THE BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNE, 1970
RunnerPU BLISHED BY TH E DE RT ENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2
Traffic Branch Starts Countdownon Annual Vehicle Tally
Each May three enumerators leave the Traffic Branch headquarters in Victoria to spend four months on the road collectingtraffic-count data. Following predetermined routes, and workingto schedules, the traffic enumerators operate as independent oneman crews . They use pneumatic road tube vehicle detectors andautomatic recording counters and are able to obtain trafficvolume data for about 20 count stations per week. Before returning to Victoria in September, the enumerators will have collectedtraffic-volume samples at more than 700 locations throughout theProvince.
A count station is set out by stretching a road tube tightlyacross the traffic lanes. One end of the tube is connected to thecounter. As a vehicle passes over the tube, an impulse (one foreach axle or set of wheels) is transmitted to the counter. Thecounter records one-half vehicle for each impulse it receives.Thus, a normal car with two axles will be counted as one vehicle .Every IS minutes the counter automatically records the VOlumeof traffic detected in the previous IS-minute period by stampingor punching the appropriate time and volume onto a paper tape .Completed tapes are removed from the machines at the end ofeach count and are mailed to Headquarters for processing andfiling.
Many hours of machine counts are lost each year because ofbroken ro ad tubes. Some failures are due to vandalism andothers to accidental destruction of road tubes by mechanicalbrooms or similar equipment. In any event, these must be repaired. The enumerators would appreciate being notified as soon as possible if a brokenroad tube is noticedby anyone in theDepartment. Theymay be contacteddirectly by radio orby leaving a message at the nearestdistrict office.
Enumerator 101m Jordan gives aile ofhis " ATR " counters a tinal check beforeleaving headquarters. This summer 101mwill be counting traffic ill the Kootcnaysalit! Northern British Columbia.
The traffic enumerators standing by thei r vehicles are ready tomove out for a summer's work all the road. They are. lef t toright, Lance Foreman (Cal' 66B) , DOll Thomas (Ca r 66A), andJohn Jordan (Car 66c) .
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Advisory Speed SignsResult of Thorough Curve-testing
Not many people know that the Department employs anofficial curve-tester in order to set those advisory speed signs. Heis Harold Hoodless, Engineering Aide 3 with the Traffic Branch,who has had the unusual job for the past two years. Under thedirection of J. H. Harding, Senior Traffic Engineer, Harold haslogged over 30,000 miles while checking horizontal curves onmajor highways to determine the maximum safe or advisory speedat which each curve should be driven .
The advisory speed is determined by driving the test-vehiclethrough each curve , on a path concentric with the centre line ,at various constan tspeeds up to thelegal speed limit,w h i Ie measuringhow much the vehicle leans towardthe outside of thecurve . The amountof lean is measuredwith a ball bankindicator or inclinometer mounted onthe da shboard ofthe test-vehicle .Each curve is runseveral times inhoth directionsuntil the maximumsafe speed has beendetermined . Testresults are turnedover to district of-ficials who arrangefor adjustments in ""curve signing.
Harold stands beside a curve-signassembly all the Trans-Canada HighwayIleal' Victoria.
Seated in the test-vehicl e, Harold demonstrates the tech nique
used ill test ing curves. A ball bank-indicator is mounted all thedash and a survey speedometer can be seen just belo w all the left .It requires skill to keep all eye all the ball bank-indicator, surveyspeedometer/odometer, and the roadway while maintaining speedand staying a constan t distance from the centre line.
Associate Field Editors* *
Published Quarterly by the
British Columbia Department of HighwaysVictoria, British Columbia
Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur J . Schindel; Editor
Number 2June, 1970
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THE ROAD RUNNER
Volume 7
A. R. Lirnacher Victoria
Bill Ingram Victoria
Al Walisser . .Bridge District
Jim Winton . . North Vancouver
S. J. Tognela . . . .BurnsideJ. W. Morris Nanaimo
M. Butler . .Courtenay
David Price .British Columbia Ferries Division
George Cooper . . .__.Patrol, North Vancouver
Ellis Meads. . .. .Dock District
Lloyd Burgess _.. . New Westminster
Don Osborne __ .__. ._. . .. Chilliwack
Jim Ferrier Kamloops
Edie Smith WilliamsLake
Murray Ramsay . ._. Salmon ArmM . J. Newlands . Revelstoke
Al Desimone . . . Vernon
Fred Evans . Kelowna
J. W. Zaporozan _. _.. .. . . .PentictonJim Chenoweth . . Merritt
Dave Roberts . Lillooet
Dorothy Wilkins Grand ForksR. E. McKeown . .RosslandS. J. Dixey Nelson
Fred Angrignon _.__ . . New Denver
Fred Ryckman _...._. . . ._._._. Creston
N. K. Molander CranbrookSam Caravetta Fernie
John Edgar . Golden
Steve Sviatko . .Smithers
J. C. Bartsch . .Pouce Coupe
Homer Good .Fort St. John
Don Hutton Terrace
E. A. Beaumont Prince George
Shirley Hrechka .Prince GeorgeJack Doddridge .Pr ince George
C. R. Stephenson Quesnel
George Harper .. . VanderhoofH. R. Walker.. Burns Lake
W. R . Ball .Prince Rupe rt
W. D . BLACK, Minister.
BRITISH COLUMBIA FERRIES
Road Runner Section ReportersHEADQUARTERS
Cover Photo-Typical of rugged Fraser Canyontopography, this unusual view of a section of the TransCanada Highway shows the portal of Farrabee Tunnelas seen from the viewpoint of Hell's Gate Tunnel.
Department m achine-operators, truck-drivers, and oth erpersonn el ran up 8,383,055vehicle-m iles in the first threemonths o f this year. Th e1.12 v e hicl e accident-fre qu ency rate for the periodwas the lowest in four years.This is co m me ndable andwe hope the encouraging
trend continues . We also urge that th e lesson s learnedand safety habit s acqui red on th e job carryover to ourprivate-veh icle op eration, particularly on vacat ion. Statisticall y our chances of havin g an accident are slightly low er(the Canada-wide frequency rate is .70 ) after we park thetruck or pool car and ge t into our own. But, in fact,when we head out on vacation, we hav e an ex tra set ofhazards with us-distractions, minor fam ily problems,unfamiliar roads, crowded and ov erloaded cars- besidesall the usual ones. If our safe-driving practices are goodon th e job, they sho uld be as good otJ it- perhaps evenbetter .
A. McLean ._.__ Lifer aft Serviceman, Deas Dock .A. McKelvie. Assistant Machine-shop Foreman, Deas Dock .E. Coombes. Chief Oflicer, Que en of Prince Rupert.H. D . Halkett., ._ l st Officer M.V . Ma yn e Queen .John Cass .__.._... Departure Bay.Bill Bouchard ._. H ead Office.Dave Thorne . Swartz Bay.
Planning, Subdivisions, and ControlledAccess . .._..... .._.. . . .. . .. . C. R. Eva.
Training and Safety .__ __.._._.. ...__._._.. A. F . Park.Traffic ._.__ .___ _.._.__.... ..__..._. __.._Neil Vicke rs.Property Negotiations. .._. . . ._._. . .E . W. Pritchard .Contract Documents __. . . ._._..._._.. ....C. S. Rippengale .Personnel. .... __. . . . . ._ Mrs . Jo-Anne Vickers.Materials Testing _...__. ._. ._.. .__.._._. R. W. George.Maintenance and Landscape .i. ... Mrs. Jean Corless.Highway Des ign-
Douglas Build ing. . . ...._..... .._. R. Appleby.Weiler Building ...._. _. __..__.. __ . . . George Musselwhite.
Insurance , Claims, and Communications G . Cavin.General Office ...__. .. .__ R. Cooper.Equiprnent.... . __.._._ .__.. .__Mrs . Edna Paton.Paving . .__ .... ..H. H. Sawatzky.Construction . .__.. . . . . . ..__.__.E. C. Webster.De sign and Bridge Construction-
Douglas Building. .__. .__._ _.__.... _. .No rrn. Wharf.Bridg e Design-Weiler Building . George Douglas.
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Engineering Assistant,Prin ce George Distric t, was the successful applicant for theposi tion in the PrinceG eorge District. Hehas been employed by
the Department since 1963, starting inNew Denver as an Engineering Aide.He transferred to the Prin ce George District in 1965 as a Draughtsma n until hewas reclassified to the position of Engineering Assistant in November, 1969.
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cently was promotedto Engineering Assis tant in the NorthVancouver Regionaloffice. Jim began hiscareer with the Department at the NorthVancouver District office in 1964. Married with one son, Jim is a keen organizer around the building. He is pastpresident of the Burnaby Sports Club,Field Editor for the RR, and treasurerfor the employees' coffee and gift fund.
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BETTY YOUNGoriginally started withthe Department onNovember 2, 1959, inthe North VancouverDistrict office and leftMay, 1962. She returned to work as a
Clerk-Stenographer 2 and recently won ,through competition, the position ofClerk-Stenographer 3 in the RegionalProperty Negotiator's office. Betty'shusband is also employed by the Department t.s mate on the Wood fibre Ferry.They have two sons.
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JIM MEWHORT of the MaterialsTesting Branch, won through competitionthe position of Senior Lab . Technician.Mr. Mewhort joined the Branch in June,19:7.
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DA VID BENOIT, Road Foreman 2,has won through competition the positionof Road Foreman 3 in Alexis Creek.
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RENNIE HEARE has won throughcompetruon the position of Road Foreman 2 at Anahim Lake . Mr. Heare wasa Grader Operator in Williams Lake.
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GAYLORD ME RKLE, Parksville, hasbeen promoted to Foreman 2 at PenderHarbour.
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B. L. BERGSTROM, Road Foremanat Cranbrook, has won the competitionfor Road Fo reman 3 at Bridge Lake .
D. C. POLLOCK,Road MaintenanceForeman at PenderHarbour in the NorthVancouver HighwayDistrict, was feted at aretirement dinner anddance at Lord Jim 'sLodge on March 6th . District Superintendent W. M. Underwood presented Mr.Pollock with a camera on behalf of hisfellow employees and a meritorious service scroll marking his 40 years' servicewith the Government. The Pender Harbour Chamber of Commerce also madea presentation to Mr. Pollock.
PROMOTIONSM IKE GROUNDS, of Fort St. James,
and WES RIVETT, of Vanderhoof, havewon through competition Grader Operator pos itions at the locations indicated.Mike has been with the Department sinceJune, 1968, and Wes since March, 1964.
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JIM HYSLOP concluded 17 years ofservice with the Department as Mechanical Consultant whenhe retired in April.1970. At a luncheonon March 25th, at
tended by the Mechanical Superintendents from the four region s and headquarters personnel, Assist ant DeputyMinister F . A. MacLean made a presentation of golf clubs, fishing equipment,and a wallet to Mr. Hyslop on behalf ofthe mechanical staffs 01' the four regions.
IRENE LABELLE, Department ofHig hways Clerk since September, 1944,re tired April I after 25Y2 years' continuous service in the Creston office. She washonoured on two different occasions onleaving the service, once by the Crestonemployees and again by the Nelson District and Regio nal office staffs. She waspresented with a silver tray and jewelbox respectively. She plans to stay inCreston, which she has called home since1930.
LOUIS JOHNSON,Stockman 4, SalmonArm District, retired ~.
May 28th after working for the Department for 33 years.Louis started in theNew Denver Districtand transferred to the Salmon Arm District in October, 1947, as Storekeeper.He is married and plans to make his retirement home in Salmon Arm.
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CLAUDE A. SM ITH, Carpenter, retired from service with the Depa rtmentin Fort St. John in April. Claude hasworked in the District since 1960 andcontributed to various Government projects, including housing at Good HopeLake and Hudson Hope. Friends andfellow employees gathe red recently towish Claude farewell .
BRUNO GRAW, ofthe Pouce Coupe District, recently retiredafter 12 years' servicewith the Department.Bruno was presentedwith a sabre saw anda sander by his many
friends who wish him health and happiness in his retirement.
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MRS. ROSE MERRYWEATHER retiredfrom Government service after 14 yearswith the ConstructionBranch and the Materials Testing Branchas a Secretary andLibrarian. A luncheon was held March12th at which time Mrs. Merryweatherreceived gifts and the best wishes fromher co-workers and friends throughoutthe Department.
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VIC MORRISON,R 0 a d MaintenanceForeman, Prince Rupert, retired May 30thafter 21 years' service .Vic began with theDepartment in July,1949, as a Bridgeman,
becoming a Road Maintenance Foreman in 1952. At a farewell dinner, District Superintendent W. R. Ball presentedVic with gifts on behalf of his co-workers and telegrams were received fromprevious iJistrict Officials R. E. MeKeown and E. A. Lund.
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HARf-Y VIGUEhas retired after 21years' service with theRevelstoke Districtmaintenance section .He was born in Wisconsin, U.S.A., andcame to Canada withhis parents in 1910. Harry joined theDepartment in 1949 and in 1950 hebecame a Grader Operator at Sidmouth,where he remained for most of his service. He was honoured by fellow employees at the recent B.C.G.E.U . springsocial, where S. N. A. McLeod, DistrictSuperintendent, presented him with ameritorious service scroll.
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"EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES
Len Johnson.
WEDDINGS
Sandra A nne Yeoman and RobertOsborne were married in the KamloopsUnited Church, April 11, 1970, by theRev. J. T. Horricks. Robbie is an Engineering A ide with the Department Materials Testing Branch in Kamloops.
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MISS DOREEN PALMER, who joinedthe Materials Testing Branch in November, 1969, was married to Mr. BruceClark on May 16, 1970. They travelledto the Interior of British Columbia ontheir honeymoon.
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A wedding of interest in the BridgeLake-Mahood Lake area took place whenJACK ADAMS, of Mahood Falls, andMrs. Margaret Herzog were married recently. Jack, who has been with theDepartment for II years, was first stationed at Canim Lake East before movingto Bridge Lake.
KEN KOEBERNICK, Assistant Mechanic, was transferred to VanderhoofDistrict, April Isl. Ken has been transferred four times in the past two yearsand will finish his apprenticeship in Vanderhoof.
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ROBERT FRENCH has been transferred from Bridge Lake to WilliamsLake.
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J. A. CLARK has been transferredfrom the North Vancouver Shop to theshop in Williams Lake as a Mechanic 1,effective April 15, 1970.
Headquarters. Billwas formerly BridgeConstruction Engineer, and Len,Bridge Design Engineer.
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ROY DYER, Road Foreman at BearLake, is transferring to Soda Creek in theWilliams Lake District.
Bill Bowman.
NEW FACESIN NEW PLACESE. E. .. DICK" READSHAW, Senior
Materials Engineer for the Materials Testing Branch since March, 1964, took overhis new position as Senior Paving Engineer in April, 1970. Mr. Readshawjoined the Department in July, 1958... Switching places" with Mr. Readshawis former Senior Paving Engineer JOHNKERR, who now becomes Senior Materials Engineer. Mr. Kerr joined the Department in 1956 and has headed the Paving Branch since 1957.
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fers of L. C. JOHNSON and W. A.BOWMAN tookplace in April ofthis year when theytraded positions at
At the Westbank yard, Foreman R. J.Martin and Grader Operator A. C. Shetler chin themselves before work in themorning. Bar is 8 feet above the ground.They say this" sets them up for work ,"or (Ire they trying to be "long on thejob "?
MRS. KAREN SHEPHERD, Clerk 3in the Nanaimo office, has returned froma holiday to Mexico City. While inMexico, Karen and her husband Chestervisited Puerto Vallarta, Mazatland, andGuadalajara,
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Cherryville Road Foreman ARNOLDCORNISH and Machine Operator ALBERT FOISY have taken up an interesting pastime. They have formed a TrailBike Club at Cherryville for the purposeof helping the local kids in their adventures on week-end rides . Membership atpresent stands at 14, with 12 bikes usedfor the riders.
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A District and Paving Branch personnel softball team, entered in the Men'sSoftball Spring League in Vanderhoof,won its first game May II th, by a scoreof 26-4 behind the pitching of FRANKMARTENS, Resident Paving Technician .Play will continue through May andJune with playoffs set to start June 23rd .
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The Highways Headquarters bowlingteam, GEORGE and HERTA WAGG,BETTY and BILL INGRAM, and JIMHOLMES came second in the Government Bowling League, totalling 5,428 pinsfor five games and winning the PrincessMary Trophy . In the third game JimHolmes rolled the highest pin fall everrolled in a Government league, 10 straightstrikes, five on his eleventh ball and fiveon his twelfth ball, for a total of 423 outof a possible 450. He was suitably honoured at the Bowling Banquet on May9th . The above-referenced team also wasin the British Columbia Festival of Sportsand won the city championship andplaced second on Vancouver Island.
Shooting from 23 yards against Victoria's best, ALAN E. RHODES, Comptroller of Expenditure, won the HandicapDivision Trap Trophy at the Victoria GunClub recently. Tied with another competitor after breaking 46 out of 50 targetsin high winds, Al won the shoot-off,breaking 22 of 25 targets.
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Recently, a team of young soccer players managed by N. R. ZAPF, Directorof Location, and coached by 1. A. CAMBREY, of the Location Branch, won theVancouver Island Division 7 of the ShrineTournament. The championships take inall Vancouver Island and out of I')league games played, the team won 16,lost one, and tied two . They scored 79goals and had seven scored against them .
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ABOUT PEOPLEL. E. KRIESE has
been with the Fort St.John District office asC le r k- Ste nographersince October, 1963,but successfully avoided the cameraman forover six years. She is
very active in Sunday School work andco-ordinates many outside activities forthe children. Lorraine's other interestsare music and reading.
A. B. "SWANY"SWANSON, GraderOperator on "the Allincrew. According tohis fellow employees,Swany's favourite pastime is talking. Hehas been with the Department since April,1968.
HENRY VAANDERING, Heavy DutyMechanic, moved toDease Lake in May,1969, from Chetwynd.He has been with theDepartment sinceMay, 1966.
MISS GLADYS M.FLOYD, Office Manager at Grand Forks,is presently in Englandwhere she is enjoyinga well-earned vacationand visiting relatives.Gladys has been with
the Department in Grand Forks since1951. Besides travelling, she enjoys gardening, painting, and curling.
ART PRODEAHL,Engineering Aide,Prince George District. Art has beenemployed with the Department in PrinceGeorge since May,1968. He is married
and has one daughter.
JANET D. MARTIN, Clerk 2, Fort St.John District office, isformerly from Ontario . "Jan" moved toFort St. John in 1968and joined the Department staff in Februarythis year. She is married and has fourdaughters. In her spare time she enjoyssewing, gardening, and bingo . She is anavid football fan, a .. Ti-Cat " booster,since she is from Hamilton.
DEAN H. C. DAVIS was a p poi n tedClerk-Timekeeper inthe District office, FortSt. John, in December,1969. He was previously employed in alocal bank. To be
married June 20th, Dean spends most ofhis off-duty time putting the finishingtou ches on his mobile home where he andhis bride plan to live. He is also a volunteer member of the Fort St. John FireDepartment.
MRS . F RAN J.FEDlUK, a native ofGrand Forks, is ClerkStenographer 2 in theGolden District office.She joined the Department in the RosslandDistrict office in 1967and transferred to Golden in July, 1969.Fran enjoys bowling and has done someLittle Theatre acting.
MRS. C. DARBYstarted with the Headquarters EquipmentBranch in Victoria asa Clerk-Typist in February. Charlotte lovesswimming and camping and her husband,
Jim, is an instructor at the" Y."
JOCK RATTRAY,Road Foreman atGood Hope Lake,whose smiling faceand cheery wit isknown to many travellers in the northernparts of the Province.
Jock has been with the Department since1955, all of which has been spent maintaining the Stew art-Cassiar-Watson LakeHighway. In his leisure time he does alittle gold-mining.
JOHN TOMA, Tractor Operator in the Atlin road crew, is ahandy man to havearound because of hismechanical ability .John previcusly livedin the United Statesand started with the Department in September, 1968.
GEORGE LANGLANDS, Stockman 4,Golden District, hasbeen with the Department since 1956. Hewas timekeeper untilApril, 1960, when heassumed his present
position . George has an unusual hobbycollecting old mechanical pencils andfountain pens. His collection includessome writing instruments of unusualshape, size, and origin.
1 DON ENG, ChiefStorekeeper, CateringStores, Swartz BayTerminal. Don joinedthe Ferries Division inJune, 1960, and wasthe only storekeeper atthat time . As the fer
ry system has grown, so have the stores.and Don now supervises a staff of 10stockmen. His spare time on week-endsis usually spent on the golf course.
ALEXANDER LOTOSKY is MechanicForeman 2 in chargeof the local shop . Anative of Golden, Alexhas been with the Department since April ,1947. He started as a
Labourer and worked his way to hispresent position by 1962. When he wasyounger, Alex was a hockey player ofnote, and, during a Department interBranch game last year he showed youngmen half his age that he still knows howto skate and what to do with the puck .
BILL BOUCHARD,British Columbia Ferries Traffic Department , was in the storesdepartment at SwartzBay and recently transferred to head office.
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MRS. S. HALME,Clerk-Stenographer toRegional Property Negotiator, came to theRegional office in Nelson after service in theDepartment of Financeand the Department of
the Attorney-General, Victoria, and theKootenay Regional District in Nelson.Her hobbies are skating, fishing, and skiing.
MRS. S. WALKER,new Clerk-Stenographer in the Regionaloffice, Nelson, has recently arrived fromKelowna. Sheila hastwo small children,aged 4 and 5, and en
joys ski-ing and tennis.
MRS . MAXINEMcDONALD, SeniorClerk-Stenographer toRegional Highway Engineer R. W . White,Regional office, Nelson, has five years'service with the Department. Maxine has a daughter. Recently she has participated in variouswalkathons,
MISS LOLA SWETLlKOE, Clerk-Stenographer in the Regionaloffice, Nelson, beganher employment withthe Department in January, 1968. Her widevariety of outside in
terests include ski-ing, jogging, curling,travelling, and camping.
JOE McNABB,Technician I, commenced with theBridge ConstructionBranch in October,1965. He was previously employed withthe Ontario Department of Highways. Joe was educated inFort William, Ontario, now known asThunder Bay. He is married with onechild and his hobbies are making fishingtackle and sign painting. Most weekends Joe is away on a camping expeditionwith his new Land Rover.
MRS. KAREN DUBOIS, Clerk 3, a newaddition to the Williams Lake Districtoffice.
MARIE TUCKERcommenced with theHighways Department,North Vancouver District office, in 1967and is presently a secretary to the Regional Maintenance Engi
neer. Marie has two sons with whomshe enjoys the outdoors. Golfing andwater ski-ing are among those she enjoysmost. She also finds relaxation in handcrafts such as pottery and painting.
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DERSON is a brightaddition to the NorthVancouver District office. Her work entailstyping subdivision reports and permits forthe District Technician.Joanne is single and surprisingly enjoysfishing for a hobby, particularly lake-fishing . i:f i:f i:f
D . J. BRETECHER,draughtsman in thePrince Rupert Districtoffice, rec ei ved hishigh-school educationin Manitoba . He thenstudied Civil Technology with a Highway
Municipal Option at the Manitoba Institute of Technology, graduating in 1968.Employment with Manitoba Hydro as asoils inspector preceded his employmentwith the British Columbia Department ofHighways, first on the survey crew on theQueen Charlotte Islands, and now in theDistrict dr aughting office.
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EVELYN HOWARD, previously withthe Community Programmes Branch inVancouver, is nowClerk-Stenogr a ph e r 2in the office of theRegional ConstructionEngineer, North Vancouver.
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--......, THEA BEBING-TON is a new face inthe North VancouverDistrict office. She isa Clerk-Stenographer2 for the District Superintendent. Thea ismarried and has fourchildren.
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MRS. A . M . WEISSrecently t ran s fer redfrom the Departmentof Finance in GrandForks to the HighwaysDepartment as Clerk2. Ann lives at Christina Lake and enjoys
fishing, and horseback riding.swimming,
G . M . GILCHRIST,Chief Steward on theQueen of Prince Rupert, was formerlywith the Canadian Pacific Railway andjoined the Prince Rupert when she beganservice in May, 1966.
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BOB HEWLETThas joined the QuesnelDistrict office staff after transferring fromthe Water ResourcesBranch in Victoria toQuesnel as an OfficeManager Trainee.
STAN DOBINSON,Technician 2, commenced with theBridge ConstructionBranch in May, 1957.He has supervised several major bridge projects in various parts
of the Province. Stan was educated atthe Barnsley Technical College, England,and is a member of the Royal Institutionof Chartered Surveyors. Stan is marriedwith two daughters and three grandchildren and his outside interests are photography, gardening, and woodwork.
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R. H. BUETTNER,Technician 2, commenced employmentwith the Bridge Construction Branch inJune, 1965. He hassupervised majorbridge projects. Bornin Raymond and raised in Glenwood,Alberta, Roy attended the University ofAlberta and Brigham Young Universityin Utah. He was previously employedwith Remington Construction of Cardston, Alberta . Since his posting to Valemount, Roy has served as coach for theschool basketball team and as presidentof the Valemount Recreation Commission. He is married with two childrenand is an ardent hunter.
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M em ory lane in this case is the road between Prin ce Georgeand Hansard. Here A lien Birchard on the tractor pauses to rolla cigarette while Jack Davies waits on the pull-grader in earlysummer of 1938.
Widenin g the Carib oo Il igh way (now the Trans-Canada) nearBoston Bar in 1935 . Sam e general techniques as toda y but withsmaller, slo wer, and less efficient equipment .
Corduroy construction of Northern Trans- Provincial Highway near Galloway Rapids, 1937.
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You are h ereb y author i z ed to makegeneral repairs to t h e following r01<1s, totalcost not to exc eed 8500 ,00 , inc l u siv e of gas ,oil, etc;
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Road maintenance in the Sooke area in /927. This photo copyof an original letter, dated May 7, /927, lists a number 'o f roadsand the amounts to be spent 011 each, totalling $500. This am ountis certainly a far cry from what is required today to maintain thearea roads ill repair.
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If you think the" big slide" section of Highway 12 betweenLytton and Lillooet is had now, this is how it looked ill the 20's .WI' are not .1'111'1' who was the braver, the guy who took the pictureor the people he left sitting in the car .
Building the Northern Trails-Provincial Highway near PrinceRupert, by hand tools and wheelbarrows, in 1937 .
In the March issue on page 8 the RR had a picture of the YaleDistrict bridge crew of 1940. As no names were available, theRR asked for help and C. R. Stephenson, Quesnel Highway District Office Manager and RR Field Editor in Quesnel, came to therescue. He identified the bridge crew as, left to right : TommyFlynn, Timberman; Paul Herwine, Foreman; Jack Ainsley,Truck-driver; Jack Irving, Timberman; a man known as Charliefrom the Yale area, and William Beckman, Timberman, whosebrother John is a Deckhand on the Darrel Bay-Woodfibre Ferryand who also identified the members of the bridge crew . A wellknown former official of the Department, now retired at Sidneynear Victoria. S. D. Harold Pope confirmed Mr. Stephenson'sidentification of the Merritt Courthouse office staff. Back row,left to right : W. McCreight, Janitor; C. R. Stephenson, Department of Public Works; Thia Fairfoul; A. J. Passmore, Department of Public Works. Front row, left to right: Bob Cooper,Assessor; Gloria Morrisey (now Mrs. Collitt ); May Hogg; andA. G. Freeze, Government Agent.
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MISCELLANY
The M .V. Sechelt Queen is shown here departing Tsawwassen terminal on one oiher daily trips between Tsawwassen and the Gul] Islands. The Sechelt Queen was[ormerly the Chinook If, built in 1947 at Seattle, Washington. She was purchased [romBlack Ball Ferries in November, 1961 , and operated on the' Horseshoe Bay to Langdalerun until replaced by the larger M .V. Sunshine Coast Queen.
Department oj Highways "ApolloXVlI" (Fernie) scheduled to take off assoon as ' the snow disappears and uponreceipt oj two, volunteers. They arebooster stations to be installed north ojFernie to improve radio reception.
In the early 1930's, public-spirited residents o] Pemberton,North Vancouver District, pooled together to construct a Highways garage. This same garage, lejt, was in use until 1969, when
a new shop was constructed, The new shop is among the mostmodern in British Columbia, and is a duplicate o] the shopconstructed in Squamish in 1967.
Cairn on Highway 97 at Westbank(near Kelowna), commemorating the Brigade Trail near by, which was used by[ur traders [rom IBll. This picture showsHighways employee Ab. Shetler wateringnewly seeded area around cairn as it wasrecently relocated by the Department toimprove sight distance on a hazardouscorner oj Highway 97 at Westbank.
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Beneath the calm waters o] this placidpool lies a paved street in the Town o]Golden. To the right is part oi the equipment-shed in the Golden District yard.Resulting [rom a spell o] heavyrain, the" lake" was named by some wag ajterthe town's municipal engineer, and thesame sign advertised its fishing and waterski-ing potential. The boat was added bythe RR cameraman jar effect.
Either the machines appear to be getting larger in the New Denver District orthe mechanics smaller. A closer lookshows the miniature mechanic is C layStenberg, son o] M. H. Stenberg, Assistant Mechanic Foreman at the New Denver Shop.
Group 6, Foreman Training Programme, Allison Pass, April,1970. Front row, left to right, Joe Kobza, Creston; Willard Kreitz,Kamloops; Earl Martinson, Sicamous; Bill Telford, Williams Lake;John Lay, Quesnel; Ted Stockand, Langford; Nels Mikkelson, Edgewood; Doug Clay, Clayhurst; second row, Frank Prail, Revelstoke;Bud Lovestrom, Grand Forks; Mike O'Connor, Victoria; Rico Dimotassi, Revelstoke; Cas . Cassagrande , Duncan; and Bob Jackman,Rossland. Back row, Ernie Scott, Merritt ; Colin Maber, Victoria;Tucker Forsyth, Gibson ; Les York, Vernon; Chick Milne, TexadaIsland; Dude Lindsay, Cloverdale; Paul Corriveau, Princeton; andCec. Smith, Port Hardy.
Courtenay District Highway office staff are, back row , left toright, D. C. Jones, District Technician; R . G. Mulcaster , DistrictEngineer; Tom Tams, District Office Manager; Norm Mcl.eod,Ferry Clerk. Front row, left to right, Miss B. A. Smith , ClerkStenographer; Mrs. D. M . Thompson, Timekeeper; Mrs . S. D.Whitehead, Commercial Student; Mrs. L. A . Corrigall, ClerkTypist. Missing from photo was Miss E. M . Rodwell, Clerk.
Group 5, Foreman Training Programme, Allison Pass, February,1970. AI Park, Victoria (/); Jack Fredrickson, Prince George (2);Charlie Jeffs , Nelson (3); Harvey Popoff, Grand Forks (4); DonPiggot, Golden (5); Reg Martin, Westbank (6); Bill Cooper, /00Mile (7); Stan Deans, New Westminster (8); Pete Davis, MicaCreek (9); Dave Mac Vicar, Kamloops (/0); Ross Ellis, A lberni(II); Stan Arksey, Birch Island (/2); Alex Brayden, Parksville(/3); Pat Dunn, Vernon (/4); Ron Jones, Clinton (15); Joe Broderick, Barriere (/6); Chuck Rolston, Bums Lake (17); Bill Pullin,Mission (/8); Don Martin, Victoria (/9); Mac Gurr, Bella Coola(20); Bill Friesen, Langford (2/); Wilf Patten, Vanderhoof (22);Brick Andrist, Penticton (23); Charlie Blank, Coalmont (24); JackUnternaher, Prince George (25); Tommy Taverna, Lytton (26);and Ed Jennings, Campbell River (27).
During the past winter the shop crew at Good Hope Lake.Fort St. John District, travelled 50 miles, twice a week, to attenda mechanics' night-school course at Cassiar. Lett to right, theyare John Simons, Automotive Mechanic; Terry Antill, Automotive Mechanic; Don Wyber, Heavy Duty Mechanic; ArchieMacintyre, Automotive Mechanic ; and Geoff Warrington , Mechanical Foreman. Standing at the back is August Ebblnghofj,the instructor from Cassiar .
Jaffray road maintenance crew, left to right, W . Semeniuk,E. A . Barr, J. M. Murray, B. L. Bergstrom (Foreman), L. J.Weisgerber, and T. A. Lindberg.
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SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES
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Two" accidents" in the Courtenay District yard were featuresof safety rally held there May 15th. Grim reality as shown inleft and centre pictures was simulated for the 60 employees attending the rally from all parts of the district. Speakers were, left to
right, F. Hawkins, Workmen's Compensation Board; Alex Cardwell , Region 1 Safety Officer; S. Hunt, W .C.B .: and R. G . Mulcaster, District Engineer.
MERRITI DISTRICT BESTHOUSEKEEPER AND SAFEST
Merritt District crews and DistrictSuperintendent W. G . Helmsing were presented, at a banquet April l Oth in Merritt,with the Good Housekeeping award (theirthird), the Region 2 safety award and theR. McLeod Memorial trophy. About 130people attended and among the out-oftown guests were Dave MacVicar, Regional Maintenance Engineer (Kamloops); A. E. Rhodes, Comptroller ofExpenditure (Victori a) ; J . T. Evans, Regional Mechanical Superintendent, andH. D. Francis, Regional Safety Officer(Kamloops ) ; A. F. Park, Senior Trainingand Safety Officer (Victoria); and J . H.Pankiw, District Engineer (Penticton).
Grand Forks Highway District was the1969 winner in Region3 of the Departmentof Highways safetytrophy, presented annually to the district ineach region with thelowest acciden t-frequency rate throughoutthe year. The trophy,also won by GrandForks for 1968, was
presented by Senior Maintenance Engineer D. F. Martin of Victoria at a banquet and dance March 20th in the Canadian Legion Hall in Grand Forks.
The Pouce Coupe District received theannual award trophy for the lowest countable accident-frequency rate for all fourregions for 1969. D. F. Martin, SeniorMaintenance Engineer, right, presents thetrophy to J. E . Steven, District Superintendent, at a presentation dinner at PouceCoupe.
The gold award of merit presented bythe British Columbia Safety Council hasbeen won by the Nelson Regional andDistrict office staffs and was presentedrecently by the Hon. W. D. Black, Minister of Highways . The award was received by Mrs. Sheila Walker on behalfof D. R. Godfrey, District Office Manager; Mrs. Sheila Walker; Mrs. MaxineMcDonald; Miss Lola Swetlikoe; Mrs .Sherrie Halrne; and S. J. Dixey, RegionalOffice Manager.
Regional Maintenance Engineer P. B.McCarthy presented Safety Council silverawards to the Nelson District ferry crewsof the M.V. Balfour and the M.V. Anscomb.
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H . D . Francis. Region 2 Safety Officer, presented a silver-on-gold safety award tothe 100 Mile House road crews. W. Kirkland. Chairman of the Safety Committee.accepted the trophy on behalf of the crews .
ConvalescentsNorth Vancouver District Superintendent W. M. UNDERWOOD is back in his
office after an absence of seven weeks due to illness .ROBERT A. WALKER, Machine Operator in the Merritt Highways District, is
recovering from surgery and may be absent from work for two months. All employeesin Merritt wish him a speedy recovery.
The Vanderhoof District highway crew at Fort St. James recently welcomed ADLI RETTE back on the job following a winter-long period of convalescence.
Employees of the Cranbrook District were happy to see PETER BECKER, MachineOperator 3, Cranbrook road crew , back to work after a major operation and they wishspeedy recoveries to LARRY E. TAYLOR, Road Foreman 4, Cranbrook District, andWILLIAM F. SOCZOWSKI, Mechanic I, Cranbrook garage crew, who are at home aftermajor operations.
OLIVER POWERS, Campbell River Maintenance crew, is convalescing after anautomobile accident, GORDON HIGHWAY, Courtenay bridge crew, is convalescingafter a fall from a scaffold in the Courtenay yard, and A. A. GUTHRIE, Cortes Islandmaintenance crew, is at home recovering from a back ailment.
CHARLIE HORSNELL, Labourer. is in hospital. His fellow employees in theNanaimo District wish him a speedy recovery.
NORMAN TAYLOR, Assistant Mechanical Foreman, at Parksville. had the misfortune to break his foot. A ISO-lb. battery handle pulled out of the battery, causingit to fall on his foot.
REGION ONESAFETY BANQUET Patrol First Aid and Rescue Tearn
M embers of the Department o f H ighways Patrol recentl y qualified for the St.John 's A mbulance senior first-aid certifielite. Patrolm an Harold Jensen pract isesoral resuscitation under the critical eyesof Patrolman A rt Pickering and St. Joh ninstru ctor Bud M cl. ellan at a first-aidclass prior to qualification .
Patrolmen George Cooper and JohnLamont remov e .. injured passenger "from wreck ed auto.
Th e Department of Highways Patrol First A id team in front o f the A gradome allthe Pacific National Exhibition grounds on the occasion of their participation in the St .Iohn Ambulance and Workmen's Compensation Board Com petition. Back ro w, leftto right, Patrol Sergeant William Carruthers, Patrolmen Don Straughan, G eorge Cooper,John Lamont. Front row , left to right , Coach Don Hudson , Patrolmen Bud M cl.ellan ,Art Pickering, and Harr y Cunningham ,
Patrol First A id and R escue team illaction dur ing the Lo wer M ainland competition ill the A gradom e, VaIlCOII\·er .
Department of Highways patrol mem bers recently formed a first aid and rescueteam for the purpose of increasing theirefficiency through competition with otherteams in the Province. Team membersare Patrolmen Bud McLellan (Captain),Art Pickering, John Lamont, DonStraughan, Harry Cunningham, JohnBrown, and George Cooper (Manager) .Coaching is by Don Hud son of MetroAmbulance, Vancouver.
Recently the team travelled to Victoriaand competed in the Lower VancouverIsland First Aid Competition, receivinga second-place award. On May 9, 1970,th e team took fourth place in the annualcompetition sponsored by St. John Ambulance and the Workmen's CompensationBoard.
On May 23rd it will tr avel to Nanaimoto enter in the Upper Vancouver IslandMine Safety Competition.
Don Page, R egional Traffic Sup erintend ent , right , and Len Fang, CentreL ine Supervisor, with the centre linecrew's bron ze-on-gold award.
Mr. Macl.ean , right, presents Mr. Git tins, left, and Carl Seehuber, N ew Westminister Di strict Saf ety Chairman, withthe Region al saf ety award.
Mr. Macl.ean presents R egion 1 Maintenan ce Engineer W . E. M ercer with theaward of honour for the Regional andN orth Vancouver District office and engineering staff. Th e award was for 566,184hours without a tim e-loss accident forthe period April, 1962, to October, 1969.
The Region I Annual Safety banquetwas held in March , 1970. Th e banquetand dance was attended by approximately300 employees and guest s honouring thecombined electrical crew, centre linecrew, and New Westminster District forwinning the Regional award for 1969.R. W. Gittins, District Engineer, introduced the head-table guests from Victoriaand the Regional office. Other guestswere the mixing crew and Dock District.The guest spea ker, F . A. MacLean, Assistant Deputy Minister, congratulated thedistrict and crews on behalf of the Hon.W. D. Black . Mini ster, who was unableto attend.
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ON THE JOB
III the course of a recent ma jor inspection of Lion s GateBridge, the main suspender cables were un wrapped so that individual strands could he inspected. Standing on platform highabove First Narrow s, assist ing In spectin g Engineer Larry Gardner of N ew Y ork (with his back to cam era) are, clo ckwise, L eonLorett e, Bridge Fo reman; A I Wulisser, Bridge Di strict Engineer;Manuel Quieta and Gordon Downing, Bridgemen , Th e cables,incidcntullv, were fount! in perfec t conditio n af ter 35 yea rs o fservice.
Paint ing the salt shed in the W estbank yard, Kelowna District,L es Jensen on ladder and, left to right, Hu gh M cCartney andGary August.
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John Hr echka, Ma chine Op erator, left, and Dave Grant, RoadForeman, prepar e 10 swe ep north weigh-scale site on the JohnHart-Peace River Highway, just north of Prince G eorge.
Que snel road crew repairin g frost boils on Highway 97, 20mites south of Qu esnel. A nnual repair on this section will soonhe unn ecessary as it is bein g reconstructed . Note swath on theright side of the picture.
Archie Slu ggett and Jim Gait are Department employees stationed at Swartz Bay . From her e th ey travel to th e various do cksand buildings of the British Columbia Ferri es Division to ke epthem in good repair.
Snowblast R-IOOO clearing windrowsof snow on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway where the total snowfall is approximately 132 inches per year. The unitis operated by Alfred Ball.
To improve road widths on some ofthe Gulf Islands it is necessary to drilland blast rock. Norman Porter, Powderman, is shown drilling sandstone rock forsuch (Ill operation.
This is a "glacier" ill the A tlin District ill northern British Columbia, atleast it's called Glacier Creek. Tryingto control the flow of water are DougVantine, Road Foreman, who came toAtlin from Francois Lake; Orin A nder.1'011, Truck-driver; and Sylvester Jack,Tractor Operator.
This is a view from the back of the Department of Highways Maintenance Campat Good Hope Lake, 63 miles south of the Alaska Highway at Mile 649 . In the background is the Cassiar Mountain Range and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway.
Courtenay District Hy-Hoe removes last of the old gas and oil shed demolishedafter construction of new shed, right.
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BRIDGES
The Sugar Lake Bridge, a landmark since1938 in the Cherryville area of Vernon Highway District, was demolished and dropped intoShuswap River by Road For eman Jack Amiesand his assistant, Willy Bock-Phillips, in Aprilof this year. The bridge is locat ed 1/ milesnorth of Highway 6 at Sugar Lake. Reconstruction began imm ediately by the Vernonbridge crew, com prised of John Courcet, JamesElliott, Dal e Webb, Malcolm Walk er, MarvinZwarych , Stan Bennett, and Bridge Fo remanCharlie Hinman.
Som e of Lillooet bridge crew working on new70-foot span at Cache Creek. The bridge, com pleted at the end of March. is within the Vil lage o f Cache Cr eek. On pile-driver, top picture , are R ollie Elliot, Mr. Smith, and ArtJones. A have picture shows Julius Priesteroperating .. dank" on driver.
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Opening of the Ilew Willow River Bridge a ll Hi ghway 16 East last fall madedeto ur road and Bailey bridge unnecessary : Latter was removed and dismantledearly this year, To p. photo sho ws view of crossin g with Frank Peck. Senior Foreman, standing on deck, Bottom picture shows dismantling with Prince G eorgebridge crew m embers Jack Pyle. Albert Hembrow, and Robert Harrison ,
The old Kamloops East Bridge is recetvtng major repairs with com pleterenewal of all stringers, cross-ties, deck, and sidewalk, Supervising and assistingin the operation is John Morris, Bridge Foreman, and T , Chiarotti. Her e th enew deck is bein g nail ed down with John Morris and Dave Morris start ing th enails and Dennis Jon es on the air-hammer, The bridge truck is driven by R onDonchi .
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