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              FRESNO   COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
MAJOR  HIGHWAYS AND ROADS
MAJOR RAIL LINES
The rail lines represented by black lines are both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. Only essential highways (in color) are pictured here. Actually a complete network of east-west, north-south
roads exists to connect every part of the county. Most of the eastern part of the county is
National forest and park land. The recreation areas are easily reached. Shaver Lake, for instance,
is less than forty miles from the center of Fresno.
Just a few years ago this area was vineyards and orchards. Extraordinary demand for housing
made possible this residential area surrounding the Manchester Shopping Center. This corner,
Blackstone and Shields, is about three  miles north of the business center of Fresno.
maintained, capable of handling the
largest jet transports. A $2,406,000 expansion of present air terminal facilities is already under way.
Two bus lines, Greyhound and Continental Trailways, operate a total of
101 schedules daily from Fresno.
The city of Fresno, in the center
of the county, is 218 miles north of
Los Angeles and 183 miles south of
San Francisco. The seaport terminal
of Stockton is 122 miles to the northwest.
People and Progress
Labor means people. An energetic,
industrious people make an efficient
productive labor force. Regarding the
people in Fresno County, Vern Redman, an official of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, said:
"We feel that, aside from many advantages related to location, industry
finds an exceptionally productive labor force here in Fresno County. There
are two basic characteristics which
contribute to this:
"First, a good labor relations history with a very low strike rate. Labor
officials are civic minded and display
a strong spirit of cooperation in negotiations.
"Second, workers are productive.
Many of the people here have an agricultural background and an independent spirit. That means they are
willing to work and will produce a
day's work for a day's pay."
You may be particularly interested
in the large pool of female labor available on a seasonal basis. The food
processing industries have trained
many women to do skilled work and
they are not considered part of the
"necessary" work force—that is, they
are not the chief wage earners in their
families.
In July, 1958 the California State
Department of Employment reported
that the total county employment was
about 65 percent male and 35 percent
female.
Construction and transportation industries have a high degree of unionization. Manufacturing is primarily
AFL-CIO trades. Smaller communities
outside the immediate Fresno metropolitan area are non-union for the
most part.
Many trades are developed in vocational schools. A well-developed program of shop and apprentice training
exists between industry, the Fresno
school system and labor organizations.
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
September, 1959
FRESNO   COUNT?
FRESNO COUNTY WAGE RATES
The wage rates shown here were compiled and furnished by the Fresno office of the California
State Department of Employment. They are indicative only of the general wage structure and show
only those schedules prevailing as of July 1, 1959.
JOB CLASSIFICATION RATE
Clerical Month
Accountant, Junior   $3l5-$420
Accountant, Senior    470- 680
Accounting   Clerks     260- 365
Bookkeeper,   Female     260- 365
Bookkeeper,  Male     315-420
Bookkeeping   Machine  Operator     240- 290
Calculating Machine Operator  235- 260
Cashier     195- 260
Clerk Typist    235- 290
Intermediate Typist  235- 305
Intermediate  Stenographers     235- 340
Junior Stenographer    210- 260
Key Punch Operator:
Trainee     210- 250
Experienced      235- 290
Payroll  Clerk     285- 365
PBX   Operator-Receptionist     220- 285
Secretaries     290- 365
Executive  Secretaries     315- 500
Senior Clerks     315- 365
Senior  Typists     245- 315
Senior Stenographer  290- 340
Tabulating  Machine Operator:
Trainee      210- 250
Experienced—No wiring    250- 290
Experienced—Wiring      315- 420
Construction Hour
Asbestos Workers    $3,975
Boilermakers     3.90
Bricklayers    3.75
Carpenters     3.58
Carpet & Linoleum Workers  3.15
Cement Finishers  3.57
Electricians     3.90
Engineers      3.00- 3.95
Floorlayers  3.71
Glaziers     3.51
Ironworkers
Bridge & Structural    3.85
Ornamental      3.85
Reinforced   Concrete     3.60
Laborers:
Group   I     3.115
Group 2     2.965
Group 3     2.865
Lathers      3.60
Lumber Handlers  2.15
Millmen    2.875
Millwright     3.79
Painters    3.33
Pile Drivers Apprentices  3.43
Pile Drivers & Engineers on Derricks  3.85
Pipe Welders    4.25
Plasterers  3.75
Plumbers     4.25
Roofers     3.35
JOB CLASSIFICATION RATE
Sheet Metal Workers        $3.65
Shinglers           3.71
Steam Fitters       4.05
Teamsters:
Dump Truck      2.75 -3.35
Transit Mix      2.865-3.125
Tile Setters    3.50
Welder   (Ironworker)           3.85
Electrical Hour
Electrical Assembler (Men and Women)        $1.50-$1.90.
Maintenance &  Industrial  Electrician           3.50
Food Processing Hour
Male Workers           $l.83-$2.30
Female Workers  1.67- 2.01
Garment   (Women) Hour
Alteration  Women     All piece work
Sewing Machine Operator    $1.00 per hour guarantee
Manufacturing & Related Skills Hour
Unskilled   (Female)     $ 1.00-$ 1.75
Unskilled (Male)    1.25- 1.95
Semi-skilled—Assemblers     1.45- 2.17
Semi-skilled—Machine Operators:
Drill   Press     2.08- 2.36
Plate  Punch     2.08- 2.36
Punch   Press     2.08- 2.36
Radial Drill Press  2.08- 2.36
Screw Machine  2.08- 2.36
Turret Lathe    2.08- 2.36
Skilled:
Engine Lathe  2.36- 2.75
Machinists  (General)     2.75
Machinists  (Maintenance & Tool  Room)   .... 2.75
Milling   Machine     2.36- 2.75
Tool-and-Die Maker  2.65- 3.25
Turret Lathe    2.36- 2.75
Auto Mechanic (Garage)     2.675
Truck Mechanic    2.80
Welder     2.90
Truck Drivers
Local Drivers (Any size truck)—hour  $2,475
Long  Trips   (Any  size  truck)—hour  or  mileage
—whichever is greater  2.57
Short Line (Any size truck)—hour  2.49
Lumber Truck Drivers—hour    2.49- 2.60
Routemen—week   plus   commission     87.00-124.50
Warehousemen Hour
Lift Truck Operators    $2,475
Order  Filler   (Men)     2.185
Receiving Clerks  2.40
Servicemen  (Retail)     2.00- 2.75
Shipping Clerks    1.40- 2.60
Stock Clerks (Wholesale & Retail)     1.25- 2.65
Warehouse  (Industrial)     2.375
Water and Power
As in many other parts of the country, water and power are elements of
the same system.
Construction of irrigation canals be
gan as early as the 1860's. Plans, counter-plans, trial canals, disputes, violence
and innumerable other difficulties beset
the county request for a permanent, uninterrupted water supply. However, by
1918,  virtually   all  of  the  difficulties
had been overcome and the Kings
River Water Association was formed
as a voluntary, self-regulating policing
organization. The unequal distribution
of rainfall during the year in combination   with   water   obtained   from
September, 1959
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
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