50 Years of Innovation and Collaboration

Mn/DOT Celebrates

the

50th Anniversary of the

Mn/DOT Library

A compilation of articles regarding the history and development of the Mn/DOT Library

selected from the following Mn/DOT publications and Transportation Information Resources:

MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS DOT SCENE

Mn/DOT EXPRESS Mn/DOT EXPRESS FOCUS

Mn/DOT NEWS Mn/DOT NEWSLINE

METRO NEWS Articles and white papers regarding Mn/DOT Library

April 1957 - April 2007

Compiled by Pamela Gonzalez

Mn/DOT Library Minnesota Department of Transportation

395 John Ireland Boulevard Saint Paul, MN 55155

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/library/

April 2007

MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS

partment Plans

ientral Library

The Highway department has aconsiderable arnount of reading

material available for its employees-books, periodicals, brochures andother items in fields related to high-wav activities. But heretofore thematerial has not been centrally lo-cated so as to be easilv availableto prospective readers. The depart-ment is moving to remedy thatfault so that more profitable use

mal' be made of the available liter-ature.

The department is, in fact, inthe process of organizing a librarywhich will assemble and cataloguepublications now on hand and ob-tain additional materials. It wil be

"ed, for the time being, in thennel section at the Central

;s.

Besides planning to purchase ad-ditional desirable books and maga-zines, the department hopes thatemployees wil contribute readingmatter which they mal' have and

not now need wl;idi they believewou1d be of interest and ;ervice toother department employees.

To organize and operate the newJibrary, the department has em-ployeá a qualified, full-time libra-rian, Joan Peterson. She is a grad-uate of the University of Minne-

sota, has done graduat~ study therein library science and operated theJibrary for a year at the State

Brail~ and Sigl;t Saving school atFaribault.

The library wil be for all depart-ment personnel, with employees

'it from the St. Paul head quar-,vited to submit requests for

lva .g materials t2. be sent to

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National Society

forCrippled Children and Adults11 So. LaSalle Chicago 3

AprÎ'b, 1957

A party was held on February 28for John E. Schnim, formerly MMII at Two Harbors, who retired af-ter 35 veal'S of continuous servicein MaiDtenance District 2. CofIee

Proper Use of Annual Leave and cake were served and we lis-tened to two nice talks by H. V.Benson, our district maiiitenanceengineer, and by Mr. Schrum, whorelated some of his experiences inthe department. Mr. Benson pre-sented John, on behalf of the em-ployees, a $25 U. S. savings bondand a cash purse. Again we wouldlike to wish he and Iiis family luckand happiness in the future. .

Recent visitors to the districtheadquarters were two PhilippineRepublic higbway engineers. Thevisitors were Adelaido R Encarna-cion, assistant mechanical engineerof the equipment and shop divisionof the Philippine Bureau of PublicRoads, and Florentino Montemayor,acting superintendent of the bu-

may be reau's major shops in Manila. Theytwo or were accompanied here bv A. So-

ten dahl, equipment supervisor. Mr.Benson took them on a tour of theReserve Mining company's pelletiz-ing plant at Silver Bay. Thereaftera demonstration was given of ourbig Snogo in operation in the 5 footdeep snowdrifts at our Carltonstorage yard. We found these twogentlemen to be very interestingand we all thoroughly enjoyedtheir visit with us.

R. B. Glewwe, stock supervisor,was also a recent visitor to the Dis-trict headquarters.

Named District Foreman

Keith D. Lowrie, district main-tenance foreman at Owatonna forthe past five years, has been nameddistrict foreman there, replacing

¡vlilford A. Hagen, who retired re-ccntly. Entering the department in1933, Lowrie was an HlvEvl II atHer! \Ving for 17 veal'S before hispromotion to maintenance foreman.

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Employees Wil Honor

Hoffmann at Dinner

A dinner honoring CommissionerHofTmann in connccton with hisimpending retirement wiJl be givenApril 2,3 at the Prom baJlroom.

Employees of the Highway depart-ment, their wives, and other guests

wiJl be welcome to attend.~---------

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should be instructed in advance

and required to reduce their ac-cumulations sufTcientlv to earrv

them through a he:!vy seaso~without absenting themselves to

avoid losing annual leave credits.If an empJoyee has been notified'to take timé ofT in advanee of a

busy season, and he fails to do so,he ;10 longer has the protection ofthe rule that permits taking leave

without permission to avoid los-ing credits.

6. "Short vacations"

honored oeeasionanv,three times per year. '

7. FinaJly, employees should beencouraged to take regular vaca-

tions. They may stay at home bychoice or necessity but they shouldget away from the job and relax aminimum of one or two weeks an-nualJy.

To summarize:

In the best interests of theHighway department and its em-pJoyees, reguJar, periodic vacationsshould be encouraged and enjoyed

as a time of needed and welcomerelaxation and rehabiltation. Theyshould be planned by supervisorypersonnel and the emplovees suf-ficiently in advance so that theymay be scheduled satisfactorily ona senioritv basis. Excessive use ofthe "short vacation" system shouldbe avoided, as wen as repeated

taking of "days ofT to avoid loss ofaccumulating vacation credits.

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BEMIDUI ~ro'By ALMA TURNEY

Our district engineer, Mr. HenryA. Pabst, passed away Friday,March 22, at the Veterans hospitalin Minneapolis. All of us who haveworked with him in this districtdeeply mourn his passing and ex-tend sincere sympathy to thefamily.

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-~trlct 2-.,.:~DULUTH -- .rL

By DON NESS

Ralph D. Stewart, district fore-man; Michael Gannucei, chief me-chanic; and John Backlund, fieldmechanic, attended the safetytraining course held in St. Paul,March 20 and 21. According to re-ports brought back, the meetingwas very interesting and beneficialin that they may iiow pass alongto other members of District 2some of the knowledge they gained.

Weare happy to report that EdChristenson, maintenance foreman,Duluth, and Harry M. Ault, me-chanic here in the district shop, whohave both been on the sick list, areprogressing rapidly.

I Larry Mosack, our chief clerk,and this reporter recently cele-brated our birthdays. wè weretreated to a nice party by the of-fice force. Didn't realize I wasworking with so much musical tal-ent until they sang Happy Birth-day! Anybody want to make book-Ings'!Notice to you fishermen: The

smelt season is not too far off andeverybody is welcome! The smeltsare iree 'for the taking but bringyour own wash tubs.

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By PHYlLIS H. SPENCER

We'd like to start our columnthis time by paying' our respects tothe memory of Mr. H. A. Pabst, ourlate district engineer. We extendour deepest sympathy to his wife,son and daughter and family. Wehave lost a very good district en-gineer and a fine friend. He wil begreatly missed by all who knewhim.

You wil recall that over a mon thag'o three gay young blades. C. C.Colwell, Dave Gilchrist and Lee R.Boyd, left this cold and frozennorth to bask in the sunshine of thesouthwest. They made Phoenix,Ariz., their home while they weregone and from there they flttedlike butterflies-they flew to Cali-fornia where each went his separ-ate way for a few days visitingfriends and relatives. After theirbrief California visits they flewback to Arizona back to their mo-tel which they c~lled home and theywined and they dined and acquiredsuntans. We don't know if theirmoney ran out or their pep beganto run low or if they just missed allof us, but like homing pigeons theyfinally made it back to home port-many dollars poorer we are surebut much, much happier for havinghad such a wonderful time! Nicehaving you back, Mr. Boyd.

Old timers who remember An-drew Wilett, a former employee ofthis district (home was at Plum-mer, Minn.), wil be pleased tolearn he is vel''' hale and hardy andhas just paid us a visit. He spentone day traveling the hiways andby-ways of District 5 with our fore-man, Les J. Duckworth. Andy isemployed as a field foreman for alarge contracting firm in the Citiesand as such has been out on jobsfar away from home-New Jersey,Bermuda, etc.

Our thanks to E. W. Johnson whoso ably filled Mr. Boyd's chair whilehe was away. Ed is no longer avisitor in this district but one ofour District 5 family-at least sowe feeL. .

Clorise Strand, dau"'hter of Mr.and Mrs. Bennert Strand, was mar-ried February 23 at the Fisher Lu-theran church to Sheldon Jorgen-SOI1. Clorise, who was a former sec-retary at the First National bankin Crookston, has forsaken hershorthand book and typewriter tobecome a farmerette. We'd like tocongratulate the Strands on gain-

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IYour Highway Christmas Fundi.

Gearty Elected. . Union HeadAre you, a Highway department employee, interested inFollowing six months of 01'- extra cash-up to $100, for free? It will help finance your

ganization and preparation, the Christmas shopping, or a new TV set, or swell your savings.Hi g h way department's new .General library is now "open for The State Employees Suggestion program is paying up tobusiness," full scale. $100 for superior suggestions from Minnesota state employees

which will improve effciency, or public service in the opera-Its business, according to Joan tion of the state government. State certificates go to authorsPeterson, librarian, will be to of aeceptable suggestions not qualified for eash awards.make available to all department The Merit Award board, which makes the final determina-employees, on loan and free of tion on suggestions, says a good suggestion should:charge, a comprehensive varietyof reading materials of practiealservice to them.

"Based upon a survey of thedepartment's nee d s and re-sources in reading materials, anucleus of a strong civil engine-ering and business practices re-ference library has been ac-quired," Miss Peterson said.

"Already available for loan isa varied seledion of more than100 outstanding books on sur-veying, soils, general engineer-ing, supervision and personnel,mathematics, and business prac-¡tices. Currently, we are in theprocess of creating a hydraulics,concrete, and bridge section."

The book collection is supple-mented by more than 100 mag-azine, bulletin and report titles,available for loan in the samemanner as the books.

Facilities of the library wilbe steadily expanded accord-ing to department requirements,Miss Peterson reported.

The current book collection,she said, contains many volumesby outstanding and wid e i yknown authorities in their re-spective fields, books that areconsidered to be highway en-gineering classics, she said. Asampling of books now availableincludes:

"Railroad Curves and Earth-works," by Allen-Originallypublished in 1889, it continuesin wide use as a standard,basic surveying book.

"Surveying, Vols. I & II," byBreed-Recently revised by ex-tensive additions, presents sur-veying from simplest conceptsthrough photogrammetry andsterophotogrammetry. IncludeshYdrographic surveying andstream gaging.

"Highway Engineering," byHewes-General reference,presenting fundamental pro-blems and concepts.

Highway LibraryOpen for Business

"Highway Curves," by Ives-Recent additions from Ives'"Field Engineering" h a v ebrought book up to date. Oneof few volumes concernedsolely with highway curves."Our collection of books,

magazines, and bulletins pre- Isently does not number more

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Reduce Costs, voJume, duplication, time, waste, accidents, ~puce.Improve -Communications, methods, techniques, public relationH, employeemorale and job interest.Inere:ise-n--Production. UM! of existing fnciliti(!H, public service.Elíminate,"-\Vaste, TH!edJess costs. pointless steps, u!celess services andduplication.1)1'01'0;;(' ---New metll(J(I:-, materials, devices, pnictices, pl"ocedun.'s and 8)-8-tem~. standardization of forms. repoi'h, nwthod~ and proceedures, combinuM

tions of operations and services.I'romote---Bt:Lter working conditions, gn~ateJ' aceomplishment, and that teamwork and pride in accomp¡i~hment which buiJeb employee morale.

If you have what you beüeve is a workable idea, submitit in the preseribed form, to Hi Damsgard, department sug-gestion chairman, or to the Merit Award board. The quickeryou send it in, the quicker you qualify for an award.

than 300 titles because we wantto include only the best mat-erials and their selection and ac-quirement is a comparativelyslow process," Miss Petersonsaid.Typical of the magazines and

bulletins available from the lib-rary are:

"American Highways."-Quarterly offdal publiea-tion of the American Asso-ciation of State HighwayOffcials."Better Roads."-Monthly

commercial magazine de-voted to problems of countyengineering."California Highway"-

Bi-monthly publication ofthe California Departmentof Public Works, a top mag-azine in the highway en-gineering field."Civil Engineering."- Of-

fi cia 1 publieation of theAmerican Society of CivilEngineers, generally con-sidered one of the highestquality c i v i i engineeringpublications, also one of theoldest.

"Engineering News Rec-ord" - Weekly commercialnews publication, factual,reliable, and up-to-date; oneof the oldest engineeringpublications in the UnitedStates.

"Highway Research Ab-stracts." - Monthly publica-tion of the Highway Re-

search board, containing ab-stracts of outstanding do-mestic and foreign highwayengineering periodicals andbulletins.

"Public Roads." - Offcialpublication of the Depart-ment of Commerce, oftendevoted to one particularproblem of highway engine-ering or public transporta-tion.

Upon request, the library willoffer services beyond the loan ofits own materials. These includeobtaining materials availablefrom other libraries, referenceI' e sea r c h, and bibliographicsearehes and compilations.Regular receipt of designated

periodicals may be obtained bya request for inclusion in thepermanent routing list.

For prompt, accurate deliveryof materials, borrowers arc urg-ed to include their full addresses

in their requests. Materials wilbe distributed through depart-ment channels or by U.S. maiL.In the case of ma terials returned

by mail, borrowers wil pay thereturn postage.

Requests for materials are tobe addressed to Miss Joan Pet-erson, at the Highway depart-ment's Central offces, 1246 Uni-versity Avenue, St. Paul 4. Aprospective borrower who doesnot have a specific book or otherpublication in mind may de-scribe the type of material hedesires.

Ed G"orty

Ed Geaa.ty, special assistantattorney general in char!,'claims in the Highway dment's Legal division, is th,president of Local 1011, Ai.can Federation of State, Countyand Municipal Employees. AMinneapolis resident, G ear t yjoined the Highway department

I a year ago after eight months inthe Inheritance division of the

I state Department of Taxation.Elected as the local's otheroffcers for the ensuing year are:A. J. (Jim) Hansen, Lands andRight. of Way, vice president;,Gerald G. Pink, Bituminous De-

Is i g n section, secretary; andI Stanley A. Axtell, Plans, trea-. surer.

The retiring president wasClem Kaehelmyer, ConsultantPlans division.

Named to the executive boardwere: Len Arth, Plans; Kachel-myer; B. E. (Pat) McCarthy,Plans; Herb Schultz, Finance;and Al Wicklund, Plans.

Objectives for the co¡r'year, as stated by Geartyestablishment of a more eftgrievance procedure, petitio!.certification to the state labu,condliator as bargaining agentfor Highway department em-ployees, and weekly meetings ofthe executive board.In concluding his term as pre-

sident, Kaehelmyer listed theseaccomplishments of the localduring his administration: In-crease of dues from $2 to $4yearly, productive activity withthe state Legislature, increaseof membership from 316 to 520,despite a drop to 216 immediate-ly following the boost in dues.

Local LOLL wil continue tohold its regular meetings on thethird Monday of each month, thenext session being set for Octo-ber 21 at 8 p.m. in Kramlinger'sbakery, 922 Thomas Ave., St.PauL.

MINNESOTA HIGH''

Two groups of highway em-ploy,"es may find Christmas aworkday rather than a holidaythis year.

The, first of these is the Min-nesota Highway patrol. For theofficers, Christmas means theywiJl work their regular shiftsbut that on Christmas Eve andagain on the Day, they are per-mitted to have two hours off.But this, again, is "on cal1" incase of any emergencies.

The second group, of eourse,is our maintenance men. Shouldsnow or other weather condi-tions demand, these men will beaway from their homes fightingthe problem of keeping Minne-sota's trunk highways open.

The holiday season brings toend what might well be Minne-sota's worst year for traffic fa-talities. The worsening situationduring the last half of the year-- -,~-----~""-'.-'~----~----'_U has brought fatalities to about30 to 40 more than the corre-sponding period last year.

Harry A. Sieben, state safetydirector, has predicted that thiscould be known as the year withthe greatest number of fatalitiesas December is considered a dan-gerous month.

Sieben listed four reasons whythe possibility of traffic deathsincreases during Deeember:

Speed. Speed too fast for con-ditions is a factor during daysof inclement weather. For somereason, many persons drive toofast during the holidays whenthere is an increase in trafficand the number of pedestriansduring shopping and partying.AlcohoL. Drivers' judgn,ent of

distances and speed as well asreaction time is greatly im-paired by the use of alcohoL. Theconsumption of this drug in-creases during holiday periods,resultng in an increase in drink-ing drivers, In one study madeby the National Safety council,it was determined that more than--_.._._--~--half of the drivers involved infatal aceidents at Christmas time

I had been drinking.i Darkness. More than half of! the December day is dark; andthe highest toll of fatalities isduring hours of darkness. Darkwinter clothing worn by pedes-trians is listed as a factor irdeaths of some, particularly old-er persons.

Pedestrian errors. Many trafficdeaths are due to failure on thepart of those who walk to do soin a safe manner. Crossing be-tween intersections, darting outfrom betwec;; parked ears, 0)'walking on the wrong side of theroad are some of these perlcs-trian errors.

) .ner at Winona Marksvomplefion of Building

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W/iTlOtlil Daily New! f)boio

Excellent lighting is a feature of the drafting room, with spacefor 30 men, in the new sub.district headquarters building at Good..i view. - --~-_._.,_._-,~~~---~-

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Winona and Winona county i The Highway department hascivic leaders and state Highway I acquired a 5'h-aere tract of farmdepa~.tment officials attended a land north of Albert Lea, on T. H.dedication dinner December 4 65, on which it wil build a eom-in Winona for the department's bination engineering offce andnew $132,000 sub-district head- maintenance shop, for the servicequarters building on T. H. 61 in of trunk highway constructionGoodview. One hundred persons and maintenance activities in theattended the dinner, sponsored by Albert Lea area, a part of Dis-the highway committee of the triet 6.Winona Chamber of Commerce, Construction is scheduled toroad and building contractors, start next spring, with the costand suppliers. estimated at $210,000. The one-

The onp-story main biiildjng story structure wil have a main-has a 73 by 30-foot office wing tenance shop and garage 160x86which includes a drafting room feet, with the office wing to be 80for 20 men and a kitchenette; and x 36 feet.an 80 by 102-foot heated garage The offices wil be occupied bywing. Construction is of concretC' Vernon Harty, resident engineerblocks, with brick facing. There at Albert Lea, and his staff, andalso is a separate 32 by 96-foot the shops and garage by main-bUJlding for unheated storage. tenance personnel and equipment.

--. C. Kraus, resident engi- Construction plans are now be-and George Sabin and Mal- ing drawn for the new District 4"ish, project engineers, will headquarters building, a short dis-their offi-:es in the rrew tanee west of Detroit Lakes on

.quarters, which replaces U. S. 10. The building also wil1several rented quarters in Wi- be headquarters for Maintenancenona. District 6.---'--~---- _._.__._._._.,_.,-~,---_._.._._.~-- -

Wísùes at ~uletíbeTo aH of my new friends and fellow workers in the

Highway Department, it is a priviJege and pleasure towish you and your families a merry, merry Christmasand a joyful New Year. May good health and happinessbe your share now and in the future. I know that mynew associations in the Department will add to my ownenjoyment and inspiration in the year's most joyfulseason and in the days to follow.~j)~

Ds-puty Commissioner

~e.cemberi 1957

Work in StoreFor Holidays

In listing these areas of trafficI difficulties, Sieben declared thati he hoped "our Highway em-. ployees wil recognize thesedangers and drive and walk ac-cordingly so that we all have amerry, not a s3c1, holiday season."

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Library Has NewBooks For Loan

By JOAN PETERSONDepartment Librarian

Among recent additions to theGeneral library's book collectionare several which, despite beingncw publications, arc alreadyconsidered as outstanding and re-garded as required reading mat-ter in their resiwctive fields.

The half dozen titles reportedhere are available for loan to anyHighway department employeethrough a telephone or mail re-quest to the General Library,c/o of Personnel, Central Offce,1246 University Ave., St. Paul 4,Minnesota:DESIGN of PRESTRESSED

CONCRETE STRUCTURES-T.Y. Lin, pp. 456, ilustrated, 1955.

Written by the acknowledgedleader in the field of prestressed

concrete, this book explores andilustrates many of the variousphases and uses of prestressedconcrete, emphasizing Americanmethods and eonditions.

EARTH PRESSURES AND RE-TAINING WALLS - WhitneyClark Huntington, pp. 534, ilus-trated, 1957. The latest publicationavailable on this subject, it com-

bines theories with examples ofretaining wall design and soilmechanics.ENGINEERING CONTRACTS

AND SPECIFICATIONS-RobertW. Abbet, pp. 429, 3rd edition,1954. Another reliable Abbetbook, explains some of the legaland business factors required inwriting specifications and con-tracts.HANDBOOK of HYDRAU-

LICS-Horace Wiliams King,pp. 1070, ilustrated, 1954. Thishandbook includes every phase ofcommon practice and specialproblems encountered in hydrau.lks. Incorporates the rules, for-mulas, tables and diagrams re-quired by this subject.

HYDROLOGY-Osear E. Mein-zer, editor, pp. 712, ilustrated,1942. originally prepared by theNational Research Council as areference text on classical hy-drology, an excellent reference,especially for beginners.

PILE FOUNDATIONS-RobertD. Chellis, pp. 663, ilustrated,1951. A complete description andexplanation of pile foundati0ils,their design, driving and main-tenance.

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lifional Books.uisted by Library

The Highway department li-brary is steadily adding to itscolleetion of books for the use ofall department employees in ex-panding their knowledge of thefield in which they work.

The Jibrary invites all inter-ested personnel to request theloan of any volumes on itsshelves. Here is a list of somenewly added books now avail-able for circulation:James F. Linc'JIn, Arc \Vclding" F,)Unda-

tion's trilogy on bridge dcsigns.--- (1)Comparative Bridge Designs, (2) \VcJd-cd Deck Hi,~hway Bridges, OJ \VeJdedHií,rhway Bridge Desjg-n.

CiYil Enidncering, Lconani C. Ul'qlJhart.editor, pp. 1002, third edition, iIJustrat-ed, 1950. Rcvised and enlar¡rcd, thisedition of a standard handbook in-cludes matcI'ÎaJs by 12 outstandilHrauthors on evci'y phase of civiJ engi-neering.

JJandbook of Applied Hydraulics. CalvinDavis, editor, 2nd edition. pp. 1272. il-"'f)trated, l!H::2. A superior reliable

'dard reference on hydraulic engi-:ng. Its appendix :md graphic aids,ulas, tables arc of partîcular in~t and value.

.wlic and Excayation Tables, Bureau0t Reclamatîons, Department of In~terior, pp. ~~50, 11th edition, 1957. Theonly available referenc~~ sources formany of the tables included.

Hydraulics. Ernest \V. Schoder, 2nd edi-tion. Pl'. 428, 1934. A basic course andgeneral reference in hydrauJics. Ofspecial importance are the theorems,formulas and tables.

Soil Engineering. Merlin G. Spangler, pI).458. illustrated 1951. ExcelJent explana-tion of soil engineering, from an engi-neering point of view, short, perciseand simply presented, a very fine in~troduction to soil engineering,

Smoley's Mathematical Tables--(1) FiveDecimal Logarithmic TrigonometricTables. (2) Parallel Tables of Logar-ithms and Squares. (3) Parallel Tablesof Slopes and Rises. (4) SegmentalFunctions, Text and Tables.

To obtain the loan of booksfrom the department library,phone or write to the Librarian,Minnesota Department of High-ways, 1246 University Ave., St.Paul 4.

Tt'S Geting So Sleds.l\ ~d Wheels in Minn.

rris N elson, district.dintenanee clerk at De-

troit Lakes was a deeplyfrustrated man on Christ-mas morning. And hisdaughter was a frustratedlitte girL. Orris had purch-ased a fine, new sled as agift for her. Just what shewanted, he well knew. ButcomE' Christmas morningand the unwrapping of thepresents: There was thesled, all right, but nary apatch of snow in or aroundDetroit Lakes. Regretfullythe sled was put on a stand-by ready order to await ar-rival of a nice, thick snow-fall. . . We hope that bythe time this issue goes topress, Orris and his daugh-ter wil be entirely de-frustrated.

JOl'wary, 1958

I Rolls Perfect Scorei

George FleischhackerOutsta.nding Bowler

George Fleisehhacker, 23 yearold bowling star, made rapidstrides from his 1954-1955 Hi-wayan club championship days,as he rolJed his first ABC sanc-tioned perfect game at the StahlHouse lanes in St. Paul, helpinghis Schmidt's team score a 3-1victory over the Rothschild teamin the All Star league. It was thefifth perfect 300 game rolled inSt. Paul this year and enabledthe Schmid ts to total 1,225 pinsin the final game, which ranksamong the top single game scoresin the nation. George maintainsa 202 average in the All Starleague and has compiled a mar-velous record in the past twoyears.George started his bowling

career at the St. Bernard's parishalleys and continued his interestwhile attending Washington highschool, from which he graduated.He entered the employment ofthe Minnesota Highway depart-ment in November, 1953, as aduplicator machine operator andin March, 1955, became a blueprinter at the Central Offices.

In the ABC national tourna-ment held in 1956 at FortWorth, Texas, his team won theAll Events championship. Amongthe events scheduled for theSehmidts and George in the nearfuture are the ABC tournamentin April in Syracuse, N. Y., andthe Petersen Classic in March inChicago. George's many friendsextend best wishes for his con-tinued climb in the nationalbowling picture.

Alimony - the highleaving.

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- DISTRICT NEWS

~ ' " 'i know ourselves and father /utaVchUouce ,.~",;!:?'i:~~~"c...,"'" ha',,'n't "told, us. a thing, 1.3arbar"

t . t 2 /'j~1"'%''''''".,ìÌ,\, has been teachmg at Morns.I. ric ."")", ,'~\ Crookston and the surroundingDU L U T H '~~r;¡€Z~ tenitory . are Jyally. boastin,g

'=p- (weatherwise) this wmter. Wehave been having' such wonderfulry SARAH ScA5!'WRE weather that we are told people

As over most of the state, we from Florida are eoming IH're toalso had a White Chi.istmas which spend th~ wmÍt;J', No snow ,;ip un-added the propei' touch to the til the nnght of, December -9 ~indoccasion with a h,d?-inch snowfall t.hen only a very llght.. covering.

o n Christm::s The temperature has Jina1ly be-D'ìY gun to ,!;0 below the zero mai.k but. . ,we feel it has been a verI' goodLawi'enee .1\o- record t.o o'et within two cÌays of

;sack and, fam- the new ,~ar without. snow; andily si)en~ U:!'sl- to experie'nce temperatures in themas in St. C1o~Hl 30's and 40's above range.where they V1S- ".ited with Mrs. George L. 1 iedeman i:eportsMosack's fam- that he speared a large fish. onily and rela- Dec. 14. By not only. rei~orts it.-ttves he proved it by bnnging Jl out for

. . the bovs to see. He te1ls us itHere ';'e go weicrhe¿i 23 pounds and was 37Sarah Seashore again, whiskers, inC'l~es long and 21 inches around

. we. mean. An- the "waist." The fish was caughto.ther centennna! coming up--this at Leech Lake-Squaw Point. Sotime the State s 100th Annnver- any of you anglers or spear fish-sary. Year before last we cele- ennen-if you want any points onbrated the Dulul.h Ce.nteniial with fishing, see George-he'll tell a1l~)anner crops oj whJskers adorn- on thè subject.mg the handsome features of most A tJ . f . t.seof' our men ' no ier sign 0 our nnce wea. i'

. . ... came about the other day-shortlySome of ot:r intrepid Jce fJsh.er- before Christ.mas-when our Adamen have tned then luck (!urmg crew reported seeing a live snakethe recent cold spell but without in the ditch while they were clean-success. ing up debris on the. roadsides.

Fay Crist, BMMI at Floodwood, We've heard that seemg snakesis at home recovering from a dis- wasn't a very good sign but guesslocated hip received in an accident at this time of the year-beforenear Jacobson on December 5. New Year's, that is-it is a good

At the request of the Boy Scout omen.Safety Council for a representative One of our foremen tells us thatof the Highwav department to at- Morris Koland's son was hospital-tend its ì1ieeting in Duluth Jan. ized in Karlstad and has been2, Robert Guite: apprentice me- moved to a. Grand Forks hospitalchanic, who is active in Boy Scout foy observation. Hop,; all goes wellwork, was present and reported a with your son, Morns.good turnout of scout leaders from Mrs. Stanley Sunderland is re-many Duluth industrial firms. covering from a siege in the hos-This is the first of a series of such pital at Hallock. Weare happy tomeetings to disseminate safety in- hear she is feeling much better.formation to youngsters. District 5 had its first Christ.-

, mas get-together in several years.

I This year the boys took over andheld a smorgasbord in the shop

~ ' ..)/i:", A I?ec. 24. There was plenty of foodP"P,cZt/18xaxC'e,~,-,,_.~:JJ,i" , ,~tor all ~nd everyone seen,1ed .to en-

t ... ' JOY himself. A small llghtedD::$ ri..L5~ .' '.'.: ," ,Christmas tree graced the ce!1ter(OOOKsiON """,--,~¡~~, ,~'. of a truck bed. l.t looked a httl.e, -1' ' ,,,'0, small on that bJg truck but it

By PHYLLIS SPENCER shed its happy light on the groupand added to the spirit of the oc-

Hieno A. Johnson of Twin Val- casion. We were most happy toIcy, has been a patient in St. Fran- have Lucian Jefferson with us oncis hospital, Crookston. Hieno en- this occasion. Lu, as many of youtered the hospital December 17 wil remember, has been on quitefor observation and was later re- an extended sick leave and thoughleased, but retumed to the hospi- not quite able to be back to worktal late in the month for possible yet is much improved.surgery. We trust that by the time Because we didn't have a col-this paper reaches our readers, Imn last month we weren't able toHieno wil be we1l on the way to wish all of yOU readers a veryrecovery. merry Christinas. But we are sure

We heard, via the grapevine, you had it anyway, and we dothat Arthur Benson's daughter, take this opportunity to wish youBarbara, was about to make the all the best in 1958-may it be abig step sometime during the hol- kind year to each and everyoneidavs. Arthur is an HMM I at of you from the standpoint ofof Erskine. Sorry, we can't tell you health, wealth and joy. A Verywho the lucky man is as we don't Happy New Year to alL.

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~. Kipp Win Be Missed-uur IIMr. Highwaysll Dies

T

One of the great builders of theMinnesota trunk highway sys-tem, Orin L. Kipp-"Mr. High-ways"-died February 17. He had ibeen in il health in recent weeks.KiPI' would have been 73 yearsold February 18.

A veteran of four decades ofengineering service in the Min- Inesota Highway department, mostof it in top positions, Kipp isgenerally credited with havinghad more to do with the locationof the trunk system's initial basicroutes than any other man. Hecapped this record in the pasttwo years as a major planner ofthe locations of the Twin Citieslinks in the new Interstate High-way system.

°r joining the departmentin h ~,Kipp was its construction" er from 1921 to 1939, the

~tive years of the trunk sys-

tem; was given the additionalpost of assistant chief engineer in1939, and was named chief en-gineer and assistant commission-er of highways in 1943. Upon hisretirement from the dual post in1955, he continued in the depart-ment as consultant on the plan-ning of the Twin Cities inter-state network links.

Was in Redwood County

Before joining the state High-way department, Kipp was Red-wood county engineer for twoyears and held engineering postsin Salt Lake City, Mitchell, S. D.,and at Iowa State college.

In response to inquiry at thetime of his retirement in 1955,Kipp said he believed his great-est accomplishment for the Min-nesota trunk highway systemw"~ his early and successful ad-

. of direct, "cross country"

) ~ ,nt of truck routes, as), the historic method of

. .ling section lines or rail-road tracks. In many other states,late adoption of this principlehas forced expensive reroutingand reconstruction.

Other forward looking ideasactively promoted by Kipp, often

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So They Say-

Library GeIs NewEngineering Index

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A new service has been put in-to effect in the Highway depart-ment library-the EngineeringIndex, which is a technieal ab-strading service. The Engineer-ing Index selects for abstractingcertain pertinent articles and con-denses the information onto asmall card. The information fromthese cards wil be used in eon-junction with the Technical Ab-

I stracts already prepared and cir-culated by the library to all su-pervisory personnel for the useof all employees.

Whenever the Engineering In-dex abstracts are distributedthere wil be the following shortparagraph:

"The following abstracts arefrom the Engineering Index". Itis necessary to allow some timebetween requesting and receiv-ing a full article as it must be

against strong opposition, were obtained from nearby librariesrelocation of highways to elimi- i or from the Index service. In or-nate railroad grade crossings, dering, quote the first line of in-early introdudion of concrete formation in the abstract, pluspaving on rural trunk routes, the title of the article desiredflattening of side slopes in high- and the name of the publicationway cuts and fils, and roadside in which it appeared. For ex-planting of trees and shrubbery. ample:

Served National Groups Highway Systems - Plan-Outside of Minnesota, Kipp ning - 3-144-179-203-300 No.

rendered extensive publie service 57 -26511as a national committee member "Using New Methods inand chairman in such organiza- Highway Planning"tions as the American RoadBuilders Association, American Photogrammetrie Eng. vAssociation of State Highway 23 n 3 June 1957Officials, and a half dozen others. This paragraph in the publish-Within the state, he was active cd abstract wil be followed byin the Minnesota Engineers and a brief summary from the IndexSurveyors society and the St. pertaining to information of in-Paul Engineers society. terest to the division receivingIn 1950, he received the Amer- the abstracts. In the case of the

iean Public Works association's example used above the abstractservice award for his "long and reads as follows:distinguished record in public "How photogrammetry andservice." airphoto analysis combinedSurviving are his widow, the with computers can be used

former Leona B. Chapman, two to determine highway loea-sons, five daughters, 16 grand- tions, land cost, hydrologicchildren and one great grand- conditions, drainage andchild. stream crossings, soil condi-

tions, and earth work."One of the sons, Ralph, of St.Paul, is a project engineer in the If this abstract were of interestHighway department. to someone, a request should be* sent to the Library. If the par-

ticular magazine cannot be ob-tained at the libraries in the TwinCities, a photostatic copy of thearticle wiI be ordered from theIndex service.

O. L. KIPP

Comments regarding Orin L. Kipp:From Minnesota Motorist

He was a. vene1'ible man, with a nvind that was steeped with high-lOa.y facts and figni'es. But most of aU, he was (i visionary-a, longran.qe thinker when it c(imc to highwccys.

Dan Upham in Minneapolis Sunday TribuneHe was a. t(Ûl, quiet and COU1.tCOUS man who mrtJw.qed to be im-

posing ivithout trying to bc, ¡Jrinwrily becausc thc knowledge and, com-mon sense he hccd acquired in a crtreer of ilIinnesota. highway bnildingivas obvions to anyone who heid a. clwnce to talk to hiin.

i/VQrC~ 1958

In conjunction with this is an-other service. Anyone wishing aeomplete copy of all abstracts is-sued by the Engineering Index onone particular subject, such asphotogrammetry, may obtainsueh a list from the Library. TheIndex issues abstracts weekly,but runs about two months be-hind in date.

The Library is located in Roor,'205 of the Central Offices, tele.phone extension 208 or 363. MissJanet Thomas is acting librarian.

Meeting Is SetOn Utilization

Minnesota leaders in industry,government and education willcontribute facts and ideas to theMinnesota Conference on Utiliza-tion of Scientists and EngineersApril 25 and 26 at the Universityof Minnesota's Continuation cen-tel' The conference is sponsoredjointly by the Minnesota Societyof Professional Engineers and theUniversity, at the request of thePresident's Committee on Scien-tists and Engineers. Several suchregional meetings are being con-ducted throughout the UnitedStates.

Representing the Highway de-partment on the program wil beChief Engineer John Swanberg,as moderator of a panel discus-sion on "Technicians for Non-professional Use," and KermitBergstralh, personnel director, asa member of that paneL.

On Friday, April 25, Paul H.Robbins, of Washington, D. C.,executive director of the NationalSociety of Professional Engineers,wil speak on "Utilization-A nec-essity for Employer and Profes-sional Employee," followed bythe panel on Technicians and ad-ditional discussions on "Engineers-Workers or Managers?" and"The Selection and Education ofFuture Scientists." Speaker at adinner. that evening in CoffmanMemorial Union wil be DeanAthelstan Spilhaus of the Univer-sity's Institute of Technology.

The single session the followingmorning will have an address on"The Greatest Scientific Chal-lenge of Our History," by LelandWatson, president of Maieo Elec-tronics, Inc., Minneapolis, and apanel discussion on "In-ServiceTraining and Professional Devel-opment of Engineers and Scien-tists."

Among the score of programparticipants wiI be Hibbert Hil,Northern States Power Co. chiefengineer; Wiliam Folk, executiveengineer of General Mils; Profes-sor Frank Verbrogge, School ofPhysics at the University; andOwen Brown, Minnesota Miningand Manufacturing Co.

Reservations to attend are to bemade at the Continuation center.

Unbalanced Status QuoI don't wccnt a lot of money,

I'd be sati:sfied, I vow,If I conld juÙ afford to lii'c

The way J'm living now!

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Noble Gesture

JDuring the Zuhrah temple Shrine circus

in Minneapolis, Noble Guy Kenly of thePlans division, seized the opportunityto expound Minnesota's vocation advan-tages to some of the performers. Hesupported his sales talk by presentingone of the new Centennial state highwaymaps to the Mascott sisters, Barbel, left,and Christa, a baloncing act. They arefrom Germany.

Utilization ConferenceMore than 150 persons from throughout

Minnesota and North and South Dakota areexpected to attend the Minnesota Confer-ence on Utilization of Scientists andEngineers April 25 and 26, aecording toRobert J. Newbury, executive secretary ofthe Minnesota Society of ProfessionalEngineers. The conference wil be at theUniversity of Minnesota's ContinuationCentBr under auspIGes of the MSPE andthe University.

Newbury also reported that "Outcomesof the International Geophysical Year"wil be the subject of the address by Dr.Athelstan Spilhaus at the conference dinnerFriday evening, April 25, in Coffman union.He is dean of the University's Institute of

'Technology and a member of the UnitediStates Committee for the Geophysical

/Year.The conference will consider such sub-

jects as "The Selection and Education ofFuture Scientists ," "Engineers---Workersor Managers ," "In-Service Training andProfessional Development of Engineersand Scientists ," "The Greatest ScientificChallenge of Our History," and "Utili-zationn-a Necessity for Employer andProfessional Employee."

As announced last month, John Swanberg,chief engineer of the Highway department,will be moderator, and Kermit L. Bergstralh,personnel director, wil be a panel memberfor a discussion of "Technicians forNon-professional Use."

Brainerd DedicationA new $524,000 addition to the Brainerd

district headquarters building was ded.i-cated April 9 with an open house and civiebanquet. Commissioner Zimmerman andAssistant Commissioner A.O. Torgersontook part in the ceremonies. The additionmore than doubles the space for the head-quarters structure.

~ APRIL, 1958

High Level School

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TIll Ilighwiiy department's expandingin-service t.raining program has evencaught up with the top echelons.District engineers, division heads and

top level staff members began a one-weekmanagement training seminar Aprrl 7. Asecond session for additional personnelin the same categories began Aprrl 14.The University of Minnesota Center for

Continuation Study is conducting. theseminars for the department at the Unnver-sity'S extension offces in Sl. PauL. The"students" are pursuing such subjecttopics as management by obj eeti ve, dele-gation of authority, communncations, plan-ning, budget control, and personnelactivities.

Patrol ElectionThe old political battle cry, "Throw the

rascals out," certainly had no part in theMinnesota State Highway Patrol associa-tion annual election. All three offieerswere re-electedn--Harvey Spauldiig,Willmar, president; Bil Soderstrom, TwoHarbors, vice president; and ClemCaseman, secretary-treasurer.

Named to the executive council,:. NormHenning, Zumbrota; Ted Severson, \\ indom,Gene Molior, West St. Paul; Mark McCarthy,Wilmar; Marv Johnson, Little Falls; J .K.LeRoy, Fergus Falls; M.R. Peterson:Two Harbors; Louis Gelen, Crookston,Harold Hutchings, Wayzata; and MaxWilkes, Walker.

WHO?

See page 11

Elwood Retires

Charles B. Elwood, engineering aide inthe Plans division, celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary by retiring fromthe Highway department. Hi s fellows inthe Road Plans section bade him farewellwith a cake and coffee party.During his 24 years in the department,

Elwood was in the Urban Planning sec-tion, where he assisted in the layoutof the Capitol approach in St. Paul, andthe Road Plans section for the past 10years. Previously, he worked for severalmidwestern architectural firms.

New LibrarianThe Highway department has a new

librarian, Jerry Marturano, a native ofBuhl. He is a University of Minnesotagraduate in library science and educationand taught in the Foley, Minn.. high schoolfor several years. Marturano succeedsJoan Peterson, resigned.The library has or will seek to obtain

reading matter in any field of highwayemployment for any interested departmentemployee. It is located at the Centraloffices.

Bowlers Roll 'Em

Seventy department employees partici-pated in the first statewide bowlingtournament at the granite bowl, St. Cloud,on Saturday afternoon and evening, April19. Although entries did not come up toexpectations, it is hoped that those whobowled in this year's tourney will help"sell" next year's event.

Prizes, eonsisting of bowling shoes,bowllng bags and other items down to"crying towels" for the lowest scoreswere awarded participants in the men'dsingle~, women's singles, men's doubles,Women s doubles and Scotch mixed doublesevents. The evening was concluded with abuffet Supper and a short meeting, duringwhich the prizes were awarded.

It is planned to conduct the tourna-ment at a different location each year,with employees in the various townsacting as tourney hosts.

The results of this year's tournament wilappear in the next issue of MINNESOTAHIGHWAYS.

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Moving Dates(Con't. from page 2)

THIRD WEEKENDDecember 5-7

Personnel, Steno Pool, Constructionand Basement wil be moved on Frida,,Dec. 5 beginning at 3 p.m. and theiremployees will be dismissed at thattime. The store Room and Printingwil shut down their operation theentire week of Dec. 1st and wil be ina state of disassembling and movingduring that time. The entire secondOoor at 1246 University wil be movedon Saturday, Dec. 6 and the third Ooorat 1246 wil be moved on Sunday, Dec.7th.

FOURTH WEEK ENDSaturday, Dec. 13

The entire Safety Division at 1279University, to include Drivers License,Safety Promotion and Patrol, will bemoved on Saturda,, Dec. 13, as well asunits in the American House.

Don't ForgetersSEE YOU MONDAY. ... When your

office closes for dismissal, stay awayfrom all buildings until the Mondayfollowing dismiss aI, unless you aredirectly concerned with the move.

WATCH THE CLOCK. . . All week-end moving, except Materials & Research,will start at 3 p.m. for the bulk of theoffce and will continue through therest of the weekend until completion.

HOLD IT! . ... No section wil bedismissed until all the preparation hasbeen completed and cleared by themoving captain for that are a.

BE PREPARED. . . Employees areto begin their preparation at 2 p.m. Thoseto be moved on Saturday and Sundaywill begin preparation at 3 P.m.

KNOW THESE PEOPLE. . . MovingCaptains and their areas or responsibilityare: as follows:

Mavi ng Caardinatar: Elmer L. Erkkila;Finance: J. Njus, C. Fræhner; CentralFiles: Ann Gilig, J. Baskfield; Admin-istration: D. Tomsehe, J. Baskfield;State Aid: D. Anderson and T. McLaugh-lin.

Traffic & Planning, 1084 University:A. Whim, G. Larson; 555 Wabasha:B. Ebert, R. Amundson; Safety Division,Drivers License: J. Kenaley, F. Dunni-gan, W. Hoover; Patrol: L. Smith andM. Urbach.

Bridge, Central Office: W. Johnson,E. Dahl; 1455 & 1453 Univ.; D. Laeho;Material s & Research: P. Velz, K. John-son; 1084 University: W. Bachelder,L. Nelson; District No.9: H. VanKrevelen, L. Hanson; Photo Lab:(Bob) Jiraeek, (Walt) Jiracek, L.Jendro; Personnel: C. Mockenhaupt,P. Steuerwald; Public Information:T. Buxton and L. Yost

P Ions: Central Office: B. Blank,P. Johnson; 1094 University: F. Smith,C. Finke; 408 Lexington: A. Furu,H. Wilson; 1449-51 University:A. Rindahl, B. Warzala; Mai ntenance:(Plant & Equipment - Garage): K, Pear-son, J.. Watt and B. Petrok.Construction: (Finals Griggs) Cen-

tral Office: E. Heinen, F. Povolny;Final s Grigg s: W. McDonald; Con-struction Stores: B. Juenemann.

Building Services & Stores: D. Elk,M. Swanson; American House (T.C.O.D.):A. Demboskey, R. Adams; ConceptsUnit: W. Kuehn, W. Peltier; RemingtonRand (Griggs): E. Behmer and G. Brown.

NOVEMBER, 1958

Assembled around the blueprinter machine are the blueprinters and Ozalid aperators.L. ta R.: Frant raw---Wayne Hoch, George Mital and George Fleischhacker; back--Clarence Witt, Joe Mason and Joe Voelker.

They Pass on Projects

Blueprint CrewOutput Grows

Hidden away in cramped quarters inthe Central offces basement are a half-dozen fellows who have a hand in everylrunk and state aid highway project inMinnesota. They don't design, survey,or build highways, but their productis required by every participating engi-neer and contractor.

They are the Central offices blue-printers.

On théirOzalid and blueprinter equip-ment they reproduce the hundreds ofmaps, plans, and specifcations chartswhich are necessary in such operationsas bidding, right of way negotiations,and highway construction.

The wnlrring and clicking of theprinters sourius the accelerating pulse-beat of the Highway department's ex-panding construction program.

"If we were printing money, we couldfinance the Interstate highway networkin a month." sighed Joe Voelker, blue-printer section chief. Joe has been inthe MHD for 30 years, mostly in blue-printer .reproduction. Members of hiscrew are Clarence Witt, George Mital,George Fleischhacker, Joe Mason andWayne Hoch. Most of them have beenin the section several years.

Thh larger of the two Ozalid machines,the Printmaster, prints up to 54 incheswide and the smaller Ozamatic printsup to 17 inches wide, both for any re-quired lengths. TIE Pease blueprinter,looking a good deal like a high speedrotary newspaper press, handles paperup to 42 inches wide.

The blueprinter machine prints onlyon long rolls of paper passing continuous-ly through the machine. The: Ozalids canprint either by the continuous roll orcut sheet method. All three machinesprint from tracing negatives by use ofmercury vapor lamps.A set of maps, plans and tables or

charts for a single project may varyfrom a few to 300 sheets, dependingupon the project's size: and complexity.

Reproduction operations provide areliable gauge of the department's in-creasing volume of highway construction.Thus:

Last year, the blueprinting sectionused 1,140,750 square feet 'Of opaquerQlIer stock paper, a type used on bothOzalid. and blue printer machines. Theestimated total for 1958, oased onconsumption to date, is more than twomillon square feet. Use of cut stockpaper will be nearly doubled this year.The blueprinting section wil have

larger, improved quarters in the newbUilding. They' wil be needed.

MEET THE NEW LIBRARIAN

JOAN RYAN

For the Highway department employeewho wants to do or prelRre for a betterjob, Joan Ryan is a good person to know.A 1958 graduate of st. Terea's college,Winona, Joan is the department's newlibrarian.

She has available for loan upon re-quest a considerable collection oftechnical and vocational books andother publications of service to engi-neering, aduunistrative and otheremployees. The library is moving fromthe Central offces to the new head-quarters building.In her new post, Joan succeeded

Jerome Marturano, who moved to a highschool library post in the Chicago area.

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Bjostad to Duluth

Louis Blostad

Newly named to head the DuluthMaintenance district as assistantdistrict engineer, maintenance, isLouie Bjostad, who has held thatpost at Virginia since 1955. He replacesVie Benson, named last month to beright of way assistant to Les Miiler,Duluth district engineer.

Appointed to succeed Bjostad atVirginia was J. S. (Sub) Harrison,member of the department since 1927and on leave as Cook county highwayengineer for the past four years.

Bjostads appointment was effectiveMay 1; Harrison's wiil be June 1.

Bjostad was in the department brief-ly in 1924-25, and from 1931 to 1937,and was Chisago county engineer from1953 to 1955. Entering the MHD in1927, Harrison was advanced to projectengineer before his Cook county appoint-ment.

J. S. (Sub) Harrison-----~--~~~--Rose Ri ley Retires

Rose Riley---and there's a name that'sas Irish as they come---retired May 5after 26 years in the Finance divisionand Highway patrol, most recently asa Finance account clerk. A dinner inher honor May 6 at the Commodore,St. Paul, was attended by 50 of herfeilow workers. They presented herwith a camera.

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New Library Facilities

By JOAN RYAN

LibrarianMinnesota Highway Deportment

"A little knowledge is a dangerousthing. "

With public attention focused on theState Highway department, the Highwayemployee at any level must becomeincreasingly weil informed, if he hasany personal or professional pride inhis career. He represents the Highwaydepartment. As the Interstate Highwaysystem progresses, he must keep abreastwith the new developments in highwayengineering and administration.

Now located in enlarged quarters onthe third floor (Room 312) of the newState Highway building, the MHDGeneral library provides new, modernfacilities for reference in highway workand its related fields, including com-fortable reading tables and chairs forwork within the library, and free loanservice.

In an attractive catalog case, are anEngineering Index service to articles inleading technical periodicals and anauthor-title index to ail books availablein the library. For more detailed in-formation on a subject, pamphlets fromvarious sources and states arealphabetically arranged by subjectmatter in vertical fies.

From the weil-rounded eoileetion ofbooks on highway and civil engineering,mathematics, management, offcepractices, accounting, and traffcsafety, the highway employee mayselect information which suits hisparticular needs. Whether he is pre-paring for a Civil Service exam, a pub-lic hearing, a training course, or,writing a research paper, technicalreport, or speech the library providesa choice of proper preparatory readingmateriaL.

Any Highway employee may borrowfrom the I ibrary coli ecti on.

The usual loan period for Centraloffce and Metropolian district offcesis two weeks with a two-week renewalupon request. Out-state districts mayborroi' library materials for threeweeks with a sinnlar renewal privilege.Extended loans are granted for specialreference.

An attracti ve and qual ifi ed stoff isan added inducement for MHD employeesta use the deportment's expandedCentral library. Here, Roger Lenius,graduate engineer, Bridge, receivesreference guidance from LibrarianJoan Ryan, while Margaret Fashant, right,HT ILL, Rood Design, makes notes froman engineering magazine. Keepingmaterials available for quick use is atask of Shirley Butler, library assistant.

Requests for books may be made inperson, by written reque st, or by tele-phone to: General Library, Room 312.State Highway Building, St. Paull;or phone CA.2-3013, Ext. 2385.

The Point of ViewTeacher (warning her children against

catching eold): "1 had a litle brotherseven years old. One day he took hisnew sled out in the snow when it wastoo cold. He caught pneumonia anddied three days later."Silence foilowed for 10 seconds.Then a voice from the rear asked:

"Where's his sled?"

COVER PICTUREThree important "public relations"

representatives of the Highway depart-

ment are the appl ication clerks at theDrivers License headquarters in theState Highway building. L to R: Mrs.

Dorothy Gerlach, Mrs. Kay Murray, and

Mrs. Allie Belanger. They serve from

200 to 400 persons daily.Besides receiving license applications

and fees, they refer to the proper divisionpersonnel persons calling in regard to

suspension or revocation of theirlicenses, driver improvement interviews,

and security deposits. Because these

clerks deal with many visitors who are

concerned about the status of theirlicenses, a high degree of tact and

patience are a i prime requisite for their

work.

MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS

library BroadensField of Subjects

By JOAN RYAN, Librarian

Contrary to popular opinion. theHighII ay Library does not cater ex-clusively to engineers and administra-tors. As the informational needs andinterests of a wide range of occupationswithin the MHD have been recognized,the Library has enlarged its collectionin several areas from law enforceme ntto real estate appraisaL. Each of thebooks mentioned below illustrates adifferent field in which related pub-lications are a vailabl e.

If you are a highway patrol officer,you will find practical. simply-writtendiscussions of the traffc problem, thesuce essful operation of traffc safetyimprovement, and safety programactivities in "Organizing for TrafficSafety in Your Community" by WalterD. Ladd.

As a supervisor, do you feel over-burdened with the respons ibi lity ofdeveloping your subordinates' abilities?Written in question-and-answer form,What Every Supervisor Should Know byLester R. Bittel, has five objeetives-realistic helpfulness. integration ofchang e. practicality based upon ex-perienee. goo d-humored perspecti ve.and coverage of the whole job.Secretaries, as the bosses' chief

"letter interpreters," are confrontedwith correct forms of address, abbrevia-tions. punctuation, new office proceduresand other special problems. The Com-plete Secretory's Hondbook by LilianDoris and Besse May Miler is a guide-book which explains each duty on whicheffeieney as a secretary depends.

Forging a network of interstate high-ways through rural and urban areaspresents right of way agents and high -way attorneys with more complicatedproblems of condemnation and appraisaL.Real estate experts express their

COVER PICTUREStanding boldly against the

sky are these up to 100-foot tallpiers for the $20-million toll-freeinterstate bridge being built toconnect Duluth, Minn., withSuperior, Wis. The structure willhave more than 50 piers of vary-ing heights to carry four-lane

Interstate Highway 535 over St.Louis Bay. Construction' of thereinforced concrete deck is tobegin early in the coming sum-mer.

The total bridge; more thana mile and one-half long, willbe the biggest and most expen-

sive in Minnesota and Wisconsin

history. Into its erection will go

14 OOOtons of steel and 36 miles

ot' concrete and steel piling.Construction began late in 1958;is scheduled for completion by

the fall of 1961.

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new Apprai sol andpubl ished by theof Real Estate

so lutions in theValuation Manual,American InstituteAppraisers.Now that the IBM 650 has become an

operating reality, statisticians mayrefresh or develop their knowledge ofdistribution, variance analysis, pro-bability or sampling techniques through

the newly-acquired Introduction toStatistical Analysis by Wilfrid J.Dixon and Frank J. Massey.Success in any position depends

both on what you know and how youapply what you know. No matter wliatwork you do, the Library aims at help-ing you to know more about your job.

Swanberg Elected

John Swanberg

MHD Chief Engineer John Swanbergwas elected president of tbe MississippiValley Conference of State HighwayOffcials March 19 at its annual meetingin Chicago. Walter Johnson, Kansasstate highway engineer, was the re-tiring president. The conference includesstate and U. S. Bureau of Public Roadsoffcials in 14 states.

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Art and HobbyShow

Art and hobby accomplishments ofHighway Departme nt and Motor VehicleDivision employees wil be displayedat the second annual Art and HobbyShow April 26 to 29 in the First Floorlobby of the state Highway Building.Judging by last year's show, which

included only art exhibits, the art dis-plays will have work in oils, watercolors, pastels, charcoal, and sculpture.A generous range of hobby subjectswil add to the interest.

The Hiwayan Club wil provide awardsfor winning amateur entries. ClemHaupers, faculty member at the St. PaulSchool of Art, and Walter Peltier ofRoad Design, wil be the art and hobbyjudges, respectively. Frances Finn ofDrivers License and Jack Griffin ofRoad Information, are the co-chairmen.

Uniform MarkingUnder an enactment of the 1959 State

Legislature, applying to all \1innesotapeace officers' cars purchased sinceJanuary 7 and used mostly for trafficlaw enforcement, the 64 new HighwayPatrol cars delivered this year carryuniform identification markings.Additional purchases will be so marked.The essential features arc white frontdoors bearing the name of the governmentagency the vehicle serves. The namealso must be on the rear of the car.

The law did not call for the uniformmarking for patrol cars in use beforeJanuary.

However, Highway Patrol officershave announced that it is probable thatabout one-half of the Patrol's present267 older cars also will have theuniform marking applied to them. Theapproximately 130 cars not scheduledfor marking are those due for earlytrade-in. This means that all of thePatrol's 331 cars probably will beuniformly marked within a year.

Assistant Chief Garnet Hall said theuniform marking of all Patrol cars,regardless of the legal requirements,will best comply with the law's intentand set an example for the requireduniform marking of all traffc law en-forcement cars in the state.

Patrol SchoolFamily men predominate in numbers

among the 25 students at the HighwayPatrol's recruit school now in sessionat the Southern School of Agriculturein Waseca.

Of the 25, 16 are married and have atotal of 31 children. Two of the menhave four children, each; four of them,three children, each. The average ageof the 25 patrol candidates is 27 years.

During the 10-week term, which open-ed March 28, the hard working studentsare attempting to master 43 subjects.Captain James Stevens, patrol trainingoffcer, is school director, assistedby Sergeants Bert Johnson, RichardLueck, Stan Dickenson and Sam Rotegard.

The student roster includes:John H. stopyro, Rochester; Norman

W. Nelson and Clarence D. Swanson,both of st. Paul; John T. Daran, Way-zata; Earl C. Smith, White Bear Lake;James A. Reibel, st. Paul Pari\; JamesB. Cepek, Duluth; Gary A. Von Wald,Faribault; Floyd L. Des Marais, St.Cloud; Kermit E. Matyas, Moose Lake;Clifon H. stedje and Ronald R. Hagen,both of Minneapolis; Donald K. Weise,New Ulm; David M. Peterson, DetroitLakes; James A. Fischer, Georgetown;Dale A. Heaton, Thief River Falls;Donald B. Ziesmer, Stanchfield; WiliamC. Griffih, Mizpah; Robert J. Nelson,Marsliall; Marvin P. Ross, Plainview;Carroll D. Ose, Watervile; Harold E.Murphy, Newport; Roger A. Bjornson,Mound; Eric P. Gunderson, SaukRapids, and Leroy 1. Tlbodeau, Mankato.

The Slate Emfiloyee Suggestio.iA u.:ard prQgram is a convenientmeans by wbich one may win casband official recognition for ideas10 imfJrove defiartmenial ofJerations.Application blanks available atCentral and district offices.

MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS

Sick Leave: A Safeguard, Not a BonusTenth in a series of arttcles on Minnesota state civIl service laws,

reti;l1!;:ttons, and procedures.

state employees have bee n fortunatein the number of fringe benefis avail-able to them in addition to their salaries.Sick leave is one of the most valuableof these extra benefis. Judging by thenumb er of questions from employee srelative to sick leave, however, it iswell to clarify the principles underlying

it. It is of paramount importance torecognize in any discussion of sickleave that sick leave is a privilege,not a right. Employees should requestit only for legitimate reasons and de-partme nt he ads should grant it in afair and equitable manner.

On occasion, the state has beencriticized by private employers as be-ing too generous in the amount of sickleave afforded its employee s. Sickleave is one of the benefits that hasa decided monetary value. It is a con-sideration in the employme nt packagenegotiated by unions and privateindustry today. It is important to under-

stand the value of sick leave and thenecessity for using it judiciously be-cause the area of sick leave administra-tion is one which can become difficultand complicated if there are misunder-standings about its proper use.

Value Is Apparent

Mas t of us have see n how valuable

sick leave becomes when serious ill-ness or injury strikes. Little quarrelcan generally be made with the mannerin which sick leave is handled in suchsituations. Mis understanding may arise,however, when sick leave is or is notgranted in a questionable case. Rumorssometime circulate that employees inone department "almost have to have astroke" to get sick leave while inanother they can "take it off for shop-ping." The se exagg erations point upsome of the misunderstanding regard-ing sick leave.

You wil be granted sick leave whenyou request it for what your departmentconsiders a reasonable purpose. Butsick leave is not intended as a sub-stitute for vacation. It is intended asinsurance for emergency situations.Most departme nts wil require, in ill-nesses which extend beyond a fewdays, that the necessity for sick leavebe justified by a statement from adoctor indicating the seriousness andthe prognosis of any given case. Theactual policy of administration mayvary slightly between departme nts, butthe princ iple and the purpose is thesame in all of them.

The Best Ins uranceSick leave is designed to provide

employees with regular pay when il-ness or injury keeps them from work.In this sense it is probably the besthealth and accident insurance anyonecan get. It covers short periods of il-ness with which most of us are familar,but it is also designed to cover

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By JOHN W. JACKSON, DirectorMinnesota Civil Service Department

extended illnesses or periods of con-valescence for those employees whohave accumulated the 100 day maximum.An employee who has used his sickleave wisely may have a lapsed sickleave bank available to him if hisillness if of unusual duration.

Unfortunately, some employees donot appreciate the value of sick leaveand attempt to use it for questionablepurposes. The abuse of sick leavesometimes leads to disciplinary action.Most departments will frown upon anindividual's using a day a month ofsick leave, particularly on a Mondayor Friday, so that it would appear thatthe employee may be using sick leavefor other than illness. If a pattern ofsick leave usage develops which lookssuspicious, the department head hasevery right to investigate the cir-eunlS tances and to discipline an employee

for this reason. Abuse of sick leaveon the part of a small numb er ofemployees creates an injustice toemployees who realize its purpose anduse it accordingly. Its abu se may be-come a contributing factor to low moralewithin a working unit. Departmentsmay require that, if an employee'srecord of sick leave shows intermittentperiods of illnesses of short duration,a physician's statement be furnisheddescribing the nature of the recurringilne ss.

The re are other situations in whichsick leave may be granted.. It may beused when serious ilness strikes theimme diate family of an employee. Sickleave for this purpose may be grantedfor illnesses of the employee's husbandor wife, minor children, or parent wherethe parent has no other person to pro-vide the necessary nursing care. Use ofsick leave for this purpose is limitedto instances where persons living in theemployee's hóusehold are ilL. Sickleave may also be granted for deathsof persons in the employee's immediatefamily.

Paints to Consider

Some points that employees and theirsupervisor's should consider in request-ing and cons idering the use of sickleave are that:(1) Sick leave should not be granted

for ilnesses or other complicationsdirectly associated with pregnancy.

(2) As a general rule, appointments withphysicians and dentists should belimited to acute cases requiringimmediate medical or dental care.The employee should attempt tomake arrangements for routinemedical or dental appointmentsoutside of regular working hours.

(3) Employee s should not reque st sickleave so that they may personallyprov id e practie al nursing care forfamily members. It is intended topermit the employee reasonable

time to make necessary arrange-ments for care of immediatefamily me iiib ers.

(4) Similarly, sick leave in the event ofdeath in the immediate family islimited to the time it is re asonablynecess ary to make funeral arrange-ments and attend funeral services,Only in unusual circumstances wouldmore than three days be granted.Additional time used would be fortravel charged to annual leave.

In any discussion of sick leave, thebasic philosophy should not be forgotten.Sick leave is a privilege that mayormay not be granted by a departme nt headdepending on the circumstances involvedin the individual case. Sick leave isins uranee. If you take care of yoursick leave, it wil take care of you.

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Branch LibrariesDistrict employees of the Highway

Department soon will have increasedopportunity for quick use of workingand research reading materials pro-vided by the department.

To augment the reference servicesprovided by the MHD central library inthe State Highway Building in st. Paul,branch libraries now are being establish-ed in seven of the nine departmentdistricts, according to Joan Ryan, MHDlibrarian.

No branch is planned for the TwinCities ivetropolitan District whoseheadquarters is near the central library.Establishment of the Bemidji District'sbranch wil await construction of thenew district headquarters building.The branch libraries wil contain

sets of design and materials standards,logarithm tables, pertinent engineering,surveying, soils and drainage texts,and other reading materials of practicaluse in solution of engineering problems.

The branches also wil contain sometechnical reading materials in engineer-

ing, traffc safety, and related fieldsin line with the department's policyto eneour age and facilitate increasedvoe ati onal study.Branch libraries already have been

set up in the Duluth and BrainerdDistrict headquarters. Branches wilbe organized for the remaining fivebranches as rapidly as possible, MissRyan said.

The Duluth branch, with Ed Quinn,district offce manager, in charge ofcirculation, is preparing a list of avail-able materiaL. Jim Newland, a designenginee r, is in charge of ordering newmaterials.

For the Brainerd branch, Jane Moyer,

a highway technician, wil handlecirculation and Assistant DistrictEng ineer Walter Haefmeyer, orderingof new nn terials..

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MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS

Rochester District in New Headquarters

Earlier this month there came a day ofgreat transformation for district personneldown in Rochester. They went from theold to the modern, the non-functional tothe functional, from the city to thecountry.

District 6 employees moved from theirold quarters in southeastern Rochesterinto their new million dollar headq uarterson TH 52 just north of the city. Makingthe move were 174 employees comprisingDistrict 6, Maintenance Area 6A and Pa-trol District 1 headquarters. They moved,in a manner of speaking, from the pastinto the present.

This is the sixth new district head-quarters building to be constructed in thestate in as many years. Others are atBemidji, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Duluthand Mankato. The Rochester building wasbegun last spring and completed in almostrecord time m a comparatively s hart ninemonths.Although the building has been com-

pleted, work remains to be done on thegrounds m site grading, black-toppingthe parking lot and construction of side-walks and curbs. The building cost$956,000 and the remaining work to bedone this spring will cost about $50,000.

The new headquarters is similar in de-sign, layout and cost to the other newheadquarters buildings. It is of concreteblock construction with brick facing, airconditioned and designed to assure thebest utilization of floor space.

Four interconneeted units make up theheadquarters; an offce wing, 65 x 247feet; repair shop, 80 x 160 feet; heatedstorage, 140 x 160 feet; unheated storage,60 x 160 feet; and a sign shop, 66 x 80 feet.

MHD personnel under building engineerH. C. Anderson did preparatory work onthe plans for the building and Ellerbe andCo., st. Paul, drew the final plans. Thegeneral contractor was O. A. Stocke,Rochester.

A public open house is planned for thebUilding this spring.

Construction of the new headquarterscould not have come at a better time.Meeting demands of the state-wide con-struction program in the next three yearsis going to require special efforts of allMHD employees (as reported in lastmonth's Minnesota Highways), and thenew headquarters will make the job alittle easier in theRoehester district.

Work eurrent!y under way in the districtinvolves 60 miles of highways, severalbridges and miscellaneous work for atotal cost of about $17 millon, on bothstate trunk and Interstate highway projects.

Work programmed in the district throughfiscal 1966 totals more than $41 million.For regular trunk high ways, work is pro-grammed for about 108 miles and severalbridges at a cost of nearly $11 millon.On Interstate highways, work is program-med on 80 miles of highway and severalbridges at a cost of about $30.2 millon.~_._-----"--

Happy St. Valentine!Even if we should miss our publication

date by a few days, we wish you a happyst. Valentine's Day. Which brings up thequestion, how did this whole thing getstarted?

There actually was a st. Valentine, youknow. He was a priest of Rome who livedduring the persecution of the Christians

under Claudius II. Valentine himself wasa martyr, and was beheaded because hewould not renounce his faith. February 14is the. anniversary of his martyrdom.

The connection with St. Valentine oftoday's custom of giving tokens of love isnot too clear, but it does date back tohis time.

FEBRUARY, 1964

Library Expands

The MHD library, since its move to thefifth floor of the central offce and s ub-

sequent expansion, is now better equippedto serve its specialized clientele thanever before.

Known in library circles as a "special"library, it now has available 150 periodi-cal titles and 2,500 volumes of classified

books and pamphlets. And more than that,the library's informational scope extendsfar beyond the limits of its walls. Inter-library loans can be made from the St.Paul Public Library, the University ofMinnesota libraries, and the speciallibraries of other state de partm ents and

private industry in this area.

The day-to-day goal of the MHD libraryis to make the word "library" synonymouswith the word "service". To serve thepersonnel of this department is the onLyreasonforthe existence of such a facility.

The library was born of a necessity in1957. The necessity was two-part: to pre-serve and catalog great amounts of tech-nical material gathered and used byhighway engineers and technicians, andto make this material available to others.This is how the library was started, butit was only in the crawling stage.

Next came the acquisition and develop-ment of means of helping an employeefind answers to specific questions. Thesemeans consist of indexes, abstracts,various lists, etc. The Applied Scienceand Technology Index, for example, isone of these. It is a monthly index ofarticles which appear in the leading tech-nical period icals.

In fields other than technical and engi-

neering, such as management, personnel,etc., the Business Periodical Index listsby subject those articles which appear in

leading administrative periodicals.

Other helps in locating materials in-clude a card catalog, kardex of periodicals,the Thomas Register of products andmanufacturers, Ind ustrial Constructioncatalog fie, and the Architectural catalog.

In addition there are the EncyclopediaBritannica, World Almanac, MinnesotaLaws and Statutes and several citydirectories.

A popular item these days are the papers

presented at the AASHO convention andbrought back by highway personneL. Thesehave been cataloged and the titles circu-larized.

But the main point of this whole story

is to tell you that your MHD library isthere to serve YOU. It contains manythings not available in your home townor other libraries.

All you need do is wall, in or write. Ifyou're not sure what you're looking for,contact th e library anyway. The librarianwill do her best to put the material in

your hands. Or, if you have an engineeringproblem, maybe it came up before and theanswer is now in the fies. And, if thefour-week loan isn't suffcient for yourneeds, you may apply for a renewal or anindefinite loan.

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Changes for 3 in Road Design

Eddie Lewis

Promotion of Paul Velz from hYdraulicsto road plans engineer, as announced last

month, has been followed by another pro-motion and two lateral transfers to fillresulting vacancies in the Road DesignSection. Velz succeeds Chris Aasland,who retired June 23.

To succeed Velz as hydraulics engi-neer. in charge of the Hydraulics Unit.

Commissioner Marshall has named Norman

osterby. transferred from his post of con-

Vince Pearson

sultant design engineer in charge of theÇonsultant Design unit.

The Commissioner promoted L. V.(Vince) pearson from civil engineer ILL toiV to siiceeed osterby as consultant de-sign engineer. He transferred W. E. (Eddie)

Lewis from senior design engineer toPearson's former post as liaison designengineer.

Lewis' former post remained to be filled.

Named librarian

The Highway Department has a newlibrarian, Inez Welch of Porkers Prairie.She succeeds Joan Ryan, resigned. Agraduate in English and speech fromBethel College in St. Paul, Inez obtained

her moster's degree in library sciencethis summer from the University of Minne-sota. Genevieve Lyle, librory clerk, hosbeen acting librarian since Joan's resig-nation.

A good father, finding his son onthe wrong track, will apply switchingfacilties. ---A.A .M. V.A. Bulletin.

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Pre I i m i nary De s i g n

Engineers NamedEstablishment of the post of district

preliminary design engineer. initiated ayear ago in the Goiden Valley District,was extended in recent days to the Duluth.St. paul, and Rochester Districts.

Appointees for th e three new positions.as announced by Commissioner Marshall.are:Jim Newland at Duluth, promoted from

project engineer in that district; Bob

McDonald at St. paul. reassigned fromresident engineer there; and Glenn Maic:lat Rochester, promoted from a designerposition there.

Ken Madole has been district prelimi-nary design engineer for the Golden valleyDistrict since establishment of the po-sition there.

Bruce Graves, a project engineer in theSt. paul District, has been promoted toreplace McDonald as resident engineer.

The four districts how having districtpreliminary design engineer positions arethose with the largest current highway im-provement programs in the state.

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They Join Peace Corps

Giving up her post as a research ana-

lyst in the planning and Programming Di-vision, Mrs. Karen Shiffet has joined the

Peace Corps, together with her husband,Douglas. They departed for training inVermont unti october, when they wil goto Turkey for service in the social wel-fare field.

New Evaluator

Promoted to driver evaluator in theDrivers License central office in St. Paulthis month was Harold L. Peterson, adriver examiner at Anoka. He succeedsWinston Carlson who moved to the De-portment of Education with a promotion to

supervisor of school busses. Petersonjoined the Highwoy Department as anexaminer in 1957.

Joins Personnel

Succes sor to Bob Ehrich as MHD per-sonnel (placement) officer is John Ked,above, who previously was a personneltechnician in the Civil Service Depart-ment. Kerl is a graduate of MacalesterCollege. Ehrich transferred to the MHDRight of Way Division as a right of wayagent I.

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'-'lie iva."; rI¡,Hit, all ril~htAs hc' speel a /011(2., hutl1c:'.' just as dei¡d as if11 t.-,' rl he: en H'rOI1I; .' Burma 5;ha ve"

For all of YOU who would like to followup the safe driving safety classes withsupplementary reading, the MIlD libraryoffers special opportunity.

We have three books written especiallyfor driver education courses.

Two of them,Let'_s.D_r)\,eI1ÌJ~liL..(ScottForesman' and Co.,) and Man and the1IDJ9.L _ç.l!r ( Prentice - Ii all ,TíÚ:;:):.~ãJe-standard high school textbooks.

Each discusses the driver and his fit-ness for driving in terms of physicalcondition and emotional attitudes. Eachalso discusses the car -- its engine,chassis, and ignition system, and howto keep it in good condition. Along withthis are special tips on city, highway andfreeway driving, and even on what to lookfor when bUYing a car u new or used.

The third driver education book Visionand Driving by R. C. Sneller, -C'oI1;;';i~trateš;-"'iis the title indicates, on thevision process, learning to see, takingcare of the eyes, how to use them whiledri ving. The book includes one chaptereach on vision in night and winter driv-ing, and even two paragraphs on contactlenses!

Another book, Driver Control by MerwynKraft (Eno FounCCatia-ñ)Oempllasizes pro-gram s used by companies to controlselection and behavior of commercialdrivers.

For the more scholarly approach, theDriving Research Laboratory, Iowa StateCollege, has attempted to bring togetherin one volume, The Psychology of Driving,(1960), the resliltsOfmiiiiy studies"prev:iously published in journals.

Th e goal in most of these studies wasto correlate personality traits with drivinghabits and to develop pertinent measuringinstruments and techniques.

Three more brief studies are as follows:The Determination of Environmental Fae-'tõ-rs~-CÓn trOîITñi -Dri veru.Beh avI-or-aii¡rjTjjjiCí e-_X9lJõ\vJn_g~-=I3giïaviQ~::::A=l) eleL

Study by Kenneth Perehonok, Division ofHIghway Studies, Pennsylvania StateCollege.

Sm oking and Night Driving by GunnarJ o h an swii---anc- Gunna¡-Jaïsso n, D epart-ment of Psychology, University ofUppsala, Sweden.

We'll tell yOU how this story ends:"... the effect of tobacco smoking on theability to detect objects on the road is... negligible. "

SEPTEMBER, 1965

WHO?

(See page 12)

New Retirements

Happy retirement days to:

E. L. Peterson, Owatonna, sign-man II, Owatonna.....Leo T. RuoschSt. Paul, HT II, central office....:Lona Lindenfelser, St. Paul, accountclerk, central offiee.....Ko V. Pearson,Brainerd, CE VI, Dist. 3....NestorA. Pontius, International Falls, Hwy.Patrol officer, International Falls.....Arthur F. Stegner, Windom, CE iv,Windom.

Professional

Engineers

in GovernmentAt a reCl'nt executive mei~ting, presi-

dent Ken Madole, called upon thosepresent to support a program of regulardinner meetings semi-monthly with afirst meeting in Sept em ber. The goals ofthe program should be to:

1. Provide increased acti vities withthe Highway E.I.T. group.

2. Increase

tions withmembers.

contacts and communiea-membership and eligible

3. Increaseand P.E.G.

membership of M.S.P.E.

4. Reviewproposals.

and recommend long range

5. Improve relationships with P.E.P.P.

6- Continue work on important legis-lation.

7. To promote further publications ofP.E.Go activities.

New chairmen who wil select theirown committees are: EIT, Kerm McRae;membership, Lyle LaF'avor; program,H. S. Dartt; PEPP relations, GeneAvery; legislative publications, KenMadole (temp.) and Wayne Holum; andlong range planning, Lynn Carlson

Phil McDonald moved that a viee-chairman for federaL. state and localgovernmental units be established. Themotion was seconded and carried.

P.E.G. activity reports are to be pre-sented at the chapter me etings by thosemembers which agree to assume thisresponsibility. Cliff Swenson will reportfor the Lake Agassiz chapter.

Phil McDonald will attend a nationalP. E.G. meeting in Washington D.C. onSeptember 17 and 18, and a member ofthe executive eommi.tee wil attend anM.S.P.E. board meeting on September 18at Duluth.

Meetings of regional vice-chairmen ofP.E.G. will be held at the Holiday InnMotel, St. Paul, on October 1 and 2.Meetings wil begin at 1 :00 p.m. Octo-ber 1, with dinner at 6:30, and wil re-sum e at 9: 00 October 2, adjourningafter the noon luncheon. Memb ers of theP.E.G. executive meeting are expectedto attend and all interested P.E.G. mem-bers are. invited. The meetings wil beattended by the National P.E.G. Chair-man, C. Frank Vim, and we are expectingrepresentatives from seven states aswell as our state M. S. P .E. PresidentC. J. Larson. '

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By INEZ WELCH, Librarian

Ethical Problems in Engineering, byPhilp-'L. Alger, N. A. Christenseii;- andSterling P. Olmsted, is a hard-hitting,sometimes controversial book writtenabout the ethics of engineers in all fields.

Among other things, the authors speakof "Organizations suffering from ethicalparalysis.... ethical degeneration.. ..and

filled with ethical termites."

One chapter is devoted to the ethicalproblems of engineers in government,and two pages to highway engineers.

This new book is a product of aneight-year project sponsored by theEthics Committee of the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education andcosponsored by the Engineers' Councilfor Professional Development and theNational Society of Professional Engi-neers.

By "professional engineering ethics."the authors mean "the generation andapplication of rules of conduGt designed

to control engineers' relations (a) amongthemselves, (b) between themselves andtheir employers or their clients, and (c)between themselves and the public."

Analyzed from an ethical perspectiveare such topics as dismissal from a job,part time employment, gifts, press re-leases, and recruiting.

The case study approach representscontributions from about 200 engineers.

While less sensational than the àbove

quotations suggest, the book is relevantfor all engineers.

Recent Deaths

Matt Kopponen, Menahga, HMM 1,Brainerd.....James M. Blackwood, Flood-wood, HMM II, Duluth.....Max E. Bolles,Austin, HMM II, Owatonna.....Stanley A.Axtell, St. Paul, civil engr. II, central

offee.....W. C. Barnard, Mpls., clerk II,M&R, central offce.....Harold G. Fos-ter. Sr., Preston, HMM II, Rochester.....Robert C. Mendel, Sauk Rapids, HMM 1.

St. Cloud.....Louis O. Pedersen. retiredbridge maintenance foreman. Minneapolis......Joseph L. Johnson, retired project

engineer, Minneapolis.... .Ervin Nygaard.

Brainerd, Info. Rep. 1. central offce.....Arthur F, Martin, Owatonna. auto fieldmechanic, Owatonna.

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Area MaintenanceEngineer Retires

A. F. Stegner. AME, District 7B,Windom retired in August this year. Mr.Stegner entered the highway departme ntin 1956 as AME at Windom. Prior tojoining the department he had served asCounty engineer in Wabasha County andfrom 1927 until 1956 as engineer forFilm ore County.

A retirement party was held in hishonor October 5 at the Driftwood SteakHouse. Attendlng from the central offcewas maintenance engineer G. A. Meskaland his wife.

Mr. Stegner is spending his retirementtime enjoying golf, gardening and bowl-ing. With these three items he should beable to keep his time very well occupiedand be able to refrain from th e usualAME worries of snow removal, litterpickup, floods, etc.

Newland Tops

HorseshoersWe have been of the opinion that con-

struction equipm ent in Duluth wasmodernized, but maybe not becausehorseshoes stil se ern to be a hot topicin those parts.

At least ac;eording to Jim Newland whosent in a detailed report on the "1stAnnual Invitational MHD District 1Horseshoe Tourney".

According to Jim. six of the moreenthusiastic pitched in a round robbincompetiton at the city courts on Septem-ber 2. At the end of five garnes, Newlandand Bil Highmark were tied for first,but Newland won out in an ll-pointplayoff.

Top ringer percentage for the tourneywent to Bil Highmark with 24.3 percent,for the best ringer game to John Young-quist. with 42.9 percent.

The Duluth throwers now challengeanyone in the MHD to a match. Are thereany other MID 1 eagu es around?

Professional

Engineers

in GovernmentCommissioner John Jamieson was in-

ducted into membership of the MinnesotaSociety of Professional Engine ers Sep-tember 16.

Presenting the Commissioner formembership was District Engineer CarlLarson, MSPE President. Present forthe ceremony were Ken Madole, Presi-dent of the Professional Engineers inGovernment section of MSPE and JamesTillit, President of the MinneapolisChapter, MSPE. Commissioner Jamiesonwil hold membership in the MinneapolisChapter because his home is located inthat city.

Meetings of the North Central RegionalViee-Chairme n of PEG were held inRoom 818 October 1 and 2. Welcomingthe group was MSPE State PresidentCarl Larson.

The objectives for the meeting wereoutlined by C. Frank Virr, NationalChairman of PEG. He emphasized actionprograms in Civil Service Regulations,legislative goals and improved relationswith the Professional Engineers inPrivate Practice of MSPE.

The major afternoon program was apresentation by Commissioner Jamieson,Lt. Col. Harding. Corps of Engineersand Eugene Avery. City Engineer ofSt. PauL. Each emphasized the respon-sibilities and eh allenges for engineersin their particular area of government.Cooperatio!) between the various unitsof government was also cited as a vitalneed.

The evening dinner meeting was heldFriday at the Holiday Inn. C. Frank Vir¡spoke to the group on the role youngengineers will play in our society.

The me etings were attended by PEGmembers of MHD and also members of theEIT club.

MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS

Professional

Engineers

in Government

It is not news to state that Profession-

al Engineers in Government have differ-ences with fellow engineers in privatepractice. These differences take manyforms. Ethics, areas of responsibiliy,fees, wor kmanship, policies, employ me nt

practices and contracts are just a fewareas where differences can arise.

In view of the many programs underthe scope of Governmental activity, thereis a continuing need to establish betterrelationships and. understanding withour fellow engineers in private practice.To meet this continuing need, P.E.G.has established a P.E.P.P. relationscommittee. The chairman is Eugene V.Avery, Chief Engineer, Department ofPublic Works, City of St. PauL. Thecommittee members are as follows: W. IV.Fryhoffer, Division Engineer, U.S.Bureau of Public Roads; L. P. Pederson,Hennepin County Engineer; Kerwin L.Mick, Chief F:ngineer, Minneapolis-St.Paul Sanitary District; T. S. Thompson,Chief Road Design Engineer, MinnesotaDepartment of Highways; and Francis E.Muller, Chief Design Branch, Corps ofEngineers. The committee called itsfirst meeting on October 27 at the St.Paul Capp Towers MoteL. We in P.E.G.are greatly pleased that these busyProfessional Engineers have agreed todevote their time to this important task.

Space does not permit a full reporton the recent regional meeting. One itemdiscussed at length is a proposed policyresulting from the P.E.G. ExecutiveBoard September meeting at WashingtonD.C. The proposed policy on Coordina-tion of Functional Sections is as follows:

The effective development and imple-mentation of functional section programs,requires that such. activities be presentedon a unified basis as being consistentwith the interests of the entire pro-fession. The following shall be followedin providing the fullest possible coordi-nation:

1. The agenda of each functional sec-tion executive board meeting shall becirculated in advance to the chairmanof the other functional sections.

2. The minutes of functional sectionexecutive board meetings shall bepromptly circulated to other functionalsection chairmen.

3. The NSPE Vice President in chargeof functional sections shall callcoordination meetings of the function-al s'eetion chairman not less thanonce a year or as requested of thechairman of any section, to discusspending items of mutual interest andto review general functional sectionprograms.

As provided in Bylaw 8 (B) (k), allproposed programs which will formu-late new National Society policies or

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Local 1011

Elects Officers

Left to right, Treasurer Ralph Leider,Secretory Morgaret Buckner, and Presi-dent Bab Meyers. Vice-President DwightCorrell was unavailable for the picture.

Highway Local 1011, American Federa-tion of State, County and MunicipalEmployees elected new offcers duringAugust. The new offcers, picturedabove, were installed at the Septemberme eting.

The Union recently appointed aSteering Committee on Clerical andAdministrative employee problems. Thepurpose of this committee is to investi-gate the working conditions and salariesof clerical and administrative employees,comparing the MHD conditions to thosein other states and the federal governmentand to the conditions in private industry.

Through this study it is hoped that abetter und erstanding wil be gained ofthe clerical employees problems. Thiswil give the union offcers and thebusiness representative the tools tobetter serve this group of union members.

which are not covered by existingpolicies shall be submitted to theBoard of Directors. If there are differ-ences of opinion between functionalsections on interpretation of NationalSociety policies, the fullest effortwil be made to the extent that timepermits to resolve such interpretationsbetween the functional sections, andand such differences of interpretationas may remain shall be submitted tothe NSPE Executive Committee forresolution. Submittal to the ExecutiveCommittee shall preferably be at aregular meeting of the ExecutiveCommittee, but if time is of theessence the submittal and determina-tion may be made through correspond-ence or other expeditious means asdetermined by the NSPE Vice Presi-dent in charge of functional sections.

If you have any comments on thispolicy please address them to ourN.S.P.E. Offce with attention to P.E.G.

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By INEZ WELCH, Librarian

"Who wrote Pinocchio?" "How doesthat first part of 'Thanotopsis' go?""What does the 'y' in Cotarelo y Morimean?" "If a whale swallowed a man.wouldn't it digest him?"

"In our attic we found an old violinwith all the marl;ings of a Stradivarius;how can we find out whether it really isone?" "What was Livingstone's replyto Stanley's 'Dr. Livingstone, I pre-sume. '?" "What's the name for the littlemen dressed in green who play tricks(Ireland)?" "How does t.his sayinggo.... '?" '-Who said it?".

This is a sample of some of thequestions that are asked in the libraryeach day.

Few people realize tlw reference ser-vice of a library, one of which isanswering questions. Answering ques-tions is one way of bringing together aperson and the material in books.

Certain books - encyclopedias, dic-tionaries, directories and indexes - arekept in the library, not circulated,because they answer so many questionsthat arc asked. They are always avail-able in the library for reference.

In our MHD library, we are not equippedto answer some of the general questionswe receive, questions similar to those atthe beginning of this article.

Most of our books have to do withhighway administration and engineering.Books on other subject areas are chosenfor their value in contributing to related

departmental functions. Thus, we arebetter prepared to give you informationon tellurometers, highway laws, andspecification writing.

Of course, some books answer manyquestions. One not only provides statis-tical information used by the Department,

but also informs interested personsabout forest fire damage in Brazil, thenames and addresses of sheep clubs, thepercentage of water in milk, and the wayFrenchmen in Normandy drink coffee.

When we can't answer your questions,we lift the receiver, dial the publiclibrary and ask them.

Another library service is the inter-library loan. As a small technical library,we can neither answer all your questionsnor supply all your book needs. When wedon't have a book, we try to borrow itfrom another library - public, educationalinstitution, or another small technicallibrary.

The whole point is - if you haven'tguessed - we, in the MHD. library, dowelcome your questions and bookrequests.

MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS

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Many MHD employees will be interestedin reports of the Minnesota Outdoor Re-creation Resources Commission. TbeCommission evaluates the current statusand future needs of Minnesota's recreationresources and opportunities. Its evalua-tion and recommendations are printed inbooklet form now available in our library.

Following are brief descriptions ofsome of the MORRC reports on the loanlist.

)A three part report of Minnesota's

heritage, includes" An Historic SitesProgram for Minnesota," in which manyhistorical sites are identified; "AnArchaeology Program for Minnesota,"prehistoric man in Minnesota; and" APaleontology Program for Minnesota,"prehistoric animals and plants in Minn-esota.

MHD involves itself in the State'sheritage program by setting up roadsidemarkers. Its extensive constructionactivity also unearths relics and fossils.You may have seen Minnesota's Pleisto-cene man found by highway departmentconstruction employees.

The report, "Public Accessesota," reveals that over halfesota's lakes of 150 acres ornot have public access.

in Minn-of Minn-

more do

Minnesota's Memorial Hardwood Forest,according to the booklet by that tite,serves not only as a memorial to pioneers

and veterans, but is also used for recrea-tion, wildlife reserve, erosion control,stream stabilization, and timber produc-tion.

The need for topographic, geologic.aeromagnetic, and soil survey maps isdisclosed in "An Accelerated MappingProgram for Minnesota."

"An Accelerated Program for Hydro-logic Studies in Minnesota" evaluatesthe state's water resources, uses andneeds.

The state's wildlife program needsextend from preserving and protectingwildlife to producing wildlife to keep

the many hunters happy. For furtherinformation read" Acquisition of WildlifeLand in Minnesota."

Other report titles include "Parks andRecreation in Minnesota," "Planning inMinnesota," "Fort Snelling," "Drivingfor Pleasure in Minnesota," and "TheGreat River Road in Minnesota."

If this subject area interests youcome into the library and ask for more

on natural resources in Minnesota.

DECEMBER, 1965

Civil Service Openings

The following openings are listed toalert employees that examinations arceither open on a continuous basis oropen now for a restricted period. Em-ployees are urged to consult the offcialannouncements for details of closingdates, educational and work require-ments, etc.

If you are interested in any of thoseshown, you are advised to apply as soonas possi ble.

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Hvy. Equip. Opr. (temp.)Hwy. Main!. Man IIHwy. Tech. II (Draft)Hwy. Tech. II (M&R)Hwy. Main!. Foreman

(I ntermittent)STATEWIDE PROMOTIONALS

$ 468,569370-450

450-547450,547

433-526

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Hwy. Sig. Tech I (Elect)

Hwy. Main!. Man IHwy. Tech iBridge Worker

TraiL. Recorder iAuditor iAuto Serviceman

Corr. Off. i (State prison)Spec. School Couns.

Clerk Typists i and Ii andClerk Stenos I & IICasualty Actuary

Chemist Aide

Chemist IChemist IIResearch Analyst iR/W Agent IMech. Stock Clerk iPlanner i (Transportation)Planner Ii (Transporattion)Emp. Counselor TraineeEmp. Sec. Interviewer I

487-592

526-641329-400370-450450-547292-356468.569329-400370,450370.450

988-1220356-433487 -592526-641

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450-468450-547

See announcements for closing dates

Recent RetirementsHappy retirement days to:

Melvin O. H. Peterson, Glenwood,HMM 11, Morris.. ...Lawrenee Purrington,Windom, HMM I, Windom.....GeorgeNohava, Northfield, HMM 11, Owatonna.... .Edward F. Arms, St. Cloud, automechanic, St. Cloud.....Oliver B. Syver-son, Ada, HMM 11, Crookston.....John M.Johnson, Detroit Lakes, janitor, DetroitLakes.....Ray Rippie, Windom, HMM 11,Windom.... .Edward K. Shaffer, Finland,laborer I, Duluth..... Alice J. Nystrom,

Minneapolis, bookkeeping mach. clk. 11.central offce.... .Albert Krippner, Roch-

ester. HMM 11, Rochester.....C. A.Thompson, Wilmar, CE VI, Wilmar.....E. W. Berglund, Weaver, HMM II, Roehes-ter.....Lonnie E. McElhaney, GraniteFalls, HMM 1, Marshall.....Bennie T. VigWilmar, auto mech foreman, Wilmar.....Oliver Olson, Bemidji, HMM I, Bemidji.....Arthur F. Ziebell, Stockton, labor-

er II, Rochester.

Professional

Engineers

in Government

By K. A. MADOLE

A recent publication of ProfessionalEngineers in Government titled "TheEngineer in State Government" summar-izes the results of a survey conducted bythe National Society of ProfessionalEngineers. The purpose of the survey wasto focus attention on current practicesinvolving professional employment andprofessional development of engineeringpersonnel and to encourage and stimulateimproved engineering personnel policiesand higher standards.

The publication presents 9 recommend-ations based on ans wers to survey ques-

tions. MHD has policies which meet inpart, each of the recommendations. If youare interested in a copy of this publica-tion, write and ask NSPE for a copy andinclude 25 cents.

The MSPE State Legislative Committeehas held its first meeting in preparationfor the 1967 Legislature. State Aid Engi-neer J. M. Evans, has been named Chair-man of this Committee. We understandthat he will receive assistance from E.S. Vevea, P.E. Assistant District Engi-neer of District 115. This committee wilpresent the MSPE legislative programto the Board for action at a future date.The important items of legislation al-ready given consideration are as follows:

1. A recommended study to determine thedesirability of the use of green auto-mobile tail lights.

2. Registration law changes.3. The addition of 5 ranges to the State

Salary Pla.n.4. Constructive work on water and air

pollution.5. Mass Transit in the Metropolitan Area.

6. A Study of Engineering Man Power inMinnesqta in support of promotingbusiness.

7. Changes in the retirement laws.

8. The establishment of a Twin CitiesTechnical Institute for training ofcertified Engineering Technicians.

Executive Secretary, Win Johnson, hasreported that there are approximately 100Minnesota Engineering Technicians whoare presently certified or in the process

of completing their certification. Two or-ganizational meetings have been held bythe Minnesota Chapter of the AmericanSociety for Certified Engineering Tech-

nicians. We think this group has made areal step in Minnesota. The PEG Sectiondesires to give recognition to the Certi-fied Engineering Technicians within theMinnesota Highway Department. To dothis we need the names of all those thathad certifications.

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