THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OCTOBER 1971

PUBLISHED B TH E DEPARTMEl'\TT OF HIGHW AYS VOLUME 8, N UMBER 3

MISCELLANY

Ever seen this vehicle on the highway, the one with its boat onbackwards? Well, don't look too closely, you could be on CandidCamera. No, relax. There's a camera there but the PlanningBranch uses it to photograph roads not people. For the last fiveyears this vehicle and its predecessor have travelled all the mainhighways in the Province, taking single-frame 16-mm. picturesat close intervals to provide a permanent inventory record ofsurface conditions and geometric features. The boat? To hidethe camera from view so that drivers, particularly on freewaysand other high-volume facilities, are not startled into some erraticdriving manceuvres by the sight of it.

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Sad end for frisky young moose, being removed by Hiaboperator Ron Graham, of the Prince George District, after it waskilled by a car on the Yellowhead Highway.

Road signs recovered from Okanagan Lake are handed to F. J.Evans, Road Maintenance Foreman 4, Kelowna District, byFloyd Kerth, of the Kelowna Aquanauts scuba-diving club. Signswere vandalized from various parts of the district and thrown intothe lake. Same kind of mindless yahoos who shoot holes in them.

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Published Quarterly by the

British Columbia Department of HighwaysVictoria. British Columbia

Ray Baines, Executive EditorArthur J. Schindel, Editor

Number 3

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THE ROAD RUNNER

Volume 8

Associate Field Editors

A. R. Lim acher VictoriaBill Ingr am ... . VictoriaAl Walisser Vancou ver Highw ayJim Winton . . North VancouverS. J. Tognela BurnsideJ. W. Morr.s NanaimoM. Butler CourtenayGeorge Cooper Patrol, North VancouverEllis Meads Dock DistrictLloyd Burgess New WestminsterDon Osborne ChilliwackJim Ferrier KamloopsEdie Smith Williams LakeMurray Ramsay Salmon ArmM. J. Newlands RevelstokeAl Desimone _ VernonFred Evans - _ KelownaJ. W. Zaporozan PentictonJim Chenoweth _ MerrittDave Roberts LillooetDorothy Wilkins _ Grand ForksR. E. McKeown RosslandS. J. Dixey NelsonFred Angrignon _ New DenverFred Ryckman __ _ CrestonN. K. Molander _ _ CranbrookSam Caravetta _FernieJ. W. Hickmott __ GoldenFrances Martin _ _ SmithersJ. C. Bartsch Pouce CoupeHomer Good .Fort St. JohnDon Hutton TerraceShirley Hrechka _ Prince GeorgeJack Doddridge Prince GeorgeWayne Chappell QuesnelGeorge Harper VanderhoofH. R. Walker.. Burns LakeW. R. Ball ......·.· 0000 __ •• Prince Rupert

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A couple of years ago wenoted that cars in British Co­lumbia were multiplyingmuch faster than people.The latest figures confirmthi s. In 1960 there were1,602,000 people in the Prov­ince and 560,271 motor­vehicles, a ratio of aboutthree people per vehicle. By

1970 the population of British Columbia had reached2,137,000 and the total number of vehicles registered,1,020,000, a ratio of 2.1 persons per vehicle. A dd tothis the total number of vehicles visiting the Provinceeach year (1,100,000 U.S. vehicles alone in 1970, com­pared to 394,081 in 1960) and it is apparent why ourtraffic counters are clicking off higher A.D.T. countsevery year .

W. D. BLACK, Minister

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One of the last King Truss bridges in Fort St. John District toremain in active service is the Quartz Rock Creek bridge.Located on Cassiar Access Road 10, it has carried heavy loadsof asbestos from the Cassiar mine during the past 15 years.

The annual campaign in support of the British ColumbiaEmployees Community Services Fund is under way. Govern­ment employees in the Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster,Prince George, and Kamloops areas are being canvassed dur­ing the last two weeks of October and the first two weeks ofNovember. Those who make donations are reminded thatall administrative costs are borne by the Government, there­fore, 100 cents out of every dollar goes to the Fund or to thatparticular agency which they designate.

FRONT AND BACK COVERSOne of our favourite early British Columbia scenes is the

century-old front cover picture of the Cariboo Road in theFraser Canyon near Yale, another in the series of remarkablephotographs taken in 1868 by Dally. Our back page featuresa montage of road transportation spanning the last century, topleft, a mule team on the Cariboo Road, 1868; top right, proudmotorist on the Malahat Drive, Vancouver Island, in 1910; bot­tom left, still all adventure to drive the Fraser Canyon in 1930;and bottom right, ill 1971, new highway, new cars pass throughthe same timeless rocks and hills.

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PROMOTIONS

N. K. MIKKEL­SEN has transferredfrom Edgewood in theNew Denver Districtto 100 Mile House,where he has won theposition of Road Fore­man 3.

R. L. "BOB" PEAR­SON, Paving ProjectSupervisor on ProjectS-2171 at Clinton, hasbeen reclassified toTechnician 1. Bobgraduated from UBCwith a B.A. in 1968.

He has been with the Paving Branchsince 1959, first as a summer student,then full time after obtaining his degree.Bob's hobbies are fishing and ski-ing,both of which he pursues ardently.

PERCY GREENWOOD has wonthrough competition the position of RoadForeman 1 at New Denver. He has beenon the New Denver maintenance crew forthe past 15\12 year s.

B. "BERT" DODDShas been reclassified toan Engineering Assis­tant. Bert , who is inch arge of ProjectS-2871, Shuswap Area,has been with PavingBranch since Septem­

ber 1964 and has had a wide range ofexperience in Branch activities. His win­ter sport is snowmobiling; he is also akeen fisherman and water-skier.

LLOYD HICKS haswon through competi­tion the position ofSign MaintenanceMan at Gibsons. Lloydtransferred from theConstruction Branch,where he worked for

13 years, his last job on the Upper LevelsHighway. Lloyd is married and enjoyscamping, hunting, and fishing in his sparetime .

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the Dock Design officein New Westminster,was recently reclassi­fied from Draughts­man 3 to Technician1. Don joined theDock Design Branchin 1968 after retiring from the CanadianArmed Forces.

T. R. JOHNSONwas appointed head ofthe Headquarters Ser­vices Branch in Aprilof this year. For­merly Electrical Engi­neer with the TrafficBranch, Tom first

worked for the Department in 1957.Then a student at the University of Brit­ish Columbia, he worked summers forthe Paving Branch until graduation as anElectrical Engineer in 1960. With twoyears out spent teaching high school,Tom returned to the Paving Branch forone more year before joining the TrafficBranch in 1963. Tom is married and hasone daughter.

MRS. VEDA POW­ELL recently wonthrough competition aposition as Clerk 4 inthe Headquarters ac­counts payable sec­tion . Ved a alreadyhas a long-standingassocia tion with the Department as shehas worked in the Traffic Branch asClerk-Receptionist for the past 17 year s.Veda' s fellow- employees wish her well inher new field. In her spare time , Ved aenjoys gar dening, curling, and golf.

D. B. BUTLER, after nine years withthe New Den ver maintenance crew, ha swon through competition the position ofRoad Foreman 2 at Edgewood. A partywas held for Dennis to wish him success.He move s with him his wife and twochildren.

W. G. ANDERSON has won throughcompetition the position of Machine Op­erator 4 at Winl aw and is welcomed tothe Dep artment. He joins the communityalong with his wife and two children.

Quarter Century Award

oJ. R. W. (BERT),-~",,"'''-L' LANGLEY, Utility

Operator in the Ques-nel District, startedwith the Departmentin May of 1941 as aLabourer. He was re­cently awarded the 25

years' continuous service certificate.

BRUCE McAVITY,Engineering Aide 3with the ConstructionBr anch, has wonthrough competitionthe position of Engi­neering Assistant withthe Dock DesignBranch.

M. S. HACKMAN,of the Pa ving Branch,ha s been reclassified toEngineering Assistant.Marvin, who is 24yea rs old, has workedduring the summersfor the Departmentsince 1966, first with the ConstructionBranch and then with the Paving Branchin the spring of 1969. Since then, Mar­vin has completed a course in SurveyingTechnology at the British Columbia In­stitute of Technology. He is currentl yoccupied with Project S-2171 at Clinton,where he is the Survey Crew Chief forBob Pearson. His hobbies include alittle fishing and ski-ing.

B. "BART" DU­TEAU h a s wonthrough competitionthe position of Engi-

_ neering Assistant atGib sons. Bart com esfrom the LocationBr anch, where he

spent the last 12 years in various partsof the Province, the most recent at Craw­ford Bay. Bart is married with threechildren and his hobbies are fishing andplaying bridge.

W. R. WIDMARKwas the successfulcandida te for the posi­tion of Road Mainte­nance Foreman, ThetisI sl and , replacingLorne Slater, whowent to North Van­couver.

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* * *GEORGE DICK, along-time employee ofthe Department in theLocation Branch asPowersaw-man andAxeman, has more re­cently served as Bull­cook in Woss Camp

and Nimpkish Camp for the VancouverIsland Extension Survey. George's goodnature was a morale-builder and a realcontribution to the survey. He is cur­rently working in the Okanagan area.

* * *CHARLIE WAL-TON, Draughtsmanwith the LocationBranch in Region I,is renowned fo r hisready smile and cheer­fu l disposition . Char­lie was raised andwent to school in the Victoria area andstarted to work for the Location Branchin Prince George in 1956. Since thattime he has worked on surveys in theLower Mainland, the Cassiar-StewartHighway, and the Vancouver IslandHighway. Charlie is married and hasone daughter.

IAN HAYN ES wasHead Dr augh t sm anfor the Woss Ca mp onthe Vancouver IslandExtension Sur vey. Hehas since moved to th ePenticton area with hiswife and children to

work on a survey along the OkanaganLake. Ian was raised in the Victo riaarea and has been with the Location-Branch since 1960. His ho bbies, hikingand prospecting, are well suited to sur­vey life.

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J. A. H OLM E S,Pers onnel Officer, isleaving the Depart­ment to venture into anew field of personnelwork. He is expectedto join the Civil Ser­vice Commission's

classification section October 1, and takeswith him a wealth of knowledge and ex­perience. He will be missed by the De­partment but will be remaining in theVictoria area close to his former associ­ates.

ROY DYER, newlyappointed Road Fore­man Grade 2 at FortSt. James, VanderhoofDistrict, started withthe Department in ,1950. He moved tohis present position

from McLeese Lake in June. He is mar­ried and has three children.

Prince George survey crew pause for RR cameraman. They are, left to right,Art Prodeahl, Glen McLeod, Rudy Vondarl, and Phil Erickson.

PAT HARKNESS,Technician with theRegion I LocationBranch, is a progres­sive and dedicated em­ployee who has givenyeoman service asChief Draughtsmanand Acting Project Supervisor. Pat wasin charge of the Sayward office on theVancouver Island Extension Survey andis now working on a job on the SunshineCoast. He was born in Vancouver,where he worked for the Vancouver CityEngineering Department before comingto the Location Branch. Pat is marriedand has two children.

FRASER A. MACLEAN'S manyfriends in the Government Service havebeen unanimous in extending congratula­tions on his appointment to the positionof Deputy Minister of Commercial Trans-

port. At the same time, Department per­sonnel in all areas of the Province andin every branch were sorry to see himleave. Mr. MacLean, P.Eng., com­menced employment as an Engineer-in­Training (Mechanical) in 1947 and ad­vanced through the mechanical branch tothe position' of Services Engineer. Hewas promoted to Assistant Deputy Minis­ter in October 1962. As Assistant DeputyMinister he has played a major role inthe development of the present Depart­mental organization.

his employment with the Department inJune 1949 as an Engineer-in-Training,was promoted to District Engineer, Nel­son , in January 1950, and advancedthrough the various levels of our regionalorganizations to the position of RegionalHighway Engineer, Prince George. Hetransferred to Victoria in May 1967. Mr.Harvey brings extensive experience to avery demanding job and takes with himthe best wishes of his colleagues.

New Assistant DeputyMinister Appointed

R. G. HA RVEY, P.Eng., is the De­partment's new Assistant Deputy Minis­ter. He replaces Fraser A. MacLean,who has left the Department to take theposition of Deputy Minister of Com­mercial Transport. Mr. Harvey began

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"EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES

The Annual British Columbia TruckRodeo was held in June at the OakridgeShopping Centre parking-lot in Vancou­ver. The skill of the competing driverswas judged by traffic officers from variouspolice departments. The Highways De­partment was represented - PatrolmanHarry Thomas, top, judging the off-setalley obstacle course in the walk-in vanclass and Patrolman George Cooper,above, performing the same function inthe tractor-trailer class.

Art Watson, Road Maintenance Fore­man at Bums Lake, recently won atrophy for the best Centennial beard inthe Burns Lake area. Art had to startclean shaven on January 1, 1971. Hesays he has grown about 10 beards inthe last 12 years.

One big fella with one small trophy,A rt O'Brian, Engineering A ssistant forRegional Materials Testing Branch, waslow-net winner in the Annual RegionGolf Tournament. Organizers wereR. M. Me Millan, District Superintendent,New Denver District, and Bill Cooper,District Technician, and their wives. Ap­proximately 90 attended at the New Den­ver Golf & Country Club, scene of theevent, and 76 participated in the tourna­ment including visitors from Region 2.

The shop and maintenance crews at Gibsons, North Vancouver District, recentlyheld a picnic to welcome several new employees and their [amilies to the area. Amongthose attending are, left to right, Eric White, stockman; Bart Duteau, Engineering Assis­tant; Oscar Hogue, Road Foreman; Cec Chamberlin, Truck Driver; Lloyd Hicks. SignMaintenance Man, Dave Miller, Mechanic; Mrs. Hicks; and George Flack, Mechanic.

Top bowlers in the Salmon Arm MixedBowling League are Herb Yoling, Engi­neering Aide, with Men's High Triple of841, and Marg Crown, Timekeeper, whowon the Ladies' High Single Trophy witha score of 346. Both are members ofthe "Bowling Stones" from the SalmonArm Courthouse. Other Departmentmembers are Murray Ramsay, DistrictTechnician; Steve Svlatko, District Super­intendent; and Cliff Brown, DistrictOffice Manager,

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10-7 CLUB

MRS. P. CUMBER­LAND, Clerk 3 in theNew Westminster of­fice, received a presen­tation made by B. A.L'Hirondelle, DistrictEngineer, on behalf ofthe New Westminster

office staff. Pat is retiring after nineyear s with the New Westminster office.

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JOHN ARTHUROLSON, Labourer onthe Cranbrook mainte­nance crew , retired inMay. John startedwith the Departmentin March 1964.

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served as District Engineer, DivisionalEngineer, and Region al ConstructionEngineer in various areas, including theKootenays, the North , and the LowerMainland. He transferred to Victoria in1958 to take the position of Records andEstimates Engineer, later changing toContract Documents Engineer. Pre sen­tations were made to Mr. and Mrs . Work­man by the Honourable W. D. Black;H. T. Miard, Deputy Minister ; and MissJean Grant. An evening stag dinner inMr . Workman's honour was held August19, and this was attended by approxi­mately 40 active and retired employeesof the Department.

ROSS WORKMAN, Contract Docu­ments Engineer, recently retired after 36years' service with the Department. Mr.Workman graduated in Mechanical Engi­neering in 1931 and started with theDepartment in October 1955. He has

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MISS MARTHAHYMERS, Secretaryto the Deputy Minis­ter , recently retired

e. after 25 years' servicewith the Department.Presentations on be-

Miss Hymers, half of the Govern-ment , the Department, and fellow em­ployees were made to Miss Hyrners bythe Honourable W. D. Black, Minister ofHighways, and H. T. Miard, DeputyMinister. In additionto the gift from herfellow employees, shereceived a meritoriousservice scroll from theBritish Columbia Gov­ernment. Miss Hy-mers started work with H. T. Miard.the Department in 1946 and served invarious offices of the Department untilher appointment as Secretary to theDeputy Minister in 1962. She plans toremain in Victoria and enjoy both readingand the outdoors.

FRED MAKORTOFF, Winlaw, hasworked with the New Denver HighwayDistrict for 14 years as a Labourer andhas recently been released from serviceon a disability pension.

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WILFRED SCHULZ, Mach ine Opera­tor 13 on the Salmon Arm maintenancecrew , retired recently after 16 years' ser­vice with the Department. Wilfred andhis wife will remain in Salmon Arm,where they have a small fruit-farm,

EUGENE GOFFINET retired in Julyfrom the New Denver Highway Districtafter working for three and one-half yearsas a Machine Operator with the Depart­ment.

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ROLLIE CARLTHOMPSON, Bridge­man 3 on the Cran­brook District bridgecrew, has retired after13 years' service .G. K. Austin, DistrictSuperintendent, pre­sented him with a gift on behalf of fellowemployees. Roll ie is married, with threesons, one daughter, and seven grand­children living in Cr anbrook.

* * *MURNEY BREN-TON, Stockman 4with He adqu arter sStores, retired May31, 1971, after 23years' service. Mur­ney joined the Loc a­tion and Con struction

Branch in Kamloops in 1948 and movedto Victori a the following year. He waspresented with a purse and received thebest wishes of his fellow workers shortlybefore his retirement. Murney's inter­ests are gardening and lodge work aswell as a yearly trip to Ontario to visithis son and daughter.

* * *A large crowd~gathered earlier thisyear to honour E. P.NELSON on his re­tirement. Pete startedwith the Departmenton a casual basis inNovember 1937. Afterserving with the Armed Forces from 1941to 1946, he returned to the Departmentin New Denver on March 15, 1946, asSenior Road Foreman, the position heheld for 25 years.

Former District Enginee r R. W. Git­tins, left, makes presentation to S tanDeans.

Stan Deans RetiresNew Westminster Highways District

held a smorgasbord dinner and dancerecently to honour STANLEY FRASERDEANS, who retired after 43 years' ser­vice. Stan retired as a Road Foreman 4from the Coquitlam Yard. Dudley D.Godfrey, Regional Highway Engineerfrom North Vancouver, read a letter fromH. T. Miard, Deputy Minister, Victoria,expressing the Department's appreciationof Mr. Deans' service. Roy Gittins, for­mer New Westminster District Engineer,made a presentation of a model by MissLynn Sawat sky, showing 20-foot snow­bank-removal problems. Captain DenisHarvey, of the Albion Ferry; Glyn Bris­coe, Engineering Aide 2 of the NewWestminster office; and Carl Seehuber,of the Cloverdale Yard, all made presen­tations.

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

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An album of memories from the not-too-distant past in theNew Denver District, late 20's and early 30's. Top left, black­smith shop located on bluffs south of Burton on Nakusp toVernon section of Highway 6, September 1938. Above, launch­ing of the old Needle s ferry (foreground), December 4, 1940,alongside the SS Banning/on. Top right , slide along the Kaslo­New Denver Road, June 23, 1939. Left, log culvert along BayStreet in Nakusp, March 1940, and, right, Bay Street from topof the slope after completion of culvert and road, April 1940.Bottom left, attempt at screening gravel, 1929. Below, falsepiles at Walker bridge in the Edgewood area, 1929, and, bottomright, speeder truck, Sandon-Three Forks Road, 1929.

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This Sawyer-Massey machine, a rare cross-breed of tractor andgrader. was used in 1928 on Highway 97 in the Monte Lake area.

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Provincial Government wharf, Prince Rupert, as it looked in1934. This wharf is still in lise and now leased to NorthlandNavigation and Babcock Fisheries.

OBITUARIESDAVID WILLIAM FEHR, Mate Grade 1, Francois Lake ferry,

died in Prince George Regional Hospital on June 17, 1971, leav­ing his wife and three children. He started with the Departmentin April 1958 on the Francois Lake ferry, and worked in allpositions, including Acting Captain. Mr. Fehr was respected byhis fellow workers and will be sorely missed by the people livingin the Southbank area.

On August 8, 1971, the Headquarters office staff of the Loca­tion Branch were deeply distressed by the death of ALLANRICKSON, 25, employed by the Department as a Draughtsman.He leaves his wife (Barbara), mother, father, and grandmother,of Victoria. Allan was continually furthering his education bynight- cchool courses. He had just completed building his ownhouse. He is sincerely missed by all who knew him.

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ON THE JOB

Ten miles of new pavement in the FortSt. John District, 640 miles from the dis­trict office. This is a section of new pulvi­mix pavement on the Watson Lake-Cas­siar-Stewart Highway 31. The GoodHope Lake maintenance crews built thesection during the summer of 1969 andthe pavement was placed by the regionalpulvimix crew this year.

Les Wilmont, Road Foreman 1, "onthe job" repairing a settlement in thepavement. The area was first levelledwith coldmix patching material, then al-inch. hotmix cover was placed. Lescommenced service in 1953 and hasworked on various aspects of the FortSt. John District maintenance operations.

Two members of the Rossland bridgecrews viewing a job well done. JakeGelesz, left, has been with the Depart­ment seven years, and Joe Gach, 27 years.

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Terrace District survey crew at work on the Zimacord Riverchannel survey. Left to right, Terry Drake, Engineering Aide 2;Francis Basely, Engineering Assistant, Location Branch; DonVarner, Engineering Aide 3; and Carmen Gidney, EngineeringAide 2.

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Pat Fay, left, and Dave Rowan, Bridgemen in the PrinceGeorge District, check out equipment.

In June the Fort Nelson bridge was destroyed by record-breaking high water on theFort Nelson River. Extremely heavy rains raised the level of the water about 5 feetover the bridge deck, causing a massive log jam which pushed the 780-foot Bailey bridgefrom its piers. Left, the tangled bridge after the water receded and, right, Fort Nelsonarea Foreman and crew rigging a ferry to provide access to the east side of the river,

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Suitably clad in hip-waders, J. G.Gunn, Bridgeman, Prince George District,checks water flow from a culvert.

Last June a small portion of Lytton-Lillooet Highway 12 slidaway. Left, the slide before repairs were started by the MerrittDistrict. Right, "after" picture shows repairs completed three dayslater.

The Waneta bridge over the Pend-d'OreilleRiver while under construction. The bridgerecently underwent complete renewal of thedeck by the Rossland District crews . Inset,Con Rindlcr, Bridge Foreman 1, Rossland Dis­trict , supervised the renewal of the deck systemon the Waneta bridge. Can has been with theDepartment 21 years .

Project 2139-Mamette Lake Road, left , cleaning out culv ert trench withDepartmental backhoe, operated by W. Hunt . Right, construction completed onMile 9.5.

Art Payne, Low-bed Operator, left, and Steve Screpnek, ShovelOperator, preparing to unload H-57 from low-bed in the PrinceGeorge District.

W. G. (George) McDougall, Road Foreman, left, and WalterHarris, Grader Operator, Bear Lake, Prince George District.

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ON THE JOB •TRANSFERS

New Westminster District EngineerB. A. L'HIRONDELLE has transferredto the North Vancouve r District to re­place R. W. GITIINS, who will becomethe Regional Construction Engineer afterretirement of E. J. GARRETI. ALWALISSER is the new District Engineerin New Westminster and he is replacedin the Vancouver Highway District byD. W. RANDELL, District Engineer inPrince George. District SuperintendentR. W. VEITCH moves from Burns Laketo Prince George and NEVILLE HOPEfrom the Construction Branch to theoffice of District Engineer in Burns Lake.

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QUHARSON, Stenog­rapher 3 with the Ma­terials Testing Branch,recently transferredfrom the BurnabyTesting Lab. to Kam­loops, where her hus­

band is employed with the British Colum­bia Forest Service. A graduate from thebusiness school of Alberta College inEdmonton, she has worked with SocialWelfare in Alberta and, upon moving toBritish Columbia, worked with MentalHealth Department until joining Depart­ment of Highways in January 1970.Some of her hobbies include sewing,swimming, andflying with her husband.

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WALKER was re­cently appointed asSecretary to Mr. H. T.Miard, Deputy Minis­ter. Connie startedwork with the Depart­ment in 1947 andworked in various stenographic and secre­tarial positions. As well as serving at onetime in the general office, she has hadexperience earlier as Secretary to theAssistant Chief Engineer and, more re­cently, to the Assistant Deputy Minister.

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ERTSON transferredto Gibsons as MachineOperator 4 from Tex­ada Island, where hehas worked for thepast five years. Delis single and spends

his spare time fishing and hiking.

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Grand Forks in June after he won theposition of Road Foreman 1 at Lardeau.Bill is married and has two children.

* * *EARL MARTINSEN, Road Foreman

in Sicamous, has transferred to SalmonArm as Road Maintenance Foreman 3.

WEDDINGS

Zenon Burechailo and Evelyn Pattisonwere married in Prince George, March19. Zenon is Office Manager for thePouce Coupe District.

Wendy Harbord and Doug Heckerwere married at St. Mark's AnglicanChurch in Dawson Creek, July 3. Dougis an Engineering Assistant for the De­partment at Pouce Coupe.

John Peters, Graderman, was ActingForeman on Thetis Island, Nanaimo Dis­trict, after Lome Slater left and beforehis replacement, W. R. Widmark, arrived.

James Oddie, Mechanic Welder, pre­fabricating sander at the Cranbrook Dis­trict shop. These sanders are assembledat Cranbrook and distributed to manyother districts.

Prince George Regional Carpenter crew in their shop. Left to right, CliffordWheeler, Foreman; Frank Zambano and Brian Bestward.

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SAFETY AWARDS, RALLIES, INFORMATION~

Prince Rupert District garage crew at Port Clementsreceiving their bronze-an-gold safety award from DistrictSuperintendent W. R . Ball. Left to right, Dave Greer,Wes Hollingshead, Mr. Ball, and Joe Condrotte,

Prince Rupert Distric t road crew at Prince Rupert receiving a goldsafety award from W. R . Ball, District Superintendent, They are, left toright, Dave Chauleur, Lloyd Rosell, William Pelech, Jim Jack, DonatoGrossi, Ken Murray, Robert Young, and Albert Bagshaw . LILLOOET FIRE

How fast are we losing our fingers, breaking our backs , damaging oureyesight? From January to July the Department had 83 accidents withfingers (21 per cent of total), 57 back injuries (14 per cent of total), and40 mishaps involving the eyes ( 10 per cent of total).

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The Lillooet Volunteer Fire Department, 60 percent Department of Highways personnel, helpedsave the town from further serious damage in therecent major forest fire. The city was menacedby the fire blown up from Seton Lake and rapidlyadvancing into the south end of town, burningthrough and destroying a number of homes on theIndian Reserve and some private dwellings inLillooet itself. It was touch and go whether thetown would get the brunt of the fire. The volun­teer fire department, led by Bill Balbirnie, Mechan­ical Foreman, prevented much worse damage. Thelocal hospital was temporarily evacuated and allcrews were kept busy the following day moppingup and suppressing the still-burning fires in town.

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EXTENSION OF VANCOUVER ISLANDHIGHWAY, KELSEY BAY TO PORT HARDY

Location crew at Woss Camp. Back row, left to right, KenWilliams, W. Wong. Ed Weismiller, Bill Pechnik, W. Johnston,George Dick, Jim Storey, Jim Hopkins, Ian Haynes, R. Lillie,Ron Madill, D. Conquergood (L. C. Johnson missing). Frontrow, left to right, Dan Heffernan, Project Supervisor Jack Makeiv,Lawrence Steinke, and Rick Criss.

Say ward location crew. Back row, left to right, AlOliver, Mark Stewart, Don Me Kenzie, Garry McNuII,Charlie Walton, Tom Lane. Middle row, left 10 right,Reg Bailey, Al Larson, Steve Williams, Bob Bowman.Front row, left to right, Bill MacDonell, Dave Lock, A.Laronde, Pat Harkness, Project Supervisor Ed Cobey,Jack Mawle. Photo of the Nimpkish Camp crew wasnot available.

Region 1 Location Branch has completed a 77-mile survey forthe extension of the Vancouver Island Highway from Kelsey Bayto Port Hardy.

Three location crews were used for the survey, between April1970 and July 1971, with bases at Sayward, Woss Camp, andNimpkish Camp. The Project Supervisors were E. H. Cobey atSayward, J. H. Makeiv at Woss Camp, and A. W. Kuzyk atNimpkish Camp. Crews consisted of both permanent and sum­mer student personnel.

Fortunately, the 1970/71 winter snowfal1 in the NimpkishVal1ey and Sayward was unusual1y light and crews were able towork throughout the winter. Where logging-roads existed, sur­vey crew access was no problem but along the Nimpkish Lakeand between Nimpkish and Woss Camps it was necessary to userailway speeders to transport crews to and from work daily. Inthe inaccessible Eve Summit area, between Woss Camp andKelsey Bay, a four-passenger helicopter was used for dailyaccess to the survey. Here it was also necessary to cut some ofthe heliports out of heavily timbered areas.

The 77-mile route is in generally good highway constructionterrain, but there are rough sections climbing out of the SaywardValley and along Nimpkish Lake. About 19 miles of the 77 arenow under construction and the remaining 58 miles are underdesign in the Victoria Location office and in the regional officein North Vancouver.

When complete, the highway will enable tourists and residentsof northern Vancouver Island to drive from Campbell River toPort Hardy in three hours rather than the six hours now neededto travel the present logging-road route, or the Beaver Cove­Kelsey Bay ferry Island Princess.

The Jet-Ranger helicopter landing at the Keta Lake serviceheliport.

Visiting regional location officials posewith some of the Say ward crew for RReditor. Left to right, Pat Harkness, ChiefDraughtsman; Gordie Garlinge, DesignTechnician; Al Tranfield, Regional Loca­tion Superintendent; Charlie Walton,Draughtsman; Ed Cobey, Project Super­visor.

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--------Draughtsman Ian Haynes at work inthe Woss Camp office.

Left 10 right, Jim Storey, Lawrence Steinke,Rick Criss, Ed Weismiller, and L. Johnsonwa.ting for the helicopter at the Eve Summitheliport.

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Northern extension of VallCOllver Island Highway 19 to connect with thepresent Port M eNeill- Port Hardy road is under way. Some 18 miles of COII­struction ha ve started along Nim pk ish Lake. ROII/e is sho wn above with illsetof its relati ve position all the Island, Belo w. present travel to northern part ofthe Island is by ferry bet ween Kelsey Bay and Beaver Cove aboard newlycatamaran-ized Island Princess (st em view) , or restricted logging-road fromGold River.

RICH REWARDS FOR HARD WORK,DILIGENCE AND SKILL-1875 VERSION

In 1875 the Government wasn't exactly tight­fisted, but it wasn't throwing away money eitherwhen it came to road surveys.

The Department of Lands & Works offered a"reward" for locating about 40 miles of road onVancouver Island. But, by gad, sir, they didn'twant any of your layabouts. The successful candi­date would have to earn his $100. One hundreddollars?

Yes, that was the price . And, what is more , itwasn't to take him any longer than three months.The losers presumably got nothing.

Here is the full text of a notice in The BritishColumbia Gazelle, October 2, 1875:

$100 REWARD

WAGGON ROADfrom

Victoria to Cowichan

The Government of British Columbia offer aReward of $100 to any person who will, withinthree months from date, measure, distinctlystake out , and blaze the best line for an EighteenFoot Wagon Road, connecting Par son's Bridge,Esquimalt District, with the trunk road at Rich­ardson's farm, on the Cowich an Flats, withgradients not exceeding one foot in ten, and fur­nish the Chief Commissioner of Land s andWork s, to his satisfaction, with a sketch of theroute and the necessary information for thepreparation of specifications for the workrequired.

The information required is as follows, viz:­1st. The total distance between the points

above mentioned :2nd. The lengths of the portions of the road

that are soft or swampy, and require macadamiz­ing:

3rd . The number, length, and height ofbridges:

4th. Character of the ground passed over andclass of timber passed through :

5th . Quantity of cribbing and walling, re­quired on side hill cuttings:

6th . A schedule showing the number of thestakes and the class of work required betweenthem, bridging, macadamizing, cribbing or wail­ing as the case may be:

7th. The distance and positions of witnesstrees from stakes. Provided that the proposedline shall not be either one of the several lineswhich have already been explored and markedby Government employes.

ROBERT BEAVEN,Chief Commissioner of Lands & Work s.

Lands & Works Department,Victoria, August 17th, 1875.

A full-scale location survey today through 40miles of virgin British Columbia territory couldeasily run to $250,000.

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