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VOLUME 2 NUMBER 10 DEC., 1964
Soulé News
SOULÉ REBAR RENOWNED IN WEST
The Reinforcing Products Division of Soulé Steel Company is well known in the West because of the important part Soulé has played in major construction products.
Among the outstanding jobs were the piers for the Golden Gate Bridge, the Russ and Shell buildings in San Francisco, the Statler Hotel in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Biltmore and Ambassador hotels in Los Angeles, Memorial Stadium at the University of California in Berkeley and the Los Angeles City Hall, to name a few.
As a result, Craig Carpenter, Manager of the Division, is known as "Mr. Rebar" in the West, along with Chairman Edward L. Soulé, Sr.
The company entered this field in 1923 when it acquired the American System of Reinforcing of California in Los Angeles. A few years later it acquired the Concrete Engineering Company of California.
The year 1959 marked the next big jump ahead. That was the year Soulé began construction of its own steel mill at Long Beach to produce reinforcing bar and, at the same time, set up Reinforcing as a separate division.
Craig Carpenter was Assistant General Sales Manager for the company at that time.
While the reinforcing fabrication had been done at warehouse and fabrication facilities in Torrance, California, it was decided that it would be more economical to construct a reinforcing fabrication plant next to the mill at Long Beach.
MODERNIZATION
Through the efforts of Craig, Bud Williamson and Darrell Runyan, the reinforcing fabrication department has been enlarged and modernized. Four new cranes have been installed, the plant layout has been completely revised and the flow of production has been streamlined.
Another recent development worth mentioning is the new data processing equipment that virtually eliminates manual listing in the preparation of shop orders.
Ken Hopper is Chief Estimator for the Steel Forms Department and Bill Vanderhurst is Chief Estimator for Field Placing. R. T. Bugg serves as Field Superintendent for the Central District, which includes Northern California and the Salt Lake City area.
The District Sales Managers are Warren Grundfor, Los Angeles; T. O. Carroll, San Francisco; Dick Lewis, Portland; Reg Velozo, Seattle; George Halgedahl, San Diego; Harry Lange, Phoenix; Bob Gebauer, Fresno; and Bob Adamson, Salt Lake City.
Other than the Los Angeles and San Francisco personnel, most of the rebar sales office people have been mentioned in recent issues of the *Soulé News*. Salesmen in Los Angeles are Ed McDonnell, Bob Setzer, Arnold Dunyon and pivot salesman George Belotti. Walt Salla is District Estimating Supervisor.
OPERATIONS
L. A. Operations Manager Darrell Runyan is assisted by Detailing Supervisor Jerry Silva and by George Irish, Jr., Supervisor of the Los Angeles Fabrication facilities. Arne Mannisto, Vince Horsley and Mert Rose are field supervisors and Ira Hine is Field Pan and Framing Supervisor.
In San Francisco, T. O. Carroll relies on Sales Engineer Bill Duncan, Secretary Barbara Spencer, Detailing Supervisor Karl Mellquist, Estimating Supervisor Harold Knox and Fabrication Superintendent Dick Peterson.
These are just a few of the names on this outstanding team with responsibility for making and distributing all types of reinforcing products on projects from free-
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Photo: *Carpenter*
Photo: *Making reinforcing column spirals at Dominguez shop.*
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From the President
Photo: The Reinforcing Steel Division is the oldest and largest division in the company. Reinforcing is our bread and butter product. It is the product with which Soulé Steel Company has had the greatest amount of experience, having developed with the original company, the Edw. L. Soulé Company, back in 1911 when the Founder and its Chairman helped to establish in the West the use of this new type of construction.
So little was known of the method that he frequently had to work from reference books in French and German, and personally went into the field many times to instruct concrete installation of reinforcing bars. In those days a reinforcing bar was not a hot-rolled round bar with deformations on it, but rather was a merchant square that had been heated and twisted to look like a straight pretzel.
Today we are proud to say that we are one of the largest, if not the largest, independent mill-fabricators and erectors of reinforcing steel bars and accessories in the West. Today in my column I feel that it is important to reiterate the importance of the Reinforcing Division to our company, not only to the old-time employees but also to all new employees of the company.
You might be interested to know that I have added up the number of years of experience of 15 of the top people with the company of the Reinforcing Division and it adds up to 220 years of valuable experience in the reinforcing business. I am very happy to see that the Editors of the *Soulé News* have taken this opportunity to present the most important adjunct of of the company, the Reinforcing Division.
Edward Lee Soulé, Jr. President
Photo: *Taking a rare time out in the San Francisco Reinforcing Engineering Department are (left to right) Charlie Agoston, Louis Pagan, Lothar Gnittke, Ivan Vassilief, Karl Melquist, Chester Hwang, and Maria Zarsky (seated).*
THE SOULÉ REBAR STORY
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ways to monumental buildings in the seven Western States, as well as Hawaii, Alaska and foreign nations.
Besides reinforcing steel bars, the Division handles adjustable and dome type steel forms for reinforced concrete joist construction, steel column spirals, welded wire fabric, prestresses and post-tension reinforcing materials, and reinforcing accessories such as bar supports, spacers and concrete blocks.
It's a big job and an important one for Soulé Steel Company. Thanks and best wishes for a very successful 1965 go to Craig Carpenter and his team from *Soulé News*.
Photo: *Reinforcing Supervisor Dick Peterson, Esther Molales and Carlos Velez of the Reinforcing Fabricating Department.*
The Rebar Twins
Soulé Steel Company's high standing in the reinforcing field is due in great part to experienced employees such as the "Rebar Twins" in Los Angeles. Ray Peralta (left) and Bert Schoenen have been together on Soulé field jobs since 1925 and are still going strong. Their combined experience represents nearly 80 years of active service for the company.
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... MORE REBAR PHOTOS
*Photo: Familiar faces in the L.A. Office belong to District Sales Manager Warren Grundfor, Reinforcing Field Superintendent Darrell Runyan, Detailing Supervisor Gerry Silva and Estimating Supervisor Walt Salla.*
*Photo: R. T. Bugg, Bill Vanderhurst, Ken Hopper and Pauline Wallen (seated).*
FIELD JOB OF THE MONTH
Because of experienced men in the field, as well as in the detailing and shop departments, Soulé was able to land the 6500-ton reinforcing steel job on the Southern Freeway in San Francisco.
"Freeway Frank" Wallach and his crew got the steel tied in place before the concrete started hitting their pockets.
The job involves placing some 1400 tons of No. 18 bar in the columns and about 5100 tons of bar in the decks, as well as stressing 375 high-strength tendons in the concrete bent caps for the freeway viaduct.
General Contractor on the job is the Guy F. Atkinson Company of South San Francisco.
*Photo: Henry Molinari, Tom Younger, Frank Wallach, Gil Capote and Jim Bostick.*
*Photo: Keller, Putnam, Evans*
Dealer of the Month
Joe Putnam of the Gerald F. Brame Company in Costa Mesa, California, recently received congratulations from Ed Keller and Bill Evans of the Steel Structures Division in Los Angeles as the Brame Company was announced as the winner of the "Mainstreeter Contest."
The Orange County steel building dealer won the contest hands down by selling four Mainstreeter buildings before November 30. They were 60 ft. by 280 ft., 60 by 160, and 60 by 100 and 60 by 120.
The prize is a trip for two via Western Airlines to Mexico City for one week. More prizes will be awarded to other Steel Structure dealers.
Names In the News
Michael Rizza and Jack Pickner have been named Project Managers in the Architectural Products Division. They had been Engineering Supervisor and Los Angeles Regional Coordinator, respectively . . . Division Operations Manager Peter Molinari also announces that Robert Ford is the new Engineering Manager . . . Pete Gacs is the new Manager of Los Angeles Operations for the Steel Structures Division. . . . Joe Straus has been promoted to Sales Engineer of the Steel Structures Division's Los Angeles District. . . . And the new Dealer Representative in that Division's Southwest Dealer District is Albert Hotard. . . . Harold Wheeler is the new Manager of the company print shop in San Francisco.
Soulé Bowlers in Third
At last report, the Soulé Bowling Team in Seattle was in third place among 32 participating teams in the Construction Council Bowling League.
Our congratulations to Captain Clive Sollitt, Jerry Den, Reg Velozo, Bob Thompson, Roger Benton, Verne Anderson, Roy Dillon and Harold Holmberg.
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1964 SAFETY AWARDS
*Photo: The Los Angeles Machine Shop tool and die makers, left to right, Laddie Howell, George Runde, Tom Kellum (Leadman), Elmer Scheller and Ben Harris. The last time this department had a lost-time accident was in 1956. Gus Hansen is missing from the photo.*
Mike Mickel has announced the 1964 Safety Achievement Awards for the safety year that ended in September.
Seattle received the Presidential Safety Trophy for the plant with the best safety record. The Architectural Products Division won the Presidential Safety Award Plaque for the division with the best safety record.
The winners of the Presidential Awards for Field Supervisors in each division with the best safety records were Robert Lee of the Reinforcing Division in Phoenix, Raymond Ferch of the Architectural Products Division in Seattle and Ike Allen of the Steel Structures Division in Seattle.
The Plant Departmental Safety Award plaques have been presented to the following departments for no lost-time accidents in 1964:
a. Los Angeles Plant 1) Maintenance 2) Machine Shop 3) Yard and Shipping 4) Garage b. Los Angeles Mill 1) Scrap Yard c. San Francisco Plant 1) Crating & Shipping 2) Anodizing 3) Hardware 4) Special Parts 5) Tool & Die 6) Shipping and Receiving
The following Truck Drivers at the following locations have won safe driving lapel pins and wallet cards for the year 1964:
a. Los Angeles 1) Delmar Long 2) Arby Hollingsworth 3) Luther Burns 4) Oscar Spencer 5) Maurice Cates 6) Clifford White b. Dominguez 1) Hollis Bradshaw 2) Frank Kusy 3) Frank Cascio 4) James Kerr 5) Richard Tubbs 6) Frank Bravo 7) Robert Main 8) Lewis Smith c. San Francisco 1) Joseph Celeste 2) William Jamnyke 3) Valentine Martin 4) Daniel Sorentino 5) Jack Soto d. Portland 1) Robert Elskamp 2) John Nelson 3) Frank Reischman e. Seattle 1) Gordon Tate
Congratulations to all and keep up the good work!
Soulé News
Published monthly by the Soulé Steel Co.
**Howard Soulé, Editor**
**Associate Editors**
**Mike Mickel**, San Francisco
**Andree George** Salt Lake
**Jo Davis** Fresno
**Esther Longnecker** San Diego
**Don Garner** Los Angeles
**Dee Henderson** Seattle
**Rod Newton** Phoenix
**Frank Kleman** Dominguez
**Dolores Bedgood** Portland
SAFETY SCOREBOARD
Through Month of October, 1964 (First Month of the 1965 Safety Year)
**PLANT STANDINGS**
| | Doctor Cases Month Of Oct. 1964 | Lost Time Cases Month Of Oct. 1964 | |---|---|---| | San Francisco | 4 | 1 | | Los Angeles Plant | 2 | 0 | | Los Angeles Rebar | 4 | 1 | | Los Angeles Mill | 9 | 0 | | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | | Portland | 0 | 0 | | San Diego | 0 | 0 | | Fresno | 0 | 0 |
**FIELD STANDINGS**
| | Doctor Cases Month Of Oct. 1964 | Lost Time Cases Month Of Oct. 1964 | |---|---|---| | No. California | 6 | 0 | | So. California | 19 | 4 | | Phoenix | 0 | 0 | | Seattle | 7 | 3 | | Portland | 1 | 2 |
PLEASE!! Ground Electrical Tools
*by Mike Mickel* *Safety Editor*
Recently, a field workman was using an electric drill, working about 10 feet above the floor.
Somehow the ground wire pulled loose from its terminal in the plug and came into contact with one of the two circuit wires, causing the drill housing to come "alive."
The man received a severe shock, fell to the floor and dislocated his shoulder.
If you use electric equipment, always make sure the equipment is grounded and that the ground is really functioning.
The purpose of grounding is to provide a low resistance path to the ground rather than the comparatively high resistance path of a man in contact with the faulty equipment.
It might not be a bad idea to look over the tools in your home workshop with this idea in mind.
New Dealer
The Steel Structures Division has one new dealer to announce this month: Gold Coast Construction Company, Inc. of Eureka, California.