THEBRITISH COLUMBIA J\-IARCH, 1968

PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTM El T OF H IGHWAYS VOLUJ\-IE 5, NUMBER 1 MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION JOB FOR HORSESHOE BAY FERRY TERMINAL

Work is presently under way to en­ large the B.C. Ferries terminal at Horse­ shoe Bay. Construction has been divided into five major contracts, and the work will form the first phase of a total recon­ struction of the terminal, as shown in the photo of the model. Items in the first phase include a new berth, a two-level holding compound, ap­ proach roads, outside holding lanes, and parking facilities . The design of the new facilities was done by the Dock District of the Depart­ ment of Highways under the supervision of Special Project Engineer Bob Harvey. Project Engineer for all construction on land is Al Walisser of the Construction Branch on loan to the Dock District, and Project Supervisor for the marine struc­ tures is Otis Cameron of the Dock Dis­ trict. Technical assistance was received from the Materials Testing Branch regarding earth pressures, concrete, and the anchor­ Photograph of the model of Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal showing the ultimate age of tie rods in the rock cliff. configuration of the terminal. /

A bove, I'iew showing sheet pile bulkhead tie rods drilled and grouted into solid rock face of cliff.

Middle right, view looking seaward (north) showing sheet pile bulkhead which will be filled 10 form the approach for the /lew third berth, and marine structures being constructed in the back­ ground.

Lower right, view looking away from the water (south) showing the footings for the upper holding compound under construction in the foreground and the approach roads and parking lot under construction in the background. 2 THE ROA D-R UNN ER Volume 5 March, 1968 Number 1

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Published Quarterly by Department of Highways-British Columbia 1690 Main Street, North Vancouver Ray Baines, Executive Editor Arthur J. Schindel, Editor

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Associate Field Editors A. R. Limacher Victoria Bill Ingram . Victoria Adam Kloster North Vancouver Vemoll crew with N orth Okanagan M.L.A . and Minister with­ Dave Wardell Burnside alii Portfolio Mrs. Pal Jordan try out aile of the new roadside J. W. Morris Nanaimo picnic tables designed by Landscape Supervisor Mike Pope and buill by th e Department, The 460-pound tables have concrete M.Butler Co urte nay laps and base finished ill terrazzo with cedar seals. Wit li Mrs. Jim Harr is. Bridge Maintenance Jordan are, lej t 10 right , Marvin Zwarych, Rex Wiley, G. F. W. I. N . Higgins North Vancouver O'Keefe, and Foreman Les York, members of the crew who buill the tables. Lloyd Burgess. New Westminster G. M. Vance Chilliwack G . V. Sandiford Kamloops Front page: Don Johnson, District Engineer at Terrace, and Jim Ferrier Kamloops Truck Driver Eugene Johnson on a rescue operation in .. Dutch W. Kirkland . WilIiams Lake Valley " north of Terrace, after receiving a call for help from Murray Ramsay Salmon Arm a local family flooded in their home. Photograph by J. SCHU­ ETZE, Engineering Aide 3 in the Terrace office. Dave Bowman Revel stoke AI Desimore Vernon Fred Evans Kelowna Pete Fuoco Penticton Jim Chenoweth. MerriIt ------.. Dave Roberts . Lillooet 'lAS II'S CLOSE.\) Dorothy Wilki ns Grand Forks R. E. McKeown Rossland 'TIL FURTHE.R NOTICE. CAN'T 'IA S. J. Di xey Nelson Fred Angrignon . New Den vel' READ? Irene Labelle Creston N . Molander Cranbrook Sam Caravelta Fernie Joh n Edgar Golden Steve Sviatko Smithers C. Bartsch Pouce Coupe Pat Tondevold Fort S1. John Hom er Good Terrace E. A. Beaurnont., Prince George R. M.Boss Prince George Jack Doddridge Prince George R. Stephenson Quesnel George Harper Vanderhoo f H. R. Walker BurnsLake './ ./ r ; / L.., E. Lund Prince Rupert >/;f/ LI TH O GRAP H E D I N CANADA BY A. SUTTON. OUEEWS P RINTER.V ICTORIA. B .C.

3 TOUGH ROCK JOB IN NORTH VAN'S "KHYBER PASS" Convalescents For the past 18 months the Garibaldi Highway between Britannia and Du ring the past year, Superintendent Squamish has been under construction. of Equipment JACK SMYTHE has had more than his share of illness. Although As this area is practically solid rock, not completely recovered, he is back at road closures were put in effect some­ work striving to keep up with a demand­ times up to five days a week and for six ing job. He still manages to 'keep smil­ ing, and his colleag ues hope it won't be hours each day to allow for blasting. long before he rece ives the "fully re­ Shown on the right is a particularly covered" report from his doctor. hazardous corner known on the old road 1:l 1:l 1:l by local motorists for years as the JIM GUNN, Bridgeman with the .. Khyber Pass." Prince George Bridge Crew, is convalesc­ To accomplish the grade desired ing in Vancouver after a recent operation at the Vancouver General. His friends through the .. Khyber Pass," it is neces ­ and fellow workers wish him a speedy sary to cut the mountainside by 140 feet recovery. 1:l 1:l 1:l H. V. BAILEY, Road Maintenance Foreman 3 at Grand Forks, is a patient in the Trail-Tadanac Hospital at Trail. Friends and fellow employees wish Har­ old a speedy recovery. 1:l 1:l 1:l Fellow employees of DON YOUNG, Road Maintenance Foreman 2, and BILL PHAIR, Heavy Duty Mechanic, Cran­ brook garage crew, wish them well and an early return to work. 1:l 1:l 1:l HARRY WARING, Regional Paving

OLD 5/4 MILEN.O' Superintendent at Prince George, is ex­ ROAD 8RITANto!l" pected to return to his home from the hospital soon to continue his convales­ for a distance of 600 feet. Approxi­ Engineering Aide Art Baynes, with the cence. mately 140,000 yards of material will be Construction Branch, was on hand to 1:l 1:l 1:l removed to obt ain the finished grade, as record pictures during blasting operations W. NA YKI, of the Salmon Arm Bridge Crew, and MURDO McLENNAN, of illustrated right centre in the artist's con- by contractor Emil Anderson Construe- the Salmon Arm Maintenance Crew, have both been on the sick list for some time now. Their friends wish them both a speedy recovery. 1:l 1:l 1:l D. A. CARMICHAEL has been off work since December 30, 1967. We wish him a speedy recovery and return to work. 1:l 1:l 1:l H . B. BELL has been off work since January I, 1968, and we wish him a speedy recovery and return to work. 1:l 1:l 1:l E. W. DAVIS recently returned to work after a long illness . We welcome him back and wish him good health. 1:l 1:l 1:l P. REZANSOFF has been off work since December 21, 1967. We wish him ception by Don Johnson, Resident Engi­ tion Co. Ltd . Blasting was required to a speedy recovery and return to work. neer, Construction Branch. Left centre, lower the grade by some 20 feet. The 1:l 1:l 1:l Wally Calder, Engineering Aide , is shown contractor's equipment was able to punch P. KOORBATOFF-we are pleased to see Pete on the job after his operation. through the blasted rock and re-establish cross-sectioning high up on the Big 1:l 1:l 1:l Bench . Among other things, Wally is a a traffic pattern to conform with the D. M. MICHALSKY has been off competent forester, soils technician, and new grade before the opening of a pre­ work since December 20, 1967. We wish part-time rockhound. arranged road closure. him a speedy recovery and return to work. 4 PEEK INTO THE PAST

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This is the crew that surveyed the Nakusp to Arrowhead route in 1938. Chief Location Engineer Harry L. Cairn s is in the cen­ tre. The sam e crew surveyed many oth er locations throughout th e Province. How many do you rem em ber? Perhaps the names will help. Standing, back row, left to right : J. Parent, J. D. Black, L. Bourque, F. Eht, Mr. Cairns, A . Werterstrum, D. Ber­ ard , and H . Bowes. Front row, sitting, left to right: G. P. Sharpe, E. Brown, J. McNeill, and C. Mayall. I

This was the Kamloops to M erritt Highway in th e winter o f 1943, about 10 miles south of Kamloops. Th e entire 60-m ile rout e is just th e same as th e section sho wn. Th e car is a 1927 Studebaker, and th e pictures were tak en by G. V. Sandiford, De­ partment of Highways, Kamloops.

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Pull Grader 164 , of unknown vinta ge, was located near Cran­ Old tote road over generally soft places at Thunder River in brook by Location Bran ch R esident Engineer Jack Hacking, July, 1943 . This is on the N orth Thompson Highway near Blue standing beside the machine. A t th e CO l/trois is Doug Perkins, River. Op eration Manager for th e Location Bran ch . 5 "EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

Senior Maintenance Engineer J. A. DENNISON and Mrs . Dennison returned at the end of February from an 8.000-mile ( car and trailer trip to Arizona, southern California, and Mexico. They were joined for part of the trip by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hague. Mr. Hague retired a few years ago as Esquimalt District Engineer in Victoria. At Palm Springs on the way home they ran into Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nelson, Regional Highway Engineer, Kamloops, while shopping at a supermarket. Also at Palm Springs were Mr. Evan Jones. formerly Deputy Minister of High­ ways. and Mrs . Jones. ... * A presentation was made in January to FRITZ NEUBERT, who had worked for the Lillooet bridge crew for a number of years and has won a promotion to General Tradesman with the A Location Branch team placed second out of 34 teams in the B.C. Forest Service. Lillooet was sorry to see Mr. Neubert leave annual inter-departmental bowling tournament held February 3rd and wishes him all the best on his new job. ill Victoria, winning the B.C.G.E. trophy with a team total of 5.595 pins . Members were, left to right, George Musselwhite, Clif] Ramsay, Monica Day, Jim Chambrey, and Bob Standen,

Resident Engineer K. M. Humphrey has accepted a position with the National Parks Board at Revelstoke. Ken, being Quent J. Methot, electrician's helper an ardent curler, was presented with curl­ with the Department, has a used car fur ing shoes and sweater from his fellow sale. He stands beside a new Iavelin On behalf of the Quesnel District em­ employees by Senior Road Foreman Jim which he won recently on the Windfall ployees, Senior Road Foreman Jim Tillis Titus. programme. The purchase of a radiator presents District Superintendent G. V. hose made the winning entry possible. Harper with a pair of binoculars on his recent transfer to Vanderhoof. 25-year Service Award

Ken LcMarsh, of the Abbotsjord Main­ tenance Crew, Chilliwack Highways Dis­ E. P. Nelson, Road Maintenance Fore­ Truck Drivers Bill Tymchuk, left, and trict, receiving his 25-year service award man of the New Denver District, with a Bill Baddeley at their [avourite sport, from Premier W. A. C. Bennett, Ken 24-pound rainbow trout, caught in the fishing for whitefish on their days 00. has worked steadily in the A bbotsjord Kootenay Lake December, 1967. The fish weighed in at 3 pounds. area since November I, 1941. 6 MISCELLANY

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I At 2 a.m , February 7, Ken Cudmore, of the Campbell River Maintenance Crew, was salting the highway between Campbell • River and Kelsey Bay when he spotted a wrecked car over an Bill Stimac, of th e Paving Branch. testing the capabilities of a embankment and heard a womall calling for help from inside the Profilometer all Highway 97 near Vern on . Th e device m easures car. As he was himself unable to get her out, he immediately and records the roughness of pavement. Bill has been with th e radioed Deas Tower to contact the R .C .M .P., ambulance, and Department for eight m onths, he has a B.Sc., is single, and his wrecker at Campbell River. He stayed at the site until help hobbies are hunting and fishing. arrived. The driver was killed and the lady passenger injured.

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A n experimental bubble system was installed at the Francois Lake Ferry this winter. Three-quarter-inch plastic lilies were used with a 250 c.j.s. compressor . This system was successful ill Joe Curry, Engineer for the Construction Branch, is shown be­ keeping docks clear of ice at temperatures o f 2SO below zero. side a slide which totally destroyed a 5 cubic-yard shovel bein g Picture shows the Francois Lake landing at sub- zero temperatures. operated by A IIderSOIl Construction. The accident occurred Janu­ The ferry operates between South hank on the south side and ary 25 all the North Thompson No.5 Highway, A vola-Blue Francois Lake Landing all th e north. River section. New value of the shovel is about $250,000.

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Th e Region 3 hydra-seeder took on a new role last fall when it The Department of Highways opened a Winter Information answered an emergency call to fight a hous e fire which took place Trailer, December 15, 1967, ill Kamloops. It is well stocked with in Golden. The building was outside the city limits with IW brochures and current information on roads, ski-ing, ice fishing, water supply. When the fire threatened to spread, the hydra­ as well as general injormation 011 British Columbia and oth er seeder and water trucks were called and quickly extinguished the parts of Canada. It has received over 2.000 inquiries in the first blaze. two months of operation. 7 SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

N il Accident Frequency Rate for Four Winners

A record 0.0 fre quency rate was achieved by the four districts winning their respec tive Regio nal Safety Awa rds for 1967. Na naimo District, the Region 1 winner, has received its trop hy fo r the seco nd consecutive year. Ot her winners were Merritt District for Region 2, Fernie Distric t for Region 3, and the Smith­ ers District for Region 4. A trophy is prese nted annually to the district in each region with the lowest accident frequency rate during the cale ndar yea r. Although not winning an award, congratulations are also due The Honourable P. A. Gag lardi , Minister, presented in January to employees in the Bridge Branch, Burns Lake, Quesnel, and a bronze-on-gold safety award to J. W . G. Kerr, Senior Paving Dock Districts, who also ended the year with an 0.0 frequency Engineer. The achievement was made by the whole Paving rate. Branch , ineluding university students employed during the summer Region 2, with a frequency rate of 14.3, has won the second months, the pulvimix crews, and the seal-coat crews, by working presentation of the Honourable the Minister's trophy. This 535,100 hours without a time-loss accident. Left to right, Mr. trophy is for the region with the lowest frequency rate in the Kerr, Peter Barnes, the Honourable Minister, and H. H. Sawatzky. Province. The Department's over-all frequency rate in 1967 was 15.8, as compared to 42.3' in 1964, when records commenced. This represents a reduction from 368 time-loss accidents in 1964 to 160 in 1967 even though over I Y2 million more man-hours were worked in 1967.

Cause of Accidents N ot Bad Luck

Many things can cause accidents, but in most cases bad luck isn't one of them. This was the theme of a recent article by K. E. Jackson, Safety Officer for the Civil Service Commission. He cited a case where a man slipped and broke his ankle climbing down from a grader. Th e New Denver District Bridge Crew after receiving bronze­ Someone called it H bad luck." on-gold safety award. Left to right, H . Detta, E . Klein, R . Hopp, H Baloney," wrote Mr. Jackson. .. Ed didn't break his ankle J. Walker, and Foreman R . Thirion, as the result of bad luck, he broke it as a result of bad judgment, carelessness, or thoughtlessness." He went on to talk about luck . It is hard to define, but mainly seems to mean" consequences over which we have no control or which can only be controlled or guided by some superstitious hocus-pocus." "Let's come back to Ed's case," Mr. Jackson said. "Was it 'bad luck' which caused him to be in a rush to get ou t of his unit when he finished his shift? Was it ' bad luck ' tha t he didn't use his eyes to see where he was putting his feet? Was it 'bad luck' that prevented him from having a secure hand hold as he got down from his grader? " " In safety work," he said, "there is a slogan which is seen time and time again-' slow down and Jive.' In Ed's case slow­ ing down a bit could have saved him from the accident which led to his broken ankle . . . to see where he was putting his foot, to think whether or not the footing was secure." Above picture shows the Bums Lake Bridge Crew proudly He said that the words" see" and" think" were the two magic displaying the award of honour which was presented to them by action words wh ich could change" bad luck " to .. good luck." Les Braddy, Regional Highway Engineer, at a special safety .. If every individual," he said, "will take only a moment to meeting held at Burtis Lake. Left to right, back row, Bridge see his surroundings, to assess the hazards around him, and then Foreman Chris Egolf, John Reynolds, and Loyal Harrison. Front to think of the natural consequences of his actions, we will have row , Erik Schroeder and Eldon Johnson. progressed a long way on the road to preventing accidents." 8 District Superintendent John Morris Chairman of the Nanaimo Safety Com­ proudly displays the Region 1 safety mittee, A Ihert Evans, receiving a bronze­ Regional Maintenance Engineer W . M . ') award whic h the Nanaimo District wall on-gold award for the Nanaimo Highway for the second successive year. The Mercer, left, makes presentation of a award was made by Deputy Minister District from Civil Service Safety Co­ silver award to Bill Pleasants, chairman H. T. Miard at a banquet in the Shore­ ordinator Ben Pass. The award was for of the Duncan Safety Committee, who Line Hotel, Nanaimo, March 1. Seated 654 ,988 man-hours without time loss and accepted the award all behalf of the are, left to right, Mr. Miard, Mrs. J. is a first ever in British Columbia. Cowichon-Molahat Road Crews. Morris, and Mayor Frank Ney of Na­ naimo, --

The Prime Minister's silver award wa~ recently presented to Safety award presentation of a 10 all 2 membership and tie Region 2 Safety Officer H. D. Francis by Re gional Highway Engi­ clip emblem was recently presented by Region 3 Safety Officer neer J. W . Nelson. Region 2 worked 803,687 man-hours with ow George K. A ustin, left, and District Superintendent Carl Shaw, right, to Bridge Foreman Harry Ball, Golden District. A 50 ­ a compensible accident. pound piece of steel struck Harry's safety boot, cutting the leather and partially crushing the steel toe cap, which prevented a serio us injury.

B.C. Safety Council bronze awards of merit were presented March 7 to Fore­ man H. Winstanley and H. Gowler, rep­ resenting two department mixing-plant crews.

Don Bryant, right, chairman of the A 1­ Bridge Foreman Arnold Glover, right, berni Safety Committee, receiving a gold receives silver award for the Nanaimo safety award on behalf of the A lbernt­ District Bridge Crew from A dministra­ Ucluelet Road Crew, presented hy Re ­ tive Officer R . J. Baines. gional Safety Officer A lex Caldwell. 9 NEW FACES IN NEW PLACES Promotions

H. SAWATZKY, S. 1. TOG NE LA, MRS. NELLIE MO­ Regional Paving Su­ District Office Mana­ LANDER was the perintendent for Re­ ger, Cranbrook, trans­ successful ap plica n t gion 3 since 1960, has fers to Victoria as for the position of been t rans ferred to Senior Clerk in charge District Office Mana­ Headquarters. Han k of the vouchering sec­ ger in the Cranbrook and his wife, Ruth, tion . Silvio is married office. Nellie started were entertained at a and has three chil­ with the Department pot-luck supper at the home of Regional dren, a son and two daughters. Mr. in Cranbrook in 1956 and has held vari­ Highway Engineer Don Martin. Hank Tognela was presented with a flight bag ous positions in the office, as well as was later presented with a transistor and socket set by G. K. Austin, District previous service with the Department of radio by Mr. Martin on behalf of Hank's Superintendent, on behalf of friends and Finance. fellow employees in Nelson. fellow employees.

JIM SMITH has re­ ceived through com­ ROY WALKER, District Office Mana­ petition the position of GEO. W. HARPER ger at Merritt for the past 2Y2 years, Clerk 3 Trainee. For­ has recently transfer­ transferred to Burns Lake in February merly an Engineering red to Vanderhoof to replace JIM CHENOWETH, who Aide with the Mate­ District from Quesnel, went to Merritt as Manager of the Dis­ rials Testing Branch, where he had been trict Office there. Roy is single, enjoys Jim was originally as­ District Superinten­ boating, water ski-ing, and fishing. He is signed to the Nelson District office, but dent for five years. active with the Boy Scouts, having served the move was postponed when he came In 20 years of service as scoutmaster and district commissioner. down with appendicitis. While recover­ with the Department he has worked with ing he was temporarily placed as a Clerk the Construction Branch, the Location 3 Trainee in the North District office Branch, as well as with the Maintenance and was soon transferred on a permanent Branch in Nelson and Prince George, basis. prior to his promotion to District Super­ A newcomer to the Equipment Branch is GLEN G. HIGGINS, formerly with intendent in 1963. George is married and has three children. Materials Testing Branch. Glen is an Engineering Assistant, doing machine de­ sign and modifications. Although sta ­ CHARLES __ (CHUCK) HEN- tioned with the Equipment Branch, he will also continue to assist the Testing DERSON recently Branch, as required. won through compe­ tition the position of GEO. R. KENT, Maintenance Foreman Dis t ric t Superinten­ 2 in the Pouce Coupe den t at Vanderhoof District. Chuck is for the past nine married, and he and his wife, Myrna, years, recently trans­ have three children. Chuck has been ferred to the Nelson with the Department for J2 years. District. George join­ ed the Department in 1946, spent 10 years in Vanderhoof with the engineering staff two years as District Superintendent in New Denver and then District Superintendent in Vanderhoof until his recent move to Nelson.

GEORGE DODGE has transferred to AI­ berni in Region I. He began work with the Department of High­ ways in 1946 as chair­ man of the construc­ tion of the Cariboo Excessive flows of ice during an early break-up on the Fraser River created several Highway at 70 Mile House. H is present ice jams in the New Westminster District, which made it necessary to stop service on the classification is Engineering Assistant. Albion-Fort Langley Ferry January 29 for two days. Capt. D. P. Harvey put the He is married and has three children, twin boys and a girl. His hobbies are " T'Lagunna .. hack in service January 3/ between 7 and 8 pm. after the North Fraser hunting and fishing. Harbour Board ice breaker cleared a channel. 10 10-7 CLUB Senior Bridge Engineer Retires Senior Bridge Engineer JACK ALTON has retired after 22 years with the De­ partment. Mr. Alton was born in Sussex and received his general education in England and Malta. His engineering studies were at Auckland Engineering College, University of New Zealand, and at Regent St. Polytechnic Institute, lon­ don.

Capt. A. C. Batchelor retired from the Kootenay Lake Ferries on January 31 after 2Y2 years as Mate and Relieving Captain. Captain Batchelor has had con­ siderable service with the C .P.R . on stern­ wheelers on Kootenay Lake before com­ ing to the Department of Highways. lie Randolph (Slim) Pollitt has recently was presented with a fly-fishing outfit retired with 30 years of service working from his shipmates. He and his wife on and under bridges throughout the reside ill Nelson, Province. Slim started in 1938, when he was hired by the First Narrows Bridge Company to help in construction of the Lions Gate Bridge. In 1955 the British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridges A uthority took over the Lions Gate He worked for a general engineering Bridge and hired Slim as Foreman, firm in New Zealand for four years and Again in 1958 jurisdiction changed, under for Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com­ the Department of Highways Mr. Pollitt pany in England for nine years before received the title of Maintenance Super­ coming to Ontario in 1938 to work for visor. In the following years Slim trav­ Canadian Bridge Company in Walker­ elled extensively throughout the Province ville. In 1946 he joined the Bridge supervising the painting of such bridges Branch as a Design Engineer and was as Second Narrows, Agassiz-Rosedale, duly promoted to Chief Design Engineer, Nelson, Golden (Blaeberry), Coquitlam, Assistant Bridge Engineer, and Senior A lbert Ogden retired from the Koote­ and various smaller bridges in the 111­ Bridge Engineer. nay Lake Ferries January 31 after serv ­ terior and on Vancouver Island. Slim During Mr. Alton's years with the De­ ing 011 the ferries for 17 years, during has three sons, one daughter, and eight partment, bridge-building changed from which time he had worked as Oiler and grandchildren. Slim is planning to devote the timber bridges of 20-odd years ago Deckhand, A Ibert served overseas with some time to his new hobby, lapidary. to the new familiar steel and concrete the Canadian <1 rmy for four years in On leaving he was presented with a structures, including a number of firsts World War 11. He was presented with a grinding-wheel from his fellow employees. in the engineering field. travelling case frrom his shipmates and Mr. and Mrs Alton plan to visit friends put it to good use right away as he and )'y "'tr .(y and relatives in Eastern Canada, the Mrs. Ogden sailed from Vancouver all a United States, England, and Sweden. On cruise via the Panama Canal to England, their return to Victoria, Mr Alton has where they intend to holiday and visit intentions of gardening and catching up with friends and relations. Mr . and Mrs. A presentation was on long neglected reading Ogden make their home in Procter. made by the Deputy 17 17 17 {? i , i? Minister, H. T. Miard, A. SCHMIDT came January 31 to MRS. to Canada as a small SAllY HIGHET child in 1910 from with 30 Headquarters Odessa, Russia. Be­ staff attending. Sally fore moving to Grand OLAF OLAFSON is retiring after had been with the De­ Forks in 1946 he was eight years' service as Engineering Aide partment II years, the Bridge Depart­ engaged in farming. with the Location Branch in Region 4. ment, Personnel, North Vancouver Re­ gion, Equipment Branch, and Special " Tony" is very musi­ 17 17 17 cal, playing both the violin and the saxo­ Projects. Mr. Miard presented a three­ phone; for several years he had his A dinner honouring A. H lEESE, piece luggage set from Headquarters own dance orchestra. From 1947 until Mechanical Foreman at Merritt, on his staff, and on behalf of the North Van­ his retirement on January 31, 1968, he retirement after 42 years of continuous couver office F. A. Maclean, Assistant was employed as a truck driver, stationed service to the Department was held in Deputy Minister, presented a bouquet of at Grand Forks. Tony and his wife, the Grasslands Hotel February 23. spring flowers arranged in a white Gre­ Ella, have bought a home at Christina About 70 employees and their wives cian type vase. A lovely vase was also lake, where Tony plans on fixing up a from various parts of the Province at­ presented by R. G. Harvey, Special Pro­ couple of cabins and doing a bit of fish­ tended and wished Mr. Leese good luck jects Engineer, on behalf of the Dock ing. during his retirement years. District personnel. II REGIONAL LABS TEST PAVING MATERIAL 111-

At each regional headquarters there is a pav­ ing laboratory staffed by experienced laboratory technicians. The purpose is to test samples of aspha lt supplied to projects within the regions, mainl y for kinematic viscositie s, absolu te vis­ cos ities, the distill ation of cut-back asph alts, penetration of the residue a fter distillation, etc., and to run pr eliminary M arsh all designs on ag­ gregate to be used for future projects. They a lso ass ist and advise field laboratories a nd do work for project s in their vicinities, carry o ut Joe Kapuszta, on the right , explaining to H. H , Sawatzk y , then th e Pavin g applied rese arch, train personnel for future Supe rintendent for R egion 3, the intricacies of the air bath . employ ment as laboratory technicians, and de­ sign ro ad mi xes fo r the districts. In Nelson the regional paving laboratory is loc ated on Granite Road and is currently supe r­ vised by Jo e Kapuszt a, Technician I, under th e genera l direct ion of the Regional Paving Super ­ inte nde nt. Jo e ob tai ned a B.Sc. in Forestr y from the Sopron U nivers ity, partiall y in Hun­ gary a nd partiall y in Vanc ou ver wh en the un i­ versity mo ved there in 1957 , and has been with the Dep artment for seven years. He is married and is the fa ther of two girls. Last spring Jo e designed a nd built a co nsta nt tem perat ure air bath for his lab orat or y. It is One of the pieces of equipme nt in the R egion 3 labora tory, a Can no n­ used in the design of co ld mixes and is now Ma nning vacu um -type visco simeter. L arry Bagan is seen viewing all absolute being co pied by the la boratories in th e ot her viscos ity test. La rry has lived most of his life at Hu dson Bay and came from Sas katoon in May of 1966, where he had th ree years' previous ex perience in th ree regions. laboratory work in asphalt, concre te, and soils.

Harold M ori adjusting th e l Z-inch A pav ing trainin g cou rse for survey and laborat ory work was held in K amloops from screens on a Fisher sieve shake r. Har old February 5 to 23, inclusive. To demons/rate th e laborat ory work, th e co urse was held in is an Engineering A ssistant with four the R egion 2 paving laboratory. Pictured here are Stan Paloposki, En gin eering A ssistant, years' experience in th e D epartment . left, Paul Savenk o, cen tre, and AI Petty. 12 On the Job-Contending with the Elements

On Janu ary 20 at 1.50 a.m ., a slide blocke d the Tran s-Canada Highway between Hope and Cheam und the Canadian National Rail­ way . The slide crossed the highway about 500 feet east o f th e Wa h leach Power Station. Hir ed equipme nt and Chilliwack District crews and equipm ent, working under th e direction of R oad Ma int enance Foreman Don McColl, R oseda le, had the road open to traffic by 7 a.m , the next morning.

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This is th e Terrace District winter maint enance cam p near Sal vus on High way N o. 16 bet ween Terrace and Prince Rupert. Prince George Bridge Crew , superv ised by Forem an Dean Bar­ The cam p-site was developed dur ing the sum mer months and low, swing prestr essed concrete stringer into place as part of th e prov ed worth while durin g heavy wint er snowfalls and snowslides new bridge on the John Hart-P eace R iver Highway, north of on this difficult stretch alon g th e Skeena River. Prince George.

Installing culverts all the Nanaimo Ri ver R oad to replace large wooden Sn ow rem o val from Arterial Highway structures that collapsed during recent N o. 363R in Da wson Creek is efficiently floods is the Nan aim o District Cassidy carried out through th e com bined efforts crew, under Road Maint enance Forem an of Department tru cks and the City of Russ Gallo way. Left to right , N anaimo Dale Coop er, Road Maintenance Fore­ Dawson Creek sno w-blower. As sho wn Bulldozer Op erator Da ve Williams, R uss man, Lake Cowichan, looking over floods in this picture, the equ ipment lI'as re­ L. Anderson , G . Bright on , and Stall at Cowichan Lake. moving m ore ice than sna il'. Stupich. 13 ABOUT PEOPLE

1. A. CAMBREY, a member of the Plan ­ ning and Design Sec­ tion of the Loc ation Branch, has received his Diploma in Public Administr ation. This was the result of three yea rs' time and effor t for Jim in success­ full y co mpleting the th ree-year Execut ive Development Train ing Programme.

WM . W. ROG ERS , Fort St . John District Superintendent in the Ur ba n Design Pat Tondevold, in his twic e-yearly deliv­ Se ct ion , h a s c o m­ ery of pay ch equ es, hands one to Johnny Ge orge H , Gil es. Jr.. left. Lab ourer pleted a three-year Mcl'hee, a Ma chin e Operator on th e with th e Missi on area crew in th e Chilli­ course at the Uni ver­ Watson L ake-Stewart Highway in th e wack Highway District. retired in March. sity of Victori a and Dease L ak e area. M r. Tondevold tNII'­ George. I r., start ed with the Department received his Diploma cllcd 770 m iles to make this and other in May. 1947, and has worked out of th e in Publi c Administra- deliveries. Deroche Yard fo r 2 1 years. George's tion . T his is an exacting cou rse, tak en father. George G iles. Sr.. 85 , shown here in the ca ndida te's own time, Even so. with his son. retired in 1947. H e started Bill was able to spend a few hours (If OBITUARY with the Department of Publ ic Works in spa re time on the con struction of a light /92/ and wor ked alit of the Deroche aeroplane-a Mini -Cab . The Depar tment was sadde ned by the Y ard for 28 yea rs. Both Jun ior and dea th of J. D.( DOUG) McKI NELL. Senior Georges are living ill Deroche. Assistant Comptroller of Expenditure. about / 2 m iles east of Mission . who died on March 19, 1968, after a LORIMER DOUG, length y illness. Mr. McKinnell, who was PERKINS, .. D o u g " bo rn in Victo ria, commenced as a Junior to all the Hi ghways Clerk with the Department of Publ ic Dep artmen t through­ Work s on October 16, 1930. His full ou t the Province, has career was with the Dep artments of Pub­ been awarded a Ce r- lic Work s and Hi ghways in Victoria, with ;/ tificate of Registration the exce ption of Armed Forces service in Ci vil En gineering. from September, 1943, to February, and in co nsequence is now ent itled to the 1946. Mr. McKinnell is survived by his .. P.En g." appellation. Doug recentl y wife, Dorothy , and his son s Murray, 16. was passed by the Board of Examiners of and Mich ael, 13. Professional Engineers of British Co lum­ bia. Th e Department 's most n ortherly Sto ckman, G ordon Frank. carries alit his JAMES F. KEENLYSIDE died on duties at the Good Hop e Lake mainte­ In Location Head­ November 4, 1967, at the age of 54 . Mr. nance esta blishment located near Cassiar. qu arters repl acing Keenl yside started with the Construction It is the ma in dispat ching depot for th e Mich ael Miram s -Har­ Branch in 1946 as an Instrument Man, Dease Lak e, Telegraph Creek , and A tlin rison , who was re­ in 1949 he was promoted to Resident ma intenan ce cam ps. cently tr ansferred to Enginee r. Jim supervised various high­ the North Vancouver way projects on Vancouver Island , the office. is RUSSELL Lower Mainl and , and in the Interior. In LEACH. Russ had a 1957 he atta ined the position of Div i­ tou r of duty in the Forest Ser vice and siona l Eng ineer. He leaves his wife and also worked in the now defunct V.M .D. two children .

JOHN TEDESCO, Road Mainten ­ MRS. L. PRICE be­ ance Forem an 2, of Beaverdell, died sud­ gan at Headquart ers denl y on December 18. 1967 . Johnny as teletype operator in was born in Grand Forks in 1923. He November, 1956, anJ served in the Canadian Army in the Sec­ worked th ere nin e ond World War from 1943 to 1946, and years . She then work­ joined the Dep artment in 1950. Friends Cranbrook District Office staff. left to ed for other bran che s and fellow employees will miss his righ t: M rs. Jill Born owsk y, Clerk -Steno of the Dep artment for friendl y smile and qu iet ways, and their 2; Mrs. Dolorres Har ris. Clerk-Stene 1; two yea rs, returning in 1967 to the Gen­ sympathy is extended to his wife. Ca ther­ M rs. Adrianna Lain e. Clerk 2; and Mr s. eral Office as teletype operator. Her ine, son Ron and daughter Linda. Nellie M olander. District Office Man ager. hobbies are readin g and camping. 14 ABOUT PEOPLE

R. M. BOSS, Dis­ 1. DODDRIDGE, WARREN HORS­ trict Engineer, Prince Regional Office Mana­ NELL, Location George, originally ger at Prince George Branch Draughtsman joined the Department since last spring, has at Prince George, has in J u n e , 196 1, ami served in 10 different recently been regis­ served two years as an places throughout tered as a technician Engineer-in-t r a in in g . British Columbia after with the Society of He became District Engineer at Fernie starting with the De­ Engineering Technol­ in 1964 and was transferred to Prince partment in 1950 at Victoria. Jack is ogists of British Columbia. George in 1966. Dick is a firm believer married with two children and enjoys in fitness, plays badminton and volley­ hockey, ping-pong, and numismatics. ..tr ;',: ball at every opportunity. His hobbies t: t: of'< " are golf and bridge. JIM WOOD. Proj­ A recent addition to ect Supervisor for the the Prince George Re­ Construction Bra n c h o{:r o{:r gional Office is MISS of'< on the Burrage River SHARRON CLARK. section of the Stewart­ Sharron was born in Cassiar R 0 ad , pat i ­ Rossland, B.C.. and PETER BYRNE is ently waiting for the came to Prince George acting Regional Pav­ spring thaw. Jim has with her parents in ing Superintendent at been assisting the Regional Construction 1953. Sharron has worked in Prince Prince George . He Engineer in the Prince George Regional George, Edmonton, Whitehorse, Trail. has served with the Office over the wint er months. He just and in 1964 went abroad for 3\12 years. Department for 10 returned from a vacation in Mexico. years and was previ­ spend ing time in Australia, New Zealand, ously in charge of and England. pulvimix throughout the Province. I~ t: ti MISS MARIE A. Weddings SCHOLZ joined the t: o{:r t: Pouce Coupe staff in Friends of M. C. K. (MIKE ) November as Clerk­ STRUVE may be interested to learn that Typist. No newcomer he was married in January, 1967, to a B . HALLIWELL, to the district, Marie Soils Design Engineer grew up in the area. widow with two children, a boy of 18 with the Material s Her main interest has and a girl of 15. The couple spent two Testing Branch. Vic­ been her famil y's orchestra, with which weeks in Greece on their honeymoon . toria, and presently she played piano and accordion for sev­ Mike retired in 1964 as District Super­ working in Region 4. eral year s. intendent at Fernie and returned to Den­ Bert graduated with a ti ti o{:r B.Sc. in engineering in mark. He keeps bus y with club work, 1963 _and M.Sc. in engineering in 1965. MRS. PAT SAXON tennis, and the Engli sh Club. After completing a further two years of has been with Head­ postgraduate work at McGill, Bert came quarters Personnel to British Columbia with the Highways Office since 1952. She Department in June of 1967. Bert is is in ch arge of recruit­ single, and his main interests arc playing ment procedures for Intermediate "A" hockey in the winter typists and stenogra­ and golfing in the summer. phers and is secretary .. to the Personn el Officer. However, this talented lady, with years of experience, is of unlimited use in most areas of per­ t: '{y sonnel administration. Well liked and " respected by all, Pat is the ideal person for the job . D. A. (DENNIS) of'< ti ti LINDBERG, Re­ gional Materials Engi­ MRS. S. McADAM, neer in Prince George, of the Fort St. John came to the Depart­ Office, was recently in­ ment in September, formed of her reclas­ 1966, when he was the sification to Clerk 1. successful a p pi icant Shirley began her em­ Sandra E. Mc Kee and Ben Baller , of for the position of Regional Materials ployment with the De­ th e Cranbrook Sur vey Crell', were mar ­ Engineer. He is a graduate of the Uni­ p a r t m e n t over two ried November 4. /968, in th e Cranbrool: versity of Alberta with a B.Sc. and M.Sc . years ago as a Clerk-Typist. She hails Anglican Church . Ben is from Arm­ in engineering. Dennis, his wife , Jackie, from the sunny Okanagan and is noted and their two boys enjoy ski-ing in the for her cheerful voice and bright replies strong. The evenin g ceremony was per­ winter and camping in the summer. over the radio. formed by th e R ev . D . Anderson. 15 ON THE ROAD

Picture on the left shows the N orth Thompson High way prior to finished location and construction. At the right is the high way after com pletion. This is south of M ount Robson, th e highest peak in the Canadian R ockies, J2,972 feet , and this gives an idea of the magnificent view which will greet the motorist trav ellin g up the new highway.

ON THE JOB V ~ OC U CR R O~

• "'\ . ;,c· John G erhardt, R oad Maintenance Nanairno Sign Crew, Mat Cameron, The Con crete No-post Guard-rail Crew Foreman, supervising th e rem oval of the left, and Marvin Worden , com pleting a on the job in the Nanaim o Dist rict . Left newl y set no-p ost guard-rail from its new sign on th e Island Highway. to right, Stan Stupich, Bill Ritchie, and form at Langford. G eorge Windle.

.~ Tuning up 348 , Don Wyber, left, Mechanic in the Quesn el Gravel-screenin g operation under way an Gabriola Island shop, and Tony Gunst, Truck Driver, who was transferred to under the dire ction of Road Maintenance Foreman Joh n K rastel. Quesnel recently. 16