Roche-Axman Company
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The Roche-Axman Company was a firm based in Glendale, California. It bid on various construction projects in Southern California. Many sidewalks and curbs in the California Heights neighborhood of Long Beach bear its imprint. Roche-Axman is mentioned in the California Highways and Public Works Official Journal of the Department of Public Works State of California May-June 1928 article, “Record of Bids and Awards Division of Highways,” on page 32: “LOS ANGELES COUNTY—Between Arroyo Sequit [sic] and Los Alisos Creek, 1.5 miles to be graded. Dist. VII, Rt. 60, Sec. A. Engineer’s Est. $63,791.50. Bids opened April 18th as follows: ...Roche-Axman Co., Glendale $59,087.... Contract awarded to Lewis Construction Co. for $44,652.”
You may read the entire magazine at http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1928_mayjun.pdf.
If your ancestor worked for a large construction company like Roche-Axman or for the California Highways Public Works Department which later became the Division of Highways Caltrans, you should examine issues of California Highways and Public Works Official Journal of the Department of Public Works State of California. Copies in pdf format from 1924 to 1967 (not all years/not all months) are available online at
http://www.americanroads.us/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=95acbdea85c0a96c3743629c5a855bbb&topic=249.msg456#msg456.
An index to the publication, Volume 1: Index to California Highways and Public Works 1937-1967, is available in pdf format at http://archive.org/stream/IndexToCaliforniaHighwaysAndPublicWorks1937-1967/CalHwyIndex#page/n0/mode/2up.
If your ancestor worked for a large construction company like Roche-Axman or for the California Highways Public Works Department which later became the Division of Highways Caltrans, you should examine issues of California Highways and Public Works Official Journal of the Department of Public Works State of California. Copies in pdf format from 1924 to 1967 (not all years/not all months) are available online at
http://www.americanroads.us/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=95acbdea85c0a96c3743629c5a855bbb&topic=249.msg456#msg456.
An index to the publication, Volume 1: Index to California Highways and Public Works 1937-1967, is available in pdf format at http://archive.org/stream/IndexToCaliforniaHighwaysAndPublicWorks1937-1967/CalHwyIndex#page/n0/mode/2up.
RESEARCH TIP: Company publications offer a wealth of information about individuals. They often record deaths, retirements, and promotions.
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