THE BRITISH COLUMBIA MARCH, 1970

RunnerPUBLISHED BY TH E DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 7, NUMBER 1

ROCKS, ICE, W ATER, SAWDUST, BEAVERS ?

On November 9, 1969, a rock fall occurred at Cape Horn, 1 mile north ofSlocan City, New Denver Highway District in which massive blocks broke free clos­ing Slocan-New Denver section of Highw'rY 6 until December 13. Left, precipitousrock ledge carries highway above rugged beauty of the region . Right, Departmentofficials prepare for blasting dangerous overhang left after slide.

Continuous settling of the Priest Meadowsection of the Germansen Landing Road hasbeen of concern to the Department for manyyears. The Materials Testing Branch recom­mended a light-weight sawdust fill to be" floated." across the meadow constructed inthe winter months to take advantage of thefrost. Depth of sawdust will range between4 and 8 feet, with 40-foot side berms con­structed with ordinary fill material.

During extreme cold weather in January in the Prince Georgearea, the junction of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers becameblocked with ice. Left picture shows Old Nechako Bridge down­stream blocked with ice. The Cottonwood island residential area

jlooded and some residents were evacuated, Right picture is thePrince George Pulp-mill Road and shows the level the icereached in relation to the road.

Construction Project No. 1788, Gold River Townsite to Muchalat Inlet, a tough7J6 miles on the Gold River Highway by day labour, district forces, and hired equip­ment. Administered by the Courtenay District and Regional Construction EngineerE. I . Garrett, Project Supervisor Bill Nielsen, and lob Superintendent A I Parkin.Left, Courtenay District Foreman Bill King and his crew hang on while they con­struct Bill Wall near Indian Creek. No argument, Bill , the mountain-top is upthere and the canyon-bottom is down there. Right, anti-splash screen at CascadeCreek, the frame is pipe and couplers with rough cedar basketweave-s-design by E. I.Garrett. The screen is shutter-bug subject when it turns to " ice fence" in winter.

2

Prince George District Foremen, left toright, Dean Ireland, Dave Gran t, and lackB. Unternaher surveying result of blasting ofbeaver dam.

Associate Field Editors* *

Published Quarterly by the

British Columbia Department of HighwaysVictoria, British Columbia

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur J. Schindel, Editor

Number IMarch, 1970

* *

THE ROAD RUNNER

Volume 7

A. R. Limacher . Victoria

Bill Ingram .__. .. ..... Victoria

Al Walisser ..__. . .. . Bridge District

Jim Winton ....__North VancouverS. J. Tognela . Burnside

J. W. Morris. , ._Nanaimo

M. Butler Courtenay

Dav id Price . British Columbia Ferries DivisionGeorge Cooper Patrol , North VancouverEllis Meads __. ._.. Dock District

Lloyd Burgess New WestminsterDon Osborne .. . Chilli wackJim Ferrier Kamloops

Edie Smith Williams Lake

Murray Ramsay Salmon Arm

M. J. Newlands Revelstoke

Al Desimone .... ._ Vernon

Fred Evans ..__ KelownaJ. W. Zaporozan Penticton

Jim Chenoweth .. ... Merritt

Dave Roberts Lillooet

Dorothy Wilkins Grand Forks

R. E. McKeown -- _.._ _ RosslandS. J. Dixey --- Nelson

Fred Angrignon . ....__....New DenverIrene Labelle Creston

N. K. Molander CranbrookSam Caravetta .. Fernie

John Edgar .__. . .._. ...._GoldenSteve Sviatko .Smithers

J. C. Bartsch ..__.. .. .. Pouce CoupeHomer Good ..Fort St. JohnDon Hutton _...... Terrace

E. A. Beaumont .Prince GeorgeShirley Hrechka Prince George

Jack Doddridge .._...Prince GeorgeC. R. Stephenson Quesnel

George Harper . .. .. __VanderhoofH. R. Walker .. __.Bums Lake

W. R. Ball .. Prince Rupert

DEPARTMENT EMBLEM

Cover Photo-Northern Trans-Provincial Highway, be­tween Smithers and Moricetown.

W e all get called a fewthin gs from tim e to tim e, bycitizens who fee l they are notgetti ng th e service from th eD epartment th ey thin k theysho uld. So me people don'tunderstand that the D epart­m ent is limited no t only inwhat it ou ght to do by policybut also in what it is per­

m itt ed to do by law . So me who com plain lou dest aboutDepartment restrictio ns. regulations, and " red tape," onmatters involving public right -of- way , are th e first todell/and that the Departm ent snowplow their pri vate roador pro vide facilities 10 drain th eir boggy private land.Bu t I belie I'e th e citize ns of British Co lumbia, hy andlarge, get good value from our Department. Th ou gh itm ay appear sometimes as a faceless bureaucracy , it isstaffe d by people who kn o ll' th ey are serving otherpeopl e, not roads and regulations. A goo d deal of careand attention is give n el'en to th e smallest problem s andreq uests and, if th ere is a way, it is usually fo und. Thereis just eno ugh flexi bility to permit ratio nal judgme nt onissues and com mon-sense app lica tion of rules. Mostpeo ple rea lize the Departm ent is up against legal and fi­nancial lim its. BIIt perhaps what they don 't realize istliat there are a fell' th ou sand conscie ntious m en andwOlI/en who will go th e limit fo r them,

W . D . BLA CK , M inister.

Whatever you call it-an emblem, a symbol, acres t , or a decal-the Department needs one.

A circular recently outlined the details of a contestin which Department personnel were asked to submitideas for such an identification mark to be used inpublications, plans, buildings, and equipment.

You don't have to be an ex per t in heraldry, or anartist, or a draughtsman. A sketch or even a worddescription can convey the idea or theme.

Details are in circular letter G-70 sign ed by DeputyMinist er H. T. Miard.

Clear Eyes and Steady HandsThe Department office and draughting-room at Quesnel have

the distinction of being the only room s in the Government build­ing to have all non-smokers . As of January I, B. Niehaus, Engi­neering Assistant ; R. P. Zerr, Engineering Aide; and A. Attwood,stenographer, have joined the exclusive group dedicated to non­pollution of the wonderful Cariboo air. In the cause of journal­istic integrity the RR hopes it can safely print this item 10 weekslater.

LIT HOGRAP HED IN CANADA BY A. SUTTON. Q UEEN'S PRINTE R, V ICTORIA, BRIT IS H COLUMBIA.3

PROMOTIONS

JAMES ANGUS was promo ted toMechanic IA in the New Hazelton ga­rage January I, 1970. He started withthe Department in July, 1969. Jim ismarried with one child.

DAVID BENOIT, Road Foreman 2at Anahim Lake, has won through com­petition the Road Foreman 3 position atAlexis Creek.

R. M. CLOSE re­cently won throughcompetition, the posi­tion of Road Foreman3 in the Fort St. JohnDistrict. Marshallwent to the district in1963 from the North­

west Highway System (Alaska HighwayMaintenance) as a Grader Operator.

LEW DONOVANrecently won the posi­tion of Road Mainten­ance Foreman 4 in thePouce Coupe Di strict.Lew, his wife and theirfour children spent IIyears at Chetwynd on

the John H art Highway but have beensettled back in their own home at PouceCoupe for the past four years.

MRS. KAREN LOGAN recently trans­ferred to the Accounts Branch at VictoriaHeadquarters as a Clerk-Stenographer Ireplacing Mrs . Carol Shaw who has leftthe Department. Karen has been withthe Equipment Branch since March 1,1967.

RON JONES was moved to Clinton totake over the District Foreman's job fromJohn Butterill, just retired. Ron wasformerly foreman at Burns Lake and nowbecomes Foreman 3.

ADOLPH SCHUMAN was transferredfrom Pouce Coupe to Bella Coola Sep­tember I , 1969, as Mechanic 2.

NEW FACESIN NEW PLACES

CHARLIE LAKE SOUTHWICK,Foreman 2, recently moved within theFort St. John District to look after theroads in Hudson Hope and Bennett Damarea. Charlie is one of the old timers inthe Peace River District. It is interestingto note that .he was named after his placeof birth, Charlie Lake.

CLIFF BROWN,District Office Man­ager at Smithers, hasbeen transferred toSalmon Arm as DistrictOffice Manager. Hav­ing worked at five dif-ferent offices in Re­

gion 4 during the past six years Cliff islooking forward to working in Region 2.Cliff and his wife, Sandy, have twodaughters.

DENNIS CUL­LING, new to the FortSt. John District ,comes from Falklandto take over duties inh i s new p o sition asForeman 2.

D. J. (DAN) HAWErecently won throughcompetition the posi­tion of Regional Stock­man in Kamloops.He started with theDepartment in March,1964, as District Stock­man in Smithers. Dan is married andhas one son. His hobbies are hockey,ski-ing, and fishing.

RONALD M. JONES ha s been suc­cessful in his bid for Road ForemanGrade 3, at Clinton. The crew in BurnsLake will miss him, not to mention theRod and Gun Club of which he waspresident. Ron has three children.

ti ti ti

CHRIS J. EGOLF has been successfulin his bid for Bridge Foreman Grade 3at Will iams Lake . He h as been a Gov­ernment employee since 1960 and has fivechildren. Chris enjoys all of the outdoorsparticularly boating and fishing .

VIC RUPITZ, Clerk 3 with the De­partment at Quesnel, won through compe­tition the position of Clerk 5 in theWilliams Lake office. Previous to Vic'sappointment he was acting Office Man­ager at Williams Lake.

HOWARD GRA­HAM, Yardman in theSmithers District, hasbeen promoted to Dis­trict Stockman. How­ard has been with theDepartment sinceMay, 1968.

1

O. T . (OLIVER)KING recently wonthrough competitionthe position of DistrictOffice Man ager inKamloops. He startedwith the Departmentin March, 1957, as

Timekeeper in Salmon Arm, then pro­moted to District Office Manager in Sal­mon Arm. Oliver is married and hasthree children.

F . O. CHAMBERScurrently on recon­struction of the FortSt. John Creek hill .Fred was promoted toSenior Foreman in theFort St. John Districtin April, 1969. Dur­ing his service with the Department since1956, Fred has worked on various ph asesof maintenance and con struction, since1962 as Foreman.

C. A. THOVESON(TOBY) recently wonthrough competitionthe position of Fore­man 2 in the Fort St.John District. Tobystarted with the De­partment in 1966 as aMachine Operator and has worked atvarious positions until his new appoint­ment.

E. BUTTERFIELD,Assistant Me ch an icForeman, Terrace, ha swon position of Me­chanic Foreman , Na­n aimo. Eugene startedwith the Departmentat Prince George in

1955 . He has three children and likescurl ing, golf, and fishing.

4

10-7 CLUB WEDDINGS

LARRY E. TAYLOR, Road Foreman4, Cranbrook District, is out of hospitaland resting at home after a heart attackin December. Cranbrook employeeshope to see Larry back on the job in goodhealth in March.

* * 1:rJIM MOODY, Patrolman at Swartz

Bay Terminal, has recovered from sur­gery and returned to work.

R * *JACK CLARKE, Patrolman at Tsaw­

wassen Terminal, has recovered from legsurgery and returned to work.

* * *RON HATHAWAY, Patrolman at

First Narrows, is recovering in hospitalafter suffering a heart attack January24th. His fellow members wish him aspeedy recovery.

Convalescents

Joy Hine y and Glen N eilson were mar­ried in the First Unit ed Church in Daw­son Creek on October 18, 1969. Gl en isemployed on Crusher Q-21 and the couplewill be travelling about the Prince GeorgeRegion .

Dorothy Holgate and Herb Lexa weremarried in the Dawson Creek First UnitedChurch on A ugust 3D, 1969, by the Rev­erend S. J. Wylie. The couple spent theirhoneymoon on a trip through British Co­lumbia. Do rathy is a Clerk 2 in thePouce Coupe District Office .

A number of ro adforemen, mechanicalmen and office staffgathered at the Na­naimo Courthouse tohonour GO R D ONCOUGHTRY, Me­chanical Foreman, who

has retired after 23 years' service withthe Department. One of Gordon's hob­bies is lawn bowling.

* * *TOM COLEMAN,

Road MaintenanceForeman, retired inMay, 1969, after 25years' service with theDepartment. Tomjoined the Departmentin Atlin, in 1944,where he remained until his transfer toWells, in 1966. After two years he re­turned to Atlin. At a retirement partyold friends and associates presented himwith a miniature road grader and mone­tary gifts . He also received a 25-yearpin at the same time.

* * *JULIUS DYCK has left the Depart­

ment after completing 21 years' service .Most of this time was spent maintainingroads and bridge s in the Deer Park andRenata are as on Lower Arrow Lake.Julius joined the Castlegar crew whenDeer Park and Renata were due for flood­ing by the stora ge behind the Hugh Keen­leyside Dam (High Arrow) at Castlegar.

* * *RUSS TRITES, Mechanic Foreman, at

Terrace, has left the Department to gointo business after 20 years' service . Russjoined the Dep artment in 1950 at Quesnel,went to Prince George as Assistant Me­chanic Foreman 2 and to Terrace in 1964.He has bought a motel in Chilliwack.

* * *ALFRED L. KATZEL, Truck Driver

with the Department at Quesnel, retiredin November, 1969. AI has worked in­termittently for the Department from1937 to 1944 at which time he becamesteadily employed there until his retire­ment. AI was presented with a goldwrist watch by his fellow employees.

* * *HAROLD P. GOODMANSON,

Bridgeman 3 with the Department ofHighways, Langford, retired at the endof November, 1969, after 20 years ofcontinuous service with the Department.Harold was presented with a camera- byhis fellow employees, at a dance held inthe Legion Hall, Langford.

* * *J. A. MARTINEAU has retired after

nine years with the Cassidy road crew.

TOM NUTTER,Road Foreman, Nel­son Highway District,has retired after work­ing with the Depart­ment for 35 years. Ata party in his home he

J was presented with ascroll for meritorious service by G. R.Kent, District Superintendent, on behalfof the Department. He also receivedtelegrams of congratulations from theHonourable W. D. Black, Minister ofHighways, and H. T . Miard, Deputy Min ­ister. Tom and Mrs. Nutter also receivedgifts from his fellow workers and friends.

* * *PHILIP H. COW-

EN, Machine Opera­tor 4, of the YahkMaintenance Crew inthe Cranbrook Dis­trict, retired Novem­ber 30, 1969. Philipstarted with the De-partment December 19, 1959. He ismarried and has one son. G . K. Austin,District Superintendent, Cr anbrook, pre­sented Philip with a pair of binoculars onbehalf of fellow employees in the Cr an­brook District.

* * *HAROLD B. SO-

DERBERG has re­tired from his job asBuilding Service Work­er at Deas Tunnel andOak Street establish­ments. Born in Swe­

- .r " den, he came to Can­ada and settled in Winnipeg in 1928 andmoved to Nelson in 1930. In 1955 hejoined the Department as deck hand onthe Ladner Ferry, and in 1959 went tohis recent job. Mr. Soderberg plans totake a trip to Sweden in June .

* * *HORACE BROWN

has retired after 26years' service with theDepartment. H 0 racewas Road Foreman inthe Nanaimo area forseveral years and alsoserved as Truck Driv- ~er and Loader Operator.~

* * *G. BRIGHTON,

Truck Driver in theNanaimo District, hasretired early due toillness . Russ Gallo­way made a presenta­tion to Gordon onbehalf of his fellow

workers with who m he had associatedduring his 13 years' service in the De­pa rtment.

5

ABOUT PEOPLE

BILL COCKS, Ter­minal Agent, Depar­ture Bay Terminal.Bill was formerly withBlack Ball Ferries andbecame TerminalAgent here in 1963.

LLOYD W. PAINE,Engineering Assistantin the Smithers Dis­trict, started with theDepartment in April,1956. He is marriedand has two children.

LEN TRUDEAU isattached to the BridgeBranch, Victoria, andwill be working out ofthe Smithers Districtfor the winter months.Len is married withtwo children. He

started with the Department in May,1969.

SHIRLEY ANNMcADAM, Clerk 2, isleaving the Fort St.John District Office toreturn to the sunnyOkanagan. She hasbeen in Fort St. Johnsince 1960 and withthe District since 1965. Friends gatheredto wish Shirley well and present her witha farewell gift.

MISS CONNIEBAHER has been inthe Prince George Re­gional Office as ste­nographer since May,1969. Before joiningthe Department Con­nie was employed at

the Prince George Regional Hospital.Her hobbies are sewing and reading andshe can often be found at the stock-carraces in the summer.

C. R. PARKER.Area Manning Officerfor British ColumbiaFerries at DepartureBay. Mr . Parker hasbeen at the terminalsince 1965.

JIM HAWES, En­gineering Aide 3, hasbeen with the DockDe sign Office s i nc eMarch, 1969. He ismarried and is takingnight courses towarda degree in Mechan­ical Technology at the British ColumbiaInstitute of Technology.

BEV GREEN isreally a studious andconscientious em­ployee . His time istaken up with survey­ing, draughting, sub­divisions, permits, re­ports, and estimates.

He has remained with the Departmentsince June, 1951. No matter what thedifficulty is Bev manages to retain ahappy face.

MAURY INGRAM.Engineer supervising •highway design in theLocation Branch,started with the Con­struction Branch inthe summers of 1948and 1949. He gradu­ated from U.B.C. in 1950 with a B.Sc.degree and worked with the LocationBranch from 1950-53 and was DistrictEngineer in New Westminster from 1953­1956, rejoined the Location Branch in1956 and moved to Victoria in 1957 towork in freeway design. He is marriedwith two children.

G. W. WAGG hasbeen appointed headof the Payroll andVoucher Section atHeadquarters replac­ing Norm Wylie whorecently transferred tothe Mental Health

Branch. George started with the Depart­ment in 1949 with the Parliament Build­ings telegraph office and transferred tothe accounts in November, 1950, as arunner. He has been with headquartersaccounts ever since, except for a year atthe Burnside office.

Y:l Y:l

T. V. E. (VIC)VICKERS is the Com­puter Engineer of de­sign programming forthe Bridge Design Of­fice. Born in Van­couver he completedhis elementary andhigh-school education in the Okanaganand graduated from U.B.C. in Civil Engi­neering in 1953, and joined the Con­struction Branch of the Department. In1955 he left the Department to work forEmil Anderson Construction. Vic thenmoved to Glasgow, Scotland, where heworked on the design of reinforced-con­crete structures. Returning to Canada in1959, he rejoined the Department, work­ing for the Bridge Branch as DesignEngineer. In 1956 Vic again yielded tothe beckoning of the land of bagpipesand heather and worked for the nextthree years for an engineering firm de­signing bridges for Glasgow's new InnerRing Road. Vic and his wife returned,with their daughter, to Canada in 1968and he started work again in the Depart­ment in his present capacity.

Y:l Y:l Y:l

BRIAN SORLEY,Technician 1, Head­quarters Bridge Con­struction, started em­ployment with theDepartment as anEngineering Aide in1956 and was pro­

moted to Resident Engineer in 1963.Since that time he has been projectsupervisor on various bridge projects. Heis married with two boys and a girl.Brian's hobbies are flying and photog­raphy.

Y:l Y:l Y:l

ORVIL BORGER­SON, foot-passengerTicket Agent at De­parture Bay. He is arecent employee whojoined British Colum­bia Ferries six monthsago.

GEORGE BROWN,Department of High­ways Foreman at De­parture Bay, whereconstruction of a newcovered walkway tothe ships, for foot pas­sengers, is being car­ried out.

ROBERT AYOTTE,Engineering Aid e I,has been with theDock Design Officesince January, 1970.He is single, and livesin Coquitlam. r

6

lOC Years' Service by FourDepartment Employees

F . L. CARR, ofLumby, started withthe Department in1944, as truck driver.He is Road Foreman 2at Lumby. JOSEPHBROWN, of Winlaw,joined the Department

in 1944. working most of his service asa Grader Operator.

'tl 'tl 'tl

Presentation of 25-year awards to fourDepartment employees was made by theHon . W. A. C. Bennett at a special lunch­eon in December honouring long servicegovernment employees.

J. C. DRAKE, Re­gional Technician,North Vancouver, wasamong the four. Col­vin started with theDepartment in theBurnside District in1944, where he re­

mained until August, 1961, when he waspromoted to Technician 2 and transferredto North Vancouver Regional office. Col­vin is married and has four children withwhom he enjoys camping and fishing.

'tl 'tl 'tlTwo employees fromthe Okanagan area andone from the Koote­nay, were also amongthe recipients. H. E.STENQUIST, of En­derby, started with theDepartment in 1942,and operated various types of equipmentuntil 1967, when he was appointed reliefroad foreman.

MRS. B. JONES,Clerk-Typist 1 in Kam­loops Regional Office,is the most recent ar­rival to the Depart­ment. Betty has threechildren and enjoyssewing, swimming, andgolf for hobbies.

'tl 'tl 'tlMRS . 1. WHIT­

AKER, Clerk 3 withthe British ColumbiaFerries at DepartureBay. Joyce works asleave clerk in the areamanning office.

'tl 'tl *JACK SHAW, Road

Maintenance Foremanon Galiano Island islooking forward to atour of the British Islesin June.

H. C. (BERT) DAVIES, SeniorPersonnel Officer, sends copies ofour Road Runner to Bangkok,Thailand.

Mr. Prayud Thaiwudh-Bhongwas in Victoria, sponsored by theColombo Plan in 1960, and spentsome time with the Department ofHighways. On his return home hebegan sending to the Personnel Of­fice a colourful magazine entitledHoliday Time in Thailand. Mr.Davies, in turn, has sent him copiesof the Road Runner.

'tl

'tl

'tl

'tl

'tl

'tl

C. S. SHAW, Dis­t ric t Superintendent,Golden, began with theDepartment as rodmanin Cranbrook, March,1947. During his manyyears with the Depart­ment he has succeeded

in maintaining a happy public. One ofhis hobbies is ham-radio op eration.

DA VE LOCKETT,Technician 2, startedwith the Bridge Branchin June, 1955, as anEngineering Aide . Hewas previously em­ployed as an instru­mentman in Toronto.

In 1957 Dave was promoted to ResidentEngineer and since that time has servedas Project Supervisor on many majorbridge projects. Dave is married withtwo boys and two girls at home in Inver­mere. He is a snowmobile enthusiastand an ardent fisherman and hunter.

VIC BOOTH, RoadForeman, was present­ed with a clock ba­rometer to mark 30years' continuous ser­vice with the Depart­ment of Highways andPu blic Works. Thepresentation was made on beh alf of Vic'sfellow workers of the Bridge District andlandscaping crews .

Stanley F. Deans, Road Maintenance 4,New Westminster District, is one of avery small and exclusive group of Gov­ernment employees-those with 40 years'service. The lIonourable W . A . C. Ben­nett, Premier, presented a gold watch toStan for his long service at the specialpresentation banquet last December. Stanstarted in 1928 and worked the wholetime with Public Works and Highways.He was appointed Foreman in the Alder­grove area in 1942, and worked as main­tenance and construction Foreman in theFraser Valley area from Hope to Rich­mond until about 1957. He was thensent north as special construction projectForeman on Queen Charlotte Islands,Prince Rupert, Stewart-Cassiar, and Squa­mish, returning to the Lower Fraser Val­ley in 1961. He then transferred to Co­quitlam in September of 1961, where hehas remained since. .

'tl'tl'tl

MRS . K. LEVENS, Clerk 3, retiredfrom the working field July 15, 1969, tobecome a mother and housewife. Mrs.Levens has been with the Department ofHighways in the Williams Lake DistrictOffice for five years and was a veryefficient well-liked employee.

Mrs. Phyllis Court has replaced Mrs.Levens as Clerk 3.

Headquarters e x a m t n t n g section ofHighways and Public Works Accounts,consists of, left to right, Mrs. LeslieVeitch, Miss Irene Standal, CliO Vessey,Mrs. Lynda Thorsen, and Gary Dobbie.Missing from the picture was Miss SylviaJubb.

'tl

'tl

'tl

'tl

'tl

'tl

LYNN SAWAT­SKY, Engineering Aide1 (a), has been withthe Dock Design Of­fice sin c e September,1969. She is single andlives with her parentsin Burnaby. Her hob­

by is making scale models, especiallyarchitectural models of houses, play­grounds, and interior designs. She re­cently won a bronze medal at the P.N .E.for her model of a house of the future.

MRS. A. M. OAKEShas been been with theDepartment for n in eyears. Previously withanother department ofGovernment, she Ie f tto gi ve opportunitiesfor younger workers.She was with the Department from 1945until 1951, worked intermittently until1961, when she rejoined and has remainedsince.

7

PEEK INTO THE PAST

:

·O .INGURS' COl,",- ,

The RR came across these two group pictures recently with nonames. Left, is the Yale District Bridge crew in 1940, modellingthe latest in work clothes and, right, the Merritt courthouse staff of

The vehicles and head gear have probably changed more in 28years than the operator. Left, Ray Woods with his 1930 White

D. C. Pollock, Road Foreman 2, at Pender Harbour, standingbeside a 1934 dump truck, now owned by a resident of the PenderHarbour area and which Mr. Pollock took delivery of when it wasnew in late 1933, or early 1934, at Sechelt. The vehicle was deliv­ered there by boat as there was no road connection at that timebetween Gibsons and Sechelt. Mr. Pollock was the original opera­tor of the vehicle and drove it until his promotion to Foreman.

8

1939, with ladies wearing the latest 1970 fashion, the Midi-coat.Can anyone supply names for either photo?

'.

truck S-91-E near Westbank in 1942. Now Machine Operator 4Ray strikes similar pose by his present truck.

Only 31 years ago motorists heading up the Fraser Canyon weregreeted by Mr. M. McKibben's smiling face-and outstretchedhand. Operated by the now disbanded British Columbia ProvincialPolice, the toll gate at Yale was closed in 1940.

MISCELLANY·_ -- - - - -----

Probably one of the few still on thejob, this pull-grader is used for minormaintenance work on the TelegraphCreek Road, No . 51, by Fort St . JohnDistrict. The manual-controlled m inipull-grader is used on parts of the 74miles of road between the Stewart-CassiarHighway and Telegraph Cre ek .

WAT, H FOR

N0V!~OWS

s~n:fIU(~S

~._,;::..;.J..:;"-

Well, it beats gettin g out the car andwalking in the bush to hunt. In fact someintrepid" sportsmen" in the Bridge Riverarea think shooting up highway signs witha shotgun is a real blast . Department saysmany signs are vandalized like th is inLillooet District, and not alwa ys in hunt­ing season. Left, L. Fleming, l nstrument­man, and right , Bob Co e, Signman , bothwith the Lillooet District.

•.~:~

A Paving Branch training course, conducted by Joe Same, Jr., in laboratorywork was held in Kamloops, February 9th to l Jth, inclusive, in the Region 2 pavinglaboratory in Kamloops. Demonstrating the soil-testing procedure to paving person­nel was D. E. (Don) Garner, Technician for the Materials Testing Branch in Kam­loops. Paving personnel in the picture are, left to right, E. Madsen, Ed Bossert,K. R . Newcomb, J. M. Ni ghtingale, J. A . Macdonald, and Don on stool. In thebackground is Pat MacFarlane.

Left is the present Department workshop and offices at 100 Mile Houseand, right, the new workshop nearing completion.

I\

W . J. Su.iderwood, Road Foreman 3,Fernie District, and Frank Clapp, ofHeadquarters Legal Surveys Division,Location Branch, with one of Kaiser Re­sou rces' .. big whee ls" in backgro und .One of these tires costs about $9,000.

A. J. R etty , Custodian, and A. L. (Pete)Davis, Foreman, standing in front of the

newly completed 20-man complex, forma intenance crews, 50 miles north ofRevelstoke on the Mica Access Highway .

This is a picture of Begbie Summit; thehighest point on the Cariboo Highway,Mile 85, in the Williams Lake District.R .F. Elec tronics has a repeater located onBegbie Mountain.

9

ON THE JOB

Paving weather it isn't, in the Chetwynd area ill January; butJohn Dunbar and crew undertook to traverse 24 miles of the BondSiding R oad, north and east of Chetwynd. They intended to handa finished right-of-way plan to the Pouce Coupe District beforewinter ended. Left to right are Bill Koberstein, Mike Bishop,Mik Wheeler, Mike Symons, and John Dunbar.

Some members of the 100 Mile House road crew getting readyfor winter working last fall with the screening plant . Left isW . Kirkland, Truck Driver Grade 2; W . L. Ewen, Truck DriverGrade 2; and N. W. Campbell, Labourer.

Rick Hetherington, left, and William R. Wilson installingtail-gate sander in the Prince George yard.

10

Prince George District crew mixing winter sand treated withsalt . Chris Patterson is on the truck and the others are, left toright , Lincoln Graham, Philip Steinbach, R. W . Elliott, HarryWilson, and Vince Goldman .

Patching? In December? In Prince George District? Picturewas taken on Highway 16 west of Prince George all December I,1969. Crew patched until December 19 because of pre-Christmasbalmy weather. They are, left to right, Dean Ireland, Road Fore­man I; Richard Stelzer; and William Wilson.

100 Mile House road crew keeping things moving during Cari­boo winters. A. D'eCraene, Loader Operator, kneels down onthe job.

Construction of a trash rack across Langdale Creek, nor th ofGibsons, is shown here nearing completion . Left to right, JimChaster, Roger Desrosier, and Len Clark assemble the rocksections.

-" r

\........

~.

'" -.... L

,~ :;~.~

Prince George District truck drivers, Ralph Eberle, lef t,and Eli Caplette awaiting load.

'.:~......... ..,,/

Bryce Johnson. Engineering Aide withthe Vanderhoof Survey Crew, is shownheading alit on his snowshoes to work a ll

the Priest Meadow Project. Bryce movedto Vanderhoof from Scobey, Montana,and started with the Department in 1964 .He is married and has five chi ldren .

Ernie Malmo, Nanaimo Bridge Fore­man , preparing som e large timbers forbridge installation .

Ed Arntson, Mechanical Foreman , andG lenn Fehr, Road Foreman at TelegraphCreek, stop for coffee at a constructioncamp along the Telegraph Cre ek Road.Not too many luxuries in this camp. NoteG lenn does not have three legs! Thethird person is unknown.

Vnit S-1558 equipped with Sicard snow-blower driven by SteveScrepneck-s-clearing snow off old Fraser (C.N .R.) bridge inPrince George .

Steve Screpnek, Backhoe Op erator ( in cab); Fred H eger, Flag­man; and James Shepherd of Prince George Dis trict installingconduit for traffic-light installation on Highway 97 at 22nd Ave­nue, Prince George.

11

"EXTRACURRICU LAR " ACTIVITIES

In October a sma llgat heri ng was held inthe Departm ent Officeat W i lliams Lake towish farewell to DONJAC O BS O N, trans­ferre d to New Wes t­mins ter as Office Man­

ager. Don ha d been Office Man ager inWilliams Lake for about four years.

Patrolman Laluk, Mr. and Mrs. Beck­ley, and baby Michelle at a less hecticreunion some weeks later.

Highway P atrolman Delivers" We get to expect almost anything on

this job," said Patrolma n Bill La luk, afterbeing called upon last November to ass istin the birth of an impa tient baby girl.

During the morning rus h hour, Novem­ber 13th, Mr. and Mrs . Garry E. Beckleyof New Westminster were on their way toLions Gate Ho spital but got no fartherthan the south end of Second NarrowsBridge when the baby began to arrive.The excited father informed Bill of theirplight and the patrolman called for anambul ance . While waiting for it to arriveBill got out a stretcher to move the motherinto the patrol office. There wasn 't timefor that because the baby was determinedto enter the world right then and there­on the front seat of the parents' car.

Bill instructed and assisted the father inthe proper procedure. Both breathedsighs of relief when the baby let out aloud cry. The ambulance finally arrivedand mother and baby, since named Mi­chelle Ava Mae , were taken to hospital.

Greater Vancouver AreaEmployees Support

1969 C.S.F. CampaignUnder the vice-chairmanship of

the Regional Highway EngineerD. D. Godfrey, department employ­ees in the greater Vancouver areahave again shown their concern forthe less fortun ate and have fullysupported the 1969 campaign of theBritish Columbia Government Em­ployees Community Services Fund.Pledges are up 40 per cent over1968. All who participated deservecredit. Team captains were: JerryBarker, Ken Stratford, Nancy Me­Donald, Jo y Darnell, Ken Johnson ,Colin Campbell, Jack Stowe, DaveDeyer, A. C. Ritchie, John Lord,Les Neill , Irving Goundrey, Wil­liam Carruthers, H . H. Gutteridge,Jack Brown, G ordon Rowand, JimWinton, Gordon Garlinge, BudLaursen, John Montador, RichardHarold, Ed Turner, John Waring,Dennis Peet, Erwin Fallowfield,Vic Booth, and Frank Ridout. Alsoparti cipating in th is area were E. W.Mabbett and Jerry Wood for Pub­lic Works and Bob Swanson forthe Department of CommercialTransport.

New We stminsterDistrict gave GOR­DON ROWAND asend-off party in Octo­ber on the occasion ofhis transfer to NorthVan couver RegionalOffice as Office Man­

ager. Gordon ca me to New Westminsterfrom Williams Lake in 1965. He startedoriginally with the Dep artment in NewWestminster in 1949.

When 33 teams from all Departments competed in the Inter-departm ent BowlingTournament on Sunday, Feb ruary l Sth , H igh ways teams took it all . The Han. R . W .Mayhew P.C. T rophy for first place was won by Bill Ingram , Wayne Ballard, HildaDewar, George Wagg (Accounts Branch), and Jim H olm es (Personnel), with a pin­fall of 5,984, left. In addition, Jim Holmes, in front, ob tained the Men's High Fivewith 1,277 pins. The P.G.E.U. Trophy for second place was won by Clif] Parker(General Office), Shauna Elliott, Vi Quesnelle (Contract Documents Branch) , DougSmith, and Art Dimock (B ridge Branch) , with a total pinjall of 5,724. C lii] Parker,back right, won Men's High Sin gle wi th a 363 count.

A II ranch es don 't run beef . Stan Har­ford 's Paradise View, just south of Qu es­nel, is a chin chilla ran ch where he hasabout 200 animals. Th ey have been tak­ing top honours at sho ws recently. Latesttriumph for Stan, a Truck Dr iver with th eDepartment at Qu esnel, was at th e Ke l­ow na chinchilla sho w recently. Therewere 212 animals entered and Parad iseView chinchillas took 17 ribb ons and fourrosettes. Th e m edium-dark chinchilla inth e photo was the sho w champion .

12

SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

Grand Forks Bridge Crew Foreman R. Talarico recently re­ceived a silver safety award on behalf of the Grand Forks BridgeCrew from Regional Maintenance EngineerP, B. MacCarthy.

..

Ten Commandments for Safe DrivingOn a recent Sunday in Ogdensburg, N.Y., Post.

master Carroll H. Belgard received from his churchthis leaflet, which he passed along to us:

I. Thou shalt hold nothing but thy steeringwheel.

II. Thou shalt not make unto thee a gOtI of thyhorsepower.

III. Thou shalt not take the center lane in vain.IV. Remember the driver behind to let him pass.V. Honor thy father and mother and thine other

passengers.VI. Thou shalt not kill any pedestrian.

VII. Thou shalt not commit drunken driving.VIII. Thou shalt not steal thy neighbor's eyes with

thy headlights,-nor his ear with thy horn,-nor his enjoyment with thy litter.

IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness with thysignals.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's right-of­way.

Pouce Coupe Lowest of Four District

Safety Trophy Winners for 1969

-Catholic Quote.

A safety trophy is presented annually to the District in eachregion with the lowest countable accident frequency rate through­out the year.

The winner for 1969, in Region 4, was Pouce Coupe with anaccident rate of 19.46; in Region I, it was New Westminster with32.2; Region 2, Merritt with 34.9;. and in Region 3, GrandForks with 71.8.

Special mention is also made of the runners-up in each region-Chilliwack, Mcbride, New Denver, and Smithers. The BridgeBranch achieved the only 0.0 frequency for the year.

After winning the Minister's Regional Trophy for three con­secutive years, Region 2 has lost it to Region I . This trophy isawarded annually to the region with the lowest frequency rate inthe Province.

The Department had 701 accidents in 1969 and this is repre­sented by an over-all frequency of 67.2 . The 1968 frequencywas 63.0. The British Columbia Safety Council granted 77awards of merit to Departmental crews, bringing the total ofawards earned to over 500 since the Department entered theawards programme.

Prince George Bridge Crew presented with a silver safetyaward. Left to right, Pat Fay; Jack Pyle; Dean Barlow, Fore­man; Albert Hembrow; Wayne Randell, District Engineer; Rob­ert Harrison; and Jim GlIIlIl.

i1

i1

i1

i1

i1

i1

i1

i1

i1

L. A. Braddy, Regional Highway Engineer, presented the Ques­nel Bridge Crew with an award of honour after it completed89,900 man-hours without an accident. The award was receivedon behalf of the crew by Foreman R. W. McLarry.

Construction Branch, Region 1, adds the" gold" to the" silver."Accepting on behalf of the boys are Project Supervisors, left toright, front, Wally Calder, Lome Davidson, George Dodge, andrear, A lex Wlasuk, Ron Dash, Don Johnson, and Bill Nielsen.

Gold award of merit, presented by British Columbia SafetyCouncil, has been won by the Region 1, Bridge Maintenance Dis­trict and was received by the safety committee. Front row, left toright, Lyal Polk; Irwin Fallowfield, Road Foreman ; Ivan O'Con­nor, Chairman; Gordon Barker, Regional Paint Foreman. Backrow, Roy Schmidt; A I Walisser, Bridge District Engineer; EligahGurr, Secretary; Joe Forster; and John Waring, MechanicalForeman.

R. J. McDonald, Crusher Foreman, accepted a silver safetyaward from Region 3, Regional Maintenance Engineer P. B. Mac­Carthy on behalf of Q-25 Crusher Crew which had worked 71,163hours without a time-loss accident.

At a safety rally held in Smithers on December 16, 1969, theSmithers Bridge Crew was presented with the gold award of meritfor having worked from June, 1966, to September, 1969, withouta disabling accident. They are, left to right , Herb Hug, BillHooker, Roy Saby, and Slim Newman. Missing was P. Hall.

At the same rally the Hazelton Road Maintenance Crew waspresented with the award of honour. Through the period fromJanuary 19, 1963, to September 30, 1969, the Hazelton crewachieved the distinction of working 302,488 consecutive man­hours without a disabling accident.

The Smithers and Hazelton 'M echanical Crews received thebronze-an-gold award of merit representing 173,329 mall-hourswithout a disabling accident.

13

FERRIES

....-.--Docking cradle and winch installed at Shelter Bay ferry terminal 30

miles soutli of Revelstoke on the Upper Arrow Lakes, above. The cradle

and winch will be used to drydock Arrow Lakes ferries for repairs and

inspection. The vessels are hauled up a 10 per cent grade to the level

work area shown in the photo. Designed by the Dock Design Office, the

cradle has 64 wheels, all equalized to spread the load evenly and runs on

four rails, two on each side. The carriage is designed to carry a ferry

weighing approximately 600 tons. The winch, left, has electric/hydraulic

drive, and has two drums with a duplication of all drive motors, brakes,and sheaves. When pulling the ferry out of the water the two drumsshare the load, but in case of a line failure, one drum is capable of hold­

ing the ferry . Shown is Murray Greig, Dock District Electrician, instal­ling temporary wiring for acceptance testing of the winch. Construction

of the winch footing was by Revelstokc District Crew.

One of the largest users of inflatable life rafts in the world,British Columbia Ferry Division, major ships each carries 33self-inflating rafts, some Davit-launched type and others inflatedfrom canisters. A t the Deas Dock lijerajt centre the equipmentcomes from the ships every twelve months for inspection. Herethey (Ire opened, tested and modified if necessary. Cylinders are

14

then checked, rafts repacked and returned to ships. Left, raft onpacking table. Gavin Griffiths and Jim Thompson remove airwith suction equipment. Centre, Gavin proof loading rafts with4,600-pound test hag. Right, Archie Mel.can making new cam'ascovers for ships' equipment . Depot is considered one of thelargest and most modem in the world.

This sketch of the Pender Queen and the Langdale Queen inthe past issue are the work of Dave Thorne, relief seaman forBritish Columbia Ferry Division. Dave is now completing hisfourth year of an education degree ill history and art at the

,~ ."'-"' ''''''''''' -''' ~

University of Victoria, after returning from a train in; plan on theQueen of Prince Rupert. With several art prizes to his credit,Dave is planning a show at the Maritime Museum.

Seen here removing Rolls Royce crankshaft from one ofthe M. V. Island Princess engines is fitter A . Johnson, right.Supervising the operation is Assistant Machine-shop Fore­man, A. McKelvie.

One shift from Deas Dock Machine Shop. These are some of thepeople who keep the British Columbia Ferries in first class condition.Front row, left 10 right, are John Newell, Jack Willson, Abu Siddeeq,Leslie Neill, and Dave Willey, and back roll', Bill Cooke, Stan Deasty;A Ian John son, B. J. Newman, Paul Ioannidis, A I Mc Kelvie, JosefChoroszewski, Ben Vogt, Chi-Sung-Wu, David Kilgour, and Gary/nman.

Latest equipment for the Dock Design sounding crew is the26-foot steel-hulled sounding boat Echo Scan . Shown beinghoisted 00 truck for launching, the boat weighs 3 J,2 tons and isequipped with Kelvin Huges sounding and recording equipment,/t is propelled by a V-8 automobile engine with an inboard/out­board drive unit, although it will possibly be converted to a jet­pump drive for work in shallow water near beaches. The boatwas formerly owned and used by the British Columbia Hydro ontheir works on the Arrow Lakes.

OBITUARIESROSS DEFOE died December 26, 1969, in Castlcgar, at the

age of 69. His service with the Department dates back to 1929,when he commenced work on a part-time basis on the CastlegarFerry. Ross retired in January, 1965, as Head Ferryman, aposition he held for 14 years.

i:J n l'IWALTER JOHNSTONE died January 15, 1970, .n Cranbrook,

at tile age of 86 years. Mr . Johnstone was District Engineer forthe Department of Public Works in Cranbrook for II years, heretired in 1948. He is survived oy his wife Eileen and twodaughters.

i:J i:J i:JROSS COSTANZO died in the Fernie Memcrial Hospital on

December 28. 1969. Mr. Costanzo started with the Departmentin July, 1934, and retired August 31. 1958. He held the positionof Road Foreman 2 at the time of his retirement. He is survivedby his wife who resides in Fernie.

15

BRIDGES

The 16-foot multiplate culvert installedat the Ocock River, north of. Fort St.James, was designed for a 4-foot head.Because th e resulting inlet velocity was ofconcern to th e Vanderhoof District, acon crete co llar was constructed aroundthe pip e. The rock fill was dug out aroundit for the forming.

Cha rlie Karr, R oad For eman 2, Ross­land. stands in front of th e highway andrailroad bridges over the Pend-d'OreilleRiver near the U.S. border at Waneta,south of Trail. The bridge on the rightwas built in 1893 by th e Great NorthernRailroad and replaced with a larger struc­ture in 1945. Th e original bridge was th enconverted to vehicular use by the Consoli­dat ed Mining & Sm elting Co. Ltd. andsubsequently purchased by the Depart­m ent o f Public Works in 1946.

•_ I ,Three me mbers of the Bridge Design Office are shown working on registrati on

of brid ge plans, one of th e steps in proc essing plans for the photographing. Fromleft to right are Albert (AI) Ward (on loan from Bridge Construction), GeorgePinnington, and Gordon (Gordie) Pengelly. This is one phase of the Department 'sminiaturization p ·ogramme.

Th e 180-foot treated-timber Howe Truss ov er th e Sooke River in the SaanichHi ghway Di stri ct was demolished on December 8, 1969. Th e bridge was built in1941 and replac ed by a new steel-arch stru cture in 1968 . Charges were placed ateach panel point and simultaneously ignited. Thirty pounds of ?/s-inch by 8-incJl75 per cent [orcite was used. Behind all that smoke is the new bridge, 20 feetaway. N eith er it nor a 200-pair telephone cable 15 j eet from the other side weredamaged, indicating a tidy performance by all concerned.

Erection of the new Nootsatsum Bridge, left, and the Ta stsquan Bridge in BellaCoola brings heavy equipment for placing the pre-cast concrete beams to one of th eProvince's remoter areas. Local sidewalk sup erint end ents are on the job at bothsites.

16