"82c1105d-59da-4346-bafd-94f4ceaa1993"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, 1946."@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2016"@en . "[1947]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0339799/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Railway Department\nPROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nANNUAL REPORT\nYear ended December 31 st\n1946\nPRINTED By\nAUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.\nVICTORIA, B.C. :\nPrinted by Dox McDiabmid, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1947. To His Honour Charles Arthur Banks,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it Please Your Honour:\nI have the honour to present herewith the Annual Report of the operations and\nactivities of the Railway Department for the year ended December 31st, 1946, with\nAppendices.\nL. H. EYRES,\nMinister of Railways.\nVictoria, B.C., February 14th, 1947- Victoria, B.C., December 31st, 1946.\nThe Honourable L. H. Eyres,\nMinister of Railways, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I beg to submit herewith the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Railway\nDepartment, covering the year 1946, together with Appendices:\nYour obedient servant,\nJ. M. STEWART,\nDeputy Minister and Chief Engineer. REPORT OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT.\nThe Department has supervision of all railways subject to the Provincial Statutes.\nThe staff of the Department as of December 31st, 1946, consisted of Deputy\nMinister and Chief Engineer, Chief Inspector, Inspecting Engineer, two Inspectors,\nand two stenographers.\nThe railways supervised by the Department include common carriers, industrial\nrailways, and electric interurban and street railways.\nThe Railway Department has, during this past year, been more active both in the\ncivil engineering branch and in the mechanical than it has been in the past twenty-five\nyears. Efforts have been made to modernize and bring up to date the rules and regulations made pursuant to the \" Railway Act \" in order that all known suitable safety rules\nmay be applied and the number of accidents minimized.\nThe civil engineering branch has had the supervision and carrying out of surveys\nlooking toward the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway north to the Peace\nRiver District.\nIn the industrial field, and particularly in logging, truck-roads are taking the place\nof railway spurs and in a few instances of main lines, but where the long haul prevails\nrailways hold their own. Among the larger companies the tendency is towards the use\nof heavier power.\nThe new boiler code embraces the best boiler construction practices in Canada and\nthe United States so that greater advantages can be derived from the modern engineering methods practised today by the larger and more progressive locomotive and boiler\nmanufacturers. One section of the new boiler code deals with the latest methods of\nfusion welding and the inspection of all-welded boilers and pressure-vessels by the\nX-ray process, while another section deals exclusively with the design of railway locomotive boilers and permits the manufacture of all-welded locomotive boilers under the\ncontrol of strict Government inspection.\nThe Boiler Code Committee included the Chief Inspector and Inspectors of this\nDepartment together with Inspectors appointed under the \" Boiler Inspection Act,\"\nincluding the Chief Inspector.\nIn preparing the new boiler code the committee endeavoured to establish a uniformity of rules and regulations between the various Provincial Departments concerned.\nWhile advantage may be taken of the most up-to-date construction under this code, at\nthe same time the rules have been made sufficiently flexible to make due allowances for\nboilers constructed under previous or other rulings in order that existing equipment\nwill not be unduly penalized and at the same time be safe for operation.\nNew regulations were prepared covering locomotive cranes and the regulations for\nlocomotives were revised during the year.\nCOMMON CARRIERS.\nThe Pacific Great Eastern Railway.\nProposed Northern Extension.\nSurveys for the proposed northern extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway\nwere carried out under the supervision of the Department. Four survey parties were\nplaced in the field between Prince George, Hudson Hope, and Dawson Creek in June and\nwere withdrawn December 15th, having completed the main part of the survey with the\nexception of a small gap between East Pine and Dawson Creek.\nDifficulties of obtaining trained personnel, supplies, and equipment slowed up the\nprogress of the survey but valuable information was obtained.\n5 LL 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nOperation\u00E2\u0080\u0094General Manager's Report.\nThe following remarks by the General Manager are incorporated in this report:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" Maintenance of Way.\u00E2\u0080\u0094No serious delays or obstructions were encountered during\n1946. Traffic moved without serious interruption throughout the year. Owing to the\nserious and continued labour shortage, it has not as yet been possible to undertake any\npart of the increasing deferred maintenance programme. It was feasible only to undertake those items and duties having a direct bearing on the maintenance of the track\nstructures in a safe operating condition to permit the movement of freight and passenger traffic over the railway. The repairs to buildings, bridges, and other structures\ncome under this same category.\n\" Maintenance of Equipment.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The mechanical department, under whose jurisdiction repairs to all locomotives, freight and passenger cars are performed, has been\ngreatly overtaxed in its constant and consistent endeavours to maintain the equipment\nin condition to give service to the continually increasing traffic. The urgency of securing additional new equipment is becoming more vital to the economy of operation and\ntransportation, and also to replace worn-out and obsolete equipment. Real economies\nin this Department cannot be sustained under present conditions.\n\" Operation.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The lack of sufficient and suitable locomotives and cars puts a great\nburden on this department in both labour and equipment, and places the transportation\nof both freight and passengers offered to the railway in a not too satisfactory situation. The increase in all branches of traffic has been very material and has exceeded\nexpectations. Its nature has all the earmarks of permanency. The tourists who travelled over the railway during the holiday season of 1946 were consistently very enthusiastic in their comments. Expressed satisfaction of this nature is known to be the\nmost effective type of advertising. Forest products continue to hold first place in\nvolume of freight traffic. Especially encouraging is the movement of pulp-wood, cedar\npoles, Cottonwood and fir logs for plywood manufacture for the local markets. The export lumber, ties, and pit-props may be expected to decrease gradually as the European\ncountries restore their industries to a pre-war status. Agriculture in the Lillooet and\nPemberton districts should expand to offset the possible traffic losses in export. A forecast into the immediate future appears to warrant continued optimism for the railway.\n\"W. H. Tobey,\nGeneral Manager.\"\nInspecting Engineer's Report.\n\" I have to report that the properties of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company coming under my jurisdiction have been inspected. Such inspection included an\nexamination of all the items enumerated in subsection (2) of section 177 of the ' Railway Act,' excepting power (locomotives) rolling-stock and the electric power, light, and\nwater services at Squamish, Lillooet, and Williams Lake, and I beg to report as\nfollows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"All the properties and plants of this railway, including buildings, track, track\nstructures, drainage, road-bed, fences and right-of-way, are, taking into consideration\nthe speed of trains and the increase in traffic, in a fair condition and fulfil the requirements necessary for the safe operation of traffic.\n\" The volume of traffic has continued to materially increase during the year, and\nthe track and bridges and buildings still remain far below those required to maintain\nthe railway's facilities at the proper standard set in the pre-war regime.\n\" However, the vitally urgent and necessary repairs to structures have been made\nto fulfill the requirements of safety to train operation. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, 1946. LL 7\n\" Constant and consistent attention has been exercised in the maintenance of all\nitems pertaining to the safety of the track and structures.\n\"D. 0. Lewis,\nInspecting Engineer.\"\nINDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS.\nIndustrial railways continue to operate at full capacity. Many of the companies\noperating railways have changed hands or have been merged under the management\nof other companies.\nDuring the war years companies were handicapped by a shortage of materials and\ncompetent mechanics as well as an extra pressure of work. Due to these conditions\nmuch of the motive equipment required heavy repairs during 1946 in order to keep it in\na condition safe to operate. Most of this work was done at the companies' shops, which\nnecessitated extra travelling for the Inspectors in order that they could supervise the\nwork.\nLOCOMOTIVE CRANES.\nInspections of boilers and safety appliances in shipyards and other industrial plants\nare continued where cranes and other mobile plants operate on track.\nSTREET-RAILWAYS.\nBritish Columbia Electric Railway.\nThe passenger traffic of the railway has continued to increase in volume even over\nlast year which was the heaviest on record. This has placed excessive strain on the\nequipment.\nThe Department acknowledges the co-operation of the railway company in safety\nmeasures. The rules and regulations governing city street-car equipment and operation were revised and reprinted.\nFOREST FIRE PROTECTION.\nInspections of fire-prevention equipment were made on locomotives of all railways,\nincluding those subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Transport Commissioners\nfor Canada, this being a requirement of the Forest Service of the Department of Lands\nand Forests.\nTests of coal continued and a certain amount of technical research was made regarding the elimination of spark emission on coal-burning locomotives operating in the\nEast Kootenay District. New designs of front-end and ash-pan arrangements as well\nas centrifugal spark-arresters were tested under operating conditions by an Inspector\nfrom this Department. These tests were carried out in collaboration with Inspectors\nfrom the Board of Transport Commissioners at Ottawa and it is felt the results of these\ntests will lead to a better control of spark elimination on coal-burning locomotives with\na consequent reduction of forest fires along the right-of-way.\nACTIVITIES OF INSPECTORS.\n1. Inspection of locomotives on industrial railways, including testing of boilers,\nbrakes, etc., and checking all plans and specifications in connection with same.\n2. Inspection of all rolling-stock and equipment on all Provincial railways.\n3. Inspection of all locomotive cranes and equipment where operated on track.\n4. Inspection of locomotives and equipment of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway\nCompany.\n5. Investigation of accidents. LL 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA.\n6. Supervision of reconstruction of locomotives.\n7. Inspection of all locomotives (including C.P.R., E. & N., C.N.R., G.N.R.) in the\nProvince in regard to forest-protection.\n8. Conducting examinations for locomotive engineers, conductors, and power-car\noperators.\n9. Inspection of cars and equipment of the British Columbia Electric Railway\nCompany and the Nelson street-railway and administering the regulations made pursuant to the \" Railway Act\" in regard to operation. Checking schedules and overcrowding of cars.\n10. Inspection of tracks and structures on all Provincial railways.\nEQUIPMENT INSPECTION BRANCH.\nChief Inspector's Report.\n\" The work of this branch has continued to increase during the past year and the\nInspectors have been fully occupied.\n\" Six second-hand locomotives and two steam locomotive cranes were imported\nfrom the United States during the year. These required rebuilding and reconditioning,\nwhich work was also supervised by the Inspectors.\n\"A new Diesel electric locomotive was imported by the Morrissey, Fernie & Michel\nRailway. This was inspected and tested and a set of regulations drafted covering the\noperation and certification of internal-combustion locomotives and their engineers.\n\"A system of annually certifying power rail-cars and small gas locomotives was\ninstituted. This required the inspection of all the equipment involved in order that\ncertificates could be issued. Operators for this type of equipment were scarce, and\nwhile many men were examined others required instruction so that they could operate\nunder supervision until they were eligible to be examined. Considerable time was\nspent on the supervision of the building of power rail-cars so that they would be in\naccordance with the regulations. One car with a capacity of eighty passengers was\nconstructed under departmental supervision.\n\" Rolling-stock inspection report forms were drafted and printed to be filled out by\nthe Inspectors on inspecting street-cars and all types of rolling-stock, a copy of the\nreport of defective equipment being forwarded to the chief officer of the company\nconcerned.\n\" During the year all railways, bridges, equipment, and operations were inspected,\nattention being paid to the improvement of the dispatch systems now in operation. A\nspecial inspection was made of all logging-railways in collaboration with the Workmen's\nCompensation Board during the latter part of the year, and also a special inspection\nwas made of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company's equipment at Squamish.\n\" Booklets were prepared and printed to prepare locomotive engineers, locomotive\ncrane engineers, conductors, and power-car operators for examination, and a greater\nnumber of applicants have taken the examination, which is now both oral and written.\nA new examination and certificate was brought out covering steam locomotive crane\nengineers. Six men passed the examination and certificates were issued to them.\n\" The operation of the British Columbia Electric Railway required attention during\nthe year as to the application of the new regulations and the investigation of accidents.\n\" Following is a report of the inspection-work performed during the year 1946:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHydrostatic tests applied to boilers 166\nInternal and external inspections of boilers 30\nInternal-combustion locomotives inspected 10\nInternal-combustion locomotive certificates issued 4\nRailway power-cars inspected 65 RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, 1946.\nLL 9\nRailway power-car certificates issued\nLocomotive engineers examined\t\nCertificates issued to locomotive engineers\nConductors examined \t\nCertificates issued to conductors\t\nPower-car operators examined\t\nPermits issued to power-car operators\t\nLocomotive crane engineers examined\t\nCertificates issued to locomotive crane engineers\t\nNumber of cars inspected on industrial railways\t\nNumber of locomotives inspected other than hydrostatic tests .\nNumber of street and interurban cars inspected\t\nAccidents investigated on industrial railways\t\nFatal accidents on industrial railways\t\nAccidents investigated on common carrier railways\t\nFatal accidents on common carrier railways\t\nAccidents investigated on B.C. Electric Railway\t\nFatal accidents on B.C. Electric Railway\t\nBoiler designs approved by the Department\t\nAir reservoir designs approved by the Department\t\nRetainer valve design approved by the Department\t\nInspections made of locomotive fire-protective appliances on\nindustrial railways \t\nInspections made of fire-protective appliances on locomotives of\nC.P.R., C.N.R., G.N.R., E. & N. Railway, and National Harbours Board for Board of Transport Commissioners\t\n22\n8\n7\n6\n6\n11\n10\n6\n6\n1,220\n115\n185\n5\n2\n2\n2\n20\n13\n9\n3\n1\n24\n546\n\" R. E. Swanson,\nChief Inspector.\"\nLIST OF APPENDICES.\nA list of Executive Council certificates issued is given in Appendix A.\nAccidents on railways under Provincial jurisdiction are shown in Appendix B.\nIndustrial railways operating during the year are shown in Appendix C.\nA list of locomotive cranes in industrial plants inspected by the Department is\nshown in Appendix D.\nA summary of the mileage of all railways operating in the Province is shown in\nAppendix E. LL 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nAPPENDICES.\nAPPENDIX A.\nCertificates issued under the Provisions of the \" Railway Act.\"\nCertificate No.\nAppointing R. E. Swanson and J. H. Carmichael pursuant to section 210\nof the \" Railway Act\" to investigate the circumstances connected\nwith any accident or casualty to life 713\nAmending the rules and regulations, Part 3, made pursuant to the\n\" Railway Act \" 714\nGranting the B.C. Electric Railway Company, Limited, leave to construct a spur track in the Municipality of Burnaby 715\nApproving rules and regulations governing the operation of tramways,\ninterurban and street railways 716\nDeclaring that the provisions of section 4 of the \" Railway Act\" shall\napply to certain companies named in regard to their locomotive\ncranes 717\nApproving the form and contents of the bill of lading to be used by the\nPacific Great Eastern Railway Company for goods 718\nApproving general location of logging-railway of the Hemmingsen-\nCameron ' Company, Limited 719\nApproving the form and contents of express bill of lading to be used\nby the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company for goods 720\nApproving the amendment to rules and regulations, Part 6, pursuant\nto section 287 of the \" Railway Act \" 721\nGranting leave to the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the\nDistrict of Matsqui to construct a grade highway crossing over\nthe track of the Vancouver Power Company, Limited 722\nGranting the B.C. Electric Railway Company, Limited, leave to construct a spur track in the Municipality of Burnaby 723\nGranting the B.C. Electric Railway Company, Limited, leave to construct a spur track in the Municipality of Burnaby 724\nApproving Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company's freight tariff on\nautomobiles, etc., between Lillooet and Shalalth 725\nAPPENDIX B.\nAccident Report.\nBritish Columbia Electric Railway Company, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 injured. Killed.\nPassengers 163 2\nEmployees 1\nOther persons 31 13\nPacific Great Eastern Railway Company\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPassengers \t\nEmployees 43 1\nOther persons 1\nIndustrial railways\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nEmployees 6 1\nOther persons 1 1\nLocomotive cranes\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nEmployees \t\nTotals 244 20 RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, 1946.\nLL 11\nAPPENDIX B.\nAccident Report, 1946.\nPersons injured.\nResult.\nCause.\nB.C. Electric Railway Co\n1 car-passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger ,\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\nI passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 car-passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 cyclist\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\nInjury to lower back, hip, and coccyx\nBruised back\t\nInjury to knee and ankle\t\nIn jury to lumbar region\t\nSprained ankle\t\nInjury to head and eye\t\nSevere cuts on face\t\nLower back strained\t\nBadly bruised\t\nCracked vertebrae\t\nTwo fractured ribs, injured forearm..\nInjury to back, hip, and hand\t\nInjury to left shoulder\t\nFatal\t\nInjury to lumbar vertebras\t\nInjury to back\t\nInjury to right shoulder\t\nInjury to lower leg and thigh\t\nInjury to left shoulder and back\t\nMinor injuries _\t\nTibia wound and bruises\t\nBruised, shock\t\nBroken vertebras\t\nInjury to knee and back\t\nFractured foot\t\nInjury to head\t\nInjury to foot and ankle\t\nInjury to chest and knee\t\nBruised shoulder and back\t\nInjury to forearm, elbow, and shin\t\nFractured ribs\t\nPelvic break, shock\t\nInjury to back\t\nSevere headaches, back injuries\t\nFractured rib\t\nInjured nerves, lumbar region\t\nInjury to back and arm\t\nGeneral bruises and shock\t\nFractured skull\t\nGenerally bruised\t\nHead concussion\t\nInjury to eye, cuts to head\t\nInjury to back and head\t\nInjury to neck, back, and head\t\nThree broken ribs\t\nStrained muscles\t\nInjury to lower dorsal region\t\nFractured skull and punctured ear\ndrum\t\nInjury to spine and neck\t\nInjury to elbow and shoulder\t\nInjury to shoulder\t\nFractured vertebrae\t\nInjury to lumbo-sacral region\t\nInjury to back\t\nInjury to right shoulder\t\nInjury to right knee joint\t\nInjury to neck\t\nInjury to knee and head\t\nInjury to neck and head\t\nFractured rib\t\nBruised and cut leg\t\nStreet-car struck auto.\nFell alighting.\nStruck by door of street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nFell boarding.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nStruck by street-car.\nStreet-car collision.\nStruck alighting.\nFell in rear vestibule.\nStreet-car collision.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nTruck struck by train.\nFell alighting.\nStruck by street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nKnocked down by motorman.\nFell boarding.\nFell in street-car.\nStreet-car started while alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nStreet-car and pole-truck collided.\nAuto and tram collided.\nAuto and tram collided.\nStreet-car started while alighting.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nFell alighting.\nStruck by street-car.\nDerailment.\nDerailment.\nDerailment.\nAuto and train collided.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStruck by street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFire on street-car. LL 12\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nAPPENDIX B\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nAccident Report, 1946\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nPersons injured.\nResult.\nB.C. Electric Railway Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cont.\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 trackman\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger ,\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 boy\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n* passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\nInjury to right leg\t\nFractured pelvis bone\t\nInjury to head, eye, and chest\t\nThree broken ribs, broken leg\t\nConcussion\t\nHead and chest injury\t\nInjury to elbow and vertebra.\t\nInjury to face by glass\t\nCuts on temple, hand bruised\t\nFatal\t\nFatal\t\nInjury to ankle and knee\t\nInjury to back and leg\t\nInjury to cervical vertebra?\t\nInjury to back, elbow, and wrist-\nInjury to shoulder and arm\t\nFractured back\t\nInjury to back\t\nInjury to back\t\nInjury to cervical vertebras\t\nMild concussion\t\nBruised right knee\t\nFatal\t\nFractured right ankle\t\nBroken hip\t\nInjury to head\t\nInjury to right hand\t\nInjury to leg and back\t\nInjury to ankle joint\t\nBruised scalp, back, and legs\t\nDizziness, injury to shoulders\t\nInjury to neck and back\t\nInjury to right shoulder\t\nInjury to left shoulder ,\t\nInjury to right ankle\t\nInjury to back, ankle, and finger..\nInjury to back, elbow bruises\t\nInjury to Iumbo-sacral region\t\nInjury to scalp and hip region\t\nFractured ribs\t\nBruised arm, blood clot\t\nInjury to lower back, shoulder\t\nInjured coccyx\t\nInjury to right side\t\nInjured leg\t\nInjury to right leg\t\nBroken ribs, injury to knee\t\nInjury to ankle\t\nInjury to head\t\nBroken ankle\t\nFatal\t\nFractured skull\t\nBroken wrist\t\nInjury to head\t\nBroken leg\t\nLoosened coccyx\t\nInjury to scalp\t\nFatal\t\nBroken leg\t\nInjury to shoulder and back\t\nFractured rib\t\nBruised lower back, coccyx\t\nFire on street-car.\nStruck by street-car.\nTaxi and street-car collided.\nTaxi and street-car collided.\nTaxi and street-car collided.\nTaxi and street-car collided.\nFell alighting.\nStreet-car struck signal arm on bridge.\nStreet-car struck signal arm on bridge.\nStruck by street-car.\nSpeeder and train collided.\nStreet-car caught fire.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nStreet-car collision.\nInjured while boarding.\nStreet-car derailment.\nStreet-car derailment.\nStreet-car derailment.\nStreet-car derailment.\nStreet-car collision.\nHit by street-car.\nStruck by train.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting.\nInjured in street-car.\nFcot caught in door, broke glass.\nInjured boarding.\nInjured boarding.\nDerailment.\nDerailment.\nDerailment.\nDerailment.\nDerailment.\nDerailment.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nStruck by rear of street-car.\nFell boarding.\nFell in street-car.\nStruck by street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell boarding.\nFell alighting.\nStreet-car split switch.\nStruck by street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nStreet-car started while boarding.\nFell boarding.\nStruck by street-car.\nFell alighting.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, 1946.\nLL 13\nAPPENDIX B\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nAccident Report, 1946\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nPersons injured.\nResult.\nB.C. Electric Railway Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cont\nI passenger....\t\nI passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-passenger\t\nI pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\nBroken pelvis\t\nBuckled pelvis\t\nCut forehead and bruised lip\t\nFatal\t\nInjuries to chest\t\nDislocated shoulder\t\nBladder condition\t\nFractured breast-bone\t\nInjury to left shoulder\t\nColles fracture of ulna and radius...\nInjured hip and knee\t\nInjury to back and knee\t\nBruised and shaken\t\nMinor injuries\t\nInjury to lumbar vertebras\t\nMinor injuries\t\nMinor injuries\t\nInjury to right shoulder\t\nFatal\t\nInjury to arm\t\nInjury to left sacroiliac joint\t\nInjury to lower back and hip\t\nBroken collar-bone\t\nInjury to sacroiliac joints\t\nInjury to lower back, ankles\t\nFractured collar-bone\t\nFractured right ankle and back\ninjuries\t\nBroken arm\t\nBroken wrist, general bruises\t\nInjury to right elbow\t\nInjury to back, left leg and knee\t\nInjury to head, neck, shoulder, and\nhand\t\nInjury to knee and dorsal spine\t\nBroken coccyx\t\nInjury to arm and shoulder\t\nInjury to right knee\t\nInjury to forehead\t\nInjury to head, shock\t\nInjury to arm\t\nInjury to chest\t\nFatal\t\nInjury to head\t\nInjury to head and shoulder\t\nSevere injuries to head\t\nStrained neck muscles\t\nBroken hip and elbow\t\nFatal\t\nInjury to shoulder and back\t\nInjury to right temple\t\nFatal\t\nInjury to right fibula\t\nInjury to cervical vertebras\t\nInjury to back and knee\t\nInjury to coccyx\t\nFatal\t\nFractured sacrum\t\nInjury to shoulder and ankle\t\nInjury to lower sacrum\t\nInjury to lower back\t\nInjury to head, chest, and fingers...\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting.\nFell in street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nStruck by street-car.\nAuto and train collided.\nAuto and train collided.\nFell in street-car.\nStruck by train.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell alighting.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nStruck by street-car.\nCoat caught in door while alighting.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell boarding.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell in street-car.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell in street-car.\nStreet-cars collided.\nStreet-cars collided.\nStreet-cars collided.\nStreet-cars collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nStruck by street-car.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nStreet-cars collided\nFell boarding.\nStruck by street-car.\nFell alighting.\nAuto and train collided.\nStruck by street-car.\nStreet-car collision.\nStreet-car collision.\nInjured boarding street-car.\nFell alighting.\nStruck by street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell boarding.\nFell in street-car.\nFell in streetcar.\nStruck by street-car. LL 14\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nAPPENDIX B\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nAccident Report, 1946\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nPersons injured.\nResult.\nCause.\nB.C. Electric Railway Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cont,\n1 passenger ....\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\nI passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 car-passenger\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 child\t\n1 passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 car-passenger\t\n1 car-passenger\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 car-driver\t\n1 pedestrian\t\n1 child\t\nPacific Great Eastern Railway.\n1 trainman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 engineer.\t\n1 trainman\t\n1 trainman\t\n1 trainman\t\n1 conductor\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 deck-hand\t\n1 carman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 watchman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 deck-hand\t\n1 machinist\t\n1 fireman\t\n1 boiler-maker\t\n1 sectionman ,\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 bridgeman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 topographer\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 bridgeman\t\n1 surveyor.\t\n1 seaman\t\n1 axeman\t\n1 car-inspector\t\n1 labourer.\t\nInjury to back\t\nInjury to ankle\t\nInjury to arm\t\nFractured ribs ,\t\nInjury to lower dorsal spine.\t\nInjury to lower back and leg\t\nInjury to ankle\t\nInjury to back\t\nInjury to side and knee\t\nInjury to chest and leg\t\nInjury to shoulder\t\nInjury to ankle\t\nSlight cut on forehead\t\nBent tip of coccyx forward\t\nFractured rib\t\nSprained back\t\nFractured base of skull\t\nFractured pelvis\t\nCut on back of shoulder\t\nFatal\t\nFractured ankle\t\nPossible fractured nose\t\nFractured right wrist\t\nFatal\t\nSlight cut over left side of head..\nFatal\t\nFatal\t\nBruised chest\t\nFatal\t\nBruised shoulder\t\nInjured knee\t\nCrushed two fingers\t\nSprained knee\t\nFractured wrist\t\nFractured wrist\t\nSplinter at base of thumb ,\nSprained ankle\t\nSprained back\t\nCrushed thumb and two fingers..\nHead abrasions\t\nStrained side\t\nBroken leg\t\nInjured ankle\t\nArch in foot injured\t\nInjured face\t\nSprained back\t\nLacerated fingers\t\nCut ankle\t\nStrained back\t\nCame in contact with poison ivy.\nWrenched knee\t\nJammed foot, sprained ankle\t\nPunctured foot\t\nInjured fingers\t\nCut thumb\t\nCut two fingers\t\nCut tendon in toe\t\nInjured back\t\nJammed finger\t\nFell in street-car.\nStreet-car and train collided.\nStreet-car and train collided.\nFell in street-car.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nFell in street-car.\nFell alighting.\nFell boarding.\nFell in street-car.\nFell in street-car.\nFell boarding.\nFell alighting.\nStreet-car and auto collided.\nFell in streetcar.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nBraced self to avoid falling in street-car.\nStruck by street-car.\nRan in front of street-car.\nFell against window of street-car.\nStruck by street-car.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nAuto and street-ear collided.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nStruck by street-car.\nAuto and street-car collided.\nStruck by street-car.\nRan into side of street-car.\nFell across coupler.\nDerailment.\nJumped from gas-car when derailed.\nKnee caught between lever and seat.\nRemoving dumping-arm from car.\nAlighting, slipped on loose rock.\nSlipped and fell on wrist.\nThrown against door.\nUnloading ties.\nSlipped when mooring.\nSlipped lifting draw-bar.\nLoading ties.\nStruck by motor while walking track.\nLifting ties, lost balance.\nHandle of winch released suddenly.\nChain slipped when applying main rod to\nlocomotive.\nWhen breaking coal, bar slipped.\nWalking past forge, struck with hot flue.\nUnloading rails, lost balance.\nSpiking with maul.\nAxe slipped when cutting trees.\nLifting timbers.\nPutting in ties.\nLost footing.\nPulling out old tree.\nStruck foot with pick.\nDriving piles.\nFell on axe.\nMoving barge.\nCutting trees, axe slipped.\nFell locking stock-car door.\nLoading ties. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, 1946.\nLL 15\nAPPENDIX B\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nAccident Report, 1946\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nPersons injured.\nResult.\nCause.\nPacific Great Eastern Railway\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nContinued.\n1 sectionman\t\n1 labourer\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 axeman\t\n1 machinist _\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 bridgeman\t\n1 seaman\t\n1 sectionman\t\n1 carman\t\n1 pedestrian\t\nBloedel, Stewart & Welch, Ltd.\n1 employee\t\nBritannia Mining & Smelting Co.,\nLtd.\n1 child\t\nAlberni Pacific Lumber Co., Ltd.\n4 employees\t\n1 car-driver\t\nComox Logging & Railway Co.\n1 employee\t\n1 employee\t\nBruised toe\t\nForeign substance in eye\t\nRock hit eye\t\nBruised arm and leg\t\nCame in contact with poison ivy\t\nStrained back\t\nBruised foot\t\nHurt groin\t\nSprained wrist\t\nSprained shoulder\t\nBruised hip\t\nWrenched back\t\nFatal\t\nFatal\t\nFatal\t\nMinor scratches\t\nFractured collar bone, ribs, and left\nleg..\t\nFractured skull\t\nFractured wrist\t\nFell unloading ties.\nDigging gravel.\nRenewing ties.\nClearing slide.\nCutting brush.\nUnloading from truck.\nTaking down rod from engine.\nCarrying switch-point.\nHead broke off spike when removing spikes.\nPutting spike through cable.\nWhen changing switch, slipped and fell.\nTrack slipped out of hand.\nStruck by train.\nExplosion of pressure-tank.\nRan in front of train.\nBroken rail derailed speeder.\nAuto collided with train at highway crossing.\nSpeeder collided with locomotive.\nSpeeder collided with locomotive.\nAPPENDIX C.\nList of Railways and Summary of Mileage.\nIndustrial Railways.\nOperating.\nMileage.\n1. Alberni Pacific Lumber Company, Ltd\t\n2. Arrowhead Wood Preservers, Ltd\t\n3. B. & D. Logging Company\t\n4. Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, Ltd\t\n5. Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, Ltd\t\n6. Bloedel, Stewart & Welch, Ltd\t\n7. Britannia Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd..\t\n8. Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd\t\n9. Canadian Forest Products, Ltd\t\n10. Comox Logging & Railway Company\t\n11. Comox Logging & Railway Company\t\n12. Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd\t\n13. Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd\t\n14. Crows Nest Pass Coal Company, Ltd\t\n15. Deep Bay Logging Company (suspended temporarily)\n16. Deeks Sand & Gravel Company, Ltd\t\n17. Dominion Tar & Chemical Company, Ltd\t\n18. Elk River Timber Company, Ltd\t\n19. British Columbia Forest Products, Ltd\t\n20. British Columbia Forest Products, Ltd.\t\n21. British Columbia Forest Products, Ltd\t\nPort Alberni\t\nRevelstoke\t\nHyde Creek, V.I\t\nGreat Central\t\nSay ward\t\nBarclay District\t\nBritannia Beach\t\nNanaimo\t\nEnglewood\t\nComox District\t\nLadysmith\t\nTrail\t\nKimberley\t\nCoal Creek, etc\t\nFanny Bay\t\nCoquitlam\t\nNew Westminster\t\nCampbell River\t\nHarris Creek\t\nCowichan Lake District.\nPort Renfrew\t\n75.0\n1.0\n1.5\n18.0\n50.0\n51.5\n7.1\n13.8\n46.5\n26.0\n38.6\n20.0\n24.9\n9.7\n8.5\n2.2\n6.0\n72.0\n21.5\n39.0\n32.0 LL 16\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nAPPENDIX C\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nList of Railways and Summary of Mileage\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nIndustrial Railways\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nName.\nOperating.\nMileage.\n17.5\n10.0\n8.5\n4.6\n5.0\n5.0\n34.7\n13.9\n53.5\n4.5\n32. Wellington Colliery Railway Company\t\n33.0\n37.0\n792.0\nCommon Carriers.\nPacific Great Eastern Railway\t\nSquamish Division, main line\t\n347.8\n4.5\nYard track and sidings\t\n31.0\n2.4\n1.6\n387.3\nTramways.\n38.1\n116.4\n96.3\n67.0\n3 5\n321.3\nSummary of Railway Mileage.\nIndustrial railways \t\nCommon carriers \t\nTramways (city) \t\nTotal, all lines.\nMileage.\n792.0\n550.6\n158.0\n1,500.6 RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, 1946. LL 17\nAPPENDIX D.\nList of Cranes and Portable Equipment inspected by Department of Railways.\nAlberni Pacific Lumber Company, Limited Crane No. 40929 B.C.\nCrane No. D.R. 300.\nAlberta Lumber Company, Limited Crane No. 42284 B.C.\nArrowhead Wood Preservers, Limited Crane No. D.R. 322.\nBloedel, Stewart & Welch, Limited Crane No. 3843.\nCrane No. 44666 B.C.\nB.C. Cement Company, Limited Crane No. 21439 B.C.\nB.C. Forest Products, Limited Crane No. D.R. 320.\nCrane No. D.R. 319.\nCrane No. 20742 B.C.\nRafting-machine No. 44213 B.C.\nB.C. Pulp & Paper Company, Limited Crane No. D.R. 304.\nBurrard Drydock Company, Limited Crane No. 50514 B.C.\nCrane No. 12370 B.C.\nCrane No. 44386 B.C.\nCrane No. 21532 B.C.\nCrane No. 41298 B.C.\nCrane No. D.R. 289.\nCrane No. D.R. 293.\nCrane No. D.R. 292.\nCrane No. D.R. 299.\nGas-crane No. 4.\nCanada Creosoting Company, Limited Crane No. 44441 B.C.\nCanadian Collieries (D.), Limited Steam-shovel D.R. 301.\nCanadian Forest Products, Limited Crane No. 43635 B.C.\nCrane No. 43973 B.C.\nComox Logging __. Railway Company Unloader No. 43830 B.C.\nConsolidated Mining & Smelting Company of\nCanada, Limited Crane No. 12772 B.C.\nDepartment of Public Works, Canada\n(Nanaimo Assembly Wharf) Crane No. D.R. 306.\nDominion Bridge Company, Limited Crane No. 44129 B.C.\nCrane No. 44317 B.C.\nElk River Timber Company, Limited Crane No. 21085 B.C.\nEsquimalt Drydock Crane No. 22582 B.C.\nCrane No. 44209 B.C.\nEvans, Coleman & Evans Company, Limited... Crane No. D.R. 316.\nHillcrest Lumber Company, Limited Crane No. 40049 B.C.\nCrane No. 44315 B.C.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0King, M. B., Lumber Company, Limited Crane No. 12430 B.C.\nMayo Lumber Company (1943), Limited Crane No. D.R. 321.\nNorthern Construction Company, Limited Crane No. 12321 B.C.\nOsborn Bay Wharf Company, Limited Crane No. 21526 B.C.\nPacific Coast Terminals Company, Limited Crane No. 44440 B.C.\nPacific Drydock Company, Limited Crane No. D.R. 295.\nCrane No. D.R. 302.\nPacific Great Eastern Railway Company Pile-driver No. D.R. 312.\nDitcher No. D.R.P. 1.\nCrane No. D.R.P. 8.\nCrane No. 10761 B.C.\nPile-driver No. D.R. 326,\nPacific Pine Company, Limited Crane No. 44747 B.C.\nPacific Veneer Company, Limited Crane No. 42722 B.C.\nPoint Hope Shipyards, Limited Crane No. D.R. 315. LL 18\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nAPPENDIX D\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nList of Cranes and Portable Equipment inspected by Department of Railways-\nContinued.\nPowell River Company, Limited Crane No. 44893 B.C.\nPrince Rupert Drydock & Shipyard Crane No. D.R. 309.\nRobertson-Hackett Sawmill Company, Limited Crane No. 44584 B.C.\nCrane No. 12545 B.C.\nSooke Lake Lumber Company, Limited Crane No. 22632 B.C.\nTimberland Lumber Company, Limited Crane No. 12368 B.C.\nTimber Preservers, Limited Crane No. 43807 B.C.\nCrane No..D.R. 288.\nVancouver Creosoting Company, Limited Crane No. D.R. 283.\nVictoria Machinery Depot, Limited Crane No. D.R. 291.\nCrane No. D.R. 305.\nWestern Bridge & Steel Fabricators, Limited. Crane No. D.R. 307.\nCrane No. D.R. 308.\nCrane No. D.R. 309.\nWestern Forest Industries, Limited Crane No. 41276 B.C.\nYarrows, Limited Crane No. 376.\nCrane No. 22633 B.C.\nAPPENDIX E.\nMileage of all Railways operating in the Province.\nCompany.\nMainland.\nIsland.\nTotal.\nMain\nLine.\nSidings.\nMain\nLine.\nSidings.\nMain\nLine.\nSidings.\nUnder the jurisdiction of the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n1,857.4\n1,342.2\n140.8\n54.0\n350.2\n252.9\n3.5\n55.6\n480.6\n323.9\n28.0\n13.0\n37.1\n26.8\n210.8\n102.0\n44.0\n24.6\n2,068.2\n1,444.2\n140.8\n54.0\n350.2\n289.4\n3.5\n648.0\n524.6\n348.5\nV.V. & E. Rly. (Great Northern)\t\n28.0\n13.0\nUnder the jurisdiction of the Provincial Government\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n37.1\n36.5\n1.6\n28.4\n33.4\n592.4\n110.6\n144.0\nTotals\t\n4,056.6\n942.8\n941.7\n180.8\n4,998.3\n. 1,123.6\nVICTORIA, B.C. :\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1947.\n355-247-9656 "@en . "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1947_V02_15_LL1_LL18"@en . "10.14288/1.0339799"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "Railway Department PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ANNUAL REPORT Year ended December 31st 1946"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .