THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SEPTEMBER, 1967

PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF H!GHWAYS VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3

From our Centennial album comes this picture of t he Fraser Canyon ro ad in 19 2 6 about 7 miles east of Yale. This was not an old sect ion of th e road at the ti me but a brand new one just completed.

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_. AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES

Men don't chan ge much In 40 year s but th e machines do. Thes e pictures wer e taken in the Cranbrook r egion in 1926. To p left shows Mack Kir­ lan d in a dashing pos e with his De­ par t ment of Public Wor ks Federal Truck. Showing off the lat est in gr ading equipment and moti ve power is Claude McNe ill, top r ight. Biting into the Slater ville pit in Cranbrook t his conveyor can almost keep up to th e man with the pic k, bottom left. On the r ight is a Byers Bear Cat s hovel operated by Perc y Addalard, Th e other man is not known.

This pull grader was purchased by the Vanderhoof District in 1929. It has been out to pasture for some time now, but came back into its own again in a Centennial parade in Road construction in 1923 at Ootsa Lake in front of Harold Vanderhoof Saturday, September 2, drawn by a team of Bennett's Lodge. A l Bannister is the grader operator and horses. The rental for this machine at the time was $2.00 Harold Benne tt the teamster. per hour, and the purchase price was $1,369. 2 THE ROAD-RUNNER Minister's Message Volu me 4 September, 1967 Number 3

Published Quarterly by Department of Highways-British Colum bia 1690 Main St., North Van couver Ray Baines- Executive Editor Arthur J . Schindel-Editor

Associate Field Ed ito rs Paul Connor North Vancouver Adam Kloster North Vancouver Dave Wardell Burnside J . W. Morris Nanaimo M. Butler Courtenay During Canada's Centennial year there is a great Jim Harris Bridge Maintenance interest in its past. In keeping with this spirit the RR Alex Caldwell North Vancouver has th is issue placed a little more emphasis on roads and road builders of th e early days. The front cover Lloyd Bur gess New Westminster shows what th e motorist of the 20's had to settle for G. M. Vance Chilliwack when he ventured up th e Fraser Canyon. Th e back J im Ferrier Kamloops shows what it was like a century ago to struggle up the original Cariboo Road, which Judge Howay described W. Kirkland Williams Lake as .'the pride of British Columbia" and a "source of Murray Ramsay Salmon Arm wonder and admiration to its visitors," because of the Dave Bowman Revelstoke "daring conception and skillfu ! execution of th e work . ..", Perhaps we might get a little more from this than Al Desimore Vernon a smile. I guess we get pretty blase in a hundred years Fred Evans Kelowna but maybe when we think th ings are a bit tough we Pete Fuoco Penticton should pull out some of these early photographs just to remind ourselves what th e road users and th e road H. R. Walker : Merritt builders of th ose days had to contend with and even Dave Ro berts ' .'Lillooet regarded as a source ofpride. Dorothy Wilkins Grand Forks P. A. Gaglardi, Min ister P.Flood Rossland Bill Higgins Nelson Fred Angrignon New Denver Irene Lab elle Creston S. J . Tognela Cranbrook Sam Cara vetta Fernie J ohn Edgar Golden Bill Ingram Victoria Steve Sviatko Smithers C. Bartsch Pouce Coupe E. A. Beaumont Prince George Pat Tondevold Fort St. John Homer Good Terrace R. M. Boss Prince George A total of 179 years service is represented by the Reuelstohe Jack Doddridge Prince George District employees in this picture. Left to righ t, they are Ed George Harper Quesnel Rear (21 yrs.), Tom Koshman (20 yrs.), Bert Lenny (24 yrs.), J ack Korenko (24 yrs.), Tony Kulchyski (22 yrs .), and J oe George Kent Vanderhoof Shura (23 yrs.). The oldest surviving unit on which they are Jim Chenoweth , Burns Lake posing has them all beat with a service record of 26 years, E. Lund Prince Rupert although it is not in as good shape as they are. 3 Peek Into The Past

Contrast in winter maintenance is shown vividly in these two photos. Picture on the left was taken in 1932 just east of Golden , now part of the Trans Canada Highway. Right photo was taken th is year west of Golden.

This was taken in 1929 showing De­ partment' employees at work (un­ identified) with a horse drawn scraper on a local road project in the Fernie area.

About as basic a design as you can get, th i~ bridge was under construction 55 years ago on the Creston Flats to conn. ct the West Creston Ferry. The horses supplied the lifting power for the old pile-driver in the background. The bridge was dismantled in 1936. Photo was taken in 1912.

1928 Ford Truck form erly Dep art­ ment of Highways unit. No w owned by H. Haigh of Fernie and unit is not quite mobile.

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DAVID LAKE, mechani c at the Lang­ ford Garage has been on the si ck list for sometime and the Saanich Di st rict Early photo shows what is now Trans Canada Highway (then the Kicking Horse Highway personnel wi sh Dave a speedy Trail) east of Golden in 1932. N ote functional guardrail-no painting required recovery and hope to se e hi m back on and replacement parts easily obtainable locally. the j ob soon• .4 Peek Into The Past (And The Present?)

This picture, taken in 1953, illustrates some of the troubles faced by the crews ot the former Kelouina-Westbank ferries. Th is type ofpassenger was not welcomed by the crew! The sheep were loaded on the Lloyd-Jones ferry for transport Not many Department offices are housed in such marble to the west side of Okanagan Lake. From there they were and stone elegance as the Revelstoke Court House where driven north along the Westside Road to a hillside pasture the Revelstoke District Office is located. The domed struc­ for th e summer. A familiar sight for many years. ture was built in 1912.

A private beard contest is underway between Pat O'Toole of Terrace and District Superintendent Frank Blun­ Fred Bradley of Prince George. Both den of Williams Lake sports his contestants were prominent in con­ multicolored contribution to the Wil­ Ott o Ben eke, Yardman at Smithers tests of the 1958 Centennial Year liams Lake Beard Championship of raised a nice centennial beard, a con­ when Fred was a prize winner. which Frank was Chairman. tender in any contest.

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/ / Terrace Location crew, Herb l\ralker, George Kuzma, and Charlie Lessard and Lou Garay are not to be outdone and Rick Pringle are candidates for the Centennial Beard Con­ plan to uphold the Construction Branch in the Terrace test, but . .. contest. 5 Miscellany

One of the North Okanagan's better bridges called the Grindrod Centennial was design ed and built by the Boy Scout Patrol. It gives access across a flood channel of the Shuswap River. Structural type-eli)' bean pole truss span. Design loading unknown.

We got to wondering about names and occupations recently when we were looking so meone up in the B.C. As sociati on of Profes sional Engineers dir ector y. Many Anglo-Saxon names were originally tr ades - the Smiths, Bakers , Taylors, Masons, Farmer s, etc. But do family names Influence people in their choice of occupations ? Th er e Is a fellow In the engineer s ' dir ector y named Bridge and another named Br idgeman.Ther e' s a Steele , a Boom, a F r ame, a Lever and a Plumb. There's a building engineer named Moulder, a plan ning consultan t named Fountain and a fellow nam ed Dial An unorthodox but effective way of removing a Bailey who works , nat ur ally, for the B.C. Telephone Co. Ther e's an Bridge was employed by Bridge Foreman P. V. Lanzo and engineer named Pill ar , one named Spr ingate, one named Spr ung his crew in the Re velstoke District when lack of room made and another named Str eet.And there is a fellow who could the normal method impractical The bridge, located at Car­ not have been anything else. His nam e Is H. M. Engineer. ness Creek on the Mica Access road, was taken out with two tractors, tw o cables, a little ingenuity and a measure ofpatience.

St Patrick 's Roman Catholic Church of Stellako will be missed when it is mo ved to make way for a new highway. Fruit stand time produced the usual problems this summer. Although it is to be replaced by a modern church, it will be This one was designed at home and was built on Highway especially missed by those Indians who cut and hewed the 97A at Grindrod. Needless to say it did not meet the Depart­ [irst logs in 1910 - Chief Isadore, Billy Augusta, Charlie ment's regulations and had to be ta ken down without a Casimel, Allen Ke tlo, W illiam Ketlo, Zaa Lugiie, James grand opening. Zakory, and Long Charlie. 6 General Road News

A torrential downpour June 3rd caused slides and was houts on the Rising flood wate rs in th e Fraser R oad building in the North Pe ace Tran s Canada High way between Sic­ v alley in J une th is year caused con­ River style, with elevating grader amous and Revelstoke. A t Griffin cern to District p ersonnel. Se veral building farm access roads in the Go­ Lak e, a creek ra n over the highway sections were covered before waters lata Creek area. Operators are Wal­ du e to culvert block age . Machine receded. Pho to shows H enderson ter Ho ule and Peter Sieben. op erator, R on Dye r is sho um j ubi­ R oad in th e District M uni cip ality of lantly lea ding the line-up of traffic Chilliwack. through after single-lane traffi c had been restored.

Prince George District crew prep ar­ Wooden bridge over Spittal Creek in Cliff Thoveson, cat operator at new ing corduroy road in the M cB ride the Prin ce George District replaced Babcock Bridge, Fort St. John Dis­ area for the W est T wi n Deto ur in by culverts by the Tete J aune crew in trict wh ere he has j ust comp leted M ay, 1967. M ay, 1967. . building approaches.

OBITUARY

FRED GODDARD, Divi- sional Construction Engineer at Prince Geor ge died J uly 27th, 1967. He was in charge of construction projects on Highway 16 East of Prince Geor ge. Previously Fr ed had wor ked for many year s on con­ struction projects in the stewart,Pri nce Geor ge, car t­ boo and Frase r Canyon areas, having star ted with the de­ par tment in 1944. Intersection MeK enzie S treet and Winrow of road mix asphalt on A laska H ighway at Fort St. John Chilli wack Lake roa d. showing the ne w traffic islands. 7 Safety Awards, Rallies

A gold award of Me rit was p resented to Bert" B arn ett, se nior member of the Celista Maintenance Crew by A Silver Sa fety A ward was presented to the Burnaby electrical crew, they are, Harry Francis, Regional Safety Offi­ left to right, back row, R. F. Kristoff, J. E. Hutchinson, R. C. Rhode, Barry cer. The award was earned by the Smith, Keith Young, J . Q. Methot, R. E. Barry, Egan Willig, Madan M. Kapahi, crew for having had no accidents [ront row, L. E. Berk ley, P. Vandriske, Carl Goodman,Menno Schmidt, John since October, 1961. Furiak, Dennis Hall, Gunnar Merit, Fred Liden. ** * The Nanaimo District mec hanical staff won a Silver Award of Merit and the Cowichan- Malahat road mainten­ ance cr ew won a Bronze Award of Mer it. *** Silver Awards were presented re­ ce ntly by J. A. Dennison, Senior Maintenance Engineer fr om Victor ia at a Safety Rally held In Burn s Lake. The awar d represented 165,322 man­ hour s and working time from May 1966 without a time-los s acc ident for the whole District. Attending the presen­ Burnaby M aintenace Crew of New Westminster District receunng its Gold t ation wer e R. Veitch , Dis trict Super­ Safety Award. A ssistant Foreman J im Edge is holding the award and is next to Intendent; G. Rolston, Senior Fo r eman; District Engineer R. W Gittins. M.T etr eau, Southb ank Fo r eman; H. Carn ie, Houston Foreman; G. Corli s s, Mechan ic ; and J . Reynolds , Chairman of the Safety Committ ee. ** * T he Princ e Rupert Distri ct Bridge crew have been awarded a Bronze Safety Award and the Princ e Rupert District Garage crew a Silver Safety Awar d. *** A Safety Rally was held in Port Cle ments, Queen Char lott e Islands , on J uly 26, 1967. Mr. Ben Pass, Co-or­ din ator of Accident P reventi on for the Civil Service Comm is sion and Mr. Mike Sever n, Safety Inspector for the Wor kmen' s Compensation Board ad­ dressed the 64 employees who attended. ** * ASilve r Safety Award was presented by Res ident Enginee r B1ll Baker of the North Vancouver District to Jack Beaverdell R oad crew, Grand Forks District, with Bronze, Silver, and Gold Guthr ie, Chairman of the Safety Com ­ Safety Awards, left to right, J. 1. Jackson, K. Clapperton, S. Houlind, M. Efo­ mittee for the Squamish-Pemberton noff, Foreman Tedesco, and District Superintendent R. M. McMillan. Road Maintenance crews. 8 Safety (Cont) Promotions PETER BLOK­ KER was recently pro moted to Technician 1 in the Bur n sLake Dis t ric t. Peter joined the staff in Bur ns Lake in 1966 as an Engi­ neer ing Assistant having previously been with the Construction Branch in Stewart, B.C.

A LB E RT J. LOVESTROM was A Gold Safety Award is presented to District Superintendent Jo hn Morris on be­ born in Creston and joined the De­ half of the Nanaimo Highways District by M. G. Els ton, Regional High way En ­ partment there in gineer recently at the Alberni Office. Seen with Mr. Elston, Mr . Morris and Mr. Apr il , 1949. He Bos is the Alberni Sa fety Committee. was employed at Koo t e n a y Pass Cam p before moving to Grand Forks in August, 1967 where he won, through competition, the position of Road Maintenance Foreman 2. He and his wife, Elma, have one daughter and two sons. "Bud" is an ardent fisherman, and also enjoys hunt­ ing and outdoor camping.

Through com­ p e t t t l o n , GAR­ LAND STEVENS won the position of Road Mainten­ ance Foreman 3 District E ngineer R. M. Boss presents a Silver Safety Award to the Mcbride at Stewart, B.C. Road Ma intenance crew. Left to right, J . Walker, H. Bryant, J . Doerksen, C. Garland is mar­ Blackman, L. Jack, Foreman L. Crate, R. M. Boss. ried and has one boy. He is very interested in hunting and fishing both of which are plentiful around Stewart. Garland was with the FR A NK PECK pulvl-mix crew for many years before has been promot­ transf er r ing to the Revelstoke District ed to Road Main­ as a graderman and subsequently a tenance Foreman temporar y foreman for winter main­ 3 in the Prince tenan ce on the Mica access road last George District. winter, Frank previously work ed as Con­ Born at Hedley, '" str uction For e­ T. J , LABOUNTY joined the Depart­ Road Foreman W . Ti nsley, Tete man on major day labour projects and ment in May, 1966 Jaune receives a Silver Safety Award has seen service in Cranbrook, Fort as Machine Oper­ fr om R. M . Boss, District Engineer. st. John and Prince George. ator 3 at Rock Creek. Th r ou gh *** competition he TREVOR EVANS who commenced r eceived the posi­ work with the Department as heavy tion of Tr actor Oper ator at Grand GEOR GE duty mechanic in 1959 at Revelstoke For ks, where he, his wife Linda and BOYCE recentl y has been promoted to Regional Mecha­ daughter Sherry now make their home. pr omoted to Me­ nical Superintendent at Kamloops , Tr e­ Tom enjoys hunting and fishing, and is chanical Foreman vor also worked in Boston Bar , 100 an active member of the Rod and Gun G rade 1 at AI­ Mile House and most recently at Wil­ club. He Is also a member of the Elks berm, liam s Lake as Mec hanic For eman 4. (437). 9 10-7 Club

WERNER SCH­ Retir ing ear ly Retiring Highways employees BOB NEEBELI reti r ed after mor e than MARSHALL and FR ANK MARTINwer e July, 31, 1967 and 28 years se r vice hos ted by mem ber s of the British the Coqui tl a m with the Depar t­ Columbia Government Employees As­ Road Mai nte nance ment is Saa nich sociation at a buffet supper and dance cr ew ma de a Bridge For eman, in Kimber ly at the Royal Canadian Le­ pres entati on to R. B. (BUD) HED­ gion r ecentl y. Mr. Mar tin and Mr . hi m. Mr . Schnee ­ STROM. Bud, who Marshall both had 30 yea r s service bell was born in has over 20 years with the Depa rtment of Highway s. Als o Germany and started to wor k for the experience as a Bridge Foreman, has honor ed was FRED WOOD who com­ Department in 1956, retiring as a work ed in numerous Districts throu gh­ pleted 20 yea rs se r vice with the De­ Machine Operator 4. He will continue out the pr ovince including,New West­ partment of Public Works. to live in North Surrey. minster, Penti cton, Nelson, Lillooet, *** Cranbrook, Fer nie and Smithers. Dis­ A well- liked member of the Kelowna tr ict Super intendent A. F. Par k made crew, CYRIL GILLARD, retired J uly A gatheringwas a presentation to Bud and Mr s . Hed­ 31, 1967 after 13 years service. He held in the Clo­ strom on behalf of the employees at was pr esented with a kit of tools by his verdale Yard to a danc e in July. fellow work er s , presentation bei ng mark the retire­ made by D. Culley. Cyril's cheerful dispositio n will be missed by all the ment July3l, 1967 K ENNE T H of DON MCAR­ cr ew. HI GGINS, Road DON after ten ** * M a i n t e n a n c e A. THOMPSON, Assistant Mechanic years with the De­ Foreman, Mahood in Burn s La ke r etir ed fr om the De­ partment, mostly Lake reti r ed last par tment J uly, 1967. "Shor ty" as he in Cloverdale. Don started as a rough Ju ly. Ken served was known by his fellow worker s began carpenter and retired as a Mac hine nearly 25 yea r s with the Depar tment in 1953. He was Operator 4. Mrs. McArdon received a with the Depar t­ pr es ented with a wallet and his fellow set of table lamps and Don was given ment starting or i­ workers wish him the bes t of luck dur ­ a set of tools. ginall y in 1929. He is now r anching in ing his retirement. the Southern Carfboo, * ** Retiring fr om TOR STRAND, Bridgeman at Gibsons the S a ani c h r etired in July after working for the Bridge cr ew is At a gather ing of the crews in Depar tment since 1946. Dur ing the past MARTIN SMITH. 21 yea r s Tor has worked at New West­ Martin has work­ the C o u r t e n ay yard t hi s Jun e, minster, Prince George, Tete J aune, ed for the Depart­ Vander hoof and Gibsons . He has held ment since 1961 BILL McEACH­ REN, B r i d g e the positions of Bridgeman, Br idge as a Bridgeman. Foreman and Road Foreman. His fel ­ The Smiths are F orema n Cour­ tenay was pr e­ low wor kers wis h him and Mr s . Strand leaving shortly on a trip to the prairies . a long and enjoyable r eti rement. District Superintendent A. F. Park s ented with a gift made a presentation to Martin and Mrs. on his retir ement from the bridge Smith on behalf of the District em­ crew. Bill was born in Edmonton, IDEA CORNER ployees. Alberta and s ta rted work with the Government in 1927 for the Sumas Drainage, Dykingand Development Dis­ trict. He has wor ked with the Depart­ ment of Highways in Courtenay since 1936, the last 21 year s conti nuously.

* ** Crews and their wives met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mercier, Quathiaski Cove last month for a sur­ prize pary for WILLIAM BARKER who retired as ChiefEngineer on the Quadra Queen. Mr. Baker joined the service as Francis Richardson, grader m an Chief Engineer on the Agassiz-Rose­ on the Port Clements crew, retired dale ferry in 1955, transferred 'to the after 14 years service with the Depart­ Lar deau, Arrow Lakes in 1957 and ment on the Queen Charlotte Islands. then to the Quadra Queen in 1960. The Old grader blades driven into creek Mr. Richardson, left, receives a gift crew pr esented him with a gift. He and bed at mouth of culvert proved effec­ presented by Lionel Andrews, Con­ Mrs. Baker will retire at their farm tive tr ash barrirs. These are located struction Foreman. at Milnes Landing. in Higdo n Creek south of Quesn el, 10 N e w Faces In New Pla ces W-eddings

s, J. DIXEY, Mrs . I R ENE Regional 0 f f Ice HI LL EN , Office Manager , Nor t h Manage r at Fort Vancouver has st. J ohn, recentl y been transferred transferred fr om to Nelson In the Vict oria w h er e s am e capacity. she was secretar y steve began his to the Deput y Min­ service with the Ister of Hospital Insur ance. The northern winter s hold Department in Golden In 1947 as Dis­ no qual ms for Irene as she Is an old trict Office Manager , In 1955 he moved " sour dough" havi ng spent four years to the North Vancouver District as Of­ in Alaska. Ir ene is or ginally from Kam­ fice Manager. Ver y shortly he was ap­ loops wher e she worked for six yea r s pointed the fir st Regional Office Mana­ as District Office Manager for the De- · ger of Region 1 when It com menc ed par tment of Publi c Works, In addition operation In July, 1956 in New West­ to pr evious ser vic e with the Depart­ minster .The Regional Office was ment of Education,Labor and Lands . moved to North Vancouver in 1958. A pr esentation of a portable transistor r adio was made by the Regional Main­ VINCE FRANK­ tenance Engi neer W. E. Mercer on be­ LIN has trans­ half of the Regional and North Vancou­ ferred to the New ver District personnel. s tev e Is mar­ Westminster Dis ­ ri ed, has three child r en and Is inter­ trict as Stockman Elizabeth Helen Goertzen and Peter ested In gar dening. for the Dock Dis­ Neumann were married July 14, 1967. tr ict . Vince join­ The candlelit cerem ony took place in ed the Department th e Eden Mennonite Church, Chilli­ .W. I. N. HIGGINS in 1961 at Mission wack, p erformed by the Reverend who has served and later became Sign Maintenance Man Henry Wiens. Peter is a wrecker oper­ with the Depart­ for the Chilliwack District . at or for the Department in the Deas ment of Highways . Tunnel area. The young couple win in Cour te nay, Na­ E R NES T G. reside in Vancouver. naimo and In Nel­ son on 'two dif­ SCOTT transfer­ red to the Mer ritt ferent occasions Di s t r i c t after has now t a k e n spen d ing five over the r espo nsibili ties of Regional Office Manager , North Vancouver. He yea rs at 100 Mlle. He will be missed held this pos ition in Nelson for the past by all who worked eight year s , while In Nanaimo he was _ __ _ with him. District Office Manager for six years. At a beach party and barbeque at the VINCE SCANLON, Right - of - Way home of Engineering Assis tant Leo Agent at Prince George has transfer­ Jovesky, Bill was presented wlthapair red to the Right-of- Way office In North fibre glass ski poles and a light metre Vancouver. Vince will be missed by all by Regional Highway Engineer D. F. his friends in P rince Georg e who wish Mar tin who made the presentation on him all the best in his new positio n. behalf of Bill's fellow employees in Nelson. He is married, has two sons and a daughter, his Interests centr e around skiing, hunting, fishing and work with the Boy Scouts. Two ne w brides from New Wes tmin· ster office are, left, J udy Sigsworth ** * and Cheryl Gosling. J IM LAMBERTON, a temporaryem­ ployee with th e Department at Cel1sta for part of the summer, has recently been transferred to the maintenance Mrs. PEARL L OCKWOOD, nee crew at Sal mon Arm. Douglas, opening a wedding gift from * '" * * * * the Staff of New Westminster District GEORGE RYLAND and DAWN ORM­ DON MacSWEEN, Right - of - Way Office. Pearl is a Clerk- S teno and BRAK wer e married In Pr ince Rupert Agent in the North Vancouver Regional was married on A ugust 5th, 1967 to July 12, 1967. Geor ge is a tr uck driver Office has been tr ansfer r ed' to Del Lockwood and th ey are living in with the Port Cle ments crew on the Smither s. Surrey. Queen Charlotte Islands. 11 " EXTRACURRICULAR" IDEA LADIES ACTIVITIES CORNER CORNER

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Dean A nderson, Draughtsman in the The Golden District has devised a Na naimo office and J ohn Gillen En ­ novel"salt shaker" but not for the gineering A ide were both in the great kitchen table. The calcium chloride bathtub race from N anaimo to West sp reader is shown in front of the Secretary to the Regional Highway Vancouver. Dean travelled in a power garage, above, and in action in the Engineer, North Vancouver, Florence driven bathtub and enc ountered six Golden area, belo w. Mo ss. foo t waves wh ich da maged his craft four miles from th e finish p oint. His craft is show n following a shake down cruise. Jo hn tra velled in a bath­ tub p ropelled by sail and paddle and g ained considerable fame in being last to comp lete the trip with an elapsed ti me of 31 hours of non-stop sailing.

Merritt District Office Manager Roy " ralker who doubles as a local scout­ Heather Lenfesty, Clerk-Stenographer master ready to leave M erritt to at­ at h er desk. in the Regional Office, tend the 4th Alberta and MeK enzie N orth Vancouver. Jam boree, Ca mp " roods, Sylvan Lake, J uly 15-21 near Red Deer.

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New auger drill, fabricated by the Langford Shop from designs and plans prepared by Glen Higgins ofth£ Testing Branch, is being inspected by North Vancouv er Regional Mainten­ Auger Foreman Doug Erickson and ance E ngineer W alt M erc er makes Drilling Engineer John Austin prior presentation to N elson Regional Office L ind a Wallace, Clerk in the Burns to its departure to Prince George. The J Manager Steve Dixie who has trans­ new drill is to be used for soil survey Lake Office, has been with the De­ [ered to Nelson. and gravel pit work. p artment since 1963. 12 On The Job

R esident Engineer Ron Winbowat work at his office in th e New West­ Che rry ville patching crew on N um­ David Morris and J erry Polizer, minster District. k neeling and Denis Jones, laying ber 6 Verno n-Slocan Highway. They asphalt tile on the new Barriere are, left to right, H arley H olman, Forks Bridge recently constructed by Clarence Sirr, A miel Lukat and Keith the Kamloops District Bridge Crew. S chafer.

Ken Langford hard at work checking invoices at the Langford garage. Ken, Engineering Aides Dave S herman who previously worke d as an Engi­ and Pete Janson, left to right, hard at neering Aide for the Construction work on the Chetwynd-Huds on Hope Branch at Revefstoke will be teatnng High way supervised by Engineering the Department sho rtly to enroll at Assistant Glen Rose, right.Like the University of Victoria. many other conscientious transitmen Ed Stock and and Bob Tyrrell seal with the Department, Pete is using coating Uglow bridge on the West his own "walkie-talkie" to help on Coast Road on Van couver Island. the job.

B urns Lake District su rvey crew Hea vy Duty Mechanic Conway Jones running a line on Project 1556, Top­ -performing a Hornectomy on one of McBride road crew painting a centre­ ley Landing Road. Left to right, R. the District units. At last rep ort lin e on th e McBride A rteria l, left to Harrison, D. Bossenberry and M. patient was progressing well, but right, A . Keim, J . Walker, H. Bryant Bishop. still a little hoarse. and P. Callaghan. 13 A bout People

H. E. ' HAR­ VEY' THORMO­ SET, As si stant Mechanical Fore­ man, in charge of the A t h a l m e r e Shop. Born inSas­ katchewan, Har­ vey joined the De­ partment at Princeton in 1956. Subse­ Two recent candid ate s in th e 1967 quentl y pr omoted he transferr ed to the Nelson Queen Contest are f ull time shop in 100 Mil e in 1957. He transfer­ highways employees. They are Miss r ed to Athalmere and was pr omot ed J acquie Ludlow, left, Clerk-Steno­ to Heavy Duty Mechanic in 1959 and g ra pher in the N elso n R egional after sever al promotio ns Ass ista nt Offic e and M iss L inda Dodman, Mechanic Foreman Grade 2 in 1965. Clerk-Stenograp he r in the N elson Har vey is mar r ied and has three chil­ District Office. dr en.

K. p. ' KARL' STEVENSON, Au­ t o m 0 t1 v e Me­ c h a n I c , Athal­ mer e Shop. Kar l joined the Depart­ Boyd Ki ncaid, Sign Ma intenance Man ment in 1961. Following short at Revelstoke exp lained it this way: te r ms of employ­ "I t's very simple really, the re are two ment in New Westminster and Nelson exits wh ich are also en trances. We he was transfer r ed to Cranbrook wher-e only want to use one entrance for an he was employe d as Assistant Mecha­ exit, the other exit will be used as an entranc~ . nic. In 1962 he transfer r ed to the Or, to p ut it another wc:y, Athalmere shop and was promoted to you can t come out where you go In, Automotive Mechanic in 1963. Kar l is but you can go in where you come out married wit h one son. on the other end. Look, maybe you had better come and see when the signs ha ve been ins talled." Don M acPhee, 64, off the Rosedale c~ew, Chilliwack District standing by sign for road name d after him. Don has been with th e Highways Depart­ ment since Feb ruary 1, 1946.

Oscar Purdy came to Fernie District as Engineering Aide in July, 1966. He is m arrie d an d has three daughters. ** * Four employees of the Pr ince Rupert District obtained their Safety Fuse Blasting Cer tificates after passing the qualifying exam. They ar e J . Onions , Equipment operator, Charles Mo or­ Road Maintenance Foreman at Po rt wood of R evelstok e a board the dis­ So me of th Athalmere road crew on Clements; J. Edwards, Road Maint en­ trict forklift (Circa 1941). Charlie says the job are, left to right, Gus Oster­ ance For eman at Alice Arm; L. An­ that it is no t the age that counts but lund, Dave Raven, and Art Goldien, drews, Construction For eman at Port th e temperament as he p ull s a way Clements; and D. Lockman,Const r uc­ M achine Operators, Jack Coy and at 0.5 mph. Ha ns Koenig, L abourers. tion Foreman at Pr ince Ruper t. 14 On The Job

George Gomerich, left, and Bob Wil­ J ohn Morris, District Superintendent, The Lake Cowichan crew were liams at the screening plan t at Cas­ N anaimo and Len Fong, Centre Line caught by the camera on thejob paint­ sidy. Foreman , looking over a centre line ing sign posts. They are George Hol­ revision. man, left, and hob Scott.

J ohn Krastel, Maintenance Foreman A rn old Glover, Bridge Foreman, Fred Bennett.Jdaintenance Foreman, Gabriola Island road mixing asphalt. N anaimo constructing new oil house Mayne Island standing beside the in th e Ganges yard. bulldozer operated by Robert "-ilks. Th ey are rebuilding Horton Road on Mayne Island.

Alec Brayden, Construction Foreman on the A lbern i-Tofino road is in the W. G. Coughtry, Mechanical Fore­ J ohn Step aniuk standing by his middle of his construction programme man, Nanaim o standing by the Drott grader on S altspring Island. at the present time. Yu mbo . 15 A century ofprogress is represented in this striking contrast. A bove, a section of the original Cariboo Road through the Fras er Canyon near Boston Bar as it looked 100 years ago a nd, below, the Trans Can ada Highway in the same area to­ day. A bout 60 miles of the original road was built in 1862 for a gross cost of$210,000. Workers were paid $1.50 for a 10­ hour day. In the 1950's and 1960's $210,000 would have built about a half mile of road in most of the Canyon and, in some sections less than 1,500 feet.

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