September 1970

THE BRITISH C LUMBIA s ~ PTEMBER, 1970 RUDner PUBLISHED BY THE D EPARTMENT OF H IGHWAYS VOLUME 7, NUMBER 3 Old Fraser Street Bridge, New Westminster District, Has Troubled Life A serious fire destroyed part of the south span of the Fraser Street Bridge between Mitchell Island and Richmond, June 20. Dense flames and heavy smoke envel oped the wooden span just after 3.50 p.m . T A!bout 800 feet of the bridge was badly damaged. The point of origin seemed to . ' be about 500 feet from the north end . The fire was put out by evening but continued to smoulder and flare up for nearly a week. The Department began repairs as soon as possible and brought in bridge-crew men from all seven Districts in Region I (see p. 3) . Work was done with four full \ crews on double shifts and the bridge re opened July 17. The cause has not been determined. A short could have occurred in cables on the bridge or a cigarette from a vehicle fallen into a crevice in the water main case. The bridge , linking Vancouver and Lulu Island, in Richmond, was burned beyond safe use and had to be rebuilt with materials borrowed from many of the adjacent highway Districts. It has an average daily traffic count of 20,000 and much of this had to be diverted to the Oak Street Bridge already carrying 64.000 . J. A. Dennison, Chief Highway Engi neer; D. D. Godfrey, Regional Highway Engineer; W. E. Mercer, Regional Main tenance Engineer; and R. G. McKee, Chairman of the Purchasing Commission, congratulated the bridge crews, under Bridge Foreman Frank Stirling, for the speedy repairs to the bridge , with such hindrances as gas lines, telephone cables, and a large water main to contend with . I I 2 One of t he Mi n ister's T HE ROAD RUN NER pleasanter task s is answering letters of thanks from peop le Volume 7 Septe mber, 1970 Number 3 who have received assista nce from Department personnel. The write rs usually "don't Published* Quarterly* by the know the men's names " but are " most grateful" for the British Columbia Departm ent of H ighways help, often done "in their Victoria, British Columbia own time" or "out of th eir Ray Baines, Executive Editor way," The words vary but Arthur 1. Schindel, Editor the sentiments are the same. Mind you, there aren't many letters like this , not because such acts are rare but be Associate**Field Editors cause people seem more A. R. Limacher Victoria ready to condemn than to praise. Perhaps they do have Bill Ingram Victoria th e right to expec t the best from us. But even in this age AI Walisser Bridge District of cynicism we belie ve such acts are not uncommon in our Jim Winto n oo __ oo oo __ North Vancouver Department-whether it's th e survey crew whose members S. J. Tognela oo oo oo oo Burnside spent part of th eir week-end helpin g a trav eller with car J. W. Morris oo_ oo oo oooo oo_oo oooooooo Nanaimo trouble or th e clerk who spent her lunch hour helping a M. Butler oo oo _oo oo Courtenay visitor locate a relative. It varies in degree and kind. Man y such deeds go unnoticed but we would like to say David Price oo British Columbia Ferries Division th ey are not unappreciated. These are more than public George Cooper oo Patrol, North Vancouver relations gestures, th ey are acts of human kindness. Ellis Meads oo oooo oo Dock District Lloyd Burgess oo oo oo __oo New Westminster W . D. BLACK, Minister. Don Osborne 00 00 Chilliwack Jim Ferrier oo oo oo Kamloops Edie Smith oo Williams Lake Murray Ramsay oo oo __ oooo Salmon Arm M. J. Newlands oooo oo oo oo oo Revelstoke Al Desimone 00 00 00__00 __ 000000 __ 00000000Vernon Fred Evans _oo oo_ oo oo oo oo oo oooo oo Kelowna J. W. Zaporozan oo __ oo oo oo oo Penticton Jim Chenoweth oo oo oooo oo oooo_oooo __ oo oo_ Merritt Dave Roberts oo oo oo oo oo oooo oo Lillooet Dorothy Wilkins __ oo oo oo oo_oo Grand Forks R. E. McKeown oo oo oo __ oooooo oooo_Rossland S. J. Dixey oo oooo oo oo oooo __ oo oooo Nelson Fred Angrignon __ oo oo oo _oo New Denver Fred Ryckman oo oo oo oo oo oooo oo __ oo __ Creston N. K. Molander oo oo oo oo oooo _oo Cranbrook Sam Ca ravetta oooo oo oo __ oooo_oo _Fernie J. W. Hickmott 00 00_0000 Golden Above: Back row, left to right, A lbert Trottier, New We stmin ster; Al Had wick , New Westminster; Eugene N elson, North Van Steve Sviatko __ 00 00__ 00 __ 0000 0000 __00 00 _ . Smithers couver; Ralph Cormier, Nanaimo, Third row , Jeff Haastret, Nell' J. C. Bartsch 00 00__ 00 0000 _ 00 0000__ 00 00 • Pouce Coupe Westminster; Jack Graham, N ew Westminster; Mike Buchanan, Homer Good oo_ oo oo oo __ oooooooo oo _oo __ Fort St. John North Van couver; Ernie Ma lmo, Nanaimo, Second roll', Vern Don Hutton oo oo oo oo oooo oooo Terrace Hansen, Nell' Westminster, and Joe Ko zar , Nell' Westmill.Her. E. A. Beaumont oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo Prince George Front row , Don LaBierge, Nanaimo; R ene Trottier, Nell' We st Shirley Hrechka oo oo oo oo Prince George minster; Ted Terril/on, North Vancouver; Ray Lehti, Foreman, Jack Doddridge oo oo __ oo oo oooo _oo Prinee George North Vancouver. Missing from picture, Leon Lapinsky, Bill C. R. Stephenson oo oooo_oo_ Quesnel Grieve, and Rudy Herdan of the Chilliwack bridge crew and Dal George Harper 00 0000 ._ _ _ 00 Vanderhoof Mansell of the New Westminster bridge crell'. H. R. Walker.. oo _oo oo oo _oo oo oo oo Burns Lake W. R. Ball oooooo oo oo oo Prince Rupert Cover Photo - Construction on Highway 3A, Twin Bays-Sanea section. Project is now completed and pulvi mix laid in August. Left photo: Back roll', left to right , Mike Busby, Burnside; Jim Richardson, Burnside ; A be Wieb e, Mission; Bill M cSachren, Courtenay. Second roll', Clar ence Johnson, Foreman, Mission ; Frank Stirling, Foreman, Nell' We stminster; Harr y Moore, Acting For eman, Courtenay ; Robert Chapman, Burnside. Front roll', Marcell Daulin, Courtenay; Manuel Quieto, Bridge Maintenance, North Van couver; Bob W ennig; Courtenay; Dave Brown, Burn side. 3 10-7 CLUB Chief Property Negotiator At a recent get to gether in the Courte Two Region and Five Retires After 45 Years' Service nay Yard, WALTER MILLARD, Road Main District Heads Shift tenance Foreman, Den L. J. (LES) MOORE, Seven changes in senior Department man Island, and ED Chief Property Negoti personnel were effective September I. ~ ator, Victoria, retired I HANSEN, Road Main The following moves are the result:- tenance Foreman, Say- recently after 45 years' J. W. NELSON, Regional Highway Walter Millard. ward, were presented service with the British Engineer, Karnloops, goes to Nelson with gifts from the Columbia Govern as Regional Highway Engineer and Courtenay District ment. Presentations on R. G. WHITE, Regional Highway Engi Crew on the occasion behalf of the Depart neer, Nelson, goes to Karnloops as of their retirements ment were made to Mr. and Mrs. Moore Regional Highway Engineer. this year. Walter start by the Honourable W. D. Black , Mini ster; D. C. WESTAWAY, District Superin ed with the Depart H. T. Miard, Deputy Minister, and F. A. tendent, moves to Grand Forks, trad ment full time in 1956 MacLean, Assistant Deputy Mini ster. ing pl aces with R. M. McMILLAN, Dis Presentations to Mr. Moore included gifts, and Ed in 1947. Ed Hansen. trict Superintendent, who goes to New a Meritorious Service scroll from the Brit Denver. ish Columbia Government, and a remem H . F. BLUNDEN, District Superin brance booklet from the Department, as tendent, transfers from Williams Lake well as a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. to Kamloops, replacing A. H. DIBBEN, Moore. JOHN SEVER, of the Rossland Road Crew, District Superintendent. Mr. Dibben An evening stag dinner in honour of recently ret ire dafter goes from Kamloops to Pouce Coupe, Mr. Moore was held July 21st and about 14 years' service. He replacing J. E. STEVEN, District Super 45 active and retired employees of the was feted at a recep intendent, and Mr. Steven goes to Department attended. tion held in his honour Williams Lake. Mr. Moore joined the Briti sh Columbia and presented with a Civil Service on October 5, 1925, as a gift from his fellow Junior Clerk in the Land Registry Office, workers, PROMOTIONS Kamloops, when he later became Sur veyor and Deputy Registrar of Titles. He MRS. MARILYN KIN transferred to the Departn.ent of High SEY, of the New West ways, in Kamloops. in April, 1947, as the minster District office , Department's full-time Right-of-way and R. H . 1. (BOB) WILLIAMS, Bridge Tend has won Clerk 3 posi Claims Agent and transferred to Victoria, er, Kelowna District, retired June 30 after tion in Penticton Dis May, 1949 . 23 yean,' service. With a new camper he trict office. Mar i Iy n Under his leadership the Branch has plans to pursue his hobbies of hunting and enjoys making her own grown to a staff of some 27 field and fishing . clothes and spends clerical employees in charge of all land most of her spare time with her husband acquisition for the Department.

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