  Business  leadership  has  helped  stimulate  sup- 
port for  good  schools — many  classrooms  were  built 
this  past  year  and  more  will  be  constructed  in  the 
coming  year,  without  the  added  federal  taxes  neces- 
sary to  support  a  federal  school  construction  program. 
^     *     * 

".  .  .  Industry  is  today  in  the  middle  of  a  shortage  of 
well  ediirated  men  of  special  competence  in  almost  all 
fields  of  endeavor." — T.  Keith  Glennan,  Pres.  Case  Institute 
of  Technology. 

ROADS  PROGRAM  ENDANGERED 

Demands  by  some  states  for  additional  highway 
miles  to  be  added  to  the  federal  interstate  system 
poses  a  potential  threat  to  orderly  progress  of  the 
multi-billion  dollar  road  building  program  authorized 
by  the  84th  Congress. 


States  were  asked  by  the  Bureau  of  Public  Roads 
to  list  the  number  of  extra  superhighways  needed,  an 
inquiry  prompted  by  a  provision  of  the  Highway  Act 
of  1956  which  added  1,000  miles  to  the  40,000-mile 
system  without  any  provision  for  financing,  and  some 
13,000  additional  miles  have  been  demanded. 

With  the  85th  Congress  now  in  session,  backers  of 
the  additional  13,000  miles  will  loudly  assert  their 
demands. 

If  Congress  accedes  and  adds  substantial  mileage, 
the  effect  will  be  a  dangerous  dilution  of  available 
funds,  and  this  could  seriously  upset  the  16-year  pro- 
gram schedule,  perhaps  revamping  the  tax  plan  de- 
vised after  long  consideration  by  Congress. 

Added  miles  could  conceivably  bring  about  lower 
standards  of  construction  because  of  lack  of  funds,  a 
situation  that  would  certainly  further  complicate  the 
$50-billion  federal-aid  program  already  beset  by  pos- 
sibilities of  shortages  of  manpower  and  materials. 

To  propose  additional  taxes  to  finance  new  mileage 
would  open  a  controversial  issue  that  might  not  be 
resolved,  as  tax  collection  is  rapidly  reaching  the  pub- 
lic payable  limit. 

It  will  be  well  for  all  states,  and  everybody  con- 
cerned, to  get  underway  with  the  roadbuilding  pro- 
gram presently  approved  before  adding  more  con- 
struction. 

*     *     * 

Picture-phone  that  permits  persons  to  see  each  other 
while   talking   has   operated   experimentally   across   the 
continent  between  Los  Angeles  and  New  York 
*       *       * 

HOME  BUILDING  PROSPECTS 

Despite  some  of  the  most  trying  conditions  in  its 
history,  the  home  building  industry  provided  the 
American  people  with  approximately  1,100,000  new 
homes  during  1956 — ^the  eighth  consecutive  year  in 
which  it  has  topped  the  million-unit  mark  in  produc- 
tion. 

The  question  as  wc  enter  1957  is  "Where  docs  the 
Home  Building  Industry  Go  Erom  Here?" 

Forecasting  is  always  a  risky  business,  especially  in 
an  industry  such  as  home  building  where  public  psy- 
chology, governmental  money  policies  and  consumer 
tastes  play  so  important  a  role.  But  it  appears  certain 
at  this  time  that  there  is  a  strong  market  in  this  coun- 
try for  another  million  or  more  new  homes  during 
1957  with  the  demand  on  the  Pacific  Coast  remaining 
at  last  year's  level. 

Financial  leaders  in  recent  weeks  have  indicated 
there  should  be  enough  mortgage  credit  available  for 
a  million-plus  families  to  buy  the  homes  if  they  are 
constructed. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


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beautify 
distinctive 
new  hotel 


Las  Vegas ...  a  "new"  city,  ris- 
ing spectacularly  from  Nevada's 
desert . . .  boasting  imaginative 
architectural  creations.  Here,  as 
throughout  the  world.  Architec- 
tural Porcelain  Enamel  plays  an 
important  role  in  modern  design. 

The  Fremont  Hotel  is  Nevada's  tall- 
est building,  a  13-5tory  composition  of 
vivid  colors.  To  effectively  and  fiand- 
somely  protect  guests  from  severe  des- 
ert sun,  hundreds  of  striking,  angular 
sunshades  v^'ere  applied.  Architecturol 
Porcelain  Enamel  was  used. ..for  lasting 
color  quality,  resistance  to  deterioration 
and  virtual  freedom  from  maintenance. 
Lightweight  porcelain  enamel  panels 
rhythmically  punctuate  the  facade. ..an 
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Las  Vegas. 


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COMMENT  ON   ART 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris,  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Beatrice  Judd  Ryan, 
is  exhibiting  a  special  group  of  Mexican  Paintings 
during  January. 

The  work  exhibited  is  by  Tomas  Coffeen,  John 
Duartc,  Jose  Servin,  and  Valetta  Swann. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  Lin- 
coln Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  has  arranged  a  number  of 
special  exhibitions  for  January,  including  the  fol- 
lowing: 

EXHIBITS:  The  Gladys  Lloyd  Robinson  and  Ed- 
ward G.  Robinson  Collection  will  continue  throusih 


January  l.V  This  world  famous  collection,  which  in- 
cludes celebrated  works  by  the  masters  of  Impression- 
ism and  Post-impressionism,  is  being  shown  under  the 
auspices  of  Patrons  of  Art  and  Music,  and  is  presented 
for  the  first  time  in  its  entirety. 

Watercolors  by  Robert  L.  Holdcman,  and  "The 
Family  of  Man"  the  famous  exhibition  selected  by  Ed- 
ward Steichen  and  assembled  by  the  Museum  of  Mod- 
ern Art,  New  York,  comprising  503  photographs  from 
68  countries,  which  take  as  their  theme  man's  rela- 
tionship to  himself  and  his  world.  The  exhibition  is 
being  presented  under  auspices  of  the  Stanford  Con- 
valescent Home  Auxiliaries. 

ACHENBACH  FOUNDATION  FOR  GRAPHIC 
ARTS:  A  Loan  Exhibition  at  the  San  Francisco  Pub- 
lic Library.  Nativity  Prints  from  Martin  Schongauer 
to  Sister  Mary  Cortia,  I.H.M.;  and  Views  of  the 
Fifty-Three  Stations  of  Tokaido,   a   group  of  wood- 


SAN   FRANCISCO   MUSEUM   OF   ART 

WAR  MEMORIAL  flUILDING  CIVIC  CENTER 


GIRL  WITH  GREEN  EYES 

oil,  26  X  20", 

by 
Henri  Matisse. 


Collecfion  of  the  San  Francisco  Museum  of 
Art,  Harriet  Lane  Levy  Bequest. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


NEWS    and    COMMENT    ON    ART 


block  prints  by  Hiroshige. 

EVENTS:  Organ  Recital  every  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day afternoon  at  3  o'clock.  Educational  activities  in- 
cluding new  classes  for  adults  interested  in  contempo- 
rary approaches  to  painting  will  be  announced  in 
February. 


OAKLAND  ART  MUSEUM 

The  Oakland  Art  Museum,  S.  W.  corner  Municipal 
Auditorium  at  10th  and  Fallon  streets,  is  presenting  a 
number  of  special  Exhibitions  during  January  to  inau- 
gurate an  interesting  and  educational  schedule  of  ex- 
hibitions for  the  new  year. 

The  Museum  is  operated  as  a  Division  of  the  Oak- 
land Public  Library,  and  is  open  daily  10-5,  noon  until 
6  p.m.  each  Sunday. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  de Young  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Wal- 
ter Heil,  is  offering  the  following  special  exhibitions 
and  events  during  January': 

EXHIBITS:  Paintings  by  Sonia  Gechtoff;  Women 
of  Mexico,  Photographs  by  Bernice  Kolko:  Three 
Painters,  Rico  Lebrun,  Channing  Peake  and  Howard 
Warshaw;  San  Francisco  Art  Association  Exhibition 
of  Artist  Members  including  Painting,  Sculpture  and 
Graphics. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Classes  in  Art  Enjoyment- 
Exercises  in  Oil  Painting,  Part  II  for  Adults;  Painting 
Workshop  for  Amateurs;  Seminars  in  the  History  of 
Art;  and  Picture  Making,  Art  and  Nature  and  the 
Art  Club  for  Children.    (All  classes  are  free) . 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  announces  the  new  year 
will  be  opened  with  a  number  of  special  exhibitions 
and  events  being  scheduled  for  January. 

Among  the  Exhibitions  will  be:  Design  in  Scandi- 
navia, an  exhibit  which  brings  to  San  Francisco  over 
700  examples  of  furniture,  lighting  fixtures,  ceramics, 
glass,  metal,  plastic,  wood,  and  textiles  by  craftsmen 
and  industries  concerned  with  the  production  of  dis- 
tinguished objects  for  daily  living  according  to  the 
standards  of  fine  design  for  which  Denmark,  Finland, 
Norway  and   Sweden   are   noted.    The   exhibition   is 


sponsored  by  the  Kings  of  Denmark,  Norway,  and 
Sweden  and  the  President  of  Finland,  and  by  a  com- 
mittee of  their  consular  representatives  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, together  with  distinguished  citizens. 

Also  on  exhibition  will  be  "Collections  and  Collec- 
tors—1950-1956,"  and  "Israeh  Prints." 

Special  Events  will  include  a  new  lecture  series  on 
"The  Anatomy  of  Art"  beginning  January  15th  and 
each  Tuesday  thereafter  until  and  including  February 
5.  Lecture  Tours  of  the  Museum  are  conducted  each 
Sunday  at  3  p.m.;  Wednesday  evening  art  discussions 
at  8  o'clock;  Adventures  in  Drawing  anl  Painting;  The 
Studio- Art  for  the  Layman;  and  Children's  Saturday 
morning  art  classes. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


DR.  GRACE  L.  McCANN  MORLEY 
SPEAKS  ON  ART  IN  FRANCE 

Dr.  Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  director  of  the  San 
Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  recently  spoke  on  the  sub- 
ject. Adventures  in  Vision — Contemporary  Art  in 
France  and  the  United  States,  and  illustrated  her  dis- 
cussion with  numerous  slides. 

The  talk  was  in  connection  with  the  current  exhibi- 
tion, ART  FROM  FRANCE,  which  was  organized 
by  Dr.  Morley  in  conjunction  with  Jean  Cassou,  Chief 
Curator  of  the  National  Museum  of  Modern  Art. 
Paris. 

As  a  result  of  her  work  for  UNESCO,  Dr.  Morley 
has  been  able  to  keep  in  close  touch  with  the  develop- 
ments in  France  and  is  in  a  unique  position  to  com- 
pare them  with  those  taking  place  in  the  United  States 
since  the  war. 


KATE  NEAL  KINLEY 
MEMORIAL  FELLOWSHIP 

By  authority  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Illinois  the  Committee  in  charge  announces 
the  twenty-sixth  annual  consideration  of  candidates 
for  the  Kate  Neal  Kinley  Memorial  Fellowship. 

This  Fellowship  was  established  in  1931  by  the  late 
President-Emeritus  David  Kinley  in  memory  of  his 
wife  and  in  recognition  of  her  influence  in  promoting 
the  Fine  Arts  and  similar  interests  upon  the  Campus. 
The  Fellowship  yields  the  sum  of  one-thousand  three 
hundred  dollars  which  is  to  be  used  by  the  recipient 
toward  defraying  the  expenses  of  advanced  study  of 
the  Fine  Arts  in  America  or  abroad. 

Already  more  than  1,500  architects,  designers,  stu- 
dents and  others  have  indicated  their  desire  to  enter 
the  Competition.  More  than  1,000  of  the  entrants  are 
from  foreign  countries. 


JANUARY,     1957 


EDWIN  FRANCIS  HOME,  Portland,  Oregon  .  .  .  Richard  Sundeleof,  Architect 


CASUAL  ROOMS 
for  CASUAL  LIVING 


By  ARTHUR  W.  PRIAULX 


Prospecive  home  buyers  are  often  heard  to  remark: 
"We  want  a  separate  room  for  the  family  where  the 
children  can  play  without  destroying  furniture  in  the 
living  room,  and  where  the  family  can  sort  of  relax  in 
slippers  and  slacks." 

With  more  leisure  time  on  their  hands,  and  the 
trend  toward  more  activities  in  which  the  entire  family 
can  participate  'he  family  room  has  become  the  hit 
of  this  generat  f  home  builders  and  architects. 


Nearly  every  self'respecting  home  in  the  contempo- 
rary trend  has  its  own  special  version  of  the  family 
room. 

Some  mothers  want  it  close  to  the  kitchen  where 
they  can  supervise  the  youngsters  at  play.  Then,  too. 
being  close  to  the  kitchen  it  is  much  easier  for  snack 
time  and  saves  the  trail  of  orumbs,  spilt  milk  and 
cokes  when  children  have  to  track  through  several 
rooms  with  their  spare  meals. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CASUAL  ROOMS 


For  the  family  which  likes  a  change  of  pace  in  its 
leisure-time  enjoyment,  the  family  room  with  televi- 
sion set  relieves  the  living  room  for  quieter  reading 
and  more  formal  entertainment. 

All  of  these  factors  are  considered  today  by  the 
architect  when  he  undertakes  the  task  of  designing  a 
contemporary  home  for  contemporary  living.  Casual- 
ness  is  the  keynote.  Easy  comfort  is  demanded.  A 
friendly,  cheerful  and  inviting  room  is  generally  the 
answer.  Fortunately,  with  the  materials  available  to- 
day, it  requires  no  great  effort  to  create  such  a  room. 
A  goodly  number  of  them  feature  wood-paneled  walls, 
for  wood  lends  itself  particularly  to  this  type  of  in- 
formal atmosphere.  Especially,  softwoods  like  Douglas 
fir  and  west  coast  hemlock  which  can  be  furnished 
naturally  in  a  variety  of  varnishes,  plastic  finishes  and 
stains  to  retain  the  warmth  of  wood  grain  and  texture 
as  a  decorative  device. 

Families  are  getting  larger  and  the  more  children  in 
a  home,  the  more  need  for  elbow  room  for  them  to 
move  about  without  overflowing  all  over  the  home. 
The  family  room  serves  to  concentrate  their  activities 
when  indoors,  and  cuts  down  on  house  cleaning  time. 
Then,  too,  when  the  dining  room  was  merged  with  the 
kitchen  the  need  for  a  family  room  became  even  more 
acute.  Even  in  the  homes  with  sparate  dining  rooms, 
the  family  or  bull  room  more  than  pays  its  way.  Family 
rooms  can  be  built  and  designed  in  a  variety  of  shapes 
and  si::es  and  locations.   They  can  be  elaborate,  having 


full  music  walls  with  radio,  television,  hi-fi  and  movie 
screens,  with  snack  bars  equipped  with  sinks  and  re- 
frigerators, or  they  can  be  a  simply  furnished  room 
with  sturdy  furniture  and  a  few  bookcases,  with  the 
television  set  added  as  an  afterthought.  But,  they  all 
have  one  thing  in  common,  they  are  the  family  head- 
quarters where  every  one  from  grandfather  to  the 
year-old  toddler  can  collect  and  indulge  his  choice  of 
relaxing. 

Some  family  rooms  follow  the  early  American  tra- 
dition and  join  directly  with  the  kitchen  in  a  keeping 
room  theme.  This  is  an  ideal  arrangement  when  the 
children  are  young  and  need  close  supervision,  and  it 
serves  equally  as  well  in  any  size  family  for  the  other 
members  may  gather  here,  be  close  to  the  center  of 
cooking  operations,  yet  out  from  under  foot. 

Basement  bull  rooms  are  very  popular,  especially 
where  the  children  of  the  home  do  a  lot  of  'teen  age 
entertaining.  In  the  Sidney  Milligan  home  at  Eugene 
(see  page  7)  Architect  John  Loren  Reynolds  designed 
a  bull  room  in  the  basement  which  opens  directly  off 
the  driveway.  This  room  doubles  as  a  guest  room,  and 
the  bunk-type  beds  along  the  window  wall  serve  most 
generally  as  serviceable  couches  or  lounges.  A  televi- 
sion set  and  a  small  library  tucked  away  on  one  of  the 
walls  offers  ample  simple  entertainment,  for  children 
generally  make  their  own  fun  if  given  space  to  move 
around. 

Another  basement  family  room  which  opens  onto  a 


SIDNEY  MILLIGAN 
RESIDENCE 

Eugene,  Oregon 

John  L.  Reynolds, 
Architect 

Some  of  the  enter- 
toining  is  done  in 
this  lo  wer-l  eve! 
game  room  which 
doubles  as  a  spare 
bedroom  when 
guests  arrive. 


\     \ 


At  Left: 

ANNA   DITTERBRANDT  HOME, 

Portland,  Oregon 

John  Smeed,  Architect. 

A  basement  bull  room  has  many 
attractive  features  to  make  it  wel- 
come. 


Below: 

ROBERT  DWYER  HOME. 

Portland,  Oregon 

Richard  Sundeleaf,  Architect. 

Corner  of  family  room  combines 
formal  beauty  and  casual  decora- 
tive scheme. 


lower  level  patio  is  found  in  the  Anna  Dittebrandt 
home  in  Portland,  designed  by  Architect  John  Smced. 
(See  Page  8  top.)  Paneled  in  soft-toned  western  red 
cedar,  this  room  is  slightly  more  elaborate  to  accommo' 
date  the  spare  time  requirements  of  two  older  children. 
A  snack  bar  with  sink  and  refrigerator  saves  much  up 
and  down  traffic  from  the  main  kitchen  when  parties 
arc    in   progress.     A   pass-through    door   enables   the 


"cook"  to  serve  her  guests  on  the  patio  and  saves  many 
steps.  This  room  has  been  simply  furnished  in  leather 
chairs  and  has  a  rubber  tile  flooring  which  is  easy  to 
clean.  A  picture  window  looks  out  onto  a  lower  gar- 
den as  well  as  the  patio. 

The  family  room  in  the  Warren  Weiseth  home  in  a 
rural  district  near  Eugene  and  designed  by  Architects 
Wilmsen  and  Endicott  is  the  music  headquarters  of 


CASUAL  ROOMS 


this  family.  (See  Page  9).  A  two-level  home,  the 
family  room  adjoins  the  stairwell  coming  up  from  the 
entrance  level  of  half  story  below.  It  is  separated  from 
the  stain^'ell  by  a  half  wall  the  upper  half  of  which  is 
louvered.  the  entire  paneling  and  louvers  being  de- 
signed in  western  red  cedar.  This  allows  light  into  the 
stairwell  and  gives  the  smaller  family  room  an  air  of 
spaciousness  which  is  further  enhanced  by  still  another 
similar  louvered  upper  wall  on  the  main  hall  side.  Here 
the  family  can  gather  for  music  interludes  and  relaxed 
reading,  yet  enjoy  the  activities  of  other  members  of 
the  family  scattered  about  this  home.  This  room  would 
be  rather  formal  without  the  space  giving  effect  of  the 
louvers,  which  seem  to  impart  just  the  right  touch  of 
informality  so  necessary  in  a  family  room. 

Architect  John  Loren  Reynolds  actually  created  two 
family  rooms  in  the  Sidney  Milligan  home,  the  second 
one  on  the  main  floor  being  more  of  a  full  family  room 
(see  page  10  bottom).  Library,  magazine  racks  and 
music  wall  are  consolidated  along  one  w^all  of  this 
room  which  serves  also  as  the  living  room.  Here  is 
a  case  of  making  a  room  do  double  duty,  functioning 


both  for  formal  and  informal  enjoyment  and  enter- 
taining. By  arranging  the  spare  time  activity  affairs  in 
one  area,  the  formal  aspects  of  the  remainder  of  the 
living  room  are  in  no  way  disrupted. 

Family  rooms  need  not  always  be  extra  large  as  in 
the  instance  of  the  Edwin  Francis  home  in  Portland 
(page  6),  another  product  from  the  drawing  board  of 
Architect  Richard  Sundeleaf.  Opening  off  a  main  hall, 
this  family  room  is  more  of  a  retreat,  where  one  or 
more  members  of  the  family  can  relax  with  their  fav- 
orite spare  time  hobby,  game  and  reading.  It  includes 
a  well-stocked  library,  small  fireplace  and  sturdy  furni- 
ture where  junior  members  of  the  family  can  play  with 
games  without  threat  to  good  furniture  or  breakable 
devices.  One  of  the  charms  of  this  room  is  the  finish 
of  the  walls  and  bookcases  which  have  been  made  of 
Douglas  fir.  The  soft  tones  of  this  wood  create  an 
unmistakable  atmosphere  of  informality,  and  a  cheer- 
ful and  friendly  overtone  to  this  room.  Use  of  Doug- 
las fir  has  been  tastefully  conceived  in  combination 
with  the  brick  of  the  small  fireplace  and  the  large 
window  on  one  wall.  An  exposed  beam  ceiling  adds 


WARREN  WEISETH 
RESIDENCE 

Eugene,  Oregon 

John  Smeed,  Architect. 

Informal  family  room  features  this 
home  with  an  all-cedar  finish. 


CASUAL  ROOMS 


character  and  distinction  to  this  unusual  room. 

In  the  Robert  EKvyer  Portland  home  (see  page  8 
bottom),  Architect  Sundeleaf  has  created  a  family 
room  which  is  interestingly  enough  rather  formal  in 
its  overall  aspects,  with  the  painted  hemlock  paneling 
accentuating  this  atmosphere.  But  the  room  still  man- 
ages  to  come  off  as  most  informal,  probably  because 
of  the  friendliness  created  when  the  fire  is  burning  in 
the  fireplace  and  partly  because  of  the  taste  used  in 
decorating  the  room.  An  informal  air  is  established  by 
the  cozy  snack  bar  in  one  corner  which  is  most  invit' 
ing,  and  fully  equipped  for  this  active  family,  whether 
the  children  or  mother  and  dad  are  entertaining. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  Gordon  Carey  home 
in  McMinnville,  Oregon,  (see  page  11  top)  is  a  small 
refreshment  bar  which  utilizes  what  would  normally 
be  space  only  for  a  very  small  closet.  Designed  by 
Architect  Richard  Sundeleaf,  this  tiny  bar  serves  the 
adjoining  family  room  and  is  also  available  for  enter- 
taining in  the  more  formal  rooms  of  the  home.  A  ver- 
tically split  folding  door  closes  the  bar  away  out  of 
sight  when  not  in  use.  It  is  large  enough  for  a  tiny 
sink  and  has  storage  facilities  for  glassware  and  other 
needed  supplies.  Made  of  blonde-finished  west  coast 
hemlock  to  match  the  rest  of  the  home,  it  has  charm 
and  appeal,  partly  because  it  is  completely  hidden 
away  behind  innocent  looking  hemlock  paneled  doors 
when  not  in  operation. 


Van  Evera  Bailey  and  Warren  Weber,  among  Port- 
land architects  designing  Oregon  coastal  homes,  have 
taken  advantage  of  the  outdoor  living  urge  of  many  of 
their  clients  by  building  family  rooms  with  easy  access 
to  the  patio  areas.  Some  of  these  family  rooms  have 
been  designed  to  capture  the  breathtaking  view  of  the 
ocean  which  can  be  enjoyed  in  rough  weather  as  well 
as  good.  And  in  good  weather,  the  outdoor  fans  are 
only  a  step  or  two  from  the  sunshine  and  ocean  air. 

Back  in  the  Willamette  valley  where  scenery  of  still 
another  sort  is  much  sought  after  in  view  homes, 
architects  such  as  Clare  Hamlin,  Tom  Balshiser,  John 
Stafford  and  others  have  made  these  family  rooms  into 
places  of  exquisite  beauty  and  charm  with  ever-chang- 
ing panoramas  of  distant  mountains  and  valleys  a  lode- 
stone  for  the  family.  These  men,  too,  combine  out- 
door-indoor living  facilities  with  great  skill  to  create 
living  areas  where  the  family  will  want  to  spend  much 
of  its  time. 

In  Portland,  where  hillside  sites  offer  a  wider  range 
of  possibilities,  many  an  architect,  like  Robert  Fritsch, 
Walter  Gordon,  DeWitt  Robinson  and  John  Storrs 
have  combined  the  general  utility  of  a  family  room 
with  a  distinction  not  always  possible  in  all  sites,  with 
the  added  beauty  of  incomparable  views  enhanced  by 
wide  glass  areas.  These  picture-window  equipped 
family  rooms  may  look  out  upon  the  Willamette  and 
Columbia  rivers,  over  sparkling  Lake  Oswego,  or  they 


^''* 

FAMILY 
LIVING 
ROOM 

Architect  John  Loren 
Reynolds  of  Eugene  de- 
signed this  compact 
entertainment  wall 
which  serves  the  spare 
time  and  casual  needs 
of  the  family. 


may  offer  a  view  of  a  secluded  valley  in  the  west  hills 
area.  In  every  instance,  the  general  usefulness  and 
attractiveness  of  the  family  room  is  greatly  multiplied 
by  careful  planning  to  get  maximum  possible  added 
beauty  of  site  and  view.  Where  sloping  hills  make  it 
impractical  to  join  the  view  side  of  these  rooms  with 
an  outdoor  patio,  the  architect  uses  lanai,  terrace  or 
porch  effectively  to  get  all-weather  use  of  the  room 
and  to  encourage  the  outdoor  fan. 

These  architects  find  that  they  can  effectively  blend 
the  outdoor  and  indoor  living  areas  by  using  wood 
paneling  inside  which  ties  in  with  similar  wood  used 
on  the  home's  exterior.  Oftentimes  the  exterior  and 
interior  woodwork  is  finished  in  similar  style,  stained, 
painted  or  varnished  to  more  nearly  complete  the 
theme  of  oneness  and  avoid  the  sharp  break  between 
the  two  living  areas  which  different  materials,  finished 
in  sharp  contrast  would  create. 

There  are  a  variety  of  ways  to  separate  family  rooms 
from  adjoining  rooms,  especially  where  a  full  wall  is 
not  desirable.  One  of  the  most  common  means  is  with 
fireplace  room  dividers,  which  offer  a  wide  variety  of 
possibilities  for  the  architect. 

For  instance,  where  family  rooms  adjoin  kitchens, 
a  fireplace  in  the  family  room  used  as  a  room  divider 
is  backed  up  on  the  opposite  side  with  a  broiler,  wall 
ovens  or  barbecue  pit.  Where  family  and  living  rooms 
adjoin,  the  fireplace  divider  wall  can  serve  double  duty 
with  two-way  hearths  proving  especially  attractive  and 


ABOVE:  The  Gordon  Carey  home  in  McMinnville,  Oregon, 
designed  by  Architect  Richard  Sundeleof,  has  a  clever  bar 
tuclced  away  in  the  family  room  area. 


BELOW:  All-purpose  family  room  in  the  Dean  Pope  home, 
designed  by  Architects  Wilmsen  and  Endicott,  is  a  day-night 
room.  Children's  play  gear  tucks  out  of  sight  when  adults 
take  over. 


CASUAL  ROOMS  .  .  . 

practical.  These  fireplaces  can  be  formal,  finished  in 
brick,  or  can  be  most  informal  in  stone  or  rough  brick. 
Formal  or  informal,  fireplaces  always  add  a  distinctive 
warmth  to  a  room.  Many  fireplaces  are  installed,  as 
some  architects  point  out,  to  add  an  element  of  fun  to 
a  room.  They  can  be  unorthodox  in  appearance,  thus 
making  conversation  pieces,  and  on  the  gay  side,  and 
they  can  be  constructed  of  inexpensive  materials. 

Some  west  coast  architects  have  been  most  success- 
ful in  developing  a  cleverly  distinctive  form  for  their 
living  and  family  rooms  using  height  to  create  a  more 
spacious  appearance,  something  much  desired  in  a 
smaller  home  which  could  become  tight  and  cramped. 
This  effort  to  make  living  and  family  rooms  appear 
taller  is  especially  evident  in  the  storyand-a-half 
houses,  where  smaller  lots  force  the  designer  to  go  up 
for  his  space  and  effects.  An  entire  new  field  of  op- 
portunity presents  itself  to  the  architect,  and  the  ap- 
pearance of  these  split  level  houses  is  generally  much 
more  interesting. 

Post  and  beam  construction,  inexpensive  because 
materials  such  as  Douglas  fir  and  west  coast  hemlock 
are  readily  available  out  here,  is  actually  less  costly 
to  build.  These  woods  can  be  purchased  in  grades  to 
get  maximum  appearance  values,  and  this  is  important 
where  the  exposed  posts  and  beams  and  ceiling  will 
be  finished  in  some  natural  tone  to  capture  the  inter- 
esting decorative  effect  of  texture  and  grain.  Archi- 
tects are  discovering,  as  they  become  more  familiar 
with  split-level  construction,  that  it  is  actually  cheaper 
to  put  a  simple  roof  over  a  split  than  to  introduce  a  lot 
of  expensive  breaks  into  the  roof  just  to  save  cubage. 
The  result  is  a  taller  ceiHnged  living  room  or  family 
room  which  gives  a  much  needed  lift  to  the  smaller 
homes. 

Even  single  story  living  rooms  can  be  made  to  look 
more  expansive  and  taller  with  the  increasing  popu- 
larity of  cathedral  or  roof  ceilings,  again  using  the 
exposed  beam  and  ceiling  technique. 

A  goodly  number  of  architects,  striving  for  effect 
in  their  design,  are  using  the  combination  of  low- 
ceihng  bedrooms  and  high-ceiling  living  and  family 
rooms  to  create  a  dramatic  effect  in  their  homes.  The 
taller  ceilings  of  the  family  room  thus  are  given  added 
impact  when  contrasted  with  the  single  story  rooms  of 
the  balance  of  the  home.  Then,  too,  the  cathedral  and 
roof  ceilings  have  opened  up  new  possibilities  for  use 
of  skylights  and  clerestory  for  dramatic  lighting  effects. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  story -and -a -half 
family  and  living  rooms  have  been  achieved  in  today's 
larger  rooms  without  in  any  way  dwarfing  the  people 
in  the  home.  The  taller  height  is  scaled  to  conform  to 
the  wider  and  larger  rooms. 

Shed  plank  roof  ceilings  have  been  used  with  con- 
siderable success  by  some  architects  looking  for  variety 


and  individuality.  Others  have  used  contrasting  hori- 
zontal and  vertical  paneling  of  fir  or  hemlock  with 
good  effect  to  reduce  the  height  of  these  taller  rooms 
by  illusion.  Another  scheme  in  design  which  creates 
some  interesting  variety  of  spaces  is  to  stack  bedrooms 
and  baths  on  top  of  the  kitchen  and  dining  areas, 
having  both  open  onto  the  tall  family-living  room. 
The  upper  rooms  are  intimate  and  low-ceilinged  open- 
ing dramatically  onto  the  high  ceilinged  room.  Bal- 
conies above  have  visual  privacy  from  below  yet  have 
an  enjoyable  airy  view  of  the  upper  regions  of  the 
family-living  room. 

A  family  room  that  really  functions  should  be  so 
designed  with  relation  to  the  rest  of  the  home  that  the 
family  will  feel  secure  in  leaving  toys,  hobby  gear, 
family  projects  and  other  playtime  stuff  around  with- 
out having  to  stow  it  away  every  time  the  doorbell 
rings.  It  should  be  conceived  as  the  family's  own  room, 
and  that  is  just  how  it  is  being  approached  today  by 
hundreds  of  western  architects  who  are  creating  some 
wonder  rooms  in  this  casual  living  age. 


WORLD  CONFERENCE  ON 
PRESTRESSED  CONCRETE 

The  Department  of  Conferences  and  Special  Activi- 
ties University  Extension,  University  of  Cahfornia  at 
Berkeley,  has  announced  a  World  Conference  on  Pre- 
stressed  Concrete  will  be  presented  by  the  University 
of  California,  in  cooperation  with  the  Prestressed  Con- 
crete Institute  and  other  organizations,  July  29  -  Aug- 
ust 2  in  the  Fairmont  Hotel,  San  Francisco. 

Purpose  of  the  conference  is  to  bring  together  scien- 
tists, engineers,  and  manufacturers  in  the  field  of  pre- 
stressed concrete  in  order  that  their  knowledge  and 
experience  may  be  pooled  for  the  advancement  of  the 
science  and  industry  of  prestressed  concrete.  The  Pre- 
stressed Concrete  Institute,  a  nation-wide,  non-profit 
organization,  will  hold  its  third  annual  meeting  on 
July  29,  prior  to  the  opening  session  of  the  conference. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

Special  reports  of  committee  activities  highlighted 
the  January  meeting  in  the  Engineers  Club  of  San 
Francisco,  with  John  M.  Sardis,  chairman  reporting 
for  the  Research  Committee.  Development  of  Code  of 
Standard  practice  for  Design  and  Construction  of  Pre- 
Cast  Prestressed  was  reported  by  Frank  Baron,  and 
Tom  Fitzgerald  reported  on  Deflections  in  Structures. 

Activities  of  the  Lateral  Force  Committee  were 
reported  by  Pete  Kellam,  Chairman,  and  the  Building 
Code  Committee  was  reported  by  Frank  McClure; 
with  Oren  L.  Christensen  reporting  on  the  new  A.C.I. 
Building  Code  regulations. 

"Building  Codes — ^What  should  they  contain?"  was 
discussed  by  Marvin  A.  Larson. 

The  March  meeting  will  be  a  joint  meering  with 
the  A.I.A. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


GREATER 
FT.  WORTH 
TOMORROW 

VICTOR  GRUEN  and 

ASSOCIATES, 

Architects 


Loop  road  accessible  from  freeway  encircles 
the  "New  Cify  Core"  with  turn-offs  to  city. 


An  imagination'Stirring  blueprint  for  "A  Greater 
Fort  Worth  Tomorrow,"  one  that  would  include, 
along  with  a  sound  county  highway  system,  a  central 
business  district  free  from  vehicular  traffic,  has  been 
presented  by  Victor  Gruen,  head  of  the  architectural' 
engineering  and  planning  firm,  Victor  Gruen  and 
Associates  of  Los  Angeles,  to  a  meeting  of  the  Fort 
Worth  Club,  attended  by  some  200  Fort  Worth  and 


Tarrant  County  residents  representing  a  substantial 
cross-section  of  the  metropolitan  area. 

At  the  meeting,  the  formation  of  the  Greater  Fort 
Worth  Planning  Committee,  headed  by  J.  Lee  John- 
son, Jr.,  president  of  the  First  National  Bank,  as  Chair- 
man, and  Clay  J.  Berry,  manager  of  the  Fair  Building 
Corporation,  as  vice  chairman,  was  announced.  Sev- 
eral sub-committees  within  the  overall  committee  were 
formed  for  the  purpose  of  studying  the  proposed  plan 
and  the  ways  and  means  by  which  it  might  be  imple- 
mented. 

"The  Greater  Fort  Worth  for  Tomorrow"  plan, 
a  pattern  for  Fort  Worth  Metropolitan  redevelop- 
ment, is  the  result  of  intensive  research  and  study  into 
the  problems  of  the  city,  problems  arising  from  the 
fact  that  Fort  Worth,  like  all  other  cities,  is  an  out- 
growth of  the  horse-and-buggy  era  but  must  now  live 
in  the  age  of  the  automobile. 

The  Plan  for  Fort  Worth  answers  these  problems: 

How  to  prevent  metropolitan  Fort  Worth  from 
strangling  in  its  own  traffic  by  1970. 

How  to  assure  Fort  Worth's  continued  growth  and 
prosperity. 

How  to  place  Fort  Worth  in  a  more  advantageous 


Downtown  Ft.  Worth  as  it  is  today. 


JANUARY.     1957 


position  in  the  competition  among  cities  of  Texas  and 
the  Southwest  for  economic  development. 

The  Plan   makes  these   dynamic   recommendations 
for  the  Greater  Fort  Worth  of  Tomorrow: 

1.  Creation  of  a  pedestrian  central  business  district 
free  of  surface  vehicular  traffic  —  it  would  be 
unnecessary  for  automobiles,  buses  and  trucks  to 
enter  the  heart  of  the  city.  Comfortable,  noise- 
less, battery-powered  shuttle  cars  would  be  avail- 


Fort  Worth   of  Tomorrow   otter   completion   of  down- 
town rehabilitation. 


able  throughout  the  area  for  the  conveyance  of 
pedestrians. 

2.  Eventual  construction  of  underground  freight 
and  cargo  delivery  facilities  in  the  central  busi- 
ness district. 

3.  Construction  of  a  loop  or  belt  line  highway  ring- 
ing the  central  business  district,  receiving  traffic 
from  the  city's  freeways  and  other  tributary 
roads  and  funneling  the  traffic  into  strategically- 
placed  parking  garages  and  terminals,  where 
buses,  taxis  and  airport  limousines  would  dis- 
charge passengers. 

4.  Construction  of  six  major  parking  garages  inside 
the  belt  line  highway  to  serve  the  entire  down- 
town area,  with  a  deep  penetration  into  the 
pedestrian  central  business  district  so  as  to  mini- 
mize walking  distances  within  the  area.  No  point 
would  be  more  than  a  two  and  one-half  minute 
walk  from  the  nearest  parking  garage. 

Under  this  Plan  the  area  bounded  by  Belknap  Street 
on  the  north,  Jones  and  Pecan  Streets  on  the  east, 
Lancaster  Avenue  on  the  south  and  Henderson  Street 
on  the  west  ultimately  would  be  free  of  surface  vehicu- 
lar traffic.  The  area  would  have  the  atmosphere  and 


Fort  Worth's  7th 
street  looking  West, 
with  vehicular  traf- 
fic removed,  giving 
shoppers  view  of 
windows  on  both 
sides  of  street.  Pe- 
destrian bridge  con- 
nects parking  struc- 
ture with  a  hotel. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Close-up  of  downtown  area  as  it  is  today. 


appeal  of  such  developments  as  Rockefeller  Plaza  in 
New  York.  In  his  plan,  Gruen  envisions  certain  down- 
tovi^n  areas  bcinj^  replete  with  trees,  greenery,  benches 
and  statuary. 

Gruen,  a  leader  in  the  development  of  planned 
suburban  shopping  centers  and  architect  of  the 
nation's  famous  shopping  center  —  Northland,  near 
Detroit  —  believes  that  lessons  learned  in  recent  years 
in  suburbs  can  provide  answers  to  problems  of  cities. 

"Tomorrow's  central  district  will  have  no  signs  of 
blight  or  deterioration,"  Gruen  believes,  as  "In  their 
place  will  be  lovely  malls  and  concourses,  covered  side- 
walks and  comfortable  benches,  landscaped  gardens, 
sculpture,  fountains  —  a  city  shopping  center  that  is 
restful  and  pleasant.  The  central  district  will  be  an 
integral  addition  instead  of  an  ugly  disturbance;  a  cul- 
tural, social,  educational  center.  Shopping,  going  to 
work,  attending  cultural  and  entertaining  events  in 
such  an  environment  will  be  a  new  and  thrilling  expe- 
rience for  everyone." 

Other  cities  are  considering  and  even  undertaking 
plans  for  redevelopment  that  contain  certain  of  the 
proposals  inherent  in  the  Gruen  Plan  for  Fort  Worth. 
The  plan  for  Fort  Worth,  which  ties  in  with  the 
development  of  an  adequate  county  highway  system, 
is  the  first  to  incorporate  all  these  bold  proposals: 

1.  A  central  district  free  of  automobiles  and  trucks. 


2.  Strategically -located    parking    garages    and    ter- 
minals within  an  inner  belt  hne  highway. 

3.  Underground  truck  routes  and  dehvery  facilities. 
The  plan  is  a  "natural"  and  particularly  suited  for 

Fort  Worth  because  it  takes  advantage  of  the  natural 
boundaries  of  the  city  by  the  Trinity  River,  the  rail- 
roads and  the  freeways.  The  plan  locates  the  inner 
belt  line  highway  just  within  these  natural  boundaries. 
It  is  estimated  that  by  the  year  1970  approximately 
152,000  cars  will  visit  the  central  district  of  Fort 
Worth  each  day.  This  is  approximately  twice  the 
(See  Page  23) 


Nine-Blocl(  Study 

Shows  all  surface  traffic  has  been  re- 
moved  and   the   pedestrian   is   king. 

Pedestrian  walks,  malls,  parks  and 
plazas  have  token  the  place  of  auto- 
mobile traffic  and  parked  cars — over 
five  million  sq.  ft.  gained. 


JANUARY,     1957 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC  -  LAMP  DIVISION 


OFFICES  and  WAREHOUSE 


Los  Angeles,  California 


ALBERT  C.  MARTIN  and  Associates 
Architects 
Engineers 

NOYES  ROACH  CO.  1     Venture 
C.  L.  PECK  J     Joint 

General  Contractors 

T.  Y.  LIN  8C  ASSOCIATES 
Engineering  Consultants 

120,000  SQUARE  FEET  OF  AREA 


Today's  building  methods  took  a  long  step  into  the 
future  when  the  first  pre-tensioned.  prestressed  con- 
crete roof  panels  were  hoisted  into  permanent  position 
on  the  new  million  dollar  General  Electric  warehouse 
and  offices  being  constructed  at  Malt  and  Telegraph 
Roads,  Los  Angeles,  California.  It  is  beHeved  that  this 
marks  the  first  time  in  construction  history  that  such 
type  concrete  panels  have  been  actually  manufactured 
on  the  building  site  by  the  general  contractor,  and  in 
any  event  this  instance  marks  an  accomplishment  of 
great  significance  for  industrial  plant  owners,  archi- 
tects, engineers,  and  builders. 

The  numerous  advantages  of  prestressed  concrete 
are  well  recognized.  In  many  cases  spans  can  be 
doubled  in  length  as  compared  with  reinforced  con- 
crete; fewer  columns  are  needed  to  accomplish  the 
same  objective;  structural  strength  is  achieved  with 
far  less  dead  weight;  surprising  and  important  time 
savings  can  be  made  in  project  construction,  and  the 
architect  or  engineer  is  offered  much  greater  design 
opportunities  which  in  themselves  acrue  to  the  benefit 
of  the  owner  and  offer  greater  utility  building  use  to 
the  occupant. 

However,  use  of  this  product  has  been  somewhat 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


limited  by  availability.  In  Los  Angeles,  for  instance, 
there  is  only  one  company  that  is  equipped  to  furnish 
prestressed  concrete  as  specified  for  the  new  General 
Electric  building.  A  similar  situation  exists  in  many 
West  Ck^ast  areas  where  industrial  construction  is  on 
the  up'Swing,  and  in  most  instances  the  transportation 
costs  of  moving  prestressed  concrete  any  distance  is  a 
prohibitive  factor.  Where  this  type  of  construction 
might  be  considered  for  non-metropolitan  area  con- 
struction, the  transportation  cost  alone  usually  pre- 
cludes the  possibility  of  its  use. 

Several  leading  Southern  California  contractors  bid 
on  the  General  Electric  job.  The  Noyes  Roach  Com- 
pany submitted  a  bid  in  joint-venture  with  C.  L.  Peck. 
Roach,  along  with  his  vice-president  and  chief  project 
engineer  James  Wubbena,  recognized  that  every  com- 
peting contractor  would  likely  be  restricted  to  identi- 
cal figures  on  the  cost  of  prestressed  concrete.  Since 
this  material  was  specified  for  some  100,000  square  feet 
of  construction  in  the  building,  representing  more  than 
83%  of  the  total  area  in  the  project,  it  was  agreed 
that  here  was  the  place  to  cut  the  cost  of  construction, 
if  possible,  and  submit  the  lowest  bid  price. 

Calculations  had  to  include  the  cost  of  designing, 
building  and  operating  the  pre-tensioning  casting  beds 
which  would  have  to  be  built  on  the  construction  site. 


ABOVE:  As  the  mixer  truck  rolls  down  the  line,  freshly 
poured  lightweic|ht  concrete  is  vibrated  and  surface 
evened-off  preparatory  to  being  tamped  down  and 
smoothed  by  finishing  crew. 


AT  RIGHT:  Finishing  crew  puts  final  touches  on 
pre-tensioned,  prestressed  concrete  panels  while 
another  350  ft.  casting  bed  (right)  is  prepared 
for  pour.  Each  bed  accommodates  eight  40-ft. 
panels,  maintaining  a  56-ton  stress  during  the 
2V2  day  curing  period. 


JANUARY,     1957 


STACKED  6-HIGH 

Some  of  the  496  prestreesed 
concrete  roof  panels  destined 
to  form  the  roof. 


as  well  as  the  usual  estimates  concerned  with  the  cost 
of  the  building  itself.  Even  figuring  these  extra  and 
abnormal  expenses,  Roach  believed  he  could  produce 
the  specified  panels  and  beams  on  the  job  for  less  than 
the  price  quoted  by  the  only  available  local  firm  deal- 
ing in  prestress  products.  A  comparable  firm  in  San 
Francisco  could  not  compete  in  supplying  material  for 
the  job  as  it  would  have  cost  $25,000  to  transport  the 
fivc'hundred  and  eighty  concrete  sections  to  Los  An- 
geles. Accordingly  the  bid  of  Noyes  Roach  Company 
and  C.  L.  Peck  was  low  and  the  firms  in  joint-venture 
received  the  contract. 


Plans  for  the  new  building  called  for  four-hundred 
and  ninety-six  roof  panels  and  eighty-four  girders. 
The  panel  dimensions  being  40  ft.  by  5  ft.;  and  girders 
18  in.  by  16  in.  by  26  in. 

Engineering  Cksnsultants  T.  Y.  Lin  6?  Associates 
worked  with  the  general  contractors  in  designing  and 
setting  up  the  casting  beds.  These  were  built  to  meet 
the  specific  requirements  of  the  immediate  job,  without 
much  anticipation  or  consideration  of  salvage  for 
future  use.  However,  some  salvage  is  practical  and  con- 
tractor Roach  believes  that  his  headstart  in  developing 
this  new  factor  in  construction  technique,  may  give 


PRESTRESSED 
GIRDER 

Is  lowered  into  position,  ready 
to  support  the  40-ft.  prestressed 
concrete  roof  panels. 

Believed  to  be  the  first  time 
prestressed  concrete  sections 
hove  been  manufactured  on  site. 


him  a  bidding  edge  on  i^uture  work  when  on-thc-site 
prestressing  appears  to  be  the  logieal  solution  of  the 
problem. 

For  purposes  of  the  General  Electric's  Lamp  Divi- 
sion project,  the  contractors  installed  four  panel  beds 
and  one  girder  bed,  each  resting  on  a  4  in.  concrete  slab. 
Simply  described,  the  casting  beds  consisted  of  a 
fabricated  sheet  steel  form  supported  by  reinforced 
concrete  beams.  Sufficient  anchorage  was  provided  to 
handle  calculated  stress,  but  the  entire  pre-tensioning 
plant  was  devised  as  a  temporary  facility,  with  a  view 
to  reasonably  easy  dismanteling  and  removal. 

Hi-tensile  steel  cables  are  strung  the  length  of  each 
casting  bed  and  tensioned  by  hydraulic  jack.  Twelve 
wires  are  used  in  the  girders  and  eight  in  the  roof 
panels.  Extreme  care  is  taken  to  assure  that  each  wire 
gets  equal  tension,  while  a  unique  method  of  harping 
controls  the  camber  of  each  span. 

The  first  concrete  was  poured  into  a  casting  bed 
about  sixty  days  after  ground  was  broken  for  the  ware- 
house and  office  building,  indicating  the  preliminary 
work  was  completed  without  loss  of  time  in  the  overall 
construction  schedule. 

With  all  forms  in  use,  some  twenty-eight  roof  panels 
and  seven  girders  were  produced  every  three  days. 
Meanwhile,  as  the  stockpile  of  prestressed  concrete 


sections  grew,  the  building  was  taking  shape.  By  the 
time  the  foundation  and  floor  were  finished  and  sup- 
porting columns  were  in  place,  the  contractors  were 
ready  to  start  erecting  the  roof  panels. 

This,  of  course,  represents  one  of  the  greatest  advan- 
tages of  using  the  prestress  type  of  concrete  in  con- 
struction, as  it  provides  a  minimum  of  waiting  time 
which  is  still  further  abetted  by  the  convenience  of 
having  the  stockpile  so  close  at  hand. 

Still  another  time-saving  construction  method,  i.e., 
tilt-up  walls,  is  also  included  in  the  building  design, 
and  it  is  expected  that  by  use  of  these  newer  methods 
that  the  General  Electric,  Lamp  Division  will  be  able 
to  occupy  the  new  facilities  early  in  1957.  By  com- 
pletion date  a  paved  parking  lot  will  cover  all  evidence 
that  here  was  located  what  is  believed  to  be  the  first 
on-the-site  prestressed  concrete  casting  plant  in  the 
history  of  industrial  or  commercial  construction. 

Contractor  Noyes  Roach's  successful  experiment 
may  induce  other  progressive  builders  to  use  a  similar 
method  where  conditions  warrant.  In  any  event,  there 
will  be  less  restriction  on  the  use  of  prestressed  con- 
crete in  Southern  California  and  new  vistas  have  been 
opened  to  architects,  engineers  and  contractors  in  one 
method  of  coping  with  ever  increasing  construc- 
tion costs. 


AS  FIRST  of  496  prestressed  concrete  root  panels  is  fitted  into  place.  Panels  pre-tensioned 
and  cast  on  site  in  specially  fabricated  beds,  a  unique  construction  technique  newly  de- 
veloped. 


^  MODEL 


Shows  type  of  massive  con- 
crete cantilever  structure 
engineers  ore  building  to 
test  rocket  engines  and  mis- 
sile components  having  up 
to  a  1,000,000  lb.  thrust. 


AIR  FORCE  MISSILE  TESTING  PROGRAM 

GIANT  ROCKET  TESTING  STAND 

California's  Mojave  Desert 


GEORGE   A.   FULLER   COMPANY,   General   Contractors 


^-^ 


In  California's  Mojave  Desert  the  Air  Force  is  com' 
pleting  a  giant  concrete  test  stand  which  will  provide 
the  means  to  test  rocket  engines  and  missile  compon- 
ents  having  up  to  1,000,000  pounds  of  thrust.  The  new 
stand,  an  important  addition  to  America's  missile  test' 
ing  program,  is  the  largest  stand  constructed  by  the 
Air  Force  to  date. 

Conducting  static  rocket  engine  tests  and  perform' 
ing  missile  research  since  1952,  at  the  sprawling  300,' 
000  acre  Edwards  Air  Force  Base  which  lies  on  the 
western  edge  of  the  Mojave  Desert,  stands  previously 
constructed  have  been  able  to  handle  missile  com- 
ponents of  only  half  a  million  pounds  of  thrust. 

Separated  by  eight  miles  of  desert  wasteland  from 
the  main  part  of  the  Base,  the  stark,  isolated  eastern 
section  of  Edwards  was  chosen  as  the  site  for  rocket 
test   activities   because    sufficient    rock    foundation    is 


LOOKING  DOWN  on  construction  of  giant  rocket  engine 
test  stand. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


available  for  heavy  concrete  structures.  Another  im- 
portant feature  is  that  the  steep  cHfFs  permit  the  great 
distance  required  between  test  stand  and  the  flame 
deflector  pit. 

Anchored  some  60  ft.  into  solid  rock,  with  an 
overall  length  of  200  ft.,  the  new  stand  is  designed 
like  a  reinforced  concrete  bridge  type  structure.  It 
includes  a  54  ft.  concrete  cantilever,  15  ft.  at  the 
outer  end  and  40  ft.  thick  at  the  haunch.  This  canti- 
lever is  approximately  150  ft.  over  a  flame  deflector 
pit  which  leads  the  gases  from  the  test  vehicle  away 
from  the  stand. 

The  major  problem  presented  in  structural  design 
of  the  new  test  stand  was  devising  a  means  to  carry 
the  loading  to  bed-rock — and  there  are  two  opposite 
types  of  loading.  The  facility  must  be  able  to  support 
extremely  high  dead  loads,  while  at  the  same  time 
providing  sufEcient  uplift  resistance  to  the  million 
pounds  thrust  developed  during  static  test  firings. 

At  an  intermediate  level  below  the  deck,  and  within 
the  shell  of  the  stand,  special  servicing  and  utility 
areas  are  provided.  These  include  a  machine  shop,  ter- 
ntinal  room  for  data  recording  instruments,  electrical 
and  mechanical  equipment  rooms,  and  office  space. 
The  Ralph  M.  Parsons  Company  of  Los  Angeles  per- 
formed the  architectural  services. 

Criteria  for  the  facility  was  developed  by  U.  S.  Air 
Force  engineers.  Lt.  Colonel  Henry  W.  Yagel,  Instal- 
lations Engineer  for  Edwards  AFB  supervised  for  the 
project  for  the  Air  Force.  Administrator  for  the  proj- 


ONE    of   several    test    areas    of   the    Rocket    Engine   Test 
Laboratory. 


ect  is  Colonel  Edwin  M.  Eads,  AF  Installations  Repre- 
sentative, South  Pacific  Region. 

Design  and  construction  contract  responsibility  is 
that  of  the  South  Pacific  Region,  Corps  of  Engineers, 
U.  S.  Army,  headed  by  Brig.  General  William  F.  Cas- 
sidy.  Contracts  were  let  through  the  Los  Angeles  Dis- 
trict, Corps  of  Engineers,  headed  by  Colonel  Arthur 
H.  Frye,  Jr.  Mr.  Bruce  Bennett  is  Resident  Engineer 
for  Rocket  Base. 


UNIQUE 

and 

EXPENSIVE 

Part  of  the  timber 
falsework  tower 
erected  to  support 
casing  of  the  big  can- 
tilever arm  of  Test 
Stand  shown  in  back- 
ground. Tower  is  over 
10  stories  high. 


JANUARY,     1957 


BUSINESS  DECISIONS 

That  AflFect  Your 
Tax  Returns 

By  AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ACCOUNTANTS 

Long-range  tax  planning  in  today's  business  world 
of  high  tax  rates  is  no  longer  "big  business  foolish' 
ness".  Last-minute  tax  worrying  with  no  year-around 
tax  thinking  can  result  in  the  loss  of  sizeable  savings 
for  small  and  medium-sized  businesses  when  it  comes 
time  to  file  a  tax  return. 

For  example,  assume  that  last  summer  you  were 
forced  to  replace  your  air  conditioner.  You  shopped 
around  and  found  you  could  either  sell  your  old  unit 
to  a  private  party  for  $500,  or  a  dealer  in  town  would 
give  you  a  trade-in  allowance  of  $500  on  it.  That 
seemed  like  six-of-one-half-a-dozen-of-another  to  you; 
so  without  thinking — or  worrying — about  tax  matters 
you  traded  in  the  old  air  conditioner. 

To  prove  how  such  a  seemingly  simple  business  de- 
cision such  as  this  can  affect  how  much  tax  you  will 
have  to  pay,  let's  assume  further  that  the  air  condi- 
tioner which  you  traded  had  originally  cost  $2500  and 
that  you  had  taken  $1000  in  depreciation  on  it.  This 
meant  its  cost  for  tax  purposes  was  $15p0,  and  you 
were  going  to  "lose"  $1000  whether  you  accepted  the 
dealer's  trade-in  allowance  of  $500  or  sold  to  the 
private  party  for  $500. 

So  far  still  six-of-one-half-a-dozen-of-another,  but 
now  since  you  elected  to  trade-in  your  old  air  condi- 
tioner, let's  see  how  you  can  claim  a  deduction  on  a 
tax  return  for  your  $1000  loss.  The  answer  is  simple. 
You  can't.  All  you  can  do  is  add  the  amount  of  the 
loss  to  the  cost  of  your  new  unit,  and  eventually  re- 
ceive tax  credit  for  your  loss  in  the  form  of  slightly 
higher  depreciation  deductions. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  you  had  made  a  bona  fide 
sale  of  your  old  unit  to  the  private  party  and  a  sepa- 
rate purchase  of  a  ne^v  unit  from  a  dealer,  you  would 
have  established  a  $1000  loss  which  could  be  claimed 
as  a  loss  deduction  on  a  tax  return  and  used  to  offset 
regular  income. 

It  is  not  always  true,  of  course,  that  a  loss  deduction 
on  the  tax  return  is  worth  two  in  the  bush  of  deprecia- 
tion, but  a  general  rule  to  consider  when  you  are  try- 
ing to  decide  whether  it  would  be  more  advantageous 
taxwise  for  you  to  sell  or  trade-in  an  asset  is:  sell 
"loss"  property  to  dbtain  a  deduction,  and  trade 
"profit"  property  to  avoid  the  tax  which  must  be  paid 
on  any  profit  realizel  from  the  sale  of  an  asset. 

You  may  find  that  you  have  sold  yourself  into  a 
capital  gains  tax  or  traded  yourself  out  of  a  loss  deduc- 
tion if  you  have  not  figured  your  depreciated  costs  cor- 
rectly. This  is  a  matter  you  should  discuss  with  a 
certified  public  accountant.  Not  only  can  he  verify 
the  accuracy  of     our  mathematical  computations,  but 


he  can  also  explain  the  advantages  and  disadvantages 
of  the  various  methods  used  to  compute  depreciation. 
It  could  be  that  the  method  you  used  or  are  using  is 
not  the  one  most  suited  to  your  business  needs  from  a 
tax  standpoint. 

For  example,  if  you  asked  a  CPA  whether  you 
.  should  use  the  straight-line  or  declining  balance 
method  to  depreciate  your  new^  air  conditioner,  one  of 
the  first  questions  he  might  ask  you  would  be:  what 
are  your  cash  requirements  and  what  are  your  profits 
likely  to  be?  If  you  are  thinking  of  expanding  and 
need  additional  cash  within  the  next  few  years,  he 
might  recommend  that  you  use  the  "new"  declining 
balance  method  to  compute  depreciation. 

The  declining  balance  method  "speeds  up"  or  in- 
creases depreciation  rates.  This  starts  the  chain  reac- 
tion to  your  objective  of  retaining  cash  in  the  busi- 
ness, because  when  you  increase  depreciation  rates 
you  also  increase  allowable  depreciation  deductions  on 
your  tax  return.  The  amount  you  may  write-off  the 
first  year  is  twice  what  it  would  be  if  you  used  the 
straight-line  method;  so  by  applying  a  $1000  instead 
of  $500  depreciation  deduction  against  your  regular  in- 
come, you  are  going  to  reduce  your  taxes,  and  cash 
that  does  not  have  to  be  paid  out  in  federal  taxes  can 
be  retained  in  the  business  for  expansion  purposes. 

It  seems  all  good  things  eventually  come  to  an  end, 
however,  and  while  in  the  first  year  the  declining  bal- 
ance depreciation  rate  may  be  double  that  of  the 
straight-line,  this  differential  diminishes  in  succeeding 
years  until  declining  balance  deductions  are  even  less 
than  they  would  be  under  the  straight-line  method. 
This  is  why  it  is  important  that  you  consider  current 
and  future  earnings  before  you  select  a  depreciation 
method. 

For  example,  if  your  current  earnings  are  low,  or  if 
you  are  putting  in  a  new  line  of  merchandise  and  the 
results  of  this  expansion  will  take  a  few  years  to  show 
in  your  earnings,  it  might  be  more  advantageous  tax- 
wise  for  you  to  use  the  straight-line  method  of  com- 
putating  depreciation. 

The  straight-line  method  does  not  "speed  up"  de- 
preciation deductions.  It  spreads  them  out  equally 
over  the  estimated  useful  life  of  the  asset;  so  when  you 
use  a  straight-line  method  you  are  saving,  in  a  sense, 
for  a  rainy  day.  When  your  earnings  improve  or  in- 
crease, you  will  have  more  substantial  depreciation 
deductions  to  apply  against  those  earnings.  There 
usually  is  no  point  in  increasing  a  loss  or  reducing  low 
earnings  by  claiming  additional  depreciation  deduc- 
tions when  you  do  not  need  them. 

A  point  to  remember  when  you  are  trying  to  decide 
whether  to  buy  new  or  used  equipment  is  that  second- 
hand equipment  must  be  depreciated  by  the  straight- 
line  method.  This  tax  factor  should  be  considered, 
because  loss  of  the  opportunity  to  use  the  declining 
balance  method  with  its  rapid  write-off  feature  may 
cancel  any  immediate  savings  effected  by  the  purchase 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


of  used  equipment. 

The  matter  may  have  been  decided  and  forgotten 
many  years  ago,  but  a  basic  question  businessmen 
should  consider  from  time  to  time — and  one  which 
has  many  tax  impHcations — ^is  whether  to  do  business 
as  a  proprietorship,  partnership  or  corporation.  There 
may  be  personal  or  professional  factors  that  force  the 
selection  and  maintenance  of  a  non-corporate  form  of 
organization,  but  depending  on  the  earnings  of  the 
business  and  the  amount  of  those  earnings  you  may 
need  to  withdraw,  there  are  certain  tax  advantages  to 
be  gained  by  incorporating  a  new  or  expanding  com- 
pany. 

Since  proprietorship  and  partnership  income  is 
taxed  at  individual  rates,  which  range  anywhere  from 
20  per  cent  to  91  per  cent,  and  corporation  earnings 
are  taxed  at  corporate  rates  of  30  per  cent  on  the  first 
$25,000  earned  during  the  year  and  52  per  cent  on  the 
excess,  it  might  appear  that  if  you  have  relatively  low 
income  the  proprietorship-partnership  rates  are  lower. 
However,  you  must  also  consider  that  the  corporate 
tax  carries  with  it  the  privilege  of  deducting  a  reason- 
able salary  paid  to  an  employee-owner.  The  employee- 
owner  has  to  pay  a  personal  tax  on  his  salary,  of 
course,  but  if  he  were  not  incorporated,  he  would 
have  to  pay  a  personal  tax  on  all  the  money  earned  by 
the  business. 

If  the  retained  earnings  of  the  company  are  taxed 
at  a  corporate  rate  which  is  lower  than  what  the  per- 
sonal tax  rate  would  be,  the  employee-owner  would 
benefit  by  having  additional  funds  available  in  the 
corporation  for  expansion  purposes.  The  funds  may 
be  accumulated  in  a  corporation  up  to  $60,000  with- 
out further  tax  penalties,  and  even  higher  if  the  corpo- 
ration can  prove  a  need  for  them. 

These  advantages — ^while  they  may  cut  your  cur- 
rent tax  bill  and  increase  working  capital  for  expan- 
sion needs — can  be  lost  if  you  have  jumped  into  a 
corporation  without  first  reviewing  your  own  long- 
range  cash  requirements.  If  you  are  continually  forced 
to  withdraw  money  from  the  corporate  earnings  to 
pay  personal  expenses,  you  will  have  to  withdraw 
these  funds  in  the  form  of  dividends.  That  means  the 
corporation  will  have  to  pay  tax  on  the  earnings  you 
are  withdrawing  as  dividends,  and  you  will  have  to 
pay  tax  on  the  dividends  received.  The  "double  tax" 
on  earnings  and  dividends  can  nullify  any  tax  advan- 
tage from  incorporation  when  earnings  must  be  with- 
drawn immediately  as  dividends. 

Many  businessmen  seek  professional  advice  about 
tax  matters  as  they  do  professional  assistance  with 
their  golf  game — when  the  slice  has  become  almost 
unbearable.  You  can  save  tax  dollars  by  realizing 
that  business  decisions  made  in  the  fall  affect  the 
amount  of  tax  you  must  pay  in  the  spring.  Practice 
year-around  tax  thinking,  and  consult  a  certified  pub- 
lic accountant  when  you  are  in  doubt  as  to  the  tax 
effect  of  even  the  most  routine  business  decision. 


STUART   N.    GREENBERG 


STUART  N.  GREENBERG  APPOINTED 
PUBLIC  UTILITY  COMMISSION 

Stuart  N.  Greenberg,  president  of  M.  Greenberg's 
Sons  with  general  headquarters  in  San  Francisco,  and 
president  of  the  Josam  Pacific  Company,  was  recently 
appointed  to  the  Public 
Utilities  Commission  of 
the  City  and  County  of 
San  Francisco  by  city's 
mayor  George  Christo- 
pher. 

Greenberg  took  over 
the  presidency  of  the  firm 
which  bears  his  name  and 
has  been  a  manufacturer 
and  supplier  of  fire  hy- 
drants and  brass  and 
bronze  supplies  in  San 
Francisco  for  three  gen- 
erations, in  1942,  and  has 
expanded  activities  of  the  organization  extensively, 
developing  the  first  major  improvement  in  fire  hy- 
drants known  as  the  "California  Type"  which  con- 
tains a  "break-off"  check. 

Recognized  as  an  outstanding  civic  leader,  Green- 
berg's  interest,  and  philanthropic  activities  are  numer- 
ous, and  he  has  been  keenly  interested  in  the  contin- 
uous growth  and  development  of  San  Francisco,  as 
well  as  his  business  firm,  which  was  founded  in  1854 
and  has  been  in  continuous  operation  since  in  the 
manufacture  of  maritime  and  industrial  bronze  valves 
and  fittings;  fire  hydrants,  hose  valves  and  fire  pro- 
tection materials;  plumbing  hardware,  brass  and 
bronze  specialties  and  plaques. 


A  GREATER  FORT  WORTH 

(From  Page  15) 
number  that  visit  the  central  district  daily  at  present. 
Thus,  if  cars  are  permitted  on  the  downto'wn  streets 
of  the  city  in  1970,  the  existing  street  system  would 
have  to  be  enlarged  by  more  than  300  per  cent. 

It  is  also  estimated  that  the  central  district  of  Fort 
Worth  in  1970  would  require  approximately  2600 
trucks  per  day  for  the  handling  of  its  goods,  and 
Architect  Gruen  ruled  out  as  not  workable  or  feasible 
such  possibilities  as  widening  and  improving  the  pres- 
ent surface  delivery  system  or  the  construction  of  new 
elevated  delivery  facilities,  and  therefore,  proposes 
that  the  truck  routes  be  underground. 

What  would  life  be  like  in  1970  in  Fort  Worth 
revitalized  under  the  Gruen  Plan? 


ENGINEER  OPENS  OFFICES:  Albert  A.  Fink 
recently  announced  opening  of  offices  for  Albert  A. 
Fink  and  Associates  at  2717  N.  Main  Street,  Walnut 
Creek,  California. 


JANUARY,     1957 


23 


NEW  CITY  RISES  FROM  SAN  FRANCISCO  BAY 

Utah  Construction  Co.  -  Addition  to  City  of  Alameda 


First  phase  of  one  of  California's  largest  "private 
industry"  tide-land  reclamation  projects  has  been  com- 
pleted with  the  giant  dredge  "Franciscan"  depositing 
the  last  of  more  than  9J/2  million  cubic  yards  of  sand 
fill  along  the  south  shore  of  the  City  of  Alameda. 

Pumped  from  the  bottom  of  San  Francisco  bay, 
more  than  a  mile  offshore,  the  material  forms  a  man- 
made  land  area  that  will  soon  grow  into  a  new  resi- 
dential community  as  it  is  developed  by  the  Utah 
Construction  Company  of  San  Francisco. 

Dredging  operation,  begun  November  7,  1955,  and 
operated  around  the  clock  for  just  over  a  year,  has 
created  approximately  400  acres  of  new  land,  added 
over  a  miUion  yards  of  fill  and  some  fifty-five  acres  to 
the  city's  Washington  Park. 

Work  of  excavating  and  shaping  a  scries  of  land- 
locked lagoons,  which  will  be  the  core  of  the  develop- 
ment project,  and  grading  and  leveling  of  the  fill  will 
be  undertaken  immediately.  This  second  phase  of  de- 
velopment should  be  completed  in  four  months,  ac- 
cording to  Charles  T.  Travers,  Utah  Construction 
Company  executive  in  charge  of  the  project. 

This  will  be  followed  by  the  initial  construction 
next  spring  of  the  new  South  Shore  Center,  a  65 -acre 
regional  shopping  center  at  the  foot  of  Park  Street, 
Alameda.  With  completion  expected  in  1958,  the  new 
center  will  have  parking  facilities  for  more  than  4000 


automobiles  and  will  be  of  modern  steel,  concrete  and 
aluminum  construction  with  a  gross  building  area  in 
excess  of  400,000  square  feet. 

Built  around  a  colorful  mall  for  pedestrian  shoppers, 
the  center  will  include  a  site  reserved  for  a  major  de- 
partment store,  two  supermarkets,  restaurants,  service 
stations,  banks  and  more  than  fifty  other  business 
enterprises. 

The  first  unit  of  approximately  one-hundred  homes 
is  also  expected  to  start  next  year,  probably  in  mid- 
summer, in  the  area  directly  west  of  the  shopping 
center  and  west  of  Willow  Street  extension. 

Ultimately  the  development  will  include  approxi- 
mately 1000  homes,  plus  multiple  dwelling  units, 
neighborhood  shopping  areas,  a  professional  and  ad- 
ministrative zone,  schools,  churches  and  parks,  and  a 
new  public  beach  on  the  perimeter. 

It  is  estimated  the  development  w/ill  be  completed 
by  1960. 

In  addition  to  the  South  Shore  development,  Utah 
Construction  Company  also  plans  a  second  major  addi- 
tion to  Alameda  on  8S0  acres  of  tidelands  at  near-by 
Bay  Farm  Island.  More  than  25-million  cubic  yards  of 
sand  will  be  dredged  for  this  development  which  will 
add  17  per  cent  to  Alameda's  land  area,  and  will  in- 
clude 3500  to  4000  additional  homes.  It  is  planned  to 
start  the  Bay  Farm  Island  project  by  1958. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


9th  ANNUAL  INDUSTRIAL 
ENGINEERING  INSTITUTE 

The  9th  Annual  Industrial  Engineering  Institute  is 
scheduled  for  February  1-2  in  Dwinelle  Hall,  Univer- 
sity  of  California,  Berkeley,  under  the  general  chair- 
manship of  Louis  E.  Davis. 

The  objective  of  the  conference  is  to  present  to 
industrial  engineers  and  managers  the  latest  dvelop- 
ments  in  research  and  practice  in  these  fields. 

The  conference  is  presented  by  the  College  of  Engi- 
neering, School  of  Business  Administration,  Graduate 
School  of  Business  Administration,  Institute  of  Indus- 
trial Relations,  and  University  Extension  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  Berkeley,  in  cooperation  with  the 
American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  San  Fran- 
cisco Section;  Society  for  Advancement  of  Manage- 
ment, San  Francisco  Bay  Chapter;  American  Institute 
of  Industrial  Engineers,  San  Francisco-Oakland  Chap- 
ter; American  Society  for  Quality  Control,  San  Fran- 
cisco Bay  Area  Section;  and  the  American  Materials 
Handling  Society,  Northern  California  Chapter. 


SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER,  A.I.A. 

Leon  Chatclain,  Washington,  D.  C,  President  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Architects,  spoke  at  the 
January  meeting  on  national  architectural  affairs  and 
participated  in  the  installation  of  newly  elected  officers. 
Assisting  was  Donald  Beach  Kirby,  San  Francisco, 
Regional  Directors  of  the  California -Nevada  -  Hawaii 
District  AIA. 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy  was  installed  as  Chapter  Presi- 
dent for  1957. 


AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  CONSULTING 
ENGINEERING  AWARD  GIVEN  RALPH  BUDD 

The  American  Institute  of  Consultmg  Engineers 
presented  its  Award  of  Merit  for  1956  to  Ralph  Budd, 
retired  Chairman  of  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  at 
the  AICE  annual  dinner  in  New  York. 

The  citation  states  that  the  Award  is  to  a  "distin- 
guished American,  outstanding  engineer,  able  admin- 


istrator, inspiration  to  young  engineers;  pioneer  in  the 
development  of  his  country  through  leadership  in 
transcontinental  rail  and  motor  transportation." 

Budd  formerly  was  President  of  the  Great  Northern 
Railway  and  the  Burlington-Rock  Island  Railroad. 
Previous  recipients  of  the  Award  were  Clarence  D. 
Howe,  1952;  Vannevar  Bush,  1953;  former  President 
Herbert  Hoover,  1954;  Benjamin  F.  Fairless,  1955. 
Jr.  and  Affiliate  Member  Thomas  J.  Lowry. 


DISTRIBUTION  INDUSTRY  NAMES 
ARCHITECT  TO  HALL  OF  FAME 

Victor  Gruen,  head  of  the  Southern  California 
architectural  firm  of  Victor  Gruen  6?  Associates,  and 
three  other  nationally  known  persons  have  recently 
been  elected  to  the  Hall 
of  Fame  in  Distribution 
for  1956  by  the  Boston 
Conference  on  Distribu- 
tion. 

Gruen  received  the 
honor  at  ceremonies  in 
Boston  before  an  audience 
of  outstanding  business 
and  professional  figures 
from  all  over  the  Unit- 
ed States  and  Canada. 
Named  to  the  Hall  of 
Fame  at  the  same  time 
were:  Pierre  Laguionie, 
Paris,  France;  Robert  Z.  Greene;  and  the  late  Michael 
J.  Cullen,  for  his  contributions  to  supermarket  devel- 
opment. 

The  Boston  Conference,  a  national  forum  for  dis- 
tribution problems,  is  sponsored  by  the  Retail  Trade 
Board,  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  cooperation 
with  Harvard  University  Graduate  School  of  Business 
Administration,  and  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology  School  of  Industrial  Management. 

Edward  P.  Brooks,  Dean,  M.I.T.  School  of  Indus- 
trial Management,  made  the  presentations. 


VICTOR  GRUEN 
Architect 


specify  '"/O 

GREENBERG! 


BRONZE     PRODUCTS 

GI^EENBERG 


M.GREENBERGSSONS      " 

765  FOISOM  ST.     •     EXbrook    2-3143 
SAN   FRANCISCO   7,    CALIFORNIA 

Officei  in  Principal  Cilies  throughout  the  Uriited  Slatts 


JANUARY,     1957 


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flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 


Leon  CJhatelcrin,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    District,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 

Mountain   District,   Bradley   P.   Kidder,   Santa   Fe,   New   Mexico;    CaUiomia-NeTada-Howaii   District, 

Donald  Beach  Kirby,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


Arizona  Chapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore.  President;  Martin 
Ray  Young,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Stioider,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore.  Cox.  Fred  Weaver, 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralrh  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA:  Fred  Jobusch,  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson,  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain.  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch.  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
EUwood,  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer,  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coast  Valley!  Chapter: 

L.  F.  Richards,  President.  Santa  Clara;  Birgc  Clark,  Vice-presi- 
dent. Palo  Alto;  Ted  Chamberlain,  Secretary.  San  Jose;  Russ 
Williams,  Treasurer,  Palo  Alto;  Paul  Huston.  Palo  Alto,  and 
Frank  Tresedcr,  Directors.  Office  Chapter,  36J  Park  Ave.. 
San    Jose    10. 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Andrew  P.  Anderson.  President;  Harry  Clausen,  Vice-President; 
Robert  W.  Campini,  Secretary;  Hachiro  Yuasa,  Treasurer.  Direc 
tors:  George  T.  Kern,  Joe  Rae  Harper.  Roger  Y.  Ue.  Frank  B. 
Hunt.    Office  of  Secty..  6848  Outlook  Ave..  Oakland  S. 

Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping.  Boise.  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston, 
Payette,  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline,  Boise,  Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee,  Chester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams. 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg.,  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Wallace  J.  Holm,  President;  Thomas  S.  Elston,  Jr.,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Frederick  C.  McNulty,  Sec;  George  F.  Rhoda.  Treas. 
Office    of    Secretary-Treasurer,    2281    Prescott    Street,    Monterey. 


entral  Valley  of  California: 

Montana  Chapter: 

Edward  H.  de  Wolf  (Stockton),  President;  Whitson  Cox  (Sacra- 
ramento),    Vice-President;    Joe    Jozens    (Sacramento),    Secretary; 
Albert   M.    Dreyfuss    (Sacramento),    Treasurer.     Directors:    Doyt 
Early   (Sacramento),  Jack  Whipple    (Stockton).     Office  of  Secty., 
914  11th  St.,  Sacramento. 

William  J    Hes.,  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vict 
President    (Billings);    H.    C.    Cheever,    Sec.-Treaa.    (Boieman) 
Directors:    Oscar    J.    Ballas.    Wm.    J.    Hess.    John    E.    Toohey 
Office  of  Secy.,  Boxeman,  Montana. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegner,  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet,  Vice  President; 
Norton  Polivnick,  Secretary;  Richard  Williams.  1  leasurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter.  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy..    1225   Bannock   St..  Denver.  Colorado. 


Jevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons.  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien.  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza.  Treasurer.  Directors,  John  Crider.  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy.,   160  Chestnut  St..  Reno.  Nev. 


lONIFORM    RESULTS^! 


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of  tested     j   |    processes 


3(t5(l{ite  Lightweight 
Masonry  Units 


are  manufactured  byexacting 
production-line  methods,  with 
lightweight  (coated,  rounded- 
particle)  expanded  Shale  aggre- 
gate, to  high  standards  of  uni- 
formity. This  is  solid  assurance  that  every  Basalite  Unif 
contains— high  compressive  strength  ...  low  absorption 
properties.,  .and  negligible  volume  change  — to  meet  or 
surpass  all  Federal  and  ASTM  requirements. 

TAKE  ADVANTAGE  of  this  tested  product  uniformity.  On  your 
next  job,  specify  BASALITE  lightweight  Masonry  Units  ...  its 
adoptotions  ore  almost  unlimited  ...  its  appearance  ottrac- 
tive...its  cost  low. 

^*°'  '"*<,     Wrileforfurther  details,  today! 


LIGHTER  ■  STRONGER  ■  BETTER 


BASALT  ROCK    0.,  INC.  •  Napa,  California 

hK^mh^T  Expan  'ed  Shale,  Clay  &  Slate  Insf'iiute 


OREGON  CHAPTER 

"Plastics  in  Architecture"  was  the  subject  of  discus- 
sion at  the  January  meeting  held  in  "Ireland's  at 
Lloyds." 

The  Portland  Art  Museum  was  highly  commended 
for  an  Architectural  Forum  which  was  presented  to 
the  public  during  the  past  few  months. 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

Arthur  Brown,  Jr.,  FAIA,  architect  of  many  of  San 
Francisco's  outstanding  buildings  including  the  City 
Hall  and  Opera  House,  was  the  principal  speaker  at 
the  January  meeting  held  at  DiMaggio's  restaurant  on 
Fisherman's  Wharf,  San  Francisco. 

New  Members  of  the  Chapter  include:  Robert  P. 
Batchelor,  Bernard  C.  Cohen,  Scofield  De  Long,  Al- 
bert E.  Sigall,  Jr.,  Peter  C.  Ingalls,  and  Harry  J.  Squeri 
all  Corporate  Members. 


'WASHINGTON  STATE  CHAPTER 

Bob  Durham  entertained  at  the  January  meeting 
with  an  interesting  story  and  slides  of  his  recent  trip 
to  Europe,  showing  many  points  and  items  of  archi- 
tectural interest.  The  meeting  was  held  in  the  Benja- 
min Franklin  Hotel. 

New  members  of  the  Chapter  include:  Corporate — 
James  Douglas  Cowan,  Robert  Hollis  Green,  Donn 
Mueller  Sibold,  Alfred  F.  Simonson,  John  LeBaron 
Wright,  Edward  E.  Sands,  and  Frederick  M.  Mann, 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Director!:  David  Vhay.  Edward  S.  Parsons.  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  President.  131  W. 
2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zick.  President;  Aloyjius  McDonald. 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks.  Sec.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick.  Edward  Hendricks.  Charles  E.  Coi.  Office  of 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris.  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald.  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno).  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno).  Richard 
R.  Stadelman   (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

Wm.  Stephen  Allen.  President;  William  Corlett.  Vice-President; 
Worley  K.  Wong,  Secretary;  Donald  Powers  Smith.  Treasurer; 
Robert  S.  Kitchen.  Bernard  Sabaroff,  Corwin  Booth  and  A. 
Applcton.  Directors.  Exec.  Secty.  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
Office.  47  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

George  J.  Lind.  President;  John  A.  Nordbak,  Vice-President; 
William  T.  Jordan.  Secretary;  Marvin  W.  Rcnfro,  Treasurer. 
Directors—Everett  E.  Parks,  William  E.  Blurock,  Raymond  W. 
Johnssn,  Office  of  Sec.  1606  Bush.  Santa  Ana.  California. 

Oregon    Chapter: 

Donald  W.  Edmundson.  President;  Walter  L.  Gordon.  Vice- 
President;  Earl  P.  Newberry.  Secretary;  Cbarles  Oilman  Davis. 
Treasurer.  Directors:  Donald  J.  Stewart.  Office  of  Secy..  619 
Builders  Exchange  Bldg..  Portland. 

Pasadena  Chapter: 

William  H.  Taylor,  President;  Lee  B.  Kline,  Vice-President;  H. 
Douglas  Byles.  Secretary;  Lyman  F.  Ennis.  Treasurer.  Directors: 
Henry  C.  Burge.  Keith  P.  Marston.  Ernest  C.  Wilson  and  Harold 

B.  Zook.    Office  of  Secty..  622  S.  Lake  Ave..  Pasadena. 
San  Diego  Chapter: 

Frank  L.   Hope,  President;   Sim  Bruce  Richards,  Vice-President; 
Raymond  Lee  Eggers,  Secretary;  Fred  M.  Chilcott,  Treas.   Office 
of  Sectv,  4730  Palm  St.,  La  Mesa. 
San  Joaquin  Chapter; 

Philip  S.  Buckingham  (Fresno),  President;  Allen  Y.  Lew  (Fres- 
no).   Vice-President;  James  J.    Nargis    (Fresno).   Secretary);  Paul 

C.  Shattuck  (Merced).  Treasurer.  Directors:  William  C.  Hyberg. 
David  H.  Horn.  Alastair  Simpson.  Office  of  Secty..  627  Rowell 
Bldg.,  Fresno  21. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Glen  G.  Moaher.  President;  Lewis  Storrs,  Vice-President;  Darwin 
Ed.  Fisher.  Secretary;  Wallace  W.  Arendt.  Treasurer.  Directors: 
Robert  I.  Hoyt  and  Roy  Wilson.  Office  of  Secty.,  20  S.  Ash  St.. 
Ventura. 

Southern  California  Chapter: 

Paul  Robinson  Hunter,  President;  Stanley  R.  Gould,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Aleck  Murrey,  Sec;  Graham  Latta,  Treas.;  Directors. 
Stewart  S.  Granger.  George  Vernon  Russell.  Cornelius  M.  Deasy, 
William  Glenn  Balch.  Exec-Secy.,  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller.  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd..  Los  Angeles  5. 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Gilbert  M.  Wojahn,  President;  Gordon  N.  Johnston,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Robert  T.  Olson.  2nd  Vice-President;  Henry  Kruize, 
Jr.,  Secretary;  L.  Dana  Anderson.  Treasurer;  Robert  B.  Price  and 
Nelson  J.  Morrison,  Trustees.  Office  of  the  Secy.,  2907  A  St., 
Tacoma  2,  Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J  Monroe,  Jr.,  President,  433  Atlas  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E    Harris,  Jr.,  Secretary,  703  Newhouse  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 

Lloyd  J.  Loveqren,  President;  James  J.  Chiorelli,  l3t  Vlo»- 
President;  Harold  W.  Hall,  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L. 
Rogers,  Secretcrry  Albert  Bumgcrrdner,  Treasurer.  J.  Emll 
Anderson,  Robert  H.  Dietz,  Robert  L.  Durham,  and  Carl  F. 
Gould  Directors.  Miss  Dayls  Holcomb,  Exec-Secy,  Offices 
409  Central  Bldg,   Seattle  4,  Washington. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James,  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T,  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop,  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff.  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy.,   6H   Realty  Bldg.,   Spokane.   Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law,  President;  Harry  W.  Seckel,  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer,  George  J. 
Wimberly.    Office   of  Secy.,   P.O.    Box    3288.   Honolulu.   Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL  OF  ARCHITECTS: 

John  Lyon  Reid,  President  (San  Francisco);  William  G.  Balch, 
Vice-President  (Los  Angeles);  Lee  B.  Kline,  Secretary  (Pasa- 
dena); Albert  B.  Thomas,  Treasurer  (Sacramento);  Miss  Rhodj 
Monks,  Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  26  O'Farrell  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland),  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los   Angeles),    Secretary;    Earl    T.    Heitschmidt    (Los   Angeles); 

C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fran- 
cisco). Exec.  Secy.,  Robert  K.  Kelley,  Room  712,  145  S.  Spring 
St.,  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office,  Room  300,  507  Polk  St. 

ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Frank  L.  Barsotti,  President;  Arie  Dykhuizen,  Vice-President; 
Albert  Bcber-Vanzo,  Secty;  Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.  Club 
offices    507    Howard    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Producers'  Council— Southern  California  Chapter: 

J.  Morris  Hales,  Ceco  Steel  Products  Corpn,  President;  H.  C. 
Galitz.  Westinghouse  Electric  Corpn.  Elevator  Division.  Vice- 
President;  Owen  L.  McComas.  ArcaAa  Metal  Products.  Secretary; 
LeRoy  Frandsen.  Detroit  Steel  Products.  Fenestra  Building  Panel 
Division.  Treasurer. 

Producers'  Council  —  Northern  California  Chapter  (See  Special 
Page) 

Construction  Specifications  Instittue — Los  Angeles: 

D.  Stewart  Kerr.  AlA.  President;  R.  R.  Coghlan.  Jr..  Vice-Presi- 
dent; W.  F.  Norton.  Secretary;  Malcolm  Lowe.  Treasurer.  E.  Phil 
Filsinger.  Liaison  Officer,  Producers'  Council,  Gladding,  McBean 
6?  Company. 


Jr. ;  Junior  Associate  Members  —  Frederick  William 
Hollander,  Jr.,  Trulyn  Gene  Connelly,  Jerald  Dene 
Kesterson,  and  Donald  DeClifford  Myers;  and  Student 
Associate — Harry  Lakis  and  Joseph  H.  Onuma. 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

A  certificate  of  award  was  presented  C.  F.  Shoop  of 
the  Independent  Star-News  at  the  January  meeting, 
for  his  many  contributions  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
history  of  architecture  in  his  weekly  column,  "Auld 
Lang  Syne."  Shoop  also  spoke  on  the  subject  "The 
Heritage  of  Architecture  in  Pasadena,"  and  following 
his  talk  a  motion  picture  on  Swiss  architecture  was 
shown. 

Recent  NEW  MEMBERS  include:  Phillip  R.  Bates, 
Robert  M.  Hernandez,  Gordon  P.  Hughes,  and 
Edward  J.  Reese,  Associate  Members. 


CENTRAL  ARIZONA  CHAPTER 

Michael  Padev  was  the  speaker  at  a  joint  meeting 
with  the  Engineers,  held  January  24  in  Holiday 
Restaurant,  Phoenix. 

Among  the  new  architects  registered  to  practice  in 
Arizona  were:  John  Chopas,  Alexis  Alexander  Zak- 
haroff,  Richard  Allen  Kiebel,  Logan  Elbert  Campbell, 


Barrie  Howard  Groen,  Ehrman  Burkman  Mitchell,  Jr, 
Frank  Lloyd  Wright,  and  Jan  C.  Rowan  all  of  Phoenix. 


CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL  OF  ARCHITECTS 

The  OCA  has  moved  its  general  offices  into  new 
quarters  at  550,  703  Market  Street,  San  Francisco, 
according  to  an  announcement  by  John  Lyon  Reid, 
San  Francisco  architect  and  Council  president. 

The  Council  has  published  a  newly  revised  version 
of  its  recommended  schedule  of  compensation  for 
architectural  services.  Copies  are  available  at  15  cents 
each  from  Council  offices. 


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JANUARY,     1957 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

C.  M.  Herd,  President;  William  T.  Wright,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.;  Directors  Wesley  T. 
Hayes,  Michael  V.  Pregnoff,  Howard  A.  Schirmer  and 
James  L.  Strotta  (North);  Henry  M.  Layne,  J.  C.  Middle- 
ton,  Harold  Omsted,  and  William  T.  Wright  (South); 
and  G.  M.  Herd  and  J.  F.  Meehan  (Central).  Office  of 
the  Secy.,  140  Geary  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Clark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Qoud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Walter  L.  Dickey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sardis,  James  L.  Strotta, 
Paguette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  411  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  CSvil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.   Brandow,   President;    Ernest   Maag,   Vloo- 

President;    L.    LeRoy    Crandall,    Vice-President;    J.    E 

McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 

of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 

Calif. 

Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  PRESIDENT 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  Structural  Engineer.  San  Fran- 
cisco, was  elected  President  of  the  Northern  California 
Structural  Engineers  Association  for  the  year  1957, 
succeeding  Walter  L. 
Dickey,  Structural  Engi' 
neer  with  the  Bechtel 
Corporation.  Elected  to 
serve  with  him  were: 
J.  Albert  Paquette,  part' 
ner  in  the  Structural  En- 
gineering firm  of  Kell- 
berg,  Paquette  6?  Maurer, 
Vice-President;  Donald 
M.  Teixeira,  with  John 
A.  Blume,  Structural  En- 
gineers, Secretary;  Sam- 
uel H.  Clark,  District 
Engineer,  American  Insti- 
tute of  Steel  Construction,  Inc.,  Assistant  Secretary; 
William  K.  Cloud,  Treasurer.  Named  to  the  Board  of 
Directors,  in  addition  to  Degenkolb  and  Paquette, 
were:  Harold  S.  Kellam  of  Hall,  Pregnoff  and  Matheu, 
San  Francisco  Structural  Engineers;  John  M.  Sardis, 
San  Francisco  Consulting  Engineer;  Charles  DeMaria 


HENRY  J.   DEGENKOLB 
SEANC  President 


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of  H.  J.  Brunnier,  San  Francisco  Structural  Engineers; 
and  James  L.  Stratta  of  Simpson  and  Stratta,  San  Fran' 
Cisco  Consulting  Engineer. 

Degenkolb  graduated  from  the  University  of  Call' 
fornia  in  Civil  Engineering  in  1936,  and  spent  the  next 
three  years  in  the  Structural  Engineering  Department 
of  the  San  Francisco  Bay  Exposition  designing  build- 
ings for  the  Golden  Gate  International  Exposition. 
After  working  with  various  consulting  engineers  in 
San  Francisco,  he  became  associated  with  the  Timber 
Test  project,  a  timber  research  program  sponsored  by 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  the  Uni' 
versity  of  California.  Following  the  War,  Degenkolb 
became  associated  with  John  J.  Gould  as  a  partner. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  at  present  serving  as  national  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Timber  Structures;  Member  of  the 
Seismological  Society  of  America;  Member  of  the 
Earthquake  Engineering  Research  Institute,  and  Chair- 
man of  the  Building  Code  section  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Chamber  of  Commerce. 


FEMINEERS 

In  keeping  with  the  theme  for  the  day,  "Ring  Out 
The  Old— Ring  In  The  New,"  THE  FEMINEERS 
held  their  annual  Installation  Ceremony  for  the  newly 
elected  officers  on  their  regular  luncheon  meeting  day, 
Wednesday,  January  16,  1957,  at  The  Elks'  Club,  San 
Francisco.  A  social  hour  preceded  the  meeting,  begin- 
ning at  11:45  a.m.  with  luncheon  served  at  12:30  p.m. 

The  meeting  began  with  a  brief  summary  of  the 
highlights  of  the  past  term  and  history  of  the  Fcmi- 
neers,  presented  by  Mrs.  John  Fies,  President.  Officers 
elected  for  1957  at  the  annual  business  meting  in 
November  and  installed  at  this  meeting  were  Presi- 
dent-elect, Mrs.  Victor  R.  Sandner  of  Berkeley;  Vice- 
President-elect,  Mrs.  Burr  H.  Randolph  of  Fairfax; 
Directors-elect,  Mrs.  John  F.  Mitchell  of  Berkeley  and 
Mrs.  Thomas  Power  of  Oakland.  Re-elected  to  office 
are  Mrs.  Howard  Schirmer,  Secretary-elect  of  Oak- 
land and  Mrs.  Fred  Nicholson,  Treasurer-elect  of  Daly 
City.    Directors   continuing  their  two-year   reign   are 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Francisco  Section 

R.  D.  Dewell,  President;  H.  Christopher  Medbery.  1st 
Vice-President;  William  W.  Moore,  2nd  Vice-President; 
Bernard  A.  Vallerga,  Treasurer;  Robert  M.  Kennedy, 
Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.  604  Mission  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

San  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treas. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

William  T.  Wheeler,  President;  R.  W.  Binder,  Vice- 
President;  Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy. -Treas.;  Directors 
Roy  G.  Johnson,  David  M.  Wilson,  Harold  L.  Manley 
and  Cydnor  M.  Biddison.  Office  of  Secy.,  121  So.  Al- 
varado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent;   Delmar    L.    McConnell,    Secy.-Treas.     Directors: 


Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey. 
Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McCormell.  Office  of  Seci'., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy.,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of  American  Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Col.  Wm.  F.  Cassidy,  President;  Cmdr.  W.  J.  Valentine, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  2nd  Vice- 
President;  Bob  Cook,  Secretary;  C.  D.  Koerner,  Treas- 
urer. Directors  Col.  J.  A.  Graf,  Copt.  A.  P.  Gardiner, 
P.  W.  Kohlhaas,  C.  G.  Austin  and  C.  R.  Graff. 


Directors  Mrs.  John  Harrington  of  Daly  City  and 
Mrs.  F.  W.  Kellberg  of  Oakland,  with  the  outgoing 
President,  Mrs,  John  Fies  of  San  Carlos  acting  in  the 
capacity'  of  Ex-Of5cio  for  the  1957  term. 

Table  decorations  were  arranged  by  Mrs.  John  M. 
Sardis  of  Berkeley,  and  reservations  by  Mrs.  James  M. 
Smith  of  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  Donald  H.  Moyer  of 
Berkeley  assisted  with  collections  at  the  door. 

At  this  meeting,  members  of  all  committees  for  1957 
were  announced  and  will  begin  functioning  in  March, 
with  the  exception  of  the  Program  Committee,  which 
will  begin  to  function  in  April,  1957. 

Immediately  following  the  business  meeting,  mem- 
bers and  guests  were  entertained  with  games,  arranged 
by  the  co-chairman  of  the  Program  Committee,  Mrs. 
Herman  V.  Yank  of  San  Francisco. 

Most  recent  member  joining  The  Femineers  is  Mrs. 
Douglas  C.  Moorhouse  of  Castro  Valley. 


ENGINEERS  WEEK 
FEBRUARY  18-23 

Howard  Schirmer  and  Robert  Harrington,  members 
of  the  Structural  Engineers  Association  of  Northern 
California,  have  been  appointed  to  handle  plans  for 
annual  observation  of  Engineers  Week,  a  national 
event  which  will  be  obsei^ed  this  year  the  week  of 
February  18-23. 

Engineers  Week  is  an  effort  nationally  to  acquaint 
the  public  with  facts  about  Engineering  and  the  role 
engineers  play  in  our  national  welfare. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

The  Structural  Engineers  Association  of  Southern 
California  held  1957's  first  dinner  meeting  January  2 
at  the  Rodger  Young  Auditorium.  Past  President 
Wheeler  introduced  the  new  officers  and  directors: 
R.  W.  Binder,  president;  Joseph  Sheffet,  vice-presi- 
dent; Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secretary-Treasurer;  Roy  G. 
Johnson,  David  M.  Wilson,  Jack  N.  Sparling,  William 


A.  Jensen  and  William  T.  Wheeler,  directors.  Messrs. 
Binder  and  Sheffet  are  also  directors. 

Problems  of  planning  and  structural  design  result- 
ing from  the  relaxation  of  the  13  story  150  foot  height 
limit  for  buildings  in  Los  Angeles  was  the  evening's 
subject.  Mr.  R.  W.  Binder,  chairman  of  the  Associa- 
tion's Special  Committee  on  Seismic  Forces,  presented 
the  program  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Edward  Lind- 
skog,  structural  engineer  with  the  Los  Angeles  Depart- 


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city  planner  with  the  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

Despite  the  passage  of  the  Charter  Amendment  last 
November  by  the  electorate  authorizing  the  City 
Council  to  permit  buildings  of  any  height  with  cer- 
tain limitations,  it  will  still  be  some  time  before  per- 
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and,  subsequently,  an  appropriate  Zoning  Ordinance 
Amendment  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Coun- 
cil. Simultaneously,  the  City  Council  will  need  to 
approve  an  Amendment  to  the  Building  Code  setting 
forth  criteria  for  the  seismic  design  of  these  taller 
structures  —  a  subject  of  particular  interest  to  the 
structural  engineering  profession. 

Even  after  the  final  Building  Code  Amendment; 
have  been  agreed  upon  and  become  part  of  the  Code, 
the  committee  still  feels  that  a  great  deal  of  sound 
engineering  judgment  and  experience  above  and  be^ 
yond  the  minimum  requirements  of  the  Code  will 
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form  satisfactorily  in  Southern  California  earthquakes 


ENGINEER  CHANGES  NAME:  The  firm  of  Rus 
sell  H.  Fuller,  Structural  Engineer,  693  Mission  Street, 
San  Francisco,  has  changed  its  name  to  Fuller  and 
Welisch,  Structural  Engineers,  address  remaining  the 
same.  Fuller,  former  resident  of  Portland,  Oregon,  is 
a  graduate  of  the  George  Washington  University, 
Washington,  D.C.  Welisch,  native  San  Franciscan,  is 
a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California. 


AIA  POSTAGE  STAMP 
COMPETITION 

The  year  1957  marks  the  100th  Anniversary  of  the 
founding  of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects,  on 
February  23,  1857. 

To  focus  public  attention  on  this  important  mile- 
stone, a  nation-wide  competition  for  a  suitable  design 
for  a  commemorative  U.  S.  postage  stamp  has  been 
authorised  by  the  board  of  directors  of  the  AIA. 

The  Competition  has  been  approved  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Architectural  Competitions  of  the  AIA  and 
(See  Page  32) 


STRAITS 

ACCORDION  FOLDING  DOORS 

Architecturally  Correct 

Available  in  a  variety  of  colors,  fabric  finishes  and 
sizes.  Also,  the  ECONO  Door — an  economy  priced 
door  with  qualit-/  fabric  covering.  For  information 
and  prices,  write: 

WALTER  D.  BATES  &  ASSOCIATES 

693  Mission  Street,  San  Francisco  5 
Telephone:  GArfield  1-6971 

DE>1LER   INQUIRIES  INVITED 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


OPENS  NEW  SEATTLE 
OFFICES 

Loren  Bartlett  has  been  appointed  Sales 
Manager  of  the  Northwest  Division  of 
Pacific  Tile  and  Porcelain  Company,  and 
will  assume  charge  of  the  new  offices  the 
firm  is  opening  in  Seattle,  Washington. 

Opening  of  the  new  sales  office  and 
warehouse  marks  another  forward  step  in 
the  firm  which  was  organized  in  1933. 


PLACER  COUNTY 
WELFARE  BLDG. 

Architect  Raymond  Franceschi,  2015  J. 
Street,  Sacramento,  is  working  on  draw 
ingf  for  construction  of  a  Welfare  Build- 
ing for  the  Placer  county  Board  of  Super- 
visors to  be  built  on  the  County  Hospital 
grounds  in  Auburn  at  an  estimated  cost  of 
$90,000. 

The  1-story  concrete  block  and  frame 
building  will  have  pipe  columns,  alumi- 
num sash,  concrete  floors,  and  an  air  con- 
ditioning system. 


CONTRACTOR  NAMED  TO 
NATIONAL    LABOR    BOARD 

Frank  J.  Rooney,  Miami,  Florida,  presi- 
dent of  the  Associated  General  Contrac- 
tors of  America,  has  been  selected  by  the 
Secretary  of  Labor  to  represent  the  na- 
tional association  of  construction  general 
contracting  firms  on  the  management-la- 
bor committee  which  Secretary  of  Labor 
James  P.  Mitchell  has  appointed  to  de- 
velop specific  recommendations  for  amend- 
ment of  the  Taft-Hartley  Act  with  refer- 
ence to  its  application  to  the  construction 
industry. 

Rooney  has  had  extensive  experience  in 
labor  relations,  serving  for  many  vears  as 
a  member  of  the  AGCA's  Labor  Commit- 
tee and  its  Policy  and  Negotiations  Sub- 
committee. He  has  also  been  a  leader  in 
apprentice  training  activities  nationally 
and  in  Florida. 


PRICE  TAGS  ON  HOUSES 
WILL  GO  HIGHER 

The  nation's  home  builders  expect 
higher  price  tags  on  houses  constructed 
in  1957,  and  housing  starts  are  expected 
to  be  down  from  those  recorded  in   1956. 

These  conclusions  are  based  upon  a 
survey  of  600  home  builders  made  bv  the 
National  Association  of  Home  Builders, 
and  released  by  Joseph  B.  Haverstick,  or- 
ganization president. 

The  survey  disclosed  that  the  medium 
price  on  the  1957  house  is  expected  to  be 
about  $15,200  as  compared  to  $14,700  in 
1956,  or  an  increase  in  cost  of  about  3.4 
per  cent. 


FRED  B.  ORTMAN  RETIRES  FROM 
GLADDING  McBEAN  BOARD 

Fred  B.  Ortman  has  retired  from  the 
position  of  chairman  of  the  board  of  Glad- 
ding, McBean  6?  Company,  after  36  years 
of  continuous  service  in  an  executive  ca- 
pacity, and  following  his  retirement  di- 
rectors amended  the  firm's  by-laws  to  elim- 
inate the  office  of  chairman  of  the  board. 

Ortman  will  continue  as  a  member  of 
the  board  and  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the  company  and  will  serve  in  an  ad- 
visory capacity  to  management  with  head- 
quarters in  Los  Angeles. 

Ortman  was  appointed  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  Gladding,  Mc- 
Bean ig  Company  in  1923,  and  in  1938 
was  elected  president.  In  1953  he  was 
elected  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors, 
holding  both  the  office  of  board  chairman 
and    president    until    1955    when    C.    W. 


Planje  was  elected  president. 

During  the  3  5  years  he  has  been  an 
executive  of  the  firm  the  company's  sales 
have  grown  from  $6,000,000  to  $3  5,000,- 
000  annually,  and  the  company  has  be- 
come nationally  prominent  as  the  coun- 
try's largest  manufacturer  of  diversified 
ceramic  products. 


constructors,    under    a    contract   with    the 
City  and  County  of  Honolulu. 

The  assignment  covers  studies  and  plans 
for  sewer  lines,  a  sewage  treatment  plant, 
pumping  station  and  an  ocean  outfall 
where  water  pollution  is  avoided  owing 
to  the  extensive  use  of  the  beaches  in  the 
area   as   recreational    areas. 


HOLMES  &  NARVER,  INC 
WIN   HAWAIIAN   CONTRACT 

Engineering  studies  and  preliminary 
plans  for  a  complete  sewerage  system  for 
the  community  of  Kailua,  Oahu,  T.H., 
have  been  undertaken  by  Holmes  ii 
Narver,   Inc.,   Los  Angeles  engineers   and 


ROGER  J.  DELANDER 
NAMED  SALES  MANAGER 

Roger  J.  Delander  of  San  Francisco,  has 
been  appointed  Western  Sales  Manager  in 
a  new  organization  for  fluorescent  lighting 
fixtures  of  the  Sylvania  Electric  Products 
Corpn. 


..in  FIBERGLAS 


A  bright  new  idea  in  drinking  foun- 
tains! Model  lOY  combines  HAWS  famous 
sanitation  features  with  amazing  lightweight 
toughness  of  Fiberglos  plastic... the  modern 
strength  material. 


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in  color!  Choose  from  five  decorator  colors 
and  white,  permanently  bonded  to  receptors 
to  assure  lasting  vitality.  Fiberglos  strength 
foils  vandalism,  tool  Color  appeal  and  rug- 
gedness  make  this  model  ideal  for  school  use. 


VInie  today  for  details . . . 

and  ask  for  your  free  copy  of  the 
1957  HAWS  Catalog  . .  .72  pages, 
with  hundreds  of  design  ideas  for 
drinking  facilities. 


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1443  FOURTH  STREET  (Since  1909)  BERKELEY  10,  CALIFORNIA 


JANUARY,     1957 


Agnews  Stale  Hospital,  Agnew,  California 
Architect:  California  Division  of  Architecture 

YOU  CAN  "FEEL" 
THE  CLEANLINESS 


It  was  almost  mealtime  (4:30  RM.)  when  this  photo- 
graph was  taken.  Yet,  every  inch  of  this  Agnews  State 
Hospital  kitchen  was  as  spotlessly  clean  and  smooth 
as  a  cup  on  your  own  table  at  home.  The  time  and 
effort  it  takes  to  keep  this  kitchen  clean  are  surpris- 
ingly little,  because  of  the  use  of  tile.  Walls  of  Kraftile 
Glazed  Siniciiiral  Tile  are  impervious  to  grease, 
smoke,  acids  and  food  stains.  They  wipe  clean  with  one 
stroke,  never  need  patching  or  painting.  Installed  cost 
is  clearly  competitive  because  Kraftile  combines  both 
wall  and  finish.  Masons  do  the  complete  installation 
in  minimum  time.  Wherever  sanitation  is  important 
in  your  jobs,  consider  the  practical  beauty  and  econo- 
my of  Kraftile,  and  its  easy  upkeep.  Clear  glaze  plus 
12  harmonious  colors  in  standardized  sizes  and  shapes. 
For  complete  information  including  graphic  standards 
and  specifications,  write 


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►-A^SS." 


an  application  made  to  the  Post  Office  Department  for 
issuance  of  such  a  stamp. 

Among  the  rules  and  regulations:  Competition  un- 
rcstrictive;  size  of  stamp  .84x1.44" — drawings  must  be 
8-1/3  times  sise  of  stamp;  either  vertical  or  horizontal 
design  which  shall  symbolize  Architectural  progress 
in  America  during  the  past  100  years;  black  and 
white;  submissions  anonymous.  Entries  must  be  sent 
to  Centennial  Stamp  Competition,  AIA,  Washington, 
DC. 


LARGE  NUMBER  PASS  RECENT 
ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMS 

A  large  number  of  applicants  successfully  passed 
the  recent  examination  for  certification  in  California, 
according  to  an  announcement  from  the  California 
State  Board  of  Architectural  Examiners. 

Included  among  the  newly  licensed  Architects  in 
California  are: 

Daniel  G.  Barnard,  Martin  Borenstein,  William  L. 
Close,  Jr.,  Robert  L.  Hamilton,  Michel  A.  Marx, 
Stefan  A.  Novak,  Armas  Sootaru,  and  Dudley  L. 
Winterhalder  of  Berkeley;  IB  Barre',  Edwin  L.  Chuck, 
John  U.  Clowdsley,  Jr.,  and  James  G.  Hanson  of  Oak- 
land; Robert  P.  Batchelor,  William  C.  Foard,  Richard 
A.  Gilbert,  Norman  M.  Karasick,  George  A.  Kenna- 
day,  Peter  Kirby,  Yow  Y.  Lee,  Robert  J.  Malerbi, 
Angelo  Musso,  and  Albert  E.  Sigal,  Jr.,  San  Francisco; 
John  A.  Bayer,  Jack  E.  Causey,  and  Philip  C.  Patter- 
son of  West  Covina;  Edwin  B.  Bergeson,  SausaHto; 
Edgar  B.  Vlack,  Jr.,  Corwin  H.  Eberting,  Jr.,  and 
C.  Thomas  Wolfe  of  Manhattan  Beach. 

Bernard  J.  Bloch,  and  Harold  W.  Teague  of  Mill 
Valley;  William  L.  Carmen.  Kenneth  P.  Elvin,  Leon- 
ard E.  Lincoln,  Douglas  A.  Low,  and  Cornelius  C. 
Schnell  of  Palo  Alto;  Robert  S.  Chang,  El  Sobrante; 
James  Charlton,  and  Norbcrt  W.  Pieper,  Santa  Mon- 
ica; William  R.  Clabaugh,  Redding;  Bernard  C.  Cohen 
of  Daly  City;  Glenn  R.  Cook,  Glendale;  Robert  E. 
Crippen,  Woodland;  Norton  S.  Curtis,  and  Warren  B. 
Heid,  San  Jose;  Donald  A.  Davis,  and  Kenneth  S. 
Wing,  Jr.,  Long  Beach;  Walter  D.  Domingos,  Jr., 
Claremont;  Arthur  C.  Evans,  Riverside. 

Donald  M.  Forker,  Alvin  H.  Galpert,  and  Fred  S. 


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Hassounn,  Monterey  Park;  Walter  S.  Frederick,  San 
Bruno;  Raphael  N.  Friedman,  Chicago,  111.;  John  G. 
Garritson,  Sherman  Oaks;  George  S.  Goddard,  and 
E.  Allan  Steinau,  Jr.,  Belvedere;  Calvin  W.  Goss,  and 
Lorrin  L.  Ward,  Bakersficld;  Richard  A.  Gray,  Bryn 
Mawr,  Pa.;  Reinhard  D.  Guyot,  Burbank;  Charles  D. 
Hageman,  Orinda;  James  A.  Harris,  Newport  Beach; 
Robert  H.  Hietbrink,  North  Hollywood;  Arthur  C. 
Hoelck,  and  Alfonso  Macy,  San  Diego;  J.  Lindsay 
Howden.  Piedmont;  William  A.  Hutcheson,  Jr.,  San 
Rafael;  William  K.  Jehle,  El  Centro;  Robert  J.  Keeney, 
Medford,  Oregon;  Arthur  H.  Kensler,  Santa  Paula; 
Chester  J.  Kielan.  Clovis:  Edgar  R.  Kimball,  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 

Jean  G.  Killion,  Edward  G.  Krause,  William  G. 
Laffin,  Alvin  J.  Levin,  Joseph  Mayekawa,  Harold  F. 
Munselle,  Perry  Neuschatz,  Wayne  G.  Pippin,  John 
B.  Sjoberg,  Russell  Thomas,  and  Bernard  B.  Zimmer- 
man of  Los  Angeles;  George  T.  Kirkpatrick,  Pasa- 
dena;  Kenneth  C.  Kruger,  Ventura;  Walter  D.  Lucas, 
Walnut  Creek;  Angelo  P.  Lucia,  and  William  E. 
Mader,  Reseda;  Clovis  McGuire,  and  Dean  F.  Under, 
Sacramento;  Richard  A.  McKnew,  Sepulveda;  Serifo 
J.  Menegon,  Albany;  Richard  R.  Moore,  Santa  Clara; 
Akira  Nishioka,  Fresno;  John  D.  Sandt,  South  Gate; 
William  E.  Sexton,  Redwood  City;  J.  Richard  Shelley, 
Garden  Grove;  Jack  H.  Simison,  La  Canada;  Murray 
A.  Slama,  Walnut  Creek;  Calvin  C.  Straub,  Altadena; 
Irving  K.  Weber,  Pacific  Palisades;  and  William  A. 
Whifler,  Hillsborough. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

The  Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 
has  requested  that  Governor  Goodwin  Knight,  as  the 
appointive  authority  for  the  licensing  boards,  and  the 
State  Legislature  as  the  representative  of  public  in- 
terest  give  immediate  consideration  to  the  reorganiza- 
tion  of  the  Board  of  Registration  for  Civil  and  Pro- 
fessional Engineers. 

The  SEAC  has  also  urged  all  cities  and  counties  to 
place  in  responsible  charge  of  building  control  agencies 
registered  engineers  or  licensed  architects. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  BRIDGE  COMPANY  HON- 
ORED:— The  San  Francisco  Bridge  Company  has 
been  awarded  a  sustaining  membership  in  the  Society 
of  American  Military  Engineers,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement by  Commander  William  J.  Valentine, 
USN,  and  vice-president  of  the  Society's  San  Fran- 
cisco Post.  The  recognition  was  awarded  "as  a  token 
appreciation  to  the  San  Francisco  Bridge  Company  for 
its  many  contributions  to  military  engineering." 


PHOTO  CREDITS:— Architectttral  Division-Porcelain  Enamel  Pub- 
licity Bureau,  Cover;  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  Page  4;  Photo 
Art  Commercial  Studio,  Page  6,  7,  S.  9,  10,  11:  Gordon  Sommers 
Photo,  Page  13  (top),  14,  15  (bottom):  Victor  Gruen,  Architect, 
Page  13  (bottom),  15  (top):  Albert  C.  Martin  and  Associates.  Ar- 
chitects, Page  16:  Dept.  of  the  Air  Force,  Page  20,  21;  Utah  Con- 
struction Co.,  Page  24. 


NOW! 


A  Complete  Line  of 

SUPERSEAL"  cleanouts 
and  Access  Covers 
for  Every  Purpose  .  .  . 

•  Whenever  Josam  announces  a  new  product, 
the  industry  has  rightly  expected  something  far  better 
than  ever  made  before.  Now,  Josam  offers  a  complete 
new  line  of  "Superseal"  Cleanouts  and  Access  Covers. 
There  are  over  90  different  types  in  the  Josam  line  .  .  . 
the  result  of  long  months  of  studying  and  testing  of 
installations  and  of  changing  methods  of  building  con- 
struction. 


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Caulking  Plug 

Full  Calibre  Body 


Series  No.  Y-1510 

Tee  Branch  with  Cove 

for  Finished  Wall 


Series  No.  Y-120 
Caulking  Ferrule 
with  Wall  Plate 


Series  No.  Y-710 

Series  No.  Y-330 

Series  No.  Y-180 

Leveleze  Cleanout  with 

Cut-Off  Ferrule  with 

Brass  Access  Box 

Adjustable  Scoriated  Top 

Brass  Scoriated  Cover 

with  Hinged  Cove 

•  Now  —  no  matter  what  the  requirement  or 
the  condition,  there  is  a  JOSAM  "Superseal"  Clean- 
out  or  Access  Cover  to  meet  the  need  exactly  .  .  . 
quickly  .  .  .  dependably.  "Superseal"  Cleanouts  and 
Access  Covers  are  engineered  to  save  installation 
time,  operate  efficiently,  last  Indefinitely — yet  they 
cost  no  more  than  ordinary  cleanouts  and  access 
covers! 


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JANUARY,     1957 


'AMERICAN  -  MARSH' 

CONDENSATION   UNIT 


Mutual  8322 


SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 


FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

Monufacfurers  of 
Hollow  Metal  Products     •     Interior  Metal  Trim 

Elevator  Fronts  and  Cabs 
Metal  Plaster  Accessories   •    Sanitary  Metal  Base 

Flat  and  Roll  Metal  Screens 
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PAMPHLETS  AND  CATALOGUES 


CALIFORNIA  HOUSES  OF  GORDON  DRAKE.  By  Doug- 
las Baylis  and  Joan  Parry.  Reinhold  Publishing  Corpn., 
430  Park  Ave.,  New  York  22.    Price  ^6.50. 

The  quantity  of  the  work  of  Gordon  Drake,  young  designer 
wlio  met  a  tragic  death  in  1952,  was  slight,  but  the  quality  of 
the  work  of  this  young  34  year  old  was  great. 

In  this  book,  well  written  and  profusely  illustrated,  the  au- 
thors have  recorded  Gordon  Drake's  work  distinguished  by 
his  use  of  indoor-outdoor  continuity,  modular  construction, 
and  architecturally-used  light  and  by  his  use  of  restraint. 
Most  of  his  work,  however,  is  distinguished  by  his  own  imag- 
ination and  honesty,  qualities  that  won  for  him  national  rec- 
ognition and  highest  awards. 

With  its  more  than  100  illustrations,  including  two  in  full 
color,  this  book  will  bring  Gordon  Drake's  name  and  art  to 
the  attention  of  architects  and  designers,  and  others,  sensitive 
to  great  architecture. 

SCHOOL  PLANNING  AND  BUILDING  HANDBOOK. 
By  N.  L.  Engelhardt,  N.  L.  Engelbright,  Jr.,  and  Stanton 
Lcggctt.  Dodge  Books,  119  W.  40th  St.,  New  York  18. 
Price  ^12.75. 

With  knowledge  and  experience  gained  from  years  of  suc- 
cessful practice  as  educational  consultants,  the  authors  have 
written  and  compiled  the  only  complete,  practical  handbook 
dealing  with  every  phase  of  executing  school  buildings  and 
school  building  programs.  This  comprehensive  work  is,  there- 
fore, most  valuable  for  anyone  concerned  with  planning, 
designing,  financing,  building  and  equipping  today's  school 
buildings. 

Contributions  representing  85  leading  authorities,  include 
prominent  school  superintendents  and  administrators,  archi- 
tects, engineers,  and  other  school  building  professionals. 

The  book's  40  detailed  chapters  are  fully  illustrated  with 
plans,   charts,   diagrams   and   other   graphic   material.   It   is   an 


f:m 


^^M^-HOLLYWOOD   JR.  HAS   A  TWIN- 

THE  HOLLYWOOD  JR.  COMBINATION   FLUSH  DOOR 


Hollywood  Jr.  Twins  Are  Ail-Purpose  Doors 

Say  goodbye  forever  to  old  fashioned  screen,  sash  and  storm  doors ...  for  here  are 
two  all  purpose  doors..  .COMBINATION  SCREEN  AND  METAL  SASH  DOORS  that 
fit  all  types  of  wall  construction  and  harmonize  with  any  interior  styling. 

Note  these  a-in-1  ADVANTAGES 


Comfort 

•  The  Hollywood  Jr.  Twins  permit  more 
light  In  kitchen  and  service  porches. 

•  Give  adequate  easy  ventilation. 

•  Insect-tight,  rust-proof  screens. 

•  Sash  Glass  may  be  cleaned  with  ease. 

Convenience 

•  No  more  detouring  around  a  superflu- 
ous extra  door  with  an  armful  of 
bundles. 

•  No  more  sagging,  flimsy  screen  doors 
which  invite  intruders. 

•  Acts  as  an  additional  protection  for 
housewife.  She  may  converse  with  out- 
siders through  sash  opening  without 
unlocking  the  door. 

•  Burglar- proof.  A  simple  touch  of  fin- 
gers locks  sash. 


'  Economy 

•  Saves  buying  a  Sash,  Sen 
Storm  Door.  Hollywood  Jrs.  ; 
combined  into  1  door. 


•    Sa 


hardM 


hanging   and 


painting. 

•  Saves    on    expensive    replacements. 

•  Saves  space  .  .  .  The  Hollywood  Jr. 
Twins  may  be  hung  to  swing  in  or  out. 
Leaves  available  floor  space  which  is 
usually  lost  in  kitchen  or  entry  way. 

I  Panel  or  Flush 

•  Hollywood  Jr.  Twins  give  you  your 
choice  of  a  panel  or  flush  door  to 
harmonize  with  any  style  architecture 
or  interior  design, 

•  Flush  doors  available  in  Philippine 
Luaun,   Oriental  Ash  (Sen)  or  Birch. 

•  Panel    doors   available   in    pine   only. 


illustrated  literatun 


WEATHERTIGHTIN  WINTER 
VEHTILATION  IN  SUMMER 

Protects   «K*lntt   DUST  .  ...   RAIN   .   .   .   COLD 
Keeps  out  FLIES  . . .  MOSQUITOES  . . .  INSECT  PESTS 


WEST   COAST   SCREEN    CO. 

MANUFAOURERS  OF  SCREEN  DOORS,  LOUVRE  DOORS  &  SHUTTERS 

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APPRAISAL   AND   VALUATION   MANUAL,    1956-57, 
Vol.  2.  By  Paul  B.  Hoffman,  Editor  and  Chairman,  Man- 
ual   Editorial    Board.    American    Society    of    Appraisers, 
Manual   Division,    119   W.    57th  Street,   New   York    19. 
Price  ^15.00. 
A  source   book   of  latest  authoritative   information   on   the 
solution   to  appraisal  and   valuation   problems  encountered   in 
business    and    government.    The    500-page    Manual    contains 
more  than  40  hitherto  unpublished  technical  studies,  all  pre- 
pared   by   top-ranking    professional    experts    in    the    appraisal 
and   valuation   fields,   and   comprising  a  wide   range   of  topics 
related    to    every    phase    of    valuation    and    appraisal    in    all 
branches    of    real    estate,    architecture,    building    construction, 
public  works,   engineering,   insurance,   accounting,   law,   taxes, 
assessments,    banking    and    finance,    public    utilities,    industry, 
commerce,  fine  arts  and  antiques,  plus  every  facet  of  govern- 
ment. 

Contains  a  bibliography  of  other  written  works  on  special- 
ized subjects  in  the  field,  a  guide  to  legal  decisions  and  termin- 
ology applying  to  appraisal  and  valuation  questions. 


JIIDSON  PACIFIC -MURPHY  CORP. 

Stee/  Fabricofors 

and 

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REINFORCING  STEEL 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
BRIDGE 

CRANES 

4300  EASTSHORE  HWY. 
EMERYVILLE,  CALIF. 

Phono: 
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TIMBER  DESIGN  AND  CONSTRUCTION  HAND- 
BOOK. By  Timber  Engineering  Company.  Dodge 
Books,    119  W.  40th  St.,  New  York   18.   Price  ^12.75. 

Written  by  25  engineers  and  specialists,  and  edited  and 
reviewed  by  a  special  nine-member  editorial  committee  of  the 
Timber  Engineering  Company,  an  affiliate  of  the  National 
Lumber  Manufacturers  Association,  this  new  book  serves  two 
definite  purposes:  It  is  a  comprehensive  timber  design  refer- 
ence, and  it  is  a  practical  field  handbook.  It  offers  every  piece 
of  essential  information  needed  to  develop  and  construct  the 
best,  most  economical  wood  structures. 


ARCHITECTURAL  GRAPHIC  STANDARDS,  5th 
Edidoo.  By  Charles  G.  Ramsey,  AIA,  and  Harold  R. 
Sleeper,  FAIA.  John  Wiley  SC  Sons,  Inc.,  440  4th  Ave., 
New  York  16.  Price  ^18.50. 

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every  page  of  the  fourth  edition  has  been  completely  re- 
viewed, omitted,  redrawn,  or  revised,  vast  majority  of  mate- 
rial is  new. 

Design  of  plank  and  beam  framing,  curtain  walls,  pneumat- 
ic tubes,  elevators  and  escalators,  design  of  special  fireplaces, 
comparative  costs  of  roof  covering,  furniture  and  equipment, 
and  ceramic  tile  and  its  correct  usage,  have  all  been  added. 
The  many  drawings  and  clarified  index  makes  this  book  an 
essential   part  of  any  construction  office. 


NEW  CATALOGUES  AVAILABLE 

Architects,  Engineers,  Contractors,  Planning  Commission 
members — the  catalogues,  folders,  new  building  products 
material,  etc.,  described  below  may  be  obtained  by  directing 
your  request  to  the  name  and  address  given  in  each  item. 


Throat  dampers.  New  booklet  describes  '"a  throat  damper 
for  any  fireplace";  (AIA  File  No.  14-E)  Expansion  Steel 
damper.  Steel-slope  cast  iron  damper,  Beneform  Universal 
damper,  and  other  constuction  items;  typical  details  of  con- 
struction and  installation;  photographs  of  completed  installa- 
tions. Free  copy,  write  DEPT.-AfefE,  Bennett-Ireland,  Inc., 
Norwich,  New  York. 


Junior  height  compartments  for  kindergarten.  20-page  Mills 
metal  compartment  catalog  for  1957  (AIA  FILE  3  5-H-6); 
includes  toilet  compartments,  shower  and  dressing  rooms, 
shower  units  and  hospital  cubicles;  color  samples  of  20  stand- 
ard colors,  porcelain  enamel  or  baked-on  enamel  finishes  in- 
cluded in  catalog;  special  design  and  construction  features; 
complete  specifications  and  detail  drawings  of  typical  layouts; 
standard  hardware  and  fittings  are  illustrated.  Free  copy  write 
DEPT-A&E,  The  Mills  Co.,  951  Wayside  Road,  Cleveland 
10,  Ohio. 


Rolling  doors  and  rolling  grilles.  New  12-page  Catalog 
(AIA  File  No.  16-D-13)  describes  complete  line  of  rolling 
doors,  fire  doors,  flat  slat  shutters,  rolling  grilles,  sliding 
grilles,  escalator  enclosures  with  hand  and  motor  operators 
for  all  types;  illustrates  each  product,  detail  drawings,  specifi- 


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JANUARY,     1957 


The  Most  Complete  Line  of 
STEELS  and  STEEL  BUILDING  MATERIALS 
Made  by  a  Single  Producer 


See  Sweet's  Catalog  File  or  write  us  for 
full  information. 

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LOS  ANGELES,  CALIF.  .  .  GENERAL  PETROLEUM  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA  ....  RIALTO  BUILDING 
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Millwork 

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GArfield  1-7755 

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2610  The  Alameda,  Santa  Clara 

AXmlnster  6-2040   (Factory) 

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VER-MYEN  Serpentine  for  Laboratory  Equipment 

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Phone:  VAlencia  6-5024 

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cations  and  special  uses.  Free,  write  DEPT.-A6?E,  Cornell 
Iron  Works,  Inc.,  13th  ^  36th  Ave.,  Long  Island  City  6, 
N.  Y. 


High  strength  epoxy  resin  adhesives.  11 -page  technical 
bulletin  gives  engineering  data  on  high  strength  epoxy  resin 
adhesives  for  metal  to  metal  bonding  and  honeycomb  sand- 
wich construction;  data  on  five  representative  epoxy  resin  ad- 
hesives; properties  and  performance  data,  room  temperature 
curing  types  and  elevated  temperature  curing  types  are  dis- 
cussed; general  information,  product  description,  application 
and  curing  procedures.  Free  copy,  write  DEPT.-AEJ'E,  Min- 
nesota Mining  &  Mfg.  Co.,  423  Piquette  Ave.,  Detroit  2, 
Mich. 


Zinc  coating.  New  brochure  on  inorganic  zinc  coating  for 
structural  steel,  tank  interiors,  and  exteriors,  towers  and 
equipment;  unusually  resistant  to  weathering,  abrasion,  salt 
and  fresh  water,  solvents  and  petroleum  products;  can  be  ap- 
plied by  spray  before  or  after  construction;  describes  general, 
physsical  and  chemical  properties  of  product.  Free  copy  write 
DEPT.-A6?E,  Amercoat  Corpn.,  4809  Firestone  Blvd.,  South 
Gate,  Calif. 


Forming  system  forms  and  hardware.  Eight-page  brochure 
describes  forming  system  and  hardware  for  light  construc- 
tion; forms  are  described  in  detail,  the  Champ  form,  the  light 
construction  panel  with  steel  cross  members;  the  high  strength 
panel,  steel-ply,  mag-ply,  "H"  wide  panel  and  "lo-wall"  mag 
form;  also  describes  Symons  pilasters,  corners,  fillers,  walers, 
bracing,  scaffolding,  shores  and  ties.  Copies  available  write 
DEPT.-A&E,  Symons  Clamp  &  Mfg.  Co.,  4249  Diversey 
Ave.,  Chicago  39,  111. 


Packaged  device  for  drying  lumber.  New  8-page  bulletin 
describes  packaged  device  for  automatically  drying  lumber; 
for  use  by  lumber  and  furniture  manufacturers  and  for  manu- 
facturers of  products  which  incorporate  components  made  of 
wood;  shows  how  Dryalator  brings  high  speed  automation  to 
wood  and  lumber  drying;  illustrated;  table  of  drying  speeds; 
install.ition  diagram;  factory  assembled  and  fully  pre-tested; 
ready  for  operation;  complete  specifications.  Copy  available 
write  DEPT.-AyE,  Orr  &  Sembower  Inc.,  Morgantown 
Road,  Reading,  Pa. 

Corrosion-resistant  plastic  equipment.  New  32-page  catalog 
covers  the  corrosion-resistant  plastic  equipment  of  Haveg  In- 
dustries; gives  complete  coverage  to  wide  range  of  synthetic 
resin  formulations;  details  pipe  and  fittings,  valves;  fume 
ducts  and  fume  systems;  tanks,  towers  and  accessory  supplies; 
heat  exchanges;  pressure  and  vacuum  equipment;  and  agita- 
tors: also  data  on  chemical  resistant  cements.  Copy,  write 
DEPT.-A&E,  Haveg  Industries,  Inc.,  900  Greenbank  Rd., 
Wilmington  8,  Delaware. 


Self  supporting  jib  cranes.  An  informative  folder,  with  il- 
lustrations and  data  on  jib  cranes;  capacities  from  6  to  50  tons, 
require  less  than  5  sq.  ft.  floor  space,  yet  serve  an  area  of 
1,936  sq.  ft.;  full  360  degree  rotation  and  are  self  supported 
on  either  base  mounted  or  pillar  mounted  columns;  effective 
in  handling  such  items  as  castings,  cargo  crates,  ingots,  ma- 
chine tools,  pattern  molds,  power  units,  and  otber  loads 
within  the  30,000  lb.  class.  Free  copy  write  DEPT-AEs'E, 
R.  G.  LeTourneau,  Inc.,  2399  S.  MacArthur,  Longview, 
Texas. 


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BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

PRICES  GIVEN  ARE  FIGURING  PRICES  AND  ARE  MADE  UP  FROM  AVERAGE  QUOTATIONS  FURNISHED  BY 
LeROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES.   3%  SALES  TAX  ON  ALL  MATERIALS  BUT  NOT  LABOR. 


All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
Francisco  and  fhe  Bay  District.  There  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $150.00  up  (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

Face  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $200.00  and  up  (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

Brick  Steps— $3.00  and  up. 

Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$1.30  and    up— (according   to   class  of  work). 

Face  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  Bldgs. — Approx. 
$2.25  and   up   (according  to  class  of  work). 

Common  Brick— $46.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 


Glaied  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 
Clear  Glazed— 

2  I  6  X   12  Furring $1.75  persq.  ft. 

4x6x12  Partition  2.00  per  sq.  ft. 

■4  X  6  X  12  Double  Faced 
Partition 


For  colored  gla 


add.. 


2.25  per  sq.  ft. 

30  per  sq.  ft. 


Mantel    Fire    Brick   $150.00   per    M  — F.O.B.    Pitts- 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M— $111.00  to  $147.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2Xl2-inches    per   M _ $139.50 

6x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   M 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2i(2-inches,    per   M $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,    per   M _ 156.85 

I2x:2x4-inches,    per   M 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,    per   M _ 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per  ICOO  ft.  roll $5.3 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 7.8 

3  ply  per    1000  ft.  roll 9.7 

Brownskin,  Standard  500  ft.  roll..._ 6.E 

Sisalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 8.! 

Sheathing  Papers — 

Asphalt  sheathing,    15-lb.  roll $2.: 

30-lb.  roll 3.; 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll _. 2.^ 

Blue  Plasterboard,  60-lb.  roll 5.1 

F»lt  Papers — 

Deadening  felt,  ^A-lb.,  50-ft.  roll $4.; 

Deadening  felt,   l-lb 5.C 

Asphalt  roofing,    15-lbs 2./ 

Asphalt  roofing,   30-lbs _ 3.; 

Roofing  Papers — 

Standard  Grade,   108-ft.  roll.  Light _..$2.i 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium     2.' 

Heavy 3.' 

M.  S.  Extra  Heavy..._ __  3.< 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 


wing  prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
Town.    Carload  lots  only. 

Bunker  Del'd 

per  ton  per  ton 

sizes $2.70  $3.45 

2.80  3.55 

,  2.75  3.50 

3.10  3.85 

,  3.10  3.85 

.  2.90  3.65 

,  2.95  3.45 


Grav 
Top 


Crushed    Rock,   'A'  to  %"_ 
Crushed   Rock,   3^-  fo   V/i". 

Roofing  Gravel 

River  Sand 


Sand— 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  &  4) 3.35  4 

Olympia  (Nos.  I  &  2) 2.95  3, 

Cement- 
Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks), 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) „..t 

Carload   lots,   in   bulk,  per  bbl _ 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl., 
Prox.,  less  than  carload  lots,  $5.00  er 
f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.40  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on   L.C.L...._ _.... 

Trinity  White f  I  to   100  sacks,  $3.50 

Medusa  White \  warehouse  or  del.;  $ 

Calaveras  White [  bbl.  carload  lots. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 
Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  6  sk. 

in  bulk  $14.50 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 1.03 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 


...2% 
sack 
11.40 


Hay- 

dits 

_$  .21 


Aggregates — Haydite  or  Basalite 

%-inch  to  ys-inch,  per  cu.  yd 

ya-inch  to  ^-Inch,  per  cu.  yd. — 
No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 


salt 

J6 
JO 
.41 
M 

_..$7.75 
—  7.75 
_.  7.75 


DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing— 

Two-coat  work,  $8.00  per  square. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $12.00  per  square. 

Hot  coating  work,  $6.00  per  square. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic   yd.   and    up. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  [including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  In  large  quan- 
tities, less;  hard  material  such  as  rock, 
will   run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings; 
$325   on   old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,   '/a   in.  gauge    18c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition     Floors,    such    as    Magneslte, 

40c-$l.25  per  sq.  ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $  1 .50  per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum— $5.00    sq.   yd.    &    up 

laid. 
Terazzo  Floors — $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps— $3.50  per  lin.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat — according   to   type — 
20c  to  35c. 
Hardwood   Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  G— Unfin.— 

Hx2'A  '/2x2 

Clear  Otd.,  White - $425    $405 

Clear  Qtd.,   Red -  405      380 

Select  Otd..  Red  or  White_  355  340 
Clear  Pin.,  Red  or  White....  355  340 
Select  Pin.,  Red  or  White....  340  330 
#1  Common,  red  or  White  315  310 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oak  Flooring— 


%x2 


Vl  X  2 

'/2  «  2'/2.. 
M  X  21/4.. 


..  X  2%- 

U  X  3^ _ -- 

M  X  2'/4  &  3'A   Ranch  Plank. 

Unfinished  Maple  Flooring— 

U  X  2'A   First  Grade 

Ji  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

M  X  21/4  2nd  &  Btr.  Grade 

51  X  21/4  3rd  Grade _ 

H  X  31/4  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM.. 
U  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM.. 

33/32  X  21/4   First  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Gr 


...$369.00 
_  380.00 
..  390.00 
...  375.00 
.  395.00 


FIc 


Layer  Wage   $2.83    per  hr 


Standard 
$359.00 
370.00 
381.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 


..$390.08 
_  365.00 
_  375.00 
-  240.00 
_  380.00 
_  390.00 
._  400.00 
.  360.00 
,_  320.00 


GLASS— 

Single   Strength   Window  Glass $  .30  per  Q  ft. 

Double    Strength   Window   Glass...._     .45  per  Q  ft. 

Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75 1.60  per  Q  ft. 

75   to    100 1.74  per  D  ft. 

1/4   in.  Polished  Wire  Plate  Glass....  2.50  per  D  tt, 

1/4   in.   Rqh.  Wire  Glass .80  per  D  ft. 

i/s  In.  Obscure    Glass 55  per  Q  ft. 

^„  in.  Obscure     Glass _...     .70  per  D  ft. 

Vj   in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure...-.     .54  per  D  tt. 

A   in.    Heat  Aborbing  Wire 72  per  H  " 

1/3  in.  Ribbed    55  per  Q  ft. 

J,   in.    Ribbed 75  per  Q  ft. 

1/8  in.  Rough    55  per  D  ft. 

f.   in.   Rough     , 75  per  Q  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  (J  ti. 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place 3.50  per  □  ft. 

HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor   Furnace,  25,000  BTU _..$42.00-  80.00 

35,000  BTU _..  47.00-  87.00 

45.000  BTU 55.00-  95.00 

Automatic   Control,   Add _ 39.00-  45.00 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces.  25,000  BTU 72.00-134.00 

35  000  BTU 149.00 

45,00c  BTU 161.00 

With   Automatic   Control,   Add 45.00-161.00 

Unit  Heaters,   50,000   B'ru 215.00 

Gravity  Furnace,  65,000  BTU 210.00 

Forced  Air  Furnace.  75.000  BTU 342.00 

Water  Heaters — 5-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control, 

20  gal.  capacity _...  96.00 

30  gal    capacity 112.00 

40  gal.  capacity _ -...  135.00 


JANUARY,     1957 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool  Insulation—  ...nn 

IT)  Less  than  1,000  Q  ft $44.00 

(2")  Over  1,000  D  ft 59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")  _. .    _ $41.60  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisolation  Aluminum  Insulation-Aluminum 
coated  on   both   sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel    _ $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"    thickness    $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   _ _ 6900  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IRON — Cost   of  ornamental   iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 

LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S   No.  2  and   better  common 

O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m $110.00 

Flooring— 

Per  M  Delvd. 

V.G.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  X  4  T  &  G  Flooring $225,00 

"C"  and   better— all 215.00 

"D"   and    better— all -  145.00 

Rwd.   Rustic— "A"   grade,  medium  dry 185.00 

8  to  24  ft. 
Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 

1/,-inch,  4.0x8.0.SiS  - $100.00 

'A-Inch,  4.0x8.0-515  - 150.00 

%.inch,  per  M  sq.  ft 210.00 

Plysform    .1 87.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)— 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2,  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles,  $6.00  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes— '/i"   to   %"   %   24/26   in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn.  per  square $15.25 

%"  to  11/4"  X  24/26  in  split  resawn, 

per  square  „ 17.00 

Average  cost  to   lay  shakes,   $8.00  per  square. 
frassure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated Add  $35  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
8-lb.    treatment  Add  $45  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40.  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard   Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $150  per  1000.  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$175  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $15  to  $25. 
Screen  doors,  $8.00  to  $12.00  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $1.25  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases  forf  kitchen   pantries  seven  ft.   high, 

per    lineal    ft.,    upper    $9.00    to    $11.00; 

lower  $12.00  to  $13.00. 
Dining   room  cases.  $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $1.50  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing  (average),  $75.00  per  M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $85.00  to  $100, 

per  1000. 

PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard   $  .80 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.20 

Cold  water  painting per  yard       .35 

Whitewashing    per  yard        .20 

Linseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light   iron    drums _..._ per  gal.  $2.28        $2.34 

5-gallon  cans per  gal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans each    2.52         2.58 

Quart  cans  each      .71  .72 

Pint  cans  each       .38  .39 

y2-pint  cans each       .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1.65 

S-gallon  cans per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans  each     1.88 

Quart  cans _ each       .54 

Pint  cans  each      .31 

l^-plnt  cans - _ each      .20 


Pioneer  White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Paste) 

List  Price  Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight         Per  100      Pr.  per        per  100      Pr.  per 
Packages  lbs.  pkg.  lbs.  pkg. 

lOO-lb.   kegs  $28.35        $29,35  $27.50        $27.50 

50-lb.   kegs 30.05  15.03  28.15  14.08 

25-lb.   kegs 30.35  7.50  28.45  7.12 

5-lb.  cans'  ....  33.35  1.34  31.25  1.25 

Mb.  cans'  ....  36.00  .36  33.75  .34 

500   lbs.    (one   delivery)    %c   per   pound   less   than 
above. 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Pounds 


Dry   White    Lead... 
Litharge    


Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


.,$26.30    $ $ 

_  25.95  26.60  26.90 

..  27.20  27.85  28.15 

..  30.65  31.30  31.60 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-inch     $2.50  lineal  foot 

8-inch 3.00  lineal  foot 

10-Inch     4.00  lineal  foot 

12-inch     5.00  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat  wall,   per  ton   delivered    in    S.    F. 
paper  bags,  $17.60. 


PLASTERING  (Interior)  — 

Yard 

3  Coats,  metal  lath  and  plaster $3.50 

Keene  cement  on  metal  lath 4.00 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(latheJ   only)   _ _ _...  3.50 

Ceilinqs  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metaj  lath 

plastered       _ 5.50 

Single  partition  %  channels  and  metal  lath 

1  side  (lath  only) 3.50 

Single  partition  %  channels  and  metal  lath 

2  inches  thick    plastered _.._ 8.50 

4-inch    double    partition    %    channels    and 

metal  lath  2  sides  (lath  only) 6.00 

4-inch    double    partition    Vd    channels    and 
metal  lath  2  sides  plastered 10.00 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)  — 
2    coats    cement    finish,    brick 


3    coats   cement   ♦inish,    No.    18   gauge    wire 

mesh      

Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime— $4.50  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— Vs"- 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— ft"- 32c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per    fl>cture    up, 
according   to   grade,   quality   and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply__....$  I  5.00 
per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in  place. 

4I/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I  Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,  per  square 14.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Slant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

71/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat   with   Gravel    $5.50  up   per  sq. 


Asbestos  Shingles,  $27  to  $35  per  sq.  laid 
'/2  to  %  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure   $24.00  to  $30.00 

%  to  I 'A  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-In $  .26 

Standard,     6-In 46 

Standard,      8-in 66 

Standard,   12  in 1.30 

Standard,  24-in 5.41 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),  including  hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.  ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless. 

(unqlazed),  par  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &   up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350   per  ton   erected,   when   out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

1/,-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

Vs-in.  Rd.  (Less  thc^n  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

s/9-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

y^-in.  &  '/e-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton) 7.15 

I   in.  &  up  (Less  than   I   ton) 7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  See 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic   Tile    Floors— Commercial  $1.85  to  $2.25 

per  sq.  ft. 
Cove    Base— $1.50    per    lln.    ft. 
Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x6"  with  6"  base  @  $1.60  per 

sq.  ft. 
Tile  Wainscots  &  Floors,  Residential,  41/4x41/4".  @ 

$1.85   to   $2.25   per  sq.   ft. 
Tile   Wainscots.   Commercial  Jobs,  41/4x41/4"  Tile, 

@  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  V>"  ■  A" $  -18  -  $  -35  sq.  yd. 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork  Tile— $  .70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosaic  Floors— See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  D  ft $  -'5 

Rubber   tile,   per  O  ft $  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 


12  X   12. 

Kraftile:  Pi 

Patio  Til. 


e  foot 
Red 
12  X  '/,-inch,     plain 
6  X  12  X  '/i-inch,     plain 
6  X    6  X  '/>-inch,     plain 
Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,    [ 
6x5'/2xl2-inches,   ( 
4x5i/2xl2-inches,   ( 
Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,  pe 
I2xl2x3-inches,  pei 
I2xl2x4-i»ches,  pei 
I2xl2x6-inches,   pei 


F.O.B.  S.  F. 

i  .17 

Small  Large 

Lots  LoH 

..$  .28  $  .20 

..    .295  .US 

.    .32  .287 

M _ $139.50 

M 105.00 

M - 84.00 


...$I4&.75 
-  156.85 
„  177.10 
_  235.30 


VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

50c   per  square  foot   and    up.     Installation 
extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  end  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ARCHITECT  AND  ENGINEER 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTOHY 

Building  and  Cnnstruction  Materials 


EXPLANATION Building    and    construction    materials    are    shown    in    major   classified    groups   for   general   identification   purposes  with   names   and 

addresses  of  suppliers  of  materials  listed  in  detail  under  group  classification  where  name  first  appears — main  offices  are  shown  first  with  branch 
or  district  offices  following.  The  numeral  appearing  in  listings  *(3)  refers  to  the  major  group  classification  where  complete  data  on  the  dealer,  or 
representative,  may  be  found. 


ADKESIVES  (1) 

Wall  and  Floor  Tile  idhesives 
THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO. 


(351 


AIR  CONDITIONING  (2) 

Air  Conditioning  i  Cooling 
UTILITY  APPLIANCE  CORP. 
Los  Angeles  58:  4851  S.  Alameda  St. 
San  Francisco:  1355  Market  St.,  UN  1  4908 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCEUIN  ENAMEL  (2a) 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  %  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  I  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Soecialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  laurel  St. 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER  13) 

Ceramic  Veneer 

GLADDING.  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 

los  Anoeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

Portland:  110  S.E,  Main  St.,  EA  6179 

Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 

Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 

KRAFTILE  COMPANY 

Niles,  Calif..  NUps  3611 

ROBCO  OF  CALIFORNIA,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearny  St.,  GA  1-6720 

los  Angeles:  2366  Venice  Blvd.,  RE  1-4067 
Porcelain  Veneer 

PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 

Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 

Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 
Granite  Veneer 

VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6  5024 

Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 
Marble  Veneer 

VERMONT  MARBIE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2  6339 

BANKS  -  FINANCING  (4) 

CROCKER  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  i  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2-7700 

BATHROOI<(  FIXTURES  (5) 

Metal 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  '(35) 

DILLON  TILE  SUPPLY  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  252  12th  St.,  HE  1-1206 
Ceramic 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  '{K) 


BRASS  PRODUCTS  (6) 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  i  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3  7108 
Seattle  4:  1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK  (7) 

face  Brick 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  UO.  '(3) 
KRAFTILE  "nSl 
REMILLARDDANDINI  CO. 
San  Francisco  4:  400  Montgomery  St.,  EX  2-4988 

BRONZE  PROUCTS  18) 

GREENBERG'S,M.8S0NS"I61 
MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  " 138) 

BUILDING  PAPERS  &  FELTS  (9) 

ANGIER  PACIFIC  CORP 

San  Francisco  5:  55  New  Montgomery  St.,  DO  2-4416 

Los  Angeles:  7424  Sunset  Blvd. 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  'Ill) 

SISAIKRAFT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  5:  55  New  Montgomery  St.,  EX  2-3066 

Chicago,  III.:  205  West  Wacker  Drive 

BUILDING  HARDWARE  (9a) 

THE  STANLEY  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  Monadnock  BIdg.,  YU  6-5914 

New  Britain,  Conn. 

CABINETS  8  FIXTURES  (9bl 

FINK  8SCHINDLER  CO.,  THE; 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

CEMENT  (10) 

IDEAL  CEMENT  COMPANY  (Pacific  Division) 
San  Francisco  4:  310  Sansome  St.,  GA  1-4100 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  •(Ill 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES  (11) 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3  6586 
San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 
Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 
lightweight  Aggregates 
AMERICAN  PERLITE  CORP. 
Richmond:  26th  8  B  St.  ■  Yd.  2,  Rl  4307 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES  (11a) 

Screed  Materials 
C  8  H  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES  (11a) 

IE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS— ROOF  (lib) 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Cilif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6.  III. 


DOORS  112) 

THE  BIICO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 
Electric  Doors 

ROLYDOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 
Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 
Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 
Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 

(See  above! 


FIRE  ESCAPES  113) 

MICHEL  8PFEFFER  IRONWORKS  ' 


(381 


FIREPLACES  114) 

Heat  Circulating 
SUPERIOR  FIREPLACE  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  1708  E.  15th  St.,  PR  8393 
Baltimore,  Md.:  601  No.  Point  Rd. 

FLOORS  (15) 

Hardwood  Flooring 

HOGAN  LUMBER  COMPANY 

Oakland:  Second  and  Alice  Sts.,  GL  1-6861 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO. '(31 

KRAFTILE  •(351 
Floor  Tile  (Ceramic  Mosaic) 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  '(35) 
Floor  Treatment  8  Maintenance 

HILLYARD  SALES  CO.  (Western) 

San  Francisco:  470  Alabama  St.,  MA  1  7766 

Los  Angeles:  923  E.  3rd,  TR  8282 

Seattle:  3440  E.  Marginal  Way 
Diversified  (Magnesite,  Asphalt  Tile,  Composition,  Etc.) 

LE  ROY  OLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco  10:  3070  ■  17th  St.,  HE  1-1088 
Sleepers  (composition! 

LE  ROY  OLSON  CO. 

GLASS  (16) 

W.  P.  FULLER  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  301  Mission  St.,  EX  2-7151 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Portland,  Ore. 


JANUARY,     1957 


CRAKITE  (Ua) 

PACIFIC  CUT  STONE  t  GRANITE  CO. 
414  South  Marengo  Aye.,  Alhambra,  Calif. 

HEATING  (17) 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland  8^  9'tO  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 

Philadelphia  8,  Pa.:  401  N.  Broad  St. 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  243  Minna  St.,  YU  20400 

Oakland:  113  ■  10th  St.,  GL  1.1937 

San  Jose,  Calif. 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

UTILITY  APPLIANCE  CORP.  '(2) 
Electric  Healers 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco  5:  390  First  St.,  GA  1  2211 

Los  Angeles:  520  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 

Portland:  Terminal  Sales  BIdg.,  BE  2050 

Seattle:  Securities  BIdg.,  SE  5028 

Spokane:  Realty  BIdg.,  MAdison  6175 

San  Oiego:  514  Spreckels  BIdg.,  BEImont  4-6082 
Designer  of  Heating 

THOMAS  B.  HUNTER 

San  Francisco  4:  41  Sutter  St.,  GA  11164 

INSULATION  AND  WALL  BOARD  118) 

LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  225  Industrial  Ave.,  JU  7-1760 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  'Ill) 

SISALKRAFT  COMPANY  •19) 

WESTERN  ASBESTOS  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  675  Townsend  St.,  KL  2  3868 

Oakland:  251  Fifth  Avenue,  Gl  1-2345 

Stockton:  733  5.  Van  Buren,  ST  4-9421 

Sacramento  1331  •  T  St.,  HU  1-0125 

Fresno:  434  -  P  St.,  FR  2-1600 

IRON— Ornamental  (10) 

MICHEL  &  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS,  INC.  MIS) 

INTERCEPTING  DEVICES  (10a) 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2  3142 

LANDSCAPING  (20) 

Landscape  Contractors 
HENRY  C.  SOTO  CORP. 
Los  Angeles:  13,000  S.  Avalon  Blvd.,  ME  4-6617 

LIGHTING  FIXTURES  (21) 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8.1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 

LUMBER  (22) 

Shingles 
LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  CO.  '1181 

METAL  GRATING  (22a) 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORPN. 

6601  S.  Melvina,  Chicago  38,  III.,  Portsmouth  7  6760 

METAL  FRAMING  (22b) 

UNISTRUT  SALES  OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
Berkeley:  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

MARBLE  (23) 

VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

Los  Angeles  4:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

MASONRY  (23a) 

GENERAL  CONCRETE  PRODUCTS,  INC. 

Van  Nuys,  15025  Oxnard  St.,  ST  5-1126  81  ST  7-3289 

METAL  LATH  EXPANDED  (241 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  'Ill) 

MILLWORK  (25) 

FINK  «  SCHINDLER,  THE:  CO:  •|9b) 
LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY  MIBI 
MULLEN  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  60-80  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PACIFIC  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 
Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  SC  607 
los  Angeles,  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4196 


PAIMTIH6  (20 

W.  P.  FULLER  COMPANY  MU) 
Paint 


PLASTER  (27) 

Interiors  •  Metal  Lath  I  Trim 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  •|11) 
Exteriors 

PACIFIC  PORTLAND  CEMENT  COMPANY  '(28) 

PLASTIC  CEMENT  (28) 

IDEAL  CEMENT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  310  Sansome  St.,  GA  1-4100 

PLUMBING  (29) 

THE  HALSEY  TAYLOR  COMPANY 

Redlands,  Calif. 

Warren,  Ohio 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

THE  SCOTT  COMPANY  *(17) 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  COMPANY 

Berkeley  10-  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

CONTINENTAL  WATER  HEATER  COMPANY 

Los  Angeles  31:  1801  Pasadena  Ave.,  CA  6178 

SECURITY  VALVE  COMPANY 

Los  Angeles  31:  410  San  Fernando  Rd.,  CA  6191 

PUMPING  MACHINERY  (29) 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2-6794 

Los  Angeles:  455  East  4th  St..  MU  8322 

PRESS  (Punch)   (29a) 

ALVA  F.  ALLEN 
Clinton.  Missouri 

RANGE-REFRIGERATOR  (29a) 
Combinations 

GENERAL  AIR  CONDITIONING  CORPN. 

Los  Angeles  23:  4542  E.  Dunham  St. 

San  Francisco:  1355  Market  St.,  KL  2-2311,  Ext.  10 

RESILIENT  TILE  (301 

IE  ROYOISONCO.  '115) 

ROOF  TRUSSES  (30a) 

EASY  BOW  ENGINEERING  8  RESEARCH  CO- 
13lh  8  Wood  St.,  Oakland,  Cal.,  GLencourt  2-0805 

SAFES  (30a) 

HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 

San  Francisco,  1699  Market  St.,  UN  1-6644 


SEWER  PIPE  (31) 

GUDOIIIG.  McBEAN  %  CO   '(3) 


SHADES  (31a) 

SHADES,  Inc. 


SHEET  METAL  (321 

Windows 
DETROIT  STEEl  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 
Oakland  8:  1310     63rd  St-,  OL  28826 
San  Francisco:  Ru^s  Buildina,  DO  2-0890 
MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS,  INC.  '113) 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGEGATES,  INC.  'Ill) 

Fire  Doors 
DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 

Skylinhts 
DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT  (32a) 

STROMBERGCiRLSON  CO. 

Burlingame,  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  OX  7  3630 

Los  Angeles,  5415  York  Blvd.,  CL  73939 

STEFL-STRUCTURAl  (33) 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIVISION,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1.2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland:  2345  N.  W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle  1331  3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3-6733 

HERRICK  IRON  WORKS 

Oakland:  18th  8  Campbell  Sts.,  GL  1-1767 

JUDSON  PACIFIC-MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Eastshore  Highway,  OL  3-1717 


REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  N.  Montgonerif  St..  GA  1-0977 

Los  Angeles:  Edison  Building 

Seattle:  White.Henry.Stuart  Building 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  Building 

Denver:  Continental  Oil  Building 

SAN  JOSE  STEEL  COMPANY 

San  Jose  195  North  Thirtieth  St.,  CO  4184 

STEEL— REINFORCING  (34) 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP.  '(33) 

HERRICK  IRON  WORKS  •133) 

SAN  JOSE  STEEL  CO.  "(33) 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIVISION,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP.  '(33) 

SWIMMING  POOL  FIHINGS  (34a) 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

POOLS 

SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 

Walnut  Creek,  Calif.:  1719  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd. 

CLAY  TILE  (35) 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO. 

Redwood  City:  132  Wilson  St. 

los  Angeles  19:  1335  S.  La  Brea.  WE  3-7800 

GLADDING,  McMEAN  8  CO.  '(3) 

KRAFTILE 

Niles,  Calif.:  Nlles  3611 

San  Francisco  5:  50  Hawthorne  St.,  DO  2-3780 

Los  Angeles  13:  406  South  Main  St.,  MU  7241 

TIMBER-REINFORCING  (36) 

Trusses 

Tacoma,  Wash. 

WYERHAEUSER  SALES  CO. 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Newark,  N.  J. 
Treated  Timber 

].  H.  BAXTER  CO. 

San  Francisco  4:  200  Bush  St.,  YU  2-0200 

Los  Angeles  5:  3450  Wilshire  Blvd.,  DU  8-9591 

TRUCKING  I36al 

PASSETTI  TRUCKING  CO. 

San  Francisco  3:  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

WALL  TILE  (37) 

THECAMBRIDGETILEMFG.  CO. '(35) 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO.  '(31 

KRAFTIIE  COMPANY  '135) 

WEATHERSTOP 

TECON  PRODUCTS,  LTD. 

Vancouver,  B.C.  681  E.  Hastings  St. 

TECON  PRODUCTS,  INC. 

Seattle  4,  Washington  304  So.  Alaskan  Way 

WINDOWS  STEEL  (38) 

DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  CO.  '132) 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

212  Shaw  Road,  So.  San  Francisco,  PLaza  5-8983 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  'Ill) 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS  139) 
BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 
1800  Evans  Ave.,  AT  8-1471 
Los  Angeles:  234  W.  37lh  Place,  AD  3-8161 
J.  BETTANCOURT 

San  Bruno:  1015  San  Mateo  Ave.,  JUno  8-7525 
DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  Crocker  Building,  YU  6-2718 
CLINTON  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  923  Folsom  St.,  SU  1-3440 
MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  604  Mission  St.,  GA  1-5516 
E.  H.  MOORE  8  SONS 
San  Francisco:  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-8579 
PARKER,  STEFFENS  8  PEARCE 
San  Francisco:  135  So.  Park.  EX  2-6639 

TESTING  LABORATORIES 
(ENGINEERS  8  CHEMISTS  (40) 

ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  624  Sacramento  St.,  GA  1-1697 

ROBERT  W-  HUNT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  500  Iowa,  Ml  7-0224 

Los  Angeles:  3050  E.  Slauson,  JE  9131 

Chicago,  New  York,  Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING  LABORATORY 

San  Francisco:  651  Howard  St.,  EX  2.1747 


40 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

The  following  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rotes  established 
by  collective  bargaining   as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  Industry,  California 

Following  ore  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2, 

CRAFT                                         San  Contra  Sacra-  San  Santa  Los  San  Ber-  San 

Francisco  Alameda  Costa  Fresno  mento  Joaquin  Clara  Solano  Angeles  nardino  Diego 

ASBESTOS  WORKER $3.27B  $3,275  $3,275  $3,275  $3,275  $3,275  $3,275  $3,275  $3.35  $3.35  $3.35 

BOILERMAKER    _ _. .     3.45  3.45  3.45            3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45 

BRICKLAYER 3.75  3.75  3.75             3.70  3,50  3.50  3.875  3.75  3.80  3.80  3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER                         3.00  3.00  3.00            2.70  3  00  2.80  2.90  3.00  2.625  2.625  2.625 

CARPENTER 3.125  3.125  3.00             3.00  3.00  3.00  3.00  3.00  3.00  3.00  3.00 

CEMENT   FINISHER                                            2.9?5  2.995  2.995           2.995  2.995  2.995  2.995  2.995  2.925  2.925  2.925 

CONCRETE   MIXER:   Skip   Type    (I    yd.)     2.705  2.705  2.705           2.705  2.705  2.705  2.705  2.705  2.74  2.74  2.74 

ELECTRICIAN                                                       3.375  3.375  3.375  3.50  3.25  3.61  3.275  3.60  3.60  3.50 

ENGINEER:   MATERIAL  HOIST                     2.985  2.985  2.985           2.985  2.985  2.985  2.985  2.985 

ELEVATOR   HOIST  OPERATOR  2.95  2.95  2.95 

GLAZIER                                                                 2.87  2.87  2.87  2,905  2,905  2.87  2.87  2.885  2.885  2.90 

IRONWORKER:   ORNAMENTAL                    3.40  3.40  3.40             3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40 

REINF.   STEEL                                               3.15  3.15  3.15             3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15 

STRUC.   STEEL                                               3.40  3.40  3.40             3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40 

LABORERS:   BUILDING _.     2.325  2.325  2.325          2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325  2.30  2.30  2.30 

CONCRETE 2.325  2.325  2.325           2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325 

LATHER 3.4375  3.84»  3.84*           3.45  3.45t  3.50  3.375  3.75*  3.625  3.625 

PAINTER:   BRUSH                                                3.10  3.10  3.10             2.90  3.00  2.95  3.10  3,25  3.01  3.00  2,94 

SPRAY           3,10  3.10  3.10             3.15  3.25  3.10  3.10  3.50  3.26  3.26  3.49 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR                                3,325  3.325  3.325          3.325  3.325  3.325  3.325  3.325  3.30  3.30  3.30 

PLASTERER                                                             3.6125  3.54  3.54             3.35  3.45t  3.55  3.495  3.50  3.75  3.625 

PLASTERER   HODCARRIER                               3.10  3.42  3.42             3.025  3.00  3.00  3.075  3.15  3.50  3.375  3.375 

PLUMBER 3.45  3.59  3.435           3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45  3.55  3.55  3.55  3.55 

ROOFER 3.00  3.20  3.20             3.05  2.975  3.05  3.00  3.I0§  3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER,                                3,30  3.30  3.30             3.125  3.30  3.315  3.30  3.325  3.24  3.24  3.15 

STEAMFITTER   3.45  3.69  3.69             3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45  3.55  3.55  3.55  3.55 

TRACTOR   OPERATOR                                       3.095  3.095  3.095           3.095  3.095  3.095  3.095  3.095  3.05  3.05  3.05 
TRUCK   DRIVER:   Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards                                                      2.325  2.325  2.325           2,325  2,325  2.325  2.325  2.325  2.405  2,405  2,405 

TILE  SETTER                                                           3.225  3.225  3,225           3.25  3.00  3.175  3.225  3.225  3.26  3.50  3.25 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacation  allowance  and  transmitted  to  J  $3,625  for  nail-on  lather. 

a  vacation  fund. 

t5  cents  of  this  amount  is  deducted  from  wages  as  a   vacation  allowance  and  §  10  cents  of  this  amount  is  designated  as  a   "savings  fund 

transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund.  held  from  pay  and  transmitted  to  an  employee  savings  fun 


1957 

or  later 

Santa 
Barbara 

Kern 

$3.35 

$3.35 

3.45 

3.45 

3.75 

2.625 

3.00 

3.02 

2,925 

2.925 

2.74 

2.74 

3.60 

3.50 

3.40 

3.40 

3.15 

3.15 

3.40 

3.40 

2,30 

2.30 

3.625 

3.03 

2.95 

3.03 

3.20 

3.30 

3,30 

3,625 

3.3125 

3,25 

3,55 

3.575 

3,15 

3.00 

3,26 

3.40 

3.56 

3.575 

3,05 

3,05 

2,405 

2,405 

3,26 

3,21 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  Californi, 
and   represents  data   reported   by   building  trades  councils,   union   locals,  contractor  organizatio 
as  information   becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health    and    » 
funds.   These  supplements  are  shown   in  table   2.  The  amounts   shown   are   payable   directly   to   th 
gaining   agreements   may  require   employr  payments   on   behalf   of  the   employee  to  funds  for   h( 


Department  of  Industrial   Relations,   Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research 

organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad 

ilth    and    welfare,    pension,    administration,    apprentice    training    or    vacatio 

)yee,    except   where    noted.     In    addition,    the    collective    bar 


elfar. 


etc. 


Table  2 — Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 

California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry  (1956  Revision) 

CRAFT                                        San  Contra  Sacra-  San  Santa  Los  San  Ber-       San         Santa 

Francisco  Alameda  Costa  Fresno  mento  Joaquin  Clara  Solano  Angeles  nardino      Diego    Barbara      Kers 

ASBESTOS  WORKER  _ _.._ _ 9cv^  9cw           9cw  9cw  9cvif  9cw  9cw  9cw  lOcw  lOcw        lOcw        iOcw        lOcw 

BOILERMAKER T'/jCw  7i/2Cv^  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  7'/2Cw  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW      7'/2cw      71/2CW     71/2CW 

BRICKLAYER    _ lOcv^  lOcw 

BRICKLAYER,   HODCARRIER _ 71/2CW  lOcw          lOcw  lOcw  lOcw  lOcw  71/2CW 

CARPENTER    lOcv^  lOcw           lOcw  IOcw  lOcw  IOcw  lOcv^  lOcw  lOcw  lOcw         IOcw        lOcw        lOcw 

CEMENT    FINISHER    _ IOcw  IOcw           IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw         IOcw         IOcw        IOcw 

CONCRETE   MIXER— Skip  type    (l-yd.)            IOcw  IOcw           IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw         IOcw         IOcw        IOcw 

ELECTRICIAN 71/2CW  71/2CW  T'^cw  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  IOcw  71/2CW 

i%p;4%v  l%p;4%vl%p;4%v   l%p  I%p  I%p;  4%v  I%p  I%p;4%v  I%p  I%p   I%p   I%p 

ELEVATOR   CONSTRUCTOR 6cw  6cw            6cw  6cw  6cw  6cw  6cw  6cw  t'/2Cw  6I/2CW      6I/2CW      i'Acw      6I/2CW 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST  IOcw  IOcw          lOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  lOcw  lOcw 

GLAZIER _.         71/2CW  7'/2Cw  71/2OW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW 

8I/2CV  8I/2CV         8I/2CV  5cv  5cv  8I/2CV  ei/2Cv 

IRONWORKER:   ORNAMENTAL  _...         71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  T'Acw  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW      TAcvi     7'/2Cw      71/2CW 

REINF.   STEEL  _..         71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  T/iCvi  Vhavt  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW      71/2CW     71/2CW      71/2CW 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 71/2CW  71/2CW        7'/2Cw  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  Vh<-'M  Th<^v  Thcy,  71/2CW       71/2CW      71/2CW      71/2CW 


JANUARY,     1957 


41 


CONSTRUCTrON  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES-»(Table  2  Continued) 

LABORERS:    BUILDING lOcw  lOcw  lOcw  lOcw         lOcw         lOcw         lOcw         lOcw        V/iC-m      7'/jCw      J'/jCw      Vhzvi      /i/jCw 

CONCRETE lOcw  lOcw  lOcw  lOcw         lOcw         lOcw         lOcw         lOcw 

LATHER    7i/2ew  yi/jcw  lOcw         lOcw  $1  dayw  50c  dayw     lOcw  71/jCw 

MARBLE  SEHER 

MOSAIC  &  TERRAZZO  71/2CW 

PAINTER— BRUSH    _ e'/icw  Bi/jcw        8I/2CW  8cw         71/2CW       BV2CW       8I/2CW        lOcw       BVicw  Bcw         lOcw        lOcw 

Icadu 

PAINTER— SPRAY  _ _  8i/2Cw  Si/jCw        B'/iCw  Bcw         7'/2Cw       B'/iCw       SVjCw         lOcw        8I/2CW  Bcw         lOcw        lOcw 

Icadm 

PILEDRIVER— OPERATOR  _„ lOew  lOcw  lOcw  lOcw  lOcw         iOcw         lOcw         lOcw         lOcw         lOcw        iOcw        lOcw        lOcw 

PLASTERER   lOcw  I  lew  I  lew         71/2CW         lOcw         lOcw        71/2CW    tOc  dayw   I2i/2ew  lOcw  TVicw 

PLASTERER,    HODCARRIER    71/2CW  Mcw  I  lew         71/2CW         lOcw         lOcw        7i/2ew    tOc  dayw    7i/2ew  lOcw  7'/jew 

'/2%PROM 

PLUMBER llcw;2i/2CjiB        lOew  lOcw  lOcw         lOcw         lOcw         lOew         lOcw  lOew        lOew        lOcw 

I21/2CV:  lOcp       I21/2CV        II/2CA      lOcp;  leA    I21/2CV    IOcp;  Ica  Ica 

ROOFER 71/2CW  7V2ew        71/2CW        7i/2ew       71/2CW       7i/2ew       7i/2ew       7i/2ew       B'^ew        lOev  Bi^ew     7i/2ew 

7i/2ev  5ev  Scv  5ev  5ev  5cv  lOcv        lOev 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER .._         7i/2ew  7i/2ew        7i/2ew        7i/2ew       7i/2ew       7i/2ew       71/2CW       71/2CW      S'^ew       B'^ew      fli^ew     B'/iCw     e'Aew 

3i/«ev         3iAev  2%v  71/2CV        4%v        k'hCM        i'^ev  »ev 

SPRINKLER   FIHER 71/jcw  71/2CW        7i/2ew  71/2CW      7i/2ew       71/2CW 

STEAMFITTERS    _ IIcw;IOcp  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw         IOcw         IOcw         IOcw         IOcw  IOcw        lOew        IOcw 

l2'/2ev;  2i/2ejiB        Ica  Ica        IOcp;  Ica    I21/2CV    IOcp;  Ica  Ica 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR IOcw  IOcw  lOcw  lOcw  IOcw  lOew  IOcw  lOew  IOcw  IOcw         lOcw        IOcw        IOcw 

TRUCK  DRIVER— Dump  trucks, 

under  4  yds IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  IOcw  lOcw         IOcw         IOcw  IOcw  7'/2Cw       71/2CW      71/2CW      71/2CW      7'/2Cw 

TILE  SEHER _ 7i/,cw  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  71/2CW  2i/2%w 

IA%PROM 

ATTEHTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations,  Division  of  Labor  Statistics 
and  Research  from  the  latest  available  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organiiations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table 
was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  virhere  no  employer  contributions  are  specified,  it  does  not  necessarily  mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 
Payments  made  directly  to  the  employee  and  earmarked  for  vacations,  health  and  welfare,  etc.,  are  not  shown  above  but  are  included  with  the  hourly  wage 
rates  shown  in  Table  I. 

The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated  by  the  following  symbols:  W— Health  and  Welfare;  P— Pensions;  V— Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adnn— Admini- 
stration  fund;   JIB — loint    Industry   Board;    Prom — Promotion   fund. 


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CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


SHERIFF'S  SUB-STATION,  Lafayette 
Contra  Costa  County.  County  of  Contra 
Costa,  Martinez,  owner.  1 -Story  wood 
frame,  concrete  block,  tar  and  gravel  roof 
—$31,427.  ARCHITECT:  Jack  Butcher 
&  Associates.  61  Moraga  Highway, 
Orinda.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Ernest  Hollman.  1182  Almendra  Ct..  Con- 
cord. 

RECREATION  CENTER,  Balboa 
Park.  San  Francisco.  Recreation  6?  Park 
Dept.,  City  of  San  Francisco,  owner.  New 
recreation  center  facilities  for  the  Balboa 
Park  area— $422,300.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Engstrom  6?  Nourse,  212 
5th   St..   San  Francisco. 

CAFETERIA  ALTERATIONS,  City 
College,  Santa  Monica.  Los  Angeles 
County.  Associated  Student  Body,  Santa 
Monica  City  College,  owner.  Alterations 
and  an  addition  to  cafeteria;  composition 
roof,  concrete  slab,  wood  and  aluminum 
sliding  sash,  glass  louvres,  aluminum  slid- 
ing doors,  plaster,  plumbing,  electrical, 
skylights,     concrete     block     garden     walls: 


3,500  sq.  ft.  ARCHITECT:  Kenneth  E. 
Anderson,  11771  San  Vicente  Blvd.,  West 
Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Herbert  E.  Goldsworthy,  409  Santa 
Monica  Blvd..  Santa  Monica. 

POLICE   HEADQUARTERS   BLDG., 

Redwood  City.  San  Mateo  County.  City 
of  Redwood  City,  owner.  2-Story  ma- 
sonry, concrete  floors,  frame  partitions, 
wood  roof  —  $199,885.  ARCHITECT: 
Bernard  G.  Nobler,  Brewster-Warren 
BIdg..  Redwood  City.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Belle-Haven  Realty  Co., 
1420   E.   3rd  Ave..   San   Mateo. 

AUTOSHOWROOM     8C     GARAGE, 

Salinas.  Monterey  County.  Cochran  Mo- 
tors, owner.  I -Story  reinforced  concrete 
tilt-up,  wood  roof,  considerable  glass,  con- 
crete slab  floors;  20,000  sq.  ft.  area — 
$164,564.  ARCHITECT:  Chne,  Zerkle 
&?  Agee,  1810  6th  St..  Berkeley.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR;  Ekelin  6?  Small. 
273   E.  Alisal,  Sahnas. 

CONVERT  GARAGE  TO  RESTAU- 
RANT, Long  Beach,  Los  Angeles  County. 


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Lalayette  Hotel  Corpn.,  Long  Beach, 
owner.  Convert  public  garage  into  a  res- 
taurant; plumbing,  electric  work,  heating 
and  ventilating,  plaster  and  panel  interior, 
ceramic  tile  work,  store  front,  stone  veneer; 
15,000  sq.  ft.  area  —  $20,000.  ENGI- 
NEER: Francis  Gentry,  Insurance  Ex- 
change Bldg.,  Long  Beach.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  J.  E.  Simpkins,  3209 
Studebaker  Rd..   Long   Beach. 

CORPORATION  YARD  BLDG.,  Sac 

ramento,  City  of  Sacramento,  owner 
Group  of  prefabricated  steel  buildings 
corrugated,  galvanized,  .steel  exterior 
aluminum  roof  —  $522,058.  ARCHI 
TECT;  Barovetto  6?  Thomas.  718  Alham 
bra  Blvd.,  Sacramento.  GENERAL  CON 
TRACTOR;  Cal-Central  Const.  Co.,  7500 
14th   Ave.,   Sacramento. 

CHURCH  ac  CLASSROOM,  St.  An- 
thony Parish,  El  Segundo,  Los  Angeles 
County.  Roman  Catholic  Archbishop  of 
Los  Angeles,  Los  Angeles,  owner.  Church 
and  separate  classroom  buildings;  church 
capacity  700  persons;  educational  building 
will  contain  4  classrooms;  frame  and 
stucco  construction — $159,600.  ARCHI- 
TECT: George  Adams.  2439  Hyperion 
Ave.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Alex  Sutherland.  739  Oak- 
glade,  Monrovia. 

BOYS  GYMNASIUM,  Lemoore  High 
School.  Lemoore,  Tulare  County.  Le- 
moore Union  High  School  District,  Le- 
moore, owner.  New  all  purpose  boys 
gymnasium,  showers,  locker  room,  etc. — 
$423,537.  ARCHITECT:  Alastair  Simp- 
son, 64  N.  Fulton,  Fresno.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Bob  Long  Const.  Co., 
P.   O.  Box   1623   Fresno. 

FURNITURE  FACTORY,  CenterviUe. 
Alameda  County.  Kroehler  Mfg.  Co., 
Napeville,  Illinois,  owner.  1 -Story  struc- 
tural steel  frame,  brick  walls,  steel  roof 
deck,  built-up  rooting,  concrete  floors,  au- 
tomatic sprinkler  system;  175.000  ,sq.  ft. 
of  area  —  $1,400,000.  STRUCTURAL 
ENGINEER:  John  M.  Sardis,  64  Pine  St., 
San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Barrett  Const.  Co.,  1800  Evans 
Ave.,    San    Francisco. 

OFHCE  BLDG.,  Los  Angeles.  The 
Texas  Company,  Los  Angeles,  owner.  13- 
Story,  office  building  at  Wilshire  Blvd. 
and  Catalina  Streets,  Los  Angeles;  rein- 
forced    concrete     construction,     structural 


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steel  frame,  elevators,  interior  plaster, 
acoustical  work,  resilient  flooring,  metal 
sash,  heating  and  ventilating,  plate  glass, 
plumbing  and  electrical  work.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Welton  Becket  &?  Associates,  5657 
Wilshirc  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Del  E.  Webb  Com- 
pany, 5101  San  Fernando  Rd.,  West  Los 
Angeles. 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  Visalia, 
Tulare  County.  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Visalia,  owner.  Brick  and  structural 
steel  frame  — $253,000.  ARCHITECT: 
Robt.  C.  Kaestner,  210  N.  Encina  Vi- 
salia. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Lewis 
C.  Nelson  &  Sons,  2915  McCall,  Selma. 

HOSPITAL  REMODEL,  St.  Josephs, 
Stockton,  San  Joaquin  County.  St.  Jo- 
seph's Hospital,  Stockton,  owner.  Interior 
remodel  with  alterations  to  the  maternity 
ward;  installation  of  new  air  conditioning 
system— $63,390.  ARCHITECT:  Starks, 
Jozen  6?  Nachts,  Native  Sons  Bldg.,  Stock- 
ton. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Shep- 
herd 6?  Greene,  American  Trust  Bldg., 
Stockton. 

HIGH  SCHOOL  ADD'N.,  Garden 
Grove,  Los  Angeles  County.  Garden 
Grove  Union  High  School  District,  Gar- 
den Grove,  owner.  Addition  of  a  snack- 
bar building,  agriculture  building,  library 
building  and  .science  unit  at  the  Rancho 
Alamitos  High  School— $290,800.  AR- 
CHITECT: James  H.  Van  Dyke,  2334 
Beverly    Blvd.,    Los    Angeles,    and    ENGI- 


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NEER:  S.  B.  Barnes,  2334  Beverly  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRACT 
TOR:  Noyes  Roach  Co.,  5017  Telegraph 
Rd.,  P.  O.  Box  6877,  Los  Angeles. 

SHOE  STORE  BLDG.,  San  Jose,  Santa 
Clara  County.  Sommer  6?  Kauffman,  San 
Francisco,  owner.  Remodel  interior  and 
construct  new  front  of  building  in  the  Val- 
ley Fair  Shopping  Center  at  San  Jose.  AR- 
CHITECT: Mario  Gaidano,  605  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Rothschild,  Railin  &  Wenck, 
274  Brannan  St.,  San  Francisco. 

CHAPEL  &  CLASSROOM,  Baptist 
Church,  Santa  Rosa,  Sonoma  County. 
First  Baptist  Church  of  Santa  Rosa,  Santa 
Rosa,  owner.  Frame  and  stucco  construc- 
tion, laminated  wood  arches  —  $75,000 
ARCHITECT:  Alfred  W.  Johnson,  165 
Jessie  St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Paul  V.  Wright,  1826 
Morley  Way,  Santa  Rosa. 

JOCKEY  BLDG.,  Fairgrounds,  Fresno. 
21st  Agricultural  Association,  Fresno, 
owner.  Construction  of  a  new  jockey 
building  at  the  County  Fairgrounds  in 
Fresno  —  $21,200.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: S.  A.  Branch,  4819  E.  Ne- 
vada, Fresno. 

BANK  BLDG.,  Freedom,  Santa  Cruz 
county.  Pajaro  Valley  National  Bank, 
Watsonville,  owner.  1 -Story  brick,  frame 
and  stucco  construction;  structural  steel 
beams:  4500  sq.  ft.  area— $101,300.  DE- 
SIGNER: Cunneen  Co.,  1052  W.  6th  St 
Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Lloyd  Hamilton,  23  North  Drive, 
Watsonville. 

EGG  PROCESSING  PLANT,  San  Lean- 
dro,  Alameda  county.  Poultry  Producers 
of  Central  California,  San  Francisco, 
owner.  Reinforced  concrete,  230,000  sq 
ft.  of  area.  ARCHITECT:  J.  Francis 
Ward,  215  Leidesdorf  St.,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTR.\CTOR:  Swinerton 
&-  Walberg,    1723   WeKster   St.,   Oakland. 

OFHCE  &  SALESROOM,  Woodland, 
Yolo  county.  Woodland  Lumber  Com- 
pany. Woodland,  owner.  1 -Story  rein- 
forced concrete  tilt-up,  wood  roof  trusses, 
wood  roof,  air  conditioning  system — $43  - 
000.  ARCHITECT:  Raymond  R.  Fran- 
ceschi,  2015  J.  St.,  Sacramento.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Clyde  Perkins 
Const.  Co.,  8th  &  F.  Sts.,  Broderick. 

HESSE  HALL  ADD'N.,  UC  Campus, 
Berkeley,  Alameda  county.  Board  of  Re- 
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owner.  4-Story  172  x  54  ft.  reinforced 
concrete,  structural  steel  frame,  light- 
weight steel  and  glass  curtain  walls,  3 
storys  connecting  corridors;  facilities  for 
fluid  mechanical  laboratories — $782,200. 
ARCHITECT:  Mitchell  Van  Bourg,  Ho- 
tel Claremont,  Berkeley.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  John  E.  Branagh  tf 
Son,  42  La  Salle  Avenue,  Piedmont. 

WAREHOUSE     AND     OITICES,     Los 

Angeles.  United  Studios,  Inc.,  Los  An- 
geles, owner.  Brick  masonry  warehouse 
and  offices,  20,000  sq.  ft.  area,  composi- 
tion and  gravel  roof,  tapered  steel  girders, 
concrete  slab  and  asphalt  tile  floors,  plas- 
ter walls,  acoustic  tile  ceilings,  plumbing, 
electrical,  steel  pipe  columns,  metal  lou- 
vers, concrete  loading  dock,  metal  rolling 
doors,  steel  sash,  asphalt  paving.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Howard  W.  Frank,  9019  Beverly 
Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Telegraph, 
Santa  Fe  Springs,  Los  Angeles  county. 
Little  Lake  School  District,  Santa  Fe 
Springs,  owner.  New  Telegraph  Elemen- 
tary School,  16  classrooms,  kindergarten, 
home  making,  administration  unit,  multi- 
purpose, shop,  arts  and  crafts;  reinforced 
masonry  construction,  structural  steel, 
composition  roofing,  slab  and  asphalt  tile 
floors,  metal  sash,  metal  toilet  partitions, 
sun  louvers,  electrical,  heating  and  venti- 
lating, insulation,  paving — $646,408.  AR- 
CHITECTS: Flewelling  &  Moody,  766 
Colorado  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Secrest  &  Fish,  1909 
W.   Whittier  Blvd.,  Whitticr. 

OFHCE-SHOP  ADD'N.,  West  Los  An- 
geles. Del  E.  Webb  Const.  Co.,  West 
Los  Angeles,  owner.  Second  story,  brick 
addition  to  present  office  and  shop  build- 
ing; 40x76  ft.,  composition  roof,  asphalt 
tile  floor,  rubber  tile  stairs,  interior  plas- 
ter, acoustic  tile  ceilings,  air  conditioning, 
mechanical  equipment,  room  on  roof, 
metal  toilet  partitions,  insulation,  tapered 
steel  girders,  pipe  columns',  steel  projected 
sash  —  $40,000.  ARCHITECT:  Merrill 
W.  Baird,  110  W.  Broadway,  Glendale. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Del  E. 
Webb  Const.  Co.,  5101  San  Fernando 
Rd.,  West  Los  Angeles. 

WASHOE  MEDICAL  CENTER,  Reno, 
Nevada.  Washoe  Medical  Center,  Board 
of  Trustees,  Reno,  owner.  2-Story  struc- 
tural steel  frame,  reinforced  concrete  tilt- 
up  construction,  terrazzo  and  vinyl  tile 
floors:  21,000  sq.  ft.  of  area — $516,025. 
ARCHITECT:  Vhay  6?  Grow,  1 3 1  W. 
2nd  St.,  Reno.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Macomher-Brunzell,  111  Mill  St., 
Reno. 

CHURCH,  Hayward,  Alameda  county. 
Westminster  Presbyterian  Church,  Walnut 
Creek,  owner.  1 -Story  frame,  board  and 
batten  exterior;  200  seating  capacity — 
$60,442.  ARCHITECT:  Floyd  B.  Com- 
stock  &  Associates,  1620  Cypress  St., 
Walnut  Creek.  GENERAL  CONTRACT- 
OR: Wallace  Webb  6?  Son,  177  2  "B"  St., 
Hayward. 

SUPER-MARKET,  South  San  Francisco, 
San  Mateo  county.  Quality  Foods,  Inc., 
San  Francisco,  owner.  1 -Story  reinforced 
concrete  tilt-up  walls,  wood  roof  trusses, 
wood  roof,  concrete  slab  floor;  3  5,000  sq. 
ft.  of  area— $347,444.  ARCHITECT: 
Ralph  B.  Berger,  709  Mission  St.,  San 
Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Associated  Construction  &?  Engineers  Co., 
Geneva  Ave.,   San  Francisco. 


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IN  THE  NEWS 


PROPOSED  NEW 
PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

Architect  Francis  J.  McCarthy,  693  Mis- 
sion St.,  San  Francisco,  is  preparing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  new  Public 
Library  building  to  be  built  in  San  Le- 
andro  for  the  City  of  San  Leandro. 

The  new  building  will  include  the  usual 
library  facilities,  meeting  rooms,  and  an 
auditorium.  Estimated  cost  of  the  project 
is  $1,000,000. 


NEW  HALL 
OF  JUSTICE 

Architect  Frederich  L.  R.  Confer,  366 
40th  St.,  Oakland,  is  working  on  plans 
and  specifications  for  construction  of  a 
new  $2,700,000  Hall  of  Justice  building 
to  be  built  in  downtown  Oakland  for  the 
City  of  Oakland. 

New  facilities  will  include  police  de- 
partment, jail,  and  municipal  courts. 

CHAPEL  AND 
CLASSROOMS 

Architect  Bolton  White  6?  Jack  Her- 
mann, 75  Castle  St.,  San  Francisco,  is  pre- 
paring plans  and  specifications  for  con- 
struction of  a  frame  and  stucco  chapel  and 
classroom  building  for  the  San  Ramon 
Valley  Congregational  Church  in  Dan- 
ville, Alameda  county. 


SAN  RAFAEL  BUILDS 
NEW  HRE  HOUSE 

Architect  Eugene  E.  Crawford,  920  5th 
Avenue,    San   Rafael,   is   completing   plans 


for  construction  of  a  1-story  frame  and 
stucco  Fire  House  at  3rd  and  Union  in 
San  Rafael  for  the  City  of  San  Rafael. 


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threaded  shank  to  provide  wide  latitude 
for  installation  on  practically  every  type 
of  fountain.  All  parts  are  chrome  plated 
brass.  Mfg.  Haws  Drinking  Faucet  Co.. 
4th  &  Page  St.,  Berkeley   10,  Calif. 


ASSOOATED  GENERAL 
CONTRACTORS   ANNOUNCE 
STAFF  CHANGES 

James  M.  Sprouse  has  hcen  named  man- 
ager of  the  Highway  Contractors'  Division 
of  The  Associated  General  Contractors  of 
America,  and  will  be  responsible  for  the 
association's  activities  in  the  expanded 
highway  construction  program.  Francis 
E.  Twiss,  formerly  director  of  engineering 
for  the  International  Road  Federation,  has 
been  appointed  engineer  advisor:  Donald 
A.  Buzzell  will  head  the  Heavy  Construc- 
tion   and    Railroad    Contractors    Division; 


and  Archie  N.  Carter,  formerly  manager 
of  the  Highway  Contractors'  Division,  has 
resigned  to  join  with  James  A.  Linsey,  Jr., 
to  form  the  firm  of  Lindsay,  Carter  &?  As- 
sociates, Consulting  Engineers  and  Land 
Surveyors  with  headquarters  in  Excelsior, 
Minn. 

Staff  changes  in  the  national  contractors 
organization  were  announced  by  Executive 
Director  James  D.  Marshall. 


NEW  FASCO  MODEL 
VENTILATOR 

The  new  model  650  is  something 
unique  in  bathroom  ventilators.  Only  5" 
high.  It  fits  inside  6"  joists  without  pro- 
truding, leaving  ample  space  for  insula- 
tion blankets  between  joists. 


ROBERT   W.    HUNT   CO. 

ENGINEERS 
INSPECTING  TESTING 

STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

CONCRETE  MIX  DESIGN 

CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS 

EQUIPMENT 

PRINCIPAL  CITIES 

UNITED  STATES  •   EUROPE 

SAN  FRANCISCO  LOS  ANGELES 

PORTLAND  SRATTIE 


Easy  to  handle  and  installation  costs  are 
kept  at  a  bare  minimum.  Power  supply 
is  connected  from  wall  switch  to  self-con- 
tained box,  motor  blower  unit  is  inserted 
and  locked  in  place  with  two  wing  nuts, 
all  rubber  mounted.  The  decorative  grill, 
designed  in  contemporary  styling  with 
circular  louvers,  is  applied  with  a  finger 
tight  knob. 

Unit  is  ideal   for  remodeling  as  well  as 


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•  BUILDING  MATERIAL  DEALERS 

•  CONTRACTORS 

•  SUB-CONTRACTORS 

•  MANUFACTURERS  AND 
REPRESENTATIVES 

ARCHITECTS  REPORTS  gives  advance  news 
on  construction  projects  in  Northern  California, 
lists:  name  of  projects,  location,  architect,  pro- 
posed   cost    and    other    pertinent    infornnation. 

HANDY  individual  slip-reports,  issued  daily  at  a 
total  cost  of  only 

$10  a  month 


flRCHireCT'S  REPORTS 

Published  Daily 
The  ARCHITECT  and  ENGINEER,  Inc. 


68  Post  Street,  San  Francisco  -  DO  2-831 1 


new  construction;  is  UL  approved  and 
meets  all  FHA  requirements  for  inside 
bathroom  vents.  T-Year  unconditional 
guarantee.  Write  FASCO  Industries,  Inc., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 


"MR.  MAC  OF  KRAFTILE 
HAS  RETIRED 

J.  A.  McDonald,  "Mr.  Mac"  as  he  is  re- 
spectfully and  affectionately  known  in  the 
Kraftile  organization,  Niles,  California,  and 
Joe  Mesquite  have  recently  been  retired 
under  the  Kraftile  Company  pension  plan 
which  became  effective  on  August  25 
1956. 

Mesquite  was  "No.  1"  on  Kraftile's  pay 
roll,  starting  his  career  with  the  company 
in  1925,  while  McDonald  joined  the  or- 
ganization  121/2  years  ago. 

McDonald  will  be  succeeded  as  office 
manager  by  W.  M.  Schulte,  although  he 
will  continue  to  serve  the  firm  in  an  ad' 
visory  capacity  and  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors. 


CONTRACTOR  MO"VES 
OFFICES 

The  general  offices  of  Morris  Daley, 
General  Contractors,  have  been  moved 
into  a  new  location  at  1145  California 
Drive,  Burlingame,  according  to  a  recent 
announcement. 


SPEOAL  TRAINING 
BUILDING   PLANNED 

Architects  Killin  gsworth,  Brady  6? 
Smith,  3833  Long  Beach  Blvd.,  Long 
Beach,  are  preparing  plans  for  construc- 
tion of  a  special  training  building  for  re- 
tarded children  on  a  5-acrc  site  in  Long 
Beach,  for  the  Long  Beach  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  facility  is  $200  - 
000. 


EMERWTLLE  WAREHOUSE 
AND  OFTICE  BLDG. 

Structural  Engineer  Hugh  M.  O'Neil 
Co.,  610  16th  St.,  Oakland,  is  preparing 
plans  and  specifications  for  construction 
of  a  1 -story,  128,000  sq.  ft.  warehouse 
and  a  7500  sq.  ft.  office  building  for  the 
Rawson  Drug  and  Sundry  Company  of 
Emeryville,  to  cost  $650,000. 

The  new  facilities  will  be  of  reinforced, 
tilt-up  construction,  wood  roof  trusses, 
wood  roof,  aluminum  and  steel  sash,  au- 
tomatic sprinkler  system,  air  conditioning 
in  office. 


BOWLING  ALLEY 
FOR  ANAHEIM 

The  firm  of  Ramberg,  Hippe  6?  Low- 
rey,  D.  A.  Ramberg,  architect,  2015  N. 
Main  St.,  Santa  Ana,  is  completing  draw- 
ings   for    construction    of   the    La    Palma 


MULLEN  MFG. 
COMPANY 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

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CHURCH  SEATING 

OfFice  and  Factory 

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San  Francisco 

Telephona  UNdarhlll  I-58IS 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Lanes  Bawling   Alley   in   Anaheim   for   the 
Orange  Crest  Corpn. 

The  building  will  contain  33,000  sq.  ft. 
area;  32  alleys,  paved  parking  area;  con- 
crete slab  construction,  composition  roof, 
steel  trusses,  acoustical  tile  ceilings,  air 
conditioning,  cocktail  lounge  and  restau- 
rant, wall-to-wall  carpeting,  terrazzo,  alumi- 
num entry,  fluorescent  lighting,  restroom 
facilities.  Estimated  cost  is  $600,000. 


CHARLES  P.  McMAHON 
JOINS  NAHB  STAFP 

Charles  P.  McMahon,  veteran  newspa- 
perman, has  joined  the  Public  Relations 
department  of  the  National  Association  of 
Home  Builders  as  Assistant  Public  Rela- 
tions Director  and  as  Information  Director, 
according  to  an  announcement  by  John  M. 
Dickerman,  executive  director. 

McMahon  succeeds  Oliver  W.  DcWolf 
who  has  been  transferred  to  the  associa- 
tion's executive  office.  For  the  past  17 
years  he  has  been  with  the  United  Press 
Association   in   the   mid-west  and   east. 


OLD  PEOPLES 
HOME  PLA>fNED 

Architect  AJbert  W.  Kahl,  1120  7th 
Ave.,  San  Mateo,  is  preparing  plans  for 
the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Tehama 
county,  for  construction  of  a  old  people's 
home  building  on  the  County  Hospital 
grounds  in  Red  Blun. 

The  new  famility  will  be  of  1 -story  con- 
crete block  and  frame  construction  and 
will  cost  an  estimated  $60,000. 


CHICO  STATE  COLLEGE 
GETS  NEW  CLASSROOMS 

The  Chico  Sute  College  at  Chico  will 
get  a  new  3-story  reinforced  concrete, 
with  some  brick  veneer,  classroom  build- 
ing, when  plans  being  prepared  by  the 
California  State  Division  of  Architecture 
are  completed. 

The  new  building,  estimated  to  cost 
$854,000,  will  comprise  facilities  for  social 
science,  home  economics,  business,  educa- 
tion, laboratories,  and  offices,  according 
to  Anson  Boyd,  State  Architect. 


LOS  ANGELES  MEDICAL 
CENTER  ADDITION 

The  architectural  firm  of  Welton 
Becket,  FAIA,  and  Associates,  5657  Wil- 
shire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  is  preparing 
plans  and  specifications  for  construction  of 
a  $6,000,000  neuropsychiatric  unit  as  an 
addition  to  the  University  of  California  at 
Los  Angeles  Medical  Center. 

The  new  unit  will  be  six  stories  in 
height  and  will  house  a  coordinated  men- 
tal hygiene  program  with  the  State  De- 
partment of  Mental   Hygiene.    It  will   in- 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


CONTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

174-12TH  STREET -OAKLAND 
Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


dude  a  200-bed  hospital  and  outpatient 
clinic  and  facilities  for  undergraduate 
training  for  the  UCLA  Medical  School. 
A  large  research  wing  will  physically  join 
existing  research  facilities  of  the  Medical 
School  with  the  new  unit. 


REVOLUTIONARY 
NEW  PAINT  GUN 

Built  around  the  principle  of  a  centrifu- 
gal pump,  the  Rogers  Rotary  Magic 
Painter  literally  throws  paint  on  any  sur- 
face— paint  that  can  be  controlled  from 
a  fine  line  to  a  foot  or  more  spread  by  a 
simple  gate-like  opening.  Overspray  and 
masking  are  cut  to  a  minimum. 


For  home  or  industry  use,  this  three 
pound  unit  is  adaptable  to  inside  or  out- 
door maintenance  and  can  be  used  with 
any  water  base  or  oil  paint.  Powered  by 
a  Westinghouse,  self  contained  motor,  the 
rotor  blades  spin  at  speeds  up  to  22,000 
rpm  pumping  the  paint  from  a  twist-on 
aluminum  can.  Manufactured  by  Martin 
Stove  a  Range  Co.,  sold  by  NAPCO, 
Inc.,  3471  Fairmont  Blvd.,  Cleveland  18, 
Ohio. 


AUTO  SALES 
AND  SERVICE 

The  architectural  firm  of  Butner,  Holm 
fe?  Waterman,  321  Webster  St.,  Monterey, 
is  working  on  plans  and  specifications  for 
construction  of  alterations  to  the  auto 
sales  and  service  building  at  665  Munras 
St.,  Monterey. 

Both  the  interior  and  exterior  of  the 
building  will  be  remodeled  at  an  estimated 
cost  of  $45,000. 


SHELL  DEVELOPMENT  TO 
EXPAND  MODESTO   PLANT 

The  Shell  Development  Company  re- 
cently announced  plans  for  expansion  of 
its  Modesto  agricultural  research  center, 
and    according   to    Dr.    H.    Gershinowitz, 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

■At 

BUILDERS 

ic 

220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


DEVWIUDIE 

CONSTMUCTIOX 
COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


HERRICK 
IROIV  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

IITH  AND  CAMPIELL  STS. 

OAKLAND,  CALIF. 

Phen*  CLcncewrt  1-1717 


ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

Engineers  &  Chemists 

INSPECTING  —  TESTING  —  CONSULTING 

CONCRETE      •       STEEL       •       MATERIALS 

CHEMICAL  AND  TESTING 

LABORATORIES 

.       RESEARCH   AND   INVESTIGATION       • 

TESTS  OF  STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

DESIGN  OF  CONCRETE  MIXES 

SHOP  AND  ERECTION  INSPECTION  OF 

STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  INVE<;TIGATI0N  OF 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Sacramenfo  Street,  San  Francisco 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON.  INC. 

Generaf  Confracfors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


JANUARY,     1957 


president,  improvement  plans  include  new 
laboratories  and  office  buildings  to  pro- 
vide additional  facilities  for  personnel  be- 
ing  transferred   from   Denver. 

Construction  is  scheduled  for  comple- 
tion in  the  fall  of  1957  and  about  one 
million  dollars  will  be  spent  in  the  im- 
provement program. 

Architects  for  the  work  are  Austin, 
Field  &  Fry  of  Los  Angeles. 


VITROLINER  PROTECTO  TOP 
PREFABRICATED  CHIMNEYS 

Here  is  a  new  'Protecto  Top"  chimney 
top  and  rain  cap,  designed  and  engineered 
to  provide  the  greatest  possible  protection 
from  wind  and  rain,  eliminating  down- 
draft,  soot  streaks,  rain  and  condensation 
damage. 


Built  of  weather-resistant  "Aluminized 
Steel"  in  exterior  construction,  and  vitre- 
ous enameled  steel  where  contact  is  made 
with  combustion  gases.  Available  in  2 
models,  Standard  19"  square  housing,  and 
De  Luxe  rectangular  19"x34"  housing, 
and  any  height  from  18"  to  6'.  Mfg. 
Condensation  Engineering  Corpn.,  3  511 
W.  Potomac  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 


MT.  VIEW  PHONE 
EXCHANGE 

Architect  Clarence  O.  Peterson,  116 
New  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  is 
completing  drawings  for  construction  of 
a  new  telephone  exchange  building  in  Mt. 
View  for  the  Pacific  Telephone  6?  Tele- 
graph Company. 

The  new  exchange  will  be  of  1-story 
reinforced  concrete  construction,  75x75 
feet  in  area. 


PITTSBURGH 
TESTING    LABORATORY 

ENGINEERS  AND  CHEMISTS 

Testing  and  Inspecfion  of  Concrete, 

Steel  and  Other  Structural  Materials 

Design  of  Concrete  Mixes 

Offices  in  all  principal  cities 

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ARCHITECTS  Reports  46 

BASALT  Rock  Co.,  Inc.... 26 

BATES,  Walter  D.,  &  Associates 30 

BAXTER,  J.  H.,  Co..  ._ Back  Cover 

C.  &  H.  SPECIALTIES  Co 30 

CLASSIFIED  Advertising  42 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  Steel  * 

DINWIDDIE   Construction    Company..   47 

FORDERER  Cornice  Works 34 

GLADDING,   McBean  &  Company • 

GREENBERG'S,  M..  Sons 25 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 35 

HANKS,  Abbot  A.,  Inc 47 

HAWS  Drinking  Faucet  Co 3! 

HERMANN  Safe  Co 35 

HERRICK  Iron  Works 47 

HOGAN  Lumber  Co 35 

HOLLAND    Mfg.   Co... 45 

HUNT,    Robert  W..   Company 46 

JOSAM  Pacific  Co 33 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy  Corp 35 

KRAFTILE  Company  32 

LeROY  Construction  Services 36 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson,  Inc...  47 

MATTOCK  Construction  Co... 47 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

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MULLEN   Mfg.  Co 46 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,  Inc.  29 

PACIFIC  Manufacturing  Co 36 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  45 

PASSEHI  Trucking  Co.,  Inc 28 

PITTSBURGH  Testing  Laboratory 48 

PORCELAIN   Enamel   (Architectural 

Division)     Publicity    Division 3 

REMILLARD-Dandinl  Co 48 

REPUBLIC   Steel    Corporation 36 

RIVIERA  Hotel.  Las  Vegas 43 

ROLY-Door  Sales  27 

SCOTT  Company  48 

SHADES,  Inc _ _ 43 

SIMONDS  Machinery  Co 34 

SMOOT-Holman    Company  * 

STROM BERG-Carlson   Co 44 

U.   S.   BONDS Inside   Back  Cover 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern   California   32 

UNITED  STATES  Gypsum  Co • 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp * 

VERMONT   Marble  Company 36 

WASHINGTON  Brick  &  Lime  Co * 

WESTERN  Structural  Tile  Institute * 

WEST  Coast  Lumbermen's  Association     * 
WEST  Coast  Screen  Co 34 

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Abraham  Simmons  couldn't  feel  the  frost  that  lined  his  tiny  stone  cage, 
or  taste  the  swill  they  fed  him,  or  chafe  at  his  iron  chains  — so  his  keepers 
said.  He  was  a  madman. 

But  then,  when  his  visitor,  little  Miss  Dix,  spoke  softly,  kindly,  to  him, 
why  did  he  weep? 

Dorothea  Lynde  Dix  knew  why.  And  her  knowledge  kept  her  fighting 
all  her  life  to  get  the  mentally  ill  away  from  pits  and  cages,  whips  and 
chains,  and  into  hospitals. 

In  nearly  40  years,  she  paused  only  once  — to  render  heroic  service  as 
superintendent  of  nurses  in  the  Civil  War.  Then  again  she  began  inves- 
tigating, writing,  fund-raising,  politicking,  until  this  frail  ex-school  teacher 
had  pushed  a  whole  country  into  one  of  the  finest  reforms  in  its  history: 
the  sane  treatment  of  the  insane. 

Dorothea  Dix  was  fortunate  in  having  one  powerful  ally:  the  .American 
people.  For  as  history  will  show.  Americans  are  seldom  self-satisfied;  they 
long  to  do  right.  That  urge  has  helped  them  build  a  strong,  stable  nation 
in  a  troubled  world  — and  it  has  helped  make  their  country's  Savings  Bonds 
a  rock-riljbed  assurance  of  security. 

The  Avill  and  purpose  of  168  million  .Americans  back  U.S.  Savings  Bonds, 
back  them  with  the  best  guarantee  you  could  possibly  have.  Your  principal 
guaranteed  safe  to  any  amount  — your  interest  guaranteed  sure  — by  the 
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Get  them  at  your  bank  or  through  the  Payroll  Savings  Plan  where  you 
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"Can't  get  this 
dad-burned  sliver 
o'  wood  to  burn," 
rumbled  Paul  Bunyan  to  Babe,  the 
Blue  Ox.  A  mountain  top  trembled 
and  fell,  damming  up  a  river.  "Babe, 
what  the  cuss  do  you  suppose  them 
Baxter  folks  done  to  this  here  piece 
o*  plywood?  "^f  She's  dry — but  she 
JEST  DON'T  BURN!" 


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PLYWOOD 

{Pressure  treated  with  Protexol) 


•5^  Sorry,  Paul,  old  timer — but  even 
you  couldn't  get  that  wood  to  burn! 
It's  BAXCO's  new  fire-resistant 
plywood,  pressure  treated  with 
Protexol  fire  retardants  and  kiln  dried 
after  treatment.  These  are  the  most 
effective  and  widely  approved  fire 
retardants.  Protexol-Pyresote  affords 
termite  and  decay  protection  as  well 
to  the  treated  plywood.  Protexol 
meets  all  important  fire  hazard  and 
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Vol.  208 


No.  2 


Mi 


ARCHITECT 


AND 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 


Really   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architect, 
Boise,   Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los   Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 


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and 

"TOWN  AND  COUNTRY  HOME" 

Garden  Grove  and  Buena  Park, 
California 

Designed  by  the  firm  of  Palmer  and 
Krisel,  A. I. A.  Architects,  for  the  Mid- 
land Construction  Company  and  the 
Larwin  Company:  winner  of  the  1957 
Design  Merit  Award  of  the  National 
Association  of  Home  Builders.  See 
Page   I  I  for  story. 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

Puhliahed  DaUy 

Telephone  DOuglos  2-8311 


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Contents     for 


FEBRUARY 


EDITORIAL  NOTES  . 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 


HIGHLIGHTS  STANFORD  INSTITUTE  REPORT  on  Organization  and 
Financial  Aspects,  Bay  Area  Rapid  Transit  System  .  .  . 

To  San  Francisco  Bay  Area  Rapid  Transit  Commission    .....  6 
Reviewed  by  GEORGE  S.  HILL,  Consulting  Engineer 

PSYCHOLOGICALLY  PLANNED  HOMES  Win  National  Association 

of  Home  Builders  Award       .  .  •  •  •  •  .11 

DAN  PALMER  and  WILLIAM  KRISEL,  A.I.A.  Architects 
Garden  Grove  and  Buena  Park,  California 

NEW  MODERN  HOTEL  BUILDINGS  in  the  United  States          ....  IB 

NEW  INDUSTRIAL  FACILITY— Brentwood  Company,  Orange,  California           .  22 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities        ...  26 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS— News  and  Notes 28 

BOOK  REVIEWS,  Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 35 

ESTIMATORS  GUIDE,  Building  and  Construction  Materials         ....  37 

ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY,  Building  and  Construction  Materials         ...  39 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES,  Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  41 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 42 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data        .         .  43 

IN  THE  NEWS 45 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS 48 


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AIR  CONDITIONING  DEFINED 

Anyone  connected  with  the  construction  industry, 
and  more  particularly  those  charged  with  the  re- 
sponsibility of  air-conditioning  in  buildings  of  all  types, 
will  be  interested  in  the  following  bit  of  information: 

"As  a  means  of  clarifying  the  confused  situation  as 
to  the  proper  definition  of  air  conditioning,  a  new  and 
simplified  definition  has  been  prepared  and  adopted  by 
the  American  Society  of  Heating  and  Air-conditioning 
Engineers." 

The  definition,  recently  announced  by  John  W. 
James,  president  of  the  ASHAE,  reads — "Air  Condi- 
tioning is  the  process  of  treating  air  so  as  to  control  its 
temperature,  humidity,  cleanliness  and  distribution  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  conditioned  space." 

Let's  have  no  more  confusion. 


".  .  .  We  can  change  the  tvhole  character  of  urban  or 
suburban  areas  by  zoning  acts." — Leon  Chatelain,  Jr..  Prex. 
Anirriran  Institute  of  Architects. 


SOMETHING  TO  THINK  ABOUT 

While  some  of  the  architectural  profession  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  perhaps  in  other  states,  is  thinking  in  terms 
of  amending  present  laws  to  permit  the  use  of  archi- 
tects in  private  practice  in  connection  with  the  design 
of  governmental  buildings  wherein  funds  for  con- 
struction are  derived  from  taxes  paid  by  the  public,  it 
might  be  well  to  give  serious  thought  to  the  State  of 
California-Architectural  Division  as  it  now  exists. 

State  Architect  Anson  Boyd  recently  announced 
that  the  California  Division  of  Architecture  "expects 
to  start  construction  on  nearly  $112,000,000  of  state 
building  projects  during  1957,"  and  that  "Plans  and 
specifications  are  nearing  completion  and  schedules  for 
bidding  have  been  established — ." 

In  the  first  place,  we  question  whether  there  should 
be  any  Division  of  Architecture  as  a  functional  design 
and  specifications  activity  in  California,  or  any  other 
state,  where  there  is  adequate  private  architectural 
talent  available.  The  state  has  no  more  business  being 
in  the  practice  of  architecture  than  it  has  in  competing 
with  individuals  in  the  medical,  legal,  grocery,  dry- 
goods,  or  any  other  enterprise  that  persons  engage  in 
as  a  means  of  earning  a  living. 

There  may  be  some  argument  in  favor  of  a  govern- 
mental agency  that  could  serve  as  a  "watch-dog"  over 
expenditures  of  tax  monies  going  into  governmental 
buildings,  but,  the  functional  processes  of  design  and 
construction  when  engaged  in  by  government  is  in 
direct  conflict  with  the  basic  principles  of  free  enter- 
prise and  gravely  detrimental  to  the  best  public  in- 
terest. 


Costs  of  maintaining  facilities  for  the  work  by  the 
state,  payment  of  draftsmen,  labor,  supplies,  etc.,  is 
equivalent  to  the  same  service  rendered  in  private 
practice,  so  there  can  be  no  substantial  economies  ef- 
fected there,  and  yet  there  is  an  important  economic 
factor  involved. 

Architectural  fees  in  connection  with  $112,000,000 
worth  of  design  and  construction  service  would 
amount  to  some  $8,960,000,  more  or  less.  Normal 
"sales  tax"  on  expenditures  of  $8,960,000,  and  the 
average  architect  spends  the  larger  portion  of  any  fees 
he  receives,  would  amount  to  $368,000.  Private  in- 
come is  also  subject  to  federal  income  tax,  so  it  is  con- 
ceivable that  federal  income  taxes  on  such  fees  might 
represent  some  $1,692,000  of  revenue. 

Rather  than  devoting  time,  effort,  energy  and  hard- 
to-get  funds  in  a  program  of  amending  the  present 
laws  to  permit  use  of  private  architects  in  government, 
why  not  expend  these  factors  in  a  campaign  designed 
to  eliminate  entirely  any  government  activities  which 
are  in  direct  conflict  with  every  phase  of  private  en- 
terprise and  sound  economics? 

".  .  .  Total  dollar  values  of  all  construction  is  headed 
toward  still  another  new  high  of  roughly  S47.3  billion — 
up  h.3'/f  in  the  year." — Fred  Gower,  Economist  Consultant. 

LEGISLATIVE  ISSUES 

With  the  "big"  election  behind  us,  and  a  new  year 
well  started,  it  is  time  for  the  businessman  and  the 
pubhc,  to  turn  their  attention  to  those  Congressional 
and  legislative  issues  which  will  affect  their  pocket- 
book,  their  business  or  professional  future,  the  historic 
American  system  of  Free  Enterprise,  and  the  future 
conditions  and  factors  which  the  coming  generation 
will  face  as  the  professional,  commercial,  educational, 
and  industrial  leaders  of  our  country. 

Congress  and  State  Legislatures  have  already  begun 
work  on  many  proposals  to  enact  new  laws,  or  amend 
existing  laws,  and  a  major  concern  of  members  of 
legislative  bodies  should  be  the  effect  of  their  action 
on  business — today,  and  tomorrow. 

You  can  get  a  pretty  good  idea  of  the  task  facing 
your  representative  in  Congress  and  state  legislative 
bodies  by  taking  a  look  at  a  few  of  the  major  issues 
which  have  already  appeared  in  various  "hoppers." 

Free  farm  markets,  federal  vs.  private  housing, 
minimum  wage-fixing,  social  security,  federal  aid  to 
education,  government  in  insurance,  foreign  aid,  right- 
to-work  laws,  secondary  boycotts,  atomic  energy  de- 
velopment, federal  vs.  private  power  development, 
equitable  taxation  and  tax  relief  for  taxpayers,  gen- 
eral federal  spending,  postal  rate  increases,  defense 
spending,  and  possibly  some  consideration  may  be 
given  to  Hoover  Commission  reforms. 


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FEBRUARY,     1957 


NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON   ART 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  is  offering  a  number  of  spe- 
cial exhibitions  and  events  for  this  month,  including 
the  following: 

EXHIBITIONS:  Contemporary  Masterworks,  rep- 
resenting a  Collection  and  Collectors  prizewinning 
selection;  Contemporary  Art  in  Japan,  and  Sabre 
Hasegawa;  the  76th  Annual  Painting  and  Sculpture 
Exhibition  of  the  San  Francisco  Art  Association;  and 
continuing  in  the  early  part  of  the  month  Design  in 
Scandinavia. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Concerts  and  programs,  in- 
clude the  lecture  series  on  "The  Anatomy  of  Art", 
the  Concert,  Composers'  Forum,  lecture  on  the  "Prob- 
lems of  Urban  Design",  and  poetry  reading.  Lecture 
tours  of  the  Museum  are  conducted  each  Sunday  at  J 
o'clock. 

A  special  feature  will  be  a  Design  Symposium  on 
"How  Good  is  American  Design?"  sponsored  by  the 
Northern  California  Chapter,  American  Institute  of 
Architects,  American  Institute  of  Decorators,  San 
Francisco  Fashion  Group,  Inc.,  San  Francisco  Indus- 
trial Designers'  Institute  in  cooperation  with  the  San 
Francisco  Museum  of  Art.  Panel  members  include: 
Gurdon  G.  Woods,  moderator,  Michael  Belangie, 
Daniel  Defenbacher,  Franklin  Q.  Hcrshey,  Henry 
Hill,  and  Maurice  Sands. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  Lin- 
coln Park,  San  Francisco,  which  is  under  the  direction 
of  Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  announces  the  following 
schedule  of  special  exhibitions  and  events  for  Feb- 
ruary. 

EXHIBITS:  The  Family  of  Man.  Famous  exhibi- 
tion, selected  by  Edward  Steichen  and  assembled  by 
the  Museum  of  Modern  Art,  New  York,  of  503  pho- 
tographs from  68  countries,  which  take  as  their  theme 
man's  relationship  to  himself  and  his  world.  The 
exhibition  is  presented  under  auspices  of  the  Stanford 
Convalescent  Home  Auxiliaries:  Watercolors  by  Rob- 
ert L.  Holdeman. 

ACHENBACH  FOUNDATION  FOR  GRAPHIC 
ARTS:  Showing  at  the  Museum  a  group  of  Water- 
color  Drawings  by  Thomas  Rowlandson.  This  is  an 
exhibition  commemorating  the  200th  anniversary  of 


the  birth  of  the  great  graphic  humorist.  On  Loan 
Exhibition  at  the  San  Francisco  Public  Library:  Views 
of  the  Tokaido  Road  in  woodblock  prints  by  Hiro- 
shige. 

EVENTS:  Organ  program  each  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day afternoon  at  3  o'clock.  New  classes  for  adults  in 
contemporary  approaches  to  painting  will  be  held  on 
Saturdays,  starting  February  16th,  at  2  p.m. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily — 10  a.m.  to  5  p.m.; 
holidays  1-5  p.m. 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris,  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Beatrice  Judd  Ryan, 
is  presenting  an  exhibition  of  drawings  by  Edith  Ham- 
lin; Oils  by  Eugene  Mac^baken,  and  Collages  by  Jean 
Varda,  through  February. 

In  the  Little  Gallery  is  a  special  sho^wing  of  Oils, 
by  Stuart  R.  Perry. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  dcYoung  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Wal- 
ter Heil,  is  offering  the  following  exhibits  and  special 
events  for  February. 

EXHIBITS:  Paintings  by  Stallknecht;  Oils  and 
Watercolors,  by  Marie  Ridelstein;  Oils  and  Water- 
colors,  by  Maurice  Logan;  an  exhibit  of  the  work  of 
Three  Painters,  Rico  Lebrun,  Channing  Peake  and 
Howard  Warshaw;  Paintings  by  Sonia  Gechtoff,  and 
Women  of  Mexico,  a  group  of  photographs  by  Ber- 
nice  Kolko. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Classes  in  Art  Enjoyment  for 
Adults,  conducted  by  Charles  Lindstrom,  include  Ex- 
ercises in  Oil  Painting,  Part  II,  Painting  Workshop 
for  Amateurs,  and  Seminars  In  The  History  of  Art. 
Children's  Art  Classes,  conducted  by  Miriam  Lind- 
strom, include  Picture  Making,  Art  and  Nature,  and 
the  Art  Club.    All  classes  are  free  of  charge. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily  10  a.m.  to  5  p.m. 


DESIGNER-CRAFTSMEN  OF 
THE  WEST  EXHIBITION 

The  M.  H.  de Young  Memorial  Museum  will  pre- 
sent a  comprehensive  juried  exhibition  entitled  "De- 
signer-Craftsmen of  the  West,  1957"  June  1  through 
July  31.  Entry  is  open  to  all  designer-craftsmen  re- 
siding in  Arizona,  California,  Montana,  Nevada,  New 
Mexico,  Oregon,  Utah,  and  Washington. 

Crafts  in  the  following  media  may  be  submitted: 
Bookbinding,    embroidery,    enamel    work,    furniture. 


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jewelry,  lamps,  metalwork,  mosaics-terraszo,  pottery, 
rugs,  silkscreen-printed  textiles,  stained  glass  windows, 
tapestries,  tile  painting  and  weaving. 

Since  the  purpose  of  the  exhibition  is  to  demon- 
strata  the  advancement  of  western  crafts,  emphasis 
•will  not  be  on  quanity  but  on  highest  quality.  Each 
entrant  may  submit  not  more  than  three  works.  No 
entry  fee  will  be  charged.  Entry  blanks  and  further 
information  may  be  obtained  by  writing  Dr.  Elisabeth 
Moses,  Curator  of  Decorative  Arts,  M.  H.  de  Young 
Memorial  Museum,  Golden  Gate  Park,  San  Fran- 
cisco 18,  California.  Information  cannot  be  given  by 
telephone. 


Entries  from  southern  California,  Arizona  and  New 
Mexico  must  be  sent  to  Los  Angeles  State  College, 
5280  Gravois  Avenue,  Los  Angeles  .^2,  California,  not 
later  than  April  8  for  a  preliminary  regional  jurying. 
Entries  from  Oregon,  Montana,  and  Washington  must 
be  sent  to  the  Henry  Galleries,  University  of  Wash- 
ington, Seattle  Washington,  no  later  than  April  8  to 
be  juried.  Northern  California,  Nevada,  and  Utah 
entries  must  be  sent  direct  to  the  dc Young  Museum 
between  April  1  and  April  15  at  which  time  a  final 
jurying  of  all  accepted  items  from  the  eight  western 
states  will  be  held. 


M.  H.  DE  YOUNG  MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 


Golden  Gate  Park 


San  Francisco 


Secretary, 
inlaid  wood. 

Made  about  1770  by 

David  Roentgen, 
German,  1743-1807 


Roscoe  and 

Margaret  Oalces  Collection 


FEBRUARY. 


HIGHLIGHTS  STANFORD  INSTITUTE  REPORT  ON 

ORGANIZATION  AND  FINANCIAL  ASPECTS 

BAY  AREA  RAPID  TRANSIT  SYSTEM 


TO  SAN  FRANCISCO  BAY  AREA 

RAPID  TRANSIT  COMMISSION 

Reviewed  by  GEORGE  S.  HILL. 
Consulting  Engineer 

PREFACE 

The  engineering  report  is  the  result  of  more  than 
two  years'  intensive  study  of  the  economic  and  physi- 
cal factors  of  mass  transit  for  the  nine  counties  of  the 
Bay  Area  by  Parsons,  BrinkerhofF,  Hall,  and  Mac 
donald.  The  Stanford  Research  Institute  was  engaged 
to  make  a  correlated  study  of  the  financial  implica- 
tions,  organization,  and  operation  of  the  system  as 
planned,  including  alternative  proposals.  The  San 
Francisco  Bay  Area  Rapid  Transit  Commission  is  con- 
ducting a  further  study  treating  legal  and  legislative 
aspects  of  the  plan.  Basic  features  of  a  transit  organi- 
zation are  analyzed  to  provide  background  for  de- 
cisions concerning  the  appropriate  degree  of  private  or 
public  ownership,  control,  operation,  policy-making, 
and  coordination  with  other  public  and  private  func- 
tions related  to  transit.  Combinations  of  methods  were 
analyzed  with  a  view  to  setting  forth  the  more  realistic 
and  effective  means  of  meeting  the  problem. 

SECTION  I. 

GENERAL  SUMMARY 

Information  for  the  study  was  obtained  from  the 
engineers'  study,  transit  organizations  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  regional  authorities  and 
districts  of  many  kinds,  government  officials,  invest- 
ment bankers,  and  from  independent  specialists  in 
transit,  public  finance,  and  public  service. 

It  is  necessary  to  decide  whether  to  use  a  private 
organization  or  some  form  of  public  set-up  such  as  a 
regional  authority  or  district,  or  the  established  muni- 
cipal or  county  government,  or  the  federal  govern- 
ment. Since  substantial  public  support  is  needed,  as 
indicated  in  the  engineering  study,  private  ownership 
might  not  be  feasible.  This  would  narrow  the  choice 
to  public  agencies. 

Some  form  of  regional  organization  for  transit  own- 


The  purpose  of  this  review  is  to  provide  a  condensed 
summary  of  the  findings  in  the  report.  It  is  offered  without 
interpolations  and  intent-onal  changes  in  meaning.  It  is  pre- 
sented in  the  hope  that  it  will  stimulate  interest  in  the  project, 
the  success  of  which  will  depend  upon  the  measure  of  public 
support  it  receives. 


ership  and  operation  could  manage  area-wide  prob- 
lems with  more  dispatch  than  could  separate  local 
units.  A  unified  approach  is  essential  to  a  regional 
rapid  transit  system.  This  suggests  that  the  choice  of 
organization  is  further  narrowed  to  regional  types. 

The  program  can  be  carried  out  either  by  a  regional 
authority  or  a  regional  district.  The  authority  form  is 
noted  for  freedom  of  action  in  controlling  the  transit 
program,  especially  with  respect  to  routes,  standards 
of  service,  rates,  and  financing.  It  can  issue  revenue 
bonds  for  capital  funds  without  voter  approval. .  The 
fact  that  the  authority  type  of  organization  is  usually 
beyond  the  reach  of  local  voters  gives  it  administrative 
freedom,  but  this  has  also  been  a  source  of  criticism. 
It  cannot  issue  bonds  upon  the  faith  and  credit  of  the 
area,  and  would  not  have  the  power  to  raise  money  by 
taxation.  A  district  form  of  organization  would  have 
these  two  important  abilities  that  the  authority  lacks. 
In  other  respects,  the  authority  and  the  district  could 
be  similarly  constituted  to  accomplish  about  the  same 
purposes.  Both  the  authority  and  the  district  are  cre- 
ations of  the  State  Legislature. 

Under  a  regional  type  of  organization  the  program 
could  benefit  from  a  broad  grant  of  discretionary 
powers  over  the  physical  and  financial  phases  of  the 
transit  system.  By  this  means  problems  could  be  met 
with  the  best  solution,  as  the  objectives  of  the  pro- 
gram are  carried  out.  Adequate  overriding  public  con- 
trols should  be  provided  to  safeguard  the  public  in- 
terest. Municipal  or  county  ownership  of  the  system 
would  face  the  difficulties  of  uneconomic  small-scale 
operation  and  lack  of  coordination  with  an  area-wide 
program  plus  the  problem  of  raising  large  sums  of 
money  within  local  bonding  limits  and  practical  tax- 
ing methods.  From  the  standpoint  of  the  area-wide 
system,  any  lack  of  success  within  a  local  unit  of  gov- 
ernment might  impair  the  effectiveness  of  the  transit 
program.  Therefore,  the  first-hand  appreciation  of 
local  needs  should  be  preserved.  Neither  state  nor 
federal  ownership  is  in  accord  with  customary  prac- 
tice. 

The  solution  of  the  Bay  Area  transit  problem  re- 
quires a  standard  of  service  that  cannot  be  covered 
entirely  out  of  operating  revenues.  Gross  operating 
revenues  are  expected  to  exceed  operating  expenses  by 
almost  10  million  dollars,  which  would  be  sufficient  to 
finance  the  debt  for  rolling  stock  costing  8  millions 


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and  miscellaneous  items.  The  total  debt  service  would 
be  about  39  millions  annually.  Public  support  is  there- 
fore requisite. 

Financing  is  assumed  to  be  by  means  of  5-  to  30- 
year  serial  bonds  bearing  an  average  interest  cost  of 
2J/2  per  cent.  The  payments  would  extinguish  the 
entire  debt  on  the  iirst  stage  in  30  years. 

Five  principal  sources  of  financial  support  are  listed: 
fares,  bridge  tolls,  property  taxes,  retail  sales  taxes, 
and  gasoline  taxes.  Other  sources  of  revenue  such  as 
income  taxes,  gross-receiprt;  taxes,  or  pay-roll  taxes  are 
not  regarded  as  appropriate  for  rapid  transit  support 
except  as  a  last  resort.  Federal  or  state  grants-in-aid 
could  have  a  stimulating  effect,  but  as  these  are  out- 
side aids  and  would  be  welcome,  such  financing  is  al- 
most never  committed  on  a  long-range  basis  and  there- 
fore could  not  be  counted  upon  as  security  for  bonds. 
A  combination  of  methods  would  seem  to  be  the  most 
feasible.   If  collections  should  exceed  needs,  the  excess 


could  be  used  to  aid  local  transit,  feeder  lines,  parking 
facilities,  or  more  general  functions. 

It  is  assumed  that  the  board  of  the  transit  organiza- 
tion should  make  the  final  decision  as  to  the  kind  of 
transit  system  to  be  adopted,  its  routes,  services,  and 
major  policies,  even  though  the  engineering  study  re- 
cently completed  makes  certain  recommendations 
along  these  lines.  Such  recommendations  are  not  in- 
tended to  be  binding,  as  conditions  may  change  or 
basic  assumptions  may  be  altered.  The  board  should 
be  left  in  a  flexible  position  to  adapt  the  organization 
and  the  fund-raising  program  to  the  system  actually 
selected. 

SECTION  II 

SUMMARY  OF  ENGINEERING  STUDY 
AND  SETTING  FOR  THE  FINANCIAL  STUDY 

A  mass  rapid  transit  system  for  the  Bay  Area  is 
feasible,  and  beyond  question  is  economically  justified. 
The  alternatives  would  be  far  more  costly  although 


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STANFORD  REPORT— RAPID  TRANSIT 


some  of  Che  costs  might  not  be  so  clearly  discernible. 
The  ansAver  to  ever-increasing  traffic  congestion  lies  in 
the  utilization  of  a  high-speed  grade-separated  inter- 
urban  transit  system  as  complemental  to  the  regional 
highway  network.  It  is  proposed  that  each  mode  of 
transportation,  public  or  private,  be  provided  to  the 
extent  that  each  is  most  appropriate  economically.  The 
hub  of  the  plan  is  the  trans-bay  tie  joining  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Oakland.  The  engineering  plan  provides  for 
construction  in  stages  but  not  in  piecemeal  fashion. 

The  so-called  minimum  plan  is  not  considered  satis- 
factory by  the  engineers.  It  has  the  disadvantages  of 
inferior  travel  time,  poor  passenger  distribution  at  cen- 
tral terminals,  and  poorer  financial  results  from  op- 
erations. Also,  the  rmnimum  plan  contemplates  the 
use  of  space  on  the  bridge  which  could  otherwise  be 
converted  for  highway  use.  It  would  require  elevated 
structures  in  downtown  San  Francisco  and  Oakland. 
These  necessarily  would  be  only  temporary  in  nature. 
The  report  recommends  the  conventional  supported 
system,  much  of  which  could  run  on  the  surface. 

The  proposed  system  will  postpone  the  need  for 
additional  Bay  crossings  for  automobile  traffic  costing 
hundreds  of  millions  of  dollars.  It  is  the  least-cost  so- 
lution to  the  transportation  requirements,  while  meet- 
ing the  demand  for  single-family  dwellings  in  sub- 
urban areas,  and  preserving  and  enhancing  the  urban 
concentration  of  employment  and  commerce.  Where 
one  venture  succeeds  while  another  of  greater  eco- 
nomic and  social  merit  fails  to  get  under  way  and 
survive,  the  difference  is  often  found  in  the  relative 
ease  or  difficulty  of  financing.  The  most  challenging 
aspect  of  the  transit  system  is  the  need  to  rely  upon 
public  support  for  the  bulk  of  the  capital  costs.  The 
related  problems  of  allocating  financial  responsibility 
and  tax  burdens  are  of  great  concern. 

The  analyses  in  the  following  sections  arc  based 
upon  these  assumptions  made  by  the  engineers,  affect- 
ing estimates  of  cost  and  financing:  1.  The  rapid 
transit  system  will  be  built  as  planned  and  be  effi- 
ciently operated.  2.  The  system  will  be  integrated 
with  other  transit  facilities  and  no  competing  transit 
facilities  will  be  constructed.  3.  The  transit  organisa- 
tion will  be  the  sole  authority  on  rates  and  it  wnll  he 
tax  exempt.  4.  Future  highway  and  parking  facility 
expenditures  in  the  area  will  receive  advance  review 
to  insure  that  they  are  complemental  to  the  transit 
system.  5.  General  economic  trends  in  the  Bay  Area 
will  continue.  6.  A  vigorous  campaign  of  public  edu- 
cation to  support  and  patronize  the  rapid  transit  sys- 
tem will  be  conducted. 

SECTION  III 

ORGANIZATIONAL  ASPECTS 

The  type  of  organization  will  be  governed  by  three 
influences:  the  general  objectives  of  the  transit  pro- 
gram, the  problem  of  financing,  and  the  legal  and 
legislative  problems  and  possibilities. 

The  legislative  framework  of  the  State  need  not  be 
a  barrier  to  effective  organization.  There  are  two 
alternatives:  private  or  public  ownership.  Public  own- 
ership may  include  alternative  kinds  of  governmental 
units  such  as  county  or  local,  regional,  state,  or  federal. 
The  rapid  transit  system  should  be  an  integrated  one 
throughout  the  area  served.    The  key  to  good  local 


transportation  of  all  types  is  to  relieve  highway  con- 
gestion by  inducing  rush-hour  commuters  to  use  the 
train  service. 

Attractive  service  and  economy  will  be  necessary. 
Private  ownership  is  considered  more  efficient  but 
seems  well-nigh  impossible  for  the  proposed  Bay  Area 
system,  because  there  would  be  no  margin  of  profit  if 
the  objectives  of  relieving  street  traffic  congestion  are 
to  be  met.  A  rate  policy  which  aims  at  the  highest 
transit  patronage  will  not  be  likely  to  be  set  at  the 
level  producing  the  greatest  gross  or  net  revenue. 
Since  the  revenues  would  exceed  operating  expenses 
by  only  about  8  to  12  million  dollars  a  year,  the  op- 
erating income  would  not  go  far  beyond  financing 
the  rolling  stock,  except  that  rolling  stock  might  be 
leased  to  the  transit  system.  To  subsidize  private 
owners  would  defeat  much  of  the  incentive  for 
private  enterprise.  An  alternative  would  be  to  make  a 
contract  with  private  interests  who  might  either  lease 
the  facilities  or  operate  them  under  a  management 
agreement. 

A  regional  organization  embracing  the  nine  coun- 
ties of  the  Bay  Area  (or  perhaps  the  six  counties 
served  by  the  first  stage  system)  seems  to  offer  im- 
portant advantages  over  transit  ownership  scattered 
among  several  independent  governmental  units  or 
private  owners,  and  would  have  superior  financial 
capacity. 

The  two  types  of  regional  organization  having  jur- 
isdiction over  rapid  transit  are  the  authority  and  the 
district.  The  transit  authority  is  usually  a  public  body 
created  by  the  legislature  to  exercise  rather  broad  ad- 
ministrative powers  to  provide  adequate  transit  serv- 
ice, and  is  usually  governed  by  a  small  board  whose 
members  are  appointed  by  the  governor.  It  usually 
has  jurisdiction  over  rates  and  service,  and  always  has 
power  to  plan,  construct,  buy,  lease,  and  sell,  and  to 
operate  transit  facilities.  It  has  power  to  borrow 
money  and  issue  bonds  without  the  vote  of  the  public. 
Bonds  are  usually  not  secured  except  by  the  revenue. 
Taxing  power  is  usually  absent,  and  this  would  seem 
to  rule  out  the  authority  as  a  type  appropriate  for  the 
Bay  Area  rapid  transit  system.  Criticism  of  authorities 
has  been  their  tendency  toward  undue  independence 
unchecked  by  overriding  public  control. 

A  transit  district  usually  is  created  by  the  state  leg- 
islature through  an  enabling  act  approved  by  the 
voters  in  the  district,  sometimes  by  a  formula  which 
allows  local  option.  It  has  the  power  to  levy  taxes  on 
property  or  other  bases  specified  in  the  enabling  act. 

The  district  form  usually  relies  on  local  government 
for  appointments  and  has  more  elective  offices  than 
does  the  authority.  Customarily,  a  majority  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  votes  cast  is  required  to  approve  bond 
issues,  and  this  might  prove  to  be  an  inherent  handi- 
cap to  the  district  type  of  organization. 

In  some  areas,  several  municipal  functions  have 
been  transferred  to  a  metropolitan  government.  The 
whole  problem  of  urban  transportation  cannot  be 
solved  by  the  improvement  of  a  single  facility  in  one 
area  without  regard  to  the  others.  Nevertheless,  the 
established  organizations  of  local  government  possess 
first-hand  knowledge  and  competence  where  local 
functions  are  concerned  which  should  not  be  over- 
ridden by  a  "super"  government. 

In  some  instances,  if  responsibility  were  confined  to 


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the  county,  a  transit  system  would  encounter  difficul- 
ties in  bond  financing  because  of  legal  limitations,  and 
the  credit  standing  would  be  less  than  that  of  a  group 
of  counties. 

State  or  federal  operation  of  rapid  transit  would  be 
a  departure  from  tradition  in  the  United  States.  Fed- 
eral ownership  has  not  been  seriously  considered  be- 
cause of  the  local  nature  of  the  transit  problem,  but 
this  need  not  rule  out  federal  or  state  aid  for  rapid 
transit. 

Essential  considerations  in  a  regional  organisation 
for  Bay  Area  rapid  transit  are:  a  unified  power  of  ad- 
ministration throughout  the  transit  district;  power  to 
issue  bonds  based  upon  the  authority  to  levy  taxes; 
broad  discretion  to  determine  the  major  policies  per- 
taining to  routes,  service,  types  of  facilities,  and  fares, 
w.ith  due  regard  to  public  preferences.  The  governing 
board  should  not  be  too  large.  A  well-paid  general 
manager  should  have  entire  administrative  responsi- 
bility and  accountability,  tempered  by  the  broad  gen- 
eral policies  determined  by  the  board.  The  region 
must  consist  of  contiguous  areas.  Provision  should  be 
made  for  cooperation  with  other  transportation  agen- 
cies and  other  public  bodies,  and  authorisation  to  re- 
ceive or  give  financial  aid.  Domination  by  large  or 
small  groups  should  be  avoided.  There  should  be  lati- 
tude in  perfecting  the  organization,  and  discretionary 
power  to  make  contracts  with  private  agencies  which 
might  engage  in  transit  ser\'ice. 

SECTION  rv 

CAPITAL  REQUIREMENTS 
AND  INDEBTEDNESS 

Total  capital  requirements  for  the  first  stage  system 
under  the  optimum  plan,  with  supported  trains  would 
be  about  87?  million  dollars: 

Construction  716      millions 

Financing  costs  4.5         " 

Interest  during  construction 48  " 

Working  capital  5  " 

Administrative  expense  2.5         " 

RoUing  stock  90  " 

Contingencies   7  " 

Total    87?  " 

Construction  time,  5  years.  Required  in  first  year, 
190  millions.  Thereafter  per  year,  150  millions.  Bond 
financing  therefore  seems  inevitable. 

Indebtedness  would  reach  700  millions  before 
reductions  would  exceed  increases.  The  Bay  Area 
system  is  planned  for  interurban  passenger  transporta- 
tion although  it  will  serve  local  traffic  to  some  extent 
within  cities. 

It  is  assumed  that  alternatives  of  plans  or  fare 
schedules,  or  arrangements  to  effect  economies  have 
either  been  considered,  or  are  to  be  studied  by  re- 
search yet  to  be  programmed. 

The  income  from  fares  and  other  transit  revenues 
is  expected  to  be  about  29  millions  in  a  year  of  sea- 
soned operation,  and  operating  expenses  about  19 
millions,  leaving  about  10  millions  a  year  to  be  ap- 
plied to  the  financing  task  or  other  transit  purposes. 

The  opportunity  to  use  revenue  bonds  is  precluded 
by  the  lack  of  operating  surplus,  but  they  could  be 
used  to  supplement  general  obligation  bonds.  General 
obligation  bonds  would  have  a  strong  credit  rating  and 
be  exempt  from  income  taxes. 


By  a  reasonable  amortization  schedule,  the  debt  can 
be  reduced,  even  when  augmented  for  later  stages  of 
construction,  and  still  not  exceed  the  high-point  re- 
quired for  first  stage  construction. 

SECTION  V 

SOURCES  OF  FINANCIAL  SUPPORT 

The  choice  of  sources  is  somewhat  limited,  and 
seems  essentially:  fare  revenues,  bridge  tolls,  taxes  on 
tangible  property,  retail  sales  taxes,  gasoline  taxes,  and 
probably  some  state  or  federal  aid. 

Fares  cannot  provide  more  than  half,  or  29  millions 
of  the  total  annual  financial  requirements  of  58  mil- 
lions, including  debt  service,  and  an  attempt  to  obtain 
the  maximum  fare  revenue  would  be  likely  to  reduce 
patronage,  and  thereby  increase  highway  congestion. 
The  engineers  recommended  a  variable  fare,  lower 
during  the  off-peak  hours.  Revenues  other  than  fares 
would  consist  of  concessions  and  advertising. 

Bridge  tolls  should  be  correlated  with  transit  fares. 
The  San  Francisco-Oakland  Bridge  has  retired  the 
initial  bonds  which  financed  its  construction.  Its  net 
revenue  is  about  9  millions  per  year,  and  it  is  now 
pledged  to  support  bonds  for  additional  Bay  crossings. 
According  to  the  engineering  study  there  would  be 
no  need  for  an  additional  highway  bridge  for  15  or  20 
years,  with  rapid  transit.  Automobiles  require  several 
times  the  traffic  space  and  a  much  higher  capital  cost 
per  passenger  than  is  needed  for  mass  rapid  transit. 
The  Golden  Gate  Bridge  could  be  modified  to  hold 
tracks  for  the  transit  crossing  to  Marin  County. 

A  general  property  tax  is  indispensible  as  under- 
lying security,  such  as  that  now  applying  to  the 
Golden  Gate  Bridge.  If  the  ?  1  millions  of  public  sup- 
port for  the  transit  system  were  derived  from  prop- 
erty taxes  alone,  it  would  mean  an  average  increase 
of  67  cents  per  100  dollars  of  assessed  value  in  the 
9  Bay  Area  counties  if  all  were  taxed  uniformly.  The 
total  rate  is  now  6.92  dollars  per  100.  The  property 
tax  might  be  levied  under  two  different  rates  —  the 
higher  one  applying  to  a  zone  from  which  the  major 
part  of  the  patronage  would  come.  Hypothetical  yields 
from  a  tax  on  property  within  a  4-mile  zone  at  20 
cents  per  100  would  be  about  6.?  millions  and  from 
the  entire  area  at  5  cents  per  100,  about  2.?  millions 
per  year.  Property  owners  in  the  Bay  Area  would 
enjoy  enhanced  values  resulting  from  the  new  facil- 
ity. The  property  tax  would  allow  the  system  to 
operate  on  whatever  fares  were  deemed  most  advan- 
tageous to  the  over-all  aims  of  the  community. 

A  regional  sales  tax  collected  for  the  transit  region 
by  the  State  using  the  same  sales  basis  as  the  State  tax 
would  produ;e  a  high  yield  and  be  dependable. 
It  would  probably  meet  vx^ith  the  least  objection  from 
the  public  if  kept  at  less  than  1  per  cent,  and  spread 
the  burden  most  effectively  throughout  the  entire 
area.  A  sales  tax  of  less  than  1  per  cent  would  pro- 
duce the  entire  public  support  of  ?1  millions  per  year 
needed  by  the  system.  Construction  expenditures 
would  provide  a  trade  stimulant. 

A  tax  on  gasoline  administered  in  conjunction  with 
the  existing  state  and  federal  collections,  would  have 
some  of  the  characteristics  of  the  retail  sales  tax.  Its 
yield  would  be  substantial  with  a  modest  charge  per 
gallon.  At  one-half  cent  per  gallon  the  revenue  would 
be  about  5  millions.  Although  the  highway  program 
needs  more  funds  than  it  receives,  this  is  a  reason  for 


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STANFORD  REPORT— RAPID  TRANSIT 


applying  part  of  the  funds  where  they  would  do  most 
to  relieve  congestion. 

SECTION  VI 

FINANCIAL  RESPONSIBILITY  AND 
ITS  ALLOCATION 

The  first-stage  project  is  financially  feasible.  The 
critical  question  is  the  amount  of  annual  public  sup- 
port needed  by  the  transit  system  in  relation  to  the 
ability  and  willingness  of  the  community  to  provide  it. 
The  consideration  is  about  31  millions  per  year  for 
30  to  35  years.  A  combination  of  sources  of  revenue 
would  reduce  the  impact  of  public  support  to  pro- 
portions which  would  not  be  distorted  unreasonably. 

In  terms  of  annual  payments  required  for  principal 
and  interest  on  transit  bonds  the  estimated  31  millions 
is  compared  with  total  ta.x  levies  of  tangible  property 
in  the  Bay  Area  of  about  279  millions  in  1954-1955. 
The  shares  per  capita  are  10  dollars  and  90  dollars 
respectively.  These  figures  compare  with  per  capita 
personal  income  in  the  Bay  Area  of  2100  dollars  per 
year.  The  annual  public  support  for  the  transit  system 
would  be  about  1 1  per  cent  of  the  total  levies.  The 
levies  increased  about  48  millions  in  the  latest  fiscal 
year  or  more  than  the  amount  needed  by  the  transit 
program  each  year.  Expenditures  on  highway  and 
street  programs  in  the  Bay  Area  were  about  113  mil- 
Hons  in  1954.  This  is  mostly  covered  by  "user"  taxes. 
These  large  expenditures  are  cited  to  indicate  that  if 
the  transit  program  is  economically  sound  it  need  not 
fail  because  it  is  too  large  to  finance,  provided  the 
public  wants  it. 

There  are  three  general  guiding  factors  which  may 
be  followed:  the  costs  of  the  system,  its  benefits,  and 
the  ability  to  pay  of  the  groups  aifected  by  the 
program. 

A  sweeping  reason  for  not  using  the  cost  basis  in 
allocating  financial  responsibility  is  that  the  service 
proposed  for  the  transit  system  is  an  area-wide  con- 
cept. 

Population  is  one  of  the  more  satisfactory  bases  for 
apportionment. 

The  assessed  value  basis  for  apportionment  has  an 
advantage  in  that  it  can  be  used  as  the  final  allocation 
to  the  taxpayer.  The  property  ba.sis  for  allocation  is 
one  which  attempts  to  recognise  ability  to  pay. 

It  appears  that  bond  financing  will  be  a  necessity. 
This  has  an  important  effect  in  dividing  the  burden 
between  the  present  and  future  generations.  The 
credit  of  the  areas  served  must  be  pledged  to  give  the 
bonds  security.  This  means  that  the  transit  organiza- 
tion must  have  the  power  to  tax.  In  the  absence  of 
new  regional  or  local  taxes  the  only  adequate  tax 
would  be  that  on  property. 

If  bridge  tolls  are  used,  the  dharges  for  the  benefit 
of  the  transit  system  will  be  borne  by  motorists  from 
a  wide  area  reaching  far  beyond  the  Bay  Area,  but 
the  largest  concentration  of  bridge  traffic  originates 
in  the  Berkeley,  Oakland,  and  East  Oakland  areas. 

The  use  of  a  sales  tax  would  be  in  recognition  of  the 
general  correlation  between  retail  sales  and  popula- 
tion, personal  income,  registered  motor  vehicles  and 
assessed  value  per  county. 

The  effects  of  a   gasoline   tax   are   more   narrowly 


placed  than  those  of  a  general  sales  tax. 

Either  the  property  tax,  the  retail  sales  tax,  or  the 
gasoline  tax  are  capable  of  supporting  the  transit  sys- 
tem without  disrupting  the  economy  of  the  area.  It 
would  be  more  effective  and  equitable  to  rely  on  sev- 
eral sources  of  revenue  to  supplement  revenue  from 
fares.  An  infinite  number  of  combinations  can  be 
made  on  paper  and  doubtless  in  practice.  Three 
examples  are  given.  The  variables  are  bridge  tolls 
and  gasoline  taxes. 

Combination   1 

Transit  fares  $29,000,000 

Property  taxes: 

$0.05  per  $100,  9  counties 2,303,000 

$0.20  per  $100,  transit  zone 6,336,000 

Bridge  tolls  9,000,000 

Regional  retail  sales  tax,  $0,005  per  $1.00..  20,685,000 

Regional  gasohne  tax,  $0,005  per  gal 5,724,000 

Total    $73,048,000 

Operating  expenses  and  debt  service 57,826,000 

Excess  of  revenue  over  requirements. .$15, 222, 000 
Combination  2 

Transit  fares  $29,000,000 

Property  taxes: 

$0.05  per  $100,  9  counties 2,303,000 

$0.20  per  $100,  transit  zone 6,336,000 

Regional  sales  tax,  $0,005  per  $1.00 20,685,000 

Regional  gasoline  tax,  $0,005  per  gal 5,724,000 

Total    $64,048,000 

Operating  expenses  and  debt  service 57,826,000 

Excess  of  revenue  over  requirements. .$  6,222,000 
Combination  3 

Transit  fares  $29,000,000 

Property  taxes: 

$0.05  per  $100,  9  counties 2,303,000 

$0.20  per  $100,  transit  zone 6,336,000 

Bridge  tolls  9,000,000 

Regional  retail  sales  tax,  $0,005  per  $1.00..  20,685,000 

Total    $67,324,000 

Operating  expenses  and  debt  service 57,826,000 

Excess  of  revenue  over  requirements.. $  9,498,000 

In  each  of  these  examples  a  sizeable  excess  over 
requirements  results.  Possibly  some  one  or  more  of 
the  hypothetical  sources  would  not  be  available,  or 
the  rates  could  be  reduced  where  the  tax  seems  most 
burdensome,  or  refunded  to  the  local  communities. 
County  by  county  distribution  of  financial  respon- 
sibilities is  inconsistent  with  a  unified  transit  system. 
State  aid  does  not  seem  justifiable,  except  that  in  the 
matter  of  rights-of-way  the  State  could  be  of  imme- 
diate assistance,  and  would  doubtless  save  many  mil- 
lions of  dollars.  Repayment  could  be  made  when  the 
transit  organization  is  perfected.  State  aid  should 
not  be  used  as  security  for  the  bonds  of  the  system. 
The  case  for  federal  aid  for  the  Bay  Area  rapid  transit 

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AIA  Architects 


MID  WOOD  CONSTRUCTION  CO.  — Builders 
LARWIN  COMPANY  —Builders 


FEBRUARY.     1957 


PSYCHOLOGICAL  HOMES 


For  the  second  time  in  two  successive  years,  Los 
Angeles  architects  Dan  Palmer  and  William  Krisel 
have  achieved  the  unique  distinction  of  winning  two 
Design  Merit  Awards  presented  annually  by  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Home  Builders.  Like  their  pre- 
vious  prize-winners,  the  1957  award  houses  exemplify 
the  modular  framing  system  and  open-planning  that 
have  become  P.  fe?  K.  trademarks  over  the  years.  But 
they  also  represent  a  dramatic  new  departure  in  sub- 
division house  design  by  reason  of  their  "'psychologi- 
cally oriented"  floor-plans. 

Recognizing  that  each  prospective  home-buyer  is  an 
individual  with  his  own  special  family  problems, 
Palmer  and  Krisel  have  lately  been  experimenting  with 


houses  designed  to  accommodate  not  only  the  physical 
but  the  psychological  differences  that  exist  between 
human  beings.  The  NAHB  Award  winners  illustrate 
their  interpretations  of  the  "introvert"  and  "extro- 
vert" houses,  devised  to  suit  the  particular  needs  of 
two  different  types  of  home-owner. 

"By  introverts,"  Palmer  explains,  "we  mean  those 
families  whose  home  life  is  divided  from  their  social 
activities,  who  are  apt  to  want  a  little  more  privacy 
and  formality  than  their  neighbors.  The  extroverts,  on 
the  other  hand,  are  less  concerned  with  convention, 
are  more  inclined  to  entertain  as  a  family  than  as 
individuals,  and  generally  follow  a  more  informal  way 
of  life.  Obviously  they  need  different  kinds  of  houses." 


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"SIGNATURE 

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MIDLAND 
CONSTRUCTION 
COMPANY 
Builders 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


KITCHEN 
AREA 


"SIGNATURE 
HOME" 

Has  color 
matched 
built-in 
appliances. 


FAMILY  ROOM  is  the  focal  center  of  the  "Signature  Home";  raised  hearth  fireplace  and 
open  ceiling  add  to  attractiveness. 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


PSYCHOLOGICAL  HOMES  . 


THE  "TOWN  and  COUNTRY"  HOME,  designed  by  Architects  Palmer  and  Krisel.  AIA.  for 
the  Larwin  Company,  builders,  Bueno  Park,  California,  and  1957  Design  Merit  Award 
Winner  of  the  NAHB. 


"TOWN   and 
COUNTRY   HOME" 

Looking  into  the  family 
room  from  the  kitchen 
which  has  been  designed 
as  the  focal  center 
of  the  house. 


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.  PSYCHOLOGICAL  HOMES 


The  "Signature"  home,  designed  for  Midwood  Con- 
struction Co.  by  Palmer  and  Krisel,  is  frankly  "extro' 
vert,"  for  the  family  that  prefers  an  informal,  com- 
munal way  of  life.  Consequently  the  family  room  has 
become  the  focal  center  of  the  house,  with  the  raised- 
hearth  fireplace  here  rather  than  in  the  living-room, 
and  a  large  fully  fenced  patio  in  the  front.  (There  is 
also  a  patio  in  the  rear  off  the  living-room.)  The 
kitchen,  with  its  color-matched  built-in  appliances, 
serves  both  the  food  counter  in  the  family  room  and 
the  dining  area  in  the  living-room.  The  two  baths  have 
marble-topped  pullman  lavatories,  colored  fixtures,  and 
specially  designed  cabinets.  With  the  three  bedrooms 
occupying  one  side  of  the  house,  the  living-family 
room-kitchen  area,  with  the  adjoining  patios,  provide 
an  unusually  extensive  area  for  large-scale  but  never- 
theless informal  entertaining. 


Although  contemporary  in  design,  the  house  incor- 
porates a  shake  roof  and  hardwood  flooring,  the  latter 
engineered  in  such  a  way  that  it  is  not  much  higher  off 
the  ground  than  the  usual  concrete  slab,  thus  main- 
taining indoor  and  outdoor  living  areas  on  a  continu- 
ous plane.  Cathedral  ceilings  and  floor-to-ceiHng  fen- 
estrations emphasize  the  height  of  the  individual 
rooms,  with  aluminum  frame  windows  expressly  de- 
signed by  the  architects  to  provide  maximum  light  and 
ventilation  without  the  necessity  of  screens. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  "Town  and  Country"  model 
designed  for  the  Larwin  Co.  is  an  example  of  the 
"introvert"  home.  With  the  kitchen  as  the  central 
"core,"  serving  both  areas,  the  1180-square  foot  house 
is  designed  as  two  interlocking  L-shaped  zones,  one  of 
which  contains  the  master  bedroom,  bath  and  living- 
room,  the  other  the  family-room,  two  children's  bed- 


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of  the 

"TOWN   and 
COUNTRY   HOME" 

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California 

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FEBRUARY,     1957 


CONCRETE 
STONE   FIREPLACE 

In  corner  of  living  room  of  the 
"Town  and  Country"  home. 


Purlin     construction    with    ex- 
posed sheathing  ceiling. 


THE  KITCHEN  in  the  "Town  and  Country"  home  is  the  center  of  all  activities,  serving  two 
interlocking  L-shaped  zones;  built-in  oven,  range  and  garbage  disposal;  rubber  tile  floor, 
exposed  ceiling. 


PSYCHOLOGICAL  HOMES 


rooms  and  bath.  The  result  is  a  floor-plan  zoned  for 
parents  and  children,  each  with  its  own  outdoor  living 
area  in  the  form  of  patios  front  and  rear.  Such  a  plan 
makes  possible  separation  of  family  and  social  life  and 
permits  fairly  normal — and  private — entertaining. 

Of  purlin  construction,  with  two-inch  exposed 
sheathing,  concrete  slab  floor  and  lath  and  plaster 
walls,  the  house  also  features  wide  overhangs,  con- 
crete stone  fireplace,  12  foot  steel  sliding  glass  doors 
and,  in  the  200  square  foot  concrete  terrace,  a  built-in 
luau  barbecue.  Kitchen  appliances  include  built-in 
oven,  range  and  garbage  disposal.  A  special  "laundry 
center"  recessed  in  the  hall  between  the  children's 
bedrooms  contains  built-in  electric  washer-dryer  as 
well  as  a  specially  designed  clothes  hamper,  sorting 


shelf  and  linen  closet.  The  ceiling  of  the  hall  is  furred 
with  translucent  plastic  illuminated  from  above. 

The  master  bedroom  suite,  extending  the  full  width 
of  the  house,  has  at  one  end  its  own  sliding  glass  doors 
to  the  patio  and  at  the  other  a  dressing  room  with 
wardrobe  and  built-in  vanity.  The  master  bath,  acces- 
sible also  from  the  entry,  serves  as  a  guest  lavatory. 

"Even  in  lower-priced  subdivisions,"  says  Bill  Krisel, 
"the  trend  today  is  towards  more  variety  and  less 
uniformity,  and  modern  home-buyers  are  shopping  for 
houses  that  will  be  not  only  distinguishable  from  their 
neighbors  but  will  meet  their  own  highly  personal 
living  requirements.  How  to  reconcile  this  growing 
public  demand  for  'customized"  housing  with  the  basic 
economics  of  volume  construction  is  the  challenge  that 
faces  the  architect  today." 


MASTER  BEDROOM  of  the  "TOWN  and  COUNTRY"  Home;  purlin  construction  and  exposed 
sheathing;  wall-to-wail  carpeting  over  a  concrete  slab  floor;  lath  and  plaster  walls;  ceiling 
windows. 


FEBRUARY.     1957 


HOTEL 
SHAMROCK 

Houston,  Texas 


NEW,  MODERN 

HOTEL  BUILDINGS 


In  the  United  States 


Immediately  after  the  Second  World  War  there  was 
a  short  trend  in  the  hotel  industry  to  build  new  hotels. 
This  trend  actually  saw  hardly  any  fulfillment  since 
the  majority  of  experts,  remembering  the  bad  experi- 
ence of  the  Twenties,  advised  strongly  against  the 
construction  of  new  hotel  buildings. 

So  far  caution  has  won  the  victory  and  not  many 
new  hotels  have  been  built  during  the  last  decade,  and 
those  mostly  in  boom-areas  such  as  Florida  and  Texas. 
Just  recently  there  was  a  lively  discussion  in  New 
York  whether  new  hotels  should  be  erected.  Only  two 
new  ones  have  been  built  in  the  last  ten  years — the 
464-room  Carlton  House,  actually  a  residential  hotel, 
and  the  40-room  La  Guardia  Airport  Hotel  in  Queens. 
So  far,  New  York's  122,784  hotel  rooms  have  been 
able  to  take  care  of  the  city's  visitors.  Altogether  New 
York  has  400  hotels,  and  no  new  ones  are  being 
planned  at  present.  Building  costs  are  considered  too 
high  to  warrant  the  expectation  of  a  normal  reve- 
nue. The  Statler  hotel  chain  though  is  not  afraid  of 
erecting  new  hotels,  and  the  new  Statler  hotels  in 
Washington,  Los  Angeles  and  Hartford,  Conn.,  de- 
cidedly do  not  operate  in  the  red. 


Shamrock  Hotel, 
Houston,  Texas 

One  of  the  most  modern  new  hotel  buildings  is  the 
Shamrock  Hotel  in  Houston,  Texas.  There  was  much 
publicity  when  the  hotel  was  opened  around  St.  Pat- 
rick's Day.  2,500  shamrocks  were  flown  over  from 
Eire.  The  hotel  was  built  "in  an  effort  to  make  Man- 
hattan's Waldorf-Astoria  look  like  a  lodging  house." 

The  Shamrock  building  has  18  floors,  plus  a  base- 
ment, a  partial  sub-basement,  an  attic  and  machine 
room  floors.  It  has  1,100  rooms — which  is  still  a  little 
less  than  the  Waldorf-Astoria's  2,000.  Overall  height 
above  grade  is  253  feet,  it  extends  24  feet  below  grade. 
The  total  floor  area  is  more  than  655,000  square  feet, 
the  building  has  7. J  million  cubic  feet.  The  garage 
building  contains  five  floors  and  a  full  basement  and 
provides  storage  for  1,200  cars. 

Walls  of  the  hotel  are  paneled  in  Honduras  mahog- 
any. All  lighting  is  indirect;  lucite  fixtures  form  a  cloud 
eflfect.  Each  patron's  room  in  the  hotel,  regardless  of 
price  (starting  with  $6  a  night),  has  individual  air- 
conditioning.  Most  rooms  have  a  specially  designed 
sofa-bed   that   "pulls   out"   instead   of  unfolding.     It 


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MODERN  HOTELS 


makes  each  room  a  sitting  room  in  the  daytime.   Every 
room  has  private  bath  with  tub  and  shower. 

There  are  efficiency  apartments  in  the  hotel,  so- 
called  "Doublettes."  They  are  larger  than  the  bed- 
rooms, but  one  room  units  with  kitchenette  facilities. 
They  are  so  named  because  they  serve  a  double  pur- 
pose, a  sitting  room  in  the  daytime  and  a  bedroom  at 
night.  30  separate  air-conditioning  systems  are  served 
by  four  major  systems,  one  for  each  exposure  of  the 
hotel.  The  patron  can  also  regulate  the  humidity  as 
well  as  the  temperature  in  the  room.  Refrigeration 
units  in  the  basement  cool  the  water.  They  have 
capacity  equal  to  the  melting  of  3,000,000  lbs.  of  ice 
daily. 


Pleasure  Palaces 
in  Florida 

The  pace  of  construction  in  Florida  has  slowed 
down  somewhat  during  the  last  year.  Still  four  new 
big  hotels  were  put  up  last  year  and  only  one  of  them 
is  actually  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of 
Miami  Beach.  It  is,  however,  the  biggest  one  of  all — 
the  fourteen-story  Fontainebleau,  whose  semicircular 
white  concrete  bulk  has  added  favorably  to  the  skyline 
of  Miami  Beach. 

The  Fontainebleau,  at  present,  is  the  ultimate  exten- 
sion of  the  traditional  modern  luxury  hotel  to  super- 
lative standards  of  size  and  decor.  It  was  constructed 
at  a  cost  of  $14,000,000  and  it  was  planned  to  "the 


STATLER 
CENTER 

Los  Angeles, 
California 


Holablrd  &  Root 
&  Burgee 
Architects 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


MODERN  HOTELS 


most  luxurious  resort  in  the  world,"  featuring  560 
rooms  and  250  cabanas.  It  has  a  staff  of  some  900,  an 
Olympic  swimming  pool  and  a  modest  one  for  chil- 
dren. Its  motif,  as  the  name  says,  is  French,  the  furni- 
ture is  French  Provincial,  the  columns  in  the  lobby  are 
surfaced  in  a  warm  French  marble. 

There  is  more  than  17,000  square  feet  of  space  in 
the  main  lobby.  The  main  dining  room  can  seat  900 
banquet  style.  The  adjacent  Grand  Ballroom  can  serve 
an  additional  1,250  guests  and  an  intimate  dining  room 
in  that  area  can  serve  an  additional  170.  A  night  club 
within  the  hotel  can  accommodate  500  on  its  three 
levels.  The  dance  floor  can  be  raised  and  lowered 
hydraulically. 

Architect  and  designer  of  the  Fontainebleau  is  Mor- 
ris Lapidus.  The  top  floor  of  the  hotel  has  three-room 
"presidential  suites"  with  rooms  14  by  28  feet  and 
balconies.  Two-room  "Governor's  suites"  are  also  in- 
cluded on  this  floor. 

Hotel  Terrace  Plaza, 
Cincinnati 

The  19-story  building  that  houses  the  Terrace  Plaza 
Hotel    in    Cincinnati    is    something    new    in    hotels. 


Thomas  Emery's  Sons,  owner  of  the  Netherland  Plaza 
one  block  away,  has  erected  a  12 -story,  air-condi- 
tioned, 400-room  hotel  on  top  of  two  big  stores.  This 
furnishes  a  sturdy  financial  basis  for  a  hotel  even 
though  it  is  expensive  to  build  and  risky  to  operate. 

The  hotel  has  a  lot  of  new  features,  "they  dared  to 
be  different."  They  created  new  type  guest  rooms  with 
movable,  motor-driven  beds  and  specially-constructed 
functional  furniture.  They  devised  bathrooms  with 
full-wall  mirrors  and  specially  designed  lavatory-pow- 
der bench  fixtures.  They  put  their  lobby  on  the  eighth 
floor,  served  by  express  elevators.  They  built  an  out- 
door dining  terrace  for  summer  which  can  be  turned 
into  a  public  ice  skating  rink  in  winter.  Each  room  has 
individual  temperature  control  and  air  conditioning. 

Houston's  Shamrock  hotel  cost  $21  million  to  build, 
Cincinnati's  Terrace  Plaza  about  $15  million. 

Complete  Hotel  Facilities 
on  the  Motel  Level 

There  are  many  motels  today  in  the  United  States 
which  in  no  way  are  on  a  lower  level  than  a  modern 

(See  Page  23) 


HOTEL  STATLER — Hartford,  Connecticut.    Cost  to  construct  $7,000,000. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


WRITING  MODERN 
SPECIFICATIONS 

By  SPENCER  LANE 

The  importance  of  specifications  in  modern  con- 
struction contracts  is  rapidly  increasing  with  the  in- 
creasing  demands  of  modern  living.  Architects  and 
engineers  have  learned  to  look  for  trouble  in  the 
specifications  when  there  is  a  wide  spread  between  the 
high  and  low  bids,  and  that  is  where  they  usually  find 
it. 

The  first  function  of  the  specifications  is  to  explain 
fully  and  clearly  just  what  the  contractor  will  be 
required  to  furnish  for  the  price  he  bids.  When  they 
fail  to  do  this  the  bidder  is  unable  to  accurately  esti- 
mate the  cost.  He  then  plays  safe  and  bids  a  little 
higher  to  make  sure  he  is  covered.  When  this  happens, 
he  either  loses  the  job  to  another  bidder  who  gambles 


he  will  be  able  to  cut  corners,  or  the  owner  pays  too 
high  a  price  for  the  job. 

The  Construction  Specifications  Institute  was 
formed,  with  headquarters  in  Washington,  D.  C.  to 
meet  this  situation.  Chapters  have  been  formed  across 
the  nation.  There  are  four  in  California  today,  one 
each  in  San  Francisco,  Sacramento,  Los  Angeles,  and 
San  Diego.  The  active  members  are  professional  speci- 
fication writers,  the  associate  members  represent  the 
material  men  of  the  country. 

These  material  men  are  an  important  part  of  the 
Institute.  The  specification  writer  must  know  what 
materials  are  standard  with  the  manufacturers  and 
what  have  to  be  special.  The  standard  product  is  made 
in  quantities  so  it  is  cheaper.  When  a  standard  product 
will  do  the  job  the  owner  loses  money  if  a  special 
product  is  required  by  the  specifications. 

The  specification  writer  must  know  how  the  product 
(See  Page  23) 


A  NEW  CENTURY  BECKONS 

A JA*  Centennial  Year  Observed 


Architecture,  which  earlier  had  been  the  province 
ot  the  builder,  the  carpenter,  and  the  talented  amateur, 
became  a  profession  on  February  23,  1857,  when  IJ 
idealistic  architects  met  in  New  York  to  found  the 
A. I. A.  This  service  was  acknowledged  on  the 
founding  site  on  the  Centennial  date — Feb.  2? — by 
representatives  of  five  co-sponsoring  New  York  City 
chapters.  The  original  A. LA.  meeting  house  has  been 
replaced  by  a  building  at  1 11  Broadway  which  over- 
looks the  famous  Trinity  Church,  designed  by  the 
national  organization's  first  president,  Richard  Up- 
john. During  the  ceremony,  A. LA.  President  Leon 
Chatelain,  Jr.,  unveiled  a  plaque  which  was  affi.xed  to 
the  building  on  the  original  headquarters  site. 

The  birth  of  the  A.I.A.  followed  establishment  of 
the  American  Medical  Association  by  ten  years.  It 
preceded  the  formal  organization  of  the  nation's  law- 
yers by  21  years.  Like  the  other  two  great  profession- 
al bodies,  the  A.I.A.  has  maintained  throughout  its 
history  a  high  code  of  professional  standards  and  eth- 
ics which  govern  the  practice  of  the  profession  and  the 
relationship  of  the  architect  to  his  client.  Today,  at  the 
urging  of  the  A.I.A.,  state  registration  laws  require 
the  architect  to  demonstrate  his  competence. 

The  A.I.A.  was  instrumental  in  the  establishment 
of  the  nation's  first  architectural  schools  at  the  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology,  Columbia  Univer- 
sity, and  the  University  of  Illinois.  It  continues  to 
guide  and  support  accredited  schools  of  architecture. 

Following  the  Civil  War,  A.I.A.  chapters  began 
springing  up   throughout  the   nation.   The   organiza- 


tion's scope  was  further  broadened  by  the  merger,  in 
1889,  of  the  A.I.A.  and  the  Western  Association  of 
Architects.  At  the  present  time,  there  are  A.I.A.  chap- 
ters in  ever)''  state  of  the  Union. 

In  the  1890's,  one  of  the  A.I.A.'s  earliest  public  con- 
tributions was  its  fight  to  restore  to  the  nation  the 
original  concept  of  the  national  capital  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  as  formed  by  Thomas  Jefferson  and  L'Enfant. 
Few  will  remember,  or  even  believe,  that  this  national 
shrine  had  been  descrated  to  the  point  that  a  railroad 
station  squatted  at  the  foot  of  the  Capitol  building  and 
railroad  tracks  ran  across  the  Mall. 

Led  by  its  president,  Daniel  H.  Burnham,  a  re- 
nowned architect  of  his  day,  the  A.I.A.  waged  a  deter- 
mined fight  and  ultimately  succeeded  in  having  the 
original  plan  restored  and  the  eyesores  removed. 

The  national  organization  is  planning  a  major  cul- 
tural contribution  to  the  nation  to  mark  the  national 
Centennial  Celebration.  Inthis  program,  to  be  held 
May  14-17  in  Washington,  D.  C,  distinguished  repre- 
sentatives of  government,  science,  business,  labor,  and 
the  arts  have  been  invited  to  participate  in  a  grand 
forum.  This  forum  will  define  the  forces  which  will 
shape  the  environment  of  the  future  and  guide  the 
planning  of  man's  shelter  of  tomorrow.  The  theme  for 
the  national  program  is  "A  New  Century  Beckons." 
The  prospectus  for  the  Centennial  Celebration  states, 
in  part: 

"It  IS  recognized  that  the  forces  which  shape  human 
(See  Page  30) 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


IfUWOOC 


BELLWOOD  COMPANY'S  NEW 

INDUSTRIAL  FACILITY 


ORANGE,  CALIFORNIA 


The  Bellwood  Company,  a  subsidiary  of  the  Packard-Bell  Electronics  Corpora- 
tion, has  completed  a  move  from  former  quarters  in  Santa  Ana  to  its  new  home  in 
Orange. 

Its  new  $250,000  plant,  built  on  a  20  acre  tract  of  land,  will  allow  a  substantial 
increase  in  the  production  of  hollow-core,  flush  doors  with  some  estimates  running  as 
high  as  50  percent. 

Constructed  of  modern  "tilt-up-concrete,"  the  facility  contains  50,000  square  feet 
of  space  and  houses  both  production  and  administrative  operations. 

Besides  the  new  structure,  the  Bellwood  Company  has  invested  heavily  in  new 
equipment  which  will  figure  importantly  in  the  estimated  production  increase. 

According  to  John  H.  Sawyer,  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Southern 
California  Company,  future  plans  include  widening  the  firm's  market  area  with 
national  distribution  as  a  goal,  a  search  for  new  products  to  manufacture  and  the 
introduction  of  a  deluxe,  lattice'work  frame  door  built  to  architectural  specifications. 
This  door  would  be  for  use  primarily  in  better  homes,  schools,  hospitals  and  public 
buildings. 

At  the  end  of  the  last  fiscal  year,  the  Bellwood  Company  reported  a  sales  volume 
of  $3,500,000  with  unit  sales  of  700,000.  This  sales  volume  plus  the  need  for  a  new 
plant  is  truly  amazing  when  it  is  realized  that  the  Bellwood  operation  began  less  than 
four  years  ago. 


ARCHITECT     AND 


MODERN  HOTELS 

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luxury  hotel.  In  fact,  quite  a  few  wealthy  drivers 
prefer  the  informality  of  a  luxurious  motel  to  the 
traditional  hospitality  of  a  Grand  Hotel. 

One  of  the  most  modern  motels  with  perfect  and 
complete  facilities  of  a  luxury'  hotel  is  the  Jack  Tar 
Hotel  in  Galveston,  Texas.  Air  conditioning,  electrical 
facilities,  plumbing  lines,  heating  lines,  ground  main- 
tenance and  building  maintenance,  all  presented  spe- 
cial problems  when  these  facilities  had  to  be  spread 
out  over  4j/2  acres  of  space,  approximately  70  per  cent 
of  which  is  covered  with  buildings. 

Thomas  M.  Price  is  the  architect.  Jack  Tar  Hotel  is 
located  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  hotel  has  about 
1,000  feet  of  frontage  on  the  highway,  facing  the  Gulf 
of  Mexico.  Patio  and  the  pool  with  its  free-form  de- 
sign are  exceptionally  welcome  to  the  guests.  The  pool 
is  of  unusual  design,  extending  in  irregular  curves 
around  the  entire  patio  area.  The  exterior  walls  are 
constructed  of  12 -inch  Mexican  type  brick.  All  in  all, 
the  hotel  has  175  rooms,  all  fully  air  conditioned  with 
circulating  ice  water,  radio  and  television. 

The  problem  of  adequate  room  service  over  such  a 
wide  expanse  of  service  area  is  solved  by  the  use  of 
servace  bicycles,  which  are  three-wheeled  bikes  with 
built-in  service  compartment.  Another  use  for  hori- 
:;ontal  transportation  is  the  small  electric  three-passen- 
ger cars  which  are  used  for  rooming  guests.  They  haul 
a  small  trailer  in  which  guest  luggage  is  packed. 

The  New  Statler  Center, 
Los  Angeles 

Typical  for  the  new  hotel  buildings  of  the  Statler 
chain  is  the  new  Statler  Center  in  Los  Angeles.  It 
occupies  an  entire  city  block,  is  compri'sed  of  a  1,300- 
room  hotel,  an  office  building  with  150,000  square 
feet,  shops  and  stores,  a  500-car  underground  garage 
and  a  semitropieal  garden-pool  area  in  the  heart  of  the 
business  district.  Architects  were  Holabird  6s?  Root  &? 
Burgee  of  Chicago,  and  William  B.  Tabler  of  Hotels 
Statler  Company  Inc.  The  cost  was  $25,000,000. 

Every  guest-room  is  air-conditioned,  with  individual 
control.  Each  of  the  five  great  wings  has  a  separate 
foundation,  making  possible  earthquake-proof  con- 
struction. 70%  of  the  guest  rooms  are  of  the  studio- 
type — living  room  by  day,  bedroom  at  night.  Facilities 
of  Statler  Center  for  conventions,  banquets  and  group 
business  are  the  largest  west  of  Chicago.  The  main 
ballroom  accommodates  1230  persons. 

Dining  rooms  have  been  built  around  the  kitchens, 
so  that  each  kitchen  opens  directly  into  the  rooms  it 
serves.   Upwards  of  15,000  meals  day  can  be  prepared 


in  three  kitchens.  Statler  used  a  special  light  concrete 
in  the  walls,  thus  allowing  for  a  lighter  supporting 
framework  and  smaller  foundations. 

Newest  of  the  new  hotels  in  the  Statler  chain  is  the 
$7,000,000  Statler  in  Hartford,  the  capital  of  Con- 
necticut. It  is  an  18-story,  445 -room,  aluminum,  glass 
and  porcelainized  metal  skyscraper.  To  a  certain  de- 
gree, it  looks  like  a  smaller  edition  of  the  ultramodern 
Los  Angeles  Statler.  Architects  were  the  same  as  at 
the  Los  Angeles  Statler.  The  Hartford  Statler  has  only 
two  big  meeting  rooms:  ballroom  and  assembly  hall. 
Individually  they  seat  600  each,  but  are  easily  com- 
bined to  handle  one  large  group.  The  main  dining 
room  doubles  as  a  night  club. 

Writing  Modern  Specifications 

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he  calls  for  is  installed  as  well  as  where  it  should  be 
used  and  where  it  should  not.  With  new  materials 
being  developed  daily  he  must  be  on  his  toes  to  evalu- 
ate the  new  ones  as  they  come  along.  He  owes  that 
service  to  the  owner,  the  architect,  and  the  engineer. 

He  must  know  construction  from  experience.  He 
must  also  know  how  to  put  ideas  on  paper  so  the  read- 
er will  understand  what  he  means  the  first  time  he 
reads  a  paragraph.  When  he  fails  to  do  this,  he  fails  in 
his  job.  People  today  won't  read  a  paragraph  over  and 
over  to  puzzle  out  the  meaning.  The  best  writing  in 
the  world  is  valueless  if  the  reader  fails  to  grasp  the 
meaning,  or  fails  to  read  it. 

The  journalist  knows  this  trick,  but  few  construc- 
tion men  are  journalists.  And  still  fewer  journalists 
are  construction  men.  Yet  the  specification  writer  must 
be  both.  The  expression  of  an  idea  in  the  fewest  pos- 
sible words  consistent  with  clarity  is  an  important  part 
of  the  business.  Clarity  and  brevity  go  hand  in  hand. 
Many  an  idea  has  been  buried  in  words  until  it  is 
totally  obscured. 

The  founders  and  members  of  the  Construction 
Specifications  Institute  realize  that  only  when  an  or- 
ganization meets  a  need  of  an  industry  is  it  worth  the 
effort  needed  to  develop  it.  The  organization  that 
benefits  only  its  members  soon  pass;s  out  of  the  pic- 
ture. In  the  opinion  of  the  founders  and  members  of 
the  Institute  it  fills  a  real  need  of  the  construction 
industry  by  making  it  possible  for  the  specification 
writer  to  do  a  better  job  of  informing  the  bidder 
exactly  what  he  is  supposed  to  furnish.  In  that  way 
the  whole  industry  is  benefited,  and  the  owner  gets 
his  job  at  a  price  that  is  right. 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


AIA  ARCHITECTS  OF  NORTHERN 
CALIFORNIA  HONOR  AWARDS  PROGRAM 

In  commemoration  of  the  100th  Anniversary  of  the 
founding  of  The  American  Institute  of  Architects  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  the  1957  Honor  Awards  Program 
for  the  five  AIA  Chapters  of  Northern  California  has 
been  announced  by  Henry  J.  Shubart,  architect  of 
San  Francisco.  Chairman  of  the  Public  Relations  Sub- 
Committee  Honor  Awards  Committee. 

In  the  belief  that  Architecture  is  a  social  art  which 
can  be  best  evaluated  in  terms  identified  with  the  in- 
dividual member  of  society,  the  criteria  proposed  to  be 
among  those  for  the  selection  of  distinguished  works 
of  architecture  include : 

1.  Its  contribution  to  the  dignity,  exaltation,  com- 
fort and  inspiration  of  the  people  who  use  and  in- 
habit It; 

2.  Its  embodiment  and  projection  of  our  changing 
cultural  and  aesthetic  values: 

?.  Its  mastery  and  recognition  of  our  atomic-age 
technology  coupled  with  firm  discipline  of  spiralling 
costs; 

4,  Its  appropriateness  to  the  community  of  which 
it  is  a  part,  and  its  recognition  of  the  forces  of  growth 
and  decay. 

Knowing  that  an  architectural  selection  based  on 
these  criteria  can  best  be  made  by  representatives  of 
the  mainstreams  of  our  world  and  culture  today,  the 
following  have  been  selected  to  serve  as  members  of 
the  Jury  of  Award: 

Architect  and  chairman,  Pietro  Belluschi,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology;  Businessman,  Edgar  Kaufman,  Jr.,  Mem- 
ber Board  of  Directors,  Museum  of  Modern  Art,  New 
York;  Writer-Critic,  James  M.  Fitch,  Professor, 
School  of  Architecture,  Columbia  University;  Sculp- 
tor, Harry  Bertoia,  Architectural  Sculptor;  and 
Atomic  Scientist,  Dr.  J.  Robert  Oppenheimer,  Direc- 
tor, Institute  of  Advanced  Studies,  Princeton  Uni- 
versity. 

Projects  completed  since  January  1,  1950,  designed 
by  Members,  Associate  Members,  and  Junior  Mem- 
bers of  the  Northern  California,  East  Bay,  Coast  Val- 
leys, Central  Valley  and  Monterey  Bay  Chapters,  or 
work  constructed  within  the  geographic  area  of  the 
five  participating  Chapters  by  members  of  any  other 
AIA  Chapter. 

Entries  must  be  shipped  to  the  Sheraton-Palace 
Hotel,  San  Francisco,  for  receipt  not  later  than  5  p.m., 
March  1,  1957.  Presentation  shall  be  5"  x  7",  or 
larger,  mat  finished  photograph  and  plans  mounted 
on  40"  X  40"  Masonite  panels  (maximum  two  per 
project) . 


Awards  will  be  made  in  1)  Commercial  and  In- 
dustrial; 2)  Public  and  Institutional;  3)  Religious;  4) 
Residential;  5)  Site  Planning  and  development;  6) 
Interior  Design;  and  7)  Architectural  painting  and 
sculpture. 

Awards  will  be  announced  at  a  pubHc  showing  and 
dinner  in  the  Garden  Court  of  the  Sheraton-Palace 
Hotel  on  March  9,  1957. 


WOODWORK    INSTITUTE    OF 
CALIFORNIA    ANNUAL    MEET 

More  than  eighty  members  attended  the  1957  An- 
nual Meeting  of  the  Woodwork  Institute  of  Cali- 
fornia at  the  Hotel  Statler,  Los  Angeles,  last  month. 

First  part  of  the  program  was  devoted  to  a  panel 
discussion  of  "Architectural  Woodwork  in  your  Fu- 
ture," panel  members  being;  Dr.  Fred  Dickinson,  Di- 
rector of  Forest  Products  Research  Laboratory,  Rich- 
mond, California;  Dean  A.  B.  Gallion,  College  of 
Architecture,  University  of  Southern  CaHfornia,  and 
Dr.  C.  Thomas  Dean,  Chairman,  Department  of  Vo- 
cation and  Industrial  Education,  Long  Beach  State 
College. 

Dr.  Dickinson  opened  the  panel  with  the  challeng- 
ing statement  that  in  the  wood  we  work  with,  we  have 
a  material  that  is  unique  and  possesses  many  advan- 
tages not  held  by  other  materials.  He  stated  that  a 
danger  lies  in  the  fact  that  we  are  presently  using  this 
material  faster  than  we  are  growing  it,  although  we 
are  removing  a  growth  of  over  mature  wood  which  we 
must  do  in  order  to  grow  a  second  crop.  "Even 
though  there  is  sufficient  material  today,  we  are  al- 
ready experiencing  some  difficulty  in  selecting  for 
species  or  grade  or  other  particular  characteristics,"  he 
said. 

Dean  Gallion  pointed  out  that  wood  is  unique  in 
the  field  of  materials,  particularly  because  it  was  the 
first  that  man  utilized,  and  has  continued  to  dominate 
as  a  building  material.  He  stated  that  modem  archi- 
tecture is  going  to  exploit  the  materials  available  how- 
ever, in  spite  of  any  sentimental  attachments  to  wood. 
He  stated  that  "architects  are  not  concerned  with  the 
support  of  an  industry  nor  the  exploitation  of  any 
special  material,"  but  only  the  selection  of  those  ma- 
terials that  will  better  suit  the  purpose,  and  in  spite 
of  the  fact  that  wood  has  the  capacity  to  serve  con- 
temporary architecture  it  will  not  be  used  unless  some- 
thing is  done  by  the  woodworking  industry. 

"As  a  part  of  the  general  immorality  of  our  times, 
there  appears  to  be  an  indifference  toward  the  stand- 
ard of  quality,"  Dean  Gallion  stated.  "Sometimes  the 
only  way  the  architect  can  use  wood  is  by  covering  it 
up,  and  thus  is  prohibited  from  expressing  the  struc- 
ture of  the  building  with  the  materials  from  which  it 
is  built." 

He  emphasized  the  need  for  the  industry  to  adopt 
standard    stock    detailing    that    is   contemporary    and 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


usable  and  that  will  permit  the  architect  to  express 
himself  in  the  structure. 

He  called  our  attention  to  the  increasing  influence 
of  Japanese  architecture,  especially  on  the  West 
Coast,  and  stated  that  the  detailing  and  the  quality  of 
the  woodwork  was  the  factor  that  made  such  archi- 
tecture such  a  delight,  and  heartily  recomended  that 
"we  travel  in  the  direction  of  an  improvement  of 
quality  standards,"  so  that  the  architect  is  not  re- 
quired to  resort  always  to  some  substitute  material 
u'hen  wood  should  be  used. 

Dr.  Dean  gave  a  brief  history  of  the  beginning  and 
the  growth  of  vocational  education,  pointing  out  that 
the  plan  for  vocational  and  industrial  education  under 
existing  legislation  must  come  from  the  State  and 
from  the  local  school  system.  "The  vocational  training 
program  is  paid  for  by  industry,  and  therefore  in- 
dustry should  assist  in  its  direction,"  he  said. 

Dr.  Dean  cited  the  fact  that  56. 49^  of  high  school 
graduates  in  California  are  not  eligible  to  enroll  in 
college  and  suggested  that  the  W.I.C.  organize  strong 
advisory  groups  for  the  guidance  of  technical  edu- 
cation in  colleges  and  for  work  with  the  high  school 
in  the  community. 

In  the  question  and  answer  period,  the  excellency 
of  the  panel  members'  preliminary  talks  was  evi- 
denced by  the  questions  that  followed. 

New  Officers  Elected 

Following  the  luncheon,  outgoing  President  Byron 
K.  Taylor  reopened  the  meeting  by  introducing  Mr. 
James  R.  Pierce  of  Pacific  Manufacturing  Company 
of  Santa  Clara  as  the  1957  President  of  the  Wood- 
work Institute  of  California,  who  then  introduced  the 
new  officers  and  directors  for  the  forthcoming  year. 

W.  Perry  AcufF  of  Western  Lumber  Company,  San 
Diego,  First  Vice  President;  Jack  Little  of  Union 
Planing  Mill,  Stockton,  Second  Vice  President;  Rex 
Sporleder  of  Hollenbeck  Bush  Planing  Mill,  Fresno, 
Treasurer;  William  Brockway  of  Rumple,  Inc.,  Van 
Nuys;  Ray  Dreps  of  Watson-Dreps  Mill  6?  Cabinet 
Co.,  El  Monte;  Byron  K.  Taylor  of  Taylor  Millwork 
&"  Stair  Co.,  Los  Angeles;  Adolph  Warvarovsky  of 
Los  Angeles  Millwork  Co.,  Los  Angeles;  C.  E.  Mor- 
rison of  California  Manufacturing  Co.,  Sacramento; 
Seth  Potter  of  Stockton  Box  Co.,  Stockton;  Elmer 
Vivian  of  General  Veneer  Mfg.  Co.,  South  Gate; 
Stanley  Gustafson  of  Sierra  Mill  6r  Lumber  Co.,  Sac- 
ramento; E.  F.  Atkinson  of  Clinton  Mill  fe?  Mfg.  Co., 
Oakland;  Owens  Minton  of  Minton  Lumber  Co., 
Mountain  View;  and  Tom  Work  of  The  Work  Mill 
fe?  Cabinet  Co.,  Inc.,  Monterey. 

Pierce  presented  a  gift  from  the  Woodwork  Insti- 
tute to  Mr.  Taylor  in  acknowledgement  and  apprecia- 
tion of  his  untiring  services  on  behalf  of  the  W.I.C. 
during  the  past  year. 

Dr.  Fred  Dickinson  of  the  Forest  Products  Research 
Laboratory    as    the    principal    speaker,    in    his    talk, 


pointed  out  that  wood  plays  an  ever-effective  and 
constant  part  in  our  everyday  lives.  "The  complex 
and  interesting  chemical  nature  of  wood  is  the  cause 
of  its  value  as  a  useful  material,  and  still  we  fall  far 
short  of  utilizing  the  full  value  of  wood,"  he  said. 
"Our  future  as  a  wood  using  industry  Hes  in  the  sec- 
ond growth  forests,  and  I  am  confident  that  we  will 
maintain  an  ample  supply.  We  must  grow  trees  faster." 
He  cited  a  station  at  Placerville,  California,  where 
they  have  been  able  by  cross  breeding  and  selection 
to  grow  trees  twice  as  fast  as  normally.  Such  tree 
plantations  are  being  set  out  throughout  the  State  in 
an  ever  increasing  number.  He  then  emphasized  the 
importance  of  better  utilization — even  to  complete 
utilization. 

Byron  K.  Taylor,  outgoing  President  of  the  W.I.C, 
gave  a  report  on  where  the  W.I.C.  had  been,  and  es- 
pecially where  it  is  going,  stating  that  our  great  chal- 
lenge lies  in  the  fact  that  this  is  a  new  era  of  new 
materials. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS  FREEMAN  FELLOWSHIP 

Qualified  members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  or  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers  who  have  a  worthy  research  program  in 
hydraulics  or  related  fields,  may  apply  for  Fellow^ship 
support  to  the  Freeman  Award  Committee  of  ASCE 
in  an  amount  not  exceeding  $.i,000,  depending  on  the 
need  claimed  in  the  application. 

ASCE  and  ASME  are  each  administrators  of  a  Free- 
man Fund  and  the  Freeman  Award  Committees  make 
awards  through  the  Societies  in  alternate  years. 

Conditions  under  which  awards  are  considered 
include:  Applicant  must  submit  a  study  or  research 
program  covering  a  period  of  at  least  nine  months 
starting  in  1957;  Applicant  shall  furnish  evidence  of 
his  qualifications  to  carry  out  the  proposed  program; 
Applications  must  be  submitted  to  the  Freeman  Award 
Committee  c/o  Secretary,  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  3  J  West  39th  Street,  New  York  19,  by 
March  1,  1957. 


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FEBRUARY.     1957 


flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 

Leon  Choteloiii,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President    -  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL    DIRECTORS   —   Northwest    District,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 

Mountain  District,  Bradley   P.   Kidder,    Santa   Fe,    New  Mexico;    CaKfornia-Nevada-Hawaii   District, 

Donald  Beach  Kirby,  San  Francisco,  CoUi. 


Arizona  Chapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore.  President;  Martin 
Ray  Yftung,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Sholder,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore.  Cox,  Fred  Weaver, 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA:  Fred  Jobusch,  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson,  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain,  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch.  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
EUwood,  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer.  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
254  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coaat  Valleya  Ctupttri 

L.   F.   Richards,   Preaident.  Santa  Clara;   Birge  Clarli.  Vice-preai- 
dent,    Palo    Alto;    Ted    Chamberlain,    Secretary.    San    Jo        " 
WiUiami,    Treasurer.    Palo    Alt(      -      '    "-  "  " 

Frank    Treoeder,    Directors.      C 
San    Jose    10. 

Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  dc  Wolf  (Stockton),  President:  Whil 

ramento).    Vice-President;    Joe    Jo  " 

Albert    M.    Dreyfuss    (Sacramento),    Treasurer.     Directors:    Doyt 

Early   (Sacramento).  Jack  Whipple   (Stockton).    Office  of  Secty., 

914  11th  St..  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegner,  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet,  Vice  President: 
Norton  Polivnick,  Secretary;  Richard  Wilhams,  Treasurer.  Di' 
rectors:  James  M.  Hunter,  Robert  K.  Fuller,  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy.,   1225  Bannock  St.,  Denver.  Colorado. 


ul    Huston,    Palo    Alto. 
Chapter,    363     Park    f 


Cox  (Sacra- 
(Sacramento),    Secretary: 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Andrew  P.  Anderson.  President;  Harry  Clausen.  Vice-President; 
Robert  W.  Campini.  Secretary:  Hachiro  Yuasa.  Treasurer.  Direc- 
tors: George  T.  Kern,  Joe  Rae  Harper.  Roger  Y.  Lee,  Frank  B. 
Hunt.     Office  of  Secty.,  6848  Outlook  Ave,.  Oakland  5. 

Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping.  Boise.  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston, 
Payette.  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline,  Boise,  Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee.  Chester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams. 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg.,  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Wallace  J.  Holm.  President;  Thomas  S.  Elston.  Jr..  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Frederick  C.  McNulty,  Sec;  George  F.  Rhoda,  Trias. 
Office    of    Secretary-Treasurer,    2281    Prescott    Street,    Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Hess,  President  (Great  Fills);  John  E.  TooKey.  Vice- 
President  (BitUngi):  H.  C.  CSieevir,  S«.-Tnu.  (Boteaiin). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas.  Wm.  J,  Hess.  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy.,  Boxeman,  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons,  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling, 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien,  Secretary:  Ralph  A. 
Casazsa,  Treasurer.  Directors,  John  Crider,  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy.,  160  Chestnut  St..  Reno.  Nev. 


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SAN  DIEGO  CHAPTER 

John  Bate,  San  Diego  Port  Director,  was  the  prin- 
cipal speaker  at  the  regular  February  meeting,  taking 
as  his  subject  "San  Diego's  Port  ancj  Its  Future." 

On  February  2 1st,  San  Diego  civic,  governmental, 
industrial  and  Navy  leaders  joined  -with  Chapter  mem- 
bers in  observing  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  The 
American  Institute  of  Architects,  at  dinner  in  the  El 
Cortez  Hotel.  Donald  Beach  Kirby,  A.I.A.,  Regional 
Director  of  the  Nevada-California-Hawaii  District  of 
the  A. I. A.,  was  the  speaker. 


WASHINGTON  STATE  CHAPTER 

Completing  the  third  year  of  an  unusual  collabora- 
tion between  a  leading  metropolitan  newspaper  and  a 
professional  group  of  architects,  Seattle  Architect 
Benjamine  F.  McAdoo  was  recently  honored  as  de- 
signer of  the  winning  entr>'  in  the  A.I.A.-Seattle 
Times  Home  of  the  Month  Competition  for  1956. 

The  Home  of  the  Month  program  was  designed  to 
emphasize  good  architectural  design  in  building  in  the 
rapidly  growing  Pacific  Northwest. 


SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

Inspection  of  the  Administration  Building  of  the 
Lockheed  Aircraft  Service  Corp'n  of  Ontario,  de- 
signed by  George  Vernon  Russell,  and  recognized  as 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Directors:  David  Vhay,  Edward  S.  Parsona.  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  President.  131  W. 
2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zick,  President;  Aloysius  McDonald, 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks.  Sec.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick.  Edward  Hendricks.  Charles  E.  Coi.  Office  of 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris.  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald.  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno),  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno),  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  Sth  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

Wm.  Stephen  Allen.  President;  William  Corlett,  Vice-President; 
Worley  K.  Wong.  Secretary;  Donald  Powers  Smith.  Treasurer; 
Robert  S.  Kitchen,  Bernard  Sabaroff,  Corwin  Booth  and  A. 
Appleton.  Directors.  Exec.  Secty.  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
Office,  47  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak.  President  (Downey);  Willard  T.  Jordan. 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson.  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers.  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy..  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch.  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis.  Secretary;  Thomas  I.  Potter,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy..  317  S.W.  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pasadena  Chapter: 

William  H.  Taylor,  President;  Lee  B.  Kline.  Vice-President;  H. 
Douglas  Byles,  Secretary;  Lyman  F.  Ennis,  Treasurer.  Directors: 
Henry  C.  Surge,  Keith  P.  Marston,  Ernest  C.  Wilson  and  Harold 
B.  Zook.    Office  of  Secty.,  622  S.  Lake  Ave.,  Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Frank  L.  Hope.  President;  Sim  Bruce  Richards,  Vice-President; 
Raymond  Lee  Eggers.  Secretary;  Fred  M.  Chilcott,  Treas.  Office 
of  Secty.  4730  Palm  St.,  La  Mesa. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Philip  S.  Buckingham  (Fresno).  President;  Allen  Y.  Lew  (Fres- 
no). Vice-President;  James  J.  Nargis  (Fresno).  Secretary);  Paul 
Ci;.  Shattuck  (Merced).  Treasurer.  Directors:  William  C.  Hyberg. 
David  H.  Horn.  Alastair  Simpson.  Office  of  Secty.,  627  Rowell 
Bldg.,  Fresno  21. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Glen  G.  Mosher,  President:  Lewis  Storrs,  Vice-President;  Darwin 
Ed.  Fisher,  Secretary;  Wallace  W.  Arendt,  Treasurer.  Directors: 
Robert  I.  Hoyt  and  Roy  Wilson.  Office  of  Secty.,  20  S.  Ash  St.. 
Ventura. 

Southern  Calicfrnia  Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy.  President:  Robert  Field.  Jr..  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr.  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett.  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger.  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
Russell.  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec. -Secy.,  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller,  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd..  Los  Angeles  5. 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Gilbert  M.  Wojahn.  President;  Gordon  N.  Johnston,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Robert  T.  Olson.  2nd  Vice-President;  Henry  Kruire. 
Jr.,  Secretary;  L.  Dana  Anderson.  Treasurer;  Robert  B.  Price  and 
Nelson  J.  Morrison,  Trustees.  Office  of  the  Secy.,  2907  A  St., 
Tacoma  2.  Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President,  433  Atlas  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris.  Jr.,  Secretary,  703  Newhouse  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Cfiapter: 

Lloyd  I.  Lovegren,  President;  James  I.  Chiarelli,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Harold  W.  Hall,  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L. 
Rogers,  Secretary  Albert  Bumgordner,  Treasurer.  J.  Emil 
Anderson,  Robert  H.  Dietz,  Robert  L.  Durham,  and  C^orl  F. 
Gould  Directors.  Miss  Doyis  Holcomb,  Ezec-Secy,  Offices 
409  Central  Bldg,  Seattle  4,  Washington. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James.  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington.  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff.  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks.  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy.,  615   Realty  Bldg.,  Spokane.  Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law,  President;  Harry  W.  Seckcl.  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer.  George  J. 
Wimberly.   Office  of  Secy.,  P.O.   Box   3288.  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL  OF  ARCHITECTS: 

John  Lyon  Reid.  President  (San  Francisco);  William  G.  Balch, 
Vice-President  (Los  Angeles);  Lee  B.  Kline.  Secretary  (Pasa- 
dena): Albert  B.  Thomas.  Treasurer  (Sacramento);  Miss  Rhoda 
Monks,  Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  26  O'Farrell  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland),  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles),  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angelej); 
C.  J.  Padcrewski  (San  Diego):  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fran- 
cisco). Exec.  Secy.,  Robert  K.  Kelley.  Room  712,  145  S.  Spring 
St.,  Los  Anfceles;  San  Francisco  Office,  Room  300,  507  Polk  St. 

ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Frank    L.    Barsotti,    President;    Arie    Dykhuilen,    Vice-President; 

Albert    Beber-Vanio.    Secty;    Stanley    Howatt,    Treasurer.      Club 

offices    507    Howard    St..    San    Francisco. 
Producers'  Council— Southern  California  Chapter: 

LcRoy    Frandsen,    President.    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider.    Vice-president.    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Co.; 

E.    J.    Lawson,    Secretary,    Aluminum    Company   of   America;    E. 

Phil     Filsinger.     Treasurer,     Hermosa    Tile     Division.     Gladding. 

McBcan  y  Company.    Office  of  the  Secy.,  1145  Wilshire  Blvd., 

Los  Angeles    17. 

Producers'  Ouncil  —  Northern  California  Chapter  (See  Special 
Page) 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 

R.    R.    Coghlan,    Jr..    President;    George    Lamb.    Vice-President; 

Peter  Vogel.  Secretary;  Harry  L.  Miller,  Treasurer. 
Construction  Specifications  Institute— San  Francisco: 

Harry    McLain.     President;     Harry    C.     Collins,    Vice-President; 

Albert  E.  Barnes.  Treasurer;  George  E.  Conley.  Secretary.  Office 

of  Secy..  1400  Egbert  Ave,,  San  Francisco  24. 


an  outstanding  example  of  industrial  architecture 
featured  the  February  meeting.  In  addition  to  Russell, 
J.  K.  Hull,  President  of  Lockheed  Aircraft  Service  and 
A.  L.  Pozzo  of  the  Pozzo  Construction  Company  de- 
scribed various  features  of  the  building. 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

An  Illustrated  Lecture  on  the  Descanso  Gardens  of 
La  Canada,  given  by  William  L.  Newman,  Director  of 
Public  Relations,  Park  and  Recreational  Department 
of  Los  Angeles  county,  featured  the  February  meeting. 
Newman  was  assisted  by  Mark  Anthony,  Assistant 
Superintendent  of  Descanso  Gardens.  Color  slides  of 
the  gardens  were  shown. 


OREGON  CHAPTER 

OiScers  elected  and  installed  to  serve  for  the  ensu- 
ing year  included:  Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl 
P.  Newberry,  Vice-President;  Charles  G.  Davis,  Sec- 
retary; Thomas  I.  Potter,  Treasurer,  and  Donald  W. 
Edmundson,  Director.  The  above  officers  and  John  K. 
Dukehart  were  elected  to  represent  the  Chapter  at  the 


Regional  Convention  at  Gearhart  Beach  in  the  Fall. 

The  business  meeting  included  a  slide  and  exhibit 
on  "Architectural  Plastics." 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

Victor  Gruen,  Los  Angeles  architect  and  nationally 
known  for  his  Fort  Worth  plan  and  other  dramatic 
solutions  of  civic  congestion  and  city  planning,  was 
the  featured  speaker  at  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Chapter 
and  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art  on  February  21. 


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Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President:  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Layne,  H.  I,. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehcm,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Sauer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Clark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Cloud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Walter  L.  Dickey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Scrrdis,  James  L.  Stratta, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brondow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crandall,  Vice-President;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 
Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

"Recent  Development  in  Atomic  Energy"  was  the 
subject  of  discussion  at  the  February  meeting  with 
Lester  C.  Reukema,  PhD,  Professor  of  Electrical  En' 
gineering  at  the  University  of  California,  Berkeley,  the 
principal  speaker.  Prof.  Reukema  reviewed  the  history 
of  man's  development  of  sources  of  power,  from  solid 
fuels  to  solar  energy,  and  discussed  the  application  of 
atomic  energy  for  civilian  use,  forecasting  many  future 
developments. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Mac  Silvert,  Elmer  F. 
Steigelman,  and  Joseph  F.  Geyer.  Junior  Members, 
James  M.  Lenhart,  Ray  A.  McCann,  and  Affiliate 
Members,  Jack  Streblow  and  Frank  D.  Gaus. 


AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF 
CONSULTING  ENGINEERS 

Edward  H.  Anson  of  New  York  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  American  Institute  of  Consulting  En- 
gineers,  succeeding  Carlton  S.  Proctor,  New  York. 
Anson  is  Senior  Vice-president  and  Director  of  Gibbs 
6?  Hill,  Inc. 

The  Institute  was  organized  in  1910  to  encourage 
the  practice  of  engineering  as  a  profession,  promote 
ethical  principles  and  procedures,  advance  the  interest 


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of  engineers  in  all  branches;  but  particularly  those  of 
consulting  engineering,  and  to  increase  the  usefulness 
of  the  profession  to  the  general  public. 


THE  FEMINEERS  OF 
SAN  FRANCISCO 

Mrs.  Victor  R.  Sandner  was  elected  President  for 
1957  at  the  annual  meeting.  Chosen  to  serve  as  officers 
with  her  were:  Mrs.  Burr  H.  Randolph,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Mrs.  Howard  Schirmer,  Secretary;  Mrs.  Fred 
Nicholson,  Treasurer,  and  Mesdames  F.  W.  Kellberg, 
John  B.  Harrington,  Thomas  Power,  John  F.  Mitchell 
and  John  Fies  as  Directors. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Femineers  was  held  in 
the  Elks  Club,  San  Francisco,  February  20,  with  Carol 
Brumm  reviewing  a  current  book  as  the  after-luncheon 
program. 

March  2nd  the  Annual  Dinner-Dance  will  be  held 
in  the  Nob  Hill  Room  of  the  Fairmont  Hotel.  A  floor 
show  will  also  be  presented.  Mrs.  Arnold  Olitt  and 
Mrs.  Chas.  J.  Lindgren  are  in  charge  of  arrangements 
for  the  event. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 
SAN  FRANCISCO  SECTION 

"Modern  Digital  Computers"  was  the  subject  of  the 
February'  meeting,  with  Dr.  Melvin  A.  Shader,  Dis- 
trict Coordinator  of  Applied  Science,  International 
Business  Machines,  and  Sam  Osofsky,  Supervising 
Highway  Statistician  of  the  State  of  California,  Di- 
vision of  Highways,  featured  speakers. 

Dr.  Shader  discussed  the  general  aspects  of  com- 
puters while  Osofsky  presented  examples  of  specific 
applications  of  computers  to  engineering  problems 
including  traverse,  earthwork  and  structural  computa- 
tions. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  ENGINEERING 
COUNCIL  ELECTS  OFFICERS 

Earl  H.  Thouren,  representing  the  American  Soci- 
ety of  Civil  Engineers,  has  been  elected  1957  President 
of  the  San  Francisco  Engineering  Council.    Elected  to 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Son  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Harmer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jos©  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treas. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy.-Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy  ,  121  So.  Alvarado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent;   Delmar    L.    McConnell,    Secy.-Treas.     Directors: 


Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 
Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Secy., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.   E.   Kister,   A.   I.   E.   E.,   Chairman;    E.   R.   McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices,  . 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy.,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  S  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of  American  Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Col.  Wm.  F.  Cassidy,  President;  Cmdr.  W.  J.  Valentine, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Edv/in  M.  Eads,  2nd  Vice- 
President;  Bob  Cook,  Secretary;  C.  D.  Koerner,  Treas- 
urer. Directors  Col.  J.  A.  Graf,  Copt.  A.  P.  Gardiner, 
P.  W.  Kohlhaas,  C.  G.  Austin  and  C.  R.  GroH. 


serve  with  him  were:  Col.  John  A.  Graf,  representing 
the  American  MiHtary  Engineers,  Vice-Chairman,  and 
G.  Arthur  Sedgwick,  representing  the  Structural  Engi- 
neers Association  of  Northern  California,  Secretary- 
Treasurer. 


EAST  BAY  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS 
ASSOCIATION 

Bert  Clausen  has  been  elected  President  of  the  East 
Bay  Structural  Engineers  Association  for  1957.  Other 
officers  named  to  serve  with  Clausen  were:  Mike 
Superak.  Vice-President;  Mac  Graham,  Secretary- 
Treasurer. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 
LOS  ANGELES  SECTION 

Latest  developments  in  an  attempted  solution  of 
California's  Water  Problems,  will  be  the  major  sub- 
ject of  discussion  at  the  regular  March  meeting  of  the 
Section,  scheduled  for  March  l.ith  in  the  Roger 
Young  Auditorium. 

Principal  speaker  will  be  Harold  W.  Kennedy. 
County  Counsel  of  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  who 
is  eminently  quahfied  to  speak  on  this  subject,  having 
been  a  leader  in  the  efforts  to  satisfy  Southern  Cali- 
fornia's future  water  needs  for  the  past  thirty  years. 
He  will  also  discuss  a  number  of  1957  legislative  mat- 
ters of  interest  to  Southern  California  residents. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

A.  L.  Parme,  Structural  Engineer,  Structural  &'  Rail- 
way Bureau,  Portland  Cement  Association,  Chicago, 
and  Richard  R.  Bradshaw,  Structural  Engineer,  and 
Ralph  Van  Cleave,  Contractor,  discussed  Thin  Shell 
Construction  at  the  February  meeting,  held  February- 
6th  in  the  Roger  Young  Auditorium,  Los  Angeles. 

Speakers  emphasized  that  it  is  necessary  to  educate 
our  public  of  the  safety,  strength,  beauty,  economy 
and  other  advantages  of  this  type  of  construction.    In 


fact,  the  system  is  so  new  it  is  also  necessary  to  educate 
the  building  crafts,  contractors,  engineers  and  archi- 
tects of  the  advantages  of  it. 

Parme  told  how  he  was  invited  to  a  project  in  Texas 
where  the  forms  were  being  removed.  (Contractors 
doing  their  first  project  in  Thin  Shell  consider  the 
form  removal  and  deflection  checking  an  event  of  re- 
nown.) However,  Parme  explained  the  building  was 
designed  for  15  pounds  per  square  foot  snow  load,  a 


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Conditions  •  Made  of  Two  Heavy  Kraft 
Sheets  Pre-Treated  with  Special  Fungicides, 
Bonded   With   Asphalt 

Tough!  Clean!  A  size  for  every  job  —  3,  4,  6,  7,  8  ft. 
wide.  V.A.  and  F.H.A.  accepted  in  lieu  of  55db.  roofing 
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125  mile  per  hour  wind  load  and  a  temperature  differ- 
ence of  120  degrees.  There  has  never  been  a  snow  of 
this  magnitude  on  record  for  this  area  of  Texas  and 
possibility  of  excitement  incidental  to  the  removal  of 
these  forms  was  non-existent  for  such  a  structure  is 
very  safe  and  strong  and  will  be  subject  to  little  de- 
flection. Usually  about  1  to  2  inches  of  deflection  is 
noticed  for  spans  below  160  feet. 

Parme,  by  means  of  a  collection  of  film  strips, 
showed  the  evolution  of  shell  design.  Older  designs 
using  heavy  rib  thick  shells  and  much  reinforcing 
steel.   Late  designs  use  lighter  ribs  at  greater  spacing, 


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thin  ribs  from  IJ/2  to  5J/2"  and  very  little  reinforcing. 
The  most  common  types  of  thin  shell  roofs  are,  first, 
the  Hyperbolic  Paraboloid  and,  second,  the  Cylindri- 
cal Concrete  shells.  Each  type  has  its  advantages;  the 
latter  is  sometimes  chosen  for  its  architectural  value, 
especially  when  used  in  repetition  and  the  former  for 
its  economy. 


ENGINEERS  OPEN  OFFICES 

Milton  G.  Leong  and  Associates  recently  announced 
the  opening  of  offices  in  the  American  Trust  Company 
Building,  2140  Shattuck  Avenue,  Berkeley,  California, 
and  in  the  Professional  Arts  Building,  333  Maryland 
Street,  Vallejo,  California,  for  the  general  practice  of 
Civil  and  Structural  Engineering. 


A  NEW  CENTURY  BECKONS 

(From  Page  21) 
environment  are  infinitely  more  complex  today  than  at 
any  time  in  the  past  century.  One  hundred  years  ago, 
the  architect  was  concerned  principally  with  the  prob- 
lem of  providing  shelter  for  a  pioneer  society  which 
was  expanding  its  boundaries  and  bridging  its  fron- 
tiers. 

"Today,  the  architect  must  consider,  simultaneously, 
man's  physical  environment  in  relation  to  his  new  so- 
cial aspirations  and  spiritual  needs;  to  a  host  of  new 
contrivances  which  afford  him  new  comfort  and  leisure 
time;  to  new  problems  of  traffic  flow,  land  use,  and 
urban  congestion;  even  to  the  problem  of  shielding 
him,  not  from  the  elements  alone,  but  from  the  haz- 
ards of  a  world  whose  skill  at  making  weapons  has 
outstripped  its  ability  to  live  without  them, 

"In  the  contrast  provided  by  these  two  eras,  we 
may  see,  if  only  dimly,  the  enormity  of  the  task  we 
face.  Our  vast  knowledge  of  the  nature  of  matter 
must  be  matched  by  an  equivalent  understanding  of 
the  nature  of  man.  The  architect  can  and  must  con- 
tribute to  a  closure  of  this  gap  in  knowledge.  This, 
then,  is  the  aim  of  the  Centennial  Program  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Architects." 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


AMERICAN  SOOETY  OF 
MECHANICAL   ENGINEERS 

Two  important  events  have  been  sched- 
uled for  the  West  Coast  in  1957  by  The 
American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers. 

First  is  the  semi-annual  meeting  which 
will  be  held  in  San  Francisco,  June  9-13, 
at  the  Shenton-Palace  Hotel,  and  second 
is  the  Applied  Mechanics  Conference 
which  will  follow  immediately,  June  14- 
16,  at  the  University  of  California, 
Berkley. 


CONVAIR   AIRCRAFT 
EXPANDS  SAN  DIEGO 

Convair  Division  of  General  Dynamics, 
San  Diego,  recently  acquired  a  10  year 
lease  on  a  site  in  Rose  Canyon  in  north- 
ern San  Diego,  and  will  construct  a  new 
multi-million  dollar,  1,000,000  sq.  ft.  cen- 
tral warehouse  and  materials  depot,  with 
both  rail  and  truck  access. 

Sixteen  football  playing  fields  could  be 
sheltered  under  the  roof  of  the  500,000 
sq.  ft.  warehouse,  largest  steel  structure  of 
its  kind  in  the  West. 

The  new  facilitiy  will  be  built  by  Stew- 
art-Southern Inc.,  a  joint  venture  of  the 
James  Stewart  Company  and  the  Southern 
Engineering  and  Construction  Company 
of    Long    Beach. 


J.  C  EPPERSON  CO. 
APPOINTED  SALES  REP. 

The  J.  C.  Epperson  Company.  721 
Bryant  Street,  San  Francisco,  has  been  ap- 
pointed exclusive  sales  representative  m 
Northern  California  and  Nevada  for 
Honeylite,  a  light  difusing  aluminum 
honeycomb  produced  by  Hexcel  Products, 
Inc..   of  Oakland.  California. 

John  C.  Epperson,  electrical  engineer 
and  head  of  the  sales  firm,  and  Ray  Cook, 
the  company's  illuminating  engineer,  will 
offer  sales  engineering  service  for  the 
lighting  material. 


CENTRAL  ELECTRIC  OPENS 
SAUSALITO   BRANCH  OFFICE 

The  Central  Electric  Company  of  San 
Francisco,  has  opened  a  third  branch  of- 
fice in  Sausalito,  to  better  serve  Marin 
county  construction. 

Rod  Newman  has  been  appointed  office 
manager  of  the  new  facility.  Other  branch 
offices  of  the  firm  which  will  observe  its 
50th  birthday  this  year,  are  located  in 
Redwood  City  and  Palo  Alto. 


SENIOR  BOYS 
CAMP  PROJECT 

Architect  Chester  H.  Treichel,  696 
Cleveland  Avenue,  Oakland,  is  preparing 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  $250,000 
Senior  Boys"  Camp  for  the  Juvenile  Pro- 
bation Department  of  the  County  of  Ala- 
meda. 

The  project  consisting  of  five  one-story 
buildings  of  concrete  block  and  frame 
construction,  will  be  built  at  the  corner  of 
150th  Ave.  and  Foothill  Blvd. 


FRANK  B.  MILLER 
DOOR   PRESIDENT 

Frank  B.  Miller,  Burbank,  has  been 
elected  president  of  the  Sliding  Glass 
Door  and  Window  Institute  of  California 
and  Murrell  Spence,  first  vice-president. 

Other  officers  who  will  serve  during 
the  ensuing  year  include:  Lauro  Bourland, 
secretary;  Charles  Walker,  treasurer,  and 
George  Radford,  second  vice  president. 
William  Watkins.  pioneer  in  the  sliding 
glass  door  field  was  named  honorary  vice- 
president. 


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manufacture  characteristic  of  all  Packard-Bell 
products.  In  choice  of  walnut,  birch,  rotary 
mahogany,  ash,  ribbon  mahogany,  and  white 
oak  with  our  deluxe  solid  or  hollow  core  doors. 
Fully  guaranteed  as  set  forth  in  the  standard 
Door  Guarantee  of  the  National  Woodwork 
Manufacturers  Assn. 


The  Bellwood  Company  of  California 
533  W.  Collins  Ave.,  Orange,  Calif. 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


IDEAL  TO  BUILD 
NEW  CEMENT  PLANT 

Engineer  Vern  E.  Adler  Company  of 
Chicago,  111.,  IS  working  on  plans  for  con- 
struction of  a  new  cement  plant  to  be  built 
in  Redwood  City.  California,  for  the  Ideal 
Cement  Company,  Pacific  Division. 


Architects    Reports    in    the    Oakland    and 
East  Bay  area. 

Yallop  was  succeeded  by  Archie  Mac- 
Corkindalc,  San  Francisco,  who  has  been 
serving  as  assistant  manager  of  Architects 
Reports  for  the  past  several   months. 


VERNON  S.  YALLOP 
RETIRES  FROM  A&E 

Vernon  S.  Yallop,  for  more  than 
twenty  years  manager  of  the  Architects 
Reports  division  of  Architect  £#  Engineer, 
Inc.,  San  Francisco,  publishers  of  Archi- 
tect 6?  Engineer  magazine,  retired  on  Jan- 
uary I  5th  to  devote  his  full  time  to  num- 
erous hobbies.  He  will  however,  represent 


KRAFnLE  PATIO  CONTEST 
WINNERS  ARE  ANNOUNCED 

The  large  list  of  entries  in  Kraftile  Com- 
pany's Second  Annual  Patio  Contest,  have 
been  reviewed  by  a  special  Board  of 
Judges  comprising  C.  Mason  Whitney, 
past  president  California  Association  of 
Landscape  Architects;  R.  W.  Harrington, 
manager.  Clay  Brick  and  Tile  Association, 
and  Robert  Johnson,  advertising  account 
executive  with  the  Ryder  ii  Ohleyer  Ad- 


This  Architect  knew  what  he  wanted 


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Architect:  BANK  BUILDING  AND  EQUIP- 
MENT CORPORATION  OF  AMERICA 
Contractor:  STEED  BROS. 


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Architectural  Porcelain  Enamel  was  selected  to  implement 

his  ideas  . . .  with  pstman&nce.  The  light  weight  of  porceloin  enamel 
on  steel  reduces  dead  load,  and  expedites  erection.  It  is  virtually 
immune  to  weather  deterioration.  Unlimited  ranges  of  color 
and  finish  provide  new  creative  freedom  . . .  and  it  washes  clean 
with  every  rainfall,  keeping  beauty  fresh  and  unfading 
for  decades.  Architectural  Porcelain  Enamel  is  the  answer 
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vertising  Agency  of  Oakland. 

First  Award  was  given  A.  lantasca  of 
San  Jose  in  the  over  1 50  sq.  ft.  classifica- 
tion; Lee  Ackerman  of  Mill  Valley  was 
awarded  first  place  in  the  50  to  150  sq.  ft. 
classification. 

In  commenting  on  the  event  C.  W. 
Kraft,  president  of  Kraftile  Company,  said 
"The  number  of  entries  this  year  was 
substantially  greater  than  last  time  and  we 
believe  that  the  contest  should  be  re 
peated  as  an  annual  integrated  part  of  our 
own    program." 

Although  contest  rules  permitted  entry 
of  professionally  installed  patios,  most  en- 
tries were  self-installed  and  the  judges' 
decision  was  a  difficult  one  due  to  sur- 
prisingly high  standards  of  beauty  and 
originality. 


WILLIAM  R.  MASON  PROMOTED 
BY  ARCADIA  METAL  PRODUCTS 

William  R.  Mason  has  been  promoted 
to  the  post  of  chief  engineer  of  Arcadia 
Metal  Produas,  according  to  an  announce- 
ment by  Henry  E.  North,  Jr.  firm  presi- 
dent. 

Mason  has  been  serving  as  production 
engineer  and  in  his  new  duty  will  be 
responsible  for  product  sign  development, 
production  engineering,  quality  control 
and  plant  engineering.  He  is  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Washington  with  a 
degree  in  civil  engineering,  and  prior  to 
becoming  associated  with  Arcadia  in  Ful- 
lerton  was  with  the  US  Navy  Civil  Engi- 
neering Research  and  Evaluation  Labora- 
tory at  Port  Hueneme. 

PUBLIC  HOUSING 
PROJECT 

Architect  Hans  Wallner,  3260  E.  Flor- 
ence Ave.,  Huntington  Park,  has  com- 
pleted drawings  for  construction  of  thirty 
2,  3.  4  and  5  bedroom,  concrete  block 
dwelling  units  in  Calexico  for  the  Housing 
Authority  of  the  City  of  Calexico. 

Each  unit  will  contain  750  to  1400  sq. 
ft.  area,  rock  roofing,  aluminum  sash,  con- 
crete slab  and  asphalt  tile  covered  floors, 
interior  plaster,  forced  air  type  wall  fur- 
nace, 1  to  21/2  baths  and  tub  showers, 
carports,  administration  and  maintenance 
building  to  the  thirty  units. 


MEDICAL 
BUILDING 

Architect  J.  Richard  Shelley,  3401  Col- 
orado St.,  Long  Beach,  is  completing 
plans  for  construction  of  a  frame,  stucco 
and  transite  board  medical  building  in 
Santa  Fe  Springs,  for  the  John  S.  Griffith 
Properties. 

The  building  will  contain  7000  sq.  ft. 
area,  composition  and  gravel  roof,  con- 
crete and  asphalt  tile  floors,  drywall  in- 
terior, built-up  beams,  exposed  roof  deck, 
plate  glass,  air  conditioning,  flush  and 
fluorescent  lighting  and  acoustical  tile. 


PALOS  N^RDES 
CITY  HALL 

Architect  Carrington  H.  Lewis,  405  Via 
Chico,  Palos  Verdes  Estates,  has  com- 
pleted preliminary  plans  for  construction 
of  a  2-.story  and  basement  City  Hall,  in- 
cluding a  fire  station  and  police  station,  in 
Palos  Verdes  Estates  for  the  City  of  Palos 
Verdes  Estates. 

The  building  will  contain  14.000  sq.  ft. 
area,  plus  3800  sq.  ft.  of  basement:  first 
floor  reinforced  brick:  second  floor  steel 
and  plaster,  steel  trusses,  wood  roof  fram- 
ing, mission  tile  roofing,  reinforced  con- 
crete slab  floors. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


IX>N  L.  GEISERT  NAMED 
BY  REYNOLDS  METAL  CO. 

Don  L.  Gciscrt  has  been  named  western 
sales  manager  ot  monumental  and  com- 
mercial construction  markets  by  the  In- 
dustrial Parts  Division  of  Reynolds  Metals 
Company,  according  to  A.  H.  Williams, 
general  sales  manager. 

Geisert,  active  in  the  construction  field 
and  nonferrous  metals  industry  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  for  the  past  18  years,  will 
have  general  offices  in  San  Francisco.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Western 
Architectural  Metal  Manufacturers  and 
served  as  secretary-treasurer  of  the  organi- 
zation. 


home  constructed  at  the  Center,  and  to 
provide  outstanding  examples  of  the  finest 
and  latest  homes  that  professional  and  in- 
dustrial teamwork  can  provide. 


articles    on    avdertising    and    public    rela- 
tions   subjects. 


H.  J.  WALLACE 
SPEAKER 

H.  J.  Wallace,  vice-president,  sales.  Na- 
tional Tube  Division  of  the  United  States 
Steel  Corpn.,  was  one  of  the  principal 
speakers  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Ala- 
bama-Mississippi Division,  Mid-Continent 
Oil  6?  Gas  Association  in  Mobile,  Ala- 
bama. 

Speaking  on  the  subject  "Steel  for  the 
Oil  and  Gas  Industry",  Wallace  explained 
his  firm's  proposed  expansion  to  meet  the 
Oil  and  Gas  Industry's  requirements  for 
expansion  and  defense. 


ARCHITECT  BECKET 
EXPANDS   SERVICES 

Creation  of  a  new  department  of  Pub- 
lic Relations  for  Welton  Becket,  FAIA, 
and  Associates,  Los  Angeles,  has  been 
announced. 

In  announcing  the  new  activity.  Becket 
stated  "Architectural  and  engineering 
problems  of  today  are  so  complex  that  it 
takes  a  highly-skilled  team  of  experts  to 
handle  them,  and  our  solution  is  to  have 
all  the  experts  on  my  own  staff,  making 
them  readily  available,  better  briefed  on 
the  subjects  as  a  whole,  and  thus  able  to 
serve  our  clients  with   greater  efficiency." 

Jack  Whitehouse  has  been  named  di- 
rector  of  the   department. 


CATALYTIC  REFORMER 
FOR  TACOMA 

Holmes  &?  Narver,  Inc.,  Los  Angeles 
engineers  and  constructors,  have  been 
named  by  Dr.  Ernest  E.  Lyder,  president 
of  the  U.  S.  Oil  6?  Refining  Co.,  to  han- 
dle design,  engineering  and  construction 
of  a  new  2500  to  3000  bbl.  per  day  ca- 
pacity catalytic  reformer  at  the  company's 
Tacoma,  Washington,   plant. 

Costing  approximately  $750,000,  work 
will  start  early  in  1957  with  completion 
slated  for  May  1957. 


ARCHITECTS  NAMED  TO 
HOME  PLANNER  GROUP 

A  number  of  "western"  architects  have 
been  appointed  members  of  a  builder-ar- 
chitectural team  for  planning  homes  to  be 
built  in  the  Homestyle  Center,  a  project 
initiated  by  the  Home  Research  Founda- 
tion and  located  on  a  60-acre  site  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan. 

Appointments  by  Joseph  Haverstick, 
president  of  the  National  Association  of 
Home  Builders,  includes  architects  Ka- 
zumi  Adachi  and  A.  Quincy  Jones  6?  Fred- 
erick E.  Emmons  of  Los  Angeles:  Wurster, 
Bernardi  and  Emmons,  San  Francisco;  and 
Zema  &'  Baumgardner  of  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington. 

The  object  of  the  Center  is  to  combine 
the  talents  of  outstanding  architects,  build- 
ers, interior  designers,  and  landscape  ar- 
chitects working   together  to   design   each 


CARLETON   P.   ADAMS   JOINS 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  &  CO. 

Carleton  P.  Adams  has  been  appointed 
manager  of  advertising  and  public  rela- 
tions for  Gladding,  McBean  fe?  Company, 
according  to  an  announcement  by  C.  W. 
Planje,  president. 

Adams  was  recent  West  Coast  public 
relations  representative  for  The  Yale  6? 
Towne  Mfg.  Co.,  and  has  had  extensive 
experience  in  newspaper,  agency  and  in- 
dustrial advertising,  having  served  as  a  di- 
rector of  the  Eastern  Industrial  Advertisers 
Association    and    authored    a    number    of 


THREE  PAROCHIAL 
NEVADA  SCHOOLS 

The  architectural  firm  of  Worsick  and 
Bruner,  209  S.  3rd  St.,  Las  Vegas,  Ne- 
vada, is  preparing  preliminary  plans  for 
construction  of  parochial  schools  in  Ely, 
Carson  City,  and  Las  Vegas,  Nevada,  for 
the  Roman  Catholic  Biship  of  Reno. 

Construction  will  be  concrete  block,  as- 
bestos shingle  roof,  asphalt  and  vinyl  tile 
floors,  steel  sash,  ceramic  tile,  hot  water 
heating  in  Ely  and  Carson  City  schools, 
forced  air  heating  and  cooling  Las  Vegas 
school.  The  estimated  cost  of  the  work  is: 
Las  Vegas,  $400,000;  Ely,  $200,000.  and 
Carson  City,  $100,000. 


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And  the  same  holds  true  for 

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FEBRUARY,     1957 


STANFORD  REPORT— Rapid  Transit 

(From  Page  10) 

program  may  be  made  on  grounds  of  national  defense, 
and  savings  in  the  freeway  program  into  which  federal 
funds  are  to  flow. 

SECTION  VII 
SALIENT  POINTS  OF  THE  REPORT 

The  proposed  system  is  financially  feasible  without 
federal  and  state  aid,  except  that  state  aid  in  acquiring 
rights-of-way  promptly  would  save  millions  of  dollars. 

The  financial  problems  could  be  solved  by  conven- 
tional methods  in  use  in  the  United  States,  but  per- 
haps with  different  emphasis  as  to  methods  from  that 
found  elsewhere. 

A  regional   organization   is   needed   with   a   broad 


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grant   of  authority   over  service   areas,   routes,   stand- 
ards of  service,  and  rates. 

A  pubhc  regional  organization,  preferably  a  dis- 
trict, is  suggested,  with  full  taxing  power,  but  coordi- 
nated with  regional  and  local  functions  of  government. 

Complete  administrative  authority  should  be  vested 
in  a  well-paid  professional  transit  operator  as  general 
manager. 

The  most  promising  types  of  taxing  methods  are 
property  taxes,  with  an  over-all  nine-county  rate  and 
an  additional  rate  in  a  transit  zone  within  service  dis- 
tance of  the  transit's  lines,  and  a  retail  sales  tax  of 
not  over  J/2  of  1  per  cent.  In  addition  the  tolls  of  the 
San  Francisco-Oakland  Bay  Bridge  might  be  appro- 
priate for  support  of  the  transit  program,  particularly 
since  the  transit  system  could  postpone  the  need  for 
a  southern  crossing  of  the  Bay  for  many  years. 

The  studies  herein  are  not  designed  to  arrive  at 
decisions,  but  to  furnish  members  of  the  commission 
with  information  and  analysis  to  assist  them  in  formu- 
lating a  program  of  action. 

The  governing  board  should  have  wide  latitude  to 
meet  financial  problems  as  they  arise.  This  would  be 
preferable,  if  accountability  can  be  secured,  to  having 
the  powers  and  duties  of  the  management  determined 
in  detail  by  law. 


AIA  ANNOUNCES  PLANS  FOR  THE 
R.  S.  REYNOLDS  MEMORIAL  AWARD 

The  American  Institute  of  Architects  has  an- 
nounced plans  for  administration  of  the  R.  S.  Reyn- 
olds Memorial  Award,  a  $24,000  annual  prize  to  be 
awarded  the  architect  making  the  "'most  significant 
contribution  to  the  use  of  aluminum"  in  the  building 
field. 

Establishment  of  the  international  award  in  memory 
of  the  founder  of  Reynolds  Metals  Company,  was 
recently  announced  by  R.  S.  Reynolds,  Jr.,  president 
of  the  company. 

Architects  practicing  in  any  nation  are  eligible,  and 
membership  in  a  professional  society  is  not  a  require- 
ment. A  five  man  jury  will  be  named  to  screen  nomi- 
nations and  select  the  winner  of  the  award.  Nomina- 
tions may  be  submitted  by  the  architect  himself,  by 
his  firm,  by  the  owner  of  the  building  or  structure 
involved,  or  by  others.  The  award  may  be  made  for  a 
structure  of  any  classification;  1  structure,  or  a  group 
of  related  structures  forming  a  single  project  com- 
pleted prior  to  January  1,  1957. 


ENGINEER  MOVES  OFFICES:  H.  C.  Vensano 
has  moved  his  offices  from  San  Francisco,  to  1646 
Cover  Lane,  San  Carlos. 


PHOTO  CREDITS:  Douglas  M.  Simmonds,  Cover,  pages  11, 
13,  14.  16,  17:  Palmer  &  Krisel,  Architects,  pages  12,  15:  Dr. 
W.  Schtveisheimer.  pages  18,  19,  20:  Eddie  Hoff  Photo's,  page 
22:  San  Francisco  Chronicle,  page  23. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


BOOK  REVIEWS 

PAMPHLETS  AND  CATALOGUES 


THE  GENERATION  OF  ELECTRiaTY  BY  WIND 
POWER.  By  E.  W.  Golding,  M.Sc.Tech.,  M.I.E.E., 
M.Amcr.I.E.E.,  F.R.G.S.  Philosophical  Library,  Inc., 
15  E.  40th  St.,  New  York  16.  Price  ^12.00. 

The  author  has  played  an  important  part  in  the  study  of 
the  possihihtics  of  using  wind  power  for  the  generation  of 
electricity,  both  in  Britain,  where  he  is  in  charge  of  the  Rural 
Electrification  and  Wind  Power  department  of  the  Electrical 
Research  Association,  and  in  other  countries  on  behalf  of 
their  governments  and  of  the  United  Nations  and  its  special- 
ised agencies. 

The  book  deals  with  the  important  matter  of  wind  surveys 
for  the  choice  of  suitable  sites,  with  the  structure  and  be- 
haviour of  the  wind  and  with  techniques  for  measuring  it. 
The  book  will  be  of  great  interest  to  all  concerned  with  the 
provision  of  electric  power,  as  well  as  to  engineering  students 
in  universities  and  technical  colleges. 


WORLD  CONFERENCE  ON  EARTHQUAKE  ENGI- 
NEERING —  1956.  Earthquake  Engineering  Research 
Institute,  Room  1039,  465  California  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco 4.    Price  ^8.50  postpaid. 

This  book  of  over  500  pages  contains  the  42  papers  pre- 
sented at  the  Berkeley,  June  1956,  first  world-wide  conference 
which  brought  together  scientists  and  engineers  from  the 
major  seismic  areas  of  the  world  in  order  that  their  knowledge 
of  earthquakes  and  developments  in  the  science  and  art  of 
earthquake-resistant  design  and  construction  might  be  pooled 
for  the  benefit  of  all  mankind. 

Technical  papers  are  grouped  under  the  general  subjects  of 
earthquake  ground  motion,  analysis  of  structural  response, 
development  of  aseismic  construction,  earthquake  effects  on 
soils  and  foundations,  design  of  earthquake-resistant  structures, 
summary  of  present  knowledge,  and  panel  discussions.  The 
book  will  long  be  recognized  as  a  principal  reference  in  the 
field  of  earthquake  engineering. 


ENGINEERING  REGISTRATION  EXAMINATION 
BOOK — California.  By  August  E.  Waegemann,  2833 
Webster  St.,  San  Francisco  23.    Price  ^7.00. 

A  new  enlarged  and  revised  book  covering  examinations 
given  by  the  State  of  California  for  the  registration  of  Civil 
Engineers  and  Engineers  in  training.  The  Examinations  given 
between  1940  and  July  of  1949,  include  unofficial  solutions  of 
the  problems  by  the  author  and  the  balance  of  the  examina- 
tions from  July,  1949  to  and  including  June  1956  include  the 
problems  only.  AH  options  tor  the  Civil  Engineers  examina- 
tions are  included  together  with  the  Engineers  in  training 
examinations  for  all  branches  of  engineering. 


NEW  CATALOGUES  AVAILABLE 

Architects,  Engineers,  Contractors,  Planning  Commission 
members — the  catalogues,  [aiders,  new  building  products 
material,  etc.,  described  below  may  be  obtained  by  directing 
your  request  to  the  name  and  address  given  in  each  item. 


"TEMPO"  cabinet  hardware.  Architects  looking  for  ways 
to  add  appeal  to  kitchens,  bathrooms  and  built-ins  should  view 
the  Washington  Line  cabinet  hardware  brochure;  gives  color 
description  for  hundreds  of  brilliant  harmonics  of  color  com- 
binations. Free  copy  write  DEPT-A£#E,  Washington  Steel 
Products,   Inc.,   1940  E.    Uth  St.,  Tacoma   2,  Washington. 


Corrosion-resistant  and   weathersealing  materials.     How   to 

lick  industrial  corrosion  problems  and  permanently  weather- 
seal  all  types  of  building  materials  are  described  in  new  12- 
page  reference  catalog;  written  for  architects  and  corrosion, 
construction  and  chemical  engineers  with  factual  data  on  pro- 
tective coatings  and  synthetic  rubber  compounds;  protection 
for  metal,  masonry  and  wood  against  acids,  alkalies,  alcohol, 
oils,  gasoline,  solvents,  salts  and  water;  also  describes  how 
metal,  masonry  and  glass  are  given  permanent  weathertight 
seal.  Free  copy  write  DEPT-A6?E,  David  E.  Long  Corp.,  220 
E.  42nd  St.,  New  York   17,  N.   Y. 


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Since  1898 


275  PINE  ST. 
SAN   FRANCISCO.  CALIF. 

Phone  DOuglas  2-0678 


Typical  lumber  designs.    New  1957  edition   (AIA  File  No. 
19-B)    with   quantities  and   material  lists  for  light  and   heavy 


mm  PACIFIC -MURPHY  CORP. 

Steel  Fabrleaiors 

and 

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REINFORCING  STEEL 

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BRIDGE 

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Phone: 
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FEBRUARY, 


PACIFIC 
MANUFACTURING   CO 

High  Class  Interior  Finish  Qualiiy 
Millwork 

16  Beale  St.,  San  Francisco 

GArfield  1-7755 

2215  El  Camino  Real,  San  Mateo 

Fireside  5-3531 

2610  The  Alameda,  Santa  Clara 

AXminster  6-2040   (Factory) 

6820  McKinley  Avenue,  Los  Angeles 

Pleasant  8-4196 

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VER-MYEN  Serpentine  for  Laboratory  Equipment 

6000  THIRD  STREET     •     SAN   FRANCISCO  24,  CALIF. 
Phone:  VAlencia  6-5024 

3522  COUNCIL  STREET     •     LOS  ANGELES  4 
Phone:   DUnkIrk  2-6339 


The  Most  Complete  Line  of 
STEELS  and  STEEL   BUILDING  MATERIALS 
Made  by  a  Single  Producer 


See  Sweet's  Catalog  File  or  write  us  for 
full  information. 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORPORATION 

GENERAL  OFFICES:  CLEVELAND,  OHIO 

DENVER,  COLORADO  ....  CONTINENTAL  OIL  BUILDING 
LOS  ANGELES,  CALIF.  .  .  GENERAL  PETROLEUM  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA  ....  RIALTO  BUILDING 
SEAHLE,  WASH WHITE-HENRY-STUART  BUILDING 


frame  structures;  nearly  300  designs  of  wood  structures,  rang- 
ing from  basic  types  of  trussed  rafters  and  heavy  wood  roof 
trusses  to  highway  structures,  towers,  and  farm  buildings,  are 
illustrated;  available  to  architects  and  engineers  as  a  guide  in 
designing  specific  need,  condensed  to  convenient  form  for 
ready  reference.  Free  copy  write  DEPT-A6?E,  Timber  Engi- 
neering Co.,  1319  I8th  St.  N.  W.,  Washington  6,  D.  C. 


Venturafin  unit  heater  handbook.  New  vest-pocket  edition 
of  the  Venturafin  Unit  Heater  Handbook  contains  64  pages 
(3'/2  X  5%"),  illustrated;  contains  specifications  and  operat- 
ing characteristics  as  well  as  installation  and  application  data 
for  the  complete  line;  included  are  such  data  as  capacity 
tables,  dimensions,  engineering  specifications,  external  duct- 
work suggestions,  mounting  heights,  piping  diagrams,  pipe 
sizes,  sound  ratings  and  wiring  diagrams;  easily  understood 
line  drawings  for  clarification  of  data  presented.  Write  DEPT- 
A&'E,  American  Blower  Corpn.,  Detroit  32,  Michigan. 


Reynolds  Aluminum  Air  Duct  Guide.  Up-to-date  and  com- 
plete engineering  treatise  (AIA  File  No.  30-D-4);  alumi- 
num's advantages  for  air  ducts,  explanation  of  recommended 
alloys  and  tempers  with  their  properties,  section  on  prefabri- 
cated ducts,  details  of  search  recommendations  for  noise  con- 
trol in  ductwork,  and  five  specific  areas  of  other  information 
making  it  in  reality  6  complete  guides  in  one.  For  free  copy 
write  DEPT-At-fE,  Reynolds  Metals  Co.,  2T00  S.  S.  3rd  St., 
Louisville   1,   Ky. 


Electric  forced  air  heating.  New  brochure  (AIA  File  No. 
31-K-3)  describes  and  illustrates  the  electric  forced  air  heating 
system,  with  counter-flow  principle  called  "Electrend";  dia- 
grams of  typical  installations,  photos  of  product,  and  specifi- 
cations chart:  for  all  types  of  construction.  Free  copy  write 
DEPT-A6?E,  Hill  and  Deitrick,  417  East  10th  St.,  Oakland 
6,  Calif. 


New  "Ray-vec"  electric  heaters.  Colored  brochure  illus- 
trates and  describes  this  line  of  electric  heaters  for  instant  heat 
in  small  rooms;  includes  specifications  chart.  Free  copy  write 
DEPT-A&?E,  Hill  and  Deitrick,  417  E.  10th  St.,  Oakland  6, 
Calif. 


Interior  metal  trim.  1957  Revised  catalog  (AIA  File  No. 
20-B-l)  describes  many  practical  designs,  sizes  and  weights 
of  wall  units,  window  stools,  metal  bases,  stop,  cove  and  pic- 
ture molds,  chair  rails  and  blackboard  trim;  installation  detail 
drawings,  specifications.  20-page  Catalog  free,  write  DEPT- 
A&fE,  Inland  Steel  Products  Co.,  P.  O.  Box  393,  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin. 


Fireplaces  of  stone.  New  brochure  by  Building  Stone  Insti- 
tute (AIA  File  No.  22-A-2),  illustrates  the  use  of  stone  in 
various  types  of  fireplaces  in  the  home.  Free  copy  write 
DEPT-A6?E.  Building  Stone  Institute,  1696  Summer  Street, 
Stamford,  Conn. 


Power  roof  ventilators.  New  8 -page,  2 -color,  illustrated 
catalog  describes  redesigned  line  of  power  roof  ventilators; 
construction,  operation,  and  design  features;  performance 
data,  fan  speeds  and  motor  horsepower,  certified  delivery 
ratings;  intake  and  duct  area  values;  installation  drawings. 
Free  copy  write  DEPT-AKE,  American  Blower,  Detroit  32, 
Michigan. 


ARCHITECTS... 

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working  drawings? ...  ft  could  save  you  many 

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BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

PRICES  GIVEN  ARE  FIGURING  PRICES  AND  ARE  MADE  UP  FROM  AVERAGE  QUOTATIONS  FURNISHED  BY 
UROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES.  3%  SALES  TAX  ON  ALL  MATERIALS  BUT  NOT  LABOR. 


All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  ior  San 
Francisco  and  the  Bay  District.  There  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(t)  only.  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common  Brick-^Per  I  M  laid— $I35.M  up  (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

Fa:e  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $200.00  and  up  (ac- 
.;ording   to  class  of  work). 

Brick  SteDS-$3  00  and  up. 

Com""n  B'Ick  Voneer  o"  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$1.50  and   up— (according  to  class  of  work). 

Face  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$2.25   and    up    (according   to  class   of  work). 

Common  Brick— $46.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 

Face  Brick— $81.00  to  $106.00  per  M,  truckload 
lots,  delivered. 

Slaied  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 
Clear  Glazed— 

2x6x12  Furring  _ _ $1.75  per  sq.  ft. 

4x6x12  Partition  _ 2.00  per  sq.  ft. 

4x6x12  Double  Faced 

Partition 2.25  per  sq.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add 30  per  sq.  ft. 

Mantel  Fire  Brick  $150.00  per  M  — F.O.B.  Pitts- 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 

Building  Tile— 

Bx5i/;xl2-inches     per   M $139  50 

6x5l/2xl2-inches,    per    M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   M 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,    per   M $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches.    per   M    156.85 

I2xl2x4-inches.    per    M   177  10 

I2xl2x6-inches,    perM  235.30 

F.O.B.   Plan) 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per   1000  ft.  roll $5.30 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 7.80 

3  ply   per    1000  ft.   roll 9.70 

orownskin.  Standard  500  ft.  roll     6.85 

SIsalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 8.50 

Sheathing  Papers — 

Asphalt  sheathing,    15-lb.   roll _ $2.70 

30-lb.   roll 3  70 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll 2.95 

Blue   Plasterboard.  60-lb    roll 5.10 

Felt  Papers — 

Deadening  felt,   ^A-lb..   50-ft.  roll _ $4.30 

Deadening  felt,   lib _...     5.05 

Asphalt  roofing     15-lbs 2.7C 

Asphalt   roofing,   30-lbs __ 3.70 

Roofing  Papers — 

Standard  Grade,   108-ft.  roll.  Light $2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium     2.90 

Heavy 3.40 

M.  S.  Extra  Heavy 3,95 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following   prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
otherwise  shown.    Carload  lots  only. 

Bunker  Del'd 

per  ton  per  ton 

Gravel,    all    sizes J2.70  $3.45 

Top   Sand 2.80  3.55 

Concrete    Mix   _--_ 2.75  3.50 

Crushed   Rock,  <U'  to  %" 3.10  3.85 

Crushed    Rock,   %"  to   Wl" 3.10  3.85 

Roofing  Gravel 2.90  3.65 

River   Sand 2.95  3.45 

Sand— 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  &  4) 3.35  4.10 

Olympia  (Nos.  I  &  2) _ 2.95  3.45 

Cement — 
Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks). 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) $1.25 

Carload   lots,   in   bulk,   per  bbl 3.59 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 

Prox.,    less   than   carload    lots,    $5.00   er    bbl. 

f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.40  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.L _ - ..-2% 

Trinity  White f  I  to  100  sacks,  $3.50  sack 

Medusa  White {  warehouse  or  del.;  $11.40 

Calaveras  White [  bbl.  carload  lots. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 

Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  6  sk. 

in  bulk  $14.50 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 1.03 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 

Hav-  Ba- 

dite  salt 

4x8xl6-inches,   each %  .21  $  Jl 

6x8xl6-inches,    each .24  J2b 

8x8xl6-inches,   each   .30  JO 

I2x8xl6-inches,   each .41  .41 

I2x8x24-inches,   each JU 

Aggregates — Haydite  or  Basalite 

Vi-inch  to  %-inch,  per  cu.  yd _..$7.75 

%-inch  to  A-inch,  per  cu.  yd 7  75 

No,  6  to  0-lnch,   per  cu.  yd 7.75 

DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing— 

Two-coat  work,  $9.00  per  square. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $1  3.50  per  square. 

Hot  coating  work,  $6.00  per  square. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic   yd.   and    up. 


ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speea 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,   $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less:  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will   run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot   galvanized    iron    balcony,   with 

stairs,    $275   installed   on   new   buildings: 
$325  on   old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,   '/a  in.  gauge  22c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition     Floors,    such    as    Magnesite, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.50  per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum— $5.00   sq.   yd.   &    up 

laid, 
Terazzo  Floors — $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps — $3.50  per  lin.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat — according  to  type — 

20c  to  35c. 
Hardwood   Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  G— Unfin.— 

UxTA  1/2x2    3/i,«2    Ax2 

Clear  Qtd..  White .._...$425    $405    $  $ 

Clear  Qtd.,   Red 405      380 

Select  Qtd.,  Red  or  White..  355      340 
Clear   Pin.,    Red   or  White....  355       340       335       315 
Select  Pin.,  Red  or  White....  340      330      325      300 
#1    Common    red  or  White  315       310       305       280 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oak  Flooring- 
Prime       Standard 

i/j   X  2 $369.00  $359.00 

lA   X  21/2  ..   _ 380.00  370.00 

U   X  21/4     _ 390.00  381.00 

Sl   X  2%        375.00  355.00 

M  X  3'A  - 395.00  375.00 

si  X  2>A  &  31/4  Ranch  Plank...._..  415.00 

Unfinished  Maple  Flooring— 

U  X  21/4  First  Grade -... $390  00 

U  X  21/4  2nd  Grade _ - 365.00 

M  X  2i'4  2nd   &   Btr.  Grade 375.00 

5J  X  21/4  3rd  Grade -  240.00 

li  X  31/4  3rd  8.  Btr.  Jtd.  EM -.  380.00 

P  X  31/2  2nd  8,  Btr.  Jtd.  EM..._ 390.00 

33/32  X  2'/4    First  Grade _ -    400.00 

33/32  X  2'/4  2nd  Grade 360.00 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade     320.00 


FIc 


Layer  Wage   $2.83    per   hr. 


GLASS— 

Single    Strength    Window   Glass $  .30  per  Q 't. 

Double   strength   Window  Glass 45  per  Q  ft 

Plate  Glass    'A  polished  to  75 1.60  per  D" 

75   to    100 - 1.74  per  D  ft, 

1/4   in.   Polished  Wire   Plate  Glass.     2.50  per  D  't- 

1/4   in.   Rgh.  Wire  Glass 80  per  D  ft 

i/s  in.  Obscure    Glass 55  per  D  ft. 

■v.  in.  Obscure     Glass 70  per  Q  ft. 

i/s    in.   Heat    Absorbing   Obscure 54  per  Q  ft 

^_    in.    Heat   Aborb.ng   Wire 72  per  P '* 

i/s  in.  Ribbed    55  per  D  ft. 

V,    in.   Ribbed     75  per  D  ft- 

Va   in.   Rough     55  per  Q  ft. 

-,',    in.   Rough     75  per  n  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  D  ft. 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in   place 3.50  per  Q  ft. 


HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces— Gas  Fired 

Floor    Furnace.  25,000  BTU $42.00- 

35,000  BTU. 47.00- 

45,000  BTU 55.00- 

Automatic    Control,    Add - 39.00- 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25,000  BTU 72.C0- 

35.000  BTU 

45,000  BTU 

With   Automatic   Control,   Add 45.00- 

Unit  Heaters,   50,000   B^U 

Gravity    Furnace,   65,000   BTU 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75,000  BTU 

Water  Heaters— 5-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control, 

20  gal.  capacity 

30  gal     capacity _ „ 

40  gal.  capacity ^ 


80.00 
87.00 
95.00 
45.00 
134.00 
149.00 
161.00 
161.00 
215.00 
210.00 
342.00 


96.00 
112.00 
135.00 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool   Insulation— 

(2")   Less  than   1.000  D  ft JM.OO 

(2")   Over   1.000  D  ft 59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")     $41.60  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisalation  Aluminum  Insulation— Aluminum 

coated   on   both  sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4')(6'    panel   $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"   thickness   $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  - 69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IRON — Cost   of   ornamental    ircn,    cast   iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 

LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 

O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m $1  15.00 

Flooring — 


V.G.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  X  4  T  &  G  Flo 

"C"  and   better— all. 

"D"   and   better— all._.... 

Rwd.  Rustic— "A"  grade,  medium 
8  to  24  ft. 


Per  M  Delvd. 

jring $225  00 

215.00 

145.00 

dry 185.00 


4.0x8.0-SIS  $150.00 

1/2-inch;  4.0x8.0-515  _ 200.00 

3/4-inch,  per  M  sq.  ft -....  260.00 

Plysform    _ 160.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  availablel — 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2.  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles,  $6.00  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes— V2"   to   V   x   24/26    in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

3/4"  to  MA"  X  24/26  in  split  resawn, 

per  square  17.00 

Average  cost  to   lay  shakes,  $8.00  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated Add  $35  per  \A  to  above 

Creosoted, 
8-lb.    treatment  Add  $45  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard   Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  lOOO  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2  I -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $  1 0  to  $  1 5  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $  1 .75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases   for  kitchen   pantries  seven   ft.   high, 

per   lineal   ft.     upper   $12   to   $15;   lower 

$l4to  $15. 
Dining   room  cases,   $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing   (average),  $1  15  per  M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $  1 25  to  $  1  35  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard   $  .80 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.20 

Cold  water  painting per  yard        .35 

Whitewashing    per  yard        .20 

Linseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  7%  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light   iron   drums._ per  gal.  $2.28        $2.34 

5-gallon   cans per  gal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon    cans  _ each    2.52  2.58 

Quart   cans  „ each      .71  .72 

Pint  cans each       .38  .39 

/2-pInt  cans  _ each       .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1.65 

S-gallon  cans per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans  each     1.88 

Quart  cans  _ each       .54 

Pint  cans  each       .31 

'/2-pint  cans . each      .20 


Pioneer  Wliite  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Paste) 

List  Price  Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight         Per  100      Pr.  per        per  100      Pr.  per 
Packages  lbs.  pkg.  lbs.  pkg. 

100-lb.   kegs  $28.35        $29.35  $27.50        $27.50 

50-lb.   kegs  30.05  15.03  28.15  14.08 

25-lb.   kegs  30.35  7.50  28.45  7.12 

5-lb.   cans'   ....  33.35  1.34  31.25  1.25 

lib.  cans'  ....  36.00  .36  33.75  .34 

500    lbs.    (one   delivery)    %c    per    pound    less   than 
above. 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Po 


Dry  White    Lead.. 

Litharge    _ 

Dry    Red    Lead.. 


100 
lbs. 


..$26.30    $ 

...  25.95      26.60 
27.20      27.85 


Red    Lead    in   Oil 30.65      31.30 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


25 
ibs. 

$ 

26.90 
28.15 
31.60 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-inch     $2.50   lineal   foot 

8-inch     _ 3.00   lineal   foot 

10-Inch     4.00  lineal  foot 

12-Inch     5.00  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat    wall,    per   ton    delivered    in    S.    F.    In 
paper  bags,  $1  7.60. 


PLASTERING  (Interior)- 

Yard 

3  Coats,  metal  lath  and  plaster $3.50 

Keene  cement  on  metal  lath 4.00 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(latheJ   only) 3.50 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

plastered    5.50 

Single  partition  %  channels  and  metal  lath 

1  side  (lath  only).... 3.50 

Single   partition  %  channels  and  metal  lath 

2  inches  thick    plastered 8.50 

4.inch    double    partition     %    channels    and 

metal  lath  2  sides  (lath  only) 6.00 

4.inch    double    partition     %    channels    and 
metal   lath  2  sides  plastered 10.00 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)— 


2    coats    cemen 

wall     

t   finisli,    brick    or    concrete 

$2.50 

3   coats  cement 

mesh     

•tnish,    No.    18   gauge    wire 
- 3.25 

Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime— $4.50  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath — 3/g" — 35^  per  sq.  yd. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— A"— 32c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per    fixture    up, 
according   to   grade,   quality   and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15,00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 
Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 
Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 
No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in   place. 

4I/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I   Cedar  Shingles,  5  In.  ex- 

posure,   per  square 14.50 

5/8  x  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 
4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7I/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with   Gravel    $5.50   up   per  sq. 


Asbestos  Shingles.  $27  to  $35  per  sq.  laid 
1/2  to  %  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"   Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

3,4  to  1 1/4  X  25"  Resawn  Ceda'  Shakes 

10"   Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  x  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in   place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San   Francisco. 

Standard,     4-in $  .26 

Standard,      6-In 46 

Standard,      8-in 66 

Standard,    12  in 1.30 

Standard,  24-In 5.41 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-In.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire   doors    (average).   Including   hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unqlazed),  per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(Installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

mill. 
$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  Ibs $8.90 

3/8-in.  Rd.  (Less  then  1  ton)  per  100  Ibs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  Ibs 7.50 

s/s-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

3/4-in.  &  'A-in.   Rd.  (Less  than   I   ton) 7.15 

I   in.  &  up  (Less  than   I   ton) 7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  See 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer   (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic   Tile    Floors— Commercial   $1.85  to  $2.25 

per  sq.  ft. 
Cove    Base— $1.50    per    lin.    ft. 
Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x6"  with  6"  base  @  $1.60  per 

sq.  ft. 
Tile  Wainscots  &  Floors,   Residential,  4'/4x4i/4".  @ 

$1.85    to    $2.25    per    sq.    ft. 
Tile   Wainscots,   Commercial  Jobs,  41/4x41/4"  Tile, 
@  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 

Asphalt  Tile  Floor  Va"  -  A" $  -18  •  $  .35  sq.  yd. 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork  Tile— $  .70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosaic  Floors- See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,  per  Q  ft %  .65 

Rubber  tile,  per  Q  ft $  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored  F.O.B.  S.  F. 

12  X  12,  each $  .17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot  Small  Large 

Patio  Tile— Nlles  Red  Lots  Lots 

12  X  12  X  '/s-lnch,     plain $  .28  %  .253 

6  X   12  X  '/s-inch,     plain .295  .265 

6  X    6  X  '/a-inch,     plain .32  .287 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,    per  M $139.50 

6x5i/2xl2-inches,    per    M 105.00 

4x51/2x1 2-inches,   per  M 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

1 2x  1 2x2-  inches,   per  M... $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,    per   M 156.85 

I2xl2x4-lnches,    per   M 177.10 

12xl2x6-inches.    per   M 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

50c   per   square   foot   and   up.     Installation 
extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— industrial- 
Cos!  depends  on  design  end  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ARCHITECT  AlVD  EIVGIXEEH 

ESTIMATORS    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Canstrnction  Materials 

EXPLANATION — Building  and  construction  materials  are  shown  in  major  classified  groups  for  general  identification  purposes  with  names  and 
addresses  of  suppliers  of  materials  listed  In  detail  under  group  classification  where  name  first  appears — main  offices  are  shown  first  with  branch 
or  district  offices  following.  The  numeral  appearing  in  listings  *(3)  refers  to  the  major  group  classification  where  complete  data  on  the  dealer,  or 
representative,  may  be  found. 


ADNESIVES  (1) 

Wall  and  Floor  Tile  Adhesives 
THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO. 


AIR  CONDITIONING  (2) 

Air  Conditioning  ii  Cooling 
UTILITY  APPLIANCE  CORP. 
Los  Angeles  58:  4851  S.  Alameda  St, 
San  Francisco:  1355  Market  St.,  UN  l-I^OS 

ARCHITECTURAl  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  (2a) 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO, 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E,  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  i  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  i  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenliauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Arcliitectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Plioenix:  Haskell-Ttiomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St. 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 


ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER  (3) 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 
ROBCO  OF  CALIFORNIA,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  260  Kearny  St.,  GA  1  6720 
Los  Angeles:  2366  Venice  Blvd.,  RE  1-4067 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2  6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

BANKS  ■  FINANCING  (4) 

CROCKER  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  fl  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2-7700 

BATHROOM  FIXTURES  (51 

Metal 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  'i^S) 

DIILON  TILE  SUPPLY  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  252  12th  St.,  HE  1-1206 
Ceramic 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  •(35) 


BRASS  PRODUCTS  (6) 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  X  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:  1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix;  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK  (7) 

Face  Brick 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  KO.  'Ul 
KRAFTILE  '(35) 
REMILLARD-DANDINI  CO. 
San  Francisco  4:  400  Montgomery  St.,  EX  2-4988 

BRONZE  PROUCTS  (8) 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  S  SONS  '(6) 
MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS  '(38) 

BUILDING  PAPERS  i  FELTS  (9) 

ANGIER  PACIFIC  CORP. 

San  Francisco  5:  55  New  Montgomery  St.,  DO  2-4416 

Los  Angeles:  7424  Sunset  Blvd. 

PiClFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  '(11) 

SISALKRAFT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  5:  55  New  Montgomery  St.,  EX  2-3066 

Chicago,  III.:  205  West  Wacker  Drive 

BUUDING  HARDWARE  (9a) 

THE  STANIEY  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  Monadnock  BIdg.,  YU  6-5914 

New  Britain,  Conn. 

CARINETS  X  FIKTIIRES  (9b) 

FINK  i  SCHINDIFR  CO.,  THE- 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St,,  EX  2, 1513 

CEMENT  (10) 

IDEAL  CEMENT  COMPANY  (Pacific  Division! 
San  Francisco  4:  310  Sansome  St,,  GA  1-4100 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC. '(11) 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES  (11) 

Readv  Mixed  Concrete 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
Sacramento:  Uth  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3  6586 
San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave..  CY  2-5620 
Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 
Lighfweinht  Anorenates 
AMERICAN  PERI  ITE  CORP, 
Richmond:  26th  8  B  St.  •  Yd.  2,  Rl  4307 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES  (11a) 

Screed  Materials 
C  8  H  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 


CONCRETE  COLORS— HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE.  1-1345 


CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES  (11a) 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 


DECKS-ROOF  (lib) 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS  (12) 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 
Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 
Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 
Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1  1108 

T,  M,  COBB  CO, 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P,  FULLER  CO, 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN8S0NS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 
Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 

(See  above) 

FIRE  ESCAPES  (13) 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS  '(38) 

FLOORS  (15) 

Hardwood  Flooring 

HOGAN  LUMBER  COMPANY 

Oakland:  Second  and  Alice  Sts.,  GL  1-6861 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO.  '(3) 

KRAFTILE  '(35) 
Floor  Tile  (Ceramic  Mosaic) 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  '(35) 
Floor  Treatment  8  Maintenance 

HILLYARD  SALES  CO.  (Western) 

San  Francisco:  470  Alabama  St.,  MA  1-7766 

Los  Angeles:  923  E.  3rd,  TR  8282 

Seattle:  3440  E.  Marginal  Way 
Diversified  IMagnesite,  Asphalt  Tile,  Composition,  Etc.) 

LE  ROY  OLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco  10:  3070-  Uth  St.,  HE  1-1088 
Sleepers  (composition) 

LE  ROY  OLSON  CO. 

GLASS  (16) 

W.  P.  FULLER  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  301  Mission  St.,  EX  2-7151 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Portland,  Ore. 

GRANITE  (16a) 

PACIFIC  CUT  STONE  8  GRANITE  CO. 
414  South  Marengo  Ave.,  Alhambra,  Calif. 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


HEATING  (17) 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland  8:  9'(0  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 

Philadelphia  8,  Pa.:  401  N.  Broad  St. 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  243  Minna  St.,  YD  2-0400 

Oakland:  113  ■  10th  St.,  GL  1-1937 

San  Jose,  Calif. 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

UTILITY  APPLIANCE  CORP.  "U) 
Electric  Healers 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco  5:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  520  W.  7th  St..  Ml  8096 

Portland:  Terminal  Sales  BIdg.,  BE  2050 

Seattle:  Securities  BIdg.,  SE  5028 

Spokane:  Realty  BIdg.,  MAdison  6175 

San  Diego:  514  Sprockets  BIdg.,  BEImont  4-6082 
Designer  of  Heating 

THOMAS  B.  HUNTER 

San  Francisco  4:  41  Sutter  St.,  GA  1-1164 

INSULATION  AND  WALL  BOARD  (18) 

LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  225  Industrial  Ave.,  JU  7-1760 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  •|11) 

SISALKRAFT  COMPANY '(91 

WESTERN  ASBESTOS  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  675  Townsend  St.,  KL  2  3868 

Oakland:  251  Fifth  Avenue,  GL  1.2345 

Stockton:  733  S.  Van  Buren,  ST  4.9421 

Sacramento  1331  -  T  St.,  HU  1-0125 

Fresno:  434  -  P  St.,  FR  2-1600 

IRON— Ornamental  (10) 

MICHEL  &  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS.  INC.  '(13) 

INTERCEPTING  DEVICES  110a) 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

LANDSCAPING  (20) 

Landscape  Contractors 
HENRY  C.  SOTO  CORP. 
Los  Angeles:  13,000  S.  Avalon  Blvd.,  ME  4-6617 

LIGHTING  FIXTURES  (21) 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8.1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1.8474 

LUMBER  (221 

Shingles 
LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  CO.  MIB) 

METAL  GRATING  (22a) 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORPN. 

6601  S.  Melvina,  Chicago  38,  III.,  Portsmouth  7-6760 

METAL  FRAMING  (22b) 

UNISTRUT  SALES  OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
Berkeley:  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

MARBLE  (23) 

VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

Los  Angeles  4:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

MASONRY  (23a) 

GENERAL  CONCRETE  PRODUCTS,  INC. 

Van  Nuys,  15025  Oxnard  St.,  ST  51126  8  ST  7-3289 

METAL  LATH  EXPANDED  (24) 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  •(11) 

MILLWORK  (25) 

FINK  S  SCHINDLER,  THE;  CO:  •|9b) 
LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY  '(181 
MULLEN  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  60-80  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PACIFIC  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 
Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  SC  607 
los  Angeles,  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4196 

PAINTING  (26) 

W.  P.  FULLER  COMPANY  '(16) 
Paint 


PLASTER  (27) 

Interiors  •  Metal  Lath  l  Trim 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  Mil) 

Exteriors 
PACIFIC  PORTLAND  CEMENT  COMPANY  '(28) 

PLASTIC  CEMENT  128) 

IDEAL  CEMENT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  310  Sansome  St.,  GA  1.4100 

PLUMBING  (29) 

THE  HALSEY  TAYLOR  COMPANY 

Redlands,  Calif. 

Warren,  Ohio 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

THE  SCOTT  COMPANY  '117) 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  COMPANY 

Berkeley  10:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

CONTINENTAL  WATER  HEATER  COMPANY 

Los  Angeles  31:  1801  Pasadena  Ave.,  CA  6178 

SECURITY  VALVE  COMPANY 

Los  Angeles  31:  410  San  Fernando  Rd..  CA  6191 

PUMPING  MACHINERY  (29) 

SIMONOS  MACHINERY  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2-6794 

Los  Angeles:  455  East  4th  St.,  MU  8322 

PRESS  (Punch)   (29a) 

ALVA  F.  ALLEN 
Clinton,  Missouri 

RANGE-REFRIGERATOR  (29a) 
Combinations 

GENERAL  AIR  CONDITIONING  CORPN. 

Los  Angeles  23:  4542  E.  Dunham  St. 

San  Francisco:  1355  Market  St.,  KL  2-2311,  Ext.  104 

RESILIENT  TILE  (301 

LE  ROY  OLSON  CO.  '(151 

ROOF  TRUSSES  (30a) 

EASY  BOW  ENGINEERING  8  RESEARCH  CO. 

13th  8  Wood  St.,  Oakland,  Cal.,  GLencourt  2-0805 

SAFES  (30a) 

HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 

San  Francisco,  1699  Market  St.,  UN  1.6644 

SEWER  PIPE  (31) 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO.  '13) 

SHADES  (31a) 

SHADES,  Inc. 

SHEET  METAL  (32) 

Windows 

DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 

Oakland  8:  1310  -  63rd  St.,  OL  2-8826 

San  Francisco:  Riiss  Building.  DO  2.0890 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS.  INC.  '1131 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGEGATES,  INC.  •Ill) 
Fire  Doors 

DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 
Skylights 

DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT  (32a) 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  CO. 

Burlingame,  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  OX  7  3630 

Los  Angeles,  5415  York  Blvd.,  CL  7-3939 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL  (33) 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIVISION,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1.2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland:  2345  N.  W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle  1331  3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3-6733 

HERRICK  IRON  WORKS 

Oakland:  18th  8  Campbell  Sts.,  GL  1-1767 

JUDSON  PACIFIC-MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Eastshore  Highway,  OL  3  1717 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  N.  Montgomery  St.,  GA  1-0977 

Los  Angeles:  Edison  Building 

Seattle:  White-HenryStuart  Building 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  Building 

Denver:  Continental  Oil  Building 

SAN  JOSE  STEEL  COMPANY 

San  Jose  195  North  Thirtieth  St.,  CO  4184 


STEEL-REINFORCING  (34) 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP.  •(331 

HERRICK  IRONWORKS  •(331 

SAN  JOSE  STEEL  CO.  ■(33) 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIVISION,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP.  '(33) 

SWIMMING  POOL  FITTINGS  (34a) 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

POOLS 

SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 

Walnut  Creek,  Calif.:  1719  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd. 

CLAY  TILE  (351 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO. 

Redwood  City:  132  Wilson  St. 

LosAnoeles  19:  1335  S.  La  Brea.  WE  3-7800 

GLADDING,  McMEAN  8  CO.  •(3) 

KRAFTILE 

Niles,  Calif.:  Nlles  3611 

San  Francisco  5:  50  Hawthorne  St.,  DO  2-3780 

Los  Angeles  13:  406  South  Main  St.,  MU  7241 

TIMBER-REINFORCING  (36) 

trusses 

Tacoma,  Wash 

WYERHAEUSER  SALES  CO. 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Newark,  N.  J. 
Treated  Timber 

J.  H.  BAXTER  CO. 

San  Francisco  4:  200  Bush  St.,  YU  2-0200 

Los  Angeles  5:  3450  Wilshire  Blvd.,  DU  8-9591 

TRUCKING  (36a) 

PASSETTI  TRUCKING  CO. 

San  Francisco  3:  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

WAIL  TILE  (37) 

IHE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO. 'OSl 
GIADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO.  •(3) 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY  •(35) 

WATERPROOFING  MATERIALS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

San  Francisco:  875  Bryant  St.,  HE.  M345 

WEATHERSTOP 

TECON  PRODUCTS,  LTD. 

Vancouver,  B.C.  681  E.  Hastings  St. 

TECON  PRODUCTS,  INC. 

Seattle  4,  Washington  304  So.  Alaskan  Way 

WINDOWS  STEEL  (38) 

DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  CO.  •|32) 
MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 
212  Shaw  Road,  So.  Sar  Francisco,  PLaza  5-8983 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES.  INC.  •Ill) 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS  (39) 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

1800  Evans  Ave.,  AT  8-1471 

Los  Angeles:  234  W.  37lh  Place,  AD  3-8161 

J.  BETTANCOURT 

San  Bruno:  1015  San  Mateo  Ave.,  JUno  8-7525 

OINWIDDIE  CONSIRUCTION  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  Building,  YU  6-2718 

CLINTON  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  923  Folsom  St.,  SU  1-3440 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  604  Mission  St.,  GA  1-5516 

E.  H.  MOORE  8  SONS 

San  Francisco:  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-8579 

PARKER,  STEFFENS  8  PEARCE 

San  Francisco:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2-6639 

TESTING  LABORATORIES 
(ENGINEERS  8  CHEMISTS  (40) 

ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  624  Sacramento  St.,  GA  11697 

ROBERT  W.  HUNT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  500  Iowa,  Ml  7-0224 

Los  Angeles:  3050  E.  Slauson,  JE  9131 

Chicago,  New  York,  Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING  LABORATORY 

San  Francisco:  651  Howard  St.,  EX  2-1747 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining   as  of  January  2,   1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates, 

Following  are  the  hourly  rotes  of  compensation  established  by 

CRAFT                                         San  Contra  Sacra- 
Francisco  Alameda  Costa  Fresno  mento 
ASBESTOS  WORKER                                     $3,275  $3,275  $3,275  $3,275  $3,275 
BOILERMAKER                                            _     3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45 
BRICKLAYER                                                      3.75  3.75  3.75  3.70  3.50 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 3.00  3.00  3.00  2.70  3.00 

CARPENTER                         3.125  3.125  3.00  3.00  3.00 

CEMENT  FINISHER                             2.995  2.995  2.995  2.995  2.995 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type   (I   yd.)     2.705  2.705  2.705  2.705  2.705 

ELECTRICIAN                                                   3.375  3.375  3.375  3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 2.985  2.985  2.985  2.985  2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR 

GLAZIER                                                                 2.87  2.87  2.87  2.905 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL                  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40 

REINF.  STEEL                                            3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL                                            3  40  3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40 

LABORERS:   BUILDING                                   2  325  2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325 

CONCRETE                                                2  325  2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325 

LATHER _            _               3  4375  3.84'  3.84'  3.45  3.45t 

PAINTER:   BRUSH...                                          3  10  3.10  3.10  2.90  3.00 

SPRAY  3.10  3.10  3.10  3.15  3.25 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR                                 3.325  3.325  3.325  3.325  3.325 

PLASTERER                                        3.6125  3.54  3.54  3.35  3.45t 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER                            3.10  3.42  3.42  3.025  3.00 

PLUMBER       3.45  3.59  3.435  3.45  3.45 

ROOFER                                                                  3.00  3.20  3.20  3.05  2.975 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 3.30  3.30  3.30  3.125  3.30 

STEAMFITTER                     3.45  3.69  3.69  3.45  3.45 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR      3.095  3.095  3.095  3.095  3.095 

TRUCK   DRIVER:   Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards                                                      2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325  2.325 

TILE  SETTER                                                           3.225  3.225  3.225  3.25  3.00 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacation  allowance  and  transmitted  to 

a  vacation  fund. 

tS  cents  of  this  amount  is  deducted  from  wages  as  a  vacation  allowance  and 

transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund. 


ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  Cal 

and   represents  data  reported   by   building  trades  councils,   union   locals,  contractor  organ 

='s  Information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  h 

funds. 


Construction  Industry,  California 


collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January 

2,  1957  or  later 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Solano 

Los 
Angeles 

San  Ber- 
nardino 

San 
Diego 

Santa 
Barbara 

Kern 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.50 

3.875 

3.75 

3.80 

3.80 

3.75 

3.75 

2.80 

2.90 

3.00 

2.625 

2.625 

2.625 

2.625 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.02 

2.995 

2.995 

2.995 

2.925 

2.925 

2.925 

2.925 

2.925 

2.705 

2.705 

2.705 

2.74 

2.74 

2.74 

2.74 

2.74 

3.25 

3.61 

3.275 

3.60 

3.60 

3.50 

3.60 

3.50 

2.985 

2.985 

2.985 

2.95 

2.95 

2.95 

2.95 

2.95 

2.905 

2.87 

2.37 

2.885 

2.885 

2.90 

2.885 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

3.50 

3.375 

3.75t 

3.625 

3.625 

3.625 

2.95 

3.10 

3.25 

3.01 

3.00 

2.94 

3.03 

2.95 

3.10 

3.10 

3.50 

3.26 

3.25 

3.49 

3.03 

3.20 

3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.55 

3.495 

350 

3.75 

3.625 

3.625 

3.00 

3.075 

3.15 

3.50 

3.375 

3.375 

3.3125 

3.25 

3.45 

3.45 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.575 

3.05 

3.00 

3.I0§ 

3.00 

3.15 

3.00 

3.315 

3.30 

3.325 

3.24 

3.24 

3.15 

3.26 

3.40 

3.45 

3.45 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.575 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.405 

2.405 

2.405 

2.405 

2.405 

3.175 

3.225 

3.225 

3.26 

3.50 

3.25 

3.26 

3.21 

t  $3,625  for 

nail-on 

lather. 

§  10  cents  of  this  amount  is 
held  from  pay  and  transm 

designated 
tted  to  an  e 

Tiployee 

vings  fu 
avings  f 

d  wage"  a 
und. 

d  is  with- 

Department 
organization 
alth    and    w! 

of   Industrial    Re 
s  and  other  reli 
Ifare,    pension, 

lations,   Div 
able  source 
administrat 

sion  of  Labor  Statistics  and 
.  Corrections  and  additions 
on,    apprentice    training    or 

Research, 
are  mad. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry  in  effect  during  1955-56 


CRAFT 

ASBESTOS  WORKER 

BOILERMAKER 

BRICKLAYER 

BRICKLAYER,   HODCARRIER 

CARPENTER 

CEMENT    FINISHER   _ 

CONCRETE   MIXER— Skip  type   (l-»d.) 
ELECTRICIAN    _ 


ELEVATOR   CONSTRUCTOR   

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST  . 
GLAZIER    


IRONWORKER:   ORNAMENTAL 

REINF.    STEEL   

STRUCTURAL  STEEL  


Solano    Angeles 


7'/2Cvy        7'/jcw        7'/2C\» 


lOcw 

7i/:cvy 


71/JCW 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcv^ 

lOcw 

lOcvif 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcvi, 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

71/jcw 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

i%p;  4%v 

l%p;4%v 

l%p;4%v 

l%p 

l%p 

l%p;4%v 

l%p 

l%p;4%N 

l%p 

6cvy 

6cw 

6cw 

6cw 

6cw 

6c  w 

6cw 

6cw 

6I/2CW 

6I/2CW 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcv 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

lOcw 

71/jCw 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

7'/2Cv. 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

BI/2CV 

8I/2CV 

B'/iCv 

5cv 

5cv 

8I/2CV 

8I/2CV 

7i/jcv» 

71/2CW 

7'/2Cv. 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CV, 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

7I/2CW 

7'/2Cv, 

7V2CW 

71/2CW 

7V2CW 

71/2CV, 

71/2CW 

7'/2CW 

7'/2':w 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

7I/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

71/2CW 

San        Santa 
Diego    Barbara     Kerh 


7'/2Cw      71/2CW      71/2CW 


lOcw  lOcw  lOcw 

lOcw  lOcw  lOcw 

lOcw  lOcw  lOcw 

lOcw  71/2CW 

l%p  l%p  l%P 

6'/2CW  6I/2CW  6'/2Cw 


7I/2CW    7I/2CW    7I/2CW 

7i/2Cvt      7I/2CW      71/2CW 
7I/2CW     7I/2CW     7I/2CW 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAgE  RATES"-(Table  2  Continued) 


LABORERS:    BUILDING 
CONCRETE 


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PLASTER  ER   

PLASTERER,    HODCARRIER 


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ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 

The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated  by  the  following  symbols:  W— He 
stration  fund;  JIB— Joint  Industry  Board;  Prom— Promotion  fund. 


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71/2CW         lOcw  lOcw  71/2CW  tOcdayw    71/2CW 

l/2%PROM 

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7I/2CW  7I/2CW  7I/2CW  7I/2CW  7'/2Cw         8I/2CW           lOcv 

5cv  5cv  Scv 

7'/2Cw  71/2CW  7i/2t;w  7'/2Cw  7'/2Cw       8I/2CW        8I/2CW 

2%v  71/2CV  '1%v         6V2CV        t'/2Cv 

7'/2Cw  71/2CW        71/2CW 

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7I/2CW  71/jCw         'l/2%W 

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from  the    available   data    reported    by   building   trades   councils, 
ncomplete   data;   where   no  employer  contributions   are  specified, 


union   locals,   contractor 
it  does  not   necessarily 


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CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


CALIF.   MOTOR   VEHICLE    BLDG., 

Lancaster,  Los  Angeles  County.  Harris  S. 
Phelps,  Los  Angeles,  owner.  Frame  and 
stucco  construction,  composition  roofing, 
slab  floor,  acoustical  tile  ceiling,  interior 
plaster,  air  conditioning,  ceramic  tile,  as- 
phalt tile,  electrical,  plumbing,  tapered 
girders,  carport,  asphalt  paving;  3000  sq. 
ft.  area.  ARCHITECT:  E.  Lynn  Child 
and  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER:  Ralph 
S.  McLean,  1424  N.  Spadra  Rd.,  Fuller- 
ton.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  A.  S. 
Coombs,  44863  N.  1 2th  St.,  West,  Lan- 
caster. 


up  walls,  insulation,  aluminum  siding, 
poured  gypsum  reinforced  work,  miscel- 
laneous iron  and  steel  work,  open  web 
steel  joists— $406,075.  ENGINEER:  In- 
dence  Inc.,  2960  Merced  St.,  San  Leandro. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Craft  Con- 
struction Co.,  2812  Saguinetti  Lane, 
Stockton. 


FOUNDRY,  San  Leandro,  Alameda 
County.  Industrial  Castings  Company, 
San  Leandro,  owner.  1 -Story  reinforced 
concrete  tilt-up  construction  —  $76,839. 
ARCHITECT;  John  S.  Bolles,  Pier  5, 
Embarcadero,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Elvin  C.  Stendell,  26th 
6?  Kansas  St.,   San  Francisco. 


WAREHOUSE  &  OFHCE,  Stockton, 
San  Joaquin  County.  John  Deere  Plow 
Co.,  San  Francisco,  owner.  1 -Story  struc- 
tural steel  frame,  reinforced  concrete  tilt- 


MARKET,  Norwalk,  Los  Angeles 
County.  Owner  c/o  Contractor.  Tilt-up 
concrete  market  building;  built-up  compo- 
sition roofing,  concrete  slab  and  asphalt 
tile  floors,  exposed  concrete  interior, 
acoustical  tile  ceiling,  fluorescent  lighting, 
plate  glass  store  front,  black-top  parking 
lot;  16,000  sq.  ft.  in  area.  ENGINEER: 
John  P.  Jamison  6?  Associates,  11750  S. 
Alameda,  Lynwood.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Hanson  Construction  Co., 
11750  S.  Alameda  Ave.,  Lynnwood. 

SEGREGATION  UNIT,  Perkins,  Sac- 
ramento. State  of  California,  Sacramento, 
owner.  Northern  California  Reception 
Center  and  Clinic;  reinforced  concrete  and 
brick  construction;  reinforced  concrete 
roof,    roof   insulation,   acoustical    tile,    cer- 


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amic  and  asphalt  tile,  movable  metal  par- 
titions, steel  custodial  sash,  hollow  metal 
doors;  3200  sq.  ft.  area— $102,345.  AR- 
CHITECT: Anson  Boyd,  State  Architect, 
Sacramento.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Gavel  m  Flanders,  229  W.  St.,  Sac- 
ramento. 


SCHOOL  BLDG.,  Lompoc,  Santa  Bar- 
bara County.  Lompoc  Elementary  School 
District,  Lompoc,  owner.  Construction  of 
the  Arthur  Hapgood  Elementary  School; 
12  classrooms,  frame  and  stucco  construc- 
tion, composition  roofing,  concrete  slab 
floor,  asphalt  tile  floors,  plaster  walls, 
acoustical  tile  ceilings,  cabinet  work, 
plumbing,  electrical  work,  steel  sash, 
forced  air  heating,  sheet  metal — $179,316. 
ARCHITECT:  Pierre  Clayessens,  11941 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  West  Los  Angeles.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  O.  J.  Reiner, 
415  N.  McClelland  St.,  Santa  Maria. 


MEMORIAL  BLDG.,  Alpaugh,  Tulare 
County.  Alpaugh  Memorial  District,  Al- 
paugh, owner.  Work  consists  of  addition 
to  present  building  and  remodel;  meeting 
rooms,  kitchen— $27,725.  ARCHITECT: 
Walter  Wagner  &?  Associates,  1830  Van 
Ness,  Fresno.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Fidler  &?  Darei,  619  N.  Blackstone, 
Tulare. 


UNDERTAKING  PARLOR,  Fairfield 
Solano  County.  Hansen-Bryan,  Inc.,  Sui 
sun,  owner.  Wood  and  stucco  construe 
tion,  poured  concrete  foundations,  con 
Crete  slab  floors,  frame  roof  and  composi 
tinn  roofiing;  3,000  sq.  ft.  area — $55,000 
ARCHITECT:  Jack  Buchter  6?  Associates 
61  Moraga  Highway,  Orinda.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Ernest  F.  Schrock, 
P.  O.  Box  269,  Vacaville. 


MEDICAL  BUILDING,  Santa  Clara. 
Benton  6?  Gould,  San  Jose,  owner.  1 -Story, 
wood  frame,  built-up  roof;  2500  sq.  ft. 
area— $28,875.  ARCHITECT:  Higgin  & 
Root.  220  Meridian  Rd.,  San  Jose.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Oscar  Meyer, 
1681   Dry  Creek  Rd.,  San  Jose. 

DORMITORY,  Northern  California 
Reception  Center,  Perkins,  Sacramento 
county.  State  of  California,  Sacramento, 
owner.  Reception  Center  and  Clinic,  1- 
story  dormitory  building;  slab  floor,  rein- 
forced concrete,  brick  exterior  walls,  plas- 
ter interior,  security  steel  sash,  hollow 
metal  doors,  refrigeration,  insulation,  me- 
chanical and  electrical;  8600  sq.  ft.  area — 


ON   EXHIBIT 

CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  CENTER 
330  Clay  Street,  San  Francisco 


FEBRUARY,     1957 


$224,997.  ARCHITECT:  Anson  Boyd, 
State  Architect,  Public  Works  Bldg..  Sac- 
ramento. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
George  W.  Reed,  929  9th  St.,  Sacramento. 

COURTS  ac  OFFICE,  Dinuba,  Tulare 
county.  County  of  Tulare,  Visalia,  owner. 
Work  included  new  courts  and  office 
buildings-  $60,990.  ARCHITECT:  Lloyd 
Fletcher,  217  W.  Main  St.,  Visalia.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Guy  Munson, 
275  Tulare  St.,  Visalia. 

FURNITURE  STORE,  San  Jose,  Santa 
Clara  county.  Robinson's  Furniture  Store, 
Lessee,  San  Jose.  1 -Story  and  mezzanine, 
reinforced  concrete  tilt-up  construction, 
some  stone,  laminated  beams,  plate  glass 
front,  automatic  sprinkler  system;  50.000 
sq.  ft.  area— $300,000.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTORS: Van  Bokkelen  -  Cole  Co., 
955  W.  Grand  Ave.,  Oakland. 

Y.M.C.A.  BLDG.,  Palo  Alto,  Santa  Clara 
county.  Y.M.C.A.,  Palo  Alto,  owner.  1- 
Story  building  to  contain  staff  offices, 
chapel,  gymnasium,  shower  and  locker 
rooms,  toilet  rooms;  18,000  sq.  ft.  area — 
$224,300.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Vance  M.  Brown  6?  Son  Inc.,  P.  O.  Box 
906,  Palo  Alto. 

NEW  JR.  HIGH  SCHOOL,  Eureka, 
Humboldt  county.  Eureka  Unified  School 
District,  Eureka,  owner.  Frame  and 
stucco,  some  structural  steel;  facilities  for 
administration  offices,  20 -classrooms, 
music,    library,    cafeteria,    shops,    gymna- 


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sium,  toilet  rooms— $1,175,962.  ARCHI- 
TECTS: Masten,  Kurd  &?  Dick,  526 
Powell  St.,  San  Francisco  &  William  Van 
Fleet,  3  50  E  St.,  Eureka.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  A.  C.  Johnson  &  Son.s, 
25  6th  St.,  Eureka. 

OFFICE  &.  FACTORY,  .Oakland,  Ala- 
meda county.  Simplex  Mfg.  Co.,  Oakland, 
owner.  1-Story  and  part  mezzanine,  rein- 
forced concrete,  tilt-up  construction,  wood 
roof  trusses,  wood  roof;  106x235  ft. — 
2000  sq.  ft.  of  office  area.  STRUC- 
TURAL ENGINEER:  Hugh  M.  O'Neil 
Co.,  610  16th  St.,  Oakland.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  F.  P.  Lathrop  Con- 
struction Co.,  806  Hearst  Ave.,  Berkeley. 

COLD  STORAGE  PLANT,  Modesto, 
Stanislaus  county.  Merchants  Refrigera- 
tion Co.  of  California,  Modesto,  owner, 
1 -Story  reinforced  concrete  and  structural 
steel,  steel  roof  trusses,  wood  roof,  insula- 
tion; 200x240  ft. —  $235,230.  ARCHI- 
TECT: George  N.  Hilburn,  712  17th  St., 
Modesto.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Carvers  Const.  Co.,  1870  Lucerne  Ave., 
Stockton. 

TRAILER  PARK,  Bridgeport,  Mono 
county.  Eleventh  Naval  District,  San 
Diego,  owner.  20-Unit  trailer  park  includ- 
ing site  preparation,  concrete  construction, 
utility  building,  utilities  and  road  surfac- 
ing—$42,800.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Kast  Const.  Co.,  1210  2nd  St., 
Manhattan  Beach. 

SEWAGE  DISPOSAL  FAQLITY,  Mare 
Island  Naval  Shipyards,  Solano  county. 
U.S.  Navy,  Public  Works  Office,  San 
Bruno,  owner.  Sewage  disposal  facility, 
excavation,  piling,  piping,  pumping  plants, 
treatment  plant,  outfall  sewer,  structures 
to  house  facihty,  elettrical  work,  fencing, 
tile  work— $5,428,000.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: M  6?  K  Corpn.,  519  Calif. 
St.,  San  Francisco,  and  Stolte  Inc.,  San 
Leandro. 

NAVAL  FACILITIES,  Point  Sur,  Mon- 
terey County.  U.  S.  Navy,  District  Public 
Works  Office,  San  Bruno,  owner.  5-Con- 
crete  block  buildings,  concrete  slab  floors, 
built-up  reinforced,  concrete  slab  floors; 
1  administration  bldg,  2  enlisted  men's 
barracks;  subsistence  bldg.,  shop  building, 
10  one  story  concrete  buildings,  garage, 
storage,  auditorium,  recreation,  boiler 
house,  terminal  equipment,  emergency 
power  station,  water  treatment  plant, 
earth-covered  magazine  for  ammunition 
storage;  2  wood  frame  guard  shelters,  tile 
work,     plumbing,     refrigeration,     steam 


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plant,  air  conditioning,  sewers — $1,290,- 
000.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Clar- 
ence Ward  Const.  Co.,  4323  E.  Harvey 
St.,  Fresno. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  BLDG.,  Westmin- 
ster, Los  Angeles  county.  Board  of  Educa- 
tion Westminster  School  District,  West- 
minster, owner.  Reinforced  brick  central 
administration  building,  shake  roof,  con- 
crete slab,  forced  air  heating,  acoustical, 
plumbing,  electrical  and  related  work; 
5000  sq.  ft.  area  — $102,808.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Lee  B.  Kline,  1741  Silver  Lake 
Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: J.  Ray  Construction  Co., 
3446  E.  Coast  Highway,  Corona  del  Mar. 

REALTORS  BLDG.,  Burlingame,  San 
Mateo  county.  San  Mateo  -  Burlingame 
Realty  Board,  San  Carlos,  owner.  I -Story 
wood  frame  and  stucco  construction, 
shake  roof;  2400  sq.  ft.  area  —  $31,395. 
ARCHITECT:  Clemens  Fredell  Jr.,  86 
Madrone  St.,  San  Carlos.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Roberts  Const.  Co., 
1618  El  Camino  Real,  San  Mateo. 

COUNTRY  CLUB,  Granada  Hills,  Los 
Angeles  county.  KnoUwood  Country  Club, 
Granada  Hills,  owner.  Two  buildings, 
wood  siding  and  stone  veneer,  composi- 
tion roofing,  concrete  slab,  laminated 
wood  beams,  heating  and  air  conditioning, 
electrical,  plumbing,  folding  accordion 
doors,  locker  rooms,  bar,  dining  room, 
barber  shop;  23,000  sq.  ft.  area.  ARCHI- 
TECT: John  C.  Lindsay,  827  Moraga 
Drive,  West  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Ernest  W.  Hahn  Inc., 
219  S.  Hawthorne  Blvd.,  Hawthorne. 


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•  Footings 

•  Curbs 

•  Sidewalks 

•  Gutters 

•  Driveways 

•  Slabs 

•  Bracing 

•  Anchoring 

•  Screeding 

•  F]oor  Slabs 

•  Ground  Slabs 

•  Tilt-up  Slabs 


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Berkeley  6,  Calif. 
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IN  THE  NEWS 


ARCHITECTURAL   HRM 
IN  NEW  OFHCES 

The  architectural  firm  of  Birge  M. 
Clarke,  FAIA,  and  Walter  Stromquist, 
AIA,  has  moved  into  new  offices  at  3200 
Hanover  Street,  Palo  Alto.  The  new  of- 
fices are  located  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
southeast  of  Page  Mill  Road  in  the  Stan- 
ford Industrial  Park. 


HAROLD  A.  DAVIS 
APPOINTED  PLUMBINGWARE 
REPRESENTATIVE 

Harold  A.  Davis,  San  Francisco 
been  appointed  Northern  California 
Reno,  Nevada,  representative  of 
Plumbingware  Mfg.  Co.  of  Chicago,  and 
the  Peerless  Pottery  Co.,  Inc.,  of  Evans- 
ville,  Ind. 

Davis  has  long  been  identified  with  the 
plumbing   fixture   field   in  the  West. 


has 
and 
the 


PREPARE  ADDITION  TO 
WOMEN'S  DORMITORY 

Architects  Douglas  McLellan  and  John 
Fortune,  in  cooperation  with  the  super- 
vising architect  of  the  campus  Welton 
Becket  and  the  office  of  architects  and 
engineers  headed  by  principal  architect 
Carl  C.  McElvy,  and  in  coordination  with 
architect  Coulson  Tough,  are  preparing 
working  drawings  for  a  $682,000  addition 
to  Mira  Hershey  Hall  at  the  University  ot 
California,  Los  Angeles. 

The  new  wing  will  almost  triple  the 
capacity  of  the  only  women's  residence 
hall    on    the    campus,    containing    38,000 


sq.  ft.  of  area  it  will  be  a  three-story  height 
structure,  providing  accommodations  for 
200  women  students. 


LOS  ANGELES  ART 
INSTITUTE   BUILDS 

Construction  has  started  on  the  new 
$500,000  art  gallery  and  library  for  the 
Los  Angeles  County  Art  Institute,  located 
at  Wilshire  Blvd.  and  Park  View,  and  de- 
signed by  Austin,  Field  &P  Fry,  architects 
and  engineers. 

An  expandable  gallery  accommodating 
approximately  700  people,  which  can  be 
divided  into  two  separate  galleries  as  de- 
sired by  the  use  of  special  sliding  doors, 
will  occupy  the  ground  floor.  Two  sculp- 
ture studios  will  be  located  on  the  second 
floor,  and  a  basement  will  provide  addi- 
tional  facilities. 

The  building  will  be  completely  air  con- 
ditioned and  will  provide  space  to  house 
equipment    needed    for    future    expansion. 


LEO   HUNGERFORD  NAMED 
DIRECTOR   SALES 

Leo  Hungcrlord,  Los  Angeles,  has  been 
appointed  director  of  sales  engineering  for 
the  Utility  Appliance  Corp.,  according  to 
an  announcement  by  Herbert  S.  Leo,  ex- 
ecutive vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  firm. 

Hungerford  has  been  sales  manager  for 
Southern  California  and  associated  with 
the  company  for  17  years. 


LABORERS  &  HOD 
CARRIERS  HALL 

D.  A.  Ramberg,  architect  of  Ramberg 
and  Lowrey,  Santa  Ana,  and  Floyd  E. 
Weaver,  Structural  Engineer  of  Santa  Ana. 
are   preparing   plans  and   specifications  for 


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P.O.  Box  3459 


North 
Sacramento 


Built-in  telephone  outlets  are  a  must  in  today's  homes- 

says  ARTHUR  K.  EHRLICH,   Arthur  K.  Ehrlich  &  Associates,  Burbank, Calif. 
Builders,  Seiner  Homes  &  Gardens  Idea  Home 
for  1955  in  Glendale,  Calif  (pictured  below) 

"We  wouldn't  dream  of  building  a  home  without  concealed  wiring  and 
telephone  outlets  in  the  original  plans.  It's  the  kind  of  detail  that  sets 
the  well-built  home  above  the  average.  It  just  has  to  be  there."  Tele- 
phone outlets  in  rooms  that  are  used  most  add  much  to  the  value  of 
Ehrlich  homes. 

To  successful  builders  like  Mr.  Ehrlich,  who  are  setting  living  stand- 
ards in  the  Pacific  West,  complete  telephone  plarming  is  as  basic  as 
adequate  electrical  wiring.  We  are  always  ready  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  us  and  ask  for  our  free  Architects  and 
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FEBRUARY,     1957 


construction  of  a  Laborers  and  Hod  Car- 
riers Union  Hall  building  to  be  hiiilt  in 
Santa  Ana  for  Local  652. 

The  building  will  contain  8000  sq.  ft. 
of  area;  slab  floor,  std  and  stucco  with 
stone  veneer,  composition  roof,  plaster 
interior,  steel  sash,  fluorescent  lighting,  air 
conditioning  and  forced  air  heating. 


CAPEHART  HOUSING 
PROJECTS  BEGIN 

A  number  of  special  military  housing 
projects  provided  for  under  the  "Cape- 
hart  Act"  of  Congress,  are  beginning  to 
take  shape.  Among  those  recently  an- 
nounced  to  be   "on   drawing   boards"   are: 

A  51 -unit  project  at  the  Marine  Corps 
Center,  Barstow,  and  Marine  Corps  Aux- 
iliary Air  Station  at  Mojave.  The  Barstow 
work   will    cost    $841,000,   while    estimates 


ROBERT   W.    HUNT   CO. 

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of  the  Mojave  work  is  $11,467,500.  Each 
unit  will  contain  from  1080  to  2100  sq.  ft. 
and  will  have  2,  3,  and  4  bedrooms. 

A  project  at  the  Naval  Auxiliary  Air 
Station  at  El  Centro  will  provide  for  241 
units;  each  unit  will  have  from  1080  to 
2100  sq.  ft.  of  area,  2,  3,  and  4  bedrooms, 
two  baths:  and  the  overall  cost  is  estimated 
at  $3,976,500. 

A  360-unit  project  at  the  Naval  Air 
Missile  Test  Center  at  Pt.  Mugu,  will  pro- 
vide units  of  2,  3,  and  4  bedrooms,  2 
baths;  areas  of  from  1080  to  2100  sq.  ft., 
and  the  estimated  cost  of  the  project  is 
$5,940,000. 

ALAMEDA  COUNTY 
COURTS  BUILDING 

The  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Alameda 
county  has  commissioned  architect  John 
Hudspeth  of  Oakland,  to  draw  prelimin- 
ary plans  for  construction  of  a  Berkeley- 
Albany  Joint  Justice  Court  building  to  be 
built  adjacent  to  the  City  Hall  in  Berkeley. 

The  estimated  cost  of  the  project  is 
$180,000. 

JUVENILE  HALL 
ADDITION 

Architect  Stanley  Clark  Meston,  823  3 
Sierra  Ave.  Fontana,  is  completing  plans 
and  specifications  for  construction  of  two 
tilt-up  concrete  detention  units  of  the  San 
Bernardino  County  Juvenile  Hall  in  San 
Bernardino,  for  the  San  Bernardino 
County  board  of  supervisors. 

The  units  will  contain  8400  sq.  ft.  of 
area,  composition  roofing,  steel  sash,  se- 
curity grills,  kalamein  doors,  metal  door 
frames,  security  type  hardware,  acoustical 
ceilings,     steam     heating,     cast     aluminum 


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plumbing,  concrete  slab  and  asphalt  tile 
floors,  asphalt  paving,  and  chain  link 
fencing. 

UNDERWATER  LIGHT 
FOR  SWIMMING  POOL 

A  new  underwater  light  for  night  pool 
swimming,  achieves  daylight  transparency 
thereby  increases  swimming  fun  and 
safety;  features  new  fresnel-type  diffusing 
lens,  and  a  daylight-blue  reflector.  Diffus- 
ing lens  provides  increased  downward 
deflection  thus  insures  more  thorough 
light  coverage  of  every  pool  area. 


Special  locating  lugs  on  the  inside  of 
the  rim  mean  the  light  can  be  snapped 
into  place  with  a  minimum  of  fumbhng 
during  relamping  process.  In  designing 
Strato-Lite,  Swimco  provides  a  new  spring- 
loaded  lock-in  device  that  holds  light 
securely  in  place;  moulded  rubber  gasket 
also  protects  the  lens.  Complete  data  from 
SWIMCO,  El  Monte,  California. 


NEW  BANK 
BUILDING 

Architect  Charles  F.  Strothoff,  1855 
Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  is  complet- 
ing drawings  for  construction  of  a  1-story 
and  mezzanine,  Bank  Building  in  Walnut 
Creek,  for  the  American  Trust  Company. 

Construction  will  be  of  reinforced  brick 
and  concrete,  steel  trusses,  built-up  roof- 
ing, aluminum  windows,  marble  tile  floor- 
ing. 


DIESEL  ENGINE 
REPAIR  SHOPS 

The  Western  Pacific  Railroad  has  an- 
nounced it  will  construct  a  new  diescl 
engineer  repair  shop  in  their  yards  in  Oro- 
ville,  California. 

The  new  building  will  be  1 -story,  struc- 
tural steel  frame,  transite  or  protected 
metal  exterior  construction,   185x.240  feet. 


MOOSE  LODGE 
FOR  VALLEJO 

Architect  Edward  P.  Schwafel,  2206 
Spring  Street,  Vallejo,  is  completing 
drawing     for     construction     of     a     1 -story 


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FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

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CHURCH  SEATING 

Office  and  Factory 

60-80  RAU5CH  ST.,  Bet.  7th  and  8th  St«. 

San  Francisco 

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Moose  Lodge   building   in  Vallejo  for  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose  of  Vallejo. 

The   new   building   will   be   of   concrete 
block  construction,   80x120  ft. 


JUNIOR  COLLEGE 
AUDITORIUM 

Architect  Harry  J.  Devine,  1012  J 
Street,  Sacramento,  is  completing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  frame  and  stucco 
Auditorium  building  for  the  Modesto 
Junior  College  at  Modesto. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $450,- 
000. 


ADJUSTABLE  HAND 
RAIL  BRACKETS 

New  Ariston  hand  rail  bracket*  may  be 
instantly  aligned  in  any  direction  on  the 
wall  surface,  eliminating  installation  prob- 
lems caused  by  off-center  anchor  bolts: 
completely  conceals  the  anchorage,  no  ex- 
posed bolts  or  screws. 


Unique  design  includes  shell-mounted 
bracket  that  fits  over  a  mounting  plate  and 
adjustment  disc,  held  firmly  in  position 
by  stainless  steel  socket  set  screw;  adjust- 
able feature  permits  use  of  pre-set  anchor 
bolts.  Economical  and  competitively 
priced;  easily  installed  in  any  wall  surface; 
finished  in  natural  or  alumilited  aluminum 
or  bronze,  satin  or  polished.  Mfg.  by 
Michel  y  Pfeffer  Iron  Works,  Inc.,  Archi- 
tural  Metals  Division,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  S. 
San  Francisco. 


CONCORD  AIRPORT 
ADMINISTRATION 

The  architectural  firm  of  Aitken  and 
Collin,  2102  Vine  Street,  Berkeley,  is 
completing  drawings  for  construction  of  a 
2-story  administration  building  at  Bu- 
chanan Airport,  near  Concord,  for  the 
Contra  Costa  board  of  supervisors. 

Pre-cast  concrete  construction  will  be 
used. 


NEW  WAREHOUSE 
BUILDING 

Structural    Engineer   Hugh   M.    G'Neil, 
610    16th    Street,    Oakland,    recently    an- 


nounced a  building  permit  had  been  is- 
sued and  work  started  on  construction  of 
a  1 -story,  128,000  sq.  ft.  area,  warehouse 
building  in  Emeryville  for  the  Rawson 
Drug  £*■  Sundry  Company. 

Construction  will  be  concrete,  tilt-up 
walls,  tar  gravel  roofing.  Estimated  cost 
is  $1,000,000. 


SALINAS  RADIO 
BROADCASTING 

Architect  William  D.  Concolino.  588 
Houston  Street,  Monterey,  has  completed 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  frame  and 
stucco  addition  to  Radio  Broadcasting  Sta- 
tion   KSBW   in    Salinas. 

The  work  also  includes  an  addition  to 
the  present  building.  The  new  fadlities 
will  add  about  2,000  sq.  ft.  of  area. 


JAMES  W.  TETRAULT 
GIVEN  PROMOTION 

James  W.  Tetrault  has  been  elected  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Pacific  Tile  is"  Porcelain  Company  of  Los 
Angeles. 

He  has  been  serving  as  plant  manager 
since  1953  and  joined  the  firm  in  1950, 
following  graduation  from  the  University 
of  Southern  California  where  he  received 
his  degree  in  Industrial  Engineering. 


HARRAHSCLUB 
TO  ENL.AJiGE 

Architects  Lockhard  &?  Cazazza  of 
Reno,  Nevada,  are  completing  working 
drawings  for  a  major  remodel  of  Harrahs 
Club  in   Reno. 

The  71x140  ft.  4-story  building  will  in- 
clude steel  frame  and  concrete  construc- 
tion with  newest  heating,  ventilating  and 
air  conditioning  equipment. 


DRYWALL  CONTRACTORS 
FORM  ASSOaATION 

The  International  Drywall  Contractors 
Association  has  recently  been  organized 
according  to  an  announcement  by  Sher- 
wood M.  Sitz  of  Los  Angeles,  executive 
dirertor. 

The  organization  has  been  three  years 
in  various  formative  stages  and  meetings 
held  in  Chicago  last  month  in  conjunction 
with  the  National  Association  of  Home 
Builders  convention,  completed  the  new- 
set-up.  Delegates  from  Canada  and  eleven 
drywall  associations  representing  all  sec- 
tions of  the  country  attended  the  Chicago 
conference. 

Sitz  is  an  officer  in  the  Employers  Labor 
Relations  Council  of  Los  Angeles. 

Wayne  Vaughan,  West  Los  Angeles, 
was  elected  president:  Mervin  L.  Scott, 
Seattle;    George    Newman,    Chicago;    and 


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FEBRUARY,     1957 


Granville  Waggoner,  Nashville,  were 
named  vice-presidents;  M.  R.  McColley  of 
San  Diego,  secretary;  and  Charles  Valdini 
of   Long    Island,    New    York,    was    named 


HIGH  SCHOOL  GYMNASIUM 
AT  POMONA 

Architect  E.  L.  Tozier,  556  N.  Park 
Avenue,  Pomona,  has  completed  plans  for 
construction  of  a  tilt-up  concrete  gym- 
nasium at  the  Fremont  Junior  High 
School,  Pomona,  for  the  Pomona  Unified 
School  District. 

The  building  will  contain  9430  sq.  ft. 
of  area;  tapered  steel  girders,  hardwood 
floors,  unit  heaters,  ventilating  system, 
electrical  work.  Estimated  cost  is  ,$100,- 
000.00. 


WILLIAM  W.  BRASIER 
PROMOTED  BY  YALE 

William  W.  Brasier  of  Los  Angeles,  has 
been  appointed  special  assistant  to  the 
general  sales  manager  of  the  Yale  lock  and 
hardware  division  The  Yale  &?  Towne 
Mfg.  Co.,  according  to  an  announcement 
by  James  D.  Young,  general  sales  man- 
ager. 

First  representing  Yale  is/  Towne  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  in  1912,  Brasier  will  continue 
to  serve  in  the  Los  Angeles  and  West 
Coast  region  in  his  new  duties. 


CHURCH,   SUNDAY  SCHOOL 
AND  SOCIAL  HALL 

The  architectural  firm  of  Rickey  £? 
Brooks,  2015  J.  Street,  Sacramento,  is 
preparing  plans  for  construction  of  a  1- 
story  wood  siding,  slab  floor,  built-up 
roofing  with  asbestos  shingle,  Church, 
Sunday  School  and  Social  Hall  building  in 
Yuba  City  for  the  Grace  Methodist 
Church. 

The  new  facilities  will  contain  approxi- 
mately  6,600  sq.   ft.   of  area. 


BUILDING  SYSTEM 
CORPN.  FORMED 

Formation  of  two  corporations  for  man- 
ufacturing a  new  system  of  movable  in- 
terior walls  has  been  announced  by  Wayne 
Vaughan,  president  of  the  Los  Angeles 
drywall  interiors  firm  of  Wayne  Vaughan 
fe?  Co. 

Known  as  Vaughan  Moveable  Interior 
Walls  and  Wayne  Vaughan  Metals  Co., 
both  companies  will  be  associated  in  the 
manufacture  of  a  complete  system  of  mov- 
able interiors  formed  of  multi-ply  gypsum 
panels. 

Wayne  Vaughan  is  presently  serving  as 
president  of  the  Drywall  Contractors  As- 
sociation of  Southern  California. 


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BASALT  Rock  Co.,  Inc 26 

BATES,  Walter  D.,  &  Associates 25 

BAXTER,   J.    H.,   Co • 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California 31 

C.  &  H.  SPECIALTIES  Co 44 

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HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 35 

HANKS,  Abbot  A.,  Inc 47 

HAWS   Drinking   Faucet  Co 33 

HERMANN   Safe  Co..... 35 

HERRICK  Iron  Works 47 

HOGAN  Lumber  Co 35 

HOLLAND    Mfg.   Co 45 

HUNT,   Robert  W.,   Company 46 

JOSAM  Pacific  Co • 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy  Corp 35 

KRAFTILE  Company  ' 

LeROY  Construction  Services 36 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson,  Inc..  47 

MATTOCK  Construction  Co 47 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

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MULLEN    Mfg.  Co 46 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,   Inc.   29 

PACIFIC  Manufacturing  Co 36 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  45 

PASSETTI  Trucking  Co.,   Inc 28 

PITTSBURGH  Testing  Laboratory 48 

PORCELAIN  Enamel  (Architectural 

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REMILLARD-DandIni  Co 48 

REPUBLIC   Steel    Corporation 36 

RIVIERA  Hotel,  Las  Vegas 43 

ROLY-Door  Sales  27 

SCOTT  Company  48 

SHADES,   Inc 43 

SIMONDS   Machinery  Co 34 

SMOOT-Holman  Company 3 

CONRAD  Soviq  Co .  48 

STROMBERG-Carlson   Co 44 

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VERMONT   Marble  Company 36 

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Abraham  Simmons  toukln'i  loci  the  Irost  that  lined  his  tiny  stone  ui-e, 
or  taste  the  swill  they  led  him.  or  chafe  at  his  iron  chains-so  his  keepers 
said.  He  was  a  madman. 

But  then,  when  his  visitor,  little  Miss  Dix,  spoke  softly,  kindly,  to  him, 
■why  did  he  \veep? 

Dorothea  Lvnde  Dix  knew  why.  And  her  knowledge  kept  her  fighting 
all  her  life  to' get  the  mentally  ill  away  from  pits  and  cages,  whips  and 
chains,  and  into  hospitals. 

In  nearly  40  years,  she  paused  only  once-to  render  heroic  service  as 
superintendent  of  nurses  in  the  Civil  War.  Then  again  she  began  inves- 
tigating, writing,  fund-raising,  politicking,  until  this  frail  ex-school  teacher 
had  pushed  a  whole  country  into  one  of  the  finest  reforms  in  its  history: 
the  sane  treatment  of  the  insane. 

Dorothea  Dix  was  fortunate  in  liaving  one  powerful  ally:  the  American 
people.  For  as  history  will  show.  Americans  are  seldom  self-satisfied;  they 
long  to  do  right.  That  urge  has  helped  them  build  a  strong,  stable  nation 
in  a^troubled' world -and  it  has  helped  make  their  country's  Savings  Bonds 
a  rock-ribbed  assurance  of  security. 

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It  has  also  been  used  indoors  as  a  ceramic 
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VERSATILITY  is  the  major  reason  \\'hy 
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Veneer  provides  the  perfect  background  for  glazed  ceramic  mosaic  tile 
spandrels,  ceilings  and  columns,  stainless  steel  and  related  building  mate- 
rials. Welton  Becket,  A.I.A.,  and  J.  E.  Stanton,  A.I.A.,  associated  architects 
-Ford  J.  Twaits  Company,  general  contractor. 


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Since  1S75 

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INTERIORS:   Designed  by  Klaus  Pfeffer 


MARCH 


1957 


Fresno  County  Tuberculosis  Hospital,  Fresno,  California.  David  H.  Horn,  A. I. A.,  Marsholl   D.  Mortland,  A. I. A.,  Associate  Architects 
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Ariston  Steel  Windows 

and 

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...are  featured  throughout  the 

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Fresno,  California 

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Ariston  steel  windows  ore  available  for  semi-intermediate, 
intermediate  and  heavy  sections.  Designed  to  open  in  or 
out.  Roto  or  simplex  hanging.  Frames  are  electrically  butt 
welded,  exposed  surfaces  ground  smooth.  Casement  and 
projected  ventilators  available. 


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212  Shaw  Road 

South  San  Francisco,  California 

PLaza  5-8983 


Paget  Sound  Power  &  Light  Company  Building 

Harmon,  Prey  and  Detrich;  Architects  &  Engineers,  Seattle 

Cawdrey  and  Vemo;  General  Contractors,  Seattle 


The  exterior  face  of  the  Fentron  panel  is  porcelain  enamel  over  16-gauge  USS 
Vitrenamel  Sheet.  Interior  is  14-gauge  USS  Cold  Rolled  Sheet  with  insulation 
sandwiched  between,  "u"  factor  is  .104.  These  panels  are  effective  as  covers 
for  spandrels  and  columns,  and  as  mullions  complete  with  windows. 

Prefab  steel  walls  hold  down 
building  costs 

UP,  up,  up  go  the  costs  of  new  building  construction.  One  bright  spot 
in  this  picture  is  the  more  economical  building  method  using  factory- 
built  wall  panels  of  stainless  or  porcelain  enamel  steel.  These  curtain 
walls  are  fast  to  erect,  provide  more  usable  floor  space,  permit  earlier 
occupancy  and  sharply  reduce  maintenance.  For  the  architect,  this  ver- 
satile and  economical  exterior  treatment  offers  floor-to-floor  panels  that 
can  be  designed  to  harmonize  with  any  architectural  expression. 

Here  in  the  West,  a  number  of  companies  have  developed  their  ver- 
sions of  packaged  steel  walls  fabricated  from  United  States  Steel  Sheets. 
These  curtain  wall  systems  are  figuring  prominently  in  recent  Western 
construction  . . .  from  skyscrapers  on  down  to  one-story  industrial  build- 
ings. In  Bellevue,  Washington,  for  example,  the  new  Puget  Sound  Power 
&  Light  Company  building  (above)  used  curtain  wall  panels  fabricated 
and  erected  by  Fentron  Industries,  Inc.,  Seattle,  Washington. 


Only  Steel  can  do  so  many  jobs  so  well 


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Reseda,  California 


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Vol.  208 


No.  3 


AND 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architerture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 


Realty  Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,    Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architert, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los   Angeles,    California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 

Manager 


COVER  PICTURE 

DAVID  WALLACE 
Residence 
Orinda  California 

Interiors  designed  by  Klaus  Pfeffer 
and  Pearl  Bank  Steward,  Associate. 

Fireplace  of  bleached  cork  and  cop- 
per designed  by  Klaus  Pfeffer  and 
executed  by  Merrill  Beckwith  is  the 
dramatic  focal  point  of  the  living 
room.    See  page  9  for  further  details. 


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DOWNTOWN  OFFICE  BUILDING— Riverside,  California 

VICTOR  GRUEN  &  ASSOCIATES,  Architects 

KENNETH  M.  MILLER,  ROBERT  SAUCKE  &  ASSOCIATES,  Developers 

ALBERT  C.  MARTIN  GRANTS— University  of  Southern  California 


DRIVE-IN  BANK— Los  Angeles 

CUNNEEN  COMPANY,  Architects 

J.  A.  McNEIL  COMPANY,  General  Contractors 

FOUR  MODERN  INTERIORS— Including  the  "Black  House"        . 

By  KLAUS  PFEFFER,   Design   and   Color  Consultant,   Berkeley,  California 
PEARL  BANK  STEWARD,   Associate 

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DEMOLITION  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO  BUILDINGS— Freeway   . 

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ARCHITECTURAL  PROSPECTS  BRIGHT 

So  f;ir  ;is  work  currently  on  the  boards  is  an  accu- 
rate barometer  of  future  construction,  the  building 
picture  for  this  year  looks  bright,  and  according  to 
Edmund  R.  Purves,  executivcdirector  of  The  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Architects,  who  looks  at  the  nation's 
picture  from  Washington,  D.  C,  through  the  eyes  of 
many  architects  scattered  throughout  the  vast  area 
served  by  the  Institute. 

Federal,  state  and  municipal  public  building  pro- 
grams; unfilled  needs  in  the  educational,  health  and 
ecclesiastical  fields,  are  all  contributing  towards  a 
great  activity. 

While  Purves  feels  tight  money  has  caused  some 
difficulties  in  financing  new  construction,  only  those 
concerned  with  speculative  home  and  commercial 
building  seem  to  have  been  hurt  much.  Tight  money, 
combined  with  the  government's  permissible  percent- 
age of  interest,  also  has  held  back  the  Federal  lease- 
purchase  program. 

The  special  problems  that  face  the  profession  today 
are  severe  shortages  of  exiperienced  draftsmen  and 
shortages  and  slow  delivery  of  some  building  ma- 
terials. The  results  of  the  steel  strike  are  still  being 
felt  in  the  construction  industry. 

However,  Purves  predicts  "a  continuation  of  the 
upward  trend  in  construction  during  the  forseeable 
future." 


".  .  .  Total  dollar  imlues  nj  all  construction  is  headed 
toward  still  another  neiv  high  of  roughly  S47.3  billion — 
up  6..?%   in  the  year." — Fred  Gotver.  Economic  Consultant. 


LIVING  OFF  PROBLEMS 

Many  people  make  a  good  living  by  "living  off 
problems"  and  stirring  them  up.  These  people  devote 
their  time  not  to  building  a  better  mouse  trap,  or  a 
better  piece  of  machinery,  or  a  better  home,  or  con- 
ducting a  profitable  business.  Rather,  they  make  their 
living  by  exploiting  the  pathology  of  our  society  and 
by  making  big  problems  out  of  little  ones. 

They  lament  our  lack  of  social  progress  for  one 
thing,  in  spite  of  tomes  of  social  legislation,  moun- 
tains of  government  bureaus  and  unprecedented  heavy 
tax  payments,  and  to  them  reform  and  change  have 
become  ends  in  themselves. 

It  is  one  thing  to  meet  obvious  problems  of  genuine 
human  need,  to  help  people  out  of  their  stress,  when 
they  themselves  can  not  extricate  themselves.  But  it  is 
quite  another  thing  to  keep  the  society  everlastingly 
boiling  and  stirred  up,  just  for  the  sake  of  the  heat 
and  the  dust  created. 

We  have  adopted  social  security,  we  have  countless 


aid  programs,  we  have  compulsory  minimum  wage 
laws,  we  have  compulsory  collective  bargaining,  we 
have  farm  aid  running  to  57  varieties,  but,  all  this  is 
not  enough.  "We  must  go  forward,"  say  the  people 
who  live  off  problems,  "We  must  create  a  more  for- 
ward momentum  of  liberalism." 

It  is  not  the  masses  who  demand  these  things,  it  is 
the  people  who  make  their  living  by  keeping  the  pot 
boiling  and  making  big  problems  out  of  little  ones. 


".  .  .  The  great  challenge  ahead  is  in  the  short  periods  of 
adjustment,  when  production  and  sales,  supply  and  demand 
are  out  of  balance." — S.  W.  Antoville,  Pres,  t/.S.  Plywood 
Corpn. 


A  FINGER  IN  THE  DYKE 

Warm  commendations  certainly  are  due  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  George  Humphrey  for  his  "coura- 
geous opposition"  to  spending  increases  proposed  in 
the  $71.8  billion  Federal  Budget  submitted  to  Con- 
gress by  President  Eisenhower  for  the  fiscal  year  1958. 

Many  businessmen  and  private  citizens  feel  the  Sec- 
retary placed  his  finger  on  a  principal  reason  for  fed- 
eral extravagance  when  he  mentioned  "various  public 
groups"  who  demand  more  and  more  from  the  Federal 
Treasury. 

These  demands  are  clearly  reflected  in  the  Presi- 
dent's new  budget  requests  for  substantial  increases  in 
a  long  list  of  federal  projects — civil  works,  welfare 
programs,  subsidies  of  various  sorts,  and  for  greatly 
enlarged  programs  providing  tax'payer  money  for  local 
projects,  such  as  school  construction  and  solving  prob- 
lems of  juvenile  delinquency. 

While  few  of  the  "official"  Washington  family  have 
spoken  out  loud,  other  responsible  governmental  of- 
ficials and  possibly  a  few  members  of  Congress  are 
keenly  aware  of  the  ceaseless  pressure  for  new  or  en- 
larged federal  spending.  Businessmen  visiting  Wash- 
ington seeking  relief  from  the  tremendous  burden  of 
financing  government  spending  are  quietly,  but  firmly 
told,  that  until  this  pressure  eases  there  is  little  real 
prospect  for  federal  economy  or  tax  relief. 

Nearly  everyone  agrees  that  many  of  the  things  peo- 
ple now  expect  the  Federal  Government  to  do  for  them 
are  worthwhile. 

The  important  point  made  by  Mr.  Humphrey's 
convictions,  however,  is  that  these  are  things  the 
States  and  localities  used  to  do  for  themselves,  and 
in  times   far  less   prosperous  than  the   present. 

Everyone  must  make  an  "agonizing  reappraisal"  of 
state  and  local  demands  on  Washington,  and  reas- 
sume  those  responsibilities  which  are  theirs. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


SAN  JOAQUIN 

COUNTY  FAIR  BUILDING 

Stockton,  Californio 

Architects:  STATE  DIVISION  OF 

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Cast  at  the  BASALT  ROCK  CO.,  Napa,  California  . . . 
delivered  to  the  jobsite  by  truck  and  welded  to  the  structural 
steel  frame,  the  beauty  and  precision  of  the  wall  panels  in 
this  San  Joaquin  County  Fair  Building  attest  to  the  perfection 
of  precast  concrete  construction.  Unseen,  but  subtly  apparent, 
is  the  inherent  strength  of  the  steel-reinforced  panels  and 
sections. 

Quickly  and  economically  erected  and  easily  maintained, 
BASALT  Precast  Construction  eliminates  the  risk  of  jobsite  cast- 
ing while  providing  a  strength  and  finished  beauty  unobtain- 
able with  any  other  method  of  cast  concrete  construction. 

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COMMENT  ON   ART 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris,  San  Fran- 
cisco, under  the  direction  of  Beatrice  Judd  Ryan,  will 
present  its  final  exhibition  of  Painting  by  D.  Faralla, 
Fortunato  Figone  and  Ray  Strong;  and  Mobiles  by 
Bill  Straight  during  the  month  of  March. 

In  the  Little  Gallery  will  he  shown  a  special  exhibi- 
tion of  Sports  Car  Models  by  Kay  Dowd. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  deVoung  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Wal- 
ter Heil,  is  offering  the  following  special  exhibits  and 
events  for  March: 

EXHIBITIONS:  Eight  Indian  Temples,  a  group  of 
photographs  circulated  by  Life  Magazine;  American 
Institute  of  Architects,  Centennial  Exhibition  of  re- 


cent distinguished  architecture  in  Northern  Califor- 
nia; Maris  von  Ridelstcin,  Oils  and  Watercolors; 
Paintings  by  Stallknecht,  and  a  group  of  Oils  and 
Watercolors  by  Maurice  Logan. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS  include  Classes  in  Art  Enjoy- 
ment for  adults;  Painting  Workshop  for  amateurs; 
seminars  in  the  History  of  Art;  and  special  classes  in 
art  for  the  children. 

The  museum  is  open  daily. 


DESIGNER-CRAFTSMEN  OF  THE  WEST 
EXHIBITION  JURY  IS  ANNOUNCED 

The  M.  H.  de Young  Memorial  Museum,  San  Fran- 
cisco, has  announced  the  final  Jury  for  the  exhibition 
"Designer-Craftsmen  of  the  West — 1957,"  which  will 
go  on  public  display  June  1,  will  be  comprised  of: 

Hal  Painter,  president.  Professional  Weavers'  Asso- 
(See  page  8) 


SAN   FRANCISCO   MUSEUM   DF   ART 

WAR  MEMORIAL  fiUILDING  CIVIC  CENTER 


JACKKNIFE 

Oil 
32  X  26  inches 

by 
JAMES  KELLY 

Purchase  Prize  Award 

76th   Annual    Painting    and    Sculpture    Ex- 
hibition  of  the   San    Francisco  Art  Ass'n. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


GORDON  SOMMERS,  Photo 


Downtown  Office  Building 


RIVERSIDE,  CALIFORNIA 


VICTOR  GRUEN  8C  Associates 
Architects 


KENiNETH  M  MILLER, 

ROBERT  SAUCKE  &: 

Associates, 

Developers 

A  completely  new  $1,250,000  downtown,  air  con- 
ditioned, five  story  reinforced  concrete  office  build- 
ing will  be  constructed  near  the  county  courthouse 
in  Riverside,  California,  for  Kenneth  M.  Miller, 
Robert  Saucke  fe?  Associates. 

It  will  contain  a  total  area  of  60,000  sq.  ft.,  includ- 
ing a  covered  parking  area  of  13,000  sq.  ft.  below 
ground  level  which  will  accommodate  110  auto- 
mobiles. 

The  building  will  have  large  window  areas  and  an 
elevator  tower  sheathed  with  gray-blue  ceramic- 
mosaic  tile.  Glass  mosaic  spandrels  will  be  of  varying 
shades  of  turquoise,  terra-cotta,  and  beige.  An  ele- 
vator lobby  at  the  lower  level  will  serve  the  parking 
facihties. 

R.  L.  Baumfield,  partner  Victor  Gruen  6?  Associ- 
ates, is  the  architect  in  charge. 


ALBERT  C.  MARTIN  GRANTS  FOR 
UNIVERSITY  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

The  Albert  C.  Martin  Grants  for  advanced  study 
and  research  in  architecture  at  the  University  of 
Southern  California  have  been  established  by  Albert 
C.  Martin  6?  Associates,  Los  Angeles  architectural 
and  engineering  firm. 

Each  spring,  the  awards  will  go  to  two  fifth  year 
graduating  students  in  the  SC  School  of  Architecture, 
with  the  winner  selected  by  the  firm  from  students 
recommended  by  the  school  on  the  basis  of  interviews 
with  architects  and  engineers  from  the  firm. 

The  Grants  provide  for:  1)  Tuition  for  three  major 
architectural  and  engineering  courses  in  the  final 
semester;  2)  An  architectural  project  fund  to  be  used 
for  the  construction  of  a  prototype,  model,  or  detail 
of  the  student's  senior  design  thesis  problem;  and  3) 
Extension  of  the  facilities  of  the  firm,  consultation 
with  key  staff  personnel,  and  access  to  reference  data, 
to  aid  students  in  the  solution  of  their  projects. 

The  third  aspect  of  the  award  is  perhaps  the  most 
important,  in  the  opinion  of  Arthur  B.  Gallion,  AIA, 
Dean  of  the  SC  School  of  Architecture,  "as  it  very 
(See  page  34) 


MARCH,     1957 


NEWS  8C  COMMENT  ON  ART 

(From  page  6) 
oiation;  Merry  Renk,  metalworker  and  associate  in 
design.  Decorative  Arts  Department,  University  of 
California,  Berkeley;  Herbert  Sanders,  professor  in 
Ceramic  Art,  San  Jose  State  College;  Herwin  Schaef- 
er,  associate  professor.  Decorative  Arts  Department, 
University  of  California,  Berkeley;  and  Rudolph 
Schaeffer,  director  of  the  Rudolph  Schaeffer  School  of 
Design. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  Lin' 
coin  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  announces  a  number  of  spe- 
cial  exhibitions  and  events  for  the  month  including: 

EXHIBITIONS:  Masters  of  British  Painting,  1800- 
1950,  a  special  exhibition  of  103  pictures  comprising  a 
brilliant  survey  of  the  last  century  and  a  half  of  British 


painting  assembled  from  notable  public  and  private 
collections  in  the  United  Kingdom  and  this  country  by 
the  Museum  of  Modern  Art,  New  York,  in  collabora- 
tion with  the  City  Art  Museum  of  St.  Louis  and  the 
California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor;  Pictorial 
Americana,  1492-1822,  a  rare  story  in  maps  and  en- 
gravings; Paintings  and  Drawings  by  Frank  Ashley. 

THE  ACHENBACH  FOUNDATION  FOR 
GRAPHIC  ARTS  is  exhibiting  Watercolor  Drawings 
by  Thomas  Rowlandson,  commemorating  the  200th 
anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the  great  graphic  humorist. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Organ  Recital  each  Saturday 
and  Sunday  afternoon  at  3  o'clock;  Educational  Activ- 
ities— Art  Classes  for  children  each  Saturday  morning. 

The  museum  is  open  daily. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
(See   page   34) 


Drive -In 


AND 

Bank 

LOS   ANGELES 

CUNNEEN  COMPANY 
Architects 


J.  A.  McNEIL  CO. 
General  Contractors 


The  ever  increasingly  popular  "drive-in  and  bank" 
facility  takes  attractive  architectural  form  in  the  new 
home  of  the  Wilshire  Federal  Savings  and  Loan 
Association,  situated  on  fashionable  Wilshire  Boule- 
vard in  Los  Angeles. 

With  spacious  overhangs  to  accommodate  custom- 
ers' vehicles,  the  graceful  building  features  liberal 
application  of  architectural  porcelain  enamel,  to  pro- 
vide lasting  freshness  that  matches  the  luxury  of  its 


surroundings. 

Panels  are  used  as  a  spandrel  belt  from  the  second 
floor  window  sills  to  the  first  floor  ceiling  line.  These 
panels  are  attached  along  the  horizontal  line,  top  and 
bottom,  by  clips  to  blocking  along  the  same  line  as 
the  metal  stud  wall.  Aluminum  trim  borders  the  top 
and  bottom  of  the  panels. 

The  unusual  columns  which  support  the  overhang 
are  inlaid  with  mosaic  tiles. 


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FOUR  MODERN  INTERIORS 


(Including  the  "Black  House") 

by 

KLAUS  PFEFFER 

Design  and  Color  Consultant 
Berkeley,  California 


MARCH,     1957 


Cabinets  of  combed  plywood  are  lacquered  black  and  de- 
signed to  display  the  owner's  collection  of  books,  paint- 
ings and  objects  of  art 


Chinese  fret  wallpaper  is  extended  two  feet  out  en  the 
ceiling  and  edged  in  a  slender  black  molding  to  match  the 
built-in  cabinets 


Pictured  on  the  following  pages  is  a  continuation  of 
some  of  the  recent  work  of  Klaus  Pfeffer  Interior-De- 
signer and  his  associate,  Pearl  Bank  Steward  of  Berke- 
ley, California.  Shown  in  the  folio  are  photos  of  a 
selected  number  of  highly  distinguished  contempo- 
rary rooms  which  emphasize  the  dramatic  use  of  cus- 
tom furniture,  hand  woven  fabrics,  fine  paintings  and 
superb  antiques,  together  with  modern  accessories. 
Three  of  these  homes  were  recently  completed  for 
individual  San  Francisco-Oakland  Bay  Area  cHents. 
The  fourth  home  pictured  here  is  the  startling  "black 
house"  which  was  the  conversation  piece  at  the  fam- 
ous California  International  Home  and  Garden  Show 
last  year.  Accustomed  to  thinking  of  black  as  a 
sombre  and  depressing  color,  the  pubHc  was  aston- 
ished to  find  that  the  lavish  use  of  black  in  this  mod- 
ern small  house  achieved  a  rare  mood  of  sparkling, 
youthful  gaiety. 


Klaus  Pfeffer  is  no  new  comer  to  the  pages  of  Archi- 
tect and  Engineer  magazine.  Several  times  over  the 
past  decade  his  unique  and  distinguished  work  has 
been  featured  and  in  each  instance  has  reflected  ex- 
ceptional versatility  in  design  and  color  planning  for 
offices,  stores,  apartment  buildings,  churches  and  resi- 
dences. 

His  many  unusual  residential  assignments  have  won 
national  recognition  for  him  as  is  evidenced  by  the 
frequent  showings  in  House  Beautiful,  American 
Home,  Better  Homes  and  Gardens,  Interiors  and  Sun- 
set magazine.  Last  year  Architect  and  Engineer  maga- 
zine presented  a  detailed  report  on  Color  Planning  for 
Tract  Homes  by  Mr.  Pfeffer  and  his  associate.  Pearl 
Bank  Steward.  This  tract-home  work  activity  con- 
tinues to  expand  and  now  ranges  from  San  Jose,  Santa 
Clara,  Irvington  and  Hayward  north  to  Napa  and 
Sacramento. 


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REMODELED  BERKELEY  LIVING  ROOM 

for  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  A.  Pfeffer 

custom  furniture  and  built-in  cabinets  by  Frank  Howe  De  Witt 

handwoven  fabrics  by  Vesta  Vetter 


MARCH,     1957 


Built-in  Hi-Fi  system  and  open  shelves  for  display  of  oriental  art  flank  the  fireplace  which 
is  covered  in  Japanese  paper  textured  with  fish  scales  and  cherry  bark 

REMODELED   BERKELEY   RESIDENCE 
for  Dr.  Chester  S.  Howard 

Interiors  by  Klaus  Pfeffer  and  Associate  Pearl  Bank  Steward 


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Shoji  panels  over  windows  are  flanked  by 
tall  screens  of  Japanese  silk 


Photos  by  Mason  Weymouth 
courtesy  of  Better  Homes  &  Gardens 

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Indirectly  lighted  mural  of  colorful  metal  tile  designed  by  Klaus  Pfeffer 
to  accent  dining  area  panelled  in  combed  plywood 


MARCH,     1957 


Shoji  screens  sliding  in  black  lacquered  tracks  give  horizontal  accent  to  master 
bedroom  of  Dr.  Chester  S.  Howard's  home 


Built-in    headboard    and    panelling    designed    by    Klaus    PfefFer   are   topped   by 
panels  of  mirror  for  illusion  of  airy  openness 


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Ceiling  and  wall  behind  black  upholstered  sofa  are  azalea  red  with  flanking  walls  in  black 


THIS   MODEL   HOUSE 

displayed  at  the  1956  California  International  Home  and  Garden  Show 

Color  Styling  and  Interior  Decoration  by  Klaus  Pfeffer  and  Associate  Pearl  Bank  Steward 


Black  fireplace  wall;  curtains,  carpet  and 
upholstery  fabrics  in  black  and  white  are 
brightened  by  azalea  red  ceiling  and 
matching  red  decorative  accents 


The  sparkling  black  and  white  kitchen  with 
azalea  red  ceiling  of  this  model  house  featured 
a  Formica  snack  bar  and  a  hanging  cabinet  or- 
namented by  a  collection  of  rare  antique  copper 
molds  from  Marie  E.  hiinckley  of  Oakland 


Block  and  white  theme  with  accents  of  azalea 
red  is  also  featured  on  the  exterior  and  land- 
scaping. Black  stucco  and  rustic,  white  trim,  red 
front  door  and  garage  door  are  a  dramatic 
background  for  planting  of  red  and  white 
azaleas,  rhododendrons  and  pansies  by  Gordon 
Courtright 


A  striking  original  painting  by  Howard  Hack  of 
Oakland  and  dining  furniture  from  S.  Christian 
of  Copenhagen  in  San  Francisco  ore  seen  against 
black   wall  of  dining   area 


Black  walls  with  ceiling  and  carpet  in  azalea  red,  plus  gleaming  white  curtains,  bedspread 
and  accessories  made  a  memorable  conversation  piece  of  bedroom  in  this  model  home 


furniture  from  S.  Christian  of  Copenhagen  in  San  Francisco 
antique  accessories  from  Marie  E.  Hinckley 


original  oil  and  watercolor  paintings  by  Howard  Hack 
curtains  by  Beauti-Pieat  Draperies 


landscaping  by  Gordon  Courtright 
photos  by  Lonnie  Wilson 


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REMODELED  ORINDA   LIVING   ROOM 
for  Mr.  &  Mrs.  David  Wallace 

Inferiors  by  Klaus  Pfeffer  and  Associate  Pearl  Bonk  Steward 


Monochromatic  color  scheme  ranges  from  ivory 
white  of  bleached  cork  fireplace  and  painted 
wood  celling  through  warm  copper  tones  through 
the  dark  coffee  brown  of  the  walls.  Brown  and 
white  striae  of  upholstery  fabrics  is  echoed  in 
brown  and  white  striae  of  rug.  Accents,  in- 
cluding African  masks  over  fireplace,  are  black. 

ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Tall  mirror  reflects  stair  hall  with  custom  made  wallpaper  in  dark  brown  and  white 

custom  made  furniture  by  Merrill  Beckwith 

photos  by  Barry  Evans 

courtesy  of  The  American  Home  magazine 


MARCH,     1957 


LIGHTWEIGHT 
ROOF  PANELS 


Being  made 
on  site 


LIGHTWEIGHT  ROOF  PANELS — Made  of  cement  and  high  grade  expanded 
shale  aggregate.  Mineral  oil  bond  breaking  agent  is  applied  to  rigid  steel 
molds  before  mix  is  placed  in  forms.  Free-piston  air  vibrator  used  along  top 
of  panel,  serving  primarily  as  a  screed  and  vibrating  only  the  very  top 
of  the  mix.  Panels  are  cast  60  at  a  time. 


THIN-SHELL  PRE-CAST  PANELS  ROOF 

Thirty-Five  Acres  of  Warehousing 

McCLELLAN  AIR  FORCE  BASE 

Near  Sacramento,   California 


Some  9200  thin  shell  precast  roof  panels  made  of 
lightweight  aggregate  will  be  used  to  roof  1.5  million 
square  feet  of  warehousing  under  construction  at  Mc- 
Clellan  AFB  near  Sacramento.  Air  Force  Installations 
Engineers  monitoring  the  project  consider  construc- 
tion of  these  panels  presents  one  of  the  more  intriguing 
features  of  the  new  warehousing.  The  panels  are 
composed  of  Portland  Cement  and  a  high  grade  of 
expanded  shale  aggregate  thoroughly  mixed  but  only 
lightly  vibrated. 

Each  panel  is  ii  ft.  4  in.  by  5  ft.  Although  they 
measure  12  inches  in  depth  at  the  rib,  on  the  under- 
side they  hollow  to  form  a  shell  measuring  only  114 


inch  at  the  center.  Manufactured  in  a  casting  yard 
near  the  site,  they  are  being  cast  sixty  at  a  time.  The 
contractor  now  has  approximately  6,500  of  the  panels 
finished  and  most  of  these  have  been  installed. 

There  are  actually  two  warehouses  involved,  sepa- 
rated only  by  a  railroad  spur  running  through  the 
site.  Of  identical  design,  the  warehouses  are  single 
story.  Floors  are  3  ft.  9  inches  above  track  height,  and 
each  warehouse  is  divided  into  Bays  200  ft  by  400  ft. 

Sprawling  over  .35  acres  of  the  western  portion  of 
the  Air  Base,  a  small  farm,  or  23  football  fields  could 
be  easily  set  within  the  perimeter  of  the  warehousing. 
One  warehouse  is  400  ft.  by  1,800  ft.  and  the  other 


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400  ft.  by  2,000  ft. 

When  completed  the  warehousing  will  relieve  badly 
overcrowded  warehousing  conditions  at  the  Base 
which  is  the  home  of  Sacramento  Air  Materiel  Area. 
Thi«  is  Air  Materiel  Command's  largest  West  Coast 
installation  for  aircraft  modification,  overhaul  and  re 
pair.  A  super  mail-order  house  and  mammoth  whole 
sale  supplier,  SMAMA  must  stock  over  300,000  sepa- 
rate  items  worth  $662  million  to  service  aircraft  and 
supply  Air  Force  installations  in  California,  Oregon, 
Nevada,  and  overseas.  The  new  warehousing  will  be 
used  for  storage  of  aircraft  accessories  and  compo' 
nents,  as  well  as  some  missile  and  radar  parts. 

The  contract  for  the  warehouses  includes  the  rail' 
road  spur,  roads,  and  utilities  for  the  immediate  ware- 
house area.  It  was  awarded  to  four  Sacramento  firms, 
the  Heller,  Campbell,  Erickson,  and  La^vrence  Con- 
struction Companies  who  pooled  their  resources  in  a 
joint  venture  for  the  job.  Estimated  cost  of  the  project 
is  $7,264,000. 

Original  design  for  the  warehouse  was  accomplished 
by  the  L.  P.  Kooken  Company  of  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land. This  design  was  modified  and  adapted  to  the 
site  by  the  Tudor  Engineering  Company  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Construction  began  in  July  1955  and  the  work  is 
now  65%  complete.  All  during  the  summer  months 
of  1956  the  contractor  worked  a  10-hour  day,  and 
this  will  be  repeated  during  the  summer  of  1957. 
Work  began  first  on  the  East  1,800  ft.  warehouse 
which  is  scheduled  to  be  completed  by  18  October 
1957.  Estimated  date  of  completion  for  the  2,000  ft. 
warehouse  is  29  January  1958. 


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TYPICAL  PRECAST  CONCQETS  ROOF  PANEL 


Essentially  a  concrete  project,  the  ground  floor  slabs 
and  frame  columns  are  of  Class  AA  concrete,  all  roof 
beams  and  girders  are  Class  A  concrete,  and  all  foot- 
ings and  foundation  walls  are  of  Class  B  concrete. 
Concrete  floor  slabs  were  poured  by  the  Carsons  and 
Peters  Company  of  Los  Angeles.  The  mix  was  sup- 
plied by  the  prime  contracting  team. 

Soil  at  the  Air  Base  is  particularly  well  adapted  to 
construction.  Surface  soil  is  sandy  silt  and  sandy 
clay,  but  underlying  this  is  hardpan  which  averages 
three  feet  in  depth. 

In  grading  the  site  and  removing  all  topsoil  and 
debris,  a  total  of  38,500  cubic  yards  of  unsuitable  ma- 
terial was  removed.  For  preparation  of  the  subgrade 
for  the  buildings,  81,000  cubic  yards  of  select  aggre- 
gate fill  was  required.  This  was  supplied  by  Pacific 
Coast  Aggregate  Company  of  Fair  Oaks,  California. 
The  H.  Earl  Parker  Company  of  Marysville,  Cali- 
fornia, did  the  grading,  excavation  and  filling. 

Compaction  density  for  the  select  fill  ran  high — 
98%.    This   rate   was  necessitated  by  the  unusually 


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MARCH,     1957 


PRE-CAST.  Thin  shell  roof  panels 
(left)  being  removed  from  forms. 
Stripping  process  requires  about 
three  minutes. 


BELOW — Pouring  more  than  40,000 
cu.  yds.  concrete  for  floors.  Screed- 
ed  to  grade  and  hand  troweled  to  a 
smooth   surface. 


heavy  loads  per  square  foot  that  the  warehousing 
floor  will  have  to  sustain.  A  compactor  and  3 -wheeled 
roller  achieved  the  desired  results. 

As  excavations  progressed,  pouring  of  the  column 
footings  began.  Values  of  4,000  pounds  per  square 
foot  for  live  loads  plus  dead  load  and  3,000  pounds 
per  square  foot  for  dead  load  only  were  adopted  for 
the  bearing  capacity  of  the  footings  which  are  founded 
on  hardpan.  Size  of  the  footings  run  from  the  smaller 
column  footings  which  are  4  feet  square  to  the  largest 
column  footings  which  arc  12  ft.  6  in.  square.    They 


are  reinforced  concrete  spread  footings  except  for 
footings  at  the  iirewalls  which  are  mushroom  type 
caisson  footings. 

A  batch  plant  was  used  at  the  site.  The  concrete 
was  mixed  in  transit  6  yard  trucks  in  5  yard  batches. 

As  soon  as  the  column  footings  were  in,  the  ground 
to  be  used  for  casting  surface  was  smoothed  and  com' 
pacted  and  the  foundation  wall  panels  were  cast.  As 
these  were  erected,  the  foundation  -wall  pedestals  were 
poured  up  to  the  soffit  of  the  floor. 

With  the  footings  in,  the  area  around  them  was 


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REINFORCING  STEEL— for  the  continuous  fram- 
ing shown  (right)  protruding  from  acres  of  con- 
crete floor  slabs. 


FRAMING  (below)  poured  from  one  yard  buck- 
ets, supplied  by  transit  truck  mixers.  V4"  coated 
plywood    used   for   forms. 


backfilled  and  compacted,  and  pouring  of  the  floor 
slabs  began.  The  slabs  are  8  inches  thick  and,  for  the 
most  part,  are  of  unreinforced  concrete.  They  were 
poured  in  25  ft.  lanes  and  inserts  were  left  in  the  slabs 
for  temporary  wall  braces.  In  constructing  the  floors, 
which  are  now  entirely  completed,  over  40,000  cubic 
yards  of  Class  AA  concrete  was  used  which  met  a 
minimum  compressive  strength  of  3,750  psi  at  28  days. 
After  the  concrete  was  poured  and  vibrated,  a 
roller  screed,  powered  by  a  gas  engine,  screeded  the 
concrete  to  grade.  According  to  the  contractor,  this 
rotary  screed  was  used  with  a  remarkable  degree  of 
success.  In  only  one  pass  it  provided  a  true  even  plane 
and  left  no  coarse  aggregate  visible.  Slabs  were  then 
hand  troweled  to  produce  a  smooth  impervious  sur- 
face. 


Temperatures  at  McClellan  range  from  85°  to 
110°F,  from  May  through  October.  W.  A.  Campbell 
of  the  joint  venture  contracting  team,  cited  these  tem- 
peratures when  discussing  one  of  the  more  interesting 
aspects  he  said  he  encountered  in  the  construction. 
Because  of  the  size  of  the  project,  the  contractor  had 
the  opportunity  to  do  the  same  thing  day  after  day 
under  approximately  the  same  conditions,  and  was 
therefore  able  to  develop  construction  procedures  to 
a  fine  degree.  During  the  hot  summer  months  some 
of  the  floor  slabs  started  to  cure  improperly.  Surface 
cracks  were  appearing  in  the  slabs  and,  strangely 
enough,  the  defective  slabs  were  the  ones  poured  dur- 
ing the  morning  hours.  It  was  considered  that  the 
aggregate  cooled  down  during  the  night  and  retained 
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NEW  FREEWAY  REQUIRES 

Demolition  of  San  Francisco 


Buildings 


The  new  "Central  Freeway",  being  built  as  a  part 
of  the  California  State  Highway  System  in  metropoli- 
tan San  Francisco,  will  leap  over  Market  street  from 
its  present  terminus  at  Duboce  and  Mission  streets 
in  the  vicinity  of  Turk,  Gough  and  Elm  streets. 

The  90-foot  boom  crane  in  the  above  picture,  using 
a  clam-bucket  to  demolish  the  old  Hotel  Jefferson  and 
apartments  at  848  Gough  street,  brings  down  an  old 
city  landmark.  The  building  is  but  one  of  fifteen,  1  to 
6  story  buildings  that  are  being  razed  to  make  room 
for  the  new  superhighway. 

Pete  Passetti,  president  of  the  Passetti  Trucking 
Company  of  San  Francisco,  organized  the  firm  in 
charge  of  the  demolition  project  some  22  years  ago, 
speciaHzing  largely  in  the  demolition  of  concrete  struc- 
tures in  San  Francisco  and  the  Bay-Area.  His  son, 
Pete  Passetti,  Jr.,  joined  the  firm  following  active 
service  in  the  US  Navy.  Also  associated  with  the 
firm  are  J.  C.  "Eddie"  Unger,  Chief  Estimator,  and 
Harry  Krier,  III,  office  manager. 


THIN-SHELL  PRE-CAST  PANELS 

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Its  coolness  until  the  poured  concrete  started  to  set. 
Then  under  morning  sun  conditions  the  aggregate  sud- 
denly experienced  a  rapid  change  of  temperature.  In 
the  afternoon  the  aggregate  had  warmed  up  before 
the  pouring  operations  and  the  surface  checking  did 
not  occur.  The  trouble  was  eliminated  by  fog  spray- 
ing the  slabs  immediately  after  troweling. 

Soon  after  the  first  floor  slab  was  approved,  casting 
of  exterior  wall  segments  and  firewall  segments  began. 
The  floor  slab  was  used  as  a  casting  surface.  Erection 
of  the  cast-in-place,  continuous  reinforced  concrete 
framing  being  used  throughout  the  structure  began  si- 
multaneously. 

The  exterior  wall  columns  resting  on  the  largest 
footings  are  20  inches  by  24  inches  at  the  bottom,  in- 
creasing in  size  to  20  indhes  by  42  inches  at  the  top. 
Cast-in-place  girders  are  continuous  in  the  400  ft.  di- 
rection of  the  building,  except  for  an  expansion  joint 
near  the  middle.  Girders  are  reinforced  at  top  and 
bottom  for  the  full  length  and  have  web  reinforce- 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ment  throughout.  They  span  67  feet,  measuring  33 
feet  6  inches  c-c.  Curing  period  for  the  girders  is  21 
days,  but  shoring  was  left  in  up  to  28  days.  The  fram- 
ing was  poured  from  one  yard  buckets  with  concrete 
supplied  by  transit  truck  mixers.  The  ^  inch  plastic 
coated  plywood  being  used  in  the  forms  is  supplied 
from  San  Francisco. 

The  tiltup  walls  are  precast,  reinforced  concrete. 
Exterior  and  shear  walls  are  6  inches  thick.  The  iire- 
walls  are  8  inches  thick.  These  firewalls,  which  are 
constructed  of  concrete  and  lightweight  expanded 
shale,  abut  the  shear  walls  throughout  the  building  at 
the  end  of  each  200  ft.  bay.  Firewalls  are  the  heaviest 
of  the  wall  slabs.  Largest  of  these  measure  27  ft.  long 
by  24  feet  high  and  weigh  27  tons. 

Whenever  a  firewall  occurs  the  shear  walls  and 
firewalls  are  erected  before  their  columns  are  poured. 
Subsequent  pouring  of  the  columns  ties  the  two  to- 
gether and  this  manner  of  construction  gives  the  wall 
a  six  hour  fire  rating. 

So  far  only  one  wall  panel  has  been  damaged  during 
erection  operations.  They  are  being  hoisted  into  place 
by  two  30-ton  cranes.  As  soon  as  they  are  in  place, 
steel  from  adjacent  panels  are  looped  together  and 
welded  at  the  top,  middle  and  bottom  of  the  panels. 

The  contractor  had  the  option  of  casting-in-place 
or  precasting  roof  beams  for  the  warehousing,  and 
erected  to  precast  as  preliminary  investigations  indi- 
cated this  to  be  the  least  expensive  in  this  case.  There 
are  800  roof  beams  in  all.  Contractor  set  up  nine  roof 
beam  forms  and  nine  can  be  cast  each  day  for  they  are 
stripped  from  their  forms  in  18  hours.  The  specially 
designed  metal  forms  for  these  beams,  which  worked 
exceptionally  well  otherwise,  presented  quite  a  prob- 
lem during  the  hot  summer  months.  Ralph  Irving, 
Corps  of  Engineers  Project  Engineer  for  the  work, 
stated  that  during  the  summer  the  beams  had  to  be 
covered  with  wet  burlap  and  an  automatic  fog  spray 
used  to  keep  the  concrete  damp  enough  to  cure  with- 
out cracking  and  checking.  This  water  treatment  was 
also  used  for  the  precast  roof  panels. 

Since  this  is  the  first  time  that  roof  panels  of  the 
type  being  constructed  for  the  warehousing  have  been 
used  in  such  quantity  at  an  Air  Force  Base,  manufac- 
turing of  the  panels  is  under  close  surveillance.  AF 
Installations  Engineers  require  that  every  250th  panel 
be  tested  for  deflection  and  recovery  of  deflection. 

A  tolerance  of  only  j/^  inch  is  permitted  in  overall 
dimensions  of  the  castings  so  units  are  cast  in  rigid 
steel  molds.  A  mineral  oil  bond  breaking  agent  is  ap- 
plied immediately  before  the  light  mesh  reinforce- 
ment is  placed.  As  the  mix  is  placed  in  the  forms,  a 
free-piston  air  vibrator  is  used  along  the  top  of  the 
panels.  The  vibrator  serves  primarily  as  a  screed,  vi- 
brating only  the  very  top  of  the  mix. 

Panels  are  left  in  the  forms  48  hours,  then  they  are 
stripped  and  a  light  membranous  curing  spray  used 


on  them.  They  are  then  stacked  near  the  casting  yard 
and  allowed  to  cure  for  60  days.  A  modified  lumber 
carrier  is  used  to  pick  up  the  panels  and  transport  them 
from  casting  yard  to  site. 

Two  inches  of  1 :6  Perlite  concrete  is  being  applied 
for  roof  insulation.  Then  roofing  felt  and  a  five-ply 
asphalt  will  be  used  over  the  entire  surface  to  form  a 
built-up  roof.  One  hundred  pounds  of  asphalt  and 
five  hundred  pounds  of  embedded  gravel  per  100 
square  feet  of  roof  will  be  applied  in  two  layers. 

The  new  warehouse  is  based  on  a  standard  design 
that  has  been  used  at  other  Air  Force  Bases  through- 
out the  United  States.  However,  some  roof  failures 
were  experienced  in  previously  constructed  ware- 
houses and,  based  on  investigations  which  followed 
the  failures,  corrective  changes  are  reflected  in  the 
McClellan  warehousing. 

Both  girders  and  columns  were  strengthened  over 
the  original  design.  Critical  areas  in  the  top  of  the 
girders  gained  as  many  as  six  more  #11  steel  bars. 
The  number  of  steel  bars  in  the  bottom  of  the  girders 
remain  the  same,  but  the  minimum  size  was  increased 
from  #9  to  #10  bars.  These  changes  give  the  girders 
approximately  40%  more  strength.  Also,  four  addi- 
tional bars  were  specified  in  the  columns,  and  the  size 
was  changed  from  #10  to  #11  on  all  column  steel. 

U.  S.  Air  Force  Installations  Engineers  developed 
criteria  for  the  facility.  The  office  of  the  Air  Force 
Installations  Representative,  South  Pacific  Region, 
headed  by  Colonel  Edwin  M.  Eads,  is  responsible  for 
monitoring  the  work.  Lt.  Colonel  Jack  B.  Marshall, 
Installations  Engineer  for  McClellan  is  performing 
Base  supervision  for  the  Air  Force.  Design  and  con- 
struction contract  responsibility  is  that  of  the  South 
Pacific  Division,  Corps  of  Engineers,  headed  by  Briga- 
dier General  William  F.  Cassidy.  The  contract  for 
the  project  was  let  through  the  Sacramento  District, 
Corps  of  Engineers,  headed  by  Colonel  A.  E.  Mc- 
Collam. 


PLANNING  LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTURAL 
ASSOCIATE  WANTED  IN  LOS  ANGELES 

Persons  having  three  years"  professional  experience 
in  landscape  architecture  or  city  planning  may  qualify 
for  City  of  Los  Angeles  positions  as  PLANNING 
LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTURAL  ASSOCIATE 
with  a  pay  range  of  $545  to  $677  a  month,  according 
to  Joseph  W.  Hawthorne,  Civil  Service  General  Man- 
ager. No  written  examination  will  be  given,  selection 
being  entirely  by  interview. 

Applications  must  be  filed  by  mail  or  in  person  at 
Room  5,  Los  Angeles  City  Hall  or  at  the  Information 
Window  in  lobby.  Van  Nuys  Branch  City  Hall,  by 
5:00  P.M.,  Wednesday,  March  20,  1957. 

These  positions  offer  all  civil  service  benefits,  includ- 
ing promotion  by  competitive  examination,  paid  holi- 
days and  vacations,  a  5 -day  workweek,  plus  sick  leave 
and  retirement  benefits. 


MARCH,     1957 


flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 

Leon  Chatelain,  In,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretory 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R;  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    District,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 

Mountain   District,   Bradley   P.   Kidder,   Santa   Fe,   New  Mexico;    CoKiomia-NeTada-Howaii   District, 

Donald  Beach  Kirby,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


Arizona  Chapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore,  Presideni;  Martin 
Ray  Young.  Jr..  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Sholder,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore.  Cox.  Fred  Weaver, 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA-  Fred  Jobusch.  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson.  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain.  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch,  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
EUwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer,  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coast  Valley*  Chapter: 

L.  F.  Richards,  President.  Santa  Clara;  Birgc  Clark,  Vice-presi- 
dent, Palo  Alto;  Ted  Chamberlain.  Secretary.  San  Jose;  Russ 
Williams.    Treasurer.    Palo    Alto;    Paul    Huston,    Palo    Alto, 


Frank    Tresedi 
San    Jose    10. 
:entral  Valley  of  California: 
Edward  H.  de  Wolf  (Stocktc 
ramento).    Vice-President;    J. 
Albert    M.    Dreyfuss    (S, 


Offic 


Chapter,     363     Park    Av 


).  President;  Whitson  Cox   (Sacra- 
Jozens    (Sacramento).    Secretary; 

nto).    Treasurer.     Directors:    Doyt 
Early   (Sacramento),  Jack  Whipple    (Stockton).     Office  of  Secty.. 
914  1 1th  St.,  Sacramento. 
Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegner.  President:  C.  Gordon  Sweet.  Vice  President; 
Norton  Pol.vnick.  Secretary;  Richard  Wilhams,  Tieasurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter.  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy..   1225  Bannock  St..  Denver,  Colorado. 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Andrew  P.  Anderson.  President;  Harry  Clausen,  Vice-President; 
Robert  W.  Campini.  Secretary;  Hachiro  Yuasa.  Treasurer.  Direc- 
tors: George  T.  Kern.  Joe  Rae  Harper.  Roger  Y.  Lee.  Frank  B. 
Hum.    Office  of  Secty..  6848  Outlook  Ave..  Oakland  5. 

Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping.  Boise,  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston, 
Payette,  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline.  Boise.  Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee.  Chester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams. 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec..  624  Idaho  Bldg..  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Wallace  J.  Holm.  President;  Thomas  S.  Elston,  Jr..  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Frederick  C.  McNulty.  Sec.;  George  F.  Rhoda.  Treas. 
Office   of   Secretary-Treasurer.    2281    Prcscott    Street.    Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Hess.  President  (Great  Fall*);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vice- 
President  (Billings):  H.  C.  Cheever.  Sec.-Treai.  (Bozemin). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas.  Wm.  J.  Hess.  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy..  Bozeman.  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons,  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien.  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza.  Treasurer.  Directors.  John  Crider.  M.  DcWitt  Grow. 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy..   160  Chestnut  St..  Reno.  Nev. 


ISJewl   Completely    Engineered! 


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WASHINGTON  STATE  CHAPTER 

"E.xpanding  the  Profession  of  Architecture"  will  be 
the  theme  of  the  6th  Regional  Conference  scheduled 
for  Gearhart,  Oregon,  October  17-20,  according  to 
present  plans. 

A  subcommittee  of  the  Civic  Planning  Committee, 
consisting  of  Lawrence  G.  Waldron,  Harrison  J.  Over- 
turf,  Paul  Thiry,  James  J.  Chiarelli,  and  McKinley,  in 
conjunction  with  Harold  Shefelman's  Civic  Center 
Advisory  Commission,  is  working  on  a  method  of  pre 
cedure  for  the  development  of  the  Seattle  Civic  Center 
Project. 

Recent  new  members  include:  William  J.  Bain,  Jr., 
Robert  T.  Carper,  Harold  Hovind,  Henry  Klein,  Ed' 
ward  H.  Marble,  Azaria  Rousso,  Arnold  Wisbeck,  and 
Gordon  B.  Varey  Associates. 


Principal  Cilias  throughout  the  United  State 


CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL,  AMERICAN 
INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS 

William  G.  Balch,  Los  Angeles,  was  elected  presi' 
dent  of  the  renamed  California  Council  of  Architects 
at  the  organization  meeting  of  the  1957  Council  Board 
of  Directors,  recently  held  at  the  Hotel  del  Coronado. 

The  name  of  the  statewide  organization  of  archi- 
tects was  changed  to  the  official  name  of  California 
Council,  The  American  Institute  of  Architects,  at  the 
same  meeting. 

Other  officers  named  for  the  ensuing  year  were: 
L.  F.  Richards,  Santa  Clara,  vice-president;  Frank  L. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


(Long    Beach). 


••Presidei 


avid  Vhay.  Edward  S.  Parsons,  M.   DeWitt  Grow, 
John   Cnder.    Lawrence    Gulling.     Office   of  President,    131    W. 

2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zict,  President;  Aloysius  McDonald, 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks,  Scc.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Ziclc,  Edward  Hendricks,  Charles  E.  Cox.  Office  of 
Secy.,  106  S.  Main  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris,  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald,  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno),  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno),  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.   5th  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

Wm.  Stephen  Allen.  President;  William  Corlett,  Vice-President; 
Worley  K.  Wong,  Secretary;  Donald  Powers  Smith,  Treasurer; 
Robert  S.  Kitchen.  Bernard  Sabaroff,  Corwin  Booth  and  A. 
Appleton,  Directors.  Exec.  Secty.  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
Office,  47  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John    A.    Nordbak,    President     (Downey);    Willard    T.     Jordan, 
Vice-President    (Costa    Mesa);    Don    M.    Wil' 
(Laguna    Beach);    Gordon    F.    Powers, 
Office  of  Secy.,  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl  P.  Newbc) 
Charles  G.  Davis.  Secretary;  Thomas  I.  Pottc: 
of  the  Secy.,  317  S.W.  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pasadena  Chapter: 

William  H.  Taylor,  President;  Lee  B.  Kline,  Vice-President;  H. 
Douglas  Byles,  Secretary;  Lyman  F.  Ennis,  Treasurer.  Directors: 
Henry  C.  Burge,  Keith  P.  Marston,  Ernest  C.  Wilson  and  Harold 

B.  Zook.    Office  of  Secty.,  622  S.  Lake  Ave..  Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Frank  L.  Hope.  President;  Sin 
Raymond  Lee  Eggcrs.  Secretary 
of  Secty.  4730  Palm  St.,  La  Me^ 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 
Philip  S.  Buckingham   (Fresno).  President;  Allen  Y.  Lew  (Fres- 
no).  Vice-President;  James  J.   Nargis  (Fresno),  Secretary);  Paul 

C.  Shattuck  (Merced),  Treasurer.  Directors:  William  C.  Hyberg, 
David  H.  Horn.  Alastair  Simpson.  Office  of  Secty.,  627  Rowell 
Bldg.,  Fresno  21. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Glen  G.  Mosher,  President;  Lewis  Storrs,  Vice-President;  Darwin 
Ed.  Fisher,  Secretary;  Wallace  W.  Arendt,  Treasurer.  Directors: 
Robert  I.  Hoyt  and  Roy  Wilson.  Office  of  Secty.,  20  S.  Ash  St., 
Ventura. 

Southern  Caliofrnia  Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy,  President;  Robert  Field,  Jr.,  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr,  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett,  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger,  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
Russell.  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec. -Secy.,  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller.  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd..  Los  Angeles  5. 


Bruce  Richards,  Vice-President; 
Fred  M.  Chilcott,  Trcas.  Office 


Robert   M. 
Richard   Dennis, 
Wimberly.    Offit 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Gilbert  M.  Wojahn,  President;  Gordon  N.  Johnston,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Robert  T.  Olson,  2nd  Vice-President;  Henry  Kruize, 
Jr.,  Secretary;  L.  Dana  Anderson,  Treasurer;  Robert  B.  Price  and 
Nelson  J.  Morrison,  Trustees.  Office  of  the  Secy.,  2907  A  St., 
Tacoma  2,  Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President,  433  Atlas  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris,  Jr.,  Secretary,  703  Newhouse  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 

James  J.  Chiarclli.  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner,  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall,  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers,  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardner,  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer,  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary,  409  Central  Bldg.,  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James,  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson.  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff.  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy.,  615   Realty  Bldg.,  Spokane,   Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

,  President;  Harry  W.  Setkel,  Vice-President: 
Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer,  George  J. 
e  of  Secy.,  P.O.  Box  3288,  Honolulu.  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL.  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Balch.  Los  Angeles,  President;  L.  F.  Richards,  Santa 
Clara,  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope,  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas,  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks. 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  703  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 
3. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland),  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles),  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angeles); 
C.  J.  Padcrewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fran- 
Cisco).  Exec.  Secy.,  Robert  K.  Kelley,  Room  712,  145  S.  Spring 
St.,  Los  Anteles;  San  Francisco  Office,  Room  300,  507  Polk  St. 


ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Frank    L.    Barsotti,    President;    Arie    Dykhuizcn,    Vice-President; 

Albert    Beber-Vanzo,    Secty;    Stanley    Howatt,    Treasurer.      Club 

offices    507    Howard    St.,    San    Francisco. 
Producers'  Council— Southern  California  Chapter: 

LeRoy    Frandsen,    President.    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider,    Vice-president.    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Co.; 

E.    J.    Lawson,    Secretary,    Aluminum    Company   of   America;    E. 

Phil     Filsinger,     Treasurer,     Hermosa     Tile    Division.     Gladding, 

McBean  &>  Company.     Office  of  the  Secy..   1145   Wilshire  Blvd., 


Angeles   17. 
Producers*    Council  —  Northern    Californ 
Page) 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeli 

R.    R.    Coghlan,    Jr.,    President;    George_La; 

Peter  Vogel,  Secretary;  Harry  L.  Mill 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — San  Franci 

Harry    McLain.     President;     Harry    C.     Coll 

Albert  E.  Barnes.  ~ 

of  Secy.,  1400  Egb 


Chapter    (Sec    Special 


Vice-President; 
ge  E.  Conley,  Secretary.  Office 
Francisco  24. 


Hope,  San  Diego,  secretary;  Albert  B.  Thomas,  Sacra- 
mento, treasurer;  and  John  A.  Norback  of  Downey, 
member-at-large  of  the  Council  Administrative  Ckjm- 
mittee. 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angeles,  was  nominated  to 
succeed  Donald  Beach  Kirby  as  Regional  Director  of 
the  California-Nevada-Hawaii  Regional  Council  of 
The  American  Institute  of  Architects.  Formal  election 
will  take  place  in  May  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Wallace  Bonsall,  Pasadena,  chairman  of  the  1957 
Convention  Advisory  Committee,  announced  the  Oc- 
tober 2-6  convention  in  Coronado  would  be  devoted 
to  the  theme  "Design  Through  Structure,"  with  inter- 
nationally known  authorities  both  in  and  out  of  the 
profession  taking  part. 


SANTA  CLARA  AND  SANTA  CRUZ 
COUNTIES  CHAPTER 

Colored  motion  pictures  of  a  trip  to  Mexico,  taken 
by  Birge  Clark  and  Mrs.  Clark,  were  highlights  of  an 
entertainment  program  of  a  joint  meeting  of  Chapter 
members  with  members  of  the  Women's  Architectural 
League.  A  buffet  dinner  was  served  by  the  WAL. 

Special  Committee  appointments  announced  by  the 


Executive  Committee  included:  Membership,  Ed  My- 
ers and  Walter  Keller,  Co-Chairmen;  School  Commit- 
tee, Lynn  Duckering;  Building  Industry,  Fred  Rich- 
ards; Public  Relations,  Allen  Walters  and  Neal  Lind- 
strom,  Co-Chairmen;  Office  Practice,  Art  Jemsen; 
Centennial  Committee,  Morgan  Stedman,  and  Student 
Affairs,  Frank  Treseder. 


OREGON  CHAPTER 

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MARCH,     1957 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Loyne,  H.  L. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Sauer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Qark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Cloud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Walter  L.  Dickey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sardis,  James  L.  Stratta, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crcmdall,  Vloe-F>r6sident;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 
Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Venlura-Santa 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

"Testing  Laboratory  Symposium"  was  the  subject 
of  a  panel  discussion  at  the  March  5th  meeting  held 
in  the  Engineers  Club,  San  Francisco,  with  Joseph 
Kelly,  Engineering  Department  of  the  University  of 
California  serving  as  moderator  and  panelists  consist- 
ing of  local  members  of  the  California  Association  of 
Testing  and  Inspecrtion  Laboratories  including  Hales, 
Hanks,  Hersey,  Pittsburgh,  and  Woodward-Clyde 
Testing  Laboratories.  Chairmen  of  the  meeting  were 
Frank  R.   Killinger  and  Merrill  Neumann. 

Various  phases  of  Inspection  and  Testing,  includ- 
ing concrete,  steel,  wood,  and  soils  were  discussed. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Arthur  W.  Weath- 
erbe  and  Theodore  C.  York;  George  F.  Durbin  and 
Leonard  O.  Long,  Affiliate  Members;  and  Harry  K. 
Okino,  Junior  Member. 


Association  of  California,  according  to  a  recent  an' 
nouncement  by  Henry  M.  Layne,  president  SEAC. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  ENGINEERS  NAMED 
TO  STATE  LEGISLATIVE   GROUP 

W.  T.  Hayes  and  W.  W.  Moore,  members  of  the 
Structural  Engineers  Association  of  Northern  Cali- 
fornia, San  Francisco,  have  been  named  members  of 
the  Legislative  Committee  of  the  Structural  Engineers 


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STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

A  panel  discussion  was  held  at  the  March  meeting, 
in  the  Roger  Young  Auditorium,  Los  Angeles,  on  the 
subject  "Registration  of  Engineers"  with  Steve 
Barnes,  Consulting  Structural  Engineer,  serving  as 
moderator.  Panel  members  included  John  D.  Locke, 
Executive  Secretary,  California  State  Board  of  Regis- 
tration for  Civil  and  Professional  Engineers;  Asa  G. 
Proctor,  L.  M.  K.  Boelter,  Harold  J.  Clark,  G.  M.  Si- 
monson,  George  L.  Sullivan,  and  William  T.  Wright. 

Locke  led  the  discussion  with  comments  from  the 
Board  of  Registration  and  a  general  open  question 
and  answer  period  follofwed. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Robert  W.  Moodie 
and  Walter  L.  Dickey,  Members;  Daniel  E.  Whelan, 
Jr.,  Edward  L.  Bovitz,  Ulysses  J.  Montgomery,  Jr., 
and  Axel  V.  Pedersen,  Associate;  Jack  P.  Kourkene 
and  Floyd  Kiclkc,  Junior;  and  Richard  L.  Allen,  Af- 
filiate. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 
LOS  ANGELES  SECTION 

Two  students,  William  E.  Lewis,  graduate  at  USC; 
and  the  winner  of  the  forthcoming  student  speaking 
contest  who  will  represent  USC  at  the  Student  Paper 
Contest  to  be  held  at  the  Pacific  Southwest  Council 
Convention  in  May,  will  be  the  principal  speakers  at 
the  regular  April  meeting  scheduled  for  the  10th  in 
the  Town  and  Gown  Residence  Hall,  University  of 
Southern  California. 

A  short  Academy  Award  winning  movie  entitled 
"The  Face  of  Lincoln"  will  also  be  shown.  The  meet- 
ing is  a  joint  meeting  with  the  Student  Chapter  of 
USC. 

SECTION  MEETINGS:  Junior  Forum,  April   10,  7 
p.m.  USC;  Sanitary  Group,  April   17,  6:30  p.m.,  En- 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryan,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Hormer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

Son  Jos©  Branch 
Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treas. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W^.  Johnson,  Secy. -Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  SparUng,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  121  So.  Alvorado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent;   Delmar    L.    McConnell,    Secy.-Treos.     Directors: 


Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 
Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell  Office  of  Seci'., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Mlhtary  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.  E.  Kisler,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Choinnan;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy.,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  Nev  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of  American  Military 

Engineers — Son  Francisco  Post 

Col.  Wm.  F.  Cossidy,  President;  Cmdr.  W.  J.  Valentine, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  2nd  Vice- 
President;  Bob  Cook,  Secretary;  C.  D.  Koerner,  Treas- 
urer. Directors  Col.  J.  A.  Graf,  Capt.  A.  P.  Gardiner, 
P.  W.  Kohlhaas,  C.  G.  Austin  and  C.  R.  Graff. 


gineers  Club,  Biltmore  Hotel;  Hydraulic  Group,  April 
?,  7:30  p.m.,  Rm.  2,  State  Div.  Highways  Bldg.,  120 
S.  Spring  St.;  San  Bernardino- Riverside  Counties 
Branch,  April  18,  6:.i0  p.m.,  Mikes  Grill,  Riverside; 
Santa  Barbara- Ventura  Counties  Branch,  April  9,  6:30 
p.m..  Loop's  Restaurant,  Ventura;  Orange  County 
Branch,  April  5,  6:30  p.m..  Revere  House,  Tustin; 
and  Structural  Group,  April  3,  6:30  p.m.,  Roger 
Young  Auditorium,  Los  Angeles. 


Colonel  Edwin  M.  Eads,  Air  Force  Installations 
Representative,  South  Pacific  Region  of  San  Fran' 
Cisco,  was  elected  1st  Vice-President;  C.  R.  Graff  was 
named  2nd  Vice-President;  Joseph  B.  Boitano,  Jr., 
Secretary;  and  Donald  C.  Bentley,  Treasurer. 

More  than  100  members  attended  the  annual  meet- 
ing held  in  the  Officers  Club,  Presidio  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS— SAN  FRANCISCO  POST 


NEW  OmCES— Commander  William  J.  Valentine,  USN 
(second  from  right)  President:  Colonel  Edwin  M.  Eads, 
USAF,  1st  Vice-President  (left  to  right);  K.  Webb  Kennedy, 
US  Forest  Service  guest  speaker  at  Annual  Dinner  meeting: 
and  Brigadier  General  William  F.  Cassidy,  UA  Army,  retir- 
ing President. 

Commander  William  J.  Valentine,  Deputy  District 
Public  Works  Officer  for  the  12th  Naval  District,  San 
Bruno,  was  elected  president  of  the  San  Francisco 
Post,  Society  of  American  Military  Engineers  at  the 
Society's  recent  annual  meeting,  succeeding  Brigadier 
General  William  F.  Cassidy,  U.  S.  Army,  head  of  the 
South  Pacific  Division,  Corps  of  Engineers. 


"There's  no  use  screaming.  Miss  Jones  .  .  .  this  office  has 

SIMPSON  ACOUSTICAL  TILE 

with  the  SPLINE-LOK  System." 

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•  SIMPLIFIED  APPLICATION 

•  HOLLOKORE 
DRILLED 
PERFORATIONS 

•  SEALED  TRANSVERSE  JOINTS 

•  GOOD  LOOKS  THAT  LAST 

DI5TKIBUTBD  BY 

Pacific  Cement  & 
Aggregates,  Inc. 

YOUR  COMPLETE  BUILDING  MATERIAL  SERVICE 
CONTACT  THE  NEAREST  PGA  SALES  OFFICE 
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SACRAMENTO  STOCKTON  FRESNO 


MARCH,     1957 


FREDERICK  H.  RUNDALL 
JOINS  ARCHITECT  FIRM 

Frederick  H.  Rundall,  originator  of  the 
center  core  in  department  store  design, 
has  been  named  merchandising  and  traffic 
research  analyist  of  Burke,  Kober  6?  Nico- 
lais,  Architectural  firm  of  Los  Angeles, 
according  to  Gene  Burke,  partner. 

He  was  formerly  store  architect  for 
Famous-Barr  Department  Stores,  St.  Louis, 
designing  "Southtown"  a  300,000  sq.  ft. 
project  recognized  as  the  first  department 
store  in  the  nation  designed  around  a  cen- 
ter service  core  which  runs  vertically 
through  the  structure. 


by  George  Burr,  on  behalf  of  employees 
and  executives  honoring  Elliott's  retire- 
ment which  took  place  February  16th 
under  the  new  Kraftile  Retirement  Plan. 


PAanC  CEMENT  WILL 
INSTALL  PIPE  LINE 

A  14-milc  natural  gas  pipeline  will  be 
constructed  from  Santa  Cruz  to  serve  the 
Pacific  Cement  and  Aggregates,  Inc.,  ce- 
ment plant  at  Davenport,  California,  ac- 
cording to  an  announcement  by  company 
officals. 

The  $780,000  project  will  provide  a 
12-inch  line  to  the  cement  plant  which  will 
supply  eight  million  cubic  feet  of  natural 
gas  per  day  upon  completion,  now  sched- 
uled for  about  the  first  of  August. 


KRAFTILE  HONORS 
TERM  EMPLOYEES 

A  dual  celebration  was  held  by  the 
foreman  and  executives  of  Kraftile  Com- 
pany for  T.  H.  Elliott  at  the  Claremont 
Hotel  in  Berkeley  recently. 

Elliott,  veteran  foreman,  was  presented 
with  $300  in  U.  S.  Savings  Bonds  by  C.  H. 
Kraft,  company  president,  in  appreciation 
of  thirty  years  of  continuous  employment 
with  the  firm. 

In  addition  a  suede  jacket  was  presented 


APPOINTED  TO  CALIFORNIA 
ARCHITECTURAL  BOARD 

Kenneth  S.  Wing,  AIA  Architect  of 
Long  Beach,  was  recently  appointed  a 
member  of  the  California  State  Board  of 
Architectural  Examiners,  succeeding  Ulys- 
ses Floyd  Rible  of  Los  Angeles,  resigned, 
by  Governor  Goodwin  J.   Knight. 

Governor  Knight  also  reappointed  Clar- 
ence J.  Paderewski  of  La  Jolla  to  the 
Board  of  Architectural  Examiners. 

Wing,  a  native  of  Colorado,  attended 
Long  Beach  schools  and  received  his  B.S. 
degree  in  Architecture  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Southern  California.  He  began 
practice  in  Long  Beach  in  1930,  and  in 
1953  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects.  The  new  appointee 
has  been  very  active  in  AIA  Chapter  ac- 
tivities in  Southern  California  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Church  Architectural  Guild 
of  America;  member  of  the  Long  Beach 
Planning  Commission,  and  has  served  on 
the  Citizen's  Committee  for  Public  Im- 
provement of  Long  Beach. 

Paderewski,  originally  appointed  to  the 
Board  in  1950,  will  serve  a  new  term  end- 
ing January  1  5,  1961. 


ENGINEERS  OPEN 
NEW  OFFICES 

Woodward,  Clyde  &?  Associates,  con- 
sulting engineers  of  Oakland,  recently 
opened  two  midwest  branch  offices,  one  in 
Omaha,  Nebraska,  and  the  other  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri. 

The  Omaha  office  is  under  Howard  M. 


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MADE  IN  CALIFORNIA  with  tfie  pride  of 
manufacture  characteristic  of  all  Packard-Bell 
products.  In  choice  of  walnut,  birch,  rotary 
mahogany,  ash,  ribbon  mahogany,  and  white 
oak  with  our  deluxe  solid  or  hollow  core  doors. 
Fully  guaranteed  as  set  forth  in  the  standard 
Door  Guarantee  of  the  National  Woodwork 
Manufacturers  Assn. 


B  S  I  D  I  A  ntf 


ACKARD-BELL 


The  Bellwood  Company  of  California 
533  W.  Collins  Ave.,  Orange,  Calif. 


McMaster,  former  professor  of  Soil  Me- 
chanics at  the  University  of  Nebraska, 
while  Dr.  James  L.  Sherard  is  temporary 
head  of  the  Kansas  City  office. 

Announcement  of  the  expansion  was 
made  by  Richard  J.  Woodward,  chairman 
of  the  Board  of  the  engineering  firm. 

ARLT  NAMED  PRESIDENT 
STANDARDS  ENGINEERS 

Herbert  G.  Arlt,  Bell  Telephone  Lab- 
oratories, New  Jersey,  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  Standards  Engineers 
Society  for  1957,  a  technical  society  with 
headquarters  in  New  Jersey,  and  Sections 
in  twelve  U.S.  and  Canadian  cities  includ- 
ing Los  Angeles. 

Elected  to  serve  as  officers  for  the  en- 
suing year  with  Arlt  were:  Franklin  E. 
Powell,  Standards  Branch,  Deputy  Chief 
of  Staff,  Department  of  the  Army,  vice- 
president;  Jean  A.  Caffiaux,  Radio-Elec- 
tronics-Television Manufacturers  Associa- 
tion of  New  York,  secretary;  Charles  J. 
Lawson,  Sr.,  Director  of  Standards,  Inter- 
national Business  Machines  Corporation, 
treasurer;  and  William  E.  Aksomitas,  Pratt 
and  Whitney  Aircraft  Co.,  director  at 
large. 

H.  E.  FOREMAN  RETIRES 
FROM  GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

H.  E.  Foreman,  managing  director  of 
the  Associated  General  Contractors  of 
America,  since  1940,  will  retire  from  office 
on  April  1st,  and  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  AGCA  accepted  his  request  for 
retirement  with  "regrets",  according  to 
Frank  J.   Rooney,   association  president. 

In  recognition  of  his  "long  and  faithful 
service  and  his  accomplishments  in  the 
management  of  the  association"  and  in 
order  to  "make  further  use  of  his  talents 
and  experience"  Foreman  was  named 
Association  Advisor.  Health  consideration 
prompted  his  request  for  relief  from  the 
full  time  duties  and  responsibilities  of  the 
association. 

At  the  time  when  Foreman  became 
Managing  Director  the  construction  in- 
dustry was  heading  into  a  period  during 
which  it  became  mobilized  75%  in  de- 
fense work  by  the  time  of  Pearl  Harbor. 
At  that  time  it  represented  2,500  mem- 
bers firms  and  had  a  national  staff  of  25 
men  and  women.  Today  the  organization 
has  a  membership  of  6,700  firms  and  a 
staff  of  56. 


ENGINEERING  HRM  TAKES 
OVER  DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT 

Quinton  Engineers,  Ltd.,  of  Los  An- 
geles, are  working  on  master  plans  for  the 
development  of  the  new  8000-acre  Dia- 
mond Bar  development  between  Pomona 
and  the  Orange  county  line,  for  the  Capi- 
tal Company,  owners  in  partnership  with 
the  Christiana  Oil  Corpn.  in  the  site. 

Development  will  include  residential 
area,  town  center,  commercial,  golf 
courses,  parks,  school  and  church  loca- 
tions, highways  and  streets. 

It  is  anticipated  that  the  community  will 
represent  a  population  of  100,000  people 
when  developed.  Project  engineer  is  Carl 
B.  Hayward,  consulting  engineer.  Esti- 
mated cost  of  the  development  is  $10,000,- 
000. 


ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

The  architectural  firm  of  Koblik  & 
Fisher,  2203  13th  St.,  Sacramento,  has 
been  commissioned  by  the  Oroville  Ele- 
mentary School  District  of  Oroville,  to 
design  additional   facilities  for  the  Central 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Elementary  School  and  the  East  Side  Ele- 
mentary School  in  Oroville. 

The  work  will  comprise  classrooms, 
multi-purpose  rooms,  and  other  educa- 
tional facilities. 


DON  G.  OLSON  NAMED 
SIMPSON  REPRESENTATIVE 

Don  G.  Olson,  Simpson  Logging  Com- 
pany representative  in  the  Spokane,  Wash- 
ington, area  the  past  two  years  has  been 
promoted  to  district  sales  manager  for  in- 
sulation and  hardboard  products  in  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 

He  succeeds  Ray  Lavelle  who  has  been 
named  North  Central  regional  sales  man- 
ager of  plywood  and  door  products  at 
Minneapolis  and  Chicago. 

LUMBERMAN  LIKES 
HIS  BASEBALL 

Clay  Brown,  president  of  the  Brown 
Timber  Company  of  Portland,  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Fortuna  Sawmills  at 
Fortuna,  California,  and  owner  of  the 
Eureka  Redwood  Lumber  Company  sales 
yard  in  Downey,  California,  is  currently 
serving  as  president  of  the  Portland  Pacific 
Coast  League  baseball  club. 

Brown  served  as  president  of  the  M  6?  M 
Wood  Working  Company  prior  to  its  in- 
tegration with  the  Simpson  Logging  Com- 
pany in  1956. 

DESIGNER  NAMED 
FAIR  CONSULTANT 

Peter  Muller-Munk,  fellow  and  past 
president  of  the  American  Society  of  In- 
dustrial Designers,  has  been  appointed 
consultant  of  planning  American  exhibits 
at  the  Brussels  World's  Fair  of  1958,  ac- 
cording to  Howard  S.  Cullman,  U.S.  Com- 
missioner general  to  the  fair. 

He  will  advise  the  office  of  the  commis- 
sioner general  on  both  the  basic  theme  of 
the  exhibit  in  the  American  Pavilion  and 
on  specfic  methods  of  presentation. 

MuIler-Munk  recently  completed  sur- 
veys of  industrial  design  problems  and 
potentials  for  Israel,  Turkey  and  India  as 
part  of  the  U.S.  Government  Foreign  Aid 
Program.  Offices  are  maintained  in  Pitts- 
burgh. 

MORRIS  APPOINTED 
PAOnC  MANAGER 

John  J.  Morris,  III  has  been  named  dis- 
trict manager  of  the  San  Francisco  sales 
office  of  the  National  Vulcanized  Fibre  Co. 
of  Wilmington,  Del.,  now  located  at  3351 
El  Camino  Real  in  Atherton. 

Morris  has  been  associated  wnth  the 
company  since  1951  and  comes  to  the 
West  Coast  from  the  firm's  Philadelphia 
office. 


N.  W.  PIEPER  BECOMES 
ARCHITECTURAL  PARTNER 

Robert  G.  Muncaster,  AIA  Architect 
has  announced  the  association  of  Norbert 
Wels  Pieper  as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Muncaster  and  Pieper,  Architects. 

Offices  for  the  general  practice  of  archi- 
tecture will  be  maintained  as  57  Malaga 
Cove  Plaza,  Palos  Verdes  Estates,  Cali- 
fornia. 


AUBREY  HORN  JOINS 
ARCHITECTURAL  HRM 

Aubrey  Horn  has  been  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  foreign  relations  department  of 
Daniel,  Mann,  Johnson  fe?  Mendenhall, 
architects  and  engineers  of  Los  Angeles, 
according  to  an  announcement  by  PhiHip 
J.  Daniel,  partner. 

Horn   has   had   wide   experience   in   the 


design  and  construction  of  major  projects 
in  many  parts  of  the  world  and  will  co- 
ordinate the  Los  Angeles  firm's  activities 
in  London,  Tokyo,  Guam,  Bangkok,  and 
Lucknow,  India. 


library,  multi-use  rooms,  corridors  and 
toilets.  Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is 
$2,000,000. 


CLAYTON  HIGH 
SCHOOL  READIED 

Associated  Architects,  3833  Piedmont 
Avenue,  Oakland,  are  completing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  1-story,  frame 
and  stucco  High  School  to  be  built  in 
Clayton,  Contra  Costa  county,  for  the  Mt. 
Diablo   Unified    School   District,   Concord. 

Facilities  will  include  administration 
offices,    20-classrooms,    gymnasium,    shops. 


NEW  GOLF  AND 
COUNTRY  CLUB 

The  firm  of  Ernst  6?  Lloyd  (John  C. 
Lloyd,  architect),  2132  N.  El  Dorado  St., 
Stockton,  is  completing  drawings  for  con- 
■struction  of  a  1 -story  wood  frame  Golf  and 
Country  Club  building  in  Lodi  for  the 
Woodbridge  Golf  and  Country  Club. 

The  new  building  will  provide  adminis- 
tration offices,  lounge,  dinng  room,  bar, 
kitchen,  shower  and  locker  rooms  and 
toilet  facilities. 


right  where  it  belongs... IN  THE  CLASSROOM! 


M„M„nn  Pp  n^Rr  <:.  Tt  L 


HAWS 
Model  2055 

Porcelain 

with  Model  4CK3 
fountain  and  fau- 
cet combination. 


HAWS   FOUNTAINS 

MODERN  school  design  recognizes  the  ne- 
cessity for  versatile  drinking  facilities  within 
the  classroom  . . .  HAWS  famous  deck-type 
receptors  may  be  equipped  with  a  wide 
choice  of  HAWS  faucets  and  fountains,  and 
are  attractively  styled  in  porcelain  enamel 
or  stainless  steel  for  lifetime  wear  and  san- 
itation. VANDAL- PROOF  fixtures  prevent 
juvenile  damage,  assure  uninterrupted 
service. 

GBT  DETAILED  SPECS'.  Write  today  for 
HAWS  new  catalog  illustrating  hundreds 
of  fountains  for  every  need. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  ALMA,  KANSAS 
ARCHITECT:  Thos.  W.  Williamson,  Victor 
H.  loebsack  8.  Associates, Topeka,Kansas 


DRINKING    FAUCET    COMPANY 


1443  FOURTH  ST.    (Since  1909)  BERKELEY  10,  CAIIF. 


MARCH,     1957 


Ford  Motor  Company,  Milpitas,  California 

Architect:  Albert  Kahn,  Associated  Architects  t  Engineers 

Glazed  structural  tile  by  Kraftile 

CHEER   FOR 

THE    ILL  &   INJURED 

A  sense  of  cleanliness  brings  a  feeling  of  comfort  and 
security  to  the  ill  or  injured.  Color  gives  them  optimism 
and  quiets  their  fears.  In  this  First  Aid  Room,  cheerful 
attractiveness  and  hospital  cleanliness  will  go  hand  in 
hand  for  the  life  of  the  building.  Walls  are  colorful,  gleam- 
ing Kraftile,  chosen  because  of  its  low  annual  cost.  Harsh, 
heavy-duty  soaps  and  detergents,  cleansing  powders, 
bleaches  and  antiseptics  cannot  dull  the  sheen  of  Kraftile 
surfaces.  Repeated  scrubbings  throughout  the  day,  year  in 
and  year  out,  cannot  wear  it  out.  Chemicals  and  bleaches 
cannot  change  or  fade  its  glowing  colors.  Construction 
with  Kraftile  goes  with  astonishing  speed.  When  you  spe- 
cify Kraftile  glazed  structural  tile,  costs  are  competitive. 
Kraftile  construction  requires  no  carpentry,  plastering  or 
finishing.  Standard  sizes  and  shapes  for  every  need,  in  1 2 
architect-selected  colors  and  clear  glaze.  Write  for  specifi- 
cations, graphic  standards,  and  color  samples. 


.^nSS> 


ELMER  K.  ROSS 
Retires 


elmer  k.  ross  retires— 
McLaughlin  successor 

Elmer  K.  Ross,  manager  of  sales  for  M.  Greenberg's 
Sons,  San  Francisco's  103  year  old  bronze  foundry, 
since  1938,  retired  the  first  of  March.  During  the 
nineteen  years  he  has 
been  in  charge  of  the 
sales  department,  includ- 
ing sales  promotion  and 
advertising,  Ross  has  seen 
the  firm  grow  from  a  6- 
man  force  to  its  present 
staff  of  twenty  salesmen 
and  two  export  firms. 

Ross  is  personally  well- 
known  to  the  trade,  being 
a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Water  Works  Asso- 
ciation, the  National  As- 
sociation of  Fire  Chiefs, 
the  Marine  Exchange,  and  very  active  in  civic  and 
Masonic  affairs.  He  is  a  long  time  resident  of  Red- 
wood City. 

Succeeding  Ross  as  sales  manager  is  Martin  R.  Mc- 
Laughlin, until  his  new  appointment,  vice-president  in 
charge  of  sales  at  the  Josam  Mfg.  Company  of  Michi- 
gan City,  Indiana,  where 
he  has  been  in  charge  of 
sales    eight    of    the    past 
fifteen  years  he  has  been 
with  the  firm. 

Prior  to  becoming  as- 
sociated with  the  Josam 
Mfg.  Company,  Mc- 
Laughlin was  with  some 
of  the  nation's  leading 
plumbing  supply  manu- 
facturers and  jobbers. 

McLaughlin  will  be  in 
full  charge  of  the  M. 
Greenberg's  Sons  sales 
promotional  activities  and  advertising. 


M.  R.  McLaughlin 

Sales  Manager 


A.I.A.  ACTIVITIES 

(From  page  27) 
American  Institute  of  Architects  were  honored  at  the 
46th  Annual  Banquet  of  the  Oregon  Chapter  held  in 
the  Columbia-Edgewater  Country  Club  in  Portland. 

Guest  speaker  for  the  occasion  was  Nathaniel  A. 
Owings. 


CO^ 


NILES,  CALIFORNIA 


SAN  FRANCISCO 
ARCHITECTURAL  CLUB 

Milton  Bromberg,  Apco  Company,  was  the  princi- 
pal speaker  at   the   regular  March   meeting   held   at 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Gino's  Restaurant.  He  discussed  various  types  of  panel 
construction,  specifications  and  fire  codes. 


ARCHITECTS  RECEIVE 
ALASKA  LICENSES 

The  Alaska  Board  of  Engineers  and  Architects  Ex- 
aminers has  announced  the  licensing  of  two  architects 
to  practice  in  Alaska. 

Dale  M.  Roff  of  Juneau  and  Edward  Y.  Osborne  of 
Fairbanks  successfully  passed  the  architectural  exam- 
ination. 

Alaska  residents  registered  by  reciprocity  with  other 
states  include  Joyce  S.  Stevens,  Architect,  Fairbanks, 
and  residents  of  other  states  granted  registration  by 
reciprocity  to  practice  in  Alaska  include  W.  G.  Brust, 
Frank  Y.  Toribara,  John  M.  Morse,  Marvin  F.  Dam- 
man  and  Robert  H.  Ross,  architects  of  Seattle,  Wash. 


CORNELIUS  M.  DEASY  ELECTED  AIA 
PRESIDENT  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy,  Los  Angeles  architect,  was 
elected  1957  president  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  AIA  at  the  recent  annual  meeting.  Long 
active  in  Chapter  and 
AIA  activities,  he  has 
served  as  secretary  of  the 
Chapter;  Director  for 
three  years;  California 
Council  Delegate,  live 
years,  and  conducted 
weekly  radio  and  tele- 
vision shows. 

In  1954  Deasy  was  se- 
lected by  the  West  Ger- 
man government  as  one 
of  ten  architects  in  the 
United  States  to  tour  Ger- 


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CORNELIUS  M.  DEASY 
President 


many  as  an  architectural  advisor. 

Other  officers  elected  to  serve  during  the  ensuing 
year  included:  Robert  Field,  vice  president;  Stewart 
D.  Kerr,  treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett,  secretary;  Bur- 
nett C.  Turner,  Stewart  S.  Granger,  George  V.  Rus- 
sell, and  Paul  R.  Hunter,  Directors.  Miss  Rita  E. 
Miller  was  re-named  Executive-secretary. 


STRAITS 

ACCORDION  FOLDING  DOORS 

Architecturally  Correct 

Available  in  a  variety  of  colors,  fabric  finishes  and 
sizes.  Also,  the  ECONO  Door — an  economy  priced 
door  with  quallt-/  fabric  covering.  For  Information 
and  prices,  write: 

WALTER  D.  BATES  &  ASSOCIATES 

693  Mission  Street,  San  Francisco  5 
Telephone:  GArfield  1-6971 

DEALEU   INQUIRIES  INVITED 


In  plumbing  drainage... 
it  costs  no  more 
fertile...!,  yERY  BEST 


SUPER-FLO 


FLOOR  DRAINS 


JOSAM  "SUPER-FLO"  is  llie  only  drain  with  additional  .slots 
around  the  perimeter  of  the  grate  which  permit  a  greater  flow 
rate  (GPM)  into  this  drain  than  in  standard  type  floor  drains  of 
the  same  size  or  even  larger.  Water  flows  away  faster  since  it 
drains  at  the  outside  edges  of  Super-Flo  drains  instead  of  only 
flowing  into  the  center  portion  of  ordinary  drains.  Thus,  a 
"SUPER-FLO"  drain  of  a  smaller  lop  size  can  he  used  to  service 
the  same  drainage  condition  as  a  larger  type  standard  drain. 
There  is  no  need  to  employ  drains  with  large  tops  when  JOSAM 
"SUPER-FLO"  drains  with  smaller  tops  and  very  often  smaller 
outlet  sizes  can  be  utilized  to  do  a  more  efficient  job  at  less  cost. 
Send  coupon  for  free  literature. 


Josam  SUPER-FLO  Drain 
with  7"  top 


STANDARD  DRAIN 
with  9"  top 


ives  the  same  or  greoter  \ 

flow  rote  and  con  be         \ 

used  instead  of  a  / 


THE  JOSAM  LINE  INCLUDES: 

Floor,  Roof  and  Shower  Drains;  Interceptors  for  Grease,  Oil, 
Hair,  Lint,  Sediment;  Backwater  Valves;  Shock  Absorbers  for 
Supply  Lines;  Cleanouts  and  Access  Covers;  Swimming  Pool 
Fittings. 


JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 


EXBROOK  2-3143 


*'■••"■•'  Main  Office  and  Factory 

765  FOLSOM  ST.   •   SAN  FRANCISCO  7,  CALIFORNIA 

Bronches 

LOS  ANGELES   -   SEATTLE  -   PORTLAND   -  SPOKANE  -  SALT  LAKE  CITY 

PHOENIX  -   EL  PASO   -    IDAHO   -   MONTANA   -    NEW  MEXICO 

HAWAII    -    ALASKA    -    PHILIPPINES 


JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO.  Dept.  AE 

765  Folsom  St.,  San  Francisco  7,  Calif. 

Please  send  literature  on  Super-Flo  Floor  Drains 

Name    

Company   

Address 

City Zone  State 


MARCH,     1957 


NEWS  8C  COMMENT  ON  ART 

(From  page  8) 
Building,   Civic   Center,   under   the   direction   of   Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  announces  a  group  of  spe- 
cial Exhibitions  and  Events  for  March  which  include: 

EXHIBITIONS:  A  number  of  special  items  from 
the  Spring  Rental  Gallery;  Handmade  in  India;  Prints 
by  Johnny  Friedlander;  Collections  and  Collectors; 
and  the  76th  Annual  Painting  and  Sculpture  Exhibi- 
tion of  the  San  Francisco  Art  Association. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Lecture  Series  on  various  art 
subjects;  Lecture-Tours  each  Sunday  afternoon  at  3 
o'clock;  Wednesday  evening  Art  Discussions,  8:?0; 
and  Adventures  in   Drawing  and  Painting  —  Sketch 


FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

Manutacfurers  of 

Hollow  Metal  Products     •     Interior  Metal  Trim 

Elevator  Fronts  and  Cabs 
Metal  Plaster  Accessories   •    Sanitary  Metal  Base 

Flat  and  Roll  Metal  Screens 
Metal  Cabinets      •      Commercial   Refrigerators 


269  POTRERO  AVE. 

SAN   FRANCISCO.  CALIF.  HEMLOCK  1-4100 


"AMERICAN-MARSH" 

CONDENSATION 

UNIT 

Durable  —  Economical 

Stocked  Locally 

Please  contact  us 

■for  information  on 

All  Pumping  Problems. 

—  CALL 


SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 
DOUGLAS  2-6794 

816  Folsom  St.  San  Francisco 


m  World's  Most 
Flexible  All  Purpose 
Metal  Framing 


APPirCATIONS  UNLIMITED 

PARTITIONS   .   STORAGE  RACKS   •   DISPLAYS   •   BUILDINGS 
Exclusive  D/str/butor 

UNISTRUT 

SALES  Of  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA,  INC. 


1000  Ashby  Avenue 
TH  3-4964 


Berkeley  10.  Calif. 
Enterprise  1-2204 


Cluh,  Painting  Classes;  Studio  Art  for  the  Layman, 
and  the  Children's  Art  Classes  each  Saturday  morning 
at  10  o'clock. 


ENGINEERING    PARTNERSHIP:    William    T. 

Wheeler  and  George  W.  Gray  have  formed 
Wheeler  £s?  Gray,  Structural-Engineers,  and  will  con- 
duct  business  operations  from  2033  W.  7th  Street,  Los 
Angeles  57. 


ALBERT  C.  MARTIN 

(From  page  7) 
well  demonstrates  a  means  for  a   closer  relationship 
between  architectural  education  and  the  practice   of 
architecture  through  a  student  participation  wih  pro- 
fessionals." 


FIRST  WINNERS:  Rudy  L.  Veland  and  Donald  R.  Brown 
(left  to  right),  first  winners  of  ttie  annual  Albert  C.  Martin 
Grants  in  tfie  USC  School  of  Architecture:  Dean  Arthur  B. 
Gallion,  AIA,  USC  School  of  Architecture;  and  Albert  C. 
Martin.  Jr.,  of  the  Albert  C.  Martin  6?  Associates,  Los  An- 
geles architects  and  engineers  firm  which  established  the 
Grants. 

Albert  C.  Martin,  Jr.,  FAIA,  stated  in  his  address  to 
fifth  year  students  and  faculty  members  present  at  the 
Awards  Dinner  in  Los  Angeles'  California  Club: 

"My  only  regret  is  that  there  are  not  forty  awards 
to  give,  because  there  are  that  many  eligible  students 
who  should  have  recognition. 

"My  brother,  J.  Edward  Martin,  and  I  received 
many  advantages  while  in  the  SC  School  of  Architec- 
ture. We  recognized  the  value  of  these  aids  to  us  and 
now  our  firm  wishes  to  pass  along  aid  and  recognition 
to  other  students." 

Albert  Martin  was  graduated  from  the  SC  School  of 
Architecture  in  1936  and  Edward  Martin  attended  the 
school,  although  he  received  his  degree  in  engineering 
from  the  University  of  Illinois. 

First  winners  of  the  annual  grants  are  Donald  R. 
Brown  of  Los  Angeles,  and  Rudy  L.  Veland  of  Fon- 
tana,  Calif. 


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INDUCTION  HEATING  PRACTICE.  By  D.  Warburton- 
Brown,  A.M.I.E.E.  Philosophical  Library,  Inc.,  15  E. 
40th  St.,  New  York   16.  Price  ^10.00. 

A  practical  book  on  the  application  of  the  high-frequency 
induction  heating  process  to  brazing,  soldering,  hardening, 
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engineering.  This  book  is  a  detailed  and  up-to-date  study  of 
the  process  and  deals  particularly  with  its  practical  application 
to  industrial  problems.  It  is  intended  for  the  production 
engineer  or  executive  interested  in  the  possibilities  of  install- 
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engineering  production.  Various  applications  are  given  with 
general  notes  on  each  and  specific  examples  with  full  pro- 
duction data. 


ENGINEERING  INSPECTION  MEASUREMENT  AND 
TESTING.  By  H.  C.  Town,  M.I.Mech.E.,  M.I.P.E.  and 
R.  Coleboume,  A.M.I.Mech.E.  Philosophical  Library, 
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This  book  should  go  far  to  meet  the  needs  of  students 
taking  courses  in  Metrology,  or  preparing  for  examinations, 
and  will  be  of  practical  interest  to  all  engineers  engaged  in 
precision  measurement  and  inspection. 

Profusely  illustrated  with  photographs  and  diagrams,  the 
book  first  explains  the  function  of  the  modern  factory  in- 
spection department,  and  briefly  traces  the  development,  up 
to  the  present  day,  of  recognized  standards  and  methods  of 
measurement.  Chapters  also  deal  with  principles  and  practice 
of  precision  measurement  and  with  comparators  and  other 
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Throughout  the  whole  book  emphasis  has  been  laid  on  the 
practical  nature  of  the  work  which  the  entrant  will  need. 
As  far  as  possible  mathematical  problems  have  been  rigorously 
excluded  and  have  been  replaced  by  careful  descriptive  pas- 
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profusely  throughout  the  text,  have  been  carefully  chosen 
to  portray  the  latest  developments  in  machinery  and  mining 
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BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

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All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
Francisco  and  the  Bay  District.  There  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $135.00  up  (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

Fate  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $200.00  and  up  (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work) 

Brick  Steps— $3,00  and  up. 

C-'^'^nr,  Brlct  Veneer  nn  Frame  BMas.— Aporox. 
$1.50  and  up— (according  to  class  of  work). 

Par.  Brick  Veneer  on  Prame  Bldos.— Aporox. 
$2.25   and    up    (according   to   class   of  work). 

Common  Brick— $46.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 

Face  Brick— $81.00  to  $106.00  per  M,  truckload 
lots,  delivered. 

Glaied  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 

Clear  Glazed— 

2  X  6  X  12  Furring  $1.75  per  sq.  ft. 

4  X  6  X  12  Partition  2.00  persq.  ft. 

4x6x12  Double  Faced 

Partition    2.25  per  sq.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add 30  per  sq.  ft. 

Mantel    Fire    Brick    $150.00   per    M  — F.O.B.    Pitts- 
burgh. 
Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 
Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,    per    M JI39  50 

6x5i/2xl2inche5,    per   M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per    M 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,    per  M $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,    per   M 156,85 

I2xl2x4-incfies,    per   M _ 177  10 

I2xl2x6-inches,    per   M _ _ 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

I   ply  per  1000  ft.  roll...._ __. 


2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 

3  ply   per    1000  ft,   roll 

rjrownskin,  Standard  500  ft.  roll  

Sisalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 

Sheathing  Papers — 

Asphalt  sheathing.    15-lb.  roll 

30-lb.   roll 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll 

Blue  Plasterboard,  60-lb.  roll.  .^ 

Felt  Papers — 

Deadening   felt,   y4-lb.,  50-ft.  roll 

Deadening  felt,    l-lb 

Asphalt  roofing,    15-lbs _. 

Asphalt   roofing,    30-lbs __ 

Roofing  Papers — 
Standard  Grade,    108-ft.  roll,  Light... 
Smooth  Surface,  Medium... 
Heavy... 


$5.30 

.._..  7.80 

9.70 

6.85 

8.50 


..$2.70 
_  3.70 
_  2.95 


M.  S.  Extra  He 


..$4.30 
..  5.05 
..  2.70 
..  3.70 

..$2.50 
..  2.90 
...  3.40 
._  3.95 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following   prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
otherwise  shown.    Carload   lots  only. 

Bunker  DeI'd 

per  ton  per  ton 

Gravel,  all  sizes $3.00  $3.75 

Top  Sand         3.20  3.95 

Concrete    Mix         3.10  3.85 

Crushed  Rock,  W  to  Va" -  --  3.20  3.95 

Crushed   Rock,  %"  to  P/z" ^...  3.20  3.95 

Roofing  Gravel  3.15  3.80 

Sand— 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  &  4) 3.75  4.50 

Olympla  (Nos.  1   &  2) 3.25  3.80 

Cement — 

Common  fall  brands,  paper  sacks). 

Per   Sack     small    quantity    (paper) $1.30 

Carload    lots,   in    bulk,    per   bbl 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl,.  lOth 
Prox.  less  than  carload  lots,  $5.20  per  bbl. 
f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.60  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on   L.C.L 2% 

Trinity  White _.    1   I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 

Medusa  White    _ }  sack,  warehouse  or 

Calaveras  White J  delivered. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 

Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  6  sk. 

in  bulk  $14.20 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal — ''0 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 

Hay-  Ba- 


4x8«l6-inche 
6x8xl6-inche 
8x8xl6-inche 
I2x8xl6-inche 
I2x8x24-inche 


each 


$  .22 

77 

.271/2 

.27'/2 

.    .32 

.32 

.    .46 

.46V, 

.67 

Aggregates- Haydite  or  Basalite       Plant 

3/<-inch  to  %-inch,  per  cu.  yd $5.85 $7.7"; 

Vn-inch  to  A-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7  7t 

No.  6  to  Oinch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 


DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing— 

Two-coat  work,  $9.00  per  square. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $13.50  per  square. 

Hot  coating  work,  $5.00  per  square. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb,  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Trlcosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic   yd.   and   up. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building.  Including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,   $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,   $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  In  large  quan- 
tities, less:  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will   run   considerably   more. 


gauge  22c  to  35c  per 
s,    such    as    Magnesite, 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings; 
$325   on   old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  Vs 

sq.  ft. 
Composition     Floors,    ! 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.50  per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum— $5.00    sq.    yd.    &    up 

laid. 
Terazzo  Floors— $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps— $3.50  per  lin.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat— according   to   type— 

20c  to  35c. 

Hardwood   Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  i  G— Unlin.— 

Hx2'A  '/zx2     '/8x2     flix? 

Clear  Qtd.    White  $425     $405     $  $ 

Clear  Qtd.,   Red  405      380 

Select  Qtd.,  Red  or  White     355       340 
Clear  Pin.    Red  or  White...  355      340      335      315 
Select  Pin'    Red  or  White...  340      330      325      300 
#1   Commin    red  or  White  315      310      305      2B0 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oak  Flooring- 


..$369  00 


2'/2-. 


Standard 
$359.00 
370.00 
381.00 
355.00 
375  00 
415.00 


'A 

Sl   «  2'A 390.00 

U   .  2% 375.00 

H  X  3'/4 - 3'5.00 

H  X  2'/4  &  31/4   Ranch  Plank 

Unfinished  Maple  Flooring— 

H  X  21/4   First  Grade $390  00 

U   X    21/4    2nd   Grade - 365.00 

y  X  2' 4  2nd  8.  Btr.  Grade -  375.00 

U  X  21/4  3rd  Grade - -  240.00 

U  X  31/4  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 380.00 

U  X  3'/2  2nd  X  Btr.  Jtd.  EM... 390.00 

33/32  X  2%    first  Grade - - 400  00 

33/32  K  21/4  2nd  Grade 360.00 

33/32  »  21/4  3rd  Grade    320.00 

Floor    Layer   Wage   $2.83   per   hr. 

GLASS— 

Single   Strength   Window  Glass  .-...$  .30  per  Q  '♦• 

Double   Strength   Window  Glass. 45  per  Q  ft. 

Plate  Glass,  'A  polished  to  75 1.60  per  Q  ft 

75   to    100 1.74  per  n  ft. 

lA   in.   Polished  Wire   Plate  Glass....  2.50  per  O  ft. 

1/4   in.   Rgh.  Wire  Glass 80  per  D  ft 

i/a  in.  Obscure    Glass 55  per  O  ft. 

tW  In.  Obscure      Glass 70  per  Q  ft. 

Vl   in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure 54  per  D  ft. 

^  in.    Heat  Aborbing  Wire 72  per  n  ft. 

1/3  in.   Ribbed    55  per  D  ft. 

f,  in.  Ribbed    75  per  Q  ft. 

i/a   '<n.    Rough     55  per  D  ft. 

,",   in.  Rough    75  per  aft- 

(Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  G  •>■ 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place 3.50  per  Q  ft. 


HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor   Furnace,  25,000  BTU $42.00- 

35,000  BTU._ 47.00- 

45,000  BTU 55.00- 

Automatic   Control,   Add 39.00- 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25,000  BTU 72.00- 

35  000  BTU 

45,000  BTU 

With  Automatic  Control,  Add.......  45.00 

Unit  Heaters,   50,000   B^U 

Gravity   Furnace,   65,000   BTU 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75,000  BTU 

Water  Heaters — 5-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control, 

20  gal.  capacity 

30  gal    capacity 

40  gal.  capacity _ 


80.00 
87.00 
95.00 
45.00 
134.00 
149.00 
161.00 
161.00 
215.00 
210.00 
342.00 


96.00 
112.00 
135.00 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool  Insulation— 

(2")   Less  than  1,000  D  ft $44,00 

(2")  Over  1,000  O  ft - 59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")    .._ $41 .60  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisalation  Aluminum  Insulation— Aluminum 

coated   on   both  sides $23,50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard^fx6'    panel $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard- i/i"   thickness   $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IRON — Cost  of  ornamental   iron,   cast   iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 

LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 

O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m .$  I  15.00 

Flooring — 

Per  M  Delvd. 

V.G.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  x  4  T  &  G  Flooring $225  00 

"C"  and   better— all , 215.00 

"D"   and   better— all 145.00 

Rwd.  Rustic— "A"   grade,   medium  dry 185.00 

8  to  24  ft. 


Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 

'A-inch,  4.0x8.0-515  

i/!-inch,  4.0x8.0-515  

%-inch,  per  M  sq.  ft.., 
Plysform    


$150,00 
,  200,00 
„  260,00 
,.   160,00 


Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)- 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2.  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles,  $6,00  per  square. 
Cedar    5hakes— 1/2"    to    %"   x    24/26    in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15,25 

%"  to  11/4"  X  24/26  in  split  resaw-.. 

per  square  17.00 

Average  cost  to   lay  shakes,   $8.00  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated   Add  $35  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted. 
8-lb.    treatment  Add  $45  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard    Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2 1 -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $10  to  $15  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $  1 .75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases  for  kitchen  pantries  seven  ft.  high, 

per  lineal  ft.,   upper  $12  to  $15;  lower 

$l4to  $15. 
Dining  room  oases,  $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing   (average),  $115  per  M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $125  to  $135  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work per  yard    $   .80 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.20 

Cold  water  painting per  yard        .35 

Whitewashing    per  yard        .20 

Linseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  7%  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light    iron    drums per  gal.  $2.28         $2.34 

5-gallon  cans  ,.._ per  gal.     2.40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans   each     2.52  2.58 

Quart   cans   each       .71  .72 

Pint  cans  each       .38  .39 

Va-pint  cans  each       .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis.  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1,65 

5-gallon  cans  per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans  each     1.88 

Quart  cans  each       .54 

Pint   cans  each       .31 

'/j-pint  cans   _ _ each       .20 


Pioneer  White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Paste) 

List  Price  Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight         Per  100      Pr.  per        per  100      Pr.  per 
Packages  lbs.  pkg.  lbs.  pkg. 

lOO-lb.   kegs  $28.35        $29.35  $27.50        $27.50 

50-lb.   kegs  30.05  15.03  28.15  14.08 

25-lb.   kegs  30.35  7.50  28.45  7.12 

5.lb.  cans*  ....  33.35  1.34  31.25  1.25 

l-lb.  cans*   ....  36.00  .36  33.75  .34 

500    lbs.    (one   delivery)    %c    per    pound    less    than 
above. 

*Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters- Price  Per  100  Pounds 


100 
lbs. 


Dry   White    Lead $26.30    $ $ 

Litharge    __ _.  25.95  26.60  26,90 

Dry    Red    Lead _ 27.20  27.85  28.15 

Red    Lead    in   Oil 30.65  31.30  31,60 

Pound  cans.  $.37  per  lb. 

PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-inch     $2.50   lineal   foot 

8-inch     _ 3.00   lineal   foot 

10-inch     4.00  lineal  foot 

12-inch     5.00  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat   wall,    per   ton    delivered    in    S,    F, 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING  (Interior)  — 

Y,rH 

3  Coats,  metal  lath  and  plaster $3.50 

Keene  cement  on  metal  lath _ 4.00 

Ceilings  with  3/,  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(latheJ  only)   .„,  3.50 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

plastered    5,50 

Single  partition   %  channels  and  metal  lath 

1  side  (lath  only) 3.50 

Sinale  partition  %  channels  and   metal  lath 

2  inches  thick   plastered 8.50 

4-inch    double    oartltlon    %    channels    and 

metal  lath  2  sides  (lath  only) 6.00 

4-inch     doiihl=     oartition     %     channels     and 
metal   lath  2  sides  plastered 10.00 


PLASTERING   (Exterior) 


ent    finish,    brick    or    concrete 


nt    -inish.    No.    IB    gauge 


nesh 


Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime— $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— '/e"— 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco — $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.75  per  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per    fixture    up, 
according   to   grade,   quality   and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply.   ..$15,00 
per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $  1  8.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.    I    Redwood   Shingles  in   place. 

4'/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2   No.    I   Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,  per  square 14.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2   No.   1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7'/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat   with   Gravel    $5.50   up   per  sq. 


Asbestos  Shingles,  $27  to  $35  per  sq.  laid 
1/2  to  3/4  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

3/4  to  1 1/4  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"   Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San   Francisco. 

Standard,     4-in $  .26 

Standard,      6-in 46 

Standard,      8-in 66 

Standard,   12  in 1.30 

Standard,  24-in 5.41 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire   doors    (average),   including   hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless 


(unqlazed),   per  «g.  ft. 


1.25 


jnqiazeaj,   per  ^q.  it 1 

nstalled  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    I 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350  per  ton   erected,   when   out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

%-in.   Rd.   (Less  thon    I   ton)   per   100  lbs 7.80 

i/!-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

%.in.  Rd.  (less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

%-in.  &  '/a-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton) 7.15 

I    in.  8,  up  (Less  than   I   ton) 7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  See 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic  Tile    Floors— Commercial   $1.85   to  $2.25 

per  sq.  ft. 
r.ove    Base— $1.50   per    lin.   ft. 
Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x4"  with  6"  base  @  $1.60  par 

sq.  tt. 
Tile  Wainscots  &  Floors,  Residential,  41/4x41/4".  @ 

$1.85    to    $2,25    per   sq.    ft. 
Tile   Wainscots,   Commercial  Jobs,   41/4x41/4"  Tile. 
@  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 

Asphalt  Tile  Floor  Vn"  ■  A" $  -18  -  $  .35  sq.  yd 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork  Tile— $  .70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosaic  Floors— See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  Q  ft - $  .65 

Rubber  tile,    per  Q  ft $   .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored  F.O.B.  S.  F. 

12  X   12,  each $  .17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot  Small  Large 

Palio  Tile— Niles  Red  Lots  Lots 

12  X  12  X  '/a-inch,     plain _ $  .28  $  .253 

6  X  12  X  '/s-inch,     plain .295  .245 

6  X    6  X  '/a-inch,     plain 32  .287 

Building  Tile— 

Bx5i/2xl2-inches,   per  M _ $139,50 

6x5'/2xl2-inches,   per    M 105,00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches.   per   M. 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

1 2x  1 2x2-inches,    per   M $  1 46.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,    per   M 156.85 

I2xl2x4inches,    per   M 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per   M 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

50c   per   square   foot   and   up.     Installation 
extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  end  quality  required 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ARCHITECT  AND  EKGIIVEER 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Cnnstruction  Materials 


EXPLANATION — Building  and  construction  materials  are  shown  in  maior  classified  groups  for  general  Identification  purposes  with  names  and 
addresses  of  suppliers  of  materials  listed  in  detail  under  group  classification  where  name  first  appears— main  offices  are  shown  first  with  branch 
or  district  offices  following.  The  numeral  appearing  in  listings  *(3)  refers  to  the  maior  group  classification  where  complete  data  on  the  dealer,  or 
representative,  may  be  found. 


ADHESIVES  (1) 

Wall  and  Floor  Tile  Adhesives 
THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO. 


AIR  CONDITIONING  (2) 

Air  Conditioning  &  Cooling 
UTILITY  APPLIANCE  CORP. 
Los  Angeles  58:  4851  S.  Alameda  St. 
San  Francisco:  1355  Market  St.,  UN  14908 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  (2a) 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  SI. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernttard  i  Scfiafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  8  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2291  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Centra' 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St. 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER  (3) 

Ceramic  Veneer 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  S  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 

Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 

Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 

KRAFTILE  COMPANY 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

ROBCO  OF  CALIFORNIA,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearny  St.,  GA  1-6720 

Los  Angeles:  2366  Venice  Blvd.,  RE  1-4067 
Porcelain  Veneer 

PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 

Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 

Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 
Granite  Veneer 

VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 
Marble  Veneer 

VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

BANKS  -  FINANCING  (4) 

CROCKER  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  i  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2-7700 

BATHROOM  FIXTURES  (5) 

Metal 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  •(351 

DILLON  TILE  SUPPLY  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  252  12th  St.,  HE  11206 
Ceramic 

THECAMBRIDGETILEMFG.  CO. '(SSI 


BRASS  PRODUCTS  (6) 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  S  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:  1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK  (7) 

Face  Brick 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO.  '(3) 
KRAFTILE  '135) 
REMILLARD-DANDINI  CO. 
San  Francisco  4:  400  Montgomery  St.,  EX  2  4988 

BRONZE  PROUCTS  (8) 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  X  SONS  '(6) 
MICHEL  8PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS '(38) 

BUILDING  PAPERS  8  FELTS  (9) 

ANGIER  PACIFIC  CORP, 

San  Francisco  5:  55  New  Montgomery  St.,  DO  2-4416 

Los  Angeles:  7424  Sunset  Blvd. 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC. 'Ill) 

SISALKRAFT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  5:  55  New  Montgomery  St.,  EX  2-3066 

Chicago,  III.:  205  West  Wacker  Drive 


BUILDING  HARDWARE  (9a) 

THE  STANLEY  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  Monadnock  I 

New  Britain,  Conn. 


.,YU  6-5914 


CABINETS  8  FIXTURES  (9b) 

FINK  8  SCHINDLERCO.,  THE; 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

CEMENT  (10) 

IDEAL  CEMENT  COMPANY  (Pacific  Division) 
San  Francisco  4:  310  Sansome  St.,  GA  1-4101 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  •(11) 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES  (11) 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3  6586 
San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 
Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Slockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 
Lightweight  Aggregates 
AMERICAN  PERLITE  CORP. 
Richmond:  26th  8  B  St.  ■  Yd.  2,  Rl  4307 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES  (11a) 

Screed  Materials 
C  8  H  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4  5358 

CONCRETE  COLORS-HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE.  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES  (11a) 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 


DECKS— ROOF  (lib) 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS  (12) 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 
Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 
Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 
Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HCGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave, 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 
Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 

(See  above) 

FIRE  ESCAPES  (13) 

MICHEL  8PFEFFER  IRONWORKS  •(38) 

FLOORS  (15) 

Hardwood  Flooring 

HOGAN  LUMBER  COMPANY 

Oakland:  Second  and  Alice  Sts.,  GL  1-6861 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO.  '(3) 

KRAFTILE  '(35) 
Floor  Tile  ICeramic  Mosaic) 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO.  •(35) 
Floor  Treatment  8  Maintenance 

HILLYARD  SALES  CO.  (Western) 

San  Francisco:  470  Alabama  St.,  MA  1  7766 

Los  Angeles:  923  E.  3rd,  TR  8282 

Seattle:  3440  E.  Marginal  Way 
Diversified  (Magnesite,  Asphalt  Tile,  Composition,  Etc.! 

IE  ROY  OLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco  10:  3070  -  17th  St.,  HE  1-1088 
Sleepers  (composition) 

LE  ROY  OLSON  CO. 

GLASS  (16) 

W.  P.  FULLER  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  301  Mission  St.,  EX  2-7151 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Portland,  Ore. 

GRANITE  (1(a) 

PACIFIC  CUT  STONE  8  GRANITE  CO. 
414  South  Marengo  Ave.,  Alhambra,  Calif. 


MARCH,     1957 


HEATING  (17) 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland  8:  HO  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 

Philadelphia  8,  Pa.:  401  N.  Broad  St. 

SCOTT  C0I.1PANY 

San  Francisco:  243  Minna  St.,  YD  2-0400 

Oakland:  113-  10th  St.,  GL  1.1937 

San  Jose,  Calif. 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

UTILITY  APPLIANCE  CORP.  •(21 
Electric  Heaters 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco  5:  390  First  SI.,  GA  1-2211 

Us  Angeles:  520  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 

Portland:  Terminal  Sales  BIdg.,  BE  2050 

Seattle:  Securities  BIdg.,  SE  5028 

Spokane:  Realty  BIdg.,  MAdison  6175 

San  Diego:  514  Spreckels  BIdg.,  BEImonI  4-6082 
Designer  of  Heating 

THOMAS  B.  HUNTER 

San  Francisco  4:  41  Sutler  St.,  GA  11 164 

INSULATION  AND  WALL  BOARD  (18) 

LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  225  Industrial  Ave.,  JU  7-1760 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  '111) 

SISALKRAFT  COMPANY '(9) 

WESTERN  ASBESTOS  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  675  Townsend  St.,  KL  2-3868 

Oakland:  251  fifth  Avenue,  GL  1-2345 

Stockton:  733  S.  Van  Buren,  ST  4.9421 

Sacramento  1331  .  T  St.,  HU  1-0125 

Fresno:  434  ■  P  St.,  FR  2-1600 

IRON-Ornamental  110) 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS,  INC.  '(13) 

INTERCEPTING  DEVICES  (10a) 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

LANDSCAPING  (20) 

Landscape  Contractors 
HENRY  C.  SOTO  CORP. 
Los  Angeles:  13,000  S-  Avalon  Blvd.,  ME  4  6617 

LIGHTING  FIXTURES  (21) 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8.1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St..  MA  1-8474 

LUMBER  (22) 

Shingles 
LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  CO.  '(IB) 

METAL  GRATING  (22a) 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORPN. 

6601  S.  Melvina,  Chicago  38,  III.,  Portsmouth  7-6760 

METAL  FRAMING  (22b) 

UNISTRUT  SALES  OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
Berkeley:  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

MARBLE  (23) 

VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

Los  Angeles  4:  3522  Council  St-,  DU  2-6339 

MASONRY  (23al 

GENERAL  CONCRETE  PRODUCTS,  INC. 

Van  Nuys,  15025  Oxnard  St.,  ST  5-1126  i  ST  7-3289 

METAL  LATH  EXPANDED  (24) 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  •(Ill 

MILLWORK  (25) 

FINK  XSCHINDIER,  THE;  CO:  '{%) 
LUMBER  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY  '118) 
MULLEN  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  60-80  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PACIFIC  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 
San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 
Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  SC  607 
los  Angeles,  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4196 

PAINTING  (26) 

W.  P.  FULLER  COMPANY '(U) 
Paint 


PLASTER  (27) 

Interiors  ■  Metal  Lath  i  Trim 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGREGATES,  INC.  '(11) 

Exteriors 
PACIFIC  PORTLAND  CEMENT  COMPANY  '(28) 

PLASTIC  CEMENT  (28) 

IDEAL  CEMENT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  310  Sansome  St.,  GA  1-4100 

PLUMBING  (29) 

THE  HALSEY  TAYLOR  COMPANY 

Redlands,  Calif. 

Warren,  Ohio 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

THE  SCOTT  COMPANY  '117) 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  COMPANY 

Berkeley  10-  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

CONTINENTAL  WATER  HEATER  COMPANY 

Los  Angeles  31:  1801  Pasadena  Ave.,  CA  6178 

SECURITY  VALVE  COMPANY 

Los  Angeles  31:  410  San  Fernando  Rd-,  CA  6191 

PUMPING  MACHINERY  (29) 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2-6794 

Los  Angeles:  455  East  4th  St..  MU  8322 

PRESS  (Punch)   (29a) 

ALVA  F.  ALLEN 
Clinton,  Missouri 

RANGE-REFRIGERATOR  (29a) 
Combinations 

GENERAL  AIR  CONDITIONING  CORPN. 

Los  Angeles  23:  4542  E.  Dunham  St. 

San  Francisco:  1355  Market  St.,  KL  2-2311.  E»t.  104 

RESILIENT  TILE  (301 

IE  ROY  OLSON  CO.  '(15) 

ROOF  TRUSSES  (30a) 

EASY  BOW  ENGINEERING  i  RESEARCH  CO- 
13th  S  Wood  St.,  Oakland,  Cal.,  GLencourt  2-0805 

SAFES  (30a) 

HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 

San  Francisco,  1699  Market  St., 


1.6644 


SEWER  PIPE  (31) 

GIADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO- 


SHADES  (31a) 

SHADES,  Inc. 


SHEET  METAL  (32) 

Windows 
DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 
Oakland  8:  1310-  63rd  St.,  OL  2-8826 
San  Francisco:  Russ  Building.  DO  2.0890 
MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS,  INC.  '(Ul 
PACIFIC  COAST  AGGEGATES,  INC.  '(Ill 

Fire  Doors 
DETROIT  STEEL  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 

Skvliohts 
DETROIT  STEEl  PRODUCTS  COMPANY 

SOUND  EOUIPMENT  (32a) 

STROMBERG-CARISON  CO. 

Burlingame,  1805  Rollins  Rd,,  OX  7-3630 

Los  Angeles,  5415  York  Blvd..  CL  7-3939 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL  (33) 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIVISION,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP- 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1-2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland:  2345  N.  W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle  1331  3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3-6733 

HERRICK  IRON  WORKS 

Oakland:  18th  8  Campbell  Sts.,  GL  1-1767 

JUDSON  PACIFIC-MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Eastshore  Highway,  OL  3  1717 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  N.  Montgomery  St.,  GA  1  0977 

Los  Angeles:  Edison  Building 

Seattle:  White-Henry-Sluart  Building 

Sail  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  Building 

Denver:  Continental  Oil  Building 

SAN  JOSE  STEEL  COMPANY 

San  Jose  195  North  Thirtieth  St.,  CO  4184 


STEEL-REINFORCING  (34) 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP.  •(33) 

HERRICK  IRONWORKS  •(331 

SAN  JOSE  STEEL  CO-  '(33) 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIVISION,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP.  ^(33) 

SWIMMING  POOL  FITTINGS  (34a) 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2.3143 

POOLS 

SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 

Walnut  Creek,  Calif.:  1719  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd. 

CLAY  TILE  (35) 

THE  CAMBRIDGE  TILE  MFG.  CO. 

Redwood  City:  132  Wilson  St. 

Los  Angeles  19:  1335  S.  La  Brea.  WF  3  7800 

GLADDING,  McMEAN  SCO.  '(3) 

KRAFTILE 

Niles,  Calif.:  Nlles  3611 

San  Francisco  5:  50  Hawthorne  St.,  DO  2-3780 

Los  Angeles  13:  406  South  Main  St.,  MU  7241 

TIMBER-REINFORCING  (3() 

Trusses 

lacoma.  Wash. 

WYERHAEUSER  SALES  CO. 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Newark,  N.  J. 
Treated  Timber 

J.  H.  BAXTER  CO. 

San  Francisco  4:  200  Bush  St.,  YU  2-0200 

Los  Angeles  5:  3450  Wilshire  Blvd.,  DU  8-9591 

TRUCKING  136a) 

PASSETTI  TRUCKING  CO. 

San  Francisco  3:  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

WALL  TILE  (37) 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,   1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  Industry,  California 

Following  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 


CRAFT 

F 

San 
rancisco 

Alameda 

Contra 
Costa 

Fresno 

Sacra- 
mento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Solano 

Los 
Angeles 

San  Ber- 
nardino 

San 
Diego 

Santa 
Barbara 

Kern 

ASBESTOS  WORKER 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

3.00 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

3.00 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

3.00 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.70 

2  70 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.50 

3.00 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.50 

2.80 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.875 

2.90 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

3.00 

$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

2.625 

$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

2.625 

$3.35 

3.45 
3.75 

2.625 

$3.35 
3.45 
3.75 

$3.35 

BOILERMAKER 

3.45 

BRICKLAYER     

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 

2.625 

CARPENTER 

3.125 
2.975 

3.125 
2.995 

3.00 
2.995 

3.00 
2.995 

3,00 
2.995 

3,00 
2.995 

3.00 
2  995 

3  00 
2,995 

3  00 
2.925 

3.00 
2.925 

3.00 
2.925 

3.00 
2.925 

3.02 

CEMENT  FINISHER 

2.925 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip 

Type   (1   yd.) 

2.705 

2.705 

2.705 

2.705 

2.705 

2  705 

2.705 

2.705 

2.74 

2.74 

2.74 

2.74 

2.74 

ELECTRICIAN 

3.375 
2.985 

3.375 
2,985 

3.375 
2.985 

2.985 

3.50 
2.985 

3.25 
2.985 

3.61 
2.985 

3.275 
2.985 

3.60 

3.60 

3.50 

3.60 

3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR 

2.95 

2.95 

2.95 

2.95 

2.95 

GLAZIER 

2.87 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

3.4375 

3.10 

2.87 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

3.84* 

3.10 

2.87 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

3.84* 

3.10 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

3.45 

2.90 

2.905 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

3.45t 

3.00 

2.905 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

2.95 

2.87 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

3.50 

3.10 

2.87 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 

3.375 

3.25 

2.885 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.30 

3.75t 
3.01 

2.885 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.30 

3.625 
3.00 

2.90 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.30 

3.625 
2.94 

2.885 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.30 

3.625 
3.03 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 

3.40 

REINF.  STEEL 

3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL 

3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING 

2.30 

CONCRETE 

LATHER 

PAINTER:  BRUSH 

2.95 

SPRAY 

3.10 
3.325 
3.6125 

3.10 
3.325 
3.54 

3.10 
3.325 
3.54 

3.15 
3.325 
3.35 

3.25 
3.325 
3.45t 

3.10 
3.325 
3.55 

3.10 
3.325 
3.495 

3.50 
3.325 
3.50 

3.26 
3.30 
3.75 

3.25 
3.30 

3.49 
3.30 
3.625 

3.03 
3.30 
3.625 

3.20 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 

3.30 

PLASTERER 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER 

3.10 
3.45 

3.42 
3.59 

3.42 
3.435 

3.025 
3.45 

3.00 
3.45 

3.00 
3.45 

3.075 
3.45 

3.15 
3.55 

3.50 
3.55 

3.375 
3.55 

3.375 
3.55 

3.3125 
3.55 

3.25 

PLUMBER 

3.575 

ROOFER 

3.00 
3.30 
3.46 
3.095 

3.20 
3.30 
3.69 
3.095 

3.20 
3.30 
3.69 
3.095 

3.05 
3.125 
3.45 
3.095 

2.975 
3.30 
3.45 
3.095 

3.05 
3.315 
3.45 
3.095 

3.00 
3.30 
3.45 
3.095 

3.325 
3.55 
3.095 

3.I0§ 
3.24 
3.55 
3.05 

3.24 
3.55 
3.05 

3.00 
3.15 
3.55 
3.05 

3.15 
3.26 
3.55 
3.05 

3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER.. 

3.40 

STEAMFIHER 

3.575 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 

3.05 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Tr 
under  4  yards 

ucks, 

2.325 
3.225 

vacatior 

2.325 

3.225 

allowanc 

2.325 

3.225 

e  and  trar 

2.325           2.325 
3.25             3.00 
smitted  to 

2.325 

3.175 

i  $3,625  to 

2.325 

3.225 

r  nail-on 

2.325 
3.225 
lather. 

2.405 
3.26 

2.405 
3.50 

2.405 
3.25 

2.405 
3.26 

2.405 

TILE  SETTER 

3.21 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a 
a  vacation  fund. 

t  5  cents  of  this  amount  i 
transmitted  to  a  vacatio 

deducted  fr 
fund. 

3m  wage 

s  as  a  va 

cation  alio 

id 

§  10  cents 
held  fro 

of  this  a 
n  pay  an 

mount  is  d 
d  transmitt 

esignated 
5d  to  an  e 

mployee 

ings  fun 
avingsf 

d  wage"  a 
nd. 

id  is  wi 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California.  Department  of  Industrial  Relations,  Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research, 
and  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad« 
as  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry 

(Revised  March.  1957) 

CRAFT  San  San  Santa  Los  San  San 

Diego 

ASBESTOS  WORKER 


San 

Fresno 

Sacramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angele 

.low 

II  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.10  W 
.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.10  W 
.11  hr.  V 

.low 

MARCH,     1957 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WA6E  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


San 
Diego 


BRICKLAYER 

.15  W 

.I4P 

.05  hr.  V 

.I5W 
.lOP 

ISW 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 

.low 

.10  P 
■  lOV 

.low 

.low 

"    .low 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

CARPENTER 

.low 

.lOhr.  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.10  w 

.low 

.10  W 

.10  W 

CEMENT  MASON 

.low 
.low 

l%P 
4%V 

.low 

.low 
l%p 

4%V 

.low 

.075  W 
l%P 

.low 

.075  W 
4%V 

.low 

l%p 

.10  W 
l%P 

.10  W 
l%P 

.10  W 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER 

.10  W 

1%  P 

GLAZIER    

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

.075  W 

40hr.  V 

IRONWORKER:  REINFORCING 

STRUCTURAL 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.10  W 

.low 

.075  W 

.low 

.10  W 
.075  W 

.low 
.low 

LABORER,  GENERAL 

.075  W 

LATHER 

.60  day  W 
.70  day  V 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.90  day  W 

.70  day  W 

.10  W 

OPERATING  ENGINEER 
TRACTOR  OPERATOR 
POWER  SHOVEL  OP. 

(MIN.) 
(MIN.) 

.10  W 
.10  W 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.10  w 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.10  W 

.low 

.low 
.10  w 

PAINTER,   BRUSH 

.095  W 

.08  W 

.075  W 

.low 

.095  W 
.07  V 

.085  W 

.08  W 

.09  W 

PLASTERER 

.10  W 
.lOV 

.low 

.low 

.10  w 

.10  W 
.15V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.10  W 

PLUMBER 

.low 

.10  V 

.15  W 
.lOP 

.low 

.lOP 
.125  V 

.low 

.10  W 
.lOP 
.125  V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

10  W 

ROOFER       

.low 

.10  V 

.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.10  w 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 

.low 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 

.075  W 
4%  V 

.075    W 
7day  V 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.075  W 
.12  V 

.075  W 
4%V 

.085  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 

Sday  V 

TILE  SETTER 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.025  W 
.04  V 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  from  the  available  data  repi 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no  en- 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 


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in  place  concrete  pile,  brick  veneer,  ce 
ramie  veneer,  aluminum  sash  and  frame, 
sun  control  louvre,  steel  rofling  doors,  steel 


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330  Clay  Street,  San  Francisco 


MARCH.     1957 


roof  deck,  metal  lath  and  plaster,  move- 
able partitions  —  $1,725,000.  ARCHI- 
TECHT:  Kitchen  6?  Hunt,  40  1st  St.,  San 
Francisco.  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER: 
H.  J.  Brunnier.  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. MECHANICAL  ENGINEER:  Van- 
dament  &  Darnipted,  156  2nd  St.,  San 
Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Louis  C.  Dunn,  Inc.,  681  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

2-ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS,  Los  Altos, 
Santa  Clara  county.  Loss  Altos  Elementary 
School  District,  Los  Altos,  owner.  Con- 
tracts for  two  schools  were  awarded:  the 
Portland  Avenue  Elementary  School  com- 
prising 8-cIassrooms,  kindergarten  and 
toilet  rooms;  frame  and  stucco  construction 
—197,800  was  awarded  to  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Dickman  Const.  Co., 
1702  Miramonte  Ave.,  Mt.  View:  the  Al- 


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OAKLAND 

CUSTOM  ELECTtlONICS 

9f,3  32(1  Street OLymplc  3-4179 

PHOENIX 

RA-TONE  ELECTRONICS  CO.,  INC. 

325  No.   41h  St ALplne  8-6793 

SACRAMENTO 

SEMONI  SOUND  SERVICE 

21S1  Weller  Way Gilbert  3-6438 

SAN   DIEGO 

MUSIC  SERVICE,   INC. 

210S   FIflh    Ave BElmont   2-2589 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

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mond  Elementary  School,  comprising  8 
clashsrooms,  kindergarten  and  toilet  fa- 
cilities was  awarded  to  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Dickman  Const.  Co.,  1702 
Miramonte  Ave.,  Mt.  View.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Lawrence  W.  Gentry,  144  State 
Street,  Los  Altos. 

YOUTH  CENTER,  Lakewood,  Los  An- 
geles county.  Lakewood  Community  Youth 
Center,  Inc.,  Lakewood,  owner,  frame  and 
stucco  split-level  youth  center;  recreation 
hall  3')x60  ft.:  indoor-outdoor  snack  bar. 
fireplace  and  outdoor  barbecue,  kitchen  fa- 
cilities and  fountain,  directors  office,  stor- 
age rooms,  restrooms,  concrete  slab,  lam- 
inated wood  beams,  composition  and 
gravel  roofing,  roof  insulation,  acoustical 
treatment,  aluminum  sliding  doors,  lami- 
nated plastic  counter  tops;  3188  sq.  ft.  of 
area.  ARCHITECT:  Power  and  Daniel, 
3811  Long  Beach  Blvd.,  Long  Beach. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  C.  G.  Mill- 
house,  9432  E.  Firestone  Blvd.,  Downey. 

HORSE  BARNS,  Fairgrounds,  Stockton 
San  Joaquin  county.  State  of  California, 
1120  N.  St.,  Sacramento,  owner.  18-Wood 
frame  barns,  4  wood  restroom  buildings, 
removal  of  trees,  site  grading,  installing 
storm  drains,  gas,  water,  sewage,  electrical 
lines— $477,289.  ARCHITECT:  Anson 
Boyd,  Div.  of  Architecture,  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, Sacramento.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Barrett  Const.  Co.,  1800 
Evans  Ave,,  San  Francisco. 

MEDICAL  BLDG.,  Long  Beach,  Los  An- 
geles county.  Remodel  exi.sting  residence 
into  modern  medical  office  building  in 
Long  Beach;  frame  and  stucco  construc- 
tion, composition  and  gravel  roofing,  steel 
framing,  stainless  steel  louvers,  fixed  plate 
glass,  glass  entrance  door  and  store  front, 
sliding  aluminum  door,  cork  and  vinyl 
tile  flooring,  forced  air  heating  and  air 
conditioning,  hardwood  paneling;  parking 
area,  ARCHITECT:  Killinpsworth,  Brady 
t^  Smith,  3833  Long  Beach  Blvd.,  Long 
Beach.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Stromberg  &  Son,  4156  Carfax  Ave., 
Long  Beach. 

LANDSCAPING,  Kaiser  Hospital,  Har- 
bor City,  Los  Angeles  county.  Kaiser  Foun- 
dation Hospital,  Harbor  City,  owner. 
Complete  landscaping  of  the  Kaiser  Hos- 
pital grounds  in  Harbor  City  including, 
grading,  fencing,  sprinkler  irrigation  sys- 
tem,  and   planting — $26,000. 

PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL,  Antioch,  Con 
tra  Costa  county.  Roman  Catholic  Arch- 
bishop of  San  Francisco,  San  Francisco, 
owner.     Construction    of    an    addition    to 


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the  school  and  Convent  at  the  Holy  Rosary 
Parish  in  Antioch  —  $71,933.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Arnold  6?  Francis  Constable,  9T 
Spcnce  Ave.,  Sausalito.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Murray  R.  Kay,  501  7th  St., 
Antioch. 

CHURCH,  Covenant  Church,  Glendale, 
Los  Angeles  county.  Covenant  Church  of 
the  Foothills,  Glendale,  owner.  Stone 
veneer  and  frame  and  stucco  construction, 
composition  shingle  roofing,  laminated 
wood  beams,  forced-air  heating,  asphalt 
tile,  asphaltic  concrete  paving,  rest  rooms; 
400  sq.  ft.  of  area;  seating  capacity  for 
200  persons.  ARCHITECT:  Douglas  H. 
Byles,  919  E.  California  Street,  Pasadena. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Samuelson 
Bros.,   3441    Ocean  View  Blvd.,   Glendale. 

OFFICE  ALTERATIONS,  United  Air 
Lines,  San  Francisco.  United  Air  Lines, 
Inc.,  San  Francisco,  owner.  Alterations 
and  remodel  of  the  third  floor  of  the  tele- 
phone sales  area  at  Post  and  Powell  streets 
—$77,658.  ARCHITECT:  Anshen  fe?  Al- 
len, 461  Bu.sh  St.,  San  Francisco.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Mattock  Const. 
Co.,  220  Clara  St.,  San  Francisco. 

TELEPHONE  BLDG.,  Pasadena,  Los  An- 
geles county.  Pacific  Telephone  6?  Tele- 
graph Company,  Los  Anpeles,  owner.  Tel- 
ephone information  building  in  Pasadena; 
reinforced  concrete  construction,  concrete 
slab,  asphalt  tile,  acoustic  tile,  heating  and 
ventilating,  electrical,  plumbing — $341,- 
068.  ARCHITECT:  Allison  &  Rible,  3670 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTR/>CTOR:  Louis  C.  Dunn,  3101 
Wilshire   Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 

COUNTY  OFHCE  BLDG.,  Redding, 
Shasta  county.  County  of  Shasta,  Redding, 
owner.  2-Story  reinforced  concrete  con- 
stru.-tion;  13.500  sq.  ft.  area— $234,992. 
ARCHITECT:  Smart  &  Clabaugh,  1101 
Yuba  St.,  Redding.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: George  Farley  &?  Curtis 
Const.  Co.  (J-V),  P.  O.  Box  1484  Red- 
ding. 

ELKS  CLUB,  Paramount.  Elks  Club  of 
Paramount,  owner.  Concrete  block  club 
building,  tapered  steel  girders,  built-up 
composition  roofing,  concrete  slab  and  as- 
phalt tile  floors,  plaster  interior,  forced 
air  heating  and  air  conditioning;  2000  sq. 
ft.  or  area.  ENGINEER:  Henry  A.  Ross 
and  Paul  A.  Neble,  Associate,  6173  Cherry 
Ave..  Long  Beach. 

NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL,  Crescent  City, 
Del  Norte  county.  Del  Norte  County 
High  School  Dirtrict,  Crescent  City,  own 
er.  Reinforced  concrete  and  structural 
steel  construction— $1,421,000.  ARCHI 
TECT:  Freeman,  Hayslip,  Tuft  6>  Hew 
lett,  2040  S.  W.  3rd  Street,  Portland,  Ore 
gon.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  B.  &? 
R.  Const.  Co.,  110  Market  Street,  San 
Francisco. 

CHURCH  CLASSROOMS,  Lutheran 
Church,  Lakewood,  Los  Angeles  county. 
Lutheran  Church  of  Lakewood,  owner.  2- 
Story,  5-classroom,  concrete  block  school 
building,  composition  and  gravel  roofing, 
concrete  slab,  asphalt  tile,  louvred  sash, 
plaster  interior,  acoustical  tile,  forced  air 
heating,  chalk  and  tack  boards:  5400  sq.  ft. 
of  area.  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER: 
Harold  E.  Ketchum,  3711  Cedar  Ave., 
Long  Beach.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Ernest  Adier,  622  Cartegena,  Long 
Beach. 


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IN  THE  NEWS 


sion   tile   roof,   concrete   slab   and    resili 
flooring,   heating   and   ventilating;. 


AUTOMOBILE  SALES 
AND  SERVICE  BLDG. 

Architects  Lillis  fe'  Smith  of  Vallcjo,  are 
completing  plans  and  specifications  for  the 
construction  of  a  new  Automobile  Sales 
and  Service  building  to  be  built  in  Napa 
for  Peter  Gasser. 

The  new  facility  will  contain  some  22,- 
000  sq.  ft.  of  area;  will  be  1 -story  in 
height,  and  will  be  of  strescrete  and  con- 
crete block  construction  with  plate  glass 
front.  Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is 
.$150,000. 


TELEPHONE  EXCHANGE 
BUILDING  FOR  STANFORD 

The  Board  of  Tru.stees  of  Stanford  Uni- 
versity, Palo  Alto,  has  commissioned  the 
San  Francisco  architectural  firm  of 
Spencer  is'  Ambrose  to  design  a  new  Tele- 
phone Exchange  building  to  be  built  on 
the  university  campus. 

Preliminary  plans  call  for  a  portion  of 
the  new  structure  to  be  built  under- 
ground, in  keeping  with  t;oday's  trends  in 
the  atomic  era. 


CHURCH  SCHOOL 
FOR  PHOENIX 

Architects  Comeau  6?  Brooks  of  Sher- 
man Oaks,  have  been  commissioned  to 
prepare  preliminary  drawings  for  con- 
struction of  a  reinforced  masonry  church- 
school  in  Phoenix,  Arizona,  for  Saints 
Simon  and  Judes  Parish,  Roman  Catholic 
Archbishop   of   Tucson. 

Facilities  will  include   5  classrooms;  mis- 


APPOINTED  ARCADIA 
METAL  DISTRIBUTOR 

The  Rio  Grande  Steel  Products  Com- 
pany, Inc.,  of  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico, 
has  been  appointed  distributor  to  handle 
Arcadia  Metal  Products  throughout  New 
Mexico,  according  to  D.  f.  Johnson,  na- 
tional sales  manager  of  Arcadia,  bullerton, 
California. 

Rio  Grande  Steel  Products  has  been  ac- 
tive in  the  building  products  held  since 
1934  and  will  carry  the  full  line  of  Ar- 
cadia products. 

LIVESTOCK  EXHIBIT 
STALL  AT  SAUNAS 

Architect  Jerome  Kasavan,  7  Winham 
St.,  Salinas,  is  completing  drawings  lor 
construction  of  frame  exhibit  stalls  at  the 
Kings  City-Salinas  Valley  Fair  Grounds  in 
King  City. 

Estimated  cost  is  $12,000. 


PLANS  NEW 
LIBRARY 

Architect  Harold  Gimeno,  I4I6J/2  N. 
Main  St.,  Santa  Ana,  is  preparing  plans 
for  construction  of  a  new  $700,000  public 
library  building  for  the  civic  center  of 
Santa  Ana. 

Francis  Keally  of  the  firm  ot  Keally  is! 
Paterson  of  New  York  will  serve  as  library 
consultant  for  the  new  building  and  will 
confer  on  the  planning   and   construction. 


HEALTH  CENTER 
PLANS  APPROVED 

Architect    M.    A.    Nishkian    of    Long 
Beach,   has  completed   plans  and  specifica- 


HOLLAND 

POST  PULLER 

Pat.    Pend. 

Pull  Steel  and  Wooden  Stakes 
and  Post  Quickly  —  Easily 

No  Mutilation  of  Post  or  Stake 
Light  In  Weight  -  Easily  Adjustable 

Write  for  Free  Literature. 
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with  attachments  ...  Mmjff   cash 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 


1202  Dixieanne 
P.O.  Box  3459 


Norfh 
Sacramento 


Buyers  look  for  telephone  planning  in  today's  homes 


Specify  built-in  telephone  facilities 
—  a  sign  of  good  planning 


say  WELDON  B.  MANSFIELD  and 
SHELDON  W.  PARKER, 
partners.  Western  Enterprises,  Inc. 
Sacramento,  California 


Buyers  of  new  homes  "just  naturally  expect" 
built-in  telephone  outlets  in  convenient  loca- 
tions, report  builders  Mansfield  and  Parker. 
The  same  goes  for  concealed  telephone  wir- 
ing. Western  Enterprises'  newest  develop- 
ment offers  these  features — plus  two  color 
telephones  and  six-months'  service  free  of 
charge  for  each  home. 

To  successful  builders  like  Messrs.  Mansfield 
and  Parker,  who  are  setting  living  standards 
in  the  Pacific  West,  complete  telephone  plan- 
ning is  as  basic  as  adequate  electrical  wiring. 
Pacific  Telephone  is  always  ready  to  help 
you  plan  built-in  telephone  facilities.  Just 
call  us  and  ask  for  our  free  Architects  and 
Builders  Service. 


W)  Pacific  Telephone  — 


tions  for  construction  of  improvements  to 
the  Monrovia  Health  Center  which  will 
cost  $28,750. 

An  addition  to  the  center  is  planned  to 
house  mechanical  equipment  for  a  new  air 
conditioning  system. 


NEW  GRADE  SCHOOL 
FOR  AZUSA  PLANNED 

Architects  Balch,  Bryan,  Perkins  £#  Hut- 
chison, Los  Angeles,  have  completed  plans 
for  construction  of  a  new  $870,000  grade 
school  in  Azusa  for  the  Gladstone  School 
District. 

Facilities  will  be  provided  for  800  chil- 
dren, with  an  administration  building  of 
6500  sq.  ft.,  while  the  entire  project  will 
include  some  53,000  sq.  ft. 

Construction  will  be  tilt-up  concrete 
panel    and    reinforced    brick    for    a    multi- 


purpose building;  22  classrooms,  2-kinder- 
garten  rooms  and  covered  walks  will  join 
all  buildings. 

NEW  LA  MESA 
CITY  HALL 

Architect  George  C.  Hatch,  1405  5th 
St.,  San  Diego,  has  completed  drafting 
plans,  which  have  been  approved  by  the 
La  Mesa  City  Council,  for  construction  of 
a  new  City  Hall  building  in  La  Mesa  for 
the  City  of  La  Mesa. 


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SAN   FRANCISCO  LOS  ANGELES 

PORTLAND  SRATTLE 


W.  M.  SCHULTE  IS  MADE 
MEMBER  KRAFTILE  BOARD 

W.  M.  Schulte  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Kraftile 
Company  at  the  firm's  32nd  Annual  Meet- 
ing recently,  being  named  secretary-treas- 
urer of  the  Niles,  California,  manufactur- 
ing company,  succeedng  J.  B.  Lewis  and 
J.  A.  McDonald,  previous  members  to 
serve  as  secretary-treasurer. 

Other  oificers  elected  included  Chas.  W. 
Kraft,  president;  L.  R.  Alt,  vice-president, 
in  charge  of  production;  J.  B.  Crawford, 
vice-president,  in  charge  of  sales;  B.  A. 
Gordon  of  Chicago;  and  J.  B.  Lewis  and 
J.  A.  McDonald,  members  of  the  Board  of 
Directors. 

Mrs.  Lorraine  Lisle  was  named  assistant 
secretary-treasurer,  the  first  woman  to  he- 
come  an  oificer  in  the  company. 

Kraft  reported  to  stockholders  that  in 
spite  of  absorbing  flood  losses  in  1955  and 
1956  amounting  to  $156,767  a  net  profit 
of  2.8%  was  shown  in  1956  with  the  com- 
pany keeping  up  to  schedule  on  its  mod- 
ernisation program.  An  additional  $58,864 
was  invested  in  new  facilities  in  1956 
bringing    the    investment   in    furnishing    a 


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NEW  JUNIOR 
HIGH  SCHOOL 

Architect  Charles  F.  Dean,  1521  I 
Street,  Sacramento,  is  completing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  new  Junior  High 
School  in  Pittsburg  for  the  Pittsburg  Uni- 
fied High  School  District  of  Contra  Costa 
County. 

CITY  HALL  ANNEX 
FOR  WALNUT  CREEK 

Architect  Leonard  H.  Ford,  1744  N. 
Main  Street,  Walnut  Creek,  is  completing 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  1 -story  con- 


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BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

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CHURCH  SEATING 

Offict  and  Factory 

M-«0  RAUSCH  ST.,  Bet.  7th  and  8th  Sti. 

San  Francisco 

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Crete  block  Annex  to  the  City  Hall  in 
Walnut  Creek  for  the  City  of  Walnut 
Creek. 

The  building  is  of  concrete  block  and 
frame  construction  with  a  double  "T"  roof 
slab  roof,  and  will  contain  4,500  sq.  ft. 
ot  area. 


PLA>nsfING  DIRECTOR 
FOR  ARCHITECT  HRM 

George  T.  Hayman,  industrial  engineer, 
has  joined  the  staff  of  L.  W.  Davidson  & 
Associates,  architects  and  engineers  of 
Los  Angeles,  as  director  of  research  and 
planning. 

He  will  also  serve  in  the  same  capacity 
for  North  American  Industrial  Engineers, 
Inc.,  an  affiliate  company. 

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CONDITIONER 

A  completely  new  concept  in  air  condi- 
tioning that  is  air  cooled  and  thereby  elimi' 
nates  the  need  for  water,  is  particularly 
adapted  to  areas  where  water  is  restricted. 


Developed  after  four  years  of  intensive 
research  and  experimentation  it  uses  a 
sloped  circular  condensing  coil  designed 
to  eliminate  blind  spots  common  to  rec- 
tangular coils  and  permits  more  efficient 
drainage  of  the  condensing  refrigerant; 
delivers  100%  efficiency  which  lowers 
operating  costs.  Available  in  3,  5,  V'/i, 
and  10;  230  volt,  60  cycle  single  phase 
motors  or  220-208  volt,  60  cycle,  three 
phase    motor.    Well    suited    for   residential 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


CONTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

174-12TH  STREET -OAKLAND 
Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


and  commercial  applications.  Complete 
data  from  F-5  Air  Conditioning  Corp., 
1815  S.  Maybelle,  Tulsa,  Oklahoma. 

NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL 
FOR  SAN  LEANDRO 

The  architectural  firm  of  Schmidts, 
Hardman  ts'  Wong,  1320  University  Ave., 
Berkeley,  is  preparing  plans  and  specifica- 
tions for  construction  of  a  new  High 
School  in  San  Leandro  for  the  San  Lean- 
dro  Unified  School  District. 

The  new  educational  facilities  will  in- 
clude an  administration  office,  classrooms, 
cafeteria,  library,  toilet  rooms,  and  cor- 
ridors. 


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GIVEN  DESIGN  OPPORTUNITY 

Plans  for  annual  awards  to  Southern 
California  architects  and  builders  for  the 
best  design  in  the  field  of  health  and  com- 
fort conditioning  have  been  announced  by 
the  Institute  of  Heating  and  Air  Condi- 
tioning Industries,  through  R.  E.  Harkins, 
managing'  director  of  the  Institute. 

William  L.  Hoyt,  Jr.,  chairman  of  the 
Institute's  standards  committee,  will  serve 
as  chairman  of  an  Awards  Committee, 
which  will  consist  of  a  manufacturer,  sup- 
plier, contractor  and  utility  representative, 
and  awards  will  be  made  at  the  annual 
dinner  in  December. 

Objective  of  the  program,  according  to 
Robert  N.  Hall,  president  is  to  upgrade  in- 
stallations for  better  health  and  comfort 
through   heating  and  air  conditioning. 

ARCHITECT 
MOVES  OFFICES 

The  architectural  firm  of  Beland  and 
Gianelli,  have  recently  moved  their  offices 
to  Suite  A,  1221  Monterey  Street,  Vallejo, 
California,  where  they  are  now  engaged  in 
the  general  practice  of  architecture. 

The  firm  comprises  John  A.  Beland, 
AIA,  and  Robert  J.  Gianelli,  AIA,  Archi- 
tects. 


PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  PLANNED 

Architect  Alfred  W.  Johnson,  165  Jes- 
sie St.,  San  Francisco,  is  completing  plans 
and  specifications  for  construction  of  a 
wood  frame  and  stucco  First  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Mt.  View  for  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church. 


HARRINGTON  SPEAKER  AT 
SPECinCATIONS  INSTITUTE 

R.  W.  Harrington,  manager  of  the  Clay 
Brick  and  Tile  Association,  was  the  prin- 
cipal speaker  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the 
San  Francisco  Chapter  of  the  Construction 
Specifications  Institute. 

His    talk,    illustrated    with    color    slides. 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 


BUMDERS 

* 

220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


ABBOT  A.  HAI¥KS,  INC. 
Engineers  &  Chemists 

INSPECTING  —  TESTING  —  CONSULTING 

CONCRETE       •        STEEL       •        MATERIALS 

CHEMICAL  AND  TESTING 

LABORATORIES 

•        RESEARCH    AND    INVESTIGATION       • 

TESTS  OF  STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

DESIGN  OF  CONCRETE  MIXES 

SHOP  AND  ERECTION  INSPECTION  OF 

STRUCTURES  AND  EOUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  INVE«;TIGATI0N  OF 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Sacramenfo  Street,  San  Francisco 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON.  INC. 

Genera/  Contractors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


DIXWIDDIE 

COXSTRUCTIOX 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


HERRICK 
IRO]V  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

I8TH   AND  CAMPBELL  SIS. 

OAKLAND,  CALIF. 

Phone  GLancourt  I-I7i7 


MARCH,     1957 


gave  the  answers  of  modern  materials  and 
design  to  the  ancient  problems  of  getting 
the  smoke  from  the  fireplace  up  the  chim- 
ney instead  of  into  the  room,  and  how  to 
strengthen  brick  walls  by  the  use  of  steel 
reinforcing. 

Modern  types  of  brick  made  to  provide 
room  for  reinforcing  steel  were  demon- 
strated in  detail,  as  was  the  importance  of 
handling  any  type  of  mortar  and  grout. 

NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  PRODUCTS 
OPEN  LOS  ANGELES  OFHCES 

In  connection  with  the  observance  of 
"National  Electrical  Week"  during  Febru- 
ary, the  National  Electric  Products  Corpn., 
formally  opened  their  new  Los  Angeles 
district  sales  offices  and  West  Coast  ware- 
house at  6400  Corvette  St.,  in  the  Vail 
Field  central  manufacturing  district. 

The  Los  Angeles  warehouse  is  the  new- 
est of  ten  such  facilities  being  used  to 
back  up  stocks  of  National  Electric's  dis- 
tributors throughout  the  country. 

C.  L.  SLY,  JR.  NAMED 
RRM'S  OFHCE  MANAGER 

Cline,  Zerkle  S?  Agee,  Engineers  and 
Architects,  have  announced  the  appoint- 
ment of  C.  L.  Sly,  Jr.  as  office  manager  of 
the  firm. 

The  firm,  with  offices  at  1810  6th  Street 
in  Berkeley,  engages  in  building  design 
throughout  California. 

BUSINESS 
COLLEGE 

Architect  Bruce  Heiser,  251  Post  St., 
San  Francisco,  is  preparing  drawings  for 
construction  of  a  new  Business  College  in 
San  Francisco  for  Heald's  Business  Col- 
lege. 

The  new  building  will  be  3-stories  high, 
steel  and  concrete  construction,  and  con- 
tain 3  5,000  sq.  ft.  of  area.  Facilities  will 
be  provided  for  administration  offices, 
cla.ssrooms,  corridors,  lockers  and  toilet 
facilities. 

WILLIAM  BLACKHELD 
TO  REGIONAL  COUNOL 

William  Blackfield,  vice  president  of 
Region  19  of  the  National  Association  of 
Home  Builders  has  been  named  Chairman 
of  the  Western  Division  Regional  Council 
of  the  association,  and  in  his  new  capacity 
will  be  chairman  of  the  vice  presidents  of 
the  regions  west  of  the  Mississippi  River 
and  the   Hawaiian   Islands. 

A  resident  of  Oakland,  he  is  owner 
and  president  of  the  Blackfield  Construc- 
tion Company  of  San  Francisco  who  have 
done  extensive  community  development 
throughout  Northern  California. 


PITTSBURGH 
VESTING     LABORATORY 

ENGINEERS  AND  CHEMISTS 

Testing   and   Inspection  of  Concrete. 
Steel  and  Other  Structural  Materials 

Design   of  Concrete   Mixes 

Offices  in  all  principal  cities 

651   Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 
EXbrook  2-1747 


Scott  Company 

HEATING     •     PLUMBING 
REFRIGERATION 


San  Francisco 

Oakland 

San  Jose 

Los  Angeles 


KOLORBLEN 

Concrete  Color  Hardener 


COLOR  WAXES 

SEALER-STAINS 


0<tH^iad  S<MKf  ^. 


Distributors — Contracto 


Concrete  Specialtic 


875  BRYANT  STREET 
San  Francisco  -  HEmlock  1-1345 


R[MILURD-DMDINI  Co. 

Brick  and 
Masonry  Products 


400  MONTGOMERY  STREET 
SAN   FRANCISCO.  CALIF. 


ARCHITECT 

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Index  to  Advertisers 

ARCHITECTS  Reports 

46 

BASALT  Rock  Co.,  inc 

5 
33 

BATES,  Waiter  D..  &  Associates 

BAXTER,  J.  H.,  Co. .Back  Cover   | 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California 

30 

BILCO  Co 

2 

42 

C.  &  H    SPECIALTIES  Co 

CLASSIFIED  Advertising 

COLUMBIA-Geneva   Steel 

1 

DINWIDDIE  Construction   Company. 

47 

FORDERER   Cornice   Works 

34 

GLADDING,   McBean   &  Company 

• 

GREENBERG'S,  M.,  Sons 

26 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 

35 

HANKS.  Abbot  A.,  Inc 

47 

HAWS  Drinking  Faucet  Co 

31 

HERMANN   Safe  Co 

35 

HERRICK  Iron  Works 

47 

HOGAN   Lumber  Co 

35 

HOLLAND  Mfg.  Co 

45 

HUNT,   Robert  W.,   Company 

46 

JOSAM  Pacific  Co. 

33 

35 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy   Corp 

KRAFTILE   Company 

32 

LeROY  Construction   Services   

36 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 

47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson,  Inc.. 

47 

MATTOCK  Construction  Co 

47 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

Inc.                                  Inside  Front  C 

3ver 
46 

MULLEN   Mfg.  Co 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,   Inc 

29 

PACIFIC  Manufacturing  Co 

36 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co 

45 

PASSETTI   Trucking   Co.,    Inc.. 

28 

PITTSBURGH  Testing  Laboratory.  ..... 

48 

PORCELAIN   Enamel   (Architectural 
Division)   Publicity  Division 

. 

REMILLARD-Dandini  Co 

48 
36 

REPUBLIC   Steel   Corporation 

RIVIERA  Hotel.  Las  Vegas 

43 

ROLY-Door  Sales  

27 

SCOTT  Connpany 

48 

SHADES,    Inc. 

43 

SIMONDS   Machinery  Co...... 

34 

SMOOT-Holman  Company 

* 

SOVIG,  Conrad,  Co.. 

48 

STROMBERG-Carlson   Co 

44 

U.  S.  BONDS       Inside  Back  Cover    1 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern   California  

34 

UNITED  STATES  Gypsum  Co 

» 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp 

1 

VERMONT  Marble  Co 

36 

WASHINGTON  Brick  &  Lime  Co 

• 

WESTERN  Structural  Tile  Institute 

• 

WEST  Coast  Lumbermen's  Association 

* 

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The  man  who  named 
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The  surprised  oovernment  scout  from 
Camp  Huachuca  reined  his  horse  to  a  stop 
at  the  siiiht  of  Kd  Schieffelin.  And  when 
Schieffelin  admitted  he  was  actually  living 
and  prospectiivg  in  Apache  country,  the 
scout  warned  him.  "'AH  you'll  ever  find'll  be 
your  tombstone. 

But  Schieffelin  didn't  scare  easy.  When 
he  struck  a  silver  lode  in  the  desolate,  dan- 
gerous hills  of  Arizona  Territory,  he  called 
his  f\rst  mine  "Tombstone."  And.  unknow- 
ingly, he  gave  a  name  to  aborning,  brawling 
community  soon  to  be  notorious  as  one  of 
frontier  America's  tough  towns. 

The  Tombstone  mine  itself  never  amount- 
ed to  anything.  But  Schieffelin  just  kept  on 
prospecting  -  and  within  a  few  years,  he 
turned  out  to  be  a  millionaire.  The  hills  he 
had  risked  his  life  in  were  practically  made 
of  silver. 

Today's  Ed  Schieffelins  are  hunting  ura- 
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And.  for  an  American,  the  very  finest  in- 
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"Babe,  this  here's  a  ree-tort,"  explained 
Paul  Bunyan  to  his  faithful  Blue  Ox.  "Fer  pressure 
treatin'  wood.  Them  Baxter  folks  never  dunk  it, 
er  spray  it,  er  paint  it.  They  got  a  real  fancy  process: 
They  stick  the  wood  inside  this  ree-tort,  lock  her  up 
fer  20  hours,  and  when  she  comes  out  she's  BAXCO 
pressure  treated — chock  full  o'  presarvatives."  The 
great  logger  scratched  his  head  with  a  pine  tree. 
"I  dunno  how  they  do  it,  Babe,  but  them  Baxter 
boys  shore  treat  wood  good — they  make  it  last 
forever."  *l» 


BAXCO 

PRESSURE 

TREATED 

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?fJ  Not  qu\te /oirvtT,  Paul — but  wood,  properly 
pressure  treated,  does  last  up  to  ten  times  longer. 
For  maximum  long-lite  protection  against  insects 
and  rot,  authorities  agree  that  wood  preservatives 
should  be  applied  by  pressure  treating — and  B.AXCO 
Forest  Products  are  always  pressure  treated. 
As  West  Coast  pioneers  in  the  wood  preserving 
industr>',  our  experienced  engineering  staff  can  assist 
in  supplying  you  with  the  right  preservative,  the 
proper  treatment,  for  any  job.  For  a  prompt 
quotation — inquire  today. 

Preseriiilive  Ireiitmenis  available:  Creosote,  Creosole-Pelroleum 
■   '•solul!o>t,  Creosole-Penia  solution,  Penta,  Chemonite,  Chromated- 
\-^>-Ki(i/ilaride,  and  Prolesol fire  retardaiits. 


©  J.  H.  B.ixt<;r  &  Co.  1956 


J.  H.  BAXTER  &  CO. « 


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SAN  rRAMciSCO 
''UBLIC  UBftAnr 


AMERICA  FORE   BUILDING  —  Pine  Street  Entrance 


HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES.  Architects 


APRIL 


1957 


Holiday  Lodge 

Van  Ness  and  Washington 

San  Francisco 


E[olicia.y  Hiocige 

Jacks  and  Irvine,  Contractors   •   Hertzka  and  Knowles,  Architects 


Architectural  Metal 
by  Michel  &  Pfeffer 


Since  1912 


Ariston  galvanized  rails  with  mesh 
panels  lend  a  decorative  note  to 
Holiday  Lodge. 

Data  on  metal  rails  and  new  cat- 
alogue on  Ariston  Adjustable  Hand 
Rail    Brackets    available    on    request. 


Michel  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works^  Inc. 

Architectural  Metals  Division 
212  Shaw  Road 
South  San  Francisco,  California 
PLaza  5-8983 


steel  opens  new  horizons  in  scliool  design 


STEEL  FOR  BEAUTY!  Kellogg  High  School,  Kellogg, 
Idaho,  is  a  dramatic  example  of  the  functional  beauty 
that  can  be  achieved  through  steel.  Fabricated  by  Gate 
City  Steel,  Boise,  Idaho,  using  United  States  Steel 
angles,  plates,  and  structurals,  it  contains  68,000  square 


feet  of  space.  The  contemporary  design  provides  max- 
imum lighting  for  students  and  is  a  permanent  struc- 
ture, economical  to  maintain.  Culler,  Gale,  Martell, 
Norrie,  of  Spokane,  Wash.,  and  Perkins  and  Will,  of 
Chicago,  111.,  were  associated  architects. 


STEEL  FOR  ECONOMY!  The  Green  River  School  in 
Utah  was  built  at  a  cost  of  less  than  $10  per  square 
foot .  . .  one  of  the  most  economical  school  buildings  in 
the  Intermountain  West!  This  modern  structure  fea- 
tures an  all-welded  frame  . . .  one  of  the  first  in  this 
area.  Architects  were  Cannon,  Smith  &  Gustavson,  Salt 
Lake  City.  Dean  L.  Gustavson — partner  in  charge. 


STEEL  FOR  VERSATILITY!  Exposed  steel  trusses  solved  a  prob- 
lem in  the  construction  of  the  Green  River  School's  gymnasium 
. .  .  and  saved  about  $30,000  in  building  costs!  Since  soil  condi- 
tions required  the  building  to  be  founded  on  pilings,  the  gym 
could  be  recessed  half  its  height  into  the  ground.  This  imique 
design  allowed  for  a  continuous  roof  plane.  For  your  next 
project,  consider  the  advantages  of  steel — United  States  Steel. 


Specify  USS  —  One  Source  for  All  Steels 

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Contact  your  local  Smoot-Holman  lighting 
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ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


Vol.  209  No.    I 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architect, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los   Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 


COVER  PICTURE 

AMERICA 

FORE 

BUILDING 

San  Francisco, 
California 

HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES 
Architects 

Among  newest  modern  structures  on 
the  West  Coast  .  .  .  this  building 
Is  a  glowing  tribute  to  today's  archi- 
tecture. 

See   page   8   for   more   details. 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

Published  Dail7 

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Confenfs     for 


APRIL 


EDITORIAL  NOTES 4 

HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES,  A.I.A.,  ARCHITECTS— Some  Interesting  Work.  8 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities         ...  24 

WITH    THE    ENGINEERS- News    and    Notes 26 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 31 

BOOK  REVIEWS,  Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 33 

ESTIMATORS    GUIDE,    Building    and    Construction    Materials          ...  35 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY,    Building    and    Construction    Materials          .          .  37 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 39 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES,  Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  40 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data      .         .  41 

IN  THE  NEWS 45 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS 48 


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WESTERN  ARCHITECTS  RECOGNIZED 

Next  month  in  Washington,  D.C.,  The  American 
Institute  of  Architects  will  observe  ceremonies  recog' 
nizing  a  number  of  the  nation's  most  outstanding 
architects. 

It  is  significant  that  the  majority  of  architects 
singled  out  for  highest  award's  of  the  11,500  member 
society,  are  Western  architects  and  those  who  maintain 
active  offices  in  Western  cities. 

Louis  Skidmore,  senior  partner  of  the  architectural 
firm  of  Skidmore,  Owings  &?  Merrill,  with  offices  in 
San  Francisco  and  Portland,  has  been  chosen  to  receive 
the  coveted  Gold  Medal  for  1957,  "in  recognition  of 
his  leadership  in  the  formation  and  conduct  of  a  firm 
which  has  made  outstanding  contributions  to  the  pro- 
fession of  architecture." 

The  Fine  Arts  Medal,  highest  award  in  a  non- 
architectural  fine  arts  effort  goes  to  Mark  Toby  of 
Seattle,  Washington,  for  distinguished  achievement 
in  painting. 

Charles  Eames  of  Venice,  California,  will  be 
awarded  The  Craftsmanship  Medal  for  distinguished 
design  of  furniture;  and  to  David  C.  Baer,  Houston. 
Texas  architect,  goes  the  Edward  C.  Kemper  Award, 
made  annually  for  significant  contributions  to  the  pro- 
fession. 

This  is  a  pretty  good  record  for  the  West  and  cer- 
tainly indicates  that  western  architects  and  architec- 
ture have  a  predominating  influence  on  the  nation's 
design  trends. 

BRINGING  THE  OUTDOORS  INDOORS 

A  recent  interesting  report  of  Frank  B.  Miller  of 
Los  Angeles,  President  of  the  national  SHding  Glass 
Door  and  Window  Institute,  is  a  good  answer  to  the 
often  heard  question:  "Are  there  any  opportunities 
today  for  small  business  and  the  small  manufacturer." 

Away  back  in  1954  an  enthusiastic  group  of  South- 
ern California  pioneers  in  the  sliding  glass  door  and 
window  industry  conceived  the  idea  that  their  product 
was  as  adaptable  for  "economic"  type  construction  as 
it  was  for  the  generally  accepted  special,  more  costly, 
class. 

Banding  themselves  together  in  an  industry-wide 
cooperative  effort,  these  manufacturers  went  to  work 
studying  residential,  commercial,  institutional  and  in- 
dustrial design  and  utility  use,  as  well  as  client  accep- 
tance, to  determine  how  their  comparatively  new 
product  in  the  construction  industry'  could  best  serve 
all  factors  involved. 

The  result  is  that  after  slightly  more  than  tw.o  years 
of  Institute  effort.  President  Miller  predicts  the  20 
membership  organization  will  collectively  enjoy  a  busi- 


ness volume  in  1957  exceeding  $100,000,000. 
-  A  pretty  good  indication  that  there  are  many  oppor- 
tunities today  for  those  willing  to  seek  knowledge  and 
can  recognize  the  ways  and  means  whereby  their 
enterprise  may  serve,  and  then  are  willing  to  apply 
themselves  to  a  solution  of  the  problems  confronting 
them. 

TRINITY  RIVER  POWER 

There  seems  to  be  considerable  low  visability  in  the 
area  of  CaHfornia's  United  States  Senator  Thomas 
Kuchel's  thinking  relative  to  the  proposed  Trinity 
River  joint  development  project,  and  while  we  cer- 
tainly hold  no  brief  for  the  Pacific  Gas  6?  Electric  Com- 
pany because  of  their  arbitrary  position  in  the  electric 
power  and  gas  distribution  position  in  California,  in 
the  interest  of  the  public  and  common  sense  we  will 
have  to  support  the  P.G.  5?  E.'s  position  as  more  desir- 
able than  the  Senator's. 

In  the  first  place  the  basic  concept  of  the  Central 
Valley  Project  is  water  conservation.  In  the  passage 
of  the  Central  Valley  Project  Act  of  19 J7,  Congress 
specifically  declared  that  Project  reservoirs  were  to  be 
"used,  first,  for  river  regulation,  improvement  of  navi- 
gation, and  flood  control;  second,  for  irrigation  and 
domestic  uses;  and  third,  for  power." 

Skipping  differences  of  opinion  relating  to  the  first 
two  factors  of  the  Act,  Senator  Kuchel  loses  himself 
in  the  smog  of  Washington  career  bureaucrats  who 
stupidly  contend  that  the  federal  government  can 
build  the  Trinity  project  and  supply  "public  power" 
at  less  cost  than  can  private  enterprise.  In  quoting  the 
Reclamation  Commissioner's  estimate  that  "Prefer- 
ence customers"  would  pay  $47-million  less  for  power 
if  government  built,  we  are  not  told  that  these  "pref- 
erence customers"  are  a  few  electric  customers  in  the 
Central  Valley  representing  about  5%  of  the  popula- 
tion of  California,  and  that  the  record  books  are  full 
of  instances  where  government  in  business  operates  at 
a  substantial  loss  ...  a  loss  which  is  made  up  by  tax- 
payers at  large. 

As  a  taxpayer  you  should  realize  the  federal  power 
project  would  pay  NO  taxes.  On  the  other  hand  the 
P.G.  6s?  E.  estimate  they  would  pay  $8? -million  Fed- 
eral taxes. 

If  those  in  authority  will  just  back- away  from 
Washington  influences  and  look  at  the  project  in  terms 
of  the  tax  paying  public  of  California,  it  will  not  be 
necessary  to  use  a  sUde  rule  or  a  calculator  to  see  that 
the  public  will  get  better  power  at  lower  rates  under  | 

private    development   than   they   will   under   Federal  1 

development  where  all  taxpayers  foot-the-bill  for  a  few 
"preference  customers." 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


TWO  HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES  PROJECTS 


Office  building  (completed)  for 
America  Fore  Insurance  Group, 
Pine  and  Battery  Streets, 
San  Francisco 


Moore's  store  (under  construction) 
Post  and  Kearny  Streets, 
San  Francisco 


HEATED  AND 
AIR  CONDITIONED 
BY  NELSON 


^HEATING  :  PLUMBING  :  VENTILATING 
AND  AIR   CONDITIONING   BY 


JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

1375  HOWARD  STREET  -  SAN  FRANCISCO  -  PHONE  HE  1-0140 


APRIL,      1957 


The  steel  framing  of  this  building  has  an  8-inch  WF  48-pound  member  running  through  the  center,  supported  on  a  5x5 
16-pound  column.  The  front  and  rear  members  are  12-inch  10.6-lb.  steel  channels.  These  are  supported  on  the  5x5  center 
column  and  masonry  end  walls.  Intermediate  roofing  members  are  6-inch  channels  and  8-inch  wide  flanges. 

Steel  frame  houses  fit  every  building  budd 


Forget  for  a  moment  the  structural  and  architectual 
advantages  of  steel  frame  houses.  What  about  costs? 
Steel  frame  homes  need  not  be  more  expensive  than 
conventional  construction.  Judicious  use  of  steel 
framing  can  prove  a  real  money-saver.  Steel  framing 
means  less  framing. ..faster  erection.. .less  labor.  Steel 
framing  can  also  eliminate  the  cost  of  bearing  walls 
leaving  interiors  wide  open  and  flexible. 

The  Salt  Lake  City  homes  shown  here  are  three 
examples  of  how  steel  framing  can  be  effectively 
used  to  reduce  costs.  Architects  Cannon,  Smith  and 
Gustavson,  had  the  framework  shop  welded  (in  four 
sections).  The  welding  and  grinding  took  one  day  in 
the  case  of  the  house  in  the  large  picture.  Erection 
time,  using  three  men,  was  just  five  hours.  Total  cost 
(including  built-in  furniture  and  kitchen  equipment): 
$10.50  a  square  foot. 


A  distinguishing  feature  of  these  Cannon,  Smith 
&  Gustavson  homes  is  steel  columns  riding  out- 
side the  structure  so  that  loads  are  carried  in 
shear.  The  exposed  frame  presents  a  clean  con- 
sistent rhythm  that  becomes  the  basic  element 
of  the  architecture.  By  introducing  some  mo- 
ment into  the  columns,  the  architects  were  able 
to  use  lighter  steel  members. 


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News  of  3  more  steel  homes 
from  United  States  Steel 


The  United  States  Steel  shapes  used  in  these 

Salt  Lake  City  homes  are  sold  by  steel  jobbers 

in  your  locality. 

Architect:  Dean  L.  Gustavson,  AIA 

John  W.  Sugden,  Associate 

Cannon,  Smith  &  Gustavson,  Salt  Lake  City 


Coping 


Angle. 


3  Ply  built-up  Tar  and  Gravel  roof 


-12"  channel  10.6# 


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'steel  Forms 


8"  WF.  48# 


Head 


-Ceiling 


Glass  set  in  mastic  bed, 
'  with  stops  of  bar  sized  steel  shapes 


Grade 


Base4^pM^^^;,^ 


Foundation  '^1/2"  Continuous  reinforcing  bars 

Anchor  Bolts 

Transverse  Section  at  Steel  Column 

ARCHITECTS  &  ENGINEERS:  Write  for  your  free  copy  of  "Neiw 
Horizons  for  Home  Building  . . .  With  Steel."  This  new  booklet  con- 
tains case  histories  of  architect-designed  steel  homes  and  other  useful 
information  on  building  codes,  specification  data  and  advice  on  the 
maintenance  and  painting  of  steel.  Write:  Architects  &  Engmeers 
Service,  Room  1260,  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  Columbia- 
Geneva'  Steel  Division,  120  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco  6. 


Steel  framing  leaves  interiors  open  to  such  pos- 
sibilities as  this  plumbing  core,  a  compact  gath- 
ering of  kitchen,  laundry,  bath  and  mechanicals. 
This  also  serves  as  an  island  separating  living 
and  bedroom  areas.  The  ceiling  is  a  simple 
plaster  panel  suspended  from  the  steel  frame. 


Steel  is  complementary  to  any  building  mate- 
rial. Here  the  steel  frame  is  set  off  at  either  end 
with  English  Bond  brick  bearing  walls.The  archi- 
tects favor  white  painted  frames  so  that  shad-^ 
ows  will  give  the  structures  a  "sculptured  look." 


mmo 


,  UNITED  STATES  STEEL 


AMERICA   PORE   BUILDING— San  Francisco 


SOME  INTERESTING  WORK  OF 

HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES 

ARCHITECTS 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Executive 
Offices 


GENERAL  CONTRACTORS: 
Cahill  Brothers,  Inc. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS: 
Graham  &  Hayes 


MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS: 

Buonaccorsi  &  Murray 


LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTS: 

Lawrence  Halprin  &  Associates 


KITCHEN  CONSULTANT: 
Ben  Freed 


The  Architectural  partnership  of  Wayne  S.  Hertzka 
and  WiUiam  H.  Knowles  has  been  a  continuous  one 
since  1933  with  the  exception  of  three  and  one-half 
years  during  World  War  II.  They  are  the  second  old- 
est Architectural  partnership  in  San  Francisco,  Masten 
6?  Hurd  being  the  oldest.  Specializing  in  the  design  of 
Commercial,  Industrial  and  Institutional  buildings, 
April  1957  finds  the  firm  having  just  completed  or 
about  to  start  the  construction  or  design  of  several 
interesting  structures  which  are  illustrated  and  de- 
scribed on  this  and  the  following  pages. 

The  America  Fore  Insurance  Building  at  Pine  and 
Battery  Streets  in  San  Francisco  is  the  most  recently 
completed  project.  This  building  is  to  be  used  as  the 
Headquarters  of  the  Pacific  Department  of  the  Amer- 
ica Fore  Insurance  Group. 

This  seven  story  building  is  of  reinforced  concrete 
with  wood  piles.  The  ground  floor  houses  the  City 
Office  of  the  Insurance  Group  and  on  the  east  side 
of  the  elevator  lobby  the  International  Business  Ma- 
chine Company  is  planning  a  sales  and  service  office. 
The  basement  has  printing  and  storage  facilities  and 
a  25  car  garage. 

The   large   corner  entrance,   a   requirement   of  the 


APRIL,     1957 


VIEW  OF  ELEVATOR  LOBBY 


Owners,  has  an  unusual  terraszo  floor  of  large  white 
marble  aggregate  and  features  a  huge  circular  cast  tcr- 
raz;o  floor  planter  11'  in  diameter.  The  walls  of  the 
elevator  lobby  are  of  St.  Michel  m.irblc  with  a  plaster 
cove-lighted  ceiling. 

The  2nd  te)  the  5th  floors  accommodate  the  General 


Offices  of  the  Companies  with  interior  movable  parti' 
tions  of  metal  and  glass  and  under-floor  electric  and 
telephone  ducts.  Complete  flexibility  of  arrangement 
of  desks  and  offices  is  thus  achieved.  The  building  is 
completely  air-conditioned  and  the  outside  perimeter 
of  the  office  space  next  to  the  windows  has  a  newly 
developed  air  conditioning  system  which  introduces 
cool  or  warm  air  through  specially  perforated  acousti' 
cal  tiles  in  the  ceiling.  The  set-back  from  adjoining 
property  lines  makes  the  structure  virtually  free-stand- 
ing. In  addition  to  the  general  offices,  half  of  the  2nd 
floor  has  been  devoted  to  a  completely  equipped  medi- 
cal suite. 

On  the  6th  floor  are  the  Executive  and  General 
Offices.  The  entire  Executive  Suite  is  panelled  in  wal- 
nut with  grass  cloth  panels  and  carpeted  floor.  On  the 
7th  floor  are  the  Cafeteria,  Lounge  and  Recreation 
Room,  Executive  Dining  Room  and  Meeting  Room. 
The  Cafeteria  seats  160  and  is  finished  like  a  pleasant 
restaurant  with  a  beautiful  view  of  the  City  and  Bay. 
The  Kitchen  has  all  stainless  steel  equipment  and  tiled 
floors  and  walls.  The  club-like  atmosphere  of  the 
Lounge  is  accomplished  with  comfortable  easy  chairs, 
television  and  game  tables. 

The  exterior  design  is  an  expression  of  the  interior 
plan  of  the  building.  The  principal  solid  mass  on  the 
Pine  Street  elevation  is  the  granite  covered  service 
core  containing  the  stairway,  elevators  and  lavatory 
rooms.  From  this  core  the  floors  radiate  and  are  ex- 
pressed  with   concrete   overhangs.    These   overhangs. 


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4'  wide,  were  desii;ned  not  only  to  afford  some  sun 
protection  but  to  allow  for  easy  window  cleaning. 
Aluminum  window  walls  from  floor  to  ceiling  have 
tempered  colored  glass  spandrels  at  the  furred  ceiling 
line.  In  order  to  obtain  the  same  overhangs  on  Battery 
Street,  they  were  enclosed  with  protecting  concrete 
wing  walls. 

Just  up  the  block  on  Pine  Street  is  the  office  building 
of  the  Pacific  Employers  Insurance  Company,  the  con- 
struction of  which  was  started  in  January  of  this  year. 
This  five  story  reinforced  concrete  building  faces  south 
on  an  interior  lot  and  features  a  grid  of  horizontal  alu- 
ninum  louvers  superimposed  upon  a  facade  of  full 
height  glass  windows  and  projecting  concrete  bal- 
conies. The  louvers  function  both  for  control  of  sun, 
heat  and  glare  and  preserves  the  open  character, 
difficult  to  achieve  on  an  interior  site  with  a  narrow 
frontage.  The  louvers  are  credited  with  a  substantial 
"assist"  to  the  air  conditioning  system  with  which  this 
building  will  be  equipped.  The  exterior  and  lobby  wall 
surfaces  will  be  finished  in  polished  granite. 

The  Crown  Zellerbach  Corporation  Headquarters 
Building  now  under  construction  in  downtown  San 
Francisco  and  designed  in  association  with  Skidmore, 


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SANTA  ROSA,  CALIFORNIA 
MAUSOLEUM 

Odd  Fellows  Cemetery  Association 
Of  Santa  Rosa,  Incorporated 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Ralph  Lorsen  &  Sons 

STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS: 
Graham  &  Hayes 

MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS: 
Keller  &  Gannon 


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STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER: 
Graham  &  Hayes 


MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS: 
Keller  &  Gannon 


LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTS: 

Lawrence  Halprin  &  Associates 


DECORATORS: 

Knorr  Interior  Planning 


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FIRST    LEVEL     PLAN 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


2320  SUTTER  MEDICAL  BUILDING  ...  San  Francisco 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Jacks  &  Irvine 


STRUCTURAL    ENGINEER: 
Graham  &  Hayes 


LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECT: 
Lawrence  Halprin  &  Associates 


Owings  6?  Merrill,  represents  one  of  the  most  ad- 
vanced building  designs  on  the  Paciiic  Coast.  Occupy- 
ing an  entire  triangular  block  bounded  by  Market, 
Sansome  and  Bush  Streets,  the  20  story  tower  will  rise 
majestically  from  a  park-like  plaza  landscaped  with 
trees,  flowers  and  fountains.  Not  only  is  an  entire 
city  block  of  substantial  buildings  being  demolished  to 
make  way  for  the  new  building,  but  the  street  inter- 
section at  Market  and  Battery  Streets  will  be  altered 
to  conform  to  the  changed  traffic  pattern  set  up  by  its 
added  population  and  underground  parking  and  deliv- 
ery requirements.  The  visual  impact  on  the  city  will  be 
equally  profound  as  the  colorful  and  gleaming  glass 
and  aluminum  structure  is  added  to  the  skyline. 
A  5'-6"  modular  plan  has  been  developed  for  the 
office  floors  with  air  conditioning,  electrical  and  tele- 
phone outlets  at  each  unit.  This  will  permit  complete 
flexibility  of  office  layouts  which  was  a  requirement 
of  the  owners. 

On  the  southwest  corner  of  Kearny  and  Post  Streets, 
in  the  heart  of  the  men's  shopping  district,  the  new 
Moore's  Clothing  Store  is  under  construction.  A  six 


HIBERNIA  BANK  —  22nd  Avenue  and  Noriega  Street,  San  Francisco 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Jacks  &  Irvine 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS: 
Graham  &  Hayes 


DINWIDDIE 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

BUILDERS 

CROCKER    BUILDING 
SAN   FRANCISCO 


MARTINELLI 

Plastering  Contractors  on 

HOLIDAY  LODGE 

HIBERNIA  BRANCH  BANK 

2320  SUTTER   MEDICAL  BUILDING 

(See  pictures  of  all  three  buildings  in  this  issue) 

G. 

H.  6lC.  MARTINELLI 

1 74  Shotwell  Street 

San  Francisco 

story  ofiBce  building  on  this  site  was  demolished  to 
prepare  for  this  three  story  and  mezzanine  single  pur- 
pose store  building  because  ground  floor  area  is  too 
valuable  for  merchandising  to  sacrifice  to  the  lobby, 
stairs  and  elevators  required  to  serve  rental  floors. 

Modern  air  conditioning  made  it  possible  to  com- 
bine the  ofiices,  receiving  rooms,  stock  rooms  and  other 
service  areas  in  the  basement  thus  relieving  the  upper 
floors  for  the  sole  purpose  of  merchandising  men's  and 
women's  clothing.  First  floor  and  Mezzanine  will  be 
given  over  to  men's  furnishings,  sportswear  and  shoes. 


SCOTT  CO. 

San  Francisco    •    Oakland    •    Los  Angeles 
MECHANICAL  CONTRACTORS 


Pacific  Employers  Insurance  Building 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES.  >1rchffects 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CAFETERIA 

BUILDING 

Afomic  Energy 
Commission 
facilities  at 
the  University 
of  California 
at  Berkeley, 
California 


The  Second  Floor  will  be  devoted  in  its  entirety  to 
men's  clothing  and  the  Third  Floor  to  women's  cloth- 
ing. The  latest  type  automatic  elevator  will  service  all 
floors,  and  an  additional  open  type  circular  stairway 
has  been  added  for  easy  access  to  the  Mezzanine.  An 
electric  dumbwaiter  has  been  planned  to  service  all 
wrapping  counters,  the  tailor  shop  and  the  shipping 
and  receiving  room  in  the  basement.  A  variety  of 
materials  have  been  used  in  the  interior,  finishes  and 
selling  fixtures,  with  the  predominant  wood  being  wal- 
nut and  the  metallic  structures  of  the  sales  fixtures  and 
railings  in  bronze  or  enameled  steel. 

The  main  wall  surfaces  of  the  exterior  will  be 
mottled  gray  ceramic  veneer  mounted  on  a  light- 
weight steel  stud,  metal  lath   and   plaster  wall.   The 


E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

Specialists  in 

BUILDERS   HARDWARE 

666  Mission  Street 

San  Francisco 

Phone:  YUkon  2-3322 


A.  RAMAZZOTTI 

PLUMBING  &  HEATING  COMPANY 

Plumbing 

Heating 

Sheet  Metal 

1473  Vallejo  St.,  San  Francisco 
Phone:  ORdway  3-1261 


MILL  &  CABINET  WORK 

on  the  244  Pine  Street  Building, 

in  San  Francisco 

by 

CENTRAL    MILL    & 

CABINET    CO. 

1595  Fairfax  Avenue                                 San  Francisco 

Phone:  VAIencia  4-7316 

APRIL,     1957 


trim  is  polished  blue-black  granite  and  the  window 
members  will  be  aluminum. 

The  firm  has  completed  or  has  under  construction 
several  structures  for  the  Pacific  Telephone  Es?  Tele- 
graph  Company  which  include  offices  at  Tahoe  City,< 
Sunnyvale,  Sausalito,  North  Stockton,  Livermore  and 
Yosemite.  All  of  these  buildings  are  distinctive  in 
character  and  attempt  to  reflect  in  some  way  the  loca- 
tion in  which  they  were  built. 

Another  recently  completed  building  is  the  2320 
Sutter  Medical  Building  which  houses  the  offices  of 
ten  Medical  Suites  of  varying  specialties.  The  building 
was  designed  free-standing  to  allow  for  auto  entrance 
and  exit  to  parking  space  in  the  rear.  The  rear  entrance 
is  at  ground  level  with  easy  access  for  patients  not 
able  to  use  the  stairs.  There  is  an  elevator  to  the 
second  floor. 

The  exterior  is  designed  with  light  colored  brick, 
with    continuous    aluminum    windows    separated    by 
charcoal   gray   spandrels.   The  ceramic   decoration   at 
(See  page  22) 


PARAMOUNT  BUILT-IN  FIXTURE 
COMPANY 

Cabinet  Work 

of 

Distinction 

962  Stanford  Ave.,  Oakland 
Phone:  OL  3-997  7 


Headquarters  Office  Building 

CROWN  ZELLERBACH  CORPORATION 

San  Francisco 

Herfzita  &  Knowles 

and 
Skidmore,  Owings  &  Merrill 
Associated  Architects 


PLrMBIXC 

On  the  New  Home  of 
America  Fore  Insurance  Group 

San  Francisco 

Hertzka  &  Knowles,  Architects 
fey 

Rodoni,  Becker  Co.,  Inc. 

455  ■  10th  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone:  MA  1-3662 


LATHING  &  PLASTERING 


AMERICA  FORE  INSURANCE  GROUP 
BUILDING 

Hertzka  &  Knowles.  Architects 
fey 

FRED    MEISWINKEL 

2155  TURK  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone:   JOrdan  7-7587 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


CROWN  ZELLERBACH   BUILDING 


Plan  of  Site  Development 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Haas  &  Haynie 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER: 
H.  J.  Brunnier 


ODD   FELLOWS   MAUSOLEUM,   Santa  Rosa,  California 
Hertzka  &  Know/es,  /Irchitects 

RALPH   LARSEX   &   SOX 

General  Contractors 
64  SOUTH  PARK,   SAN   FRANCISCO  PHONE:    YU  2-5682 


APRIL,      1957 


VAN   NESS  AVENUE 

HOTEL  AND  OFFICE  BUILDING 

San  Francisco 

Thomas  M.  Price 

and 

Hertzka  &  Knowles 

Associated  Architects 


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New  Home  of  Pacific  Department 
America  Fore  Insurance  Group 

Battery  &  Pine  Streets,  San  Francisco 

Architects:  Hertzka  &  Knowles,  A. I. A. 

Pioneer  Formica  Fabrication  Installations 

WEST  COAST  IPUSTRIES 

Seattle  Diiision  Las  Angeles  Division 


MArkel  1-66.1 


MI'IulI  4514 


TKiiiity  6371 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS: 

R.  L.  Reid,  Inc. 

Graham  &  Hayes 

Associated  Engineers 

MECHANICAL   ENGINEER: 
Joe  Poole 

LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECT: 
Thomas  Church 


FUTURE  HOME  OF 

PACIFIC  EMPLOYERS  INSURANCE  CO. 

San  Francisco,  California 


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ARCHITECTS 


Haas  and  Haymie 


General  Contractors 


SAN  FRANCISCO   .   .  .   LOS  ANGELES 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


PACIFIC   EMPLOYERS 
INSURANCE  COMPANY 


San   Francisco 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Haas  &  Haynie 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS: 
Graham  &  Hayes 


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D.  J.  &  T.  mum 

at 
MOORE'S   STORE 

Post  &  Kearny  —  S.  F. 

Under  Construction 

MOORE'!§;  STORE 

POST  &  KEARNY  STREETS 
SAN  FRANCISCO 

HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES  •  Architects 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 
Builders 

1800  EVANS  AVENUE   •   SAN   FRANCISCO  24.  CALIF. 
Mission  7-9700 


APRIL,     1957 


the  entrance  depicts  the  History  of  HeaHng  and  was 
designed  by  Mary  Erkenbrack. 

Shortly  after  July  1st  the  block  on  Van  Ness  Ave 
nue  between  Post  and  Geary  Streets  will  take  on  a  new 
look  with  the  start  of  the  400  room  Hotel  and  9  story 
Office  Building  being  designed  in  association  with 
Thomas  M.  Price  of  Galveston,  Texas.  This  structure 
will  combine  all  of  the  latest  developments  in  Hotel 
and  Office  Building  construction  and  appointments 
including  a  600  car  garage  in  which  the  hotel  patron 
will  be  able  to  register  and  proceed  to  his  room  directly 
without  going  to  the  Main  Lobby  of  the  hotel. 

There  will  be  a  combination  banquet  and  meeting 
room  in  the  hotel  for  1000  people  with  additional  small 
meeting  rooms.  Also  planned  are  a  bank,  shops,  restau- 
rant and  cocktail  bars.  The  office  building  will  be  com- 
pletely air-conditioned  and  will  have  15,000  square 
feet  per  floor.  The  garden  court  will  have  a  Swimming 
pool  and  recreational  facilities. 

Further  up  Van  Ness  Avenue  at  Washington  Street 
is  the  Holiday  Lodge,  an  informal  city  hotel,  with 
integral  parking,  restaurant  and  cocktail  lounge,  which 
was  completed  about  two  years  ago  and  represents  an 
unusual  solution  to  a  difficult  planning  problem.  Built 
on  three  levels,  with  a  block  long  facade  on  Van  Ness 
Avenue,  the  design  of  this  hostelry  has  been  the  sub- 
ject of  much  favorable  comment  among  the  Hotel  and 
Motel  fraternity. 

The  exciting  stone  and  redwood  exterior  gives  only 
(See  page  28) 


MOORE'S 

New  San  Francisco  Kearny  Street 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 

Barrett  Construction  Co. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS: 
Graham  &  Hayes 


KOLORBLEN . . . 

.  .  .  Concrete  Color  Hardener 

Waterproofing   of  Bosemenf 

America  Fore  Insurance  Group  Building 

by 

875  BRYANT  STREET 
SAN    FRANCISCO  HEmiock    1-1345 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


ENTRANCE 

BLUMS 


Geary  Street 
across  from 
Union  Square 


INTERIOR  view  of  Blum's  Geary 
Street  store 


STEELFORMS 

FOR 
CONCRETE  JOIST  CONSTRUCTION 

ROUND  CONCRETE  COLUMNS 
BEAM  AND  SLAB  AND  FLAT  SLAB 

CONSTRUCTION 


Rentals  Including  Installation 

STEELFORM  CONTRACTING  CO. 

SAN  FRANCISCO        •        LOS  ANGELES        •        SEATTLE 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 

Dinwiddle  Construction  Co. 


DECORATOR: 

Barbara  Dorn 


ARCHITECT  (for  Macy's) 
John  Belles 


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PAINTING  AND  DECORATING 
CONTRACTORS 


!T  ('  (ire  pleased  to  have  iiorked  icith  Hertzha  & 
Knoivles  on  so  many  of  their  fine  projects. 


APRIL,     19  57 


flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 


Leon  Chatelcdn,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasxirer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL   DIRECTORS   —   Northwest   District,   Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 
Mountain   District,   Bradley  P.   Kidder,   Santa   Fe,   New  Mexico;    CaKfomia-Nevada-Howaii   District, 

Donald  Beach  Kirby,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


Arizona  Chapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:    James   W.    Elmore.   President;    Martin 

Ray  Young.  Jr..  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 

Sholder.    Treasurer;     Ex.    Com.    Elmore.    Cox.    Fred    Weaver. 

Richard   E.   Drover  &   Ralph   Haver.  Office  of  Secy.    1902   E. 

Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN   ARIZONA:    Fred   Jobusch,   President;   Santry  C. 

Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson.  Secretary;  Gerald  1. 

Cain.  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch.  Nelson.  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 

EUwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer.  Exec.  Comm.  OfEce  of  Secy. 

234  E.  6th  St..  Tucson. 
Coast  Valleys  Chaptrr 

Richards.  President,  Santa  Clara;  Bjrge  Clark,  Vice-presi- 


dent.   Palo    Alto;    Ted    Chamber] 
Williams.   Treasurer,   Palo   Alt( 
Frank    Tresede 
San    Jose    10. 

Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  de  Wolf  (Stockton),  President;  Whitson  Coi  (Sacra- 
ramento),    Vice-President;    Joe    Jozens    (Sacramento),    Secretary; 
Albert    M.    Dreyfuss    (Sacramento).    Treasu 
Early   (Sacramento),  Jack  Whipple    (Stockto 
914  11th  St.,  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegncr,  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet,  Vi( 
Norton  Polivnick.  Secretary;  Richard  Williams,  lieasurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter,  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts 
Office  of  Secy.,    I22i    Bannock  St.,   Denver,  Colorado. 


Secretary,  San  Jose;  Russ 
ul  Huston,  Palo  Alto,  and 
Chapter,    363    Park    Ave.. 


Doyt 
n).    Office  of  Secty., 


Presidci 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Andrew  P.  Anderson.  President;  Harry  Clausen.  Vice-President; 
Robert  W.  Campini.  Secretary;  Hachiro  Yuasa.  Treasurer.  Direc- 
tors: George  T.  Kern.  Joe  Rae  Harper,  Roger  Y.  Lee,  Frank  B. 
Hunt.    Office  of  Secty.,  6848  Outlook  Ave.,  Oakland  5. 

Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping.  Boise.  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston, 
Payette,  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Clinc,  Boise,  Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee,  Chester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams, 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg..  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Wallace  J.  Holm.  President;  Thomas  S.  Elston.  Jr.,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Frederick  C  McNulry,  Sec.;  George  F.  Rhoda,  Treas. 
Office    of   Secretary-Treasurer,    2281    Prescott   Street,   Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Heis.  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vice- 
President  (Billings);  H.  C.  Cieever,  Sec.-Trea».  (Boieman). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas.  Wm.  J.  Hess,  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy.,  Bozeman,  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons.  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien,  Sccreury;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza.  Treasurer.  Directors,  John  Crider,  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy.,  160  Chestnut  St.,  Reno.  Nev. 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

Walter  Pruter  of  the  Kaiser  Aluminum  Company 
showed  his  company's  new  film  on  the  new  Geotdesic 
Dome,  and  answered  questions  relative  to  many  con' 
struction  phases,  as  the  feature  of  the  April  meeting 
held  in  the  Green  Hotel,  Pasadena. 

New  Members  include:  Jack  E.  Causey  and  Richard 
A.  Ohmert,  Corporate  Members. 


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They  provide  smoother,  more  efficient  combustion  regardless  of 
stack  conditions  and  firebox  pressure  variations.  Powered  by  the 
famous  Johnson  Mod.  53  Burners, 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  ARCHrTECTURAL  CLUB 

"Wink"  Epperson  of  the  Timber  Engineering  Com- 
pany was  the  principal  speaker  at  the  April  meeting, 
taking  as  his  subject  "Engineered  Timber  Construe- 
tion."  In  addition  to  discussing  the  matter  he  showed 
a  sound  and  color  film  illustrating  many  phases  of  tim' 
ber  uses  in  construction. 

A  tour  of  the  Pabco  Company  manufacturing  plant 
in  Emeryville,  was  enjoyed  by  members  on  April  26. 


PASADENA  WAL 

The  Interim  Meeting  of  the  Central  Committee  of 
the  Women's  Architectural  League  of  California,  met 
at  the  Huntington-Sheraton  Hotel,  April  23-24,  with 
Mrs.  Robert  E.  Langdon,  Jr.,  and  Mrs.  Culver  Heaton 
serving  as  Chairman  and  Recorder  respectively. 


WASHINGTON  STATE  CHAPTER 

Earl   Powell's   picture  slides   of  his   recent   trip   to 
Europe   highlighted  the  April   meeting,   held   in  the 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Directors:  David  Vhay,  Edward  S.  Parsons,  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  President,  131  W. 
2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zick,  President:  Aloysius  McDonald, 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks,  Sec.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zict,  Edward  Hendricks,  Charles  E.  Cox.  Office  of 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris,  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald.  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno).  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno),  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

Wm.  Stephen  Allen.  President;  William  Corlett,  Vice-President; 
Worley  K.  Wong,  Secretary;  Donald  Powers  Smith,  Treasurer; 
Robert  S.  Kitchen.  Bernard  Sabaroff,  Corwin  Booth  and  A. 
Appleton.  Directors.  Exec.  Secty.  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
Office.  47  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak,  President  (Downey);  Willard  T.  Jordan. 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson.  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers.  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy..  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch.  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis.  Secretary;  Thomas  I.  Potter.  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy..  317  S.W.  Alder.  Portland  4. 

Pasadena   Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline.  President;  H.  Douglas  Bayles,  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni,  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon,  Treasurer.  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davies.'  Keith  Marston,  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office    Secy.    46    North    Los    Robles   Avenue.    Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Frank  L.  Hope.  President;  Sim  Bruce  Richards.  Vice-President; 
Raymond  Lee  Egcers.  Secretary;  Fred  M.  Chilcott,  Treas.  Office 
of  Sectv.  4750  Palm  St..  La  Mesa. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Philip  S  Buckingham  (Fresno).  Prejident;  Allen  Y.  Lew  (Fres- 
no), Vice-President;  Jamea  J.  Nargis  (Fresno),  Secretary);  Paul 
C.  Shattuck  (Merced),  Treasurer.  Directors:  William  C.  Hyberg. 
David  H.  Horn.  Alastair  Simpson.  Office  of  Secty..  627  Rowell 
Bldg.,  Fresno  21. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Glen  G.  Mosher.  President;  Lewis  Storrs.  Vice-President;  Darwin 
Ed.  Fisher.  Secretary;  Wallace  W.  Arendt.  Treasurer.  Directors: 
Robert  L  Hoyt  and  Roy  Wilson.  Office  of  Secty..  20  S.  Ash  St.. 
Ventura. 

Southern  Caliofrnia  Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy.  President;  Robert  Field.  Jr.,  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr.  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett,  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger.  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
Russell,  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec. -Secy.,  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller,  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles  5. 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Gilbert  M.  Wojahn.  President;  Gordon  N.  Johnston,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Robert  T.  Olson.  2nd  Vice-President;  Henry  Krui:e. 
Jr..  Secretary;  L.  Dana  Anderson,  Treasurer;  Robert  B.  Price  and 
Nelson  J.  Morrison,  Trustees.  Office  of  the  Secy..  2907  A  St., 
Tacoma  2,  Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe.  Jr..  President.  433  Atlas  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris.  Jr.,  Secretary,  703  Newhouse  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 

James  J.  ChiarcUi.  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner,  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent;  Harold  W.  Hall.  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers.  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardner,  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer.  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary.  409  Central  Bldg..  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James.  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson.  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington.  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bighop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff,  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks.  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy..  615   Realty  Bldg..  Spokane,   Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law.  President;  Harry  W.  Seckel.  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis.  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer.  George  J. 
Wimberly.    Office   of  Secy..   P.O.   Box   3288.   Honolulu,   Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL,  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Balch,  Los  Angeles.  President;  L.  F.  Richards.  Santa 
Clara,  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope.  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas,  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks. 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  703  Market  St..  San  Francisco 
3. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland).  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles),  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angeles); 
C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fran- 
cisco). Exec.  Secy..  Robert  K.  Kelley.  Room  712,  145  S.  Spring 
St..  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office.  Room   300.   507  Polk  St. 


ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Frank    L.    Barsotti.    President;    Arie    Dykhuijen.    Vice-President; 

Albert    Beber-Vanjo,    Secty;    Stanley    Howatt.    Treasurer.      Club 

offices    507    Howard    St..    San    Francisco. 
Producers'  Council— Southern  California  Chapter: 

LeRoy    Frandsen.    President.    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider.    Vice-president.    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Co.; 

E.    J.    Lawson.    Secretary.    .Aluminum    Company    of   America;    E. 

Phil     Filsinger,     Treasurer.     Hcrmosa     Tile     Division,     Gladding. 

McBian  y  Company.     Office  of  the  Secy.,   1145   Wilshire  Blvd., 

Los  Angeles   17. 
Producers'    Council  —  Northern    California    Chapter    (See    Special 

Page) 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 

R.    R.    Coghlan.    Jr..    President;    George    Lamb.    Vice-President; 

Peter  Vogel,  Secretary;  Harry  L.  Miller,  Treasurer. 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco: 

Harry    McLain.    President;    Harry    C.     Collins.    Vice-President; 

Albert  E.  Barnes,  Treasurer;  George  E.  Conley.  Secretary.  Office 

of  Secy..    1241    Selby  St..   San  Francisco   24. 


Chamber  of  Commerce  on  the  4th.  Included  were 
scenes  of  Egypt,  Luxor,  Karnak  and  the  Valley  of  the 
Kings.  A  special  guest  of  the  meeting  "was  Donald  J. 
Stewart,  Northwest  Regional  Director  of  the  AIA. 
New  Members:  Robert  J.  Burman,  Corporate  Mem- 
ber. Donald  C.  Cochran,  Linn  A.  Forrest,  H,  Robert 
M.  Momnsen,  William  C.  Ridenour,  Donald  B.  Van 
Wieringen,  Gerald  A.  Williams  and  A.  Robert  Wil- 
liams, Associate  Members. 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

Wm.  S.  Allen  was  elected  president  of  the  Chapter 
at  the  annual  meeting  recently.  Elected  to  serve  with 
him  during  the  ensuing  year  were:  William  Corlett, 
vice-president;  Worley  Wong,  secretary,  and  Donald 
Powers  Smith,  treasurer.  Bernard  J.  Sabaroff,  Corwin 
Booth  and  A.  Appleton  were  named  to  the  Board  of 
Directors. 


SAN  DIEGO  CHAPTER 

Members  of  the  San  Diego  Chapter  have  decided  to 
take  an  active  part  in  a  state-wide  campaign  to  oppose 
bills  now  before  the  California  state  legislature  which. 


if  enacted  into  law,  would  limit  fees  for  public  work 
to  as  little  as  3!/2  per  cent. 

One  proposed  measure  sets  for  the  following  sched' 
ule:  For  the  first  $100,000  of  cost  a  6%  fee;  for  the 
next  $200,000  a  5%  fee;  for  the  next  $200,000  a  4% 
fee,  and  for  all  above  $1,000,000  the  fee  would  be 
■''Vz  P^^  cent. 


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APRIL,     1957 


WITH   THE  ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Heruy  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirraer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Loyne,  H.  L. 
Monle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Clarence  E. 
Riiine,  A.  A.  Souer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  CaUf. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H, 
Clark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Cloud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Walter  L.  Didcey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sardis,  James  L.  Stratta, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
-  President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crondall,  Vice-President;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 
Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS  -  San  Francisco  Section 

The  Honorable  George  D.  Clyde,  Governor  of  the 
State  of  Utah,  was  the  principal  speaker  at  the  April 
meeting  held  in  the  Merchandise  Mart,  San  Francisco, 
speaking  on  the  subject  "An  Engineer  Looks  at  the 
Future."  Governor  Clyde  is  an  engineer  by  profes' 
sion  having  held  the  position  of  Dean  of  the  School 
of  Engineering  at  Utah  State  College,  Director  of  the 
Utah  Power  and  Water  Board,  and  Commissioner 
of  Interstate  Streams  for  the  State  of  Utah.  He  re- 
ceived his  Masters  Degree  at  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

NARVER  CIVIL  ENGINEERING 
SCHOLARSHIP  AT  STANFORD 

A  perpetual  endowment  scholarship  in  the  amount 
of  $20,000  has  been  established  at  Stanford  Univer- 
sity by  D.  Lee  Narver,  board  chairman  of  Holmes  6s? 
Narver,  Inc.,  Los  Angeles  engineers  and  constructors, 
and  his  wife,  Vida. 

To  be  known  as  the  "Lee  and  Vida  Narver  Civil 
Engineering  Scholarship,"  it  will  provide  full  tuition 
for  one  student  or  partial  tuition  for  two,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  University. 

In   announcing   the   scholarship,    Narver   declared, 


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Passetti  trucking  co.,  inc. 

264  CLEMENTINA  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO  3  •  GArfield  1-5297 


"We  have  provided  the  scholarship  to  help  alleviate 
the  growing  shortage  of  technically  trained  people." 

To  be  eligible  for  the  scholarship,  applicants  must 
be  male  residents  of  Southern  California  in  definite 
need  of  aid.  In  addition,  they  must  be  students  of 
civil  engineering  and  have  high  scholarship  and  leader- 
ship potential. 

An  unusual  aspect  of  the  scholarship  is  the  pro- 
vision that  it  may  be  used  for  fifth  and  sixth  years  of 
study  if  it  has  carried  the  student  through  his  under- 
graduate work. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS -LA  SECTION 

"Unique  Engineering  Aspects  of  the  Swift  Creek 
Hydroelectric  Development"  will  be  the  subject  of 
John  Kiely,  Vice-president  of  the  Bechtel  Corp'n.  at 
the  May  8  meeting  to  be  held  in  the  Roger  Young 
Auditorium,  Los  Angeles. 

The  Swift  Creek  Hydroelectric  Development  is  be- 
ing constructed  on  the  Lewis  River  in  the  State  of 
Washington  for  joint  use  of  the  Pacific  Power  and 
Light  Company  and  Public  Utility  District  No.  1  of 
Cowlitz  County,  Washington.  Such  a  combination  of 
public  and  private  development  is  unusual  and  the 
engineering  aspects  of  the  dam  site  are  even  more 
unusual.  The  earth  dam  to  be  constructed  at  this  site 
will  be  one  of  the  highest  in  the  world.  Kiely  will 
describe  principal  features  of  the  work  and  how  its 
problems  are  being  met  using  color  illustrated  slides. 
He  is  in  charge  of  all  engineering  and  construction 
work  which  the  Power  Division  of  Bechtel  Corp^n. 
handles. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS  -  SAN  FRANCISCO  POST 

"New  Developments  in  Nuclear  Power' 
subject  of  a  talk  by  Colonel  H.  F.  Sykes,  Jr. 
of  the  LIS  Army's  Engineer  Research  and  Develop- 
ment Laboratories,  Fort  Belvoir,  Va.  at  the  April 
meeting  held  in  the  Presidio  Officers  Club,  Presidio  of 


was  the 
Director 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
Son  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Hormer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocol,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treos. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy  .-Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,   121  So.  Alvarado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 
of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
-Jent;  Delraar  L.  McConnell,  Secy. -Treas.  Directors; 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kennedy,  Delmor  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Sec/., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  KClitory  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E.. 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy  ,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society   of  American   Military 

Engineers — Son  Francisco  Post 

Cdr.  Wm.  J,  Valentine,  USN,  President;  Col.  Edwrtn  M. 
Bads,  USAF,  1st  Vice-President;  C.  R.  Graff,  2nd  Vice- 
President;  Joseph  D.  Boitano,  Jr.,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hartnett, 
USA,  Donald  McCall,  Copt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN,  C. 
Grant  Austin  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  of  Secy, 
c/o  District  Public  Works  Office,  12th  Naval  District, 
San  Bruno,  California. 


San  Francisco.  Col.  Sykes  spoke  of  the  Army's  nuclear 
power  package  reactor,  engineer  support  of  guided 
missiles  and  new  developments  geared  to  give  the 
fighting  forces  the  high  degree  of  mobility  demanded 
by  modern  warfare. 

At  the  recent  Annual  Election  the  following  officers 
were  chosen  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year:  Cdr.  Wm.  J. 
Valentine,  USN,  President;  Col,  Edwin  M.  Eads, 
USAF,  1st  Vice-president;  C.  R.  Graff,  2nd  Vice- 
president;  Joseph  D.  Boitano,  Jr.,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors  include  Col.  John  S. 
Harnett,  USA;  Donald  McCall,  Capt.  A.  P.  Gardiner, 
USN,  C.  Grant  Austin,  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman. 

New  Members  include:  Capt.  J.  A.  McHenry,  Major 
David  R.  Cole,  Thornton  Jo  Corwin,  Jr.,  Major  Her- 
bert R.  Haar,  Austin  W.  Earl,  Fred  R.  Muhs,  Lloyd 
J.  Amaral,  John  E.  Melgord,  Grant  Phillips,  Daniel  A. 
McNiven,  Jr.,  E.  Ralph  Shepard,  Warren  N.  Shingle, 
Cdr.  John  J.  Geary,  Eldon  J.  Kempton,  Thomas  L. 
Adams,  and  Bernard  Schiller. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

L.  T.  Evans  gave  a  brief  discussion  on  "Actual 
Testing  of  Driven  and  Drilled  Piles  on  the  Same 
Project.""  at  the  April  meeting,  held  in  the  Roger 
Young  Auditorium,  Los  Angeles. 

Highlighting  the  same  program  was  an  illustrated 
discussion  of  "Corrosion  Fundamentals  and  Atmos- 
pheric Corrosion  Control,"  by  R.  H.  Kerr  of  the  South- 
ern California  Gas  Company,  and  L.  L.  Whitenbeck  of 
Plicoflex.  Inc.,  and  formerly  Corrosion  Engineer  for 
the  Long  Beach  Harbor  Dept. 

Recent  new  members  include:  John  Day,  Norman 
A.  Gedhardt,  Arthur  C.  Neville,  and  Lester  Paley. 
Associate  Members.  Norman  J.  Epstein,  Terrell  D. 
James,  and  Byron  E.  Jones,  Junior  Members;  James  J. 
Kesler,  Member;  John  G.  Van  Campen.  Affiliate;  and 
Gerald  S.  Hagy.  L.  Lawrence  Lewis,  William  D.  Lewis, 


Robert  E.  Perrin,  Mark  A.  Pescara,  Eugene  E.  Schader, 
and  Arthur  J.  Thompson,  Student  Members. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

"Construction  on  Tidelands"  was  the  subject  of  a 
talk  by  a  panel  of  speakers  at  the  April  meeting  held 
in  the  Engineers  Club,  San  Francisco. 

Those  taking  part  as  members  of  the  panel  included: 
(See  page  32) 


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Easy  to  Seal  •  Impervious  to  Effects  of 
Fungi  •  Lowest-Cost  Membrane  Capable 
of  Meeting  Moisture,  Vapor  and  Fungus 
Conditions  •  Made  of  Two  Heavy  Kraft 
Sheets  Pre-Treated  with  Special  Fungicides, 
Bonded   With   Asphalt 

Tough!  Clean!  A  size  for  every  job  —  3,  4,  6,  7,  8  ft. 
wide.  V.A.  and  F.H.A.  accepted  in  lieu  of  55-lb.  roofing 
in  slab  on  ground  construction. 

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APRIL,      1957 


HERTZKA  &  KNOWLES 


(From  page  22) 

a  hint  of  what  might  be  expected  on  the  inside.  Guests 
are  pleasantly  surprised  upon  entering  to  view  the 
beautifully  landscaped  interior  court  abundant  with 
lush  tropical  planting  and  paved  terraces  for  sitting  or 
swimming,  a  sunny  pool  and  an  atmosphere  of  an  oasis 
in  the  heart  of  a  busy  city.  Most  unusual  of  all  is  that 
no  automobiles  are  evident,  as  the  garage  is  under' 
ground  and  hidden  from  view. 

The  swimming  pool,  located  in  the  court,  is  com- 
pletely shaded  from  the  winds  and  open  to  all  sun- 
shine. Not  only  is  the  water  heated  but  the  concrete 
deck  around  it  is  radiant  heated. 

The  facilities  include  64  rooms  plus  a  restaurant, 
bar,  banquet  room,  and  hotel  lobby.  The  rooms  are  all 
finished  in  redwood  and  furnished  in  a  contemporary' 
style. 

Early  in  1956  Hertzka  isf  Knowles  completed  a 
mausoleum  for  the  Odd  Fellows  Cemetery  Associa- 
tion of  Santa  Rosa.  The  unusual  feature  of  the  Santa 
Rosa  mausoleum  is  that  it  is  contemporary  design  in 
brick  and  concrete,  and  yet  has  the  quality  of  repose 
and  reverence  so  necessary  in  this  type  of  structure. 

This  resume  of  work  by  Hertzka  6?  Knowles  recent- 


ly constructed  or  in  the  planning  stage  brings  us  up  to 
the  present  time.  The  immediate  future  holds  many 
projects  that  are  being  designed  significantly  with  a  use 
of  materials  and  ideas  that  meet  the  challenge  of  con- 
temporary architecture.  Among  the  projects  ncAV  in 
design  are  a  school,  two  mausoleums,  several  financial 
institutions,  a  multi-storied  office  building  and  addi- 
tions to  two  fraternity  houses,  as  well  as  several  store 
buildings  and  a  Housing  project. 


METAL  FURRING 
LATHING    &L 
PLASTERING   for 
MOORE'S  STORE   by 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE,  INC. 

44   SAN   JOSE   AVE.,   SAN   FRANCISCO 
Phone:  Mission  7-6414 


JACKS    &    IRVINE 

General  Contractors 

620  Market  Street  San  Francisco 

Phone:  YU  6-0511 


FOR  ARCHITECTS 
HERTZKA  &  KI\OWLES 


we  have  completed  or  have  under  construc- 
tion for  them  the  follotving  projects  pictured 
in  this  issue: 

2320  Sutter  Medical  Building 
Hibernia  Bank,  Siuiset  Branch 
Holiday  Lodge,  Van  Ness  Ave. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


STANLEY  N.  MITCHELL 
TO  ENGINEERING  FIRM 

Stanley  N.  Mitchell,  A.B.  Geology,  has 
been  named  director  of  geological  and  en- 
gineering geological  activities  for  the  firm 
of  Maurseth  and  Howe,  Consulting  Soil 
and  Foundation  Engineers,  2601  South 
Hill  Street,  Los  Angeles,  California. 


Owings  stalred  that  his  committee  would 
seek  to  enlist  the  support  of  all  architect 
and  engineer  companies  behind  the  Fund's 
drive. 


OTY  OF  BENICIA 
SEEKS  ENGINEER 

An  experienced  civil  engineer  is  being 
sought  by  the  City  of  Benicia,  California. 

The  position  of  City  Engineer,  pays  a 
starting  salary  of  $650  to  $750  per  month, 
and  involves  supervision  of  16  employees 
in  the  Water  Department;  Street,  Park 
and  Sewage  Departments,  and  building  in- 
spection. The  area  includes  approximately 
23  miles  of  streets,  serving  a  population  of 
about  7,000. 

Requirements  for  the  position,  require 
three  years  of  experience  in  the  design, 
construction  or  maintenance  of  a  variety 
of  public  works,  and  a  college  degree  in 
engineering. 


JUDSON  STUDIO  HOLDS 
OPEN  HOUSE  EXHIBIT 

Artists  and  craftsmen  of  the  Judson 
Studios,  Los  Angeles,  held  an  open  house 
during  the  week  of  April  15-26,  in  con- 
junction with  the  firm's  Sixtieth  Anni- 
versary Exhibit  depicting  the  Evolution  of 
Stained  Glass,  in  color,  texture  and  de- 
sign. 

Outstanding  examples  of  each  artist's 
talent  was  shown  in  the  form  of  canvas, 
sculpture,  mosaic,  pencil  and  charcoal 
sketches,  designs,  photographs  and  other 
art  forms  from  their  private  collections. 


WEST  COAST  LUMBERMEN 
ELECT  NEW  OFHCERS 

Robert  M.  Ingram,  Aberdeen  cedar 
manufacturer,  was  elected  president  of  the 
West  Coast  Lumbermen's  Association  at 
their  46th  annual  meeting  in  Portland,  re- 
cently, succeeding  N.  B.  Giustina. 

Other  officers  named  to  serve  during  the 
ensuing  year  include:  C.  Henry  Bacon, 
Shelton,  vice-president;  George  Flanagan, 
Medford.  vice-president;  Judd  Greenman, 
Portland,  vice-president:  and  Jack  Fair- 
hurst,  San  Rafael,  California,  vice-presi- 
dent. Eliot  Jenkins,  Eugene,  was  elected 
treasurer:  H.  V.  Simpson,  executive  vice- 
president  and  Harris  Smith,  secretary,  both 
of  Portland. 

Herman  N.  Mangles,  San  Francisco, 
president  of  the  Federal  Reser\'e  Bank  of 
San  Francisco:  Walter  Leuthold,  Deer 
Park.  Washington,  president  of  the  Na- 
tional Lumber  Manufacturers  Association; 
Don  Ostensoe,  president  of  the  Oregon 
Advertising  Club:  F.  L.  Mattson,  WCLA 
insurance  director,  and  Judd  Greenman 
were  featured  speakers  at  the  convention. 


ARCHITECT  NAMED  TO 
EDUCATIONAL  BOARD 

Nathaniel  A.  Owings  of  Skidmore, 
Owings  y  Merrill,  internationally  known 
architectural  firm,  has  accepted  the  Chair- 
manship of  the  Architects  and  Engineers 
Division  of  the  National  Fund  for  Medical 
Education.  Colby  M.  Chester,  chairman  of 
the  Fund's  Committee  of  American  In- 
dustry announced. 

The  Committee  of  American  Industry, 
a  division  of  the  National  Fund  for  Medi- 
cal Education,  is  conducting  a  nation-wide 
appeal  to  raise  $10,000,000  each  year  for 
the  country's  82  accredited  medical 
schools.      In    accepting    the    appointment 


block  insulation,  metal  lath  and  plaster, 
metal  skylights,  ornamental  iron,  sheet 
metal,  sprinkler  system,  steel  sash,  wood 
trusses,  automatic  pin  spotters,  and  com- 
position roofing. 


BOWLING  ALLEY 
FOR  RIALTO 

The  firm  of  Underbill  &  Wagner,  H. 
W.  Underbill,  architect,  is  preparing 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  2-story, 
tilt-up  concrete  and  stone  veneer  bowling 
alley  building  in  Rialto,  for  E.  T.  Raehn. 

Facilities  will  include  cocktail  bar,  res- 
taurant, and  banquet  rooms.  The  building, 
185x185  sq.  ft.  will  be  of  concrete,  air 
conditioning,    fire    and    glass    doors,    glass 


VETERAN'S  MEMORIAL 
BUILDING  REMODEL 

Architects  Johnson  &  Commetta,  O.  C, 
Johnson,  Architect,  have  completed  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  an  addition  to  the 
Veterans'  Memorial  building  in  Richmond, 
for  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Contra 
Costa  County. 

Work  will  include  interior  alterations, 
and  will  cost  an  estimated  $60,000. 


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TRAINING 

THE  SPECIFICATION  WRITER 

By  SPENCER  B.  LANE 

Courses  in  specification  writing  are  few  and  hard 
to  find.  The  student  of  architecture  or  engineering 
learns  how  to  make  drawings.  He  is  assumed  to  know 
how  to  write,  and  is  prone  to  accept  the  assumption 
as  truth.  The  man  who  feels  he  needs  no  instruction 
in  a  subject  never  goes  hunting  it. 

The  writer  must  aim  at  the  particular  audience  he 
wants  to  reach.  The  article  written  for  a  baseball 
magazine  has  little  chance  in  a  home  and  garden  pub' 
lication.  The  specification  ^writer  has  his  audience  se' 
lected  for  him.  He  is  writing  an  illustrated  document, 
drawings  being  the  illustrations. 

The  object  of  this  document  is  to  record  an  agree- 
ment between  an  owner  and  the  builder.  It  tells  the 
contractor  what  he  will  be  required  to  furnish  and  the 
owner  what  he  will  get.  To  accomplish  this  the  docu- 
ment must  be  clear  and  definite,  so  specifications  and 
drawings  must  agree.  Lack  of  clarity  in  either  can 
result  in  court,  and  court  cases  cost  money. 

A  course  in  specification  writing  can  tell  the  student 
how  he  can  go  about  the  job.  It  can  explain  the  value 
of  the  short  sentence  and  definite  statement.  The 
writer  will  be  able  to  pick  the  right  word  if  he  knows 


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Knowing  what  he  should  do  is  only  the  beginning. 
He  must  put  his  words  together  in  such  a  way  there  is 
no  doubt  about  his  meaning.  This  takes  practice,  but 
unless  practice  is  aimed,  it  is  likely  to  be  wasted.  The 
man  who  fires  blindly  at  ducks  he  hears  flying  over 
head  in  the  fog  seldom  has  duck  for  dinner. 

Reading  the  classics  will  not  help.  Most  of  them 
were  written  to  arouse  an  emotion  in  the  reader  and 
an  emotional  reaction  is  the  last  thing  the  specification 
writer  is  aiming  at.  His  job  is  to  convey  a  fact  to  the 
reader  just  as  it  is  the  object  of  the  journalist  to  con- 
vey a  news  fact  to  his  reader. 

Writing  should  convey  a  thought  without  the 
reader  being  conscious  that  it  comes  to  him  through 
the  written  word.  When  you  telephone  a  friend  you 
talk  naturally.  The  specification  writer  should  talk 
naturally  to  the  reader.  When  he  includes  clarity  and 
accuracy  he  has  done  a  good  job. 

Flowery  language  is  out.  It  sounds  ridiculous  today. 
Fifty  years  ago  it  was  in  order  for  a  man  to  write,  "I 
have  the  honor  to  request  that  you  remit  in  full  for 
the  enclosed  bill.  If  you  don't  FU  sue  you."  Today  a 
man  who  wrote  such  a  letter  might  get  some  sympathy 
because  he  was  mentally  unbalanced.  He  would  cer- 
tainly not  get  the  money. 

The  construction  industry  will  make  a  long  step  in 
advance  when  courses  in  specification  writing  are 
made  available.  The  fundamental  theory  can  be 
taught.    It  hiis  been  neglected  long  enough. 


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plan  under  an  appointive  director.  School  districts 
receiving  50%  or  more  construction  costs  from  the 
state  would  be  required  to  use  stock  plans,  and  the 
state  would  take  over  supervision  and  stock  piling  of 
building  materials. 


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News  and  Comment  on  Art 

OFFICERS  AND  TRUSTEES  ELECTED 
SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM  OF  ART 

Jaquelin  H.  Hume,  executive  vice-president  of 
Basic  Vegetable  Products,  Inc.,  was  elected  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  San  Francisco  Museum  of 
Art  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  last  month. 
His  term  will  run  for  three  years. 

Re-elected  for  one  year  terms  were  E.  Morris  Ck)x, 
President;  Robert  C.  Harris,  secretary;  and  Ransom 
M.  Cook,  treasurer.  Hector  Escobosa  was  elected  to 
the  office  of  First  Vice-President  and  Albert  E.  Schles- 
inger  to  the  office  of  Second  Vice-President. 

Re-elected  to  three  year  terms  as  Trustees  were 
Charles  W.  Fay,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Heller,  Leon  B.  Russell, 
Albert  E.  Schlesinger,  Mrs.  Jerd  Sullivan  and  Brayton 
Wilbur.  Arthur  Brown,  Jr.,  was  elected  an  Honorary 
Trustee. 


ANNUAL  PAINTING  AND  SCULPTURE 
EXHIBITION  WINNERS  ANNOUNCED 

Prize  wnners  in  the  76th  Annual  Painting  and 
Sculpture  Exhibition  of  the  San  Francisco  Art  Associ- 
ation have  been  announced  by  Selah  Chamberlain, 
president  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Association. 

The  Art  Association  purchase  prizes  in  Painting 
went  to  Bill  Allan's  subdued  untitled  linear  composi- 
tion in  mixed  media;  Sonia  Gechtoff's  "Rules  of  the 
Game";  James  Kelly's  "Jackknife";  and  to  Ward  Lock- 
wood's  "Convolutions." 

Purchase  prizes  in  Sculpture  went  to  David  Lemon's 
smooth  baywood  tripod  "Development";  Stefan  No- 
vak's "Bird  #2";  and  to  "Bird  Composition  #4,"  by 
James  Washington,  Jr.  Two  other  awards  were  given 
to  Suzanne  Austin's  "Vanity"  and  to  "Maenads  III" 
by  Robert  Thomas. 

Works  purchased  by  the  Art  Association  are 
housed  in  the  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  Memo- 
rial Building,  and  the  w.'inners  of  the  76th  Annual 
Exhibition  of  Painting  and  Sculpture  will  remain  on 
exhibition  through  March. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Lincoln  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  announces  the  following 
schedule  of  exhibitions  and  special  events  for  April: 

EXHIBITS:  Treasures  from  the  Pierpont  Morgan 
Library',  an  exhibition  of  108  superlative  items  drawn 


PHOTO  CREDITS:  Rondo/  Partridge  Photos.  Cover,  page 
10.  II.  12.  17.  25  (top);  Phil  Fein.  Page  15.  16  (bottom).  18. 
25  (bottom);  Morley  Baer.  Page  20.  21;  If  alsh  Photos  Page 
22;  Ernest  Braun,  Page  19;  Geo.  Knight,  Page  16  (top). 


from  the  rich  resources  of  this  celebrated  American 
institution  and  circulated  among  seven  leading  Amer- 
ican museums  in  commemorating  the  fiftieth  anniver- 
sary of  its  founding.  Masters  of  British  Painting,  1800- 
1950,  an  exhibition  of  103  pictures  comprising  brilliant 
survey  of  the  last  century  and  a  half  of  British  paint- 
ing assembled  by  the  Museum  of  Modern  Art  of  New 
York,  in  collaboration  wtih  the  City  Art  Museum  of 
St.  Louis  and  the  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor.  Paintings  by  Helen  Dunham;  Paintings  and 
Drawings  by  Frank  Ashley  and  Pictorial  Americana, 
1492-1822,  a  pictorial  story  in  rare  maps  and  engrav- 
ings of  the  discovery  of  America. 

ACHENBACH  FOUNDATION  for  GRAPHIC 
ARTS:  Paintings,  Etchings  and  Drypoints,  a  selection 
from  the  life  work  of  Edward  DeWitt  Taylor,  well 
known  San  Francisco  artist  and  painter.  Also  photo- 
graphs, memorabillia,  and  books  issued  from  the  fine 
press  of  Taylor  6?  Taylor. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Organ  program  every  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  at  3  p.m.;  Art  classes  for  children, 
each  Saturday  morning. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


LOS  ANGELES  ART  MUSEUM 
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First   major   addition   to   the   Los   Angeles   County 
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on  evenings  when  the  museum  is  closed. 

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CALIFORNIA  SCHOOL  OF 
FINE  ARTS 

The  California  School  of  Fine  Arts,  800  Chestnut 
Street,  San  Francisco,  is  presenting  a  special  exhibition 
of  the  work  of  Robert  McChesney  during  April,  com' 
prising  some  20  subjects. 

The  work  and  Sixth  Exhibition  of  Stefen  Novak, 
will  be  shown  May  3  to  24. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  has  announced  the  follow- 
ing special  exhibitions  and  events  for  April: 

EXHIBITS:  Museum  Acquisitions;  Theodore  Ros' 
zak,  a  group  of  Paintings  tracing  his  development  from 
his  discovery  of  the  modern  movement,  through  his 
interest  in  geometric  abstractions,  and  his  expressive 
metal  sculptures  of  today;  Graphic  Arts  in  Latin 
American  Countries;  Art  of  the  Bay  Region  featuring 
Nell  Sinton  and  William  Brown;  and  Painting  and 
Sculpture  Now,  an  exhibit  of  contemporary  state' 
ments  by  artists  of  the  Bay  Region. 


WITH  THE  ENGINEERS 

(From  page  27) 
W.  W.  Brewer,  Brewer  6?  Associates,  S.  F.  Gizienski 
of  Woodward,  Clyde  6?  Associates,  R.  T.  Lawson  of 
Dames  and  Moore,  and  O.  E.  Merwin,  also  of  Dames 
and  Moore.  Brewer,  Gizienski  and  Lawson  discussed 
various  aspects  of  the  problem  of  construction  on  tide- 
lands  including  such  phases  as  geology,  soils,  types  of 
investigation,  types  of  fill,  replacements  and  settle- 
ments, and  design  of  foundations  for  industrial  build- 
ing in  a  specific  tidelands  area.  Merwin  served  as  mod- 
erator and  chairman  of  the  meeting. 

New   members   include  —  Theodore   C.    York   and 
Harry  K,  Okino,  Members. 


FEMINEERS  OF 
SAN  FRANCISCO 

George  Richardson,  vice-president  in  charge  of  the 
San  Francisco  office  of  Young  6?  Rubicam,  national 
advertising  agency,  spoke  on  the  subject  of  "Advertis- 
ing" at  the  April  meeting,  held  in  the  Women's  Ath- 
letic Club,  San  Francisco. 

Mrs.  Bernard  A.  Vallerga,  Mrs.  Alfred  M.  Sperry 
and  Mrs.  George  D.  Burr  served  as  hostesses  for 
the  day. 


ENGINEERING  HRM  ANNOUNCED:  Walter  W. 
Beeson  and  James  J.  Kesler,  Civil  Engineers,  have  an- 
nounced the  formation  of  the  firm  Beeson  &'  Kesler, 
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ARCHITECTS'  YEAR  BOOK  7.  By  Trevor  Dannatt. 
Philosophical  Library,  Inc.,  15  E.  40th  St.,  New  York  16. 
Price  ^10.00. 

Described  as  "a  sober  and  honest  attempt  to  cover  a  wide 
range  of  curre-t  architectural  or  related  activities,  and  in- 
cludes articles  on  theory,  color,  structure,  planning,  building 
techniques  and  components,  as  well  as  illustrating  a  number  of 
noteworthy  recent  buildings." 

The  book  includes  material  on  general  architecture,  small 
town  planning,  design,  trends  in  architecture,  and  other  sub- 
jects of  special  importance  and  interest  to  the  architect  and 
student. 


THE  IDEA  OF  LOUIS  SULLIVAN.  By  John  Szarkowski. 
University  of  Minnesota  Press,  Minneapolis  14.  Price 
^10.00. 

Through  a  series  of  brilliantly  conceived  and  executed 
photographs  and  a  unique  kind  of  accompanying  text,  the 
author  dramatizes  the  philosophy  and  architectural  genius 
of  Louis  Sullivan.  Presented  are  the  major  structures  designed 
by  the  nineteenth-century  father  of  modern  architecture, 
whose  legacies  include  a  profound  influence  upon  his  pupil, 
Frank  Lloyd  Wright.  The  effort  here  has  been  to  re-enliven, 
through  photography,  the  fundamental  concepts  which  were 
born  in  Sullivan's  work,  and  to  capture  the  mind  and  the 
spirit  of  the  man  and  the  time  and  the  place. 


IMPROVING  THE  SCHOOL  ENVIRONMENT— 1956. 
By  Jon  S.  Peters  and  Raymond  C.  Schneider.  128  pages, 
paperboiind.   Stanford  University.  ^4.00. 

The  Sixth  Annual  School  Planning  Conference,  directed 
by  James  D,  MacConnell,  Associate  Professor  of  Education 
and  Director  of  the  School  Planning  Laboratory,  School  of 
Education,  Stanford  University  provided  much  of  the  back- 
ground material.  Detailed  presentations  by  experts  in  various 
phases  of  school  planning  from  policy  decision  through  edu- 
cational planning,  physical  control,  functional  design,  and  the 
use  of  instructional  television  in  improving  the  school  envir- 
onment is  covered. 

It  is  profusely  illustrated. 


STRUCTURES.  By  Pier  Luigi  Nervi.  Dodge  Books,  119  W. 
40th  Street,  New  York  18.  Price  ^6.95. 

It  is  not  simply  the  magnificent  structures  Pier  Luigi  Nervi 
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and  prefabricated  concrete  that  makes  reading  this  book  an 
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insight  into  the  entire  design  and  building  process. 

The  photographs  and  drawings  published  show  over  30 
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BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

PRICES  GIVEN  ARE  FIGURING  PRICES  AND  ARE  MADE  UP  FROM  AVERAGE  QUOTATIONS  FURNISHED  BY 
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All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
Francisco  and  the  Bay  District.  There  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(5)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $135.00  up  (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

F«co  Brick— Per  I  M  laid- $200.00  »nd  up  (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

Brick  Stops— $3.00  and  up. 

Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$1.50  and  up — (according  to  class  of  work). 

Face  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$2.25  and    up    (according   to  class   of  work). 

Common  Brick— $46.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 


Glazed  Structural  Units- 
Clear  Glazed — 
2  X  4  X  12  Furring  _ 
4  X  6  X  12  Partition  . 


-Walls  Erected— 


d  glaze  add.. 

Irick   $150.00   per    M  — F.6.B.    Pitts 


..$1 .75  per  sq.  ft. 
_  2.00  per  sq.  ft. 


2.25  per  sq.ft. 
.30  per  sq.  ft. 


Mantel    I 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 

Building  Tile— 

8xS'/2Xl2-inches.   per   1^ $139.50 

6x5i/2xl2-inches,   per   M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   M 8-4.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,    per   M __.___.__...$M6.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M 156.85 

I2xl2x'(-inches,    per    t^ 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per  M -. 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll.. 

3  ply  per   1000  ft.  rolL 


..$5.30 
_  7.80 
_  9.70 


wnskin.  Standard  500  ft.  roll 

Sisalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 8.50 

Sheathing  Papers — 
Asphalt  sheathing,   15-lb.  roll $2.70 


,.._  3.70 
_  2.95 
.....  5.10 


30-1  b.  roll.... 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll 

Blue  Plasterboard,  60-lb.  roll..... 
Felt  Papers — 
Deadening  felt,  %-lb.,  50-ft.  ro 

Deadening  felt,   l-lb 

Asphalt  roofing,    15-lbs 

Asphalt  roofing,  30-lbs 

Roofing  Papers — 

Standard  Grade,   108-ft.  roll.  Light... _.$2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium 2.90 

Heavy 3.'40 

M.  S.  Extra  Heavy 3.95 


..$4.30 
.  5.05 
..  2.70 
,.  3.70 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following  prices  net  to  Contractor 
otherwise  shown.    Carload  lots  only. 
Bunker 
per  ton 
el,  all  sizes _ $3.00 


Del'd 
per  ton 
$3.75 
3.95 


Top  Sand  3.20 

Concrete    Mix    3.10  3.85 

Crushed  Rock.  'W  to  ^a" 3.20  3.95 

Crushed  Rock,  %"  to  V/i" -.  3.20  3.95 

Roofing  Gravel  3.15  3.80 

Sand— 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  &  4) 3.75  4.50 

Olympia  (Nos.  I   &  2) 3.25  3.80 

Cement — 

Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks). 

Per  Sack,   small   quantity   (paper) $1.30 

Carload    lots,    in    bulk,   per   bbl 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots.   lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 

Prox.,   less  than   carload   lots,   $5.20  per   bbl. 

f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.60  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.L 2% 

Trinity  White 1  I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 

Medusa  White     .....    \  sack,  warehouse  or 
Calaveras  White J  delivered. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 

Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  6  sk. 

in  bulk  $14.20 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 90 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 


4x8xl6.i 
6x8x16-1 

8x8x16-1 


ches, 


I2x8x24-inches,  each  ._ _ 


Hay-  Ba- 

dtte  5/iil 

h  $  .22      $  .22 

h  .271/2       .271/2 

h  .32         .32 

.461/2 


ach  _. 


.67 


Aggregates — Haydite  or  Basaiito  Plant 

'A-inch  to  %-inch,  per  cu.  yd $5  85- J7.75 

yj-inch  to  A-inch.  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing- 

Two-coat  work,  $9.00  per  square. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $13.50  per  square. 

Hot  coating  work,  $6.00  per  square. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and   up. 


ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  In  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less:  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will  run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs.  $275  installed  on  new  buildings: 
$325   on   old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  '/e  In.  gauge  22c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magnesite, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.  ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.50  per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum— $5.00    sq.    yd.    &    up 

laid. 
Terazzo  Floors — $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps — $3.50  per  lin.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat — according  to  type — 
20c  to  35c. 
Hardwood   Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  S— Unfin.— 

Hx2iA  1/2x2     3/8x2  ,Ax2 

Clear  Qtd.,  White $425    $405    $  $ 

Clear  Qtd.,   Red 405      380 

Select  Qtd.,  Red  or  White.  355      340 
Clear  Pin.,  Red  or  White...  355      340      335      315 
Select  Pin.,  Red  or  White...  340      330      325      300 
#1   Common,  red  or  White  315      310      305      280 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oak  Flooring— 


'/2    X    2 ._ 

Vl    X    21/2.-. 

H  X  2%.... 
H  »  2%_. 

^  X  VU  &  yU  Ranch  Plank. 

Unfinished  Maple  Flooring — 
H  X  2'U  First  Grade_ 

H  X  2%  2nd  Gi 


Prime 
.$369.00 

..  380.00 

.-  390.00 

...  375.00 

395.00 


Standard 
$359.00 
370.00 
381.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 

.-..$390.00 
365.00 
375.00 
240.00 
380.00 
390.00 
400.00 


:  2'A  2nd  &  Btr.  Grade.... 

II  X  VU  3rd  Grade. _ 

H  X  y/,  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 
H  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM, 

33/32  X  21/4   First  Grade 

33/32  X  2/4  2nd  Grade 360.00 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade 320.00 

Floor   Layer  Wage  $2.83   per  hr. 

GLASS— 

Single   Strength  Window  Glass  .._..$  .30  per  D  ft- 

Double  Strength  Window  Glass .45  per  □  ft. 

Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75 _  1.60  per  Q  ft. 

75  to   100 1.74  per  D  ft. 


Polished  Wire  Plate  Glass...  2.50  per  n  ft. 

1/4  in.   Rgh.  Wire  Glass__ .80  per  D  f* 

i/b  in.  Obscure    Glass _ 55  per  D  ft. 

5%  in.  Obscure     Glass... 70  per  Q  ft. 

i/s  in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure. .54  per  Q  t 

A  in.   Heat  Aborbing  Wire .72  per  p  " 

i/a  in.  Ribbed    55  per  D  ft. 

ii?;  in.  Ribbed 75  per  D  ft. 

i/i  in.  Rough .55  per  Q  ft. 

3?,   in.   Rough -..._ 75  per  D  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  D  ti. 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place 3.50  per  D  ft. 


HEATING— Installed 

Furnaces— Gas  Fired 

Floor  Furnace,  25,000  BTU _ 

..$42.00-  80.00 

35,000  BTU   

..  47.00-  87.00 

45,000  BTU 

.  55.00-  95.00 

Automatic   Control,   Add. „ 

..  39.00-  45.00 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces.  25,000  BTU 

..  72.00-134.00 

35,000  BTU.... 

149.00 

45,000  BTU.... 

161.00 

With  Automatic   Control,   Add.... 

.  45.00-161.00 

Unit   Heaters,    50,000    B^U 

215.00 

Gravity   Furnace,   65.000   BTU 

210.00 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75,000  BTU.... 

342.00 

Water  Heaters — S-year  guarantee 

With  Thermostat  Control, 

20  gal.  capacity 

96.00 

30  gal.   capacity _ _ 

1 12.00 

40  gal.  capacity — _ 

135.00 

APRIL,     1957 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool  Insulation— 

(2")  Less  than  1.000  Q  ft $M.OO 

(2")  Over  1,000  n  ft - 57.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")  $41.60  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisalation'Aiuminum  Insulation-Aluminum 

coated   on   both   sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel   $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard- 1/2"   thickness   $55.00  per  K/l  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   - "-M  P^'  ^  'q.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  _... t'.OO  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IKON — Cost   of  ornamental   iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 


LUMBER— Ex  Lunnber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 
O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.i 


V.G.-O.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  X  4  T  &  G  Flo 

"C"  and   better— all 

"D"  and   better— all.. 

Rwd.  Rustic— "A"  grade,  medium 
8  to  24  ft. 


..$115.00 


od,  p. 


M  sq.  ft. 
4.0x8.0-515 
4.0x8.0-515 


Per 

M  Delvd. 
$225.00 

_ 215.00 

_..     ..  145.00 

3ry. 

185.00 

...  $150.00 

200.00 

Plyw 

3^:inch;  pe^-M  sq:  ft:;:;;:::::z:::::;;.:::; 2*0.00 

Plysform - -■- I"'-*' 

Shinglai  (Rwd.  not  available)- 
Red  Cedar  No.  l-$9.50  per  square;  No.  2,  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles.  $6.00  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes-"/:"    to   %"   x   24/26   in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

%"  to  VU"  «  2V24  in  split  resaw 
per  square 


17.00 


Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $8.00  per  square. 
PrMiura  Treated  Lumbar- 
Sail  Treated Add  J35  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
8-lb.   treatment Add  $45  per  l«1  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard   Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 


MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2 1 -$32. 
Screen  doors.  $10  to  $15  each. 
Patent  screen  windows.  $1.75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases  for   kitchen   pantries  seven   ft. 

per  lineal   ft.,   upper  $12  to   $15; 

$l4to  $15. 
Dining  room  cases.  $20.00  per  linea 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse 

framing   (average),  $1  15  per  M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $125  to  $1 

1000. 


Pioneer  White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Paste) 


high, 
lower 

foot, 
sq.  ft. 
heavy 

35  per 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard   $  .80 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.20 

Cold  water  painting per  yard        .35 

Whitewashing    per  yard        .20 

Linseed  Oil.  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light   iron   drums _ per  gal.  $2.28        $2.34 

5-gallon  cans  _...per  gal.    2,40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans  - each    2.52         2.58 

Quart   cans  each       .71  .72 

Pint  cans each      .38  .39 

/j-pint  cans  each       .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis.  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1.65 

5-gallon  cans per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans  each     1.88 

Ouart   cans  each       .54 

Pint  cans  each      .31 

Vj-pint  cans each      .20 


List  Price 

Price  to  Painters 

Not  Weight 

Per  100      fr.  per 

per  100 

Pr.  per 

Packages 

lbs.          pkg. 

lbs. 

pkg. 

lOO-lb.   kegs  .. 

...$28.35        $29.35 

$27.50 

$27.50 

50- lb.   kegs  .. 

._  30.05          15.03 

28.15 

14.08 

25-lb.  kegs  .. 

30.35           7.50 

28.45 

7.12 

.„  33.35            1.34 

31.25 

l-lb.  cans* 

...  36.00             .36 

33.75 

.34 

500   lbs.    (one 

delivery)    %c    per 

pound 

ess   than 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 

lonear  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 

Red  Lead  in  Oil 

Price  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Pounds 


100 
lbs. 


Dry   White    Lead... 
Litharge    .- — 


2S 
lbs. 

$ 

26.90 
28.15 
31.60 


Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-Inch    $2.50  lineal  foot 

8-inch    _ 3.00  lineal  foot 

10-inch     4.00  lineal  foot 

12-Inch     ..._ 5.00  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat  wall,   per  ton   delivered   In    S.    F.   In 
paper  bags.  $27.00. 


PLASTERING  (Interior)  — 

Yard 

3  Coats,  metal  lath  and  plaster $3.50 

Keene  cement  on  metal  lath _ 4.00 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(latheJ  only) 3.50 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metaf  lath 

plastered    5.50 

Single  partition  %  channels  and  metal  lath 

1  side  (lath  onIy).._ _ -  3.50 

Single  partition  %  channels  and  metal  lath 

2  inches  thick   plastered.. 8.50 

4irch    double    partition    %    channels    and 

metal  lath  2  sides  (lath  only) 6.00 

4-inch    double    partition     %    channels    and 
metal  lath  2  sides  plastered 10.00 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)  — 
2    coats    cement    finish,    brick 


3   coats  cement  'inish.    No.    18   gauge 


Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime— $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— '/s"- 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.75  per  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per   fixture    up. 
according  to  grade,  quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15.00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $  I  8.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  In  place. 

41/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I  Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,  per  square 14.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7I/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with  Gravel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Asbestos  Shingles.  $27  to  $35  per  sq.  laid. 
Vz  to  3/4  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure   ..$24.00  to  $30.00 

3/4  to  1 1/4  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"   Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    LCL.    F.O  B.    Ware- 
house, San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-in _ $  .26 

Standard,     6-in 46 

Standard.     8-In _ 66 

Standard.   12  in 1.30 

Standard.  24-In 5.41 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-In.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M _...  400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors   (average).  Including  hardwar* 
$2.80  per  sq.  ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75  per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  iq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttylest, 

(unglazed),  per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

'/s-in.  Rd,  (Less  thjn  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.S0 

y,-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

%-in.  &  '/i-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton) 7.IS 

I   in.  &  up  (Less  than   I   ton) „.  7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  Se« 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic  Tile    Floors— Commercial  $1.85  to  $2.25 

per  sq.  ft. 
Cove    Base— $1.50   per   lin.   ft. 
Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x6"  with  t'  base  ®  $1.60  par 

sq.  ft. 
Tile  Wainscots  &  Floors.  Residential,  41/4x41/4".  9 

$1.85  to  $2.25   per  sq.   ft. 
Tile  Wainscots.  Commercial  Jobs,  41/4x41/4"  Tile, 

@  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  '/,"  -  A" -.»  -18  ■  $  .35  sq.  yd. 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork  Tile— $  .70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosaic  Floors — See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  D  ft »  -iS 

Rubber  tile,  per  D  ft J  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored 
12  X  12.  each 


F.O.B.  S.  F. 
$  .17 


Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 
Patio  Tile— Niles  Red 
12  X  12  X  '/s-inch,     plain 
6  X  12  X  '/s-inch,     plain 
6  X    6  X  '/a-inch,     plain 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches.  per  M. 
6x5i/2xl2-inches.  per  M 
4x5i/2xl2-inches,   per  M 

Hollow  Tile— 
I2xl2x2-inches,   per   M... 
I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M... 
l2xl2x4-iBChes,    per   M 


Small 

Lots 

,..$  .26 

..    .295 

_    .32 


Large 
Lots 
$.251 


.$139.50 
..  105.00 
...    84.00 

..$146.75 
,_  156.85 
,.  177.10 


235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

50c   per   square   foot   and   up. 
extra. 

Installation 

WINDOWS— STEEL— industrial- 
Cos!  depends  on  design  ond  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


nUICK  REFEHEIVCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Constructinn  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  ENGINEERS 

L.D.  REEOERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  DO  2-5050 

Sacramento:  3026  V  St.,  Gl  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourtti  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMORE  AIR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

LINFORD  AIR  X  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  174-12tli  St.,  TW  3  6521 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  72'(-2n(i  St.,  SR  454 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

ALUMINUM  BLD6.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  S  PFEFfER  IRON  WORKS  (Wrought  Ironl 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  3201  Third  St.,  Ml  7-2990 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Seattle:  Foster  Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  i  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell  Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St. 
Boise;  Intermounlain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Fell;  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  3-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

BANKS  •  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  S  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2  7700 

BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 


BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKVKORII 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1-7400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2  3143 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5  8983 

C.  E.  TOLAND  8  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 

BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2-3322 

BUILDING  PAPERS  8  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CABINETS  8  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4  7316 

THE  FINK  8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 
Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3-9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7-0311 

CEMENT 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2  1616 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 
CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 
San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St. 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 
San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 
Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 

READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODES-JAMIESON  LTD. 
Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3  5225 
SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 

Screed  Materials 
C.  8  H.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS— HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS— ROOF 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco.  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOODCO.  OF  CALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  M108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85  •  14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HOKIN  8  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 


APRIL,     1957 


ElfCTRICAl  CONTRACTORS  Icorfd) 

lEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  212  Clara  St.,  00  26010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  937  Mcillister  SI.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  i  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Gough  8  Fell  Sts.,  HE  15904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

I^ICHEL  8.  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

South  San  Francisco:  212  Stiaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1101-Utti  St.,  UN  1  2420 

ETS-HOKIN  &  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2  8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COt^PANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

GAS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3-8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  1^1  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  BIdg.,  YU  6-2718 

D.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS8H4YNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  20678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  8  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Marliet  St.,  YU  6-0511 

G.  P.  W.  JENSENS  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  t"1arket  St.,  GA  1  2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  8  SON 

San  Francisco:  64  So,  Park,  YU  2  5682 

LINDGREN8SWINERT0N 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1  2980 

l^acDONALD,  YOUNG  8  NELSON 

San  Francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2  4700 

mma  construction  co. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1  5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati:  Cypress  Ave.,  Pet.  5-4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  8  PEARCE 

San  Men:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2  6639 


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RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  8  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  8  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

HEATING  i  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  8  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  00  2-0377 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

I^ALM  I^ETAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COIvfPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 


INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 


INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 


IRON-ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5  8983 

LATHING  i  PLASTERING 

ANGELO  J.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  8-1582 

A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  8C.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES  JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco:  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 

LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT  HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1  8474 


LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Quint  8  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  621  Bayshore  Blvd.,  JU  4-6670 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  3rd  8  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  8  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 


MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS-KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000-3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.RAINEY8S0N 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

METAL  EXTERIOR  WAILS 

THEKAWNEERCO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwighl  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUTSALESCO.  OFNO.  CALIF. 
Berkeley:  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

METAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  111.:  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORK 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1  7755 

Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 

Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 

SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  8  SUPPLY  CO. 

So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  8  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.:  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PAOLI  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  1-1632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15th  St..  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZELINSKY  8  SONS 

San  Francisco:  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PLASTER 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATE  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

WEST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  3150-18th  St.,  MA  1-5657 

ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


PLUMBIKG 

BROADWAY  PLUMBING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1790  Yosemile  Ave.,  Ml  8-4250 

i.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St..  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 

Berkeley:  H35  Fourtti  St.,  LA  5-3341 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

LOUIS  V.  KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6  6252 

L.  J.  KRUSECO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1  0140 

RODONI-BECKER  CO.,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  455-lOth  St.,  MA  1-3662 

SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  11937 

POST  PULLER 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 

No.  Sacramento:  1202  Dixieanne 

PUMPING  MACHNERY 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2  6794 

ROOFING 

ANCHOR  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1671  Galvez  Ave.,  VA  4-8140 

ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1400  Egbert  Ave.,  Ml  72173 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  930  Innes  Ave.,  VA  4-3261 

ROOF  SCUTTLES 

THEBILCOCO. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  4  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  i  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

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ROOF  TRUSSES 

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SAFES 

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JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

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ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

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Chicago,  New  York,  Pittsburgh 
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TIMBER  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  8  RESEARCH  CO. 
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San  Francisco:  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

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San  Francisco:  1942  Folsom  St.,  MA  11545 

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WALLPAPERS,  INC. 

Oakland:  384  Grand  Ave.,  GL  2  0451 

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39 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  Industry,  California 

Following  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 


CRAFT 

San 
Francisco 

Alameda 

Contra 
Costa 

Fresno 

Sacra- 
mento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Solano 

Los 
Angeles 

San  Ber 
nardino 

San 
Diego 

Santa 
Barbara 

Kern 

ASBESTOS  WORKER 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

BOILERMAKER 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.4S 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

BRICKLAYER 

3.75 

3.75 

3.75 

3.70 

3.50 

3.50 

3.875 

3.75 

3.80 

3.80 

3.75 

3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.70 

3.00 

2.80 

2.90 

3.00 

2.425 

2.425 

2.425 

2.625 

CARPENTER 

3.125 

3.125 
2.995 
2.705 

3.00 
2.995 
2.705 

3.00 
2.995 
2.705 

3.00 
2.995 
2.705 

3.00 
2.995 
2.705 

3.00 
2.995 
2.705 

3.00 
2.995 
2.705 

3.00 
2.925 
2.74 

3.00 
2.925 
2.74 

3.00 
2.925 
2.74 

3.00 
2.925 
2.74 

3.02 

CEMENT  FINISHER 

2.995 

2.925 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type  ( 

yd.)     2.705 

2.74 

ELECTRICIAN     

3.375 

3.375 
2.985 

3.375 
2.985 

2.985 

3.50 
2.985 

3.25 
2.985 

3.41 
2.985 

3.275 
2.985 

3.40 

3.40 

3.50 

3.40 

3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 

,.     2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR 

2.87 
3.40 

2.87 
3.40 

3.40 

2.905 
3.40 

2.905 
3.40 

2.87 
3.40 

2.87 
3.40 

2.95 
2.885 
3.40 

2.95 
2.885 
3.40 

2.95 
2.90 
3.40 

2.95 
2.885 
3.40 

2.95 

GLAZIER 

2.87 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 

3.40 

3.40 

REINF.  STEEL 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

LABORERS:   BUILDING 

2.325 

2.325 
2.325 

3.84* 

2.325 
2.325 

3.84* 

2.325 
2.325 

3.45 

2.325 
2.325 

3.45t 

2.325 
2.325 

2.325 
2.325 

3.50 

2.325 
2.325 

3.375 

2.30 
3.75* 

2.30 
3.425 

2.30 
3.425 

2.30 
3.625 

2.30 

CONCRETE    

2.325 

LATHER 

3.4375 

PAINTER:   BRUSH 

3.10 

3.10 
3.10 

3.325 

3.54 

3.42 

3.59 

3.20 

3.30 

3.10 
3.10 

3.325 

3.54 

3.42 
3.435 
3.20 
3.30 

2.90 
3.15 

3.325 

3.35 

3.025 

3.45 

3.05 

3.125 

3.00 
3.25 

3.325 

3.45t 

3.00 

3.45 

2.975 

3.30 

2.95 
3.10 

3.325 

3.55 

3.00 

3.45 

3.05 

3.315 

3.10 
3.10 

3.325 

3.495 

3.075 

3.45 

3.00 

3.30 

3.25 
3.50 

3.325 

3.60 

3.15 

3.55 

3.325 

3.01 
3.24 

3.30 

3.75 

350 

3.55 

3.I0§ 

3.24 

3.00 
3.25 

3.30 

3.375 
3.55 

3.24 

2.94 
3.49 

3.30 

3.425 

3.375 

3.55 

3.00 

3.15 

3.03 
3.03 

3.30 

3.625 

3.3125 

3.55 

3.15 

3.24 

2.95 

SPRAY 

3.10 

3.20 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 

3.325 

3.30 

PLASTERER 

3.4125 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER 

3.10 

3.25 

PLUMBER 

3.45 

3.575 

ROOFER 

3.00 

3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 

.       3.30 

3.40 

STEAMFITTER 

3.45 

3.49 

3.69 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.55 

3,55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.575 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 
under  4  yards    

2.325 

2.325 
3.225 

allowance 

2.325          2.325 
3.225          3.25 

and  transmitted  to 

2.325 
3.00 

2.325 

3.175 

t  $3,425  for 

2.325 
3.225 
nail-on 

2.325 
3.225 
ather. 

2.405 
3.24 

2.405 
3.50 

2.405 
3.25 

2.405 
3.26 

2.405 

TILE  SETTER 

3.225 

3.21 

*  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay 
a  vacation  fund. 

for  a  vacation 

t5  cents  of  this  amount  is  deduct 
transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund. 

ed  from  wages 

tion  alio 

wance  and 

§  10  cents  of  this  a 
held  from  pay  an 

mount  is  designated 
i  transmitted  to  an  e 

uployee 

vings  fund  wage"  a 
savings  fund. 

d  is  wit 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations,  Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research, 
and  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad* 
as  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 


CRAR 
ASBESTOS  WORKER 


cramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 
Bernardino 

San 
Diego 

.low 

II  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

40 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


BRICKLAYER 

.I5W 

.14  P 

.05  hr.  V 

.I5W 
.10  P 

.I5W 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 

.low 

.10  P 
.10  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

CARPENTER    

.low 

.lOhr.  V 

.10  w 

.low 

.low 

.10  w 

.10  W 

.10  W 

low 

CEMENT  MASON 

.low 

.10  w 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.10  W 

low 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER    

.low 

l%P 
4%V 

low 
1%  p 

4%V 

.075  W 
1%  P 

.075  W 
1%  P 
4%V 

l%p 

1%  P 

l%P 

.low 

l%P 

GLAZIER _ _ 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

IRONWORKER:  REINFORCING 

STRUCTURAL 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

low 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

lOW 
.lOW 

lOW 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.lOW 

.low 

LABORER,  GENERAL.. 

low 

low 

low 

.10  w 

low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

LATHER           

.40  day  W 
.70  day  V 

.low 

.10  w 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.90  day  W 

.70  day  W 

.10  W 

OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.) 

.low 
.low 

.095  W 

.lOW 

.low 

.08  W 

.low 
.low 

.075  W 

low 
.low 

.low 

low 

.10  W 

.095  W 
.07  V 

low 
low 

.085  W 

.low 
.low 

.08  W 

.10  W 

POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.) 

.low 

PAINTER,   BRUSH _ 

.09  W 

PLASTERER                             

.low 

.10  V 

.low 

low 

.10  W 

.lOW 
,I5V 

low 

.90  day  W 

.10  W 

PLUMBER    

.low 

.lOV 

.I5W 
.10  P 

low 

.10  P 
.125  V 

.low 

.10  W 
.10  P 
.125V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.10  W 

ROOFER       

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.low 

lOV 

.low 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 

.low 

.075  W 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER             

.075  W 
4%  V 

.075  W 
7day  V 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.075  W 
.12  V 

.075  W 
4%V 

.085  W 
lOV 

.085  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 

Sday  V 

TILE  SETTER                 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.025  W 
.06  V 

ATTBNTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  from  the  available  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  v^as  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no  employer  contributions  are  specified,  it  does  not  necessarily 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 


The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated    by  the  following  symbols:  W— Health  and    Welfare;   P— Pens 
stration  fund;  JIB— Joint  Industry   Board;   Prom— Promotion  fund. 


V— Vacations;   A— Apprentice  training   fund;   Adm— Adn 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


BRASS  MILL  FACTORY,  Newark 
Alameda  County.  Titan  Metal  Mfg.  Co. 
Belief onte,  Penn.,  owner.  1 -Story  struc 
tural  steel  frame,  reinforced  concrete,  win 
dow  walls;  82,000  sq.  ft.  area;  Mill  build 
ing  $490,000.  Office  building  $50,000 
ENGINEER:  Rosendahl  Corp.,  100  Bush 
St.,  San  Francisco.  SOIL  ENGINEERS 
Dames  6?  Moore,  340  Market  St.,  Sar 
Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR 
Rosendahl  Corp.,  100  Bush  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

OFHCE  BLDG.,  Long  Beach,  Los  An- 
geles County.  Charles  and  Kathryn  Mor- 
gan, Long  Beach,  owner.  2-Story  pre-cast 
concrete  pane!  office  building,  built-up 
composition  roofing,  plaster  and  wood 
panel  interior,  acoustical  tile,  concrete 
slab,  plyscore,  asphalt  tile  and  carpet 
floors,  air  conditioning,  louvered  sash, 
laminated  plastic  counter  tops,  accordion 
doors,  adjustable  metal  louvers — $75,000. 
ARCHITECT-ENGINEER:   Charles   P. 


Morgan  6?  Associates,  Architect  and  En- 
gineers. Room  608  Farmers  and  Mer- 
chants Bldg.,  Long  Beach.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Millie  &?  Severson,  1485 
Canal  Ave.,   Long  Beach. 

FAIRVIEW   STATE   HOSPITAL, 

Orange  County.  State  of  California,  Sac- 
ramento, owner.  Two  ward  buildings,  two 
security  wards,  covered  passages  to  link 
buildings,  site  development — $3,121,970. 
ARCHITECT:  State  Architect,  Sacra- 
mento. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Robert  E.  McKee,  Los  Angeles. 

RESTAURANT,  Phoenix,  Arizona. 
Park  Central  Development,  Phoenix,  Aris., 
owner.  Reinforced  masonry  restaurant, 
grill  and  cocktail  lounge,  built-up  compo- 
sition roofing,  air  conditioning,  concrete 
slab,  asphalt  tile,  insulation,  metal  lath, 
steel  sash,  terrazzo  tile  work,  plate  glass: 
7,500  sq.  ft.  in  area.  ARCHITECT: 
Welton    Becket   6?   Associates,    5657    Wil- 


shire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Kitchell-Phillips  Con- 
tractors Inc.,  1706  W.  Buchanan  St., 
Phoenix,  Ariz. 

SUNNYVALE  HIGH  SCHOOL 
ADD'N.,  Sunnyvale,  Santa  Clara  County. 
Fremont  Union  High  School  District, 
Sunnyvale,  owner.  1-Story  steel  frame, 
steel    roof   joists,    wood    roof    deck,   wood 


FLOOR    COVERING 

for  the  new 

MOORE  CLOTHING 
BUriDING 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
Architects: 

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FLOORCRAfmRPET  CO. 

CARPET  ■  LINOLEUM  •  TILE 

871   MISSION  ST.  SUtter  1-8254 


APRIL,     1957 


choice  of  6       ""  ^^^ 
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MADE  IN  CALIFORNIA  with  the  pride  of 
manufacture  characteristic  of  all  Packard-Bell 
products.  In  choice  of  walnut,  birch,  rotary 
mahogany,  ash,  ribbon  mahogany,  and  white 
oak  with  our  deluxe  solid  or  hollow  core  doors. 
Fully  guaranteed  as  set  forth  in  the  standard 
Door  Guarantee  of  the  National  Woodwork 
Manufacturers  Assn. 


The  Bellwood  Company  of  California 
533  W.  Collins  Ave..  Orange,  Calif. 


exterior  and  stucco,  concrete  floors,  alumi- 
num windows,  asphalt  tile,  asphalt-gravel 
roofing;  facilities  for  shop,  and  new  auto 
shop— $122,045.  ARCHITECT:  Masten, 
Hurd  a  Dick,  526  Powell  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  N. 
A.  Lamb,  103  W.  El  Caminito  Ave., 
Campbell. 

SWIMMING  POOL,  Downey  High 
School,  Modesto,  Stanislaus  County.  Mo- 
desto Unified  School  District,  Modesto, 
owner.  Reinforced  concrete  swimming 
pool  with  all  facilities,  rest  rooms,  showers 
—$55,236.  ARCHITECT:  Harry  J.  De- 
vine,  1021  J.  St.,  Sacramento.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Dennis  Co.,  2385  Fair 
Oaks  Blvd.,  Sacramento. 

FACTORY,  North  Hollywood,  Los  An- 
geles County.  Ronald  Lazar,  North  Holly- 
wood, owner.  Brick  wall,  built-up  roofing, 
truss  roof,  skylights,  slab  floor,  electrical 
work  glass  blocks,  sheet  metal,  90x282  ft. 
—$75,000.  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER: 
Eugene  D.  Birnbaum.  Structural  Engineer, 
1626  Silverlake  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Perma  Finish 
Co.,  1814  N.  Hillhurst  Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 

CLOVERDALE  HIGH  ADD'N..  Clov 
erdale,  Sonoma  County.  Cloverdale  Un- 
ion High  School  District,  Cloverdale, 
owner.  Additional  facilities  will  provide  2 
classrooms,  library,  arts  and  crafts  rooms — 
$78,580.  ARCHITECT:  J.  Qarence  Fel- 
ciano,  4010  Montecito  Ave.,  Santa  Rosa. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Dane 
Walker,  Box   191.  Cloverdale. 

FRATERNITY  HOUSE,  Berkeley,  Al- 
ameda County.  Phi  Sigma  Kappa,  Berke- 
ley, owner.  2  and  3-Story  wood  frame 
construction  with  parking  area  in  rear  of 
site— $102,000.  ARCHITECT:  Ponsford 
y  Price.  524  20th  St.,  Oakland.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  D.  McGregor, 
817  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 

CHURCH,  Long  Beach,  Los  Angeles 
County.  Church  of  Religious  Science, 
Long  Beach,  owner.  Frame  and  stucco,  15 
rooms,  2  auditoriums  with  seating  capacity 
of  120  and  196  persons,  platforms,  stain- 
less steel  kitchen,  office  and  classrooms, 
composition  and  gravel  roofing,  aluminum 
casement.  louvred  and  fixed  plate  glass 
sash,  colored  cement,  oak,  carpet  and  as- 
phalt tile  floors,  acoustical  plaster,  perim- 
eter forced  air  heating,  laminated  plastic 
counter  tops,  terrazzo  in  rest  rooms,  metal 
toilet  partitions,  blacktop  parking  area — 
$7  5,000.  ARCHITECT:  Richard  George 
Wheeler  6?  Associates,  2507  4th  Ave., 
San  Diego.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Ernest  Adler  &?  Son,  622  Cartagena,  Long 
Beach. 

HOSPITAL  ADD'N.,  San  Jose  Hos- 
pital, San  Jose,  Santa  Clara  County.  San 
Jose  Hospital,  San  Jose,  owner.  4-Story, 
Type  I,  addition  to  present  hospital  build- 
ing to  provide  facilities  for  120  beds;  re- 
inforced concrete  and  steel  construction — 
$1,852,000.  ARCHITECT:  Stone,  Mul- 
loy,  Marraccini  &?  Patterson,  619  Cali- 
fornia St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  O.  E.  Anderson,  1075 
N.  10  St.,  San  Jose. 

TELEPHONE  OFFICE,  Inglewood, 
Los  Angeles  County.  Pacific  Tel.  &?  Tel., 
Los  Angeles,  owner.  1 -Story  masonry  of- 
fice building,  composition  roofing,  plate 
glass  windows,  concrete  slab  and  asphalt 
tile   covered   floors,   acoustical   ceilings,  air 

ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


conditioning,  insulation,  plumbing:  12,- 
000  sq.  ft.  of  area.  ARCHITECT:  Ward 
R.  Helman,  209  E.  Foothill  Blvd..  Ar- 
cadia. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  R. 
E.  Payne,  327  E.  Florence  Ave.,  Ingle- 
wood. 

EXHIBIT  STALLS,  Fairgrounds,  King 
City,  Monterey  County.  King  CitySa- 
linas  Valley  Fairgrounds  Ass'n.,  King  City, 
owner.  Construction  of  additional  facili- 
ties —  $10,284.  ARCHITECT:  Jerome 
Kasavan,  7  Winham  St.,  Salinas.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Hiram  G.  Mat- 
thews.  765  Josephine  St.,  Salinas. 

SELF-SERVICE  GARAGE,  Berkeley,  Al- 
ameda county,  City  of  Berkeley,  Berkeley, 
owner.  5-Story  reinforced  concrete,  split- 
level  open  type,  self-service  ramp  garage 
with  facilities  for  parking  455  cars — $692,- 
600.  ENGINEERS:  Headman,  Ferguson, 
S"  Carrollo.  2168  Shattuck  Ave.,  Berkeley. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Robt.  L. 
Wilson,  850  29th  Street,  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia. 

WAREHOUSE,  Los  Angeles.  Harry 
Warner.  Los  Angeles,  owner.  Warehouse 
building,  brick  walls,  composition  roofing, 
structural  steel,  rotary  roof  vents,  rest 
rooms,  plastering,  asphalt  paving,  electri- 
cal, sheet  metal— $22,000.  ENGINEER: 
Armond  SaJtman,  5319  Hollywood  Blvd., 
Hollywood.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Harry  Warner.  439  Le  Dou.x  Rd., 
Los  Angeles. 


CONVENT,  St.  Columbian  Parish,  Gar- 
den Grove,  Los  Angeles  county.  Roman 
Catholic  Archbishop  of  Los  Angeles,  Los 
Angeles,  owner.  2-Story  frame  and  stucco 
construction,  mission  tile  roofing,  metal 
sash,  forced  air  heating,  acoustical  tile,  as- 
phalt tile,  lath  and  plaster,  painting, 
plumbing,  electrical  work,  2-car  garage 
with  overhead  doors;  6500  sq.  ft.  area. 
ARCHITECT:  Anthony  A.  Kauzor,  2033 
W.  7th  Street,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Benson-Irino,  1111  N. 
West  Ave.,  Anaheim. 

TRACT  DWELLINGS,  Pacoima,  Los  An- 
geles county.  Paxton  Homes  Pacoima, 
owner.  79  Dwellings,  frame  and  stucco 
construction,  composition  roof,  concrete 
slab,  wall  heaters,  garbage  disposals,  elec- 
tric bath  heaters,  attached  garages;  project 
cost  $732,400.  ARCHITECT:  Paul  J. 
Duncan,  13310  Moorepark,  Sherman 
Oaks.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Ei- 
sen-Hart  Co.,  13  567  Ventura  Blvd.,  Sher- 
man Oaks. 

OFFICE  BLDG.,  Fullcrton,  Orange  coun- 
ty. Hunt  Foods  Co.,  Fullerton,  owner.  1- 
Story  reinforced  concrete  office  building, 
composition  roofing,  concrete  floor,  floor 
covering,  painting,  plasterng,  plumbing, 
electrical  work,  heating  and  ventilating, 
vault,  acoustical  tile,  air  conditioning, 
metal  sash,  sheet  metal,  structural  metal; 
20,000  sq.  ft.  of  area^$27 5,000.  ARCHI- 
TECT:  McLellan    and    Fortune,    816   W. 


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HOTEU  LAS  VEGAS 


5th  St.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Carter  Co.,  1721  W.  Olympic 
Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 

SCHOOL  ADDITION,  Las  Palmas 
School,  National  City,  San  Diego  county. 
National  School  District,  National  City, 
owner.  Additional  facilities  comprising  2 
kindergartens,  assembly-cafeteria,  3  class- 
rooms; frame  and  stucco  construction, 
composition  roof,  slab  and  asphalt  tile 
floors,  asphalt  paving,  insulation,  plaster- 
ing, steel  sash,  sheet  metal  work,  steel  roof 
trusses,  tile  work,  waterproofing;  14,520 
sq.  ft.  of  area.  ARCHITECT:  Clyde  Huf- 
bauer,  1975  5th  Ave.,  San  Diego.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Lee  J.  Morgan, 
Box  326  National  City. 

INDUSTRIAL  BLDG.,  South  Gate,  Los 
Angeles  county.  Roy  Clayton,  South  Gate, 
owner.  1 -Story  rigid  frame  and  galvan- 
ized corrugated  siding  industrial  building; 
steel  trusses  and  purlins,  galvanized  corru- 
gated iron  roofing,  4-in  concrete  floor, 
open  end;  1544  sq.  ft.  of  area.  ENGI- 
NEER: Jack  E.  Spencer,  10700  Sessler 
St.,  South  Gate.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Dudley  Sales  6?  Engineering  Co., 
10700  Sessler  St.,  South  Gate. 

INDUSTRIAL  BLDG.,  Burbank,  Los  An- 
geles county.  John  A.  Markham,  Burbank, 
owner.  Reinforced  masonry  industrial 
building,  composition  roofing,  wood  roof 
sheathing,  concrete  slab,  steel  sash,  rotary 
roof  ventilators,  structural  steel,  rest  rooms' 
electrical  work;  4000  sq.  ft.  of  area.  EN- 
GINEER: H.  L.  Standefer,  Consulting  En- 
gineer, 4344  Laurel  Canyon  Blvd.,  Studio 
City.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  John 
A.  Markham,  10561Mahoney  Dr.,  Sun- 
land. 

CHURCH  BLDG.,  St.  Hilary  Parish, 
Pico,  Los  Angeles  county.  Roman  Catholic 
Archbishop,  Los  Angeles,  owner.  Rein- 
forced brick,  composition  gravel  roof,  con- 
crete floor,  laminated  wood  beams  and 
columns,  steel  sash,  extruded  aluminum 
entrance,  roof  insulation,  acoustical  plas- 
ter, vinyl  tile,  painting,  plumbing — $166,- 
3  55.  ARCHITECT:  Chaix  &  Johnson, 
2504  W.  7th  St.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Ben  K.  Tanner  6?  Son, 
387   S.   Robertson  Blvd.,   Beverly   Hills. 

BANK  BLDG.,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa  Cruz 
County.  County  Bank  of  Santa  Cruz, 
owner.    Construction  of  a  new  bank  build- 


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APRIL.      1957 


ing  with  all  modern  facilities — $40,200. 
ARCHITECT:  Kermit  6?  Darrow,  Mission 
and  Center,  Santa  Cruz.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Werner  Jasper,  Sunny- 
side  Ave.,  Ben  Lommond. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  ADD'N.,  San  Lean- 
dro,  Alameda  county.  Bethel  Presbyterian 
Church,  San  Leandro,  owner.  1 -Story 
frame  and  stucco  addition  of  6,000  sq.  ft. 
to  present  building;  comprises  facilities  for 
9  classrooms  and  rest  rooms.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Floyd  B.  Comstock  &?  Associates, 
1620  Cypress  St.,  Walnut  Creek.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Chas.  E.  Foster, 
14839  Lark  Street,  San  Leandro. 
HIGH  SCHOOL  ADD'N.,  Castro  Valley, 
Alameda  county.  Hayward  Union  High 
School    District,    Hayward,    owner.     Con- 


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STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 

1805  Rollins  Road, 

Burlingame OXford  7-3630 

LOS  ANGELES 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 
5415  York  Blvd. CLinton   7-3939 


ENGINEERING 
DISTRIBUTORS 

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TINGEY  COMPANY 

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LOS  ANGELES 

HANNON   ENGINEERING,    INC. 

5290  West  Washington  Blvd WTEbster  6-1 

OAKLAND 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

963  32<i  Street OLymplc  3- 

PHOENIX 

RA-TONE  ELECTRONICS  CO.,  INC 

325  No.  Itti  St ALplne  8-( 

SACRAMENTO 

SEMONI  SOUND  SERVICE 

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SAN  DIEGO 

MUSIC  SERVICE,   INC. 

240S   Fifth  Ave BElmont   2-! 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

2090  Evans  St.._ Mlulon  8-i 

SAN  JOSE 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

S7    Ras^ett    St _ CTpress  3-- 

SIATTLE 

W.  D.  LASATER  COMPANY 

115  No.    35lh   St HElrOM   ! 

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PORTLAND 

MANCHESTER-CHANDLER  CO. 

2915  N.E.   Alberta  St _ GA  f 


struction  of  additional  area  to  present 
building  to  provide  facilities  for  adminis- 
tration offices,  2  classrooms,  special  activi- 
ties area,  and  rest  rooms — $103,690.  AR- 
CHITECT: Anderson  fe?  Simonds,  2800 
Park  Blvd.,  Oakland.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Ed  Eoff  Co.,  1430  Nevin 
Ave.,  Richmond. 

GARDEN  HOTEL,-  Sunnyvale,  Santa 
Clara  county.  Hugh  Jack,  Corpn.,  Santa 
Clara  owner.  New  hotel  of  120  units;  2- 
story,  restaurant,  lounges,  swimming  pools, 
banquet  rooms  and  complete  hotel  facili- 
ties. ARCHITECT:  Ned  Abrahams,  573 
Britton  Ave.,  Sunnyvale.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Utah  Construction  Co., 
100  Bush   St.,  San  Francisco. 

SWIMMING  POOL  and  BATH- 
HOUSE, Fairfield,  Solano  County.  Fair- 
field, owner.  Construction  program  in- 
cludes modern  pool  and  all  facilities  in- 
cluding bathhouse,  restroom  facilities  and 
showers.  ARCHITECT:  John  Lyon  Reid 
a  Partners,  1069  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  J. 
L.  Webster  Const.,  P.  O.  Box  43,  Gait, 
Calif. 

PRINTING    FACTORY    &    OFHCE, 

Van  Nuys.  Los  Angeles  County.  Deleco 
Corp.,  St.  Paul,  Mmn.,  owner.  Masonry 
factory  and  office,  209x202  ft.,  gypsum 
roof,  composition  roofing,  concrete  slab, 
steel  beams,  pipe  columns,  ceramic  tile, 
asphalt  tile,  vinyl  tie,  plaster,  terrazzo, 
plate  glass,  locker  rooms,  overhead  doors, 
vault,  toilets,  kitchen -dining  room,  pent- 
house, wrought  iron  fence  and  gate — 
$375,000.  ARCHITECT:  Alfred  Boeke 
(Hutchinson,  Kinsey  ii  Boeke)  12345 
Ventura  Blvd.,  North  Holly%i.'ood.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Kersey  Kinsey 
Co.,  North   Hollywood.  Calif. 

HFTH  FLOOR  ADDITION,  County 
Administration  Building,  Sacramento. 
County  of  Sacramento,  Sacramento,  owner. 
Reinforced  concrete  and  structural  steel 
and  steel  frame  addition  to  the  present 
County  Administration  Building  to  pro- 
vide a  fifth  floor  facility— $160,800.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Charles  F.  Un- 
ger,    2210    Sutterville    Rd.,    Sacramento. 

BOWLING    ALLEY,    Garden    Grove, 

Los  Angeles  County.  Novak  ^  Starzzari, 
Garden  Grove,  owner.  Facilities  will  in- 
clude restaurant,  cocktail  lounge,  office, 
and  20  bowling  lanes;  automatic  pin  set- 
ters, masonry  and  poured  concrete,  built- 
up  composition  roofing,  hardwood  panel 
interior,  acoustical  tile  and  plaster  ceilings, 
concrete  slab  floor  with  carpeting  and  as- 


GRAHAM  &  HAYES 

STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS" 

225  Front  Street 

San  Francisco 
Phone:  DO.  2-7841 


phalt  tile,  air  conditioning  and  forced  air 
heating,  fixed  plate  glass,  aluminum  store 
front,  ceramic  tile  in  restrooms,  metal 
toilet  partitions,  laminated  plastic  counter 
tops,  recessed  and  flourescent  lighting,  fire- 
place: 3  300  sq.  ft.  in  area.  ARCHITECT: 
Anthony  ii  Langford,  T.  V.  Anthony,  ar- 
chitect, 1316  E.  Rosecrans  Ave.,  Compton. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Novak  ii 
Strazzari.  11962  Margie  Lane,  Garden 
Grove. 

NEW  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL, 

Mesa  Ariz.  Maricopa  County  Board  of 
Supervisors,  Phoenix,  owner.  Completely 
new  Elementary  School  plant  in  Mesa  for 
School  District  No.  4 — $3  56,800.  AR- 
CHITECT: Horlbeck  6?  Hickmann,  32  N. 
Hibbert  St..  Mesa.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: T.G.K.  Construction  Co., 
2750  W.   McDowell   Rd.,   Phoenix,   Ariz. 

OFFICE  &  DISTRIBUTION  CEN- 
TER, South  San  Francisco,  San  Mateo 
County.  J.  H.  Coffman  &?  Son,  Inc.,  San 
Francisco,  owner.  1 -Story  reinforced  con 
Crete  tilt-up  construction;  40,000  sq.  ft 
of  area  — $250,000.  ARCHITECT:  J 
Francis  Ward,  215  LeidesdortI  St.,  San 
Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR 
Associated  Contractors,  2903  Geneva  Ave., 
San  Francisco. 

GRANDSTAND  ROOF,  Fairgrounds, 
San  Jose,  Santa  Clara  County.  County  of 
Santa  Clara,  San  Jose,  owner.  Construc- 
tion of  a  roof  over  a  portion  of  the  grand' 
stand  area  of  the  Fairgrounds  in  San 
Jose— $99,972.  ARCHITECT:  C.  J.  Ry- 
land,  847  Abrego,  Monterey.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Gresham  Const.  Co., 
Inc.,  P.  O.  Box  300,  Santa  Clara. 


THE  C&H 

CONSTRUCTION  STAKE 

For . . , 

•   Footings 

•   Curbs 

•   Sidewalks 

•   Gutters 

•   Driveways 

•   Slabs 

•   Bracing 

•   Anchoring 

•  Screeding 

•   Floor  Slabs 

•  Ground  Slabs 

•  Tilt-up  Slabs 

Manufactured  by: 

C6tH 

SPECIALTIES 
COMPANY 

909  Camelia  Street 
Berkeley  6,  Calif. 

LAndseape  4-5358 

ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


NEW  JUNIOR 
HIGH  SCHOOL 

Architect  Lawrence  G.  Thomson,  125 
W.  3rd  St.,  Chico,  is  preparing  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  new  Junior  High 
School  in  Chico  for  the  Chico  Union 
School  District  of  Chico. 


ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL 
FOR  SANTA  ANA 

Architect  Harold  Gimeno,  1400  N. 
Sycamore  St.,  Santa  Ana,  has  completed 
plans  for  construction  of  the  new  James 
Madison  Element?—  School  for  the  Santa 
Ana  City  School  District. 

The  project  includes  4-buildings  with 
site  improvement:  1 1 -classrooms,  adminis- 
tration, 2  -  kindergartens,  multi  -  purpose 
rooms,  toilet  facilities,  fenced  play  yard, 
auditorium  and  stage;  stucco,  slab  floor, 
composition  roof;  18,000  sq.  ft.  of  area, 
and  the  estimated  cost  is  $325,000. 


must  have  been  made  in  an  institutional 
building — school,  college,  university,  hos- 
pital library,  religious  building,  museum, 
and  publicly-owned  buildings — ,  or  com- 
mercial buildings,  and  have  been  com- 
pleted during  the  year  1957. 

Entries  will  be  judged  by  a  panel  of 
three  impartial  judges  on  the  basis  of  good 
design,  originality,  function  and  an  expres- 
sive use  of  the  inherent  qualities  of  the 
product.  Decision  of  the  judges  will  be 
final. 

The  competition  is  open  to  architect, 
industrial  designers,  interior  designers  and 
decorators  and  flooring  installers  in  busi- 
ness within  the  continental  U.S. 


1957  RUBBER  IT^OOR 
DESIGN  COMPETITION 

The  first  rubber  floor  design  award  com- 
petition for  architects,  designers  and  in- 
stallers has  been  announced  for  1957  by 
the  Rubber  Flooring  Division  of  the  Rub- 
ber Manufacturers  Association,  Inc.  New 
York  City. 

All  entries  must  be  postmarked  not  later 
than  midnight,  December  31,  1957,  and 
shall  consist  of  an  Official  Entry  Data 
Sheet  and  two  different  original  photo- 
graphs of  the  floor,  indicating  by  sketch 
of  film,  the  colors  used.  Floor  installations 


BOYS  CLUB 
BUILDING 

Architect  Herbert  T.  Johnson,  4225 
Gregory  St.,  Oakland,  and  the  structural 
engineering  firm  of  Hall-Pregnof f  6? 
Mathiew,  251  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco, 
are  preparing  drawings  for  construction  of 
a  new  Boys  Club  building  in  San  Leandro 
for  the  City  of  San  Leandro. 

Plans  call  for  a  1  and  2-story,  100x300 
ft.,  masonry  building  with  an  outside  play 
area.  Included  in  the  building  is  a  gym- 
nasium, auditorium,  swimming  pool,  crafts, 
games  and  meeting  rooms,  administraton 
facilities  and  toilets.  Estimated  cost  is 
$150,000. 


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•  HEATING 

•  VENTILATING 

and 

•  APPLIANCES 

BROADWAY  PLUMBING  CO. 

1 790  Yosemite  Avenue 

San  Francisco 

Phone:  Ml  8-4250 


HART'S  DEPARTMENT 
STORE  EXPANDS 

Construction  of  the  first  Hart's  Depart- 
ment Store  of  San  Jose  branch  has  been 
started  in  a  new  shopping  center  in  Sun- 
nyvale, according  to  Alex  J.  Hart,  presi- 
dent of  the  firm. 

The  new  store  will  represent  an  invest- 


ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 
ALTA  FLOORING  CO. 

Sam  Sanlcowich  —  Lloyd  Sankowieh 

Roofing  —  Waterproofing 
Industrial  Flooring 

Our  41st  Year 

1400  Egbert  Ave.        I2J4  West  S«th  St. 
San  Francisco  24  Los  Angeles  37 

Mission  7-2173  PLeasant  3-3519 


Today's  homebuyers  are  sold  on  complete  telephone  planning 


Elmer  V.  Moss,  award-winning  Seattle  builder,  says 
"I  wouldn't  think  of  building  a  home  without  telephone 
plans."  His  250  homes,  ranging  from  $13,250  to  $30,000, 
feature  concealed  wiring  and  most  of  them  have  three 
conveniently-located  telephone  outlets. 


Concealed  wiring,  built-in  outlets, 
color  telephones,  kitchen  and  bed- 
room phones  —  these  are  features 
your  buyers  look  for!  Leading  archi- 
tects and  builders  include  some  or 
all  of  these  in  every  new  home.  They 
know  how  much  telephone  plan- 
ning adds  to  the  value  of  a  home  . . . 
that  it  makes  for  better-built  homes 
and  satisfied  buyers. 


Pacific  Telephone 


We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our 
business  office  and  ask  for  our  free 
Architects  &  Builders  Service. 


It  pays  to  include  Telephone  Planning  in  every  home  you  huild! 


APRIL,     1957 


ment  of  more  than  $2,000,000;  will  con- 
tain 63,000  sq.  ft.  of  area;  fully  air  con- 
ditioned, reinforced  concrete  stone  ex- 
terior with  aluminum  trim,  large  glass 
windows.  .     t  i-       c 

Architect    for    the    project    is    John    b. 
Bolles,  AIA,  San  Francisco. 


AIR  FORCE  TAKES 

CAMP COOKE  ,    ,      ^  ^     , 

The  major  portion  of  the  Camp  Cook 
Military  Reservation  at  Lompoc,  Cali- 
fornia has  been  transferred  from  the  US 
Army  to  the  US  Air  Force  to  be  used  as  a 
base  for  training  Air  Force  missile  units. 

Extensive  rehabilitation,  modernisation, 
and  construction  will  be  required  over  an 
extended  period,  with  the  initial  cost  in- 
volving some  $25,000,000. 

Koebig  y  Koebig  Consulting  Engineers 


ROBERT   W.    HUNT   CO. 

ENGINEERS 
INSPECTING  TESTING 

STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

CONCRETE  MIX  DESIGN 

CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS 

EQUIPMENT 

PRINCIPAL  CITIES 
UNITED  STATES   •   EUROPE 
SAN   FRANCISCO  LOS  ANGELES 

PORTLAND 


SRATTLE 


of  Los  Angeles  have  been  retained  to  de- 
sign the  facilities,  while  Holmes  ii  Narver 
Archite«ural-Engineering  organization  of 
Los  Angeles  has  been  commissioned  to  de- 
sign the  technical  facilities. 

Design  of  technical  facilities  is  under  the 
supervision  of  Colonel  William  E.  Leon- 
hard,  Director  of  Installations,  Western 
Development  Division,  Inglewood,  and 
Colonel  Edwin  M.  Eads,  AF  Installations 
Representative,  South  Pacific  Region,  San 
Francisco,  will  monitor  construction  of  the 
new  facilities. 

ED  DAVIDSON  NAMED 
NEW  BRANCH  MANAGER 

Ed  Davison  has  been  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  newly  established  Pacific 
Northwest  Branch  of  Sun  Valley  Indus- 
tries, Inc..  located  in  Seattle,  Washington 
according  to  an  announcement  by  Fred 
Van  Ness,  president  of  the  firm. 

The  Seattle  branch  will  service  the  terri- 
tory of  Washington,  Oregon,  Idaho  and 
Montana.  Main  offices  of  the  firm  are  lo- 
cated in  Southern  California. 

RAINCOAT  PROVIDED 
WESTERN  INDUSTRIES 

Production  of  a  multi-color  cement  base 
paint  designed  to  prevent  water  seepage  in 
basements',  silos,  elevator  pits,  and  other 
■similar  type  construction  is  now  underway 
at  the  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles 
plants  of  A.  C.  Horn  Co.,  Inc.,  a  subsidiary 
of  Sun  Chemical  Corporation. 

Industrial  and  institutional  buildings 
throughout  the  eleven  western  states  will 
be  served  from  sales  offices  in  all  principal 
cities  in  the  area. 

This  new  product  is  ideal  for  use  on 
rough  porous  masonry  where  it  will  with- 


stand low  hydrostatic  water  pressure  and 
the  damaging  effects  of  wind-driven  rain, 
and  may  be  applied  on  either  dry  or  wet 


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on  construction  projects  in  Northern  California, 
lists:  name  of  projects,  location,  architect,  pro- 
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LUG-ALL'S  NEW 
HANDY  ANGLE 

Introducing  a  new  product  through  a 
newly  created  HANDY  ANGLE  Divi- 
sion, the  LUG-ALL  Co.,  makers  of  LUG- 
ALL  Winch-Hoist,  offers  this  scientifically 
and  sensibly  designed  basic  component 
that  solves  equipment  problems  quickly 
and  easily. 


The  slotted  angle  is  made  from  cold 
rolled  steel  of  a  tensile  strength  of  32  tons 
p.s.i.;  cleaned  by  a  diphase  process,  rust- 
proofed  by  aluminum  etching  primer  fin' 
ished  with  polychromatic  lacquer  in  satin 
bronze  color. 

Patented  feature  is  the  anchor  plate 
which  gives  rigidity,  eliminates  corner 
bracing;  square  necked  bolts  with  mush- 
room heads  provide  smooth,  snag  free 
surfaces  on  benches,  shelves,  switchgear 
frames,  machine  guards,  and  dollies;  glaz- 
ing strip  available  in  both  single  and  dou- 
ble sides.  Packed  in  units  of  ten  10'xl'/2"x 
l!/2"x  .080"  lengths,  20  anchor  plates  and 
100  nuts,  bolts  and  washers.  Mfg.  by  The 
LUG-ALL  Co.,  Haverford.  Penna. 

use  ENGINEERING 
SCHOOL  EXPANDS 

Construction  of  a  new  $368,981  chemi- 
cal and  petroleum  engineering  teaching 
and  research  building  for  the  University 
of  Southern  California  School  of  Engi- 
neering has  been  started,  according  to  an 
announcement  by  University  officials. 

Architect  for  the  work  is  Smith,  Powell 
y  Morgridge.  Contractor  is  the  J.  A.  Mc- 
Neil Co.,  Inc.  Preliminary  plans  were  pre- 
pared by  Lawrence  Test,  Architect. 


LEGAL  ASPECTS  OF 
CONSTRUCTION 

Legal  aspects  of  construction  specifica- 
tions was  the  subject  of  a  talk  by  Robert 
E.  Burns,  attorney  for  the  California  Coun- 


MULLEN  MFG. 
COMPANY 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF   GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Office  and  Factorr 

60-80  RAUSCH  ST.,  Bet.  7Hi  and  8th  Stf. 

San  Francisco 

Telephone  UNderhlll  1-5815 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


cil,  AIA,  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  San 
Francisco  Area  Chapter,  Construction  Spe- 
cifications Institute. 

Burns  pointed  out  that  the  specifications 
are  an  important  part  of  the  contract,  a 
legal  document.  Legal  rules  for  the  inter- 
pretation require  that  the  intent  of  the  ar- 
chitect, or  engineer,  preparing  them  to  be 
used  as  a  basis.  This  makes  it  necessary  for 
this  intent  to  be  clearly  and  definitely  ex- 
pressed. 

Unless  the  specifications  are  clear  and 
definite,  the  intent  is  often  subject  to  ques- 
tion. When  the  architect,  or  engineer,  has 
one  interpretation  and  the  contractor  an- 
other, the  way  is  opened  for  trouble.  Arbi- 
tration or  court  cases  involve  money  and 
delay,  and  the  only  one  to  benefit  is  the 
attorney  involved. 

Ambiguity  is  a  serious  defect.  Discrep- 
ancies between  drawings  and  specifications 
should  be  provided  for  by  a  statement  of 
which  shall  govern. 


COGHLAN  BECOMES 
FIRM  PARTNER 

Architect  R.  Redmond  Coghlan  of  San 
Gabriel  has  been  appointed  a  partner  in 
the  Southern  California  architectural  firm 
of  Smith,  Powell  6?  Morgridge.  Architects 
and  Engineers,  whose  main  offices  are  lo- 
cated in  Los  Angeles. 

Coghlan,  an  architectural  graduate  of 
the  University  of  Southern  California,  is 
president  of  the  Southern  Calrifornia 
Chapter  of  the  Construction  Specifications 
Institute. 

Other  partners  in  the  JO-year-old  firm 
are  David  D.  Smith,  Herbert  J.  Powell, 
Howard  H.  Morgridge  and  Albert  A. 
Richards. 


AMVET  HOUSING  POST 
GIVEN  TO  O'SULLIVAN 

J.  William  0"Sullivan,  Los  Angeles 
building  material  executive,  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  the  National  Housing  Commit- 
tee of  the  AMVETS,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement by  James  J.  Kehoe,  chairman 
of  the  housing  committee  of  the  veterans 
organization. 

O'Sullivan  has  long  been  identified  with 
the  building  industry  in  Southern  Califor- 
nia and  has  been  actively  identified  with 
AMVETS  in  California. 


ADDED  CANDLE  POWER 
ASSURES  EYE  COMFORT 

A  new  development  in  lighting  which 
achieves  extremely  high  light  levels  with 
low,  surface  brightness  has  been  perfected 
by  use  of  a  prism  pattern  of  concave- 
shaped  lens. 

A   250-foot-candles'   use,   without  visual 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


[    TYPHOON     ] 

CONTRACTIKG  &  SERVICING 

174-12TH  STREET -OAKLAND 
Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


discomfort,  is  obtainable,  and  it  is  the  first 
application  to  24"  square  modules,  open- 
ing a  wide  field  in  commercial  and  insti- 
tutional lighting. 

Manufactured  by  Leadlight  Co.,  Oak- 
land, complete  details  are  available  from 
the  firm. 


ARCHITECrURAL 
OFHCES  MOVE 

Edwards-McKay  and  Associates,  San 
Fernando  Valley  architectural  firm  has 
moved  into  new  and  larger  offices  at  14445 
Riverside  Drive,  Sherman  Oaks,  according 
to  an  announcement  by  Robert  L.  McKay, 
partner  of  the  organization. 


HRE  RELIEF 
ROOF  VENT 

A  new  quick-opening  fire  vent  to  per- 
mit rapid  escape  of  smoke,  heat  and  gasses 
in  event  of  fire  that  is  installed  and  oper- 
ated entirely  above  the  roof  line. 


Two  double-wall  ddinpers  are  opened 
outward  by  powerful  coil  springs  when  a 
fusible  link  melts  at  212  degree  F.,  creat- 
ing a  roof  opening  of  28  sq.  ft.  Projector 
completely  weatherproofed  when  closed. 
Can  be  used  for  extra  ventilation  in  good 
weather.  Installed  singly  or  in  groups. 
Complete  data  from  the  manufacturer  The 
Swarthout  Co..  18511  Euclid  Ave.,  Qeve- 
land  12,  Ohio. 


ARCHITECr 
HONORED 

Kent  J.  Attridge,  architect  with  Welton 
Becket  and  Associates,  architects  and  engi- 
neers, Los  Angeles,  has  been  elected  to  full 
membership  in  the  Acoustical  Society  of 
America,  officials  of  the  organization  an- 
nounced. 

Attridge,   who   resides   in   Beverly   Hills, 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON,  INC. 

Genera/  Confroctors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


DINWIDDIE 

COXSTRUCTIOX 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


HERRICK 
IROIV  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REmFORCING  STEEL 

I8TH   AND  CAMPBELL  STS. 

OAKLAND,  CALIF. 

Phone  GLtneour*  I-I7W 


ABBOT  A.  BANKS,  INC. 
Engineers  &  Chemists 

rNSPECTING  —  TESTING  —  CONSULTING 

CONCRETE      •       STEEL       •       MATERIALS 

CHEMICAL  AND  TESTING 

LABORATORIES 

RESEARCH    AND    INVESTIGATION        • 

TESTS  OF  STRUCTURAL  MATERIAU 

DESIGN  OF  CONCRETE  MIXES 

SHOP  AND  ERECTION   INSPECTION  OF 

STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  inve<;tigation  of 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Sacramento  Street,  San  Franeiieo 


was  honored  for  his  "substantial  contribu- 
tion to  the  advancement  of  acoustical 
science  in  the  field  of  architectural  acous- 

Among  his  many  projects  are  the  Holly- 
wood Bowl,  Santa  Monica  Civic  Auditor- 
ium now  under  construction,  and  the 
University  of  California  at  Los  Angeles 
music  building. 

LAWRENCE  C.  MILLER 
NAMED  FIELD  ENGINEER 

Lawrence  C.  Miller  has  been  appointed 
Field  Engineer  for  Spokane,  southeast 
Washington  and  north  central  Idaho,  for 
the  Portland  Cement  Association. 

Miller  is  a  1951  graduate  of  Washington 
State  College  with  a  B.  S.  degree  in  civil 
engineering;  a  junior  member  of  the  Amer- 
ican Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  The  Struc- 
tural Engineers  Association  of  Washington 
and  a  member  of  Tau  Beta  Pi. 


MAUSOLEUM 
SAN  MATEO 

Architect  Albert  K.  Williams,  2T1  Post 
St.,  San  Francisco,  is  preparing  plans  and 
specifications  for  construction  of  a  large 
Mausoleum  at  the  Lawndale  Cemetery  in 
San  Mateo  County  for  the  Societa  Mutua 
Beneficenza  of  Italiano. 

NEW  CUNIC  AND 
SURGERY  BLDG. 

Architect  Hewitt  C.  Wells,  165  Jessie 
St.,  San  Francisco,  is  preparing  plans  for 
construction  of  a  new  Clinic  and  Surgery 
building  for  Mary's  Help  Hospital  in  San 
Francisco. 

The  project  includes  a  2-story  steel  and 
concrete  building  at  an  estimated  cost  of 
$1,000,000. 

SANTA  MONICA 
OFFICE  BUILDING 

The  architectural  firm  of  Richard  Dor- 
man  &  Associates,  221  N.  Robertson 
Blvd.,  Beverly  Hills,  is  working  on  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  9-story  office 
building  with  3-levels  of  subterranean 
parking  in  Santa  Monica  for  the  Amster- 
Gross  Corp. 

The  building  will  be  200,000  sq.  ft.  in 
area,  lift-slab  construction,  movable  me- 
cr.anical  sidewalk  escalators  from  the  park- 
ing area,  and  will  cost  an  estimated 
$3,000,000. 

SCHOOL  BOND 
ELECTION 

Electors  of  the  Santa  Monica  School 
District  will  vote  on  a  proposal  to  issue 
and  sell  bonds  in  an  amount  of  $10,500,- 
000  on  June  4,  to  be  used  for  the  construc- 
tion of  various  school  buildings  in  the  dis- 
trict. 


PITTSBURGH 
TESTING    LABORATORY 

ENGINEERS  AND  CHEMISTS 

Testing  and  Inspection  of  Concrete, 

Steel  and  Other  Structural  Materials 

Design  of  Concrete  Mixes 

Offices  in  all  principal  cities 

651   Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 
EXbrook  2-1747 


KOLORBLEN 

Concrete  Color  Hardener 


COLOR  WAXES 

SEALER-STAINS 


Distributors— Contractors  Concrete  Special 

875  BRYANT  STREET 
San  Francisco  -  HEmlocIc  1-1345 


REMIllARD-DAilNI  Co. 

Brick  and 
Masonry  Products 


400  MONTGOMERY  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF. 


Scott  Company 

HEATING     •     PLUMBING 
REFRIGERATION 


San  Francisco 

Oakland 

San  Jose 

Los  Angeles 


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Index  to  Advertisers 

ALTA   Roofing   Co.  .- 45 

ALTA  Flooring  Co 45 

ARCHITECTS  Reports 46 

BARRETT  Construction  Co 2! 

BASALT   Rock  Co.,    Inc 30 

BATES,  Walter  D.,  &  Associates  25 

BAXTER,  J.   H.,  Co * 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California;  The....  42 

BILCO  Co --- ' 

BROADWAY  Plumbing  Co 45 

CALIFORNIA  Metal  Enameling  Co., 

Architectural  Division  Back  Cover 

C.   &   H.  SPECIALTIES  Co.  -. 44 

CENTRAL  Mill  &  Cabinet  Co 17 

CLASSIFIED  Advertising  39 

COLUMBIA-Geneva  Steel.- I,  6  &  7 

DINWIDDIE   Construction 

Company 16  &  47 

FIRE  Protection  Products  Co 30 

FLOORCRAFT  Carpet 41 

FORDERER  Cornice  Works  32 

GLADDING,  McBean  &  Company  ....     * 

GRAHAM    &    Hayes   44 

GREENBERG'S,  M.,  Sons  31 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co .20  &  33 

HANKS,   Abbot  A.,    Inc —  47 

HAWS    Drinking    Faucet   Co 29 

HERMANN  Safe  Co.,  The 33 

HERRICK    Iron    Works   47 

HOGAN   Lumber  Co 33 

HUNDLEY,  E.  M.;  Hardware  Co 17 

HUNT,     Robert    W.,    Company    46 

JACKS  &  Irvine  ..- 28 

JOHNSON,  S.  T.,  Co 24 

JOSAM    Pacific  Co * 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy   Corp 33 

KRAFTILE  Company * 

LARSEN,    Ralph,    &   Son 19 

LeROY    Construction    Services    34 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson.  Inc.  ..  47 

MARTINELLI,  G.  H.  &  C 16 

MAHOCK   Construction    Co 47 

MEISWINKEL,  Fred  18 

MICHEL  &   Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

Inc.  .-- Inside  Front  Cover 

MULLEN  Mfg.  Co 46 

NELSON,    James    H.,    Co 5 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates.  Inc.  27 

PACIFIC   Manufacturing  Co 34 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  45 
PARAMOUNT   Built-in    Fixture   Co.   ..    18 

PASSEHI   Trucking   Co.,   Inc. 26 

PITTSBURGH  Testing   Laboratory  ......  48 

PORCELAIN    Enamel    (Architectural 

Division)    Publicity    Division   * 

RAMAZZOTTI,  A 17 

REMILLARD-Dandini  Co 48 

REPUBLIC  Steel  Corporation  34 

RIVIERA  Hotel,  Las  Vegas  43 

RODONl,  Becker  Co.,  Inc 18 

ROLY-DOOR  Sales  Co.  of 

San    Francisco   33 

RUANE,  Patrick  J.,  Inc 28 

SCOTT   Company 16   &  48 

SHADES,   Inc -- 43 

SIMONDS   Machinery  Co. 32 

SMOOT-Holman    Company   2 

SOVIG,  Conrad,  Co - 22  &  48 

STEELFORM   Contracting  Co 23 

STROMBERG-Carlson  Co 44 

SULLIVAN,  D.  J.  &  T 21 

U.  S.  BONDS  Inside  Back  Cover 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern   California  32 

UNITED  STATES  Gypsum  Co * 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp 1,  6  &  7 

VERMONT  Marble  Co --..-.  34 

WESTERN  Structural  Tile  Institute  ....     * 

WEST    Coast    Industries 20 

ZELINSKY,  D.  &  Sons — 23 

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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Piclure  oj  John  ntse  jr, 


AMt.HI<.A.\  HLRUACE 


PART  OF  EVERY  AMERICAN  S  SAVINGS 
BELONGS  IN  U.  S.  SAVINGS  BONDS 


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ng  Council  and  the 


The  old  lady 
^ive  him  what  for 

An  old  lady  living  near 
Henderson.  N.  Y.  in  1859 
was  shocked  at  the  way 
the  fonr  men  had  arrived 
—and  said  so.  Such  sensi- 
ble-looking men  in  such 
an  outlandish  vehicle! 

But  John  Wise  and  his 

crew,  perched  up  in  a 

tree,  were  far  too  happy 

to  listen.  Caught  by  a 

storm,  their  aerial  balloon  had  almost  plunged 

beneath  the  angry  waves  of  Lake  Ontario.  Then, 

after  bouncing  ashore,  they  had  crashed  wildly 

through  a  mile  of  tree-tops  before  stopping  in 

one. 

Now,  his  poise  regained.  Wise  stood  up  to 
proclaim:  "Thus  ends  the  greatest  balloon 
voyage  ever  made."  He  had  come  1200  miles 
from  St.  Louis  in  19  hours,  setting  a  record  un- 
broken for  60  years. 

He  had  also  proved  his  long-held  theory  of 
an  earth-circling,  west-east  air  current  — and 
that  was  far  more  important  to  him.  For  Wise 
was  no  carnival  balloonist.  He  was  a  pioneer 
scientist  of  the  air.  a  man  whose  inquiring 
mind  and  courageous  spirit  helped  start  the 
vast  forward  march  of  American  aviation. 

In  America's  ability  to  produce  such  men  as 
John  Wise  lies  the  secret  of  her  real  wealth. 
For  it  is  a  wealth  of  human  ability  that  makes 
our  country  so  strong.  And  it  is  this  same 
wealtii  that  makes  her  Savings  Bonds  so  safe. 
168  million  Americans  back  U.  S.  Savings 
Bonds  — back  them  with  the  best  guarantee  you 
could  possibly  have.  Your  principal  guaranteed 
safe  to  any  amount  — your  interest  guaranteed 
sure  — by  the  greatest  nation  on  earth.  If  you 
want  real  security,  buy  U.  S.  Savings  Bonds 
at  your  bank  or  through  the  Payroll  Savings 
Plan  where  you  work.  And  hold  on  to  them. 


contemporary  design 

for  beauty  and  durability 

CAMEO  ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN 


The  face  of  Western  building  is  constantly 
changing  and  improving.  Buildings  of  all 
classifications  are  becoming  functionally 
beautiful  monuments  to  the  strides  being  made 
by  today's  architects  and  contractors. 

We  at  Cameo  are  modestly  proud  of  our 
product's  contribution  to  the  scene.  Looks  and 
longevity  are  two  good  reasons  for  the 
increasing  popularity  of  porcelain  enamel. 
Sky's-the-limit  variations  in  color,  shape  and  size 
at  a  down-to-earth  cost  have  made 
their  impression,  too. 

Consider  Cameo  porcelain  enamel  on  your  next 
project.  No  other  material  adds  so  much  to 
appearance  for  so  many  years. 


MAY,   1957 


Speed  of  construction  and  consequent 
low-cost  installation  make  Ariston  Curtain 
Walls  highly  desirable  in  contemporary 
construction. 

For  assistance  with  your  preliminary  and 
final  window  designs,  call  Michel  &  Pfeffer. 


ARISTON 

SINCE    1912 

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Metal  Windows    Division 
212  Shaw  Road 
South  San  Francisco,  California 
PLaza  5-8983 


Curtain 

Walls 

by 

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Pfeffer 


Illustrated:  Ariston  steel  curtain  walls 

with  Insulated  panels. 

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F.  P.  Lathrop  Construction  Co.,  Contractors 

Ratcliff  and  Ratcliff,  Architects 


'-Babe  that  there's  what  I  call  a  SOUND  FOUNDATION! "  observed  Paul  Bunyan  as  he  delicately  lifted  up  the  old 
house  with  his  pinkie.  The  Blue  Ox  grunted.  "See  them  mudsills,  girders  an'  posts?  Been  settin'  there  25  years  m  the 
damp  an-  dark,  supportin'  50,000  pounds  o'  house-an'  not  a  trace  C  rot  or  termites  anywhere.  Sound  as  the  day 
they  was  cut. ..Babe,  sure  as  you're  true  blue,  that's  BAXCO  Pressure  Treated  Foundation  Lumber ;{.." 


MUDSILLS  POSTS  GIRDERS 


£  J.  H.  Baxter  &  Co.  1956 


BAXCO  pressure  treated  FOUNDATION  LUMBER 


*  What  else,  Paul?  For  the  past  25  years 
BAXCO  pressure  treated  Foundation  Lumber 
has  been  safeguarding  thousands  of  Western 
homes  against  termites  and  wood-rot.  Pressure 
treatment  locks  in  the  chemical  protection  for 
keeps... And  when  you  figure,  Paul,  that  just 


one  repair  bill,  caused  by  rot  or  termites,  can 
run  into  hundreds  of  dollars— well,  why  take  a 
chance?  Especially  since  BAXCO  Pressure 
Treated  Foundation  Lumber  usually  adds  less 
than  one  half  of  17c  to  your  total  building  cost 
. . .  Write  today  for  free  booklet. 


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MAY,     1957 


steel  opens  new  horizons  in  school  design 


STEEL  FOR  BEAUTY!  Kellogg  High  School,  Kellogg, 
Idaho,  is  a  dramatic  example  of  the  functional  beauty 
that  can  be  achieved  through  steel.  Fabricated  by  Gate 
City  Steel,  Boise,  Idaho,  using  United  States  Steel 
angles,  plates,  and  structurals,  it  contains  68,000  square 


feet  of  space.  The  contemporary  design  provides  max- 
imum lighting  for  students  and  is  a  permanent  struc- 
ture, economical  to  maintain.  Culler,  Gale,  Martell, 
Norrie,  of  Spokane,  Wash.,  and  Perkins  and  Will,  of 
Chicago,  111.,  were  associated  architects. 


STEEL  FOR  ECONOMY!  The  Green  River  School  in 
Utah  was  built  at  a  cost  of  less  than  $10  per  square 
foot .  . .  one  of  the  most  economical  school  buildings  in 
the  Intermountain  West!  This  modern  structure  fea- 
tures an  all-welded  frame  . .  .  one  of  the  first  in  this 
area.  Architects  were  Cannon,  Smith  &  Gustavson,  Salt 
Lake  City.  Dean  L.  Gustavson — partner  in  charge. 


STEEL  FOR  VERSATILITY!  Exposed  steel  trusses  solved  a  prob- 
lem in  the  construction  of  the  Green  River  School's  gymnasium 
.  .  .  and  saved  about  $30,000  in  building  costs !  Since  soil  condi- 
tions required  the  building  to  be  founded  on  pilings,  the  gym 
could  be  recessed  half  its  height  into  the  ground.  This  unique 
design  allowed  for  a  continuous  roof  plane.  For  your  next 
project,  consider  the  advantages  of  steel — United  States  Steel. 


Specify  USS  —  One  Source  for  All  Steels 

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Vol.  209  No.  2 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

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School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

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ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architert, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

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Los   Angeles,   California 

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NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 5 

PSYCHOLOGICAL  PAINTED  SCHOOL— Improves  Pupils'  Performance         .  7 

STAINED   GLASS  — An   Old   Art  ...  Meets   Cons+rucfion  Opportunities         .  8 

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BUILDING  AN  AERIAL  CABLEWAY  At  The  Grand  Canyon  of  the  Colorado, 

Grand  Canyon,  Arizona     ..........  20 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities       .     '    .         .  24 

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BOOK  REVIEWS,   Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 34 

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STEEL'S  CENTENNIAL— 1957 

This  year  the  steel  industry  is  marking  its  Centenial. 
Steel  plants  across  the  land  are  planning  programs 
and  ceremonies  to  focus  attention  on  the  100th  birth- 
day of  one  of  our  most  basic  industries. 

Although  the  art  of  steelmaking  was  known  for 
thousands  of  years  it  wasn't  until  the  mid'1850's  that 
the  "Steel  Age"  began  in  America.  The  event  which 
marked  the  beginning  of  the  new  era  was  the  inven- 
tion  of  the  Bessemer  converter  process  of  steelmaking. 
The  process,  developed  almost  simultaneously  by 
Henry  Bessemer  of  England  and  William  Kelly  of  the 
United  States,  made  it  possible  for  the  first  time  to 
produce  large  quantities  of  steel,  economically  at  a 
rapid  rate. 

Since  Bessemer  and  Kelly's  process  unlocked  the 
door  to  the  machine  age,  America's  growth  and  the 
steel  industry's  have  paralleled  one  another.  Industrial 
achievements  such  as  the  open-hearth  and  electric 
furnace  processes,  the  continuous  rolling  mill  and 
electrolytic  tinning  line  have  meant  increased  and 
more  efficient  steel  production.  The  result  has  been 
an  ever  widening  range  of  commodities  which  have 
constantly  increased  our  high  standard  of  living. 

Today,  the  steel  industry  is  continuing  to  pioneer. 
New  machines  incorporating  the  latest  technical  ad- 
vances are  making  their  way  into  steelmaking.  The 
country  is  calling  for  more  and  more  steel  and  the  steel 
industry  is  meeting  the  challenge. 

With  a  century  of  dynamic  growth,  technological 
achievement  and  public  service  behind  it,  the  industry' 
is  looking  ahead — to  the  next  hundred  years. 


PERHAPS  IT  WAS  A  STRAW! 

"It  only  takes  a  straw  to  break  a  Camel's  back." 
The  humble  Camel  has  been  recognized  for  many 
centuries  as  a  loyal  beast  of  burden  capable  of  carrying 
tremendous  loads  on  its  back,  and  somewhere  back  in 
mankind's  early  stages  of  development  it  was  learned 
that  even  a  Camel  has  load-limitations,  and  that  as 
little  as  a  straw  can  be  sufiicient  added  weight  to 
"break  the  Camel's  back"  and  thereby  render  him 
useless  for  any  further  service. 

While  humans  were  learning  this  fundamental  law 
of  nature,  they  failed  to  recognize  the  fact  that  there 
is  a  limit  in  the  laws  of  economics  beyond  which  the 
assessment  of  taxes  represent  a  "straw."  And  while 
the  history  books  are  replete  with  records  of  great 
peoples,  and  great  nations,  that  have  traveled  the  road 
to  oblivion  because  of  excessive  taxation,  modern  na- 
tions and  peoples  have  accepted  rising  taxes  with  little 
more  than  individual  grumbling. 


_  Why,  then,  did  President  Eisenhower's  $72 -billion 
Federal  budget  for  fiscal  1958  touch  off  such  public 
protests  from  every  segment  of  society  in  every  part 
of  the  country? 

Perhaps  it's  because  total  federal,  state  and  local  tax 
collections  amounted  to  $89.6-billion  in  1954,  and  two 
years  later  the  figure  had  jumped  to  $107.6-billion,  and 
if  the  trend  since  1929  continues  for  another  fifty 
years,  about  99%  of  our  economy  will  be  sociaHzed 
and  only  one  person  out  of  every  100  will  be  privately 
employed. 

Our  national  income  today  is  $343-billion,  so,  at 
present  about  one-third  of  the  national  income  is  going 
to  pay  the  tax  bill,  and  we  spend  one-third  of  our 
working  days  each  year,  working  for  taxes. 

Just  think  of  it!  four  months  work  each  year  to  pay 
our  tax  bill;  perhaps  that's  why  the  President's  all 
peace-time  high  budget  reached  the  category  of  a 
"straw",  and  the  John  and  Jane  Doe's  of  the  nation  be- 
gan to  see  a  sagging  in  the  Camel's  back. 


AGC  SAFETY  PROGRAM  PAYS  OFF 

Last  year  members  of  The  Associated  General  Con- 
tractors of  America  registered  the  safest  year  in  the 
association's  history,  and  showed  a  significant  improve- 
ment over  the  accident  rate  for  all  contract  construc- 
tion. 

Chief  reason  for  this  outstanding  safety  record  is 
the  constantly  increasing  interest  AGC  members  have 
been  showing  in  making  their  jobs  safer  places  to 
work.  In  1955  there  were  2,676  firms,  or  better  than 
one  out  of  every  three,  participating  in  the  associa- 
tion's safety  program.  In  1956,  3,260  firms,  or  nearly 
one  out  of  two,  took  part  in  the  program. 

The  end  result  of  this  increased  interest  in  accident 
prevention  has  been  a  general  decline  during  the  past 
year  in  the  number  and  severity  of  accidents.  In  1955 
AGC  firms  reported  an  average  of  35.6  accidents  and 
2,851.6  days  lost  per  million  man-hours  worked. 

In  1956  these  rates  dropped  respectfully  to  29.6  ac- 
cidents and  2,826.2  days  lost  per  million  man-hours, 
indicating  that  the  mishaps  which  did  occur  were  not 
as  frequent  or  severe.  These  frequency  rates  compare 
very  favorably  with  government  figures  for  all  types 
of  construction. 

The  important  fact  to  remember  is  that  as  improve- 
ment is  made  in  accident  records  the  construction 
workers  gain  the  most  from  the  program,  with  the 
public  and  the  construction  industry  receiving  the 
secondary  benefit  of  lower  construction  costs. 


AT.  CHITECT      AND      ENGINEER 


NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON   ART 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris.  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Beatrice  Judd  Ryan, 
is  presenting  the  following  exhibits  during  the  Month 
of  May: 

"Paintings"  by  Muriel  Branegan  Bacon  and  Joseph 
H.  Bennett,  through  May  25rd;  and  a  group  of  Thirty 
Small  Vistas,  by  Fred  Martin.  On  the  Fourth  Floor 
will  be  shown  Andre  Laherrere,  director. 


M.  H.  de YOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  deYoung  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  ol 
Walter  Heil,  is  presenting  a  number  of  outstanding 
exhibits  and  special  events  for  May,  including  the 
following: 

EXHIBITIONS:  "Nature  Into  Art",  an  unusual 
exhibition  consisting  of  Japanese  fish  prints,  natural 
wood  forms,  and  sea  flora,  designed  to  demonstrate 
how  natural  forms  through  human  ingenuity  and  taste 
may  be  transferred  into  objects  of  pleasing  character. 
"Sea  Flora",  from  the  collection  of  Mrs.  Marin  Water- 
house  Pepper  of  Bolinas,  California,  includes  exquisite 
ferns,  grasses  and  flowers  from  the  Monterey  Bay  tide 
pools  collected  and  pressed  by  her  grandmother,  Mrs. 
Rebecca  Day  Esten.  "Natural  Wood  Forms"  are  Juni- 
per roots  from  the  high  Sierras  gathered  and  prepared 
by  Mrs.  Cornelia  Prins  Chase  of  San  Francisco  during 
the  past  ten  years.  The  "Art  Directors  Exhibition  of 
Advertising  Art"— 9th  Annual  will  open  on  May  25. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Include  conducted  tours  of 
the  Museum,  classes  in  Art  Enjoyment,  the  Painting 
Workshop  for  amateurs,  seminars  in  the  History  of 
Art,  and  Children's  Art  classes.  All  classes  are  free 
of  charge. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily  10  a.m.  to  5  p.m. 


AMERICAN  ARCHITECTURE  SHOWN 
NATIONAL  GALLERY  OF  ART 

The  development  of  American  architecture  over 
the  past  century  will  be  illustrated  in  a  major  photo- 
graphic exhibition  to  be  held  May  15  to  July  15  at  the 
National  Gallery  of  Art,  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  opening  of  the  exhibit,  first  large-scale  archi- 
tectural display  and  one  of  the  largest  contemporary 
ever  held  at  the  National  Galler>'  will  be  open  from 
May  15  to  July  15,  1957. 

Highhghts  of  the  exhibition  will  be  10  huge  color 
transparencies  which  will  embody  trends  and  char- 


acteristics considered  to  be  significant  of  future  devel- 
opment of  American  Architecture.  More  than  200 
black  and  white  photographs  will  be  shown  of  65 
buildings  which  represent  important  steps  either  his- 
torically or  esthetically  in  the  narration  of  architec- 
ture over  the  past  century  in  America. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  announces  the  following 
schedule  of  special  exhibits  and  events  for  this  month: 
EXHIBITS:  The  Ayala  and  Sam  Zacks  Collection, 
prepared  by  the  staff  of  the  Art  Gallery  of  Toronto, 
this  private  collection  of  127  items  includes  the  works 
of  Picasso,  Renoir,  Corot,  Chagall,  Derain  and  Leger. 
"Paintings  from  the  Mazzon  School,  Milan,  Italy"; 
"Art  of  the  Bay  Region"  by  Nell  Sinton  and  William 
Brown;  "Painting  and  Scultpure— Now",  some  con- 
temporary statements  by  artists  of  the  Bay  Region; 
and  "Theodore  Roszak",  a  retrospective  exhibition 
of  paintings,  graphics,  constructions,  and  sculptures, 
organized  by  the  Walker  Art  Center,  Minneapolis,  in 
collaboration  with  the  Whitney  Museum  of  Ameri- 
can Art  of  New  York. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Lecture  Tours  on  current  ex- 
hibitions each  Sunday  afternoon  at  3  o'clock;  Current 
exhibitions  are  discussed  informally  each  Wednesday 
evening  at  8:30  by  a  Museum  Staff  member  and  a 
short  Gallery  tour  is  conducted;  Concerts  and  other 
special  programs.  Adventures  in  Drawing  and  Paint- 
ing—Sketch Club  and  Painting  Class;  Studio  Art  for 
the  Layman,  and  the  Saturday  morning  Children's 
Classes. 

The  Mu-seum  is  open  daily. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Lincoln  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  has  announced  the  showing 
of  the  following  exhibitions  and  events  for  the  month 
of  May: 

EXHIBITS:  "American  Paintings,  1815-1865",  con- 
sisting of  136  paintings  from  the  celebrated  M.  and  M. 
Karohk  Collection  in  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Bos- 
ton, together  with  14  paintings  from  the  private  col- 
lection Maxim  Karolik  brought  to  San  Francisco  under 
sponsorship  of  Patrons  of  Art  and  Music.  "Treasures 


.  .  IVEWS    and    CDMMEIVT    DIV    ART 


from  the  Pierpont  Morgan  library",  an  exhibition  of 
108  superlative  items  drawn  from  the  rich  resources 
of  this  famous  American  institution  and  circulated 
among  seven  leading  American  museums  in  commem- 
oration  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  its  founding. 
Included  are  medieval  and  renaissance  illuminated 
manuscripts,  incunabula,  fine  binding,  literary  manu' 
scripts  and  master  drawings.  "Masters  of  British 
Painting,  1800-1950",  an  exhibition  of  10?  pictures 
comprising  a  brilliant  survey  of  the  last  century  and 
a  half  of  British  painting  assembled  from  the  notable 
public  and  private  collections  in  the  United  Kingdom 
and  this  country  by  the  Museum  of  Modern  Art,  New 
York,  in  collaboration  with  the  City  Art  Museum  of 


St.  Louis  and  the  California  Palace  of  the  Legion 
of  Honor. 

"Sculpture",  by  Ray  Lorenzato,  will  open  on 
May  25. 

ACHENBACH  FOUNDATION  for  GRAPHIC 
ARTS:  Will  show  "Pomp  and  Circumstance"  a  group 
of  prints  commemorating  Festivals,  Corteges  and 
Grand  Ceremonies  of  past  ages. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Include  an  Organ  recital  each 
Saturday  and  Sunday  afternoon  at  3  o'clock.  Educa' 
tional  activities — Spring  art  classes  for  children,  Satur- 
day mornings  at  10  o'clock.  Classes  and  materials 
furnished  free. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


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SAN   FRANCISCD    MUSEUM   DF   ART 


WAR  MEMORIAL  BUILDING  CIVIC  CENTER 


PIETA 

(detail) 


by 
JEAN  LAFITTLE 


Seif-taughf  contemporary  sculptor 

from  Southern  France. 

Anonymous  loan. 

An  example  of  religious  art,  personal  and 
contemporary,  but  related  to  the  roman- 
esque  tradition  of  the  region. 


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A  R  C  H  I  T  E 


AND      ENGINEER 


COLORS  PROVE  HELP  TO  CHILDREN 

PSYCHOLOGICAL  PAINTED  SCHOOL 

IMPROVES  PUPILS'  PERFORMANCE 


An  interesting  experiment  was  carried  out  in  twO' 
year  studies  by  a  team  of  phychologists  at  Johns  Hop- 
kins University.  They  tried  to  find  out  the  influence 
of  colors  and  paints  on  the  behavior  and  the  perform- 
ance of  young  children  in  school. 

The  experiments  were  conducted  in  three  Baltimore 
city  elementary  schools  with  the  cooperation  of  the 
school  officials.  Among  the  psychologists  who  worked 
on  the  project  were  Dr.  Wendell  R.  Garner,  director; 
Dt.  Randolph  Haynes,  Dr.  James  Bond,  and  Joseph 
Franklin. 

BRIGHT  COLORS  HAVE  A 
DEFINITE  EFFECT  ON  THE  CHILD 

The  result  was  the  discovery  that  bright  colors  and 
pleasing  classroom  designs  have  a  definite  effect  on 
the  way  your  child  behaves  at  school  and  the  marks 
he  gets. 

Three  schools  that  needed  painting  were  chosen  for 
the  experiments. 

For  one  year  complete  scholastic  and  attitude  re- 
ports were  kept  on  all  children.  During  the  summer, 
following  the  first  experimental  year,  one  school  was 
repainted  according  to  the  principles  of  color  dynam- 
ics, psychologically  developed  to  utilize  the  inherent 
energy  in  color. 

The  second  school  received  a  fresh  conventional 
paint  treatment,  which  in  Baltimore  schools  is  light 
buff  walls  and  white  ceilings. 

The  third  school  did  not  receive  a  new  coat  of 
paint  and  served  as  a  scientific  control  standard. 

The  psychologically  painted  school  had  corridor 
walls  in  yellow  with  corridor  doors  and  map  boards 
in  palace  gray.  Rooms  with  predominant  northern 
exposure  were  painted  in  a  pastel  rose,  while  blues  and 
greens  ■were  used  in  rooms  facing  south.  Art  class 
rooms  received  a  neutral  light  gray  treatment.  Front 
walls  were  painted  a  darker  shade  of  the  predominant 
room  colors. 

Chalk  boards  were  painted  green  to  reduce  glare  and 
to  lower  the  too-sharp  contrast  between  the  chalk- 
board and  the  adjoining  wall.  For  two  years  in  those 
experiments  20,000  report  cards  representing  2,500 
different  pupils  were  tabulated. 

IMPROVEMENTS  IN  THE 
PSYCHOLOGICALLY  PAINTED  SCHOOL 

It  was  found  that  color  has  the  greatest  beneficial 
results  on  behavior  and  scholastic  performance  among 


kindergarten  children.  Children  like  bright,  clean,  ex- 
citing colors.  Color  is  a  dominating  interest  during 
their  early  years,  more  so  than  form.  Greater  improve- 
ment as  a  result  of  planned  color  was  in  scholastic 
achievement  rather  than  behavior.  In  those  experi- 
ments boys  responded  more  to  color  than  did  the  girls, 
while  in  studies  by  other  observers  it  had  been  stated 
that  girls  generally  are  more  sensitive  to  color  than 
boys. 

A  study  of  the  work,  play  and  language  perform- 
ance of  kindergarten  children  showed  a  34%  improve- 
ment between  the  first  and  second  year  in  the  psycho- 
logically painted  school;  7%  in  the  school  painted 
with  conventional  color;  and  only  3%  in  the  un- 
painted  school. 

Seven  performance  traits  were  studied  for  grades 
three  through  six.  These  included  social  habits,  health 
and  safety  habits,  work  habits,  language,  arts,  arith- 
metic, social  studies  and  science,  art  and  music.  Here 
again  the  color  environment  school  led  with  9%  im- 
provement; the  conventionally  painted  school  showed 
only  J/2%  improvement,  while  the  unpainted  school 
showed  a  3%  loss. 

Both  the  students  and  the  teachers  in  Baltimore 
were  high  in  their  praise  of  the  colorful  classrooms. 
58%  of  the  children  said  that  the  "nice  colors"  had 
made  a  difference  in  their  attitude  toward  school.  One 
child  said:  "My  grades  are  much  better.  The  bright 
rooms  make  me  feel  happier  and  so  I  can  do  my  work 
better." 

A  SOOTHING  BLUE-GREEN  IN  CLASSROOMS 

Collaboration  of  physicians,  educators  and  color 
engineers  has  given  new  impulse  to  the  decoration  of 
nurseries  and  children's  classrooms.  A  thoroughgoing 
school  application  of  color  psychology  is  now  being 
applied  in  New  York  schools.  The  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, after  extensive  research,  has  decided  to  paint  all 
classrooms  a  soothing  blue-green  and  lunchrooms  a 
mouth-watering  peach  color. 

The  formerly  prevailing  brown  scheme  is  said  to 
have  had  a  depressing  effect  on  the  youngsters.  This 
gloomy  color  is  to  go  the  way  of  the  disciplinary  ruler 
and  the  dunce  cap.  It  will  disappear.  Wall  colors  and 
ceiling  colors  strongly  influence  the  emotional  re- 
sponses of  children  and  determine  to  a  large  extent 
whether  pupils  are  tense  or  relaxed  during  school 
(See  page  33) 


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"CHILDREN  OF 
ALL  NATIONS" 

stained  glass  window  in  tlie 
First  Baptist  Chureli, 
Redlands,  California. 


AN  OLD  ART  . . . 

STAINED 
GLASS 

MEETS  MODERN 
CONSTRUCTION 
OPPORTUNITIES 


By  ROBERT   F.  BRAMMER 


The  membership  of  the  Stained  Glass  Assoeiation 
of  America  is  confronted  today  with  problems  of  de- 
sign unheard  of  during  past  years  when  the  public 
demanded  copies  of  architectural  design  and  decora- 
tion. 


The  American  architect  has  challenged,  and  artists 
and  craftsmen  of  this  nation  have  accepted  the  op- 
portunity to  create  stained  glass  panels  and  mosaic 
murals  for  the  new  trends  in  architectural  design. 
Contemporary  architecture  demands  and  must  receive 


ARCHITECT      AND      ENGINEER 


STAINED  GLASS 


In  Production: 
CARTOONING   PHASE 

A  full  size  drawing  is  being  developed  for  the 
Clerestory  Windows  of  the  First  Lutheran 
Church  in  Glendale,  California. 

The  architecture  is  of  contemporary  design 
and  won  a  Church  Architectural  Guild  of 
America  award  for  the  office  of  Orr,  Strange 
and  Inslee,  Architects  of  Los  Angeles. 


THE   SKETCH: 

The  creating  of  the  design  is  the  first  process.  A  sketch  is 
mode  to  1-inch  scale  to  convey  an  impression  of  the  color 
and  light  of  the  full-size  window.  Shown  is  a  sketch  for 
window  18'  X  23'. 


the  utmost  of  the  artist's  creative  ability  if  the  end 
result  is  to  accomplish  the  ultimate  in  design,  delinea- 
ion  and  color. 

Over  the  years  many  forms  of  architecture  have 
been  used  to  house  the  membership  of  a  particular 
faith.  Prior  to  construction,  the  architect  and  build- 
ing committee  have  labored  long  hours  over  the 
problems  of  hturgical  correctness,  functionahsm,  and 
the  appointments  for  the  proposed  new  house  of  wor- 
ship. 

Too  often  the  selection  of  glass  color  and  texture  is 
brushed  aside,  an  afterthought  by  all  concerned,  be- 
cause the  quantity  of  seats,  the  choir  arrangement, 
the  kitchen  and  the  lounges  demand  the  immediate 
attention  of  the  group  involved  in  the  future  of  the 
church.  Later,  when  the  contractor  demands  action 
be  taken  for  the  purchase  of  the  glass,  the  suggestion 
that  "amber  glass  is  often  used"  sometimes  results  in 
an  immediate  note  of  approval. 

Amber  glass  can  be  used  effectively,  but  what  kind 
of  amber,  yellow,  bronze  or  green,  and  what  kind  of 


MAY,     1957 


STAINED  GLASS 


TRACING: 

The  facial  features,  lights  and  shadows  ore 
then  introduced  to  the  glass  by  the  skilled  use 
of  a  vitreous  paint  by  experienced  worker. 


PATTERNS: 


Three  carbon  copies  of  each  cartoon  are  made  for  use  during  the  various  processes.  One 
copy  is  cut  into  patterns  and  each  pattern  attached  to  a  plate  glass  easel  with  an  adhesive. 
Glass  color  and  texture  is  then  selected  and  cut  into  pattern  and  attached. 


GLASS  CUTTING 


ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


. . .  STAINED  GLASS 


FIRING: 

After  each  piece  of  glass  has  been  painted, 
it  is  placed  in  a  kiln  and  heated  to  1200 
degrees  F. 


texture?  Some  glass  classified  as  amber  casts  an 
eerie,  deadly  light  over  a  given  area,  changing  the 
color  of  the  walls,  carpeting  and  floors,  but  most  im- 
portant the  flesh  and  clothing  of  those  seated  within 
its  range  of  light.  Yellow  is  the  most  selfish  color  in 
the  spectrum  and  the  light  coming  through  a  yellow 
glass  is  emphasized,  resulting  in  glare. 


American  glass  blowers  and  manufacturers  of  rolled 
glass  have  developed  and  are  continuing  to  create  glass 
of  varied  thickness,  texture  and  color,  in  keeping  with 
current  trends  in  architecture.  The  psychological 
effects  of  glass  color  cannot  be  duplicated  by  any 
other  material.  The  wealth  of  textures  and  selection 
of  glass  colors,  coupled  with  the  cost  comparison  of 


GLAZING: 

A  glazier  is  shown  assembling 
over  a  full  size  cartoon  the 
many  segments  of  glass  and 
forming  capital  "H"  shaped 
lead  extrusions  around  each 
piece.  When  each  has  been  en- 
cased in  lead,  the  joints  are 
then  soldered.  Cement  is  then 
forced  under  each  lead  for 
waterproofing  and  shock. 

Reinforcing  bars  of  steel  are 
attached  to  the  lead  and  the 
panel  is  then  ready  for  instal- 
lation. 


WAY,      1957 


STAINED  GLASS 


INSTALLATION: 

A  section  of  the  window  shown  being 
installed  into  a  steel  frame. 

This  window  measures  40"  x  25'0"  and 
required  a  steel  frame  designed  to  the 
specifications  of  the  Stained  Glass  De- 
signer. 


other  materials,  challenges  the  production  and  crea' 
tive  ability  of  American  glass  manufacturers  in  both 
the  rolled  and  hand  blown  industry.  Cognizant  of  the 
problems  involved  when  large  areas  of  glass  are  used, 
grayed  tones  of  color  are  being  specified  by  the  stained 
glass  craftsmen,  eliminating  problems  of  glare,  heat, 
etc.,  common  to  glass  of  former  years. 


The  substance  called  glass  was  known  and  used  some 
5000  years  ago,  but  it  was  not  until  the  third  or  fourth 
century  that  it  began  to  be  used  in  window  form.  The 
Arab  used  translucent  glass  set  in  plaster  to  form  a 
design  and  to  give  the  effect,  when  placed  against  light, 
of  sparkling  jewels.  Today's  architect  uses  glass  in  the 
same  manner  for  all  types  of  buildings.  Currently  it 


COMBINATION 
STONE  AND   GLASS 
MOSAIC 

Sometimes  stone  and 
glass  are  combined  to 
accomplish  the  desired 
results,  as  in  this 
Lunette  over  the  main 
entrance  of  the 

SERBIAN  ORTHODOX 
CHURCH 

Alhambra,  Calif. 

Quentin  and  Westberg, 
Architects. 


ARCHITECT      AND      ENGINEER 


is  also  used  for  functional  purposes  to  highlight  areas, 
to  lend  soft  neutral  color  to  interiors,  and  to  accom- 
plish the  comfortable  psychological  effects  in  and  for 
the  building  and  its  occupants. 

Leaded  patterns  can  be  particularly  appealing  for 
strength  of  design  and  a  point  of  interest.  Glass  or 
marble  mosiac  for  interior  or  exterior  design  can  ac- 
complish design  effects  impossible  by  the  use  of  any 
other  materials.  The  building  boom  in  progress 
throughout  the  world,  the  use  of  air  conditioning, 
eliminating  the  use  of  open  windows,  and  the  desire 
for  soft,  functional  light  in  both  large  and  small  areas 
give  unlimited  opportunities  for  the  use  of  stained 
glass  in  many  forms.  Glass,  light,  and  color  are  truly 
synonymous  with  modern  artistic  expression,  tech- 
niques, and  architectural  designs. 

No  other  form  of  art  has  been  discovered  which  will 
duplicate  the  psychological  effect  or  teaching  value  of 
a  stained  glass  leaded  window  for  the  Church.  In 
Europe,  for  over  800  years,  people  have  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  viewing  stained  glass  art  in  the  birthplace  of 
the  craft.  Today  throughout  our  nation,  while  not  of 
such  ancient  vintage,  people  of  all  faiths  worship  the 
under  the  spell  of  stained  glass  color  and  art  of  the 
finest  quality  of  craftsmanship. 

The  current  spiritual  renaissance  in  religion  through- 
out the  United  States  of  America  has  created  a  demand 
for  church  building  unequaled  in  world  history.  The 


AN  OUTSTANDING  EXAMPLE  of  the  use  of 
stained  glass  is  this  "ROSE  WINDOW"  in  the 
Bishop's  School  for  Girls,  La  Jolla,  California. 


Window  from 
"LIFE  OF  CHRIST" 

series  of  windows 

in  the 

St.  Barnabas 

Church, 

Eagle  Rock, 

California. 


"BAPTISTRY  WINDOW."   St.  Alban's  Church 
Westwood,  California 


Stained  glass  craftsmen,  conscious  of  the  varied  atmos- 
pheric conditions  governed  by  geographic  location, 
must  of  necessity  study  each  locale  and  condition 
before  attempting  to  develop  a  design  in  keeping  with 
the  theology  expressed  by  his  client  and  the  architec- 
ture of  the  new  building.  Catalogues  and  brochures  of 
stainless  glass  designs  cannot  answer  the  questions  of 
clients  but  with   modern   modes   of  transportation   a 


client  is  as  close  to  the  stained  glass  craftsman  of  his 
choice-  as  he  is  to  his  telephone. 

American  craftsmanship  and  design  ability,  in  one 
of  the  oldest  mediums  of  expression,  is  unequaled  on 
a  world-wide  basis.  Much  of  this  credit  can  be  given 
to  the  enthusiasm,  imagination,  and  acceptance  of 
American  architects  to  the  use  of  glass. 


A  WESTERN  INDUSTRY 

With  such  a  tremendous  historical  background,  and 
modern  architectural  trends  towards  use  of  stained 
glass  in  commercial,  industrial  and  residential  con- 
struction, as  well  as  the  generally  accepted  Church 
use,  let's  consider  the  "interior"  of  a  stained  glass 
manufacturer  to  determine  just  what  goes  into  the 
glass  we  see. 

Among  manufacturers  of  the  West,  is  the  Judson 
Studios  in  Southern  California,  designers  and  crafts- 
men observing  their  Sixtieth  Anniversary  this  year, 
and  an  ideal  plant  to  visit  if  you  want  to  see  what 
makes  the  stained  glass  industry  tick. 

The  approach  to  The  Studios  is  a  revelation  of  the 
cultural  heritage  of  the  neighborhood.  Its  location  is 
within  two  hundred  yards  of  the  busy  Pasadena  Free- 
way but  you  do  not  hear  any  of  the  mechanical  noises. 
Sun  dials  and  a  fish  pond  in  the  lawn,  hand  made  brick 
with  the  imprint  of  the  maker's  thumb  in  the  patio, 
the  architecture  of  the  building  —  I  defy  anyone  to 
describe  it  in  one  or  two  words,  but  here  was  bom  the 
School  of  Fine  Arts  and  Architecture  of  the  University 
of  Southern  California.  William  Lees  Judson  was  re- 
sponsible  for  its  birth  as  well  as  that  of  four  sons,  two 
of  whom  organized  The  Judson  Studios  in  1897. 

Since  the  organization's  birthdate,  the  Studios  have 
gained  international  fame  as  artists  and  master  crafts- 
men in  what  is  perhaps  the  oldest  craft  dedicated  to 
religious  expression. 


"LIFE  OF  CHRIST" 

Series  of  windows 
for  the  Evangelical 
United  Brethren  Church, 
Anaheim,  California. 


Orr,  Strange  and  Inslee, 
Architects. 


The  Studios  were  first  located  in  what  was  known 
as  Mott  Alley,  a  junction  of  the  Plaza  in  Los  Angeles. 
Later  it  was  moved  to  7th  and  Grand  Avenues.  When 
the  University  decided  to  centralize  its  growing  schools 
to  the  present  location.  The  Studios  moved  into  the 
building  that  has  become  so  much  a  part  of  its  success. 

The  entrance  to  The  Studios  is  a  story  within  itself, 
because  once  you  close  the  door,  you  are  in  another 
world.  Here  men  work  vnth  their  heads,  hearts  and 
hands.  No  massive  mechanical  calculators  or  heavy 
duty  machinery  can  improve  or  speed  the  creation  of 
a  Stained  Glass  Window.  The  study  and  prayerful 
consideration  of  each  religious  theme  can  and  does 
produce  the  utmost  of  a  man's  creative  ability.  These 
are  reflected  in  the  sketches,  full  size  cartoons,  selec- 
tion of  glass  color,  the  powdered  glass  painting  tech- 
niques, the  glazing,  cementing,  reinforcing  with  steel 
bars  and  finally  the  installation  of  each  window.  It 
takes  labor — yes,  but  it's  a  labor  of  love. 

Watch  the  artists  creating,  in  one  inch  scale,  a 
sketch  for  a  window  to  be  placed  in  a  church  in  Seoul, 
Korea,  another  developing  a  large  sketch  for  a  triple 
lancet  window  to  be  installed  in  the  National  Cathe- 
dral in  Washington,  D.C.,  still  another  sketch,  this  in 
a  contemporary  form,  to  be  placed  in  a  cemetery 
chapel.  Each  will  represent  a  memorial,  the  first  for  the 
church  in  Korea  because  it  is  just  beginning  its  minis- 
try, its  former  house  was  destroyed  during  the  war. 
Certainly  not  the  first  for  the  Cathedral  in  Washing- 
(See  page  23) 


"RESURRECTION"— A  mosaic  on  the  Gospel  side  of  the 
church  chancel.  St.  Paul's  On  The  Highway,  Burlingame, 
California. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  of  Son  Bernardino,  California.  This  church  won  a  Church 
Architectural  Guild  of  America  Award,  and  is  an  outstanding  example  of  modern  use  of 
stained  gloss  in  today's  architectural  designing. 


Culver 

Heoton, 

Pasadena, 

Architect. 


CAMPING  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 

OAKLAND,  CALIFORNIA 

Camping  Construction  Company  has  moved  into  its  new 
concrete  building  at  290  Hegenberger  Road,  Oakland. 

Ground  floor  offices  and  departments  include  a  reception 
area,  offices,  purchasing,  bookkeeping,  estimating,  utility  rooms, 
and  a  subcontractors'  plan  room,  and  a  conference  room  with 
provisions  for  showing  color  slides  and  movies.  The  second 
story  is  devoted  to  engineering  and  design  functions. 

The  entry  floor  is  quarry  tile,  others  asphalt  tile;  one  office 
has  wall  to  wall  carpeting  over  mat  on  concrete;  warehouse  area 
the  bare  slab  is  exposed.  For  the  second  floor  a  5  5 '6"  x  28'  slab 
was  cast  on  the  ground  and  raised  into  position  on  pipe  col- 
umns. Load  bearing  walls  are  split  face  colored  concrete  blocks. 
Monolithic  reinforced  cantilever  stairway,  poured  in  position, 
connects  the  two  floors. 

Wall  treatments  include  split  face  colored  concrete  block, 
painted  sheet  rock,  mahogany  and  walnut  paneling,  and  one 
wall  on  second  floor  is  industrial  freezer  cork  facing.  Ceilings 
are  of  newly  developed  acoustical  tile  with  drop  panel  slim 
line  lighting. 

Warehouse  floor  is  a  75'  x  100'  concrete  floor  slab,  4"  thick, 
reinforced  with  6"  x  6"  x  10  ga.  x  10  ga.  steel  mesh, 
capable  of  bearing  2,000  lbs.  per  sq.  ft.  To  keep  floor 
free  of  obstruction,  8  reinforced  3 -hinge  pre-cast  con- 
crete arches  (75'  clear  span)  23'  high  at  the  peak  of 
the  arch  were  raised.  Arches  are  joined  by  job-cast, 
tilt  slab  reinforced  concrete  wall  sections  17'  high  and 
varying  from  15'  to  20'  wide. 


TOP  VIEW:  Shows  front  of  building,  general  offices  on 
ground  floor,  engineering  on  second;  CENTER  VIEW, 
Engineering  section;  LOWER  VIEW,  Entry  and  reception 
area. 


THE 

NEW 
LOOK 


The  Duncommon  Street  Plant  of  the  Southern  CaH- 
fornia  Gas  Company,  one  of  the  more  important  in- 
habitants of  the  region  just  east  of  downtown  Los  An- 
geles, has  just  acquired  a  handsome  new  porcelain 
enamel  top-coat. 

Some  9,000  square  feet  of  it  —  comprising  1,200 
panels,  plus  an  additional  7,000  square  feet  of  fluted 
panels  in  the  same  design,  fashioned  of  paint-grip  steel 
and  adorned  with  two  coats  of  primer,  affixed  to  inner 
walls  not  visible  from  the  street. 


The  panels,  three  tiers  of  them,  are  firmly  fixed  to 
the  horizontal  girts  by  concealed  fasteners  on  the 
backs  of  the  panels.  At  both  vertical  and  horizontal 
overlaps  the  panels  are  thoroughly  caulked  insuring 
complete  water-tightness. 

Drips  and  copings,  also  porcelain  enameled,  are  an 
integral  part  of  the  installation. 

Remodeling  of  the  gas  company  plant,  located  at  410 
Center  Street,  was  supervised  by  Austin  Field  6s?  Fry, 
architects.  Guy  T.  Martin  6?  Company  did  the  engi- 
neering. 


DUNCOMMON  STREET  plant  of 
the  Southern  California  Gas 
Company  with  porcelain  enamel 
planels,  specially  fabricated  for 
the   job. 

Panels  are  being  erected.  Bottom 
tier  is  shown,  two  more  tiers  were 
subsequently  affixed,  fastened  to 
the  horizontal  girts  by  concealed 
fasteners. 

Photos  by 

California  Metal 

Enameling  Company 


MAY,      1957 


UNUSUAL  DESIGN  of  slanted  windows. 


NEW  FISHERMAN'S  WHARF 


FRANCISCAN  RESTAURANT 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 


HEWITT  G.  WELLS, 

ARCHITECT 

GOULD  and  DEGENKOLB, 

STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS 

CHARLES  O.  JONES, 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR 


San  Francisco,  home  of  famous  restaurants,  has 
added  another  to  its  long  list  of  specialty  eating  places. 
This  one  is  not  only  outstanding  from  a  culinary  stand- 
point, but  architecturally  and  structurally. 

FIRST  the  view:  Restaurant  patrons  at  the  Francis- 
can Restaurant,  on  famed  Fisherman's  Wharf  have  a 
270  degree  view  of  the  Bay  and  surrounding  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

SECOND,  the  restaurant  is  the  first  steel  framed 
structure  to  be  constructed  on  a  wharf,  and  above 
water. 

In  an  effort  to  give  a  complete  expression  of  light- 
ness in  the  entire  structure,  San  Francisco  Architect 
Hewitt  C.  Wells  specified  structural  steel  framing  to 
give  vertical  support  to  the  two  story  structure.  A 
unique  core,  where  the  restaurant  kitchen  is  located, 


ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


utilucs  duiphram  walls  for  lateral  support.  Structural 
Engineers  Gould  and  Degenkolb,  also  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, designed  the  structural  steel  and  framing  elc 
ments.  All  steelwork  was  left  exposed  save  supporting 
steel  floor  beams. 

An  impression  of  rigidity  is  gained  entirely  through 
the  light  steel  members,  painted  a  strong  turquoise 
color,  accenting  the  exposed  steel. 

Bays  were  17.6  feet  apart  with  spans  of  second  floor 
beams  varying  from  15''3"  to  20''3"  with  4''0"  can- 
televers.  Roof  spans  varied  from  31  feet  to  39  feet 
with  6  foot  cantelevers;  and  eight  inch  wide  flange 
columns  were  bolted  to  foundation  plates  embedded 
in  a  concrete  mat.  The  foundation  is  seated  on  new 
wood  piling,  with  the  existing  wharf  used  as  a  form 
for  the  ground  floor  slab. 

Roof  supporting  members  and  floor  beams  were 
■composed  of  14  inch  wide  flange  sections,  weighing 
from  30  to  61  pounds  to  the  foot.  In  erecting  the  steel 
framework,  bolts  were  used  to  hold  the  steel  members 
in  position  prior  to  welding;  then  the  bolts  were  re- 
moved and  the  holes  filled  by  welding.  Thus,  the  ex- 
posed steel  was  given  a  smooth  uninterrupted  surface. 

Exposed  steel  design  was  also  carried  out  m  a  float- 
ing stairway,  connecting  the  ground  floor  glass  en- 
closed entrance  to  the  upstairs  dining  area. 

This  stairway  is  composed  of  two  12  inch  boxed 
-Steel  channels  built  up  with  12  inch  wide  cover  plates, 

(See  page  23) 


FLOATING   STAIRWAY   connects   second   floor   dining   area 
with  glass  enclosed  foyer. 


BELOW:  Steel  beams  spanning  40  ft.  of  open  space  permit 
unlimited  view  for  patrons  seated  in  three-tier  levels. 


MAY,     1957 


Artist's 
Conception 

Panoramic 
profile  view 
of  tramway 
being 

constructed  in 
Grand  Canyon 
of  tiie 
Colorado 
River. 


BUILDING  AN  AERIAL  CABLEWAY 

AT  THE  GRAND  CANYON  OF  THE  COLORADO 

GRAND  CANYON,  ARIZONA 


What  veteran  steelmen  describe  as  the  most  arduous 
job  of  its  kind  they  have  tackled  in  some  40  years  of 
building  aerial  cableways  is  nearing  completion  where 
US  Steel's  Consolidated  Western  Steel  Division  is 
building  the  longest  single  span,  reversible-type, 
freight  tramway  in  the  world  and  when  completed  this 
month  will  run  from  the  top  of  the  precipitous  south 
rim  of  the  Grand  Canyon  to  the  northerly  side  for  a 
span  of  about  li/2  miles. 

The  project  was  built  for  the  New  Pacific  Coal  and 
Oils,  Ltd.,  of  Toronto,  Canada,  which  will  use  the 
tramway  to  transport  prehistoric  bat  guano  from  60,' 
000,000-year-old  Bat  Cave,  a  cavernous  opening  of 
unexplored  labyrinths,  about  600  feet  above  the  Colo- 
rado  River  on  the  north  canyon  wall,  a  difference  in 
elevation  of  the  tramway  span  of  2911  feet. 

While  only  1000  feet  of  Bat  Cave  have  been  ex- 
plored, Charles  Parker,  President  of  United  States 
Guano  Corporation,  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of 
New  Pacific  which  will  mine  and  market  the  highly 
nitrogenous  product  as  a  concentrated  fertilizer,  esti- 


mates more  than  100,000  tons  of  bat  guano  are  de- 
posited in  the  explored  portion.  As  fertiHzer  and  as  a 
source  for  the  ingredients  of  modern  medicine  the 
huge  deposit  is  worth  at  least  $10,000,000  Parker  said. 

"The  guano  was  deposited  aeons  ago  by  prehistoric 
bats  which  are  believed  to  have  occupied  the  cave  for 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  years,"  Parker  declared.  "Be- 
cause of  the  year-round  constant  temperature  of  about 
70  degrees  and  a  lack  of  measureable  humidity  within 
the  cave,  the  guano  has  retained  much  of  its  chemical 
properties.  These  run  10  to  16  per  cent  nitrogen,  with 
considerable  phosphate  and  potash  content." 

"Bat  Cave  is  the  only  guano  deposit  of  its  kind  in 
North  America  of  commercial  significance,"  he  added, 
"and  the  only  one  being  operated  at  this  time." 

Parker,  who  lives  in  Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  said 
there  are  no  bats  occupying  the  cave  now,  but  the 
winged  creatures  lived  in  its  cavernous  depths  for  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  of  years.  Scientists  estimate  the 
cave  has  existed  for  60  million  years. 

Designed  by  Green,  the  j/s-inch  reel  operates  some- 


ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


HELICOPTER 
TAKES  OFF 

From  top  of  south  rim  on 
cable-laying  flight  which 
takes  twirly-bird  to  bottom 
of  canyon  1  '/2  miles  away 
and  2911  feet  below  starting 
point. 

Cable  can  be  seen  unwinding 
from  reel  between  runners. 
Man  holds  end  of  cable  to 
detect  any  fault  in  unwind- 
ing. 

Axe  man  stands  by  to  cut 
coble  if  it  should  become 
fouled.  Flight  was  made  with- 
out incident. 


what  like  a  spinner  on  a  fishing  rod.  The  five-foot  reel 
consisted  of  a  tapered  inner  cone  upon  which  11,500 
feet  of  aviation  cable  were  wound.  The  inner  cone 
was  secured  within  a  conical  steel  cylinder  with  a  two- 
inch  opening  at  the  trailing  end  through  which  the 
cable  unwound. 

The  cable  reel  assembly  was  fixed  to  the  helicopter's 
runners,  with  a  specially  designed  trigger  mechanism 
installed  to  enable  Green  to  jettison  the  cable  reel,  if 
necessary. 

Only  hitch  in  the  copter  cable  laying  operation  came 
after  Green  had  released  the  cable  at  the  end  of  his 
run.  Attempting  to  "play"  the  cable  to  determine  it 
wasn't  fouled  on  rocks,  Farwell  discovered  it  was 
snagged  on  a  crag  on  the  rim  side  of  the  river.  By 
walkie-talkie  he  contacted  a  ground  crewman  at  the 
floor  of  the  canyon  who  paddled  across  the  stream  in 
a  collapsible  boat.  There  he  was  picked  up  by  the  heli- 
copter and  carried  about  500  feet  up  the  rocky  side  of 
the  north  rim  to  free  the  cable. 


^ 


SECONDS  AFTER  TAKE-OFF  pilot  speeds  down  tramway 
route  laying  cable.  .  .  .  Cave  opening  may  be  seen  about 
&00  ft.  above  river  on  canyon's  northeasterly  side  in  mid- 
picture,  right. 


MAY,      1957 


21 


Bat  Cave,  which  is  located  about  25  miles  upstream 
from  Pierce's  Ferry,  was  discovered  in  the  early  thir- 
ties shortly  after  Hoover  Dam  was  completed.  Accord' 
ing  to  local  legend,  the  discoverer  was  a  young  lad  who 
was  boating  on  Lake  Mead  which  in  those  days  ex- 
tended  more  than  100  miles  above  the  dam.  The 
youngster  staked  a  discovery  claim  which  he  later  sold 
for  $50. 

Bat  Cave  had  several  owners  before  New  Pacific  ac 
quired  it  in  1955.  Previous  operators'  attempts  to  re- 
move  guano  by  barge  were  unsuccessful  because  of  the 
Colorado  River's  treacerous  currents  and  sand  bars. 
Recent  owners  tried  flying  guano  out  of  the  canyon  by 
helicopter  and  airplane,  but  these  methods  proved  too 
costly. 

The  explored  sections  of  the  cave  have  rooms  meas- 
uring JOO  feet  wide,  100  feet  high  and  500  feet  long. 
The  cave  opening  is  30  feet  by  30  feet. 

The  draft  is  outcast  from  the  cave,  so  it  is  believed 
it  has  another  opening,  and  exploration  of  the  cave 
hasn't  been  completed,  because  guano  deposits  are  so 
heavy  in  spots  that  a  man  can  not  get  through. 

Stanley  (Lefty)  Farwell,  construction  superinten- 
dent, described  the  tramway  project  as  a  "turn-key" 
operation  in  that  Consolidated  Western  is  building  the 
aerial  carrier  in  its  entirety — from  drawing  board  to 
completion. 

The  rugged  former  Loyola  of  Los  Angeles  Univer- 
sity and  professional  football  player  had  one  of  the 
most  difficult  phases  of  construction  on  record  when 
he  completed  the  spectacular  stringing  by  helicopter 
of  approximately  11,500  feet  of  j/^-inch  construction 
cable,  the  first  of  four  cables  which  to  be  drawn  across 
the  2911-foot-deep  gorge  before  the  permanent  Ij/j;- 
inch  track  cable  was  suspended  from  three  giant  steel 
towers  which  support  the  tramway  cable  over  its  9400- 
foot  route  from  loading  to  discharge  terminals. 

"We  considered  using  weather  balloons,  airplanes, 
rockets  and  blimps  before  deciding  on  the  helicopter 
to  string  the  construction  cable,"  Farwell,  of  Los  An- 
geles, stated. 

To  prepare  for  the  cable  stringing  operation,  Kern 
Copters,  Inc.,  one  of  the  nation's  first  commercial 
whirlybird  operators,  made  several  experimental  dry 
runs  to  lay  cable  along  the  runways  at  a  conventional 
airport. 

"After  a  couple  of  runs  we  were  sure  our  reel  would 
play  out  the  cable  without  fouling,"  said  Charles  E. 
Green,  Jr.,  36-year-old  ex-Marine  copter  pilot  of  Santa 
Ana,  California.  "Then  all  we  had  to  do  was  to  pick  a 
quiet  morning  when  the  tricky  canyon  air  currents 
were  at  a  minimum  and  take  off." 

Farwell  described  the  helicopter  cable-laying  run  as 
rapid,  spectacular  and  one  of  the  most  unique  opera- 
tions he  has  witnessed  in  18  years  of  steelworking. 

Green  lifted  the  twirlybird  from  a  specially-built 
platform  on  the  south  rim  of  the  canyon  and  sped 


down  the  tramway  route  leading  over  precipitous  cliffs 
and  across  the  half-mile  wide  Colorado  River  to  the 
canyon  floor  below  Bat  Cave. 

There  he  dropped  the  end  of  the  cable  which 
ground  crews  immediately  secured  to  an  air  hoist- 
powered  drum  by  which  the  construction  cable  was 
drawn  across  the  canyon  after  the  other  end  had  been 
spliced  to  a  %-inch  cable.  This  and  succeeding  cables 
were  drawn  across  until  the  tramway  cable  was  strung. 
The  entire  cable-stringing  operation  took  about  a 
month. 

The  cave  contains  guano  in  both  pellet  and  talc 
forms.  The  powdered  substance  will  be  picked  up  by 
vacuum  and  carried  about  1000  feet  through  a  10-inch 
pipe  to  a  bag  house  where  air  and  guano  are  separated. 
The  guano  then  will  drop  into  loading  bins  of  the 
lower  tramway  terminal,  whence  diverted  into  the 
tramway  bucket  designed  for  a  maximum  load  of  3500 
pounds. 

Perhaps  the  best  informed  authority  on  Bat  Cave 
history  since  its  discovery  is  Earl  (Buzz)  Westcott,  41- 
year-old  flight  service  operator  at  Kingman  Airport, 
about  60  miles  from  the  site.  Westcott  estimates  he's 
made  some  3000  flights  to  the  floor  of  the  canyon  as  a 
contract  pilot  for  various  Bat  Cave  owners. 

Since  there  is  no  road  or  trail  to  the  bottom  of  the 
canyon  at  this  point,  Westcot  has  flown  in  all  equip- 
ment, personnel  and  supplies  used  on  the  tramway  job 
since  it  was  begun  last  August. 

Westcott  said  he  has  flown  in  about  200  tons  of 
equipment  for  the  tramway  operation.  Material  air 
lifted  to  the  canyon's  floor  included  30  tons  of  steel, 
171,000  pounds  of  sand,  gravel  and  cement  for  the 
tower  foundations;  two  air  compressors,  hoists,  weld- 
ing machines,  cement  mixers  and  a  two-ton  caterpillar. 
All  equipment  was  disassembled  at  Kingman  Airport, 
flown  to  the  canyon  floor  piece  by  piece  and  reas- 
sembled. 

Getting  it  out  will  be  easy,  Farwell  grinned.  "We'll 
just  load  it  aboard  the  tramway  and  haul  it  up." 

Claire  C.  Beatty,  Consolidated  Western  engineer 
who  designed  the  tramway,  described  the  Grand  Can- 
yon operation  as  perhaps  the  most  unusual  and  diffi- 
cult project  he  has  worked  on  in  his  38  years  with 
U.  S.  Steel,  during  which  he  has  helped  design  some 
150  tramways  all  over  the  world. 

"The  inaccessibility  of  the  site  made  the  project  par- 
ticularly arduous,"  Beatty  pointed  out.  "This  job  was 
not  only  a  challenge  from  a  designing  and  construction 
standpoint,  but  also  from  a  logistics  angle.  Since  there 
is  no  way  in  or  out  of  this  section  of  the  canyon  by 
trail,  everything,  from  steel  to  toothpaste,  had  to  be 
flown  in." 

During  the  long  months  on  the  job,  men  on  the  floor 
of  the  canyon  worked  in  a  temperature  spread  of 
about  100  degrees,  ranging  from  130  degrees  in  sum- 
mer to  below  freezing  in  winter. 


ARCHITECT      AND      ENGINEER 


Tools  literally  became  too  hot  to  handle  in  summer, 
and  had  to  be  sloshed  in  the  Colorado  River  to  cool 
them  ofF,  according  to  Bill  Davidson,  34-ycar-old  heli- 
copter pilot,  who  flew  guano  out  of  the  canyon  for  a 
time  in  1954. 

"I  flew  the  Hump  in  World  War  II,  and  while  it 
got  hot  in  India,  we  never  had  temperatures  Hke  this. 
Humidity  on  the  floor  of  the  canyon  registers  absolute 
zero,  July  through  September.  Wild  life,  too,  gave  us 
some  interesting  times.  In  summer  we  placed  the  legs  of 
our  cots  in  kerosene  to  keep  the  scorpions  from  crawl- 
ing up.  Mountain  lions  made  several  nocturnal  visits 
to  the  camp.  Rattlers  were  commonplace,  but  fortun- 
ately no  one  was  bitten." 


AN  OLD  ART- 
STAINED  GLASS 

(From  page  1  5) 

ton,  D.C.,  it  began  its  ministry  some  fifty  years  ago 
but  these  new  windows  will  light  the  beginning  of  the 
nave  portion  of  the  structure.  The  sketch  for  the 
cemetery  chapel  is  non-denominational  in  them?  but 
descriptive  of  a  happy,  loving  experience,  common  to 
most  family  life. 

The  creation  of  full  size  cartoons  depicting  the 
artist's  interpretation  of  the  one  inch  scale  sketches  is 
a  fascinating  procedure.  Here  one  can  see  a  six  foot 
figure  of  a  Biblical  character  being  developed  for  a 
Gothic  stone  frame.  Another  would  be  a  series  of 
figures  seven  to  ten  inches  high  which  tell  an  incident 
from  the  Bible,  these  were  for  a  small  section  of  a  large 
window  which,  when  completed,  would  pictorally  ex- 
plain the  Nicene  Creed.  Another  was  a  large  circle 
window  which  framed  a  theme  taken  from  the  Old 
Testament. 

If  you  have  not  seen  the  method  used  for  coloring 
a  Stained  Glass  Window,  you  are  due  for  a  surprise. 
The  Stained  Glass  Studio  buys  sheets  of  colored  glass 
from  England,  Europe,  and  the  United  States.  Most  of 
it  being  hand  blown  and  called  Pot  Metal  Antique. 
The  color  is  in  the  glass  and  is  the  result  of  the  addi- 
tion of  metallic  oxides  to  the  pot  of  molten  glass. 
For  example,  gold  is  required  to  make  the  rich  ruby 
glass,  cobalt  for  the  deep  blue  tones,  etc.  Many  of  the 
sheets  of  glass  will  vary  from  J/g"  to  Y%"  in  thickness; 
the  depth  of  color  will  be  graded  accordingly.  Color 
is  not  added  to  the  glass  but  a  powdered  glass  is  used 
to  introduce  trace  lines,  facial  features,  light  and 
shadows,  etc.  The  latter  is  accomplished  by  artists 
known  in  the  trade  as  Glass  Painters.  These  gifted 
craftsmen  have  the  all  important  job  of  interpreting 
and  transferring  the  theme  and  design  from  both  the 
original  sketch  and  full  size  cartoon  to  the  glass  itself. 
Each  glass  segment  is  fired  in  a  kiln  at  approximately 
1200°.  Each  piece  of  glass  is  held  together  by  using 
a  capital  "H"  shape  lead  extrusion.  The  Judson  Studios 


have  their  own  patented  dies  and  the  extrusions  are 
made  to  their  specificj-tion. 

It  was  interesting  to  learn  how  those  extremely  large 
windows  are  engineered.  They  are  designed  in  sec- 
tions, appropriate  in  dimension  and  shape  to  support 
the  weight  of  the  glass  and  lead.  So  the  Stained  Glass 
Artist  must  also  be  schooled  in  problems  of  engineer- 
ing such  as  weight  and  stress  plus  light  and  ventilation 
conditions.  Some  of  the  windows  are  installed  in 
frames  of  wood,  aluminum,  steel,  concrete  and  stone, 
each  requiring  a  specific  method  of  installation. 

How  much  does  a  window  cost?  This  is  dependent 
upon  a  number  of  factors,  the  intricacy  and  type  of 
design,  the  location  of  the  window,  are  there  to  be 
a  quantity  of  duplicate  designs,  the  type  and  design 
of  the  frame?  Each  question  governs  the  cost  of  one 
or  a  number  of  windows. 

Why  should  a  church  buy  a, stained  glass  window 
or  windows?  If  for  no  other  reason  than  to  use  them 
for  the  psychology  of  color  and  its  accomplishments. 
Windows  using  symbols  or  figures  to  tell  a  story,  teach 
and  preach  seven  days  and  nights  a  week  with  a  con- 
stancy and  power  that  cannot  be  ignored.  Many  have 
done  this  for  over  seven  hundred  years  and  it  would 
be  difiicult  to  place  a  replacement  cost  upon  them  in 
today's  market  and  impossible  to  place  a  value  upon 
the  results  of  their  teaching. 

I  will  never  again  look  at  a  Stained  Glass  Window 
without  remembering  "My  Dollar  Tour"  and  I'm  posi- 
tive I  will  go  out  of  my  way  to  see  exaonples  of  light, 
color  and  form,  which  give  further  cause  for  me  to  lift 
my  eyes,  heart  and  hands  to  Him,  the  Creator  of 
all  things. 

Visual  education,  spiritual  awareness,  psychological 
comfort .  .  .  these  add  up  to  the  value  of  using  stained 
glass. 

FRANCISCAN  RESTAURANT 

(From  page  1  9) 
5/16  of  an  inch  thick,  welded  to  both  top  and  bottom 
surfaces  of  the  opposing  channels.  Specially  cut  Doug- 
las fir  treads  are  supported  by  curved  5/16  inch  steel 
plates,  eight  inches  wide  and  6  feet  6  inches  long.  A 
handrail  bar  is  connected  to  both  ends  of  the  tread 
plate.  The  floating  stairway  spans  27  feet  and  is  tied 
in  to  a  14  inch  wide  flange  header  beam  across  the 
upstairs  opening. 

By  using  steel  framing,  the  interior  dining  area  per- 
mits seating  of  192  patrons  on  three  levels,  affording 
each  a  view  through  the  almost  completely  glass  en- 
closed upper  floor  of  the  restaurant. 

Lighting  is  designed  to  take  full  effect  of  view  po- 
tential at  night.  Pinpoint  down  lights  are  employed  to 
avoid  reflections  of  the  sloped  glass  surface  of  the 
prow-shaped  windows,  providing  maximum  view  and 
little  distortion. 

Planking  and  mineral  fiber  acoustic  tile  are  used  to 
decorate  the  interior. 


MAY,     1957 


23 


■■^Occcu^'^' 


flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 


Leon  Chatelain,  Jr.,  President 
John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretory- 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President      -  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasiirer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    District,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 
Mountain  District,  Bradley  P.  Kidder,   Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico;    CoHfomia-Nevada-Howaii  District, 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


Arizona  Chapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore.  President;  Martin 
Ray  Young,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Sholder.  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore,  Cox.  Fred  Weaver. 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA:  Fred  Jobusch.  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson.  Secretary;  Gtrald  I. 
Cain.  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch.  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
EUwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer,  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coast  Valleyl  Chapter: 

Birge  M.    Clark.   President    (P.ilo   Alto);   William   Higgins,   Vice- 
President    (San    Jose):    Paul    J.    Huston.    Secretary    (Palo    Alto); 
L     Dean    Price,    Treasurer.    OITiee    of    Secty..    66}    Cowper    St., 
Palo  Alto. 
Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  dc  Wolf  (StocVton),  President;  Whitson  Coi  (Sacra- 
ramento),  Vice-President;  Joe  Jotens  (Sacramento).  Secretary; 
Albert  M  Dreyfuss  (Sacramento).  Treasurer.  Directors:  Doyt 
Early  (Sacramento),  Jack  Whipple  (Stockton).  Office  of  Secty.. 
914  11th  St..  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Caaper  F.  Hejner.  Presi 
Norton  Polivnick,  Secr« 
rectors:  James  M.  Hunt 
Office  of  Secy..    1225   B; 


dent;  C.  Gordon  Sweet,  Vice  President; 
:tary;  Richard  William.,  Tiea.urer.  Di- 
er,  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
annock  St..  Denver,  Colorado. 


Hachiro  Yuasa,  Vice- 
Secretary    (Berkeley); 

Dffice   of  Secty..    101! 


East  Bay  Chapter; 

Harry  B.  Clausen.  President  (Berkeley); 
President  (Oakland);  Robert  E.  Wear, 
John  A.  Zcrkle.  Treasurer  (Berkeley). 
Euclid  Ave.,  Berkeley  8. 


Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping.  Boise,  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston. 
Payette,  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline,  Boise,  Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee.  Chester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams, 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg.,  Boise. 


(Carmel);  Robert  Stanton,  Vice- 
Rhoda,  Secretary  (Monterey); 
:    of    Secty.,    2281    Prcscott    St., 


Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Thom.is  S.  Elston.  Jr.,  Pi 
President  (Carmel);  Ge, 
Walter  Burdc,  Treasurer 
Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter; 

William  J.  Hea..  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vice- 

President    (BilUnjs);    H.    C.    Cheever,    Sec. -Treat.    (Boieman). 

Directors:    Oscar    J.    Ballas.    Wm.    J.    Hess.    John    E.    Toohiy. 

Office  of  Secy.,  Boxeman.  Monuna. 
Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:    Edward    S.    Parsons,    President;    Laurence    A.    Gullins. 

Vice-President;    George    L.    F.    O'Brien,    Secretary;    Ralph    A. 

Casazia,  Treasurer.     Directors,  John  Crider.   M.   DeWitt  Grow. 

Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy.,   160  Chestnut  St.,  Reno,  Nev. 


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Isadore  Thompson,  engineer,  was  the  principal 
speaker  at  the  May  meeting,  discussing  -work  from 
Austria  to  Okinawa  and  Alaska  to  Mexico  featuring 
precast  bents  and  concrete  arches,  multiple  story 
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COMMITTEE  FOR  CALIFORNIA 

Henry  L.  Wright,  F.A.I.A.,  Los  Angeles,  has  been 
named  first  chairman  of  the  Architects  and  Engineers 
C!onference  Committee  of  California;  Wesley  T. 
Hayes,  Structural  Engineer  of  San  Francisco  was 
chosen  vice  chairman  of  the  Committee. 

Organization  of  the  joint  committee  "is  a  milestone 
in  the  traditionally  close  relationship  between  the 
architectural  and  engineering  professions  in  Califor- 
nia," declared  Chairman  Wright,  who  represents  the 
California  Council,  A. I. A.  on  the  committee.  Hayes  is 
the  representative  of  the  Structural  Engineers  Assc 
ciation  of  California.  Other  members  of  the  Commit' 


ARCHITECT      AND      ENGINEER 


Directors:  David  Vhay,  Edward  S.  Parsons.  M.  DcWitt  Grow, 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  President.  131  W. 
2nd  St.,  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zicl.  President;  Aloysius  McDonald. 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks.  Scc.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick.  Edward  Hendricks.  Charles  E.  Coi.  OSice  of 
Secy.,  106  S.  Main  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris.  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald.  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno).  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno).  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Corlctt.  President;  Don.ild  Powers  Smith.  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrisc.  Secretary;  Richard  S.  Banwell.  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W.  Clement  Ambrose.  John  Kruse.  Bernard  J.  Sabar- 
off.  Corwin  Booth.  Exec.  Sccty..  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
office,   47  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak,  President  (Downey);  Willard  T.  Jordan, 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson,  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers,  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy..  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis.  Secretary;  Thomas  I.  Potter,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy.,  317  S.W.  Alder.  Portland  4. 

Pasadena   Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline.  President;  H.  Douglas  Bayles.  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni.  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon.  Treasurer.  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davies.  Keith  Marston.  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office    Secy.    46    North    Los   Robles   Avenue,    Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Sim  Bruce  Richards.  President;  Raymond  Lee  Eggers,  Vice- 
President;  William  F.  Wilmurt.  Secretary;  Fred  Chilcott,  Treas- 
urer. Directors:  Frank  L.  Hope.  Samuel  W.  Hamill.  Victor  L. 
Wulff.  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty.,  2868  Fourth  Ave.,  San  Diego. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Allen  Y.  Lew.  President  (Fresno);  William  G.  Hyberg,  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris.  Secretary;  Edwin  S.  Darden, 
Treasurer   (Fresno).  Office  of  Prcs..  408  Fulton  St.,  Fresno. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Dar\vin  E.  Fisher.  President  (Ventura);  Wallace  W.  Arendt, 
Vice-President  (Santa  Barbara);  Donald  H.  Miller,  Secretary; 
Donald  A.  Kimball,  Treasurer  (Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas., 
1045   Via  Tranquila.   Santa   Barbara. 

Southern  Caliofrnia  Chapter: 
Cornelius  M.  Deasv.  Preside: 
Stewart  D.  Kerr,  treasurer; 
RECTORS:  Stewart  S.  Grar 
Russell.  Paul  R.  Hunter.  E.i 
Wilshire  Blvd..  Los  Angeles 


Robert  Field.  Jr.,  Vice-President; 
dward  H.  Fickett,  Secretary.  DI- 
r.  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
.-Secy..  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller.  3723 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Gilbert  M.  Wojahn.  President;  Gordon  N.  Johnston,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Robert  T.  Olson.  2nd  Vice-President;  Henry  Kruiie, 
Jr.,  Secretary;  L.  Dana  Anderson.  Treasurer;  Robert  B.  Price  and 
Nelson  J.  Morrison.  Trustees.  Office  of  the  Secy..  2907  A  St., 
Tacoma  2,  Washington. 

Utah  Chapter; 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President,  433  Atlas  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris,  Jr.,  Secretary,  703  Newhouse  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 

James  J.  Chiarelli.  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner.  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall.  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers,  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardner,  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer,  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary,  409  Central  Bldg..  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James.  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Bovington.  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop,  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff.  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks.  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy.,  615  Realty  Bldg.,  Spokane,  Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law,  President;  Harry  W.  Seckel.  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis.  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer.  George  J. 
Wimberly.    Office   of  Secy.,   P.O.   Box   3288,   Honolulu.   Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL.  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Balch.  Los  Angeles.  President;  L.  F.  Richards.  Santa 
Clara.  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope.  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas.  Sacramento.  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks. 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  703   Market  St.,  San  Francisco 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland).  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles),  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Hcitschmidt  (Los  Angeles); 
C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fran- 
cisco). Exec.  Secy..  Robert  K.  Kelley.  Room  712.  145  S.  Spring 
St.,  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office,  Room  300.  507  Polk  St. 


ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Hal   Major.    President;    Camicl    Van    De    Weghe.    Vice-President; 

Francis  E.   Capone.   Secretary;   Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.   Office 

of  Secty..   507  Howard  St..  San  Francisco. 
Producers"  Council — Southern  California  Chapter: 

LeRoy    Frandsen.    President.    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider.    Vice-president.    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Ck).; 

E.    J.    Lawson.    Secretary.    Aluminum    Company   of   America;    E. 

Phil     Filsinger.     Treasurer.     Hermosa     Tile     Division.     Gladding. 

McBean  &?  Company.     Office  of  the  Secy..   1145   Wilshire  Blvd.. 

Los  Angeles   17. 
Producers'    Council  —  Northern    California    Chapter    (See    Special 

Page) 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 

R.    R.    Coghlan.    Jr..    President;    George    Lamb.    Vice-President; 

Peter  Vogel.  Secretary;  Harry  L.  Miller.  Treasurer. 
Cxjnstruction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco: 

Harry    McLain.    President;    Harry    C.     Collins.    Vice-President; 

Albert  E.  Barnes.  Treasurer;  George  E.  Conley.  Secretary.  Office 

of  Secy..    1245    Sclby  St.,   San  Francisco   24. 


tee  include:  Walter  S.  Stromquist,  Architect,  Palo 
Alto;  William  W.  Moore,  San  Francisco  representing 
the  Consulting  Engineers  Association  of  California: 
together  with  Raymond  D.  Spencer  of  Los  Angeles, 
and  Pecos  H.  Calahan  of  San  Francisco;  Wesley  T. 
Hayes,  San  Francisco  and  William  T.  Wheeler  of  Los 
Angeles  representing  the  Structural  Engineers  Asso- 
ciation; and  Leo  Ruth  of  San  Jose,  Albert  Daniels  of 
San  Diego,  and  William  A.  White  of  Sacramento, 
representing  the  California  Council  of  Civil  Engineers 
and  Land  Surveyors. 


SAN  DIEGO  CHAPTER 

James  L.  Julian  of  the  San  Diego  State  College 
spoke  at  the  May  meeting  in  the  Chevagnac  Room  of 
the  Lafayette  Hotel,  on  the  subject  "How  Public  Rela- 
tions Can  Help  Architects  Build  for  the  Future." 

The  annual  Council  Spring  Outing,  sponsored  by 
the  Producers  Council,  was  held  May  22  at  the  Sing- 
ing Hills  Golf  Club,  featuring  sports  entertainment 
and  a  dinner. 

Newest  members  to  the  Chapter  include:  Herbert 
H.  Hotaling,  Howard  Braden,  John  S.  Knight,  Junior 
Associates;  and  Alfonso  Mack,  Associate  Member. 


OREGON  CHAPTER 

Irving  G.  Smith,  F.A.I.A.  President  and  members  of 
the  Oregon  State  Board  of  Architectural  Examiners 
conducted  a  seminar  at  a  recent  Chapter  meeting  on 
"Problems  which  confront  the  Board  in  carrying  out 
the  administration  of  the  law,  and  which  materially 
affect  the  architectural  profession."  The  seminar  was 
of  extreme  value  to  the  architects  in  determining  a 
means  and  advisability  of  changes  to  the  Oregon 
laws  which  might  strengthen  their  application  and 
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Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Layne,  H.  L. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Souer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquelte,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Qarfc,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Qoud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Walter  L.  Dickey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sardis,  James  L.  Stratto, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M,  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brondow,   President;    Ernest   Maag,   Vioo- 

Presidenl;    L.   LeRoy   Crandall,   Vice-President;    J.   E. 

McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Ofiico 

of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 

Calif. 

Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

The  May  meeting  in  the  Engineers  Club,  San  Fran- 
cisco, was  a  "students"  meeting  for  the  purpose  of 
acquainting  senior  and  graduate  engineering  students 
with  the  structural  engineers  of  Northern  California. 
Approximately  40  students  and  a  number  of  faculty 
members  from  the  University  of  California  and  Stan' 
ford  University  were  present. 

The  business  session  comprised  reports  from  both 
students  and  faculty  on  research  projects  of  impor- 
tance  to  the  structural  engineering  profession. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Speakers  Club  was  ob- 
served May  24,  with  awarding  of  the  William  Hoff 
Popert  Perpetual  Trophy,  with  Bob  McLaughlin  and 
Brian  Lewis  serving  as  co-chairmen  of  the  event. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Lawrence  H.  Daniels, 
Roland  L.  Sharpe,  George  D.  Siegfried  and  Grant  B. 
Thoreson. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS— SAN  FRANCISCO  POST 

Colonel  Edwin  M.  Eads,  Air  Force  Installations 
Representative,  South  Pacific  Region,  has  been 
awarded  the  Newman  Medal  for   1956.   This  medal 


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is  awarded  annually  by  the  Society  of  American  Mili- 
tary Engineers  to  a  US  Air  Force  military  or  civilian 
engineer  in  recognition  of  the  most  outstanding 
achievement  during  the  year  in  design,  construction, 
administration,  research  and  development  connected 
with  military  engineering. 

The  award  was  given  to  Colonel  Eads  for  his  work 
"In  performing  the  surveillance  of  all  Air  Force  design 
and  construction  in  his  Region"  which  includes  the 
states  of  California,  Arizona,  Utah  and  Nevada. 

Colonel  Eads  is  First  Vice-President  of  the  San 
Francisco  Post,  Society  of  American  Military  Engi- 
neers, member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College  of  Texas. 


FEMINEERS— SAN  FRANQSCO 

The  7th  Anniversary  Luncheon  of  the  FEMI- 
NEERS was  observed  this  month  at  the  Orinda  Coun- 
try Club,  with  members  featuring  birthday  table  cen- 
terpieces under  direction  of  Mrs.  C.  Russ  Graff  of 
Danville. 

Hostesses  for  the  day  were  Mesdames  Will  Adrian, 
George  R.  Burr,  A.  C.  Horner,  Alfred  Sperry  and 
T.  D.  Wosser,  Jr. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS— SAN  FRANCISCO 

The  Honorable  George  Dewey  Clyde,  Governor  of 
the  State  of  Utah  was  the  guest  speaker  at  a  recent 
meeting  of  the  Society,  together  with  Mayor  George 
Christopher  of  San  Francisco.  Governor  Clyde  is  a 
practicing  civil  engineer  and  member  of  the  ASCE 
and  spoke  on  the  subject  "An  Engineer  Looks  at  the 
Future." 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS— SAN  FRANCISCO 

Final  meeting,  before  summer  vacations,  will  be  the 
Annual  Field  Day  on  June  14th  at  the  Riviera  Coun- 


ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
TreoB.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnord. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Frtincisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Harmer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretory;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal.  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vico- 
Presidenl;  Myron  M.  Jacx>bs,  Secty.  and  Treos. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy.-Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  121  So.  Alvarado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmar  L.  McConnell,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Seci'., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L,  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E.. 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary.  Office  of  Secy  .  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  Nevir  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of   American   Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Cdr.  Wm.  J.  Valentine,  USN,  President;  Col.  Edwin  M. 
Eads,  USAF,  1st  Vice-President;  C.  R.  Graff,  2nd  Vice- 
President;  Joseph  D.  Boitano,  Jr.,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hartnett, 
USA,  Donald  McCall,  Capt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN,  C. 
Grant  Austin  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  of  Secy, 
c/o  District  Public  Works  Office,  12th  Naval  District, 
San   Bruno,   California. 


try  Club  in  Pacific  Palisades. 

Program  for  the  day  comprises  golf,  baseball,  cx)ck' 
tail  hour,  entertainment  and  dinner.  Regular  meetings 
of  all  Sections  will  be  resumed  in  the  fall. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

George  Guibert,  Chairman  of  the  1957  Annual 
Convention  scheduled  for  October  31  -  November  1-2 
at  del  Coronado,  announces  that  plans  are  being  made 
to  make  this  year's  meeting  one  of  the  most  interesting 
of  all  conventions.  Educational  discussions  and  fun 
will  feature  the  three  days. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF 
CIVIL  ENGINEERS 

Robert  K.  Lockwood  has  been  promoted  to  Assist' 
ant  to  the  Executive  Secretary  William  H.  Wisely, 
New  York,  according  to  an  announcement.  His  pro- 
motion comes  in  an  expansion  of  the  staff,  and  his 
work  will  include  responsibility  for  coordinating  the 
Society's  activities  in  the  Department  of  Conditions 
of  Practice. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

R.  W.  Binder,  for  the  special  seismic  committee  of 
the  association  which  has  been  asked  by  the  Los 
/Vngeles  Department  of  Building  and  Safety  to  review 
the  present  status  of  seismic  design  and  recommend 
new  design  criteria,  discussed  the  proposed  new  seis- 
mic code  recommendations  for  skyscraper  buildings 
in  Los  Angeles. 

A  highlight  of  the  recommendations  is  a  revised 
lateral  force  formula  which  may  be  applied  to  build- 
ings of  any  height  and  will  not,  in  general,  result  in 
changes  to  design  requirements  of  buildings  13  stories 
or  less  in  height.  This  proposed  formula  has  the  ad- 
vantage of  permitting  a  smooth  transition  from  the 


old  formula  to  the  new  one  without  necessitating  any 
change  in  general  to  present  buildings. 

A  feature  of  the  committee's  report  is  the  recom- 
mendation that  the  design  of  very  tall  buildings  be 
such  that  torsion  forces  resulting  from  lateral  loads 
be  held  to  a  minimum.  This  means  that  much  more 
symmetry  may  be  required  with  relation  to  the  center 
of  gravity  and  center  of  rigidity.  Binder  noted  that 
consideration  is  also  being  given  to  the  establishment 


DAREX  AEA  (A!r  Entraining  Agent),  when  added  to  concrete 
mixture,  produces  an  action  which  greatly  increases  work- 
ability, even  with  less  water.  The  cohesive  mixture  slips  smooth- 
ly into  place  just  as  though  it  contained  billions  of  ball 
bearings. 

DAREX  AEA  produces  "Controlled  Air"  in  concrete — saves 
time  and  labor  in  mixing,  placing,  finishing.  Makes  concrete 
more    durable   when    exposed    to   weathering    and    sea    water 

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of  a  fivcman  review  board  composed  of  prominent 
structural  engineers  who  may  be  called  upon  to  review 
the  design  of  skyscrapers  which  might  be  termed  un- 
usual and  for  which  rigid  code  requirements  cannot 
be  established.  The  purpose  of  this  is  to  permit  greater 
flexibility  of  design  and  at  the  same  time  maintain  a 
workable  code. 

A  revised  method  of  computing  overturning  mo- 
ments also  occupies  a  portion  o  fthe  committee's  recom- 
mendations. It  was  pointed  out  that  research  has  indi- 
cated that  the  seismic  coefficient  with  respect  to  mo- 
ment is  not  the  same  as  the  coefficient  with  respect  to 
shear,  and  the  proposed  revision  will  take  this  differ- 
ence into  account.  This  revision  will  establish  the 
method  of  determining  overturning  moments  and  will 
standardize  design  procedure  to  a  certain  extent. 

Clarence  Derrick  announced  that  the  Seismological 
Society  of  America  will  soon  pu;blish  several  papers 
concerning  the  interaction  of  ground  and  building 
durin"  an  earthquake.  It  was  noted  that  the  forces  to 
which  a  building  will  be  subjected  during  an  earth- 
quake depend  to  a  considerable  extent  not  only  on 
the  tvDe  of  foundation  material  under  the  building, 
but  also  on  the  dimensions  and  orientation  of  the 
building  with  respect  to  the  ground  shock  waves. 
It  wats  the  opinion  of  the  committee  that  this  complex 
problem  required  further  research  and  study  before  it 
could  be  successfully  stated  as  a  code  requirement. 

The  second  part  of  the  meeting  was  devoted  to  the 
subject  of  suspension  bridges.  Charles  Orr,  the  district 
engineer  of  U.  S.  Steel,  presented  a  film  made  by  the 
American  Bridge  Company  which  dealt  with  the  con- 
struction of  the  Paseo  Bridge  over  the  Missouri  River 
and  the  Delaware  Memorial  Bridge  over  the  Delaware 
River.  Frank  Enn  Earl,  who  is  in  charge  of  the  erec- 
tion of  the  Carquitos  Straits  Bridge,  made  several 
interesting  comments  about  the  construction  of  this 
bridge,  pointing  out  that  this  is  the  first  suspension 
bridge  to  utilize  welded  members  and  high  tensile 
bolted  connections. 


VINTON  W.  BACON  HONORED  BY 
SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 

"In  recognition  of  achievements  in  applied  research 
on  waste  paper  reclamation,  pollution  and  water  qual- 
ity," Vinton  W.  Bacon  of  Tacoma,  Washington,  for- 
mer Executive  Officer  of  the  California  State  Water 
Pollution  Control  Board,  was  honored  as  one  of  three 
winners  of  the  1956  Research  Prizes  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  Presentation  of  the  award 
was  made  at  Walla  Walla  by  Mason  G.  Lockwood  of 
Houston,  Texas,  national  president  of  ASCE,  during 
the  recent  annual  Pacific  Northwest  Council  Confer- 
ence. 

Other  winners,  who  received  their  awards  at  the 
February  ASCE  national  convention  in  Jackson,  Miss., 
were  Fred  Burggraf  of  Washington,  D.C.,  and  Pro- 


fessor  Chester   P.    Siess,    University   of   Illinois   at 
Urbana. 

Bacon's  research  was  sponsored  by  the  California 
State  Water  Pollution  Control  Board  and  occupied 
seven  years.  An  objective  was  to  determine  conditions 
under  which  wastes  could  be  discharged  without  pol- 
lution danger. 


ARCHITECT  JOHN  CARL  "WARNECKE 
AWARDED  ARNOLD  W.  BRUNNER  PRIZE 

John  Carl  Warnecke,  AIA,  Architect  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, who  designed,  among  many  other  things,  the 
trailer  of  the  Crown  Prince  of  Saudi  Arabia,  has  been 
named   to   receive   the 
^/ttt^^  $1000  Arnold  W.  Brun- 

^^^^^^^  ner  Prize  in  Architecture 

^^^B  of  the  National  Institute 

_.^^  ■   tB^  of  Arts  and  Letters,  it  has 

-  been  announced  by  Mal- 

colm Cowley,  president. 
The  prize  and  a  citation 
will  be  conferred  on  War- 
necke by  Ralph  Walker 
of  the  Institute  at  the 
Joint  Annual  Ceremonial 
of  the  National  Institute 

JOHN  CARL  WARNECKE       and  the  American  Aca- 
AIA  Architect  j^^^y  ^f  ^^^g  ^^^  L^j^g^g 

on  May  22  in  New  York.  The  Brunner  Prize  was 
established  under  a  fund  bequeathed  to  the  Institute 
by  Emma  Beatrice  Brunner,  the  widow  of  Arnold  W. 
Brunner,  a  noted  architect  of  New  York,  who  served 
many  years  as  Treasurer  of  the  Institute. 

Warnecke  has  received  wide  acclaim  from  both 
architectural  and  educational  groups  for  the  school 
and  college  buildings  he  has  designed.  He  has  also 
done  outstanding  work  in  designing  hotels,  public 
libraries,  industrial  buildings  and  private  residences. 
After  several  years  at  the  head  of  his  own  firm  he 
has  joined  with  his  father  in  the  firm  of  C.  I.  War- 
necke and  J.  C.  Warnecke,  with  offices  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


JONES  AND  BECKMAN  WIN 
AIA  JOURNALISM  AWARDS 

Cranston  Jones  of  Time  Magazine  and  Frank  Beck- 
man  of  the  Detroit  Free  Press,  are  1957  winners  of 
twin  $500  first  prizes  in  The  American  Institute  of 
Architects'  4th  Annual  Journalism  Awards  Competi- 
tion. Jones'  cover  story  on  architect  Eero  Saarinen 
was  best  in  the  magazine  category  and  Beckman's 
"Mecca  of  Design",  describing  Detroit's  architectural 
progress  won  first  in  the  newspaper  class. 

The  awards  program  was  established  in  195?  to  j 
recognize  and  encourage  writing  that  will  further  pub-  I 
lie  understanding  of  architecture  and  the  architect. 


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ARCHITECT      AND      ENGINEER 


SEWER  CONTRACTORS 
ELECT  OFHCERS 

Martin  Kordick,  Arcadia,  succeeds  Luka 
Pccel  as  president  of  the  Associated  Sewer 
Contractors,  Inc.  of  Southern  California, 
the  organization  representing  the  sewer 
and  storm  drain  contracting  industry. 

Other  officers  elected  to  serve  during 
the  ensuing  year  include:  Charles  Burch 
of  El  Monte,  first  vice  president;  Donald 
Colich,  second  vice-president;  Stewart 
Wattson,  North  Hollyv.'ood,  secretary,  and 
Charles  Dorfman,  treasurer. 


ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

Architect  Harry  T.  MacDonald  has 
been  commissioned  by  the  Downey  Union 
High  School  District,  Downey,  to  design 
a  new  administrative  headquarters  for  the 
district,  according  to  Melvin  F.  Quigly, 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

The  work  will  comprise  warehouse  fa- 
cilities, maintenance  department  and  school 
bus  storage,  also  general  office  space.  Con- 
struction will  be  2  story  and  contain  ap- 
proximately 7500  sq.  ft.  in  area. 


ARCHITECT  SPEAKER 
AT  UCLA  LECTURES 

Charles  Luckman  of  Pereira  (^  Luckman, 
architects  and  engineers,  Los  Angeles,  was 
a  recent  speaker  at  the  UCLA  current  lec- 
ture forum  series  on  the  subject  "Organ- 
izing to  Manage." 

The  series  of  lectures,  open  to  the  public 
without  charge,  is  given  in  the  univer- 
sity's business  administration  building  with 
John  C.  Scheib,  Jr.,  assistant  professor  in 
production  management  at  the  university 
serving  as  chairman. 


DICK  HUGHES  NEW  NAHB 
CHAIRMAN  CENTER  BOARD 

R.  G.  "Dick"  Hughes,  one  of  the  eleven 
founder-directors  of  the  National  Housing 
Center,  Washington,  D.  C,  has  been  elect- 
ed Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  the  Center. 

The  Pampa,  Texas,  builder  played  a 
major  role  in  the  planning  of  the  eight- 
story  structure  which  now  stands  in  the 
nation's  capital  as  the  nerve  center  of  the 
home  building  industry. 


DR-rWALL  INDUSTRY 
DIRECTORS  MEET 

The  first  board  of  directors  meeting  of 
the  International  Drywall  Contractors  As- 
sociation was  held  in  Las  Vegas,  Nevada, 
recently  attended  by  representatives  of  lead- 
ing manufacturers,  principal  committee 
members,  and  labor  leaders. 

Wayne  Vaughan  of  Los  Angeles  is  presi- 
dent, with  Melvin  L.  Scott  of  Seattle;  M.  R. 
McColley  of  San  Diego;  Gordon  Hendrick- 
son  of  Spokane,  Washington;  Max  O.  Jen- 
sen, Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  H.  A.  Olson  of 
Campbell,  Thomas  B.  Price  of  Hayward, 
and  Sherman  M.  Sitz  of  Los  Angeles,  west- 
ern members  of  the  Board. 

Committees  on  finance,  membership, 
convention  and  specifications  met  with  the 
directors. 


ENGINEERING  RESEARCH 
LABORATORY  ADDITIONS 

Nelson  S.  Perkins,  Technical  Director, 
Douglas  Fir  Plywood  Association,  Tacoma, 
Washington,  recently  announced  the  ap- 
pointment of  four  new  positions  on  the  staff 
of  the  association's  Engineering-Research 
Laboratory. 


Appointments  include  DeForest  Matte- 
son,  editor  of  the  association's  bulletins  and 
other  publications;  Daniel  H.  Brown,  engi- 
neer-analyst; Joseph  L.  Leitzinger,  techni- 
cal information  specialist,  and  Walter  Boy- 
den,  testing  engineer. 

The  move  is  part  of  a  major  expansion 
of  the  engineering  research  services  per- 
formed by  the  laboratory  under  the  direc- 
tion of  David  Countryman,  chief.  Engineer- 
ing Research. 


Corp.,  Burbank,  wholly  owned  subsidiary 
of  The  Siegler  Corp.,  has  announced  the 
combination  of  the  administrative  and  sales 
activities  of  these  organizations  into  a  new 
division  to  be  known  as  the  Holly-General 
Company,  with  headquarters  in  Pasadena. 
General  Water  Heater  Corp.  and  the 
Holly  Mfg.  Co.,  will  continue  manufac- 
turing at  their  present  locations. 


HOLLY-GENERAL 
MERGE  OFFICES 

William  Keegan,  president  of  Holly 
Mfg.,  Co.  of  Pasadena,  division  of  The 
Siegler  Corp.,  and  of  General  Water  Heater 


ASSOaATED  WOOD 
PRODUCTS  MO'VE 

The  Associated  Wood  Products,  Inc., 
structural  timber  contractors,  and  the  As- 
sociated Glu  -  Lam  Products,  Inc.,  have 
moved  into  new  offices  at  1220  6th  Street, 
Berkeley,  California. 


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A.I.A.  ACTIVITIES 

(From  page  25) 
make  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  the  law  more 
effective. 

Awards  of  the  Second  Annual  Honor  Awards  Com- 
petition and  Presentation  will  be  made  at  the  June 
18th  Chapter  meeting. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Jack  St.  Clair,  Asso- 
ciate Member. 


AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF 
ARCHITECTS  MEET 

Leaders  in  the  fields  of  technology,  government, 
education,  business,  labor  and  the  arts  addressed  the 
Centennial  Celebration  Program  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects  held  this  month  in  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  in  a  variety  of  conferences  dedicated  to  the 
"re-exploration  of  America." 

Leon  Chatelain,  Jr.,  president  of  the  AIA,  com- 
prising some  12,000  of  the  nation's  outstanding  archi- 
tects, declared  the  purpose  of  the  program,  entitled 
"A  New  Century  Beckons,"  is  to  "discuss  the  com- 
plex forces  which  shape  human  environment,  rather 
than  the  practice  of  architecture  or  the  technical 
aspects  of  building. 

"By  gathering  the  best  possible  information  from 
fields  in  which  development  of  new  knowledge  and 


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technology  alter  the  pattern  of  American  living,  we, 
as  planners  of  the  nation's  physical  environment,  will 
have  an  unparalleled  opfxjrtunity  to  lay  new  founda- 
tions for  the  environment  of  the  future,"  Chatelain 
said.  "Call  it,  if  you  will,  a  re-exploration  of  America." 

One  hundred  years  ago,  when  the  A.I.A.  was 
founded  by  1  .^  architects  in  New  York  City,  the  archi- 
tect was  concerned  with  providing  shelter  for  a  bur- 
geoning pioneer  society,  Chatelain  said. 

Today,  he  declared,  "The  architect  must  consider, 
simultaneously,  man's  physical  environment  in  rela- 
tion to  his  new  social  aspirations  and  spiritual  needs; 
to  a  host  of  new  contrivances  which  afford  him  new 
comfort  and  leisure  time;  to  new  problems  of  traffic 
flow,  land  use,  and  urban  congestion;  even  to  the 
problem  of  shielding  him,  not  from  the  elements 
alone,  but  from  the  hazards  of  a  world  whose  skill  at 
making  weapons  has  outstripped  its  ability  to  live 
without  them." 


WILLIAM  CORLETT 
President 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

William  Corlett,  national  award  winning  Bay  Area 
architect,  was  elected  president  of  the  Northern  Cali- 
fornia Chapter  AIA,  at  the  annual  meeting  May  7. 
He  is  a  partner  in  the  San 
Francisco  firm  of  Corlett 
and  Spackman,  AIA 
Architects,  and  succeeds 
William  S.  Allen  as 
Chapter  president. 

Other  officers  elected 
included:  Donald  Powers 
Smith,  vice-president; 
George  T.  Rockrise,  sec- 
retary; Richard  S.  Ban- 
well,  treasurer;  and  Direc- 
tors,  W.  Clement  Am- 
brose, John  Kruse,  Ber- 
nard J.  Sabaroff  and  Cor- 
win  Booth.  Certificates  were  presented  to  22  winners 
of  the  recent  architectural  honor  awards  competition 
sponsored  by  the  five  Northern  CaHfornia  chapters 
of  the  AIA. 

The  firm  of  Corlett  and  Spackman  has  designed 
national  award  winning  schools  in  Marin  and  Napa 
Counties,  and  recently  completed  the  award  winning 
Heavy  Ion  Accelerator  Building  for  the  Atomic  En- 
ergy Commission  at  the  Berkeley  Radiation  Labora- 
tory. 

Corlett  recently  returned  from  the  Orient  and  the 
Olympic  Games  at  Melbourne,  Australia,  where  he 
presented  architectural  plans  for  the   1960  Olympic 


PHOTO  CREDITS:  Daniel  W.  Brock,  Page  8,  9,  10,  11,  12, 
13,  14  &  15;  William  Skeahan,  Page  16;  Architectural-Indus- 
trial Photo  Service,  Page  17  &  California  Enameling  Co.:  Cal- 
Pictures,  Page  18,  19;  Green  &  TilUsch,  Page  20,  21,  &  US 
Steel  Corpn. 


ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


Games  in  Squaw  Valley,  California,  on  behalf  of  the 
associated  firm  of  Corlett,  Spackman,  Kitchen  and 
Hunt. 

The  Northern  California  Chapter,  oldest  in  Cali' 
fornia,  recently  celebrated  its  75th  anniversary,  and 
is  participating  this  year  in  the  centennial  celebration 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects. 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

Lyle  Stewart,  city  planner  and  member  of  the 
Simon  Eisner  Associates,  Planning  Consultants,  illus- 
trated a  discussion  on  contemporary  architecture  and 
city  planning  in  England,  Sweden  and  Denmark  at 
the  May  meeting  held  in  Eaton's  Restaurant,  Arcadia. 
Much  of  the  speaker's  material  was  obtained  as  the 
result  of  a  Fulbright  Scholarship  tour  of  Europe. 

New  Member:  Philip  C.  Patterson,  Corporate 
Member. 


"WAL— SAN  DIEGO 

"Witness  for  the  Prosecution,"  an  Agatha  Christie 
mystery  play  was  presented  at  the  annual  benefit 
theater  party,  sponsored  by  the  League,  at  the  Globe 
Theater  this  month.  Preceeded  by  a  cocktail  hour  and 
dinner  at  the  House  of  Hospitality,  arrangements  were 
in  charge  of  Mrs.  Earl  MacDonald,  Ways  and  Means 
Chairman  and  Mrs.   Delmar  Mitchell,   Social  Chair- 


WASHINGTON  STATE  CHAPTER 

Harold  Shefelman  was  the  principal  speaker  at  the 
annual  Joint  AIA'Alumni-Student  Awards  meeting. 
May  9,  at  the  Edmond  Meany  Hotel,  Seattle,  taking 
as  his  subject  "The  Role  of  the  Citizen  in  the  Com- 
munity." 

New  members  include:  Edward  Leonard  Cushman, 
William  Edward  Paddock,  Omer  L.  Mithun  and  Jay 
Robinson,  Jr.  Corporate  Members;  Richard  Bouillon, 
Benjamine  Edwards,  Michael  D.  Ossewaarde,  William 
A.  Phipps,  and  Maurice  R.  Smith  Associate  Members. 


PACinC  NORTHWEST 
REGIONAL  CONFERENCE 

The  annual  Pacific  Northwest  Regional  Conference 
AIA  will  be  held  on  October  17-20  at  Gearhart,  Ore- 
gon, with  the  theme  of  the  conference  being  "Expand- 
ing The  Profession  of  Architecture."  Among  speakers 
already  scheduled  to  appear  during  the  4-day  ses- 
sions are:  Henry  Hill,  Francis  McCarthy,  Jose  Louis 
Sert,  and  Thomas  Creighton.  Arrangements  for  the 
meetings  is  in  charge  of  the  Oregon  Chapter  AIA. 


SOUTHWEST  WASHINGTON  CHAPTER 

The  Legislative  Committee,  meeting  with  the 
Washington  State  Chapter,  have  been  giving  consid- 
erable thought  and  study  to  various  legislative  bills  in 
the  State  Legislature  pertaining  to  the  construction 


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SHOCK  ABSORBERS 

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Noisy,  destructive  water  hammer  is  unpredictable — it  will  occur 
on  the  finest  instaljdtions  —  it  happens  without  warning  on  any 
water  or  liquid  plumbing  supply  line — in  schools,  hotels,  theatres, 
hospitals.  Institutions — and  even  in  homes.  Josam  Shock  Absorb- 
ers eliminate  this  disturbing  noise,  the  possible  damage  to  equip- 
ment, and  destructive  leaks  in  valves  and  connections.  You  get 
"hospital  quiet"  on  all  plumbing  lines!  Their  cost  is  so  little  com- 
pared with  the  protection  they  provide,  that  Josam  Shock  Ab- 
sorbers should  be  installed  on  every  new  and  old  piping  system. 


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'ABSORBO    tube   and 

ABSORBO    tube    ex-' 

insert  shown  in  nor- 

ponds ogainst  insert 

mal  position,  before 

as   It   absorbs   shock 

faucet    or    valve     is 

and    energy    caused 

opened. 

by     sudden     closing 

of    valve   or    faucet. 

or  sudden  change  in 

flow. 

As  shock   recedes. 

tube  ond   insert 

return   to  normal   po 

itions   as  in   figure    , 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 


765  FOLSOM  ST. 


Main  Office  ond  Factory 

SAN  FRANCISCO  7,  CALIFORNrA 

Branches 


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JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO..  Dept.  AE-5 
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MAY,     I9S7 


industry,  as  well  as  careful  study  of  the  framework  of 
a  new  license  law,  which  although  not  proposed  at 
this  session,  will  be  introduced  later.  Another  pending 
bill  is  the  Stock  Plan  Bill,  which  will  receive  careful 
attention  if  presented  this  year. 


SANTA  CLARA  8c  SANTA  CRUZ 
COUNTIES  CHAPTER  AIA 

William  Glenn  Balch,  president  of  the  California 
Council  of  the  AIA,  Los  Angeles;  Albert  Thomas, 
treasurer  of  the  CCAIA  from  Sacramento,  and  Frank 
Hope,  secretary  of  the  OCAIA,  San  Diego,  were 
recent  visitors  and  speakers  at  a  Chapter  meeting,, 
discussing  activities  of  the  state  organization  and  the 
enlarged  program  of  advancement  of  planning  in 
building  and  architectural  education.  Balch  pointed 
out  that  although  the  Council  is  only  six  years  old  it 
has  accomplished  much  in  stimulating  public  support 
of  architectural  problems. 


CENTRAL  ARIZONA  CHAPTER 

The  May  meeting,  held  in  Phoenix,  was  devoted 
to  a  general  discussion  of  "Client  Relations",  with 
discussions  pointing  out  a  number  of  interesting  and 
unusual  experiences  faced  by  members  in  their  deal' 
ings  with  the  public. 

Two  recent  transfer  members  are:  Alan  A.  Dailey, 
Scottsdale,  Arizona;  and  George  A.  Lyon,  Phoenix. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
RECEIVES  JULIA  MORGAN  FUND 

A  fund  of  $10,000,  the  nucleus  of  an  endowment 
to  aid  architecture  students  at  the  University  of  Cali' 
fornia,  has  been  established  in  memory  of  the  late 
Julia  Morgan,  according  to  an  announcement  by  Rob- 
ert G.  Sproul,  university  president. 

ARCHITECT  NEUTRA  SPEAKS 
AT  LIBRARY  SCIENCE  MEET 

"The  library  should  be  an  obstetrical  ward  for 
ideas,  not  a  mausoleum,"  declared  Richard  J.  Neutra, 
F.A.I. A.,  architect,  at  the  opening  session  of  the  Uni' 
versity  of  Southern  California  Sdhool  of  Library  Sci' 
ence's  Institute  on  Public  Library  Architecture. 

Too  often  in  the  past,  static  perpetuity  has  dis- 
tinguished library  buildings  and  according  to  archi- 
tect Neutra  "The  design  of  libraries  should  not  result 
in  architecture  commemorating  the  dead." 


R.  S.  REYNOLDS  MEMORIAL  AWARD 
IN  ARCHITECTURE  ANNOUNCED 

A  special  jury  of  the  American  Institute  of  Archi- 
tects announced  that  the  first  winner  of  the  R.  S. 
Reynolds  Memorial  Award,  a  $25,000  international 
prize  for  architects,  is  the  firm  of  Cesar  Ortiz-Echague, 
Manuel  Barbero  ReboUedo  y  Rafael  de  la  Joya,  of 
Madrid,  Spain.  The  structure  which  won  them  the 


Rheem  Shopping  Center 

Moraga,  California 

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savings  in  space  and  weight 

Glazed  ceramic  veneer  panels  of  %"  thickness,  weighing  only  4  lbs. 
per  sq.  ft.  offer  construction  economies,  permanent  beauty  and  ease 
of  maintenance.  For  modernization  or  new  construction,  Kraftile 
Veneer  permits  much  faster  handling,  on-the-job  cutting,  and  reduced 
structural  support.  Install  over  wood,  steel  or  concrete  by  common 
adhesion  method.  Select  color  range.  Write  for  Fact  File  of  shapes, 
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award  is  the  new  Visitors  and  Faetory  Lounge  Center 
of  the  S.E.A.T.  automobile  plant  in  Bareelona. 

The  R.  S.  Reynolds  Memorial  Award  was  estab- 
lished as  a  tribute  to  the  late  founder  of  the  Reynolds 
Metals  Company  and  is  administered  by  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects.  It  is  to  be  made  annually  to 
the  architect,  or  group  of  architects,  who  make  the 
"most  significant  contribution  to  the  use  of  aluminum, 
esthetically  or  structurally,  in  the  building  field." 
It  consists  of  $25,000  and  an  emblem  in  the  form  of 
a  piece  of  original  sculpture. 

Announcement  of  the  winner  was  made  by  George 
Bain  Cummings,  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  chairman  of 
the  special  AIA  jury.  His  fellow  jurors  are  Willem  M. 
Dudok,  of  Hilversum,  Holland;  Percival  Goodman,  of 
New  York;  Ludwig  Mies  van  der  Rohe,  of  Chicago; 
and  Edgar  I.  Williams,  of  New  York.  In  the  judging, 
Mr.  Cummings  said,  they  considered  86  different 
entries  from  19  countries. 


PSYCHOLOGICAL  PAINTED 
SCHOOL 

(From  page  7) 
hours,  whether  they  are  bored  or  interested,  whether 
they  are  eager  to  learn  or  restless. 

REPAINTING  FOR  EMOTIONAL  EFFECTS 

Brooklyn  Technical  High  School,  the  largest  single 
building  unit  in  New  York's  educational  system,  was 
redecorated  recently  with  the  emotional  effects  of 
color  in  mind.  Color  today  is  considered  an  import- 
ant factor  in  molding  attitudes  and  viewpoints  of 
children. 

Light-colored  walls  and  ceilings,  together  with  suf- 
ficient natural  or  artificial  light,  are  known  to  produce 
an  environment  which  improves  health,  is  conducive 
to  study  and  at  the  same  time  produces  a  cheerful  and 
artistic  effect.  The  functional  use  of  color  has  been 
used  in  New  York  school  decorating  since  1945.  As 
approved  by  the  New  York  school  officials,  the  color 
program  is  an  extension  of  the  theory  of  color  condi 
tioning  used  in  hospitals  and  in  industry. 

In  the  shops  at  Brooklyn  Technical  High  School, 
all  machines  have  been  painted  gray,  with  working 
parts  colored  buff  to  concentrate  attention  on  them. 
Switch  boxes  are  blue  to  signal  against  careless  opera- 
tion of  the  machines.  Brilliant  orange  has  been  used 
for  acute  hazards  likely  to  cut,  crush  or  burn.  A  yel- 
low-and-black  combination  focuses  attention  on  stum- 
bling or  falling  hazards. 

Dr.  Wadsworth,  a  physician  interested  for  many 
years  in  the  study  of  color  effects  on  the  human  body 
and  mind,  has  the  theory  that  childhood  contempla- 
tion of  hideous  wallpaint  or  wallpaper,  with  green  or 
yellow  cabbages  everlastingly  shrieking  for  attention, 
may  have  started  some  of  the  neurotic  men  and 
women  of  today  on  the  path  to  their  neuroses.  This 
may  seem  somewhat  exaggerated,  but  too  little  atten- 


tion had  been  given  in  past  times  to  the  influence  of 
color  on  child  psycholotry. 

According  to  Dr.  William  Jansen,  Superintendent 
of  Schools  in  New  York,  vandalism  has  decreased 
where  schools  are  attractively  painted.  He  declared 
that  "the  entire  tone  of  a  community  can  be  raised  by 
the  children's  awareness  of  the  beauty  and  cheerful- 
ness of  color." 


ENGINEER   GEORGE   WASHINGTON,    San 

Francisco,  structural  engineer,  is  making  a  detailed 
study  of  blast  damage  suffered  in  Reno,  Nevada,  dur- 
ing the  recent  gas  explosions.  He  is  documenting  his 
material  with  color  photographs. 


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Since   1898 


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BOOK  REVIEWS 

PAMPHLETS  AND  CATALOGUES 


ARCHITECTS  DETAIL  SHEETS.  Edited  by  Edward  D. 
Mills,  F.R.I.B.A.  Third  Series.  Philosophical  Library, 
Inc.,  15  E.  40th  St.,  New  York  16.  Price  $12.00. 

This  is  the  third  of  a  series  and  represents  96  selected 
sheets  of  architectural  detail  that  should  be  welcome  not  only 
by  architects  and  architectural  students,  but  also  by  students 
and  apprentices  in  the  building  trade  and  by  building  crafts- 
men  who  will  find  them  a  useful  supplement  to  existing  text- 
books and  of  assistance  in  their  practical  training  and  daily 
work. 

The  book  contains  a  selection  of  96  scale  drawings  and 
over  100  photographs,  including  some  in  full  color.  All 
details  are  of  current  buildings,  and  examples  have  been 
drawn  from  the  work  of  contemporary  architects  in  various 
parts  of  the  world.  A  special  feature  is  a  lively  and  pointed 
article  by  architect  Richard  Neutra,  which  emphasizes  the 
importance  of  good  architectural  detailing. 


AMERICAN  aVIL  ENGINEERING  PRACTICE,  Vol.  1 
ac  2.  By  Robert  W.  Abbett.  John  Wiley  &  Sons,  Inc., 
440  4th  Ave.,  New  York   16.   Price  $15.00  each. 

Covers  a  wide  variety  of  subjects  pertinent  to  the  practice 
of  Civil  Engineering,  including  metropolitan  and  community 
planning,  surveying,  traffic  engineering,  highway  engineer- 
ing, airport  engineering,  soil  mechanics  and  site  examination, 
foundations,  earthwork  and  dredging,  hydraulics  and  pump- 
ing, dams,  irrigation  and  land  drainage,  public  water  supply, 
sewerage  and  sewage  disposal,  refuse  collection  and  disposal, 
mathematical  tables,   and  a  complete  index  to  both  volumes. 

PLANNING  FAQLITTES  FOR  HEALTH,  PHYSICAL 
EDUCATION  AND  RECREATION.  Revised  Edition. 
The  Athletic  Institute  Inc.,  209  S.  State  Street,  Chicago, 
III.  Price  $2.50. 

This  publication  is  the  result  of  a  national  conference  of 
experts  in  the  field  of  health,  physical  education  and  recrea- 
tion, held  at  Michigan  State  University  in  May  1956. 

Included  in  the  160  page  book  are  the  latest  ideas  and 
suggestions  on  the  functional  development  of  all  types  of 
sports  areas,  playgrounds,  parks,  stadiums,  camps,  gymna- 
siums, swimming  pools,  recreation  buildings,  health  units, 
and  athletic  fields.  Also  includes  data  on  heating,  lighting, 
painting,  traffic  flow,  spectator  seating,  floodlighting,  ventila- 
tion, surfacing,  equipment,  and  space  requirements  as  well 
as  hundreds  of  useful  ideas  for  solving  construction  problems. 


ASTM  STANDARDS  IN  BUILDING   CODES  —  Supple- 
ment to   1955   edition.  224  pages.  ASTMaterials,   1916 
Race  Street,  Philadelphia  3,  Pa.  Price  $2.75. 
The  1956  Supplement  of  the  1955  Compilation  of  ASTM 
STANDARDS   IN   BUILDING    CODES   includes   revisions 
and    new   ASTM   standards    for    construction    materials    that 
have  been  accepted  since  publication  of  the   1955  edition. 

Seven  new  specifications  and  two  new  methods  of  test 
are  included.  Twenty-one  standards  and  tentatives  with  exten- 
sive revisions  are  published  in  their  entirety  and  63  standards 
and  tentatives  have  small  revisions  completely  described  to 
bring  the   1955  compilation  up-to-date. 


NEW  CATALOGUES  AVAILABLE 

Architects,  Engineers,  Contractors,  Planning  Commission 
members — the  catalogues,  {alders,  new  building  products 
material,  etc.,  described  below  may  be  obtained  by  directing 
your  request  to  the  name  and  address  given  in  each  item. 


Portable  hoists.  New  12 -page,  2 -color  booklet  describes 
single  drum,  multi-purpose  portable  hoists;  well  illustrated, 
description,  specifications;  electric  and  gasoline  driven;  sizes 
from  0.9  to  15  h.p.  with  lifting  capacities  from  750  to  5000 
lbs  at  rope  speeds  up  to  125  f.p.m.;  wire  rope  capacities  range 
from  200  to  1500  ft.  Free  copy  write  DEPT-A£!?E,  Joy  Mfg. 
Co.,  Henry  W.  Oliver  Bldg.,  Pittsburgh  22,  Pa. 


Modern  entrance  control.  A  new  4-page  folder  describes 
modern  entrance  control  for  arenas,  auditoriums  and  coli' 
seums;  graphically  illustrated,   describes  many   major  control 


ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


problems;  section  of  questions  and  answers;  turnstile  models 
illustrated  with  descriptive  features  and  application.  Write  for 
free  copy  DEPT-Aa'E,  Perey  Turnstile  Co.,  Suite  402,  Archi- 
tects Bldg.,  New  York  17,  N.  Y. 


Specifications  for  metal  lathing  and  furring.  Newly  revised 
(AIA  File  No.  20-B-l).  Specifications  for  Metal  Lathing  and 
Furring  written  in  detail  so  that  complete  information  is  avail- 
able to  those  who  write  specifications;  sample  type  specifica- 
tions; illustrations;  material  specifications;  design  tables.  Free 
copy  write  DEPT-A^E,  Metal  Lath  Mfg.  Ass'n.,  Engineers 
Bldg.,  Cleveland  14,  Ohio. 


Handbook  on  painting  swimming  pools.  Now  available  for 
architects,  engineers,  builders  and  others  interested  in  the 
subject  of  swimming  pools;  a  new  handbook  on  Painting 
Swimming  Pools;  charts  show  type  of  pool,  paint  to  use,  num- 
ber of  coats,  gal.  per  coat,  color  chart;  a  complete  descriptive 
booklet.  Free  write  DEPT-A6?E,  Inertol  Co.,  Inc.,  27  South 
Park,  San  Francisco  7. 


Grating  and  treads.  An  informative,  illustrated  bulletin 
(AIA  File  No.  14R)  on  grating  and  treads;  presents  descrip- 
tions on  electroforged,  riveted,  rectangular,  diagonal,  "U" 
type  and  "T"  interlocked  grating  and  treads;  tables  on  safe 
loads;  specifications.  Free  copy  write  DEPT-A&J'E,  Grating 
Dept.  Blaw-Knox  Co.,  P.  O.  Box   1198,  Pittsburgh   30,   Pa. 

Proper  illumination.  A  new  series  of  "Fact  Books'"  designed 
to  aid  electrical  contractors  in  the  presentation  of  the  story  of 
good  lighting  to  the  purchasers  of  industrial  and  commercial 
lighting;  spells  out  the  gains  to  be  realized  through  installation 
of  proper  lighting;  also  cites  specific  instances  of  calculable 
results  of  relighting  their  premises  to  National  Lighting  Bureau 
standards.  Business  and  school  administrators  interested  in 
increasing  efficiency,  may  secure  copies  of  these  booklets  by 
writing  DEPT-A&E,  National  Lighting  Bureau,  155  E.  44th 
St.,  New  York  17. 


Douglas  Fir  Plywood  construction  guide.    A  new  34-page, 

four  sectioned  construction  guide,  contains  full-page  structural 
drawings  providing  authoritative  basic  information  on  types, 
grades,  and  applications  of  fir  plywood  for  builders,  architects, 
engineers  and  building  code  officials;  data  on  floor  construc- 
tion, single  and  double  wall  construction,  and  roof  construction, 
including  recommendations  and  plywood  excerpts  from  "mini- 
mum property  requirements"  of  the  FHA.  Free  copy  available 
write  DEPT-A6?E,  Douglas  Fir  Plywood  Association,  Tacoma 
2,  Washington. 


Swimming  pool  supplies.  New  catalog  and  data  book  of 
swimming  pool  supplies,  chemicals  and  equipment  (AIA  File 
No.  3  5-F-2);  profusely  illustrated;  data,  photographs  and  prices 
of  every  item  needed  to  build  a  new  residential  or  public 
pool,  or  to  equip  and  maintain  an  existing  pool;  pressure  filter 
systems  for  private  and  public  pools;  charts  to  select  proper 
siae  filter;  and  detailed  information  about  new  "buried  type" 
filters  for  residential  pools  where  space  is  limited;  proper  pool 
care  and  maintenance,  and  detailed  description  of  approved 
water-treatment  chemicals;  catalog  is  designed  to  help  pool 
owners  and  builders,  architects,  engineers,  institutional  and 
school  administrators.  Free  copy  write  DEPT-A&?E,  Modern 
Swimming  Pool  Co.  Inc.,  1  Holland  Ave.,  White  Plains,  New 
York. 


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need  of  your  plans. 

This  valuable  service  reduces  estinnating  expenses  of  suppliers,  increases  their  bidding  facilities,  and  re- 
duces the  number — and  cost — of  your  plans  needed  by  suppliers. 

Helo   promote  these  benefits  by  letting  us  have  an  early  set  of  plans  for  each  of  your  projects. 
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LeROY    CONSTRUCTION    SERVICES 

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MAY,      1957 


ARCHITECT  AND  ENGINEER 


[UIMUOrS    GUIDE 

BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

PRICES  GIVEN  ARE  FIGURING  PRICES  AND  ARE  MADE  UP  FROM  AVERAGE  QUOTATIONS  FURNISHED  BY 
LeROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES.  3%  SALES  TAX  ON  ALL  MATERIALS  BUT  NOT  LABOR. 


All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
Francisco  and  the  Bay  District.  There  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  ol  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bondls)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKV/ORK— MASONRY— 

Common    Brick— Per    I    M    laid— $135.00    up    (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

F«.:e   Brick— Per   I    M    laid— $200.00  and   up   (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

Brick  Steps— $3.00  and  up. 

Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$1.50  and  up— (according  to  class  of  work). 

Face    Brick    Veneer    on     Frame    BIdgs.— Approx. 
$2.25  and   up   (according  to  class  of  work). 

Common  Brick— $46.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 

Face    Brick— $81.00  to   $106.00   per   M,   truckload 
lots,  delivered. 

Glazed  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 
Clear  Glazed— 

2  X  4  X  12  Furring $1.75  per  sq.  ft. 

4  X  6  X  12  Partition 2.00  per  «q.  ft. 

4  X  6  X  12  Double  Faced 

Partition 2.25  per  »q.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add...._ 30  per  sq.  ft. 

Mantel   Fire   Brick   $150.00   per   M  — F.O.B.   Pitts- 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  Ivl. 
Paving— $75.00. 

Building  Tile— 
ex5i/2xl2-incfie5.   per   M _ -. $139.50 


6x5i/2»l2-inches,   per   M 

4x5'/2xl2-inches,    per   M — 

Hollow  Tile- 

I2xl2x2-incl>e5.    per   M — 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M 

I2xi2x4-inches,    per   M 

I2xl2x6-inches.    per  M _.... 

F.O.B.  Plant 


$146.75 

,.._..  156.85 

177.10 

235.30 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 


1  ply  per  1000  ft.  i 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  i 

3  ply  per  1000  ft.  ( 


..$5.30 


9.70 

Standard  500  ft.  roll 6.85 

Sisalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 8.50 

Sheathing  Papers — 
Asphalt  sheathing.   151b.  roll $2.70 


30-lb.  roll.. 

npcourse,  216-ft.  roll 

5  Plasterboard,  60-lb.  roll.... 


Felt  Papers— 

Deadening  felt,  %-lb..  50-ft.  ro 

Deadening  felt,    i-lb 

Asphalt  roofing,    15-lbs 

Asphalt  roofing.  30-lbs _ 

Roofing  Papers — 
Standard  G 


3.70 

2.95 

..  5.10 

..$4.30 
.  5.05 
..  2.70 
...  3.70 


.  roll.  Light _..$2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium 2.90 

Heavy...._ 3.40 

Extra  Heavy.... __  3.95 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 


prices  net  to  Contractors  unl 
1.    Carload    lots  only. 
Bunker 

s $3.00 

3.20 


rete  Mi) 
led  Rod 
led  Rod 
ng  Grav 


Va"  to  3/4".. 
%"  to   11/2" 


3.10 


Lapis  (N 
Olympia 


DS.  2  &  4) 3.75 

(Nos.  I   &  2) 3.25 


Del'd 
per  ton 
$3.75 
3.95 
3.85 
3.95 
3.95 
3.80 


4.50 


Cement- 
Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks). 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) $1.30 

Carload   lots,   in   bulk,   per  bbl _ 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 

Prox.,   less  than   carload   lots,   $5.20  per   bbl. 

f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.60  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on   L.C.L _ -..2% 

Trinit/  V/hite 1   I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 

Medusa  White j-  sack,  warehouse  or 

Calaveras  White J  delivered. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 

Delivered  in  S-yd.  loads:  6  sk. 

in  bulk  ..$14.20 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 


.90 


Hay- 


Ba- 


8x8xl6-inches,  eac 
I2i(8i<l6-inches,  eac 
I2x8x24.inches,  eac 


dite 

salt 

!  .22 

$  .22 

.27'/, 

.271/, 

.32 

.32 

.46 

■w/, 

__ 

.67 

Aggregates — ttaydite  or  Basalite       Plant 

%-inch  to  ys-inch,  per  cu.  yd. —  $5.85 J7.75 

%-inch  to  A-inch.  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 


DAMPPROOFING  and  V^aterproofing— 

Two-coat  worit,  $9.00  per  square. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $13.50  per  square. 

Hot  coating  work,  $6.00  per  square. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and   up. 


ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.    Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 

per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  Installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building.  Including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less;  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will   run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  Iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings; 
$325   on   old    buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  '/s  in-  gauge  22c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magneslte, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.50  per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum — $5.00   sq.   yd.    &    up 

laid. 
Terazzo  Floors — $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps— $3.50  per  lin.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat — according  to  type — 
20c  to  35c. 
Hardwood   Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  G— Unfin.— 

Hx2l/,  '/2X2     5/8x2     Ax2 

Clear  Qtd.,  White $425     $405     $  $ 

Clear  Qtd..   Red _  405      380 

Select  Otd..  Red  or  White..  355      340 
Clear  Pin.,  Red  or  White...  355      340      335      315 
Select  Pin.,  Red  or  White....  340      330      325      300 
#1  Common,  red  or  White  315      3rO      305      280 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Preflnished  Oak  Flooring — 


Vl  X  2 _._ 

'/2    X    21/2 

H  X  21/4 

H  X  2% 

H  X  31/4 _ 

H  X  21/4  &  31/4  Ranch  Plant... 
Unfinished  Maple  Flooring — 

a  X  21/4  First  Grade 

U  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

U  X  21/4  2nd  &  Btr.  Grade 

H  X  21/4  3rd  Grade 

H  X  31/4  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM.. 
U  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM... 

33/32  X  21/4   First  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade... 


..$369.00 
._  380.00 
...  390.00 


Standard 
$359.00 
370.00 
381.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 

....$390.00 
—  365.00 
._.  375.00 
_.  240.00 
_  380.00 
„  390.00 
_  400.00 
.._  360.00 
....  320.00 


Floor  Layer  Wage  $2.83   per  hr. 
GLASS— 

Single   Strength   Window   Glass.._..$  .30  per  Oft. 

Double   Strength  Window  Glass .45  per  D  ft. 

Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75 _  1.60  per  D  ft. 

75  to    100 1.74  per  n  ft. 

1/4  in.  Polished  Wire  Plate  Glass...  2.50  per  D  ft. 

1/4  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glass _ 80  per  D  ft. 

1/b  in.  Obscure    Glass... _ 55  per  D  ft. 

5L  in.  Obscure     Glass .70  per  Q  ft. 

i/>  in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure....    .54  per  D  ft. 

A  in.    Heat  Aborbing  Wire 72  per  O  ft. 

l/s  in.   Ribbed 55  per  Q  ft. 

3^  in.  Ribbed    _..- .75  per  D  ft. 

I/;   in.   Rough     _._ 55  per  Q  ft. 

5^,  in.  Rough 75  per  Q  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  D  ft. 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place _.  3.50  per  Q  ft. 

HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces — Gas  Fired 


Floor  Furnace,  25,000  BTU 

.$42.00 

80.00 

35,000  BTU 

.  47.00 

-  87.00 

45,000  BTU    . 

55.0c 

-  95.00 

Automatic  Control,   Add   

...  39.00-  45.00 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25,000  BTU. 

72.00-134.00 

35.000  BTU. 

149.00 

45.000  BTU. 

161.00 

With   Automatic   Control,   Add. 

_.  45.OC-I6I.00 

Unit  Heaters,   50,000   BTU 

215.00 

Gravity  Furnace,  65,000  BTU 

210.00 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75,000  BTU. 

342.00 

Water  Heaters— 5-year  guarantee 

With  Thermostat  Control, 

20  gal.  capacity — 



96.00 

30  gal    capacity 

40  gal.  capacit/ 



135.00 

ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool   Insulation— 

(2")   Less  than   1,000  Q  ft $64.00 

(2")  Over   1,000  Q  ft 59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-tfiickness 

( I" )     $4 1 .60  per  M  sq .  f t. 

Sisolation  Aluminum  Insulation— Aluminum 

coated   on   both  sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel   $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"    thickness    $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard 69.00  per  M  sq.ft. 


IRON — Cost   of   ornamental    iron,   cast   Iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 


LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 
O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f  b.m.. 


.$115.00 


V.G.-D.F.  B  8.  Btr.   1   X  4  T  &  G   Flooring.. 

...$225  00 
215  00 

all 

...  145.00 

Rwd.    Rustic— ■■A"    grade,    m 
8  lo  24  ft 
Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 
lA-inch    4.0x8.0-513     

edium   dry... 

...   185.00 
...$150.00 

1/2-inch,  4.0x8.0-515  

...  200.00 

%-Inch,   per   M   sq.  ft 

...  260.00 

Plysform    ..._ 

...  160.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)- 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2,  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles,  $6.00  per  square. 
Cedar    Shakes— 1/2"   to    %"   x    24/26    in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

%"  to  11/4"  X  24/26  in  split  resaw, 

per  square  17.00 

Average  cost  to   lay  shakes,   $8.00  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated  __....Add  $35  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
e-lb.    treatment  Add  $45  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  iOO  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard    Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2 1 -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $10  to  $15  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $  1 .75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases  for  kitchen   pantries  seven   ft.   high, 

per   lineal   ft.,   upper   $12   to   $15;   lower 

$14  to  $15. 
Dining   room  cases,   $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing   (average),  $1  15  per  M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $125  to  $135  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard   $   .80 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.20 

Cold  water  painting per  yard       .35 

Whitewashing    per  yard       .20 

Unseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  V/i  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light   iron    drums _. per  gal.  $2.28        $2.34 

5-gallon   cans per  gal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans each     2.52  2.58 

Quart    cans   each       .71  .72 

Pint  cans  each       .38  .39 

'/2-pint  cans  - each       .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron   drums per  gal.  $1.65 

5-gallon  cans per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans  each     1.88 

Quart  cans each       .54 

Pint  cans  each      .31 

Vj-pint  cant each      JO 


List  Price 

Price  to 

Painters 

Net  Weight 

Per  100      Pr.  per 

per  100 

Pr.  per 

Packages 

lbs.           pkg. 

lbs. 

pkg. 

100- lb.   kegs  . 

....$28.35        $29.35 

$27.50 

$27.50 

SO-lb.   kegs  . 

....  30.05           15.03 

28.15 

14.08 

25-lb.   kegs  . 

30.35            7.50 

28.45 

7.12 

5-lb.   cans' 

....  33.35            1.34 

31.25 

1.25 

l-lb.  cans* 

....  36.00              .36 

33.75 

.34 

500   lbs.    (one   delivery)    %c   per   pound    less   than 
above. 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters- Price  Per  100  Po 


1 00 
lbs. 


Dry  White    Lead $26.30    $ 

Litharge 25.95  26.60 

Dry    Red    Lead..._ 27.20  27.85 

Red   Lead   in   Oil. 30.65  31.30 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


25 
lbs. 

$ 

26.90 
28.15 
31.60 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-Inch     $2.50  lineal   foot 

8-inch     _ 3.00  lineal  foot 

10-Inch     4.00  lineal  foot 

12-Inch     5.00  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat  wall,   per  ton    delivered    In    S.    F.   in 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING   (Interior)- 

Yard 

3  Coats,  metal  lath  and  plaster _ _...$3.50 

Keene  cement  on  metal  lath 4.00 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(latheJ   only)   3.50 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metaJ  lath 

plastered    5.50 

Single  partition  Va  channels  and  metal  lath 

1  side  (lath  only)... 3.50 

Single   partition  %  channels  and   metal  lath 

2  inches  thick    plastered 8.50 

4-inch    double    partition    %    channels    and 

metal  lath  2  sides  (lath  only) 6.00 

4-inch     double    partition     %    channels    and 
metal  lath  2  sides  plastered 10.00 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)- 

2  coats    cement    finish,    brick    or    concrete 
wall 

3  coats   cement   -inish.    No.    IB   gaug 


Yard 

$2.50 
3.25 


Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime— $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— %"— 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.75  per  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per   fixture    up, 
according  to  grade,  quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15.00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in  place. 
4'/2  In.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I  Cedar  Shingles,  5  In.  ex- 
posure,  per  square 14.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Slant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7'/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with  Gravel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Asbestos  Shingles.  $27  to  $35  per  sq.  laiu 
1/2  to  3/4  x  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"  Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

^4  to  I 'A  x  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in   place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-In $  .26 

Standard,     6-In 46 

Standard,     8-In 66 

Standard,   12  In 1.30 

Standard,  24-in 5.41 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),  Including  hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  Iron,  per  sq.  ft $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unqlazed),  per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

'A-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

%-in.  Rd.  (Less  then   I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

%-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

y4-in.  &  '/a-In.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton) 7.15 

I    in.  &  up  (Less  than   I  ton) 7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  Se« 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer   (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile   (35). 

TILE— 

Ceran 

per  sq.  ft. 


Tile    Floors — Comrr 


ft. 


with  6" 
Residi 


-$1.50   per 
Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x6' 

sq.  ft. 
Tile  Wainscots  &  Floor 

$1.85  to   $2.25   per  sq 
Tile   Wainscots,   Commercial  Jc 

@  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  Vs"  -  ft" $ 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork  Tile— $  .70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosaic  Floors— See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  Q  ft - 

Rubber  tile,  per  D  ft 

Furring  Tile 
Sco      ■ 


:ial  $1.85  to  $2.25 

base  @  $1.60  par 

ntial,  41/4x41/4",  @ 

=bs,  41/4x41/4"  Tile, 

IB  -  $  .35  sq.  yd. 


12  X  12, 


ach.. 


Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 
Patio  Tile— Miles  Red 

12  X  12  X  '/j-inch,     plain 

6  X  12  X  '/j-inch,     plain 

6  X    6  X  '/s-inch,     plain 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,    per  M 

6x5i/2xl2-inches,   per    M 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,   per   M 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inche5,    per   U 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M 

I2xl2x4-inches,    per   M 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per   M — — 

F.O.B.  Plant 


F.O.B.  S.  F. 

$  .17 

Small  Large 

Lots  Lots 

..%  .28  $  .2S1 


...$139.50 
._  105.00 
....    84.00 

,...$144.75 
..  156.85 
_.  177.10 
._  235.30 


VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

50c  per  square  foot  and  up.    Installation 
extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  and  quality  required. 


aUICK  REFEREIMCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Cnnstruction  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  ENGINEERS 

L.O.REEDERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  DO  2-5050 

Sacramento:  3026  V  St.,  GL  7  3505 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berl(eley:  2115  Fourtti  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMORE  AIR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

LINFORD  AIRS  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oaliland:  174-12th  St.,  TW  3  6521 

I^ALM  I.1ETAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1  0140 

ALUMINUM  BLDG.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  (Wrought  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco;  212  Sliaw  Road,  Plaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO- 

San  Francisco:  3201  Third  St.,  Ml  7  2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4  4141 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
PORTLAND  WIRE  8  IRON  WORKS 
4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave.,  Portland  2,  Ore. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  &  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Otfenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Vandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix;  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St. 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEANX  CO. 
San  Francisco;  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
Portland;  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  FA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane;  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12;  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

BANKS  -  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  i  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2-7700 


BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco;  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 

BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 
San  Francisco  7;  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix;  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEANUO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1-7400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'SM.  SONS 

San  Francisco;  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2  3143 

MICHEL  S  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco;  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

C.  E.  T0LAND8S0N 

Oakland;  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 

BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco;  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2  3322 

BUILDING  PAPERS  i  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  UGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CABINETS  t  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4  7316 

THE  FINK  8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 

Oakland;  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3  9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO. 

San  Francisco;  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7-0311 

CEMENT 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 
CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 
San  Jose;  610  McKendrie  St. 
PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2  1616 
Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 
San  Jose;  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2  5620 
Oakland;  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 
READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 
Santa  Rosa;  50  W-  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODES  JAMIESON  LTD. 
Oakland:  333  23rd  Ave.,  KE  3  5225 
SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 

Screed  Materials 
C.  8  H.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS— HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS-ROOF 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland;  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda;  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D,  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOODCO.  OF  CALIF. 

Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Anneles;  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville;  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco;  85  -  14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HOKIN  8GALVAN 

San  Francisco;  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 


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ARCHITECT      AND      ENGINEER 


ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS  (cont'd) 

LEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  212  Clara  St.,  DO  2  6010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  937  McAllister  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  S  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Cough  i  Fell  Sts.,  HE  1-5904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRe  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  XPFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

Soutti  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EOUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  llOl-UlhSt.,  UN  1-2'I20 

ETS-HOKIN  8GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEANUO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILECO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2  871-1 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

6AS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3-8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  BIdg.,  YU  6-2718 

D.  L.  FAUIL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS  8.  HAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  2-0678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  «  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Market  St.,  YU  6  0511 

G.  P.  W.  JENSEN  SSONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1-2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  8  SON 

San  Francisco:  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN  S  SWINERTON 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  8  NELSON 

San  Francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2-4700 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Colati:  Cypress  Ave.,  Pet.  5-4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  8  PEARCE 

San  Mateo:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2-6639 


RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  8  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  8  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

HEATING  8  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  8  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  DO  2-0377 

E.C.  BRAUNCO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.W.HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco;  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 

INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2  1616 


INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 


IRON— ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEEFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-1 


LATHING  8  PLASTERING 

ANGELO  J.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  8-1582 

A.  E.  KNOWLESCORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  8C.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3  6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES-JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco:  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 


LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 


CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Ouint  8  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  621  Bayshore  Blvd.,  JU  4-6670 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  3rd  8  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  8  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 


MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS-KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco;  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6  5024 

MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY8S0N 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco;  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

METAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEER  CO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwighl  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  SALES  CO.  OF  NO.  CALIF. 
Berkeley:  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

METAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  III.;  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORK 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco;  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-73U 

THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco;  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 

Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 

Los  Angeles;  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 

SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  8  SUPPLY  CO. 

So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  8  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland;  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  8  PFEFEER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5  8983 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PAOLI  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  1-1632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15th  St.,  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZELINSKY8S0NS 

San  Francisco:  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PLASTER 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATE  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

WEST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  3150-18th  St.,  MA  1-5657 


MAY,     1957 


PLUMBING 

BROADWAY  PLUMBING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1790  Yosemite  Ave.,  Ml  8  4250 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 

Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6  6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10140 

RODONI  BECKER  CO.,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  45510th  St.,  MA  1  3662 

SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

POST  PULLER 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 

No.  Sacramento:  1202  Dixieanne 

PUMPING  MACHNERY 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2-6794 

ROOFING 

ANCHOR  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1671  Galvez  Ave.,  VA  4-8140 

ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1400  Egbert  Ave.,  Ml  7.2173 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  930  Innes  Ave.,  VA  4  3261 

ROOF  SCUTTLES 

THE  BILCOCO. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  &  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  S  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

ROOF  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  8  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  i  Wood  Sis.,  GL  2-0805 

SAFES 

THE  HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1699  Market  St.,  I 


16644 


SEWER  PIPE 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  UO. 

San  Francisco:  9th  i  Harrison,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

SHEET  METAL 

MICHEL  81  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT 

STROMBERG  CARLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  Burlingame,  OX  7-3630 

Los  Angeles:  5414  York  Blvd.,  CL  7  3939 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL  &  REINFORCING 

COLUMBIA  GENEVA  DIV.,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg..  SU  1-2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland,  Ore.:  2345  N.W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle,  Wn.:  1331-3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  lake  City,  Utah:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3  6733 

HERRICK  IRON  WORKS 

Oakland  18th  S  Campbell,  GL  1-1767 

INDEPENDENT  IRON  WORKS,  INC. 

Oakland:  780  Pine  St.,  TE  2-0160 

iUDSON  PACIFIC  MURPHY  CORP. 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective   bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  Industry,  California 

Following  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 

CRAFT                                         San                           Contra                         Sacra-  San           Santa                             Los        San  Ber-         San           Santa 

Francisco  Alameda    Costa         Fresno       mento  Joaquin       Clara        Solano     Angeles    nardino       Diego       Barbara        Kern 

ASBESTOS  WORKER S3.275        S3.275        S3.275        $3,275        $3,275  $3,275         $3,275        $3,275        $3.35          $3.35          $3.35          $3.35          $3.35 

BOILERMAKER _...     3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45 

BRICKLAYER _ 3.75            3.75            3.75            3.70            3.50  3.50            3.875          3.75            3.80            3.80            3.75            3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 3.00            3.00            3.00            2.70            3.00  2.80            2.90            3.00            2.625          2.625          2.625                            2.625 

CARPENTER 3.125          3.125          3.00            3.00            3.00  3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.02 

CEMENT  FINISHER 2.995          2.995          2.995          2.995          2.995  2.995          2.995          2.995          2.925          2.925          2.925          2.925          2.925 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type   (I   yd.)     2.705          2.705          2.705          2.705          2.705  2.705          2.705          2.705          2.74            2.74            2.74            2.74            2.74 

ELECTRICIAN 3.375          3.375          3.375                            3.50  3.25            3.61             3.275          3.60            3.60            3.50            3.60            3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985  2.985          2.985          2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR.  _ 2'5            2.95            2.95            2.95            2.95 

GLAZIER _ 2.87             2,87             2.87                                 2.905  2.905           2.87             2.87             2.885           2.885           2.90             2.885 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40 

REINF.  STEEL 3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15  3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL _ 3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325          2.325          2.325          2.30            2.30            2.30            2.30            2.30 

CONCRETE..., 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2,325  2.325          2.325          2.325 

LATHER 3.4375         3.84'          3.84*          3.45            3.45t  3.50            3.375          3.75t          3.625          3.625          3.625 

PAINTER:  BRUSH 3.10            3.10            3.10            2.90            3.00  2.95             3.10            3.25            3.01             3.00            2.94            3.03            2.95 

SPRAY 3.10            3.10            3.10            3.15            3.25  3.10            3.10            3.50            3.26            3.25            3,49            3.03            3.20 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 3.325          3.325          3.325          3.325          3.325  3.325           3.325          3.325          3.30            3.30            3.30            3.30            3.30 

PLASTERER. 3.6125        3.54            3.54            3.35            3.45t  3.55            3.495          3.50            3.75                              3.625          3.625 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER 3.10            3.42            3.42            3.025          3.00  3.00             3.075          3.15            3.50            3.375          3.375          3.3I2S         3.25 

PLUMBER _ 3.45            3.59            3.435          3.45            3.45  3.45             3.45            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55            3. 55            3.575 

ROOFER _ _ 3.00            3.20            3.20            3.05            2.976  3.05            3.00                              3.I0§                            3.00            3.15            3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 3.30            3.30            3.30            3.125          3.30  3.315          3.30            3.325          3.24            3.24            3.15            3.26            3.40 

STEAMFIHER _ 3.45            3.69            3.69            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.575 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR _ 3.095          3.095          3.095          3.095          3.095  3.095           3.095          3.095          3.05            3.05            3.05            3,05            3.05 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325           2.325          2.325          2.405          2.405          2.405          2.405          2.405 

TILE  SEHER _. 3.225          3.225          3.225          3.25            3.00  3.175          3.225          3.225          3.26            3.50            3.25            3.26            3.21 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacation  allowance  and  transmitted  to  i  $3,625  for  nail-on  lather. 

a  vacation  fund. 

fS  cents  of  this  amount  is  deducted  from  wages  as  a  vacation  allowance  and  §  10  cents  of  this  amount  is  designated  as  a  "savings  fund  wage"  and  is  with- 

transmittcd  to  a  vacation  fund.  held  from  pay  and  transmitted  to  an  employee  savings  fund. 

4TTENT/ON:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial   Relations,   Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research, 

and  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organiiatlons  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad* 
as  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 

CRAFT                                              San  San                     Santa                     Los                      San                      San 

Francisco                Fresno              Sacramento  Joaquin                  Clara                  Angeles             Bernardino               Diego 

ASBESTOS  WORKER _ _          .10  W                   .10  W                   .10  W  .10  W                   .10  W                   .10  W                   .10  W                  .10  W 

.llhr.  V               .llhr.V               .11  hr.  V  .llhr.V               .llhr.V 

MAY,      I  957  41 


CONSTRUCnON  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES-"(Table  2  Continued) 


San 
CRAFT  Francisco 

BRICKLAYER IS  W 

.14  P 
.05  hr.  V 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER _ 10  W 

.10  P 
.10  V 

CARPENTER _ _...  .  1 0  W 

.lOhr.  V 

CEMENT  MASON 10  W 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER .10  W 

r/oP 
4%V 

GLAZIER    _ _ _ .075  W 

.085  V 

IRONWORKER:  REINFORCING.... 10  W 

STRUCTU  R AL .  10  W 

LABORER,  GENERAL _.... 10  W 

LATHER „ .60  day  W 

.70  day  V 

OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.) 10  W 

POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.) _  .10  W 

PAINTER,  BRUSH 095  W 

PLASTERER  ._ _ low 

.10  V 

PLUMBER    _ _  .10  W 

.lOV 

ROOFER    _ _ _         .10  W 

.lOV 

SHEET  METALWORKER .075  W 

4%  V 

TILE  SETTER 075  W 

.09  V 


San_ 
Sacramenfo  Joaquin 

.I5W 

.10  P 

.low  .low 


Los 
Angeles 


San 
Dtego 


.low 
1%  p 

4%  V 

.075  W 
1%  P 

.075  W 
l%P 
4%V 

I%P 

1%  P 

1%  P 

.low 

l%P 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.low 

.10  w 

.10  W 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.lOW 
.lOW 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

low 
.low 

.low 

,IOW 

.10  W 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.90  day  W 

.70  day  W 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

.08  W 

.075  W 

.low 

.095  W 
.07  V 

.085  W 

.08  W 

.09  W 

.low 

.low 

.10  W 

.low 

.15V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

.I5W 
.10  P 

.low 

.10  P 
.125  V 

.10  W 

.lOW 
.10  P 
.125  V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.10  w 

.075  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 
7day  V 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.075  W 
.12V 

.075  W 
4%V 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.085  W 
.lOV 

.025  W 
.04  V 

.085  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 
5dayV 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  from  the  available  data  re 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no  ( 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 

The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated  by  the  following  symbols:  W— Health  and  Welfare;  P— Pension 
stration  fund;  JIB — Joint  Industry  Board;   Prom— Promotion  fund. 


orted   by   building   trade 
nployer   contributions   art 


ontractor 
icessarily 


V — Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adm — Adrr 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


STUDENT  HEALTH  BLDG.,  Fresno 
State  Hospital,  Fresno.  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. Sacramento,  owner.  Wood  frame, 
concrete  foundation  and  floor  slab,  com- 
position roofing,  dry  wall  interior,  cement 
plaster  e.xterior,  aluminum  sash.  X-ray 
shielded  room,  mechanical,  electrical — 
$106,800.  ARCHITECT:  State  Architect, 
Sacramento.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: L.  B.  Pipes  Co.,  4164  Van  Ness, 
Fresno. 

PACOIMA    SCHOOL    ADD'N.,    Los 

Angeles  Board  of  Education,  Los  Angeles, 
owner.  1 -Story  frame  and  stucco  class- 
room building;  184x55  ft.  in  area;  compo- 
sition roofing,  concrete  floor,  asphalt  tile 
floor  covering,  mass  and  reinforced  con- 
crete, miscellaneous  metal,  masonry,  lath 
and  plaster,  cabinet  work,  marble  and 
tile,  glass,  acoustical  tile,  painting,  heating, 
ventilating,    plumbing,    electrical    work  — ■ 


$148,460.  ARCHITECT:  Lind  6?  Sonto- 
chi,  83  3  N.  Kings  Rd.,  Los  Angeles.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Slatebo  Corp., 
5175  W.  Washington  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 

WAREHOUSE  BLDG.,  Stockton,  San 
Joaquin  county.  Flothill  Products,  Inc., 
Stockton,  owner.  1 -Story  concrete  tilt-up 
construction,  wood  bolstering  trusses,  com 
position  roofing,  electrical  work,  fire  ex 
tinguisher  equipment  to  be  bid  separate 
41,000  sq.  ft.  area— -$119,986.  ARCH! 
TECT:  Johnson,  Mayo  &?  De  Wolf,  Ex 
change  Bldg.,  Stockton.  GENERAL  CON 
TRACTOR:  Crafts  Const.  Co.,  2812  San 
guinetti  Lane,  Stockton. 

MILLS  HIGH  SCHOOL.  Millbrac,  San 
Mateo  county.  San  Mateo  Union  High 
School  District,  San  Mateo,  owner.  New 
Mills  High  School — 62  classrooms,  admin- 
istration,   4    shops,     2     gymnasiums    with 


shower  and  locker  rooms,  cafeteria  and 
equipped  kitchen,  auditorium,  swimming 
and  diving  pool;  196,000  sq.  ft.  of  floor 
area;  grading,  roadways,  paving,  tennis 
courts,  running  track,  chain  link  fencing, 
rain  water  collection  and  irrigation  sys- 
tems, trenched  footings,  slab-on-grade, 
frame  welded  steel,  metal  roof  decking, 
prismatic  glass  block  skylights,  movable  in- 
terior partitions,  mechanical  and  electrical 
work,  hot  water  boilers,  automatic  fire 
sprinklers,  landscaping — $4,032,400.  AR- 
CHITECT: John  Lyon  Reid  fe?  Partners, 
1069  Market  St.,  San  Francisco.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Rothchild.  Raf- 
fin  6?  Wcirick  6?  Northern  (Joint  Venture) 
276  Brannan  St.,  San  Francisco. 

AUTO  SALES  OmCE,  North  Holly- 
wood, Los  Angeles  county.  Martin  Pol- 
lard Co.,  Sherman  Oaks,  owner.  Frame 
and  stucco  construction,  composition  roof- 
ing, aluminum  and  glass  store  front,  as- 
phalt tile  flooring,  acoustical  plaster,  ply- 
wood walls,  wood  fence;  18x33  ft. — $10,- 
000.  PLANS:  Alfred  Boeke,  12345  Ven- 
tura Blvd.,  North  Hollywood.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Kersey  Kinsey  Co., 
North  Hollywood,  Calif. 


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ARCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


GARRISON  STREET  SCHOOL,  Ceres 

Stanislaus  county.  Ceres  Elementary  School 
District,  owner.  New  facilities  include  ad- 
ministration, 10  classrooms,  kindergarten, 
toilets  $144,011.  ARCHITECT:  Mitchell 
Van  Bourg  c?  Associates,  Hotel  Clare- 
mont,  Berkeley.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR; Walter  A.  Hachman,  P.  O.  Bo.x 
1424,  Stockton. 

AUTOMOBILE  SALES  3c  SERVICE, 

San  Jose,  Santa  Clara  county.  Anderson 
Motor  Co..  San  Jose,  owner.  1 -Story,  mez- 
zanine, combination  offices  and  new  car 
sales  room,  service  department  and  repair 
shops  —  $68,300.  ARCHITECT:  Kress. 
Goudie,  Kress,  362  Park  Ave.,  San  Jose. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Oscar  W. 
Meyers,  1681  Dry  Creek  Rd.,  San  Jose. 

WHITEHORN  ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL,  Miranda,  Humboldt  county. 
Southern  Humboldt  Unified  School  Dis- 
trict, Miranda,  owner.  1 -Story  wood  frame 
construction,  providing  2  classrooms,  ad- 
ministration, kitchen,  storage  rooms,  and 
toilet  facilities— $6T, 581.  ARCHITECT: 
Hansen  6?  Winkler,  251  Post  St.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Beacon  Const. 
Co.,   1745  Filbert  St.,  San  Francisco. 

STORES  TO  OFFICES,  Beverly  Hills, 
Los  Angeles  county.  Max  Rouse,  Beverly 
Hills,  owner.  Convert  store  building  to  16 
offices,  drywall  partitions,  electrical,  toilets. 


stucco  and  wood  siding  exterior,  forced  air 
heating,  air  conditioning.  ARCHITECT 
Stegman,  Ferzacca  &?  Earl  (H.  Herbert 
Stegman,  architect),  4041  Marlton  Ave. 
Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRAC 
TOR:  H.  Wasserman,  8230  Beverly  Blvd. 
Los  Angeles. 

COMMUNICATIONS   BLDG.,   San 

Jose,  Santa  Clara  county.  City  of  San 
Jose,  owner.  1 -Story  Type  A  reinforced 
concrete  construction  in  city's  new  Civic 
Center  — $163,700.  ARCHITECT:  Kurt 
Gross,  390  Park  Ave.,  San  Jose.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  George  Bianchia, 
1850  So.  7th  St.,  San  Jose. 

McCLYMONDS  HIGH  SCHOOL 
ADD'N.,  Oakland,  Alameda  county.  Oak- 
land Unified  School  District,  Oakland, 
owner.  Addition  of  a  new  gymnasium 
building  to  present  facilities;  26,000  sq.  ft. 
of  area,  concrete  reinforced  construction 
$421,310.  ARCHITECT:  Ira  Beals,  1419 
Broadway,  Oakland.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Bishop-Mattei  Const.  Co., 
Pier  7.  San  Francisco. 

SYNAGOGUE  BLDG.,  Venice  District 
of  West  Los  Angeles.  West  Los  Angeles 
Synagogue,  owner.  Composition  and 
crushed  rock  roof,  asphalt  tile,  ceramic  tile, 
ceramic  tile  and  concrete  floors,  interior 
plaster,  acoustical  tile  ceilings,  forced  air 
heating,  metal  toilet  partitions,  insulation, 
concrete    paving,    concrete    block    veneer. 


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chain  link  fencing,  aluminum  casement 
and  sliding  sash— $50,000.  ARCHITECT: 
J.  Kichaven,  9548  W.  Pico  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles. 

TOLL  PLAZA  BLDG.,  S.  F.-Oakland 
Bridge.  Alameda  county.  State  of  Cali- 
fornia, Sacramento,  owner.  Additions  and 
alterations  to  present  facilities  of  the  Toll- 
Plaza— $954,856.  ARCHITECT:  Anson 
Boyd,  State  Architect,  Sacramento.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  S.  J.  Amoroso 
Const.  Co.,  2190  Oakdale  Ave.,  San 
Francisco. 

STEAM -ELECTRIC  GENERATOR, 

Scotia,  Humboldt  County.  Pacific  Lumber 
Company,  Scotia,  owner.  Engineering,  pro- 
curement and  construction  of  a  150,000 
pounds-per-hour  steam  generator  and  a 
7,500  kilowatt  electric  generator — $2,000,- 
000.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Huor 
Corp.,  Ltd.,  2500  S.  Atlantic  Blvd.,  Los 
Angeles. 

EROSION  CONTROL  &  ELECTRI- 
CAL SUBSTATIONS,  Air  Force  Acad- 
emy, Colorado  Springs,  Colorado,  U.S.  Air 
Force,  Washington,  D.  C,  owner.  Site 
work,  soil  erosion  prevention  and  construc- 
tion of  electrical  sub-stations  —  $14,472 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Consoli- 
dated Nurseries  of  Colorado,  Inc.,  Denver. 

HIGH  SCHOOL  ADD'N.,  Sparks,  Ne- 
vada. Sparks  School  District,  Sparks,  Ne- 
vada, owner.  1 -Story  brick  and  steel  frame 
construction;  administration,  6-cIass-rooms, 
shop  building— $362,500.  ARCHITECT: 
DeLongchamps  &  O'Brien,  160  Chestnut 
St..  Reno,  Nevada.  GENERAL  CON- 
•TRACTOR:  McKenzie  Const.  Co.,  560 
Kictzke  Lane,  Reno. 

ANALY  UNION  HIGH  SCHOOL 
ADD'N.,  Sehastopol,  Sonoma  county.  An- 
aly  Union  High  School  District,  Sehasto- 
pol, owner.  New  facilities  comprise  8 
classrooms— $188,900.  ARCHITECT:  J. 
Clarence  Felciano,  4010  Montecito  Ave 
Santa  Rosa.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Ben  Orestsky,  8570  Cypress  Ave.,  Cotati. 

SWIMMING  POOL  8C  BATH  HOUSE, 

Sierra  Madre,  Los  Angeles  county'.  City  of 
Sierra  Madre,  owner.  New  swiming  pool 
and  bath  house,  40x100  ft.  pool — $86,710. 
ARCHITECT:  Robert  H.  Ainsworth, 
1199  E.  Walnut  St.,  Pasadena.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  C  fe?  H  Contractors, 
5218  N.  Kauffman  Ave.,  Temple  City. 


ON    EXHIBIT 

CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  CENTER 
330  Clay  Street,  San  Francisco 


IN  THE  NEWS 


stitute  of  Technology  and  has  lectured  on 
heating  and  air  conditioning  and  mechani- 
cal estimating  at  Los  Angeles  City  College 
and  the  University  of  Southern  California. 


CONSULTING  ENGINEER 
OPENS  NEW  OFFICES 

Hugh  C.  Carter  has  announced  the  for- 
mation of  a  new  consulting  engineering 
organization,  the  Hugh  Carter  Engineering 
Company,  and  will  maintain  offices  at  222 
Atlantic  Avenue,  Long  Beach. 

The  lirm  will  specialize  in  preparation  of 
working  drawings  and  specifications  for  all 
types  of  mechanical  installations  required 
for  industrial  and  commercial  projects.  The 
company  will  also  prepare  proposals  and 
estimates  for  use  in  initial  planning  and 
budgeting. 

Carter  is  a  graduate  of  the  California  In- 


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DISTRICT  OFFICES 

SAN   FRANCISCO 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 

1805  Rollins  Road, 

Burlingame OXford  7-3630 

LOS  ANGELES 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 
5415  York  Blvd Clinton  7-3939 


ENGINEERING 
DISTRIBUTORS 

FRESNO 

TINGEY  COMPANY 

S17     Pivisadern    .St APams  7-64GS 

LOS  ANGELES 

HANNON    ENGINEERING,   INC. 

6290  West  Washineton  Blvd WTJbster  G-5176 

OAKLAND 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

963  32d  Street OLymplc  3-4179 

PHOENIX 

RA-TONE  ELECTRONICS  CO.,  INC 

325  No.  4th  St ALplne  8-6783 

SACRAMENTO 

SEMONI  SOUND  SERVICE 

2181  Weller  War _ Gilbert  3-6438 

SAN  DIEGO 

MUSIC  SERVICE,   INC. 

2408   Fifth   Ave BElmont  2-2589 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

2090  Evans  St Mission  8-2534 

SAN  JOSE 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

87    Bassett    St CTprcss  3-4300 

SEATTLE 

V/.  D.  LASATER  COMPANY 

«15   No.    35th    St MElroM    20J0 

SPOKANE 

NORTHWEST    ELECTRONICS,    INC. 

He.    lOJ   Monroe   St MAdlion  tSSS 

PORTLAND 

MANCHESTER-CHANDLER  CO. 

2915  N.E.    Alberta   :'l GA  6600 


CAFETERIA  BUILDING  FOR 
NORTH  AMERICAN  AVIATION 

Construction  has  started  on  a  8,500  sq.  ft. 
cafeteria  building  for  the  Atomics  Inter- 
national, a  division  of  North  American 
Aviation,  Inc.,  Canoga  Park,  California, 
at  a  cost  of  $250,000." 

To  be  completed  this  summer  the  build- 
ing will  include  air  conditioned  dining 
rooms,  two  serving  lines,  sandwich  stand, 
kitchen  and  service  rooms,  with  the  main 
dining  room  seating  220  persons  and  con- 
vertible into  a  large  conference  room. 

Architect  and  engineer  is  Van  Dyke  and 
Barnes.  Contractor  is  Richard  M.  Lane,  Co. 
Genera]  Contractors. 


UNISTRUT  SALES 
IN  NEW  OFHCES 

The  Unistrut  Sales  of  Northern  Cali- 
fornia, Inc.,  has  moved  into  new  and  larger 
offices  and  warehouse  at  2547  Ninth  Street, 
Berkeley,  according  to  a  recent  announce- 
ment by  company  officials.  The  new  tele- 
phone number  is  THornwall  1-3031. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL 
PLANS  COMPLETE 

Architect  Leshe  I.  Nichols,  454  Forest 
Avenue,  Palo  Alto,  has  completed  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  new  Sunday 
School  building  in  Menlo  Park  for  the 
First  Church  Christ  Scientist  of  Menlo 
Park. 

Two  buildings  will  be  constructed, 
1 1  3x64  feet;  concrete  block  and  frame  con- 
struction with  structural  steel  roof  trusses 
and  wood  roof. 


PORTUGUESE 
LODGE  HALL 

Architects  Hale  6?  Jacobsohn,  Highway 
9  at  Mission  Irvington  Road,  Mission  San 
Jose,  is  completing  drawings  for  construc- 
tion of  a  one-story,  8,000-sq.-ft.  building 
in  Mission  San  Jose,  for  the  I.D.E.S.  Esti- 
mated cost  of  the  work  is  $100,000. 


HAWAIIAN  VILLAGE 
HOTEL  HONOLULU 

Completion  of  the  multi-million-dollar, 
14-story  Hawaiian  Village  Hotel  in  Hono- 
lulu has  been  announced  by  Fritj  B.  Burns, 
president  of  the  Kaiser-Burns  Development 
Corp.,  owner  and  developer  of  the  village. 

The  new  development  will  include  260 
rooms,  each  with  a  private  lanai  at  least 
10x15  feet  in  size.  Other  facilities  include 
private   dining   rooms,   the   Tiare   Tahitian 


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Room  restaurant  and  night  club,  and  spe- 
cialty shops.  A  penthouse  on  top  of  the 
hotel  is  the  home  base  of  KHVH,  radio 
and  TV  station. 

The  hotel  was  totally  designed  by  Welton 
Becket  &  Associates,  with  Edwin  L.  Bauer 
of   Honolulu  as  associate  architect. 


NEW  WALL-HUNG  HAWS 
DRINKING  FOUNTAIN 

Rugged  and  colorful  lightweight  fiber- 
glas  distinguishes  this  new  wall-hung  drink- 
ing fountain.  The  rectangular  bowl  and 
backing  is  offered  in  a  selection  of  five 
colors  and  white,  permanently  bonded  for 
lifetime  brilliance. 


Chrome  plated  lever  handle  operates 
the  HAWS  smartly  designed  sanitary  foun- 
tain  head — chrome  plated  angle  stream, 
raised  and  shielded  to  prevent  direct  mouth 
contact.  Ideal  for  school  or  commercial  in- 
stallation where  handsome  colors  add  cheer. 
Complete  details  from  Haws  Drinking  Fau- 
cet Co.,  4th  and  Page  St.,  Berkeley  10, 
Calif. 


ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY 
AND  DAIRY  CATTLE 

Architect  Albert  Hunter,  Jr.,  Ashby  Ave. 
at  7th  St.,  Berkeley,  is  completing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  new  steel  and 
frame,  aluminum  exterior.  Animal  Hus- 
bandry and  Dairy  Cattle  unit  on  the  Davis 
campus  of  the  University  of  California. 


NEW  CURTIS  CREEK 
ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL 

Architect  Warren  L.  Wong,  2644  Pa- 
cific St.,  Stockton,  is  completing  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  one-story  frame  and 
stucco  Curtis  Creek  Elementary  School  at 
Standard  in  Tuolumne  County,  for  the 
Curtis   Creek   Elementary   School   District. 

The  new  facilities  will  include  adminis- 
tration, eight  classrooms,  kindergarten, 
kitchen,   multi-purpose,  toilets,   etc. 


KENT  J.  ATTRIDGE 
GETS  RECOGNITION 

Kent  J.  Attridge,  architect  with  Welton 
Becket  and  Associates,  Los  Angeles  firm 
of  architects  and  engineers,  has  been  elect' 
ed  to  full  membership  in  the  Acoustical  So' 
ciety  of  America,  Society  officials  have 
announced. 

Attridge  was  honored  for  his  "substantial 
contribution  to  the  advancement  of  acousti- 
cal science  in  the  field  of  architectural' 
acoustics."     He   has   worked   on   acoustical 


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design  for  the  Becket  firm  on  a  number  of 
outstanding  projects  including  the  Holly- 
wood Bowl,  the  Santa  Monica  Civic  Audi- 
torium, and  the  UCLA  Music  Building. 


HOSPITAL 
ADDITION 

Architect  Mitchell  Van  Bourg,  Hotel 
Claremont,  Berkeley,  is  completing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  I -story  addition 
to  the  Albany  Hospital  at  an  estimated 
cost  of  $3  50,000. 

Facilities  will  provide  for  21  beds,  sur- 
gery and  X-ray  rooms;  construction  will  be 
reinforced  concrete  block  and  frame  with 
frame  and  stucco  exterior. 


NEW  GARAGE 
FOR  OAKLAND 

The  architectural  firm  of  Stone,  Mulloy, 
Marraccini  &'  Patterson,  619  California 
Street,  San  Francisco,  are  working  on 
plans  for  construction  of  a  new  $1,000,000 
garage  building  for  the  Capitol  Company 
to  be  built  in  Oakland. 

The  new  building  will  be  9  stories  in 
height,  structural  and  reinforced  concrete 
construction. 

Alfred  J.  Ryan,  1340  Glenarm  Place, 
Denver,  Colorado,  is  the  Consulting  Engi- 
neer for  the  project. 


WOMEN'S  EKJRMITORY 
COLLEGE  OF  PAOHC 

Architects  Clowdsley  £.«■  Whipple,  Ex- 
change Building,  Stockton,  have  com- 
pleted plans  for  construction  of  a  new 
400-student  dormitory  building  for  the 
College  of  the  Pacific  in  Stockton. 

The   new   facilities  will   include   also   a 


dining  room  and  kitchen;  will  be  1-2-3 
stories  in  height  and  of  frame  and  brick 
veneer  construction. 


BOWLING  ALLEY 
LOS  ANGELES 

The  architectural  firm  of  Powers,  Daly 
&  DeRosa  of  Long  Beach,  recently  com- 
pleted plans  for  construction  of  a  $1,500,- 
000  Mercury  Bowl  project  in  Los  Angeles 
county. 

The  project  will  have  56  alleys,  cocktail 
lounge,  coffee  shop,  billiard  room,  nursery 
and  sporting  goods  shop,  and  will  contain 
58,000  sq.  ft.  of  area.  Construction  will  be 
concrete  tilt-up. 


ANTIOCH  JUNIOR 
HIGH  SCHOOL 

The  architectural  firm  of  John  Lyon 
Reid  &?  Partners,  1069  Market  Street,  San 
Francisco,  is  completing  drawings  for  con- 
struction of  a  Junior  High  School  build- 
ing addition  in  Antioch  for  the  Antioch- 
Live  Oak  Unified  School  District. 

The  added  facilities  will  comprise  a 
multi-purpose  room. 


ADDS  TO  nXTURE 
LINE  OF  PRODUCTS 

Fluorescent  Fixtures  of  California,  under 
license  agreement  with  Smoot  -  Holman 
Company  of  Inglewood,  announce  they 
will  manufacture  the  "'Perfect  Vision"  lumi- 
nous indirect  luminaire  under  the  All-Brite 
label. 

The  luminaire  is  a  practical  answer  to 
the  problem  of  high  level,  high  quality 
illumination  at  low  cost  by  a  utilization  of 
the   new  high   output    (800  M.A.)    rapid 


start  lamps.  The  efficiency  of  the  fixture, 
together  with  the  quality  of  the  illumina- 
tion it  produces  and  its  unique  design  and 
adaptability  are  features  that  completely 
and  inexpensively  meet  the  demand  of  to- 
day's complex  lighting  problem. 


MARTIN  J.  CONLEY  NAMED 
ASSISTANT  SALES  MANAGER 

Martin  J.  Conley  has  been  appointed 
assistant  sales  manager  of  Arcadia  Metal 
Products,  according  to  an  announcement 
by  D.  P.  Johnson,  national  sales  manager, 
for  the  Fullerton,  California,  firm. 

In  addition  to  assisting  the  sales  manager, 
Conley  will  have  supervision  of  the  com- 
pany's advertising,  sales  promotion,  and 
merchandising  program. 


MORTIMER  B.  DOYLE 
ELECTED  NEW  POST 

Mortimer  B.  Doyle  of  Chicago,  has  been 
elected  executive  vice-president  of  the  Na- 
tional Lumber  Manufacturers  Association, 
according  to  an  announcement  by  Walter 
M.  Leuthold,  association  president.  He 
succeeds  Leo  V.  Bodine,  who  resigned  to 
accept  a  vice  president  position  with  the 
Diamond  Match  Co. 

As  chief  administrative  executive,  Doyle 
will  have  charge  of  the  association's  head- 
quarters in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  its 
field  offices  in  New  York,  New  Orleans, 
Chicago,  and  San  Francisco. 


WILIJAM  G.  ALEXANDER 
NAMED  CHIEF  ENGINEER 

William  G.  Alexander  has  been  appoint- 
ed Chief  Engineer  for  Stromberg-Carlson's 
San  Diego  plant  operations,  according  to 
Harold  P.  Field,  manager  of  the  San  Diego 


"We  build  convenience  into  every  home... 
from  disiiwashers  to  telephones!" 

...says  George  Artz,  President  of  Alcan  Realty  Co., 
well-known  Sacramento  and  Fresno  builders.  Their 
newest  development  includes  color  phones  in  bedroom 
and  kitchen,  and  a  month's  free  service  with  each  home. 


Today's  homes  are  built  with  the 
buyer  in  mind  .  .  .  and  one  thing 
buyers  want  is  complete  telephone 
planning.  That's  why  leading 
architects  and  builders,  like  Alcan 
Realty,  include  plenty  of  telephone 
outlets,  and  concealed  wiring,  as  a 
matter  of  course.  They  know  how 
much  Telephone  Planning  can  add 
to  the  all-around  value  of  a  home . . . 
that  it  makes  for  better-built  homes 
and  satisfied  buyers. 

Pacific  Telephone 

We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built-in 
telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our  busi- 
ness office  and  ask  for  our  free  Archi- 
tects and  Builders  Service. 


It  pays  to  include  Telephone  Planning  in  every  home  you  build! 


MAY,      1957 


Division  of  General  Dynamics  Corporation. 

He  will  direct  all  engineering  activities 
of  the  company  in  San  Diego,  including 
computer  readout  systems,  airborne  elec- 
tronics, the  Charactron  shaped  beam  tube 
and  development  of  other  types  of  large 
cathode  ray  tubes. 

Prior  to  assuming  his  new  duties  in  San 
Diego,  Alexander  was  manager  of  the  high 
resolution  radar  section  at  Westinghouse 
Electric  Corporation's  Air  Arm  Division  in 
Baltimore,  Md. 


announcement  by   Drew  Schroeder,   presi- 
dent of  the  firm. 

Scherbacher  is  a   graduate   of  the   Uni- 
versity of  California  at  Berkeley. 


RICHARD  L.  SCHERBACHER 
NAMED  DIRECTOR  OF  SALES 

Richard  L.  Scherbacher,  formerly  Po- 
mona Tile  Manufacturing  Company  ad- 
vertising and  promotion  manager,  has  been 
appointed  director  of  sales,  a  new  position 
created   by  the  company,  according   to  an 


ROBERT   W.    HUNT   CO. 

ENGINEERS 
INSPECTING  TESTING 

STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

CONCRETE  MIX  DESIGN 

CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS 

EQUIPMENT 

PRINCIPAL  CITIES 

UNITED   STATES   •    EUROPE 

SAN   FRANCISCO  LOS  ANGELES 

PORTLAND  SRATTLE 


PAUL  V.  HENNESSY,  CE 
JOINS  GLADDING,  McBEAN 

Paul  V.  Hennessy,  has  been  appointed  a 
civil  engineer  with  the  Pipe  Products  Divi- 
sion of  Gladding,  McBean  fe?  Co.,  accord- 
ing to  an  announcement  by  R.  C.  Conover, 
division  vice  president  and  general  man- 
ager. 

Hennessy  is  a  graduate  of  the  University 
of  Southern  California  with  a  B.S.  degree 
in  civil  engineering.  Active  in  association 
affairs,  he  is  chairman  of  the  Los  Angeles 
chapter  of  the  ASCE  sanitary  group,  a 
member  of  the  CSIWA  and  the  Arizona 
Sewerage  and  Water  Works  Association. 
He  will  make  his  headquarters  in  the  com- 
pany's San  Francisco  offices. 


CHARLES  E.  MORGAN  JOINS 
SEATTLE  ARCHITECTURAL  FIRM 

Charles  E.  Morgan,  graduate  of  the 
School  of  Architecture  at  the  University 
of  Washington  in  1953,  has  become  an  as- 
sociate member  of  the  Architectural  firm  of 
Blaine  McCool  &  Associates,  Architects, 
9700  Roosevelt  Way,  Seattle,  Washington. 

Since  graduation  from  school,  Morgan 
spent  a  year  studying  architecture  in 
Europe,  and  for  the  past  two  years  has 
been  a  member  of  the  firm  he  now  becomes 
associated  with. 


LA  DESIGNER  GETS 
EUROPEAN  COMMISSION 

Designer   Edgar   Kober  of  the   firm   of 
Burke,   Kober  &  Nicholais,   Los  Angeles, 


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left  recently  for  an  extended  tour  of  Euro' 
pean  department  stores  and  study  of  de- 
sign practices  in  conjunction  with  the  firm's 
commission  to  design  the  $1,000,000  in- 
terior of  the  new  Vroom  &  Dreesman  dc 
partment  store  in  Heerlen,  The  Nether- 
lands. 

When  finished  the  building  will  be  the 
largest  in  the  city  of  200,000  population, 
and  one  of  the  largest  in  Holland.  It  will 
be  15  stories  high,  with  the  department 
store  occupying  the  lower  six  floors  and 
apartment  dwellings  occupying  the  remain- 
der. 


ARCHITECT 
OPENS  OFHCE 

Wallace  Holm,  AIA,  Architect  and  As- 
sociates, announce  the  practice  of  archi- 
tecture at  321  Webster  Street.  Monterey, 
California,  under  the  new  name.  The  firm 
was  formerly  identified  as  Butner,  Holm  & 
Waterman. 


G.  A.  HOCHENAUER 
JOINS  SMOOT-HOLMAN 

G.  A.  Hochcnauer  has  been  appointed 
Sales  Engineer  in  charge  of  servicing  ac- 
counts in  the  Southern  California  area, 
according  to  an  announcement  by  L.  A. 
Hobbs,  vice  president  of  the  Smoot-Hol- 
man  Company  of  Inglewood. 

With  more  than  30  years  experience  in 
the  industrial  and  commercial  lighting  field, 
Hochcnauer  has  spent  the  last  17  years 
specializing  in  sales  engineering  work  on 
the  West  Coast.  He  is  currently  chairman 
of  the  Southern  California  Section  of  the 
Illumination  Engineering  Society  of  Amer- 


TILE  COUNCIL  REPORTS 
INCREASED  TILE  USE 

LIsc  of  ceramic  tile  in  home  building  in 
California  has  increased  an  estimated  200 
per  cent  in  the  last  decade,  according  to 
Verne  Boget,  Gladding,  McBean  Com- 
pany, Los  Angeles,  and  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Tile  Council  of 
America,  Inc. 

Boget  headed  a  Tile  Council  state  study 
to  determine  whether  further  expansion 
was  necessary  in  the  industry  to  meet  the 
many  new  demands  for  ceramic  tile.  Re- 
sults of  the  study  indicate  that  recent  ex- 
pansion of  productive  capacity  within  the 
industry  is  sufficient  to  more  than  meet 
any  new  demands  in  the  years  ahead. 

"Other  information  derived  from  the 
study,"  according  to  Boget,  "shows  that 
pastel  shades  of  pink  and  gray  are  still  the 
favorite  hues  of  California  homemakers, 
with  blue  running  close  behind.  For  out- 
side terrace  installation,  red  quarry  tile  is 
by  far  the  favorite  color  choice,  and  sand 


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huff  shades  arc   next,"  he  concludes. 

Ceramic  tile  in  commercial  and  institu- 
tional building  constitutes  as  great  a  mar- 
ket as  does  residential  use,  and  another 
significant  market  for  ceramic  tile,  both 
glased  and  unglaied,  is  bathroom  and 
kitchen  countertops  where  installations 
have  increased  nearly  90  per  cent  in  the 
last  10  years. 


LUTHERAN  CHURCH 
FOR  LIVERMORE 

Architect  Donald  Powers  Smith,  133 
Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco,  is  working  on 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  new  Church 
in  Livcrmore  for  the  Lutheran  Church  of 
Our  Savior,  Livermore. 

The  new  building  will  be  1  story  and 
balcony,  reinforced  concrete  construction, 
masonry  and  wood  frame,  cement  asbestos 
shingle  roof;  administration  unit,  educa- 
tional facilities,  parish  hall  and  chapel. 


REDWOOD  CITY 
DRIVE-IN 

Robert  M.  Sherman,  Designer,  14  41st 
Ave.,  San  Mateo,  has  completed  plans  for 
construction  of  a  1-story  Drive-In  Restau- 
rant and  parking  area  in  Redwood  City  to 
cost  $75,000. 

Construction  will  be  masonry,  glass, 
plaster  and  work  includes  demolition  of 
present  building  on  site.  Completed  proj- 
ect will  contain  some  5,000  sq.  ft.  of  area. 

HIRAM  W.  JOHNSON 
SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL 

Architect  Chas,  F.  Dean,  1521  I  Street, 
Sacramento,  has  completed  drawings  for 
construction  of  the  new  Hiram  W.  John- 
son Senior  High  School  for  the  Sacra- 
mento City  Unified  School  District. 

The  new  facilities  will  include  60  class- 
rooms, cafeteria,  kitchen,  gymnasium, 
swimming  pools,  library,  special  general- 
use  rooms,  and  rest  rooms.  Estimated  cost 
of  the  project  is  $4,000,000. 

PORT  OF  OAKLAND  IS 
OPPOSED  TO  FEDERAL  AID 

Dudley  Frost,  general  manager  of  the 
Port  of  Oakland,  California,  as  a  member 
of  the  American  Association  of  Port  Au- 
thorities, is  "opposed  to  any  general  policy 
of  Federal  subsidization  of  marine  terminal 
facilities",  as  "Any  such  program  would  be 
disastrous  to  the  progress  made  toward 
placing  marine  facilities  upon  a  self-sup- 
porting basis,  and  would  result  in  unfair 
competition  between  ports  and  facilities 
subsidized  with  federal  funds  and  those 
not  so  subsidized,  and  would  lead  to  fur- 
ther federal  regulation  of  marine  terminal 
operations,  and  would  place  additional  bur- 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


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Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


dens  upon  federal  taxpayers." 

Frost's  position  was  taken  recently  fol- 
lowing reports  that  Charles  Tait,  San  Fran- 
cisco port  director  and  Cyril  Magnin,  pres- 
ident of  the  California  State  Board  of  Har- 
bor Commissioners  had  met  with  govern- 
ment officials  and  legislators  in  Washington 
on  the  subject  of  Federal  aid. 


DANCING  WATERS 
MOTEL,  PALM  SPRINGS 

The  architectural  firm  of  Powers,  Daly 
and  DeRosa,  Gordon  F.  Powers,  Archi- 
tect, 3667  Atlantic  Ave.,  Long  Beach,  has 
completed  preparation  of  drawings  for 
construction  of  the  Dancing  Waters  Motel 
on  Sahara  Road.  Rancho  Mirage  near 
Palm  Springs  for  Dr.  Harry  Johnson. 

The  project  includes  24  units,  restau- 
rant and  offices,  recreation  building  20x92 
ft.  in  area,  manager's  suite,  swimming  pool, 
12  small  units  24x16  ft.  in  area.  Construc- 
tion will  be  wood  frame  with  composition 
and  gravel  roofing. 

MONTEREY  PENINSULA 
COLLEGE  ADDITION 

Architect  Wallace  Holm,  321  Webster 
Street,  Monterey,  is  completing  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  $600,000  addition  to 
the  Monterey  Peninsula  College  in  Mon- 
terey. 

The  work  will  include  science  rooms,  an 
engineering  building,  library,  classrooms, 
and  toilet  facilities. 


NEW  ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL  MARYSVILLE 

Architect  Lawrence  0.  Thomson,  125 
W.  3rd  St.,  Chico,  has  completed  plans 
for  construction  of  a  $33  2,962  elementary 
school  in  the  Linda  District  of  Marysville. 

The  work  includes  administration  of- 
fices, classrooms,  multi-purpose  rooms, 
heating  plant,  kitchen,  and  toilet  rooms. 


BRANCH  DEPARTMENT 
STORE  AT  MODESTO 

Designer  L.  Smith  ii  Associates,  Santa 
Rosa,  is  completing  drawings  for  construc- 
tion of  a  $2,000,000  department  store  for 
Joseph  Magnin  Company,  Inc.  of  San 
Francisco,  to  be  built  in  the  McHenry  Vil- 
lage Shopping  Center  in  Modesto. 

Construction  will  be  2  story,  wood 
frame,  lath  and  plaster,  roof  decking, 
parking  area,  and  will  contain  15,000  sq. 
ft.  of  area. 


STUDENTS  UNION 
RESIDENCE  HALL 

Architects  Blanchard  &  Maher,  40  1st 
St.,  San  Francisco,  are  completing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  $400,000  Resi- 


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&  NELSON.  INC. 

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dence    Hall-Students    Union    building    m 
Oakland  for  the  College  of  The  Arts 

The  new  two-  and  three-story  building 
will  provide  facilities  for  80  students. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY 
FOR  SANTA  ANA 

Architect  Harold  Gimeno,  1400  N.  Syc- 
amore St.,  Santa  Ana,  is  completing  plans 
for  construction  of  a  new  public  library  in 
Santa  Ana  for  the  City  of  Santa  Ana. 

Construction  will  be  reinforced  concrete, 
concrete  floor,  asphalt  tile,  ceramic  tile  m 
restrooms,  acoustical  tile  ceilings,  steel 
sash,  composition  roofing,  paved  parking 
area  and  will  contain  some  30,000  sq.  ft. 
of  area.    Estimated  cost  is  $700,000. 

NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL 

FOR  SALINAS  „   „,.  , 

Architect  Jerome  Kasavan,  7  Winham 
St  Salinas,  is  preparing  plans  and  speciS- 
cations  for  construction  of  a  new  high 
school  building  in  Salinas  for  the  Salinas 
Junior  High  School  District. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $2,000,- 
000. 

RESTAURANT  AND 

RETAIL  STORE  . 

Paul  E  lacono.  Structural  Engineer, 
23  30  W  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles,  has  com- 
pleted plans  for  constructing  a  frame  and 
stucco  restaurant  and  retail  store  building 
in  Long  Beach.  , 

The  project  will  contain  10,000  sq.  tt. 
of  area;  built-up  composition  roofing,  con- 
crete slab,  acoustical  plaster,  pipe  columns, 
louvres  and  plate  glass,  and  some  stone 
veneer.     Estimated    cost   is   $45,000. 

SEARS  8C  RoiiuCK 
FORHAYWARD 

The  architectural  firm  of  Reynolds  bf 
Chamberlain,  3833  Piedmont  Ave.,  Oak- 
land, are  preparing  drawings  for  construc- 
tion of  a  new  2-story  Sears  &  Roebuck  de- 
partment store  building  near  Hayward  on 
Hesperian  Blvd. 

The  new  facilities  will  contain  220,000 
sq  ft.  of  area;  Type  I  construction,  air 
conditioning,  separate  service  station  and 
garden  shopT^E^matedwsH^$3.000,000. 

BOWLING  ALLEY 

FOR  SAN  JOSE  ^,       ^  , 

Architect  Fred  Marburg,  598  No.  4th 
St.,  San  Jose,  is  preparing  plans  and  speci- 
fications for  construction  of  a  32-alley 
Bowling  Alley  building  in  San  Jose  for  the 
Stevens  Creek  Bowl,  Inc. 

The  1 -story,  Type  3,  building  will  pro- 
vide facilities  for  32  bowling  alleys,  a 
restaurant,  cocktail  lounge,  coffee  shop, 
billiard  room,  kitchen,  lockers,  shop,  toilet 
facilities  and  will  cost  an  estimated  $300,- 
000. 


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Index  to  Advertisers 

ARCHITECTS  Reports  ....- 46 

BASALT  Rock  Co.,  Inc 30 

BATES,  Walter  D.,  &  Associates 33 

BAXTER,  J.   H.,   Co I 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California 30 

BILCO  Co 2 

C.  &  H.  SPECIALTIES  Co * 

CLASSIFIED  Advertising  40 

COLUMBIA-Geneva  Steel  2 

DINWIDDIE   Construction    Company..  47 
EASYBOW  Engineering  &  ^ 

Research  Co 

FORDERER   Cornice   Works 33 

GLADDING,  McBean 

&  Company. -- Back  Cover 

GREENBERG'S,   M.,   Sons 24 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 34 

HANKS,  Abbot  A.,  Inc 47 

HAWS   Drinking    Faucet  Co 29 

HERMANN   Safe   Co 34 

HERRICK  Iron  Works.... 47 

HOGAN   Lumber  Co 34 

HOLLAND   Mfg.   Co 45 

HUNT,    Robert  W.,   Company 46 

JOSAM  Pacific  Co 31 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy   Corp 34 

KRAFTILE  Company 32 

LeROY   Construction    Services 35 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson,  Inc...  47 
MATTOCK    Construction    Co 47 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

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MULLEN    Mfg.  Co 46 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,  Inc.  27 

PACIFIC  Manufacturing  Co 35 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  45 

PASSEHI  Trucking   Co.,   Inc 26 

PITTSBURGH  Testing   Laboratory 48 

PORCELAIN   Enamel   (Architectural 

Division)    Publicity  Division 

REMILLARD-Dandini  Co 48 

REPUBLIC    Steel    Corporation 35 

RIVIERA  Hotel,  Las  Vegas.... 43 

ROLY-Door  Sales  25 


SCOTT  Company 


48 


SHADES,   Inc '^3 

SIMONDS  Machinery  Co 33 

SMOOT-Holman  Company 

SOVIG,  Conrad,  Co 48 

STROMBERG-Carlson  Co 44 

U.  S.  BONDS - Inside  Back  Cover 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern   California   33 

UNITED  STATES  Gypsum  Co 

UNITED  STATES   Steel   Corp 2 

VERMONT    Marble    Co 35 

WASHINGTON  Brick  &  Lime  Co 

WESTERN   Structural  Tile  Institute 

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RCHITECT     AND      ENGINEER 


The  Baron  wamted  Iiiim  sliol 


"You,"  said  the  suavely  arrogant  young 
baron  in  the  blue  and  silver  Generalstab 
uniform,  "are  a  British  spy.  And,"  pointing 
his  hand  like  a  pistol,  "you  know  what 
that  means. 

What  it  meant  was  that  the  most  daring 
correspondent  of  his  day,  counting  on 
America's  1914  neutrality,  had  wandered 
too  far  behind  German  lines.  And  made  a 
new  acquaintance  who  was  now  politely 
insisting  on  having  him  shot. 

But  24  hours  later,  Richard  Harding  Davis 
nonchalantly  rode  back  to  Brussels  in  a 
German  general's  limousine. 

By  that  time,  Davis  had  become  an  ex- 
perienced hand  at  getting  out  of  tight  spots. 
It  was,  after  all,  his  sixth  war.  And  as  early 
as  his  third,  he  had  been  officially  com- 
mended for  cool  courage  and  offered  a 
commission.  His  admirer:  Colonel  Theodore 


Roosevelt  of  the  Rough  Riders. 

Novelist,  playwright,  reporter,  world- 
traveller,  Richard  Harding  Davis  was  the 
idol  of  his  generation.  And  his  clear-headed 
adventurousness,  his  love  of  fair  play, 
would  have  made  him  one  today.  For 
America's  strength  as  a  nation  is  built  on 
just  such  personal  qualities. 

And  America's  Savings  Bonds  are  literal- 
ly backed  by  them.  It  is  the  courage  and 
character  of  170  million  Americans  that 
make  these  Bonds  the  world's  finest  guar- 
antee of  security. 

For  in  U.S.  Savings  Bonds  your  principal 
is  guaranteed  safe,  to  any  amount — and  your 
rate  of  interest  guaranteed  sure — by  the 
greatest  nation  on  earth.  Buy  U.S.  Savings 
Bonds  regularly  where  you  bank  or  through 
the  Pavroll  Savings  Plan  where  you  work. 
And  hold  on  to  them. 


PART    OF    EVERY    AMERICAN'S    SAVINGS    BELONGS    IN    U.S.  SAVINGS    BONDS 


The  U.S   Gmernment  tloes  mil  piiy  f ''  'A"  advpnisempni.  Il  i.<  (lnnMed  by  this  puhlii 
in  cooper,  tion  with  the  Ailvertiaing  Council  and  the  Mamzine  Puhlisheri  o/  Amen 


LEASE    ON     LI  FE  ! 

another  improvement  program 

aided  by  versatile 

m JinjOi/VYxUl. 


LOCATION  VALUE.  Improvement  programs  like 
this  downtown  shopping  corner  are  attracting 
attention  throughout  the  country.  If  you  have 
location  assets — "what  to  do  now"  is  vitally 
important  to  the  future  of  your  business.  Man- 
agements at  this  decision  level  have  found  it 
helpful  to  study  the  profit  potentials  of  remod- 
eling with  Ceramic  Veneer. 

PRACTICAL  as  well  as  beautiful,  glazed  Ceramic 
Veneer  has  earned  the  reputation — "easiest  to 
maintain."  This  historic  low  maintenance  of 
buildings  faced  with  CV  is  one  of  the  reasons 
top  architects  arid  owners  agree:  "Let's  face  it 
with  CV." 


LESSEE  &  LESSOR  gain  biggest  dividends  with 
C V  because . . .  it's  modern,  attractive  and  eco- 
nomical. Write  today  for  reports  of  property 
management  experts  who  have  enjoyed  the 
long-term  advantages  of  Ceramic  Veneer  build- 
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in  your  locality  for  complete  information  on 
Ceramic  Veneer,  a  product  of  Gladding, 
McBean  &  Co. 


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BY    GLADDING,  McBEAN    &   CO. 

Since  1875 
SEATTLE    •    PORTLAND    •    SPOKANE     •     PHOENIX 


MAGNIN  &  CO.  —  Stanford  Shopping  Center,  Palo  Alto,  California 


ROTHSCHILD,  RAFFIN  &  WEIRICK.  General  Contractor 


1957 


Sterling  Furniture  Co. 

Broadway  Shopping  Center,  Walnut  Creek,  Calif. 
Architect  and  Engineer:  Robert  B.  Liles 
Contractor:  Dinwiddie  Construction  Company 


Modern  Version  of 
The  Grand  Stair 
by  iVIicliei  &  Pfeffer 


Unique  contemporary  designs  or  time- 
tested  traditional  designs  are  fabricated 
and  installed  to  your  specifications 
by  the  Architectural  Metals  Division 
of  Michel  &  Pfeffer. 


AR  STON 


SINCi!   1912 


Michel  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works,  Inc. 

Architectural  Metals  Division 
212  Shaw  Road 
South  San  Francisco,  California 
PLaza  5-8983 


JUNE,     1957 


PLUMBING 

HEATING 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

IN  THE  NEW  14,000,000  MILLS  HIGH  SCHOOL 
MILLBRAE,  SAN  MATEO  COUNTY 

BY 

KLEIIVEI^  CO.,  live 

425  Valencia  Street  •  San  Francisco 

Phone:  KLondike  2-1633 


ARCHITECTS:  JOHN  LYON  REID  &  PARTNERS 

MECHANICAL  ENGINEER:  G.  M.  RICHARDS 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS:  ROTHSCHILD,  RAFFIN  &  WEIRICK 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


Vol.  209 


No.  3 


AND 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architect, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los   Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM  A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 

FRED  JONES 
Special  Advertising 


COVER  PICTURE 

I.  MAGNIN 
&  COMPANY 
Stanford  Shopping  Center 
Palo  Alto,  California 

Welton  Becket  &  Associates 
ARCHITECTS 

Strictly  modern  in  design  is  this  new 
I.  Magnin  &  Co.  store  built  in  the 
Stanford  Shopping  Center,  Palo  Alto, 
by  Rothschild,  Raffin  and  Weiriclt, 
General  Contractors. 

See  page  10  for  details  of  other 
"Building    With   The    West"    projects. 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

Publiihad  Dail7 

Archie  MacCorkindale.  Manager 
Telephone  DOuglas  2-8311 


-ARCHITECT  &  ENGINEER  i,  indexed  regularly  by  ENGINEERING  INDEX.  INC.;  and  ART  INDEX 

Contents     for 

JUNE 

EDITORIAL  NOTES 4 

ARCHIE  MacCORKINDALE,  Introducing  ARCHITECTS  REPORTS 

New  Manager  ...........  4 

THE  HOUSE  OF  THE  FUTURE 5 

By  WILLIAM  H.  SCHEICK.  Executive  Director,  Research  Institute, 
Washington,  D.  C.    Part  I 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 6 

LINCOLN  SAVINGS  &  LOAN,  New  Offices— Los  Angeles     ....  8 

C.  M.  DEASY  and  ROBERT  N.  EDDY,  Architects 
C.  L.  PECK  CO.,  General  Contractors 

BUILDING  WITH  THE  WEST— Rothschild,  Raffin  &  Weirick, 

General  Contractors,  San  Francisco,  California  .  .  .  .  .  10 

By  FRED  JONES 

Featuring  Work  of: 

Architects — Stone,  Mulloy,  Marraccini  &  Patterson 
Albert  R.  Williams  &  Associates 
Mario  L.  Gaidano 
Wurster,  Bernard!  &  Emmons 
John  Lyon  Reid  &  Partners 
Albert  F.  Roller 
Aleck  L.  Wilson 
Welton  Becket  and  Associates 
Division  of  Architecture,  State  of  California 
John  Bolles  and  J.  Francis  Ward 
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INTRODUCING 

ARCHIE  MacCORKINDALE 
Manager— ARCHITECTS  REPORTS 

Many  architects,  engineers  and  contractors,  as  well 
as  numerous  people  throughout  the  construction  in- 
dustry, are  in  constant  contact  with  our  Daily  ARCHI- 
TECTS REPORT  Service,  and  thereby  come  in  touch 
with  Archie  MacCorkindale,  most  recent  member  of 
our  staff  and  manager 
of  the  report  service  As 
most  of  "Mac's"  work  is 
done  "over  the  tele- 
phone", we  thought  you 
might  like  to  see  what  he 
"looks  hke",  as  well  as 
know  a  little  something 
about  him. 

Archie   MacCorkindale 
is  an  American   with  an 
international  background. 
Born  in  London,  England,        ARCHIE  MacCORKINDALE 
he  was  educated  in  Can-  Manager 

,  J     ,  .  ,  ,  DAILY  ARCHITECTS 

ada,    and    his    work    and  REPORTS  SERVICE 


travels  have  taken  him  from  Paris,  France,  to  Hono- 
lulu, Hawaii. 

"Mac"  started  working  as  a  cub  reporter  with  the 
Canadian  Press,  graduated  to  Radio,  and  became  News 
Editor  for  the  Canadian  Broadcasting  Corp'n,  work- 
ing in  Vancouver,  Winnipeg,  Toronto  and  Montreal. 
From  there  he  was  invited  to  go  to  the  Central  O&ce 
of  Information,  London,  England,  as  a  writer  of  docu- 
mentary films  for  the  British  Government.  During 
this  time  he  also  did  some  reporting  and  writing  for 
the  United  Nations'  UNESCO  in  Paris. 

Like  so  many  other  world  travelers,  San  Francisco 
gained  primary  appeal  and  "Mac"  eventually  arrived 
in  San  Francisco  determined  to  make  the  city  his 
"home". 

Aside  from  getting  daily  material  for  ARCHI- 
TECTS REPORTS,  his  hobbies  include  swimming, 
fishing  and  golf,  and  in  spite  of  a  busy  daily  schedule, 
still  is  interested  in  television  and  radio  activities. 

Take  a  good  look  at  the  above  photograph  and  the 
next  time  you  are  talking  to  "Mac"  on  the  telephone 
you  can  visualise  what  he  looks  like,  and  understand 
his  pleasant  personality. 


WITHOUT  FEDERAL  AID 

Under  an  emotion-charged  heading  "School  Con- 
struction Crisis  Facing  the  Country,"  much  has  been 
said  and  "written  by  advocates  for  federal  intervention 
in  education. 

Fervid  appeals  for  federal  tax  dollars  ignore  what 
American  citizens  have  accomplished  on  their  own  in 
providing  new  school  buildings  during  the  last  ten 
years. 

Figures  compiled  by  the  U.  S.  Office  of  Education, 
available  to  any  citizen,  including  federal  aid  advo- 
cates, overwhelmingly  discredit  arguments  for  federal 
intervention. 

The  Office  of  Education  traces  the  resumption  of 
peacetime  school  building  construction  on  a  hearty 
scale  from  the  end  of  World  War  II  when  the  gov- 
ernment released  many  critical  materials  previously 
reserved  for  implements  of  war. 

It  was  then  that  new  classroom  additions  began  to 
outstrip  needs  based  upon  increased  enrollments.  In 
1947,  spiraling  enrollments  required  approximately 
9,500  new  classrooris.  School  boards  all  over  the  na- 
tion countered  by  building  16,000. 

The   same   story   has   continued.     In    1950-51,    in- 


creased enrollments  would  have  required  approxi- 
mately 20,000  classrooms — 44,000  were  built;  in  1955- 
56,  38,500  were  needed  and  67,000  were  built. 

Topping  this  picture,  the  Office  of  Education's  most 
recent  estimate  placed  the  need  for  1956-57  at  41,300 
classrooms,  and  69,000  were  built. 

To  summarize  progress  of  the  last  ten  years,  using 
30  pupils  as  the  average  attending  each  classroom,  in- 
creased enrollments  created  a  need  for  290,000  class- 
rooms. However,  470,000  classrooms  were  constructed 
by  state  and  local  communities  in  that  period. 

This  doesn't  mean  that  179,000  classrooms  were  not 
needed  and  should  be  considered  surplus.  It  should 
be  recognized  that  this  coverage  was  used  to  absorb 
accumulated  shortages  left  over  from  the  depression 
and  war  years,  and  to  replace  obsolete  buildings. 

School  building  records  of  our  citizens  in  the  last 
10  years  demonstrate  they  are  capable  of  meeting  as 
well  as  caring  for  enrollment-induced  requirements, 
without  federal  tax  dollar  subsidies  to  the  states.  And 
don't  forgt  that  under  the  present  proposed  federal 
school  aid  program,  many  state  tax  collections  will  be 
considerably  larger  than  the  amount  of  funds  returned 
to  the  local  school  program  by  the  federal  government. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


THE  HOUSE 
OF  THE  FUTURE 

By  William  H.  Scheick,  Executive  Director, 

Building  Research  Institute 

Washington,  D.  C* 


What  the  house  of  the  future  will  be  like  will  be 
decided  by  two  things:  (1)  the  way  people  want  to 
live  and  (2)  the  ability  of  the  home  building  industry 
to  meet  these  desires.  Many  secondary  influences  will 
have  a  part  in  rounding  out  the  picture.  Certainly 
there  is  good  reason  to  believe  that  the  ne.xt  twenty- 
five  years  will  see  changes  in  houses  far  greater  than 
anything  seen  before.  The  forces  for  change,  perhaps 
even  revolutionary  change,  are  even  now  shaping  up. 

First,  let's  take  a  quick  flash-back  on  the  last  25 
years.  Between  the  depression  and  World  War  II 
some  really  new  ideas  were  developed:  the  principles 
of  prefabrication  —  new  concepts  of  planning  and 
orientation — new  kitchen  planning — new  heating  sys- 
tems— and  insulation  for  new  standards  of  comfort. 

Then,  after  the  war,  circumstances  worked  against 
innovation.  The  need  for  housing  was  so  great  that 
people  would  buy  almost  anything  and  the  capacity 
of  the  industry  could  scarcely  meet  the  demand. 
F.H.A.  and  V.A.  encouraged  minimums  in  construc- 
tion. Cities  grew  without  rhyme  or  reason  with  little 
thought  for  urban  problems  beyond  those  of  the  sub' 
division  itself.  One  leading  magazine  this  year  ac- 
cused the  home  building  industry  of  having  no  new 
idea  other  than  the  split-level  house. 

This  isn't  true,  of  course,  but  the  post-war  decade 
has  not  stimulated  rapid  technical  progress  because 
it  was  unnecessary  competitively. 

Picture  Changing 

Now  the  picture  has  changed.  During  the  boom 
years  the  home  building  industry  did  grow  up  into 
a  giant  and  now  comes  to  the  predicated  few  years 
of  low  family  formation  with  a  tremendous  potential 
for  competition.  The  stage  is  set  for  some  bold  and 
constructive  new  thinking  which  will  decide  which 
parts  of  the  industry  will  win  the  big  markets  ahead 
for  the  bumper  growth  of  the  '60's  and  '70's. 


*(A  presentation  made  to  the  Second  Annual  Technical  Confer- 
ence of  the  National  Warm  Air  Heating  and  Air  Conditioning 
Association,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  May  1st,  1957) 


Here  are  some  of  the  over-all  factors  forcing  change 
in  the  house  itself: 

Family  living  habits  will  change.  We  assume  a 
continued  rise  in  standards  of  living,  more  leisure 
time  for  all  income  groups,  more  diversified  activities 
in  the  home. 

The  family  will  expect  higher  standards  of  comfort 
and  convenience  in  houses  of  all  price  classes. 

Sources  of  energy  will  increase  and  more  energy  will 
be  used. 

New  industries  will  make  strong  bids  to  capture 
major  shares  of  the  market  for  housing  products — 
notably  the  chemicals,  electronics,  and  metals  indus- 
tries. These  industries  know  how  to  achieve  change 
through  research. 

The  home  building  industry  proper  will  move 
farther  and  farther  into  mass  production  techniques 
and  factory  assembly  of  major  components  of  houses. 

Other  forces  arising  from  great  urban  growth  will 
also  have  marked  influence  upon  the  house  of  the 
future.  The  over-riding  problem  may  well  be  the 
scarcity  of  land,  forcing  us  to  find  ways  of  disposing 
of  the  quickly  obsolete  under-sized  post-war  houses 
which  occupy  land  too  good  for  them. 

The  mushrooming  growth  on  the  perimeters  of  cities 
will  force  rehabilitation  of  the  central  city  itself,  but 
this  will  result  chiefly  in  multi-family  dwellings. 

A  big  question  mark  will  be  the  success  in  solving 
transportation  problems.  Americans  want  to  be  more 
and  more  mobile — in  their  daily  lives,  their  week- 
ends, and  vacations,  and  in  their  work  opportunities. 
If  transportation  facilities  of  all  kinds  can  keep  pace 
with  urban  growth,  then  the  single  family  house  on  a 
fair-sized  piece  of  land  will  remain  the  favorite.  Many 
families  will  maintain  a  second  abode  for  recreation. 

Single  Family  Homes 

On  the  assumption  that  the  single  family  dwelling 
is  your  favorite  subject,  and  that  millions  more  of  them 
will  be  built,  let's  spend  the  rest  of  our  time  discussing 
them. 

(Continued  next  issue) 


JUNE,     1957 


NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON  ART 


ACQUIRES  VELASQUEZ  WORK 

The  M.  H.  de Young  Museum  announces  one  of  the 
most  important  new  acquisitions  in  its  history,  a  por- 
trait of  Queen  Mariana  of  Spain  by  Velasquez.  The 
picture  has  been  purchased  by  the  Samuel  H.  Kress 
Foundation  and  added  to  the  Museum's  Kress  Col- 
lection. 

Diego  Rodriguez  de  Silva  y  Velasquez  is  not  only 
Spain's  greatest  painter  of  the  17th  Century,  but  one 
of  the  outstanding  artists  of  all  time.  Born  in  1599 
in  Seville  he  became  in  1623  Court  Painter  of 
King  Philip  the  IVth  who  honored  him  through  con- 
tinuous patronage  and  bestowed  upon  him  court  func- 
tions and  finally  Knighthood. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  is  presenting  a  varied  group 
of  special  exhibitions  and  events  for  June. 

EXHIBITIONS:  Photographs— a  group  of  portraits 
of  Bay  Region  artists,  by  Harry  Redl,  and  Landscapes 
in  Minatures,  by  Oliver  L.  Gagliani.  Sculptures  by 
Ossip  Zadkine;  Landscape  Architecture,  195-8,  pre- 
pared by  the  California  Association  of  Landscape 
Architects;  Paintings:  The  Mazzon  School,  Milan, 
Italy;  Through  a  Collector's  Eye — The  Ayala  and  Sam 
Zacks  Collection,  and  some  highlights  from  Bay  Area 
collections. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Lecture  tours  of  the  Museum's 
current  exhibitions  each  Sunday  at  3  o'clock;  Wednes- 
day evening,  9  o'clock,  discussions  on  Art,  including 
illustrated  talks;  and  Museum  activities  include  Studio, 
Art  for  the  Layman,  Adventures  in  Drawing  and 
Painting,  and  Children's  Saturday  morning  Art 
Classes. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris,  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Andre  Laherrere,  is 
presenting  an  exhibition  of  Paintings,  by  June  Felter 
and  Rene  Weaver,  to  June  20th. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  PaL.ce  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Lincoln  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  will  offer  the  following  special 
exhibitions  and  events  during  June: 


EXHIBITIONS:  American  Paintings,  1815-1865. 
Comprising  136  paintings  from  the  celebrated  M.  and 
M.  Karolik  Colleciton  in  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts, 
Boston,  together  with  14  paintings  from  the  private 
collection  of  Maxim  Karolik  brought  to  San  Francisco 
under  the  sponorship  of  Patrons  of  Art  and  Music. 
Sculpture  by  Ray  Rorenzato  will  also  be  shown. 

ACHENBACH  FOUNDATION  FOR  GRAPHIC 
ARTS — At  the  Museum,  Pomp  and  Circumstance,  an 
array  of  prints  commemorating  festivals,  corteges,  and 
grand  ceremonies  of  past  ages.  German  Impressionism, 
its  reflection  in  the  graphic  work  of  Max  Lieber- 
mann,  Lovis  Corinth,  Max  Slevogt  and  other  painter- 
engravers  will  also  be  shown.  On  Loan  Exhibition  at 
the  San  Francisco  Public  Library  is  Faces  and  Figures, 
a  group  of  portrait  prints  of  illustrious  men  and  women 
in  history. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Organ  program  each  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  at  3  p.m.  Starting  a  new  series  of  Art 
Classes  for  children,  ages  6-12  will  be  announced  in 
July. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


DESIGNER-CRAFTSMEN  OF  THE 
"WEST,  1957,  EXHIBITION 

The  M.  H.  deYoung  Memorial  Museum  is  present- 
ing during  this  month  a  special  exhibition  entitled 
"Designer-Craftsmen  of  the  West,  1957"  featuring 
a  selection  exemplifying  the  highest  standards  of 
artistry  in  ceramics,  printed  and  handwoven  textiles, 
wood  carving,  furniture,  metalwork  and  jewelry  sub- 
mitted by  craftsmen  from  California,  Oregon,  Wash- 
ington, Arizona,  and  New  Mexico.  Entries  were 
creened  by  three  juries  in  Seattle,  Los  Angeles  and 
San  Francisco. 

The  exhibition  is  particularly  rich  in  stoneware  and 
porcelain  combining  function  with  beauty  of  form  and 
adding  esthetic  appeal  with  their  glazes,  technically 
perfect  and  subtle  in  color  tones,  and  their  distinctive 
surface  designs. 

Twenty-eight  Honorary  Awards  were  made  in  the 
various  crafts  by  the  final  jury  on  the  basis  of 
(1)  Quality  of  craftsmanship,  in  the  sense  of  work- 
manship; (2)  Quality  of  material  used  and  brought  out 
by  the  craftsman;  (3)  Fitness  for  purpose  or  use,  and 
(4)  A  resultant  form  which  integrates  purpose,  mate- 
rial and  workmanship,  and  is  of  esthetic  appeal. 

Composing  the  final  jury  were:  Hal  Painter,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Professional  Weavers'  Association,  and 
crafts  designer  for  the  Blind  Self-Employment  Project; 
Merry  Renk,  metal  worker  and  Associate  in  Design, 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


IVEWS    and    CDMMEIVT    ON    ART 


Decorative  Arts  Department,  University  of  California 
at  Berkeley;  Herbert  Sanders,  Professor  in  Ceramic 
Art  at  San  Jose  State  College;  Herwin  Schaefer,  Asso' 
ciate  Professor,  Decorative  Arts  Department,  Univer- 
isty  of  California,  Berkeley,  and  Rudolph  SchaefFer, 
Director  of  the  Rudolph  SchaefFer  School  of  Design, 
San  Francisco. 

The  selected  works  to  be  shown  will  be  augmented 
by  a  stained  glass  window  executed  by  the  Cummings 
Stained  Glass  Studios  from  a  composition  by  John 
Saccaro,  and  a  mosaic  by  Louisa  Jenkins  in  addition 
to  the  ceramics,  fabrics,  and  other  invitational  pieces 
submitted  by  members  of  the  three  juries. 

The   show   will   also   feature   "The   San   Francisco 


Room"",  a  living  area  and  garden  designed  especially 
for  this  exhibition  by  the  noted  Bay  Area  Architect 
John  Campbell. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  de Young  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Wal' 
ter  Heil,  is  presenting  the  following  exhibitions  and 
special  events  during  June: 

EXHIBITS:  The  Designer-Craftsman  of  the  West, 
1957 — A  juried  exhibition  containing  Ceramics,  Print- 
ed and  Handwoven  Textiles,  Wood  Carving,  Furni- 
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M,H. DEYOUNG  MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 


Golden  Gate  Park 


San  Francisco 


Group  Portrait 


UBALDO  GANDOLFI 

Italian,  School  of  Bologna,  1728-1781 

The  Samuel  H.  Kress  Collection 


JUNE,     1957 


SOUTHEAST  CORNER  6th  &   Hope  Streets 
DETAILS  OF  ENTRANCE 


LINCOLN 

SAVINGS 
and  LOAN 

NEW  OFFICES 
Los  Angeles 

ARCHITECTS: 

C.  M.  DEASY 
ROBERT  N.  EDDY 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 

C.  L.  PECK  CO. 

ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


The  completion  of  a  new,  contemporary  office  build- 
ing in  the  heart  of  downtown  Los  Angeles  is  giving 
additional  impact  to  the  current  effort  of  civic  and 
business  leaders  to  "save  downtown  Los  Angeles." 

During  the  past  three  decades  the  number  of  new, 
privately  owned  multi'Story  structures  built  in  the 
downtown  section  of  the  nation's  third  largest  city 
could  be  counted  on  the  fingers  of  two  hands. 

This  new  building  is  five  stories,  and  basement,  and 
is  of  steel  frame  construction  with  concrete  covered 
steel  decking. 

Exterior  finish  is  a  combination  of  granite  columns, 
aluminum  gridwall  with  porcelain  enamel  panels,  glass 
panels  and  beige-tone  granite  between  the  spandrels. 

West  wall  windows  are  shaded  by  natural  aluminum 
louvers  which  are  adjustable  from  within. 

Despite  the  high  cost  of  land  in  the  downtown  area, 
executives  of  Lincoln  Savings  and  Loan  Association 
accepted  architects  Deasy  and  Eddy's  recommendation 
that  the  structure  be  set  back  eight  feet  from  the  con- 
ventional sidewalk  line. 

This  setback  permitted  the  architects  to  design  a 
partially  covered  entrance  for  the  building  as  well  as 
provide  an  area  for  landscaping. 

A  small  flower  bed  is  planted  monthly  with  bloom- 
ing flowers  in  season.  In  addition  to  providing  color 
around  the  building's  entrance  the  flower  bed  has  be- 
come a  "conversational  plot"  for  pedestrians  as  well 
as  auto  passengers  and  has  served  as  an  excellent  iden- 
tification hallmark. 

Directly  to  the  left  of  the  building's  main  entrance 
is  the  lobby  entrance  which  leads  to  two  self-operated 
elevators  which  serve  the  other  levels  of  the  building. 

The  entire  building  is  air  conditioned.  Lighting  on 
the  main  floor  is  from  luminous  ceiling. 

Floor  covering  on  the  main  floor  consists  of  terraszo 
which  extends  from  the  sidewalk  in  through  the  entry. 


Patrons  areas  are  carpeted,  with  vinyl  tile  being  used 
in  the  work  areas  behind  the  tellers'  counters. 

The  basement  level  is  devoted  to  an  employee  cafe- 
teria and  lounge,  vaults,  record  storage  and  air  con- 
ditioning equipment. 

The  street  level  has  the  executive  offices,  new  ac- 
counts department,  reception  and  waiting  area  and 
tellers'  counters. 

The  second  floor,  third  and  fourth  floors  are  leased 
to  such  tenants  as  the  All  Year  Club  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia, steamship  lines,  investment  and  brokerage 
firms. 

The  fifth  floor  of  the  building  will  serve  as  a  board 
room  for  the  Association  with  space  being  devoted  to 
a  Lincoln  Museum  which  will  display  papers,  statuary 
and  other  memorabilia  of  the  Lincoln  era,  and  will  be 
open  to  the  public. 

To  provide  a  site  for  the  new  building,  an  old  hotel 
built  more  than  a  half  century  ago,  had  to  be  demol- 
ished. 


TOP  VIEW:  Customers  are  afforded 
every  comfort  and  convenience  in 
this  area. 


LOWER  VIEW:  Clerks  and  cashiers 
work  in  well  lighted,  convenient  por- 
tion on  the  street  floor;  other  CMs- 
tomer  services  and  special  transac- 
tions are  provided  for  in  secluded 
spots. 


CLARENDON   HALL,   Laguna   Honda   Home  ...   Son   Francisco  STONE.  MULLOY,  MARRACCINI  &  PATTERSON,  Architect, 


Building 


WITH  THE  WEST! 


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San  Francisco,  California 

By  FRED  W.  JONES 

Population  growth  and  higher  standards  of  Hving 
are  reflected  in  today's  unprecedented  building  aC' 
tivity  throughout  the  nation.  In  Califorinia  the  tre- 
mendous increase  in  population  has  created  a  demand 
for  more  schools,  hospitals,  churches,  shopping  cen- 
ters,  office  and  industrial  buildings.  To  meet  this  need 


PARTNERS:  L  Don  Weirick  (center): 
Bennett  L.  Raff  in  (left);  and  Robert 
B.  Rothscliild,  Jr. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


San  Francisco  points  with  pride  to  its  building  in- 
dustry with  its  outstanding  general  contractors,  skilled 
artisans  and  dependable  consultants.  One  such  firm 
offering  all  the  above  qualifications,  and  more,  is 
Rothschild,  Rafiin  6?  Weirick,  doing  a  $10,000,000 
business  in  1956  and  certain  to  better  that  record  this 
year. 

"Building  With  The  West"  is  a  slogan  the  RRfePW 
organization  uses  with  personal  pride  because  it 
signifies  to  a  point  the  part  the  firm  has  played  and  is 
playing  in  meeting  the  construction  needs  of  today. 
Through  many  years  of  actual  building  experience 
Rothschild,  Raffin  fe?  Weirick  have  developed  working 
methods  and  procedures  that  have  proved  both  ef- 
ficient and  economical  for  their  clients.  The  firm 
is  not  only  experienced  in  new  building  and  engi- 
neering construction  but  it  has  earned  deserved  recog- 


nition for  its  noteworthy  handling  of  complicated 
major  alteration  work. 

In  its  multiplicity  of  projects,  durability,  speed, 
economy  and  cost  are  basic  considerations.  Extra 
care  is  taken  in  coordinating  the  installation  of  the 
many  kinds  of  highly  specialized  equipment  and  ma- 
chinery during  and  after  completion  of  a  building. 
In  selecting  its  sub-contractors  past  performance  and 
reliability  are  mandatory  requisites. 

The  pictures  show  the  wide  variety  of  construction 
projects  this  firm  has  completed  or  has  under  way. 
To  list  a  few:  the  Silver  Avenue  Junior  High  School, 
San  Francisco;  Lakeshore  Elementary  School,  San 
Francisco;  Naval  Radiological  Defense  Laboratory, 
Hunters  Point;  Clarendon  Hall,  Laguna  Honda  Home; 
buildings  for  the  Pacific  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co., 
I.    Magnin    Store,    Stanford    Shopping   Center,    Palo 


SAFEWAY   STORE 
Ukiah,  California 

Typical  design  and  construction  of  o 
modern  food  store. 

Ample  space  provided  for  customer 
parliing;  interior  permits  efficient  and 
speedy  customer  service. 


WURSTER.  BERNARD/  &  EMMONS, 
Architecti 


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JUNE,     1957 


ROTHSCHILD,  RAFFIN  8C  WEIRICK 


Alto:  Sommer  6?  Kaufman  Stores,  San  Francisco  and 
Valley  Fair;  office  building  for  Western  Machinery 
Co.;  Stockton  State  Hospital;  De  Laval  Office  and 
Warehouse,  Millsdale;  Hillsdale  High  School;  Lake 
Merced  Pumping  Station,  San  Francisco;  Hermann 
Safe  Company  Office  and  Warehouse;  Crocker- Anglo 
Bank,  Stockton;  Dow,  Jones  6?  Co.  Wall  Street  Jour- 
nal Building,  San  Francisco;  Mills  High  School,  Mill- 
brae;  Sutro  &'  Co.  Office  at  460  Montgomery  Street; 


Mendocino  County  Courthouse,  Ukiah. 

Many  of  RR&?W's  building  projects  are  related 
to  heavy  engineering  and  intricate  types  of  construe 
tion  such  as  the  Lake  Merced  Pumping  Station,  San 
Francisco;  the  Naval  Radiological  Defense  Labora- 
tory at  Hunters  Point;  Blast  Cleaning  Facilities  and 
Rehabilitation  Ship  Repair  Facilities,  U.  S.  Navy, 
Mare  Island;  Outlet  and  Spillway,  Cherry  Valley 
Dam;  Sewer  and  Water  lines  at  Preston  School  of 


TWO   MODERN 
SHOE   STORES 

for 
SOMMER  &  KAUFMANN 

At    left    is    interior    of    the    Market 
Street  Store  in  Son  Francisco. 


Designed  by 

ALBERT  R.  WILLI AM'i 

&  ASSOCIATES 


NEV/ 
VALLEY 
FAIR 
STORE. 


MARIO  L. 
GAIDANO. 
Architect 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


.  .  GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 


MILLS 

HIGH  SCHOOL 


JOHN  LYON  REID.  AlA 
AND  PARTNERS. 

Architects 


Industry,  lona,  and  various  projects  involving  heavy 
construction  for  the  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Reclamation. 

At  Hunter's  Point  the  windowless  U.  S.  Naval 
Radiological  Defense  Laboratory  offered  an  unusual 
building  situation.  There  was  need  for  equipment  or 
facilities  for  transporting  form  lumber  and  other  con- 
Crete  materials  from  one  story  to  another.  The  build- 
ing is  a  7  story  steel  frame  and  concrete  structure, 


minus  windows.  To  meet  the  problem  it  was  neces- 
sary to  build  a  ramp  in  the  escolator  shaft  which 
served  as  a  runway  for  jeeps  which,  loaded  with 
materials,  negotiated  the  climb  from  one  floor  to 
another,  as  the  work  progressed. 

The  Laboratory  was  a  $7,000,000  War  Defense 
project. 

One   of  the   firm's  most  recent  alteration  jobs  is 


BELOW:   Lakeshore  Elementary   School  serving  the  Park   Merced   district 
Company  plant  and  offices. 


San    Francisco.     BOTTOM    view    is   new    De    Laval 


JUNE,     1767 


ROTHSCHILD,  RAFFIN  8C  WEIRICK 


REMODELING: 

Bringing  up-to-date  Sutro  &  Company's 
Son  Francisco  headquarters  building. 


ALBERT  F.  ROLLER,  AIA 
Archilect 


Architectural    rendering    of   the    Silver 
Avenue  Jr.  High  School. 


ALECK  L.  WILSON,  AIA 
Architect 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


HILLSDALE   HIGH   SCHOOL 
San  Mateo,  California 

RIGHT:  Planted  walk-way  between  aca- 
demic buildings;  CENTER  is  ground  floor 
plan;  BELOW  view  of  swimming  pool 
and  outdoor  relaxing  area  from  gym- 
nasium and  locker  rooms. 


JOHN  LYON  REID,  AIA 
&  PARTNERS, 

Archilecti 


$ 


ROTHSCHILD,  RAFFIN  8C  WEIRICK 


LEFT:   U.  S.   Naval  radiological  defense 
laboratory,  San  Francisco. 


BELOW:  Interior  view  of  the  Pacific 
Gas  &  Electric's  pipe  wrapping  plant  at 
Decoto,  Alameda  County. 


P.G.&E. 

Engineering 

Dept. 


JORGENSEN 
MASONRY  CONTRACTORS 

610  16th  Street 

Oakland,  Calif. 

Phone:  TWinoaks  3-2922 


We  Supplied  the 

BODEMIX  CONCRETE 

on  the  following  buildings 

SILVER  AVE.  JR.  HIGH  SCHOOL 

LAKESIDE  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL 

LAKE  MERCED   PUMPING  STATION 

HERMANN   SAFE  BUILDING 

BODE  GRAVEL  CO. 

235  Alabama  St.,  San  Francisco       •        UN   1-5321 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 


CALIFORNIA  FISH  &  GAME — Development  of  the  state's  natural  resources  is  shown  in  this  large  Fish  Hatchery  built  on  Moc- 
casin Creek,  Tuolumne  County,  California.  Work  included  site  preparation,  buildings  and   ponds. 

Stale  of  California.  Diiuioii  of  Architecliire.  Archileas 


the  $2,000,000  Clarendon  Hall  (Ward  A  and  Power 
Plant)  for  the  City  of  San  Francisco.  Some  heavy 
construction  work  is  in  the  progressive  stage  here. 
In  building  the  Maternity  Wing  and  special  Diet 
Laboratory  at  the  San  Francisco  Hospital  there  was 
the  problem  of  shifting  patients  from  wing  to  wing 
while  workmen  were  on  the  job.  Despite  the  handi- 
caps the  contractors  were  able  to  proceed  with  little 
or  no  interruption. 

A  building  which  has  brought  RRfer'W  much  favor- 
able comment  is  the  Hillsdale  High  School  in  San 
Mateo  County.  Its  unusual  design,  by  the  way, 
earned  a  national  award  from  the  American  Institute 


J.B.NETTLES&CO.,INC. 

Piping  Contrtictors 

Butler  Road,  South  San  Francisco 
Phone:  PLaza  6-4455 


SCOTT  CO. 

SAN   FRANCISCO      •     OAKLAND 

PLUMBING 

HEATING 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

INDUSTRIAL  PIPING 

Phone:  YUkon  2-0400 


*^ 


\^ 


-  %. 


STAINLESS  STEEL  KITCHEN  EQUIPMENT 
COMPLETE  INSTALLATIONS 
STORE  FIXTURES,  HOSPITAL  AND  LABORA- 
TORY CABINETS,  FOOD  SERVICE 
EQUIPMENT 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  COMPANY 


770  McAllister  st. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  2 


JUNE,     1957 


ROTHSCHILD,  RAFFIN  8C  WEIRICK 


AUTOMATIC  FIRE 
PROTECTION  SYSTEM 

in  the  new  Mills  High 
School,  San  Mateo,  by 

GRINNELL  COMPANY 

OF  THE  PACIFIC 

601    BRANNAN  ST. 
SAN  FRANCISCO     •     GA.   1-6700 


HEATING 

AND 

VENTILATING 

on  the  Dow,  Jones  Project 
by 

RODONI,  BECKER  CO.,  INC. 

455  I  Oth  STREET     •     SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone:  MA.    1-3662 


PROGRESS  VIEWS 
CHERRY  VALLEY   DAM 


Tuolumne  County, 
California 


CENTER:  Shows  "spillway"  under  construction  with  outlet 
to  river;  LEFT:  three  views  show  outlet  pipe  at  the  power 
house  site;  RIGHT:  three  views  are  additional  detail  of 
pipe  installations. 


San  Prancisco  Public  Utilities 
Engineering  Bureau 


A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

Lafhing  &  Plasfering  Contractors 

3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  San  Francisco  24 
Phone:    JU   7-2091 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 


LEVI   STRAUSS 
WAREHOUSE 

San  Jose,  California 

Illustrating  the  modern  technique  of 
"tilt-up"  concrete  construction  of  an 
industrial  building. 

SCHUBART  &  FRIEDMAN,  Architect j 


W.  G.  THOMPSON 

PAINTING  CONTRACTOR 

On  the  Following  Jobs: 

SILVER  AVE.  JR.  HIGH  SCHOOL 

WARD  A  AND  CLARENDON   HALL, 

LAGUNA  HONDA  HOME 

LAUNDRY  BUILDING,  TALMAGE 

VAIencia  6-5000 


of  Architects.  The  school  was  planned  for  an  enroll- 
ment of  1750  students.  It  is  one  story,  framed  and 
decked  with  structural  steel,  divided  by  movable 
partitions,  lighted  by  roof  lights,  heated  and  cooled 
by  mechanical  ventilation  and  inter-connected  by 
ramps.  Fluorescent  fixtures  are  used  for  artificial 
illumination.  Special  research  was  conducted  by  the 
architects  and  engineers  in  cooperation  with  the  State 
Fire  Marshall's  Ofiice  to  make  the  school  as  nearly 
a  fire-safe  building  as  possible.  The  result  is  a  com- 
pletely incombustable  fire  sprinklered  structure. 
Total  cost  of  the  project  was  $3,700,000. 


MASONRY  WORK 

on  the 

SAN  FRANCISCO  HOSPITAL 

• 

LAGUNA  HONDA  HOME 

DOW-JONES  BUILDING 

WILLIAM  A.  RAINEY  &  SON 

323  CLEMENTINA  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phones:  SUtter  1-0072;  SUtter  1-0253 


TESTING  &  INSPECTION 

OF  ALL  ARCHITECTURAL 

AND  CONSTRUCTION 

MATERIALS 


Metallurgisfs  •  Chemists  •  Assayers 


PITTSBURGH  TESTING 
LABORATORY 

651  HOWARD  ST.     SAN  FRANCISCO  5 
Phone:  EXbrook  2-1747 


Offices  in  all  principal  cities 


JUNE,     1957 


ROTHSCHILD,  RAFHN  &,  WEIRICK 


LAKE   MERCED 
PUMPING   STATION 


Six  electric  pumps  of  a  battery  of  nine 
now  in  use  by  City  of  San  Francisco. 


San  FratiiiiCo  Water  Department  Engh 


535  TUNNEL  AVENUE 
SAN   FRANCISCO  24,  CALIF. 


We  ivere  honored  to  do  the 

MILL  &  CABINET  WORK 

on  the  following 

Rothschild,  Raffin  &  W  eirick 

projects : 

•  Clarendon  Hall  and  Power  Plant 

•  Maternity  BIdg.,  S.F.  Hospital 

•  Soninier  &  Kauftnann  Store,  Valley  Fair 

•  Safeway  Store,  Ukiah 

•  County  Court  House,  Ukiah 

•  Mendocino  State  Hospital 

•  County  Exhibit  Building.  Ukiah 

CEMTRAI 
MILL  &  CABINET  GO. 

1595  Fairfax  Avenu  San  Francisco 

Phone:   VAi'?iicia  4-7316 


The  Mills  High  School  at  Millbrae  is  similar  in 
basic  idea  to  the  Hillsdale  School,  the  capacity  of 
which  is  1750  pupils  and  a  maximum  of  2,000.  The 
Mills  School  has  no  fire  walls,  not  even  a  single 
fire-rated  door  and  there  is  no  steel  fireproofing.  On" 
I-hour  rated  wall  is  the  only  exception  to  the  basic 
system  of  partitions  and  structure  required  for  fire 
safety. 

The  I.  Magnin  Store  in  the  Stanford  University 
Shopping  Center  presented  the  problem  of  meeting 
a  short  deadline  in  spite  of  inclement  weather.  The 
task  was  successfully  accomplished  despite  all  handi- 
caps. The  building  occupies  60,000  sq.  ft.,  is  two 
stories  and  basement,  has  two  elevators,  floating  curve 
staircase,  is  completely  air  conditioned  and  has  gold 
plumbing  fixtures. 

The  executive  personnel  of  the  RR&f'W  organiza- 


CALIFORNIA   BUILDERS 
[  (^g^  ] 

HARDWARE  COMPANY 

MAIN  OFFICE  AND  WAREHOUSE 

I7BLUXOMEST.     •      SAN  FRANCISCO  7,  CALIF. 

Yukon  2-5690 

BRANCH  OFFICE  AND  STORE 

2563  SAN  PABLO  AVE.      •      OAKLAND  12,  CALIF. 

TWInoaks  3-7732 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 


MURPHY'S   POWER 
PROJECT  FOR 
P.G.&E. 

Construction  of  power  house  foundation 
— Calaveras  County. 

Engineering  Dept.,  P.G.&E. 


tion  is  composed  of  Robert  B.  Rothschild,  Jr.,  Bennett 
L.  Raffin  and  L.  Don  Weirick.  "Bob"  Rothschild  is 
the  General  Manager.  He  has  been  active  in  the 
construction  field  since  receiving  his  B.S.  Degree  in 
engineering  from  the  University  of  California  in 
1929.  Before  going  into  business  for  himself  he 
spent  some  15  years  in  various  capacities,  including 
Chief  Engineer  and  Chief  Estimator,  for  MacDonald 
fe?  Kahn. 

Mr.  Raffin,  Assistant  Manager  of  the  firm,  is  a 
registered  civil  engineer  and  a  graduate  of  Stanford's 
Engineering  School,  class  of  1938.  Prior  to  joining 
RR6PW  he  was  identified  with  the  American  Bridge 
Co.,  Chicago;  Stone  fe?  Webster  Engineering  Co.. 
Boston,  and  Barrett  6?  Hilp,  San  Francisco.  During 
World  War  II  he  served  as  Executive  Officer  of  a 
Seabee  unit  in  the  Pacific. 

Mr.   Weirick,    the   General    Superintendent    of   all 


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FABRICATORS  &  DISTRIBUTORS 
OWENS-ILLINOIS 

TOPLITE 


WIRING -MOTORS 


INDUSTRIAL 
COMMERCIAL 

LIGHTING 
ENGINEERING 


REPAIRED 

REWOUND 

NEW— USED 

UNderhill   1-6780 


QUALITY  ELECTRIC 


1051    HOWARD  ST. 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


+ — ™ — . — .— 


OUR  74th  YEAR 

D.  ZELINSKY  &  SONS 

PAINTING  AND  DECORATING  CONTRACTORS 

SAN   FRANCISCO 


We  are  pleased  to  have  worked  with  Rothschild,  Raffin  &  Weirick 
on  SO  many  of  their  fine  projects. 


JUNE.     1957 


ROTHSCHILD,  RAFFIN  &  WEIRICK 


It  has  been  a  pleasure 
working  with 

fiOTHSCHILD,  RflfFlfl  X  UieiilCli 

Genera/  Contractors 

supplying  lunnber  on  many  of  their 
recent  projects. 

fiOLflllDO  LUfllBfR  COdlPllliy,  ihc. 

Yard  stock  and  direct  Mill  facilities 
5th  and  Berry  Streets  San  Francisco 


LAKE  MERCED 
PUMPING  STATION 

Laying  72-inch  intake  pipe  32 
feet  under  water.  Crane  is  on 
a  Navy  type  pontoon  barge. 
This  job  was  a  joint  venture 
with   Pacific   Bridge   Company. 


San  Francisco  Water 
Department  Engineers 


construction  work  for  the  firm,  is  a  natural  in  the 
building  field.  His  father  is  still  a  General  Contrac 
tor.  After  schooling  at  Fresno  State  College  and  the 
University  of  San  Francisco  he  worked  for  several 
of  the  large  construction  companies,  including  Grif' 
fith  £«?  Bent  and  the  L.  F.  Dow  Company,  Los  Angeles, 
and  Moore  fe?  Roberts,  San  Francisco. 

The  wide  experience  and  capabilities  of  the  firm's 
operating  staff  in  the  performance  of  new  construction, 
as  well  as  alteration  work  is  stressed.  It  is  a  policy 
of  the  firm  to  assist  in  planning  and  coordinating  all 


Emil  J.  Weber 


UNderhill  1-2200 
HEmlock  1-6961 


^mii  ^.  Welfet  ^lecttic  (2o, 

258  DORLAND  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO   14 

Electrical  Contracting 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


preliminary  phases  of  a  project,  including  expert  help 
in  locating  a  building  site  and  arranging  for  engineer- 
ing,  designing  and  financing.  Its  accounting  system  is 
thorough,  accurate,  complete  and  time-tested. 


J.  FRANCrS  WARD  and  JOHN   S.   BOLLES.  Architects 

The  firm  works  closely  with  architects  on  guaran- 
teed ma.ximum  type  of  contract  where  the  owner 
benefits  and  profits  by  the  savings.  And  furthermore 
a  close  affiliation  with  the  owner  is  practiced  to  meet 
specialized  conditions  which  may  arise  during  build- 
ing operations. 


BANK 
BLDG. 

Architect  Gates  W.  Burrows,  1606  Bush 
St.,  Santa  Ana,  is  completing  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  new  bank  building 
in  Santa  Ana  for  the  Security  First  Na- 
tional Bank,  Los  Angeles. 

Construction  will  be  frame  and  stucco 
slab  floor,  composition  roof,  plastic  in 
terior,  air  conditioning,  fluorescent  light- 
ing, ceramic  tile  in  restrooms,  asphalt  tile 
toilet  rooms,  metal  sash,  and  7800  sq.  ft 
of  area.     Estimated  cost  is  $110,000. 


ELKS  LODGE 
BLDG. 

Architect  Wallace  Holm,  321  Webster 
St.,  Monterey,  is  preparing  plans  and 
specifications  for  construction  of  a  Lodge 
Building  in  Watsonsville  for  the  B.P.O. 
Elks  No.  1300. 

Construction  will  include  plywood  floors, 
vinyl  tile,  concrete,  wood  laminated  beams. 
Type  5  construction,  wood  shake  roof  and 
masonry  exterior. 


PING  YUEN  HOUSING 
PROJECT  ANNEX 

Architect  John  S.  Bolles,  Pier  5,  Em- 
barcadero,  San  Francisco,  is  preparing  pre- 
liminary plans  for  construction  of  a  12- 
story  annex  to  the  Ping  Yuen  Chinese 
housing  project  in  San  Francisco,  for  the 
Housing  Authority  of  the  City  and  County 
of  San  Francisco. 

Plans  call  for  a  12-story  and  a  6-story 
building,  as  an  annex  to  the  present  hous- 
ing project,  at  Pacific  Avenue,  between 
Powell  and  Stockton  streets.  Estimated 
cost  is  $2,400,000. 


JOHNSON  Vomd  V^i  BURNERS 


For  firing  with  Oil  only  .  .  .  Gas  only  ...  or  Combination  Oil  or 
Gas.  Wired,  tested  and  complcti  !y  assembled  at  the  factory  ready 
for  easy,  inexpensive  attachment  to  any  boiler  or  heat  receiver. 
They  provide  smoother,  more  efficient  combustion  regardless  of 
stack  conditions  and  firebox  pressure  variations.  Powered  by  the 
famous  Johnson  Mod.  53  Burners, 
these  'packaged''  units  are  available 
for  any  heating  need,  in  sizes  from 
25HP  to  500HP. 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 


Mohmon 


WUWlA, 


940  ARLINGTON  AVE. 
OAKLAND  8,  CALIF. 


CHURCH  ROAD 
BRIDGEPORT,  PA. 


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plywood  forms 
eliminates  grain  raise 


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•  eliminates  continual  recoating 

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Chemical  Corporation 

A.  C.  Horn  Co.,  Inc. 

252  Townsend  St. 
San  Francisco,  California 

DIVISIONS  OF  SUN   CHEMICAL  CORPORATION 

HORN-HUDSON-WILLEY  (paints,  mainlenance  and  construction  materials,  industrial  coatings)    •  SUN  SUPPLV  (lithoeraiiliic  sup- 
plies) •  GENERAL  PHINTING  IKK  (Sigmund  Ullman  •  Fuclis  $  lang  •  Eaele  •  American  •  Kelly  •  Chemical  Color  S  Supply 
Inks)  •  MORRILL  (news  inks)  •  ELECTRO -TECHNICAL  PRODUCTS  (coatings  and  plastics)  •  PIGMENTS  DIVISION  (pigments  for 
paints.. plastics,  printing  inks  ot  all  kinds) 


JUNE,     1957 


COST 
$143,000.00 


MacArthur  Boulevard 
and  Park  Street 


OAKLAND  MUNICIPAL 

SWIMMING  POOL 


The  swimming  pool,  like  the  barbecue  pit  and  the 
patio,  has  become  an  integral  part  of  the  American 
trend  toward  outdoor  living,  and  particularly  so  on 
the  West  Coast  where  many  residential  tract  develop- 
ers are  including  a  swimming  pool  as  part  of  today's 
living.  As  a  matter  of  fact  in  the  last  ten  years  the 
number  of  private  pools  throughout  the  nation  has 
skyrocketed  from  a  mere  2,500  to  an  estimated  total 


For  Long  Lasting  Beauty 

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of  57,000,  with  more  than  22,000  residential  pools  be- 
ing built  in  1956. 

Aside  from  the  marked  trend  in  residential  swim- 
ming pools,  there  is  also  a  sweeping  trend  towards 
construction  of  pools  by  school  boards  and  municipal- 
ities as  a  means  of  providing  "local"  recreation  and 
education. 

One  of  the  outstanding  municipal  installations  is  the 
Live  Oak  Pool  in  Oakland,  California,  built  a  few 
years  ago  and  dedicated  to  the  men  and  women  who 
served  in  the  armed  forces  of  the  United  States.  It 
is  one  of  five  large  pools  operated  by  the  Recreation 
Department  of  the  City  of  Oakland,  and  is  located  on 
a  site  near  high  schools  and  is  thus  used  the  year 
around  for  recreational  swimming,  by  community 
groups,  and  for  school  instruction. 

Nationally  recognized  is  a  newly  designed  mechan- 
ical circulating  system,  one  of  the  first  of  its  kind  and 
the  most  complete  of  its  kind  to  be  installed  in  any 
public  pool.  Engineered  by  William  C.  Helms,  me- 
chanical draftsman  and  Bart  Troubody,  supervisor  of 
construction  for  the  City  Recreation  Commission,  this 
modern  re-circulator  and  skimmer  equipment  elimi- 
nates excessive  use  of  "make-up  water"  for  scum  rid- 
dance, and  in  the  first  four  months  of  its  operation  the 
new  pool  showed  a  60%  water  saving  in  contrast  to 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


each  of  the  other  four  pools  using  the  conventional 
circulating  system. 

Another  outstanding  feature  of  this  pool  is  the  use 
of  a  special  jet  orifice  for  the  recirculating  inlets  that 
sprays  the  water  5 -inches  from  the  pool  bottom,  di- 
rected outward,  vertically  and  sidewise  to  the  main 
drains.  This  ingenious  jet  system  keeps  the  floor  clean 
and  free  of  dirt. 

The  bathhouse  is  contemporary  in  design  and  is  126 
feet  long  with  a  brick  veneer  facade  and  a  3  5 -foot 
wide  semi-circular  clear  glass  doorway.  The  handsome 
exterior  is  accented  by  an  8-foot  diameter  planter  bowl. 

The  Live  Oak  Pool  is  50'  x  100'  overall;  .V-3"  deep 
on  the  shallow  end,  8'-0"  deep  at  the  opposite  end, 
and  lO'-O"  deep  in  the  diving  area.  The  maximum 
number  of  persons  permitted  in  the  pool  at  any  one 
time  is  600.  As  an  economy  in  maintenance  provision 
the  floor  of  the  pool,  finished  in  concrete,  was  given 
three  coats  of  chlorinated  rubber  base  paint  as  a  final 
finish.   The  walls  are  of  white  cement  plaster. 

Equipment  and  facilities  are  standarded  with  the 
diving  board  of  aluminum  with  a  non-skid  top.  One 
piece  welded  ladders  are  installed  on  the  pool's  walls, 
and  eye  bolts  at  the  sides  take  care  of  hemp  safety 
ropes  placed  at  the  4'  and  5'  depths.  There  is  also  an 
elevated  life-guard  chair  which  permits  a  maximum  in 
safety. 

The  entire  area  is  floodlighted  with  four,  one-thou- 
sand watt  lights,  two  from  top  of  the  bathouse  and 
two  from  the  decks  of  the  property  line.  Provision 
has  been  made  for  lighting  when  needed  for  pageants 
and  water  shows.  There  are  six  under-water  flood 
lights  of  the  wet  niche  type,  with  metal,  rather  than 
glass,  reflectors  and  removable  face  grills. 

Portable  bleachers  accommodating  up  to  600  per- 
sons can  be  set  up  quickly  for  competitive  events 
spectators,  and  a  cement  wall  serves  as  a  wind  break 
at  one  side  of  the  deck  adding  to  the  comfort  of  specta- 
tors and  swimmers. 

The  one  story  bathhouse  contains  3000  sq.  ft.  of 
area  and  is  of  poured  concrete  construction.  Two 
wings  serve  as  dressing  rooms  and  join  at  a  central 
hall  where  the  cashier's  stand  is  installed.  After  pay- 
ing the  nominal  use-fee,  a  swimmer  goes  to  one  of  the 
community  dressing  rooms,  facilities  having  been  pro- 
vided separately  for  men  and  women,  and  picks  a 
plastic  bag  off  a  rail  which  circles  the  room.  Some  300 
bags  are  suspended  from  a  rail  in  each  dressing  room. 
A  bag  with  the  swimmer's  day  clothes  are  given  an 
attendant  and  a  pin  tag  with  number  is  received.  This 
tag  must  be  returned  to  claim  clothes  bag  at  conclusion 
of  the  "swim". 

The  dressing  rooms  and  showers  were  designed  to 
use  a  minimum  of  personnel  and  for  the  benefit  of  a 
few  a  number  of  private  dressing  stalls  have  been 
provided. 

Modernization  of  swimming  pool  design  plus  the 
great  advancement  in  essential  equipment,  now  makes 
possible  a  swimming  pool  heretofore  prohibited. 


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Leon  Chateicrin,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  Isl  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    District,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 
Mountain   District,  Bradley  P.   Kidder,   Santa   Fe,   New  Mexico;    CaKlomia-NoTada-Hawoii   District, 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


Arizona  Ciiapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  Jam«  W.  Elmore.  President;  Martin 
Ray  Ybung.  Jr.,  Vice-President:  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Sbotder,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore.  Cox,  Fred  Weaver, 
Ricliard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA;  Fred  Jobusch,  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President:  Edward  H.  Nelson.  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain.  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch.  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras.  Ellsworth 
Ellwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer.  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St..  Tucson. 

Coast  Valleys  Chapter 
Birge  M.    Clark.   Prcs 
President    (San   Jose) 
L.    Dean    Price 
Palo  Alio. 

Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  de  Wolf  (Stockton).  President;  Whitson  Coi  (Sacra- 
ramcnto),  Vice-President;  Joe  Jozena  (Sacramento),  Secretary; 
Albert  M.  Dreyfuss  (Sacramento).  Treasurer.  Directors:  Doyt 
Early  (Sacramento),  Jack  Whipple  (Stockton).  Office  of  Secty., 
914  11th  St.,  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hcgner.  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet.  Vice  President; 
Norton  Polivnick,  Secretary:  Richard  Williams,  lirasurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter.  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy.,    1225   Bannock   St.,   Denver,  Colorado. 


:nt  (Palo  Alto);  William  Higgins.  Vice- 
Paul  J.  Huston.  Secretary  (Palo  Alto); 
Office    of   Secty.,    663    Cowpcr    St., 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Harry  B.  Clausen,  President  (Berkeley);  Hachiro  Yuasa,  Vice- 
President  (Oakland):  Robert  E.  Wear,  Secretary  (Berkeley): 
John  A.  Zerklc.  Treasurer  (Berkeley).  Office  of  Secty..  1015 
Euclid  Ave..  Berkeley  8. 

Idaho  Chapter: 
Anton    E.    Dropping.    Boise.    President:    Charles    W.    Johnston, 
Payette,    Vicc-Preaident:    Glenn    E.     Cline,     Boise,     Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee,   Clhester  L.   Shawver  and  Nat  J.   Adanu, 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg.,  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Thomas  S.  Elston.  Jr.,  President  (Carmel);  Robert  Stanton.  Vicc- 
(Carmel);    George    F.    Rhoda,    Secretary    (Monterey); 


Walter   Burde,    Trea 
Monterey. 


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Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Ha:  Pre»ident  (Great  Fall.);  John  E.  Toohey,  Vte- 
President  (BitUngl):  H.  C.  Cbeever,  Sec.-Treaj.  (BoKinui). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas,  Wm.  J.  Heu,  John  E.  Tcohey. 
Office  of  Secy..  Bozeman,  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

.  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
F.  O'Brien.  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
».  John  Crider.  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
Secy,,   160  Chestnut  St.,  Reno,  Nev. 


RENO:  Edward  S.  Parson 
Vice-President;  George  L. 
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CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL 
OF  ARCHITECTS  AIA 

William  G.  Balch,  Architect  of  Los  Angeles  and 
President  of  the  California  Council  of  Architects,  was 
the  official  delegate  from  California  in  attendance  at 
the  American  Institute  of  Architects  centennial  con- 
vention  in  Washington,  D.C.  this  month. 

Dates  for  the  Annual  Convention  have  been  an' 
nounced  for  October  2-6  at  Hotel  del  Coronado, 
San  Diego,  with  preliminary  plans  being  made  to  care 
for  the  largest  attendance  in  the  Councirs  history. 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

The  Chapter  will  sponsor  an  architectural  exhibit 
at  the  12th  Annual  Marin  Fair  to  be  held  July  3'7,  at 
the  Marin  Art  and  Garden  Center  in  Ross. 

New  members  include  Elizabeth  K.  Thompson, 
Bernard  J.  Bloch,  James  W.  Farmer,  Peter  Kirby, 
Michel  A.  Marx,  Don  E.  Stover,  Robert  B.  Wright, 
Robert  B.  Wong,  and  Glenn  R.  Peterson. 


SAN  DIEGO  CHAPTER 

The  June  meeting  was  devoted  to  a  general  discus' 
sion  of  state  legislation  and  association  matters.  An- 
nouncement  was  made  that  the  Third  Annual  Gold 
Trowel  Award  competition  to  honor  architects,  drafts- 
men  and  designers  who  make  the  most  effective  use 
of  lath  and  plaster  is  being  sponsored  by  the  Plastering 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Directors:  David  Vhay,  Edward  S.  Par<orM.  M.  DcWitt  Grow. 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  President.  131  W. 
Jnd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zick.  President;  Aloyjiui  McDonald. 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hcndriclci.  Sec.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick.  Edward  Hendricks.  Charles  E.  Cox.  Office  of 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris.  Chairman;  Atoysius  McDonald.  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno).  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno).  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Corlctt.  President;  Donald  Powers  Smith,  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrise,  Secretary;  Richard  S.  Banwell.  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W.  Clement  Ambrose.  John  Kruse.  Bernard  J.  Sabar- 
off,  (I^orwin  Booth.  Exec.  Secty.,  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
office,   47   Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak,  President  (Downey);  Willard  T.  Jordan, 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson,  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers,  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy.,  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis,  Secretary;  Thomas  I.  Potter,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy.,  317  S.W.  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pasadena    Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline,  President;  H.  Douglas  Bavlcs,  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni,  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon.  Treasurer.  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davies,  Keith  Marston,  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office    Secy.    46    North   Los    Robles   Avenue,    Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Sim  Bruce  Richards,  President;  Raymond  Lee  Eggers.  Vice- 
President;  William  F.  Wilmurt.  Secretary;  Fred  Chilcott.  Treas- 
urer. Directors:  Frank  L.  Hope,  Samuel  W.  Hamill.  Victor  L. 
Wulff,  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty.,  2868  Fourth  Ave.,  San  Diego. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Allen  Y.  Lew.  President  (Fresno);  William  G.  Hybcrg,  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris,  Secretary;  Edwin  S.  Darden, 
Treasurer   (Fresno).  Office  of  Pres.,  408  Fulton  St.,  Fresno. 

Sint>  Barbara  Chapter: 

Darwin  E.  Fisher.  President  (Ventura);  Wallace  W.  Arendt, 
Vice-President  (Santa  Barbara);  Donald  H.  Miller.  Secretary; 
Donald  A.  Kimball,  Treasurer  (Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas.. 
1045   Via  Tranquila.   Santa   Barbara. 

Southern  Caliofrnia  Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy.  President;  Robert  Field.  Jr..  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr.  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett.  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger,  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
Russell,  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec-Secy.,  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller.  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd..  Los  Angeles  5. 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Gilbert  M.  Wojahn.  President;  Gordon  N.  Johnston.  1st  Vice- 
President;  Robert  T.  Olson,  2nd  Vice-President;  Henry  Kruite. 
Jr..  Secretary;  L.  Dana  Anderson.  Treasurer;  Robert  B.  Price  and 
Nelson  J.  Morrison.  Trustees.  Office  of  the  Secy..  2907  A  St., 
Tacoma  2,  Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President.  433  Atlas  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris,  Jr..  Secretary.  703  Ncwhouse  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 

James  J.  Chiarelli.  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner,  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall,  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers,  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardner,  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer,  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary.  409  Central  Bldg.,  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James,  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop,  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff.  Carroll  Martell,  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy..  615   Realty  Bldg..  Spokane,   Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law,  President;  Harry  W.  Seckel,  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer.  George  J. 
Wimberly.   Office  of  Secy..  P.O.   Box  3288.  Honolulu.  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL.  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Balch,  Los  Angeles.  President;  L.  F.  Richards,  Santa 
Clara,  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope,  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas,  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks. 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  703  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 
3. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland).  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  RibU 
(Los  Angeles).  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angelca); 
C.  J.  Padercwski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Frin- 
cisco).  Exec.  Secy.,  Robert  K.  Kelley.  Room  712.  145  S.  Sprinf 
St..  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office.  Room  300,  507  Poll  St. 


ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Hal    Major.    President;    CamicI    Van    De    Weghe,    Vice-President: 

Francis  E.   Capone.   Secretary;   Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.   Office 

of  Secty.,  507  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Producers'  Council— Southern  California  Chapter: 

LeRoy    Frandsen,    President.    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider,    Vice-president,    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Co.; 

E.    J.    Lawson.    Secretary,    Aluminum    Company   of   America;    E. 

Phil    Filsinger,    Treasurer,    Hermosa    Tile    Division,    Gladding. 

McBean  6?  Company.     Office  of  the  Secy.,   1145   Wilshire  Blvd.. 

Los  Angeles   17. 
Producers*    Council  —  Northern    California    Chapter    (See    Special 

Page) 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 

R.    R.    Coghlan,    Jr.,    President;    George    Lamb,    Vice-President; 

Peter  Vogel,  Secretary:  Harry  L.  Miller,  Treasurer. 
Cxjnstruction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco; 

Harry    McLain.    President;     Harry    C.     Ollins,    Vice-President; 

Albert  E.  Barnes,  Treasurer;  George  E.  Conley,  Secretary.  Office 

of  Secy..   1245  Selby  St.,  San  Francisco  24. 


and  Lathing  Institute  in  San  Diego,  with  $200  in  cash 
awards  to  be  distributed  in  two  divisions:  exterior  and 
interior.  Last  year's  winners  were:  Architects  Richard 
George  Wheeler,  interior,  and  James  Bird,  exterior. 


WASHINGTON  STATE  CHAPTER 

The  June  meeting  featured  a  "Field  Day"  at  the 
Inglewood  Country  Club  in  Seattle,  with  members  of 
The  Producers"  Council.  Baseball,  golf,  badminton 
and  horseshoes  highlighted  the  day's  sports  events, 
with  teams  from  the  architects  competing  with  teams 
from  the  Council.  Prizes  were  awarded  and  the  event 
concluded  with  a  barbecue  dinner. 

The  regular  business  meeting  on  June  6th,  at  the 
Floating  Bridge  Inn,  Mercer  Island,  featured  a  pro- 
gram "Around  the  World  with  Carl  and  Gretchen 
Gould." 

There  will  be  no  regular  meetings  during  July  and 
August. 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

Douglas  Mackenzie,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Street 
Department,  City  of  Pasadena,  and  Cassit  Griffin  of 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Building  Department,  were 


the  speakers  at  the  June  meeting,  discussing  the  archi- 
tects' relations  with  the  building  and  safety  depart- 
ments. 

Recent  new  members  include  Walter  D.  Domingos, 
Jr.,  Corporate;  and  Andrew  C  Perolio,  Jr.,  Associate. 


SAN  FRANCISCO'S 
ARCHITECTURAL  CLUB 

Duane  G.  Anderson,  Assistant  Cashier,  Real  Estate 
Department  of  the  Wells  Fargo  Bank,  was  the  princi- 
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5976  Mission  Street  PLaia  5-5331 


JUNE,     1957 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  Caliiornia 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Monley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Heruy  M.  Layne,  H.  L. 
Monle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Sauer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Clark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Cloud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Walter  L.  Didcey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sordis,  James  L.  Stratta, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Elngineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M.  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crandall,  Vice-President;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 
Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS— SAN  FRANCISCO  POST 

"The  Inter'Continental  Ballistics  Missile"  was  the 
subject  of  an  address  at  the  June  meeting  by  Colonel 
William  E.  Leonhard,  Commander  Western  Develop- 
ment Division  of  Air  Research  and  Development 
Command  at  Inglewood,  California, 

The  speaker  described  various  test  activities  and 
development  in  this  phase  of  the  guided  missile  pro- 
gram. 

Announcement  was  made  of  a  Golf  Tournament 
for  members  on  June  28th  at  the  Presidio  Golf  Club, 
C.  R.  Graff  in  charge  of  arrangements. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

"The  Golden  Gateway — Redevelopment  of  the  San 
Francisco  Produce  Market  Area,"  was  the  subject  of 
the  June  meeting  in  the  Engineers  Club,  San  Fran- 
cisco, with  Nathaniel  A.  Owings  of  the  architectural 
firm  of  Skidmore,  Owings  5?  Merrill,  and  Paul  Opper- 
mann.  Director  of  Planning  for  San  Francisco,  the 
principal  speakers.  The  proposed  redevelopment  of  the 
San  Francisco  Produce  Market-Ferry  Building  area  is 
a  subject  that  has  been  much  in  the  news  during  the 
past  year  and  the  speakers  discussed  numerous  phases 


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of  the  proposed  traffic  flow,  parking  facilities,  founda- 
tion conditions,  construction  costs,  and  the  economic 
feasibility  of  the  project. 

Announcement  was  made  that  the  Annual  SEA- 
ONC  Picnic  would  be  held  on  July  13th  at  the 
Sonoma  Golf  and  Country  Club,  with  Ray  Lundgren 
serving  as  general  chairman  and  Ned  Clyde  chairman 
of  the  golf  events.  Sports  events  and  a  steak  dinner 
are  highlights  of  the  day's  program. 

Recent  new  members  include  Allen  J.  Chinn,  Wil- 
liam E.  Edwards,  Thomas  T.  Siebert,  Charles  F.  Uhr- 
hammer.  Affiliate  Members  are  George  E.  Hervert 
and  John  A.  Trantina;  and  Junior  Member,  Howard 
J.  Naftzger. 


FEMINEERS 

The  Femineers  June  meeting  was  held  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  Charles  J.  Lindgren  with  a  program  of  swim- 
ming, cards  and  luncheon.  Mesdames  Will  Adrian, 
George  Burr,  Leslie  Graham,  A.  C.  Horner,  Raymond 
Lundgren,  George  Maurer,  Louis  Riggs,  Alfred 
Sperry,  Bernard  Villerga,  T.  D.  Wosser,  Jr.,  and 
Charles  Lindgren  served  as  hostesses  for  the  day. 

There  will  be  no  meeting  of  the  organization  during 
July  or  August,  and  the  September  meeting  will  be  in 
charge  of  Mrs.  Edward  Fulkerson. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  ENGINEERS 
SPEAKERS  CLUB  ELECTS 

Brian  Lewis  was  elected  president  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Engineers  Speakers  Club  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Other  officers  elected  to  serve  with  Lewis  included 
Jim  Clark,  1st  vice-president;  Harry  Moses,  2nd  vice- 
president;  and  Bob  McLaughlin,  secretary -treasurer. 

Will  Popert  will  continue  to  serve  the  Club  as 
coach  and  critic. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

Ralph   S.   Littrell,   president   of  Littrell   Hardware 
Line,  Inc.,  was  one  of  two  speakers  at  the  June  meeting 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryan,  Pres.,-  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnord. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Son  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Harmer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treas. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy. -Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  121  So.  Alvarado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associaliton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmar  L.  McConnell,  Secy. -Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Secy., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 
R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices. 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy  ,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  5  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society   of   American   Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Cdr.  Wm.  J.  Valentine,  USN,  President;  Col.  Edvrin  M. 
Eads,  USAF,  1st  Vice-President;  C.  R.  Graff,  2nd  Vice- 
President;  Joseph  D.  Boitano,  Jr.,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hartnett, 
USA,  Donald  McCall,  Capt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN,  C. 
Grant  Austin  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  of  Secy, 
c/o  District  Public  Works  Office,  12th  Naval  District, 
San   Bruno,   California. 


held  in  the  Roger  Young  Auditonum,  Los  Angeles, 
taking  as  his  subject  "Improved  Economical  Timber 
Fastenings." 

Axel  V.  Pedersen,  president  of  Timber  Engineering 
Company  of  California,  the  other  speaker,  discussed 
the  subject  of  "Timber  Fasteners,"  with  a  film  relating 
to  engineered  timber  construction  preceding  his  re- 
marks. 

Another  highlight  of  the  meeting  was  the  presenta- 
tion of  a  scroll  to  Charles  C.  Cohan,  Real  Estate  Editor 
of  the  Los  Angeles  Times,  who  is  completing  ,^0  years 
of  service  with  the  Times  during  which  time  he  has 
reported  Southern  California's  phenomenal  progress. 

New  members  include  Frederick  C.  Brown,  Affili' 
ate;  Alfred  C.  Buxton,  William  J.  Fox,  Armand  L. 
Kasparian,  R.  F.  Moore,  and  Warren  M.  Peckham, 
all  Associate  Members;  Richard  W.  Wickert,  Junior 
Member,  and  Steven  Galezewski,  Allied  Member.  The 
total  membership  now  exceeds  600  and  is  an  all  time 
high. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS  CONVENTION 

Among  the  many  engineers,  representing  all  parts 
of  the  world,  attending  the  Annual  Spring  Conven- 
tion in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  early  this  month  was  Gordon 
V.  Richards,  who  presented  a  paper  on  Penstock 
Experience  and  Design  Practice  of  the  Pacific  Gas  fe? 
Electric  Company. 

Following  the  Buffalo  sessions  many  engineers  en- 
joyed a  field  trip  to  the  St.  Lawrence  Seaway  and 
Power  Project. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS— SAN  FRANCISCO 

John  F.  Bonner,  Assistant  to  the  Vice-President  and 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Pacific  Gas  6?  Electric  Com- 
pany, was  the  principal  speaker  at  the  June  meeting, 
taking  as  his  subject  "Joint  Development  of  the  Trin- 


ity River  Project." 

The  project,  involving  three  dams  which  will  im- 
pound approximately  2.8  million  acre-feet  of  water 
and  two  tunnels  with  a  total  length  of  nearly  14  miles, 
is  being  constructed  by  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Rec- 
lamation to  conserve  and  divert  the  Trinity  River 
waters  to  the  Sacramento  Valley  for  irrigation  pur- 

(See  page  32) 


WONDER  SHEET 


EASILY   FOLDED   AROUND   CURVES 

WITHOUT    LOSING    STRENGTH    OR 

PINHOLING  AT  CREASE 

Pure  Polyethylene  —  tough,  mois- 
tureproof,  rot  proof.  Lightweight 
and  easy  to  handle.  Meets  F.H.A. 
minimum  property  requirements. 
A  perfect  vapor  barrier.  Use  for 
waterproofing  under  slab,  cover- 
ing crawl  spaces,  moistureproofing 
floors,  curing  concrete,  tarpaulins, 
etc. 

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Specific  Requirements 

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JUNE,     1957 


FOREST  FIBER  PRODUCTS 
MAKES  STAFF  CHANGES 

Henry  B.  Jacobsen  has  been  named 
Sales  Manager,  and  Saul  Zukerman  has 
been  appointed  Industrial  Sales  Represen- 
tative of  the  firm's  Southern  California 
activities,  according  to  an  announcement 
by  F.  M.  Hughes,  General  Manager  of 
Forest  Fiber  Products  Company  of  Forest 
Grove,  Oregon. 

Jacobsen,  formerly  in  charge  ot  the 
Southwest  Division  with  headquarters  in 
Los  Angeles,  will  "coordinate  all  sales"  of 
the  firm  from  Forest  Grove,  while  Zuker- 
man will  work  out  of  the  Hollywood 
office. 

WURSTER,  BERNARDI  and  EMMONS 
ARCHITECTS  EXPAND  ASSOCIATES 

The  San  Francisco  architectural  firm  of 
Wurstcr,  Bernardi  and  Emmons,  202 
Green  St.,  has  announced  the  appointment 
of  George  R.  Kennady,  Geoffrey  W.  Fair- 
fax, and  Don  E.  Stover,  AIA,  as  Associates 
to  the  firm. 

Other  members  of  the  organization  are; 
William  Wlson  Wurster,  FAIA,  Theodore 
C.  Bernardi,  AIA,  Donn  Emmons,  AIA, 
James  D.  Wickenden.  Albert  Aronson, 
AIA   and  Willard  D.  Rand,  Jr.,  AIA. 


mittee  of  the  Southern  California  Chapter, 
American   In.stitute  of  Architects. 


WESTERN  HOME  BUILDERS 
ON  TOUR  OF  POLAND 

Among  eight  members  of  the  National 
Association  of  Home  Builders  who  are  on 
a  tour  of  Poland  to  study  housing  construc- 
tion, design,  and  conditions,  through  an 
invitation  of  the  Polish  goverment  and  the 
U.S.  State  Department,  are  several  repre- 
sentatives of  the  home  building  industry 
of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

S.  Charles  Lee,  Hayden-Lee  Develop- 
ment Co.,  of  Beverly  Hills;  Carl  Lawrence 
of  Sacramento;  and  Ray  K.  Cherry,  Had- 
ley-Cherry,  Inc.,  Los  Angeles,  arc  making 
the  trip  which  will  include  visits  to  War- 
saw, Poznan,  Wroclaw,  Katovice,  Krakow 
and  Lublin. 


JAMES  D.  MOUNT,  AIA 
RECEIVES  PROMOTION 

James  D.  Mount,  AIA,  architect  has 
been  appointed  head  of  the  Design  and 
Production  Departments  in  the  office  of 
Kegley,  Westphall  6?  Arbogast,  Architects, 
800  So.  Robertson  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 

He  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Southern  California,  1950,  and  is  presently 
serving  as  chairman  of  the  Speakers  Com- 


WILLIAM  L.  FRYAR  FORMS 
NEW  CONTRACTING  HRM 

Formation  of  the  Fryar  Construction 
Co.,  with  offices  at  550  So.  Fair  Oaks 
Ave.,  Pasadena,  has  been  announced  by 
William  L.  Fryar,  president.  Associated 
in  the  firm  will  be  Albert  L.  Johnson,  vice- 
president  and  chief  estimator,  and  James 
B.  Boyle,  attorney,  who  will  serve  as  secre- 
tary and  treasurer. 

The  new  organization  will  engage  in 
general  contracting  throughout  California, 
with  special  emphasis  on  industrial,  com- 
mercial and  light  commercial  building 
projects. 

FORM  NEW  HRM 
OF  ARCHITECTS 

Architect  Robert  Kliegman,  AIA,  and 
M.  Tony  Sherman,  AIA,  have  formed  an 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


association  for  the  practice  of  architecture, 
according  to  a  recent  announcement. 

Offices  of  the  new  firm  will  be  located 
at  8588  Melrose  Avenue,  Los  Angeles. 


ARCHTTECTURAL  AND 
ENGINEER  OFFICES  MERGE 

Two  well  known  architecture.!  and  engi- 
neering offices  have  joined  forces  under 
the  name  of  Nickum,  Lamont  and  Fey,  and 
will  maintain  offices  at  71  Columbia  Street, 
Seattle. 

George  C.  Nickum,  managing  partner 
of  W.  C.  Nickum  and  Sons,  and  Daniel 
Lamont,  AIA,  and  Lester  Fey,  AlA,  of 
Lamont  and  Fey,  will  comprise  the  new 
firm. 

"The  association  of  our  oragnizations 
will  be  in  keeping  with  our  constant  aim 
of  better  serving  the  interests  of  a  grow- 
ing clientele  throughout  the  entire  Pacific 
Northwest,"  declared  G.  C.  Nickum  in 
announcing  the  merger. 


LEWIS  TRAVELING 
SCHOLARSHIP  MADE 

The  managing  committee  of  the  Lewis 
Traveling  Scholarship  has  Gary  Michael, 
a  fifth-year  student  in  the  School  of 
Architecture  and  Allied  Arts  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Oregon,  as  recipient  of  the  1957 
Award. 

Michael's  fellowship  will  amount  to 
$2,000,  and  is  to  be  used  for  travel  in 
Europe.  The  award  is  made  through  the 
generosity  of  Mr.  Ion  Lewis,  a  former 
Portland  architect,  who  left  money  in 
trust  for  this  purpose.  The  award  is  given 
biennially,  and  is  managed  jointly  by  the 
University  of  Oregon  and  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects. 


NEWSPAPER  PRESS 
BUILDING 

Architect  Robert  Crippon,  313  4th  St., 
Woodland,  is  completing  plans  and  speci- 
fications for  construction  of  an  addition  to 
the  Woodland  Daily  Democrat  building  in 
Woodland,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $55,000. 

The  new  1 -story  facilities  will  provide  a 
new  press  room,  circulation  and  news  room 
and  a  stereotype  room.  Construction  will 
be  concrete  block  walls,  concrete  slab  floor, 
steel  deck,  and  will  contain  4000  sq.  ft.  of 


ADMINISTRATIVE 
HEADQUARTERS 

Architect  Harry  T.  MacDonald,  363  5 
W.  Slauson  Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  is  complet- 
ing drawings  for  construction  of  a  2-story 
administrative  headquarters  in  Downey,  for 
the  Downey  Union  High  School  District. 

The  building  will  contain  11,000  sq.  ft. 
of  area  and  will  include  warehouse  facil- 
ities, maintenance  department,  school  bus 
storage  and  general  office  space. 


COURTHOUSE 
AND  NEW  JAIL 

Architect  Mitchell  Van  Bourg  6?  Asso- 
ciates, Claremont  Hotel,  Berkeley,  is  pre- 
paring plans  for  construction  of  a  new 
County  Courthouse  and  Jail  to  be  built  in 
Eureka  for  the  County  of  Humboldt,  in 
association  with  Gerald  Matson,  537  "G" 
St.,  Eureka. 

The  contemplated  construction  costing 
$3,000,000  will  be  of  reinforced  concrete 
construction. 


CHURCH  AND 
EDUCATIONAL 

The  architectural  firm  of  Orr,  Strange  6? 
Inslee,  3142  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
is    preparing    plans    and    specifications    for 


construction  of  a  masonry  educational  unit 
in  La  Canada  for  the  La  Canada  Presby- 
terian Church. 

Construction  will  be  composition  room- 
ing, concrete  slab,  metal  sash,  acoustical 
tile,  forced  air  heating,  plumbing  and  elec- 
trical work. 


FREDERICK  H.  REIMERS 
GIVEN  ARCHITECT  AWARD 

Frederick  H.  Reimers,  Architect,  San 
Francisco,  was  recently  presented  with  a 
certificate  of  Award  in  recognition  of  dis- 
tinguished service  of  a  member  of  the 
California  State  Architectural  Registration 
Board  by  the  National  Council  of  Archi- 
tectual   Registration  Boards. 

In    making    the    Award,    the    National 


Council  expressed  its  gratitude  and  appre- 
ciation of  the  inestimable  benefits  which 
have  accrued  to  the  architectural  profes- 
sion  from   architect   Reimers'   services. 

Reimers  was  appointed  to  the  California 
Registration  Board  for  three  terms  of  four 
years  each  under  three  governors  of  the 
state  and  has  served  as  Chairman  of  the 
Architectural  Registration  Board. 


NEW  AIRPORT 
TERMINAL 

Architects  Vliay  6?  Grow,  131  W.  2nd 
St.  Reno,  Nevada,  are  preparing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  new  $1,000,000 
airport  terminal  building  at  the  Reno 
Municipal  Airport  for  the  City  of  Reno. 


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A.I.A.  ACTIVITIES 

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pal  speaker  at  the  June  meeting,  discussing  the  various 
phases  of  banking  as  apphed  to  the  architectural  field. 
Members  enjoyed  an  evening  of  bowling  at  the 
Downtown  Bowl,  under  the  direction  of  Joe  Tasker, 
with  many  taking  part  in  the  event. 


OREGON  CHAPTER 

"Northwest  Art  in  Architecture"  was  the  subject  of 
a  recent  meeting  sponsored  by  members  of  Artists 
Equity  of  Oregon.  The  program  centered  around  a 
shde  presentation  of  work  designed  especially  for  ar- 
chitectural situations  and  uses.  Participating  in  the 
discussion  were  Michele  Russo,  Lew  Crutcher,  Manuel 
Izquierdo,  and  Jim  Johanson.  Examples  of  sand  sculp- 
tures, mosaics  and  sketches  were  displayed. 

The  Tom  Lewis  Fellowship  was  awarded  to  Gary 
Michael,  fifth  year  student  at  the  University  of  Ore- 
gon School  of  Architecture  and  employed  by  the  firm 
of  Wilmsen  6?  Endicott. 


COAST  VALLEYS  CHAPTER 

Examples  of  work  done  by  Stanford  graduate  stu- 
dents in  architecture  featuring  a  beach  house  to  be 
located  south  of  Santa  Cruz,  featured  the  May  meet- 
ing the  AIA  members  representing  Santa  Clara  and 
Santa  Cruz  counties.  This  project  was  sponsored  by 


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the  Chapter  with  the  problem  written  by  a  committee 
consisting  of  Frank  Tresider,  Russ  Williams,  and 
George  Dueker. 

Reports  were  also  heard  from  members  attending 
the  national  AIA  meetings  in  Washington. 

Among  new  members  welcomed  into  the  Chapter 
were  Marv  Knox,  Corporate;  and  Frank  Benito,  Lois 
T.  Myers,  and  Robert  M.  Blunk.  John  D.  Young  is  a 
recent  transfer  from  the  Northern  California  Chapter. 


GORDON  JOHNSTON  APPOINTED  TO 
A.I.A.  PRACTICE  COMMITTEE 

Gordon  N.  Johnston,  Tacoma,  Washington,  archi- 
tect, has  been  appointed  a  member  of  The  American 
Institute  of  Architects  Practice  Committee  for  a  three 
year  term,  according  to  an  announcement  by  AIA 
president  Leon  J.  Chatelain,  Jr.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Johnston  is  a  member  of  the  Southwest  Washington 
Chapter,  A.I.A. 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS 

(From  page  29) 
poses.    It  will  create  a  power  potential  of  w^ell  over 
one-third  of  a  million  kilowatts  which  the  PGEsfE  is 
offering  to  develop  in  cooperation  with  the  Federal 
Government. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF 
MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 

The  21st  national  conference  of  the  Applied  Me- 
chanics Division  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechani- 
cal Engineers  was  held  on  the  Berkeley  campus  of  the 
University  of  California  this  month,  sponsored  by  the 
University's  Division  of  Engineering  Design. 

The  three  day  meeting  was  devoted  to  technical 
sessions  relating  to  new  engineering  developments  in 
the  field  of  elasticity;  plasticity;  creep;  thermal  stresses 
and  buckling;  photoelectricity;  vibrations;  impact; 
shells;  and  fluid  mechanics. 

The  annual  banquet  was  highlighted  by  a  talk  by 
Dr.  Joseph  Kaplin,  chairman  of  the  U.S.  National 
Committee  for  the  IGY  and  professor  of  physics  at 
UCLA  on  the  International  Geophysical  Year. 


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WORLD  CONFERENCE  ON 
PRESTRESSED  CONCRETE 

A  world  conference  on  prestressed  concrete  will  be 
held  in  San  Francisco,  July  20  through  August  2nd, 
under  sponsorship  of  the  University  of  California. 
Prof.  T.  Y.  Lin  of  the  University  of  California  is  chair- 
man of  the  conference  general  arrangements  commit- 
tee. 

The  conference  will  feature  some  50  technical  pa- 
pers on  materials  and  techniques,  on  precast  pre- 
stressed bridges  and  buildings,  on  prestressed  wharves, 

PHOTO  CREDITS:  Fred  English  Photographs,  Cover,  page 
12,  bottom,  13  bottom,  15,  18,  19,  23;  Edgar  N.  Goldstine  Photo, 
page  22;  Bob  Hooe,  page  17;  Don  Krogh,  page  16  bottom; 
Moulin  Studio,  page  10  bottom,  12  top,  14  top;  Julius  Shulman, 
page  8,  9;  Aero  Portraits  page  16  top. 


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piles,   and   pavements,   on   thin   shells  and  slabs,   on 
research,  design,  and  construction  in  various  countries. 
General    conference    headquarters   will   be    at   the 
Fairmont  Hotel,  San  Francisco. 


NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 

(From  Page  7) 
ture,  Mctalwork,  and  Jewelry;  and  "The  San  Fran- 
cisco Room,"  a  living  area  designed  to  demonstrate 
collaboration  between  architect,  artist,  and  craftsman. 
Ceramics,  by  Hajime  Kato;  Art  Directors  Exhibition 
of  Advertising  Art — 9th  Annual;  and  Nature  Into 
Art — an  exhibition  demonstrating  how  natural  forms 
through  human  ingenuity  and  taste  can  be  imbued 
with  a  character,  a  haunting  beauty,  that  may  be  de- 
fined as  Art,  including  Sea  Flora,  Wood  Forms  and 
Japanese  Fish  Prints. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  All  classes  in  Art  Enjoyment 
will  be  recessed  until  July  6th,  when  the  Painting 
Workshop  for  Amateurs  will  be  resumed,  also  Art 
Classes  for  the  Children  will  resume  on  July  6. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


CHARLES  O.  MATCHAM,  FAIA, 
EXPANDS  ORGANIZATION 

Charles  O.  Matcham,  F.A.I. A.,  architect  of  Los 
Angeles,  has  announced  the  reorganization  of  his  firm 
to  be  known  as  Charles  O.  Matcham,  Stewart  S. 
Granger  and  Associates. 
Matcham,  practicing 
architect  in  Southern 
California  for  the  past  20 
years,  will  continue  to  be 
the  senior  member  of  the 
firm,  with  Stewart  S. 
Granger,  AIA,  who  has 
been  with  Matcham's  of- 
fice for  the  past  year,  as 
a  partner.  Granger  has 
been  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  architecture  in  Los 
Angeles  since  1946  after 
working  in  both  Chicago 
and  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Both  partners  are  active  in  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects,  in 
which  Matcham  was  recently  elected  a  member  of 
the  College  of  Fellows  for  his  public  service  and 
service  to  the  Institute.  He  is  currently  a  member  of 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Museum's  Board  of  Gov- 
ernors and  for  many  years  has  taken  an  active  interest 
in  civic  affairs. 

Granger  is  a  director  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter  and  Matcham  is  a  past  director  and  presi- 
dent. Last  year  Matcham  was  chairman  of  the  Insti- 
tute's national  convention  held  in  Los  Angeles. 

Associates  in  the  firm  will  be  Ira  Tron,  A. I. A.,  and 


CHARLES  O.  MATCHAM 
F.A.I.A.  Architect 


Edla  Muir,  A. I. A.  Tron  practiced  in  New  York  City 
before  coming  to  California  in  1946.  Miss  Muir  had 
her  own  office  in  Los  Angeles  and  in  the  state  of 
Washington  for  four  years,  prior  to  her  returning  to 
Los  Angeles  to  become  associated  with  Matcham. 

The  firm  will  continue  its  general  practice  of  archi- 
tecture, engineering,  and  planning,  mostly  for  institu- 
tional, residential,  and  commercial  projects,  at  its  Los 
Angeles  office,  1258  West  1st  St.    . 

Among  jobs  currently  on  the  drafting  boards  are 
the  Grover  Cleveland  High  School  in  the  San  Fer- 
nando Valley,  a  multi-deck  parking  garage  for  the 
County  in  the  Civic  Center,  and  alterations  and  addi- 
tions to  the  Los  Angeles  Turf  Club  buildings. 


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ENGINEERING  STRUCTURAL  FAILURES.  By  Rolt 
Hammond,  A.C.G.I.,  A.M.I.C.E.  Philosophical  Library 
Inc.  15  E.  40th  Street,  New  York  16.  Price  ^12.00. 

Structural  failure  is  an  enormously  important  aspect  of 
civil  engineering  which  has  been  somewhat  neglected  by 
writers  in  this  field.  The  author  of  this  book  has  set  out  to 
provide  a  useful  survey  of  both  the  causes  and  the  results  oif 
failures  in  a  variety  of  examples  over  a  century  of  engineer' 
ing,  including  earthworks,  dams,  harbor  works,  buildings, 
bridges,  and  tunnels.  He  also  considers  the  special  problems 
of  failure  due  to  vibration,  to  earthquake  and  subsidence,  and 
in  welded  structures  or  light  alloys. 

The  final  chapter  brings  out  many  of  the  lessons  of  such 
failures,  making  the  special  point  that  advances  in  one  branch 
of  engineering  may  greatly  influence  work  in  other  branches; 
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ERIC  MENDELSOHN,  2nd-edition.  By  Arnold  Whittick. 
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A  definite  study  and  evaluation  of  the  creative  life  of  one 
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traces  Mendelsohn's  architectural  developments  through  his 
designs  of  commercial,  religious,  industrial  and  residential 
structures  throughout  the  world  and  presents  his  later  work, 
much  of  which  was  done  in  this  country. 

Over  175  photographs,  sketches,  plans,  and  elevations, 
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numerous  fire  resistive  ratings  for  metal  lath  and  plaster  used 
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Ornamental  iron.  New  12-page  catalog  of  standard  orna- 
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any  pocketbook  and  customer  requirement;  many  illustrations 
of  ideal  uses;  specifications.  Copy  available  DEPT-AyE,  Ten- 
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Unit  fire  detectors.  New  4-page  illustrated  brochure  on 
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operate  on  unique  rate-compensation  principle  which  causes 
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physical  and  electrical  specifications,  listings  and  approvals, 
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compare  response  temperatures  for  various  types  of  detectors 
under  dynamic  ambient  conditions.  Copy  available  free,  write 
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Radiation  protection.  A  new  brochure  (AIA  File  No.  37-E), 
four  pages  and  well  illustrated,  describes  radiation  protection 
material  for  X-ray  and  radioisotope  applications  including  lead 
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data  on  models,  installation,  specifications;  well  illustrated 
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BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s).  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $165.00  up  (ac- 
cording  to   class    of  work). 

Face  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $250.00  and  up  (ac- 
cording   to    class   of   work).  ,;'; 

Brick    Steps— $2.00   lin.   ft.   &    up. 

Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$1.75  and  u(^(according  to  class  of  work). 

Face  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$2.25  and   up  (according  to  class  of  work). 

Common  Brick- $46.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 

Face  Brick— $31.00  to  $106.00  per  M,  truckload 
lots,  delivered. 

eiaied  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected—  , 

Clear  Glazed— 

2  X  6  X  12  Furring $1 .75  per  sq.  ft. 

4x6x12  Partition  __....  2.00  per  sq.  ft. 

4  X  6  X  12  Double  Faced 

Partition 2.25  per  sq.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add 30  per  sq.  ft. 

Mantel  Fire  Brick  $150.00  per  M  — F.O.B.  Pitts- 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 

Building  Tile— 

Bx5i/2xl2-inches    per   M _. _ ....$139.50 

6x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   t/..._ 105.00 

4x5'/2xl2-inches,    per   M :. 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,    per  M $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,    per   M ._ 156.85 

I2xl2x4.inches,    per  M _ 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,    per   M .235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll $5.30 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 7.80 

3  ply  per   1000  ft.  roll __...  9.70 

Brownskin,  Standard  500  ft.  roll 6.85 

Sisalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 8.50 

Sheathing  Papers — 

Asphalt   sheathing,    15-lb.   roll $2.70 

30-lb.  rolL 3.70 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll 2.95 

Blue  Plasterboard,  60-lb.  roll 5".I0 

Felt  Papers- 
Deadening  felt,  %-lb.,  50-ft.  roll $4.30 

Deadening  felt,   I -lb 5.05 

Asphalt  roofing,    IS-lbs 2.70 

Asphalt  roofing,  30-lbs 3.70 

Roofing  Papers — 

Standard  Grade,  lOS  ft.  roll.  Light. $2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium 2.90 

Heavy 3.40 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 


ng   prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
iwn.    Carload   lots  only. 


Bunker 

per  ton 

$3.00 

Dej'd 
per  ton 
$3.75 

Top  Sand •, 

-.„..  3.20 
...  3.10 

3.95 

3.85 

Crushed  Rock,  1/4"  to  %" 

Crushe.^  Rock,  %"  to  11/2" 

■Roofing- Gravel  _ 

_...  3.20 
.....  3.20 
.....  3.15 

3.95 
3.95 
3.80 

Sand— 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  8.  4) _... 

3.75 

4.50 

Olympia  (Nos.  1  &  2) _ 

3.25 

3.80 

Cement- 

Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks). 
Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper)... 

$1.30 

_  4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots.   lOc  a 
Prox.,   less  than   carload    lots,  $5.20 
f.o.b.  v^arehouse  or  $5.60  delivered 

bbl.,  lOth 
per   bbl. 

2% 

Trinity  White....         _  1   1    to   100  sacks, 

Medusa  White ^  sack,  warehouse 

Calaveras  White J  delivered. 

$4.00 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX- 

- 

Delivered  in  S-yd.  loads 
in  bulk  

6  sk. 

...$14.20 

Curing  Compound,  clea 

,  drums, 

...        .90 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 

Hay- 

Ba- 

4x8xl6-inches,   each 


..$  .22 
-.    .271/2 


I2x8i<l6.inches.   each 
12x8x24-inches,  each 


M.  S.  Extra  He 


ivy.. 


3.95 


.271/2 

„ .32         .32 

_ 46  .461/2 

...  .67 

Aggregates— Haydite  or  Basalite       Plant 

%-inch  to  %-inch,  per  cu.  yd $5.85 $7.75 

%-inch  to  A-Inch.  per  cu.  yd. 5.85 7.75 

No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 —  7.75 


DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing- 

Two-coat  work,   $8.00  per  square   and   up. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt.   $12.00  per  square  and   up. 

Hot  coating  work,   $5.00  per  square  &  up. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and   up. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  +0  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less:  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will   run   considerably   more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot    galvanized    iron    balcony,   with 

stairs,   $275   installed  on   new  buildings; 
$325   on   old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  '/s  in.  gauge  25c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magnesite, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.90   per   sq.    yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum— $6.00   sq.   yd.    &    up 

laid. 
Terazzo   Floors — $2.25   per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps — $3.50  per  lin.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear   Coat — according   to   type — 

45c   per  sq.  ft.  and   up. 
Hardwood   Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  G— Unfin.— 

55x2iA  1/2x2    3/8^2    Ax2 

Clear  Qtd.,  White $425     $405     $  $ 

Clear  Qtd.,    Red 405      380 

Select  Qtd.,  Red  or  White..  355       340 
Clear  Pin..   Red  or  White...  355      340      335      315 
Select  Pin..  Red  or  White...  340      330      325      300 
#1  Common,  red  or  White  315      3rO      305      280 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oak  Flooring- 
Prime       Standard 

1/2  X  2 $369.00         $359.00 

1/2   X  21/2 380.00  370.00 

5S  X  21/4 390.00  381.00 

5|  X  23/4 375.00  355.00 

Jj  X  31/4 395.00  375.00 

J3  X  2/4  &  31/4  Ranch  Plank......  415.00 

Unfinished  Maple  Flooring— 

53  X  21/4  First  Grade $390.00 

H  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 345.00 

J5  X  21/4  2nd  &  Btr.  Grade 375.00 

^  X  21/4  3rd  Grade _ 240.00 

H  X  31/4  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 380.00 

a  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 390.00 

33/32  X  21/4   First  Grade 400.00 

33/32  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 360.00 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade _  320.00 

Floor   Layer  Wage  $2.83   per  hr. 

GLASS— 

Single    Strength   Window   Glass,.._.$  .30  per  Q  ft. 
Double   Strength   Window  Glass.....     .45  per  Q  ft. 

Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75 __  1.60  per  Q  ft. 

75   to    100 1.74  per  Qtt. 

1/4  in.  Polished  Wire  Plate  Glass...  2.50  per  O  ft. 

'U  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glass 80  per  U  ft. 

1/8  in.  Obscure    Glass .55  per  D  ft. 

5',  in.  Obscure     Glass... .70  per  Q  ft. 

'/\  in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure.....     .54  per  Q  ft. 

A   in.    Heat  Aborbing  Wire 72  per  Q  ft- 

1/3  in.  Ribbed 55  per  D  ft. 

A  in.   Ribbed    .75  per  D  ft. 

'A  in.  Rough    55  per  Q  ft. 

i":  in.  Rough 75  per  Q  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  D  ft. 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place 3.50  per  Q  ft. 

HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor  Furnace,  25.000  BTU $42.00-  80.00 

35,000  BTU ..  47.00-  87.00 

45.000  BTU 55.00-  95.00 

Automatic   Control,   Add 39.00-  45.00 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces.  25,000  BTU 72.00-134.00 

35  000  BTU 149.00 

45,000  BTU 161.00 

With   Automatic   Control,   Add 45.00-161.00 

Unit  Heaters.   50,000  Btu 215.00 

Gravity   Furnace,  65.000  BTU 210.00 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75.000  BTU 342.00 

Water  Heaters — 5-Year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control. 

20  gal.  capacity 96.00 

30  gal,  capacity 112.00 

40  gal.  capacit/ 135.00 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool  Insulation— 

(2")   Less  than    1,000  D  ft - JM-OO 

(2")  Over   1,000  D  ft - 59.00 

Cotton  insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")  $41.60  per  M  Sq.  ft. 

Sisolation  Alunninum  insulation- Aluminum 

coated  on   both  sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"   thicl;ness   $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Planlc  69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IRON — Cost   of  ornamental   iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 


LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 

O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m $1  15.00 

Flooring — 

Per  M  Delvd. 

V.G.-O.F.  B  i  Btr.   i  X  4  T  &  G  Flooring $225  00 

"C"  and   better— all 215.00 

"D"  and   better— all 145.00 

Rwd.  Rustic— "A"   grade,  medium  dry 185.00 

8  to  24  ft. 
Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 

1/4-inch,    4.0x8.0-515    -.- $120.00 

'/j-inch      4.0x8.0-SIS    160.00 

y4-inch      per     M    sq.    ft 200.00 

Plysform    160.00 

Sllingles  (Rwd.  not  available)— 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2,  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average   cost  to   lay  shingles,  $7.50  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes— '/i"   to    %"   x   24/26    in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square .....$15.25 

%"  to   MA"  X  24/26  in  split  resawi, 

per  square  17.00 

Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $8.50  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated Add  $35  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
8-lb.    treatment   Add  $45  per  M  to  above 


•  White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste 
Ali-Purpose  (Soft-Paste) 


MARBLE— (See   Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard   Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2 1 -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $  1 0  to  $  1 5  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $1.75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases   for   kitchen    and    pantries    seven    ft. 

hiqh.   ner   linpal   ft.,   upper   $10  to   $15; 

lower  $12  to  $18. 
Dining  room  cases,   $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing    (average),    $115    per   M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $125  to  $135  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard    $   .80 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.20 

Cold  water  painting per  yard        .35 

Whitewashing    per  yard        .20 

Linseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light    iron    drums per  gal.  $2.28         $2.34 

5-gallon  cans per  gal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon    cans each    2.52  2.58 

Quart   cans   - each       .71  .72 

Pint  cans  _ each       .38  .39 

1/2-pint  cans  each       .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1.65 

5-gallon  cans per  gal.     1.76 

i-gallon  cans  each     i.88 

Quart  cans  each       .54 

Pint  cans each      .31 

^-pint  cans _— each      .20 


List  Price 

Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight 

Per  too 

Pr.  per 

per  100 

Pr.  per 

Pacltages 

lbs. 

pkg. 

lbs. 

pkg. 

lOO-lb.   kegs 

„..$28.35 

$29.35 

$27.50 

50-1  b.   kegs 

.  _  30.05 

15.03 

28.15 

25-lb.   kegs 

30.35 

7.50 

28.45 

7.12 

5-lb.  cans' 

.._  33.35 

1.34 

31.25 

1.25 

l-lb.  cans' 

....  36.00 

.36 

33.75 

.34 

500   lbs.    (one   delivery)    'Ac   per   pound    less   than 
above. 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Pounds 


100 


50 


25 


Dry   White    Lead 

Litharge    

Dry   Red   Lead 

Red    Lead    in   Oil 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


lbs. 

lbs. 

lbs. 

$26.30 

$.... .... 

■$ 

.  25.95 

26.60 

26.90 

27.20 

27.85 

28.15 

.  30.65 

31.30 

31.60 

PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

5-inch    $2.50  lineal  foot 

8-inch     - 3.00  lineal  foot 

10-inch    4.00  lineal  foot 

12-inch     5.00  lineal  foot 

Installation .50c  to  $1.50  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat  wall,    per  ton    delivered   in   S.   F.   in 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING   (Interior)- 

Yard 

3  Coats,  metal  lath  and  plaster _ _...$3.50 

Keene  cement  on  metal  lath - 4.00 

Ceilings  with  2/4  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(latheJ   only)   _ -.- 3.50 

Ceilings  with  3/4  hot  roll  channels  metaJ  lath 

plastered 5.50 

Single  partition  %  channels  and  metal  lath 

1  side  (lath  only) -  3.50 

Single  partition  'A  channels  and  metal  lath 

2  inches  thick   plastered _ -..- -...  8.50 

4-inch    double    partition     %    channels    and 

metal  lath  2  sides  (lath  only).... 6.00 

4.inch    double    partition     %    channels    and 
metal  lath  2  sides  plastered _I0.00 


Yard 

$2.25 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)  — 

2  coats  cement  finish,   brick  or  cor 
wall -...- 

3  coats   cement  finish.    No.    18   gauge   wire 
mesh  _ - 

Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime-   $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath -3/,"— 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stuco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.7f  per  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per   fixture    up, 
according  to  grade,  quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15.00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in  place. 

4'/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I   Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,   per   square 16.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7I/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with   Gravel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Compo  Shingles,  $17  to  $25  per  sq.  laid 
1/2  to  3/4  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"   Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

3/4  to  I'A  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

1  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  In  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    LCL.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-in $  .26 

Standard,     6-in .46 

Standard,     8-In 66 

Standard,   12  in 1.30 

Standard,  24-in 5.41 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  LF. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-In.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-In.  per  M _...  400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),  including  hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.  ft.,  size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x5'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft..- 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unglazed),   per  ;q,  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    K85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs _..$8.90 

3/8-in.  Rd.  (Less  then  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.60 

Ys-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

3/4-in.  &  '/e-ln.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton) 7.15 

I   in.  &  up  (Less  than   I  ton) _..  7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  See 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3).  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 


per  sq.  ft. 
Cove    Base— $1.50    per    II 
Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x6"  \ 

sq.  ft. 
Tile  Wainscots  8,  Floors, 

$1.95  to  $2.25  per  sq. 
Tile   Wainscots,   Commer 

(ni  $1.70  to  $2.00  per 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  i/e"  -, 

Light  shades  slightly  hi 
Cork  Tile— $.60  per  sq. 
Mosaic  Floors— See  deali 
Linoleum  tile,   per  Q  ft. 

Rubber  tile,   per  Q  ft 

Furring  Tile 
Scored 


mmercial    $1.95   to   $2.25 

1.    ft. 

rith  6"  base  @  $1.60  per 

Residential,  41/4x41/4".  © 

ft. 
:ial  Jobs,  41/4x41/4"  Tile. 

sq.   ft. 
/),"....$  .25-$  .35  sq.  ft. 


_ $  .65 

..$  .55  to  $  .75 


12  : 


Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 
Patio  Tile— Niles  Red 
12  x  12  X  '/a-inch,     plain.. 
6  X  12  X  '/j-inch.     plain.. 
6  X    6  X  VB-inch.     plain.. 
Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,    per  M... 
6x5'/2xl2-inches,   per    M... 
4x5i/2xl2-Inches,   per   M.. 
Hollow  Tile— 
I2xl2x2-inches,    per   M...... 

I2xl2x3-lnches,   per   M _ 

I2xl2x4-inches,    per  M _ 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per   M 

F.O.B.  I 


F.O.B.  S.  F. 

$  .17 

Small  Larg* 

Lots  Lots 

%  .28  $  .253 

.295  .2«5 

.32  .287 

$139.50 

_  105.00 

84.00 


..$146.75 
...  156.85 
...  177.10 
..  235.30 


VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

45c    per   square   foot   and    up.    Installation 


WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  end  quality  required. 


JUNE,     1957 


DUICK  BEFEREIVCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Construction  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  ENGINEERS 

I.  D,  REEDERCO, 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  DO  2-5050 

Sacramento:  3026  V  St.,  GL  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

E.  C.  BRiUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourtti  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMORE  AIR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

IINFORD  AIR  8  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  17fl2tti  St.,  TW  3-6521 

MAIM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  72'|.2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10140 

ALUMINUM  BLDG.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  (Wrouglit  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Sliaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  3201  Third  St.,  MI  7-2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

UNIVERSAL  V^INDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO- 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Portland:  Portland  Wire  8  Iron  Works, 

4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave, 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  8  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COt^PANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

BANKS  •  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  &  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2-7700 


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BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 

BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1-7400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 


BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

C.  E.  TOLAND  8  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 

BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2-3322 

BUILDING  PAPERS  8  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CABINETS  8  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 
San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4  7316 
THE  FINK8SCHINDLERC0. 
San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 
MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 
St-      San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 
Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3-9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7  0311 

CEMENT 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  21616 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 
CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 
San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St. 
PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  21616 
Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 
San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 
Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 
READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODESJAMIESON  LTD. 
Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 
SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 

Screed  Materials 
C.  8  H.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS-HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS-ROOF 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOODCO.  OFCALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Holljiwood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85- 14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HOKIN  8  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

ARCHITECT    AND     E  N  G  I  N  E  E  f^ 


ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS  (cont'd) 

lEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  212  Clara  St.,  DO  2  6010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  937  McAllister  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  8  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Cough  i  Fell  Sts.,  HE  15904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

South  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  llOl-Uth  St.,  UN  1-2'I20 

ETS-HOKIN  i  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5  4642 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEAN  i  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2  8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

GAS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3  8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  BIdg.,  YU  6-2718 

D.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS  iHAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  2-0678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  X  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Market  St.,  YU  6-0511 

G.  P.  W.  JENSEN  8  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1-2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  8  SON 

San  Francisco;  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN  8  SWINERTON 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONAlD,  YOUNG  8  NELSON 

San  Francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2-4700 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati:  Cypress  Ave.,  Pet.  5-4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  8  PEARCE 

San  Mateo:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2-6639 


RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  8  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  8  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

HEATING  &  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  8  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  DO  2-0377 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopo!  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO, 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco;  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa;  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  tIEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles;  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 


INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2. 1616 


INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 


IRON-ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 


LATHING  I  PLASTERING 

ANGELO  J.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  81582 

A.  E.  KNOWLESCORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  8C.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES-JAMIESONLTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco:  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 


LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco;  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 

LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Quint  8  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

1701  Galvez  Ave.,  ATwater  2-1157 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 
Santa  Rosa;  3rd  8  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  8  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa;  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 


MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS  KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY8S0N 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

METAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEER  CO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwight  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  SALES  CO.  OF  NO.  CALIF. 
Berkeley;  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

METAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  111.:  6601  So,  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco;  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORK 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 

Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 

Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 

SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  8  SUPPLY  CO. 

So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  8  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland;  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PAOLI  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  1-1632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15th  St.,  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZELINSKY  8  SONS 

San  Francisco;  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PLASTER 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATE  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

WEST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  3150-18th  St.,  MA  1-5657 


JUNE,     1957 


PLUMBING 

BROADWAY  PLUMBING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1790  Yosemite  Ave.,  Ml  8-4250 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 

Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSECO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2.8332 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

RODONI-BECKERCO.,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  455-lOth  St.,  MA  1-3662 

SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

POST  PULLER 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 

No.  Sacramento:  1202  Dixieanne 

PUMPING  MACHNERY 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2. 6794 

ROOFING 

ANCHOR  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1671  Galvez  Ave.,  VA  4-8140 

ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1400  Egbert  Ave.,  Ml  7-2173 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  930  Innes  Ave.,  VA  4-3261 

ROOF  SCUTTLES 

THE  BILCOCO. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

ROOF  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  8  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  8  Wood  Sts.,  GL  2-0805 

SAFES 

THE  HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1699  Market  St.,  I 


1-6644 


SEWER  PIPE 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  9th  8  Harrison,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

SHEET  METAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5  8983 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  Burlingame,  OX  7-3630 

Los  Angeles:  5414  York  Blvd..  CL  7-3939 

SPRINKLERS 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

STEEL-STRUCTURAL  &  REINFORCING 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIV.,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1-2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland,  Ore.:  2345  N.W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle,  Wn.:  1331-3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3-6733 

HERRICK  IRONWORKS 

Oakland  18th  8  Campbell,  GL  1-1767 

INDEPENDENT  IRONWORKS,  INC. 

Oakland:  780  Pine  St.,  TE  2-0160 

JUDSON  PACIFIC  MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Easlshore  Highway,  OL  3-1717 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  New  Montgomery  St.,  GA  1  0977 

Los  Angeles:  Edison  BIdg. 

Seattle:  White  Henry  Stuart  BIdg. 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg. 

Denver:  Continental  Oil  BIdg. 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

STEEL  FORMS 

STEELFORM  CONTRACTING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  666  Harrison  St.,  DO  2-5582 

SWIMMING  POOLS 

SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 

Walnut  Creek,  Calif.:  1719  Ml.  Diablo  Blvd. 

SWIMMING  POOL  FITTINGS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  industry,  California 

Following  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 


CRAFT                                      San 

Francisco 

Alamed 

Contra 
a    Costa 

Fresno 

Sacra- 
men  to 

San 

Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Solano 

Los 
Angeles 

San  Ber- 
nardino 

San 
Diego 

Santa 
Barbara 

Kern 

ASBESTOS  WORKER   -  $3,275 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.70 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.50 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.50 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.875 

$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

$3.35 
3.45 
3.75 

$3.35 
3.45 
3.75 

$3.35 

BOILERMAKER - _..... 3.45 

3.45 

BRICKLAYER 3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER _     3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.70 

3.00 

2.80 

2.90 

3.00 

2.625 

2.42S 

2.425 

2.425 

CARPENTER 3.125 

3.125 

3.00 

3.00 

3.O0 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.02 

CEMENT  FINISHER 2.975 

2.995 
2.705 

2.995 
2.705 

2.995 
2.705 

2.995 
2.705 

2.995 
2.705 

2.995 
2.705 

2.995 
2.705 

2.925 
2.74 

2.925 
2.74 

2.925 
2.74 

2.925 
2.74 

2.925 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type  (1   yd.)     2.705 

2.74 

ELECTRICIAN                       3.375 

3.375 
2.985 

3.375 
2.985 

2.985 

3.50 
2.985 

3.25 
2.985 

3.61 
2.985 

3.275 
2.985 

3.40 
2.95 

3.60 
2.95 

3.50 
2.95 

3.40 

2.95 

3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST                   2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR 

2.95 

GLAZI ER  ._ _ 2.87 

2.87 

2.87 

2.905 

2.905 

2.87 

2.87 

2.8B5 

2.885 

2.90 

2.885 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

REINF.  STEEL 3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL 3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING 2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30 

CONCRETE 2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

LATHER _ 3.4375 

3.84* 

3.fl4* 

3.45 

3.45t 

3.50 

3.375 

3.75t 

3.425 

3.625 

3.425 

PAINTER:  BRUSH 3.10 

3.10 

3.10 

2.90 

3.00 

2.95 

3.10 

3.25 

3.01 

3.00 

2.94 

3.03 

2.95 

SfRAY 3.10 

3.10 

3.10 

3.15 

3.25 

3.10 

3.10 

3.50 

3.24 

3.25 

3.49 

3.03 

3.20 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

PLASTERER 3.4125 

3.54 

3.54 

3.35 

3.45t 

3.55 

3.495 

3.50 

3.75 

3.425 

3.425 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER                            3.10 

3.42 
3.59 

3.42 
3.435 

3.025 
3.45 

3.00 
3.45 

3.00 
3.45 

3.075 
3.45 

3.15 
3.55 

3.50 
3.55 

3.375 
3.55 

3.375 
3.55 

3.3125 
3.55 

3.25 

PLUMBER 3.45 

3.575 

ROOFER  3.00 

3.20 
3.30 
3.69 

3.20 
3.30 
3.49 

3.05 
3.125 
3.45 

2.975 
3.30 
3.45 

3.05 
3.315 
3.45 

3.00 
3.30 
3.45 

3.325 
3.55 

3.10§ 
3.24 
3.55 

3.24 
3.55 

3.00 
3.15 
3.55 

3.15 
3.24 
3.55 

3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 3.30 

3.40 

STEAMFITTER _ 3.45 

3.575 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.095 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Truclts, 
under  4  yards _ 2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.325 

2.405 

2.405 

2.405 

2.405 

2.405 

TILE  SETTER    3.225 

3.225 
allowan 

3.225 
ce  and  fra 

3.25 
nsmitted  to 

3.00 

3.175 
t  $3,425  for 

3.225 
nail-on 

3.225 
lather. 

3.24 

3.50 

3.25 

3.24 

3.21 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacation 
a  vacation  fund. 

fS  cents  of  this  amount  is  deducted  from  wage 
transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund. 

asa  va 

cation  allc 

wance  and 

§  10  cents  of  this  a 
held  from  pay  an 

mount  is 
d  transmi 

designated  as  a  "sav 
hted  to  an  employee  sa 

ngs  fun 
vings  f 

d  wage"  a 
nd. 

ld  is  with 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations,  Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research, 
and  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad* 
as  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 


CRAFT 
ASBESTOS  WORKER 


San 

Fresno 

Sacramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 
Bernardino 

San 
Diego 

.low 

1 1  hr.  y 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

JUNE,     1957 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


CRAFT 

San 
Franeiico 

Fresno 

BRICKLAYER _ 

.15  W 

.14  P 

.05  hr.  V 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 

.low 

.10  P 
.10  V 

.low 

CARPENTER _ _... 

.low 

.lOhr.V 

.low 

CEM  ENT  MASON _ _ 

.low 

.low 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER 

.low 

l%P 
4%V 

.low 

l%P 
4%V 

SLAZI ER . 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
«hr.  V 

IRONWORKER:  REINFORCING 

STRUCTURAL  ._ _. _._ 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.low 
.low 

LABORER,  GENERAL 

.low 

LATHER „  .. 

.to  day  W 
.70  day  V 

OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.) 

POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.) 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

PAINTER,  BRUSH 

.095  W 

.08  W 

PLASTERER... 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

PLUMBER... _ 

.low 

.lOV 

.I5W 
.10  P 

ROOFER 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER „ 

.075  W 
4%V 

.075  W 
7day  V 

TILE  SEHER _ 

.075  W 

Sacramento 
.I5W 

.10  P 

.low 


.075  W 

l%P 


.low 
.low 


San 
Diego 


.low 

.lOP 
.125  V 


.075  W 
l%P 
4%V 


.low 
.low 


.low 
.low 
.low 

.low 


.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

1%P 

1%  p 

1%  P 

.low 

1%  P 

075  W 

.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.90  day  W 

.70  day  W 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

095  W 
.07  V 

.085  W 

.08  W 

.09  W 

.lOW 
.15V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

.low 

.10  P 
.125V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

075  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 

.low 

.075  W 

075  W 
4%  V 

.085  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 
Sday  V 

075  W 
.09  V 

.025  W 
.06  V 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  fr< 
organiiations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  inc{ 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 


lilable   data    reported    by   building    trade 
ta;   where   no  employer   contributions  art 


ontractor 
ice»ar!ly 


The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated   by  the  following  symbols:  W— He 
stration  fund;  JIB — Joint  Industry  Board;   Prom— Promotion  fund. 


nd    Welfare;   P— Pensions;  V— Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adm— Adn 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


RANGER  STATION  &  PUBLIC  IN- 
FORMATION CENTER,  Joaquin  Miller 
Park,  Oakland,  Alameda  county.  City  of 
Oakland,  Oakland,  owner.  1-Story  frame 
construction,  locker  room  in  head  rangers 
office;  public  room  witfi  exhibition  facili- 
ties, toilet  rooms,  private  and  public — $36,- 
888.  ARCHITECT:  M.  Morris  Gladdis, 
632  Grand  Ave.,  Oakland.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Fred  F.  Chopin,  1990 
Mountain  Blvd.,  Oakland. 

SERVICE  BLDG..  UNIVERSITY  CAU- 
FORNIA,  Berkeley,  Alameda  county. 
Board  of  Regents.  UC,  Berkeley,  owner. 
2-Story  concrete  and  structural  steel,  pre- 
fab steel,  filler  panels,  asbestos  tile,  some 
ceramic  tile,  acoustical  tile  ceilings,  refrig- 
eration, hot  water  heating,  forced  air  ven- 
tilating system,  automatic  sprinklers; 
101,035^  sq.  ft.  total  area;  floors  18x244  ft.; 
library  facilities,  work  area,  loading  dock — 


$1,209,333.  ARCHITECT:  John  Lyon 
Reid  &  Partners,  1019  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco.  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER 
Dr.  Alexander  G.  Taries,  1019  Market  St. 
San  Francisco.  MECHANICAL  ENGI 
NEER:  Keller  fe?  Gannon,  126  Post  St. 
San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRAC 
TOR:  Jacks  6?  Irvine,  620  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

MOFFETT  HOSPITAL,  UC  HOS- 
PITAL AND  MEDICAL  CENTER,  San 

Francisco.  Board  of  Regents,  UC,  Berke- 
ley, owner.  Completion  of  the  13th  floor 
of  the  present  building  in  San  Francisco — 
$460,498.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Beacon  Const.  Co.,  1745  Filbert  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

EL  PUEBLO  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL, 

addition,  Pittsburg,  Contra  Costa  county. 
Pittsburg   Unified    School   District,   owner. 


1 -Story  wing,  concrete  floors  and  walls, 
steel  beams,  wood  roof,  tile  wainscoting, 
toilets,  acoustical  tile  ceilings,  aluminum 
windows,  fencing;  15,600  sq.  ft.  area  pro- 
viding  facilities  for  administration,  health, 
kindergarten,  toilet  rooms,  covered  walks — ■ 
$346,814.  ARCHITECT:  Phillip  D.  Tom- 
asello.  605  Washington  St.,  San  Francisco. 
STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER:  Kellberg- 
Parquet  &  Maurer,  417  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco.  ELECTRICAL  ENGINEER: 
Smith  fe?  Garthorne,  1122  Market  St.,  San 
Fransicco.  MECHANICAL  ENGINEER: 
J.  Marion  Thomas,  333  Kearny  St.,  San 
Fransicco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Western  Empire  Const.  Co.,  P.O.  Box  516, 
Concord. 

NEW  BANK  ac  OFFICES,  San  Francisco. 
American  Trust  Co.,  San  Francisco,  owner. 
12-Story  concrete  and  steel  construction; 
125x90  ft.  area.  ARCHITECT:  Myer  £# 
Evers,  268  Market  St.,  San  Francico.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Cahill  Const. 
Co.,  3  50  Sansome  St.,  San  Francisco. 

STEAM  PLANT,  Stanford  University, 
Palo  Alto,  Santa  Clara  county.  Board  of 
Trustees,  Stanford  University,  Palo  Alto, 
owner.    Construction  of  a  new  steam  plant 


42 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


building— $190,774.  ARCHITECT:  Spen- 
cer is'  Ambrose,  251  Kearny  St.,  San 
Francisco.  CONSULTING  ENGINEER: 
G.  M.  Simpson,  507  Howard  St.,  San 
Francico.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Wells  P.  Goodenough,  890  San  Antonio 
St.,  Mt.  View. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL  ADD'N.  Ap- 

tos,  Santa  Cruz  County.  Aptos  School 
District,  Aptos,  owner.  Facilities  to  pro- 
vide 3  classrooms,  kindergarten  and  toilets 
-^$84,640.  ARCHITECT:  Lynn  R.  Duck- 
ering,  202  Lincoln  St.,  Santa  Cruz.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  G.  W.  Davis, 
2600  E.  Lake  Ave.,  Watsonville. 

COURTHOUSE  ADD'N,  Trinity  county, 
Weaverville.  Trinity  County  Board  of  Su- 
pervisors, Weaverville,  owner.  Construc- 
tion of  an  addition  to  the  County  Court- 
house—$61,270.  ARCHITECT:  Albert 
W.  Kahl,  1120  7th  Ave.,  San  Mateo. 
GENERAL  CONTR.^CTOR:  Riverman 
&'  Sons,  203  2  N.E.,  48th,  Portland,  Ore- 
gon. 

PARISH  HALL,  Weberstown,  Stockton, 
San  Joaquin  county.  St.  Andrew's  Luth- 
eran Church,  Stockton,  owner.  1 -Story 
wood  frame  with  laminated  wood  arches — 
$63,300.  ARCHITECT:  Donald  Francis 
Haines,  2015  Pacific  St..  Stockton.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Craft  Const.  Co., 
2812   Sanguinetti   Lane,   Stockton. 


VETERANS    MEMORIAL    BLDG.,    Se- 

bastopol,  Sonoma  county.  Sonoma  County 
Board  of  Supervisors,  Santa  Rosa,  owner. 
1 -Story  frame  and  stucco  construction 
with  some  structural  steel;  facilities  for 
auditorium,  meeting  rooms,  and  kitchen — 
$318,486.  ARCHITECT:  C.  A.  Caulkins, 
Jr.,  Rosenberg  Bldg..  Santa  Rosa.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  David  C.  Walker 
Const.,  P.O.  Box  191,  Cloverdale. 

ELECTRONICS  MFG.  PLANT,  San 

Carlos,  San  Mateo  county.  Eitel-McCuI- 
lough.  Inc.,  San  Bruno,  owner.  1  and  2 
Story  steel  frame,  composition  roofing, 
wood  piling  for  concrete  footings,  tilt-up 
walls;  150,000  sq.  ft.  area— $1,596,770. 
ARCHITECT:  Vincent  G.  Raney,  23  3 
Post  St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Williams  6?  Burrows,  500 
Harbor  Road,  Belmont. 

PHOTOGRAPHY  SHOP,  San  Jose, 
Santa  Clara  county.  Valley  Fair  Shopping 
Center,  San  Jose,  owner.  Complete  facil- 
ities for  photographic  shop  —  $13,697. 
ARCHITECT:  Higgins  is'  Root,  220 
Meridian  Rd.,  San  Jose.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Aiken  Const.  Co.,  333 
Phelan  Ave.,  San  Jose. 

SCHOOL  STORAGE  &  MAINTE- 
NANCE BLDG.,  High  School,  Car- 
michael,  Sacramento  county.  San  Juan 
High   School  District,  Carmichael,   owner. 


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HOTEL  LAS  VEGAS 


1 -Story  concrete  tilt-up  construction,  con' 
Crete  floors— $137,458.  ARCHITECT: 
Charles  F.  Dean,  1521  I  St.,  Sacramento. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Arthur  Od- 
man,  P.O.  Box  147,  Fair  Oaks. 

WAREHOUSE,  Monrovia,  Los  Angeles 
county.  Baptistine  Mouren-Laurens,  Los 
Angeles,  owner.  1 -Story  brick  warehouse, 
composition  roofing,  skylights,  tapered 
steel  beams,  steel  sash,  sliding  doors,  con- 
crete slab  floor,  pipe  columns,  toilet  rooms; 
13,800  sq.  ft.  in  ajea.  ENGINEER:  Rich- 
ard F.  Carter,  14022  Hawes  St.,  Whittier. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Donald  T. 
Kitts,  Inc.,  9514  Raviller  Dr.,  Downey. 

FURNITURE  STORE,  Stockton,  San 

Joaquin  county.  Hunefeld,  Stockton, 
owner.  1 -Story  concrete  block  construc- 
tion, considerable  plate  glass,  some  parking 
facilities  — $52,443.  ARCHITECT: 
Clowdsley  fe?  Whipple,  Exchange  Bldg., 
Stockton.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR. 
T.  E.  Williamson,  Inc.,  1220  San  Juan 
Ave..  Stockton. 

KINGS  BEACH  SCHOOL,  Lake  Tahoe, 
El  Dorado  county.  Tahoe-Truckee  Union 
School  District,  Lake  Tahoe,  owner.  Work 
comprises  construction  of  an  addition  to 
the  present  facilities,  multi-purpose  room — - 
$133,300.  ARCHITECT:  Gordon  Staf- 
ford, 1024'/2  J  St.,  Sacramento.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  W.  A.  Schmidt, 
3  560  San  Ysidro  Way,  Sacramento. 

LAW  BUILDING.  Anaheim,  Orange 
county.  Fritz  Goossens,  Garden  Grove,  and 
Donald  R.  Stoneman  of  Inglewood,  own- 
ers. Brick  walls,  slab  floor,  composition 
roofing,  terrazzo  work,  acoustic  plaster,  in- 
terior plaster  walls,  asphalt  tile,  electrical, 
plumbing,  steel  sash,  air  conditioning, 
mosaic  tile;  contains  municipal  court  and 
general  lease  areas,  judge's  chambers,  jury 
room,  district  attorney's  office,  restrooms, 
and  parking  for  42  cars — $100,000. 
ARCHITECT:  MacBird  and  Couverly 
(Wm.  L.  Couverly,  architect),  2218  N. 
Main  St.,  Santa  Ana.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: V.  J.  Long,  1828  E.  Broad- 
way, Anaheim. 

WOOD   ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL, 

Richmond,  Contra  Costa  county.  Rich- 
mond Elementary  School  District,  Rich- 
mond, owner.  1 -Story  frame  construction, 
relocating  12  portable  classrooms  and 
buildings,  and  construction  of  a  new  play- 


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grounds— .$7  1  ,74  1.  ARCHITECT: 
Schmidts,  Hardman  fe?  Wong,  1300  Uni' 
versity  Ave.,  Berkeley.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Carl  Overaa  Co.,  529  16th 
St.,  Richmond. 

CKJUNTY  ADMIlSflSTRATION  BLDG., 

Pittsburg,  Contra  Costa  county,  County 
of  Contra  Costa,  Martinez,  owner.  Rein- 
forced concrete  tilt-up  construction,  some 
veneer;  20,000  sq.  ft.  of  floor  space — 
$94,956.  ARCHITECT:  Beland  6?  Gian- 
elli,  1221  Monterey  St.,  Vallejo.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Ace  Builders, 
1702  N.  Parkside  Dr.,  Pittburg. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL  BLDG.,  Son- 
era, Tuolumne  county.  Sonora  Elemen- 
tary School  District,  Sonora,  owner.  Work 
comprises   construction   of  building  to  in- 


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elude  4  classrooms,  toilet  roooms — 
$76,790,000.  ARCHITECT:  Ernst  fe? 
Lloyd  (John  C.  Lloyd,  architect),  2152 
N.  El  Dorado  St.,  Stockton.  STRUC- 
TURAL ENGINEER:  A.  W.  Sauer,  142 
N.  California  St.,  Stockton.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  R.  W.  McClintock,  795 
E.   Jackson    St.,    Sonora. 

COMMUNICATIONS  CENTER,  Stock- 
ton, San  Joaquin  county.  U.  S.  Navy,  Dis- 
trict Public  Works  Office,  San  Bruno, 
owner.  Communications  center  builling 
with  barracks  buildings  and  mess  facilities; 
reinforced  concrete  on  pile  foundation,  tar 
and  gravel  roof,  floor  slab  on  beams  across 
piles,  earth  work,  site  clearance,  plumbing, 
heating,  electrical  work,  air  conditioning, 
paving,  sidewalks,  drains,  painting,  plant- 
ing —  $1,250,000.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Carvers  Const.  Co.,  1870  Lu- 
cerne Ave.,  Stockton. 

HOSPITAL  ADD'N,  Community  Hos- 
pital, Fresno.  Fresno  Community  Hos- 
pital District,  Fresno,  owner.  4  floors  and 
basement,  steel  frame  and  reinforced  con- 
crete, 3  elevators;  128,000  sq.  ft.  of  area; 
facilities  for  300  beds  — $3,319,025. 
ARCHITECT:  Alistair  Simpson,  64  N. 
Fulton  St.,  Fresno.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Harris  Const.  Co.,  P.O.  Box 
109,  Fresno. 

STORE  BLDG.,  Los  Angeles.  Kawasaki 
Co..  Los  Angeles,  owner.  Concrete  block 
walls,  built-up  roofing,  slab  floor,  sky- 
lights, pipe  columns,  plate  glass  door,  stone 
work,  toilets,  gas  heating,  electrical,  sheet 
metal— $30,000.  ARCHITECT:  Y.  Tom 
Makino,  3200  W.  Jefferson  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Kawasaki  Co. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL.  Sharp  Park 
San  Mateo  county.  Laguna  Salada  Elemen 
tary  School  District,  Sharp  Park,  owner 
New  elementary  school  plant  to  include 
10  classrooms,  2  kindergartens,  multi 
purpose  and  administration  rooms,  kitchen 
toilets— $383,900.  ARCHITECT:  Masten 
Hurd  fe?  Dick,  526  Powell  St.,  San  Fran 
Cisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Huh 
Pacific  Builders,  1077  Johnson  Lane 
Menlo  Park. 

CHURCH,  Menlo  Park,  San  Mateo 
county.  Lutheran  Church,  San  Mateo, 
owner.  2-Story  wood  frame,  laminated 
wood  beams  and  steel  beams  in  basement, 
stucco,  concrete  block  exterior,  shake  roof 
—$107,000.  ARCHITECT:  Neal  Lind- 
strom,  637  Oak  Grove,  Menlo  Park.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Thompson  Bros., 
2088  University  Ave.,  East  Palo  Alto. 


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WALNUT  CREEK 
MEDICAL  CENTER 

Architects  Aitken  6?  Collins,  2102  Vine 
St.,  Berkeley,  have  completed  drawings  for 
construction  of  a  new  Medical  Center  in 
Walnut  Creek  at  an  estimated  cost  of 
$80,000. 

The  building  will  be  of  1 -story,  wood 
frame  construction. 


MASONIC  HALL 
FOR  WOODLAND 

Architect  Robert  Crippon,  313  4th  St., 
Woodland,  is  working  on  drawings  for 
construction  of  a  1 -story  block  wall,  con' 
Crete  slab  floor,  glue  laminated  arches  and 
beams.  Masonic  Hall  in  Woodland  for  the 
Woodland  Masonic  organization. 

Facilities  will  include  a  social  hall  and 
lodge  rooms.  The  building  will  contain 
approximately  6500  sq.  ft.  of  area. 


SCHOOL  BONDS 
APPROVED 

Voters  of  the  Tahoe-Truckee  Unified 
School  District,  Auburn,  approved  the  is- 
surance  and  sale  of  $1,700,000  in  School 
Bonds  with  funds  to  be  used  in  the  con- 
struction of  new  schools  and  making  im' 
provements  to  present  buildings  in  the 
district. 

A  major  portion  of  the  school  district 
is  in  Placer  county,  however  a  part  over- 
laps into  Nevada  county. 


ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY 
DAIRY  CATTLE  UNIT 

Architect  Albert  Hunter,  Jr.  Ashby  at 
7th  St.,  Berkeley,  has  completed  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  new  animal  hus- 
bandry and  dairy  cattle  unit  on  the  Davis 
campus  of  the  University  of  California. 

The  building  will  be  structural  steel, 
steel  frame,  and  aluminum  exterior. 


JUNIOR  COLLEGE 
VOCATIONAL  ART 

Architects  Johnson  £#  Commetta,  O.  C. 
Johnson,  architect,  3  516  MacDonald  Ave., 
Richmond,  have  completed  drawings  for 
construction  of  a  $300,000  vocational  arts 
building  at  Contra  Costa  Jr.  College  in 
Richmond. 

The  building  will  be  1 -story  with 
monitor-type  roof  design,  light  steel  frame, 
built-up  roofing,  concrete  slab  floors,  and 
will  contain  some  20,000  sq.  ft.  of  area. 


TELEPHONE  BUILDING 
SITE  PURCHASED 

The  Pacific  Telephone  (i  Telegraph 
Company  has  announced  the  purchase  of 
a  site  in  Sonora,  California,  and  plans 
building  a  $844,000  long  distance  center 
on  the  property. 

Construction  will  be  steel  and  reinforced 
concrete. 


COURTHOUSE 
REMODEL 

Architects  Horn  6?  Mortland,  2616  Mer- 
ced St.,  Fresno,  are  preparing  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  $400,000  remodeling 
program  for  the  third  floor  of  the  Madera 
County  Courthouse  in  Madera. 


METHODIST  CHURCH 
FOR  STOCKTON 

Architect    Carlton    Steiner,    2941    Tele- 
graph  Ave.,   Berkeley,  is  preparing  draw- 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ings  for  construction  of  a  fellowship  hall 
and  classrooms  for  the  Central  Methodist 
Church  of  Stockton. 

The  building,  which  will  also  serve  as  a 
Church,  will  be  1 -story  concrete  block 
construction,  concrete  beams,  tar  and 
gravel  roof. 


charge  of  the  Santa  Clara  office.  West 
Coast  manufacturing  plants  of  the  firm  are 
located  in  El  Segundo,  and  Corona,  Cali- 
fornia. 


WINE  SAMPLING 
HOUSE 

Architects  Hale  fe?  Jacobson,  Highway  9, 
Mission  San  Jose,  are  working  on  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  wine  sampling  house 
for  the  Weibel  Vineyards  near  Warm 
Springs,  Amador  county. 

The  building  costing  $20,000,  will  be  of 
1 -story  construction,  Spanish  style,  heavy 
timbers  and  title  roof. 


ANTELOPE  VALLEY  HIGH 
SCHOOL  CONSTRUCTION 

Paul  W.  Speer,  Inc.,  general  contractors, 
have  commenced  construction  on  a  new 
$150,000  library  for  the  Antelope  Valley 
Joint  Union   High  School,  Lancaster. 

The  building  was  designed  by  architect 
H.  L.  Gogerty,  3123  W.  8th  St.,  Los  An- 
geles, and  includes  a  spacious  outdoor  ter- 
race.   It  will  contain  11,000  sq.  ft.  of  area. 


ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

Architect  Paul  James  Huston,  663  Com- 
per  St.,  Palo  Alto,  has  been  commissioned 
by  the  City  of  Mt.  View  to  draft  plans  and 
specifications  for  construction  of  a  new 
library  building  to  be  built  on  Franklin 
Street  between  Merch  and  Church  streets 
in  Mt.  View. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is 
$160,000. 


U.  S.  GYPSUM  CORP. 
WINS  HIGH  AWARD 

Awards  tor  the  most  outstanding  build- 
ing products  literature  and  space  adver- 
tising prepared  for  architects  during  the 
past  year  were  presented  at  the  Spring 
Meeting  of  the  Producers'  Council,  Inc., 
Washington,  D.C.,  with  two  of  the  top 
awards  going  to  the  U.  S.  Gypsum  Corp. 

The  competition  is  co-sponsored  by  the 
American  Institute  of  Architects  and  the 
Producers'  Council.  Presentation  of  Cer- 
tificate of  Exceptional  Merit  was  made  at 
the  AIA  Centennial  Celebration  Conven- 
tion. 


MOSAIC  TILE  OPENS 
SANTA  CLARA  OFTICE 

The  Mosaic  Tile  Company  is  expanding 
its  operation  in  the  San  Francisco  Bay 
area  with  opening  of  a  new  showroom  and 
warehouse  in  Santa  Clara,  according  to 
A.  E.  Guerra,  in  charge  of  the  Northeast 
area  of  the  Zanesville,  Ohio,  manufactur- 
ing firm. 

Don  Baird,  who  has  been  working  out 
of    the    San    Francisco    office,    will    be    in 


BRISTOL  COMPANY  OPENS 
LOS  ANGELES  BRANCH 

The  Bristol  Company  of  Waterbury, 
Connecticut,  has  just  opened  a  new  branch 
factory  and  repair  laboratory  in  Los  An- 
geles, as  part  of  a  general  expansion  pro- 
gram, according  to  H.  E.  Beane,  vice 
president. 

J.  W.  Peckham.  who  has  been  with 
Bristol's  west  coast  district  for  many  years. 


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•   Curbs 

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"Built-in  telephone  outlets  are  a  definite  selling  point" 

. . .  says  John  MacLeod,  President  of  Macco 
Corporation,  Paramount,  California  developers. 
"Built-in  telephone  outlets  and  underground  wir- 
ing throughout  our  latest  Newport  Beach  devel- 
opment have  enhanced  the  value  of  these  homes." 


Ask  any  leading  architect  or  builder 
— he'll  rate  Telephone  Planning 
among  the  basic  features  of  the 
well-built  home.  "It's  a  definite  sell- 
ing point,"  says  Mr.  MacLeod,  "one 
that  buyers  look  for."  And  he's 
right.  Concealed  wiring  and  built-in 
outlets  are  features  buyers  recog- 
nize as  marks  of  quality  homes. 
That's  why  Telephone  Planning 
pays  off  in  increased  value,  a  better- 
built  home  and  a  satisfied  buyer. 

Pacific  Teleplione 

We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our 
business  office  and  ask  for  our  free 
Architects  and  Builders  Service. 


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will  De  manager  of  the  new  facilities  which 
will  provide  faster  deliveries,  repairs  and 
a  better  ser\'ice  for  West  Coast  users. 


CUSTOM  ENGINEERED  SOUND 
SYSTEM  BY  STROMBERG-CARLSON 

A  new  "custom  engineered"  sound  sys' 
tern  designed  especially  for  motel  and  hotel 
use  has  been  introduced  by  Stromberg- 
Carlson,  a  division  of  General  Dynamics 
Corporation. 

Since  every  installation  presents  its  own 
special  problems,  the  basic  unit  is  so  engi- 
neered from  standard  components  that  it 
can  be  quickly  and  inexpensively  tailored 
to  the  individual  requirements  of  each 
establishment. 

The  system  provides  high  fidelity  music 
in  every  room,   radio  or  record:  serves  as 


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ENGINEERS 
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an  emergency  alarm  system  which  sounds 
in  every  room  even  if  loud  speakers  are 
turned  off,  operates  as  a  two-way  com- 
munication in  drive  in  registration  areas, 
and  also  as  a  maid  or  personnel  locating 
service. 

Systems  are  offered  under  a  lease  plan 
which  includes  installation  and  service, 
thus  eliminating  a  large  capital  outlay. 

NEW  TELEPHONE 
BUILDING 

George  Fryberg  of  Burlingame  will 
build  a  new  2-story  building  at  22nd  and 
Telegraph  in  Oakland  at  a  cost  of 
$800,000  to  be  used  as  a  new  facility  for 
the  Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com- 
pany. 

The  new  building  will  contain  72,000 
sq.  ft.  of  area  and  the  work  will  also  in- 
clude 60,000  sq.  ft.  of  paved  area  for  au- 
tomobile parking. 


INTERNATIONAL  DESIGN 
CONFERENCE  IN  ASPEN 

The  seventh  annual  session  of  the  Inter- 
national Design  Conference  will  be  held 
June  23-29,  at  Aspen,  Colorado,  accord- 
ing to  George  D.  Culler,  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee.  The  theme  for  this 
year's  conference  will  be:  "Design  and 
Human  Values." 

Among  the  prominent  speakers  and 
panelists  who  will  discuss  various  aspects 
of  "Design  and  Human  Values"  is  Robert 
Anshen  of  Anshen  and  Allen,  San 
Francisco. 

The  IDC  is  an  oragnization  of  designers, 
architects,  art  directors,  educators,  corpora- 
tion executives  and  consumers.  Among 
members  of  the  executive  committee   are: 


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•  BUILDING  MATERIAL  DEALERS 

•  CONTRACTORS 

•  SUB-CONTRACTORS 

•  MANUFACTURERS  AND 
REPRESENTATIVES 

ARCHITECTS  REPORTS  gives  advance  news 
on  construction  projects  in  Northern  California, 
lists:  name  of  projects,  location,  architect,  pro- 
posed   cost    and     other    pertinent    information. 

HANDY  individual  slip-reports,  issued  daily  at  a 
total  cost  of  only 

$10  a  month 


ARCHITECT'S  REPORTS 

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Saul  Bass  of  Hollywood;  Harry  L.  Baum, 
Jr.,  of  Denver;  and  Garrett  Eckbo  of  Los 

Angeles. 

SWIMMING  POOL 
HEATING  CHART 

An  easy  to  use,  comprehensive  chart  dc 
veloped  to  accurately  determine  the  heat- 
ing requirements  of  pools  from  residential 
size  to  pools  up  to  18,000  sq.  ft.  is  being 
offered  by  Laars-Engineers,  designers  and 
manufacturers   of  swimming  pool   heaters. 


Seventeen  completely  packaged  models, 
all  completely  automatic  and  completely 
equipped  with  Laars  built-in  control  sys' 
tems,  carry  AGA  and  ASME  Code  ap' 
proval  together  with  the  Laars  5-year 
guarantee. 

Complete  information  and  the  sizing 
chart  for  use  in  design  and  construction 
may  be  secured  from  Laars-Engineers, 
13246  Saticoy  St.,  North  Hollywood,  Cali' 
fornia. 

DFPA  REORGANIZES 

With  a  rearrangement  of  regional 
boundaries  and  plans  for  the  addition  of 
eight  new  field  promotion  representatives, 
the  Douglas  Fir  Plywood  Association,  Ta- 
coma,  Washington,  has  completed  a  year- 
long reorganization  and  expansion  of  its 
field  promotion  department,  according  to 
Joseph  Weston,  Field  Promotion  Director. 

Regional  managers  are  now  headquar' 
tered  in  New  York,  Washington,   D.  C, 


MULLEN   MFG. 
COMPA]N[Y 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF   GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Offlc«  and  Factory 

60-80  RAUSCH  ST.,  Bet.  7th  and  «th  St». 

San  Francisco 

Telephon*  UNdarhlll   I-58IS 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Atlanta,  Georgia:  Dallas,  Texas;  Cleve- 
land, Ohio;  Chicago,  III.;  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  and  on  the  West  Coast  Richard  E. 
Anderson  will  have  charge  of  the  Los 
Angeles  office;  Earl  Pennington,  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Stanley  A.  Taylor,  Assistant 
Field  Promotion  Director,  Tacoma,  Wash- 
ington. 

The  Field  Promotion  Department  was 
established  to  provide  field  level  assistance 
to  plywood  producers,  sellers,  and  users, 
and  now  has  a  total  of  34  staff  members. 


NEW  FACTORY  FOR 
CRANE  HOIST 

The  Crane  Hoist  Engineering  and 
Manufacturing  Company,  Emeryville,  are 
contemplating  the  construction  of  new 
factory  facilities  in  San  Lcandro,  according 
to  recent  company  announcement. 

The  new  plant  will  comprise  12,500  sq. 
ft.  of  area,  and  will  be  of  tapered  steel 
beam  truss  construction. 


CHARLES  C.  WRIGHT 
LECTURES  AT  USC 

Charles  C.  Wright,  president  of  Oilwell 
Research,  Inc.,  Long  Beach,  is  now  on  the 
teaching  staff  of  the  University  of  South- 
ern California.  He  is  teaching  a  night 
course  entitled,  'Drilling  Mud  Technol- 
ogy" to  a  group  of  graduate  students 
working  for  advanced  degrees  in  Petro- 
leum Engineering. 


INDUSTRIAL 
BUILDING 

Engineer  C.  F.  Ewald,  and  Robert 
O'Hanlon,  3607  W.  Magnolia  Blvd.,  Bur- 
bank,  are  preparing  drawings  for  construc- 
tion of  a  concrete  block  industrial  building 
in  Burbank  for  Lucas  6?  Sheridan. 

The  building  will  contain  7,000  sq.  ft. 
of  area:  composition  roofing,  laminated 
wood  trusses,  steel  security  sash,  wall 
heaters,  concrete  slab,  asphalt  title,  plate 
glass,  electrical  and  plumbing:  and  will 
include  an  office  and  shop  areas. 


RODDIS  PLYWOOD  OPEN  NEW 
CALIFORNIA  PLANT 

The  new  3.7  million  dollar  "man  made" 
board  plant  of  the  Roddis  Plywood  Corpn., 
in  Areata,  was  put  into  production  recently. 
The  new  facilities  will  turn  out  15  million 
square  feet  of  new  product  manufactured 
by  a  patented  process  developed  by  German 
scientists. 


CLYDE  F.  HEASTON  APPOINTED 
L.O.F.  GLASS  ENGINEER 

Clyde  F.  Heaston  has  been  assigned  as 
an  industrial  engineer  with  the  Pacific  Coast 
Division  of  the  L.O.F.  Glass  Fibers  Com- 


pany, Los  Angeles,  California,  according 
to  John  A.  Morgan,  vice  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  division. 

Heaston  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Southeast  Chapter  of  the 
Building    Contractors    Association. 


WAREHOUSE  AND 
OFFICE  BUILDING 

New  headquarters  for  Davidson  Bros., 
one  of  the  largest  independently  owned 
automatic  merchandising  firms  in  the  coun- 
try, have  been  completed  in  Los  Angeles. 

The  20,000  sq.  ft.  facility,  designed  by 
H.  Herbert  Sregman,  architect,  5011  San 
Vincente  Blvd.,  includes  general  offices, 
warehouse,  maintenance,  and  commercial 
kitchen  for  commissary  food  preparation. 


JOSEPH  W.  SMITH  APPOINTED 
SISALKRAFT  SALES  MANAGER 

Joseph  W.  Smith,  for  the  past  sixteen 
years  manager  of  the  South  Atlantic  Dis- 
trict of  Sisalkraft  Corp.,  has  been  appoint- 
ed Assistant  Sales  Manager  of  the  Western 
Division  with  headquarters  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, according  to  R.  S.  Youngberg,  west- 
ern manager  of  the  firm. 

It  was  also  announced  that  many  new 
facilities  were  being  installed  at  the  com- 
pany's Tracy,  California^,  manufacturing 
plant,  to  meet  the  growing  demands  from 
western  builders. 


RBERBOARD  PAPER 
ELECTS  NEW  OFFICERS 

William  L.  Keady  was  chosen  president 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  stockholders  of 
Fiberboard  Paper  Products  Corp.,  held  in 
San  Francisco. 

Other  officers  elected  included:  Wake- 
field Baker,  William  H.  Lowe,  Donald  Mac- 
lean, Robert  W.  Miller,  Joseph  A.  Moore, 
Jr.,  Silas  H.  Palmer,  Herman  Phleger,  Por- 
ter Sesnon,  and  Emmett  G.  Solomon,  direc- 
tors. Bernard  P.  Altick;  E.  W.  Carey,  Ed- 
ward W.  Fish,  Russell  R.  Galloway,  Andrew 
S.  Halley,  J.  F.  Havard,  C.  Cort  Majors, 
M.  E.  Sanford,  William  K.  Spence,  and 
William  H.  Young  were  named  vice  presi- 
dents of  the  firm. 

J.  Stewart  Mitchell  was  named  secretary; 
J.  Finley  Thompson,  controller;  Victor  H. 
Erickson,  treasurer. 


DAVE  RANDALL  NAMED 
INSTITUTE  PRESIDENT 

Dave  Randall  has  been  elected  president 
of  the  Lathing  and  Plastering  Institute  of 
Northern  California,  succeeding  Joe  Witt. 

A  native  San  Franciscan,  Randall  com- 
pleted his  apprenticeship  after  war  service 
and  became  a  journeyman  lather  in  1948. 
He  is  serving  his  second  year  as  Business 


HERRICK 
IROIV  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

IITH  AND  CAMPBELL  STS. 

OAKLAND,  CALIF. 

Phon*  SLancourt  1-1747 


ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

Engineers  &  Chemists 

INSPECTINS  —  TESTING  —  CONSULTING 

CONCRETE      •       STEEL       •       MATERIALS 

CHEMICAL  AND  TESTING 

LABORATORIES 

•       RESEARCH   AND   INVESTIGATION       • 

TESTS  OF  STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

DESIGN  OF  CONCRETE  MIXES 

SHOP  AND  ERECTION  INSPECTION  OF 

STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  INVESTIGATION  OF 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Sicramanto  Strtst,  San  Franeiice 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON.  INC. 

Genera/  Confractors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


r; 


TYPHOON 


CONTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

174-12TH  STREET -OAKLAND 

Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


DINWIDDm 

COl^STRUCTIOX 

COMPAIVY 

• 

BUILDERS 


CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


JUNE,     1957 


Agent  for  lathers  local  where  he  also  served 
as  member  of  the  executive  committee  for 
seven  years. 


JOHN  W.  BALLENTINE 
LOS  ANGELES  REP. 

John  W.  Ballcntine  has  been  assigned  as 
an  aircraft  field  representative  in  the  Los 
Angeles  area  for  the  L.O.F.  Glass  Fibers 
Company,  according  to  an  announcement 
by  John  A.  Morgan,  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Di- 
vision. •  1       1 

He  was  formerly  associated  with  the 
Douglas  Aircraft  Company  as  an  Aero- 
dynamics engineer. 

NEW  NORTH  STREET 
ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL 

Architect  J.  Clarence  Felciano,  4010 
Montecito  Ave.,  Santa  Rosa,  is  preparing 
drawings  for  construction  of  the  new 
North  Street  Elementary  School  in  Clover- 
dale  for  the  Cloverdale  Union  Elementary 
School  District. 

The  new  facilities  will  include  eight 
classrooms,   kindergarten,   and   toilets. 


UNION  ASSEMBLY 
HALL  PLANNED 

Design  Associates,  Inc.,  2090  Willow 
Pass  Road,  Concord,  are  working  on  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  an  Assembly  Hall 
building  in  Concord  for  the  Electrical 
Workers  Union  Local. 

Facilities  will  include  assembly  hall,  of- 
fices, several  small  shops  and  toilet  facili- 
ties. The  building  will  be  one  story,  26,800 
sq.  ft.  of  area,  concrete  block  construc- 
tion with  glue  laminated  beams,  built-up 
roof  and  jalousie  windows. 

BOY  SCOUT  MEETING 
HALL  PLEASANT  HILLS 

Architect  Charles  Dennis,  223  3  Contra 
Costa  Highway,  Pleasant  Hills,  is  com- 
pleting- working  drawings  for  construction 
of  a  Boy  Scout  Meeting  Hall  in  Pleasant 
Hills. 

The  building  will  be  one  story,  wood 
frame  construction  with  approximately  500 
sq.  ft.  of  area;  shake  roof,  rustic  exterior 
and  dry  walls. 

LUCIE  STERN 
MEMORIAL  HALL 

The  architectural  firm  of  Spencer  & 
Ambrose,  251  Kearney  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, is  working  on  drawings  for  construc- 
tion of  two  new  wings  to  the  Lucie  Stern 
Memorial  Hall  on  the  Stanford  University 
campus,  Palo  Alto,  for  the  Stanford  Uni- 
versity Board  of  Trustees.  Estimated  cost 
is  $500,000. 


PITTSBURGH 
TESTING     LABORATORY 

ENGINEERS  AND  CHEMISTS 

Testing  and  Inspection  of  Concrete, 
Steel  and  Other  Structural  Materials 

Design  of  Concrete  Mixes 

Offices  in  all  principal  cities 

651   Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 
EXbrook  2-1747 


Scott-  Company 

HEATING     •     PLUMBING 
REFRIGERATION 


San  Francisco 

Oakland 

San  Jose 

Los  Angeles 


AUTOMATIC 
SPRINKLERS 

for 

Fire  Protection 

BARNARD 

ENGINEERING  CO. 

35  Elmira  Street 
JUniper  5-4642 
San  Francisco  24 


REMIUARD-DiDINI  Co. 

Brick  and 
Masonry  Products 


400  MONTGOMERY  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF. 


KOLORBLEN 

Concrete  Color  Hardener 


COLOR  WAXES 

SEALER-STAINS 


Distribufors— Contractors  Concrete  Special 

875  BRYANT  STREET 
San  Francisco  -  HEmloek  1-1345 


Index  to  Advertisers 

ATLAS  Heating  &  Ventilating  Co 30 

ARCHITECTS  Reports  - ^b 

BARNARD  Engineering  Co 48 

BASALT  Rock  Co.,  Inc 32i 

BAXTER,  J.  H.,  Co... * 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California 30 

BILCO  Co. Back  Cover 

BODE   Gravel    Co 16 

CALIFORNIA  Builders 

Hardware  Co 20 

C.  &  H.  SPECIALTIES  Co 45 

CENTRAL  Mill  &  Cabinet  Co 20 

CLASSIFIED  Advertising  40 

COLUMBIA-Geneva   Steel  * 

DINWIDDIE   Construction    Company..  47 
EASYBOW  Engineering  & 

Research  Co 

FORDERER   Cornice  Works 33 

GAMERSON    &   Green 20 

GLADDING,  McBean  &  Connpany * 

GREENBERG'S,  M.,  Sons 26 

GRINNELL  Co.  of  the  Pacific 18 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 34 

HANKS,  Abbot  A.,  Inc 47 

HAWS  Drinking  Faucet  Co 31 

HERMANN   Safe   Co 34 

HERRICK  Iron  Works 47 

HOGAN   Lumber  Co 34 

HORN,  A.  C,  Co..  Inc.... 23 

HUNT,   Robert  W.,  Company 46 

INERTOL   Co.,    Inc - 24 

JOHNSTON  Co.,  S.  T 23 

JORGENSON    Masonry  Contractors..    16 

JOSAM  Pacific  Co...... * 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy   Corp 34 

KLEINEN  Co.,  Inc 2 

KNOWLES  Corp.,  A.  E 18 

KRAFTILE  Company  25 

LeROY   Construction   Services 35 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson,  Inc...  47 

MAHOCK    Construction    Co 47 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

Inc Inside    Front   Cover 

MULLEN   Mfg.  Co 46 

NEHLES  Co.,  Inc.,  J.  B -.   17 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,  Inc.  29 

PACIFIC  Manufacturing  Co 35 

PACIFIC  Telephone   &  Telegraph  Co.  45 

PASSETTI  Trucking   Co.,   Inc 28 

PITTSBURGH  Testing  Laboratory..  19  &  48 

QUALITY  Electric  Co 21 

RAINEY  &  Son,  Wm.  A 19 

REMILLARD-Dandini  Co 48 

REPUBLIC    Steel    Corporation 35 

RIVIERA  Hotel,  Las  Vegas 43 

RODONI,  Becker  Co.,  Inc 18 

ROLANDO  Lumber  Co.,  Inc 22 

ROLY-Door  Sales  27 

ROYAL  Showcase  Co 17 

SCOTT  Company 17  &  48 

SHADES,   Inc 43 

SIMONDS   Machinery  Co 33 

SMOOT-Holman  Company  -"-.      I 

SOVIG,  Conrad,  Co 48 

STROMBERG-Carlson  Co 44 

STRUCTURAL  Glass  Co 21 

THOMPSON,  W.  G 19 

U.  S.  BONDS Inside  Back  Cover 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern   California   33 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp * 

VERMONT    Marble    Co 35 

WASHINGTON  Brick  &  Lime  Co 25 

Vi/EBER   Electric  Co.,  Emil  J 22 

WESTERN  Structural  Tile  Institute 25 

ZELINSKY  &  Sons,  D 21 

♦Indicates  Alternate  Months 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


•--     )  ^  "I  have  liad  lots  of  troiiWes 


A FTER  YEARS  OF  WORK,  the  duoiway  to  literary  success 
l\  finally  opened.  She  managed  to  get  her  novel. 
Moods,  published. 

It  promptly  flopped. 

Undaunted,  she  wrote  a  second  novel,  which  in- 
stantly turned  out  to  be  the  rage  of  1869.  Businessmen, 
lawyers,  housewives,  everybody  read  and  talked  about 
Little  Women. 

Fortune  had  finally  smiled  on  Louisa  May  Alcott. 
Twenty  years  had  passed  between  her  first  writings  and 
Little  Women — years  of  privation,  struggle,  pain.  She 
had  worked  as  a  maid,  as  a  paid  companion,  had  nearly 
lost  her  life  as  a  Civil  War  nurse,  had  once  come  close 
to  suicide. 

Now  world-famous,  her  family  secure,  she  would 
write  many  more  books.  And  people  would  love  them. 


For,  as  she  said,  "I  have  had  lots  of  troubles;  so  I  write 
jolly  tales." 

In  those  words,  spoke  the  kind  of  unvarnished  cour- 
age without  which  this  country  would  be  a  far  poorer 
place.  Poorer  not  only  by  Louisa  May  Alcott's  stories, 
but  by  the  accomplishments  of  millions.  For  it  is  human 
courage  and  character  that  have  made  America  wealthy 
and  strong.  And  have  made  America's  Savings  Bonds 
one  of  the  world's  finest  investments. 

170  million  Americans  back  U.S.  Savings  Bonds — 
back  them  with  a  guarantee  unmatched  by  any  other 
form  of  saving.  Your  principal  guaranteed  safe  to  any 
amount — your  interest  guaranteed  sure — by  the  great- 
est nation  on  earth.  If  you  want  real  securitv,  buy 
Bonds.  Get  them  at  your  bank  or  through  the  Payroll 
Savings  Plan  where  you  work.  And  hold  on  to  them. 


PART  OF  EVERY  AMERICAN'S  SAVINGS  BELONGS  IN  U.S.  SAVINGS  BONDS 

The  U.S.  Government  dues  not  pay  for  this  advertisement.  It  is  donated  by  this  publication  in  cooperation  with  the 
Advertising  Council  and  the  Magazine  Publishers  of  America. 


Quality  can  be  measured 


Quality  in  a  roof  scuttle  can  be  measured 

in  many  ways  ...  by  its  ease  of  operation — the 

safety  it  affords  the  user — the  virtually 

indefinite  trouble  free  service  it  gives  the 

building  owner.  Bilco  scuttles  offer  your  clients 

"floating"  cover  action,  one  hand  operation 

and  the  finest  of  materials  and  workmanship — at 

a  price  of  little  more  if  any,  than  ordinary  access  doors. 

For  lasting  satisfaction  specify  Bilco — the  measure 

of  roof  scuttle  quality  for  more  than  20  years. 

A  size  for  every  requirement — see  our  catalog  in  Sweets. 


0/t£u  t/ve  Seat  ^  j<ftcr^^ec{ 


George  B.  Schultz 
190  MacAr+hur  Blvd. 
Oakland  10,  California 


California  Representatives 

Daniel  Dunner 
6200  Alonzo  Ave. 
Reseda,  California 


Healey  &  Popovich 
1703  Fulton 
Fresno,  California 


JULY,   1957 


Window  Walls  by  Michel  &  Pfeffer 


in  the  nevi 
Hewlett-Packard 
plant, 
Palo  Alto 

Architectural  beauty,  clean,  simple 
lines  and  fast  economical  installation 
all  are  combined  in  Window  Walls 
by  Michel  &  Pfeffer. 
For  assistance  with  every  detail, 
from  preliminary  plans  to  final 
installation,  call  Michel  &  Pfeffer. 


Hewlett-Packard,  Page  Mill  Road,  Palo  Alto,  Califon 
Architects:  Clark,  Stromquist  and  Potter 
Contractor:  Wells  P.  Goodenough 


SINCE    1912 


Michel  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works,  Inc. 

Metal  Windows  and  Doors  Division 
212  Shaw  Rood 
South  San  Francisco,  Cah'fornia 
PLaza  5-8983 


Vol.  210  No.  I 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 

Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architect, 
Boise,   Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los  Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 

FRED  JONES 
Special  Advertising 


AND 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

Publlshvd  D^r 

Archie  MacCorkindal*,  Manager 
Telephone  DOuglos  2-8311 


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EDITORIAL  NOTES 2 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 6 

THE  HUMAN  SIDE  OF  SPECIFICATIONS  WRITING.  Part  I         ...  8 

By  KENNETH  M.  WILSON,  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin. 

THE  HOUSE  OF  THE  FUTURE.  Part   II II 

By  WILLIAM  H.  SCHEICK,  Executive  Director,  Research  Institute,  Washington,  D.C. 

SEQUOYAH  RESIDENCE  HAS  HELIPORT  ON   ROOF.  Oakland,  California         12 

DAVID  THORNE,  Architect.  DONALD  H.  MOVER,  Consulting  Engineer. 
RAY  D.  NICHOLS,   Builder. 

BETTER  LIVING  THROUGH  ENGINEERING.  By  AXEL  MULLER. 

Prize  Winning  Paper,  San  Francisco  Engineers  Speakers  Club     .  .  .  15 

THE  NEW  YORK  COLISEUM —World's  Largest  Exhibit  and  Office  Building  16 

By  DR.  W.  SCHWEISHEIMER. 

OFFICES  AND  WAREHOUSE  — Frank  Edwards  Company,  Burlingame,  Calif.  18 

ASSOCIATED  CONSTRUCTION   &   ENGINEERING  CO.,   General  Contractors. 

NEW  CARQUINEZ  BRIDGE— Crockett,   California 20 

BAYFAIR  SHOPPING  CENTER— Unique  Construction  Design. 

San  Leandro,  California     ..........  21 

VICTOR  GRUEN   &  ASSOCIATES,  Architect.   DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION   CO., 
General  Contractors. 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities      ...  26 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS— News  and  Notes 28 

BOOK  REVIEWS,  Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 34 

ESTIMATORS  GUIDE,  Building  and  Construction  Materials     ....  36 

ESTIMATOR'S  DIRECTORY,  Building  and  Construction  Materials     ...  38 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 40 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES,  Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  41 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data     .         .  42 

IN  THE  NEWS 44 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS 48 

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EDITDfllAL      NOTES    . 


NATIONAL  SECURITY  FIRST 

The  nation's  security,  of  course,  must  come  iirst  in 
any  consideration  of  the  National  Budget,  and  there 
is  no  question  but  that  we  can't,  as  individuals  and 
as  a  united  people,  take  any  chances  with  matters 
which  may  mean  life  or  death  of  the  nation.  To 
pursue  any  other  course  would  invite  disaster  to  the 
American  way  of  life,  and  to  us  as  a  nation  of  great 
people. 

But,  all  too  often,  government  officials  and  some- 
times our  elected  representatives  in  Congress  and 
state  legislatures,  cite  the  urgency  of  "national  se- 
curity" as  justification  for  rebuffing  any  attempt  to 
eliminate  waste  and  duplication. 

President  Eisenhower  has  asserted  that  the  Amer- 
ican people  must  make  a  choice  between  government 
economy  and  adequate  national  security. 

The  choice,  if  one  is  to  be  made,  should  be  to 
conduct  government  on  an  economic  basis  and  thereby 
assure  adequate  national  security  at  a  price  the  public 
can  afford.  Seems  like  there  is  no  particular  point  in 
"securing"  a  nation  bankrupt  morally  and  financially. 
*     *     * 

A  survey  of  1000  companies,  recently,  showed  that 
fringe  benefit  costs — payments  by  employers  for  pen- 
sions, vacations,  social  secmity,  etc.  —  averaged  $819.00 
per  employee  in  1955,  an  increase  of  $99  since  1953. 

FEDERAL  SCHOOL  AID 

Business  and  business  organisations  are  demonstrat- 
ing continued  awareness  that  it  takes  constructive 
community  steps  to  lick  local  school  needs  and  com- 
plicated allied  problems. 

How  to  beat  the  seemingly  never  ending  rise  in 
construction  costs  and  at  the  same  time  provide  ade- 
quate classroom  facilities  may  be  one  of  the  worries 
confronting  your  community,  and  if  so  you  may  be 
interested  in  some  phases  of  the  proposed  federal 
school  construction  aid  bill  now  ready  for  House  con- 
sideration in  Congress. 

The  records  show  that  Washington,  Oregon  and 
California  business,  industry  and  other  taxable  sources 
would  contribute  some  $37,470,000  in  taxes  into  the 
federal  government's  school  construction  program, 
and  that  the  maximum  allowance  available  for  alloca- 
tion back  to  the  three  states  for  actual  construction  of 
classroom  facilities  would  be  only  $23,325,000. 

Thus,  some  $14,145,000  paid  by  local  taxpayers  to- 
wards support  of  this  national  school  construction  pro- 
gram would  go  into  building  classrooms  in  areas  other 
than  that  of  the  taxpayer. 

Put  in  terms  of  classroom  facilities,  and  based  upon 
a  construction  cost  of  $30,000  per  classroom,  the  peo- 


ple of  Washington  will  contribute  29  classrooms  to 
some  other  state;  taxpayers  of  Oregon  will  donate  2 
classrooms  to  some  out  of  state  area,  and  the  people  of 
California  will  contribute  441  classrooms  for  other 
than  California  school  children  use.  Some  states,  such 
as  North  Carolina  for  example,  will  receive  some  253 
more  classrooms  from  the  program  than  the  people  of 
the  state  will  pay  for  in  taxes.  Even  the  state  of  Texas, 
noted  for  its  greatness,  oil  wells  and  vast  wealth  will 
receive  134  classrooms  donated  to  Texas  school  chil- 
dren by  taxpayers  of  some  other  state. 

It  shouldn't  be  too  difficult  for  any  one  accustomed 
to  the  use  of  a  pen  or  pencil,  and  even  remotely  ac- 
quainted with  the  ordinary  numeral  system  of  figur- 
ing, to  realise  that  taxpayers  of  Washington,  Oregon 
and  California,  already  faced  with  many  acute  prob- 
lems of  a  tremendous  industrial  and  commercial  de- 
velopment with  its  corresponding  rapid  population 
growth,  will  be  paying  for  support  of  a  program  pro- 
viding facilities  for  school  children  in  states  other 
than  where  the  taxes  are  collected. 

It  will  be  well  to  remember  that  the  school-tax  dol- 
lar, already  deflated  more  than  50  per  cent  by  today's 
inflation,  can  be  further  reduced  by  the  proposed  fed- 
eral school  construction  "give  away"  program.  Ade- 
quate school  classroom  facilities  may  continue  to  be  a 
major  problem  for  some  time  to  come,  therefore  in- 
creased and  not  decreased  school  construction  dollars 
are  needed. 


Next  to  profits  and  taxes,  one  of  the  most  timeti 
executive  problems  is  speechmaking. 


CHANGING  TIMES 

In  our  youth,  an  individual  who  spent  money  with 
reckless  abandon  was  referred  to  "spending  money 
like  a  drunken  sailor."  We  are  not  "up"  on  today's 
colloquialism  describing  such  a  situation,  but  if  the 
proposed  budget  of  $71.8-billion  were  approved  by 
members  of  Congress  the  Federal  Government  w^ould 
spend: 

$5,983,916,667  per  month 

1,380,903,846  per  week 

196,731,506  per  day 

8,197,147  per  hour 

136,619  per  minute 

2,279  per  second 

In  just  the  time  it  has  taken  you  to  read  this,  the 

government  would  have  spent  approximately  $90,000 

in  money  collected  in  the  form  of  taxes,  and  we'll  bet 

our  grandchildren  come  up  with  some  expression  that 

will  put  the  "sailor"  to  shame. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Rothschild 
Raffin  and 
Weirick 


•  •  • 


General  Contractors 

San  Francisco 


''Building  with  the  West'' 


JULY,     19  57 


This  Atherton,  California,  home  combines  the  native  qualities  of 
both  steel  and  adobe  brick  —  the  strength  and  versatility  of  steel 
and  the  insulating  ability  of  adobe.  The  owner  has  a  home  that  is 
attractive,  permanent,  fire  and  termite  resistive,  and  requires  the 
barest  minimum  of  upkeep.  Construction  cost,  in  1955,  was  $11.34 
per  square  foot  of  living  area.  The  home  is  arranged  in  a  bi-nuclear 
design  with  living  and  sleeping  quarters  separated  by  a  glass  entry. 


The  speed  and  ease  of  steel  construc- 
tion was  an  important  plus-factor  since 
the  home  was  built  during  the  heavy 
winter  rains  of  1955-56.  Steel  framing 
members  were  welded  together  at  the 
plant  and  delivered  to  the  site  where 
San  Jose  Steel  Co.,  Inc.,  erected  the 
complete  steel  frame  in  just  two  days. 
The  roof  was  placed  during  the  third 
day  and  interior  work  continued  un- 
interrupted by  outside  conditions. 


The  adobe  bricks,  S'A"  x  4"  x  16",  were  fitted  directly  into  the  H- 
section  steel  columns.  Expanded  metal  lath  was  used  on  every  other 
course  of  brick  to  give  greater  rigidity  to  the  wall.  Since  the  adobe 
bricks  formed  non-bearing  walls,  only  a  single  rather  than  the  usual 
double  course  of  brick  was  required.  United  States  Steel  vertical 
columns  used  were  4"H13*;  horizontal  beams  were  6"WF15.5#. 
The  module  was  6  feet,  9  inches. 


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information  on  building  codes,  specification  data  and  advice  on  the 
maintenance  and  painting  of  steel.  Write:  Architects  &  Engineers 
Service,  Room  1260,  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  Columbia- 
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News  of  another  steel  home 
from  United  States  Steel 


Teaching  old  materials 
new  tricks... with  steel 

The  use  of  adobe  brick,  one  of  the  oldest  home  building 
materials,  and  steel,  one  of  the  newest,  combine  in  this 
house  to  achieve  a  new  level  of  originality  in  residential 
architecture. 

This  unique  combination  of  adobe  and  steel  resulted  in 
both  artistic  and  practical  advantages.  Unrestricted  by  con- 
ventional building  methods,  this  3,474  square-foot  home  is 
designed  for  indoor-outdoor  integration  and  maximum  de- 
sign flexibility. 


The  United  States  Steel  shapes 
used  in  this  home  are  sold  by  steel 
\jobbers  in  your  locality. 
iDesigner:  Don  Knorr, 
finorr  Associates,  San  Francisco 
[Engineer:  John  Brown, 

San  Francisco 
Builder:  Whelan  Construction  Co. 

Redwood  City 


Constructed  as  a  speculative  home,  steel  gave  the  contractor  the 
rare  opportunity  of  building  the  house  so  that  it  was  adaptable  to 
the  demands  of  the  buyer.  Steel  framing  eliminates  the  need  for 
load-bearing  walls,  which  allows  the  new  owner  to  adapt  the  interior 
to  his  individual  needs.  Walls  in  steel-frame  homes  can  be  free- 
standing storage  cabinets  or  even  drapes  can  be  used  to  divide 
interior  space. 


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NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON  ART 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris,  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Andre  Laherrere,  is 
presenting  an  exhibition  of  Paintings  by  Barbara  Haas 
and  Jean  Halpert-Ryden,  during  July. 

The  Gallery  is  located  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the 
building. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  Dr.  Grace 
L.  McCann  Morley,  announces  a  number  of  special 
exhibits  and  events  for  July,  including; 

Exhibitions:  Young  American  Painters,  a  group  of 
work  organized  by  the  Museum  of  Modern  Art  of 
New  York  City;  American  Jewelry  and  Related  Ob- 
jects, organized  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution;  Sculp- 
ture, by  Jacques  Lipchitz;  outstanding  Museum  Col- 
lection items;  Through  the  Collector's  Eye,  featuring 
the  Ayala  and  Sam  Zocks  Collection  and  some  high- 
lights from  Bay  Area  collections;  Scultpure,  by  Ossip 
Zadkine;  and  Landscape  Architecture — 1958,  an  ex- 
hibition prepared  by  the  California  Association  of 
Landscape  Architects. 

Special  Events:  Lecture  Tours  based  upon  current 
exhibitions  each  Sunday  at  3  o'clock;  Wednesday 
evening  discussions  on  art,  9  o'clock.  Studio  Art  for 
the  Layman,  Adventures  in  Drawing  and  Painting 
and  the  Children's  Saturday  morning  Art  Classes  will 
recess  for  the  summer  and  be  resumed  in  September. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF 
THE  LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  Lin- 
coln Park,  San  Francisco,  which  is  under  the  direction 
of  Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  has  arranged  the  follow- 
ing special  exhibits  and  events  for  July: 

Exhibitions:  Paintings  and  Drawings  by  Richard 
Davis;  19th  Century  French  Paintings  from  the  Mu- 
seum Collection,  an  exhibition  augmented  by  notable 
examples  from  private  collections;  Scultpure  by  Ray 
Lorenzato. 

The  ACHENBACH  FOUNDATION  for 
GRAPHIC  ARTS  will  feature:  German  Impression- 
ism, its  reflection  in  the  graphic  work  of  Max  Lieber- 
mann,  Lovis  Corinth,  Max  Slevogt  and  other  painter- 
engravers;  Wenzel  Hollar — 1607-1677,  an  exhibition 
commemorating  the  350th  anniversary  of  the  birth  of 
the  most  ubiquitous  printmaker  in  17th  century  Eu- 
rope. 

Special  Events:  Org.m  program  each  Saturday  and 


Sunday  afternoon  at  3  p.m.;  Drawing  and  Painting 
from  the  Model,  each  Wednesday  and  Friday  morn- 
ing  at  9  o'clock;  a  six  weeks  series,  starting  July  13th, 
of  free  art  history  lectures;  art  classes  for  children,  be- 
tween ages  6-13,  Tuesday  and  Thursday  mornings 
at  10  o'clock. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


OAKLAND  ART 

MUSEUM 

The  Oakland  Art  Museum,  S.W.  corner  of  the 
Municipal  Auditorium  at  10th  and  Fallon  streets,  is 
offering  the  following  special  exhibitions  and  events 
during  July: 

Exhibitions:  Emanuel  Walter  Collection,  a  selection 
of  paintings  done  before  1900  by  California  artists 
and  some  related  European  and  American  paintings 
of  the  same  era,  from  the  Emanuel  Walter  Collection 
of  the  San  Francisco  Art  Association;  Hayward  Art 
Association,  a  juried  exhibition  by  members  of  this 
group;  and  Peter  Shoemaker  and  David  Lemon,  Oil 
paintings  by  Peter  Shoemaker,  Scultpure  by  David 
Lemon  in  a  two-man  show. 

Special  Events:  Children's  Summer  Classes,  ages  6-8, 
in  mask  making,  clay,  paper  mache,  and  painting, 
Tuesday  through  Friday  at  10  a.m.;  ages  9-12,  Oil 
and  Watercolor,  clay,  mosaics,  Tuesday  through  Fri- 
day 9:30  a.m.;  and  for  the  Teens,  informal  sketch 
group,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  at   1:30  p.m. 

The  Museum  is  open  10  a.m.  to  5  p.m.  daily. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  deYoung  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Walter  Heil,  is  offering  a  special  group  of  summer  ex- 
hibitions, and  special  events  during  July. 

Exhibitions:  Painting  in  America — The  Story  of 
450  Years.  One  of  the  most  important  surveys  of 
American  painting  ever  assembled,  containing  over 
100  outstanding  paintings  from  60  museums,  institu- 
tions and,  private  collections.  Early  American  Prints, 
a  second  section  devoted  to  graphic  arts  in  America 
from  the  earliest  period  to  the  present  containing 
116  important  prints;  and  Designer-Craftsmen  of  the 
West,  1957,  a  juried  exhibition  containing  Ceramics, 
Printed  and  Handwoven  Textiles,  Wood  Carving, 
Furniture,  Metalwork,  and  Jewelry,  and  "The  San 
Francisco  Room,"  a  living  area  designed  to  demon- 
strate collaboration  between  architect,  artist,  and 
craftsman. 

Events:  Classes  in  Art  Enjoyment — painting  work- 


ARCHITECT     AND     E  N  G  I  N  [^  E  R 


NEWS    and    CDMMEIVT    OIV    ART 


shop  for  amateurs,  exercises  in  oil  painting,  and  sem- 
inars in  the  history  of  art.  Children  classes  include 
picture  making,  art  and  nature,  and  the  Art  Club. 
The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


ART  EXHIBIT  AT 
CALIFORNIA  FAIR 

Art  once  again  will  prove  to  be  a  mainstay  at  the 
California  State  Fair  and  Exposition,  August  28-Sep- 
tember  8,  in  Sacramento,  reports  Earl  Lee  Kelly,  di- 
rector of  arts  and  women's  activities. 

Entrants  will  vie  for  a  total  of  $11,385  in  cash  pre- 
mium awards  with  a  staff  of  art  experts  announced 
as  jurors,  including: 


Oils,  water  colors,  and  prints — Maria  von  Ridel- 
stein,  San  Francisco;  Hans  Burkhardt,  Los  Angeles; 
Ejnar  Hansen,  Pasadena;  Karl  Kasten,  Lafayette,  and 
Gordon  W.  Gilkey,  Oregon  State  College,  Corvallis, 
Oregon. 

Sculpture — Merrell  Gage,  Santa  Monica,  and  Henri 
Marie-Rose,  San  Francisco. 

Ceramics,  enameling,  metalwork,  jewelry,  and  tex- 
tiles— Albert  H.  King,  Los  Angeles;  Carlton  Ball, 
Whittier;  Harry  A.  Osaki,  Pasadena;  Dr.  Carl  With, 
UC  at  Los  Angeles;  Eleanor  Forbes,  San  Francisco, 
and  Russ  Brown,  Carmel. 

Student  art — Harold  M.  Ward,  Sacramento;  Jo- 
seph Knowles,  Santa  Barbara;  and  Will  Frates,  Hay- 


ward. 


(See  Page  33) 


SAN   FRANCISCO    MUSEUM   DF   ART 


WAR  MEMORIAL  HUILDING  CIVIC  CENTER 


THE  MAENADS 


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artist. 

The  present  exhibition  of  the  work  of  Ossip  Zadliine 
is  the  first  representative  collection  of  this  artist's 
work  ever  assembled  for  showing  in  this  country. 
In  gouaches,  drawings,  and  sculptures,  Ossip  Zad- 
kine  has  pressed  cubism  into  expressive  forms  which, 
however,  never  lose  their  reference  to  recognizable 
objects.  His  primary  concern  is  the  human  anatomy; 
his  method  is  uniquely  appropriate  for  mythological 
subjects  and  for  portraits. 


JULY,     19  5  7 


THE  HUMAN  SIDE  OF 

SPECIFICATIONS    WRITING 


By  KENNETH  M.  WILSON,  Chief  Electrical  & 

Mechanical  Engineering  Division,  E.  F.  Klingler  8C 

Associates,  Inc.,  Architects  8C  Engineers, 

Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin 

PARTI 

Near  the  City  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  on  a  three  hun- 
dred and  thirty  acre  site,  can  be  found  the  newly  con- 
structed Technical  Development  Center  of  the  Gen- 
eral Motors  Company.  The  twenty-five  or  more 
buildings  comprising  this  Center  are  spread  in  clean 
geometric  pattern  over  beautifully  landscaped  grounds, 
creating  a  veritable  beauty  spot  in  an  area  where 
belching  furnaces,  teeming  harbors,  and  milling  traffic 
mark  the  location  as  one  of  the  nation's  great  indus- 
trial centers.  Inside  these  modern  buildings  is  concen- 
trated the  brain  power  that  makes  General  Motors  one 
of  the  industrial  giants  of  our  time. 

Built  primarily  for  use  of  research  and  production 
engineers,  artists  and  stylists,  from  whose  fertile  imagi- 
nation is  born  the  twentieth  century  miracle  that  we 
call  automobiles,  this  research  center  is  a  monumental 
tribute  to  another  kind  of  engineer,  and  another  kind 
of  artist.  These  other  kinds  of  engineers  and  artists 
are  the  consulting  engineers  and  architects  whose  job 
it  was  to  create  the  most  convenient  and  comfortable 
buildings  in  the  world  in  which  to  work,  and  to  com- 
bine all  of  this  convenience  and  comfort  into  a  kind 
of  beauty  that  testifies  to  the  advance  of  science  in 
our  own  generation. 

CONTINUOUS  PROGRESS 

The  profession  of  architecture  is  older  than  Christi- 
anity. An  early  architectural  specification  can  be  found 
in  the  Second  Book  of  Chronicles  in  the  Old  Testa- 
ment of  the  Bible.  Engineering  as  a  profession  is  still 
in  its  infancy.  The  earliest  reference  in  this  sense  is 
only  a  little  over  three  hundred  years  old,  although 
engineers  have  pursued  their  art  under  other  names 
since  the  beginning  of  civilization.  Over  the  centuries 
of  history  architects  and  engineers  have  recorded  their 
studies,  their  experiments  and  their  dreams,  in  order 
that  their  children  could  begin  where  they  left  off.   As 


EDITOR'S  NOTE:  This  is  the  first  of  a  two  part  article 
dealing  with  the  writing  of  specifications,  presented  by  the 
author  at  the  Annual  Spring  Conference  of  The  Producers' 
Council,  Inc.,  and  the  Construction  Specifications  Institute, 
held  in  W  ashington,  D.C.,  in  conjunction  with  the  100th 
Anniversary  meeting  of  The  American  Institute  of  Architects. 
Part  II  will  appear  in  next  month's  issue  of  ARCHITECT 
&  ENGINEER  magazine. 


is  true  with  any  profession,  progress  was  slow  and 
cautious,  and  many  within  these  professions  fought 
against  change  of  any  kind.  Progress  could  be  de- 
lineated only  by  comparing  the  work  of  one  genera- 
tion  against  that  of  its  predecessor. 

NOW  MODERNIZED 

We,  in  this  generation,  are  indeed  fortunate,  for  in 
the  last  twenty  years  science  has  made  as  many  worth- 
while advances  as  have  been  made  in  any  three  cen- 
turies of  our  history.  The  General  Motors  Technical 
Development  center  is  a  monument  to  this  progress. 
In  the  last  twenty  years  we  have  seen  the  science  of 
electronics  grow  from  what  was  termed  a  "crack  pot" 
idea,  into  a  thriving  industry  whose  products  are 
found  in  every  home  in  the  land.  We  have  seen  loosed 
the  awful  might  and  destruction  of  the  atom  bomb, 
and  have  seen  this  indescribable  power  tamed  for 
products  of  peace.  We  have  seen  the  chemist,  with 
only  coal,  air  and  water,  create  fabrics  that  would  have 
been  without  price  in  the  time  of  Solomon. 

The  architect  is  the  creator  of  all  that  wc  find  beau- 
tiful and  pleasing  in  a  new  and  modern  building.  To 
him  is  given  our  new  lightweight  metals,  new  ceram- 
ics and  plastics,  to  combine  with  the  time  honored 
materials  of  brick,  stone  and  glass,  into  a  new  and 
pleasing  whole  to  serve  the  ever  more  critical  de- 
mands of  humanity.  The  engineer  gives  life  to  any 
modern  building.  He  does  so  by  making  it  a  pleasant 
and  healthful  place  for  people  to  work,  think,  relax, 
live  and  be  entertained.  In  the  complexity  of  the  mod- 
ern building,  the  engineer  is  many  men.  His  tools  are 
the  buildings'  operational  equipment  such  as  plumb- 
ing, wiring,  elevators,  lighting,  generators,  boilers, 
compressors,  loudspeakers  and  microphones.  These 
tools,  too,  have  changed  in  the  last  two  decades.  The 
engineer  of  twenty  years  ago  would  find  himself  com- 
pletely lost  in  the  maze  of  electronic  controls  and  new 
devices  that  make  up  the  mechanical  brain  of  any 
modern  building.  Progress  is  at  this  moment  surging 
forward  at  such  a  rate  that  by  the  time  an  engineer 
has  designed  the  services  for  a  given  building  and 
written  them  into  a  specification,  the  products  he  has 
specified  are  many  times  bordering  on  obsolescence 
before  they  can  be  installed. 

NEW  PRODUCTS 

The  new  products  and  materials  born  in  today's  lab- 
oratories are  truly  without  number.  Given  to  the  ar- 
chitect and  engineer,  who  must  weld  them  into  new 
and   modern   structures,   they  pose   a   challenge   that 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


must  be  met.  With  all  these  new  products  available, 
it  would  seem,  at  first  glance,  that  the  lot  of  the  archi- 
tect and  the  engineer  would  indeed  be  a  happy  one, 
whose  only  limit  would  be  their  capacity  for  imagina- 
tion in  finding  new  ways  to  apply  the  miraculous  prod- 
ucts that  have  been  handed  them. 

It  has  been  my  privilege,  in  the  last  few  years,  to 
address  many  groups  of  architects,  engineers  and  tech- 
nicians in  nearly  every  part  of  the  United  States. 
Through  this  association,  I  have  had  the  opportunity 
to  talk  shop  with  some  of  the  finest  creative  architects 
and  the  most  astute  engineers  in  the  nation.  I  have 
found  that  their  lot  is  not  as  happy  as  one  might  think, 
and  that  the  intelligent  application  of  new  products 
and  development  of  new  concepts  of  building  is  full  of 
unforeseen  problems  and  full  of  pitfalls  to  trap  the 
unwary  engineer.  In  my  discussions  with  these  men, 
and  from  literally  hundreds  of  letters  I  have  received, 
the  problems  of  the  design  professions  can  be  divided 
into  four  basic  categories.  These  categories  are:  (1) 
the  intelligent  definition  of  both  new  and  old  materials 
into  a  workable  specification;  (2)  the  ever-increasing 
cost  of  the  building;  (3)  Educational-Industry-Profes- 
sional  relations;  (4)  deteriorating  public  relations  and 
lack  of  public  confidence  in  the  design  professions.  If 
one  pursues  this  investigation  a  bit  further,  it  will  be 
found  that  all  four  of  these  basic  problems  are  inter- 
related, and  that  each  one  aggravates  the  other. 

The  basic  formula  in  the  solution  of  any  problem  is 
to  look  at  it  squarely,  break  it  up  into  causes  and  ef- 
fects, and  from  this  hypothesis,  work  out  a  logical 
solution.  If  we  apply  this  formula  to  the  problems  I 
have  cited,  we  find  ourselves  led  into  a  position  where 
we  see  many  unpleasant  things  that  are  not  apparent 
on  the  surface. 

SPECIFICATIONS 

Take  the  matter  of  specifications.  What  are  specifi- 
cations? The  answer  to  this  question  depends  almost 
entirely  on  whom  you  ask  for  an  opinion. 

If,  for  example,  you  ask  a  layman  or  a  client,  he  will 
probably  tell  you  that  specifications  are  a  book  of 
some  kind  of  mixture  of  legal  phrases  and  technical 
jargon,  of  which  he  can  make  neither  head  nor  tail, 
but  which  he  fervently  hopes  will  mean  something  to 
some  one,  because  they  cost  enough  to  have  some  en- 
gineer or  architect  write  them. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  you  ask  a  contractor,  he  will 
probably  tell  you  that  specifications  are  a  fiendish  de- 
vice, employed  by  architects  and  engineers,  which  are 
unintelligible,  unreadable,  and  conceived  for  the  sole 
purpose  of  preventing  him  from  making  an  honest 
dollar,  and  making  him  the  goat  for  the  inadequacy  of 
his  suppliers,  and  the  ignorance  of  the  specification 
writer. 

Now  if  you  were  to  ask  a  salesman  for  his  opinion  of 
specifications,  he  would  indignantly  opine  that  most 
specifications  were  copies  from  his  competitors'  cata- 


log, describing  nothing  but  junk  that  some  manufac- 
turers have  the  gall  to  foist  upon  an  unsuspecting 
public.  With  injured  dignity,  he  will  inquire,  how 
can  an  honest  sales  engineer  sell  a  superior  product 
such  as  his  own  in  fair  competition  with  inferior  and 
over  priced  products  such  as  are  specified. 

If,  however,  you  took  the  time  to  consult  a  dic- 
tionary or  an  encyclopedia,  there  you  would  find  the 
word  "Specifications"  defined  as  "definite  and  deter- 
minate, as  in  a  contract."  As  specifications  pertain  to 
the  design  professions,  you  will  find  them  defined  as 
"a  written  document,  naming  and  describing  equip- 
ment, materials,  and  processes,  setting  forth  therein 
concise  instructions  for  the  execution  of  that  part  of 
the  work  which  cannot  be  reasonably  named,  de- 
scribed or  shown  by  graphic  illustration." 

Interpreting  these  definitions,  we  reasonably  con- 
clude that  specifications,  combined  with  graphic  illus- 
trations or  drawings,  have  only  two  purposes:  One,  to 
convey  the  thought  of  the  designer,  his  vision  of  the 
finished  building,  to  the  hundreds  of  people  who  will 
have  a  hand  in  building  it;  Second,  to  provide  a  defini- 
tive basis  on  which  a  legal  contract  can  be  based  and 
executed. 

COMPLEX  PROBLEM 

At  first  glance,  it  would  appear  that  this  should  not 
present  too  much  of  a  problem.  However,  if  we  dig 
into  the  matter  we  find  that  somewhere  in  the  decades 
since  the  idea  of  combining  specifications  with  draw- 
ings was  conceived,  we  have  somehow  managed  to 
transpose  these  two  documents  both  in  volume  and 
importance.  Today,  specifications  no  longer  comple- 
ment drawings.  Drawings,  which  from  time  immemo- 
rial have  been  the  universal  language  of  man,  are 
now  designed  to  complement  the  specifications.  With 
this  transposition,  we  have  seen  our  specifications 
grow  in  length  and,  unfortunately,  in  confusion  as  to 
their  true  intent  as  well.  Decade  upon  decade,  we 
have  added  to  the  multitude  of  words  in  our  specifica- 
tions, until  today  we  must  concede  that  there  is  more 
than  a  grain  of  realism  in  the  definitions  given  to  these 
volumes  by  the  layman,  contractor  and  salesman. 

Let  me  cite  a  specific  example.  A  few  weeks  ago,  I 
picked  up  a  specification  in  our  local  builders  ex- 
change, covering  the  replacement  of  some  steam  pipe 
lines  in  a  post  ofiice  building.  Under  the  heading  of 
"Pipe"  I  found  two  typewritten  pages  devoted  to  the 
minute  description  of  the  metallurgical  analysis  of  the 
metal,  its  crystaline  structure,  density,  size,  shape,  tol- 
erances, finish,  hardness,  and  so  forth.  At  the  end  of 
these  pages,  I  found  this  line,  in  part,  "shall  comply 
with  ASTM  designation  and  so  and  so."  In  an  ofiice 
handbook  I  found  that  these  two  pages  could  have 
been  effectively  replaced  with  six  simple  words, 
"standard  schedule  forty  black  steel  pipe." 

This  excess  of  word  use  is  common  in  far  too  many 
of  our  specifications  today.    What  purpose  does  this 


multitude  of  words  serve?  Do  you  suppose  manufaC' 
turers  or  sales  engineers  spend  hours  deciphering  this 
multitude  of  words  to  find  the  nugget  of  information 
for  which  they  search?  I  think  not.  More  often  they 
will  pose  this  question,  "what  can  we  get  approved — 
and  get  away  with?"  "What  can  we  sell  that  will  give 
us  a  price  advantage  over  our  competition?"  The  in- 
evitable consequence  is  that  what  the  designer  really 
wanted  is  lost  in  the  multitude  of  words.  What  about 
the  tradesman?  Not  one  in  fifty  ever  opens  the  cover 
of  the  job  specifications  for  the  simple  reason  that  it 
contains  no  understandable  instruction  for  him,  and 
yet,  specifications  are  supposedly  written  for  the 
tradesman's  guidance  as  much  as  for  anyone  else. 

I  can  cite  for  you  a  parallel  to  this  condition  in  an- 
other profession.  About  three  thousand  two  hundred 
years  ago,  a  'man  named  Moses  received  from  the  Lord 
two  stone  tablets  on  which  were  engraved  ten  simple 
laws  to  enable  men  to  live  together  in  peace.  These 
laws  are  short.  Some  contain  only  four  words.  "Thou 
shalt  not  kill",  and  "Thou  shalt  not  steal"  are  two  of 
them.  It  would  seem  that  in  this  brevity  there  would 
be  no  need  for  explanation  and  no  room  for  argument. 
Yet  out  of  man's  vanity  in  trying  to  improve  on  the 
work  of  our  Creator  was  born  the  whole  profession  of 
law.  Billions  and  billions  of  words  have  been  written 
to  explain  and  improve  on  four  simple  words,  "Thou 
shalt  not  kill",  or  "Thou  shalt  not  steal".  More  words 
have  not  improved  these  basic  truths.  They  have 
simply  made  them  impossible  to  enforce.  With  every 
amendment  that  is  written  to  plug  a  loophole,  two 
more  loopholes  are  created  to  be  plugged. 

So  it  is  with  far  too  many  of  our  specifications 
today.  In  many  cases  it  appears  that  the  specification 
writer  actually  takes  pains  to  hide  and  obscure  the 
simple  messages  that  specifications  should  convey. 

One  cannot  be  critical  without  incurring  the  moral 
obligation  to  at  least  suggest  possibilities  for  improve- 
ment of  the  condition  which  is  the  object  of  our  criti- 
cism.   What,  then,  is  an  ideal  specification? 

WHAT  IS  IDEAL? 

First  of  all,  it  must  be  specific.  It  must  be  so  set  up, 
worded  and  presented  so  as  to  sharply  focus  attention 
upon  the  intent  of  the  designer,  not  to  obscure  and 
hide  it. 

Second,  it  must  be  well  organized  under  reasonable 
headings  to  enable  a  reader  to  quickly  locate  any  por- 
tion dealing  with  any  segment  of  work  that  commands 
his  interest. 

Third,  it  must  be  written  m  plain  cver-yday  simple 
language,  avoiding  wherever  possible  the  use  of 
highly  technical  terms.  The  specification  writer  must 
remember  that  his  specification  is  not  written  for  the 
use  of  others  in  the  design  profession  but  for  the  in- 
struction and  guidance  of  men  who  do  not  have  his 
advantage  of  technical  knowledge,  and  are  not  fluent 
in  the  shop  hngo  that  goes  with  it. 

Fourth,  an  ideal  specification  must  be  brief.    It  is 


exceedingly  difficult  to  find  many  loopholes  in  a  brief 
specification.  Brevity  in  itself  makes  a  subject  either 
black  or  white  with  very  few  greys  in  between.  A 
brief  specification  can  be,  and  usually  is,  properly  en- 
forced.  It  pinpoints  responsibility  where  it  belongs. 

Here,  perhaps,  is  where  we  get  an  inkling  of  why 
our  specifications  are  sometimes  so  ambiguous,  so 
wordy,  and  so  confusing.  If  an  architect  or  engineer 
makes  a  flat  commitment  in  his  specifications,  he  must 
be  very,  very  sure  that  the  item  or  product  will  do  the 
job  he  wants  done,  in  the  way  he  wants  it,  for  if  it  does 
not,  it  is  then  his  responsibility  alone.  On  the  other 
hand,  if  his  specification  is  full  of  exceptions,  if  it 
rambles  on  and  on  with  studied  confusion,  it  is  usually 
possible  to  shift  responsibility  for  failure,  if  it  occurs, 
to  some  one  else,  the  contractor,  owner,  supplier  or 
manufacturer.  Unpleasant  as  it  may  be,  failure  to  ac- 
cept responsibility  for  the  work  of  their  own  hands  is 
at  least  one  of  the  underlying  reasons  for  our  confusing 
specifications  of  today,  and  the  deterioration  of  public 
relations. 

What  about  rising  costs  of  buildings?  We  all  know 
that  wages  in  all  trades  rise  to  a  certain  and  almost 
predictable  level  each  year.  However,  in  the  last  sev- 
eral years,  production  per  man  hour  worked  has  in- 
creased faster  than  wages,  so  except  for  a  reasonable 
inflationary  effect,  we  must  look  elsewhere  for  the 
answer  to  this  question. 

A  SOLUTION 

Seven  years  ago,  our  firm  having  had  every  kind  of 
specification  trouble  imaginable,  decided  to  tighten  up 
on  its  specifications.  We  eliminated  the  controversial 
"or  equal"  clause,  and  named  specifically  the  products 
we  envisioned  for  any  given  project,  following  the 
"base  bid",  alternate  procedure  which  five  years 
later  was  recommended  and  endorsed  by  the  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Architects.  We  knew  that  we  could 
not  possibly  keep  abreast  of  every  new  product  that 
came  on  the  market.  We  knew,  too,  that  our  clients 
were  aware  of  that  fact,  but  that  they  did  look  to  us 
to  use  our  best  judgement  and  specify  products  in 
which  we  had  confidence,  even  though  it  was  en- 
tirely possible  that  a  better  product  might  have  been 
available  at  the  time.  We  were  particularly  careful  to 
utilize  only  the  products  of  firms  whose  honesty  and 
integrity  were  above  reproach.  We  combined  this 
tight  specification  with  exceptionally  sharp,  well-de- 
tailed drawings,  and  followed  up  the  construction 
work  very  closely,  at  what  appeared  to  be  a  consider- 
able expense  to  ourselves.  We  also  found  a  number  of 
errors  in  our  own  work,  and  since  we  had  such  tight 
specifications,  we  had  no  alternative  but  to  foot  the 
bill  for  the  correction  of  our  own  mistakes.  To  say 
that  we  were  the  objects  of  criticism  for  our  actions  is 
the  understatement  of  the  century.  We  were  accused 
of  everything  from  collusion,  taking  kick-backs  from 
the  favored  few,  down  to  outright  bribery.  The  (me 
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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


THE   HOUSE 

OF 
THE   FUTURE 

By  WILLIAM   H.  SCHEIECK. 

Executive  Director,  Building  Research  Institute 

Washington,  D.  C* 


We  will  continue  to  build  high-priced  houses  for  a 
relatively  small  and  select  market,  and  medium-priced 
houses  for  a  constantly  greater  market.  For  the  first 
time,  the  industry  will  produce  good  houses  for  the  low 
income  market.  (No  matter  what  anyone  says,  we 
have  never  produced  adequate  homes  in  any  quantity 
for  lower  income  groups.) 

Higher-priced  houses  may  change  the  least  from  to- 
day's houses,  because  of  greater  selectivity  of  materials 
by  the  home  owner.  He  will  demand  everything  new 
in  comfort  and  convenience  equipment,  but  will  also 
favor  traditional  materials  for  many  uses. 

The  industry  generally  will  be  interested  chiefly  in 
middle  and  low-priced  houses  because  they  will  offer 
the  huge  markets.  The  ingenuity  of  the  industry  will 
be  focused  on  these  two  classes  of  houses  in  a  constant 
battle  to  reduce  production  costs  and  at  the  same  time 
give  the  home  buyer  a  more  appealing  product.  The 
hammer-and-saw  contractor  will  disappear  from  the 
scene. 

Research  and  development  will  divide  its  attention 
between  the  "shell"  (or  house  proper)  and  the  service 
systems — but  with  much  effort  given  to  their  integra- 
tion into  a  complete  "package  for  sale." 

Obsolescence 

Goals  for  the  shell  will  be  an  easy-to-assemble  struc- 
ture having  for  selling  points  minimum  maintenance, 
good  planning  and  attractive  styling.  Yearly  changes 
in  the  "model"  of  house  will  tend  to  make  older  houses 
obsolete  more  quickly  than  today. 

Goals  for  the  service  systems  and  other  equipment 
and  appliances  which  mechanize  the  house  will  be  to 
provide  maximum  comfort  and  convenience.  Again 
emphasis  on  new  developments  will  be  publicized  on 
an  annual  basis. 

The  structure  of  many  mass-produced  houses  will 
probably  be  frameless.    Many  types  of  panels  will  be 


*(A  presentation  made  to  the  Second  Annual  Technical  Confer- 
ence of  the  National  Warm  Air  Heating  and  Air  Conditioning 
Association,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  May  1st,  1957.) 


available  which  can  be  combined  in  many  ways  to 
give  far  greater  variety  to  the  pre-fab  house  than  we 
know  today.  Most  panels  will  consist  of  exterior 
and  interior  "skins"  bonded  to  "cores"  of  honeycomb 
or  foamed  materials.  The  skins  may  be  of  plastics, 
metal,  hardboards,  chipboards  or  plywoods  processed 
to  give  the  best  performance  for  exterior  or  interior 
conditions.  Permanent  films  may  take  the  place  of 
paints  or  "natural"  finishes. 

The  panels  will  have  all  of  the  properties  necessary 
for  strength,  low  thermal  conductivity,  and  moisture 
control.  All  engineering  will  be  for  maximum  econ- 
omy for  air  conditioning  as  well  as  heating,  and  thanks 
to  competition,  insulation  will  be  more  complete  and 
effective  than  today. 

Quite  possibly,  the  most  advanced  forms  of  structure 
will  resemble  the  pioneer  plastic  House  of  Tomorrow. 
Large  molded  sections  of  a  sandwich  material  will  per- 
form as  the  "universal  material"  suitable  for  walls, 
floors  and  roof. 

Architecture 

There  is  reason  to  believe  that  the  house  structure 
may  be  divorced  from  the  ground,  so  to  speak,  by 
having  the  floor  panels  out  of  contact  with  the  ground 
and  supported  on  pins.  The  battle  with  mud  is  a 
nuisance  during  construction,  and  the  battle  with 
ground  moisture  and  termites  goes  on  and  on  for 
houses  in  or  upon  the  earth.  If  exterior  walls  can  be 
comfortable,  so  can  floors  off  the  ground. 

The  architecture  of  the  house  will  make  very  free 
use  of  transparent  or  transluscent  walls  of  glass  or 
plastic.  Most  of  this  will  be  double  glazing,  fixed  in 
place,  except  for  the  occasional  opening  of  an  entire 
wall  to  the  garden  for  purposes  of  indoor-outdoor  rec- 
reation or  entertainment. 

The  developments  I  have  indicated  for  the  structure 
may  well  be  slower  in  coming  than  equally  surprising 
progress  with  the  service  systems. 

Ycar-Vound  air  conditioning  looks  like  a  sure  bet 
considering  the  standards  of  comfort  demanded  by  the 
public.  With  many  types  of  structures  the  panels  will 
be  built  to  include  integral  duct  spaces  for  air  distribu- 
tion. The  well  insulated  shell  will  permit  the  use  of 
relatively  small  air  conditioning  plants. 

The  designer  will  not  want  the  mechanical  unit  to 
occupy  any  valuable  floor  space,  nor  to  have  a  position 
in  the  plan  that  might  interfere  with  rearrangement  of 
space  units  within  the  house.  Evidently  the  air  condi- 
tioner will  have  to  be  above  or  below  and  outside  of 
the  living  space.  Wherever  it  is,  it  must  be  a  get-at- 
able  unit,  because  improved  models  will  be  in  demand 
as  the  industry  makes  progress. 

Utilities 

Of  course,  I  ought  to  be  asking  you  about  the  future 
of  air  conditioning.    Maybe  if  I   talk  "blue-sky"  as 
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JULY,     19  5  7 


Cantilever  extending  11  feet  over  supporting  foundation  and  wall  is  made  possible  by  usinq 
steel  sections.  Structure  utilizes  skeleton  of  steel  ribs  which  support  roof  and  floor  without 
load  bearing  walls. 


SEQUOYAH  RESIDENCE 
HAS  HELIPORT  ON  ROOF 

OAKLAND.  CALIFORNIA 


Erecting  rigid  steel  frames; 
floor  joists  of  steel  ribs  were 
landed  on  concrete  piers  and 
wall  of  45  degree  lot,  ceiling 
joists  bolted  to  seven  concrete 
block  pillars;  12  foot  by  1-foot 
sheer  wall  connected  to  two 
of  the  interior  frames  will  pro- 
vide lateral  support. 


Architect: 

DAVID  THORNE 

Consulting  Engineer: 

DONALD  H.  MOYER 

Builder: 

RAY  D.  NICHOLS 


Commuting  from  home  to  ofEcc  by  helicopter  is  not 
so  far  away  as  one  would  imagine,  for  in  San  Fran- 
cisco's Bay  Arerf  at  least  one  house  has  been  designed 
with  this  in  mind. 

High  in  Oakland's  foothills  with  a  panorama  of  the 
entire  Bay  below  it  is  the  latest  design  of  Architect 
David  Thorne,  known  as  Sequoyah  House.  One  of 
the  features  of  its  unusual  design  is  a  roof  capable  of 
supporting  helicopter  landings.  Already  several  flights 
and  landings  have  been  made.  By  helicopter,  the  office 
in  downtown  San  Francisco  is  just  20  minutes  away 
compared  to  1  hour  through  heavy  traffic. 

But  the  commuter  was  not  the  only  person  the 
builders  and  designers  had  in  mind  in  planning  this 
house  for  suburban  living.  Sequoyah  home  embodies 
many  unique  ideas  contributed  by  architect,  interior 
decorator,  builder,  and  landscaper.  It  is  truly  a  versa- 
tile home.  For  example,  Sequoyah  house  offers  one 
level  living,  yet  the  house  is  situated  on  a  steep  slope. 
Every  room  in  the  house  has  access  to  either  deck  or 


View   of  Patio  area   Is   accessible  from   kitchen   and   bed- 
rooms— carpcrt  at  left. 


garden.  Wide  expanses  of  glass  take  full  advantage  of 
view,  yet  complete  privacy  is  assured. 

Thome's  trademark,  which  make  many  of  these  un- 
usual features  possible,  is  the  use  of  steel  as  the  sup- 
porting framework  of  the  entire  structure. 

By  using  a  structural  steel  skeleton,  Thorne  and 
structural  engineer,  Don  Moyer,  were  able  to  provide 
such  unusual  features  as  complete  openness — no  bear- 
ing walls  to  clutter  and  cramp  interiors,  spacious  areas 
of  glass,  a  spectacular  cantilever  of  nearly  one  third  of 
the  house,  use  of  new  and  lighter  materials  in  the  in- 
terior, and  rugged  support  of  roof  and  floor  to  make 
such  things  as  a  heliport  possible. 

The  key  to  building  the  Sequoyah  house  lies  in  its 
seven  steel  ribs  set  parallel  to  form  the  "L"  of  the  basic 


Thirty  foot  long  sunken  planter 
separates  patio  from  Inside  entry 
hall  and  gives  open  feeling. 


Photos  by 
Bethlehem  Pacific  Steef 


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floor  plan.  Each  of  these  ribs  were  fabricated  as  a 
single  rigid  frame.  Eight  inch  light  joists,  weighing  10 
pounds  to  the  foot,  used  as  the  front  columns  were 
left  exposed  and  connected  the  floor  cantilever  beams 
to  the  roof  beams.  Heavier  supporting  sections  were 
12  inch  wide  flange  beams  weighing  27  pounds  to  the 
foot. 

The  ribs  for  the  entire  house  were  shipped  to  the 
building  site  by  truck  and  landed  on  the  concrete  piers 
by  a  25  ton  crawler  crane.  Only  three  field  welds  were 
necessary  to  connect  the  61  foot  long  span  sections 
forming  the  long  leg  of  the  "L". 

By  using  this  type  of  framing,  builder  Ray  D.  Nich- 
ols was  able  to  actually  cut  costs  of  the  house.    First, 


Fireplace  in  living  room  serves  a  double  purpose — cement 
block  wall  serves  as  structural  support  for  two  interior 
steel  frames,  providing  lateral  or  shear  strength;  wall 
also  serves  as  backdrop  for  fireplace  hood  of  burnished 
copper. 


by  using  steel,  he  was  able  to  avoid  a  costly  poured 
foundation.  The  floor  beams  of  the  steel  frames  were 
bolted  to  a  concrete  wall  in  the  front  of  the  steep  por- 
tion of  the  lot,  the  rear  of  each  section  to  a  simple 
poured  footing.  Piers  were  connected  with  a  boxed 
one  foot  by  one  foot  concrete  tie  beam.  The  roof  sec- 
tions  were  bolted  in  the  rear  of  the  house  to  concrete 
block  piers,  while  a  shear  wall  12  feet  by  one  foot  con- 
nected  two  of  the  interior  steel  frames,  and  served 
double  duty  both  as  a  shear  wall  and  backing  for  an 
attractive  fireplace. 

Steel  framing  also  gave  another  advantage.  The 
structure  was  completely  independent  of  any  bearing 
wall,  and  interiors  could  be  planned  to  take  full  ad' 
vantage  of  light  materials  while  glass  could  be  gener- 
ously  used  on  the  exterior.  Nichols  used  rich  looking 
teak  wall  paneling  for  most  of  his  interiors.  Instead  of 
a  costly  continuous  footing  for  his  fireplace,  he  was 
able  to  pour  his  hearth  slab  with  reinforced  concrete 
between  the  opposing  steel  wide  flange  sections  in  the 
floor. 

Framing  up  with  wood  was  made  easy  by  installing 


KITCHEN 
VIEW 

Seven  foot 
overhang 
cuts  down 
glare  of 
sun. 


2"  by  4"  wood  sills  on  the  steelwork  with  steel  pins 
driven  by  a  powder-actuated  device.  The  steel  fasten- 
ing pins  were  driven  through  the  sills  and  seated  into 
the  flanges  of  the  steel. 

For  view,  the  12  foot  cantilevered  deck  with  its 
openings  off  the  living  room  and  bedrooms,  provides  a 
spectacular  panorama  of  the  Bay,  and  complete 
privacy. 

Such  innovations  as  clever  built-ins  for  TV,  hi-ii, 
and  record  player  in  the  den,  compartmented  baths, 
and  a  dramatic  living  room  fireplace,  a  30  foot  long 
sunken  planter  connecting  patio  and  entry  hall,  make 
this  design  a  truly  versatile  house  of  the  future. 


BETTER   LIVING 

THROUGH 

ENGINEERING 

By  AXEL  MULLER 

I  am  here  as  a  representative  of  the  engineering 
profession  and  particularly  as  a  member  of  the  San 
Francisco  Engineers  Speakers  Club,  which  is  cooper- 
ating with  the  San  Francisco  Bay  Area  Engineers' 
Week  Committee  in  the  celebrating  of  National  En- 
gineers' 'Week.  .  .  . 

I  shall  waste  no  time  in  announcing  that  today  I 
shall  tell  you  about  how  to  obtain  better  living 
through  engineering,  with  stress  on  "better."  After  all, 
we  are  already  enjoying  pretty  good  living  in  this 
country.  Of  course  all  of  us  may  have  heard  some 
elderly  gentleman  grumble  about  the  shortcomings  of 
present  day  living  as  compared  to  the  good  old  horse- 
and-buggy  days.  But  this  same  man  tends  to  overlook 
two  facts:  one,  that  everybody  did  not  own  a  horse 
and  buggy  and  two,  that  he  probably  was  one  of  the 
few  who  did.  Today  practically  everybody  owns  an 
automobile,  whether  for  business,  or  pleasure,  or  mere- 
ly for  picking  up  his  unemployment  insurance. 

All  over  the  country  engineers,  during  this  week, 
are  addressing  groups  such  as  your  own,  telling  them 
about  engineers'  contributions  to  our  standards  of 
living,  general  welfare,  and  security.  It  has  special 
significance  that  we  do  so  during  the  week  of  George 
Washington's  birthday.  George  Washington  was  an 
outstanding  engineer  who  built  highways  and  canals 
which  were  tops  for  their  day.  Because  he  was  a  great 
engineer  is  one  of  the  reasons  this  country  is  a  great 
country. 

I  would  like  to  give  you  a  definition  of  engineering. 


EDITOR'S  NOTE:  Presented  herewith  is  an  excerpt  of  a 
paper  by  Axel  Muller,  prepared  in  conjunction  with  ob- 
servance of  national  Engineers  Week — 1957,  which  re- 
ceived the  William  H.  Popert  Trophy  for  the  best  paper 
presented  in  the  San  Francisco  Bay  Area. 


It  is  defined  as  "the  art  and  science  by  which  the  prop- 
erties of  matter  and  energy  are  made  useful  to  man  in 
structures,  machines,  and  products."  Most  of  you,  I  am 
sure,  will  go  along  with  calling  engineering  a  science, 
but  is  it  also  an  art?  .  .  .  Many  can  draw  lines  inter- 
secting each  other  at  right  angles,  or  at  any  given 
angle,  and  plot  curves  according  to  a  formula  or  a 
set  of  observations.  That  in  itself  does  not  make  them 
engineers,  or  provide  blueprints  from  which  to  build 
useful  structures  or  smoothly  operating  machines.  The 
art  of  engineering  is  displayed  when  the  sciences  are 
made  to  work  for  the  use  and  convenience  of  man, 
even  as  the  practicing  of  medicine  is  an  art  superim- 
posed upon  the  medical  science. 

Let  me  also  pause  a  moment  at  the  word  "engineer". 
Due  to  absurdity  in  our  language  this  word  is  often 
being  used  in  a  much  more  general  sense  than  in  the 
meaning  "professional  engineer".  I  am  talking  about 
professional  engineers  who  through  advanced  educa- 
tion in  the  exact  sciences  and  related  matters  have 
obtained  the  necessary  qualifications  to  make,  accord- 
ing to  the  definition  of  engineering,  the  properties  of 
matter  and  energy  useful  to  man  in  structures,  ma- 
chines, and  products,  and  who,  as  members  of  a  pro- 
fession, can  be  expected  to  possess  integrity  and  ad- 
here to  a  code  of  ethics. 

There  are  many  kinds  of  professional  engineers, 
such  as  civil,  mechanical,  electrical,  chemical,  mining 
and  metallurgical,  petroleum,  industrial,  and  electronic 
engineers,  to  mention  the  largest  groups.  There  are 
hardly  any  aspects  of  human  life  in  which  the  works 
of  one  or  several  of  these  groups  of  professional  en- 
gineers are  not  evident.  Whether  in  our  homes  or  hos- 
pitals, ofiices  or  factories,  churches  or  restaurants, 
schools  or  theaters,  on  our  highways  or  rivers,  in  our 
cities,  forests  or  on  our  farms,  on  the  sea  coasts  or  in 
the  oil  fields  these  many  diversified  branches  of  en- 
gineering strive  continuously  to  provide  one  com- 
mon thing:  not  just  good  living,  but  better  living 
through  engineering.  .  .  . 

That  the  United  States  leads  the  rest  of  the  world 
as  regards  standards  of  living  is  because  we  have  avail- 
able more  power  per  person  than  any  other  country. 
Power  production  per  person  in  this  country  is  rough- 
ly twice  that  in  Britain,  three  times  as  much  as  in 
France,  and  four  times  as  much  as  the  Russians  turn 
out.  The  water  in  our  mighty  rivers  has  been  har- 
nessed and  the  coal  in  our  rich  deposits  is  being 
mined,  to  produce  power  for  the  wheels  of  industry 
and  for  added  conveience  in  our  homes  and  elsewhere. 
Oil  is  being  produced  from  domestic  and  overseas 
sources,  and  natural  gas  piped  over  thousands  of 
miles,  to  make  machines  spin  at  the  push  of  a  button 
and  ranges  burn  at  the  turn  of  a  knob.  It  is  profes- 
sional engineers  who  build  the  dams,  sink  the  drills 
into  the  earth,  and  construct  the  pipelines. 

Other  professional  engineers  are  busy  providing 
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J  U  LY,     19  57 


EXHIBITION 
and 

OFFICE 
BUILDING 


THE   NEW   YORK 
COLISEUM 

NEW  SKYSCRAPER  AND 
WORLD'S  LARGEST  EXHIBIT 
AND  OFFICE  BUILDING 

By  DR.  W.  SCHWEISHEIMER 

The  3 5 -million  dollar  structure  of  the  New  York 
Coliseum,  built  by  Triborough  Bridge  and  Tunnel  Au- 
thority as  a  public  service,  covers  an  area  extending 
from  58th  to  60th  Streets  fronting  on  the  westerly 
side  of  Columbus  Circle.  It  consists  essentially  of  a 
four-level  exhibition  hall,  the  largest  in  the  world, 
surmounted  along  the  West  58th  Street  frontage  by  a 
twenty  story  office  building.  The  entire  basement  and 
sub-basement  is  used  as  a  parking  garage  for  850  cars. 

The  clean,  sharp  lines  of  the  attractive  new  struc- 
ture is  conservatively  styled  in  light  gray  brick  with 
dark  granite  base.  The  four  exhibition  floors,  with  a 
total  of  391,000  square  feet  of  display  and  storage 


MObEL — lookmg  west  from  Columbus  Circle 
ed  with  new  apartment  house  development. 


space,  may  be  used  singly  for  four  separate  simultane- 
ous shows  or  any  combination  of  floors  may  be  used 
together. 

Exhibition  Hall 

The  need  for  a  commodious,  flexible,  modern  exhi- 
bition hall  in  New  York  has  been  recognized  for  many 
years.  The  use  of  the  Coliseum  for  trade  shows  and 
expositions  is  expected  to  add  a  million  visitors  annu- 
ally to  New  York's  transient  traffic.  These  visitors 
will  spend  close  to  300  million  dollars  in  the  city's  ho- 
tels, restaurants,  theatres  and  retail  establishments. 
The  new  facilities  will  encourage  many  new  groups  to 
schedule  their  expositions  in  New  York. 

The  entrance  to  the  Coliseum  is  from  Columbus 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Circle.  Visitors  enter  d  large  public  lobby  286  feet 
long  and  59  feet  wide  divided  by  low  glass  partitions 
into  four  sections  each  served  by  separate  means  of 
vertical  transportation.  This  arrangement  permits  con- 
trolled entrance  to  the  four  exhibition  floors  so  that  a 
single  show  may  occupy  the  whole  building.  The  ex- 
hibition hall  is  operated  by  the  Coliseum  Exhibition 
Corporation. 

The  Coliseum  contains  more  than  9  acres  of  gross 
floor  area,  of  which  6-1/S  acres  is  fully  usable  exhibi- 
tion space,  and  the  remainder  is  for  meeting  rooms, 
public  lobbies,  service  and  storage.  The  main  exhibi- 
tion floor  is  88,000  square  feet  in  area  and  may  be 
reached  by  escalator  or  elevator  from  the  lobby.  This 
floor  also  has  a  minimum  ceiling  height  of  20  feet  and 
is  featured  by  a  central  well  in  excess  of  150  feet  in 
each  dimension  having  a  clear  height  of  60  feet.  The 
well  is  surrounded  by  two  balconies  having  respec- 
tively 71,204  square  feet  of  exhibition  space  on  the 
first  and  45,358  square  feet  on  the  second. 

Extreme  care  has  been  taken  to  avoid  congestion 
on  the  surrounding  streets.  Trucks  may  drive  directly 
on  to  the  first  exhibition  floor.  A  truck  ramp  leads 
directly  from  58th  Street  to  the  second  level  main 
floor.  There  is  no  permanent  auditorium  or  fixed  seat- 
ing in  the  Coliseum. 

Here  are  some  statistical  figures  connected  with  the 
new  Coliseum. 


Width— 58th  St.  to  60th  St. 
Depth  from  Columbus  Circle 
Height — Exhibition  Hall 
Height — Office  Building 

Gross  Area 

Coliseum: 

4  Exhibition  Floors  273,672  sq.  ft. 

13  Meeting  Rooms        17,584  "     " 

Offices  17,262  "     " 

Service  87,278  "     " 


421'— 5" 
325'— 6" 
106'— 0" 
241'— 0" 


Garage: 

Sub-Basement 
Basement 

Office  Building 

Total 
JULY,     19  5  7 


159.902  sq.ft. 
154,940  sq.ft. 

679,700  sq.  ft. 


395,796  sq.  ft. 


309,842  sq.  ft. 


679,700  sq.ft. 


Floor  Loadings: 
Garage 
Office 

Main  Exhibition  Areas 
Secondary  Exhibition  Areas 
Meeting  Rooms 

Vertical  Transportation 

Coliseum 
Escalators 

Passenger  Elevators 
Freight  Elevators 
Truck  Elevators 

Office 

Passenger  Elevators 
Freight  Elevators 


75  lbs.  per  sq.  ft. 

75  "  "  "  " 
300  "  "  "  " 
200  "  "  "  " 
100    "     "     "     " 


1,385,338  sq.ft. 


Office  Building  of  Coliseum 

The  office  building  tower  is  an  integral  part  of  the 
whole  project  and  contains  533,612  net  square  feet  of 
modern  air  conditioned  space.  Floor  to  ceiling  height 
with  hung  ceilings  is  9  feet  2  inches  and  without  hung 
ceilings  11  feet  1  inch,  the  option  being  left  to  the 
tenant. 

Architects  for  the  Coliseum  were  Leon  and  Lionel 
Levy,  with  Aymar  Embury  II,  Eggers  and  Higgins, 
and  John  B.  Peterkin  comprising  a  consulting  and  ad- 
vitor>'  committee.  A  joint  venture  of  Walsh  Con- 
struction Company,  George  A.  Fuller  Company  and 
Slattery  Contracting  Company  under  the  name 
Walsh-Fuller-Slattery  was  general  contractor. 

Coliseum  Exhibition  Corporation  has  leased  the 
New  York  Coliseum  from  Triborough  Bridge  and 
Tunnel  Authority  for  ten  years  at  a  minimum  guar- 
antee of  $300,000  a  year  plus  a  graduated  percentage 
of  gross  income.  The  twenty-story  office  tower  of  the 
structure  is  leased  separately. 

The  decoration  of  the  Coliseum  is  a  series  of  four 
large  sculptured  aluminum  seals  over  the  entrance. 
They  represent  Federal,  New  York  State,  New  York 
City,  and  Triborough  Bridge  and  Tunnel  Authority 
and  are  a  work  of  the  sculptor  Paul  Manship. 

The  New  York  Coliseum  is  the  only  exhibition  hall 
in  the  United  States  in  which  all  exhibit  space  is  air 
conditioned.  It  is  estimated  that  the  coliseum's  facili- 
ties for  freight  handling  will  cut  the  cost  of  setting  up 
a  show  about  50  per  cent.  Street  unloading  with  its 
traffic  tie-ups,  lost  time  and  extra  work,  is  eliminated. 

The  lighting  in  the  Coliseum  is  modern,  indirect 
fluorescent  lighting  with  variable  intensity,  and  with 
special  fixtures  in  the  ceiling  for  spot-lighting  effects. 

Two  fourteen-story  apartment  buildings  financed 
by  private  capital,  are  being  built  to  adjoin  the  new 
New  York  Coliseum. 


75,000  sq.  ft.  area 


FRANK  EDWARDS  COMPANY 
OFFICES  and  WAREHOUSE 

BURLINGAME,  CALIFORNIA 

Associated  Construction  8C  Engineering  Company, 
General  Contractors 


The  Frank  Edward's  Company's  new  million  del' 
lar  combination  warehouse,  product  display  rooms, 
and  general  oiEce  building,  which  was  recently  com- 
pleted and  opened  to  the  public,  in  the  rapidly  de- 
veloping Millsdale  Industrial  Park,  near  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Municipal  Airport  in  San  Mateo  county,  rep- 
resents the  latest  trends  in  modern  architecturally  de- 
signed and  engineered  facilities  for  a  large  firm  han- 
dling West  Coast  sales,  service  and  distribution  of 
several  nationally  known  lines  of  home  appliance 
products  and  parts. 

The  spacious  warehouse  has  ben  designed  to  pro- 
vide easy  access  storage  and  rapid  handling  of  crated 
home  appliance  products,  plus  a  vast  quantity  of  es- 
sential repair  parts  and  service  items,  together  with 
standard  built-in  kitchen  units.  Transportation  fa- 
cilities include  a  railroad  spur  track  and  truck  load- 
ing docks.  Provision  has  also  been  made  for  ade- 
quate  automobile    parking   areas   for   firm    personnel 


NEW   LOOK  in   kitchens  with  built-in  TV  is  being  demon- 
strated by  Harold  Brandt,  Assistant  Sales  Manager. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


WAREHOUSE  INTERIOR— showing  ample  storage  area  and 
conveniences. 

and   customer   use. 

The  front  portion  of  the  building  facing  the  serv' 
ice  street  and  overlooking  the  lower  San  Francisco 
Bay  and  the  Bayshore  Freeway,  is  devoted  to  a  num- 
ber of  modern  display  facilities  which  feature  a  variety 
of  types  and  designed  complete  gas  and  electric  kitch- 
ens that  incorporate  the  latest  features  in  home  kitchen 
design  and  product  use.  These  showrooms  also  demon- 
strate the  possible  combined  use  and  practability  of 
the  use  of  steel  with  the  warmth  and  beauty  of  iine 
wood  veneers  in  today's  construction  of  any  modern 
kitchen. 

"The  architects,  engineers  and  contractors  have 
certainly  provided  us  with  a  perfect  combination  of 
warehouse,  product  display  and  demonstration  fa- 
cilities, and  office  building,  and  one  that  permits  us  to 
easily  give  our  customers  and  suppliers  the  advantage 
of  one  of  the  most  modern  distnbution  facilities  in 

(See  Page  24) 


MODERN  DISPLAY  AREA — Designed  to  emphasize  product  installations  in  actual  use 
requirements;  lighting  and  flooring  contribute. 


JULY,     19  5  7 


NEW 

ENGINEERING 
DESIGN 
USE 

MOVES 
WEST 


Product  use  on  bridge  floor  construction. 


NEW  CARQUINEZ  BRIDGE 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  HIGHWAY  PROJECT 

CROCKETT,  CALIFORNIA 


First  use  on  the  Pacific  Coast  of  a  newly  en- 
gineered horizontal  shoring  for  all  beam  and  slab 
concrete  floor  forms,  may  be  seen  in  connection  with 
construction  of  the  decking  of  the  new  Carquinez 
Straits  bridge  at  Crockett  by  Peter  Kiewit  Sons"  Com- 


pany, where  the  new  California  State  Highway  sys- 
tem of  freeways  serving  the  Oakland-East  Bay  met- 
ropolitan area  and  Vallejo  and  Northern  California 
crosses  the  Sacramento  River. 

As  illustrated  on  this  page,  this  new  product  called 
Spanall  consists  of  two  basic  structural  members,  a 
lattice  member  and  a  plate  member  which  are  assem- 
bled to  desired  span  lengths  simply  by  combining  any 
one  or  more  plate  members  with  any  one  or  more  lat- 
tice members. 

Experience  in  the  East  has  shown  that  this  method 
saves  the  contractor  both  labor,  material  and  time 
by  the  repeated  use  of  the  same  sections  on  varying 
spans  on  the  same  job  and  by  eliminating  the  now 
out-dated  forest  of  costly  vertical  shoring.  They  are 
easy  to  erect  and  strip,  can  be  handled  by  one  man 
and  are  easily  adjusted  for  length  of  span  and  camber. 

Distribution  of  this  new  design  product  for  the 
West  Coast,  Alaska  and  the  Hawaiian  Islands  has 
been  granted  to  Spanall  of  the  Pacific,  Inc.,  who  have 
appointed  the  W.  J.  Burke  Company  as  agents  in  those 
areas  served  by.  the  Burke  organization. 

Details  of  new  engineering  application. 

ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


PRECAST 

CONCRETE 

GIRDER 

16  tons  in  weight  being  raised 
from  casting  position  at  Napa, 
California,  fabrication  plant. 


Photo  by 
Basalt  Rock  Co. 


UNIQUE  CONSTRUCTION  DESIGN  AT 

BAYFAIR  SHOPPING  CENTER 


SAN  LEANDRO,  CALIFORNIA 


VICTOR  GRUEN  Qi  ASSOCIATES 
Architects 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 
General  Contractor 


Six  massive  precast  concrete  girders,  as  shown  in 
the  above  illustration,  form  the  unusual  and  rugged 
structural  backbone  for  construction  of  the  new  Bay- 
fair  Shopping  Center  near  San  Leandro  in  Alameda 
county. 

These  huge,  "F"  shaped  girders,  are  made  of  Basa- 
lite  lightweight  expanded  shale  aggregate  concrete 
with  a  design  strength  of  5000  psi,  and  are  the  largest 
prestressed  lightweight  concrete  girders  of  their  type 
ever  precast,  according  to  engineers.  Despite  their 
great  size  however,  they  are  being  trucked  without 
difficulty  from  their  place  of  construction  in  the  City 
of  Napa,  through  the  East-Bay  and  Oakland  metro- 
politan areas  to  the  jobsite. 


All  six  massive  girders  have  an  overall  length  of 
76-feet,  weigh  16-tons  each,  and  are  60-inches  in 
height.  They  are  all  16-inches  wide  and  have  a  5Yi- 
inch  web. 

When  in  place  in  the  new,  open  area  type  super 
market  building,  they  will  support  30-foot  span 
Double  Tee  roof  slabs,  thus  furnishing  a  reinforced 
concrete  roof  assembly  of  maximum  strength  and 
permanence. 

These  newly  designed  girders  are  of  two  basic  types: 
Three  girders,  like  the  ones  illustrated  above,  have 
a  span  of  75 'feet,  and  are  post-tensioned  with  seven 
l/g-inch  diameter  Stressteel  rods.  The  initial  prestress- 
ing  force  on  these  girders  was  725,000  pounds,  with 
final  prestressing  force  of  551,000  pounds,  after  losses. 

The  other  three  girders  being  used  in  this  construe- 
tion  project  have  a  60-foot  span  and  a  16-foot  can' 
tilever,  post-tensioned  with  five  J/g'inch  stressteel  rods 
curved  to  resist  both  positive  and  negative  bending 
moments.  The  final  prestressing  force,  after  losses,  is 
373,000  pounds. 

This  is  another  fine  example  of  cooperation  between 
architect,  engineer,  contractor  and  product  manufac' 
turer  to  meet  a  specific  construction  need. 


JULY,     19  5  7 


NOTED  SAN  FRANCISCO  ARCHITECT  DIES 

ARTHUR  BROWN,  Jr. 


Arthur  Brown,  Jr.,  internationally  famous  architect 
and  designer  of  many  of  San  Francisco's  most  out- 
standing buildings,  died  July  7th  at  Peninsula  Hospital 
in  Burlingame.  He  was  83. 

Mr.  Brown  was  stricken  with  a  heart  attack  six 
weeks  ago  upon  his  return  from  Washington,  D.C., 
where  he  had  been  acting  as  one  of  three  chief 
advisors  on  design  for  the  remodeling  of  the  United 
States  Capitol. 

He  had  been  appointed  to  the  Washington  archi- 
tectural project  only  last  year.  Despite  his  age,  Mr. 
Brown  maintained  a  continuously  active  architectural 
practice  and  scorned  retirement. 

He  was  outspoken  in  his  criticism  of  careless  urban 
development  and  only  six  months  ago  blasted  San 
Francisco's  "defacement"  by  freeways  that  will  soon 


loop  alongside  such  local  monuments  as  the  Ferry 
Building  and  the  City  Hall. 

Among  the  buildings  he  designed  were  San  Fran- 
cisco City  Hall,  the  War  Memorial  Opera  House, 
Veterans  Building  and  the  Federal  Office  Building — 
all  in  the  Civic  Center. 

He  was  also  the  architect  of  Coit  Tower,  of  the 
Hoover  Library  and  many  other  buildings  at  Stanford 
University;  of  a  large  group  of  buildings  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  California;  of  the  Pacific  Gas  6?  Electric 
building;  Temple  Emanu-El  and  of  the  California 
School  of  Fine  Arts. 

The  Interstate  Commerce  and  Labor  Department 
buildings  in  Washington,  D.C.,  designed  by  him,  were 

(Sec  Page  33) 


SPECIFICATIONS  WRITING 

(From  Page  10) 

gleam  of  light  m  an  otherwise  unhappy  situation  was 
that  we  were  getting  the  kind  of  a  building  which 
we  had  designed.  After  our  reputation  for  sharp 
drawings  and  clear  tight  specifications  was  established, 
we  found  that  our  cost  of  field  supervision  dropped  to 
a  fraction  of  what  it  had  been.  We  also  avoided  a 
good  many  unpleasant  arguments  with  contractors 
and  owners  alike,  about  what  was  or  was  not  covered 
or  approved  in  the  contract  documents. 

After  about  two  years  of  this  so-called  arbitrary  atti- 
tude on  specifications,  we  found  that  contractors  were 
bidding  our  work  on  a  much  closer  margin,  and  that 
they  felt  no  additional  risk  in  so  doing  because  of  the 
clarity  of  our  drawings  and  specifications.  Manufac- 
turers, too,  made  their  contribution.  They  knew  that 
they  had  one  chance  to  bid  our  work.  They  had  to  be 
in  line,  price  wise,  on  their  first  quote  or  someone 
would  beat  them  on  an  alternate.  Suddenly  they  woke 
up  to  the  fact  that  after  bids  were  in,  the  contractor  no 
longer  controlled  the  job,  and  price  cutting  after  bids 
were  received  was  to  no  avail.  Therefore  they  bid 
closer  on  their  first  quotation.  The  price  that  goes  into 
a  contractor's  bid  is  based  on  the  prices  he  receives 
while  he  is  assembling  his  bid.  A  price  cut  after  the 
bids  are  in  does  not  help  an  owner  as  his  price  is  fixed 
by  a  bid. 

During  seven  years  of  practicing  with  tight  specifi- 
cations, we  have  proved  conclusively  to  ourselves  and 


to  our  clients  that  tight  specifications,  combined  with 
clean,  sharp,  well-detailed  drawings  are  worth  from  a 
dollar  and  a  half  to  two  dollars  a  square  foot  of  floor 
area  on  buildings  in  the  ten  to  twenty  dollar  a  square 
foot  range.  We  are  firmly  convinced  that  the  biggest 
contribution  that  the  design  professions  can  make 
towards  the  control  of  ever-increasing  prices  is  to 
tighten  up  on  their  specifications  and  clean  up  their 
drawings,  and  combine  these  actions  with  competent 
and  full  field  supervision  of  contractors. 

MIRROR  WRITER 

One  cannot  enter  into  a  study  of  specifications  and 
their  reception  by  the  various  segments  of  the  con- 
struction industry,  without  recognizing  that  the  speci- 
fications that  we  write  are  like  a  mirror.  In  them  can 
be  seen  every  strength  we  possess  and,  with  equal 
clarity,  our  weaknesses  too.  They  bring  to  the  cold 
light  of  day  self  confidence  or  the  lack  of  it.  They  cry 
out  the  relationship  that  exists  between  architect  and 
engineer,  between  the  design  professions  and  their 
clients,  contractors  and  manufacturers.  They  focus  at- 
tention on  the  failings  of  our  institutions  of  higher 
learning  to  whom  we  look  for  the  engineers  and  archi- 
tects of  tomorrow.  The  day  is  now  past  when  any 
architect,  engineer  or  technician  can  do  more  than 
have  a  speaking  acquaintance  with  more  than  a  few 
of  the  complexities  of  science  that  go  into  today's 
modern  building. 

Architects  arc  finding  that  they  must  rely  more  and 
more  on  the  specialised  services  of  consulting  engi- 
neers who   are   qualified   to   design   and   specify  our 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ever-more  complex  building  services.  The  deplorable 
practice  that  is  indulged  in  by  far  too  many  architects 
of  retaining  a  consultant  as  a  blue  print  maker,  and 
then  denying  him  authority  to  supervise  bidding  and 
construction  of  his  own  work,  is  one  that  must  be 
wiped  out.  It  is  my  humble  opinion  that  not  one  prac' 
ticing  Architect  in  fifty  is  qualified  to  even  offer  inteh 
ligent  field  supervision  of  contractors  in  the  mechani' 
cal  and  electrical  trades,  not  to  mention  the  problem  of 
ruling  on  the  suitability  of  equipment  for  an  applica- 
tion that  was  conceived,  planned  and  specified  by  a 
member  of  the  engineering  profession.  I  firmly  believe 
that  any  architect  who  wishes  to  keep  step  with  our 
changing  times  must  recognize  and  admit  that  pursuit 
of  his  profession  is  no  longer  a  one-man  show,  and 
that  no  one  man  can  be  all  seeing,  all  knowing,  or 
qualified  to  sit  in  judgment  of  the  work  of  other  pro- 
fessions. 

(To  Be  Concluded  Ae.r(  M/mlh) 


HOUSE  OF  THE  FUTURE 

(From  Page  11) 

though  I  know  all  about  it,  you  can  make  it  come  true. 
At  any  rate,  it  looks  to  me  as  if  we  may  be  headed 
toward  all-electric  energy  with  nuclear  fuels  in  com- 
mon use.  If  so,  why  won't  we  go  to  the  heat  pump? 
And  why  won't  we  store  summer  heat  in  the  ground 
to  be  used  in  the  house  again  the  next  winter? 

Both  architects  and  engineers  might  be  put  in  the 
shade  by  the  aggressive  and  progressive  appliance  in- 
dustry. Some  of  the  miracles  of  electronics  planned  for 
tomorrow  are  even  being  shown  in  films  today  by  some 
of  the  companies.  The  entire  kitchen,  including  auto- 
matic laundry,  will  be  installed  in  the  home  as  a  com- 
plete unit  produced  by  one  manufacturer.  The  home- 
making  area  for  the  low-cost  home  will  be  smaller 
than  the  high-priced  models,  and  lacking  some  of  the 
luxury  features  for  entertaining.  Both  low  and  high 
cost  units  will  be  notable  for  beautiful  design  and 
skillful  engineering.  Because  of  new  advances  in  the 
preparation  and  packaging  of  foods,  the  storage  por- 
tions of  the  kitchen  will  be  simplified,  with  emphasis 
on  cold  storage. 

For  the  house  in  its  entirety,  the  problem  to  be 
solved  in  the  future  will  be  the  provision  of  adequate 
space.  Too  many  families  in  the  mid-twentieth  cen- 
tury had  to  live  in  too  little  space,  with  no  flexibility 
and  poor  possibilities  for  expansion. 

Leisure  Time 

The  family  of  the  future,  with  more  leisure  time, 
will  have  more  activities,  and  will  put  a  greater  pre- 
mium on  the  needs  of  individuals  of  the  family  to  be 
following  different  pursuits  at  the  same  time.  We  can 
expect  to  see  some  ingeniously  planned  storage  units 
to  be  used  as  space  dividers  with  many  built-in  spe- 
cialities to  take  care  of  the  space  served.    These  units 


will  take  care  of  all  of  the  belongings  of  an  individual, 
from  clothes  to  sports  equipment,  and  will  contain  such 
built-ins  as  dressing  tables  and  desks.  Such  units  are 
likely  to  be  made  of  plastics  which  offer  stick-proof 
drawers,  and  easy  demountabilit^^  for  rearrangement 
of  living  areas. 

In  fact,  all  of  the  areas  of  the  house  will  be  designed 
for  great  versatility  in  use,  size,  and  arrangement  to 
accommodate  various  group  activities  of  the  family — 
grown-ups,  teen-agers  or  children:  Easy  to  clean,  rela- 
tively damage-proof  finish  surface  materials  will  be 
generally  used  on  the  interior. 

In  meeting  the  requirements  of  tomorrow's  families, 
the  industry  will  shoot  for  2000  square  feet  of  living 
space  for  the  middle  income  market.  Each  unit  will 
offer  3  or  4  rooms  of  a  "private"  nature  for  the  family 
of  four  or  more. 

Finally,  a  most  interesting  development — late  in  the 
century  perhaps — will  be  "keeping  the  market  up-to- 
date".  The  industry  will  find  ways  to  prevent  obsolete 
houses  from  remaining  on  highly  valuable  suburban 
residential  sites  convenient  to  the  cities  and  major 
shopping  centers. 

The  goal  will  be  to  be  able  to  sell  new  models  to 
replace  outdated  ones  on  the  same  piece  of  land. 
Houses  will  he  built  so  that  they  can  be  added  to  or 
substratced  from,  according  to  the  owners  living  re- 
quirements, and  ultimately  sold  second-hand  to  an- 
other home  owner  for  use  somewhere  else. 

The  technical  problems  in  reaching  this  goal  will  be 
much  simpler  than  some  of  the  problems  of  codes, 
taxation,  finance  and  economics.  All  problems  can  and 
will  be  solved,  however,  because  both  the  home  build- 
ing industry  and  the  public  will  recognize  the  market- 
ing advantages  in  a  changeable  and  movable  house. 
With  this  type  of  house,  the  land  in  choice  sub- 
divisions, instead  of  gradually  deteriorating  to  slums, 
will  continually  improve  as  successive  owners  develop 
gardens  and  outdoor  recreational  facilities.  No  longer 
will  a  good  site  have  to  be  occupied  by  one  house 
through  its  full  cycle  of  life  and  into  its  obsolescent 
years. 

You  may  decide  that  this  has  been  quite  a  "blue- 
sky"  talk — somewhat  beyond  the  range  of  probability 
for  the  foreseeable  future.  Let  me  remind  you  that 
many  of  the  things  I  have  mentioned  are  already  in- 
vented, though  not  fully  developed.  Some  things  I 
have  mentioned  have  already  appeared  in  modern  mid- 
century  homes,  but  rarely  altogether  in  even  the  most 
luxurious  demonstration  homes.  The  forces  needed  to 
cause  the  actual  development  of  these  ideas  are  here — 
an  ingenious,  competitive  industry  with  huge  markets 
just  far  enough  ahead  to  make  a  good  technological 
race  out  ot  it.  The  manufacture  of  houses  has  not 
enjoyed  the  revolutionary  progress  of  some  of  our 
other  industries.  We're  over-due  and  we're  bound  to 
achieve  it. 

(Conclusion) 


JULY,     19  5  7 


BETTER  LIVING... 

(From  Page   13) 

better  means  of  communication.  Very  soon  we  can 
pick  our  phone  and  dial  directly  to  any  point  in  the 
country. 

One  ingredient  of  our  standards  of  living  is  public 
health  and  safety.  In  this  connection  I  shall  mention 
something  that  you,  as  inhabitants  of  the  Bay  Area, 
may  be  particularly  interested  in.  I  am  thinking  of 
smog  control  or,  as  it  is  called  with  a  liner  word,  air 
pollution  control.  We  are  fortunate  here  in  the  San 
Francisco  Bay  Area  not  to  have  smog  problems  of 
such  magnitude  as  in  many  places  in  the  United  States. 
Furthermore  we  have  been  alerted  to  the  problem  be- 
fore it  has  reached  major  proportions.  The  very  fact 
that  the  intended  banning  of  open  trash  burning  is 
meeting  so  much  opposition,  goes  to  show  that  the 
Bay  Area  Air  Pollution  Control  District  is  "an  early 
bird".  Smog  control  is  basically  an  engineering 
problem. 

My  own  work  as  a  professional  engineer  is  as  cost 
engineer  with  the  H.  K.  Ferguson  Company,  nation- 
wide industrial  engineers  and  builders  with  consider- 
able activity  also  in  foreign  countries.  My  work  con- 
sists of  estimating  jobs,  whether  for  bidding  purposes 
or  for  budgeting,  keeping  control  of  the  costs  on  the 
actual  jobs,  and  checking  that  these  jobs  are  being 


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kept  on  schedule.  As  a  cost  engineer  I  belong  to  that 
special  breed  of  men  who,  according  to  themselves, 
get  the  blame  when  a  job  goes  sour;  whereas,  if  the 
job  makes  a  fair  profit,  the  men  in  the  field  take  all 
the  credit.  However  that  may  be,  cost  engineers  per- 
form an  important  role  within  the  construction  in- 
dustry which  is  our  largest  single  industry,  accounting 
for  eleven  percent  of  the  national  gross  output.  Two 
factors  are  of  vital  importance  in  construction:  cost 
and  time.  "Time  is  of  the  essence  of  the  contract"  is 
a  clause  found  in  most  contract  specifications,  and  a 
fast  completion  of  a  job  means  even  more  in  times 
of  a  tight  money  market  such  as  we  have  today. 

After  a  construction  project  has  been  found  feasible 
and  economical,  and  after  financing  has  been  arranged 
for,  there  are  three  stages  of  operation,  whether  it 
be  a  building,  a  highway,  a  bridge,  a  railroad,  an 
airport,  a  water  treatment  plant,  a  dam,  a  power  plant, 
or  any  other  structure.  These  stages  are  design,  cost 
estimating  and  scheduling,  and  actual  construction. 
The  design  engineer,  the  cost  engineer,  and  the  con- 
struction engineer  work  as  a  team,  with  a  common 
view  of  keeping  cost  and  construction  time  to  an  ab- 
solute minimum  consistent  with  the  required  safety, 
usefulness,  and  general  appearance  of  the  structure. 
Often  the  estimator's  judgment  is  decisive  when  there 
is  a  choice  betwen  different  materials  or  construction 
methods. 

The  trend  in  construction,  spurred  by  the  desire 
for  better  and  cheaper  structures,  completed  in  less 
time,  plus  ultimately  providing  better  living,  is  to 
make  the  best  use  of  existing  materials,  adapt  new 
materials,  and  devise  new  and  faster  erection  methods. 
Stone,  steel,  concrete,  and  wood  are  time  proven  ma- 
terials, but  engineers  are  constantly  at  work  improv- 
ing the  usefulness  of  these  materials.  One  such  use 
which  has  been  developed  in  recent  years  is  "pre- 
stressed  concrete",  in  which  steel  cables,  taking  the 
place  of  the  conventional  reinforcing  rods,  are  pulled 
taut  while  the  concrete  is  being  poured,  resulting  in 
an  enormously  increased  resiliency  of  the  hardened 
concrete.  Savings  in  material,  both  steel  and  con- 
crete, is  considerable.  Prestressed  concrete  beams  have 


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(Friim  Pa.ge  19) 

the  West,"  declared  Frank  Edwards,  president  of  the 
firm. 

The  total  overall  area  of  the  new  building  is  74,618 
.•square  feet  of  which  10,786  square  feet  has  been  de- 
voted to  the  general  and  executive  offices.  The  struc- 
ture is  a  dick-high,  reinforced  concrete,  type  III  tilt-up 
concrete  building  with  strap  and  pin  timber  trusses 
and  it  incorporates  a  Berkeley  type  roof  system.  The 
spacious  windows  in  the  office  and  display  area  are 
aluminum  sash.  The  ceiling  of  the  ofiice  area  is  finished 
in  a  mineral  fishered  type  acoustical  tile. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


found  a  wide  application  in  highway  bridges  and  have 
also  entered  the  field  of  building  construction. 

Among  new  materials  which  have  been  taken  into 
use  are  aluminum,  bronze,  stainless  steel,  plastic,  and 
asbestos.  A  widespread  use  of  these  materials  is  as 
"skin  walls"  in  tall  office  buildings  and  factories  where 
they  are  used  in  exterior  walls.  They  are  as  durable 
and  have  aesthetic  properties  comparable  to  the  older 
materials;  are  lighter  and  require  much  less  erection 
time. 

Two  new  cost-  and  time-saving  erection  methods, 
both  involving  reinforced  concrete,  are  being  applied 
widely,  especially  here  on  the  West  Coast.  They  are 
the  "tilt-up"  and  the  "lift-slab"  methods.  In  "tilt-up" 
construction,  which  is  especially  suited  to  warehouses, 
factories,  and  market  buildings,  the  concrete  walls  are 
fabricated  as  a  number  of  panels  in  a  horizontal  posi- 
tion, usually  on  the  completed  floor  slab.  When  the 
concrete  has  attained  sufficient  strength,  normally 
after  two  to  three  weeks,  the  wall  panels  are  hoisted 
into  vertical  position  and  the  gaps  between  them  filled 
with  conventionally  poured  concrete  columns.  The 
cost  of  "tilt-up"  walls  may  be  as  low  as  half  that  of 
poured-in-place  walls. 

In  the  "lift-slab"  method  the  floor  and  roof  slabs 
are  all  poured  on  the  ground,  one  on  top  of  the 
other,  sandwich  fashion,  a  thin  film  separating  the 
individual  slabs.  After  hardening  and  curing,  the 
slabs  are  jacked  up  along  the  previously  erected 
columns  to  their  final  positions,  first  the  roof  slab,  then 
the  top  floor  slab,  etc.  This  method  has  been  used 
for  buildings  up  to  eight  stories  high.  Also  in  this 
case  the  cost  is  considerably  les  than  for  poured-in- 
place  concrete  as  is  the  time  required. 

The  most  outstanding  local  example  of  saving  in 
cost  and  time  from  fast  erection  methods  combined 
with  an  economical  use  of  materials  is  the  San  Rafael- 
Richmond  Bridge  .  .  .  several  methods,  notably  the 
use  of  an  aluminum  scaffold  for  erection  of  the  steel 
girders,  resulted  in  the  bridge  being  completed  sev- 
eral months  ahead  of  schedule. 

So  much  for  the  present.  Now  let  us  take  a  look 
at  the  future  and  see  how  engineers  can  provide  bet- 
ter living  in  the  years  to  come.  .  .  .  This  country  is 
still  rich  in  coal,  oil,  and  natural  gas  and  has  water 
energy  as  yet  undeveloped.  But  with  the  rise  in  popu- 
lation and  the  increase  of  power  consumed  per  per- 
son it  is  predicted  that  our  resources  will  give  out  in 
a  foreseeable  future,  some  say  before  the  end  of  the 
century.  The  answer  to  this  situation  is  atomic  power. 
A  large  number  of  engineers  in  this  country  are 
engaged  in  a  vast  research  and  construction  program 
that  will  eventually  enable  us  to  produce  power  from 
atomic  energy  on  an  economical  basis.  .  .  .  We  are 
devoting  much  time  and  enormous  sums  of  money  to 
find  the  best  and  cheapest  sort  of  reactor,  the  heart  of 

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in  plumbing  drainage... 
it  costs  no  more    .^^^^^^^ 
for  the...    VERY  BEST 


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series  JH 

GREASE  INTERCEPTORS 

WITH    AUTOMATIC    GREASE    DRAW-OFF 


•  JOSAM  "JH"  Interceptor  revolutionizes  grease  interception. 

It  not  only  intercepts  over  95 ?o  of  the  grease  in  waste  water,  but  now. 

for  the  first  time,  it  encourages  grease  removal  because  it  is 

accomplished  so  easily  and  quickly,  thereby  keeping  the  interceptor 

always  operating  at  top  efficiency.  It  is  smart  to  use  the  best  — 

it  costs  less  in  the  "long  run".  In  plumbing  drainage,  you  use  the  best 

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Leon  Chatelcrin,  Jr.,  President 
John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary- 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kostendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    DUtrict,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 

Mountain   District,   Bradley   P.   Kidder,   Santa   Fe,   New   Mexico;    Califomia-Nevada-Howaii   District, 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


Arizona  Cliaprers: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore.  President;  Martin 
Ray  Young,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Sliolder.  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore.  Cox,  Fred  Weaver. 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA;  Fred  Jobusch.  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson,  Secretary;  Gerald  L 
Cain,  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch,  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
Ellwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer.  Exec.  Comm.  OlSce  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coast  Valleys  Chapter: 

Birge  M.  Clark.  President  (Palo  Alto);  William  Higgins,  Vice- 
President  (San  Jose);  Paul  I.  Huston,  Secretary  (Palo  Alto); 
L.  Dean  Price,  Treasurer.  Office  of  Sccty.,  663  Cowpcr  St., 
Palo  Alto. 

Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  dc  Wolf  (Stocliton),  President;  Whitson  Cox  (Sacra- 
ramento),  Vice-President;  Joe  Jozens  (Sacramento).  Secretary; 
Albert  M.  Dreyfuss  (Sacramento).  Treasurer.  Directors:  Doyt 
Early  (Sacramento),  Jack  Whipple  (Stockton).  Office  of  Secty., 
914  11th  St.,  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter 
Casper  F.   Hegi 


President; 


ner.  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet,  VU 
ick.    Secretary;    Richard   Williams.    1  leasurer.     Di- 
rectors: James  M.    Hunter,  Robert   K.   Fuller,   Edward  L.    Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy..    1225    Bannock   St.,   Denver,  Colorado. 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Harry  B.  Clausen.  President  (Berkeley);  Hachiro  Yuasa.  Vice- 
President  (Oakland);  Robert  E.  Wear,  Secretary  (Berkeley); 
lohn  A.  Zcrkle,  Treasurer  (Berkeley).  Office  of  Secty..  101! 
Euclid  Ave.,  Berkeley  8. 

Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping,  Boise,  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston. 
Payette,  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline,  Boise.  Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee.  Chester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams. 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec.  624  Idaho  Bldg.,  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 
Thomas  S.  Elston,  Jr.,  Pn 
President     (Carmel);    Geo 
Walter    Burdc,    Treasurer. 
Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Hess,  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vice- 
President  (Billings);  H.  C.  Cheever.  Sec.-Trea«.  (Bozeman). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas.  Wm.  J.  Hess,  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy.,  Bozeman.  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons,  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien,  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza.  Treasurer.  Directors,  John  Crider.  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy.,   160  Chestnut  St.,  Reno,  Nev. 


iident  (Carmel);  Robert  Stanton.  Vice- 
»e  F.  Rhoda,  Secretary  (Monterey); 
Office   of   Secty..    2281    Prescott   St., 


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NORTHERN  FRONTIER  PARTY  CHAPTER 

Charles  J.  Woodbury,  AIA,  of  Petaluma,  Califor- 
nia, has  been  elected  chairman  of  a  newly  formed 
group  of  Northern  California  AIA  architects  who 
practice  in  the  north  coast  counties  of  California. 
Donn  Weaver  of  Ukiah  has  been  named  vice-chair- 
man of  the  group  which  has  named  itself  "The  North- 
ern Frontier  Party." 

Purpose  of  the  group  is  to  make  it  possible  for  archi' 
tects  living  in  the  north  counties  to  keep  in  closer 
communication  with  the  AIA  and  with  each  other. 
Membership  at  present  includes  C.  A.  Caulkins,  Santa 
Rosa;  Thomas  R.  Burke,  Santa  Rosa;  Charles  J.  Wood- 
bury, Petaluma;  Donn  Weaver,  Ukiah;  William  A. 
Steele,  Jr.  and  John  C.  Van  Dyk,  Jr.  of  Santa  Rosa. 


CENTRAL  ARIZONA  CHAPTER 

Student  Awards  and  a  discussion  of  Finance  and 
Banking  featured  the  July  meeting  held  in  the  ABC 
Club. 

It  was  announced  that  the  national  board  of  the 
AIA  will  hold  their  fall  Board  Meeting  in  Phoenix, 
November  11-16.  Special  activities  are  being  arranged 
by  Chapter  members  and  their  wives. 


SAN  FRANCISCO 
ARCHITECTURAL  CLUB 

Bob  Raukin  of  the  Soule  Steel  Co.  was  the  principal 
speaker  at  the  July  meeting  held  in  the  Gino's  Club, 

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Directors:  David  Vhay.  Edward  S.  Parjons,  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulline.  Office  of  President.  131  W. 
2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  2ick.  President;  Aloysius  McDonald. 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks.  Sec.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick.  Edward  Hendricks.  Charles  E.  Coj.  Office  of 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris,  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald.  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno).  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno).  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Corlett.  President;  Donald  Powers  Smith.  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrise,  Secretary;  Richard  S.  Banwell,  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W.  Clement  Ambrose,  John  Kruse,  Bernard  J.  Sabar- 
off.  Corwin  Booth.  Exec.  Secty..  May  B.  HTpshman.  Chapter 
office.  4y  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak.  President  (Downcv);  Willard  T.  Jordan. 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson.  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers.  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy..  861  Park  Ave..  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President:  Earl  P.  Newberry.  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis.  Secretary;  Thomas  I.  Potter.  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy..  317  S.W.  Alder.  Portland  4. 

Pasadena    Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline.  President;  H.  Douglas  Bayles.  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni.  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon.  Treasurer.  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davies.  Keith  Marston.  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office    Secy.    46    North   Los    Robles    Av-cnue.    Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter; 

Sim  Bruce  Richards.  President;  Raymond  Lee  Eggers,  Vice- 
President;  William  F.  Wilmurt.  Secretary;  Fred  Chilcott.  Treas- 
urer.  Directors:  Frank  L.  Hope.  Samuel  W.  Hamill.  Victor  L. 
Wulff.  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty.,  2868  Fourth  Ave.,  San  Diego. 

San  Joac]uin  Chapter: 

Allen  Y.  Lew.  President  (Fresno);  William  G.  Hyberg.  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris.  Secretary;  Edwin  S.  Darden. 
Treasurer   (Fresno).  Office  of  Pres..   408  Fulton  St..  Fresno. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Darwin  E.  Fisher.  President  (Ventura);  Wallace  W.  Arendt. 
Vice-President  (Santa  Barbara);  Donald  H.  Miller.  Secretary: 
Donald  A.  Kimball.  Treasurer  (Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas.. 
1045   Via  Tranquila.   Santa  Barbara. 

Southern   California   Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasv.  President;  Robert  Field.  Jr.,  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr.  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett.  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger.  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
Russell,  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec. -Secy..  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller,  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd..  Los  Angeles  5. 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Charles  T.  Pearson.  President  (Tacoma);  Robert  T.  Olson.  1st 
Vice-President  (Olympia);  Donald  Burr,  2nd  Vice-President 
(Tacoma);  Percy  G.  Ball.  Secretary  (Tacoma);  Alan  Liddle. 
Treasurer  (Tacoma);  Trustees — Gilbert  M.  Wojahn  and  Gor- 
don N.  Johnston  (Tacoma).  Office  of  Sec.  2715  Center  St, 
Tacoma.    W:ishington. 

Utah  Chapter; 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President,  433  Atlas  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris.  Jr.,  Secretary.  703  Newhouse  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 
James  J.   Chiarelli.  President:  Edwin  T.  Turner.   1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall.  2nd  Vice-President:  John  L.  Rogers.  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardner.  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer.  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary.  409  (Central  Bldg..  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James.  President;  Carl  H.  JohitBon,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff,  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy.,   615  Realty  Bldg.,  Spokane,   Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law,  President:  Harry  W.  Seckel,  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer.  George  J. 
Wimberly.   Office  of  Secy..  P.O.   Box  3288.  Honolulu.  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL,  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Balch,  Los  Angeles,  President;  L.  F.  Richards.  Santa 
Clara,  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope.  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas,  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks, 
Office  Secretary.   Office  of  Secty.,  703  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland).  President:  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles).  Secretary:  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angeles): 
C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fran- 
cisco). Exec.  Secy..  Robert  K.  KcUey.  Room  712.  145  S.  Spring 
St..  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office.  Room  300.  507  Polk  St. 

ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Hal    Major,    President;    Camicl    Van    De    Weghe,    Vice-President; 

Francis  E.  Capone,  Secretary;  Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.  Office 

of  Secty.,   507  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Producers'  Council — Southern  California  Chapter: 

LeRoy    Frandsen,    President,    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider,    Vice-president,    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Co.; 

E.    J.    Lawson,    Secretary,    Aluminum    Company   of   America;    E. 

Phil    Filsinger,    Treasurer,    Hermosa    Tile    Division,    Gladding. 

McBcan  6=  Company.     Office  of  the  Secy..   1145   Wilshire  Blvd.. 

Los  Angeles  17. 
Producers'    Council  —  Northern    California    Chapter    (See    Special 

Page) 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 

R.    R.    Coghlan.    Jr.,    President;    George    Lamb,    Vice-President: 

Peter  Vogel.  Secretary:  Harry  L.  Miller,  Treasurer. 
Construction  Specifications  Institute— San  Francisco: 

Harry    McLain,    President;     Harry    C.     Collins,    Vice-President; 

Albert  E.  Barnes.  Treasurer;  George  E.  Conley.  Secretary.  Office 

of  Secy..    1245   Selhy  St.,   San  Francisco   24. 


San  Francisco,  taking  as  his  subject  window  walls  and 
describing  in  detail  their  design,  purpose  and  relative 
costs. 

The  Club's  annual  picnic  was  observed  on  the  14th 
in  Oakland's  Redwood  Regional  Park.  A  full  program 
of  outdoor  games,  hot  dogs  and  lots  of  eats  and  re- 
freshments was  enjoyed  by  an  unusually  large  turnout 
of  members  and  guests. 


OREGON  CHAPTER 

Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Spokane  architect,  was  the 
principal  speaker  at  the  Chapter's  Second  Annual 
Honor  Awards  Program  meeting  recently  held  in 
Seattle.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  jury. 

The  Annual  Chapter  picnic  was  observed  this 
month  at  Avalon  Park  with  arrangements  in  charge 
of  DiBenedetto. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Benjamin  E.  Cave, 
Corporate  Member.  Mary  Alice  Hutchins  has  trans- 
ferred to  the  Hawaii  Chapter. 


COAST  VALLEYS  CHAPTER 

"The  World  of  Mosaics"  was  the  title  of  a  motion 
picture  shown  at  the  June  meeting  held  in  Palo  Alto, 


with  Mary  Henry  discussing  Mosaic  Art. 

The  regular  July  and  August  meetings  will  be  com- 
bined into  a  joint  meeting  with  the  Engineers,  arrange- 
ments being  conducted  by  Frank  Treseder. 

Announcement  was  made  that  the  September  meet- 
ing would  be  held  at  the  winery  of  Paul  Maisson  and 
will  be  a  joint  meeting  with  the  WAL. 


NOW  UNIVERSITY  OF  'WASHINGTON 
COLLEGE  OF  ARCHITECTURE 

The  University  of  Washington  School  of  Architec- 
ture, which  has  been  a  unit  of  the  College  of  Arts  and 
Sciences  since  1935,  has  been  given  status  as  an  auton- 
omous college  by  the  Board  of  Regents. 

The  new  college,  to  be  known  as  the  College  of 
Architecture  and  Urban  Planning,  has  an  enrollment 
of  approximately  265  students  and  18  faculty  mem- 
bers. Prof.  Arthur  P.  Herrman,  director  of  the  school, 
has  been  named  acting  dean  of  the  new  college. 

The  change  in  status  from  a  professional  school 
under  the  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences  to  that  of  an 
independent  college  of  the  University  has  long  been 
supported  by  professional  architectural  organizations, 

(See  Page  30) 


JULY,     19  5  7 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Monley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Layne,  H.  L. 
Mcmle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehcm,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Sauer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Clark,  Assistant  Secretory;  William  K.  Cloud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Walter  L.  Dickey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sordis,  James  L.  Stratia, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crandall,  Vice-President;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 
Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


AMERICAN  ROCKET  SOCIETY 
MEETS  IN  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Missile  scientists  and  en,?ineers  met  in  San  Francisco 
recently  to  hear  34  technical  papers  delivered  during 
eight  sessions.  The  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Ameri- 
can Rocket  Society,  on  the  eve  of  the  International 
Geophysical  Year,  disclosed  that  the  most  dramatic 
single  project  of  the  IGY's  year  and  a  half  of  world 
exploration  startin^f^  July  1st  would  be  the  launching 
of  the  earth  satellite. 

The  Northern  California  Section  of  the  Rocket 
Society  sponsored  the  meetings. 


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STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

The  Annual  Structural  Engineers  Picnic  featured 
July  activities,  with  a  full  day  and  evening  at  the 
Sonoma  Golf  and  Country  Club  in  Sonoma  County. 

Entertainment  included  a  golf  tournament  in  charge 
of  Ned  Clyde;  a  baseball  game  in  charge  of  Stan  Gizi- 
cnski;  swimming,  and  a  host  of  non-technical  activ- 
ities. A  barbecued  New  York  steak  dinner  highlighted 
the  day's  closing  events. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF 
CIVIL  ENGINEERS  AWARDS 

Recipients  of  the  major  awards  for  outstanding  pub- 
lished technical  papers  that  have  contributed  to  the 
progress  of  the  profession  have  been  announced  by 
The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

Among  those  receiving  this  high  national  honor  are: 

William  E.  Wagner,  Hydraulic  Engineer,  U.S.  Bu- 
reau of  Reclamation,  Denver,  Colorado — awarded  the 
J.  James  R.  Croes  Medal  by  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  for  his  outstanding  paper  on  "Deter- 
mination of  Pressure-Controlled  Profiles." 

Walter  L.  Dickey,  Structural  Engineer,  and  Glenn 
B.  Woodruff,  Consulting  Engineer,  of  San  Francisco — 
awarded  the  James  Laurie   Prize  for  their  paper  on 


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Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  WilHam  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Harmer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal.  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treas. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy  .-Treas.;  Directors  Vl^m.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  121  So.  Alvorado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmar  L.  McConnell,  Secy. -Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evar.  Kennedy.  Delmar  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Sec/., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  pf  Secy  .  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  Nev/  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of  American   Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  USAF,  President:  C.  R.  Graff, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Seyraore  A.  Potter,  Jr.,  2nd 
Vice-President;  Roger  L.  Cairns,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hortnett, 
USA;  Donald  McCall;  Capt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN;  C. 
Grant  Austin,  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  Secy. 
USAF,  U.S.  Appraisers  Bldg,  630  Sonsome  St.,  San 
Francisco. 


"The  Vibrations  of  Steel  Stacks." 

Wesley  J.  Holtz  and  Harold  J.  Gibbs — awarded  the 
Arthur  M.  Wellington  Prize  for  their  paper  "Engi- 
neering Problems  of  E,xpansive  Clays." 

Norman  H.  Brooks  and  Alfred  C.  IngersoU,  and 
Jack  E.  McKee,  all  of  Pasadena,  California  Institute  of 
Technology — awarded  the  Rudolph  Hering  Medal  for 
their  paper  on  "Fundamental  Concepts  of  Rectangular 
Settling  Tanks." 

David  J.  Peery,  Seltena  Beach,  California — awarded 
the  MoiseifF  Award  for  his  paper  on  "An  Influence- 
Line  Analysis  for  Suspension  Bridges." 

Presentations  of  the  awards  will  be  made  at  the 
Society's  October  meeting  in  New  York  City. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS— SAN  FRANCISCO  POST 

"Piercing  the  Unknown"  was  the  subject  of  a  talk 
by  Bob  Kester  at  the  July  meeting  held  in  the  Presidio 
Officers  Club,  San  Francisco.  He  pointed  out  that 
the  use  of  electronic  com- 
puters is  rapidly  becom- 
ing a  "must"  in  industr>^ 
and  government,  and  de- 
scribed the  application 
and  scientific  phases  of 
engineering  computation 
in  the  larger  computer 
systems.  Use  of  color  film 
illustrated  numerous  ap- 
plications. 

Colonel  Edwin  M. 
Eads,  USAF  Installations 
Representative,  South  Pa- 
cific Region,  San  Francis- 
co, was  elevated  to  the  office  of  Post  President  with 
the  transfer  of  Cdr.  Wm.  J.  Valentine,  USN,  to  a  new 
assignment  in  Kansas  City.  Col.  Eads  has  been  serving 


COL.   EDWIN   M.   EADS. 

Unifed  States  Air  Force, 

President 


as  1st  vice-president  of  the  organization.  C.  R.  Graff 
has  been  appointed  1st  vice-president  and  Col.  Sey- 
mour A.  Potter,  Jr.  has  been  named  2nd  vice-presi- 
dent. Roger  L.  Cairns,  USAF,  replaces  Joseph  D.  Boi- 
tano,  Jr.,  as  secretary. 


JAMES  P.  HAWKE  is  now  Chief  Engineer  with 
the  J.  H.  Pomeroy  Co.,  Inc.,  3625  W.  6th  St.,  Los 
Angeles.  He  was  formerly  associated  with  the  firm  of 
Stone  &-  Webter  Engineering  Corp.,  Boston,  Mass. 


THERE  IS  NO  OTHER 
WATER  VAPOR  BARRIER 


Easy  to  Seal  •  Impervious  to  Effects  of 
Fungi  •  Lowest-Cost  Membrane  Capable 
of  Meeting  Moisture,  Vapor  and  Fungus 
Conditions  •  Made  of  Two  Heavy  Kraft 
Sheets  Pre-Treated  with  Special  Fungicides, 
Bonded  With  Asphalt 

Tough!  Clean!  A  size  for  every  job  —  3,  4,  6,  7,  8  ft. 
wide.  V.A.  and  F.H.A.  accepted  in  lieu  of  55-lb.  roofing 
in  slab  on  ground  construction. 


Pacific  Cement  & 
Aggregates,  Inc. 

CONT4CT  THE  NEAREST  PCA  YAKD 


CONTACT  THE  NEAREST  PCA  SALES  OFFICE 


SAN   FRANCISCO 
SACRAMENTO 


OAKLAND 
STOCKTON 


SAN  JOSE 
FRESNO 


JULY,     19  5  7 


A.I.A.  ACTIVITIES 

(From  Page  27) 
with  the  belief  that  professional  objectives  could  be 
achieved  better  and  more  rapidly  through  autonomy. 

Bachelor  of  architecture  and  bachelor  of  urban  plan- 
ning degrees  will  be  awarded  after  a  five-year  course 
of  study  has  been  successfully  completed. 


editor,  Progressive  Architecture;  Henry  Hill,  Archi- 
tect, San  Francisco;  and  Joseph  McCarthy,  FAIA  of 
San  Francisco. 

The  four  day  program  will  include  seminars,  exhibi- 
tions, and  numerous  recreational  activities. 


SAN  DIEGO  CHAPTER 

Irving  Meyers  exhibited  a  number  of  colored  slides 
on  Mexican  architecture  and  art'  at  the  July  meeting 
held  in  Madeleine's. 

Announcement  was  made  that  the  Honor  Awards 
Program  would  be  renewed  in  the  near  future,  with 
winners  being  announced  at  the  annual  California 
Council  convention  to  be  held  at  Coronado  in  Octo- 
ber. 


NORTHWEST  A.I.A.  ANNUAL 
CONFERENCE 

The  Sixth  Annual  Conference  will  be  held  at  Gear- 
hart,  Oregon,  October  17-20,  with  the  theme  of  the 
meeting  being  "Expanding  the  Profession  of  Archi- 
tecture." 

Among  outstanding  speakers  who  will  appear  on 
the  business  program  are  Jose  Louis  Sert,  Dean  of  the 
Graduate  School  of  Design,  Harvard  University,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.;  Leon  Chatelain,  Jr.,  President  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Architects;  Thomas  Creighton, 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

"Self  Examination"  was  the  theme  of  the  July  meet- 
ing with  a  panel  of  members  expressing  their  opinion 
as  to  whether  architects  who  do  a  poor  job  should  be 
allowed  to  obtain  or  maintain  their  membership  in  the 
AIA. 

John  Lyon  Reid,  FAIA,  retiring  president  of  the 
California  Council,  AIA,  served  as  moderator  of  the 
panel  comprised  of  Wm.  Stephen  Allen,  Henry  Schu- 
bart,  and  George  Rockrise. 

"The  object  of  this  type  of  program,"  declared  Wil- 
liam Corlett,  Chapter  president,  "is  to  determine  mem- 
bership  thinking  and  to  formulate  a  long-term,  positive 
program  in  which  all  members  can  and  will  partici- 
pate." 

The  meeting  was  held  in  DiMaggio's  Restaurant 
on  Fisherman's  'Wharf,  San  Francisco. 


W.A.L.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Mrs.   Wendell  R.   Spackman  was  recently  chosen 
president  of  the  Women's  Architectural  League,  San 
Francisco.  Elected  to  serve  with  her  during  the  ensu- 
ing year  were:  Mrs.  Robert  Laverty,  vice-president — 
(See  Page  32) 


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DISPERSED 


•  used  in  air  entrained  or 
ordinary  concrete 

•  gray  or  black  surfaces  absorb 
heat  to  reduce  ice  build  up 

•  reduces  driving  hazards, 
Improves  visibility 

•  reduces  windovi/  glare,  increase 
visibility  of  windovi/  displays 

•  used  by  Government,  State  and 
Municipal  highway  departments. 


A.  C.  HORN  COMPANY,  lnc.es.. ,3, 

Manufactur'!rs  of  materials  for  building  maintenance  and  construction 
252  Townse,  i  St.,  San  Francisco  7  •  1318  S.  Main  St.,  Los  Angeles  15 
SUBSIDIARY  I   SUN  CHEMICAL  CORPORATION 


NAHB  AND  AIA  JOIN 
IN  HOME  CAMPAIGN 

The  National  Association  of  Home 
Builders  and  The  American  Institute  of 
Architects  have  announced  a  nation-wide 
campaign   "to  improve  American  living." 

Top  officials  of  both  organizations  met 
recently  in  Washington,  D.C.,  together 
with  representative  builders,  to  explore 
the  possibility  of  a  cooperative  program 
aimed  at  betterment  of  American  housing 
and  residential  environment. 

In  a  joint  statement  by  Leon  Chatelain, 
Jr.,  AlA  president,  and  George  S.  Good- 
year, NAHB  president,  it  was  stated  "We 
firmly  believe  this  activity  signals  a  move- 
ment of  great  importance  to  the  public. 
Beginning  in  July,  we  propose  to  hold  a 
series  of  round-table  conferences  to  which 
we  will  invite  not  only  our  own  leading 
representatives,  but  lenders,  appraisers,  as 
well  as  those  who  influence  the  path  of 
housing  through  governmental  action  at 
all  levels." 


CHURCH  BUILDING 
CONFERENCE  SET 

A  conference  on  Church  Building  will 
be  held  jointly  by  the  Department  of 
Church  Building,  National  Council  of 
Churches,  and  the  Church  Architectural 
Guild  of  America  in  cooperation  with  the 
Detroit  Council  of  Churches,  February 
18-20,  1958,  in  the  Veterans'  Memorial 
Building,  Detroit,  Michigan,  according  to 
an  advance  announcement. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


JOHN  K.  LYNCH  HEADS 
NEW  SEATTLE  OFHCE 

John  K.  Lynch  has  been  appointed  to 
head  the  new  Seattle  office  of  Burns  and 
Roc,  Inc.,  engineers  and  constructors, 
whose  headquarters  arc  located  in  New 
York  City. 

The  new  offices  at  190J  Third  Ave..  Se- 
attle, will  function  as  a  liaison  between  the 
company's  main  office  and  its  client,  the 
Boeing  Airplane  Company,  for  which 
Burns  and  Roe  has  been  providing  design 
and  engineering  services  for  missile 
ground  support  facilities. 


ARCHITECTS  IN 
NEW  OFFICES 

The  architectural  firm  of  Beland  and 
Gianelli  have  announced  the  removal  of 
offices  to  Suite  A,  1221  Monterey  Street, 
Vallejo,  California,  where  they  have  larger 
facilities  for  operation  of  their  architectur- 
al practice. 

John  A.  Beland,  AIA,  and  Robert  J. 
Gianelli,  AIA,  comprise  the  firm. 


WM.  A.  LLEWELLYN  NEW 
SALES  REPRESENTATIVE 

William  A.  Llewellyn  has  been  appoint- 
ed a  sales  representative  in  the  Southern 
California  area  for  Prescolite  Mfg.  Corp. 
of  Berkeley,  according  to  an  announce- 
ment by  W.  D.  Runswick,  vice-president 
of  the  firm. 

Llewellyn  has  been  associated  with  the 
lighting  industry  in  production  and  sales 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  will  make  his 
headquarters  in  the  Los  Angeles  offices  of 
Prescolite. 


RICHMOND 
HOSPITAL 

Architect  Charles  F.  Strothoff,  1855 
Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  is  completing 
drawings  for  construction  of  an  addition 
to  the  Richmond  Hospital,  providing  facil- 
ities for  a  new  kitchen. 


ARCHITECTS  MOVE 
INTO  NEW  OFHCE 

The  firm  of  Hale  and  Jacobsohn,  AIA. 
Architects,  have  announced  the  removal 
of  their  offices  to  spacious  quarters  in  Mis- 
sion San  Jose,  corner  of  Highway  9  and 
the  Mission-Irvington  Road,  opposite  the 
Old  Mission,  in  Fremont,  California. 


VICTOR  GRUEN  ASSOCIATES 
OPEN  HAWAHAN  OFFICES 

Victor  Gruen,  Associates,  Los  Angeles 
architectural  firm,  has  opened  new  offices 
in  Honolulu,  which  will  be  in  charge  of 
Neal  Butler,  an  Associate  in  the  firm,  and 
project  coordinator  for  the  new  Waialae 
Shopping  Center. 

Announcement  was  also  made  of  the 
appointment  of  Marcel  Sedletzky  and 
Franz  Szymanski  as  new  Associates  of  the 
firm.  Sedletzky  is  planner  and  coordinator 
of  the  $7,000,000  Lamirada  Shopping 
Center  in  Lamirada,  California,  and  has 
been  with  Gruen  for  5  years,  while  Szy- 
manski is  assistant  to  the  head  of  the  struc- 
tural department. 


ARCHITECT  IS 
COMMISSIONED 

Architect  William  Harrison,  816  W. 
5th  St.,  Los  Angeles,  has  been  commis- 
sioned by  the  Trustees  of  the  Fullerton 
High  School  and  Junior  College  District 
to  draft  plans  and  specifications  for  con- 
struction of  a  new  High  School  to  be  built 
on    a    47-acre    site    at   the    intersection    of 


Cypress  Ave.  and  Dorothy  Lane  in  Fuller- 
ton. 

Cost  of  the  site  was  $305,000  and  its 
use  as  a  campus  was  approved  by  the  Ful- 
lerton City  Council. 


agents,  treaturer,  central  telephone  board, 
superintendent  of  schools,  and  board  of 
supervisors  chambers. 


SANTA  CLARA  NEW 
COUNTY  OFFICES 

Architects  Kurt  Gross,  390  Park  Ave., 
San  Jose,  and  Allan  M.  Walter  6?  Associ- 
ates, 45  E.  William  St.,  San  Jose,  are  pre- 
paring plans  and  specifications  for  con- 
struction of  a  new  County  Office  Building 
to  be  built  in  the  Civic  Center  of  San  Jose 
at  an  estimated  cost  of  $1,483,000. 

The  4-story,  80  x  200  ft.  structure  will 
provide  facilities  for  the  county  tax  col- 
lector,     assessor,      controller,     purchasing 


ARCHITECTS 
SELECTED 

The  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University 
ot  California,  Berkeley,  have  commis- 
sioned architects  Vernon  DeMars  of 
Berkeley  and  Donald  L.  Hardison  Cs" 
Associates,  160  Broadway,  Richmond,  to 
draft  plans  and  specifications  for  construc- 
tion of  a  new  Student  Center  on  the 
Berkeley  campus  of  the  university.  Cost 
of  the  project  is  estimated  at  $10,000,000. 

All  present  buildings  on  the  site  at 
Bancroft,  Dana  St.  and  Strawberry  Creek 
will  be  moved. 


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YOU  CAN  "FEEL" 
THE  CLEANLINESS 


It  was  almost  mealtime  (4;30  R  M.)  when  this  photo- 
graph was  taken.  Yet,  every  inch  of  this  Agnews  State 
Hospital  kitchen  was  as  spotlessly  clean  and  smooth 
as  a  cup  on  your  own  table  at  home.  The  time  and 
effort  it  takes  to  keep  this  kitchen  clean  are  surpris- 
ingly little,  because  of  the  use  of  tile.  Walls  of  Kraftile 
Glazed  Slruciiirnl  Tile  are  impervious  to  grease, 
smoke,  acids  and  food  stains.  They  wipe  clean  with  one 
stroke,  never  need  patching  or  painting.  Installed  cost 
is  clearly  competitive  because  Kraftile  combines  both 
wall  and  finish.  Masons  do  the  complete  installation 
in  minimum  time.  Wherever  sanitation  is  important 
in  your  jobs,  consider  the  practical  beauty  and  econo- 
my of  Kraftile,  and  its  easy  upkeep.  Clear  glaze  plus 
1  2  harmonious  colors  in  standardized  sizes  and  shapes. 
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A.I.A.  ACTIVITIES 

(From  Page  30) 
projects;  Elizahcth  K.  Thompson,  vice-president — pro- 
grams; Mrs.  Bruce  Heiser,  vice-president — member' 
ship;  Mrs.  Ernest  Born,  corresponding  secretary;  Mrs, 
John  Wilkinson,  recording  secretary,  and  Mrs.  John 
Gloe,  treasurer. 


CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL  A.I.A. 

R.  Buckminster  Fuller,  whose  challenging  structural 
concepts  have  aroused  international  interest,  will  be 
one  of  the  principal  speakers  at  the  12th  Annual  Con- 
vention, October  2-6,  at  Hotel  del  Coronado,  Wallace 
Bonsall,  chairman  of  the  Convention  Advisory  Com- 
mittee, announced.  Fuller  will  deliver  the  keynote  ad- 
dress on  Friday  afternoon,  speaking  on  the  theme 
"Design  Through  Structure." 

Convention  sessions  this  year  are  being  planned  for 
general  professional  interest.  Entertainment  includes  a 
chartered  ferry  boat  tour  of  San  Diego  harbor,  annual 
banquet  and  a  Calypso  dance  sponsored  by  the  Wom- 
en's Architectural  League.  The  final  day  of  the  confer- 
ence will  he  turned  over  to  the  Producers'  Council, 
who  have  arranged  an  outstanding  program. 


SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

'Tntegration  ot  Arts  in  Architecture"  was  the  sub- 
ject of  a  panel  discussion  at  the  July  meeting,  held  in 
the  Chapman  Park  Hotel,  Los  Angeles,  with  pane) 
members  comprising  Arthur  Millier,  Art  Critic;  Ber- 
nard Rosenthal,  Sculptor;  Joseph  Young,  Mosaic  Mu- 
ralist;  and  Gregory  Ain,  Architect.  John  Rex  served 
as  moderator. 


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NIIES,  CAtlFORNIA 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

"Architectural  Art  Work  as  Related  to  Today's 
Architecture"  was  the  subject  of  the  July  meeting  held 
in  Eaton's  Restaurant,  Pasadena,  with  Ragnar  C. 
Qvale,  architect  and  founder  of  Q.A.  Architctural 
Arts,  an  association  of  artists  and  delineators,  the 
principal  speaker.  He  gave  an  illustrated  lecture  touch- 
ing on  the  subject  of  color  in  architecture,  methods 
and  technique  on  rendering,  miniature  models  and 
their  uses. 

New  members  include  Russell  W.  Hobbs,  Covina. 

BETTER  LIVING... 

(From  Page  25) 
an  atomic  power  plant. 

Another  feature  that  belongs  largely  to  the  future 
and  which  has  given  rise  to  the  talk  of  a  "second 
industrial  revolution"  is  what  is  known  as  "automa- 
tion". Just  what  wonders  in  the  form  of  new  tech- 
nical achievements  and  added  time  for  leisure  automa- 
tion will  create  is  as  yet  unpredictable.  But  you  should 
find  reassurance  in  the  fact  that  this  development  is 
in  the  hands  of  professional  engineers. 

To  guide  the  technical  development  of  the  future 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


wc  need  engineers,  and  we  need  them  at  a  much 
greater  rate  than  they  are  being  turned  out  of  our 
colleges  today.  The  work  of  a  professional  engineer 
is  interesting  and  an  engineering  career  is  a  rewarding 
one.  Young  people,  both  boys  and  girls,  must  be  en- 
couraged to  enter  the  engineering  profession.  Our 
high  schools  must  cooperate  by  introducing  more 
courses  in  mathematics,  physics,  and  chemistry,  the 
subjects  on  which  all  engineering  principles  are  based. 
Your  help  is  needed  in  carrying  out  such  improve 
mcnts.  I  hope  I  have  given  you  a  message  ...  so  that 
this  country  may  have  the  best  engineers  possible,  and 
have  enough  of  them.  Only  then  can  we  be  sure  to 
have  not  just  living,  but  "Better  Living  Through  En- 
gineering". 

ARTHUR  BROWN,  JR. 

(From  Page  22) 
the  largest  structures  in  the  capital  until  the  Pentagon 
was  built. 

Among  his  residential  designs  were  homes  for  W. 
W.  Crocker,  Dr.  Charles  Crocker,  Truxton  Beale, 
Mrs.  Tobin  Clark,  Frank  King  and  Frank  Fuller. 

Mr.  Brown  was  bom  in  Oakland  and  graduated 
from  the  University  of  California's  College  of  Civil 
Engineering  in  1896.  He  studied  at  the  Ecole  des 
Beaux  Arts  in  Paris  and  graduated  in  1901  after  win- 
ning 12  medals  and  three  major  prizes  there. 

In  1926  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  Institut  de 
France,  a  highly  unusual  honor  for  an  American.  In 
1931  he  was  given  an  honorary  doctor  of  laws  de- 
gree by  his  alma  mater,  and  in  1943  he  was  elected 
to  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Letters.  He 
was  also  an  officer  of  the  French  Legion  of  Honor. 

During  his  long  career  Mr.  Brown  had  been  associate 
architect  at  the  Panama  Pacific  Exposition  here  in 
1915,  had  served  on  the  architectural  commission  for 
the  1933  Chicago  World's  Fair,  and  was  chairman  of 
the  architectural  commission  for  the  San  Francisco  Ex- 
position in  1939  and  1940. 

He  had  taught  architecture  at  Harvard  and  the 
University  of  California,  and  was  Supervising  Arch- 
itect on  the  Berkeley  campus  from  1938  to  1948. 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 

(From  Page  7) 

Photography — Edward  Kamenski,  West  Los  An- 
geles: Magda  R.  White,  Sacramento;  and  Fred  R. 
Archer,  Los  Angeles. 


KATE  NEIL  KINLEY  MEMORIAL 
FELLOWSHIP  AWARD  ANNOUNCED 

Paul  Vazquez  of  Tenafly,  New  Jersey,  has  been 
awarded  the  26th  annual  Kate  Neal  Kinley  Memorial 
Fellowship,  with  Miss  Rosalind  Davidson  of  Peoria 
being  named  alternate,  according  to  an  announce- 
ment of  the  Awards  Committee  comprising  Allen  S. 


Wellcr,  Chairman,  Duane  A.  Branigan  and  James  R. 
Shipley. 

Vazquez,  a  painter,  was  born  in  Brooklyn  and  re- 
ceived the  B.F.A.  degree  from  Ohio  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity in  1956,  and  has  been  a  graduate  student  at 
the  University  of  Illinois  since  February  1956,  serv- 
ing as  graduate  assistant  in  the  Department  of  Art 
and  teaching  courses  in  freshman  free  hand  drawing 
and  in  Sophomore  life  drawing.  He  proposes  to  spend 
the  period  of  his  fellowship  in  European  travel  and 
residence,  particularly  in  Spain. 

Miss  Davidson,  a  cellist,  was  born  in  Toronto  and 
received  her  Bachelor  of  Music  degree  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Illinois  in   1957. 


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All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
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and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  tinne  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bcnd(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Comrrion    Bricl-Per    I    M    Iald-$i65.00    up    (ac. 

cording    to    class    of   work). 
Face   Brick— Per    I    M    laid— $250.00   and    up    (ac- 
cording  to   class   of  work). 
Brick    5teps-$2.0O    lin.    ft.    &    up. 
Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  Bidgs.-Approy. 

$1.75  and  up— (according  to  class  of  work). 
Face    Brick    Veneer    on     frame    BIdqs.— Approx. 

';2  25  and    up    (according   to   class   of  work). 
Common   Brick— $46.00  per  W  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. ,,      _, 
Face    Brick- $81.00   to    $106.00    per    M.    truckload 

lots,  delivered. 
eisied  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 
Clear  Glazed— 

2  «  i  X  12  Furring  ___ $1 .75  per  sq.  ft. 

4  X  4  X  12  Partition 2.00  per  sq.  ft. 

4  «  &  X  12  Double  Faced 

Partition 2-25  per  sq.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add 30  per  sq.  ft. 

Mantel    Fire    Brick   $150.00   per    M-F.O.B.    Pitts- 
burgh. 
Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 
Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2.inches,    per   M $139.50 

6x5l/2Xl2-inches,    per    M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   M 34.00 


...$146.75 
156.85 
177.10 


Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,    per   M 

I2xl2x3-inches,    per   M 

I2xl2x4-inche5,   per   M - i;;,; 

I2xl2x6-inches,    per  M 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll $5.30 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 7.80 

3  ply  per   1000  ft.  roll 9.70 

Brownskin,   Standard  500  ft.   roll 6.85 

Sisalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 8.50 

Sheathing  Papers— 

Asphalt  sheathing.    15-lb.  roll $2.70 

30-lb.   roll 3.70 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll —  2.95 

Blue  Plasterboard.  60-lb.  roll 5.10 

Felt  Papers- 
Deadening  felt,  %lb.,  50-ft.  roll $4.30 

Deadening  felt,   l-lb 5.05 

Asphalt  roofing,    15-lbs 2.70 

Asphalt  roofing.  30-lbs ..._. 3.70 

Koofing  Papers- 
Standard  Grade,   lOB-ft.  roll,  Light.._ _..$2.50 

Smooth  Surfac'i,  Medium 2.90 

Heavy....- 3.40 

M.  S.  Extra  Heavy... _.  3.95 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following   prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
otherwise  shown.    Carload   lots  only. 


Bunker 
per  ton 

....$3.00 
....  3.20 


DeI'd 
per  ton 
$3.75 
3.95 
3.85 
3.95 
3.95 
3.80 


Gravel,  all  sizes 

Top  Sand  

Concrete   Mix  3.10 

Crushed  Rock,  'A"  to  %" 3.20 

Crushed  Rock,  ^A"  to  li/i" 3.20 

Roofing  Gravel  3.15 

Sand— 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  &  4) 3.75  4.50 

Olympla  (Nos.  1  &  2) 3.25  3.80 

Cement — 

Common   (all   brands,  paper  sacks) 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity   (paper) $1.30 

Carload   lots,  in  bulk,   per  bbl 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload   lots.    lOc   »   bbl.,   lOth 

Prox.,   less  than   carload   lots,   $5.20  per   bbl. 

f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.60  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.L 2% 

Trinity  White |  I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 

Medusa  White 1-  sack,  warehouse  or 

Calaveras  White J  delivered. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 

Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  6  sk 


bulk  $1 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 


4.20 
.90 


4x8xl6-inches.  each 
6x8xl6-inches,  each 
8x8xl6-inches,  each 
2x8xl6-inches,  each 
2x8x24-inches,  each 


Aggregates— Haydite  or  Basalite 

%-inch  to  %-inch,  per  cu.  yd 

Ys-inch  to  A-inch,  per  cu.  yd 

No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 


Hay- 
dite 
..$  .22 
..  .271/2 
..  .32 
..    .46 


$5.85  ■-- 

5.85 

5.85 


salt 
.22 

.27'/! 
.32 
.461/2 
.67 


,..$7.75 
..  7.75 
..  7.75 


DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing- 

Two-coat  work,  $8.00  per  square  and   up. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $12.00  per  square  and   up. 

Hot  coating  work,   $5.00  per  square  &  up. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and   up. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less;  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will  run  considerably  mors. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot    galvanized    iron    balcony,   with 

stairs,   $275   Installed  on   new  buildings; 
$325  on  old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  '/s  in-  gauge  25c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magnesite, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.90   per  sq.   yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum— $6,00   sq.   yd.    &    up 

laid. 
Terazzo   Floors— $2.25   per   sq.   ft. 
Terazzo  Steps— $3.50  per  lln.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat — according  to  type— 

45c  per  sq.  ft.  and   up. 
Hardwood   Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  S— Unfin.- 

Hx2'/-4  '/ZX2    ysxZ    Ax2 

Clear  Qtd.,  White $425    $405    $         $ 

Clear  Qtd.,   Red 405      380 

Select  Otd.,  Red  or  White..  355      340 
Clear  Pin.    Red  or  White._.  355      340      335      315 
Select  Pin.    Red  or  White....  340      330      325      300 
#1   Common,  red  or  White  315      ItO      305      280 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oali  Flooring- 


'/2  X  21/2.. 

n  X  21/4.. 

U  X  2%.. 

a  X  31/4. 


.$369.00 
,..  380.00 
...  390.00 
...  375.00 
..  395.00 


21/4  &  31/4  Ranch  Plank.. 
Unfinished  Maple  Flooring— 

JS  X  21/4  First  Grade — 

JS  X  21/4  2nd  Grade — 

J4  X  21/4  2nd  &  Bti     "   -  '- 


Standard 
$359.00 
370.00 
331.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 

_...$390.M 
365.00 
375.00 


21A  3rd  Grade - _■  240.00 

U  X  3IA  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 380.00 

a  X  3'/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 

33/32  X  2IA   First  Grade 

33/32  X  21A  2nd  Grade.__._ 
33/32  X  2'A  3rd  G      ' 


Flo 


Layer  Wage  $2.83   per  hr, 


390.00 
400.00 
360.00 
320.00 


GLASS— 

Single  Strength  Window  Glass S  .SOperDf*- 

Double   Strength   Window  Glass —     .45  per  D  ft. 

Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75 -  1.60  per  D  ft- 

75  to    100 1.74  per  n  ft 

lA  in.  Polished  Wire  Plate  Glass....  2.50  per  Oft. 

'A  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glass 80  per  D  f 

i/s  in.  Obscure    Glass... .55  per  O  ft. 

A  in.  Obscure     Glass...- -.-     .70  per  Q  ft. 

1%   in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure..-..     .54  per  G  ft. 

A  in.   Heat  Aborbing  Wire.-.. 72  per  D  ft- 

^  in.  Ribbed    55  per  D  ft. 

A  in.  Ribbed    "P"Ht!- 

I/,  in.  Rough    - ^|P^'S« 

^  in.  Rough    - 75  per  D  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  Q  ft. 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in   place - —  3.50  per  Q  ft. 


HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor   Furnace.  25,000  BTU — 

35,000  BTU._ -. 

45,000  BTU 

Automatic   Control.   Add„ 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25,000  BTU-.-. 
35.000  BTU-._, 

45,000  BTU 

With   Automatic   Control.  Add — 

Unit  Heaters,   50,000   BTU... - 

Gravity  Furnace,  65,000  BTU _ 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75,000  BTU.... 
Water  Heaters— 5-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control. 

20  gal.  capacity 

30  gal.   capacity 

40  gal.  capacity 


.$42.00-  80.00 

.  47.00-  87.00 

.  55.00-  95.00 

.  39.00-  45.00 

.  72.00-134.00 

149.00 

161.00 

.  45.00-161.00 

215.00 

210.00 

342.00 


96.00 
112.00 
135.00 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool  Insulation— 

(2")   Less  than   1,000  D  ft il>A°° 

(2")   Over   1,000  n  ft 59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")    _        $41.60  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisalation  Aluminunn   Insulation— Alunninum 

coated   on   both   sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel   _ _.,, $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"   thickness   $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank 69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard 69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IRON — Cost   of   ornamental    iron,    cast   Iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 


LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 
O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.r 


..$115.00 


r  M  Delvd. 

J $225  00 

215.00 

145.00 


Flooring — 

V.G.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  X  4  T  &  G  FIc 

"C"  and   better— all 

"D"   and   better— all. 

Rwd.   Rustic— "A"   grade,  mediun- 
8  to  24  ft. 
Plywood,  per  U  sq.  ft. 

lA-inch,    4.0x8.0-SIS    -..- $120.00 

lA-inch     4.0x8.0-515    160.00 

%-inch,    per    M    sq.    ft 200.00 

Plysform    160.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)— 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  squ 

No    3.  $5.00. 
Average   cost  to   lay  shingles,   $7.50  per  square. 
Cedar    Shakes—'//'   to    %"   x   24/26    in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn.  per  square $15.25 

%"  to  PA"  X  24/26  in  split  resawn, 
per  square  - 17.00 


"dry.! 185.00 


,  $7.00; 


White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  . 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Pastt) 


Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $8.50  pe 
Prtssure  Treated  Lunnber — 
Salt  Treated 

Creosoted, 
8-lb.    treat 


.Add  $35  per  M  to  abov 

:nt  Add  $45  per  M  to  abov 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard    Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2  I -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $10  to  $15  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $  1 .75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases   for   kitchen    and    pantries    seven    ft. 

high,   per  lineal   ft.,   upper  $10  to  $15; 

lower  $12  to  $18. 
Dining   room  cases,   $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing    (average),    $115    per    M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $  125  to  $  I  35  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work   per  yard   $   .90 

Three-coat  work per  yard      1.35 

Cold  water  painting.... per  yard        .45 

Whitewashing per  yard        .25 

Uni«d  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light    iron    drums per  gal.  $2.28         $2.3< 

5-gallon  cans  per  gal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans _ each     2.52  2.58 

Quart   cans  each       .71  .72 

Pint  cans  _ each       .38  .39 

/j-pint  cans  _ _ each       .24  .24 

Turpantine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums _._ per  gal.  $1,65 

S-gallon  cans  „ „..per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans each     1.88 

Quart  cans  each       .54 

Pint  cans  „ ™ each      .31 

Vj-pint  cans each      .20 


List  Price 

Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight 

Per  100      Pr.  per 

per  100      Pr.  per 

Packages 

lbs.           pkg. 

lbs.           pkg. 

lOO-lb.  kegs 

$28.35        $29.35 

$27.50        $27.50 

50-lb.   kegs 

30.05           15.03 

28.15           14.08 

25-lb.   kegs 

.   _  30.35            7.50 

28.45            7,12 

5-lb.   cans' 

....  33.35            1.34 

31.25            1.25 

l-lb.  cans* 

....  36.00              .36 

33.75             .34 

500    lbs.    (on 
above. 
•Heavy  Pa 

e    delivery)    %c    per 

pound    less    than 

te  only. 

Pioneer  Dry 

White  Lead— Litharg 

e— Dry  Red  Lead 

Red  Lead  in  Oil 
!  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Po 


Dry   White    Lead..— 

Dry    Red    Lead 

Red    Lead    in   Oil 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


..$26.30 
_  25.95 
..  27.20 
.,  30.65 


26.60 
27.85 
31.30 


26.90 

28.15 
31,60 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-inch $2.75  lineal  foot 

8-inch    3.25  lineal  foot 

1 0-inch     4. 1 0  lineal  foot 

12-inch     5.20  lineal  foot 

Installation 75c  to  $  1 .50  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat   wall,    per   ton    delivered    in    S.    F.    in 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING   (Interior)- 

Yard 

3  Coats,   metal    lath  and   plaster $3.75 

Keene  cement  on  metal   lath 4.25 

Ceillnqs  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(lathed    only)    3.75 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal   lath 

plastered  5.60 

Single   partition   %  channels  and   metal   lath 

1  side   (lath  only) 3.75 

Single    partition    %   channels   and    metal    lath 

2  inches  thick  plastered 8.75 

4-inch     double      partition      3/,      channels     and 

metal    lath  2  sides   (lath   only) 6.25 

4-inch     double     partition     %     channels     and 
metal   lath  2  sides  plastered 10.25 


PLASTERING   (Exterior)  — 

2  coats  cement  finish,   brick   or  cone 
wall     

3  coats   cement  finish.    No.    18   gaug 


Yard 

$2.25 
'    3.00 


Lime— $4.25  per  l^bl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime-   $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath —S/j "—35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.7F  pet  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per   fixture    up, 
according  to  grade,  quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  A  ply $15.00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in  place. 

4'/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2   No.    I   Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,   per   square 16.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7'/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with  Gravel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Compo  Shingles,  $17  to  $25  per  sq.  laid 
V2  to  %  «  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

3^  to  I  'A  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in   place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San   Francisco. 

Standard,     4-ii3 $   -26 

Standard,      6-ih 45 

Standard.     8-in 65 

Standard,   12  in 1.30 

Standard,  24-in 5.41 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),  including  hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unqlazed),   per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

%-\n.   Rd.   (Less  thjn    I   ton)   per   100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

Ya-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I   ton)   per   100  lbs... 7.25 

%-in.  &  '/s-In-   Rd-  (Less  than   I  ton) 7.15 

1    in.  &  up  (Less  than   I   ton) 7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  Sea 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile   (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic  Ti 
per  sq.  ft. 
Cove    Base— $1.50   per    lin.   tt. 
Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x4"  with  6"  base 

sq.  tt. 
Tile  Wainscots  &  Floors,  Residential,  41/4x41/4",  ® 

$1.95  to  $2.25   per  sq.  ft. 
Tile    Wa. -scots,    Commercial    Jobs,    W'M'/t"   Tile. 

@    $1.70   to    $2.00    per    sq.    ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  W  ■  A"-    $  -25-$  .35  sq.  ft. 

Light  shades  slightly  hioei. 
Cork    Tile-$.60    per    sq.    ft. 
Mosaic  Floors— See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  D  f* »  -" 

Rubber  tile,   per  Q  ft $  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored  F.O.B.  S.  F. 

12  X  12,  each $  -17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot  Small  Large 

Patio  Tile— Miles   Red  Lois  Lots 

12  X  12  X  '/i-inch,     plain $  .28  $  .253 

4  X  12  X  '/,-inch,     plain .295  .245 

4  X    4  X  '/,-inch.     plain .32  .287 

Building  Ti 


,rs— Commercial   $1.95  to  $2.25 


I  $1.40  per 


x5l/2xl2- 
6x51/2x12- 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,   F 
Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches.  pei 
I2xl2x3-inches,  pei 
I2xl2x4-inches,  pei 
I2xl2x6-inches,    pei 


per  M $139.50 

per    M - — .  105.00 

oer   M...... 84.00 


..$146.75 
...  154.85 
..  177.10 
..  235.30 


VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

45c   per  square   foot  and   up.    Installation 


WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  aesign  cna  quality  required. 


JULY,     19  5  7 


PUICK  REFEREIVCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Constructinn  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  ENGINEERS 

L.  D.  REEDERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  DO  2-5050 

Sacramenio:  3026  V  St.,  GL  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourtti  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GimORE  MR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St-,  UN  1-2000 

IINFORD  AIR  X  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  174.12111  St.,  TW  3-6521 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10140 

ALUMINUM  BLDG.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  &  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  (Wrought  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO- 

San  Francisco:  3201  Third  St.,  Ml  7-2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Portland:  Portland  Wire  i  Iron  Works, 

4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave, 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  i  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No-  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  UO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd-,  OL  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St..  DU  2-6339 

BANKS  -  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  i  Montgon^ery  Sts.,  EX  2  7700 


38 


BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 

BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
LosAngeles23:1258S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  X  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1-7400 

KRAFTILE  CO- 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

MICHEL  X  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

C.  E-  TOLAND  i  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 

BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2-3322 

BUILDING  PAPERS  i  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco;  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CABINETS  i  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  UABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINKiSCHINDLERCO. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 
,.      MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 
^'-     San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 

Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3-9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO- 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  70311 

CEMENT 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  ^AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 
CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO- 
San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St- 
PACIFIC  CEMENT  UGGREGATESINC- 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St-,  KL  2-1616 
Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 
San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 
Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Stockton:  820  So-  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 
READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODES  JAMIESON  LTD. 
Oakland:  333  23rd  Ave.,  KE  3  5225 
SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 

Screed  Materials 
C.XH.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS— HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS— ROOF 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  81  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  i  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLYDOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  i  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOOD  CO.  OF  CALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  M108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  i  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO- 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  i  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville;  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C-  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO- 
DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85  •14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HOKIN  8  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS  (cont'd) 

lEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  212  Clara  St.,  DO  2  6010 

IVNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  937  McAllister  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRICS  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Cough  i  Fell  Sis.,  HE  1-5904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

Soutti  San  Francisco:  212  Stiaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  llOl-Utli  St.,  UN  1-2'120 

ETS-HOKIN  X  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  )U  5-4642 

FLOORS 
FItor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEANi  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  Bldg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calil.,  Niles3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2-8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

GAS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3-8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO- 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  Bldg.,  YU  6-2718 

D.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS  8HAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  2-0678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  8  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Market  St.,  YU  6-0511 

G.  P.  W.  JENSEN  X  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1  2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  XSON 

San  Francisco:  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN  8  SWINERTON 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  &  NELSON 

San  Francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2-4700 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati:  Cypress  Ave.,  Pet.  5-4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  8  PEARCE 

San  Mateo:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2-6639 


RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  S  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  &  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

HEATING  &  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  8  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4lh  St.,  DO  2-0377 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebaslopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSECO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  M937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 

INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

IRON— ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

LATHING  8  PLASTERING 

ANGELOJ.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  8-1582 

K-LATH  CORP. 

Alhambra:  909  So.  Fremont  St.,  Alhambra 

A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  8C.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES-JAMIESONLTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave-,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco:  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 


LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 


LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Quint  8  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

1701  Galvez  Ave-,  ATwater  2-1157 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  3rd  8  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  8  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 


MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTOSONS-KEENANCO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000-3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 

MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY8S0N 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

METAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEERCO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwight  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  SALES  CO.  OF  NO.  CALIF. 
Berkeley:  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

METAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  III.:  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORK 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco;  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 

Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 

Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 

SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  8  SUPPLY  CO. 

So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  8  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.:  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  X  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

PAINTING 

R-  P.  PAOLI  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  M632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15th  St.,  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZELINSKY  8  SONS 

San  Francisco:  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PLASTER 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATE  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

WEST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  3150-18th  St.,  MA  1-5657 


JULY.     19  5  7 


PLUMBING 

BROADWAY  PLUMBING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1790  Yosemite  Ave.,  Ml  8-4250 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.W.  HAIL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 

Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSECO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

RODONI-BECKERCO.,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  455-lOth  St.,  MA  1  3662 

SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1  1937 

POST  PULLER 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 

No.  Sacramento:  1202  Dixieanne 

PUHPIN6  MACHNERY 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2-6794 

ROOFING 

ANCHOR  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1671  Galvez  Ave.,  VA  4-8140 

ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1400  Egbert  Ave.,  Ml  7-2173 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  930  Innes  Ave.,  VA  4-3261 

lOOF  SCUTTLES 

THE  BIICO  CO. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  S  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  i  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

ROOF  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  i  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  4  Wood  Sts.,  GL  20805 

SAFES 

THE  HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1699  Market  St.,  UN  1-6644 


SEWER  PIPE 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  X  CO. 

San  Francisco:  9th  i  Harrison,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

SHEET  METAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5  8983 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  Burlingame, 

Los  Angeles:  5414  York  Blvd.,  CL  7-3939 

SPRINKLERS 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL  i  REINFORCING 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIV.,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1-2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland,  Ore.:  2345  N.W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle,  Wn.:  I331-3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SI  3  6733 

HERRICK  IRONWORKS 

Oakland  18th  X  Campbell,  GL  1-1767 

INDEPENDENT  IRONWORKS,  INC. 

Oakland:  780  Pine  St.,  TE  20160 

JUDSON  PACIFIC  MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Eastshore  Highway,  OL  3-1717 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  New  Montgomery  St.,  GA  1  0977 

los  Angeles:  Edison  BIdg. 

Seattle:  White  Henry  Stuart  BIdg. 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg. 

Denver:  Continental  Oil  BIdg. 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

STEEL  FORMS 

STEELFORM  CONTRACTING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  666  Harrison  St.,  DO  2  5582 

SWIMMING  POOLS 

SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 

Walnut  Creek,  Calif.:  1719  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd. 

SWIMMING  POOL  FITTINGS 

lOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

TESTING  LABORATORIES 
(ENGINEERS  S  CHEMISTS 

ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  624  Sacramento  St.,  GA  1  1697 


ROBERT  W.  HUNT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  500  Iowa,  Ml  7-0224 

Los  Angeles:  3050  E.  Slauson,  JE  9131 

Chicago,  New  York,  Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING  LABORATORY 

San  Francisco:  651  Howard  St.,  EX  2-1747 

TILE— CLAY  &  WALL 

GLADDING  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  9th  i  Harrison  Sts.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
OX  7  3630     Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle:  945  Elliott  Ave.  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  No.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  CO. 
Niles,  Calif.:  Niles3611 
San  Francisco:  50  Hawthorne  St.,  DO  2-3780 
Los  Angeles:  406  So.  Main  St.,  MA  7241 


TILE-TERRAZZO 

NATIONAL  TILE  8.  TERAZZO  CO. 
San  Francisco:  198  Mississippi  St., 


1-0273 


TIMBER-TREATED 

J.  H.  BAXTER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  YU  2-0200 

Los  Angeles:  3450  Wilshire  Blvd.,  DU  8-9591 

TIMBER  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  i  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  i  Wood  Sts.,  GL  2-0805 

TRUCKING 

PASSETTI  TRUCKING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

UNDERPINNING  i  SHORING 

D.  1.  U.SULLIVAN 

San  Francisco:  1942  Folsom  St.,  MA  1-1545 

WALL  PAPER 

WALLPAPERS,  INC. 

Oakland:  384  Grand  Ave.,  GL  2-0451 

WATERPROOFING  MATERIALS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

San  Francisco:  875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

WEATHERSTOP 

TECON  PRODUCTS,  LTD. 

Vancouver,  B.C.:  681  E.  Hastings  St. 

Seattle:  304  So.  Alaskan  Way 

WINDOW  SHADES 

SHADES,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  80  Tehama  St.,  DO  2-7092 


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SIGNERS AND  DRAFTSMEN  NEEDED:  Per- 
manent employment,  modern  air  conditioned 
office.  Apply  Kenney  &  Cullimore,  2  Niles 
Street,  Bakersfleld,  California,  phone  FAIr- 
vlew  7-0256. 


IDEAL  RESIDENCE  FOR  ARCHITECT:  Near 
High  School  and  College,  Marysville,  Cali- 
fornia. 2-and  3  bedroom,  newly  constructed. 
FHA  terms.  Write  P.O.  Box  3508,  North 
Sacramento,    California.    Priced    $15,000    up. 


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ply Director.  Coallnga  College.  Coallnga, 
Calif. 


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Design:  Theodore  H.  Peterson,  10  California 
Ave..  San  Rafael.  Phone  GL  3-7335. 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  hos  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  industry,  California 

Following  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2.  1957  or  later 


CRAFT 


San 


ASBESTOS  WORKER _ J3.275 

BOILERMAKER.... 3  45 

BRICKLAYER 3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER  _  3  00 

CARPENTER 3.125 

CEMENT  FINISHER 2.995 

CONCRETE  MIXERf  Skip  Type  (I  yd.)  2.705 

ELECTRICIAN     3.375 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST  2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR 

SLAZI ER 2.97 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40 

REINF.  STEEL 3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL _ 3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING _ 2  325 

CONCRETE 2  325 

LATHER     _ _ 3.4375 

PAINTER:  BRUSH _ __ 3.10 

SPRAY 3.10 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 3.325 

PLASTERER 3.4125 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER 3.10 

PLUMBER... _ _ 3.45 

ROOFER _ 3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 3.30 

STEAMFITTER 3.45 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 3.095 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards 2.325 

TILE  SEHER 3.225 


t5  cents  of  this  annount  is  deducted  from  wages  as  a  vacation  allowance  and 
transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund. 


Alameda 

Contra 
Costa 

Fresno 

Sacra- 
mento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Solano 

Los 
Angeles 

San  Ber- 
nardino 

San 
Diego 

Santa 
Barbara 

Kern 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3,275 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

$3.35 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45 

3.75 

3.75 

3.70 

3.50 

3.50 

3,875 

3.75 

3.80 

380 

3.75 

3.75 

3.00 

3.00 

2.70 

3,00 

2.80 

2,90 

3,00 

2.425 

2.62S 

2.625 

2.425 

3.125 

3.00 

300 

3,00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.02 

2.995 

2.995 

2.995 

2,995 

2,995 

2,995 

2,995 

2.925 

2.925 

2.925 

2.925 

2.925 

2.705 

2.705 

2.705 

2,705 

2.705 

2,705 

2,705 

2.74 

2  74 

2.74 

2.74 

2.74 

3.375 

3.375 

3,50 

3.25 

3.61 

3.275 

3.60 

3.60 

3,50 

3.40 

3.50 

2.985 

2.985 

2.985 

2,985 

2.985 

2.985 

2  985 

2  »5 

2,95 

2  95 

2  95 

2.95 

2.87 

2.87 

2,905 

7  905 

7^tn 

2  87 

2,8^5 

2  885 

2  90 

2,885 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3  40 

3  40 

3,40 

3,40 

3,40 

340 

3.40 

3.15 

3.15 

3,15 

3.15 

3  15 

3,15 

3  15 

3  15 

3,15 

3,15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.40 

3.40 

3,40 

3.40 

3.40 

3  40 

3,40 

3,40 

3.40 

3,40 

340 

3.40 

2.325 

2.325 

2,325 

2325 

2,325 

2.325 

2,325 

2.30 

2.30 

2,30 

2.30 

2.30 

2.325 

2.325 

2.32S 

2.325 

2,325 

2.325 

2,325 

3. 84* 

3.84" 

3.45 

3.45t 

350 

3.375 

375t 

3,675 

3  425 

3.625 

3  10 

3.10 

2,90 

3.00 

2,95 

3.10 

3  75 

3  01 

3  00 

2  94 

303 

2.95 

3.10 

3.10 

3,15 

3.25 

3,10 

3  10 

3.50 

3.26 

3,25 

349 

3.03 

3.20 

3.325 

3.325 

3,325 

3,3'5 

3.325 

3.325 

3.325 

330 

3,30 

3,30 

3,30 

3.30 

3.54 

3.54 

3,35 

3  45t 

3.55 

3.495 

3.50 

3.75 

3.625 

3.425 

3.42 

3.42 

3025 

300 

3,00 

3  075 

3.15 

3.50 

3.375 

3  375 

3.3I2S 

3.25 

3.59 

3.435 

345 

345 

3,45 

3.45 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

355 

3.55 

3.575 

3.20 

3.20 

305 

2975 

3,05 

3.00 

3.I0§ 

3  00 

3.15 

3.00 

3.30 

3.30 

3,125 

3  30 

3315 

330 

3.325 

3.24 

3  24 

3.15 

3.26 

3.40 

3.69 

369 

345 

3,45 

3,45 

3,45 

3.55 

3.55 

355 

355 

355 

3.575 

3.095 

3.095 

3  095 

3.095 

3.095 

3,095 

3,095 

3.05 

3  05 

3,05 

3.05 

3.05 

2.325 

2.325 

2,325 

2.325 

2,325 

2.325 

2.325 

2,405 

2.405 

2405 

2.405 

2,405 

3.225 

3.225 

325 

3,00 

3.175 

3.225 

3.225 

326 

3.50 

325 

3.26 

3.21 

allowan 

ce  and  tra 

nsmitted  to 

t  $3,425  fo 

nail-on 

lather. 

10  cents  of  this  amount  is  designated  , 


held  from  pay  and  transmitted  to  an  employee  savings  fund. 


ngs  fund  wage"  and  is  with- 


ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations,  Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Retaarch, 
•nd  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organiiatlons  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additioni  are  made 
at  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 


CRAFT 
ASBESTOS  WORKER.. 


cramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 
Bernard! 

.lOW 
II  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.10  W 
.11  hr.  V 

.lOW 

.lOW 

JULY,     19  5  7 


CONSTRUCTrON  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


CRAFT 

San 
Francisco 

Fresno 

Sacramenfo 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 

Angeles 

San 
Bernardino 

San 
Diego 

BRICKLAYER _ 

.I5W 

.MP 

.05  hr.  V 

.I5W 
.10  P 

.I5W 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 

.low 

.10  P 
.10  V 

.low 

.tow 

.low 

.low 

.076  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

CARPENTER 

.low 

.lOhr.V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 

.low 

CEMENTMASON 

.low 

.low 

.lOW 

,IOW 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER... 

.low 

.low 

l%p 

4%V 

.075  W 
1%  P 

.075  W 

1%  P 
4%V 

1%  P 

1%P 

1%  P 

.low 

l%P 

GLAZIER 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  y 

IRONWORKER:  REINFORCING... 

STRUCTURAL.... 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.lOW 
.lOW 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.10  W 

.low 

LABORER,  GENERAL 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

LATHER 

.iO  day  W 
.70  day  V 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.90  day  W 

.70  day  W 

.lOW 

OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.) 

POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.) 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
low 

.low 
.tow 

.low 
low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.lOW 

.low 

PAINTER,  BRUSH 

.0?5  W 

.08  W 

.075  W 

.low 

.095  W 
.07  V 

.085  W 

.08  W 

.09  W 

PLASTERER... 

.low 

.10  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.15V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

low 

PLUMBER... 

.low 

.lOV 

.I5W 
.10  P 

.lOW 
.10  P 
.125  V 

.low 

.lOW 
.10  P 
.125V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

ROOFER 

.lOW 
.lOV 

.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 

.low 

.075  W 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 

.075  W 
4%V 

.075  W 
7dayV 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.075  W 
.12V 

.075  W 
4%V 

.085  W 
.10  V 

,085  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 
BdayV 

TILE  SEHER 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.025  W 
.04  V 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation   has   been   prepared   and  compiled  from  the  available  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data:  where  no  employer  contributions  are  specified,   it  does  not  necessarily 

mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 

The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated   by  the  following  symbols:  W— Health  and    Welfare;   P— Pensions;  V— Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adm— Admini- 
stration fund;  JIB — Joint  Industry  Board;   Prom— Promotion  fund. 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


HIGH  SCHOOL  ADD'N,  Selma,  Fresno 
county.  Selma  Union  High  School  Dis- 
trict, Selma,  owner.  Construction  of  new 
facilities  to  existing  building — $1,314,052. 
ARCHITECT:  Walter  Wagner  6?  Part- 
ners, 1830  Van  Vess,  Fresno.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Clarence  Ward  Const. 
Co.,  4323  E.  Harvey,  Fresno. 

UBRARY  8C  HALL,  Porterville,  Tulare 
county.  City  of  Porterville,  owner.  Con- 
struction of  a  new  City  Library  anl  Hall — 
$124,488.  ARCHITECT:  Robert  Eddy, 
2901  H  St..  Bakersfield.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Willard  Michael,  1765  Bur- 
ton Way,  Bakersfield. 

AMERICAN     RIVER    JR.     COLLEGE, 

Campus  near  Sacramento.  American  River 
Jr.  College,  Del  Paso  Heights,  Sacramento 
county  owner.  1 -Story  tilt-up  construction, 
concrete,    wood    frame,    steel    roof   beams. 


composition  roofing,  concrete  slab  floors, 
masonry  and  brick  trim;  facilities  for  crea 
tive  arts,  students  building,  gymnasium 
library  fcuilding— $1,865,000.  ARCHiI 
TECT:  Barovetto  &  Thomas,  718  Alham 
bra  Blvd.,  Sacramento.  GENERAL  CON 
TRACTOR:  Cal-Central  Con,st.  Co.,  7500 
1  4th   Ave.,   Sacramento. 

MFG.  BLDG.,  San  Leandro,  Alameda 
county.  United  Centrifugal  Pumps  Inc., 
Oakland,  owner.  1 -Story  tilt-up  concrete 
construction;  117.000  sq,  ft.  of  area — 
$1,000,000.  ARCHITECT:  Thomas  M. 
Culbertson,  806  Hearst  Ave.,  Berkeley. 
STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER:  Hugh 
O'Neil,    610    16th    St.,    Oakland. 

RESEARCH  LABORATORY,  Stanford 
Village,  Menlo  Park,  San  Mateo  county. 
Stanford  Research  Institute,  Menlo  Park, 
owner.    Construction  of  a  new  100,000  sq. 


ft,  brick  and  structural  steel  office  build- 
ing; also  a  20,000  sq.  ft.  brick  and  struc- 
tural steel  laboratory  building — $2,500,- 
000.  ARCHITECT:  J.  E.  Stanton  and 
Wm.  F.  Stockwell,  627  Carondelet  St., 
Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Williams  6?  Burrows,  500  Harbor 
Rd.,  Belmont. 

HOSPITAL  ADD'N,  Turlock,  Stanislaus 
county.  Emanuel  Hospital,  Turlock,  owner. 
Construction  of  2-stories,  and  basement. 
Class  A,  reinforced  concrete  and  some 
structural  steel;  6,000  sq.  ft.  area;  facil- 
ities for  operating  rooms,  and  delivery 
rooms— $262,654.  ARCHITECT:  Donald 
Powers  Smith,  133  Kearnv  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Bea- 
con Const.  Co.,  1745  filbert  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


GOLF  a:  COUNTRY  CLUB  BLDG.,  De! 

Paso  Heights,  Sacramento.  De!  Paso 
Heights  Country  Club,  Sacramento,  owner. 
1 -Story  plywood  and  hardwood  building  to 
provide  facilities  for  cocktail  lounge,  lock- 
ers and  shower  rooms,  toilets,  concrete 
slab  floors— $68,899.  ARCHITECT: 
Rickey  &?  Brooks  (Kenneth  Rickey,  archi- 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


tect),  2015  J  St.,  Sacramento.  GENERAL 
CONTBu'VCTOR:  Thomas  Sertich,  4080 
24th  St..  Sacramento,  and  Harry  Robert- 
son. 2917  T  St.,  Sacramento  (Joint  Ven- 
ture). 

CAFETERIA  BLDG.,  Canoga  Park,  Los 
Angeles.  Atomics  International  Division 
of  North  American  Aviation,  owner.  Con- 
crete block,  composition  roofing,  terrazzo, 
ceramic  tile,  quarry  tile,  vinyl  tile  and  ce- 
ment floors,  interior  plaster,  acoustical,  air 
conditioning,  metal  toilet  stalls,  insulation, 
fire  sprinkler  system,  structural  steel;  11 5x 
92  feet  in  area.  ARCHITECT:  James  H. 
Van  Dyke  and  ENGINEER:  S.  D.  Barnes, 
2234  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Richard  M.  Lane 
Co..  4719  Exposition  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 

COMMERCIAL  BLDG.,  Chico,  Butte 
county.  Victor  Industries,  Inc.,  owner. 
New  commercial  building  —  $204,194. 
CIVIL  ENGINEER:  Carl  J.  Jamison,  1806 
Colfax  St..  Concord.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Associated  Const.  6?  Engi- 
neering Co..  2903  Geneva  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

CENTRAL  SCHOOL  ADD'N,  Oroville, 
Butte  county.  Oroville  Elementary  School 
District,  Oroville,  owner.  Additional  facil- 
ities consist  o.'  6  classrooms  and  a  shelter 
area— $85,058.  ARCHITECT:  Koblik  6? 
Fisher.  2203   13th  St.,  Sacramento.    GEN- 


ERAL CONTRACTOR:  J.  S.  McAbery, 
P.O.  Box   3455,  Oroville. 

ADDITION  TO  BANK,  Pacific  Palisades, 
Los  Anegles  county.  Santa  Monica  Com- 
mercial Savings  Bank,  owner.  Alterations 
and  additions  to  present  bank  building  in- 
clude converting  adjacent  store  building 
into  bank  facilities;  acoustic  tile  ceilings, 
partitions,  toilets,  electrical  fixtures,  cabinet 
work,  drive-in  facilities,  forced  air  heating 
and  ventilating,  asphalt  tile  flooring. 
ARCHITECT:  Weldon  J.  Fulton  6?  Asso- 
ciates, 1010  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Santa  Monica. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Wilson 
Bros.,  1129  Montana  Ave.,  Santa  Monica. 

OLINDA  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  El 

Sobrante,  Contra  Costa  county.  Sheldon 
Elementary  School  District,  El  Sobrante, 
owner.  Frame  and  stucco  construction;  8 
classrooms,  kindergarten  and  toilet  facil- 
ities —  $194,341.  ARCHITECT:  John 
Hudspeth,  339  15th  St..  Oakland.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Fred  C.  Von 
Guenthner.  P.O.  Box  154,  Orinda. 

HIGH  SCHOOL,  Boonville,  Mendocino 
county.  Anderson  Valley  Union  High 
School  District.  Boonville,  owner.  1 -Story 
frame  and  stucco,  concrete  block;  41,000 
sq.  ft.  area;  facilities  for  administration, 
7  classrooms,  science,  home  making,  com- 
mercial,    arts    and     crafts,     shops,     toilets. 


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kitchen,  gymnasium,  shower  and  locker 
rooms— $829,970.  ARCHITECT:  Hansen 
fe?  Winkler,  251  Post  St.,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Reynolds 
Const.  Co.,  55  Mt.  View  Ave.,  Santa  Rosa. 

POST  CHAPEL,  Fort  Ord,  Monterey 
county.  U.  S.  Army,  Corps  Engineers, 
San  Francisco,  owner.  New  Post  Chapel 
with  educational  facilities  on  the  U.  S. 
Military  Reservation  comprising  4  rein- 
forced concrete  and  masonry  unit  block 
buildings;  theatre  building  without  stage, 
15,000  sq.  ft.;  Post  Chapel  and  educational 
area,  24,150  sq.  ft.;  regimental  chapel 
10,000  sq.  ft.  of  area— $1,146,054.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Harold  C. 
Geyer,  P.O.  Box  1190,  Monterey. 

HOSPITAL  ADD'N,  Monterey.  Mon- 
terey Hospital,  Lid,  Monterey,  owner.  1- 
story  steel  frame,  treated  lumber  for  sub- 
flooring,  plaster  walls  and  ceilings,  vinyl 
tile,  automatic  sprinkler  system,  built-up 
roofing;  facilities  for  doctors"  and  nurses" 
lounge  room— $28,397.  ARCHITECT: 
Wallace  Holm.  321  Webster  St.,  Monterey. 
GENERAL  CONTR.\CTOR:  Henry  A. 
Jewell  &  Associates.  620  Lake  St.,  Seaside. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  ADD'N,  Oakland, 
Alameda  county.  First  Congregational 
Church.  Oakland,  owner.  1-Story  addition 
to  the  present  building,  reinforced  con' 
Crete,  lightweight  concrete  slab  roof;  10 
classrooms,  3  toilet  rooms — $49,490. 
ARCHITECT:  Lawrence  K.  Cone,  5965 
Ocean  View  Drive,  Oakland.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  N.  H.  Sjoberg  &  Sons, 
5604  E.  16th  St.,  Oakland. 

SWIMMING  POOL  &  BATH  HOUSE, 

Lodi.  San  Joaquin  county.  City  of  Lodi, 
owner.  Concrete  swimming  poo!  and  con- 
crete block  bath  house,  concrete  deck  areas 
—$34,790.  ARCHITECT:  Ernst  6<  Lloyd, 
El  Dorado  St.,  Stockton.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Webb  Const.  Co., 
Harding  Way,  Stockton. 

JUVENILE  HALL,  Redding,  Shasta 
County.  County  of  Shasta.  Redding,  own- 
er. 1 -story  reinforced  concrete  and  frame 
construction  —  $101,467.  ARCHITECT: 
E.  Geoffrey  Bangs.  428  13th  St.,  Oakland. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Singleton 
Const.  Co..  P.O.  Box  271.  Eureka. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 

1805  Rollins  Road, 

Burllngame OXford  7-3630 

LOS  ANGELES 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 
5415  York  Blvd CLInton  7-3939 


ENGINEERING 
DISTRIBUTORS 

FRESNO 

TINSEY  COMPANY 

847     Dlvlsaiiero    St ADams  7-646S 

LOS  ANGELES 

HANNON   ENGINEERING,   INC. 

5290  Weal   Washington  Blvd WEbsler  6-517(1 

OAKLAND 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

963  32d  Street OLrmple  3-4179 

PHOENIX 

RA-TONE  ELECTRONICS  CO.,  INC 

325  No.  4th  SI ALpine  8-6733 

SACRAMENTO 

SEMONI  SOUND  SERVICE 

JlSl  Welltr  Waj Gilbert  3-6438 

SAN  DIEGO 

MUSIC  SERVICE,  INC. 

240S   Firth   Ave BElraont   2-2589 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

2090  Evans   St Mlulon  8-2534 

SAN  JOSE 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

87    Basielt   St CTprcss  3-4300 

SEATTLE 

W.  D.  LASATER  COMPANY 

•  15    No.    35lh    St MElroie    2090 

SPOKANE 

NORTHWEST    ELECTRONICS,    INC. 

M«.    101   Monroe   St.._ MAdlion  IJI9 

PORTLAND 

MANCHESTER-CHANDLER  CO. 

2915   N.E.    Alberta  St GA  6600 


CISCO,  owner.  1 -story  wood  frame  with 
built-up  roofing~$43,360.  ARCHITECT: 
White  &?  Herman,  7?  Castle  St.,  San 
Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
George  Dugan,  618  Woodside  Road,  Red- 
wood City. 

SUTTER  CREEK  SCHOOL,  Sutter 
Creek,  Amador  county.  Oro  Madre  Uni- 
fied Elementary  District,  Sutter  Creek, 
owner.  Frame  and  stucco  construction:  fa- 
cilities for  administration,  6  classrooms, 
toilet  facilities— $122,833.  ARCHITECT: 
Koblik  6?  Fisher,  2203  13th  St.,  Sacra- 
mento. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  H. 
J.  Harlow  &?  Sons,  5411  J  St.,  Sacra- 
mento. 

AUTO  AGENCY,  Richmond,  Contra 
Costa  County.  1 -story  concrete  block  con- 
struction, steel  frame,  tar  and  gravel  roof 
—  $94,975.  ARCHITECT:  George  A. 
Swallow,  6302  Walla  Ave.,  El  Cerrito. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  R.  E.  Bart- 
lett,   223  Willamette  Ave.  Berkeley. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Walt 
Whitman,  San  Diego.  San  Diego  Unified 
School  District,  owner.  New  Walt  Whit- 
man Elementary  School  in  San  Diego,  12 
classrooms,  2  kindergartens,  administra- 
tion, assembly,  kitchen-cafeteria  and  re- 
lated facilities— $375,355.  ARCHITECT: 
Wulff  6?  Field,  1975  5th  Ave.,  San  Diego. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  B,  C. 
Hammann,  Rt.  2,  Box  456,  San  Diego. 

ENG-MFG.  PLANT,  Pasadena,  Los  An- 
geles County.  Burroughs  Corp.,  Los  An- 
geles, owner.  2  and  3-story  air  conditioned 
building,  reinforced  masonry  and  concrete, 
concrete  walls,  brick  veneer  facing;  cafe- 
teria, dining  room,  offices,  mfg.  area; 
250.000  sq.  ft.  of  area  —  $4,000,000. 
ARCHITECTS:  Claud  Beelman  6?  Associ- 
ates, with  Associate  Architects  Ernest  C. 
Wilson,  Jr.,  and  Robert  E.  Langdon,  Jr. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Carter 
Company. 


K-Lath  Safety 
Ceilings  resist 
earthquake. 


IN  THE  NEWS 


DR.  KERMIT  A.  SEEFELD 
ELECTED  TO  NATIONAL  POST 

Dr.  Kermit  A.  Seefeld,  chairman  of  the 
department  of  industrial  arts  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  Santa  Barbara  Col- 
lege, has  been  elected  vice-president  of  the 
American   Industrial   Arts   Association. 

He  is  also  vice-president  of  the  National 
Association  of  Industrial  Teachers-Edu- 
cators. 


HAWS  INTRODUCES 
NEW  FOUNTAIN 

A  full-recessed  drinking  fountain, 
smoothly  designed  in  18  gauge,  type  304, 
No.  4  finish,  stainless  steel,  has  been  an- 
nounced by  the  Haws  Drinking  Faucet 
Company  of  Berkeley. 


The  receptor,  weighing  less  than  thirty 
pounds,  is  effectively  sound  insulated  and 
has  a  convenient  removable  front  access 
panel.  This  model  provides  automatic 
stream  control  and  a  self-closing  valve, 
operated  by  a  chrome  plated  lever  han- 
dle. The  shielded  anti-squirt  fountain  head 
is  on  a  raised  boss,  and  is  locked  to  the 
receptor  in  a  vandal-proof  manner. 

It  is  3014"  high,  15!4"  wide,  and  has 
a  depth  of  10%".  Complete  data  from 
Haws  Drinking  Fountain  Company, 
Berkeley   10,  California. 


WELTON  BECKET  DESIGNS 
PALO  ALTO  GAS  STATION 

New  fashions  in  service  stations  are 
being  developed  in  the  Stanford  Shopping 
Center,  Palo  Alto,  with  construction  of  a 
station  designed  by  Welton  Becket,  FAIA, 
and  Associates,   architects  and   engineers. 

Combining  beauty  with  the  normal  util- 
ity of  a  service  station,  the  station  will  fea- 
ture tubular  steel,  plate  glass,  glazed  brick, 
and  porcelain  enamel.  A  large  free-stand- 
ing metal  canopy  will  protect  the  pump 
stations,  and  the  exterior  of  the  1500  sq. 
ft.  station  will  be  completely  landscaped 
to  harmonize  with  the  architectural  design. 


CARNATION  OPENS 
NEW  SEATTLE  PLANT 

Alfred  M.  Ghormley,  president,  and 
Elhridge  H.  Stewart,  chairman  of  the 
board.  Carnation  Company,  participated 
in    ceremonies    dedicating    the    company's 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


new  ultramodern  tresh  milk  and  ice  cream 
plant  this  month. 

Special  features  of  the  dedication 
e\'ents,  which  extended  during  the  week 
of  July  22-26,  included  open  house  for 
the  dairy  industry  and  press;  home  econ- 
omists, dietitians  and  employees;  and  for 
producers  and  wholesalers. 

Located  at  2746  E.  4';th  St.,  near  the 
University  of  Washington,  the  new  plant 
has  132,975  sq.  ft.  of  working  area  under 
one  roof. 


HAYWARD  GETS  NEW 
SEARS  ROEBUCK  STORE 

Architects  Reynolds  6?  Chamberlain, 
3833  Piedmont  Ave.,  Oakland,  are  com- 
pleting plans  and  specifications  for  con- 
struction of  a  new  1 -story,  with  full  base- 
ment, store  building  near  Hayward  for 
Sears  Roebuck  6?  Co. 

The  new  building  will  contain  approxi- 
mately 100,000  sq.  ft.  of  area  and  will 
cost  an  estimated  $3,500,000. 


COUNTY  HEALTH 
CENTER  BLDG. 

Architect  W.  Newlon  Green,  314  Vil- 
lage Lane,  Los  Gatos,  is  working  on  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  new  1 -story 
Count)'  Health  Center  in  San  Mateo  for 
the  San  Mateo  County  Board  of  Super- 
visors. 

Of  steel  frame  construction,  the  facil- 
ities will  contain  7,000  sq.  ft.  of  area  and 
will  cost  an  approximate  $120,000. 


AUTO  CLUB  OFFICE 
SITE,  COSTA  MESA 

Architect  Gates  W.  Burrows,  1606  Bush 
St.,  Santa  Ana,  is  preparing  drawings  for 
construction  of  a  new  district  office  build- 


ing in  Costa  Mesa  for   the  Auto  Club  of 
Southern  California. 

A  new  site  has  been  acquired  near  the 
Costa  Mesa  City  Hall  on  West  19th 
Street. 


walls,  insulated  porcelain  panels,  air  con- 
ditioning system,  and  parking  areas.  Cost 
is  estimated  at  $250,000. 


NEW  CHURCH 
FOR  STOCKTON 

Architect  Carlton  Steiner,  2941  Tele- 
graph Ave.,  Berkeley,  is  completing  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  1 -story  new 
Church  building  in  Stockton  for  the  Cen- 
tral Methodist  Church. 

The  new  facilities  will  include  a  Fellow- 
ship Hall  and  classrooms;  will  be  of  con- 
crete block  construction,  concrete  beams 
and  a  tar  and  gravel  roof. 


ARCHITECT  EXPANDS 
PHOENIX  OFHCES 

The  architectural  firm  of  John  Breniier 
and  Associates,  Architects,  97  West  Lyn- 
wood  Street,  Phoenix,  Arizona,  has  an- 
nounced the  admission  of  Henry  M. 
Arnold,  Architect,  to  membership  in  the 
firm. 

A.  John  Brenner,  AIA,  and  E.  W.  Mc- 
Intire  III,  AIA,  are  the  other  firm  mem- 
bers. 

OFFICE  BUILDING 
FOR  SACRAMENTO 

The  West  America  Engineering  Com- 
pany, 109  Stevenson  St.,  San  Francisco, 
has  completed  drawings  for  construction 
of  a  new  2-story  office  building  in  Sacra- 
mento for  the  Remington-Rand  Division 
of  the  Sperry-Rand  Corp.  of  New  York. 

The  12,000  sq.  ft.  building  will  be  of 
reinforced  concrete,  brick  and  structural 
steel     frame,     aluminum     framed     curtain 


MOTOR  OPERATED 
GLOBE  VALVE 

New  and  unique  in  principle,  the  pat- 
ented "New  England"  Motorized  Valve 
incorporates  almost  all  of  the  desirable  fea- 
tures of  automatic  valve  operation  in  one 
simplified,   powerful,   inexpensive  unit. 


Available  in  ten  sizes  '74"  to  3";  three 
voltages,  24V,  115V  and  230V;  and  three 
timing  cycles,  eight,  thrity-two  and  139 
seconds.   Is   easily   adaptable   to   many   ap- 


Today's  homebuyers  are  sold  on  complete  telephone  planning 


Elmer  V.  Moss,  award-winning  Seattle  builder,  says 
"I  wouldn't  think  of  building  a  home  without  telephone 
plans."  His  250  homes,  ranging  from  $13,250  to  $30,000, 
feature  concealed  wiring  and  most  of  them  have  three 
conveniently-located  telephone  outlets. 


Concealed  wiring,  built-in  outlets, 
color  telephones,  kitchen  and  bed- 
room phones  —  these  are  features 
your  buyers  look  for!  Leading  archi- 
tects and  builders  include  some  or 
all  of  these  in  every  new  home.  They 
know  how  much  telephone  plan- 
ning adds  to  the  value  of  a  home  . . . 
that  it  makes  for  better-built  homes 
and  satisfied  buyers. 


Pacific  Telephone 


We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our 
business  office  and  ask  for  our  free 
Architects  &  Builders  Service. 


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plications,  heating,  air  conditioning,  proc- 
essing, safety,  convenience,  and  original 
equipment.  Features  automatic  disc  com- 
pensation, extremely  tight  shut-off,  150 
lbs.  pressure  capacities  on  most  sizes,  no 
mounting  restrictions,  permanent  lubrica- 
tion, machine  cut  hardened  steel  gears, 
only  eight  moving  parts,  and  entire  unit 
is  small  enough  to  fit  between  16"  floor 
joists.  Complete  data  from  New  England 
Gear  Works,  South  End  Road,  Southing- 
ton,  Conn. 


CHALLENGE  CREAM 
BUILDS  PLANT 

George  J.  Fosdyke,  structural  engineer, 
has  completed  plans  and  specifications  for 
construction  of  a  new  modern  retail  dairy 
distributing  plant  in  North  Hollywood  for 


the    Challenge    Cream    &?   Butter   Associa- 
tion. 

The  plans  call  for  a  relay  station,  office 
and  garage  building  and  installation  of 
machinery  and  equipment  for  handling 
and  distributing  Challenge  products 
throughout  the  San  Fernando  Valley. 

NEW  FLEXIBLE  SYSTEM 
FOR  SHELF  SUPPORTS 

A  simple,  low  cost  method  for  support- 
ing steel  shelving  and  other  fixtures  on 
classroom,  office  and  library  walls  is  an- 
nounced by  W.  R.  Ames  Company  of  San 
Francisco. 


ROBERT   W.   HUNT   CO. 

ENGINEERS 
INSPECTING  TESTING 

STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

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CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS 

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The  "wall-hung"  system  offers  full  flex- 
ibility for  installing,  rearranging  and  re- 
moving shelving,  display  boards,  black- 
boards, coat  racks,  lightweight  desks  and 
other  similar  furnishings.  Using  vertical, 
slotted  steel  columns  that  are  easily  in- 
stalled at  36"  intervals  along  walls,  any 
standard  bracket-equipped  fixture  can  be 
quickly  set  in  position,  readjusted  or  inter- 


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wall-hung  equipment  is  available  in  a 
choice  of  18  attractive  colors  that  harmon- 
ize with  any  room  furnishing.  Complete 
information  from  W.  R.  Ames  Co.,  150 
Hooper  St.,  San  Franci.sco  7. 


TEACHERS  CREDIT 
UNION  BUILDS 

Architects  Douglas  Honold  and  John 
Rex  &  Associates,  Los  Angeles,  have  pre- 
pared plans  for  construction  of  a  2-story 
$310,000  building  at  Temple  and  Rosnal 
Sts.  for  the  Los  Angeles  Teachers  Credit 
Union. 

The  building  will  contain  17,500  sq.  ft. 
of  area,  and  the  second  story,  supported 
by  exposed  columns  extending  to  the  roof, 
will  project  over  the  first  story,  creating 
a  covered  areaway  in  front  of  windows  of 
the  ground-floor  offices.  More  than  15,000 
sq.  ft.  of  parking  area  will  adjoin  the 
building. 


SAF-T-SHOWR  IS 
NOW  AVAILABLE 

Stainless  steel  shower  seat  will  support 
up  to  1000  lbs.,  can  be  installed  in  new  or 
old  structures  for  additional  comfort  and 
safety   in   the  shower. 


Fixture  folds  flush  against  wall  when 
not  in  use  and  measures  14J4"  "  1314". 
providing  a  roomy,  comfortable  seat  for 
the  bather.  Seat  fits  into  a  4ji"  recess 
between  studs,  attached  with  four  lag 
screws  and,  when  folded  flush,  provides  a 


MULLEN  MFG. 
COMPAJNfY 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF   GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Office  and  Factory 

iO-80  RAUSCH  ST.,  Bet.  7th  and  8th  Sti. 

San  Francisco 

Telephone  UNderhlll  I-5BIS 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


convenient  ring  for  washcloth  or  towel. 
For  complete  information,  write  Safety 
Seat  Division,  House  of  Hospitality,  3341 
Cahuenga  Blvd.,  Hollywood  28,  Califor- 
nia. 


FIFTEEN  STORY 
OFFICE  BLDG. 

Architect  Claud  Beelman  &  Associates, 
Robert  E.  Langdon,  Jr.,  and  Ernest  C. 
Wilson,  Jr.,  associate  architects,  7421  Bev- 
erly Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  are  preparing 
drawings  and  specifications  for  construc- 
tion of  a  15-story  office  building  in  Los 
Angeles  for  the  Spring  Street  Realty  Com- 
pany of  Los  Angeles. 

The  200,000  sq.  ft.,  273  ft.  high  build- 
ing will  be  of  steel  framing,  granite  and 
stone  facing,  electronically  operated  ele- 
vators, air  conditioning,  smog  control 
equipment,  movable  partitions,  three  base- 
ment floors  for  auto  parking.  Estimated 
cost  of  the  project  is  $10,000,000. 


LUTHERAN  CHURCH 
ADDITION  READIED 

Architect  James  P.  Lockett,  Bank  of 
America  Building,  Visaulia,  is  completing 
working  drawings  for  construction  of  sev- 
eral additions  to  the  Zion  Luthdran 
Church  in  Terra  Bella. 

The  work  will  include  additions  to  the 
auditorium,  organ,  loft,  and  doubling  of 
seating  capacity. 


CRENSHAW  SHOPPING 
CENTER  EXPANDS 

Construction  of  a  seven  unit  retail  shop- 
ping building  located  within  the  heart  of 
Los  Angeles'  Crenshaw  Shopping  Center 
is  under  way. 

The  building  is  of  functional  design, 
wood  and  steel  frame  construction  with 
concrete  floor  slab  and  stucco  and  ma- 
sonry exterior.  Each  store  will  have 
acoustical  tile  ceilings  and  wide  expanses 
of  plate  glass  framed  in  aluminum,  all- 
glass  entrances,  and  planting  areas  of 
subtropical  foliage,  which  will  lend  a  free, 
out-of-doors  effect.  Parking  will  be  pro- 
vided for  1000  cars. 

Kegley,  Westphall  6?  Arbogast,  Los  An- 
geles architects,  designed  the  1 -story  build- 
ing. Structural  engineers  were  John  A. 
Martin  fe?  Associates,  Los  Angeles.  Esti- 
mated cost  is  $13  5,000. 


HACIENDA  GOLF 
CLUB  REMODEL 

Second  phase  in  the  long  range  remodel- 
ing program  at  the  Hacienda  Golf  Club, 
La  Habra,  is  underway,  James  W.  Parks, 
president  of  Hacienda,  Inc.,  has  an- 
nounced. 

Newest  improvements  costing  $200,000 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


TYPHOON 


CONTRACTIKG  &  SERVICIKG 

174-12TH  STREET  -  OAKUHD 
Phone:  TWinoaks  3-&521 


will  increase  the  size  of  the  clubhouse  to  a 
total  of  25,000  sq.  ft.  while  a  new  15,000 
sq.  ft.  golf  professional's  shop  will  be 
connected  to  the  building  by  a  covered 
breezeway. 

Architects  Balch,  Bryan,  Perkins, 
Hutchason.  293  3  Rowena  Ave.,  Los  An- 
geles, designed  the  contemporary  building 
which  will  have  an  exterior  of  board  and 
batten  wood,  plaster  and  Palos  Verdes 
stone  facing,  with  new  porches  and  exten- 
sive stone  terraces  overlooking  the  golf 
course. 


PLAN  HOLD  VERTICAL 
FIUNG  SYSTEMS 

A  new  Data-File  has  been  added  to 
Plan  Hold  Corp.'s  line  of  vertical  filing 
equipment  which  includes:  wall  racks,  roll- 
ing stands,  carousel  units,  filing  cabinets 
and  the  Standard  Plan  Hold  which  may 
be  used  in  "home  made"  racks. 


Holes  and  other  mutilations  are  elimi- 
nated with  the  all-aluminum  Plan  Hold 
friction  type  holders.  Complete  informa- 
tion on  this  new  product  is  available  from 
Plan  Hold  Corp.,  5204  Chakemco  St., 
South  Gate.  Calif. 


THOMAS  CHURCH  TO 
LANDSCAPE  PLANT 

Thomas  Church  of  Thomas  Church  and 
Associates,  San  Francisco,  landscape-archi- 
tect, has  been  selected  to  landscape  the 
1,100-acre  site  of  Caterpillar  Tractor  Co.'s 
projected  Industrial  Engine  Plant,  Re- 
search Center  and  General  Offices  Build- 
ing 12  miles  north  of  Peoria,  Illinois. 

Advance  study  of  site  development  in- 
cludes plan  of  traffic  lanes,  parking  areas, 
building  placement,  pedestrian  walks,  rec- 


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SAN  FRANCISCO 


ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 
Engineers  &  Chemists 

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CHEMICAL  AND  TESTING 

LABORATORIES 

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STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

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AND  MATERIALS 

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FOUNDATION  SOILS 

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TESTS 

624  Sacramento  Sfreet,  San  Francisco 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON.  INC. 

General  Contractors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


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COMPAIVY 

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BUILDERS 

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CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


HERRICK 
IROIV  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

I8TH   AND  CAMPBELL  STS. 

OAKLAND.  CALIF. 

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reation  areas  and  overall  grading  of  the 
land.  Approximately  3  500  people  will  be 
employed  in  the  new  area  when  facilities 
are  completed.  The  Industrial  Engine 
Plant  proper  will  provide  500,000  sq.  ft. 
of  space. 

A  graduate  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, Church  received  a  Master  of  Land- 
scape Architecture  and  City  Planning  de- 
gree from  Harvard  University,  and  is  one 
of  the  few  landscape  architects  to  receive 
the  gold  medal  award  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects. 


ENGINEERING  FIRM 
IN  NEW  BUILDING 

Michael  J.  Garris,  consulting  electrical 
engineer,  has  moved  into  new  and  larger 
offices  at  2200  Ocean  View  Avenue,  Los 
Angeles.  The  firm  specialises  in  lighting 
and  power  systems  for  all  types  of  build- 


HORTICULTURE  AND 
VITICULTURE  BLDG. 

Architect  Delph  Johnson,  166  Geary  St., 
San  Francisco,  and  Refrigeration  Engineer 
Edward  Simons,  3152  20th  Ave.,  San 
Francisco,  have  completed  drawings  for 
construction  of  a  3 -story,  reinforced  con- 
crete building  on  the  Davis  Campus  of  the 
University  of  California  for  the  Board  of 
Regents  of  the  University  of  California. 

Facilities  will  include  teaching  rooms, 
demonstration  laboratories,  study  rooms, 
library  and  a  scries  of  cold  temperature 
rooms.  Construction  will  be  of  steel  and 
reinforced  concrete,  open  steel  web  joists, 
concrete  roof  with  membrane,  steel  sash, 
glass,  filtered  air  and  controlled  humidity, 
70,000  sq.  ft.  of  area.  Estimated  cost  of 
the  work  is  $1,820,000. 


ORAN  SCHULTZ  HEADS 

NEW  SALES  HRM 

Oran  Schulti,  formerly  area  sales  man- 
ager of  Arcadia  Metal  Products,  has  been 
named  vice  president,  in  charge  of  sales, 
of  the  Mayfair  Sales  Of  California,  Inc.,  a 
newly  organized  firm  which  will  handle  the 
Mayfair  line  of  horizontal  sliding  alumi- 
num windows,  single  hung  windows, 
aluminum  awning  windows  and  jalousies 
in  California. 

J.  T.  Husson,  formerly  with  Sun  Valley 
Industries,  will  be  General  Manager,  and 
Jim  Adams,  regional  sales  manager  for 
Croft  Louisiana,  Inc.,  is  moving  from  Aus- 
tin, Texas,  to  Phoenix,  Arizona,  to  better 
serve  the  west  coast  sales  office. 

Offices  of  the  new  firm  are  located  at 
206  West  Palm  Avenue,  Burbank,  Cali- 
fornia. 


PITTSBURGH 
TESTING    LABORATORY 

ENGINEERS  AND  CHEMISTS 

Testing  and  Inspection  of  Concrete, 
Steel  end  Other  Structural  Materials 

Design  of  Concrete  Mixes 

Offices  !n  all  principal  cities 

651  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 
EXbrook  2-1747 


REMILLARD-DAilNI  Co. 

Brick  and 
Masonry  Products 


400  MONTGOMERY  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 


Scott  Company 

HEATING      •      PLUMBING 
REFRIGERATION 


San  Francisco 

Oakland 

San  Jose 

Los  Angeles 


AUTOMATIC 
SPRINKLERS 

for 

Fire  Protection 

BARNARD 

ENGINEERING  CO. 

35  Elmira  Street 
JUniper  5-4642 
San  Francisco  24 


KOLORBLEN 

Concrete  Color  Hardener 


COLOR  WAXES 

SEALER-STAINS 


Distributors — Contractors  Concrete  Specia 

875  BRYANT  STREET 
San  Francisco  -  HEmlock  1-1345 


Index  to  Advertisers 

ARCHITECTS  Reports  

46 

ASSOCIATED  Construction  & 

Engineering   Co 

18 

BASALT  Rock  Co., 

Inc _.-_          ...Inside   Back  Cover 

BAXTER,  J.  H.,  Co Back  Cover 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California,  The... 

* 

BILCO  Co 

44 

CALAVERAS  Cement 

CALIFORNIA  Metal    Enameling  Co., 

Architectural  Division  

* 

C.  &  H.  SPECIALTIES  Co.... 

* 

CLASSIFIED   Advertising 

40 

CGLUMBIA-Geneva  Steel 4 

&  5 

DINWIDDIE  Construction 

47 

FORDERER    Cornice   Works 

11 

GLADDING,   McBean   &  Company..... 

GREENBERG'S,   M.,   Sons 

26 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 

34 

HANKS,  Abbot  A.,  Inc 

47 

HAWS    Drinking    Faucet  Co 

31 

HERMANN  Safe  Co..  The 

34 

HERRICK   Iron  Works 

47 

HOGAN   Lumber  Co 

34 

HORN,   A.   C,   Co 

30 

HUNT.   Robert  W.,  Company 

46 

JOHNSON,  S.  T.,  Co 

* 

JOSAM  Pacific  Co - 

25 

JUDSON  Pacific-Murphy  Corp 

34 

K-LATH    Corp. 

44 

KRAFTILE  Company 

32 

35 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 

47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson,   Inc. 

47 

MATTOCK  Construction  Co . 

47 

MICHEL  &   Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

Inc Inside  Front  C 

over 

MULLEN    Mfg.   Co 

46 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,   Inc 

28 

PACIFIC  Manufacturing  Co 

35 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co 

45 

PASSETTI  Trucking  Co.,    Inc 

28 

PinSBURGH  Testing   Laboratory 

48 

PLASTIC  Sales  and  Service..... 

28 

PORCELAIN   Enamel    (Architectural 

Division)     Publicity    Division 

♦ 

REMILLARD-Dandini   Co 

4R 

REPUBLIC  Steel  Corporation 

35 

RIVIERA  Hotel,  Las  Vegas 

43 

ROTHSCHILD,  Raffin  &  Weirick  Co.. 

3 

SCOTT  Company  

48 

SHADES,    Inc 

.  43 

SIMONDS    Machinery  Co 

33 

SMOOT-Holman    Company   

* 

SOVIG,  Conrad.  Co 

.  48 

STROMBERG-Carlson   Co 

.  44 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern   California 

11 

UNITED  STATES  Gypsum  Co 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp.... 4  &  5    | 

VERMONT  Marble  Co 

.  35 

WESTERN   Structural  Tile   Institute... 

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ARCH  ITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


PRECAST  FLAT  FLOOR 
AND  ROOF  SLABS 


CHANNEL  SLABS 


SPANDREL  PANELS 
AND  COLUMNS 


expanded  production  facilities  for 
precast,  prestressed  structural  concrete 
products... serving  the  West 

GROWING  FAST. ..with  plenty  of  room  to  grow 
more!  You're  looking  at  acres  of  land  near  Napa,  Cali- 
fornia, home  of  BASALT  ROCK  COMPANY,  Structural 
Concrete  Products  Division.  It  hums  with  activity:  the  re- 
search and  production  of  BASALT's  varied  line  of  structural 
concrete*  products.  Here  they  are  carefully  fabricated, 
tested  and  stored,  ready  for  reliable  on-schedule  delivery 
in  job-sequence,  increased  demand  for  BASALT's  precise 
and  economical  products  has  resulted  in  this  growth- 
which  in  turn  brings  finer  service  to  you. 

'Lighlweight  expanded  sho/e,  or  sand  and  gravel  concrete 

WRITE  FOR  DETAILS 

about  BASALT'S  products  and  facilities... 

and  see  how  they  will  benefit  you. 

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"*■  Structural  Concrete  Products  Division 

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{Pressure  treated  with  Protexol) 


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after  treatment.  These  are  the  most 
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retardants.  Protexol-Pyresote  affords 
termite  and  decay  protection  as  well 
to  the  treated  plywood.  Protexol 
meets  all  important  fire  hazard  and 
flame-spread  classifications.  BAXCO 
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Architect:  Robert  B.  Liles 

Contractor:  Peter  Sartorio 


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by  Michel  &  Pfeffer 

You  can  count  on  Michel  &  Pfeffer's 
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HERE'S  8  GOOD  REASONS  WHY  MOST  ARCHITECTS 
SPECIFY  AMANA-AIR  CONDITIONERS 


• 

ECONOMY  OF  INITIAL  COST 

• 

FLEXIBILITY  OF  DESIGN 

• 

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• 

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• 

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• 

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• 

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• 

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the  ideal  air  conditioning  installation  for  any  home  — 
new  or  old  —  and  Amana's  initial  low  cost  is  amazing. 

In  flexibility   Amana  can't   be  beat  —  works  in  attic, 
basement,  crawl  space,  central  and  custom  limitations 
with  ease. 
Amana  uses  no  water. 


KAEMPER    &    BARRETT 


233  Industrial  Street 
P.  O.  Box  969 


San  Francisco 
JUniper  6-6200 

Northern  and  Central  California  Distributors 


Pre-packaged  kits  include  ceiling  diffusers,  filters,  re- 
turn air  grills,  and  outside  louvres,  all  smartly  styled 
guaranteeing  satisfaction. 

Trouble-free  Amana  fiberglass  air  ducts  are  rigid,  can't 

sag,  bow  or  warp.  They  absorb  no  moisture,  insuring 

freedom  from  rust  and  rot. 

Simple  wiring  on  Amana  allows  installation  by  any 

licensed  electrician. 

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way. 


KAEMPER  &  BARRETT 

233  Industrial  Street     •     San  Francisco,  California 

Please  send   me  complete  information   on  Amana   air 
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RECEPTOR   AND   FOUNTAIN 


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No  rims!  No  complex  forming!  Screws  easily  onto 
prepared  frame  or  cabinet!  Here  is  modern  con- 
struction simplicity  at  its  finest  —  furnishing  greater 
sanitation  and  maintenance  ease,  too.  Ttiere  are 
no  cracks,  joints  or  crevices  to  interrupt  water-flow 
from  smootti  deck-top  into  receptor,  or  to  retain  dirt 
and  grime.  Tiie  complete  integral  unit  is  smooth, 
rounded,  one-piece  molded  fiberglass  —  in  specially 
selected  decorator  colors! 

A  great  new  idea  for  schools!  Ideal  for  classroom 
and  laboratory  installation,  HAWS  Series  2500 
units  are  ACID  RESISTANT  and  impervious  to  stains. 
They  may  be  equipped  with  any  combination  of 
HAWS  pantry  and  drinking  faucets  for  versatile 
applications. 

4  and  6  foot  lengths  axe  available,  24"  deep.  Any 
combination  of  backsplashes  and/or  endsplashes 
will  be  provided.  Models  are  available  to  meet  New 
York  State  or  Detroit  Code  requirement  of  drinking 
fountain  separate  from  receptor. 


HAWS    Model   2546-4  -  Reinforced    fiberglass. 


one-piece  deck-top  and  receptor  in  color. 
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at  left,  and  Model  2N2  sanitary  drinking  faucet 
at  right  -  both   VANDAL  PROOF  mounted. 


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choose  from  a  selection  of  five  deco- 
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lean (blue),  and  Gray  Satin.  A 
"spider-web"  finish  of  a  complemen- 
tary color  is  available  if  specified. 
All  colors  are  permanently  bonded  to 
fiberglass. 


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Fourth  and  Page  Streets,  Berkeley   10,  California 

D    Please  send  me  detailed  specs  on  Series  2500  fiberglass  un 

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RCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


Vol.  210 


No.  2 


ARCHITECT 


AND 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architeaure,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  Ic  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,  Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architect, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los  Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.  ULLNER, 
Manager 

FRED  JONES 
Special  Advertising 


COVER   PICTURE 

FIRST  WESTERN   BUILDING 
Oakland,  California 
STONE,   MULLOY,  MARRACCINI 
AND  PATTERSON, 

Architects 
SWINERTON  &  WALBERG  CO., 

General  Contractors 
DUDLEY   DEANE   &   ASSOCIATES, 

Mechanical  Engineers 
Architectural   drawing   of  the  way  the 
new     buildin-g     will     look     when     com- 
pleted:    See     page     12     for     detailed 
story  of  project. 

lUuslration     iourtesy     Porcelain     Enamel 

I  Architectural    Diiisioni     Publicity     Di- 


AHCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

PubUihcd  DoUy 

Archi*  MacCorkindale,  Manager 
Telephone  DOuglai  2-8311 


-ARCHITECT  &  ENGINEER  i,  indexed  reguUirh  by  ENGINEERING  INDEX.  INC:  snd  ART  INDEX 

Contents     for 

AUGUST 

EDITORIAL  NOTES ^ 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART '0 

FIRST   WESTERN    BUILDING— A    Progress    Report 12 

By  GERALD  RAY.  Oakland,  California 

STONE,  MULLOY,  MARRACCINI  &  PATTERSON,  Architects 
SWINERTON  &  WALBERG  CO.,  General  Contractors 
DUDLEY  DEANE  &  ASSOCIATES,  Mechanical  Engineers 

COLORFUL  TILE  MURALS— Decorated  Panels,  Add  Beauty  to  Building  18 

CALIFORNIA'S  STATE  FAIR  and  EXPOSITION— Gets  Ready  to  Move  21 

HUMAN  SIDE  OF  SPECIFICATIONS  WRITING,  Part  II          ....  24 

By  KENNETH  M.  WILSON,  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin,  Conclusion 

BAY   AREA  TRANSIT    PROGRESS 27 

By  GEORGE  S.  HILL,  Consulting  Engineer 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities      ...  30 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS— News  and  Notes 32 

BOOK   REVIEWS,    Pamphlets   and   Catalogues 37 

ESTIMATORS  GUIDE,  Building  and  Construction  Materials    ....  3? 

ESTIMATOR'S  DIRECTORY,  Building  and  Construction  Materials     ...  41 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING '*3 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES,  Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  44 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data     .  45 

IN  THE  NEWS ^^ 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS ^^ 

THE  OLDEST  PROFESSIONAL  MONTHLY   BUSINESS  MAGAZINE  OF  THE  ELEVEN  WESTERN  STATES 

ARCHITECT  AND  ENGINEER  (E..c^l«hed  "«)  is  published  on  ft.  15th  oi  the  monjh  »>?  -n".  A'^J"^  "^ 

K."«9°  So.  We^t'em'  Av...  Telephone  ^^'^^^^  ^;X\'^rT\Tot  T^ll^oTomcl  iWcT^^J.". 
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EDITDHIAL      NOTES    . 


TAX  REDUCTION  IN  DEEP  FREEZE 

Barring  a  last  minute  surge  of  unexpected  activity, 
the  first  session  of  the  85  th  Congress  will  adjourn 
with  a  shameful  record  of  inaction  on  the  recom' 
mcndations  of  the  second  Hoover  Commission. 

Grassroots  pressure  for  thrift  in  government  was 
unprecedented  during  most  of  this  session.  Despite 
this  citizen  mandate,  the  Congressional  committees 
that  must  initiate  the  action  needed  to  put  the  Com- 
mission's  legislative  proposals  into  effect  haven't  even 
bothered  to  hold  hearings  on  80  per  cent  of  the  more 
than  170  pending  bills. 

Instead,  for  a  variety  of  reasons  ranging  from  lack 
of  political  courage  to  belief  in  paternalistic  govern' 
ment,  the  economy  drive  has  been  limited  to  nibbling 
at  appropriation  requests,  which  ignores  the  fact 
that  it  is  impossible  to  cut  the  cost  of  government 
significantly  unless  the  size  and  scope  of  federal 
activity  is  reduced. 

The  Hoover  Commission  completed  its  study  two 
years  ago  and  immediately  won  nationwide  bipartisan 
praise. 

But  members  of  Congress  have  failed  miserably  to 
recognize  and  discharge  their  moral  obligation  to 
evaluate  the  Commission's  proposals  and  to  translate 
those  having  merit  into  dollar  savings,  and  thereby 
expedite  the  achievement  of  long-overdue  national 
debt  and  tax  reductions. 


The  nation's  sawmills  produced  37.5  billion  board  feet  of 
lumber  during  19 56,  enough  to  build  about  3.8  million  three- 
bedroom   homes. — National  Lumber  Mfgr's  Ass'n. 


THERE  IS  NO  END 

Political  pressures  to  increase  Social  Security  bene- 
fits are  relentless. 

Last  year  Congress  extended  Social  Security  cover- 
age to  new  occupations  and  lowered  from  65  to  62 
the  age  at  which  women  would  become  eligible  for 
benefits. 

Today  Congress,  and  you  if  you  must  earn  money, 
face  startling  new  demands. 

For  example,  the  AFL-CIO  has  proposed  hospital 
and  medical  care  for  the  ten  million  persons  receiving 
benefits  and  a  benefit  hike  which  would  increase 
maximum  benefits  from  $108.50  to  $150  per  month. 

To  finance  these  changes,  the  unions  advocate  an 
increase  in  the  tax  rate  and  wage  base  which  would 
hike  maximum  taxes  some  $70  a  year  for  every  em- 
ployee, $70  a  year  for  the  employer  and  if  you  are 
self  employed  the  increased  tax  would  be  $105.  But, 
even  that  is  not  enough,  as  Social  Security  actuaries 


estimate  these  new  taxes  would  fall  at  least  15  percent 
short  of  producing  the  needed  costs. 

Social  Security  ofiicials  report  that  under  present 
conditions  the  benefits  will  exceed  tax  collections  this 
year  and  again  in  1958  and  1959. 

Real  Social  Security  is  in  keeping  a  sound  program 
on  an  economic  basis;  irresponsible  demands,  if  grant- 
ed, will  wreck  the  entire  system. 


Difficulties  which  interfere  with  good  subcontractor  and  gen- 
eral contractor  relationships  cannot  be  cured  by  legislation. 
— John  A.  Volpe,  Chm.  Subcontracting  Committee,  Asso- 
ciated Genera  Contractors  of  America. 


FIRE  PREVENTION 

President  Eisenhower  has  proclaimed  the  week  of 
October  6-12  as  Fire  Prevention  Week  and  has  called 
upon  the  nation  to  assist  in  a  coordinated  effort  to 
reduce  losses  of  life  and  property  from  fire. 

National  and  community  leadership,  and  the  pub- 
lic in  general,  go  all-out  once  a  year  to  promote  fire 
safety  and  the  records  will  show  that  during  the  past 
35  years  of  effort  considerable  progress  has  been  made 
in  educating  the  nation  in  fire  safety. 

Architects,  Engineers  and  Builders  can  contribute 
a  year- 'round  effort  to  reducing  fire  loss,  by  considera- 
tion of  fire  risk  in  construction  design  and  subsequent 
day-in  and  day-out  maintenance.  Adequate  and  proper 
use  of  modern  materials,  equipment  and  a  complete 
understanding  of  utility  use  of  commercial,  or  in- 
dustrial,  buildings,  and  proper  safety  in  residential 
design  and  construction,  will  help  considerably  to  re- 
duce fire  loss. 

A  Fire  Prevention  Week  is  a  good  thing  ...  a 
basic  program  of  fire  prevention  and  control  in  all 
construction  is  even  better. 

HOUSING  SITUATION  IMPROVES 

The  Federal  administration,  in  a  series  of  coordi- 
nated actions  affecting  the  whole  pattern  and  fabric 
of  home  financing,  has  lowered  FHA  down  payments 
to  the  point  authorized  by  the  1957  Housing  Act 
and  boosted  the  FHA  interest  rate  to  51/2  pcr  cent. 
At  the  same  time  discount  controls  have  been  im- 
posed on  FHA  and  VA  loans  and  the  price  schedule 
of  the  Federal  National  Mortgage  Association  sharply 
revised. 

The  announcements  determined  application  of  pro- 
visions of  the  Housing  Act  which  Congress  sent  to 
Eisenhower  on  July  1,  and  ended  a  prolonged  period 
of  suspense  as  far  as  the  home  builders  of  the  nation 
are  concerned. 

The  full  effect  of  the  administration's  action  may 
not  be  fully  felt  during  the  remainder  of  1957,  but 
should  be  reflected  in  1958  housing. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


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In  addition  to  press  brake  fabrication 
described  below,  Fentron  Industries  often 
use  the  Yoder  (continuous)  method  in 
which  roof  sections  ore  made  to  any 
length  and  standing  seams  are  crimped 
together  for  greater  strength. 


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PRESS  BRAKE 


Steel  roof  decking... durable,  strong  and  economical 


Fentron  Industries  of  Seattle,  Washington,  has 
found  USS  Steel  Sheets  ideal  for  low-cost  and 
reliable  roof  deck  construction.  The  service  sta- 
tion canopy  roof  above,  formed  and  installed  by 
Fentron,  is  fabricated  from  18-gauge  USS  Sheets 
by  the  press  brake  method  and  plug-welded 
every  18  inches.  Sections  are  one-foot  wide  in 
nine-foot  spans  with  two-and-one-half  inch 
standing  seams  that  interlock  on  installation; 
leak-proof  against  wind  and  water.  This  roof 
decking  has  withstood  test  loads  of  55  lbs.  per 


sq.  foot,  without  distress  . . .  good  overhead  insur- 
ance under  the  snow  loads  in  Washington  winters. 

Steel  roof  decking  is  durable,  strong  and  costs 
less  to  install.  Other  materials  require  more 
weight,  additional  construction  time  and  greater 
cost  to  equal  the  strength  and  carrying  capacity 
of  steel. 

Whether  you  build  service  stations,  industrial 
plants  or  homes,  we'll  be  happy  to  direct  you  to 
steel  decking  fabricators  who  will  provide  you 
with  additional  information  and  specifications. 


Specify  USS— One  Source  for  All  Steels 

United  States  Steel  Corporation  •  Columbia-Geneva  Steel  Division 
120  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco  6 


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AUGUST.      1957 


the  beauty  of  ADPUITCI^TIIDAI 

MODERN  DESIGN  with    fHIUIII  I  CU  I  UllflL 


WALL  SECTION  DETAIL 

Lightweight    panel    wall    construction,    witii    eco- 
I    building   ease   and    speed,   provides    sub- 
stantial construction  savings.  Service  core  and  end 
Ms    have    4-hour   fire    rating,    by    use   of    4-inch 
perlite  concrete. 


TYPICAL  WALL  SECTION 


PANEL  WAILS  of  Porcelain  Enamel  veneer,  man 

and  erected  by: 

Architectural   Porcelain  Constructors,  Oakland 


ARCHITECT: 

Stone,  Mulloy,  Marraccini  &  Patterson,  A. I. A.,  San  Francisco 
STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS:  Smith  &  Moorehead,  San  Francisco 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Swinerton  8.  Walberg  Co.,  San  Francisco 
OWNER  AND  DEVELOPER:  Copital  Company,  San  Francisco 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 


Window  wall  panels 

in  the  plant,  before 

the   building.    Here   again,    light   weight   and    co 

struction  speed  provide  solid  economy  for  mode 

build 


WINDOW  WALLS  manufactured  and  erected  by:   Ka 
Company,  Berkeley.  Porcelain  Enameling  by: 
Ferro  Enameling  Company,  Oakland 


The  First  Western  Building,  Oakland,  California  — 

tallest  office  building  in  the  West  to  extensively  use 
Architectural  Porcelain  Enamel  woll  construction  —  over 
100,000  square  feet! 

New  high  in  eye-appeal  . . .  and  economy!  Window 
walls  feature  alternating  courses  of  plate  glass  and  blue- 
green  insulated  porcelain  enamel  panels  in  aluminum 
framework.  Service  core  and  end  wall  are  faced  with 
porcelain  enamel  panels,  also  blue-green,  with  a  com- 
plementary gray  mottle.  This  panel  wall  meets  four-hour 
fire  rating  requirements  by  the  use  of  four-inch  perlite 
lightweight  concrete. 


Increased  design  flexibility!  High  strength  and  light 
weight  minimize  load  on  structural  members.  Architec- 
tural Porcelain  Enamel  lends  itself  ideally  to  floating  con- 
struction techniques  that  permit  substructural  movement, 
but  control  shifting  of  panels  within  tolerable  limits. 
These  lightweight  panels  allow  the  maximum  amount  of 
rental  space  to  be  adequately  enclosed. 
Today's  beauty  —  tomorrow!  Porcelain  Enameled 
walls  provide  an  inorganic  protective  surface  requiring 
a  minimum  of  maintenance,  literally  "washing  clean" 
with  every  rainfall,  permanently  resisting  the  inroads 
of  weather. 


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NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON 


ART 


CALIFORNIA  STATE  FAIR 
ARTS  AND  CRAFTS 

More  than  1475  entries  have  been  submitted  for 
exhibition  in  the  Art  Show  to  be  held  in  conjunction 
with  the  California  State  Fair  in  Sacramento,  August 
28-Septcmber  S.  according  to  Earl  Lee  Kelly,  director 
in  charge. 

Four  hundred  and  eighty-one  oils,  watercolors, 
pastels,  tempera,  gouache,  prints,  sculpture,  jewelry, 
metalwork,  textiles,  ceramics,  enameling,  and  art 
movies  representing  267  exhibitors  have  been  selected 
for  display  and  will  share  in  a  total  of  $11,385  in 
art  premiums. 

Members  of  the  jury  who  made  the  selections  of 
paintings  and  prints  are  Maria  von  Ridelstein,  San 
Francisco,  director  of  the  Ridelstein  Art  School;  Hans 
Burkhardt,  Los  Angeles,  first  prize  winner  at  the  1955 
fair;  Ejnar  Hanson,  Pasadena,  one  of  California's  most 
outstanding  artists;  Karl  Kasten,  Lafayette,  instructor 
in  the  art  department  at  the  University  of  California, 
and  Dr.  Gordon  W.  Gilkey,  Corvallis,  Ore.,  head  of 
the  art  department  at  Oregon  State  College. 

Merrell  Gage,  Santa  Monica,  academy  award  win- 
ner  last  year  for  his  movie  entitled  "Face  of  Lincoln," 
selected  the  films,  and  Henri  Marie-Rose,  San  Fran- 
cisco, instructor  at  the  California  School  of  Fine 
Arts,  the  sculpture. 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris.  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Andre  Laherrere,  is 
presenting  the  following  special  exhibitions  for 
August. 

PAINTINGS  by  Ncmi  Frost,  Charlotte  Gmelin- 
Wilke  and  four  large  murals  by  Frederick  Black. 

The  Little  Gallery  will  show  Modern  Aubussion  by 
Nausicea  Bellois.  Line  and  Wash  drawings  by  Edwin 
Herron. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  Lin- 
coln Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  has  arranged  the  following 
special  exhibitions  and  events  for  public  showing  dur- 
ing August. 

EXHIBITS:  19th  Century  French  Paintings  from 
the  Museum  Collection,  an  exhibition  augmented  by 
notable  examples  from  private  collections;  Paintings 
and  Drawings  by  Richard  Davis;  Watercolors  by 
Viking  Leon;  and  Paintings  by  Grandma  Moses. 

The  Achenbach  Found, ition  for  Graphic  Arts  is 
featuring  Wenzel  Hollar  (1607-1677),  an  exhibition 
commemorating  the  350  anniversary  of  the  birth  of 


the  most  obiquitous  printmaker  in  17th  century  Eu- 
rope; Our  Daily  Bread,  the  story  of  agriculture  in 
master  prints  from  Duerer  to  Grant  Wood. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Organ  Recital  each  Saturday 
and  Sunday  afternoon  at  3  o'clock.  Summer  Art 
Classes  for  adults  and  children  will  close  August  17th 
and  will  be  resumed  in  September. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  de Young  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Walter  Heil,  is  presenting  the  following  special  ex- 
hibitions and  events  for  August: 

EXHIBITIONS:  Painting  in  America— The  Story 
of  450  Years.  One  of  the  most  important  surveys  of 
American  painting  ever  assembled;  contains  over  100 
outstanding  paintings  from  60  museums,  institutions 
and  private  collections.  Early  American  Prints  is  de- 
voted to  graphic  arts  in  America  from  the  earliest 
period  to  the  present,  includes  116  prints.  150- Years 
of  Dolls,  exhibit  lent  by  museums  and  private  collec- 
tions. Japan  Week,  featuring  Japanese  art,  Bonsai  and 
flower  arrangements  (August  19-25);  Contemporary 
German  Prints  and  California  College  of  Arts  and 
Crafts,  representing  the  50th  Anniversary  Exhibition. 

EVENTS:  Classes  in  Art  Enjoyment  for  adults,  the 
Painting  Workshop  for  Amateurs,  Exercises  in  Oil 
Painting,  Seminars  in  the  History  of  Art,  and  the 
Children's  art  classes  will  recess  in  August  to  be  re- 
sumed in  September. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  will  feature  the  following 
special  exhibits  and  events  during  August: 

EXHIBITS:  Dutch  Art,  1945-1955,  a  special  show- 
ing being  circulated  by  the  Smithsonian  Institute; 
Stuart  Davis,  5 5 -paintings  and  sketches  of  work  done 
between  1946  and  1956,  organized  collaboratively  by 
the  Walker  Art  Center  of  Minneapolis,  the  Des  Moines 
Art  Center,  The  Whitney  Museum  of  American  Art 
ui  New  York,  and  the  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art. 
Hans  Hofmann,  a  retrospect  exhibition;  Young  Amer- 
ican Painters,  organized  by  the  Museum  of  Modern 
Art,  New  York;  Museum  Collections;  Scultpure  by 
Jacqques  Lipchitz,  and  American  Jewelry  and  Re- 
lated Objects,  an  exhibit  circulated  by  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


MiieA  that  ttoesn't  meet  the  eye 


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OWNERS   AND   DEVELOPERS 

CAPITAL  COMPANY 

ARCHITECTS 

STONE,  MALLOY,  MARRACCINI 

&  PETERSON 

MECHANICAL   ENGINEERS 

DUDLEY  DEAN  &  ASSOCIATES 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR 

SWINERTON  &  WALBERG 

tigfcf:  Our  new  Oakland  home 

1919   MARKET  STREET 


Within  this  ultra-modern  18  story  Oakland  sky- 
scraper—the FIRST  WESTERN  BUILDING 
—will  go  the  internals  that  will  provide  its  ten- 
ants with  maximum  comfort  and  convenience — 

HEATING 

VENTILATING 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

major  mechanical  installation  by  a 
major  organization 


Scott  Coi 


MECHANICAL     CONTRACTORS     TO     THE     WEST 
SAN     FRANCfSCO    •    OAKIAND    •    lOS     ANGEtES 


THE 
NEW 
LOOK 


FIRST  WESTERN  BUILDING 


OAKLAND,  CALIFORNIA 


ARCHITECT: 

Stone,  MuUoy,  Marraccini 
8C  Patterson 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 

Swinerton  8C  Walberg  Company 


MECHANICAL  ENGINEER: 

Dudley  Deane  8C  Associates 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


A  PROGRESS  REPORT 


By  GERALD  RAY 


Dedicated  to  the  most  discriminating  tastes  in 
architectural  beauty  and  functional  design,  construc- 
tion of  its  $10,000,000  First  Western  Building  in 
Oakland,  California,  is  progressing  "on  schedule"" 
according  to  Edward  F.  Ryan,  president  of  Capital 
Company. 

Svvinerton  ii  Walberg  Co.,  the  general  contractors, 
expect  to  have  the  modern  18-story  skyscraper  and 
adjacent  parking  facility  ready  for  full  occupancy 
by  October,  1958.  Already,  work  is  well  advanced 
toward  completion   by   October  of  this   year   of   the 


distinctive  exterior  with  the  application  of  the  "sky- 
zurc  Blue"  window-wall  panels  and  aluminum  frames. 

These  panels,  are  made  of  three  kinds  of  porcelain 
fused  under  high  temperatures  to  a  special  steel  base 
and  are  alternated  with  panoramic  Solex  plate  glass 
windows  to  absorb  much  of  the  infra-red  rays  and  so 
reduce  glare  that  might  otherwise  be  transmitted  to 
the  interior  of  the  offices. 

This  ultra-modern  building  covers  an  area  fronting 
227  feet  on  Fourteenth  Street  and  100  feet  on  Broad- 
way, in  the  hub  of  downtown  Oakland.   It  will  be 


TOWERING 

STEEL 

SKELETON 

Being  sheathed 
in  distinctive 
"sliyzure  blue" 
porcelain 
enameled  window 
wall  panels. 

Photograph  was 
taken  late  In 
July.  1957. 


FIRST  WESTERN  BUILDING 


fully  air-conditioiu'd.  Special  tenant  facilities  will 
include  ;i  modern  restaurant,  the  use  of  conference 
rooms  and  a  multi-story  garage  for  trouble-free  park- 
ing and  quick  and  easy  access  and  departure. 

The  building  is  of  structural  steel  frame,  weighing 
more  than  4500  tons.  It  rests  on  40  large,  reinforced 
concrete  spot  footings,  14  feet  square  and  6  feet  deep, 
interconnected  with  heavy  reinforced  concrete  beams, 
requiring  6,000  cubic  yards  of  concrete  in  all.  The 
steel  work,  with  beams  joined  by  nuts,  bolts  and  weld- 
ing, rather  than  rivets,  was  completed  with  appro- 
priate ceremonies  on  May  16  last.  Because  of  excellent 


soil  conditions,  pile-driving  was  not  necessary,  thus 
noise  was  kept  to  a  minimum — a  most  welcome  relief 
to  tenants  in  adjacent  buildings. 

The  entire  structure  is  being  totally  fireproofed  for 
Type  1  construction.  It  is  of  highly  functional 
'modular  design,'  according  to  Douglas  D.  Stone,  of 
Stone,  Mulloy,  Marraccini  6?  Patterson,  the  architects. 

All  of  its  functions  are  based  upon  a  4-foot  square 
module  which  includes:  (a)  structural  framing  and 
exterior  curtain  wall,  (b)  interior  architectural  treat- 
ment of  ceiling  panels,  movable  partitions,  floor  tile 
etc.,  (c)  electrical  under-floor  distribution  system  and 


EXTERIOR 

PANEL 

INSPECTION 

Two  workmen  hold  one  of  exterior 
panels  for  official  inspection  (l.r.) 
F.  B.  Winkworth  and  J.  G.  Mc- 
Clure,  Kawneer  Co.;  D.  B.  Glad- 
stone, v-p  Swinerton  &  Walberg 
Co.;  Nils  Aaronsen,  project  en- 
gineer, Capital  Co.;  Rudolph 
Bloettler  (kneeling)  BIdg.  mgr.; 
Edward  F.  Ryan,  Capital  Co., 
pres.;  and  Sam  Flint,  v-p,  Capitol 
Co.,   in   charge  of  project. 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ceiling  lighting  fixtures,  (d)  heating  and  air'condition- 
ing  systems  in  the  ceiling.  This  4-foot  module  permits 
partitions  to  be  installed,  removed  and  reinstalled  at 
any  4-foot  point  in  both  directions  without  affecting 
lighting,  heating  or  air-conditioning. 

As  soon  as  the  exterior  work  is  finished  this  Fall, 
the  structure  will  look  much  as  it  always  will,   but 


.  .  .  FIRST  WESTERN  BUILDING 

inside,  it  is  a  different  story. 

Today,  of  course,  work  is  progressing  at  various 
stages  on  all  18  floors,  and  to  the  layman  may  appear 
to  be  a  bewildering  array  of  elevators,  pipes,  wires, 
concrete,  tiles  and  dozens  of  other  materials.  Actually, 
however,  work  is  progressing  in  orderly  fashion  with 
each   step   carefully   calculated   ahead   and   going   up 


"SKYZURE    BLUE" 

Window-wall  panel  being  in- 
spected in  place  by  D.  B.  Glad- 
stone (l.r.),  Edward  F.  Ryan 
and   J.   G.    McClure. 


Artist's  rendering  of  lobby, 
showing  escalator  to  banking 
services. 


AUGUST,      1957 


FIRST  WESTERN  BUILDING 


according  to  plan.  For  example,  work  was  considerably 
speeded  on  the  ficoring  for  the  skpscraper  by  use  of 
the  cellular  steel  construction  method  that  permits 
quick  topping  with  a  concrete  floor  fill.  Over  this 
eventually  will  go  resilient  tile  for  finish  floor  material, 
while  restrooms  will  be  finished  with  ceramic  tile  floor 
and  walls. 

On  the  ceilings  will  be  an  acoustical  panel  grid 
continuous  to  all  exterior  walls.  The  12x24-inch  metal 
perforated  units  also  include  an  acoustical'thermal 
blanket  placed  above  the  heating-cooling  coils.  They 
can  be  interchanged  with  a  lighting  fixture  unit  of  the 
same  size  and  can  be  easily  removed  for  cleaning  of 
panels  or  access  into  equipment  above. 

The  radiant  ceiling  panel  heating  and  cooling  with 
conditioned  air,  will  be  provided  throughout  the 
building.  This  method  will  provide  optimum  comfort 
conditions  and  maximum  flexibility.  Ventilation  air 
can  be  provided  in  any  space  through  the  perforated 
acoustical  ceiling  panels  as  required.  The  radiant  panel 


ceilings  adjacent  to  the  exterior  wall  will  be  controlled 
by  thermostats.  Provision  also  will  be  made  to  accom- 
modate individual  room  controls  should  tenants  re- 
quire this  feature. 

Lighting  for  all  tenant  spaces  will  consist  of  n"x24" 
recessed  fluorescent  units  spaced  at  4'  0"  centers  in 
each  direction.  These  units  will  replace  a  standard 
acoustical  metal  pan  ceiling  panel.  Local  switching  of 
lighting  in  each  tenant's  area  can  be  installed  in  mov- 
able partitions  to  suit  his  requirements  without  dis- 
turbing the  standard  lighting  pattern.  This  scheme 
will  provide  maintained  lighting  intensities  of  31  to 
45  foot  candles,  depending  upon  the  size  of  the  rooms. 
Should  a  tenant  desire  higher  intensities,  a  third  tube 
may  be  added  to  the  standard  two-tube  fixture. 

The  underfoot  distribution  system  will  consist  of 
groups  of  three  continuous  raceways  running  the 
length  of  the  building.  Each  raceway  will  be  spaced 
on  4'  0"  centers.  These  raceways  will  be  connected 
by  means  of  headers  running  across  the  building.  Of 


SKETCH  of  typical  office  witli  fluorescenf  lighfing,  completely  self  contained  ceiling,  flexible 
partitions  providing  ceiling  high  walls,  decorative  floor  covering  over  cellular  floor  with 
four  foot  module  system  for  location  of  partitions,  electric  power,  communications  systems. 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


.  FIRST  WESTERN  BUILDING 


the  three,  one  raceway  of  each  group  will  accommo- 
date power  wiring  for  tenants'  receptacles,  business 
machines,  etc.  The  second  raceway  is  for  telephone 
service.  The  third  raceway  in  each  group  will  provide 
space  for  office  intercommunication  systems,  if  needed. 

As  with  all  the  other  features  of  this  ultra-modern 
building,  work  also  is  progressing  on  the  elevator 
system.  Provisions  have  been  made  for  a  bank  of  si.x 
high  speed  automatic  elevators.  Uninterrupted  service 
will  be  available  throughout  the  building  24  hours 
a  day,  seven  days  a  week.  Electronic  door  protective 
devices  are  provided  for  complete  safety  and  foolproof 
operation.  One  elevator  is  designed  as  a  passenger 
and  service  elevator  with  a  9-foot  ceiling  height  for 
equipment,  movable  partitions,  etc. 

A  major  part  of  the  ground  floor,  the  basement  and 


the  fourth  floor  will  he  occupied  by  Smith's  men's  and 
boys'  store.  The  First  Western  Bank  and  Trust  Com- 
pany's Oakland  central  office  will  occupy  the  entire 
second  floor  with  escalator  service  from  the  lobbies, 
and  a  portion  of  the  first  and  third  floors.  There  are 
three  entrances  to  the  building,  from  the  14th  Street 
lobby,  the  Broadway  lobby  and  via  the  multi-story 
tenant  garage  immediately  adjacent. 

The  9-story  garage  building  is  87!/2'xl00'  and  will 
reach  a  height  of  112  feet,  providing  parking  facilities 
for  approximately  265  automobiles.  Attendants  will  be 
on  hand  to  park  the  cars  on  various  levels,  through 
use  of  two  elevators,  and  a  turntable.  A  man-lift  will 
expedite  rapid  delivery  of  cars  to  the  ground  floor. 

The  leasing  program  is  keeping  pace  with  the  con- 
(See  page  29) 


ARTIST'S  rendering  of  main  floor,  multi-story  tenant  garage,  showing 
entrance  to   lobbies   of  adjoining   building   now   under  construction. 


AUGUST,      1957 


INTERNATIONAL 

SIGNAL   CODE 

FLAGS 

in    tile 

Spell  "Bank  of  America" 

Sausalito,  California. 


COLORFUL  TILE 

WALL  MURALS  -  DECORATED  PANELS 


ADD  BEAUTY  TO  BUILDINGS 

Architects  and  engineers  are  incorporating  added 
beauty  and  identification  into  the  exterior  and  interior 
areas  of  many  buildings  through  the  use  of  specially 
created  decorated  Hermosa  Tile  manufactured  on  the 
West  Coast  by  Gladding,  McBean  &'  Co.  of  Los 
Angeles. 


An  outstanding  example  of  a  tile  installation  creat- 
ing distinctive  identification  with  colorful  tile  decora- 
tion is  the  Bank  of  America  Branch  in  Sausalito, 
California,  which  was  designed  by  architects,  Wurster, 
Bernardi  (s'  Emmons,  AIA  of  San  Francisco.  A  unique 
arrangement  of  tile  across  the  front  of  the  two-story 


Entrance  County  Court  Building,  Bur- 
bank,  California;  symbolic  tile  panel 
adds   to   beauty. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Popular  nursery   rhymes  in   murals. 


buildinji  t'orms  tour  rows  of  international  signal  code 
flags  spelling:  "Bank  of  America  Sausalito  Cal."  This 
unusual  method  of  exterior  identification  has  proven 
to  be  an  effective  "attention-getter"  in  this  waterfront 
community  located  on  the  San  Francisco  Bay. 

The  brilliant  tiles,  with  their  vivid  yellow,  blue,  red 
and  white  colors  are  visible  for  miles  out  in  the  bay 
and  readily  identify  the  bank  from  land  as  well. 

Interior  walls  of  buildings  may  also  be  brightened 
through  the  use  of  symbolically  decorated  tile  as  in  the 
Los  Angeles  County  Communicable  Diseases  Hospital 
where  the  wall  of  a  waiting  room  displays  the  medical 
Caduceus.  The  emblems  are  formed  through  the  use 
of  brushing  beige,  peach  and  green  onto  ll%xll|4 
inch  tiles.  Adrian  Wilson,  A.  I.  A.  and  Paul  R.  Wil- 
liams, F.  A.  I.  A.  of  Los  Angeles  were  the  architects. 

In  Burbank,  California,  the  County  Court  building 
used  decorated  Glared  Ceramic  Tile  to  symbolize  the 
building  with  the  "Scales  of  Justice"  insignia  made  on 
6"x6"  tile  to  form  a  9x24  ft.  identifying  panel  placed 
over  the  exterior  wall  of  the  main  entrance.  Prescott 
and  Wolfe,  A.  I.  A.  of  Los  Angeles  were  the  archi- 
tects. 


"Winken,    Biinken   and    Nod 
South  San  Francisco. 


(above)    Children's 


"Jack   and   Jill' 
Los  Angeles. 


in   the   Shriner's  Children's   Hospital, 


AUGUST,     1957 


Enormous  panel  walls  of  decorative 
tile  distinguish  fashionable  store — 
Bullock's    Westwood. 


In  the  fashioiiiiblo  business  district  of  Westwood, 
California,  Bullock's  Inc.,  displays  exterior  walls  of 
12x12  inch  Glazed  Ceramic  Tile,  which  adds  beauty 
to  the  shopping  area.  The  interesting  store  front  treat- 
ment was  specified  by  architects  Welton  Becket,  F.  A. 
I.  A.  and  Associates  of  Los  Angeles. 

The  Crown  Drug  Co.  building  in  San  Francisco 
used  I2.\12  inch  tile  symboHcally  decorated  with 
crowns.  The  tile  covered  the  entire  front  of  the 
building  exterior. 

In  addition  to  the  exteriors  and  interiors  of  business 
buildings,  many  churches,  hospitals  and  schools  have 
used  special  Decorative  Tile. 

Geometric  patterns  adorning  Hermosa  Tile  are 
often  required  as  a  background  for  the  proper  accent 
of  religious  statues.  An  approximate  seven  foot  high 
terra  cotta  statue  of  the  Madonna  has  been  erected  on 
a  wall  pedestal,  effectively  displayed  against  a  beauti- 
ful background  of  geometrically  designed  tiles  at  the 
San  Fernando  Junior  Seminary  in  San  Fernando,  Cali- 
fornia. The  architects  were  Ross  Montgomery,  A.  I. 
A.  and  William  Mullay. 

A  number  of  techniques  are  employed  by  tile  crafcs- 
mcn  at  Gladding,  McBean  5?  Co.  to  capture  the  desired 
effects  of  wall  murals.  Many  of  these  beautiful  murals 
are  hand  bulbed,  employing  a  wide  range  of  colors 
and  designs.  "Bulbing"  is  a  special  technique  which 
flows  the  glaze  on  the  surface,  rather  than  brushing  it. 
For  realistic  warmth  and  beauty,  Gladding,  McBean 
(See  page  3  5) 


used  for  the 
Crown  Drug  Co. 
San  Francisco 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CALIFORNIA'S  STATE  FAIR 
AND  EXPOSITION 

GETS  READY  TO  MOVE  INTO  COMPLETELY 
NEW,  MODERN,  GREATLY  EXPANDED  PLANT 

^20,000,000  APPROPRIATED  FOR  CONSTRUCTION 
DURING  THE  NEXT  TWO  YEARS  OF  NEW 
FACILITIES  ON   1,050  ACRE  FAIR  SITE 

Sacramento,    California 


Gates  of  the  1957  California  State  Fair  and  Exposi' 
tion  will  swing  wide  open  August  29-September  8,  to 
embrace  the  throngs  of  thousands  who  will  see  this 
year's  12-day  show,  packed  with  fun,  excitement  and 
exhibits  of  educational  value. 

Although  most  of  the  fair's  present  buildings  will 
appear  the  same,  modern  architecture  and  vivid  color 
schemes  have  been  obtained  in  the  new  Woman's 
Building,  formerly  the  Home  Show  Building,  to  cre- 
ate an  entirely  different  look. 

With  recent  allocation  of  some  $20,000,000  addi- 
tional for  development  of  the  new  California  State 
Fair  and  Exposition  1,050  acre  site  north  of  the  Amer- 
ican River  in  Sacramento,  plans  are  progressing  rap- 
idly for  early  construction  of  many  new  buildings, 


which  when  completed  will  represent  the  most  modern 
trend  in  architectural  design  of  any  state  fair  plant  in 
the  nation. 

Displayed  on  this  and  other  pages,  are  a  number  of 
architectural  renderings  of  proposed  new  buildings 
providing  a  completely  new  look  in  exhibition  facili- 
ties and  public  convenience.  The  rhythmic  forms  of 
the  structural  elements,  handled  with  directness  and 
simplicity  and  enlivened  with  much  color,  will  furnish 
a  sympathetic  background  for  the  story  of  the  ex- 
hibits. Architectural  and  utility  planning  of  a  great 
new  fair  and  exhibit  facility  from  bare,  undeveloped 
site,  to  a  perfection  of  beauty  and  convenience  per- 
mits use  of  many  new  building  materials  and  ideas, 
such  as  modular  arrangement  of  structures  and  ab- 


mss&sisscTc^  ^  ^""isv^iieTK^' 


PROPOSED 

ART 

BUILDiNG 

Large  pool  will  decorate  the 
Court  of  Arts  which  is  formed 
by  two  Arts  Buildings  and  the 
Hall  of  Flowers  ...  at  the 
new  State  Fair  Site  to  be 
ready  by  1960. 


AUGUST,      1957 


WITH  ALL  IN  READINESS  for  this  year's  Fair  and  Exposition,  plans  for  the  new  site  north 
of  the  American  River  in  Sacramento,  include  this  Outdoor  Theater  whose  huge  bowl  seats 
10,000  persons.  Suspended  from  the  "Rainbow  Arch",  floodl!ghted  at  night,  is  a  canopy 
which  provides  for  direction  of  sound  and  lighting. 


COURT  OF  FLOWERS 

Will  join  the  new  Counties 
Building  by  pergolas  and 
shaded  walks,  with  exhibits 
extending  into  the  gardens 
which  flow  into  the  buildings 
without   definite   outlines. 


Modular  removable  panels 
will  permit  great  flexibility 
in  design  and  location  of 
walls. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


.  CALIFORNIA  STATE  FAIR  8C  EXPOSITION 


sencc  of  divisions. 

When  completed  and  ready  for  use  within  the  next 
few  years  CaHfornia's  State  Fair  and  Exposition 
grounds  will  represent  the  most  modern  architectually 
developed  exhibit  facilities  in  the  nation,  and  will  be  a 
"'show"  place  of  today's  design  comparable  to  the 
great  display  of  the  state's  natural  resources,  com- 
mercial  and  industrial  enterprise,  already  recognised 
as  outstanding  among  the  larger  exhibitions  of  the 
world. 

Scenes  behind  the  scenes  of  the  California  State 
Fair  and  Exposition  August  28-September  8,  indicate 
the  West's  annual  show  of  shows  once  again  will  be 
jam  packed  with  fun  and  exhibits  of  educational  value. 

Heading  the  list  of  daily  attractions  will  be  horse 
races,  livestock  and  poultry,  art  exhibits,  the  Merchan- 
dise Mart,  fashion  shows,  wine  tasting  exhibits,  the 
Consumer  Reaction  and  Survey  Councils,  4'H  Clubs, 
Future  Farmers  of  America  and  International  Cookery 
and  Table  Settings. 

Featured  on  the  list  of  nightly  events  are  star  filled 
shows  with  casts  of  hundreds  of  singers  and  dancers 
who  will  perform  before  the  big  racetrack  grandstand 
as  well  as  the  horse  show  and  sparkling  midway. 

In  addition  various  bands  and  performers  will  ap- 
pear on  the  huge  bandstand  as  well  as  in  the  Outdoor 
Theatre. 

Art  lovers,  fashion  hounds  and  homemakers  seeking 
contemporary,  as  well  as  traditional,  creations  in  the 
field  of  art,  the  latest  in  women's  apparel  or  new  ideas 


for  the  home  should  plan  to  make  the  California  State 
Fair  and  Exposition  headquarters. 

A  large  display  of  paintings  from  all  periods  of  art 
again  will  be  on  display  in  the  Art  Building  along  with 
sculptured  objects,  photography,  jewelry  crafts,  earth- 
ernware  and  pottery.  Enthusiasts  of  contemporary 
styles  will  particularly  enjoy  this  extensive  art  show 
drawing  a  galaxy  of  prizes. 

Contemporary  architecture,  modem  display  tech- 
niques and  a  new  location  have  afforded  home  arts 
more  space  and  a  completely  new  look  in  the  new 
Woman's  Building,  the  former  Home  Show  Building. 
Telephone  operations  will  be  conducted  in  what  was 
previously  the  Woman's  Building. 

Lovely  models  will  parade  the  newest  in  women's 
fashions  on  a  stage  constructed  in  the  center  of  the 
Woman's  Building.  Organ  music  for  the  daily  event 
will  be  provided  by  famed  theater  organist  George 
Wright. 

Probably  highest  on  the  list  of  favorite  attractions 
is  the  beautiful  and  exotic  Hall  of  Flowers  whose 
fragrant  shroud  hints  of  the  rare  treasures  a  million 
blooms  offer  within. 

Once  inside,  fairgoers  will  be  greeted  by  a  vista  of 
plush  greenery,  waterfalls,  redwood  trees  and  ponds 
bursting  with  orchids,  gardenias,  fuchsias,  anthuriums 
and  numerous  other  specimens  from  the  world  of 
flowers  and  plants. 

Adjacent  to  the  Hall  of  Flowers  will  be  interesting 
(See  page  36) 


NEW  LOOK 
for 

COUNTIES 
BUILDING 

To  be  interlaced 
with  Court  of  Flowers 
in  one  large 
outdoors  area  by 
covered  walks  and 
courtyards. 


AUGUST,      1957 


THE  HUMAN  SIDE  0¥ 

SPECIFICATIONS    WRITING 


By  KENNETH  M.  WILSON,  Chief  Electrical  8C 

Mechanical  Engineering  Division,  E.  F.  Klingler  8C 

Associates,  Inc.,  Architects  8C  Engineers, 

Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin 

PART  II 

Consulting  engineers  too,  must  learn  many  new 
things.  One  of  them  is  that  important  as  is  physical 
comfort  and  convenience  in  the  modern  building — 
beauty,  line,  balance,  color,  arrangement  and  human 
motion  are  equally  important.  I  have  been  in  many 
new  buildings  where  the  architect's  attempt  to  achieve 
this  end  was  rendered  useless  by  the  engineers  place 
ment  of  an  ugly  pipe  line,  a  boxy  duct,  an  ill-consid- 
ered lighting  fixture  or  an  ill-chosen  heating  unit.  A 
little  thought  and  ingenuity  on  the  part  of  the  engi- 
neer could  have  made  these  objects  complement  rather 
than  mar  the  inherent  beauty  of  a  given  room.  Con- 
sulting engineers  must  learn  that  our  fast  moving  times 
are  a  challenge  to  their  special  skills.  Our  times  offer 
an  opportunity  to  truly  grow  in  professional  stature  if 
engineers  will  cease  to  use  the  obstacles  they  face  as 
excuses  for  compromise.  Just  as  long  as  a  consulting 
engineer  will  permit  himself  to  be  relegated  to  the  po' 
sition  of  a  blue  print  maker,  just  so  long  as  he  will 
permit  an  ill-qualified  architect  to  make  the  decisions 
he  alone  should  make,  just  so  long  as  he  fails  to  follow 
his  own  work  with  faithful  field  supervision,  then  just 
that  long  will  he  work  for  a  pittance  instead  of  a  fee, 
because  so  long  as  he  does,  that's  all  he  is  worth. 

Another  point  that  is  badly  in  need  of  attention  is 
the  relation  between  actively  practicing  architects,  en- 
gineers, technical  designers  and  the  instructors  and 
professors  in  our  engineering  and  architectural  col- 
leges. We  criticize  these  men  in  engineering  educa- 
tion on  several  counts.  First  of  all  they  are  indoctri- 
nated with  the  idea  of  so  arranging  their  courses  of 
instruction  as  to  prepare  their  graduates  only  for  work 
with  industrial  and  manufacturing  concerns.  Very, 
very  few  of  our  engineering  colleges  make  any  effort 
to  teach  the  fundamentals  of  business  management. 


EDITOR'S  NOTE:  This  is  the  second  and  final  part  of  an 
article  dealinp;  with  the  writing  of  specifications,  presented 
by  the  author  at  the  Annual  Spring  Conference  of  The  Pro- 
ducers' Council.  Inc.,  and  the  Construction  Specifications 
Institute,  held  in  Jf  ashington.  D.C.,  in  conjunction  with  the 
100th  Anniversary  meeting  of  The  American  Institute  of 
Architects.  Part  I  appeared  in  the  July,  1957,  issue  of 
ARCHITECT  &  ENGINEER  magazine. 


public  relations,  public  speaking,  professional  ethics, 
engineering  law  and  applied  psychology,  as  a  required 
or  even  available  part  of  engineering  training.  Yet  if 
you  check  with  any  professional  engineer,  it  will  be 
found  that  more  than  80%  of  his  time  is  devoted  to 
work  in  the  fields  which  are  largely  ignored  by  our 
institution  of  engineering  education.  Almost  none  of 
our  colleges  of  engineering  even  bother  to  acqaint 
their  students  with  the  kind  of  work  done  by  a  pro- 
fessional consultant  in  private  practice.  Yet  in  nearly 
every  professional  examination  board  in  the  nation, 
you  will  find  the  personnel  of  engineering  education 
represented  far  beyond  their  proper  proportion  in  de- 
termining who  is  and  who  is  not  competent  to  practice 
as  a  professional  consultant.  Even  worse,  many  of 
them,  who  are  technically  licensed  consultants,  offer 
their  services  to  government  and  industry  at  cut  rates, 
utilizing  student  help  and  college  facilities  to  enable 
them  to  cut  their  fees.  It  is  not  surprising  that  the 
private  consultant  who  must  bear  the  cost  of  operating 
an  office  and  paying  employees  is  most  unhappy  about 
this  cut  rate,  extracurricular  activity. 

Still  another  sore  spot  is  that  of  free  engineering  and 
specification  service  offered  by  industry  to  prospective 
customers.  It  is  asking  too  much  of  an  engineer  or  ar- 
chitect to  expect  him  to  specify  the  products  of  a 
manufacturer  who  offers  free  design  to  anyone  who 
will  buy  their  products.  If  manufacturers  will  have 
their  products  well  received  by  the  design  professions 
then  they  must  stick  to  manufacturing  and  selling, 
and  leave  the  design  field  free  for  the  professional 
designer. 

PUBLIC  RELATIONS 

The  problem  of  deteriorating  relations  between  the 
general  public  and  the  design  professions  is  one  that 
is  deeply  rooted  in  the  inadequacy  of  our  specifica- 
tions, in  professional  administration  of  these  specifica- 
tions, in  poor  support  of  these  professions  by  our  col- 
leges of  engineering  and  architecture,  and  in  compe- 
tition beteen  industry  and  the  public  consultants.  All 
of  the  design  professions  have  paid  far  too  little  atten- 
tion to  the  way  their  efforts  are  presented  to  society 
and  have  made  little  or  no  effort  to  acquaint  the  gen- 
eral public  with  the  architects'  and  engineers'  place  in 
the  scheme  of  daily  living.  It  therefore  follows  that  so 
long  as  the  cost  of  building  continues  at  an  unjustified 
rate  of  increase  and  public  work  costs  exceed  both  esti- 
mates and  the  public's  ability  to  pay,  so  long  as  pro- 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


fessional  infighting  continues,  we  c.innot  expect  the 
pubhc  to  swallow  it  with  a  smile. 

These  problems  are  the  human  problems  that  must 
be  faced  every  time  we  write  a  specification  and  every 
time  we  release  a  set  of  plans.  These  problems  are  the 
human  problems  with  which  our  young  engineers  are 
so  poorly  equipped  to  deal.  These  are  the  human  prob- 
lems that  must  be  solved  if  the  design  profession  will 
keep  pace  with  our  fast  moving  times.  This  is  the  un- 
pleasant reflection  that  faces  us  in  the  mirror  of  our 
own  specifications. 

No  one  can  prescribe  the  magic  pill  or  the  universal 
panacea  that  will  cure  all  of  these  ills,  nor  can  anyone 
hope  to  solve  these  problems  by  passing  a  law.  The 
only  solution  to  these  problems  lies  in  the  application 
of  plain  garden  variety  common  sense  and  plenty  of 
dedicated  work.  I  believe  that  the  way  to  start  is  to 
recognize  these  basic  truths  about  the  human  side  of 
our  specifications  and  our  professions. 

HUMAN  RELATIONS 

Clients  come  to  architects  and  they  come  to  engi- 
neers for  the  same  reason  that  you  or  I  go  to  our  at- 
torney or  our  physician,  namely,  to  have  done  for 
them  the  things  that  they  are  incapable  of  doing  for 
themselves.  Clients  want  and  need  our  wise  counsel; 
they  want  our  opinions;  they  want  our  frank  expres- 
sions of  preference  if  we  have  any.  Our  clients  are 
not  particularly  interested  in  the  basis  of  our  opinions 
or  our  preferences  so  long  as  they  are  honest.  We 
are  highly  skilled  men;  we  try  to  assure  our  clients 
that  we  are  proficient  in  our  own  field.  Our  client 
wants  to  accept  that  fact  without  qualifications.  He  is 
not  particularly  interested  in  whether  we  are  theoreti- 
cally unfair  to  one  supplier  or  to  another.  He  is  in- 
terested in  our  protecting  his  interests  and  he  is  inter- 
ested in  our  protecting  his  dollars,  and  he  pays  us  a 
fee  to  do  just  exactly  that.  If  we  fail  to  make  the  de- 
cisions that  he  pays  us  to  make,  and  if  we  fail  to  make 
them  with  firmness  and  authority,  then  on  what  do 
we  justify  our  fee?  If  we  put  out  a  drawing  or  a  spe- 
cification that  is  not  clear,  that  is  full  of  indecision, 
that  is  full  of  what  the  trade  calls  murder  clauses,  if  it 
is  pointed  at  defending  the  consultant  or  the  specifica- 
tion writer  against  charges  or  partiality  or  unfairness, 
then  how  can  a  client  help  wondering  if  the  consultant 
is  confident  of  his  own  ability?  Our  clients  cannot  fail 
to  wonder  if  the  consultant  he  has  selected  is  really 
sure  of  his  own  honesty  and  his  own  integrity,  for  if 
he  were,  there  would  be  no  need  for  all  of  these  paper 
safeguards.  We  must  approach  our  work  with  supreme 
confidence  in  our  own  ability,  with  complete  faith  in 
our  own  integrity.  We  must  reflect  these  character- 
istics in  firmness  and  decisiveness  in  our  specifications 
and  in  our  actions.  We  will  then  make  our  just  con- 
tribution to  the  goal  of  giving  our  clients  a  dollar's 
worth  of  value  for  a  dollar  spent. 


Contractors  in  all  fields  are  builders,  they  are  not 
merchants.  Most  contractors  care  very  little  about 
what  brand  of  equipment  they  put  into  a  given  build- 
ing. They  do  care,  and  they  have  a  right  to  expect 
clean,  clear,  concise  definition,  preferably  in  just  as 
few  words  as  possible,  as  to  what  equipment  is  wanted, 
how  it  must  be  installed,  where  it  is  to  be  placed.  They 
want,  and  they  have  a  right  to  expect,  that  every  con- 
tractor bidding  on  the  work  will  furnish  exactly  the 
same  equipment  that  they  must  furnish  and  do  ex- 
actly the  same  quality  of  work  thatrwill  be  demanded 
of  them.  Contractors  want  and  have  a  right  to  expect 
a  clear  enough  plan  and  a  plain  enough  specification 
to  enable  them  to  bid  their  work  without  loading  their 
proposals  with  innumerable  contingencies  to  cover 
situations  where  they  must  guess  at  the  intent  of  the 
designer. 

Manufacturers  and  suppliers  want  first,  last  and  all 
the  time  to  sell  their  product.  Honest  manufacturers 
and  honest  salesmen  would  prefer  to  sell  their  prod- 
ucts on  the  merit  and  the  utility  of  their  product 
backed  by  the  integrity  of  their  firm.  They  would 
much  prefer  to  sell  their  products  at  a  professional 
level  where  they  can  be  assured  that  their  success  or 
failure  to  sell  will  not  depend  solely  upon  having  a 
lower  price  than  the  other  fellow.  Nine  out  of  ten 
prefer  to  figure  their  price  on  a  given  project,  include  a 
fair  profit,  and  either  win  or  lose  on  one  quotation. 
Nine  out  of  ten  abhor  the  idea  of  quoting  every  job 
with  a5oralOoral5  per  cent  cushion  that  will  per- 
mit them  to  outdeal  their  competition  after  the  con- 
tract has  been  signed.  If  we  ask  manufacturers  to 
stay  clear  of  the  design  profession  and  to  refrain  from 
competition  with  these  professions  by  offering  free 
engineering,  then  we  must  reciprocate  by  doing  a 
thorough  job  on  our  drawings  and  specifications,  and 
by  making  sure  that  we  do  not  misapply  any  product 
so  that  industry  need  not  maintain  a  technical  service 
to  fill  in  the  details  and  compensate  for  the  errors  of 
the  design  professions.  This  will  permit  industry  to 
employ  salesmen  instead  of  application  engineers. 
More  important,  industry  representatives  would  not 
be  subject  to  competition  of  inferior  products  which 
the  lay  customer  is  not  qualified  to  evaluate. 

MISFITS 

We  do  not  deny  for  one  minute  that  there  is  a 
small  and  a  very,  very  noisy  minority  of  contractors, 
manufacturers,  salesmen,  clients,  and  occasionally  a 
few  politicians,  who  will  cry  "foul  ball"  or  "partiality" 
at  the  very  slightest  excuse.  I  am  afraid  these  fellows 
are  going  to  be  with  us  forever,  as  they  always  have 
been,  working  on  the  premise  that  the  wheel  that 
squeaks  the  loudest  is  bound  to  get  the  most  grease. 
Yet  somehow  I  cannot  justify  penalizing  the  honest 
and  the  ethical  segment  of  the  construction  industry 


AUGUST.      1957 


simply  to  still  the  hue  and  the  cry  that  is  set  up  by  this 
noisy  minority, 

EDUCATION  NECESSARY 

Pnifessional,  marketing,  trade  organizations  must 
join  hands  to  force  recognition  of  the  design  fields  as 
genuinely  professional  practices  and  to  that  end  en- 
courage institutions  of  engineering  education  to  offer  a 
more  realistic  and  usable  curriculum  to  the  student 
who  hopes  to  practice  his  profession  as  a  public  con- 
sultant. Compensation  for  instructors  in  these  institu- 
tions of  engineering  education  must  be  increased  to  a 
point  where  active  competition  with  practicing  con- 
sultants is  no  longer  financially  attractive.  More  prac- 
ticing consultants  must  contribute  of  their  time  and 
their  knowledge  by  serving  on  examination  boards  and 
by  more  active  participation  in  professional  organiza- 
tions. 

We  must  make  the  whole  public  conscious  of  the 
part  that  is  played  in  our  entire  social  and  economic 
structure  by  the  architectural  and  the  engineering 
professions.  Not  one  layman  in  fifty  has  more  than 
the  vaguest  notion  of  what  part  an  architect  or  an 
engineer  plays  in  the  construction  of  a  building 
other  than  to  draw  blueprints.  There  is  a  big  story  to 
be  told  about  the  studies,  the  thought,  the  planning 
that  must  be  undertaken  to  properly  plan  and  build 
even  a  simple  building.  Somehow,  this  message  must 
be  brought  home  to  the  rank  and  file  of  our  people. 
Just  so  long  as  these  professions  will  permit  the  gen- 
eral public  to  remain  in  this  state  of  ignorance,  then 
so  long  must  we  work  in  obscurity  and  see  our  efforts 
accepted  as  a  legal  necessity  rather  than  as  a  service 
to  human  need. 

CONCLUSION 

Finally,  I  believe  we  must  recognize  that  we  have 
an  ethical  obligation  of  service  to  our  clients  and  to 
the  general  public,  to  contractors,  to  manufacturers 
and  to  suppliers,  and  this  obligation  is  considerably 
more  than  a  set  of  noble  platitudes  which  are  printed, 
attractively  framed  and  displayed  on  the  wall.  If  we 
are  to  merit  the  respect  of  our  clients  and  the  respect 
of  our  neighbors,  we  must  take  some  risks,  we  must 
bear  some  criticism.  If  we  have  a  conviction  that  a 
given  course  of  action  will  be  best  for  our  clients,  we 
must  adhere  rigidly  and  firmly  to  that  course.  If  we, 
in  the  design  of  a  building,  find  the  product  of  a  given 
manufacturer  fits  particularly  well  into  the  over-all 
scheme  of  things,  then  let's  use  it,  let's  name  it  by  its 
right  name,  let's  demand  that  we  get  it,  not  someone 
else's  idea  of  an  equal.  We  must  give  to  our  clients 
the  whole  of  our  ability  and  the  whole  of  our  judg- 
ment and  the  whole  of  our  convictions.  We  must 
practice  secure  in  the  knowledge  that  we  are  highly 
skilled  men,  that  we  are  honest  men,  and  that  we 
make  our  own  decisions.   For  once  and  for  all  we  must 


wipe  away  the  stigma  of  being  puppets,  dangling  on  a 
string,  that  can  be  pulled  and  manipulated  by  any  dis- 
appointed supplier,  contractor,  manufacturer,  who  can 
scream  "foul  ball"  or  "partiality". 

I  firmly  believe  that  the  first  small  step  we  can  take 
to  accomplish  all  of  these  very  worth  while  objectives 
is  to  clean  up  our  specifications  and  rid  them  of  their 
indecision,  subterfuge  and  hypocricy.  When  we  turn 
these  documents  into  a  simple,  readable,  understand- 
able supplement  to  clean  sharp  drawings,  when  we 
enforce  them  fairly  and  firmly,  we  will  at  least  have 
made  a  good  start  in  the  right  direction. 

Gentlemen,  it's  one  thing  to  stand  before  this  group 
prescribing  for  the  ills  of  our  professions  and  to  criti- 
cise the  specifications  through  which  they  are  seen.  It 
is  quite  another  thing  to  translate  these  prescriptions 
into  specific  action.  I  say  this  not  because  I  have  rea- 
soned it  out,  as  you  would  a  problem  in  geometry,  not 
because  I  have  deduced  it  from  a  series  of  carefully 
lined  up  arguments,  but  I  say  this  from  the  lessons 
that  I  have  gleaned  in  seven  very  arduous  years  of 
trying  to  apply  these  principles  to  the  practice  of  our 
own  firm.  From  this  experience  I  know  that  w^hen  you 
begin  to  assert  your  rightful  authority,  when  you  actu- 
ally begin  to  take  full  command  of  your  projects,  that 
you  are  going  to  be  criticized  and  you  are  going  to  be 
maligned,  you  are  seemingly  going  to  be  hated  by 
everyone.  For  a  time  you  are  going  to  lose  some  busi- 
ness and  you  are  going  to  lose  some  profits.  However, 
if  you  can  muster  the  intestinal  fortitude  that  it  takes 
to  stick  by  your  guns  for  six  months  or  for  a  year,  you 
will  find  this  criticism  slowly  changing  into  a  rather 
grudging  respect.  If  you  can  stick  by  your  guns  for 
still  another  six  months,  giving  your  most  dedicated 
effort,  you  will  find  that  this  grudging  respect  has 
changed  into  an  open  enthusiasm  that  is  freely  ex- 
pressed by  the  most  reputable  and  the  most  honest 
segment  of  the  entire  building  industry.  You  will  also 
have  found  that  you  will  have  driven  from  participa- 
tion in  your  projects  most  of  the  dishonest  and  the 
unethical  element  of  the  construction  industry.  At  the 
same  time,  you  will  find  that  you  have  won  for  your- 
self a  new  position  of  honor  and  a  new  position  of 
dignity  in  the  eyes  of  all  of  those  whom  you  serve. 

In  closing,  I  want  to  make  clear  that  I  am  not  at- 
tempting to  set  myself  up  as  a  spokesman  for  either 
the  architectural  or  the  engineering  profession  or  for 
any  part  of  the  building  industry.  However.  I  have 
had  the  advantage  of  viewing  this  situation  from  many 
angles  as  I  have  worked  with  tools  as  a  tradesman,  as 
a  manufacturer's  representative,  as  a  contractor  bid- 
ding and  executing  the  work,  as  a  draftsman  and  finally 
in  my  present  position  as  an  engineer  and  adminis- 
trator. From  this  vantage  point,  I  can  see  that  our  in- 
decisive specifications,  our  ambiguity,  and  our  failure 
to  assume  full  and  true  responsibility  for  the  work  of 
our  own  hands,  is  carrying  the  design  profession  and 
(See  page  36) 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


BAY  AREA  TRANSIT 
PROGRESS 


By  GEORGE  S.  HILL 

Consulting  Engineer 

The  Regional  Rapid  Transit  Report  to  the  San 
Francisco  Bay  Area  Rapid  Transit  Commission  per- 
tains to  the  facilities  required  and  their  cost.  The 
Report  of  the  Stanford  Research  Institute  deals  with 
organization  and  financing.  Both  reports  are  excellent 
but  advisory  only.  Theoretically,  they  show  that  a 
Bay  Area  rapid  transit  system  is  feasible  and  eco- 
nomically justified.  Without  such  facilities,  the  alterna- 
tives would  be  far  more  costly  although  some  of  the 
costs  would  not  be  so  clearly  discernible.  It  is  as- 
sumed that  the  system  will  be  integrated  with  other 
transit  facilities  and  that  no  competing  facilities  will 
be  constructed.  It  will  probably  require  at  least  two 
years  of  planning  before  construction  is  started,  and 
the  more  thoroughly  such  planning  it  done  the  sooner 
the  project  will  be  completed. 

TRANSIT  CLINIC 
The  nation's  first  clinic  on  transit  was  held  May 
27  and  28  at  the  Bismarck  in  Chicago.  Metropolitan 
area  transit  problems  were  discussed  from  the  point 
of  view  of  public  officials,  farmers,  merchants,  real 
estate  dealers,  bankers,  consulting  engineers,  transit 
engineers  and  operators,  commuter  railroad  operators, 
parking  lot  operators,  highway  officials,  planning  and 
traffic   engineers,   and    manufacturers.    Much    support 


was  expressed  for  three  basic  concepts: 

(1)  That  the  job  of  moving  people  can 
be  performed  effectively  and  economically 
only  if  all  forms  of  public  transit  are  pro- 
vided, integrated  and  coordinated. 

(2)  That  the  task  of  providing  adequate 
and  attractive  public  transit  .'can  be  accom- 
plished only  through  cooperation  among  all 
affected  communities. 

(3)  That  competitive  fares  will  not  cover 
the  entire  cost  of  acquiring  rights-of-way 
and  of  building  and  maintaining  rapid  transit 
lines. 

The  conference  was  concerned  with  obtaining  maxi- 
mum value  and  efficiency  for  every  transit  dollar.  It 
is  planned  to  form  a  national  organization  to  work 
vigorously  for  coordinating  all  forms  of  metropolitan 
area  transit. 

AN  OPPORTUNITY  AND  A  CHALLENGE 
To  the  San  Francisco  Bay  area  there  is  presented 
not  only  a  great  opportunity  but  also  a  challenge  to 
take  the  lead  in  transit  matters.  The  success  of  Bay 
Area  transit  will  depend  upon  the  degree  of  public 
support  it  receives.  Public  opinion  appears  to  be 
favorable  provided  the  system  can  be  financed  without 
undue  increase  in  taxes  compared  with  the  benefits 
to  be  derived.  The  reports  already  made,  and  the 
enabling  act  which  has  been  passed  by  the  Legislature 
and  signed  by  the  governor,  are  useful  and  necessary 
first  steps. 

ENABLING  ACT 
The  enabling  act   provides  for  the  formation  not 
later  than  November  15,  1957,  of  the  organization  to 


Cross-section  of  Market  Street  subway  station  as  proposed  in  Bay 
Area  transit  report,  with  city  subway  added.  Note  pedestrian  concourse 
and  access  to  stores. 


BU  ILDI  NG   LINE  ■ 


BUILDING  LI  NE 


MARKET  I  STREET 


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AUGUST,      1957 


carry  out  its  purposes.  An  important  feature  of  the  act 
is  that  it  aims  to  preserve  our  democratic  processes  by 
requiring  local  consent,  county  by  county.  The  "dis- 
trict" type  of  organization  provides  safeguards  which 
are  lacking  in  the  "authority"  type.  Disapproval  will 
automatically  exclude  any  county  not  willing  to  par- 
ticipate. The  act  does  not  go  into  details  either  as  to 
routes  or  construction,  and  permits  contracts  with 
other  transit  agencies.  A  general  obligation  bond 
issue  will  require  approval  by  the  voters  who  will 
thereby  underwrite  it.  The  Golden  Gate  Bridge  bonds 
were  thus  underwritten,  but  to  date  the  tolls  have 
been  sufficient  to  meet  the  costs. 

RAPID  TRANSIT  REPORT 
The  Regional  Rapid  Transit  Report  issued  in 
January  1956  is  filled  with  technical  data  of  the  latest 
developments  in  transit.  The  firm  which  made  the 
survey  has  been  in  existence  at  least  70  years  and 
there  is  no  question  as  to  the  feasibility  of  the  plans 
presented.  Choices  and  decisions  which  are  matters 
of  policy  are  reserved  to  the  public  and  its  delegates, 
and  although  alternatives  are  given,  preferences  are 
stated.  The  plan  is  described  as  an  interurban  express 
system.  Each  community  will  provide  connections 
with  its  own  local  system.  High  capacity  during  rush 
hours  is  essential.  The  relative  merits  of  suspended 
systems  such  as  monorail,  and  supported  systems  were 
considered  carefully,  and  the  supported  system  was 
recommended  because  it  could  be  operated  on  the 
surface  while  the  suspended  system  could  not.  The 
supported  system  is  more  in  accord  with  American 
standard  practice  and  therefore  could  be  readily  ex- 
panded using  the  facilities  we  now  have.  This  is 
important  in  greatly  reducing  the  total  cost.  Most  of 
the  advantages  claimed  for  the  suspended  system  by 
its  promoters  are  also  present  in  the  supported  system. 

SUBWAYS  RECOMMENDED  FOR 
CENTRAL  AREAS 

The  report,  like  practically  all  of  the  engineering 
reports  we  have  had  during  the  last  half -century,  is 
decidedly  in  favor  of  subways  for  Market  Street  and 
opposed  to  elevated  railways  in  downtown  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  report  states:  "The  plan  for  interurban 
stations  along  Market  Street  must  allow  for  the  pros- 
pect that  San  Francisco  may  some  day  have  grade- 
separated  transit  for  its  own  urban  movements. 
Clearly,  such  a  local  rapid  transit  system  must  make 
delivery  along  Market  Street  also.  Thus,  if  interurban 
transit  were  to  be  elevated  along  Market  Street,  it 
must  be  assumed  that  local  urban  rapid  transit  would 
be  elevated  also.  Such  a  program  would  involve  four 
tracks  with  massive  stations  over  600  feet  long  cover- 
ing essentially  the  entire  width  of  Market  Street. 

"We  are  convinced  that  elevated  construction  over 
pubhc  streets  involving  four  tracks  and  the  stations 
to  serve  them  would  be  aesthetically  intolerable  and 
would  depreciate  the  very  real  estate  values  that  they 


would  be  designed  to  sustain.  Rapid  transit  penetrates 
the  central  business  districts  more  effectively  than  any 
other  form  of  transportation.  It  tremendously  in- 
creases the  capacity  of  business  and  shopping  centers 
to  receive  customers  and  commuters."  And  referring 
to  Toronto:  "It  is  noteworthy  that  the  construction 
of  the  subway  has  already  strengthened  downtown 
realty  values  which  were  being  undermined  by  the 
growth  of  peripheral  areas  and  has  enormously  in- 
creased realty  values  within  a  substantial  distance  from 
its  route." 

TRANSBAY  TUBE 
In  the  Architect  and  Engineer  of  January  and 
November  1954,  the  writer  suggested  the  possibility 
of  a  direct  physical  connection  between  the  Bay 
Bridge  rail  lines  and  a  subway  and  this  was  discussed 
briefly  on  page  57  of  the  report.  The  construction  of 
the  Embarcadero  Freeway  ramps  has  now  rendered 
the  proposed  connection  impracticable.  The  use  of  a 
tube  for  the  Bay  crossing  is  conceded  to  be  a  better 
solution  because  of  the  limitations  to  effective  use 
of  the  Bay  Bridge.  The  travel  time  between  San 
Francisco  and  Oakland  can  be  reduced  from  43  min- 
utes to  11  J/2  minutes,  and  this  would  appear  to  be 
sufficient  justification  for  adopting  the  best  plan 
available  even  at  much  greater  cost.  (One  reservation 
we  should  make  is  that  the  tracks  should  not  be 
removed  from  the  Bay  Bridge  until  a  better  rail  con- 
nection has  been  built).  A  very  important  considera- 
tion is  that  the  recommended  plan  makes  possible  the 
conversion  of  space  on  the  Bay  Bridge,  now  occupied 
by  the  rail  lines,  to  motor  vehicle  use,  thus  adding 
two  lanes.  This  change,  and  a  rapid  transit  tube 
would  he  adequate  to  insure  free  flow  of  week-day 
traffic  between  San  Francisco  and  the  East-Bay,  even 
if  no  additional  automobile  crossing  is  considered  for 
15  years. 

A  PROPOSED  CHANGE  IN  LOCATION  OF 

TRANSBAY  TUBE 
There  is  still  another  variation  to  the  Optimum 
Plan  which  may  have  been  overlooked.  It  might  be 
called  a  Modified  Optimum  Plan  because  it  aims  to 
retain  the  best  features  of  that  plan  while  adding 
others.  The  use  of  a  trans-Bay  tube  with  an  approach 
in  Washington  Street  differs  from  the  location  in 
Howard  Street  proposed  by  the  Army-Navy  Board. 
It  is  therefore  proposed  to  connect  this  tube  in 
Howard  Street  to  a  subway  in  First  Street  at  the 
original  shore  line,  with  a  station  at  the  Bay  Bridge 
Terminal.  Instead  of  turning  directly  into  Market 
Street  it  is  proposed  to  use  Bush  Street  with  a  two-way 
connection  to  Kearny  Street  and  thence  to  Market 
Street  and  also  to  Columbus  Avenue  with  stations  at 
California  Street,  at  Green  Street,  and  also  along  Mar- 
ket Street.  As  practically  all  of  this  route  is  west  of  the 
original  shore  line,  it  will  permit  close  coordination 
with  future  local  rapid  transit  subways,  by  means  of 
two-level  stations.  (To  Be  Concluded  Next  Month) 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


First  Western  Building 

(From  page   17) 
struction  work,  and  according  to  Rudolph  Blaettler, 
building  manager  of  First  Western   Building,    many 
firms  have  already  signed  up  for  space  through  Banker 
6?  Banker,  the  leasing  agents. 

"With  business  firms  and  industrial  organizations 
planning  to  expand  their  Western  markets,  and  be- 
cause of  Oakland's  favorable  location,  climate,  sea, 
land  and  air  transportation  facilities,  we  expect  down- 
town Oakland,  and  specifically  the  First  Western 
Building,  will  become  central  office  headquarters  for 
more  and  more  businesses  as  well  as  professional 
firms,"  declared  Mr.  Ryan,  president  of  the  Capital 
Company,  a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  Transamerica 
Corporation,  which  is  showing  its  faith  in  this  and 
other  major  West  Coast  developments  by  a  total 
investment  in  excess  of  $20,000,000. 

Swinerton  fe?  Walberg  Co.,  its  affiliates  Lindgren  &" 
Swinerton  Inc.  and  Engineers,  Limited,  between  them 
have  been  responsible  for  more  than  $1,200,000,000 
worth  of  construction  projects,  including  buildings 
like  this  First  Western,  factories,  refineries,  chemical 
plants,  bridges,  dams,  railroads,  wharves,  arsenals, 
highways,  pipelines  and  other  vast  undertakings. 
Started  in  1888  with  one  small  construction  job,  their 
projects  have  spread  year  by  year  and  now  cover  most 
of  the  Western  hemisphere,  the  United  States. 
Hawaii,  Central  and  South  America. 


The  Burgess -Manning  installation  in  the 
First  Western  Building  is  the  largest  con- 
tract to  date  on  the  West  Coast  for  this  com- 
fort conditioning  system.  It  was  chosen  for 
this  building,  because  the  owners  wanted 
the  optimum  of  heating,  cooling,  ventilation 
and  sound  control  and  also  maintain  maxi- 
mum flexibility  in  dividing  office  space  to 
meet  tenant  requirements.  The  Burgess- 
Manning  system  employs  the  principle  of 
radiation  for  heating  and  cooling  and  is 
able  to  change  quickly  from  one  cycle  to  the 
other  because  of  the  light  gauge  aluminum 
radiator-acoustical  panels. 

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Sliolder,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Hmore.  Cox.  Fred  Weaver. 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA:  Fred  Jobusch,  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson.  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain,  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch.  Nelson.  E,  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
EUwood,  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer.  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St..  Tucson. 

Coast  Valleys  Chapter: 

Birge  M  Clark.  President  (Palo  Alto);  William  Higgins.  Vice- 
President  (S,in  Jose);  Paul  J.  Huston,  Secretary  (Palo  Alto); 
L.  Dean  Price,  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty.,  663  Cowper  St.. 
Palo  Alto. 

Central  Valley  of  California 
Edward  H.  dc  Wolf  (St. 


dent;  Whitson  Coi   (Sacra- 

(Sacramento),    Secretary; 

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ton), 
.    Joe    J. 
Albert    M.    Dreyfusa    (Sacramento),    Trea 

Early   (Sacramento).  Jack  Whipple    (Stockton).     Ultice  ot  Secty.. 
914  Uth  St..  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F,   Hegner.  President;   C.   Gordon   Sweet.  Vice  President; 
Norton  Polivnick.   Secretary;   Richard  WiUiams.   Tieasurer.     Di- 
James  M,    Hunter.   Robert   K.    Fuller.   Edward  L.   Bunts 


Offic 


of  Secy..    1225   Bannock   St..  Denver,  Colorado. 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Harrv  B.  Clausen,  President  (Berkeley);  Hachiro  Yuasa.  Vice- 
President  (Oakland);  Robert  E.  Wear,  Secretary  (Berkeley); 
John  A.  Zerkle,  Treasurer  (Berkeley).  Office  of  Secty.,  1015 
Euclid  Ave.,  Berkeley  8. 

Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping,  Boise.  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston. 
Payette.  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline.  Boise,  Sec.-Treis. 
Executive  Committee,  Clhester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams, 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec.,  624  Idaho  Bldg.,  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Thomas  S  Elston,  Jr..  President  (Carmel);  Robert  Stanton,  Vice- 
President  (Carmcl);  George  F.  Rhoda,  Secretary  (Monterey); 
Walter  Burde.  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty..  2281  Prescott  St.. 
Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Hess.  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vice- 
President  (BilUngi):  H.  C.  Cheever.  Sec.-Treai.  (Boieman). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas.  Wm.  J.  Hess.  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy.,  Bozeman,  Monuna. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons.  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien.  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza.  Treasurer.  Directors.  John  Crider.  M.  DcWitt  Grow. 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy..   160  Chestnut  St..  Reno.  Nev. 


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CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL  AIA 

A  new  group  health  insurance  program  will  soon 
be  available  to  California  architects  and  their  em- 
ployees as  a  result  of  action  taken  by  the  Council 
Board  of  Directors  at  their  last  meeting  in  Carmel. 

Plans  are  well  under  way  for  the  1957  Annual  Con- 
vention which  is  scheduled  for  October  2-6  at  Hotel 
del  Coronado,  San  Diego.  Technical  papers,  round- 
table  discussions  and  a  program  of  entertainment  are 
being  arranged. 


NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA  CHAPTER 

The  August  meeting  was  devoted  to  a  general  dis- 
cussion of  the  entries  in  the  Competition  for  the  Stu- 
dent Union  at  the  University  of  California. 

A  joint  panel  meeting  with  the  Coast  Valleys 
Chapter  and  Bay  Area  engineering  groups,  will  be 
held  August  27  in  the  Terrace  Room,  Hawaiian  Gar- 
dens, San  Jose.  Subject  of  the  meeting  will  be  "Im- 
pacts of  Atomic  Energy  on  the  Practice  of  the  Design 
Profession."  William  M.  Rice,  AIA,  Radiation  Labora- 
tory, University  of  California,  Berkeley,  will  serve 
as  Moderator. 


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ughout  the  United  State 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

William  H.  T.  Holden,  P.E.,  national  director  of 
the  California  Society  of  Professional  Engineers  and 
member  of  the  Air  Pollution  Committee  of  the  Pasa- 
dena Chapter,  C.S.P.E.,  and  Edward  Carig,  P.E.,  of 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Directors:  David  Vhay.  Edward  S.  Partoiu.  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
John  Cridcr.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  Prejident,  151  W. 
2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zick.  President;  Aloyaim  McDonald. 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks.  Sec.-Trcas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick.  Edward  Hendricks,  Charles  E.  Cox.  Office  of 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris,  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald.  SecTreaa.  Mem' 
bers:  Russell  Mills  (Reno),  Edward  S.  Parsona  (Reno).  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  !th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Corlett,  President;  Donald  Powers  Smith.  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrise.  Secretary;  Richard  S.  Banwcll.  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W,  Clement  Ambrose.  John  Kruse,  Bernard  J.  Sabaf 
oiT,  Corwin  Booth.  Exec.  Secty..  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
office,  47  Kearny  St..  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak,  President  (Downey);  Willard  T.  Jordan. 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson,  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers.  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy..  861  Park  Ave..  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis,  Secretary;  Thomas  1.  Potter.  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy.,  317  S.W.  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pas.idena    Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline,  President;  H.  Douglas  Bayles.  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni,  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon,  Treasurer.  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davies,  Keith  Marston,  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office   Secy.    46   North  Los   Robles  Avenue,   Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Sim  Bruce  Richards,  President;  Raymond  Lee  Eggers,  Vice- 
President;  William  F.  Wilmurt,  Secretary;  Fred  Chilcott,  Treas- 
urcr.  Directors:  Frank  L.  Hope,  Samuel  W.  Hamill,  Victor  L. 
Wulff.  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty..  2868  Fourth  Ave.,  San  Diego. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Allen  Y.  Lew,  President  (Fresno);  William  G.  Hyberg.  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris.  Secretary:  Edwin  S.  Darden, 
Treasurer  (Fresno).  Office  of  Pres..  408  Fulton  St..  Fresno. 


ira  Chapter: 
E.    Fisher,    PresidenI 
lident    (Santa    Barba 
aid  A.  Kimball.  Treasure 


(Ventura);  Wallace  W.  Arcndt, 
.);  Donald  H.  Miller,  Secretary: 
(Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas., 


1045   Via  Tranquila,   Santa   Barba: 

outhcrn  California  Chapter: 
Cornelius  M.  Deasv,  President;  Robert  Field,  Jr..  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr,  treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett,  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger.  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
Russell.  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec. -Secy.,  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller,  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles  5. 


Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Charles  T.  Pearson,  President  (Tacoma);  Robert  T.  Olson,  1st 
Vice-President  (Olympia);  Donald  Burr.  2nd  Vice-President 
(Tacoma);  Percy  G.  Ball.  Secretary  (Tacoma);  Alan  Liddle, 
Treasurer  (Tacoma);  Trustees — Gilbert  M.  Wojahn  and  Gor- 
don N.  Johnston  (Tacoma).  Office  of  Sec.  2715  Onter  St. 
Tacoma,    Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President.  433  Atlas  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris.  Jr..  Secretary.  703  Newhoust  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 
James  J.  Chiarelli,  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner,   1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall.  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers.  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.   Bumgardner,  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer.  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary,  409  Central  Bldg.,  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James,  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President: 
Keith  T.  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff,  Carroll  Martell,  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy..  615   Realty  Bldg..  Spokahe,   Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law.  President:  Harry  W.  Scckel.  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer.  George  J. 
Wimberly.   Office  of  Secy..  P.O.  Box  3288.  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL.  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Balch,  Los  Angeles,  President;  L.  F.  Richards.  Santa 
Clara,  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope,  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas,  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks, 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  703  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 
3. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland).  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles).  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angelel); 
C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fr.n- 
Cisco).  Exec.  Secy.,  Robert  K.  Kelley.  Room  712,  145  S.  Sprin( 
St..  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office.  Room  300.  507  Polk  St. 

ALLIED  ARCHITECrrURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club; 

Hal   Major.    President;    CamicI    Van    De    Weghe.    Vice-President; 

Francis   E.   Capone,   Secretary;   Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.   Office 

of  Secty..   507  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Producers'  Council— Southern  California  Chapter: 

LeRoy    Frandsen,    President,    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider,    Vice-president,    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Co.; 

E.    J.    Lawson,    Secretary,    Aluminum    Company   of   America;    E. 

Phil    Filsinger,    Treasurer,    Hermosa    Tile    Division.    Gladding, 

McBean  6?  Company.    Office  of  the  Secy..  1145  Wilshire  Blvd., 

Los  Angeles   17. 
Producers'    Council  —  Northern    California    Chapter    (See    Spcciil 

Page) 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  .Angeles: 

R.    R.    Coghlan.    Jr.,    President;    George    Lamb,    Vice-President; 

Peter  Vogel,  Secretary;  Harry  L.  Miller,  Treasurer. 
Construction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco: 

Harry    McLain.    President;     Harry    C.     Collins.    Vice-President; 

Albert  E.  Barnes,  Treasurer;  George  E.  Conley.  Secretary.  Office 

of  Secy..    1245   Selby  St,,   San  Francisco  24. 


Carter  Laboratories,  Pasadena,  2nd  vice-president  of 
the  Pasadena  Chapter,  C.S.P.E.,  presented  a  discus- 
sion of  the  air  pollution  situation  in  general  through- 
out the  world,  as  well  as  the  Southern  California 
problem,  at  the  August  meeting  held  in  Eaton's  Res- 
taurant. Pasadena. 

The  speakers  related  what  was  being  done  about 
the  problem,  new  rulings,  preventative  methods  and 
devices  being  developed.  The  discussion  was  slanted 
towards  the  architect's  problems  relating  to  air  pollu- 
tion controls. 


OREGON  CHAPTER 

No  regular  meeting  was  held  during  August,  the 
next  meeting  being  scheduled  for  the  third  Tuesday 
in  September. 

Winners  of  the  recent  Honor  Awards  included; 
Warren  Weber,  architect,  and  the  Welcome  Com- 
munity Presbyterian  Church;  John  Storrs,  architect, 
and  the  Portland  Garden  Club;  Skidmore,  Owings 
and  Merrill,  architects,  and  Messrs.  Paquet,  Wilson 
and  Montague  for  their  Clinic  building;  and  William 
L.  Fletcher,  architect,  and  Mrs.  and  Mrs.  William  L. 
Fletcher  for  their  residence.  Saul  Zaik,  designer,  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phillip  Feldman  for  their  residence. 


New  members  include  Benjamin  E.  Cave,  Corporate 
Member,  and  Edward  Kirschbaum,  Jr.,  Associate 
Member. 


COAST  VALLEYS  CHAPTER 

New  Construction  in  Europe  was  the  theme  of  a 
recent  Chapter  meeting  with  Paul  Huston  describing 
his    recent    architectural    tour    of   European    capitals 
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Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Layne,  H.  L. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Souer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Qark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Qoud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMoria,  Walter  L.  Dickey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sardis,  James  L.  Stratta, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  Caliiomia 

C.  M.  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crandall,  Vice-President;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Offic© 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 
Sec.y-Treos.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 
SAN  FRANCISCO  SECTION 

Edward  V.  Laitone,  Prof,  of  Mechanical  Engineer- 
ing at  the  University  of  Cahfornia,  Berkeley,  was  the 
principal  speaker  at  the  August  meeting,  taking  as  his 
subject  "Development  Problems  of  Guided  Missiles 
and  Supersonic  Flight."  Prof.  Laitone  based  many  of 
his  observations  on  experiences  gained  while  a  con- 
sulting aeronautical  engineer  from  1941  through  1947 
with  the  National  Advisory  Committee  on  Aeronau- 
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New  members  include:  Joseph  Anton  and  Norman 
C.  Rubel,  San  Leandro;  Richard  E.  Biggs,  and  Leon 
Nadolski,  Oakland;  Howard  E.  Blower,  William  W. 
Burton,  John  E.  Earle  and  Paul  G.  Morken,  Berkeley; 
Murray  S.  Bornstein,  Eldon  R.  Floodeen,  Myron 
Goldsmith,  John  B.  Kelly,  William  H.  Longmire,  M. 
B.  McGowan  IV,  H.  John  Mieras  and  William  G. 
Weber,  San  Francisco. 

L.  H.  Daniels  and  Lloyd  R.  Quayle,  Palo  Alto; 
George  W.  Fullerton,  Redwood  City;  Tom  Gentry 
and  Homer  J.  Olsen,  Walnut  Creek;  Richard  E. 
Giegling,  Novato;  Robert  A.  Goodpasture,  Sunny' 
vale;  R.  Arthur  Hayler,  Belmont;  George  E.  Hervert 
and  Charles  Seim,  El  Cerrito;  Newton  L.  Hinkson, 
Los  Altos;  Henry  Karrer,  Fresno;  George  A.  Malony, 
Concord;  J.  P.  Prendergast,  Santa  Clara;  Alfred  J. 
Roberts,  Jr.,  Belmont;  Otto  C.  vonSeggern,  and  Val- 
erian Skrylov,  Mill  Valley;  Myron  E.  Steele,  Jr.,  Bris- 
bane; Arthur  G.  Strassburger,  Sausalito;  and  Don 
Tonelli  of  Richmond. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS — San  Francisco  Post 

John  M.  Ferry,  Special  Assistant  for  Installations, 
Office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Air  Force  with  head- 
quarters in  Washington,  D.  C.  was  the  featured 
speaker  at  the  August  meeting  held  in  the  Presidio 
Officers  Club,  San  Francisco. 

Ferry  presented  a  two-fold  program:  His  experience 
during  the  last  four  years  in  installation  work  at 
Washington,  and  Construction  of  the  Air  Force 
Academy  at  Colorado  Springs.  Numerous  slides  and 
a  film  "Creation  of  a  Monument"  where  shown,  as 
was  a  model  of  the  controversial  Chapel. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS— Los  Angeles 

The  Annual  Field  Trip  for  senior  and  junior  mem- 
bers will  be  held  on  September  19th,  when  members 
will  visit  the  Kaiser  Steel  Mill  in  Fontana.  A  tour 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Son  Francisco  Section 

H.  C  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  Isf  Vice- 
President;  Harmer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jaoobs,  Secty.  and  Treos. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy  .-Treos.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  121  So.  Alvorado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmar  L.  McConnell,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Secj'., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L,  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5. 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  Calilomia  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy  ,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of  American   Military 

Engineers — San  Francisoo  Post 

Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  USAF,  President;  C.  R.  Graff, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Seymore  A.  Potter,  Jr.,  2nd 
Vice-President;  Roger  L.  Cairns,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hartnett, 
USA;  Donald  McColl;  Copt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN;  C. 
Grant  Austin,  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  Secy. 
USAF,  U.S.  Appraisers  Bldg,  630  Sonsome  St.,  Son 
Francisco. 


of  construction  will  be  held  at  4:.i0  p.m.,  inspection 
being  made  of  the  new  l.iO  foot  high  blast  furnace 
shell,  the  coke  ovens  now  under  construction,  and 
new  installations  in  the  Club  Mill  and  Strip  Mill. 

Following  the  inspection  tour  dinner  will  be  served 
in  the  company's  cafeteria. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

The  August  meeting  was  arranged  by  the  Junior 
Activities  Committee  and  comprised  a  meeting  de- 
voted to  the  consideration  of  "Lightweight  Pre- 
stressed  Concrete"  by  Ray  A.  McCann;  "Big  Bend 
Flood  Control  Project"  by  Harry  P.  Weldon;  "Squaw 
Valley"  by  Robert  J.  Toft;  "Sequoia  House"  by  Don- 
ald H.  Moyer,  and  "Union-Engineers"  by  Donald  F. 
Javete.  All  of  the  speakers  are  young  engineers  of  the 
Bay  Area. 

Recent  new  members  include;  Samuel  P.  Laverty 
and  Leonard  F.  Robinson,  Members;  and  Myron  Gold- 
smith and  William  F.  Spenny,  Affiliate  Members. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF 
MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 

James  N.  Landis,  San  Francisco  engineer  and  vice 
president  of  Bechtel  Corporation,  has  been  nominated 
to  the  presidency  of  The  American  Society  of  Me- 
chanical Engineers,  and  will  be  installed  in  office,  after 
a  brief  ballot  of  the  membership,  during  the  ASME 
annual  meeting  to  be  held  in  New  York  City  in 
December. 

Landis  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan in  1922,  with  a  B.S.  degree  in  Mechanical  Engi- 
neering. Between  1923  and  1948  he  held  a  number  of 
responsible  engineering  positions  with  the  Brooklyn 
Edison  and  Consolidated  Edison  Companies  of  New 
York.  In  1948  he  moved  to  California  and  became 
chief  power  engineer  for  the  Bechtel  Corporation.  He 
has  been  a  vice-president  for  five  years  and  has  had 


charge  of  the  firm's  commercial  atomic  power  work 
for  the  generation  of  electricity. 

Other  officers  and  directors  named  to  serve  with 
Landis  include:  Henry  S.  Aurand,  Lieut.  General,  U.S. 
Army  (Ret.),  Honolulu,  Hawaii,  Vice-President  Re- 
gion VH;  and  Elmer  O.  Bergman,  stafi^  consultant  of 
C.  F.  Braun  6?  Co.,  Alhambra,  California,  Director  of 
Codes  and  Standards. 

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STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  EXAMINATION 
STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA  LICENSE 

Examinations  for  authority  to  use  the  title  "Struc- 
tural Engineer"  will  be  given  November  29'r^O,  with 
final  filing  date  September  1st, 

Applications  should  be  sent  to  Room  529,  1020  "N" 
Street,  Sacramento. 


ENVIRONMENTAL  CONTROL 
INSTITUTE  TO  MEET 

Dean  L.  M.  K.  Boclter,  UCLA  School  of  Engineer- 
ing, will  be  the  principal  speaker  at  the  2-day  con' 
ference  to  be  held  on  the  UCLA  campus  September 
12'1J,  taking  as  his  subject  "Man's  Effort  to  Control 
His  Environment". 

Other  speakers  who  will  participate  in  the  nation's 
first  attempt  to  integrate  man's  knowledge  of  indoor 
climate  design  with  his  health  and  comfort  needs 
includes:  Prof.  L.  P.  Harrington  of  Yale  University 
and  John  E.  Haines  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  past 
president  American  Society  of  Heating  and  Air  Con- 
ditioning Engineers. 

The  conference  is  being  sponsored  by  the  Univer- 
sity of  California,  Los  Angeles,  School  of  Engineer- 
ing,  in  cooperation  with  the  Institute  of  Heating  and 
Air  Conditioning  Industries,  an  association  of  leading 
contractors,  suppliers  and  manufacturers. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

The  August  meeting  was  the  Annual  Field  Day, 
observed  this  year  at  the  Riviera  Country  Club,  with 
the  day  and  evening  being  devoted  to  golf,  softball, 
recreation,  dinner  and  entertainment.  Reports  are  that 
the  day  was  a  huge  success  with  a  large  number  taking 
advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  enjoy  a  day  of  rest 
and  relaxation. 

The  list  of  new  members  includes:  Elroy  D.  Baldner, 
Alvaro  L.  Collin,  Reese  L.  Freeland,  Jr.,  Frank  B. 
Harvie,  Stuart  K.  Harvie,  Robert  S.  Henderson,  Jo- 
seph Kinoshita,  Richard  E.  O'Rear,  Alvin  Paley,  and 
William  P.  Tenney  all  Associates.  Hugh  M.  Elliott, 
Charles  S.  Glazebrook,  James  P.  Hawke,  and  Rossiter 
L.  White,  Members;  Richard  A.  Arnold,  Kenneth  K. 
Dixon,  and  Jack  H.  Montgomery,  Student  Members; 
and  William  E.  Bradford  and  Victor  A.  Harvey, 
Allied  Members. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  FOR 
TESTING  MATERIALS 

Richard  T.  Kropf,  vice-president  and  director  of 
research  for  Belding  Heminway  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York, 
has  been  elected  president  of  the  American  Society 
for  Testing  Materials. 

A  native  of  Chicago,  Kropf  received  his  B.S.  degree 
from  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  in  1931. 


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manufacture  characteristic  of  all  Packard-Bell 
products.  In  choice  of  walnut,  birch,  rotary 
mahogany,  ash,  ribbon  mahogany,  and  white 
oak  with  our  deluxe  solid  or  hollow  core  doors. 
Fully  guaranteed  as  set  forth  in  the  standard 
Door  Guarantee  of  the  National  Woodwork 
Manufacturers  Assn. 


The  Bellwood  Company  of  California 
533  W.  Collins  Ave.,  Orange,  Calif. 


ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

The  architectural  firm  of  Reynolds  6? 
Chamberlain,  3833  Piedmont  Ave.,  Oak- 
land, has  been  commissioned  by  the  Oak- 
land Unified  School  District  to  design 
the  new  Cox  Elementary  School  building 
to  be  built  in  the  city  of  Oakland. 

OFHCE  AND 
LABORATORY 

A  64x25  ft.,  composition  roofing,  con- 
crete slab  with  asphalt  tile  flooring  build- 
ing will  be  built  in  Pasadena  to  serve  as 
a  mechanical  test  office  building  for  the 
United  Geophysical  Company. 


ASIAN  ARCHITECTS 
VISIT  LA  ARCHITECT 

Two  Indonesian  architects  were  recent 
visitors  in  the  Los  Angeles  offices  of  Vic- 
tor Gruen  and  Associates  through  sponsor- 
ship of  the  Asia  Foundation. 

Oei  Jan  Beng  and  Oen  Poo  Hauw, 
seniors  at  the  University  of  Architecture 
and  fine  arts  in  Bandung,  Indonesia,  will 
remain  with  the  Gruen  firm  for  two 
months  studying  American  architecture 
and  construction. 


OPENS  PHOENIX 
BRANCH  OFHCE 

Tuttlc-Kellogg,  architects  and  engineers, 
Los  Angeles  announce  opening  of  new 
offices  in  Phoenix,  Arizona.  They  also 
have  offices  in  Arcadia  and  Temple  City, 
Alaska  and  Washington,  D.  C. 

Efforts  are  concentrated  in  the  fields  of 
military,  industrial  and  commercial  archi- 
tectural and  engineering  work. 

The  Phoenix  branch  will  be  in  charge 
of  Jack  Lester,  according  to  Leo  Strecker, 
chairman   of  the   board   of  Tuttle-Kellogg. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


A.I.A.  Activities 

(From  page  31) 
where  he  met  all  of  the  top  architects  at  dinners  and 
social  events.  His  remarks  were  illustrated  with  slides. 
The  Auguts  meeting  is  a  joint  conference  with 
Bay  Area  architects  and  engineers  on  "The  Impact  of 
Atomic  Energy  on  the  Design  Professions,"  scheduled 
for  the  27th  at  the  Hawaiian  Gardens  in  San  Jose. 

Wall  Murals  -  Decorated  Panels 

(From  page  20) 
has  pioneered  the  development  of  additional  design 
techniques   through   the   utilization    of   photographic 
and  silk  screen  processes. 

Many  orders  for  religious  wall  murals  arc  received 
from  churches  throughout  and  outside  of  the  conti- 
nental United  States.  An  outstanding  example  of  a 
religious  wall  mural  is  the  hand  decorated  portrayal  of 
the  Virgin  Mary  holding  the  Christ  Child  which  was 
made  for  "Our  Lady  of  Perpetual  Help"  Church  in 
Puerto  Rico.  Created  with  Glazed  Ceramic  Tile,  the 
4^2x6  ft.  mural  employed  colors  of  brilliant  green, 
brown,  blue  and  gold  on  a  champagne  color  back- 
ground. 

The  Shrincr's  Crippled  Children's  Hospital  in  Los 
Angeles  by  architects  Harold  Chambers,  F.A.LA.  and 
Lester  Hibbard,  A. LA.,  used  a  wall  background  of 
solid  color  tile  with  special  tile  murals  depicting 
favorite    children's   stories   such    as   "Jack    and   Jill," 


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LUMINOUS  CEILINGS 

A  Luminous  ceiling  is  a  lighting  fixture 
as  big  as  a  room.  It  consists  of  a  light 
source  below  which  diffusing  panels  are 
hung  from  wall  to  wall. 
The  quality  and  quantity  of  light  sup- 
plied by  this  room  size  light  fixture  de- 
pends upon  the  type  and  spacing  of 
lamps  and  the  efficiency  of  the  diffusing 
panels. 

Because  White  translucent  Plexiglas 
meets  this  last  requirement  so  completely, 
It  has  become  the  standard  diffusing 
material  in  luminous  ceilings. 
Plexiglas  is  manufactured  in  flat  and  pat- 
terned sheets  in  a  wide  range  of  siies, 
thickness   and   color. 

Plexiglas  is  the  trade  name  for  Acrylic 
plastic  produced  by  Rohm  and  Haas 
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"Old  King  Cole"  and  others.  The  murals  designed  by 
Malcolm  Cameron,  were  on  6x4]/^  inch  tiles. 

A  children's  library  in  South  San  Francisco  created 
a  child's  atmosphere  by  using  an  8x8  ft.  tile  mural 
depicting  the  story  of  "Winken,  Blinken  and  Nod." 

Gladding,  McBean  6?  Co.  spent  two  years  in  the 
preparation  of  eight  wall  panels  for  the  West  View 
Abbey  Cemetery  Mausoleum  in  Atlanta,  Georgia.  The 
West  View  Abbey  panels  designed  by  architect, 
Clarence  L.  Jay  of  Altadcna,  California,  used  6x6 
inch  tile. 

Hermosa  Glazed  Ceramic  Tile  was  also  used  for 
wainscoating  through  the  West  View  Abbey  Mauso- 


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Specifications  Writing 

(From  page  26) 
the  whole  building  industry  in  a  current  that  can  end 
only  in  loss  of  livelihood  and  loss  of  prestige  for  all  of 
us.  It  is  time  that  we  see  ourselves  in  the  mirror  of  our 
own  work  and  start  doing  something  about  the  un- 
healthy reflection  that  faces  us.  It  is  time  that  we 
recognize  the  human  side  of  specification  writing. 

If  the  points  that  I  have  attempted  to  make  and  the 
logic  that  I  have  tried  to  apply  will  accomplish  the  sole 
purpose  of  provoking  you  into  thinking  of  this  situa- 
tion  long  enough  to  even  disagree  with  me,  I  shall  feel 
that  I  have  accomplished  a  worthwhile  objective.  The 
finest  characteristic  of  this  great  land  of  ours  is  that 


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when  her  people  become  aroused  and  aware,  when 
they  start  to  exchange  opinions,  and  start  being  con- 
structively  critical  of  themselves,  then  truly  we  achieve 
our  greatest  moments.  I  am  most  honored  and  grateful 
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(Conclusion) 


CALIFORNIA  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS 
EXAMINATIONS  SCHEDULED  FOR  FALL 

Final  filing  date  for  application  to  take  the  Califor- 
nia State  Structural  Engineers  Examination  must  be 
postmarked  by  12:00  midnight,  September  1,  1957; 
however,  an  earlier  date  is  advised. 

Applications  should  be  mailed  to  Room  529,  1020 
N  Street,  Sacramento  14,  California. 


California  State  Fair 

(From  page  23) 
and  unusual  floral  displays  along  with  a  series  of  typi- 
cal California  patio  layouts. 

Daily  concerts,  including  all  forms  of  music  from 
classical  to  modern  "rock  'n  roll",  will  originate  from 
the  large  outdoor  bandstand  offering  refreshing  music 
to  fairgoers  taking  time  out  for  a  breather  on  the 
spacious  green  lawns. 

After  all  these  attractions  if  you  still  feel  the  need 
of  further  culture,  a  nightly  display  of  spectacular  fire- 
works will  serve  as  a  reminder  an  all-star  cast  is  about 
to  perform  beneath  the  stars  on  the  grandstand  stage. 

Also  scheduled  each  evening  is  the  West's  oldest 
continuous  horse  show. 

Where  is  this  smallest  city  of  cities  within  a  city? 
Resting  on  207  acres  of  lush  green  lawns  and  towering 
trees  in  the  heart  of  the  state's  capitol.  A  visiting 
fairgoer  can  easily  reach  the  grounds  from  any  point 
in  the  city  within  a  few  minutes  by  car  or  especially 
scheduled  express  busses. 

So  put  away  any  thought  of  toil  for  August  28-Sep- 
tember  8  and  join  the  crowds  headed  for  the  fair- 
grounds. This  year's  fair  is  packed  with  too  much  fun 
to  miss. 


THEODORE  PARKER  DRESSER,  JR.,  Chief  En- 
gineer and  Vice-President  of  Abbot  A.  Hanks,  Inc., 
San  Francisco,  was  given  an  Award  of  Merit  by  the 
American  Society  for  Testing  Materials  at  the  Soci- 
ety's 60th  annual  meeting  in  Atlantic  City  recently. 
The  award  was  in  recognition  of  his  long-time  valued 
service  in  advancing  the  interests  of  ASTM  on  the 
West  Coast,  and  for  support  of  technical  and  adminis- 
trative work. 


PICTURE  CREDITS:  Porcelain  Enamel  (Architectural  Di- 
vision) Publicity  Division,  Cover:  Commercial  Studios,  Page 
1>,  14.  15.  16.  17:  Gladdinq.  McBean  &  Co..  Page  IS  (top): 
David  P.  Shelhamer.  Page  IS  (bottom):  Alex  Myers.  Page 
19  (top):  Hermosa  Tile  Co..  Page  19  (bottom).  20 
(top):  Philip  Fein.  Page  20  (bottom):  California  State  Pair. 
Page  21.  22.  23. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


BOOK  REVIEWS 

PAMPHLETS  AND  CATALOGUES 


JAPANESE  TEMPLES  AND  TEA-HOUSES.  By  Werner 
Blaser.  Dodge  Books,  119  West  40th  St.,  New  York  18, 
N.Y.  Price  ^12.75. 

This  new  booli  is  distinguished  by  its  accomplishment  of 
several  major  objectives.  An  exquisite  collection  of  photc 
graphs  and  drawings  of  Japanese  architecture;  a  penetrating 
brilliant  study  of  the  elements — historical,  spiritual,  social — 
which  provided  the  inspiration  of  these  structures,  and  which 
underline  their  significance  in  today's  world.  Serious  perusal 
of  both  text  and  graphic  material  will  quicken  the  reader's 
awareness  that  this  new  book  accomplishes  a  third  objective; 
The  reader  will  grasp  our  own  architecture  in  a  perspective 
of  discipline,  tradition  and  reverence  which,  once  common  in 
the  Western  World,  would  appear  to  have  been  long  forgotten. 


HERE  UVED  THE  CALIFORNIANS.  By  Oscar  Lewis. 
Rinehart  SC  Company,  Inc.,  232  Madison  Ave.,  New  York 
16,  N.  Y.    Price  ^7.95. 

This  book,  by  a  well  known  California  writer,  is  a  handsome 
tribute  to  the  architecture  of  the  Golden  State  of  California. 
Text  covers  some  one  hundred  notable  houses,  from  Eureka 
in  the  North  to  San  Diego  in  the  South;  arranged  by  historical 
periods  rather  than  geographical;  begins  with  a  section  on 
surviving  adobes  erected  during  the  Spanish  and  Mexican 
eras,  followed  by  a  group  of  houses  dating  from  Gold  Rush 
times.  Next  are  the  Victorian  houses  of  Civil  War  days  and 
ornate  mansions  of  the  '70's  and  '80's  the  homes  of  the  rail- 
road and  bonanza  kings;  then  the  '90's  and  early  1900"s  when 
many  great  estates  were  laid  out  on  the  San  Francisco  peninsula, 
Montecito,  Pasadena  and  elsewhere. 


PRACTICAL  HOUSE  CARPENTRY— Simplified  Methods 
for  Building.  By  J.  Douglas  Wilson.  McGraw-Hill  Book 
Co.,  330  West  42nd  St.,  New  York  36,  N.  Y.  Price  ^5.50. 

Clear  instructions  and  illustrations  on  carpentry  methods 
and  useful  background  are  combined  in  this  book  to  make  a 
practical  manual  of  house  carpentry.  It  is  planned  to  help 
the  carpenter  or  handyman  who  may  not  have  had  much  ex- 
perience in  house  building  to  develop  as  a  craftsman  in  this 
field.  Every  step  in  constructing  a  one-story  residence  is 
explained  and  illustrated.  Methods  for  doing  each  carpentry 
job  in  foundation  work,  framing,  and  exterior  and  interior 
finishing  are  included.  Operations  described  are  basically 
sound  from  the  viewpoint  of  the  carpentry  trade  and  are 
presented  in  easily-readable  language.  Tools,  building  codes, 
safety,  and  materials  are  also  covered  by  the  author. 


NEW  CATALOGUES  AVAILABLE 

Architects,  Engineers,  Contractors,  Planning  Commission 
members — the  catalogues,  folders,  new  building  products 
material,  etc.,  described  below  may  be  obtained  by  directing 
your  request  to  the  name  and  address  given  in  each  item. 

Construction  stakes  and  accessories.  New,  colored  brochure 
showing  by  illustration  and  drawing  how  time  can  be  saved 
and  money  earned  by  use  and  application  of  C6?H  construc- 
tion stakes  and  accessories;  various  construction  uses  described. 
Free  copy  write  DEPT-Afe?E,  C&?H  Specialties  Co.,  909 
Camelia  St.,  Berkeley  6,  California. 

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Since  1898 


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All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
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be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  nnust  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 


lONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(<)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


imCKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common   Bricic— Per   !    M    laid— $145.00  up   (ac- 
cording   to   class   of  work). 

Face  Brick— Per   I    M   laid— $250.00  and   up   (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 

Brick   Steps— $2.00  lin.  ft.   &   up. 

Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$1.75  and  up — (according  to  class  of  work). 

Face    Brick    Veneer    on    Frame    BIdgs.— Approx. 
$2.25  and   up  (according  to  class  of  work). 

Common  Brick— $44.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 

Face   Brick- $81.00  to   $104.00   per   M,   truckload 
lot*,  delivered. 

•  land  Structural  Unitt— Walli  Eracted— 
Clear  Glazed — 

2  I  4  I  12  Furring $1.75  pertq.  ft. 

4  «  4  «  12  Partition 2.00  per  iq.  ft. 


4  I  4  >  12  Double  Faced 
Partition 


2.25  per  tq.  ft. 
For  colored  glaie  add 30  per  »q.  ft. 

Mantel   Fire   Brick  $150.00  per   M-F.O.B.   Pitts- 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M-$I45.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving-$75.0O. 

lullding  Tile— 

Ix5'/jxl2inche«.  per  M $139.50 

4«5i/jil2-inches.  per  M 105.00 

4i5i/jxl2-inchei,   per  M 84.00 

Hollow  Tlle- 

I2xl2i2-inches,   per  M $144.75 

I2il2x3-inche«.  per  M 154.85 

12xl2x4-inehej,   per  M 177.10 

I2xl2x4-inchet,  per  M 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 


■UILOING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

I  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll. 


2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 

J  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll._ 

Brownskin,  Standard  500  ft.  roll... 
Sisalkraft,  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll- 
Sheathing  Papers — 

Asphalt  sheathing,   15-lb.  roll 

30-lb.  roll 

Dampcourse,  214-ft.  roll 

Blue  Plasterboard,  40-lb.  roll 

Felt  Papers— 

Deadening  felt,  %-lb.,  50-ft.  roll.. 
Deedening  felt,   Mb.. 


..$5.30 
.  7.80 
_  ?.70 
..  4.85 


_$2.70 
.  3.70 
_  2.95 

-  5.10 

..$4.30 

-  5.05 
_  2.70 
_  3.70 


Asphalt  roofing.   15-lbs 

Asphalt  roofing,  30-lbs 

Seofing  Papers — 

Standard  Srede,  108ft.  roll.  Light. $2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium 2.90 

Heavy 3.40 

M.  S.  Extra  Heevy 3.95 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following  prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
otherwise  shown.    Carload  lots  only. 
Bunker 
per  ton 

Gravel,  all  sizes $3.00 

Top  Sand  3.20 

Concrete   Mix  3.10 

Crushed  Rock,  'A"  to  %" 3.20 


Del'd 
per  ton 
$3.75 
3.95 
3.85 
3.95 
3.95 


Crushed  Rock,  W'  to  V/2" 3.20 

Roofing  Gravel 3.15  i.au 

Sand- 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  &  4) 3.75  4.50 

Olympia  (Nos.  I  &  2) 3.25  3.80 

Cement- 
Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks). 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) _.$l.30 

Carload   lots,  in   bulk,  per  bbl 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 

Prox.,   less  than   carload   lots,   $5.20  per  bbl. 

f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.40  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.L. 2% 

Trinity  White 1  I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 

Medusa  White j-  sack,  warehouse  or 

Calaveras  White J  delivered. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 

Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  6  si. 

in  bulk  

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 

Hay- 


4x8xl4-inches,  each  . 

4x8xl4-inches,  each 

8x8xl4-inches,  each  , 

I2x8xl4-inches,  each 

I2x8x24-inches,  each 


dita 
-.$  J2 


.44 


Aggragatas— tfaydtt*  or  Basalita      Plant 

%-inch  to  Vi-inch,  per  cu.  yd $5.85- 

%-inch  to  A-inch,  per  cu.  yd. 5.85- 

No.  4  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85- 


.$14.20 

.       .90 

Ba- 
salt 
$  .22 

.      .271/2 
.32 
.441/2 
.47 

$7.75 

7.75 

7.75 


DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing— 

Two-coat  work,  $8.00  per  square  and  up. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $12.00  per  square  and  up. 

Hot  ooating  work,  $5.00  per  square  &  up. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and  up. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  typo.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less;  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will  run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings; 
$325  on  old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  '/a  in.  gauge  25c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magneslto, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastlpave — $1.90  per  sq.   yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum — $6.00  sq.   yd.    &   up 

laid. 
Terazzo   Floors — $2.25  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps — $3.50  per  lln,  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat — according  to  type — 

45c  per  sq.  ft.  and  up. 
Hardwood  Flooring — 
OaV  Flooring— T  i  G— Unfln.- 

Hx2'A  1/2x2    y,x2    Ak2 

Clear  Qtd.,  White $425    $405    $         $ 

Clear  Qtd.,  Red. _.  405      380 

Select  Qtd.,  Red  or  White.  355  "" 
Clear  Pin.,  Red  or  White„  355 
Select  Pin.,  Red  or  White..„  340 
#1  Common,  red  or  White  315 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prafinished  Oak  Flooring— 


335 

325 
305 


1/2  X  2...... 

Vi  X  21/2.. 

H  «  2IA.., 

H  >  2%_ 


$349.00 

380.00 

390.00 

375.00 

ii  X  31/4 395.00 

H  X  21/4  &  31/4  Ranch  Plank 

Unfinished  Maple  Flooring — 

H  X  21/4   First  Grade 

H  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

H  X  21/4  2nd  &  Btr.  Grade 

"1  X  21/4  3rd  Grade. 


M  >  31/4  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM.. 

H  X  3'/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 

33/32  X  21/4  First  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade 

Floor   Layer  Wag*  $2.83  per  hr. 


Str  ndard 
i359.(» 
370.00 
381.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 


..$39000 

-  345.00 
_  375.00 

-  240.00 

-  380.00 

-  390.00 

-  400.00 
.  340.00 
_  320.00 


GLASS— 

Single  Strength  Window  Glass — 
Double  Strength  Window  Glass.. 
Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75. 

75  to   100 

•/«  in.  Polished  Wire  Plata  Glass. 

1/4  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glass 

'/«  in.  Obscure   Glass 

A  in.  Obscure     Glass _ 

</t  in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure.. 

A  in.   Heat  Aborbing  Wire 

i/s  in.  Ribbed 

A  in.  Ribbed    

f/l  in.  Rough    

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place 


.30  pern  ft. 
._  .45  par  D  ft. 
._  1.40  per  n  ft. 
_-  1.74  per  D  ft. 
2.50  per  Q  H. 
_  .80  per  B  ft. 
_  .55  per  D  ft. 
_  .70  per  □  ft. 
._  .54  per  D  ft. 
_  .72  pern  ft. 
_  .55  per  Q  ft. 
_  .75  per  Q  ft. 
_  .55  per  O  ft. 
_  .75  per  D  ft. 
to  .30  per  D  ft. 
_  3.50  per  D  ft. 


HEATING— Installed 

Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor  Furnace.  25,000  BTU_ 

35,000  BTU. 

45,000  BTU_ 

Automatic  Control.   Add„ 


Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25.000  BTU 72 

35.000  BTU 

45,000  BTU. 

With  Automatic  Control.  Add_^_  45 

Unit  Heaters,  50,000  BTU 

Gravity  Furnace,  65,000  BTU 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75,000  BTU 

Water  Heaters— S-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control, 

20  gal.  capacity 

30  gal    capacity 

40  gal.  capacity , 


.00-  80.00 

.00-  87.00 

.00-  95.00 

.00-  45.00 

.00-134.00 

149.00 

I4I.0O 

.00-141.00 

215.00 

210.00 

342.00 


94.00 
112.00 
135.00 


AUGUST,      1957 


rNSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool   Insulation— 

(2")   Less  than   1,000  Q  ft $64.00 

(2")  Over  1,000  n  ft 59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")    ....$41.40  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisalation  Aluminum  Insulation— Aluminum 

coated   on   both  sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel   $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"   thickness   $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  - 69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IRON — Cost   of  ornamental   iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 

LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 

O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m $1  15.00 

Flooring- 

Per  M  Delvd. 

V.G.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  X  ■(  T  &  G  Flooring $225.00 

"C"   and   better— all 215.00 

"D"   and   better— all 1 45.00 

Rwd.  Rustic— "A"  grade,  medium  dry 185.00 

8  to  24  ft. 


Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft, 

1/4-inch,    4.0x8.0-SIS    

lA-inch,    4.0x8.0-SIS    .. 
%-inch,     per    M    sq.    ft, 
Plysform _ 


.$120.00 

160.00 

.     200.00 

160.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)— 

Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2,  $7.00; 

No,  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to   lay  shingles,  $7.50  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes— 1/2"   to   3/4"   x   24/26   in    handsplit 

tapfred  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

%"  to  11/4"  x  24/26  in  split  resawn, 

per  square  - 17.00 

Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $8.50  per  square. 
Pr«sure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated   .. Add  $35  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted,     <■ 
8-lb.    treatment  Add  $45  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard   Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2 1 -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $10  to  $15  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $1.75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases   for   kitchen    and    pantries    seven    ft. 

high,   per   lineal   ft.,   upper   $10  to   $15; 

lower  $12  to  $18. 
Dining  room  cases,  $20.00  p6r  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing    (average),    $115    per   M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $  1 25  to  $  1 35  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard  $  .90 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.35 

Cold  water  painting per  yard       .45 

Whitewashing  per  yard        .25 

Unseed  Oil.  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light   iron   drums per  gal.  $2.28        $2.34 

5-gallon  cans per  gal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans  _ each    2.52         2.58 

Quart  cans  each      .71  .72 

Pint  cans each      .38  .39 

y2-pint  cans ..each      .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis.  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1.65 

5-gallon  cans  „ per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans _ each     1.88 

Quart  cans  - each      .64 

Pint  cans  each      .31 

Vl-pint  cans each      .20 


Pioneer  White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Pastt) 

List  Price  Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight         Per  100      Pr.  per        per  100      Pr.  per 
Packages  lbs.  pkg.  lbs.  pkg. 

lOO-lb.   kegs  $28.35        $29.35  $27.50        $27.50 

50-lb.   kegs  30.05  15.03  28.15  14.08 

25-lb.   kegs  30.35  7.50  28.45  7.12 

5-lb.   cans'   ...  33.35  1.34  31.25  1.25 

lib.  cans'  ...  36.00  .36  33.75  .34 

500    lbs.    (one    delivery)    Vtc    per    pound    less    than 
above. 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Pounds 

100  50  25 

lbs.        lbs.        lbs. 

Dry   White   Lead $26.30    $ $ 

Litharge    25.95      26.60      26.90 

Dry    Red    Lead 27.20      27.85      28.15 

Red    Lead    in   Oil 30,65       31.30      31.60 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-inch     $2.75  lineal  foot 

8-inch    3.25  lineal  foot 

I O-inch     4, 1 0  lineal  foot 

12-inch     5.20  lineal  foot 

Installation    75c  to  $1.50  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat  wall,   per  ton    delivered    In   S.    F.   in 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING  (Interior)  — 

Yard 

3   Coats,   metal    lath  and   plaster $3.75 

Keene  cement  on  metal   lath 4.25 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(lathed    only) 3.75 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

plastered  5.60 

Single    partition    3/4    channels  and    metal    lath 

I    side    (lath   only) 3.75 

Single  partition   %  channels  and   metal    lath 

,2  inches  thick  plastered 8.75 

4-inch     double     partition     %     channels     and 

metal    lath   2  sides    (lath   only) ,, 6.25 

4-inch     double     partition     %     channels    and 

metal   lath  2  sides   plastered 10.25 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)— 

2  coats  cement  finish,   brick  or  concrete 
wall $ 

3  coats  cement  finish.    No.    18   gauge  wire 
mesh _ 

Lime — $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime--  $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath —3/a"— 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stuc>.o— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.7f  pet  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per   fixture    up, 
according  to  grade,  quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply......$l5.00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in  place. 

4'/2  i"-  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I  Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,   per   square 16.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

71/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with  Grayel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Compo  Shingles,  $17  to  $25  per  sq.  laid 
1/2  to  %  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $24,00  to  $30.00 

%  to  I 'A  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San   Francisco. 

Standard,     4-In $  .28 

Standard,      6-in 51 

Standard,      8-in 74 

Standard,    12-in 1.61 

Standard,   24-in 6.42 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.   Warehouse,    San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),   Including   hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unqlazed),  per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  In  place. 

1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

3/a-in.  Rd.  (Less  thon   I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

i/j-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

%-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)   per   100  lbs 7.25 

y4-in.  &  '/s-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton) 7.15 

I    in.   &   up    (Less  than    I   ton) „.  7.10 

I   ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  See 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 


TILE— 

Ceramic  Tile   Floors— Commercial  $1.95  to  $2.25 

per  sq.  ft. 

Cove    Base— $1.50   per   1 

n.    ft. 

Quarry  Tile  Floors,  6x6" 

with  6"  base  ®  $1.60  per 

sq.  ft. 

Tile  Wainscots  &  Floors, 

Residential,  41/4x41/4",  ® 

$1.95   to  $2.25   per  sq 

ft. 

Tile   Wainscots,   Comme 

cial  Jobs,  41/4x41/4"  Tile. 

(n)    $1.70   to    $2.00   pe 

sq.    ft. 

Asphalt  Tile  Floor  Va"  ■ 

,%'■.„$  .25-$  .35  sq.  ft. 

Light  shades  slightly  h 

gher. 

Cork   Tile— $.60   per   sq. 

ft. 

Mosaic  Floors — See  deal 

*rs 

Linoleum  tile,   per  D  ft 

$  .65 

Rubber  tile,   per  D  ft-. 

$  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tils 

Scored 

F.O.B.  S.  F. 

12  X  12,  each 

$  .17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 

Small          Larga 

Patio  Tile— Niles  Red 

Lots            Lots 

12  X  12  X  7/g.inch,     plain 

$  .28           $  .253 

i  X  12  X  %-inch,     plain 

.._ 295            .2*5 

6  X    6  X  Vs-inch,     plain 

.32              .287 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,    per  M. 

$139.50 

6x5'/2xl2-inches,   per   M. 

105.00 

4x51/2x1 2-inches,   per   M. 

84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2.inches,   per  M... 

$144.75 

_. 156.85 

177.10 

235.30 

F.O.B. 

Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

45c    per   square   foot   and    up.    Installation 

extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  and  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


OUICK  HEFEREIVCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Canstructian  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  EKGINEERS 

l.D.  REEOERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  00  2-5050 

Sacramento:  3026  V  St.,  GL  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

E.  C.  BRiUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMOREilRCONOITIOHING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

KAEMPEI^  8  BARRETT 

San  Francisco:  233  Industrial  St.,  JU  6-6200 

IINFORD  AIR  X  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  174-12tli  St.,  TW  3-6521 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10140 

ALUMINUM  BLD6.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  S  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  (Wrouglit  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Stiaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  3201  Ttiird  St.,  Ml  7-2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Portland:  Portland  Wire  i  Iron  Works, 

4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  8.  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St, 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  i  AERIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  LY  10385 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 


BANKS  -  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  i  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2-7700 

BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 

BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  SCO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9lh,  UN  17400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

MICHEL  S  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

C.  E.  TOLAND  8  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 

BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2-3322 

BUILDING  PAPERS  8  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CABINETS  8  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THE  FINK  8SCH1NDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 

Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3  9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7-0311 

CEMENT 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 
CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 
San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St. 
PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 
San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 
Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 
Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 
READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 
RHODES-JAMIESONLTD. 
Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 
SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 
Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 

CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 

Screed  Materials 
C.  8  H.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 
Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS-HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS— ROOF 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArlhur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOOD  CO.  OF  CALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 

Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 

HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

Oakland:  700  •  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 

Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 

Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 

El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 

Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 

GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 

San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRAaORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85  •  14fh  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HOKIN  8  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  20432 


AUGUST,      1957 


ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS  (cont'd) 

LEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

Ssn  Francisco:  212  Clara  St.,  DO  2-6010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  937  McAllister  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  I  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Cough  i  Fell  Sts.,  HE  15904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FlltE  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  I  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

South  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1101-16th  St.,  UN  1-2420 

ETS-HOKIN  S  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  54642 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEAN  I  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2-8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

6AS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3-8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  BIdg.,  YU  6  2718 

D.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS«HAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  2-0678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  CA  1-0856 

JACKS  i.  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Market  St.,  YU  6-0511 

G.  P.  W.  JENSEN  i  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1-2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  i  SON 

San  Francisco:  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN&SWINERTON 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  i  NELSON 

San  Francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2. 4700 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OlSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati:  Cypress  Ave.,  Pet,  5-4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  I  PEA iCE 

SMMateo:135So.  Park,  It  2-6639 


RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  I  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa;  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  i  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

HEATING  t  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  t  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  DO  2-0377 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.W.HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  01  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GLM937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 

INSULATION  WAIL  tOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  i  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

IRON-ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  «  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

LATHING  &  PLASTERING 

ANGELO  J.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  8-1582 

K-LATH  CORP. 

Alhambra:  909  So.  Fremont  St.,  Alhambra 

A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H,  iC.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES-JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco:  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 

LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 

LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Quint  i  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

1701  Galvez  Ave.,  ATwater  2-1157 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  3rd  i  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  i  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 

MARtLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS-KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000-3rd  St.,  YA  6-5024 


MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco;  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY  ii  SON 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

HETAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEER  CO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwight  Way,  TH  5-8710 

HETAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  SALES  CO.  OF  NO.  CALIF. 
Berkeley:  1000  Ashby  Ave.,  TH  3-4964 

METAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  III.:  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  t  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORI 
CENTRAL  MILL  i  CABINET  CO. 
San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 
THE  FINK  I  SCHINDLER  CO. 
San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 
MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 
Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 
Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 
SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  i  SUPPLY  CO. 
So.  San  Francisco;  Railroad  I  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OFFICE  FURNITURE 

GENERAL  fIREPROOFING  CO. 
1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.:  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PAOLl  i  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  1-1632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15lh  St.,  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZELINSKYSSONS 

San  Francisco:  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PHOTOGRAPHS 
Construction  Progress 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  LY  1-0385 

PLASTER 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  I  AGGREGATE  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

WEST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  31S0-18th  St.,  MA  1-5657 


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riOHRINfi 

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San  Francisco;  1790  Yosemite  Ave.,  Ml  8-4250 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 

Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  U  5-3341 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

LOUIS  V.  KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10140 

RODONIBECKER  CO.,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  45510th  St.,  MA  1-3662 

SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  11937 

POST  PULLER 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 

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PUMPIMG  MACHMERY 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2-6794 

R00FIM6 

ANCHOR  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1671  Galvez  Ave.,  VA  4-8140 

ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1400  Egbert  Ave.,  Ml  7-2173 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  930  Innes  Ave.,  VA  4-3261 

lOOF  SCUTTLES 

THE  BIICO  CO. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  i  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

ROOF  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  i  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  8  Wood  Sis.,  GL  2-0805 

SAFES 

THE  HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1699  Market  St.,  UN  1-6644 


SEWER  PIPE 

GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 

San  Francisco:  9th  i  Harrison,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

SHEET  HETAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco;  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  Burlingame,  OX  7-3630 

Los  Angeles:  5414  York  Blvd.,  CL  7-3939 

SPRINKLERS 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

STEEL-STRUCTURAL  t  REINFORCING 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIV.,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco;  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1-2500 

Los  Angeles;  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland,  Ore.;  2345  N.W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle,  Wn.:  1331-3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3-6733 

HERRICK  IRON  WORKS 

Oakland  18th  8  Campbell,  GL  1-1767 

INDEPENDENT  IRONWORKS,  INC. 

Oakland:  780  Pine  St.,  TE  2-0160 

JUDSON  PACIFIC  MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Eastshore  Highway,  OL  3-1717 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  New  Montgomery  St.,  GA  1-0977 

Los  Angeles:  Edison  BIdg. 

Seattle:  White-Henry  Stuart  BIdg. 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg. 

Denver;  Continental  Oil  BIdg. 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco;  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

STEEL  FORMS 

STEELFORM  CONTRACTING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  666  Harrison  St.,  00  2-5582 

SWIMMING  POOLS 

SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 

Walnut  Creek,  Calif.:  1719  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd. 

SWIMMING  POOL  FITTINGS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

TESTING  LABORATORIES 
(ENGINEERS  i  CHEMISTS 

ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  624  Sacramento  St.,  GA  1-1697 


ROBERT  W.  HUNT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  500  Iowa,  Ml  7-0224 

Los  Angeles:  3050  E.  Slauson,  JE  9131 

Chicago,  New  York,  Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING  LABORATORY 

San  Francisco:  651  Howard  St.,  EX  2-1747 

TILE-CLAY  8  WALL 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  9th  8  Harrison  Sts.,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 

Seattle;  945  Elliott  Ave.  West,  GA  0330 

Spokane:  1102  No.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.:  Niles3611    - 

San  Francisco;  50  Hawthorne  St.,  DO  2-3780 

Los  Angeles:  406  So.  Main  St.,  MA  7241 

TILE-TERRAZZO 

NATIONAL  TILE  8  TERAZZO  CO. 

San  Francisco:  198  Mississippi  St.,  UN  1-0273 


TIMBER— TREATED 

J.  H.BAXTER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  YU  2-0200 

Los  Angeles:  3450  Wilshire  Blvd.,  DU  8-9591 

TIMBER  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  8  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  8  Wood  Sts.,  GL  2-0805 

TRUCKING 

PASSETTI  TRUCKING  CO. 

San  Francisco;  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

UNDERPINNING  8  SHORING 

D.  J.  8T.  SULLIVAN 

San  Francisco:  1942  Folsom  St.,  MA  1-1545 

WALL  PAPER 

WALLPAPERS,  INC. 

Oakland;  384  Grand  Ave.,  GL  20451 

WATERPROOFING  MATERIALS 

CONRAD  S0VI6  CO. 

San  Francisco;  875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

WEATHERSTOP 

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Vancouver,  B.C.:  681  E.  Hastings  St. 

Seattle;  304  So.  Alaskan  Way 

WINDOW  SHADES 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining   as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  industry,  California 
Followinci  ore  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 

CRAFT                                         San                           Contra                         Sacra-  San           Santa                            Los        San  Ber-         San  Santa 

Francisco  Alameda    Costa        Fresno       mento  Joaquin       Clara        Solano     Angeles    nardino       Diego  Barbara        K»rn 

ASBESTOS  WORKER... _ _  $3,275        $3,275        $3,275        $3,275        $3,275  $3,275        $3,275        J3.275        $3.35         $3.35          $3.35  $3.35         $3.35 

BOILERMAKER _...    3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45 

BRICKLAYER _.     3.75            3.75            3.75            3.70            3.50  3.50            3.S75          3.75            3.80            3.80            3.75  3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER _ _     3.00            3.00            3.00            2.70            3.00  2.80            2.?0            3.00            2.625          2.62S          2.425  2.i25 

CARPENTER _ 3.125          3.125          3.00            3.00            3.00  3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00  3.00            3.02 

CEMENT  FINISHER _.. 2.995          2.995          2.995          2.995          2.995  2.995          2.995          2.995          2.925          2.925          2.925  2.925          2.925 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type  (1  yd.)     2.705          2.705          2.705          2.705          2.705  2.705          2.705          2.705          2.74            2.74            2.74  2.74            2.74 

ELECTRICIAN 3.375          3.375          3.375                            3.50  3.25            3.61             3.275          3.60            3.60            3.50  3.60            3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985  2.985          2.985          2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR    _ _  2.95            2.95            2.95  2.95            2.95 

6LAZIER  ^ _ _ 2.87            2.87            2.87                              2.905  2.905          2.87            2.87            2.885          2.885          2.90  2.885 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40 

REINF.  STEEL _ 3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15  3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15  3.15            3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL _ 3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING _ 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.32S  2.325          2.325          2.325          2.30            2.30            2.30  2.30            2.30 

CONCRETE 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325          2.325          2.325 

LATHER _..._ _ _..    3.4375        3.84*          3:84*          3.45            3.45t  3.50            3.375          3.75*          3.625          3.625  3.625 

PAINTER:  BRUSH _ _ 3.10            3.10            3.10            2.90            3.00  2.95            3.10            3.25            3.01             3.00            2  94  3.03            2.95 

SPRAY _ 3.10            3.10            3.10            3.15            3.25  3.10            3.10            3.50            3.26            3.25            3.49  3.03            3.20 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR _....     3.325          3.325          3.325          3.325          3.325  3.325          3.325          3.325          3.30            3.30            3.30  3.30            3.30 

PLASTERER _ 3.6125        3.54            3.54            3.35            3.45t  3.55            3.495          3.50            3.75                              3.625  3.625 

PLASTERER  HODCARRlER.._ 3.10            3.42            3.42            3.025          3.00  3.00            3.075          3.15            3.50            3.375          3.375  3.3125        3.25 

PLUMBER _.. _ 3.45            3.59            3.435          3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55  3.55            3.575 

ROOFER _ _ 3.00            3.20            3.20            3.05            2.975  3.05            3.00                              3.I0§                            3.00  3.15            3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER _ 3.30            3.30            3.30            3.125          3.30  3.315          3.30            3.325          3.24            3.24            3.15  3.26            3.40 

STEAMFITTER _ _ 3.45            3.69            3.69            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55  3.55            3.575 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 3.095          3.095          3,095          3.095          3.095  3.095          3.095          3.095          3.05            3.05            3.05  3.05            3.05 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards „ _..    2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325          2.325          2.325          2.405          2.405          2.405  2.405          2.405 

TILE  SETTER 3.225          3.225          3.225          3.25            3.00  3.175          3.225          3.225          3.26            3.50            3.25  3.26            3.21 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacation  allowance  and  transmitted  to  i  $3,625  for  nail-on  lather. 
a  vacation  fund. 

t5  cents  of  this  amount  is  deducted  from  wages  as  a  vacation  allowance  and  §  10  cents  of  this  amount  is  designated  as  a  "savings  fund  wage"  and  is  with, 

transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund.  held  from  pay  and  transmitted  to  an  employee  savings  fund. 

ATTBNTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial   Relations,   Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and   Research, 

•nd  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organiiations  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad* 
■s  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 

CRAFT 
ASBESTOS  WORKER 


San 
Francisco 

Fresno 

Sacramento 

San 

Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 

Bernardino 

San 
Diego 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.lihr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


IRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER.. 


CEMENT  MASON 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER 

GLAZIER... _..... 

IRONWORKER:  REINFORCING...... 

STRUCTURAL _ 

LABORER,  GENERAL 

LATHER 

OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.).. 
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ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  from  the  available  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no  employer  contributions  are  specified,  it  does  not  necessarily 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 


The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated   by  the  following  symbols:  W— Health  and    Welfare;   P— Pensi< 
ttration  fund;  JIB— Joint  Industry  Board;   Prom— Promotion  fund. 


V — Vacations:  A — Apprentice  training  fund;  Adm — Adn 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


AIRPORT  ADDITION.  Costa  Mesa, 
Orange  County.  Board  of  Supervisors, 
Santa  Ana,  owner.  2-story  addition  to  the 
administration  building — $17,950. 

CHURCH  ADD'N,  Watsonville,  Santa 
Cruz  County.  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Santa  Cruz,  owner.  I'story  wood  frame 
and  stucco  addition  to  provide  educational 
facilities— $76,801.  ARCHITECT:  Alfred 
W.  Johnson,  16';  Jessie  St.,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  T.  H. 
Rosewall  Co.,   544  Main   St.,  Watsonville. 

NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL,  Hiram  John- 
son, Sacramento.  Sacramento  City  Unified 
School  District,  owner.  New  Hiram  W. 
Johnson  Senior  High  School,  60  class- 
rooms, administration,  cafeteria,  kitchen, 
library,  special  use  rooms,  gymnasium, 
swimming  pool,  toilet  facilities — $3,724,- 
674.  ARCHITECT:  Chas.  F.  Dean,  1521 


I  St.,  Sacramento.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Campbell  Construction, 
Erickson  Construction,  Lawrence  Con- 
struction Companies  (Joint  Venture), 
3020  V  St.,  Sacramento. 

WAREHOUSE,  Sunnyvale,  Santa 
Clara  County.  Libby,  McNeil  &  Libby, 
owner.  Modern  warehouse  to  cost  $267,- 
000.  ENGINEER:  Hugh  H.  O'Neil,  610 
16th  St.,  Oakland.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: A.  S.  Holmes  &  Son,  Inc., 
9300  G  Street,  Oakland. 

CHURCH,  Campbell,  Santa  Clara 
County.  First  Methodist  Church,  Santa 
Clara,  owner.  1 -story  wood  frame,  stucco, 
wood  beams,  sheetrock,  refrigeration  — 
$91,775.  ARCHITECT:  C.  A.  Steiner, 
2941  Telegraph  Ave.,  Berkeley.  GENER- 
AL CONTRACTOR:  Oscar  W.  Meyer, 
1681  Dry  Creek  Rd.,  San  Jose. 


ARMORY  "A"  TYPE.  Placerville,  El 
Dorado  County.  State  of  California,  Sacra- 
mento, owner.  Reinforced  concrete  foun- 
dations, concrete  slab  floor  and  walls,  rigid 
frame,  wood  roof  sheathing,  composition 
roofing,  steel  sash,  mechanical  and  electri- 
cal work;  10,000  sq.  ft.  of  area— $1 18,440. 
ARCHITECT:  State  Architect,  Sacramen- 
to. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  James 
P.  Morton  Const.  Co. 

BOWLING  CENTER,  Garden  Grove. 
Garden  Square  Investment  Co.,  Garden 
Grove,  owner.  32  bowling  lanes,  32,000 
sq.  ft.  of  area— $300,000. 

WELFARE  BLDG.,  Hollister,  San 
Benito  County.  County  of  San  Benito, 
Hollister,  owner.  1 -story  building  contain- 
ing 15  rooms— $41,950.  ARCHITECT: 
Higgins  &?  Root,  220  Meridian  Rd.,  San 
Jose.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Jo- 
seph W.  Cullumber,  115-5th  St.,  San  Juan 
Bautista. 

INCINERATOR,  Napa  State  Hospital, 
Imola,  Napa  County.  State  of  California, 
Sacramento,  owner.  3000-lb.  per  hour 
refuse  incinerator,  auxiliary  gas  burners, 
breeching    and    tank;    reinforced    concrete 


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charge  platform  with  steel  frame,  corrugat- 
ed metal  enclosure,  grading,  drainage, 
mechanical,  electrical,  paving  —  $58,916, 
ARCHITECT:  State  Architect,  Sacramen- 
to. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  W.  J. 
Kubon  Co.,  39-A  Mary  St.,  San  Rafael. 

PHYSICAL  EDUCATION,  Playfield, 
California  State  Polytechnic  College,  Po- 
mona, Los  Angeles  County.  Trustees  of 
the  College,  Pomona,  owner.  Included  is 
a  football  field,  baseball  field,  three  soft- 
ball  fields,  four  tennis  courts,  four  basket- 
ball courts  and  a  regulation  collegiate  run- 
ning track  with  pole  vault,  shot-put,  broad 
jump  and  javelin  areas,  for  men  and 
women  — $235,488.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Hight  Construction  Co.,  Los 
Angeles. 

SCHOOL  ADD'N,  elementary  school, 
Fullerton,  Orange  County.  Fullerton  Ele- 
mentary School  District,  Fullerton,  owner. 
Addition  comprises  5  classrooms.  Fern 
Drive  School,  and  6  classrooms  at  Valen- 
cia  Park;   concrete   foundations — $85,063. 

SCHOOL    AUTOMOBILE    SHOP, 

Harry  Ellis  High  School,  Richmond,  Con- 
tra Costa  County.  Richmond  Union  High 
School  District,  Richmond,  owner.  Wood 
frame  and  stucco  exterior — $65,990.  AR- 
CHITECT: Schmidts,  Hardman  &?  Wong 
1320  University  Ave.,  Berkeley.  GENER 
AL  CONTRACTOR:  Gaspard  Const 
Co.,  6629  Beck  St.,  Oakland. 

ENGINEERING  BLDG.,  State  Col 
lege,  Fresno.  State  of  California,  Sacra 
mento,  owner.  1 -story  reinforced  concrete 
precast  panels,  structural  steel  pipe  col 
umns,  steel  beams,  wood  roof  deck,  com 
position  roofing,  insulation,  concrete  ma 
sonry  block,  movable  metal  partitions 
steel   sash    and    door,    aluminum   entrance 


lathing,  plastering,  mill  work,  acoustical 
tile,  ceramic  and  asphalt  tile,  Venetian 
blinds,  metal  fencing,  sheet  metal  work — • 
$227,956.  ARCHITECT:  State  Architect, 
Sacramento.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: E.  R.  Pedersen,  924  Fine  Ave., 
Fresno. 

OFFICE  &.  STORE,  Redondo  Beach, 
Los  Angeles  County.  Nardone,  Redondo 
Beach,  owner.  2-story  building,  stores  1st 
floor,  offices  2nd  floor,  built-up  roof,  con- 
crete slab,  asphalt  tile  and  vinyl  floors, 
steel  beams  and  columns,  fixed  glass,  lou- 
vers, plastic  panels,  aluminum  sliding 
doors,  concrete  block  retaining  wall,  as- 
phalt paving,  4200  sq.  ft.  of  area.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Henry  J.  Friel,  1820  S.  Elena  St., 
Redondo  Beach.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Arvil  Wall,  244  Vista  del  Parque, 
Hollywood  Riviera. 

RESTAURANT,  Norwalk,  Los  An- 
geles County.  Burke,  Norwalk,  owner. 
Frame,  stucco  and  exposed  concrete  aggre- 
gate restaurant  building  in  Norwalk.  Lami- 
nated wood  beams,  composition  and 
gravel  roof,  concrete  slab  and  resilient 
tile,  white  metal  framed  plate  glass,  acous- 
tical plaster,  indirect  lighting,  forced  air 
heating,  evaporative  coolers,  stone  mason- 
ry, exposed  concrete  aggregate  sign  pylon; 
3  500  sq.  ft.  of  area.  ARCHITECT:  An- 
derson 6?  Heitman,  2901  E.  Spring  St., 
Long  Beach.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Wilke  Construction  Co.,  10404  S. 
Stamy   Rd.,   Whittier. 

KITCHEN  &  FOOTBALL  BLEACH- 
ERS, High  School,  La  Habra,  Orange 
County.  Fullerton  Union  High  School 
District,  Fullerton,  owner.  The  kitchen 
wing  will  be  of  tilt-up  concrete  construc- 
tion, and  the  football  bleachers  of  poured 
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with  reinforcing  mesh  roofing,  concrete 
floor,  metal  sash,  painting,  plastering, 
plumbing,  electrical  work,  heating,  venti- 
lating, sheet  metal,  structural  and  miscel- 
laneous metal,  kitchen  equipment — $314,- 
827.  ARCHITECT:  William  H,  Harri- 
son, Architects  BIdg.,  816  W.  5th  St.,  Los 
Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Marvin  E.  Lawrence  Co.,  17846  S.  Main 
St.,  Santa  Ana. 

MILITARY    HOUSING     PROJECT, 

Capehart,  Travis  Air  Force  Base,  Solano 
County.  U.S.  Army  Corps  of  Engineers, 
Sacramento,  owner.  Construction  of  fam- 
ily housing  for  military  personnel  under 
provisions  of  the  Capehart  Law — $6,824,- 
000.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Sun- 
gold,  Inc.,  Riverside,  6?  Inland  Empire 
Blders.,  P.O.  Box  2087,  Riverside,  Calif. 

COUNTRY  CLUB  ADD'N,  San  Mateo. 
Peninsula  Golf  6?  Country  Club,  San 
Mateo,  owner.  Addition  includes  patio, 
locker  room  and  men's  bar — $108,000. 
ARCHITECT:  Miller  6?  Steiner,  220  E. 
3rd  Ave.,  San  Mateo.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Morris  Daley  and  Harry 
Kime  6?  Son  (JT.V),  1350  Howard  Ave., 
Burlingame. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Cuddeback, 
Carlotta,  Humboldt  county.  Cuddeback 
Elementary  School  District,  Carlotta,  own- 
er. 1 -Story  wood  frame  construction, 
built-up  roofing;  8-classrooms,  administra- 
tion room,  multi-purpose  room,  kinder- 
garten, toilets— $299,389.  ARCHITECT: 
Gerald  D.  Matson,  537  G  St.,  Eureka. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  A.  C. 
Johnson  &?  Son,  25-6th  St.,  Eureka. 

GYMNASIUM  BLDG.,  Union  High 
School,  Wasco,  Kern  county.  Wasco 
Union  High  School  District,  owner.  Wood 
frame  construction  with  steel  supports — ■ 
$130,980.  ARCHITECT:  Stuhr  6?  Hicks, 
924  Truxton,  Bakersfield.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTORS:  Dalke  Bros,  636  E. 
Lerdo  St.,  Shafter. 

POLICE  STATION,  Bell,  Los  Angeles 
county.  City  of  Bell,  owner.  1 -Story 
reinforced  brick  Police  Station,  6000  sq.ft. 
area,  composition  roofing,  plate  glass 
windows  and  doors,  steel  sash,  concrete 
slab  and  asphalt  tile  covered  floors,  acousti- 
cal tile  ceilings,  air  conditioning,  plumb- 
ing, electrical,  ceramic  tile  in  restrooms, 
attached  car  shelter— $1 37,544.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Risley  6?  Gould,  2502  W.  3rd  St., 
Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Samuelson  Bros.,  3441  Ocean  View 
Blvd.,   Glendale. 

ELECTRONICS  PLANT,  San  Carlos, 
San  Mateo  county.  Eitel-McCullough  Inc., 
San  Mateo,  owner.  1  and  2-Story  steel 
frame  and  composition  roofing  Electronics 
Mfg.  Plant;  concrete  footings,  tilt-up  con- 
crete walls  —  $1,596,770.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Williams  &?  Burrows, 
500   Harbor  Blvd.,   Piedmont. 

CHAPEL,  Pleasant  Hills,  Contra  Costa 
county.  Oblates  of  Mary  Immaculate,  Oak- 
land, owner.  1 -Story  wood  frame  and 
stucco  chapel;  concrete  and  tile  floors, 
built-up  roofing  tar  and  gravel — $256,000. 
ARCHITECT:  Edward  Cerutti,  1440 
Broadway,  Oakland.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Carrico  Const.  Co.,  365 
Ocean  Ave.,  San  Francisco. 

HOSPITAL  ADD'N,  Nursing  Wing, 
Woodland,  Yolo  county.  Woodland  Clinic 


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Hospital,  Woodland,  owner.  2-Story  with 
connection  corridors,  addition  to  the  pres- 
ent hospital;  7,700  sq.ft.  area,  flat  slab 
reinforced  concrete  construction — $301,- 
000.  ARCHITECT:  Mitchell  Van  Bourg 
&  Associates,  Hotel  Claremont,  Berkeley. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Jay  Bailey 
Const.  Co.,  P.  O.  Box   148,  Woodland. 

COMMERCIAL  BLDG.,  Canoga  Park, 
Los  Angeles  county.  Frame  and  stucco  and 
brick  veneer,  commercial  building  in 
Canoga  Park;  3980  sq.ft.  area,  composition 
roof,    pipe    columns,    evaporative    coolers, 


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unit  heaters,  plate  glass,  overhead  doors, 
toilets  —  $20,000.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: F.  Salletmaier,  7034  Vassar 
Ave.,  Canoga  Park. 

CLASSROOM  BLDG.,  State  College, 
Fresno.  State  of  California,  Dept.  Public 
Works,  Sacramento,  owner.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Anson  Boyd,  State  Architect, 
Sacramento— $396,339.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: E.  R.  Pedersen,  924  Fine 
Ave.,   Fresno. 

CAR  WASH,  Redondo  Beach,  Los  Ange- 
les county.  South  Bay  Car  Wash,  Los 
Angeles,  owner.  Brick  car  wash,  rock 
roof,  concrete  slab  and  asphalt  tile  floors, 
laminated  beams,  jalousy  windows,  plumb- 
ing, electrical,  fixed  glass,  plastering;  4000 
sq.ft.  area.  ARCHITECT:  ].  Arthur 
Drielsman,  1914  S.  Vermont  Ave.,  Los 
Angeles. 

SCK3AL    SOENCE    &    ARTS    BLDG., 

U.  C.  Berkeley,  Alameda  county.  Board 
of  Regents,  U.  C.  Berkeley,  owner.  Esti- 
mated cost  of  construction — $1,891,432. 
ARCHITECT:  Gardiner  Dailey,  F.MA,  6? 
Associates,  442  Post  St.,  San  Francisco. 
STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER:  H.  ]. 
Brunnier,  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 
MECHANICAL  ENGINEERING:  Keller 
y  Gannon,  126  Post  St.,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  John  E. 
Branagh  6?  Son,  42  La  Salle,  Piedmont. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Curtis  Creek, 


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Standard,  Tuolumne  county,  Curtis  Creek 
Elementary  School  District,  Standard, 
owner.  Wood  frame,  stucco,  concrete 
block,  asbestos  shingle  roofing,  concrete 
floor;  facilities  include  administration,  8- 
classrooms,  multi-purpose  room,  kitchen, 
kindergarten  and  toilets — $354,172.  AR- 
CHITECT: Warren  C.  Wong,  2644  Pa- 
cific St.,  Stockton.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Rubino  6?  Gullickson,  41  E. 
Wilson  Way,  Stockton. 

OFFICE  ac  WAREHOUSE,  Downey, 
Los  Angeles  county.  George  M.  Cohen, 
Los  Angeles,  owner.  Pre-cast  concrete  wall 
office  and  warehouse  building,  structural 
steel,  built-up  roofing,  slab  floors,  metal 
sash,  metal  doors,  aluminum  trim  on  front 
wall,  drywall  and  plaster  interior,  asphalt 
tile,  acoustic  tile,  toilets,  heating  and 
ventilating^$90,000.  ENGINEER:  Clyde 
Carpenter  fis"  Associates,  2614  S.  Peck  Rd., 
Monrovia. 

JEWISH  COMMUNITY  CENTER,  Oak- 
land, Alameda  county.  Jewish  Welfare 
Federation,  Oakland,  owner.  I-and  part 
2-story  community  center  building  con- 
taining 30,000  sq.ft.  of  offices,  club  rooms, 
and  gymnasium  —  $439,700.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Warnecke  6?  Warnecke,  Financial 
Center  Bldg.,  Oakland.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Chnstenscn  &?  Lyons,  3454 
Harlan    St.,    Oakland. 

ATHLETIC  &  GROUND  IMPROVE- 
MENTS, Pasadena,  Los  Angeles  County. 
Board  of  Education,  Pasadena,  owner. 
Construction  of  a  baseball  field,  public 
toilet  facilities  and  concessions  building; 
demolition  of  agriculture  building  and 
ground  improvement — $85,315.  Architect: 
Robert  H.  Ainsworth  and  Kenneth  S. 
Wing,  1199  E.  Walnut  St,  Pasedena. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Daniel 
Bros.  Const.  Co.,  180  S.  Rosemead, 
Pasadena. 

SAINT  GERTRUDES  CHURCH,  Stock- 
ton, San  Joaquin  county.  Roman  Catholic 
Archbishop  of  San  Francisco,  owner.  Old 
church  to  be  razed  and  site  cleared  for 
construction  of  new,  contemporary  design 
church:  brick  and  stucco  veneer,  stained 
glass  windows  of  old  church  to  be  adapted 
to  new  use;  seating  capacity  800:  64x132 
ft.  36  ft.  bell  tower— $167,000.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Donald  F.  Haines  &"  Associates, 
San  Jose  and  Stockton.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Shepherd  &?  Green,  P.  O. 
Box  1078,  Stockton. 


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STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 

1805  Rollins  Road, 

Burlingame OXford  7-3630 

LOS  ANGELES 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 
5415  Yorlc  Blvd CLinton  7-3939 


ENGINEERING 
DISTRIBUTORS 

FRESNO 

TINGEY  COMPANY 

S17     Divi^aiiero     St ADams  7-6468 

LOS  ANGELES 

HANNON   ENGINEERING,    INC. 

5290  West   VVaslilneton  Blvd WEbsler  6-5176 

OAKLAND 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

963  32(1  Street OLroipIc  3-4179 

PHOENIX 

RATONE  ELECTRONICS  CO.,   INC. 

325  No.  4lh  St ALplne  8-6T93 

SACRAMENTO 

SEMONI  SOUND  SERVICE 

JlSl  Weller  Way Gilbert  3-6438 

SAN   DIEGO 

MUSIC  SERVICE,   INC. 

240S    Flflh   Ave BElmont    2-2589 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

2090  Evans  St Mljilon  8-2534 

SAN  JOSE 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

87    Ras^ett    St CTpress  3-4300 

SEATTLE 

W.  D.  LASATER  COMPANY 

ei5  No.    35th   81 MEIroH   J0»0 

SPOKANE 

NORTHV/EST    ELECTRONICS,    INC. 

Ma.    101   Monroe   St..._ MAdlion  tilt 

PORTLAND 

MANCHESTER-CHANDLER  CO. 

2915  N.E.   Albert*  St _ GA  6600 


ARCHITECTS  MOVE  TO 
NEW  LOCATION 

The  new  firm  of  Johnson  y  Mortensen, 
AIA,  Architects,  have  moved  into  new 
offices  at  142  North  California  Street, 
Exchange  Building,  Stockton,  California, 
where  they  will  engage  in  the  general 
practice  of  architecture. 

New  files  are  being  set-up  and  the  firm 
would  be  interested  in  receiving  latest 
manufacturers  literature. 


NEW  SUPERIOR  CEMENT 
HNISHER  AVAILABLE 

Two  new  Superior  "Lo-Boy"  cement 
finishers  capable  of  finishing  in  '/2  the 
former  time  and  having  extreme  stability, 
easier  handling  and  loading,  and  unusually 
strong,  simple  construction. 


Both  models  measure  only  I6I/2"  from 
blades  to  engine  top  (32"  former  models); 
new  completely  enclosed  transmission  with 
self  contained  clutch;  planetary  gear  de- 
sign, 36  to  1  ratio,  direct  connection  to 
engine  by  vertical,  centralized,  ball  bearing 
mounted  shaft;  lubricated  for  lile;  uses  2% 
h.p.  engine  with  3  5"  ring;  rigid  cast  steel 
blade  supporting  arms  on  both  models  are 
surface  ground  and  jig  bored.  Complete 
data  from  Superior  Cement  Tool  Corpn, 
11616  Wright  Road,  Lyndwood,  Cali- 
fornia. 


KAISER  ALUMINUM 
AUDITORIUM  DOME 

The  first  stressed-skin  aluminum  dome 
auditorium  in  the  United  States  is  sched- 
uled for  construction  in  Virginia  Beach, 
Virginia,  according  to  Henry  J.  Kaiser, 
Chairman  of  the  Board  and  President  of 
Kaiser  Aluminum  6?  Chemical  Corpn. 

The  dome  shell,  designed  by  Kaiser 
Aluminum  engineers,  will  top  a  new  civic 
center  auditorium    being   designed    by   the 


Testing  &  Inspection  of 

All  Architectural  and 

Construction  Materials 

Metallurgists  •  Chemists 
Assayers 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING 
LABORATORY 

651  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 
Phone:  EXbrook  2-1747 

Offices  in  all  principal  cities 


Norfolk  architectural  firm   of  Oliver  and 
Smith. 

A  similar  type  dome  was  used  in  recent 
construction  at  the  Hawaiian  Village  Hotel 
in  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 


WINERY  BOTTLING 
AND  STORAGE  PLANT 

Architect  Germano  Milono,  402  Jackson 
Street,  San  Francisco,  is  completing  plans 
for  construction  of  a  1-story  and  mezzanine 
concrete  block,  prestressed  and  cast  con- 
crete roof  panel  winery  bottling  plant  and 
storage  warehouse  for  the  Charles  Krug 
Winery  in  St.  Helena. 

ROY  A.  SKOVER  JOINS 
OAKLAND  COMPANY 

Roy  A.  Skover,  with  considerable  ex- 
perience in  the  air  handling  field,  has  join- 
ed the  Oakland  offices  of  the  Sanford  Me- 
chanical Equipment  Co,  Inc.,  according  to 
a  recent  announcement. 


PROPOSED  SUNNYVALE 
INN  PROJECT  ANNOUNCED 

Architect  Ned  Abrams,  575  Britton 
Avenue,  Sunnyvale,  is  preparing  prelimi' 
nary  drawings  for  construction  of  a  multi' 
million  dollar  hotel  to  be  built  on  Bayshore 
Highway  between  Lawrence  Station  Road 
and  Mt.  View-Alviso  Road,  for  the  Sunny- 
vale Inn  Corp. 

The  project  will  comprise  hotel  facilities 
covering  13-acre  site,  completely  land' 
scaped.  Accommodations  will  be  provided 
for  104  guest  rooms  and  suites,  shops, 
convention  hall,  and  an  additional  10-acres 
will  be  developed  for  apartments  and 
Commercial  buildings. 


ROOF  SCUTTLE 
SAVES  COSTS 

Here  is  a  way  to  continue  a  stair  tower 
right  up  to  the  roof  level,  with  a  normal 
rise  and  run  of  steps  and  without  the  need 
of  Pent  House  construction. 


The   ronl   scuttle,  illustrated  above,   is  a 
Type    "L"   with   clear   opening   of    2'6"   x  j 
8'0";    special    sizes    made    to    fit    unusual  i 
architectural  requirements.  Another  of  the  ' 
complete  line  of  "Spring-balanced"  doors, 
designed  to  fit  the  need  for  access  through 
any    horizontal    surface,    whether    it    be    a 
roof,    a    ceiling,    a    floor,    or    a    sidewalk. 
Complete  data  available  from  manufactuf 
er,    The    Bilco    Company,    New    Haven, 
Conn.   Representatives   in   Oakland,   Rese' 
da,  and  Fresno,  California. 


DON  LYONS  NAMED 
RESEARCH  DIRECTOR 

M.  Don  Lyons,  president  and  operating; 
head  of  the  M.  Don  Lyons  Company,  Inc., 
an  independent  research  organization,  hai; 
been  appointed  director  of  market  research 
for  the  Sun  Chemical  Corpn,  according  to 
an  announcement  by  Norman  E.  Alexan' 
dcr,  president. 

In  his  new  position,  Lyons  will  invest!' 
gate  and  determine  the  future  potential  of 

ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ill  markets  in  which  the  products  manu- 
factured by  Sun  Chemical  Corp'n  are  a 
factor.  He  will  maintain  general  offices  in 
Long  Island  City,  N.  Y. 

NEW  HOTEL  FOR 
SAUSALITO 

Architect  John  Lord  King,  244  Kearney 
St.,  San  Francisco,  is  preparing  preliminary 
plans  for  construction  of  a  multi-building 
hotel  development  in  Sausalito  for  the 
Grace  Management  Corp.  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

The  project  is  contemplated  in  a  Japa- 
nese Sea  motif  and  will  include  a  water- 
front hotel,  5-guestroom  buildings,  restau- 
rant building,  relreshment  building,  boat 
dock  for  small  sail  and  motor  craft,  swim- 
ming pool  and  will  he  completely  land- 
scaped. Buildings,  generally,  will  be  2- 
story  construction  and  built  on  stilts  to 
give  characteristic  Japanese  architecture 
design.  Exterior  of  buildings  will  be  of 
wood  and  glass.  Estimated  cost  of  the 
work  is  $1,500,000. 


ATHLETIC 
FIELD 

The  architectural  firm  of  Allison  ii 
Rible,  3670  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
are  completing  plans  and  specifications  for 
construction  of  an  athletic  field  on  the 
Riverside  Campus  of  the  University  of 
Cahfornia,  for  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the 
University  of  California. 

The  project  includes  grading,  turfing, 
sprinkler  work,  running  track,  and  field 
event  facilities. 


sen,  266  Mt.  Blvd.,  Oakland,  are  complet- 
ing drawings  for  construction  of  a  1- 
story  addition  to  the  Clcarlake  Elementary 
School  in  Lakeport  for  the  Clcarlake 
Elementary   School   District. 

The  Type  5  construction  will  include 
built-up  roofing  and  2000  sq.  ft.  of  area 
to  provide  facilities  for  2  classrooms  and 
toilet  rooms. 


OFFICE 
BLDG. 

Architect  Gates  W.  Burrows,  1606  Bush 
St.,  Santa  Ana,  is  completing  working 
drawings  for  construction  of  an  office 
building  in  Santa  Ana  for  the  STC  Corp. 
of  Santa  Ana. 

Facilities  will  include  offices  for  an  at- 
torney and  accountant,  and  will  be  con- 
structed of  wood  frame  and  stucco,  slab 
floor,  composition  roof,  plaster  interior, 
asphalt  tile,  air  conditioning,  acoustical 
plaster,  metal  sash,  fluorescent  lighting, 
electrical,  plumbing,  book  shelves,  rest 
rooms  and  blacktop  paving  in  parking 
area. 


ANAHEIM  SCHOOL 
SITE  APPROVED 

The  Anaheim  School  District  has  an- 
nounced plans  for  construction  of  a  new 
elementary  school  on  a  10-acre  site  at  the 
northeast  corner  of  La  Palma  Ave.  and 
Sunkist  St. 

The  location  of  the  school  plant  has 
been  approved  by  the  Orange  County 
Planning  Commission. 


CLEARLAKE  ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL  ADDITION 

The  architectural  firm  of  Goetj  6?  Han- 


NEW  UBRARY 
IS  STARTED 

Architect  H.  L.  Gogerty,  3123  W.  8th, 
Los  Angeles,  has  completed  drawings  and 


THE  C&H 

CONSTRUCTION  STAKE 

For... 

•   Footings 

•   Curbs 

•   Sidewalks 

•  Gutters 

•   Driveways 

•   Slabs 

•   Bracing 

•  Anchoring 

•   Screeding 

•   Floor  Slabs 

•  Ground  Slabs 

•  Tilt-up  Slabs 

Manufactured  by: 

CdtH 

SPECIALTIES 

COMPANY 

909  Camelia  Street 

Berkeley  6,  Calif. 

V 

LAndscape  4-5358 

Up  to  8  phone  outlets  in  newest  homes!... 


Joseph  A.  Romano,  well-known  Fresno,  Calif.,  con- 
tractor, likes  to  make  sure  his  homes  meet  buyers' 
needs  in  every  way.  His  custom-built  homes,  in  the 
$21,000-365,000  class,  include  5  to  8  telephone  outlets. 


To  Mr.  Romano,  complete  telephone 
planning  is  a  must  in  quality  home 
construction.  Buyers  look  for  it,  and 
in  Mr.  Romano's  own  words,  "Meet- 
ing customers'  demands  is  one  of  the 
best  ways  to  successful  selling.  That's 
why  some  of  my  most  recent  homes 
have  as  many  as  8  telephone  outlets." 
And  it's  also  why  other  leading  West- 
ern architects  and  builders  include 
concealed  wiring  and  plenty  of  phone 
outlets  in  their  original  plans. 

Pacific  Telephone 

We'll  he  glad  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our 
business  office  and  ask  for  our  free 
Architects  and  Builders  Service. 


It  pays  to  include  Telephone  Planning  in  every  home  you  build! 


AUGUST,      1957 


work  started  on  construction  of  a  new 
$150,000  library  for  the  Antelope  Valley 
Joint  Union  High  School  in  Lancaster  by 
Paul  W.  Speer,  Inc.,  general  contractors. 
The  library  includes  a  spacious  outdoor 
terrace  and  will  occupy  11,000  sq.  ft.  of 
area. 


SWMIMMING  PCX)L 
AND  BATH  HOUSE 

Architects  Stiles  and  Robert  Clements, 
210  W.  7th  St.,  Los  Angeles,  have  com- 
pleted plans  for  construction  of  a  new 
boathouse  and  swimming  pool  at  South- 
west Sportsmen's  Park,  Los  Angeles,  for 
the  County  Board  of  Supervisors. 

A  covered  100  x  50  ft.  swimming  pool, 


SPECIFY 
CALAVERAS 


bathhouse,  concession  area,  landscaping, 
sprinkler  system,  walks,  fencing,  flood- 
lighting, mechanical  features  including 
heating  of  pool  water,  decks  are  included 
in  the  project,  estimated  to  cost  $373,450. 
Construction  will  be  Type  lU,  reinforced 
brick  exterior  walls,  concrete  floor  slab  on 
grade  except  for  basement,  a  mechanical 
equipment  portion,  concrete  block  interior 
partitions,  roof  steel  decking  on  steel 
girders  with  insulation  and  built-up  com- 
position covering. 


AUTO  SALES 
AND  OFFICE 

Architect  W.  L.  Duquette  &  Associates, 
3  30  S.  Rosemead  Blvd.,  Pasadena,  are 
completing  drawings  for  construction  of  a 
1 -story,  reinforced  masonry  auto  sales  and 
office  building  in  Pasadena  for  Lloyd 
Pearson   Studebaker  Agency. 

The  3016  sq.  ft.  building  will  be  of 
built-up  composition  roofing,  plate  glass 
windows,  aluminum  store  front,  steel 
work,  concrete  slab  floor,  plumbing  and 
electrical  work,  asphalt  paving,  planting 
and  landscaping. 


TOP  QUALITY  CEMEHTS  FOR 
EVERY  ARCHITECTURAL  USE 


GYMNASIUM  AND 
ASSEMBLY  HALL 

Architect  Harold  C.  Wildman,  3701  At- 
lantic Ave.,  Long  Beach,  is  preparing 
plans  for  construction  of  a  gymnasium 
and  assembly  building  in  Belleflower  for 
the  Belleflower  Christian  High  School 
Board  of  Trustees. 

Both  buildings  will  be  tilt-up  concrete 
construction,  composition  rock  and  gravel 
roofing;  gymnasium  to  have  concrete  col- 
umns, steel  arches,  maple  flooring,  tele- 
scoping bleachers,  steel  sash,  stone  veneer. 


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neius  SERuicE 

•  BUILDING  MATERIAL  DEALERS 

•  CONTRACTORS 

•  SUB-CONTRACTORS 

•  MANUFACTURERS  AND 
REPRESENTATIVES 

ARCHITECTS  REPORTS  gives  advance  news 
on  construction  projects  in  Northern  California, 
lists:  name  of  projects,  location,  architect,  pro- 
posed   cost    and    other    pertinent    information. 

HANDY  individual  slip-reports,  issued  daily  at  a 
total  cost  of  only 

$10  a  month 

ARCHITECT'S  REPORTS 

Published  Daily 
The  ARCHITECT  and  ENGINEER,  Inc. 

68  Post  Street,  San  Francisco  -  DO  2-8311 

acoustical  ceiling  treatment,  forced  air 
heating,  gymnasium  equipment,  ceramic 
tile  showers,  lockers  and  baskets  in  shower 
rooms;  assembly  building  to  have  concrete 
floor  with  asphalt  tile  platform,  hardwood 
stage,  stainless  steel  counters  and  kitchen 
equipment. 


OFFICE  BUILDING 
RENO,  NEVADA 

Architects  Vhay  if  Grow,  33  E.  Truckee 
River  Lane,  Reno,  Nevada,  are  preparing 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  new  $190,- 
000  office  building  in  Reno  for  Wm.  San- 
ford.  The  building  will  be  2  story  with 
basement. 


NEW  WALL  BRACKET 
LIGHTING  FIXTURE 

A  new  commercial  wall-bracket  lighting 
fixture  of  die-cast  aluminum  is  announced 
that  features  heavy  die-cast,  rust  proof 
construction  and  is  designed  for  either  in- 
terior or  exterior  installation. 


Screw-in  white  opal  enclosing  globes  of 
uniform  color  density  are  made  weather' 
proof  by  cork  gaskets — each  globe  accom- 
modates  a  1 50-watt  lamp;  lights  may  be 
adjusted  to  any  one  of  4  different  positions 
to  suit  architectural  applications;  may  be 
mounted  side  by  side,  or  one  on  top  of 
another;  easily  adjusted;  supplied  in  stand- 
ard finishes,  fits  3I/4"  or  4"  outlet  box. 
Complete  information  from  Prescolite 
Mfg.  Corp,  2229  4th  St,  Berkeley,  Cali' 
fornia. 


CITY  OF  LOS  ANGELES 
SEEKING  ARCHITECTS 

Professional  architects  are  needed  to  fill 
positions  in  the  civil  service  of  the  City  of 
Los  Angeles  as  Architectural  Associate 
with  a  salary  range  of  $600  to  $797  per 
month.  Two  or  three  years  experience  in 
professional  architectural  work,  depending 
upon  their  educational  background,  is  re 
quired. 

Complete  information  is  available  from 


MULLEN  MFG. 
COMPANY 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF  GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Offic*  and  Fceterr 

UN  RAUSCH  ST.,  1*1.  7th  and  Kti  Sli. 

San  Francliee 

TaUphona  UNdarhHI  14(11 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


Civil   Service   Commission,   Room    5,   City 
Hall,  Los  Angeles,  California. 


ARCHITECTS 
NEW  OFHCES 

The  architectural  firm  of  Slack  W.  ^ 
David  Winhurn  recently  announced  open- 
ing of  offices  in  22?  Surety  Life  Building, 
193  5  South  Main  Street,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  where  they  will  engage  in  the 
general  practice  of  architecture. 

The  firm  was  formerly  located  in  the 
Beason  Building,  Salt  Lake  City. 


M.  C.  VERY  NAMED 
DISTRICT  MANAGER 

Milton  C.  Very  has  been  named  distrct 
manager  of  the  Southwest  and  Gulf  terri- 
tories for  Fluorescent  Fixtures  of  Califor- 
nia, according  to  an  announcement  by 
Charles  D.  Buchanan,  vice  president  and 
sales  manager  of  the  San  Francisco  firm. 

Very,  associated  with  the  company  since 
1954  has  been  in  the  lighting  field  in 
Northern  California  for  the  past  ten  years. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
California  with  a  B.  S.  in  Electrical  Engi- 
neering. 


LA  ARCHITECT  DESIGNS 
CINCINNATI  PROJECT 

Welton  Becket  &?  Associates,  Los  An- 
geles architects  have  been  commissioned 
by  the  20th  Century  Realty  Company  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  to  design  a  15-story 
limit  height  apartment-office  building 
tower  at  the  edge  of  downtown  Cincinnati. 

The  multi-million  dollar  project  will 
contain  a  total  of  145,000  sq.  ft.  including 
57,000  sq.  ft.  of  office  space. 


PRESTRESSED  CONCRETE 
INSTITUTE  OmCERS 

Harold  A.  Price,  Basalt  Rock  Company, 
Napa,  was  elected  vice  president  of  the 
Prestressed  Concrete  Institute  at  the  third 
annual  meeting  of  the  Institute,  held  in 
San  Francisco  the  latter  part  of  July. 

Peter  J.  Verna  Jr.,  of  Concrete  Materials 
Inc.,  Charlotte,  N.C.  was  elected  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  institute  and  Ben  C. 
Gerwick  of  Ben  C.  Gerwick  Inc.,  San 
Francisco,  was  chosen  president. 

EL  CERRITO  LARGE 
SHOPPING  CENTER 

Architect  Welton  Becket  H  Associates, 
153  Maiden  Lane,  San  Francisco,  is  pre- 
paring plans  and  specifications  for  con- 
struction of  a  31 -acre  shopping  center  on 
San  Pablo  Avenue  in  El  Cerrito  for  Cap- 
well  Department  Store  of  Oakland. 

The  $2,000,000  project  will  include  a 
2-story,  3  50,000  sq.ft.,  reinforced  concrete 
and  frame  construction  building. 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


TYPHOON 


COHTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

17M2TH  STREET -OAKLAMD 

Phone:  TWIneaks  3-i521 


NEW  CHURCH 
SAN  CARLOS 

Architect  Kingsford  Jones,  615  Menlo 
Ave.,  Menlo  Park,  is  completing  plans  and 
specifications  for  construction  of  a  2-story 
church  in  San  Carlos  for  the  Trinity  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  San  Carlos. 

The  first  floor  will  be  reinforced  con- 
crete and  the  second  floor  wood  frame  and 
laminated  arches.  Estimated  cost  of  the 
work  is  $3  50,000. 


CHALLENGER  SPECIAL  LOCK 
PROVIDES  POSITIVE  PRIVACY 

Complete  privacy  and  security  at  all 
times  is  provided  with  this  new  special 
lock  for  Hotel  and  Motel  use  which 
features  a  unique  visual  occupancy  indi- 
cator. 


When  door  is  locked  from  inside  a 
special  pin  moves  within  lock  set  to 
block  portion  of  key  slot,  making  it  im- 
possible for  any  regular  key  to  be  fully  in- 
serted into  lock,  and  door  cannot  be  open- 
ed from  outside.  A  red  pin  projects  adja- 
cent to  the  key  slot  on  the  outside  for 
visual  indicator  that  door  is  locked.  May 
be  opened  by  an  emergency  master  key. 
This  new  lock  is  a  pin  tumbler  type,  avail- 
able in  choice  of  contemporary  knob  de- 
signs. Complete  data  from  Challenger 
Lock  Co,  4865  Exposition  Blvd.,  Los 
Angeles  16. 

BURKE  RUBBER  COMPANY 
MOVES  TO  SAN  JOSE 

The  Burke  Rubber  Company,  Inc.,  has 
moved  into  a  new  plant  and  general  office 
building  in  San  Jose,  California. 

Architect  Arland  A.  Dirlam,  Inc.,  739 
Boylston  Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
was  the  designer  of  the  facilities. 


NEW  CLASSROOM 
UNIT  DEDICATED 

Architects  Smith,  Powell  and  Morg- 
ridge,  208  W.  8th  St.,  Los  Angeles,  de- 
signed the  new  Joseph  H.  Beck  classroom 
addition  to  the  Newport  Beach  High 
School,    recently    dedicated   with    colorful 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

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220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON,  INC. 

General  Confraefors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


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CROCKER  BUILDIN6 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


HERRICK 
IRON  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

28400  CLAWITER  ROAD 

HAYWARD,  CALIF. 

Phone  LU   1-4451 


ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

Engineers  &  Chemists 

INSPECTING  —  TESTING  —  CONSULTING 

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STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  INVESTIGATION  OF 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Sacramento  Straat,  San  FrancUee 


AUGUST,      1957 


ceremonies  honoring  the  pioneer  devel- 
oper of  the  Newport  Harbor  area,  Joseph 
H.  Beck.  ,      .  . 

Secrest  K"  Fish  of  Whittier  were  the 
general  contractors. 

SAN  FRANaSCO 
BRANCH  LIBRARY 

Architects  Appleton  ^  Wolford,  251 
Po^t  St.,  San  Francisco,  are  preparing 
plans  and  specifications  for  the  construe 
tion  of  a  new  Library  building  in  the 
North  Beach  Playground  area  for  the  City 
and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

The  facilities  will  contain  4500  sq.  tt. 
of  area. 


JOSAM  CARRIERS  AND 
CLOSET  HTTINGS 

A    new    and    completely    revolutionary 
line  of  carriers  and  closet  fittings  for  wall; 
hung  fixture  installations  called     Unitron 
is  announced  by  Josani. 


Following  exhaustive  study  this  new, 
modern,  functional,  simplified  design 
offers  easier,  more  efficient  installation  and 
requires  1/3  less  pipe  space;  packed  in 
box  with  adjustable  extension,  gaskets, 
coupling  nipple  and  necessary  nuts,  studs, 
vi-ashers  and  caps  to  adapt  unit  to  any  type 
or  make  fixture.  Details  and  description 
of  full  line  available  from  Josam  Mlg.  Uo., 
Michigan  City,  Ind. 

UVERMORE  NEW 
ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL 

Architects  Anderson  ^  Simonds,  2800 
Park  Blvd.,  Oakland,  are  working  on  plans 
and  specifications  for  construction  of  a  new 
Elementary  School  to  be  built  m  Liver- 
more  for  the  Livermore  Elementary  School 
District. 

The  new  facilities  will  include  adminis- 
tration room,  14  classrooms,  2  kinder- 
gartens, multi-purpose  room,  arts  and 
crafts  room,  music  room,  kitchen,  and 
toilet  rooms.  Estimated  cost  of  the  proj- 
ect is  $600,000. 


ROBERT   W.    HUNT   CO. 

ENGINEERS 
INSPECTING  TESTING 

STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

CONCRETE  MIX  DESIGN 

CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS 

EQUIPMENT 

PRINCIPAL  CITIES 

UNITED  STATES   •   EUROPE 

SAN  FRANCISCO  LOS  AN&ELES 

PORTLAND  SBATTLE 


GF   METAL 

FURNITURE 

•  steel  Desks— Tables— Shelving 

•  Filing  Equipment 

•  "Super-Filer,"  the  Mechaniied  1-ile 

•  Special  Contract  Work 

Consult  us  for 

OFFICE  LAYOUT  PROBLEMS  AND 
DECORATING 

General  fireproofing  Co. 

1025   HOWARD   ST.  HE   1-7070 


Fred  English 

VHOTOGnAVHS 

CONSTRUCTION  PROGRESS 
ARCHITECTURAL  &  AERIAL 

1310  Old  County  Rd. 

Belmont,  Calif. 

LYtell  1-0385 


Index  to  Advertisers 


ARCHITECTS  Reports 


SO 


AUTOMATIC 
SPRINKLERS 

for 

Fire  Protection 

BARNARD 

ENGINEERING  CO. 

35  Elmira  Street 
JUniper  5-4642 
San  Francisco  24 


KOLORBLEN 

Concrete  Color  Hardener 


COLOR  WAXES 

SEALER-STAINS 


Dijtributorj— Contractors  Concrete  Special 

875  BRYANT  STREET 
San  Francisco  -  HEmlock  1-1345 


BARNARD  Engineering  Co 52 

BASALT  Rock  Co.,  Inc 32 

BAXTER,  J.  H.,  Co * 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California  34 

BILCO  Co 

CALAVERAS  Cement  : 50 

C.  &  H.  SPECIALTIES  Co 49 

CALIF.  Metal 

Enameling  Co Back  Cover 

CLASSIFIED  Advertising  43 

COLUMBIA-Geneva   Steel   7 

CRAMER  Acoustics 29 

DINWIDDIE  Construction  Company....  51 

ENGLISH  Fred;  Photographs  52 

FORDERER  Cornice  Works  36 

GENERAL  Fireproofing  Co 52 

GENTRY,  H.  W.,  Building  Materials....  35 

GLADDING,  McBean  &  Company 3 

GREENBERG'S,  M.,  Sons  30 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 37 

HANKS,  Abbot  A.,  Inc - 5! 

HAWS  Drinking  Faucet  Co 2 

HERMANN  Safe  Co 37 

HERRICK   Iron   Works  51 

HOGAN   Lumber  Co 37 

HORN,  A.  C.  Co.,  Inc 46 


npany 


52 


HUNT,   Robert  W.,  Co 

JOSAM   Pacific  Co 

JUDSON  Pacific-Murphy  Corp 37 

KAWNEER  Co 35 

KAEMPER  &  Barrett  I 

KLEINEN  Co.,  Inc Inside  Back  Cover 

KRAFTILE  Company 

LeROY  Construction   Services  38 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 51 

MacDONALD.  Young  &  Nelson,  Inc...  51 

MATTOCK  Construction  Co 5! 

♦MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

l^c        Inside  Front  Cover 

MULLEN  Mfg.  Co 50 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,  Inc.  33 

PACIFIC  Manufacturing  Co 38 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  49 

PASSETTI  Trucking  Co.,  Inc 31 

PITTSBURGH  Testing  Laboratory 48 

PLASTIC  Sales  &  Service  Co 35 

PORCELAIN   Enamel    (Architectural 

Division)    Publicity   Division  8&9 

REPUBLIC  Steel  Corporation  38 

RIVIERA  Hotel,  Las  Vegas  47 

SCOTT  Company  '  ' 

SHADES.    Inc '*'' 

SIMONDS   Machinery  Co 36 

SMOOT-Holman  Company  4 

SOVIG,  Conrad,  Co 52 

STROM BERG-Carlson   Co 48 

SWINERTON  &  Walberg  Co., 

General  Contractors  29 

U.   S.   BONDS   

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern   California   36 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp - 7 

VERMONT  Marbel  Co 38 

WASHINGTON  Brick  &  Lime  Co 

WESTERN  Structural  Tile  Institute  

WOODWARD,  Clyde  &  Associates., 
♦indicates  Alternate  Months 


47 


ARCH  ITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


PLUMBING 

HEATING 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

IN  THE  NEW  14,000,000  MILLS  HIGH  SCHOOL 
MILLBRAE,  SAN  MATEO  COUNTY 

BY 

KLEIIVE]\  CO.,  IXC 

425  Valencia  Street  •  San  Francisco 

Phone:  KLondike  2-1633 


ARCHITECTS:  JOHN  LYON  REID  &  PARTNERS 

MECHANICAL  ENGINEER:  G.  M.  RICHARDS 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS:  ROTHSCHILD.  RAFFIN  &  WEIRICK 


FIREMAN'S  FUND  INSURANCE  COMPANY 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIFORNIA 


SEPTEMBER 


1957 


The  Peninsula  Medical  Building  features... 

Arislide  Aluminum 
Sliding  Windows 


Peninsula  Medical  Building 

Burlingome,  California 

Architects;  Stone,  Malloy,  Marraccini  &  Pottersen 

Contractors:  Williams  &  Burrows 


. . .  Aristoii 

Metal  Letters 
. . .  by  Michel  &  Pfeffer 


For  your  catalogue  on  Arislide  aluminum 
and  steel  sliding  doors  and  aluminum 
sliding  windows  or  Ariston  metal  letters 
—write  or  call  Michel  &  Pfeffer. 


ARISTON 

SINCE    1912 


Michel  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works,  Inc. 

212  Shaw  Road 

South  San  Francisco,  California 

PLaza  5-8983 


Quality  can  be  measured  . . . 


Quality  in  a  roof  scuttle  can  be  measured 

in  many  ways  ...  by  its  ease  of  operation — the 

safety  it  affords  the  user — the  virtually 

indefinite  trouble  free  service  it  gives  the 

building  owner.  Bilco  scuttles  offer  your  clients 

"floating"  cover  action,  one  hand  operation 

and  the  finest  of  materials  and  workmanship — at 

a  price  of  little  more  if  any,  than  ordinary  access  doors. 

For  lasting  satisfaction  specify  Bilco — the  measure 

of  roof  scuttle  quality  for  more  than  20  years. 

A  size  for  every  requirement — see  our  catalog  in  Sweets. 


OhjSu  t^je  '8e4t  .cifj^6z^ec6 


"George  B.  Schultz 
190  MacAr+hur  Blvd. 
Oakland  10,  CalHornia 


California  Representatives 

Daniel  Dunner 
6200  Alonzo  Ave. 
Reseda,  California 


Healey  &  Popovich 
1 703  Fulton 
Fresno,  California 


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j?i%'' 


In  addition  to  press  broke  fabrication 
described  below,  Fentron  Industries  often 
use  the  Yoder  (continuous)  method  in 
which  roof  sections  are  mode  to  any 
length  and  standing  seams  are  crimped 
together  for  greater  strength. 


PRESS  BRAKE 


Steel  roof  decking... durable,  strong  and  economical 


Fentron  Industries  of  Seattle,  Washington,  has 
found  USS  Steel  Sheets  ideal  for  low-cost  and 
reliable  roof  deck  construction.  The  service  sta- 
tion Ccinopy  roof  above,  formed  and  installed  by 
Fentron,  is  fabricated  from  18-gauge  USS  Sheets 
by  the  press  brake  method  and  plug-welded 
every  18  inches.  Sections  are  one-foot  wide  in 
nine-foot  spans  with  two-and-one-half  inch 
standing  seams  that  interlock  on  installation; 
leak-proof  against  wind  and  water.  This  roof 
decking  has  withstood  test  loads  of  55  lbs.  per 


sq.  foot,  without  distress  . . .  good  overhead  insur- 
ance under  the  snow  loads  in  Washington  winters. 

Steel  roof  decking  is  durable,  strong  and  costs 
less  to  install.  Other  materials  require  more 
weight,  additional  construction  time  and  greater 
cost  to  equal  the  strength  and  carrying  capacity 
of  steel. 

Whether  you  build  service  stations,  industrial 
plants  or  homes,  we'll  be  happy  to  direct  you  to 
steel  decking  fabricators  who  will  provide  you 
with  additional  information  and  specifications. 


Specify  USS— One  Source  for  All  Steels 

United  States  Steel  Corporation  •  Columbia-Geneva  Steel  Division 
120  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco  6 


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UNITED      STATE SSTEEL 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


Vol.210 


No.  3 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 

Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architect, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architect, 
Los   Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 

FRED  JONES 

Special  Advertising 


COVER  PICTURE 

FIREMAN'S  FUND 
INSURANCE  COMPANY 

San  Francisco,  California 

Recently  connpleted  Home  Office  and 
Pacific  Department  headquarters  oc- 
cupies 10.2  acre  site  and  includes 
190,000  sq.  ft.  office   space. 

See  page  I  I  for  complete  story  and 
details. 

Photo  Courtesy 

San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Commerce 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

PublUhad  Daily 

Aichje  MacCorkindale,  Manager 
Telephone  DOuglas  2-8311 


-ARCHITECT  &  ENGINEER  i,  indexed  regularly  by  ENGINEERING  INDEX,  INC.;  and  .4RT  INDEX 

Contenfs     for 

SEPTEMBER 

EDITORIAL  NOTES * 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART * 

NEW  FIREMAN'S  FUND  BUILDING— San  Francisco ' ' 

By  GRAEME  K,  MacDONALD,  President,  MacDonald,  Young  and  Nelson,  Inc., 
General   Contractors. 

EDWARD  B.  PAGE,  Architect,  AIA;  JOHN  J.  GOULD  and  HENRY  J.  DEGEN- 
KOLB,  Structural  Engineers:  R.  ROLLESTON  WEST,  Mechanical  Engineer:  CLYDE 
E.  BENTLEY,  Electrical  Engineer:  MAURICE  SANDS,  Interior  Designer  and  Consult- 
ant: ECKBO,  ROYSTON  &  WILLIAMS,  Landscape  Architects;  MacDONALD, 
YOUNG  &  NELSON,  General  Contractors. 

SHEPARD  CADILLAC  BUILDING- Berkeley,  California  ....         20 

HAMMARBERG  AND  HERMAN,  Architects:  BRYAN  AND  MURPHY,  Structural 
Engineers:  CHARLES  WILLIAMS,  Electrical  Engineer;  SANFORD  FOX,  Mechanical 
Engineer;  OSMUNDSON  AND  STALEY,  Landscape  Architects:  F.  P.  LATHROP 
CONSTRUCTION  CO.,  General  Contractors. 

BAY  AREA  TRANSIT  PROGRESS.    Part  II  (Conclusion) 24 

By   GEORGE  S.   HILL,   Consulting    Engineer. 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities      ...  26 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS— News  and  Notes 28 

BOOK  REVIEWS,  Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 33 

ESTIMATOR'S  GUIDE,  Building  and  Construction  Materials     ....  35 

ESTIMATOR'S  DIRECTORY,  Building  and  Construction  Materials     ...  37 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 39 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES,  Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  40 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data     .         .  41 

IN  THE  NEWS ^ 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS '♦8 


THE   OLDEST   PROFESSION.AL  MONTHLY   BUSINESS   MAG.^ZINE   OF  THE   ELEVEN   WESTERN   STATES 


S5.00  two  years;  foreign  countries  S5.00  a  year;  single  copy,  50c. 


EDITORIAL      MOTES    . 


WHY  NOT 
"FREE  SKETCHES"  FROM  ARCHITECTS? 

By  Elmer  Grey 
Past  Fellow  of  the  A.I.A. 

Since  I  am  very  well  along  in  years,  and  upon  my 
request,  the  State  Board  of  Architectural  Examiners 
have  placed  me  on  the  inactive  list  of  California 
architects.  But  my  interest  in  architecture  has  not 
lagged  (far  from  it!)  nor  that  in  the  welfare  of  the 
architectural  profession  in  general — hence  I  write  this 
for  Architect  fe?  Engineer.. 

Many  years  ago,  when  the  Directors  of  First  Church 
of  Christ  Scientist  of  Los  Angeles  contemplated  the 
erection  of  a  fine  and  costly  new  church  edifice,  a 
member  of  the  Board  approached  me  and  asked 
whether  I  did  not  want  to  submit  sketches  for  the 
proposed  new  building  for  the  Board's  consideration — 
without  of  course  any  obligation  on  their  part. 

Immediately,  I  told  him  that  I  did  not  conduct  my 
business  in  that  way.  He  asked  why.  I  told  him  that 
in  order  to  submit  sketches  that  would  be  worth 
anything  I  would  have  to  give  the  problem  con- 
siderable study,  that  the  initial  part  of  the  work  on 
such  a  job  required  the  most  experience,  the  most 
skill  and  a  great  deal  of  time;  and  that  if  all  architects 
gave  away  their  time  in  that  way  they  would  have  to 
double  their  fees  on  all  their  work  in  order  to  make  a 
decent  livelihood;  that  it  was  not  fair  to  ask  architects 
to  give  away  something  for  nothing,  any  more  than 


you  would  think  of  asking  a  lawyer  or  a  physician  to 
do  that. 

"Well"  he  said,  "one  of  your  brother  architects  has 
agreed  to  do  it."  "If  he  wants  to  be  that  foolish"  I 
said,  "it's  no  reason  I  should  make  a  fool  of  myself." 
He  went  away  disconcerted.  But  in  a  few  days  he 
came  back  and  asked  whether  I  would  be  willing  to 
meet  with  the  Board  of  Directors  some  evening  and 
explain  my  point  of  view  to  them.  I  told  him  I  would 
gladly  do  that,  and  such  a  meeting  shortly  took  place. 
A  few  days  afterwards  I  was  notified  that  the  job  was 
mine. 

The  award  was  announced  in  the  Los  Angeles 
morning  paper;  and  that  same  morning,  soon  after  I 
opened  my  ofiice,  one  of  my  "brother  architects" 
came  in,  holding  a  roll  of  plans  under  his  arm. 

He  said,  "Grey,  I  see  by  this  morning's  paper  that 
you  have  been  given  the  commission  to  plan  the  new 
First  Church  of  Christ  Scientist.  I  have  come  in  to 
say  that  I  have  been  working  on  that  problem  for 
months,  have  put  my  whole  heart  and  soul  into  it, 
and  if  my  plans  would  be  of  any  use  to  you,  you  are 
welcome  to  have  them." 

The  poor  fellow  seemed  heart  broken,  but  I  could 
offer  him  no  sympathy.  I  thanked  him  for  the  spirit  of 
his  errand  but  told  him  that  I  did  not  want  to  see  his 
plans,  that  I  wished  to  be  entirely  unbiased  by 
another's  views  while  studying  the  problem.  I  wanted 
to  solve  it  in  my  own  way.  I  also  advised  him  to  be 
more  judicious  in  the  future. 


We  in  America  are  noted  for  our  get-together  spirit.  That 
spirit  helped  us  establish  our  first  colony,  settle  the  West  and 
build  the  great  and  powerful  federation  of  our  forty-eight 
states. 

We  found  that  the  principle  of  federation  has  other  appli- 
cations, too.  Today  we  use  it  not  only  to  help  ourselves  but 
to  help  others  as  well,  we've  discovered  we  can  give  more 
effectively  the  UNITED  "WAY. 

This  UNITED  approach  enabled  us  all  to  get  together  and 
work  for  the  common  good.  It  enables  us  through  once-a-year- 
all-out  campaigns  to  help  those  of  our  neighbors  who  need  our 
help.  When  everybody  gives  the  UNITED  WAY,  then  every- 
body benefits:  babies  and  children  needing  care  and  protection, 
families  in  need  of  counseling,  boys  and  girls  needing  super- 
vised leisure-time  activities,  the  handicapped  who  want  an 
opportunity  to  learn  new  skills,  the  sick  who  require  nursing, 
clinic  or  hospital  care  and  the  aged  who  are  chronically  ill  and 
lonely. 

Give  a  fair  share— the  UNITED  WAY. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


f.    S.    PAl      Of* 


42  carloads  of  GF  Metal  Business 
Furniture  went  into  the  New  Home  of .  .  . 

FIREMAN'S  Fund  Insurance  Company 


All  business 
furniture  ,  .  . 
delivered  and 
installed  in  place, 
by  GF  for  use 
ON  TIME. 


As  supplier  of  all  the  metal  furniture,  General  Fireproofing  equipped  all  the 
general  office  areas,  48  private  offices,  staff  meeting  and  educational  rooms, 
the  libraries,  tabulating-machine  department,  mailing  and  receiving  depart- 
ments,   storage    and    supply    departmants,   cafeteria   and   recreation   rooms. 

More  and  more  modern  businesses  are  standardizing  on  GF 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING 

Foremost  in  Metal  Business  Furniture 

FACTORY     BRANCH     OFFICES,     DISPLAYS,     SERVICES     AND     WAREHOUSES 
LOS  ANGELES  OAKLAND  SAN   FRANCISCO 

1200  So.  Hope  St. 


332  19th  St. 

OFFICES  IN  ALL  PRINCIPAL  CITIES 


1025  Howard  St. 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON   ART 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  will  feature  the  annual 
Watercolor,  drawing,  and  Print  Exhibition  of  the 
San  Francisco  Art  Association  during  September, 
together  with  the  Syracuse  National  Ceramic  Annual. 


OAKLAND  ART  MUSEUM 

The  Oakland  Art  Museum,  1000  Fallon  Street, 
under  the  direction  of  Paul  Mills,  Curator,  is  present- 
ing the   third  joint   Print  and   Sculpture   Exhibition, 


starting  October  5.  The  event  is  being  sponsored  by 
the  museum  and  the  Bay  Printmakers  Society.  Ken' 
neth  Patchen,  distinguished  experimental  poet,  and 
Alan  W.  Watts,  internationally  recognized  lecturer, 
philosopher,  and  author,  will  serve  as  judges  of  this 
year's  exhibition. 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Gallery  of  the  City  of  Paris,  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Andre  Laherrere,  is 
presenting  an  exhibition  of  Paintings  by  William  R. 
Cameron  and  Serge  Trubach. 

The  Little  Gallery  will  feature  a  group  of  Pastels  by 
Elliott  Johnson  Jr. 


M.  H.  DE  YOUNG  MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 


Golden  Gate  Park 


San  Francisco 


Portrait  of 


Dona  Mariana  of  Austria 


DIEGO 


RODRIGUEZ 


VELASQUEZ 


Spanish,  1599-1660 


The  Samuel  H.  Kress  Collection 


■  WW  ■''•'■'/'' 


SHEPARD  CADILLAC  SERVICE   BUILDING 

San  Pablo  Ave.  &  Jones  Street,  Berkeley,  California 
Hammarberg  &  Herman,  Architects 


F.  P.  LATHROP  CONSTRUCTION  CO 

General  Contractor 

LATHROP  BUILDING 

800  University  Avenue,  Berkeley  10,  California 

Phone:  THornwall  5-395 1 


SEPTEMBER.     1957 


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Seattle  will  be  hi.st  November  ^-6  to  the 
Kith  Regional  McctinK  of  the  American 
Concrete  Institute,  with  the  2-day  program 
at  the  Benjamin  Franklin  Hotel  emphasiz- 
ing the  latest  concrete  projects  and  techni- 
ques in  the  Northwest. 

The  technical  program  will  include  such 
subjects  as  concrete  for  radiation  shielding, 
shear  walls,  plastic  flow  characteristics  of 
lightweight  aggregate  concrete,  and  rein- 
forced masonry  construction.  Other  papers 
will  report  on  warping  due  to  shrinkage, 
prestressing  cylindrical  shells,  perstressed 
lift-slabs,  precast  colored  panels,  and  pre- 
cast and  prestresscd  construction. 

Among  the  speakers  scheduled  to  ap- 
pear are:  Jack  R.  Benjamin  and  Harry  A. 
Williams  of  Stanford  University:  J.  T. 
McClellan  of  Oregon  State  College:  Verne 
Frese  of  Seattle;  Alfred  L.  Miller  of  the 
University  of  Washington;  John  B.  Skill- 
ing  and  John  V.  Christeansen,  structural 
engineers  of  Seattle;  Edward  K.  Rice  of 
Los  Angeles;  Otto  Buehncr  of  Salt  Lake 
City:  Arthur  R.  Anderson  of  Tacoma;  Al- 
fred T.  Waidelich  of  Cleveland,  and  Nor- 
man D.  Lea  of  Vancouver,  B.  C. 


McGUIRE  WILL  WELCOME 
NCS  TO  SAN  FRANOSCO 

T.  G.  McGuire,  president  of  the  Indus- 
trial Indemnity  Company,  San  Francisco, 
will  welcome  delegates  to  the  8th  National 
Conference  on  Standards  when  they  meet 
in  San  Francisco  on  November  13.  The 
first  session  will  be  devoted  to  the  39th 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Stand- 
ards Association  which  will  be  holding  a 
three-day  conference  at  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel  at  the  same  time. 

Many  speakers  will  discuss  various  as- 
pects of  Government  and  industry  use  of 
standards,  standards  for  control  of  ex- 
posure for  ionizing  radiation,  cost  improve- 
ment, standardization  for  companys,  in- 
dustrial standardization  for  defense,  con- 
struction specifications,  and  other  work  of 
the  American  Standards  Association. 


EARL  PENNINGTON  NAMED  BY 
DOUGLAS  FIR  PLYWOOD  ASS'N 

The  Douglas  Fir  Plywood  Association 
recently  announced  the  staffing  of  a  new 
regional  office  in  California,  to  be  located 
in  San  Francisco  and  under  the  direction 
of  Earl  Pennington,  and  serving  Northern 
California  and  Nevada. 

Pennington  has  been  with  DFPA  in 
1954  as  a  field  representative.  Prior  to  that 
he  was  advertising  and  merchandising  man- 
ager for  the  Merner  Lumber  Company  in 
Palo  Alto. 


JOSEPH  K.  ALLEN  WITH 
UTAH  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Joseph  K.  Allen  has  been  named  man- 
ager of  Utah  Construction  Company's 
South  San  Francisco  real  estate  and  de- 
velopment division,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement by  Allen  D.  Christensen, 
president   and    general   manager. 

Allen,  who  has  been  assistant  to  Chris- 
tensen, will  head  up  development  of  the 
company's  $50,000,000  South  San  Fran- 
cisco Industrial  Park  and  other  property 
in  the  area.  He  will  be  succeeded  as  assist- 
ant to  the  president  by  Michael  P.  W. 
Stone  of  San  Francisco. 


manufacturing  facilities  in  Anaheim,  Cali- 
fornia, have  been  announced  by  J.  L.  Gait, 
general  manager  of  the  west  coast  section 
of  General  Electric  Company's  chemical 
materials  department. 

The  company  also  anounced  establish- 
ment of  a  San  Francisco  sales  office  in 
charge  of  R.  M.  Kavish. 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
APPOINTS  TOBIN 

James  Tohin  has  been  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  Structural  Concrete  Products 
Division  of  the  Basalt  Rock  Company,  Inc. 
of  Napa,  California,  according  to  a  recent 
announcement. 

At  the  same  time  the  firm  announced 
that  Don  McCall,  Chief  Engineer,  and 
Ray  McCann,  Assistant,  will  direct  all  de- 
sign and  technical  information,  with  Jack 
Streblow  heading  the  company's  sales. 
Ross  Rudolf  will  continue  as  technical  sales 
representative  for  the  division. 

US  STEEL'S  MODEL 
HOUSE  OPENS 

The  newest  completely  architect  de- 
signed house  to  he  manufactured  by 
United  States  Steel  Homes  Division  of 
U.S.  Steel  Corp.,  the  "Steelaire-Fifth  Ave- 
nue," was  opened  to  public  inspection  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  late  last  month. 

The  home,  built  on  the  roof  of  Kauf- 
mann's  Department  Store,  represents  the 
cooperative  efforts  of  four  of  the  country's 
top  architects:  A.  Quincy  Jones  and  Frede- 
rick E.  Emmons  of  Los  Angeles;  Robert 
A.  Little  of  Cleveland;  and  Rufus  Nims  of 
Miami.  The  compositely  designed  home 
represents  the  best  features  of  American 
design  and  is  a  cross  section  of  architectural 
thinking  which  embraces  the  entire  nation. 

A  mechandising  hall,  adjacent  to  the 
roof,  offers  information  on  the  new  home, 
and  dramatically  shows  home  components 
and  details  of  the  construction  and  design. 


GENERAL  ELECTRIC 
CONSOLIDATES  PLANT 

Consolidation   of  sales   headquarters  for 
alkyd    resins    and    polyester    resins,    with 


FOUNDATION  ENGINEERS 
SOLVE  VEXING  PROBLEM 

Woodward.  Clyde  ii  Associates,  Engi- 
neers, of  Oakland,  devised  a  relatively 
inexpensive  solution  to  a  critical  soils  prob- 
lem in  connection  with  construction  of  the 
one-story,  80.000  sq.ft.  warehouse  building 
of  the  Coffin-Redington  drug  supply  firm, 
in  South  San  Francisco. 

Some  portions  of  the  tideland  site  was 
underlain  by  as  much  as  30  feet  of  bay 
mud,  in  order  to  save  time,  the  engineers 
recommended  this  mud  be  surcharged, 
that  is,  pre-loaded  by  placing  additional 
fill  in  areas  of  deepest  mud.  This  fill, 
greater  than  the  weight  of  the  building, 
accelerated  settling  and  was  removed  be- 
fore actual  construction  began. 

In  order  to  reduce  the  possibility  of 
plastic  flow  of  mud  and  keep  the  mud 
waves  from  exerting  excessive  horizontal 
stresses  on  50-60,  pile  supported,  nearby 
power  towers,  a  uniform  mat  of  fill  was 
floated  around  the  towers. 

Warehouse  construction  is  tilt-up  con- 
crete with  steel  columns  and  tapered  steel 
beams  and   glued   plywood   roof. 

ATOMIC  REACTOR,  Vallecitos  Labo- 
ratory, (near  Pleasanton)  Alameda  county. 
General  Electric  Company,  owner.  Instal- 
lation consists  of  4-structures;  a  cylindrical 
steel  container,  66  ft.  in  diameter  and  104 
ft.  high;  office  facilities,  and  control  build- 
ings and  water  cooling  towers  —  $4,000,- 
000.  DESIGNER.  Ralph  M.  Parsons  Co., 
617  S  Olive  St.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Ralph  M.  Parsons  Co., 
617  S.  Olive  St.,  Los  Angeles. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


COIORUNDUM  •   STAYBRITE   •   A.  E.  DISPERSED  BLACK  •   FOR  USE   INDOORS  OR  OUTDOORS 


ept,  .WITH    COLORFUL  CONCRETE 


This  is  the  Age  of  Color  in  Architecture.  And  par- 
ticularly in  concrete,  color  is  being  used  with  greater 
freedom  and  effect  than  ever  before.  Today,  many 
architects  specify  colorful  patios,  terraces  and  walls 
to  harmonize  with  new  building  materials  like  stain- 
less steel;  others  use  subtle  pastels  to  create  new  at- 
mospheres indoors  and  out;  and  still  others  are  using 
this  brilliant  medium  for  strictly  functional  purposes, 
such  as  to  guide  traffic  or  set  off  working  areas. 

Color  selection  in  construction  is  easy. 

Specify   Horn   Colorundum   for   decorative   floors. 


modern  in  appearance,  with  increased  value. 

Specify  Horn  Staybrite  integral  color  to  enhance 
the  beauty  of  all  concrete  and  mortar  surfaces. 

Both  are  available  in  a  wide  range  of  decorative 
colors. 

Specify  Horn  A.  E.  Dispersed  Black  to  darken 
concrete.  It  is  guaranteed  not  to  reduce  the  air  con- 
tent in  air  entrained  concrete  mixes. 

Want  more  information?  For  condensed  data  see 
Sweets— For  complete  details  write  Dept.  H62-715. 


A  Subsidiary  of  (Sii^  Chemical  Corporation 


A.  C  Horn  Co.,  Inc* 


252  Townsend  Street 
San  Francisco,  California 


DIVISIONS  OF  SUN  CHEMICAL  CORPORATION 


BRANCH  OFFICES 


212  Beason  Building 
Salt  Lake  City 


ah)  •  WARWICK  WAX  (refiners  of  specialty 


HORN  (paints,  maintenance  and  construction  materials,  industrial  coatings)  •  WARWICK  (textile  and  industrlol 

waxes)    •   RUTHERFORD    (lithographic   equipment)    •   SUN   SUPPLY    (lithographic    supplies)    •  GENERAL   PRINTING    INK   (Sigmund   Ullmon   •  Fuchs  &   Lang   •   Eagle   • 

American   •   Kelly   •   Chemical   Color   &   Supply    Inks)    •   MORRILL    (news    inks)    •   ELECTRO-TECHNICAL    PRODUCTS    (coolings   and    plastics)    •    PIGMENTS    DIVISION 

(pigments  for  paints,  plastics,  printing  inks  of  all  kinds)  •  OVERSEAS  DIVISION  (export)  •  A.  C.  HORN  COMPANY,  LIMITED  (Canado)  •  FUCHS  &  LANG  de  MEXICO, 

S.  A.  de  C.  V.  •  GENERAL  PRINTING  INK  CORPORATION  OF  CANADA,  LIMITED. 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


As  builders,  we  share  the  pride  of  the  owners  in 

Fireiiian^s;  Fund  Home  Office! 


The  design  and  construction  of  tlie  Fireman's  Fund  Home  Office  building 
offered  important  cliallenges  to  all  who  were  concerned  with  making  it  a 
reality.  To  have  played  a  part  in  finding  the  answers  to  these  challenges 
...  to  have  worked  with  such  able  associates  to  make  this  dream  of  a 
magnificent  building  come  true  have  been  rare  privileges! 

Architect:  Edward  B.  Page,  A.I.A. 

Structural  Engineers:  John  J.  Gould  and  Henry  J.  Degenkolb 
Mechanical  Engineer:  R.  Rolleston  West 

Electrical  Engineer:  Clyde  E.  Bentley 

Interior  Designer  and  Consultant:  Maurice  Sands 

Landscape  Architects:  Eckbo,  Royston  and  Williams 

MaeDoiiald,  Young  &  Nelisoii,  Inc. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 
600  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


New  Fireman^s  Fund  Building 

INCORPORATES  MANY  CONSTRUCTION  INNOVATIONS  AND  IDEAS 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 


Architect:  EDWARD  B.  PAGE,  A.I.A. 

Structural  Engineers:  JOHN  J.  GOULD  and 
HENRY  J.  DEGENKOLB 

Mechanical  Engineer:  R.  ROLLESTON  WEST 

Electrical  Engineer:  CLYDE  E.  BENTLEY 

Interior  Designer  and  Consultant: 
MAURICE  SANDS 

Landscape  Architect:  ECKBO,  ROYSTROM  6? 
WILLIAMS 

General  Contractors: 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  &'  NELSON 


ENTRANCE  is  simple  in  design,  opens  onto  the  large 
court  on  Laurel  Street — 250  car  parking  area  adja- 
cent to  California  Street  wing  of  the  building. 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


II 


FIREMAN'S  FUND  BUILDING  . 


EXECUTIVE  OFFICE 

Carpeted  in  two-tone  teak  brown,  the  entire  Executive 
area  adjoining  Laurel  Court  is  planned  around  varia- 
tions ot  grayed  blue-green,  lacquer  red  and  gold  with 
neutral  chamois-color  walls  and  walnut  turnishings. 


By  GRAEME   K.   MacDONALD,   President 

MacDonald,  Young  and  Nelson,  Inc. 

General  Contractors 

When  the  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Companies 
deeided  to  erect  a  new  headquarters,  they  were  de' 
termined  that  the  new  structure  would  be  the  finest 
and  most  efficient  possible  for  the  conduct  of  the  firm's 
business  and  the  welfare  of  its  staff.  Such  ambitious 
requirements  posed  important  challenges  in  the  design 
and  construction  of  the  building.  The  result  is  that 
the  building  incorporates  many  new  techniques  and 
ideas. 

One  vital  requirement  was,  that  the  main  building 
should  have  the  largest'possible  un-interrupted  floor 
and  working  area — an  important  consideration  in  the 
operation  of  a  major  insurance  firm's  Home  O&ce. 
Likewise,  particular  attention  had  to  be  given  to  pro- 
viding  the  greatest  amount  of  daylight  and  other 
factors  conductive  to  excellent  working  conditions  for 
the  Home  Office  staff  of  nearly  1,000  employees. 

As  a  result  of  these  and  other  requirements,   the 


EXECUTIVE  WING  is  treated  with  fissured  mineral  tile  to  match  the  luxuriant  appearance 
of  surroundings.  Light  fixtures  and  air  diffusers  are  recessed  in  pattern  with  the  acoustical 
tile. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


WORK  AREA, 
EXECUTIVE  WING 

Furniture  is  finished  in  warm  suede 
brown  accented  by  bronze  gold  ano- 
dized  aluminum  trim,  features  mode- 
maker  style  desks  and  posture 
chairs. 


project's  Architects  and  Engineers  evolved  a  type  of 
cantilevered  construction  which  has  been  described 
as  a  "significant  innovation  in  the  commercial  building 
field."  This  method  made  it  possible  to  provide  a  40' 
foot  span  from  the  core  of  the  building  to  a  series  of 
support  columns  with  an  additional  15 -foot  cantilever 
to  the  outside  wall  of  the  building,  plus  a  large  over- 
hang.  This  outside  wall  is  actually  a  "curtain  wall" 
composed  entirely  of  windows,  since  the  weight  of  the 


ceiling  is  borne  by  the  scries  of  columns. 

UNIQUE  CONSTRUCTION  METHOD  USED 

Since  the  maximum  utilization  of  inside  space,  with 
the  least  possible  interruption,  was  regarded  as  vital, 
the  bearing  columns  had  to  have  high  loading  for 
their  size.  But,  there  was  a  problem:  suitable  solid 
steel  beams  to  handle  this  load  were  not  available  as  a 
practical  matter.  To  solve  this  problem,  a  method  of 


CLASSROOM 

One  of  two 

such  areas,  is 

equipped  with 

sound 

projection 

equipment, 

blackboards 

and  display 

facilities 

for  use  of 

Educational 

Department. 

Completely 

air 

conditioned. 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


FIREMAN'S  FUND  BUILDING 


construction  was  adopted  which  is,  as  far  as  we  know, 
unique.  Instead  of  sohd  steel  beams,  we  built  up 
these  support  columns  from  laminated  steel  plates 
held  together  by  massive  high  strength  bolts,  thus 
achieving  the  effect  of  a  solid  mass  of  steel  measuring 
eight  inches  on  one  side  by  eight  to  twelve  inches 
(depending  on  the  requirements  for  a  specific  column) 
on  the  other. 

The  net  result  of  this  construction  method  was  that 
it  was  possible  to  have  the  columns'  finished  dimen- 
sions (after  the  plaster  was  applied)  of  no  more  than 
12  inches  on  one  side  and  from  12  to  20  inches  on  the 
other  —  far  smaller  than  would  have  been  required 
by  conventional  methods.  The  effect  in  these  large 
room  areas  is  one  of  extreme  lightness  and  open-ness. 


ACCOUNTING   DEPARTMENT 

Centered  on  Terrace  Level  of  California  Street  wing  .  .  . 

glare-free  light  and  surrounded  by  easy  on  the  eyes  color 

scheme. 


The  core  of  the  building,  at  which  one  end  of  the 
floor  is  anchored,  takes  care  of  any  horizontal  load. 
The  concrete  core,  in  a  three-level  section,  was  heavily 
reinforced  with  14-inch  walls.  The  girders  are  of  re- 
inforced  concrete  at  30  foot  intervals.  The  structural 
framing  between  the  girders  is  by  reinforced  concrete 
joists  on  iSYz  inch  centers. 

The  construction  features  just  described  apply  to 
the  three-story-high  California  Street  wing  of  the 
building  which,  because  it  is  the  largest,  is  usually 
referred  to  as  the  "main  building,"  but  is  properly 
referred  to  as  the  "California  Avenue  Wing."  HoW' 
ever,  the  building  also  has  a  center  section,  referred 
to  as  the  "Laurel  Street  Wing,"  and  on  the  South 
end,  the  "Euclid  Avenue  Wing."  These  two  wings 
are  two  stories  high. 

Although  these  two  latter  wings  are  important 
parts  of  the  entire  building,  they  posed  no  particular 
problems  from  the  standpoints  of  design  or  construc- 
tion. Like  the  rest  of  the  building,  these  wings  are 
built  of  reinforced  steel  and  concrete.  The  entire 
building  has  a  uniform  appearance. 

Another  structural  innovation  was  the  burying  of 


EMPLOYEES' 

CAFETERIA 

Colorful,  clean, 
pleasant 
cafeteria — 
aluminum 
chairs  and 
tables; 
upholstered 
chairs  in  pale 
yellow  plastic 
and  raspberry 
plastic. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


MODEL  AGENCY  OFFICE 
Park  Level 

Semi-permanent  display  of  typical  insurance  agency 
office  illustrates  vividly  equipment  and  furniture 
installation. 


Photo   Courtesy 
General  Fireproofing  Co. 


Walker  Ducts  for  electrical  conduits  in  -iYi  inch 
structural  concrete  floor  slab.  This  differs  from  ordi' 
ns.Ty  procedure  in  that  normal  non-structural  concrete 
fill  was  eliminated. 

BUILDING  EXTERIOR  ALL  WINDOWS 

The  exterior  of  the  building  is  glass  with  aluminum 
window  casings.  Nearly  an  acre  of  glass  was  required 


for  the  floor-to-ceiling  exterior  of  the  structure.  The 
spandrels  on  the  lower  part  of  each  window  are  a 
heat-strengthened  glass  with  ceramic  color  fused  on. 
As  a  result,  the  building  has  no  wood  or  other  surfaces 
requiring  painting.  The  only  exterior  upkeep  required 
is  washing  windows — a  job  which  is  facilitated  by 
the  wide  flat  roof  overhang  which  serves  as  a  working 
platform. 

The  three-level  main  portion  of  the  building  covers 


PARK 
LEVEL 

Combined  overhead  lighting 
and  natural  daylight  at  a  side 
of  this  modern  office  area  of- 
fers a  perfect  combination  for 
automatic   machine   operators. 


Photo  Courtesy 
at  Fireproofing  Co. 


TABULATION   ROOM 
ON   PARK   LEVEL 

Illustrates  portion  of  automatic  tabulating  machines  which 
are  in  constant  use  .  .  .  room  is  lined  with  tabulating  card 
files.  Overhead  lighting,  ventilating  and  air  conditioning. 


Photo   Courtesy 

Ce/ierai  Ptrepreofing  Co. 


NEWLY   DESIGNED 
'Point  of  Service"  storage 


?0n  by  144  feet — the  size  of  a  football  field.  It  is  laid 
out  in  such  a  way  that  most  employees  are  within  40 
feet  of  an  outside  window. 

The  entire  building  provides  195,000  square  feet. 
It  has  been  estimated  that,  if  the  building  were  on  an 
average  100  foot  square  downtown  lot,  it  would  have 
to  be  20  stories  high  and  would  have  cost  another 
million  dollars  to  build. 

The  building  has  been  planned  for  an  expansion 
factor  of  ?0  per  cent.  Future  needs  will  be  satisfied 
by  adding  a  complete  floor  above  the  present  floors,  or 
by  adding  wings. 

BUILDING  TAKES  SMALL  PART 
OF  LAND  AREA 

Actually,  the  building  takes  only  a  minor  fraction  of 


COURT 
LEVEL 

Illustrates  the  spaciousness  of 
the  general  office  area.  In- 
direct lighting  together  with 
the  modern  office  equipment 
and  file  system  contribute  to 
comfort  of  employees. 


Photo  Courtesy 

Genera/  Ftre  Proofing  Co. 


POPULAR 
BRICK 

Some  500,000 
bricks  were  used  in  the 
grouted  brick  masonry 
wall  and  building  trim. 


Photo  Courtesy 
United  Materials  and 
Richmond  Brick  Co. 


the  property's  10.2  acres.  The  building  itself  occupies 
1.74  acres,  and  there  are  2.75  acres  of  off-street 
parking  for  more  than  250  cars.  On  the  rest  of  the 
land  area,  a  truly  superb  job  of  landscaping  has  been 
done.  This  includes  110  varieties  of  trees,  plants  and 
ground  cover  that  give  the  area  surrounding  the  build- 
ing a  park-like  aspect. 

The  entire  building  is  completely  air-conditioncd. 


BRICK  MASONS  doing  their  part  in  constructing  this  mod- 
ern building. 


Photo  Cotiriesy.  George  U'^.  Ree^  &  Co. 
SEPTEMBER.     1957 


A  GOOD  INVESTMENT 

A  wise  invesfment  today  for  new  or  remodeled 
inferiors  is  a  modern  noise  quieting  ceiling.  An 
even  wiser  investment  is  to  choose  specialists  who 
are  experienced  in  all  types  of  acoustical  treat- 
ment. 

Call  or  write  any  of  the  L.  D.  Reeder  Company 
branch  offices  the  next  time  you  specify  acousti- 
cal treatment.  Most  architects  and  builders  do. 

LD.  REEDER  CO. 

Acoustical  Contractors  and  Engineers 
Franchlsed  Applicators  for 
Armstrong  Cork  Company 

Offices: 

SAN  FRANCISCO— 1255  Sansome  St. DO  2-5050 

LOS  ANGELES— 2900  Rowena  Ave.. NO  4-2932 

FRESNO— 1427  Brown  Ave. AM  4-9495 

SACRAMENTO— 3026  V  St GL  7-3505 

PORTLAND— 1732  S.W.  Harbor  Drive  CA  2-1049 


ROOF 
FILL 

Preparation  of  final 
roof  construction 
included  a  large 
quantity  of  a 
soft  concrete 
roof  fill. 

Photo  Courtesy 
Priiter-EJuards  Co. 


and  the  indoor  climate  is  controlled  by  two  boilers 
and  two  large  cooling  units.  A  low-level,  high  fidelity 
sound  system  has  been  installed  for  music  and  oc- 
casional special  announcements.  Nearly  600  speakers 
are  set  above  the  louvered  metal  "ceiling." 

In  the  core  of  the  California  Street  Wing,  there 
are  three  fully  automatic  elevators.  The  Euclid  Ave- 
nue Wing  has  one  hydraulic  elevator. 

A  few  figures  indicate  the  size  of  the  new  Fireman's 
Fund  headquarters.  The  equivalent  of  50  freight  car 
loads  of  steel — 1,500  tons — were  used.  A  total  of  70 
miles  of  copper  were  needed  to  bring  power  for 
lights  and  equipment  to  every  corner  of  the  building. 


The  new  furniture  for  the  building  filled  45  freight 
cars  when  it  was  shipped  by  the  manufacturer.  More 
than  500,000  bricks  went  into  the  grouted  brick 
masonry  wall  and  building  trim. 

ALL-AROUND  CO-OPERATION  RESULTED 
IN  A  SMOOTH,  SWIFT  PROJECT 

Ground  was  broken  on  the  project  in  August,  1955. 
The  building  was  completed  in  early  June  and  occu- 
pied on  June  17,  1957. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  imagine  a  construction 
project  which,  as  a  practical  matter,  could  have  gone 


Lightweight  Concrete  Roof  Fills 
Gypsum  Roof  Decks 

Steel  and  Aluminum  Siding 

FRASER-EDWARDS  CO. 

CONTRACTORS 

AT  water  2-1600 

2412  Harrison  Street       •       San  Francisco  10,  Calif. 


UNITED  MATERIALS  & 
RICHMOND  BRICK  CO.,  LTD. 

"There  Is  A  Difference" 

Monufocturers  of 

Wire  Cut  Brick  Repressed  Paving  Brick 


Red  &  Buff  Face  Brick 
Fire  Brick  &  Fire  Clay 
"SCR"  Brick 


Acid  Resisting  Brick 
Rock  Face  Romans 
Richmond  "Brik-Blox" 


Established  1  907 

POINT  RICHMOND,  CALIF.        BEacon  4-5032 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


FIREMAN'S  FUND 


ROOF 

Is  completely 

damp  and  water 

proofed,  with 

tar  paper  and  gravel 

finish. 


Photo  Courtesy 
Regal  Roofing  Co- 


more  smoothly,  and  with  more  pleasant  relationships 
all  around,  than  the  Fireman's  Fund  Headquarters 
Building.  The  outside  suecess  of  the  building  and  the 
notable  innovations  in  its  structure,  were  the  result 
of  an  "all  hands"  effort.  Obviously,  it  was  a  pleasure 
to  work  with,  and  for,  the  management  personnel  of 
Fireman's  Fund.  It  was  a  particular  privilege,  also. 
to  be  associated  with  such  people  and  firms  as: 

Edward  B.  Page,  A.I.A.,  the  Architect 
John  J.  Gould  and  Henry  J.  Degenkolb, 

Structural  Engineers 
R.  Rolleston  West,  Mechanical  Engineer 
Clyde  E.  Bentley,  Electrical  Engineer 
Maurice  Sands,  Interior  Designer  and 

Consultant 
Eckbo,  Royston  and  Williams, 

Landscape  Architects 


It  has  been  a  pleasure  working  with 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  &  NELSON 

General  Contractor 

on  the  new  Fireman's  Fund  BIdg. 

Roofing,  Waterproofing 
and  Damproofing  by 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO 


930  Innes  Ave.,  San  Francisco 


VAIencia  4-3261 


And,  last  but  not  least,  I  would  like  to  give  credit, 
also,  to  all  the  personnel  of  MacDonald,  Young  and 
Nelson,  who,  from  top  to  bottom,  played  important 
roles  in  doing  a  fine  job  in  which  we  all  take  immense 
pride! 


It  has  been  a  pleasure 
working  with 

w,  DOMLD,  Youi  &  mm 

General  Contractors 

on  the  new 

FIREMAN'S  FUND 

INSURANCE  BUILDING 


GEORGE  W.  REED  &  CO. 

Masonry  Contractor 

1390  SOUTH  VAN  NESS  AVE!;UE 
San  Francisco  ATwater  2-1226 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


SHEPARD  CADILLAC 


BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 


Architects: 

HAMMARBERG  and  HERMAN 


General  Contractors: 

F.  P.  LATHROP  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 


Structural  Engineers: 
BRYAN  and  MURPHY 


Mechanical  Engineer: 
SANFORD  FOX 


Electrical  Engineer: 
CHARLES  WILLIAMS 


Landscape  Architects: 

OSMUNDSON  and  STALEY 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


SITE  PLAN 

Showing  new 

building  and 

adjacent 

Used  Car 

display,  car  wash 

and 

customer  parking 

area. 


Opposite  Page 

Pictures  the 
Son  Pablo  Ave. 
view. 


Breaking  a  well  established  tradition  of  automobile 
sales  and  service  firms  in  locating  their  business  activi- 
ties close  to  competition,  the  Shepard  Cadillac  Com- 
pany  chose  to  build  their  new,  modern  building  on 
San  Pablo  Avenue  in  Berkeley,  a  main  commercial 
artery  which  connects  most  of  the  primary  cities  on 
the  East  Shore  of  San  Francisco  Bay  in  Alameda 
county. 

Located  for  many  years  in  the  2600  block  on  Oxford 
street,  the  Shepard  Company  was  obligated  to  seek 
new  facilities  for  their  new  car  sales,  used  car  activities, 
and  customer  services,  when  expansion  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  resulted  in  the  University  acquir- 
ing the  site  for  construction  of  a  new  Administrative 
building. 

The  new  San  Pablo  Avenue  facility  has  been  ac- 
claimed by  many  experts  in  the  automotive  industry 
to  be  one  of  the  most  efficient  buildings  of  its  type  in 
the   country.    It   represents,    according   to   consensus, 


superlative  architectural  design,  engineering,  and 
landscaping  for  client  programming,  and  maximum 
fulfillment  of  a  desire  to  produce  a  public-use  facility 
as  progressively  designed  and  acceptable  as  the  product 


ELECTRICAL  WORK 

ON  SHEPARD  CADILLAC 

BUILDING  BY 

RED  TOP  ELECTRIC  CO. 

GEO.  T.  CURRAN 


4377  Adeline  Street 

Emeryville,  Calif. 

Phone:  Olympic  2-8210 


STRUCTURAL  STEEL 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

ON  THE 

SHEPARD  CADILLAC  BUILDING 

BERKELEY,  CALIF, 
by 

NATIONAL  IRON  WORKS 

FT.  OF  EVERETT  ST.,  ALAMEDA 
Phone:  LA  3-7300 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


SHOWROOM 
INTERIOR 

Unique  glass  ceiling 
with  steel  cross 
members  combines  with 
the  glass  and  bricii 
walls  to  make  friendly 
appeal. 


the  company  sells. 

The  building  is  comprised  of  two  distinct  and  sepa- 
rately functioning  elements:  the  new  car  Show  Room, 
with  the  associated  sales  staff  facilities  and  the  general 


HEATING 
SHEET  METAL  & 
AIR  CONDITIONING 

ON  THE 

SHEPARD  CADILLAC  BUILDING 

BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA,  BY: 

WALNUT  CREEK  SHEET  METAL 
AND  FURNACE  CO..  INC. 

HEATING,  COOLING  AND  SHEET  METAL  WORK 

OF  ALL  KINDS.  WE  SELL,  INSTALL  AND  SERVICE 

ALL  MAKES  OF  FURNACES. 

P.O.  Box  606,  Walnut  Creek 
Phone:  YEllowstone  4-9386 


administrative  and  executive  offices;  and  the  Service- 
Reception  Area  which  is  devoted  to  general  and 
public  customer  use. 

The  Show  Room  has  been  assembled  with  the  two 
most  basic  materials  associated  with  automotive  design, 
steel  and  glass,  handled  with  a  great  stress  on  strict 
geometry — a  geometry  which  is  also  expressed 
throughout  its  luminous  ceiHng.  The  contrast  offered 
between  the  rigid  modular  show  case  and  the  moulded 
steel  product  within  it,  is  a  great  but  pleasing  one. 

Adjoining  and  flowing  through  the  Show  Room  is 
the  Servicc'Reception  element,  made  up  of  a  basic 
steel  frame  curtained  with  an  integral  colored  non- 
precision  masonry  sheathing.  The  space  was  spanned 
with  structurally  efficient  tapered  steel  beams,  which 
support  prefabricated  roof  sections.  Quite  obviously 
the  functional  working  of  the  Service  Area  is  the  key 
to  overall  success  of  an  organization  of  this  type,  and 


RAY  HARRISON 

WALLBOARD  AND  PAINTING 
CONTRACTOR 

ON  THE  SHEPARD  CADILLAC  BUILDING 
BERKELEY 

6296  San  Pablo  Dam  Road,  San  Pablo 
Phone:  BE  5-6440 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ENTRANCE  to  Reception-OfFice  Area 

fully  realizing  this,  very  early  and  careful  planning 
by  the  Architects',  Engineering  Consultants  guided  by 
the  Shepard  Cadillac  Company's  own  technical  staff, 
was  carried  out.  Results  of  this  effort  have  produced 
what  is  felt  to  be  most  successful. 

Having  had  no  space  for  the  display  of  used  cars 
at  the  original  building,  it  was  decided  very  early 
that  with  the  available  area  on  the  new  site,  this 
important  function  of  motor  car  dealer  business  would 
be  incorporated.  Instead  of  the  usual  obscure  display 
relationship  between  new  and  used  cars,  great  empha- 
sis was  placed  on  their  common  exhibition,  the  only 
separation  being  the  transparent  show  case.  Not  only 
providing  interesting  pattern  to  the  masonry  curtain 
wall  and  overall  building  lighting,  the  cantilevered 
lighting    outriggers    provide    an    interesting    evening 


DETAIL,  Showroom  Exterior 


PANELIZED  ROOF 

Plywood  Roof  Diaphragm  and 
Timber  Framing  on 

SHEPARD  CADILLAC  BUILDING 

Furnished  and  Installed  by 

BERKELEY  PLYWOOD  CO. 

1401  Middle  Harbor  Road  — Oakland 
Phone  GL  2-2808 


this  ornate  wall 
is  built  of 

BESTEX  LIGHT  WEIGHT 
CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

We  are  also  supplying  both  Bes+ex  and 
Aggretex  blocks  on  the  new  San  Jose 
City  Hall. 

BEST  CONCRETE  PRODUCTS  INC. 

826-73rd  Ave.,  Oakland     TR  2-0863 


Service  Building  for  Sliepard  Cadilloc  Co.,  Berlceley 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


Ford  Motor  Company,  MJIpitas,  California 

Architect:  Albert  Kahn,  Associated  Architects  &  Engineers 

Glazed  structural  tile  by  Kraftile 

CHEER   FOR 

THE    ILL  &    INJURED 

A  sense  of  cleanliness  brings  a  feeling  of  comfort  and 
security  to  the  ill  or  injured.  Color  gives  them  optimism 
and  quiets  their  fears.  In  this  First  Aid  Room,  cheerful 
attractiveness  and  hospital  cleanliness  will  go  hand  in 
hand  for  the  life  of  the  building.  Walls  are  colorful,  gleam- 
ing Kraftile,  chosen  because  of  its  low  annual  cost.  Harsh, 
heavy-duty  soaps  and  detergents,  cleansing  powders, 
bleaches  and  antiseptics  cannot  dull  the  sheen  of  Kraftile 
surfaces.  Repeated  scrubbings  throughout  the  day,  year  in 
and  year  out,  cannot  wear  it  out.  Chemicals  and  bleaches 
cannot  change  or  fade  its  glowing  colors.  Construction 
with  Kraftile  goes  with  astonishing  speed.  When  you  spe- 
cify Kraftile  glazed  structural  tile,  costs  are  competitive. 
Kraftile  construction  requires  no  carpentry,  plastering  or 
finishing.  Standard  sizes  and  shapes  for  every  need,  in  1 2 
architect-selected  colors  and  clear  glaze.  Write  for  specifi- 
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ADDISON  HAWLE\, 
Is  Promoted 


NILES,  CALIFORNIA 


ADDISON  HAWLEY,  JR.  GETS  NEW 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  APPOINTMENT 

The  appointment  of  Addison  Hawley,  Jr.,  to  the 
newly  created  position  of  assistant  general  manager, 
Architectural  Division,  Gladding,  McBean  6?  Co., 
has  been  announced  by 
the  divisional  vice-presi' 
dent,  Verne  W.  Boget. 

Hawley  joined  Glad- 
ding, McBean  6?  Co.,  in 
1946  as  a  sales  trainee 
in  the  refractories  divi- 
sion, and  held  various 
technical  and  supervisory 
positions  of  increasing  re- 
sponsibility in  Refrac- 
tories and  Pipe  Products 
Divisions,  before  trans- 
ferring to  the  Hermosa 
Tile  Plant  as  superin- 
iendent  in  1952.  In  1954,  he  was  appointed  General 
Superintendent  of  the  Hermosa  Tile  Plant  and  in  1955 
was  promoted  to  Tile  Production  Manager. 

In  his  new  position,  Hawley  will  be  responsible 
for  the  manufacture  of  tile  products  and  the  sale  and 
distribution  of  tile  and  masonry  products  to  all  areas 
except  those  served  by  Gladding,  McBean  6?  Co., 
Pacific  Northwest  Division, 


BAY  AREA 

TRANSIT  PROGRESS 


By  GEORGE  S.  HILL 

Consulting  Engineer 

In  the  1931  report  of  M.  M.  O'Shaughnessy,  City 
Engineer,  he  states:  "The  conditions  west  of  First 
Street  are  not  at  all  unfavorable  to  the  construction  by 
the  fill  and  cover  method.  This  portion  of  Market 
Street  is  all  sand  on  top  of  clay.  The  material  to  be 
gone  through  will  call  for  heavy  lagging  and  shoring, 
but  presents  no  unusual  or  alarming  difficulties.  A 
decking  of  heavy  planks  is  laid  on  steel  beams  sup- 
ported on  posts.  This  will  carry  the  surface  traffic 
while  the  subway  space  beneath  is  being  excavated." 
This  method  was  successfully  used  in  Toronto.  East 
of  First  Street  the  shield-driven  compressed  air  method 
would  be  applicable. 

COORDINATION  WITH  LOCAL  SYSTEM 
By  adopting  in  principle,  the  Optimum  Plan  or  its 
modifications,  San  Francisco  will  then  know  how  to 
proceed  in  planning  its  own  local  system.   Previous 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


concepts  will  require  considerable  readjustment  to  fit 
the  new  conditions.  Short  turning  loops  were  frowned 
upon  by  Robert  Ridgeway,  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
New  York  subways  as  unnecessary  and  expensive. 
The  science  of  automatic  control  and  signal  systems 
is  such  that  sO'Called  "flexing"  of  subways  is  now 
no  more  necessary  than  they  would  be  for  surface 
operation.  Equipment  for  local  use  should  be  of  the 
type  which  could  be  used  in  subways.  For  fast  load' 
ing  and  unloading,  raised  platforms  are  necessary. 
The  municipal  railway  should  be  so  planned  that  it 
will  be  auxiliary  to  its  own  rapid  transit  system  and 
also  to  the  Bay  Area  system. 

The  rapid  transit  system  should  be  planned  in 
advance  of  freeway  construction  because  of  its  greater 
capacity  for  its  size  and  to  avoid  interference.  One 
purpose  of  a  rapid  transit  system  is  to  reduce  the  need 
for  so  many  freeways.  It  is  an  economic  waste  to 
use  valuable  central  business  property  merely  for  the 
storage  of  cars  and  for  freeways.  Rapid  transit  is 
safer  and  does  not  take  so  much  property  off  the  tax 
rolls.  The  use  of  stations  along  Market  Street  will 
provide  the  only  practical  means  of  interchange  be 
tween  interurban  rapid  transit  and  future  grade' 
separated  local  transit  in  San  Francisco.  With  mes' 
zanine  concourses  at  the  stations  and  with  six  to  eight 
feet  of  cover  for  utilities,  a  Market  Street  subway 
can    be    designed    to    permit    underpasses    at    several 


points,  for  example  Seventh  Street.  Cities  rarely  con' 
struct  subways  until  they  have  attained  a  population 
of  at  least  a  million,  and  only  in  a  metropolitan  sense 
has  San  Francisco  attained  that  size.  Nevertheless,  the 
unique  street  pattern  here,  in  which  so  much  of  the 
traffic  and  transit  are  on  Market  Street,  makes  it 
evident  that  a  Market  Street  subway  is  now  justified. 
We  have  here  an  ideal  arrangement  for  an  "elongated 
terminal"  frequently  advocated  to  avoid  the  congeS' 
tion  which  would  result  from  a  single  stub  terminal 
at  the  business  center.  The  Optimum  Plan  makes 
effective  use  of  this  principle,  and  recommends  two 
main  stations  under  Market  Street,  one  at  Powell 
Street  and  one  at  the  Civic  Center.  With  the  muni' 
cipal  railway  facing  a  yearly  deficit  it  is  evident  that  a 
subway  for  local  use  only  would  not  be  self  support' 
ing  under  present  conditions. 

As  there  is  doubt  as  to  adequacy  of  two  tracks 
under  Market  Street  for  the  Bay  Area  system,  it 
might  be  wise  to  consider  making  a  four-track  subway 
a  part  of  the  Bay  Area  system  under  the  first  step, 
and  deferring  other  local  rapid  transit  construction  for 
later  consideration.  Two  tracks  would  extend  out 
Market  Street  for  the  tunnel  Hues  and  two  tracks 
would  turn  south  through  the  Mission  District.  Al' 
though  comprehensive  plans  should  be  made  it  would 
be  advisable  not  to  attempt  too  much  for  the  first 
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SEPTEMBER,     1957 


flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 


Leon  Chatelcrin,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  Isl  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    District.    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 

Mountcdn  District,   Bradley   P.   Kidder,   Santa   Fe,   New  Mexico;    CaUfomia-Nevada-Hawcdi   District, 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


Arizona  Ctiapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore,  President;  Martin 
Ray  Young,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary:  David 
Siiolder.  Treasurer;  Ex.  Cora.  Elmore.  Cox,  Fred  Weaver, 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA:  Fred  Jobusch.  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson,  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain,  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch,  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
Ellwood,  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer,  Exec.  Coram.  Office  of  Secy. 
254  E.  6th  St..  Tucson. 

Coast  Valleys  Chapter: 

Birgc  M.  Clark,  President  (Palo  Alto);  William  Higgins,  Vice- 
President  (San  Jose);  Paul  J.  Huston.  Secretary  (Palo  Alto); 
L.  Dean  Price.  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty..  663  Cowper  St.. 
Palo  Alto. 

Central  Valley  ol  California: 

Edward  H.  de  Wolf  (Stockton),  President;  Whitson  Coi  (Sacra- 
ramento),  Vice-President;  Joe  Jozena  (Sacramento),  Secretary; 
Albert  M.  Dreyfuss  (Sacramento).  Treasurer.  Directors:  Doyt 
Early  (Sacramento).  Jack  Whipple  (Stockton).  Office  of  Secty., 
914  llth  St..  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegner,  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet.  Vict  President; 
Norton  Polivnick.  Secretary;  Richard  Williama.  Treasurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter.  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy..   1225  Bannock  St..  Denver.  Colorado. 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Harry  B.  Clausen,  President  (Berkeley);  Hachiro  Yuasa.  Vice- 
President  (Oakland);  Robert  E.  Wear.  Secretary  (Berkeley); 
John  A.  Zerkle.  Treasurer  (Berkeley).  Office  of  Secty.,  101! 
Euclid  Ave..  Berkeley  8. 

Idaho  Chapter: 
Anton    E.    Dropping.    Boise,    President;    Charles    W.    Johnston. 
Payette,    Vice-President;     Glenn    E.     Cline,     Boise.     Sec.-Treas. 
Executive   Committee,   Chester  L.   Shawvcr  and  Nat  J.   Adams, 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg..  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter; 

Thomas  S.  Elston.  Jr.,  President  (Carmel);  Robert  Stanton,  Vice- 
President  (Carmel);  George  F.  Rhoda,  Secretary  (Monterey); 
Walter  Burde,  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty..  2281  Prescott  St., 
Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J,  Hesf.  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey,  Vic«- 
President  (Billings);  H.  C.  Checrer.  Sec.-Treai.  (Botemin). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballaa.  Wm.  J.  Hess.  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy..  Bozeman.  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons.  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien.  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza.  Treasurer.  Directors.  John  Crider,  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy..  160  Chestnut  St.,  Reno.  Nev. 


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CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL'S  12th 
ANNUAL  CONVENTION  READY 

Final  details  of  the  professional  and  entertainment 
program  for  the  California  Council  of  Architects  12th 
annual  convention,  Hotel  del  Coronado,  October 
2-6  have  been  announced  by  Wallace  Bonsall,  Con- 
vention Advisory  Committee  chairman. 

William  T.  Sesnon,  Jr.,  Los  Angeles  oil  company 
executive  and  civic  leader,  will  deliver  the  keynote 
address  Thursday  morning  October  3rd  on  the  sub- 
ject "Community  Planning  and   Development." 

Speakers  participating  in  the  program  and  round' 
table  discussions  represent  some  of  the  outstanding 
architectural  and  engineering  men  throughout  the 
nation.  Entertainment  scheduled  includes  a  trip  to 
Tijuana,  Mexico,  dancing  and  annual  banquet. 


409  BRYANT  ST. 


•  SAN  FRANCISCO  7 

Phone:   DOuglas  2-6433 


ARCHITECTS  TO 
TOUR  JAPAN 

The  second  annual  "Architect's  Tour  of  Japan"  will 
be  conducted  in  October,  according  to  Kenneth  M. 
Nishimoto,  A. LA.,  Pasadena  Chapter,  who  will  lead 
the  tour. 

The  itinerary  is  patterned  after  the  successful  1956 
tour,  but  this  year  the  group  will  travel  during  the 
most  colorful  season  in  Japan.  Architect  Nishimoto 
will  be  assisted  by  English  speaking  guides  who  will 
accompany  the  architects  throughout  Japan. 

Flying  from  San  Francisco  architects  will  spend  a 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Directors:  David  Vhay,  Edward  S.  Parsoiu.  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  President,  131  W. 
:nd  St.,  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zick.  President:  Aloyaius  McDonald, 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks,  Sec.-Treas  ;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick.  Edward  Hendricks,  Charles  E.  Cox.  Office  of 
Secy.,  106  S.  Main  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects; 

L.  A  Ferris,  Chairman;  Aloystus  McDonald,  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno),  Edward  S.  Parsoni  (Reno),  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Corlctt.  President;  Donald  Powers  Smith,  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrise,  Secretary;  Richard  S.  Banwell,  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W.  acment  Ambrose,  John  Kruse,  Bernard  J.  Sabar- 
off,  Corwin  Booth.  Exec.  Secty.,  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
office,   47   Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak,  President  (Downey);  Willard  T.  Jordan. 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson.  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers,  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy.,  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis.  Secretar>';  Thomas  I.  Potter,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy.,  317  S.W.  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pasadena    Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline.  President;  H.  Douglas  Bayles,  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni,   Secretary;   Robert  F.   Gordon,  Treasurer.   Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davies,  Keith  Marston,  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest  , 
Wilson.   Office   Secy.    46  North  Los  Robles  Avenue,   Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Sim  Bruce  Richards,  President;  Raymond  Lee  Eggers,  Vice- 
President;  William  F.  Wilmurt,  Secretary;  Fred  Chilcott.  Treas- 
urer. Directors:  Frank  L.  Hope.  Samuel  W.  Hamill,  Victor  L. 
Wulff.  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty.,  2868  Fourth  Ave.,  San  Diego. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Allen  Y.  Lew,  President  (Fresno);  William  G,  Hyberg.  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris,  Secretary;  Edwin  S.  Darden. 
Treasurer  (Fresno).  Office  of  Pres.,  408  Fulton  St.,  Fresno. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Darwin  E.  Fisher,  President  (Ventura);  Wallace  W.  Arendt, 
Vice-President  (Santa  Barbara);  Donald  H.  Miller,  Secretary; 
Donald  A.  Kimball,  Treasurer  (Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas., 
1045   Via  Tranquila,   Santa   Barbara. 

Southern   California   Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy,  President;  Robert  Field.  Jr.,  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr.  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett.  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger,  Burnett  C.  Turner,  George  V. 
Russell,  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Eiec.-Secy.,  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller.  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles  5. 

Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Charles  T.  Pearson,  President  (Tacoma);  Robert  T.  Olson,  1st 
Vice-President     (Olympia);    Donald    Burr,    2nd    Vice-President 


(Tacoma);  Percy  G.  Ball.  Secretary  (Tacoma);  Alan  Liddle, 
Treasurer  (Tacoma);  Trustees— Gilbert  M.  Wojahn  and  Gor- 
don N.  Johnston  (Tacoma).  Office  of  Sec.  2715  Center  St. 
Tacoma,    Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President.  433  Atlas  BIdg.,  Salt  Lake  City: 
M.  E.  Harris,  Jr..  Secreury,  703  Newhouse  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City. 

Washington  State  Chapter: 

James  J.  Chiarelli,  President:  Edwin  T.  Turner.  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall.  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers.  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardner,  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwcn  Myer.  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary.  409  Central  BIdg..  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James.  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Bcyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
off.  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Directors. 


Office  of  the  Secy.,  615   Realty  Bldg.,   Spokane,  Washingtc 
Chapter: 


Roberi 

Richard  Dennis, 

Wimberly.   Offit 


,  President;  Harry  W.  Seckel.  Vice-President: 
Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin"  Bauer,  George  J. 
:  of  Secy..  P.O.   Box  3288.  Honolulu.  Hawaii. 


CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL.  THE  A. I. A. 


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Angeles,  President;  L.  F.   Richards.  Santa 

Frank    L.    Hope,    San    Diego,    Secretary; 

cramento.  Treasurer.   Miss  Rhoda  Monks, 

!  of  Secty.,  703  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 


CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland),  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles),  Secretary:  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angeles); 
C.  J.  Padcrewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Frsn- 
Cisco).  Exec.  Secy..  Robert  K.  Kelley.  Room  712,  145  S.  Sprinf 
St.,  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office.  Room  300,  507  Polk  St. 

ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Hal   Major,   President;    Camie!   Van   De   Weghe,   Vice-President; 

Francis  E.   Capone,   Secretary;   Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.   Office 

of  Secty.,   507  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Producers'  Council — Southern  California  Chapter: 

LeRoy    Frandsen,    President,    Detroit    Steel    Products;    Clay    T. 

Snider,    Vice-president,    Minneapolis-Honeywell    Regulator    Co.; 

E.    J.    Lawson,    Secretary,    Aluminum    Company   of    America;    E. 

Phil     Filsinger,     Treasurer,     Hermosa    Tile     Division,     Gladding, 

McBean  if  Company.     Office  of  the  Secy..   1145   Wilshire  Blvd.. 

Los  Angeles   17. 
Producers'  Council— Northern  California  Chapter: 

John  J.   O'Connor,  President.  H.   H.   Robertson  Co.;   Stanley  L. 

Basterash.    Vice-President,    Western    Asbestos    Co.;    Howard    W. 
Treasurer.  Pomona  Tile  Mfg.  Co.;  Robert  W.  Ha: 


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Montgomery  St..  San  Francisco  5. 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 
R.    R.    Coghlan,    Jr.,    President;    George    Lamb.    Vit 
Peter  Vogel,  Secretary:  Harry  L.  Miller,  Treasurer. 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco: 
Harry    McLain.    President;    Harry    C.    Collins,    Vic 
Albert  E.  Barnes,  Treasurer;  George  E.  Conley,  Secretary.  Offio 
of  Secy.,   1245   Selby  St.,  San  Francisco   24. 


i-President; 


day  in  Hawaii  enroute  and  three  weeks  in  Japan, 
touring  the  country  and  meeting  Japanese  architects. 
Tour  membership  is  open  to  all  architects,  their 
families  and  friends,  but  the  number  is  limited.  The 
tour  will  be  managed  by  Japan  Tours,  Inc.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


WAL- PASADENA 

Dr.  Shelby  L.  Dietrich,  Pasadena  School  Physician 
discussed  TV  and  newspaper  propaganda  regarding 
public  health  in  a  talk  "What  Pubhc  Health  Means 
to  You,"  following  first  hand  view  of  the  new  home 
of  Architect  and  Mrs.  Boyd  Georgi,  Altadena,  and 
recently  featured  in  the  Pasadena  Star-News,  daily 
newspaper. 

New  League  members  include:  Mrs.  Douglas 
Brown,  Mrs.  V.  R.  Bonini,  Mrs.  Jack  Causey,  Mrs. 
Donald  Forker,  Mrs.  Lillian  Grizzell,  Mrs.  Alvin  H. 
Galpert,  Mrs.  Chauncey  M.  Lott,  and  Mrs.  Burdett 
Pulver. 


INLAND  BRANCH  CHAPTER— L.A. 

Amos  Randall,   architect  of  Pomona,   was   chosen 
head  of  the  first  District  Chapter  ever  to  be  recogni2;ed 


by  The  American  Institute  of  Architects.  It  will  be 
known  as  the  Inland  District  of  the  Southern  CaHfor 
nia  Chapter,  AIA,  and  will  include  architects  of  River- 
side, Pomona,  Ontario,  San  Bernardino,  Palm  Springs, 
and  Apple  Valley. 

Other  officers  elected  to  serve  with  Randall  include 
Herman  Ruhnau  of  Riverside  and  Robert  Chambers 
of  Palm  Springs. 


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SEPTEMBER,     1957 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M,  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Loyne,  H.  L. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Souer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquelte,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixelra,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Clark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Qoud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMoria,  Walter  L.  Dickey, 
Harold  S.  Kellam,  John  M.  Sordis,  James  L.  Siratta, 
Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Central  California 

C.  M.  Herd,  President  (Sacramento);  L.  F.  Greene,  Vice- 
President  (Sacramento);  J.  F.  Meehan,  Secy.-Treas.  Di- 
rectors: C.  M.  Herd,  L.  F.  Greene,  L.  G.  Amundsen, 
W.  A.  Buehler,  R.  W.  Hutchinson.  Office  of  Secy.,  68 
Aiken  Way,  Sacramento. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crondall,  Vice-President;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 
Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  CALIFORNIA  ANNUAL  MEETING 

Plans  for  the  1957  Annual  Convention  of  the  Struc- 
tural Engineers  Association  of  California,  to  be  held 
at  the  Hotel  del  Coronado,  October  31 'November  2, 
are  nearing  completion,  according  to  George  Guibert, 
Convention  Chairman. 

David  Narver,  Technical  Program  Committee 
Chairman,  has  keyed  the  technical  program  with  two 
subjects  of  high  interest  to  the  engineering  profession: 


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"Tall  Buildings"  and  "Concrete  Structure  Construe 
tion  Costs." 

A  panel  discussion  on  Thursday,  October  31,  will 
highlight  "Tall  Buildings"  and  the  Los  Angeles  build' 
ing  code  which  is  being  prepared  and  will  govern  con' 
struction  of  unlimited  height  structures.  Panel  mem' 
bers  will  include:  S.  B.  Barnes,  moderator;  Edward 
Lindskog,  C.  S.  Glazbrook,  Roy  Johnston,  M.  J.  Skin' 
ncr,  J.  M.  Stcinbrugge,  Murray  Erick  and  R.  W. 
Binder. 

Concrete  construction  costs  will  highlight  a  panel 
discussion  on  Friday,  November  1st.  Members  of  the 
panel  are:  William  T.  Wright,  partner,  Kistner, 
Wright  6?  Wright,  moderator;  Carl  H.  Wittenberg, 
partner,  TwaitS' Wittenberg;  J.  W.  Bernard,  general 
manager,  William  J.  Moran  Company;  Noyes  Roach, 
president,  Noyes  Roach  Company;  and  Clair  L.  Peck, 
Jr.,  partner,  C.  L.  Peck  Construction  Company  6? 
Realty. 

An  interesting  entertainment  program  is  also  being 
prepared. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

Professor  Charles  Massonnet  of  the  University  of 
Liege,  Belgium,  was  the  principal  speaker  at  the  Sep- 
tember  meeting  in  the  Engineers'  Club,  San  Francisco, 
discussing  "Evaluation  of  Plastic  Design  of  Steel 
Structures." 

Prof.  Massonet  reviewed  the  basic  concepts  of  plas' 
tic  design;  shakedown  effects,  and  the  possibility  of 
premature  collapse  by  local  or  general  instability.  Re- 
sults of  several  Belgian  tests  were  described. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF 
CIVIL  ENGINEERS— L.A. 

"The  Engineer's  Role  in  the  New  Era"  v^'ill  be  the 
subject  of  a  paper  at  the  October  9th  meeting  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Section  in  the  Rodger  Young  AuditO' 
rium,  delivered  by  Major  General  Emmerson  C.  Itsch- 
ner,  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Barbara  Counties  Branch.  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett.  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Osmard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore.  1st  Vice- 
President;  Hormer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  lose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Koca],  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treas. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy  .-Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  121  So.  Alvarado  St.,  Los  Angeles  57. 

Structural  Engineers  Associcrtilon 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmar  L.  McConnell,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kermedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnelL  Office  of  Secy., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 

R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy  ,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of   American   Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  USAF,  President;  C.  R.  Graff, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Seymore  A.  Potter,  Jr.,  2nd 
Vice-President;  Roger  L.  Caims,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hortnett, 
USA;  Donald  McColl;  Copt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN;  C. 
Grant  Austin,  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  Secy. 
USAF,  U.S.  Appraisers  Bldg,  630  Sansome  St.,  Son 
Francisco. 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS— San  Francisco  Post 

Colonel  John  S.  Harnett,  District  Engineer,  San 
Francisco  District,  and  Grant  P.  Gordon,  vice-presi' 
dent,  Guy  F.  Atkinson  Company,  San  Francisco,  dis' 
cussed  construction  of  the  "Coyote  Dam"  project  near 
Ukiah,  Cahfornia,  at  the  September  meeting  of  the 
Society  in  the  Presidio  Officers  Club,  San  Francisco. 

The  Coyote  Dam  is  located  on  the  East  Fork  of  the 
Russian  River  and  is  an  earthfill  structure  with  a  crest 
length  of  3,500  feet  and  will  be  160  feet  high  above 
stream  bed.  Some  6,000,000  cu.  yards  of  earth  and 
rock  will  be  moved  by  the  contractors  in  construction. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

Earth  Satellites  was  the  subject  of  the  September 
meeting  in  the  Rodger  Young  Auditorium,  Los  An- 
geles, with  Dr.  Henry  L.  Richter,  Jr.,  the  principal 
speaker.  As  coordinator  of  Project  ESP'27,  a  projected 
experimental  system  for  scientific  measurements  from 
an  earth  satellite,  the  speaker  described  the  U.S.  earth 
satellite  program,  including  mechanics,  purposes  and 
expected  results.  His  talk  was  illustrated  with  slides. 


AMERICAN  CONCRETE  INSTITUTE 
PLANS  S.C.  CHAPTER 

A  committee  of  twenty-three  men,  representing  a 
cross-section  of  engineers,  builders,  producers  and 
users  of  concrete,  concrete  materials  and  concrete 
products,  has  been  diligently  at  work  in  recent  weeks 
in  a  new  organizational  effort  of  particular  interest  to 
the  southern  California  area  and  its  concrete  construc- 
tion industry. 

Appointed  by  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the  Ameri- 
can Concrete  Institute  at  its  Februar>'  meeting,  this 
group,  the  Southern  California  Chapter  Committee  of 
the  Institute,  is  charged  with  the  organization  of  the 
first  official  local  or  regional  unit  to  be  formed  within 


the  framework  of  the  Institute  in  the  53  years  of  its 
history. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  present  year  the  nation-wide 
membership  of  A.C.I,  had  reached  the  total  of  8444, 
of  which  about  5%  are  located  in  the  area  served  by 
the  new  Chapter.  This  area  includes  all  of  southern 
California  to  the  north  boundaries  of  San  Luis  Obispo, 
Kings,  Tulare  and  Inyo  counties. 


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installed  in  up  to  one-third  less  pipe  chase  width  than  other 
types,  thus  turning  waste  space  into  usable,  rentable  area. 

Reversible  face  plate  on  the  closet  fitting,  the  reversible  car- 
rier leg  and  a  specially  designed  closet  connection  assmbly, 
provide  complete  horizontal  and  vertical  adjustability  with- 
out additional  fittings. 

Here  is  today's  carrier  assembly  for  today's  installation  and 
construction  requirements.  Get  complete  data  on  the  new 
Josam  UNITRON  line  by  sending  coupon  below. 


JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 


765  FOLSOM  ST. 


EXBROOK  2-3143 


Main  Office  and  factory 

SAN  FRANCISCO  7,  CALIFORNIA 

Branches 

LOS  ANGELES  -  SEAHLE  -   PORTLAND   -  SPOKANE  -   SALT  LAKE  CITY 

PHOENIX  -  EL  PASO  -  IDAHO  -  MONTANA  -  NEW  MEXICO 

HAWAII    -  ALASKA   -   PHILIPPINES 


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SHEPARD  CADILLAC 

(From  page  23) 
illumination,   enhancing   the   display   relationship   be- 
tween the  new  and  used  cars. 

Parking  facilities  for  customers,  for  cars  getting 
ready  for  service,  for  cars  already  serviced,  for  new 
cars  and  employee  cars,  was  not  overlooked  in  this 
facility.  Described  by  James  M.  Roche,  Vice-President 
of  General  Motors  Corporation,  as  one  of  the  most 
valuable  assets  of  this  building,  the  resulting  100  car 
parking  area  was  one  of  the  governing  factors  in 
the  original  selection  of  the  property. 

Keynotes  for  any  efficient  business  are  the  comfort 
and  convenience  for  both  the  customer  and  personnel. 
Integral  lighting  systems,  air  conditioning,  and  acous- 
tic surfaces  all  add  to  this  comfort  in  such  facilities  as 
the  accounting  room,  waiting  room,  executive  offices, 
conference  room  and  staff  lounge.  Not  shown  on  the 
plan  is  the  large  bulk  parts  storage  area  which  is  over 
the  entire  office  and  parts  area.  Parts  transfered  to 
this  area  are  handled  with  the  use  of  electric  hoist  and 
monorail. 


PICTURE  CREDITS:  Cover  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, also  page  11,  12.  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19;  Al  Silveria 
Photo's,  page  11,  12,  13  (bottom)  14  (top)  17,  18;  Moulin 
Studio's,  page  13.  (top),  14  (bottom),  15,  16,  19:  General  Fire- 
proofing  Co.,  page  12,  13,  14,  15,  16;  United  Materials  &  Rich- 
mond Brick  Co.,  page  17  (top):  George  W.  Reed  &  Co.,  page  17 
(bottom):  Fraser-Eduarils  Co.,  page  18:  Regal  Roofing  Co., 
page  19;  and  Phil  Fein  Photographer  page  20,  22,  23. 


NEW 

JOHNSON 

Model  53 


SURER,  SMOOTHER  "COLD  STARTS" 
BETTER  ALL-AROUND  EFFICIENCY 

This  amazing  new  Johnson  53  virtually  eliminates  the  problem 
of  "Cold  Starts"  and  varying  Oil  Viscosities.  It's  a  masterpiece 
of  advanced  oil  heat  engineering.  Metering  Pump  Control  Quad- 
rant provides  calibrated  reading  of  oil  being  burned.  Make  it  a 
point  to  find  out  what  it  can  do  for  you.  There  are  8  sizes  from 
25HP  to  SOffHP  with  either  Direct  or 
Belt  Drive.  Combination  Oil  and  Gas 
Models  may  be  had.  May  we  send  you 
full  details? 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

940  ARLINGTON  AVE.,  OAKLAND  8,  CAl. 
CHURCH    ROAD,    BRIDGEPORT,    PA. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


BERGFELD  SELLS  FRESNO 
SHOPPING  CENTER 

The  Pacific  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, Fresno,  recently  announced  the  pur- 
chase of  Chester  A.  Bcrgfeld's  entire  in- 
terest in  the  Manchester  Shopping  Center, 
accordin,g  to  Thomas  L.  Lowe,  company 
vice-president. 

The  $15,000,000  purchase  includes  all 
land  and  buildings  of  the  area  except  that 
portion  owned  and  occupied  by  Sears,  Roe- 
buck and  Company,  and  comprises  23  re- 
tail stores  and   1,382,864  sq.ft.  of  land. 


KAISER  CENTER 
WORK  STARTS 

'This  IS  how  we  are  going  to  do  it!""  says 
Dallas  (Pete)  Young,  partner  of  Mac 
Donald,  Young  and  Nelson  Inc.,  to  his 
job  foreman  Axel  Hallberg  during  early 
stages  of  mammoth  excavation  job  for  the 
future  Kaiser  Center  being  built  in  Oak- 
land. 


YOUNG  (left)  &  HALLBERG 

The  several  month-long  project,  which 
will  dig  the  largest  hole  ever  made  in  the 
East  Bay  area,  will  require  taking  out  130,- 
000  cu.  yards  of  dirt  to  a  maximum  depth 
of  40-feet.  "MYN"  Safety  hats  are  a 
'"must"  protective  headgear  on  all  Mac 
Donald,  Young  and  Nelson  construction 
projects. 


WOODWORK  INSTITUTE 
MANUAL  OF  WOODWORK 

The  1957  Edition  of  the  Manual  of  Mill- 
work,  compiled  and  published  by  the 
Woodwork  Institute  of  California,  is  being 
distributed  to  architects  throughout  Cali- 
fornia. 

First  published  in  1953,  it  was  intended 
to  establish  complete  standards  for  the 
production  of  architectural  woodwork  and 
to  provide  a  ready  means  for  specifying 
materials  and  workmanship  within  that 
field.  More  than  3  500  copies  have  been 
distributed  to  date  to  the  architectural  pro- 
fession. 

The  new  edition  has  completely  revised 
the  text  and  represents  today's  most  mod- 
ern approach  to  the  woodwork  industry. 


ARCHITECTS  FORM 
NEW  ASSOaATION 

Architect  Lewis  H.  Hurlbut  has  an- 
nounced an  association  with  Ryan  and 
Lee,  Architects,  and  will  conduct  an  office 
for  the  general  practice  of  architecure  at 
305  Grant  Avenue,  San  Francisco. 


ARCHITECT  WANTED 
FOR  LOS  ANGELES 

The  Bureau  of  Public  Buildings,  Los 
Angeles,  is  seeking  a  Principal  Architect 
to  head  its  Design  Division  and  is  willing 
to  pay  $889  to  $1,107  per  month,  accord- 
ing   to    Joseph    W.    Hawthorne,    General 


Manager  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission. 

This  responsible  administrative  and  ar- 
chitectural position  requires  three  years 
of  professional  experience  in  charge  of 
the  design  of  major  commercial  or  indus- 
trial buildings,  including  general  super- 
vision and  coordinating  of  the  writing  of 
specifications  and  all  phases  of  engineering 
and  inspection  involved  in  the  construction 
of  large  buildings. 

The  position  also  offers  civil  service 
benefits  including  promotion. 


by  Edward  L.  Soule,  Jr.,  president. 

Elmburg's  new  duties  include  supervi- 
sion of  all  engineering  phases  of  the  com- 
pany's operations.  He  will  direct  engineer' 
ing  on  Soule  buildings  and  on  Soule  alumi- 
num and  steel  windows,  metal  lath  and 
other  steel  building  products. 

He  formerly  served  the  firm  as  Los 
Angeles  district  engineer  and  assistant  sales 
manager. 


SOULE  STEEL  APPOINTS 
ELMBURG  CHIEF  ENGINEER 

L.  M.  Elmburg  has  been  appointed  Chief 
Engineer  for  all  Soule  Steel  Company 
products   according    to    an    announcement 


ARCHITECT  IN 
NEW  OFnCES 

The  architectural  firm  of  Jack  A.  Edson, 
AIA,  architect,  Medford,  Oregon,  has  an- 
nounced the  rembval  of  their  offices  to 
new  quarters  at  44  North  Front,  Medford, 
Oregon. 


fine  plans  demand 

FINE 

DRINKING 

FOUNTAINS 


73,  in  stainless  steel . . . 

beautifully  styled  to  match  grand  sur- 
roundings-with  HAWS  roised,  shielded, 
anti-squirt  head,  and  automatic  strean 
control.  Some  distinctive  design  avail- 
able in  vitreous  china  (Model  77). 


Specify  HAWS  recessed  fountains . . .  and  be  sure  of  drinking 
facilities  that  match  the  quality  and  distinction  of  your  finest 
project.  Snugly  recessed  in  the  wall,  they  provide  the  utmost 
in  modern  drinking  convenience. ..and  HAWS  workmanship 
assures  the  finest  sanitation  and  service. 


WRITE  FOR  DETAILS  I  These  and  hundreds  of  other 

fountains  are  illustrated  in  HAWS  new  1957  catalog. 

Ask  for  your  free  copy.' 


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DRINKING    FAUCET    COMPANY 


1443  FOURTH  STREET  (Since  1909)  BERKELEY  10,  CALIFORNIA 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


BAY  AREA  TRANSIT  PROGRESS 

(From  page  2?) 
Step.   To  advocate  two  separate  bond  elections  would 
doubtless  result  in  defeat  of  both  measures. 

The  Arnold  report  on  transportation  facilities  for 
San  Francisco  stated  in  1912  that  it  was  then  too 
early  to  contemplate  the  building  of  a  comprehensive 
subway  system  for  San  Francisco  only,  owing  to  the 
comparative  absence  of  very  long  hauls  and  especially 
if  the  tunnel  and  other  transit  improvement  projects 
recommended  were  carried  out.  The  Twin  Peaks 
Tunnel  is  two  miles  long  and  its  use  as  part  of  an 
alternative  route  to  the  county  line  would  conform  to 
the  city's  own  plan  for  rapid  transit.  This  would  not 


FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

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Hollow  Metal  Producfs     •     Interior  Metal  Trim 

Elevator  Fronts  and  Cabs 
Metal  Plaster  Accessories   •    Sanitary  Metal  Base 

Flat  and  Roll  Metal  Screens 
Metal  Cabinets      •      Commercial   Refrigerators 


269  POTRERO  AVE. 

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UNIT 

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Stocked  Locally 

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SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 
DOUGLAS  2-6794 

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only  save  money  for  the  first  stage  of  the  Bay  Area 
system  but  would  also  add  several  important  load 
points,  such  as  Stonestown,  the  State  Teachers'  Col- 
lege, and  the  business,  residential,  and  recreational 
areas  on  both  sides  of  the  Twin  Peaks.  The  construe 
tion  of  this  line  would  make  a  Western  Freeway 
unnecessary.  It  would  complete  a  project  long  since 
overdue,  as  it  is  now  an  example  of  the  effects  of 
piecemeal  development.  The  purpose  of  the  Twin 
Peaks  Tunnel  was  to  provide  rapid  transit  not  only 
for  the  development  of  residential  areas  within  San 
Francisco  but  also  down  the  Peninsula  into  San  Mateo 
County. 

The  east  portal  was  purposely  built  "sub-grade" 
to  facilitate  extension  of  the  tunnel-subway  project 
down  Market  Street.  Mr.  Arnold  was  in  favor  of  the 
immediate  extension  as  far  as  Valencia  Street  and 
the  location  of  an  interurban  station  there.  The  con- 
struction of  the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel  line  could  well  be 
included  in  the  Bay  Area  system  even  if  the  branch 
southward  through  the  Mission  District  is  deferred 
for  a  later  stage.  The  DeLeuw  Report  of  1948  recom- 
mended a  two-track  rapid  transit  route  along  South 
Van  Ness  Avenue  in  the  center  of  the  proposed 
Mission  Freeway  to  and  beyond  the  city  limits,  fol- 
lowing the  old  right-of-way  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company  through  Ocean  View,  with  a  station  be- 
tween Geneva  and  Ocean  Avenues.  In  some  respects 
this  route  is  to  be  preferred  to  the  route  with  elevated 
railways  along  Valencia  Street  and  Alemany  Boule- 
vard, recommended  in  the  Regional  Rapid  Transit 
Report.  The  center  strip  of  Chicago's  West  Side 
Expressway  is  occupied  by  a  rapid  transit  line  which 
runs  eight  miles  due  west  from  the  central  business 
district. 

(THE  END) 


ULYSSES  FLOYD  RIBLE  NAMED 
REGIONAL  A.I.A.  DIRECTOR 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  F.A.I. A.,  Los  Angeles,  has 
been  elected  regional  director  of  The  American  Insti- 
tute of  Architects,  California-Hawaii-Nevada  district. 

Rible  was  elected  to  membership  in  the  Southern 
California  Chapter  AIA  in  1940,  serving  as  chapter 
president  in  1954,  and  last  month  was  advanced  to  the 
rank  of  Fellow  in  the  national  organization. 

In  1952,  Rible  served  as  president  of  the  Economic 
Round  Table,  and  during  1955-56  was  president  of 
the  California  State  Board  of  Architectural  Examiners. 

Several  of  the  buildings  designed  by  Rible  have  won 
national  architectural  awards. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  architectural  firm  of  Allison 
&?  Rible,  Los  Angeles. 


GERALD  V.  JACOBS,  THOMAS  D.  WOSSER, 
JR.,  ROBERT  L.  MORRIS,  and  BURR  H.  RAN- 
DOLPH have  successfully  passed  the  Structural  Engi- 
neers Examination  given  for  licensing  by  the  State  of 
California  in  November,  1956. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


BOOK  REVIEWS 

PAMPHLETS  ANB  CATALOGUES 


AUTOMATION:  Its  Purpose  Sc  Future.  By  Magnus  Pyke, 
B.  Sc..  Ph.D.  Philosophical  Library,  15  East  40th  St., 
New  York  16.  N.  Y.   Price  ^10.00. 

The  electric  computer,  a  machine  that  can  control  other 
machines,  was  perfected  in  the  1940's.  Its  advent  means  that 
factory  processes  and  office  work  alike  can  now  be  done  almost 
entirely  automatically.  The  Computer  can  co-ordinate  the 
work  of  a  series  of  manufacturing  operations,  it  can  fulfil  the 
function  of  a  human  operator  in  a  factory  or  a  living  accounts 
clerk  in  an  office.  Some  of  the  new  things  that  are  already 
being  done  by  automation  are  reviewed  and  the  author  is 
optimistic  about  the  social  effects  of  the  new  revolution  in 
modern  times. 


mm  PACIFIC -MUBPHY  CORP. 

Sfeel  Fabricators 

and 

Erectors 

REINFORCING  STEEL 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
BRIDGE 

CRANES 

4300  EASTSHORE  HWY. 
EMERYVILLE.  CALIF. 

Phona: 
OL  3-1717 

BUILDING  COST  MANUAL.    John  Wiley  &  Sons,  Inc.. 
440  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York  16,  N.  Y.   Price  ^15.00. 

Prepared  under  the  direction  of  the  Joint  Committee  on 
Building  Costs  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  of  The  American 
Institute  of  Architects  and  The  Appraisers  Division  of  the 
Chicago  Real  Estate  Board,  this  book  provides  an  overall, 
up  to  date  acquaintance  with  the  costs  of  constructon  of 
buildings  of  varying  types.  Every  phase  of  building  costs  is 
described,  detailed,  and  illustrated  with  photographs.  Actual 
cost  of  the  building  is  broken  down  by  trades,  then  shown  in 
relation  to  square  foot  and  cubic  foot  costs.  150  different  build- 
ing types  are  covered.  Comparisons  are  made  with  older  types 
of  buildings  and  replacement  costs  are  considered.  Appraisers, 
architects,  attorneys,  contractors,  insurance  adjusters  and  a 
host  of  other  specialized  activities  will  find  this  book  well  worth 
while. 


MACHINERY  AROUND  YOUR  COUNTRY  HOME.  By 
Herb  Nichols.  North  Castle,  Greenwich.  Connecticut. 
Price  $7.50. 

Owners  of  suburban  and  country  homes  have  become  such 
substantial  purchasers  of  mechanical  equipment  that  a  new 
industry  has  grown  up  to  serve  them.  Home  bulldozers,  shovels, 
and  trucks  are  involved  in  clearing  land,  grading,  drainage, 
driveways  and  ground  improvements.  This  book  has  been 
prepared  to  bring  information  about  these  machines  to  those 
who  use  them  or  their  services.  Includes  data  on  purchase  and 
rental,  operating  instructions  and  comparisons  of  most  ma- 
chines, from  lawn  mowers  to  bulldozers. 


A  HANDBOOK  OF  HARD  METALS.  By  W.  Dawihl. 
Philosophical  Library,  Inc.,  15  E.  40th  St.,  New  York  16, 
N.  Y.    Price  ^10.00. 

Hard  metals  derive  their  importance  from  the  hardness  of  the 
carbides  of  metals  with  high  melting  points,  which  are  their 
chief  constituents.  The  first  part  of  the  book  deals  with  the 
scientific  principles  of  sintering  in  order  to  help  an  under- 
standing of  the  production  of  hard  metal  in  relation  to  other 
developments  in  the  application  of  the  sintering  technique. 
The  second  part  describes  the  technical  production  of  hard 
metals.  Reference  is  made  in  detail  of  the  experimental  methods 
and  results  of  many  other  investigators  in  order  to  assist 
further  development. 


NEW  CATALOGUES  AVAILABLE 

Architects,  Engineers,  Contractors,  Planning  Commission 
members — the  catalogues,  folders,  new  building  products 
material,  etc.,  described  below  may  be  obtained  by  directing 
your  request  to  the  name  and  address  given  in  each  item. 

Manual  of  millwork-revision.  The  1957  edition  of  the  Manual 
Of  Millwork,  intended  to  establish  complete  standards  for 
the  production  of  Architectural  Woodwork  and  to  provide  a 
ready  means  for  specifying  materials  and  workmanship  within 
that  field,  has  been  completely  revised;  grades  for  interior 
finish,  exterior  finish,  doors,  and  casevviork  clearly  defined; 
elimination  of  lumber  grade  terminology  in  favor  of  grade 
definitions  which  pertain  to  millwork;  complete  directions 
for  use.  Write  DEPT-Afe?E,  Woodwork  Institute  of  Cali- 
fornia,  183 3   Broadv.'ay,  Fresno,  Calif. 

Time  saving  tips-for  draftsman  and  engineer.  Shows  59-short- 
cuts  to  speed  drafting  and  computation  work;  clearly  written, 


DESIGNERS    •    MANUFACTURERS 

SAFES    •    VAULTS    •    MONEY  CHESTS 

FEDERAL  BURGLAR  ALARMS 

THE     HERMANN     SAFE     CO. 

1 699  Market  St.,  San  Francisco  3,  Calif.     Tel.:  UKderhill  1-i644 


HOGfln  LUmBER  CO 


Wholesale  and  Retail 


LUMBER 


MILL  WORK    •    SASH  &  DOORS 

Office.  Mill,  Yard  and  Dock* 

SECOND  AND  ALICE  STREETS  •  OAKLAND.  CALIF. 

Telephone  GLeneourt  T-686I 


HMS  and  HilY^IE 

Formerly  Haas  Construction  Company 

Sisce  1898 


275  PINE  ST. 
SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 

Phone  DOuglas  2-0678 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


uERmonr 
mflRBLE  compflnv 

DOMESTIC  AND  IMPORTED  MARBLES 
GRANITE  VENEER 

VER-MYEN  Serpentine  for  Laboratory  Equipment 

6000  THIRD  STREET     •     SAN  FRANCISCO  24.  CALIF. 
Phone:  VAIencia  6-5024 

3522  COUNCIL  STREET     •      LOS  ANGELES  4 
Phone:   DUnkirIc  2-6339 


The  Most  Complete  Line  of 
STEELS  and  STEEL  BUILDING  MATERIALS 
Made  by  a  Single  Producer 


See  Sweet's  Catalog  File  or  write  us  for 
full  information. 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORPORATION 

GENERAL  OFFICES:  CLEVELAND,  OHIO 

DENVER,  COLORADO  ....  CONTINENTAL  OIL  BUILDING 
LOS  ANGELES,  CALIF.  .  .  GENERAL  PETROLEUM  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA  ....  RIALTO  BUILDING 
SEAnLE,  WASH WHITE-HENRY-STUART  BUILDING 


PACIFIC 
MANUFACTURING   CO 

High  Class  Interior  Finish  Quality 

Millwork 

16  Beale  St.,  San  Francisco 

GArfield  1-7755 

2215  El  Camino  Real,  San  Mateo 

Fireside  5-3531 

2610  The  Alameda,  Santa  Clara 

AXminster  6-2040   (Factory) 

6820  McKinley  Avenue,  Los  Angeles 

PLeasant  8-4196 

MAIN  OFFICE  —  SANTA  CLARA 


well  illustrated,  shows  new  approaches  to  old  problems;  in- 
cludes "Calculating  Ideas,"  "Drafting  Shortcuts,"  Engineering 
Data,"  and  "Board  Timesavers."  Free  copy  write  DEPT- 
Afe?E,  Frederick  Post  Co.,  3650  N.  Avandale  Ave.,  Chicago  18. 

Air  engineering  data  file.  New  24-page  air  engineering  data 
file  (AIA  File  No.  30-D-l)  covers  engineering  and  test 
facilities  for  propeller  fans,  specifications,  construction,  main- 
tenance, and  installation;  tables  for  estimating  air-handling 
requirements,  entrance  and  elbow  losses  and  duct  sizes;  also 
specifications  for  special  application  equipment,  i.e.  propellers, 
coatings,  and  motors,  corrosion-resistance  and  temperature 
guides,  physical  fan  laws,  terms  and  definitions.  Free  copy 
write  DEPT-A&E,  Aerovent  Fan  Co.,  Inc.,  Piqua  4,  Ohio. 

Design  manual — Part  II,  Porcelain  Enamel  in  Architecture, 
Curtain  Wall  Contruction.  A  new  curtain  wall  manual  (AIA 
File  No.  17'A)  is  now  available,  28-pages  includes  both 
black  and  white  and  color  illustrations  along  with  specific 
design  data  and  technical  information  for  architects,  engi- 
neers and  contractors.  Free  copy  write  DEPT-A&?E,  Porce- 
lain Enamel  Institute,  Association  Bldg.,  1145  19th  St.,  N.  W. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

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BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

PRICES  GIVEN  ARE  FIGURING  PRICES  AND  ARE  MADE  UP  FROM  AVERAGE  QUOTATIONS  FURNISHED  BY 
LeROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES.  4%  SALES  TAX  ON  ALL  MATERIALS  BUT  NOT  LABOR. 


All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
Francisco  and  the  Bay  District.  There  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  worV. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s).  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only.  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common  Brict— Per  I  M  laid— $165.00  up  (ac- 
cording  to   class   of  work). 

Face  Brick— Per  I  M  laid— $250.00  and  up  (ac 
cording  to  class  of  work). 

Brick    Steps— $2.00   lin.   ft.   &   up. 

Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$1.75  and  up— (according  to  class  of  work). 

Face  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs.— Approx. 
$2.25  and   up    (according   to  class   of  work). 

Common  Brick— $46.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 

"Bricketts"  (Brick  Veneer)  per  M,  f.o.b.  Niles, 
$50.00. 

Glaied  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 


•  Glazed— 
6  X   12  Furring  ____.. 

6x12  Partition  _ 

6  X  12  Double  Faced 
Partitit 


olored  gl 


add.. 


.$1.75  per  sq.ft. 
...  2.00  per  sq.  ft. 


r  sq.ft. 

■sq.ft. 


Mantel    Fire    Brick    $150.00   per    M  — F.O.B.    Pitts- 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 

Building  Tile— 

8x5'/2xl2-inches.   per   M 

6x5'/2xl2-inches,    per   M 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   M__ 

Ho 


I2xl2x2-ir,cties.  per 

I2xl2x3-inches.  per 

I2xl2x4-incties,  per 

I2xl2x6-incties.  per 


M.. 


..$139  50 
...  105.00 
._  84.00 

...$H6.75 
...  156.85 
...  177.10 
...  235.30 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per    1000  ft.  roll 

2  ply  per    1000  ft.  roil 

3  ply  per    1000  ft.  roll _ 

orow-skin     Standard   500  ft.   roll 
Sisalkraft,  reinforced.  500  ft.  ro 

Sheathing  Papers- 
Asphalt    sheathing,    15-lb, 


..$2.70 
-  3.70 
_  2.95 
..  5.10 


30-lb.  roll 

Dampcou'se    216-ft.  roll _ _ 

Blue  Plasterboard.  60-lb.  roll 

Felt  Papers- 
Deadening  telt    %-lb..  50-ft.  roll $4.30 

Deadening   lelt     lib 5.05 

Asphalt  roofing     15-lbs 2.70 

Asphalt    roofing,    30-lbs 3.70 

Roofing  Papers — 

Standard  Grade.   108-ft.  roll.  Light $2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium 2.90 

Heavy 3.40 

M.  S.  Extra  Heavy 3.95 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following   prices  net  to  Contri 

otherwise  shown.    Carload  lots  only. 

Bunke 


Gravel,  all  sizes.- 

Top  Sand  — .. 

Concrete  Mi: 


ushed  Rock,  1/4"  to  %"_ 
Crushed  Rock,  %"  to  II/2" 

Roofing  Gravel 

Sand— 

Lapis  (Nos.  2  &  4) 

Olympia  (Nos.  1  &  2)_. 


3.20 
3.20 
3.15 


DeI'd 
per  ton 
$3.75 
3.95 
3.85 
3.95 
3.95 
3.80 


Cement — 

Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks). 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) — _ — $1.30 

Carload   lots,  in  bulk,  per  bbl 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 
Prox.,  less  than  carload  lots,  $5.20  per  bbl. 
f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.60  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.L _ 2% 

I  I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 
(•  sack,  warehouse  or 
I  delivered. 


Trinity  White.— 
Medusa  White.. 


CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 
Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  5  sV. 

in  bulk  

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drur 

per  gal 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 


4x8xl6-inches,  each 

6x8xl6-inches,  each 

8x8xl6-inches,  each 

I2x8xl6-inches,  each 

I2x8x24-inches,  each 


..$14.20 


Hav- 

Ba- 

dita 

salt 

$  .22 

$  .22 

■■il'fy 

.271/2 

.    .32 

.32 

.    .44 

-461/2 

.&? 

'lant 

55.85  ■— 

_.$7.75 

5.85  ._ 

„.  7  75 

5.85    - 

_..  7.75 

Aggregates — Haydite  or  Basalite 

%.inch  to  %-inch.  per  cu.  yd 

%-inch  to  A-i"ch,  per  cu.  yd 

No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 


DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing- 

Two-coat  work,  $8.00  per  square  and  up. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,  $12.00  per  square  and  up. 

Hot  coating  work,  $5.00  per  square  &  up. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and   up. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  Installing  a  slov/  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
titie'i.  less;  hard  material,  such  as  rock 
will   run   considerably   more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES—     . 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings; 
$325  on  old  buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  Va  ii-  gauge  25c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magnesite, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.90   per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum— $6.00  sq.   yd.   &   up 

laid. 
Terazzo   Floors — $2.25  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo  Steps — $3.50  per  lin.  ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat— according  to  type — 

45c  per  sq.  ft.  and   up. 

Hardwood   Flooring — 

Oak  Flooring— T  &  G— Unfin.— 

Hx2iA  1/2x2    3/8x2    A«2 

Clear  Qtd.,  White $425     $405     $  i 

Clear  Otd.,   Red._ 405      380 

Select  Qtd.,  Red  or  White..  355      340 
Clear  Pin.,   Red  or  White.._  355      340      335      315 
Select  Pin.    Red  or  White.._  340      330      325      300 
#1   Common,   red   or  White  315       3rO       305       280 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 

Prefinished  Oak  Flooring- 
Prime       Standard 

lA  X  2. $369.00         $359.00 

I/,  X  21/, 380.00  370.00 

H  X  21/4 390.00  381.00 

U  X  2% 375.00  355.00 

}|  X  3'/4   _ 395.00  375.00 

H  X  21/4  &  31/4  Ranch  Plank__  415.00 

Unfinished  Maple  Flooring— 

a  X  2'/4   First  Grade $390  00 

U  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 365.00 

il  X  21/4  2nd  i  Btr.  Grade 375.00 

U  X  2'/4  3rd  Grade 240.00 

M  X  31/4  3rd  i  Btr.  Jtd.  EM .  380.00 

H  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 390.00 

33/32  X  21/4   First  Grade 400.00 

33/32  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 360.00 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade 320.00 

Floor   Layer  Wage  $2.83   per  hr. 

GLASS— 

Single   Strength  Window  Glass  $  .30  per  Q  «. 

Double  Strength  Window  Glass .45  per  O  <»■ 

Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75 _  1.60  per  Oft- 

75  to    100 1.74  per  ntt. 

1/4   in.   Polished  Wire  Plate  Glass__  2.50  per  Q '♦. 

1/4  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glass _-    .80  per  Q  ft. 

1/8  in.  Obscure   Glass . .55  per  Q  <♦• 

3^  in.  Obscure     Glass .70  per  Q  f». 

I/,  in.  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure...-.     .54  per  Q  ft. 
A  in.    Heat  Aborbing  Wire._.._._     .72  per  O  ft. 

i/a  in.  Ribbed    _ .55  per  Q  W. 

A  in.  Ribbed .75  per  Q  ft. 

i/j  in.  Rough    _-_ .55  pern  ft. 

A  in.  Rough    _.___ _     .75  per  Q  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to    .30  per  Q  *♦• 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place 3.50  per  D  W. 

HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor  Furnace,  25,000  BTU _..$42.00-  80.M 

35  000  RTII  47.00-  87.00 

45,000  BTU 55.00-  95.00 

Automatic  Control,   Add 39.00-  45.00 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25,000  BTU 72.00-134.00 

35,000  BTU 149.00 

45,000  BTU 161.00 

With  Automatic  Control.  Add 45.00-161. OO 

Unit   Heater,   50,000  BtU...__ 215.00 

Gravity   Furnace,   65,000   BTU 210.00 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75.000   BTU -  342.00 

Water  Heaters — 5-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control. 

20  gal.  capacity 96.00 

30  gal    capacity -  112.00 

40  gal.  capacity 135.00 


SEPTEMBER,     1957 


35 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool  Insulation— 

(2")  Less  than   1,000  O  ft $(.4.00 

(2"S  Over   1,000  n  ft - -...  59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")    $41.60  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisalation  Aluminum   Insulation— Aluminum 

coated    on    both    sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel    $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"   thickness   $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  _ 69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 


IRON — Cost  of  ornamental   Iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 

LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 

O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m $1  15.00 

Flooring — 

Per  M  Delvd. 

V.G.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.   I   X  4  T  i  G  Flooring $225.00 

"C"  and   better— all 215.00 

"D"   and   better— all... 145.00 

Rwd.  Rustic— "A"  grade,  medium  dry 185.00 

8  to  24  ft. 
Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 

1/4-inch,    4.0x8.0-315    _.._ $120.00 

'A-inch.   4.0x8.0-515    160.00 

%-ineh,    per    M    sq.    ft 200.00 

Plysform   _. _. 1 60.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  availablel— 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2,  $7.00' 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to   lay  shingles,   $7.50  per  square. 
Cedar    Shakes— 1/2"    to   %"   x   24/26    in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

%-  to  11/4"  x  24/26  in  split  resawn, 

per  square  _ _ 17.00 

Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $8.50  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated Add  J35  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
8-lb.    treatment  _ Add  $45  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard   Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2l-$32. 
Screen  doors,  $10  to  $15  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $1.75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases  for   kitchen   and    pantries   seven   ft. 

high,    per   lineal   ft.,   upper   $10  to   $15; 

lower  $12  to  $18. 
Dining  room  cases,  $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing    (average),    $115    per   M. 
For  smaller  worit  average,  $  1 25  to  $  1 35  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard  $  .90 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.35 

Cold  water  painting per  yard        .45 

Whitewashing per  yard       .25 

Linseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light   iron    drums per  gal.  $2.28        $2.34 

5-gallon  cans _ per  gal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans  _ each    2.52         2.58 

Quart  cans  each      .71  .72 

Pint  cans  _ each      .38  .39 

i/2-pint  cans  _ each       .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums... per  gal.  $1,65 

5-gallon  cans  __ _ per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans  _ „ each     1.88 

Quart  cans  each      .54 

Pint  cans  _ each      .31 

'/2-pint  cans each      JO 


Pioneer  White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Pastt) 

List  Price  Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight         Per  100      Pr.  per        per  100      Pr.  per 
Packages  lbs.  pkg.  lbs.  pkg. 

lOO-lb.   kegs  .._..$28.35        $29.35  $27.50        $27.50 

50.|b.   kegs  30.05  15.03  28.15  14.08 

25-lb.   kegs  30.35  7.50  28.45  7.12 

5-lb.  cans'  ....  33.35  1.34  31.25  1.25 

lib.  cans'  ....  36.00  .36  33.75  .34 

500    lbs.    (one   delivery)    %c    per    pound    less   than 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red   Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters- Price  Per  100  Pounds 

100  50  25 

lbs.        lbs.        lbs. 

Dry   White    Lead $26.30    $      ....     $    .    . 

Litharge    ...._ 25.95      26.60      26.90 

Dry    Red    Lead 27.20      27.85      28.15 

Red   Lead   in   Oil 30.65      31.30      31.60 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-mch     $2.75  lineal  foot 

8-mch     3.25  lineal  foot 

1 0-Inch     4. 1 0  lineal  foot 

12-Inch     5.20  lineal  foot 

Installation     75c  to  $1.50  lineal  foot 

PLASTER— 

Neat   wall,    per   ton    delivered    In    S.    F.   in 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING  (Interior)  — 

Yard 

3  Coats,   metal    lath  and   plaster $3.75 

Keene  cement  on  metal  lath 4.25 

Ceilings  with  3/4  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(lathed    only)    3.75 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

plastered  5.60 

Single   partition   %   channels  and   metal   lath 

1  side   (lath  only) 3.75 

Single   partition   %  channels  and  metal   lath 

2  inches  thick  plastered 8.75 

4-Inch     double     partition     3/^     channels     and 

metal    lath  2  sides   (lath   only) 6.25 

4-inch     double     partition     3/^     channels    and 
metal   lath  2  sides  plastered 10.25 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)  — 
2  coats  cement  finish,  brick  or  concrete 


all 


..$2.25 


3  coats  cement  finish.   No.   18  gauge  wire 

mesh  3.00 

Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime-  $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— 3/3" — 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco — $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.7f  per  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per    fixture    up, 
according  to  grade,  quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15.00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  In  place. 

4'/2  In.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I   Cedar  Shingles,  5  In.  ex- 
posure,  per  square 16.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7'/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with   Gravel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Compo  Shingles,  $17  to  $25  per  sq.  laid 
'/2  to  %  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"  Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

3/4  to  11/4  x  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  In  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    LCL.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-m $   .28 

Standard,     6-In 51 

Standard,      Bin 74 

Standard,    12-In 1.61 

Standard,   24-In 6.42 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  LF. 

L.C.L,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows- Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),  including  hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unqlazed),  per  ;q,  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

mill. 
$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

i/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

3/8-in.   Rd.   (Less  th.-.n   I   ton)   per   100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

s/s-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

3/4-in.  &  '/s-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton) 7.15 

I    in.  &  up   (Less  than   I  ton) 7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  See 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic  Tile   Floors-Commercial  $1.95  to  $2.25 

per  sq.  ft. 
Cove    Base— $1.50   per    lin.   ft. 
Quarry  Tile  Floors.  6x6"  with  6"  base  @  $1.60  per 

sq.  ft. 
Tile  Wainscots  &  Floors,  Residential,  41/4x41/4".  @ 

$1.95   to  $2.25   per  sq.  ft. 
Tile   Wainscots,   Commercial   Jobs,  41/4x41/4"  Tile, 

@    $1.70   to    $2.00    per    sq.    ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  '/»"  -  A"....$  .25-$  .35  sq.  ft. 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork   Tile— $.60   per   sq.   ft. 
Mosaic  Floors — See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  Q  ft )  .65 

Rubber  tile,  per  Q  f» $  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored  F.O.B.  S.  F. 

12  X  12.  each $  .17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 
Patio  Tile— Miles  Red 

12  X  12  X  %-inch,  plain ....$  .40 

6  X   12  X  %-inch,  plain 43 

6  X    6  X  '/e-inch,  plain .44 

Building  Tile— 

8X51/2X 1 2-inches,   per  M..... $139.50 

6x5i/2xl2-inches.   per   M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,   per   M 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,    per   M $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M _..  156.85 

I2xl2x4-inches,    per   M 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per   U 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

45c    per   square   foot   and    up.    Installation 

extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL- 
COS!  depends  on  design  eno  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


DUICK  REFEHEIVCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Cnnstructian  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  EKGINEERS 

L.  D.  REEOERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  00  2-5050 

Sacramento:  3026  V  St.,  GL  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIOKING 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMORE  AIR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

KAEMPER  i  BARRETT 

San  Francisco:  233  Industrial  St.,  JU  6-6200 

LINFORD  AIR  i  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  nfUth  St.,  TW  3-6521 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  72'(-2nd  St.,  SR '154 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-OHO 

ALUMINUM  BLDG.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  IWrougtit  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Stiaw  Road,  Plaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  3201  Tliird  St.,  Ml  7-2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO- 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Portland:  Portland  Wire  8  Iron  Works, 

4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  i  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  &  AERIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  LY  1-0385 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 


BANKS  •  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  &  Montgomery  Sts.,  EX  2  7700 

BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 

BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 
San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 
Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 
Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 
Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 
Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 

BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1-7400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2  3143 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

C.  E.  TOLAND  8  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 

BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2-3322 

BUILDING  PAPERS  i  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CABINETS  8  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 
San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 
THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 
San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 
MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 
Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3-9911 
■      ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO- 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7-0311 

CEMENT 

CALAVERAS  CEMENT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  315  Montgomery  St. 

DO  2-4224,  Enterprise  1-2315 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 

Ready  Mixed  Concrete 

CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 

San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St. 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 

San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave-,  CY  2-5620 

Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 

Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 

READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODES  JAMIESON  LTD, 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 

Santa  Rosa;  Roberts  Ave. 
CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 
Screed  Materials 

C.  8  H,  SPECIALTIES  CO. 

Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4-5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS— HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS— ROOF 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  111. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BEILWOOD  CO.  OF  CALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 
Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 
HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 
Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 
Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 
Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 
El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO, 
Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 
GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 
San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 
DRAFTING  ROOM  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 

Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2.4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 

San  Francisco;  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley;  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85  ■  14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HO«IN  8  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 


SEPTEN/IBER,     1957 


lltCTmCAl  COMTMCTOK  Uni'i) 

LEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

Ssn  FfjrKisco:  212  Clsra  St.,  DO  2-6010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  ?37  McAllister  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  I  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Gough  »  Fell  Sts.,  HE  1-590^ 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

South  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1101-Uth  St.,  UN  1-2420 

ETS  HOKIN  i  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  20432 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Resnient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2-8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

6AS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3-8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  BIdg.,  YU  6-2718 

D.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS&HAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  2-0678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  X  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Market  St.,  YU  6-0511 

G.  P.  W.JENSEN  X  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1-2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  81  SON 

San  Francisco:  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN8SWINERT0N 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  8  NELSON 

San  Francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2-4700 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati:  Cypress  Ave.,  Pet.  5-4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  &  PEARCE 

San  Mateo:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2-6639 


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RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  t  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  I  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

FURNITURE-INSTITUTIONAL 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

Oakland:  332  19lh  St.,  GL  2-4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 

HEATING  I  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  8  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  DO  2.0377 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  SebastopolRd.,SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 
INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2.1616 
INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 
IRON— ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 
LATHING  I  PLASTERING 

ANGELO  J.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  8-1582 

K-LATH  CORP. 

Alhambra:  909  So.  Fremont  St.,  Alhambra 

A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  8C.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES-JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco:  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 
LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 
LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Quint  8  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

1701  Galvez  Ave.,  ATwater  2-1157 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  3rd  8  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  8  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 
MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS-KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000-3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 


MASOMRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY  I  SON 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1224 

HETAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEER  CO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwight  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
Berkeley:  2547-9th  St.,  TH  1-3031 

Enterprise  1-2204 

METAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  III.:  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORK 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  652  Brannan  St.,  EX  2.1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 

Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 

Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 

SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  8  SUPPLY  CO. 

So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  8  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OFFICE  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 
San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 
Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.:  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PAOLI  8  CO. 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  Industry,  California 

Following  ore  the  hourly  rotes  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaininc|,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 

CRAFT                                         San                           Contra                         Sacra-  San           Santa                             Los        San  Ber-         San  Santa 

Francisco  Alameda    Costa        Fresno       mento      Joaquin       Clara        Solano     Angeles    nardino       Diego  Barbara        Kern 

ASBESTOS  WORKER _  $3,275        $3,275        $3,275        $3,275        $3,275  $3,275        $3,275        $3,275        $3.35         $3.35         $3.35  $3.35         $3.35 

BOILERMAKER 3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45 

BRICKLAYER _ _.     3.75            3.75            3.75            3.70            3.50  3.50            3.875          3.75            3.80            3.80            3.75  3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 3.00            3.00            3.00            2.70            3.00  2.80            2.90            3.00            2.425          2.625          2.625  2.425 

CARPENTER _ 3.125          3.125          3.00            3.00            3.00  3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00            3.00  3.00            3.02 

CEMENT  FINISHER _.._ _....     2.995          2.995          2.995          2.995          2.995  2.995          2.995          2.995          2.925          2.925          2.925  2.925          2.925 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type  (I   yd.)     2.705          2.705          2.705          2.705          2.705  2.705          2.705          2.705          2.74            2.74            2.74  2.74            2.74 

ELECTRICIAN _ _.._ 3.375          3.375          3.375                            3.50  3.25            3.61             3.275          3.40            3.40            3.50  3.40            3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST _ 2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985  2.985          2.985          2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR   _ 2.95           2.95           2.95  2.95           2.95 

GLAZIER  ._ _ 2.87            2.87            2.87                              2.905  2.905          2.87            2.67            2.885          2.885          2.90  2.885 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40 

REINF.  STEEl 3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15  3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15            3.15  3.15            3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL _.... 3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40            3.40  3.40            3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING _.    2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325          2.325          2.325          2.30            2.30            2.30  2.30            2.30 

CONCRETE 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325          2.325          2.325 

LATHER _ 3.4375        3.84*          3.84«          3.45            3.45t  3.50            3.375          3.75*          3.625          3.625  3.625 

PAINTER:  BRUSH _ 3.10            3.10            3.10            2.90            3.00  2.95            3.10            3.25            3.01             3.00            2.94  3.03            2.95 

SPRAY _ 3.10            3.10            3.10            3.15            3.25  3.10            3,10            3.50            3.26            3.25            3.49  3.03            3.20 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR _ 3.325          3.325          3.325          3.325          3.325  3.325          3.325          3.325          3.30            3.30            3.30  3.30            3.30 

PLASTERER 3.4125        3.54            3.54            3.35            3.45+  3.55            3.495          3.50            3.75                              3.625  3.425 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER _ 3.10            3.42            3.42            3.025          3.00  3.00            3.075          3.15            3.50            3.375          3.375  3.3125        3.25 

PLUMBER _.    3.45            3.59            3.435          3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55  3.55            3.575 

ROOFER _ 3.00           3.20           3.20           3.05           2.975  3.05           3.00                            3.I0§                          3.00  3.15           3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER _ .„    3.30            3.30            3.30            3.125          3.30  3.315          3.30            3.325          3.24            3.24            3.15  3.24            3.40 

STEAMFIHER... 3.45            3.49            3.69            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55  3.55            3.575 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 3.095          3.095          3.095          3.095          3.095  3.095           3.095          3.095          3.05            3.05            3.05  3.05            3.05 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards _ 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325           2.325          2.325          2.405          2.405          2.405  2.405          2.405 

TILE  SETTER _ 3.225          3.225          3.225          3.25            3.00  3.175          3.225          3.225          3.26            3.50            3.25  3.24            3.21 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacation  allowance  and  transmitted  to  i  $3,425  for  nail-on  lather, 
a  vacation  fund. 

fS  cents  of  this  amount  is  deducted  from  wages  as  a  vacation  allowance  and  §  10  cents  of  this  amount  is  designated  as  a  "savings  fund  wage"  and  is  with- 

transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund.  held  from  pay  and  transmitted  to  an  employee  savings  fund. 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of   Industrial   Relations,   Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research, 

■  nd  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  made 
as  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  Include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 

CRAR                                                  San  San                      Santa                       Los                        San  San 

Francisco                Fresno              Sacramento  Joaquin 

ASBESTOS  WOR.ER... ._          .10  W                    .10  W                    .10  W  .10  W 


Clara 

Angeles 

Bernardino 

Diego 

.low 

1 1  hr.  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

40  ARCHITECTANDENGINEER 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


San 
CRAFT  Franciico 

BRICKLAYER 15  W 

.14  P 
.05  hr.  V 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 10  W 

.10  P 
.10  V 

CARPENTER _ 

CEMENT  MASON 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER 


LABORER,  GENERAL.. 
LATHER 


OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.).. 
POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.). 

PAINTER,  BRUSH .._, 

PLASTERER... 

PLUMBER... _ 


ROOFER 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER.. 
TILE  SEHER 


cramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

.I5W 

.15  W 

.lOP 

.low 

.low 

.low 

Angeles 


San 
Diego 


.low 

.lOhr.  V 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

1%  P 
4%  V 

.low 

1%  P 
4%  V 

.075  W 
l%P 

.075  W 
l%P 
4%V 

1%  p 

1%  P 

1%  P 

.low 
l%p 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.tow 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

40  day  W 
.70  day  V 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.90  day  W 

.70  day  W 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.095  W 

.08  W 

.075  W 

.low 

.095  W 
.07  V 

.085  W 

.08  W 

.09  W 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.15V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

.low 
.lOv 

.15  W 
.10  P 

.lOW 

lOP 

.125V 

.low 

.low 

.10  P 
.125  V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.low 

.10  V 

.low 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 
4%V 

.075  W 
7day  V 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.075  W 
.12V 

.075  W 
4%V 

.085  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 
SdayV 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.025  W 
.06  V 

A7TBNTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  from  the  available  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no  employer  contributions  are  specified,  it  does  not  necessarily 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 


The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated   by  the  following  symbols:  W — Health  and   Welfare;   P— Pensions;  V— Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adm— Admini- 
stration fund;  JIB — Joint  Industry  Board;  Prom — Promotion  fund. 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


HILLSDALE  SCHOOL,  San  Jose,  Santa 
Clara  county.  Franklin-McKinlcy  School 
District,  San  Jose,  owner.  1 -story  concrete 
foundation,  concrete  floors,  wood  and 
steel  frame,  composition  roofing,  plaster 
interior:  1 1 -classrooms,  2-buildings,  multi- 
purpose room,  kitchens — $374,073.  AR- 
CHITECT: Kress,  Goudie  6?  Kress,  363 
Park  Ave.,  San  Jose.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Mcllroy  Const.  Co.,  183  5 
Alum  Rock  Rd.,  San  Jose. 

CHURCH  ADD'N,  San  Rafael,  Marin 
county.  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  San 
Rafael,  owner.  Construction  of  addition 
2  and  3 -story  wings,  including  basement, 
to  present  structure;  stucco  exterior,  plas- 
ter interior,  tar  and  gravel  roofing,  alumi- 
num sash;  facilities  for  a  Social  Hall  and 
Classrooms— $128,407.  ARCHITECT:  R. 
Hammond,     530    35th    St.,    San    Rafael. 


GENERAL    CONTRACTOR:    Ralph    E. 
Murphy  6?  Son,  P.  O.  Box  284,  Kentfield. 

CONVENT,  Corpus  Christi,  San  Francis- 
co. Roman  Catholic  Archbishop  of  San 
Francisco,  owner.  1 -story  wood  frame 
and  stucco,  plaster  interior,  built-up  flat 
roof  deck,  gravel  top;  5000  sq.  ft.  area; 
facilities  for  3-car  garage,  some  demolition 
work— $109,233.  ARCHITECT:  Henry 
V.  Chescoe,  33  Kearny  St.  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Ira  H.  Lar- 
sen  Inc.,  64  South  Park,  San  Francisco. 
JAIL  ADD'N,  Redwood  City,  San  Mateo 
county.  County  of  San  Mateo,  owner. 
Penthouse  addition  to  the  jail  portion  of 
the  County  Courthouse,  reinforced  con- 
crete and  structural  steel  construction; 
11,000  sq.  ft.  of  area— $413,900.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Michael  Goodman,  2161  Shattuck 


Ave.,  Berkeley.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Hub-Pacific  Const.,  Co.,  1020 
Doyle  St.,  Menlo  Park. 

MEDICAL  CENTER,  Walnut  Creek, 
Contra  Costa  county.  J.  T.  Lucas,  Wanut 
Creek,  owner.  1 -story,  wood  frame  con- 
struction Medical  Center — $43,469.  AR- 
CHITECT: Aitken  6?  Collin,  2102  Vine 
St.,  Berkeley.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: F.  C.  Kirkham,  1290  Walding  Rd., 
Walnut  Creek. 

WAR  MEMORIAL  BLDG.,  Guerneville, 
Sonoma  county.  County  of  Sonoma,  Santa 
Rosa,  owner.  Remodeling  of  rear  section 
of  auditorium  and  addition  of  2nd  floor 
rooms— $56,386.  ARCHITECT:  J.  Clar- 
ence  Felciano,  4010  Montecito,  Santa 
Rosa.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  E.  L. 
Colombini,  608  Wright  St.  Santa  Rosa. 

SWIMMING  POOL  &  BATH  HOUSE, 

Riverside,  Riverside  county.  City  of  River- 
side, owner.  Construction  of  a  swimming 
pool  and  bath  house  in  Hunt  Park,  River- 
side: gunite  pool  of  4850  sq.  ft.  and  bath 
house  2630  sq.  ft.— $92,910.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Clinton  Marr,  3638  8th  St.,  Rivcr- 


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side.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  West- 
ern-Alta  Const.  Co.,  325  Ana  Maria, 
Altadena. 

OFFICE  BLDG,  Salinas,  Monterey  coun- 
ty. Growers-Shippers  Vegetable  Ass'n., 
Salinas,  owner.  1-story  reinforced  concrete 
office  building— $148,883.  ARCHITECT: 
Elston  &?  Cranston,  6th  at  Dolores,  Carmel. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Ekelin  (i 
Small,  P.  O.  Box  8,  Salinas. 

CHURCH  REMODEL,  Terra  Bella,  Tu- 
lare county.  Lutheran  Church  of  Terra 
Bella,  owner.  Remodel  and  rebuild  present 
church  facilities— $57,272.  ARCHITECT: 
James  P.  Lockett,  Bank  of  America  Bldg., 
Visalia.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
R.  Hodgson  ii  Sons,  1300  Sunnyside 
Ave.,  Porterville. 

AUTO  REPAIR  GARAGE,  North  Holly- 
wood, Los  Angeles  county.  Nick  De  Carlo, 
North  Hollywood,  owner.  Concrete  block 
auto  repair  garage,  composition  roof,  con- 
crete slab,  tapered  steel  girders,  brick 
veneer,  skylights,  toilets,  plate  glass,  over- 
head doors;  3  5x77  ft.  of  area.  ENGI- 
NEER: H.  L.  Standefer,  Consulting  Engi- 
neer, 4344  Laurel  Canyon  Blvd.,  Studio 
City. 

CHURCH  &  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,  El 

Cerrito,  Contra  Costa  county.  Northminis- 
ter  Presbyterian  Church,  Richmond,  own- 
er. 1 -story  frame  and  stucco  construction 
—$87,458.  ARCHITECT:  Donald  L. 
Hardison,  225  Broadway,  Richmond. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Carl  C. 
Overaa  Const.  Co.,  520  16th  St.,  Rich- 
mond. 

MEDICAL  CENTER,  Fresno.  Dr.  P. 
Wilson  Matlock,  Fresno,  owner.  Office 
suites  for  9  doctors,  1 -story  frame  and 
stucco  construction,  acoustical  tile,  plaster 
walls,  gravel  roof,  hardwood  panels,  air 
conditioning  and  heating,  concrete  floors, 
off-street  parking;  10,500  sq.ft.  in  building 
—$225,000.   GENERAL  CONTRAC- 


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TOR:  Taylor-Wheeler  Associates,  245 
Clinton  St.,  Fresno. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Nicholas, 
Sacramento,  Pacific  School  District,  Sac- 
ramento, owner.  Some  site  work  and  con- 
struction of  facilities  for  administration  of- 
fices, 5-classrooms,  storage  room,  kinder- 
garten heater  room,  toilet  rooms — $132,- 
628,  ARCHITECT:  Kohlik  ii  Fisher,  2203 
13th  St.,  Sacramento.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: United  Const.  Co,,  3839 
Riverside  Blvd.,  Sacramento. 

MACHINE    SHOP    &    OFFICE,    Los 

Angeles,  Airheart  Products  Inc,  Los  An- 
geles, owner.  Brick  masonry  machine  shop 
and  office;  10,000  sq,ft.  area,  tapered  steel 
girders,  composition  roofing,  concrete  slab, 
plaster  partitions,  insulation  roll-up  doors, 
air  conditioning,  plumbing,  electrical, 
metal  toilet  partitions,  ceramic  tile,  louver 
windows  and  asphalt  paving,  ENGINEER: 
F,  O,  Reyenga,  4707  6th  Ave,,  Los  An- 
geles, GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  R,  A, 
Watt  Const,  Co,,  7862  S.  Western  Ave., 
Los  Angeles. 

SOCIAL  HALL  ADD'N,  Menlo  Park, 
San  Mateo  county.  Peninsula  Voluteers 
tion,  Menlo  Park,  1-story  frame  construc- 
tion, built-up  roofing,  wood  floors  and 
asphalt  tile;  2800  sq,ft.  area;  facilities  for 
conference  rooms,  classrooms,  craft  and 
loom  room,  lounge,  and  lecture  rooms — 
$39,700,  ARCHITECT:  Kingsford  Jones, 
615  Meno  Ave,,  Menlo  Park,  CONTRAC- 
TORS: Arthur  Bros,,  29  Vista  Ave,,  San 
Mateo. 

FLOWER  SHOP,  Visalia,  Tulare  coun- 
ty. Gondii's  Flower.  Shop,  Visalia,  owner. 
Contract  has  been  awarded  in  an  amount 
of  $39,900.  ARCHITECT:  Richard  P. 
Clark,  Bank  of  America  Bldg.,  Visalia. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTORS:  Guy  Mun- 
son,  275  W.  Tulare  St.,  Visalia. 

FLIGHT  ENGINE  TEST  FACILITY, 

National  Reactor  Testing  Station,  Idaho 
Falls,  Idaho.  Atomic  Energy  Commission, 
Idaho  Falls,  owner.  Test  building,  shielded 
control  and  equipment  building,  4-rail 
dolly  trackage,  utilities  and  supporting  fa- 
cilities—$6,044,695.  ENGINEERS:  Ralph 
M,  Parsons  Co,,  617  S,  Olive  St„  Los 
Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Howard  S.  Wright  Const.  Co.,  S.  Birch 
and  Sons  and  D.  L.  Cheney  (joint  ven- 
ture) 414  Pontius,  Seattle,  Wash. 

ELEMENTARY    SCHOOL    ADD'N, 

Kings  Beach,  Placer  county.  Tahoe-Truc- 
kee  Unified  School  Dist.,  Auburn,  owner. 
1 -story  concrete  block  and  steel  const.;  4- 
classrooms,  and  locker  room — $111,232. 
ARCHITECT:  Gordon  Stafford,  10241/2 
J  St.,  Sacramento,  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: H,  J,  Harlow  6?  Sons,  5411 
J  St,,  Sacramento, 

SCHOOL  &  CONVENT,  St,  Felicitas, 
San  Lorenso,  Alameda  county,  Roman 
Catholic  Archbishop  of  San  Francisco,  San 
Francisco,  owner.  Wood  frame  and  stucco 
construction,  built-up  roof,  dry  wall  in- 
terior, concrete  slab  floors,  forced  air  heat- 
ing —  $188,430,  ARCHITECT:  George 
Steuer,  705  Maud  St„  San  Leandro,  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Anthony  Morsil- 
li,   80060  Crescent  Ave,,   Hayward, 

STORE,  Duarte,  Los  Angeles  county. 
Thomas  Shaheen,  Jr.,  Duarte,  owner.  1- 
story  three  unit,  wood  and  frame,  cement 


plaster,  composition  roofing,  steel  sash, 
plate  glass,  concrete  slab  and  asphalt  tile 
covered  floors,  acoustic  ceiling,  slimline 
lighting,  toilet  rooms,  plumbing,  electrical, 
air  conditioning;  61x90  ft,  ENGINEER: 
Santochi  ii  Breinin,  Architect  and  Engi- 
neers, 132  W,  1st  St,,  Los  Angeles,  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Eastern  Builders, 
1608  E.  Compton  Blvd.,  Compton. 

SWIMMING  POOL  &  FILTER 
HOUSE,  Gilroy,  Santa  Clara  county. 
City  of  Gilroy,  owner.  Construction  of 
two  new  swimming  pools  and  filter  houses 
to  be  used  jointly  by  the  City  and  high 
school  district  — $58,000.  ARCHITECT: 
L.  F.  Richards,  1033  Jackson  St.,  Santa 
Clara.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Atlas 
Pools,  Inc.,  3301  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd.  Lafay- 
ette. 

FIRE  HOUSE,  San  Bruno,  San  Mateo 
county.  City  of  San  Bruno,  owner.  Con- 
crete block  and  some  wood;  small  day 
room,  office,  dormitory,  lockers  and  toilets; 
provision  for  adjacent  outside  Park  with 
public  toilets  —  $28,451,  ARCHITECT: 
Sharps  6?  Brown,  2301  El  Camino  Real, 
San  Mateo,  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Harvis  Const,  Co,,  405  Grand  Ave,,  South 
San  Francisco. 

HIGH    SCHOOL    ADD'N,    Clovis, 

Fresno  county.  Clovis  Union  High  School, 
Clovis,  owner.  Wood,  frame,  and  stucco 
construction,  cafeteria  structural  steel  and 
rigid  frame;  1-cIassroom  wing,  cafeteria, 
kitchen,  agricultural  classroom,  toilet 
rooms  —  $262,725.  ARCHITECT:  Wil- 
liam Hastrup,  Anglo  Bank  Bldg.,  Fresno. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Robert 
Long  Const,,  P.  O.  Box  1623,  Fresno. 


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IN  THE  NEWS 


FIREMEN'S  FUND  BUILDING 
HAS  UNIQUE  ACOUSTICS 

By  N.  C.  Stone 
L.  D.  REEDER  CO. 

The  acoustical  correction  in  the  general 
office  areas  of  the  newly  completed  Fire 
men's  Fund  building,  San  Francisco,  is 
unique  in  that  the  net  result  of  the  noise 
quieting  is  probably  the  maximum  for  of' 
fices  of  this  type  in  this  region.  The  acou- 
stical tile  in  these  areas  is  perforated 
mineral  tile  cemented  between  concrete 
joist  with  an  egg  crate  ceiling  and  lighting 
suspended  below  this  surface. 

A  textured  mineral  fiber  tile  is  placed 
in  the  egg  crate  grid  to  conceal  the  ducts 
and  concrete  girders,  making  an  effective 
rectangular  pattern  throughout.  In  the  traf- 
fic lanes  the  acoustical  ceiling  is  suspended 
below  the  ducts,  and  permits  recessed 
lighting  and  speaker  grids. 

The  executive  wing  is  treated  with  fis- 
sured mineral  tile  to  match  the  luxuriant 
appearance  of  the  surroundings.  Light  fix- 
tures and  air  ditfusers  are  recessed  in  pat- 
tern with  the  acoustical  tile. 

The  accounting  area  has  a  completely  re- 
movable ceiling  of  dense,  perforated,  min- 
eral tile  layed  in  an  exposed  grid  system. 
The  use  of  this  material  minimized  the 
transmission  of  sound  through  the  ceiling 
of  adjoining  work  areas,  and  at  the  same 
time  permitted  maximum  absorbtion  within 
the  electronic  equipment  area  itself. 


HREMEN'S  FUND  BUILDING 
POINT-OF-USE  STORAGE 

To  facilitate  storage  of  stationery  sup- 
plies and  forms  close  to  each  using  de- 
partment, batteries  of  filing  cabinet  units 
like  this  were  developed.  The  number  of 
units,  of  course,  depends  on  the  studied 
capacity  needs  of  each  department.  No- 
tice how  it  uses  single  door  storage  cabinets 
of  the  exact  height  and  depth  of  GF's 
5-drawer  SuperFiler;  hence  can  integrate 
in  any  file  battery.  Box  storage  drawers  are 
substituted  for  letter  drawers  and  adjust- 
able partitions  make  them  ideal  for  non- 
flat,  boxed  and  bottled  office  supplies.  Bulk 
storage  is  provided  by  the  storage  cabinets. 

Padded  forms  and  loose  sheets,  station- 
ery, etc.  are  made  immediately  accessible 
by  housing  them  in  swing  front,  me- 
chanized SuperFiler  letter  or  cap  size 
drawers. 

Periodically,  the  Supply  Department, 
where  the  basic  or  large  bulk  storage  of 
office  supplies  is  stored  in  cartons  on  shelv- 
ing, replenishes  the  Point-of-use  "Stations" 
in  each  department. 

It  is  estimated,  large  savings  in  both 
time  and  materials  will  result  annually 
from  this  improved  plant  of  distribution 
and  control. 


FIREMEN'S    FUND    BUILDING 
OPERATIONAL  PROBLEMS 

The  new  $4. 500,000  Home  Office  of 
Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company  and 
Affiliates,  commanding  a  magnificent  view 
from  San  Francisco's  Laurel  Heights,  has 
been  pronounced  "one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful office  buildings  in  America."  It  is  more 


than  that.  It  is  also  one  of  the  nation's 
most  functional  and  efficient  office  build- 
ings. 

When  it  was  decided  to  erect  the  struc- 
ture —  there  was  immediate  agreement 
upon  one  point:  All  operational  problems 
must   be   solved   in   advance,    and    fully. 

To  this  end,  Nicholas  A.  Begovich, 
Assistant  Controller,  heading  Management 
Services,  and  his  able  methods  and  pro- 
cedures staff,  made  an  exhaustive  study  of 
work  flow  within  departments,  of  paper 
flow  from  one  department  to  another  and 
of  traffic  flow  between  departments.  Join- 
ing him  in  this  research,  which  continued 
for  more  than  a  year,  was  the  project's 
architect,  Edward  B.  Page  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, winner  of  national  awards  in  his 
field. 

At  this  point,  MacDonald,  Young  6? 
Nelson,  Inc.,  general  contractors,  took 
over.  But  before  a  shovelful  of  earth  was 
turned,  there  were  additional  conferences 
— endless  conferences — and  frequent  re- 
vision of  plans.  Nothing  was  overlooked 
from  the  time-saving,  labor-saving  point 
of  view — from  the  placement  of  holders 
for  paper  clips  to  a  battery  of  accounting 
machines   weighing    IJ/2    tons    each. 

Meanwhile,  as  this  work  went  forward, 
The  General  Fireproofing  Company, 
world's  largest  maker  of  metal  business 
furniture,  was  selected  to  furnish  all  metal 
furniture — 42  carloads  of  it — including 
1,600  filing  cabinets,  900  desks,  200  tables 
and  an  avalanche  of  other  items,  such  as 
chairs,  counters,  library  stacks,  shelving, 
storage  and  mailing  room  and  special 
equipment. 

Specialized  assistance  came  from  both 
General  Fireproofing's  headquarters  in 
Youngstown,  Ohio,  and  from  a  large  staff 
in  the  San  Francisco  branch.  Supervising 
the  General  Fireproofing  studies,  planning 
and  installation,  was  C.  W.  Straubel,  Bay 
Area  Manager  for  the  company,  who  co- 
operated closely  with  Mr.  Begovich  and 
his  staff  for  several  months. 

When  The  Fund's  staff  of  850  moved 
into  the  new  quarters  from  their  down- 
town location — a  week-end  move  that  was 
made  without  interruption  of  office  work 
— eyes  literally  popped.  The  building  itself 
arose  near  the  middle  of  a  10.2-acre  tract, 
all  beautifully  landscaped.  The  re-inforced, 
quake-resistant  structure  glittered  with 
glass:  about  an  acre  of  it  had  gone  into 
the  floor-to-ceiling  windows.  Air-condition- 
ed throughout,  the  edifice  was  nothing 
short    of    an    employee's    dream,    with    in- 


numerable facilities  for  comfort,  conveni- 
ence and  efficiency  —  game  rooms  and 
lounge  rooms  for  recerational  periods, 
kitchen,  cafeteria,  outdoor  terrace  fra- 
grant with   flowers,   and   soft   music. 

Inside,  because  of  construction  innova- 
tion, the  staff  found  that  the  usual  wide 
columns  were  largely  absent,  allowing  for 
sweeping  vistas  and  great  freedom  in 
placement  of  desks  and  other  furniture. 

Visitors  still  marvel  at  the  amount  of 
advance  planning  that  went  into  The 
Funds  new  Home  Office.  No  wonder  they 
say  it  was  built  "from  the  inside  out." 


VERNON  ZURICK  APPOINTED 
MANAGER  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Vernon  Zurick  has  been  appointed  man- 
ager of  the  recently  opened  San  Francisco 
office  of  Charles  W.  Lerch  6?  Associates, 
elevator  consulting  engineers. 

Zurick  joined  the  firm   earlier  this  year 


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and  has  been  handling  special  assignments 
in  the  Chicago  office.  He  was  associated 
with  the  National  Bureau  of  Standards  for 
five  years,  serving  as  physicist  and  engineer 
at  the  central  radio  progagation  laboratory 
at  Boulder,  Colorado. 

In  his  new  post  Zurick  will  work  with 
Charles  W.  Lerch,  president  of  the  engi- 
neering firm,  on  all  phases  of  vertical  trans- 
portation consultant  services  to  architects, 
engineers,   and   building   owners. 


NEW  OETICE  BLDG 
FOR  LOS  ANGELES 

Architect  Daniel  L.  Dworsky,  AIA,  has 
completed  plans  and  specifications  for 
construction  of  a  new  office  building  in 
Los  Angeles  for  Dunas,  Greene  and  Swid- 
ler,  co-owners. 

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block  and  steel  with  wood  roof  and  floors, 
terraszo,  corridor  walls  of  hardwood  panel- 
ing, decorative  steel  stairway,  aluminum 
windows;  17,000  sq.  ft.  of  area.  Estimated 
cost  $300,000. 

Off-street  parking  has  been  provided  to 
accommodate  30  automobiles. 


FIXTURE  FIRM  MAKES 
PERSONNEL  CHANGES 

Fred  J.  Bertolone  has  been  appointed 
Sales  Engineer  in  the  San  Francisco  dis- 
trict for  Fluorescent  Fixtures  of  California, 
succeeding  Milton  C.  Very  who  has  been 
transferred  to  the  Texas  district. 

Other  changes  in  personnel  announced 
by  Charles  D.  Buchanan,  company  vice- 
president  and  Sales  Manager,  include  the 
appointment  of  William  L.  Eliot  to  the 
Oakland  and  East  Bay  Territory;  Marvin 
Rav  to  Assistant  Regional  Sales  Manager, 
and  Aubrey  C.  Wolfe  as  Quotations  Man- 
ager. 


ROBERT  W.  GRIFHTH  NEW 
FENESTRA  ADVERTISING  HEAD 

Robert  W.  Griffith  has  been  appointed 
Manager  of  Advertising  of  Fenestra  Inc., 
according  to  an  announcement  by  E.  A. 
Miller,  vice  president  of  the  firm. 

Griffith  will  have  charge  of  all  company 
advertising,  sales  promotion  and  pubhcity 
activities. 


LANDSCAPE  FIRM 
OPENS  OFHCES 

The  Landscape  Architectural  firm  of 
Baronian  and  Danielson.  has  recently 
opened  new  offices  at  760  Santa  Clara  in 
Alameda,  and  will  specialize  in  residential, 
institutional,  recreational  and  large  scale 
landscape  and  planning  activities. 

The  firm  is  comprised  of  Leslie  Bar- 
onian. B.S..  University  of  Ca'ifornia  in 
1952,  and  Robert  Danielson,  B.S.,  Univer- 
sity of  California  in  1952  and  Masters  De- 
gree, UC,   1956. 


NEW  FEDERAL 
BUILDING 

The  General  Services  Administration, 
San  Francisco,  has  selected  a  site  for  the 
construction  of  a  new  US  Court  House 
and   Office  Building  in  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

The  site  contains  90,000  sq.  ft.  A  site 
for  parking  will  be  acquired  in  an  adjoin- 
ing block.  Estimated  total  cost  is  ,$8,600. 
000. 


LUNDGREN  AND  ASSOQATES 
OPEN  SAN  FRANOSCO  OFFICE 

Haarstiik   Lundgrcn   and   Associates   Inc. 
of     St.     Paul.     Minnesota,    architects    and 


Testing  &  Inspection  of 

All  Architectural  and 

Construction  Materials 

Metallurgists  •  Chemists 
Assayers 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING 
LABORATORY 

651  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 
Phone:  EXbrook  2-1747 

Offices  in  all  principal  cities 


engineers,  have  opened  an  office  in  San 
Francisco  to  better  serve  clients  in  the 
western    part   of   the    United    States. 

Robert  A.  Bennighof,  associate,  will  be 
in  charge  of  the  new  office.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Minnesota, 
with  a  bachelor  of  architecture  degree,  and 
of  the  Cranbrook  Academy  of  Art,  Bloom- 
field  Hills,  Michigan,  with  a  master  of 
architecture   degree. 

The  firm  employs  60  people  in  their 
St.   Paul   office. 


K-LATH  CORP.'S 
NEW  PRODUCT 

A  plaster  and  wire  lath  for  ceiling 
construction  that  offers  such  structural 
strength  the  ceiling  can  not  fall,  unless 
the  building  collapses,  is  now  made  pos- 
sible by  electrically  welded  steel  wire, 
paper-backed  K-LATH  and  specially  de- 
signed zinc-plated  earthquake  staples,  ac- 
cording to  Robert  W.  Davis,  president  of 
the  K-Lath  Corp. 

When  applied  according  to  specifications 
under  wood  or  steel  joist,  it  forms  a  sheer 
ceiling. 

NEW  GILROY 
ELEMENTARY 

Architect  L.  F.  Richards,  1033  Jackson 
St,  Santa  Clara,  is  preparing  plans  and 
specifications  for  construction  of  a  new 
Elementary  school  in  Gilroy  for  the  Gilroy 
School  District. 

The  new  plant  will  include  10-class- 
rooms,  1  kindergarten  and  administration 
facilities.  Estimated  cost  is  $300,000. 


ELDORADO  SCHOOL 
WEST  COVINA 

Architects  Flewelling  &  Moody,  766 
Colorado  St,  Los  Angeles,  have  been 
commissioned  to  prepare  preliminary  plans 
for  construction  of  a  reinforced  masonry, 
6-classroom  school  addition  to  the  Eldo- 
rado School  in  West  Covina  for  the  West 
Covina   Elementary   School   District. 

LAKE  TAHOE 
BRANCH  BANK 

Plans  have  been  completed  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  1 -story  rustic  appearing,  cut 
stone  and  wood  exterior  bank  building  at 
Bijou,  Lake  Tahoe,  for  the  Bank  of  Amer- 
ica, San  Francisco. 

The  new  building,  with  picture  win- 
dows, heavy  timber  roof,  fully  air  con- 
ditioned and  winterized  will  cost  an  esti- 
mated  $250,000. 


TWELVE  UNIT 
OFHCE  BUILDING 

Engineer  E.  Zeplin  Springe  and  Ralph 
H.  Reisinger.  1765  Newport  Ave.,  Costa 
Mesa,  are  preparing  drawings  for  con' 
struction  of  a  concrete  block,  frame,  stucco, 
decorative  ceramic  tile  and  porcelain 
enamel  2-story.  12-unit  office  building  in 
Newport  Beach. 

Construction  will  be  by  the  Coast  Con- 
struction Co,  230  30th  St,  Newport  Beach. 


BROOKSIDE  ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL  FOR  WILLITS 

Architect  J.  Clarence  Felciano,  4010 
Montecito  Ave.,  Santa  Rosa,  has  com- 
pleted drawings  for  construction  of  a 
1 -story  wood  frame  Brookside  Elementary 
School  addition  for  the  Willits  Unified 
Elementary  District. 

The  added  facilities  will  include  5- 
classrooms  and  covered  corridors. 


DRIVE-IN 
RESTAURANT 

The   firm   of  Reichi  &?  Starkman,  Max- 
well  A.    Starkman,   architect,    1022   S.    La 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Cienega  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  is  preparing 
plans  for  construction  of  a  drive-in  res- 
taurant in  East  Anaheim,  for  Stan's  Drive- 
in. 

The  new  building  will  contain  3000 
sq.ft.  of  area,  and  will  be  of  masonry  and 
frame  and  stucco  construction,  composition 
roofing,  concrete  slab,  plate  glass,  serving 
and  cooking  facilities  and  concrete  asphal- 
tic  paving. 


LATTER-DAY 
SAINTS  CHURCH 

The  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter- 
day  Saints,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  have 
been  granted  a  building  permit  by  the 
City  of  Oakland,  for  construction  of  a 
$900,000  new  church  building  to  be  built 
in  the  4700  block  on  Lincoln  Way  in 
Oakland. 

The  completely  modern  church  will  be 
of  structural  steel  and  brick  construction 
and  is  being  designed  by  Douglas  W. 
Burton,  2154  Wentwood,  Los  Angeles. 


ENGINEERING  FIRM 
EXPANDS 

Leland  S.  Rosener,  Jr.,  Engineers,  have 
become  Rosener  Engineering  Inc.,  Engi- 
neers and  Architects,  maintaining  the  same 
key  personnel  with  offices  at  149  New 
Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  according 
to  a  recent  announcement. 

Roland  K.  Kuechle,  AIA,  has  become 
associated  with  the  firm  as  Chief  Architect. 

The  new  corporation  is  a  continuation 
of  a  private  practice  in  architecture  dating 
back  to  1904  when  Mr.  Rosener's  father 
established  a  consulting  engineering  busi- 
ness. 


SELFRIDGE  ANNOUNCES 
NEW  FAUCETS,  HTTINGS 

Three  new  lavatory  faucet  combinations 
with  matching  fittings  have  been  an- 
nounced by  Selfridge,  featuring  a  distinc- 
tively styled  centerset  faucet  with  canopy 
handles. 


ShutotIs  are  designed  with  O-Ring  pack- 
ing, that  holds  water  below  stem  threads 
to  increase  service  life  and  prevent  top 
leaks;  these  new  items  broaden  the  firm's 
line  of  sink  faucets  and  accessories,  rough 
brass  goods,  globe  and  swing  check  valves. 
Complete  data  from  Selfidge  Brass  Prod- 
ucts Inc.,  5606  Euclid  Ave.,  Cleveland  3, 
Ohio. 


FREIGHT  UNE 
TERMINAL  BLDG. 

Plans  have  been  announced  for  construc- 
tion of  a  $500,000  terminal  facilities  for 
Navajo  Freight  Lines,  Inc.,  on  a  230,000 
sq.ft.  site  in  Downey,  California. 

Facilities,  expected  to  be  completed  in 
December  by  Twaits-Wittenberg  Co.,  con- 
tractors and  engineers,  will  include  a  2- 
story,  9020  sq.ft.  office  building  of  tilt-up 


wall  construction  with  structural  steel  and 
wood  frame  interior;  an  18,000  sq.ft.  dock, 
and  a  13,000  sq.ft.  service  shop. 

The  new  terminal  will  be  the  West 
Coast  Headquarters  of  Navajo  Freight 
Lines.  Plans  and  specification  were  pre- 
pared by  John  Kewell  and  Associates, 
architects. 


SWIMMING  POOLS 
AND  BATH  HOUSE 

Architect  H.  Ruhnau,  Mission  Inn  Ro- 
tunda, Riverside,  is  preparing  drawings 
for  construction  of  two  gunite  swimming 
pools  and  a  reinforced  masonry  bath  house 
at  Cutter  Park,  Riverside,  for  the  River- 
side School  District. 

One  pool  will  be  42x75  ft.  and  have 
maximum  depth  of  4'  6",  the  other  pool 
will  be  a  divided  pool  containing  30x75 
ft.  The  bath  house  will  contain  a  total  floor 
area  of  5,000  sq.ft.;  folded  concrete  plate 
roof,  ceramic  tile,  slab  floor,  toilets  and 
showers,  blacktop  paving  and  chain  link 
fencing. 


HRST  UNITARIAN 
CHURCH 

Architect  George  Lykos,  616  Spreckels 
Bldg.,  San  Diego,  has  been  commissioned 
to  prepare  plans  for  a  new  church  build- 
ing to  be  built  on  a  7-acre  site  in  San 
Diego,   for  the   First  Unitarian  Church. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is 
$250,000. 


SHERIDAN  M.  KERR  NEW 
HELD  REPRESENTATI'VE 

Sheridan  M.  Kerr  has  been  appointed  a 
field  representative  with  the  Pacific  Coast 
Division  of  the  L.  O.  F.  Glass  Fibers  Com- 


Built-in  phone  outlets  build  up  a  home's  value! 

. , ,  says  Charles  A.  Hirschman,  president  of  the 
California  Pacific  Construction  Co.,  leading  San  Fer- 
nando Valley  builders:  "It  would  be  unthinkable  to 
build  a  home  without  concealed  wiring  and  telephone 
outlets  in  the  rooms  which  are  used  most." 


No  matter  how  you  look  at  it,  as  a 
builder  or  a  buyer,  you  want  a  well- 
built  home  above  all.  And  one  of  the 
features  that  speaks  for  a  "quality" 
home  is  Telephone  Planning.  As  Mr. 
Hirschman  says,  "Telephone  outlets  in 
rooms  used  most,  concealed  wiring 
and  color  phones  add  much  to  the 
value  of  the  home."  You'll  find  them  in 
homes  like  Mr.  Hirschman's,  built 
with  an  eye  to  better  living  and  satis- 
fied buyers  in  mind. 

Pacific  Telephone 

We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our 
business  office  and  ask  for  our  free 
Architects  and  Builders  Service. 


It  pays  to  include  Telephone  Planning  in  every  home  you  build! 


SEPTEMBER.     1957 


pany,  according  to  an  announcement  by 
John  A.  Morgan,  vice  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  division. 

Kerr,  formerly  associated  with  the  Mer- 
chant Shippers  Association  as  sales  man- 
ager, will  have  his  headquarters  in  San 
Francisco.  He  is  a  native  of  San  Mateo, 
California,  and  attended  Washington  State 
College. 


SWIMMING  POOL 
HLTER  HOUSE 

Architect  L.  F.  Richards,  1033  Jackson 
St,  Santa  Clara,  has  completed  plans  for 
construction  of  a  new  swimming  pool  and 
filter  house  for  the  City  of  Gilroy. 

The  new   facilities   will   be   used   jointly 


SPECIFY 
CALAVERAS 


TOP  QUALITY  CEMENTS  FOR 
EVERY  ARCHITECTURAL  USE 

^         CALAVERAS  CEMENT  COMPANY 

9  315  MONTCOMERT  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO  4 


by   the   City's   recreation   department   and 
the  high  school  district. 

LABORERS  BUILD 
UNION  BUILDING 

Structural  Engineer  Hugh  M.  O'Neil, 
610  16th  St,  Oakland,  is  preparing  plans 
for  construction  of  a  1 -story,  concrete 
block,  50x100  ft.  headquarters  building  in 
Richmond  for  the  Laborers  Union,  Local 
324,  Richmond. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  building  is 
$50,000.     

ASCE  ANNOUNCE  NEW 
COMMITTEE  MEMBERS 

The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers has  announced  the  appointment  of 
new  members  of  Executive  Committees  of 
Technical  Division  who  will  serve  the 
Society   until   October    1961. 

Among  those  named  are;  Everett  B. 
Mansur,  Planning  Consultant,  San  Gabri- 
el, California,  City  planning;  Egor  P. 
Popov,  Prof.  Civil  Engineering,  Universi- 
ty of  California,  Berkeley,  Engineering 
Mechanics;  Kenneth  Q.  Volk,  Consulting 
Engineer,  Los  Angeles,  Irrigation  and 
Drainage;  John  F.  Bonner,  Assistant  to 
Vice  President  and  Chief  Engineer,  PG^E 
Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Power;  and  Thomas  M. 
Leps.  Chief  Civil  Engineer,  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Edison  Co,  Los  Angeles,  Soil 
Mechanics  and  Foundations. 

CEMENT  MASONS  FORM 
NC  INSTITUTE 

Application  for  articles  of  incorporation 
of  the  Cement  Masons  Institute  of  Cali- 
fornia have  been  applied  for,  according  to 
James  W.  Davis,  San  Leandro,  president 
of   the    newly   formed   organization   which 


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•  BUILDING  MATERIAL  DEALERS 

•  CONTRACTORS 

•  SUB-CONTRACTORS 

•  MANUFACTURERS  AND 
REPRESENTATIVES 

ARCHITECTS  REPORTS  gives  advance  news 
on  construction  projects  in  Northern  California, 
lists:  name  of  projects,  location,  architect,  pro- 
posed   cost    and    other    pertinent    information. 

HANDY  individual  slip-reports,  issued  daily  at  a 
total  cost  of  only 

$10  a  month 


ARCHITECT'S  REPORTS 

Published  Daily 
The  ARCH/Tf  CT  and  ENGINeCR,  Inc. 


68  Post  Street.  San  Francisco  -  DO  2-831 1 


represents  cement  contractors  and  labor. 

Estell  V.  McBride,  San  Rafael,  has  been 
named  secretary  treasurer. 

Twelve  locals  have  already  become 
affiliated  with  the  Institute  representing 
the  San  Francisco-Oakland  Bay  area  and 
the  San  Joaquin  Valley  as  far  south  as 
Fresno. 

O.  B.  Barnett  and  Ralph  B.  Edminister, 
both  of  Fresno,  have  been  named  as  direc- 
tors of  the  Institute. 


THE  NEW  HENRY 
TRACTOR-LIFT 

Offers  job-site  materials  handling  with 
"big  tire"  mobility;  designed  to  reduce  on- 
the-job  lifting  costs.  Handles  any  job  a 
regular  lift-truck  can  handle,  with  the 
added  advantages  of  big  wheel  traction 
and  clearance. 


Three  models  are  available  for  IHC 
and  John  Deere  wheel  and  crawler  tractors 
and  can  be  mounted  in  rear,  rear-mounted 
with  operator  reversed,  or  front-mounted. 
Can  maneuver  in  mud,  snow,  and  pass 
over  chuck  holes  and  clutter;  attachments 
include  boom  crane,  dozer  blade,  con- 
crete blocktines,  snowplow,  cement  hop- 
per, personnel  platform  and  bulk  materials 
bucket  Complete  data  from  manufacturer 
Henry  Mfg.  Co.,  Inc.,  1700  N.  Clay  St., 
Topeka,  Kansas. 

PACIFIC  CEMENT 
STAFF  CHANGES 

Pacific  Cement  &  Aggregates,  Inc.,  San 
Francisco,  recently  announced  a  number  of 
changes  in  sales  representation  in  its  ce- 
ment  division: 

Joe    McKenna,    former    San    Francisco 


MULLEN   MFG. 
COMPANY 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF   GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Office  and  Facfonr 

60-80  RAUSCH  ST..  Bef.  7fh  and  8th  Sfl- 

San  Francisco 

Telepnone   UNdsrtilll    I-S8IS 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


sales  representative,  replaces  the  late  Bob 
Priest  at  the  San  Jose  office;  A.  J.  "Rod" 
Rodrigues,  former  building  materials  sales- 
man at  the  San  Mateo  yard  replaces 
McKenna  at  San  Francisco  headquarters. 
Pat  Ransome,  previously  building  mate- 
rials salesman  in  the  Hayward  area,  is  now 
Oakland  sales  representative  assisting 
Frank  Oates.  Ralph  Robey,  former  general 
manager  of  the  construction  division  of 
Fortier  Const.  Co.,  Fresno,  has  been  ap- 
pointed sales  representative  for  the  San 
Joaquin  area. 

ORANGE  COUNTY 
HOME  PROJECT 

Orange  County  Planning  Commission 
has  approved  plans  for  a  1234  home  sub- 
division in  Los  Alamitos  and  Garden 
Grove  Blvds. 

The  development  planned  by  Ross  W. 
Cortese,   developer,  will   cover   398   acres 


and  will  include  sites  for  three  elementary 
schools  and  a  commercial  center. 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

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SAN  FRANCISCO 


ARCHITECT 

and 

ENGINEER 

Please  enter  my  subscription  for 

year My  check  in  the 

amount  of  $ is  attached. 

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City. 

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LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


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CONTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

1 74 -12TH  STREET -OAKUND 

Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


NEW  MEDICAL 
BUILDING 

Architect  William  D.  Concolino  Jr.,  588 
Huston  St,  Monterey,  is  working  on  plans 
for  construction  of  a  nine  unit  Medical 
Building  to  be  built  in  Monterey  for  the 
Paloma  Land  Company. 

The  building  will  be  1-story,  wood  and 
frame  constuction  and  will  contain  some 
8000  sq.  ft.  of  space. 


RATCHET  WRENCHES 
AND  FLEX  HANDLES 

Rubber  grips  are  made  of  synthetic 
rubber  of  a  type  which  is  resistant  to 
grease,  oil,  gasoline,  and  all  petroleum 
products;  also  abrasion  resistant  and  un- 
affected  by   most  solvents. 


These  new  grips  provide  over  twice 
the  gripping  surface  of  regular  metal 
grips,  slip  less  when  wet  or  oily  and  are 
shaped  to  fit  the  hand.  Workman's  hand 
is  insulated  from  heat,  cold,  and  electrical 
shock.  Available  in  red,  blue,  yellow, 
green,  mottled,  speckled,  and  many  other 
colors.  Complete  data  from  Wright  Tool 
&  Forge  Co.,  42  E.  State  St.,  Barberton, 
Ohio. 


ARCHITECT  JOINS 
LOS  ANGELES  HRM 

Ben  H.  O'Connor,  AIA,  has  become 
associated  with  the  Los  Angeles  architec- 
tural firm  of  Austin,  Field  &  Fry,  accord- 
ing to  a  recent  announcement. 

He  has  been  practicing  architecture  in 
Los  Angeles  since  1934  and  prior  to  that 
time  engaged  in  the  practice  of  architec- 
ture in  Chicago.  In  1939  he  was  appointed 
to  the  California  State  Board  of  Archi- 
tectural Examiners,  serving  until  1942 
when  he  resigned  to  enter  the  U.  S. 
Marine  Corps. 

O'Connor  will  serve  the  firm  as  execu- 
tive director  in  charge  of  the  architectural, 
structural,  mechanical  and  electrical 
branches  of  the  organization. 


NEW  COUNTY 
COURTHOUSE 

The  site  of  the  old  Garibaldi  Hotel  in 
Santa  Cruz  has  been  acquired  as  the  site 
for  construction  of  the  new  Santa  Cruz 
County  Courthouse,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement by  architect  John  Lyon  Reid 
6?  Partners,  1019  Market  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, who  have  been  commissioned  by  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  to  design  the  new 
building. 

Preliminary  plans  are  being  undertaken 
pending  results  of  a  Federal  Loan  which 
has  been  applied  for  by  the  county. 


MEAT  PROCESSING 
PLANT  ADDITION 

Architert  Frank  E.  Mosher,  Bank  of 
America  Bldg.,  Glendale,  has  completed 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  brick  ad- 
dition   to    a     meat    processing    plant    in 


DEVIVIDDIE 

COXSTKUCTIOIV 

COMPAIVY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

CROCKER'  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


HERRICK 
IROIV  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

28400  CLAWITER  ROAD 

HAYWARD,  CALIF. 

Phone  LU  1-4451 


ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 
Engineers  &  Chemists 

INSPECTING  —  TESTING  —  CONSULTING 

CONCRETE      .       STEEL      .       MATERIALS 

CHEMICAL  AND  TESTING 

LABORATORIES 

•       RESEARCH   AND   INVESTIGATION       • 

TESTS  OF  STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

DESIGN  OF  CONCRETE  MIXES 

SHOP  AND  ERECTION  INSPECTION  OF 

STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  INVE<;TIGATI0N  OF 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Saeramanfo  Straaf,  San  Franetieo 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON.  INC. 

Genera/  Ceniractors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


SEPTEMBER,    1957 


Los  Angeles  for  the  Feiler  Company,  Inc. 
The  new  facilities  will  include  a  frame 
roof,  concrete  slab,  loading  apron,  plaster- 
ing, 3  50  sq.ft.  freezing  room,  refrigerator 
doors,  metal  windows,  composition  roof- 
ing, asphaltic  concrete  paving;  18x50  ft. 
of  area. 

NEW  PUBLIC 
LIBRARY 

Architect  Leonard  H.  Ford,  1644  N. 
Main  St.,  Walnut  Creek,  is  preparing 
plans  and  specifications  for  construction 
of  a  1-story,  5000  sq.ft.  area,  new  public 
library  building  for  the  city  of  Walnut 
Creek. 


"FLUSH  FRONT" 
STORAGE  LOCKER 

An  all  new  "flush  front"  storage  locker 
featuring  a  door  with  recessed  handle  and 
ventilating  louvers;  utilizes  a  3 -way  action 
latch  which  has  a  completely  retractable 
padlock  loop  and  pre-locking  feature,  per- 
mitting the  door  to  be  locked  while  open, 
and  lock  automatically  when  closed. 


Latch  plate  serves  as  a  padlock  striking 
plate,  protecting  the  locker  against  digs 
and  scratches.  Available  in  standard  sizes, 
in  flat  or  slope  styling;  finished  in  rich 
olive  green,  gray  or  other  baked  enamel 
colors.  Complete  information  Aurora  Steel 
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ARCHITECTS  Reports 46 

BARNARD  Engineering  Co 48 

BASALT  Rock  Co.,  Inc 28 

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BERKELEY  Plywood  Co 23 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California 34 

BEST  Concrete  Co. 23 

BILCO  Co I 

CALAVERAS  Cement  46 

CALIF.    Metal    Enameling    Co .      * 

CLASSIFIED    Advertising    39 

COLUMBIA-Geneva  Steel 2 

DINWIDDIE   Construction    Company..   47 

FRASER-EDWARDS  Co 18 

ENGLISH,  Fred:  Photographs 48 

FORDERER  Cornice  Works 32 

GENERAL    Fireproofing    Co .5    &    48 

GLADDING,  McBean  &  Company * 

GREENBERG'S,  M.,  Sons... 25 

HAAS  &  Haynie  Const.  Co 33 

HARRISON,   Ray 22 

HANKS,    Abbot    A.,    Inc 47 

HAWS   Drinking   Faucet  Co 31 

HERMANN  Safe  Co.... 33 

HERRICK  Iron  Works....... 47 

HOGAN   Lumber  Co 33 

HORN,  A.  C.  Co.,  Inc 8  &  9 

HUNT,  Robert  W.,  Company 48 

JOHNSTON.  Co.,  S.  T 30 

JOSAM    Pacific   Co 30 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy  Corp 33 

K-LATH   Corp 42 

KRAFTILE  Company  24 

LATHROP,    F.   P... 7 

LeROY  Construction  Services 34 

LIN  FORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,  Young  & 

Nelson,  Inc 10  &  47 

MATTOCK   Construction    Co 47 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

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MULLEN   Mfg.  Co 46 

NATIONAL  Iron  Works 21 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,  Inc.  29 

PACIFIC    Manufacturing    Co 34 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  45 

PASSETTI  Trucking  Co.,   Inc 27 

PITTSBURGH  Testing  Laboratory 44 

PLASTIC  Sales  &  Service  Co 26 

PORCELAIN    Enamel    (Architectural 

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PRINCETON    University   Press.. 42 

RED  Top  Electric  Co 2! 

REEDER  Co.,   L.  D 17 

REGAL  Roofing  Co 19 

REID,   George  W 19 

REMILLARD-Dandini    Co * 

REPUBLIC   Steel   Corporation 34 

SCOTT  Company  43 

SHADES,   Inc. 43 

SIMONDS  Machinery  Co 32 

SMOOT-Holman    Company    * 

SOVIG,    Conrad,    Co 48 

STROMBERG-Carlson   Co 44 

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UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

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UNITED  Materials  &  Richmond 

Brick   Co 18 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp 2 

VERMONT   Marble   Co 34 

WALNUT  Creek  Sheet  Metal  Co 22 

WASHINGTON  Brick  &  Lime  Co 24 

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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Atomic  power  in  Caesar's  day? 


Certainly 


It  was  there,  in  the  ground,  in  the  air  and  water.  It 
always  had  been.  There  are  no  more  "raw  materials" 
today  than  there  were  when  Rome  ruled  the  world. 

The  only  thing  new  is  knowledge  .  .  .  knowledge  of  how 
to  get  at  and  rearrange  raw  materials.  Every  invention 
of  modern  times  was  "available"  to  Rameses,  Caesar, 
Charlemagne. 

In  this  sense,  then,  we  have  available  today  in  existing 
raw  materials  the  inventions  that  can  make  our  lives 
longer,  happier,  and  inconceivably  easier.  We  need  only 
knawlcdge  to  bring  them  into  reality. 

Could  there  possibly  be  a  better  argument  for  the 
strengthening  of  our  sources  of  knowledge  — our  colleges 
and  universities?  Can  we  possibly  deny  that  the  welfare, 
progress  — indeed  the  very  fate  — of  our  nation  depends 
on  the  quality  of  knowledge  generated  and  transmitted 
by  these  institutions  of  higher  learning? 

It  is  almost  unbelievable  that  a  society  such  as  ours, 
which  has  profited  so  vastly  from  an  accelerated  accumu- 
lation of  knowledge,  should  allow  anything  to  threaten 
the  wellsprings  of  our  learning. 


Yet  this  is  the  case 


The  crisis  that  confronts  our  colleges  today  threatens 
to  weaken  seriously  their  ability  to  produce  the  kind  of 
graduates  who  can  assimilate  and  carry  forward  our 
rich  heritage  of  learning. 

The  crisis  is  composed  of  several  elements:  a  salary 
scale  that  is  driving  away  from  teaching  the  kind  of 
mind  most  qualified  to  teach;  overcrowded  classrooms; 
and  a  mounting  pressure  for  enrollment  that  will  double 
by  1967. 

In  a  very  real  sense  our  personal  and  national  progress 
depends  on  our  colleges.  They  must  have  our  aid. 

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Vol.  211 


No.    I 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architeaure,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,    Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architea, 
Boise,   Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architea, 
Los   Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 

Manager 

FRED  JONES 
Special  Advertising 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

PublUhvd  Dcdly 

Archie  MacCorkindale.  Manager 
Telephone  DOuglos  2-8311 


ARCHITECT 


AND 


-ARCHITECT  &  ENGINEER  is  indexed  regularh  by  ENGINEERING  INDEX.  INC:  and  ART  INDEX 

Confenfs     for 

OCTOBER 

EDITORIAL  NOTES 2 

NEV/S   &   COMMENT   ON   ART 4 

FIELD  HOUSE — With  Can+ilevered   Roof,   San   Francisco,   California        .  .  8 

DONALD    BEACH     KIRBY    AND    ASSOCIATES,    Architects.    JAMES     I.    BARNES, 
General    Contractor.    By    ARTHUR    W.    PRIAULX. 

CONVAIR  OFF-SITE  WAREHOUSE— 500,000  sq.  ff.  area,  San  Diego,  Calif.  12 

RICHARD    GEORGE    WHEELER    &    ASSOCIATES,    Architects.    JAMES    STEWART 
CO.,   General   Contractor. 

HALF   A    CHURCH    IS    MOVED— Episcopal    Church    of    St.    Matthew,    San 

Mateo,  California     ...........  14 

By  HUGH   A.  WAYNE.  MILTON   P.   PFLUEGER,   Architect.   MORRIS   DALEY  CO., 
General   Contractors. 

EGG    PACKING    AND    GRADING    PLANT— Poultry    Producers    of    Central 

California,    San    Leandro,    California  .  .  .  .  .  .  •  16 

By    FRED    W.    JONES.    J.    FRANCIS    WARD,    A.I.A.    Architect.    SWINERTON    & 
WALBERG  CO..  General  Contractors.  RUDOLPH  WATSON,  Landscape  Architect. 

NEWLY  COMPLETED  SHEET  METAL  PLANT,  Walnut  Creek,  California         .         22 

SUB-DIVISION  DEVELOPMENT,  Danville,  California 23 

TRANSIT  AND  TRANSPORT  TO  MARIN  COUNTY— A  Part  of  the  Bay  Area 

Rapid   Transit   Report        ..........  25 

Part    I.    By    GEORGE    S.    HILL.    Consulting    Engineer. 

AMERICAN   INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities     ...  26 

WITH   THE  ENGINEERS— News  and    Notes 28 

BOOK  REVIEWS— Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 33 

ESTIMATOR'S  GUIDE— Building  and  Construction  Materials    ....  35 

ESTIMATOR'S   DIRECTORY— Building   and   Construction   Materials         .         .  37 

CLASSIFIED   ADVERTISING 39 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES— Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  40 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data   .         .  41 

IN  THE  NEWS 44 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS 48 


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EDITORIAL      MOTES 


SUPER  HIGHWAY  PROGRESS 

We  won't  be  rolling  along  the  nation's  new  super' 
highways  for  a  while,  but  the  gigantic  federal-aid 
highway  program  is  proceeding  right  on  schedule. 

That  was  the  conclusion  reached  in  a  U.S.  Chamber 
of  Commerce  analysis  of  progress  under  the  program 
which  disclosed  that  work  obligated  in  the  interstate 
system  increased  nine  times  during  the  past  year. 

On  all  federal-aid  systems,  the  work  obligated 
doubled  during  the  first  year  of  the  new  federal  high- 
way program. 

These  developments  should  ease  the  concern  of 
many  who  have  been  expecting  to  see  the  highways 
leap  across  the  nation. 

The  fact  is  that  it  takes  from  eighteen  to  twentj'- 
four  months  after  the  U.S.  Bureau  of  Pubhc  Roads 
approves  plans  before  the  first  bulldozer  starts  to 
work. 

Construction  must  be  preceded  by  preliminary 
work  that  includes  the  purchasing  of  rights-of-way, 
awarding  of  contracts,  engineering,  and  preparation  by 
the  contractor. 

Some  states  are  behind  schedule,  but  thirty  have 
obhgated  all  of  their  1957  federal-aid  apportionment. 
There's  no  reason  to  believe  the  program  won't  be 
completed  on  schedule. 


"Modern  color  planning  no  longer  draws  a  hard  line 
between  the  home  interior  and  its  exterior  .  .  .  they 
should  he  decorated  to  blend  together  and  thus  fit  today's 
concept  of  out-door-indoor  living,":  Sylvia  Harmon, 
Color  Consultant. 


ARCHITECTS  HONOR  FOUR 

The  California  Council  of  The  American  Institute 
of  Architects,  in  annual  meeting  in  Coronado  the  first 
of  this  month,  singled  out  four  Califomians  closely 
identified  with  the  practice  of  Architecture  and  the 
light  construction  industr>%  for  distinctive  and  a  justi- 
fied recognition. 

While  any  jury  of  judges  charged  with  the  task  of 
making  such  a  selection  of  individuals  would  have  an 
extremely  difiicult  task  to  limit  outstanding  architects 
and  others  closely  identified  with  the  architecural  pro- 
fession to  four,  their  choice  of  the  three  architects  and 
one  home  builder  selected  for  awarding  of  the  Coun- 
cil's Certificates  of  Distinguished  Service,  highest 
honor  of  the  Cahfomia  Council  of  the  A.I.A.  certainly 
represent  individuals  with  outstanding  records  of 
achievement  in  their  particular  fields. 


The  three  architects  receiving  the  certificates  were: 

Donald  Beach  Kirby,  F.A.I. A.  of  San  Francisco 
"for  his  leadership  and  outstanding  service  to  the 
architects  of  California  as  Regional  Director  of  The 
American  Institute  of  Architects  from  1954  to  1957." 
Kirby  sen.ed  as  president  of  the  Northern  California 
Chapter  AIA  in  1949  and  was  a  member  of  the  Cali- 
fonia  State  Builders  Exchange  in  1941-42 

Earl  T.  Heitschmidt,  F.A.I.A.  of  Los  Angeles  "for 
outstanding  service  to  the  community,  to  the  state,  and 
to  the  architects  of  Cahfornia  during  his  vice  presi- 
dency of  The  American  Institute  of  Architcts  in 
1954-55".  He  also  served  as  Cahfornia-Nevada-Hawaii 
Regional  Director  of  the  Institute  and  president  of 
the  California  State  Board  of  Architectural  Ex- 
aminers. 

John  Lyon  Reid,  F.A.I.A.,  another  San  Franciscan 
"who  ser\-ed  the  architectural  profession  with  distinc- 
tion in  1956  as  California  Council  president".  Reid  is 
one  of  the  nation's  most  honored  school  architects  and 
has  served  as  chairman  of  the  California  State  Title  21 
(Field  Act)  Advisory'  Board. 

The  only  allied  interest  individual  receiving  the 
award  was  Joseph  L.  Eichler  of  Palo  Alto,  and  nation- 
ally recognised  in  the  home  building  field. 

The  Certificates  of  Distinguished  Ser\'ice  were  in- 
augurated at  last  year's  meeting  of  the  Council  "to 
recognize  outstanding  service  to  the  architectural  pro- 
fession in  California." 


During  the  next  13  years,  more  money  uill  be  spent 
for  highway  construction  on  the  federal-aid  system  alone 
than  has  been  spent  during  the  last  26  years  on  all  federal, 
state,  local  and  city  streets,  according  to  the  US.  Chamber 
of  Commerce. 


BETTER  HOME  PROSPECTS 

A  cheering  Home  Financing  report  comes  from  the 
Federal  Housing  Administration  in  which  it  discloses 
that  in  1956  the  average  income  of  purchasers  of 
510,000  homes  was  $5,363  a  year. 

The  repossession  rate  of  all  FHA  plan  homes  is 
only  .48  of  one  per  cent,  refuting  claims  of  advocates 
of  govenment  middle-income  housing  that  buyers  of 
SIO.OOO  homes  need  an  annual  income  of  $6,319. 

These  facts  should  be  invaluable  to  those  opposing 
Congressional  proposals  that  would  increase  taxes  by 
providing  governmental  housing  help  for  middle-in- 
come groups. 

Lower  taxes  will  provide  more  and  better  housing. 


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OCTOBER 


NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON   ART 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art.  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  is  presenting  the  following 
special  exhibitions  and  events: 

EXHIBITIONS:  The  Autum  Rental  Galler>%  a 
comprehensive  selection  of  new  works:  Photographs 
by  Dorothy  Norman  and  Minor  Wliite:  Edvard 
Munich  and  the  Northern  European  Expressionists  in 
Prints,  these  represent  recent  major  additions  to  the 
permanent  and  loan  collections;  Asia  Art  and  the 
West:  and  continuing  the  Annual  Watercolor,  Draw- 
ing, and  Print  Exhibition  of  the  San  Francisco  Art 
Association,  and  the  Syracuse  National  Ceramic  An- 
nual. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Concerts.  Lecture  tours.  Wed- 
nesday evening  Discussions  on  art:  and  Museum  ac- 
tivities include  Studio-Art  for  the  Layman,  Adven- 
tures in  Drawing,  and  the  Children's  Saturday  Morn- 
ing Art  Classes. 

The  Museum  is  open  Daily. 


CITY  OF  PARIS 

The  Rotunda  Galler>'  of  the  Cit>^  of  Paris,  San 
Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Andre  Laherrere,  is 
offering  a  special  e.xhibition  of  Paintings,  by  Jonathan 
Batchelor  and  Alfred  Owles.  The  Little  Gallery'  will 
feature  the  work  of  Jane  Haseltine. 


OAKLAND  ART  MUSEUM 

The  Oakland  Art  Museum,  division  of  the  Oakland 
Public  Librar>',  Municipal  Auditorium,  has  announced 
the  following  schedule  of  exhibitions  and  events  for 
October: 

EXHIBITS:  The  Bay  Printmakers'  Society  Third 
National:  the  California  Sculptors'  Annual,  represent- 
ing sculpture  in  all  media  by  artists  residing  in  Cali- 
fornia: the  Richards  Ruben  and  Richard  Brennan 
2 -man  Show  of  prints  and  sculpture;  the  New  Art 
Reiital  Service  Selection,  offering  an  entirely  new  selec- 
tion of  paintings  and  sculpture  representing  nearly 
100  local  artists;  and  the  Bob  Winston  Jewelry  display, 
a  craft  case  display  of  jewelry'  in  gold,  silver,  and  other 
materials. 

EVENTS:  The  Wednesday  night  Lecture  and  Film 
Series  will  feature  Bob  Winston,  Jeweler;  James 
Broughton.  Poet  and  Film  Maker;  Alan  W.  Watts, 
Philosopher,  Sculpture  Show  Juror,  and  Elliot  Evans, 
Cahfomia  Historian.  October  classes  in  Art  will  fea- 
ture "Looking  at  Crafts",  a  study  of  American  artist- 
craftsmen;  Christmas  Crafts,  and  experimental  work- 
shop in  the  use  of  inexpensive  materials  to  produce 


hohday  decorations;  and  Painting  Classes  for  Adults. 
The  Museum.  S.W.  Corner,  Municipal  Auditorium, 
Tenth  and  Fallon  Streets,  is  open  daily. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H  de Young  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of  Wal- 
ter Heil,  has  announced  the  following  schedule  of 
special  exhibitions  and  events  for  this  month: 

EXHIBITIONS:  Illuminations  of  50  Great  Paint- 
ings and  The  Sistine  Chapel  Ceiling,  developed  and 
introduced  by  Life  Magazine.  Included  are  master- 
pieces from  the  collections  of  such  European  centers 
as  the  Louvre,  the  Uffizi,  the  Prado,  and  London's  Na- 
tional Gallery,  as  well  as  many  American  Museums. 
Drawings  from  Bologna,  1520-1800,  from  the  Collec- 
tion of  Janos  Scholz;  Paintings  by  Hector  Escobosa; 
and  The  World  of  Cartier-Bresson,  retrospective  exhi- 
bition of  photographs,  1926-1956. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Classes  in  Art  Enjoyment, 
for  Adults — Exercises  in  Oil  Paintings,  Painting 
Workshop  for  Amateurs,  and  Seminars  in  The  History 
of  Art.  Picture  Making,  Art  and  Nature  and  the  Art 
Club  for  Children. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Lincoln  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  has  announced  the  following 
special  exhibitions  and  events  for  this  month: 

EXHIBITS:  Paintings  and  Drawings  by  Raymond 
Brossard;  Paintings  by  Gail  Cole;  Navajo  Sand  Paint- 
ings by  David  Villasenor:  Watercolors  by  Viking 
Leon;  Paintings  by  Grandma  Moses,  representing  34 
important  pictures  by  this  remarkable  personality  in 
American  Art,  assembled  from  notable  public  and 
private  sources;  19th  Century'  French  Paintings  from 
the  Museum  Collection;  and  Paintings  by  Margaret 
Sibley. 

The  Achenbach  Foundation  for  Graphic  Arts  (at 
the  Museum)  is  showing  The  Printmaker  1450-1950, 
about  120  master  prints  illustrating  all  important 
stages  of  printmaking  through  the  ages;  and  on  loan 
exhibition  at  the  Public  Library',  "Fine  Feathers  make 
Fine  Birds."  an  exhibit  of  fancies  of  fashion  in  for- 
mer Centuries. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Organ  Program  each  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  at  3  p.m.;  special  educational  activi- 
ties include  Art  Classes  for  Children  including  Junior 
High  School  age. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


NEWS    and    COMMENT    DIV    ART 


SPECIAL  BOLOGNA  DRAWINGS 
AT  de  YOUNG  ML'SEUM 

xAn  exhibition  of  108  drawings  from  Bologna  from 
the  collection  of  Janos  Schol-  of  New  York  are  cur- 
rently on  display  at  the  M.  H.  de  Young  Memorial 
Museum.  Golden  Gate  Park,  San  Francisco. 

The  drawings  span  the  years  between  1520  and 
1800  and  were  assembled  for  circulation  by  Mills 
College  Art  Galler>-.  Oakland.  They  follow  the  show 
"Drawings  from  Lombardy"  exhibited  in  1956  and 
present  another  sector  of  the  Italian  artistic  scene. 


The  collection  contains  drawings  of  the  Carracci 
famhy.  and  Guido  Reni,  Guercino  and  Domenichino. 
and  Gandolii. 


GRETA  WILLIAMS  GALLERY 

"Three  Generations  of  Painters.""  featuring  the 
work  of  Ester  Hamerman,  Helen  and.  Leonard  Breger 
and  Nanette  Breger,  is  currently  being  exhibited  at 
the  Greta  William  Gallery,  2059  Union  Street,  San 
Francisco. 

The  Gallery  is  open  week  days  12  noon  to  6  p.  m. 


M.H.DE  YOUNG  MEMDRIAL  MUSEUM 


Golden  Gate  Park 


San  Francisco 


THE 
MARKET 
CARTS 

by 

THOMAS  GAINSBOROUGH 

(English) 

1727-  1788 


Was    painted    about    the    year     1778, 
and    Is    a    work    of    his    mature    style. 


From  the  Roscoe  and   Margaret  Oaks 
Collection. 


OCTOBER 


News  of  another  home 

built  with  United  States  Steel 


Steel  conquers  time  and  space 
on  a  western  slope 

Sequoyah  House . . .  gracefully  poised  on  a  California  hillside ...  is 
an  outstanding  example  of  how  an  architect  can  by-pass  costly, 
conventional  building  methods  and  take  advantage  of  a  steep, 
sloping  site  to  produce  a  home  of  enduring  beauty. 

Steel  solved  the  problem.  The  structural  steel  frame,  erected 
in  three  short  hours,  anchors  this  home  to  its  hill  site,  and  offers 
flexible  opportunities  for  future  expansion.  In  addition,  steel  lends 
itself  to  a  variety  of  new  design  possibilities  not  available  with 
standard  construction  methods. 

This  is  the  story  of  Sequoyah  House ...  a  new  concept  in  home 
design,  with  a  timeless  skeleton  of  steel. 


From  a  shallow  shelf  carved  in  the  hill,  the  single-level  house  juts  into  space 
over  a  reinforced  concrete  block  foundation.  Rigid  frame  construction  with  seven 
"U"  shaped  structural  steel  ribs,  withstands  all  lateral  forces  and  is  cantilevered 
11  feet  beyond  the  foundation.  Sequoyah  House  utilized  standard  steel  sections, 
supplied  by  United  States  Steel:  12"WF27#  and  12"WF19#  for  floor  and  roof 
beams.  The  module  is  10  feet.  Beams  carry  the  floor  and  "float"  the  ceiling ...  to 
eliminate  all  load-bearing  walls  and  offer  an  unobstructed  picture-window  view. 


Th  'L"  shaped  plan  is  open  and  flexible ...  a  blending  of  inter-related 
.pa  ild  well  meshed  indoor-outdoor  living  areas^On  the  uphill  or  ground- 
lewside  a  large  concrete  patio  with  redwood  dividers  is  sun-aheltered  under 
av^e  roof  overhang,  resting  on  the  smoothly  tapered  tips  of  the  seven  major 
3te.  supports.  The  United  States  Steel  shapes  in  this  ^^^"^  .^'l^f^^^^ 
lea,ig  fabricators  and  are  also  available  through  steel  jobbers  m  your  area, 

AI' HITECTS  &  ENGINEERS:  Write  for  your  free  copy  of  "New  Hor- 

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bis  ries  of  architect-designed  steel  homes  and  information  on  buildmg  codes, 

speiacation  data  and  advice  on  the 

matenance  and  painting  of  steel. 

Wr-:  Architects  &  Engineers  Serv- 

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Coloration,   Columbia-Geneva 

Stf   Division,    120   Montgomery 

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hitect:  Thome,  Berkeley,  Calif. 

•  r:  Ray  Nichols,  Oakland,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineer: 

I  laid  H.  Mayer,  Berkeley,  Calif. 

\Steel  Fabrication  and  Erection: 

'He  ck  Iron  Works,  Hayward,  Calif. 


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_  UNITED  STATES  STEEL 


Profile  showing  dramatic  lines  of  roof. 


FIELD  HOUSE 

WITH  CANTILEVERED  ROOF 


San   Francisco,   California 


By  ARTHUR  W.   PRIAULX 


ARCHITECT: 

DONALD  BEACH  KIRBY 
and  ASSOCIATES 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
JAMES  I.  BARNES 


San  Francisco's  Upper  Noc  ficldhouse  is  a  struc- 
tural marvel.  It  is  a  building  that  is  held  up  by  being 
held  down.  It  embraces  several  new  design  concepts  as 
well  as  some  intriguing  innovations  in  construction 
techniques. 

The  fieldhouse  is  for  children,  containing  a  full- 
sized  basketball  court,  scaled  for  children.  So  inge- 
niously have  architects,  Donald  Beach  Kirby  and 
Associates  of  San  Francisco,  developed  the  design 
theme  for  this  unusual  recreation  center  that  the 
youngsters  do  not  feel  insignificant  or  undersized. 

ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


AT  RIGHT:  Gymnasium  is  held  up  by  being 
held  down  with  powerfal  tie  rods  in  sunken 
concrete  deadmon — sleeves  prevent  children 
climbing   to   roof. 

LOWER:  Picture  shows  buttresses  support 
cantilevered  beams  of  auditorium  roof — low 
roof  line  harmonizing  with  surrounding  low 
hills. 


F 


The  Upper  Noe  playgroud  unit  contains  two  main 
structures — a  gymnasium-fieldhouse  connected  with  a 
separate  and  smaller  auditorium  by  an  enclosed  lobby 
and  central  entryway. 

It  is  the  fieldhouse  which  is  attracting  such  wide- 
spread attention.  It  has  a  sensational  roof  line,  created 
in  part  by  a  unique  offset  at  the  peak.  The  structure 
was  planned  as  a  full  cantilevered  beam  system,  the 


beams  being  huge  man-made  timbers,  glue  laminated 
from  selected  Douglas  fir  lumber.  The  roof  is  made  up 
of  two  seperate,  unequal,  and  connected  cantilevered 
sections  independently  supported. 

The  fieldhouse  is  actually  held  up  by  being  held 
down,  for  the  96-foot  long  beams  of  the  main  roof 
span  rest  on  heavy  concrete  buttresses,  protruding  20 
feet  beyond  the  sidewall  to  form  an  outboard  anchor. 


OCTOBER 


Each  beam  is  tied  down  with  a  2-5/8  inch  steel  tie  rod, 
and  the  rods  are  fastened  below  the  ground  level  to  a 
continuous  200-ton  concrete  deadman  six-by-ten  feet 
in  size. 

The  roof  line  is  dramatic  and  exciting  and  in  sharp 
contrast  with  surrounding  conventional  structures. 
The  long  roof  span  is  offset  above  the  shorter  span  at 
the  ridge. 

The  fieldhousc  gets  much  of  its  impression  of  great 
strength  and  sturdiness  from  the  massive  exposed  glu- 
1am  beams  of  the  two  roof  spans  and  the  network 
webbing  of  exposed  timbered  bracing  and  struts.  The 
protruding  beams  where  they  come  out  beyond  the 
sidewall  give  a  distinctive  character  to  the  exterior  of 
the  structure. 

The  main  beams  are  built  up  to  a  depth  of  5  feet 
6Ys  inches  where  they  rest  on  the  buttresses  and 
taper  gracefully  toward  the  ends.  They  are  installed 
at  22-foot  intervals.  Where  the  beams  arc  exposed  to 
the  elements,  they  have  been  capped  with  aluminum 
for  protection. 


The  short  span  is  cantilevered  from  concrete  but- 
tresses which  also  serve  as  reinforcing  ribs  for  the 
concrete  retaining  wall  on  the  uphill  side  of  the 
building.  The  glulam  beams  used  in  the  short  span 
are  much  smaller,  being  only  J 5  feet  long. 

It  took  ?1  layers  of  1^  inch  lumber  14^2  inches 
wide  to  lay  up  the  96-foot  long  beams  at  their 
deepest  point.  Only  the  most  carefully  selected  struc- 
tural grades  of  Douglas  fir  dimension  lumber  are  used 
in  manufacturing  these  glulam  beams. 

There  is  no  stress  connection  between  the  beams 
of  the  two  separate  roof  sections  at  the  peak.  A  truss 
is  used  to  equalize  deflection  of  the  beams  and  to  hold 
clerestory  windows  which  admit  considerable  natural 
light  into  the  gymnasium  during  the  daytime  play 
periods. 

Unique  is  the  design  of  the  end  walls  which  have 
been  built  free  of  the  roof  with  the  opening  between 
the  wall  and  roof  used  for  ventilation.  The  upper 
triangular  section  of  the  end  walls  above  the  concrete 
curtain  wall  is  made  up  of  translucent  plastic  panels 


Low  sloping  roof  section  supported  by  cantilevered  beams  gives  this  81  by  110  foot  gym- 
nasium illusion  of  smallness  so  children  do  not  feel  insignificant — note  diagonal  variable 
bracing. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


AT  RIGHT:  Lar9e  areas  of  exposed 
beams  and  wood  walls  and  ceilings 
create  a  feeling  of  warmth  and  in- 
formality in   auditorium. 


BELOW:  Shows  common  entrance  for 
two  buildings  and  96  foot  long  roof 
beams  in  place  —  darker  plastic 
panels  are  colored  to  contrast  with 
majority  in  opaque. 


set  in  steel  frames.  A  striking  geometric  design  h:is 
been  created  by  installing  some  brightly  colored  panels 
in  a  planned  pattern  which  contrast  sharply  with  the 
opaque  panels. 

A  heavy  timber  decking  of  Douglas  fir  covers  both 
short  and  long  spans,  but  a  built-up  felt  roof  with 
sprayed  on  plastic  was  used  on  the  large  section,  while 


a  corrugated  asbestos  was  used  over  the  timber  deck 
on  the  short  span. 

To  provide  maximum  possible  strength,  the  roof 
was  designed  so  that  lateral  forces  would  be  carried 
to  the  sidewalls  through  diagonal  bracing  between  the 
main  beams.  Shear  is  transmitted  to  the  sidewalls 
through  variable  depth  bracing.  Hinged  connections 
(See  page  30) 


OCTOBER 


Aerial  view  looking  south  to  San  Diego — 80%  completed. 

CONVAIR 
OFF-SITE  WAREHOUSE 

500,000  Square  Feet 
SAN  DIEGO,  CALIFORNIA 

The   500,000  sq.   ft.   Convair   Off-sitc   Warehouse 

facihty  in  San  Diego,  California,  is  one  of  the  largest 

steel  frame  buildings  in  the  world.  The  story  of  its 

ARCHITECT:  design  and  building   is  the  exciting  story  of  a  race 

against  time. 

So  urgent  is  the  need  for  speed  on  the  project  that 
when  grading  of  the  site  began  on  December  1 1,  1956, 
no  plans  of  any  kind  had  yet  been  drawn.  It  was 
known  only  that  a  gigantic  warehouse  with  large 
craneways  was  needed.  However,  it  was  clear  even 
then  that  it  would  be  the  largest  building  ever  con- 
structed  in  the  area. 

As  the  James  Stewart  Company  of  Phoenix,  the 
builders,  began  excavation  of  the  800,000  cu.  yds.  of 
earth  to  be  moved  to  prepare  the  site,  Richard  George 


RICHARD  GEORGE  WHEELER 
and  ASSOCIATES 


GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 

JAMES  STEWART  CO. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


Wheeler  6?  Associates,  architects  and  engineers  of  San 
Diego,  began  to  plan  the  building. 

Convair's  immediate  need  was  to  free  several  hun- 
dred thousand  square  feet  of  space  for  production 
facilities,  and  the  warehouse  would  provide  that  space 
by  serving  as  storage  area  for  materials  now  held  in  13 
separate  areas.  Offices  to  service  the  warehouse  were 
to  be  included,  and  the  building  would  have  to  be 
completed  in  sections  so  that  space  could  be  put  to  use 
as  quickly  as  possible. 

The  2 5 -acre  Rose  Canyon  site  parallel  to  Highway 
101  and  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  railroad 
tracks,  had  been  chosen  as  the  only  one  available  to 
fit  all  the  requirements:  To  be  north  of  Convair  Plants 
1  and  2,  of  sufficient  acreage,  adjacent  to  a  major  high- 
way, within  easy  traveling  distance  of  the  main  plant, 
and  reasonable  cost. 

But  the  site  presented  thorny  problems  that  must  be 
solved:  A  building  site  must  be  made  on  what  had 
been  the  floodway  of  the  creek  emptying  into  Rose 
Canyon.  The  drainage  channel  of  the  small  canyons 
between  the  hills  had  to  be  re-routed.  And  compaction 
difficulties  were  presented  by  the  soil,  a  clay  loam  of 
poor  bearing  capacities.  The  hill  which  was  removed 


Placing  steel  bents 


in  excavation  had  actually  been  used  as  clay  for  a 
brick  plant  that  lies  west  of  the  site. 

Finally,  the  major  portion  of  the  building  would 
have  to  be  built  on  fill,  for  of  the  excavated  earth, 
550,000  cu.  yds.  would  be  used  again  to  fill  other  areas 
of  the  site. 

As  these  problems  were  solved,  others  appeared.  For 


(See  page  32) 


Night  View  of  interior. 


OCTOBER.        1957 


EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  OF  ST.  MATTHEW^ront  portion  moved  30  feet. 


HALF  A  CHURCH  IS  MOVED 

SAN  MATEO,  CALIFORNIA 
By  HUGH  A.  WAYNE 


400  tons  of  stone  and  mortar,  plus  an  $80,000 
stained  glass  window  forming  the  front  section  of  the 
four  story  high  91 -year  old  Episcopal  Church  of  St. 
Matthew  in  San  Mateo,  California,  was  gently  parted 
from  the  main  structure  of  the  church  in  a  spectacular 
moving  feat. 

The  massive  undertaking,  which  moving  experts 
rated  as  one  of  the  most  difficult  ever  attempted, 
went  forward  without  a  hitch  under  the  direction  of 
the  Morris  Daley  Co.,  general  contractors. 

The  section  was  rolled  away  from  the  main  portion 
of  the  church  on  heavy  I'beam  tracks  supported  by 
cement  filled  cassions  sunk  more  than  25  feet  in  the 
earth.  Four  horizontal  hydraulic  jacks  nudged  the 
huge  mass  forward  at  the  rate  of  five  feet  per  hour. 


By  the  end  of  the  day  the  gap  had  been  extended  to 
the  thirty  feet  required  in  the  church's  expansion 
plans. 

Two  new  fifteen  foot  bays  will  be  built  between 
the  older  sections.  Four  new  stained  glass  windows 
designed  and  executed  by  Henry  Willet  of  Philadeb 
phia  are  being  made  for  the  new  section. 

Reverend  Lesley  Wilder,  Rector  of  the  church, 
explained  that  the  $375,000  remodeling  program  un- 
derwritten by  parish  members,  included  in  addition 
to  the  nave  expansion,  extensive  alterations  to  the 
Parish  House  including  the  addition  of  a  second  floor. 

The  remodeling  work  was  planned  so  that  services 
could  be  held  in  the  main  portion  of  the  church  while 
alterations  were  in  progress. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


In  describing  the  work,  architect  Milton  T.  Pflue- 
ger,  pointed  out; 

St.  Matthew's,  designed  by  D.  H.  Burnham  and 
WilHs  Polk,  and  constructed  in  1910,  is  a  truly  fine 
example  of  English  Gothic  Architecture  as  applied  to 
a  suburban  community,  and  it  is,  very  understandably, 
held  in  highest  esteem  by  the  Church. 

It  was  our  assignment  to  increase  the  size  in  some 


manner  which  would  in  no  degree  harm  or  change  its 
character,  or  offend  in  any  way,  the  sensitivity  of  the 
design. 

Various  schemes  of  enlargement  were  studied  in- 
volving side  chapels,  side  aisles,  etc.,  all  of  which  did 
not  work  satisfactorily. 

We  then  explored  the  lengthening  of  the  Nave, 
which  was  60  feet  long  (55  feet  wide).  This  could 
(See  page  24) 


ABOVE:  400  tons  of  Church 
going  for  a  ride  at  the  rote 
of  five  feet  per  hour — for 
a  distance  of  thirty  feet. 


RIGHT:  Workmen  laying 
giant  I-beam  track  to  carry 
Nave  section  in  moving  op- 
erations in  San  Mateo, 
California. 


OCTOBER 


EGG  PACKING  AND  GRADING  PLANT 
POULTRY  PRODUCERS  of  CENTRAL 
CALIFORNIA 


San  Leandro,   California 


ARCHITECT: 

J.  FRANCIS  WARD,  A.I.A. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 

SWINERTON  8C  WALBERG  CO. 

LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECT: 
RUDOLPH  WATSON 


By  FRED  W.  JONES 

The  new  multi-million  plant  and  general  offices  of 
the  Poultry  Producers  of  Central  California  to  be 
completed  this  month  in  San  Leandro  is  the  result  of  an 
extensive  survey  by  the  Stanford  Research  Institute 
in  1954-55.  The  Cooperative  in  the  past  has  operated 
egg  packing  plants  in  many  sections  of  Northern  Cali- 
fornia, such  as  Modesto,  Sacramento,  Santa  Rosa, 
Petaluma,  and  other  locations,  with  Headquarters  in 
San  Francisco.  As  a  result  of  the  survey  it  was  decided 
to  center  the  operations  in  one  location,  and  San 
Leandro  was  chosen  as  the  most  desirable  based  upon 
economy  of  receiving  and  distribution  of  the  product 


16 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


in  Northern  California.  With  the  exception  of  Sacra- 
mento, egg  packing  operations  will  now  he  concen- 
trated  at  San  Leandro  and  the  other  eight  plants  will 
he  abandoned,  including  the  general  offices  and  distrib- 
uting center  in  San  Francisco.  The  Poultry  Producers 
of  Central  California  comprises  10,500  members  and 
engages,  in  addition  to  egg  packing,  in  the  distribution 
of  farm  supplies,  farm  seed,  and  feed.  Eggs  are  packed 
and  distributed  to  the  retail  market  under  the  brand 
name  of  Nu-Laid  and  in  addition  to  large  marketing 
concerns  such  as  Purity  Stores  under  their  own  names. 
In  1955  the  Cooperative  now  headed  by  President 
Robert  A.  Shone,  engaged  the  services  of  J.  Francis 
Ward,  well-known  industrial  Architect  of  San  Fran- 
cisco and  with  his  cooperation  selected  a  15  acre  site 
at  Merced  Avenue  and  West  137th  Street  in  the  in- 
dustrial section  of  San  Leandro.  Under  the  direction  of 
Mr.  Lawrence  N.  Thompson,  General  Manager,  the 
Architect,  in  cooperation  with  Ralph  J.  Ahl,  Egg  De- 


VIEW  of  ofFiee  exposure  towards  fhe  street — roof  over- 
hangs for  sun   and    storm    protection. 


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POULTRY  PRODUCERS 

C     t     H_J     R    At.  C    A    L  J     F    0     R     N     I      A 

.      FRANCIS       WARD     AiA     ARCHITECT 


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OCTOBER 


AIR  VIEW  showing  large  area  of  warehouse  and  offices  under  construction. 


READY  MIXED  CONCRETE 

on  the  $1,000,000  plant  of  the 

Poultry  Producers  of  Central  California 

San   Leandro 

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Rhodes  &Jamieson,  Ltd. 

333  -  23rd  Ave.  Oakland.  Calif. 

Phone:  KEIlog  3-5225 


LATHIHG 

and   PLASTERIIVG 

on  the 

Plant  &  Office  Poultry  Producers 
of  Central  Calif. 

by 

CLAUSEN  &  CLAUSEN 

31'!  CHESTNUT  STREET,  OAKLAND 
Phone:  OL  5-1033 


partment  Manager,  Fred  Miehle,  the  Owner's  Chief 
Engineer,  and  the  Food  Maehinery  Corporation's  en' 
gineers  then  embarked  on  a  series  of  exhaustive  studies 
of  the  most  efficient  methods  of  handling  the  incoming 
eggs,  their  storage,  the  flow  through  the  egg  candhng 
machines,  grading,  packaging  and  the  routing  of  the 
out-going  products  to  cold  storage  and  thence  to  the 
delivery  trucks.  An  indication  of  the  complexity  of 


•  ROOFING 

•  WATER  PROOFING 

•  ROOF  INSULATION 

on  the  Poultry  Producers  Plant  by 

JMalott  %  +pptpr00n 

Olympic  3-9232 
49th  and  SHATTUCK  AVE.  OAKLAND 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


VIEW  AT  RIGHT: 

Shows  patio  area,  land- 
scaped, and  designed  for 
maximum  natural  lighting 
for  ofFices  and  rooms  facing 
the   patio. 


the  problem  is  the  figure  of  the  output  of  the  plant, 
which  amounts  to  over  2,000,000  eggs  per  day,  making 
it  the  largest  egg  packing  plant  in  the  world.  The  egg 
is  a  product  which  must  be  kept  at  a  uniform  tempera- 
ture  and  delivered  to  the  consumer  as  promptly  as 
possible  and  at  a  price  to  meet  the  conditions  of  a 
highly  competitive  market.  This  is  achieved  by  a  col- 
lection system  from  thousands  of  producers  through- 
out Northern  California,  delivery  to  the  plant  in 
refrigerated  trucks  of  the  Cooperative,  stored,  graded, 
packed  and  shipped  in  refrigerated  trucks  to  the  con- 
sumer in  a  period  of  approximately  two  days.  This 
requirement  of  speed  is  also  accompanied  by  the  neces- 
sity of  careful  handling  of  the  product  which,  as  even 
a  child  knows,  is  susceptible  to  breakage! 

The  resulting  solution  of  the  problem  is  indicated  in 


TYPICAL  OFFICE:    Acoustical  tile  ceilings,   lots  of  light, 
completely  air  conditioned. 


GLASS  and  GLAZING 

ALUMINUM  ENTRANCE  DOORS 

AND   FRAMES 

for  the  Plant  &  Office  Pouifry  Producers  of  Central 
Calif.    $1,000,000    Plant,    San    Leandro. 

J.   Francis  Ward,   Architect 
Swinerton,  Walberg,   Contractors 

CROWE  GLASS  CO. 

675   Golden   Gate   Ave.,   S.F. 


PLUMBING 

on   Plant   &  Office   Poultry  Producers  of 
Central  Calif.,  San  Leandro,  by 

E.  H.  MORRILL  €0. 

Plumbing   and  Heating 

999  Anthony  Street,  Berkeley 
Phone:   TH  5-4100 


OCTOBER 


EMPLOYEE 
CAFETERIA 

Provided  for  employees; 
overhead  acoustical  tile, 
fluorescent  lighting,  and 
padded  chairs. 


HEATING 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

&  SHEET  METAL 


Plant  &  Office  Poultry  Producers 

of  Central  Calif. 

San  Leandro,  Calif,  by 


UieinUT  CREEK  SHEET  mETHE 
m  EURHHCE  CO.,  \K 


WALNUT  CREEK,  CALIF. 


P.O.  Box  606 


Phone   YEllowstone  4-9386 


the  plans  of  the  building  shown  in  this  article.  From 
the  receiving  dock  on  the  sheltered  East  side  of  the 
building,  the  pellets  move  from  the  trucks  on  roller 
conveyors  into  the  In'Cooler,  thence  to  the  egg-can' 
dling  room,  where  they  are  candled  by  trained  person- 
nel and  move  through  the  machines,  designed  and 
manufactured  by  the  Food  Machinery  Corporation. 
These  machines  are  equipped  with  electronic  'memory' 
units  that  record  the  history  of  every  one  of  the  mil- 
lions of  eggs  that  pass  through  each  day!  The  packag- 
ing materials  are  brought  to  a  mezzanine  platform 
from  the  receiving  warehouse  and  fed  down  convey 


Electrical  Installation 

Plant  &   Office   Poultry   Producers  of 
Central  Calif,   by 

RED  TOP  ELECTRIC  CO. 

Hayward,   Inc. 
Electrical  Construction 


4377  Adeline  St., 
Emeryville,  Calif. 
Olympic   2-8210 


150   Orchard  Ave. 

Hayward,  Calif. 

Elgin    1-41 12 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER. 


t::' 


GENERAL 
BUSINESS 

Accounting  and  general 
business  area;  indirect  light- 
ing, acoustical  ceiling,  rub- 
ber tile  floors. 


ors  to  the  machines.  The  eggs  now  packaged  accord- 
ing to  grade  and  trade  distribution  flow  on  conveyors 
to  the  carton  packing  center,  thence  to  the  out-going 
cooler.  From  the  Out-Cooler  the  eggs  move  to  the 
dehvery  trucks  for  distribution.  Throughout  this  en- 


tire process,  the  identity  of  the  thousands  of  farm 
suppHers  is  kept,  so  that  each  individual  can  be  cred- 
ited with  the  sale,  according  to  grade,  of  his  product! 
A  separate  operation  is  carried  out  in  the  egg  break- 
ing section,  in  which  the  egg  meat  is  packed  and  stored 
(See  page  24) 


HL  T-UP  CONCRETE  ^  S^ed  <utd  SU^aene^ 

RECENT     JOBS     COMPLETED 
California   Wainut  Growers 

Stockton,   Calif. 
500,000  square  feet 
Contractors,  Utah  Contr.  Co. 

Da/mo   Victor  Plant 

Belmont,   Calif. 
150,000  square   feet 
Contractor,   W.   C.  Tait 

Southern  Pacific  Warehouse 

Hayward,   Calif. 

300,000  square  feet 

Contractors,   Swlnerton   &  Walberg 

Union  Oil  Warehouse 

Richmond,   Calif. 
PLANT   &   OFFICE.   POULTRY   PRODUCERS   OF  CENTRAL  CALIFORNIA  150,000  square  feet 

SWINERTON    &    WALBERG.    Contractors  Contractor,  Baldwin  Contr.  Co. 

PRECAST  ERECTION  COMPANY 

CONTRACTORS 

P.O.  BOX  567,  NILES.  CALIFORNIA  PHONE:  NILES  4463 


Photo:   R.    L.  COPELAND 


OCTOBER 


COSTA  RICA  PLANNER 
TO  VISIT  CALIFORNIA 

Cbsta  Rica  plans  to  send  its  Chief  City  Planner  to 
Bakersfield  and  to  San  Jose,  California,  to  observe  re- 
cent architecture  and  city  planning.  Arquitecto  Eduar- 
do  Jenkins  Doubles,  co- 
ordinating with  the 
United  States  through  the 
International  Cultural 
Assistance  program  will 
be  a  guest  in  Bakersfield 
and  in  San  Jose  sometime 
during  December.  It  is 
noted  that  these  two  cities 
are  about  the  size  of  their 
cit>',  San  Jose,  which  is 
the  capital  of  Costa  Rica, 
and  that  new  buildings 
in  these  two  centers  may 
well  be  the  envy  of  au- 


rence  Cullimore,  Jr. 
Architect 


thorities  in  the  coffee  and  banana  republic  to  our 
south,  where  earthquakes  are  somewhat  of  a  problem. 

News  of  Senor  Doubles'  appointment  to  visit 
Bakersfield  and  San  Jose  as  places  to  observe  modern 
planning  and  design,  coupled  with  earthquake  resis- 
tance, comes  in  a  letter  from  the  Chief  Housing  expert 
of  Cost  Rica,  Edwin  H.  Hobin,  to  the  Bakerfield  archi- 
tectural firm  of  Kenney  and  Cullimore  Jr.  who  have 
extended  professional  courtesies  to  the  Costa  Rjcan 
nrchitects. 

The  United  States  agency  which  Senor  Doubles 
represents  in  Costa  Rica  is  helping  to  show  the  people 
of  that  republic  and  its  government  officials  how  they 
can  solve  their  problems  of  better  city  planning  by  the 
experience  gained  in  other  American  countries  with 
similar  problems.  Senor  Doubles,  in  speaking  of  Inter- 
cultural  Assistance,  makes  it  clear  that  the  function  of 
its  activities  for  technical  assistance  is  to  stimulate  cul- 
tural as  well  as  economic  considerations,  helping  to 
(See  Page*) 


NEWLY 
COMPLETED 
SHEET  METAL 
PLANT 


WALNUT  CREEK 
CALIFORNIA 


California  leads  the  nation  in  residential  construc- 
tion with  more  than  $807-million  dollars  in  new  con- 
tracts during  the  first  five  months,  and  in  addition 
shows  continuous  increases  in  commercial  and  indus- 
trial construction  since  the  first  of  the  year. 

Among  firms  that  have  expanded  their  manufactur- 
ing plant,  sales  and  service  facilities  to  take  advantage 
of  this  record  construction  and  subsequent  population 
growth  is  the  Walnut  Creek  Sheet  Metal  and  Furnace 
Company,  which  according  to  Louis  P.  Very,  presi- 
dent, "has  recently  completed  a  new  24.000  sq.  ft. 
area  manufacturing;  plant." 

Located  in  Wairiut  Creek,  the  new  plant  is  a  modern 


one-stor>'  concrete  and  corrugated  iron  building  rep- 
resenting one  of  the  largest  and  newest  sheet  metal 
plants  in  Northern  and  Central  California.  Complete 
facilities  are  provided  for  the  firm's  specializing  in 
heating,  air  cooling,  large  and  small  furnaces,  and 
sheet  metal  work,  and  a  working  force  of  some  90 
employees.  Howard  E.  Burke,  vice  president  and  gen- 
eral manager,  and  Arthur  W.  Foster,  chief  estimator 
are  active  in  the  firm  which  has  completed  major 
contracts  for  the  University  of  California,  Atomic 
Energy  Commission,  Camp  Parks.  Concord  Shopping 
Center,  and  the  $1,000,000  Poultry  Products  project 
in  San  Leandro. 


22 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


make  Costa  Rica  better  able  to  resist  subversive  prop- 
aganda.  He  states  that  the  problem  is  not  to  give 
financial  aid  to  Costa  Rica  or  to  any  group  within  the 
country';  nor  does  it  engage  in  actual  construction,  but 
is  prepared  to  promote  and  furnish  technical  assistance 
and  advice  that  will  prove  beneficial  when  projects  are 
in  the  initial  planning  stages.  It  is  hoped  that,  through 
Mr.  Hoben's  direction  and  through  the  obser\'ation 
that  Senor  Doubles  will  make  in  Bakersiield  and  San 
Jose,  California,  a  better  understanding  may  be  pro- 
moted between  officials  there  and  here.  The  City  of 
Bakersfield,  through  its  Mayor  Sullivan,  has  extended 


an  invitation  to  Senor  Doubles  to  be  the  guest  of  that 
city  while  making  his  study. 

Architect  C.  CuUimore  Jr.,  referring  to  Senor 
Doubles'  forthcoming  visit,  states  that  "CaHfornia 
architects  are  concerned  with  the  gradual  improve 
ment,  on  a  long  term  basis,  of  its  communities,  as  well 
as  those  of  Costa  Rica,  and  that  the  rapidity  with 
which  this  idea  is  taking  hold  is  gratifying.  The  impor- 
tant thing,"  he  adds,  "is  that  citizens,  for  whom  the 
planning  is  done,  see  its  necessity  and  urge  their 
government  to  cooperate;  for  with  the  lusty  support  of 
the  man-about-town  great  accomplishments  are 
possible." 


Pbotos 

Courtesy 
C&H 

Specialicie 
Company 


Sub-Division 
Development 

DANVILLE,  CALIFORNIA 

The  West,  and  particularly  the  '?Vest  Coast,  is 
recognized  throughout  the  nation's  vast  construction 
industry  as  the  area  for  development  of  many  innc 
vations  in  time  and  labor  saving  devices  and  methods 
used  in  construction  of  all  type  of  buildings. 

One  of  the  more  common  problems  in  light  con- 
struction of  foundations,   footings,   surbs,   sidewalks, 


DETAILS  of  bracket  and  base  ties. 


OCTOBER 


gutters  and  driveways,  and  many  other  similar  in- 
stances, is  the  use  of  a  product  and  material  that 
adequately  serves  the  purpose  at  the  time,  and  yet 
is  easily  removed  and  can  be  re-used  indefinitely  on 
other  jobs. 

In  planning  for  the  construction  and  development 
of  a  substantial  residential  sub-division  on  Mt.  Diablo 
Boulevard  in  Danville,  California,  the  building  con- 
tractor decided  to  use  a  group  of  new  products  manu- 
factured in  Berkeley,  California,  which  would  repre- 
sent a  considerable  saving  in  labor  and  materials  in 
the  initial  installation,  and  which  could  be  easily 
removed  following  pouring  of  concrete  and  reused 
time-after-time  on  the  same  project  in  construction  of 
many  house  foundations. 

The  accompanying  illustration  shows  the  founda- 
tion forms  in  place  ready  for  pouring  concrete,  using 
a  newly  devised  "spreader  hook"  to  hold  the  side 
partitions  in  place  for  accurate  wall  widths,  while  a 
newly  developed  "form  brace"  on  the  outside  provides 
accurate  alignment  and  rigidly  supports  and  braces 
the  framework.  The  "spreader  hook"  is  being  used 
in  conjunction  with  a  special  "construction  stake"  of 
heavy  steel,  which  also  provides  a  practical  construc- 
tion tool  for  many  purposes.  The  contractor  found 
that  use  of  these  products  leaves  the  work  area  clean 
and  easily  accessible  from  all  directions. 


CHURCH  IS  MOVED 

(From  page  1  5 ) 
only  be  considered  at  the  Narthex  (west)  end,  any 
change  to  the  Chancel  and  Sanctuary  being  quickly 
discarded.  The  setback  from  El  Camino  Real  to  the 
west  end  Narthex  wall  was  175  feet  so  that  some  loss 
here  would  not  be  serious.  Lengthening  the  Nave  30 
feet  (two  typical  bays  of  15  feet  each)  architecturally 
was  most  appropriate. 

Many  studies  were  made  as  to  materials,  costs,  and 
methods,  to  attain  the  increased  length.  Careful  re- 
moval of  the  Narthex  with  its  north  and  south  vesti- 
bules, porte  cochere,  grand  traceried  stone  and  stained 
glass  west  window,  and  rebuilding  same  was  carefully 
considered,  but  costs  were  excessive.  Furthermore,  the 
most  careful  stone  by  stone  removal  (which  has 
masonry  back-up)   would  be  most  difficult. 

We  then  hit  upon  the  idea  of  slicing  through  the 
Nave  at  the  connection  to  the  Narthex,  moving  the 
Narthex  ?0  feet  westerly  and  filling  in  the  thirty  foot 
gap  with  two  new  bays,  exactly  matching  the  existing 
bays. 

We  11  insulted  with  our  engineers,  and  with  D.  J.  if 
T.  Sullivan,  movers.  After  very  careful  research,  the 
conclusion  was  reached  that  this  was  feasible  and  the 
method  wnuld  be  this:  Excavate  completely  in  the 
path  of  the  move  to  a  depth  of  three  feet  below  the 
bottom  of  e:asting  foundation  (approximately  10  feet 
below  Nave  flnor).  Construct  new  foundations  below 


this  level.  Excavate  completely  within  the  Narthex  to 
the  same  depth.  Cut  existing  foundations,  install  sup- 
porting needle  beams  and  support  the  structure  on  a 
steel  grillage.  Install  a  parallel  system  of  heavy  steel 
beams  which  would  equally  distribute  the  load  and  on 
which  steel  rollers  would  ride  the  structure  to  the  new 
position.  Underpin  the  old  foundations,  remove  steel 
grillage  and  backfill. 

The  project  was  drawn,  specified  and  competitively 
bid  upon,  along  with  a  Church  School  Addition,  an- 
other  phase  of  the  project. 

The  method  above  described,  of  course,  oversimpli- 
fies the  work  and  all  of  the  details  involving  borings, 
differential  settlement,  actual  moving  by  jacks,  level- 
ing and  support  of  distribution  roller  beams,  are 
numerous  and  detailed. 

The  construction  of  the  new  Nave  addition  will 
start  in  thirty  days  after  the  Narthex  move.  At  that 
time  the  moved  structure  will  have  settled  one  inch 
and  be  level  with  the  original  fixed  church,  this 
settlement  having  been  allowed  for. 


POULTRY  PRODUCERS 

(From  page  21 ) 
in  a  freezer  maintained  at  0°  F.  Egg  shells  are  disposed 
of  in  a  large  Incinerator  located  in  this  area. 

Poultry  Producers  carry  on  a  large  operation  in  the 
sale  of  farm  supplies  and  equipment  which  come  to 
the  plant  by  rail  and  truck,  and  are  distributed  to  the 
ranchers  in  the  Cooperative's  line  haul  trucks. 

A  complete  printing  plant  in  operated  in  the  build- 
ing, and  produces  amongst  other  items,  Nu-Laid  News 
published  monthly  and  distributed  to  the  thousands  of 
egg  producer  members  of  the  cooperative. 

A  close-knit  team  under  the  direction  of  Ralph  W. 
Jenson  of  J.  Francis  Ward's  office,  comprised  of 
Stanley  G.  Mclntyre,  Industrial  Engineer;  Thomas  F. 
Chace  and  Associates,  Structural  Engineer;  Bayha, 
Weir  €s?  Finato,  Mechanical  and  Electrical  Engineers; 
has  met  all  the  requirements  of  the  foregoing  in  the 
design  of  a  building  which  has  been  reduced  to  its 
simplest  elements. 

The  total  area  of  the  project  is  225,000  square  feet 
and  is  divided  into  the  following  overall  functions.  The 
plant,  including  coolers  and  candling  room,  110,000  sq. 
ft.;  trucking  and  warehouse  area,  50,000  sq.  ft.; 
repair  garage,  8,000  sq.  ft.;  Records,  Print  Shop, 
Sales  and  Cafeteria,  30,000  sq.  ft.;  Central  offices, 
30,000  sq.  ft.  Of  the  15  acres  acquired,  the  fully  de- 
veloped area  is  12  acres,  broken  down  into  buildings 
5  acres,  paved  areas  6  acres,  and  landscaping  1  acre. 

The  entire  floor  is  set  at  truck  and  freight  car  loading 
height.  In  general  the  construction  of  the  plant,  ware- 
house and  wings  is  of  tilt-up  construction,  with  strap 
and  pin  wood  trusses  (on  steel  columns),  plywood 
roof  decking  and  reinforced  concrete  floor  slab  on 
engineered  fill.  The  office  section  is  of  steel  construc- 
tion with  wood  roof  decking  and  masonry,  aluminum 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


and  porcelain  metal  walls. 

The  egg  candling  rooms  and  coolers  are  completely 
finished  with  plaster  over  fiberglass  insulation,  and 
together  with  freezer  and  other  elements  meet  all  the 
requirements  for   a  food  packing  plant. 

All  the  principal  ofiices  are  finished  with  walls  of 
flush  hardwood  veneer,  vinyl-asbestos  flooring,  acoustic 
tile  and  illuminated  plastic  ceilings.  Toilets  and  rest 
rooms  have  terra-so  floors,  ceramic  tile  walls  and 
metal  partitions. 

A  fully  equipped  Cafeteria  has  been  provided  to 
serve  the  two  hundred  and  fifty  empoyees  and  a  shel- 
tered landscaped  patio  adjoins  this  facility  for  their  use. 

The  plant  is  windowless  and  illuminated  in  general 
with  localized  fluorescent  fixtures;  incandescent  in 
warehouse.  The  office  area  ceilings  are  largely  of  il- 
luminated plastic  panels  in  conjunction  with  acoustic 
tile  or  plaster.  Intensities  range  from  10  foot  candles 
in  warehouse  to  60  foot  candles  in  the  offices. 

The   entire   building   areas   are    protected   with    an 


automatic  sprinkler  system. 

The  offices  are  summer  and  winter  air  conditioned, 
with  mechanical  refrigeration  in  summer  and  hot  water 
heating  in  winter  combined  with  ventilation,  all  zone 
controlled.  Coolers  and  candling  room  have  year 
around  air  conditioning  combined  with  mechanical 
ventilation  to  maintain  uniform  minimum  working 
conditions. 

The  General  Contractor  is  Swinerton  6?  Walberg 
and  the  work  was  carried  out  under  the  direction  of 
Dwight  B.  Gladstone  of  the  Oakland  office.  Commenc- 
ing work  in  November  1956  the  contractors  were  able 
to  complete  the  contract  within  ten  months.  Separate 
contracts  were  performed  by  Scott  Company  for  Re- 
frigeration, Allan  Automatic  Sprinkler  Company  for 
Sprinkler  System,  Fencing,  Cyclone  Fence  Co.,  Paving 
and  Street  Work,  J.  W.  Lee.  The  landscaping  under 
direction  of  Landscape  Architect  was  performed  by 
Rudolph  Watson. 


Transit  and  Transport 
To  Marin  County 

A  PART  OF  THE 
BAY  AREA  RAPID  TRANSIT  REPORT 

PART  I 

By  GEORGE  S.  HILL 

Consulting  Engineer 

ALTERNATIVE  METHODS 

Engineering,  financial,  and  legislative  studies  pro- 
vide for  including  Marin  County  in  the  Bay  Area 
Rapid  Transit  System. 

The  engineering  report  suggests  changes  in  the 
Golden  Gate  Bridge  at  a  cost  of  $12,000,000,  for 
carrying  trains.  The  report  enumerates  several  al- 
ternatives to  the  Golden  Gate  Bridge  route  as  follows: 
"Accessibility  to  Marin  and  Sonoma  Counties  is  the 
primary  consideration  in  studying  the  methods  and 
routes  for  crossing  the  Golden  Gate  or  the  Bay.  Only 
two  methods  can  be  considered,  either  a  bridge  over 
the  water  or  a  tunnel  under  the  Bay. 

The  most  feasible  location  for  a  bridge  is  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  present  Golden  Gate  Bridge;  either 
a  new  parallel  bridge  could  be  constructed  or  the 
present  bridge  could  be  utilized.  An  alternate  bridge 
location  is  on  a  line  beginning  on  the  Tibourn  Pen- 
insula and  crossing  to  Angel  Island  to  Alcatraz  to  a 
landing  in   San  Francisco. 

The  California  State  Legislature  has  authorized  a 
study  for  a  bridge  in  this  approximate  location  by 
the  Division  of  San  Francisco  Bay  Toll  Crossings  of 
the  California  State  Department  of  Public  Works. 
This  study  will  consider  providing  space  and  structure 
to  accommodate  rapid  transit  loads.  If  this  project  is 


shown  to  be  feasible  from  the  standpoint  of  cost 
and  engineering  it  is  suggested  that  full  consideration 
be  given  to  routing  the  Marin  Line  over  this  struc- 
ture in  lieu  of  the  present  proposal  to  utilize  the 
Golden  Gate  Bridge." 

Although  the  engineering  report  dismisses  the  sub- 
ject of  a  sub-aqueous  tube  as  being  too  costly,  it  is 
believed  that  for  obvious  reasons  this  should  be  ex- 
plored further  as  discussed  in  this  article. 

THE  GOLDEN  GATE  BRIDGE 

The  Golden  Gate  Bridge  cost  $55,000,000  but  if 
built  today  it  would  cost  about  three  times  as  much. 
There  still  remained  after  19  years,  $28,000,000  of  un- 
paid bonds,  and  these  are  non-callable  until  maturity 
in  1970,  so  the  interest  will  be  $15,000,000  additional. 
The  company  has  earned  $12,000,000  in  order  to  meet 
these  obligations. 

The  Golden  Gate  Bridge  and  Highway  District 
consists  of  six  counties:  San  Francisco,  Marin,  Sonoma, 
Napa,  Mendocino,  and  Del  Norte,  and  in  case  of 
failure  such  as  that  which  happened  to  the  Tacoma 
Narrows  Bridge,  the  taxpayers  would  be  required 
to  make  up  any  loss  not  coverable  by  insurance.  San 
Francisco  would  pay  85%   of  such  loss. 

The  improvement  clubs  of  San  Francisco  have  a 
sort  of  proprietary  interest  in  the  Golden  Gate 
Bridge,  and  without  their  support,  particularly  that 
of  eight  clubs  known  as  the  Divisional  Highway  As- 
sociation, it  is  doubtful  if  the  bridge  would  have  been 
built.  Its  main  span  of  4200  feet  is  the  world's  longest. 
This  will  soon  be  exceeded  by  one  from  Staten  Island 
to  Brooklyn  over  the  Narrows  of  New  York  Harbor, 
and  possibly  by  one  over  Messina  Straits.  The  bridge 
has  not  yet  attained  its  full  capacity  and  could  not  be 
expected  to  do  so  for  many  years.  Therefore  there  is 
no  present  need  for  a  second  bridge. 

(To  be  continued  next  month) 


OCTOBER 


flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 


Leon  Chatelcdn,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Ir.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kostendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL   DIRECTORS   —   Northwest   District,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 
Mountain  District,  Bradley  P.  Kidder,  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico;    CoHiomia-NeTada-Hawaii  District, 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angales,  Calif. 


Arizona  Ctiaptcrs: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore.  President;  Martin 
Ray  Young,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Stiolder,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore.  Cox,  Fred  Weaver, 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA:  Fred  Jobusch.  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson.  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain,  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch.  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
EUwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer,  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coast  Valleys  Chapter: 

Birge  M  Clark,  President  (Palo  Alto);  William  Higsins,  Vice- 
President  (San  Jose);  Paul  J.  Huston,  Secretary  (Palo  Alto); 
L.  Dean  Price,  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty..  663  Cowper  St.. 
Palo  Alto. 

Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  dc  Wolf  (Stockton),  President;  Whiuon  Coi  (Saera- 
ramento),  Vice-President;  Joe  Jozens  (Sacramento).  Secretary; 
Albert  M.  Dreyfuss  (Sacramento),  Treasurer.  Directors:  Doyt 
Early  (Sacramento).  Jack  Whipple  (Stockton).  Office  of  Secty., 
914  llth  St..  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegner,  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet,  Vice  President; 
Norton  Polivnick.  Secretary;  Richard  Williams,  Tieaaurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter,  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy.,    1225    Bannock   St.,  Denver,  Colorado. 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Harry  B.  Clausen,  President  (Berkeley);  Hachiro  Yuasa,  Vice- 
President  (Oakland);  Robert  E.  Wear,  Secretary  (Berkeley): 
John  A.  Zerkle,  Treasurer  (Berkeley).  Office  of  Secty..  1015 
Euclid  Ave.,  Berkeley  8. 

Idaho  Chapter: 
Anton    E.    Dropping,    Boise,    President;    Charles    W.    Johnston. 
Payette,    Vice-President;    Glenn    E.     Cline.    Boise.     Sec.-Treas. 
Executive   Committee.   Clhester  L.    Shawver  and   Nat  J.   Adams. 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg..  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Thomas  S.  Elston,  Jr.,  President  (Carmel);  Robert  Stanton,  Vice- 
President  (Carmel);  George  F.  Rhoda,  Secretary  (Monterey); 
Walter  Burde,  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty..  2281  Prescott  St., 
Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Hess,  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vice- 
President  (Billings);  H.  C.  Cheever.  Sec.-Treas.  (Boieman). 
Directors:  Oscar  J,  Ballas,  Wm.  J.  Hess,  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy..  Bozeman.  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons,  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien,  Secreury;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza,  Treasurer.  Directors.  John  Crider,  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy..  160  Chestnut  St..  Reno,  Nev. 


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COAST  VALLEYS  CHAPTER 

Howard  DeWeese  of  Pomona  Tile  was  host  of  the 
October  meeting  in  Hal's  Restaurant,  Palo  Alto. 

A  number  of  members  attended  a  seminar  October 
17  at  the  Engineers  Building,  .San  Jose  State  College, 
sponsored  by  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineer- 
ing. Under  direction  of  Dr.  W.  W.  Lorell  the  sub' 
jects  of  Plastic  Design,  Description  of  Prestressed 
Concrete — Basic  concepts  and  potential  uses,  and 
Shell  Design — Basic  concepts  and  potential  uses,  were 
considered. 


PASADENA  CHAPTER 

Vincent  Bush  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Higher  Rating 
Bureau  presented  an  illustrated  lecture  on  the  recent 
earthquake  damage  in  Mexico  City  at  the  October 
meeting,  Eaton's  Restaurant  in  Arcadia.  Bush  recent- 
ly returned  from  a  personal  inspection  tour  of  the 
quake  area  and  obtained  much  information. 

Thornton  Ladd,  Richard  R.  Letich  and  the  archi- 
tectural firm  of  Smith  ii  Williams,  were  among  1957 
winners  in  the  Western  Home  Awards  program, 
sponsored  jointly  by  the  American  Institute  of  Archi- 
tects and  Sunset  Magazine. 

New  Members  include  George  L.  Foy,  James  H. 
Maul  ;uid  Melford  C.  Morgan,  all  Corporate  Mem- 
bers. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


Coi.   OffiM   of 


Dircctor«:  David  Vhay,  Edward  S.  Partoiu,  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
John  Crider,  Lawrence  Gulline.  Office  of  Prejident.  131  W. 
2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:   Walter  F.   Zick.  President;   Aloyjim  McDonald. 
Vice-President;    Edward    B.    Hendricks.    Sec.-Treai 
Walter  F.   Zicl.   Edward  Hendricks,   Charles  E 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris.  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald.  Sec.-Treas.  Mem- 
bers: Russell  Mills  (Reno).  Edward  S.  Parson.  (Reno).  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  MJO  S.  5th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Corlett,  President;  Donald  Powers  Smith.  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrise,  Secretary;  Richard  S.  Banwell.  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W.  Clement  Ambrose.  John  Kruse,  Bernard  J.  Sabar- 
off,  Corwin  Booth.  Exec.  Secty.,  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
office,   47   Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak.  President  (Downey) ;  Willard  T.  Jordan. 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson,  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers.  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy..  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President; 
Charles  G.  Davis,  Secretary;  Themas  I.  Potter.  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy..  317  S.W,  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pasadena    Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline,  President;  H.  Douglas  Bayles,  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni,  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon,  Treasurer.  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davies.  Keith  Marston.  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office    Secy.    46    North   Los    Robles    Arenue,    Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Sim  Bruce  Richards,  President;  Raymond  Lee  Eggers,  Vice- 
President;  William  F.  Wilmurt,  Secretary;  Fred  Chilcott,  Treas- 
urer. Directors:  Frank  L.  Hope,  Samuel  W.  HamiU,  Victor  L. 
Wulff,  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty..  2868  Fourth  Ave..  San  Diego. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Allen  Y.  Lew,  President  (Fresno);  William  G.  Hyberg,  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris,  Secretary;  Edwin  S.  Dardcn. 
Treasurer  (Fresno).  Office  of  Pres.,  408  Fulton  St..  Fresno. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Darwin  E.  Fisher.  President  (Ventura);  Wallace  W.  Arendt, 
Vice-President  (Santa  Barbara);  Donald  H.  Miller,  Secretary; 
Donald  A.  Kimball.  Treasurer  (Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas., 
1045   Via  Tranquila,   Santa  Barbara. 

Southern   California   Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy,  President;  Robert  Field.  Jr..  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr,  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett,  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger,  Burnett  C.  Turner,  George  V. 
Russell,  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Eiec.-Secy..  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller.  3723 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles  5. 

Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Charles  T.  Pearson,  President  (Tacoma);  Robert  T.  Olson,  1st 
Vice-President  (Olympia);  Donald  Burr.  2nd  Vice-President 
(Tacoma);    Percy    G.    Ball.    Secretary    (Tacoma);    Alan    Liddle, 


Treasurer    (Tacc 

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Washington  State  Chapter: 
James  J.   Chiarclli,  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner,  Ist  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall.  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers,  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardner.  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer.  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary.  409  Central  Bldg..  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James,  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff,  Carroll  Martell,  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy.,  615  Realty  Bldg.,  Spokane,  Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law,  President;  Harry  W.  Seckel.  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwfn  Bauer,  George  J. 
Wimberly.   Office  of  Secy..  P.O.  Boi   3288.  Honolulu.  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL.  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Balch,  Los  Angeles,  President;  L.  F.  Richards,  Santa 
Clara,  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope.  San  Diego.  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas,  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks, 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty..  703  Market  St..  San  Francisco 
3. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland).  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles).  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angeles); 
C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Ftin- 
cisco).  Exec.  Secy..  Robert  K.  Kelley,  Room  712,  145  S.  Sprin» 
St..  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office.  Room  300.  507  Poll  St. 


ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Hal  Major.  President;  Camiel  Van  De  Weghc.  Vice-President; 
Francis  E.  Capone,  Secretary;  Stanley  Howatt.  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secty.,   507  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Producers'  Council — Southern  California  Chapter: 

Clay  T.  Snider.  President.  Minneapolis-Honeywell  Regulator  Co., 
LA.;  E.  J.  Lawson.  Vice-President.  Aluminum  Company  of 
America,  L.A.;  E.  Phil  Filsinger,  Secretary.  Gladding.  McBean 
6?  Co..  L.A.;  William  G.  Aspy.  Treasurer,  H.  H.  Robertson 
Co.,  L.A.;  Henry  E.  North,  Jr.,  National  Director.  Arcadia 
Metal   Products,  L.A.;  Office  of  the  Secy.,  2901   Los  Felij  Blvd. 

Producers'  Council— Northern  California  Chapter: 

John  J.  O'Connor,  President,  H.  H.  Robertson  Co.;  Stanley  L. 
Basterash,  Vice-President,  Western  Asbestos  Co.;  Howard  W. 
DeWeese,  Treasurer,  Pomona  Tile  Mfg.  Co.;  Robert  W.  Harring- 
ton.  Secretary.  Clay  Brick  tf  Tile  Ass'n.  Office  of  Sec'y,  55  New 
Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco  5. 


'roducers'  Council 
Eugene 


Diego  Chapter 
Fenestra 


imes  I.  Hayes.  Vice, 
inghouse  Electric  Co.;  E.  K.  Shelby,  Secretary 
The  Celotcx  Corp.  (El  Cajon);  Joseph  C.  Langley,  Treasurer, 
Republic  Steel  Corp'n,  Truscon  Steel  Div.  (Lemon  Grove). 
Office  of  Secty.,    1832   Wedgcmerc   Rd.,   El   Cajon. 


Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr..  President,  433  Atlas  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris.  Jr..  Secretary.  703  Newhouse  Bldg.,  Salt  Lake  City. 


Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 
R.   R.  Coghlan.  Jr.,   President;  George  Lamb,  Vice- 
Phil   Filsinger,    Secretary;    Harry   L.    Miller,    Treasui 
Harold    Keller,    Jack    Whiteside,     Walter     Hagedoh: 
Whallcy,    Charles    Field    Wctherbec     "  '  "       " 

visory    Member,    D.    Stewart    Kerr. 
Fclis   Blvd..   L.A. 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco: 
Henry  C.  Collins,  President;  Leonard  M.  Tivel.  Vice 
Leonard    P.    Grover,    Treasurer;    Marvin    E.    Hirchert. 
Office    of   Secty.,    585    Whitewood    Drive,    San    Rafael 


Directors 

Raymond 

Hegsted.    Ad- 

of   Secty.,    2901    Los 


President; 
Secretary. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  ARCHITECTURAL  CLUB 

A  Field  Trip  was  conducted  on  October  18th 
through  the  Soule  Steel  Company  plant  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Following  inspection  of  the  plant  and  manu- 
facturing facilities,  a  dinner  was  served  by  the  Soule 
company. 

Earl  W.  Smith,  East  Bay  builder  and  contractor, 
was  the  featured  speaker  at  a  recent  meeting,  discuss- 
ing his  experiences  and  observations  of  Russia's  con- 
struction industry  obtained  during  a  trip  to  the  USSR. 


WASHINGTON  STATE  CHAPTER 

"Italy  —  Observations  and  Illustrations"  was  the 
subject  of  a  program  in  the  Benjamin  Franklin  Hotel, 
Seattle,  this  month  with  Fred  Bassetti  the  speaker. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Kenneth  E.  Koehler, 
Dan   F.    Miller   and    George    E.    Wrede,    Corporate; 


Stanley  V.  Sandberg,  Associate:  and  Dean  Dwyer 
Davidson,  Gudmund  B.  Berge  and  George  R.  Simp- 
son, Junior  Associates. 


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OCTOBER 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Layne,  H.  L. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Qorence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Sauer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty..  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Clark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Cloud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Howard  A.  Schirmer. 
Harold   S.   Kellam,   John   M.   Saidis,   lames   L.   Siratia, 


Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Central  California 

I.  F.  Meehan,  President  (Sacramento);  A.  L.  Brinckman, 
Vice-President  (Sacramento);  W.  F.  Pond,  Secy.-Treas. 
Directors:  A.  L.  Brinckman,  J.  J.  Doody,  H.  C.  Green, 
J.  F.  Meehan,  E.  F.  Zancai.  Office  of  Secy.,  7045  Crom- 
well Way,  SacTcrmenlo. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 

R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy.-Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  2808  W.  Temple  St.,  Los  Angeles  26. 
Dunkirk  5-4424. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

Six  short  talks  in  the  field  of  soil  mechanics  featured 
the  October  meeting  held  in  the  Roger  Young  Audi' 
torium,  Los  Angeles.  Taking  part  in  the  talks  were 
Fred  Converse  speaking  on  "Construction  of  Deep 
Foundations,"  LeRoy  Crandall,  "Foundations  for  Tall 
Buildings  in  Downtown  Los  Angeles,"  L.  T.  Evans, 
"Pacific  Palisades  Landslide,"  Charles  Howe,  "Field 
Sampling,"  William  Altmeyer,  "Portuguese  Bend 
Landslide,"  ;md  V.  A.   Smoots  on  "Moisture  Protcc- 


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tion."  Some  of  the  talks  were  illustrated  with  slides. 
Recently  announced  new  members  include:  Henry 
W.  S.  Chi,  Harry  F.  Deardorff,  Howard  V.  Mouw, 
William  M.  Simpson  and  Woodward  Tom,  MEM- 
BERS: Robert  L.  Gray,  John  F.  Lewis,  James  W. 
Pereira  and  Ralph  H.  Shankland,  Jr.,  ASSOCIATES; 
and  Charles  E.  Reid-Selth  ALLIED. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 

Louis  R.  Howson  of  Chicago,  has  been  elected 
president  of  The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, succeeding  Mason  G.  Lockwood  of  Houston, 
Texas. 

Other  officers  elected  and  installed  at  the  annual 
meeting  this  month  in  New  York  City  included 
Samuel  B.  Morris  of  Los  Angeles,  former  General 
Manager  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles  Department  of 
Water  and  Power  and  a  consulting  engineer,  Vice- 
President;  John  E.  Rinne,  San  Francisco,  Engineer, 
Standard  Oil  Company  of  California  was  named  a 
Director. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

Members  chartered  a  United  Air  Lines  Conv.iir  to 
San  Diego  to  attend  the  19.57  SEA  Convention  this 
month. 

The  regular  October  meeting  was  a  joint  meeting 
with  the  East  Bay  Structural  Engineers  Society  in 
the  Claremont  Hotel,  Berkeley,  with  the  program  be- 
ing devoted  to  a  general  discussion  of  "Structural 
Applications  of  Aluminum."  Speakers  included  R.  E. 
Knight,  vice-president,  Research  and  Development; 
D.  G.  LaRue,  manager.  West  Coast  Branch,  Pro- 
duct Development;  D.  L.  Riehter,  staff  Design  Engi- 
neer, all  of  the  Kaiser  Aluminum  and  Chemical 
Corporation.  The  aluminum  industry's  contributions 
to  the  structural  engineer  through  research  and  de- 
velopment, heavy  welded  aluminum  structures,  and 
design  and  construction  of  space  frames  were  dis- 
cussed. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vioe- 
F>resident;  L.  LeRoy  Crandall,  Vice-President;  I.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Ofiioe 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 

Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 
Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treos.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnord. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  WiUiam  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Harmer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

Son  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Treas. 

Structural  Engineers  Associcrtiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmar  L.  McConnell,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bormey,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell.    Office  of  Sec/., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 
Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 
Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 
R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;   E.  R.  McMUlan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 
American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chainnan; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy  ,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of   American   Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  USAF,  President;  C.  R.  Graff, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Seymore  A.  Potter,  Jr.,  2nd 
Vice-President;  Roger  L.  Cairns,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hartnett, 
USA;  Donald  McCall;  CopL  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN;  C. 
Grant  Austin,  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  Secy. 
USAF,  U.S.  Appraisers  Bldg,  630  Sansome  St.,  San 
Francisco. 


The  November  meeting  will  be  a  Joint  meeting 
with  the  North  American  Society  of  Military  Engi- 
neers in  the  Presidio  OiScers  Club,  November  14th, 
at  which  time  the  recent  Mexico  City  earthquake  will 
be  discussed. 

Recent  new  members  include  Samuel  P.  Laverty, 
Civil  Engineer;  and  Leonard  F.  Robinson,  Partner; 
Myron  Goldsmith  and  William  F.  Spenny,  Affiliates. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 
SAN  FRANCISCO  SECTION 

"New  Projects  in  Prestressed  Concrete"  was  the 
subject  of  the  October  meeting  held  in  the  Engineers 
Club,  San  Francisco,  with  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  and 
Professor  T.  Y.  Lin  discussing  various  aspects  of  the 
construction  and  design  of  prestressed  concrete  pro- 
jects, both  foreign  and  domestic. 

Prof.  Linn,  University  of  CaUfornia  at  Berkeley, 
was  chairman  of  the  recent  World  Conference  on 
Prestressed  Concrete,  emphasized  design  considera- 
tions, while  Gerwick,  Jr.,  discussed  construction 
methods. 


EAST  BAY  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS 
ASSOCIATION 

Ray  H.  McCann  of  the  Basalt  Rock  Company. 
Napa,  v/as  the  principal  speaker  at  the  October  meet- 
ing held  in  the  Villa  de  la  Paix,  Oakland,  discussing 
"Reinforced  Masonry  Construction," 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  MILITARY  ENGRS. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  POST 

"Mobility  in  Modern  Warfare"  was  the  subject  of 
a  talk  by  Major  General  Emerson  C.  Itschner,  Chief 
of  Army  Engineers,  at  the  October  meeting  in  the 
Presido  Officers  Club,   San  Francisco. 

General  Itschner  has  served  as  Chief  of  the 
Army's  fighting-building  Corps  of  Engineers  during 
the  past  year,  and  as  such  heads  an  organization  with 
a  record  of  service  dating  back  182  years  and  now 
faces  military  construction  in  the  modern  nuclear 
age.  A  number  of  colored  slides  were  also  shown. 


General    Itschner    is    also    first    president    of    the 
national  Society  of  American  Military  Engineers. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS 
LOS  ANGELES  SECTION 

The  annual  Ladies'  Night  Dinner  Dance  will  be 
observed  on  November  9th  in  the  Bah  Room  of  the 
Beverly  Hilton  Hotel,  Beverly  Hills,  featuring  the 
music  of  Manny  Harmon  and  His  Orchestra,  and  a 
breast   of   chicken    "Montmorency"   dinner. 


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were  used  to  join  the  cantilcvercd  beams  to  rcinforeed 
concrete  pilasters  in  the  sidewalls. 

The  auditorium  is  a  friendly  meeting  place  for  the 
neighborhood  where  plays,  contatas,  musicals  and 
public  gatherings  can  be  accommodated.  It  is  well 
equipped  with  stage  and  dressing  rooms  and  additional 
small  meeting  rooms.  Smaller  glulam  beams  were  used 
most  effectively  in  this  structure.  To  create  an  atmos- 
phere of  informality  and  warmth,  the  architects  uti' 
lized  the  natural  textures  of  western  woods  wherever 
possible.  Exposed  beams  and  decking  make  up  the 
ceiling,  and  a  full  wall  of  western  red  cedar  makes  for 
informality. 

Large  steel  sleeves  over  the  tie  rods  protect  against 
moisture  and  vandalism  and  give  an  interesting  ap- 
pearance to  that  area  of  the  building. 

The  buildings  were  designed  for  the  toughest  pos- 
sible usage  as  only  exuberant  youth  can  deal  out. 
Ceramic  tile  was  installed  in  the  shower  rooms  and 
toilets.  The  floors  in  the  auditorium  are  hardwood  and 
a  double  spring  floor  was  put  down  in  the  gymnasium. 

The  roof  lines  of  the  two  buildings  were  kept  low 
to  harmonize  with  the  surrounding  low  hills. 

There  is  some  similarity  between  the  basic  design 
features  of  the  gymnasium  and  the  auditorium.  The 


roof  lines  of  both  buildings  match,  with  a  long  and 
short  span,  but  there  is  a  conventional  peak  ridge  line 
to  the  auditorium  with  the  two  unequal  spans  joined. 
However,  the  long  span  of  the  auditorium  is  also  canti- 
levered,  resting  on  inverted  buttresses  which  form 
part  of  the  reinforcing  ribs  of  the  concrete  wall  along 
the  outside  of  the  auditorium  building.  The  glulam 
beams  supporting  the  long  auditorium  span  are  41  feet 
lOYz  inches  long  and  cover,  in  addition  to  one  half  of 
the  auditorium,  a  row  of  meeting  and  dressing  rooms 
alongside  the  auditorium  proper. 

The  Upper  Noe  playground  buildings  are  remark- 
able because  of  the  several  striking  innovations  in  de- 
sign and  structural  concept.  The  architects  utilized 
fully  the  wide  flexibility  of  fabricated  timber  beams 
which  can  be  factory  built  to  virtually  any  size  and 
shape  to  create  highly  functional  structures  of  unusual 
charm  and  distinction. 

Cost  of  the  entire  project  averaged  $22.87  per  square 
foot. General  contractors  were  James  I.  Barnes  of  Red- 
wood City,  California. 


WILLIAM  GEORGE  BARR,  Executive  Director 
of  the  National  Parking  Association  was  the  featured 
speaker  at  the  October  meeting  of  the  Northern  Cali- 
fornia Chapter  A. I. A.,  co-sponsored  by  the  San 
Francisco    Planning    and    Housing    Association. 


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mahogany,  ash,  ribbon  mahogany,  and  white 
oak  with  our  deluxe  solid  or  hollow  core  doors. 
Fully  guaranteed  as  set  forth  in  the  standard 
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ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

Architect  Leslie  I.  Nichols,  454  Forest 
Avenue,  Palo  Alto,  has  been  commis- 
.sioned  by  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance 
Company,  San  Francisco,  to  design  a 
1 -story  Office  Building  to  be  built  in 
the    Sunnyvale    Civic   Center. 

The  building  will  contain  45,000  sq. 
ft.   of  area. 


The  Bellwood  Company  of  California 
533  W.  Collins  Ave..  Orange,  Calif. 


LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTS 
VISIT  MODEL  HOMES 

Fifty  members  of  the  California  Insti- 
tute of  Landscape  Architects  and  their 
wives  were  recent  guests  at  the  Highland 
House,  furnished  model  residence  at 
Beverly   Highlands   in    Beverly   Hills. 

Landscape  Architect  Peter  Engelmann, 
who  co-ordinated  the  landscape  work  at 
Highland  House,  was  host  to  the  group 
headed  by  Bennett  Covert,  Los  Angeles 
and  State  president  of  the  Institute,  and 
Gustav  J.  Molnar,  president  of  the  San 
Diego    Chapter. 

Highland  House  has  3,000  sq.  ft.  of 
living  space  under  roof,  patio  terrace, 
garden,   carport  and  swimming  pool. 

NEW  STUDENT 
CENTER  PLANNED 

Architect  Vernon  De  Mars,  Berkeley 
and  the  architectural  firm  of  Donald  L. 
Hardison  6?  Associates,  160  Broadway, 
Richmond,  are  preparing  plans  and  draw- 
ings for  construction  of  a  new  $10,000,- 
000  Student  Center  building  to  be  built 
on  the  University  of  California  campus 
in   Berkeley. 

The  work  calls  for  the  removal  of  a 
number  of  buildings  on  the  site  as  well 
as   construction    of   the    new    facilities. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


ARCHITECrS  OPEN 
LAS  VEGAS  BRANCH 

Adrian  Wilson  ^  Associates,  architects 
and  engineers,  Los  Angeles,  have  an- 
nounced the  opening  of  permanent  offices 
in  Las  Vegas,  Nevada,  which  will  be  in 
charge  of  Richard  Drayton,  who  has  been 
associated   with   the   firm    for   many   years. 

Wilson  said  the  new  offices  would  facili- 
tate completion  of  the  Las  Vegas  Conven- 
tion Center,  plans  for  which  are  now 
under  contract  negotiations,  and  other 
development    in    the    area. 

The  firm  also  maintains  offices  in  Japan, 
the  Philipines,  San  Francisco,  and  head- 
quarters   in    Los    Angeles. 


NORMAN  TISHMAN  GIVEN 
1957  CITY  OF  HOPE  AWARD 

Norman  Tishman,  president  of  the 
Tishman  Realty  fe'  Construction  Co.  Inc., 
has  been  named  to  receive  the  1957  City 
of  Hope  Award,  given  annually  to  an 
industry  leader  for  outstanding  humanitar- 
ian activities,  it  has  been  announced  by 
Benjamin  J.  Goodman,  Los  Angeles, 
president  of  the  Medical  Center  Aides, 
Los  Angeles  auxiliary  of  the  City  of  Hope 
National    Medical    Center. 

The  nationally  known  firm  which  Tish- 
man heads  has  built  more  than  5  5 
residential  and  commercial  buildings,  rep- 
resenting an  investment  of  more  than 
$300  million,  since  it  was  founded  in 
1898.  The  company  has  expanded  con- 
siderably in  the  Los  Angeles  area  in  re- 
cent years  completing  five  air-conditioned 
office  buildings  on  Wilshire  Blvd.,  and 
now  has  under  construction  a  14-story 
luxury  cooperative  apartment  building  on 
Wilshire  Blvd. 

Among  the  company's  current  projects 
are  a  38-story  office  building  in  New 
York  City;  a  21 -story  office  building  in 
downtown  Cleveland;  and  a  20-story 
office  skyscraper  in  Buffalo. 


NAHB  EXECUTFVE  OFHCERS 
COUNCIL  ELECTS  DANSYEAR 

S.  A.  Dansyear  of  Miami,  Florida,  has 
been  elected  president  of  the  National 
Association  of  Home  Builders'  Executive 
Officers'  Council,  at  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  group  recently  held  in  San  Mateo, 
California. 

Dansyear,  executive  secretary  of  the 
Home  Builders  Association  of  South 
Florida  for  the  past  five  years,  succeeds 
John   R.    Downs   of  Chicago. 

Other  officers  elected  included:  Richard 
E.  Doyle,  San  Francisco,  1st  vice  presi- 
dent. 

The  Executive  Officers'  Council  is 
composed  of  trade  association  executives 
of  the  292  home  building  organizations 
affiliated   with   the   NAHB. 


CLINTON  C.  STEWARD  JOINS 
HOLMES  a:  NARVER  INC 

Clinton  C.  Steward,  widely  known  oil 
refining  engineer,  has  been  named  as- 
sistant manager  in  charge  of  engineering 
and  process  of  the  Petro-Chemical  division 
of  Holmes  6?  Narver  Inc.,  Los  Angeles 
engineers  and  constructors,  according  to 
James   T.   Holmes,   president  of  the   firm. 

Steward  was  formerly  chief  engineer 
of  The  Ralph  M.  Parsons  Company. 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  BUILDS 
SAN  DIEGO  ENGINEERING 

Construaion  has  started  on  a  new 
engineering  department  building  at  the 
main  plant  of  Stromberg-Carlson,  San 
Diego,  according  to  an  announcement  by 
Harold   P.   Field,    manager. 

The    new   building    will    increase    space 


at  the  plant  by  50  per  cent  and  will  bring 
the  total  plant,  office  and  laboratory 
space  of  the  division  of  General  Dynamics 
in   San   Diego  to   52,000   sq.   ft. 

Architects    for    the    new    building    are 
Frank  L.  Hope  and  Associates,  San  Diego. 


Howard    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Engineering  officers  of  the  firm  include 
John  A.  Blume,  H.  J.  Sexton,  J.  P. 
Nicoletti,  R.  L.  Sharpe,  D.  M.  Teixeira, 
and   A.   I.   Flaherty. 


ENGINEERING  FIRM 
EXPANDS 

John  A.  Blume,  prominent  West  Coast 
engineer,  has  announced  the  expansion 
of  engineering  offices  to  new  and  larger 
quarters,  and  changing  of  the  firm  name 
to  John  A.  Blume  &  Associates,  Engi- 
neers. 

The    new    offices    are    located    at    612 


AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF 
TIMBER  CONSTRUCnON 

The  American  Institute  of  Timber  Con- 
struction will  hold  its  sixth  annual  meet- 
ing in  January  20-24,  1958,  at  the  San 
Marcos  Hotel,  Chandler,  Arizona,  accord- 
ing to  an  announcement  by  Val  Gardner, 
Springfield,  Oregon,  president  of  the  In- 
stitute. 

Theme  of  the  conference  will  be  "Sales 
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CONVAIR  WAREHOUSE 

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the  exterior  w;ills  and  roof,  tilt-up  concrete  walls  were 
of  course  considered.  They  had  to  be  discarded  in 
favor  of  the  more  quickly  erected  90-foot-span  pre- 
fabricated steel  buildings. 

In  designing  the  800-foot  craneways  it  was  found 
that  long  fabrication  time  was  needed  for  making  steel 
girders  and  columns  made  steel  prohibitive.  So  pre- 
stressed  concrete  girders  and  pre-cast  concrete  columns 
were  specified  in  order  to  meet  the  tight  construction 
schedule.  This,  to  our  knowledge,  is  the  first  time 
concrete  beams  have  been  used  to  support  overhead 
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The  bearing  problems  were  solved  by  using  large 
spread  footings  for  the  heavy  crane  loads. 

Grading  began  on  December  11,  and  by  January  22 
of  this  year,  concrete  was  being  poured  for  footings. 
On  March  11  the  first  200,000  sq.  ft.  section  of  the 
building  was  finished  and  immediately  put  to  use.  The 
second  200,000  sq.  ft.  section  was  completed  June  1. 

Meanwhile,  300,000  cu.  yds.  of  earth  had  been  ex- 
cavated for  a  one-mile  access  road  leading  to  the  high- 
way, and  a  railroad  spur  of  the  same  length  had  been 
built  for  rail  shipments.  An  area  of  500,000  sq.  ft. 
around  the  buildings  had  been  prepared  for  paving. 
In  addition,  300  lineal  feet  of  retaining  wall  had  been 
constructed  around  the  perimiter  of  the  warehouse  to 
raise  the  building  floor  to  truck  bed  height. 

Inside  the  warehouse,  a  50,000  sq.  ft.  area  of  office 
space  was  partitioned  off,  with  gypsum  board  on  wood 
framing  being  used.  The  entire  enclosed  space,  the 
equivalent  of  16  football  fields  laid  side-by-side,  was 
supplied  with  gas-fired  suspended  space  heaters. 

And  on  September  6,  1957,  the  final  100,000  sq.  ft. 
area  of  the  $4,000,000.00  project  was  finished  and  put 
to  use.  Architects,  engineers  and  builders  had  reason 
for  mutual  congratulation.  For  the  race  against  time 
had  been  won  with  four  months  to  spare. 


ARTHUR  P.  McARTHUR  NAMED 
BY  GLADDING,  McBEAN  &C  CO. 

The  appointment  of  Arthur  P.  McArthur  to  the 
position  of  general  sales  manager.  Architectural  Di- 
vision, N.u-thcrn  California,  for  Gladding,  McBean 
fej"  Company,  has  been 
announced  by  Verne  W. 
Boget,  vice  president  and 
general  manager.  Archi- 
tectural Division,  of  Glad- 
dincj,    McBean    6?    Com- 


ARTHUR  P.  McARTHUR 
Sales  Manager 


pany. 
._  In     his     new    position 

If  _i#Hhta     McArthur     will     be     re- 

^k  ^^^^H  sponsible  for  directing  the 
^F  ^^^^H  sale  of  ceramic  veneer, 
^^B  ^^^^^H  glazed  structural  units, 
roof  tile,  facebrick,  Her- 
mosa  glazed  floor  and  wall 
tile  and  other  architec- 
tural products.  He  will  also  have  charge  of  Public 
Relations  in  the  Northern  California  area. 

McArthur  formerly  served  as  assistant  sales  man- 
ager of  Architectural  Products  for  the  firm's  Pacific 
Northwest  Division  with  headquarters  in  Seattle. 


PICTURE  CREDITS:  Phil  Fein,  Phoios.  Page  8.  9,  10,  11:  Busco- 
Nestor,  Photo,  Page  12,  13;  Donald  Beach  Kirhy  and  Associates, 
Architects,  Page  S,  9,  10,  11:  Richard  George  Wheeler  &  Associates, 
Architects,  Page  12,  13:  Ted  Brool{S  Photo.  Page  14,  15:  Geoff 
Coo/i,  Photo,  Page  16,  17:  R.  L.  Copeland  Photo,  Page  18,  19.  20, 
21,  22,  23:  Ted  Giirney,  Page  24:  /.  Francis  Ward.  Architect. 
Page  18,  19,  20,  21,  22.  23:  Sivinerlon  &  Walherg  General  Con- 
tractors, Page  20:  Thomas  M.  Livingstone  Photo,  Page  25. 


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PLANNING  FUNCTIONAL  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS.  By 
Merle  R.  Sumption  and  Jack  L.  Landes.  Harper  & 
Brothers,  49  E.  33rd  St.,  New  York  16.  302  pages. 
Price  ^7.50. 

Here  is  a  guide  to  the  development  of  functional  school 
buildings  in  which  the  authors  Merle  R.  Sumption,  Director 
of  Field  Services,  College  of  Education,  University  of  Illinois, 
and  Jack  L.  Landes,  School  Building  Specialist  with  the  Cin- 
cinnati Public  Schools,  concentrate  on  the  planning  of  physical 
facilities  suited  to  a  specific  educational  program  which  is,  in 
turn,  dictated  by  the  needs  of  individual  communities.  Since 
schools  serve  the  community,  it  is  only  logical,  the  authors 
believe,  to  enlist  the  aid  of  the  community  in  planning  for 
school  construction,  thus  the  book  is  valuable  to  school  admin- 
istrators, school  plant  consultants,  architects,  engineers,  and 
contractors. 


THE  TEMPLE  OF  JERUSALEM.  By  Andre  Parrot.  Philo- 
sophical Library,  Inc.,  15  E.  40th  St.,  New  York  16.  112 
pages.  Price  ^2.75. 
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book  an  enthralling  account  of  the  first  Temple  at  Jerusalem 
built  by  Solomon,  the  rebuilt  Temple,  and  the  Moslem  Haram 
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AIR  CONDITIONING.  By  Willis  R.  Woolrich  and  Willis 
R.  Woolrich,  Jr.  The  Ronald  Press  Company  Publishers. 
15  E.  26th  St.,  New  York  10,  N.  Y.  Price  ^7.50. 

An  authoritative  textbook  designed  for  college  course  at  the 
senior  or  junior  level;  is  broad  in  scope  and  emphasis  on 
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aspects  of  air  conditioning,  including  heating,  ventilation,  air 
purification,  and  cooling.  The  book  explains  and  analyzes  all 
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cesses, radiant  cooling,  and  the  available  means  of  refrigeration 
are  applied  to  the  solution  of  these  problems.  Contains  many 
illustrative  examples  and  each  chapter  closes  with  a  generous 
selection  of  text-related  problem  material  drawn  from  the  au- 
thors" extensive  professional  experiences.  The  authors:  Willis 
R.  Woolrich,  Dean  of  Engineering  and  Prof.  Mechanical 
Engineering,  University  of  Texas,  and  Willis  R.  Woolrich,  Jr., 
Consulting   Engineer  in   Refrigeration   and   Air  Conditioning. 


BUILDERS'  HARDWARE  HANDBOOK.  By  Adon  H. 
Brownell,  A.H.C.  Hardware  Age-Chilton  Co.,  Phila- 
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This  well  illustrated  book  covers  such  subjects  as  products, 
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volved the  author  has  described  and  pictured  standard  hard- 
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for  various  types  of  building  such  as  hospitals,  schools,  archi- 
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detailed  information  on  reinforced  concrete  construction;  re 
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used.  Write  for  copy  DEPT-AEs'E,  Texas  Lawn  Sprinkler  Co. 
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Western  Red  Cedar  Lumber — grades  and  uses.  New,  com- 
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illustrated  and  describes  in  detail  the  wide  range  of  Western 
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ESTIMATOR'S    GUIDE 

BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

PRICES  GIVEN  ARE  FIGURING  PRICES  AND  ARE  MADE  UP  FROM  AVERAGE  QUOTATIONS  FURNISHED  BY 
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All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
Francisco  and  the  Bay  District.  Tiiera  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  worlt. 


BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 


BRICKWORK— MASONRY— 

Common    Bricic— Per    I    M    laid— $175.00   up    (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 
Face   Brick— Per   I    M   laid— $2t5.00  and   up   (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 
Brick  Steps— $2.75  per  lin.  ft.  &  up. 
Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  BIdgs. — Approx. 

$1.75  and  up— (according  to  class  of  work). 
Face    Brick    Veneer    on     Frame    BIdgs.— Approx. 

$2.25  and   up   (according  to  class  of  work). 
Common  Brick— $^.00  per  M  truckload  lots,  de- 
livered. 
"Bricketts"    (Brick   Veneer)    per   M,   f.o.b.    Nlles, 

$50.00. 
6la»d  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 
Clear  Glazed — 

2x6  12  Furring    ..._ $1.95  per  sq.ft. 

4x4x12  Partition    2.25  persq.  ft. 

4x6x  12  Double  Faced 

Partition     2.50  per  sq.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add 30  per  $q.  ft. 

Mantel    Fire    Brick   $150.00   per   M  — F.O.B.    Pitts- 
burgh. 

Fire  Brick— Per  M— $165.00  to  $185.00. 
Cartage — Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,   per  M $139.50 

6x5i/2Kl2-inches,    per   M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   M _    84.00 


Holl 


Tile 


I2xl2x2-:nches,  per  M_ 

I2xl2x3-inches,  per  M.. 

I2xl2x4.inches,  per  M- 

I2xl2x6-inches,  per  M.. 


..$146.75 
_  156.85 
-  177.10 
..  235.30 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 


1  ply  per  1000  ft.  rolL 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 

3  ply  per   1000  ft.  roll 

Brownskin,  Standard  500  ft.  roll 

Sisalkraft.  reinforced,  500  ft.  roll 

Sheathing  Papers — 

Asphalt  sheathing,    15-lb.  roll 

30-lb.  roll 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll _ 

Blue  Plasterboard,  60-lb.  roll 

F«lt  Papers- 
Deadening  felt,  %-tb.,  50-ft.  roll..._ 

Deadening  felt,   Mb 

Asphalt  roofing,    15-lbs 

Asphalt   roofing,   30-lbs 

Roofing  Papers — 
Standard  Grade,   lOS-ft.  roll,  Light.., 


..$5.30 
7.80 

.  9.70 
.  6.85 


Smooth  Surfac 


Mediun 
Heavy... 


M.  S.  Extra  He 


..$2.70 
_  3.70 
_  2.95 
_  5.10 

..$4.30 
_  5.05 
..  2.7C 
-.  3.70 

..$2.50 
..  2.90 
..  3.40 
_  3.95 


CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following  prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
otherwise  shown.    Carload  lots  only. 

Bunker  DeI'd 

per  ton  per  ton 

Gravel,  all  sizes $3.00  $3.75 

Top  Sand 3.20  3.95 

Concrete   Mix 3.10  3.85 

Crushed  Rock,  'A"  to  %" 3.20  3.95 

Crushed  Rock,  %"  to  II/2" 3.20  3.95 

Roofing    Gravel    .__..__ 3.15  4.0O 

Sand — 

Lapis    (Nos.   2      &4)    3.95  4.70 

Olympia  (Nos.  I  &  2)..._ 3.50  4.00 

Cement — 

Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks). 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) $1.30 

Carload   lots,   in  bulk,  per  bbl „_  4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,   lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 

Prox.,  less  than  carload  lots,  $5.20  per  bbl. 

f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.60  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.I 2% 

Trinity  White 1  I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 

it   J        »i/L-i  ^  sack,  warehouse  or 

Medusa  Wh.te J  delivered. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 

Delivered  in  S-yd.  loads:  6  sit. 

in  bulk  _ $14.80 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 90 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 

Hay-  Ba- 

dite  salt 

4x8xl6-inches,  each $  ,22  $  .22 

6x8xl6-inches,  each .271/2  •ZT'/j 

8x8xl6-inches,  each  .32  .-2 

I2x8xl6.inches,  each  .46  .461/2 

I2x8x24-inches,  each .67 

Aggregates — Haydit*  or  Basalit*       Plant 

%-inch  to  %-inch,  per  cu.  yd $5.85 $7.75 

Ve-inch  to  A-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 


DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing— 

Two-coat  work,   $9.00  per  square  and   up. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated  felt,    $13.00   per   square   and    up. 

Hot  coating  work,  $5.50  per  square  &  up. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and   up. 

Anhi  Hydro,  50  gal.,  $2.20. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  in  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less;  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will   run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings; 
$325  on  old  buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  '/e  in.  gauge  25c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magnesite, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastipave — $1.90  per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum — $6.00  sq.   yd.   &   up 

laid. 
Terazzo    Floors — $2.50   per  sq.   ft.  ;| 

Terazzo     Steps — $3.75     per     lin.     ft. 
Masfic  Wear  Coat — according  to  type — 
45c  per  sq.  ft.  and  up. 
Hardwood  Flooring — 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  G— Unfin.— 

Hx2'A  1/2x2    V!x2    Ax2 

Clear  Qtd.,  White $425    $405    $         $ 

Clear  Qtd.,   Red._ 405      380 

Select  Qtd.,  Red  or  White_  355  340 
Clear  Pin.,  Red  or  White._  355 
Select  Pin.,  Red  or  White....  340 
#1  Common,  red  or  White  315 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oak  Flooring— 

'/2  X  2 S 

1/2    X    2'/2 

H  X  2IA 

H  X  2% 

H  X  31/4 _ _ 

H  X  2'/,  &  3'A  Ranch  Plank._. 
Unfinished  Maple  Flooring — 

H  X  21A   First  Grade 

H  X  2IA  2nd  Grade 

a  X  2IA  2nd  i  Btr.  Grade 

H  X  2'A  3rd  Grade _ _, 

H  X  3'A  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM.. 
H  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM_ 

33/32  X  2IA   First  Grade 

33/32  X  21A  2nd  Grade 

33/32  X  21A  3rd  Gr, 


340  335  315 
330  325  300 
3  ro      305      280 


,._  390.00 
„  375.00 
...  395.00 


Stf  ndard 
4359.09 
370.00 
381.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 


Flo 


Layer  Wage  $2.83   par  hr. 


_.$3»0.00 

365.00 

375.00 

240.00 

380.00 

390.00 

400.00 

360.00 

320.00 


GLASS— 
Single  Strength  Window  Glass  ._..$ 

Single  Strength  Window  Glass    ..  $ 
Double  Strength  Window  Glass     . 

Plate  Glass,  %  polished  to  75 I 

75  to   100 2 

Va   in.  Polished  Wire   Plate  Glass....  2 

>A  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glas«___ 

'/s  in.  Obscure   Glass. 
A  in.  Obscui 


Glass 

Heat  Absorbing  Obscure 

rt   in.    Heat  Aborbing  Wire 

i/s  in.  Ribbed    

A  in.  Ribbed    

f/e  in.  Rough    

A  in.  Rough    

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in   place i 


.30  per  n  «. 

.30  per  n  ft. 
.60  per  n  ft. 
.80  per  n  ft. 
.10  pern  ft. 
.70  per  D  ft. 
.80  per  D  ti. 
.55  per  O  ft. 
.70  per  D  ft. 
.54  per  a  ft 
.72  per  n  ". 
.55  per  n  ft. 
.75  per  n  ft. 
.55  per  D  ft. 
.75  per  Q  ft. 
.30  per  P  ft. 
.50  per  n  ft. 


HEATING— Installed 

Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor  Furnace.  25.000  BTU_ 

35,000  BTU_ 

45,000  BTU_ 

Automatic  Control,   Add_ 


Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25.000  BTU_ 
35,000  BTU... 
45,000  BTU... 
With  Automatic  Control,  Add_ 

Unit  Heaters,   50,000  BTU 

Gravity  Furnace,  65,000  BTU 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75.000  BTU_ 
Water  Heaters — S-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control. 

20  gal.  capacity „._„.„ 

30  gal    capacity 

40  gal.  capacity 


-$42.00-  80.00 

_  47.00-  87.00 

_  55.00-  95.00 

_  39.00-  45.00 

_  72.00-134.00 

149.00 

161.00 

_  45.00-161.00 

215.00 

210.00 

342.00 


96.00 
112.00 
135.00 


OCTOBER 


(INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool  Insulation- 
Full  thick  3" $'■'>■'» 

(2")  Less  than   1,000  Q  ft.- ''•■?' 

(2")  Over  1,000  D  » - 59.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

(I")    _  $41.60  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Sisalation  Aluminum  Insulation-Aluminum 
coat»d   on   both  sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboord— 4'x6'    panel $9.00  per  panel 

V/allboard— 1/2"   thickness   $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank  69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  -....  69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

IRON — Cost   of  ornamental   Iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 


$115.00 

Per  M  Delvd, 

oring $225,00 

215.00 

145.00 

dry 185.00 


LUMBER— Ex  Lunnber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 
O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m... 
Flooring — 

V.S.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  X  4  T  &  G  FIc 
"C"  and   better— all..._ 

"D"   and   better — all 

Rwd.   Rustic— "A"   grade,   mediun 
8  to  24  ft. 
Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 

'A-inch,    4.0x8.0-515    -- $120-00 

1/,-inch,    4.0x8.0-515    _.- 160.00 

%-inch,    per    M    sq.    ft 200.00 

Plysf orm - -..   1 60.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)— 
Red  Cedar  No.  l-$9.50  per  square;  No.  2.  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles,   $7.50  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes— i/:"   to   3/,"   x   24/26   in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

%-  to  \'A"  x  24/26  in  split  resawn, 

per  square  _ - I'.OO 

Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $9,50  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated  Add  $45  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
alb.  treatment  Add  $52  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard  Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2 1 -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $  1 0  to  $  1 5  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $1.75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases   for  kitchen    and    pantries   seven   ft. 

high,    per   lineal   ft.,   upper  $10  to   $15; 

lower  $12  to  $18. 
Dining  room  cases,  $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor- — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing    (average),    $115    per    M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $125  to  $135  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard  $  .90 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.35 

Cold  water  painting per  yard        .45 

Whitewashing per  yard       .25 

Unseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light    iron    drums per  gal.  $2.28         $2.34 

5-gallon  cans  _..pergal.    2.40  2.46 

l-gallon   cans  each     2.52  2.58 

Quart   cans  each       .71  .72 

Pint  cans  each      .38  .39 

'/2-pint  cans  each       .24  .24 

furpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1.65 

5-gallon  cans - per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans each     1.88 

Quart  cans  each      .54 

Pint  cans  eaoh      -31 

Vi-pint  cans  each      .20 


Pioneer  V^hite  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Paste) 

List  Price  Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight         Per  100      Pr.  per        per  100      Pr.  per 
Packages  lbs.  pkg.  lbs.  pkg. 

100. lb,   kegs  $28.35        $29.35  $27,50        $27.50 

50.1b.   kegs  30.05  15.03  28.15  14.08 

25-lb.   kegs  30.35  7.50  28,45  7.12 

5-lb.   cans*  ....  33.35  1.34  31.25  1.25 

Mb.  cans*  ....  36.00  .36  33.75  .34 

500    lbs.    (one   delivery)    %c    per    pound    less   than 
above. 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharcje- Dry  Red   Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters— Price  Per   100  Pounds 


100 
lbs. 


Dry   White    Lead $26.30    $ $ 

Litharge    ..._ .—  25.95  26.60  26,90 

Dry    Red    Lead 27.20  27.85  28.15 

Red    Lead    in    Oil 30.65  31.30  31.60 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-inch    $2.75  lineal  foot 

8-inch    3.25  lineal  foot 

1 0-inch     4. 1 0  lineal  foot 

12-inch    5.20  lineal  foot 

Installation    75c  to  $1.50  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat   wall,    per  ton    delivered    in    S.    F.    in 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING     Interior  — 

Yard 

3  Coats,   metal   lath  and   plaster _ $3.75 

Keene  cement  on  metal   lath -.. 4.25 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(lathed    only)    - 3.75 

Ceilings  with  V^  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

plastered  - 5.60 

Single   partition   %  channels  and   metal   lath 

1  side   (lath  only) 3.75 

Single  partition   %  channels  and   metal   lath 

2  Inches  thick  plastered 8.75 

4-Inch     double     partition     %     channels    and 

metal    lath  2  sides   (lath   only) 6.25 

4-Inch     double     partition     %     channels     and 
metal   lath  2  sides   plastered _ 10.25 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)— 

2  coats  cement  finish,  brick  or  concre 
wall    

3  coats   cement  finish.    No.    18   gauge 


Yard 

.,,$2.25 


Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime-   $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath-ys"- 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.7f  per  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per   fixture    up, 
according  to  grade,  quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15  00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.    I    Redwood  Shingles  in   place. 

4'/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I  Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,  per  square 16.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

71/2"  exposure,  per  square 23,00 

Re-coat  with  Gravel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Compo  Shingles,  $17  to  $25  per  sq.  laid 
1/2  to  3/4  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Stiakes, 

10"  Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

3/4  to  I'A  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in   place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per    foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-in $  .28 

Standard,     6-in 51 

Standard,     8-in 74 

Standard,    12-in _ 1.61 

Standard,  24-in 6.42 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse,   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),   including   hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   par 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unqlazed),  per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

'A-In.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs $8.90 

yj-in.  Rd.  (Less  th.jn  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-In.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

5/8-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

%-in.  &  '/s-in.   Rd.  (Lest  than   I   ton) 7.15 

I    in.   &   up   (Less  than    I   ton)..... 7.10 

I   ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  See 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic  Tile    Floors-Commercial   $1.45  to  $1.70 

per  square  foot. 
Cove  Base— $1.20  per  lineal  foot. 
Quarry    Tile    Floors— 6x6   with    6"    base    @    $1.35 

per  sq.  ft. 
Tile    Wainscots   and    Floors— Residential,    41/4x41/4 

@   $1.75  to  $2.00. 
Tile    Wainscots— Commercial    Jobs    474x41/4    Tile 

$1.60  to  $1.85  per  sq.  ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  >/s"  ■  A"-. -$  .25  -  $  .35  sq.  ft. 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork  Tile— $.60-$.70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosajc  Floors— See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  D  ft - *  -'S 

Rubber  tile,  per  Q  ft $  .55  to  J  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored  F.O.B.  S.  F. 

12  X  12,  each J  .17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 
Patio  Tile— Niles  Red 

12  X  12  X  'A-inch,  plain ...$  .40 

6  X  12  X  ya-inch,  plain.... 43 

6  X    6  X  '/e-inch,  plain _ .46 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/,xl2.inches,   per  M $139.50 

6x5i/2xl2-inches,   per    M 105.00 

4x51/2x1 2.inches.   per  M.- 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches,    per  M...- $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M 156.85 

I2xl2x4.inches,    per   M 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per   M 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

45c    per   square    foot   and    up.    Installation 
extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  end  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


nUICK  REFEHEIVCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIHECTDHY 

Building  and  Construction  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  ENGINEERS 

L.  D.  REEDERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  DO  2-5050 

Sacramenfo:  3026  V  St.,  Gl  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

E.  C.  BRiUN  CO, 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMORE  AIR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

KAEMPER  8  BARRETT 

San  Francisco:  233  Industrial  St.,  JU  6-6200 

LINFORD  AIR  i  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  174-12th  St.,  TW  3-6521 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  i» 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10140 

ALUMINUM  BLDG.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  IWrougtit  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO- 

San  Francisco:  3201  Third  St.,  Ml  7-2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO- 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg,  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Portland:  Portland  Wire  i  Iron  Works, 

4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  8  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St. 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  i  AERIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  LY  1-0385 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  8  CO 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  01  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 


BANKS  ■  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  S.  F. 

San  Francisco,  Post  8  Montgomery  Sis.,  EX  2-7700 
BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 
BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 

Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 

Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 

Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 

Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 
BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1-7400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

UNITED  MATERIALS  8  RICHMOND  BRICK  CO. 

Point  Richmond,  BE  4-5032 
BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5  8983 

C.  E.  TOLAND  8  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralfa  St.,  GL  1-2580 
BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2-3322 
BUILDING  PAPERS  t  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
CABINETS  I  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 

Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3-9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7-0311 
CEMENT 

CALAVERAS  CEMENT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  315  Montgomery  St. 

DO  2  4224,  Enterprise  1-2315 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  X  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2  1616 
CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 
Ready  Mixed  Concrete 

CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 

San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St. 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 

San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 

Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 

Stockton:  820  So.  California  SI.,  ST  8-8643 

READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODES  JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3  5225 

SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 
CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 
Screed  Materials 

C.  8H.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 

Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4.5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS-HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 
San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 
DECKS-ROOF 
UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 
2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 
300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  8  Assoc,  1331  T  St, 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY.DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  8  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOOD  CO.  OF  CALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 
Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 
HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 
Oakland:  700  -  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 
Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 
Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 
El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 
Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 
GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 
San  Antonio  8  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 
DRAFTING  ROOM  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 

Oakland:  332  19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7  7i;01 

San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85  -  14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HO<(IN  8  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2  0432 


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ELECTRICAl  CONTRACTORS  (cont'd) 

LEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  212  Clara  St.,  DO  2-6010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  937  Mcillisler  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  i  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Gough  i  FeH  Sis.,  HE  1-5904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  SPFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

South  San  Francisco;  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  llOl-Uth  St.,  UN  1-2420 

ETS-HOKIN  i  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  20432 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEAN  SCO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles;  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco;  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2-8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

6AS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3-8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco;  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco;  Crocker  BIdg.,  YU  6-2718 

D.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa;  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS  8  HAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  20678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  i  IRVINE 

San  Francisco;  620  Market  St.,  YU  6-0511 

G.  P.  W.  JENSEN  8  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1-2444 

RALPHLARSEN8S0N 

San  Francisco;  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN8SWINERT0N 

San  Francisco;  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  8  NELSON 

San  Francisco;  351  California  St.,  YU  2-4700 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa;  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati;  Cypress  Ave.,  "el.  5  4383 

PARKER.  STEFFANS  8  PFARCE 

San  Mateo;  135  So.  Part,  EX  2-6639 


RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  I  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  8  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

FURNITURE— INSTITUTIONAL 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco;  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 

HEATING  &  VENTIUTING 

ATLAS  HEATING  8  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  DO  2-0377 

E.C.  BRAUNCO. 

Berkeley;  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.W.HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  6096 
INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 
IRON-ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 
LATHING  I  PLASTERING 

ANGELOJ.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  8-1582 

K-LATH  CORP. 

Alhambra;  909  So.  Fremont  St.,  Alhambra 

A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  8C.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES-JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  K£  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco;  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 
LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco;  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 
LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Quint  8  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

1701  Galvez  Ave.,  ATwater  2-1157 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa;  3rd  8  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco;  5th  8  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa;  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 
MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS-KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco;  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000-3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 


MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY  8  SON 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

METAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEER  CO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwight  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
Berkeley;  2547-9th  St.,  TH  1-3031 

Enterprise  1-2204 

HETAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  III.:  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

HETAl  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco;  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

HETAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MIILWORK 
CENTRAL  MILL  ^  CABINET  CO. 
San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 
THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 
San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 
MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 
PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  16  Beaie  St.,  GA  1-7755 
Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 
Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 
SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  8  SUPPLY  CO. 
So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  8  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OFFICE  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 
San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 
Oakland:  332  19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland;  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.:  401  North  Broad  SI. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983      ■ 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PiOLI  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  1-1632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15th  St.,  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZEIINSKY8S0NS 

San  Francisco:  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PHOTOGRAPHS 
Construction  Progress 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.;  1310  Old  County  Road,  LY  1-0385 
PLASTER 
PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATE  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

PLASTIC  SALES  8  SERVICE 

San  Francisco;  409  Bryant  St.,  DO  2-6433 

WEST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  315018th  St.,  MA  1-5657 


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BROADWAY  PLUMBING  CO. 

San  Francisco;  1790  Yosemite  Ave.,  Ml  imH 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  635-1 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 

Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

RODONIBECKER  CO.,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  455-lOth  St.,  MA  1-3662 

SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 
POST  PULLER 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 

No.  Sacramento:  1202  Dixieanne 
PUMPING  MACHNERY 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  816  Folsom  St.,  DO  2-6794 
ROOFING 

ANCHOR  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1671  Galvez  Ave.,  VA  4-8140 

ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 

Sai- Francisco:  1400  Egbert  Ave.,  Ml  7-2173 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  930  Innes  Ave.,  VA  4-3261 
ROOF  SCUTTLES 

THE  BILCO  CO. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  i  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  8  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 
ROOF  TRUSSES 
EASYBOW  ENGINEERING*  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  8  Wood  Sts.,  GL  2-0805 
SAFES 
THE  HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 
San  Francisco:  1699  Market  St.,  UN  1-6644 
SEWER  PIPE 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  9th  I  Harrison,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 


SHEET  METAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT 

STROMBERGCARLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  Burlingame,  OX  7-3630 

Los  Angeles:  5414  York  Blvd.,  CL  7-3939 

SPRINKLERS 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

STEEL-STRUCTURAL  8  REINFORCING 

COLUMBIA-GENEVADIV.,  U.S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1-2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland,  Ore.:  2345  N.W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle,  Wn.:  i331-3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3-6733 

HERRICK  IRONWORKS 

Oakland  18lh  8  Campbell,  GL  1-1767 

INDEPENDENT  IRONWORKS,  INC. 

Oakland:  780  Pine  St.,  TE  2-0160 

JUDSON  PACIFIC  MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Eastshore  Highway,  OL  3-1717 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  New  Montgomery  St.,  GA  1-0977 

Los  Angeles:  Edison  BIdg. 

Seattle:  White-Henry  Stuart  BIdg. 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg. 

Denver:  Continental  Oil  BIdg. 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

STEEL  FORMS 

STEELFORM  CONTRACTING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  666  Harrison  St.,  DO  2-5582 
SWIMMING  POOLS 

SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 

Walnut  Creek,  Calil.:  1719  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd. 
SWIMMING  POOL  FITTINGS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

TESTING  LABORATORIES 
(ENGINEERS  8  CHEMISTS 

ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  624  Sacramento  St.,  GA  1-1697 

ROBERT  W.  HUNT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  500  Iowa,  Ml  7-0224 

Los  Angeles:  3050  E.  Slauson,  JE  9131 

Chicago,  New  York,  Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING  LABORATORY 

San  Francisco:  651  Howard  St.,  EX  2-1747 


TILE-CLAY  8  WALL 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  9th  8  Harrison  Sis.,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 

Seattle:  945  Elliott  Ave.  West,  GA  0330 

Spokane:  1102  No.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.:  Niles3611 

San  Francisco:  50  Hawthorne  St.,  DO  2-3780 

Los  Angeles:  406  So.  Main  St.,  MA  7241 

TILE— TERRAZZO 

NATIONAL  TILE  8  TERAZZO  CO. 

San  Francisco:  198  Mississippi  St.,  UN  1-0273 

TIMBER— TREATED 

J.  H.  BAXTER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  YU  2-0200 

Los  Angeles:  3450  Wilshire  Blvd.,  DU  8-9591 

TIMBER  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  8  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  8  Wood  Sts.,  GL  2-0805 

TRUCKING 

PASSETTI  TRUCKING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

UNDERPINNING  &  SHORING 

D.  J.  8  T.  SULLIVAN 

San  Francisco:  1942  Folsom  St.,  MA  1-1545 

WALL  PAPER 

WALLPAPERS,  INC. 

Oakland:  384  Grand  Ave.,  GL  20451 

WAREHOUSE  AND  STORAGE  EQUIPMENT  AND  SHELVING 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 
San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 
Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

WATERPROOFING  MATERIALS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

San  Francisco:  875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

WATERSTOPS  (P.V.C.) 

TECON  PRODUCTS,  LTD. 

Vancouver.  B.C.:  681  E.  Hastings  St. 

Seattle:  304  So.  Alaskan  Way 

WINDOW  SHADES 

SHADES,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  80  Tehama  St.,  00  2-7092 


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FAR  WEST  AIRCRAFT  SALES  CO. 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  are  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  industry,  California 

Following  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 

CRAFT  San 


ASBESTOS  WORKER _  $3,275 

BOILERMAKER .._ 3.45 

BRICKLAYER.. _ _... _..  3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 3.00 

CARPENTER _ 3. 1 25 

CEMENT  FINISHER 2.995 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type  (I  yd.)  2.705 

ELECTRICIAN _ _ 3.375 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR    _ 

GLAZIER... _ 2.87 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40 

REINF.  STEEl 3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL _ _ 3.40 


LABORERS:  BUILDING 

CONCRETE.. 


....     2.325 
..._    2.325 


LATHER. 


PAINTER:  BRUSH.. 


3.10 


SPRAY 3. 1 0 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 3.325 

PLASTERER 3.6125 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER 3.10 

PLUMBER 3.45 

ROOFER 3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER _.  3.30 

STEAMFIHER _  3.45 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 3.095 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards _ 2.325 

TILE  SETTER 3.225 

•  $1.00  per  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacatior 

a  vacation  fund. 
t5  cents  of  this  amount  Is  deducted  from  wage 

transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund. 


$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

3.00 
3.125 
2.995 
2.705 
3.375 
2.985 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


3.4375        3.84* 


3.10 
3.10 

3.325 

3.54 

3.42 

3.59 

3.20 

3.30 

3.69 

3.095 

2.325 
3.225 

allowan 


$3,275 
3.45 
3.75 

3.00 
3.00 
2.995 
2.705 
3.375 
2.935 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


3.10 
3.10 

3.325 

3.54 

3.42 

3.435 

3.20 

3.30 

3.69 

3.095 


Fresno 
$3,275 

3.45 
3.70 

2.70 

3.00 

2.995 

2.705 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


2.90 
3.15 

3.325 

3.35 

3.025 

3.45 

3.05 

3.125 

3.45 

3.095 


2.325  2.325 


3.225 

and  tran 


3.25 

mittcd  to 


$3,275 
3.45 
3.50 

3.00 
3.00 
2.995 
2.705 
3.50 
2.985 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


3.00 
3.25 

3.325 

3.45t 

3.00 

3.45 

2.975 

3.30 

3.45 

3.095 

2.325 
3.00 


$3,275 

3.45 
3.50 

2.80 

3.00 

2.995 

2.705 

3.25 

2.985 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


2.95 
3.10 

3.325 

3.55 

3.00 

3.45 

3.05 

3.315 

3.45 

3.095 

2.325 
3.175 


$3,275 

3.45 
3.875 

2.90 

3.00 

2.995 

2.705 

3.61 

2.985 


3.15 
3.40 

2.325 

2.325 


3.10 
3.10 

3.325 

3.495 

3.075 

3.45 

3.00 

3.30 

3.45 

3.095 

2.325 
3.225 


Solano 
$3,275 

3.45 

3.75 

3.00 
3.00 
2.995 
2.705 
3.275 
2.985 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


3.25 

3.50 

3.325 
3.50 
3.15 
3.55 

3.325 

3.55 
3.095 

2.325 
3.225 


Los        San  Ber- 
Angeles    nardino 


$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

2.625 
3.00 
2.925 
2.74 
3.60 

2.95 

2.885 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


3.01 
3.26 

3.30 

3.75 

3.50 

3.55 

3.I0§ 

3.24 

3.55 

3.05 

2.405 
3.26 


$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

2.625 
3.00 
2.925 
2.74 
3.60 

2.95 

2.885 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


3.00 
3.25 


3.375 
3.55 

3.24 
3.55 
3.05 

2.405 
3.50 


San 
Diego 

$3.35 

3.45 

3.75 

2.625 
3.00 
2.925 
2.74 
3.50 

2.95 

2.90 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


2.94 
3.49 

3.30 

3.625 

3.375 
3.55 
3.00 
3.15 
3.55 
3.05 

2.405 
3.25 


$3.35 
3.45 
3.75 

3.0O 
2.925 
2.74 
3.60 

2.95 

2.885 

3.40 
3.15 

3.40 


3.03 
3.03 

3.30 

3.625 

3.3125 

3.55 

3.15 

3.26 

3.55 

3.05 

2.405 
3.26 


Kern 
$3.35 
3.45 

2.625 
3.02 
2.92S 
2.74 
3.50 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


2.95 
3.20 


3.25 
3.575 
3.00 
3.40 
3.575 
3.05 

2.405 
3.21 


t  $3,625  for  nail-on  lathe 


;  10  cents  of  this  amounl 
held  from  pay  and  tran 


IS  designated  as  a  "savings  fund  w« 
nitted  to  an  employee  savings  fund. 


ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations,  Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research, 
■nd  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organliatlons  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad« 
as  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  Include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  industry 

(Revised  Inarch.  1957) 


CRAR 

San 
Francisco 

Fresno 

Sacramento 

San 

Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 
Bernardino 

San 
Dieg 

ASBESTOS  WORKER... 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.lOW 
.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  y 

.low 

.11  hr. V 

.low 

.low 

.lOVS 

ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES"-(Table  2  Continued) 


CRAFT 
BRICKLAYER 


BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER .._... 


CEMENT  MASON _. 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER.. 


LABORER,  GENERAL.. 
LATHER 


OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.).. 
POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.)... 

PAINTER,  BRUSH 


PLASTERER...- 

PLUMBER 

ROOFER - 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER.. 
TILE  SETTER 


Francisco 

Fresno 

.I5W 

.I4P 
.05  hr.  V 

.low 

.10  P 
.lOV 

.low 

.low 

.lOhr.V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

l%P 
4%V 

.low 
l%p 

4%V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.lOW 
.lOW 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.low 

.60  day  W 
.70  day  V 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.lOW 

.low 

.lOV 

.I5W 
.lOP 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.075  W 

4%V 

.075  W 
7dayV 

.075  W 
.0?V 

.15W 
.10  P 
.lOW 


.075  W 
l%P 


.low 

.10  w 


.low 

lOP 
.125  V 


.075  W 
l%P 
4%  V 


.low 
.low 


.low 
.low 
.low 

.low 


.low 

.low 
.low 
l%p 


.low 

.10  P 
.125  V 


.075  W 
4%V 


.075  W 
.90  day  W 


.085  W 

.low 
.low 

.085  W 


.075  W 

.low 
.low 

1%P 


.075  W 
.70  day  W 


.08  W 
.90  day  W 
.90  day  W 

.lOW 


.075  W 
.lOW 


.09  W 

.low 
.low 

.075  W 


.085  W 
BdayV 


ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  from  the  available  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no  employer  contributions  are  specified,  it  does  not  necessarily 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 

The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated  by  the  following  symbols:  W— Health  and  Welfare;  P— Pensions;  V— Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adm— Admini- 
stration fund;  JIB — Joint  Industry  Board;  Prom — Promotion  fund. 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


HRE  STATION,  Palm  Springs,  River- 
side county.  City  of  Palm  Springs,  owner 
New  fire  station  82x74  ft.,  includes  appa 
ratus  room,  oflices,  meeting  room,  dormi 
tory  wing,  sidewalks,  curbs,  driveway  park 
ing  lot.  grease  pit,  yard  walls;  1 -story  con 
Crete  block  with  corrugated  aluminum  trim 
air  conditioning,  steel  rolling  doors,  acou 
Stic  treatment,  structural  steel,  asphalt  tile 
glazed  and  ceramic  tile,  aluminum  windows 
—$73,290.  ARCHITECT:  Williams,  Wil 
liams,  Williams  and  Clark,  Frey  and  Cham 
bers,  879  N.  Palm  Canyon  Dr..  Palm 
Springs.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR 
Orlan  R.  Andrews,  191  S.  Indian  Ave., 
Palm  Springs. 

NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL,  Cupertino, 
Santa  Clara  county.  Fremont  Union  High 
School  District,  Sunnyvale,  owner.  1 -story, 
wood  frame,  built-up  rooiing,  concrete 
foundations,    concrete    floor    slab,    cement 


plaster  and  wood  finish  walls,  wood  decks; 
gymnasium  and  student  union  building 
have  supported  frames  of  steel,  exterior 
walls  reinforced  concrete;  Classroom  build- 
ings, shops,  cafeteria,  music  auditorium, 
gymnasium,  locker  building,  swimming 
pool,  covered  corridors,  toilet  rooms  — 
$2,117,219.  ARCHITECT:  Masten  Kurd 
&?  Abrams,  526  Powell  St.,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Nielson  6? 
Nielson,   1071  Westwood  Drive,  San  Jose. 

OFHCE  BLDG.,  South  Gate,  Los  An- 
geles county.  United  Rubber  Workers 
Local  1000,  South  Gate,  owner.  2-story 
reinforced  brick,  48x60  ft.;  composition 
roofing,  tapered  steel  girders,  aluminum 
casement  and  double  hung  sash,  concrete 
slab  and  wood  floors,  asphalt  tile  flooring, 
terrazzo  floor  lobby,  wood  stud  and  plaster 
partitions,  laminated  plastic  counter  tops, 
heating  and   ventilating,  ceramic  tile  floor 


restrooms— $7<r,000.  ENGINEER;  David 
T.  Witherly,  7233  Beverly  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Van- 
drufl^  Const.  Co.,  45251/2  Firestone  Blvd., 
South  Gate. 

COUNTY  ADM.  BLDG.,  Pittsburg, 
Contra  Costa  county.  County  of  Contra 
Costa,  Martinez,  owner.  1 -story,  23,000 
sq.ft.  area;  tilt-up  concrete  construction, 
steel  frame,  steel  roof  deck,  brick  veneer 
exterior,  concrete  slab  floor,  metal  movable 
partitions;  facilities  for  Courtrooms,  Health 
and  Welfare  services.  Social  Service  — 
$550,645.  ARCHITECT:  Beland  &  Gian- 
elli,  1221  Monterey  St.,  Martinez.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  A.  B.  Lahti 
Const.  Co.,  21  Arlington  Court,  Berkeley. 

COMMUNITY  HOSPITAL  ADD'N., 

Beverly,  Montebello.  Los  Angeles  county. 
Beverly  Community  Hospital  of  Monte- 
bello, Montebello,  owner.  Wood  frame 
and  brick  addition  and  alterations,  27,000 
sq.ft.  of  new  construction;  composition 
roofing,  steel  sash,  air  conditioning,  project 
includes  extension  and  enlargement  of 
surgical  area,  x-ray  and  dark  room,  kitchen 
and  dining  areas,  enlargement  of  the 
utility  and  mechanical  building,  enlarging 


OCTOBER 


19  5  7 


41' 


parking  areas  —  $703,310.  ARCHITECT: 
Neptune  &?  Thomas,  1560  W.  Colorado 
St.,  Pa.sadena.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: D,  C.  Lencve  Inc.,  433  N.  Spruce 
Ave.,  Montcbello. 

JUNIOR    COLLEGE    ADD'N.,    Coa- 

linga,  Fresno  county.  Coalinga  Union 
High  School  District,  Coalinga,  owner. 
Work  consists  of  addition  of  classrooms 
and  shops  —  $294,700.  ARCHITECT: 
Walter  Wagner  ii  Associates,  1830  Van 
Ness,  Fresno.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Midstate  Const.,  Co.,  Bank  of 
America  Bldg.,  Fresno. 

CHAPEL  &  EDUCATIONAL  UNIT, 

Chula  Vista,  San  Diego  county.  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Chula  Vista,  owner. 
New  Chapel  and  4-classroom  addition, 
7250  sq.ft.  of  area;  frame  and  stucco  con- 
struction, composition  and  shingle  roof, 
masonry  work,  metal  sash,  ceramic  tile, 
heating  and  ventilating,  folding  doors  — 
$46,521.  ARCHITECT:  Walter  C.  See, 
4460  Park  Blvd.,  San  Diego.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Howard  Stiner,  2371 
San  Diego  Ave.,  San  Diego. 

BRANCH  BANK,  Tracy,  San  Joaquin 
county.  Crocker-Anglo  National  Bank,  San 
Francisco,  owner,  1 -story,  8700  sq.ft.  area; 
reinforced  concrete  vault  2300  sq.ft.;  con- 
crete block  walls,  concrete  floors,  record 
storage  space,  cafeteria,  off-street  parking; 
additional  area  for  commercial  rental  — 
$175,000.  ARCHITECT:  Robert  B.  Liles, 
340   Pine  St.,   San  Francisco. 

OFFICE  BLDG.,  Marysville,  Butte 
county.  Dahlmeir  Insurance  Co.,  Oroville, 
owner.    1 -story   wood    frame   and   concrete 


block  office  building--$3 3,504.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Robert  S.  Oliver,  916  F  St.,  Marys- 
ville. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Merle 
W.  Means,   2775   Mitchell  Ave.,  Oroville. 

STORE  BLDG.,  Palm  Springs,  River- 
side county.  J.  W.  Robinson.  Palm  Springs, 
owner.  Concrete  and  masonry  construction, 
14,500  sq.ft.  of  area;  built-up  roofing,  slab 
floor,  insulation,  plastering,  acoustical, 
metal  sash,  plate  glass,  structural  steel,  air 
conditioning,  heating  and  ventilating  — 
$300,000.  ARCHITECT:  Pereira  &?  Luck- 
man,  9220  Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Robinson 
fef  Wilson,   179   4th   St.,   San  Bernardino. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Benjamin 
Franklin,  Mills  Estate  (Burlingame),  San 
Mateo  county.  Burlingame  School  District, 
Burlingame,  owner,  1 -story  wood  frame, 
masonry  built-up  roofing,  concrete  and 
asphalt  tile  floors;  facilities  for  administra- 
tion offices,  classrooms,  kitchen,  multi-pur- 
pose, toilet  rooms  —  $309,600.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Hertzka  ii  Knowles,  85  Post  St., 
San  Francisco.  STRUCTURAL  ENGI- 
NEER: Graham  6?  Hayes,  225  Post  St., 
San  Francisco.  MECHANICAL  fe?  ELEC- 
TRICAL ENGINEERS:  Keller  fe?  Gannon, 
126  Post  St..  San  Francisco.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Joseph  Bettancourt,  125 
S.  Linden  St.,  South  San  Francisco. 

CITY  HALL,  Palos  Verdes  Estates,  Los 
Angeles  county.  City  of  Palos  Verdes, 
owner.  Two  story  and  basement  combina- 
tion City  Hall,  fire  and  police  station; 
14,000  sq.  ft.  of  area,  plus  3800  sq.  ft.  in 
basement;  1st  floor  reinforced  brick,  2nd 
floor  steel  stud  and  plaster,  steel  trusses, 
wood   roof   framing,   mission   tile   roofing. 


When  wall  sections 

are  cast  on  floor  slabs 

Horn  Parting  Compound  is 

used  both  as  a  curing 

compound  for  the  floor 

slab  and  as  the  bond 

breaking  compound.  Applied 

by  sprayer.  Prevent  adhesion,  pitting 

or  damage  to  floor  slab  or  wall 

section.  Easily  brushed  off  after  use. 

Ask  for  further  details 


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PARTING 

COMPOUND,,.^ 

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A  Subsidiary  of  (Sl'^  Chemical  Corporation 

*    ^^   A.  C.  Horn  Co.,  Inc. 

\f^  252  Townsend  St. 

San  Francisco,  California 

DIVISICK'S    OF  SUN   CHEMICAL   CORPORATION 

HORN-HUDS       ,iiu(  ipainls.  mamlenancB  and  construclion  mateiials,  industrial  C03linES)    •   SUK  SUPPIY  (lilhoftiphic  SUD- 

pliis)  •  Gl      ■!  "KINIING  INK  (Sigmund  Ullman  •  Fuchs  8  lanj  •  Eagle  •  Amencaci  •  Kelly  •  Chemical  Color  8  Supply 

Inks)  •  MORI,       !..v:  inks)  •  tUCIRO -TECHNICAL  PRODUCTS  (coalings  and  plastics)  •  PIGMENTS  DIVISION  (pigments  lor 

paints,  plastics,  printing  inks  of  all  kinds) 


reinforced  concrete  floors,  hot  water  heat- 
ing system,  metal  windows,  plumbing, 
electrical,  terrazzo,  quarry  tile  and  plastic 
type  flooring — $31,570  (per  year  on  lease- 
purchase  basis).  ARCHITECT:  Carring- 
ton  H.  Lewis,  344  Via  Tejon,  Palos 
Verdes  Estates.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: North  Brand  Co.,  2965  W.  6th  St., 
Los  Angeles. 

CHILDREN'S  HOME,  Eastfield,  Camp- 
bell, Santa  Clara  county.  Home  of  Benev- 
olence, Inc.,  San  Jose,  owner.  Frame  con- 
struction, some  concrete  block,  built-up 
roofing— $105,655.  ARCHITECT:  Hig' 
gins  6?  Root,  220  Meridian  Rd.,  San  Jose. 

TIRE  MFG.  PLANT,  South  Stockton, 
San  Joaquin  county.  Mohawk  Rubber 
Company,  Akron,  Ohio,  owner.  New  tire 
manufacturing  plant  100x400  ft.  on  11 
acre  site  in  the  W-P  Industrial  Tract;  con- 
crete slab  floors,  tilt-up  walls,  truss  roof, 
sprinkler  system,  doors  car  and  truck 
height— $750,000.  ENGINEER:  C.  Jef- 
ferson Sly,  580  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  W.  C.  Tait 
Corpn,  2300  Mason  St.,  San  Francisco. 

STORAGE  VAULT  &.  PAPER  STOR- 
AGE, Los  Angeles.  Van  Luit  Co.,  Los 
Angeles,  owner.  Two  story  type  I  con- 
struction, tilt  up  concrete  walls,  pan-type 
second  floor;  4800  sq.  ft.  of  area — $36,- 
184  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER:  Floyd 
E.  Weaver.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Miaclsaac  fs"  Menke,  3440  E.  14th  St.,  Los 
Angeles. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Wildwood, 
Trinity  county.  Hayfork  Valley  Union 
School  District,  Hayfork,  owner.  1 -Story 
metal  Butler-Type  building  providing  fa- 
cilities for  2  classrooms,  kitchen,  and 
toilets  — $28,474.  ARCHITECT:  Gerald 
D.  Matson,  537  G  Street,  Eureka.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Thomas  W. 
Lisota,  910  Sierra  Vista,  Redding. 

PARKING  GARAGE  BLDG.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Downtown  Shoppers  Parking 
Corpn,  San  Francisco,  owner.  Three  story, 
plus  basement,  reinforced  concrete  con- 
struction. Class  II  type,  facilities  for  1,023 
automobiles  —  $1,500,000.  STRUCTUR- 
AL ENGINEER:  John  J.  Gould  and  J.  H. 
Dcgenkolb,  149  California  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Wil- 
liam J.  Moran  Co.,  1011  So.  Fremont 
Blvd.,  Alhambra. 

BANK  ADD'N,  El  Sobrante,  Contra 
Costa  county.  Mechanic's  Bank,  El  So- 
brante, owner.  1 -story  frame  and  masonry, 
built-up  roofing,  concrete  and  tile  floors — 
$40,961.  ARCHITECT:  Johnson  6?  Cam- 
etta  3516  MacDonald  Blvd.,  Richmond. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Carl 
Overaa  Const.  Co.,  520  16th  St.,  Rich- 
mond. 

AUDITORIUM,  School,  Modesto, 
Stanislaus  county.  Modesto  Unified  School 
District,  Modesto,  owner.  Work  comprises 
construction  of  a  new  school  auditorium — 
$457,700.  ARCHITECT:  Harry  J.  De- 
vine,  1012  J  St.,  Sacramento.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Carvers  Const.  Co., 
1870  Lucerne,  Stockton. 

CHURCH  BUILDING,  Santa  Isabel 
Parish,  Los  Angeles,  Catholic  Archbishop, 
Los  Angeles,  owner.  Brick  church  unit 
15,000  sq.ft.  area;  tile  and  composition 
roofing,  exposed  brick  exterior,  steel  or 
aluminum   windows,   asphalt  tile,   terrazzo, 

ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


ceramic  tile,  sprayed  asbestos  acoustical 
work,  ornamental  metal,  painting,  plumb' 
ing,  electrical  work,  heating,  ventilating — 
$224,300.  ARCHITECT;  Anthony  A. 
Kauzor,  2033  W.  7th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Pallisgaard 
Const.  Co.,  10948  Santa  Monica  Blvd.  Los 
Angeles. 

HOSPITAL  ADD'N,  Culver  City,  Los 
Angeles  county.  Culver  City  Hospital,  Cul- 
ver City,  owner.  1 -story  surgery  addition 
to  present  building;  masonry  construction, 
composition  roofing,  concrete  slab,  metal 
sash,  conductive  flooring,  ceramic  tile, 
electrical  and  plumbing.  ARCHITECT: 
Maynard  Lyndon,  3460  Wilshire  Blvd., 
Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Beiser  Building  Corp.,  3923  Du- 
quesne.  Culver  City. 

INDUSTRIAL  BLDG.,  Salinas,  Monte- 
rey county.  Streater  Inc.,  Salinas,  owner. 
1-story  concrete  tilt-up  construction;  50,- 
000  sq.ft.  area;  steel  columns,  wood  glued 
laminated  beams— $217,992.  ENGINEER: 
George  S.  Nolle,  3850  Middlefield  Rd.. 
Palo  Alto.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Tombleson  ii  Huck  Const.  Co.,  P.  O. 
Box  1388,  Salinas. 

CHURCH-FELLOWSHIP  HALL,  Pet- 

aluma,  Sonoma  county.  Lutheran  Church 
of  Petaluma,  owner.  1-story  wood  frame, 
glued  wood  laminated  arches,  stucco  ex- 
terior, panelled  interior — $3  3,020.  AR- 
CHITECT: Charles  J.  Woodbury,  Prince 
Bldg.,  Petaluma.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: John  Rasmussen,  1575  Mt.  View 
Ave.,  Petaluma. 

BAKERY  ADD'N,  Los  Angeles.  Bar- 
bara Ann  Baking  Co.,  Pasadena,  owner. 
Masonry  addition  to  Sweetgoods  building 
also  wash  and  grease  rack  facilities;  6200 
sq.ft.  area;  composition  roof,  steel  beams, 
asphaltic  paving,  tapered  steel  beams,  over- 
head sliding  doors,  chain  link  fencing,  in- 
terior plaster,  concrete  slab,  fixed  steel 
windows— $77,300.  ARCHITECT:  Ben- 
nett a  Bennett,  1165  E.  Colorado,  Pasa- 
dena. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Noyes  Roach  Co.,  5017  Telegraph  Rd., 
Los   Angeles. 

JAIL  ADD'N.,  San  Bernardino.  County 
of  San  Bernardino,  owner.  Construction  of 
additions  and  furnishing  equipment  for 
new  facilities  to  existing  jail  facilities  of 
the  County  Court  House  —  $45,830. 
ARCHITECT:  Jerome  Armstrong,  264 
Highland  Ave.,  San  Bernardino.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Cal  Const.  Co., 
224  S.  "I"  St.,  San  Bernardino. 

CREATIVE  ARTS  BLDG.,  Senior 
High  School,  Pittsburg,  Contra  Costa 
county.  Pittsburg  Unified  School  District, 
owner.  Construction  of  a  new  creative  arts 
building  —  $1,722,390.  ARCHITECT: 
Cantin  &  Cantin,  690  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco.  STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER: 
Kellberg,  Pasquette  fr'  Maurer,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco.  ELECTRICAL  ENGI- 
NEER: Williamson  &?  Vollmer,  5652  Col- 
lege Ave..  Oakland.  MECHANICAL 
ENGINEER:  Sanford  W.  Fox,  466  Santa 
Clara  Ave.,  Oakland.  ACOUSTICAL 
ENGINEER:  A.  B.  Martin,  666  Mission 
St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Pacific  Coast  Builders,  1 
South  Park,  San  Francisco. 

NEW  CiTVlNASIUM,  High  School, 
Cloverdale,  Sonoma  county.  Cloverdale 
Union    High    School    District,   Cloverdale, 


owner.  Work  comprises  construction  of  a 
new  gymnasium  and  rehabilitation  of  pres- 
ent facilities;  concrete  foundations,  wood 
frame  construction  —  $193,730.  ARCHI- 
TECT: J.  Clarence  Felciano,  4010  Monte- 
cito  Ave.,  Santa  Rosa.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Gorman  B.  Hodges,  324  Yo- 
landa,  Santa  Rosa. 

MEDICAL  CLINIC,  Riverside.  River- 
side Clinic  Corp.,  Riverside,  owner.  1-story 
masonry,  wood  frame  and  plaster,  25,000 
sq.ft.  of  area;  composition  roofing,  steel 
sash,  concrete  slab  floor  with  resilient  floor- 
ing, acoustical  tile,  x-ray  equipment,  air 
conditioning,  cabinet  work,  plumbing  and 
electrical  work— $3  20,000.  ENGINEER: 
Earl  Bennetsen,  1011  S.  Fremont  Ave., 
Alhambra.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
William  J.  Moran  Co.,  1011  S.  Fremont 
Ave.,  Alhambra. 

UC  OmCE  BLDG.,  Berkeley,  Ala- 
meda county.  University  of  California, 
Berkeley,  owner.  7-story  main  building 
with  2-story  wing  totaling  140,500  sq.ft. 
of  area;  steel  frame,  ceramic  veneer  ex- 
terior —  $2,815,000.  ARCHITECT:  Wel- 
ton  Becket  6?  Associates,  5657  Wilshire 
Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  MECHANICAL 
ENGINEER:  Welton  Becket  ii  Associates, 
Los  Angeles.  STRUCTURAL  ENGI- 
NEER: Murray  Erick  Associates,  5657 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Dinwiddle  Const.  Co., 
Crocker  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 

GARAGE,  Phoenix,  Arizona.  Carnation 
Milk  Co.,  Phoenix,  owner.  Work  will  in- 
clude lockers,  spray  shop,  body  shop,  lube 
rack,  parts  room  and  machine  shop,  ma- 
sonry construction,  60x198  ft.,  —  $216,- 
500.  ARCHITECT:  John  G.  Case,  Phoe- 
nix, Arizona. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL-SOaAL  HALL, 

Santa  Cruz.  Congregational  Church  of 
Santa  Cruz,  owner.  Frame  and  masonry 
combination  Church,  Sunday  School  and 
Social  Hall,  shake  roof  —  $857,775. 
ARCHITECT:  Leslie  I.  Nichols,  454 
Forest  Ave.,  Palo  Alto.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Harrod  6?  Williams,  290  S. 
Murphy  St.,  Sunnyvale. 

PUBLICATION  BLDG.,  Manhattan 
Beach,  Los  Angeles  county.  Douglas  Air- 
craft Co.,  Santa  Monica,  owner.  1-story 
and  mezzanine,  126,000  sq.ft.  of  area;  tilt- 
up  wall  construction,  built-up  roofing,  steel 


decking,  structural  steel  work,  slab  and 
asphalt  tile  floors,  tile  work,  metal  toilet 
partitions,  electrical  work,  air  conditioning, 
heating,  ventilating,  plastering,  acoustical 
work,  paving.  ENGINEER:  Holmes  6? 
Narver,  826  S.  Figueroa  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  C.  L.  Peck, 
816  W.  5th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 

AUTO   CLUB  BLDG.,  FuUerton, 

Orange  county.  Inter-Insurance  Exchange 
of  Automobile  Club  of  Southern  Cali' 
fornia,  Los  Angeles,  owner.  1 -story  ma- 
sonry building,  4500  sq.ft.  of  area;  con- 
crete tile  roofing,  metal  louvered  sash, 
colored  concrete  slab  floors,  air  condition- 
ing, plumbing,  electrical  work,  asphalt 
paved  parking  area  — -  $61,546.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Weimer  ii  Fickes,  107  W.  Hunt- 
ington Drive,  Arcadia.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: C.  R.  Young  Ss?  Sons,  736 
N.  Palm  Ave..  Anaheim. 


REMIllARD-DAilNI  Co. 

Brick  and 
Masonry  Products 


400  MONTGOMERY  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 


Scott  Company 

HEATING     •     PLUMBING 
REFRIGERATION 


San  Franeisee 

Oakland 

San  Jose 

Los  Angeles 


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330  Clay  Street,  San  Francisco 


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OCTOBER,       1957 


IN  THE  NEWS 


DONALD  A.  QUARLES 
AWARD  OF  MERIT 

Donald  A.  Quarles,  deputy  secretary  of 
defense,  has  been  selected  as  the  1957 
recipient  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Consulting   Engineers  Award   of  Merit, 

The  Award,  citing  Quarles  as  an  "able 
administrator  and  noted  scientist,"  will  be 
presented  by  Edward  H.  Anson,  president 
of  the  Institute,  at  the  annual  dinner  of 
the  organization  in  New  York  City  on 
October   15. 

Lieut.  Gen.  Raymond  A.  Wheeler  (R), 
special  representative  of  the  United  Na- 
tions in   charge   of  the   Suez   Canal   clear- 


STROMBERG-CARLSON 

SOUND 
EQUIPMENT 

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These  authorized  distribu- 
tors offer  complete  specifi- 
cation and  planning  assist- 
ance, Installation  and 
guarantee  —  on  famous  ^  ™»' 
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public    address    and    inter-  ^^  '"■ 

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DISTRICT  OFFICES 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 

1805  Rollins  Road, 

Burlingame OXford  7-3630 

LOS  ANGELES 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 
5415  Yorl  Blvd CLInton  7-3939 


ENGINEERING 
DISTRIBUTORS 

FRESNO 

TINGEY  COMPANY 

847     Ilivlsadero     St ADams  7-646S 

LOS  ANGELES 

HANNON    ENGINEERING,   INC. 

6290  West   Washington  Blvd WEbster  6-5176 

OAKLAND 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

963  32d  Street OLymi>lc  3-4179 

PHOENIX 

RATONE  ELECTRONICS  CO.,  INC. 

325  No.  4th  St ALplne  8-67J3 

SACRAMENTO 

SEMONI  SOUND  SERVICE 

J181  Weller  Wij Gilbert  3-6138 

SAN   DIEGO 

MUSIC  SERVICE,  INC. 

J408    Fifth    Ate BEImont    2-2589 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

2090  Kvans  St Million  8-2534 

SAN  JOSE 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

87    Basjett    St CTpresi  3-4300 

SEATTLE 

W.  D.  LASATER  COMPANY 

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SPOKANE 

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PORTLAND 

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ance  operation,  will  deliver  the  principal 
address  of  the  evening's  festivities. 

Quarles  is  the  sixth  outstanding  Ameri- 
can  to   receive   the   Institute's   Award   of 

Merit. 


ELECTRONICS 
LABORATORY 

Engineers  Simpson  &  Stratta,  325  5th 
Street,  San  Francisco,  have  completed 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  new  Elec- 
tronics Laboratory  building  for  research 
and  development  in  infra-red  and  other 
electronics  to  be  built  in  Palo  Alto  for 
the  Philco  Corporation. 

The  new  building  will  contain  50,000 
sq.  ft.  of  area  and  will  be  of  reinforced 
concrete  and  glass  of  heat  resistant  quali- 
ties. Facilities  will  be  provided  for  a 
library,  laboratories,  conference  rooms, 
cafeteria  and  other  rooms.  Estimated  cost 
of  the  work  is  $1,000,000. 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  OF  MT.  VIEW 

Architect  Alfred  Johnson,  165  Jessie 
Street,  San  Francisco,  is  preparing  plans 
and  specifications  for  construction  of  a 
new  Church  building  in  Mt.  View  for  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  new  Church  will  he  built  on  a 
5-acre  plot.  The  Sanctuary  will  seat  500 
persons  and  8  units  will  comprise  the  en- 
tire new  church  group.  Parking  will  be 
provided  for  170  automobiles.  The  esti- 
mated cost  of  the  project  is  .$500,000. 

PSYCHIATRIC 
HOSPITAL 

Architects  Campbell  ^  Wong,  737 
Beach  Street,  San  Francisco,  are  prepar- 
ing drawing  for  construction  of  a  frame 
and  stucco  Psychiatric  Hospital  to  be  built 
at  Waldo  Point  (Marin  county)  for  Dr. 
Allen  R.  Hendricks. 

The  new  hospital  will  provide  facilities 
for  40  beds  and  will  cost  an  estimated 
.$500,000. 


SC  LAW  SCHOOL 
REMODELING 

Work  is  underway  on  a  remodeling 
program  for  the  University  of  Southern 
California  School  of  Law  building  that 
will  bring  the  30-year-old  structure  in  line 
with  current  educational  needs  in  the  law 
field. 

The  Kemper  Campbell,  Jr.  Memorial 
Lounge,  a  new  student  lounge,  will  be 
built  on  the  mezzanine  floor  of  the  pres- 
ent lobby  honoring  Campbell,  a  former 
law  student,  killed  in  an  air  crash  during 
World    War    U. 

The  main  lobby  will  be  revamped  to 
enlarge   the    present   administration    offices 


Testing  &  Inspection  of 

All  Architectural  and 

Construction  Materials 

Metallurgists  •  Chemists 
Assayers 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING 
LABORATORY 

651  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 
Phone:  EXbrook  2-1747 

Offices  in  all  principal  cities 


and  to  provide  a  new  faculty  lounge  that 
can  be  used  also  for  special  seminars  and 
discussion    sessions. 

The  present  practice  court  on  the  fourth 
floor  will  be  completely  rebuilt  to  pro- 
vide a  new  fourth  housing  faculty  office 
and  classrooms,  the  practice  court  and 
additional  library  space  will  occupy  the 
third   floor. 

Preliminary  planning  for  the  remodel- 
ing is  being  done  by  Smith,  Powell  and 
Morgridge.  Estimated  cost  of  the  work 
is   $150,000. 

NEW  FOUNTAIN 
UNIT  OFFERED 

A  complete  one-piece  deck-top,  re- 
ceptor and  fountain  unit  moulded  in 
lightweight  fiberglass  has  been  introduced 
by  Haws  Drinking  Faucet  Company, 
and  are  available  in  white  and  a  selection 
of  five  decorative  colors. 


There  are  no  rims,  cracks  or  joints, 
thus  eliminating  dirt  and  water  accumula- 
tion. Water  runs  unhindered  from  deck- 
top  to  receptor.  Come  in  standard  lengths 
four  and  six  feet,  24  inches  deep:  fur- 
nished with  integral  backsplashes  and  end 
splashes.  Installation  is  easily  and  quickly 
accomplished  by  screwing  wooden  re- 
ceptor backing  onto  a  prepared  frame 
or  standard  cabinet.  Complete  data  from 
manufacturer.  Haws  Drinking  Faucet  Co., 
4th  6?  Page  St.,  Berkeley,  California. 

R.  H.  WILSON  RETIRES 
FROM  STATE  HIGHWAY 

R.  H.  (Dick)  Wilson,  for  many  years 
associated  with  the  California  State  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  in  the  design 
and  construction  of  the  state's  highways 
and  bridges,  will  retire  from  public  service 
the  latter  part  of  this  month. 

In  honor  of  his  many  years  of  service  a 
public  dinner  is  being  given  in  his  honor 
in  Governors  Hall,  State  Fair  Grounds, 
Sacramento,  on  October  31st. 


ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL 
FOR  PALMDALE 

Architects  Balch-Bryan-Perkins-Hutcha- 
son,  Los  Angeles,  have  completed  plans 
for  construction  of  a  $400,000  Tamarisk 
Elementary  School  to  be  built  in  Palm- 
dale. 

The  new  facilities  will  include  34,500 
sq.  ft.  of  area  and  provide  for  600  students 
from  kindergarten  through  the  eighth 
grade.  The  cluster  plan  will  involve  seven 
buildings  housing  16  classrooms,  2  kinder- 
gartens, administration  building  and  multi- 
use  unit. 

All  buildings  are  brick  exterior  wall  and 
wood  frame  construction;  fluorescent  light- 
ing, forced  air  heating,  plus  adequate 
parking  areas,  loading  zone,  landscaping 
and  athletic  fields. 


SUNFLOWER  SCHOOL 
CONSTRUCTION 

Construction    of    the    initial    phase    of 
the    Sunflower    School,   the   third    elemen- 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


tary  school  for  the  rapidly  expanding 
Charter  Oak  School  District,  has  been 
stiirted  by  the  Wadley  Construction 
Company,  who  are  currently  building  the 
District's    Badillo    School. 

Both  schools  were  designed  and  engi- 
neered by  Daniel,  Mann,  Johnson  ii 
Mendenhall,  Los  Angeles  architectural  and 
engineering    firm. 

The  first  phase  of  the  school  will  pro- 
vide 12  classrooms,  2  kindergartens,  an 
administration  building,  a  multi-purpose 
building  and  attendant  facilities.  Con- 
struction will  be  of  wood  frame  with 
glued  laminated  beams;  airflow  heating 
and    perimetal    froced   air   heating. 


dealing  primarily  in  design  and  planning 
of  banking  institutions.  In  his  new  posi' 
tion  Cunneen  will  have  charge  of  client 
liaison  in  many  of  the  Becket's  world- 
wide   activities. 


STUDENT  UNION 
BUILDING 

Architect  Jotham  S.  Gould,  407  San- 
some  Street,  San  Francisco,  has  completed 
plans  and  specifications  for  construction 
of  a  1 -story  Student  Union  building,  fac- 
ulty and  dormitory  building,  on  the  Menlo 
School  and  College,  Atherton. 

Facilities  will  include  recreational,  snack 
bar  and  book  store:  concrete  floors,  asbes- 
tos shingle  roofing  and  wood  sheathing. 
The  dormitory  and  faculty  building  will 
be  2-6tory  in  height.  Estimated  cost  is 
$500,000. 


NEW  Y.M.C.A. 
FOR  SAN  JOSE 

Architects  Higgins  6?  Root,  220  Meri- 
dian Road,  San  Jose,  are  negotiating  a 
contract  for  the  construction  of  a  new 
,$7?0,000  Young  Men's  Christian  Associ- 
ation building  in  San  Jose. 

Construction  of  the  new  facilities  will 
be  on  a  site  at  100  E.  Santa  Clara  Street 
in  San  Jose. 

MEDICAL  BUILDING 
FOR  MONTEREY 

Architect  William  D.  Concolino,  588 
Huston  Street,  Monterey,  is  completing 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  1 -story 
Medical  Building  in  Monterey  for  the 
Paloma  Land  Company  of  Monterey. 

The  new  building  will  be  of  frame  con- 
struction; 8,000  sq.  ft.  in  area,  and  will 
provide  facilities  for  9  modern  medical 
units. 


WALLACE  V.  CUNNEEN,  JR. 
JOINS  BECKET  ASSOCIATES 

Wallace  V.  Cunneen,  Jr.,  has  been 
named  to  the  executive  staif  of  Welton 
Becket  and  Associates,  San  Francisco 
architects  and  engineers,  according  to  a 
recent   announcement   by  Welton   Becket. 

Cunneen,  Jr.,  was  formerly  in  charge 
of  sales  and  a  director  of  the  Cunneen 
Company  of  Philadelphia,  a  specialized 
architectural    and    consulting    organization 


POLICE  STATION 
FOR  RESEDA 

Architect  William  Allen,  611 2  Wilshire 
Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  is  completing  plans 
and  specifications  for  construction  of  a 
V/l  story  reinforced  concrete  Police  fa- 
cility in  Reseda  for  the  Los  Angeles  City 
Board   of   Public  Works. 

The  new  building  will  contain  21,595 
sq.  ft.  in  area  and  will  be  of  composition 
roofing  with  wood  roof  decking,  security 
portions  of  the  building  will  have  a  con- 
crete roof;  air  conditioning,  concrete  slab, 
basgment  and  upper  half  story  will  house 
mechanical     equipment.     Aluminum      en- 


THE  C&H 

CONSTRUCTIOK  STAKE 


for... 

•  Footings 

•  Curbs 

•  Sidewalks 

•  Gutters 

•  Driveways 

•  Slabs 

•  Bracing 

•  Anchoring 

•  Screeding 

•  Floor  Slabs 

•  Ground  Slabs 

•  Tilt-up  Slabs 


Manufactured  by: 

C6lH 

SPECIALTIES 
COMPANY 

909  Camelia  Street 
Berkeley  6,  Calif. 
LAndscape  4-S358 


i"Built-in  telephone  convenience  is  a  basic  part  of  liome  design"< 


says  Leo  Hall,  President  of 
Hall  Development  Company, 
well-known  Portland  builders. 


Today's  builders  find  it  pays  to  antici- 
pate their  clients'  needs.  That's  why 
so  many  top  home  builders,  like  the 
Hall  Development  Company,  include 
plenty  of  telephone  outlets  and  con- 
cealed wiring  in  every  home  they 
build.  They  know  how  greatly  tele- 
phone planning  adds  to  the  value  of 
a  home  .  .  .  and  insures  satisfied  cus- 
tomers for  many  years  to  come. 

Pacific  Telephone 

We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built-in 
telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our  busi- 
ness office  and  ask  for  our  free  Archi- 
tects and  Builders  Service. 


It  pays  to  include  Telephone  Planning  in  every  home  you  build! 


OCTOBER 


trance  doors,  gypsum  and  metal  lath,  mc 
saic  and  stone  veneer;  a  concrete  block 
garage  building  will  also  be  built  on  the 
site.   Estimated  cost  is  $450,000. 


H.  HALVORSON  INC 
GETS  KAISER  DEAL 

The  H.  Halvorson,  Inc.,  company  of 
Spokane,  Washington,  has  been  granted 
a  franchise  to  fabricate  and  erect  stressed- 
skin  aluminum  dome  buildings  by  the 
Kaiser  Aluminum  (i  Chemical  Sales,  Inc. 

The  unique  buildings  are  based  upon 
geodesic  principles  and  each  involves  the 
creation  of  a  spherical  structure  through 
the  use  of  aluminum  panels  and  struts,  as 
a  combination  skin  and  framing,  eliminat- 


SPECIFY 
CALAVERAS 


ing  the  need  for  pillars  or  other  interior 
supports. 

The  world's  first  aluminum  dome  build- 
ing was  completed  in  January  this  year  at 
the  Hawaiian  Village  Hotel  in  Honolulu 
and  is  a  public  auditorium  seating  2,200 
people. 

LABORERS  UNION  BUILDS 
NEW  HEADQUARTERS 

Structural  Engineer  Hugh  M.  G'Neil, 
610  16th  Street,  Oakland,  has  completed 
plans  for  construction  of  a  new  1-story 
concrete  block  union  headquarters  build- 
ing in  Richmond  for  the  Laborers  Union, 
Local  No.  324. 

The  new  facilities,  costing  an  estimated 
$50,000,  will  comprise  an  area  of  50x100 
ft. 


TOP  QUALITY  CEMENTS  FOR 
EVERY  ARCHITECTURAL  USE 

^         CALAVERAS  CEMENT  COMPANY 

W  315  MONTCOMERT  ST.,  SAN  FRANOSCO  4 


ARCHITECr  NAMED 
FIRM  PRESIDENT 

Leon  M.  Dilley  has  been  appointed 
president  of  the  John  C.  Lindsay  &  Asso- 
ciates, architects  and  engineers,  of  Los 
Angeles,  according  to  an  announcement 
by  John  C.  Lindsay. 

Dilley  has  been  an  associate  in  charge 
of  production  for  the  past  four  years  and 
has  been  with  the  Lindsay  organization 
for  fourteen  years.  He  is  owner  of  the 
Bel  Air  Construction  &  Investment  Com- 
pany and  a  pioneer  in  the  application  of 
modular  post  and  beam  construction  for 
mass  produced  houses. 

BROWN  W.  SAVELAND 
GETS  APPOINTMENT 

Brown  W.  Saveland  has  been  appoint- 
ed assistant  distrirt  manager  of  the  Austin 
Company's  Pacific  Northwest  activities, 
with  headquarters  at  Seattle,  Washington, 
according  to  an  announcement  by  George 


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A.    Bryant,    president   of   the    engineering 
and  construction  firm. 

Saveland  has  been  associated  with  the 
company  since  1941  when  he  started  as 
an  electrical  engineer  in  the  firm's  Cleve- 
land office. 


BALDWIN  PARK  GETS 
NEW  TELEPHONE  BLDG. 

Architect  Albert  C.  Martin  and  Asso- 
ciates, Los  Angeles,  designed  the  new 
General  Telephone  facilities  being  com- 
pleted in  Baldwin  Park.  The  new  two- 
story  addition  costing  $425,000,  contains 
23,450  sq.  ft.  of  area  and  houses  an  infor- 
mation switchboard  with  36  available  po- 
sitions, an  operators'  cafeteria,  rest  room 
facilities,  and  a  wire  chief's  office  accom- 
modating the  Baldwin  Park  and  Puente 
central  offices  area. 


HAVEG  INDUSTRIES 
ACQUIRE  SC  FIRM 

The  Reinhold  Engineering  and  Plastics 
Company  Inc.  of  Norwalk,  California, 
producers  and  fabricators  of  plastics  for 
the  aircraft  missile  industry  and  chemical 
corrosion  equipment,  has  been  acquired 
by  the  Haveg  Industries  Inc.,  Wilmington, 
Delaware,  according  to  an  announcement 
by   Dr.  John   H.   Lux,   Haveg's  president. 

Reinhold,  established  in  1928,  and  op- 
erating 40,000  sq.  ft.  of  modern  plant 
facilities,  will  be  operated  as  a  Haveg 
subsidiary  and  will  serve  as  a  West  Coast 
outlet  for  the  Delaware  firm. 


SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
HRM  EXPANDS  NORTHWARD 

The  Harvey  Aluminum  Company  of 
Torrance,  California,  has  announced  ex- 
pansion plans  which  call  for  the  construc- 
tion of  a  new  plant  and  facilities  in  The 
Dalies,  Oregon. 

The  new  plant  which  is  to  be  completed 
early  in  1958,  will  produce  more  than 
100,000  tons  of  refined  bauxite  annually. 

AMERICAN  CONCRETE 
INSTITUTE   MEETS 

The  newly  organized  Southern  Cali- 
fornia chapter  of  the  American  Concrete 
Institute  will  hold  its  first  general  meeting 
on  November  8th  in  the  Roger  Young 
Auditorium,    Los    Angeles. 

ACI  national  officers  attending  the 
meeting  include  Walter  H.  Price,  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Concrete  Institute 
and  head  of  the  Engineering  Laboratories, 
U.S.    Bureau    of    Reclamation,    Denver. 

The  general  program  will  feature  Henry 
M.  Layne,  chairman  of  the  Southern 
California  chapter. 

ELECTRONICS  HRM 
IS  ESTABUSHED 

Charles  M.  Brown  recently  announced 
establishment    of    the     Basic    Electronics 


MULLEN  MFG. 
COMPANY 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF   GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Offic*  and  Facfory 

tO-80  RAUSCH  ST.,  Bet.  7th  and  Bfli  St». 

San  Francisco 

TeUphon*  UNderhlll   I-58IS 


ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


Engineering  Company,  Daly  City,  Cali- 
fornia, which  will  offer  an  engineering  and 
management  consulting  service  to  in- 
dustry. The  firm  also  plans  to  manufac- 
ture and  market  several  proprietary 
electronic  products. 

MASONIC 
TEMPLE 

Architect  Paul  L.  Williamson,  275  E. 
25th  St.,  Long  Beach,  has  completed 
plans  for  construction  of  a  Masonic 
Temple  and  office  building  in  Long 
Beach  for  the  Palos  Verdes  Masonic 
Lodge. 

The  facilities  will  provide  14,000  sq. 
ft.  of  area  for  the  lodge,  and  8,000  sq. 
ft.  for  the  commercial  wing.  Off  street 
parking  will  provide  for  81  automobiles. 
Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $270,000. 

ENGINEERS  FORM 
NEW  COMPANY 

Eliseo  O.  Mariani,  partner  of  the  firm 
of  Mariani  6?  Cummings,  with  offices  at 
941  N.  La  Cicnega  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
has  announced  the  formation  of  the  new 
engineering   company. 

Formerly  of  Buenos  Aires,  where  the 
firm  maintains  an  office,  Eliseo  Mariani 
received  his  BS  degree  at  Infiana  Uni- 
versity, and  recently  served  as  project 
engineer  for  Pereira  ^  Luckman. 

Donld  A.  Cummings  is  a  graduate  of 
SC  and  recently  served  as  electrical  en- 
gineer for  the  Pereira  &?  Luckman  firm, 
prior  to  that  being  with  the  Bechtel 
Corpn. 

PUBUC 
LIBRARY 

The  architectural  firm  of  Wahamaki  &? 
Corey,    1035   B   St.   Hayward,   have  com- 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


CONTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

174 -12™  STREET -OAKLAND 
Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


pleted  drawings  for  construction  of  a  new 
1-story,  J,000  sq.  ft.  of  area  Public  Li- 
brary building  for  the  City  of  Hayward. 
Construction  will  be  of  steel  frame 
with  reinforced  concrete,  steel  roof  trusses, 
concrete  slab  and  tile  floors. 

SHOPPING  CENTER 
AND  RESIDENCES 

Architect  Howard  Schroder  and  De- 
signer H.  K.  Lindquist  of  Fresno  are  pre- 
paring preliminary  plans  for  construction 
of  a  new  $15,000,000  Shopping  Center 
and  Residential  area  in  Sunnyside  near 
Fresno  for  Joseph  A.  Romano  Es'  Associ- 
ates  of   Fresno. 

The  site  comprises  55  acres;  the  shop- 
ping center  will  provide  facilities  for 
markets,  drug  store,  variety  store,  branch 
bank,  specialty  shops.  Some  80  acres  will 
be  set  aside  for  residences  which  will  be 
built  to  sell  for  $17,500  to   $25.000. 

STANFORD  MEDICAL 
CENTER  AND  HOSPITAL 

Architect  Paul  ].  Huston,  744  Cowper 
Street,  Palo  Alto,  has  been  named  Con- 
sultant for  the  joint  Palo  Alto-Stanford 
Hospital  and  Medical  School  which  is  to 
be  built  on  the  Stanford  University 
campus  at  a  cost  of  some   $42,000,000. 

Complete  facilities  will  be  provided  for 
teaching,  clinics,  laboratories,  nurses 
quarters,   medical   library   and   utilities. 

The  first  phase  of  the  project  will  cost 
an  approximate  $22,000,000  and  addi- 
tional construction  will  cost  $20,000,000. 
It  is  expected  the  first  phase  will  be  com- 
pleted   in    1959. 

ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

Architect  Francis  A.  Constable,  95 
Spencer  Avenue,  Sausalito,  has  been  com- 
missioned by  the  Archbishop  of  San 
Francisco,  to  draft  plans  for  the  construc- 
tion of  the  new  Saint  Augustine's  Church 
in   Oakland. 

Of  concrete  construction,  the  new 
church  will  provide  for  1,000  persons,  and 
will  cost  an  estimated   $350,000. 

GEORGE  E.  MITCHELL  IS 
NAMED  SALES  ENGINEER 

George  E.  Mitchell,  Jr.,  has  been  named 
Sales  Engineer  for  the  Leadlight  Fixture 
Company,  Oakland,  for  the  Bay  Area, 
according  to  a  recent  firm  announcement. 

Mitchell  is  thoroughly  experienced  in 
residential  and  commercial  construction, 
and  is  well  known  throughout  the  light 
construction  industry  in  the  Bay  Area. 

FREDERICK  M.  MANN  JR. 

IS  NAMED 

SUPERVISING  ARCHrrECT 

Frederick  M.  Mann,  Jr.,  Seattle  archi- 
tect, has  been  appointed  supervising  archi- 
tect of  the  University  of  Washington  by 
the  Board  of  Regents. 

As  full  time  member  of  the  University 
staff,  Mann  will  be  in  charge  of  the  de- 
velopment of  the  University's  building 
program.  John  Paul  Jones,  who  has  been 
serving  on  a  temporary  part-time  basis, 
will  continue  for  one  year  in  an  advisory 
capacity. 

Mann  will  be  architectural  consultant 
for  the  Board  of  Regents  on  all  projects 
and  will  work  with  commercial  architects 
who  will  be  retained  to  handle  construc- 
tion of  new  buildings.  He  also  will  be  in 
charge  of  alterations  and  minor  projerts 
that  are  not  awarded  to  commercial  firms. 

Other  duties  will  include  advising  on 
campus  landscaping  and  improvements  to 
grounds,    roadways   and    parking    areas. 

Mann    has    been    on    the    staff    of    the 


HERRICK 
IROIV  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

28400  CLAWITER  ROAD 

HAYWARD,  CALIF. 

Phone  LU  1-4451 


ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 

Engineers  &  Chemists 

INSPECTING  —  TESTING  —  CONSULTING 

CONCRETE      .       STEEL       .       MATERIALS 

CHEMICAL  AND  TESTING 

LABORATORIES 

•       RESEARCH   AND   INVESTIGATION       . 

TESTS  OF  STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

DESIGN  OF  CONCRETE  MIXES 

SHOP  AND  ERECTION  INSPECTION  OF 

STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  INVE<;tIGATION  OF 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Sacramento  Street,  San  Franciiee 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON,  INC. 

General  Confracfors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


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COMPANY 

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• 

CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


OCTOBER,        1957 


Seattle  architectural  firm  of  Young, 
Richardson  and  Carleton  for  the  past 
three  years,  and  previously  was  a  partner 
in  a  San  Rafael,  California,  firm,  and  prior 
to  that  was  in  San  Francisco  and  Boston 
offices. 

ENGINEERING  PROBLEM 

IN  SCHOOL  CONSTRUCTION 

Construction  of  the  Tennyson  High 
School  in  South  Hayward,  Alameda  coun- 
ty, presented  some  interesting  foundation 
problems  for  architects  Anderson  and  Si- 
monds,  structural  engineer  Thomas  F. 
Ch'ace,  and  for  the  soils  foundation  engi- 
neering firm  of  Woodward,  Clyde  &?  As- 
sociates. 

There  is  an  engineered  fill  under  the 
entire  building  area  supporting  all  struc- 
tures except  the  gymnasium.  This  build- 
ing, located  in  the  heart  of  the  "play 
core"  contributes  the  heaviest  loads  in  the 
area  with  the  greatest  height  of  fill. 

Thus,  the  design  solution  was  to  sup- 
port the  floor  slab  for  the  gymnasium  on 
the  engineered  fill,  but  carry  all  structural 
loads  on  reinforced  concrete  piers  down 
through  the  fill.  Some  of  these  piers  ex- 
tend as  much  as  13  feet. 

The  152,000  sq.  ft.  school,  accommo- 
dating 1800  students,  is  of  wood  frame 
construction,  gymnasium  concrete  and 
steel.  Nine  separate  buildings  in  the  de- 
sign will  cost  an  estimated  $3,000,000. 


NEW  HOSPITAL 
FOR  OAKLAND 

The  architectural  firm  of  Nielsen  ii 
Motfatt,  4072  Crenshaw  Blvd.,  Los  An- 
geles, is  preparing  drawings  for  con- 
struction of  a  new  l-story  27,500  sq.  ft. 
in  area  hospital  building  in  Oakland  for 
the  Civic  Center  Hospital  Foundation  of 
Oakland. 

The  new  building  costing  $500,000 
will  be  of  reinforced  brick  construction 
on  concrete  foundation,  forced  air  heat- 
ing, air  conditioning,  complete  fire  alarm 
system  with  fire  doors,  aluminum  entrance 
doors,  steel  sash,  and  a  large  ofT-strect 
automobile  parking  area  will  be  provided. 

Facilities  will  include  medical,  surgical 
and  obstetrical  provisions  for  a  50-hed 
hospital. 

DON  WILEY  WITH 
WEBER  SHOWCASE 

Don  Smiley  has  been  named  vice  presi- 
dent in  charge  of  manufacturing  for  Web- 
er Showcase  fs"  Fixture  Company  Inc., 
according  to  an  announcement  by  Alex- 
ander Black,   executive   vicz  president. 

Smiley  succeeds  Fred  Weber,  who  is 
retiring  to  his  ranch  in  Southern  Califor- 
nia hut  will  continue  to  serve  on  the  firm's 
board  of  directors. 


ROBERT   W.   HUNT   CO. 

ENGINEERS 
INSPECTING  TESTING 

STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

CONCRETE  MIX  DESIGN 

CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS 

EQUIPMENT 

PRINCIPAL  CITIES 

UNITED  STATES  •   EUROPE 

SAN  FRANCISCO  LOS  ANGELES 

PORTLANL  SIU^TTLE 


AUTOMATIC 
SPRINKLERS 

for 

Fire  Protection 

BARNARD 

ENGINEERING  CO. 

35  Elmira  Street  ~" 

JUniper  5-4642 
San  Francisco  24 


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FOREMOST  IN  METAL 
BUSINESS  FURNITURE 

California  Branch  Offices 
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LOS  ANGELES 
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Fred  English 

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CONSTRUCTION  PROGRESS 
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1310  Old  County  Rd. 

Belmont,  Calif. 

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Index  to  Advertisers 


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KOLORBLEN 

Concrete  Color  Hardener 


COLOR  WAXES 

SEALER-STAINS 


Distributors— Contractors  Concrete  Special 

875  BRYANT  STREET 
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ARCHITECTS    Reports 

Barnard     Engineering    Co.    

BASALT    Rock    Co.,    Inc. 

B\n:R,  J.  H.,  Co 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California,  Th 

BILCO   Co - ' 

CALAVERAS    Cement 46 

CALIFORNIA    Metal    Enameling    Co., 

Architectural     Division * 

C.   &   H.  SPECIALTIES  Co 45 

CLASSIFIED     Advertising 39 

CLAUSEN    &   CLAUSEN    20 

COLUMBIA-Geneva 

Steel --.6   &   7   and    Back   Cover 

CROWE   GLASS    CO. 19 

DINWIDDIE   Construction 

Company 47 

ENGLISH;   Fred,   Photos 48 

FORDERER   Cornice  Works  32 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  Co 48 

GLADDING,   McBean  &  Company  ..        * 

GREENBERG'S,  M..  Sons * 

HAAS    &    Haynie    Const.   Co 33 

HANKS,  Abbot  A.,   Inc 47 

HAWS   Drinking    Faucet  Co 31 

HERMANN    Safe   Co.,   The   33 

HERRICK    Iron    Works 47 

HOGAN    Lumber    Co 33 

HORN,  A.  C,   Co.   -.-..  42 

HUNT,   Robert  W.,   Company 48 

JOHNSON,  S.  T.,  Co. * 

JOSAM     Pacific    Co * 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy  Corp 33 

KLATH    Corp * 

KRAFTILE   Company   * 

LeROY   Construction    Services   34 

LINFORD  Air  &   Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,   Young    &    Nelson,    Inc.  47 

MALOTT   &    Peterson-Grundy   20 

MATTOCK   Construction    Co 47 

MICHEL   &    Pfeffer   Iron   Works, 

Inc Inside    Front   Cover 

MORRILL  Co.;   E.   H 21 

MULLEN    Mfg.   Co 46 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,   Inc.  29 

PACIFIC    Manufacturing    Co.    34 

PACIFIC  Teilephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  45 

PASSETTI   Trucking   Co..   Inc. 27 

PITTSBURGH    Testing    Laboratory    ....  44 

PLASTIC   Sales  and  Service 26 

PORCELAIN    Enamel    (Architectural 

Division)    Publicity    Division * 

PRECAST  Eection  Co.  21 

RED  TOP   Eleclric  Co 20 

REMILLARD-Dandlni    Co 43 

REPUBLIC  Steel   Corporation    34 

RHODES  &  Jamison  Co 19 

SCOn    Company 43 

SHADES,    Inc 43 

SIMONDS  Machinery  Co 32 

SMOOT-Holman    Company   3 

SOVIG,    Conrad,    Co 48 

STROMBERG-Carlson   Co 44 

UNISTRUT    Sales    of    Northern 

California 32 

U.    S.    BONDS    Inside    Back    Cover 

UNITED  STATES  Steel 

Corp.  6   &  7  and    Back   Cover 

VERMONT  Marble  Co 34 

WALNUT  CREEK  Sheet  Metal  Co.         20 
WESTERN  Structural  Tile  Institute  , 
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ARCHITECT       AND       ENGINEER 


The  fuBiij  noie 

in  Mr.  (ooper's  kilding 


MANY  a  New  Yorker  shook  his  head,  and 
not  a  few  snickered,  when  they  saw  the 
"hole"  in  Peter  Cooper's  new  building. 

But  to  the  benign  gentleman  with  the  ruff 
of  graying  whiskers  it  was  all  so  simple:  Some 
day  someone  would  perfect  the  passenger 
elevator. 

The  mere  fact  that  there  wasn't  one  in 
1853  would  mean  little  to  a  man  who,  with 
his  own  hands,  had  built  and  driven  the  first 
American  locomotive.  Whose  money,  and 
faith,  were  to  help  see  the  Atlantic  Cable 
through  all  its  disasters  to  final  success.  And 
who  would  "scheme  out"  a  Panama  Canal 
plan  fourteen  years  before  DeLesseps. 

But  Peter  Cooper's  belief  in  the  future  ran 
in  a  vein  far  deeper  than  simply  the  material. 
For  his  "building  with  a  hole"  was  Cooper 
Union,  the  first  privately-endowed  tuition- 
free  college  in  America.  A  place  where  young 
men  and  women  of  any  race,  faith,  or  political 
opinion  could  enjoy  the  education  whicli  he, 
himself,    had  been   denied.   Peter   Cooper's 


dearest  dream — which  has  continued  to  grow 
dynamically  for  nearly  a  century  and  today 
enriches  America  with  thousands  of  creative 
thinkers,  artists,  and  engineers. 

There  is  plenty  of  Peter  Cooper's  confi- 
dence and  foresight  alive  among  Americans 
today.  It  is  beiiind  the  wisdom  with  which 
more  than  40,000,000  of  us  are  making  one 
of  tiie  soundest  investments  of  our  lives — in 
United  States  Savings  Bonds.  Through  our 
banks  and  the  Payroll  Savings  Plan  where 
we  work,  we  own  and  hold  more  than 
.S41,000,000,000  worth  of  Series  E  and  H 
Bonds.  With  our  rate  of  interest— and  the 
safety  of  our  principal — guaranteed  by  the 
greatest  nation  on  earth.  You're  welcome  to 
share  in  this  security.  Why  not  begin  today? 
Now  Savings  Bonds  are  better  than  ever! 
Every  Series  E  Bond  bought  since  February  1, 
1957,  pays  3'4^"o  interest  when  held  to  matur- 
ity. It  earns  higher  interest  in  the  early  years 
than  ever  before,  and  matures  in  only  8  years 
and  11  months.  Hold  your  old  E  Bonds,  too. 
They  earn  more  as  they  get  older. 

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steel  ductwork  solves  installation  problems 


Portland's  newest  banking  office  incorporates  many 
architectural  innovations.  In  addition  to  a  hand- 
some exterior,  the  1st  National  Bank  of  Portland 
contains  a  modem,  zone-controlled  air  condition- 
ing system.  Fifty  tons  of  USS  Galvanized  Steel 
Sheets  compose  the  ventilating  ductwork  which 
furnishes  ideal  temperatures  throughout  the  year 
to  every  office  in  this  four-story  building. 

Streimer  Sheet  Metal  Works,  of  Portland,  solved 
more  than  one  installation  problem  by  using  USS 
Sheets.  To  fit  construction  requirements,  they  built 


the  ductwork  in  varirtng  depths  ranging  from  six 
inches  to  sixteen  inches.  The  steel  sheets  were  duc- 
tile enough  to  wTap  easily  around  sharp  comers, 
form  tight  seams,  and  proxide  ample  strength  £ind 
corrosion  resistance.  Good  reasons  why  USS  Sheets 
are  on  the  job  today  in  this  Portland  installation 
and  in  so  many  others  throughout  the  West! 

Steel  ductw-ork  can  solve  installation  problems  in 
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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Vol.   211  No.   2 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 
Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architeaure,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 
Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia 

Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architert, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architea, 
Los   Angeles,    California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 

FRED  JONES 
Special  Advertising 


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-ARCHITECT  &  ENGINEER  is  indexed  regularly  by  ENGINEERING  INDEX.  INC:  and  ART  INDEX 

Contents     for 

NOVEMBER 

EDITORIAL  NOTES 4 

NEWS  AND  COMMENT  ON  ART 8 

HACIENDA  SWIMMING  POOL— La   Habra,  California  ....  12 

Balch,  Bryan,  Perkins,  Hutchason,  Architects. 
Daltan  Engineering  Co.,  General  Contractors. 

THE  F.  P.  LATHROP  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY— 

Wi+h  a  $10,000,000.00  a  Year  Building  Program 14 

By  FRED  W.JONES. 

TRANSIT  AND  TRANSPORTATION   TO    MARIN    COUNTY         ...         24 

PART  II   (conclusion).  By  GEORGE  S.  HILL,  Consulting  Engineer. 

MODERN    SPECIFICATIONS    WRITING 26 

By  SPENCER  B.  LANE, 

Specifications  Writer  for  John  Carl  Warnecke,  A.I.A.  Architect. 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities     ...  28 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS— News  and   Notes 30 

BOOK  REVIEWS— Pamphlets  and   Catalogues 35 

ESTIMATOR'S  GUIDE— Building  and  Construction  Materials  ....  37 

ESTIMATOR'S   DIRECTORY— Building   and   Construction    Materials         .         .  39 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 41 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES— Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  42 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscelleaneous  Data  .  43 

IN  THE  NEWS 46 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS 50 


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GOOD  LEADERSHIP 

Through  business  leadership,  taxpayers  of  the  nation 
have  just  won  a  hard  fought  action  in  the  continuing 
battle  to  check  the  threat  to  freedom  in  the  expansion 
of  the  federal  government. 

Perhaps  now,  in  the  pause  after  the  achievement  of 
federal  budget  reductions,  is  the  time  to  reconsider 
the  goals  toward  which  we  soon  will  be  marching 
again. 

Throughout  the  budget  controversey,  the  most  con- 
sistent charge  made  against  business  spokesmen  was 
that  they  were  "negative",  that  they  were  "against" 
social  change  and  achievement. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  business  is  against  many 
things,  particularly  those  social  proposals  which 
threaten  vital  American  traditions. 

As  a  general  rule,  business  is  against:  Government 
regulation  of  business  because  they  are  for  individual 
initiative;  they  are  for  employees'  freedom;  they  are 
for  local  and  state  freedom  in  education  of  children; 
they  are  against  expanding  federal  power,  because  they 
are  for  individual  responsibility,  and  to  be  socially 
destructive  as  those  who  over  enthusiastically  advc 
cate  more  government  control  contend,  business 
would  have  to  direct  their  efforts  against  the  tradi- 
tions they  are  defending. 

It  will  be  well  to  remember  that,  in  contrast  to 
negativism,  the  social  actions  of  business  are  part  of 
the  greatest  of  constructive  efforts — the  release  of 
individuals'  capabilities  in  all  their  unlimited  possi- 
bilities. 

*       *       * 

".  .  .  The  plain  and  simple  facts  are  that  at  a  time  when 
we  should  be  getting  ahead  we  are  falling  behind  in  pro- 
viding the  basic  community  needs." — Harry  A.  Bosivell, 
Jr.,  NAHB,  Community  Facilities  Committee. 

*         *         * 

OUR  FINANCIAL  CONDITION 

The  broad,  sweeping  investigation  of  the  financial 
condition  of  the  United  States  undertaken  by  the 
Senate  Finance  Committee  under  the  chairmanship  of 
Senator  Harry  Flood  Byrd,  Virginia  Democrat,  has 
come  to  a  temporary  recess. 

The  hearings  have  set  some  sort  of  record  for 
"duration  of  witnesses"  before  the  committee  but 
little  else  has  been  accomplished.  A  voluminous  rec- 
ord of  opinions,  statistical  data  and  background  facts 
have  been  garnered  by  both  Republicans  and  Demo- 
crats since  the  hearings  began  last  June.  Few,  if  any 
opinions  held  when  the  hearings  opened  have  been 
changed. 

It  is  doubtful  if  the  "fiscal  education"  of  members 
of  the  Committee  undertaken  by  former  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury  Humphrey,  Under  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  Burgess  and  Reserve  Board  Chairman  Mar- 
tin has  changed  the  basic  opinions  of  any  member  of 


the    Committee,    but    certainly    the    hearings    have 
served  to  bolster  individual  viewpoint  all  around. 

Probably  as  a  direct  and  singular  result  of  these 
hearings  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  Senate 
Finance  Committee  will  in  the  future  look  at  tax  legis- 
lation with  a  keener  perspective  in  relation  to  the 
overall  impact  on  economy. 

*  *       * 

Mistletoe's  invitation  to  a  kiss  originated  in  Scandinavian 
mythology  in  which  a  man  can  demand  a  kiss  of  a  maiden  under 
it  and  then  give  her  one  of  its  berries.  When  the  berries  are 
gone,  mistletoe  loses  its  spell. 

*  *        * 

ENGINEER  SHORTAGE! 

The  steady  concern  expressed  throughout  uidustry 
during  the  past  few  years  over  the  shortage  of  en- 
gineers has  resulted  in  what  is  pherhaps  an  inevitable 
reaction. 

Some  recent  statements  about  the  engineer  man- 
power situation  have  either  questioned  the  critical 
nature  of  the  shortage  or,  in  some  instances,  have 
denied  that  a  shortage  exists  at  all.  A  recent  article 
appeared  in  a  natural  publication  advising  parents 
"Don't  let  your  boy  become  an  engineer!"  And  a  re- 
cently published  study  of  the  long-run  determinants 
of  the  supply  and  demand  of  scientific  personnel  by 
the  National  Bureau  of  Economic  Research  declared: 
".  .  .  we  have  found  no  evidence  of  any  shortage  of 
substantial  magnitude." 

These  comments  differ  sharply  from  the  view- 
points on  the  engineer  manpower  situation  expressed 
by  many  leading  authorities  in  the  field  in  the  re- 
cent past: 

Henry  H.  Armsby,  Chief  for  Engineering  Educa- 
tion, United  States  O&cz  of  Education,  says,  "What 
is  important  is  for  all  of  us  to  remember  that  our 
nation  is  faced  with  a  present  and  future  shortage  of 
engineers,  scientists  and  technicians  ..." 

John  R.  Dunning,  Dean  of  the  School  of  Engineer- 
ing, Columbia  University,  declared,  "We  are  con- 
fronted today  with  a  most  unusual  paradox.  In  an 
era  when  our  whole  country,  our  whole  society,  de- 
pends increasingly  upon  science  and  engineering  for 
all  of  its  functioning,  we  nevertheless  have  a  period 
when  our  production  of  scientists  and  engineers  has 
actually  decreased  badly  during  these  last  years,  and 
the  production  of  engineers  falls  way  short  of  our 
crucial  needs  today." 

Lewis  L.  Strauss,  Chairman,  Atomic  Energy  Com- 
mission, asserted,  "We  do  know  with  certainty  that 
we  are  turning  out  less  than  one-half  the  number  of 
scientists  and  engineers  we  require  ..." 

In  the  face  of  such  conflicting  expert  opinion,  how 
are  parents  and  young  potential  engineers,  directly 
concerned  with  the  engineering  manpower  situation, 
going  to  make  up  their  minds? 


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NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON   ART 


OAKLAND  ART  MUSEUM 
VARIED  EXHIBITIONS 

Five  new  showings  at  the  Oakland  Art  Museum, 
Oakland  Auditorium,  10th  and  Fallon,  offer  a  varied 
exhibition  for  November,  according  to  Paul  Mills, 
Curator. 

European  paintings  from  the  Emanuel  Walter  col- 
lection of  the  San  Francisco  Art  Association,  aug- 
mented by  other  European  paintings  in  the  Museum's 
Maganini  and  Porter  collections,  will  be  presented  in 
the  first  gallery. 

David  Park,  who  won  the  "Guest  of  Honor"  exhi- 
bition award  in  last  year's  museum  annual,  will 
exhibit  fugurative  paintings.  Park  was  the  first  ab- 
stractionist to  explore  figure  painting  from  an  abstract 
standpoint. 

The  Oakland  Art  Association  will  present  its  first 
annual  exhibition;  and  two  small  exhibitions  will  mark 
"Asia  Month." 

Among  the  Museum's  special  events  are  lectures 
and  films  each  Wednesday  evening,  and  lecture  tours. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 

The  San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art,  War  Memorial 
Building,  Civic  Center,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Grace  L.  McCann  Morley,  has  arranged  a  special 
group  of  exhibitions  and  events  for  this  month,  in- 
cluding the  following: 

EXHIBITIONS:  Thirty  Second  Annual  Exhibition 
of  the  San  Francisco  Women  Artists;  Art  in  Asia  and 
the  West,  and  Munch  and  Expressionism  in  Prints — 
an  exhibition  to  illustrate  varied  aspects  of  Asian 
traditions  and  their  importance  for  art  in  the  West. 

EVENTS:  Lecture  Tours  based  upon  current  ex- 
hibitions; Wednesday  Evening  art  programs;  Art  for 
the  Layman,  Tuesday  mornings  at  10  o'clock.  Ad- 
ventures in  Drawing  and  Children's  Saturday  morn- 
ing Art  Classes  will  be  recessed  during  November. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily.  (Will  be  closed  Thanks- 
giving Day.) 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF 
THE  LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Lincoln  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  is  presenting  the  following 
special  exhibits  and  events  during  November: 

EXHIBITIONS:  Paintings  and  Drawings  by  Ray- 
mond Brossard;  Navajo  Sand  Paintings  by  David 
Villasenor;  Paintings  by  Gail  Cole;  Paintings  by  Vera 


Adams  Davis,  the  2nd  Pacific  Coast  Biennial  Exhi- 
bition —  and  exhibit  assembled  by  the  Santa  Barbara 
Museum  of  Art  and  presented  in  San  Francisco  with 
the  cooperation  of  that  museum  and  the  Art  Museums 
of  Portland  and  Seattle;  Paintings  by  Jerrod  Davis, 
and  World  Travel  Posters  —  an  exhibition  presented 
in  cooperation  with  Foreign  Government  Tourist  Of- 
fices in  San  Francisco. 

The  Achenbach  Foundation  for  Graphic  Arts:  The 
Printmaker  1450-1950  —  about  120  master  prints 
illustrating  all  important  stages  of  printmaking 
through  the  ages;  and  William  Blake  (1757-1827)  — 
an  exhibition  honoring  the  great  visionary  artist  and 
poet  on  the  200th  anniversary  of  his  birth,  with  loan 
contributions  from   museum   and  private   collections. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Organ  recital  each  Saturday 
and  Sunday  afternoon  at  3  o'clock;  Art  Classes  for 
Children,  Saturday  mornings. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


M.  H.  deYOUNG 
MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 

The  M.  H.  de Young  Memorial  Museum,  Golden 
Gate  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Walter  Heil,  is  presenting  the  following  special  exhi- 
bitions and  events  during  November. 

EXHIBITIONS:  18th  Annual  Exhibition  of  the 
Society  of  Western  Artists,  featuring  Oils,  Water- 
colors,  Pastels,  Graphic  Art,  and  Sculpture;  Paintings 
by  Jamini  Roy,  an  exhibition  circulated  by  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution;  The  World  of  Cartier-Bresson,  a 
retrospective  exhibition  of  Photographs,  1930-1957. 

SPECIAL  EVENTS:  Classes  in  Art  Enjoyment  for 
adults  includes  Exercises  in  Oil  Paintings,  Painting 
Workshop  for  Amateurs  and  Seminars  in  the  History 
of  Art.  Classes  for  the  Children  include  Picture  Mak- 
ing, Art  and  Nature  and  the  Art  Club — Saturdays. 

The  Museum  is  open  daily. 


EAST  AND  WEST 
ART  EXPLAINED 

The  historical  and  contemporary  interaction  be- 
tween the  art  of  the  East  and  the  West  is  explored 
in  a  major  exhibition  of  painting,  sculpture  and  archi- 
tecture now  showing  at  the  San  Francisco  Museum 
of  Art,  Civic  Center. 

Works  of  art  from  the  Hindu,  Buddhist  and  Islamic 
tradition,  borrowed  from  the  country's  great  museums 
and  private  collectors  is  displayed  in  conjunction  with 
contemporary  art  and  architecture  from  both  Asia  and 
the  United  States. 

Assembled    and    presented   by   the    San    Francisco 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


NEWS    and    COMMENT    ON    ART 


Museum  of  Art,  this  exhibition  is  planned  to  mark 
Asia  Month. 


SCULPTORS  COMMISSIONED  TO 
CREATE  WORKS  FOR  U.S. 

Alexander  Calder,  Isamu  Noguchi,  Mary  Gallery, 
Jose  de  Rivera  and  Harry  Bertoia,  all  citizens  of  the 
United  States,  have  been  commissioned  to  create 
sculpture  to  be  used  as  decorative  objects  at  the  U.  S. 
Pavilion  of  the  Brussels  Universal  and  International 
Exhibition  in  Belgium  next  year,  according  to  an 
announcement  by  Howard  S.  Cullman,  U.  S.  Com- 
missioner General  to  the  Fair. 

The  works  of  other  U.  S.  sculptors  also  will  be 
represented  and  on  view  at  the  Pavilion,  on  a  loan 
basis  borrowed  from  museums,  institutions  and  other 
sources. 

Selection  of  the  sculptors  was  made  by  the  U.  S. 


Commissioner  General  and  Edward  D.  Stone,  archi- 
tect of  the  Pavilion,  based  upon  recommendations  of 
the  U.  S.  Fine  Arts  Advisory  Committee  of  which 
Thomas  C.  Howe,  director,  California  Palace  of  the 
Legion  of  Honor,  San  Francisco,  is  a  member. 


INDIAN  ARTIST  WORK  AT 
M.  H.  deYOUNG  MUSEUM 

For  the  second  time  since  the  end  of  World  War 
II,  the  work  of  Jamini  Roy,  the  Indian  artist  who 
once  refused  Mahatma  Ghandi  a  private  showing,  is 
being  shown  in  the  United  States. 

Circulated  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution  Travel- 
ing Exhibition  Service,  twenty-one  paintings  by  the 
internationally  known  Indian  painter  are  currently 
being  shown  at  the  M.  H.  deYoung  Memorial  Mu- 
seum in  Golden  Gate  Park,  San  Francisco. 


SAN   FRANCISCO    MUSEUM   DF   ART 


WAR  MEMORIAL  fiUILDING  CIVIC  CENTER 


CEREMONIAL  BRONZETAKING 

THE  FORM  OF  A  BIRD 

1947 


Morris  Graves 


Who  deeply  affected  by  Oriental 
art,  illustrates  exchange  between 
Asia    and    the    West   in    art. 


Lent  by  the  Seattle  Art  Murseum— Sift  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Philip  S.  Padelford. 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


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GYPSUM  ROOF  DECK  SYSTEMS 


Pyrofill  gypsum  concrete  poured  over  U.  S.  G.  formboards  on  steel  framing 
provides  all  these  outstanding  advantages: 

FLEXIBILITY  — Variety  of  U.S.G.  formboards  provides  the  versatihty  to  meet 
the  most  exacting  requirements  of  specific  requests  for  economy,  appearance, 
fire  resistance,  insulation,  strength  and  sound  absorption. 

LIGHTWEIGHT -Pyrofill  roof  deck  weighs  only  10  to  12  lbs.  per  square 
foot;  permits  important  savings  in  structural  steel  and  footings. 

STRENGTH,  DURABILITY  -  Pyrofill  has  a  safety  factor  of  10  or  more  under 
normal  roof  loads.    Decks  erected  over  30  years  ago  still  give  excellent  service. 

LOWER  INSURANCE  COST  -  Pyrofill  fears  no  fure;  often  permits  savings 
of  30%  or  more  on  insurance. 

LOW  MAINTENANCE  COSTS  -  Pyrofill  is  an  ideal  base  for  built-up  roofing; 
cuts  roofing  maintenance  to  a  minimum. 

ADAPTABLE  — Pyrofill  roof  decks  are 
suitable  for  flat,  curved, 
or  pitched  roofs. 

PYROFILL 
ROOF  DECKS 
FEAR  NO  FIRE 


FAST  INSTALLATION - 

,^..tm>  .^.^"^^"'''''^  ■^  single  crew  can  pour  up  to  30,000 

square  feet  a  day.  Roofing  can  be  applied 
within  an  hour  of  pouring. 

STRUCTURAL  RIGIDITY -Bulb  tee  sections  reinforce  slab  and  along  with 
incombustible  gypsum  provide  lateral  stiffening  of  structural  steel  framing. 

SEISMIC  FORCE  RESISTANCE  -  Expensive  cross  bracing  can  be  eliminated 
by  using  the  Pyrofill  deck  as  a  horizontal  diaphragm.  Pyrofill  meets  the 
requirements  of  Uniform  Building  Code,  California  Division  of  Architecture, 
and  all  codes  of  the  city  and  county  of  Los  Angeles. 


For  full  information,  see  Sweet's  Catalog,  Section  2e/Un,  contact  your  U.S.G. 
Representative,  or  write  Industrial  Sales  Department,  2322  West  Third  St., 
Los  Angeles  54,  California.  For  a  new  look  at  roof  decks,  be  sure  to  ask  about 
U.S.G.'  s  new  color  sound  film, "Design  for  Tomorrow." 


UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM 


the  greatest  name  in  building      ■niiii 


STATES 

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*T.M.  Reg.  U.S.  Pal.  0((. 


standard  A.A.U.  35  feet  by  75  feet  swimming  pool  at  Golf  Club 


HACIENDA  SWIMMING  POOL 


La  Habra,  California 

Architects: 
BALCH 

BRYAN 

PERKINS 

HUTCHASON 

Contractor: 

DAKAN  ENGINEERING  CO. 

HIGH  BOARD  DETAIL:  Three  meter 
A.A.U.  mounted  on  cantilever  pad  and 
brick  pylon,  precast  concrete  steps  at 
rear. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


completion  of  the  new  swimming  pool  area  at  the 
exclusive  Hacienda  Golf  Club  in  La  Habra,  Southern 
California,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  $80,000  has  been  an- 
nounced to  members  by  James  W.  Parks,  Hacienda 
Inc.,  president. 

The  new  pool  development  is  part  of  a  Club  re- 
modeling and  expansion  project,  which  when  com- 
pleted in  the  near  future,  will  represent  an  additional 
investment  of  more  than  $300,000. 

Included  in  this  phase  of  the  pool  area  improvement 
is  a  standard  35  foot  by  75  foot,  A.A.U.  swimming 
pool  and  a  new,  modern  shower  and  locker  building 
for  use  in  conjunction  with  the  swimming  pool.  A 
spacious  sun  shelter  is  also  a  part  of  this  work  as  is  a 
children's  wading  pool  and  the  entire  area  is  enclosed 


in  a  high  steel  wire  fence  with  attractive  ornamental 
brick  corner  posts. 

Both  the  large  swimming  pool  and  the  children's 
wading  pool  are  constructed  of  poured  concrete,  rein- 
forced with  steel  for  durability.  Colorful  ceramic  tile 
gutters  have  been  included  in  both  pools,  and  each 
has  a  cast  stone  coping  and  is  surrounded  by  broad 
stained  concrete  decks. 

Swimming  pool  equipment  includes  the  regulation 
low  and  three-meter  aluminum  type  Olympic  Games 
diving  boards  with  adjustable  fulcrums.  The  high 
board  is  mounted  on  a  unified  cantilever  concrete  pad 
and  brick  pylon,  with  cantilever  pre-cast  concrete  steps. 

The  pools  are  completely  equipped  with  water  heat- 
er, filter,  and  the  larger  pool  has  racing  lanes  for  special 
sports  events  and  chrome  steps. 


SUN   SHELTER 

At  north  side  of  pool,  be- 
yond the  paved  pool  deck, 
is  a  large  roofed  sun  shel- 
ter, open  to  the  prevailing 
breeze. 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


GENERAL  OFFICES 


THE 


F.  P.  LATHROP  CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 


WITH  A  ^10,000,000 

A  YEAR  BUILDING 

PROGRAM 

By  FRED  W.  JONES 


EXECUTIVE  STAFF— Ralph  Carlson.  General  Manager 
(left  to  right);  Rex  Volpreda,  Vice-President  and  Pierce 
Lathrop,  President. 

ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


"Do  it  yourself." 

It's  barely  possible  that  this  frequently  quoted  slo- 
gan may  have  originated  in  Berkeley  when  Pieree 
Lathrop  deeided  to  build  his  home  himself  because  no 
regular  contractor  was  available. 

This  was  in  the  1940's  when  Lathrop  came  out  of 
the  Army  as  a  Lieutenant  Colonel,  following  three 
years  of  staff  duty  overseas. 

Encouraged  by  his  success  as  a  house  builder,  cou' 
pled  with  a  background  of  three  years  with  Westing- 
house  Electric  Company  and  time  spent  with  a  promi- 
nent construction  firm.  Pierce  decided  to  do  it  your- 
self again,  this  time  with  the  aid  of  a  modest  staff  of 
co-workers. 

And  that  was  the  start  of  the  F.  P.  Lathrop  Con- 
struction Company  (October,  1952).  Virtually  a  five 
man  organization,  success  marked  its  operations  from 
the  beginning  and  today,  at  its  fifth  anniversary,  the 
firm  ranks  with  the  top  construction  companies  in  the 
San  Francisco  Bay  Area,  doing  $10,000,000  business  a 


INTERIOR — All  Souls  Episcopal  Church  in   Berkeley,  Cali- 
fornia.  Ratcliff  and    RatclifF,   Architects. 


PLAN   Lathrop   OfFices 


NOVEMBER.      1957 


RESIDENTIAL  SUB-DIVISION  at  Pleasanton,  California.  Shows  versatility  of  Lathrop  Con- 
struction Company  in  homes  and  industrial  and  commercial  building.  Conventional  and 
"Ranch  Type"  homes  included  in  the  tract. 


year  with  an  office  staff  of  15  persons  and  a  field  force 
of  from  150  to  400  skilled  craftsmen. 

Good  management  and  sound  building  practice  have 
earned  the  company  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  con- 
struction field.  The  firm's  working  methods  and  pro- 
cedures have  proved  exceptionally  efficient  and  eco- 
nomical for  its  clients.  Its  relations  with  owners,  archi- 
tects and  engineers  have  been  most  cooperative. 

Speed,  economy  and  cost  are  factors  which  have 
contributed  to  the  successful  handling  of  varied  types 


of  construction  such  as  industrial  and  commercial 
buildings,  apartment  houses,  schools,  churches  and 
custom  built  homes. 

"Our  building  operations,"  quoting  Mr.  Lathrop, 
"extend  from  the  Oregon  border  to  Southern  Ala- 
meda County.  We  have  recently  moved  into  our  own 
home,  a  one  story  ranch  type  office  building  at  800 
University  Avenue,  Berkeley,  within  one  block  of  the 
new  Eastshore  Freeway.  The  building  and  land  repre- 
sent an  expenditure  of  nearly  $200,000.  The  structure 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


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I 


PHI 

KAPPA 

SIGMA 

Fraternity  House 
Berkeley,  California 


Ratcliff  and  Rateliff 
Architects 


PLYMOUTH   HOUSE— for   First  Congrecrationol  Church   in 
Berkeley,    California.     Scott    Haymond,    Architect. 


Western  Glass  Co. 

Glazing  Contractors 
Commercial,  Industrial,  Residential 

2353  E.  1 2th  Street 

Oakland,  Calif. 

Phone:   KEIlog  4-6300 


was  designed  by  Thomas  M,  Culbertson,  A. I. A.,  who 
is  our  architectural  consultant." 

Pictured  are  some  of  the  more  important  projects 
completed  by  the  company,  including  a  $4,000,000 
plant  in  Newark,  Calif.,  for  the  American  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Corporation.  This  major  construction  job  was 
built  in  two  sections,  the  first  a  $2,500,000  factory 
which  was  finished  in  the  record  time  of  120  days. 
The  second  unit,  a  paper  mill,  was  built  a  year  later  at 
a  cost  of  $1,500,000. 

Other  industrial  work  includes  a  can  factory  and 


CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION 

Excavating  -  Paving 
Grading  -  Drainage 

Sidewalks  —  Driveways  —  Parking  Lots 

O.  C.  JONES  6l  son 

Since   1925 
1520  4th  St.,  Oakland  Phone  LA  6-5424 


ROOFING 

OF  ALL  TYPES 

RESIDENTIAL     •     COMMERCIAL 

INDUSTRIAL 

General  Roofing  Co. 

3510  Peralta  Street  Oakland,  California 

OL.  2-5208 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


SHEPARD  CADILLAC — Berkeley,  California.   Hammarberg  and  Herman,  Architects. 


STRUCTURAL  STEEL 

A  safe,  dependable  framework 

for  commercial,  industrial  and  public 

buildings. 

For  Lathrop  Construction  Co. 

we  supplied  the  steel  on  the  following: 

Plymouth  House 

Colyear  Motor  Sales 

Shepard-Cadillac  Service  &  Sales 

NATIONAL  IRON  WORKS 

Foot  of  Everett  Street,  Alameda 
Phone:  LAkehurst  3-7300 


LUMBER 
for  the 

PLEASANTON  AND  ORINDA 
TRACT  HOMES 

furnished  by 

Western  Sierra  Lumber  Co. 

PLEASANTON,  CALIF. 
Phone:  Victor  6-2805 


LUMBER  AND  MILLWORK 

LARGE  AND  LONG  TIMBERS 
A  SPECIALTY 

LOOP  LUMBER  COMPANY 

Broadway  and  Blonding  Streets 
Alameda,  Calif.  Phone:  LA  3-5550 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


NEW  LUCKY 

SUPER 

MARKET 


Orindo, 
California 


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warehouse  for  the  CaHfornia  Packing  Corporation 
washroom  faciHties  of  Kaiser  Gypsum  at  Antioch 
manufacturing  plant  for  Knapp,  Inc.,  Emeryville 
manufacturing  building  for  Benson  Enterprises,  Inc., 
San  Leandro;  Hovey  Machine  Products  plant,  Berke- 
ley, and  Encinal  Terminals  warehouse,  Alameda,  for 
the  California  Packing  Corp. 

Listed  among  the  commercial  buildings  are:  Lucky 
Supermarket,  Orinda;  automobile  display  and  service 
building,  Berkeley,  for  the  Shepard  Cadillac  Company 
(featured  in  the  September  issue  of  Architect  6?  Engi- 
neer) ;  American  Forest  Products  office  building,  San 
Francisco;  warehouse  and  sales  building  for  Colyear 


PLUMBING 

on  the 

SOBRANTE  PARK  ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL,  OAKLAND 

by 

E.  H.  MORRILL  CO. 

999  Anthony  Street,  Berkeley 
Phone:  TH  5-4100 


CONGRATULATIONS 

F.  P.  Lathrop  Construction  Company 
on  your  5th  Anniversary 

A  &  A  PLUMBING  CO. 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

PLUMBING 
SHEET  METAL  WORK 

I  1 24  Spruce  Street,  Richmond 
Phone:  BE  4-9346 


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FLOOR  COVERINGS  •  CERAMIC  TILE 

High  and  Low  Temperature  Insulation 
Refrigeration  Insulation 

2257  Market  Street,  Oakland 
Phone:  TEmplebar  2-5613 


NOVEMBER 


AERIAL  VIEW  of  plants  built  tor  American  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Corp'n  at  Newark,  California.  Corrugator  plant  at 
extreme  right;  Paper  Mill  at  left.  Designed  by  Raymond 
E.  Layton  &  Associates. 


CONCRETE  WORK 

on  the 

AMERICAN   FOREST  PRODUCTS 
PLANT,   NEWARK,  CALIF. 

by 

J.  H.  FITZMAURICE 

Established  1920 

2857   Hannah  Street,  Oakland 
Phone:   HIgate  4-2493 


WASHROOM:    Interior  view  of  Kaiser  Gypsum  Company 
plant  at  Antioch,  California. 


We  are  proud  to  have 

supplied  the  HARD- 

WARE  on  many  of  the 

LATH  ROP  projects 

shown  in  this  issue. 

Calif.  Builders  Hardware  Co. 

Main  Office  and 

Branch  Office 

Warehouse 

2563  San  Pablo. 

17BluxomeSt..  S.  F. 

Oakland 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 


the 


EAST  AND  WEST  GYMNASIUMS, 

CONTRA  COSTA  JUNIOR  COLLEGE, 

SAN   PABLO,  by 

Golden  Gaf-e  Iron  Works 

STEEL  FABRICATORS  &  ERECTORS  SINCE   1906 
1525  Howard  Street  San  Francisco 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


PAPER 
MILL 


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LOOKING   down   production   line   of   paper-making   machines — side 
walls  and  roof  strongly  reinforced  for  large  overhead   crane. 


A  major  project  of  the  F.  P.  LATHROP  CONSTRUC- 
TION CO.  — The  AMERICAN  FOREST  PRODUCTS 
CORP.,  San  Francisco  and  Newark,  Cal.  .  .  .  SCOTT 
CO.  is  proud  to  have  installed  the  plumbing,  heating, 
ventilating  and  industrial  piping  in  all  units. 


Photo  shows  Steam  Piping  and  Drying 
Rolls,  Line  Shaft,  Paper  Mill,  Newark, 
Calif. 


SCOTT  GO. 

MECHANICAL  CONTRACTORS 

SAN    FRANCISCO    •    LOS   ANGELES 
Main  Office:    1919  Market  S+.,  Oakland 


NOVEMBER.      1957 


CLIFFORD 

ELECTRIC 

Over  25  Years  in  the  East  Bay 


WE  ARE  PROUD  TO  HAVE  WORKED 
WITH  THE  LATHROP  CONSTRUCTION 
COMPANY  ON  MANY  OF  ITS  NOTABLE 
BUILDING  PROJECTS. 


TEmplebar  4-8677 


830  East  14th  Street,  Oakland 


WAREHOUSE 

and 

CAN   FACTORY 


Oakland,  California 


Bird's  eye  view  of  the  California   Packing   Corporation's 
Oakland  can  factory  and  warehouse. 


BELOW  is  progress  construction  view. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


AERIAL  VIEW 

of  the 

ENCINAL  TERMINAL  WAREHOUSE 

Alameda,  California 


Built  for  the 
Stevco  Land  Company 


Robert  J.  Moron  Co., 
Architects. 


ATLAS  HEATING 

Featured  in  all  PLEASANTON  SUBDIVISION  HOMES   (see  above) 
Also  in  many  other  Lathrop  Construction  Co.  projects 

Atlas  Heating  &  Ventilating  Co.,  Ltd. 


557  •  4th  St.,  San  Francisco 


1915  Adeline  St.,  Oakland 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


F.  P.  LATHROP  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY 


Motor  Sales  Co.,  Oakland;  and  now  under  construc- 
tion, General  Motors  Training  Center,  San  Leandro. 

Public  buildings,  completed  or  under  construction, 
include  the  Live  Oak  Park  Community  Center  and 
Cragmont  Elementary  School,  Berkeley;  two  gymnasi- 
ums for  the  Contra  Costa  Jr.  College;  Phi  Kappa 
Sigma  Fraternity  house,  Berkeley.  Contracts  have 
lately  been  awarded  the  company  for  a  school  building 
at  Yreka  to  cost  $620,000;  Aetna  school  to  cost  $778,- 
000  and  the  Tahoe  Valley  school  to  cost  $580,000. 

Church  buildings  include  All  Souls  Episcopal  in 
Berkeley;  St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Church,  Oakland;  Ply- 
mouth House  for  the  First  Congregational  Church, 
Berkeley,  and  pending  completion,  the  Northbrae 
Community  Church,  Berkeley,  and  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Walnut  Creek. 


Other  projects  under  construction  or  completed  in- 
clude the  Ridge  Road  and  White  Apartments,  Berke- 
ley, medical  office  buildings  and  home  development 
projects  in  Pleasanton  and  Orinda. 

Associated  with  Mr.  Lathrop  are  Rex  C.  Valpreda, 
vice  president,  who  studied  at  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, did  combat  duty  in  Europe  during  World  War 
II,  and  later  formed  the  Byers-Valpreda  Development 
Company,  which  has  a  joint  operating  agreement  with 
the  Lathrop  Company.  Douglas  C.  Skalfe,  treasurer,  is 
president  of  Skalfe  ^  Co.,  investment  securities  firm. 
A  Stanford  man,  he  served  as  Navy  Commander  in 
World  War  II.  R.  E.  Carlson,  general  manager,  stud- 
ied at  California  Polytechnic  Institute  and  spent  12 
years  in  the  construction  business  before  joining  the 
Lathrop  organi:;ation. 


Transit  and  Transport 
To  Marin  County 

A  PART  OF  THE 
BAY  AREA  RAPID  TRANSIT  REPORT 

PART  II 
By  GEORGE  S.  HILL 
Consulting  Engineer 
The  capacity  of  the  Golden  Gate  bridge  can  be 
considerably  increased  by  making  the  two  middle 
lanes  reversible  to  accommodate  the  preponderant 
traffic.  This  method  is  used  on  the  George  Washing- 
ton Bridge  over  the  Hudson  River.  According  to  the 
press,  Daniel  DelCarlo,  member  of  the  Golden  Gate 
Bridge  board  of  directors  is  of  the  opinion  that  the 
State  will  have  wasted  thousands  of  dollars  by 
building  a  freeway  over  the  Waldo  grade  if  they  go 
through  with  the  plan  to  build  a  Tiburon  Bridge.  As 
the  area  tributary  to  a  bridge  to  the  Tiburon  Penin- 
sula would  overlap  the  area  of  the  Golden  Gate 
Bridge  and  Highway  District,  it  obviously  would 
impair  the  earning  power  besides  weakening  the  credit 
of  the  entire  toll  structure  which  the  Stanford  Re- 
search Institute  has  recommended  as  a  source  of 
revenue  to  finance  a  Bay  Area  Rapid  Transit  System. 
In  the  12  months  ending  last  June  30,  15,676,971 
vehicles  crossed  the  bridge,  an  increase  of  6.3%  over 
the  previous  fiscal  year. 

A  Parallel  Golden  Gate  Bridge 

When  a  second  bridge  becomes  necessary  years 
from  now,  a  bridge  of  the  same  size  and  type  would 
cost  less  than  one  in  another  location  assuming  that 
another  high-level  bridge  with  long  spans  would  be 
required  by  the  engineers  of  the  U.S.  Army.  Also 


it  would  be  far  less  objectionable  from  the  aesthetic 
standpoint  and  could  be  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Golden  Gate  Bridge  and  Highway  District.  It  could 
accommodate  one-way  traffic  on  each  bridge. 

Alterations  to  Existing  Bridge 

According  to  both  the  1930  and  the  1937  reports 
of  the  Chief  Engineer,  Mr.  Strauss,  the  Gilden  Gate 
Bridge  is  strong  enough  to  sustain  electric  railway 
trains.  The  firm  of  Parsons,  BrinkerhofF,  Hall  and 
McDonald  made  an  independent  check  of  the  strength 
of  the  bridge  and  determined  that  rapid  transit  can 
be  added  without  any  compensating  weight  reduction, 
but  that  it  would  be  advisable  to  alter  the  sidewalks, 
railings,  and  curbs,  in  order  to  provide  reserve  capacity 
and  to  improve  the  aerodynamic  characteristics  of 
the  bridge. 

Reconstruction  of  the  roadway  is  not  necessary 
unless  it  is  specified  that  the  total  dead  load  be  main- 
tained at  its  present  value.  The  cost  of  reconstruction, 
$12,000,000  includes  sidewalks,  railings,  curbs,  and 
one  lane  of  roadway  adjacent  to  each  curb.  The 
only  safe  location  would  be  to  add  the  two  tracks 
beneath  the  existing  deck.  This  would  necessitate 
removing  some  of  the  wind  bracing  recently  installed, 
and  cutting  through  several  of  the  concrete  piers. 

The  final  decision  on  whether  the  bridge  could  be 
modified  to  fit  in  with  a  rapid  transit  system  rests  with 
directors  of  the  bridge  district.  Train  speed  might  be 
limited.  That  suspension  bridges  should  be  used 
sparingly  and  only  when  no  other  reasonable  alterna- 
tive is  available  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  of  the 
entire  design  load,  dead  and  live,  of  the  Golden  Gate 
Bridge,  only  16%  is  live  load.  The  wind  bracing  re- 
cently added  reduced  the  live  load  capacity  to  about 
10%,  The  spans  of  such  bridges  could  be  increased  to 
such  an  extent  that  they  would  support  their  own 
weight  only,  with  no  live  load  capacity  whatsoever. 


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San  Francisco-Tiburon  Bridge  Project 

Preliminary  plans  for  a  San  Francisco-Tiburon 
Bridge  prepared  by  the  State  Department  of  Public 
Works  would  be  for  the  longest  high-level  crossing 
in  the  world.  It  would  be  approximately  27,000  feet 
long  compared  with  the  22,720-foot  length  of  the 
San  Francisco-Oakland  Bay  Bridge.  Including  ap- 
proaches, the  San  Francisco-Tiburon  project  would  be 
nearly  nine  miles  long,  and  even  without  provision  for 
rail  lines  its  cost  could  easily  exceed  $200,000,000. 
Towers  of  its  three  suspension  spans  would  rise  615 
feet  above  the  water,  second  only  to  the  Golden  Gate's 
746-foot  towers.  Vertical  clearance  of  the  two  3600- 
foot  Bay  spans  would  be  220  feet,  indentical  with  the 
Golden  Gate  Bridge.  Vertical  clearance  of  the  2500- 
foot  Angel  Island-Tiburon  span  would  be  185  feet. 
There  would  be  two  decks,  which  would  carry  as 
many  as  12  lanes  of  traffic  in  all  or  as  many  as  10 
lanes,  plus  a  double-track  rapid  transit  line. 

On  the  San  Francisco  side,  the  approach  would 
connect  with  the  planned  Embarcadero,  Central,  and 
Golden  Gate  freeways  in  the  vicinity  of  Broadway 
and  Polk  Street,  on  the  western  slope  of  Russian 
Hill. 

The  bridge  structure  itself  would  pass  high  above 
the  Aquatic  Park  lagoon,  with  one  massive  pier  out- 
side the  tip  of  the  lagoon  breakwater,  and  another  at 
Beach  and  Polk  Streets.  Toll  plaza  facilities  would  be 
built  on  Angel  Island  reached  by  three  and  a  half 
miles  of  suspension  and  truss  spans.  Another  5400- 
foot  suspension  bridge  would  link  Angel  Island  with 
the  Tiburon  peninsula. 

The  State  engineers  claim  that  a  crossing  directly 
above  Aquatic  Park  was  necessitated  by  the  City's 
own  freeway  plans  which  call  for  a  north-south 
Central  Freeway  running  slightly  east  of  Polk  Street. 
Unless  the  bridge  itself  could  be  reduced  in  height 
other  locations  would  be  equally  objectionable.  Rail 
connections  from  high  level  to  subway  would  be 
difficult.  It  is  a  fundamental  error  in  city  planning 
to  build  freeways  and  huge  highway  bridges  before 
providing  for  rapid  transit. 

Rapid  Transit  Tube  to  Marin  County 

The  arguments  for  using  the  Golden  Gate  Bridge 
for  rapid  transit  trains  to  Marin  County  are  very 
little  different  from  those  for  using  the  Bay  Bridge 
for  rapid  transit  to  the  East-Bay  cities,  and  most  of 
the  arguments  for  a  trans-Bay  sub-aqueous  tube 
would  apply  equally  for  a  tube  to  Marin  County. 

Although  the  maximum  depth  of  water  at  the  Gate 
is  382  feet  by  the  latest  U.S.  Coast  6?  Geodetic  Survey 
charts,  the  maximum  depth  on  a  line  from  the 
Aquatic  Park  to  the  Sausalito  Ferry  is  but  82  feet 
which  is  no  more  than  that  between  San  Francisco 
and  Oakland.  The  distance  between  pier-head  lines 
is  4.4  miles  to  Sausalito  compared  with  3.3  miles  to 
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than  that  via  the  Golden  Gate  Bridge.  In  order  further 
to  justify  a  tube  for  rail  use  only,  its  size  could  be 
increased  to  permit  its  use  for  freight  trains  at  night 
and  during  the  off-peak  hours.  As  railroads  derive 
their  principal  revenue  from  freight,  this  connection 
would  have  solid  investment  value.  This  would  be 
an  extension  to  Marin  County  of  the  State-owned 
Harbor  Belt  Line.  By  "picka-back"  service,  this  freight 
line  could  relieve  the  Golden  Gate  Bridge  of  much 
of  its  truck  traffic. 

The  traffic  studies  made  by  Sydney  J.  Taylor,  Jr.,  in 
19 J5  show  conclusively  that  most  of  the  truck  traffic 
crossing  the  Golden  Gate  Bridge  originates  in  or  is 
destined  for  the  central  business  district  of  San 
Francisco  and  that  the  coast-wise  traffic  is  negligible. 
Commuters  could  park  their  cars  in  Marin  County 
and  take  the  rapid  transit  trains  directly  to  the  busi- 
ness center.  The  tube  would  not  interfere  with  the 
use  of  Aquatic  Park  as  it  would  have  50  feet  of 
navigable  water  over  it.  The  grade  could  be  about 
lJ/2%-  When  one  realizes  that  much  of  the  value  of 
San  Francisco  real  estate  along  Pacific  Heights, 
Russian  Hill,  and  Telegraph  Hill  is  based  upon  the 
fine  marine  view,  it  would  be  difficult  to  justify  the 
construction  of  another  highway  bridge  of  the  type 
used  for  the  Richmond-San  Rafael  crossing. 

A  rapid  transit  tube  would  cost  about  $120,000,000 
to  build,  but  there  would  be  certain  credits  to  offset 


its  cost.  Having  built  this  tube,  neither  a  Tiburon 
Bridge  nor  a  second  Golden  Gate  Bridge  would  be 
necessary  in  the  forseeable  future,  changes  in  the 
existing  Golden  Gate  Bridge  would  be  unnecessary, 
and  a  freeway  west  of  the  Twin  Peaks  from  the 
county  line  to  the  Golden  Gate  Bridge  could  be 
dispensed  with.  A  preliminary  estimate  of  these  and 
other  credits  against  the  cost  of  a  sub-aqueous  tube  is 
as  follows: 

Dr.  Cr. 

Tube  ....$120,000,000 

San  Francisco-Tiburon  Bridge $200,000,000 

Second  Golden  Gate  Bridge  100,000,000 

Alterations  to  Golden  Gate  Bridge 12,000,000 

West  of  Twin  Peaks  Freeway  63,000,000 

Golden  Gate  Freeway  50,000,000 

Alternative  Route  Tunnels  15,000,000 


$440,000,000 


A  rapid  transit  tube  would  have  a  potential  ca- 
pacity of  80,000  persons  per  hour,  and  that  of  a  12- 
line  highway  bridge,  60,000  persons  per  hour.  If 
rapid  transit  is  to  provide  relief  from  the  necessity 
of  building  so  many  highway  bridges  and  the  freeways 
serving  them,  it  would  be  logical  to  build  the  rapid 
transit  lines  before  proceeding  with  the  freeway 
program.  (Conclusion) 


MODERN 


SPECIFICATIONS  WRITING 


By  SPENCER   B.  LANE 

Specifications  Writer  for 
John  Carl  Warnecke,  A.A.I. ,  Architect 


The  construction  industry,  like  all  industry  today,  is 
changing  rapidly.  Modern  specifications  have  to  keep 
pace  with  these  changes  or  they  become  obsolete. 

New  materials  are  being  developed,  new  methods  of 
producing  old,  familiar  materials  are  being  devised. 
It  is  up  to  the  architect  or  engineer  to  decide  what 
new  materials  he  will  use,  what  new  production  meth- 
ods he  will  accept.  After  this  decision  has  been  made, 
it  is  up  to  the  specification  writer  to  set  down  clearly 
what  new  materials  will  be  accepted,  and  under  what 
limitations. 

Concrete  used  to  be  specified  as  one  part  cement 
to  so  many  parts  of  gravel  or  rock.  That  was  all,  and 
the  measuring  was  done  by  counting  the  number  of 
shovels  of  each  that  went  into  the  mixer.  Concrete 
today  is  controlled  by  careful  tests  of  aggregate,  and 
careful  weighing  of  all  ingredients,  including  the 
water.  As  a  result  a  dependable  product  is  secured. 
This  is  only  one  example  of  many  changes. 

The    specification    writer    must    know    what    the 


modern  practice  in  making  the  concrete  amounts  to 
in  order  to  write  specifications  that  meet  modern 
conditions.  Only  when  he  knows  can  he  produce  the 
specifications  the  architect  or  engineer  should  send 
out  with  his  plans  for  bids. 

But  knowing  is  not  enough.  He  must  be  able  to 
put  down  on  paper  in  simple  English  just  what  is 
wanted  and  how  it  is  to  be  used. 

The  bidder  must  know  what  he  will  he  required 
to  furnish  if  he  is  going  to  submit  a  bid  trimmed  of 
extra  dollars  to  take  care  of  uncertainties.  The  man- 
ufacturer of  materials  and  equipment  must  know  what 
he  will  be  called  on  to  supply.  The  time  allowed  to 
complete  the  work  and  the  equipment  required  or 
acceptable  must  be  set  down  if  there  are  to  be  any 
limitations.  The  only  reason  he  reads  the  specifications 
is  to  get  this  information. 

Modern  man  does  not  have  time  to  work  out  word 
puzzles  to  discover  the  meaning.  He  expects  to  find 
the  meaning  on  top  of  the  words,  not  buried  under 


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them.  The  human  element  enters  into  specifications 
more  and  more  as  the  comphcations  of  the  industry 
increase.  The  specification  writer  must  adapt  himself 
to  modern  reading  habits,  not  expect  the  reader  to 
conform  to  his  ideas. 

This  means  that  specifications  must  he  in  readable 
language.  They  must  be  interesting  to  the  reader, 
and  the  reader  is  interested  only  in  getting  the  facts 
with  as  little  effort  as  possible.  This  means  the  words 
used  should  be  kept  at  a  minimum,  but  enough  words 
must  be  used  to  make  the  meaning  clear. 

Every  newspaper  man  knows  that  a  paragraph 
should  start  by  telling  the  reader  what  it  is  about. 
When  the  general  contractor  comes  to  a  division 
regarding  elevators,  he  skims  over  it,  notes  that  there 
is  an  elevator,  and  lets  the  elevator  subcontractor 
worry  about  the  detailed  requirements.  If  he  has  to 
read  half  a  page  of  details  before  he  finds  out  that 
it  is  about  elevators  he  feels  that  he  has  been  fooled. 

The  use  of  short  sentences  and  simple  words  is  an 
important  consideration.  The  use  of  long,  involved 
sentences  that  leave  the  reader  with  doubt  of  the 
meaning  is  confusing,  not  clarifying.  If  the  long 
sentence  has  to  be  read  a  second  time,  it  is  likely 
to  be  skipped.  If  it  has  to  be  read  more  than  twice  to 
get  the  meaning,  it  is  almost  sure  to  be  skipped. 

Effective  specifications  should  be  written  as  the 
plans  are  being  developed.   When   they  arc   put   to- 


gether in  a  rush  just  a  few  minutes  before  the  dead- 
line they  are  more  than  likely  to  be  seriously  at  fault. 
The  specifications  are  as  important  as  the  drawings. 
They  should  receive  as  much  attention  as  the  draw- 
ings. The  copying  of  old  paragraphs  blindly  is 
dangerous.  Recently  a  specification  was  issued  calling 
for  sash  to  be  gla?ed  with  the  bulge  of  the  glass  out- 
side. This  was  a  survival  of  the  days  when  window 
glass  was  blown  in  cylinders  and  straightened  out.  It 
is  a  method  that  has  not  been  used  for  at  least  twenty 
years. 

The  modern  specification  writer  needs  a  background 
of  knowledge  of  the  construction  industry  plus  ability 
to  write  in  clear  and  concise  language  that  is  easy 
to  read.  The  day  has  passed  when  specifications 
could  be  written  by  the  draftsman  who  made  the 
drawings  in  the  last  couple  of  hours  before  the  dead- 
line, just  as  the  movement  of  earth  by  wheeler  scrapers 
drawn  by  a  couple  of  mules  has  passed  into  history. 

The  Construction  Specifications  Institute  was 
organised  to  provide  training  for  specification  writers 
capable  of  writing  the  kind  of  specifications  demanded 
by  modern  conditions.  That  this  is  a  real  need  of 
architects  and  engineers  today  has  been  proved  by 
the  rapid  growth  of  the  organization  throughout  the 
country. 

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flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 


Leon  Chatelcrin,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kostendieck,  Treasurer 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    District,    Donald    J.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 

Mountain   District,   Bradley   P.   Kidder,   Santa  Fe,   New   Mexico;    Coldlomia-Nevada-Hcrwaii   District, 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


Arizona  Ctiapters: 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore.  President;  Martin 
Ray  Young,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox.  Secretary;  David 
Sholder,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore,  Cox.  Fred  Weaver, 
Richard  E.  Drover  &  Raich  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camel  back  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA;  Fred  Jobusch,  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller.  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson,  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain.  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch,  Nelson.  E.  D.  Herreras.  Ellsworth 
Ellwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer,  Exec.  Comm.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coast  Valleys  Chapter: 

Birgc  M.  Clark.  President  (Palo  Alto);  William  Higgins,  Vice- 
President  (San  Jose);  Paul  J.  Huston,  Secretary  (Palo  Alto); 
L.  Dean  Price,  Treasurer.  Office  of  Sccty.,  663  Cowper  St.. 
Palo  Alto. 

Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  de  Wolf  (Stockton).  President;  Whitson  Coi  (Sacra- 
ramento).  Vice-President;  Joe  Josens  (Sacramento),  Secretary; 
Albert  M.  Drcyfuss  (Sacramento),  Treasurer.  Directors:  Doyt 
Early  (Sacramento).  Jack  Whipple  (Stockton).  Office  of  Secty., 
914  11th  St.,  Sacramento. 

Colorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegncr,  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet.  Vice  President; 
Norton  Polivnick,  Secretary;  Richard  Wilhama.  Tteasurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter.  Robert  K.  Fuller.  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy.,   1225  Bannock  St..  Denver.  Colorado. 


East  Bay  Chapter: 

Harry  B.  Clausen,  President  (Berkeley);  Hachiro  Yuasa,  Vice- 
President  (Oakland);  Robert  E.  Wear,  Secretary  (Berkeley); 
John  A.  Zerkle,  Treasurer  (Berkeley).  Office  of  Secty..  1015 
Euclid  Ave.,  Berkeley  8. 

Idaho  Chapter; 

Anton  E.  Dropping,  Boise,  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston, 
Payette,  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline,  Boise,  Sec.-Treai. 
Executive  Committee,  CJhester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams, 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg.,  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Thomas  S.  Elston,  Jr.,  President  (Carmel);  Robert  Stanton,  Vice- 
President  (Carmel);  George  F.  Rhoda,  Secretary  (Monterey); 
Walter  Burde.  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty.,  2281  Prescott  St., 
Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Hess.  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey.  Vici- 
President  (BilHngs);  H.  C.  Cheever,  Sec.-Treas.  (Botemao). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas.  Wm.  J.  Hess.  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy.,  Boieman,  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons.  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling, 
Vice-President;  Gtorge  L.  F.  O'Brien,  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
Casazia,  Treasurer.  Directors.  John  Crider,  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
Raymond  Hellmann.    Office  Secy.,   160  Chestnut  St.,  Reno,  Nev 


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MARIO  GAIDANO,  San  Francisco  architect,  won 
a  national  award  for  outstanding  achievement  for 
his  design  of  Sandy'  Kitchen,  a  restaurant  in  the  Stan- 
ford  Shopping  Center,  Palo  Alto,  in  the  National  In- 
teriors Award  Program  conducted  annually  by  In- 
stitutions Magazine  of  Chicago. 


REYNOLDS  MEMORIAL  AWARD 
TIME  EXTENDED  BY  AIA 

The  American  Institute  of  Architects  announced 
that  because  of  world-wide  interest,  extra  time  would 
be  given  to  make  nominations  for  the  1958  R.  S. 
Reynolds  Memorial  Award.  A  $25,000  honorary  pay- 
ment to  the  architect  making  the  "most  significant 
contribution  to  the  use  of  aluminum"  in  the  building 
field. 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  AIA  Executive  Director,  said 
the  first  award  (made  last  year)  attracted  86  nomina- 
tions from  19  coutnries.  Nominations  must  be  made 
by  either  a  Chapter  of  the  AIA,  or  any  architects' 
society  or  group  outside  of  the  U.S.,  or  any  college  or 
university.  A  five  man  jury  will  judge  the  nominations 
and  their  selection  will  be  announced  at  the  annual 
convention  of  the  AIA  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  July  11, 
1958. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


of 


avid  Vhay.  Edward  S.  Parion».  M.  DeWitt  Grow, 
John  Crider,  Laivrence  Gulling.  Office  of  Preiideat,  151  W. 
2nd  St..  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.   Zick,  President;  Aloysiua  McDonald, 
Vice-President;     Edward    B.     Hendricks,    Sec.-Tteas.; 
Walter  F.   Zick.   Edward  Hendricks.   Charles  E.   Coi.   Offi. 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris.  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald,  Sec.-Treas.  Mem' 
bers:  Russell  Mills  (Reno).  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno),  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St..  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Ccrlett.  President;  Donald  Powers  Smith,  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrise,  Secretary;  Richard  S.  BanwcU.  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W.  (!^ement  Ambrose,  John  Kruse.  Bernard  J.  Sabar- 
off.  Corwin  Booth.  Exec.  Secty.,  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
ofTice,  47  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 

John  A.  Nordbak.  President  (Downey);  Willard  T.  Jordan, 
Vice-President  (Costa  Mesa);  Don  M.  Williamson,  Secretary 
(Laguna  Beach);  Gordon  F.  Powers,  Treasurer  (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy..  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President:  Earl  P.  Newberry,  Vice-President: 
Charles  G.  Davis.  Secretary;  Thomas  I.  Potter,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy..  317  S.W.  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pas.idena    Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline.  President;  H.  Douglas  Bayles.  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni.  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon,  Treasurer.  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davics.  Keith  Marston,  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office    Secy.    46    North    Los   Robles   Avenue,    Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 


iident;   Wil 


Richards, 


Treas- 
Victor  L. 
1  Diego. 


President;    Raymond    Lee    Egg 
Wilmurt,   Secretary;   Fred  Chile 
urer.    Directors:   Frank   L.    Hope.    Samuel   W.    Ha 
Wulff,  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty.,  2868  Fourth  Ave., 

San  Joaquin  Chapter: 

Allen  Y.  Lew.  President  (Fresno);  William  G.  Hyberg.  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris.  Secretary;  Edwin  S.  Darden, 
Treasurer   (Fresno).  Office  of  Pres.,  408  Fulton  St.,  Fresno. 

Santa  Barbara  Chapter: 

Darwin  E.  Fisher,  President  (Ventura):  Wallace  W.  Arendt. 
Vice-President  (Santa  Barbara);  Donald  H.  Miller.  Secretary; 
Donald  A.  Kimball.  Treasurer  (Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas.. 
1045   Via  Tranquila.   Santa   Barbara. 

Southern  California  Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasv.  President;  Robert  Field,  Jr.,  Vice-President; 
Stewart  D.  Kerr.  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett.  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger.  Burnett  C.  Turner.  George  V. 
Russell,  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec-Secy..  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller,  3723 
Wilshirc  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles  5. 

Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Charles  T.  Pearson.  President  (Tacoma);  Robert  T.  Olson.  1st 
Vice-President  (Olvmpia);  Donald  Burr,  2nd  Vice-President 
(Tacoma);  Percy  C.  Ball.  Secretary  (Tacoma);  Alan  Liddle, 
Treasurer  (Tacoma);  Trustees — Gilbert  M.  Wojahn  and  Gor- 
don N.  Johnston  (Tacoma).  Office  of  Sec.  2715  Center  St, 
Tacoma,    Washington. 

Utah  Chapter: 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr.,  President,  433  Atlas  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City; 
M.  E.  Harris,  Jr.,  Secretary.  703  Newhouse  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City. 


Washington  State  Chapter: 
James  J.   ChiarcUi.  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner,   1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent: Harold  W.  Hall,  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers,  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Bumgardncr,  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer,  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary,  409  Central  Bldg..  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James.  President;  Carl  H.  Johnson.  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer:  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff,  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks.  Directors. 
Office  of  the  Secy.,  615   Realty  Bldg.,  Spokane,  Washington. 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law,  President;  Harry  W.  Seckel.  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors;  Edwin  Bauer,  George  J. 
Wimberly.   Office  of  Secy.,  P.O.  Box  3288,  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL.  THE  A. I. A. 

William  G.  Batch.  Los  Angeles.  President;  L.  F.  Richards.  Santa 
Clara.  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope.  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas.  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks, 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty.,  703  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 
3. 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland),  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles).  Secretary;  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angeles); 
C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Fran- 
cisco). Exec.  Secy..  Robert  K.  Kellcy.  Room  712.  145  S.  Spring 
St..  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office,  Room  300,  507  Polk  St. 


ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Hal  Major.  President:  Camiel  Van  De  Weghe.  Vice-President; 
Francis  E.  Capone.  Secretary:  Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secty..  507  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 


■n  California  Chapi 
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Producers'  Council— Southc 

Clay  T.  Snider.  President.  Minneapolis-Honeywell  Regulator  Co.. 
LA.;  E.  J.  Lawson.  Vice-President,  Aluminum  Company  of 
America,  L.A.;  E.  Phil  Filsinger,  Secretary,  Gladding.  McBean 
&?  Co.,  L.A.;  William  G.  Aspy,  Treasurer,  H.  H.  Robertson 
Co..  L-A.;  Henry  E.  North,  Jr..  National  Director.  Arcadia 
Metal  Products,  L.A.;  Office  of  the  Secy..  2901  Los  Felis  Blvd. 

Producers'  Council — Northern  California  Chapter: 

lohn  J.  O'Connor.  President.  H.  H.  Robertson  Co.;  Stanley  L. 
Basterash.  Vice-President.  Western  Asbestos  Co.;  Howard  W. 
DeWeese.  Treasurer.  Pomona  Tile  Mfg.  Co.;  Robert  W.  Harring- 
ton. Secretary.  Clay  Brick  6?  Tile  Ass'n.  Office  of  Sec'y,  55  New 
Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco  5. 

Producers'  Council — San  Diego  Chapter: 

Eugene  E.  Bean,  President.  Fenestra  Inc.;  ames  I.  Hayes,  Vice- 
President,  Westinghouse  Electric  Co.;  E.  K.  Shelby,  Secretary, 
The  Celotex  Corp.  (El  Cajon);  Joseph  C.  Langley,  Treasurer, 
Republic  Steel  Corp'n,  Truscon  Steel  Div.  (Lemon  Grove). 
Office  of  Secty.,    1832   Wedgemere  Rd.,  El  Cajon. 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — Los  Angeles: 

R.  R.  Coghlan.  Jr..  President;  George  Lamb.  Vice-President;  E. 
Phi!  Filsinger,  Secretary;  Harry  L.  Miller.  "Treasurer;  Directors 
Harold  Keller.  Jack  Whiteside.  Walter  Hagedohm.  Raymond 
Whalley.  Charles  Field  Wethcrbce.  Martin  A.  Hegsted.  Ad- 
visory Member.  D.  Stewart  Kerr.  Office  of  Secty.,  2901  Los 
Felit  Blvd.,  L.A. 

Cxjnstruction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco: 

Henry  C.  Collins,  President;  Leonard  M.  Tivel.  Vice-President; 
Leonard  P.  Grover.  Treasurer;  Marvin  E.  Hirchert.  Secretary. 
Office    of    Secty..    585    Whitewood    Drive.    San    RaLiel. 


SIXTH  ANNUAL  REGIONAL  CONFERENCE 

Guest  speakers  at  the  Sixth  Annual  Regional  Con- 
ference, Gearhart,  Oregon,  recently  included  Leon 
Chatelain.  national  president  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Architects:  Henry  Hill,  northern  California 
architect;  Francis  Joseph  McCarthy,  F.A.I. A.,  San 
Francisco;  George  Jette,  landscape  architect  professor 
at  the  University  of  Oregon;  Jose  Louis  Sert,  A. I. A., 
New  York,  and  dean,  graduate  school  of  design.  Har- 
vard University,  and  others. 

Discussions  were  devoted  to  Awards  and  Scholar- 
ships, Chapter  Affairs,  Collaboration  of  Design  Pro- 
fessions. Community  Development,  Education,  Home 
Building  Industry,  Hospital  and  Health,  Office  Prac- 
tice, Preservation  of  Historic  Buildings,  School  Build- 


ings, and  Public  Realtions. 

Many  architects  from  Washington,  Oregon,  Idaho 
and  Montana  were  in  attendance. 


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NOVEMBER.      1957 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Manley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Loyne,  H.  L. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Mlddleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Qorence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Sauer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  William 
T.  Wheeler.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Poquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixelra,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Qark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Cloud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMoria,  Howard  A.  Schirmer, 
Harold  S.   Kellam,   John   M.   Sardis,   James  L.   Stratta, 


Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Central  California 

J.  F.  Meehan,  President  (Sacramento);  A.  L.  Brinckman, 
Vice-President  (Sacramento);  W.  F.  Pond,  Secy.-Treas. 
Directors;  A.  L.  Brinckman,  J.  J.  Doody,  H.  C.  Green, 
J.  F.  Meehan,  E.  F.  Zancai.  Office  of  Secy.,  7045  Crom- 
well Way,  Sacramento. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 
R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy.-Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  2808  W.  Temple  St.,  Los  Angeles  26. 
Dunkirk  5-4424. 


CIVIL  ENGINEERING  SCHOLARSHIP:  A 
$15,000.00  yearly  civil  engineering  scholarship  pro- 
gram, under  the  supervision  of  the  National  Society 
of  Professional  Engineers,  has  been  established  by 
Armco  Drainage  ii  Metal  Products.  Five  $3,000 
scholarships  will  be  warded  annually. 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS— Los  Angeles 

"Planning  and  Construction  of  Works  for  Snowy 
Mountains  Hydro-Electric  Authority"  will  be  the 
subject  of  discussion  at  the  December  11th  meeting 
to  be  held  in  the  Rodger  Young  Auditorium.  Ray- 


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assurance  with  every  BASALITE  Unit,  made  with  Basalite  Light- 
weight Expanded  Shale  Aggregate.  Production  -  line  precision 
provides  quality  that  meets  or  surpasses  all  Federal  or  ASTM 
requirements:  high  compressive  strength,  low  absorption,  neg- 
ligible volume  change -all  in  a  concrete  masonry  unit  of 
economical  lightweight  and  uniform  attractiveness. 
BASALITE  Lightweight  Concrete  Masonry  Units  are  your  surest 
guarantee  of  top  quality.  Don't  settle  for  less. 


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BASALT  ROCK  CO.,  INC.  •  NAPA,  CALIF. 

Member  Exponded  Shole,  Clay  &  Slole  Institute 


mond  A.  Hill,  member  of  the  firm  of  Leeds.  Hill  and 
Jewett  will  be  the  guest  speaker. 

The  Snowy  Mountains  Project  is  a  combined  Hy- 
dro-Electric and  Irrigation  Project  located  in  the 
Snowy  Mountains  of  Australia,  a  region  northwest 
of  Sidney  betwen  New  South  Wales  and  Victoria. 
It  involves  five  major  dams  and  reservoirs  and  three 
major  tunnels. 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 
ENGINEERS — San  Francisco 

Robert  W.  Jackson,  Western  Manager,  Public 
Relations  for  the  General  Electric  Company,  was  the 
guest  speaker  at  the  Annual  Awards  Dinner  and 
presentation  of  the  Achievement  Award  of  1957  and 
the  Honor  Award  of  1957.  This  Annual  Awards 
Dinner  has  become  an  outstanding  event  in  the 
building  industry  of  Northern  California  and  is  spon- 
sored by  a  large  list  of  professional  societies,  groups 
and  the  Producers  Council. 

Recent  new  members  include:  George  C.  Bestor, 
Carmel;  Harter  R.  Bruch,  San  Lorenzo;  Lawrence 
Chee,  Harold  Y.  G.  Ping  and  Cecil  E.  Pearce,  San 
Francisco;  Walter  G.  Culin,  Lafayette:  Lincoln  B. 
Grayson  and  Joseph  Pinto,  Oakland;  W.  Norman 
Kennedy,  Thomas  O.  McCutchan  and  Richard  R. 
Walch,  Berkeley;  Thomas  D.  Mill,  Hayward;  L.  Dale 
Mills,  Richard  F.  Poston,  J.  Wade  Switzer  and  R.  H. 
Williamson,  Redwood  City;  Harry  K.  Okino,  Albany, 
James  J.  Putkey,  Richmond;  James  E.  Roberts.  Reed- 
ley:  Glen  R.  Simpson,  Sonoma;  Gary  G.  Stokes,  San 
Jose,  and  Robert  D.  Swisher,  San  Carlos. 

ENGINEERS  WEEK:  Eric  S.  Warner,  Chief  En- 
gineer, Standard  Oil  Company  of  California,  and  R. 
L.  Inglehart,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Shell  Develop- 
ment Company,  will  serve  as  Co-Chairmen  of  the  1958 
Bay  Area  Engineers  Week  Committee.  Engineers 
Week  will  be  observed  the  week  of  February  16-22. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

"Gypsum  Construction  and  Diaphragms"  was  the 
subject  of  a  talk  by  Henry  J.  Schweim  and  G.  L. 
Bostwick  at  the  November  meeting  held  in  the  Rodger 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brondow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crcmdall,  Vice-President;  J.  E. 
McKee,  Secretary;  Alfred  E.  Waters.  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 

Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 
Barbara  Counties  Branch,  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Hormer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jose  Branch 

Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jacobs,  Secty.  and  Trees. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmar  L.  McCormell,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Secy.. 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  (Washington) 
R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairman;  E.  R.  McMillan. 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy  ,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  &  Tile  Assn,  55  New  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of  American  Military 

Engineers — San  Francisoo  Post 

Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  USAF,  President;  C.  R.  Graif, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Seyraore  A.  Potter,  Jr.,  2nd 
Vice-President;  Roger  L.  Cairns,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hartnett, 
USA;  Donald  McColl;  Copt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN;  C. 
Grant  Austin,  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  Secy. 
USAF,  U.S.  Appraisers  Bldg.  630  Sansome  St.,  Son 
Francisco. 


Young  Auditorium. 

David  M.  Wilson  and  R.  W.  Binder  have  been 
appointed  delegates  to  the  Structural  Engineers  As- 
sociation of  California  for  1958'59. 

Among  new  members  are:  Eugene  T.  Brown,  Mem- 
ber; Ray  E.  Lewis  and  Norman  R.  Tremblay,  Stu- 
dent; George  J.  Lusich,  Jerry  Strickler  and  Victor  L. 
Taugher,  Associate;  and  Stanley  G.  Zynda,  Affiliate. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

"The  Mexico  City  Earthquake"  was  the  subject  of 
the  November  meeting,  held  jointly  with  the  Society 
of  American  Military  Engineers  in  the  Officers  Club, 
Presidio  of  San  Francisco. 

Speakers  included  John  J.  Gould,  Consulting  Engi- 
neer, John  J.  Gould  and  Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  Consult- 
ing Engineers;  John  M.  Sardis,  Consulting  Engineer, 
John  Sardis  and  Associates,  Consulting  Engineers;  and 
Karl  V.  Steinbrugge,  Structural  Engineer,  Pacific  Fire 
Rating  Bureau.  All  three  of  the  speakers  were  in 
Mexico  City  during  the  earthquake  of  July  28,  1957 
and  each  gave  his  observations  of  the  damage,  or  lack 
of  damage,  to  specific  structures.  Each  talk  was  supple- 
mented with  slides  of  actual  scenes  of  the  people  and 
quake  area. 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb  and  John  M.  Sardis  have  been 
appointed  delegates  to  the  SEAC  for  the  ensuing  year. 


New  members  are:  Kenneth  R.  Wyatt,  Civil  Engi- 
neer, Member;  Dewey  Lee,  Jr.,  Structural  Designer, 
Affiliate,  and  Kenneth  E.  Beebe,  Engineer,  Junior 
Member. 


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California  Council 
Landscape  Architects 

By  LYNN   M.  F.  HARRISS 

Executive  Secretary 

C.  Mason  Whitney,  Berkeley  Landscape  Architect, 
was  elected  president  of  the  California  Council  of 
Landscape  Architects  for  the  ensuing  year  at  the 
Third  Annual  Convention  of  the  organization  at 
Monterey  held  on  October  17-20.  The  Council,  a 
State  coordinating  body,  includes  the  California  As' 
sociation  of  Landscape  Architects,  Bay  Area  and 
Sacramento  chapters,  the  Northern  and  Southern 
California  chapters  of  the  American  Society  of  Land- 
scape Architects,  and  the  California  Institute  of  Land- 
scape Architects  at  Los  Angeles. 


Officers  of  the  California  Council  of  Landscape  Archi- 
tects look  at  future  problems.  Retiring  president  Jay  A. 
Gooch,  West  Los  Angeles  (standing),  president-elect  C. 
Mason  Whitney,  Berkeley  (left),  and  vice  president-elect 
Courtland   Paul,  Pasadena. 


Courtland  Paul,  Pasadena  Landscape  Architect,  was 
elected  Vice  President  of  the  organization  and  will 
supervise  arrangements  for  next  autumn's  convention 
at  the  Disneyland  Hotel  in  Anaheim.  Lynn  M.  F. 
Harriss,  Oakland  Assistant  Superintendent  of  Parks, 
was  re-named  Executive  Secretary. 

Jay  A.  Gooch,  West  Los  Angeles,  outgoing  presi- 
dent, presided  at  all  sessions.  The  "Kick-off"  luncheon 
featured  Dr.  Fred  Stripp,  Professor  of  Forensics  at  the 
University  of  California,  who  spoke  on  "The  Layman 
Looks  at  the  Landscape  Architect."  A  panel  discussion 
was  a  feature  of  the  Saturday  meeting.  The  moderator 
was  Howard  Boltz,  Head  Landscape  Architectural 
Major,  California  Polytechnic  College,  Pomona.  Panel 
(See  Page  34) 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


YOUTH'S 
CLUBHOUSE 

The  Bostock  Engineering  Company, 
3260  E.  Florence  Ave.,  Huntington  Park, 
has  completed  drawings  for  construction 
of  a  1 -story  concrete  block  Youth  Club 
House  in  South  Gate  for  the  Optimist 
Club. 

The  building  48x100  ft.  will  be  of 
composition  roofing,  wood  trusses,  con- 
crete slab  floor,  3-meeting  rooms,  office, 
kitchen  facilities,  heating  and  ventilating, 
restrooms,   plumbing   and   electrical   work. 


NEW  HALL 
OF  JUSTICE 

Architects  Confer  6^  Willis,  366  40th 
Street,  Oakland  are  preparing  drawings 
for  construction  of  a  new  Hall  of  Justice 
to  be  built  in  the  City  of  Oakland  at  an 
estimated  cost  of  $6,000,000. 

The  project  comprises  a  new  center; 
police  department,  jail,  courts  building 
to  be  flanked  by  a  auto  parking  area  under 
the  projected  extension  of  the  overhead 
Eastshore  Freeway.  The  basic  design  calls 
for  a  10-story  aluminum  structure;  a  2- 
story   jail    and    a    3-story   courts   building. 

The  new  facility  will  employ  pneumatic 
tube  communications,  electrically  operated 
jail  doors,  a  criminology  laboratory,  em- 
ployee cafeteria,  exercise  rooms,  locker 
rooms,  firing  range,  offices  of  the  District 
Attorney  and  Public  Defender,  judges 
chambers,   and   court   officials. 


BOYS  PROBATION 
CAMP  PLANNED 

Architects  Comeau  &  Brooks,  14542 
Ventura  Blvd.,  Sherman  Oaks,  have  re- 
ceived approval  of  preliminary  plans  by 
the  Los  Angeles  county  board  of  super- 
visors, for  construction  of  the  proposed 
Boys  probation  camp  at  the  Las  Virgenes 
camp  site  off  Malibu  Canyon  Road  in 
Calabasas. 

Plans  provide  for  a  dormitory,  recrea- 
tion hall,  administration  building,  kitchen 
and  mess  hall,  school,  maintenance  garage 
building,  public  toilets,  garbage  shed,  in- 
cinerator, public  address  system  and  neces- 
sary site  work.  Estimated  cost  of  the  pro- 
ject is  $699,254. 


SMALL  CRAFT 
HARBOR 

Architects  Read  6?  Zahn,,  World  Trade 
Center  Building,  San  Francisco,  are  pre- 
paring plans  for  construction  of  a  small 
craft  harbor  near  Redwood  City  on  San 
Francisco  bay. 

Construction  will  provide  berthing 
facilities  for  boats  up  to  45  ft.  in  length, 
a  drydock,  launching  ramp,  boat  supply 
and  repair  shop,  clubhouse  to  include 
showers,  bar,  dining  room,  and  additional 
recreational  facilities.  Estimated  cost  of 
the    propject    is    $500,000. 


FHA  BUSINESS 
RISES  IN  LA 

Norman  M.  Lyon,  Los  Angeles  District 
Director  of  the  FHA,  recently  reported 
that  the  August  processing  in  the  Los  An- 
geles FHA  jurisdiction,  which  covers  the 
10  southern  counties  of  Mono,  Inyo,  San 
Luis  Obispo,  Kern,  Santa  Barbara,  Ven- 
tura, Los  Angeles,  Orange,  San  Bernar- 
dino and  Riverside,  topped  the  business 
for  the  office  of  any  month  for  the  past 
year. 

He  stated  2664  applications  for  home 
mortgage  FHA  insured  loans  were  re- 
ceived and  2506  committments  issued  for 
such  loans.  The  director  stated  that  the 
business  of  the  offices  had  progressively 
declined   from   August,    1956   until   a   low 


point  in  December  of  1956  and  January 
1957,  when  the  applications  received  were 
865  and  1108  respectively,  and  the  com- 
mittments issued  were   1108.  and  994. 

The  Los  Angeles  office  is  therefore 
now  doing  nearly  three  times  the  amount 
of  home  mortgage  business  it  did  the  first 
of  this  year. 

SWIMMING  POOL 
AND  BATH  HOUSE 

Architects  Neptune  &  Thomas,  742 
Colorado  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  have  re- 
ceived approval  of  schematic  plans  by  the 
Los  Angeles  Board  of  Supervisors  for 
construction  of  a  swimming  pool  and 
bathhouse  at  the  Jane  Reynolds  Park  in 
Lancaster. 

The  bathhouse  including  women's  and 
men's     dressing     rooms,     showers,     check 


rooms,  cashier's  area,  manager's  office, 
storage  room,  landscaping,  and  flood- 
lighting; 100x50  ft.,  swimming  pool  of 
poured-in-place  concrete  will  cost  an 
estimated   $220,000. 


HOSPITAL  FOR 
PLACERVILLE 

Architect  Erling  Olanson,  4208  H 
Street,  Sacramento,  is  preparing  plans 
for  construction  of  a  new  53-bed  Hospi- 
tal building  in  Placerville,  for  the  Mar- 
shall   Hospital   Association. 

Plans  call  for  construction  of  the  new 
James  W.  Marshall  Hospital  at  an  esti- 
mated   cost   of   $1,000,000. 

Facilities  will  be  a  1 -story  construction 
and  will  provide  a  12-baby  maternity 
ward,  emergency  unit,  2-surgical  operat- 
ing  rooms,   and  all  allied  requirements. 


HAWS  Series  2500 
for  versatile 
school  applications. 


ONE-PIECE  INTEGRAL  UNIT 
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Color,  too,  at  no  extra  cost. 
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LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECTS 

(From  Page  32) 

members  included:  Wm.  Penn  Mott,  Jr.,  Superin- 
tendent of  Parks,  Oakland;  Raymond  E.  Page,  Sr., 
Landscape  Architect,  Beverly  Hills,  Member  of  the 
California  Board  of  Landscape  Architects;  Donald  P. 
Van  Riper,  Supervising  Landscape  Architect,  Division 
of  Architecture,  State  of  California,  Sacramento;  and 
Frank  P.  Lombardi,  Senior  City  Planner,  San  Fran- 
cisco City  Planning  Commission. 

After  a  tour  through  gardens  designed  by  members 
on  the  Monterey  Peninsula,  the  convention  wound  up 
to  a  finale  with  the  annual  dinner  dance  whose  theme 


was  "The  Mad  Chapeaux."  Masters  of  ceremonies 
were  Robert  Graves  and  John  Staley,  San  Francisco 
Landscape  Architects. 


FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

Manufacturers  of 
Hollow  Metal  Products     •     Interior  Metal  Trim 

Elevator  Fronts  and  Cabs 
Metal  Plaster  Accessories   •   Sanitary  Metal  Base 

Flat  and  Roll  Metal  Screens 
Metal  Cabinets      •      Commercial   Refrigerators 


269  POTRERO  AVE. 

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KAPPA  INSTALLED  AT  UCLA 

The  Kappa  Chapter  of  the  University  of  California 
at  Los  Angeles  was  installed  recently  at  the  offices  of 
The  American  Institute  of  Architects,  with  seventeen 
charter  members. 

Jean  Driskel,  national  president,  presided  at  the 
instalaltion  with  Mrs.  Harvey  E.  White  being  named 
president  for  1957-58.  Sandra  Ratner  was  named  vice 
president;  Colleen  Bertolini,  secretary;  Susan  Quar- 
ness,  treasurer. 

SPECIFICATIONS  WRITING 

(From  Page  27) 
specification  writers  by  mail  in  a  few  easy  lessons. 
It  does  provide  architects  and  engineers  with  an  op- 
portunity to  learn  of  the  assistance  they  can  receive 
from  specification  writers,  and  with  an  opportunity 
to  find  out  how  other  architects  and  engineers  are 
solving  their  need  for  trained  personnel.  To  accom- 
plish this,  the  requirements  of  material  men  and  sub- 
contractors for  definite  specifications  is  secured  from 
such  men.  They  are  given  an  opportunity  to  explain 
how  specifications  can  be  planned  to  meet  the  condi- 
tions of  their  operations. 

Better  specifications  is  a  need  of  the  construction 
industry  today.  The  Construction  Specifications  Insti- 
tute is  working  with  the  architects  of  the  nation  to 
help  supply  this  need.  The  assistance  and  coopera- 
tion of  the  architects  and  engineers  will  assure  the 
success  of  this  attempt  to  assist  the  professions  in  de- 
veloping their  abilities  to  serve  to  the  greatest  possible 
extent. 


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BOOK  REVIEWS 

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GLASS  REINFORCED  PLASTICS.  By  Phillip  Morgan. 
Philosophical  Library,  Inc.,  15  E.  40th  St.,  New  York  16. 
276  pages.  Price  ^15.00. 

Text  for  this  new  edition  has  been  thoroughly  revised  by 
the  author,  who  is  editor  of  "British  Plastics,"  and  many  of 
the  original  chapters  have  been  completely  re-written.  In  ad- 
dition there  are  completely  new  chapters  on  epoxide  resins, 
the  resin  injection  moulding  process  and  on  chemical  plant 
applications.  General  content  presents  facts  on  raw  materials, 
i.e.,  the  resins  and  glass,  to  describe  the  fabrication  techniques 
now  in  use  and  to  discuss  some  of  the  problems  of  specialized 
applications.  Techniques  included  are  the  standard  commercial 
moulding  processes,  methods  of  mass  production,  resin  injec- 
tion and  the  manufacture  of  tube  and  rod.  Numerous  major 
fields  of  application  are  described  including  automobile,  air- 
craft, body-building,   electrical  uses  and   chemical  plant. 


STRUCTURAL  DESIGN  IN  METALS— 2nd  Edition.  By 
Clifford  D.  Williams  and  Ernest  C.  Harris.  The  Ronald 
Press  Co.,  15  E.  26th  St.,  New  York  10.  655  pages 
Price  ?8.00 

The  authors  Clifford  D.  Williams.  Chief  Engineer 
Patchen  &?  Zimmerman,  Engineers,  Augusta,  Georgia,  and 
Ernest  C.  Harris,  Chairman  of  the  Department  of  Civil  Engi 
neering,  Fenn  College,  have  provided  material  for  a  coordin 
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the  mechanics  and  strength  of  materials  courses.  The  book 
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new  illustrative  examples  that  reflect  the  latest  specification 
and  design  methods.  The  treatment  places  emphasis  on  basii 
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and  the  strength  of  materials,  to  details  of  design. 


EARTH  PRESSURES  AND  RETAINING  WALLS.  By 
Whitney  Clark  Huntington.  John  Wiley  8C  Sons,  Inc. 
Publishers.  440  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York  City  16,  N.  Y. 
Price  ^11.50. 

Here  is  a  book  that  bridges  the  gap  between  retaining  wall 
design  and  that  part  of  soil  mechanics  which  deals  with 
earth  pressures  and  foundations;  using  only  principles  and 
procedures  with  which  the  structural  engineer  is  familiar,  it 
covers  all  the  common  cases  and  most  of  the  special  conditions 
encountered  in  the  design  of  retaining  walls.  The  author  em- 
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typical  designs  and  tabulated  computations,  explaining  the 
approximations  and  discusses  possible  limitations.  A  note- 
worthy feature  is  the  author's  treatment  of  the  "trial  wedge" 
method  in  computing  earth  pressures.  Abundantly  illustrated. 


MECHANICAL  VIBRATIONS.  By  Bernard  Morrill.  The 
Ronald  Press  Co.,  15  E.  26th  St.,  New  York  10.  265 
pages,  195  ills.,  tables.    Price  $6.50. 

This  excellently  organized  book  is  designed  for  the  first 
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purpose  is  to  enable  the  advanced  undergraduate  or  graduate 
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mathematics  required  beyond  the  student's  understanding  of 
basic  differential  equations,  and  provides  the  needed  founda- 
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Fluorescent  ballasts  for  plastic  signs.  New,  illustrated,  bro- 
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Blind  bolt  and  nut  data  book.  Just  published,  12-page  book 
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BUILDING  AND  CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS 

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All  prices  and  wages  quoted  are  for  San 
Francisco  and  the  Bay  District.  There  may 
be  slight  fluctuation  of  prices  in  the  interior 
and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  time  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work, 

BONDS — Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only,  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price. 

BRICKV^ORK— MASONRY- 
BUILDING  BRICK— estimated    cost   per   sq.   ft. 
WALL       BRICK                                                 AVERAGE 
8;;        Jumbo    _ - $2.30 

10"        Standard   "HIZZIZZZI.  3"  2M 

12"        Jumbo    2.55 

M"        Standard     _ 2.60 

FACE  BRICK— estimated  cost  per  sq.  ft. 
WALL      BRICK  AVERAGE 

8"        Jumbo $2.55 

8"        Brick    Block  2.30 

10"        Standard     _... 2.90 

10"         Norman     - 2.80 

14"         Norman 3.05 

Common   Brick— Per   I    M    laid— $175.00  up   (ac 

cording  to  class  of  work). 
Face   Brick— Per   I    M   laid— $245.00  and  up   (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 
Brick  Steps— $2.75  per  lin,  ft,  &  up. 

BRICK  VENEER 

BUILDING  BRICK— estimated  cost  per  sq.  ft, 
WALL       BRICK  AVERAGE 

3"         Jumbo $1,15 

3"         Norman      _ _..   1.25 

4"        Standard     1.40 

FACE  BRICK— estimated   cost   per   sq.   ft. 
WALL      BRICK  AVERAGE 

3"         Jumbo    $1,35 

4"        Standard     1,40 

4"         Norman 1.50 

4"         Roman    1.80 

Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  Bldgs. — Approx. 

$1.75  and  up — (according  to  class  of  work). 
Face    Brick    Veneer    on    Frame    Bldgs,— Approx, 

$2.25  and  up   (according  to  class  of  work). 
"Bricketts"    (Brick   Veneer)    per  M,   f.o.b.   Niles, 

$50.00. 
Glazed  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 
Clear  Glazed — 

2x412  Furring    $1,75  per  sq.  ft. 

4x4x12  Partition    2.25  per  sq.  ft. 

4x4x  12  Double  Faced 

Partition 2.50  per  sq.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add..._._ 30  per  tq.  ft. 

Mantel   Fire   Brick  $150.00  per   M  — F.O.B.   Pitts- 
burgh. 
Fire  Brick— 2i/2"x9x4i/2— $110.00. 
Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 
Paving— $75.00. 
Building  Tile— 

8x5i/;xl2.inches,    per   M $157.40 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,   per   M 124.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,   per   M 74  70 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M 154.85 

I2xl2x4-inches,   per  M 177.10 

I2xl2x4-inches,    per  M_ 235  30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll «  30 

2  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 7  80 

3  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 7  70 

Brownskin.  Standard  500  ft.  roll i.SS 

SIsalkraft,  reinforced,  50O  ft.  roll 8.50 

Sheathing  Papers- 
Asphalt  sheathing.   I5lb.  roll J2.70 

30-lb.  roll 3.70 

Dampcourse,  214-ft.  roll 2  75 

Blue  Plasterboard,  40-1  b.  roll 5!lO 

Felt  Papers — 

Deadening  felt,  ^A-lb.,  50-ft.  roll $4.30 

Deadening  felt,   l-lb 5.05 

Asphalt  roofing,   15-lbs 2.70 

Asphalt  roofing,  30-lbs _ 3.70 

NOVEMBER,      1957 


Roofing  Papers — 

Standard  Grade.   i08-ft.  roll.  Light $2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium     2.90 

Heavy 3.40 

M.  S.  Extra  Heavy 3.95 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 


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ing  prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
^    rioad   lots  only. 


Bunker 


per  ton 
...$3.00 
...  3.20 


Del'd 
per  ton 
$3.75 
3.75 
3.85 
3.75 
3.75 
4.0O 


Trinity  White.._. 
Medusa  White.. 


..$14,80 


.:-2 

.441/2 


Gravel,  all  sizes 

Top  Sand  

Concrete    Mix  _ 3.10 

Crushed  Rock,  '/<"  to  %" 3.20 

Crushed  Rock,  Y,"  to  P/," 3.20 

Roofing     Gravel    3.15 

Sand- 
La  pis   (Nos.   2      &4) 3.75  4.70 

Olympia  (Nos.  I  &  2) 3.50  4.00 

Cement — 
Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks), 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) $1.30 

Carload   lots,  in   bulk,  per  bbl 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 
Prox.,  less  than  carload  lots,  $5.20  per  bbl, 
f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.40  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.I 2% 

I  I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 
^  sack,  warehouse  or 
I  delivered. 
CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 
Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  6  sL 

in  bulk  

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 90 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 

Hay         Ba- 
dite         salt 

4x8xl4-inches,  each $  .22      $  .22 

4x8xl4-inches,  each .271/2      ■27'/2 

8x8xl4-inches,  each  

I2x8xl4-inches,  each 

I2x8x24-inches,  each 

Aggregates— Haydile  or  Basalite       Plant 

%-inch  to  '/s-inch,  per  cu.  yd $5.85 $7.75 

%-inch  to  A-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

No.  4  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing— 

Two-coat  work,   $9.00  per  square  and   up. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,   $13.00  per  square  and   up. 

Hot  coating  work,  $5.50  per  square  &  up. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and  up. 

Anhi  Hydro,  50  gal.,  $2.20. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  In  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.(X). 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
tities, less;  hard  material,  such  as  rocic, 
will   run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings: 
$325  on  old   buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  l/e  in.  gauge  25c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magnesite, 

50c-$l,25  persq,  ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mastlpave — $1.90  per  sq.  yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum — $6.00  sq.   yd.    &   up 

laid. 
Terazzo   Floors — $2.50  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo    Steps— $3.75     per    lin.    ft. 
Mastic  Wear  Coat — according  to  type — 
45c  per  sq.  ft.  and  up. 
Hardwood  Flooring- 
~   ■   -    oring- T  &  G— Unfin.— 

Hx2iA  '/2x2    %x2    Ax2 

Otd.,  White $425     $405    $  V 

•-[ear  Qtd.,   Red 405      380 

Select  Otd..  Red  or  White.  355 


Oak  Flo 

CI. 


Cle 
Select  Pin., 
#1  Commc 
#2  Commc 


Red 


White- 
White.., 
or  White  315 
or  White  305 


21/2 

..$347.00 

2vl     

2%        -. 

375  00 

31/4 

_ 375.00 

Prefinished  Oak  Floorlng- 


'/2 

H 
H 

H  X  2<A  &  31A  Ranch  Pla^kZ; 
Unfinished  Maple  Flooring— 

H  «  21/4  First  Grade 

H  X  2'/,  2nd  Grade 

U  X  VA  2nd  &  Btr.  Grade 

H  X  21/4  3rd  Grade _ 

H  »  31/4  3rd  i  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 

H  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM 

33/32  I  21/4  First  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade.. 


340      335      3IS 
330      325      300 


Standard 
$357.00 
370.CO 
381.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 


Floor   Layer  Wage  $2.83   per  hr. 

GLASS— 

Single  Strength  Window  Glass S 

Single  Strength  Window  Glass  ._  $ 
Double  Strength  Window  Glass  _ 

Plate  Glass,  i/i  polished  to  7S 

75  to   100.- _         _  2 

1/4  in.  Polished  Wire  Plate  Giass-_  2 

1/4  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glass 

'/»  in.  Obscure   Glass 

A  in.  Obscure     Glass, 


..$370.00 

-  345.0D 

-  375.00 

-  240.00 

-  3BO.0D 
_  370.00 
.  400.00 

-  340.00 

-  320.00 


,,  ....  Heat  Absorbing  Obscure. 

A  in.   Heat  Aborbing  Wire 

'/a  in.  Ribbed 

A  in.  Ribbed    

Vt  in.  Rough    

A   in.   Rough    

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place : 


HEATING— Installed 

Furnaces — Gas  Fired 

Floor  Furnace,  25,000  BTU 

35,000  BTU 

45,000  BTU 

Automatic  Control,  Add, 


.30  per  n  tt. 

,30  per  n  ft. 
.40  per  D  ft. 
.80  per  D  ft. 
.10  per  Oft. 
,70  per  D  ft. 
.80  per  D  ft. 
.55  per  Q  ft. 
.70  per  n  ft. 
.54  per  Q  ft. 
.72  per  Q  ft. 
.55  per  D  ft. 
.75  per  Q  ft. 
.55  per  O  ft. 
.75  per  n  ft. 
.30  per  D  ft. 
.50  per  n  ft. 


-$42 


Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25  000  BTU  

35,000  BTU 

45.000  BTU 

With  Automatic  Control,  Add 

Unit  Heaters.  50,000  BTU    

Gravity  Furnace,  45  DOO  BTU 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75,000  BTU 

Water  Heaters — 5-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control, 

20  gal.  capacity 

30  gal    capacity 

40  gal.  capacity 


,00-  80,00 
,00-  87.00 
.00-  75.00 

.00-  45.00 

.00-134.00 
147.00 
141.00 

.00-141.00 
215.00 
210.00 
342.00 


74.00 
112.00 
135.00 


♦NSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 

Rockwool   Insulation- 
Full   thick  3"- - — %tl>.00 

(2")  Less  than  1,000  D  ft M.OO 

(2")  Over   1,000  D  tt _ 57.00 

Cotton  Insulation— Full-thickness 

( I") $41 .60  per  M  tq.  ft. 

Siialation  Aluminum  Insulation— Aluminum 
coatsd  on   both  sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard— 4'x6'    panel   _ $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"   thickness  $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard 69.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

IRON — Cost  of  ornamental   iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 

LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 
O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m $1  15.00 

Flooring — 

Per  M  Delvd 

V.G.-D.F.  B  &  Btr.   I   X  4  T  &  G  Flooring $225.00 

"C"  and   better— all 215.00 

"D"   and   better— all 145.00 

Rwd.   Rustic— "A"   grade,   medium  dry -  185.00 

8  to  24  ft. 
Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 

1/4-inch,    4.0x8.0-513    _ $120.00 

lA-inch,    4.0x8.0-515    _. _ 160.00 

V4-inch,    per    M    sq.    ft _..  200.00 

Plysform    - - 160.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)— 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2,  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles,  $7.50  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes— 1/2"    to    'A"   x   24/26    in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

%"  to  11/4"  X  24/26  in  split  resawn, 

per  square  - 17.00 

Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $9.50  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated Add  $45  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
8-lb.  treatment  Add  $52  per  M  to  above 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard  Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2 1 -$32. 
Screen  doors,  $10  to  $1  5  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $1.75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases   for   kitchen    and    pantries    seven    ft. 

high,    per  lineal   ft.,   upper  $10  to   $15; 

lower  $12  to  $18. 
Dining  room  cases,  $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing    (average),    $115    per   M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $125  to  $1  35  per 

1000. 


PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard  $  .90 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.35 

Cold  water  painting per  yard       .45 

Whitewashing per  yard       .25 

LInsaed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  Wholesale 

(Basis  73/4  lbs.  per  gal.)  Raw     Boiled 

Light   iron   drums _ per  gal.  $2.28        $2.34 

5-gallon  cans  _.per  gal.    2.40         2.46 

l-gallon   cans  each    2.52         2.58 

Quart  cans  each      .71  .72 

Pint  cans  each      .38  .39 

1/2-pint  cans  _ each      .24  .24 

Turpentine  Pure  Gum 

(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.)  Spirits 

Light  iron  drums per  gal.  $1.65 

5-gallon  cans  -„ „ per  gal.     1.76 

l-gallon  cans  . each     1.88 

Quart  cans each       .54 

Pint  cans each      .31 

V^-pinl  cans each      .20 


Ploncw  Whit*  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste  and 
All-Purpose  (Soft-Paste) 


List  Price 

Price  to  Painters 

Net  Weight 

Per  100      Pr.  per 

per  100 

r.  per 

Packages 

lbs.           pkg. 

lbs. 

pkg. 

lOO-lb.  kegs 

$28.35        $29.35 

$27.50 

$27.50 

50.lb.  kegs 

.       30.05           15,03 

28.15 

14.08 

2S-lb.   kegs 

30.35           7.50 

28.45 

7.12 

5-lb.  cans 

__  33.35           1.34 

31.25 

1.25 

l-lb.  cans 

__  36.00             .36 

33.75 

.34 

500   lbs.    (0 
above. 
•Heavy  Pa 

e   delivery)    %c   per 

pound    les 

than 

ste  only. 

Pioneer  Dry 

White  Lead— Litharg 

e— Dry  Red 

Lead 

Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Pounds 


Dry  White   Lead.. 
Litharge 


Dry    Red    Lead 

Red    Lead    in   Oil 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


..$26.30 
_  25.95 
...  27.20 
..  30.65 


26.60 
27.85 
31.30 


26.90 
28.15 
31.60 


PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-inch    $2.75  lineal  foot 

8-inch    3.25  lineal  foot 

1 0-Inch    4. 1 0  lineal  foot 

12-Inch     5.20  lineal  foot 

Installation     75c  to  $1.50  lineal  foot 


PLASTER— 

Neat  wall,    per  ton    delivered   in    S.    F. 
paper  bags,  $27.00. 


PLASTERING  (Interior)  — 

Yard 

3  Coats,   metal    lath  and   plaster $3.75 

Keene  cement  on  metal   lath _  4.25 

Ceilings  with  3/4  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(lathed    only) _...  3.75 

Ceilings  with  2/4  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

plastered  „ 5.60 

Single   partition   3/,  channels  and   metal  lath 

1  side  (lath  only) _ 3.75 

Single   partition   %  channels  and   metal   lath 

2  inches  thick  plastered 8.75 

4-inch    double     partition     %     channels    and 

metal   lath  2  sides   (lath   only) 6.25 

4-inch    double     partition     %     channels    and 
metal   lath  2  sides  plastered 10.25 


PLASTERING  (Exterior)  — 


Yard 

...$2.25 


2  coats  cement  finish,  brick  or  concrete 

3  coats  cement  finish.   No.   18  gauge  wire 
mesh  3.00 

Lime— $4.25  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime-  $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— 3/j"— 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.7f  pei  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00   -   $300.00   per   fixture    up, 
according  to  grade,  quality  and  runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15.00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in  place. 

4'/2  in.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I   Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,  per  square _ 16.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7'/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with   Gravel    $5.50   up   per  sq. 


Compo  Shingles,  $17  to  $25  per  sq.  laid 
1/2  to  %  x  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

%  to  I 'A  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

1  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  in  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per   foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.    Ware- 
house, San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-in $  .28 

Standard,     6-in 51 

Standard,     8-in 74 

Standard,    12-in 1.61 

Standard,  24-In 6.42 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L. ,    F.O.B.   Warehouse,   San    Francisco; 

Standard,  6-in.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows— Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average),  including  hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3'x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazedl 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unglazedl,  per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...   1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of 

mill. 
$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 

1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton)  per  100  lb5...._ $8.90 

3/8-in.  Rd.  (Less  then  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.50 

s/a-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.25 

3/4-in.  &  %-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton) 7.15 

I    in.  &  up   (Less  than    I   ton) 7.10 

1  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  Seo 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3).  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic  Tile   Floors— Commercial   $1.45  to   $1.70 

per  square  foot. 
Cove  Base— $1.20  per  lineal  foot. 
Quarry   Tile    Floors— 6x6   with    6"    base    @    $1.35 

per  sq.  ft. 
Tile    Wainscots   and    Floors— Residential,    41/4x41/4 

@   $1.75  to  $2.00. 
Tile    Wainscots— Commercial    Jobs    41/4x41/4    Tile 

$1.60  to  $1.85  per  sq.  ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  '/)"  ■  A"-.$  -25  -  $  .35  sq.  ft. 

Light  shades  slightly  higher, 
Cork  Tile— $.60.$.70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosaic  Floors— See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  Q  ft _ J  .45 

Rubber  tile,  per  Q  ft $  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored  F.O.B.  S.  F. 

12  X  12,  each $  .17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 
Patio  Tile— Niles  Red 

!2  X   12  X  '/8-Inch,   plain..., _..$  .40 

6  X  12  X  '/s-Inch,  plaln..._. „     .43 

6  X     6  X  '/e-Inch,  plain .44 

Building  Tile— 

8x51/2x1 2-inches,   per  M $139.50 

6x5i/2xl2-inches.   per   M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches.   per  M 84.00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2-inches.   per  M $146.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M 156.85 

l2xl2x4-iBches,    per   M 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per   M 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

45c   per  square  foot   and   up.   Installation 
extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  and  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


OUICE  REFEREICE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Construction  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  ENGINEERS 

I.  D.  REEDERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  DO  2-5050 

Sacramento:  3026  V  St.,  GL  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIONING 

E.  C.  8RAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMORE  AIR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

KAEMPER  i  BARRETT 

San  Francisco:  233  Industrial  St.,  JU  6-6200 

LINFORD  AIR  i  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  174-12th  St.,  TW  3-6521 

MAIM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-OHO 

ALUMINUM  BLDG.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  (Wrought  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  3201  Third  St.,  Mi  7-2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  TH  1-1600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3  6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Portland:  Portland  Wire  i  Iron  Works, 

4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  i  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Offenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co-,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St. 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  S  AERIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  LY  1-0385 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 


BANKS  ■  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK 

San  Francisco:   13  Offices 
BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 
BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 

Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 

Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 

Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 

Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 
BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  SCO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1-7400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

UNITED  MATERIALS  8  RICHMOND  BRICK  CO. 

Point  Richmond,  BE  4-5032 
BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

C.  E.  FOUNDS  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 
BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2-3322 
BUILDING  PAPERS  i  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 
CABINETS  S  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  S  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINKSSCHINDLERCO. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 

Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3-9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7-0311 
CEMENT 

CALAVERAS  CEMENT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  315  Montgomery  St. 

DO  2-4224,  Enterprise  1-2315 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2  1616 
CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 
Ready  Mixed  Concrete 

CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 

San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St. 

PACIFIC  CEMENTS  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

Sacramento:  16th  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 

San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 

Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 

Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 

READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODES  JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 
CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 
Screed  Materials 

C.  8  H.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 

Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4.5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS-HARDENERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 
San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 
DECKS— ROOF 
UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 
2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 
300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArlhur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  S  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  S  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storage  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY-DOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Folding  Doors 

WALTER  D.  BATES  S  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOOD  CO.  OF  CALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  8  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 
Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 
HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 
Oakland:  700  •  6fh  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  8  DOOR 
Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  8  DOOR 
Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 
El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 
Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 
GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  8  SONS 
San  Antonio  S  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 
DRAFTING  ROOM  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 

Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2.4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 

San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85- 14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-H04(IN  8  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS  (cont'd) 

LEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  212  Clara  St.,  DO  2  6010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  937  McAllister  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  8  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Gough  i  Fell  Sts.,  HE  1-5904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco;  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

South  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  S-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1 1 01 -Uth  St.,  UN  1-2-120 

ETSHOKIN  X  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEAN  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St.-  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON  COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2-8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

6AS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO, 
Belmont,  Calif. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3  8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5-9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Croclier  BIdg.,  YU  6-2718 

0.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAAS  8  HAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  2-0678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Ritch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  8  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Market  St.,  YU  6-0511 

G.  P.  W.  JENSEN  8  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1-2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  8  SON 

San  Francisco:  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN  8  SWINERTON 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  8  NELSON 

San  francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2-4700 

MATTOCK  CGJiS (RUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati:  Cypress  Ave.,  i  a.  5  4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  8  iFARCE 

San  Mateo:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2-6639 


RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  8  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  8  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St..  GA  1-2980 

FURNITURE-INSTITUTIONAL 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 

HEATING  I  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  8  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  DO  2-0377 

E.  C.  BRAUNCO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J,  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAS,  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 

INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

IRON— ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

LATHING  8  PLASTERING 

ANGELO  J.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  81582 

KLATH  CORP. 

Alhambra:  909  So.  Fremont  St.,  Alhambra 

A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  8C.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEl 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODES-JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco;  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 

LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR81217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  MA  1-8474 

LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Ouint  8  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

1701  GalvezAve.,ATwaler  2-1157 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  3rd  8  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  8  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 

MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS  KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000-3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 


MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY  8  SON 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

METAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEER  CO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwight  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
Berkeley:  2547-9th  St.,  TH  1-3031 

Enterprise  1-2204 

METAL  GRATING 

KLEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  III.:  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPANDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F,  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2.5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORK 

CENTRAL  MILL  8  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINK8SCHINDLERC0. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PACIFIC  MFG.  CO, 

San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 

Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 

Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 

SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  8  SUPPLY  CO. 

So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  8  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OFFICE  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 
San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 
Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.:  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  8  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PAOLI  8  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  1-1632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15th  St.,  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZELINSKY  8  SONS 

San  Francis':o:  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PHOTOGRAPHS 
Construction  Progress 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  lY  1-038$ 

PLASTER 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8  AGGREGATE  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

PLASTIC  SALES  8  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  409  Bryant  St.,  DO  2-6433 

«EST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  3150-18th  St.,  MA  1-5657 


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ARCH,  ITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


PIDMBINS 

BROADWAY  PLUMBING  CO. 
San  Francisco:  1790  Yosemite  Ave.,  MI  8-4250 
E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 
C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebaslopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 
HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 
JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 
LOUIS  V.  KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6-6252 
L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 
JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  1-0140 
RODONI-BECKER  CO.,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  455-lOthSt.,  MA  1-3662 
SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 
nUHBING  FIXTURES 
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San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Departnnent  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rates  ore  the  union  hourly  wage  rates  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rates,  Construction  Industry,  California 
Fellewing  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 


CRAFT  San  Contra 

Francisco  Alameda  Cosfa        Fresno 

ASBESTOS  WORKER J3.275  $3,275  $3,275        $3,275 

•OILERMAKER 3.45  3.45  3.45  3.45 

•RrCKLAYER 3.75  3.75  3.75  3.70 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 3.00  3.00  3.00  2.70 

CARPENTER... 3.125  3.125  3.00  3.00 

CEMENT  FINISHER 2.995  2.995  2,995         2.995 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type  (1  yd.)  2.705  2.705  2.705         2.705 

ELECTRICIAN 3.375  3.375  3.375 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 2.965  2.985  2.9S5         2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR... 

GLAZIER... 2.87  2.87  2.87 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40 

REINF.  STEEL 3.15  3.15  3.15  3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL 3.40  3.40  3.40  3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING 2.325  2.325  2.325         2.325 

CONCRETE _ 2.325  2.325  2.325         2,325 

LATHER _ 3.4375  3. 84*  3,84*  3,45 

PAINTER:  BRUSH _...  3,10  3,10  3.10 

SPRAY 3,10  3,10  3.10 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 3,325  3,325  3.325 

PLASTERER 3,4125  3.54  3.54 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER 3.10  3.42  3.42 

PLUMBER 3.45  3.59  3.435 

ROOFER 3.00  3.20  3.20 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER„ .„  3.30  3.30  3.30 

STEAMFinER _ 3.45  3.t9  3.49 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR _.._ 3.095         3.095         3.095 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards 2.325  2.325  2.325 

TILE  SEHER 3.225         3.225         3.225 


$3,275 
3.45 
3.50 

3.00 
3.00 
2.995 
2.705 
3.50 
2.985 


3.40 
3.(5 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


•  JI.OO  p^r  day  withheld  from  pay  for  a  vacation  allowance  and  trar 

a  vacation  fund. 
t  5  cents  of  this  amount  Is  deducted  from  wages  as  a  vacation  alio 

transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund. 


2.90 
3.15 

3.325 

3.35 

3.025 

3.45 

3.05 

3.125 

3.45 

3.095 

2.325 
3.25 
smitted  to 


3.00 
3.25 

3.325 

3.45t 

3.00 

3.45 

2.975 

3.30 

3.45 

3.095 

2.325 
3.0O 


$3,275 
3.45 
3.50 

2.80 
3.00 
2.995 
2.705 
3.25 
2.985 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


$3,275 
3.45 
3.875 

2.90 
3.00 
2995 
2.705 
3.41 


3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


2.95 
3.10 

3.325 

3.55 

3.00 

3.45 

3.05 

3.315 

3.45 

3.095 

2.325 

3.175 

i  $3,425  fo 


3.i0 
3.10 

3.325 

3.495 

3.075 

3.45 

3.00 

3.30 

3.45 

3.095 

2.325 
3.225 


Solano 
$3,275 

3.45 

3.75 

3.00 
3.00 
2.995 
2.705 
3.275 
2.985 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 

2.325 
2.325 


3.25 
3.50 

3.325 

3.50 

3.15 

3.55 

3.325 
3.55 

3.095 

2.325 
3.225 


Los        San  Ber- 


Angele 
$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

2.425 
3.00 
2.925 
2.74 
3.40 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


3.01 
3.24 

3.30 

3.75 

3.50 

3.55 

3.I0§ 

3.24 

3.55 

3.05 

2.405 
3.24 


$3.35 
3.45 
3.80 

2.425 
3.00 
2.925 
2.74 
3.40 

2.95 

2.885 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


3.00 
3.25 


3.375 
3.55 

3.24 
3.55 
3.05 

2.405 
3.50 


San 
Diego 

$3.35 

3.45 

3.75 

2.425 
3.00 
2.925 
2.74 
3.50 

2.95 

2.90 

3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


2.94 
3.49 

3.30 

3.425 

3.375 

3.55 

3.00 

3.15 

3.55 

3.05 

2.405 
3.25 


$3.35 
3.45 
3.75 

3.00 
2.925 
2,74 
3,40 

2,95 

2,885 

3,40 
3,15 
3.40 


3.03 
3.03 

3.30 

3.425 

3.3125 

3.55 

3.15 

3.24 

3.55 

3.05 

2.405 
3.24 


K*rn 
$3.35 
3.45 

2.425 
3.02 
2.925 
2.74 
3.50 


3.40 
3.15 
3.40 


2.95 
3.20 


3.25 
3.575 
3.00 
3.40 
3.575 
3.05 

2.405 
3.21 


I  and 


§  10  cents  of  this  amount  Is  designated  as  a  "savings  fund  wage"  and  is  ' 
held  from  pay  and  transmitted  to  an  employee  savings  fund. 


ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations,  Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Reieareh, 
and  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  are  mad« 
■<  Information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vacation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 


CRAFT 
ASBESTOS  WORKER.. 


San 
Francisco 

Fresno 

Sacramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 
Bernardino 

San 
Diego 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.V 

.low 

.11  hr.V 

.low 

.11  hr.V 

.low 

.11  hr.V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

42 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


■  RICKLAYER... 


IRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER.. 


CEMENT  MASON 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER- 


LABORER,  GENERAI 

LATHER 


OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.)- 
POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.).. 

PAINTER,  BRUSH 


ROOFER 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 

TILE  SEHER 


San 
Francisco 

Fresno 

.I5W 

.HP 

.05  hr.  V 

.low 
.top 

.10  V 

.low 

.low 

.10  hr.  V 

.low 

.low 

.tow 

.low 

l%P 
4%V 

.low 

4%V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.low 

60  day  W 
.70  day  V 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.I5W 
.10  P 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

075  W 
4%V 

.075  W 
7dayV 

075  W 
.09  V 

cramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 
Bernardino 

San 
Diego 

.I5W 

.15  W 

.10  P 

.tow 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 

,075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

l%P 


.low 

.lOW 


.075  W 

l%P 
4%V 


.low 
.low 


.low 
.low 
.low 

.low 


.low 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

l%p 

l%P 

l%P 

.low 

l%P 

075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40  hr.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

075  W 
.05  V 

.90  day  W 

.70  day  W 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

0?5W 
.07  V 

.085  W 

.08  W 

.09  W 

.IDW 
.15V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

low 

.lOW 
.10  P 
.125  V 

.low 

.90  day  W 

.low 

075  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 

,IOW 

.075  W 

.075  W 
4%V 

.085  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 
SdayV 

075  W 
.09  V 

.025  W 
.06  V 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  and  compiled  from  the  available  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no  employer  contributions  are  specified,  it  does  not  necessarily 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 


The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated   by  the  following  symbols:  W— He 
itration  fund;  JIB — Joint  Industry  Board;   Prom— Promotion  fund. 


nd    Welfare:   P— Pensions;  V— Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adra— AdminI- 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


MEDICAL  CENTER,  Cedar  Village 
Fresno.  Geo.  fe?  Aran  Apregan,  Fresno 
owner.  Wood  frame  and  masonry  con 
struction,  brick  veneer,  flat  composition 
roof,  cement  slab  floors,  acoustical  tile 
7900  sq.  ft.  in  area— $139,980.  ARCHI 
TECT:  Robert  W.  Stevens,  944  No.  Van 
Ness,  Fresno.  GENERAL  CONTRAC 
TOR:  R.  G.  Fisher,  P.O.  Box  4081,  Fre 


FIRE  HOUSE,  Belmont,  San  Mateo 
county.  Belmont  Fire  Protection  District 
owner.  Wood  frame  and  stucco,  brick  and 
rustic,  built-up  roofing — $3  5,777.  ARCH 
ITECT:  James  McGinnis,  Burlingamc 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Robert  J 
Vassar,    134?   Arroyo    Drive,    San    Carlos 

CHURCH  SCHOOL  BLDG.,  Berke 
ley,  Alameda  county.  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Berkeley,  owner.  Type  I  con 
struction,   reinforced   concrete;   40,000   sq 


ft.  of  area— $634,526.  ARCHITECT: 
Donald  Powers  Smith,  133  Kearny  St,  San 
Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Ralph  Larsen  fe?  Son,  64  South  Park  St, 
San    Francisco. 

OinCE     BLDG.,     Brawley,     Imperial 

county.  Brandt  Bros,  Brawley,  owner. 
Work  comprises  two  offices,  restrooms. 
snack  room,  reception  and  large  clerical 
area;  56x30  ft.,  concrete  slab  floor,  stucco 
and  stone,  composition  and  gravel  roof, 
plaster  interior,  air  conditioning,  heating, 
ceramic  tile,  blacktop  paving  for  parking. 
ARCHITECT:  MacBird  &?  Couverely. 
Wm.  L.  Couverely,  architect,  2218  N. 
Main  St,  Santa  Ana.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Bermuda  Const.  Co.,  830  E. 
Washington   Ave.,   Santa   Ana. 

NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL,  Santa  Rosa. 
Sonoma  county.  Santa  Rosa  City  School 
District,  owner.  New  I -story  wood  frame. 


concrete  floor  with  vinyl  tile,  composition 
roof,  concrete  walls;  provides  administra- 
tion, classroom  wing,  music  building,  gym- 
nasium, cafeteria,  shops,  toilet  facilities, 
all  connected  with  covered  corridors — 
$1,763,979.  ARCHITECT:  J.  Clarence 
Felciano,  4010  Montecito  Ave.,  Santa 
Rosa.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Ben 
Oretsky  fe?  Paul  V.  Wright  (Joint  Ven- 
ture)   1290  Parsons   Drive,   Santa  Rosa. 

WAREHOUSE  BLDG,  Van  Nuys,  Los 
Angeles  county.  Frontier  Building  Supply 
Co,  North  Hollywood,  owner.  Brick  ware- 
house building,  composition  roofing,  con- 
crete slab  floor  and  structural  steel  work; 
40x100  ft.  of  area— $14,000.  STRUC- 
TUR.AL  ENGINEER:  Laurence  J.  Walk- 
er, 601 1/2  S.  New  Hampshire  Ave,  Los 
Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
L.  D.  Richardson.  9927  Santa  Monica 
Blvd.   Beverly   Hills. 

SWIMMING  POOLS,  Sacramento. 
City  of  Sacramento,  owner.  Two  new 
swimming  pools  to  be  built  in  Sacramen- 
to's City  Parks  —  $169,934.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Harry  J.  Devine,  1012  J  St,  Sacra- 
mento, GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Dennis  Pools  Inc,  2385  Fair  Oaks  Blvd, 
Sacramento. 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


43 


RESTAURANT  ADD'N,  Woodland 
Hills,  Los  Angeles  county.  Helene's  Steak 
House,  Woodland  Hills.  Frame  and  stucco 
banquet  room  addition,  49x56  ft.  of  area, 
composition  roof,  masonry  veneer,  con- 
crete slab,  acoustical  ceiling,  metal  sash, 
toilet  facilities,  offices— $17,000.  ENGI- 
NEER: Herman  Goodman,  14420  Erwin 
St,  Van  Nuys.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: John  T.  Peterson.  21300  Ventura 
Blvd.  Woodland  Hills. 

SHOPPING  CENTER,  Atwater,  Mer- 
ced county.  Friedland  Bros,  Oakland,  own- 
er. 1 -Story  list  slab  construction,  steel 
beams,  built-up  composition  roof,  asphalt 
tile  floors,  paved  parking  area;  22,000  sq. 
ft.  area— $193,000.  ARCHITECT:  How- 
ard Schroder,  Fresno.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Robert  G.  Fisher,  P.O.  Box 
4081,  Fresno. 

GENERAL  MOTORS  TRAINING 
CENTER  ADD'N,  Burbank,  Los  Angeles 
county.  Argonaut  Realty  Division,  Gen- 
eral Motors  Corpn,  Detroit,  Michigan, 
owner.  Steel  and  masonry  addition  of 
59x117  ft.,  stone  coping,  accordion  par- 
titions, ornamental  metal,  aluminum  sash, 
industrial  steel  doors,  fire  springlers,  metal 
office  partions,  air  conditioning,  ceramic 
tile,   acoustical  work,   hollow  metal   doors. 

ARCHITECT:  Heitschmidt  6?  Thomp- 
son, 2010  Wilshire  Blvd,  Los  Angeles. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Lindgren 
&f  Swinerton,  1631  Beverly  Blvd,  Los 
Angeles. 

MUSIC  BLDG  ADDITION,  High 
School,  Livermore,  Alameda  county.  Liv- 
eromer  Joint  Union  High  School  District, 


owner.  Alterations  to  present  building 
facilities— $45,763.  ARCHITECT:  An- 
derson 6?  Simonds,  2800  Park  Blvd,Oak- 
land.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Mc- 
Clcllan  Const  Co,  173  5   D.  St.,  Hayward. 

FILM    LABORATORY    ADD'N,    Los 

Angeles.  Consolidated  Film  Industries, 
Hollywood,  owner.  Reinforced  concrete 
addition  to  present  film  laboratory,  20x142 
ft.,  2-story,  interior  plaster,  acoustical  ceil- 
ings, composition  roof,  concrete  roof  slab, 
aluminum  sliding  sash,  hollow  metal  doors, 
steel  stairs,  air  conditioning.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Mathew  Lapota,  470  S.  San  Vi- 
vente  Blvd,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  C.  W.  Driver  Inc,  2618 
Temple  St,  Los  Angeles. 

HEALTH  CENTER:  Visalia,  Tulare 
county.  Tulare  County  Public  Health  Cen- 
ter, owner.  1-Story  concrete  masonry 
walls,  wood  frame  and  plaster  interior 
wood  frame  partitions,  composition  roof, 
slab  and  asphalt  tile  floors,  terrazzo  floors 
air  conditioning  —  $225,225,  ARCHI 
TECT:  Nielsen  6?  Moffatt,  4072  Cren 
shaw  Blvd,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Harris  Const  Co,  P.O. 
Box  109,  Fresno. 

CHURCH  BLDG,  Chatsworth,  Los  An- 
geles county.  Los  Angeles  Baptist  City 
Mission  Society,  owner.  Frame  and  stucco 
church  building,  2400  sq.ft.  area,  compo- 
sition roof,  stucco  interior,  metal  sash, 
wood  folding  doors,  laminated  wood 
arches,  choir  loft,  electrical  work,  asphalt 
concrete  paving.  ARCHITECT:  David 
Patterson,  672  S.  Lafayette  Park,  Los 
Angeles.     GENERAL     CONTRACTOR: 


solves  movement  and  temperature 
problems  in  curtain  wall  joints 

Movement  due  to  winds  and  temperatui'e  extremes  poses  a 
trying  problem  for  designers  of  curtain  wall  buildings.  The 
joint  material  must  seal  out  water,  dust  and  air  but  must  re- 
main flexible  and  resilient  under  these  conditions.  Hornflex- 
Thiokol*  LP-32  Compound  provides  a  squeeze-stretch  range 
of  325 '/f  and  stays  firm  and  elastic  over  a  temperature  range 
from  50°F  BELOW  ZERO  to  .i50°F. 

Other  uses  for  Hornflex-Thiokol  LP-32  Compound  are  to 
fill  and  seal  surface  joints  in  bridges,  highways,  swimming 
pools,  etc.  Laboratory  test  and  job  applications  indicate  that 
Hornflex-Thiokol  LP-32  Compound,  properly  installed,  will 
provide  excellent  protection  for  periods  up  to  25  years 
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SUBSIDIARIES  &  DIVISIONS 

S,  ^    Sun  Chemical  Corporation 
ijl*;      252  Towniend  St.,  San  Francitco,  California 
-'  1318  S.  Main  St.,  Lot  Angslat,  Californio 


Eric  Peterson,  17726  Community  St, 
Northridge. 

SWIMMING  POOL,  Antioch  city 
school,  Contra  Costa  county.  Antioch- 
Live  Oak  unified  School  District,  Antioch, 
owner.  Contract  for  construction  of  a 
modern  swimming  pool  —  $102,776. 
ARCHITECT:  John  Lyon  Reid  6?  Part- 
ners, 1019  Market  St,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Paddock 
Pools  Inc,  3690  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd,  Lafay- 
ette. 

JUSTICE  BLDG.,  Independence,  Inyo 
county.  County  of  Inyo,  Independence, 
owner.  Work  consists  of  construction  of 
new  Justice  Building  with  all  allied  facili- 
ties—$244,500.  ARCHITECT:  Nielsen  &> 
Moffatt,  4072  Crenshaw  Bvd.,  Los  An- 
geles. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Staiger  Const.  Co.,  P.O.  Box  488,  Fresno. 

COMMERCIAL  BLDG.,  Reno,  Nevada. 
Valley  Finance  Co.,  Reno,  owner.  New 
Commercial  building,  brick  masonry  walls, 
plate  glass,  acoutic  tile,  heating,  air  con- 
ditioning, tile  flooring,  insulation,  com- 
position roofing;  drive-in  service  facilities 
and  off-street  parking— $78,000.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Edward  S.  Parsons,  210  2nd  St., 
Reno.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Al- 
len Gallaway,  Reno. 

ELKO  HOTEL,  Elko,  Nevada.  Daniel 
Bilboa,  Elko,  owner.  Ultra  modern  hotel 
to  replace  fire  loss  of  old  Stockman's  Ho- 
tel; 88  rooms,  baths,  basement  garage, 
swimming  pool,  theater,  restaurant,  coffee 
shop,  bar,  area  for  small  shops — $1,500,- 
000.  ARCHITECT:  E.  F.  Reese  and  Wil- 
liam R.  Stenson,  Elko.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Stolte  Inc.,  8451  San  Lean- 
dro  St.,  Oakland. 

OFFICE  BLDG.,  Tulare.  Barryhill-Kuney 
&?  John  Ooaltz,  Tulare,  owner.  1 -Story 
concrete  block  construction,  composition 
roofing;  facilities  for  5  units — $49,514. 
ARCHITECT:  James  P.  Lockett,  Bank  of 
America  BIdg.,  Visalia.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Pittman  fe?  Swanson,  P.O. 
Box  1294,  Tulare. 

STUDENTS  UNION,  Sunnyvale  High 
School,  Sunnyvale,  Santa  Clara  county. 
Fremont  Union  High  School  District, 
Sunnyvale,  owner.  Steel  frame  with  wood 
wall  construction,  exterior  finish  of  stone, 
concrete  floors,  steel  windows,  built-up 
roofing,  asphalt  shingle  or  tar  and  gravel 
roof —$95,188.  ARCHITECT:  Masten, 
Hurd  fe?  Abrams,  526  Powell  St.,  San 
Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Harrod  &  Williams,  290  S.  Murphy  St., 
Sunnyvale. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Deer  Creek, 

Shasta  county.  Shasta  Lake  Union  School 
District,  Redding,  owner.  1-Story  frame 
and  stucco  construction;  facilities  for  10 
classrooms,  multi-use  room,  boiler  room — • 
$270,667.  ARCHITECT:  Clayton  Kantz, 
2021  Court  St.,  Redding.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Singleton  Const.  Co., 
P.O.  Box  271,  Eureka. 

JUNIOR  HIGH,  Chico,  Butte  county. 
Chico  High  School  District,  Chico,  owner. 
Wood  frame,  some  pre-cast  stone;  facilities 
for  21 -classrooms,  multi-unit,  music,  home 
making,  kitchen,  shops,  boys  and  girls 
locker  rooms,  administration  unit,  toilets; 
site  work  —  $714,694.  ARCHITECT: 
Lawrence  G.  Thompson,  125  W.  3rd  St., 
Chico.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  The 
Pacific  Co.,  801  Cedar  St.,  Berkeley. 

SWIMMING  POOL,  McClaren  Park, 
San  Francisco.  City  of  San  Francisco, 
owner.  Contract  awarded  for  construction 
of    a    new    swimming    pool    in    McClaren 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Park— $3T2,900.  ARCHITECT:  Charles 
W.  Griffiths,  City  Architect,  City  Hall, 
San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Engstrom  6?  Nourse,  3  52  5th  St., 
San  Francisco. 

AGRICULTURAL  BLDG.,  Crescent 
City,  Del  Norte  county.  County  of  Del 
Norte,  Crescent  City,  owner.  Construc- 
tion of  a  new  county  Agriculture  building 
—$11,610.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Osborne  &  Bowie,  Crescent  City. 

MEDICAL  CENTER,  Long  Beach,  Los 
Angeles  county.  Edward  J.  Wiater,  MD, 
Long  Beach,  owner.  1 -Story  stucco  and 
concrete  and  stone  veneer  medical  build- 
ing; facilities  for  dental  office  and  com- 
plete Orthopedics:  wood  panel  with  ex- 
posed beam  ceiling  reception  room,  of- 
fices, x-ray  rooms,  examination  rooms, 
lavatory  and  several  supply  rooms;  3400 
sq.  ft.  in  area— $35,000.  STRUCTURAL 
ENGINEER:  Harold  E.  Ketchum,  3711 
Cedar  Ave.,  Long  Beach. 

CHURCH,  Fremont,  Alameda  county. 
First  Baptist  Church,  owner.  2-Story, 
wood  frame,  composition  shingle  roof — 
$49,347.  ARCHITECT:  Hale  6?  Jacob- 
sohn.  241  Vallejo  St.,  Mission  San  Jose. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  R.  A.  Grif- 
fin, P.  O.  Box  504,  Ir\'ington. 

DAIRY  RESEARCH  BLDG.,  UC  Cam- 
pus, Davis,  Yolo  county.  University  of 
California,  Davis,  owner.  Project  com- 
prises 2  milking  barns,  milk  house,  office, 
demonstration  bldg.,  feed  barns,  calf  shed, 
bull  and  research  barns,  corrals,  fencing 
and  related  equipment  —  $480,843. 
ARCHITECT:  Albert  Hunter,  Jr..  Berke- 
ley. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Jay 
Bailey  Const.  Co.,  P.O.  Box  148,  Wood- 
land. 

TELEPHONE  BLDG.,  Rolling  Hills,  Los 
Angeles  county.  General  Telephone  Co., 
Santa  Monica,  owner.  2-Story  telephone 
office  building,  113x73  ft.  in  area,  exca- 
vating, paving,  concrete  work,  structural 
steel,  plastering,  sheet  metal,  composition 
roofing,  metal  doors,  metal  windows, 
ceramic  tile,  marble,  floor  covering,  heat- 
ing, ventilating,  electrical  —  $235,000. 
ARCHITECT:  Daniel,  Mann,  Johnson  6? 
Mendenhall,  3  3  25  Wilshire  Blvd.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Maclsaac  6? 
Menke,  3440  E.  14th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Caloroga; 
Mt.  Eden,  Alameda  county.  Mt.  Eden 
School  District,  owner.  1 -Story,  13,000 
sq.  ft.  in  area;  wood  frame  construction 
providing  facilities  for  administration,  6 
classrooms,  kindergarten  and  allied  appur- 
tenances—$191,131.  ARCHITECT:  Don- 
ald F.  Haines,  144  W.  San  Carlos  St.,  San 
Jose.  GENERAL  CONTR.^CTOR:  Leon 
Wheatley  Inc.,  413  3  El  Camino  Real, 
Palo  Alto. 

HARDWARE    STORE   AND   OFHCE, 

Eureka,  Humboldt  count>'.  The  Buhne 
Co.,  Eureka,  owner.  Reinforced  concrete 
tilt-up  concrete  walls.  ARCHITECT: 
Gerald  Matson,  537  G  St.,  Eureka.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Singleton  Co., 
P.O.  Box  271,  Eureka. 

CHURCH,  San  Bruno,  San  Mateo  coun- 
ty. Roman  Catholic  Archbishop  of  San 
Francisco,  owner.  1 -Story,  wood  frame 
and  stucco  construction,  shingle  roof  and 
steeple— $167,940.  STRUCTURAL  EN- 
GINEER: William  B.  Gilbert,  202  Green 
St.,  San  Francisco.    MECHANICAL  EN- 


GINEER; Aladdin  Heating  Corpn,  1111 
West  Ave.,  San  Leandro.  ELECTRICAL 
ENGINEER:  Smith  &  Garthorne,  1122 
Market  St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Jacks  6?  Irvine,  620 
Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 

WEST   SECOND    STREET    SCHOOL, 

Rio  Linda,  Sacramento  county.  Rio  Linda 
Union  School  District,  owner.  1-Story, 
steel  frame,  brick  masonry,  panel  curtain 
walls;  facilities  for  2  classrooms,  toilets — 
$62,090.  ARCHITECT:  Cox  &?  Liske, 
926  J  St.,  Sacramento.  ELECTRICAL 
ENGINEER:  Carl  R.  Koch.  1727  J  St., 
Sacramento.  MECHANICAL  ENGI- 
NEER: Lester  A.  O'Meara,  1400  10th  St., 
Sacramento.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Bingham  Const.  Co.,  14415  Haw- 
thorne Blvd.,  Lawnsdale. 


OFnCE  BLDG.  AND  TRUCK  REPAIR 
SHOP,  Montebello,  Los  Angeles  county. 
Western  Auto  Transports,  Inc.,  Los  An- 
geles, owner.  1 -Story  concrete  block  office 
building  and  repair  shop;  office  will  con- 
tain 3000  sq.  ft.  in  area  and  the  shop  7500 
sq.  ft.;  composition  roofing,  concrete  floor, 
metal  sash,  ceramic  tile,  acoustical,  insula 
tion,  painting,  plastering,  plumbing,  heat 
ing.  ventilating,  air  conditioning  in  office, 
ARCHITECT:  Risley  ^  Gould.  2502  W 
3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CON 
TRACTOR:  C.  W.  Driver  Inc.,  2618 
Temple  St.,  Los  Angeles. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL,  Menlo  Park.  San 
Mateo  county.  First  Church  Christ  Sci- 
entist, Menlo  Park,  owner.  Two  buildings 
113x64  ft.  concrete  block  and  frame  con- 
struction, structural  steel  roof  trusses, 
wood  roofing.  ARCHITECT:  Leslie  I. 
Nichols,  454  Forest  Ave.,  Palo  Alto. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Morris 
Daley,  1145  California  Drive,  Burlingame. 

aXY  COLLEGE  ADD'N,  Santa  Monica, 
Los  Angeles  county.  Santa  Monica  City 
College,  owner.  Two  story  wing  addition 
to  present  Science  Building  and  a  gym- 
nasium with  shower  and  locker  rooms: 
work  will  include  an  addition  to  the 
library  for  eating  facilities.  ARCHITECT: 
Smith,  Powell  &  Morgridge.  208  W.  8th 
St.,  Los  Angeles. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  Lowell,  Fres- 
no. Fresno  City  Unified  School  District, 
owner.  Wood  frame  construction  will  pro- 
vide   facilities   for   administration   wing,    7 


classrooms,  covered  passageway,  toilets — - 
$145,300.  ARCHITECT:  Elso  B.  DiLuck, 
57  W.  Fulton  St.,  Fresno.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Bob  Long  Const.  Co., 
P.O.  Box  1623,  Fresno. 

SAFEWAY  STORE,  Van  Nuys,  Los  An' 
geles  county.  Safeway  Stores,  Los  An- 
geles, owner.  Work  will  include  excavat- 
ing, caisson  work,  asphalt  paving,  con- 
crete, structural  .steel,  ceramic  tile,  quarry 
tile,  automatic  door  openers,  store  fronts, 
rolling  steel  doors,  metal  clad  doors,  sheet 
metal  composition  roofing,  suspended  ceil- 
ings, plastering,  porcelain  enamel  work, 
heating,  ventilating,  cooling,  electrical  and 
planting  —  $248,455.  ARCHITECT: 
Daniel,  Mann,  Johnson  &?  Mendenhall, 
3325  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Ernest  W. 
Hahn,  Inc.,  219  S.  Hawthorne  Blvd., 
Hawthorne. 


Scott  Company 

HEATING     •     PLUMBING 
REFRIGERATION 


Son  Francitee 

Oakland 

San  Jose 

Les  Angelei 


REMILlARD-DAilNI  Co. 

Brick  and 

Masonry  Products 

400  MONTGOMERY  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 

ON   EXHFBIT 

CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  CENTER 
330  Clay  Street,  San  Francisco 


ARCHITECT 

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of  Engineering  Registration,  and  is  regis- 
tered in  Illinois,  Ohio,  California,  Texas, 
Washington  and  Utah. 


MICHAEL  P.  SUPERAK 
NAMED  ENGINEER 

Michael  P.  Superak  has  been  appointed 
district  engineer  in  Northern  California 
for  the  Austin  Company,  according  to  an 
announcement  by  George  A.  Bryant, 
president  of  the  engineering  and  con- 
struction firm. 

Superak  has  served  as  supervisory  engi- 
neer and  project  engineer  for  Austin  in- 
cluding the  Boeing  Aircraft  Company's 
recently  completed  jet  transport  manufac- 
turing facilities  at  Renton,  Washington, 
and  United  Air  Line's  maintenance  base 
at  the  San  Francisco  International  Airport. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  ASCE,  Califor- 
nia Society  of  Professional  Engineers,  East 


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ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

Architect  Robert  P.  Danielson,  525 
Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  has  been 
commissioned  by  the  He.\el  Products  Inc., 
Oakland,  to  draft  plans  for  construction 
of  a  modern,  1 -story  manufacturing  plant 
in  Oakland. 

The  plant  will  contain  181,500  sq.  ft. 
of  area,  with  employee  parking  area  off- 
street,  trucking  operations:  28,900  sq.  ft. 
of  the  area  will  be  devoted  to  office  space. 
E.stimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $1,000,- 
000. 


PROFESSIONAL 
BUILDING  ADDN 

Architects  Stiles  and  Robert  Clements 
of  Los  Angeles  have  completed  drawings 
and  work  has  started  on  a  $250,000  12th 
floor  addition  to  the  Professional  Build- 
ing, home  office  of  the  Arizona  state- 
wide Valley  National  Bank  in  downtown 
Phoenix,   Arizona. 

When  completed  the  addition  will  add 
another  4,500  sq.  ft.  of  floor  space  to 
the  skyscraper. 

THOMAS  A.  BISSELL 
GETS  PROMOTION 

Thomas  A.  Bissell  has  been  appointed 
Executive  Secretary  of  the  Society  of 
Plastic  Engineers  Inc.,  acrnrdin"  to  an 
,-innouncement  by  Peter  W.  Simmons, 
SPE  national  president. 

Bissell  was  formerly  manager  of  the 
Societrv  of  Automotive  Engineers'  Meet- 
ings Division  with  staff  responsibilitv  for 
the  development  and  operation  of  their 
eleven  national  meetings.  Prior  to  that  he 
served  as  technical  editor  of  the  SAE 
Journal. 


ENGINEERING  FIRM 
EXPANDS  SERVICES 

Formation  of  a  nuclear  engineering  and 
construction  division  has  been  announced 
bv  Holmes  6?  Narver  Inc.,  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Washington,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement by  James  T.  Holmes,  presi- 
dent of  the  firm. 

The  new  service  will  be  offered  as  a 
separate  divisional  activity  and  represents 
nearlv  a  decade  of  continuous  experience 
in  the  nuclear  energy  field,  the  firm  having 
been  under  contract  to  the  Atomic  Energy 
Commission     for    planning,    development. 


Testing  &  Inspection  of 

All  Architectural  and 

Construction  Materials 

Metallurgisfs   •  Chemists 
Assayers 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING 
LABORATORY 

651  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 

Phone:  EXbrook  2-1747 

Offices  in  olf  principal  cities 


design  and  construction  of  all  facilities  at 
the  Eniwetok  Proving  Ground. 

Kelly  McBean  will  be  in  charge  of  the 
new  division.  He  has  been  linked  with  the 
atomic  energy  program  since  1948  when 
he  was  a  member  of  the  original  survey 
party  sent  to  map  out  the  atomic  proving 
ground  in  the  Marshall  Islands. 

NEW  BEAUTYWARE 
BRASS  HTTINGS 

A  completely  new  line  of  Briggs  Beauty- 
ware  brass  fittings  featuring  the  "Sculp- 
tured Look,"  plus  an  exclusive  method  of 
color  integration  with  Beautyware  plumb- 
ing fixtures,  designed  by  Harley  Earl  Inc., 
nationally  famous  industrial  designers,  has 
just  been  announced. 


Interchangeable  color  inserts  are  a  fea- 
ture of  these  sleekly  modern  and  func- 
tional fittings,  and  may  be  obtained  in  sky 
blue,  coral,  sea  green,  soft  yellow,  sand- 
stone or  pearl  gray  to  match  exactly  the 
compatible  colors  of  plumbing  fixtures. 
Snap-in  inserts  are  also  available  in 
chrome  or  white. 

Frank  O.  Cole,  Jr.,  general  sales  man' 
ager,  describes  the  new  fittings  as  "the 
most  exciting  to  be  introduced  in  a  dec- 
ade." Complete  data  is  available  from  the 
manufacturer,  Briggs  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. 

WILLIAM  DODDS  TO 
HOLLY-GENERAL  CO. 

William  Dodds,  former  supervisor  of  a 
C.P.A.  firm,  has  been  named  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Controller  of  the  Holly-General 
Company  of  Pasadena,  a  division  of  the 
Siegler  Corporation,  according  to  a  recent 
announcement  by  W.  J.  Keegan,  president 
ot  Holly-General. 

Dodds  is  well  known  as  a  systems  an- 
alyst. 


KAISER  STEEL  FABRICATING 
PLANT  EXPANDS  ITS 
NAPA  DIVISION 

Construction  has  begun  on  a  $2,000,- 
000  expansion  of  facilities  at  the  Kaiser 
Steel  Fabricating  Division  plant  at  Napa, 
according  to  Ernest  L.  Ilsey,  general  man- 
ager of  the  Napa  and  Fontana  operations 
of  the  firm. 

When  completed  in  1959,  the  expan- 
sion will  nearly  double  the  plant's  pipe- 
making  capacity.  Major  facilities  under 
construction  include  a  50,000  sq.  ft.  addi- 
tion to  the  pipe  fabrication  plant  to  house 
additional  welding,  facing,  expanding  and 
testing  facilities,  new  buildings,  and  more 
handling  and  storage  areas. 

The  expansion  is  aimed  at  keeping  pace 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


with  the  demand  for  large  diameter  hne 
pipe,  especially  for  gas  and  petroleum 
pipelines  planned  for  construction  in  the 
western  United  States  and  Canada. 


WILLIAM  M.  MULLENEX 
NAMED  BUSINESS 
MANAGER  OF  HANKS 

William  M.  Mullenex  has  been  appoint- 
ed business  manager  of  Abbot  A.  Hanks 
Inc.,  San  Francisco.  He  was  formerly 
manager  of  the  General  Superintendance 
Company's  office  in  Moji,  Japan  and  has 
had  a  wide  experience  in  the  supervision 
of  sampling,  inspection  and  analysis  of 
many  commodities. 


PAYNE  COMPANY 
PROMOTES  TWO 

Dick  Judson  has  been  appointed  new 
Factory  Sales  Engineer  in  the  Pacific 
Northwest  area  for  the  Payne  Company  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  will  be  responsible  for 
all  company  sales  and  field  engineering  in 
the  state  of  Oregon  and  southern  Idaho, 
according  to  a  recent  announcement  by 
Owen  McComas,  national  sales  manager 
of  the  firm. 

McComas  also  announced  the  appoint- 
ment of  Donald  E.  Starr  to  the  new  posi- 
tion of  head  of  the  Application  Engineer- 
ing Department  of  the  company.  Starr 
will  be  in  charge  of  production  and  dis- 
semination of  information  on  all  Payne 
products  to  dealers,  distributors,  architects, 
engineers,  contractors,  and  sales  engineers 
in  the  field. 


HENRY  M.  TAYLOR  APPOINTED 
MANAGER  OF  MARKETING 
STROMBERG-CARLSON 

Henry   M.   Taylor   has   been   appointed 
manager    of     marketing     for     Stromberg- 


Carlson,  San  Diego,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement by  Harold  P.  Field,  manager. 
Taylor  was  formerly  manager  of  cus- 
tomer relations  for  the  Electronics  Systems 
Division  of  Sylvania  Electric  Products 
Inc.,  Dayton,  Ohio,  in  charge  of  new  busi- 
ness contracts  servicing  for  all  facilities 
and  military  agencies.  He  is  an  electrical 
and  mechanical  engineer. 


ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 

The  architectural  firm  of  Warnecke  & 
Warnecke,  Financial  Center  Bldg.,  Oak- 
land, has  been  comissioned  by  the  Oak- 
land Unified  School  District  trustees  to 
design  a  new  High  School  building  to  be 
built  on  Skyline  Blvd.  near  Redwood  Road 
at  an  estimated  cost  of  $4,000,000. 


HORSE  BARNS 
PLANNED 

The  architectural  firm  of  Hale  & 
Jacobson,  241  Vallejo  St.,  Mission  San 
Jose,  is  preparing  plans  for  construction 
of  new  Horse  Barns  at  the  Alameda 
county  Fairgrounds  in  Pleasanton  for  the 
Alameda   county   Board   of   Supervisors. 

The  new  facilities  costing  $240,000, 
will  replace  present  wooden  barns  with 
concrete  structures.  Each  of  the  6  barns 
will  contain  3  2  horse  stalls  and  8  tack 
rooms. 


ROBERT  A.  OLIN 
FORMS  NEW 
FIRM 

Robert  A.  Olin,  builder  of  a  new  resi- 
dential community  near  Claremont,  has 
announced  the  formation  of  a  new  con- 
struction firm  to  be  known  as  the  Olin 
Construction  Company. 

The   company   will    maintain    offices    in 


Claremont  and  will  specialize  in  residential 
and  commercial  construction.  Olin  has 
built  many  civic  and  commercial  buildings 
in  the  San  Gabriel  and  Pomona  valley 
areas. 

Olin  is  past  president  of  the  San  Gabriel 
Valley  Chapter   of  the   Building   Contrac- 


Modern  gun  application 
of  plaster  needs 
paper-backed  K-Lath. 


K-Lath  Corporation,  Oept.  A 

909  S.  Fremont, 

Alhambra,  California 

Please  send   me   more  information 

about  KLath  Q.  Name  and  address 

of  nearest  K-Lath  dealer  Q- 


Street_ 
City 


Up  to  8  phone  outlets  in  newest  homes!... 


Joseph  A.  Romano,  well-known  Fresno,  Calif.,  con- 
tractor, likes  to  make  sure  his  homes  meet  buyers' 
needs  in  every  way.  His  custom-built  homes,  in  the 
$21,000-$65,000  class,  include  5  to  8  telephone  outlets. 


To  Mr.  Romano,  complete  telephone 
planning  is  a  must  in  quality  home 
construction.  Buyers  look  for  it,  and 
in  Mr.  Romano's  own  words,  "Meet- 
ing customers'  demands  is  one  of  the 
best  ways  to  successful  selling.  That's 
why  some  of  my  most  recent  homes 
have  as  many  as  8  telephone  outlets." 
And  it's  also  why  other  leading  West- 
ern architects  and  builders  include 
concealed  wiring  and  plenty  of  phone 
outlets  in  their  original  plans. 

Pacific  Telephone 

We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our 
business  office  and  ask  for  our  free 
Architects  and  Builders  Service. 


It  pays  to  include  Telephone  Planning  in  every  home  you  build! 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


tors  association,  and  is  currently  chairman 
of  the  association's  legislative  committee. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  BCA,  a  director  of  the 
Home  Builders  Council  for  the  State  of 
California,  and  a  board  member  of  the 
State  Building  Contractors  Association. 


LOS  ANGELES  MANAGEMENT 
CONSULTING  HRM 
GIVEN  HONOR 

Benjamin  Borchardt  and  Associates,  Los 
Angeles  management  consulting  firm,  has 
been  elected  to  membership  in  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Consulting  Management  Engi- 
neers, it  being  the  first  such  membership 
issued  to  a  West  Coast  firm. 


SPECIFY 
CALAVERAS 


Since  its  organization  some  twenty-five 
years  ago,  only  forty-one  other  firms  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada  have 
achieved  membership. 

Organized  for  the  purpose  of  maintain- 
ing "a  high  level  of  professional  perform- 
ance among  management  consultants" 
ACME  has  rigid  requirements  for  mem- 
bership covering  length  and  scope  of 
service,  reputation  and  experience,  size 
and  composition  of  staff,  financial  stability 
and  other  pertinent  factors. 

NAHB  ANNOUNCES  FINAL 
PLANS  FOR  ANNUAL 
CHICAGO  MEET 

Chicago  w/ill  take  over  as  "homebuilding 
capital  of  the  world"  January  19,  when 
industry  leaders  gather  there  for  the  14th 
annual  Convention  and  Exposition  of  the 
National  Association  of  Home  Builders. 

An  all-day  "short  course  in  merchandis- 
ing" will  kick-off  a  series  of  meetings  on 
marketing  and  selling  which  will  be  par- 
ticipated in  by  home  builders  and  repre- 
sentatives from  all  parts  of  the  nation. 


TOP  QUALITY  CEMENTS  FOR 
EVERY  ARCHITECTURAL  USE 


WALTER  F.  PRUTER 
IS  APPOINTED 
SALES  MANAGER 

Walter  F.  Pruter  has  been  appointed 
General  Sales  Manager  of  the  Pacific  Tile 
and  Porcelain  Company  of  Los  Angeles, 
according  to  a  recent  announcement  by 
Robert  G.  Bailey,  vice  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  firm. 

Pruter  was  formerly  manager  of  archi- 
tectural sales  for  the  west  coast  for  Kaiser 
Aluminum  and  Chemical  Sales  Inc.,  and 
prior  to  that  was  assistant  sales  manager 
of  plastering  materials  for  the  United 
States  Gypsum  Company  in  Chicago. 


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•  SUB-CONTRACTORS 

•  MANUFACTURERS  AND 
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ARCHITECTS  REPORTS  gives  advance  news 
on  construction  projects  in  Northern  California, 
lists:  name  of  projects,  location,  architect,  pro- 
posed   cost    and    other    pertinent    information. 

HANDY  individual  slip-reports,  issued  daily  at  a 
total  cost  of  only 

$10  a  month 


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HIGH  SCHOOL  STUDENTS 
TAKE  ARCHITECTURAL 
TOUR  KERN  COUNTY 

Kern  county  high  school  students  in- 
terested in  the  profession  of  architecture 
as  a  career  were  guests  at  a  preliminary 
career  conference  and  a  tour  of  several 
Bakersfield  architectural  offices  recently. 

The  project  was  sponsored  by  the  archi- 
tects of  Kern  county  in  conjunction  with 
the  100th  anniversary  of  the  founding  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Architects. 


UTAH  CONSTRUCTION 
NAMES  PERSONNEL 
DIRECTOR 

M.  C.  Strittmatter  has  been  named 
director  of  personnel  relations  for  Utah 
Construction  Co.,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement by  Allen  D.  Christensen, 
president  and  general  manager. 

Strittmatter  was  formerly  director  of 
personnel  for  General  Telephone  Co.  of 
California,  Santa  Monica,  and  industrial 
relations  manager  for  American  Hoist  and 
Derrick  Co.,  St.  Paul. 


PAUL  E.  nSCHER 
APPOINTED  BY 
HBERBOARD 

Paul  E.  Fischer  has  been  appointed 
manager  of  manufacturing,  building  mate- 
terials  division  of  the  Fiberboard  Paper 
Products  Corp'n,  according  to  a  recent 
announcement  by  R.  R.  Galloway,  vice 
president,  building  materials  division. 

He  succeeds  Ben  A.  Wilson,  who  has 
been  named  director  of  purchases  for  the 
firm.  Headquarters  will  be  in  the  com- 
pany's San  Francisco  executive  offices. 


SERVICE 
STATIONS 

Engineers  Clyde  Carpenter  &?  Associ- 
ates, 2614  S.  Peck  Road,  Monrovia,  have 
completed  working  drawings  for  con- 
struction of  2  1 -story,  reinforced  brick 
service  stations  for  the  General  Petroleum 
Corp.,  to  be  built  in  Los  Angeles. 

Each  building  will  be  25x52  feet  with 
composition  roofing,  steel  sash,  overhead 
doors,  concrete  slab  floor,  storage,  sales 
and  lubrication  rooms,  restrooms.  The 
estimated   cost  is  $53,000. 


LUTHERAN 
CHURCH 

Architect  David  Harkness  and  Associ- 
ates, 601  California  Avenue,  Bakerfield 
is  preparing  drawings  for  construction  of 
a  new  church  building  in  Las  Vegas, 
Nevada,  for  the  Calvary  Lutheran  Church. 

Construction  will  be  concrete  block  and 
stucco,  steel  frame,  rock  roof,  concrete 
and    asphalt    tile    floors,    air    conditioning 


MULLEN   MFG. 
COMPAJNfY 


BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF   GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Offic*  «nd  Fact»rf 

tO-80  RAUSCH  ST..  Bef.  7*h  and  8th  Sh. 

San  Franclico 

Telaphana  UNdarhlll  t-S8l{ 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


and   heat  units,  kitchen,  and  will  occupy 
3,650  sq.  ft.  of  area. 

TV  STATION 
PLANNED 

Architect  Welton  Becket  6?  Associates, 
153  Maiden  Lane,  San  Francisco,  is  pre- 
paring plans  for  construction  of  a  new  TV 
Studio  and  Offices  to  be  built  in  the 
Jack  London  Square  in  Oakland  for  the 
San   Francisco-Oakland   Television   Inc. 

The  new  building  will  have  13,900  sq. 
ft.  of  area  for  studios  and  9,200  sq.  ft. 
of  office  space.  The  station's  transmitter 
will  be  installed  on  Mt.  San  Bruno  in 
San  Francisco  and  when  completed  the 
studio  will  broadcast  over  channel  2.  Es- 
timated cost  of  the  project  is  $250,000. 

NUT  TREE 
EXPANDS 

Architects  Dreyfuss  &  Blackford,  2127 
J.  Street,  Sacramento,  are  working  on 
plans  for  construction  of  a  long-term  re- 
placement of  the  present  restaurant  facili- 
ties at  the  Nut  Tree  Restaurant  near  Vaca- 
ville. 

The  plans  call  for  construction  of  a 
new  outdoor  dining  area  and  enlargment 
of    the    present    parking    facilities. 

AIR  POLLUTION 
CONFERENCE 

The  semi-annual  Technical  Conference 
of  the  Air  Pollution  Control  Association 
was  held  this  month  at  the  Fairmont  Ho- 
tel in  San  Francisco,  it  being  the  first  time 
the  meeting  has  been  held  in  Northern 
California. 

The  Technical  Program  is  directed  to- 
ward the  role  of  microscopic  and  sub- 
microscopic  particles  in  air  pollution.  The 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


I     TYPHOON 

CONTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

174-12TH  STREET -OAKIAHD 
Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


problem  of  small  particles  affecting  manu- 
facturing and  processing  of  materials  is 
becoming  acute  for  many  industries  and 
contamination  control  of  the  air  is  of 
major  concern  to  those  industries  now 
faced  with  regulations. 

Benjamin  Linsky  of  the  Bay  Area  Air 
Pollution  Control  District  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  conference. 


LYON  FLAT  DRAWER 
FILES  ARE  IDEAL 

Flat  storage  of  blueprints,  drawings, 
tracings,  maps,  charts,  photographs,  x-rays, 
film  slides  and  strips,  large  paper  and 
many  other  items  may  be  stored  to  form 
an  attractive  display  presentation,  when 
drawers  are  pulled  out,  by  use  of  this  new 
product. 


Lyon  flat  drawer  files  are  provided  with 
hinged  paperweight  on  front  and  protect- 
ing hood  on  back  of  drawer  to  prevent 
edges  of  paper  from  curling.  Stops  pre- 
vent drawers  from  being  pulled  out  acci- 
dentally, but  easily  released  when  desired. 
Each  cabinet  has  five  drawers;  may  be 
stacked  one  above  the  other  to  any  desired 
height.  Available  in  three  sizes  and  with  a 
variety  of  drawer  divider  arrangements. 
Complete  data  from  the  manufacturer,  the 
Lyon  Metal  Products  Inc.,  Aurora,  Illinois. 


CONSTRUCTION  SPECIFICATIONS 
INSTITUTE  TO  MEET 

The  San  Francisco  Area  Chapter  of  the 
Construction  Specifications  Institute  held 
their  regular  meeting  on  November  20th 
at  DiMaggio's  Restaurant,   San   Francisco. 

Gene  Hundley  of  the  E.  M.  Hundley 
Hardware  Company  was  the  principal 
speaker,  discussing  "Hardware  Specifica- 
tions" from  the  point  of  view  of  the  archi- 
tect, contractors  and  supplier.  A  general 
discussion  followed  the  speaker's  talk. 


CAFETERIA 
BUILDING 

Architects  Wright,  Metcalf  and  Parsons, 
2323  E  Street,  Bakersfield,  have  completed 
plans  for  the  construction  of  a  cafeteria 
building  at  the  Lost  Hills  Elementary 
School,  Lost  Hills,  for  the  Lost  Hills 
Union  School  District. 

The  66x78  ft.  building  will  be  of  frame 
and  stucco  construction  with  composition 
roof,  concrete  and  asphalt  tile  floor,  air 
conditioning,  plaster,  steel  sash,  in-wall 
tables  and  benches,  acoustic  tile,  complete 
kitchen  equipment.  Estimated  cost  is 
$120,000. 


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STRUCTURES  AND  EQUIPMENT 

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AND  MATERIALS 

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FOUNDATION  SOILS 

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TESTS 

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MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON,  INC. 

General  Contractors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

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COMPANY 

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CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


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HERRICK 
IRON  WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
REINFORCING  STEEL 

28400  CLAV/ITER  ROAD 

HAYWARD,  CALIF. 

Phone  LU  I-44SI 


NOVEMBER,      1957 


STATEMENT  REQUIKED  BY  THE  ACT  OF 
AUGUST  24,  1912.  AS  AMENDED  BY 
THE  ACTS  OF  MARCH  3,  1933,  AND 
JULY  2,  1946  (Title  39,  United  States 
Code,  Section  233)  SHOWING  THE  OWN- 
ERSHIP, MANAGEMENT,  AND  CIRCU- 
LATION OF 
Architect   and   Engineer,    published   monthly 

at  San  Francisco,  Calif.,  for  October  1.  19.i7. 

1.  The  names  and  addresses  of  the  publisher, 
editor,  managing  editor,  and  business  man- 
agers are : 

Publisher,  The  Architect  and  Engineer,  Inc., 
68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Editor.  Edwin  H.  Wilder,  68  Post  St.,  San 
Francisco,   Calif. 

Managing  Editor,   None. 

Business  Manager.  L.  B.  Penhorwood.  6S 
Post  St.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

2.  The  owner  is:  (If  owned  by  a  corporation, 
its  name  and  address  must  be  stated  and  also 
immediately  thereunder  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  stockholders  owninc  or  holding  1 
percent  or  more  of  total  amount  of  stock.  If  not 
owned  by  a  corporation,  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  the  individual  owners  must  be  eiven. 
If  owned  by  a  partnership  or  other  unincor- 
porated firm,  its  name  and  address,  as  well  as 
that  of  each  individual  member,  must  be  given.) 

The  Architect  and  Engineer,  Inc.,  68  Post 
St..  San  Francisco.  Calif. 

K.  P.  Kierulff,  68  Post  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Calif. 

E.  N.  Kierulff,  68  Post  St..  San  Francisco. 
Calif. 

L.  B.  Penhorwood,  68  Post  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Calif. 

F.  W.  Jones,  1153  McKinley  Ave.,  Oakland. 
Calif. 

E  J.  Cardinal,  942  Howard  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Calif. 

3.  The  known  bondholders,  mortgagees,  and 
other  security  holders  owning  or  holding  1  per- 
cent or  more  of  total  amount  of  bonds,  mort- 
gages, or  other  securities  are:  (If  there  are 
none,  so  state.) 

None. 

4.  Paragraphs  2  and  3  include,  in  cases  where 
the  stockholder  or  security  holder  appears  upon 
the  books  of  the  company  as  trustee  or  in  any 
other  fiduciary  relation,  the  name  of  the  person 
or  corporation  for  whom  such  trustee  is  acting ; 
also  the  statements  in  the  two  paragraphs 
show  the  affiant's  full  knowledge  and  belief  as 
to  the  circumstances  and  conditions  under 
which  stockholders  and  security  holders  who 
do  not  appear  upon  the  books  of  the  company 
as  trustees,  hold  stock  and  securities  in  a  capa- 
city other  than  that  of  a  bonda  fide  owner. 

5.  The  average  number  of  copies  of  each 
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day   of   September.    1957. 

(SEAL)  IRENE  CRESPI 

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ARCHITECTS    Reports 48 

ATLAS   Heating   &  Ventilating   Co 23 

BARNARD    Engineering   Co 50 

BASALT  Rock  Co.,  Inc 30 

BAXTER,  J.  H.,  Co Back  Cover 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California,  The  ..     * 

BILCO   Co.  * 

BRISGS   Beautyware   6  &   7 

CALAVERAS    Cement    48 

CALIFORNIA  Builders  Hardware  Co.  20 
CALIFORNIA    Metal    Enameling   Co., 

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C.  &  H.  SPECIALIES  Co * 

CLASSIFIED   Advertising    41 

CLIFFORD    Electric    Co 22 

COLUMBIA-Geneva    Steel    2 

DESERT    Inn 34 

DINV/IDDIE  Construction 
Company  49 

ENGLISH,    Fred,    Photos    50 

FITZMAURICE,    J.    H. 20 

FORDERER  Cornice  Works  34 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  Co 50 

GENERAL  Roofing  Co. 17 

GLADDING,  McBean  &  Company  ....      I 

GOLDEN  Gate  Iron  V\/orks  20 

GREENBERG'S,   M.,  Sons 27 

HAAS   &   Haynie  Const.  Co 35 

HANKS,   Abbot  A.,    Inc 49 

HAV/S   Drinking    Faucet  Co 33 

HERMANN    Safe   Co.,  The   35 

HERRICK    Iron    Works    49 

HORN,  A.  C,  Co. 44 

HUNT,    Robert   W.,    Company    50 

JOHNSON,    S.   T.,    Co * 

JONES,   O.    C.    &   Son 17 

JOSAM   Pacific  Co 25 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy  Corp 35 

K-LATH   Corp 47 

KRAFTILE    Company 32 

LATHROP,   F.   P.,   Construction   Co.  ..      5 

LeROY   Construction   Services   36 

LINFORD  Air  &   Refrigeration  Co 49 

LOOP   LUMBER   CO 18 

LORENTZEN   CO 19 

MacDONALD,   Young   &   Nelson,    Inc.  49 

MATTOCK   Construcfron   Co 49 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

Inc Inside   Front   Cover 

MORRILL  Co.,  E.  H 19 

MULLEN    Mfg.    Co 48 

NATIONAL  Iron  Works  18 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates,   Inc.   31 

PACIFIC    Manufacturing    Co 36 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.   47 

PASSETTI   Trucking   Co.,   Inc 29 

PITTSBURGH    Testing    Laboratory   ....  46 

PLASTIC  Sales  and   Service   28 

PORCELAIN    Enamel    (Architectural 

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REMILLARD-Dandini    Co 45 

REPUBLIC   Steel   Corporation   36 

SCOn   Company   21    &   45 

SHADES,    Inc 45 

SIMONDS    Machinery    Co 35 

SOVIG,    Conrad,    Co 50 

STROMBERG-Carlson     Co 46 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of  Northern 

California 34 

U.  S.  BONDS  ..Inside  Back  Cover 

UNITED  States  Gypsum  Co 10  &  I  I 

UNITED  States   Steel    Corp 2 

VERMONT   Marble   Co 36 

WESTERN    Glass    Co 17 

WESTERN  Sierra  Lumber  Co 18 

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The  man  in  the  wheel  chair  leaned  into  the 
microphone.  "Christmas!"  he  snarled.  "Bah! 
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millions  of  young  listeners  chilled  at  the  mental 
picture  of  the  baleful  Scrooge. 

It  was  a  Christmas  institution,  back  in  the 
Forties,  this  annual  reading  of  Charles  Dickens' 
classic.  Its  reader  was  something  of  an  institution 
himself.  In  his  turbulent  lifetime  he  had  been  an 
unsuccessful  painter  but  a  good  amateur  second- 
baseman,  a  composer  whose  music  was  played  by 
the  New  York  Philharmonic,  and  a  model  for 
Frederick  Remington. 

To  most  people,  though,  he  was  Lionel  Barrymore, 
the  actor,  and  they  loved  him. 

He  was  both  crusty  and  kindly  (he  loved 
reading  "A  Christmas  Carol"),  adventurous,  stub- 
bornly independent  in  thought  and  outlook.  And 
game  as  they  come.  Although  an  accident  in 
1936  imprisoned  him  in  a  wheel  chair,  he  went 

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WESTERN  CHURCH   DESIGN  ...  11 


ART 


Vol.  21 


No.  3 


AND 


EDWIN  H.  WILDER 

Editor 

CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS: 

Education 

SIDNEY  W.  LITTLE,  Dean, 
School  of  Architecture,  Univer- 
sity of  Oregon,  Eugene,  Oregon 

City  Planning 

CORWIN  R.  MOCINE,  City 

Planning  Engineer,  Oakland, 
California 

Urban  Planning  and 

Shopping    Centers 

FRANK  EMERY  COX,  Sales 
Research  &  Business  Develop- 
ment Analyst,  Berkeley,  Califor- 


Realty   Development 

ROY  P.  DRACHMAN,  Sub- 
divider  and  Realty  Developer, 
Tucson,   Arizona 

School  Planning 

DR.  J.  D.  McCONNEL,  Stan- 
ford School  Planning  Dept., 
Palo   Alto,   California 

Residential  Planning 

JEDD  JONES,  Architea, 
Boise,  Idaho 

General  Architecture 

ROBERT  FIELD,  Architert, 
Los   Angeles,   California 

Engineering 

JOHN  A.  BLUME,  Consulting 
and  Structural  Engineer,  San 
Francisco,    California 

Advertising 

WILLIAM   A.   ULLNER, 
Manager 


FRED  JONES 
Special  Advertising 


COVER  PICTURE 

WESTERN 
CHURCH 
DESIGN 
for  1957 

Features  a  number  of  outstanding 
Church  buildings  designed  by  West- 
ern architects.  I.e.  this  Port  Angeles, 
Washington,  Holy  Trinity  Church  by 
Durham,  Anderson  and  Freed. 
For  complete  story  turn  to  Page  6. 


ARCHITECTS'  REPORTS— 

Published  Daily 

Archie  MacCorkindole,  Manager 
Telephone  DOuglos  2-8311 


-ARCHITECT  &  ENGINEER  „  indexed  rcRularly  by  ENGINEERING  INDEX.  INC:  and  ART  INDEX- 


Confenfs     for 


DECEMBER 


EDITORIAL  NOTES 2 

NEWS  &  COMMENT  ON  ART 3 

COMMUNITY  ACTIVITY  CENTER— Kern  Coun+y, 

Uses  "Bents"  in  Construction     .........  4 

By  CLARENCE  CULLIMORE,   SR..   FAIA. 

BAY  AREA  TRANSIT— For  Peninsula  Counties 5 

By   GEORGE   S.    HILL,    Consulting  Engineer 

WESTERN  CHURCH  DESIGN— A  High  Point  of  Achievement 

in  Art  and  Architecture     ..........  6 

By   ARTHUR   W.    PRIAULX.     Featuring  the  work  of: 

Durham,  Anderson  and  Freed,  Architects  AIA,  Seattle,  Washington 

A.  Blaine  Imel,  Architect  AIA,  Tulsa,  Oklahoma 

H.  Summerfield  Day,  Architect  AIA,  Grand  Junction,  Colorado 

H.  W.  Burton,  Architect,  Honolulu,  Hawaii 

Victor  Louis  Wulff,  Architect  AIA,  Spokane,  Washington 

Magney,  Tussler  and  SeHer,  Architects  AIA.  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Freeman.  Haysllp.  Tuft  and  Hewlett.  Architects  AIA.  Portland,  Ore. 

James  Fitrgerald,  Sculptor,  Seattle,  Washington 

Paul  Thiry,  Architect  AIA,  Seattle.  Washington 

F.  O.  Knipe,  Architect  AIA,  Tucson,  Arizona 

John  Bomberger,  Architect  AIA,  Modesto,  California 

A.  M.  Richards  and  Associates,  Architects,  Los  Angeles,  California 

Culver  Heaton,  Architect  AIA,  Pasadena,  California 

Wheeler  and  Lewis,  Architects  AIA,  Denver,  Colorado 

Roger  Gottelund  and  Roy  KociarskI,  Associate,  Architects  AIA,  Seattle,  Washington 

Warren  Webber,  Architect  AIA,  Portland,  Oregon 

Edmundson  and  Kochendoerfer,  Architects  AIA,  Portland,  Oregon 

OFFICE-COURT  BUILDINGS— Contra  Costa  County,  Richmond,  California     .  20 

DONALD  L.  HARDISON  AIA,  HARRY  B.  CLAUSEN  AIA  and 

S.  RICHARD  KOMATSU  AIA,  Associate  Architects. 
HALL,   PRESNOFF  &   MATHEU,  Structural  Engineers. 
G.  M.  SIMONSON,   Mechanical  Engineer. 
LAWRENCE  HALPRIN,  Landscape  Architect. 

AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  OF  ARCHITECTS— Chapter  Activities      ...  26 

WITH  THE  ENGINEERS— News  and  Notes 27 

BOOK  REVIEWS— Pamphlets  and  Catalogues 33 

ESTIMATOR'S  GUIDE— Building  and  Construction  Materials  ....  35 

ESTIMATOR'S  DIRECTORY— Building  and  Construction  Materials  ...  37 

CLASSIFIED  ADVERTISING 39 

BUILDING  TRADES  WAGE  SCALES— Northern,  Central  &  Southern  California  40 

CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  and  Miscellaneous  Data     .  41 

IN  THE  NEWS 44 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS 48 

INDEX  OF  ARTICLES  AND  ILLUSTRATIONS,  Vols.  209-211,   1957         .         .  49 


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ITH  BEST  WISHES 


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MERRY  CHRISTMAS 


AND 


A  HAPPY  NEW  YEAR 


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NEWS  and 
COMMENT  ON  ART 


CALIFORNIA  PALACE  OF  THE 
LEGION  OF  HONOR 

The  California  Palace  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Lincohi  Park,  San  Francisco,  under  the  direction  of 
Thomas  Carr  Howe,  Jr.,  has  announced  the  following 
special  exhibitions  and  events  for  the  Christmas  and 
New  Year's  holidays: 

EXHIBITIONS:  The  2nd  Pacific  Coast  Biennial 
Exhibition,  an  exhibition  assembled  by  the  Santa 
Barbara  Museum  of  Art  and  presented  in  San  Fran- 
Cisco  with  the  cooperation  of  that  museum  and  the  Art 
Museums  of  Portland  and  Seattle;  Paintings  by  Vera 
Adams  Davis,  a  Memorial  exhibition;  Color  PhotO' 


graphs  by  Margaret  Morse;  Paintings  by  Cecil  Everly, 
Robert  Stering  and  Jerrold  Davis. 

The  Achenbach  Foundation  for  Graphic  Arts:  At 
the  Musuem— William  Blake  (1757-1827),  an  exhibi- 
tion honoring  the  great  visionary  artist  and  poet  on 
the  200th  anniversary  of  his  birth,  with  loan  contribu- 
tions from  museum  and  private  collections;  The  Story 
of  Christ  in  Prints  by  Albrecht  Duerer  and  his  con- 
temporaries; and  on  loan  at  the  San  Francisco  Public 
Library  is  a  group  of  Photographs  of  California  by 
Hugo  P.  Ruedinger. 

EVENTS:  Special  holiday  Organ  Recital  every  Sat- 
(See  Page  30) 


M.  H.  DE  YOUNG  MEMORIAL  MUSEUM 


Golden  Gate  Park 


San  Francisco 


THE  ADORATION  OF  THE  SHEPHERDS' 


Walnut  Panel 


French  Painter,  School  of  Provence,  about  I  500 


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DECEMBER,     1957 


KERN  COUNTY 

COMMUNITY  ACTIVITY  CENTER 


USES  "BENTS"  IN  CONSTRUCTION 


By  CLARENCE  CULLIMORE,  SR. 

F.A.t.A.   Architect 


Kern  County  has  dedicated  its  community  activity 
center  building  at  Heritage  Park  on  the  fringe  of 
the  City  of  Bakersfield.  It  is  constructed  with  rein- 
forced concrete  bents  for  its  basic  structure.  Although 
the  buildintj  is  located  a  little  off-the-beat  of  sidewalk 
superintendents,  the  job  attracted  a  goodly  number  of 
curious  spectators,  intrigued  by  the  drama  of  building 
the  roof  before  the  house.  This  procedure  has  an 
added  advantage,  especially  in  Central  California's 
fruit-basket  valley  of  the  San  Joaquin,  where  the 
summer  sun  zooms  the  themometer  to  more  than  100 
degrees  in  the  shade.  In  such  a  circumstance  there  is 
an  advantage  for  bricklayers  to  work  in  the  shade; 
,ind  shade  is  good  for  the  mortar  while  it  sets. 

The  on-lookers  saw  the  crane  grip  the  roof-slab 
(Sec  Page  32) 


Reinforced  concrete  BENTS,  poured  on  the  ground,  were  hoisted  into 
place;  40-ft.  crane  lifted  10-ton  roof  slabs  of  reinforced  concrete 
into  position;  concrete-block  walls  then  laid  in  place. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Bay  Area  Transit 

For  Peninsula  Counties 

By  GEORGE  S.   HILL 

Consulting  Engineer 

Before  the  bill  for  establishing  a  Bay  Area  rapid 
transit  system  was  passed  by  the  Legislature,  there 
was  some  reluctance  on  the  part  of  San  Mateo  County 
to  its  being  included  in  the  district.  As  local  consent 
and  approval  is  a  requisite  in  community  planning, 
the  bill  as  finally  passed  provides  for  exploring  the 
possibilities  thoroughly  before  commitments  are  made. 
County  by  county  approval  is  required,  thus  avoiding 
arbitrary  action. 

Description  of  Engineers'  Plan 

A  detailed  description  of  the  Peninsula  Line  as 
recommended  for  the  first  stage  of  construction  is 
given  on  pages  60-61  of  the  engineers'  report.  For 
discussion  purposes  it  begins  at  14th  and  Valencia 
Streets  in  San  Francisco.  It  follows  Valencia  Street. 
Alemany  Boulevard,  the  Southern  Pacific  Bernal 
Branch  right-of-way,  El  Camino  Real,  and  the 
abandoned  private  right-of-way  of  the  Municipal  Rail- 
way to  Burlingame,  where  it  joins  the  main  line  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  Company.  It  then  follows  the 
railroad  right-of-way  to  California  Avenue  and  the 
Los  Gates  Branch  Line  to  a  terminus  at  Arastradere 
Road  north  of  Los  Altos. 

Mass  Transit  on  Grade-Separated  Rights-of-Way 

"The  only  mass  transit  which  can  he  considered 
rapid  is  that  which  operates  over  a  right-of-way 
separated  both  vertically  and  horizontally  from  any 
route  carrying  other  traffic  vehicles."  (p-7  engineers" 
report) 

A  Regional  Freeway  Network 

"The  existence  of  a  very  large  group  for  whom 
only  the  private  motor  vehicle  provides  eifective 
transportation,  dictates  a  strong  highway  system  as 
the  very  first  requirement  in  satisfying  over-all  trans- 
portation demand.  A  regional  highway  system  of  free- 
way quahty  is  essential."  (P-37,  ER) 

The  Peninsula  Line 

"The  Southern  Pacific  commuter  train  service  has 
been  the  backbone  of  Peninsula  urbanization.  Settled 
initially  as  residential  suburbs  of  San  Francisco,  the 
Peninsula  communities  have  grown  largely  because 
transportation  into  the  major  employment  center 
has  been  relatively  fast  and  efficient.  Patronage  of 
the  Southern  Pacific  commuter  service  has  been 
actually  increasing  at  about  two  percent  per  year." 
(P-43,  ER) 


Adaptability  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Peninsula  Line 

"The  utilization  of  the  Southern  Pacific  for  modern 
rapid  transit  would  require  elimination  of  more  than 
70  grade  crossings.  These  are  recognized  as  very  un- 
desirable, even  under  present  operating  conditions. 
With  the  high  speeds  and  short  interval  service  of 
rapid  transit  they  would  be  intolerable.  The  conflict 
of  short-interval  off-peak  rapid  transit  service  with 
freight  movements  and  long-distance  passenger  trains 
would  so  hamper  one  service  or  the  other  as  to 
necessitate  separate  tracks  for  rapid  transit  service. 
And  these  additional  tracks  would  have  to  be  grade- 
separated  not  only  from  intersecting  motor-vehicle 
traffic,  but  also  from  the  industrial  track  connections 
by  which  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  makes  de- 
livery to  the  several  customers."  (The  plan  proposes 
to  use  the  right-of-way  for  an  elevated  railway). 
"Specifically,  could  the  Southern  Pacific  tracks  be 
extended  from  the  present  station  to  make  deliver^' 
in  the  underground  terminal  on  Market  Street  as 
contemplated  in  the  Optimum  Plan?  This  w'ould 
necessitate  electrifying  the  route  at  a  cost  of  $500,000 
to  $600,000  per  mile.  Further,  Southern  Pacific  of- 
ficials have  informed  us  that  because  of  the  increased 
patronage  that  such  improved  delivery  would  generate 
and  because  of  conflicts  with  freight  and  long-distance 
passenger  movements,  a  third  track  v/ould  have  to  be 
added  to  their  system.  In  the  aggregate  the  cost  of  an 
underground  connection  to  Market  Street,  electrifica- 
tion, and  the  addition  of  a  third  track  would  be  on 
the  order  of  $75,000,000.  This  investment  in  what 
would  still  be  a  non-grade-separated  railroad,  unsuit- 
able for  short-interv^al  off-peak  service,  is  clearly  un- 
justifiable when  compared  with  the  $136,800,000  cost 
of  a  separate  rapid  transit  system.  We  conclude  there- 
fore, that  there  is  no  desirable  intermediate  program 
between  existing  Southern  Pacific  service  and  the 
rapid  transit  system  we  recommend."  (P-51,  ER) 

"The  off-peak  interval  would  be  15  minutes." 
(P-76,  ER) 

Peninsula  Approximation 

"The  closest  approximation  in  the  region  to  the 
proposed  future  transportation  system  occurs  on  the 
Peninsula,  where  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  the 
Pacific  Greyhound  Lines,  and  the  highway-freeway 
system  presently  comprise  the  transportation  frame- 
work." (P-69.  ER) 

Description  of  Proposed  System 

"Unlike  the  eastern  transit  systems,  the  system 
proposed  for  the  Bay  Area  is  interurban  in  character. 
It  would  have  stations  spaced  on  the  average  lYz 
miles  apart,  compared  with  J/2  to  1  mile  on  existing 
urban  systems.  The  proposed  average  speed  of  45 
miles  per  hour,  including  stops,  is  twice  as  fast  as  the 
(See  Page  24) 


DECEMBER,     1957 


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WESTERN   CHURCH 
DESIGN 


A  HIGH  POINT  OF  ACHIEVEMENT 
IN  ART  AND  ARCHITECTURE 

By  ARTHUR  W.  PRIAULX 


HOLY  TRINITY  LUTHERAN  CHURCH  of  Port  Angeles.  Wash- 
ington, designed  by  Durham,  Anderson  and  Freed,  Architects. 
Lower  view  is  chancel  fittings  carved  by  Roger  Sogge,  sculp- 
tor. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


^ 


Inside  and  out,  contemporary  American  churches 
arc  an  impressive  demonstration  of  allied  art  and 
architecture  at  a  high  point  of  achievement. 

Today's  church  designs  may  vary  from  the  extreme 
ly  simple  to  the  breath-taking  dramatic,  and  cover  as 
wide  a  range  in  form  and  style  as  the  variety  of  creeds 
they  serve.  Once  bound  by  a  self-imposed  dedication 
to  tradition,  church  architecture  has  finally  burst  its 
bonds  and  today  offers  the  imaginative  architect  as 
great  a  range  of  potential  opportunity  as  does  the  work 
of  any  other  client. 

No  longer  does  church  design  border  on  the  charity 
or  cut-rate  plan.  Experts  say  there  will  be  70,000 
church  structures  designed  and  built  over  the  next 
decade  to  a  total  cost  of  six  billion  dollars.  In  addition, 
it  is  estimated  by  the  same  source  that  12,500  church 
projects  involving  Sunday  schools,  parish  homes  and 
other  related  religious  buildings  will  be  designed  and 
erected  during  the  same  years  and  that  these  extra 
structures  will  add  another  billion  and  one  quarter 
dollars  to  the  church  pool. 

With  such  sums  of  money  involved,  it  is  no  wonder 


that  the  nation's  leading  architectural  firms  consider 
church  design  a  vital  part  of  their  business  financially 
and  an  inspirational  challenge  from  a  design  stand- 
point. 


ST.  JAMES 

PRESBYTERIAN 

CHURCH 

Bellingham,    Washington 


TOP  VIEW:  The  Cross  and 
tower  of  wood  and  stone  is  a 
beacon  for  the  surrounding 
countryside. 


AT  RIGHT:  Is  shown  an  inter- 
esting use  of  wood  and  stone 
by  the  architects  Durham,  An- 
derson and  Freed. 


There  are  some  5,000  architectural  firms  in  the  U.  S. 
which  are  regularly  engaged  in  church  design  or 
occasionally  enter  this  field.  The  estimated  volume  of 
70,000  churches  to  be  built  over  a  ten-year  span  means 
that  each  of  these  firms  will  have  something  over  a 
dozen  churches  in  their  offices,  plus  other  religious 
work  which  should  total  more  than  a  million  and  a 
half  dollars  if  the  national  average  of  $85,000'$100,000 
per  church  is  used. 


REDEEMER  LUTHERAN  CHURCH.  Cushing,  Okla. 

Church  and  religious  categories  account  for  just 
under  ten  per  cent  of  the  total  building  volume  for 
non-residential  construction.  It  must  be  concluded 
that  the  outlook  for  church  building  is  bright  indeed. 

Design  expression  is  still  the  most  formidable  ob- 
stacle that  an  architect  for  a  church  structure  faces  in 
this  era  of  contemporary  thought  and  action.  As 
Pietro  Pelluschi,  dean  of  architecture  at  M.I.T.  and 
once  a  prominent  west  coast  designer  says,  "The  con- 
temporary architect  is  confronted  by  the  difficult 
problem  of  creating  forms  appropriate  to  a  modern 
society  without  destroying  the  symbols  that  have 
given  form  validity  to  the  idea  of  the  'church"  in  the 
past." 

While  many  an  architect  today  refuses  to  be  bound 
by  blind  allegiance  to  the  forms  of  the  past,  there  is 
still,  nevertheless,  a  reluctance  to  abandon  every  ves- 
tige of  the  traditional.  Most  designers  attempt  to  pre- 
serve to  a  great  or  less  degree  the  feeling  of  emotional 
continuity  which  is  the  very  essence  of  religion  itself. 

Certainly,  here  in  the  western  states,  architects 
during  the  past  dozen  years  have  evolved  a  multitude 
of  shapes  and  forms  for  our  religious  houses  which 
have  opened  up  a  vast  new  concept.  The  very  freedom 
of  their  design  has  been  dramatic.  On  the  following 
pages  will  be  shown  some  of  the  best  examples  of  the 
"new  church,"  and  they  could  hardly  vary  more  in 
character  and  appearance.  Yet,  very  much  in  evidence 
in  every  case  is  the  effort  of  each  architect  to  achieve 
an  accepted  goal  and  a  common  end  of  developing  a 
theme  for  each  of  these  structures  which  is  conducive 
to  worship. 


TOP  VIEW:  Interior  view 
showing  design  predi- 
cated on  low  cost  budg- 
et by  Architect  A. 
Blaine  Imel,  Tulsa,  Okla- 
homa. 


AT  LEFT:  Exterior  view 
shows  attractive  ap- 
pearance. 


Most  churches  must  serve  a  worldly  community,  but 
offer  a  promise  of  a  transcendent  community.  There- 
fore, they  must  be  inspirational,  serene  and  they  must 
be  beautiful  with  symbolism  often  only  subtly  appar' 
ent.  They  must  exemplify  the  very  highest  standards 
of  excellence  in  design  and  impression. 

To  help  achieve  the  aim  of  inspiring  the  loftiest 
thoughts,  many  an  architect  insists  on  using  some  form 
of  the  gothic  arch,  as  Durham,  Anderson  and  Freed, 
A. I. A.,  did  so  effectively  in  their  Holy  Trinity  Luther- 
an  Church  of  Port  Angeles,  Washington  (see  Page  6) . 
Here,  they  have  given  careful  attention  to  the  organ- 
ization of  space,  the  upsweeping  glu-lam  gothic  arches 
which  suggest  the  most  lofty  ideals. 

As  in  many  cases,  this  church  structure  serves  all 
the  various  activities  of  the  parishioners,  young  and 
old.  The  nave,  seating  300  people,  gains  the  atmos- 
phere of  worship  through  the  combined  use  of  sweep- 
ing laminated  fir  arches  that  support  exposed  natural 
finished  hemlock  decking  and  louvered  sidewall  fenes- 
tration composed  of  seedy  marine  antique  amber  glass 
and  vertical  grain  fir.  By  bringing  the  arches  down  at 
the  end  of  the  pews  and  the  use  of  clerestory  lighting, 
visual  length  and  height  is  added  to  the  worship 
center,  the  architects  observe. 


CONGREGATIONAL 
CHURCH 


Grand   Junction, 
Colorado 


TOP  VIEW:  Shows  interior  of 
this  Rocky  Mountain  region 
church  designed  by  architect 
H.  Summerfield  Day. 


AT  RIGHT:  Exterior  shows 
unique  combination  of  modern 
and  traditional  forms. 


ST.    PAUL   LUTHERAN 
CHURCH   —  Spokane 


AT  LEFT:  Native  stone  and  west- 
ern woods  are  used  by  architect 
Victor  Louis  WulfF  in  this  Wash- 
ington church. 


BELOW:     Exterior     shows    tradi- 
tional  Gothic  form. 


The  chancel  fittings  were  designed  and  executed  in 
riftsawn  red  oak  by  Roger  Sogge,  Portland  sculptor, 
who  worked  with  the  architects,  as  did  Bert  Willemse 
of  Portland,  who  designed  and  installed  the  chapel 
glass  window  in  various  colors  of  seedy  marine  glass. 
The  exterior  walls  were  finished  in  native  stone  and 
rough-sawn  cedar  channel  siding. 

Impressive  simplicity  is  the  keynote  of  still  another 
church  designed  by  Durham,  Anderson  and  Freed, 
Seattle  architects.  The  St.  James  Presbyterian  Church 


of  Bellingham,  Washington  (see  Page  7),  depends  to 
a  great  extent  on  the  delicate  and  subtle  use  of  native 
stone  and  wood  combined  with  an  unencumbered 
gothic  form  for  its  expression  of  the  worship  motif. 

St.  James  was  designed  to  seat  400,  including  choir 
and  a  balcony.  The  central  dossal  of  greenish  cast, 
local  Sauk  river  stone,  which  is  flanked  by  the  organ 
grillwork,  is  flooded  with  natural  daylight  from  a 
continuous  skylight  concealed  from  direct  vision  by 
the  final  arch. 


ABOVE:   A  touch  of  Orient  in  Hawaiian  Mission  at  Hilo,  by  Architect  H.  W.  Burton.    Native 
woods  and  laminated  arches  combine  their  beauties  here. 


BELOW:    Strilcing  traditional  design  ot  Salem  Lutheran  Church  at  West  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
by  Architects  Magney,  Tussler  and  Setter,  shows  simplicity. 


DECEMBER,     1957 


WESTERN  CHURCH  DESIGN 


The  hand-carved  oak  Celtic  cross  was  designed  and 
executed  by  Roger  Sogge.  A  Hght  gray-green  central 
aisle  and  chancel  carpet  has  been  used  to  carry  con- 
tinuity of  the  dossal  wall.  Louvered  sidewalls  and  the 
absence  of  pendant-type  lighting  fixtures  help  to  focus 
the  worshipper's  attention  upon  the  chancel  area.  The 
designers'  purpose  was  to  create  a  restful,  inspiring 
room  in  which  to  worship. 

Fir  laminated  gothic  arches  form  the  main  struc- 
tural element  at  St.  James.  These  arches  support  three- 
inch,  tongue-and-grooved  wood  decking  with  hand' 
split  resawn  cedar  shakes  as  the  roofing  material.  The 
exterior  has  been  harmonised  with  the  interior  and 
tied  to  the  existing  parish  house.  The  stone  tower 
supporting  the  cross  above  can  be  seen  from  many 
blocks  away. 

A  popular  contemporary  church  form,  often  used 
for  purposes  of  economy  or  where  a  low  site  demands 
a  taller  than  normal  structure,  is  the  A-frame  roof 
style,  sometimes  called  the  wedge.  There  have  been 
some  surprising  and  pleasing  variations  of  this  form 
since  this  design  technique  was  successfully  used  by 
Warren  Weber,  A. I. A.,  Portland,  with  his  Cedar 
Hills  Congregational  Community  Church  (see  Page 
18  bottom).  Weber's  design  may  not  have  been  the 


first  in  the  wedge  style,  but  it  has  been  widely  pub' 
lished  during  the  past  few  years. 

An  interesting  use  of  the  wedge  form  was  developed 
at  Cushing,  Oklahoma  (see  Page  8),  by  A.  Blaine 
Imel,  Tulsa  architect,  for  the  Redeemer  Lutheran 
Church  congregation.  He  used  nine  large  glu-lam 
beams  with  spans  varying  from  twenty-three  to  thirty 
five  feet  as  the  only  structural  elements  in  the  church. 
These  were  covered  with  striated,  three-inch  decking 
to  form  the  main  roof,  and  the  attractive  tim-deck  roof 
was  left  exposed  and  stained  to  a  soft,  natural  color. 
Four-inch  striated  decking  was  used  for  the  balcony 
floor,  the  southwall,  altar,  and  balcony  rail.  An  inter' 
esting  feature  of  this  design  is  the  use  of  the  terminal 
beams  as  exposed  framework  coming  down  out  of  the 
roof  to  form  a  marker  for  the  aisles  which  are  on 
either  side  of  the  pews  and  covered  by  an  offset  low- 
roofed  wing  along  either  side  of  the  church. 

An  interesting  contrast  in  the  chancel  wall  of  ex- 
posed decking  is  a  tall  plastic  panel  which  reaches  up- 
ward inspirationally  from  just  above  the  chancel  cross 
to  a  dramatic  point  at  the  roof  line.  On  either  side, 
plastic  panels,  colored  to  match  the  liturgical  colors  of 
the  congregation,  have  been  installed  at  irregular 
intervals,  the  smaller  panels  being  exactly  the  width 


CENTRAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH 
Eugene,  Oregon 


Designed  by  architects  Freeman  Hayslip,  Tuft 
and  Hewlett,  is  a  masterpiece  in  use  of  native 
wood   and   studied   utilization   of  space. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


of  the  decking.  Diffused,  soft  daylight  envelops  the 
chancel  area  from  this  novel  form  of  lighting  and  from 
openings  in  the  chancel  roof  which  are  capped  on  the 
exterior  side  by  plastic  bubbles.  The  upsweeping 
beams  are  unbroken  with  any  lighting  fixtures  or 
other  ornaments  so  that  the  worshipper  has  a  sensa- 
tion of  looking  upward  and  away  into  undefined  dis- 
tance. 

Another  type  of  church  in  the  Colorado  country 
was  designed  by  H.  Summerfield  Day,  architect,  for 
the  Congregational  Church  in  Grand  Junction,  Colo- 
rado (see  Page  9) .  Here  the  architect  used  brick  and 
wood  in  a  most  eifective  team,  both  inside  and  outside 
this  lovely  church  structure.  The  sanctuary  takes  dif- 
ferent form,  a  high  vaulted  shape.  Glu-lam  Tudor 
arches  with  heavy  haunches  form  the  graceful,  sweep- 
ing lines  of  this  inspirational  room  of  worship.  The 
arches  of  highly  polished  Douglas  fir  are  free  standing 
and  they  form  a  dividing  line  between  outside  aisles 
and  the  pews.  The  roof  section  rests  and  is  supported 
by  the  arch  framework  like  a  lightly  placed  chapeau. 
This  effect  is  highlighted  because  the  walls  of  the 
church  are  in  contrasting  brick.  Purlins  and  decking 
have  been  left  exposed  so  that  the  warm  texture  of 
the  wood  and  brick  gives  of  its  richness  and  life  to 
bring  a  subtle  friendliness  to  the  church. 

Cedar  siding  and  brick  have  been  used  most  eifec- 


WESTERN  CHURCH  DESIGN 


TWO  BEAUTIFUL 

DESIGNS 

By 

James  Fitzgerald, 

Seattle   sculptor 

Created  in  office  of  Paul  Thiry, 
F.A.I.A.  for  St.  Vincent  Home  for 
the   Aged   Chapel. 

The  side  shrine  is  of  burnished 
brass  and  the  statue  in  walnut. 

Altar  is  of  Wilkeson  stcne  and 
tabernacle  bronze  and  extruded 
aluminum. 


DECEMBER, 


WESTERN  CHURCH  DESIGN  .  .  . 

tivcly  tor  the  exterior  of  this  church  building  which 
has  ccmtemporary  variations,  but  which  depends,  too, 
on  use  of  much  of  the  traditional  for  its  main  theme. 

In  Hilo,  Hawaii,  architect  H.  W.  Burton  has  come 
up  with  a  delightful  combination  of  the  traditional 
with  a  soft  blending,  almost  a  suggestion,  of  the  orient 
(see  Page  1 1  top) .  The  Kukuau  branch  of  the  Kilauea 
Avenue  Hawaiian  Mission  Church  uses  the  parabolic 
arch  of  glu-lam  fir  as  the  main  structural  element  with 
outlooker  extensions  forming  a  framework  for  the 
roof,  and,  at  the  same  time,  the  outlookers  give  the 
illusion  of  the  pointed  gothic  arch. 

The  interior  of  the  church  is  designed  in  native 
woods  and  much  of  the  beauty  of  this  simply  designed 
building  comes  from  the  grain  and  texture  of  these 


well  polished  woods  and  their  deep  patina.  The  tic 
with  the  orient  comes  from  two  circular  openings 
back  of  the  chancel  into  which  are  worked  geometric 
figures  in  wood  which  are  suggestively  oriental. 

At  Spokane,  Washington,  architect  Victor  Louis 
Wulff  has  created  an  unusually  beautiful  church  for 
the  St.  Paul  Lutheran  congregation  (see  Page  10)  by  a 
telling  use  of  native  stone  wedded  with  soft-textured 
wood  and  glu-lam  wood  arches.  An  outstanding  design 
feature  of  this  church  is  the  use  of  large,  decorative 
wood  windows  on  each  wall  which  contrast  effectively 
with  the  native  stone  walls. 

Again  the  gothic  arch  was  used  to  form  the  lines  of 
the  nave  and,  as  in  many  of  the  modern  churches,  the 
arches  have  been  left  free  standing.   A  larger  than 


PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH 


San    Manuel, 
Arizona. 


Budget  limifations  controlled  the 
distinct  design  of  this  Church  by 
the  architect  F.  O.  Knipe. 

Note  building  conforms  to  sur- 
rounding  low  hills. 


'ar'  TMBT 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


GENEVA 

PRESBYTERIAN 

CHURCH 

Modesto, 
California 

Simple,  dignified,  de- 
signed by  architect 
John  Bomberger. 


usual  outlooker.  also  of  glu-iam  wood,  fastens  to  the 
arch  near  its  peak  and  in  turn  supports  the  main  roof 
section.  The  sanctuary  is  set  apart  by  a  wooden  mem' 
brane  which  forms  an  overhead  shelter  and  is  flush 
with  the  line  of  the  gothic  arches. 

To  avoid  encumbering  the  upsweeping  line  of  the 
arches,  the  architect  provided  for  two  rows  of  hanging 
hour'glass  brass  lighting  fixtures  well  toward  the  out- 
side of  the  pew  line. 

In  the  tradition  of  churches  of  the  past,  often  char- 
acterized by  their  massive  architecture,  is  the  Salem 
Lutheran  Church  of  West  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  de- 
signed by  architects  Masgney.  Tussler  and  Setter  (sec 
Page  1 1  bottom) .  There  is  a  tremendous  feeling  of 
power  in  this  design,  an  uplifting  power  which  cer- 
tainly must  have  an  impressive  effect  on  the  congrega- 
tion. Wood  and  stone  are  the  motifs  for  the  design. 
Huge  glu-lam  arches  with  extensions  to  form  the  aisles 
mark  the  structural  lines  of  this  imposing  edifice.  A 
simple  wooden  cross  on  the  chancel  wall  of  stone  is 
imposing  in  its  oneness  of  purpose.  Exposed  wood 
purlins  and  decking  make  up  the  entire  roof  and  wall 


SEVENTH  DAY 

ADVENTIST 

CHURCH 

Hawthorne, 
California 

Architects  A.  M.  Rich- 
ards and  Associates 
use  the  Tudor  arch  in 
a  pleasing  manner. 


FIRST  METHODIST  CHURCH 
Havvihorne,  California 


FIRST  FREE  METHODIST  CHURCH.  Seattle.  Wash.  De- 
signed by  Durham.  Anderson  and  Freed,  has  charm  and 
dignity  in  every  line.  Architects  developed  interesting 
series  of  wood  panels. 


section  of  this  church.  The  chancel  area  is  Hghted  by 
indirect,  shimmering,  diffused  hght  to  give  a  holy 
quality  to  that  area.  This  is  a  church  in  the  older 
tradition  built  with  excellent  utilization  of  modern 
materials.  Outside,  the  Salem  Lutheran  Church  is  a 
perfect  wedge — a  delightful  use  of  a  modern  form  for 
a  building  which  is  so  traditional  inside. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  of  western  churches  is 
the  Central  Presbyterian  Church  of  Eugene,  designed 
by  architects  Freeman,  Hayslip,  Tuft  and  Hewlett  (see 
Page  12).  A  large  congregation  finds  in  this  block' 
square  grouping  of  buildings  room  for  all  of  its 
religious  requirements. 

The  use  of  gothic  arch  and  the  pointed  roof  line 
gives  continuity  throughout  this  religious  unit  and 
follows  from  main  sanctuary  to  classrooms  and  even 
finds  expression  in  the  covered  •walkway  which  joins 
the  main  church  with  the  classroom  building. 

The  interior  of  the  church  is  clean  of  line,  almost 
completely  designed  in  wood.  The  central  feature  is 
the  small,  but  sturdy  gothic  glu-lam  arches  which  are 
exposed  full  length.  Without  haunch,  the  outlooker 
forms  the  lower  roof  line.  This  is  a  vaulted  room, 
unencumbered  as  so  many  modern  architects  conceive 
these  worship  centers.  Decking  is  exposed,  but  with- 
out purlins.  Walls  are  beautifully  done  in  wood.  The 
exterior  features  cedar  siding  and  brick  used  in  orna' 
mental  pattern  with  offset.  A  glu-lam  pylon  in  the 
center  court  is  particularly  impressive. 

F.  O.  Knipe,  architect  of  Tucson,  Arizona,  has  de- 
signed the  San  Manuel  Presbyterian  Church  in  San 
Manuel,  Arizona  to  fit  into  the  Arizona  countryside 
(see  Page  14).  It  is  snug  and  ground  hugging.  To 
achieve  this  effect,  he  decided  on  pitched  glu-lam 
beams  to  carry  his  main  roof  section  of  the  auditorium 
and  straight  glu-lam  beams  elsewhere.  This  decision 


Architect   Culver 
Heaton.   Pasadena. 

An  excellent  example  of 
the  imagination  which 
the  architect  applies  to 
his  design   problem. 


was  made  to  keep  within  the  Hmited  building  budget 
of  the  congregation  and  to  get  the  desired  interior  and 
exterior  effect.  Brick  was  used  for  the  walls  and  the 
interior  roof  section  is  exposed  decking  applied  direct- 
ly to  the  pitched  beams.  The  church  is  adequate  for 
the  needs  of  the  people  it  serves  and  is  impressive  in 
its  simplicity. 

When  architect  John  Bomberger  of  Modesto  started 
out  to  design  the  Geneva  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Modesto,  California  (see  Page  15  top),  he  decided  to 
use  fortyeight  foot  long  glu'lam  fir  beams  to  span  the 
main  sanctuary  to  give  him  the  height  he  wanted.  The 
beams  rest  on  concrete  columns  and  in  turn  support  a 
decking  of  cedar  which  has  been  left  exposed.  This  is 
an  interesting  solution  of  a  problem  of  economy. 

The  Seventh  Day  Adventist  Church  in  Hawthorne, 
California,  designed  by  architects  A.  M.  Richards  and 
Associates  is  an  interesting  addition  to  the  church 
structures  of  that  area  (see  Page  15  bottom  and  cen- 
ter). The  Tudor  form  was  used  most  effectively  with 
glu-lam  Tudor  arches  forming  the  main  structural 
elements  of  this  fine  church.  Exposed  purlins  and 
decking  create  a  friendly  overhead  system  which 
blends  well  with  the  walls  of  brick.  A  simpler  Tudor 
arch  was  used  in  the  youth  chapel. 

Pitched  beams  were  used  by  arhcitect  Culver  Hea- 
ton  to  get  the  desired  effect  in  his  design  of  the  First 
Methodist  Church  of  Hawthorne,  California  (see  Page 
16  center  and  bottom).  Here  is  a  remarkably  beautiful 
church  which  depends  for  its  impression  on  the  con- 
gregation on  its  studied  simplicity  of  design.  There  is 
none  of  the  sweeping,  curved,  upreaching  form  of  the 
traditional  here.  Rather,  there  is  a  definite  attempt  to 
achieve  this  effect  with  the  vaulted  nave  from  which 
eyes  naturally  gravitate  to  the  altar  and  the  chancel 
area.  There  are  no  distractions  in  interior  trappings. 
Concrete  block  has  been  used  for  the  exterior  walls  of 
this  edifice  in  a  most  impressive  and  effective  variation. 


.  .  .  WESTERN  CHURCH  DESIGN 

The  $250,000  First  Free  Methodist  Church  of 
Seattle,  designed  by  architects  Durham,  Anderson  and 
Freed  to  seat  900  people,  with  250  of  these  in  the 
balcony  is  outstanding.  The  room  is  shaped  around 
laminated  arches  rising  from  the  side  aisles  to  a  ridge 
45  feet  high.  The  end  wall  of  the  sanctuary  is  formed 
with  a  dossal  hanging  from  roof  to  floor  with  brick 
panels  on  either  side.  There  are  lowered  soffits  over 
the  side  aisles  with  brick  walls  and  small  stained  glass 


ST.  ANDREWS 
PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH 

Denver,   Colorado 

Modification  of  the  wedge  de- 
sign is  found  in  this  church  by 
architects  Wheeler  and  Lewis. 


VISITATION   RETREAT 
Near  Tacoma,  Washington 

Designed  by  Architect  Roger 
Gottelund  and  Roy  Koczarski,  as- 
sociate, it  is  a  combined  Chapel 
and  dormitory  for  forty. 


inserts.  Major  light  comes  from  a  series  of  screened 
wood  panels  down  each  side  of  the  nave  in  the  upper 
portions  of  the  room  plus  a  large  skylight  which 
dramatically  lights  the  chancel  area.  A  part  of  the 
floor  of  the  nave  slopes  forward  for  better  visibility. 

Another  low  cost  church  having  an  interesting  de- 
sign is  the  St.  Andrew's  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Denver,  Colorado,  designed  by  architects  Wheeler 
and  Lewis  (see  Page  17).  Designed  to  care  for  210 
people,  it  has  been  built  at  a  cost  of  $12.55  a  square 
foot,  including  basement  and  first  floor.  A  modifica- 
tion of  the  wedge  form  was  used  in  this  design  with  a 


lower  roof  line  than  is  customary  in  this  style,  but  the 
economy  factors  of  the  design,  which  combines  walls 
and  roof  in  one  section,  are  apparent. 

One  of  the  unusual  churches  built  recently  in  the 
Portland,  Oregon  area  is  the  Tenth  Church  of  Christ 
Scientist,  designed  by  architects  Edmundson  and 
Kochendoerfer  (see  Page  19).  An  attractive,  low  lying 
building,  the  sanctuary  is  separated  from  the  church 
school,  although  the  two  structures  are  joined  and  a 
covered  entrance  walk  parallels  the  church  school 
building  while  leading  directly  to  the  main  sanctuary. 
A   combination   of  brick   and   cedar   siding   create   a 


PARKROSE 
COMMUNITY 
CONGREGATIONAL 
CHURCH 

Portland, 
Oregon. 

This  interesting  addi- 
tion, designed  by  War- 
ren Weber,  Portland 
architect,  uses  lamin- 
ated mullions  to  empha- 
size and  decorate  full 
glass  wall. 


WESTERN  CHURCH  DESIGN 


TENTH   CHURCH   OF 
CHRIST  SCIENTIST 

Portland,  Oregon 

Designed  by  architects  Ed- 
mundson  and  Kochendoerter, 
is  one  of  the  most  unusual  in 
♦he  Northwest — its  warm  tex- 
tured wood  and  brick  exterior 
is  matched  by  similar  interior 
treatment. 


building  which  fits  well  into  the  residential  neighbor- 
hood where  it  is  located. 

The  building  features  an  interesting  use  of  glu-lam 
muUions  exposed  outside  from  the  exterior  brick  wall 
and  completely  encircling  the  curved  perimeter  of  one 
end  of  the  building.  Sturdy  glu-lam  posts  have  been 
used  to  support  the  wide  sweeping  roof  of  the  covered 
walk.  Glass  has  been  used  liberally  throughout  the 
building  to  insure  ample  natural  light  during  daytime 
services. 


These  are  but  a  few  of  the  many  outstanding  and 
remarkable  church  structures  designed  and  built  in 
the  West  during  the  last  year,  but  they  serve  to  illus- 
trate the  wide  variations  in  concept  among  architects 
and  congregations  of  what  each  wants  in  his  hallowed 
church  meeting  halls. 

It  occurs  to  us  that  in  each  instance,  oftentimes 
within  the  limitations  of  rigid  budgets,  the  architect 
has  sought  and  successfully  striven  to  produce  a 
(See  Page  30) 


DECEMBER,     1957 


MAIN  ENTRANCE 

OFFICE -COURT  BUILDINGS 

COUNTY  OF  CONTRA  COSTA 
RICHMOND,  CALIFORNIA 

ARCHITECTS:   Donald  L.  Hardison,   A.I. A. 
Harry  B.   Clausen,   A.I.A. 
S.   Richard  Kamatsu,  A.I.A. 
Associate  Architects 

STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER:  Hall,  Pregnoff  8C  Matheu 
MECHANICAL  ENGINEER:  G.  M.  Sinionson 
LANDSCAPE  ARCHITECT:  Lawrence  Halprin 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


AREAS: 


Total    Volume: 

1.333.600  cu.  ft. 

Total  Area: 

75,550  sq.  ft. 

Floor  Heights: 

Basement 

10'3" 

1st   Floor 

143" 

2nd  Floor 

14  3" 

Courts 

243- 

Penthouse 

15'4" 

COST: 


Total  Cost  $1,355,273.00 


PerCu.  ft.  $10.21 
Per  Sq.  ft.  $18.43 


DECEMBER,     1957 


PROBATION 
DEPARTMENT 

Showing  interview  offices  witli 
flexible  partitioning  and  under- 
floor   utility   services   throughout. 


The  new  Contra  Costa  County  Office  and  Court 
Building,  which  has  been  added  to  the  increasing 
group  of  modern  structures  comprising  the  carefully 
planned  Civic  Center  development  in  the  City  of 
Richmond,  presents  a  pleasing  and  striking  contrast 


to  the  public's  general  conception  of  a  governmental 
building. 

The  attractive  color  treatment  of  the  exterior  and 
lobby  by  the  architect  is  obvious  upon  approaching 
and  entering  the  building.  Richmond  Buff  brick  walls 


COURTROOM:  Municipal  and  Superior  Courts.  Note  ofFset  rail,  movable  bench  and  adequate 
witness  area.  Magnetic  chalk  board  permits  metallic  diagramming.  Air  conditioned  through- 
out.   Walnut  side  panels  and  birch  rear  panels. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


have  been  used,  with  the  exception  of  portions  de' 
signed  for  some  future  expansion  in  which  case  con- 
crete is  the  form  of  construction.  The  general  shape 
of  the  facility  is  in  the  form  of  a  large  "H,"  with  the 
patio  and  entire  surrounding  area  thoroughly  land- 
scaped. 

The  functional  aspects  of  various  county  govern- 
ment departments  have  been  arranged  with  movable 
partitions  with  under-floor  electrical  conduits  for 
variation  in  use  and  enlargement  or  reduction  of  any 
given  space,  and  there  is  an  employees'  pent  house 
room  on  the  third  floor. 

The  main  stairway  from  the  first  to  the  second 
floor  is  of  steel  with  aluminum  rail,  with  Red  Verona 
Marble  treads  and  risers.  The  main  lobby  floor  is  of 
Verona  in  a  field  of  white  Columbia  marble. 

The  Superior  Court  and  Municipal  Court  rooms 
are  provided  with  a  movable  bench  and  jury  box  to 
permit  enlargement  of  the  witness  area  if  desired.  A 
magnetic  chalk  board  permits  metallic  diagramming 
and  the  sidewalls  of  the  courts  are  in  Walnut  and 
Birch  panels. 

The  building  is  air  conditioned  throughout  with 
forced  air  and  hot  water  heating.  Construction  is  of 
steel  frame  reinforced  concrete  piers  and  spandrels, 
reinforced  concrete  footing  and  concrete  foundation; 
concrete  floor  construction  with  marble,  linoleum  tile, 
cement  and  cork  finished  floors;  composition,  marble, 
plywood,  stucco,  brick  veneer,  marble,  and  porcelain 
enamel  walls;  acoustical  ceilings,  and  asphalt  and 
gravel  roofing. 


MAIN  STAIR  from  1st  to  2nd  floor  is  of  steel  with  alumi- 
num rail,  with  Red  Verona  Marble  treads  and  risers.  The 
lobby  floor  is  of  Verona  in  a  field  of  white  Columbia 
Marble. 


REAR  PATIO  COURT  Elevation  from  parking  lot.    Richmond   Buff  brick  walls,   except   con- 
crete for  future  expansion.    The  patio  and  building  area  has  been  thoroughly  landscaped. 


DECEMBER,     1957 


Bay  Area  Transit 

For  Peninsula  Counties 

(From  Page  T) 
speeds  of  present-day  rapid  transit  systems,  which  are 
Hmited  to  urban  operations.  In  these  respects  the 
system  proposed  for  the  Bay  Area  is  more  comparable 
to  a  commuting  railroad  than  to  existing  rapid  transit 
systems.  On  the  other  hand,  unlike  most  commuting 
railroads,  it  would  have  a  frequent  interval  of  service 
in  off-peak  hours.  The  Bay  Area  system  is  therefore 
unique.  It  is  intended  to  operate  as  a  complement  to 
a  system  of  freeways,  expressways  and  arterial  high- 
ways in  an  area  where  automobile  ownership  per 
capita  is  very  high."  (P-69,  ER) 

Integration  with  Local  Transit  Feeder  Systems 

"We  cannot  overemphasize  the  importance  of 
effective  co-ordination  and  integration  of  the  rapid 
transit  system  with  the  vast  networks  of  existing 
surface  transit  lines,  both  local  and  interurban,  in  the 
Bay  Area.  A  co-ordinated  system  of  surface  transit 
and  rapid  transit  essentially  provides  two  important 
advantages:  traffic  is  fed  into  the  rapid  transit  system 
which  acts  as  the  backbone  of  public  passenger  trans- 
portation, and  unnecessary  surface  transit  is  effectively 
channeled  into  the  rapid  transit  operation.  The 
success  of  the  rapid  Tansit  system  in  the  Bay  Area 
will  depend  on  es'ablishin'^  desirable  relationships 
between  the  surface  and  the  rapid  transit  lines.  We 
have  assumed  that  substantially  all  existing  interurban 
transit  operations  serving  the  Bay  Area  would  upon 
the  inception  of  rapid  transit  service,  be  redirected 
and  integrated  with  the  new  system  and  that  the 
latter  would  serve  as  the  backbone  of  public  interur- 
ban transportation,"  (P-77,  ER) 

A  Railroad  View  of  Rapid  Transit  Proposals 

On  June  12,  1956,  Claude  Minard,  Director,  Cali- 
fornia Railroad  Association,  addressed  the  Common- 
wealth Club,  giving  the  Southern  Pacific's  point  of 
view  relating  to  the  Bay  Area  transit  proposals.  Quo- 
tations follow: 

"The  Southern  Pacific  has  made  no  secret  of  the 
fact  in  times  past  that  given  the  opportunity  it  would 
be  willing  to  abandon  commuter  service,  which  oper- 
ates at  a  loss." 

"Railroads  are  common  carriers  of  persons  and 
property,  at  a  price  which  is  made  public  in  advance. 
More  and  more  of  the  annual  gross  revenues  of 
American  railroads  are  coming  from  the  movement 
of  freight.  This  fact  however  must  not  be  construed 
to  mean  that  the  railroads  desire  to  abandon  their 
function  as  carriers  of  passengers.  In  World  War  II 
the  railroads  carried  97  per  cent  of  all  organized 
military  movements  in  this  country." 


"Many  causes  have  contributed  to  the  large  deficits 
incurred  by  the  railroads  in  their  passenger  business. 
Chief  among  these  have  been  the  growth  of  subsi- 
dized competition  (both  air  and  highway),  the  failure 
of  regulatory  bodies  to  permit  abandonment  of  un- 
profitable rail  passenger  service,  and  the  transfer  of 
postal  business  from  the  railroads  to  air  and  highway 
carriers." 

"Even  if  public  support  and  approval  is  to  be  given 
to  a  proposal  for  rapid  transit  facilities  to  be  operated 
as  a  public  provided  agency,  there  will  still  be  a 
considerable  period  of  time  during  which  this  area 
will  be  required  to  rely  upon  existing  commutation 
services." 

"The  proposals  are  based  upon  the  assumption 
that  a  sum  of  public  credit  must  be  provided  sufiicient 
to  purchase  rights-of-way  and  other  capital  outlays 
that  are  required.  I  have  some  difficulty  in  believing 
that  it  is  going  to  be  a  simple  task  to  convince  the 
voters  in  this  area  that  they  should  invest  their 
money  in  a  project  which  is  not  attractive  to  private 
capital." 

"Presently  provided  railway  facilities  might  even 
surpass  those  proposed  if  given  the  same  opportunity 
of  being  (1)  relieved  from  the  payment  of  taxes, 
(2)  supported  by  public  credit,  or  (?)  allowed  to  set 
rates  at  their  own  discretion." 

"It  may  be  unquestioned  that  the  entire  area  would 
gain  great  economic  wealth  as  the  result  of  an 
adequate  mass  transportation  system." 

"The  railroad  view  is  that  since  it  is  compelled  by 
law  to  continue  rendering  a  mass  transportation 
service  in  this  area,  it  will  do  so  to  the  best  of  its 
ability." 

"Paramount  is  the  requirement  that  nothing  shall 
be  done  which  will  intensify  the  demand  for  grade 
separation  structures  on  the  railroad.  This  is  a  suf- 
ficiently burdensome  problem  for  the  railroad  without 
being  complicated  by  additional  transit  operations. 
The  railroad  has  been  mindful  of  the  need  to  preserve 
potential  industrial  sites  along  its  right-of-way.  These 
must  not  be  lost  merely  because  of  a  demand  for 
further  passenger  transport  facilities.  Adequate  rapid 
transit  cannot  be  permitted  to  mean  that  the  railroad 
shall  place  its  ability  to  move  freight  of  this  area  in 
jeopardy." 

Conclusions 

Some  of  the  conclusions  which  may  be  drawn  from 
the  above  comparisons  of  the  viewpoints  of  the  engi- 
neers and  the  railroads  are  as  follows: 

The  passenger  service  rendered  by  the  railroads 
both  in  war  and  in  peace  times  is  essential,  and  any 
part  of  its  abandonment  would  require  consent  by 
the  regulatory  bodies,  both  state  and  national. 

The  profitable  part  of  railroading  is  from  its  trans- 
port of  freight,  but  its  passenger  business  is  generally 
operated  at  a  loss. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


In  order  to  reduce  this  loss,  it  is  sometimes  neces- 
sary to  curtail  service  or  abandon  operations. 

Losses  are  due  to  subsidised  competition  from  other 
modes  of  travel,  both  by  air  and  highway.  Because  of 
the  air-lines,  long  distance  service  is  being  reduced  or 
eliminated. 

Adequate  first  class  transportation  is  as  essential 
to  a  community  as  elevators  to  an  office  building. 
Although  the  railroads  are  capable  of  providing  a 
superior  type  of  transit  service,  they  should  not  be 
required  to  finance  unprofitable  operations.  It  follows 
that  it  is  necessary  to  subsidize  such  service  in  one  way 
or  another.  It  therefore  becomes  a  public  responsibility 
to  devise  means  of  providing  this  essential  service. 
This  should  not  be  done  by  establishing  another  and 
competing  system  and  thus  duplicating  an  investment 
in  transit  facilities. 

The  existing  service  is  good  but  infrequent,  and 
lacking  in  distribution  facilities.  Much  time  is  lost  at 
the  terminals  and  therefore  any  advantage  it  might 
have  over  personal  transportation  is  nullified. 

The  fact  is  inescapable  that  even  though  commute 
operations  were  to  be  discontinued,  or  an  elevated 
railway  built  as  proposed,  the  question  of  grade 
separation  of  the  main  line  would  still  remain  as  a 
problem  to  be  solved.  Piece-meal  and  hit-and-miss 
grade  separations  are  not  the  answer.  It  is  just  as 
necessary  to  eliminate  all  grade  crossings  of  rapid 
transit  lines  as  of  freeways,  if  high  speed  with  safety 
are  to  be  provided.  In  the  planning,  mutual  co-opera- 
tion between  the  railroad  and  the  counties  is  needed. 
For  freight  connections  the  main  line  must  remain 
at  or  near  ground  level. 

Without  grade  separations,  delays  due  to  long 
freight  trains  create  a  very  definite  fire-hazard. 

The  grade  separations  which  are  such  a  bugbear 
to  the  railroads  might  well  be  made  a  part  of  the  Bay 
Area  plan  and  be  co-ordinated  with  it.  The  Bay  Area 
transit  bill  known  as  Senate  Bill  850  as  finally  passed 
and  signed  by  the  governor,  empowers  the  district  to 
make  contracts  with  other  transportation  agencies. 
What  is  also  needed  is  federal  legislation  permitting 
railroad  taxes  to  be  used  for  railroad  purposes,  includ- 
ing elimination  of  grade  crossings. 

When  mass  transit  becomes  as  modern  as  the  auto- 
mobile, it  will  again  be  used.  The  improvements  in 
the  automobile  and  the  great  extension  in  its  use 
merely  interrupted  the  progress  of  public  transit. 
It  is  now  realized  that  the  use  of  the  family  car 
is  not  a  complete  answer  to  our  transit  needs.  Street 
congestion  is  approaching  a  condition  of  saturation 
during  the  peak  hours  and  fatal  traffic  accidents  are 
of  daily  occurrence.  In  1956,  over  40,000  persons  lost 
their  lives  in  street  traffic  in  the  nation,  and  1200 
were  killed  during  the  Christmas-New  Years  holidays. 
Some  railroads  have  operated  an  entire  year  without 
a  single  fatality  to  its  passengers. 

Transportation  by  highway  and  air  essentially  lacks 
the  capacity  in  terms  of  people  or  freight  per  unit  of 


operation,   which    can   be   attained   by   rail   transpor- 
tation. 

Recommendations 

It  is  recommended  that  consideration  be  given  to 
extending  the  main  line  for  commuter  service  east- 
ward from  the  Third  Street  Station  and  northward 
under  Rincon  Hill  via  First  Street  to  connect  with  the 
downtown  subway  system  and  the  trans-Bay  tubes 
both  to  Oakland  and  to  Marin  County.  The  main  line 
route  through  South  San  Francisco  and  Brisbane  is 
1.4  miles  shorter  than  the  route  through  Colma.  Four 
tracks  would  be  available  north  of  Burlingame;  two 
via  Colma  and  the  Twin  Peaks  Tunnel,  and  two  via 
the  main  line.  By  providing  alternative  rapid  transit 
routes,  through  operation  and  an  elongated  terminal 
under  Market  Street  would  be  provided.  Under  the 
Optimum  Plan  there  would  be  stops  at  Powell  Street 
and  at  the  Civic  Center,  with  provision  for  transfer- 
ing  to  the  local  system.  By  utilizing  the  Twin  Peaks 
Tunnel  route  for  the  first  step,  it  will  have  about  two 
miles  of  construction  cost  without  adding  to  the  length 
of  route.  As  San  Francisco  owns  most  of  the  right-of- 
way  as  far  as  Burlingame,  very  little  new  money  will 
be  required  for  real  estate.  One  additional  track  would 
be  required  south  of  Burlingame  to  California  Ave- 
nue on  the  main  line,  with  provision  for  reversible 
operation  and  automatic  control  where  needed. 

The  following  is  a  quotation  from  a  recent  address 
on  "The  Railroad  Role  in  Community  Planning"  by 
B.  F.  Biaggini:  "The  challenge  is  to  provide  a  system 
which  will  attract  the  greatest  possible  usage  in  the 
most  economical  way  —  not  just  now,  but  for  the 
years  ahead." 


SWISS  PEASANT  ART  SHOWN 
AT  M.  H.  deYOUNG  MUSEUM 

An  exhibition  of  Swiss  Peasant  Art  consisting  of 
primitive  paintings  portraying  the  life  of  the  Swiss 
dairy  farmers  and  cowherds  is  presently  being  ex- 
hibited at  the  M.  H.  deYoung  Memorial  Museum, 
Golden  Gate  Park  in  San  Francisco.  The  exhibition 
includes  wood  furniture  and  other  handwrought  and 
decorated  implements  in  daily  use  on  the  farms. 

This  form  of  painting  as  distinguished  from  purely 
decorative  work  developed  toward  the  end  of  the  19th 
century  in  northern  Switzerland  in  the  Canton  of 
Appenzell,  and  in  the  neighboring  Toggenburg  valley 
in  the  Canton  of  St.  Gall,  both  dairy  farming  regions. 

The  themes  relate  mainly  to  the  festive  and  cere- 
monial spring  ascent  and  autumn  descent  of  the  herd 
to  the  mountain  pastures,  occasions  for  which  the 
cowherds  wear  traditional  holiday  costumes  and  the 
cows  are  adorned  with  embroidered  collars  and  special 
bells.  Villages,  towns,  landscapes,  country  scenes,  and 
portraits  are  rendered  with  great  attention  to  detail 
aad  employment  of  bright  colors  in  a  primitive  style 
reminiscent  of  Grandma  Moses'  portrayal  of  country 
life  in  upper  New  York  State. 


DECEMBER, 


flmerican  Institute  of  Architects 


Leon  Chatelcdn,  Jr.,  President 

John  N.  Richards,  1st  Vice  President  Edward  L.  Wilson,  Secretary 

Philip  Will,  Jr.,  2nd  Vice  President  Raymond  S.  Kastendieck,  Treasiu-er 

Edmund  R.  Purves,  Executive  Secretary 

National  Headquarters — 1735  New  York  Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

REGIONAL    DIRECTORS    —    Northwest    District,    Donald    I.    Stewart,    Portland,    Oregon;    Western 

Mountain   District,   Bradley   P.   Kidder,   Santa   Fe,   New   Mexico;    CaHfomia-Nevada-Howaii   District, 

Ulysses  Floyd  Rible,  Los  Angeles,  CaUf. 


Arizona  Chaprers; 

CENTRAL  ARIZONA:  James  W.  Elmore,  President;  Martin 
Ray  Young,  Jr.,  Vice-President;  Robert  T.  Cox,  Secretary;  David 
Stiolder,  Treasurer;  Ex.  Com.  Elmore.  Cox,  Fred  Weaver, 
Ricliard  E.  Drover  &  Ralph  Haver.  Office  of  Secy.  1902  E. 
Camelback  Rd.,  Phoenix. 

SOUTHERN  ARIZONA:  Fred  Jobusch.  President;  Santry  C. 
Fuller,  Vice-President;  Edward  H.  Nelson,  Secretary;  Gerald  I. 
Cain.  Treasurer;  and  Jobusch,  Nelson,  E.  D.  Herreras,  Ellsworth 
EUwood.  and  Emerson  C.  Scholer,  Exec.  Coram.  Office  of  Secy. 
234  E.  6th  St.,  Tucson. 

Coast  Valley«  Chapter: 

Birge  M.  Clark,  President  (Palo  Alto);  William  Higgins,  Vice- 
President  (San  Jose);  Paul  J.  Huston,  Secretary  (Palo  Alto); 
'  n-o  Price,  Treasurer.  Oificc  of  Secty.,  663  Cowper  St., 
Palo  Alto. 

Central  Valley  of  California: 

Edward  H.  de  Wolf  (Stockton),  President:  Whitson  Cox  (Sacra- 
ramento),  Vice-President;  Joe  Jozeni  (Sacramento),  Secretary; 
Albert  M.  Dreyfuss  (Sacramento),  Treasurer.  Director!:  Doyt 
Early  (Sacramento),  Jack  Whipple  (Stockton).  Office  of  Secty.. 
914  11th  St.,  Sacramento. 

Oilorado  Chapter: 

Casper  F.  Hegner,  President;  C.  Gordon  Sweet,  Vice  President; 
Norton  Polivnick,  Secretary;  Richard  Williams,  Tieasurer.  Di- 
rectors: James  M.  Hunter.  Robert  K.  Fuller,  Edward  L.  Bunts. 
Office  of  Secy..    1225   Bannock  St.,   Denver.  Colorado. 


,  President  (Berkeley);  Hachiro  Yuasa,  Vice- 
id);  Robert  E.  Wear,  Secretary  (Berkeley); 
(Berkeley).    Office    of   Secty..    1015 


East  Bay  Chapter; 
Harry   B.    Clausi 
President    (Oakl 
John    A.    Zerkle.    Treas 
Euclid  Ave..  Berkeley  8. 

Idaho  Chapter: 

Anton  E.  Dropping.  Boise.  President;  Charles  W.  Johnston. 
Payette.  Vice-President;  Glenn  E.  Cline.  Boise.  Sec.-Treas. 
Executive  Committee,  Chester  L.  Shawver  and  Nat  J.  Adams, 
Boise.    Office  of  Sec,  624  Idaho  Bldg..  Boise. 

Monterey  Bay  Chapter: 

Thomas  S.  Elston,  Jr.,  President  (Carmel);  Robert  Stanton,  Vice- 
President  (Carmel);  George  F.  Rhoda,  Secretary  (Monterey); 
Walter  Burde.  Treasurer.  Office  of  Secty..  2281  Prescott  St.. 
Monterey. 

Montana  Chapter: 

William  J.  Hess.  President  (Great  Falls);  John  E.  Toohey,  Vice- 
President  (Billings);  H.  C.  Cheever.  Sec.-Treas.  (Botemin). 
Directors:  Oscar  J.  Ballas.  Wm.  J.  Hess.  John  E.  Toohey. 
Office  of  Secy..  Boxeman,  Montana. 

Nevada  Chapter: 

RENO:  Edward  S.  Parsons.  President;  Laurence  A.  Gulling. 
Vice-President;  George  L.  F.  O'Brien.  Secretary;  Ralph  A. 
Casazza,  Treasurer.  Directors,  John  Crider.  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
Raymond  Hcllmann.    Office  Secy..   160  Chestnut  St.,  Reno,  Nev. 


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WOMEN'S  ARCHITECTURAL  LEAGUE 
ELECT  NEW  STATE  OFFICERS 

New  officers  of  the  W.A.L.  State  Central  Com- 
mittee, chosen  recently  during  the  California  Council 
of  Architects,  A.LA.'s  annual  convention  in  Coro- 
nado,  include  Mrs.  William  Koblik,  Central  Valley 
Chapter,  Chairman;  Mrs.  Joseph  Jozens,  Central 
V.illcy  Chapter,  Recorder,  and  Mrs.  Everett  Parks, 
Orange  County  Chapter,  Parliamentarian. 


SANTA  CLARA  AND  SANTA  CRUZ 
COUNTIES  CHAPTER  AIA 

William  L.  Higgins,  San  Jose,  was  elected  President 
at  the  Annual  Meeting  held  in  San  Jose  the  latter  part 
of  November.  Elected  to  serve  with  him  during  the 
ensuing  year  were:  Paul  J.  Huston  of  Palo  Alto, 
Vice-President;  William  H.  Daseking,  Menlo  Park, 
Treasurer;  Edward  N.  Chamberlain,  San  Jose,  Secre- 
tary, and  Ed  Myers,   Director. 

"What  Should  Your  Chapter  Be  Doing  To  and 
For  You"  was  the  subject  of  a  panel  discussion  led  by 
Birge  Clark  as  Moderator  and  Chester  Root,  Al 
Walter,  Lynn  Duckering,  Bill  Daseking  and  Ellis 
Jacobs,  participants. 


409  BRYANT  ST. 


•  SAN  FRANCISCO  7 

Phone:  DOuglas  2-6433 


WILLIAM  CLEMENT  AMBROSE 
RETIRES  FROM  PRACTICE 

William  Clement  Ambrose,  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Ambrose  and  Spencer,  AIA,  Architects,  San  Fran- 
cisco, since  1943,  has  announced  his  retirement  from 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


Directors:  David  Vhay.  Edward  S.  Panoiu,  M.  DeWitt  Grow. 
John  Crider.  Lawrence  Gulling.  Office  of  Prejident.  131  W. 
2nd  St.,  Reno. 

LAS  VEGAS:  Walter  F.  Zicl,  President:  Aloyiiui  McDonald, 
Vice-President;  Edward  B.  Hendricks,  Sec.-Treas.;  Directors: 
Walter  F.  Zick,  Edward  Hendricks,  Charles  E.  Cci.  Office  of 
Secy..  106  S.  Main  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Nevada  State  Board  of  Architects: 

L.  A.  Ferris,  Chairman;  Aloysius  McDonald,  SecTreas.  Mem' 
bers:  Russell  Mills  (Reno),  Edward  S.  Parsons  (Reno),  Richard 
R.  Stadelman  (Las  Vegas).    Office  1420  S.  5th  St.,  Las  Vegas. 

Northern  California  Chapter: 

William  Corlett,  President;  Donald  Powers  Smith.  Vice-President; 
George  T.  Rockrise.  Secretary;  Richard  S.  Banwell,  Treasurer. 
Directors:  W.  Dement  Ambrose.  John  Kruse.  Bernard  J.  Sabar- 
off.  Corwin  Booth.  Exec.  Secty.,  May  B.  Hipshman.  Chapter 
office,  47  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Orange  County  Chapter: 
John    A.    Nordbak.    President    (Downey):    Willard    T.    Jordan. 
Vice-President    (Costa    Mesa);    Don    M.    Williamson,    Secretary 
(Laguna   Beach);    Gordon   F.    Powers,   Treasurer    (Long  Beach). 
Office  of  Secy.,  861  Park  Ave.,  Laguna  Beach. 

Oregon  Chapter: 

Robert  W.  Fritsch,  President;  Earl  P.  Newberry.  Vice-President: 
Charles  G.  Davis,  Secretary;  Thomas  L  Potter.  Treasurer.  Office 
of  the  Secy.,  317  S.W.  Alder,  Portland  4. 

Pasadena    Chapter: 

Lee  B.  Kline,  President;  H.  Douglas  Baylcs,  Vice-President;  Mai 
Gianni,  Secretary;  Robert  F.  Gordon.  Treasurer,  Directors  Ed- 
ward D.  Davics,  Keith  Marston,  William  H.  Taylor  and  Ernest 
Wilson.    Office   Secy.    46   Nonh  Los   Robles  Avenue,   Pasadena. 

San  Diego  Chapter: 

Sim  Bruce  Richards,  President;  Raymond  Lee  Eggers,  Vice- 
President;  William  F.  Wilmurt,  Secretary;  Fred  Chilcott,  Treas- 
urer. Directors:  Frank  L.  Hope,  Samuel  W.  Hamill,  Victor  L. 
Wulff,  Jr.  Office  of  the  Secty..  2868  Fourth  Ave.,  San  Diego. 

San  Joaquin  Chapter; 

Allen  Y.  Lew,  President  (Fresno);  William  G.  Hybcrg,  Vice- 
President  (Fresno);  Paul  H.  Harris,  Secretary:  Edwin  S.  Darden. 
Treasurer  (Fresno).  Office  of  Pres.,  408  Fulton  St..  Fresno. 

Sanu  Barbara  Chapter: 

Darwin  E.  Fisher,  President  (Ventura);  Wallace  W.  Arendt, 
Vice-President  (Santa  Barbara);  Donald  H.  Miller,  Secretary; 
Donald  A.  Kimball,  Treasurer  (Santa  Barbara).  Office  of  Treas., 
1045   Via  Tranquila.   Santa   Barbara. 

Southern   California   Chapter: 

Cornelius  M.  Deasy,  President;  Robert  Field,  Jr.,  Vice-President: 
Stewart  D.  Kerr,  Treasurer;  Edward  H.  Fickett,  Secretary.  DI- 
RECTORS: Stewart  S.  Granger,  Burnett  C.  Turner,  George  V. 
Russell.  Paul  R.  Hunter.  Exec. -Secy..  Miss  Rita  E.  Miller.  3723 
Wilsh.re  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles  5. 

Southwest  Washington  Chapter: 

Charles  T.  Pearson,  President  (Tacoma);  Robert  T.  Olson,  1st 
Vice-President  (Olympia);  Donald  Burr,  2nd  Vice-President 
(Tacoma);  Percy  G.  Ball,  Secretary  (Tacoma);  Alan  Liddle, 
Treasurer  (Tacoma);  Trustees— Gilbert  M.  Wojahn  and  Gor- 
don N.  Johnston  (Tacoma).  Office  of  Sec.  2715  Onter  St, 
Tacoma,    Washington. 

Utah  Chapter; 

W.  J.  Monroe,  Jr..  President.  433  Atlas  Bldg..  Salt  Late  City; 
M.  E    Harris,  Jr.,  Secretary.  703  Newhouse  Bldg..  Salt  Lake  City. 


Washington  State  Chapter: 

James  J.  Chiarelli,  President;  Edwin  T.  Turner.  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Harold  W.  Hall.  2nd  Vice-President;  John  L.  Rogers.  Sec- 
retary; Albert  O.  Burogardner.  Treasurer.  Miss  Gwen  Myer.  Ex- 
ecutive Secretary.  409  Central  Bldg..  Seattle  4. 

Spokane  Chapter: 

Wm.  C.  James.  President;  C.irl  H.  Johnson,  Vice-President; 
Keith  T.  Boyington,  Secretary;  Ralph  J.  Bishop.  Treasurer;  Law- 
rence G.  Evanoff.  Carroll  Martell.  Kenneth  W.  Brooks,  Dire 
Office  of  the  Secy..  615   Realty  Bldg..  Spokane,  Washingto 

Hawaii  Chapter: 

Robert  M.  Law.  President:  Harry  W.  Seckel,  Vice-President: 
Richard  Dennis,  Secretary.  Directors:  Edwin  Bauer,  George  J 
Wimberly.   Office  of  Secy.,  P.O.  Box  3288,  Honolulu,  Hawaii. 

CALIFORNIA  COUNCIL,  THE  A, I. A. 

William  G.  Balch,  Los  Angeles,  President;  L.  F.  Richards,  Sanu 
Clara,  Vice-President;  Frank  L.  Hope,  San  Diego,  Secretary; 
Albert  B.  Thomas.  Sacramento,  Treasurer.  Miss  Rhoda  Monks, 
Office  Secretary.  Office  of  Secty..  703  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  BD.  ARCHITECTURAL  EXAMINERS: 
George  P.  Simonds  (Oakland),  President;  Ulysses  Floyd  Rible 
(Los  Angeles),  Secretary:  Earl  T.  Heitschmidt  (Los  Angeles): 
C.  J.  Paderewski  (San  Diego);  Norman  K.  Blanchard  (San  Frin- 
Cisco).  Exec.  Secy.,  Robert  K.  Kelley,  Room  712,  145  S.  Spring 
St.,  Los  Anbeles;  San  Francisco  Office,  Room  300,  507  Polk  St. 


ALLIED  ARCHITECTURAL  ORGANIZATIONS 

San  Francisco  Architectural  Club: 

Hal  Major.  President;  Camiel  Van  De  Weghe.  Vice-President; 
Francis  E.  Capone,  Secretary;  Stanley  Howatt,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secty.,   507  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Producers'  Council — Southern  California  Chapter: 

Clay  T.  Snider.  President,  Minneapolis-Honeywell  Regulator  Co., 
LA.;  E.  J.  Lawson.  Vice-President,  Aluminum  Company  of 
America,  L.A.;  E.  Phil  Filsingcr.  Secretary,  Gladding,  McBean 
&>  Co.,  L.A.;  William  G.  Aspy,  Treasurer.  H.  H.  Robertson 
Co..  L.A.;  Henry  E.  North,  Jr.,  National  Director.  Arcadia 
Metal  Products,  L.A.;  Office  of  the  Secy.,  2901   Los  Felis  Blvd. 

Producers'  Council— Northern  California  Chapter: 

John  J.  O'Connor.  President.  H.  H.  Robertson  Co.;  Stanley  L. 
Basterash,  Vice-President.  Western  Asbestos  Co.;  Howard  W. 
DeWecse,  Treasurer.  Pomona  Tile  Mfg.  Co.;  Robert  W.  Harring- 
ton, Secretary.  Clay  Brick  6^  Tile  Ass'n.  Office  of  Sec'y,  55  New 
Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco  5. 

Producers'  Council— San  Diego  Chapter: 

Eugene  E.  Bean.  President.  Fenestra  Inc.;  ames  I.  Hayes,  Vice- 
President,  Westinghouse  Electric  Co.;  E.  K.  Shelby,  Secretary, 
The  Celotex  Corp.  (El  Cajon);  Joseph  C.  Langley,  Treasurer, 
Republic  Steel  Corp'n,  Tmscon  Steel  Div.  (Lemon  Grove). 
Office  of  Secty.,    1832   Wedgemere  Rd.,  El  Cajon. 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — ^Los  Angeles: 

R.  R.  Coghlan,  Jr.,  President;  George  Lamb,  Vice-President;  E. 
Phil  Filsinger,  Secretary;  Harry  L.  Miller.  Treasurer;  Directors 
Harold  Keller,  Jack  Whiteside.  Walter  Hagcdohm,  Raymond 
Whalley,  Charles  Field  Wetherbee,  Martin  A.  Hegsted.  Ad- 
visory Member,  D.  Stewart  Kerr.  Office  of  Secty.,  2901  Los 
Felij  Blvd.,  L.A. 

Construction  Specifications  Institute — San  Francisco: 

Henry  C.  Collins,  President;  Leonard  M.  Tivel,  Vice-President; 
Leonard  P.  Grover.  Treasurer;  Marvin  E.  Hirchert,  Secretary. 
Office    of    Secty.,    585    Whitewood    Drive.    San    Rafael. 


the  active  practice  of  architecture. 

The  firm  will  continue  under  the  name  of  Spencer 
and  Lee,  with  Eldridge  T.  Spencer  and  Alton  S.  Lee 
as  participating  partners.  Mr.  Ambrose  will  continue 
his  activities  as  a  Director  of  the  Northern  California 
Chapter  AIA  for  the  balance  of  his  term.  1957-58. 


ARCHITECT  PAUL  O.  DAVIS 
APPOINTED  TO  STATE  BOARD 

Paul  O.  Davis,  Corona  del  Mar  architect,  and 
prominent  in  western  architectural  activities,  has  been 
appointed  a  member  of  the  California  State  Board  of 
Architectural  Examiners,  succeeding  Earl  T.  Heit- 
schmidt of  Los  Angeles,  resigned. 

Announcement  of  the  appointment  was  made  by 
Governor  Goodwin  J.  Knight. 

Davis,  a  native  of  Santa  Ana,  California,  received 
his  certificate  in  aeronautical  engineering  from  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  in  1917.  and 
his  B.  S.  degree  in  architecture  from  the  University 
of  Michigan   in    1920.   He   was   licensed   to   practice 


architecture  in  California  in  1923  and  entered  private 
practice  in  1938. 

He  is  a  member  of  The  American  Institute  of 
Architects  and  served  as  director  of  the  Southern 
California  Chapter  AIA  from  1949  to  1952.  He  was 
president  of  the  Orange  County  Chapter  AIA  in 
1953.  Term  on  the  State  Board  ends  January'  15.  1958. 


CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION 

Excavating  -  Paving 
Grading  -  Drainage 

Sidewalks  —  Driveways  —  Parking  Lots 

O.  C.  JONES  6l  sons 

Since   1925 
1520  4th  St.,  Berkeley  Phone  LA  6-3424 


DECEMBER,     1957 


WITH   THE   ENGINEERS 


Structural  Engineers  Association  of  California 

Henry  M.  Layne,  President;  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  Vice- 
President;  H.  L.  Monley,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors — Chas. 
De  Maria,  Wesley  T.  Hayes,  Henry  M.  Layne,  H.  L. 
Manle,  J.  G.  Middleton,  J.  F.  Meehan,  Clarence  E. 
Rinne,  A.  A.  Sauer,  Howard  A.  Schirmer,  and  "William 
T.  Vniee\eT.  Office  of  Secty.,  9020  Balcom  Ave.,  North- 
ridge,  Calif. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 
Northern  California 

Henry  J.  Degenkolb,  President;  J.  Albert  Paquette,  Vice- 
President;  Donald  M.  Teixeira,  Secretary;  Samuel  H. 
Qark,  Assistant  Secretary;  William  K.  Qoud,  Treasur- 
er. Directors,  Charles  D.  DeMaria,  Howard  A.  Schirmer, 
Harold  S.   Kellam,   John   M.   Sardis,   James   L.   Stratta. 


Paquette  and  Dengenkolb.  Office  of  Sect.,  417  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Central  California 

J.  F.  Meehan,  President  (Sacramento);  A.  L.  Brinckman, 
Vice-President  (Sacramento);  W.  F.  Pond,  Secy.-Treas. 
Directors:  A.  L,  Brinckman,  J.  J.  Doody,  H.  C.  Green, 
J.  F.  Meehan,  E.  F.  Zanccd.  Office  of  Secy.,  7045  Crom- 
well Way,  Sacramento. 

Structural  Engineers  Association  of 

Southern  California 
R.  W.  Binder,  President;  Joseph  Sheffet,  Vice  President; 
Albin  W.  Johnson,  Secy.-Treas.;  Directors  Wm.  A.  Jen- 
sen, Jack  N.  Sparling,  Roy  Johnston  and  David  Wilson. 
Office  of  Secy.,  2808  W.  Temple  St.,  Los  Angeles  26. 
Dunkirk  5-4424. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL 

ENGINEERS — San  Francisco 

"Engineers,  Unions,  and  ASCE""  was  the  theme  of 
the  December  meeting  in  the  Engineers  Club,  with 
presentation  of  a  Committee  Report  by  Carl  Moni- 
smith  and  Robert  Darragh.  Monismith,  chairman  of 
a  special  committee  of  the  Junior  Forum,  is  an  As- 
sistant Professor  of  Civil  Engineering  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  while  Darragh  is  a  staff  engineer 
with  Dames  and  Moore  and  president  of  the  Junior 


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Member  Forum.  The  Report  and  program  relates  to 
a  questionnaire  circulated  to  Junior  Members,  inter' 
views  with  employers  and  extensive  research  by  the 
committee. 

Life  Member  certificates  on  behalf  of  the  National 
Society  were  presented  to:  Edwin  Earl  Blackie,  Con- 
sulting Engineer;  Revoe  Carlyle  Briggs;  Theodore 
Parker  Dresser,  Jr.;  Victor  Arthur  Endersby;  Mark 
Marion  Falk;  Albert  Lossen  Lane;  Leroy  Everett 
Loxley;  Neil  Stuart  McNamara;  Hal  S.  Sams,  and 
Otis  William  Swainson. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Robert  G.  Aitchison, 
Lafayette;  John  W.  Bell,  Ronald  A.  Boesel,  Jerald  P. 
Clark,  Robert  H.  Griffin,  A.  W.  Finne,  Michael  H. 
Keyak  and  Cecil  E.  Pearce,  San  Francisco;  Hollis  M. 
Black,  Jr.,  Kazuyoshi  Kawata,  Edgar  Lee  and  Hugh 
D.  McNiven,  Berkeley;  Robert  S.  Craig,  Burlingame; 
L.  P.  Dunlap,  San  Mateo;  Richard  J.  Huyck  Jr., 
Kentfield;  Leon  D.  Luck,  Stanford;  Robert  R.  Matheu 
and  Frederick  Willsea,  Palo  Alto;  W.  T.  McCalla, 
Ventura;  M.  F.  Tiemens,  San  Pablo  and  Lccinard  W. 
Winston,  Mt.  View. 


FEMINEERS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Mrs.  Burr  H.  Randolph  was  elected  president  of  the 
Femineers  to  serve  for  the  1958  term.  Elected  to  serve 
with  her  were:  Mrs.  J.  A.  Paquette,  vice  president; 
Mrs.  James  M.  Smith,  Recording  Secretary;  Mrs. 
Donald  H.  Moyer,  Corresponding  Secretary;  and  Mrs. 
Herman  V.  Yank,  Treasurer.  Named  as  directors  were 
Mrs.  Cedric  H.  Anderson  and  Mrs.  Fred  Nicholson. 

The  annual  Christmas  Party  was  observed  this  year 
at  the  California  Golf  Club,  with  the  theme  being 
"Christmas  Belles"  and  highlighted  by  the  "Chapeau 
Show"  of  hats  designed  with  decorations  in  the  holi- 
day mood.  Mrs.  William  W.  Brewer  and  Mrs.  Earl 
Paddock  served  as  co-chairmen  of  the  event  with 
hostesses  being  Mesdames  Thomas  W.  Power,  Will 
Adrian,  George  R.  Burr,  Leslie  W.  Graham,  A.  C. 
Horner,  Raymond  Lundgren,  George  R.  Maurer, 
Louis  Riggs,  Alfred  M.  Sperry,  Bernard  A.  Vallerga 
and  T.  D.  Wosser,  Jr. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Los  Angeles  Section 

George  E.  Brandow,  President;  Ernest  Maag,  Vice- 
President;  L.  LeRoy  Crondall,  Vice-President;  J.  E 
McKee,  Secretory;  Alfred  E.  Waters,  Treasurer.  Office 
of  Secy.,  California  Institute  of  Technology,  Pasadena, 
Calif. 

Sec.y-Treas.;  4865  Park  Ave.,  Riverside.  Ventura-Santa 
Barbara  Counties  Branch.  Robert  L.  Ryun,  Pres.;  Rich- 
ard E.  Burnett,  Vice-President;  George  Conahey,  Secy.- 
Treas.,  649  Doris  St.,  Oxnard. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

San  Francisco  Section 

H.  C.  Medbery,  President;  William  W.  Moore,  1st  Vice- 
President;  Harmer  E.  Davis,  2nd  Vice-President;  B.  A. 
Vallerga,  Secretary;  Ben  C.  Gerwick,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
Office  of  Secty. 

San  Jos©  Branch 
Stanley  J.  Kocal,  President;  Charles  L.  Cobum,  Vice- 
President;  Myron  M.  Jooobs,  Secty.  and  Trees. 

Structural  Engineers  Associatiton 

of  Oregon 

Sully  A.  Ross,  President;  Francis  E.  Honey,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Delmor  L.  McConnell,  Secy.-Treas.  Directors: 
Robert  M.  Bonney,  George  A.  Guins,  Francis  E.  Honey, 


Evan  Kennedy,  Delmar  L.  McConnell.  Office  of  Sec^'., 
717  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Portland  4,  Oregon. 

Society  of  American  Military  Engineers 

Puget  Sound  Engineering  Council  fWashington) 

R.  E.  Kister,  A.  I.  E.  E.,  Chairmon;  E.  R.  McMillan, 
A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vice  Chairman;  L.  B.  Cooper,  A.  S.  M.  E., 
Secretary;  A.  E.  Nickerson,  I.  E.  S.,  Treasurer;  Offices, 
L.  B.  Cooper,  c/o  University  of  Washington,  Seattle  5, 
Washington. 

American  Society  Testing  Materials 
Northern  California  District 

H.  P.  Hoopes,  Chairman;  P.  E.  McCoy,  Vice-Chairman; 
R.  W.  Harrington,  Secretary,  Office  of  Secy  ,  c/o  Clay 
Brick  (S  Tile  Assn,  55  Nevir  Montgomery  St,  San  Fran- 
cisco 5. 

Society  of  American   Military 

Engineers — San  Francisco  Post 

Col.  Edwin  M.  Eads,  USAF,  President;  C.  R.  Graff, 
1st  Vice-President;  Col.  Seymore  A.  Potter,  Jr.,  2nd 
Vice-President;  Roger  L.  Cairns,  Secretary;  Donald  C. 
Bentley,  Treasurer.  Directors — Col.  John  S.  Hartnett, 
USA;  Donald  McColl;  Capt.  A.  P.  Gardiner,  USN;  C. 
Grant  Austin,  and  Rex  A.  Daddisman.  Office  Secy. 
USAF,  U.S.  Appraisers  Bldg,  630  Sonsome  St.,  Son 
Francisco. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  MILITARY 
ENGINEERS — San  Francisco  Post 

Commander  Charles  J.  Merdinger,  Officer  in 
Charge,  U.S.  Naval  Civil  Engineering  Research  and 
Evaluation  Laboratory,  Port  Hueneme,  California, 
was  the  principal  speaker  at  the  December  meeting 
held  in  Officers  Club,  Presidio  of  San  Francisco,  tak' 
ing  as  his  subject.  "Different  Approach  to  Engineering 
Education." 

A  brief  movie  "Life  of  an  Undergraduate  at  Ox- 
ford" was  also  shown. 

Recent  new  members  include:  Harold  Stockstad. 
Thomas  Whitson,  John  M.  Daugherty,  Lt.  Col.  M. 
C.  Tadlock,  Edwin  C.  Duerr,  George  Y.  Tashiro, 
Oval  H.  Robinson,  Cliff  Kealey,  and  Endel  Talpt. 


STRUCTURAL  ENGINEERS  ASSOCIATION 
OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 

The  Structural  Engineers  Association  of  Southern 
California  awarded  Murray  Erick  an  Honorary  Award 
at  a  dinner  meeting  Wednesday  evening,  December  4. 

Mr.  Erick  has  been  practicing  structural  engineering 
since  1923.  He  has  served  as  president  of  the  SEAOSC 
and  also  as  president  of  the  SEAOC,  the  statewide 
organization  of  structural  engineers.  The  General 
Petroleum  Building  and  the  Prudential  Building  arc 
two  recent  Los  Angeles  structures  whose  engineering 
design  originated  in  Mr.  Erick's  office. 

Following  the  award,  Mr.  Eli  Czerniak  of  The 
Fluor  Corporation,  who  has  his  master's  degree  in 
structural  engineering  from  Columbia  University, 
spoke  to  the  assembled  engineers  on  structural  analysis 
with  the  aid  of  computers. 

The  speaker  described  the  electronic  digital  com- 
puters owned  by  The  Fluor  Corporation  and  stated  the 
approximate  cost  as  $250,000.  This  cost  will  probably 
prohibit  existence  in  many  offices,  but  rentals  at  ap- 
proximately six  dollars  per  hour  are  available.  The 
machine  is  extremely  fast  and,  if  data  such  as  equations 
and  loadings  are  previously  properly  prepared,  a  com- 


plicated   rigid    frame    can    be    computed    in    fifteen 
minutes. 

The  entire  success  of  the  operation  depends  on  the 
assumptions  and  physical  data  fed  into  the  computer. 
If  this  is  correct,  the  machine  performs  all  the  neces- 
sary arithmetic  in  a  very  accurate  and  speedy  manner. 
In  the  way  of  magnitude,  the  Fluor  machine  can 
handle  up  to  54  equations  at  one  operation. 


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ART 

(From  Page  3) 
urday  and  Sunday  at  3  p.m.  The  Educational  activities 
including  Art  Classes  for  Children  and  Junior  High 
School  students  will  close  in  mid  December  and  will 
be  resumed  after  the  first  of  the  year. 


SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  ARTIST 
EXHIBITS  AT  M.  H.  de YOUNG 

Elisabeth  Duquette,  talented  Southern  California 
artist  termed  a  "poetess  with  paint",  is  exhibiting 
about  75  gouache  paintings  this  month  at  the  M.  H. 
deYoung  Memorial  Museum,  Golden  Gate  Park,  San 
Francisco. 

Born  in  Los  Angeles,  where  she  now  resides  and 
maintains  a  studio  in  Beverly  Hills  with  her  husband, 
the  internationally  known  decorator,  Tony  Duquette, 
much  of  her  childhood  was  spent  in  the  Oregon  woods 
which  has  deeply  influenced  her  painting. 


ASSOCIATED  STUDENT  BODY 
ANNUAL  ART  EXHIBITION 

The  Associated  Student  Body  of  the  California 
School  of  Fine  Arts,  an  accredited  college,  800  Chest- 
nut Street,  San  Francisco,  presented  its  First  Annual 
Art  Exhibition  early  in  December. 

The  event  was  sponsored  by  the  students  including 
the  jury  and  judging. 

WESTERN  CHURCH  DESIGN 

(From  Page  19) 
building   of   beauty,    serenity,    friendliness,    and   one 
which  has  a  definite  tone  of  welcome. 

Materials  are  pretty  much  the  same — brick,  glass, 
plastic,  stone,  and  the  new  and  increasingly  popular 
engineered  wood  in  its  wonderful  glu-lam  forms — but 
no  two  architects  ever  see  the  same  problem  in  the 
same  light,  nor  do  they  seem  ever  to  visualize  a 
specific  material  as  having  identical  opportunity.  That, 
therefore,  is  the  charm  and  excitement  of  looking  over 
the  achitect's  shoulder  while  he  is  at  work  at  his 
drafting  board  and  seeing  the  wonderful  ideas  for 
new  forms  and  new  structures  which  take  shape  under 
his  magic  direction. 

Church  design  has  come  far  in  the  past  decade  or 
two,  released  it  seems,  from  some  of  the  self-imposed 
restrictions  of  the  past.  The  sharp  break  with  tradition 
is  certainly  here,  but  it  is  no  violent  thing,  as  the 
abrupt  change  in  residential  design  when,  for  a  time, 
we  went  from  the  peaked  and  hipped  roof  to  the  flat 
cube  style.  Rather,  this  evolution  in  church  design 
has  been  pleasing.  There  can  be  no  quarrel  today  with 
some  of  the  exquisite  church  structures  designed  by 
our  architects  which  retain  little  if  any  of  the  tradi- 
tions of  the  past,  for  each  in  his  own  way  is  seeking  a 
form  of  expression  to  create  for  man  an  organization 
of  space  within  these  structures  to  serve  the  loftiest 
purposes. 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


ARCHITECT 

IN  NEW 
LOCATION 

Announcement  has  been  made  of  the 
opening  of  offices  of  George  A.  Swallow, 
A. I. A.,  Architect  and  W.  j.  Hubbard  at 
301  Forty-First  Street  in  Richmond,  Cali- 
fornia. Telephone  is  the  same  as  hereto- 
fore BEacon  2-9166. 


ENGINEERS 
MOVE  INTO 
NEW  OmCES 

The  engineering  firm  of  Huber  and 
Knapik,  Civil  Engineers,  has  announced 
the  removal  of  offices  to  a  new  location  at 
Fifty-Seven  Post  Street,  San  Francisco. 
Telephone  number  is  unchanged  SUtter 
1-4106. 

The  firm  is  composed  of  Walter  L.  Hub- 
er, member  of  The  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers,  and  Edward  M.  Knapik, 
also  a  member  of  The  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers. 


JOHN  H.  WHITE 
ELECTED  HEATING 
COUNCIL  PREXY 

John  H.  White,  president  of  Taco 
Heaters,  Inc.,  Cranston,  R.  I.,  has  been 
elected  president  and  a  director  of  the 
Better  Heating-Cooling  Council  for  1957- 
58,  succeeding  John  E.  Reed  of  Westfield, 
Mass. 

The  Council  is  a  40-member  nationwide 
educational  and  promotional  association 
dedicated  to  increased  usage  and  accept- 
ance of  hydronics — the  science  of  heating 
and  cooling  with  liquids. 

Other  officers  chosen  at  the  Council's 
annual  meeting  included  Alfred  Whittell, 
Jr.,  Raypak  Company  of  El  Monte,  Cali- 
fornia. 


KARL  W.  MATTHES 
APPOINTED 
STAFF  ENGINEER 

Karl  W.  Matthes  has  been  appointed 
divisional  staff  engineer  for  Kaiser  Steel 
Corporation's  general  planning  division, 
according  to  B.  E.  Etcheverry,  director  of 
general  planning  for  the  firm. 

In  his  new  position,'  Matthes  will  assist 
the  director  in  reviewing  and  evaluating 
corporate  capital  expenditures  and  in  de- 
veloping coordinated  capital  expenditure 
programs. 


KUDROFF  JOINS 
LOS  ANGELES 
HRM 

Marvin  J.  Kudroff  has  been  appointed 
Director  of  Engineering  for  the  Los  An- 
geles architectural  and  engineering  firm 
of  Daniel,  Mann,  Johnson  &  Mendenhall, 
according  to  a  recent  announcement  by 
Stanley  A.   Moe,   General  Manager. 

Kudroff,  an  Associate  of  the  firm,  has 
been  serving  as  Chief  Structural  Engineer, 
and  has  served  as  Project  Manager  for 
many  of  the  firm's  major  projects.  In  his 
new  position  he  will  have  the  responsibility 
of  supervising  the  Engineering  Division 
including  all  types  of  engineering,  mechan- 
ical, process  piping,  electrical  and  civil, 
and  construction  supervision. 


BERGREN  STEEL  CORP. 
OPENS  NEW 
OAKLAND  PLANT 

The  Bergren  Steel  Corp.,  a  new  organ- 
ization of  steel  distributors,  has  been 
formed  with  general  offices  and  plant 
located  at  841-73rd  Avenue  in  Oakland. 

E.  G.  Bergren,  formerly  with  Columbia 
Steel  Company,  is  president  of  the  firm, 
which  will  specialize  in  steel  plate  and 
plate  burning.  Bergren  was  also  with  Tay- 


lor and  Spotswood  and  Baker  and  Hamil- 
ton, and  is  a  past  president  of  the  North- 
ern California  Division,  American  Steel 
Warehouse  Association. 

OAKLAND  FIRM  OF 

ARCHITECTS 

EXPANDS 

George  P.  Simonds,  AIA,  of  the  Oak- 
land architectural  firm  of  Anderson  ^ 
Simonds,  Architects,  recently  announced 
that  Alvin  Dusel,  AIA,  and  Robert  Cam- 
pini,  AIA,  have  become  associated  in  the 
firm  and  that  the  name  has  been  changed 
to  Anderson,  Simonds,  Dusel  and  Cam- 
pini.  Architects,  A.I.A. 

Alvin  Dusel  is  a  graduate  of  Stanford 
University,  College  of  Engineering,  and 
Robert  W.  Campini  is  a  graduate  of  the 


University  of  California,  College  of  Archi- 
tecture. 

Offices  of  the  firm,  for  the  general  prac- 
tice of  architecture,  will  be  maintained  at 
2800  Park  Boulevard,  Oakland. 


NEW  BRANCH 
BANK  PLANNED 
FOR  ORINDA 

Charles  P.  Partridge,  president  of  the 
Central  Valley  National  Bank  of  Oakland, 
recently  announced  the  acquisition  of  a 
site  and  construction  in  the  near  future 
of  a  new  Branch  Bank  building  in  Orinda. 

The  proposed  building  site  is  95  x  100 
ft.  and  the  building  will  contain  4,573 
sq.  ft.  to  provide  facilities  for  banking,  a 
real  estate  office,  and  several  commercial 
stores.    Estimated   cost  is   $100,000. 


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"BENTS"  IN  CONSTRUCTION 
Kern  County  Community 

(From  Page  4) 
with  octapus'like,  hydraulic,  vacuum  cups,  and  raise 
it.  A  workman  riding  high  on  the  slab,  looked  as  if 
he  were  piloting  a  flying  carpet  with  the  greatest  of 
ease,  to  slide  it  into  the  notches  of  the  structural 
bents,  there  to  be  welded  to  the  frame  by  metal  con' 
nectors.  The  roof,  having  been  placed,  the  masons 
took'over  and  laid-up  the  walls  of  light-weight-aggre- 
gate, concrete  blocks,  properly  reinforced  with  vertical 
rods. 

Bakersfield  and  Kern  County  is  taking  no  chances 


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in  its  public  building  construction.  They  are  being 
built  with  an  eye  to  resisting  lateral  stresses.  The  tilt- 
up  and  the  left-up  slabs  of  reinforced  concrete,  poured 
flat,  hoisted  into  place  and  tied  to  a  rigid  structure, 
are  popular  procedures  by  which  it  is  hoped  to  keep 
costs  down  and  building  intact  when  the  earth  gets 
to  acting  up. 

Speaking  of  the  selection  of  the  bent  type  of  design, 
the  architect  states  that  it  is  easy  to  assemble  and 
economical.  It  is  C.  Cullimore,  Jr.,  A.I. A.  of  the 
architectural  firm  of  Kenney  and  Cullimore,  of  Bakers- 
field,  who  dreamed-up  the  reinforced  concrete  bents 
that  form  the  skeleton  of  the  modern  dinasaur  while 
the  concrete-block  masons  encased  it  to  assume  its 
aspects  of  contemporary  appeal. 


MOROCCAN  ARTS  AND  CRAFTS 
EXHIBITION  AT  SF  MUSEUM 

An  exhibition  of  contemporary  Moroccan  arts  and 
crafts  is  currently  on  view  at  the  San  Francisco 
Museum  of  Art,  Civic  Center,  representing  a  rich  and 
varied  display  of  artistic  products  from  the  new  nation. 

There  are  colorful  rugs  of  different  types,  ceramic 
dishes,  bowls  and  jugs  decorated  with  bright  geometri- 
cal designs,  gold  embossed  leather,  and  trays  and  jugs 
of  metal  inlay,  and  folk  sculpture. 

Handsome  photographs  of  daily  life  in  the  cities 
and  countryside  of  Morocco  complete  the  exhibition. 


CIVIL  ENGINEERS 
ANNOUNCE  AWARDS 

For  their  outstanding  achievement  in  Civil  Engi- 
neering, the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  has 
announced  the  award  of  a  Research  Prize  to  Dr. 
Mikael  P.  J.  B.  Hvorslev,  consultant  to  the  Waterways 
Experiment  Station,  U.S.  Corps  of  Engineers,  Vicks- 
burg,  Miss.;  Dr.  Bruce  Johnston,  Department  of  Civil 
Engineering,  University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor;  and 
Dr.  Lorenz  G.  Straub,  Director,  St.  Anthony  Falls 
Hydraulic  Laboratory,  Head  of  the  Department  of 
Civil  Engineering,  University  of  Minnesota,  Minne- 
apolis. Formal  presentation  will  be  made  at  the  Soci- 
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FABRICATING  HOUSES  FROM  COMPONENT  PARTS. 
By  Nomian  Chemer.  Reinhold  Publishing  Corp.,  430 
Park  Ave.,  New  York  22.  208  pages.  Price  ^7.95. 

The  author  has  long  hcen  interested  in  the  production  ol 
minimum  cost  houses  and  this  book  presents  the  final  results 
of  extensive  research  into  parts  and  structural  systems.  Five 
basic  types  of  structural  systems  are  covered:  Panel,  bents, 
girder,  masonry  and  foundation,  and  Quonset,  and  by  using 
these  materials  and  methods  has  designed  fifteen  expansible 
houses.  The  authors  prime  concern  has  been  to  instill  a  spirit 
and  an  approach  toward  making  a  truly  inexpensive  house  a 
reality. 


ACOUSTICS  For  The  Architect.  By  Harold  Burris-Meyer 
and  Lewis  Goodfriend.  Reinhold  Publishing  Corp.,  430 
Park  Ave.,  New  York  22.    126  pages.    Price  ^10.00. 

Acoustics  constitute  one  of  the  essential  determining  factors 
in  all  architectural  projects  where  comfort,  auditory  communi- 
cation, or  a  number  of  special  requirements  must  be  satisfied. 
The  authors  have  provided  the  architect  with  the  tools  re- 
quisite to  handle  acoustics  and  noise  control  in  the  structures 
he  designs  without  requiring  him  to  examine  the  complex 
physics  fundamental  to  the  science  of  acoustics.  Charts,  tables, 
and  chick  list,  containing  new  materials  presented  for  the 
first  time,  simplify  the  necessary  acoustical  design  calculations. 
The  book  discusses  the  method  by  which  acoustics  is  inte- 
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and  southern  part  of  the  state.  Freight  cart- 
age and  labor  travel  tinie  must  be  added  in 
figuring  country  work. 

BONDS— Performance  or  Performance  plus 
Labor  and  Material  Bond(s),  $10  per 
$1000  on  contract  price.  Labor  &  Material 
Bond(s)  only.  $5.00  per  $1000  on  contract 
price.  

BRICKWORK— MASONRY- 
BUILDING  BRICK— estimated    cost   Per^s^ 
WALL       BRICK 


ft. 


Norman 
Standard 

Jumbo    . 
Standard 


AVERAGE 

$2.30 

2.40 

...  2.40 

■_ 2.55 

2.60 


FACE  BRICK-estimated  cost  per  sq.  '*•  -_ 

WALL      BRICK  ^       2>  4 

8"        Jumbo  */.35 

B"         Brick    Blocic" "° 

10"        Standard     "« 

10"         Norman     -..- ^-g" 

14"         Norman     .- - - -  f-°^ 

Common   Brick-Per   I    M   Iaid-$I75.00  up   (ac 

cording  to  class  of  work). 
Face   Brick— Per   I    M    laid— $265.00  and   up    (ac- 
cording to  class  of  work). 
Brick  Steps-$2.75  per  lin.  ft.  &  up. 

BRICK  VENEER  ^       ^  „ 

BUILDING  BRICK— estimated  cost  Per  sq-  tt- 
WALL       BRICK  '^^^'*tl   I 

3"  Jumbo    - - ''-'^ 

V  Nniman  ' -^^ 

4"       Standard    :;: I-*' 

FACE  BRICK-estimated   cost  per   sq-  *♦•     ^.^ 
WALL      BRICK  '^^^"tl  ,! 

3"         Jumbo  *^-" 

4"        Standard     \f 

4"         Norman     •=" 


Ron 


Common  Brick  Veneer  on  Frame  Bldgs.-Approx. 

SI  75  and  up— (according  to  class  of  work). 
Face    Brick    Veneer    on     Frame    Bldgs.-Approx. 

$2.25  and   up   (according  to  class  of  work) 
■■Bricketts"    (Brick  Veneer)    per   M,   f.o.b.   Niles, 

$50.00. 
Glaied  Structural  Units— Walls  Erected— 

Clear  Glazed— 

2x612  Furring $1  ■'?5  per  sq.  ft. 

4x6x12  Partition    2.25  per  sq.  ft. 

4x  6  X  12  Double  Faced 

Partition 2.50  per  sq.  ft. 

For  colored  glaze  add 30  per  sq.  ft. 

Mantel   Fire   Brick  $150.00  per   M- F.O.B.   Pitts- 
burgh. 
Fire  Brick-2i/2"x9x4i/2-$l  10.00. 

Cartage— Approx.  $10.00  per  M. 

Paving— $75.00. 
Building  Tile— 

8x5y;xl2-inches,    per   ^ 

6x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   K 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,    per   ^ 
Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per  M 

I2xl2x4-inches,   per  M 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per  M 


$159.40 

124.00 

-_    96.90 


F.O.B.  Plant 


BUILDING  PAPER  &  FELTS— 

1  ply  per  1000  ft.  roll 

2  ply  per  lOOO  ft.  roll 

3  ply  per   1000  ft.  roll._ 

Brownskin,  Standard  500  ft, 


„,..    ...  .jII.. 

Sisalkraft.  reinforced.  500  ft.  roll 

Sheathing  Papers — 
Asphalt  sheathing.    15-lb.  roll — 

30-lb.  roll 

Dampcourse,  216-ft.  roll — 

Blue  Plasterboard.  60-lb.  roll 

Felt  Papers- 
Deadening  felt,  %-lb.,  50-ft.  roll 

Deadening  felt,   l-lb 

Asphalt  roofing.   15-lbs 


Asphalt  roofing.  30-lbs — 


__  9.70 

6.85 

6.50 

_$2.70 
_..  3.70 
.__  2.95 
__.  5.10 

$4.30 

5.05 

,„..  2.70 
3.70 


Roofing  Papers — 

Standard  Grade.   108-ft.  roll.  Light._ _..$2.50 

Smooth  Surface,  Medium., _..  2.90 

Heavy....- 3.40 

M.  S.  Extra  Heavy 3.95 

CONCRETE  AGGREGATES— 

The  following  prices  net  to  Contractors  unless 
otherwise  shown.    Carload  lots  only. 

Bunker  DeI'd 

per  ton         per  ton 

Gravel,  all  sizes $3.00  $3.75 

Top  Sand 3.20  3.95 

Concrete   Mix  3.10  3.85 

Crushed  Rock,  'W  to  %" 3.20  3.95 

Crushed  Rock,  V  to  Wi" 3.20  3.95 

Roofing    Gravel    _. 3.15  4.00 

Sand — 

Lapis   (Nos.   2      &4)   3.95  4.70 

Olympia  (Nos.  I  &  2) 3.50  4.00 

Cement — 
Common  (all  brands,  paper  sacks), 

Per  Sack,  small  quantity  (paper) $1.30 

Carload  lots,  in  bulk,  per  bbl _ 4.14 

Cash  discount  on  carload  lots,  lOc  a  bbl.,  lOth 
Prox.,  less  than  carload  lots,  $5.20  per  bbl. 
f.o.b.  warehouse  or  $5.60  delivered. 

Cash  discount  on  L.C.I 2% 

Trinity  White 1  I  to  100  sacks,  $4.00 

>i   J        M/L-.  S  sack,  warehouse  or 

Medusa  White J  delivered. 

CONCRETE  READY-MIX— 
Delivered  in  5-yd.  loads:  5  sk. 

in  bulk  _ $14.80 

Curing  Compound,  clear,  drums, 

per  gal 90 

CONCRETE  BLOCKS— 

Hay-  Ba- 

dite  salt 

4x8xl6-inches,  each  $  .22      $  .22 

6x8xl6-inches,  each .271/2      -J/i/z 

8x8xl6-inches,  each .32  .j2 

I2x8xl6-inches,  each  46         .461/: 

I2x8x24-inches,  each -_         .67 

Aggregates — Haydite  or  Basalita      Plant 

%-inch  to  y,-inch,  per  cu.  yd $5.85 J7.75 

%-inch  to  A-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

No.  6  to  0-inch,  per  cu.  yd 5.85 7.75 

DAMPPROOFING  and  Waterproofing- 

Two-coat  work,   $9.00  per  square  and   up. 

Membrane  waterproofing — 4  layers  of  sat- 
urated felt,   $13.00  per  square  and   up. 

Hot  coating  work,  $5.50  per  square  &  up. 

Medusa  Waterproofing,  $3.50  per  lb.  San 
Francisco  Warehouse. 

Tricosal  concrete  waterproofing,  60c  a 
cubic  yd.  and   up. 

Anhi  Hydro,  50  gal.,  $2.20. 

ELECTRIC  WIRING— $20  to  $25  per  outlet 
for  conduit  work  (including  switches)  $18- 
20.  Knob  and  tube  average  $7.00  to  9.00 
per  outlet. 

ELEVATORS— 

Prices  vary  according  to  capacity,  speed 
and  type.  Consult  elevator  companies. 
Average  cost  of  installing  a  slow  speed 
automatic  passenger  elevator  In  small  four 
story  apartment  building,  including  en- 
trance doors,  about  $9,500.00. 

EXCAVATION— 

Sand,  $1.25,  clay  or  shale,  $2.00  per  yard. 

Trucks,  $35  to  $55  per  day. 

Above  figures  are  an  average  without 
water.  Steam  shovel  work  in  large  quan- 
titie-«,  less;  hard  material,  such  as  rock, 
will  run  considerably  more. 


FIRE  ESCAPES— 

Ten-foot  galvanized  iron  balcony,  with 
stairs,  $275  installed  on  new  buildings; 
$325  on  old  buildings. 

FLOORS— 

Asphalt  Tile,  '/s  '"■  gauge  25c  to  35c  per 

sq.  ft. 
Composition    Floors,    such    as    Magneslte, 

50c-$l.25  per  sq.ft. 
Linoleum,  standard  gauge,  $3.75  sq.  yd.  & 

up  laid. 
Mostipave — $1.90   per  sq.   yd. 
Battleship    Linoleum — $6.00   sq.   yd.    &    up 

laid. 
Terazzo   Floors — $2.50  per  sq.  ft. 
Terazzo    Steps — $3.75     per    lin.    ft. 
Mastic  Wear   Coat — according   to   type — 
45c  per  sq.  ft.  and  up. 
Hardwood   Flooring^ 
Oak  Flooring— T  &  G— Unfln.- 

Hx2iA  1/2x2    y,xj 

Clear  Qtd..  White $425    $405    $ 

Clear  Qtd.,  Red 405      380 

Select  Otd.,  Red  or  White_  355      340 
Clear  Pin.,  Red  or  White...  355      340      335 
Select  Pin.,  Red  or  White._  340      330      325 
#1  Common,  red  or  White  315      SrO      305 
#2  Common,  Red  or  White  305 
Prefinished  Oak  Flooring — 


t' 


1/2  X  2. 

$369.00 

/2    X    21/2 

380.00 

H  «  2% 

H  »  2%       -    - 

_  390.00 

_    __       375.00 

__ -..  395.00 

H  X  21/1  &  31/1  Ranch  Plank 
Unfinished  Maple  Flooring^- 

H  X  VA  First  Grade 

H  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

H  X  21/4  2nd  &  Btr.  Grade 

H  X  2Va  3rd  Grade _, 

H  X  31/4  3rd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM. 
H  X  31/2  2nd  &  Btr.  Jtd.  EM_ 

33/32  >  21/4  First  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  2nd  Grade 

33/32  X  21/4  3rd  Grade 


Standard 
$359.M 
370.00 
381.00 
355.00 
375.00 
415.00 


..$390.00 

-  365.00 

-  375.00 
„  240.00 
_  380.00 
_  390.00 
_  400.00 
_  360.00 
...  320.00 


Floor  Layer  Wage  $2.83   par  hr. 

GLASS— 

Single  Strength  Window  Glass    _   $  .30  per  O  f* 

Single  Strength  Window  Glass $  .30  per  D  ft. 

Double  Strength  Window  Glass .60  per  n  ft. 

Plate  Glass,  1/4  polished  to  75 I.SOperDft. 

75  to   100 2.10  per  Oft. 

1/4  in.  Polished  Wire  Plate  Glass_  2.70  per  Q  ft. 

1/4  in.  Rgh.  Wire  Glass .80  per  Q  H 

'/«  in.  Obscure   Glass 55  per  Q  ft. 

in.  Obscure     Glass .70  per  Q  ft. 

Heat  Absorbing  Obscure.....     .54  per  D  f 

Heat  Aborbing  Wire—.-.    .72  per  n  ft. 

Ribbed    .55  per  Q  ft. 

Ribbed    .75  per  Q  ft. 

Rough    .55  per  D  ft. 

A  in.  Rough    .75  per  Q  ft. 

Glazing  of  above  additional  $.15  to  .30  per  D  't. 
Glass  Blocks,  set  in  place 3.50  per  D  ft. 


'/. 
A 
'/» 


HEATING— Installed 
Furnaces — Gas  Fired 
Floor  Furnace,  25,000  BTU 

35,000  BTU 47, 

45,000  BTU 55 

Automatic  Control,  Add™ 39, 

Dual  Wall  Furnaces,  25,000  BTU 


_$42.( 


35,000  BTU....... 

45,000  BTU 

With  Automatic  Control,  Add 45 

Unit  Heaters,   50,000  BtU 

Gravity  Furnace,  65  000  BTU 

Forced  Air  Furnace,  75.000  BTU...... 

Water  Heaters — 5-year  guarantee 
With  Thermostat  Control. 

20  gal.  capacity 

30  gal.  capacity 

40  gal.  capacit/ — 


.00-  80.00 
,00-  87.00 
,00-  95.00 
.00-  45.00 
,00-134.00 
149.00 
161.00 
,00-161.00 
215.00 
210.00 
342.00 


96.00 
112.00 
135.00 


DECEMBER,     1957 


INSULATION  AND  WALLBOARD— 


(_2")  Less  than  1,000  Q  ft.... 
(J")  Over  1.000  D  ft.. 


_ $44.00 

M.OO 

.         _  59.00 

Cotton  Insulation — Full-thickness 

( I") U\ .40  per  M  $q.  ft. 

Sisalation  Alunninum  Insulation— Aluminum 

co8t»d  on   both   sides $23.50  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Tileboard — 4'x4'    panel   „ $9.00  per  panel 

Wallboard— 1/2"   thickness   _ $55.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Finished    Plank   _..  49.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

Ceiling  Tileboard  49.00  per  M  sq.  ft. 

IRON — Cost   of  ornamental    iron,   cast  iron, 
etc.,  depends  on  designs. 

LUMBER— Ex  Lumber  Yards 
S4S  Construction  Grade 

O.P.  or  D.F.,  per  M.  f.b.m $1  15.00 

Flooring — 

Per  M  Delvd 

V.S.-O.F.  B  &  Btr.  I  X  4  T  &  G  Flooring $225.00 

"C"  and   better— all 215.00 

"D"  and   befteiwa||_ H5.00 

Rwd.  Rustic— "A"  grade,  medium  dry 185.00 

8  to  24  ft. 
Plywood,  per  M  sq.  ft. 

1/4-inch,    4.0x8.0-515    ..._ $120.00 

lA-inch,    4.0x8.0-515    140.00 

%-inch,    per    M    sq.    ft 200.00 

Plysform    140.00 

Shingles  (Rwd.  not  available)— 
Red  Cedar  No.  I— $9.50  per  square;  No.  2.  $7.00; 

No.  3,  $5.00. 
Average  cost  to  lay  shingles,  $7.50  per  square. 
Cedar   Shakes— i/j"   to   V4~   x   24/24   in    handsplit 

tapered  or  split  resawn,  per  square $15.25 

Vt'  fo  MA"  «  24/24  in  split  resawn. 

per  square  _ 17.00 

Average  cost  to  lay  shakes,  $9.50  per  square. 
Pressure  Treated  Lumber — 

Salt  Treated  ^dd  $45  per  M  to  above 

Creosoted, 
81b.   treatment  Add  $52  per  M  to  above 


Pioneer  White  Lead  in  Oil  Heavy  Paste 
All-Purposa  (Soft-Paste) 


MARBLE— (See  Dealers) 


METAL  LATH  EXPANDED— 

Standard  Diamond.  3.40,  Copper 

Bearing,  LCL,  per  100  sq.  yds $45.50 

Standard   Ribbed,  ditto $49.50 

MILLWORK— Standard. 

D.  F.  $200  per  1000,  R.  W.  Rustic  air  dried 

$225  per  1000  (delivered). 
Complete  door  unit,  $2l-$32. 
Screen  doors,  $10  to  $15  each. 
Patent  screen  windows,  $1.75  a  sq.  ft. 
Cases   for   kitchen   and    pantries   seven    ft. 

high,   per  lineal  ft.,   upper  $10  to  $15; 

lower  $12  to  $18. 
Dining  room  cases,  $20.00  per  lineal  foot. 

Rough  and  finish  about  $2.00  per  sq.  ft. 
Labor — Rough  carpentry,  warehouse  heavy 

framing    (average),    $115    per   M. 
For  smaller  work  average,  $125  to  $135  per 

1000. 

PAINTING— 

Two-coat  work  per  yard  $  .90 

Three-coat  work  per  yard      1.35 

Cold  water  painting per  yard       .45 

Whitewashing  ..._ per  yard       .25 

Linseed  Oil,  Strictly  Pure  V/holesale 


(Basis  7y<  lbs.  per  gal.) 

Light    iron    drums 

5-gallon  cans  

l-gallon   cans  

Quart   cans  _ 

Pint  cans  .„ _ 

y2-pin*  cans  

Turpentine 
(Basis,  7.2  lbs.  per  gal.) 

Light  iron  drums... 

5-gailon  cans  _ 

l-gallon  cans 

Quart  cans  

Pint  cans  

^-pint  cans 


Boiled 

$2.34 
2.46 
2.58 


Spirits 
..per  gal.  $1 .65 
..per  gal.  1.76 
each     1.88 


List  Price 

Net  Weight 

Per  100     Pr.  par 

per  100 

Pr.  per 

Packagn 

lbs.          pkg. 

lbs. 

pkg. 

-....$28.35        $29.35 

$27.50 

$27.50 

50-lb.   kegs 

—  30.05           15.03 

28.15 

14.08 

25-lb.  kegs 

—  30.35           7.50 

28.45 

7.12 

5-lb.  cans' 

-  33.35           1.34 

31.25 

1.25 

l-lb.  cans* 

-..  34.00             .34 

33.75 

.34 

•Heavy  Paste  only. 
Pioneer  Dry  White  Lead— Litharge— Dry  Red  Lead 
Red  Lead  in  Oil 
Price  to  Painters— Price  Per  100  Pounds 


Dry  White   Lead_. 
Litharge 


Dry   Red   Lead 

Red   Lead   in   Oil _ 

Pound  cans,  $.37  per  lb. 


lbs. 

lbs. 

lbs. 

24.30 

$ 

$..-  .... 

25.95 

24.40 

24.90 

27.20 

27.85 

28.15 

30.45 

31.30 

31.40 

PATENT  CHIMNEYS— Average 

6-;nch    $2.75  lineal  foot 

8-inch    3.25  lineal  foot 

10-inch     4.10  lineal  foot 

12-inch    5.20  lineal  foot 

Installation     75c  to  $  1 .50  lineal  foot 

PLASTER— 

Neat  wall,    per  ton   delivered    in    S.    F.   in 
paper  bags,  $27.(X). 


PLASTERING  (Interior)  — 

Yard 

3   Coats,   metal   lath  and   plaster _ $3.75 

Keene  cement  on  metal   lath 4.25 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

(lathed    only)    _._ _...  3.75 

Ceilings  with  %  hot  roll  channels  metal  lath 

plastered _ _ 5.40 

Single   partition   %  channels  and   metal   lath 

1  side   (lath  only) 3.75 

Single   partition   '^  channels  and   metal   lath 

2  inches  thick  plastered _ 8.75 

4.inch    double     partition     %     channels    and 

metal   lath  2  sides   (lath   only) _ 4.25 

4.lnch     double     partition     y4     channels    and 
metal   lath  2  sides  plastered 10.25 


PLASTERING  (Exterlor)- 


ats  cement  finish,  brick  or  concrete 


coats  cement  finish.   No.   18  gauge  wire 
mesh  _ 3 .00 


Lime— $4.25  per  bb!.  at  yard. 
Processed  Lime-    $4.95  per  bbl.  at  yard. 
Rock  or  Grip  Lath— %"— 35c  per  sq.  yd. 
Composition  Stucco— $4.50  sq.  yd.  (applied). 
Lime  Putty— $3.7f  per  bbl. 


PLUMBING— 

From    $250.00    -    $300.00    per    fixture    up 
according  to  grade,   quality  and   runs. 


ROOFING— 

"Standard"  tar  and  gravel,  4  ply $15,00 

per  sq.  for  30  sqs.  or  over. 

Less  than  30  sqs.  $18.00  up  per  sq. 

Tile  $40.00  to  $50.00  per  square. 

No.   I    Redwood  Shingles  in  place. 

41/2  In.  exposure,  per  square $18.25 

5/2  No.   I   Cedar  Shingles,  5  in.  ex- 
posure,  per  square 16.50 

5/8  X  16"— No.  I  Little  Giant  Cedar 

Shingles,  5"  exposure,  per  square..    18.25 

4/2  No.  1-24"  Royal  Cedar  Shingles 

7I/2"  exposure,  per  square 23.00 

Re-coat  with  Gravel   $5.50  up  per  sq. 


Compo  Shingles,  $17  to  $25  per  sq.  laid 
V2  f°  %  «  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes. 

10"  Exposure  $24.00  to  $30.00 

3/4  to  1 1/4  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $28.00  to  $35.00 

I  X  25"  Resawn  Cedar  Shakes, 

10"  Exposure  $20.00  to  $22.00 

Above  prices  are  for  shakes  In  place. 

SEWER  PIPE— 

Vitrified,    per   foot:    L.C.L.    F.O.B.   Wars- 
house,  San  Francisco. 

Standard,     4-in $   .28 

Standard,     6-in 5| 

Standard,     8-in 74 

Standard,    12-In 1.61 

Standard,  24-in 6.42 

Clay  Drain  Pipe,  per  1,000  L.F. 

L.C.L.,    F.O.B.  Warehouse.   San    Francisco: 

Standard,  6-In.  per  M $240.00 

Standard,  8-in.  per  M 400.00 

SHEET  METAL— 

Windows — Metal,  $2.50  a  sq.  ft. 
Fire  doors    (average).  Including  hardware 
$2.80   per  sq.   ft.,   size    I2'xl2'.    $3.75   per 
sq.  ft.,  size  3  x6'. 

SKYLIGHTS— (not  glazed) 

Galvanized  iron,  per  sq.  ft _ $1.50 

Vented  hip  skylights,  per  sq.  ft 2.50 

Aluminum,  puttyless, 

(unglazed),  per  sq.  ft 1.25 

(installed  and  glazed),  per  sq.  ft...    1.85 

STEEL— STRUCTURAL— 10  to  50  Tons 

$325  &  up  per  ton  erected,  wheri  out  of 

$350  per  ton  erected,  when  out  of  stock. 

STEEL  REINFORCING— 

$185.00  &  up  per  ton,  in  place. 
1/4-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs...      $8.90 

J/s-in.  Rd.  (Less  th^n  I  ton)  per  100  lbs 7.80 

1/2-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton     per  100  lbs.._ 7.50 

Ya-in.  Rd.  (Less  than  I  ton)  per  100  lbs... 7.25 

y4-in.  &  '/s-in.   Rd.  (Less  than   I  ton) 7.15 

I   in.  &  up  (Less  than   I  ton)..._ __  7.10 

I  ton  to  5  tons,  deduct  25c. 

STORE  FRONTS— 

Individual  estimates  recommended.  Seo 
ESTIMATORS  DIRECTORY  for  Architec- 
tural Veneer  (3),  and  Mosaic  Tile  (35). 

TILE— 

Ceramic  Tile   Floors— Commercial   $1.45  to  $1.70 

per  square  foot. 
Cove  Bas^-$l.20  per  lineal  foot. 
Quarry    Tile    Floors— 4x4   with    4"    base    @    $1.35 

per  sq.  ft. 
Tile    Wainscots   and    Floors— Residential,    41/4x41/4 

@   $1.75  to  $2.00. 
Tile    Wainscots— Commercial    Jobs    41/4x41/4    Tile 

$1.60  to  $1.85  per  sq.  ft. 
Asphalt  Tile  Floor  i/j"  -  A"....$  .25  -  $  .35  sq.  ft. 

Light  shades  slightly  higher. 
Cork  Tile— $.60-$.70  per  sq.  ft. 
Mosaic  Floors— See  dealers. 

Linoleum  tile,   per  D  ft - $  .45 

Rubber  tile,  per  Q  ft _ $  .55  to  $  .75 

Furring  Tile 
Scored  F.O.B.  5.  F. 

12  x   12,  each _ _ _ $  .17 

Kraftile:  Per  square  foot 
Patio  Tile— Niles  Red 

12  x  12  X  7/8-inch,  plain.... ....$  .40 

6  X  12  x  %.inch,  plain.... .43 

6  X    6  X  ys-inch,  plain .44 

Building  Tile— 

8x5i/2xl2-inches,    per  M $139.50 

6x5i/2Xl2-inches.   per   M 105.00 

4x5i/2xl2-inches,  per  M.. „ _ _..    84,00 

Hollow  Tile— 

I2xl2x2.inches,   per  M _ $  1 44.75 

I2xl2x3-inches,   per   M _ _ 154.85 

l2xl2x4-iBches,   per   M 177.10 

I2xl2x6-inches,   per   M 235.30 

F.O.B.  Plant 

VENETIAN  BLINDS— 

45c   per  square  foot  and    up.   Installation 
extra. 

WINDOWS— STEEL— INDUSTRIAL— 

Cost  depends  on  design  end  quality  required. 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


OUICK  HEFEHEIVCE 

ESTIMATOR'S    DIRECTORY 

Building  and  Cnnstrnction  Materials 


ACOUSTICAL  ENSINEERS 

L.  D.  REEDERCO. 

San  Francisco:  1255  Sansome  St.,  DO  2-5050 

Sacramento:  3026  Y  St.,  GL  7-3505 

AIR  CONDITIOMING 

E.  C.  BRiUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

GILMORE  AIR  CONDITIONING  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  1617  Harrison  St.,  UN  1-2000 

KAEMPER  i  BARRETT 

San  Francisco:  233  Industrial  St.,  JU  6-6200 

LINFORD  AIR  I  REFRIGERATION  CO. 

Oakland:  174-12th  St.,  TW  3-6521 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  72'(-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

JAMES  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10M0 

ALUMINUM  BLD6.  PRODUCTS 

MICHEL  t  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS  (Wrought  Iron) 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

REYNOLDS  METALS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  3201  Third  St.,  Ml  7-2990 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

UNIVERSAL  WINDOW  CO. 

Berkeley:  950  Parker  St.,  THM600 

ARCHITECTURAL  PORCELAIN  ENAMEL 

CALIFORNIA  METAL  ENAMELING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  6904  E.  Slauson,  RA  3-6351 
San  Francisco:  Continental  BIdg.  Products  Co., 

178  Fremont  St. 
Portland:  Portland  Wire  I  Iron  Works, 

4644  S.E.  Seventeenth  Ave. 
Seattle:  Foster-Bray  Co.,  2412  1st  Ave.  So. 
Spokane:  Bernhard  Schafer,  Inc.,  West  34,  2nd  Ave. 
Salt  Lake  City:  S.  A.  Roberts  i  Co.,  109  W.  2nd  So. 
Dallas:  Oflenhauser  Co.,  2201  Telephone  Rd. 
El  Paso:  Architectural  Products  Co., 

506  E.  Yandell  Blvd. 
Phoenix:  Haskell-Thomas  Co.,  3808  No.  Central 
San  Diego:  Maloney  Specialties,  Inc.,  823  W.  Laurel  St, 
Boise:  Intermountain  Glass  Co.,  1417  Main  St. 

ARCHITECTURAL  I  AERIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  LY  1-0385 

ARCHITECTURAL  VENEER 

Ceramic  Veneer 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9!h  St.,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 
Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 
Seattle  99:  945  Elliott  Ave.,  West,  GA  0330 
Spokane:  1102  N.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 
KRAFTILE  COMPANY 
Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

Porcelain  Veneer 
PORCELAIN  ENAMEL  PUBLICITY  BUREAU 
Oakland  12:  Room  601,  Franklin  Building 
Pasadena  8:  P.  0.  Box  186,  East  Pasadena  Station 

Granite  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St..  DU  2-6339 

Marble  Veneer 
VERMONT  MARBLE  COMPANY 
San  Francisco  24:  6000  3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 
Los  Angeles:  3522  Council  St.,  DU  2-6339 


BANKS  •  FINANCING 

CROCKER-ANGLO  NATIONAL  BANK 

San  Francisco:   13  Offices 
BLINDS 

PARAMOUNT  VENETIAN  BLIND  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5929  Mission  St.,  JU  5-2436 
BRASS  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S,  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco  7:  765  Folsom,  EX  2-3143 

Los  Angeles  23:  1258  S.  Boyle,  AN  3-7108 

Seattle  4:1016  First  Ave.  So.,  MA  5140 

Phoenix:  3009  N.  19th  Ave.,  Apt.  92,  PH  2-7663 

Portland  4:  510  Builders  Exch.  BIdg.,  AT  6443 
BRICKWORK 
Face  Brick 

GLADDING  McBEAN  t  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th,  UN  1  7400 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles  3611 

UNITED  MATERIALS  i  RICHMOND  BRICK  CO. 

Point  Richmond,  BE  4-5032 
BRONZE  PRODUCTS 

GREENBERG'S  M.  SONS 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3143 

MICHEL  i  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

C.  E.  TOLAND  i  SON 

Oakland:  2635  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-2580 
BUILDING  HARDWARE 

E.  M.  HUNDLEY  HARDWARE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  662  Mission  St.,  YU  2  3322 
BUILDING  PAPERS  I  FELTS 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  UGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  21616 
CABINETS  t  FIXTURES 

CENTRAL  MILL  i  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINKSSCHINDLERCO. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PARAMOUNT  BUILT  IN  FIXTURE  CO. 

Oakland:  962  Stanford  Ave.,  OL  3-9911 

ROYAL  SHOWCASE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  770  McAllister  St.,  JO  7-0311 
CEMENT 

CALAVERAS  CEMENT  CO. 

San  Francisco;  315  Montgomery  St. 

DO  2-4224,  Enterprise  1-2315 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  i  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2  1616 
CONCRETE  AGGREGATES 
Ready  Mixed  Concrete 

CENTRAL  CONCRETE  SUPPLY  CO. 

San  Jose:  610  McKendrie  St. 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  i  AGGREGATES  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

Sacramento:  16lh  and  A  Sts.,  Gl  3-6586 

San  Jose:  790  Stockton  Ave.,  CY  2-5620 

Oakland:  2400  Peralta  St.,  GL  1-0177 

Stockton:  820  So.  California  St.,  ST  8-8643 

READYMIX  CONCRETE  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  50  W.  Cottage  Ave. 

RHODES-JAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

SANTA  ROSA  BLDG.  MATERIALS  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  Roberts  Ave. 
CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 
Screed  Materials 

C.«H.  SPECIALTIES  CO. 

Berkeley:  909  Camelia  St.,  LA  4.5358 


CONCRETE  BLOCKS 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 
Napa,  Calif. 

CONCRETE  COLORS-HARDEHERS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

875  Bryant  St.,  HE  1-1345 

CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

LE  ROY  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES 

San  Francisco,  143  Third  St.,  SU  1-8914 

DECKS-ROOF 

UNITED  STATES  GYPSUM  CO. 

2322  W.  3rd  St.,  Los  Angeles  54,  Calif. 

300  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago  6,  III. 

DOORS 

THE  BILCO  COMPANY 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  S  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  i  Popovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Dunner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 

Cold  Storafe  Doors 

BIRKENWALD 

Portland:  310  N.W.  5th  Ave. 

Electric  Doors 

ROLY-OOOR  SALES  CO. 

San  Francisco,  5976  Mission  St.,  PL  5-5089 

Fdding  Dean 

WALTER  D.  BATES  I  ASSOCIATES 

San  Francisco,  693  Mission  St.,  GA  1-6971 

Hardwood  Doors 

BELLWOOD  CO.  OF  CALIF. 
Orange,  Calif.,  533  W.  Collins  Ave. 

Hollywood  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  CO. 

Los  Angeles:  1127  E.  63rd  St.,  AD  1-1108 

T.  M.  COBB  CO. 

Los  Angeles  i  San  Diego 

W.  P.  FULLER  CO. 
Seattle,  Tacoma,  Portland 
HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 
Oakland:  700  •  6th  Ave. 

HOUSTON  SASH  i  DOOR 
Houston,  Texas 

SOUTHWESTERN  SASH  i  DOOR 
Phoenix,  Tucson,  Arizona 
El  Paso,  Texas 

WESTERN  PINE  SUPPLY  CO. 
Emeryville:  5760  Shellmound  St. 
GEO.  C.  VAUGHAN  i  SONS 
San  Antonio  S  Houston,  Texas 

Screen  Doors 

WEST  COAST  SCREEN  DOOR  CO. 
DRAFTING  ROOM  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 

Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 

San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 

DRINKING  FOUNTAINS 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 
Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

ELECTRICAL  COHTRAaORS 

COOPMAN  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  85- 14th  St.,  MA  1-4438 

ETS-HO«(IN  i  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 


DECEMBER, 


9  5  7 


flECTRICAl  CONTRACTORS  (cont'd) 

LEMOGE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Erancisco:  212  Clara  St.,  DO  2-6010 

LYNCH  ELECTRIC  CO. 

San  Erancisco:  937  McAllister  St.,  Wl  5158 

PACIFIC  ELECTRIC  X  MECHANICAL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Gough  i  Fell  Sts.,  HE  1-5904 

ELECTRIC  HEATERS 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

MICHEL  «  PFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

South  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Road,  PLaza  5-8983 

FIRE  PROTECTION  EQUIPMENT 

FIRE  PROTECTION  PRODUCTS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  110M6th  St.,  UN  1-2420 

ETSHOKIN  S  GALVAN 

San  Francisco:  551  Mission  St.,  EX  2-0432 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

FLOORS 
Floor  Tile 

GLADDING  McBEAN  i  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Harrison  at  9th  St..  UN  1-744 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Las  Feliz  BIdg.,  OL  2121 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.,  Niles3611 

Resilient  Floors 

PETERSON-COBBY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  218  Clara  St.,  EX  2-8714 

TURNER  RESILIENT  FLOORS  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2280  Shatter  Ave.,  AT  2-7720 

FLOOR  DRAINS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

CAS  VENTS 

WM.  WALLACE  CO. 
Belmont,  Calif. 

6ENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

0.  E.  ANDERSON 

San  Jose:  1075  No.  10th  St.,  CY  3-8844 

BARRETT  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1800  Evans  Ave.,  Ml  7-9700 

JOSEPH  BETTANCOURT 

South  San  Francisco:  125  So.  Linden  St.,  PL  5  9185 

DINWIDDIE  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Crocker  BIdg.,  YU  6-2718 

D.  L.  FAULL  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1236  Cleveland  Ave. 

HAASSHAYNIE 

San  Francisco:  275  Pine  St.,  DO  2-0678 

HENDERSON  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  33  Rilch  St.,  GA  1-0856 

JACKS  8,  IRVINE 

San  Francisco:  620  Market  St.,  YU  6  0511 

G.  P.  W.JENSEN  8  SONS 

San  Francisco:  320  Market  St.,  GA  1-2444 

RALPH  LARSEN  i  SON 

San  Francisco:  64  So.  Park,  YU  2-5682 

LINDGREN  &  SWINERTON 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

MacDONALD,  YOUNG  i  NELSON 

San  francisco:  351  California  St.,  YU  2-4700 

MATTOCK  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

San  Francisco:  220  Clara  St.,  GA  1-5516 

OLSEN  CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  125  Brookwood  Ave.,  SR  2030 

BEN  ORTSKY 

Cotati:  Cypress  Ave.,  Pet.  5-4383 

PARKER,  STEFFANS  i  PEARCE 

San  Mateo:  135  So.  Park,  EX  2-6639 


RAPP,  CHRISTENSEN  I  FOSTER 

Santa  Rosa:  705  Bennett  Ave. 

STOLTE,  INC. 

Oakland:  8451  San  Leandro  Ave.,  LO  2-4611 

SWINERTON  i  WALBERG 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  GA  1-2980 

FURNITURE-INSTITUTIONAL 

GENERAL  FIREPROOfING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St..  HE  1-7070 

Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 

HEATING  I  VENTILATING 

ATLAS  HEATING  i  VENT.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  557-4th  St.,  DO  2-0377 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley:  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  OL  2-6000 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  JU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2  8332 

MALM  METAL  PRODUCTS 

Santa  Rosa:  724-2nd  St.,  SR  454 

J4S.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St..  HE  1-0140 

SCOTT  COMPANY 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 

WESIX  ELECTRIC  HEATER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  390  First  St.,  GA  1-2211 

Los  Angeles:  530  W.  7th  St.,  Ml  8096 

INSULATION  WALL  BOARD 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  8,  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

INTERCEPTING  DEVICES 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2-3142 

IRON-ORNAMENTAL 

MICHEL  8.  PFEFFER  IRON  WKS. 

So.  San  Francisco,  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

LATHING  I  PLASTERING 

iNGELO  J.  DANERI 

San  Francisco:  1433  Fairfax  Ave.,  AT  81582 

KLATH  CORP. 

Alhambra:  909  So.  Fremont  St.,  Alhambra 

A.  E.  KNOWLES  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  3330  San  Bruno  Ave.,  JU  7-2091 

G.  H.  U.  MARTINELLI 

San  Francisco:  174  Shotwell  St.,  UN  3-6112 

FREDERICK  MEISWINKEL 

San  Francisco:  2155  Turk  St.,  JO  7-7587 

RHODESJAMIESON  LTD. 

Oakland:  333-23rd  Ave.,  KE  3-5225 

PATRICK  J.  RUANE 

San  Francisco:  44  San  Jose  Ave.,  Ml  7-6414 

LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

SMOOT-HOLMAN  COMPANY 

Inglewood,  Calif.,  OR  8-1217 

San  Francisco:  55  Mississippi  St.,  M4  1  8474 

LUMBER 

CHRISTENSEN  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  Ouint  i  Evans  Ave.,  VA  4-5832 

ART  HOGAN  LUMBER  CO. 

1701  GalvezAve.,  ATwater  2-1157 

MEAD  CLARK  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  3rd  S  Railroad 

ROLANDO  LUMBER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  5th  i  Berry  Sts.,  SU  1-6901 

STERLING  LUMBER  CO. 

Santa  Rosa:  1129  College  Ave.,  S.  R.  82 

MARBLE 

JOS.  MUSTO  SONS-KEENAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  555  No.  Point  St.,  GR  4-6365 

VERMONT  MARBLE  CO. 

San  Francisco:  6000-3rd  St.,  VA  6-5024 


MASONRY 

BASALT  ROCK  CO. 

Napa,  Calif. 

San  Francisco:  260  Kearney  St.,  GA  1-3758 

WM.  A.  RAINEY  i  SON 

San  Francisco:  323  Clementina  St.,  SU  1-0072 

GEO.  W.  REED  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1390  So.  Van  Ness  Ave.,  AT  2-1226 

METAL  EXTERIOR  WALLS 

THE  KAWNEER  CO. 

Berkeley:  930  Dwight  Way,  TH  5-8710 

METAL  FRAMING 

UNISTRUT  OF  NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
Berkeley:  2547-9th  St.,  TH  1-3031 

Enterprise  1-2204 

METAL  GRATING 

KIEMP  METAL  GRATING  CORP. 
Chicago,  III.:  6601  So.  Melvina  St. 

METAL  LATH-EXPAMDED 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  I  AGGREGATES,  INC. 
San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2-1616 

METAL  PARTITIONS 

THE  E.  F.  HAUSERMAN  CO. 

San  Francisco:  485  Brannan  St.,  YU  2-5477 

METAL  PRODUCTS 

FORDERER  CORNICE  WORKS 

San  Francisco:  269  Potrero  Ave.,  HE  1-4100 

MILLWORK 

CENTRAL  MILL*  CABINET  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1595  Fairfax  Ave.,  VA  4-7316 

THEFINKXSCHINDLERCO. 

San  Francisco:  552  Brannan  St.,  EX  2-1513 

MULLEN  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  64  Rausch  St.,  UN  1-5815 

PACIFIC  MFG.  CO. 

San  Francisco:  16  Beale  St.,  GA  1-7755 

Santa  Clara:  2610  The  Alameda,  S.  C.  607 

Los  Angeles:  6820  McKinley  Ave.,  TH  4156 

SOUTH  CITY  LUMBER  i  SUPPLY  CO. 

So.  San  Francisco:  Railroad  t  Spruce,  PL  5-7085 

OFFICE  EQUIPMENT 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 
San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 
Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

OIL  BURNERS 

S.  T.  JOHNSON  CO. 

Oakland:  940  Arlington  Ave.,  GL  2-6000 
San  Francisco:  585  Potrero  Ave.,  MA  1-2757 
Philadelphia,  Pa.:  401  North  Broad  St. 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON 

MICHEL  X  PFEFFER  IRONWORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

PAINTING 

R.  P.  PAOLI  i  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2530  Lombard  St.,  WE  1-1632 

SINCLAIR  PAINT  CO. 

San  Francisco:  2112-15th  St.,  HE  1-2196 

D.  ZELINSKYXSONS 

San  Francis'.o:  165  Groove  St.,  MA  1-7400 

PHOTOGRAPHS 
Construction  Progress 

FRED  ENGLISH 

Belmont,  Calif.:  1310  Old  County  Road,  lY  1-0385 

PLASTER 

PACIFIC  CEMENT  ^AGGREGATE  INC. 

San  Francisco:  400  Alabama  St.,  KL  2.1616 

PLASTIC  PRODUCTS 

PLASTIC  SALES  i  SERVICE 

San  Francisco:  409  Bryant  St.,  DO  2.643J 

AfEST  COAST  INDUSTRIES 

San  Francisco:  3150-18th  St.,  MA  1-5657 


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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


nOHBIHG 

BROADWiY  PLUMBING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1790  Yosemite  Ave.,  Ml  8-1250 

E.  C.  BRAUN  CO. 

Berkeley;  2115  Fourth  St.,  TH  5-2356 

C.  W.  HALL 

Santa  Rosa:  1665  Sebastopol  Rd.,  SR  6354 

HAWS  DRINKING  FAUCET  CO. 

Berkeley:  1435  Fourth  St.,  LA  5-3341 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  FolsomSt.,  EX  2-3143 

LOUIS  V.KELLER 

San  Francisco:  289  Tehama  St.,  YU  6-6252 

L.  J.  KRUSE  CO. 

Oakland:  6247  College  Ave.,  OL  2-8332 

JAS.  A.  NELSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1375  Howard  St.,  HE  10140 

RODONI-BECKERCO.,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  455-lOth  St.,  MA  1-3662 

SCOTT  CO. 

Oakland:  1919  Market  St.,  GL  1-1937 
PLUMBING  FIXTURES 

BRIGGS  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY 

Warren,  Michigan 
POST  PULLER 

HOLLAND  MFG.  CO. 

No.  Sacramento:  1202  Dixieanne 
PUMPING  MACHNERY 

SIMONDS  MACHINERY  CO. 

San  Francisco:  816  FolsomSt.,  DO  2-6794 
ROOFING 

ANCHOR  ROOFINI!  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1671  Galvez  Ave.,  VA  4-8140 

ALTA  ROOFING  CO. 

Sap  Francisco:  1400  Egbert  Ave.,  Ml  7-2173 

REGAL  ROOFING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  930  Innes  Ave.,  VA  4-3261 
ROOF  SCUTTLES 

THEBILCOCO. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Oakland:  Geo.  B.  Schultz,  190  MacArthur  Blvd. 

Sacramento:  Harry  B.  Ogle  i  Assoc,  1331  T  St. 

Fresno:  Healey  i  Ropovich,  1703  Fulton  St. 

Reseda:  Daniel  Ounner,  6200  Alonzo  Ave. 
ROOF  TRUSSES 
EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  i  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13lh  8  Wood  Sts.,  GL  2-0805 
SAFES 
THE  HERMANN  SAFE  CO. 
San  Francisco:  1699  Market  St.,  UN  1-6644 
SEWER  PIPE 
GLADDING,  McBEAN  i  CO. 
San  Francisco:  9th  I  Harrison,  UN  1-7400 
Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 


SHEET  METAL 

MICHEL  UFEFFER  IRON  WORKS 

So.  San  Francisco:  212  Shaw  Rd.,  PL  5-8983 

SOUND  EQUIPMENT 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1805  Rollins  Rd.,  Burlingame,  OX  7-3630 

Los  Angeles:  5414  York  Blvd.,  CL  7-3939 

SPRINKLERS 

BARNARD  ENGINEERING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  35  Elmira  St.,  JU  5-4642 

STEEL-STRUCTURAL  &  REINFORCING 

COLUMBIA-GENEVA  DIV.,  U.  S.  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  Russ  BIdg.,  SU  1-2500 

Los  Angeles:  2087  E.  Slauson,  LA  1171 

Portland,  Ore.:  2345  N.W.  Nicolai,  BE  7261 

Seattle,  Wn.:  i331-3rd  Ave.  BIdg.,  MA  1972 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah:  Walker  Bank  BIdg.,  SL  3-6733 

HERRICK  IRON  WORKS 

Oakland  18th  %  Campbell,  GL  1-1767 

INDEPENDENT  IRON  WORKS,  INC. 

Oakland:  780  Pine  St.,  TE  2-0160 

JUDSON  PACIFIC  MURPHY  CORP. 

Emeryville:  4300  Eastshore  Highway,  OL  3-1717 

REPUBLIC  STEEL  CORP. 

San  Francisco:  116  New  Montgomery  St.,  GA  1-0977 

Los  Angeles:  Edison  BIdg. 

Seattle:  White-Henry  Stuart  BIdg. 

Salt  Lake  City:  Walker  Bank  BIdg. 

Denver:  Continental  Oil  BIdg. 

SOULE  STEEL  CO. 

San  Francisco:  1750  Army  St.,  VA  4-4141 

STEEL  FORMS 

STEELFORM  CONTRACTING  CO. 
San  Francisco:  666  Harrison  St.,  DO  2-5582 
SWIMMING  POOLS 
SIERRA  MFG.  CO. 
Walnut  Creek,  Calif.:  1719  Mt.  Diablo  Blvd. 

SWIMMING  POOL  FITTINGS 

JOSAM  PACIFIC  CO. 

San  Francisco:  765  Folsom  St.,  EX  2.3143 

TESTING  LABORATORIES 
(ENGINEERS  i  CHEMISTS 

ABBOT  A.  HANKS, INC. 

San  Francisco:  624  Sacramento  St.,  GA  1-1697 

ROBERT  W.  HUNT  COMPANY 

San  Francisco:  500  Iowa,  Ml  7-0224 

Los  Angeles:  3050  E.  Slauson,  JE  9131 

Chicago,  New  York,  Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING  LABORATORY 

San  Francisco:  651  Howard  St.,  EX  2-1747 


TILE-CLAY  t  WALL 

GLADDING  McBEAN  i  CO. 

San  Francisco:  9th  i  Harrison  Sts.,  UN  1-7400 

Los  Angeles:  2901  Los  Feliz  Blvd.,  OL  2121 

Portland:  110  S.E.  Main  St.,  EA  6179 

Seattle:  945  Elliott  Ave.  West,  GA  0330 

Spokane:  1102  No.  Monroe  St.,  BR  3259 

KRAFTILE  CO. 

Niles,  Calif.:  Niles  3611 

San  Francisco:  50  Hawthorne  St.,  DO  2-3780 

Los  Angeles:  406  So.  Main  St.,  MA  7241 

TILE-TERRAZZO 

NATIONAL  TILE  8.  TERAZZO  CO. 

San  Francisco:  198  Mississippi  St.,  UN  1-0273 


TIMBER— TREATED 

J.  H.  BAXTER  CO. 

San  Francisco:  200  Bush  St.,  YU  2-0200 

Los  Angeles:  3450  Wilshire  Blvd.,  DU  8  9591 

TIMBER  TRUSSES 

EASYBOW  ENGINEERING  8i  RESEARCH  CO. 
Oakland:  13th  X  Wood  Sts.,  GL  2-0805 

TRUCKING 

PASSETTI  TRUCKING  CO. 

San  Francisco:  264  Clementina  St.,  GA  1-5297 

UNDERPINNING  i  SHORING 

D.  J.  8i  T.SULLIVAN 

San  Francisco:  1942  Folsom  St.,  MA  1-1545 

WALL  PAPER 

WALLPAPERS,  INC. 

Oakland:  384  Grand  Ave.,  GL  2-0451 

WAREHOUSE  AND  STORAGE  EQUIPMENT  AND  SHELVING 

GENERAL  FIREPROOFING  CO. 
Los  Angeles:  1200  South  Hope  St.,  Rl  7-7501 
San  Francisco:  1025  Howard  St.,  HE  1-7070 
Oakland:  332-19th  St.,  GL  2-4280 

WATERPROOFING  MATERIALS 

CONRAD  SOVIG  CO. 

San  Francisco:  875  Bryant  St.,  HE  M345 

WATERSTOPS  (P.V.C.) 

TECON  PRODUCTS,  LTD. 

Vancouver,  B.C.:  681  E.  Hastings  St. 

Seattle:  304  So.  Alaskan  Way 

WINDOW  SHADES 

SHADES,  INC. 

San  Francisco:  80  Tehama  St.,  DO  27092 


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business,    personal. 

FAR  WEST  AIRCRAFT  SALES  CO. 
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Francisco    International    Airport,    San    Fran- 
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CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES 

Table  1  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial  Relations, 
Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and  Research.  The  rotes  ore  the  union  hourly  wage  rotes  established 
by  collective  bargaining  as  of  January  2,  1957,  as  reported  by  reliable  sources. 


Table  1 — Union  Hourly  Wage  Rotes,  Construction  industry,  California 

Following  are  the  hourly  rates  of  compensation  established  by  collective  bargaining,  reported  as  of  January  2,  1957  or  later 

CRAFT                                      San                         CoMrs                       Sacra-  San          Santa                          Los       San  Bar-        San  Sanfa 

Francisco  Alamada    Coita        Fresno      manto  Joaquin       Clara       Solano     Angeles    nardino      DI»<)o  Barbara        Karn 

ASBESTOS  WORKER $3,275        J3.275        $3,275        $3,275        $3,275  $3,275        $3,275        $3,275        $3.35          $3.35          $3.35  $3.35          $3.35 

BOILERMAKER 3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45 

BRICKLAYER 3.75            3.75            3.75            3.70            3.50  3.50            3.875          3.75            3.80            3.80            3.75  3.75 

BRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER _     3.00            3.00            3.00            2.70            3.00  2.80            2.90            3.00            2.t25          2.425          2.42S  2.425 

CARPENTER... 3.125          3.125          3.00           3.00           3.00  3.00           3.00           3.00           3.00           3.00           3.00  3.00           3.02 

CEMENT  FINISHER _ 2.W5         2.»95          2.995         2.995         2.995  2.995          2.995         2.995          2.925          2.925          2.925  2.92S         2.92S 

CONCRETE  MIXER:  Skip  Type  (I  yd.)    2.705         2.705         2.705         2.705         2.705  2.705          2.705          2.705          2.74           2.74           2.74  2.74           2.74 

ELECTRICIAN 3.375         3.375         3.375                          3.50  3.25           3.41            3.275          3.40           3.40           3.50  3.40           3.50 

ENGINEER:  MATERIAL  HOIST 2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985          2.985  2.985          2.985          2.985 

ELEVATOR  HOIST  OPERATOR. 2.95           2.95           2.95  2.95           2.9S 

6LA2IER  ._ _ 2.87            2.87            2.87                              2.905  2.905          2.87            2.87            2.885          2.885          2.90  2.885 

IRONWORKER:  ORNAMENTAL 3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40  3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40  3.40           3.40 

REINF.  STEEL 3.15           3.15           3.15           3.15           3.IS  3.15           3.15           3.15           3.15           3.15           3.15  3.15           3.15 

STRUC.  STEEL _..... 3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40  3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40           3.40  3.40           3.40 

LABORERS:  BUILDING 2.325         2.325         2.325         2.325         2.325  2.325         2.325         2.325          2.30           2.30           2.30  2.30           2.30 

CONCRETE _     2.325         2.325         2.325         2.325         2.325  2.325          2.325         2.325 

LATHER _ _.     3.4375        3.84*          3:e4«         3.45           3.45t  3.50           3.375          3.75*         3.425         3.425  3.425 

PAINTER:  BRUSH 3.10           3.10           3.10           2.90           3.00  2.95            3.10           3.25           3.01            3.00           2.94  3.03           2.95 

SPRAY 3.10           3.10           3.10           3.15           3.25  3.10           3.10           3.50           3.24           3.25           3.49  3.03           3.20 

PILEDRIVER  OPERATOR 3.325         3.325         3.325         3.325         3.325  3.325          3.325         3.325          3.30           3.30           3.30  3.30           3.30 

PLASTERER 3.4125        3.54            3.54            3.35            3.45+  3.55            3.495          3.50            3  75                              3.425  3.425 

PLASTERER  HODCARRIER 3.10           3.42           3.42           3.025         3.00  3.00           3.075          3.15           3.50           3.375         3.375  3.3125        3.25 

PLUMBER... _ ,...._ _ 3.45           3.59           3.435         3.45           3.45  3.45           3.45           3.55           3.55           3.55           3.55  3.55           3.575 

ROOFER 3.00           3.20           3.20           3.05           2.975  3.05           3.00                            3.I0J                          3.00  3.15           3.00 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 3.30           3.30           3.30           3.125          3.30  3.315          3.30           3.325         3.24           3.24           3.15  3.24           3.40 

STEAMFITTER 3.45            3.49            3.49            3.45            3.45  3.45            3.45            3.55            3.55            3.55            3.55  3.55            3.575 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR 3.095          3.095          3.095          3.095          3.095  3.095          3.095          3.095          3.05            3.05            3.05  3.05            3.05 

TRUCK  DRIVER:  Dump  Trucks, 

under  4  yards _ 2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325          2.325  2.325           2.325          2.325          2.405          2.405          2.405  2.405          2.405 

TILE  SETTER _ 3.225          3.225          3.225          3.25            3.00  3.175          3.225          3.225          3.24            3.50            3.25  3.24            3.21 

•  $1.00  pnr  day  withhold  from  pay  tor  a  vacation  allowance  and  transmitted  to  t  $3,425  for  nail-on  lather. 

a  vacation  fund. 

t5  cents  of  this  amount  is  deducted  from  wages  as  a  vacation  allowance  and  §  10  cents  of  this  amount  is  designated  ai  a  "savings  fund  wage"  and  is  with- 

transmitted  to  a  vacation  fund.  held  from  pay  and  transmitted  to  an  employee  savings  fund. 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation  has  been  prepared  by  the  State  of  California,  Department  of  Industrial   Relations,   Division  of  Labor  Statistics  and   Research, 

and  represents  data  reported  by  building  trades  councils,  union  locals,  contractor  organiiatlons  and  other  reliable  sources.  Corrections  and  additions  ara  mads 
•I  information  becomes  available.  The  above  rates  do  not  include  payments  to  health  and  welfare,  pension,  administration,  apprentice  training  or  vacation 
funds. 

Employer  Contributions  to  Health  and  Welfare,  Pension,  Vocation  and  Other  Funds 
California  Union  Contracts,  Construction  Industry 

(Revised  March,  1957) 

CRAFT 
ASBESTOS  WORKER _ 

40  ARCHITECT     AND  ENGINEER 


San 
Francisco 

Frosno 

Sacramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Los 
Angeles 

San 
Bernardino 

San 
Diego 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  y 

.10  w 
.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.11  hr.  V 

.low 

.low 

.low 

CONSTRUCTION  INDUSTRY  WAGE  RATES— (Table  2  Continued) 


CRAFT 

San 
Francljco 

Frasno 

Sacramento 

San 
Joaquin 

Santa 
Clara 

Lo« 
Angelal 

San 
Bernardino 

01*90 

IRICKLAYER _ 

.15  W 

.14  P 
.05  hr.  V 

.I5W 
.10  P 

.I5W 

IRICKLAYER  HODCARRIER 

.low 

.10  P 
.10  V 

.low 

.low 

lOW 

.low 

.075  W 

.075  W 

.075  W 

CARPENTER...- -..- -. 

.low 

.lOhr.V 

.low 

.low 

.10  W 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 

CEMENT  MASON 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.low 

ELECTRICAL  WORKER...- 

.low 

l%P 
4%V 

.low 

l%P 
4%V 

.075  W 

l%P 

.075  W 
l%P 
4%  V 

l%P 

l%P 

l%P 

.low 

l%P 

GLAZIER. 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
OSV 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.075  W 
.085  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

.075  W 
40lir.  V 

.075  W 
40hr.  V 

IRONWORKER:  REINFORCING.-. 

STRUCTURAL      - 

.low 

.10  W 

.tow 

.low 
.low 

.low 

.lOW 

.low 

.lOW 

.lOW 

.low 
.low 

low 

.lOW 

.low 

.low 
.low 

.075  W 

.low 
.low 

.075  W 

.10  W 

.low 

LABORER,  GENERAI _.. 

.075  W 

LATHER _ .- — - 

.40  day  W 
.70  day  V 

.low 

.low 

.075  W 
.05  V 

.Mday  W 

.70  day  W 

.low 

OPERATING  ENGINEER 

TRACTOR  OPERATOR  (MIN.) 

POWER  SHOVEL  OP.  (MIN.) 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

low 

lOW 

.low 
.low 

.low 
.low 

PAINTER,  BRUSH 

.0?5W 

.08  W 

.075  W 

.low 

.0?5W 
.07  V 

.085  W 

.08  W 

.OTW 

PLASTtRER... _ -..-. 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.low 

.low 

.lOW 
.15V 

.low 

.M  day  W 

.10  W 

PLUMBER 

.lOW 
.10  V 

.I5W 
.10  P 

.low 

.10  P 
.125  V 

.low 

.tow 

.10  P 
.125  V 

.low 

.M  day  W 

.low 

ROOFER .._ 

.low 
.lov 

.low 

.low 

.lOV 

.low 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.OBSW 

.low 

.075  W 

SHEET  METAL  WORKER 

.075  W 
4%V 

.075  W 
7dayV 

.075  W 
.lOV 

.075  W 
.12V 

.075  W 
4%V 

.085  W 
.lOV 

.085  W 
.10  V 

.085  W 
5dayV 

TILE  SETTER - 

.075  W 
.09  V 

.075  W 
.OVV 

.025  W 
.04  V 

ATTENTION:  The  above  tabulation   hat   bean  preparad  and  compiled  from  the  available  data 
organizations  and  other  reliable  sources.  The  table  was  prepared  from  incomplete  data;  where  no 
mean  that  none  are  required  by  the  union  contract. 

The  type  of  supplement  is  indicated   by  the  following  symbols:  W— Health  and    Welfare;   P— Pensi< 
ttration  fund;  JIB — Joint  Industry  Board;   Prom— Promotion  fund. 


reported   by  building  trades  councils,  union   locals,   contractor 
3  employer  contributions  are  specified,  it  does  not  necessarily 


;  V— Vacations;  A— Apprentice  training  fund;  Adm— Admini- 


CONSTRUCTION  CONTRACTS  AWARDED  AND 
MISCELLANEOUS  PERSONNEL  DATA 


ORTHOPEDIC  HOSPITAL  ADD'N. 

Los  Angeles.  Los  Angeles  Orthopedic 
Hospital,  Los  Angeles,  owner.  6-Story, 
steel  frame  and  grid-wall  addition  to  pro- 
vide 157  beds,  approximately  100,000 
sq.ft.  area,  composition  roof,  concrete 
floor,  ceramic  tile,  plastering,  plumbing, 
electrical  work,  mosaic  tile,  acoustical, 
heating,  ventilating,  air  conditioning, 
structural  and  miscellaneous  metal,  eleva- 
tors, parking  area— $6,000,000.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Albert  C.  Martin  is/  Associates. 
Architects  and  Engineers,  33  3  Beaudry 
St,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Wm.  Simpson  Const  Co.  2401 
Beverly  Blvd.  Los  Angeles. 

OFFICE  BLDG,  Sacramento.  Frank  K. 
Richardson,  Sacramento,  owner.  2-Story 
frame  and  masonry  professional  building, 
architectural  offices  on  second  floor,  at- 
torneys  and    accounting    first   floor — $76,- 

DECEMBER,     1957 


164.  ARCHITECT:  Co.x  6?  Liske.  Whit- 
son  W.  Cox.  Architect,  926  J.  St,  Sac- 
ramento. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Gavel  &?  Flanders,  229  W.  St,  Sacramento. 

SHOPPING  CENTER,  Bellflower,  Los 
Angeles  county.  Fields  &?  Litchman.  Bell- 
flower,  owner.  18-Store  shopping  center, 
all  under  one  roof,  reinforced  concrete 
block,  concrete  slab,  composition  roof, 
wood  roof  sheathing,  metal  sash,  heating 
and  ventilating,  toilet  facilities,  electrical 
work,  full  glass  flush  fronts.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Kanner-Mayer,  405?  Wilshire 
Blvd,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: H.  Kaplan  Co,  5304  Venice 
Blvd,   Los  Angeles. 

INSURANCE  BLDG,  San  Rafael.  Mar- 
in county.  Northwestern  Savings  i^  Loan 
Co,  San  Rafael,  owner.  1 -Story  Class  "A" 
building,   steel    frame,    reinforced    grouted 


brick,  built-up  roof,  13,700  sq.ft.  of  area 
—$219,255.  ARCHITECT:  Eugene  E. 
Crawford,  920  5th,  San  Rafael.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  R.  E.  Murphy  ii 
Sons,  428  Irwin   St,   San  Rafael. 

CONVENT  RESIDENCE,  Azusa,  Los 
Angeles  county.  Missionary  Sisters  of 
Our  Lady  of  Victory,  Azusa,  owner. 
Residence  to  contain  dining  room,  living 
room,  kitchen,  chapel  and  eight  bed- 
rooms; frame  and  stucco  construction, 
composition  roof,  slab  and  pine  floor, 
asphalt  tile  work,  interior  plaster,  alumi- 
num sash,  forced  air  heating,  tile  toilets 
and  baths,  folding  partitions.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Jerome  De  Hetre,  414  N.  Burris, 
Compton.  GENERAL  CONTR.\CTOR: 
Paul  Larsen,   1074  Tyleen  Place,  Pomona. 

VETERANS     HOSPITAL     ADD'N, 

Palo  Alto,  aSnta  Clara  county.  U.S.  Gov- 
ernment Veterans  Administration,  Wash- 
ington, D.  .,  owner.  Project  comprises 
site  work,  some  demolition  of  existing 
buildings,  mechanical  and  electrical  work, 
refrgieration.  elevators,  dumb  waiters, 
driveways,  walks,  drainage— $19,877,500. 
ARCHITECT:    Welton    Becket   is'   Asso- 


4! 


ciates,  5657  Wilshire  Blvd,  Los  Angeles. 
STRUCTURAL  ENGINEER:  Robinson 
&  Giddings.  80  Stonestown,  San  Fran- 
cisco. GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Rob- 
ert E.  McKee  Co.  P.O.  Box  3  50.  Glen- 
dale.   Calif 

CUNIC  ADD'N,  Langley  Porter,  San 
Francisco.  State  of  California,  Sacramento, 
owner.  Construction  of  a  4-story  addition 
with  29,000  sq.  ft.  of  area— $438,335. 
ARCHITECT:  Anson  Boyd,  State  Archi- 
tect, Sacramento.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: S.  J.  Amoroso  Const.  Co., 
2100  Oakdale  Ave.,  San  Francisco. 

ACADEMIC  BLDG.,  Adams  Jr.  High 
School,  Richmond,  Contra  Costa  county. 
Richmond  High  School  District,  owner. 
3  Story  concrete  slab  construction,  88,000 
sq.  ft.  area— $1,155,770.  ARCHITECT; 
John  Carl  Warnecke,  111  New  Montgom- 
ery St..  San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Elmer  J.  Freethy,  143  2  Kear- 
ney St..  EI  Cerrito. 

ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  New  Alva- 
rado,  Alameda  county.  Alvarado  School 
District,  owner.  Comprises  classrooms, 
multi-purpose,  kitchen,  kindergarten,  toilet 
room;  wood  frame  and  stucco  construction, 
built-up  roof  of  tar  and  gravel — $340,100. 
ARCHITECT;  Hale  fe?  Jacobsohn,  241 
Vallejo  St.,  Mission  San  Jose.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Rubino  £?■  Gullickson. 
41   S.  Wilson  Way,  Stockton. 

FIRE  HOUSE,  Engine  #21,  San  Francis- 
co. City  f?'  County  of  San  Francisco,  own- 
er. 2  Story,  dormitory  facilities  on  2nd 
floor,  kitchen,  toilet  rooms;  reinforced 
concrete  construction — $182,511.  ARCHI- 


THE  C&H 

CONSTRUCTION  STAKE 

For . . . 

•   Footings 

•  Curbs 

•   Sidewalks 

•  Gutters 

•   Driveways 

•   Slabs 

•   Bracing 

•  Anchoring 

•  Screeding 

•   Floor  Slabs 

•  Ground  Slabs 

•  Tilt-up  Slabs 

Manufactured  by: 

C6lH 

SPECIALTIES 

COMPANY 

909  Camelia  Street 

Berkeley  6.  Calif. 

V 

LAndscape  4-5358 

TECT:  Leonard  S.  Mosias,  1488  Howard 
St.,  San  Francisco;  Charles  W.  Griffiths, 
City  Architect,  City  Hall,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Peter  Sar- 
torio,   140  Renier  St..  Colma. 

MARKET  BLDG.,  Fresno.  Norton  Bud- 
dell  Rich  y  Associates,  Fresno,  owner.  1 
Story,  with  provision  for  a  second  story; 
concrete  block,  composition  roof,  over 
wood  decking,  steel  trusses,  concrete  slab 
floors,  aluminum  sash  and  trim,  automatic 
doors— $13  3,000.  ARCHITECT;  James  P. 
Lockett,  Bank  of  America  Bldg.,  Visalia. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Clarence 
Ward  Const.  Co.,  4323  E.  Harvey  St., 
Fresno. 

ART  CENTER,  Pomona  College,  Clare- 
mont,  Los  Angeles  county.  Pomona  Col- 
lege, owner.  1  Story  concrete  block  walls, 
wood  frame,  composition  roof,  structural 
steel,  ornamental  metal,  sheet  metal,  lath 
and  plaster,  solid  section  metal  windows, 
hollow  metal  doors,  tile  work,  acoustical 
and  sound  insulation,  metal  toilet  parti- 
tions, sliding  glass  doors,  fabric  wall  cover- 
ing, plumbing,  heating,  ventilating,  air 
conditioning;  7000  sq.  ft.  area — $153,916. 
ARCHITECT;  Smith,  Powell  fe'  Mor- 
gridge,  208  W.  8th  St.,  Los  Angeles. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  J.  Putnam 
Henck,  3947  Sierra  Way,  San  Bernardino. 

OFHCE,  Walnut  Creek,  Contra  Costa 
county.  Contra  Costa  Real  Estate  Board, 
Walnut  Creek,  owner.  1  and  part  2  story 
pre-cast  reinforced  concrete  and  structural 
steel  building  — $69,825.  ARCHITECT: 
Aitken  &?  Collins,  2102  Vine  St.,  Berkeley. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  F.  P.  Latb- 
rop  Const.  Co.,  800  University  Ave., 
Berkeley. 

NEW  CHURCH,  Stockton,  San  Joaquin 
county.  Central  Methodist  Church,  Stock- 
ton, owner.  1  Story  concrete  block  con- 
struction, concrete  beams,  composition 
roof;  first  unit  to  be  a  Fellowship  Hall. 
ARCHITECT:  Carlton  Steiner,  2941 
Telegraph  Ave..  Berkeley.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Craft  Const.  Co.,  2812 
Sanguinctti  Lane,  Stockton. 

WAREHOUSE,  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Mc- 
Clanahan,  Maywood,  owner.  Concrete 
block  warehouse  40x120  ft.,  composition 
roof,  concrete  slab,  asphalt  tile  and  marble 
floors,  structural  steel  and  over  hung  doors 
—$15,000.  ARCHITECT:  Paul  N.  Davey 
y  Associates.  6426  Eastern  Ave..  Bell 
Gardens.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
J.  W.  Jones  Const.  Co.,  4800  E.  Florence 
Ave.,  Bell. 

NEW  SCHOOL,  Stead  Air  Force  Base, 
Reno.  Nevada.  Washoe  County  School 
District,  Reno,  owner.  Complete  facilities 
for  a  new  school  building  at  the  Stead  Air 
Force  Base  near  Reno — $432,810.  ARCH- 
ITECT: Vhay  6?  Grow,  3  3  E.  Truckee 
River  Lane,  Reno.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Harrington  Const,  ax.  745 
S.  Center  Street,  Reno. 

WINERY  &  PLANT,  Saratoga,  Santa 
Clara  county.  Paul  Masson  Vineyards  Co., 
owner.  Project  calls  for  construction  of  a 
new  winery,  a  new  bottling  plant  and  an 
aging  plant  on  an  18  acre  site  adjacent  to 
the  present  winery  and  facilities — $5,000,- 
000.  ARCHITECT:  John  S.  Bolles,  Pier 
5,  Embarcadero,  San  Francisco.  GENER- 
AL CONTRACTOR:  Williams  6?  Bur- 
rows,  Inc.,  500  Harbor  Blvd.,  Belmont. 
MUSIC  BLDG.  &  DANCE  STUDIO, 
Scripps  College,  Claremont,  owner.  The 
new  Music  Building  and  Dance  Studio 
will  contain  11,600  sq.  ft.  of  area,  masonry 


construction,  tapered  steel  beams,  tile  and 
rock  roofing,  slab  floors,  steel  sash,  vinyl 
and  ceramic  tile  work,  interior  plaster, 
acoustic  ceilings,  rotary  roof  vents,  sound 
proofing,  future  air  conditioning,  asphalt 
paving.  ARCHITECT;  Smith  ii  Williams, 
204  S.  Los  Robles  Ave.,  Pasadena.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  Escherich  Bros., 
Inc.,  645  South  Avenue  21,  Los  Angeles. 

INDUSTRIAL  BLDG.,  San  Leandro, 
Alameda  county.  Stella  D'Oro  Biscuit  Co., 
owner.  1  Story  concrete  tilt-up  construc- 
tion, steel  girders,  concrete  and  asphalt 
tile  floors:  office  space  to  have  second 
floor.  ARCHITECT:  Lloyd  Gartner,  821 
Market  St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Bishop -Mattei  Const. 
Co.,  Pier  7,  Embarcadero,  San  Francisco. 

PHARMACEUTICAL  PLANT,  Canoga 
Park,  Los  Angeles  county.  Riker  Labora- 
tories. Inc.,  Los  Angeles,  owner.  New 
pharmaceutical  manufacturing  plant  will 
include  72x200  ft.  warehouse;  50x80  ft. 
maintenance  shop  building;  72x280  ft. 
laboratory;  72x200  ft.  office  building  and 
three  factory  buildings  40x50  ft.,  72x200 
ft.  and  50x60  ft.;  concrete  construction, 
slab  floors,  composition  and  metal  roofing, 
structural  steel,  metal  sash,  landscaping 
and  paving.  ENGINEER:  John  K.  Mina- 
sian.  Structural  Engineer,  758  Colorado 
Blvd.,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Donald  F.  Shaw,  1901  Blake 
Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 

MARKET,  Bel- Air,  Sacramento.  John 
Bruns,  owner.  1  Story  tilt-up  construction, 
interior  walls  of  frame  construction — 
$160,680.  ARCHITECT:  Herbert  E. 
Goodpastor,  1812  J  St.,  Sacramento. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Campbell 
Const.  Co.,  P.O.  Box  390,  Sacramento. 

COMMEROAL  BLDG.,  Walnut  Creek, 
Contra  Costa  county.  Philip  Heraty,  own- 
er. 1  Story  concrete  block  construction — 
$29,480.  DESIGNER:  William  L.  Diehl, 
1784  Main  St.,  Walnut  Creek.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Roth  Development  Co. 
e"  Russell  Hufft  (J-V),  2915  Mt.  Diablo 
Blvd.,  Walnut  Creek. 

SHOPPING  CENTER,  Panorama  City, 
Los  Angeles  county.  Gold  Realty  Co., 
Panorama  City,  owner.  Project  includes  a 
masonry  restaurant  and  store  building 
6,000  sq.  ft.  in  area,  tapered  steel  girders, 
wood  roof  with  composition  roofing,  con- 
crete slab,  cooling,  plumbing,  electrical, 
canopies  and  sun  shades;  balance  of  project 
consists  of  frame  and  stucco  store  buildings 
of  5  500  sq.  ft.  area;  asphalt  paved  area, 
including  lighting,  landscaping,  bumpers 
and  striping.  ARCHITECT:  A.  Jaye  Lev- 
in, 812  N.  Robertson  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Contract- 
ing Engineers  Co.,  23101/2  W.  Vernon 
Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 

LIBRARY  ADD'N,  Hayward,  Alameda 
county.  City  of  Hayward,  owner.  1  Story, 
steel  frame  and  concrete  construction,  con- 
crete slab  floors,  steel  roof  trusses — $67,- 
375.  ARCHITECT:  Wahamaki  fe?  Corey, 
103  5  B  St.,  Hayward.  GENERAL  CON- 
tractor:  Norden  Const.  Co.,  1913  Bay  Rd., 
Palo  Alto. 

THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  Golden 
Gate  Baptist.  Strawberry  Point,  Marin 
county.  Golden  Gate  Baptist  Theological 
Seminary,  Berkeley,  owner.  First  phase  of 
project  development  includes  Academic 
building  with  classrooms  and  music  wings; 
Recital  Hall  with  approximate  600  seating 
capacity;    Administration   buildings;    Cafe- 


ARCHITECT    AND     ENGINEER 


teria,  and  parking  areas,  site  improvement, 
and  concrete  and  structural  steel  construc- 
tion —  $2,051,750.  ARCHITECT:  John 
Carl  Warnecke,  1 1 1  New  Montgomery 
St.,  San  Francisco.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Cahill  Const.  Co.,  3  50  San- 
some  St.,  San  Francisco. 

RESTAURANT,  Sepulveda,  Los  Angeles 
county.  Sepulveda  Enterprise,  owner. 
Palos  Verdes  type  stone  veneer,  wood 
frame  and  stucco  construction,  composition 
rock  roof,  plate  glass,  glass  doors,  concrete 
slab,  terrazzo,  slate  entry,  carpeting,  acous- 
tical plaster,  interior  plaster,  air  condition- 
ing, false  beams,  cocktail  lounge,  kitchen, 
offices,  walk-in  refrigerator,  toilet  facilities 
—$20,000.  ENGINEER:  Patrick  Fretto, 
Consulting  Engineer,  8943  Balcom.  North- 
ridge.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Jo- 
seph Amorosa,  8645  Sepulveda  Blvd., 
Sepulveda. 

PRESS  CLUB  BLDG.,  Palo  Alto,  Santa 
Clara  county.  Press  Association,  owner. 
2  Story  office  building  with  1  story  for 
main  building,  concrete  tilt-up  construc- 
tion, composition  roof,  concrete  slab  floors, 
10,000  sq.  ft.  of  area— $100,600.  ENGI- 
NEER: Davies  6?  Smart,  1665  Laural  St., 
San  Carlos.  ARCHITECT:  Bernard  G. 
Nobler,  Brewster-Warren  Bldg.,  Redwood 
City.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Vance 
M.  Brown  6?  Sons.  Inc..  351  Pepper  Ave.. 
Palo  Alto. 

WAREHOUSE  &.  OFFICE:  Northridge, 
Los  Angeles  county.  Railway  Express 
Agency,  Inc.,  Northridge,  owner.  Rein- 
forced brick  warehouse  and  office  build- 
ing, composition  roofing,  tapered  steel 
girders,  louver  sash,  store  doors,  concrete 
slab,  asphalt  tile  flooring,  interior  plaster, 
acoustical  plaster,  air  compressor,  overhead 
doors,  electric,  plumbing,  toilet  facilities — 
$30,000.  ENGINEER:  E.  H.  McDonie, 
Consulting  Engineer,  17608  Chatsworth 
St.,  Granada.  GENERAL  CONTRAC- 
TOR: Tom  Kolby.  8816  White  Oak  Ave., 
Northridge. 

STORE  BLDG.,  Fresno.  S.  H.  Kress  &? 
Co.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.,  owner.  Struc- 
tural steel  frame,  reinforced  concrete  con- 
struction, 45,000  sq.  ft.  area — $1,000,000. 
ARCHITECT:  Da%'idson  &  Associates 
(Supervising),  3142  Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los 
Angeles.  GENERAL  CONTRACTOR: 
Swinerton  &  Walberg,  200  Bush  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

BOWLING  ALLEY  &.  DRIVE-IN,   San 

Jose,  Santa  Clara  county.  Mel  Weiss  6? 
Hal  Dobbs,  San  Jose,  owners.  Construc- 
tion of  a  complete  bowling  alley-drive-in 
restaurant  and  recreation  center  on  a  3'/2 
acre  site,  with  parking  facilities  for  3  50 
automobiles  — $2,000,000.  ARCHITECT: 
Goodwin  Steinberg,  302  Main  St.,  Los 
Altos.  Consulting  Architect,  Mario  Gai- 
dano.  605  Washington  St.,  San  Francisco. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Associated 
Const.  &  Engrg.  Co.,  2903  Geneva  St., 
San  Francisco. 

CHURCH  SCHOOL  ADD'N,  Bellflower, 
Los  Angeles  county'.  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Bellflower,  owner.  Frame  and  stucco 
construction,  tile  rooting,  plaster  and  wood 
panel  interior,  concrete  slab  and  asphalt 
tile  floor,  forced  air  heating,  wood  double 
hung  and  transom  sash,  laminated  plastic 
counter  tops,  chalk  and  tack  board,  colored 
concrete  walks,  composition  roofing,  cabi- 
net work,  asphaltic  concrete  paving — $21,- 
000.  ARCHITECT:  Frederick  Hodgdon, 
400  W.  Coast  Highway,  Newport  Beach. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Contracts 
by  owner. 


COLLEGE  ADD'N,  Bellarmine,  San  Jose, 
Santa  Clara  county.  Bellarmine  Prepara- 
tory College,  Santa  Clara,  owner.  1  Story 
reinforced  concrete  construction;  facilities 
to  include  office  wing  for  administration  of 
student  activities;  15  classrooms,  library 
with  mezzanine.  Science  wing  for  Physics 
and  Radio  Shop  and  2  basements — $419,- 
778.  ARCHITECT:  Binder  &=-  Curtis,  3  5 
W.  San  Carlos,  San  Carlos.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Lew  Jones  Const.,  1535 
S.  10th  St.,  San  Jose. 

GYMNASIUM  ADD'N,  High  School, 
Anderson,  Shasta  county.  Anderson  Union 
High  School  District,  Anderson,  owner. 
Concrete  tilt-up  construction,  wockI  floor 
over  concrete  slab,  steel  roof  framing, 
wood  roof  deck  with  composition  roofing 
—$297,875.  ARCHITECT:  Donald  Fran- 
cis Haines,  341  Mission  St.,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  J.  Hugh 
McAnulty,   382  E.   10th  Ave.,  Chico. 

SHOP  &  OFHCE,  Sunnyvale,  Santa 
Clara  county.  City  of  Sunnyvale,  owner. 
Reinforced  concrete  and  glued  laminated 
beam  construction  for  a  new  warehouse 
and  shop  building:  Steel  frame  and  win- 
dow- walls  for  the  shop  and  office  building 
—$204,300.  ARCHITECT:  Ned  Abrams. 
575  Britton  Ave..  Sunnyvale.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  Cortelyou  &  C-ole 
Const.  Co.,  546  Oxford  St.,  Palo  Alto. 

BOOK  STORE,  State  College,  San  Diego. 
San  Diego  State  College,  owner.  3  Story 
book  store  building  on  the  State  College 
campus,  San  Diego— $269,51 5.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Paderewski.  Mitchell  &  Dean,  521 
B  St.,  San  Diego.  GENERAL  CON- 
TRACTOR: Reis  Const.  Co.,  5234  El 
Cajon  Blvd.,  San  Diego. 

BOYS  CAMP,  Marek  Canyon,  San 
Gabriel  Mountains.  Los  Angeles  County 
Board  of  Supervisors,  owner.  Construction 
of  the  Marek  Canyon  Boys  Camp  within 
365  days  —  $667,000.  ARCHITECT: 
Raphael  A.  Nicolais  &*  Associates,  6239 
Wilshire  Blvd,  Los  Angeles.  GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR:  W.  H.  Christensen, 
18714  Parthenia  St,  Northridge,  Los  An- 
geles. 

INTERMEDIATE  SCHOOL,  Fair- 
view,  Lafayette,  Contra  Costa  county. 
Lafayette  School  District,  owner.  Wood 
and  frame  construction  with  built-up  roof; 
facilities  for  Administration,  9-classrooms, 
work  rooms,  library,   science,   music,   stor- 


EVERYTHING 

FOR  WINDOWS! 

DOuglas  2-7092 


£S  (NC. 


80   TEHAMA    ST. 


Cal-Craft  wood  fabric 
DuPont  window  shode 
Louver  shutters 


ON   EXHIBIT 

CONSTRUCTION  MATERIALS  CENTER 
330  Clay  Street,  San  Francisco 


age  rooms,  multi-use,  covered  corridors 
and  site  work— $519,588.  ARCHITECT: 
Falk  &=•  Booth,  16  Beale  St,  San  Francisco. 
GENERAL  CONTRACTOR:  Barnhart 
Con.'it   Co,   785   Walsh   Ave,    Santa   Clara. 

RECREATION  CENTER,  Bellflower, 
Los  Angeles  county.  Ducommun  Realty 
Co,  Bellflower,  owner.  Construction  of 
recereation  center  on  a  4-acre  site  to  in- 
clude bowling  alley,  restaurant,  cocktail 
lounge,  coffee  shop,  billiard  room  and 
locker  room,  retail  store  area,  miniature 
golf  area  and  related  facilities;  masonry 
and  concrete  construction,  composition 
roof,  concrete  slab,  asphalt  tile  and  re- 
silient flooring,  extensive  glass  and  metal 
trim,  air  conditioning,  kitchen.  ARCHI- 
TECT: Welton  Becket  and  Associates, 
5657  Wilshire  Blvd,  Los  Angeles.  GEN- 
ERAL CONTRACTOR:  T-S  Const  En- 
gineers, 600  St  Paul  Ave,  Los  Angeles. 


REMIlLARD-DAilNI  Co. 

Brick  and 
Masonry  Products 


400  MONTGOMERY  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 


Scott  Company 

HEATING     *     PLUMBING 
REFRIGERATION 


San  Franciiee 

Oakland 

San  Jos* 

Los  Angelei 


ARCHITECT 

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DECEMBER,     1957 


IN  THE  NEWS 


ADRIAN  WILSON 

ASSOCIATES 

HOLD  OPEN  HOUSE 

The  firm  of  Adrian  Wilson  and  Associ- 
ates. Architects  and  Engineers,  816  W. 
Fifth  Street,  Los  Angeles,  held  an  "open- 
house"  recently  to  give  the  public  and 
construction  industry  an  opportunity  to 
view  their  new  office  facilities  in  Los 
Angeles,  which  now  include  the  entire 
sixth  floor  of  the  Architects  Building. 

The  firm's  offices  have  been  completely 
remodeled  and  redecorated  and  designed 
to  meet  increased  production  requirements 
in   the   fields  of  architecture,   engineering. 


STROMBERG-CARLSON 

SOUND 
EQUIPMENT 


Tti*i«  authorlied  dlitribu- 
fort  offer  complete  specifi- 
cation and  planning  assist- 
ance, installation  and 
guarantee  —  on  famous 
Stromberg-Carlson  sound, 
public  address  and  Inter- 
com systems:     


DISTRICT  OFFICES 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 

1805  Rollins  Road, 

Burlingame OXford  7-3630 

LOS  ANGELES 

STROMBERG-CARLSON  COMPANY 
5415  York  Blvd CLinton  7-3939 


ENGINEERING 
DISTRIBUTORS 

FRESNO 

TINGEY  COMPANY 

S47     Dlvlsadero     St ADams  7-646S 

LOS  ANGELES 

HANNON   ENGINEERING,   INC. 

5290  Weit  Washington  Bird WEbster  6-5176 

OAKLAND 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

•63  32d  Street OLymplc  3-4179 

PHOENIX 

RA-TONE  ELECTRONICS  CO.,  INC. 

325  No.  4th  St ALplne  8-6793 

SACRAMENTO 

5EMONI  SOUND  SERVICE 

tlSI  Weller  W«r Gilbert  3-643!l 


SAN  DIEGO 

MUSIC  SERVICE,  INC. 

1408    Firth   Ave BElmont    2-2589 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

J090   E»«ni   St _ Million  8-2534 


SAN  JOSE 

CUSTOM  ELECTRONICS 

87   Banett    St 


SIATTLE 

W.  D.  LASATER  COMPANY 

•15   No.    35th   St ifElroii   1090 

SPOKANE 

NORTHWEST    ELECTRONICS,    INC. 

Ma    IM   Monroe   SI _..UA41ion  9>I9 

PORTLAND 

MANCHESTER-CHANDLER  CO. 

1»1S  N.E.   Albert!   St _ _ OA  8600 


master  planning  and  site  development. 

Other  offices  of  the  firm  are  located  in 
Las  Vegas,  Nevada;  Ankara,  Manila,  Na- 
goya,  Tokyo  and  San  Francisco. 


LUXURY 

MOTEL 

PLANNED 

The  office  of  Kurt  Gross,  Architect,  San 
Jose,  William  May,  architect,  has  an- 
nounced the  contemplated  construction 
of  a  26-unit  luxury  garden  type  motel  for 
the  Drury  F.  McCarthy  Corporation  of 
Los  Altos,   in  Menlo  Park. 

Five  units  will  be  2-story,  other  units 
1 -story,  private  patios;  12  units  will  over- 
look a  swimming  pool.  Construction  will 
also  include  two  executive  suites  and  a 
conference  room.  Estimated  cost  of  the 
project  is  $250,000.  Completion  of  the 
work  is  scheduled  for  July  of  1958. 


CAUFORNIA 
ARCHTFECTS 
WIN  AWARDS 

Four  of  the  seven  top  awards  in  the 
fourth  annual  Interior  Design  Awards 
Program  sponsored  by  Institutions  Maga- 
zine in  conjunction  with  the  National 
Hotel  Exposition  in  New  York  have  been 
awarded  to  California  architects. 

Awards  of  Merit  for  "outstanding 
achievement  in  interior  design  throughout 
the  western  hemisphere"  were  presented 
to  Thornton  Ladd  and  Associates.  Los 
Angeles,  for  the  Stuff  Shirt  Restaurant 
of  Upland:  George  V.  Russell.  AIA,  3275 
Wilshire  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  for  the  Em- 
ployee Cafeteria.  Lockheed  Aircraft  Serv- 
ice Inc.  in  Ontario;  Victor  Gruen  Associ- 
ates, Los  Angeles,  for  the  Valley  View 
Room  of  Dayton's  Department  Store, 
Minneapolis;  and  Mario  Gaidano,  AIA, 
605  Washington  St.,  San  Francisco,  for 
Sandy's  Kitchen  in  Palo  Alto. 


YUBA  CITY 
HIGH  SCHOOL 
ADDITION 

Architect  Gordon  Stafford,  IO24I/2  "J" 
Street,  Sacramento,  has  completed  plans 
for  the  addition  of  a  cafeteria  and  multi- 
use  room  to  the  Yuba  City  High  School, 
for  the   Yuba  City  High   School   District. 


INDUSTRIAL 
LABORATORY, 
BUENA  PARK 

Architect  Raymond  D.  Conwell  &  Asso- 
ciates. 919  S.  Garfield  Ave.,  Los  Angeles, 
is  preparing  drawings  for  construction  of 
a  1 -story  reinforced  concrete  tilt-up  exte- 
rior wall  laboratory  building  in  Buena 
Park. 


Testing  &  Inspection  of 

All  Architectural  and 

Construction  Materials 

Metatlurgisfs  •  Chemists 
Assayers 

PITTSBURGH  TESTING 
LABORATORY 

651  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco  5 

Phone:  EXbrook  2-1747 

Offices  in  oif  principal  cities 


The  50  X  100  ft.  building  will  have 
composition  roof,  tapered  steel  beams, 
fixed  metal  windows,  concrete  slab  floors, 
air  conditioning,  restrooms,  underground 
concrete  vault  and  asphaltic  paving  in  a 
parking  area. 


JAMES  C.  KELLEY 
APPOINTED  BY 
GENERAL  ELECTRIC 

James  C.  Kelley  has  been  appointed  to 
the  post  of  development  chemist  at  Gen- 
eral Electric  Company's  New  Product 
Development  Laboratory,  according  to  an 
announcement  by  Leroy  S.  Moods,  Lab- 
oratory manager. 

Kelley,  a  graduate  of  Tufts  College, 
joined  General  Electric  in  1955  as  a 
process  engineer.  He  will  be  located  at 
the  Pittsfield  headquarters  of  GE's  Chem- 
ical and  Metallurgical  Division. 


RECONSTRUCT 
PETALUMA'S 
HIGH  SCHOOL 

The  architectural  firm  of  Reynolds  £?■ 
Chamberlain,  3833  Piedmont  Ave.,  Oak- 
land, is  preparing  plans  for  a  major  re- 
construction of  the  high  school  building 
in  Petaluma,  for  the  Petaluma  City  School 
District. 

The  contemplated  work  will  be  of  wood 
frame,  with  some  concrete  construction 
and  cost  an   estimated   $1,500,000. 


EDWARD  McNARY 
PROMOTED  BY 
FLUOR  CORP. 

Edward  McNary  has  been  appointed 
controller  and  assistant  secretary  of  the 
Fluor  Corp.,  Ltd.,  succeeding  John  Schu- 
ler,  who  has  been  named  to  the  newly 
created  post  of  controller  for  the  Huor 
Corporation  of  Canada,   Ltd. 

McNary  was  with  the  Ford  Motor  Com- 
pany, serving  as  assistant  controller  and 
assistant  treasurer  for  the  Ford  subsidiary 
Aeronutronics  Systems,  Inc.,  Glendalc. 
California,  before  joining  Fluor,  Los  An- 
geles based  engineering  and  construction 
firm. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Accountants  and  received  his 
Master  of  Business  Administration  degree 
from  the  University  of  Denver.  At  present 
McNary  is  a  member  of  the  evening  divi- 
sion faculty  at  the  University  of  Califor- 
nia,  Los  Angeles  branch. 


TURLOCK  IRRIGATION 
DISTRICT  BUILDS 
NEW  OFTTCE 

Architect  Donald  L.  Hardison.  160 
Broadway,  Richmond,  has  completed  plans 
for  construction  of  a  1 -story  and  basement, 
structural  steel  frame  and  reinforced  con- 
crete office  building  in  Turlock  for  the 
Turlock   Irrigation   District. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $400,- 
000. 


PLAN  NEW  BEACH 
CLUB  FOR  SANTA 
MONICA  BEACH 

The  firm  of  Kennedy,  Woodman  and 
Hudson,  Architects  and  Associate,  2721 
E.  Coast  Highway,  Corona  Del  Mar,  is 
preparing  working  drawings  for  construc- 
tion of  a  new  Beach  Club  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  Highway  in  Santa  Monica  for  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Palisades  Beach 
Club. 

The  new  facilities  will  comprise  1800 
sq.  ft.  area  and  will  include  club  rooms, 
showers,  rest  room,  kitchen  and  dining 
area.  Construction  will  be  of  frame,  stucco, 
concrete  block  and  horizontal  wood  sid- 
ing,  composition   gravel   and   cedar   shake 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


roof,  plaster  and  wood  panel  interior,  alu- 
minum louver  and  casement  sash,  alumi- 
num glass  sliding  doors,  tile  and  carpet 
doors,  forced  air  heating,  huilt-in  electric 
range  and  oven,  masonry  fireplace,  wood 
decking,  asphaltic  concrete  paved  area  for 
parking. 


CHARLES  C.  MARTIN 
APPOINTED  BY 
HOLLY-GENERAL 

Charles  C.  Martin  has  been  appointed 
manager  of  Advertising  and  Sales  Pro- 
motion of  Holly-General  Company,  a  Di- 
vision of  the  Sieger  Corporation,  Pasa- 
dena, according  to  an  announcement  by 
W.  J.   Keegan,   president. 

Martin  is  well  known  in  the  plumbing 
and  heating  industry  and  among  plumbing 
and  heating  contractors  in  California.  He 
brings  to  his  new  post  more  than  twenty 
years"  experience  in  marketing,  sales  man 
agement  and  advertising  in  the  heating 
plumbing  and  air  conditioning  field.  Of 
fices  will  be  located  in  Holly-General 
Pasadena  plant. 


SWIMMING  POOL 
AND  BATH  HOUSE 
AT  LANCASTER 

The  architectural  firm  of  Neptune  (^ 
Thomas,  742  Colorado  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles, 
IS  completing  drawings  for  construction  of 
a  swimming  pool  and  bath  house  in  the 
Jane    Reynolds    Park,   Lancaster. 

The  new  facilities  include  women's  and 
men's  dressing  rooms,  showers,  check 
rooms,  cashier's  area,  manager's  office, 
storage  rooms,  landscaping,  sprinkler  sys- 
tem, chain  link  fencing  and  floodlighting, 
and  the  buildings  will  be  of  concrete 
block    construction. 

The  100  X  TO  ft.  pool  will  be  construct- 


ed of  reinforced  concrete  poured  in  place, 
bolloms   and    gunited    reinforced    concrete 
sides  with  a  4-in.  concrete  slab  deck. 
Estimated  cost  is  $220,000. 


SANTA  ROSA  PLANS 
NE'W  GOLF  AND 
COUNTRY  CLUB 

Architect  J.  Clarence  Felciano,  4010 
Montecito  Avenue,  Santa  Rosa,  is  com- 
pleting drawings  for  construction  of  a 
new  Golf  and  Country  Club  to  be  built 
near  Santa  Rosa  at  an  estimated  cost  of 
$145,000. 

The  new  facilities  will  be  of  wood  frame 
and  laminated  wood  beams,  and  wood  sid- 
ing construction,  and  will  provide  a  Pro 
Shop,  men's  locker  and  shower  room,  a 
bath  house  and  swimming  pool,  and  a 
bar  and  grill.  The  complete  project  will 
be  constructed  in  two  stages,  some  of  the 
preliminary  work  being  of  a  temporary 
nature. 


GROUND  BROKEN 
FOR  NEW  PRINT 
PLANT 

Architect  Bernard  G.  Nobler,  Redwood 
City,  has  completed  plans  for  construction 
of  a  new  14,200  sq.  ft.  building  in  Palo 
Alto  for  The  National  Press. 

Ground  was  broken  for  the  $140,000 
project  this  month,  and  it  is  expected  the 
building  will  be  ready  for  occupancy  by 
June    15th,    1958. 


ARCHITECT 
SELECTED 
FOR  SCHOOL 

Architect  Charles  F.  Strothoff,  185  5 
Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  has  been  select- 
ed by  the  East  Contra  Costa  Junior  Col- 
lege.  Concord,   to   design   and   draft  plans 


for  the  construction  of  a  new  science 
building  to  be  built  on  the  college  campus 
at  Concord. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $500,- 
000. 


SAN  RAFAEL  SCHOOL 
DISTRICT  BUILDS 
NEW  SCHOOL 

Architect  Gromme,  Mulvin  &?  Priestly, 
1539A  4th  Street,  San  Rafael,  is  preparing 
preliminary  plans  for  construction  of  a 
new  school  building  west  of  the  Hertzell 
School,  just  south  of  the  Freitas  Ranch 
House,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $1,500,000. 

The  new  high  school  facilities  will  pro- 
vide for  700  students  and  will  include  ad- 
ministration building,  library,  academic 
wing,  2  shops,  cafeteria-auditorium,  gym- 
nasium, boys'  and  girls'  locker  rooms  and 
showers,  playing  fields,  and  toilet  facilities. 

It  is  anticipated  the  buildings  will  be 
ready  for  the  fall  school  term  of  1959. 


MONTEREY  PENINSULA 
COLLEGE   PLANS 
NEW  ADDITION 

Architect  Wallace  Holm  and  Associates, 
3  21  Webster  Street,  Monterey,  is  prepar- 
ing drawings  for  construction  of  a  new 
Engineering-Physics  building  addition  to 
the  Monterey  Peninsula  College  in  Mbn- 
terey. 

The  new  building  will  be  of  wood  and 
frame  construction. 


PAVILION  THEATER 
PLANNED  FOR 
WALNUT  CREEK 

Architect  Buckminster  Fuller  of  Raleigh, 
North  Carolina,  in  conjunction  with  the 
engineering  firm  of  L.  H.  6?  B.  L.  Nish- 
kian,    1045    Sansome    St.,    San    Francisco, 


Built-in  phone  outlets  build  up  a  home's  value! 

. . .  says  Charles  A.  Hirschman,  president  of  the 
California  Pacific  Construction  Co.,  leading  San  Fer- 
nando Valley  builders:  "It  would  be  unthinkable  to 
build  a  home  without  concealed  wiring  and  telephone 
outlets  in  the  rooms  which  are  used  most." 


No  matter  how  you  look  at  it,  as  a 
builder  or  a  buyer,  you  want  a  well- 
built  home  above  all.  And  one  of  the 
features  that  speaks  for  a  "quality" 
home  is  Telephone  Planning.  As  Mr. 
Hirschman  says,  "Telephone  outlets  in 
rooms  used  most,  concealed  wiring 
and  color  phones  add  much  to  the 
value  of  the  home."  You'll  find  them  in 
homes  like  Mr.  Hirschman's,  built 
with  an  eye  to  better  living  and  satis- 
fied buyers  in  mind. 

Pacific  Telephone 

We'll  be  glad  to  help  you  plan  built- 
in  telephone  facilities.  Just  call  our 
business  office  and  ask  for  our  free 
Architects  and  Builders  Service. 


It  pays  to  include  Telephone  Planning  in  every  home  you  build! 


DECEMBER.     1957 


is  preparing  plans  for  construction  of  a 
2000  seating  capacity  Pavilion  Theater  to 
be  built  near  Walnut  Creek. 

The  facility  will  be  of  geodesic  alumi- 
num construction,  with  a  canvas  roof;  a 
34  ft.  circle  stage,  45  ft.  high  dome,  bal- 
cony, sub-basement,  hydraulic  stage  and 
full  equipment  and  a  paved  parking  area. 

FLORIDA  ARCHITECT 
CHANGES  FIRM 

NAME 

Morris  Lapidus,  well  known  for  his 
work  on  the  Fontainebleau,  Eden  Roc  and 
Americana  Hotels  in  Miami  Beach,  Flor- 
ida, recently  announced  the  changing  of 
his   firm    name   to   Morris   Lapidus,    Korn- 


SPECIFY 
CALAVERAS 


blath,  Harle  and  O'Mara. 

The  firm  has  offices  in  New  York  City 
and  Miami  Beach. 

Each  member  of  the  firm,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  O'Mara,  began  with  Lapidus  as 
an  office  boy  and  has  been  trained  over 
a  period  of  time  in  the  work  specialized  in 
by  the  organization. 


PLAN  DEVELOPED  FOR 
PLUMBER  ENGINEERING 
COUNOL 

A  proposal,  developed  by  the  Building 
Research  Institute's  Plumbing  Research 
Committee,  to  establish  a  Plumbing  Engi- 
neering Council  has  been  endorsed  by  the 
American  Society  of  Sanitary  Engineers, 
according  to  William  H.  Scheick,  Building 
Research  Institute  executive  director. 

Objectives  of  the  Council  are  to  work 
for  the  development  of  more  and  better 
standards,  the  upgrading  of  existing  stand- 
ards, and  the  establishment  of  uniform 
testing  procedures. 


■YUBA  COUNTY 

TO  BUILD 

NEW  COURT  HOUSE 

Architects  Hanson  and  Winkler  of  San 
Francisco  have  been  commissioned  by  the 
Yuba  County  Board  of  Supervisors  to 
design  a  new  County  Court  House  build- 
ing to  be  built  in  Marysville. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $1,000,- 
000. 


TOP  QUALITY  CEMENTS  FOR 
EVERY  ARCHITECTURAL  USE 


JOHN  C.  EPPERSON 
HAS  JOINED  WITH 
PEERLESS  ELECTRIC 

John  C.  Epperson,  formerly  president  of 
the  J.  C.  Epperson  Company,  manufactur- 
ers' representative  for  many  lighting  lines, 
has  joined  the  Peerless  Electric  Company 


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of  San  Francisco,  as  national  sales  manager. 

Epperson,  widely  known  among  archi- 
tects, engineers  and  contractors,  is  vice 
chairman  of  the  Illuminating  Engineering 
Society,  Golden  Gate  Section.  He  will 
direct  the  sales  and  distribution  of  fixtures 
manufactured  by  Peerless. 

Peerless  has  also  announced  the  promo- 
tion of  Charles  Krinard  to  Sales  and  Serv- 
ice Co-ordinator. 


ARCHITECT  SELECTED 
FOR  POMONA  PLANT 
OF  SUBURBAN  GAS 

W.  R.  Sidenfaden,  president  of  Sub- 
urban Gas  Service,  Inc.,  with  operations 
throughout  California,  Arizona,  Colorado 
and  the  Pacific  Northwest,  announced  the 
selection  of  Victor  Gruen  Associates  to  do 
the  complete  architectural  work  of  a 
$175,000  one-story  structure  to  be  erected 
m  the  city  of  Pomona. 

The  new  10,000  sq.  ft.  building  will 
house  the  home  office  of  Suburban  Gas 
Service.  Construction  will  begin  in  the 
spring  of  1958. 


COMMUNITY  HOUSING 
PROJECT  PLANNED 
FOR  STANFORD 

Architect  Eldridge  T.  Spencer,  Director 
of  Planning  for  Stanford  University,  has 
announced  the  appointment  of  the  archi- 
tectural firm  of  Wurster,  Bernardi  &  Em- 
mons, San  Francisco,  who  will  design  some 
1250  to  1500  apartments,  in  three  bed- 
room units,  to  be  built  on  a  tract  of  land 
set  aside  by  the  university  to  be  developed 
for  residential  use. 

Plans  contemplate  that  at  least  250  of 
the  new  apartment  units  will  be  completed 
and  ready  for  use  by  the  fall  of  1959. 

Estimated  cost  of  the  project  is  $3,000,- 
000. 


NEW  BUILDING  FOR 

CALIFORNIA 

TEACHERS 

The  California  Teachers  Association  has 
acquired  a  site  in  the  Mills  Estate  develop- 
ment, Burlingame,  and  will  soon  start  con- 
struction of  a  new  $1,000,000  office  build- 
ing to  house  the  general  offices  of  the 
association.  The  present  facilities  in  San 
Francisco  have  been  acquired  by  the  Cali- 
fornia Medical  Association. 

Welton  Beckett  &  Associates,  architects, 
have  undertaken  preliminary  drawings  for 
the  new  San  Mateo  county  building  and 
expect  actual  construction  will  start  early 
in  the  summer  of   1958. 


ST.  JOSEPH'S  CHURCH 
WILL  BUILD  NEW 
CONVENT  AND  CHAPEL 

Architects  Comeau  fe?  Brooks,  of  Encino, 
are  completing  working  drawings  for  con- 


MULLEN   MFG. 
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BANK,    STORE    AND    OFFICE 

FIXTURES— CABINET  WORK 

OF   GUARANTEED   QUALITY 

CHURCH  SEATING 

Oflic*  and  Factory 

iO-tO  RAUSCH  ST.,  B«t.  7fh  and  8Hi  $h. 

San  Francisco 

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ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


struction  of  a  2-story,  frame  and  stucco 
convent  and  chapel  building  in  Pomona 
for  the  St.  Joseph's  Parish. 

Dormitory  facilities  will  include  19  bed- 
rooms, 10  baths,  10  lavatory  units,  a  dining 
room,  kitchen  and  storage  area.  Construc- 
tion will  be  of  concrete  and  steel,  metal 
sash,  tile  roof,  garbage  disposal,  built-in 
oven  and  range,  hood  and  fan,  ceramic 
tile  work,  and  asphaltic  tile  flooring. 


37,000  sq.  ft.  of  area.  The  estimated  cost 
is   $450,000. 


NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL 
PLANNED  FOR 
SAN  LEANDRO 

Architects  Schmidts,  Hardman  6? 
Wong,  1320  University  Avenue,  Berke- 
ley, are  working  on  plans  for  construction 
of  a  new  Pacific  High  School  for  San 
Leandro,  which  will  include  facilities  for 
19  classrooms,  circular  Academic  building, 
library,  cafeteria,  2-story  enclosed  walk- 
ways to  connect  with  "L"  shaped  science 
unit,  homemaking,  business,  arts  and 
shops,  gymnasium  and  all  related  acces- 
sories. 

The  2-story,  unusual  design  features  a 
circular  academic  building.  The  new  high 
school  will  be  built  on  a  40-acre  site  on 
First  Avenue,  and  will  cost  an  estimated 
$2,650,000. 


UNITED  STATES 
CONSUL  GENERAL 
OFFICES 

Architects  Jones  &  Emmons  of  12248 
Santa  Monica  Blvd.,  West  Los  Angeles, 
are  completing  plans  tor  construction  of 
a  United  States  Consul  General  Office 
Building  in  Singapore,  British  Malaya,  for 
the    United    States    Department    of    State. 

The  project  consists  of  two  connected 
buildings,  5-story  and  2-story,  reinforced 
concrete  construction,  air  conditioning, 
plumbing,  electrical,  metal  sash,  brick  and 
tile   work,    elevators   and   concrete   piling; 


MATTOCK 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

220  CLARA  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


LINFORD  AIR  & 
REFRIGERATION  CO. 


TYPHOON 


CONTRACTING  &  SERVICING 

1 74 -12TH  STREET -OAKLAND 
Phone:  TWinoaks  3-6521 


HFTY  BED 
HOSPITAL 
PLANNED 

Architect  Riener  C.  Nielsen,  4072  Cren- 
shaw Blvd.,  Los  Angeles,  is  completing 
plans  for  construction  of  a  new  50-bed 
Medical-Surgical  and  Obstetrical  Hospital 
in  Oakland  for  the  Civic  Center  Hospital 
Foundation  of  Oakland. 

The  new  building  will  be  1  story,  re- 
inforced brick  construction  on  concrete 
foundations,  composition  roof,  concrete 
slab  and  asbestos  tile  floors,  forced  air 
heating,  air  conditioning,  complete  fire 
alarm  system,  fire  doors,  aluminum  en- 
trance, steel  sash,  parking  for  approxi- 
mately 60  cars;  will  also  include  30  medi- 
cal room  building  with  off-street  parking. 

The  hospital  itself  will  contain  27,000 
sq.  ft.  of  area,  and  the  entire  project  will 
cost  an  estimated  $500,000. 


COAST  GUARD 
SWIMMING  POOL 
FOR  ALAMEDA 

Architect  Ernest  J.  Kump,  450  Ramona 
St.,  Palo  Altu,  is  working  on  plans  for 
construction  of  an  Olympic  size  swimming 
pool  for  the  U.S.  Coast  Guard,  to  be 
built  in  Alameda. 

The  pool  will  be  equipped  with  train- 
ing facilities  including  administration  of- 
fices, men's  and  women's  lockers,  showers 
and  dressing  room,  storage  area,  mechani- 
cal rooms,  toilet  rooms,  and  will  be  of 
concrete,  the  buildings  precast  with  glass 
side  walls.   Estimated   cost  is   $230,000. 


MACHINE  SHOP 

BUILDING 

PLANNED 

H.  L.  Standefer,  Consulting  Engineer, 
4344  Laurel  Canyon  Blvd.,  Studio  City, 
has  completed  plans  for  construction  of 
a  concrete  block  machine  shop  in  Bur- 
bank. 

The  50  X  116  ft.  building  will  be  with 
composition  roof,  tapered  steel  girders, 
overhead  doors,  steel  sash,  skylights,  rotary 
roof  vents,  concrete  slab,  and  will  include 
asphaltic  concrete  paving  for  customer 
convenience. 


VETERAN'S 
MEMORIAL 
BUILDING 

Architect  James  P.  Lockett,  Bank  of 
America  Building,  Visalia,  is  completing 
drawings  for  construction  of  a  $90,000 
Veteran's  Memorial  Building  to  be  built 
in  Three  Rivers,  Tulare  county,  for  the 
Woodlake  Memorial  District. 

The  new  building  will  be  of  masonry 
wall  construction  with  concrete  floors  and 
composition   roofing. 


WILLIAM  F.  STEINER 
APPOINTED  FACTORY 
SALES  ENGINEER 

William  F.  Steiner  has  been  appointed 
factory  sales  engineer  in  the  northern 
California  area  for  The  Payne  Company 
of  La  Puente,  California,  according  to  a 
recent  announcement. 

Steiner's  responsibility  will  be  to  pro- 
vide additional  field  engineering  and  sales 
assistance.  He  will  make  his  headquarters 
in  San  Francisco. 


ANNOUNCE  PLANS  FOR 

ENLARGING  THE 

LOS  ANGELES  HARBOR 

A  giant  new  combination  passenger- 
cargo  facility  is  to  be  buil;  at  Los  Angeles 
Harbor,  according  to  an  announcement 
made  following  the  signing  of  an  agree- 
ment  by   the   Board    of   Harbor   Commis- 


MacDONALD 

YOUNG 

&  NELSON,  INC. 

Genera/  Confracfors 

600  California  Street 

San  Francisco  4,  Calif. 

YUkon  2-4700 


DINWIDDEE 

COlVSTRrCTION 

COMPANY 

• 

BUILDERS 

• 

CROCKER  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


HERRICK 
IROIV  WORKS 

STRITCTLTRAL  STEEL 

REINFORCING  STEEL 

PRISON  EQUIPMENT 

PRELOAD  PRESTRESSING 

28400  CLAWITER  ROAD 

HAYWARD,  CALIF. 

Phone  LU  1-4451 


ABBOT  A.  HANKS,  INC. 
Engineers  &  Chemists 

INSPECTING  —  TESTINS  —  CONSULTIN© 

CONCRETE      •       STEEL       •       MATERIALS 

CHEMICAL  AND  TESTINS 

LABORATORIES 

•       RESEARCH   AND   INVESTIGATION       • 

TESTS  OF  STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

DESIGN  OF  CONCRETE  MIXES 

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STRUCTURES  AND  EOUIPMENT 

INVESTIGATION  OF  STRUCTURES 

AND  MATERIALS 

TESTS  AND  INVE"^TIGATION  OF 

FOUNDATION  SOILS 

FIRE  RESISTANCE  AND  INSULATION 

TESTS 

624  Sacramanfo  Straat,  San  Franeiteo 


DECEMBER,     1957 


sioners  and  the  American  President  Lines. 

The  agreement  provides  that  the  new 
shipping  installation  will  be  preferentially 
assigned  to  American  President  Lines  and 
that  all  passenger  and  cargo  business  in 
Los  Angeles  and  the  surrounding  area 
will  be  handled  through  the  new  facility 
for  at  least  20  years.  The  agreement  is 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Los  Angeles 
City  Council. 

Construction  will  include  a  two-story 
passenger-cargo  shed,  1050  ft.  by  200  ft., 
with  passenger  facilities  on  the  upper  floor: 
and  a  one  story  cargo  shed,  630  ft.  by  200 
ft.  A  new  slip  1200  ft.  long,  400  ft.  wide 
and  i1  ft.  deep  will  be  dredged  from  a 
shallow  inlet  at  an  estimated  cost  of 
$1,000,000. 

The  project,  complete  with  wharf,  a 
3000  car  paved  parking  area,  access  roads, 
rail  facilities  and  other  special  features,  will 
cost  an   estimated   $14,000,000. 

SAFEWAY  STORES 
ANNOUNCE  BIG 
EXPANSION 

Quentin  Reynolds,  district  manager  of 
the  Safeway  Stores  in  Oakland,  announced 
recently  that  his  firm  will  build  several 
new  large  stores  and  improve  the  facilities 
of  many  others  in  Northern  California 
under  an  expansion  program  which  will 
cost  some  $25,000,000. 

Wurster,  Bernardi  ii  Emmons,  Archi- 
tects, San  Francisco,  will  serve  as  architects 
for  the  expansion  program. 

F.  KIRK  HELM  WILL 
DIRECT  ARCHITECTS 
DESIGN  DIVISION 

F.  Kirk  Helm  of  Geneva,  New  York, 
has  been  appointed  director  of  architec- 
ture of  the  architectural  and  engineering 
firm  of  Neptune  6?  Tomas,  Los  Angeles, 
and  will  be  in  charge  of  the  architectural 
design  and   production  departments. 

A  graduate  of  Syracuse  University, 
Helm  served  during  World  War  II  as  an 
architect  in  the  Army  at  Oak  Ridge, 
Tenn,,  atomic  project.  He  has  conducted 
his  own  office  during  the  past  seven  years. 

L.A.  ARCHITECT  GETS 
SAN  SALVADOR  WORK 

Architect  Raymond  R.  Shaw,  A. I. A,, 
of  649  South  Olive  Street,  Los  Angeles, 
has  been  commissioned  by  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Banco  Hipotecario  de  El 
Salvador,  San  Salvador,  to  design  new 
banking  facilities  for  the  firm  in  San  Sal- 
vador, following  acquisition  of  additional 
land. 

Preliminary  steel  fabrication  plans  have 
been  prepared  and  the  site  is  now  under 
preparation  for  immediate  installation,  in- 
cluding foundations  and  site  work. 


ROBERT   W.    HUNT   CO. 

ENGINEERS 
INSPECTING  TESTING 

STRUCTURAL  MATERIALS 

CONCRETE  MIX  DESIGN 

CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS 

E9UiPMENT 

PRINCIPAL  CITIES 

UNITED  STATES  •   EUROPE 

SAN  FRANCISCO  LOS  ANGELES 

PORTLAND  SRATTLE 


Fred  English 

VHOTOGRAVHS 

CONSTRUCTION  PROGRESS 
ARCHITECTURAL  &  AERIAL 

1310  Old  County  Rd. 

Belmont,  Colif. 

LYtell  1-0385 


AUTOMATIC 
SPRINKLERS 

for 

Fire  Protection 

BARNARD 

ENGINEERING  CO. 

35  Elmira  Street 
JUniper  5-4642 
San  Francisco  24 


GENERAL 
FIREPROOFING 


FOREMOST  IN  METAL 
BUSINESS  FURNITURE 

California  Branch  Offices 
Displays  .  .  .  Services  .  .  .  Warehouses 

LOS  ANGELES 
SAN  FRANCISCO  .  .  .  OAKLAND 


Offices  in  All  Principal  Cities 


KOLORBLEN 

Concrete  Color  Hardener 


COLOR  WAXES 

SEALER-STAINS 


^Mftad  S^fAo^  ^. 


Distributors— Contracto 


875  BRYANT  STREET 
Francisco-  HEmlock  1-1345 


Index  to  Advertisers 

ARCHITECTS    Reports    46 

BARNARD    Engineering    Co 48 

BASALT  Rock  Co..  Inc 28 

BAXTER,   J.   H.,   Co. * 

BELLWOOD  Co.  of  California * 

BILCO   Co * 

CALAVERAS  Cement   .... 46 

CALIF.  Metal  Enameling  Co. ..Back  Cover 

C.  &  H.  Specialties  Co 42 

CLASSIFIED   Advertising    39 

COLUMBIA-Geneva  Steel   * 

DESERT  Inn 32 

DINWIDDIE  Construction   Company..   47 

ENGLISH,    Fred:    Photographs. 48 

FORDERER   Cornice   Works 32 

GENERAL    Fireproofing    Co 48 

GLADDING,  McBean  &  Company * 

GREENBERG'S,  M.,  Sons * 

HAAS  &   Haynle  Const.  Co 33 

HANKS.    Abbot   A.,    Inc 47 

HAWS   Drinking    Faucet  Co 31 

HERMANN   Safe  Co 33 

HERRICK  Iron  Works 47 

HORN,  A.  C.  Co.,   Inc * 

HUNT.   Robert  W.,   Company 48 

JOHNSTON,  Co.,  S.  T * 

JONES.  &  Sons:  O.  C 27 

JOSAM    Pacific   Co • 

JUDSON    Pacific-Murphy   Corp 33 

K-LATH   Corp * 

KRAFTILE  Company  * 

LeROY   Construction   Services 34 

LINFORD  Air  &  Refrigeration  Co 47 

MacDONALD,  Young  &  Nelson,  Inc...  47 

MATTOCK   Construction   Co.... 47 

MICHEL  &  Pfeffer  Iron  Works, 

Inc..  Inside   Front  Cover 

MULLEN   Mfg.  Co 46 

PACIFIC  Cement  &  Aggregates.   Inc.  29 

PACIFIC    Manufacturing    Co 34 

PACIFIC  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  45 

PITTSBURGH  Testing  Laboratory 44 

PLASTIC  Sales  &  Service  Co..... 26 

PORCELAIN    Enamel    (Architectural 

Division)     Publicity    Division... ' 

REMILLARD-Dandini  Co. 43 

REPUBLIC   Steel    Corporation 34 

scon    Company 43 

SHADES,   Inc 43 

SIMONDS   Machinery  Co 33 

SMOOT-Holman    Company * 

SOVIG,    Conrad,    Co 48 

STROMBERG-Carlson  Co 44 

U.   S.   BONDS..... Inside   Back  Cover 

UNISTRUT  Sales  of 

Northern  California  32 

UNITED  STATES  Steel  Corp * 

VERMONT    Marble   Co. 34 

WESTERN   Structural  Tile  Institute * 

♦Indicates  Alternate  Months 


ARCHITECT     AND     ENGINEER 


ARCHITECT  S.  ENGINEER 

INDEX  OF  ARTICLES  AND  ILLUSTRATIONS 

VOLUMES  208-211-1957 


Page      Issue 
A 

A.    I.   A.   Chapters---  - - - -  ..  - 26    Jan. -Dec. 

A.   I.   A.  Centennia'— A  New   Century   Beckons 21  Feb. 

A.   I.  A.   Northern   Calif.   Honor  Awards   Program 24         Feb. 

Alameda    City,    of,    Additions   to 24         Jan, 

Art   News  &   Comment -. 4    Jan. -Dec. 

Jackknife — James  Kelley — March 

Pieta— Jean  LaFittle— May 

Group  Portrait,  A  Gandolfi — June 

The  Maenads.  O.  Zodkine— July 

Donna  Mariana  of  Austria,  Velasquez — Sept. 

The  Market  Carts,  Gainsborough — October 

Ceremonial  Bronze.  Morris  Graves — Nov. 

The  Adoration  of  the  Shepherds.  French — Dec. 


Bank,  Drive  In.  Wilshire  Federal  Saving  & 

Loan   Assn.,    Los   Angeles    (Cunneen    Co. 

Bank,     Hibernla,    22nd     &    Noriega, 

San    Francisco    (Hertzka    &    Knowles)      . 

Bank    of    America,    Sausalito. 

Book    Reviews 

Bridge.    New   Carquinez.   Crockett 


8  March 

16  April 

18  Aug. 

34  Jan. -Dec. 

20  July 


Cableway,   Building   an   Aerial,   Grand   Canyon 20         May 

Cafeteria    Building,    University   of   Calif.— 

Atomic    Energy   Com.    (Hertzka    &    Knowles)  17        April 

California   Fish   &   Game   Commission   Bldg.  Tuolumne  17         June 

Casual    Rooms   for   Casual    Living 

(Arthur   W.    Priaulx) -. .      6         Jan. 

Classified     Advertising .-- 42    Jan. -Dec. 

Church   of  St.   Matthew,   San    Mateo, 

Remodel    (Hugh    E.Wayne) - 14         Oct 

Church — All   Souls   Episcopal 

(Ratcliff    &    Ratcliff).    Berkeley      .  .   -  15         Nov 

Church,   Plymouth   House.   Berkeley   (Scott  Haymond)  17         Nov 

Church.  Western   Design,   High    Point  in 

Achievement    (Arthur    W.    Priaulx)-- 6         Dec, 

Community   Center.    Bakersfield    (Cullimore.   Sr.) 4         Dec 

Construction    Contracts    Awarded 43    Jan. -Dec. 

Contra    Costa    County,    Office-Court    Buildings, 

Richmond.    Calif.     (Donald     L.     Hardison. 

A.I.A.;  Harry  B.  Clausen,  A.I.A.,  and  S. 

Richard  Komatsu,  A.I.A..  Associate 

Architects)    20         Dec. 


Dam.  Cherry  Valley,  Tuolumne.. 
DECEMBER,     1957 


Page      Issue 

E 

Editorial   Notes— E.   H.  Wilder 2  Jan-Dec. 

Engineers.    With    The. -                                      - 28  Jan. -Dec. 

Engineering,    Better    Living    Through.    (Alex    Miller).   -  15  July 

Estimators'    Guide -- - - 37  Jan. -Dec. 

Estimators'     Directory 39  .Jan. -Dec. 

F 

Factory   Building,   The    Bellwod   Co..   Orange 22  Feb. 

Factory   Building,   Pac.   Gas  &   Electric   Co., 

Pipe   Wrapping    Plant,    Decoto 16  June 

Factory   Building,    Egg   Packing    Plant,    Poultry 

Producers  of  No.  Calif.,  San  Leandro...  -  16  Oct. 
Factory   Building,  Walnut  Creek  Sheet  Metal   & 

Furnace,   Walnut  Creek 22  Oct. 

Factory   Building,   American    Forest    Prod., 

Newark,    Ratcliff  &    Ratcliff 20  Nov. 

Factory   Building,    Kaiser   Gypsum   Co..   Antioch 20  Nov. 

Factory   Building,   Calif.   Packing   Corp.,   Oakland  22  Nov. 

Fair,   Calif.   State   and    Exposition .- -  21  Aug. 

Field    House.    San    Francisco.    (Dona'd    B.    Kirby)  — 

A.  W.   Priaulx -. 8  Oct. 

Fraternity   House.   Phi    Kappa   Sigma.   Berkeley, 

(Ratcliff    &     Ratcliff) - 17  Nov. 

Freeway,    San    Francisco. 

Requires    Demolition    of    Homes 24  Mar. 

Fort  Worth,  A  Greater  Tomorrow,    (Victor  Gruen)--  13  Jan. 


H 

Hospital,    Laguna    Honda.    San    Francisco      10  June 

Hotel.    Fremont,    Las    Vegas Cover  Jan. 

Hotel.  Shamrock,   Houston,  Texas 18  Feb. 

Hotel.    Statler   Center,    Los   Angeles, 

(Holablrd,    Root   &   Burgess) 19  Feb. 

Hotel    Sratler,    Hartford,    Conn... 20  Feb. 

Hotel,    Holiday    Lodge.    San    Francisco. 

(Hertzka    &    Knowles) 14  Apiil 

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In    the    News  45    Jan. -Dec. 

Index  to  Advertisers -- 48    Jan. -Dec. 

Index  to  Articles  and  Illustrations — 

Vols.    209-21  I.     1957 49         Dec. 


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Mausoleum,   Santa   Rosa.    (Hertzka   &   Knowles) 13        April 


Building,   General   Electric  Co.,   Los  Angeles 

(Albert    C.    Martin) 16 

Building.  Miller-Lauclce,  Riverside 

(Victor   Gruen)    _.._  7 

Building,  America  Fore 

(Hertzka   &   Knowles).. Cover.  8 

Building.  2320  SuHer  St.  Medical. 

San   Francisco  15 

Building.  Crown  Zellerbach  Co.. 

San  Francisco   (Hertzka  &   Knowles  et  al) 18 

Building,  Camping  Constr.  Co..  Oakland 16 

Building,  Sutro  &  Co.,  San   Francisco 14 

Building.   New  York  Coliseum 

(Dr.   Schweisheimer) 16 

Building,   Frank  Edwards  Co.,   Burlingame. 18 

Building.   First  Western.  Oakland 

(Stone    &    Mulloy) - Cover.    12 

Building.   Fireman's  Fund   Insurance  Co.. 

San    Francisco   - -        Cover,    I  I 

Building,  American  Forest  Prod.  Corp., 

San  Francisco   (Thos.  L.  Culbertson) Cover 

Building,    Lathrop   Construction    Co. 


Pfeffer,   Klaus,   Portfolio  of  Interiors.. 9 

Power  Project,   Pac.  Gas  &  Elec.  Co 21 

Pumping    Station.    Lake    Merced  20 


Rapid  Transit,   Bay  Area    (Geo.  S.  Hill) 

Residence.  Signature  Home  (Palmer  &  Krlsel)  ..Cover, 

Residence.  Town   &  Country    (Palmer  &   Krisel) 

Residence.   David  Wallace.  Orinda Cc 

Residence  Interior,  W.  A.  Pfeffer  (Klaus  Pfeffer)    . 
Residence  Interior.  Dr.  Chester  Howard 

(Klaus    Pfeffer) 

Residence.   Interior,    1956   International   Home 

Garden   Show   (Klaus  Pfeffer) 

Residence.  House  of  the  Future   (Wm.  H.  Schelk 


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Residence  with   Heliport  on   Roof.  Oakland 

(David   Thorne)    13 

Restaurant.  Franciscan.  San  Francisco. 

Fisherman's  Wharf   (H.  G.  Wells) 19 

Rocket  Testing  Stand,  Air  Force,   Mojave,  Calif.  20 

Rothschule,   Raffln  &  Weirick.   Building  with  the  West 

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School,  Silver  Ave.,  Jr.,  San  Francisco 

(Alex.   J.   Wilson) 

School.  Hillsdale.  San   Mateo   (John   Lyon   Reid) 

Shopping  Center.  Bayfair,  San  Leandro 

(Victor    Gruen) 

Specification  Writer.  Training  the   (Spencer  B.   Lane 

Specifications   Writing,    Human   Side   of 

(Kenneth   M.  Wilson) 

Specifications  Writing,   Modern    (Spencer   B.   Lane) 

Stained  Glass.  An  Old  Art   (Robt.   F.  Brammer). 

First  Baptist  Church.  Redlands 

First  Lutheran.  Glendale 

Serbian  Orthodox.  Alhambra 

Bishops  School  for  Girls,  La  Jolla 

St.  Barnabas,  Eagle  Rock 

St.  Albans.  Westwood 

United  Brethren,  Anaheim 

St.  Paul's,  Burlingame 

First  Presbyterian.  San  Beri-ardino 
re   Building.   Moore's,   San   Francisco 

Hertzka    &    Knowles) 

re  Building.  Blum's,  San   Francisco 

Hertzka    &    Knowles) 

re  Building.  I.  Magnln  &  Co., 

Stanford    Shopping    Center C 

re  Building,  Safeway.  Ukiah 

Wurster.    Bernardi    &    Emmons) 

re   Building,  Sommer  &  Kauffman.  San  Francisco 

(Mario  L.  Galdano) 

re  Building.  Hermann  Safe  Co.,  San  Francisco 

(Ward   &    Bolles).. 

re   Building.   Lucky,  Orinda    (  Edw.  Cerrutl) 

re   Building.   Shepard   Cadillac.   Berkeley. 


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Sub-dlvlslon,   Pleasanton   

Swimming   Pool.   Municipal.   Oakland... 
Swimming   Pool.   Hacienda,   La   Habra.. 


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Transit  Progress,  Bay  Area   (Geo.  S.  Hill) — 

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U.  S.  Naval   Radiological   Defense  Laboratory. 

San   Francisco 16        June 


Savings  &  Loan  Building.  Lincoln.  Los  Angeles 

(Deasy   &    Eddy) 

School,    Psychological    Painting. 

School,   Mills  High   (John   Lyon   Reid) 

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Wage  Scale,  Construction   Industry 41  Jan. -Dec. 

8         June                      Warehousing.  25  Acres  of.  McMillan  Air  Force  Base  .  20  Mar. 

7         May                      Warehouse.   Levi   Strauss.   San   Jose 19  June 

13         June                      Warehouse.   Convair   Site,   San    Diego 12  Oct. 

13         June                      Warehouse,    Encinal   Terminal,   Alameda 23  Nov. 

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