~96 L '~39W3:>aa British Columbia Terrain, Expansion Challenge To Busy Location Branch

British Columbia's rapidly _expanding development presents an increasing challenge to the Location Branch. Planning, surveying and designing new and im proved highways to meet the need for faster, more eco­ nomical and more convenient access to all parts of the province, are its responsibility.

The ability of Location's 200 men The, fie ld survey and preliminary e The legal sur vey section of the branch to meet the challenge is indicated by design are the responsibilities of A. G. is administered by Frank Clapp, whose the fact that contract plans, specifi­ Tranfield, A. W. G. Smith, C.A. r esponsibility is to arrange for the cations and estimates were prepared Scarborough and A. E. Beaumont in survey of all highway rights-of-way for 380 mil es of construction in 1964- , cha r ge of the Regional location and and to ensur e that the legal survey 65, compared to 172 miles prepared design offices in North Vancouver, plans ar e pr operlyprocessed for regis­ in the previous fiscal year . Most of Kamloops, Nelson and Prince George, tration. this mileage was in mountainous, respe ctively. Each also has the super­ heavil y- wooded country, a tribute to vision of as many as six field survey A recent addition to the br anch is the durabtltty and efficiency of survey' crews at one time. Management of all­ the computer section, the development cr ews under difficult conditions. fie ld operations is the responsibility of and expans ion of which is the r espon­ L. D. Perkins, whose office is in s ibili ty of Peter Hunt. In this section Victoria. There are 12 field crews new programmes are continuall y being each with from 15 to 20 men. The increasedproduction results alsc developed to facilitate the wor k of from improved methods of preliminary the -planner s and designers in route planning and route selection, includ ing selection, earthwork and ali gnment the use of aerial photography and calculations. mapping and the electronic computer analysi s of comparable route projec­ Plans for all branches of the de­ tions. Here again, and in the design, partment and for certain other de­ the attention given to detail and ac­ partments as well, are r eproduced curacy by the planners, designers and by the blue print machine, under the draughts men help the branch meet its' operation of Del Card. expanding responsibilities. All of these vari ous sections are administer ed by the Dir ector of Lo­ The principal cause of the accelerat­ cation, Norman Zapf and by the ed demand for highway improvement Assistant Location Engineer , J. W. is the lar ge increase in vehicle regis­ Pomeroy in Victoria. They, of course, trati on within the past few years and appr eciate the importance of the co­ r esultant traffic congestion, especially operation and assistance of those in in the areas of urban or suburban other branches whose work makes development. However, the impact of Hil brand S ch uitema, Draftsman; that of the Location Branch possible. industrial development has been con­ North Vancouver, typifies design and sider able. New r oads have been planning work of various sections of This vast province 366,000 square surveyed and designed to access pulp the Location Branch. miles, larger than California , Or egon mill, mine and hydro electric develop ­ and Washington, is interspersed with ments , and these in one year alone Final design and preparation of con­ many good, high speed roads. Roads have incr eased the work commitment tract drawings, special provtsions to the which have improved beyond r ecogni­ of the branch by as much as 50 per general specifications, and final esti­ tion in the last decade are planned cent. Els ewher e road s which former ly mates for all projects are the r espon­ to still further improve the next. And ser ved adequate ly as ,40 m.p.h, ar­ s ibili ty of Maur ie Ingram and John this in spite of the challenge of some teries must now be 60 m.p. h, high­ Blackey and their staffs in Victoria. of the most difficu lt terr ain in Canada. ways: highways which formerly served John is 'al so r esponsi ble for the de­ The manner in which the Location adequately as 60 rn.p .h, highways must velopment and expansion of the re­ Branch has helped meet this challenge now be 70 m.p.h, fr eeways with full­ cen tl y inaugur ated planning section, is obvious to all who use the ,highways. dir ectional high-speed interchanges which studies the need and feas ibility and connecting frontage roads. of highway development.

Cover picture by photographer Gordon Whittaker, symbolizes year-round fi eld work of the Location Branch:

2 Minister's Message THE ROAD-RUNNER Volume 2 December,l965 Number 5

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

Associate Field Edi tors Paul Connor .. . North Vancouver Adam Kloster ' ...... Nort h Vancouver ' Da ve Wardell ' , , , Burnside .J. \\'. Morris , ' Na naimo R. G. Mu lcaster , Courte nay, Egon Willig . . ' Bridge Maintenance' In a few days Christmas will be here and I Bill Ry an ,' North Vancouver, would like to extend to every employee of the De­ Lloyd Burgess ...... New Westm inster Ross Ellis '...... Chilliwack partment my best wishes for that Holy Season. We Don MacSwcen Kam loops think of Christmas as a time of reunion, family Mu rray Ramsay Sal mon Arm gathering, warm firesides and good eating. I know. Dave Bowrn-m ' , Revelstok e it won't be that way for many of our personnel who AI Desimone ' . Vernon ' will be spending long, cold days and colder nights Fred Evans . . . . . Kelowna keeping highways open and safe for holiday travel­ Pete Fuoco Penticton ers in the best traditions of public service. To them H. R. Walker Merritt especially I would like to bring greetings and thanks DaVE Roberts . . ' , Lillooet on behalf of the people of British Columbia. And to Denis Hill ' Williams Lake all, may I con vey my warmest wishes for a Merry Dorothy Wil kins Gra nd Forks Christmas and Happy and Healthful New Year. Bert Staite ' Rossland Bill Higgins Nelson P. A. Gaglardi, Minister Fred Angrignon New Den ver Irene Labelle ...... Crest on S. J . T ognela Cran brook Sa m Caravetta : Fernie DEPARTMENT CLEARS SPECIAL Joh n Edgar .. . Golden VEHICLE CHRISTMAS EVE Bill Ingram ' Victo ria The Prince Geor ge Regional Office sent the followin g memo Steve Sviatko , , Smi thers to the Approvin g Officer in Victor ia last week: Clyde Smaaslet Pouce Coupe "We have received an inquiry from a Northern community Earl Lund . . , Prince George regarding the use of a special vehicle on British Columbia Pat Tondevold Fort St..1ohn Highways later this month. Pat O'Toole Te rrace .AI Park , ' Prince GEorge The application comes from Mr. S. Claus whowill be driving 'So Price Prince George a special sleigh-type vehicle, or cutter, rapidly throughout George Harper Quesnel the province before and after midnight, December 24th. The George Kent Vanderhoof vehicle, drawn by eight reindeer, would ordinarily required Pat Du nn ...... Burns La ke a special permit for B.C. highways but we understand that Roger..McKeown , Prince Ruuerl where pavements are bare, it can become airborne. While Mr. Claus plans to make a gr eat many stops during his trip there would seem to be no problem about parking if he is to keep to his tight schedule, he w1ll undoubtedly on the highway. We understand he usually parks the vehicle have to exceed speed limits. The R.C.M.P. has indicated its on the roots of buildings where he calls. willingness to overlook this. The Department of 'Commercial Transport sees no problem. The overall length is under 50 feet and height and width are In the event that Mr. Claus' vehicle might cause damage well within. the .legal limits. Mr. Claus will be carrying a to highway pavements he has pos ted a bond with the Depart­ heavy load but the axle-loading formula does not apply to ment-a lar ge Chr istmas stocking. We r eali ze that this is runners. In any case, as we stated ear lier , the vehicle is unusual but we feel we can accept it as his good will seems airborne part of the time. In this connection we understand to be beyond question. the Federal Transport Department has issued Mr. Claus a special clearance to use the standard flight-ways within While the vehicle and some aspects of the trip may con­ his operational ceiling. travene certain highway regulations, we recommend that we, In the Vancouver area Mr. Claus may wish to use the along with other agencies COncerned, make special concessions fr eeways in the event of bad flying weather. While animals in view of the important nature of Mr . Claus' mission." are normally prohibited from the freeways we believe he will be maintaining speeds consistent with other traffic. In fact The Approving Officer in Victoria concur red. 3 New Dease Lake Five Lane Project At Kelowna Completed Maintenance Th e South Okanagan District crews under District Engineer Mr. A. L. Fr ee­ Camp Built bairn re centl y completed 5.5 miles of five lanes on Highway No. 97 north of Kelowna. Location was done by Resi dent Enginee r B. J. Penner and his survey crews . Expansion of the Department is typi­ under J. E. Wells and Walter Coxon. fied by a District Project of the Fort Right- or- way was purchased by Regional Right-of- way Agent A. C. Br own, st. John Bridge Crew-erecti ng foun­ and by H. D. Francis and H. R. Mackenzie. dations at a new yar dsite on the Watson Lak e-Stewart Highway at the south end Before After of Dease Lake, a gar age 124' x42,' two hous e basements, 20'x48,' a power plant slab and a slab for a for eman' s office.

Great improvements to the infamous Reids' Corner was part of Kelowna District's Projec t 1555.

gar age 124' x48,' and a power plant sl ab Constructi on began in January, 1965 for the maintenance camp which is­ under Resident Engineer B. J. Penner under the supervis ion of Jock Rattray. and Road Forem an F. J. Evans. The T he concr ete wor k for the two pro­ job was pr imaril y one of cut, exca­ jects consisted of approximatel y 225 vation, backfill and compaction. ·The Loyal Harrison and Erling Ness cubic yar ds and took 30 days to com­ larges t portio n of the excavating was levelling up the cement mixer ready plet e. Work of assembling the stee l done with loader s and the haul by to start. garage buildings by contractors fro m tr ucks , although dr aglines, cats and TS Vancou ver is going ahead at the pr es­ 24 scr apers wer e used. The gr avel ent and two homes are to be placed backfill was hauled up to 7.5 mil es , on the bas ements. us ing la-yard tandem trucks. Com­ The crew was under the direction of pacti on was done by grid rollers, vibro John Lay, Resident Engineer. Bridge roller s and rubber tired wobbl ywheels. F oreman was Loyal Harrison and other The culverts for creeks, drain and me mber s of his crew were Walter water systems were installed by local Cr anst on, Mike Bidulka, Erling Ness, br idge crews under Br idgeman N- .J .' Bill Marshall , Henry de la Ronde and Neigum, and this included three 7'x260' Algot Strandlund. All materi als were arch culverts that eliminated a narrow tr ucked to the area from Fort St, J ohn, br idge. These culverts wer e installed a distanc e of 750 miles. in near- r ecord ti me and with no in­ convenien ce to traffic, using unique construction methods. At maximum production 72 large pieces of equipment were used . Cr ushed materia ls for the pro ject . were supplied by Crusher Foreman H. Ches ter and his crew. An MC- 2 roadmix was applied and the road opened to traffic on June 30th. Final pavement was applied under con­ tr act and Resident Engineer F. E. Marteo.s super vised this portion of the job. Erling Ness in front of one of the H. A. Delcourt's centreline crew house basement forms. applied the traffic markings, and sign­ ing was done by District sign crews While in the Atlin North area, the under A. B. Marr', erew also journeyed to Good Hope The paper work was handled by Lake, 100 miles to the north of Dease District Office Manager B. A. Milledge Lake, and poured a foundation for a Garagefoundation ready to pour. and his staff. 4 Peek Into The Past

The above photograph was taken at the first convention of B.C. Provincial Road Superintendents which was ~ld in Victoria February 21 and22,1912. Note what the well dressed road super intendent wore in: those Bracious days.

The 'brass" at a conference of District Officials in 1944. Pictured from left to right are Her bert Anscomb, Minister of Public Works; Ernest Smith, Divisional Engineer; A. L. J ohn Bovill on cat and Slim Amidon with the pull grader Carruthers, Dep uty Minister; and H. C" Anderson, Chief on Highway 16 in 1937, 10 miles west of Smithers. Maybe Engineer. the dog was interested in the cat. 5 Happiness Is W a r m Gravel To The Rescue On A Win ter Day

Faced with the usual winter probl em of fr ozen gravel in stock­ piles and truck boxes, Don Piggot , Sen ior Foreman at Golden, decided to do something about it .

Last winter he exper imente d with a "furnace" made of old culve rt pipes. T he basic idea was to lay the pipe on the gr ound, place a pile of gr avel over it and light a fire inside the pipe. Re­ finements, s uch as a door and s moke hole were also provided.

The first model was made from a length of cor r ugated met al pipe. It wor ked well but eventuall y coll apsed under the weight of gravel. The metal jus t couldn't take the weight and heat. The se cond model consisted of a couple of lengths of reinfor ced concrete pipe. This wor ked qulte well but ther e was one problem with the joints between A combination of alertness and quick the pipes separating and allowing thinking by Dave Williams, Hlgfrway gr avel to tall into the firebox. Don Piggot, Golden Senior Foreman, Department graderman at Cassidy, By thi s ti me Don was convinced he refuelling his "Grauel Furnace." saved the school board a considerable had the answer and frozen gravel was sum of mone y and time loss for one' a thin g of the past in Golden. and a culvert chimney, Don PiUot's . of their buses. Dave was travelling E ar-ly this fall, a pe r manent furn ace gravel furn ac e proves once again that down DeCourcey Road and noticed a was installed in the Golden Hill Pit. the most important part of an inven­ school bus balanced precariously on the Made with a few yards of conc rete tion is the idea. edge of a steep bank. Upon obse r vati on , he discover ed the bus was slowly slid­ ing over the embankment. He cli mbed back into his grader, pull ed alongside, Up in The A ir Swamp Buggy swung open the emergency door of the bus, placed a lar ge piece of wood inside the emergency exit and attached a cable between bus and gr ader and held on until a tow truck ar rived on the scene. School Board offici als have extended to Dave the ir hearty thanks.

OBITUA RIES

JAMES BROWN, a member of the Ucluelet crew for the past seven years, died in hospital In Vancouve r , October 29, 1965, while he was in Vancouver on holiday.

OLAF HENRY KJENSTAD, 58, died su ddenly September 25, 1965, in Cran­ br ook, B.C. Mr. Kjenstad had been employed with the Department since Bill Bates, Salt Spr ing Island For e­ March, ' 1965, as a truck driver on tne man, has designed and built a platfor m maintenance crew. for an air saw as shown above. Char lie Buckley, Mechanic on Salt Spring Is­ NORMAN WISDOM died suddenly in land, added his know- how to the effort. Const ructi on of Highway 16 at Cres­ Cobble Hlll on September 13, 1965.Mr. T he cr ews ar e finding it necess ar y to cent Spur may be In abominable mud Wisdom was employed as a truck dr iver lim b the trees overhanging the roads, conditio ns , but we see that the men are on the Burnside maintenance cr ew and becaus e of the incr easing height or as stubborn as the mud. This flying had worked for the Department since tr ucks and buses now using the Island machine is a-Go-Go and can't sink 1947. ro utes. dee per than the axles. 6 , Promotions

H. H. GU TTERIDGE won through competition the position of Electrici an Foreman for the Department electrical crew. A. GORDON JONES, Regional Con­ He began employment with the De­ struction SUperintendent, Kamloops, J ACK DODDRIDGE, District Office par tment of .Highways on June 19th, has recently taken up his new position. Manager , Nanaimo, for the past 6 year s 1950 and has carried out general main­ Gordon has been project supervisor has been promoted to Principal Clerk te nance on all electrical equipment, over all the construction projects on in the Comptroller of Expenditures' s treet lighting, traffic 'signals , etc,, the North Thompson Highway until he Office, Victoria. Jack has a wide knowl­ throughout the Province. was appointed to his new position. edge of the Province having se r ved in For the past 3 years he has been 3 of the 4 Regions beginning as a J unior designing, building, modifying and re­ Clerk in Victoria. pairing all types of traffic control ** * equipment,He has also acted as r elief Electrician Foreman for the past 8 years. Mr. Gutteridge was born in 1932 at Pomona, California. He moved to B.C.' at a young age and attended sc hools in New Westminster and Vancouver. He went to technical school and has also taken several courses on traffic ' control equipment and indust rial elec­ tronics in Norwalk, Connecticut and Canada. Her b is mar ried with a son and a E. C. WEBBER was promoted fr om daughter and lives in SUrrey. Mate to Captain on the Thetis Island ** *- Ferry. * ** W. (BILL) KIMBLE re cently won, through competition, the position of R. M. (BOB) NOAKES was recently Mechanical Foreman 2 at the Prince promoted from Deckhand to Mate on Rupert garage. Bill was previously the Kootenay Lake Ferries. Bob and employed as Auto Mechanic at Chet- his wife, Arlene have 4 children, Mark vr,vnd. * ** .8, Joanne 7, Judy 5, and Victor 3. JOHN DOUGLAS HECKER, Engineer- *- * *- ing Aide 2 at New Denver, recently won by competition the position of Engineer­ ing Aide 3 Prince Georg e. Doug began with the Department of Highways in April 1963, and has worked as Engineer- . J. W. (JIM) HOl.BTON was recently Ing Aide in various parts of the Kalso­ pro moted from Mate to Captain, on Slocan District. His fellow employees the Kootenay Lake Ferries. Jim and presented him with a parting gift and his wife, May have 3 sons, Scott 'wished him well in his new location. 16, Martin 15, and Allen 13. Ji m' s DONALD L. LAW* * * recently won by hobbies include fis hing and raising competition the posi tion of Stockman Aberdeen Angus cattle. 4, with the Depar tment of Highways , ** ~ New Denver. Mr. Law prevtously em­ J OHN GOLDIE of Vernon wonthrough ployed by Pacific Logging Limited, competition the position of Heavy Duty entered the Government Service in JACK AMIES, Road Maintenance Mechani c at the Grand Forks-Green­ September, 1964 as Yardman and office Foreman Grad e 1, Pender Island has wood District. John moved to Grand assistant. He lives in New Denver, is been promoted to Road Maintenance Forks in OCtober. married and has 3 children. Foreman Grade 2.:at Vernon. 7 Safety Awards.- Meetings

Bridge Foreman Ed Buck was pre­ sented with a Gold Certificate on be­ half of the South Cariboo District bridge crew at a Safety Rally attend­ ed by about 70 men held in ' Wil­ liams Lake Friday, October 8, 1965. Representatives from Anahim Lake, 'A Gold A ward was presented to the Nanaimo and the Islands Road Maintenance .A lexis Creek , 100 Mile House, Bridge Crew by the A ssistant Deputy Minister, Mr . F. A . McLean. Front row, left to Lake, Mahood Lake, B ridge crew, right, Robbie Wilson, J . Stepaniuh, Gus Berguland, N. Mel.earn, Road Mainten­ Shop crew, Williams Lake road crew ance Foreman Joe Gillen of Gabriola Island, John Remillard. Second row, left and the Construction crew from to right, Don M cLeod, Jim Ste vens, Jim Woods, Larry Anderson, Glen. Windle, Sward Creek Project were in atte nd­ L. Brackett, Ken Stevens, Road Maintenance Foreman Bill Bates, Ganges. Thirc ance. Speakers were: Ken Jackson­ row, left to right, Gordon Measure, Earl Moore, Joe Baumel, J . Cartwright, J Accident Prevention Branch; T.R . Inglin, Larry Stillings, G. Fagnello,Les Bagley. Fourth row, left to right, Loui. Yearsley-Mech. Superintendent; Les 'Osiel, A lbert Evans,W. Paine, Harry Dawes, Foreman Ai Birchard, Harry Both Southwell- W.C.B. Prince Geo rge, amely,Mel Th omas, Mel Sabey, Gordon Coughtrey. B.C.; Ted Anderson-W.C.B. Vernon, B.C.; Harry Francis - Regional Safety Officer.

The Honorable P. A . Gaglardi, Minister, presented a Gold A Silver Certificate Award of Merit was recently awarded Award of Merit to the Chilliwack Bridge Crew. Front row, the Greenwood Road Crew for 56,728 consecutive man­ left to right, Regional Safety Officer A . Caldwell, Mr. hours without a time-loss accident, for the period April 16, Gaglardi, Clarence Johnson, District Superintendent R . B. 1962 to January 24, 1965. Left to right: D. Bombini, J. Gilmour. Back row, left to right, Wilbert Grieve, Abe Wieke, Pasco, E. Johnson, Foreman J. Leslie, H. LeSergent, F. Len Kercher,Rudolp h Herdand, Fred Bain. . Tanner, L. Morrow, A. Cudworth. A salesman held up in Montana*** by an early- winter blizzard, * * .. wired his boss: "Stranded here due to storm. Wire instruc­ In our youth the perfect gift for an Is-vear-otd girl was a tions". Back came the reply: «Start summer vacation Im­ compact. It stil L is if it has four wheels. - Baltimore Sun mediately!"• 8 . Safety (Cont.)

A general safety meeting was held in who spoke on safety toed boots and James Willia ms, Co-ordinator of the Penticton shop N ovember 25th, the necessity of reporting all injuries A ccident Pr evention,Civ il Service 1965 with 45 members present from immediately; T. R. Yearsley, Regional Commission, presents Louis Osiel, of the Penticton, Oliver and Keremeos Mechanical Superintendent, Kam­ the Nanaimo crew with his " 10 on 2" crews. Guest speakers were T. Ander­ loops, who spoke on communicating A ward. Th is is th e second award of son, W. C. B. Vernon, who spoke on one's intentions to others , winter driv­ this kind in the Hi ghways Dep art­ the new regulations; H. D. Francis, ing habits and one's responsibility to ment. A section of concrete culvert fell Regional Safety Officer, Kamloops, his unit. on Mr. Osiel's foot but his safety boot pre vented injury.

Quarter Century Awards To Highways Employees

Eleve n Department of Highways em­ plo yees were among those recei ving 25- year certificates at special lun­ cheons in Victoria and Vancouver, Decem ber 14th and 16th respectivel y. Victor ia personnel r ecei ving the awards were N. M. F. POPE, Land­ scape Superintendent and J. A. LONS­ BURY, Insurance and Safet y Officer.

Thos e from the Vancouver area wer e W. C. CAMERON, Road Maintenance Roy Gittins, District Engineer; de­ At a recently conducted safety work­ Foreman, Chilliwac k; Miss FLORENC E monstrating mouth-to-mouth resusci­ shop in Cranbrook K. E. G. Jackson, tation at a first aid meeting in Clover­ Safety Officer with the A ccident Pre­ A. MOSS, Secretary to Regional En­ dale for Delta maintenance crews . vention Branch of the Civi l Service ginee r M. G. ELSTON at North Van­ Commission addresses a group of couver; and ALISTER CAMPBELL, foremen on safety communications. Ferry Captain, Langle y. Travelling from other parts of the A General Safety Meeting was held provinc e to the Vancouver ceremony in Salmon Ar m on Octobe r 7th, 1965, were R. D. DEAN, Senior Clerk, Sal­ The value of safety boots was r e- · with the followlng gues t s peakers mon Arm; WILLIAM MARTIN, Mech­ cently demonstrated in the Salmon present: anical Foreman, New Denver; E. P. Arm District. During the installation K. Jackson-Civil Se r vice Accident NELSON, Road Maintenance Foreman, of a wing blade on a grader for winter Prevention;H. F ran cis -Regional New nenver. THOMAS L. TAVERNA , snowplowing, Dave Day, of the Celtsta' Safety Officer; T. R. Yearsley - Re­ Road Maintenance For eman, Merritt; Crew found himself in a predicament gional Mech anical Super inte ndent; T. B. J. FITCH ETT, Ferryman, Harrop, when the lOOO-pound blade pinned his Anderson - Workmen's Compensati on and MRS. EDITH M. SILVER, Senior foot to the floor. The leather on the Board Inspector; Jack McLean - Kauf­ Clerk, Vanderhoof. toe of his boot was scraped off but the mann Shoe Company. Presentation of awards was made metal safety toe prevented serious After the infor mative talks and by the Honourable W. A. C. BENNETT , injury. The Celista crew have all movies, presentati on of a Bronze Cer­ Premier, and the blessing was given been wearing safety footwear since tificate was made to the Chase Crew , at the luncheons by the Honourable April, 1965, and have a good safety and a Silver Certificate to the Celi sta P. A. GAGLARDI, Minister of High- record. Crew, both in the Salmon Arm Dis trict. ways. 9 Transfers 10-7 Club WILLIAM DRAKE, who has been with the Departme nt at Chase for six and a ha lf yea rs as truck driver, loader oper ator and acting foreman at times, has tr ansfer-red to the M. V. Lardeau ferry cr ew wor king out of R:!velstoke. A presentation was made to him by his fellow wor kers of the Chase crew. MRS. JOYCE MONTGOMERY has transf erred to the Quesnel office as Clerk Steno 2 from the Riverview Hos pit al , Essondale, B.C., where she was a Steno 2. DONALD NORDSTROM, Assistant Mechanic, transfer red to Terrace from Jimmy Strachan, Bridge Foreman Pouce Coupe October 1, 1965. Don Nelson, is presented with a golf cart started employment in the Prince Fred Mackinder retired fro m the by District Engineer Ray White, at Nanaimo Shop after 36 yea rs service George Shop in J anuary, 1962, and since, J immy's retirement banquet at Nelson with the Department of Highways. then has seen a lot of the northern part October 23, 1965. Jimmy first work­ Fred spent most of his service up in of the province. Between Vocational ed for the Department in February, the K amloops and Cranbrook areas School sessions at Kelowna, he has 1937 and retired after 36 years con­ and this last four and a halfyears in served In Pouce Coupe and the Queen tinuous service. J immy is married Nanaimo. The crew presented Fred Charl ott e Islands. and has one son. It is understood with a pen and pencil set an d a 'wal­ they will be moving to the coast. let with money at his farewell party. Member s of the Vander hoof High­ District Superintendent John Morris ways cr ew, gather ed together in the wishes Fred good luck on his retire­ Road Foreman's office to bid farewell ment. and extend Best Wishes to EARL AB­ BOTT who had been their fellow worker for over the past seventeen (17) years. Working primarily on the Loader, Earl has however had a part as an operator of every type of equipment which we operate.

Songbird Welcomed Mem be r s of Wiijo Wiren, truck driver on the Gib­ Prince Rupert of­ sons Road Maintenance Crew, retired fice and outside September 30, 1965. Wiljo was born staff wei com e in Helsinki, Finland and mo ved to Gibsons in 1906. He started working John B. W . Hicks retire d from the Mis s Karin Raus­ Langford M aintenance crew in No­ chen berger, who for the Department in 1952 and trans­ ferred to Gibsons in 1954. Wiljo's. vember 1965. Jack has been a hard r e c en t I Y com­ working tractor operator for the De­ menced employ­ hobbies are fishing, hunting, garden­ ing and archery. partment since 1953: ment as clerk­ . • * • , *"* * typist. T. B. (TOMMY) HALLIWELL re­ CARL DeVITO, truck dr iver on the Karin came to tired December 14. 1965, after almost Powell River Maintenance Cr ew, was Canada some 15 year s ago from her 10 years of service with the Skeen a presented with an engraved 'wallet by native Germany and graduated from West District In the Terrace area. his fellow workers on his r etir ement Prince Rupert High School In J une, Tommy has been mainly employed as a in November, 1965. Carl fi r st started 1965. Karin in her few short years laborer, but this has covered a wide working With the Departm ent in 1925. has already seen sights and vis ited range of duties. He has been flagman, He left In 1933 but returned In 1946 places that many of us either dream cook, flunky, radio despatcher, watch­ and worked until his retirement. about or absor b from travel folders. man, sign painter and general handy­ Promotions (cant.) Dur ing the summer of 1964 as a mem­ man. He did just about everything but ber of the famed Elgar Choir she ALEX MacDONALD was the su cces­ oper ate equipment. He was always good ful bidder for the Heavy Duty Mechanic performed in many cities, among which for a laugh and his cheerful presence were well-known names like London, position in the Vanderhoof D1str(ct~ is missed around the-yard, Alex began his service with the De­ Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paris , Rome, WALTER SCOTTER retired after 13 partment as an Automotive Mechani c Honolulu, Tokyo and Hong Kong. others years' service with the Nanaimo Road in 1955 in the Vanderhoof garage. that sound mor e mysterious and ex­ crew. *. "*. citing ar e Bangkok in Thailand, New CHARLES VIDAL retired after 25 JOHN (SCOTTY) MUNRO r eti r ed Delhi, Bombay, Karachi in' West Paki­ years' service with the Duncan road from Mission Maintenance Crew after stan, and Beirut in Lebanon. crew. 20 year s service. 10 News From Everywhere

Left to right, Vern Erickson, Mrs . Natalie Reinke and 'Close proximity of the September warehouse fire in Kam­ Michael Hovede on the steps of the Prince George Provin­ loops to the Ouerlanders Bridge is apparent in this picture cial Building, on the occasion of their examinations for taken while rubble was still smouldering. The fire burned Canadian Citizenship. Mrs . Reinke is employed at the Van­ for two hours and 30 mile-an-hour winds drove flames derhoof District Office where she is a Clerk-Steno. Vern and ,across the driving surface of the off ramp. The fire caused Mike are working with the Vanderhoof Department District considera ble damage to the rail and sidewalk of the bridge survey crew. as well as the lighting system wiring.

At his post is R egion 3 teletype oper­ One of the activities during fire pre ­ ator, John Stack. John has been vention week, October 3rd-9th at working for the Department of High ­ Above is D. F. (Don) Martin, Regional ways for 3 years and came to us from Fernie is pictured above. Elmer High ways Engineer at Nelson, B.C. the Royal Canadian Air Force where Winnig, Automotive Mec hanic, is Don is married and has 3 daughters he served 26 years. John is married testing a fire hose installed in the and 2 sons. and has 5 children. equipment shed.

The New Quesnel Provincial Building was officially opened on November 25th, 1965; with the Department of Highways situated on the fourth floor. This comprises the General Office, District Engineer's Office and Draughting Room, each with well appointed furniture. Being on the fourth floor one has a vast view of the country, including both the Pictured above is the Fernie Shop Crew. Left to right, Auto­ Quesnel and Fraser Rivers. Shown in the photo are Resi­ motive Mechanic Elmer Winnig, Heavy Duty Mechanic Joe dent Engineer Ken Humphrey and Engineering Aide Ginter Knight, Sto ckman Sam Caravetta, Mechanic Foreman Ed Theil in the drafting room . Sagola and Automotive Mechanic John Hughes. 11 SPORTS, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES . ..

An Inter-City Bowling Tourna ment between Vanco uver and Victoria was A going-away party wa s held in the held in Victo ri a, No vember 6th;Vic­ Drill Hall in Kamloop s for A rchie to ri a won 41 -19 The win ning team Ca mp bell, formerly Assistant Mech­ was from the H igh ways Dep artment S. J . Sviatko, District Superintendent anical Foreman at the K a mloops with a score of .5488- winning $25.00. at Smithers is a top notch golfer. He Shop, recently promoted to Shop Fore­ Left to right, George Wagg, J im is in hi s second year as president of man at Allison Pass. Archie was p r e­ Holmes and Bill Ingram. Absent from the Smithers Golf Club and has won sented with an auto matic 12 g auge picture, Betty Ingram and H erta the Club Cha mpionship trophy for the shotgun and a nylon winte r j acket. Mu nroe. second year in a row. H e also won He has been in the K a mloop s S hop the matcn p lay tr ophy this year and for 14 years. Mrs. Camp beli was pre­ came in th ird in the N orthern Open . sented with a corsage. A ll members of the Kamloops H ig hway S taff attend­ ing the p arty signed the whitewall­ a special keepsake for Archie.

Ni rmal Dillon, a DepartmentofHigh­ ways employe e in the Headquarters Guests at the 4th A nn ual Vernon The N ew We stmi nster District Office Accounts Section, was na med 'Rookie District staffparty Octo ber 1.5, at the held its Fall Golf Tournament at of the Year" for the Victoria S ham­ Lakeside Hotel were these .5 retired Peace Portal Golf Club on. Saturday, rocks Lacrosse Club. employees, left to right, J im Holt, September 2.5, 196.5, with Tom Ta ­ ** * George Jones, R. Sp arro w, S horty sak a winning the trophy. Left to A luncheon was held at Harold's Graham and Bert Hass ard. Mr. rig ht, R on Rowland, Ernie Shannon, Restaurant r ec ently for Al Slate r , at Sparrow and M r. Grah a m were J i m Harms. Bet Larsen, Tom Tas· which time he was prese nte d with a honored at the p arty as the most re­ aka, J ack Cu m mer and Bill Wells. br ie fcase on behalf of Regional and cently retired, August and September District officials. The presentati on was this year. T he others retired in p re­ mad e by Regional Highway Enginee r ' vious years - ab out 125 attended the Bill Nels on just befo re Al left for party. Uganda where he will be Cons ult ant Engirreer for constru ction of highways in the African nati on. Duffy Chaster '"fr om'" '" the Duncan cr ew won the Ar chie Sher man Memorial Golf Trophy at Duncan. " '" .. Joe Proctor, from the Nanaimo of­ fice, makes a hobby of tr avelling to far- off places and dr ove to Mexico this yea r on his holi days . Rus s Gallow ay and his wife ar e keen s quare dancers and travel to many places with the Circ les and Squar es . Hope George, M echan ical Superin­ .. .. '" tendent at Ne lson, took a memento On Se ptembe r 17th, the staff at with hi m when he left Prince George, Courtenay gathered to present Mrs, B. .AI Slater, Kamloops Regional Main­ this 7x7 grizzly bear hide, the original D. Muskstt with a far ewell gift and tenance Engineer, p resents Gl oria owner of u-hici: was bagged at Pine wish her luck in her caree r as a full ­ Yamamoto with a gift. Gl oria was Pass. time hous ewife . shortly to be married. 12 Bella Coola Flood Hub City Personnel Weddings On Thur sday and Friday, October 21 and 22, a heavy snowfall which was \ followed by a tor r enti al dow n f all, cause d serious flooding in the Bella Coola Vall ey. Three major bridges were washed out, as were many minor structur es. Approximately five miles of road was completely lost and ex­ tensive da mage caused to the new pavement between Hagens borg and Be lla Coola, The ro ad was opened between Bella Coola and Will iams Lake on Saturday, October 30, to light traffic. Remedi al work is being car ried out, but it will take consider able time to repair the damage which was caused in a few Mr. & Mrs. G. Hoover were mar ried hou rs by one r ainfall. at the Church of the Redeemer on August 28, 1965. Gord on is an emp loyee Hel Sabey, Stockman,Nanaimo Yard of the Nelson Br idge Cr ew and Mrs, Hoover (nee Barbara Bentha m) is a s tenogr apher in the Nels on Regional Office. * >I' >I'

Wash-out, Mosher Creek Bridge, 42 miles eat of Bella Coola .

Nick and Gloria Rezeli were married at St. James' Catholi c Chur ch in Ver­ Vic Brown, 'Timekeepe r, Nanaimo non, Septemher 4, 1 9 6~. Recepti on was Office, busy at his desk. held at the Lakeside Hotel, Vernon , with 100 guests. Gloria is a cl erk in *' y * the Kamloops District office. * ".. CONVALESCEN T NEWS September 4th* was the occasion for the weddi ng of Mary S. De Rosa, Cle rk­ HORACE BROWN, loader operator ,' stenographer, in the New Denver offic e, Foreman Mac Gurr inspecting pave­ has returned from hospital afte r an to Wallace Fulkco, The y were married ment da mage between Hagetisborg operation on his arm. by the gr oom' s brother, lnSt, Anthony's and Bello Coola. Catholic Chur ch, New Denver, and a L. B. GRAY, power saw ope rator , reception was held in the Memori al Hall, Silverton. - has r eturned to his home followtng an . * * ,... operation. Mr. & Mrs. William Vatkin were married on September 4, 1965, and will D. McLEOD, Ganges, is back on the be making their home in Gr and Forks. job after an illness. .Bill is with the Grand Forks- Gr een­ wood survey crew. Friend s of GEORGE McCABE,Res i­ J . J. Chenoweth,* * *' Dis trict Office dent Engineer at Courtenay, were so r ry Manager,Burns Lake, was united in to hear that he became ill in mid­ marriage to Elle n Betty Lucinda, Balk­ October. He sp ent some tim e in the will of Kingsville, Ontario at 7 p. m, hospttal and is now convalescing at his November 6th at st. Pauls United home on Budington Road, R.R. No. 1, Chur ch in Burns Lake. After a honey­ Cumberland. It is expe cted that George moon in Ontario the couple will reside Burnt Creelt bricliJe Ioolti1l6 etut.- will be back on the job early next year. , in Burns Lake. 13 Bridge Destroyed. On The Job . '. .Rebuilt

The Osilinka River Bridge, 220 miles north of Vanderhoof, New concrete piers and abutments were poured and ready completely destroyed by forest fire August, 1965, for Bailey Bridge - September, 1965.

Floyd Richerson, Machinist in the The concrete pipe crew at Cassidy Andrew Kaardal in charge of the Smithers shop. Floyd has had many hard at work at pipe works, after a pavement burner on the Island High­ years of experience in lathe work. busy summer on construction pro­ way north of Nanaimo. Andrew has jects. developed a real skill in operating the burner.

The approach at one end of the Hells Bells Bridge 10 miles A pair of21' culverts being assembled at John Brown Creek west of Cedarvale on Highway 16 was washed out b) a 20 miles west of Smithers. flash flood caused by a heavy rain late in October. 14 On The Job Ready For The Snow .. . South Peace Drilling Christina Lake

TheseV plo ws shown in the Pouce Coupe yard are now of course hard at work' in the South Peace River district.

. .. Creston Pete Salamandyk, rock drilling on Road No . 49 Alpine Inn-Texa s Point at Christina Lake. Salt Spring Island

The Gulf Islands are very heavily The Creston crew unloading salt for mixing with sand stockpile. -underlaid with solid rock; machine driller and powderman, Gus Bargu­ . .. Alberni-Tofino land, is busy drilling holes into Salt Spring Island. Pender Island

• !!""""r:- - Rock drilling, Pender Island, for ap­ Don Bryant, Power Grader Operator, Alberni, is getting ready for winter in the proaches to new Pender Island Ferry Alberni-Tofino area. Milt Hepner, Mechanical Foreman, A lberni, fitted the unit. Landing at Otter Bay. 15 A Study In Standards

When a section of high­ way is rebuilt we soon for­ g et what it used to look li ke. These 3 pictures show . : what does happe n to a f airly typical piece of British Columbia Highway. The top picture w a s taken around 1928 (the quality is poor because it was blown up from an old postcard); t he middle, in 1950 and the bottom, in 19 64. The vie w is west toward Mount Chea m on the Trans-Can­ ada Highway a few miles east of Bridal Falls. While the contrast between 1928 and 1950 scenes is more o b vi o u s, the changes in st and ard s of alignment­ a n d g r a d e i nthe 1 964 view were even g reater.

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