"6c8fe4f1-73dd-48c0-bd77-b0271a0547ea"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965"@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 . "2018-02-26"@en . "[1966]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0364121/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT\nHon. R. W. Bonner, Q.C., Minister A. I. Bowering, B.A.Sc., P.Eng., Deputy Minister\nREPORT OF THE\nDepartment of\nCommercial Transport\ncontaining the reports on\nCOMMERCIAL VEHICLES, ENGINEERING, RAILWAYS, AERIAL\nTRAMWAYS, PIPE-LINES, INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION,\nand ACCIDENT PREVENTION\nYEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31\n1965\nPrinted by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1966\n Victoria, B.C., January 27, 1966.\nTo Major-General the Honourable George Randolph Pearkes,\nV.C., P.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nThe undersigned respectfully submits the Annual Report of the Department of\nCommercial Transport for the year ended December 31, 1965.\nR. W. BONNER, Q.C.,\nMinister of Commercial Transport.\n Victoria, B.C., January 20, 1966.\nThe Honourable R. W. Bonner, Q.C.,\nMinister of Commercial Transport.\nSir,-\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Department of\nCommercial Transport for the year ended December 31, 1965.\nA. J. BOWERING, B.A.Sc, P.Eng.,\nDeputy Minister of Commercial Transport.\n Report of the\nDepartment of Commercial Transport, 1965\nA. J. Bowering, B.A.Sc, P.Eng., Deputy Minister\nINTRODUCTION\nThe year 1965 has been a dynamic one for the Department, resulting from\nindustrial activity related to hydro-power development and expansion of the pulp\nand paper industry.\nWe have experienced an upsurge in railway activity with the extensions of the\nPacific Great Eastern and approximately 60 new spur lines or changes in existing\nindustrial-railway spurs being made. At the present time we have, in addition to the\ntwo common-carrier railways, 36 industrial spur lines or minor railways in the Province. This number will increase as more pulp plants are built and new industry is\nestablished in the near future.\nThe number and size of heavy loads of machinery moved by truck within the\nProvince increased considerably in 1965. Many of these heavy loads were moved\nto provide necessary equipment for the new hydro projects and for construction\ncompanies to build the dams and install equipment. Movement of these heavy loads\nwith a minimum of damage to highways and bridges has required a great deal of\nconcentrated effort on the part of the Weigh Scale Branch staff under the Director of\nOperations, and they are to be commended on a job well done. Much heavy equipment must be moved to the various hydro-electric projects in 1966, and this will\npresent major problems, particularly during the spring break-up period when roads\nwill not carry as much weight.\nAerial-tramway construction during the year has been extensive, and winter\ntourist business is being rapidly increased as a result. Most of these tramways are\nbeing built for skiers to enjoy the natural beauty of our mountainous country. Two\nmajor installations were under construction during the year, and the one at Garibaldi was opened for New Year's Day. The second large project, at Grouse Mountain, will be completed early in 1966.\nWe have experienced a year of intensive activity, and there is every indication\nthat 1966 will see even greater progress.\n V 6\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nfe\no\nH\n0.\n0.\nX\nZ\n<\n3\n8\nH\nu\nhJ\nO\nh-H\nH\n<\nS\n<\no\np.\no\nH\n\u00C2\u00AB\nO\nP_\n\u00C2\u00AB\n2\n<\n\u00C2\u00AB\nH\n^s\nJ\nbo\n<\nll:\nU\na.\nB5\n-\nM\no\n9\n<\no\nu\nto\nB.\nc\no\nu\nBi\n\u00C2\u00A3\nW (0\nH\n0.\n-i\n9\n<\n>\nH\nP\na.\nW\nU\nV\na\no\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A23\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\nA\n\nQ\n<\nmo\n__u\nwS\n1\u00C2\u00AB\nQ\n-.\nH\nZ\nP\no\nu\no\n<\n0\nk.\n_. o\no.S\n'Be\n09\na a\n-1\n3\nfc4\nS\n-as\no'Eb\n*\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0St\no\u00C2\u00BB\n\u00C2\u00A71\nn\n\u00C2\u00AB_\nW a\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0B\n\u00C2\u00A3\n2l\n4.00\n6.00\n110.10\n1.00\n7.50\n7.01\n19.00\n42.01\n25.82\nStandard.\nStandard.\nStandard.\n30\" and\nstandard.\nStandard.\nStandard.\n30\" and\nstandard.\nStandard.\n18\".\n18\", 36\".\nStandard.\n V 28\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nList of Railways and Summary of Mileage\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued\nIndustrial Railways\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued\nHead Office\nOperating\nMileage\nNo. and Owners/Name of Railway\nMain\nSidings,\netc.\nTotal\nGauge\n12. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. Ltd..\t\nFernie\t\nVancouver\nSquamish\t\nMesachie Lake\nNorth Vancouver\nVictoria-\t\nVictoria\t\nKamloops\nVancouver ..\nVancouver .\nVancouver\nVancouver\nVancouver\nVancouver\nVancouver ._\nMesachie Lake\nNew Westminster\nNew Westminster\nCalgary, Alta.\nVancouver .....\nVancouver\nVancouver.\t\nVancouver\nHoneymoon\nBay\nQuesnel\t\nMichel\t\n1.53\n1.53\n' 3.00\n0.30\n1 7.50\n2.00\n0.30\n0.20\n2.70\n5.39\n4.10\n2.20\n1.00\n1.50\n1.30\n3.16\n0.33\n4.70\n5.20\n3.76\n3.51\n30\".\n13 Elk Falls Co Ltd\n3.00\n0.30\n1.50\n1.90\n0.30\n0.20\n2.70\n3.81\n3.10\nSquamish\t\nMesachie Lake\nNorth Vancouver-\n6.00\n0.10\n17. Island Tug & Barge Ltd.____\t\nVancouver \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nKamloops _ _____\nChemainus \u00E2\u0080\u0094 ___\nDunsmuir District\nHarmac Pulp Div.\nPort Alberni\t\nPowell River\t\n19. Kamloops Pulp & Paper Ltd.\n20. MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell\nRiver Ltd.\n21. MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell\nRiver Ltd.\n1.58\n1.00\n2.20\nStandard.\nStandard.\nRiver Ltd.\n1.00\nRiver Ltd.\n1.50 ]\nRiver Ltd.\n25. MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell\nRiver Ltd.\n26. Northwood Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.\n1.30\n3.16\nPrince George _.\nCrofton \t\nPort Coquitlam\nNew Westminster..\nTaylor \t\nPrince George\nWoodfibre \t\nTwigg Island\nNorth Vanoouver.-\nHoneymoon Bay ~\nQuesnel \t\n0.33\n2*8. Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals Ltd.\n29. Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd\t\n30. Pacific, Jefferson Lake, Westcoast\n(Pacific Petroleums Ltd.)\n31. Prince George Pulp & Paper Ltd. ..\n4.70\n0.71\n3.54\nC1)\n5.20\n3.05\nStandard.\nStandard.\n1.25 1\n2.00 |\n7.00 |\n0.95 |\n1\n1.25\n2.00\n7.60\n0.95\n35. Western Forest Industries Ltd. \t\n36. Western Plywood (Cariboo) Ltd. ..\n0.60\nStandard.\n!\n1 Ferry slip.\nCommon-carrier Railways\n37. British Columbia Hydro and\nVancouver\t\nNew Westminster-\n76.58\n35.29\n111.87\nStandard.\nPower Authority\nHun ting don-\nChill iwack\n1\nI\n38. Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co.\nVancouver\t\nVancouver to Fort\nSt. John and\nDawson Creek\n788.60\n1\n!\n166.10\n954.70\nStandard.\nRecreational Railways\n39. Cowichan Valley Forest Museum..\n40. Stanley Park Miniature Railway\nDuncan\t\nVancouver\nSaanich\t\nDuncan\t\nVancouver\t\nSaanich\t\n0.875\n0.42\n0.20\n0.1251\n1.00\n36\".\n18\"\n10\"\nAERIAL TRAMWAYS\nAerial tramways, or ropeways, have become a major mode of uphill transportation in British Columbia. Like Switzerland, British Columbia is endowed with\nexcellent winter playgrounds, so that Mont Blanc in the French Alps, the Matterhorn,\nand other famous mountain playgrounds of Europe are being equalled in grandeur\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965 V 29\nin British Columbia by names like Garibaldi, Seymour, Granite, Big White, and\nForbidden Plateau, where recently uphill transportation has been provided by means\nof ropeways so that our mountain ski areas now rank with the best anywhere.\nThe first common-carrier chair-lift in British Columbia was constructed in\n1949 on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver. To assure safety and to protect the\ninterests of the travelling public, the project was put under the jurisdiction of the\nRailway Act and treated for all intents and purposes as a common-carrier railway.\nThe Grouse Mountain project was followed by a second chair-lift in 1951, and a\nthird lift was built in West Vancouver to gain access to Hollyburn Ridge.\nIn 1950 no rules existed anywhere in Canada, the United States, England,\nAustralia, or in any English-speaking country to govern passenger-carrying aerial\ntramways. Therefore, the Department at that time conducted a survey of all ropeway facilities in the Western United States and subsequently published a report with\na draft of recommended regulations. This report was sent for comment to various\nEnglish-speaking countries, after which the British Columbia aerial-tramway regulations were published. The regulations were favourably accepted, and California\nused the British Columbia regulations as a basis for the California State regulations\nafter an engineer from the Department acted as an adviser to the State board in\nSacramento at its request.\nThe British Columbia regulations were the first anywhere to be printed in\nEnglish, and as a result the Department for a number of years checked and approved\naerial-tramway designs for the Government of New Zealand. The American Standards Association used the original British Columbia regulations as a norm for the\nAmerican Standards Association standards on passenger-carrying aerial tramways\nin the United States. It can therefore be assumed that British Columbia has played\nthe leading role in North America in formulating safety rules with respect to ski\nlifts and transportation by ropeway.\nIn 1963 the Canadian Standards Association approached the Department. It\npointed out the need for a safety code or a Canadian standard to govern the construction and operation of passenger-carrying aerial tramways across the nation, as\nno recognized standard existed except in British Columbia. Transportation by\nropeway was increasing, and much of the equipment was being imported from\nFrance, Switzerland, and Norway, so that each European manufacturer was free to\nimpose any design he pleased, and safety was apt to be sacrificed to satisfy the\ncompetitive trends of international trade. On the other hand, the purchasers in\nCanada had no knowledge of the dangers involved, and in some cases they were\nquite carried away by the idea of importing equipment from the ski countries of\nEurope and took the safety facilities for granted.\nThe Canadian Standards Association set up a committee to formulate a Canadian standard safety code for passenger-carrying aerial tramways. The Chief\nEngineer of the Department was appointed as chairman of the committee, with\nengineers from each Provincial Government as members along with other engineers\nrepresenting the National parks of the Federal Government. Manufacturers in\nCanada, the United States, and other countries are represented on the committee,\nas are representatives from the wire-rope manufacturers and ski operators' associations across the nation.\nMeetings have been held in Banff, Toronto, Vancouver, and Ottawa. The\nnext meeting is scheduled for Victoria, B.C., in April, 1966. The new Canadian\ncode is in its fourth draft, and it is expected it will be accepted and published in\n1966. There will be a standing committee as with other C.S.A. codes to keep the\ncode abreast of the times and up to date.\n V 30\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n'I;-,''---\":\nUpper terminal, under construction, of the new Grouse Mountain aerial tramway. This\nmulti-storied structure will incorporate a modern dining-room and cocktail lounge.\nThe year 1965 has been significant in the number of large aerial tramways, or\nropeways, constructed during the year. A large reversible tramway, which employs\ntwo locked coil track ropes with attendant haulage and tail ropes to control two\n50-passenger cabins or aerial coaches, is under construction on Grouse Mountain\nin North Vancouver. The project, when completed, will cost $1,750,000. In order\nto assess the magnitude of this project, it must be viewed as a complex involving\nnot only the tramway, but a huge lower terminal station housing the machinery,\noperative personnel, cafeterias, ticket offices, waiting-rooms, washrooms, and a\nparking area for hundreds of automobiles.\nThe upper station includes, in addition to the station landing area, an ultramodern dining-room and a cocktail lounge with the necessary amenities to accommodate the public. Access will be immediately available to the new Grouse\nMountain Chalet and the ski areas served by two chair-lifts, a T-bar, and several\nrope tows.\nIn the Garibaldi and Alta Lake area, another huge mountain playground was\nopened up in 1965 by the use of aerial tramways or ropeways. Whistler Mountain\nand Mount Garibaldi are in the same general area, and the alpine meadows are\ncommon to both mountains. Ski enthusiasts all agree that alpine meadows provide\nthe ultimate in snow conditions for ski-ing, and Whistler-Garibaldi is the only place\nin the world which provides snow conditions where ski-ing may be done throughout\nthe 12 months of the year.\nTo gain access to the mountain area, a large and modern Swiss-built gondola-\nlift has been installed which employs 62 four-passenger gondola cars travelling\nuphill at 520 feet per minute to carry 600 passengers an hour to the mid-station,\nwhere a double chair-lift 7,000 feet long transports 600 passengers an hour to the\nalpine meadow area. Here a modern Swiss-built T-bar is provided. For those\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965\nV 31\nTower, under construction, of the Grouse Mountain aerial tramway. Cleveland Dam and\nCapilano Estates are visible in the background.\nwho do not wish to ski in the high-altitude meadow, a modern Swiss-built T-bar is\nsituated adjacent to the lower terminal of the gondola-lift at Alta Lake.\nTwo new modern hotels in an alpine motif have been constructed adjacent to\nthe lower terminal of the gondola, and in addition four new self-owned multi-storied\napartments have been built on high promontories so that the over-all effect when\ncompleted will compare with Sun Valley, Idaho. The hotel and apartment area\nwith the lower terminal are adjacent to and served by the Pacific Great Eastern\nRailway, and in addition the new Squamish-Pemberton Highway is the main street\nof the new recreational complex.\nIn the Rossland-Trail district another Swiss-built Mueller chair-lift has been\nconstructed during 1965. It carries 600 passengers per hour over its 9,000 feet,\nraising the passengers 2,600 feet to the ski area. This lift was tested and approved\nin December, 1965, so it was in operation for the 1965/66 ski season, augmenting\nthe existing facilities on Red Mountain where a chair-lift and poma-lift have been\noperating for a number of years.\n V 32\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nIn the Courtenay-Comox-Cumberland area, the Mount Becher Ski Development Society is extending a T-bar on the Forbidden Plateau.\nIn the Nanaimo district a poma-lift is being installed on Green Mountain in\nthe Nanaimo Lakes area. This project was not completed by the end of 1965 as a\nheavy snow blanketed the terrain between Christmas and New Year's. This project\nis a first in a rather unique way as it is served entirely by an industrial road. Crown\nZellerbach Canada Limited has entered into an agreement with the Green Mountain\nSki Club to allow access over the logging-road by the public when working conditions permit. A ski lodge is provided at Green Mountain to accommodate the\nskiers. A chair-lift is proposed for 1966 to make the alpine meadows on Green\nMountain more accessible to the ski-ing public.\nNear Kelowna, at Big White Mountain, excellent ski-ing conditions exist. Big\nWhite is served by two T-bars, and a good road is maintained by the company\noperating the tramway facilities. A new lodge or alpine hotel and additional ropeway facilities are planned for 1966.\nT-bars were under construction during 1965 in the areas of Prince Rupert,\nTerrace, Dawson Creek, Prince George, Penticton, Osoyoos, Kamloops, Blue River,\nand Fernie. It is expected the year 1966 will see huge strides in the construction\nand improvement of ski facilities, as well as summer tourist facilities, through the\nuse of aerial tramways or ropeways throughout British Columbia.\nThis dynamic development of the recreational areas of British Columbia by\nthe use of ropeway transport during 1965 has increased the aerial-tramway facilities\nin British Columbia by over 30 per cent.\nAerial Tramways Registered with the Department of Commercial\nTransport to December 31, 1965\nLocation No. and Name\nLocation\nGondola\nChair-\nlift\nT-bar\nJ-bar\nRope\nTow\nIndustrial\nFreight\nNorth Vancouver \t\n1\n1\n....\n2\n1\n1\n1\n2\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\n2\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1 ,\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n\"T\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\ni\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\nNorth Vancouver. \t\n8. Kemano (Alcan) \t\nKemano \t\n1\n11. Wells \t\n12. Dog Mountain (B.C. Telephone)\n13. Mount Jarvis (CN.) _\t\nWells \t\nSouth-west of Hope \t\n1\n1\n1\nNorth of Kamloops\t\n_\n2\n17. Mount McKenzie\t\n18. Silver Star \t\nRevelstoke \t\nVernon \t\nEast of Kelowna\t\n19. Big White \t\n21. Pine Woods\t\n22. Amber Ski Hill \t\nPrinceton\t\nWest of Penticton \t\nWest of Grand Forks\t\nKimberley \t\n26. North Star \t\n27. Fernie (Snow Valley) \u00E2\u0080\u009E\t\n28. Silver King .. \t\n29. Salmo\t\nTotals . \t\n2\n7\n23\n5 :\n16\n3\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965\nV 33\n V 34\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2_ -*~ '--' '\nWestcoast processing plant at Fort Nelson.\nPIPE-LINES\nThe trend to expand pipe-line facilities for the transport of oil and natural gas\nhas continued through 1965 with bright prospects for 1966. In the Peace River\nand to the north of the Peace River Block, exploration has continued, so that new\nwells, both gas and oil, have continued to be brought into production, and consequently pipe-lines have been extended to transport the products to market.\nIn the Fort Nelson area, the Clarke Field and the Apache Field have become\nsubstantial producers. With the advent of the new 30-inch Westcoast Transmission\nline extension from Chetwynd to Fort Nelson, this northern area has become\nimportant to the economy of British Columbia. As this gas is sour, a scrubbing\nplant has been installed at Fort Nelson and is now operative.\nThe aforementioned 30-inch pipe-line was constructed to about half completion under the jurisdiction of the Department pursuant to the British Columbia\nPipe-lines Act, and all the pipe and appurtenances were approved and ordered\naccordingly; however, due to financing arrangements, the Westcoast Transmission\nCompany Limited applied to the National Energy Board for leave to complete and\noperate the line under Federal control and, after a public hearing, leave was granted,\nso that the main line now operates under Federal jurisdiction with the gathering\nsystem under Provincial jurisdiction.\nThe compressor-stations over the entire system of Westcoast Transmission are\ninspected by Department inspectors as most of the appurtenances, such as pressure\nvessels, engines, turbines, fire protection, including the safety of workmen, are\nstrictly Provincial matters. The same applies to the pumping-stations of the\nTrans Mountain Oil Pipe Line, and the Department inspectors, likewise, inspect\nand certify these stations annually.\nDuring 1965, pollution of streams and farm land was reported through the\nFish and Game Branch and through the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Engineers from the Department made investigations and reported that\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965 V 35\nthe trouble had been corrected to the satisfaction of those authorities concerned.\nIn all cases the causes were leaks in pipe-lines due to earth movement.\nA survey was made of the Inland Natural Gas Company's facilities in the\nPenticton area with respect to the depth of cover. In all cases it was found the\npipe was buried deeper than required by the regulations; however, where earth\nsettlement or flooding occurs, there is no guarantee that a pipe-line might not be\nexposed, but if the exposure is in muskeg, no danger exists to the public, and one\nsuch small area was observed.\nProblems have arisen with respect to subdivisions of land where a pipe-line\nexists. In all cases, Department engineers, in applying the A.S.A. B31.8 Code,\nfound the pressure could be adjusted and the subdivision approved commensurate\nwith the population index as provided in the code.\nIn the Boundary Lake, Wildmint, and Milligan Fields it was necessary for\nDepartment engineers to check on the scrubbers and other pressure vessels used at\nthe production batteries. It was found that over 400 unregistered pressure vessels\nwere in these fields, and the engineers registered the vessels and stamped British\nColumbia numbers where such vessels met the requirements of the code.\nIn some of the older gasfields it is now necessary to install compressor-stations\nso that the lower-pressure gas can be fed into high-pressure pipe-lines. In some\ncases secondary recovery has progressed to the point where water-injection stations\nare combined with compressor-stations. Our engineers test and certify all such\ninstallations, and in many cases approve high-pressure water-injection lines as sometimes such lines are ultimately used for the transmission of high-pressure gas.\nAs these fields grow older, an increase in secondary recovery can be expected,\nand recent developments indicate that unmarketable liquefied petroleum gas may\nbecome an important factor in deep-well secondary recovery.\nDuring the year, schemes to pipe natural gas to Vancouver Island have been\nproposed. In addition, some study has been directed to liquefied methane gas to\nserve Vancouver Island and for transpacific export. Department engineers study\nall such proposals. It is expected that one day a break-through will occur so that\nwhat seems unrealistic today will certainly be the realities of tomorrow.\nThere has been an increase in the handling of liquefied petroleum gas by\nrailway tank cars and jumbo cars. This has been brought about due to trial shipments of this product to Japan. The shipping-docks and rail unloading being under\nthe jurisdiction of the Railway Act has brought the Department engineers and\ninspectors into this phase of work as public safety is involved. In one case it was\nnecessary to attend a Town Council meeting to assure the Reeve and Councillors\nthat the movement and storage in and adjacent to the town was quite safe. In all\ncases the piping involved is tested in accordance with the pipe-line regulations, and\nthe handling and unloading of liquefied petroleum gas are in accordance with the\nDepartment's regulations in that respect.\nAn application was made to the National Energy Board by Canadian Hydrocarbons Limited to construct a pipe-line from north-west of Calgary, through the\nproximity of the Crowsnest Pass, and continue westward parallel to the Canada-\nUnited States Border, and to terminate in Port Moody, B.C. Propane and other\nliquefied petroleum gases were to be the principal products of the line. Officials of\nthe Department attended the hearings held in Calgary, Alta. The National Energy\nBoard had not, at the end of 1965, handed down its decision.\nThe Canadian Standards Association Committee on Gas and Oil Pipe-lines has\ncontinued to be quite active during 1965. The Department's Chief Engineer has\ncontinued to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Gas Pipe-line Committee, and reports\n V 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nprogress in that the Oil Pipe-line Code has been voted upon with a majority vote,\nas has the Gas Pipe-line Code; however, he points out there are a few areas where\nit would be advantageous for the industry and the jurisdictional bodies to agree on\nmatters respecting the safety of pipe-lining being commensurate with the economics\nof the industry as a whole.\nBroadly speaking, therefore, it can be predicted British Columbia will see an\nincrease in the use of pipe-lines in 1966.\nAnnual Inspections Under the Pipe-lines Act, 1965\nMiles of new pipe-line inspected and tested 131\nCompressor-stations inspected 27\nPumping-stations inspected 16\nAccidents investigated on pipe-lines \t\nGas distribution and metering stations inspected 13\nNumber of tank-farms inspected 5\nNumber of new extensions to pipe-line projects approved 65\nNumber of pipe-line crossings of railways inspected 2\nNumber of pipe-line crossings of highways inspected 3\nNumber of pipe-line crossings of other pipe-lines approved 23\nPower-line crossings over pipe-line right-of-way approved 14\nApproval of plans and specifications for pipe-line projects 65\nInvestigation of pipe-line problems involving subdivisions 4\nCertificates of inspection issued under the Pipe-lines Act authorizing the operation of new extensions to pipe-line projects 65\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965\nPipe-lines Approved, Inspected, and Tested, 1965\nV 37\nName of Company\nOil or\nGas\nProject\nNo.\nPipe-line Location\nAltair Oil & Gas Co \t\nGas\n1283\nBuick Creek.\nDome Petroleum Ltd.- \t\n1284\n\"\n1280\n\"\n1314\nRigel Creek.\n1335\nBoundary Lake.\nInland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. \t\n;;\n1282\n1294\n1301\n1305\n1316\n1321\n1322\n1323\n1324\n1328\nPrince George.\nKamloops.\nCanoe.\nCanim Lake.\nHudson Hope.\nChetwynd\nRobson.\nHudson Hope.\nPrince George.\nBrilliant.\n\"\n1288\nLaprise.\n\"\n1339\nFort Nelson.\n\"\n1343\nBuick Creek.\n\"\n1344\nFort St. John.\nSkelly Oil Co.\t\n\"\n1287\nJedney.\n\"\n1341\nJedney.\nOil\n1281\nFort St. John.\n1285\nStoddart.\n\"\n1295\nWeasel.\n<,\n\"\n1296\nWhitehall, West Beatton.\n\"\n1297\nMink.\n\"\n1298\nPeejay.\n\"\n1299\nBulrush.\n\"\n1302\nNancy.\n\"\n1303\nBoundary Lake.\n\"\n1304\nOsprey.\n\"\n1325\nBulrush.\n\"\n1326\nWildmint.\n\"\n1327\nPeejay.\n\"\n1333\nWildmint.\n\"\n1334\nWildmint.\n\"\n1342\nWeasel.\nTriad Oil Co. Ltd \t\nGas\n1286\nLaprise.\n1289\nOil\n1290\n1291\n1293\nAitken.\nAitken.\nMilligan.\nWestern Natural Gas Co., Inc\t\nGas\n1300\nClarke Lake.\n\"\n1338\nNig Creek.\n V 38\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965\nV 39\n V 40\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nINDUSTRIAL ROADS\nThe year 1965 has been one of expansion in the logging industry, as illustrated\nby the number of new log-hauling vehicles manufactured for use in the Province.\nOne major truck-manufacturer alone has produced over 120 logging-trucks for\nindustrial-road service.\nThe British Columbia logging industry is not one to mark time when it comes\nto the use of new machines to facilitate the harvesting of our No. 1 natural resource.\nIn the past it has been portable spar trees and then log-truck trains. In 1965\nrubber-tired log-skidders have found their place in the scheme of things. They are\nmost often used in steep, rough terrain, where their speed and flexibility make them\na welcome addition to log transportation.\nHowever, it was discovered that the braking effort on the majority of these\nmachines was inadequate for the steep slopes on which they were required to work.\nThis was a case of the manufacturers and the Department having to \" get their heads\ntogether \" and arrive at a solution. This was accomplished to the point where\nthese vehicles now have a good factor of safety, with some units having increased\ntheir braking output by 100 per cent.\nIn the matter of accidents, once more fatalities have been recorded. While\nthis year there were only two truck-drivers killed, as compared to eight the previous\nyear, it is felt that these could have been avoided had the men taken the normal\nprecautions.\nWith over 7,000 truck-drivers certified as air-equipped vehicle operators, two\nwere suspended for failing to perform their duties in a safe manner. This small\npercentage reflects the success experienced by the Department in the matter of\neducating the operators of air-equipped logging-trucks in the operation, testing, and\nmaintenance of air-braking systems.\nWhile runaways will continue to occur despite the best efforts of all concerned,\nit is noteworthy that no accidents resulted from a failure of any of the safety equipment which is required to be installed under the Industrial Transportation Act.\n:-\u00C2\u00A3%\u00C2\u00BB ,\nRemains of a runaway logging-truck awaiting investigation by Departmental engineers.\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965\nV 41\nNew air-brake equipment is constantly being produced by various manufacturers and is subject to testing and approval by the Department before being put to\nuse in the logging industry. It is felt in some quarters that the demands of the\nDepartment are too rigid, but it is a matter of record that the State of California,\nwhich most nearly approaches our standards, has in the past approved devices that\nhave been rejected in British Columbia. These devices subsequently proved to be\ndangerous under certain conditions and had to be removed from use. Therefore,\nwhile the standard of equipment required on logging-trucks operating on industrial\nroads in British Columbia may seem unduly high, the results obtained justify this\nmore rigid requirement.\nOn the subject of accidents, seven investigations were conducted for the\nR.C.M.P. highway patrol into truck-transport accidents where inspectors of the\nDepartment were successful in determining the causes of the accidents. Again, as\nin previous years, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were trained\nin the inspection of air-equipped transport vehicles. The result of this is that a\ngreater number of transport units are inspected properly, which is a benefit to the\ntruckers as well as to the travelling public.\nAn increasing number of British Columbia vocational-school students received\ninstruction in the operation and maintenance of air brakes, and the Department has\nbeen instrumental in the various schools obtaining air-brake equipment for training\npurposes.\nMechanics in industry have again availed themselves of the night-school courses\non air brakes offered by the Department, and, as has been the case in the past years,\nthe classes were oversubscribed.\nThe public has begun to realize that industrial roads in the Province can open\nup new summer and winter areas for sightseeing, camping, fishing, and hunting.\nAccess to these roads has been made available in many areas by logging companies,\nand with continued co-operation by visitors regarding rules of the road and restricted\nareas, there is reason to believe that in time many more people will be able to\nenjoy these facilities.\nAnnual Inspections Under the Industrial Transportation Act\n1963\n1964 I 1965\nLogging-trucks inspected..\nGravel-trucks inspected..._\nCrummies (workmen's buses)..\nMiscellaneous vehicles (including highway vehicles)\nAir-brake lectures.. _\nLecture attendance \t\nLogging-truck operators certified ..\nBritish Columbia vocational schools and other institutes (air-brake examinations) .\nRoyal Canadian Mounted Police (air-brake examinations) _ \t\n388\n34\n277\n412\n33\n373\n361\n122\n5\n573\n44\n244\n303\n23\n534\n528\n108\n20\n295\n68\n158\n110\n21\n450\n350\n158\n28\n V 42 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nAir-brake Lectures Conducted During 1965\nAttendance\nDate and Place at Lectures\nJanuary 27\u00E2\u0080\u0094Haney Correctional School 38\nOctober 26\u00E2\u0080\u0094Haney Correctional School 34\nFebruary 2\u00E2\u0080\u0094Burnaby Vocational School 16\nSeptember 18\u00E2\u0080\u0094Burnaby Vocational School 15\nMarch 22\u00E2\u0080\u0094Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Cloverdale 25\nJuly 15\u00E2\u0080\u0094Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Princeton 4\nJune 9\u00E2\u0080\u0094Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Terrace 4\nApril 15\u00E2\u0080\u0094P.G.E. truck-drivers, Vancouver 5\nJuly 30\u00E2\u0080\u0094P.G.E. truck-drivers, Vancouver 4\nApril 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Col wood logging-truck drivers 13\nJune A\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nakusp logging-truck drivers 33\nJune 8\u00E2\u0080\u0094Kitimat logging-truck drivers 34\nJune 15\u00E2\u0080\u0094Port McNeil logging-truck drivers 10\nJune 17\u00E2\u0080\u0094Holberg logging-truck drivers 18\nJuly 5\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hope logging-truck drivers 32\nJuly 14\u00E2\u0080\u0094Princeton logging-truck drivers 30\nJuly 27\u00E2\u0080\u0094Highways Department drivers, Cloverdale 27\nJuly 28\u00E2\u0080\u0094Squamish logging-truck drivers 44\nAugust 24\u00E2\u0080\u0094Powell River logging-truck drivers 26\nNovember 25\u00E2\u0080\u0094Northwest Bay logging-truck drivers 24\nDecember 2\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sooke logging-truck drivers 14\nTotal 450\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965\nV 43\nACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAMME\nIn all branches of the Department, the importance of safety has been the consistent policy throughout the year. The importance of safety has been emphasized\nat all levels, and supervisors have been constantly on the alert to improve the working habits of not only the staff, but also those members of the public with whom\nour men in the field are brought into daily contact.\nOur safety supervisor reports that at the weigh-stations the results of our\nsafety drives have been most rewarding, and weighmasters constantly endeavour to\nimpress the drivers of heavy vehicles that a properly loaded and well-maintained\nvehicle in the hands of a competent driver is the best safety device on any highway.\nIn our Engineering Branch, safety to workmen and safety to the public has\nbeen the theme over many years. The engineers report that truck-drivers, locomotive engineers, brakemen, ski-lift operators, and pipe-line constructors must be\nproperly trained in the use of equipment, otherwise accidents will occur. The\nengineers point out that a safe workman is an asset to the industry which employs\nhim, but that in many phases of industry, such as transport, the industry does not\nhave the specialized technical personnel to train its employees in the use of air\nbrakes and in the maintenance of special braking equipment used on heavy grades.\nOver the years our engineers have become not only experts in the intricacies\nof air brakes, but they understand first hand the conditions under which the equipment is expected to perform. Consequently they put on lecture courses for heavy-\nduty mechanics and conduct air-brake and driver courses for logging- and transport-\ntruck drivers. They go further by conducting special courses to train the Royal\nCanadian Mounted Police, the city police forces, and the drivers of heavy equipment\nemployed by the Department of Highways. Most truck transport companies insist\nthat an \" air ticket \" is a requisite to hold a job driving on the highways.\nThe Engineering Branch maintains a school or lecture-room in its Vancouver\noffice, complete with air-brake systems laid out on boards so the working of the\nbrakes can be seen and understood. Compressed air at 110 p.s.i. is available to\noperate every phase of the various braking systems on display. Movie projectors\nand still projectors, as well as blackboards and cut-aways of the various components,\nare used to display for the edification of the more serious students. A similar lecture-\nroom has been set up at the Nanaimo Vocational School by our engineers, where\nthey lecture to all graduating classes of mechanic apprentices. Similar lecture-\nrooms are planned for Prince George and Nelson.\nAs the work of driver education must go on in the remote areas of the Province, in logging and mining camps, as well as in Interior centres such as Kelowna\nand Cranbrook, the engineers have rigged up two half-ton panel trucks with completely portable air-brake demonstration boards so that the boards may be demonstrated in a garage or in a convention hall. Air is supplied from the vehicles by\nthe use of 100-foot lengths of air hose. The two air-brake units are actually travelling schools, and each unit is equipped with both slide and movie projectors, as well\nas with books or pamphlets, to prepare the applicants for examination. The units\nhave been taken to remote points such as the Queen Charlotte Islands to train\ndrivers of heavy equipment, and the industry gladly provides the transportation of\nthe unit to such remote areas.\nThe engineers hope to install a lecture-room for railway air brakes, as they are\nrequired to train engineers and brakemen for the expanding rail facilities serving\nthe wharves and terminals in the Lower Mainland area.\n V 44\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTraffic on all logging and industrial roads which are not public highways comes\nunder the jurisdiction of the Department. Engineers advise the companies as to\nsafe traffic procedures and assist them in formulating special rules to accommodate\nthe public on company roads or to assure safety where traffic flows through company\ntowns such as Kitimat, Kemano, Cassiar, Ocean Falls, Beaver Cove, and many\nother such areas not served by public roads. Public protection and safety is therefore of prime importance in this phase of our work.\nIn ski areas of British Columbia our engineers have approved over 50 lifts,\nor ropeways, serving the public. In a number of cases, passengers are carried\nthrough the air by ropeways, and it is conceivable under these conditions that accidents could happen. However, the safety record is good, since a very strict code\nof regulations is enforced and engineers make periodical safety inspections in all\nareas each year with respect to all matters which might lead to accidents.\nSafety programmes on railways under the Department's jurisdiction have been\nintensified under the direction of the Chief Engineer. Specific reports respecting\nrailways are set forth in the railway section. In addition, special committees have\nbeen set up to advise on the handling of compressed gases such as chlorine and\nliquefied petroleum. This has been done in the interests of public safety, with the\nactivities of these committees extending to transport on highways.\nThe Department is represented on the Safety Council, and all meetings are\nattended in an effort to lend support and to keep abreast with every phase of accident prevention.\n,-,\n:\nHL m if\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0I:\nSi I 1 WH liWlL MP*1!\n~:.i:.\'-~Ji;ii:/X\nSafety awards presented to nine Provincial departments, including a Bronze Award of Merit\nto the Department of Commercial Transport, November, 1965.\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965 V 45\nACCOUNTS BRANCH\nD. I. Ewan, C.O.A., Senior Clerk\nA revenue increase of 9 per cent for commercial vehicles this year again indicates a steady increase of commercial-vehicle traffic throughout the Province. An\nincrease of 19 per cent in oversize and overweight permit revenue is indicative of\nthe trend toward the greater use of restricted-route permits, oversize and overweight\npermits. There was a 12-per-cent increase in restricted-route permits issued over\nlast year.\nA further indication of the growth of the commercial trucking industry within\nthe Province is shown by the number of temporary motive-fuel emblems issued by\nthis Department in the field. In assisting the Motive Fuel Branch of the Department of Finance, weighmasters have issued 4,626 of these emblems during 1965,\ncompared to 3,325 in the preceding year.\nDuring February, 1965, the invoicing of charge account permits was switched\nfrom manual ledgers to data-processing equipment. The amount of time saved in\npreparing invoices themselves (12 minutes as against 24 man-hours) has enabled\nus to keep up with the steadily increasing volume of permits issued in the field and\nto increase the level of auditing. During the year 48 new accounts have been\nopened, while only 11 have been cancelled. At December 31, 1965, there were\n434 active accounts.\nThe system of auditing company reports of overweight vehicles operating under\nthe authority of a term permit is proving quite effective. Reports are received from\nall weigh-scales within the Province of the movement of such vehicles. These are\ncompared with the returns from the company, and any discrepancy is brought to the\nattention of the company for correction. During the year there were only 39 cases\nwhere changes were required.\nAs indicated in the last Annual Report, new mileage charts were prepared and\ncirculated to all issuing offices during the year. These were also provided to industry through various organizations.\nStatistics are now being kept of the number of vehicles hauling used household\ngoods from Provinces which have entered into reciprocal agreements with British\nColumbia. As these agreements were completed earlier in the year, complete figures\nfor a 12-month period are not available. The trend, however, indicates a freer\nmovement of these vehicles, and it is anticipated that in future years these agreements will be of great value to the industry.\nThe continued acceptance of the prorate agreement with 16 American States\nis indicated by statistics kept in the Department and shows an increase of revenue\nfrom the companies prorating vehicles. These statistics include, other than licence\nand decal fees, such allied operating assessments as motor-carrier fees, motor-fuel\ntaxes, non-resident permit fees, and social service taxes. In order to assess the\nscope of prorate operations and to audit returns from the companies, this office\nmaintains a record of mileages operated by prorated vehicles within the Province.\nThis information is gathered from all border-crossing weigh-scales, which report\nmonthly all vehicles entering the Province under prorate licences together with the\nmileage of each trip. This mileage is summarized and made available to any\nGovernment department requiring this type of information, and in particular is\nused to check applications from companies for licences in the following year.\nOther statistics have been kept, and surveys have been made relating to the\nclass, number, type, and weight of vehicles operating within the Province and across\n V 46\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nProvincial boundaries. The approximate mileage operated by commercial vehicles\nin British Columbia is recorded, and various factors concerning the use of nonresident commercial-vehicle permits are tabulated. These facts are used to audit\nreturns from companies and to check applications for new licences.\nThe following tables show results of the activities of the Weigh Scale Branch\nduring the past year. Other tables relating to the Engineering Branch are included\nelsewhere in this Report.\nTable 1.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Revenue from Gasoline and Motive-fuel Use Taxes\nfor Passenger and Commercial Vehicles\nFiscal Year Amount Fiscal Year Amount\n1953/54 $15,963,000 1959/60 $28,582,000\n1954/55 17,455,000 1960/61 30,093,000\n1955/56 19,820,000 1961/62 39,262,000\n1956/57 22,593,000 1962/63 43,129,000\n1957/58 24,500,000 1963/64 46,420,000\n1958/59 26,100,000 1964/65 50,865,000\n1 Includes vehicles licensed under prorate agreement with American States.\nTable 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Summary of Commercial-vehicle Licences and Permits Issued,\nJanuary 1, 1965, to December 31, 1965\nNumber of\nNumber of\nNumber of\nNon-resident\nPermits\nIssued\nNumber of\nNumber of\nNumber of\nCommercial\nCommercial\nTemporary\nOversize and\nVehicle-\nMonth\nVehicles Reg\nTrailers Reg\nOperation\nOverweight\nChecked\nistered and\nistered and\nPermits\nPermits\nat Weigh-\nLicensed1\nLicensed1\nIssued\nIssued\nstations\nJanuary\t\n20,588\n5,287\n826\n1,827\n2,061\n87,020\nFebruary\t\n71,194\n5,450\n865\n1,870\n2,899\n96,295\nMarch\t\n19,607\n1,280\n1,463\n3,943\n2,803\n96,900\nApril \t\n6,976\n419\n1,355\n3,330\n1,761\n99,912\nMay\t\n5,741\n575\n1,049\n3,623\n1,971\n79,950\nJune\t\n5,094\n489\n1,688\n3,616\n3,605\n88,090\nJuly \t\n3,698\n302\n1,496\n3,478\n2,775\n109,753\nAugust\t\n2,994\n316\n1,672\n3,263\n3,384\n93,552\nSeptember\t\n2,977\n432\n1,748\n2,980\n2,342\n97,371\nOctober.\t\n2,622\n186\n1,257\n2,855\n3,603\n123,253\nNovember \t\n2,458\n157\n1,213\n2,799\n2,861\n100,006\nDecember\t\n2,200\n125\n1,150\n2,500\n2,600\n109,228\nTotals\n146,149\n15,018\n15,782\n36,084\n32,665\n1,181,330\ni Includes vehicles licensed under prorate agreement with American States.\nTable 3.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094-Summary of Prorate Operation\n, 1965\nCompanies\nProrated\nTractor\nUnits\nTrailer\nUnits\n59\n202\n238\n2,076\n181\nUnited States \t\n4,286\nTotals \t\n261\n2,314\n4,467\n DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, 1965\nV 47\nTable 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Comparison of Gross Revenue Collections from Commercial\nLicence and Permit Fees for Five-year Period 1960/61 to 1964/65,\nInclusive.\nSource\n1960/61\n1961/62\n1962/63\n1963/64\n1964/65\nCommercial motor-vehicle licences\nNon-resident commercial permits _\n$7,541,536.02\n401,976.11\n60,325.00\n$7,938,605.82\n478,156.17\n57,452.34\n$8,253,251.46\n381,673.01\n61,408.52\n62,909.21'\n368,715.57\n$8,910,152.29 | $9,706,485.52\n404,410.49 | 410,645.40\n74,298.71 | 81,223.2--\nTemporary operation permits\t\nOversize and overweight permits \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n45,765.00\n317,568.53\n58,442.51\n321,730.55 i\n66,001.38 | 80,692.20\n447,680.61 | 530,171.28\n$8.367.170.66 1 $8,854,387.39\n$9,127,957.77\n$9,902,543.48 !$10.809.217.62\nTable 5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Summary of Violation Notices Issued, January 1,\nto December 31, 1965\n1965,\nLicence and Permit Violations\nGross vehicle weight\t\nMotor-vehicle registration\t\nLicence-plates \t\nTrailer plates\t\nQuarterly licence\t\nNon-resident permit \t\nTemporary operation permit\t\nMotive-fuel emblem\t\nOverweight permit required\t\nOversize permit required \t\nRestricted-route permit\t\nHighway-crossing permit\t\nProration\t\nOther \t\nTotal violations \t\nTotal number of vehicles checked\n1,782\n775\n770\n168\n26\n50\n10\n76\n31\n44\n368\n26\n3\n15\n4,144\n1,181,330\nMotor-carrier Violations\nMotor-carrier plates not displayed\nMotor-carrier licence not carried _\nConditions of licence not carried __\nOperating otherwise than permitted by licence\nTotal violations\t\n549\n494\n382\n430\nTotal number of vehicles checked\n1,855\n15,864\nOversize and Overweight Violations\nOversize and overweight violations issued 783\nOversize and overweight prosecutions, including those through\nRoyal Canadian Mounted Police 947\n V 48 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPERSONNEL\nA. Shaw, C.O.A., Administrative Officer\nActivity in the field of personnel management was quite intensive during 1965\nand resulted in the following staff changes being made:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nRetirement of field personnel 1\nResignations of field personnel 7\nNew appointments, casual employees 11\nNew appointments, permanent employees 1\nTransfers within the Department 10\nThere were seven resignations from the field staff of the Weigh Scale Branch,\nall of which were in the interest of personal advancement of the individuals\nconcerned.\nMr. Elden F. McKay retired from service on the 10th of August, 1965, after\n2>Vz years as a weighmaster with this Department. Mr. McKay served at the Parks-\nville weigh-scale station on Vancouver Island.\nTo fill the vacancies occasioned by the aforementioned resignations and retirement, competitions were held in Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Prince George,\nGolden, Hunter Creek, Cranbrook, Creston, and Vancouver during the year.\nIt is of interest to note that the high degree of interest shown in the competitions for positions with this Department is being maintained, as is indicated by the\nnumber of applications received in the various centres of the Province.\nAs the degree of industrial activity increases in a particular area of the Province, it often becomes necessary that increased service must be rendered by the\nWeigh Scale Branch staff in that particular area. This situation requires that staff\nbe transferred from other areas of the Province to take care of the additional work\nload incurred through the increased industrial activity.\nIn the economic interests of the Department generally, and in some instances\nas a result of personal requests, several transfers of weighmasters to other locations\nwithin the scope of Departmental operations were made during the year.\nThe staff at the end of the year comprised the following: Civil Servants, 19;\ncasual employees (weighmasters), 78; temporary employees, 2.\nIn accordance with policies established, the status of weighmasters has been\nchanged from a \" casual \" classification to that of \" permanent.\" The necessary\nadministrative changes in this regard are currently being undertaken, and it is\nanticipated that change-over will be complete at an early date in 1966.\nPrinted by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1966\n360-166-1522\n"@en . "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1966_V02_14_V1_V48"@en . "10.14288/1.0364121"@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 . "REPORT OF THE Department of Commercial Transport containing the reports on COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, ENGINEERING, RAILWAYS, AERIAL TRAMWAYS, PIPE-LINES, INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION, AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1965"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .