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<br /> VOICE OF A GROWIK COMMUNITY
<br /> Founded 1408-- Vol. 57—No. 96 10 Cents Per Copy—$5.00 Per Year PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT MANTECA, S�,N JOAQUIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Friday, September 3, 1965 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postof€ice atManteca, California, under the Act of March 3; 1871
<br /> P. O. Box 912— 95336
<br /> batting the breezeSpreckels 4
<br /> Problems Factory Manager
<br /> With The Editor GweViews ere y
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<br /> By George Murphy, Jr.
<br /> '_ ry EDITOR'S NOTE: Follow- need to recount for you gen-
<br /> "' 4. � '' Ing is the complete text of a tlemen the millions of dollars
<br /> It appears that the selec- aggrevate the company's
<br /> statement given to the board Spreckels spends locally each
<br /> tion of a route for the High- waste dlsposai problem, and of directors of the Manteca
<br /> year for sugar beets, freight
<br /> way 120 by-pass might turn certainly it can't afford to """ District Chamber of Com- payrolls, taxes and goads and
<br /> into a real hassle, since lose much, if any, property• y coerce Wednesday morning services to operate the ,lent,
<br /> some unexpected develop- AI Boyden points out, howev- " es the sizeable in
<br /> by Al Boyden, manager of
<br /> nor recount ou sizea
<br /> menta have entered the Pic- er, that the University of Cal- � }W e }
<br /> the local Spreckels Sugar fes- vestment necessary to carry
<br /> ture. Ifornia .and other experts are � � � tory, The statement outlines on these operations in Man-
<br /> working toward improving Spreckels' feelings toward the tecta.
<br /> The new facet is a propos-
<br /> waste disposal methods, but "
<br /> pos
<br /> to of additional ition 1 property ""But the fact of the mat-
<br /> ed interchange which would there is no assurance that dd a
<br /> take away shout 36 acres of due to a possible Highway ter is, that just to maintain
<br /> this can be done in less area wx�. . 120 freeway routing in the our current status we need
<br /> Spreckels Sugar Co. property than it now requires. south portion of their land. to maintain at a minimum
<br /> and isolate an additional 36
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<br /> acres, We say this was "un Spreckels can live with the '° ""I a reciate the fact that the total land area we now
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<br /> expected," because every- freeway, however, if it could you are taking time this morn occupy, and would find it
<br /> body, including Spreckels of- obtain more land adjacent to v® ing to learn something of our difficult, if not impossible, to
<br /> w.. expand the facility if waste
<br /> fieials, had assumed such an the present site. But this a situation with respect to the P Y
<br /> not
<br /> interchange would be farther means costly access over- proposed freeway routes of disposal problems
<br /> economically.
<br /> south — about where Moffat passes over either the 99 or ° ° be solved ec
<br /> ms could
<br /> r Highway 120. 1 lly.
<br /> Boulevard now joins Highway I0 freeway, depending on > ! "As has been indicated to
<br /> a• �� �:� "With this as a background,
<br /> 99. whether Spreckels acquired M ;. us and as I am sure you let me explain how the pro-
<br /> land
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<br /> Spreckels Sugar Co., inti- land east of the 99 freeway or €; a { t�� understand, no definite route posed south freeway affects
<br /> Boulevard.t B
<br /> Moffat ou .
<br /> dentally, is being remarkably south of I - y�> �.� has been selected by the Spreckels. The so-called south
<br /> cooperative about the whole This will raise the cost to N, Highway Commission, but it
<br /> ., , ; i route, which would involve
<br /> thing, although the a whole the State and the highway appears the time has arrived an interchange with Highway
<br /> might balk at this.
<br /> will no doubt fight for some
<br /> people ,: � '' ° 99, would utilize ata mini-
<br /> will _� when we may soon get down
<br /> sort of plan that will not It is interesting to note that to cases. morn 36.6 acres of Spreckels
<br /> Plant Manager Al So. As Spreckels would have to have " " a °° y land of which over 10%, or
<br /> hamper their operations. As The route most frequently
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<br /> these private accesses to ad- ''' ,< mentioned these days — the 4.29 acres are waste water
<br /> puts it, Spreckels wants toditional property because it , 3�, a one south of the community-- ponding areas. The remain-
<br /> be agood citizen and recog- can't utilize public roads for 1 J� =1 utilizes a great deal of Sprec- der is under cultivation. Fur-
<br /> nizes that the community is hauling dirt and other waste t a ¢ 1 iZ kels' property and very ef- ther, the proposed route
<br /> almost solidly in favor of a material. Because beets "9t�A festively isolates another would isolate an additional
<br /> southern route for the free- come from .all over the state t°���� � ' sizeable piece of Spreckels 36.5 acres of ranch land
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<br /> way. and might have a variety of 1't„. '' t; rr, y factory property. Our objet- which as I explained earlier,
<br /> A casual observer of the crop or soil diseases in with t � � �t •:tt tion to such a proposal is not is integrated in to our overall
<br /> Spreckels factory site, with them, the residue must be A new, factory operations.
<br /> its some 500 acres of ground, confined to Spreckels proper- HIGHWAY PROBLEM — The dotted line shown in the hand corner. Moffat Boulevard is at the left center where "In July of 1958 the Sprec- "Some type of monetary
<br /> might wonder why the com- ty' above aerial photo shows what one Highway 120 free- the dotted line ends. to Spreckels Su-
<br /> kels Sugar Company went on recompense
<br /> pany gets so concerned about This is a very serious mat way routing would do to Spreckels Sugar Co, property. While this proposed freeway routing is only tenta- record with the California Di- gar for this land is certainly
<br /> 76 acres. Actually, the Man- ter that local and county of- While the actual freeway would be to the left, out of the tive, it is likely that any southern route would end up with vision of Highways opposing not the consideration. Basic
<br /> tecta plant has far less land, ficials are going to have to icture, a cloverleaf full interchange at Highway 99 would an interchange at about this point on Highway 99, al- any loss of land or a division is the fact that we just sim-
<br /> than any of the other four p g g y g p g y of its property b a freeway ply can not get by with any
<br /> become involved in. Just P Pe Y Y Y
<br /> Spreckels sugar factories, about every agency — the Pe progress,require property up to the dotted line. Following the ap- though most people believe it should be farther south to impede ra ess, but the less land.
<br /> g board of supervisors, the proximate path of that dotted line would be an off ramp about where Moffat Boulevard now joins Highway 99. cold hard facts are that the
<br /> and doesn't have enough here pe � We do not want to fly in
<br /> county planning commission, for motorists traveling south on Highway 99 who wish to As shown above, Spreckels would lose about 36 ucrPs entire-- amount of Spreckels .the:face oUthe-desires of
<br /> more. the city council, the city plan- pick up the Highway 120 freeway going west. of waste water ponding area, and an additional 36 acres property at Manteca is essen- people of Manteca and--
<br /> The
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<br /> ning commission and the lo- Glenn Kahl's recent aerial photo shows the Spreckels would be isolated on the south side of the proposed free- tial to the continued success- therefore hesitate to rec--
<br /> The big problem at Sprec- p p p p
<br /> cal chamber of commerce — fol operation of the factory. In mend the alternate routes
<br /> kels is waste disposal. — both property looking to the west. Highway 99 is in the fore- way.
<br /> have gone on record favoring 1956, for instance, we effect- suggested by the Highway
<br /> disposal of water and the a southern route for the high- ground and the Spreckels factory is in the upper right ed a trade of sorts when a
<br /> disposal of dirt.. As long as y 120 freeway route. _ Commission. One of those
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<br /> we've been around these portion near the northern routes is, of course, north
<br /> parts, incidentally, we never This Isn't going to be C of C To Host boundaries of our property, of the city; the other direct-
<br /> realized the magnitude of this enough and these agencies was utilized for the highway ly through Manteca. Nor are
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<br /> dirt problem. Al Boyden says ,are going to have to unite County Group 99 freeway route. We were we qualified to say that the
<br /> that the dirt brought In with on a specific route. For in- able to add on a small piece Highway should be routed
<br /> sugar beets from the farm stance they might want to September 16 of property beyond the then further south so that it miss-
<br /> would add four feet a year unite behind a plan to move n southern boundary line and es Spreckels property all Co-
<br /> to the level of a 20-acre plot. the interchange farther south - Manteca District Chamber continue our operations as gether.
<br /> At the moment, the company as Spreckels has indicated of Commerce will be host to before.
<br /> Com-
<br /> is using80 acres and this the County Chamber of Com- "However, the alternatives,
<br /> that the foss of a small por- In addition to the factory from our standpoint, seem to
<br /> causes the land to rise by one tion at the southern tip of coerce r a dinner and cock- proper, with its immediate boil down, to this:
<br /> foot a year. its property might be ace tail hour, Sept. 16, in MRPS
<br /> p P Y g � Hall. auxiliaries such as roads, 1. The Highway Commis-
<br /> able. tracks, shops, offices and
<br /> Water, of course, is a very sion select a more southerly
<br /> A no host cocktail hour warehouses, the factory land
<br /> major problem, and the photo The hazard in this situa- will be from 6:30 to 7:30 accommodates functions less route than the one that is
<br /> on this page shows the mag tion is quite Blear. The state 4p.m. with dinner to follow. obvious,
<br /> but no less essential mentioned most frequently at
<br /> nitude of the waste water highway people have some Arrangements are being made to theoverall operations. this time;
<br /> ponds. These ponds are al- very strong convictions as to by Hal Michael, county secre- These are principally waste
<br /> ready overloaded and should where they want to put free- 2. The Highway Commis-
<br /> tary for entertainment in water disposal, waste lime
<br /> be expanded instead of con- ways, and it is still our opin- stead of a speaker, and there disposal and tare dirt dispos- sion adopt one of the other
<br /> tracted. ion that the state would pre- will be door prizes. al• of the alternate routes; or
<br /> fer a northern route.
<br /> One problem, of course, is Tom Tronsdal, secreta "Wathr and lime in large 3. That recognition be giv-
<br /> that Spreckels has a lot of The only possible way Of - manager of the local cham- volumes are required in the en to Spreckels total land re-
<br /> land that it can't use for x F ber re
<br /> combatting the awesome ported on the sale of processing of sugar beets and quirements and a similar
<br /> waste disposal. The 10o acres amount of power held by the ' tickets to the Giants game at are economically disposed amount of land and feasible
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<br /> It has In almond trees along highway commission is to Candlestick Park Sept. 9. He after use by containment in access thereto, be made
<br /> E. Yosemite is valuable only present a completely united b ., said tickets were going very pond systems on factory land. available to Spreckels to
<br /> as a buffer zone to keep real- front The danger here is rapidly, but many are still The areas in which the tare compensate for any land uti-
<br /> dential and commercial this: The State is very likely available. dirt {soil harvested with the -lized by the freeway inter-
<br /> growth away from the factory to offer an alternative that ��g wx� fi x fi �
<br /> area. I# can't be oared for .rs Cyd - Buses will load at 9:30 a.m. beets) can be disposed of are change and/or which becom-
<br /> waste disposal because it is would go something like this: . d �� , , severely limited by law be- es isolated from the rest of
<br /> a i on Garfield Avenue, and leave cause unrestricted disposal the property,
<br /> at 10 a.m. Tickets for the
<br /> too close to existing residen-' "Well, we simply cannot �'� P
<br /> ,� 4 � � could result in the spread of AL BOYDEN
<br /> tial areas. 4k game and transportation are g
<br /> :Hove that interchange any. , plant diseases and noxious Sprec Manager
<br /> tar; $6.50 each.
<br /> The same problem exists farther south,than it is right 1* �; � �' weeds, By systematic prat- Spreckels
<br /> with the area formerly occu- now. So. you people in the a. agreed to lease tires, Spreckels integrates its Sugar tory
<br /> community have an option of their rep present office for an- disposal of waste water and
<br /> pied by the Moffat feedyards. Y P Po
<br /> This also gets a little too either endangering your com- Ste'. other five year term for $75 tare dirt by a ranch opera
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<br /> other t s
<br /> close to the Powers Park mumty s biggest industry or ;
<br /> per month, an increase of tion on the facto property
<br /> Herman Soto
<br /> subdivision for waste water accepting a northern route.”` $10 per month over the past thereby economically solving
<br /> +;. disposal, since there is a ser- five years. Frank Jesse, own the disposal problem and en- Nominated For
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<br /> taro amount of odor. That, of course, would be er said the rent increase ricking the land. Handling the •
<br /> rob- a miserable choice, and there would not cover the increase waste in other means could KIWan�s Head
<br /> This waste disposal pis in taxes on the budding.
<br /> result in insurmountableeco
<br /> len at Spreckels continues to little time left before this
<br /> p whole business comes to a i11� noetic problems. The Nominating Committee
<br /> grow because of the continu- public hearing. It would be p Del Stoker reported on of the Kiwanis Club, present-
<br /> ing expansion at the Local Ili Y "The amount of adjacent ed their slate of officers for
<br /> li Manteca's booth at the coun-
<br /> factory. Obviously, the more
<br /> tragic R the leaders of this I the comm
<br /> community and of the county it � 4, ty fair, He said the booth took land required for the essen- g Year to the mem-
<br /> beets you process, the more ! j 1 second in overall sweepstak- tial functions of a beet sugar bership Tuesday noon.
<br /> agree do not get together and ag
<br /> water you use and the more �h�k °,�,��,�, � es. Expenses of the booth factory varies directly with elected for president was
<br /> dirt you have left over. The upon, a firm position in which i i amounted to $524, and as the
<br /> the southern route can be I� the leve. of operations. Since Herman Sota, auto salesman:
<br /> growth in processing cape- Chamber allows $500 for ex- its erection in 1917, the Sprec Hal Michael, teacher, first
<br /> city at the local plant is noth- adopted in such a way that it enses, a check far that
<br /> will not hamper Spreckels In P bels factory operations at vice president; Charles Shae=
<br /> ing sort of phenomenal and amount was authorized be Manteca has greatly increas- electrical contractor,
<br /> its operations. given to the Manteca Future f eco tor,
<br /> e a
<br /> further expansion is planned, g ed, both as to daily capacity second vice president; Wal-
<br /> vIlhen the plant was opened Farmers, in charge of the and days of operation per ter Burkett, cashier, secreta-
<br /> in 1917, it had a designed fiwa Mantefans '. booth. year. It is our sincere hope ry-treasurer; and directors,
<br /> capacity of 12M tons of beets To Enter Davis ... _„_ that such growth continue Ron Novacek, Gary Thom
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<br /> a day. Today, the MantecaTwo Mantecans will be. cordingly. We have under Moore.
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<br /> . Stanley
<br /> and our plans are made acson and Rev. B.
<br /> plant running at daily �,�„'� r �F .�w ��, ;
<br /> Not�Ce
<br /> processing rate of about 3000 among the 3,500 students BACK TO SCHOOL — With a wistful to go to scoot since they will both be I consideration at this very Two new members, Tam
<br /> tons. Spreckels plans to spend which have been admitted to look back at his summer skateboard, Tho- entering the first grade. Two younger The Bulletin office will be time possible plans for ex
<br /> University of California at were and James Gould,
<br /> several millions in additional mos Ruble, 12-year-old son of Mr, and brothers of homes, Gerald and William, (closed Monday, Labor Day, pending and modernizing the were inducted.
<br /> dollars to boost this capacity Davis. Mrs. Jean Ruble of 1120 Sutter Street, con- will also bi among an estimated 3000 along with almost all other Manteca plant requiring the
<br /> still further — to the 3800 tv Harry G. Jones will be a 1businesses in Manteca. How- outlay of several million dol- Michael, chairman of the
<br /> templates his to school next Tues- elementary school students and nearly
<br /> 9:000 tons a day range. psychology junior, and Linda emps rry ever, the Wednesday morn- lays. The value to the local recent family barbecue held
<br /> N. Luis, will,be a freshman day, September 7. 2000 high spool students who will attend ing, September 8, issue willf economy of continued and ex- at Magna Terra Park, report-
<br /> It is apparent that another in the College of Letters and His twin sisters, Lisa on the left, and classes on ext Tuesday's opening day. appear on schedule. panded operations by Sprec- ed on the success of the af-
<br /> boost In capacity will further Science. Stacey on the right, appear more eager kels is considerable. I do not •fair.
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