THE BRITIS
PUBLIS ED
COLUM BIA
RCH, 1966
MBER 1
Dep artment's Hot N ew Turbo-Plow Takes
Hills, Heavy Snow in Jet-Age Stride
The B.C. Department of Highways has been no t ed for pioneering in various engineering fields,
in cl u din g the development of
n ew eq uipmen t . I n January it
achieved a nother first by putting int o operation on t he SalmoCrest on su m mit' a snowplow power ed by a t ur bine engine. So far
as is kno wn this is the on ly one
in t h e world.
The vehicl e is a Pacific Truck and
Tr ail er four wheel drive, cab-overengine unit with a 9- yard sand box on
th e back. It is the same chassis used
for the familiar "5000 Series" plow
and it has a gross vehicle weight of
40,000 pounds.
The engine , a Pratt and Whitney
ST6- A industrial version of the 500
to 700 horsepower free turbine turbopr op. tur boshaft model, is a loan from
United Aircraft of Can ada Limited for
e xperime nt al purposes. It runs on anyt hing from furnace oil to unleaded gas olin e but diesel fuel is normall y used.
T he indus t r ializati on of this ' engine
offers reliahility, good performance
and the compactnes s of the aircraft turbine engine . Rated at 320 horsepower.
t he engine weighs only 285 pounds and
has a diameter of 19 inches and a length
of 59 inc hes. By contrast the diesel
engine nor mall y used to power this
unit weighs over 2,000 pounds and
develops 250 horsepower.
Given the assignment to convert the 20 -ton "5000 S eries" snowp low from diesel
to turbine engine, the Langford garage crew have been raised for the excellent
job they did. Back row left to right: Ray Larson, Jack Watson, George Masterton, Art Cook, Jack Unternaher, W alter Ku zih and Dave Lake. Centre row left
to right: Lory Croft , Andy Egeland, Walter Patterson, Frank Crowther, Jim
Baker, Dan Roberton, and Don Ing alls. Front row left to right: Gordon Cook,
Gordon Gann, N eil Koel, Clif Phoenix , John Lines, Elmer Sjare, and Byron
Charters , Not in the picture are Glen A des, who took time out from his training
duties to do the electrical work and Glen Higgi ns, on loan from the Materials
Testing Branch, who did detail design and draughting .
The installation is simple and compact, using a three-point mounting s ystem. A centrally located mount
carried the engine's weight and two
r e maining mounts at the rear ca r r y
the torque produced by the engine.
A first class-job of tnstallatton was
done by the Departmen t's own Lan gford garage crew.
Weigh ing only 285 pounds, Pratt and Whitney ~ul'bine engine del·elops. 32.0
horsepouer in Department of Hig huays new experimental snowplow Eng zne IS
only 59 inches long and 19 Inches i n diameter, Photo shows installation in 5000
Series" snouplou : Business end of engine is tou iard the right. Large pipe leading up at the centre is the exhau st outlet stack .
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A flexible coupling is installed between the engine and transmission,
per mitting mi salignment and angular
move ment without damage to the ins ta llati on.
An Alli son tr ans mis s ion is used to
t r ans mit the high to rque at low shaft
speed to the four driving wheels. This
pr oduce s high sta rting power and fast
accel e ration without gear changes, for
exa mple, 0-30 m.p.h. in 10 seconds,
In addition to conventional air br akes,
a torque retarder incorporated into
the tranmis sion produces additional
br aking powe r , and tests showed tha t
from 35 m.p.h, a complete stop was
achieved in 5 seconds. (Above figures
obtained when vehicle unloaded with
a N. V. W. 31,100 pounds.)
Performance figures obtained from
initial tes ti ng under ac tual work ing
conditions have revealed interesting
facts: the noise level, when compared
to it s equivalent diesel power unit,
is signifi cantl y lower; it can ascend
a 6% gr ade te n miles long, maintaining
40 rn.p.h, without gear chan ges; it can
descend an equivalent grade without
an y inc r eas e in speed, using torque
r eta rder only.
COl er ph oto of Plou: in A ction
by E A S taite
Minister's Message
THE ROAD-RUNNER
Volu me 3
March, 1966
Number 1
Published Quarterly by .
Departme nt of Highways-British Columbia
1690 Main St., North Vancouver
Ray Baines- Executive Editor
Ar t h ur J. Schindel-Editor
Associate Field Editors
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North Vancouver
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North Vancouver'
Burnside!
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Nanaimo
1CG~ulcaster . . ~~- . ,' .'
Courtenay'
EgonWillig . . ' ~
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Bridge Maintenance
Alex Caldwell
North Vancouver
LloydBur gess
-:New Westminster,
Rf,s~ E llis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chilliwack
Don MacSwcen
: . Kamloops
Murray Ramsay
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Salmon Arm
Dave Bowman
Revelstoke
Al Desimone
' . Vernon'
Fred Evans
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Kelowna
Pete Fuoco
Penticton
H. R. Walker
Merritt
Daw Robert s . . .
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Lillooet
Denis Hill
Williams Lake
Doro t hy Wilkins
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Grand Forks
Bert S taite
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Rossland
Bill Higgins . . .
Nelson
Fred Angrignon
New Denver
Ir ene Labelle
Creston
S. .J . Togne la
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Cranbrook
Sam Caravet ta
Fernie
·John Ed gar .. .
Golden
Bill Ingram . . . . .
Victoria
St eve Sviatko .. . . . . . . . . . .
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Smithers
Clyde Smaaslet
Pouce Coupe
Earl Lund . . .
Pr ince George
Pa t Tondevold
Fort St . .John
Pat O'Too le
Terrace
AI Park
Prince George
S. Pri ce .. . . . . .. .
Prince George
George Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quesnel
George Kent . . . . . .
Vanderhoof
Pat Dunn . . .
Burns Lake
Roger McKeown
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Princf.RWleZt
Pa ul Connor
Ac'u rn Kloster
Dave War dell
.1. \\. Morris
Spring signals the approach o{ our busiest season. It also
means the start of the annual tourist migration to B.C. As
we have said before, we can 't build roads without mak ing
a little dust but let's do our best to ease things as much as
possi ble for our visitors. Th ere were more than 5,000,000
of the m last year. If we have to occasionally delay the
tra veller (and we include oUl own B .C. vacationer, of
course) detour him, or even dirty his car a little, let's offer
him help , guidance and a smile, and see tha t he ' gets
through" with the least difficulty . To urists spent $200
million in B .C. last year but even if th ey didn't spend a
nickel we owe them th e courtesy of good hosts and neigh bours.
. P. A . Gaglardi, Minister
Govern me nt Emp loyees G iv e
E mployee s of the Depa rtmen t of Hi ghways have been
deeply involved in the cha r it able dr ives of the Government
E mpl oye es Com munity Services and hav e more than ful- '
fill ed . t he i r sha re of pa r ticipation. Man y charities a re su pported in the four areas an d in J a nua r y 1966 , for exampl e,
th e foll ov.1 ng were the di s bur sement s ma de by the variou s
co mmittee s :
VICTORIA:
Com munity Chest•• . • •• • • .• • . • $ 865 .96
282. 53
Sa lvation Ar my. • • • • •• • .•.•••
193.83
Canadian Red Cross• • • • • • • • • .•
22 4.6 5
B. C. Hea rt Fo undation• ••• •. • •• •
263. 10
Conque r Cancer Ca mpa ign•• • • • • •
69.46
Rehabilitation F oundation of B.C• • •
B.C. Soc ie ty for Cr ippled Chil dr en• •
69.47
78.6 3
Ce r ebr a l Pals y As sociation. •••••.
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Canad ian Diabetics As so ciati on••. • •
TOT AL• . • • • • .• . ••• . •• . . . • . • $2,07 5. 10
VANCOUVER:
Unit ed Appeal Red Cr os s • • • • • • . •
B.C. Hea r t Fo undation• • • • • • • • ••
Conquer Cance r Campaign• •••. • •
Centra l City Mission•••.• • • • • • •
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TOTAL••. •••••.•• • ••.• • . •..
$1 ,085. 10
130. 91
194. 64
82. 39
$1,493. 04
NEW WESTMI NSTER:
Unit ed Good Nei ghbor. • • .... • • ••
$ 516.77
Ka mloops ju st started last fall and is still in th e early
th ro es of or ganization but it is off toa good start with some
$2, 100 pledged for 1966 to Thompson Valley United Appeal
a nd $450 to the Salvati on Army. A s ubstantial part of these
ple dges ha s com e from Depa rtment Employees. OUr employees a re to be commended for shouldering their load of
civic r es pons ibility.
That B.C.G .E.C.S . F . ? British Colu mbia Government Commu nity Service s Fund. And if you can think of a better name
our commi tt ee would be grateful for your suggestion.
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Quarter Centu ry A wards
Long Service in Van der hoof
Ferry Captain
He obta ined hi s schoolin g in Kelowna
and served on the Westban k F er r y
until the Kelowna float ing br idge was
completed, transferring to the New
Westminster District as Capt a in on
the Ladner Ferry in Augus t 1958.
On Apr il 13, 1959 he went to Fr ancois
Lake as Captain when Deas T unnel
Throughway was opened and the L adner
Ferr y r un discontinued .
He return ed to the New Westmins ter
District on Dec ember 1, 1959, to ser ve
on the . Albion -Fort Lan gley Ferr y in
his prese nt capacity as Captain.
A fam ili ar figure at her desk in the
Dis tric t Offic e at Vanderhoof is Mrs.
Edith Sil ver (for me r l y Edi th Murray),
who has completed 25 yea r s of service
with the Govern ment of B r it is h Columb ia. All of this time has bee n with the
Depa rtm ent of Publi c Works and Highwa ys in Vande r hoof, with the exception
of four years with the Depart ment of
F inance. Mr s . Silver was among the
m ain lan d emp loyees who were presented wit h 25- yea r Se rv ice Awards
by the Honour able W. A. C. Bennett
at a Vancou ve r luncheon on December
16, 1965.
Bridge Inspector
CAPT AIN ALISTER CAMPBE LL attended the 25-year award luncheon in
the Vancouver Hote l on December 16,
1965. He received a 25- yea r ce r ti ficate
for co nti nuous service since Ju ne 1st,
1939 .
Bridge Disma ntled
Recently app ointed Bridge inspecting '
Engineer for the Department, P. B .
(Pat) McCarthy is now well settled m '
Victor ia, his new home . District Engineer at Rossland from 1953 to 1959
and at Courtenay from 1959 to 1965,
Pat will work directly under Senior
Ma in te na nce E ngineer J. A. Dennison. H e will insp ect and keep records
on Department bridges and assist District Officials in p roper maintenance
and inspec tion procedures.
Canal Flats
Another old B.C. Landmark has re centl y dis appeared, with the dis man t lin g of the old Kootenay River Bri dge
at Cana l F lats.
Bridge Replaced
Edith joined the Civ il Se r vice in
1939 as a stenogr apher with the Publi c
Work s Department , but due to shortage
of work, was laid off after 13 months.
Her continuous em ployme nt began Ju ly,
1940 at the Gove rnm ent Agenc y in Fort
Fras e r , and s he r eturn ed to Vander hoo f as cl erk in 1944.
The Sil ve r s share an interest in
ch oi r and chur ch wor k, and Bill ' s
musical tal ents exte nd to band and
orchestra. Both enjoy the re c r eati on
of the ·a r ea , which inclu des fish ing,
boating, and r elaxing at their cottage
on Stuart Lake in summer , and s upporting the Vande r hoof Bea r s ' hockey
team and curling in wint er .
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The two - span thr ough Howe Tru s s
bridge, built in 1931, had become quite
a bottleneck in recent years and, with
t he rebu ilding of Highway 95 to a 60
M. P .H. road, its us eful days were ove r .
It has been rep laced by a new model
of re-inforced concrete beam s pan.
R. G. HARVEY, Regional Highway
Eng ineer at Prince George was recently el ect ed Chai rm an of the newly
formed Prince Geor ge B r anch of P r ofessional Enginee r s .
Demo lition was ca rr ied out by Colum bia Dis trict's bridge crew, Ha r r y
B a ll, Fo reman; F red Poland, Bridgeman 3; Cliff Pop p, Truc k Dr ive r ; Henr y
Lappenbus h and Geo rge Ca rtwr ight,
. both Bridge Labour ers •
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The Lost Shoe Bridge on the Ucluelet Tofino Road -has been replaced by
120 feet of 12 foot multi-plate culvert.
The work u'as carried out by Bridge
Fore man Arnold Glover under diffi cult winter conditions .
A tired sn ow plow ope ra tor in Prince
George finall y reached the limits of
pati enc e when a countr y housewife
ch ased hi s machine down the ro ad,
brought it to a halt, then told the poor
fe llow ne ver to pas s her house at that
time of day aga in. It seems the gr ade r
affected he r T.V. just when her favorite
progr am was on. F ortunatel y he was
s pe ec hles s •
Peek Into The Past
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M ining machinery loaded on sleighs at Vande rhoof, ready to be freighted north into the Omineca Gold fields,
Personnel as well as equipment is in
teresting in th is picture sho wing survey crew in 1945 near uuss«. Rear,
left to right, C. D. (Ch arlie) Grigg,
levelman; Tudor Bryan, cha inman; B.
Ingram, transitman. Fron t, left to
right, W . Shoup, D. Hodg son, Resident Engineer
Th e two bridges sho wn above represent 79 years service to the tra uellmg public
in th e sa me area . The bridge on the top tra s built in 1887 as th e ma in crossing
into Lillo oet over the Fraser Ri ver. It served unt il 1910 {che n th e one on the
bottom tea s built one mile north east of l.ill ooet. It is still in use and in good
condition .
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Drillers Drilled in
Burnaby Course
OBITUARIES
Thirty of the Departments dia mond and augur drillers fr om all pa r ts of the
province attended a course on safet y, soil sam pling and drilling at the Burnaby
Vocational Insitute from Januar y 10- 14, 1966.
GEORGE F RANS ON, 65, diedFebr uary 6, 1966. He worked on the Ladner
Ferry from 1943-1959, then in the
De as Control Tower until he retired
18 months ago.
VICTOR A. LESLIE, Labor er at
'Hcamous died at the age of 55. Mr.
~eslie s tarted work with the Depa r tment, May 20, 1947.
DOUG DEAN, District Office Manager in the Salmon Arm offi ce, who received his 25 Years Continous Se r vice
award only last December, died J anua r y 1, 1966. Mr. Dean's death, was a
blow to his many friend s in the Salmon
Arm Court House. He leaves his wif e,
Ethel.
One of the class sessio ns in the identification of soil types. Left to right, bill
Brand, Assistant Head L aboratory Technician, Mel Dixon, Diamond Drill Foreman Tre v Beauchamp: B ill Leslie, Ernie Beregouishi, Diamond Drill Foreman
Lawreance Keller, Tom Westwood.
The cours e covered ' maintenance and r epair of drilling equipment, drilling
methods, soils sampling, ad mini str a ti on and s a fety, with e mpha sis on the las t.
Safety sessions were held on ea ch of the fi r s t thr e e days. The Regional Highway Engineer, Mr . G. Elston, int r oduced the s afety se ssions and stated the Department's pol icy toward safe wor k. J. D. Paton, Assistant Insp ecti on Supe rv isor,
Workmen's Compensation Board, spoke on safety gen e rally and the work of the
Board; R. L. Roscoe of Boyl es Brothers Dia mond Dr illing Company spoke on s afe ty
in the drilling industry; Gl en Ades fr om the offic e of the Supertntend ent of Equipment spoke on defensive driving; and Ken J ackson of t he Civil Servic e Commission ,
spoke about, and showed films on, safe driving habits.
Brothers Dia mond
Boyles
Drilling Compan y provided te chnical instruction by senior company personnel and provided
premises and equipment for technical demonstration. Othe r companies in the drilling industr y
sent technical r epresenta tiv es to
give talks.
Technica l instruction in s oil s
identification and sampling was
provided by the Testing Branch
Engineering staff, John Hvozdanski, Andrew Reid, Bob Edwards and Don Mason, and technical staff, Glenn Higgin s , Bill
Brand, Jim Mewhort and Maynard Rudolph. The cour s e was or ganized by Jo hn Aus ti n Dr ill ing
and Explora ti on Engtne a r.
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Four of the instructors at (he burnaby
Drillers Course, le{t to right, Standing,
J ohn. Hoozdansh i. Don Mason: Andrew
Reid, seated, J ohn 1\ ustin .
CLARENCE AVISON died February
1, 1966 after 'a lengthy illness. Mr.
Avison he ld the position of Stoc kman
in the Depar t ment Garage at Clo verd ale. He had four years of war s er vice
and joined the New Westminster Mech anical Branch in J anuary 1964. He
l ea ves his wife and four child ren. He
was born on February 2, 1921, at Star
City, Saskatchewan.
CAPT AIN WARREN HAST INGS died
December 22, 1965 at t he age of 63.
He had been a Master Marine since
March 1943, joining the Highways F e rr y
System In Janu ar y, 1960 as re lief Capt ain on the Woodfib re Ferry and transfer rin g to the Barnston Is land Ferry
in the New Westminster Dis tric t In
March , 1963. Captain Ha stings had an
interesting career in coas ta l s hipp ing,
having wor ked for the Can adian Nation al Steamships and several Vanco uver Tu g Companie s. He worked for the
North Vancouver Ferries from 1940
to 1958 and did summer run s for Har bour Navigation. He was born June 30,
1903, in Courtland, Ontario. He leaves
hi s Wife, two son s and a daughte r . His
son, Rowland W., works for th e Department on the Coquitla m maintenance
c r ew.
FRANK B. GOW ANLOCK of T elkwa,
B .C. , died Januar y 11, 1966, after a
l ength y illness. He was 56 and had been
workin g as a Bridgem an in Ominec a
West for the past nine yea r s .
Promotions
MRS. PAT CUMB ERLAND is the
successful candidate for the Cle r k 2
position in th e New Wes t minst e r
Office. Pat has been in th e New
Westminster Office since 1962, originally coming from Englan d.
Transfers
MRS. MARJORIE BROWN above, is
s hown with her husband, Dougl as, left
and District Superintendent Allan Park
on the occasion of a farewell part y
fo r Mr. and Mr s. Brown. District
Office Manager at Prince George for
the past nine years, Mrs. Brow n r ecently transferred to the North Van couver Office as District Offi ce Mana g er . Amon g other gifts she was presented with a pair of snowshoes for
getti ng to work in her new hom e.
W. RYAN, District Office Manager
in No rth Vancouver ha s tran sferred
to Nana imo as District Office Manager.
CLYDE SMAASLET has r ecentl y
tr an sferred from Pouce Coupe to Princ e
George as District Office Manage r .
Cl yde's home is in Prince Geo rge s o
he returns to familiar s ur r oundings •.
CHARLIE BUCKLEY, r ec ently pr omoted to He av y Dut y Mec hanic at
Ganges, Salt Spring Island , was bus y
dur ing the snow stor m. T he appr oa ch
of spring gives him a ch ance to ca tch
up on his paper wor k.
* * * fo r m er 1 y a
BILL SAINSBURY,
bridgeman ' 2 with the Lillooet B r idge
Crew, has been promot ed to Br idge
Foreman 1 and is t r avelling in the
Province resurfacin g concrete br idge
decks• .
DENNIS W. HILL for mer Clerk 2
at Willi am's Lake has been pr omoted
to Clerk 3 and tran sfe rr ed to th e
Chilliwack Offi ce in Decem ber 1965.
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TOM WILSON *T*AYLOR
has joined
the staff at Salmon Arm as Road F or eman in the Celi sta are a, ha ying t rans ferred from North vancouv ar, He was
promoted from R. M.F. 1 to R. M.F . 2.
Reclassification,
FRED J. EVANS, for me r ly Road
Maintenance Foreman 3 is now Road
Maintenance F oreman Gr ade 4.
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PEGGY BRUSH is the new RadioTeletype Operator at Prince George
and is known to many as • P rinc e
George 1-. Peggy has recently moved
to Prince George from Nanaimo and
enjoys Itving in the \;Jig North 'count r y
where she can partic'ipate in her favorite sports, skiing an'd skating.
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T. R. YEARSLEY, Regionaf Mechanical Superintendent, Kamloops, ha s ,
t r ansfer r ed to Regional Mechan ical
Superintendent, Prince Geo rge.
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Safety A wards Meetings
Quesnel Tops in Safety
Ques nel had t he best s afety r ecor d last year of an y Dis t r ict
in Region Fo ur . T he aver age accident r ate was 10. 3 pe r
million man hour s wor ked, compared with the pr evious
yea r when the r ate was 57. 3. In te r ms of ti me loss acc idents ,
Ques nel went fr om 10 in 1964 to 2 in 1965.
Gold S afety A wa rd to Gibson's and Pender H arbor R oad
Mainte nan ce and Mechinca l Crews. Left to right, Foreman
J O. Hogue, E. Ri etze, R egional Safety Officer A . Caldwell,
Dis trict S afety Officer W . M . A. B ak er, M echanical Forema n G Owen, District S up erintendent W. M . Underwood,
S afety Com mittee Chairman C. Chamberlain, Foreman D
C. Pollock, Bridge Insp ection Engineer P. M cCarthy, Safe ty
Com mi ttee Secretary F Charlesworth, Resident E ngi neer
R . M cM illan, D. Stewart.
.Temp orary -trop hy until the officia l award is ready is handed to George Ha rper (left foreground), District S uperintendent, Quesnel, by Pat Dun n (right foreground), R egional
Safety Officer, B urns Lake, in recogn ition of Quesnel's 1965
high ways safety record . Others in th e picture are (left) M r.
A.R. L imacher, ex -Quesnel R eeiona l Safety Officer; Mr. K.
E. J ackson, S afety Offi cer, Civil Service Com mission, Victoria; F A. MacL ean, Assist ant Dep uty M inister of High ways (centre) and (right) R . ,G. Harvey, Regional Highways
Engineer, Prin ce George.
M. G. Elston, Regional Highway Engineer, p resen ts Fra nk Stirling, New
West minster B ridge Foreman, with
Bridge Crew Silver Safety Award.
. SAFE DRIVERS
P at Huston of Sod a Creek and Stan
Ha r for d of Cariboo Highwa y received
c om me mor ati ve packs of playing cards
fo r the ir yea rs of acc ident fr e'e driving.
P at' s r ecor d is 11 yea rs and St an's
record is 101 yea r s.
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S afety H ats, Shoes
Prevent I njury
Bridge Foreman Bob Mc Larry and Temporary Fo r eman
Gor don Harford have received " Gold Cap" awa r ds and Soda
Creek e mployees Alber t Dalman the - Ten- on- Two" award
at Que s nel r ecently. Bob wa s hit on the head by a six foot
2 x 4 which wa s knocked loose by the pil e dr iver cable and
Gordon was hit by a s na g which bro ke off in the clear ing
ope ratio n. Both were wearing their ha r d hats. Albert had
pur chased 's afety- toed boots ' a week before hitti ng his foot
with an axe. His for es ight prevented a se r ious foot injury;
A t a g athering of proud emp loyees
and their wives in M cBride, District
Superintendent A l Park, rig h t, p resents th e Bronz e S afety Certificate to
Mc Bride R oad Foreman Lloyd Crate,
while Tete J aune Forem an Bill Tins ley shares the honor.
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The Rossland- Tr a il Dis t rict Safet y
Committee has be en elected, in stall ed
and is oper a ti ng effi ci ently. Chair man
is P , Flood and me mbe rs are W.
Ta ylor , D. Bolduc , J . p. McKay and
L. Br iggman.
Foremen J oe Pa bin, left , and Dude
L indsa y, centre, Delta m aintenance
crews, accep ting t he Bro n ze S afe ty
Award from M G Elst on , Re g ional
H ighway Engineer.
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Films e mph as iZing s afe dri ving, ac c idents and cons t r ucti on safet y wer e
s hown in Bur ns Lake on Feb r ua r y 2,
1966. Crews fr om B. C. Hydr o, B.C.
Te lep hone and the C. N. R. joined the
Highways c r ews in vie wing thes e film s.
first Aid
Safety (cont.)
In Preceet
District Superintendent N. W . W ells ,
N orth V anc ouv er Bridge Mainten ance and Patrol, presents Corp oral
W , Carruthers of th e Department 01
High ways Patrol with B ronze Certifi'cate of Merit for Safety .
One half of the First A id classes being conducted for Bridge Maintenance personn el. N orth 'v ancoUl'er, by Patro lman Howard Maundrell.
Group See Rehab
Centr'e aj Work
In Practice
The New Westmins ter Safety Com m ittee received a fi r s t - han d look at
a cc ident cons equenc es and th e wor k of
rehabilitation in a meeting F eb r uary
11 in the Workmen's Compens ation
B uil ding at Van couver. Attendi ng was
Carl Seehuber , chairman; A. Fox, secretary; Safety Represent atives , J .
Kir kland , C. Doyle , A. Hadvick, R.
B urton, J . Coo khouse, L. Ostas ach,
W. Paterson; Fbr e man Representati ves,
stan Dean s , J. Oli ver , Norm Hunter
and Roy Gittins, District Engineer.
T he gr oup was met by Dick F arns wo rth, Pu blic Re lations Offi ce r , and
conducted th r ough the Rehabili tation
Centre in the morning and the Claims
Dep art ment in the afternoon. T he Vanc ouv er ce ntre hand led 94 ,000 cases in
1965.
Department Employe e
Comes to Aid of
fellow Worker
Lillooet Meeting
A ver y s ucce ss ful meetin g was held
in October , 1965 in the Liilooet Com m unit y Hall. The featur ed sp e ake r s
we r e K. J ack s on of the Civil Servi ce
Accident Prevention: H. Francis , Regi onal Safety Office r : Tom Years le y,
Regional Mech anical Superint end ent:
T . Anderson of the Wor km en' s Co m pens ati on Board and Ph il Larg e, Distr ic t Enginee r .
A Silve r Safet y Certificate was pre s ented to the Ashcroft Maintenanc e
Crew , Bron ze Awa r ds to the Goldbridge Mainenance Crew and to the
L illooet Adm trustrat ion s taff. Duri ng
t he pres en ta tions a top profi ci enc y
, awa r d for apprenticeship mech anic was
g iven to R. Gluve r by Mr . Years ley.
Mr. Glover is now heavy dut y mechan ic
In the Lillooe t s hop.
Department Employee
Ale r tnes s and experience enabl ed
DON CUL LEY of Ke lowna to co me to
t he r es cue of his fe llow- e mployee ,
F rank Dudd y, when he was ove r co me
b y c arbon mon oxid e poisonin g.
Don was dr iving a gr ader pus hing
s now into a windrow for removal by
a followtng Sica r d blower dr iven by
F r ank Duddy. , When Don looked ba ck
and saw t hat th e augur and t he blower
wer e not wor king and the operator was
wa lking around t he mac hine , he a ssu med that one of th e s hee r pi ns had
been br oken . Th en he s a w ano ther
emplo yee, Armand P oit r as, approa ch
Frank, who collaps ed.
Going bac k to the blowe r , Don di s c ove r ed th at fume s es ca ping fr om the
e xhau st pipe br oken by r ocks or mat eria ls had ca us ed F rank's coll aps e. When
Don obse r ved the rollin g of the eyes ,
the los s th e consc ious ne s s and th e
tongue bei ng s wa ll owed he acte d quickly
and coolly . Th e tbn gue was wit hdr awn
an d mouth to mouth resu s c itati on adm inis ter ed until F r ank r ega ined cons c ious ness and the y we r e ab le to move
him to a place whe r e he would be warm ,
On fur th e r ins tructi on he was moved
to the hospit al where he r em ained
overni ght and was ab le to r eturn to
work the ne xt da y.
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T he District Supe rt ntendont s ays that
d iplom acy is the art of lumdl uu; pO I' c upines wit hout di sturbing' the qui li s .
Aids Crash Vict im
J ohn Carlisle
On Jan uar y 13, 1966, at 1:20 a.rn ,
Department of Highways employee ,
JOHN CARLISLE breathed life back
int o an accident vic tim whose heart
had stopped. Investigatin g police offi c ers reporte d that John waged a 25m inut e fight to s ave the life of U.B .C .
s tude nt, J ohn Czens, who was involved
in a car accident near the south end
of Deas T unnel.
Czen's heart beat stopped twice and
both ti mes John used mouth to mouth
r es us c ita ti on to restore the pulse.
Cz ens had been found lvin g unconscious
on the freewax about 70 feet from
where till' ca r ll<~d crashed into a li ght
s tan da r d on the median, The radio in
the Department vehicle had first been
used to call for an ambulance,
A po li ce spokesman su id, "He dps e rves a medal fur what hp did for
Cz ons an d a lso for the aid he has
gi ven otlu-r f rpl'wa~' accident victims in
the las t two, \'ars ."
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10-7 Club
43 Yea rs Service Terminates
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Swede Commons inspe cting 1932
A banquet was held December 14, ,196 5 in
F ernie for the retirement of SWEDE COMMONS.
Approximately 65 attended, incl uding Fern ie
District employees and their wives and Regional
officials.
One of the Department's longes t pe r iods of
continuous service came to an end. Swede
Commons spent 43 years with the Depa r t ment,
28 years as equipment operator and the re maining 15 years as Senior Foreman. He began in
1922 with the bridge crew and in 1927 operated
Model -T" ha lf ton and one ton dump t r uc ks with
gravity feed dump boxes. He became Senior
Foreman in 1950 and r etired as Road F or e man
De cember 8, 1965.
Swede and Mr s. Commons have four chil dr en,
all grown and _away from home. He and his
wife plan to remain in Fernie and devote much
of their time to fishing.
BnoW
slide.
Don M artin , Reg io n a l E ngineer, Ne lson, p resents
S croll of Me rito rious Service to S wede .
L. P . SEG ALERBA an e mployee on
the Sidney ro a d ma intenan ce cr ew,
r etired on J anua r y 3, 1966, after 22
ye ars of service with the Depart ment.
"Sk ip" was presented wit h an electric
razo r from his fellow e mploye es by
the Dis trict Enginee r , J . P, Hague.
Mrs . Segale r ba was pr es ented with a
bouquet of r oses.
F RANCIS TA NNE R, a long- ti me employee of the Depa r t ment of Highwa ys
r etir ed r ec entl y. H. J . Kelsall , Dist r ict Engi neer, ma kes a pr es entati on
on behalf of fellow worke rs . Mr . Tanner
started with the Depa rt ment as a partt im e worker in 1925. In 1947 he bec a me
a s teady membe r of the Greenwood
Road Crew and conti nued in this positi on until his r etir e ment on Dec em ber
3 1. 1965.
CHAR LIE VIDAL has r eti r ed afte r
25 yea r s with the Duncan r oad crew.
Standing by his truck on his last da y
of service Charlie looks as if he has
thr ived in his long years of s e r vice.
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L. E. CLOSE retired Januar y 28,
1966. Les started with the Department
in April 18, 1956.
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F RED LAYER,Br idge man, Nana i mo ,
r etired after 15 yea rs of se r vice on
th e br idge c rew . He was pr es ented with
a wa lle t by DistrictS upe r intendent Joh n
Mor r is on behalf of F r ed' s man y
friends . F r ed has many me mo r ies
of jobs he undertook du r ing his ye ar s
o f service and looks forwa r d to ge tti ng
some real camping and fish ing tri ps on
his retiremen t.
J . ZATKO retired January :;1, 196 6.
Jehn s tarted with the Department, June
4 , 1947.
GEORGE H. CREASSER, a ha rd wor king member of the J or dan Rive r Mai ntenance Crew retired 0 11 J anuar y 31,
19 66. Georg e has wor ked for the De pa rtm ent s ince 1956.
News Fro m E very where
Earl Lund, Regional Materials En gineer, Prince George, has recently reo
ceiued his registration as a Profes-,
sional Engineer. The brand new certificate is displayed in his office.
Miss Gaby Hobeck is one of the
reasons the New Wes tminster
draughting room is so pop ular. Gaby
has been a draughts man for more
than two years at the office working
on the designs for ferry wharf improvements.
Fred Goddard, Di uisional Con str uction Engineer is now at Prince George
Previously on the S tew art Cassiar
p roject, Fred is working on the Prince
George -Mcbride Highuiay.
L unch time on the 12 mile ferry. Columbia R iver near Rerelstoke. Head
Ferryman, Adolph Kadhur is prepar;ng his vittles.'
Shirley Hrechha of Prince George
office holds busy three-way jo b as receptionist, stenographer and telephon ist . During heavy snow storms she
spends half her day on the phone.
Single, and willing, to fix Departm en tal u nits that is! Jo hn Rabie of
the Re oelstoke shop.
Mike Baresinkof], working on sie ve
analysis for concrete design.
Mario Merlo , Materials Engineer,
Nelson , working on air photo interpretation for soils surreys.
Ken TlIIl'ill. Il ea d l.a boratorv Tech uicia n , Nelsnn uurking on grarel pit
reports
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SPORTS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Department of Highways
Golf Tournament
All Government Employees vacationing the Vancouver area this year, Please
note ••• From March 19 to October 22, the Department of Highways Dock District,
is sponsoring a monthly golf tournament. Any government employee is cordially
invited to take part. Greenfeesat$2.50and entrance fee $1.00. Clubs can be rented.
Those interested should contact Bert Larson or Gord Rowand at least two days before
each tou rnament at LA 1-9461 between 8:30 a.m, and 5:00 p.rn. or write to 773-6th
street, New Westminster, B.C. Trophies and prizes will be presented at each
tourna ment. The dates, places and times are as follows:
March 19 Green Acres Golf Club, No.6 Road, Richmond. 12:00 noon.
April 16
Undecided at present
May 14
Maple Ridge Golf and Country, 2nd Avenue, Port Hammond, B.C.
8 a.m,
June 18
Hazelmere Valley Gold Course, 18120 8th Avenue, Cloverdale, B.C.
8 a.rn,
Newlands Golf Club, 21025 Simmonds, Langley, 8 a.rn.
Mission Golf and Country, Nelson Road, Mission, 8 a.m.
Pitt Meadows Golf Course, Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, 8 a.rn.
Peace Portal Golf Club, 190 King George Highway, White Rock,
11:30 a.m,
All scores will be "net scores" derived from the "Calloway System". At the end
of the season trophies will be presented for the, Best Performance, the Most
Courageous Golfer and the Most Consistent Golfer. Wives and/or girl friends
welcome to caddy.
July 19
Aug. 27
Sept. 17
Oct. 22
Max H elzel of the Quesnel survey
crew is also a member of the "Quesnel
Kangaroos." He scored one go al and
one assist when the Kanga roos played
against the Finnish N ation al Hockey
tea m in Decem ber 1965.
Highways Bowlers Top Field
Department of Highways bowling teams placed first and third in a field of 32
during an all-department tournament held early in February in Victoria.
The
Inter-Department
Bowling Tournament for the
W. R. Mayhew Trophy was
held Saturday, February
5th. Thirty two departments
competed in a 5-game rolloff. Trophies presented
are, First, Mayhew Trophy,
Second, B.C.G.E. Trophy
and
T h i r d , Woodward
Trophy.
First, was the Highways
Location Branch Team: H.
Quissy, John Blackey, R.
Hewghan, G. Nickells and
Ron Grant. Total for the
First place team. Back row, left to right,
team 5,554 pins. Ron Grant
Russel Hewghan, John Blackey, Gordie
obtained High Single 321.
Nickells. Front row, left to right, Art DiLands Department was
mock, Harold Quissy, Ron Grant.
second.
Third place was also won
by a Highway Team from
the Bridge Department: R.
Lomas, Doug Doidge, Ar t
Dimock, Bruce Walker and
Len 'I'reudcau, Total pin
fall 5,463. High five was
won hy Art Dimock with
1,223. He also obtained
High Single of 340, but
as he could not hold High
Single and High 5, the formThird place team, Bob Lomas, Art Dimock,
er went to Ron Grant.
Doug Doidge, Len Treudeau , Bruce Walker.
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Mr s. Ka ren Shepherd of the Na naimo
office staff won th e Christmas Lightup prize in N anaimo th is year against
heavy competitio n.
District Superintendent W . M . Under
woo d presents departing Bill Ryan
with a transistor radio on the occasion
of B ill's leav ing t o become District
Office M anager in N anaimo
SPORTS (cont.)
Prince George Takes Trophy in Region 4
7th Annual Bonspiel Held in B urns Lake
saturday, Ma r c h 12th was an interesting da y for Depa r t ment of Highway s e mployees with eight rinks entered in the "Jimmy Cr icket " trophy cu rling bonspie l• .
Teams entered from Quesnel , Vanderhoof, Prince George , Burns Lak e, Smither s
an d Terrace.
Prince George District Rink skipped
by Spud Larson; Third, Allan Park;
Second, Clyde Smaaslet; and Lead, '
B111 Ball captured the " A" Event and
the Highways Trophy. Runner up in
the "A"Event was the Regional Hig hway Rink from Prince George sk ipped
by Pat Carr ; Third, J ohn Mill; Second,
Warr en Hor s nell; and Lead, Ba rney
Keane.
Gordon Dunsmore, Engineering Assistant, N anaimo, has been wearing a
tarta n tie, ever sin ce he att ended the
B urns din ner Gordon looks afte r the.
subdivisions in the N anaimo area.
CONVALESCENTS
Winners of the A
E ven t and the Trophy . Left to right,
A l Park, Spud Larson, B ill Ball and
Clyde S maa slet.
Winners of the B Eve nt. Left to right,
Art Clarke, Wilf Patten, George Kent'
and Vi Kent.
The " B" Eve nt wa s won by George
Kent's Vanderhoof' s Rink with Wilf
Patten, Third; Art Clarke, Second: and
Vi Kent Lead. Secon d in the " B" Event
was the Terrace Rink composed of Rus s
Trites, Skip; Wilf Toop, Thir d; Pat
O'Toole, Second ; and Ba rn ey Fairclough, Lead.
The Bons pi el was follow ed by a
Banqu et and awa r di ng of pr izes . The
Prince George winne r s of the Highways Trophy went home empty han ded
due to s om e behind the s cene sku lduggery dur ing the banquet and we
beli eve tha t a check wit h the Te rrac e
foursom e would prove inter es ti ng.
Ma ynell Patterson, Clerk in the
N ana imo office, was ill with a severe
cold early in J an uary, bu t worried
ab out th e mon th ly financia l statements she showed up for work in time
to make the deadline.
The Depart ment of Highways Region
4 curling Trophy. Treated with much '
resp ect tho ugh made out of a p iece of
beaver g nawed log.
Terrace R ound
Robin. Competition
The staff at Terr ac e hav e an enter ta ining and interesting ide a for int e r depa rtmenta l c ompeti tion. Ea ch crew has a te am
selected. In this c as e they began with
curlin g - the team winning this r ound
r obin was then chall enged by one of the
othe r te am s at wha te ver s port they chos e
bowli ng, t able ten nis , badmi nton or
curling - bin go, whist and ti ddl y- winks
ha ve be en sugges te d but not acted upon
as yet ! The Challenge T ophy was manu fa ctured by the gar age c r ew from an old
piston and door handles, s et on a bas e
built by the bridge c r ew.
Th e first team to win the Terrace
T rophy, the Gar age Crew, left to
right, back ro w H. Toftager, J.
Car michael, front ro w, R . Tr ites,
E. Butterfield.
JOHN WYSK, Bridgeman, Nelson
Bridge Crew, is recuper ating at home
afte r a s evere shaking up due to a car
a cci dent on Januar y 29, 1966.
JOHN DEWAR, Transport Operator,
f rom Nel s on, is in Hospital after s uffe r ing a heart attack . His co lle ag ues
wish him a s peedy recover y.
TO I WILLIAMS is now home afte r
s pending s eve ral weeks in the Rosslan d
Hospital. As an experienced ·Cat"
operator , T om is now awa r e that
" t raction c an have other mean ings" .
He prefers the kind not us ed in hos'«
ptt als,
GEORGE McCABE , Comox Res ident
En gineer, Cour tena y District, has r eturned to work after s eve r al months
illness .
J . H. A. STE VE NS, form e r Senior
Loca tion Enginee r wit h the Depa r t ment
of Highways , now of Savona , B.C . , suffered a se r ious stroke Februa r y 13th.
While he will be confi ned to hospita l
in Kamloops for some time to come,
he is pr ogress ing much better than the
doctor s had predicted.
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Department J oins Forces
With C.N.R. To Clear S lide
On The Job
Salmo-Creston
On J anuary 23, 1966 at 6:00 a.m, a s now s li de came down
52.5 mi les wes t of Terrace on Highway 16 bloc king both r oad
and rail traffic for a period of 12 hour s . Skeen a West Dis trict
and C.N.R. crews joined forces to c lea r the s lide which
measured 20 feet de ep and 350 fee t long. T he railway brought
in one rail Vee s now plow, one tournadoz e r and one Euc lid
C - 6 dozer. Highways us ed one Cat D- 7 doze r , one Michigan
dozer and one large s now plower. P ar t wa y thr ough the slide
the ra ilwa y Vee plow be c ame derail ed whi ch furthe r dela yed
the rem aining clearing operatio ns . A lot of r oc k was mixed
with the s lide. Both hi ghwav and r ailwa y we r e open by 6:00
p.rn ,
Photo s showequipment being marshalled in p reparation for
the attack and the C.N.R. Vee plow attemp ting to buck
through the slide.
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B usy renovating the g arage stock room is Dick Englis h, member of the
Reuelstoke bridge creui.
Th e La ngf ord bridge ( 'rew hard at
work construeting the new M cvicar
Bridge past Jordan River alter a
hea ry snoufall.
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Camp . Salmo-Creston High uiay-eeleuation 5283 ft.
o/r to battle the
snow is Senior Ma intenanceForeman Ed King of Re oelstoke, and with a smile, too,
Up'per Halfway River Bridge
On The Job
The Fort S t J ohn Bridge Crew under the direction of
Floyd Erishstad built a bridge over the Upper Ha lfw ay
River 20 mi les south-west of the A lask a H ig h way at mile
143. Construction began during the third week of J anuary.
Work on the bridge was well under way the next week with
the piling being driven in temp erature of 40. below. Second
and third pictures show crewmen Bill Marshall and Donald
Peterson at u -orh in sub zero temperature.
Ne w crusher being erected at MeDoug all Pit, fi ve miles south of '
Kelo wn a under the supervision of
Foreman Hamilton Chester.
Dro tt Yu mbo with opera tor A . .W .
T uc k er excava ting frost boils on
Bouch erie Road at West bank. H. J .
Ma nderson sta nding beside the
machi ne.
District crew erecting binwall on Barnard Avenue an Arterial Highway in
Kelowna. Project now completed.
Laurie Willan, Road Foreman at N ew
Hazelton, looks after west end of the
Sheena East District.
R uss Ga llow ay, R oad Ma in tenance
Foreman at Cassidy, fall ing a danger '
tree in his district. This shows that a
foreman is a real work ing man.
Tom A arts (left) an d Ma rvin ' Worden
hard at work in the Nanaimo office.
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Did You Know T hat:
The change of the R ule of t he Ro ad for British Colu mb ia fro m left to right hand driving became effective July 15, 1920, wit h the excep t ion of t he ar ea west of H op e to Vancou ver and Vancouver Island as t here
were no road connections. It was not until Decemb er 31, 1921, t hat the Rule of t he Road became uniform
throughout the Province.
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