THE BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNE, 1970

RunnerPU BLISHED BY TH E DE RT ENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2

Traffic Branch Starts Countdownon Annual Vehicle Tally

Each May three enumerators leave the Traffic Branch head­quarters in Victoria to spend four months on the road collectingtraffic-count data. Following predetermined routes, and workingto schedules, the traffic enumerators operate as independent one­man crews . They use pneumatic road tube vehicle detectors andautomatic recording counters and are able to obtain traffic­volume data for about 20 count stations per week. Before return­ing to Victoria in September, the enumerators will have collectedtraffic-volume samples at more than 700 locations throughout theProvince.

A count station is set out by stretching a road tube tightlyacross the traffic lanes. One end of the tube is connected to thecounter. As a vehicle passes over the tube, an impulse (one foreach axle or set of wheels) is transmitted to the counter. Thecounter records one-half vehicle for each impulse it receives.Thus, a normal car with two axles will be counted as one vehicle .Every IS minutes the counter automatically records the VOlumeof traffic detected in the previous IS-minute period by stampingor punching the appropriate time and volume onto a paper tape .Completed tapes are removed from the machines at the end ofeach count and are mailed to Headquarters for processing andfiling.

Many hours of machine counts are lost each year because ofbroken ro ad tubes. Some failures are due to vandalism andothers to accidental destruction of road tubes by mechanicalbrooms or similar equipment. In any event, these must be re­paired. The enum­erators would ap­preciate being noti­fied as soon as pos­sible if a brokenroad tube is noticedby anyone in theDepartment. Theymay be contacteddirectly by radio orby leaving a mes­sage at the nearestdistrict office.

Enumerator 101m Jordan gives aile ofhis " ATR " counters a tinal check beforeleaving headquarters. This summer 101mwill be counting traffic ill the Kootcnaysalit! Northern British Columbia.

The traffic enumerators standing by thei r vehicles are ready tomove out for a summer's work all the road. They are. lef t toright, Lance Foreman (Cal' 66B) , DOll Thomas (Ca r 66A), andJohn Jordan (Car 66c) .

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Advisory Speed SignsResult of Thorough Curve-testing

Not many people know that the Department employs anofficial curve-tester in order to set those advisory speed signs. Heis Harold Hoodless, Engineering Aide 3 with the Traffic Branch,who has had the unusual job for the past two years. Under thedirection of J. H. Harding, Senior Traffic Engineer, Harold haslogged over 30,000 miles while checking horizontal curves onmajor highways to determine the maximum safe or advisory speedat which each curve should be driven .

The advisory speed is determined by driving the test-vehiclethrough each curve , on a path concentric with the centre line ,at various constan tspeeds up to thelegal speed limit,w h i Ie measuringhow much the ve­hicle leans towardthe outside of thecurve . The amountof lean is measuredwith a ball bank­indicator or inclin­ometer mounted onthe da shboard ofthe test-vehicle .Each curve is runseveral times inhoth directionsuntil the maximumsafe speed has beendetermined . Testresults are turnedover to district of-ficials who arrangefor adjustments in ""curve signing.

Harold stands beside a curve-signassembly all the Trans-Canada HighwayIleal' Victoria.

Seated in the test-vehicl e, Harold demonstrates the tech nique

used ill test ing curves. A ball bank-indicator is mounted all thedash and a survey speedometer can be seen just belo w all the left .It requires skill to keep all eye all the ball bank-indicator, surveyspeedometer/odometer, and the roadway while maintaining speedand staying a constan t distance from the centre line.

Associate Field Editors* *

Published Quarterly by the

British Columbia Department of HighwaysVictoria, British Columbia

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur J . Schindel; Editor

Number 2June, 1970

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THE ROAD RUNNER

Volume 7

A. R. Lirnacher Victoria

Bill Ingram Victoria

Al Walisser . .Bridge District

Jim Winton . . North Vancouver

S. J. Tognela . . . .BurnsideJ. W. Morris Nanaimo

M. Butler . .Courtenay

David Price .British Columbia Ferries Division

George Cooper . . .__.Patrol, North Vancouver

Ellis Meads. . .. .Dock District

Lloyd Burgess _.. . New Westminster

Don Osborne __ .__. ._. . .. Chilliwack

Jim Ferrier Kamloops

Edie Smith WilliamsLake

Murray Ramsay . ._. Salmon ArmM . J. Newlands . Revelstoke

Al Desimone . . . Vernon

Fred Evans . Kelowna

J. W. Zaporozan _. _.. .. . . .PentictonJim Chenoweth . . Merritt

Dave Roberts . Lillooet

Dorothy Wilkins Grand ForksR. E. McKeown . .RosslandS. J. Dixey Nelson

Fred Angrignon _.__ . . New Denver

Fred Ryckman _...._. . . ._._._. Creston

N. K. Molander CranbrookSam Caravetta Fernie

John Edgar . Golden

Steve Sviatko . .Smithers

J. C. Bartsch . .Pouce Coupe

Homer Good .Fort St. John

Don Hutton Terrace

E. A. Beaumont Prince George

Shirley Hrechka .Prince GeorgeJack Doddridge .Pr ince George

C. R. Stephenson Quesnel

George Harper .. . VanderhoofH. R. Walker.. Burns Lake

W. R . Ball .Prince Rupe rt

W. D . BLACK, Minister.

BRITISH COLUMBIA FERRIES

Road Runner Section ReportersHEADQUARTERS

Cover Photo-Typical of rugged Fraser Canyontopography, this unusual view of a section of the Trans­Canada Highway shows the portal of Farrabee Tunnelas seen from the viewpoint of Hell's Gate Tunnel.

Department m achine-oper­ators, truck-drivers, and oth erpersonn el ran up 8,383,055vehicle-m iles in the first threemonths o f this year. Th e1.12 v e hicl e accident-fre ­qu ency rate for the periodwas the lowest in four years.This is co m me ndable andwe hope the encouraging

trend continues . We also urge that th e lesson s learnedand safety habit s acqui red on th e job carryover to ourprivate-veh icle op eration, particularly on vacat ion. Statis­ticall y our chances of havin g an accident are slightly low er(the Canada-wide frequency rate is .70 ) after we park thetruck or pool car and ge t into our own. But, in fact,when we head out on vacation, we hav e an ex tra set ofhazards with us-distractions, minor fam ily problems,unfamiliar roads, crowded and ov erloaded cars- besidesall the usual ones. If our safe-driving practices are goodon th e job, they sho uld be as good otJ it- perhaps evenbetter .

A. McLean ._.__ Lifer aft Serviceman, Deas Dock .A. McKelvie. Assistant Machine-shop Foreman, Deas Dock .E. Coombes. Chief Oflicer, Que en of Prince Rupert.H. D . Halkett., ._ l st Officer M.V . Ma yn e Queen .John Cass .__.._... Departure Bay.Bill Bouchard ._. H ead Office.Dave Thorne . Swartz Bay.

Planning, Subdivisions, and ControlledAccess . .._..... .._.. . . .. . .. . C. R. Eva.

Training and Safety .__ __.._._.. ...__._._.. A. F . Park.Traffic ._.__ .___ _.._.__.... ..__..._. __.._Neil Vicke rs.Property Negotiations. .._. . . ._._. . .E . W. Pritchard .Contract Documents __. . . ._._..._._.. ....C. S. Rippengale .Personnel. .... __. . . . . ._ Mrs . Jo-Anne Vickers.Materials Testing _...__. ._. ._.. .__.._._. R. W. George.Maintenance and Landscape .i. ... Mrs. Jean Corless.Highway Des ign-

Douglas Build ing. . . ...._..... .._. R. Appleby.Weiler Building ...._. _. __..__.. __ . . . George Musselwhite.

Insurance , Claims, and Communications G . Cavin.General Office ...__. .. .__ R. Cooper.Equiprnent.... . __.._._ .__.. .__Mrs . Edna Paton.Paving . .__ .... ..H. H. Sawatzky.Construction . .__.. . . . . . ..__.__.E. C. Webster.De sign and Bridge Construction-

Douglas Building. .__. .__._ _.__.... _. .No rrn. Wharf.Bridg e Design-Weiler Building . George Douglas.

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Engineering Assistant,Prin ce George Dis­tric t, was the success­ful applicant for theposi tion in the PrinceG eorge District. Hehas been employed by

the Department since 1963, starting inNew Denver as an Engineering Aide.He transferred to the Prin ce George Dis­trict in 1965 as a Draughtsma n until hewas reclassified to the position of Engi­neering Assistant in November, 1969.

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cently was promotedto Engineering Assis ­tant in the NorthVancouver Regionaloffice. Jim began hiscareer with the De­partment at the NorthVancouver District office in 1964. Mar­ried with one son, Jim is a keen organ­izer around the building. He is pastpresident of the Burnaby Sports Club,Field Editor for the RR, and treasurerfor the employees' coffee and gift fund.

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BETTY YOUNGoriginally started withthe Department onNovember 2, 1959, inthe North VancouverDistrict office and leftMay, 1962. She re­turned to work as a

Clerk-Stenographer 2 and recently won ,through competition, the position ofClerk-Stenographer 3 in the RegionalProperty Negotiator's office. Betty'shusband is also employed by the De­partment t.s mate on the Wood fibre Ferry.They have two sons.

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JIM MEWHORT of the MaterialsTesting Branch, won through competitionthe position of Senior Lab . Technician.Mr. Mewhort joined the Branch in June,19:7.

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DA VID BENOIT, Road Foreman 2,has won through competition the positionof Road Foreman 3 in Alexis Creek.

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RENNIE HEARE has won throughcompetruon the position of Road Fore­man 2 at Anahim Lake . Mr. Heare wasa Grader Operator in Williams Lake.

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GAYLORD ME RKLE, Parksville, hasbeen promoted to Foreman 2 at PenderHarbour.

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B. L. BERGSTROM, Road Foremanat Cranbrook, has won the competitionfor Road Fo reman 3 at Bridge Lake .

D. C. POLLOCK,Road MaintenanceForeman at PenderHarbour in the NorthVancouver HighwayDistrict, was feted at aretirement dinner anddance at Lord Jim 'sLodge on March 6th . District Superin­tendent W. M. Underwood presented Mr.Pollock with a camera on behalf of hisfellow employees and a meritorious ser­vice scroll marking his 40 years' servicewith the Government. The Pender Har­bour Chamber of Commerce also madea presentation to Mr. Pollock.

PROMOTIONSM IKE GROUNDS, of Fort St. James,

and WES RIVETT, of Vanderhoof, havewon through competition Grader Oper­ator pos itions at the locations indicated.Mike has been with the Department sinceJune, 1968, and Wes since March, 1964.

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JIM HYSLOP con­cluded 17 years ofservice with the De­partment as Mechani­cal Consultant whenhe retired in April.1970. At a luncheonon March 25th, at­

tended by the Mechanical Superinten­dents from the four region s and head­quarters personnel, Assist ant DeputyMinister F . A. MacLean made a presen­tation of golf clubs, fishing equipment,and a wallet to Mr. Hyslop on behalf ofthe mechanical staffs 01' the four regions.

IRENE LABELLE, Department ofHig hways Clerk since September, 1944,re tired April I after 25Y2 years' continu­ous service in the Creston office. She washonoured on two different occasions onleaving the service, once by the Crestonemployees and again by the Nelson Dis­trict and Regio nal office staffs. She waspresented with a silver tray and jewelbox respectively. She plans to stay inCreston, which she has called home since1930.

LOUIS JOHNSON,Stockman 4, SalmonArm District, retired ~.

May 28th after work­ing for the Depart­ment for 33 years.Louis started in theNew Denver Districtand transferred to the Salmon Arm Dis­trict in October, 1947, as Storekeeper.He is married and plans to make his re­tirement home in Salmon Arm.

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CLAUDE A. SM ITH, Carpenter, re­tired from service with the Depa rtmentin Fort St. John in April. Claude hasworked in the District since 1960 andcontributed to various Government proj­ects, including housing at Good HopeLake and Hudson Hope. Friends andfellow employees gathe red recently towish Claude farewell .

BRUNO GRAW, ofthe Pouce Coupe Dis­trict, recently retiredafter 12 years' servicewith the Department.Bruno was presentedwith a sabre saw anda sander by his many

friends who wish him health and happi­ness in his retirement.

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MRS. ROSE MER­RYWEATHER retiredfrom Government ser­vice after 14 yearswith the ConstructionBranch and the Mate­rials Testing Branchas a Secretary andLibrarian. A luncheon was held March12th at which time Mrs. Merryweatherreceived gifts and the best wishes fromher co-workers and friends throughoutthe Department.

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VIC MORRISON,R 0 a d MaintenanceForeman, Prince Ru­pert, retired May 30thafter 21 years' service .Vic began with theDepartment in July,1949, as a Bridgeman,

becoming a Road Maintenance Fore­man in 1952. At a farewell dinner, Dis­trict Superintendent W. R. Ball presentedVic with gifts on behalf of his co-work­ers and telegrams were received fromprevious iJistrict Officials R. E. Me­Keown and E. A. Lund.

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HARf-Y VIGUEhas retired after 21years' service with theRevelstoke Districtmaintenance section .He was born in Wis­consin, U.S.A., andcame to Canada withhis parents in 1910. Harry joined theDepartment in 1949 and in 1950 hebecame a Grader Operator at Sidmouth,where he remained for most of his ser­vice. He was honoured by fellow em­ployees at the recent B.C.G.E.U . springsocial, where S. N. A. McLeod, DistrictSuperintendent, presented him with ameritorious service scroll.

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"EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

Len Johnson.

WEDDINGS

Sandra A nne Yeoman and RobertOsborne were married in the KamloopsUnited Church, April 11, 1970, by theRev. J. T. Horricks. Robbie is an Engi­neering A ide with the Department Mate­rials Testing Branch in Kamloops.

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MISS DOREEN PALMER, who joinedthe Materials Testing Branch in Novem­ber, 1969, was married to Mr. BruceClark on May 16, 1970. They travelledto the Interior of British Columbia ontheir honeymoon.

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A wedding of interest in the BridgeLake-Mahood Lake area took place whenJACK ADAMS, of Mahood Falls, andMrs. Margaret Herzog were married re­cently. Jack, who has been with theDepartment for II years, was first sta­tioned at Canim Lake East before movingto Bridge Lake.

KEN KOEBERNICK, Assistant Me­chanic, was transferred to VanderhoofDistrict, April Isl. Ken has been trans­ferred four times in the past two yearsand will finish his apprenticeship in Van­derhoof.

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ROBERT FRENCH has been trans­ferred from Bridge Lake to WilliamsLake.

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J. A. CLARK has been transferredfrom the North Vancouver Shop to theshop in Williams Lake as a Mechanic 1,effective April 15, 1970.

Headquarters. Billwas formerly BridgeConstruction Engi­neer, and Len,Bridge Design En­gineer.

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ROY DYER, Road Foreman at BearLake, is transferring to Soda Creek in theWilliams Lake District.

Bill Bowman.

NEW FACESIN NEW PLACESE. E. .. DICK" READSHAW, Senior

Materials Engineer for the Materials Test­ing Branch since March, 1964, took overhis new position as Senior Paving Engi­neer in April, 1970. Mr. Readshawjoined the Department in July, 1958... Switching places" with Mr. Readshawis former Senior Paving Engineer JOHNKERR, who now becomes Senior Mate­rials Engineer. Mr. Kerr joined the De­partment in 1956 and has headed the Pav­ing Branch since 1957.

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fers of L. C. JOHN­SON and W. A.BOWMAN tookplace in April ofthis year when theytraded positions at

At the Westbank yard, Foreman R. J.Martin and Grader Operator A. C. Shet­ler chin themselves before work in themorning. Bar is 8 feet above the ground.They say this" sets them up for work ,"or (Ire they trying to be "long on thejob "?

MRS. KAREN SHEPHERD, Clerk 3in the Nanaimo office, has returned froma holiday to Mexico City. While inMexico, Karen and her husband Chestervisited Puerto Vallarta, Mazatland, andGuadalajara,

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Cherryville Road Foreman ARNOLDCORNISH and Machine Operator AL­BERT FOISY have taken up an interest­ing pastime. They have formed a TrailBike Club at Cherryville for the purposeof helping the local kids in their adven­tures on week-end rides . Membership atpresent stands at 14, with 12 bikes usedfor the riders.

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A District and Paving Branch person­nel softball team, entered in the Men'sSoftball Spring League in Vanderhoof,won its first game May II th, by a scoreof 26-4 behind the pitching of FRANKMARTENS, Resident Paving Technician .Play will continue through May andJune with playoffs set to start June 23rd .

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The Highways Headquarters bowlingteam, GEORGE and HERTA WAGG,BETTY and BILL INGRAM, and JIMHOLMES came second in the Govern­ment Bowling League, totalling 5,428 pinsfor five games and winning the PrincessMary Trophy . In the third game JimHolmes rolled the highest pin fall everrolled in a Government league, 10 straightstrikes, five on his eleventh ball and fiveon his twelfth ball, for a total of 423 outof a possible 450. He was suitably hon­oured at the Bowling Banquet on May9th . The above-referenced team also wasin the British Columbia Festival of Sportsand won the city championship andplaced second on Vancouver Island.

Shooting from 23 yards against Vic­toria's best, ALAN E. RHODES, Comp­troller of Expenditure, won the HandicapDivision Trap Trophy at the Victoria GunClub recently. Tied with another com­petitor after breaking 46 out of 50 targetsin high winds, Al won the shoot-off,breaking 22 of 25 targets.

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Recently, a team of young soccer play­ers managed by N. R. ZAPF, Directorof Location, and coached by 1. A. CAM­BREY, of the Location Branch, won theVancouver Island Division 7 of the ShrineTournament. The championships take inall Vancouver Island and out of I')league games played, the team won 16,lost one, and tied two . They scored 79goals and had seven scored against them .

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ABOUT PEOPLEL. E. KRIESE has

been with the Fort St.John District office asC le r k- Ste nographersince October, 1963,but successfully avoid­ed the cameraman forover six years. She is

very active in Sunday School work andco-ordinates many outside activities forthe children. Lorraine's other interestsare music and reading.

A. B. "SWANY"SWANSON, GraderOperator on "the Allincrew. According tohis fellow employees,Swany's favourite pas­time is talking. Hehas been with the De­partment since April,1968.

HENRY VAAN­DERING, Heavy DutyMechanic, moved toDease Lake in May,1969, from Chetwynd.He has been with theDepartment sinceMay, 1966.

MISS GLADYS M.FLOYD, Office Man­ager at Grand Forks,is presently in Englandwhere she is enjoyinga well-earned vacationand visiting relatives.Gladys has been with

the Department in Grand Forks since1951. Besides travelling, she enjoys gar­dening, painting, and curling.

ART PRODEAHL,Engineering Aide,Prince George Dis­trict. Art has beenemployed with the De­partment in PrinceGeorge since May,1968. He is married

and has one daughter.

JANET D. MAR­TIN, Clerk 2, Fort St.John District office, isformerly from Onta­rio . "Jan" moved toFort St. John in 1968and joined the Depart­ment staff in Februarythis year. She is married and has fourdaughters. In her spare time she enjoyssewing, gardening, and bingo . She is anavid football fan, a .. Ti-Cat " booster,since she is from Hamilton.

DEAN H. C. DAV­IS was a p poi n tedClerk-Timekeeper inthe District office, FortSt. John, in December,1969. He was previ­ously employed in alocal bank. To be

married June 20th, Dean spends most ofhis off-duty time putting the finishingtou ches on his mobile home where he andhis bride plan to live. He is also a volun­teer member of the Fort St. John FireDepartment.

MRS . F RAN J.FEDlUK, a native ofGrand Forks, is Clerk­Stenographer 2 in theGolden District office.She joined the Depart­ment in the RosslandDistrict office in 1967and transferred to Golden in July, 1969.Fran enjoys bowling and has done someLittle Theatre acting.

MRS. C. DARBYstarted with the Head­quarters EquipmentBranch in Victoria asa Clerk-Typist in Feb­ruary. Charlotte lovesswimming and camp­ing and her husband,

Jim, is an instructor at the" Y."

JOCK RATTRAY,Road Foreman atGood Hope Lake,whose smiling faceand cheery wit isknown to many trav­ellers in the northernparts of the Province.

Jock has been with the Department since1955, all of which has been spent main­taining the Stew art-Cassiar-Watson LakeHighway. In his leisure time he does alittle gold-mining.

JOHN TOMA, Trac­tor Operator in the At­lin road crew, is ahandy man to havearound because of hismechanical ability .John previcusly livedin the United Statesand started with the Department in Sep­tember, 1968.

GEORGE LANG­LANDS, Stockman 4,Golden District, hasbeen with the Depart­ment since 1956. Hewas timekeeper untilApril, 1960, when heassumed his present

position . George has an unusual hobby­collecting old mechanical pencils andfountain pens. His collection includessome writing instruments of unusualshape, size, and origin.

1 DON ENG, ChiefStorekeeper, CateringStores, Swartz BayTerminal. Don joinedthe Ferries Division inJune, 1960, and wasthe only storekeeper atthat time . As the fer­

ry system has grown, so have the stores.and Don now supervises a staff of 10stockmen. His spare time on week-endsis usually spent on the golf course.

ALEXANDER LO­TOSKY is MechanicForeman 2 in chargeof the local shop . Anative of Golden, Alexhas been with the De­partment since April ,1947. He started as a

Labourer and worked his way to hispresent position by 1962. When he wasyounger, Alex was a hockey player ofnote, and, during a Department inter­Branch game last year he showed youngmen half his age that he still knows howto skate and what to do with the puck .

BILL BOUCHARD,British Columbia Fer­ries Traffic Depart­ment , was in the storesdepartment at SwartzBay and recently trans­ferred to head office.

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MRS. S. HALME,Clerk-Stenographer toRegional Property Ne­gotiator, came to theRegional office in Nel­son after service in theDepartment of Financeand the Department of

the Attorney-General, Victoria, and theKootenay Regional District in Nelson.Her hobbies are skating, fishing, and ski­ing.

MRS. S. WALKER,new Clerk-Stenogra­pher in the Regionaloffice, Nelson, has re­cently arrived fromKelowna. Sheila hastwo small children,aged 4 and 5, and en­

joys ski-ing and tennis.

MRS . MAXINEMcDONALD, SeniorClerk-Stenographer toRegional Highway En­gineer R. W . White,Regional office, Nel­son, has five years'service with the De­partment. Maxine has a daughter. Re­cently she has participated in variouswalkathons,

MISS LOLA SWET­LlKOE, Clerk-Stenog­rapher in the Regionaloffice, Nelson, beganher employment withthe Department in Jan­uary, 1968. Her widevariety of outside in­

terests include ski-ing, jogging, curling,travelling, and camping.

JOE McNABB,Technician I, com­menced with theBridge ConstructionBranch in October,1965. He was previ­ously employed withthe Ontario Depart­ment of Highways. Joe was educated inFort William, Ontario, now known asThunder Bay. He is married with onechild and his hobbies are making fishingtackle and sign painting. Most week­ends Joe is away on a camping expeditionwith his new Land Rover.

MRS. KAREN DU­BOIS, Clerk 3, a newaddition to the Wil­liams Lake Districtoffice.

MARIE TUCKERcommenced with theHighways Department,North Vancouver Dis­trict office, in 1967and is presently a sec­retary to the Region­al Maintenance Engi­

neer. Marie has two sons with whomshe enjoys the outdoors. Golfing andwater ski-ing are among those she enjoysmost. She also finds relaxation in hand­crafts such as pottery and painting.

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DERSON is a brightaddition to the NorthVancouver District of­fice. Her work entailstyping subdivision re­ports and permits forthe District Technician.Joanne is single and surprisingly enjoysfishing for a hobby, particularly lake-fishing . i:f i:f i:f

D . J. BRETECHER,draughtsman in thePrince Rupert Districtoffice, rec ei ved hishigh-school educationin Manitoba . He thenstudied Civil Technol­ogy with a Highway

Municipal Option at the Manitoba Insti­tute of Technology, graduating in 1968.Employment with Manitoba Hydro as asoils inspector preceded his employmentwith the British Columbia Department ofHighways, first on the survey crew on theQueen Charlotte Islands, and now in theDistrict dr aughting office.

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EVELYN HOW­ARD, previously withthe Community Pro­grammes Branch inVancouver, is nowClerk-Stenogr a ph e r 2in the office of theRegional ConstructionEngineer, North Vancouver.

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--......, THEA BEBING-TON is a new face inthe North VancouverDistrict office. She isa Clerk-Stenographer2 for the District Su­perintendent. Thea ismarried and has fourchildren.

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MRS. A . M . WEISSrecently t ran s fer redfrom the Departmentof Finance in GrandForks to the HighwaysDepartment as Clerk2. Ann lives at Chris­tina Lake and enjoys

fishing, and horseback riding.swimming,

G . M . GILCHRIST,Chief Steward on theQueen of Prince Ru­pert, was formerlywith the Canadian Pa­cific Railway andjoined the Prince Ru­pert when she beganservice in May, 1966.

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BOB HEWLETThas joined the QuesnelDistrict office staff af­ter transferring fromthe Water ResourcesBranch in Victoria toQuesnel as an OfficeManager Trainee.

STAN DOBINSON,Technician 2, com­menced with theBridge ConstructionBranch in May, 1957.He has supervised sev­eral major bridge proj­ects in various parts

of the Province. Stan was educated atthe Barnsley Technical College, England,and is a member of the Royal Institutionof Chartered Surveyors. Stan is marriedwith two daughters and three grandchil­dren and his outside interests are photog­raphy, gardening, and woodwork.

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R. H. BUETTNER,Technician 2, com­menced employmentwith the Bridge Con­struction Branch inJune, 1965. He hassupervised majorbridge projects. Bornin Raymond and raised in Glenwood,Alberta, Roy attended the University ofAlberta and Brigham Young Universityin Utah. He was previously employedwith Remington Construction of Cards­ton, Alberta . Since his posting to Vale­mount, Roy has served as coach for theschool basketball team and as presidentof the Valemount Recreation Commis­sion. He is married with two childrenand is an ardent hunter.

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M em ory lane in this case is the road between Prin ce Georgeand Hansard. Here A lien Birchard on the tractor pauses to rolla cigarette while Jack Davies waits on the pull-grader in earlysummer of 1938.

Widenin g the Carib oo Il igh way (now the Trans-Canada) nearBoston Bar in 1935 . Sam e general techniques as toda y but withsmaller, slo wer, and less efficient equipment .

Corduroy construction of Northern Trans- Provincial Highway near Galloway Rapids, 1937.

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You are h ereb y author i z ed to makegeneral repairs to t h e following r01<1s, totalcost not to exc eed 8500 ,00 , inc l u siv e of gas ,oil, etc;

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7th. 1!ay. 1927,

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

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w(>~k Orders.

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Road maintenance in the Sooke area in /927. This photo copyof an original letter, dated May 7, /927, lists a number 'o f roadsand the amounts to be spent 011 each, totalling $500. This am ountis certainly a far cry from what is required today to maintain thearea roads ill repair.

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If you think the" big slide" section of Highway 12 betweenLytton and Lillooet is had now, this is how it looked ill the 20's .WI' are not .1'111'1' who was the braver, the guy who took the pictureor the people he left sitting in the car .

Building the Northern Trails-Provincial Highway near PrinceRupert, by hand tools and wheelbarrows, in 1937 .

In the March issue on page 8 the RR had a picture of the YaleDistrict bridge crew of 1940. As no names were available, theRR asked for help and C. R. Stephenson, Quesnel Highway Dis­trict Office Manager and RR Field Editor in Quesnel, came to therescue. He identified the bridge crew as, left to right : TommyFlynn, Timberman; Paul Herwine, Foreman; Jack Ainsley,Truck-driver; Jack Irving, Timberman; a man known as Charliefrom the Yale area, and William Beckman, Timberman, whosebrother John is a Deckhand on the Darrel Bay-Woodfibre Ferryand who also identified the members of the bridge crew . A well­known former official of the Department, now retired at Sidneynear Victoria. S. D. Harold Pope confirmed Mr. Stephenson'sidentification of the Merritt Courthouse office staff. Back row,left to right : W. McCreight, Janitor; C. R. Stephenson, Depart­ment of Public Works; Thia Fairfoul; A. J. Passmore, Depart­ment of Public Works. Front row, left to right: Bob Cooper,Assessor; Gloria Morrisey (now Mrs. Collitt ); May Hogg; andA. G. Freeze, Government Agent.

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MISCELLANY

The M .V. Sechelt Queen is shown here departing Tsawwassen terminal on one oiher daily trips between Tsawwassen and the Gul] Islands. The Sechelt Queen was[ormerly the Chinook If, built in 1947 at Seattle, Washington. She was purchased [romBlack Ball Ferries in November, 1961 , and operated on the' Horseshoe Bay to Langdalerun until replaced by the larger M .V. Sunshine Coast Queen.

Department oj Highways "ApolloXVlI" (Fernie) scheduled to take off assoon as ' the snow disappears and uponreceipt oj two, volunteers. They arebooster stations to be installed north ojFernie to improve radio reception.

In the early 1930's, public-spirited residents o] Pemberton,North Vancouver District, pooled together to construct a High­ways garage. This same garage, lejt, was in use until 1969, when

a new shop was constructed, The new shop is among the mostmodern in British Columbia, and is a duplicate o] the shopconstructed in Squamish in 1967.

Cairn on Highway 97 at Westbank(near Kelowna), commemorating the Bri­gade Trail near by, which was used by[ur traders [rom IBll. This picture showsHighways employee Ab. Shetler wateringnewly seeded area around cairn as it wasrecently relocated by the Department toimprove sight distance on a hazardouscorner oj Highway 97 at Westbank.

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Beneath the calm waters o] this placidpool lies a paved street in the Town o]Golden. To the right is part oi the equip­ment-shed in the Golden District yard.Resulting [rom a spell o] heavyrain, the" lake" was named by some wag ajterthe town's municipal engineer, and thesame sign advertised its fishing and waterski-ing potential. The boat was added bythe RR cameraman jar effect.

Either the machines appear to be get­ting larger in the New Denver District orthe mechanics smaller. A closer lookshows the miniature mechanic is C layStenberg, son o] M. H. Stenberg, Assis­tant Mechanic Foreman at the New Den­ver Shop.

Group 6, Foreman Training Programme, Allison Pass, April,1970. Front row, left to right, Joe Kobza, Creston; Willard Kreitz,Kamloops; Earl Martinson, Sicamous; Bill Telford, Williams Lake;John Lay, Quesnel; Ted Stockand, Langford; Nels Mikkelson, Edge­wood; Doug Clay, Clayhurst; second row, Frank Prail, Revelstoke;Bud Lovestrom, Grand Forks; Mike O'Connor, Victoria; Rico Di­motassi, Revelstoke; Cas . Cassagrande , Duncan; and Bob Jackman,Rossland. Back row, Ernie Scott, Merritt ; Colin Maber, Victoria;Tucker Forsyth, Gibson ; Les York, Vernon; Chick Milne, TexadaIsland; Dude Lindsay, Cloverdale; Paul Corriveau, Princeton; andCec. Smith, Port Hardy.

Courtenay District Highway office staff are, back row , left toright, D. C. Jones, District Technician; R . G. Mulcaster , DistrictEngineer; Tom Tams, District Office Manager; Norm Mcl.eod,Ferry Clerk. Front row, left to right, Miss B. A. Smith , Clerk­Stenographer; Mrs. D. M . Thompson, Timekeeper; Mrs . S. D.Whitehead, Commercial Student; Mrs. L. A . Corrigall, Clerk­Typist. Missing from photo was Miss E. M . Rodwell, Clerk.

Group 5, Foreman Training Programme, Allison Pass, February,1970. AI Park, Victoria (/); Jack Fredrickson, Prince George (2);Charlie Jeffs , Nelson (3); Harvey Popoff, Grand Forks (4); DonPiggot, Golden (5); Reg Martin, Westbank (6); Bill Cooper, /00Mile (7); Stan Deans, New Westminster (8); Pete Davis, MicaCreek (9); Dave Mac Vicar, Kamloops (/0); Ross Ellis, A lberni(II); Stan Arksey, Birch Island (/2); Alex Brayden, Parksville(/3); Pat Dunn, Vernon (/4); Ron Jones, Clinton (15); Joe Brod­erick, Barriere (/6); Chuck Rolston, Bums Lake (17); Bill Pullin,Mission (/8); Don Martin, Victoria (/9); Mac Gurr, Bella Coola(20); Bill Friesen, Langford (2/); Wilf Patten, Vanderhoof (22);Brick Andrist, Penticton (23); Charlie Blank, Coalmont (24); JackUnternaher, Prince George (25); Tommy Taverna, Lytton (26);and Ed Jennings, Campbell River (27).

During the past winter the shop crew at Good Hope Lake.Fort St. John District, travelled 50 miles, twice a week, to attenda mechanics' night-school course at Cassiar. Lett to right, theyare John Simons, Automotive Mechanic; Terry Antill, Auto­motive Mechanic; Don Wyber, Heavy Duty Mechanic; ArchieMacintyre, Automotive Mechanic ; and Geoff Warrington , Me­chanical Foreman. Standing at the back is August Ebblnghofj,the instructor from Cassiar .

Jaffray road maintenance crew, left to right, W . Semeniuk,E. A . Barr, J. M. Murray, B. L. Bergstrom (Foreman), L. J.Weisgerber, and T. A. Lindberg.

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SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

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Two" accidents" in the Courtenay District yard were featuresof safety rally held there May 15th. Grim reality as shown inleft and centre pictures was simulated for the 60 employees attend­ing the rally from all parts of the district. Speakers were, left to

right, F. Hawkins, Workmen's Compensation Board; Alex Card­well , Region 1 Safety Officer; S. Hunt, W .C.B .: and R. G . Mul­caster, District Engineer.

MERRITI DISTRICT BESTHOUSEKEEPER AND SAFEST

Merritt District crews and DistrictSuperintendent W. G . Helmsing were pre­sented, at a banquet April l Oth in Merritt,with the Good Housekeeping award (theirthird), the Region 2 safety award and theR. McLeod Memorial trophy. About 130people attended and among the out-of­town guests were Dave MacVicar, Re­gional Maintenance Engineer (Kam­loops); A. E. Rhodes, Comptroller ofExpenditure (Victori a) ; J . T. Evans, Re­gional Mechanical Superintendent, andH. D. Francis, Regional Safety Officer(Kamloops ) ; A. F. Park, Senior Trainingand Safety Officer (Victoria); and J . H.Pankiw, District Engineer (Penticton).

Grand Forks High­way District was the1969 winner in Region3 of the Departmentof Highways safetytrophy, presented an­nually to the district ineach region with thelowest acciden t-fre­quency rate throughoutthe year. The trophy,also won by GrandForks for 1968, was

presented by Senior Maintenance Engi­neer D. F. Martin of Victoria at a ban­quet and dance March 20th in the Cana­dian Legion Hall in Grand Forks.

The Pouce Coupe District received theannual award trophy for the lowest count­able accident-frequency rate for all fourregions for 1969. D. F. Martin, SeniorMaintenance Engineer, right, presents thetrophy to J. E . Steven, District Superin­tendent, at a presentation dinner at PouceCoupe.

The gold award of merit presented bythe British Columbia Safety Council hasbeen won by the Nelson Regional andDistrict office staffs and was presentedrecently by the Hon. W. D. Black, Min­ister of Highways . The award was re­ceived by Mrs. Sheila Walker on behalfof D. R. Godfrey, District Office Man­ager; Mrs. Sheila Walker; Mrs. MaxineMcDonald; Miss Lola Swetlikoe; Mrs .Sherrie Halrne; and S. J. Dixey, RegionalOffice Manager.

Regional Maintenance Engineer P. B.McCarthy presented Safety Council silverawards to the Nelson District ferry crewsof the M.V. Balfour and the M.V. Ans­comb.

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H . D . Francis. Region 2 Safety Officer, presented a silver-on-gold safety award tothe 100 Mile House road crews. W. Kirkland. Chairman of the Safety Committee.accepted the trophy on behalf of the crews .

ConvalescentsNorth Vancouver District Superintendent W. M. UNDERWOOD is back in his

office after an absence of seven weeks due to illness .ROBERT A. WALKER, Machine Operator in the Merritt Highways District, is

recovering from surgery and may be absent from work for two months. All employeesin Merritt wish him a speedy recovery.

The Vanderhoof District highway crew at Fort St. James recently welcomed ADLI RETTE back on the job following a winter-long period of convalescence.

Employees of the Cranbrook District were happy to see PETER BECKER, MachineOperator 3, Cranbrook road crew , back to work after a major operation and they wishspeedy recoveries to LARRY E. TAYLOR, Road Foreman 4, Cranbrook District, andWILLIAM F. SOCZOWSKI, Mechanic I, Cranbrook garage crew, who are at home aftermajor operations.

OLIVER POWERS, Campbell River Maintenance crew, is convalescing after anautomobile accident, GORDON HIGHWAY, Courtenay bridge crew, is convalescingafter a fall from a scaffold in the Courtenay yard, and A. A. GUTHRIE, Cortes Islandmaintenance crew, is at home recovering from a back ailment.

CHARLIE HORSNELL, Labourer. is in hospital. His fellow employees in theNanaimo District wish him a speedy recovery.

NORMAN TAYLOR, Assistant Mechanical Foreman, at Parksville. had the mis­fortune to break his foot. A ISO-lb. battery handle pulled out of the battery, causingit to fall on his foot.

REGION ONESAFETY BANQUET Patrol First Aid and Rescue Tearn

M embers of the Department o f H igh­ways Patrol recentl y qualified for the St.John 's A mbulance senior first-aid certifi­elite. Patrolm an Harold Jensen pract isesoral resuscitation under the critical eyesof Patrolman A rt Pickering and St. Joh ninstru ctor Bud M cl. ellan at a first-aidclass prior to qualification .

Patrolmen George Cooper and JohnLamont remov e .. injured passenger "from wreck ed auto.

Th e Department of Highways Patrol First A id team in front o f the A gradome allthe Pacific National Exhibition grounds on the occasion of their participation in the St .Iohn Ambulance and Workmen's Compensation Board Com petition. Back ro w, leftto right, Patrol Sergeant William Carruthers, Patrolmen Don Straughan, G eorge Cooper,John Lamont. Front row , left to right , Coach Don Hudson , Patrolmen Bud M cl.ellan ,Art Pickering, and Harr y Cunningham ,

Patrol First A id and R escue team illaction dur ing the Lo wer M ainland com­petition ill the A gradom e, VaIlCOII\·er .

Department of Highways patrol mem ­bers recently formed a first aid and rescueteam for the purpose of increasing theirefficiency through competition with otherteams in the Province. Team membersare Patrolmen Bud McLellan (Captain),Art Pickering, John Lamont, DonStraughan, Harry Cunningham, JohnBrown, and George Cooper (Manager) .Coaching is by Don Hud son of MetroAmbulance, Vancouver.

Recently the team travelled to Victoriaand competed in the Lower VancouverIsland First Aid Competition, receivinga second-place award. On May 9, 1970,th e team took fourth place in the annualcompetition sponsored by St. John Ambu­lance and the Workmen's CompensationBoard.

On May 23rd it will tr avel to Nanaimoto enter in the Upper Vancouver IslandMine Safety Competition.

Don Page, R egional Traffic Sup erin­tend ent , right , and Len Fang, CentreL ine Supervisor, with the centre linecrew's bron ze-on-gold award.

Mr. Macl.ean , right, presents Mr. Git ­tins, left, and Carl Seehuber, N ew West­minister Di strict Saf ety Chairman, withthe Region al saf ety award.

Mr. Macl.ean presents R egion 1 Main­tenan ce Engineer W . E. M ercer with theaward of honour for the Regional andN orth Vancouver District office and engi­neering staff. Th e award was for 566,184hours without a tim e-loss accident forthe period April, 1962, to October, 1969.

The Region I Annual Safety banquetwas held in March , 1970. Th e banquetand dance was attended by approximately300 employees and guest s honouring thecombined electrical crew, centre linecrew, and New Westminster District forwinning the Regional award for 1969.R. W. Gittins, District Engineer, intro­duced the head-table guests from Victoriaand the Regional office. Other guestswere the mixing crew and Dock District.The guest spea ker, F . A. MacLean, As­sistant Deputy Minister, congratulated thedistrict and crews on behalf of the Hon.W. D. Black . Mini ster, who was unableto attend.

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ON THE JOB

III the course of a recent ma jor inspection of Lion s GateBridge, the main suspender cables were un wrapped so that indi­vidual strands could he inspected. Standing on platform highabove First Narrow s, assist ing In spectin g Engineer Larry Gard­ner of N ew Y ork (with his back to cam era) are, clo ckwise, L eonLorett e, Bridge Fo reman; A I Wulisser, Bridge Di strict Engineer;Manuel Quieta and Gordon Downing, Bridgemen , Th e cables,incidcntullv, were fount! in perfec t conditio n af ter 35 yea rs o fservice.

Paint ing the salt shed in the W estbank yard, Kelowna District,L es Jensen on ladder and, left to right, Hu gh M cCartney andGary August.

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John Hr echka, Ma chine Op erator, left, and Dave Grant, RoadForeman, prepar e 10 swe ep north weigh-scale site on the JohnHart-Peace River Highway, just north of Prince G eorge.

Que snel road crew repairin g frost boils on Highway 97, 20mites south of Qu esnel. A nnual repair on this section will soonhe unn ecessary as it is bein g reconstructed . Note swath on theright side of the picture.

Archie Slu ggett and Jim Gait are Department employees sta­tioned at Swartz Bay . From her e th ey travel to th e various do cksand buildings of the British Columbia Ferri es Division to ke epthem in good repair.

Snowblast R-IOOO clearing windrowsof snow on the Stewart-Cassiar High­way where the total snowfall is approxi­mately 132 inches per year. The unitis operated by Alfred Ball.

To improve road widths on some ofthe Gulf Islands it is necessary to drilland blast rock. Norman Porter, Powder­man, is shown drilling sandstone rock forsuch (Ill operation.

This is a "glacier" ill the A tlin Dis­trict ill northern British Columbia, atleast it's called Glacier Creek. Tryingto control the flow of water are DougVantine, Road Foreman, who came toAtlin from Francois Lake; Orin A nder­.1'011, Truck-driver; and Sylvester Jack,Tractor Operator.

This is a view from the back of the Department of Highways Maintenance Campat Good Hope Lake, 63 miles south of the Alaska Highway at Mile 649 . In the back­ground is the Cassiar Mountain Range and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway.

Courtenay District Hy-Hoe removes last of the old gas and oil shed demolishedafter construction of new shed, right.

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BRIDGES

The Sugar Lake Bridge, a landmark since1938 in the Cherryville area of Vernon High­way District, was demolished and dropped intoShuswap River by Road For eman Jack Amiesand his assistant, Willy Bock-Phillips, in Aprilof this year. The bridge is locat ed 1/ milesnorth of Highway 6 at Sugar Lake. Recon­struction began imm ediately by the Vernonbridge crew, com prised of John Courcet, JamesElliott, Dal e Webb, Malcolm Walk er, MarvinZwarych , Stan Bennett, and Bridge Fo remanCharlie Hinman.

Som e of Lillooet bridge crew working on new70-foot span at Cache Creek. The bridge, com ­pleted at the end of March. is within the Vil ­lage o f Cache Cr eek. On pile-driver, top pic­ture , are R ollie Elliot, Mr. Smith, and ArtJones. A have picture shows Julius Priesteroperating .. dank" on driver.

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Opening of the Ilew Willow River Bridge a ll Hi ghway 16 East last fall madedeto ur road and Bailey bridge unnecessary : Latter was removed and dismantledearly this year, To p. photo sho ws view of crossin g with Frank Peck. Senior Fore­man, standing on deck, Bottom picture shows dismantling with Prince G eorgebridge crew m embers Jack Pyle. Albert Hembrow, and Robert Harrison ,

The old Kamloops East Bridge is recetvtng major repairs with com pleterenewal of all stringers, cross-ties, deck, and sidewalk, Supervising and assistingin the operation is John Morris, Bridge Foreman, and T , Chiarotti. Her e th enew deck is bein g nail ed down with John Morris and Dave Morris start ing th enails and Dennis Jon es on the air-hammer, The bridge truck is driven by R onDonchi .

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