{"id":35919,"date":"2013-07-25T04:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T04:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=35919"},"modified":"2024-02-26T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T19:27:59","slug":"pubutildept","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=35919","title":{"rendered":"VIII. Public Utilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\ntable, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td { border: 1px solid #ccb48d !important; border-collapse: none !important; padding: 7px !important; vertical-align: middle; } table p { margin-bottom:0px; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>Assembled from lists and records found in the FBI documents, the jobs and workers listed in the Public Utilities department are in this pdf file:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1PubUtilDeptJobs.pdf\">Public Utilities Department Jobs and Personnel Listing<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#c8a873\" width=\"590\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"><a name=\"public\"><\/a>Public Utilities Organizational Chart<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Asst. Chief Administrative Officer<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Bob Christian<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Assistant<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Shirley Gieg (Hicks)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Drafting &amp; Engineering<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Bob Christian &#8211; Supervisor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Drainage<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Burrell Wilson &#8211; Supervisor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Surveying<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Bob Rankin &#8211; Supervisor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Sanitation &amp; Public Services<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Sanitation Inspectors<\/span> <span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Assigned weekly\/daily duties<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Ernestine Blair, Marie Lawrence, Selika Bordenave, Don Fields<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Monday<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">: Piggery (w\/Wanda Swinney), chicken compound (w\/Bro Tommie Keaton), cassava mill (w\/Earnestine March), fly and mosquito control sanitary and safety concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">: Saw Mill (w\/Diane McKnight, Paul McCann, &amp; Ray Jones), Tool Room, Laundry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Wednesday<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">: Warehouse (w\/Beverly Livingston &amp; Bob Christian), <a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=96719\">Mr. Muggs&#8217;<\/a> Cage &amp; Yard (w\/Joyce Touchette)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Thursday<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">: Garden (w\/Gene Chaikin &amp; Jack Barron) Baby Nursery (w\/Irra Johnson &amp; Loretta Chavis), Toddler Nursery (w\/Diane Lundquist &amp; Maude Perkins)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Friday<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">: All 5 Dorms (w\/each Dorm supervisor)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Saturday &amp; Sunday<\/span><\/span><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">: Cottages &amp; Surrounding cottage areas (w\/cottage supervisors)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Sanitation Spraying <\/span><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Assigned weekly\/daily schedule<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Marie Lawrence, Odell Rhodes<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Spraying Plan:<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\"> 4 times weekly &#8211; Twice during daylight pm hours (Tue &amp; Sat) &amp; twice during early morning hours 2am (Wed &amp; Fri), with night spraying to catch flies at time when they were at rest.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Sanitation Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Dr. Larry Schacht, Tim Carter, Marie Lawrence, Phyllis Chaikin, Ollie Harrington, Ernestine Blair, Don Fields, Selika Bordenave<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"211\"><span>Public Services Unit<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"379\"><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">Work crew &#8211; varied week to week depending on people and discipline assigned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#c8a873\" width=\"590\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\";font-weight: normal;\">Adapted from: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">CD2 vol75-p132 &amp; CD2 vol77-p155 &amp;156 by Don Beck 4\/08<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\">The Public Utilities Department was headed by Bob Christian. With his engineering background, he directed the planning and implementing for most of the practical needs for Jonestown.\u00a0This included sanitation construction (sewerage, sidewalks, railings, piping, etc.), repair jobs, weekly schedule of spraying for flies and mosquitoes, and checking on safety concerns at the piggery, chickery, cassava mill, and residences. Work plans were handled through the Sanitation Committee, then assigned to work projects by Bob Christian through regular members of this department and the persons provided by discipline assignments to the Public Service Unit (PSU).<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The detailed map drawn of Jonestown central area has Bob Christian&#8217;s initials on it and is the only detailed drawing found in the FBI materials. It provides the basis for maps presented\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=35896\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=35894\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Some pdf files about Public Utilities Department:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>.\u00a0 <a name=\"util_org\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2PubUtil.OrgChart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Public Utilities Organizational Chart<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n.\u00a0<a name=\"worklist\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3PubUtil.WorkList.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Public Utilities work list<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n.\u00a0<a name=\"sanitation\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4SanitationInspectors.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sanitation Inspectors: Duties and Committee<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" align=\"right\"><i><span style=\"; font-weight: normal;\">&#8211; Don Beck<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assembled from lists and records found in the FBI documents, the jobs and workers listed in the Public Utilities department are in this pdf file: . Public Utilities Department Jobs and Personnel Listing Public Utilities Organizational Chart Asst. Chief Administrative Officer Bob Christian Assistant Shirley Gieg (Hicks) Drafting &amp; Engineering Bob Christian &#8211; Supervisor Drainage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":35926,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35919","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35919"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126099,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35919\/revisions\/126099"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}