THE BRITISH COLD BIA DECEMBER , 1970 Runner

PUBLISHED BY THE DEPA RTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOLUME 7, UMBER 4 RECOVERY OF THE ENTERPRISE

When Barkerville mining activity ended, the miners moved north and the paddle wheeler En terprise was dispatched north, in 1870, from its ru n on the Fraser River, to serve the Omineca gold fields. The stern wheeler was beac hed on Trembleur Lake in August, 1871, for the winter, but in the spring of 1872 it caught fire and burned to the water line. This year, almost 100 years later, the office of the Provincial Secretary requested the De­ partment of Highways to recover the re­ mains for historical purposes. All that remained were the boilers and the crank­ shaft which were loaded on a barge and transported to Fort 51. James. Picture on the bottom, right, shows the remains of the Enterprise on the beautiful sandy beach of Trembleur Lake. Bottom left, Road Foreman Wilf Patten inspects the remains before sending in a barge for retrieval, and, left , Pilot Jerry Johnson looks at the ancient boiler.

2 THE ROAD RUNNER

Volume 7 December, 1970 Number 4

Published**Qu arterly by the British Columbia Department of Highways Victoria, British Columbia Th ere isn't any new way of say ing it so I won't try, Ray Baines, Executive Editor hut again I would like to Arthur 1. Schindel, Editor ex tend to each employee of th e Department m y personal wish for a M erry Christmas ** and a Happ y N ew Y ear. For Associate Field Editors many on winter maintenan ce A. R. Limacher _ _ Victoria and ferry operations, the Bill Ingram _ __ Victoria holidays are working days. To these I would lik e to add a special word of thanks on Al Walisser _ __..__ _ _ Bridge District behal] of th e British Columbia G ov ernment, which em­ Jim Winton .. ._.. . North Vancouver ploy s them, and the travelling public, whi ch m ak es heavy S. J. Tognela . . Burn side dem ands on them in this period . J. W. Morris.,.. . . Nanaimo M. Butler . . . Courtenay W . D . BLACK, Minister. David Price . British Columbia Ferries Division George Cooper . ..Patrol, North Vancouver Ellis Meads .. . Dock Distri ct Lloyd Burgess . New Westminster Don Osborne Chilliwack Jim Ferrier . . .._. Kamloops Edie Smith . . Williams Lake Murray Ram say .. .. ._.._._.Salmon Arm M. J. Newlands .. ..__...... Revelstoke Al Desimone .. .__...... Vernon Fred Evans ...... Kelowna J. W. Zaporozan __ .._ ...... Penticton Jim Chenoweth __.._.... _.. .. Merritt Dave Roberts ..------.. .._..__.Lillooet Dorothy Wilkin s ------..---- .. .. Grand Forks R. E. McKeown ...... _..__ Rossland S. J. Dixey ----....----..----..-- ...... __. Nelson Fred Angrignon . _.. . New Denver Fred Ryckman .. ..__...__.... __ ..__ Creston N. K. Molander .. ..__. Cr anbrook Sam Caravella __ ...... Fernie J. W. Hickmott ...... Golden Steve Sviatko ...... Smithers J. C. Bartsch __ .. .__ ...__. ..Pouce Coupe Homer Good .. ...__.Fort St. John Don Hutton ..__...... __.. Terrace Shirley Hrechka .. Prince George Jack. Doddridge ...... __ Prince George C. R. Stephenson .. ...__.__....__ Quesnel George Harper ...... Vanderhoof H. R. Walker ...... Burns Lake W. R. Ball ....__...... Prince Rupert

Cover Photo-Unusual project for the Department in July and Nine-foot multi-plate culvert about to be put in place on the Augu st, 1970, was the paving of the runw ay for the new Revel­ Trans-Canada Highway near Duncan. This large culvert, in­ stoke Airport. Work was done under a British Columbia Hydro stalled in A ugust, provides school children with a safe crossing contract with specifications prepared by the Department of High­ to a school on the busy highway. Arnold Glover, Bridge For e­ ways Paving Branch and supervision of the job by a crew under man 3, and A. Casagrande, Road Maintenance Foreman, Duncan, Project Supervi sor J. R. Ca llaghan. The old runw ay was flooded supervised the installation. Oth ers on the job were Allen Stewart, by the storage reservoir behind the Dunc an Dam .-Photo courtesy Don Vincent, and Alfred Olson. of Hans Giesen, Revelstoke. 3

LlTHOCRAPHED IN CANA DA BY 1<. M . MA CDON AL D . Q UEEN'S PR I NT ER , V IC TO R I A. BRIT I SH C O L U M BI A PROMOTIONS 10-7 CLUB

NEIL C. TAITRIE ROGER PRATT Fort St. John Dis­ was recently promoted has been promoted to trict employees re­ to the position of the position of Re­ \ ~ O . '11 cently held a retire­ Chief Property Negoti­ gional Materials Engi­ 1>-\ ment party for JACK ator, following the re­ neer in Kamloops. He McDONALD, who tirement of Les Moore was previously with has been with the De­ earlier this year. Neil Materials Testing .~ par tmen t since 1956. commenced working Branch in Victoria. He has worked in for the Department on a temporary basis Roger was born and educated in England, many jobs-truck driver, loader, and low­ in 1936 and, after war service, rejoined where he graduated with a B.Sc. from bed operator. Jack will now devote his the Department in 1946. He is married Leeds University. He came to Canada considerable energies to his farm, after and has three children. His hobbies are in September, 1964, obtained a Masters a well-deserved winter holiday in Mexico. lodge work and gardening. Degree in soil mechanics at Queen's University. He started with the Construc­ tion Branch in July, 1967, at Nakusp, transferred to Materials Testing Branch at Nelson in March, 1968, and then trans­ V. "BUD" GREEN STAN PALOPOSKI retired August 31, recently won through ferred to Victoria in October, 1968. Roger is single. His outside interests are 1970, from the Mer­ competition the posi­ ritt Highway District tion of Regional Land­ sports, particularly track and field, middle long-distance running, tennis, and bad­ maintenance crew, scape Supervisor in after 15 years with the Region 2. He started minton. Other interests are reading and Chinese cooking. Department. Bud was with the Construction given a surprise party Branch in May, 1957, 0{:{ 0{:{ 0{:{ at his home, and he and Mrs . Green then transferred to the Paving Branch in T . W. TAYLOR were presented with gifts from fellow February, 1959. Stan is married and won through competi­ employees. has three children. tion the position of Road Foreman 4, North Vancouver Dis­ trict. He was formerly GORDON SPIERS DENNIS ANDER­ with Bridge District, at retired recently after SON, new Road Fore­ Pattullo Bridge, and working in the Quesnel man, Stewart, in the worked for a time at Celista, Salmon Arm District for the last Prince Rupert District, District. Tom has, in addition to his 11 years as a Cat is finding that his new occupational duties, the responsibility for and Grader Operator. job keeps him almost the needs of a family of nine children. Gordon started origi­ nally with the Depart­ too busy to enjoy the 0{:{ 0{:{ 0{:{ excellent fishing and ment in 1927, at Creston, until he joined hunting in the area. STEVE CUIT has won, through com­ the army in 1940. After the war, he petition, the position of Mechanic Fore­ worked for Emil Anderson Construction man 3 at Courtenay. A gathering of the for a time . Gordon was presented with New Denver Highway District employees gifts and best wishes by fellow workers. was held on September 11, 1970, to wish W. C. PURDY, As­ him the best on his transfer. Steve has sistant Mechanic Fore­ been a Mechanic Foreman 2 at New man I, has been pro­ Denver since 1966. Retiring after 10 moted and transferred 0{:{ 0{:{ 0{:{ to New Denver as years with the Quesnel JIM HAWES, of the Dock Design Mechanic Foreman 2. District, ALEX KLAS­ Branch, has been reclassified from Engi­ Bill started with the OFF leaves for the neering Aide to Engineering Assistant. Department at Clover­ Okanagan to take over dale in December, 1964. The recent an orchard. Alex was move is to familiar surroundings, as Bill presented with gifts worked in New Denver from May, 1966, NEW FACES and his fellow employ­ to July, 1968, as a Heavy Duty Mechanic. ees wished him every success in his new A farewell gift was presented to Bill by IN NEW PLACES venture. G. K. Austin, District Superintendent, on J. A. ARNUSCH is the new Engineer­ behalf of fellow employees. ing Aide 2 at Grand Forks. Jim has worked for the Construction Branch for A social and dance three and one-half years in Prince Rupert, were held on October Terrace, and on the Stewart-Cassiar 30, in the Sacred Heart LLOYD ROSELL, Highway. His hobbies are hunting and Hall, to mark the re­ promoted to Road fishing. tirement of HARRY Foreman 2, Prince 0{:{ 0{:{ 0{:{ BALL, Golden Dis­ Rupert District, re­ The position of Dis trict Technician at trict Bridge Foreman. cently moved from New Denver has recently been filled by Harry was presented Prince George, where W. D. COOPER. Bill had spent the last with a cash gift from fellow employees. he was employed as four years of his service at 100 Mile He started work with the bridge crew in a Construction and House. With his wife and two children, 1957 as a labourer, working his way lip Road Foreman. he has taken up residence at Silverton . to Foreman in 1963. 4 WEDDINGS

Charlie Eva Retires After 39 Years of Service A large group from Headquarters staff gathered recently to mark the retirement of Ch arlie Eva , after 39 year s' service with the Department. He started with the Department of Publ ic Works in Jul y, 193 I, work ed fo r a time in the District Engineer's office and then as secretary to the Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief

Leslie Marrion and R ob Rippengalc were married at First United Church, ill Victoria. 011 September 12, 1970 . R ob is employed at the Head Office of British Columbia Ferries.

OBITUARIES Former friends and fellow employees were saddened recently to hear of the death of former Fernie District Superin­ tendent, M. C. K. (MIKE) STRUVE. John Richard Bullard, En gineering who ret ired from the Department six Assistant, N ew Westmillster Highways yea rs ago. He was stru ck down while cro ssing a street in Aarhus, Denmark. En ginee r. Charlie joined the army in District, was married to Eva Kohleova 1942 and served in the R.C.A. and R.C.E. October 27. He and his wife, Ann e­ ill Brno City Hall , Brno, C.U.S. R . Marie, left in 1964 for Denm ark , Mike's until April. 1946, when he returned to (Cz echoslo vakia) , Jul y 18, 1970 . Wh ell native country, to spend their retirement work in the District office. He then Eva arrives from Europ e, the co uple plan years. transferred to Headquarters in 1948, to liv e ill th e Kit silan o area of Vallcouver. where he processed contract s, permits, Headquarters office Loc ation Branch gaze lle notic es, subdivision, and classifi­ u u u staff members were saddened by the sud­ cation of highw ays. With the growth of den death of J. C. (CAM) PORTEOUS, the Department and highway system in who died October 22, at 61. He leaves ROBIN A. VAL ENTINE was married his wife Carrie and two sons . He had recent year s, Charlie's work has been to FLORENCE ZELEZNIK, of Nakusp, worked for the Department as a mainly concerned with the latter three in September. Th e couple will reside in Dr aughtsman since July, 1967. Mr. Por­ of these subjects, and he has also worked Nakusp, where Robin is a member of the teous served in World War II with the for several years as recording secretary New Denver survey crew. R.C.A.F. for the Highway Board and Ferry Com­ mittee meetings. In his long career with u u u RALPH F. SNYDER, Machine Oper­ the Department, Ch arlie has served under ator at Nakusp for the past five years, was fatally injured on October I, 1970. 10 different Ministers of Public Works SONIA LANGIS and ROBERT AYOTTE were married in Our Lady of while working on Project 672 , Halfway and Highways and five Deputy Minister s. Lourdes Church, Coquitlam, in October, River Bridge, north of Nakusp. He was by Rev. Father Surette. Robert is an 50 and is survived by his wife, Aile en. Engineering Aide with the Dock Design and four children. Mr. Snyder was born EDWIN DAVID ODDY ret ired from Branch in New Westminster. at Did sbury, Alberta, educated at Edge­ the Delt a East maintenance crew of the water. British Columbia, and served in New Westminster Highways District on u u u World War II. September 30, 1970, after serving in the Aldergrove yard from April I, 1943, A wedding of interest took place in BRUNO LILIENWEISS died suddenly until it ' closed, and then moving to the United Church at Golden, in Octo­ at his home, October I, 1970, in Quesnel. Cloverdale. He ha s held several jobs, ber , when JACKY ESTEY and ISABEL Prior to his retirement, Mr. Lilienwei ss and fellow employees from both Delta GRANT were married. Jacky is a was a Bridgeman I, having worked for Truck Driver with the bridge crew at the Department of Highways since 1962. crews gathered to present Edwin with a Golden, and has been with the Depart­ He is survived by his wife, three sons, gift. ment for the pa st six years. and one daughter.

5 ABOUT PEOPLE

C. J. D. (DON) D. M. (DON) BILL TEAL, Auto McCORMICK, Engi­ JOHNSTON is Proj­ Mechanic, Vernon neering Technician 2, ect Supervisor on the Highways District, Bridge Design office, reconstruction of joined the Vern 0 n Victoria. Don was Patricia Bay Highway crew in March, 1967. born in Nelson, and through Saanich. He He has since proven moved at an early age, started in 1956 as a to be a great District with his parents, to Levelman on Horse­ I. asset, not only to the Vancouver. After completing studies in shoe Bay-Squarnish Highway and duty Mechanical Branch, but to the local engineering technology at evening classes, tours included freeway construction on B.C.G.E.U. branch for which he is an he worked for several mining companies Highways 499, 40 I, multi-lane construc­ untiring organizer and worker. in the Kootenays until 1939 when he went tion in Surrey and Langley and then re­ to work for a structural steel company. construction of the Britannia-Squamish Early in World War If, he worked in section. An excellent mathematician, MRS. BRENDA aircraft production at Sea Island, then Don's alma mater is University of Sas­ HANLEY, Switch­ shipbuilding at Prince Rupert and Vic­ katchewan. He keeps .. brushed up" at board Operator at toria. Don joined the Department in U.B.C. and B.C.l.T. Married, with two British Columbia Fer­ 1945, and in 1969 worked for eight daughters, he also finds time for photog­ ries Division head of­ month, as Project Supervisor on the raphy, sign writing, exotic languages, fice. Brenda has been Swartz Bay ferry terminal improvements. cryptography, horticulture, and astron­ with British Columbia His hobbies are golf, tennis, and curling. omy. Ferries since April, 1968, having previously worked for Brit­ ish Columbia Medical Services. tr tr tr BRUCE WALKER, B. "BILL" NIEL­ Engineering Tec h n i­ SEN is Project Super­ MISS DONALDA cian I, working on de­ visor currently on re­ NELSON, Clerk 2 sign for one of the construction of a sec­ with British Columbia Patricia Bay Highway tion of the Patricia Ferries Division Traf­ structures. Born and Bay Highway. He is fic Department. Miss educated in Glasgow, also in the process of Nelson started with Scotland, Bruce served wrapping up the field the Division in Sep­ his apprenticeship as a structural and office work on his last project, the tember, 1968. Her draughtsman with a steel firm . After two new Cowichan Valley Highway. Bill hobbies include sewing, singing, and play­ years with the Royal Air Force, he re­ started with the Department as an Engi­ ing the piano. turned to his former work until he de­ neering Aide in 1959, and has done a tr ~ tr cided to move to Canada in '1959. He circuit of some big projects, Rogers Pass, joined the Department's Bridge Design Highway 40 I, Simon Fraser University THOMAS GENE office in June of that year, and in 1969 access, Highway 16, Buttle Lake , and MUISE started with Bruce worked for seven months as Project Gold River. He is a member of the the Williams Lake Dis­ Supervisor on the Little River ferry termi­ Society of Engineering Technologists. trict in September, nal structural modifications. He is active Bill is married with two children. Leisure 1970, as Yardman. as a coach in juvenile soccer and his time is for travel, camping, and reading. Tom is married, with hobbies are golf and fishing. a son and daughter, and pursues a very in­ teresting hobby, painting on velvet. He was born in Nova Scotia and spent four FRED F. DEGUG­ R. M. (DICK) years in Kamloops before moving to LIELMO is District YAMAOKA, Engi­ Williams Lake. Office Manager at neering Assistant with New Denver and has the Location Branch, was transferred from New Clerk I in the been there for just Kamloops District of­ over a year. He is field crew to Regional Location office in fice is MISS LIN married wit h four HUMPHREYS. Her children, and in his Kamloops, June, 1970. He has been with the Department since hobbies are sewing, spare time enjoys working on his stamp, skating, and swim­ coin, lighter, and gun collections. September, 1963. Dick and his wife, Donna, have twin sons. His interests are ming. fishing and hunting. tr tr tr GLEN WILEY, MRS. D. FOORD, Road Foreman 2 at Clerk 2 with the Brit­ Fraser Lake, Vander­ ish Columbia Ferries BOB OHLAND, hoof Highway District, Traffic Department. Fort St. John District has resided in the Diane joined the De­ Mechanic lA, has Lakes District most of partment in Septem­ worked in the shop his life. Formerly ber, 1969, after mov­ since 1965, and is cur­ with the Burns Lake ing here from Winni­ rently chairman of the Highway District, Glen is an ardent peg. Her interests include sewing and District Safety Com­ hunter, amateur prospector, and rock­ motor-cycle rides in the country. mittee. hound.

6 "EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

On August 21, Re­ gion 3 honoured RAY WHITE and his wife at a smorgasbord and dance prior to their departure to Kam­ loops where Ray is the new Regional Ray White. Highway Engineer for Region 2. The same evening in Karnloops, Region 2 similarly honoured J. W. (BILL) NELSON and Mrs. Nelson, before Bill left to become Re- gional Engineer at J. W . (Bill) Nelson. Nelson, and A. H. (BERT) DIBBEN Two Department employees ill Fernie, and Mrs. Dibben, Mario Rocca, left, and George Kubos, prior to their depart­ ure to Pouce Coupe, right, both ardent elk hunters, with two where Bert is the new fine trophies. Mario's trophy is a six Dis t ric t Superinten­ spike with a heavy beam and George's A. H. (Bert) Dibben. dent. is a seven spike, commonly called a Merrill Sproul, Regional Construction 1:r 1:r 1:r Engineer, Nelson, captured the men's club " royal" with a 54-illch beam. cltampionship at the Nelson Golf and District Superinten­ dent R. M. McMIL­ COliII try Club this summer. Merrill, a LAN was recently close second ill a fell' earlier tournaments, transferred from the 11'011 the men's title for the first time hy Grand Forks to New dcieating Doug Garland all the 35th hole Denver District. On of the 36-hole match-play tourney, August 28, a dinner t in his honour was Forty-six golicrs were entered ill the held, and a gift presented from the em­ event, ployees of the Grand Forks Highway District. 1:r 1:r 1:r

Employees of the New Denver Highway District gathered August 28 to convey to D. C. WESTA­ WA Y, District Super­ intendent, their best on his recent transfer to Grand Forks. Dave had served as District Superintendent at New Denver since 1961.

John Noah Adams, with the crew at Bridge Lake since March, 1959, built Convalescents this cairn on his 011'11, and dedicated it to the pioneers of Mahood Falls and A. N. CLARKE, Road Foreman 2, With D. R. Mucl.aren trophy, for the District. Fort St. James, is on extended sick top air cadet squadron ill British Colum­ leave. Art is to undergo surgery in 1:r1:r1:r January, and all employees in the Van­ bia, is Captain David Price, Commanding derhoof District wish him a speedy Officer, and Lieut. B. Ethier, Chief rna». In August, 1970, a picnic was held at recovery. ing Officer of 676 Squadron, Sidney, win­ Chimney Lake to honour FRANK 1:r 1'! 1'! ners of the award for 1970. Dave Price BLUNDEN and his wife on their trans­ is Assistant Traffic Manager with British fer to Kamloops. Willard (Bill) R. KENNETH C. BOYD, Machine Oper­ Columbia Ferries in Victoria and B. H. Kimble, Mechanical Foreman, presented ator 4, Yahk maintenance crew in the the couple with gifts and wished them Cranbrook District, recently underwent Ethier is Chief Engineer all M .V. Mill well, on behalf of Williams Lake District, a major operation, and all his fellow Bay. in their new post. employees wish him a quick recovery.

7 PEEK INTO THE PAST

Two of the few places in British Columbia where concrete was in the municipality of North Saanich, bottom picture. The used for road building were on the Island Highway near Colwood, latter is still used today though asphalt shoulders have been top picture, and on the route from Victoria to Sidney, both on added to increase width. The Island Highway section has been Vancouver Island. These photos were taken in 1922, when crews covered with all asphalt pavement, Notice wooden screeds with laid about eight miles of concrete from the Craigflower Bridge to wheelbarrow-type handles and long-handled roller. Concrete Col wood and about four miles on wha t is now East Saanich Road was poured between wooden plank forms.

8 One of the early Federal/rucks. number S-35, a/ Creston in 1930. Picture was loaned by Gordon Spiers, who was the driver a/ that time.

Peter Chaprun under the canopy of Caterpillar Tractor .. Model Sixty" of 1927/28 vintage, presently being restored by Prince Rupert Garage for the museum.

9 ON THE JOB

South approach spans 011 Mischinsinlika Creek Bridge, near Ma ckenzie, Frank Peck , Senior Road Foreman, Prince Ge orge constructed by Princ e George crew in A ttgust , 1970. District, backing roller P-191 off lowbed.

Prince Rupert District employees. left to N ell' sign, at the start of the Yellow­ Princ e Rupert sign man, Donato right. Bill Pelcch. Jimmy Jack , and Foreman head Rowe in Prince Rupert, 11'1'1­ Grossi , putting III' ncw " Y ellowhead " Lloyd Rosell at 1I'0rk on Highway 16 sign comes A laska visitors to British Co­ 16 route markers, near the extrem e bridge. lumbia. Princ e Rupert crew is placing western end of th e 700-mile long th e sign . highway across British Columbia.

Installing curb and islands at the intersection of 22nd Avenue Prince George bridge crew at Mlschinsinlika Creek Bridge with and the Prince George bypass in the Prince George District are GIll-lam beams in background. They are, left to right, Albert Richard Stelzer on the truck, left to right on the road, Dean Ire­ Hembrow, Dave Rowan, Euclid Tremblay (Poli ce Coupe}, Pat land (Foreman), Eli Caplctte, Fred Heger of the patching-crew, Fay, Ron Mattison, and Jack Pyle. Eighty-one foot beams were and Art Prodeah l from the survey crew. moved all a logging-tractor 49-foot " highboy" over the 12 miles from Mackenzie to the site. 10 Left 10 right, Project Supervisors, A. Mednis, D . Chis­ holm, and Engineering Assistant E. O. Twiname complet­ Len Husscll, operator of pavement-burner truck, burning of] excess illR the filial quantities for Construction Project 1991 , an asphalt which hied 011 Northwood Pulp-mill Road ill the Prince George l l-mile reconstruction iob all the Cariboo Highway, .501I/h District. of Quesnel,

lnstallation of binwall along the Pine Pass section of the John Hart-Peace River Highway. Seen on the project are Rod Capi­ Q-2 crusher in operation at Stewart. Warrell Horsnell, Prince endo, John Kipke, Walter Pyle, and Donald Boulard, Others on Rupert District Technician, left, talks to Gordon Rodney, Crusher the job were Fernand Martel/ and Nick Prymu, Site is (Ill old Foreman, slide area.

.' ; . ... , _ ';I ".•~". .,/0" , , C. B. (Chuck) Rolston, Sen­ ,,~"' ,. ior Road Foreman, left, Bums ...:.-. ; J ' ~ " Lake District, and F. W. (Mike) 1'1".£ . .- Fort St . John District Mechanic, Tetreau, Road Foreman for . .. John Lines, making a delicate adjust­ Southhank area, pause after in­ Ed Sangal, Mechanic Foreman at Fernie, 011 top of ment to the lathe. John came to Fort specting Skins Dam at Ootsa Trinity Mountain assisting with the installation of a St. John earlier this year from the Lake. radio repeater. The cone was taken lip by helicopter. Langford shop. 11 ON THE JOB

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Paving Branch Technician, Frank Mar­ tens, left, has spent considerable time in the Vanderhoof District, and it is ex­ pected he will be in the area again in 1971. He is shown here with Herb Hey­ wood, Engineering A ssistant, inspecting the new pavement in the Vanderhoof yard. (Frank puts in a bid for the Van­ derhoof District to get some goose-shoot­ ing in the fall .)

-r-Photo courtesy oj Dave Patterson, Pacific Press .

First phase of Highway 401 beautification project was completed at the end of October, under the supervision of Mike Pope, Landscape Supervisor, Maintenance Branch, the planting of 131/2 tons of daffodil bulbs along freeway between Chilliwack and Vancouver, a total of 175.000 to 180,000 bulbs. Bridge District, New Westminster District. and Chilliwack District personnel did the planting with a two-man power auger and farm tractors with augers. Art Regier. A bbotsjord'maintenance crew, left, and Jerry Wheeler. Co-ordination of the work was by Ian McI.ennan of the Bridge District.

Preparing forms for concrete cattle passes are Gordon Duffus and Bill Luciow. The Fort St . John District crews constructed two concrete box-type cattle passes along the Hudson Hope Highway this year as partial compensation for right-of-way used during the reconstruc­ tion of the highway in 1968/69.

In October, 1970, the Paving Branch conducted an experiment by placing an open-graded. carpet-coat pavement on the west­ bound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway 401 at Carvolth Road, where wheel path s retained water during rain storm s and caused hydro-planing at high speeds. The purpose was to determine if the open-graded mix would stand up to heavy traffic, if the open Momentarily relaxing in the sunshine, is the Golden Garage texture would disperse the water and improve traction, and if Crew, left to right, A . Lotosky, Mechanical Foreman 2; F. Rus­ it would reduce headlight glare . The photograph shows the mat sell, Heavy-duty Mechanic; S. Howe, Mechanic-Welder; T. Sime, after rolling. Results to date are encouraging. Assistant Foreman 1; and N . Schuler, Mechanic 1. 12 L

Dave Williams, Graderman, left; Nor­ Doug Van Tine, A tlin Foreman, Fort Fort St. John. District Mechanical Shop man N inatti, Truck Driver: and Russ St. John District. checks one of the Foreman Lawrence Harding. right. dis­ Galloway. Road Foreman, are recon­ emergency shelters on the A tlin highway. cusses the fine points of tire changing structing a road in preparation for road­ These shelters were originally established with Grader Operator George Anderson. mix paving in the Nanaimo District. by the Canadian A rmy during the period they were responsible for maintenance. Since the Department took over the high­ way. these small "havens" have been - kept up in this remote area of the Province.

Road Maintenance Foreman' 4, Na­ Don Lellerge, Truck Driver, Nanaimo naimo District, A lex Bray den, speaking District bridge crew, is also a competent to a satisfied resident of the area who welder and has just completed a set of reported all the roads in perfect condition. forms for curb and gutter work. Or so it was reported to the RR! Norman Taylor, Mechanical Foreman. Nanaimo District. at Parksville, prepar­ ing a requisition for mechanical parts.

Ernie Malmo. Bridge Foreman 1, look­ ing over a sea wall along the Departure Lloyd Antrim. left, Mechanic. and Bay Road. The wall was built by the Bob Williams. Graderman, Nanaimo D . W. Brittain. Nanaimo District, are Na naimo District bridge crew to protect District, is busy keeping up to gravel extra busy in the Parksville shop getting highway facilities against winter storms trucks rebuilding the extension road at trucks ready for ploughing and sanding and high tides. Cassidy. along with regular repair work. 13 SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES

YOU CAJ.V'T

SEE IT SMELL IT TASTE IT FEEL IT HEAR IT

A t a special meeting on November 12, Kamloops Regional BUT IT CAN KILL YOU . .. Highway Engineer R. G. White presented (1/1 award of honour to Region 2 Construction Branch. Reg ional Construction Superin­ tendent A. G. Jones accepted the award. Left to right, R. G. White, 11. D. Francis (Region 2 Safety Officer), A. G. Jones, Carbon Monoxide G. L. Bray, E. E. Cummings, W. Coxon, N . Makayev, A. Nesting, A. F. Park (Senior Safety Officer). Take these precautionst-:-- I. Check your vehicle regularly for a leak in the manifold, exhaust pipe, muffler, or tail pipe. In cold weather, exhaust pipe and muffler leaks emit steam and can be seen-other leaks usually can be heard. 2. Shut off the engine when parked for more than a few sec­ onds. 3. Keep a window open at all times for proper ventilation. 4. Close air intakes temporarily when travelling in slow-moving traffic or while driving through tunnels, or waiting at stop signs or signals behind another vehicle. 5. Always keep the garage door open when a vehicle is inside and its engine running, or connect the exhaust hose. 6. Never drive with a car's trunk door open or with a station­ wagon's back window down, even slightly, unless there is a forced-through draft from open front windows or ventilators. Nelson District ferry crews recently won a gold safety award Without forced-through ventilation, the suction created can bring for working 193,594 man-hours without a compensable accident. the exhaust gas into the passenger compartment. Captains C. Fitchett, R. Noakes, and crews of MY. Anscombe received the award from the Regional Maintenance Engineer P. B. McCarthy.

YOU BET YOUR LIFE

Going through a traffic signal on the yellow light will save you at best about 30 seconds. Let's say you are about 40 years old, making $7,000 a year. During the next 25 years before retire­ ment age, you will earn at least $175,000. Assuming you progress salary-wise, you would earn between $200,000 and $250,000 during this period. Therefore, each time you" go through on the yellow" you save as much as 21/ 2 cents worth of time, at the risk of $250,000 of earning capacity. These are financial odds of 10 million to one!! Pretty risky business, isn't it? Think about this now, so you will remember it next time you are inclined to risk accidental injury or death just to save a few seconds. Remember," going through on the yellow" doesn't necessarily mean just on the highway. There are plenty of inci­ The New Denver shop crew receives the gold safety award dents both on and off the job where people go against the from D. C. Westaway, District Superintendent, for working 126,­ imaginary caution light. Don't do it! The odds just aren't 007 man-hours without a time-loss accident. Accepting the worth it. award is Shop Foreman Steve CUll. 14 COMMUNICATIONS

Safety Officers and M echan ical Sup erint en­ dent recently visit ed the Charlottes. Left to right , A . F. Park, Ken Jackson , Tom Y earsley, and Wil f M cOonald leavin g Port Clements fo llowing a short but lively safety meeting in October. --;..._ ::..-:--::t

A saf ety rally was held at Bums Lake Civic Ce ntre , October 5, 1970, M embers at the head table from left to right . T. R. Y earsley, R egion al M echanical Superint endent ; K ., Jack son , Co ­ ordinator of A ccident Prevention; W. J. M e­ Donald, R egional Safety Officer; A. F. Park , Sen ior Training and Safety Officer; R. C. Saul, Dri ver Train er, and R . W. Veitch, Di strict Su perint end ent, Bums Lake.

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Jim Lyons, left, recei ves silver award of merit from Le s Broddy, R egional Hi gh way Engineer, Prince G eorge, on behalf of the Houston road maintenan ce crew. Crew of 10 m en worked 84,640 man-hours from June I, 1966, to April 30, 1970 , with out a time-loss accident. A ward was presented at a safety meeting held at Bums Lake, August 19, 1970. -{:r -{:r -{:r A t staging area, top photo, Wilf Conlon (Director of Communications) and C. G. Jeffs, Road Foreman 4, recently re­ John Bergen (Road Foreman), Prince George District, prepare equipment for ceived B.C. Safety Council silver award from radio repeater site on Tabor Mountain. Middle photo, helicopter lowers the nose­ P. B. McCarthy, Regional Maintenance Engi­ cone shaped anprodome (for antenna protection dome) onto the site. A bov e, neer. Award was earned by Nelson District close-up view of the" nose cone," with John Bergen on the left, and on the right , ro ad crew for working 135,434 man-hours with­ Wally Stewart, Road Foreman from the Nanaimo District, who accompanies Wilf out a time-loss accid ent. on his field trips. 15 Department Engaged in N uc1ear Testing - of Pavemenr Densities

The Paving Branch has arranged for the use of a nuclear density measuring device on a trial basis. Owned by a private firm, the machine was transported from Saskatchewan to Project S-5769 on the Hudson Hope Highway, in October. This project was under the supervision of Ian Douglas and Clarence Wittig and was completed in late September. The nuclear densometer was successfully used in Saskatchewan in determining the densities of newly constructed subgrades as well as newly paved bituminous pavements. The device works on the backscattering of radioactive particles. It is known that these radioactive particles con­ The Road Logger getting ready to test the completed tain a high concentration of energy, due to the high velocity at wh.ch project Oil the Hudson Hope Highway. they are travelling. This machine, called Road Logger (the daily re­ cording kind, not the sawing and chopping kind), uses cobalt 60 as a radioactive source. This emits gamma rays , non-charged photons mov­ ing at approximately the speed of light and with a frequency of about 3 X 10 1 S cycles per second. Because these particles or photons carry no charges, they are not affected by electromagnetic fields or any electri­ cal fields of that medium. The gamma ray , emitted from the radioactive cobalt 60 is channelled onto the ground. As the ray s enter the ground, and because of the high energy content, they collide with the electrons in the material through which they pass. Th ere is transfer of some energy to these electrons, and it eject s it, and the rays depart in a different direction with a re­ duced level of energy. In other word s, they bounce off one another. The process is ana logous to a cue ball striking a billiard ball at an angle. When the cue ball hits the billiard ball then the cue ball will depart in different directions. Thi s phenomena is called Compton Effect. Thus the denser the material, the greater the collision and the lesser the energy when the photons are deflected. It is on this principle of physics th at the Road Logge r functions. Unlike other nucl ear density testing devices, this is a self-propelled system consisting of a half-ton truck containing moisture-measuring units, The trailer hou sing the radioa ctive carriage. electro-mechanic al controls, twin-channel recorder, and a small two­ wheel tr ailer containing the density-measuring unit. • The unit is a 430-millicurie radioactiv e cobalt 60 and a single sodium iodide detector mounted in a fou r-wheeled carriage inside the carrying tr ailer, to provide a fixed geometric relationship between the source and the detector. Nuclear pulses reaching the dete ctors are converted into electrical energies, which in turn are amplifi ed and converted into mech an ical energy to drive the two-ch annelled recorder. All the electro-mechanical equipment is contained in module-construction panels in the bulkhead, imm ediately behind the operator on the truck's cab. The system is designed for full operation by one man and, therefore, control s for all systems are within easy reach of the operator. As the Road Logger " read s" the pavement, the densities are automati­ call y stored by the recorder. The rate the machine can travel varies from 150 f.p.m. to 600 f.p.m. In order to achieve a constant velocity, imp ortant in the operation, the truck has hydraulic-drive controls which tend to keep the speed constant. The machine was used successfully on the S-5769 project to check the in-place pavement den sities. The Paving Branch has a correlation study presently under way to determine the degree of accuracy. If the machine is accepted, possible uses are the determination of subgrade densities, moisture content of the subgrade and den sities of newly paved bitumi­ nous roads. This will provide better qualit y control for the project supervisors and engineers because the results furnished by the Road Logger are instantaneous, Weak structures could then be corrected immediately, resulting in better and safer highways for the travelling A detailed look at the carriage which carries the radio­ pu blic. active source . Note the geiger co unter detector lit the top of the photograph .

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