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ILUNOIS HlGHW A Y ENGINEER Volume XlV Nwnber I ElQ!n. illinOis. under Section 34.66 of odvant;e; slnllie copics 3Oc. Mallln<;T

Entered ClB th ird class moUer at the Peat Office at P. L. and R. Yeal ly su.bscrlpl!on 31.20. payable In a ddreu; 209 Jelfe!30n Ave .. Elgin, Ill.

tTis an III Wind

A bank officia l ahsconds with a quarter of a million dollars in a miJ-west~rn Slate; high officials of a large castern coflX'racion arc cOn\'!ctcd of price-fixing; officials of a land promotion and development company arc indicted and subsequently convicu,:d of fraud and illcgtlJ practices. A ll oC these fe lonies IVere headlined in ncwsp;Jpcrs d\TOUghout these United States, and the culprits exposed fClr what they were. No pa]>er, nur magazine, no reporter nor editor, as much as hinted publicly that half of :111 bank officials, hig h corporation officia ls, or rcal-CSlatc de\'dopmclll officials should be in jail.

On the other hand the largest const ruction program in world history, the Federal Aid Interstate, a mu ltibillion dollar project. ha.~ feee!"' ''fl .~pr:ri::ll attention from the pras. Some COnstruction skulduggery in Oklahoma, bribe taking in New Mexico, right-of-way manipul:uions in MassachuscttS, and a statt' road bridge buil t in 1930 into Virginia and wrecked by :l flash flood have been sufficient cvidence for one writer in a syndicated magazine to make the stattmem that "half of the highway engineers shou ld be in jai l."

We can see how the writer might have bt:en irri tated enough after traveling on some of our highways, cspecially afttr the kind of winter we have had. to si t down and run otT such a story. Bm the ama2.ing thing is that a big-time publisher would print such irresponsible, misleading, exaggerated, and evell fa lse :lnd libt:lous reporting.

It lIppcars to be an attack on engineers and other officia ls of state highway deparunents throughoUl this land. Don't misunderSL::lIld us -we arc for the prcss fe rreti ng out unlawful, unethical, dishonorable, and other corrupt practices in govern ment. wherever they occur, and tbere is no more. and perhaps Ic:ss, corruption among state highway engineers than in any hminess group or large corporation. j ust why such vindictive and unwarranted attack is made fln the highwa y engineering profession is perh:lps the publisher's s~crct. Maybe it'~ just sensadonalism, maybe it's somethi ng deeper. Hut whatever the re=ason, it is reminiscent of the da ys of lynching and vigilantcs, when the cry of one man could start a stampede against law :a nd order.

\Ve must not forget that [0 enemies of this cou nuy, anyth ing that sows lhe seeds of suspicion. di.~trUSl, disharmony, dishone~ty, d isloyalty, discredit, and loss of faith in officials :a nd other personnel of our government, is good propaganda Illaterial fm Communism against our dc=m()cratic way of life. In fact, our enemies :Ire busy dishi ng 0111 their propag:anda in every corner of the United States.

And what is most disconcerting 1'0 S:ly the least, is the deathly silence oC the press, - its app:l rentl r tacit approva l, and in at least olle case repeating the verbal attack on st;ne highway engineers. Only one periodic:!!. the "Engineering News-Record," an often time cham pion of engio~rs III gO\tcrn mem, came 1'0 the highway engineer's defense.

Perhaps Felix R. Knight. preside nt of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, in a recent University of Michigan leclUre has "hit the nail on the heau" whcn he said "Loose, ai mless talk has become far too prevalent in this cou ntry" ::lIld "slogans aod name calling must give w:ly to honesty, integrilY and respect fo r truth." Mr. Knight, one of the country's leading ed itors and president of the Dallas Times Herald, also stated, " Remed ies for irresponsihililY must Of'igi nate with the American press. We mu .. t take leadership in the :Irca of complete reslXlIlsibililY and we must hlow the whistle on those who endanger our heing."

FIRST QUARTER 1961

R. A. Lonier Editor

Significance of the New

on UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR

STREETS and HIGHWA YS"

an address prepart:d for the:

48,h ANNUAL ILLINUIS HIG H WAY EK'G IN EERI NG CONFERENCE

URBANA, ILLI NOIS

T UES DA Y, FEBRUARY 27, 1%2

prnt:uud by

DANILL J. H ANSON

Tr(lfjic Commissioner St. Louis COllnty, Missouri

The lopic of this prestomation h35 a rcal significance and undoubtedly, by this time, most of you have reviewed the new " Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and High­ways" thoroughly. The new Manual, a copy of which I hold before you. was publishc:d by Ihe U. S. Dcpll runcnt of Comnll:rcc, Bureau of Puhlic Ro.1ds, in Washington, D. C. in June 1961 after sC'n:rai years of eX I<:nsin: study and re­search. For anyone who may not h:l\'.: a copy of this doc:unu:m among his personaL possessiom, I highly urge [hat you secure a copy of the new Manual by sending 52.00 [0 the Superintendent of Documents a[ the U. S. Go\ernment Printing Office in Washington, D. C.

1927, [he Ameriun Associal ion of Slau: Highway Officials producw a Sign Manual for Rural H ighways, the first of its kind.

Some: of you might remember that the first sign manual was a mimco­grapheJ, brown covered document which was not too imprc:ssive. It rep­rescmcJ, however, a very impon:lm beginning. Immediatdy city [raffic offic ia ls realized the:. need to copy the idea and in 1929, the: National Confer­cnce:. of Strttl :lnd H ighway Safety produced a manual dealing with city standMcl5 for t raffic signs. signals ;Jlld

markings. It took six (6) y~ar s for State H ighw .. y Department reprc:R:nta­tives and city officials to get together and publish the hrst Uniform Manual on Traffic Control De\·iccs which was printed in 1935.

Tho:': yellow covered document. which so mauy of you became famili:l r with over the last decade, was the post World \Var II c<lit ion of the Manual. It was prepared by a joint committc:c: of the American Association of State High­way Officials. Institute of Traffic Engi­neers and National Conference on

DanLel J. Hanson

Slftt[ and H ighway SafelY in 1948. This sal":'le year. the National Comm it­tee 011 Uniform Traffic 1...1WS and Ordinanc~5 re:placcd the Natiunal Con~ fne: l1ce 0 11 Street and H ighway Sa(ety as one of the l\lanual's thrt."<: parent organiz<,tions. A fifteen ( 15) page:. revision was iSlued in 19;4 :It a time when numerous uaffic officials were hcginning to realize the important need for unifonnity.

/\bout this lime Statt' Highway Dc-1);Htments and city oflil"ials alike were being plagued with requeSts from the mmoring public for more: ~lld more traffic comrol de"ices. Since: the Un i­form ~hnual pcrmiuc:J ~I [ ernali \'e use of sc\'eral types of signs, signals and pavement markings, many tra ffic offi­cials went their separate w~ys installing the devices which met the:ir personal fancy. Ai:..nn was 50011 expressed, not only by some traffic engineers and highw:l}' officials. but John Q. Motorist as well began to ask for an under­standable, mean ingful and uniform sys· tOTl of traffic control de\·ices.

An elcc:llem case indicaling lack of uniformity can be found in the differ-

Jkfore we re:view the: signincance of the: new Manual, it would seem well to recall the eady days when uniformity w:lS a seldom used te:rm. In researching the history of the development of sign standards, it is my undentanding that some forry (40) yt::l fS :lg'O the Missis­sippi Valley H ighway Officials appoint­ed :.l e:onllniutt to dC\'c1op a system of general guides to be used among the: member SI:lICS, A few years later in

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ing practice of several states in the marking of "No Passing" zones. Some st;H('S design:ne "No Passing" zones ot sufficient length in order that an over­t"king maneuver begun a short dis­lalle<': before the beginning of the zone can he safely cOlnpleled within the 7.Ol1e. In such states it is normally lawful to drive to the left of the ydluw line while completing the overtaking InaneUVeT.

Several other states designate what arc referred to as short "No Passing" 7.0IlCS. [n such SUltes it is unlawful, and very often unsafe, to drive to the Idt uf the yellow line :tt any time. It is apparent that a moturist, accustomed tu Jrivin~ ill 11 "l(Jn~ zune" Slate c(Juld unknowingly lx:come a menace upon entering a "short zone" state. If he continues 10 follow his normal I)assing practice in an unfamiliar state he may not only violate the law but also ca use a serious accident.

Traffic control is, of course, not a ncw problem. In fdCl, from the d"ys of the chariots to toJay'~ compact cars, lJaffi.: mO\'emeJl1 has hcen a comin uing governmental headache. For example, aneielH Greece had its trouhles with won1t~n drivers when Lycurgus of Athens, one of the first highway com­missioners, tried to impose restrictions upon WOmen chariot drivcrs. Legend h:1S it that Mrs. Lycur.b'\lS was Oile of the fi rst to be stupped and shortly thereafter her highway commissioiler husband rescinded his order. King Sc-nnachcrih of l\ssyri~ didn't fool :m)Und with parking tickets. He or­tiered ~ death penalty for "anyone who interfered with the main highway."

It is ohvious th:n we h3 \'e come ~ long way in traffic regulation since the &Iys of .Ii!cient Greece. Much uniformi­ty has been ac~o rnplished since the im­portance of this subject has been recognized. Use of red as the color to signify ;} t raffic signal stop and a "Stop" sign are becoming universal. Likewise, the shapes of c.ertain signs, such as the railroaJ crossbuck, the octagonal "Stop" sign and the diamond shaped, warning sign have become standard. Among new signs receiving wide acceptance is the tri:lflgular shaped ··Yield" right-of· way sIgn.

Despite the fact that much progress has been made, there is still ;) long way to go [0 achieve the desired Jegree of uniformity. In a minute we will look :rt some colored slides depicting exam­ples of the ohviolls need for adopting the new "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices." These pictures, tak­en mostly in the St. Louis Metropolitan area, show what can happen wilen 98

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cOllrny municipalities, a large city government, a state highway depart­rnelll and SL Louis County arc allowed to set 101 different standards for traffic control devices.

Missouri is one of several states wh<:re home rule often frees City Officials from regulation hy state agencies and in the case of highway maners, permits Io..·al authorities to regulate uaffic upon state highways illside corporate limits. Althl)ugh many cities usr:: traffic con­trols cOJluary tl) ~ta.le practice, few Statr:: Officials are willing to im pair their rdationships with cities O\'er usc of non-uniform traffic control deviccs. Generally there arc no JXnalty provi­siom in nat .. laws requiring uniformity and City Officials so inelined can ignore the law with impunity.

Facetiously, olle o{ the St. Louis County newspapers had this to $3Y about the confusion relating to speed limits within a municipality:

NEW SPEED LIMITS

··City Council may again revise speed limits as follows:

6 am to 8 am -5 miles per huur on Florissant Road

8 am to 4 pm - 2U mph on Florissan t, 30 mph elsewhere

4 pm to 6 pm-back to 5 mph on Florissant

Friday and Saturday evenings 3 mph (except past picture show and bank, FriJay I liz mph )

Sunday-5 mph going to church -40 mph going home from church

If this is not dear, leave your car at home and walk.

P. S. Also Y4 mph past Legion Fish Fry on Friday evenings."

The installation of too many signs poorly located is the type of traffic control which creates confusion instea.d of understanding. At a busy sigIL1lized intt:rsC(;tion in Sl. Louis County !lve (5) traffic signs arc located on the motorist's near right within a distance of less than thirty (30) feet trom the signal. These signs read in order:

··No P:lcking Here to Signal SlOp at White Line on Red Light Right Turn Only on Arrow Danger Traffic Merging from Right SlOp Whcn Signal is Off"

It is obvious that no motorist has 3dequate time or sufficient distance ill which to react to this conglomeration of messages. Each sign may have some degrer:: of importance but how can the average driver recognize their relative significance? Ithas been suggestt:d that

no onc should drive alone in the St. Louis Metropolitan area and that a navigator i~ needed for each driver in order to read :lnd interpret the variance of signs, signals and pavement mark­ings encountered along the way.

In the past, the Uniform Manual~ although approved as a tlational stand­ani, was actually used as <1 guide rather than a ffi<1ndator y requirement. [n fact, in o\'er twenty state., there is no law requiring local officials to conform to any st~IlJard practices. The State of Ill inois shuuld t:lke pride in the fact thal it not ody requires local cumpli­ance but it is one of the fe w states which has prepared a State Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Dcvices for use hy Div ision of Highways employees and CO\lIlty and Municipal Officials as wdl.

The Illinoi~ Division of Highways should be com plimented for its ,·err. fine 1958 ..Jitiurl of the State Manua. [t is my undcrstanJing that plans arc already underway to bring this docu­ment up to due, ill lille with the new standards sct forth in the national Manual on Uniform TraRlc COJluol Devices. Tht bet that the St.1te of Illinois has always been a leader in the traffic and highway field is plainly verified by a quick look at the member­ship roster 01' lhe National Joint Com· miuee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This list of twentpix (26) individuaL~ indudcs such 1I1inois nota­hies as Harry Porler. Jr., of the Nation­al Safety Council; former City of Chicago Traffic Enginr::r::r, Leslie J. Sorenson; and P. H . Folr::y, Anistant Chief Signal Engineer of the Burling_ ton Railroad in Chicago, Illinois.

Looking over the entire committee memhership should impress anyone with the ohvious fact that the I'\';ltiunal Joint Committee is not only composed of ontstandi ng- individuals, highly re­spected for th~ir ahility and know-how, but includes all walks of life from the BureJU of Public RoaJs, several State Highway Departments, some City Traffic Engineering Units. and many othn organ i:r.ations. In 1961 the Manu· aI's family trcc had grown to include the follow ing five (5) parent organiza­tions: Ameri,an Association of State Highway Officials, Institute of Traffic Engineers, National Committee on Uniform Traffie Laws and Ordinances, National Association of County Offi­cials, alld Amcrican Municipal Asso­ciation.

Federal recognition of the importance of uniformity came in 1944 when the Federal-aid highway act of that year gaye the Bureau of Public Roads ap-

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proval powers OVCf traffic conHol in­stallations 011 H ighways conslructcd with Federal-aid funUs. No all out efforl fo r State compliance with na­tional standards was inili!Hoo, how"'er, lIntil the Imerstate H ighw:'ly construc­tion program got underway. In 1958, the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of J)uhlic Roads jointly :'Ipproved a manual o[ signs and markings, llla<le: manda­tory, for all lnierslale rOUles. Since this ooe system of roadways, when com­plc:te:d, will sene .. bout twenty (20) per cent of all \'chiclc tta\'c!, this action alonc is a signincalll step toward uniformity.

One: uf the rca! proll!t:m s that public officials often face is the well intell­tiune:d group of citizens who demand aCl ion contrary to uniform standards. Ex~mpks of the effurts of pressure groups c:in read ily he sttn in the un­warramcd usc of tr .. ffic sign:lls, many of which (Teate more :'Iccidenis than they pre\"(~nt. and che: usc or unreason­ably low speed limits which encourage fla grant \·iolations_ This subsequently resulu in disrespect for Ir3ffic laws in gl:lleral.

At the requeSt of many residents o( one of our newer sulxlivisions, the St. Louis County Di~·is ion of TraffIC com­pleted an inyesligation of vehicular spt...oos :md IlIher traffic cOlldition .~ within that area. Our study induded a check of spn:Js at twO locations, recording the license number and a dcscriptiollo£ each vehide which pa5-SCt! OUf obscr\'n. Although 150 subd i\'i5ion r~idents signed a petition relJuesting that the posted "SI>Ccd Lim it 30" signs he: replaced with a [5 mile per hour limi t, the lowest speed ob~eTveJ W:lS 18 mph. A license plate check verified the facI th~[ the majority (If motorists observed al both lncalions were subdi­vision residents ami it was actually de­termined that these ind ividuals, as a group. were driving fas tet than thc nun·residents they were complaining about.

This fan is \'eriii.cd by the following table indicating the observed speeds of suhdivisiun residents:

srEED (M PI!)

15 and under 16-10 21·25 26-30 31 and O\'cr

% OF SUBDIVISION

RESIOF.NT MOl'(IIUsTS OfISERVED

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20 51 20

Poste:d Speed Limit -30 MPII - Re­qu~tcc1 Speed Limit - [5 MPH

Another problem in de:\'doping uni-

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formity is the time lag &om the adoption of n.1ndards and the date of their im plement:ltion. For example, in 1954 the 51andard color of the ··Stop" sign was ch:ltIgcd from Yellow to Red, yet it is repurted th3t six (6) years la ter in 1960, leu than Iwo-thirds (2/ 3) of the cities in the count ry had cOllvertcd their signs to the new standard. I twas found Ihat the c1egr~ of uniform ity was lowest in small cities ami highest in the brger governmental units and this trend is prob.1bly attribuL1blc., at least in part, to a greater usc o( a profess ional engineering approach and a hener appreciation of community respoosihil­ity in the la rger citie:s.

It will n .um: ,I> no $urpri$c to many of you that uniformity is actually 0PPOK-d by some cnginee:rs, offici.1ls and legislator~ on Ihe grounds that it Cfcatc~ restrictions, discourages progress and rules out experimentation, Arguments along the:se lines can easily Ix: supponed by cxample ~nd lire used to present a casc against uniformity, It is certainly true, that blind adhe:rence to handlXlOk standards is just as objcctionahle as rash, unreasoned deparwro from es· tablishtd procedures.

Actually thl: new ·'l\-\anual on Uni· form Traffic Control Devices" discour. ages both hlind adhere:nce and rash departures. The new Manual stresses the principles upon which the stamlards arc ooscd, yel encourages imaginative applic;Hion of thesc procedures. Al­lowance has been made for research and experimemal ion leading to im­provement of the stand:uds, hUl tinker· ing is discouraged, as it properly should ho:. The success and effc:cti\'ClleSS of Ihe new Manu!11 will. in my opinion, de· pend largely upon each of us foregoing some penonal opinions :md pel notions and inS{e:lHI practicing the usc of sound engineering judgment.

The introductory section of the new Manua[ says so m:lIly things SO well that some of these items bear repealing, For cX:lmple, the ManU31 sta tes thaI any traffic control de\·ice should mcet five (5) elementary requirements, namdy il should :

I. Be capahlc of fulfilling;tn import31lt need. -

2. Command attention. 3. Convey a dear, simple- me:aning. 4. Command resp<x::t of road uscrs. 5. Be [ocatcd 10 give adequale time for

response,

In addition, de\'icc:s which control or regulatc ltafJi( must be sannioned hy law. Four b.nic cOlJSiue:rations must he employed 10 insure that all of these requircments are: meL They arc: design,

pl:.cl.·menl, maintenance. and uniform­ity.

Design of the traffic rontrol de"ice must assure that such k.llores as si1..e, contr3st, colon, shape, .and lighting or reAeClOriz..ation where neroed, arc pro­vided in such a ma.nner as 10 attract attention. Shape, size, colors ami sim­plicity of mcssage must be comhined in orde:r to produce a dear and instlln-1l1lll.>()US meaning to the motorin.

PluU",cnt of the de\' icc mun assure th:1t it i~ located within the range: of \'i5 ion o~ the normal dri\·er in order that it will command attention. The locat ion, combined with suitable legi­hility, is eXlTemely important and muSl be such that a d rh'CC rra\'cling at normal speed h:u adeyuate time to observe and lInder.~land the proper meaning :Ind th e:n make the proper response.

Muil/twu/lcc of devices must he 10 the: highest siandards in order to assurc lhat legibility is retained and Ihat lilly de\' icc no longer needed is removctl. Clea n, l~gihle, properly mounh .. x1 traffic comro[s in good working condition command respect. In a moment you shall SC~ some colored -slideS of signs not h:lvlIIK a husiness-like ,Ippcarance ;"lnd they tend to imply thcy no longer need to be obeyed. Carelessly cXlXutec1 maintCnance can destroy the b:llancc of :l wholc group of devices. For example, replacement of a single sign by one thaI is disproportionately larger will tend to depreciate other signs Incaled within the same group. Main ten:iIlee must Ix: functional as well as phy~ ica l. in onler to guard against slich oc­currences.

Unifarmity of traffic control ue"i(es simplifies the: task of the rO:lll user since: it aids in instant recognition ~nd understanding. Referring back to the title: ol this presentation, "Significance of the New Manual:' if we were to try 10 find a single word suhstitute for this title, it would ha\·c to be "Uniformity:' Simply staled, un iformity means treat· ing sim ilar situations in the 5o.une manner.

The lISC of uoiform traffic connol de\·ices docs not, in itself. constitute ul1iforrnity. [n fact. l1.\ing a st:lOdard devkc where it is nOI .appropriate is just ~~ ohjectionable .as using 3 personal pet hut unorthodox dC"ice. Un iform ity aids the enforcemenl onicer. courts and mO)1 important of all. the r0.1d uscr. by providing e,·eryone with the s,1me in · terpretation. Selfishly, from our stand­poim, uniformity aids the highway and traffic officials through economy in manuf3(:{ure, installation, maintenance. and administrative woc~.

This is neither the plac.e. nor do we:

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have the time, to delve into a detailed dissertation on the numerous changes in the new Uniform Mar.ua!. I luwe\·er. I would like to point out several at the guiding principles and marc important revisions included in the new Manual. Some of thc~ include:

I. The section on signs has ocen cnmpletdy rewriitt:n and expanded to include new material on express­way signing, lane usc, Civil J1c­fense signs, ;lnd constfuction and maimenance operation sign ing . The latter twO groups have heen eOl'ered in individual chapters to hcilitate a separate puhl ic<.Ition and distribu­tion to those who may hal'e little of no U$e for the other set:tions of the Manual.

2. Generally the si7,cs of most traffic signs specified in the new Manual arc larger than those now in usc. These signs arc designct.l to provide greater visibil ity ;]t highcr driving speeds, particularly on multi-lane highways and on expressw:lYS.

3 . An important innovation is that standard sizes are now specifieJ for signs, whereas in the P:lst, only minimums were set. For freeways and expressways, signs are:: to be larger and higher than those on wnventional streets. Overhead sign. ing is to be. useJ at locations where heavy trailic. terrain or highway design features im pair the visihility of signs located at the side of the roadway.

4. A recognition of t h~ value of sym­bols and their suggested use to the fullest extent possible is indicated. Symbols convey meanings much more rapidly than word messages and arc widely used in Furope, Canada and Latin America. In this respect, we arc f;u behind our Intt'rnational brothen.

5. All sigllS that do cOllvey their mes­sages during hours of darkness shall be reflectori:t;eJ or illuminate{!. ReAcctorizatioll is optional for urban parking signs, which an: ordinarily read at slow speeds and often receivc some illuminat ioll [rom street lighting. Overhead signs shall be illuminated where studics indicate that reflectorization will not rrm·ide effective performance.

6. Thc most signiflcam change in the marking ~ection of the new Manual involved the elimination of previ­ously permissible alternates. Elim­in:nion of the use of douhle white barrier line on all two·way road­ways with four (4) or more lanes, in favor of the double yeBow line,

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will provide national uniform ity in tbis most important marking:. It is indicated that over ten (10) st~tes, not involving l11inois or any Mid· westcrn states, will h;1\'e !O m:lke legislative cha nges to establish the double yellow line as a le::gJI barrier.

7. Standards and warrants for pave· mem edge lines have Ucen included. They are:: to be used as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, lane lines. Pnement edge markings are to be solid white lines, two (2) to fou r (4) inches in width. It is pointed uut. howen:r, th<lt the mOst dfective means of differentiating the shoulder area from the traffic lane is by :t delinile contraSI iu surface appearance and riding characteristics.

8. A single stanJ:lrd has been estab· I ished for the pedestrian signal, requiring that it Ix: rectangular in shape with the messagt: limited to tht" words "WALK" and "DON'T WALK."

9. T here shall he a minimum of two vehicular signal faces \'i~ible to traffic 011 each approach to a sig. n:llizcJ intersection. Where all signal faces are post or pedestal moulltcd, there shall be at least twO on the far side of the intersection. This one sentence in the new Manual has probably caused the most conSternation for Illinois high­way officials. It goes almost without saying that compliance with this standard will involve lhe expendi. ture of very large !;ums of money.

10. Lane contrul signals are provided to facilitate unbalanced lane op<::r;1 -lions on major arterial streets ~s ;\ means of incrcasing capacity. Thc now common practice of using reversible, unh.1laneed lane flow to favor the predominant direction of u;]ffic during morning and cvening rush hours can be handled by sig­nals suspended overhead. A green down arrow is 10 be used to indi­cate that a particular lane is open to traffic while a red "X" means that the lane is c1o:>cd. These signal units arc 10 Uc rectangular in sha pe:: .

I J. Red, yellow and green signal indi­cations are requireJ in all displays, e::xcept where a g reen arrow lens is uscd alone 10 indicate contimlOuS mo\· ement. The yellow signa! shall nOl be shown sim ultaneously with the- green or red indiration, except when a green arrow indicates that :1 particular movement is to con­tinue. This provision materially affects the present signal sequence

operation in the State:: of Illinois and you are to Ix: highly complimented for ~'our prompt will ingness to can· \'ert to the !lCW standard.

12. The meaning of arrows is set forth more clearly in the new Manual and warrants for signal installatiuns have beell d rastically revikd. Many other detailed changes in the:: signal section of the Manual a re worthy of special attention by those involved in this sp~ci:llizcd field.

It would se~m that in any discmsion of highway ;mJ uaffic improvements, we should ask ourse! vcs several basic questions which relate to an imlXlnant demem of llle program, namely thc driv("r behind the whee!. The new Manual should be able to withstand rigid crosH.xamination of this type if it is to perform its true fu nction . In th is regard, it ~rpears to me that the new ManU:lI can fully withstand the following qu~ries and :lnswer in the affi rmative on "1eh account:

r. Are th~ traffic regulations and stand· ards which have been suggested realistic?

2. H :ls the trend towards improved "chiclc operation, other safety im· provement> and the need for unin· (eHupted tran~c flow been fully recognizedr

3. Has the tendency to make traffic viola tors (Jut of reasonable drivers, who are otherwise law.abiding citi­zens, UL'e1l discouragedr

While the new Manual provides modern day standards, there are other important ingredients necessary if widespread uniformity in traffic con· trol devices is to be obtained. These items include:

I. Uniform t raffic laws and ordinances are a nation-wide necessity. Driving rules ;Jcro~s the:: coumry need to be updated in closer conformity with the Uniform Motor Vehicle Code.

2. Greater emphasis must be placed upon the local 1evc.! and hundreds of cities still need to adopt a Mood T r:lffic O rdinanc.e. Many states need to enact enabling legislation to per­mit mnnicip;Jlities to adopt such an ordinance by reference.

3. Most important of all, every gOl'ern· mental unit. brgt: or smalL should indicate its willingness and desi re to

<ldhere to the principles and stand­ards provided in the new Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Cut<linly I hope you will agree that

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Concrete Consistencies Shown in New Test Machine tefl, While p."ObabI, oh"lno the maximum Illr000qlh. can onl, " \IN<I in piaiD concrete work ..... ch a.a Ilidewalb. cOtlaete roods. (lDd in Ig",e mCIQ work. Center. Coro be . ... cceufliUy IlHd in prodicaUy aU ordinary .. inlorced-concret. work • .,ilb excellent ... 1,11". Rlqht, S ... ilahLe JOt IlH In concr. te·.hlp construo;tio .. wber. It <;<QI. " pl(Jced with .e_able CClr.

tn spite 01 Ihe IhiD concrete HCllon and hlqb I t .. l ClreGll .mpkoy.,d in the de'19 .. 01 .... ch .. _eb.

The BEGINNING of the SLUMP TEST

The slump tCSt has bc:..:n used dllrillg more than four decllues as a 1I1c:~surc or the consistency o( freshly mixed concrete.

When the type of aggregates and thc:ir proportions to the 31110unl of «melll in a mixture remain the same. the slump of tht' concrete \aries with thc: water-(emem ratio. The water·<t~mcnt ratio is olle nf the mo~t important itemS in the control of coneretc:, and yet the "lowly" slump tt:l;t prob..1bly is the IC::IS\' respeclcU and leaSl thought of in highway work. The slum p test has had competition all along !.he way, and many tcsts havc: been uiedi however. aftc:r more than forty years no other test has replaced it. Probably its mOSt scriolls competit ion has come from cngin(l:rs who estimate the slump insteac of conduning the tcst. Since it requires little effort to C5timat~ the slump, it SttmS tbat ther~ must be some charaheris tlc of the test that imparts confidl:nc.c, ev~n lO

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By GEORGE B UC HHEIT

Concreu Section - BlIr~/1If 0/ MuU'riuls

the. )'O~lJlgC:St engineer, in his ability to (Stnna t.; the ~Iump. Th~ test has been conducted haH.hea rted l), and indifferently under unfa\'orable conditions: it has bct:n maligned, abused. rc\·ilt!tl. defamed and aSI>erscJ, but seldom complimented. iauc\("(1 or eulogi7.t'(1. Anu yet with all this adversity the slump tcst still reln:lillS.

It thus bchocm:s the ILLI NOIS IIIG HW t\ Y ENC; INEER to think more kindly towa rd it. nut only [or the reasons 5tatcU, hut also bcl:ause the te~t mold pn:~e !\tly used cvidently was initiat~J by the Illinois Oivi5ion of Ilighwa~·s.

In thc j\'larch 3, 1920 issue of the Engineering Contrdcting magninc ulerc is an 3rticlc lInJa the ti tle of "An Apparatus for Detc:rmining the Consistency of CUllcTCte," written by F. L. Roman. Testi llg Engineer of the Illinois St:llI~ Highway Departmellt. This is :11\ imc.restillg article as it record~ the el1pcriments undcrtaken

tluring th o.' spring of 1919 th:u re.~ultcd in n slump cOile that gavc cOl1corda11l results :md which could he USed in the field to determine lhe C01l$iSlem:), of cnncrete. An interesting fact that the writc:r has learned in connection with thl'sc e:xpcrirnent~ is that the personnel in the Illinois State Highway L.1ooratOry at that time. who IlCrformw aJi tCSI ~ during [he in\enigation. consisted of W. H. Schneider. presently EnE:inccr of Physical Tt~ts in the BurC'au of Materials; the late lohn H . Lee. who llt'Came Engineer of Materials for District I: and thC' latc A. E. Stoddard . a fOfmer Assinant Engineer of Materials.

Prior 10 the cxpc:rimenlS by tlte Illinois State H ighway Department. the slump ten apparatus con.sisted of cylindrical molds. AI)()\'c is a group of three pictures thai appeared in the Engineering News-Rc.;:orJ magazine dated March 2i. 1919. The art ide was entitlc:d "Concrete Consistency

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Measured hy a New Oo::" icc" and was writt e:n by fI.'ir . Hcrl>\'rt H. D:l\' is, Engine:cr, Concrete: Ship Section, Emerge:ncy Fleet Corporatioll.

The pictures show the: apparatus with concr~IC samples h~\ing different consistencies.

A meta[ cyl inder was uscO which was mouUlcd on mda[ slides that dirccted th~ movement of the: cylinder so as to be truly vertical. At t h ~ sta rt of the leSI the cylinder rest~d 011 a glass platt: supportt:d horizontall y and independent of the supports of the cylinder. To operate, the ey[inder was filled as a mold with concrete; the lOp surfac~ was Slruck off k \'d and the metal cyl inder Wall slowly raised, le:wing the (:01If,;Tete unsupported. The loss in height of the concrete cylinder bc~rs a ddi ni re rdation to the amOUIll of watcr used in the concrete.

t.'lr. l1a\is records $e\eral interesting obsen'ations that may not be so popula r to some, only acceptable in varying degrees !O many :mJ possibly promptly ignored by others. Il is commel1lS arc as fo llows:

" In the field it has beell notc:U th:1l where the operator judges the com:istt~ncy of the concrete hy means of the eye, such COflcrett is fa r from un ifornl in most cases, and there is a g~neral tendency to uSt' an excess of water far heyond that necessary to give the dcsirnl mobi lity. Furthermore, it has been obsen 'ed that the judgment of different operators, depending on the supcdieial appearallce of the concrete as to what is the desired consistency. will vary widel y:'

Following the ab01-e art ide W;15

annther artide cntitled "Consistency Test for Concrete u.~ed in Labor:Hory Practice" puhlished in the Enginct:ring News-Record for April N. 19 19. by Mr. D. A. Abrams. Professor in C harge, Strul'tural Materials Research Laboratory, Lewis InStitute. Ch ic:.go. Illinois. Mr. /\ brams believed th:. t the use of t.he cylindrical mold to ohtain consistency control w~s suggested lIS

ea rl y as 1912, by Sanford E. Thompson, C hairman of Commin~ C 9, The following q uotation wa.-; taken frolll :1 sct of n:commcndations prepared. under dale of No\'emlx:r 1914, by sub-committee 2 of Committee C 9 on COllCrete of the Americ;)n Society fo r T c..ring Materials, of which Mr. Abrams was chainmn: ' 'Therc is no wdl-recogniz.l'J standard [or the consistency of concrete for usc in telt specimens. The following method for determining the proper consistency of concrele for bhoralOry test will Ue found to gh'e fairly rdiablc re~ults:

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Mix n ~mall u;ltch nf conereU: sufficient to fi ll a 6 X 12·in. Of Ii X 16·in. cylindrical form. Place in form in the manner described below. As soon as the specimen is completetl. remOVe the fOrtn entirely from the fresh roncrete by a steady upward pull. Usc care nol 10 d isturh the fresh concrete_ T he correcl amount of water has heen used when the spcdmen of fresh concrete shortens ::tbout ~-i llch {or the 6 X 12-in. and VI -in. for the 11 X l 6-in. cylinder upon removing the fOfm .

"Certain re\' tStonS were subse· quently mude in rnCS(: reco,nmenda­tion~ hy th,· com mittee without making ally essential change in the tnelhoJ for dete rm ining 'l\Urmal' consistency of concrete."

The article ::tl so stated that in research work at Lewis Inst itute, a ~Ium p of ~ to I- in. in a 6 X 12-in. cylintler was considered as a normal consistency. The article also conta ined the following paragraphs : 'This test is heing incofporated in the revised spe1: i fie~ ti on fo r concrete rO:ld construction hy ~e\"e r a l of the 1l1 i(lwC'Stern state highw~y dep~rtment~. The requirement is th;,t

the cuncrete shall show a slump of not more than, say 2 inches for lfl:lrhine·tamp:J and nl\ishcd, and not more than. ~y 5 inches for hand finished work.

" In view of the pr1:dominant inAu­ence of the qU;lIllity of w:tter 011

the streogth and other propert ie. of connete. the control of the consistency of the mix hecomes of prime importance in all work:'

Hnwe,·er. W, H . Schn"idcr :ll\d his coworkt:rs foun d that the results ohtainoo using th" cylindrical mold wen: sotnewh.lI erratic and the purpose of their experiments was to find a mold or c.1n of such sh'lpc th:lI would pnxlm'e mol'l' consistent results. I II their experiments designa tcd hy [ :llId

II, :tnd recordctl ill T~bl es I anti [I. trunc3.le<1 cones of var ious s i~es and :I

fl-in. ,Iiam..:lc: by 12-in. high cylinder were useJ. T he truncated concs wert:' numbered as follows: 1\:0. I , 12·in. high, II in. d ialllCler at hase and .j in. d iameTer at the top; No. 2. 10 in, high. R in . rl i~ meter ~t base: and 5 in. di~rneter at tOPi No.3. 10 in. high. 10 in. diameter ~t rhe base ~,"J ') ill. di~J11cter :il top. Table I ~nd t .. hle 2 show the results of the expcrimt'lIl'l as follow5:

TABLE I - GRAVEL CONCRETE ( 1:2:3 1/2 MIXTURE)

Slu"'l) in Slump in Slum)) '" Rat'" "f Sium r> HI .nehe. ,,( Inchl~ uf mchl-. of w,,"'n (" ;nch~, of TrlJn~"1e.·1 Tru",~( <xl TrunC".l\l..J cCInent. qolirnkr . Cun~ Nu.1 C:)I1~ No.1 ConI." N",3 0.75 0 Y. 0 0 OJIO ~ ~+ y. ~-O.R5 I ~ 2 I ~ 1+ 0.'" 6 , 2 IYI 0.95 6% 6 3 3Vt 1.00 i!4 iX 5\1: 4y'! I.U5 9 8~ 6Yz 5 1. 10 9 8~ 5 5 KOle. - Gravd graded from 2 in, to ~ in. 50 percent passing I in. SCreen.

Sand gradoo V. in, down, 50 % p:lssing 20 mesh sic\'e.

TABLE II-CRUSHED ST ONE CONCRETE (1:2:3V2 MIXTURE)

ROllo of water t"

~-.:m~nt.

Sh.!1l111 in i "dl~ "f T.""(:n,,,! Cone Nu,3

0.75 fJ 0.80 0 0.8'5 U ~ ~ ~ K I.on 1 I.U') 2 1.1 0 2 1.15 2 ~ 120 .j

1.2'5 4

Note.-CrU5hed stone graded from 2 in. to V. ill., 50 percenT pas~ing I Ill.

scJ'een. 50nd gr.H.ktl !4 in. down, 50 perceilt passillg the 20 mesh sie'·e.

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Two taller truncated (Ones were also expc:rimcnle{i with but the following Jl.:lragraph sums up thr:: results:

"As a whole, truncated Cone No. I appearet1 (0 be superior to all ot her truncated cones invcstigated. and was far Ix:ner than a cylint.!er for determining the consistency of concrctt: by means of a Slurnp test . This truncated (one: mcasurc:J s.:lris­factori l}' differences in consistencies of the concrete mixturcs commonly used. and when tcsted out in practical work the paST summer it was found to givc excellent results. Tl-II S FORM OF APPARATUS WAS, THEREFORE. ADOPTED FOR [)F.TERMII'ING T HE CONSIST ­EKCY OF COl\'CRETE USED IN THE STATE H IGIIWAY WORK IN ILLINOIS."

The article :1150 includes a d rawing of the slump cone showing the 12·in. height, 8 in. diameter at the hue and 4 in. diameter at the top, handles a t Ihe sides anJ foot·holds at the oose.

ASTM included for the nrst time, in 1920, the telllative ~pecification for the consistency test ant.! it reads as follows:

A.S.T .M.

Tentative Specifications for Workability of

Concrele for Cnncn:te: Pa\'crnenl~. Serial Dcsign:llion: 0 62-2nT

Issued, 1920

I. Tht: workability ' of concrClt: pa\'emcnts shall be :as fo[Jow~:

Machine Finishing

(,) For conefttc to b::: fini shc:d hy mech~n­ical tamping m:a-chint:. the slump shall be nm mort: th311 \ inch.

Hand (b) For concrete to Ix: Fin ishing finished by hand

methods, the slump shall be nOI 1I10rt: than I ~ inches.

2. Determination of Workability. In determining workability, the ncwly mixed concrete shall be placN in a trunc-,ned cone-shaped metal molt.! 12 inches high, 8 inches in di:llneter :u the b.1SC, 4 inches in diameter :1\ the top, and provided with handles at the sides. The concrete shall be lightly tamped with a rocl :ali it is placed in

, T he 1IC'>lfro wurk~h,ht)' •• tu ht: • .bUInc:U b) var ylnS Ih" wa!~r c"nknt.

the mold which, when filled. 5hall be imllltdi:ucly r~mo"ed and the slump or se[tle.rllent of the concr.;" nO[cd.

And now, 41 ycars latt"r~ 1962-thc following spccinc:ations are in cffect: "The Slump of Portland Cement Con· cre te" AA.S.H.O. T-119-60. Also. AS.T.M. Design:ation: C 143-58. AdoPltJ, 1939. Revised '')2, '58. T entali\t" 1922 to 1939. then under A.S:r.M. Committee D-4 on Rood and P:a\ing Materials - I} 138. New Committee C-9 and C- \H.

The first two paragraphs of ASTM C-143-5S :lrc as follows:

Scop~: "This method of test CO\!;: rs

the procedure: to be used for detcrm in· ing SIUillp 01 conerttc, both in the laboratory and in tht field. Apparatus: " Mold. Thc tCSt speci!lltn shall be form,,'() in a mold m:ade of metal not thinner than No. 16 Jf.lgc and not rt'ad ily anackrtl by the ce:ment paste a:ld in the form of a latt~ ra[ su rface of the frustum of :l cone with the base ij inches in t.!iameter, th e: lOp 4 inches in diamcter, :u)d the height 12 inches. The b.1se and the top shall Oe open aoJ parallel to caeh other anJ a t

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TODAY'S CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY INCLUDES

THE USE OF PROCESSED AND GRADED AGGREGATES,

PROPER PROPORTIONING AND CONTROL,

ADEQUATE CURING AND MODERN EQUIPMENT.

CONCRETE PIPE CAN BE MADE TO ATTAIN ANY

DEGREE OF QUALITY AND STRENGTH REQUIRED.

ILLINOIS CONCRETE PIPE ASSOCIATION 121 North Lo Soil . Street, Chicago 1, IIIinois

Phone DEarborn 2_3908

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An aerial view of F.A. RI. 17 looklnq w e.1 loword. Mattoon.

A NEW HIGHWAY Se~(r;1 1 hundred pC1.ple from the

Manoon·Charleston area shrugged off the dis.:omfurts of ;1 cold, duudy day ttl attend the dedicat ion cercmony which officially upc.ncd Lhe ncw F.A. Route 17. Sections 50. 50· 1, 5 1. 51B, and 5 1-VI! I'o\,. 20, 1Y6 1. Th;s new highway is ne:trly nine m iles ltong :II1J pw\'idcs a dire..:t route hc twccn Ch;nles­wn ,,,,d M:lIloon. it consists chiefly uf :L durtl 24·(001 CC lI1crelC pavcment, tcn inches thick, with :1 40·(oot depresseJ ea rth medi~n ~nJ twC/ SCIS of twin bridges. Seftion 5 1 B oJIIsis\'s of [win bridges cmnposed o( a re inforced con­crcte deck ull continuous sted girders, I span @100' 6~ . 2 spans @ilf 6" . Sc,tion 5 1-VB wnsis ts l lf twill bridges composed oi a reinforcw (tmcrt::te ded, Ull cuntinuous sted [.beams, I span @:61' 0", 2 sp~ns @:52' 2~.

The (kdir:1I ion sill" was a t tht Luxa Road intersection, which is aoout mid­way ~lween the two lead ing cit ies of Coles County. The principal speakers werc Governor Ouo Ktrncr, Mayor urus In~noglc of Mattoon, ~'Ia}"()r Wil· liam Wouds of Charleston, and Dr. Quine)' Doudna, president of EaMtrn Illinois Uni\'crsity.

l~erh:lp5 the most al1rJet i\'e ~rsun

prcsent was Miss Nallcy Blume (1'"li55 Coles County 1961). holding the largt bout!ut'l "f m5(S which Governor Ker­ner had pn:scntt'd to her.

Governor Kerner complimcnled thc lcaders of the tWO cities on "Ihe;r un·

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Min Nancy Slume 11 pr.,.enled. .ose. by Coyemor Kerne. upon a.rival 01

Col .. County AIrport.

t iring e llorts to J;t'l th is major improve­ment accompiishcJ." He also pointed (Jut that because of this ntw highway, many ~ndi\5 will he: derived by ·· these two leading cit its of ollr great state·' an,1 the people in this area.

!Jr. Doudna congratuiattd highway engin«rs fo r designing the highway SO

that it pasro:! "the university ca mpus \\'.itlll~U( :~aning the bt'auty of the in· Sll\uucm

E:lCh mayor predicted that thc high. way wi ll stimulate lhe furt her expansion of the two cities in the dirtttion IOw~nl each olher.

After the speakers concluded their t;llks, Goverllor Kerner, Mayor ke· nogle, :Ino Mayor Woods cl ipped thc

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Go". 0110 Xemer IP<JQh at d.ed.lcoll",n II'e. DI"lIion 01 Hiqh ..... ay. pel'lOnJle' OIl e:rl.eme lefl til plclu.e a.e lelllo rlql>.!: Ralph Cher, John Keller. John eychot, and

Rolph 1I0rl"ilmeyer.

J. P. TUTHill MR. DISTRICT 10

It IV;).'> dear and crisp. that morning of March L 191 9, when twO eager young men entered the Di \' ision uf Highways District Office in Ea .~t St. Louis, Illinois. Fresh from military service they were anxious to make a try ill the cha!lenging new professiun uf highway engineering.

Ami :l. m:m sized challenge it was. With the war at an end, people were again happy in peace tim~ activi t ies. The automohile illdu51ry was thri,·ing _ almost 400,000 motor caTS were already registered in the state and their owners wcre anxious to usc them. But their \lse was li,..,i tN. It was almust impossihk to drive the new vchides mm:h beyond their city of res idence. far less than half the crosscounnv roads of the Sla t e highway system' had any surface whats~\'er.

The uig move to get the st<lte out of the mud was under way. The statc had paved eight miles of road in 1918. But in 1919, with a much larger construc­tion budgd abetted hy a brand new finaucing assistance, Federal Aid, 445 miles of new pal'ement was the year's construction goal.

Our two young heroes plunged into this tremendous elIort with all thei r youthful mental and physical vigor. Little did they realize that l.hc ultimate, the sIJrisfactury hard surfacing of the state highway m;twork, wonld never he achic.:ved.

The motorist, once he had a tas te of the pleamrc"s of cro~s(()umry travel un paved roads, WJnted to travel them ('asier and faster. Right angle COrllc.:fS

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hall to be eased; new, more direct routes bad LO be CUI through. Cities, formerly the paved cages for the 3utO user. now were becoming the stumbling ulocks fur long distance travelers as urhan traffic jams became commun­Jll:tct~.

Municipal connections were add(:d 10

the Sta te H ighway system to provide continuity for the state highways. Al1d urban problems were hence.: added to the state engineen' multiple responsi­bilities.

But now a new problem had come (orth. Th~ new highways wer~ tou narrow for th~ number of cars attempt­ing to use [h~m. Roads in many places h!ld to be \Vidl'Jl~J to four b n(,<. AmI to distinguish them from the old two lan~ p;Hhs the new wid~ thoronghfares were called SIIpt'rhighways.

Soon the heavy traffic and its need for roadside :;.ervices hrought forth a new complication. Accidents ;lIld turbulence caused hy indiscriminate turning on and off the m:tin highway brought on need for a control of the aCC~$5 to the highway proper. This (ontrol, added to the gr:tde s<:parations ~nd inter­changes h~ twecn highlV~ys which were already in nse, provided a new kind of roarl- th~ highly effici('nt expressway.

Our two h~rocs, not quite so young uut yet e\'tr as \·igorous and ~nthusias­tic. were still in the front of the effort to provide the facilities dt'sired by the J1lotoring pLiblic - still trying to get done tht' job they hegan in March of 1919. And from pr;lctically the very ht-ginning they had been directing. administrating, doing tb~ thinking for the effort to get [h~ streets adequate for th~ traffic.

Then it happened ! One of our heroc.:s had devised an expressway foururn lanes wiJ~ with a suhway duwn the center to t:tke care of th~ non·motorists. Some young en~ri.neer had e.:ome in and r~vcalcd that the n~w supcr-<luper wa~ ~till not big enough - that it would he swamped with traffic the day it opened.

OlJr h~ro reached for [h~ phone. called our other hero and said; ·'John. this is the ~nd. Ou r life has heen a series of frustrations and we still haven't s()lved ou r 1919 pruulc.:m. \Vhat do you S<ly we let the kids worry about it while we relax to do some thinking and gi\'e th~m a hand when l. he.:y need it?"

So, on January l. 1962 - 42 years, 10 months, and 15 honTS aftcr they walked into the East 5t. Louis District offic~, our twO heroes, I. P. Tmhill and John (;r:lyhack simultaneously relinquishe.:d the immense responsihilities of the Chic;lg0 and Ottawa districts. respcc-

ti\"~ly. ~nd slipped into consul tant posi­tions in those districts in the hope that the application of youthful endurance in the administrative prohlems conld he combined wi th their deep cxp~ri~nc~ to Ix:St 5O\'e the apparent unsurmOllntahl~ traffic problems of today and the fu tur~.

Wh3t, specifically. was the role of these two men in the long history of development of the modal! highway?

J. P i~rce Tuthill was born in Omaha, Nebra~b, in 1892. Fortunately for the State of lllillois his family moved to Elgin during his childhood . If you hav~ bn:n within shouting distance of him Juring fOOt ball or haskethall season yuu will already know that his .. ngin .. ..ring r.-lllr.~tion was rcc~ived from the University of Illinois.

Upon receiving his degre<:: in Ci\·il Engineering in 1917 he enlisted in the Army t\ir Force and was c.:ummissioncd a Second Lient~llant. This was the fabulous era of the Air Service - the days of the wooci and wire and ca nvas crates powered by mOlon:yc1e engines -the days of the Sp .• ds, Fokk~rs,

Sopwith Camels and Jennies . The armist ice at th~ end of lY 11!

conduded his Right ca r~n and he.: went uark 10 the fidd for which he.: was e.:ducatoo. H e entered the Oivisioll of Highway~ ill Fehruary of 1919 and W;I$

;lssign~d to the newly formtd Ottawa distrirt. The di.mict office, howc\Tr, was not ready for occupancy and ior that reason he and lohn Grayhack were temporarily assigned to East 5l.. Louis.

His fi rst assigIHII(·nt was the.: design ,)f a road surfacing job nnrrh of (;reemille in Bond County. W ith the comillg o[ Spring he went oul to supervise the construction of his fir~l project.

The urand new Ottawa district office opcn ed in Jnly of 1919 ;!nd as soon as Tu! COllld final OUl hi~ (3reenvill~ job he transferred 10 the new district, :uriv­ing th~re ~t the end of the ye.:ar.

He was assigneJ to tht: Design st'ction and ,l;iven the importallt projtct o(

breaking thruugh US. GG all :1 brand new ~Iinem~nt hctwel'n Bloomington and P[}lJtiac. l ie spent the spring sur­veying this line, tiltl1 wa~ swite.hed up to lhe U.s. 6 surfacing hctween Morris anJ joliet as resident engineer.

In AUbJUst of 1921 he was promoted to the position oE project engim:c::r. \Vith road building moving at an ac­celerilted p.lC~ under the impetus of the SlJt~ Bond rssu~s, and with urhan prohlenu cuming to the rorc Tut lc(t th~ Division in IY22 to operate as ;! consultalll un urban engineering prob­lems.

In 1929 he returned to his favorite

ILLI 'N OI S HIGHWA Y ENGINEER

employer, the Division of Highw'IYs, and was happily assigned to the ci ty of his childhood and youth , the Elgin dist r ict office . . The next fcv: yea rs "."ere spent oversC<:lng const: ucuOIl projects in thl' Chicago area.

The TU:ld problems within Cook Cou nty wae gelling fa r too complex to be ;ldminiS{ered in remote fash ion from the Elgin ollice. In April of 19j2 a new district office was ()~ned in Chicago with responsibil ity over the stak high­ways of Cook County. !kxau~e of his many years of experil:n{<;~ in d<.:sign and construction combined with his strong backgrouud in the so:ving of urb:ln problems, ). 1'. Tuthill W:lS transfe rred to the lIew Chicago ollie(. .n 115 Ilrst Distric t Design Enginct:f.

For the next ten yc.1.rs TUI h:lnclled the very compi.::x design prohlem .~ of this urhan d istrict. Thi .~ n:sponsibility W:t!i complicated hy the eXlr:lOrd inary amount of coordin:lt ion relJuired with Cook Count)' , the City of Chicago, and the :lpproximatdy 100 other ci ties and towns within the District.

This was the pniod in which the b.1sic expre~sway systtm for Cook County was bting planned. This major effort placed an appreciable addit ion:ll work 10:ld 011 the Distrin Design Engineer.

In january of 1943, Tut was promot· cd to the posi tion of Assistant District Engineer. It would w: assumed that his lIew post would offer the oppor­tunity for him to sit back and hel p administrate the affairs of the district. Tut accepted the :lssi$\"ntnent, however, in a different light and with renewed ,·igor m:limained his high act ive inter­est in the planning of TO:lds, Ihe coordin:lllon with the o:her :lgenei c ~ nf. the district, and the additional hurd"il oJ rtsponsibility tor construction and ot1ll'f tU!lctiollS of the dinrict onice.

In August (I f 195 1, the hig (Inc C:llne - promotion to the position of Di strict Engineer. The activities of the District (lilice by this time had become enor· mOllS. The urbaniz;ltioll of lhe distr ict had made eKh strC<:l improvement a m:ljor challenge (If dc.'ign and eoIlSUU(­tioll. The expre.~.~way program was getting imo hIli swing - was so (0111 -

pi ",; that ,} new ~ecrion, :In eXpressway section with its own design and oper,}­lion units, had to hI."" initiated to relieve the burden 011 the regular district org'"dni:r.3tion.

The extensive activi ties of rhe Cook County Highway Departm~nt wcn' const:lntly add ing lIew m:untenann; Tc~pon~ ih ili t ic~ Oll Sl'Hc·aiJ ~{)ad,. The ex~nditures of motor fud tax by Cook County, Chiclgo and by lht· hundred odd villages swamped the Local Roads, :lnd other Sl:ctiollS, with tht (ovcrseeing of a rllultituJe of individu:lI projects.

This was a situ:lrion which would m:J.:.e an ordin:lry man shudder. BUl J. P. Tuthill was apparent ly not an ordinary man . H e accepted the inere:lSC in tasks in a c:\sual t-,1s hion, h:lnd!ing the Wide scope of activi ties with the S:lme patience, understanding and :It­tention fer dewil that characterized his earlier work in the Design office.

The fo llowing years were wonderful onl'~. He saw the van exprCSsw:l y system come into being, his primary street program grow from a mere pillanct to a major annll:l l (onstruct;on efiort. H e saw his engineering staff grow to one of the 1:lTgest technic:l1 groups it! the state.

H is intluC'nc(: spread in all directions - planning, Jesign, maintenance and opewtions. H e assisted his :lgency in the prepa ration of a long.range com­prehensivc transport;llion plan for the are:l. H e illlproved his central O!TICC facilities and the quarters (If his d iversi-

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lied field operations. H e W:lS directly responsible for the

expenditure of well O\'er :l billion dollars of rublic money. And when rtccntly almOSt (our hundred top engi­neers from all levels ()f government, m:llerial suppliers, contr;lctor5 and ofli­ei:lls of V:lr ious governmental agencies gathe red in his honor. they cornpli­men ted him for spend ing this "<lst sum without:l si~gle ta int of SC:lndal. Such is the mark of an honest, sincere :lnd dedicated man.

Y ut was lortlllt<1lc that he did nOt have to carve this historic ca reer alone. Along the way there came into his li fe :l most wonderful pt'rsoll who wa s to hecomc Mary Tuthill. Complcmenting her husband in every way Mary is the tpitome of : veryth ing that makes a woman and wi fe. H er p~rsonality, charm, quick wit and domestic auili ties combine wi til the nice characteristics of her husband to produce one of the most inviting and hospil:l.hle hornesrc:lds you could fin d anywlvae.

T o lhe words of the governor in his Illessage to j. P. :I t his recent testi· monia!. wt: also alld our hopts that their happy homcscead in Elgin L:ontinu!.'S for many, many mort years and lh:lt Tut, while he has given up the dirt.'Ct bur­dcllS of the l1istricl office. will st,ly with us to con tinue to gi\'e of his tremendous hackground. his maturity, and his wide knowledge or persons and engincc.ring know-how.

If you want your wift to jl:ly atten· tion to what you' re saying, tell it tn another WOll"k1n in a low voice.

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TIME TO TAKE A LOOK

(Tllt:rc appea rcu in the January 1962 issue of "The Builder" (AGe of Ill inois) an editorial which i5 p3 rt icubrly ~ppropria te for consumption liy JIl inois highway cngincC'u. \Vilh only il few necessary woru changes. it is reprinted below.)

H aye yuu evcr wondered where the expression. "no taxation without repte· sclllation," camt from~ This hisLOric cry jolted Great Britain's seat of government almost IWO hundred years ago and ~va.s born o[ and ,·oiced through an assocmtion .

Associations are ulder thun OuT

nlHion, and h:ld a very substanti:tl part in the forging of the f~doms we hold so dear. T oday, more than 3.8 million business organiL1uons of the 4.7 million total in th is country belong lO

one or mort: ':15socbtiollS. Nearly .. million business cxttutivcs can't be wrong-th~re must I~ merit and profit in membersh ip.

The highway engineers halt: more

than their sha r~ of problems. It Illakc~ sense 10 join wil h others similarly situated in solving thc.'iC problems. Org:Ulized dfon is always more d Jec!iI'c - in unity there is strength, and sim ple ar ithmetic w il l prove thaI it's cheaper.

StwngcJy enuugh, there arc always a few in the highway Jh'ision who prefer to "go it alone," Thac few beliel'e they get along well enough without hc:ing :I

part of their engineering org:Uli7...ation, Do they really "go it a lonc" ur :trC

they like the ind ividual whu passes a car while meeting an oncoming vehide, bardy gets around in t ime :lnd, amid the ~n:ech of brakes applied by the other two drivers, says ''I'm :t fint: judge

of di~t :Ll W::l:, :t great driver ?" Yes, this fel low brets along 1~(l utifully bccau.~c others m:eke it possihle,

Perhaps the beginning oC a new year is a guo!! time: for reapprais .. 1. If you arc oot :1 part of your enginl'l:riog org',l.Iliz:uion, are you unknowingly depcnd illg on yom friends who give their time, talen t and financial support to their association?

If you Jo support the association­look Ixlck on the yea r's accomplishmcnt s and take iustifi~b le pride in knowing that the a.~sO(:i ~tion is strollg and will ahv:ly.~ he, because you and others li ke you l1l 'I ~C i l that way,

l\l'lrri td men can', understand why ~II b,1chclou aren't rich,

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ILLINOIS HIGHWAY "ENGINEER

Interstate Opening By H . C. BANIOE

Ribbon cutlinq ceremony (It d edi""tio.n 01 Inter. lm. 74. Sec. '4. Taze .... ell eo\Ulty. ao ... .,mor Kerne. wHh officials

from East Peoria and. Morton.

AnOlher segmcru u£ Americas' high­ways w:u officially opened :\'Iunday. D«emher 18, 1961, with the ribbon cutting ccrt:motlY ~ccuted by Governor Otto K~ner to starl the Row of fr:'lflic.

This public occasion was initiated and completed through the cuopaation of the Illinois Division of IIighways and the Associations of Commerce ot Peoria. East Peoria and Monon. The ceremony started at the East I'oori:l end of the segment of highway when: the East Peoria H igh School band provided music as the guests arrived :lnd wer:: settled nn the speakers' platform. Thcn there were introductions of the platform guests consisting of Gov. Otto Ke.rncr: W. J. Payes, Jr., DifC(:tor of Puhlic Works and Buildings; R. R. Bartels· meyt:f, Chid Highway Engincer; U. S. Represcntati\'c Rohen Michel ; State Senators E, B. Groen and Hudsun Sours; State Represcntati,·cs Rohert L Burhans, James D. Carrig'w . Walter Hill and John Parkhurst; Kcrmy E. \Villiamson, President or the Board of University of Illinois: C. S. I\-lonier of BPR; J. D. Mattison. Di~tric.t Enginccr: Mayors and A. C. members of the cities involved.

[n the speech at East Peoria. Go\'· ernor Otto Kerner stated the importance of the Interstate Systern 10 r. .. l1!ral TlIinois and stressed thc need for safer highways, better traffic enforcement and $.1ner d riving hy the. public.

After thc Gov~rnor's speech, a motorcadc of the guests and public tra"ded approximately 6.5 miles to the terminating point of the Morton

FIRST QUARTER 1962

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''';'.n"!! Kerner Iptlaklnq at dedlC<J' tion. Chief Enqlne.r Ralph Barteb· meye. aDd Dis trict Enqlne. r Matll_on

on lelt.

Avenue Interchange in Morton, IIlinuis. H ere the guesu were again inuod uccd and Governor Kerner addressed the public again beforc cutting another ribbon to open thc Peoria bound traffic lanes. [n thc addrcss i lt Morton, the Governor cited the expected highwa y const ruction in the general area for year 1962 and again stressed the importa nce of highway saft:ty. The motorcade then returned to Peoria and:1 luncheon at the H otel Perc Marquette, which was weJl attended hy uver 200 persons to heM a final addre.~s by Governor Otto Kerner.

N/:'WSPAPERS

A good desuiption of a newspafXr was written hy a ~ix · year-Qld school girl whu sent it tu the editor of her home· toWll nnvspapn:

"\Ve need them so we call know who reb and who drownds and who shoots somebody. And who wants a house or who dies or gets a baby. It tdls if your dog is \os[, They arc good on .~hd\'cs

and to make bond fires. " They also do goud WIder <l baby's

plate and to keep dugs uffa thillgs. You can wrap potatn peelings in ern. Y<)u can put one when you defrost. Thcy tell about shows and how much things arc:'

The editor :ldded: "Tht.y are also good to swat things

with, like flie s and puhlic official s and things."

W. WAYNE WALLACE

W. \V aync \V allace, 646 N. Kenil­wurth, Oak Park, will be installed March () as 53rd president of the Chi­cogo Engineers ' Club. H e served as vicc president in 1961 and will succeed Arthur H . J('1:5, \Vcstern Springs, man­ager uf the Illinois branch office o( the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co" 175 \V. Jackson H1 vd., Chic<lgo.

Mr. Walbee has been llIinuis District Engineer for the Portland Cement As­sociation since 1944 and h:1S been on the cnginct'ring staff of the assDciatLon for 34 years. He joined the: Chicago Engince:r's club in 1935, sen'ing on rhe Ro~rd of Managers in 1954 and 1955, He is a membcr of the National So­f ielY uf Proie:ssiona\ Engineers and the Westeru Society of Engineers.

Other ufficers named at thc Club's annllal meeting Feb. I are Milton G. H awkins, Prospect Heights, vice presi­dent; Kenneth L. Oe Blois, High land Park , secretary, 3nd L. F. Uttley, Ches­tenon, Ind., treasurer.

Serving on the Boa rd ot M:magers for 1962 will be Wallace, Jens, Dc Blois, Vtlky, H awkins, Bernard T. Feery, David W. Ja~pc r , E. W. Olson, B. A. Sleeman. A. O. M3y, H . H. Darho and E. M. Fucik.

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48th Annual Illinois Highway Engineering Conference

February 27, 28 and March 1, 1962

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

L1, .. l.o Co'IO. A .. ls t:;ml Ob' rlel En· qin .... T of Con.'ruction. Ottawa: E.. J. Rgi~h. Engln ••• 01 Doy Labor, Bureau 01 Mcllfllenance: W. R. 80rry. AlSt. Engine •• 01 Tratlle. AU 01 tho OI .. ',lon

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Roy Edmu".on. Depcutmon' 01 Labor; Wm. M. Du\elL Enqi.D... 01 Locol

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A NEW HIGHWAY

ribbons to offici;Jl1y open the new high­way. The ceremony t'llIkd wilh a cara· "an of automObiles traveling along the new foule \0 Charleston and then back to Mattc()n.

Personnel from the Div;sion of High­waY5 who au ended the dedi~:Hion were Ralph Bartclsmeyer, Chief Highw~y

Engineer: Juhn Cychol, Di strict F.ngi­neer of District Fi\'e; John Keller, Assist:m l DiStrict Engineer of Dimict Fire: Tom Kennedy. District Engineer of Iksipl; Ralph Gher, Distric t Engi. neer of Construction ; Hubert Juhn!i()n, Ass lstam District EnginCt'f uf ClJllstrue­tion; G~ne Peper. ConstrHetioH Field Engineer: Je rald Benson, l{eside1l1 En­gineer; ~nd Gail Ctlmpwll. I nsp~ctor.

GOY.l'1Ior Kern ... and Moyor Wood. 01 Chorleaton eut rihhon olih;lo\]y open­

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right angles to the axi ~ of the cone. The mold sh.111 Ix: provided with fOOl pieces and handles."

It is intncsting to nOle thai me dimensions of Ihe cone have remained the same as when adopted by th~ Slale of Illi nois in 1920. The slump t~st is probably used where\'~r concrete is poured around the world.

CongralUlalions to W. II. Schneider for ha\'ing pan.icip;1100 in the de"elop­me-Ill of this test.

Science- is wooderful! It could not open the Pullman windows. s.o it alr­conditioned the tnin.

ILLINOIS H IGHWAY ENGINEER

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Annual Election of Officers of

Board of Directors I. A. H. E.

(At Riqhl)

Seat.d. left \0 ri'lhl: Frank Seeber, Paris , Treasurer; Glerm Womer, Chairman, Peoria: H. F . lund. Springfield. Se~relary.

Stcmdlnq. left \0 righl: Oulqoi .. ,,;! Treasurer Carl M. lacob_n, PClris; ond outqotnq Secretary G. L. Crawford, Ea.! 51. Lou;'.

DIRECTORS OF lAHE 1962

(At Left)

s.a.ted, left 10 rlqhl: J. L. Cttlhoun. E1qln; Glen Womer, Peoria; G. L. CtJwioro. Ea", SI. Loui.: Roberl D. Schmidt. Sprlnq· !iBid; Carl Anderson. Chicaqo: Ray Acker­man, Peoria.

Standing, left 1(1 tiqht: Roy Bell. Elqin: Edward A. Brooks. Sprinqfleld: C(Ir] M. laeob ..... Paria: Frank F. Schotka. Dixon: Hanu. F. Lund. Sprinqlield: J. F. Newton. Carbondale: Ynq •• Bloomquist, Chicaqo; L. D. Berq.,r. Ealt 51. Louis .

Dl'e<;lor. Edwcud Will .. ",. and Be rnard Rent.. of Ottowa. were not present 01 me .. tinq.

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RETIREMENTS

JOHN D. MATTISON

John O. i\huison, District Engi!lt:er. rttirl:J January 21,1962. John was horn on F~bru:lry 27, 1893 and rc(~ci\"eJ hi s elementary cdur:uiull in Oregun, IIli­nuis. I Ie gr:lduateJ from the Unin:rsi­ty of Illinois with ~ B.S. degree in Civil Engineering in Jun~ of 1915. H e im­mediately came tv work Eor the Illinois I)jl'i5iol1 of Highways as;\ /Ulliuf High­W<ly Engineer. III 191 7 he joilIcd the Sinclair Pipe Lint' Company and worked for them until Septemher of 1919. This was il1t~rrllrtcd hy approxi­mately 6 months with the U.S. Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coast Ar­tillery.

From 191 9 to 1920, John was Super­intendent for Gaasch nnd Burke Con­tractou in Okbhul:la. On Octuber I, 1920, he re turned to the Ill inois Divisioll of H ighways as a Junior Ilighw~y Enginea, working in Design and C-on­struction. In 1922, he was promoted to Assistant H ighway Engineer, being primarily a Residen Engineer ill con­nete paveme!l\ work. H e was pro­motetl tu Dutrict Design Engineer in 1930 anti bter that year he was made Assistant District Engineer. H e held this posit ion until 1947 at which time he became District E.ngineer, holding lhis office until his retirement.

Mr. ~httison married in December 1921 aod they have two daughters anti 6 grandchildren. They ha~·e resided nt 2717 North HOO17. Ave. in Peoria for rn nny years and h:lI'e no pbns to move :n this time. H e is still active in the Highway Engineers' Bowling u;lgue and rroIX)~S to ocwpy his spare ti me playing golf and tea,'ding.

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Wayne Barney. Sr. (lelt). Auist:mt Dis· Ir,c! E .. gl ....... 01 Material!!. and Thao· do .... Joh .. son (right), District Engineer

01 Research and Pkmning.

WAYNE BARNEY, SR.

\Vayne Barney, Sr., Assistant District Materials Engineer, retired February 9, 1962. Wayne waS born ncar Kalama_ 7..00, Michigan on October 10, 1897. Following gradll:lt iUIl frum Western Michigan, he Was Principal (J[ Dunder Michigan High Sehoul [or one year. He spent one year with the U.S. Army prior to the Armistice ill 1918.

In 1921 Wayne received a B.S. degr~ in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan. He was then empluyed wi lh the j\·lichigan State Highway Dc­partment for a period of Olle year. In August of 1923, he became associated with the Jl1inois Di\'i~ion of H ighways, and worked in materiah in Districts I, 2 and 7 until 1928. At that time he joined the Bureau of Materi1b in Springfield whcre he remained until 1941.

\\layne was promoted to Assis tallt Di~trict Materials Engineer in District 4 in August of 1941 , where he served until his re ti rement. This amounts tn 39 rcars uf service with the Jli io()is Division of Highwa ys, all uf which was in the Bureau of Mattrials.

Wayne's wife passed away in 19';6. They had two sons, Al and \Vayne, Ir. Wayne, Jr. is employed in the Bureau of Research in this District . Wayne's hohbies are fishing and boating, there­fore his retired hours should find ade­quate outlet. H e proposes a yearly winter trip to Mexico and :J summer trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota. H e has five granddaughters and wonders why the abscn<.:e of a g-randson. ( Girls

THEODORE JOHNSON

Th!$.lore John.wn, i)i5trin Research and Planning Engineer. retired Febru­!lry I. 1%2. Ted was ho rn and reared in i'ellllSyl vania. He ro.:ceived his R.s. degree in Civil En\' inerring: at T ri­State College in 1923 and started Ji­rectly with the Illinois j)ivi~ion of Highways in 1923, working in the Bureau of M3tC"ri;l1s. In 1926 he came to District 4 aud after fou r rears in variou .• J:hases of construction and de­sign .. became Right-(lf-Way Engineer in 193'5. Alter une year in this position. he was uansicrred (jj District Research ;lnd Planning Engineer. which he held until his retirement. This amounts to a total of 39 vears with the Division. Ted and his ~ife have already moved to Orlando, Flurida where he proposes to do some fishing and travel ing. He also wants his friends to stop by if ever in (he area. \Ve wish Ted and his wi fe many years of enjoyment and look forward to seeing them again soon.

you know are not the !-.cSt companr for a fisherman. ) He will contin uc resid­ing at 1208 N. Rourland in Peoria. We wish W~yne the best of luck and we expect to see him regularl), at Ollr high­way functions.

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

RETIREMENTS

JOHN l. VANDEUSEN

John L VanDeusen, District Engi­neer uf M:tiIllCIl3IlCC of Di~trict 7. rc­tir~J dfecun: fanllary I, 1962, after morc th:m 35 years uf s::rvicc with tht: Division of Hjghwa y~. A n~ti \'c: o( Greenville, Illinoi$. Van :mcndcd the Un;\'crsity of Illinois where he rtcci\·c<.\ his engineering degree: in 19 18. On J;mu:IrY I of the {ollowmg year he: he­).Jan his st\lJic:s as a juniur engineer with the: Dj\·ision of High way~ in the P:aris dimict.

In 1~21 he became :l partner in the J. W. Etchisoll Comp.1ny of Casey, where: he was ~uper\li.'iOr uf highway corl5lrut\ion. He: W;l.S with the: lirm umil 1929 when he: returned to the Di· vision (rf Highways as a maintenance field engineer in Dimict 7 at Effing­ham. Later he became: the: Assistant District Engineer of l\b.intcnancc :lnJ in 195-1 11'35 prom()[ed III the position of Disuicl F.ngin~r of ~billlcn;U\ce.

V~n is ;l charter memhcr of the Ef· fing ham ChapteT LA.HE :lI1d has ~e rveJ the: organization well in many ca pacitits, incluJ ing that of ( harter presidelll in 1939. lie was one c.,f the urganizers and ~T\.~ for SC:I"eral years as Irc:15urc:r of the F.llin~hanl I-li).thway Credit Uniun. H e has al$O served as the district directur of me Illinois State Employtts Association. He is a memhcr of I.S.P.E. and of N.S.P.E.

Van and his wife, Jo)Cphine, plan tu spend the imcnedi:lle yea r.~ of retire:· ment tr:l.\"ding and to I' isit with their

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FRED l. RAY

On Jalluary 3, 1962 Fred L. Ray re· tired after 31 ~ years uf sen'ice as all engineer with the department. Fred was born in IIl:mJinsville, Ill inois on August 16, 1!19[ and compkted high .st:hool there. He altemled Washingtull Un.lersity in SI. Lou is, scrved in the Army du ring World War I and ~gan with the Di l·ision of Highways on the 28th of July 1930. Most of f red's serv· icc with the department has been as a fidd engineer in the Hureau of Loc;11 Ruads and Streets. fre<l and Mrs. Ra y d isposed uf their home in East 51. Louis where the:y Jived for Su long :lnd have mOI·ed to 1803 W. Forest Avenue. Decatur, 111 inoi~, where: they will be cluse neighbors (0 their only child. now Mrs. Mariun (Jean) fox, her hushand, and their thrt.'C children. They will Ix: weatly pleased to hale old friends drop m.

Mr. Ray is a registered Prnfe.ssiunal Enginccr and is a member of the East SI. u mis Chapler uf the Illinoi$ As .... oci· ation of Highway Engineers.

two daug-hten. Mrs. Walter (Jacque­line) Jollie and her family in Crystal Lake, Illinnis. and Mrs. James (Jill ) Clark and he:r family in Midland, Michigan.

Van will definitely be mi~sed hy his many friends, hut we wish him the best of everything for a long and happy re­tirement.

FRANK A . DRAGOUN

Frank A. Dr:lgoun, Civil Enginee:r II I in the Bure:au of Local Roads, relin:d January I, [962. f rank was born in T oledo. Iowa on t.l3reh 12. 189(). He ;Ilsu rcccivcd his elementary wucatiun in Toledo. He rt.'t:cil"ed a H.S. l1egrcc in Civil Engineering from Iowa State Cullege.

Frank WCIll imu pril'ate practice in South [)akota until 1917. He the:n joined Ill. St«[ Co. in South ChiGlgo, Hlinois, until 1921.

I Ie: then joined the Hlinuis D ivisiun of Highways un May 5, 1922. and re· portell to the Peoria District on Scp. u.:mbcr 4, Ilfl2 as Dinrin Materia[s Engine:cr. In 19.3.3 he was scpawtw from the Division for approximatel y I year, due to ill ness. H e resumed (ull time work in 19.35 working in various capacilies in the JiMrict. H e was ac­ti vc ill safety work in which ht' arrangc:cl anJ cunducted safety e:du· cational programs f()r the puhlic This included talks and radin appearances. lie was also instrumental in the urgani. zat ion of Ute County Superintendent of Highways organization. Frank spent the last 16 ye;ITS working ill Local Roalls duing the \'H ious dUlies requi red in th;u Hun::IU.

Frank is marrit'd and has 1 son am! 2 ~randchildrt'n. l ie resides at 206 Miller Ave, in Peoria He:ights. They have 110 definite pbm for the future. We expect to sec Frank and his wife ~1 (uturt' d istrict functions as he was a frctluelll to;l ~tmaSler at past events. We: wish them huth the l~l of luck.

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RETIREMENTS

WilLIAM H. SCHNEIDER

William H . ( Bi ll) Schneider, Engi­neer of Ph ysical Tests in the Burc:lU of Materials, retired dlccul'c February 1, 1962, after 43 years o[ :;crvicc with the Ill inuis Oi\'isioo of H ighways.

He was grad uated from the Un i­w rsi ty of l1Iiooi5 with a B.s. Degree in Chc rn istry. H t is a veteran of World War J, ha ving served with the Chemical Warfare Service. He married Grella E. Da vis in 1922.

Bill is a Rq; istnetl Professiona l Engi. neer. H e is a charter member uf the Illinois Association u[ H ighw:r)' Engi. m,ers and is a past president of the Springfi tJd Cha pter. lEIl was a m eTll­

~r ,of the group that founded the asS{}­Clatlon.

H e also is a member of the Veterans of WIJrld War I, the Ddta Phi Frater­nity, and the First Methodist C hurch of Springfield.

The Schn~id~rs expect to mn tinue

ERRET A. POST

Erret A. Post, Permit Engineer in District 8, retired effective January 3rd, 1962 afte r 39 years of service with the Illinois Di\' ision of Highways.

Mr. Post was born in Ch,manooga, Tellnessee on September 23nl, 1899 and received his primary ed ucation at the local schools there. H e is a veteran (J ( World W:lf I and after graduatillg from Cillr innati University ill 1923 with a ItS. Degree in Civil Engineering he wurked for the Tennesse~ Pow~r Com­pany at Chattanooga, T enn.

After graduation frolll college in 19Z3 he marri~d Mary R. Fleming and the same ye:l f he began his work with the lliinuis Highway IXpartm~nr in Dis­trict 8. He worked in Maint~ nance as offic e and perm it engineer until his re­tirement in 1962.

Erret i .~ a member uf the Illinois So­c i~ t y of Profe$siOlwl Engineers, llIinuis ASso<;iarion of H ighway Ellgille~rs :lnd a Registered Professional Engin~er.

Enet. yuu wi!! be rem~mbered hy District 8 ~rsonncl as :I faithful, con· scien tio\ls and ded icated employee of th~ ])ivi ~ i on of Highw:lYs. GOo:xi Luck and many happy )"e:lrs :lhead.

living in Springfield. at least for the time I~ ing. Hi ll said his I1win reason for retiring was the desire to have more tillle to do some o( the th ings he would like to do ;l nd which he fecls must be done within thc next few years, m,linly take a trip occasiunally with nu limit as tn tilll~ .

V. C. CRAWLEY

v. C. C rawley. Engineer t)f Traffic in District 8 since Traffic was organized as a scpJrate Bureau, reti r~d on Febru· ary 1, 1962 after Illor~ than 39 yea rs with the Illinois Division of H ighways.

He graduated from Purdue in 1921 with a B.S. Degree in Civil Enginccr­ing, and came to work in District 8 in August of that year. For the next three year~ he . h" reJ the lot of m()~t young highway engin~ers - construction in l h~ Hlmlner and de5ign or survey in the winter - and in 1924 was assigne(l to Maintenance, which <It that tim~ had tWO engin~ers. nne supervisor, one fore­man, allll a dozen or .1() section men in the District. \Ve won 't say the subse­(juent growth of Mainten:lllCe forces in th~ district is entirely duc to his dram, but much of its excellence is.

He left the depa rtment in October, 1926 to work fo r She ll Petroleum. But a ye<l r of that refinery odor pc:rsuadct.l him that ])istriCl 8 W:lS his proper home and he was back with us 1111 No\'~mbcr 1, 1927 and uf wurSt:. back in M<linten­ance. He was ap\xJinted Assistant MaintellJIlCe Engineer in 1943 and be­came District l ~ ng ineer of T ra ffi c in 195 1.

On February 2, 1930 he married Elsie Britton to save her [rom a life as a1l E. 51. Louis sehl)ol maam. They have !.hree sons. lJill is working with G~ner· al Electric in Syracu.~e. N .Y. Joe is a Ficld Artillery Lieutenant at fort Bragg and Bob is a Lieutcnant on the destroye r U.S.S. Or\cck somewhere in the Pacific.

He is a Registered Professional ":n_

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SUlOWAY NAMED DISTRICT ENGINEER IN CHICAGO

On January I, 1962, Marshall Sub .. way assumed the duties (Jf District Engi­neer for the Chicago Distria. 10 this position he will he respomib!c for all activities uf the Di'/ision of I-lighways in Co()k County.

Mr. Suloway's new duties are vllried and cumplex. He is charged with the planning, design and construction of the state primary system in the Chicago district. A large proportion of this mile­age is urban in chnra<.:1er, each proj~t is differenr and generally difficult.

He is responsible for the maintenance :lIld uperation of this system and a large mileage of coullty-built state-aid roads as well. His duties include the design and construction o~ the state sectiom of the Interstate sptem and the main­terlarKe and operations of al! Imerstate highways open to traffic.

lie must oversee the expenditures uf motor fuel tax funds by Conk County. Chicago, and the more than 100 other towns and villages of the district.

Suloway comes to this positiun from rhe post of Expressway Engineer. Prior to that he held the dU[ie~ of Alisistant Expressway Engineer, Expressway Utilit ies Engineer, and other important 3ssignments.

He was horn in Chicago in [921, re­ceived all his edUClltion locally, gradu­ating in civil engineering from Tliinois Tech in 1950. He had four Inng years of military service as a lieutenant in the Air Force, seeing considerable action as a oomber navigator.

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GEORGE H. SHANAHAN District Engineer of D istrict 8

The engineers and other I~rsonnel of District 8 take pleasure in saluting our new District Engineer. Mr. George H. Shanahan is one of our own engineers who has come up through the ranks in our East St. Louis District. Mr. Shana­han received notice from Mr. \V. J. Payes, Jr., of his appointment on De­cemOer 30, 1961, and the appoil11mellt became officially efTective the nrst of the new yea r-1962.

Mr. Shanahan graduated (rom the Un iversi ty of Illinois in 19Z7 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. He worked in District 6 for a year and a half, and then transferred to District 8 ()n April 3, 1929. with 3 rating of Junior High­way Engineer. He has been with us since that. time with the exception of about three ye;)fS when he served in the U.S. Navy during World War H.

During [he war Mr. Shanahan was on active duty in the Sea Bees and SOIW

action ill North A[riea, Sicily, Salerno and Normandy. At rhe present time he retains the rank of Commander in the C.E.C. (Civilian Engineering Corps) of the Naval Jk~er\'e.

neer and is active in the Illinois Associa­tion of Highway Engineers. He is hap­pily married, lives with his charming wife and three attractive children in south suburban Park Forest.

Mr. Sbn;\h~n, his wue, ~nd daughter Mary reside in Alton, minois. Their son, Getlrge, is a [reshm<ln at (;eorge. town University, Washington , I).C., and another daughter, Kathy, attends Maryville College in St. Louis. Mr. Sh:mahan has been employed in most of the departments ill the District and b s a complete and thumugh kll(1w!edge of an phascs of the work. He was party ~hief of surveys for many years with work in the drafting mom on !najor design. He sr~nt sc\'era! years on (On· strur.rion as resident engineer. In lY48 he hec:lme Maintenance Field Engineer where ht served three years, following which he took over the joh of !\ssist:~llt Maleri:ds Engineer. Alter six years he UeclIme District iYbteria!s Engineer in lui y of 1 95fi, the. position which he held until his appointment as Distrin Engineer.

Mr. Shanahan hlls been active in professional societies. He has served as presidwt lind director o[ the E. 51. Louis Chapter uf the !llinois Associa­tion of Highway Engineers. He is also 1I past presidellt of the Madison County Chapter (j[ the Illinois Society of Pro­fessional Engineers, and served :IS ch3p­ler representative on the St3te Board of. Director.~. He remains acti~'e in the~e

urganizations. Amung his \'ariou~ proj­ects, perhaps t.he best known is the organizatioll of rdresher courses for engineers in East 51. Louis.

Those who have known and worked with George throughout the yean know him to ~ exceptionally fair ;md under­standing. He is Doth admired and re_ .~pected by his fcl lowworkers for hh ability and pleasant personality.

R. H. GOLTERMAN Appointed D istrict Engineer

District 1

Richard H. Colterman, Constructiun SUI~ f\' isor of District Tell, has l~en appointed District Engineer of District One, effective November I, 19fi1.

Mr. Gnitermlln is a native of Chicago and :Inluired his education at North­western University. Durillg the sum­mers while attending the. University, Mr. Colterman worked for the Division o[ H ighways in the l3urea\l of Con­struction. In 1948 he m.:eived his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil

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R. H. GoltllTm<1D

Engineering. A(ter graduation Mr. Culterman W<lS assigned to the Hureau of Design. In lY49 he was transferred to the Hurcau of Construction as a Resi­dent Engineer. H e remaimu with the Bureau of Construction umil his ap­pointment as District Engineer bst No­\cmber.

In 1942, Mr. Culterman became a mcmtx( of tilt: U. S. Air Force and he received his d isc harge in 194') , Again in 1950 the Air Force called upon Mr. Colterman. He was discharged in 1952 with the r':lIlk of Major.

Mr. C;oltcnnan is married to the forme r Murid Ibach nf Chicago. Thcy ha,'c three chilJrcn : D~le, 14; Karen, 11 ; and Lori, 5. The Goltermans ;lre presently living in Mdro~ Park and will move to Elgin when the schoo! year is completed.

Mr. Colterman has Ix:cn \'cry active in the ll1inoLs Associatio(l o[ Highway Engineers. He has ser,,~d as Director, Alternate Director, and President of the. Chicago C hapter.

ROBERT KRONST Roherl Kronsl on February I , 1962

assumed the post or Expressway Engi­neer in the Chicagu District. T his posi­tion was in former years held by George Jackson, now Chid Engineer of the m inois To!1ways; Ruga Nusbaum. now Deputy Chief Engineer of the Di· vision of H ighways; and most recently,

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Rob ert Irons t

Marshall Suloway, who on January I, 1962 was named Di strict Engineer for the Chicago area ,

T he Expressway Engineer has wide and challenging responsibilities - he is in charge of the state's activiti~s in ex­pressway planni ng, design and pro­g ramming. In this general area his ollice is also charged with the re\· iew :md coordination of expressway work being performed by the Cook County Highway DeparlInelll and the City of C hicago Department of Public Works.

All expressways of the dis trict, upon being opencd lO t raffic, become the maintenance and operati{lIlal n::spollsi­biEty of the state. The maintenance and traffic fOTces required for these services are als(l undcr the d irect ion of the Expressway Engineer.

Mr. Kroml is well suited to take over these varied tasks. He comes [rum a little town in downstate Illinois, Wil­sonville, located Oil State Route 138, southwest of Springfield. After receiv­ing his earl)' educ;ltion locally, he en­rolled at the University of Illinois and graduated in 1947 with a Bachelor de­g rtt in Civil Engineering.

Bob's learning years were not all occupied with formal education . H e got a taSle or rt:al m:lllual labor in the coal mines in the neighborhood of his birthplace. And he spent the period from 1943 to 1946 in the Army where he gm his First Lieutenant 's bars the hard way - by corning up from huck private. He served with the Combat Engineus in the Euwpean theatre of operations.

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ARTHUR P. MUELLER District 2 was saddened hy tht: death

of Arthur P. Mueller, Distrin Traffic Engineer, who pas~d :\\vay December 20, 1961 in K.S.H. Hospital in Dixon following a short illness.

Mr. Mudler was horn in Chicagu un April 9, 1.907, H e attended P3rkcr High School in Chicago and the Uni­vt:rsity of JIlinuis. from 1930 to 193 1, he was employed as a Clerk-Draftsman for Shell Petrolenm Curporation. In May of 19.~ I, he was employed by rhe Illinois Division of Highways at Dis­trict 5 ill Paris, Illinois and remained there umil entering military service in 1941. During his employment with District 5, he was a Junior Engi.necr for construction and maintenance and later Assistant Tra tftc Engineer. From 1941 1.<) 1946, Art ~crved with the Corps of Engineers and held the rank of Lieu­tenant Colonel.

From April 1946 lO April 1947, he was Assistant Utility Officer for the Veterans Administration H ospital in Danv ille, Illinois. Then from Apri l 1947 to September 1948, he was Utility O fficer for the Vtterans Administrati()n Hospital in Dwight, Il linois. In 1949, he was a Civil EngLllet:r with the City of Los Angeles, California.

In July 1949, Art returned to the Di­vision of Highways with District 2 in Dixon as th~ Assistant Traffic Engi­neer. On Februarr I, 1959, he was

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ROSE ANNE LONIER

MARRIES

On D(;ccmlw;:r 30th Miss RoS(' Annc Lonier. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Lonier. of Rivt'uidt'. Illinois, became the bride of J:ums E. Preston of Clevc­land, Ohio. Rose: Anne is a graduate of Rosary College and rccei\'c:J her MaSlt lS lkgrtt in /\'Iusie at Nonhwtstnn University. Shc spent twO years of study in Florent:c, Italy :1I1d f.'ontains­bltau, France.

The groom rcceivcd his degree in Dramatic Art at NOrthwtstern Univer­s ity. It was while the couple were

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Afltr a honeymoon in Hawaii. the couple an~ at home in Haddonfield, Ncw Jersey, where Mr. Preston has a responsible posit ion with the RaJio Corporation of America.

Rose Annt' is the daughter of our t'tIilOr.

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They are now in florida but plan to return to E. 51. Louis where V says he imends to while away his time compos­ing weekly ~or oftener~ lette rs com­pl:lining to the Governor :tbout the deplorahlc cond ition of the highways ami traffic marking in the District 8 a rC'a. In this way he feds that hc call ~ SUIC' to keep George on his toes.

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This lJurt':Ju welcomes a new field engineer, Mr. Jack Kane. Jack was formerly the Assistant j\1aintenancc: Engineer al Peoria. Mr. and Mrs. Kane, along with their 500 Terry, will he mo\'· ing to SprinH6dd ill the ncar future.

Mrs. M. E. Stewart has reccntly joi ned our secretarial staff. She: WaS

formerly employed by the Division of Mines and Mincrals. Miss Nancy ~1;lUlding, of Palla, alSl,. is a new memo ~r of [he Kcrclari:ll staff.

Ed Rait h, Engineer of Day Labor, has returned to work after surgery :11 Memorial H ospital. Ed looks in shape to begin a successful ~son with Day Labor proj«ts.

Mn. Vera Simpson is convalescing at home after surgery and will return to work shordy. Hurry back, Vera.

BUREAU OF LOCAL ROADS AND STREETS Ih R. J. C"oss

Christmas in the Local Roads uffice was very mild and timid. We had no uuts ide party nur did wc havc an office grah bag. The afternoon lunch was r.er \·ed and once again wal a largc suc­cess.

Shirley Elmore:, Aninall( Supervisnr uf ,he bookkeeping section, transferred 10 the Ikparl.ITlent of Aewnautics. I'm sure that we lost one of our best, but it i~ a gain on their beh,IIL

Bob Riegel and Roy Schleyhan were refused d rinks at Machinos' Milk Har for being under age. That rea lly is a compliment as Boh is 31 and Roy 26.

Walter H ankin is about to tic the knot of matrimony - the date of sub­mission is Apri l 22. \Vc underst,lIld that his hride-to·bc i~ a lovely little farm girl from Winchestcr. Pat Flynn - poor Pat. Walt is making a num~r of ap.1rl· mcnts at his residence on South Sccond Sueet; of courr.e it 's for income pur­poses.

joe Blackshaw, we arc happy to re· port. i~ again b;, ... 1.. ,n work (ulluwing his painful aeeidcnL This, comhined with the flu, caur.ed Joe to lose quite a few pounds.

luan Gleeson lost weight the hard way recently with a two week b,lItle against the flu, hut we arc happy to say that she is now once again hack

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Bureau Notes to work and sr.ill smiling, but oh ­tho§<: lim fe w days back!

Since cold weather has subsided we :1n~ happy to relXJrI that u:s Adams and Floyd King no longer n an their cau around midnight so they will 5I":1rt the folluwing A . M. Sure is nicc gening that extra rest. Righ t feUas?

Nick C ian ferri h:lS a new (;erman Shepherd pup. It is I I wttks old and tips the scales at nearly 30 pound}. We think it 's an " ' ta liAn Shepherd," as he calls it "Dino" - and where du you think Din() h:u to go every morning at 5 A.M. - That's righli Oull - and with N ick JUSt getting in at 3. All this lou of slC("p has nut affected his howling arm as he recently hit a 639 score. Ex· cept for ha\'ing a couple of open frames, he wuuld have been close to a 700 serieS. Bener luck next time, N ick.

Andy Anderson has taken over George Rohin son's duties since Ceorgc's re tirement in January. Keep those con­tracts mo\'ing Andy, and h:I\'e fun , Gcorge

Buzz Lund spent the month of Feb· ruary in F lorida basking in the sun and puHillg in the fishing lines. Boy. somc guys have all the luck!

Mike Koval of the mail section had an accidem the Tue~day before Christ· mas by (,,]Jing on the icc in the p.1fking lot. \Ve understand a bone in his shoul­der was broken. It has caused him quile a bit of aggravatinn and will for some time.

Charl ie Marlin has traded off his Fal­con, and is now the proud owner of a new Fairlane 500 - Fire Engine Red. We underStand that with the gas war and mileage offered on the new car, he thinks he can $owe the price uf the new car.

Larry Fr.lnks has given up the con· \'enienccs of ci ty living for country life as he recently pu rchased a 10 acre farm east clf Springfic:ld. He has a cute litde house with a harn and varil'lus ot her fa rm bu ild ings.

hahc:l le James' boy, Bill, will SOIIIl be ooming home ~fler a I WO year lOur in Europe with the U. S. Army. H e was due to JClu, ,, fUJ Ji!>l:harge yuilc SUll1C

l ime ago, but \Vas caught in the six month extension of service, as many of us were, in the "duration and six months" in World War II.

Local Ru.1ds Gun C lub is planning :II1Olher tmp shl.lot. I uS! when the date shall be has not been decided, as the

weather is the main (actor. Such a good time was had at the: Ian one, that more must come.

Larry Kelly made the big step in January by tieing the knot of nl lu ri· mony. A reception was held at the home of his parents and spirits and laughter Rowed fredy. Larry we know, bm how Gail will put up with him, wow! Good Luck, Larry, as you have 3 sweet little wife and you make: a nice look.ing (ouple.

BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING

By I. A. BU!'IIILOS-SOM

Again, "Unek $.1111" has summoned a member of (IUr Hureau. Allen Meth­eny was called inlO the Army ~nd is now gelting his basic training at Fon Leonard Wood, Missouri. At the Same time, two returned from serving six months' Jut y - W illiam Baumgartner ill our Drafting Room and T om Grif­fith to uur Traffic Unit.

We arc glad 10 ha\'c John l..cck oock to wurk with us once again, following his accident at home. Dario "Bart" BartolollHlcci h.1S also returned after .a long recovery from an automobile ac­cident last July. The wc:lcome mat is also OUl for Amcal Stahulak, who also spent some lime in the hospital. Mrs. Eyer has returned after a fall at hoene.

Lewis Da vid~n is recuperating at home following an uperat iun. Miss Grace Morris fell at home and suffered a broken :lIlkk. Hupe to §cc hoth Mr. Davidson and Miss Morris behind thei r desks soon.

On top of all the " li ttle" accidents, the bureau was hi\ Wilh the "fl u bug." But, fo rtunately, everyone seems to be bac~ to normal and on lhe job once again.

Wedding bel" rang OUt in December for Gene Da), and ludy Sikura frOIll the Traffic Un it. In February, they both resigned ; Gene, IU continue $Chooling at

the University clf Illinois, and Judy. to continue working - only this time fo r LI n.: schuol.

We art: sorry ttl hear of the deadl of Leo Shay's father-in-law. We extend our condolences to him and his family. There was sorrow in the author 's fami­ly. My mother, Mrs. J. E. Beanblossom, passed away on December 18, 1961 in Litchfield.

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BUREAU OF DESIGN

Bridge Office By J. M. /Y,,"WOOl<> &. , . W. (; .1.1'1(1

The BriJge offi<.:c welcoilles Sal\'a­tore ( Sam) t.'ladoniu to their §t ~ff. He is a rc.::em graduate: (/:111., 1961) of the Uni"crsity of Illinois where he m:ein:d a lbchelor of Science Ot:grcc.

In the lital statistics dcpMtmcnt. Mr. and ,\Irs, D~le Sutur have a new daughter, Sheri Lynn, who arrived un Dcl'. II, 1961. Mr. aud Mrs. M,uiu Reyilla also han: a new daugh ter, Pa­t r icia. who aTril'cd Jan. 4, \962. Our heM congratulations to the parents of the young ladies.

Mdvin T:llnashiw of the Bridge Of­fice Annex has returned frOIll \'acatiun in H awaii W;1crc he \'isi tw with his parents.

Richard Pal is on a longer vacation jaunt. to FonnoS3.

Our lIew ron t3ct man. Emery Stick­an. is conducting a camp'lign of his own to ~cure 10070 membersh ip ill the l.A.H.E.

Aerial Survey Section By H I!)o.'R Y C. Hili!':!::, Jk.

During the: PliSt fe w munths we: have had our ups and downs, the same as most offices. H arry \V . Moore, one of our Kc:lsh OxratOrs, contactcoJ hcp.1-tit us on Janu~ry 6. He has Ihe milder form and has been at hume: since: that time. \Ve expect him to rdUnI to work Munday, February 19. Incidentally. Harry never ha.~ liked cold weather, when the u;:mperaLUre drops heluw GOG he is cold. Being at home this wimer would be about the same :,s spending it in Florida.

We knew that we had a lIumber of embryo lxlW!enl, bUI recently we found uut that we na\'e: at le:151 one: bowln :,mon8 us - that is. H. L. Brantley­who made the "545" elub. He is now aim ing In ioin the ;'600" club. We wish him lurk in his new endca\'or. His son, H . L. Brantley, Jr., made the local paper lecently. The ite:m told about his work as Chief Chemist for the Firestone Corporation plant being IOC;IIM in lhe Phili ppine Isl:ullk

HELP WANTED - Ad Shaw, ou r pilot, who has been with us for the past scH:ral mOll ths, is leaving for greener pastulTs. H e reports February 19 to the A.A.A. office in Ne w York C ity, where he will again heeomt a "jet" pilot. The

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Bureau Notes best of luck [rom (he: entire office goes with him.

WEDDING DATF. in May perlwp5. Jerry Bl:tck, one of our Kclsh Oper~lOrs has finally hroken down, and became engaged during (he Chrisnn lS hulidays 10 Miss ~fa rilyn Sue ( ;alman of Spring· field.

llenry \Y. Squires attended the Pho­togrammetry Short Course held recent­ly at the Unilersity of IIlinoi ~ in UrOOna.

Ja",e~ [. No::w!llan left ~llJdenly {or

Memphis, Ten nessee due to tho:: utath of ;1 cou~in who had heen ill fo r the past several momhs.

Cale Ferchow was called to Dallas, Tex~$ due to Iht deadl (Jf his great-lIn­clc. He rtported that the weather was real warm, temperature in the middle 80's. He noticed thaI the golfers were bU5y Oi l all (ourses fro m Oklahom;1 on :'lOuth.

I am !,Ie"sed tu repurt that we have a new member in nor drafting depar t. ment. He is Donald N. Eastep of Springfield, [Ilinois. Welcome to the gang, Dunald.

Our "art" departrnen t has hc:en \ 'try

busy during the past yeu producing a number of exhibits. Grouped ahout a three·d imensional mudd of an inter­change, the remai nder of the exhibit in­cluded at least one: photograph ill e:rch 11ighway district of the State. John I I. lkeker. Jr. is the chief a rtist who ha~ one assiMant, Charles McG uire. The exhihit s were on display at the fo llow­ing loc:niuns in Springfield : Ncw Stale OAin: Building, the Armory, the First Na tional Bank, the St. N icholas H otel, :tud the Springfield City H all. Another exhibit was 0/1 display at the i\kCor­mick Building for the International Trade Fair in Chicago. A number of obl ique photos, showing \'ariou§ inter­ch:lIIgcs, were enlarged SC\'era! limes, colored and fra med, and are now hang­ing in the: various state uffices. They completed a number of mural$, from photographs, depicting scenes of Illinois. Thesc murals are fuund in the Illinois noom of the Governor's Mansion. They arc now busy proouciug all t:x· hibi l which will be on display in the Ill inois Huilding ill Chic,1go. In the lobby of ,his huilding are three consecu­tive windows which will huuse this e:.:hibit.

The work load for the cuming year looks w be a little above normal, so I guen every nne will be happy.

Mr. Glynn Fulu, a pholOgr:1pher in the Aerial SUf\'CY Scctirll1. D ivision uf !Iighways, passed away Janu;lry 5.1962, in St. John's H ospital in Springfield . Illinois, Mr. Fult ~ collapscd at ""' P.M. :1t his work and Jied a few hours later in the hospital. from a he:lrl condi tion. lie had been employed by dte Division fm the last (our years. He is su rli"cd hy his wif!:, son, :lIId daughter resid ing in ('..olumbia. Ill inois.

Planning & P~ogr.l mming

Fly NE G": BOLTIJSfVICl1

A visitor in the (leo1l1tlric Design Unit rcrently was r:h;lrics Becher of P:tri~, m. He attended the twO wr::cks M'min:1 r that this uni t has cond ucted for the ~st live years. W e hope he will pro 'l t from what he learned hefe.

John Lietz, also of the (;comctr!c nc~igll Unit, has resigned :IS tlf March I, tu go with r-kDon ndl Aircraft Corp. Good luck, John, hUI we'lI miss you.

Due to p.~rsonnd ~h~ nges, S:1 ndy Wickl:1in, secretary ill the Geometric Design L' nit, was tran~terred to the Executive Office uf Mr. B:mdsmcyer. \Ve miss her '!fld nO\\l we have to oor­row a secretary when one is nec:ded.

Among hospital patienls in the !:'st few weeks were Joe Marsch of the Uti. ity Unit. who is recovering nicely from an operation.

Mary Troy's husband, Lee. is a t home now recuperating from a Inng hospital sta).

We: enviously repon that Mr. & Mrs. Dick Shdbourtle are vacat ioning in .vle::.: icol During thdr Three weeks, thty will ha\'e an opportunity to see much of th:1l colnrful counlry.

Access Control Unit )IId comes Hoo­nie Houska from Di!ilrict 6. who t rans­fe fled in to repl:1ee T um Ik ight. who waS r«alled to active military service.

Carlos Carbonell i~ the proud father of a little boy horn January 22. and named Carl Damon.

I.a rry Stanton. furmerly with the L1 ndsc.1 ping Unit, Stopp •. :d by in Janu­ary to tell us that he has been trans­ferred from Savann:1. where his Army Rt:k:n 'e U nit is sta tioned, to Albu­querque, NC\\.' ~cxico, for 18 wt"Cks special tra ining.

BUREAU OF TRAFFIC Bv A. J. CoPt!

Mrs. Margaret G. Fr~'(k r i,k and John

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY EN CI NEER

F. May. of the Bureau of Traffic, wt:n~ marricJ on NI)\'ernbcr 22 at G r:lce Methodist Church in Decatur.

Parents of the couple arc .\1r. ann Mrs . \V. C. JackS()l1, Mattoon. and Mr. and Mrs. Ruben M. 1>1:I.y. C;mlOlI, M:Js.~achusett5.

The matron of hOllor was Mrs. Charles Hicklin of ~()fmal: the be~t mall was Jud~on [~ong, of the Bureall of Construction in DistriCl 4; and Miss Marsha Frt~deri(k. daughter of the hrid e: , was in charge of the guest regis­ter. After the ceremony a re(eption was held at the home of the wuplc, 211 &vcnt.h Drive.

Mrs. May teaches lhe \hirJ gr:lJe al South Shores Elementary !X-hool. De· catur. She is a graduaie of Eastern Illinois Univt:rsity.

BUREAU OF MATERIALS By W. C. MdNTn~

Or. Fred Dykins. Assistant Engi neer of Matcriah, and Elmer O. Sellers,

Bureau Notes

Chief Chcmi~i, attended :J meeting uf the Association of Asphalt Pa ving Technulogists in New Orleans, L(Juisi­an:l, tht: last week of January. Mr. Sellers wru; also in Atlanta, Geurgia, the week of Fehruary 19, on ;1 p:1illl manu· facturing inspection.

E. M. Crump, Bituminous Engineer, attended the: Scventh t\ nnU:lI Cun fer· ence ()[l Asphalt Pavill!; at Ames, Iowa, on Febru.lry 1-1. Mr. Crump delivered a paper describing the compaction 1)[ bituminous concrete. The Conference was sponwred by the Asphalt Institute. Asphalt Paving As.so;;iation of Iowa, and the Ci~'iJ Engineering Department of the low;1 Stak Uiliversity of Science :mJ Technology.

The Bureau extends irs sympath)' to

Ray Dunn ington, in the recent loss of his wife, K:Hherine.

Miss Elizabeth May, uur switchboard upuator. retired [wm service Oil March 5. Min M:1Y h<ld completed 30 years uf ~rvice wirh rhe lllinois Bell Telephone Company, prior to her S(:rvice at the

Highway Huilding, which began on Feb. 16, 1953.

John Ebers, a temporary employee durillg his $UnllTIef college vaeatil)ns, has ioi n~J the Bure;IU as a permal1cllt employee. He S(:rved a tour of Juty with the U.S. Army, fo llowing his graduation from the Civil Engineering School o[ the Uni\'Usily of Illinois ill 1:':60. john has successfully passed his Engincns in Training Examinatiull. Cnngratubtions :mel wdcome hack, John.

Fremont Hlmdin, Mixtures Control Engineer, Dr. Fred Dykin s, E. M. Crump, and Roben Ddlert, p<lrticipateJ in a "Chatauqua Tour" of all the H igh­way Districts trom late February to early April. The first visits were to Chicago, Dixon, and Elgin.

Congratulations are in order fur Bob and ElIcn Coleman. They wne 111!lr­ried on December 9, 1961. Wedding bells are also in the near future for a member of ou r office staff, Bevcrly Lo\'dess, who has set May 19 for her marriage to Dick Plovanich.

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Roll in Frame, ~lTK:nt Lab., has ~­cently TCturned from a vacation in Cali­fornia. H e visited with his son Jim, :uld family, and became ac(]u:limed with a lIew granddaughter.

It is rdiabl y re[Xlrted that S. Mack Peters. District Liai.'i()n Engineer, has hccn in New Orleans buying oats - for the "oat-burners," that is, "Mack" usu­ally has preuy fai r Iu.:k on tbe ponits.

J. D. Lind say. Dr. Fred Dykins, E. O. Sellers, Miles Byers, Will. Hollin .. , E. M. Crum p, and Robert Dellert, rcpre~ scn~d the Bureau at the 48th Annual Illino;s Highway Enginee:ring Confer­ence. The 1I1Celin6" was conducted at the Uni\'ersity (j£ rJl inois from February 27 UJ March I, 1962.

Howard Russc:ll rctired frum the Di­\'ision uf Highways on February I , 1962. Mr. Russell , whose 5en ' ice began in September of 1922, was former ly an Engineer uf Materials. H e is all

accomplished hOf(iculturin and antici­P.1tes tending his fin e roses, belw«n huming and fishing trips.

Fremont Blandin has hc:t-;n appointed

Bureau Notes to the position of Mixtures Control ElIllineer. Harold Sanders is now our Physical Engineer, following the retire· nlelll of William Schneider. ( Further in formation and phot05 of these: gen­tlemen will he: fo rthcoming in Otlr next issue.)

"Old-Timers" Get_Together

By S. MAC":' PEnxs

t\ "get. logether" meeting for the "old·timers" in the Uureau of Mau:rial~

was held at the Elb Club on Tuesday evening, Februa ry 6, 1962. The "old­lilnt'fs" that were present were thuse that arc left of the group Ihal made up lhe Hureau of Materials pcrsvnnd dur­ing the early 1920's.

There h;J\'e al~ady Oc:..:n a large: num· ber of TCtirements Ihroughoullhe High­way Dcpamrn:nt in the potSI few )'ears, and this number is due to increase greatly during the next five years (lr so.

In lhe Hurcau of Materia ls, there we re (wo recent retirements wilh se\'et:ll I)thus m follow in the next fe w years.

To hOlloc each of the retirttS individu­ally in t he manne r in which a ll would like to h:we: it done, would h:nJly Ix possible .

So - 10 take care of the situation properly. it was decided that Ihe occa· sion of the DiHriet Engineers group meetings which were being held in Springfidd on Tuesday, February 6, lind Wednesday, February 7, would be a "n:uural" for the time of a big get_ together - to have one big gathering fm a ll - hodo ." Ihe group w:u too much broken up and scattered .

All tlmsc who h~d the opportunity to

attenJ, agreed th:l1 it was, indeed. a \'ery enjoyable occ;lsion .

W. H. Schneider, who had had 43 years of scrvice, and H . W. Russell , with 40 ye.us of service, were the IWu rccem n:tirecs from the Bureau.

The District Enginttrs, and the Dis· trict Co;utruction Engineers who were present at the: meeting wen: also invited to attend.

Some ~) gemlenlen were present for this initial meeting.

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ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

ELGIN District I

By RALPH W [HN Ul

OffiCtr5 and l\bg20zint' Staff for 1962 Neil Morton Prcsidt"nI An Raeder Vice_President Ray Rickert Secretary James Sislc:r T reasurer J. L. C3lhoun D irector Roy Ikll Dirn: tor l'oel Thomas Alt. Dir«"tor H erb RenwICk Alt. I.)in'ctor William LaUgCf ~ Assoc. Ilus. Manager Ralph Wehner ASiOCiate Ed itor

Social: The Sill'er Anni\'crsary of the I.A. H.E. COIl\'cmion .... as held in Springfield th is Yc:lL Tht' Elgin delegation rClUrncd with only praise for the hc:st Convcn tion eyer to he attended, It was esl.1blishc(1 that the Conl'enlion had a recorJ breaking attendance. The fine reports r~('il'('d should make [he Spring:icld Ch .. ptcr exceedingly proud.

The ;m!lunl Christm!u party was held on Decemher 19, 1961 at Lhe F..agles. The 140 office employees. who 3ut'ndcd the Christmas parly, had more fun lhan the proverhial h.1rrcl of monkeys. It is amazing that any party could be enriched to any greater degree than that wonderful one of last year, but it was. Our exprl"Ssions of appreci:t­tion go o~t to the committtc responsible once agam.

The meetings for Ja nualY an(1 Febru­ary were held in the America n Legion Hom t: in Elgin. At the /,w L1ary meet­ing two movies wac shown. They were 'The House That Faith Built,"' and 'The Alaskan (iame H UI:t."

Mr. Bob Natkin of Rand Shelteu

Chapter Notes and Mr. Cart H awkins of Hawkins Ellgine.:ring were the speakers at the Pebruary meeting. Mr. Natkin de­scribed the corrugated copper sted "blast shelter"' that his firm manufac­tures. Mr. Natk in's talk was accom­panied hy colored sl idc.s illustr:uing the exterior and inlrrior of the hlast shelter and the n«en:HY survival eljuiprnent. It was made evident from this t~lk that a bl~st shelter and not a radi~tion or fallout shdter is nccdffi in this 1000lity tn wilhst,.nJ the I1re norm. t.·Lr. H awkins demonstrated and explained the usc of lhe "Ratemeter' and the ··Dosimeter."

At the fI.'larch meeting, held at the Red Lio!). our slXaker was Mr. Russell Me Cellan , Seen.·lary of the State Em­ploye.:s Associat ion. Mr. M(" Cdlan spoke on the State R~[ir~mCnt System and ib benefits. Pollowing his discuurse there was a short question :md answer pcrioJ.

The Spring Dance will Ix held on May 19th at the' Elgin Country Cluh according to Chairman Ben Houden. After th~ dinner th~re will be a five piL'Ce band for dancing. Rcn also an· nounced that their is a Rl E; pole for those who wish 10 make U~ of it.

Peter Porayko, nur new Social Chair· man. has :mnounccd the first free lIleal was won hy Mr. R. T. Cash. Pete has promised one: free meal at e:leh mttting in hopes of raising ou r altend:lIlce.

N~/l) M~mhuJ: The follow ing men were voted iillo m~mbership of lhe Elgin Chapter of I.AH.E. at recent meetings: Char!~s Brintlinger. Don Lorentzen, John Mauavers, Bell 53d­dler, Joe Seyl. Larry Sorenson. <lnd Rkhard Woelfel.

Whal Is YO/If Opinion of Direttor

J. L. CaJhoun's proposal? Cal recently proposed that the Association sponsor :III annual trip for two engint:ers to a fon:ign couotry for a pcrioJ ot" three weeb. The purpose of this trip would invoh·e the congregating of information rdating to highway design, construc­tion, .md maintC'nance. The twO engi­neers sdectt:d fo r the trip would he requin;J to write ao art icle for the lIIinoiJ Highwuy Enginrer, and give a report at the ar.nual convention on lheir /'"ompiled illformulion. How , hould the engilll..'Ccs Ik sclect~d r How should the Ifip Ix: fin:lIlced ?

Did You K.~ow that Director Carl Anderson of the Chicllgo Chapter de.~igned the I.A.H .E. insignia? The insignia is available in the form of cuff links, tie elasps, lapel buttons, and decals for your automobilt: windows. These insiglli:u Illay ~ urdered from Neil Morton.

PromotionJ: William R. Stahl, <:i\·il Engineer V was appointed District Engineer of Maintrnance on January I , 1962. Bill is replacing Joe. Miller who has becn promoted to Special Assistant \0 the Hur~a u Chief of Oesign.

Mr. Stahl is :1 gr:lduate of the Uni­versity of Illinois :lI1d came to work for Ihe Division of H ighways in 19-49. H e has worked in lhe Bureau~ (If Dl'Sign, Const ruction, and Maintt:nanee. He W ,IS Assistant Maintenance Engineer umit his r«enl promotion to District Maimcn3flee Engineer.

Steve: Kaka\'u, Civil EnlOine.:r III, was appointed Maintenance Field En­gineer of Will County on January I, 1962.

In 1954, Steve graduated from the University of Colorado with a Ihchdor nf Science Dcgre.:. From June 195-4

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until Novemher 1954 he was in tht: Bureau of Materials. Uncle Sam notified him ill November 1954 and for the next two ),ears Steve was in the U. S. Army. When IK' rd urned in 1956 he was assigned to the Burc~lI of COllsl!u.:tioll ;llld has rema ined there unt il his recen t promotion.

Tr'n Pi nJ: The nU! halt of the buwl­ing season terminated :H SdlllciJcr 's Recre:ni{)1l in Elgin 011 fkn:mLn Ullh. The Permits Team of ). L. C:!lhouu. (C"Pl.), n. M. Borrnd , L. SorclLSOll,

P. llie~r. anJ J. Sisler were nuwnt<1 the champs of the first hal L The Des ign T c.llTI Captained by C. Booth and the T rallic T eam Captained by P. Pueira tied fo r scwnd. The Survey T C.1TTl of F. Sedey (Carr.), S. K; k:lI'as, n. Majer, C. Bohlig, and 1. Doughert y h:1d the High T ::'11Tl i-Game~ anrl the High Te:lIn Gam e with 249') and 8M! res~c[i \'dy . Roy Hell had High Serie~ with 578 and Wayne Hurmeister had Iligh (;~me with 232.

The bowl ing banquet [or those who bowled the first half ()1 the sC:lson was hdd at Thc Embers ot) January 25th. The dinner c01l$isted of cocktails, ~n inch and a hal( filet mignon steak, a cigar, morc drinks and a poker Rssion.

Stmshi1U~ St:t:kcrs: C.han and Helen Wells along with son Bud sought the warmer climate of Louisian~ ovcr the Christmas Holidays. Their week long driving tOur hrought them to New Orleans, Biloxi and various other gulf. side cit ies. The wle purpose of the nip \\'as that of sighseeing, and relaxing.

Dutch and Merle Grosskoff spent ten days touring tht Atlantic coast line. Our travding twosome visited \Vhite Sulphur Springs :l.nd were very ple-..lsetl by the ocautiful surroundings. When Dutch w~s asked what the main pur· posc of the trip was he replied, '"Keep. ing Mama happy and spending money'-'

Anuther construction man to yield to the wander hug was P~ul Hid.lCT. Along with wife r~'l\lra, daughter Shirley and son Allen the family lOured the north · eastern St:lte~. Included in their trip was a visit tu Canada, namely the Provence of Qu~hec. The French s.f.lCaking Canadians with their unique French foods i!npres$Cd the Hid>c<rs very much, a~ did their tri p along the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Milt and Ddla Grow tried to be<lt the fall .mow~ at Kakinka , \Visconsin. but uiu!! ·t quite make it. Milt was caught with his fi~h line down when up

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cam~ :l blizzard . But just as the post· man has his manu, so does Milt, he .>tuel 10 his l rozl' ll ~at :lnd 1.1nded a

ocautiful m usky. ·· S(·II:I 1Or" ~nd 1.ib Borrud are as

proud of their grandchildren as possible. Spending a week of their vacatiun driv­ing firsl to Alicia, their YOUTlgL;st daugh· ter, located :1.1 Moline anJ thC-ll tu Clair who li \'e~ in Ohio, the: Borruds mat)· aged tu ;jccomplish onc thing, visil tach Jangiltc[·s n~wbuHl child. Tla:y diu however. tour the O",,,rl<s uS w "l1 ~L~ portions uf Inuiana to du a lillie sight. .~ee ing.

ExtrtJs: Bill anu Ilden DOt:ringsfdd have completed their child foursome with the arrival of Dawn Marie. Dawn pn·stntl"C1 hcrsdf on October 16, 1901, in thc form of a 7 pound 12 oUllce hundle of joy. Dawn's sisters Debra and lulie are Slife to caution her about her brother BiUy.

Bill aud JQ Szymanski arc definitely proud of their fir.> t daughter. Karen joined the dan Uil Deeemher 5, 196 1. T he 6 pound, 12 uunce femmdata1c will soon romp thruugh the hOIIS(; with brother Michael.

News Rrit'f .. : Bill L'lugtr·s article, ··Something Ne.w ill Erosion Control," is now a Congr~ssion3 1 Record in Washi ngton. Bil!·s articl e: :Jp~ar~d in the Illinois HighwilY Engim:t:r in the 3rd QU;lrter of 1960.

At the Dceemutr meeting of the Du Kane Chapter of the l.S.P.E., two of our cngilltcrs wcre honured hy being elected to the fo llowing offices: I'aul Riddle as President and Bell Iiouden as Director. Our hc~rty congratulatiuns.

Kurian C. Mathew of Cary, formerly an employec of the Exprtssway Design Scction o[ District Ten, caille to work [or Distrirt One on JanU;}ry 3.

Chit Chllt: I Icrb Ridunann, with shotgun in hand. trampeu through the: woods around the Rock River looking for a ueer. Apparently the dnsi\·e little animals heard of Herb·s presence for they diu not show their white taik

Roy Bell"s C:l.r is getting temper· mental. It won·t start when the tem­perature is below zero.

Pete Porayko and Jim Evers, the fis hing fanatics from the desigll room, made a week's trip to the Ozarks ~nJ finally (aught some fish. Their only problem now is how to Ui\·id~ three blue gills .

Alter taking twdve test borings and two terrain surveys Hcrb Renwick has

rlnall y honght his 101 for his dream h{)m e .

The N irholsons, Ridunanus, and f't iedr;chs will h:wc to look elsewhere for tht'ir pheas.ant diunc.r. Lou Schlae.lli W~SIl"t too lucky this year, shooting only enough for Ann anu rumsclL

H erb RC"llWick and John Fricdrich arc going l() ;Ipply for pmfessional licenses as cabinet makers.

Bill S7.}'[lwflSki, 1):1n Jermanu, anu Virg·i!io ' ·Poncho" Pereira, visited their :111l\~ m~ter for homecoming. \\fhat does a footh:l1l·1ess cullege do lU cclc· br:lle homecoming, fellows?

John CU!1i~ll, couslruclioll 'S most d igihle hachdor, bi t the uuSt un No· ,'eml-.er 25, 1961. The binding knot was tieu in Lil~rtyville when John ~Ild i{uth took th()sc age-old vows. Con· gr3tulations [rom all of us to the happy couple.

Sympathy: The office was sorry to

hear of the death o{ Elmer Rohe's wife.

RUUer! Spears, W ill C.ounly Mainte­nailce Engineer. was fawlly injureu in an auto crash wllich occurred while he was uJ.\'di ng from the distr ict offiee to Will County.

\Ve wish to express our deepen sym­pathy to Mrs. Spea rs aod Mr. Roh\: at the 1055 of their loved ones .

DIXON District 2

Hv ItnFlI:IIT E. CURRDIS

On December 2, 1961, the allllual Christmas Dinner Dance was held at the Elks Cluh in Dixon. The annual event w:!s enjoyed hy 131 persons. A cocktail hour was held (rom 6 Pl\-f to 7 I'M fulluwed hy the dinner. To many of those ~ttending, the highlight of the c,·en.ing was tht' dr~willg of the ·'Dour Pri7.c" which was won by Frank &hotka. Frank was so oVCfwhelmed . he WH speechless by the wonderful Christmas tree. Following tIle dinncr, a dance was enjoyed \0 the music of Rex Flach 's Orchestr~ . i\ special thanks to the committee [or a fine c\'\:Tling. The comrninee were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dick.roLl, j\·rr. and Mrs. H. f. Walder, Mr. :lnd Mrs. L. J. Larkin, Mr. and ;\1r$. O. B. Gerlach and Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Sullivan.

We wish to congratulate the follow­ing persons on their promotions as follows: c.. N. A. Richards, Assist.'lnt District Engineer ; Darrdd Sunm~rk,

ILLI NOIS HI G HWA Y E N GINE ER

Chapter Notes id:t. They .He presemly travding afO\lod Florida and enjoying lh~ warm­er climate:.

Myron Koester. a T cchnici:m IUT

Right.of.Way, resigned effecti"e j\'lacch .. 1st to stan farming in Jo D:wil'S5

OlAtri<;t :z E>recull .... trom te U 10 r1ghl :

Front ro .. : Harold H. Bo",en, Enqln .. r 01 Local Roa.u cmd StrMIf;: Gordon S. McDcnold. E'''J;'' .. r 01 Cons truction, C. N. A. Richorda, An i. t .... 1 Dl&ltlct EnqinHr; M. M. Memler. Dl&lrkl Enqlneer; Bernard A. Xennedy, En9in • • • 01 Moterials. Second row: Vance E.. Hopper. En'i\.n .. r 01 Deli9U; W ilfred E.. GN)ru;..rq. Enqlneer 01 RlQht-oI-Way; Frank F. Schotka. Enqine.r 01 Mclintenance, Dorr.ld E. Swunark.

A.,latont to th. DIs trict Eng-1neer. Back row: Walter L. I eTem, Enqlnee. 01 Relearch, John Sh\llar. Enqh'leer of Traffic. Meun. Ricbare... SllIlmorll, I:ne m and Sh\llar haTe o.en appointed to

the ir present poIIitlon effectl" e on 0. afler January I. 1962.

!\ssisl:1!l1 to the District Engineer: John Shul:1 r. Disuict Traffic Engineer; Wal­te:.r Ke\t~rn. District R~!iC:1rch Engineer; Roben C r;1\'en. Assistanl District De­SI)!" Engineer; John Ross. Design Office Engineer ; Eugene Washburn. Civil Engineer II ; Lwn:1rd 1_1rkin, Civil Engineer IU ; l...:Jny Royer, Engi. neering Tcdmieia n II ; Elden Slich, C ivi l Engineer [Ii ; Richard Hussan, Ci\'il Engineer II ; W illiam Kerndt, C i\' il Engineer I I.

On January 9, 1962, our local chapter of Ihe IAH E held its annual election of onicers. Congratulations 1'0 John Shu· lar. presiJent; Darreld Sunmark. vice· prc.~iden t ; Roben er:n'en, sccrelary; John Ross, lreasurer; Frank Schalk:!, dir~!Or: and Ralph Davis. :lltcrnate director. Also vuted into mem l.ICrship at this rneC'ling were Ord Brouse and Raymond Karabin as active rnemlkrs. and Sam Morgan and Willi:l!ll Tay· lor as aswcia<e members. \VeJcome aboarJ!!!!!!!!! Bill KcrnJt who has been an associate memlx:r was voted into act ive status.

\Ve wish to welcome Roben L. Huford and Charles Freeburg to our diMriet. Robert is a T~hni(.al AJ visor I ~nd is work ing fo r the Right-of·Way

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I kpartm~nt. Charles wa~ employed on Dec:~mh~r II , 1961 as n Ch·il Engineer II .

W illiam O"Bril!o and William Dien­h:1mmer h<l\'e ooth resigned to n:turn 1(1 school. Th~y have both enrolled al \Visconsin State. College and Institute nf T crhnology,

Roy EI1~rhorr, one of om resident mgineers nn FA] I{oute:. 80, resigned last fall to aCCl!pt a position elsewhere.

Odd":1f Eikcri has taken a leave of absence and has returned to N orway for a visit. We hope. he has h.,d an enjoyable Ir ip.

Bill K~rnd t relurneJ from a Iwo wctks \'aC:1Iion after the holidavs with apparently no broken bones. Bill and a buddy went to Aspen, Colorado where they enjoyed skiinj! on Ajn Mountain. This ski reson is onc of the largest and beSt in the United States.

D:1"id Crawford, who ret ired early this year. is living in F1oriJa. (}:1\·c's addr~ss is 13 16 W eber Drive. Clear­water. F]oriJ;l,

\Villa rd Moore, our for mer AssislaOl Design En~Iintt r. is now con v!ll~scing from his heart :tttack and during the holidays, he and his wife wcn l to Flor_

County. Jerry Wcstcrland, of the Right-ol·

Way Department, transfern:J to Dis­trict 9 effective March Is£. lie will Ii\'!," in Benton and commute to Carlxmdnlc where he will work in tilt" District Office for the Traffic Dcparuncm.

Peter Euo i) \3C31ioni ng in Florida. \Vh:\l's this, so i~ Nancy Karlsenr .l.:??

)0.'1.11 Healy, olle of our Clerk Stenog­raphers, and Earl Stanley wue uoiled in marriage February 17. 1%2 :H Ihe Sacred Heart Ch urch, Su:rling. Illinois :H 11 :()O A.M.

AlUI Baalicm

In IA::ccmlx: r. Mr. and ]\·frs. E. M. RaSlian anlloUliced the engagement of their only (bughter, Ann. to Mr. Richard I.ec Nimz, son of Mr. :md Mrs. Ci:IlI:ncC' W. Nimz uf Watseka, Ill inois.

Ann is presently enrolled as a junior at the Illinois State Normal University. Normal. lIIinoi •. " Dick," a graduate of the same university. is now studying tow;mls !l ~'I astcr 's Degre.: at the Un i­\<ersity of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

The wedding will take placl! follow· ing Ann's graduation.

Mr. Basli~n has b:cn our Associate

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Business Manager for the p:ul 12 yean. For the past i yc:u s he ha~ obtained :lpproximatdy twenty percent of the :ldVCflising for the magazine. T his represents approxim:ucly forty pcrcclll of all the finns that advert ise. We ex­tend our sincerr thanks to Mr. Bastian for his continutt! efforrs and service.

onAWA District 3

Bv n. It B LANCO

The annual dcction of officers of tht: Ottawa Chapter of I.A.H.E. was held on December 12, 1961. The followinil officers werc elected:

President ....... Arthur Tos:tti Vice· President .... Gilb~rt Swift Secretary . . ...... \Vayllt: Kas7.a T reasurer... Edwa rd Jermcnc Directors ..... Edward Willems

Bernard Rentz Alt. Oirccwrs Donald Oldman

John Piggot!

am happy to report th:u we have nx:cnLly added to our Chapter of the I.A.H.E. five A~ocialc and nl'C Acti\'~ mem~rs.· Our gool is 100 percent m .. mhersh ip.

Promotioni:- Orville A. b 'ans, New District Engineer-

Mr. Orvil le A. Evans has recently replaccd fohn Gr:lyhack. Jr. as District Engineer. Mr. E"ans is originall y from T erre Haute, InJ ia Jl~ ;I!ld received his H.5.C.E. (rom Rost' Polytechnic Institute in 1931.

In the past thirty years. Mr. E\'ans h:15 had \'arying experiences in the fidd of Ci\'il Engineering. He haS h,\o ex­perience in highway, a iq)Qrt. and build ing construction which included

Chapter Notes the Elwood Onlinam:e plant and the Rakd ite Com p:my plant at Onawa.

On Wedncsday. April 4. 1962. the Ottawa Chapler of I.A. H .E. will spon­sor a T estimonial Dinner for Mr. John Grayhaek. Jr.

Cyril V. Burns is now the new Assistant District Right-of·Way F.n~i · neer. the position formerly held by Orville A. Evans. Mr. Burns was the Ma imen:lIlcc Field Engineer in the Bloomingtoll arl!a.

'''''''1'1. M:m;;k. n,;CClil Rl.'Siuelll Engi. neer on F.A.1. l~oU!e SQ, has replaced Cyril V. Burns as Maintenance Pidd Enginl.--e r.

Walter Kistl!nfl!ger has filled the \ 'a'

caney in Ihe Claims Department left by Mr. Griffin.

T(,JI Rood N('wJ: Construction of the re,/,abilil:uion of the facility used for the AASI-JO Iloau T est Ix:gan lasl fall and is scheduled for completion latc th is year. It is to become a part of Interstate Route SO. IIc:adquarters for the field office ha\'e b~en set up at the huilding previously used as Administra· tion offices fo r the AASHO Hoad Test.

The building is also [0 Ix: the offiCI!

and laboratory for a branch of Physica l Re.sc:arch under the jurisdiction of W . E. Chastain . Sr. Present personnel al the site arc Anhur C. Toseui. Harold R. Hubbell , Robert J. Little. Hsai Y. Fang. Arthur J. Wright. Vincent F. Poskin. Joscl'h H. Tra\' i. D31'io B. $con. William T . Sullivan. Kent W. Wicks. and Josel'h H. Brown. The last fou r arc new employees who will Uc P,1fl of the Physical Research [om:: stationed :LI thi~ hranch .

Roben J. Little and his wife Marcia annoUllc('d the arrh'al of ;\ male hdr on o..ccmber II. 1961.

P hones : Well Chicago 231 · 5100 (Chicago) ESlerbrook 8·01 87

We ate happy to report thai Arthur ,. Wright has returned to work :1(ler a month's ahsence for a major operation.

N('rlli Rri~fi: The 2nd annual Dinner Dance of the Chapter was held on December 9. 1961 at the Elks Cluh. Over 45 couples attended the dinner and dance. ~'Iusic was furnished by Ed S]Jayer and his orehesua. Ed is our blueprint operator. For the henefit of the laiC ueparters, Ed and his accord ion led a h;lrroom "Sing Along." A good lime w:u h"d by all.

A COnstrucuon meeting of all con· strurlion personnel was held on \Ved· nesday. February 21, 1962. Another Construction meeting is slated for M;lrch 8 and 9 at th('; Elks.

We are pleased to hC'dr that Mr. Gerling. our Assistant District Engi­neer. is reeo\'('ring from the illncss that has kept him hospitalizal.

Rowling: T he bowl ing le;.guc r«cn(· Iy cst:Lblishc:J in our District office: is proving to be a 5uccessful endeavor. Some recorded scorts are as follows:

H ighest individual series - Ed WiI· lcms- 611

Second hightlit individual serics­Fred Mariani - 609

Highest indi\'idual ;I\'('r:lg('; - Ed Spayer - In

Keep it up, fellows, and we may he able 10 watch you in aclion on TV. ........ . ...... . R«~ntly. one of our field cngineers

was brought into the oRiee 1"0 work in the QJality Conlrol Department. Hal'­ing (cund that office lif(' is a liltle too 1!;lsy. he has ~ubiec tl'd himS('; lf 10 a diet. A~ for g('uing his exercise. may [ sug­gest the "Twist!"

Es labli .. hed in 1878

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PEORIA District <I

By ERV. B bSUI!R

Peoria Chapter 1962 IAHE Officers Pr~sidc n(, H enry lhnkic; Vice-Presi­

dent. Larry DUHon ; Secrcr:lry. Melv in Smith ; Treasurer. Kc:n Wagoner ; Di· rector, (;lcnn \Vorner; Dircrtor. Ray t\ckennan; All. Di rector. J::\..k H :lr land : All. Director. Vern -Tarr.

Highway Enginetr Staff

Assoc Editor. ET\,. Bessercr: Assoc. Htls; ness MgT .. C;U~ Aumham.

Pl"Omo{iolls: D:lllns M. ConcHo 1'.' :15

promoted to District Engineer of Dis­trict oj. Peoria as a result of the \'a;;:lIlcy crC'.Jtn.i by the ret irement of lohn Mattison . "Cos" h:td scrwJ as Assistant District Engineer for 15 years and sho~~d I~ \'cry f:l mili;lf with the new poslllOn .

Jack KlIlIt: recently w;u promoted ,IS Ma intenance: Field Engineer and tra ns­ferred 10 Springfield. Jack had been in (he District for 16 years, ha\'ing spell( 17 months of this lime with the U.S. Army_ H e was n.-.:.:alkd to IIUIY and scrl"cd as a Lieutenalll in the T oro­Waphic Map Seclion. Jark. and his wife were a ramiliar sight at most of our social aff:lirs. He was active in our golf outillgs and also in our bowling league. Mrs. Kalle is srill resid ing in Peoria, pt:nd ing location of a residence In Springfidd. Coot! Juck to lX)lh of them .

New F-mployt:es: Wayn~ Ohlson. C E I in construction. \Vayne recently re­ceived his n.s. Degree in Civil Engi­neering at Uradlcy Ur.i ,'nsiry. H e worked in the d istrict last summer and

Chapter Notes was a pit(her 011 our softhal1 te:lrn.

Charles McElwee T A. 11 and An­thony .\brkosk i. T .A. I.; both in Right ­of-Way. Ron Zuck was ~hire( 1 :IS an E.T ./ . in mainten .. ncc. Ron is m .. rried and (orn pkting his educ .. tion at Rradley Univenity. H e is on the night tele­phone watch and should have :Hllplc time lO study .

Another returnee was Richard Dcn­lino, C. E. II in Design. D ick had Idl the Division lO enter sales work in T exas, but must have found that the market waSll '1 the best.

James Enos w~s hired ,\5 a C.E. I in Design . I Ie r~cently graJuaud from the Unin:nit), of Illinois with a B.S. Degree in C i\ il Engi neering.

Another new C.E. I in Design is Gene Morgan . who recently gradu .. ted FrOIll the Missouri School of ,,·Iines wilh ;I M.S. Dt.-gree in Civil Engineering. Gene is married and he and his wife are ex pecti ng a new engineer soon.

C Ollrtrll("IIQII i .~ movi ng at a slow pace, which is olwious to anyone look­ing for a p .. rking place at Ihe d istr ict oRlce. H enry Hankie is on Sc..: liol1 15 o f Interstate 74 ( Morton 10 Deer Creek). H e is :misted by l im Thnmlls, Don Rawlings, Dick Klall. Owen Tholl1a.~ :lI1d Jack Andres. 0 011 Sharpe assisted by Boh .Myers, is staking FA Route 73 ( Mo rlon By-Pass). This should ind ic:lle early conHruction ac­tivi ty. Lester I'eison and his crew arc Slaking Sttlion M of the Interstate in Peoria. H e has wrry DuttOIl , Myron Solomon. Rill Ehlen, Stcve M(Enroc: and Ra y Schmit with him.

Ed Kehl, with the aid of LMry L.1fary, is trying to keep the Fra nklin Strttt Bridge in Peoria from fa lli ng into the Ill inois River. Bud MC<; rew is

on Il l. ({uute II 0 e:lst of the MeClugagc Bridge working 011 the intcrehangc structures. I-Ie is a!>S isted by Johnson H ackler and Gerry McKnight. bery­one enjoys the eompany of Ralph Brooks. who was Resident Engineer on the Mississippi Pllrkway ( WHr S.1 W to H amilton ) proje(\. Ralph has .. lmost compktcd his project anJ is spending his first winter in the office ~illce August of 1959.

H enry C han, with the assist;lnce of ( ;erry Worra ll, Uon Brelln .. n and Gary Kempster. is completing cOnstruction on three Jntcrswte bridges cast of Gal esburg.

51. Pat'J JJanc~; Plan s are presently being ma<le hy C hairman Dave DrulTd for the ::lIl nual SI. Pat's da nce. The date is March 17 and the local ion is Mayfair Ii all on Knoxville Avenue. This is usually a weI! auenJed affa ir.

Sport; : The Highway Hawks bash" . 0.111 te~rn is currently lied ill fi rst place with a 9 won and 2 loss sianding. The (eam plays in the Peoria Rccre .. t ional Industr ial League. T here :lrc three games 10 go, to determinc the d i\'isioll championship. This is fol1nwec\ by a playoff in which the first two teams in 3 <Iivisiuns pla y sudJen death to de-ter­mille the lndumial League Ch:ullpion­ship. Th\: team has lost the scn'i(e of hig Jerry Bl:mJ. who rccelll ly enlis(eJ in rhe Co.1St Gu .. rd Reserve.

We've nQlice-c\ that the golfers have ocen getting :1. little restless an(\ many have taken to polishing their clubs. The sort-ball players have also made the-ir usual bid ill .getting. the Chapter 10

sponsor ;1 $OU(/lern [np. Bowling in the 11 tcam H ighway '

Engineer l ..caJ::\le finds the Right-()(­Way team 8 g"JIn CS ahe .. d of Construc-

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lion and Materials who ar~ tied for second. The Right-()(-Way tcam credi ts their position to !.he able leadership of Bill Mills, their Captain. Top 4 bowl­ers arc Al Malmquist 182, Bill Borchelt 177, H .. I JohnS(J1l 174 and Dick Wan­dell 173. The high saatch series is held hy T om Buckley with a 65'), and Dick Wandell has the individual game with a 267. Ken \Vagoner recently bowl~ in the Peoria Rowling Associa­tion city tourna1llent and is leading the city in ~ingl~ with a hep 709 series.

Birdu: The slork has lx:cn his usual busy self in the District. The following l:l.X Jtdm;uons arrived: Mr. and Mrs. Larry Duttoll. a sun, Decemhcr 30, 1961 ( their firs t child).

Me. and Mrs. Walter Keene have established a reputation of doing things in a hig way. They were proud p:lrentS of twins. Jill and Todd, born January 17, 1962 . Walt is still r«overing front the shock. This is their first.

On JalluMY 16, 1962 Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Schiermcyer were proud par~IllS of a b~by girl.

TIl<: Hartzell Kramms also had a girl, Nancy, Ftbruary 7, 1952, their fourth child.

A b~by boy. Gregory, was horn November 6, 1961 to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lyons. This is t.heir second.

A daughter WdS born to Mr. and Mrs. Oa l'(.: llumphrey, their first child, named Cathy - born on December 26, 1961.

It appears thaI last year Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hughes wcre proud parents (If a haby girl, [.<lri Ann, w eir first. This was omitted in previous issues btx:ause mail frorn the rc.~idcnt engineers Lravels mighty slow. \\', '11 be more alert on the neXt on(". Lnry.

Chapter Notes

Peorio Chopter Re tiremen t Dinner. L. to R.: lock Kerne cmd .... ile. Fron k Drag-oun and wife. and John D. Mattison and wife .

In the Gr:mdpareIll section. M.T. and Mrs. Dallas Costello were honored agaill elll New Year 's Eve. This makes their fifth grandchild.

Social Evcnts: Social events that oc· curred since tilt: last issue wcre Lhe annual Christmas Party held at the American Syria Hall. The affai r was attended approxim~tely by 180 persons, who Clljoycd a catered dinner from Vvnacher\ Junction, and danced to the music of "Phil" Fabry. Despite in­clement weather, everyone had a nice time. Joe Pokorny was chairman of the party. H e received many words of assistance, we understand. He is to be complirnenled on a fine party.

On tht: 27th of January. a retirement dinller was held {or Messrs. John Mattison :Uld Frank Dragoun at the H otel JefTcT$Otl in Pcoria. Mr. M~ttiS()!l and }.'Ir. Dragolltl recei" ed engraved w~tches from their fellow employces.

Chapter President H enry Rankie mad c' the pr~stlltatioll. Tom t\'orris, Engineer of C<lmtTuction, presemed a plaque to Mr. Mattison in commemoration of his years of outstanding service. Jack Kane, who recently transferred to the Sl'rin~.fidd office. was pn:st:lltt:d with : l

Chapter Pr .. ld.nt Henry Bankl. presenting- watch to Mr. Matt;.on.

Mil. Banlde at le ll.

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Jl('n and pencil s~t. M~ny cx-cmployees and those assodalcd with thc Division of Highways for Illany yean also H­tcndttl. h was a m(:morablc cI'cning rOT mallY of them. Mr. Nate I..t: \·y was chairm:w of the dinller.

Vuculio ru: Ren Rosenberg and Red Uhl recently returned from sc:vcral weeks in Florida. With all the snow we:: wete vcry envious of them. Ben's mn is really something.

PARIS District 5

By /.UI.£S E. i-I(lu(;J \

On January I, 1962, Robert \\1. Joh nson ass\uncu th e: JUlies of C hief, District Hurcau of Construction. He succeeds Mr. Ralph (;. Gher. who held ,nc position for a rcr-iod of 10 yca r~ . 3 months. Thoma~ J.. Step rcsumed work in

the RUfcau of Design January 25 following completion of rcqu ircmcnts Je;)ding to the degree of MSC E :IT the Univcrsity of lHinois.

Richard F. llodget returned in Decrmber from a 6·month tnilit.:lry lcave.of·ahse:nce:. H e: is presently ;l~.

signed 10 Lhe Bureau of Materials. Mr. James E. H ough ra:entl y lI;lns-­

ferred to the Oureau of Design from the Bureau of Materials, where he: wa~ as­sistant to the: DislriCl S()ils Engineer. He is sc:hedulcd for dUlies in photo­gramtnctry.

Charle. Becher has returned to the Bureau of Design frolll twO wttk$ training in gcomelrics at Springfield.

•••••••• Dale Dailey lcit on Janua ry 8 to

begin studies :H Michigan St:Jte Un i­\crsity.

Roocrt D. Mel feory bega n a G·momh military leave.of-absencc in January.

Roger Arend lcit January 31 for two )'t:lrs military service. .........

Werner JaSlr7.C:mloski hc.-b~1l a G-wC1:."k Europe:m "ata tion earl y in February. He pl>!ns to visit rd~ti\'C:s and friends in the old hometown (F~~1>Cn , ( ;erman y) :lnd tour the Austri:1n Alps.

The Assist.lllt District Engineer, John G. Keller, and Mrs. Keller re­turned rttently from a 3-week Carib­bean tour. Outstanding points of in­ter~l , isited were the Virgin Islands, Pucrto Riw, Haiti, and J:lmaica.

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Little Miss Brenda Ann Compton took up residence December 21, 1961, at the horne o( .\1r. and Mrs. Gail K. Compton, She weighed 8 pOl1nd.~. '6 ounces, and is their thi rd child.

Mr. and Mrs. William Bubeck nre the proud parents of a son horn D.:cc-rn­ber 24, 19G J. Little Bubeck ( number 3) weighed in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces, and was named Charle~ Voli!li:lln.

A 7 pound. :; oUllee daughter named Uariem: Faye was born /anu<lry 2'5. 1962, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter C, Purcell, Jr. Miss Purcell is the first child. W:llk ing the floor any, Walt ? ............

Charles A, Teresi and Miss Ann Ad­kins were married Jan. 20, 1962 at the Paris Trinity Metho<list Church. CllU("k and Ann han: estahlished residence at S()3 Douglas Strcrl. COllgralubtiom. y'all. . ........ .

In December the Brd Annual Christ· mas Party was held with 167 persons atlending. T he program indudc:J cock­tails. buffet dinner, a var ieTY ~how and dance. A highlight of the evening was presentation of a retirement gift to Mr. Frederick G. Wishart. former Assist.ant Distrin Engilleer.

SPRINGFIELD District 6

By DUNAI.n F. EnWARDS

1962 saw moving clays (or most of the District Six offices. The new "wing" has bcc::n completed and, hcsides the drafting room l>cing expanded, Loc:11 Roods, T raRlc, and Right-of-Way arc now in new quarters.

Ralph Leslie and his Local Roods oo)'s can now be foulld on the secund Boor south end. H eru Bright is directinn traffic just north of Local Roads, while Bob Ferguson's 'brave right.of-way men' are: in their new home on the second floor south end next to the expanded drnfting room. Audits i ~ also in the new part of ou r building.

The othl:r hureaus will be relocated in llle front part of the huildinj:l" and construction;'" now underway.

The Sprillgl1eld Chapter Members who were selected to represent us at the New Orleans meeting in February were Fred Krueger, Boh Loomis and Lou Neri. Their dc!eg'J. tc at large, S. Mack Peters, d irected the m("etings :lI1d repurted all act ivit ies wefe a (omple!e

failure. Most of the mcc:tings wac al the Fairground~ where many mO\' ing objects wen: discussed and W:lg~rcd Ofl.

Thc fishing committee reported bock thaI lhe fish were fed well by our seasick fi shermen. Our AS5OCiation lIlell1 hcrs returned from New Orleans complt:tdy happy :mJ completdy broke.

The Roy Hitchs missed our last iuue but now we can tdl aboul the Sl:ptcm. ber 13th arr i'':ll of SUs.1n Elaine. Sorry we missM Ihj.~, [{oy. but Our neIVs is tI .~\la lJ)' so late most new hauics call read aoom Iheir own ;lfrl"al by the lime we get it!!!

••••• Springfield Chapter Mcc:tings Jh j\kTll t; R H . FA~IIH"m:k

The regular Illccting of the Capit:11 Chapter was held on No\'. 20, 196 1. at the Elks Club and called 10 order by Ilrcsidelll Ellis llulehesson <II 11 :1 0 i'. )\.1. After routine husin('.'iS matters were taken cafe of, conHnuni(";lt iolls were read . A leiter ffl)m Carl Jaeohsen. Treasurer of the State Board, requested our chapter to a(ccpt a check to pur­chase :1 gift for Ed and H elen Brooks who did suc'" a fille jub in serving as eh3 imlell of the 1961 State COlH'ention. The \V.I.A .H.E.S alsu announced that their an nu..11 C hristllllU D illner Dance lVould he. held on Dec. I), 1961, at the St:. ~icholas H otel. After ad jourllment, ~vcr;tl members went tu the nearby Federal Building to $C(: a progr:lhl (Iescribing Ihe Drc.~dell Nuclear Power Station. Mr. W. T. Reid, Chief Engi­nccr of th e Central Illinois Light Co., was the spt':.I.ker.

The D«C'mhcr 16th meeting was held on the IHth at the AmcriC31l Legion Hume, TIle: annual buffet "dutch" dinner was ~er\'ed nutting at 6:30 P .. \.1. The election of officers for 1962 \Vas held . Afterwards the ballots were tallied hy a committee of Mssrs. Huchheil, Krueger, DcHan, and Squires. TIle following memll<'.rs were elected to oIliee for tilt' calendar year 19G2: PresiCent, Jamc:s E, Rdl, Bureau of Maintenance; Vice-President, Charles E. rohnson, Dimict Ii; Re(ordillg Secreta ry. Allen M. Katz, Bureau of Materials: Treasurer, John C. McKib­hen. District 6; Financial Secretary, Lowell W. Markert, Bureau of Re­search: and Scrge3m at Arms, C. r.. " Dean" Bahu, Distr ict 6. The Trustees elccted wert S. Mack Peters, Materials ; Rohcrt W. Loomis, Dist. 6, and Robert

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The "Mighty Fishermen" of Springfield easltnq alide their chore,. Ilil repreaentatives 01 District 6 at the recent New Orleans conference. the", , .. lIowl .hown above. enjoye d (???) a day of d .... p 1 1>(1 fillhinq on Sunday Feb. 18th. Shown at the Empire. ttl. dock are lell to riqht; S. Mack Pete . .... Materials; Copt. Loui. Thornton. ulpper 01 th" charter hoo' "Mis, Miui .. ippi"; Lew is Ner;' Fred Xreuqer

cnld Roberl loomis. all 01 District 6. The newly e lected office rs o! the Sprinqfield Chapter 01 Ihe illi nois Auociaticm 01 Hiqhway Enqineers. leU 10 ri9hl: JC1Jnel E. Bell. Prelident; Charlel t. Johnl on. Vlce·President ; Allan M. Kat... R&cordLnq Secretary; and John C. McKibben. Treasur· er. Lowell W. Markert. financial Secre tary was not pre.ent

W. 1'"rr. Dist. 6. The follOWing Oirec­tors were also named: Ed Brooks and Ellis H utdlCson ( 1962-1 ',163): Hohert D. Schmidt aad J I. F. "Buzz" Lund ( 1962).

Oircctor Ed Brooks said the :l\'eragc mernhership in ~11 the State Chaptns was up ahem! 7 ~4 and that the Spring. fidel Chapter had an increase of about W',A' . While the election ballots wt::!e ocing count~d, Mr. T ed Dahlstrom of tht' Illinois Concrete Pipe Association presented a s~rit's of slides describing th~ imperfect backfill method fo r COil·

cr~t~ pipe culverts.

Th~ Jamlary 1962 m~eting was again hdd at (he Elks Club. Th~ follow ing applilants were elected to Active mem­bership: Salvatore P. Madonia and Edwin L. Varble of Material.. and Clarence R. M~lton of Right..(Jf-Way. AlI~1l Kat7. rcporteJ the 1961 member­sbip total as 379, a gain of 19 new llu';lllbers over 19GO.

Roocrt Mulvey reported that the Engin~~r's Week Ballqu~t would be at the S1. Nicholas Hotel. Boo Loomis also announced th<l t the allnual "Goof Party" ~ wvuld he slated [or F~b. !O at the Knights of ' Colu mbus building.

The present:ltion :lnd installation of th t n~w officers W<lS th~ fiual item of

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busintss. Out-going presid~nt Ellis Hutfhc:~on turned the ga\'eI I,Iver to newly elected President James Bell. Mr. H utcheson was given a u:rtificat~ I,If appreci~(ion for his service on behalf of the Association. Program Chairman, Bill Smith, presented an interesting film entitled "Navy Screen Highlighl.ll.' ·

The regular meeting of the Spring­field Ch~pter W<lS held at the Elks Club on Fehruary 19, 1962.

A letter was read inviting our chapter 10 p:lrticip:ne in [he March meeting of the JIIinois Seerion of the American Society of Civil Engine~ring .

Director Ellis Il utch~su!l rcportcJ lhal the Stat~ l30arJ of IAHE mceting was held in Springfi.eld on J:llluary 27. Date announcements (or forthfoming ''''"nts of 1962 were also given. The State. Golf Tournament will he held in Chifago on July 9. The Southern State Bowling T ournament will ht held in EAingham on April 1. It was hlrth~r announced that rh~ 1962 IA I-I E State Conv~nt..ion will be hdd in I'~oria on Del. 12 :mJ 13.

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Don Morc.:(lock anllounced that thc­MMCit Stag Dillnn .:\1~ting would be held at the Elks Cluh on r-.'bn:h 19. Ro,lst bed with :l1l th~ trimmin's will be preceded h). "liquid refreshments."

President Btll announcc..-tl that a re.­fresher COllfS(' is [xing ofJcr~d for the Prufe5sionai Engineers Examination. H~ tben introduced H Ollorary Meml~rs

Joe Colla more, Russell Cook and \\'illiam Reed. ,III (ormer D iS(. 6 men. You Jr~ alway~ wel.:omc at Qur ~ssion s, gentltmen.

Ther~ is :t Hrong rumor that ou r Chaptn will acquire a femin ine tOuch in the near fu ture. More on rhis in our next issue.

Progr!.llll Chai rman C. E. Johnson in­troduc~d Chuck W~yant ~nd Allan Cr()w~, prOm;n.,nl 10(:,,1 "uto raCCf6, who brought itHnesting movics of th~ original 1911 Indianapolis "500" race, th~ 1961 InJi:lil:tpolis "500" ral't anJ the 1960 I'\:J tional Orag Races from Detroit, Michigan . They answered m<lny questions :lft~r the showing of the movies.

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Even tho' the weather WlS horribJ('· horrible the night of our December meeting, enough bra\'ed the storm LO

have an enjoyable carJ party. After our January mX ling and a

most f:tscin:.lling program on making silver jewelry Jemonstr~t(d by our local ur:unics Club. e"eryOnt (wdL not C,'cTrune) is testing her ulenL

Our meeting in March should pro\'c 10 be moSl intcrcst ing, it ha\ing an " Intcrn:nional NiH:" theme. Our mem ­!-leu having collle from a foreign CO\1n ·

try will participate ;IS weH aJi an cxch:mge student.

W IA II E'S ha ve alrc;.Jy gone into "orbit," ;lnd arc furmulating plans for our 1962 Christmas P;lrty.

EFFINGHAM District 7

By ALAN TkY1':-;

The annual election 0; ufficers was helJ on Occemhcr 13, 1%1 and ou r new officers for 1962 are: William O. Cox, President; N ile R. Blnoo, Vice-Prc.si­dent; J.1ck E. frank. Secretary; Fn:J F. Judd, Trcasur~r; James H. Dink · heHer. Director; Roocrt E. Hla ydes, Thomas A. Goebel, Rns! E. Sechrest, Bobby M. Kdl and Donald R. Raney, Trustees.

IrlHlledialdy prece{ling the Dccemhc:r 13 husiness meeting. the chapter hdd a d inner at the hi~hway office in honur of John I.. Vall[ku~n, DiSlTict Engi. neer of Maintcnance. who was retiring as of lanuary I. In Tttognitiun and ap­preciatiHIl of his morc than 35 years of

Chapter Notes ~r\'i~ with the Div ision (If I lighway~, ··M r. Maintenance" was presented with a watch ,IIlJ :1 lifetime highway pass. It was estim:lted that during the lime he was in th~ Hureau of Maintenance Van had traveled more than 500.000 miles cO\'ering the mads in OistricI 7, and had climbed the 26 steps in the office building enough limes to have gone 61.4 miles up into the air, nOl (juite as high as Astronaut Glenn, hut still an Cll\iahle f~:II. Shurtly after the first of the year Mr. VanOeusen spent $Cveral IVceb in the Iwspita! from which van· tage point he wa.~ able to en joy the beauties uf the lVeekend snows as clluld not his former colleagues. Howcver. we arc happy to report that Van is out of the hospital ~Ild he and Mrs. Van· J)cUsell are enioying an extended stay ill Florida.

Robert K, Gamhle has rctumcd frum his annual tellnis spring tr'lining t rip to Florida ready and willing til meet all challengers. Hoh's first local out ing last year was un Washington's Birthday, hut the weath~r is not CfX)I~rllt ing this year.

The annual Christmas party was held on the ~\'~ning of December 21 .11 the Uenw()()(1 HOIel. under the ahle chair­{Jl~nship uf Cyril Mathy. It was the consensus of opinion that it was the best Christmas party yet.

Ele<:ted to membership in the District 7 Chapt~r sirl(:e the last issue of the magazin~ are the follow ing : Wilbert Schader. (rl:rald Hroom, Kenneth Longwell. lames Shoemaker. Phillip lohnson. l)onald Marshall, William McReynulds, J:III1CS Graham and Ron· aid H akrnan. \Ve abo w~kOll1e back to act ive membership Samih Musallam who has rcturued to us from Ilis native land of Jordan,

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"Elected" til ACri\'C family member­ship in recent rnontbs are the fo llowing; a daughter Marianne, weighing Sibs. H OZS., born /)ccemhc:r 26 to Mr. and ~·I rs. Richard Diet1-Cn; a son Christ ..... phn James, weighing 7 Ills. 10 OZS.

born Decemlkr 25 w t. lr. And Mrs. Ronald Hakman; a daughter. K:llhryll Ann. weighing (, Ihs. 3 ()ZS, horn lanu. My II to Mr. ~nd Mrs, Clinton Stork ; ami a daughter, Janella. weighing 5 Ibs., born February 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Koss Sechresl.

F. C, Nchren. Jr" SOil of District Engil leer of Design Fred C. Nchrcn and M'f5. Nehren, took Miss Sandra Eitle of Marshall. Illinois. {or his bride, Deec:mber 2. 1961. at the F irst Chrinian Chutl;h in Marsh .. lI.

Wilmer Woelfer. Jr., son of District Engineer of HcSt:lIrch W ilmer Woclfcr and Mrs. \V\.Idfer, was ullit~d in mar­ri:lge with Miss Sarah Gra\'~nhom of EOingham. iIImo;s, un December 27, 1961, at the St. lohn·s Luther"/l Church in Effingh~rn.

Lenard O. SweCl in took the big stcp un December 16. J9fil. with his mar· ri:lge to 1\:li55 Sheila Cushman of Effing" ham at Sl. Juhn's Luther .. n Church in Effingham. Mr. Sweetin works ill the UUfC'au IJf Design. The couple now re· side at 1O()6YL W, lefferson, Effingham, Illinois.

Effective J311Uary I the follow ing ch;lI1ges in penonnel wen: made:

Theodore R. King, Assist .. nt District Engineer of Maimenanrc, was pro· rllOlCd to the position of District Engi­neer of Maintenance.

Harold L. Wear, Assistant District Engineer uf Const ruction, was t r.ms· ferred to the position o[ As.~istant Dis· trict Engineer of Mailllenanee.

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Dil ldct 1 Righl -Gf.Way Men Go Anywhere · _ .... A ny Way !

N .... otiator Bob Holl ll1Ulbe . T.A. I (left) aDd App.au.al Reviewer D ...... ld Smith, C.£. Ill, s how ho w iI is done.

Raymond A. Wente, Squad Leader in Design was promoted Lo the position of Assis tant DiStrict Engineer of Con­struction.

Jack E. Fr:lnk, s<'luaJ Lead..:! in De­sign was transferred to the posi t ioll o( Field Engineer of Local Roads.

Our congratulations to these men and we wish them the best as they as.­sume their new responsibilities.

\Ve extend our sincere sympathy to

Fkmil\g Heck, Mrs. James C1Jhoon and Gerald Broom in the death of their fa tht:rs. Gcrald'5 farher, Donald Broom, had ~en ron:man of the highw:ty ga­rage in Effingham several years agu.

An interesting and informative semi­nar on the design, plalll cont rol and by down of bituminous mixtures was COI1-

ducted hy the Asphalt Imtitute on the afternoon of January 10 at the hig-hway office. T hat evening prior w tilt: regll­Iar monthly chapter meeting, the Insti­tute was our host (or ;1 dinner 3t the Green Lantern_ Following the busine.~s meeting, M iss Marge Schuch, an Efling­ham newspaper woman, spoke w the Chaptcr Ull her recent travels thruugh Russia and the Iron Cu rtain countries.

The speaker for our Fehruary meet­ing was Mr. I\'orman Lentz, Supervisor o( Claims (If the State F.mployees Re­tiremem System, who gave a very com­plete resume of recent changes in the System. The meeting was well aucnded by pro~pecti\'e retirees, Ixlth young and old and many questions were asked of Mr. Lentz.

The Effingham Chapter will host the Sowhern Section I.A.l I.E. Bowling Tournament this year. John Sills and his committee arc husy completing the arrangements for the April I hig day.

Another busy man with a big respon­sibility is Buh Stanley wht> is chairman for our annual hancl uet to be held on April 14 at the H oliday In n. This may be the first night out for the lad ies since New Ye:u's E,'c, so they arc looking forward to the date with much happy anticip:ltioll .

Wc understand that Hoh (iood[ellow approachcs the coke machine with some lrepidatiull Lhese days. This reporter docs not have all the facts avaibble, as to whether Hob didn't let go of the nickel soon enmlgh or just what, but he did find it necessary recen tly to take

a rather lengthy coke break IIntil his hand wulJ be freed frum the clutchcs of the mechanical monster.

EAST ST. lOUIS District 8

By A. H,o,sN,o,IN"

New Emplayas: Francis R. Ruppert, CE II, Design; William B. Meyer, CF. I, LO(:al Roads; Buan B. Smith, CE I, r.onsTTl1cri",,; 11 ,,1, Jon.,~, CF. I, Traffic; Samuel O. Musgrave, Jr., CE I, Con­structioll; Richard William Neumarker, ET 11. Design; Hilly Joe Siegd, ET I, I1csign. Well gang, you arc most wd· conK in our ni~ trict family, and every aile of you is invited to be a 11lember of Illinois ASSOc.·i.uion of Highway Engi­neers. I am sure you will enjoy work­ing with us.

Pmmo/jOfJl : G. H . Shanahan from Disl. M:nerial Engr. to District Engi­neer; Jerry H urwitz from Asst. DisI. M:lt'j Engr. to Dist. Mat '\ Engr.; George Crawfurd from Traffic Fitld Engr. 10 D i!!t. Traffic Engr. ; Rca O'Ndl from Soil Engr. to As~t. DisI. Mat 'l Engr.: Ed. Jankowski from Residmt Engr. Const. to Maint. Field Engr. Congrambtions, fellows. Like they say. hard work always pays. sooner or !aler.

lntTQdllctirm 10 G. H. ShUIIUJIIlII: F irst time in the history of District 8 our IlCW n i~tr i ct Engineer, Mr. G . H . Shan~h:lIl, \Vas honored by the Bureau Chief.;, rnernhcrs of Illinois Association of Highway Engineers. and general sraff of OUT distr ict office.

h was a little :lfter 7 o'clock $a[uT­day evening when (Inc Gcorge (Craw­ford) stood up \0 introduce the other George (Sha nahan), our well likcd Distrin Engineer. Thanks, George (Cr:l\\1ford) , YOIl did ;1 nice job.

1 wm so touched by th~ first act of Mr. Shanahan right after his introduc­tion. a 30 second silent prayer for re­covery of Ray Jackson, our Maintenance Field Engineer who was in a car acci­dent during h is duty hours. With that kind of sympathy and consideration for your subordinates you can be as­sured, (jeorge, of the fullest cooperation from your staff.

Linda Ohms is the most talented linle girl I ever saw. In her 10 yean of age she has aC[lui red 249 trophies, 50 medals, and Ju\'enile-B State Cham pionship for 2 years. She pm on

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.a wonderful show of twirling oolon. Thanks, Louis Berg. for your most

sui table:: discovery for the occa..~ion.

On J:muary 21, our chaptn sponsorcd in third annual Indi,iJual Bridge Tournament at the Bel-Air How\ in 8clb'illc, Illinois. SixOCt:n members played thirty-six boards in the one-ses­sion CI'Cfi!. Avt:ragc was 54 points. It was not surprising to find Glen "Jim" Sawyer. winner ot the first of these lournaments, in t.he top spot with 69 Yz points and C h:lrlcs Sch iebal, winn~'r of the second tournament, a~ runner-up with 66Yz I)clims. With few exceptions. the rest of the fidd waS surprisingly close.

Lell 10 Rlqhl: C. A. kht.bGL R. L. Sc:b.mldl, and H. C. Bu ....

Schiebal was prc$cntt'd with a rash prize: for serond place:. and Sawyer was presented with a trophy cngr:woo for lhe occasion. We congratulate all (>.1.r­ticipants on 3. nne afternoon of bridge.

Private lones at the missile b:m: at Capc Caneveral drank a boule of mis-5ile fucl for lunch hy mistah. H is doctor told him to stay in b:-d se"C'ral days and if anything unmual happcntd

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Lell to RIght: f. E. HiU. THluw..: D. J. Bou.,enue. Con. hey. ; H. E. HuH .... . Vice·Pr.,ld • ., .; R. L. Br ...... n. hed dent;

R. H. Long. Fhu; ... c:lol Secy.

to call immed iately. Next morning the doclor answered his phone and Pvt. Jones sa id " Doctor, I tholl!:ht I beucr tdl you tha t I had an awful lot of ga.s this morning." The Dr. smiled and s;Jid "That i5 not unusual." "But Dr., I am calling from ChicabrO:' ( Louks)

Audits: Seems like all we have been ;Jble 10 accomplish sillce the New Year was ushered in is saying goodbye - it is a liltle sad to sce the old friends leave. However, they all look $Q happy and ha"e so many wonderful plans for the future, it eases the pain of goodbye a little.

Members of the Auditing D:-patt­ment are all depresstd over the untime­ly dea th of lb.Jph E. Connclly on lanuary 19th at the age of 21. H e was full of pcp and had 511ch a wonderful disposition everyone mis~~ him . In his short term here he made m,1ny friends of all ages -:- ':~ hc likes of him we ~hall not Sec agam.

Sylvia B:.ker is b.1.ck again after convalescing from a nany fall on the icc. To make matters worse during

that period she also lost her Illother. We arc all glad she is b:lCk again e,en though she h:b to "hop -a long,"

Constructir)ll: \Vork 011 Interstate 70 is almost al :I sta ndstill due to suow :lIn1 icc which has remained on the ground for almost the entire momh of Janu:n y. Temperatures wt're extremely «lid. The one exception is thaI forms for the superstructllre of tht J. & N rail road subway in E. SI. LO\l i~ arc being huilt and it i~ hoped to place the concrete on the la~t span in f ebruary.

With me slaek of [he construction season, tht department has swollen 10

a degree thilt requirt'd the skill of a chess player \'0 move his men :around to hc,~t advantage. Final estimates arc being processed, "acaLions scheduled, and golf is but a memory for the time being.

Carl Schlosser has a beautiful block on his table wilh 3 pictures of his aile son and two daughters wgraved in it. Reads "chips of thc old blo.;k."

Oon Wachtel and Don Manson man­aged to get deductions 011 their income

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tax just under ,he wire by marrying Trudy Ann Gavett Oil Dec. 2nd and Karen L. Wachtel on Dec. 2irh, n:srcc· Lively. COllgratuLnions!

Corr~c consumption has doubled ill ru:cnt monthS since Miss Jam:t Burack­cr. conStruction secretary and coff~ m·aster. has twO 32-<up urtlS in opera­tion. The conference room is heing utilized as a coace room temporarily where Frank Edmonds and Dudley Louks keep the men in sti tches with their continuous rnllnd of humor, ala Bob Newhart.

\Vc hear a hank examiner, some· where ill Australia , walked into a bank. There were: no clerks, tdlers or cashiers. Finally he looked out the back door­there in the sbacc of a [fCt:, sat the four playing poker. To teach them a lesson he tripped the burglar alarm. They never moved, hut the bartender across the street calll~ OVCT wirh four ocen, ( Edmonds)

f)~sign: As reported in the last issue, things were looking seriou$ [or Secre· tary Margie Meikamp. Well. she we[J[ and did il. Everyone returned to work after a joyous Christmas holiday to find Miss Meikamp walking around the Drahing Room with her left hand elevated to such 311 extent th:n olle could not hdp noticing the sparkling dia· nlOnd sh~ hau received as a ChriSTmas present. The luck y fellow is Paul Strom.

The Chrisln115 season also was n joyous time (or Kapi\deo P. Yad:l\'a, a native of India, who went home tWo and :1 half years ago 10 get married. I Ie carne h:lck a l110mh later and has b~cn fighting with th~ immigration

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authorities evcr since trying to get his family into th is country. Just a few weeks before C hristmas. K. P. went to New York City to escort his wife and son to th~ir home in Caseyv ille, minois. It's ~I' t'.ryone's guess that this was the bappiest Chrisun;\s of his life. Late in January, the Yadavas took a vacation to the campus of T exas t\ &. M 10 l· i.~iT a friend and fel low countrym:m, also an ex·employee, Rajendra jain anJ his family, where Jain is studying for his doctorate. II~ reports all is well ill the Jain household.

Our congratulations go to Otto P:lUesick, Ir. who ha~ been trans{crred from M:lintenancc Dep,'utmen t to De_ sign and prOitloted to Landscape Engi. necr to fin the vaca ncy created by the departure of M. L. Anderson late last year.

Unde Sam has stretched 0\11 his long ann and grablx<l Ed Ellicott, John Evans, and Chuck Lehr. There was a going away p:Hty for Lehr, which prohably will be t:llked about by the secretaries ill the building for some time to come. It must hase been a real blast. \Ve understand that Paul Bauer and (;erry \Vall prm'ided a litrk enter­tainm ent <I!!) hy doing the twist. Did anyone take movies'

Local Roads: The population explo­sion has struck the Local Roads and Streets Dept. This supposed national ailment is reflected hy the Departmellt in that all of our desks are now OCCll·

pie<1. Jesting aside. we welcome the assistance of Bill Meyer, Dick Lapb and Jarid Ott.

Hill Meyer, recently ernployed by the Division of Highways, is a recent graduate of Ro!1a SchOClI of Mines and lives in Florissanl, Mo. The past two

summers he was ('mployed by the Corps of Engilleers and worked in their St. Louis office. Bill S,1YS he likes sports, surh as bowling, sw imming, tennis anJ handba ll. He also likes bridge and ally other card game,

Dick Lapka is a techn ician from Hc!le\·ille and is alternating school ( Wasnington University) with work. Dick was employed in March of 1% 1 and !:us l)Cen employed by the Division on previous occasions. (Ie has worked ill Design :md Construction.

C(:orge Adamson is currently busy designing and building a space frame [or a new super B class racing Kart. This car will supplement, and not re­place the faST A·super c1a.ss Kart he ran last Yr-"d.r. H e is also activdy engaged in Collilllil'ille's Little Theatre group forthcoming production of South Pacific. (ieorge will play the role of Commander William Harbison, Ad· jutant Hase Com mander. \Ve of the depar:mcnt are wondering if George sings in this role. He claims he doesn't, out thell h~ is modest.

Ma:t'ria/: Rea O'Neill, newly appoint· cd AssistaTlt District Engineer o[ Ma­terials, h,ld a busy e"cning on Sat., Feb. 3rd, 1962. As a membe r of the com­mitte~ to plan the dinner and reception honoring our new District Engineer, he was busy at the 'Dutch Girl!' At nine o'clock his wife insisted on rushing him over to Augustine Restaurant what a friend was to receil'e the Silver Beaver awaru at the annual Boy Scouts appreciation dinner, The award is the highest recognition that can be given t() an adult scout hy a local council. You can imagine the pleasant shock to Re~ when he also was awardcd the

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ILL IN O I S HI G HWA Y EN G IN E ER

Silver Bean~r (3 awanls Wert! givcn thi§ year). Rca has been active as a Roy Scou r and adult ScOUl for 32 years and was pf)p ular choice for the award. Congratu lations, Rea. and man y more years of scouting.

Rtseurd IIl1d PI(lfIlling: The la5t three months hal'C: heen hectic. to say the least. But that is usual 31 thiS time of the year. Annual r(,visions of all coum ies atH.! re inventory of SL Clair County made it hectic. Also we have incrl'a~d ou r pcrsonnd with con .~truc ­lion men. New men are Jim ( ;n:enlee, Etl Shafer, Roy Smith, !vb! Anders, John Ltt. Don M:lnson, and Medrick Carthy. Uoh Schadfer was with tiS

again, but rL'Ccntiy resigned to take a joh with Illinois Power &: Light.

Revisions arc aooul completed, :lOd so are L1u:~ program clwrts. Pcrha p~ we'll b:: able LO h,wl: a well-earned " breather" ill the ne:H future.

WVfk ill well underway Oll UU.' new " I\ lunicipal Street SUfHY:' We h:lI"e three parr ics on this work - (;odar and Anders, \Vuest and u c. Manson and Caru!y.

Mal Graham has turned over thc joll of Associate Editor of lhe H ig-hway Engin~r to Aqil H asnain. H e wishes to thank those who furnis hed news items, etc., during the P.1st two years, and says, "Bcst of Luck, I-Iasnain."

Right of Way: Ron Ziska and T om Rogen attended the Golden ( ;Ioves Tournament ;11 the " Deutsch H au.~·· in Sl. Louis, M(). Ron snid he could lick nnyc.)ne of them.

Dick flaugher :md Ilis wife planned a nip to MarY\' il lt:, Tenn. to \·isit their son and grandchildren during the !:In wttk of f ebruary. Anyone inter­esttXl in impersonations, shvuld catch J;tck Miller imitating television's Don Knox. H e is a riot. frnnk I..()(kcrby is a new face in R.O.\V. Frank tra nsferrell from O ttawa. frank and his wife li\'e at 2526 State in Gr:mite City. Welcome aboard. Frank!

The Jim BarnetlS arc expecting a new member into the family about ~hy,

Marie RoSt:uhur,ll. her husb.and and d~ughter. spent XI\l:1S in Key West, rb., and the remainder of thei r vaca· tion in ' POrt l....1uClerdale, Fla. The weather was in the 70's and they went swimming. How Clime Vifg-il Ragsdale was run out ur the park in lklleville hy a woman? Vern \Veber was elected

FIRST QUARTER 1962

Chapter Notes

President of M:Hlison Coullly Chapter of the Illinois Society of Profe5sion~1 Ellg in~rs. Jerry Tunie!> was elected V. P. of the SI. Louis Gateway C hapter uf the American It. O. W. Association. r:ongr:1tula tions, Vern :1nd Jerry I Our th:1nks to A.P.K. for uncovering these KOOpS.

Tom Rogers vacationed in Las VeJ;:as, r-.:c \·:lda the latter p:m of December. h has heen repOrtN that T om had a harrowing- experience at a Vegas Go­Kart tr;lck. \Vhile ~pceding .""u"J lilt racing 0 \':11 the Go.Kan remained on the track ~mJ Tom wen t in to orbi!.

Trlllfic : News uf first 1ll('ntion this l ime come! right from the top, with the fact that Mr. Crawley, who has been District 8 Traffic Ellginur ever since the Traffic Hure3 u was estahlished, retired ill January 3fter 39 years service with the State. Gur Dep:1rtlllcnt hOIl . ored hilll with a dinner n the Dutch Girl in Belleville with U1C help of his energetic little wife Peggy whu was a doll in k~ping the dinner ;) complete surprise to him. Traffic as well :15 all of Dilltri('{ 8 will always remember "V" 3S a man il was a real pleasure tn work with. H e wil! bt: gre:1tly missed, and we all wish him the 'OcSt in his retirement 3nd hope he and his wife h:1\'e a wondcfful time Oil their vac:1ti01l in r lorida.

Geurge Cra.wford, who so graciously presented Mr. Cr:!wley with his g()ing nway present, h:ls Ocen Ilamed as the new T raffic Engineer. Could the 3n· ticip:1tion possihly Iwvc been why he was so cheerfu l ~nd hnppy at V's going aW3y party?

\Ve regret til3t in the past issue we d id 11</1 melllion lh:1 t Me. &: Mrs. Gene Heil 3ml Mr. &: Mrs. H3T\'ey H offman have both mu\"ed into new houses on ChC\·y Chase Drive in Belb·ille, just two dours apart. Gee, you'd think they see enuugh of one 3nnther at the ollice. We guess H3Tvey fi nally decilled :1fter 2J ye:1rs tha t the job is permanent enough to W:1rrant a new house,

Gene Heil is h:I\·ing a ball trying m design signs for some of our proposed interchanges on the Interstme. Remem­ber lhe man who drovc intu a fi lling st:100n ne;) r :111 intcrchange: and said, "fill her up. I'm going to give1 it a.n­other try." Gene figures Interstate ;'5, Int. iO and 1m. 270 is 3boul a IWO tank :1 fTair.

While the construction season is

quiet, Charlie Cullman has joined our happy f:tmily. Now when he bowls well we: can rejoice together, and when he doesn't h(' must still be here 10 suaer uur displeasure. While he- was em con­struction he c\luld :a'oid that.

The most recell[ :ldditiul1 to the Traffic greoup is Bob [ones, who gradu· :1Ied (rom Illinois University :u the end of Ult: first scmcster. We feel su re we can leach him things he ne\'er learned in Kholastie halk

After reading 311 the :llx'\'e we found thn no mcntinn had been made of our most efficient ~nd cooperaLive secrel3Ty. Miss Joyce Rag-us. JUSt at present she is hating annual reports. She Impe:; that by a ye:1 r from now 3 more simplirled method may ha\'e been de\'i~1 50 she won't ha\'e to punch an addin,ll ma­cnine quile 50 much.

CARBONDALE District 9

By L.a'TON ATNIP, 1M.

The Carhond:tle Chapler of the illi­nois A$soci3l ion uf Highw:1Y Engineers held its meeting in Janua ry, :1l\d the following officen were dec led for the year of 1962: Jack Licata. Pre..~ iuenl; Tom Gilchri~t , Vice-President: P:lul Biggers, Sec ret-1rY; Ray Buehaeker, Treasurer; Max Hurgen , Sergeant.AI­Arms: Frank ,\<byhall. H amId Hof­stetter :1UU A. B. Harris, Trustees; and Bob G:ltes 31111 D:1\'e T ownscnd as Di­rectur and AlL Director. A vote of thanks to the outgoing officers f,)r a job well dOlle in 1961.

The new ye:1 r hrought qu ite a few changes in the different Bure:tus of Dis­t rict 9. Bill St311man has he<:n tr31iS­ferred to the Bureau of Tr:1llic; Lester H olcomh W:1S transferred to the Soils Department; TUIll H agerman h:1s heen transferred to the Bureau of Materials; Frank Conei and Tom Gilchrist moved from the Bureau of Construction 1"0 the Bureau of Local Roads and Streets; and Fmnk i\ layhall has mo\,ed in 10 help in the ilureau of Righi of Way.

Plans arc now under way fur the al1-nu~1 " Redfoot Fishing (7) T rip." T entative plans arc for the' outing LO

he held the 19th and 20th of. May. Anyone desiring further infofln:11ion should cOnl:1Cf Harold H ofstetter.

The Highway Bowling League is in full swing with. Lhe winner still un·

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0 .. 19" Enqln ... rorlk. Bould ... {l.ft) and Chi.f 01 Su ...... ,.. Dick Miley (rI",bt) on bonoebclck. =d Dan My.,. and SurfeY Pcnty

III w 090n.

Mike Boulden =d Tom 8rock .,., hO'Mback. and 5u ..... ey Party In waqon.

decided. At this wriling the Misfits .:lre in fi rst place followed closely by the C h:lmps and 'Zeros. The Vipers, H ump­ties. 4_Aces, Kings and Tigers round out the standings. Only 6 games scpa­r:l.I(: the first 5 teams and only 14 games between the fi rst and Ian learn, so as YOll ( :In see, anyone can still win.

lliJb Haroldsoo, forn~rly DisHict Main tenance Engineer, has taken rdire­rnent benefits d feclivc DeC('mher 31, [961.

Raleigh Whitnide has retired ef­fec tive January 5, 1962.

Jack Ratley and John H ayer have entered the U.S. Army to fu lfill their military obligation .

Ed McPherson has returned from an ed ucational Lc::lVe of Abscnce.

The followi ng men h~\' e been ap­pointed as sub-ditors If} help obtain

Peoria Phone 699-3956

material fo r the: District 9 notes: Hill Schwegman (Design and R.O.W.), Tom Hagerman (M:ucrials), Roy Har­ris (Construction), Bob McCormick ( Local Roods), Charlc:s Luckett ( Main­tenancc), and Louis VonBe hren (Traf. fic). Thanks. men fo r a joh well dOIlt: this time.

Design and R.O.W . Bv BIl. L SCI!WI:.C1MAN

The big news in DesiJ.l 1l is the survey and design uf the "(j:Lrden of the Gods" Road ( F.A.S. 9{)Z). Th is road is to be one of Di strict l\-ine's scenic wonder­land rOLltes. and i ~ located in Saline. H ardin and Gallatin Counties. not too far [rum Buzz:lfd Point. 'nle road will Ix approxim:n cly 4 rnib in length, and has an ele\'at ion diifercllIial of some

800 fect- 400 feci upgrade and then 400 fa t duwngrade. 111(~ third survc:y party has gone into the area to look f('f the fim two that left last month. The only means of t ransponation in this wilderness is by horscoo.ck anJ tea m and wagon un the "good" pan of the trail. ( Refer to piclurcs for proof). ( rixxl luck. huys, you'll need ilt

Alex Zc:J iaiis has won tilt: C:trbun· d:llc March of Dimes Bowling Tourna­ment. It was a handicap tourn;Ull": lIt and he won on his scratch scor..:, you can't argue with thaI.

Paul Biggers :llld L:lwrcllcc C ralley attended th..: L1 ndscapc Conference in Springfield. Carlyle Sims and Jose I{u i'l. attended the Short Course a l Cham­paign_

C harles Smith was taken ill aud is in th(' hospital. W..: all hope th:\( he will

Address: R. R. No.6, East Peoria, Ill.

C. A. POWLEY CO. WASHED SAND GRAVEL ROAD GRAVEL

COMPLETE EXCAVATING SERVICE - TRACTOR - CRANE and TRUCK RENTAL

Office and Plant Located 2 miles East of East P eoria on Ri. US 24

" ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

Chapter Notes

Dick Miley _el Tom Srock .. ltb SurTel' Po;uty. (Not. deptb 01 mud em WQ'lon wheeLl

h:I\'(:;~ bpeeJy recOllery anJ be back with us ' -cry soon.

Our (I«p:n sympathy to Lawrence Crallc), whoSl! fa lher p.1Jsed ;l\yay re­cently.

Harry Iby, who W:IS formerly with us, has returneu from So'.u hcrn Illinois University and is working 01' the ·'Gar. den of thc Gods" project. We arc glad 10 halle you b.1ck with us. H arry.

Lowdl Henson h;'5 just come ((j w.,rk with. us in the Bureau uf Ot:sign as a C.E. I.

CongrHlllalinlls ;m~ in orucr \0 Mr. and Mrs. Larry Meyer, :l girl; Mr. :mJ ~ofrs. (farlan Smith,:I hoy; and Mr. and Mr5. 1 ~1rry Shoudcl, :;t girl. [ under­stand ;tlli ne fathers survived - it's their 11m.

Bureau or Construct ion By Roy K. H",RRIS

Const'ruction operations here 11\ the 5unny south. of Illinois have finally slowed to a crawl. ~'Ilist of the Resident El1gin~rs and impcctou aTe now in Design. gazing out the windows walC-h· ing it rain and snow anJ praying for gocxl weather. Such Re_~idc:1lI Enginttrs :md assistants as Max Burgcu. Bill Munson, ChcSler Ha);cr, Grc); Andrcw, \i~rion \Vill i ~nlS, Roy G ibsoJi :lIld Dd Arndt are occupying the back row of the.- downstairs design roum turning out rJ:ms.. talking about b,-,wling and buy­ing each nther coffee and wkes as deter_ minal by the usual accepted practice. The other field mcn are hidden in the ,~ious areas of the Bureau of. Design.

fiRS T QUARTER 1962

Although bad weather h:u h:lllt'd most operations, some fOllltactor.i are still plugging away and trying (0 do some work, much to the:- del ight of the field men_ J'lCk Licata and Charles Miller are:- still holding forth on the IntnsLate:- north of Marion where the contractor is ern:ting st r\lclUr:a1 stcd for ~\'er:al overhe'1f1 grade Kparation struc­tures. Jack is especially happy since: re­ceiving a letter fmm Sringficld inform­ing him he haJ ~n promoted to (;r,lde CE IV, effective Fehruary 1, 1962, :lIld receiving a letter from his wife's doctor informing him that he was about 10

become a "1',11'01" in the nC:lr future for the second time. Th is just proves the saying "good news always wmeS in bunches_" Congratulations, Jack. Con­grat1J!atinn .~ art'" also in order for Jesse Story, a.~ he became the father of a fine boy just recently.

Oak Bailey is alSo erecting sted on the bridges on the InterstOlte north of Marinn_ Hi ll Stewart, whose: grading. paving and hridge jobs ne:ar West Frankfort are sh ut down for the winter. has mo\·ed down to Jack Licata 's and Dale Bailey's fi eld office at Johnston City, because his isn' t tou well heated and is getting his job records in order. Ed Bottom is asking the boys on the back row in Design to save him a ~at as his pb of the substructure for the nine spall bridge o\'e[ lhc K.nk;lski;1 Ri\·er at Roots is rapidly clr:lwing to a dose. Frank Lauder is still managing to do .'iOme maintenance: ~ncl minor construction wllrk on his two base

cOll r~ with I-II raurfacing .sections between Red Bud and Waterloo.

Thc consuuClion office force: of Sam Boriske, Arnold LalZini, Lloyd Teas, Roy H arris and Bill Zieba have been kept husy turning out final papers and completing the many new reports the Bureau of Ctlllstruction in Springfidd has r«enlly required_ The writer was alS(l happy to receive one of tho~ letters from Springfic:ld informing him he had hct'n promoted m Grade C.E. III effe('(ive February 1, 1962.

t\ pkkup X,Wlillg team of Tom Gilchris t, Hil Zieba, Bob Zieba, EJ Bottom an d Ro)' Harris, aU members of the tea ms fro m our 4-man team Highway League, entered the Ca roon­dale City Asscxiatiun Tournament. On February 18, 1962, we went out and oowlcd series nf 549,529,510,462 and 546, respectively, and as of th is writ ing, with H more teams stil! to bowl, are the leaders of the tournament. \Ve are all planning and looking forward ttl the Southern Region I.A.H.E. T ourna­ment to ~ held in Effingham on April Fool's Day.

CHICAGO District 10

Bv C. F. 1-u.(;1:NAl:k, 11t_

With the rash of organizational shifts since our last issue, it seems pertinent that we imroouce to the engineers o[ the Distri" th e" men who ren:mly were promotcd to the top administratiw: positions of the local office,

We all join in congratulating Mar­sh:ll! Suloway :n attaining [he position of District Enginttr and wish him a long, successful and pleasant tenure.

AI~o bat wishes to Hob Kronst who W:IS mm'ed UI) [0 fill Marsha]]"s old post of Expressway Engineer. Rob is well qual ified for this position. si nce he held the Assistant Expressway Engineer position for thTL~ whole months. Further details of the above two positions and men selected to fill them can '" found elsewhere in this Issue.

In addition we are pleased to intro­duee the follow i.ng :

S;gmWld C. 2:il!jew.ki

Ziggy Ziejewski was promoted to the post of Assisunt Expres,wr.!.Y Engineer in Fe:bruary of 1962 . Ziggy was born in Chicago in 1925, received his early education in this ci ty, and graduated [rom the Univcrsity of JIIinois in 1949

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with a degree in Civil Engineering. He immediately went to work with

!.he Division of H ighways and was assigned to M:Hcrials. III 195 1, he was transferred to Construction anJ \}I:came preoccupied with the' huilding uf Calu­mel Expressway. He. was promuted to the position of resiJt:.lll engineer in 1952 and to Conslfuclion supervisor in 1959 and did yeoman icn'icc in the effort to

gel Congress Street Expressway through 03k Park.

Ziggy saw World War" service with the Army in 1943, 4, and 5 in Europe. H e is a registc rI:d profe~sional engin~r. He is a meml;er of the American Associatiun of Civil Engi.nt:t:rs anJ the Ill inois Association of H ighway Engi­neers. H e has 31ways been :m active member of the Association's local sec­tion and generally gets elected to some section office.

H e is married and lives with his family in northwest suhurhan Pabtinc.

Henry M. Yamanaka

H enry Ynmnllaka was promoted to the position of Expressway Design En­gineer on Novelr.bcr 16, 1961. H e was born in Warm Springs, Calif. and, making uSC" of the progressive system of edw;;ation, progressed from west to east - with high school in California amI

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Utah, junior college in Chicago, a R.S. in Civil E.ngineering finally lx.ing ob­tained [rom Ohio Universi ty, :IOJ an eJuc:nional climax on the East coast with the earning of a certificatt: in T raffic Engineering at the graduate school of Yale in 1956.

H enry began his prnfc.~sional career with the Ohio Highway Department in its design ofJi(e in Columbus. In Junc, 1952 he beg'.ln his service with the Illinois Division of Highways and was

assigned to the expressway desi1:n room. H enry was later promoted to Squ,lJ

leader and in 1956 was named assistalH expressway design engineer. In this position he was in charge of the largest of the expressway Sl.'cuuns - Contract Plans. The design plans for Congress Street and Northwest Expressways dur­ing this ~riod were prepared under his direction.

Henry is a World War " army vcteran, sCn'ing with the 5i1:nal Corp's during 1946 and 47.

H e is a registered professional engi. neer, is ac(iv~ in thc Illinois ASs<x:iation of Highway Engineers, and is also ;'1.11

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associate member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers.

H e makes his hume, with his very pretty wife (and fami ly), ill a new resi· dence In nearby Skokie.

Joseph A. Gaaeor Joe Gascor wa.s prumuted LO the posi­

tion of District Maintenance Engineer on lkcember I, 1961. Joe, born in Chicago Heights, obtained his educa­tion in Chicago, receiving his engineer­ing J"gn,e from the Aeronautical Uni_ "enity in 19-19. He served in rhe Navy during World War II , seeing anion in the isl~nJs of the Pacific.

His (~reer with the Di";5ion of High­ways began in early 19-19 when he re­ported for wurk in the Effingham district. For the next two years he di"iJeu his time between design and cunstruction - designing in th~ wimer and building during the sulnmer.

In mid 1951 hc transferred to MalCri-

Geo. Me dal (lell) and IOleph A. Galeor.

BRIDGES &

HEAVY

G. H. ALLEN, Inc. FOUNDATIONS

Vincennes Indiana G. H. ALLEN, P. E., President

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

als and soon thereafter he Ixxame the Diurict Soils Engineer. In August of 1956, desiring to return to his family, he returned to Chicago and was as-5igned to Construction in the District T en organization. In the years follow­ing he:: has been resident engineer 011

a wide variety of construction projects. Joe is an :l.(;tive member of the Illinois

Association of Highway Engineers. He and his family l.ive on the northwest side of the ci ty cf Chicago.

Jot" ; ~ ,,~_~i~tf'rl in his new position uy (ieorge Medal. George, a Chicago boy, came with the Division in 1953 after receiving his C.E. degree from Michi­g:lll College of Mining and Technology. After a couple of years in Materials he was transferred to CouslIuction and was a construction supervisor :H the time of his promotion to Assistant District M3imenance Engineer.

AI Bake r

We neglected to note, with the digni­ty associated with such a promotion, the assignme.nt of Al Ibkcr last July first to the newly created position of Office Engineer in the Chicago Execu­tive Office of the Divisio:t of Highways. In this position Baker is genera lly reliponsible for the ofuet details of the executive group comprising Director William J. Pa)'cs, Jr. , Chief Highway Engineer Ralph R. 83rlelsmeyer, and Deputy Chief Highway Engineer Roger Nusbaum . He aho h<lS occasionally .1~cJ [0 be under the thumb of Fanny Kohn, secretary to the group.

Ai is a prod uct of the Chicago Area, rca:::i,iug h~ cJ uc.:alioll locally, and ob­l:Iining his CE degree from Illinois Tech. His major withd~awal from the arc::ll occurred during the years from 19H to 1946 when he served in the Army, stting action in the European theater.

FIRS T QUARTER 1962

Chapter Notes Baker's employment with the state

begnn in June of 1949 3ild he W3S promptly assigned to the Exprcssw3Y Design section. I.n the latter P3rt of 1952 he was given ch3rge of a design squad. Then in the lx:ginning of 1954 he W3S promoted to project engrncer and given direct responsihility for a portion of the complicated design of Congress Street Expressway through Oak Park.

He is a memocr of the American Society of Civil Enginrtrs 3tld Na­tion3! SocieTY of Professional Engineers. H e i ~ also a member of the Illinois Association of Highway Engineers, has been active and has held office in the Chic3go Sertion. H e is registered in Illinois to pr3ctire professional engi­neering 3nd to drive 3utomotive ve­hicles.

H e is happil y married 3tld, Hili m3in­taining 311eginnce to the loe31 vicinity, resiues on Chicago's northwest side.

Oth~ Nous: The annual golf ollting, sponsored

hy the i\ssoci3tion. will be hdd [uly 7th at Sr. Andrews course, un Rte. 59, ne3r F.lgin. Mark your calendar NOW. For det3ils write GOLF COMMITTEE, ';70 Bill Witt, 8645 Essex Ave., Chicago 17, Ill.

Congratubtions to uur neighbors (anu brother employees) at CATS, George H3ckalis and Hy Joseph, who recei"ed high honors by Highw3Y Re­se3rch Board.

Our best wi~hes [Q our Chief, Ralph Bartdsmeyer, who was clected to the Chairmanship of the Highw3Y Re· se3rch Boord, one o[ the most important Mtiotl31 highw3Y positions.

We 3re h3ppy to $(;e Ch3riic Albrecht arollnd aga.in ~fter his illness.

ROBERT KRONST ( COIUl .• ut,} jr"m pfljt.- 2l }

H is entire engineering career has been with the Division of Highw3Ys. Upon gradUalinn from Illinois he rePUrled to the Chicago District oillce and was as­signed to the Design Room. With the hig push on to finish Edens 3nd Calu­met F.xpressways, Bob spent the re­mninder of 1947 anJ 1948 3lteCtl3ting between Design and Construction.

His respotuibility in the Design Sec­tion was conlinu311y incre3scd until six years age) when he W3S promoted to the positicn ot Expressw3Y Design Engineer. He filled this latter post with ded ic3tion 3nd distinction.

Bob is a Registered Professional Engi­neer. He is happily m3rried, lives with his wife, four daughters 3nd a son in Chicago H eights.

ARTHUR P. MUELLER (r:"m;t1lud fro", P"iI ~ 21 >

promoted to the position of District Traffic Engineer, a position he- helu until his death.

Mr. Muelle~ was a Registered Profes­sion31 Engineer. H e was a member of the Illinois Association of Highw3Y Engineers, the lllinois Society of Pro­fessiun3! Engineers, M3sonic Lodge 3nd Elks LKlge. He W3S past president of the Dixon Chapter of the JABE and h.eld many of the offices at various ttmes.

He is survived by his wife, Fern ; a son, Arthur JT. of Dixon; 3 sister, M.n. Thomas Hoover, Freeport; and 3 broth­er, the Rev. Walter Mueller, D.o., Piedmont, California.

F Uller31 seTl' iees were held Dcctmber 22, 1961 with the Rev. H arold Dude-, First Methodist Church, officia[ing. Burial W3$ held 3t &\"cr!y Cemetery in Chicago.

Our symp3thics rr======================='iI go [Q Russ Newell on the sud{len death of his wi fe, Clara. Clara was one of the favorite ladies of the district family and she will be sineerdy missed.

THE WILLOW A ENGINEERING CO.

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Mine Service

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A wife in a srr,all town s;riJ to her husband. "Last year for Christmas we sent mother a chair, \Vhat do you think wc ought to do for her th is year?"

The husband snorted loudly, "Electrify it."

"My husband wouldn't chase after another woman," declared the lady, " He's too line, too decent, and too old."

Then there was the ill·tempered highway engineer whu alwa~s huilt cross roads.

Posing the father and his college.age sOn for a picturc, the photographer suggested thar the buy stand with his hand on his fa ther's shoulde r,

"If you want it to luok natural," said the lllng.sufTering: parent, "could he put hi s hand ill my pocket? "

Mountaineer's wife to druggiH: "Now, be shore an write plain on them bottles which is fe r the horse and which is fo r my husband. r don't want nothing to happen to that horse befMe spring plowing."

Conscience is the thing that huns when everything else feels good.

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;:rUST GOT TIRED OF DESIGNING OR.DINARY"T"

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"Doctor, my wife has lost her voice. What call I do about it?"

"Try coming home late l>omt: night:'

She insisted 011 taking along about every garment she had and they arrived at the station loaded with baggage,

" I wish," said the husband, "that we had hrought your piano."

"Oh, quit being funny, " she said [rigidly. ''I'm not being funny, " was the reply. " I Idt the tickets

Ull it."

"Should I marry a man who lies to mer " "Lady, do you want to Ix an old maid?"

A salesman is a mall with a shine un his shoes. a srni!e o n his face, and a lousy territory,

The litt le daughter who had just seen her new baby sister asked how soon the b~by would be able to talk, The mother said it would l~ a year and a little more.

"Isn't that slow? " asked the child , "i\'{Y SUlld:! )' school teacher said Job cursed the day he was ho rn,"

A Los Angeles high school teacher recei,'ed this note fro m a parent. " Please excuse my son from his Spanish class. His throat is SO sore he can hardly speak English."

Two spinsters were discussing men: "\Vhich would you desire most in your hushand, brains,

wealth or appearance?" asked one . "Appearance," the other answered, "and the. sooner the

better: '

Some people speak from experience, and uthcrs, from experience don't speak.

Then there was the botarlist who crossed all intersection with a convertible and gOt a blonde.

A Change ill the Weather

It had ocen raining cats and dogs (or five days in pre· historic Siocria, One caveman peered out of his niche in the rocks and turned back in disgust toward his wife. "Ex­pl:!.in it any way you like," he muuered, "but I say we never had sueh atmospheric disturb:l[\ces like this one until those blamed scicntists sta rted fooling around with bows and :trrows."

The little fel low was a grcat telcvision viewer, and he grc<:ted the arrival of a new piano with more t:ntllUsiasm than his parc::nts had anticipated, Then he said, "But can't we put something on the roof to show we've got it ?"

ILLTN O IS HIGHWAY ENG I NEER

to your bridge specifications RECOMMEND PRECAST BACK-UP PLANKS FOR CLOSED ABUTMENTS

... Precast caps and back·u p slabs jfl place, Bolts are set in plllng, and pre· Cill st planks are hung i n place,

• • . at surprisingly low costs.

Specify the Ufe expectancy of poured abutments with Nelsen precast back-up and wing planks ... custom made for variable depths and pile spacing.

Nelsen Precast Bridge Units and Features •• •

Back-up and wing slabs

Span Lengths .. . 12 ' to 40 ' in standard precast lengths,

Loadings .. . H15-S12-44 and H20-S16-44 with or without wearing surface.

Tolerance • . .. depth YS . ; length .14 . in 10' ,

Posts . . . meet or exceed AASHO requirements.

Precast Caps ... dowel holes, crowns, and leveling screws are provided for use with all types of precast caps,

Transverse Bridge Slabs . . . precast complete with crowns and leveling screws . . . for long span structures and heavy-duty temporary bridges.

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·. TEST ROAD · BWN PORTlAIiD CEMENT

CONCRETE SECTION END ASPHALTIC

. CONCRET£ SECTION

The Oklahoma Test Rood IWrlh of Oklahoma Cily will euentually be pari of Interstate route 35

concrete wins on Oklahoma Test Road

with maintenance cost 65% lower, than asphalt!

S-year trofflc test, ordered by the O klahoma legis lature, con­firms again the findings of state highway departm ents and other official tests . Connt:Cting two-mile sections of concrete and of asphalt, both the best of their type, were built in 1955 on Oklahoma's US 77. For five years beginning Jan. 1, 1956, exact records were kept of all pavement maintenance costs. Total for concrete: $557.82. For asphalt: $1 ,591.87. And not only did the asphalt cost nearly 3 times as much to maintain during the five years-it is already getting its first resurfacing at an additional cost of $43,753.

Substantial maintenance economy is one reason why con­crete is the choice of so many states today. Engineers are de­signing concrete pavements to last 50 years and more. It's the one pavement that can be designed mathematically to meet specific wheel load requirements. It's the only pavement with beam strength and stability.

The Oklahoma Test Road proves again the long-term value of concrete pavements. The first cost isn't just a down pay­ment. Concrete provides t rue economy for Interstate high­ways as welllls for other heavy-duty roads.

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 111 West Washington Street, Chicago 2, Ill inois

A national organization to imprrwe and extend the uses of concrete

Complete resurfacing after only five years adds another $43,753

to asphalt's upkeep! Oespite continued surface maintenance for fi ve years, the asphalt pa~ement on the Oklahoma Test Road has deteriorated to the point where complete resurfacing is required. The asphalt sections are being overlaid with 1 y. in:hes of surfacing to seal out moisture and provide a new wearing course. When comparison Is made, as shown here, on the basis of folal upkeep cost, concrete's advantage is dramatic.

CONCRETE 5-year surface maintenance .. .. .. ~57.82

total ""face upkeep .................... i557.8i

ASPHALT 5-year surface maintenance • . •...••••• $1,591.87 complete resurfacing.. . . .... $43,753.00 tolal surface upkeep.... ..•••. .• ••.• $45,344.87

STAFF

J. L C~\1.HOUS, Tle.l~. & Bu~. Mgr. 209 Jefferson Ave .. Elgin, Ill.

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SPRINGFIELD I .\~u~ E. BELL, Pres. e. F_ JOIINSQS, V .• Pr= Au ... /< M . KAn:, R~. Sec. L. \V. MUKuT, Fin. Sec. ,. C. McKIBBIN, Trcas. E. ,/\ . BROOKS, Dir. E. C. HUT(: IIf.$OS, Dir. R. D . s.;tIMWT. Dir. H. F. LuS"u, Dir.

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ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER Volume XIV N"mh. t 2 E1Qin, Illinois, under &:.dion 34.66 of advom:e; Single copies 30",. Mailing-

Emered aft third daBS motter 0\ th. POBt OfIice at P. L. and R. Y$Orly .oba<:rLpl\on $1.20, payablv in a ddrnsB: 209 Jeffe!"$on Ave .. Elgin. Ill.

Company Man THE DIVrSION OF lHGHWA YS IS LOS ING COMPANY MEN. Who is a Company Man ?

A Company Man is a pcr$()1\ who is completely loyal to his joh. He may ~ 311 older employee or he may bt: a new employee. He may be the pres ident of a company or he may be the lowcst paid employee.

Pa~nth( lica lly and somewhat paradoxically it can he ~:lid thai there an: prohably .3 greater percent­age of true Cornpany Men in the: lower echelons than among Presidents ur C hief Administrators.

Every successful private or public organization must have a great majori t), of nun power dalisi­

fieJ as Company Men. A C...omp:I1lY t-.bn enjoys his work and the group with whom he works. He auto­matically th inks and acts cooperatively, progressively ami creat ively. H e fa:ls secure: in his position whether it is adminislr:llivc: or nonadminist rative and luuks forwa rd hopefully to advancement. H e feds th:n he can intell igently and el1ecti\'ely discuss problems with those he supervises and with his superiors. H e wants to do his w(lrk well and he wants credit for work well done. H e aprre(iates competent imaginative leadership. He plays the game fairly and expects similar treatment.

t\ Comp.lny j\'I:m is made and he call be unmade or lost.

Th is iu ue uf the maga7.ine reports the luss of Com p.lny Men through ret irement. This issue docs not repon the individual (celings and thinking of the~e men. ( We wish them man y ha ppy years retiremenl). This is!;ue dues l!(It make a special report nf luss of Company Men for othN reasons. It does not repnrt the man)' Company Men who are actually counting the years. the months, the weeks and the days to re­t irement date. It does not repun that many mell would like to retire earlier if lin:mci:llly able. It does not st:l tc that m:ln y men repo.lrt rductantly for work M(lnda y morning :lnd lwk forward with rdid 10

Frid:lY ~)r Saturday evenings. It does not not~ th~ t rn;:any younger men ~lld other Comp.my Men arc in­\'estig:niug the possibility of changing jobs. It does nut report the more lhan ordina ry frustrations of m~ny men who fec.! the}' c:mllut perform their dulies :It the high b ·d which their consciencc dictates ~nd th~ joll specifies_

T here are too many Company Men who are rtllTlng too earl y and are not being adequatdy re­placed. There;He too many Company Men yuung and old who can no longer he d:.sscd at Company M~n. This change ill status is perhaps unnoticed, but it is :I fact. The pride in work, the dcsire to perform du­titS with (onhJence, the joy and satisf-J.ction in a job well dune is nll t uppermOSt in the minds of rile men. Ins tead there is a feeling of frustra t ion and al beSt :I tendency to concentratc a ll minor vir tues and \er someune else ;lt~omp\ish the major virtues. \Vhat should be: done?

Pmprr finanei:.l compensation for all g rades of Cumpany Men is one answer, but it is not the only answer. Th~ me: of the proper number of men for the vulume of work to be performed is important. The development of sat isfactory :1Od efficient working conditions in all fields should not be o\·erlookcd. T here must be an imllrO\'cd program and greater inccmivts w kcep Company Mell, to make Company Mcn and til induce Compan y Men to work for thc State.

Employe=s with esprit de corps will produce an oum3nding product whether it is a bridge or a 10:1£ of bread.

T he time is propitious for every member of the llIi llois Association of H ighway Engineers to work energetically, enthusiastically and loyally fo r the 15 Point Progr:lm published October 28, 1961.

Prugram (lSi - MOllk.~y Bwim:ss No." Su pag~ 5

S EC O ND QUARTER 1982

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Four Tigers -

MAJOR HIGHWAY

PROBLEM AREAS

Rt'markJ by Rt'x M. IVllillon, Ft'duu/ Highwuy IldmilliitrutOf. Rl<r(,IW of Pub{i&

Road;, U.S. Depar/lllt'lIl of Commtrcc. at tht' annllill muting of the MjJJissippi ilalley Conje'l't'llu of StUll: Highway Dt:pal"tmt:lIlJ, Edgcullltrr Reach Hotel, Chicago, J/linois, ,\larch 15, 1962. ofld at tnr af/nulIl mtering of th .. Association of

H ighwllY Official .. 0/ tnt' No"h Ilt/antic s totcs, ROOJeut:ir lIord, New York Cit)'.

N('/IJ York. Murch 21, 1962

Early last month, many Amc:ricans of oriental oribin celebratcd the Chi!l~sc New Year in the tradition of their anccslOu. According to their anticnt calend:u ~ystcm, lhe years. in their cycles, afC t:amcu afler animals. Of course if this were the Ycar of the Rat nr the Bu ll , [ wouldn't he using L11 is introduction to my talk. But it hap­pens to be tht: Yc.;Jr of the Tigcr, I ~m IOld by fai rl y Imrd iable sources that this signifies an "aggressive" year ­that is, one of vi6orous actil'ity.

Now, I h;I\'c decided to de\'Ole my­self this year to vigorous activity in wrestlill,!; with jour tigers - fou r par­ticular highway problem areas. I ex­pect I'll have a few other lillie jobs to attend 10, ofT anJ on; but I want 10 gi\'e these four p,oble;ns much of my attention. I hope that you in this Conferencc witl join me, and that all the othcr States will work with \IS. The time has come for us 10 take thcse tigers by thc tail.

Our first tiger is nccdlc.\s nonuni· formity. If there is any air o( orienLaI mystery about this, let me dis~1 it right now. I put the question to you bluntly: 1,$ the Srtmingly endless varia· tion among the Statc highway depart. melHS lind other highway agcncies in structural design criteria. construction spec,ifications. and methods of tcst really necessary?

Now each of you may promptly react hf thinking "What is Whinon L'I lki ng about?" My sptcifications arc wdl

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fuunded Oil long, practical experience widl our individual, loc.11 needs. I'm not going to step on :tny individual toU today. M:tybe you're right.

But arc you sure? In the Federal­Aid Highway Act of 1956 (lind now spelled Out in section 10% of Title 2.3), the Congress specified thm "The gco­metric and construction standards to be adopted for the Interstate System shall be those appro"ed hy thc Sttretary of Commerce in cooperation with the State highway departmeOls., . the Secretary shall apply such standards uniformly throughout the Slates."

As you know, the American Associ­ation of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of Public Roads moved pretty [ast to de\'dop and adopt geo­metric standards for the Ill(erstale System, ,\ nd they arc good ones. But what h:l\'e we done :tbout construction standa rds, in almost six years? , '11 an· swer that charitably by saying, not very much.

Now "standards" for construction mean. for one thing. construction specifications. And there is hardly any sense in deVeloping uniform specifica­tions of that k ind for the Interstate SY51em alone, Construction is construc· tion, whether it is on the Intcrsrate or one of the other Federal·aid systems or on projects fina llcnl wholly with Slate funds.

We may very possibly be asked, in the not·too-<!istant future, two emba r· rassing questions; embarrassing to both

Rex M . Whllton

you anJ me. Finl, why is there such ,·ariance among State specifications. sometimes seemingly unduly restric­tive ? Second, why ha "cn't the uniform construction standards ~alled fo r ill 1956 been de\·do~d and put into prac­ticer There used to be a popular song, and Imyhc I'm changing it a little: "How ~<I gonna tell 'ent, b~(k on the b nn?" 1 Jon't want to ha\·e to sing a further para phrase of Ih:u: " How'm I nonna tell them, up on the Hill?"

Well. I ma~ 110t have to. Early this year our new AASH O president, Jas. JlH W01TIllck, askcd the AAS HO Can· st ruction Cont mittee to undertake twO johs that will answer the twO questions I jusl mentioned. The first joh is to review all State construction spa:ifica­tions to detcrmine if there ar~ any that mighl 1x: so unduly restricti"e as [Q

affect econnntical and satisfactory pm· <luelion, or to preclude tht: usc of mod· ern equipment and mel hods.

The second job is fa r more extemive and more d ifficul t, but in the enJ wil l be el'en more valuable, It is to prep.1re nasic guide standard sllCcific:llions for eonsidcration and adoption by the

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AASHO member · State highway de­partments and approval by the Secre­tary of Commerce throllgh the Bureau of Puhlic Roads.

You may raise :m ~yebrow at the concept uf uniform construction speci­fic:llions for n:nionwiJe application. \Vhy not ? We've done it for gC<lmetric design standards. for specifications for materials and teSling, for hridges. and so on. The policies and standards de­vdoped heretofOre by AASHO ha\"\~ been flexible enough for everybody to li\"e with, and they h;lve mightily im­proved our operations - and ha I'e mightily benefited the public.

You can be sure that any AASHO · ,1,..,·,..loped construction specifications will I~ brood enough and basic en.ough so that individual States can insert spe· cial provisions. or refinements or rc­quin:mc:nts th:ll arc really needed in specific areas.

The Bureau of Public Roads has been asked to help in this work. Wt· are eager to do so. You in the States arc being asked to hdp. too. It is your AASHO Committee that has the as~ignment. and a numher of subcom­mittees Me being appointed to cover the ground. It is going tu take a lot of talent to do the job. but among us we have it. Let's get it done. not with imprudent haste, but certailily with all due speed. And let's do it well.

But completion of that job will still only be a beginning. Once we. get these b.1sic guide standard specifications formulated and adopted hy AASHO, let·s sec that we fiSt' them, in cverv indi\·idual Slate. .

I h3\'e been talking about the de­sirability of reasonable uniformity only in generalities. Let's get down to some. specific cases - mixing time for con­crete, for example.

Does it make good sense that speci­fied concrete mixing time for a dual· drum pavcr should v~ry from less than OtiC minute up to two full minutes? Or that in some cases an overload of 20 percent is permitted; in other cases, noner Or that sometimes tr3nstcr time is included and sometimes it is exclud­ed ? Or that there is disagreement 3bom when you start timing!' This was the situatiun we fu und almos[ four ye.3fS ago, when a number of the States co­operated with the Bureau of Public Roads in an extensive fidd and labora· tory slUdy of concrete mixing time. The results, published in our "PUBLIC ROADS" mag:,.,jnc ill 1960, made. it obvious that concrete of :tdequate suength could be obtained with a mixing time of 60 seconds or less. We showed, by comput3tion, that if all of

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the States that specified longer mixing times came dowu even to that level, the annual savings 10 the Interstate and Federal-ai{1 A HC road programs would I~ nearly $7!;1 million.

Since the time of that study, we ill Public Roads have done a good deal of mi~sion:lfy work, and the joint AASH O ·ARBA cOlllmittee on mixing time has developed a revision of the AASI IO standard specification. Some of the States have nuw changed their OWII specifications accordingly. Hut some have not.

Concrete mixing time is only one of the many hundreds of items contained in construction specification s. \-Ve want to scc many others tackled ill the same. way. Now I w~nt to make one point dear. \Ve in the Bureau would like to sec nationwide basic speciflcation guides, but we do not expect to see a single, rigid standard fo r every specifl­cation item. \Ve recognize the need [or reasonable latitude, and I empha­size the word rCQ.rollahlc. I mean where it is really warranted. And certainly we do not ever want to reach the point where it ~comes necessary, through outside pressures, to dictate specifica­tions from \Vll.shington for Federal-aid constTllction. \Ve have always looked to AASHO itself to take the leadership tOward development of policies and guidelines. as they are doing now with respect to constructiun specifications.

But we in Public Roods arc answer­able to the people, through the Con­gre~s, just a.~ yO\! are through your State legislatures. \Ve cannot sit on the sidelines through the whole g3111e, hop­ing for the best hut doing nothing while the score piles up against us. ' say it this lVay I~cause we're on rhe AASHO te:lm hut in certain respect~ we're heing held as resporlsibk: fur I~iilg coach, too. \Ve don·t want to C'.tll the plays. neces­sarily, but once in awhile we fed justified ill giving some guidance and ad\'ice.

Completion of the AASHO basic gu ide. standard specifications wil! be a landmark. They certainly ought to be good, for they will be based on long eXf~rience , good judgment, and n lot of research. I want to emphasize re­search. We sometimes forget that common practict: today sprang from yesterday's research.

Now the new guide s~cification~ , good as they may be, aren 't going to sta nd forever. Resc;'ln:h of the present and the future will certainly hring about changes in the years to come. I"m convinced that we haven't heen doing enough research. Tn recent years the total funds for highway research

have averaged only Ii one-hundredths of 1 percent of the morc than $10 billion spent annually fo r road and st reet construction and o~rat:ion_ Many industries sFend ten times as much; some of them a great deal more.

I don't believe that by any means enough monc), is now a\'a ilabk (or all the highway research we need. Bu[ even the money that is available isn'[ always used. You are all familiar with the 1 Yi -percent funds - the portioll of the annl1~1 Federal-aid apportionments earmarked for re se~rch and planning. Since 1956, these have been preny heft), amounts, the Ft'"deral 1 y:! -pctccnt ap­portionment averaging 543 million an· nually for fiscal yc.1rs 1957 through 1963. But during the past five years a total of $42 million or almost one-fifth of the Federal money available for r~­search and planning ha.<; not been used for those purpos~s. \Vith average State matching ratios. this means that $60 million that should have gone into research and planning did not.

Now the majority of States need not 'lui\'Cr at this accusation; and an accus.a­tion at sorUl it is. Twdve States account for i5 percent of the available funds that hal'e not been used for re~earch and planning. I am as well aware as you are that, as big .1$ the present highway program is, ou r nttds a r~ pressing and we need more construction money. But we're penny wise and pound f(X)lish when we divert research and planning funds to comtruction. I can' t prove it in the highway field , bu t it has been demotlStrated in industry after industry that the actual production returns on a dollar inve5ted in research hnve been greata than I{]O to 1. I sa id ·'invested" and 1 meant it. Research is truly an investment rather than an expenditure. In our field we not only can salle Jolbrs by fdearch, but lives as wdl.

The research and planning work programed by the States for fiscal year 1962 - the year we're now in- is equivalent to more than 1 \{ -percent of the total Federal·aid apportionment for the year. But this i .~ because some States Me using their full allotments and arc matching at higher than usual ratios. And SOme unused funds of prior years' apportionm~llts are heing put into usc. There are still some Slates using little or none of their 1 !Ii -percent funds for research and planning.

I want to add that sometimes. even when the money is programed, it is not llSed. \Ve arc painfully aware that programs are sthedulcs of intention and aren 't always wholly fulfilled.

I u rge you to usc these funds fo r their intended purpose - promptly, wisely,

:lnd wdl. There at! two cardinal sins that will keep you out of my personal he:i\'en. One is [0 aSSume that we al­feady know everything an<l don·t need to do any morc research. Thc other is to let the other States do the research ~nd be their brothtr's keeper - mean· IIlg JQII.

Well, I guess tl1.11 in fifteen minutes or so r hnve man~ged w move both heaven and eanh . I should dwell in hc:tween, at some length, on the progre$S of our Interstate :md ABC Fl..JeraJ ·aitl programs; on the AASHO pool of I ~-pcreelll funds for research; on the schedulcJ regional meetings 10

promote the 1-1anu:l1 on Uniform Traffic Comrol Del' ices for Srr""U1 :lOci I-li):!hways; 00 other safety problems; and on pl:lnning, pa rticul:lrly in urban :ifeas. But I 'm afnid that nei ther my I·oice nor your p.1tiencc could stand the strain.

I do want to say a word on urhan transport:Hion -:u:d that word is ~QQprrutjQn. r l'e s.1 id it so ofle:n during the past yea r or so that some peop!e think it·s my middle name. The S:lg:unorc Conference and the N:ltional Committee on Urban Transportation manuals have laid down the concepts :lod "slablished the methods for prac­tical application of cool>erativ(·, coor­dinated planning and the carrying forward of thc del'elopcd plan~ to completion. I hale hi):!b expectations for real progrc$s this year. The Amer­ican Association of Slate Highway Officials and thc American Municipal AS5ociation hal·C acceptw the recom­mendations of their joint committee to stage a 5Cric.~ of regional meetings. which will bring Stale: and local officials together to discuss [heir common prah­lems in tr3nspona[ion planr\ing. From Ihis, it is hoped. there will e\'oll·e: a ~prt'ading action program , Slatc hv State, through which every city, with county, State. and Pederal help as needed, will undenake and complete: tht planning iob they must ha ve \0

~urvive and progress.

In each State there will probably first be one (:ity sde<:tru for a pilot project. [ 0 work out eoncret(" ways and means for applyins:: the pla nning process. The 10015 are available and ready for use. In ::r reasonable lenhrth of time each State should he ablc [Q organizc with the cit ies a Statewide program. to cOI·e:r e:\"ery city. And, of course, \0 follow up lhe planning with the improvenlcl1t progmms that the planning de,·d ops. The Bureau of Public Ro.,ds and the Hou.~ing and Home Finance Agency stand ready [Q lend aU the assistance they can.

And nnw another subject which I had hopro would not hal·e to be dis­cussed this yeM. That is the item of. integrity, the Illost importaJiI ingredient in the make-up of any man, group, company, or org:lniz.1Iion. The right­of way activity being publicized by the Blatnik Committee makcs it man<!;atory for me ag;jin to slX"ak on (he d ire necessity of keeping our highway pro­gram on an honest basis.

I don't Il t't.-d to dwell on the details of thc few unsavory cast's that have been exposed. They ha" e been writll:ll up enough. I dOll " believe thaI they arc as widespread or as common as tht' pub! icized stories would le:ld you to helieve. Unfortunately, these stories usually don't re\"(:al what has happened aflerward$ - that wherever sufficielll eviJt'IKe has been uncovercd there has hc:en stern adminisrratin: or legal ac­tion I:l ken. There have :Ilready heen iiOme cou rt cases which kd to convic­tions. Hilt I'm not trying to white-wa sh the. situation.

I certainly hdicvc that thorough in­,·e:,\tigation and vigorous action nH1.~t ~ carried forwa rd by both the Slates aod Public \{o.1ds, when it is warranled. Yet wc·re certainly not happy or proud in doing this. In Ihe sociology field, the experls maint.1in that it would COSI

much len to eliminate social e,·ils if we spent more 00 eurativc approaches. We could then spend less on corrective or punitive ones - relief and prisons. for inst:l ncc. There is a strong lesson in this [or us.

I bcliclre that a tremendous contribu­tion 10 the sulution of the ri~ht-o[-way problem and to :lny other problem of this nature is to emphasize continu:llly the need fo r and the dem:lnd [h:lt all peuple connected with the progra m posSess integrity_

Coupled with this need is the self­e"idem need for technical ;Ibi!ity, at every level from the highcst to the lowcst. E"cry indi,idual in each State highway depa rtmenl :1I1d in Ihe Bureau of Public Ro~ds mUSt be ade­quately ((:lined for his assigned duty before he starts on the joh. I rcpe:at. this requirement is es.~enti :ll from the top to the hattom of the urgani7d1tiun. Some of our greatest problems today are directly tr:l<:cahle to the fact that some mell in the ficld. nn the job - inspec­tors. field e:nginecrs_ right of-way lle):o­liators, and "f1"r;li >oCI~ -a re not prop­<:riy and adequately trained.

I recommend that potenti:ll inspectors :lnd insuument men he given suffici ent [r:lining, preferably at local colleges or universities; and that potential right. of-way negotiators and appr.!iscrs h~

likewise ~de4uately traincJ by col!egt:S. unil·ersil ics, or by (Iualificd organiza . tions. I recommend, also, that AASHO President J:lsper Womack give consid­er:ll ion to referring this matter of tr:liniog personnel to a proper AASH O committee for serious deliberation. I fu rther recommend that ac\C(luatc train· ing be a prerequisite for em ploymelll cxce:pt, fur example, where the highway J epartmrnt hi res employees direct from high school or coHe:ge and has a pJ;anned, thorough training program for them_

In conduding, I want to remind you lhat this is the Year of lhe T iger. J hope you will :lccept my de:fi nition of it. Let's make it 1I year of \·igorou5 anil'ity. I have tried to cover four very im ponant subje<:b today : the nced for efforts toward more uniformity in our specifications and design and construc­tion practices ; the need for more and better rC5C'::l rch; the n"ed for more and better pLmning: the need for in­te:j:!f ity and competence wh ich I think can be del·doped in no betler way than through training. We nced vigorous activity in all these fidds. Lest there 1)( any misunderstanding, by ,·igorous activity I do nOl mean loud roarin g, baring of teeth, and swishing of tails. So let's make: it :l year of CQ()p~ratiu~, I/Icll-Jiucud, and producti/l~ vigorous activi ty !

A nvtC from Mrs. N. E_ Sprague, Paris.

I enjoy the Ill:lgazinc so much. It helps me to keep up with s()me of nu r former highway connections_

Our oldest son, Rill ( Willi:llll 13_ ), is aSSocial~d with E. A. Meyer Construc­tion Cu., \Vaukegan, 50 I do hear about Ihe highway dep.utn1ent.

The mag:lzine h;15 always been ap­pre:ciated in our hmne and I am happy that I h:l'·c the pril-ilege 10 continue h:lving il to enjoy.

" Arc you saving any money since you staned yuur budgcl system r"

"Sure_ Hy the: time [ get it straight­elle:d out every e\'cning, it 's too !;ate to go anywhe:re,"

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

An ADMINISTRATOR'S VIEW

of RESEARCH By

R. R. BARTELSMEYEl<.

el,;,,/ H ighwuy EnginuI" llIinoi, Dillision of Highways

befort:

MISSISS IPP I VALLEY COl\lf'ERENCE OF ST AT E HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS

CHI CAGO, ILLINOIS

MA RC H 16, 1962

Many of YOll will probably agree that this is a controversial subject­Ix:causc I ,1m sure that highway adm in­istrators are sometimes accused of not wanting to aliol all the funds bclic\'cd necessary for re~a reh - mainly be­cause they never have enough money for construction ,UlJ mailltert:tnce.

There 3TC many things the admin­istrator III ust ronsidcr - for example:

Something more than a month ago, there was an editorial :n the Chicago Daily News which carried the caption: RESEARCH 51, MONKEY RUSI­NESS NO! The editorial went on to

deplore the fact that U~ Federal gov­ernment W;lS wnsidering a proposal [or an investig:nion into the Cjuesrion of why munkey~ luve their mothers_ T his research proposal carried a price tag uf 51 milliun - une item in a 350 page list of proposed research projects.

Now r certainly do no: fed that r can e"aluate the benefits which might stem from an investigation of the family relationships in the simian wurld. But as an administrative official, 1 have learned to he rather sensitive to public reactions and of their impact upon governmental programs.

The highway administrator stands in the middle of a hridge of communica­tion betwecn the public and the agency .... ·bkh he heads. Nowhere is this IlL'ed for communication greater than in the 6dd of research.

Communication more or less takes

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care of itsel f in the case of highway construction. maintenance, ur traffic management. The highway is a "isible uhject and the puulic which uses it c.au readily judge for itself whether or not the design. conSlruction, or mainte­nance work has ~n done successfully.

Research, howcver, deals w ith the abstract and with Ult~ future. T he lx:ncfits which accompany research a rc Inore difficult to place a tangible value upon. It is the responsihi lity of the admi ni~trator who would like to sec a successful resC3rch program ca rried forward in his agency to enlist public support by translating the abstract and the futu re into terms which the public can understand and appreciate. Public support is a most essclllial ingredient in thc expenditure of tax funds . what­ever the purpose or ultimate result m.ly he.

The adminis trator is aided in his task of eOIluTIunicating with the public by the (Iynamic scientific and technological prugress of recent year~ . So much uf our economy and every day lifc has b~cn changed by the products of re­:>earch, that the publ ie has come to expect a tcchnological renovation with caclt du,:tdc cn:n lhuugh it is only "aguely aware of the processes by which fl"Search work is carried forward.

The highway adm inistrator is further helped in his problem of communicat­ing with the puul ic by the immcnse expenditures which have been madc

R. R. Bartel. meyer

[or many years by research m inded corporat ions such as General Ele-ctr ic - Progress is our most important product: Westi nghouse and D uPont. Thcse and many mher concerns have done a great deal to fix in the mind of the puhlic the popular image that research is [he basis for a large pan of our public well-heing and future pros­perity or securi ty.

H the highway administrator is to play h is proper role in communica ting with the public he is obliged to spend a considerable portion of his [in1e in I~arn i ng about the rescarch p rojects which his agency is carrying forward and of thc sigtlifie;.rnce of each project in its contr ibution to an advancing highway technology. Generally. there ar~ three types of studie-~ into which research work might be classified.

I . Basic research 2. Appl ied research 3. Product or technique development

\Vhile these three gcneral c1:mifica-tions cover a very wide spectrum of activities, all are needed to support the base of knowledge upon which progress c~n be. founded.

Baiie reU'llrch is generally the most difficult type uf rese;.r rch to descr ibe, to set in Illotion. to eval\late when in progress, to ;.rdminister, and to explain comprehet:u;ihly to the public. And while all of the5C difficulties a ttend this kind of work . it is Ult firmest base upon which [un&lmental advances in our methods and materials Can be 5upporred. Blsic [csearch is concerned with the behav ior of Ill:Hcrials and the behavior of people in generalized en­vironmen ts ra ther than in specific

silU:ltions. ror eJo:amplc::: a. What is the mtthanism of b·

ligue in materials?

0' b. What changes take pl:lCC in the

nature and dimensions of 111a­terials when streSscd o\er a period of time, within their clastic limits?

0' c. What arc the mtth:misms of

human reeogumon and be­havioral rClponse in the dri\·ing task?

Applied "cst:arch is dirttted toward building the bener mousetrap. Applied r.-~"':ln·h subsists upon the findings of basic reu:arch by using the fundamental bws discovered a.~ a generalization and applying them to specific situations. The AASH O RO:ld T cst at Onawa, Jilinois is :In outstan{ling example of applie<1 resc:Hch ~nd the most signifi­cant single re~earch project which the highway industry of this nation has undertaken.

Applied rescarch. where it is d irected toward the solution of important prob. lems. finds ready :Icceptanee in the pub. lic mind. The :ldrninistmtor's task o[ communicating with the publ ic is lIot difficult if he takes the trouble to ex­plain the ohjtttivcs and methods of the project in understandable terms. It is :lho most import:uu that research projects be ,;i\'en careful scrutiny be­fore they arc unllertaken so they can be defcndcd conscientiously, vigorously :lud without apologies of any kind, if it hecomes nCCC$&1 ry.

Prodllet Ulld fuhniqut: delidopmellf is the final st:lgc of (C'scarch. At this rillle the bettcr mousctrap has been designed through the lin(lings o[ ap­plied research but the pos~ibility of a better bail, :1 faster spring. or a Illore scnsitive trigger must he:: investigated. Fortun:Jtcly, industry has properly as· sumed a large share of the cost of product de\'c1opnlenL H owcver. sinct: the qualit)· and effic.iellcy of highways. at a gi\'en stage of design are largely depcndem upon the quality and proper use of available IT.:Iterials a eonsidernble puM ic ill\'e5tme/ll has been made to

evaluate them. One other aspect or research should

give considerable concern 10 the:: high­way administrator. T his is the extent to which he eXCIC1SCS control ovcr the researchers thC'm1Clves.

Researchcrs ar( unusual people, al­mOSl by definition. In the lonel y cre · ative task of exploring the frontiers of knowlC'dge they :lTC the Daniel Hoom~s _ the Davy Croc.keus- the Rogers

,

and Cbrks of the TwentiCth Century. They arc the JXople who want to know the answer to the disturbin~ <Iuestion "\\fHY!" when thc organi7.ation man, who makes up the \:llucd bulk of our highway depa rtments usually asks the sa[er question "WHAT?"

T he administrator has the problem of finding thc best p'lIh between twO un· dcsir.tble extremes. H e must exerC"ise !iOme degree of control ()\'er the free. ranging imagination of the true re­searcher for whom the process of search is often as excit ing us the fact of disco\·ery. It is most (sseUlial that an end result he obtained in the shortest, but adequate. period of time. On the oth"T h:H1.-l . lh .. ~dministnltor's control and discipline must not be so tight and restrictive as to stifle the cn:au\"e functions.

In Ill:lny case5, the I:onvcntional re­wards uf outstanding work ~uch as promotions with salary increases and ad\'ances in administrative responsibil­ity have little appeal for rese,'mhC'rs. Given a salary sufficient to indicate a m:lrk of respect for their c:lpabilitit's, their mOSt impelling rewards arc u!>ual· ly recognition and intercommunication with others. Researchers, e\'en at the lowest le\'ds, arc most eage::r 10 gain recognition among their fellow re· searche.rs in the same field by presenting technical papers and attending techni­cal cOIl\·cntions. Many researchers will expend f:lr more cffort. and put in far mure o\'enimc, or :lpply themselves to CT"ativc tasks br more intensively to prep:lre a paper for prcsentation at thc Highw:lY Ro;:seareh Bo..1rd Meeting than they would to obtain an eXIT:l Sal:lry inc!(";lse or an administrative advrillce­ment.

In the final appraisal. the adminis· n:llor mllSt rrtogllize lhat hc himself can participatc to only a very limited eJo: to;:nt in actual rc~earch work. The administrator'.~ task is to cnli)t public support and understanding for research, and to prm'ide the !lCnonnel, the facili· ti"s, and the intellectual climate for reo search within his own llgeney.

Each year, as the highway program becomes larger, .as the impact of high. way trallsportatlon upon our economy becomes greater. as the concelllr.ltion~ of urban population become more complex, the need for a heller under-5!anding of our prohlo::ms bccomC$ mOTe intense. Highway administrators must recognize the special problems ill\'olvcd with the conduct of rcseareh work in order that there will be an uninterrupt­ed flow of new id(:.ts and concepts which arc vital to the progressive de·

pcndt:ncc of our society upon automo­tive tr:lllsj-IOfta tion during this second half of ou r Twentieth Century.

In eO:Jdusion, I again wallt 10 rept!al tbat I sincerely belit!\·e that research for new ideas aud new proouns in the highway fidd arc most urgent and cs· stmial at the preSent time. It is every admilli~rrator's dUly to sec that research is carried on most expeditiously and in such a way as to be most acceptablt: 10 the beneral puhlic.

NEWS FROM UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

URRANA, Ill. - Thousands of dol­lars may he sartd in highw:1Y cunstruc · tion Ih;-ough a bulletin just published by UniveBity of Illinois Engineering EXP<'riment St:J.tion.

It presents a meth()(1 for more ac· curately calculating how much water must be handled by a culvert. This information is essential in properly sizing Ihe' many hundreds of small drains which as part of the nation's highway construction cost a billio., doll:us a year.

Prcs{.llt calculations arc hased on II

is·year old formula which allows wide margin for individual estimate. Th is may rcsult in unnecess.arily oversi7.e construction or if undersize in flood damage' .

The new method was de"eloped by Prof. Yen Te Chow of the uni\'ersity's civil engineering dcpartment in n:· search sponsored by Il!inois J)ivision of Highways and U. S. Bureau of- Public Roads.

Field studies now arc hei ng marIe to verify hctors involved.

The new method is based on know)· edge of how fast rain runs off various types of soils and other surfaces. H ydrological i.nformation is summar· izc::d in II chart for practicing engineers. With this they have more precise data 011 which to plan construction.

Design m:ly be based on hea\icst rainfall eJo:pccted under norm.:.1 condi· tions. This can be more practical and economical than to build for Ihe ab­nurmal heavy storm which may occur only once in II century or longer.

Prof. Chow's "Hydrological I1cter­mina[ion of \Vaterway Areas [Ul the DcsiJtn of Drainage Structures in Small Drninage Basins" presents the new method and it~ background. Copies arc $1.50 from University of lllinoi~ Englnecring EJo:pcrimcnt SUI­tiun.

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USE of the PLANE COORDINATE

To clearly unJusl'and tne rlI inois Plane Coordinate Synem, we must rea­lize t hat this syskm is more than just a series of rCClangubr grids; we must apprc:ci;nc the fart Iha\ this system is b.1se<i on a rather complex projection, and earth spheroid.

The o rigin of this system is hased on the themy thaI we ea nh is a spheroid, ra ther t1wll a sp)l!~ re. which earl y ex­plorers and cartographers bd ie\'cd it to be. A sphcmid, like a sphere': C3nnm be lbucncd imo a continuous plane withoullcaring, rupturing, or otherwise distorting Ihc curved. sphero idal sur­face . An attempt (0 Aattl'.l1 an orange peeling dcmonst(3.tcs this characteristic, which presents majo.- prohlems io map­ping and geodet ic sun·eying.

The earth is an oblate A:mencd or depressed spheroid ; the d iamctt' r :n the equator is longcr (han the diameter through the poles. Malhc:.mat ica! com­putations show (hat the pobr sernidi· amcter is approxim;llc:l y 26 miles shorter than the equatorial sc::midiame­ter. This is caned Rattening of the: poles.

The gener.a! chara..:te riSl ic of ,he eanh spheroid can be: visualized by

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passing an imaginary plane through the eanh, cuning Ihe surface at both poles, thus form ing an ellipse.

The mathem:lIical expression of flattening ur ob1:l1eness of lhe tanh is f = • ; b, where "a" reprc~ts the equatorial semidiameter, and " b" the polar semid iamcler, :md "f" the Rattening index. The radius of curva· nm: of the elliptical scction va rics from a rn3); imum a t Ihe po les LO a minimum at the cqllator.

The e:ltth has an irregular su rface, in addition to the changing radii of thc oblate sphero id. [t has major bulges and indentations of sizeahle proportions. Theory defi nes the nbhte chnraclerisl ic of the eanh spheroid by means of slam!· ard formulas and tah[d. These formu­las all(1 t<lbles weTC worked out by the U. S. CoaSt and Geodetic Sur\'ey, alld are :tvailabk in their Special Publicat ion No. 303.

The Illinois Sysu:m is based 011 the Trnnsvcr.sc McrC:Hor Projection. Many theories and methods a ist for project­ing the c:lrth's surface upon representa­tive planes. The hest known theories usually are named for the person who

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developW the theQries, or whl) devised ~me dist inguishi ng fe:nuTCs uf lhe pro­jectiun. Fllr example, Ckrardus Merca· tor produced a map of the world aoom 1539 A.D ., the projection of which still bears his name.

A fepre senlation of just (hat small part of the c:lrth 's surface covered by the Stale uf lIlinuis, cannot be projected upon a plane, and at the S:llll e time reo L1in all lines, distances, :Ulgles. and areas in [ruc relation to Olle another. This ~prestm:llion is accomplished by projecting small sections of the e:mh that (lin be developt:d or Ra ttencd into a pla~ . The (Ommon!y used surfaces arc the: cylinder, cone:, and plane, as shown in figure: I. These:: surfaces may he tangent to the spheroid as ;n figure I or maJe secant as the cylinde:r in ligure 2. The selection of either secant or tangent posit ion depends upon the ulti­mate purpose or the projeclioll. The tangellt plane of figure J lends itself weU to project ing small are'IS.

States that are: lengthy in a North­South di rection but narrow in ;1.0 E:lSl­West d irection (which llIinois is a Calit

in point) often usc a projection thal is

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ori~nted along SC'1«lrti meridians of longitude. The TranS\'('rse Mercator Projection is a typical exam pic. Slal~ that are dongated in the East·West di­rection, Texas. T('n~sscc, etc., U5C a projection Ih:H is micntcd along selected parallels uf latitude, for example, the L1miJerl Conformal Project ion, :I type of (onic projection.

The Larnbut Conformal Proj~lion is of the simple conical Iype: in which all mcrid ian$ arc stra ight lines, that meet in a common point bqonu the Iim ilS of the map, and the parallds or linu of latitude arc con(:cn tnc circles. whose center is at the point of inter­section uf the merid ians. McriJi:uu and p:rrallds illlerscct at right angles and the anglt:S for med by any IWO lines on the eanh's surface arc correctly Tepre­stnted on this PTl.ljcction. It empluys a conc intersecting the spheroid at two p.'1rallds known 35 the standard paral­Ids for the area to be rt'preselltt'd. In 8t'llcral. for equal dis{[ibution of scale (,Hor, tht' standard parallels :Ire choKn atont'-sixth (1/6 ) and nn:-sixths (5/ 6) of the total length of that portion of the ccntral meridian to be: reprcscnt('d. It may be: ad" isable in some lex alities, or for spt'cial reasons. III bring them d()St' r together in order to have sreater accuracy in the c('mer of the m:lp, lIt the cx["lt'nsc of the upper and lower bord('r areas Oil the two selected parallels, or lines of latitude. Arcs or longitude arc represcmed in their lrut' length, ur to c:<act scale. Between these parallels lhe Kale will bc: too small, and beyond them too largt'.

Mercator's Pro jection can be \·isu:lI­iZcd as a spheroid projected upon a cylinder with tangency est.1blished at the equator, lUld with the polar axis of the spheroid in coincidence with the cylinder axis, as shown in figure 1. When the cylinder is opened and Rat­t('ned, a distonlon appcar~ in both North-South and East·West directions. In this visualization, the equator repre­sents a troc d istanCl: line, aud distortions be:come more pronou nced as the dis­tance North and South of Ihc equator increa~s. The Transverse Mercator Project ion can be: trallsverscd hy ro­tating the ax is of the cylinder any de­sired angle from its coincidence with Ihe ea nh 's polar axis.

For m"jJl'iH~ purpo:JCS the cylinuer axis is usually rotated so that it lies in the equ:Horial plane. If the cylinder is made t:mgent to S</)mc sc:lt'Ctcd merid ian H{ 10ngitu(le, this meridian reflects tfue distances, and notieeahle distortions oc­cur East ..... ard and Westward of the merid ian of tAngency. In projecting

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maps, the axis ui the cylinder is rotated 90". The cylinder is made dliptical ill cross section. and its scmidiameters afe made smaller than the semidiameters of the: earth spheroid as shown in figure 2. This cylinder is thus made secant to the sphewid, cutting the ~pheroid along ( WO lines p.'lrallc:110 the central meridian of thc projection. The projection is mathematically manipulated to equal the stretch ill longitude with the streICh in latitude. Certain mathematical ad­iustment~ are made to (ompt'nsate for scale.

With the applic:nion of the Tr;;m~ verse Mercator Projection, the hemis­phere appc.·au distorted at the OUkr

edges when projected upon a cylinder;l~ shllwn il\ figu re 6. The t\\'o shaded areaS of figure 6 show the varying dis­tortion uf two equivalent geographic areas on the S;Ul\t' projection. Note that bnth areas extend 20· in latitude and 20~ in 10ng;t\Jd~. within the 20· to -10' degrtc North latitude band. The arel~ rounded by the 6lt to SO' d('grcc longi. tudel. is gr"':.I.t1y rn~gnlficd in ~'omp~ri­son to the area bounded by the O' - 20· degree lungitudc:s. The pmbkm of clitllinating or reducing this distort it)n nece.sitates Illodification of the simple Mercator Projt'Ction. When the CoaSt and Geodetic Survey d,,·ised the Ill inois Plane Cnurd in;He System, they di\·ideo

IL L IN OIS HIGHWA Y ENG I NEE R

the:: St:l[t~ into two lOnes, namely: East :wd \VeH, to reduce the distortion. The cwtT:ll meridian for the East zone is 88· -20', and 9(}" - 10' fur the West w ne. They made thes..: two meridians 13fl.l!ent to an enveloping cylinder, and the: radius of the cylindn is equ:ll to the radius of the spheroid. The cm-eloping cylinder was moved into a s..:cant po­si tion. as shown in figurc 2. Th is causes the radius of the (ylindcr to become smaller than the radius of the spheroid. :lnd the cylinder to (ut the spheroid along lines A A and 0 E ( the East zOlle) as shown in figures 5 and 7. The ~cant cond ition thereby gains an ad\'anlage over the tangent I:Undition, in that two N(jrth·South lines bee(jlTIe e,x.aCl diSl'ance lines instead of only one Utie North·South line. Th= two North-South lines an~ kx:ated 28 miles E:1Sl and 28 milt's \Ve~t of the central meridian. Since the central meridian of the two zones is given a false East· ing \'alue uf SOO,O()O feet East, the sc­cant lines h:\ve coordir.ales of 352,160 fee l East and 647,840 f~t East reSPCC1-i\-ely. Figure 4 gives a ;chematic repre­sentation {If the .'>Cale distortion at :my latitude in the East zone. Note that the scale nf the intersecting spheroid, and the seale of the intersecting cylinder an: represented as being exactly the same along 352,160 fee l East and 647,-8-40 fee t F.~st, or 28 miles each side the ttm ral meridi~n. The ccntral me ridi~n is given ~ scale facto r u[ 0.99997. Then, [he scale factor increases from the cen­tral meridiall, Eastwardly and West­wardly to unity in the "ici nity of the 28 mile lines. and conti;Jues to increase Eastwardly and \Vestwardly w auout 1.0001 at 350,UUO feet each side thc central meridian.

You will note in figure 3, that the selle is reduced at the cemrlll meridian uf both 7.011eS. The amount of scale rNunioll is b<lscd un the diMance be­(ween the poUltS where the cylinder intersects the spheroid. Specia l publi­cat ion Nv. 303 lists S(ale correction fac­tors at 5,()()() foot intervals each side of the central maidians for buLll zones. Sperial pu blicat ion No. 303 :llso gives :I spoon-fed method wf C{Hlvating a geographic position (('j 5t:1te Plane Co­urdinates, and vice \'ersa.

Scale factors must apply to ground distances that are measured to an' :t CCUf­

acy of s..:cond ordcr ur higher. For in­stallce, if we were measuring tr:u'erse lengths with the tdluromcter and ell:­~Cling our u~verse to close within 5C'Cond orda limits, theS(': factors along with sea levd retluction factors would llC'CI:':ss:uily apply. TheSt: sCil le factors .. tually COIIVt H gHlund distances to

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grid or ")Ordinate dinances. Now that we have the electronic

computer, and a program devised lO convert geographic position to plane Illinois State Coordinate Values, and vice versa, use of the co()rdinate system becomes vcry simple. Now suppose lhat we havc fifteen miles of highway cellterlinc to survey fOf an In terstate Ruute, with existing U.S.C. & G.S. second order monumentS, and a7.imuth markers at intefvals not greater than three mi les. By merely dosing our centerline traverse on these points, we can ask the computer [0 tell us whether ur not OUf l;u rvey is accurate within third order limits, i.e., one part in 5,0(){'), 1 :500{}'. All WI' l11'(,:rl ,,, (IITn;.,h the computer is the coordil13te position, and azimuth at the starting point, dis­tances and azimuths along the line, and the coord inate position and azimuth af

thc cll)sing point. The': computer will determine Latitudes and departure~ for e.tch course, coordinate value of C':3ch angle point, error of closure, and final­ly, adjuMed posi tions, azimuths and distances. The computer can be pro­grammed to adjust traverses by nansit , compass, or least-square rules. C0-ordinates an~ being used in some states to lay out complicated interchanges. I am told that some consultants in lllinois arc using coordinates for layout of interchanges. The State of California is very sophisticated in the use of the coordinate system in their highway work. I was using coordina tes as far hack ~s 1940 for layout purposes, in fact I had the experience or making' an entire layout fo r an ordinance plant covering 4() square miles by lhe coord mate or grid method,

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The Chicago Chaptcr of the i. ,\.I-LE. will ag;lill hulJ ;1.5 annual ~olf outing this year ~t" the SI. Andrews Go!f course in W est Chicago, I!1inois, Saturday, July 7th.

There wij! be: golf slarling at dawn, free bl!Cr. championship matches he· tween the Districtll. and .a wiJe \'ariety of door prizes for the pros, Juffe rs, and

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lurftakcrs, as well as the plain gol fcr.~. T owards ~"cning a ddicioWi prim!::

rihs of hed dinner will ~ served followed by card games, a Jrink or two, renewal of friendships, an ex­change of jokes. in short . a full day of enjoyment.

Once again we arc ~tting up four­somes on a reservarion basis. S..::nd your requests to the Golf Chairman. I.A. H.E.. Room 1020. I(,() North laSalle Slr~t, Chicago 1. list ing Ihe foursome :mJ a starling lime (lcsircJ.

Firn come. first served b~sis. Your corr~l st:ming lime will he \·erihffl hy rc:turn Ill:lil. TickeLS are $ 10.00 for the combin~tioll golf·dinner and can he .'>C:curcd hy sending a check to An Braming. Room 837, J60 N. l ..aSalle SL. Chicago I. They will be sent by return mail if time permits or held at the sign-in desk.

You I:lke the lime anJ trouble to get here. we'!! take the time and trouble to Sct' IhM you h:I\'C: an en joyahle lime.

Sec YOIl a t S'- Andrews!

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEE R

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Density Controllers. Th is type of control balances the g reen street volume and rale of flow against the num~

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1962 State Bowling Tournament The Stule F inal Tournament was held al Strike &

Sp.1re lA1nes in Springfield on April 29, 1962. After a slow nan the Elgin Team rall ied in the second

and third game to cau:h Ihe Carbondale Kinfls, necessil:uing a roU.of{ LO decide- if the trophy woulJ go all the way south for the fim time. The Elgin Team had expended too much effort ill the first three gaInes ;1nd Carbondale slowly pulled ahead af!c:r thc: 4th frame of the eXira game:.

l it 2nd I. C:lrhond<lk. Kings - 29K"

T. Gilchri~t 19R E. Bonum 123 Uob Zieba 1'3 lL Ila rri$ l!H Bill Zi(tba I ·H

Hep. Hil TOTAL ]fl(H ,. Elgin -2S84

S. Kakava~ 135 K. Mai~r 123 C. Hare: ISO C. M:lnderfidd 146 E. \Vym~fl 179

H ep. 221 TOTAL !J;4

3. O((;lwa - 2968 -t. Carbondale. DuQuoin - 2950 5. Springfield -192':; 6. Paris - 1921 7. Effingham - 2891 8. Chicago - 2i.;6 9. Carhondak Z<:ro~ - 27U8

160 180 14. 14S In 161 961

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Befort: the Tournament Slarted Harold Monroney, Paris, $.1id that he had not bowled a 200 game this season. If he had not eherrin! the shot in the 11th frame of thc third game, he not oILy would have howled his 200 game for the season but :I tiOO series. H arold bowled 23R·203·158·599 to receivc thc trophy dnn<lteJ by Strike 6; Spare for high series scratch. Another trophy (Iollated by the house was WOI1 by J. Daley, Ottawa with a 667 handicap series.

The Effingham team, I);Hlly off their game, e:Ulle hack in the third gJ.me with the high single Jpme of the Tournament. an 11 04 effort.

Tournament South Half

3 1, teams. cmsisting of 165 members frorn the Spring­fiedd, Paris, E. SI. Louis. C.1rbondalc and Effingham Chapters cornpeted in tht South I-l aIC of the Bowling Tournament held by the Effingham Chapter 1:lS{ April I. This was the largest number of memlKrs C\'cr to p.1rticip.1te in suc_h an e,'ent in thc Sollth half of the Sl'ate. In addition to being the largest lOurnamem. wc had some of lhe best scores C\'cr

hem/led. There were 12 teams that bowled o\'er 3000. This comp:ucs to a high of 2988 dWI was bowkd at the pre"ions tournament held by the Effingham Chapter. There 23 jndi\' iJual games bowled th:.t had scores in e:xcc.u of 200; there were 39 bowlers who bowled over 500 ~ries ;lIId

three memhcrs who bowled over 600 series. The high single game was howl~d by D. Bai ley of Carbondale, who bowled

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THE WINNERS! Winners in State Tournamenl

WI"ner. In Southern TOu'"Clllllnl, CarbOlldal. Itln91. L. \0. l\., Bob Zieba. Ed. Bottom, Tom CII<:h,!", Roy Hanl. and 11111 ZI.bCl.

Second Place - State Tournament Elqln No. t , 1. \0 r.: O.nnl. Maj.r, Torn CI .. Uca, St ....

Xoka .. a l, ChorU. HCI,. arid ChClrU. MCllId.rll. ld.

a 2-17 game; and thc high ser ies of 630 was howled by T . Goin of Springfield (Local Ro.1ds). Individual trophies. counesy of the Effingh:l1n Chapll:r, were presented 10 Mr. (;oin and Mr. B:liley ill recognition of their fine per­formanceS.

[~rize money W:1S presented lO [en of dll~ 31 le:uus pMticil'aling with the top 6 teams advancing to the finals in Springfield. The top len teamS wcrc as follows:

Position Fiut Second (lic)

Chapur Carbomlale Springfield

Totlll Pins T~um Nanu Ind. lIdcp.

King~ 3099 Local Roath 3079

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

5ccond ( [ie) Carbondale Zero's 3079 Seventh Carbond~1c Aces 30-19 F<unh Carbondale DuQuoin 3U7H Eighth E. St. Louis R.O.\\'. 30-1" fibh Paris Eng-ine(:Ts 3076 Nimh Springfield Hi nes's 57 Varie£ics 3025 5mb Effingham Builders Supply 3071 T ellth Paris Alley Sw~pers 3016

n. lor 2nd ploce. Sp.mQfleld LCH:ol Road.. , L. to R.: Nick C'umferri. Roy Schleyhan. Tom Goon. Robert Rie'lll and H. C.

Heine. Ill.

Tie for 2nd ploce. Carbondale Ze ros. L. to fl.: Alex Zedlall&. Ed. Avant. Robert " Bud" Allen, Charlie Brovrn a nd Paul

Rom5ey.

Tournament

'f"ltt: Northern Regional T ournament "InS held at Forest L1r"IC.~ in I."nns Oil l,brch 15, 1962. .

The results of the Tuurrmrnent were ~ iollows:

Tl:lJm EIIl:tU I. Dixon ~2-31 1 9 2. Elgin :::4 - 30G8 3. Ottawa, Blue T oppers - 3051 4. Chicago, Bridges - 3043 5. EI~in :;1 -3027

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G. Elgin :::3-3026

Doub/r:s F:1lt'1I! I. I..aCoursicre-Sunmark, Dixon

-1310 2. Rugh - F.lfline, Dixon -1 293 3. I.ockhart - L.,Vcltc, Chicago -

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Sit/glt's EllenT I. Rugh, Dixon-6S4 2. \Vagumr. Peoria - 682 3. Blackbum, Ottawa - MiS 4. Nabshima. Chil.:ago - 662 5. Seeley, Elgin - 658

AIl-Evl:nt.-1. Rugh, Dixon -lY05 2. Nabshima, Chil.:ago - 1900 J. mackburn, Ottawa -IS75 4. Kronst. Chicago - 1853 5. LaCollrsil!re. Di xon - 1852 Bob Currens of Dixon rolled the high

game - 26-. and the high scril.:s - iOO for the Tournarnelll.

om... No.2. 1. to r.: Cliff Ru'lh. Bill Pottorff . Jobn Sbulo:u. Bob Cuneos and Poul Anderson.

Ottawa Bluetop •• I. to t.: ,ealed. Stu.-qeon and Bidwell. St .... d . in'l. Tavemaro, Daley ond O 'Flanogan.

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Open House Dixon • In

On Fehruary 18. 1962, the Ill inois D i\·ision of H ighways d istr ict office. 819 Depot An~JlUC. wt:iCOnll-J the: public for :111 open house \0 permit i nspo.'Ctioll

of the latest addition 10 the office building.

The addition, adding 10,100 square [cct, was comtructcd :It a cost o( $256.250.00 brilllo:illg the state's ill\'esl~ meltl in its District T \\'o office: 10 almOSt a million dol!:ITs. \Vil.h the addit ion. the imtallatiQJl h:u :J total of 30,S'l2 squ:trc foct in offi ce Sp:lCC :mJ 41,228 square fecI ust:J for g3ragcs <lnd a l>ign shop.

T he firs t floor of the new section includes .. !lC:W matc:r i:lls laboratory, offices, a large assembly room ~I1J stOrage space for fidd equipment. The m aterials bborutory is used for tc.,ti ng soil !>:uuplcs from J.rC;U where projects are planned and for tcsting materials used by the: \'arious contractors in their work. Th~ second :'Ioor includes a [a rg~ drafting room to accommodate more: dun 50 engineers and ttthnidans working on d~tailed drawings of th~ m:lny highway projectS planned for the district which indud~$ 10 wunt ics in northw~l Illinois.

J\ fr~ight dC\'ator will con n~ct th~ two floors. The cost of the addition, plus till.; $iO,UOO for the origina l build · ing in 1 9_~5 and 1614,846 for the cXlcnsi\"c cxpansion of 1956, bring thc cost of the: entire: plant to $941,096.

Latest addUion to District 2 of/ie. bulldlnq, wblch I, the lor rlqht wlnq. Left port ion 01 bulldin'l wo. pc1Irt 01 addition completed

in 19S6.

HI ST ORY or DIST RICT'S OFFICES

T he g rowth of the Division'~ d istrict ofli~'c from a sm all uffice oper:llion to the complex of ouildings now [ocHcd all Depot Avenm: has paralleled I h~ change thc district has s~n in progrcss­ing from winding mud roads to th~ four-Jane superhighways of tod ay.

T hc district officc W:IS not born in DixOll, but it has grown to Illaturity here. It lirn was establ ished in Aurora in 1913 anu 19 14, anu mo\'~d in 19 15 10 Mol in~ which was to Ix its homc for only two years.

In 191i, the uistriet offi cc ca me to Dixon with four engiJL~:crs assigncd to it - H . E. Surman, then d istrict cngi­m .. '"Cr , O. F . Gocke:, C. W. Ross and O. L. (;earhart. T he ofli~'e was located

in the Dixon N<.Ilion:ll Bank I1l1iluing from 1917 until 1926 when it was mo\·cd to the secont! floor of the present J. C. Penney store on Galena A\'cnue. F rom 1933 to 1935, the offi(:c was in the Schuler huilJing, nC-dT the present offices of the i'orthern lllinois Gas Company.

Hut in 1935 the Jistrict ~ot its perma­nent home a ll Depot Avenue when the oldest s«tion of the present building was buill. The o riginal uuilding had 4.692 sqU:lre fcci of uffice space anu 1-l .228 square (ect (or ga rages and sign shop.

Hy 1956, crowd~d cond i tion .~ required additiunal space and a major expansion h~b"'n. O/lice space was more lh3n t riplt:tl with Ihe addition of 16,000

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Office. 01 Db tfid Enqtneer 01 "Riqhl-of·Way, H.-oore), cmd DHiqn.

Newly comple ted Materlo;.!. Laboratory .... lint lloor of ne .. addil1on.

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1962 Convention-Peoria

The Grand Boll Room - where banq1,let will be held

l'ilO1"llrarh CCo urlc~y nf !II;,w;r StilI<' /(mrn ,li alUl Rrg;$/~r

Otticerl of Sprlnqlie td W .I.A.H.t:'1 lot 1962·1963 gr" . bOWD leU to ri'lhl, leated MR . Robert Tiltl •• Vice President: Mrl, John Becker Ir" President; I landlnq Mr •• WUlord Co:rr. RecordJ.nq Secretary: Mr •. John Olson, TrtKIl urer: M .... Leon Sevigny.

Cone.pondinq Secrelory.

WIAHE ' S Springfi<ld

By EVF.I.n. CHLNOW.I!Tlt

This issue fi nds us at the end of another ~uccrssfuJ vt:'Jr.

O ur new officers: who arc shown in the accompanying photo, will be most happy to assist you in form ing a Ch:lp­U:r of your own anJ wives, take it irom us. it is rnQSl rewarding!

T o hring you up-w-date since you W I hrard of us, we had;} most enjoy-

SI:CO ND QU A RTER 1962

:.thl ... book review at our April meeting and a lo\'(~ly card p:Hty in May. After tht· 2nd Wednesday in funt' (our mtct· ing night) we'll all he bound for the paint and furniture stores as our JUlie meeting will Ix: on " Interior Decoration :lnd Cui,,! Cl\{)rdin~tion:'

\Ve wuuld ~ppreciate "swapping" ideas with you. \Ve have a monthly hullt·tin titled the " Hear.\ay" which al. ways needs news items. You may senu your contributions to Mrs. I3crker, 3619 SheRldd. Springfidd, Ill.

Once again the Peori::! Chapter is happy w wdeome YIlU for ,he 1962 convention to be held at Hotd Perc Marq uette the e"ening of October IZ and all d:1Y Satu rday the 13th.

Cumm ittecs are now at work plan. ning an interesting convention with special dwughr being given for the ladies who attend.

The G rand Ball Room, which we have reserved, has re.:endy been cum· pleted for this hotel and is said to be the brgest and fines t in the state outside Chicago. Adeq uate rooms have been reserved fu r your COIl\'enience and since Friday me 12th is a holiday, let's all make it a gala week cnd by attendi ng the 1962 uJn\'clltiOll.

1-1. G. Buchanan COllvention Chairmatl

PLANE COORDINATION (!.rml,"I/(d Ira'" f'i1g( II )

\Vh~n a ~ction of highway is de~

signed, and a good large sc:tlc photo­gram metric: map is available, thut is, 1~ = 50', snowing a one-foot contuur, hased on a crnterline sur\'~y that clvses within at least third order; coordin~te values can ht accuratelv scaled for each hreak in the taking lines or right-of­way lines. Another way to determine coordinates of these breaks is by setting up a closed traverse through each of these points in the otlice by measuring the slation or plus, the 90~ offset tlis_ tance, and azimuth. (The azimuth of centerline being known ) . Reverse the azimuth and relUrn to ..:enterline, thcn Oil to the next break. C[c.

In the final (m:llysis the (()Illputer will determine a coordinate value of each break poim, azimuth or bearing be­tween each break point, and acreage uf any particular parcel of land.

It is my ;llld~rs[anding that a con· sultant htre in Illinois ha~ had very gO{)(j rcsull$ in st:tking right-of-way hy use of the coordinate systern. Knowing the angle and distance to the brcaks in right-of.way points from pre-selected stations along the cemerline. two lntn,

with one ~cond reading theodolites, can establish the points \"Cry accurately by [h~ in t~rsection method.

In conclusion, I would lik~ to fu rt her m~n tiun the great advamage that we cn joy by having good se':t)nd-order po­~ilium aloulS appruximalely 800 miles of our propo'led IntcrstMe System. T his gi\'e~ us ready access to the Ulinois Plane Coonlinate System, and in ad­dition it . gives us all OPPOflUlli t r (0

prove our :lbility (0 sur\'~y within all accuracy of at ie:Jst third order.

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,:llIl{ e 1I1 11 ria lit '\Clul Conslruction Compa ny. Follow­ing th is he worked with the ~'liS50uri and P~(illc and the Clcvchmd. Cincin­II:Ul, Chiclgo and Sl. Louis R;lilroads. Prior [ 0 coming to the Dil'ision of H ighw.1YS he worked in the city engi neer 's ollice in Princeton, Illinois.

I. H. BUCHMAN

I. H . Buchman, former Ass;)t:lrll Disuic;: Eng inen for the Elgin Dist rict of the Ill inois Di\'ision of H ighways, died April 19th at his home in Elgin. Mr. Buchman was 67 year~ old .

Mr. Buchm:m was born July 20, 1894 in Rapid Hiver, Michigan . He was a graduate of the University of Miehig:!n and scr\'w wil h the Arm y EnAinrtring Corps in Worl ll War I. I-Ie spent k \'craJ mom hs o\'crse:lS and was located i ll Franc.e when the Armistice was ~igncd.

He mrll-d in lhe H ighwa y Ocpart. ment in 1920 as a hriJge design engineer in Springfield. H e was transfcrrnl to the Elgin District a ye:l T bter as a d~ign engineer. and was later promotC'u to A5sistant Disu-icl EnJ:ineer. H e subsequently served uncle' r four local District Engint."t:r5.

},·Ir. Buchman rctin:J :1$ A)sist:lll[ District Engineer aher 36~ years of service with the Highway I'kp:trtmem.

\Ir. Huchman was .. member of the

WILLIAM HARRY TOWNSEND

District" was saddened by the death of Will iam Harry Townscnd who passcd away 011 April 19. 1962 , in Peoria.

Mr. Townscnd had retired from the Divisioll of Highwa ys on March 10, 1959 after serving 39Yl yea rs. He \\f"d S

born D«elllber 18. 1888, in jI,·l3fion. Illinois :md was graduated from M .. rion H igh School. I Ie beg:tn his ca reer as a partner in the H offma n and T ()wn·

Ill inois Association of Highway Enh,-j· neers. First E. U. B. Church, and Elgin Post 57, American Legion.

H e is survived by his wife Elizabeth, two sisters and t WO hrothers.

Mr. Buchman had many friends all over the State and will be s.,dl y missed. \Ve wish to e>: tcnd our deepest sym­pathy to his fam ily.

On ~pternber 22, 1919, Mr. Town­send joioetl the Division of H ighwa Y$ and eamc to P~oria where he rClnained until his retirement. In the Peoria Dis. trict he wurked in Construction. Design ~lOd Hight-Qf.Way. In 1922 he was l,ppoimcd Dinri(t Right-of.Way Engi­nccr. 1 n 1924 hc hccame District Construction Engincer. which posi6on he hc:d for 34 years unt il his reo lircmc:u. H is last h i~ project was the $5.600,000. Murray Baker Bridge in Peoria. Mr. Towll$CI1d wa .~ a Regis. tered Prokssiona l En):lincer, a memher of the Ill inois Association of Highway Engin«:rs. Temple Lodge ::·U; AF &

AM. Chapter. Council and Com · mandcry, and f>,'lohammed Temple, all of Pwria. H e is SUf\·j\'ed by his wife. Ethel ; two daughters. Mrs. Virginia Li ndig and Mrs. H elen Wegner; and two grandchildren. Imennent was in P:lTksidc Cemetery in Peoria .

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sq uare feet. while gar:!£es and sign shop were expanded by 27.000 square feet.

Now, ooly loix yc..'ars later. another addition i~ complete - Oot as big as rhe 19% improvemcllI. hut again mOrl:

than douhlc the office space of the orig inal huilJ ing.

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PROMOTIONS

HAROlD E. SANDERS

Mr. Harold E. S:lllfJeu was promot<xl to the position of Physical Test Engi­neer in the Bureau of M~teri~ls on February 1, 1962 .

Mr. Sanders started with the Illinois Di vision of Highways on April 2 1, 1930. He received his Engineering Degree from the Uni\'crsity of Illinois. He is a RegiSlcrl!d Prof~sional EnJ:i­neer and :l member uf lhe I.A.HE., and served one ycar as presiJelll anJ also on the Boord o[ Directurs of our organization. A \'ctcran of World War II. H arold $pcnt three )'ears in the Chemical Warfare & rvicc. I-l i~ ('mire service in the Divi5ion of H iSh­ways has been with the RUTcau of Materials. Prior to his present appoint­ment, he was Cement Control Engineer.

He succeeds William H . Schneider who retired on February I, 1962. Mr. ... nd Mrs. Sanden reside :It 2916 South Park in Springfield.

FREMONT H. BLANDIN

Mr. Fremonl H . Blandin was pro· moted to the positiull of M~turcs Con­trol Engineer in the Bureau of Materials on January 1. 1962. H e started with the Illinois Division of H ighways on August 7, 1924, and in 1927 he wa5 assigned as a Jun ior T c:st ing Enginoxr.

For {ourtttn years he .sen·ed 3.$ ;} field inspector of materiil1s, weight proportioning engineer, Lri.lveling in­spector of COllcrete mixtures, and did in\'estigational work in the fielJ. In 1941 he W;l S : , s~igned to work in the Concrete Laboratory and in 1952 Wil S

promoted to the position of Concrete Control Engineer.

Mr. Blandin is a rt:gistered profes­sional engineer and a memher of the Illinois Association of Highway Engi­neers. He and his wife, Belty. re~idc at 821 Loraine Avenue. and have three daughters.

H e succeeds to a posit ion formerly

RETIREMENTS ROBERT E. HAROLDSON On 'helnixr 3 1, 1961, Mr. Bob

Haroldson rctin:d from the Di"ision of H ighways ill Oi.m ict 9. Bob was born in Brookings, South D:,kota 3.nd attended high schoOl there and g rad­uHed from 'hc South Dakota State College in 1922 .

Rob came to work with Distr ict 9 in 1922 and held numerous jobs in Con­struction ami Local Roads and Streels before his appointment as District Maintenance Engineer in 195 1.

Bob is a Ulcmher of tht! Ill inois So­ciety of Professiunal Enginetrs, dle Illinois AssO("iation of H ighway Engi­neers, and 11 a Registered Profess ional Engineer.

Hob will proO.1bly be occupied using the fis hing tackle hc was presented when he WlS honored at Ihe Spring Pany.

RALEIGH A. WHITESIDE On January 5, 1962, Raleigh A.

Whiteside rtlired from the Division of H ighways 3 1 r>isuiCl 9. Raleigh attend­ed school at Golconda H igh School in Golconda, Ill inois, and LaSalle Exten­sion University.

Raleigh came to work for the Di vi­sion of Highways in 194 1. Between 194[ and 1954 h<: worked 011 numerous jobs in Design and ConSlruction. From 1954-1960. he WlS a Resident Engineer ill the Hureau of Construction.

Raleigh is a member of the Illinois Association of H igbway Engineers.

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held by l\.·lr. Ole Luscn for the P.1st ten )·1.'.1 rs.

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SECOND Q UA RT E R 1 9 62 19

RETIREMENTS JOHN R. FIEDLER

John R. Fiedler, Di~trict Engineer of Traffic of D istrict 7, is re tiring effec­tive June 6, 1962, after more than 40 years (If service: with the Di\';sioll of Highways. Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jack latcr moved to Shelby­ville. Indiana, where he graduated from high school. His college cdu(ation was inlcrrupu:~d by milituy 5(: rvicc with the ith Enginccrs, 5th Division in World \VaT I, hili h ... TIYf'i v"c/ h is engineering degree-: from the Missouri Schoul of Mines in 192 1. On November I, [92 1. he begnll his duries as a junior ( nginen with the Division of H ighways in the Effingham distr icl.

Jack's 40 years pill!> of sen -ice have ind uded experience in most of lht: bureaus ill the District. He: was ap­pointed to his pr~1lI posi(ion of Di~­

lricl Engineer o( T r,Lffic in AuguM 1951. H e is a chaner memhcr of thc Effingh;un Chapter I.A. H .E. and is a

LEW M. WHITE

District One f O~l one; of its outstand­ing constructiOI1 eng ineers when Lew M. White retired on J;lJlU.UY I, 1962.

Lew graduated [rom the South Da­kota & hool of Mind wilh a B.S. in Ci\·il Engineering.

H e fi rst eamt:: to work for the Divi· sion of H ighways ill 1930 and stayed unlil 1937. During this time he worked in thc Bureaus of Materials,

Registered Profession:! l Engineer ill Illinois.

j<l ck lTIMricd thc former H clClI Carter of Ind i:!napol is, lndi<lna, on June 7. 192'1 . They have Ollt: son. l ack. who is the manager of the Radio $laliOIl KTSA in San Anlonio, T exas. They will continue to reside at 311 Crawford A\'ctlue, Effingham.

We wi~h J:Kk the best of everything [or a long and happy n:ti remcnt.

Design, and Consuuc;[iOIl. Frolll 1938 In r 946 Lew worked fo r thc T om McQueen CClleral Construaion Com· p:my. In 1947 he started workins for the M. J. Boylc Construction Compa ny. During the cightee.n years Lew workcd for thl:Se two contractors he obtained cxpcricnc~ in manv d ifferent types o[ heavy construction"

In 1956 Lew returned (0 thc Division of Highways as a projcct cngin«r in eOllSuuel ion. His last and most impot­UlIlt eunsuucuon project fOf the Slate of Illinois was the extenSIon of the Congress Street Expressway in Elm· hurst. Lew'~ fondest memories of his most

fascinating and illlercsung cOnstruCI'ion project was the building of the powcr­home for the FOri Randall Dam in South Dakota. H e spent 2L:; ),e:ITs on this project.

Be[ore hiJ reUrement Lew was an active member of the Ill inois Associa· tion of Highway Enginttts. H e is also aRi!iated with the I.S.P.E.

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I LLINOIS HI G HW AY E NGI NE ER

RETIREMENTS

AL BERT H. FERGER .~Ir. Atlltr! 1-1. Fcrgt:r. Assistant Dis­

trict Engineer of ~I:ljnl.tnallc~ in Dis­trict 2. Dixon, retired May I, 1962 after 41 years of service with the Illinois Di\·ision of Highways.

Mr. Ferger was born February 24, 1897 at Great Bend, Kansas. He at· tended high school III Lawrem::dmrg, Indian:! and gradu:ltc:J from Purdue Uni\'cnity in 1920 with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He worked for the American Bridge Company at Gary. Indiana for one year and on May 7, 1921 W!IS cmploy~ b), the Illinois Divi­sion of Highways. Bureau of Bridges ill Springfield. [n 1924 he was ltan .~· fcrrt:J 10 District 2 where he was :1

pro ject dcsipl engineer and rcsitlt-nt engineer on various construction proj ­ects. From 1936 10 \94H he was I'crmit Engim!cr and in 1948 ho;:: was nppoimcJ As.sistam Di~lriel Enginecr of ~·.l ainIC·

!lal.lce. a po:.ition he hdd until his rellrcment.

Mr. Ferger ha~ been vcry acti\c in \arious organ i:t.lllions. He is a ch:lt\cr membCf of the Roc k Ri l'er Chapter of the Illinois Society of Profess ion:ll Enginc.::rs .ser\'ing as Sc:cn:t;Lry.Treas­urer from 1937 to 1951 anJ Pro;::sideiU in 195f1. H e is :llso :l C1:lrter mcmber of the Illinois Associ:nion of H ighw:lY Enginrtrs. scni ng liS chapler Socrc"IIl ry for 4 yean. He was a member of the Sl:ne Board of the Illinois AsSO(iat;on or Highway Engineers from 1954 through 1959 serving as &:actary anJ then C h:linll:lll of the BOMd in 1959.

Mr. FUJ::er i .~ a mcm!x-r of [he

S~COND QUARTER 1962

BERNARD A. KENNEDY Mr. Bernard A. Kennedy, District

Engineer of Materials in Dist rict 2. Dixon, retired dTcClive June 16. 1962, after 34 years of service with the Illinois Division of H ighways.

Mr. Kennedy was horn fktobcr 28, 1900 ncaf Fl. $cOil. KallS3s, which is approximately IOn m iles suulh of Kansa.~ City. Missouri. He graJuatoo from high school at Ft. Scon and rc­ceivru his B.S. degrce in Chemica! Engineering from Kanus State College :H Pittsburg. K:lIlsa~ in 1925.

H e marrioo Helen Keating in In') and in June of the same: year he was employed in the Materi;lls nepartlllent of the Missouri State HighwlY Depart-

Purdue Chapter Triangle Engineers Frllernity, the Presbyterian Church. ;lnd Friendship Lodge <;] AF & AM and was Past ~Iastcr from 1939 10 1940. He also is active in the Dixon Camera Club and is ;l Past Pr(Sident.

AI's hobbies include photography, sto:reo and H i.r i, tape fc-cording and gardening.

On August 26, 1922. he was married [0 Franc.hon ~ I ari ... Tunney :11 Spring­field, Illinois. The Fergers have tWO

sons; Jack A. o f Floris~"nt. Mu., UIl(1 Gene T. of Rockford. llIino i~. Thc), also have 5 grandchildren.

Mr. and ~1.rs. peq"er residc ;u 1004 North D ixon Avcnue in Dixon. They plan on doing some lr~\'ding in the ncar future.

m CIll and remained there until June 1928 when he acc.epted employment with the Illinois Oivision of Highways, Bureau of Materials. H e served in the capaei[y of genera! Illatcrials inspc-ctor two yean; in Disuict I at Elgin. and one year in District 3 at Ouaw:L Dur­ing this time. in the off<onsuuction season. he :>erved ill the Rur~u of ~'I3Icrbls Physical Laboratory.

In January 1932 he was assigned [0

lhc Bureau of M:Herials Cht:ruieal L1b­orluory in S?ringfield and 1!Cf\'cd in the cap;leity of chemist until ruly 1937. At that time he was appointed ASSistant D istrict Engineer of Materials ill Dis· trict 5 at Paris and held rhis position IInti! January 1951 when hc w:.! ap­pointed District Engineer of Materials in Dislfict 2 at Dixon. ··Bcrllie." as hc is known to rnany of his associata, has a wide acquaintance throughout thc State, not only with employet'S of the Illinois Di vision of Hjghways hut with material proJueers and contractors.

RernarJ·s illllncdiate family incluu(S his wife, H elen, and their three sons. Fa ther John is Assistant Pastor at St. Agnes Parish in Springfield, Illinois. Tom is a journeyman plumber ;lIld is presently employed by the RauKer Manufacturing Comp.1ny of Cam. bridge. Massachusctts, who have a con· tract in Clinton. Iowa. Joe graduated from the University of illinois in January 1962 as an advertising design major anJ is presently in the armed forces stationed al Fort Leonud Wood, Missouri.

Bernie attcnds St. Ann's Church and is a third degrce Knig hts of Columhus. I-it:: is a chart~ r mcmher of tht l1!inois Associ:Ltion of H ighway Engineers and servcJ as Secretary.Treasurer. President and Director for the Paris Chapter and onc tcrm as Director for the Dixon chapter. H e kf\"ed three terms as one of [he d irectors from thc Illinois Aslo(). eiation of Highway En~jnecrs 011 the l1\inois Engineering Council. H c is a Rt'gi~lered Professional Engineer, a 1l1emhcr of the Rock River Chap[("[ of the ]lJinois So.:iery o[ Profess ional Engi. neer~. and a member of the National Society of Profess ional Engineers.

'·Bernie·· has accepted :1 I>osition as Materials Engineer with the Toting Service CotpcJration. LomO;l rJ. Illinois :tnd st:lrtoo working on May Hi. 1962. nixon will be his hC.1dquarters. H e and Helen plan to rcmain i.1l their home In 1104 N. Demem in Di xon.

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RETIREMENTS

FRANK V. HOUSKA

Frank V. H ouska, Ass istant Engineer of Research and Planning. retired on JUlle 30, 1962, after 37 years of COll­tinuous employment by the Di vision of Highways. He W;!S born in \Vashing­toll , Kans.1s, where he r~ceiY(:u his eMly schooling through high school. Later he attended Kansas State Uni­versit y where he was graduated in 1925 with :t degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

Immediately after graduation he joined the Ill inois Division of H ighways in the Elgin D istrict Office as a Junior H ighway Engineer. H e Sn\'L,J in various engineering assignmen ts in the District including d~ign. construction and maintenance, until 1934 w hen he OeC<lnlC District T raffic Engineer.

Mr. Housb wa .. one of the firs t of it group of cngimns assigned to the

HAROlD H. BOWEN

H arold H. Bowen, District Engineer of Local Roads and SU~t:lS in District 2, D ixon, will retire effective July I, 1902 after more than 39 ycars of sen'ice with the Uiinois Division of High ways, all in District 2.

work of the Statewide Highway Plan­ning Surveys which were started in the fall of 1935. Starting a. Office Engineer he was promoted to the position of T raffic SLUdi~s Engine~r in 1936. In the reorganization of the Bureau of R~search and Planning in 1951, he be· came the Engint:er of Economic Re­search which POSiliOll he held until 1955 when he was promoted to the position of AssistalH Engineer of Re­search and PI~nning.

H e is a Registered Pro[essional Engineer, a member of the ll1inois Association of Highw~y Engineers, and a m~mber of Sigma Tau, an honorary engill~t:fing fratt:rnity. H e also held membership in techn ical committees of the Highway R~search l30ard and in the T echnical Commiuee of !.he Chi­cago Area Transportation Study.

Mr. H ouska and his wife, H elen, have no other definite plans for the fUnl re, except that they will continue to reside at 211 7 Parkview Drive, Spr ingfield. Their two sons, George ;Hld Ronald arc married and also reside in Illinois. (;eorge and his wife Mary, who have a lI{)n Mark , li\'e at Nurmal where George is em ployed by the C.eneral Telephune Cumpany. Runald and his wife Kaney live in Springfield, and he is employed by the Division of Highways in the Bureau of Design.

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H;\fold was bom September 10, 190 1 OIl Chariton, IOw3 . He graduated from high sl;hool at Chariton and nxeived his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Iowa State Colkge in 192,'1.

H e was em ployed by the illinois Di­vision of Highways on April 24, 1923, and wa~ a junior enginccr until 1927, then until 1936 was a resident CllginCcr Oil construction. From 1936 to 1938, he was Planning Engineer and in 1938 transfcrr~d to County Roads and City

Harold H. Bowen

Streets, now known as the Bureau of Local ·Roads and Streets, later being made Assistant District Engineer of that BUrc..1U.

J n 1954 he was appointed District Engineer of Local Ro.1ds and Streets, a position he held until his retirement.

H arold is a charter member and Past President of the Rock Rivcr Chapter of

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22 ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

RETIREMENTS the JlIinoi~ Association of Highway Enginccrs. H e is a mcmlx-r of bOlh the Ill inois and Nat ional Society of Pro­fess ional Engineers. H e al so is ;1 memo ber o( tht: Masons, Elks, anJ the First PrcshYlcri:1O Church of Dixon.

Ha rold 's hobbits include golf, bowl­ing. and pholOgraphy and he is :I mem­lxr of the Dixon Cam~ra Cluo. He plans to do some tr3 \'ding and golf pbying in his spare time.

GEORGE D. BORT George D. Bon, former Assistant

District Engineer, District 2, Dixon, rcured cffect;\·c May 16, 1962, after 40 yC;HS of service with the Illinois Divi­sion of Highways.

I-Ie gradu:ucd from Iowa Slale Un;­\'crs ity in 1922 with a B. S. dcgn:c in Civil Engineering, <lnd is a \'ctcr:m of World War I.

George was employed b! the Illinois Division of High ways, District No.2. on July 31,1922. From 1922 to 1924 he worked on construclion in$pc:ction and JUT\'e),s. From 1924 to 1933 he was Resident Engineer on construction. Chid of Party on surveys, find Office Enginttl' for construction. In 1934 he "'as appoimc:d Assist:lIlt District Engi. neer of Local Roads and SUer.1S and appointed District Engineer of I.ocal Roads and Sl l ttl~ in 194'1. H e was appointed Assistant District Engineer in 1954.

H e is a Registered Profes.ional Engi. neer. ;1 mcmhcr of Rock River Chapter of the Illinois Society of Profess ional Enginttrs, Nlitionlil Society of Pro-

SECOND QUARTER 1 9 62

LESLIE W . ADAMS

Leslie W . Adams. Civil Enginccr with design:Hion of Railroad Engineer in me Bureau of Local Roads and Streets. Springfield, retired April I, 1962. aftcr 33 years of sen'ice with the Division of Highways.

us was born in Lexington, Ken· tucky and was an alumnus of the University of Kentucky, Class of 1910. H e scned a short time in World \Var I all<1 began his 5cr'.'iccs with Ihe Hureau of Design at Springfid<1 in 192 1. After scveral years with the f)iv ision, he left to work for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas R:lilroad Company at DallllS, T exas and sen'ed , IS office engineer. H e re­turned to the Ocpartment in 1934 and worked in tht" Bridge Office and latn transferred to the Grade Separat ion Office lind then to the Bureau of Local Roads and Streets as Ra il ro,1d Engineer.

(cs)ional Engineers. Ill inois Association of H ighway F.nginecrs. Illinois Em­ployees Association. Elk$. Ma:;on$, and a!lends the Preshyterian Church.

Gcorge'$ family include hi$ wife. Alyce; a SOli. Dr. Barry D. Bort, who is an Assistant J>rofcssor at ('..eolIal Michigan Uni\'~rs ity, Mt. Pleasant, Michiglll1. and two grandchildren.

George and Alyce plan to continue li \'ing ill D ixon where George has ac­cepted employment with C. K. Willen, Comu1tin£ Engineer.

Les took an acti\e part in negotiating with the railro,1d companies for the construction of grade separ:llions and automatic g rade crossing protccth'e del·ices. He represcnted the Depart­ment :u many of lhe hearings held before the illinois Commerce Commis­sion Unth at Springfield and Chic.1go. H e was 1>'1S1 President and Vice-Presi­dent of the Springfield Chapter of the Illinois AsS()Cia tion o[ Highw:IY Engi­neers and also served as Secrrl:lry of the Slate Boarel and D irector. He is 3

Registt: rt""t.l Professional Engineer and Registereu I,and Surveyor and is a member of the First Christian Church, Masonic Lodge and the American Legion.

us ;mu his wi fe Ann will continue 10 live in Springfield for the present. They have " isi:cd Florida, Arizona and Califurnia lind some day will prooobly move to a location affording more year arollnd outdoor living. such as golf and fi shing.

C. G. CORCORAN

For the second time in slightly o\'C"r a year, a major retirement has come to the Bureau of Traffic Retiring at this t ime is Operations Engineer Charles G. Corcoran who has been in the service of the Ui"i5iol1 of Highways continuously since April 4, 1922 - JUSt over 40 yc:ars. H is retirement date is set at July I hut w ith allowance for his earned time llcCTlled, he actually departed from the Burea u (luring May.

rC,ml/lllud on pil¥~ 29)

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BUREA U OF RESEA RCH AND PLANNING

By J. A . HEANBl.O~SOM

III arurf to familiarize the techu ic;;!] pe.rsormd of the [)i\·ision of H ighways with Ihe work thai c~ltl Ix accomplisht:t! with d ectronic COnlput~rs . ;I course of instruct ion has hc:-tn. or will IX' gi\(II, all a \oluntar)' 3Uendancc hasis to the Icchnil-a l employees tWill all Bureaus and Districu in the Oi\·ls ion. t. lr. . Milt"n K=IIC, of the Bt, .... ,," ot Re':­search and Planning, is conuucring the K hool. In the n r51 IWO S(:S$ion~ that were held in Springfield. he W;tS assist­ed by Mr. John Boscnga .and Mr. Kodgcr Mattson, of the Bendix Computer Organization. Alrc<ldy the cou rse has !xcn g i\'clI to approxim:Hdy 120 employees from the central Bureaus and Dist rict 6 in Springfidd. and at the lime of this wri t ing, is being gi ven to employees in Districts 5.7. 8, and 9. At some later date the courl'C: of in· struction will be Inade available to personnd of the remaining Districts.

The course of instruction hegins with a d iscUS5~iUll of the basic components of computers in general. and continues with a more detailec.1 description o f the operatiun of the Bendix G. IS and the: JUM HOI computers, both of which h:1\'O: been installed and are in usc: in the Di\' isiol1 of H ighways. The BenJix C · IS installation is in the Bureau of Research and PI:lIlning, and the IBM HOI is in the Kurtau of Administrative: Sen'lcC'S, Actual demonSU'arion$ of earthwork cut nnd fill computations on hath of thoe computers were givc:n to those employ~ in the Springfield arca who :tl\en<leJ th~ school.

Bureau Notes

The: last p:1ft of the course: w\'ers de­tailed i lls t ruction~ ill silllplified com· puter coding for the solution 011 the Bendix computer of such problems as square r{)Ot extraction, triangle solu· tion, :lnd prollJe grade computaLions through venical CIln'es. T hose taking the course were given the opportunity of actually cooing (h~loe preblenlS. and then watching thcm run through th e: COIll puter . . .......... ..

Eugene Gilhert has aln:ndy complet. (:d his two wt:t:ks lOur of duty, In the near fu ture, tho.:.se men :I re also sched· uled fo r their "va.-ation": Jack Rubley, James Bla kley and Boh t.. lais~nl);lcher - with the IOHth O r<iin:lI\ce Company; John Voorhees and H enry H :mnony with the J06th Medium Tank Battal. ion; !.Ind Frank Nunes and Ke:nneth Fromm with the: Division Band ,

............. The !lureau welcomes the fol1()\vi ng

new employees: 5.1ndy Dixon and Joseph Carel of the T r:dlic Section; H arry Kennedy and Robert llufT of the Dra fting Room.

GOlle but not forgotten is Karl Luthill of Physical Ro;e:u ch Section who has transferred to the: Bureau of Maintenance as Emergency Phnuing Coord inater.

................ Marilyn Honavic was k~pt busy visit·

ing her hu~band (John ) aud SOil

( Edward) the early part o f the year. H owel'er, both ha\'c reco\'ered .

Kenneth Fromm was hospitali7.ed but is back in the ofJice - hard at work ag-.lln,

The WII'e5 of Leo Shay, Stel'c

SPECIFY THE BEST .•.

M'ounkara, and John Voorh~~ were aJ ro hroJlitaliz~J and have re turncd home, ..............

\Vt arc sorry to learn of the death of Raymond Ged~nlinski·s stepfather. W e ~xh':nd condolences to him and his family. ..............

Jack il 1cnni~ was the: onl\, pcrson in our Ilureau to tic the knot si nce the last printing .

• ••••••••••• A sccond child was horn to the

Da vid Iknzers - a girl weig hing in at G Jbs. J3 07.,

t.k Theodore F. ~ Ior£ became a grandfather a stcond time whc:n Mr, and Mrs. Paul Morf were blesset.l with a hloy boy in March.

Sorry to :announce that Ken Carrigan hasn't any babiCll to report this time ­hut dOl:s :IJways manage LO ha ve an adJi t ioll to the family - a puppy dog,

............ .. The Olin Kriegcs spen t a f~w wceks

in Hawaii - lucky people. Leo Shay soakeo up all of Florida's sun :lIId thc Je:ssc: lIeanblossmn5 left Ne:w Yurk not qui Ie Ihe S:l llle as it was hcfore their acril' :' !. The John Recktrs are ptulIlilig to visit Colorado and the Stel e M:lrku>~s and John Parks will make th~ir anllu:d pilgrimage tl) Florida.

Willard £Ck~mrom has mixed crno­tiolls ahout th e: coming summer ­whether he's been blCllscJ or cursed . H is wife (a nat i\'c of Engla nd) and three children will be: leaving for Eng­land 00 May 27 10 spc.nd the: summe:r. I Ie plalls to me:et them there July 27.

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The UurC:lU Coli league has in­~ LO 14 members. They have ~ puuing away since April. At the time of this wri ting GeI'"ald Zimmer­man (as usual) is kad iug the pack.

Physical Research SpoIlS the hottC$ l ..-iffU:-ball t('ant in the Ilighway Dc­partment, ( being the only te..1m) . ""Slugger" Bchrns, " '-leflY" Mitchell , -~I ight y " Mounkara, "Nimhle-fingers" Vasin, CAPTAIN "Yogi" Beanhlossom, I own the b.11J and b.1t) and 'Tomboy"

Cumody usc JIJ thdr force to r:l!1" this high esteem.

BUREAU OF LOCAL ROADS AND STREETS

Bv R. J. Cflms

Mr. Wm. DUld lc alu~lld('d the An­mra1 CQ\lnty Superintendent of H igh-1nys R('~iollal meetings, Ildd :It DiJ<on CID ~iay 3, fur districts I, 2, 3, and 10.

The !nceting for districts 4, 5, and 6 ~ held in Springfield, April 3, 1962 . ~h . Vernon on Ma y 10, was the

acrting place for the SUjXrinlClluents .... dim i..: ts 7. 8. and 9.

~1e:hi Tl Par5Ol\ anJ lhe: Bureau Field Eagmer:ts w~re: also in am:ndalJ(:~ with a.: topics o f new legislation and offi c~ ~ure changes discusSC'd wilh a

ion and answer Ikriod. [ky.·cy Connor. C ity Stction Chid,

maKled the Ol«ling of thc Urhan '-JOInsponation Planning Meeting. hdd

Chicago. M:!y IUth and I hh. Walter Hankin is getting more sleep ~ days. since his wedding or May Xb... Wally married Pat Flynn of Win· ~e:r. lIlillo i ~ in the St. " '(a rk 's

h in Winchester. Their nx~rlion held at the Virginia CaUIlUy Club

wh ich the w upk went [0 St. .....m for the: weck ~nd, on w Chicago -.d then til Indian:! Beach. Indiana. a

-.bing brid~ and scared groom. fr. and Mrs. Bob Riegel are the

p.1rt:nu o( a baby girl. - they __ h:n'c tWO girls and a boy. \Ve:' r~

IIIppV to $.1Y Ihat mother and child are going fi ne -course Bob has that

'dock f(('ding look ~ How about Bob?????

s.u Lund has taken o\'(r the dudes I...d Acbms. on I.C$·S ret Iring. and is

In full swing on railrood matte:u, Engineer of Railroad Crossing. .J.ru Huer has lransferrw back to

Roads and is ful6l1ing duties lohn McDrty vaca taJ hy Bu1.Z.

TGm Goin is now spoTling a new

I I:COND QUARTER 1962

Bureau Notes Che:vrolel convenible. all white with red interior and I understand he: got a baseball bat wilh it 10 beat away the girls.

Barb Kern. "-1rb DiPlon i. and Iktty Lonzeroni spent a twO weeks vacation in California and .1 good time was had by all. The girb Aew both ways in order 10 havc more time on the !x:achcs, in the nile clubs. and running from the sailors. - rigbl. girls? - but, oh, what nice sun tans - San Diego ­WoW!!!I!I!!!

Spclking of .s:li lors. BLR'S lleet is e\'cr increasing. George Robinson i~ nuw a member and from what wc h~ar he lika boating monly a t night in the moonlight with - AH !!! I YES! I!!! T he f:lirer s~x .

Ronnie Cross tnlded ooal5 this spring anti is now tht: OWner of :I 17 Y2 ' "risto·Crai t wiTh :I fihc:r gl~ss hard lOp and an 85 H .P. Me:rcury Illotnr, 35 M.P.H. is now cruising and the top is bener th:m 40; 11<: h~ s already put ill :n H :OlI'a na and made trips t'O Pe:oria ~nd Beardstown. f..· I~d is(ln , \\>' isconsin, has been visited nn wcek end trips and JUlie is vacauon time a t H OI Springs. Ark. on 1 ~1 ke OIl3(:hil:1 with its dear water, :md southern refre~hment~, both solid allJ liquid.

Mary ( Hagl~r) Eottles terminated her employmcnt and with her husband Jack hon mo\'w to Florida. It 's Flor· icb '$ g:un and our loss. but we all wi~h them wdl :md feel assured tllat Mary and lack will succ~ed anywhere they go. Let us hear from you.

Den nis Montgomery and his famil y Hally. Marty, and Downie spent a 3 wt:~k vacation tomiug the west . From Springfield they tmvdcd into the Black Hills for Mt. Rushmon':, Badlands. and the Dinos,1UT Grave Yloi rd at Rapid City. From h~re the trip was in the Rockies and Oil into Ydlowstone Na· tional Park fur Old F .. ith£ul lind the bears. The kids really had a time with the bt:ars. $callie. Wash. and the Worlds Fair was the: nexi stop for a 4 day tour. and D ... nnis claims it was well worth the trip.

From here the relurn trip slaried lor Sequoia Natiolwl Park :1Ilt! the.n on to Disneyland for a \' isit WIth motd ac· ('()mmodalions right across lhe strcct. The elice I~ble~ and rouletle wheels called a~ Las Vegas was Ihe nexl SlOp.

H ere the bright lights dimmed the pocketbook 51) Phocn ix, Ariz. was a two day reSling place: of swimming and

sun bathing and cm to Juarez, Mexico, then up to the Carlsbad Ca\'~rn$ in New ]\'lexico and - on home - It!! H ome was a welcome sight but Ihe wcslern memc.riC'$ will ne\'er lie for­gotum.

Rollie Lyons has been spending many skeples~ nights due to ~torm alerts with thc civil defense weather watch communication snvice. but good weather ahead, RoJl ie. Marl~n Adamo al\d her hushand

Phil, ~p.::nt two weeks r.~hillg. swim· ming, and Slln Ixlthing on the sunny beaches of Florida in tb~ Tampa arca.

T orl) Goin and Dick P~ndle ton have become " I lot Hod Roberts" and "Barne:y Ol'erfidds" on the Go Cart Tracks. I( see TlU the boys arc r~ally enjoying the nntal !racks in the eve­lIings ~opcn throttle and rc:d hot ex­hausts - and lookout corners and hales of hay !

Lcs Adams and Ann left the li nt of March with lht idea of spending three weeks \'acation in Phoenix. Arizona. After arri ving at Phocnn.., (hey decided to drin.' on to Sun C ity. some 15 miles distant, to look up a fr iend. Lucki ly, they were ahk to renl a furni~hed house in Sun City fo r one month. Their h.1ck ),ard faced an 18 hall' golf course. The SO degree (empcr:nure:, house and golf l~ourse wcn: JUSt too good to leave. s:> L..'S dccid(-u tQ retire, dft:l,· til't: April I. 1~1t"r. they traveled to Californ ia tu visit Ann 's brother. While in Ca lifornia. they investigatr:t:! Sa n Oicgo, Ri\,.,rsidc and PerriJ, with the.- idea ot' possibly returning some Jay as [krman~nt rcsiuents.

lohn Stapleton of the dra fting st:ction hM become en;::ag~d 10 Miss N ancy Jane DeI~1urent i . daughter of f..lr. and Mrs. John C. Dd...'lure:nti , formerly of H ighland. lIIinois. Nancy was runner up for Queen ot the 1958 Ill inois Has­keth.1 11 Tournament. and at pre:5C1II is a me:mber of the Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority a t lhe Universit y o f Illinois, where she will graduate in June. No date has betn Sl:i for the wedding.

BUREAU OF D ESIGN Briclgl' Offic('

Bv Jot! G " S-CI , .. NO J OE 1\,,,woo ..

Acco rding to the offic.: that deals III

vital statist ics, the nork has been a vcry husy bird the past ftw months in the Rridgl' Office. The following are th~ n(w arri,·als: Mr. and Mrs. Allen

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llcndcrson, a girl named Maria Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Jan Rohrer, :J girl named E.liZ.1bcth; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald PilZ, 01 boy named David Ron<l.IJ ; 1 ... lr. and Mrs. Jf)(: Oxc:ncis, a boy nam<:u Eric Allan; and Mr. and Mu. Nabi Fakrodin, :I boy named Jeffry. OUf congratul:uion!li to all the new babies and their proud parellts.

i\'loSl il11 l'fO\'oo bowler award5 were received by Larry Janousek, Bou Chilton, and Joe Jyawook.

Congratulations lCI Bill Kccnt:, Ted Tanaka. and Joe Ganci on paS5;illg their ProftiSional Engineer eX;lIm. Also to t\ llt:n Henderson for rc:cciving his En­gineer in Training SlatuS.

Mr. Pritchett ( Pat) Pattcr:son retired Ull April I, 1962. ;1$ Enginccr of poreign Plans. Mr. Otis J. McCoy has been assigned as the ncw Engineer of Foreign Plans in the Bridge Office as Mr. Patterson's successor.

New cmployc:n in our office arc r}.lvid Sponsler, all M.I.T. graJu:ne; anJ Ian D~arl Sims, formerly associat­ed with the I1linois Bridge Co. of Jack­sonville_ Kavinehandru Rupani has re­turned to state ('Jllployment aher :1 furlough [0 his na[ivl: India_

Ted T:mab ha.i' resigneJ and re­tumed to Hawaii. Paul Lawler has also left to enler private business here III Springfield.

Pl:,uming and Programming

Mv N ICK Bol-TUSr.VICH

Things were fa irly quiet this quarter -one \'acationer, Alvin G ries, spent 3 weeks tr:I\'dling along the Gulf Coast. H is landscape enginct:ring unil recent­ly dllertaincd Mrs. Pa radee Sukanasa~ from ncar Bangkok. India. ~·l rs. Sukanasas_ an ex(hangl: landsc:,pe en­gineer, SpelH two weeks here ohserving American techniques.

LL and Mrs. Thomas R. Bright arc the proud p..1reflts of a bahy ooy horn in March. Tom i ~ nill serving with his Army Re.servc Unit at S:n'atlnah, llI i· !lois. H owe\'er he exp«l.'5 to be homc by la te summer.

The Geometric Ixsign Unit wd· corm~s J)onalu H ~n n ing {ormaly of District I ( Elgin). H e hopes 10 settle his family In Springneld $OOn.

loe r-.hrsh of t h~ Utilit ies Unit has .. reason for that "pleascd as punch-' expression he's been w~arillg. H is son Norman mauc: the Dean's list at Illinois Institute of T echnology. Chicago where he i~ studying elcrtrical engineering.

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And D:lVid, who is a stude nt at Spring-fidd Junior College, was ad­mitted to Phi Theta Kappa, Nation:ll Junior College Honor Society. Thre~ men of the Fffieral Aid Unit

:lre beaming with pl~arure OCeausc of some brand new purchases.

Gary Tumulty has a 1962 Tempest. G:lry is :l lso keeping busy with a Trigonometr)' Course at Springfield lunior College.

Tom Fuller h:u ooth a new ;;:lr anu :l new house !

Ray Armes is ready for sUlllmer with a 15' Williams & (;recll runabout_

In attelld:lnc~ at the Ellgin~cring Short Course at Champaign were Anuy C;:.zda, Leon Sa\ign)', Ronnie Houska anu £',,1 Bowman.

Ronnie H ouska rc(c.ntiy lOok th~ Professional Test and Leon Savigny took the Engineering Training tesl. They haven't hellru the resulls yet hut we hope they are good.

Aerial Survey Section

By H as!(\' Hl.lsl:.. jN .

I am happy to report th:1I the H elp Wamed Ad in our last issul: of the mag:lliru: paid ofT. We wdcome John Rimkus, our new paot to the fold.

lim McDonalu has returned [0 liS

after a three and a half year hitch in (he U. S. Army. He W:lS with their photogrammctry unit and wa~ )tationcd in lapall [or almost two years. \Vd ­come b.1ck home. Jim_

L1rry Gohy is our newest addition to Ihe draft ing uepanrnellt.

Erncst Myers is assisting our field enginttr, H erb Beyer. Welcomc to all of you lllld hope you like it here.

Gale Ferchow resigned as o( l\-lay 15, to accept a position with a firm ill Bloomington, Illinois. W e had our usual going :Iway luncheon at which time we all wished C;ale thl: best of luck in his new Vennlre.

The wt":dding date for lerry Black and Miss Marilyn Suc Caiman has heen definitely set for , une 8, 1962 :11

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spring­field. At this wri t ing they plan to spend their honeymoon in the Oz~rks of Minoori.

Mary Lou Dalbc:y, uau),:luer of l\o\r. and Mrs. Orvis Dalbey :lnu lC55ie Lu H eine. uaughter_ of Mr. and Mr~. Henry C. H eine. Jr., will Sooll be grau­uates of the Springfield High School.

John II. Squires. ~tl of Mr. :mJ Mrs.

H enry Squires, is a sophomore sruuent at (;riffin High School. Recen tly he was chosen Student of the \Vcck , for the city. He won a superior r:ning for his urum playing :It the State Music Meet. Last week he wenr even fa rther and won a first for his scientific presen­t;llion of the lku and (;amma.Ray, radiation exh ibit at the University of Illinois. Keep his name in mind. for a t his present rate of in1l'fOving he should be Oil(: oi our future ),:r~at sclemists.

We took our I~t exh ibit, which has btttl seen in various places he;re in Springfield and in Champaign. fl:­designffi parts of it, new pictures of local interest. fresh paint. :lnd il is again ready {or the; Opcn HouSe Oil

May 23, and can be 5e'I:n in District No.6 Office. Our artist, John Becker, Jr., h:JS been \'ery husy for the past fe w wt:eks coloring oblique photos to be used as murals in thl: \'ariou$ State Offices for the National Highw:lY Week. which was held here in Spring­field from May 20 to 26, 1962.

Our section is ready 10 welcoillc one and all visitors. You uo 1I0t h:I\'e to have a forma l invitation. just come ally time yOll happen to he in our city. LaS[ week we had a very informal visitor. Our air-conditioneTS had not been turned on as yet, so to get fresh air, our front doors were open. Thi$ \'isitor came in without a written invitation, wamlereJ arounu the office looking us all o\·er. :Uld being watchffi at the same time. She finallv went to C'dll 01\ .\1r. H . L. Bramley, ;nd cr.lwlcd undcr his uesk and took a snooze. This \';sitor W:l~ :Ibout a six month old stray pup, who has now foullu a good hOlne with lohn Walts. It pays to visit us.

BUREAU OF MAINT ENANCE

By 1'. I. ~1"'L\Y

M r. Karl Luthin. Ir., has transferred to the Hur~all of Maintenallce to the new position of Emergency Planning Coord inalOr for the Division of High­ways. Formerly he lud been with the Bureau of Research. working in the Traffic section from 19-10 to 1959, anu in Physical Research (rom 1959 till 1962. Mr. Luiliin h:l5 worked ;n th i ~

:lCti\·ity for a number of years as Chair· Illan of the Civil Defense Committee in the American Legion at post, district, :mu Department le\·el. Also he was C ivilian Administrator of the Air Force Ground Ohscrvt:.f Corps filter center at

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

Springfidd from '55-'59. Presently he works with the local Civil Defense as Director of [he control center and wcatbl'r watch section. Mr. Luthi" li\"cs in Springfield with his wife ~n(1 two chi ldren.

MT. Fred Schlill became lhe newest member of t.ht: ~'faint CI\~l!lCC staff 011 ~Iay I. He previously worked For f)is­UK! 6, in Design, !\Iatcrials. and ~lairltcnancc . Mr. Schlitt 3ttcndcd \lichigan State and Millikin Univrmi­ltc:s, :md was a gener,11 conrr:lctnr be· tore coming (0 the llighway Eh:pan­~1. His wife is Joanne. and they h:a\C three sons. and make their home at ~h. Pulaski.

,\fr. Frank Runyen. Field Engineer in the Day Labor section, is C~ptain of the Arab Drill Team of the Ausar Shrine. On May 12, thc tC.1m rer­lormcd in a parade of other Shrine uoiu in Spri ngfidd. ~Irs. Betty Harri$, a Illembt:r of our

M'Cr~t:H;al suff lor th~ P.1St 11,'C: yea rs .ho had betn ill for the p~st sc:veral

Bureau Notes months, di~J and was huried in Spring­liclJ on April 23.

This Bur~au is actively engaged in designing a training program for mai!HenllnC~ p<.:rsonnd. With the co­operation of a com mittee of Maillle­n:lIlec Engineers. pre.planning has bcen going on tor sc"crJl months. As the fint result of the committtt's work an oriclU~tion meet ing was held on May Rand 9 al SpringfldJ, for all Maintc:­n:mce Engin~crs anJ their assistant's, with Geveral Districl Enginceu in at­lend:lIlce.

One day of the meeting was spell! with representatives of other Bureaus who ~xrlaincd their functioll in relation 10 maintenance work, anJ the second day m;l1ntenallce prohkms wcre dis· cussed.

On Tues(by cvening a dinner at the Mill wa .~ enjoyed, with mall}' of the wives of the conferees present.

The lr~iniog program is to be coo· tinued through all levels of mainte­nance personnel.

BUREAU OF MATERIALS

By W AlllL'1 C. Mr:I "TVU:

The Bureau of Materials is all pre­parc{1 for a very busy 1962 conSlIuction .sca,wn. Thc tlooJ of sam ple:; scm in for testing has already started . The remodeling of our huilding is almost complcted with more laboratory space and various new equipmcnL The record of contracts awarded thus br indicates we will be very busy indeed.

&\'I:ral Bureau mcmbt:u h:wc heen on vacation trips recently. E. M. Crump (HilUminom Engineer ) and Mrs. Crump spent Easter wcc.k with their daughters in T opeka, Kan~:lS. Thcir son-ifdaw, Ferd Colon, has heen uuing graduate work in psychology at the fa lnou~ Menninger Clinic in To· pcb. Mr. and Mrs. C rump also visi tcO their farm /lear Fulton, Missouri. In late April and C:lrly May, Mr. R. H . Kennett (BiLU minous LaborJlOty) :lod r-,'Irs. Kennett cnjoyed a lcisurely trip along the "Skyline Drive" from Vir-

Expressways or Sidewalks Supplying construction building m.t.ri.ls to Chic.gol.nd for OYer SO y •• rs

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CONSUMER CONCRETE

STONE SAND & GRAVEL

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SMAll

COMPANY PIPE

BUILDING MATERIALS PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE

VULCAN MATERIALS CO. 29 N. W.cker Drive FR 2·6400

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Bureau Notes

ginia down through the Carolinas and 011 into Un: Smoky Mountains. Mr. and

All of tht: Chemistry L1lxmltory field men are IlUW ,II tht:ir assigned posts:

Laboratory), u wailing "landing instruc­tions:- Th~ same Old Bird is preparing a "Bight plan" to the horne of Bob and Maril vn Whitmore for some time ill July, ' Marilyn is 0 11 our office staff.

r. .. lrs. Bob Delkrl (Bitum i nou~ Field Engineer) and l i111 ~ son spent two weeks traveling in Florida and Ten­nessee. L1rry Dodg~ (Chem isuy Lab­oraLOry) visited with his daughu:r in \Vashington, f).C ., recclldy. Dom Vespa (Physical LaboralOry) ldt for G months' military dilly al Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, with all Illinoj~ Na ­lit:lual Gua rd Unit.

Hoh Price at Summitt; Georg..:: Perry at W hit ing, Indiana; Jon Bechtold :It

Wood River; allJ Ed Varble at Law­renceville.

Our juvi,ll Liaison Engineer, M:Kk I'dns. is now in Memorial H ospital after undergoing major surgny. \Ve hope he has a speedy recovery.

Tho:- stork is approoching the home of Allan and lkuy Kat1.. (Chemislry

Our big Open H ouse was hdd May 23 to show off our lIewly iurnish~J quarters : Il 126 East Ash StreeL T his was Qur parlicip:nion in obsCfvance o[ National H ighway Week.

Mr. J. D. Lindsay, Engineer of Ma­[crials, and Miles E. Byers, Soils Engi-

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Tho ... attending the Day Labor Sec tiOIl. meetiog are identified a s follow s : (left to right) b t Row: Gear .. e fe .. er (A) fore· man. Champ Clark (A) Cle rk, All ..... Dyer (A) General Foreman, Harold Xins ey (A) Clerk. Leste r C rite. (B) General Foreman.

C. A. Bowles (B) Clerk, Gloyd E. A. kins (B) Foreman. 2nd tOw, Gera ld Wells (A) Foreman, Ftanklill. W ikon (E) Foreman, Wade Brown IE) Fore man. Arnold Plllke r (E) Genera l Fore ·

mem. L •• Edml.t .... (E) CI •• k. Clifford Mdr""'"Wn (B) Cl" rlr.. Ray Slo" l. (II ) Fo .. m .... . J rd row: lame' Kinley (E) Clerk. Charles Hue y (E) Fore man. Ja m ... C utler (C) Clerk. Or'la l Knop (C) GeneraL Foreman. Leo

Hindman (C) Foreman, David Can- (C) Foreman. Robert Meador (Da y Labor Bookkeeper). 4th row! Lewis Hogendobler (C) Foreman, Maurite Moore (D) Clerk. Stanle y Winn (D) General Forem.an. L. A. Robbin. (Bridge Superintendent), lames MeredUh (0) Cle rk. Raymopd Hen. haw (D) Foreman. Donald Zuc(:o (D) f oreman, Charles Sca rlett (D)

Foreman. 5th row: Robert Stock (D) Cle rk. Charln W ilLia.rru; (0) Foreman. lames Moore (F) Fore ma n . Ralph Co.lla rma n (F) Clerk, Fre d

Hansen (F) Gelleral Foreman, lamee O .. lesby (El Cle rk, Arthur Gra d y (C) Mechank. Standing: C. R. Ihlenfe ldt, Au't Engineer of Day Labor; Frank Runyen. Field Enqlneer: Robert Boyd. Office Manager .

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Bureau Notes

neer. attended the AASHO meet ing in St. Louis May 16- 111. wh~re {he OUaw:1 Test Rmd find ings were discussed.

We regrt' \ 10 reporl tha t Miss Eliz.1-oclh May. who retired from her po~ i ­l ion as switchboard operator in pebru­afY, passed away April ~.

BUREAU OF MAINTEN ANCE

Day Labor Section

In M" TCh . ,,~ II pliTl of o r ien ta tiOIl

anJ training for supervisory and clerical personnel of t1'.1: Day L.lbor Section. a three day meeting w :tS \J('ld at their Springfield h~:ldlJu;Hlc r s :11 Norrh Lincoln Avenue.

Problems which arc peTtincllI to their work were d i!iC usseti al](1 the mL~l i ng was ItT)' successful.

SEE PHOTO AT LEFT

Th~ C itizen's Crtt<:1

" 1 bcli~\ e in my jul!. To some it may not Ix: ;1 \'~ry important job, but it is nnlle.

"I helieve ill my fdlow m~n.

" 1 bcl icx~ in my country. If it is nUl the best wuntry in Ihc: werld. it is partly because I am OOt the kinJ o( m:m that 1 should be:'

Euwa rd R, Murrow says " 't 's reo markahle that there is so much trOuble kh in thc world whcn ~ many I~,.'opl c: 3re looking for it."

C. G. CORCORAN

Ch:ulie lived the early p~rt or hi~ li [e in Joliet and then went to Notre Dame at South BenO. Indian:!. He }::raduated from NOIre Dame ill Civil Engineering ill 191i. While there he paTlicip:ned in sporu, paTlicularl y hasc· hall, and he is ;t memher of the Mono· g ram Club, H e was a 2nd Lt. in lhe F ield Arti llery d uring World War I. After sevtral yc:a rs as a licensed (ngi. neer in the $I:l te of Wyoming. he came to Springfield whefe h~ h!l..'i li \'ed the remainder of the l im~.

In his highway work . h~ was orinin:t l. Iy assigned !O the Bureau of Materials where he worked on the Ihtes Expcri . mental RO:ld rrojc(1. [n J!J14. he was tr;msfetred to thc Bureau of M:1il1le' nance umler Fred T ;urant, lhe'n J\·l:tin· lenance Engi neer, H e mpoen'i!iCd m:linten:locc of detour roads of whidl there w~rt' plenlY in those days, He supcrvisc..-o the urigina l signing of State Bond ]ssm:: routes. and (ollaooTatC:II with H :trry llarri~on in writing the first Manu,11 uf Uoiform Traffic Control Devices for Ihe State of Illinois in [934. In that S;lme year he was assigned to Traffic, where he has remained since its inception as a suh·hurcau. through it.~ cslabljsluncl\t as;1 Burt'au in 1951. anJ to the prcsent time.

Tn addition t'O his membership in the IA H E. he is:t member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers and is a Registered Professional Engincef. He is a UlOl)' ber of the Blessed S.1cram~m Catholic church and is :l 4th dcgree Knight of (:O[umhus,

H e was married in 1929 to E[mira A. l..'furphy and they resid\' at 1801 Lowell A\'enue, Springfield, Thq' plan to re· main in Springfield and enjoy the pursuit of the ir intereslS in a leisurely way.

Chapter Notes

ELGIN Disuiet I

By RAt.PH \VutSt.R

Social: The Spring Dance was held at the Elgin Couillry Club on 'saturd:ty. May 19th. Ben I louden anJ his com· mittee ~rc t(J be congra tu1:t ted for the cxcellent job they did in plan ning this e \'eO(. As is the cu~tQm, each [ady was prescllted with a corsage. Everything from the horHl'oeuvres to the dancing was well worth the price of the m:ket.

The r-.· I ~rch mccting waS held at the Red Lion, ~nd our speaker W;15 ~'I r.

Russell O. McClellan. ExeeuuI'1: Sec re· l:lry of the IJIl inois -State E.mployees ASSIlCia tion. Mr. McClellan spuke on the Retiremem Systcm. H~ also pointed oU[ rnat I.S.E.A. is spoll50riog a bill fur a state fin:lncc:d health illsurallce plan, an{1 \lleotinned HOI IS( Rill 3638, which would ;llluw a person working for the Sl~ t e of Illinois to cla im stlf employment [lIT Soci:l[ Security benefits.

In April the Illec:ting was held at the American Legion Home. The speaker was Mr. H .. rold D. Corr, Director of Urb:lll ReneWdl for Ihe Cit )' I.f E[gin. He d iscussclI the pro[X'lscd c~ntr .. [ re· devclupmt:m pbo for Elgin.

T he Rt:u Lion found us to he their guests again ror the May mt:eting. Mr. Orrill (;. Thompson, SU[lerinlendcll[ of Elgin Public SchlNJIs, was the gUC:Sl speaker. He ga \'c a I'ery intcrcsting discourse on his three \\'cc:k trip inside of Rmsia,

There were furty-scven mcmiJc: rs prcsenl at the May meeting which was me hest attendance ~ far this )'e~r. We wonder where the other sixty were:

In June the LA.H .E. and I.S.P.E. had a joint ulttting. The mc:mbers

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were taken on a conducted tUUT of the Air T rafllc Control Ccntt:r ill the lItJrLhcasl part of Aurora and enjuyed a palatable meal at the Tollgate Inn. Nu business meeting was held.

The next regular meeting will be:: held on Sc:ptember 13th.

The Associate Editor Speaks: il has been brought to this Editor's attention Ihm we arc having some grumbling among the ranks on the type of pro­gr;lms we aft: having. [t seems that there ,Lre a few people thm seldom at­tcud the mecungs anyway. who think we should bavt: mure technical pro­grams. Iinwever, when the Clay Pipe Institute had their program laSt fall the dissatisfied pcople mentioned abuyc were not there. This yun must :lgn:e was a technical program. We ~em to have a lut of CH IEFS and IItJ IND I­ANS. It is much easier t(, cri ticize someone c\SC'5 abl~ effort when you' re nor doing it yoursdf. One shoulJ also realize you (an re<.::::ive fro lll :m organi­z;nion such as uurs unly what you put

Chapter Notes in[(J it. Thereiort', I ufft'! :J challenge to these disgruntled individuals. In­stead of always talking and grumbling among yourselves, why don't you do something about it? I :llll ct'ftain that Qur Social Chairman, Pete I'orayko, who int'idemally has done an excellent jub, would welcome you to gi,'e him hclp in finding ;\ technical prog ram. \Vi:;. d() Iwt have ;muther meeting until September 13th so you will have three mouths to find a technical program. Nuw let's see wb;l! you CHIEFS can do.

\\' hat Is Your Opinion of ForTest Owen·s suggestion that the Elgin Chap­ter of I!!inois Association of H ighway Engineers indi\'idually, or in con junc­Lion with either the Elgin St:l!e H ospital or Chapter 26 of the Illinois State Em­ployees' Association, sponsor a Credit Union?

Did You Know Ihat J. L. Calhoun's articlt', "Soil Cemellt Shoul,leTs Uil

F.A .1. Rt. 55," has required the printing of 13,000 extra wpies? His

article first appear­ed in TIll: flIim)il Highway Engineer in Ihe 3 rcl Quarter

of 1961. ])0 we have any Q[her aspirants that ]X'sscss technical writing excellence among liS?

Tell Pins: The Design team's gal­lant dfMt fell twel ye pins shun vf winning undisputed 1st plact! in tht! second h:llf of howling. They ended up in a lie with Ihe Construction team. B()th te:!IllS had identical records of 27 wins anJ IS losses. The Design team won to of their last 12 games white the ConS!TlKlion team won only 5 of their lasl 12 games. This is only the ,;c"ond time in ·the kague·s history that therc has bet'n a tie for first place.

The:: De...ign learn was composed uf George Bouth (Capt.), Herb IleTberk. Bill Edluud, Steve Kabvas. and Al Guuder~JIl. The Construction It'am cunsisled U£ Gordie Doeringsfdd (Capt.), B. M. "Senator" Borrud, Ralph Wehner, Charlie Hare, and Bub Sukkariyyah. The Research tealll of Roy Hell (Cap!.), T OIll Cieslica, Red \Vyman, Dennie Majer, and Don Scltictzdt had the High team 3"game and the High team game with 2530 and 8:iO resJX.-cuvelr. Hoy Bell had High series with 605, and Gordie Dotrings­feld had high g;HllC with 244.

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Congratulations arc in SlOtt' for Red \Vyman, Steve Kaka\,;IS, Charlie: ~'lan ­OerlieJd. Dennie Majer, and Charlie Hare. They tied for first ill the L".!-I .E. howling fi nal s in Springfield on April 29th. This ap?Cars to be the yeu of cCKhampions in howling.

This same team finished 2nd in the I .. \.H.E. I'\orth H alf Tourn:unclll held in ~ Iar(h . Tom Cicslka bowler! 011

this lcam in Chic:ago and Red W yman w;u his substitute fur the Springfield linak \v .. hud ThT .... nrht-r It';'m~ in .h .. :'\on h Hal f Tourn3ment.

The tClim of Roy Bell, r~alph Duncan. Gordie: I ~ringsfdd, Fred Sedey, and

oeorge noolh finished ;i1I. 6th place ... s c:aptllrro by Red WYlnan, Bob Blasius, Herb Herbeck, (klb Whitten, 2nd Gcne: Tanner. The learn of Dan Jc:rmano, Pete: Porayko, .'\n R;lcder. Ed

ISler, and "Pancho" Pereira finished fWl her down but they really enjoye(1 Ihcmse:lves.

Bye-Bye Blue!: Donald Henn ing Aid "adios ami gas" to all uf his man v tric:nds on ~'I :ly Il lh. Don has tran;' fttred to the Springfield office of De­sign tn work on "Location lind Hoad· way Planning." H e came to work for the Di\·ision of H ighways in 195.,. Don's eight years have hern spent in the BUreaus of Design and Construc. tion. He is also a past president of the Elgin Chapter of I.A. H.E. and is a member of both I.S.P.E. and N.S.P.E.

An apology is due to Juhn Fried rich ~d Herb Henwick. In the l;15[ issue we S{:lted that Carl Anckr.'iOn designed the: l.A.H.E. insigni'l. This i~ true for D fa r as the jewelry is concerne(1. Huw­C"er. the automobile decal was designed br John and Herb. Ed Sisler is selling the dC'Cal at a special low price of [wen. ry·IiH~: CC'nts while they last.

News Briefs: H a\'e yuu ~ta rtcd ogking plans for the 26th ,\ nnu;!l Con\'el1lion to he helcl at the Perc \brquetle Hotd in Peuria on Ocwbcr J2 and 13th? There will Ix: only one tour and this will be to the Ca tcrpillur TTlKtor Company's new Heo;ca rch Lab. ClRlory. The conventiun tickets will he aotIpf1Iximatdy five do!J:m.

Tht: annual I.A.H .E. Golf Tourna­"'JImt will b.: hdd July 7th at the: St. \ndrcW5 Country Club.

OJarlC'5 Apple, former Oistrict Engi· eccr. has IJ.:.cn awarde:d a Life Mem ber­

.\ward in the American Society Ci\il Engineers.

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Chapter Notes

Cong rawlalion! to Pat Daugherty. He is the laleSt engineer to receive his Professional Engineering licensc.

The an nu~l Chaptcr picnic will Ix: held on a Sund:lY in August :It the E.1gles Country Home in Elgin. The picnic will he free to all paid up mem_ ben.

Our office held open house £rom ... (0 8 P.~ 1. to ubscr\'e N:ltional H ighway Week 011 May 23rd. Visitors were": taken Oil a tour of the buildings and gr""IlfI~ .

C hit Chat : [-lave you noticed that there are: sixteen men at the office who are now reading the Wall Street lour­nal? These arc the cha rter members of H i-VoIOrs, a stock in vestment duh. John Friedrich is the President and the mammOlh task of keeping Ihe: hooks was awarded to lim Evers.

\Ve ha\'C he:ard through the ever flowing "grape vinc" that :'.ofarilyn Mescke is finally tieing the knot in June. We will certainl y miss her smil· ing face in the l>ayroll Department.

\Vhat "fe": lllllle fatale" won two gallles of Inuian wrestling frorn an engineer in local roads?

SymJnlthy: The: o l1ice was sorry to

hear of the de::lth of Marie Poppc's mother. \Ve wish to express our deep­est sympathy to Mrs. Poppe on the loss of her lo\'cd one.

DIXON District 2

By R08£RT E. Ct:I<.'Hn' .. ~

Me. and Mr~. M. M. Mt!mler rc­(cntl)' returned from a "acatinn lrip through the southeastern st;ltes and a two weeks' CarilWc:an cru ise: aboard the Italian liner, Franca "C." During the cru ise, they visi tcd the island~ of Puerto Rico, 51. Thumas, Maninique, Harbados, Curacao, and Haiti. They aho ,'isilr'd ports on the South Ameri­can mainlaml, ;Ind toured cities ()f the La Guaira :1 110 Curacas in Venezuela. At the conclusion of tht! crui se, Mr. and Mrs. Memler visited the Dave Craw­fords, Chris POl'ma~, Willard Muores, J. K. MeUanids and the John "Woody" Woudworths who arc all rfiiden[S of Clearwater, Florida and prior to their retirements were employees of District 2.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McDonald reccntly re(urned from an enjoyable

trip to St. LDUis, T ucsun, T exas lUlU

other pu ims IJf interest. In March. Mr. and .Mrs. George Rort

slx:ilt two weeks in T exas. Mrs. Juan Smnky, stenogr:lpht!r for

Design, resigned un April 25, 1962. !Jill Rastede. IInc oC our resident en·

gineers, has been assigned field super­\' isor in the Henry, Rock lshnd, :lnd Hureau County area.

\\le were proud of nur buwling teams who participated in the Northcrn Re· !:ional Tournamen t in Chicago. Clif­ford RII)::h won the singles and ;1 11 cvems. Darrcld Sun mark and D:lllas L:1Coursiere won the douhles, ,111(.1 Clifford RUj!h ,1nd Lloyd ElAine were second. First place in tht! team cvents was won by Dixon ~2 consisting of Clif­fOHI Rugh. Bill PottorlI, John Shular. Paul Ander$( n aud Bob Currens.

Eugene \Vashburn and Mary Frances Vancura were married on the 5th of May :11 the Sacred Heart C.·lthulic Church, Rock Island, Illinois.

Births: Mr. and Mn. Samuc:! T . Morwu1 III arc pare nt.~ of a haby hoy, born M:lteh 2M, 1962 weighing R pounds and 3 f)uncc!. Cameron Le wis is his name.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sides arc parenlS of a baby girl, w rie Dawn, born April 14 l i t Dixon lind weighing 9 pounds :lIld 2 ounces.

Me. and Mrs. I larry Bethke arc par­ents of a hahy g irl, Shell y lean, bum March 22, 1%1. Shelly Jean was born in nixon ;mll weighed 8 pounds anti 3 ounces.

Mr. anc! Mrs. Edouard T. Wod arc paren ts of a h~by girl, Nadine Marie· Thcrcse, born in Dixon all April 9, 1962 :lnd wciJlhing 9 pounds and 10 ounces.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anderson are: parents of a b .. by girl, Marcia Lynn, born May 6, 1962. M:lrcia Lynn weighed 7 puunds and 15 ounces.

Mr. and Mrs. George Schwarnherger arc the p:lrCllts of a baby girl, Catherine Sue, born March 21, 1962, and who weighed 10 pounds and 6 ounces.

Retiremcnt Party : On MOlY 4, 1962, a reti rement p~rty for Genrge Bort, Al perger, Bernard Kennedy, and Ilarold Bowen was held in the bascment of HIIlI Ge:rlach '$ home. \Ve were also honored hy the presence of two former emplo}'C'es now retired; Mr. R. M. Ferguson, former Disrrict EnginCC'r. and Mr. W illard Moore:, formcr As· sistant District Engineer of Design .

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John Shular. chapter prcsidclH, pr(~ ~ntcd George and H:l roh.l with tr,lll­sistor radios and A I a nd He rn ic Wilh lugg:.!gc. lac Con roy then pre~lIt'cJ c:leh of the above ment ioned with a rctirc:mclH pill from the Illinois St~ tc Employees Associa tiun.

OTTAWA D istr ict 3

By D . R. Bt.ANOO

H onor John Gray b..:d ck, Jr. , :11 Din­ner: On WcclnesdaJ'. Apr il 4, 1962, the Ottawa Chapler o( the Ill inois Associatiun of Highway Eng ineers sponsored ;1 T CSllmoni:ll Dinner in honur oC reti ring District Engineer, John Grayh<1ck. Je.

Some 200 persons. cmploytts, fo r­mer employees and friends, were pre.\-­em at the America n Lq: ion Ih llroom to honur Mr. Grayhack.

Mr. Grayhack re tired last December as District H ighway Engineer :Ifter de­voting some forty-three ycau with th e highway depanmcnt. Si nce: his retire­me:lU, he: has been performing d Ulie$ in the: depanment un ~ Il :ldvisory leveL

Du ring til<- progr3.:n , Mr. Grayhac:k W:l$ presemed with an engraved watch. A pl:lque was also presen ted 10 Mr. Grayhac:k by George Schuppe, D i­rectur uf Public Rehl[ion~ ill the Depart­ment uf Public: Works and Buildings, honoring Mr. Grayhack for his de· voted service with the Highway Ikpa ft. rneJlt.

Mr. RUUcrt Klugman. Distr ict De· sign Engineer, was M :l.S[ef of Cere· monies lind ga ve :l talk 011 "JUSt What Is John G rayh:lek Really Likd"

Mr. Art T oseui, President or the O t­tawa C ha pler of the I.A.H.E. ga\c the opening welcome :md read leiters [rum persolls unable 10 attend the d inner.

Mr. E. L. Sherert7., Head of the: BU fe:lu uf Design :It Springfield. and Mr. Orville A. Evans, who slIcce('ds Mr. G r3 yhack as District Engineer. also s)I}ke and paid t.ribute to Mr. G ray. hack's service with the H ighway IX­parunent.

O n May 8, 1962. a d inner mexting of the lcx:al chapter of the I.A. H .E. was held in the Skyroum of Ihe I Jeinz w[e in O nawa. A Cocktail Hnur given by the Ill inois Concrete Pipe Association pn:ce:ded the dinner. In the: course of

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Chapter Notes

RETmlNG DISTRICT ENGINEER HONORED S ... t.d _ L. to R.: Orvlll. A. Eyans . Otat, lc:t Enqln .. , : Mrs. lohn Groyhack: John

G,ayhac:k. lonn. r District [ n,ln .. ,. Standlnq _ L. to R.. Georqe Schuppe. Public :a.lotlons Dlre c:tor: Bobert K.l uqman. Mal t. r of C • •• rnonl • • : A. C. To .. ut. Pre. lde nt 01 0 110"'0 Chapter: E. L. Sh .... I2 .

O •• lqn Enqine ••• Bur.au of 0 .. 11111.. Sp. inqfie ld.

the mccling, Phil F:llctto W:IS aplX'linted C hairman to plan fo r the I.A.H.E. pic­nic and Cy BUfll~ W:lS appo inted dla ir­man for the golf tournament to be. held Jul y iLh at the: 51. Andrews Country Club in West Chicago.

It was :1150 pointed nut, that the A n­nual Cunrcndon of the LA.H.E. is to he: hc:ld in Peoria this fall .

Mr. Dahlstrum or the Illinuis Con­crete Pipe Assoc iation slX'lke anJ showc:O a Illo"ie illust rating the manu­factu ring and installation u ( concrete pipes for s:lni ltlry and 5ttlfm sewers usage.

Bowling: Re:gub r SC:lS<JII bowl ing ended in April. Of the fonr tcam5 that participa ted in \,h(' uague, the top honors wc:nt lO the team comjltlscd of Bill Beck, Del H ahn. Bill Mill ig:ln and Jack Mttce. I-Iowe\'c:r, a !lne·game roll-off h:lu to bc played in urdcr to crown a ch:1I11 piun. Top l c:ader~ u[ the lca!! ue were f red Mari:ln i with a high individual series of 633 and Ed Willem s wilh a 623. H igh g:une went to Ed W illem s, 259; followed by Art Tosett i with a 249. The A.B.C. awarded sleeve emblems to the mcmbc:u of th~ winning t(,3m and :I Ldt·buckle to Rolf /1dt-toll for most im proved bowler.

District 3 was repr~semcd by fou r

ttams:n the: LA.H .E. Buwling Tourn:l· m CIll held at Lroll.'>. T he Blue Toppc:rs. C<lmposc:d of Kent Sturgeion. Ron T a\'ern:lTU, Joe Da ly, Russ Bidwd l and Ray O'Fbnagan fin ished 3rd, which (!ltalifie:d them as ulle of the nnn hern dist ric t te:Jms to tt;l\'d to Spri llgfidd 10 comp~t~ a~pinst the southern win­Hers. O ther honors wen t to Bob Il bck­burn and Jim Marusi( h who li nishetl 3rd and 7th respectively in the singlc:s e"en t. Boh also placed in the All­Events.

In the tournament hdJ :It Spring­field the Blueloppc:rs placed 3rd and m ined tirst plare by 16 pins. Joe DOIly recei \'ed .. "Cup" for rolling 3. high series of 667.

The "MH~rial Lab" boys hdll a howl­ing p:lrty at tht' Oglesby Royal L.11l('S. Rudy B:lllich, Dan [{eichen, Bill Pear­son and Hun Hyuke m3de up lhe win_ ning te:lm. Hdreshmcnts were sc.n ·cd aher the bowl ing party and a meeting was hc:I(1 to plan fur the m~ te ri:Jls bb picnic.

New Faces: AI Ringenberg, C.E.J ; Rcm Gc:d)'e, C.E.J; Hulent Eken. C.E. II : Gc:ral(1 Logan. E.T . I: Jim H ut· chesUrl, E.T. I (Temp.); Chuck Hass­ing. E.T . II ; John O'('..onnO(, E.T . II.

I LLI N O I S HIGHWAY ENGINE E R

News Brids: Uncle S.11n h~s pointed his fin8cr at Dale Dt':cker of l\'hl tcr ia [~

and Boh Blackburn fmm Rig ht-of-Way. The month of April found ROil

Tavcrnaru and Jim Giordano passing OUI ci!:ars. Ron ix(::IITJC the fnhcr of Oil girl :and jim :I hoy. By the way, Jim iJ no lons~r with us. He is now wnrk­ing with a consulting firm.

Test ROlld News: ~I r. and Mrs. Harold Hubbell acquir«.! a new son when their daughter Artimb W:lS mar­ried to Roben L,wers.

~,r r. and Mrs. Wayne Kasza :lIs<) Ol e­quin:d a new son (8 lbs., 13 Y1. oz.) to keep rheir little daughter Jill l:.)rnp<my.

New ~lSS ignmcnts of Distr ict 3 per­son nel tel the proj«t arc: Permanent employees: Fu.:u Dik ici, Auhrcy Thompsoll, John O·Connor. Roy Wil­kerson.

Temporary Employees : Jerry a'· Grady, Francis Meagher, Thc>m:IS Hugllt:s.

PEORIA District 4

By ERV RI'..(.~ LR ':R

Promotions: Charlcs Sa\' illc, Dislrict Design Eng int:cr for H years, W:lS pro· moted [(J Assistant District Engineer 0 11

.\Iarch I, 1962. (Sec phutograph) This fi lled the: vacancy that resul ted from the promotion of D. M. Costellu to DiSlrict Engineer.

May 1st was an importan t day for three uf the engineers in the di~tric(', with the: promotion of .YIartin Sic· brasse, Ray Ackerman and Joe Vespa. ~fanin took over duties of Ocsign Engi.

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Chapter Notes

L. 10 R.: D. M. eo.tello. "e.l,. ap­pointed Dial.\,,1 En\l! .. ee.. ....d C. G . Sa"Ule. Aul,tant Diltric l Enqineer 01

DI,tr!ct 4. Pe"da.

!leer aftcr 4 years as AS5istall[ Design Engineer, and Ray Ackerman assumed dutit:s as Enginccr of Research and Planning. Ray had Ix:en in cha rge nf the location Stttion in Design. Joe be· caine Assi.stant Engineer of Materials aftt:r h:ning been Soi[s Engint't' r (or 5 yt:ars. We wish all these fel lows tht: hoit of luck in their new assignmt:n15.

ConstTuction: H enry Hankie was re­cemly LIan ~(erred to the Burt:au of Maillll:llam:c to :lssi~t Hoh Sc ribner. Henry had been Project F.ngineer on the Tazcwell County 5Cctions of the Interstate Route. From \'acan(ies cre· ated in the design room, it i _~ apparem thaI either .. lut of golf is being playt:d or construction is on the movc again.

Lislt:d below are ~me of the fel lows and their location : Jim Hcinsm:ln with the help of Ed ('.owuil i .~ cast of Macomb. Jerry Lyons is finishing up Kingston Mine~. Merle Dickey is reo surfacing n('a r Bradford. "Skip" SkagJ:ls is on a hridge nca r Tremollt. \Vayne O hbo n is doing Interstate signing. Vic· Burns is on resu rfadng south of Abing. don. Ralph Rrooks is back home in

\Vars.1w again. T om Kalf:ul1etros is patching in the home a{t:a. Al Malm­quist is resurfacing north of Eureka. Dic.k Dentino is patching e:1Sl uf East Peoria. Thc usual large card playing groups :m: wi th the Peoria and Taze­wdl County In lerS[ate Sections.

Activitit:S: The Annual St. Pat 's Dance was held ~'I areh 17. 1962. The affai r was auendt:d by approlC imalcly 100 persons. Chairman Druffd and his comminel:'! are to he: commended f(IT providing :1 fint: evening.

The Peoria Chapter sponsorcd an t:lC.

hibit at the Pekin ScienCt: Fair. The LiLlt: o( the exhihit \Vas QI4ulity CQ1Itroi Of Com:rt.'u. Approximately 3,(){)() [)Cr· 5(JnS vit:wed tht: exhibit and according to Chairman Darrdl March, gOI quite :t kick out of me w nCfde be:lm brt:ak· illg demonSIr.ltiun.

I.~01l Scotl. chaptcr delcgate to the Peoria Engineering Coullcil. was elected Pmidelll of that group at thei r r«em annual ll1(t:ling. This gruup cunsists of 20 Incmber $ocieti.:s i.n lhe: Peor ia art::1 and re3(hes 3 me.mbc:rship of ap­proxim:ndy 2.000 engineers of all fields. Congrawl:ltiull), Leon, perhaps this will launch you 011 a plliitical tartt-r.

Additions and IXductions: There is no doubt.. Ihe birth fate is incrt::'ls ing as t:\'ery issue S<:(ms to sho", an incre:u;c. Haby girls ",ue born 10 mt: following part:nt.s: Sus.tn Michd to the Mike Dunnes on Fchru:uy 23rd; Carrie Jane to the Gcne Morgans on April 15th ; Sa rah Beth to the l im Thomascs. :md Bonnie Lynn~ to the Chuck Goo(blcs on April 27th. On the baby boy side we re the Raymond t\ckefillans with Randall Rayon March 7th (It might be :Idded this is their first boy as tht:y

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huve two linc J.lirls. Cinda and Ka ren). The Ronald Uphllffs rcceivcd .a son, (; rl:lo:0ry Scon . un March I h h, and the Ken Wagoners had their 41h chi ld, a 9 lh. 4 oz. boy named Will iam David. \\fonder when Ken is going til learn Ih:1I the deductions on income tax do not equal ize the cXlXnscs~ It might ~ added, the girl5 won this quarter, 4 to 3, Congratul:nions 10 the proud parents.

Marri llges: Janci Icall Russell, d augh­ter of Mr. :md Mn. Cecil Russell , was m:lrricd 10 Rob<':rt Bruce Funsto n Satun.b y, March JO, 1962, at C hrist Church in Metamora, lI!inois. T he Cfluplc: arc resid ing at 904 W. Garfield in Peoria. Our best wishes to thei r fu­ture happiness.

Sporu: 111C Highway Hawks basket­ball le:lln finished the St'aS(J1l as champs in their division of the Pemia Reneat ion League, anJ were 3w:uded a trophy. In the play--ofJs lhey were cl imin:lted by Key~ tone, who ended up winning the league.

The H ighway Engi neers Bowling

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Chapter Notes '-~3gue had its 2nd consecutive play~

off. The Cunsltuctinn T ea m, 3her needing thn.:c games on the hIS! 1e3gue nig ht, defeated Right--of.W3Y in the play-"OJI Right.()f~Way h3d led pr3C~

ticaHy 311 ye;lr and some of the team members arc lIot 3warc tn:l t they losl. Sec the :lccump::.nyinll picture of the winning leam. Dick Wandell was in­SlIumelll:ll in the Sloryhook fi nish, with a 617 series on the laSt league night.

eo ... ' .... "'ion Teg m. Winner of Bowlift" League' L 'g f _ Me rle Smlth, G ... Bumhgm. [)g .. e DrulleL Okk WClftdel1

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While D;l\'e Drul1c1's 204 and Wan­dell's 253 pruved to be the margin in the linal game of the roll-off, Syl Goffi net rolled a 221) fnr the losers in this g:lme. h might be added Ihal 28 pins W:lS the margin bc:tween the [\Yo team series. Third place went to Mate:ri:lls and fuunh 10 Design.

At the recent Rowling League meet· ing, it was pbnned [0 expand frum 8 teams 10 a IO--te3m league nex t sc,tSoIl.

Officers elected for next year wert: Erv Bc:sserer, President: Les Ri pka. Vice Preside nt; and Jerry Lyons, ~rtl :lry . Treasurer.

T he twu suftb:tll teams haye played 2 gamcs in the InJustrial League and ! in the Double A and loSl all thf(e. This 5UUlld s like last year; maybc ,\1:111;1 -

get Wurner should be ~nt to coaching school ~ ,111 that good material and uu winner! The spring golf outing is scheduled for June 16th at Newman Golf Ct>llr~. John Hanwig is in ch;lrge uf acti \ ities. A good rum OUI is pre­dicted, as nine "foursomes" arc regis­tered 10 date.

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New Employtt$: The: (ollowing men recently joined the Distr;n Four st:!ff : Bradley (jaIl:, Frank Hewitt, J:Ulle~ Partridge, Kenneth Rog~r ~Irld George Ryan .u Engineering Technician I ; Dominick Gasper and Joscph (;ury as Engin~ring Aide I; :lnll lames Wil­liamson as Engineering Technician II.

SPRINGFiElD District 6

llv Llol<l ALD F . EOWAROS

The w«k of May 20th [ 0 26th was rlcsig rl:l1cd as National Highway Week .:md District 6 shared in the :\cti\'itit's in S(:\,cral ways.

As this ;1> lx:ing Wfltlen, plans arc under way (ur an "upen house" at 126 Elm Ash Street at which time the pub.­Ik is im·ited to " isit District 6 and its "new wing and see the expansion and new Llcilit ies." Friem.ls, rdatives and furmc:r District 6 p(:oplc: who hOi\'!:: "gone I1p town " [0 [he main office will prohahly visit their old horne grOUnd5 and ~e some old faces in new places. May B rd was the date of "open hou~" and displays, demonstrations and high­way activities in DistrKl 6 were ob.­served.

Nanc y McKibbin, d:lughter of John C. McKibbin, AssiSiant Right-of. Way Engineer, will be married June 10th :u Inc Fi fth Presbyterian Church to Philip Neuha lfen. Me. Keuhalfcn is employed by Gl:newl Dynamici at Lincoln, Nebr:lska. Namy ,.graduates ill June frum the Univcrsity of Illinois in Ele· me.lll:uy Education. She was honored this spring as onc of the 100 outstand­ing Sc:.ni{)~ in ac ti \'itics on the cam pus.

Cungratulations are in order for Bob Tarr who received his Regisrercd Pm· fenional EnginC1::r's licen:or February 19.

Also in line for congntul:uions is :111· other Professional Engineer, Z()l tan Rethy, who will receive his final pa pers lune 19. as an American Citizen. This is especially gratifying for Zoltan and for district O.

Virgil Schlil! has bttn tmnsferreJ up­stai rs. "up town" to the Bureau of ~lailllenance to work with Jim Bell's outfit.

Don WtJla,'er said he has never seen his name in the magazine. I (Ion't re· member.

The dwfting room is prelty well de­scrted with construcuun at fu ll blast. .0\11 constructioll is "Co" with the Inttr-

SECOND QUAHTER 1962

Chapter Notes state around Springfield consuming many of our engineers.

The greatest evcnt in J)ist rict Ii in the month of Ma y was the "Iittle pull­licized" C lIme "f the Weck Ix:twcen two fine Khoury League managers of District 6, John Il ine and John fookK.ib.­bin . The date was May 15th. Bob Fc:rguson was to play the St."r Spangled Banner on his saxaphone for opening ceremonies but didn't show up. The umpires, Edwards and Foutch. took the: narting line.ups (rom the tWO

"fighting managers" and thc litt le boys took the field. Except for the brilliant officiating, there re ~J1y wasn't much excitcmcm except whell Him: and McKibbin tried to run the bases and steal home a couple or times. Interested spectators in the crowd of 300 people were Bob Loom is, Neil Pruitt and Ce· cil Copenh;u ·er. Mr. Loomis was called upon to umpire in the late innings 10

replace Mr. Foutch who couldn't take it more than 4 innings. Anyway, the score enJed in an 11 tu II tic, and there was once more harmony in District 6.

Springfield Chapter

Hy AXTHt:1t H . FASBIl~nu Au ociul(' Fditar

The Annual Stag Dinner meeting of the Springfield Chapter, I.A.H.E., was held at the Elks Club on March 19th at 7:00 P.M. The dinner was preceded by a cocktail hour at 6:00 P.M. JUS members and guests were ill ~trendance.

Vice Pre-sidell( Johnson introduced Mr. Drew :u)(1 Mr. \V~lter of the Bar­ber·Greene Co., Mr. Archie Thomas of the llIinuis Black Top Roads ASSlx:ia· linll, and Mr. Ral ph R. Hartc:lsmeyer. Chief H ighway Engineer of the Illinois Division nf Il ighwa),5.

A lener from Mr. W . J. Payes, Di­rector of Puhlic Works ;md Buildings, regretting his being unable to atte.nd the meeting was rc~J. A letter trom the Peoria Ch~pte r was re~d , approving the transfer of lohn K~ne to the Springfield Chapter. Another letter {rum K. M. Boeker. resigning from the Association tiS of March 19, 1962, was :.ISlJ read.

The following were elected 10 memo bership: Richard D. Brown, Kenneth E. Newton, Edward R. Gaffigan, Active and Larry F. WOrl, Associate, all of District 6. As hinted in the previous issue, our Chapter now has a fe minine

touch. The young lady is Miss Patric ia Hogevecn of the Hridge Office. who was elected to Active membership.

On the sick list were Hill Hoffman of District 6 and joc CoUamore, Honorary Mtmber, furmerly Engineer of Con· struc! ion ill District 6.

A motion was made that Article 111, S«t'ion 2 ( h) of Qur constitution be clarified as to the definitiun of an ":tp­proved college" for the purpose of ae­ti,'c membership.

Program Ch:lirm:m, Dun Moredock, introduced Mr. Drew of the Barber· Greene Co. who presc:uu::d a series of interesting slides on automatic levding equipment and a movie entitled, "The Dean of !he Kollege of Asphalt Knowl­edge."

Presi<lenl Hdl read a leaer from !he Springfield J.C:s un the Ruoridiza!ion o{ the- Springfield water supply. The cOlllrOVersy o\'er the improvement of the city streets as described in an edi· torial uf a Springfield newspaper was reaJ and ou r Chapter vutcd to avoid this cTJIltr(J\'ersy. Director Hutcheson reported :1 bowling team from Lac;.1 RoaJs placed 2nd in the Snuthern Half State Bo wling Tournament and the DiMrict 6 team was also represellltd in the tourney. State Finals were held in Springfidd on April 29. At this meeting the reinst:l«:ment of former mcmlxrs and the eligibility of certain classes of applicants for mernhcrship was also brought up for discussion. We tire sorry to report that Joe Collamore is still on the sick list at St. John 's Hos· Jl it:d ~nd Bil! Watson is in John Coch· ran Hospi tal in St. Louis.

Another bowling note of interest was Ihe presc:nt~ titJn of a troph y 10 Bill Smith, (.ur local "Cham~n:'

Hill de Hart, Pmgram Chairman, in­troduced the following \' isilOrs to our met!ing. They were T f)m Cohy, Cor· rugated Met~1 Pipe Assn., AI Senter, Armco Dra inage ProJu~ts, and N. E, Petersen, Chief EnginC1::r of the: C. :.: I. M. Ib ilroad. Mr. C...ohy presented an illteresting mov ie entitleJ, ;'Structurt:5 of Earlh Plus Steel," showing the use of corrugated metal pipe in highw:.lY and rai lroad construction .

The State Board met at the l\ bra· ham Lincoln Hotel al 10:00 A.M. on April 281h. The starT of our magazine: held a meetinJl the previous el'ening on April 27th in the same hotel to iron out a [ew problems and also to gel acqu:linted with other Associate Editors

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and Business Managers of the len cllapters. The represenl:ition was 1007(1 and was presided ovec by Messrs. Lon­ier, Calhoun. and Wyman of the edi­torial and busines~ h~Jquarters.

EFFINGHAM District 7

By ALA.'iI" TkYON

Preceding the April 16 business mcct­ing, the ehaptcT held a dinner 31 the highway office in honor of juhn R. Fitdler, District Engineer of Traffic, who is retiring as of Ju ne 6. Tw!O of our honorary members who have trod this rood before, George Sch"pmcyer and Carl Burggraf, were on hand to hdp uS reminisce a bit and to WdCOlllC the new men to their ranks. III TCCOg­nition of his more than 40 years of service with the Division of Highways, the ch~ p t<:r presented Mr. Ficdb with a watch and a lifetime highway pass.

As is the usual case with such a reure­men!, a chain reaction follows. Effeni\'e June I , th~ following chang~s in per· sonnel will be made:

H ugh Osborn, Assistant Distrin En­gineer (If Traflic, promOled to the po­sitiun of District Eng ineer {)( Tr:.ffic.

William O. Cox, Chid Oraftsman, promoted 10 the position of Assistant District Engineer of Traffic.

Edward R. Greif:zu, Squad Leader in Design , promoted to the position of Chid Draftsm1Hl.

\Ve extend our congr:nu l:uions tll

the~ men and wish them well in their new positions.

The follllwing Inen h:l\'e been wd­corned 10 membership in the Oistrict

Chapter Notes 7 Chapter: Keith BettS, Leand<:r H. Mchling, Roben Powell, Rubert Hol_ lensbe and Thad S. Stevens.

Siuce his dection to memixrship, but not necessarily in order of impor­rance, Leander H . t-,'Iehling took Miss Shirley Tobin of Sl. Henry, Indiana, fu r his bride. The weJJing took place on May 12 at SL H en ry's Catholic Church in St. Henry, Indiana. The couple now reside at 7lOYz North First Street, Effingh3m.

fllm ily "ddilions arriving in lime to

mttt the de3Jline for the second quar­ter edition of the Illinois Highway En­ginc:er are the following : first chilJ, a son, Br:ldl<:y Waync, weighing 8 Ib5. 2 01.5. born April 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hibdon ; first child, a son, Keith Paul, weighing 8 Ibs. I ()z. norn April 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Petard; and So('venth child, and fi flh son, Joseph Allen, weighing 7 lbs. 5 07.5. born April 28 to Mr. anJ Mrs. William Brady. Any :Idvice. f{Ir th(' "rookies," Wanda and Bill ?

Here's where the boys are going: Bob-­by Kell is the project enginecr on fA I 57 from south of Effingham to Watson. With Kell :lre Jim Graham, Ron Hak­man, Phil 7_1ccari and Bub Utz. Bud Topel will be we project engineer on FA I 70 from Altamunt to St. Elmo. With Topel will be Wayne Clausius; Otto l\Ibyr, now un a 30 day le3\'e to his nat ive Gcrm<l0Y; and Hill Bla ir, re­centl y tt'turnoo from the army. Fred Bennett and Bub l1!aydes are looking afttr the linishing touch('s on PA l 70 from FuukhouSt:r 10 Ah:amont, 3nd PA 13 from Lawrenceville to Vincennes, re~pccti\'cly. Rem Mount is a t V311d31ia for the Kaskaskia Ri\'e r bridge. Jim Shoemaker has the Route 5 1 impro\'e-

mell! north and south of / rvington. Tom Gochcl is 3ssigned to (he rc­surfJcing of FA 160 from Dietrich to Montrose. Joe Sluvick has the same type o( job 011 FA 140 northwest of Vandalia. Sam Musallanl is on the city scction at Carmi.

The :mnual banquet of the Effingham Chaple r was held on April 14 a[ the H oliday Inn with 72 pc:r.sUI\S in at­telldanc~. The \'ery eIHerl3ining guest spcakcr was Mr. William R. Hridg~s, Richbnd Counry S"llI"r;nll"n"~"[ of H ighways, who spoke on hi~ hobby of hird wnching. A job well clone by Chairman Boh Stanley.

The Effingham Chapter hostt'd the South<:.n1 Section I.A.H.E. Bowling Tournament on April I a t the K Bowl in Effingh:ull. Thirty-one (ca l11$ par­ticijXIted.

Bud Sills and his committee d~serve much thanks for the fine wurnament.

Top this one: Hill Hrady, Local Roads Field Engineer, was "grounJed" on a rccc:n t trip by three Rat tires - :111 at the same t ime!

EAST ST. lOUIS D istrict 8

S\' A. /-IASN AIN

Construction: Various pmtccl'> ha\ c resumed and lIew oncs started with the good spring weather and the dep.art­ment is as hectic as can he. Carl Schlos~r. Ass!. Construction Engineer has his hands (ull trying to coordinate th~ new projects, mml'lcte the mcrit ratings. :lUd study fur his professional engillCC'r's exam. A portion of /merstare iO from Collinsville to nearby E. SL Louis will be opened this month and

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it should pro\'id~ :I new experience III

ad\'anccd motoring for the public. The construction department ~lOIlg

with others of (Iistrict 8 pn:pan:d sev­eral displays for a su::ccss{\ll "Open H ousc" held on May 23 rd. Our fea ­tured displays included:

I. Construction Ikparuncm Organ;7.3-ti()l1 Chart.

2. A chart shl)wing dcvclopmcnt of ;l highwll Y project from letting to com­pletion. 3. Photograph of interc hange and its CQnSlrun;on stages.

4. The Theodolite, regular trallsit, and the le"el are mounted for observation. S. H uge expressway maps wen:: shown. 6. Mos~ic photographs were prepared 10

explain their usc ;n highway program­ming.

Janet RurackcT. Construction secre­tary, willlcavc for a 4 week ",Ication to H awaii in lull' . Wt:. all know it will he a d ream uf a vaca tion soaking up that H awaiian sunshine. She promised to learn the fine art of huh dancing so she will be ablt:. to give a performance upon her rdurn. How about that, gu),s? Bu), your tickets now!

Congratulations to H arold Ruffner who recently has been promoted to Asst. Construction Engineer. Two assistants ought to give some relief to Mr. McCoy on his busy schedule.

Design: Since last you heard from us, the female populatioo of families of design personnel has increased con­sidt· r~bl y. Bruce Neumbcr started [he ball roll ing when his wift: I'rescllled him with t:.ight P()Ulld cleven ounce CARMA LYNN un Fcbru~ry 25th . Randel Rock was next. Details 00 his

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new daughter were. nut available. Roth have thn'e girls. Then came Marun A. ( Bud ) Frey with his second girl, PA· T RIC IA MARY, on April 24th. She weighed six pounds six ounces. And finally on May 10th, Blackie Bt:.rger was presented with his second girl in three tries, eight poun{1 fou r ounce SH ARI KAYE, who, hI' the wa)" carne into the worl d already 21 inches tall. What's the old saying, '"It's a woman 's world!" ?

Congratulations: Farrel Hill, Dick Brown, Charlie Schieb:ll, Carlos T obar, Glen Sawyer, Glenn Meek and Blackie Berger. This motley group of individu· als again teamed up tn repeat as cham­pions in the High way Bowling League, <ll though they were given qui te a scare by the ('..Qunty H ighway Department team, which finished onl), one game be­hind.

Ray Alvis \"3cationeu in l\kxico and judging from the post cards we received, he i~ forgClting his English without picking up an)' Spanish.

By the time YOll have received this issue, Glen H . (Jim) Sawyer wi ll be promoted to t.he p{)sition of Assistant District Research Engineer. Our can· gratulations ,lIld bt:.St wishes go with the guy whu has Ix:come a very familiar ~nd like<lWe persunality in Design.

N. L. [{ upani is ~ IlCW addition in ourlko;ign Dept. Mr. Rupani is tr~ns­fc.rred h~re from Sppngfield. We wd· corne him- "j"n ouf - ~"-ss()ciation as well as in our district.

Maintena nce Department: Marion Norris has been appointed to the p0-

sition of Assistant to the Maintenance Engineer. aUf new field engineers in­clude Frank Brown, Ed Jankowski and Robert Kilgo. Co~gratulat ions, boys, on your new promollons.

Ray O. Jackson, who has been in St. Mary's Hospital since January 7, still lies in a coma suffering a brain con­cussion. His condition is very grave with no promise for n'J,:{)vt:.ry and we arc all pulling for him to improve.

Leroy j\'larks has officially taken the position of Permit Engineer dlectivt:. last April I. H e replaces Errett A. Post who retired from that position Novem­ber I after 30 years of loyal sen' ice in the Maintt:.nance Department. \Ve wish him the best nil his retirement plans and <lIsa to Leroy in his promotion.

Materials: Jerry H urwitz, head of the Materials Club, is prescntly ill the hos­pital. It seems that he is suffering from diabetcs and, of all things, hyperten. sion. H is condition is not serious and should require only several weeks rest.

There arc tWt) new faces in the Ma­terials section. Lyonel McCauley is L1king Carl W ehrmall's place as trt'e thumper and piling pounder. Wehr­man is also ra:uperating from a siegt:. in the hospital.

T erry Ca~ti!l er recentl y Ix!ctl.lne a father. H is wife hdpt:J out by hn-Lng a baby hoy. Some of you may have secn the picture of I udy and the baby (Chris­topher Scott) that appeared Mother 's Da y ill the MaJison SI. Clair County Evening JournaL

As for the rest of us, we are working as hard as ncr, but we're complaini llg louder than ever.

Right-of·Way Department: James Barnett reports some slet:.pless

nights due to the birth of a new son, Stephen Ala11 Barnett, Friday, April 20, 1962,

G. L. Tonics was elected president of the Southern Illi nois Chapter of the

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Society elf Residential Appraisers at the last meeting of the chapter. Tunies ser\'~d as Vice President during tht' past year.

/crren ragan and Naomi Funke, of Edwardsville, lllinois, were married Saturday morning, March 3, in a 7 o'clock ceremony at the St. Mary's Catholic Church ill Edwardsville. Gerard Tonies was best man. Mrs. Tonics was among the guests .1ltemJing.

Following the cert:mony, th., n,"wly weds took a honcym(xJI1 trip through the "~ep South." New Orleans, Vicks­burg and Natchez wac among the slupping places on their itinerary.

The Fagans are residing at 423 Plum St~e t in Edwardsville.

Torn Rogers was e1«ted treasurer of the East St. Louis Lillie T heatre Guild for the coming year. T om St:f\'cd as di­rector <llld chai rman of the board Jur_ ing the past year. Thr~~ pl:.iys were preselH~d durirlg the y~ar: "You Can't Take It With You," " Bdl, Book and Calldl~ ." and "The Seven Year Itm." If there are any al;piring thespians among District 8 readers, they are cordially invited to join the Guild.

Research & Planning: Evell'thing is booming (as usual) in Research. Godar has ~gun roarl reillVClltory in Cal­houn, G reene, and jersey counties. \Ve have our usual assignment of E.A.-!'s mostly assigned to traffie cuunb. All in all we have s.el'elltt:t:n men on the payrolL The oRice force is bWiy with the Needs Study in addition to routine work.

Danzer, \Vilcox ami Graham took the compu ter cuun.e :md fo und it very

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imer~sting -especially the good din­ners at Millie Ihr17;er·s.

Johu Danzer had an car operation at Barnes Hospital. So far his heHing has not improved but the surgeon ft:t:ls the operation was a success and we an: all keeping our finge rs crossed for him .

Dick Wilcox spent two days trout fishing :H Hennt tt Lake at Lehanon, Missouri. H e was accompanied by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. "Dusty" Rhoads. "Dusty" is retired from Dist. 8. They caught their limit.

Pre-ConstTuctioll Conference; [lr~con ­struc{ion conferences for the 1962 sca­son were held on March 6th &: 7th conducted hy the District OtTice and on March 20th & 21st by personnd UOtil

Springfield. Represen tatives from the Const ruction, Materials, Traffic, and Safety Departments g-a\'e informati\'e talks and illustrations on procedures governing men in Cotlstruetiorl. Con­struction has stepped up so much in the past few years that the rt:sid~nt engi. neer has to t:lke an added responsibility, constant inslkction of material and work performed, lests anrJ checking of pay quantities as uutlined in the proj­cet proccdure guide is a must. i\bny new form~ were introduced to provide a more complete anrJ systematic method of maintaining r~.s:_ords in the field. Jim Ht:ck~r, one··of our Resident Engi­neers. suggested that the sp«ifications include :r private sec retary in the field office for particularly large projects. Th~ voic~ of approval from the «()nfer­ence was unanimous.

Throughout the entire cooferCllce SIren was given more to cC)mpaction than any other phase of cOllstruction. It stands to reason that it should be SO

Construction Conference.

irnportam considering all the prelim­inary prt:parations undergon~ tf,l de­termine the sr.l.biliry of terr<lin upon which the hnal roadway or structun: is constructed.

Safety was greatly stn:s'it:rJ hecause it could Ix: reduced considerably and thus expand lhe energy toward our con­struction goals. Through statistics, it has been prtl\'en that accidents :rre [aused hecause ()( un "Unsafe Act" (lr all "Umafe Condition." Therefore, it shall be; the dUly of every empluyee to consider no job so im portant und no s~rvice w urgent that he cannot tolke time to work ,llld dri\'e safely.

Many other points d~aling with mao terials, :nethods, and fin:ll completed work were d iscusseJ. Our chief anli· gatlm\ is :J. resIXlllsibility to the St:lte fo r a job :lS called fo r by the plans :lnd slkcihcaLions. 'Ne should :lIsa ":0-

operate with the cQntractor to pro­tect his economic interest in sofar as it does not violate gU(l(l ~ngineerin.~ ethics and practic~s.

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These conferences, no doubt, will be a big hdp in illlruducing a successful 1962 conslIunion seaSUn. Thanh for the chief organ izer Mr. 1-1. V. McCoy and his assistan ts Carl Sch lOs~r 2nd H arold Runner for a vcry su"essful confer­ence.

51. Pal. Party: Ilid~o Toyama, our program chairman, condUCll-d the en­tertainment progWnl \'cry smoothly. Peuple ~mcd tu be so illtcrcsroo th:.1 it

Judo demonl lto!lorl at Dilitrict 8 Chap­ter me.Unq.

looked like St. Luuis School of Judo and Keratc: will be AtlOlkd from high­way cnginurs in sea rch of SC':lf-defensc. Thank YOll, !-lideo. It ~ms that you picked O\lt the enu:rta inmcnt which appt:alctl ttl cI'cry one of us. It is hu­man nature to look for new things. \Vc knew about Judo hut how many of us hal'c really wilncsstu this kind of cDlertainmCnt? E\'en if most of us diu, ,-cry few of us ha\'c hau 3n oppon unity lEI ask quest ions which we had in mind.

S ECOND QUARTER 1962

Chapter Notes Good Old Days: Jim A[der5ulI of

Maintenance: was prettr exci ted :Ibout fi nding some: jl years old rc:coru of thc Athletic Associat ion formed in 1931 in Distrin 8. This record came: out of Mr. Errc:t A. Post's desk, who ;;u Ihe time was Secrelary-Treasure:r of the 1\ssoci:llion. The f\ thlc:tic Associ:llit)n used to arrange golf and tc:nni5 tourna­ments beli ide !lOme other Ilutuoor activi­ties. folllJwing arc 5tJme of the mem­bers: fames BrantOIl. H. C. Huscr, J. It Dan­zer, J. W, Dull, J. P. Dufour, A. ,. f eichrt. A. O. French, J. L. GMY, 1-1.13. (;ege1, F. R. I b lasey, C. E. H an, A. P. Ketlenhufe:n, \V. S. Krausc:, 1-1 _ V. M.::Coy, Fred Moore, D. II. Murphy, V. H . Myers, F. G. Olbrich, R. C. Peppers, Fred L Ray, Wm. Schaefer, G. Shanahan, R. L Schmidt, R. D. Wiley.

I wt)nder why this Assoc iation was hroken up? M:,yhc dues uf 25c per rear were toO high in 1931.

Bowling Banquet: It was quite an occasion! Justlfl cc:1dnate a year 3roJuud dlon of bowl ing, our bowlinA cum­mitt~ planned a d inner party with prize distr ibUliorl :llld some cntertain­ment on May the 10th at August ine.~ J{esraurant. At the noon hour of May Wth WI': heard the news thanne Restau­ra nf had burned to tnc--ground. Farrel H ill, with :.11 his efforts, was successful l<J arrange this banquet at T railways

RC$Taurant. COl1side:ring the short Ill)..

fire to the ro:aurant managemcnt, they S<]ul""r7.ed us in very well.

Cha rl ie Schicbal was awarded the trophy for high single:, JKk Cunning­ham fo r high three, and Design grahbc:d the: travelling trophy agai n this year.

CARBONDALE District 9

By L wro!'l ATNIP, lit.

District 9 i! l;1:tJ to wclcome the (0[­IClwi ng !lew employees into our tlrgani­zat ion: Wayne P. Wdch, jerry Wester­bnd, Ted Caldwc:ll and T ed Staley ­E.T . I·s.

Gary Pulley, Richard Brake and KC'.I1 _

Bowlin.; Cbamps 01 Ib, 1981.1962 yeor in [)bIfid 8. L. 10 R.: Cbotlit> Schiebal. Did. BroWII, FornIl Hill GI'Dn M .. k, cmd

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nelh Sh:lfer have taken Military Leave of Absence.

The Highway Bowling League has cumplcted :mlJlhe: fille season. The nuni standings show the Champs in first place aud a tic for recond pbcc between tht' Vipers and the Misfits. Rounding out the fin::!l standings arc the Zeros, [[umptit"s, 4.Aces, Kings and Tigers. E\'t~ryune is already talking ab<JUl a bigger :mJ better seasun next year, so let's all krep in prm;tice Ju ring the SU nlmer months.

('..ongratulations to the Bowling T eam of TO[\1 Gilchrist, Roy Harris, Ed HOI­lom and Bill and Bob Zieba on winning the Southern District Title, and also the State Final T itle. These guys arc rcaBr busy keeping the trophy shined.

The Annual Rcelroot Fishing Trip waS hdJ on May 19 & 20. Next quar­ter 's issue will cont.:l. in a full report, SO don 't miss it!

Refer tu other parts uf th~ m:J.gm:in~ for anid~s 011 the r~tirement of Hoh Haroldson and Raleigh Whiteside.

Chapter Notes

Design and Right-of-W ay By BILL SCHWlOC1\IAS

Design and Right-.of-Way flllally made rhe big mo\'e that has been talked about for two years. Design now OlTU­

pies the east end v( the vld building that formerly huused all uf Right-o(-\Vay and onc-third of Design. Right-of-Way now occupies thc cast end of the new addition. I understand that Design is happy that they got r id v[ the noisy Right.of-Way boys and Rig ht-or-Way is happy that they moved away fwm th~ noisy Design buys.

The Design staff has dwind l~d CUIl­

sidc:rably ill the past month as th~ con­struction season gets into full swing, but the staff is still getting the job dune :l.nd was well represented at our IAI IE Spring Part y.

Our spring party was held on ~b y 5 :l.t the Carbondale Moose Club and was attended by almost 100 ptrwns. We had all excellen t meal and danced 10 the music of Carl Decn and his " Mall CaLS" until the .. vee hours. In addit ion 10 all of this, we: honored two I't:ry fin e

members of tbe Carhondale Chapter of the IA H E upon their retirement from state service. Mr. R. A. Whiteside was presented some: '.'ery nice luggage :1I\d Mr. R. E. Haroldsoll was prestnted an assortment of fishing tackle. We hope that lxoth will gel many years of use from u.csc gifts and will be hack to our next part~·. Mr. Ray Buchacker :l.IId his party committee are to he conl­mended (or th~ir omstaoding efforts.

Se"'cnl pt!ople from Design tried their luck :II the profession:l1 engineer's examination in May, and by the time they fead this, they will most likely know the horrihle truth and hare their applications in for another try in Nu­\'embt:r.

The stork has been ratha dormant this quarter in the Design and Rigbt-of­\Vay sections. ! guess he is still re­covering from !:1st year.

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Engineers and AS5istants from the Dis­trict office (0 the field has begun to pi~k up rapidly the P.1St fe w weeks since conlraClOrs ha\'c begun til resume old jobs and start new ones. A few of our most fortunate engineers, such 3S

Dale Hailey, Jack Licata, Bill Stewart and Earl LeFcHc, lVere able to appear busy when "Top BraSl" was !lround and were able to remain ncar th e: coffee shops during tht' winter.

At the present time most of the wn· nruction in o ur Di~tri(:t i~ \o.:alcd al"u~ Interstate 57. Dale Uailey, lark Lic:na, Hill Stewart, CheSler Hager, ~hrion Wil!iams. Ha rry Ray, Hob Appleman and assistants :lrc keeping a duse eye on construction nurth of Marioll, while Max Burgett is nill slr:mdcd at the south cnJ helow Dongola.

C()Ii~tnl c liun (lllCratiuns ()utsi<lc of the lntcnl:ne :m~ pretty slow at the present time. Frank LlUder and Ed Rott()]n arc hold ing down operations in the western part of our District. Frank is completing his $Cction hctw~n Rcd Bud :Ind Waterloo. while Ed has a bridge deck impro\'ement at EV:ln$ville. Earl LeFevfC and Bill Munson ixJth have jobs loeaLCcl ncar twO o[ our finest lakes. Earl's jub is I<x~ ated nea r Htlfsc.shoc Lake and Bi11's is loc:lted ncar Crab Orch:ml. "'ei ther h:ls men­lioned how the !ish arc hiting on their wurking day repurts! Roy Harris has gone [0 the field after spending three years in the eonSt'ruction office and is Resident Engineer nn a p,H'ing sec­tion and tWO bridges ncar Crau Orchard Refuge south of Marion. Other Resi­dent Engineers. such :15 Dd Arndt, Roy GibSC)n, Eugene Eisenhauer amI v, K. C. Liehscher, arc still waiting fm auignmcnt. Almost all of our Resident Engineers ~ern real interesll~J in a joh near Pinckneyville which was in the .May letting. The location (If the job seems LO ha\'e :l great attraction since it is lonlted only a couple of miles from one of our finest golf courses. Chances arc pretty gooJ that a Resident Engi_ neer who d islikes golf w:1I be assigned.

A howling team in our Department compri~d o( Dale Bai!~y, Eugene Eisen­h~""T, Jack Licat:!, Bill Stewllrt IItHI Ben B~ilcy also made a fine showing in the tAH.E. tournament and hnishcd fourth III hoth tournaments. Dale Railey rC(ei\'cd a hc:aUl..iful [fophy for rolling the highest single game in the Effingham tournament.

SECO ND QUARTER 1962

Chapter Notes

CHICAGO District 10

By (i . F. H "'iDIAl:R, J~ .

BowHng: Our oowlcf1 ended their season with the F.xpreuway team, auly led all the way uy Capt'l in Ilt:nry Yamanaka, hnishing Ull the top of an eight team league. Assisting llemy in this winlling effort were Buh Kronn, Stan Kumiega, elia Scherer. Harold Muth, D. Wrobel and Larry lsemoto.

( l~htor 's Note: Never could fathom the unorthodox manner in which the Association attempts athletic activities. This seyen man bo wling "team" re· minds one of the ill· fated sevcn Illan sohball entry of a few yean back which was so arranged to provide Ron Ken· nedy three times at bat each time the lioeup was run through.)

Second plnce honors went \1) the Bridges team captained by Frank Noon· ",

Other leaden were as folluws: H igh T eam Series with llandkap

won by the Design T eam led by Bob Crcscio.

H igh T eam CO:lme wem to the: P~\·ers captained uy Joe LaUc:sell with a total. including handicap, of __ I,1 [I pins, (They didn'[ S,lY whether this was with five or sevcn men,)

H igh Thru (,ame: Scric.o; ( with handi­cap) was won hy Walt Tanna with a i ll total. (A lucky number likC' that was bound [ 0 stam) up.)

Boh Crescio capmrcd the Individual High Game with Handicap with (t to·

tal of 275, with Lcs Dickr"llS(Jn a close: sccond with l total or 274.

The old pro, Jim T akahashi, io a d riving finish (Jvert(xlk ClifT Scherer ()fl the last league night to take honors for Individual High Average with an a\"er­age of 176.

The IllOSt Improlled Bowler of the 1961-62 howling season went tu Edward \V,Ulg. Eddie raised his average from 126 of the year before to H i, which is a whale of an improvemcnt. ( Docs Eddie: realize whal thaI wi ll J u to lie}!:! year's handicap?).

The end·of-the-season hanquet was scheduled fo r June 2nd ,11 the Hel Buwl Bowling Lane5 at which time the newly dcxted officc,s for next season will be officially ifl stall~1. Fmm the sml)ke filled back room comes the news that us Dickellson will b~ electe(1 presi. dt:nti Ynglle ( the '·n " is sile:llI) Bloom ­qu ist, vicc prrsident; Herb Nakashima, treasurer and Vince Esposito will be ~cretary.

Retire: ments: \Ve note with res;rct the announced retirement on ,uly first of uur long lime friend , Frank Houska, our AssiSI:UH Hescarch ami Planning Engineer. While Frank has been, for the last mallY yeau, in the Spri ngfic1d Bureau Office he has always seemed to be a part of the Chicago District fa mily.

He scn'cd i., the Elgin Oisu ict Office during lhe J'C,tocl wh~ it was responsi­ble for lhe District Ten area. And he p ion~rcd the Research Bureau in its e:lTly days when that ac tivity was quar_ tered in our Civic Opera Building·.

ChI<;aqo Brid'lu. t to r. ~ At kket. f rank Hoo ....... Siq. Zelewlki. Yuque BloomquiAl and Tom F .. d,lc:u.on.

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Frank ha~. through the years, been deeply involved in, and otten supplied the leadership for impurtant work in the Chicago an~a. One such project that immediately comes to mind is the: cl:lssic traffic report produced by a committee of which he was the .:hair­Illan which ddlncJ the cS[irnatcd traffic usage of the Chicago Expressway Sys­tem. Thes.(: traffic estimates were used as :J hase: for the planning and design of all the expressways now open to rranl.: in Ihi_~ disrrid.

He is also chairman of the Techni­cal Committee of the Chi<.:ago Area Transporluion Study and his leaving will be truly regrcued by that group.

We wish him many, many pleasant years to Uc spent as he desires and we all will surdy miss the tall handsome rugged man with the quiet "oice and the manner to match. To which a femi nine tlIp un my left shoulder prompts me to add [hal the ladies ot the Association will miss him roo.

Spring Socia l: Members of the Chap­ter and their lo\'c!Y ladies invaded the facilities of the SI'. Andrews CouIHry Club on Saturday, May 12th [or the renewal of onc of the most pleasant of all Chicago Chapte r traditiolls - the Spring Country Cluh Dance. The committee in charge, let.! by luc Frola and Milt T :wchen, did a moSl remark­able job of arranging fo r the affair­i>cautiful surroundings, a grand meal, a really danceablc mllsic group, and perfect clear summer-type weather.

Chapter Notes The 160 or so that werc~ present made full usc d those ingn:dients and £rom all appearances everyhody had a hall.

\Vc were all happy to sec so many alumni and friends present. \Vith the location being $0 far west- practically within walking distance of the District oflice, it seemed - it was real conveni­ent for Wme of the Chapter fa ithfuls, suc h as the Tuth ills, to attend.

\Ve were glad to sec the Dick Gol ter­mallS return tu the family g:uhering fur the e,·ening . But the medals should be passed out to the Park Forest con­tingelll. who we understand managed tbe trip with but a single stop for re­fueling.

This party, if it goes down in history for no other reason, at !east produced the most crowded dance Aoor ever wimessed :u one of these afTairs. This resulted, not entirely because of the high quality of the music. In addition the Jlun-dancers bad an eXCllSC to get (jut there - they twisted.

T he D istrict L ibrary: We would like to tell those who do not al ready know - and we thought everybody did when we watched tI1(~ crowd scenes during tIle timc of the PE exarninati<:1n rdresh­er courses - that the district maintains a library in the Re1lt":i.rch office ( Room 837 of the downtown huilding).

This library is ma..imaintd for your possible r efe r~nce purposes as well as to offer an opportunity to broadl'll your knowledge and interest in "arious as­pects of the highway field. If you have

not already Jam: so. drop in some day and ask the caretaker, Thad. Yang. to show you around.

Incidentally, we ha\'c Iloliecd in se\'­eral reliable sources - Fortune. Wall Street Journal, Pb)' Boy, Mad, and other notable publications - that a bulging private bookcase is no longer consid~red a status symbol. Sn, if yOIl fello ws are siuing with a bookcase which il there for appearance sake only. givc Thad a cal! on 383 and he wil! be up pronto to remove the coments to a place where e"trynne can make usc of the othcrwis~ idle publications.

If you dislike looking at the bare sbelves and do not desire to t ransfer the bookcasc to Thad, let him knuw and he will he pleased to fill up the empty spaces with beautiful ho\lIld copies of the T an Swift and Bobsey Twill senes.

Expussway Survdllancr: The Divi. sion of Highways has a knack for generating acti vities that seem to cr~:He wide popular appeal and nationwide professilmal interest. A few years back the Chicago Area Transportation Study waS initiated. The wide ehal­Icngt::s of tbis study induced scveral well known authoritieS to join the stale roster in order to participate in this work.

The QIt;}wa Test Road and man)' other activities of the Division have kt·pt Illinois :11 the forefront wherever professionals in any segment of the highway meet. The literature ;lIld con-

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Luesl in this line: of activit ies is the Expressway Sun'cillancc Rescarch Project, a project init i.-lIed in an at· lCmpt 10 establish sOme sort of (I control system to maintai n movement -e\'en during rush hours! T his subiccl, of course, is ncar and dear to the he.1rts of the Chicago motorists and hence has been the suhjcct of much newspaper puh!;city in rcecnt months.

In addition, it is Ixing avidly fol· lowed by traffic and planning engineers across the country. As a st.1r1 towards tooling up a system a contrac t was let which will install about $150,000 worw of electronic equipment on Congress Street Expressway this summer.

j\'!ore will be printed aoout this project as it carries along hm si nce it is of such nationwide interest it s~ems that thos~ working for the Di\'ision of ll igh­ways and finding it cOlWcnielll to uo so, should drop in and sec the proj~ct first hand.

The project office is at 221 Lake Strcet. Oak Park. Poll Athol, who is RcsidcllI Engin~~r, will be glad to show ),ou around .

One o[ the b iders of the project has brought a new honor to the state. \Vc congratulate Bill Parker, Chief Techni­dan, upon his election to the presidency of the Midwest Section of the Imerna­tional Mun icipal and Signal Associa­tion and thank him for his pt:rsonal efforts to further enhance the preStige of the engineers of t:'lC Di\'ision of Highways.

Miscd lania: We fi nally discovered why Roger Nusha\ltll worked to h:lrd climbing lhe District organiz:n ional ladder. He needed all the money he could muster for this year when he en rolls two of his girh (yes tWQ and girls yet) in college at the same time.

Our congratulations to F red l.udke and Yngve (the "c" is silent) Bloom-

quist for their recent promotions to the posit..ion of Construction supef\'isor. W ith the District Construet..ioll schedule running at an cxpedited pace we will be h3 ppy to provide equal space in this corner for a round of wdl earned sympathy if they so dC'Sire.

One day three men, a law),er, a doc­tor, and an engineer, appeared before St. Peter at the IX'arly gates. The law­yer steprx:d forward with confidence and proceeded to deliver an eloquent address which Ie£! Sr. Pttt:r dazed and bewildered. Before the venerable Saint could rt:cover, the lawyer quickly hand­ed him a writ o( 1ll30damus, pushed him aside, and strooe through the open portals.

Next carne the doctor. With impres­sive, dignified bearing hI: innoduccd himself: " 1 am Dr. Brown."

51. PCter received him cordially .. ;[ feel I know you, Dr. Hrown. Mall), who prttt:ded you SlI id you scnt them here. \Velcome to Clur cit)'!"

The engineer, modest and d iffident, had bc<:n standing in the background. He now stepped forwa rd ... , am look­ing for a job,·' he said.

St. Peter wearily shook his head. '" am sorry," he replied, " we have no work [or you. If )'ou want a job, you can go to " ell." /

This sounded familiar to the engi­neer, and m3de him fed -more at home. ··Very well," he s.1 id, •. , ha\'e had Hell all my life, and I g uess I can stand it nener than the others."

51. Peter was puzzled. ·'Look here, young man, what are your'

" I am an engineer," was the reply. "Oh, yes," said 51. Peter, "do you

belong to the Locomotive Brother­hood?"

"No, I'm sorry," the engineer re­sponded apologetie:llly, .. [ am a differ­ent kind of engineer."

" I don't undeurand," said St. Peter, "wh3t on e~rth do you &?"

The engineer recalled a definition and calml y replied: " [ apply m3thc­m:ltical principles [0 the cOll(rol of natural foree~:'

This sounded meaningless til St. Pctcr, lInu his temper gal the beSt of him. "Young man," he said, "yuu can go to Hell with your mathematical principles anu try your hand on swne of the n3lural fmces there!"

··That suits me," responded the en­gineer, .. [ am always g lad to go where there is a tough job to L1ekle." Where­upon he departed for the Nether Re­gions.

And it (:3me to pass that str:mge re­ports hegan to reach $[. Peter. The Celestial denizens, who had amuseu themselves in the past b), looking down uiX'n the Jes~ fort ullatt: creatures in the Inferno, eOOlmenced askillg for t.rans­[efS to that other domain. T he sounds of agony and suffering were stilled. Many nelY arrivals after .sccinJ:: hoth pbces selected (he Nether Rq::ion for their permanen t alxxle. Puzzled, 51. Peter SCnt messengers to visit Hell and repotl hack to him. TIley returned, all excited, and reponed tn St. Peter. ·'Th:n cng iuter you :s.cnt dOlYn there," s~id the:: ITItlisenge rs, "has cumpletely tran~forllled the place so you w(JUIJ not know it now. He has harnessed lhe Fiery Furnaces for light and power. He h3s cooled thc entire place with an ificial refrigeration. He has cJr3ined the I.akes of Brimstone and has fi lled the 3ir with cool, perfumed bree7.cs. lie has flung bridges across the Bouom· less Abyss and has bored tunnds through the Obsidian Cliffs. H e h~5 c(e:lIed paved streets, gardens, parks and playgrOl.lnds, lakes, rivers, and htautiful w3u:rtalls. That engineer you sent down there has gone through Hell and has made o[ it a realm of happiness, peace, and industry!"

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SECO ND QUARTER 1915 2

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A farrn~r's daughter started her practice: singing, One day h~r father callle hom~ from the fields unexpt~ctedly early.

"What's that queer noi>er" he inquired . • ' 'That, dear," expiainetl his wife: proudly, "is I<'an culti·

vating her vuicc.· ' "Cultivation ?" ca me: the reply, "A h - that 's not culti­

vating, th3t's harrowing."

Not to he Overlo()ked Salesman: "Can I see the lady of the hous~?" Lady: " Well. yes you G ill, unless your eyesight's bad."

During th~ fi rst uay of school the teacher infurmed all the stuuents that it anyone had to go to the rest TlKJm he shou ld raise two fi nge rs.

One little ooy seemed pU7.7.leu :IIlU asked a q uestion : "How's that going to help .l"

Female Reasoning Weeping tears of female outrage, the lady uriver insisted

she had tOO givell a signal just before her car was struck b)' one uriven by a male.

"Lady," said the man patiently, " [ saw your arm go up, then down, then straight uut, [hcn intu circles. You tell ing me that's a signal ?"

"For heaven's sake!" screeched the lady. "Th~ first three signals were wrong; diun't you see me erase them? "

It Figgers "'I ha ven't met you r husband . \Vhat"s he likei''' " lust the ordinary type: 41 around the wais t, 41 around

the che~t, 92 around th~ gol f. course, anu a nuisance around the housc." "

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The exact age of the human race is unknown, but it's ceruinly old enough to know better!

The little woman had spent the whule afternuull trying tn balance her check· book . When her husband came homt.", she handed him four m:ath­~yped sheets with Items and costs in their respect ive col· umns. He read them over care-­

. fully .

- WATSOK - It wouldn' t be so bad to let one's mind go blank if one always remem­ber~d nlso to torn all the $Ounu.

" Milkman, $11.-35; cleaners, $4.67; e tc:' Eve r yth ing was cI~ar except one item rcadin~ "ESP, 524.49."

Warily he asked:

While the young suitor was waiting fur his girl, the lat_ rer's little sister sid leu iuto the rOOI11 .

" f)iJ you know my sister has three_ other boy frienus?" she asked.

"Rcally," he said in surprise. "[ haven·t seen 3ny of them ."

"What does ESP mean?" Sh~ e xplained:

"Error someplace."

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"f ha\'cu't either," said the moppet, "bur she gave me a quarter to tell you." ______ m ~ "" _

T here's nothing like the misery small shoes can cause a woman with large fcet - parlicularly when she sees au­other woman wearing 'em l

Know what happeneu to all the children whose parents usc:(l to complain tlCt:ause they listened tu the radio too much? They've grown up to he parents who complain that their ch ildren walCh telcvision too Illuch,

LirE is not a pleasu rc excursion but a warfare: not a carnival but a lIui\'ersity for training; not a banquet hall tor dancing and gaiety but a field [0 be cultivateu and reaped for the Lurd of tbe hn rvest. ..

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i\ colonel was transferred to a new command. On reach· ing his depot, he fou nu stacks o( old documents accumu· lated in the archives of his predecessors, SO h~ wireu head· qU;1rtcrs for permission to burn them.

The an swer came hack: 'Yes, but mak~ copies fi rst."

Many a man wishes he was stron).: enough to tear a tele· phone lx,()k in half - especially if he h:u a teenage daughter.

"W h;1 t do you mean you' re a 'big gun' ill industry ?" asked the personnel manager of the job applicant.

"Well," replied lhe appliwnr, "I've alTend y been fired a uozen times."

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in both first cost and total upkeep concrete provides big savings over asphalt

Official test road, as ordered by the General As­sembly, completes 8 years under troffi c. Reports, published as required by law, show concrete outperforming asphalt by a wide margin .

The Indiana Test Road was ordered by the Gen· eral Assembly to "provide adequate and conclu· sive tests" of both concrete and asphalt pave· ments under exacting conditions.

The test site is on U.S. 31, the main Indian­apolis-Louisville route. Connecting stretches were paved with concrete (6.7013 mi.) and asphalt (7.1417 mi.)-the respective designs being ap· proved by the portland cement and asphalt as· sociations. In 8 years, traffic on both pavements has been the equivalent of 1,169,000 axle loads averaging 18,000 pounds.

Official results, published by the Indiana State Highway Commission, show savings in initial ex­pense for concrete. The construction cost for con­crete was $2,873.73 per mile less than for asphalt.

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Maintenance figures for the first 8 years show the total for the concrete has been only 10.7% that of the asphalt. Concrete: $38.74 per mile. Asphalt: $360.67 per mile.

In addition, after only 8 years, the asphalt sec­tion was completely resurfaced. The cost: $37,708.82-or $5,280.09 per mile. Thus, grand total savings with concrete so far run $8,475.75 per mile. Impressive economies like these are why concrete is first choice for Interstate and heavy· duty routes.

SUMMARY OF 8-YEAR SAVINGS WITH CONCRETE ON THE INOIANA TEST ROAO

First cost savine;s aTotal upkeep cost savings

Total savings per mile

JII' ",Ill ba.l,

$2,873.73 $5,602.02

$8,475.75 "Actull uphlp CIIIt lipfes, 11153·186\: .lII1lc. mlinl.nuc. hi, cOllcrele. $31.14: IUrtIC' mllntlunc. 10f IlpUtt. $310.87: 'U"f' lul~, 101 concrete, $0.00; rnurtlcln, lor l$IIblt, 15,210.09.

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R. A. Lo!"ltJI, Editor E. N. WnBN, Alk MgT. 231 H~m;h"n Ave., Elgin, III. 4051 :-:. H<lrlcm Ave., Chic.ago, 111.

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OFFICERS of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION of HIGHWAY ENGINEERS GUNS O. W UKS Ut, Chairm;m

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RAY R'CKHT, Sec. EDwARD SISI.EJ;, Tras. I. L. Ct. I.HOIlS, Dir. Roy BU.I., Dir. HIlMl!'.:R·r R~NWICK, AI!. Oi,.. N OEL THUM AS, All. Dir.

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In - Service Training During the past yeM or two policy changes in the administration and engineering in the Di­

vision of Highways have been so many and so rapid that it is q uite conceivable that our own organ­

ization, the Ill inois Associ:1tioo uf H ighway Engineers ha~ hcen hard-pressed to meet the changing

cond itions affecting its rn~nhership.

Many facwrs no doubt have had and are having a tremendous impact 011 ou r orga nization . The

great increase in the use of techn icia ns with corresponding lack of time, m en an d bcilities for proper

in-servi ce trai ning; the exodus of numerous trained engineers through reti rement and resig natioo;

the demand for engineers with greater technical, professional and administrative abili ty; increased

pressures to speed up and complete jobs, res ulting ill overtime work for engineers and technicians

or inadequatc time and opportuni ty ror proper in-service training and study; and the evcr increasing

cost of living, increasing demands of the job, and decreasing time for home, recreation, and profes­

sional and techni cal improvement. are unly a tew of the changi ng conditions affecting the technical,

professional and social welfare of our me.mbers.

In general it appears thai the problem involvc.s three factors : - Press ure and volume of work,

m<1nlXlwer, and traini ng . There is not much thaI can he done about the first factur and il should be

;lnticipated that pressure and vol ume of work will contin ue to be an integral and necessary part of

engineering. However onl y well-trained and experienced men call be expecred to perform satisfactori­

ly under presmre. In [act it is often stated that the wdl-trai ned man performs best under pressure.

A man sent directly to his job widlOut at least two or three wed:s of previous classroom, lab­

oratory or other training, and expecting him to learn proper performance of his duties amidst the

din, noise and confusion of the job, has heell found to be confusing to the man himself. More frequently

than not he learns the wrong way rather than the correct way of doing things, causes embarrassment

to contractor and engineer, and takes tOO much su pervision. T he need fOf systematic and continui ng

in-service training off the joh, in classrooms and laboratories is very apparent. The time, men and fa­

cili ties needed for this sort of pre-job training would be well worth the COSt and would he a big

step 10\vara meeting the changing conditions of the times.

In-service train ing should lx: made systematic and continuing. It should include every techni­

Cian and e.ngineer from new ET to me upper engineering echelon, and include everything £rom

running sieve analysis [0 manage ment. Our association should give this matter immediate and con­

centrated comideration. Studies and discussions may result in ideas and suggestions that could well

change the outlook of onr present and future membership .

T H IRD QUARTER 1 9 6 2

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A NEW

Illinois Highway Planning Program for Comprehensive

Urban Planning Coordination By STEW,o\AT G. BRYANT

Urbllll Plan fling Sectioll, Bureall of Research alld Planning

The importance of Urban Pbnning in the Illinois Highway Program was prcscotai by R. R. l3:utdsmcyer, Chief Highway Engineer, Illinois Divi5ioll of Highways, bdorc a meeting with District Personnci on Vrhan Planning at the SL Nicholas I lord, Springfidd, August 7, 1962. H e said:

"I am glad to Ix able [0 be with you this morning 10 [;Ike p:m in this meeting and to teil yO\1 somcthing of the import:lncc and urgency with which we look upon the integration of OUf highway planning with compre­hensive planning in urban areas.

"For more lhll1 a decade, the Oi\'i510n of Highways has hc!cn sponsoring forma l planning studies for street and highway transportation systems III mbm area.~. Earlier planning led to the establishment of the Chicago ATL'a Tr:msporullion Study in 1956. More rccelllly we: h:1\'e seen the growth of urb.1n and regional planning OfI.-.ani7.a:ions throughout (he S tat~ which Me devdoping plans which must Ix consid~rcd in rdation to our own fu lure highway programs.

.. It is now nearly a half century since the modcrn synem of primary high­ways was established in Illinois by the passage of the first bond i~sue act in 1918. Our problem at that time was mainly aimed at uansponation in rural areas of the Stale. With the p3ssage: of Liul<; the work of the Division of Highways, both by Smte and Feder:li legislation, :15 wdl as by :l.Chninistrative decision, has turlln..! mor~ and mort to urb.1n problems.

"With the passage of time, Ihe work of the Division of H ighways. guided by both Slate and fn..! eral legisbtioll, has

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(timed more and more to pro\'iding transportation service in urban areas.

"As people li\'e more compactly. the .~ rvi(('$ the)' retlull-e become more complex :HlJ morc closely inu:rrdatcd. Highways and su cetS become more than just th~ ancric! fur lraffie Row­they become a primary means for shaping the growth and development of the urban communities. ['..ammunil}' leaders arc wncerned th:1l this growth and dc\'dopmcnt be in the direction of pl:lIUletl and accepted ohjectivcs rather than adverS\! to them.

" The Atnerican Association of Stale Hi~hway Offici:!ls has [or many years been nwarc of the need fo r the coordin:llion ot highway activities with urban and regional plans. And with the enactment of the Fedenl -aid Highway ACI of 1956 which made unprecedentcdly large sums of money available for highway conStruction (nearly half of ;t within urban arc.'lS) Ihe problem of coordin:!lion became critical. III :! series of meetings. the mu!Ual distruSl~ and diffncnccs be· tWl"l'U Ihe urb.1n pl:!lIning officials and highway officials re5ulted in unfonu­nate: public attitudes and a dderioration of relationships wh ich nccded 10 be improved and Ix: more closely inte­gr:ncd if Ihe hcnefits of the highway program in L1rb.1n areas were 10 be fully rcaJi7.eU.

''In orJcr 10 r"nore es~nti:ll linda. stand ings. a Natioual Conference on Highwa ys and Urban Den'l<>ptnt:nt was sponsored by thc American As· sociation of State Hjghway Officials, the American Municipal As.sor:iation as wcll as 50Cieties of professional cn· gineers and urb.1n planners. This mttl·

ing was held during October 1958, at

the Sagamore Center of S)'racu~ Uni­versily to explure this problem. Olle of its fi:adings was that:

It is e!seUlial Ih:ll all units uf govcrn­ment couperate fully in meetillg the urgcnt needs for highway improve­tnel\t invol ving the: planning. uesign­ing. ;]nd uperation of facilities. so as to pro\' ide optimum transpoTlalion service and accomplish Ihe orderly and proper developmcnt of our urban communilies.

"After extensive discussion of high­way and urlXl..lI area planning problems, state and local rcsponsibililies. and ways of r.loin,::: Ibe job uf planning liaison. rec::ommendaLions we:re made for nate. local, and joint action.

"For the state highway 2gcncics, it was proposed Ihat:

I. State highwa) deputmc:nts shoulr.l be properly or~iud and staCTed to work cooper:n,ivdy and dfecLi\-dy with local authontics in pbnning, designing. constructing. and opcr.tIung streets and highways in urbm areas.

2. Stat<' blgbw.Jf tkparunell ts, in coopttalion with local gu\'t~tlIments, should ~dop ~ tcntao\,<, program of urwn higb~~.T impro\"(~:mell l for a period of <u Icast five years in advan .. :e. as ~ basis n. pbnning allhe local \eveL This prognm should be in accordance with a pnur :IIgrttd-upou lung-range plan.

3. Stale blghway dc:panmenu should consult WIth local authorities on a continuing b:uis in highw3Y planning.

4. In cases where local gO\'crn menl has not y<'t initiated commun ity

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planning. th~ Slate should lake th~ rdponsihilily for initiating planning.

"Whil~ puhlic aucntinn and especial­ly th~ attelll ion of Congres~ was mostly foc used upon the muru~1 recriminations am.! finally {h~ s ta[~Ill ~ntli of agre~ment reach~d at th~ Sagamore Conferenc~, Ill:lny activities were heing conducted hehind th~ scen~s which h~n: [urmtJ :I sol id foundation for progress.

"The Arne-rican Association of Sta te Ilighw:lY Officials added to its li!>t of acti\'ity oriented commi,,~s by estab lishing ;1 oommincc on urhan transpor-1..1tion. The H ighway Rcsearch Board. supported mainly by the Sute highwOlY Jcp.1rtlllcntS, organi1,oo a committee on nrh.1n r('s.';urh whirh h:l .~ sinr!" heen accorded sufficient importance tn rank as a Ill:ljor activity of the Board. Together with rep resentative~ nf mu­nicipal oflic:ial s, highway nfficials hav~

SllPPOrted and panicip:ItC':<1 in the Natinnal Commin~~ nn Urban Trans· port3tion which has publishcxl the series of instructional repOrts entitleJ "Better Transportatioll For Your City," copid of which have been supplied to the libraries of all branches of the Division of Highways.

"At the present time, the AASHO Committee of Urb:\n Transportation. logether with the American Municipal Associ:uion, and the Nation:d Associ:\· tion o[ County Officials is sponsoring 11

~ries of mcctings to be hdd in each of Ihe administ rati\'C regions of the Bure:1\I of Public Roads for the purpose of underscoring tbe lIct'd for better cooperation. An essential P.lft of this program is to establ ish SCKalled Pilot Studies, following generally the con· cepts of th~ "Better Transportation For Your City" series oi reports. The delllons[ratiolwi aspccu of these Pilot Studies arc bei ng strc5seu.

"The meeting for this region­Hegion 4 - was held in Chicago bSI April and many of [hose here todav allended the Chicago Ineeting. Th~ La ke County Transponalion Study was sclccteJ ;IS the Pilot Study for Illinois and I h::l\'e noteJ that a discu.~s ion of this project is induJet.! in the workshop program [or tomorrow. It is planned that thc educational aspects of this Pilot Stud y will be: spread hy \·isits of municipal offici:l.ls and tempor:lry assignments of Division of H ighways personnel to th is project.

"Clearly Ihe n~ for added recogni­tion of urban prohlems in the work of Ihe Oi\' ision of H ighways necdeJ 1'0 be emphasized. Rut more than that­the concern for orban plann ing objec. tives and the service 10 these ohjccti\'es - neccled to be gi \'ell an organization position in the Di\' ision.

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""llle Bureau of Community Plan­lIing at tllC UniversilY of Ill inois, of which Dr. Joseph M. Heikoa, Professor of Regional Plaoning. is the Oirector. was r~ lained 10 m3ke a study in 1961 of the functions which could be carried out by an urban planning unit and to recommend its organizational place­ment wilhin the D ivision of Highways.

"Such a report was prepared and, as a result oi the rc.'Commendations, an Urban Pla nning Section has been es­tabl ished within th~ Burean of R~sca rch and Pla nning (July 1962). The gov_ erning concept ill this org-d niz.:u ion is the recognition that the Division of H ighways is. and always should be. conc"rned with highw:.), pbnning and providing a network of transportation facilities. It is not b:lSkally a comprc­h"nsi ve urban planning organ i;w tion. T here is no intent on the part of the Di\·ision of Il ighways to assume the [unction of cOlllprehensiv~ urban plan­ning, Rather. it is the inrellt to coop~rate with the comprehensiw: urban planner by lending the ad\' ice and assistance of the Divi$ion of H ighways to assure that the transpor­tation aspects of the comprehensin" plan can be designed and conStructed with sound engineering and traffic maoagement principles so that prcsent and future land uses may be most dTcrtive1y served.

"Since the turn of the century - hut most pa rticularly in the IaSI decade­th~ growth of the Stale of Illinois has occurred in ils OletfOlXllit3n areaJi. Belwecn 1950 and 1960 Ihe C hicago M~tropol itan Ar~a has increased hy 19 per cent; Ihe Peori:t Area hy 15 ~r c~nt ; the Rockford Ar~a by 37 per cent ; the j\bdisnn·St. Clair Area hy 25 pa cent; the Champ.'lign-Urbana Area by 25 per cent; Springfield and Rock Isla nd County Areas by II per c~nt: and necarur by 19 per cent.

" It is mistaken to think that this m~rropolitan growth is confined "ntire· Iy to t h~ Chicago Area. It is laking place all m'cr (he Slate - nor only in rhe 1arg~r cities hut in Illany plac~s of less~r population as wdl. In [his ~ra of change one 1)( nur great~st cha!1~ng~s is in how wisely we can deal with growth and how many henefits we can crea te for thc future of our State with the resources at our disposal.

" Ill closing my rem3rks, I feed tli31 I cannot stress too hea\'ily the need for people of the Dh'ision, at all b ·ds. [0

cooperale mOSI earnestly with munici­pal officials and planning officials on work in urban are.15. B)' no means do I wish to imply, that planners ha\'e all rhe answers to urban problems and th:lt

we should subordinate our professional judgmelltli to their decisions, nor do I imply th:lt highway ~ngineer5 3re infallible. We must approach this thing with the understanding that each professio nal group has its techniques and approaches 10 prohlems ;Ind ohjecti vC':S and th;1\ fina l decisions must be based upon the most careful considerations of th~ gr~atest good to our people." (end of s~ech)

Urban Planning Section During Jalluary 1962, the Chief

Highway Engineer assigned the re· sponsibility for est:l.blishing an Urban Pbnning Unit 1'0 the Bureau of Re­search and Planning. A propos.l1 co\'er­iug this orga,i7.ation was prepar~d with a (late of JJnuary 21, 1962, and was adopted in behalf of rhe Di vision short­ly Ihereaf~r.

Since thaI tim~, steps have bet:n taken to organize a staff in the Central Hureau of RCllea rch ancl Planning. anu to prepare a curriculum of training fo r people who would be :lssignoo to this work in the (Iistrict officc.~. I.ate in June, a two-week urb.ln pbnning seminar was arranged fo r at the Northwestern University Traffic Ceiller which W.'IS attended by 19 engin~ers of the Division of Iligbways.

The Centul Office staff is under M r. John A. Shmlernan, Engineer of Plan­ning and Programing. Three positions have been filled as of July 2, 1962:

John LuI{, appointed as TratJic Planning Ellginen-. The Traffic Plan­ning Engina:r lYill be responsible; for the de\'e!opmellt of projt:(:lions of fu· ture LT:lffic, and with thee assignment of projected traffic to "xisting and proposed urban highway systems, with Ihe analyses of the capaciLY of existing nnd proposo:! sYStenls. and with re­search into traffic planning methods and techniques.

lie will make or review studies or trip gener:ll ing characteristics of land uses 111ld amlS, and the rclalionship b~tween la nd lise and highlYay traffic.

H e will review and :ld\·i.<.e on Urb.'lll highway system planning fo r capacity, controls. rebtion to other tranSpOrta· tional systems, and bcncfit-coSl :ulal ys.::s of all or portions of such systems.

Mr. Leek has rec~iv~d Bachc::1or and Master of Science Degrees from the Univeni[y ot Illinois and a Cenihc.'lte in H ighway Transportation from Yale University. H e has worked in the Bureau of Research and Planning since 1947, eXf,;ept for time out for ad\'ancoo training :lnd for a 3-ycar pcrioJ :l.S Instructor in H ighway Engineering and Traffic Enginccring at th~ Uni·

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\<enity of Illinois. His previous experi. enee with the Bureau has been in various types of traffic surveys, route studies, traffic studies for design pur­poses, :md street aJd highw:lY pbns.

Earl Huwmlfll. appointed Farility Planning l~ngin~CT. The Facility Pbn­ning Engineer will be responsible for the dc\·dopmenI of SI:lndards and for fu rnishing guidance on matters rd ating to the geometric. structural, and eco­nomic feasibility of. urb:ln highway ;md rel:uro facili ty places.

H e will prepare such studies and re­porLS with respect 10 the planning of highway systems and trAnsportational facilities in urhan urns as art: necessary to procure the cooperation of the scveral agencies.

H e will. as directed. furnish such ad­vice, technical aid. and aniMance to the several urh.1n places relative to the $CI«· tion of the proper geometrics, and the engineering feasibility, structural char­acteristics, and estimated costs of pro­posed urban highway impro\'ements.

j\·[r. Bowman attended the University of Ktntucky and workeJ (or the Ken­lUcky Departmelll of Highways for 10 years on highway loc.1tions, dc.~ign. and construct ion. In 1955 he came with the nIinois Division ..... h(:re he has b«:n em­ployed in \'arioU5 assignments, includ­ing Aerial Sun·e)"S, and LOCHions and Roadway PI:lnning. H e is n registered professional (:l1gin~cr.

Stewart Bryant , appointed Land US~ Pla"n~r. The Land Usc Planner will be responsible for conducting swdies and furnishing guidance on mailers re­lating to existing and futu re population, social and economic dcvelopment fac­tors, anJ I:Lnd usage, and with research into the coordinat ion of land use as it affects the planning of urban highway and transportatiou systems.

He wiil advise and assist in the cor­relation of factors affecting land usc into the preparation of other phascs of urb.1n highway planning Slu<iies con­ducted by the unit.

He wii!, as dirrrted, meet with and advise the scveral urban places with respect to the implementation of land usc and rd:l1ed s:udies as such studies affect Ihe planning of highway im­provements.

Mr. Bry:tnt has a Bachelor's Degree from the Univcrsity of C'.:llifornia and a Master's Degree in city and regional planning from I-hrvard Unh·ersity. H e has worked as a city and regional plan­ncr in California for 9 yt'<l rs. H is major area of work w:n in the deve\opmcnl of city and counry comprehensive plan­ning coordination of puhlic works im-

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provement programs adm inistered hy the State. counties and c itie ~ of th.: area. lie is an associate member of the Amer­ican Enstitute o[ Planners and a member of the American Society of Planning Officials. In ooth organizations he has ser .. ed. on a number of pro£Cssional commlttccs.

The general op~rations and activi ties of tht Urban Planning Section arc enumerated as follows;

I. It will assist in fo rmulating and recommending for approval proposals for policies on planning urban trans­ponation systems.

2. It will prepare. administer, and kttp cu rrent long TanJ!e transportation plans for the purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated develop­ment of trnosport...1tion sys lf.:ms which. in accordance with [ Uttlf': needs, will promote the Ixst tIansportation and ~raflic sc:r \' ice for regional and local IIltcreslS.

3. It will effect the coop':fllli ve prepa­ration and adoption of practical and worknble local highway system plans, integrating laad usc and transport:ttiu!l pbIl5 and objectives.

-4. It will establish policies fo r main · taining 5.1tisfactory cooperative relation­ships with organiz,1tions representing local governmental units.

5. [t will develop pol icies fo r extend­ing technical assistance, service, and ad­vicc to local governmcll1al units relative 10 local thoroughfare planning.

While the alxwc duties and r!:Spollsi­hili ries are set fonh in ve:ry general terms, the program should begin by acti vit ies which arc a~ foll ows :

I. Mnke an inventory of compre­hensive urban planning reports through­out the State and e\'aluate these reports in te:rms of their recency ~nd the extent to which they appear fO be guiding the development of those places.

2. Establish a liaison with planners who are currently ex~euting city plans umler the Federal 701 program in order to provide these people with contacts for discussions with the districts and with the central officc.~.

3. Re,· iew the strttt and highway transportation plans prepared by vari­ous consultants for the Di,·ision of Highways to determine (a) the e"tent to which Ihe5e plans are beillg c;tr ric::J forward, and (b) the extent to which they should be re"iewoo and be brougbt up to dale in accord with recent nttds.

4. In view of the studies which run-e brtn made in the past 2nd which ase currently underway, 10 lay OUI :I Stties.

of urh~n transportation plans which nttd 10 be made in the future.

The function o[ the proposed Urban Planning Section within the cordon area of the Chicago Area Transporta. t ion Slu<iy is somewhat different than througham the remainder of the State. The Ch icago Area Transporration Study is assigned the responsibility for iclenti fyi ng the major t raffic corridors in the Chicago area and is opdating under tne direction of a policy commit­tee cOf1 ~isting of representatives of the Bureau of Public RO.'lds, the State Di­vision of H ighways, Cook County, and the C ity of Chicago. These major cor­ridor5 will (orm the main frame for rraffir movements in the metropolis.

\Vithin the main frame. howevu , there will need to be an extensive net­work of highways and principal :!Tteries which will !it:rve lesser movements and local circulation patre: rns in ule many sep<l rme communities. The adjusune:nt of this network of highways to moot adequately !ief\"C community dC\'e\op­m~nt and connect most efficicntly with the fadities of the major traffic corri­dors vdl be the concern of the Urban PI;mning Sectiun in cooperation with the comprehensive ud).1n planners.

O uts:de the cordon area of the Chi­cago Arca Transportat ion Study the urban Planning Section will be rc­spo n5ihle for managing the work of traffic study groups and con.mltanlS on current stre<:t and highway transporta­tion ~tudits in the following places:

I. E3st St. Louis Metropolitan Are:.:I ( ne".t ring completion)

2. Fox RivCT Valle:y Area 3. Bloomin~ton-K'orlllal Area 4. Mt. Vernon Area 5. l.ake County Transportation and

Comprehensive Plan 6. "reater Egypt Regional Study

( Perry, Jackson, Franklin. and Wil­liamson Counrics)

A num hcr of other fe.:lturo of Qt­

g~nization need is undo- ..0. _ connection with the work al d!Ic t:.­Planning Stetion.

1. DiJtric/ Rdllt. h dDcs _ appear feasible in the 'f1IbR: 10 est3hlish .:I alii i I g l.: ...... Planning Sa::tiI:Ia _ ada disuicL IlL· spccting t.hn. me ~ oi a spccia comminee ... ada dntna consisting of a rcpr ie at thr district burc:lus of RcsardI mil Pbnmng. Local Road, Design. aad T Dl& is proposed. Such 11 C IfIrT bzs alrc:ady bee:n organiud lD Dau-ia. I and i$ called a Compre. bcDsiu Pbnning Committee. Wbile commllleu of this type arc not desirable: as 11 long tam opcl1ltion. its organiza-

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tion will h:wc: the bc:ndlt of focusing the: imrneJiate: lIt(c:ntion of many units ill the tl istrict on the urb..1n problem.

There is a prohlem in dc:\,e[oping the $ame degree of concern for urhan plan­ning matten and for the: understanding of urhan planning concepts in the di$­triet oAices as there is in the central offices. In s.:e:neral, distr ict aCt ivities reo ncet the emphases of the District Engi· neer and wil h the changes of personnel in these posit ions which ha ve taken place recently, or may lake place ill the future, there seems to be opportunities for ch;mging auilUties.

Por this reason it is the rc:commenJa· Lion lh:.n org'lI,i'L:llional lines woulJ be cleared if the urlxlll phllln ing function is assigned to the Jistricl research and planning st;lffs and that the tlistrict c:ngimer shoultl h:: motivated to give his full personal support to th is g roup.

2. Hurca" Rclario,unip, It is inev· itahle that an Urb:m Planning Section will need to coord inate its work with the tl UliCl! and respomibilitics of the Hureau of Local Roads and Streets.

Closest cooperation with the Bureau of Design at both the central office and d iSlTic( lc\'cls will also be required in ortler tha t the design oi improvements will be compatible with urban plans and so that the \'ar ious projects will be eligible for qualific:llion und!.'r the sev­eral Federal·aid prograr.u.

Urban Planning Conference In order \0 carry out these ohjectives,

an organizational and (ducational con· fe rence on Urban Planning was hd d with district 1~T$onnd on August 7 and 8, 1962, :11 the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield. T ow l attendance was over 90 people from the Centra l Bureaus and all the Districts.

Mr. Theodore F. Morf, Engineer of Research and Planning-, opened the meeting with a statemcnt of purposes to be accomplished by !.he mccting and then ga\'e an imroduction to the Dew p:rsonnel of the Uroon Planning Sec· lion. Mr. MorE CO\'eret.! much of the information as presented in this article. Mr. Bartdsmeyer, Chie~ Highway En· gineer, then re\·iewed the " Importance of Urban Planning in the Ill inois H igh­way Planning Program," lending his personal support to this important role. The Bureau of Public Roads' Support of Urban Planning was presented by Mr. F. L. "Tony" Anthony, Assistallt Regional Engineer, from Chicago, ill the absence of Mr. Frcd Farrell, who was called away on oth(r business. All thra: speakers referred several Limes to the growing State of cohnbitation be· tWttll highway cngi nCl!rs and urban

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plalUlers which h:ls resulted in im· proved relations, though still ill a period of re:ldjustment. Gene GravC5, Chief of the l30ard of Economic Development, outlined the work program and organi. 7.ational ~tructure and the Slate depart. ment heach appointed hy the governor that served on the Board of Economic Development.

Mr. Harley D'EaLh, Regional Econo· llli~t with the Housing and Home Fi· nance Agency, reviewed the Pederal Planning Program of the I lousing and Home Fina nce Agency. lie ouliinecl the fi"e major agencies emph:rsi"-ing the lIccd [or a "workable program" fo r community d~vclopmcnt as a basis for Pederal :lid. This mCans that there mllst be a planning program in progress that includes all the tools [or planning eflec· tWHiGIl, such as a zoning and ~ubdivi · sion ordinance, building codes, land usc plan, ~ treel and highway plan, with planning standards and proposed popu­lation dem ities to adequ:ncly protect the long range publ ic invC5tment. He indicated a large increase in the number of community renewal programs and gelleral neighborhood rehabilitation programs in our ma jor metropoli tan areas which must be integrated with highway improvements and ad\'anced planning.

l\tr. A. L. "Lon" Sergeant, Exccuth'e Director, Illinois Municip.1l League. re· viewed some recent trends in urban planning among Illinois municiPJlilies, reacling from the $t:He legislation anJ plann ing laws pertaining to ci ty and cou nty planning in illinois. He spoke for his oqpnization gi\'ing full SUPIKlrl

for the stated purposes and objectives of the Urban Planning Section of the Di vision o[ H ighways, indicating fu ll cooptration from the cities throughout the state.

Mr. Charles Kirchner, Supervisor of Local and Regional Planning Scction nt the Boord of Economic Develop­ment, c:xplainell in detail the procedure and content of a corn prehensi\'e plan for cities under Seetion 701 of the I\'a· tional Housing Act of 1954, as amended. Professional planners are available to assist cit ies in processing their applications and in assining the chosen consultants ill following through on their cOlllracfUal work. The need for local plann ing continuity, and fol· lowing through on the objccti\'e5 of the Federally aided 701 prO;etl, WaS strong­ly emphasized to keep abreast of the techn ical anJ population changes ever constant within our urban environ­ments.

Mr. Bradley T aylor, Executive Din~c·

tur flf the Spri ngfield and Sal1gamon

County Planning Commission, then re­viewed the establishment and fu nction­ing of a city and regional planning organization in a community by dem­on.~trati ng ~ adopted comprehensive plan for the City of Springfidd. He showed the relationships between land use circulation and publ ic facilit ies and described the necessary ordinances with which 10 pretcct the objectivcs of this plan. He demonstrated the nttd for an active cit izens' illlerest group to hdp re\' iew and ~nalFe as well as support and defend 6e planning goals and olr jccti,'cs for the de"c:\opmc:nt and con· tinued growth of the city.

Stewart Bryant, Land Usc Planner fu r the l3urC::lU uf Research and Plan· ning, outlined an urban planner's ap· pro~ch to a Slrt:t:1 and highway plan, suggesting many of the difficulties with which a city planner must work, there· hy making it all the more difficult for a highway engineer to evaluate the ef· fect iveness and degree of accuracy of the planncr's recommendation. Basic· ally, highway locatioll and planning should be: a tool of and a way of effectu· ating the well identified community objectivC5 fo r the way they want their city to grow rather than the highways comm itting IJnd uses in all unplanned matmer. A joint statement adopted by the Americar. Institute of Planners and the Institute of Traffic Enginc:c:rs was rcIerred 10, indicating the areas of mu­tual responsibility and individual pro­fessional concern, in the process of prepa ring transportation plans, that should both fosler sound community Je\'elopmt'llt and insure safe and effi· eient transport:Hion service. The need for urban renewal project coordination with highway planning was strongly emphasized. It was recognized that much of thc majur work being done in land use coordi nation anti highway planning wa~ within the metropolitan areas spnnsor:d by highway transporta­tion study team s made up of bolh traffic engineers, highway planners, and urban planners. T his same theme was brought out during the e\'ening panel review of the methods and results of the Chic.1go Are-.1 TransporL1tioll Study. This re· port WilS by Roger Nusbaum, who is Deputy Chief Highway Engineer for the State of 1.I1inois. Garrod Jones, of the Urban Rcsc.1fch Section of the Hureau of Resea rch ,md Plan ning. pre· sented slides showing the study meth­ods and techniques used in preparing the reports for the Chicago Arca Trans· portation Study .

The sccond day o[ the conference was primarily aimed at prescnting and dis·

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Imperfect Trench Test Installation

By HENllY K. OSMm.:: Dirtr;ct Soih Engiru:rr

Th~ AmeriC3U Concrete Pip~ Associ­at ion, Ihe lIlinoili Division of Higillvays and the U. S. Departnlent of Com­mcree, Bureau o( Public Roads, aTC

co.opcrating on a research project 011

the imperfL-cl trench olclhod of installa· tion. T he: object of this project is to Jetermine the correlation Octwcen the­orelical pressures Oll top and at the sides of :I pipe C\~\'Crl with those aClu­

:11Iy rnca~ured in the field (lnd to meas­ure the Selllcnlt:m of the backfill material O"eT the pipe.

The site selected for the projeCl is on JIAI Roule 74, Section 3i.1HB· l, Henry County. Station B92+25, ap­proxim:ltdy three (3) miles south of Green Rock, Win()is.

The pil>C culven to be installed callt.-d for a 411" Ty~ 4, Reinforced Conen:lc Pi~, Class 4, 32, feet ill ltngth. The Row lint at the inlet is 649.U' and at the outlet 639.0' with an approximate fill h6ght (If 40 feet, measured at the centerline o[ the roadway.

The procl:dural guid~ used ill the

Cion v.p 01 41!" Piptl

imlall.1tiOl\ o[ the cuh'cn are as [ollows:

\. lJ~dding and Installation 0/ Pipt a) The foundation shall be prepared

and the: pipe bedding in accord­alice with the provisions of Ar· t icle 58.4 of the Standard Sp~cilica tions entitled "PrCjJ:l ra­tion of Foundation" except that a sand bed that will assume a minimum three·inch thickness when compacted by the weight of the pipe shall be placed under the pipe ill accordance with the Special Provisions (or the project.

u) The pipe ~hall be imtallcd in :lI.:("ordallce with the provisions of j\rticle 58;; of the Standard Specifications entitled "Laying Pipe:'

c) Pronle dc\'ations of the culvert pipe shall be rilll following in· stallation.

2. Backfilling a'ld frutrumtntatiQfI a) Emu3nkment or backfill o\'cr the:

pipe shall he constructed in ac·

cordance with the prOVISions of :\rtidt 58.7 of the Slandar(l Spec· ifications entitled "{'being Em· I»nklll~nt or H:"kfill" exccpt thal sand shall be placed simul­t:ml:ously til a width or approxi· m:llt:!y 6 inches greater than the o.lIside diameter of the pipe 011

each side to the cie\'a tiull of the (eoter1illc of the pipe (simul tan. eously, in this casco meaning that the difference in elevation of the sand on opposite sides of the pipe shall not exceed six inches at aoy time during the process of placing the embaokmcnt or backfill) a5 provided by the Spc­<:ial Provisionl for the pro ject. The remainder of the material :Ibo\'c the elevation of the pipe cellterline and up to ]'·0" above th~ top of the pipe may be any regularly acceptable uackfi1\ or ernhallkment material,

b) Whell placemcnt and cumpaction of embankmcnt or backfill mate­rial has r~ach~d an c:Ievation of 1'·0" over the top of the pipe. it will be necessary to hold up further placement for placing the pressure cells. TheSt' will be piaced at three (3) locations UII­

der the high section of the fill , one on the roadway centerline and ont' approximately under (':leh shoulder.

c) It will be desirable to determine the density and moist ure con lent of the earth backfill or emo.1nk· ment material on hoth sidcs of the pipe at twO or three locations at the plane of the centerline of the pipe and at the plane o[ the top of the pil:.e. S;unp1es of the ;natcriai should he taken for

Bad:fiUb. .. 48" Piptl

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PROVEN, LOW-COST WAY TO AVOID THIS

1·94·(U.S. 41) AND TOLLWAY STATE L!NE ILL. AND W IS.

AFTER USE OF LUDLOW SOIL SAVER

immediate protection aga inst roadside erosIon End l day. er05ion from r:lin and water n m-off cuts illto the highway il1\'estOlent of every stale. If yOIl j;harc ill the responsibili ties of highway planlling, !milding and renewal, then erosion, its defeat and preven­tion, is your concern. YOII , of all people, should kllOw about Soil Saver.

Soil Saver is a hf,!,LVY jute mesh. It is simple a_~ dirt. and almost as che'lp! It (:osts, ill fact, some 75% I~ than sod, and 1400% less than asphalt or l.:oncrcte paving. Wind. water or !ol rowin~ gras~ (:al11)OI displuCf.;! it. Currently I)vcr 36 stale highway dcsigll eng ineers across the nation nu~v include it ill their originnl specifIcat ions. They hnve seen how i t protcct~ seed find soil in critical areas until !o\ russc~ tuke over.

SOIL SAVER Heavy Jute Mesh

Distribu ted Throug h LAWN & GARDEN SPOT 117 E. Northwe st Hwy., Barrington, Illinois Phone 381·1030

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Ploc!nq 100M lOp s oU

moisture dl:nsilY tests :md elassi­fic;lI ion ('I:Sts.

d) To place t h~ pressure cells, a hole will be dug down to the spring­line by hand on e:lch side of the pipe :md LO the top of the pipe on the cemerlinc of the c.ulvert.

e) Pressure cdls wi!! be cemented to the pipe: and lC:1ds run through holes to the pipe intl:rior.

f) Space around the cells will then be filled with an AM ·9 grout in proper proport..ions to prevent flow o[ thl: grout into the sur­round ing soil. The rem:linder of the holes will be backfilled and comp.1cted.

g) Placing of the roadway emOOnk· ment o\"(;r the pipe will then pro­ceed in the normal manner to

an elevation of not lcss lh:m 6' ·O~ above thc top of the pipe.

3. Corwrt/cting the Impn-/ul Tre-nch

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a) \V ith the emoonkmelll COil·

~truCled to an de,'ation of not less than 6'-O~ above the top of the pi~, a trench shall be exca­vated about 5' widc :lI\d centercd directly over the pipe to 1'·0" above the lOp of the pipe. The trench shall extend in each dire<:· tion from L'te roadway ccnterlin~ to points where the em]).1nkmc:nt (:over m'er the top of the pipe approximat!.':s six feel. This is true (or our particular installa· lioll; usu:.lIy the depth o[ fll! is listed :"15 the outside diameler of the pi pe plus one foot. Sides of the Irench should be kept \'cnical within a tolerance of six inchl:s.

b) The trench shall be refi lled with topsoil (:ontaining a modcr:He amoulIl of \'cgetation, placed in

View of rod. fr<)m .eme·plgt".

the loosest possible condition. Soil and vl:getation stripped prior to emba nkment construction will be satisfa(:tory for this purpose. I n no (ase should the loose soil have :l relative density greater than approximatdy 75 per (:ent of the opt..imulll proctor. Samples of th.is material should be taken and tested to detc:nnine its dassi­",ation as well as moisture and density.

(:) Settlement plates will then be in­stall ed in the approxim:lle same location as the pressure edls. One plate will be placed on the loose fill d irC(:dy over the (: ul vcrt centerline. One plate will also be installl:d on the compacted em­bank ment fill at each side of the loosely filled trench approximate. Iy 5·U~ Out from the (:Uhlert cen­terlilll', making a tot:,l of three at l'aeh location.

4. ObJ('rVlltiOIlS a) At about cvery 5'-O~ increment

of fill height, readings of pressure cells will be taken. At the same time the elevation of the settle· ment plates and the pipe invert wili Ix: tahn.

h) These obsen·at..ions will be call· tinued unt..i l fill has bee.n (:om· pleted and for as long after as significant readings can be ob· tai lled.

c) Moisture den ~i ty tcsts should also he made on the embankment over thc culvert at about 5 tcd incremems of fill height. If the soil dassifi(:ation is uncertain, sam pleS should be taken for dassi­fieation tCSts.

d) Laboratory tem of the soil should

h ... made when cOlH'cnient . e) ExtenSive pho[Ographic rcwrds

of pipe bedding and other fea­tures of the installation should be made.

f) Vertical and horiwntal pipe di· anlele.r change measureme.nts sho\lJd also be made at intervals indi(:ated in hem 4 (a).

5. Rl!lpollsibility a) Pla(:ing of the pressure (:ells, sct·

tlemcnt plates and other ne.ces· sa ry instrumentation will be the n:sponsibility of the Amcrican Concrete Pi pe Association.

b) Be(lding and la ying the pipe, placing the backfill and the em­IXlllkmem, (:otlstructing and oockfilling the Imperfect Trench will be the responsibility of Cen­tral Engincering Company or Da\'enport, Iowa.

c) I: will also be the responsibility of the Cenual Engineering Com· p:my [0 avoid damaging the in­strumentation, p:,rticuiarly vert..i · cal roJs extending through the fill from the settlemen t plates.

d) The Bureau of ReSear(:h and Pbnning of the Illinois Division of H ighwa ys will provide an ob­sccver to vc:rify the procedures used and the readings taken.

e) District 2 of the Illinois Division of Highways will he responsibk for soil sampling and testing.

The culvert was inst;tlled :tC(:ording to the procedural guide in May of 1961. I.Jackfi.1I material was carefully lamrM into p'ace at the sidctl and up [0 Qne foot over the pipe. AI that time holl:s were excavated at the sides and abo,·e the pipe to allow the pressure cells to

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be: installed. Hydraulic hoses from the cells were led th rough th~ lifting holes in the pipe shell into the culvert and out one end of the culvert. Cells were located directly um.h:r the proposed lo­cation of the high shoulder, the low shoulder and tbe median strip; a total of nille cdls were installed .

A non-shrinking grout was used to secure the cells in place and to provide uniform COnt3ct between the cells and the pipe wall. The holes were thc::n rdilled and compacted. i\ five-foot lift of material was then compacted inw place mer the culvert. T he imper­fect trench was constructed in accord­:lIlce with the procedural guide.

Tlu; eu!>·,,] 1 was in51J"Ul1lcntcd to

obtain data to "heck the theory by which the backfill load Oll the pipe is com­puted. Attcmpts were made to measure the following quantities:

1. Deformation of the pipe 2. Settlement of the pipe into its

bedding 3. Vertical soil pressure on the top

of the pipe oj. Lateral pressure al the springline

of the pipe 5. Settlement of the top surface of

the uncompressed backfill in the trench over the pipe

6. Scnlcmcnt of the side fills at the elevation of the top surface of the ullcomp res.o;ed backfill.

Read ings were taken at 5-ft. incre­ments in fill height. Changes in pipe diameter were measured with a port" ~te gage using all Ames diaL Levels were run through the line to check settlement of the pipe invert.

A new type of pressure cdl W3S used to measure the soil pressure against the pipe. Originnlly the cdl was designed

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to Illeasure pore pressure under earth dams. Because of its immunity to dam­age from moisture in the ground, it .l-t:emed an ideal choice for long time studies of preSSure on underground conduits.

The cell is co115tructed of dear plas­tic; it is about 8 inches in diameter and about an inch thick at the outside eJg:e. One side is flat. The other side is slightly convex making the overall thickness at the (enter of the cell about I \'1. inches. The interior annular space is completdy filled with oil having a very low coefficient of viscosity. Sus­pended ill this oil is a thin plastic mem­hrane or elwdope about 4 inches in d iameter. At di:tmctrically opposite points a I V! inch plastic tube is con­nected to this envdope. The tubc$ are hrought oul through the plastic exterior at points also HlQ o apart. The small tubes ~rc then hrought togt:ther and thre~ded through a single larger plastic tu\x: (or protection.

The sides of the cell are sufficiently flexible that preSS\lre applied to the outside by soil will be: transmitted to the oil inside the cell. One of the Ys inch plastic tubes is connected to a cyl inder of compressed air. The com­pressed air, contro!1ed hy a regulating v~l I"e, reaches the envelope suspended in the reservoir of oil. The envelope is hdd dosed by the oil pres~ure until sufficient air pressure is applied to open th~ film <wd exh~lls t through the op­posite tube The rate of Row of air through tile cell can be measured. Each (dt is calibrated so thnt knowing the applied air pressure and the rate of nnw of air through the cdl, the eXTern31 pressure call be obt~ined. In this par­(icubr eas~ the h::ads were taken into the cui vert pipe and to the nearest end

of the culvert. A portable (onsole (on­taining the compressed air cylinder, val \·es and pr~sure gauges was used to ohtain readings. Actually, compressed nitrogen was used rather than (om­pressed air t(l avoid condensation in the system.

To ~ltach the cells to the pipe, a thin cem<.:nt mortlr pad was for!l)ed on the exterior of the pipe with a Aat surface. The cdl wa! eemel11ed to this flat SUT­

fac e with an epoxy glue. The installation was performed as

outl ined in the procedural guide. The resnlts of the density tests at the several locations varied from 97.170 to I05.l 1~ of the m~ximum density in accordance with the A.A.S.I I.O. Method T 99. The percent of optimum moisture 3S

determined by the same method varied from 46% to 11470 of the optimum moisture content. The soil type was a silly clay.

The loose backfill was chccked and varied between 51 70 to 5670 of the maximum demity obtained by A.A.5.H.O. Method T 99.

The theory of loads for Imperfect Trench Installations requires evaluation of th:: settlement of the top of the loose trench hack@l relative to the compacted material 011 each side of the trench. To measure this settlement, settlement plate.s werc placed in the fill. These were 20j inch square steel plates :4 inch thick with 5 foot lenglhs of Vz inch steel pipe welded to the plate so as to project \IP through the fill. One plate was pl~ced directly on the loose tt:lpsoil with which the trench had been filled directly over the centerline of the pipe. By taking level readings on the end of the ~~ ineh pipe, the elevation

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ExcClv Clilnq Imperfect tre nch

Your Retirement System

By Rt)SS t;(.L O. MCCLI.LUN"

Execlllivt! Secretary. llIinoi.; Stale Employeu Assocililion

The Illinois Stale Employees Asso­ciation is a non-profit, non-p.!flisan, non-scctarian , non_union organizatinn. T he ohject o[ the Association is to "promote the inccrcst$ of state em­ployees <Illd participants in the State Employees' Retirement System." Thus, you sec, all state employees arc eligible for membership .

Your Association amI our Aswc:;ja· liOn have worked closelv in developing and promoting matters" o[ mutual in­terest and concern LO OllT members. You will recognize, thcndon:, some of the items in our program as they m:ly already appear in yours. The program of the illillois State Employees Asso­ciation is:

J. Propcr financing of the State Employees' Retirement System through budgeting of pension costs by operating agencies.

The current pmctice of the state, in making :appropriatiom 10 the State Employees' Retire­ment System only for cash re­quirements, is in direct conflict with existing statutes and sound actuarial principles. It is recommended therdore that Ihe state adopt the system of each o~rating agency includ­ing in its budget the acmarially determined cost of the reLire­ment program for its em­ployees.

II. A hospital, medical, surgic.l! in­su rance program for state em­ployees with the state participat­i1'g in the premium cost.

It is recom mended that the State of JIlinois make pcol'ision in the budget for the 1963-1965 biennium of $2,000,000 for premium cost plus the neccs-5:lrY amount fo r administrati"e purposes.

III. Periodic p~y i ncrea~es on a merit basis.

Assured periodic S:Jlary Ill-

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creases to deserving employecs is imper.:nive in the recruitment 3nd n,t<.'lltion of capahle per­sonnel.

IV. Longer vacations for employees with long years of service.

It is recommended that four wttks "aC:l1ion per year he al­lowed employees with 15 years of continuous state service, or 20 years of total Slate service.

V. An expanded I n _SnviCt~ Training Program fur all st.ate employees.

Such a program is essential to the irnpro\'~ment of employee perfurmance and advancement in the public service.

VI. Payment· by the state ror puhlic liability insurance prem..ium for statc owned vehicles opc.rated by state employees.

It is recommended that the emp!oyc-c be reimbursed by the state for all COMS inw ned in furnishing liability insurance for state vehicles; or that the State furnish ~llch insuranc(-, without cost to the employee, as provided fo r in the Illinois Mutor Vehicle Law.

VII. F.litablislunelll uf an Employee Suggest ion System.

In the imereS[ of promoting greater efficiency in state go,,· crnment. anJ the improvement of staff morale, it is recom­mended the state adopt. an Employee Suggcstion System. Such System t.o provide for both monetarv and nOIl-mune­tary awards t~ employees who submit suggestions resulting in ~mp((~vt"t.! ope.ratiuns or sa\'­lllb'l 1.11 opcraltons.

VIII. Establishment by the Illinois Department of Personnel of a Personnel Officers' Council com­posed of representatives from \'arious operating agencies.

R. O. McClellan

This Council to review Rules, regulations and procedures now in force and proposed in the fmure; and to d iscuss, study, and recommend solu­tions to personnc! problems occur~ing in various state agencIes. By this method the operations of the Department would be urought closer to the agencies it serves and thus make for a more effective and efficient program.

IX. Cash payment (or overtime.

It is recommended that the state pay cash for overtime work performed by a state em­ployee if it is not feasible to g rant C"i-Iuivalcm t.ime ofT.

X. An allowance of ten cents per mile for the use of privately ownw .automobile.~ on official state business.

XI. A stuJy be made on the feasibil­ity of Social Security coverage for state employees.

You will be plca~d to know that copies of t.his progT.1111 h:lve been s.cm ro dec:ed stale oflicials and the heads of all state departments, boards, and commiJisiollS to inform them and to solicit their support. Copies also wcrc sent to your Association .

[t is always a pleasure fo r me to

discuss the Srate Employees· Rctire­meJlt System Act, sinc~ our pension system is conside.red to ~ one of the finest in the country. Then too, the Illinois State Employees Association de­serves full credit for sponsoring- the legislation which resulted in the Act becoming effecti"e January I, 1944, as well :n [or subscquent changes in it to increase: benefits and extend coverage.

The State Employees' Retirement System provides the [ol!owing namell benefi ts:

Servia Rnirf"m ent Allowuncc A member may rcti re, at his option, at the age of 60 years or oyer wi th at

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DIRECTORY

ROBERT HOFMANN & ASSOCIATES

Consulting Engineers R.,qu."red, Profe .. ionol &IIqine e li (llId Land SIIO" YO"

Req Uo .e,.eI Slruct\1rol Uo 'ilnurs

106 River Street Dixon, Illinois Pho. 284-0641

320 N. Fourth St. Rockford, Illinois

Pho. 964-2897

ROBERT HOFMANN. C. E. SCHROEDER. THOMAS GAZDA

COLLINS and RICE CONSULTING ENGINEERS

.. Bridge and Grade Separations

.. Roads and Streets

... Municip.1 Improvements

1622 South 5th Street Sprln;tield Illinois

WALTER E. HANSON & COMPANY ENcrNE~ltS - Co~SUl:rANTS

Registered Structural and Professional En­gineers. Bridges and Grade Separation St ructures. Dams. Soil Tests and Founda· tions. Roads and Streets.

1227 South 6th St. Springfield. Illinois

Phone: 211·527· 2566

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Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Consulting Engineers

Expressways - Highways

Streets Complete Civil Engineering Services

Phone: 217·528-5619

755 So. Grand West Springfield, DL

JENKINS, MERCHANT & NANKIVIL Consulting Engineers

Munidpal Improvements Highways 6. Airports

Gas Systems Water Systems

Sewerage Systems Industrial Plants

Recreational Facilities

Power Development Traffic Surveys Flood Control

Investigations and Reports

801·805 East MUler St. Springfield, Ill. Phone: 217·523·5694

De Leuw, Cather & Company Consulting Engineers

Public Transit Traffic & Parking Expressways Grade Separations Urban Renewal

Subways Rcnlroad Facilities Industrial Plcmts MuniCipal Works Port Development

16S West Wacker Drin. Chicago 1. Illinou

San Franc:isc:o New York Boston

Consoer, Townsend & Associates Consulting Engineers

Sewage treatment, sewers, storm drainage, flood control - Water supply and treatment - Highway and bridges- Airports - Urblln renewa l - Electric and gas transm ission lines - Rate studies, surveys and valuations - Industrial and institutiona l build· ings.

360 East Grand Avenue Chicago 11 , Illinois

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lost 8 years of creditable service!. His service retiremellt allowance is c:qual to 1/ 60th of average final com l>l:nsalion multiplial by the number of yors of creditable scn'ice. Under all amendment to the Act, cffe<:' {ive August 18, 1961, :lnd sponsored by the Illinois State Employees Associa· tion, a member nuy dect to retire be· [ween the ages of 55 and 60, if he has 30 or more years of service. In such inSI:lnces the sen'ice retirement allow· ance is reducW % of J ~) for <'aeh month that the member's ag<' is less than 60 at dale 0: retireme!1I1.

Survivors' Benefits This bend11 applies 10 eligible surv;· vors of a mt:mbcr who dIes while in service with at least J liz years of creditable service. If death occurs after termination thc member must h~ve had a vcsted right to a pension c.~tahli~hed. This benefit consins of (a) ~ lIingl:: sum payment of $1,000.00 divided pro·rata among beneficiaries, and (b) :I. sUr\' ivors annuity pay~blc to certain eligible bmdiciarb:. In addition, if the member dies prior to retirement, from any cause other than illness or injuries resulting from occupational duties, the nominated b::neficiary or member's c.~tate , i~ entitleJ to a refund of the contrib\ltion~ for service retirc­ment allowance maue by the member. The benefits are p.1yable 10 the follow· ing survivors:

( I)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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A widow or dtpendelH widower agM 55 or over, unless minor children under age 18 of the mem­ber arc in the cart of the widow or dependent widower. in wh ich event payments begin immediarc.\y upon death 0: the mcmtx:r. I f no widow or dependent widower survives a member, a depcndent child or children under age 18 nf the member who are full orphans would qualify for the benefits. If therc be no widow, dependent widower. or dependent children of the member under age 18, the benefits arc payable to a dependent parent or parents aged 55 or over. If a parent is under age 5'5 at the date of death of the member, pay · ment of the annuity is deferreJ umil attainment of ~ge 55. If no widow. dcpendent wiuowcr. children under age IS of the member who are full orphans, or dependent puent~ sun'ive the member, no sUrI'il'or's benefits arc payable. A beneficiary is considered a de· pendent if he was receiving :at the dale of death of th e memb:-r at

least one·half of his support from the member for maintenance in· cluding bo.1rd, lodging, medical care and like costs. A beneficiary is disqualified from receiving a sur· vil'or's annuiry during the time he is receiving salary from the Slale of Illinois or :IS an em ployee: of an employer covered by the University Retin:melll System of Illinois and the henefit is permanently tenni· nated upon marri~ge or rema rriage of the I~nefic:i a ry .

If death occurs while in service, thC' survi\'or's annuity is payable as follows:

( I)

(2)

(3)

If the bcnefic.ia ry is a widow or dependent widower, the survivor's annuity is 307(' of a\'erage final compensation. The maximum an· nuity is $200 .00 I~r month. In :Iddition to tht: foregoing amounts, if a dependent child or chi ldren under age IS also survi\'e the member and arc under Ihe care of the widow or dependent widower, an additional amount is payablt tqual to 201'0 of average final compensation on account of each such child, plus 10% of such compensation dividcd equally ~mong all such children; provided that thc combin ed payments on account of all heneficiarie~ cannot excttd S25H.OO per month or S0 70 of an~ r:lgc: final compens;ltion, whichever is the lesser. If the beneficiary is a dependent minor child or childrcn who arc fuJI orphans. the 5uf\'i\'or's annui ty is 20~b of a\'erage fina l comJnnsa· lion to each child and lOr" of such C1Jmpcns~lion divided equal!y among all child ren eligible for such :tanuitYj provided that the combined p,lyments 10 :Ill children cannot exceed 5250.00 per month or 80% of :I\'erage final compensa· lion, whichever is the lesser. The maximum annuity payments on ,Iccount of anyone child is $125.00 per month. If the beneficiary is a dependent p:HI!Ilt, the sur\'ivor's :Innuity is 207') of a\'erage final compensation to each parent plu~ 107(7 of such compensation divided equally among the parents who qualify, subjcct to ,'I maximum payment to both dCI>l:ndclll parents of $200.00 per month. If death of the mcmber ocClirs after his last withdrawal from service. or after retirement, lhe snH'h'or's annuity to all eligible benefici:lrics is further limited to a maximum of 80'fi of the service

retirement allowance earned by the member at the date of his last withdr.l.wal from st'rvlee.

Widow', Annuity The widow's annuity benefit consists of the following; (3) A munthly annuity equ;!l to 5070

of the service rctircment allowanCe! earned by the membc:r (with !! years of crL-{\iLable service or more) at the date of his death, and

( b) A lump sum dcath benefit payment paY3ble following the date of death of the member amounting to $)oo.oa.

The widow's annuity begins immedi· ately if the widow is aged 55 years or over at the date of death of lhe memo ber. If she is under ;!ge 55 at ,such time payment of Lhe mOllthly benefit h deferred until such time as she ~ttains age 55. It any evall, the lump sum death benefit ( par! b) is payable im­mediately following death of the mc.m· ber. If the widow has in her care a minor child or children under age 18 (childrc..1 of the blood or adopted children) payment of the widow's an­nuity benefit begins immediately even though the widow is under age 55. In such event, the monthly portion of the henefit (part a) is increased 57(' of the sen'icc rCtirenlent allowance carne!] by the decc:lsed member. on account of e:lch such minor child. subject to a m~ximum payment of 66~% of the service reti rement allowance earned by the member to a widow and minor children. The widow of a deceased male mem· ber, who was a mcmber of the: System on July [9, 1961, the date the Survil'or's Annuity provision became eA'ecti,'c ~nd who had established for his wife the right to a widow's annuity hcnefit as wdl as the sur\'i\'or's annuity benefit has the option of receiving either the widow'~ annuity or 5urvi\'or's annuity bc:nefit.

Ordinary D~orh B~n~fit Upon death of <I. memhcr from any cause other than occupational injuries or dise:ue, leaving no dependent eligible to the survi,·or 's or widow's annuity benefit, his designnted beneficiary is entitled to a return of his contributions, including interest. If de~th of a member k-aving no de· pcndcnt dtgible to the survi\'or's or widow's annuity benefit occu rs while in service and he was in receipt of salary from the State within a period of 12 rnonths prior 10 his death. and had at least 12 months of contributing membership scn·ice, Ute beneficiary

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

nominated by the member is entitled to a death benefit equal to one twelfth of the member's average annual salary for each completed ye~r of creditable sen'ice not exc«ding one half year's salary.

Accidl."nlill Dl."ath Rerll:lit Upon death while in service due to occupational causes, the designalc:'d beneficia ry of the member is entitled to a return of the member's contrihu­tions, including imerest. In addition, if a widow survives the member, she is entitled to an annuity equal to 507(: of the member's a\'erage rate of salary fo r his Ian year of sctvice, subjc:'ct to termination by death or rema rriage. I f a child under age 18 of the member a lso su rvives, the ann uity to the widow is increased by l5 7t) 0/ aver<1ge salary beca use of each sueh child, subject to a maximum combincd payment of 75% of a\'erage salary. Attainment of age 18, d(3(h or marriage renders a child in­eligible for consideration. If there is no widow but there arc dependent children under age 18 sur­"il' ing, !.he benefit p,'lyable would amou nt to 15 7(1 of average sala ry for each child subject to a maximum of 507e of average sabry. I( ndther a widow nor <]epcndent children sun'i\·e !.he benefit is payable to a uCI>enucnl parent or parents. The amount would be 2570 of :werage sala ry for each, Such a dc:lth must be adjudicated by tbe Industrial Comrni~s ion as service connected and any amounts pro\' ided through Workman's Compensation would be considered as an offset to the Retiremem System bendit.

Ordilllll",' Disability Be'lefirs

This rn:ndit is payable to members under age 65 who ha\'e 5 or more year~ of credited service and arc unah!t' to work duc to non-QCcupational cauS{:S. Another requirt'ment i~ that the mcm· ber must have been grantecl a le.1"e of :lbse.nce by his dqnrtment because of the dis.1bility. The benefit amoullls to 507 ... of current salar! and is p.1yab\c, after :t thirty day waiting period, for one quartt'f of the member's length of crc<l itable service. Membersh ip credit is alloweU the member Juring the lime he r~e.i \'es this benefit.

AcciJe"ful Disahiiily A member unable to \vork because of iHnen or injury due to occupational G1uses is entitled to receive a benefit amounting to 600/0 of his current s;tlary rate, The illnt'ss or injury must be aJjudic.1tcd as sen 'ice connccted by the Industrial Commission and the

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benefit is reduced by amounts provided as \Vorkman's Compensation. Payment of this bencfit hegins when salary pay· menrs ct'ase, tht' re is no waiting period. Membcrship crcdit is allowed the mt'm· ber during the time he receives this b~ne6.t.

I think it is p ~l rticular1y significant to point out tbat lhe sta te does not retain auy of the member's contributions. All is retumoo to him or his beneficiaries in the form of benefits, or to his or a beneficiary's estate.

As I am sure you realize, you as i ndi\'idu.al~ could not purchaSt' the pro­tection afforded you and your dt'· pendents for th e: amount you art' con­tr ibuting to the Systcm, The lIlinois State Employees Association is proud indeed of the p:lrt it h:ls had in tht' developmcnt of our outstanding Re­tirement System,

ILLINOIS ffiGHWAY PLANNING PROGRAM

cussing the proposed work to be out­lined hy lhe Hureau of Research and Planning to be carried out at District It'\'el by the delegated urban planning reprt'st'ntat i\'t's, \V ith John Shant'man alld T t'd Morf as discussion leaders, a pand was composed of fivt' people: Kennt'th Green, of the Division of Statt' and Local Planning, and Steiner Si­lence, Traffic Engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, along with the three Urban Planning Section peoplt', Bow­man, Bryant and Leek, described the: matcrials presentt'd at the meeting for rcvicw and eva luation of completed wmprchcnsive ci ty and regional plan­ning reports. The same panel also described in detail procedures by which high way distr icts and plann ing consul­tants can pro\'ide a better community service through planning coordination wi!.h their information, resources and repon preparation through joiot mutu· al participation . John Shaneman, En· gineer of Planning and Programing, then gave an c\'a!uation of the cxining Streel and highway transportation plans as prepareJ by consultants for the Divi­sion of Highways. This was done to help establish II fr:unc:work within which to compare both the compTe­hellSi\"t' plans of the \'arious cit ies and the highway plan by the District Urban Planning staff.

Roy Bell, Assista nt Disu ict Engineer of Rt'searcb and Plann ing. and director of the Lake County Transportation

Study. oud ined !.he obj«ti\'cs and tech· niques for a pilO[ "action" study on transponation and highway plan for Lake County, jointly participated in by cities, coumies, statc, and Federal funds and staff, Final revision of the prospec­tus h:15 been completed and will he availahle from the Bureau of Resea rch and Planning. This pilot study is spon· sored by the American Association of St.1te Highway Officials, the National Associat ion of Coumy Officials. and the America n Municipal Association , This pro ject, along with the formation of the Urha n Planning Section within lhe Bureau of ReSt'arch and Planning. has received national publicity in a bro­chure distributed b), [ht' Federal H igh. way Administrator called "llighway Planning Notes." This message from Rex M. Whitton, the Fetleral H ighway Administrator. stresses the importance: of the statewide planning function as 3tta ined in the Bureau of Public Roads, This is 311est=d to by the establ ishment of a separate office that will b: able to devote all iu energies 10 the de\'dop­ment and i:nprovement of planning techniques and vigorous encouragement of their application.

"New problt:ms bring new challenges. New pbnning tools, the attraction o( new discipline to the highwa y plan­ning fi eld. and new and develnping dala proceuing systems will help us rna't these challenges. The gn~al wave of urban ization alone will call for the utmost in skills and judgment in plan­ning jf our highway systc:ms arc to meet the responsibilities in serving and helping shape the metropolitan areas of the decades ahead."

The complete proceedings with all the speeches and editorial comments arc bei ng' prep3red and will be distributed upon request to the Urban Planning Sc<:doll of the: Bureau o! Research and Planning, Further procedural details wil! also be included in a C ircular Plan­ning Memorandum No, 2,

Make Your

Reservation

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For the Convention

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Portion of FAI Route 70 Opened

The formal dedication of a portion of FAI Route iO cluenuing from 50urh of Ahamonl 10 cast of Montrose was held on May 23, 1962. The dedication ccremoruel; were held in conjunction with and as a part of the ohservant!' of N:uional ll ighway Week.

The ceremonies were :mcndcd by Governor OtiO Kerner. W. J. Payes, Jr., Director of thc Department of Public Works and Buildings, R. R. Bartds­meyer, Chief H ighway Enginttr, and many legislators and <lignitariC$ from throughout the St:uc. All arr.mgcmenls werc~ m:lde under the direction of Mr. I. C. Hliss. Dislrict Engineer of the Effingham District.

The portion of I ntentate Route 70 included in the u~dication was approxi­mately 24 milc5 in length and COSt ap· proximately $I!l.OOO.UOO. In th is OH:ra!1 length, one section 6 miles in length

will ca rry Interstate Route 70 and Inter­state Route 57 coim:identa!1y_ Sevcn illterch:lngcs Me locatetl in the 24 milc length.

The dedication wa.~ held at rhe r :IY_ cue Avcnue imcrch:lnge si te j\ISt west of the City of Ef1ingham. T he City uf Effingham p:lnicip:l1ed in the ceremony by huluing a p:mHIc which terminatetl at the dcdicll tiull site. A progression of progress in transportation was featu red in the parade and included horses, oxen, antiq ue automobiles :lI1d mooc_rn ' ·chides.

In thc accompanying photographs, :l general view of th e: speaker's stand shows Governor Otto Kerner giving the main address. Go\'ernur Kerner is as­sisteJ in the ribbon clltting by Ma)'or L. Keller, of Ellingham. A general I·iew of lntentate Route 70, looking lIunhe:lst, is in the hackground.

FROM OUR RETIREES

"/ will conlinue 10 en joy th is fine m:lgazinc and CO\'cragc: of our highway :lcli \'Ltics. You fclluws whu ha\'l~ g;"cn :.0 much time to this work deserve morc th.m a guld medal. or morc than juSt wurtls can express.

Sincerely, Leslie W. Adams (Springfield )"

"I have en joyed and treasured my :lcquaintance with all of you. E\'e:n tho I have: retired from the' hig hway department, I still feci I am one of the gang :llld nu doubt will come in contact with you from time 10 time. I sta rted working for the T esting Sen'· ice Corporation of Lombard some time ~go, k5~ than two week~ after I retired, and today am quite enthused and enjoy the \\lork.

Very truly, B. A. Kennedy ( Dixon)"

Peoria Phone 699 · 3956 Address: R. R. No.6, East Peoria. Ill.

C. A. POWLEY CO. WASHED SAND GRAVEL ROAD GRAVEL

COMPLETE EXCAVATING SERVICE - TRACTOR - CRANE and TRUCK RENTAL

Office and Plant Located 2 m ile. East of East Peoria on HI. US 24

" ILL INO I S HIGHWAY EN G INEER

The Division of

Highways Scores

Another Fi rst in

T rafflc Resea rch

St:ptenlhcr 12th saw the offic ial open­mg ceremony [or the nalion's first ex­bMUi\'c c:kclronic system o f automalcd mffic detect ion on the Intersta te 1-1 igh­.... 1 network. The declIunic system is known :u the:: Congress Street Express­W3y Pilot DeLt>::lion System and w,u ~dopcd uf the Exprnsway Surveil ­bncc Project in Distr ict No. 10.

The Pilot Detection System 3.UIOIll3.t.

tally givcs dctailcd inform;ttion on U2f6c performance along a five mile tUtion of the westbound expressway , wttn Cicero Avenue and First Ave­AUI:'. Ultrasonic traffic dClcclOrs, sus­pmded from existing structures. opcr.Hc O'I'er each traffic lane at sc\'en stations .nthin the study area. Inform:lIion col­lected by each detector is transmincd by me:lOS of telephone lines to the proj­ect office at 22 1 Lake Street in Oak Pari" Each detector fec:ds into an in­di\idual analog comput~~ loca t~d :It th~ proj«t oAi~e; the output of th~ com put­t:r th~n displays th~ traffic data on a meter panel. each detector actuating two meters_ The readings of the indi­,idual m~tcrs an : simulL1n~usly re­corded at regularly scheduled time intcn-ais. the da[(l thus collected is Rored on punched tape; [he punch code wed for the dal3 ;s specificall y designed ror analysis on the slau:-owneu Benuix G· )') digital computer in Springfield.

Another striking feature of the sys-

tern ;s the ahility to continuously dis­play existing trallic conditions along th~ study area on a large /lIap panel posi­tioned above the all:"l log computer racks. Colored lights 0/1 the map pand show the degree of congestion existing at a.ny tim~ or loc:uion a long the study $('Cuon.

The Pilot Detection System will pro­vide an unprecedented opponunity to conduct re~ rch illlo the 'whys and whereforcs' of lTaffic congestion on one of the world's busiesl highway§. Re­search of this na[ure may well prove invaluable in solving the pressing prob. lem of daily rush hOllr traffic slow· \lowns WiUll;:SScd in 1110st of thc nation·s largest cities.

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The Expressway Surveillance Project is under Ihe supervis ion of the Bureau of Resea rch and Planning and is being financed with Highway Plann ing Sur­vey funds madl;: available through the Federal-Aid Highway Acts with the State, Cook County, and the City of Chkago contrihuting the ncccssary matching fu nds.

Spend your Columbus boliday weekend

in I'eoria at tbe lAME convcntion,

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THI RD QUAR TE R 1982 "

Equipment Display

For National Engineers' Week

By JAM~S E. BELL

President Sprillgfield Chapter

D uring National H ighway Week, May 2()"26, the Springfield Chapter had a special committt'C ~IlJcavoring to help promote this C,'CIlt. This comm inec :u­ranged with loc~! equipment dealers and manufac\urc/S to set up a display of highway construction equipment along one side of the courthouse squ(He in downtown Spnngfield. Construnion equipment man',lfacturcd by Allis­Chalmers. Catelpillar. LeTourneau­W estinghouse, and Lull Engineering Company wu displayeJ. On Saturday, May 19 and week days after working hours during National Highway Week. memocrs of the chapter were present at the display to answer questions, pass out handbills inv:ting the public to the Ash StUd Buil&ng Open H ouse, and

10 p:lSS out 1961 ro.1d maps. Signs ad­vertising ~ationa! H ighway Week and the Opcn I-Iou;.e were also display«l as :I pan of this endeavor.

This commitlee wnsistttl of John Stark. Chairman ; Dirk Shelburn, and Ji m Ruuya!!.

News from One 01 Our Boys

Thomas W. Kennedy, son of Thomas C. Kennedy, Paris, "Young T om," ::1$ he is referred to at the Highway onice, is a Research Assist:mt amj Instructor at the Uni\'crsity of Illinois. lie is also working on his

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of the settlement plate could be deter­mined . As the fill height inere:lsed, ad­d itional 5 rOOt extensions of \tl. inch pipe wue added.

An arrangemem of pressure cdls and settlemmt plates was located at three points along the culvert. One was placed unJer each outside shoulder of the top of the fill. Another was placed near the centerline of the road way but under one shou[Jer of the di\' idet.! high­way. It is intended that readings be taken nOt only Juring construction but also (or some lime after to eheck the long-time bcha\'ior of this method of consmx:tion. installation of the cdls and settlement plat~ was by Soils Test­ing Services, Incorporated, of Chicago. The So'une firm has also collecteJ the aperimental data on the project.

DoclOrate, having reeehed his }.·Iasters Dcgr« in February of this year. He is married and has :1 month old daughter, Susan Jayne.

CLARK, DAILY, DIETZ AND ASSOCIATES

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Consulting Engineers Highways, Bridges, Street Improvements, Street lighting, Storm

Drainage, Flood Control , Foundations, Surveying and Mapping, l and Development Studies, Sewerage,

Waterworks, Swimm ing Pools, Buildings

211 North bee St. URBANA, ILLINOIS

FIRST NATIONA L BANK BUILDING CARLYLE, ILLINOIS

161 Je ffe rson MEMPHIS, TENN.

IL LINO I S HIGHWAY ENGINEER

PEORIA - 1962 Convention ~'I all get together for a holiday

'end a t the IA H E convention at Perc Marquette in Peoria on Oc­

-.iIu 11th and 13th. Co.J,,·ention headquarters wil! be

.... from noon on Friday in the Xl""E ROOM, where you are al!

-=iLomc:. :md drinks will be provided.

.\s rnelitioneJ in previous bulletins, .. ~ dinner with ous transportation

be provided at the new Mossville L::sr:arch l1epartmcm of Caterpillar TACtor Co. on F riday evening. T his .-ill be followed by a tOUT and later .. mixer dance at the H otel from mile

tweke.

After a welcome by the City's Mayur, .. rcglllar husiness session wil! be held Sarurday morning starting at ten, pre· adcd by registration.

A special ladies' lunche-on has been .nngcd at the much publicized \·ONACH EN'S JUNCT ION with Owes leaving the hotel a[ noon . In addition to the meal, a special tn~at &.as btxn arranged which I am sure .211 those present will enjoy, Return ing buses wi ll take you on what i~ often TUrned the "WORLD 'S MOST BEAU· TIFUL D RIVE,"

Special events a rc planned fo r the noon session which will Ix: discussed fu rther by hulletins sent directly tu each district.

S:nurday ,,'cning will start with a cocktail pany [rom six to ~cven, ban· quet fIOm scven to eight·thiny ;Hld dancing from nine to twelve.

A most enjoyable time is being planned for all of ),ou, ~ do arrange to attend the 1962 Convention in Pe­oria - October 12th and 13th,

Mr. William Bla ckie , Ona 01 the major speakers at the Sal. a ltemoon senlon

William Blackie is president and a directur uf Caterpillar Tractor Co. He joined Caterpillar in 1939, having previ . ously been associated for ni ne. yea rs wiTh Price \Vate-rholL~e & Co., certified public accountants in Chicago.

Before c1ecrion as presidem in Fehru­nry 1962, Mr. B1ackie was an executive vice president [or eight yea rs and a ,·ice president of the wmpany for ten years, He had previously served as controller from 1939 to 19H.

Born ill Glasgow, Scotland, May I, 1 906~ t."lr. Blackie atte.nded grammar :u,d high school there. \-Ie studied ac· counting, husines~ law, :mJ economics at (nmtnercial colleges and the Uni· versity of Gb'gow. l ie became a Char· tered Accountant of Scutland in 1930.

For five years prior to moving to the U.S. early in 1930, he was a chartered :lV,:ount,mt's apprentice with A1ex(lndcr 510<111 &. Ccmp.my. Glasgow.

Mr. Bbckic was a d irector of the r:h:tlnl~r of Commerce of the United States frum 1955 to 19:;8, and snved Oil

the Chamh~r's foreign cnmmerce com­mittee from 1955 to 1959. H e was chairman of this comm ittee be.ween 19)6·5H. He is a member of the policy committee of the Cilambe.r of Com­me,.,c of: the UruteJ St.nes, and a for ­ma member of the. Canada-Un ited States committee .

Mr. Blackie is a trus tt'e uf the United States Council of the lntemationai C:hamocr o[ Commerce .

[It" is a member of the National Asso­ciation of Accountants and the Ameri­can Institute o[ Cert ified Public Ac­countants: he is :1 CPA of both Illinois and \Visconsill. He is chairman of the il! inois Committee [or Trade .Expan­sion and a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, State of Ill inois.

LADIES I T he noon luncheon for our ladies

fenurcs Mrs. Dana Stewart in "Pig and Poetry," which you will long re­member.

Mrs. Alice Brooks also has an unusual program which is nicely presented on "Do's and Dun' ts" in costumc jewelry.

Transportation from the hotel to the luncheon at Vonachen's Junction, ;lIlU to the Caterpillar Tractor Com· pany P riday night, will be furnished hy hus.

Kammerer Concrete Products Co.

MIDWEST FENCE CORPORATION

7106 N. Galena Rd. - P. O . Box 327 Peoria, Illinois

Manufacturers of

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T HI RD QUARTER 1982

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History of District's Offices

GOLF TOURNAMENT

District 3 Ottawa

DiStrict 3 of the: llIinois Dil'ision of Highways was located in Ouawa, Illi­nois, on July 1, 1919. T he first tlIgi­Ill'Cring sta ff in the OIt,1",:) uffice wen' Mr. J. E. Huben, District Enginc:c:r. and sc\'c:n assisla nts. The sUUselJuen! District Enginccrs haH~ been M. , . Fleming, C. Somr;l('rville. K. Harger. John Grayhack, Jr. and presemly O. A. Evans.

The first office was \oc:Uetl in the hasement of the Clifton Hottl Building. In 1929 the offices WCTC moved to the second and third floors of the Godfrey Huilding at the (:Orner of Madison and Court Streets. During the period the g.lr;l.gc and stora~ area was locatro in the old Car Barn a l the west end o[ Main SUCCI. In ,anuary 1941 , the office was mo\·eJ to its present locat ion. where nil departments werc brought togcther. The present facility has 17,000 square fect of office space, 16,000 square feet of enci05Cd storage area, 111e Oinrict also orcutcs a maimc:nance garage at Watseka and storage areas at Bloomington, Morris, Pontiac and W c­nona. This office is headquarters of a fflrce which plans. impro\'e$, constructs am.I maintai ns 1800 miles of Pr ima ry and Interstate H ighways. It superl'ises the upcnditurcs of State and Pedera l funds on an additional 2300 miles of Coun ty roads and 9500 milcs of T uwll­ship roads.

You should never question your wife's judgmeDt -look who she mar­ried.

July 7th frolll sunup 10 sundown small, white, spherical objects werc br:· ing propelled Ol'er, on and within the grounds, sands and water of St, An­drews golf r:ourse, Once ag3in District 10 had held its annual golf outing consisting of 500 golfers, and a crowd of 600 for dinner, :mJ several others with one foOl on the ra il bending an elbow or two.

The nimh hole appeared 10 be a fa\'orite rest stat ion for those on cou rse llumtx-r one: while: tho~ on coune two visi ted this same location after only two holes. Where d~e could one obtain such Jdicious crackers and cheese plus a cool, golden heverage to complete an afternoon mack~

Hall ~pollers were postcd along the f.l. irways 10 aid Ihe players in locating their respective lie but Val Gascor was more than helpful to one individual in pre\'enting a badly sliced ball £rom goi ng into the rough by catching the Ixlll with his momh, H is comment was, "If I hadn't had such a late start· ing time I would 1l0t ha\'c been st.and_ ing on that olle spot and in tum would not havc been hit ."

T he team trophy was WOIl by the Springfield team 1Il3dc up of Philip P. M3donia, f)c3n MCIC3If, BcrnarJ C:lsey and Don Wolaver. Each member also reccived :m individu.11 award for their respective play ; their combined scores totaled 311. O:1\'C Thomas of Chicago won a full SCI of irons, and Art Dier­stein of Ottawa won a full set of woods in the blind bogie, Both prize~ were presented hy the courSe: man:lgement,

We wish 10 compliment Bill Wilt , this year's ch:lirmall, for the excellent job he did in mak ing this golf outing a huge succ..:ss, Also many thanks to

the eommiltecs and theiT members whose time and efloTls were necessa ry ,Ull] much appreciated for thc prepa ra­ti()n and prescllIation concerning this re~Jlccti\'e lourncy.

All in attemhnce appeared to h:.\'e :I n enjoyable time judgi ng from h()th their conduct and verbal comments.

Once again we wish to express our thanks 10 you fo r taking the lime to particip3t~ :lnd patroniu ou r efforts and we look forward to seeing you IICXt year lind the ycan to fo )[ow,

In the photo at rig ht: Lelt .Id., from lop do .... Em Witt. Chairm ..... 01 Toumm'll.nt; R.qialrtlllJ, d. ,,:. J. p, Webeh =d Norm<;UI Begg.; BnK Sh.re"r.. ? and Di.RJ So_ oj "roup enloyb th ..... I ......

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THOMAS C. KENNEDY

Thomas C. K(;nnedy, Dimiet De­sign Enginel:f, Paris, Ill., passcd away at the Paris H ospital on March 18, 1962, duc: to a heart attack.

Mr. Kennedy was horn December 1. 1905 in St. Albans, Vt. He allcnded Norwich Un i\'C'nit}, Northfield, Vl., and graduated in 1930 with a M.S. in Civil Engineering.

He was employed hy the Illinois Division of H ighways as a Junior Engi­neer in , une 1930. and became Mainte­nance: Fidd Engineer in Occ:uur territory in 194J. Mr. Kennedy was appointed Assisl3nL District Maintc­n:tnce Engineer in the Pari.~ DistriCl July I, 1951, and then District Design Engim:cr April I, 1955, which he held at the time of hi~ suJdcn death.

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i\u. Kennedy received his 25.yt:!r award in fun e 1958.

He was a member of the Illinois As­soci;u;on of llighway Engineers, h~\" ing ~n Treasurer of (he Hoard of DircclOrs of that Association for several yc.:ars; also the I.S.I'.£., American Soci· ety of Pro£C~.~ional Engineers, Regis. u~reJ Pro[cs~ional El1gineer of m inois. and w:.5 an Illinois Land Sur\·eyor. ~ I r. Kennedy was a p:.st presidenl and director of the P:Hi~ Ch"p"'r of rh r. Illinois Association of H ighway Engi. neers.

Mr. Kennedy was ~ member of tbe Prcsoy(eri:ln Church :Jnd the Paris Ho­tary Cluh. H e W;lS stricken while ushering at the church :It the morning service.

Mr. Kennedy was a 2nd LI. in the U.S. Army.

Besides the widow. Lassie (Pat), he It:a\'CS a son, Thomas \V., of Cham· paign, :lOd a brother, Dr. F. A. Ken· nedy of Benton Harbor, Michigan.

I Ie was loved and respected by all those who knew him and worked with him. He will Ix: greatly missed, as he was an inspiration to mllny. \Vc offer our deep sympathy to his family.

SPENCER MACK PETERS

Spencer Mack Peters, District Liaison Engineer for the I\UfC:HI of Materials, passed away May 21, 1962, at Memorial Hospital of Springfield. Apparently rc· co\'ering satisfactorily {rom surgery, de:uh came suddenly and unexpectedly.

Mr. Peters was born October 1, 1899, at Dana, Ind iana, and often smilinJ.:ly srared that his only claim to fame was that he was a childhood playmate of Ern ie Pyle. In 1918 he was a member of the SAT C and auended Illinois Col· lege at Jacksonville where he rcceived the degree: nf Bachelor of Science in 1922.

Mr. Peters acceptCfI employment with !.he Bureau of Materials on March 11, 1924. ane sencd in various positions in the Physical Te.~L~ Section except for a two year period during World War II , (1942.1943), when he W'I.5 in the U.S. Army Air Corr~. Since 1952 his duties WL'fe those of a District Liaison

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ROBERT G. KLUGMAN Robert G. Klugman, OiSlrin Engi­

nttr of Design in District 3, Ottawa, T(,lin:J on July 2, 1962, a(tC:f ·HI years of continuous employment by the Divi­sion of Highways. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his school ing and his degree of Bachdor of Science in Civil Engineering from Washington Universi ty in June 1922.

On OCWheT 10, 1922. t.lr. Klugman ;oinetl the Illinois Di vision of High­ways in the Ottawa District office ~s Junior Highway Engint!cr. He fill!!d "ariou:> positions includi"lg Resident Engineer 011 Construction, District Right-of.Way Engin« r and District Engineer of Design.

He is n Registered Professional Engi-

lI~r , a J\lcm~r of the Illinois Society of Professional Engi neers, ;l member and p.1S\ Director of the minois Associ­ation of H ighway Engineers. He is also !I Registered L,nd Surveyor.

Bob Klugman marril:d tbe former F:leda Hassley of Ot(:lw;, and has four children and eight grandchildren. His childrm arc : I{obert H . of Lill; Angdes. Californi .. , Corpor!uion Counsel for Thompson.Ramo-Wooldridgc; W:m el1 L. of Eudicl, Ohio. Pl:lIlt Engineer ror Glascote Products, Ine.; Lt. Dale R. of Camarillo, Cnlif., N:wal Air Force jd pilot and Fleclrica l Engincer; :mJ Mrs. Don ( Ekda M3t) Detton:: of Villa Park, a studClIl at Elm hurst C"..ollege.

Active in civic. fraterna l and church work, Mr. KJugman i ~ a Past President of the Ottawa Rotary Club, a Past H igh Priest of Shabbona C hapter of Royal Arch Masons, P;I,st Commander of Ot­tawa Comm .. ndery 1'0, 10, and ;5 a Shrincr. H e is also a Past DirccfOr of the Boa.rd of Directors of the Onawa Community Concert Association, a tcache;r of a Men's Bible Class and a memOer of the 1st Presbyterian Church Choir.

j\-Ir. amI Mrs. Klugman plan to do some tra\,dinll but will (:Ontinue to

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JOSEPH P. DuFOUR On July 3, 1962, Joseph P. DuFuur,

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Mr. and Mrs. DuFour (JOe and Beatrice) reside in Trento1l, Illinois. They have one son who is a priest in the Congregation of Obbtes or Mary

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Joe imends to keep occupied in his practice or land sllfl'eying and duing consulting work for neighboring mu­nicipalities. Ht: and his wife will do some travelling and expect to criss-cross the 48 ~tales several tinlt~s, visit ing his thrtx brothers in Maine and daughters in Buffalo, N. Y. (lnd $caulc, \Va,hi0 J:; ton, and son who is tcaching in a Seminary at Pass Ch riStian, M.ississippi.

Joe was born October 2i, 1898 in Maine. He attended the University of Maine where he m :civcd his B.S. Dc­gn:c in Civil Engineering ill lY22. He is a member of the lIlillois Associalion of H ighway Engineers, and the Natioll­al and lH inois Society of Profc-.ssiona l Engilll'ers. H~ was :u:tivdy illlert.·s t<.:d ill credit union work and sen-ed m:HlV terms oa the Board of Directors of ou'r Egypti:m Credit Union.

District 8, and especially his mcn in Research and Planning, regrct the loss of. their lruc and respected friend and co-worker. But we cannot feci too sad, knowing that he will enjoy his well ea rned rest. We wish him health and happiness in his retirement and the assuralKe that he will not be forgotlt::n.

ARTHUR l. DIERSTEIN Arthur L. Dierstein at Ottawa rdired

01\ July 2, 1962 after 27 years with the I.llinois Division of Highways. lit: was born on February 12, 1886 in Derwer,

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Colorado where he attended grade and high school, and obtained his B.S.C.E. in 1911 from the University of Colorado.

At the Ottawa District Offiee Mr. Dit:rsttin's positions han' included Asst. District Planning Enginter, which is 1I0W the Research Dept. ; District Safety Engineer, District Traffic Engineer and Asst. to me District Engin eer. Prior to joining the highway depart­ment in 1935, Mr. Dierstein worked for the American Bridge Company of Ga ry, Indiana; the C.M. &: S1. P. RR and Ill inoi s Centr:ll RR in Chicago de· signing timb::r, steel, and rciniorced

e("!nrrctl~ structures: the U.S. Explosive Plant C at Nitro, West Virginia ; the u.s. Army Engint.:er Corp$ ill the Dis" trict Office at WashingLOn. D. C., de· signing structures for Anacosta Park and bridges in Washington, D .C .; the /eager 5.: Sons of Damille, Illinois, as an engineer in charge of the comuuc· tion of the Gilbert Street Hridge at Danville, Illinois ; the Western Brick Co. of n~n"ille, Illinois, serving as a Technic~1 Ad"iscr in charge of re~ca rch for th:: Hardite Plant, the Robert Holmes I<. Bros., Company of Danville, [.\linois, in cha rge of handling ma­chinery Jnd coal mini ng . Mr. O ierstein also taught structural engineering at Purdue Unil'ersity and Penn State University. Mr. Dierstein is active in mallY professional engineering societies and in ci"ic and community affairs.

In 1940 he was awarded the Silver Beaver A ward hy the Boy Scouts of America. the highest adult award prc­stIlled by the Scouts.

Mr. Dierstein's houbies include pho­tography and the growing of roses. His plans for the fUUlre inelude part-time (ollsulting work .

RALPH G. GH ER

Mr. Ralph C. Cher, Dislri([ Engi_ neer of Construction of District 5, re­tired from the Dil' ision oC Highways on June 15, 1962 . He was with the Division more mall 39 years.

Mr. Gher was born January 31,1894, 1Il Allendale. Ill inois. I-Ie attelllkd lilt:

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All the labs in the B Jrcau of Ma­u: ri:J.is are beehives of acti,-i ty ~t the present time. Every summer, students 011 vacation arc employed hy OUT 8ur­e:!\! . It gi"e~ the boys a chance !O "get thcir feet wet" in the practical end of lab techniques and also thq arc vcry laluab\e w hal'e :around when the i3U "'(>rl.: riles up :IS it docs <luring the bu~y summer construction ~ason. They also :Jfforu an opportun ity for some: of the permanc:nt swfJ to get away on ~hort 1';u;:a ( lon5.

Reeently some whu touk au\"antage of this opportunity were: Lumer Oban, Mcehanic.al Eng ineer, and Mrs. O lsall \'isi l«l in Iknvc:r the first twO weeks in August; Willard Carr. Chern 1..:11>, and Mrs. Carr traveled west to Cali­fornia and also to Seattle: tu L1kc ill the \Vorld's Fair ; ;mOlhe r western u:\\'eler was Paul Cogan, Cemem Engineer, who took in the sig hts in Las Vegas and Salt Lake: City; Walt Dombmw­ski. Collcrete Lab, and fa mily headed northward into Wisconsin. "Commo­dore" Al Katz julm.>J :>c'·e ral nautical minded pals fur a voyage down the Illinois Ri\'er ff(jm Beardstown to Grafton 011 the Mississippi :mJ return, in late July.

Other co-workers took military "va­cat ions" for 2 week training sessions at various military installations; Jack Ehers, Soils Lab, with the 733 QU<l.rter­mane r Corps, in laIC June; john Staah, Bituminous L.~b, trlLn:lt:d with the 106th i\rmo~d Battalion In Camp Rip­ley in mid-July; J)(:an Willey, Concrete Lab, and Jerry Usher, tra ined with the 387th Ambulance Train Battalion in Virginia; Maior Miles Byers. Soils En· gineer. and Ll. Col. Harry H yndman. Paint Chemist, took refresher courses :It C.~mp McCoy, WiSCOllSin.

\Ve wish to express ou r wudulenees to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Katz 011 the loss of their inf:lnt son, Roger Charles. 1\ lso, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fogde. S~l$an Lynn Holton, :Ige 7, their l illie grandd:lllghter, drowned accident:llly on June: l7th :n Fox River Grove, north of C hicago, while on an outing: with her parent.'l, Mr. and Mrs. fames Rolton of Elmhurst. Mrs. Bolton (Virginia) is Art's daughter.

I\'ew fac~s :l re to he found in th~ labs here in the Bureau. Charles Bar­tholumew, who recemly received his

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Bureau Notes MS:u the Universi ty 1)£ Ill inl)is, is now in charge of the Soils Lab. (jc:orge Hollun. forme r Associate ProCessor of C ivil Engineering at the Un iltnity of Illinois, is now our ConcfCte Control Engineer.

OUf heart iest wngratulations to Boh Dellert on his recent promotion tu the post of Liaison Engineer, c. E. IV. For the past few years Bob has been our Bitum inous Fidd Engineer. He is :l registered Professional Engi neer and a graduate "f dll: Ullhenity of Il linois.

Meh'in Parrish retired as (lRice man· ager 011 fUlle 26, 1962, after nearly 45 years of scn ice with the State of llIi­lill is, the last 8 years of which were in the Burc..1U of Materi:lls. Mel Ih·cs in nearby Gn..'e ll view and has lots of time now for his hobbies of gardening and photogr:lphy. Mr. uo Wankel of Virginia. Illinois, is now the act ing oniee man:lger.

More vacationing new~ has JUSt ar­rived. The pri1.e for the longest t rip goes til Iby Dunnington, Assistant Physical T ests Enginccr, who t ravded hy plane to Europe. Ray ,·isited in England, F rJnce, German y, Udgiulll, Luxembourg and H olland. H e also took several side trips to places where he sen-ed in \V. W. II as a Colonel in command of an anti·airc raft outfiL An­other tr ip was un the f:lnloUS Germ:1II "Autohahn." He took along :l new camera and. although he cl:l ims to he a novice at it, out of 500 color shots he took only a few were unntisfactor)·. Ralph Sanders, Physical T ests Engineer, and Mrs. S:lnclers tr:lVt:led to Pittsburgh ill mid-August with the tou r extended to motoring in e:lstern Canada.

Jerry Usher, Bituminous Lab, has deserted the haehelor ranks. I-Ie: and Ikny Bell were married at the Wen Side Church of Christ in Springfield on July 27.

OUf office staff has heen further en· hanced mis Summer h)' the following young lad ies: Linda Brooks, Judy Brusi, Carol Monoghan, Donna Shreve, and Pal T oney. Linda and Judy are co­eds at Southern Ill inois Un i\'c.uity and Normal University respectively.

According 10 Allen K;1tz, who "kept '!'con:," ., .. mlC 4(,0 \' i~ jton legisle,eJ :It our "Open H ouse" the eveuing of May 23rd during National Highway week. There were: more than mat who took the tour, when you include children.

Flash! Peter and Paula Albanese arc the proud parents of a g irl, 6 Ibs., 1 I OZ5. , who arrivcd August 16th. The

lillie lady has been named Lilly Maria. Rollin Cannedy, Bituminous Lab.

and Dorothy Cannedy arc also the p;lr. ents of a new daughter, Vicki Ann. whll arri,'cd j une 25, 1962. Rollin has jusl returned from active duty with Ihe 303rd Ordnance Group. ROil Grecn­fidel is abo a returnee from th is saUle Army Rcserve group.

BUREAU OF DESIGN

Bridge Office

By J. W. G\,,"CI AND JOE JWAWOOK

Congratulations :Ire in order for the following gentlemen who have been "hu rning the midnight oil": T o Ron Pity who has received his Professional Enginc:c:r 's license. and to Morris (;an:ulen an{] Mike Revilla for passing the Engineer in Training exam .

We :1100 wish to wdcome back (rom their tou r with the armed forces: Don Fowler, Ken Stults. Dick T aylor, and Albert Roy.

Mr. and Mn. J. W. H yatt a re the proud parents of a baby girl named uslie Dianne.

New em ployees arc W illbm Dawson aud William Dickerson.

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During the NatiOllal Highway Week of May 20-26, 1962, we held Open Iiolisc on May 23. Well over one hun· dred and fifty people visi ted our photo­grnphic lahoratory and our main office. We had some \'ery Haltering remarks abom the quality of work be­ing produee{!.

Since the first part of June, we have the pleasure of Miss Kathy l\'onncm:l.ll of Springfield as an employee. She will remain with us unti l sometime in September when she will retu rn to Illinois Stale Normal University. Mr. Morris E. Fletcher of Carlinville joined our office force. H e has his Associate Degree ill Architectural Engineering [rUIII Southern Il linois University at Carbondale. H e expects to return to his educational pursuit a year from this fal l. It will ei ther be the Unive:rsity of Illinois or KanSls. Mr. Julius Kasa, of laFayette, Indian:l , has joined our drafting d ivision. Me. john T. Bulling­ton of H illsboro has been added to our

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phutographic ialxlrattlfy. M r. Bruce Voorhees i~ with us again for t he:: sum­mer months. H e is an engineering stutbn at the University of m inois. We wi~ h all of the above personnel a pleas:I.IH stay while working with us.

We had our usual luncheon for [~1r­ry Ci . Gohy who rcsigm:u on August Ii, I %2 to accept a drafting position with the C. I. p, S, here in Springfield . We wish him the be.t of cvnYlhing in his new posit ion.

OUf longc't mapping job to Jale waS started last Spring. We are making a contour and plan imetric map of F .A.1. 55, starting at T roy, Illinois and ending <lI Gardner, ill inois in Grundy Coum y. We used all ~vailablc U.S .C. and G.S. stations for either horizontal uf vertical control points. T hese poims were pan­eled, using ,1 twenty fOOL cross made out of m uslin and wire. T he photography was taken at an altitude of twelve to thirteen thousand feet, depe nding upon the ground elt!vation. The field work W1S performed by the various engineer­ing crews [rom Ill inois H ighway Dis·

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Bu reau No tes n ic ts 3, G, and 8, w ith the assistance of our engineering d ivision.

We are mapping a strip along F.A.1. 55, 4,000 feet on either side of the centerline, or a tota l width of 8,000 feet. The contU\l r interval is ten feet. T his map is made a t a scale of one inch equal [our hundred feet . To date we hal'c completed one hundred and ni ne· teen miles, which is a little better than half way. This map a lso C{)\'t! rs 11 3,000 ancs. This wmk i~ being carr ied on ~long with ollr regular job ,,[ pmducing finished maps for the variuus Districts.

Rev. " Hill" Loafman tlf the Northern Baptist Church located in Macoupin Cnllnty, drop~d in today to say hello to the (lId gang. He resigned about two years ago to accept a position with :I trucki ng fi rm . All of th is timc be has been a minister of the:: chuTch.

BUREAU OF MAINTENANCE

B'Y P. 1. MALA Y

Our newest Field Engineer is Mr.

J. II. K:llle and he is now seuled along with his wife, H elen, and son, T e rry, in their Springfield home. Mr. Kane was formerly the Assistant Mainte­nance Engineer in Peoria.

Miss A. E. \Vhite, a long time em­ployee of this Bureau, retired in June . Mi~~ \ \lh ite is presently resting at her home in Springfield.

Mrs. Fern Vespa recently joined our secret:uial Starr. Mrs. Vespa was trans· ferred to this Bureau from Disuia 6.

Mrs. Beth Stewart is also a recent addition to the secretarial staff.

A new maintenance ac tivity is p res" cntly unda way OJ] a large scale. All bridges less than ten years of age are being gil'CIl a linseed oil treatment in an efIort tn prcvent dcterioration . District fones arc doing the work. Approxi­matdy 60,000 gallons of materials are required for this wurk.

Mrs. Jane Skadden, Clerk in Day Labor, is vacation ing in Massachusetts wi th her husband and daughter.

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BUREAU OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING

Ih J. A. H t:.\NHLO~,;c)!<!

Several members of tbe Bureau, dis­mayed hy the five·ycar ah.~ncc of "hig n;l!llI: " dance orchestras in the Spring­fidd area, have formed a nonprofit group to remedy that situation . J ~l mcs Runycn, John Becker, John Park, Steve Markus, Steve Golden, Don Bartolo--­mucci, and Jack Ruhley (plus 24 other local couples interested in gooJ dance music) have applied for a charter as the "Eight O'Clock Dance Club." Dc­spite hea vy rains and tornadu Warnll1gs, all clllhusiastic audience of over 600 cheered the sounds of 1£s Brown aud his Band of Renown (Jfl April 30. N early 800 guests were on hand to ap­plaud us Elgart and his orchestra on July 29. A sell-out crowu is expected October J 4 when [he Glen Miller Or­chestra, under the dir~ction of Ray McKin ley, will be presented .

The Bureau welcome$ the following new employees : Mary Eades, Adminis­tratiun; Florence Hopper, Pla nning and Programming ; William Midden and Sam N ewbe rry, Drafting, and the return of ('rene Day to 6e Traffic Sec-lion.

Also, the following enginee- ring stu­dents who are working in Physical Re­search [or !.he $Ulluner: T. E. Canavan, L W. Cornwell, E. B. Baiwu, K . J. H uehne, J. Saner, F . Mehlick, and M. G r05bull. Welcome back ... Jerry Zimmerman and Ken Carrigan aftrr you r sta y in the hospita:! We hope 10

see Warde Wagner back to work soon. 1\·lr5. George Balxock ar.d Mr. H arold Tager are home after being hospitalized.

Wilbur Wright's wood-worki ng ma­chinery, metal-working machinery and artist equipment have been put in moth­balls for the time being - you sec, a bahy girl has arrived to take his mind off all his hobbies l

Ray Rambo's present on being dis­charged ( honorably) from Ihe- Army was a baby girl.

Mil ton Keane has one more student fm his compuler school- a baby girl.

We arc sorry to hear of the death of W. E. Chastain, Sr.'s mu!.her-in-Iaw, Sam Farrand'§ sister a.nd Joe Card's sister. We e..xtend our condolences to me memhcrs and their fami lies.

The Bureau picnic was held a t W e-st Cotton H ill Park at Lake Springfield Oil August 1. Steve Golden, Party

THIRD QUARTER 1962

Bureau Notes Chief, with the able assistance of Kcn Bocker as bug spraycr and Ra y Cedll­minski as chid cook, Bob N eville, happily as bartender, and with Charley Grider lind Kenny Fromm. all managed to fry sixty chickens and serve 150 memben of the Bureau and their fami ­lies. H orse: shoes, volley ball, b;ldmin­ton, and an archery demonstration by the chief cook provided ample ente r­tainmcnt. We wish to thank the picnic committee for their work and we arc look ing fo rward to another gathering-.

Scores o[ people hit the high ways and waterways for t.heir annual va­cations. Following is a break-down. Hope I ha ven't missed anyone. Wil­brd &kerstrom and family touring Europe ; Charley Griders to Washing­ton, D.C.; Charley Jones - destination 'unknown ; Sam Rarrand - Chicago; Kasper Parkes - Colorado; H arold Anoc and Jack Rubley - Indiana ; Ray Ge-daminski - Matanza Beach ; Frank Nunes -Bridge\'iew Beach; Beth Hobert - Canada [Q visit her sis­ter; (;ene Gilbc.rt - Hawaii; Jerald I.angenhahn and Luuis LJughlin fished in Minnesota .

weeks at Ca mp Ripley brushing up on the art of defending us. Joyce Wil­liams is al! smiles these days since her husband ha.~ returned hume fro m the A rmy .

A retirement part)' for F rank H ouska W:lS beld in the Sky Room at the Elks u.Jge in Springfield, l!linois. T. F. Mod, Bureau Chief, presided. Mr. Huuska was prescnted gifts which in­cluded a bowling baH, hag, :md sh(~ . Clarence Engel, Sam Ashworth, and Olin Kriege presented rhe e ihs for rh .. Bureau. These three men have been assucillted with Mr. Houska since the early 30·s. Wr; wish Mr. H ouska many pleasant year~ in retirement and alSo hope th~t he bowls at least one 300 game with his new equi pment.

Charley Maxwell has transferred to Administrative Services - Jkst of luck, Charl e-y!

Jesse Porter, our contact man on the magazine, formerly in Planning and Programming, has resigned to go into the trucki ng business. 1-by he be suc­cessful! !1

Amea! J. Stahul~k , of the Road in­ventory Section of the Bureau nf Re-

Smilinq 1,;II:,e, (11 the !l1re(l\1 picnic

George Babcock doesn't have to drive home to Pekin anymore. H e is now a resident of Springfield.

Milton Keene and David Denzer at­tended a four-state Area Computer C{)nft'Ten ce in Jefferson City.

The only sports news is that John Parkes leads Ihe golf league with Jim Runven in hot pursuit. R~y Rambo has returned to the­

Traffic Section after extended recal! duty. Dan Dees is spending two

search and Planning, died July 11 in 51. Johns Hospital, Springfield, JIlinois where he had been a patienl fo r I I days. I Ie was born in Pana, JIli nois and was 35 years old. H e has been with Resea rch for 10 years. H e was a mem­her of St. Cabrini Church and was bur. ied from th is church in Calvary Ceme­tery, Spritlgficld. Ameal was acti\'e in Bureau social afInirs, servi ng on many party committees and as a member of the Flower Fund Committee. H e will

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be greatly mis5(':d by his many good L ic: nds in Research and Planning.

Survi\'ing are his wiCe, Irene, and twO §islcrs, hoth of Rockford, Illinois.

BUREAU OF LOCAL ROADS AND STREETS

By R. J. CRO~

Our BUrc.1u Chid, Mr. \VOl. M. Dut,dle, from May 2~ rhrough May 26 attended the meeting with the Illinois Congressional dc:legatiM and the illi­nois Mississippi Canal Commissiun relative to the: rehabilitation of lhe canal for recreat ional purpuscs and to obtain Federal Funds to finance the same.

Following the mecling a week's vaca· tion was spent in SW:lrlhmore, Pennsyl­vania, with their daughter Anne and family. Most of the week was spe nt playing with the two lovely grand. J=lUglltcrs.

Upon return to Springfield, TraRic Seminars were held and likewise in the \'arious districts all Field Engi­neers attended and the procedures, monies, and planning was the topic of discussion. One of the meetings was held at the O'Hare inn, July 11th.

T he Committee oC Lloyd Dixon, Mel P:u son, :lnd Dewey Connor COIll ­

piled the exhibit for the Annual Con· vention of the County Division of the American Road Builders Convention held in Springfield, September 30, Dc· tober I, 2 and 3, 1962, where the minimum expectation or ,It:h:gales is at least 1000.

George 5.1wyer is moving back to his residence at the Town House; he lost his lease in BeardslOwn as the owner moved hack in, and out went George.

Mel Parson spent 3 days (m the Current River and caught so m:l11 y fish he came home early - it was really '" HOT F1SH IN"-temper:lIUTc 1 02 ~, at Montuck State Park am.! from now on it's a yearly e\·ent.

Floyd King and Andy Anderson hal'e bttn enterta ining thei r grand­childrcn all summer and have each taken a two week rest away from the pattering feel.

Pde nyc ,lIld his st.Ill TOlllmy. an attorn(,y :1( Macomh. Illinois, ('elebrated his birthday at the Cheshire Inn, St. Louis and indulged in steins 36'" high.

Doroth), Suhr of our Steno-5enion wi!] soon IX" rnis5Ccl arounu the office

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inasillu('h as she and her family art moving to lleKalb, lIlinuis. where her husband, Virtus has taken a pClsit ion as a teaching professor ,I[ Northern Illi­ntlis University. GOIld luck, folks, and comc b:u:k for a visit, yoo'l\ be missed.

Mr. and Mrs. Tum Harvey made a r«CJlt nip to Valley Porgc, Pennsyl­\'ania, to llttend the wedding of [heu­son, Tom, JT. The wcd(ling was July 2K, 1962, at the Valley Forge Chapel, and Miss Marion Roc of WesUnont, New Jersey was a IO\'ely hride. After a hone),motln in Canada, the kids will make their residence in C:unbridge, Massachusetts, where Tom is asso­ciated with the J'o,hssachU5l!tts Institute of T echnology.

Lmy Weishaar and Betty Lauver, of Raritan, were joincd in holy \vrolock, August I I, 1962, at 51. Joseph Church Ili Spri ngfield. Following a small reo eeption at the State HOilse Inn, the m uple left for a honcymoon trip to riuricb for twv weeks of swimming, sunbathing, d ining and man y hou rs of leisure. Upon return the \Veishaars will be at home at 1924 N. 6th Street, in Springfield. Benr will continue to work at her jllb in the office of the Diree[Qr of Publ ic Works and Build· ings, and ol course I.arry will continue as one o[ lhe Field Engillt.'crs in our Burc'lu.

Hann ie Cross spent some time at Gramhly Lake, Colorado and from wh:lI we hea r nearly froze to death. Don't take your boat to the mountains, as he Jid and the aitiwcle cut his 85 H.P. "'Iereury to about 25 -, so much in fact th:lt they left a few days early for a few days at Lake of the Ozarks to get in some skiing and swimming. He brought back some ~autiful mm'­ies of the: Air Force Academy. Cc:ntral City, T rail Ridge Dri\'e. Look Out Mountain, Long's Peak and many other sccnic pl:tccs, hut oh Ihose miles, and switcho.lck ( \lrves.

KOll stanlin Lelys and (am il )' spent a week at Mantonza Lake recently.

Roy Schleyhan has taken over the "go-cart" track. as he is now racing and e\'cn placing h t and 2nd in \'arious races. Th is comes naturally to Roy as he owns :m Austin Healy and has clone some r~c illg in that.

lohn McCarty spent a short time in Rochester, ~linnesota where his wife undcrwent surgery. \Ve are happy to report that e"erything is fine and a speedy recO\'e ry is underway.

Belt)' l .onzeroui of our Stena-section

has her left arm in a sling these days from her recent engagement tu Mike Guldasi,h o£ Litchfield .

RETIREMENTS

Unil'ers it y oC Illinois and began his earc:er with the State of Illinois, Divi­sion of Highw:lys, October 9, 1922 as a Innior Engineer. Aftc:r :ln aillillg ex_ ptrienee in construction, surveying and design he was promotC(1 10 Assistant Distr ;,,:! Engineer of Construction on May I. 1948. He rcceived .1 25 year award in 1948. On October I, 1951 he was promoted to the position o£ District Engineer of Constroction.

lie ffiar ried Bcubh Clark of Mt. Car­mel, Illinois. They ha\'e six child ren: Wayne C .. Virginia L. Train, Ralph G., Jr .• Bt.' tt)' L. Poor, Peggy J. Duck ami Alfred M.

He is a registered Professional Engi. neer anti a mem ber of the lIl inois Asso­ciat ion of Highway Engineers, B.P.a. Elks and Masonic Lodge.

During the fi rst summer of his retire· ment he and hi~ wife plan to spend their tim e: with his brother at Pequot Lakes, ~1inl)esota. Mr. and Mrs. ( iher plan to build a cahin in that vicinity ill the lIe!!r future.

IN MEMORIAM SPENCER MACK PETERS

EnginC<'T and across the years he be· came known as the foremost authority Oil the SOUT(eS of aggregates for high. way construction in Illinois.

Mr. Peters was a member of the First Methodist Church, the Island Bay Ya~ht Cluh, Illinois Association o{ Highway Engim:crs. BPO Elks, SL Paul's Lodge No. 500 AF&AM, the York Ri lc of Masonry, Springfield Con­sistory and Ansar Shrine.

Mr. Peters was a man of most cxcep­tion:ll worth and merit , noted for his kindne~s and generosity to those in need. I l is passing is an irreparable loss to those with whom he worked, his per· sonal friends, and to all who had the privilege of knowing him. He is sur­\'i \'oo in the immediate fa mily by olle sister. Mrs. Dorsey E. H:lger of Salt L.1kc City, Vt:lh.

I LLINOIS HIGHWA Y ENGINEER

ELGIN D istrict I

By IV.LVH \VEIII"u'

Socilll: The 11th annual LA.H.E. picnic was hdd on August 19th at the EaI:J~s Country Home in Elgin. Dis· trict em ployees, who wc~ nOt members of I.A.H£ .. were also in,"ill:~d to the picnic. The weatherman prm·iclcrl a warm humid day, which ;nncascd thc individulIl plITticip:lIlnn in "bsorhin,:; the free liquid refreshments offered. The aftt'rnoon's cntcrtal:lmtnt was in­terrupled onl)" hr the dinner bell, which brought forth a delicioUi fried chicken dinner with all of the trimmings.

We wish to thank those of the Picnic l,omm iltcc: P:ll Daugherty and BClb Hruncttc, who provided games as well ;15 pri7.c$ for both women and ch ildren. So once again the Elgin Chapter had a successful social C\'CJlt.

Mt:t:tings: The fint meeting of the Chapter since May, was hdd Septem.

Chapter Notes ocr 13th at the American ugioll Home in Elgin. Mr. Dahlstrllm, of the lII i­nll is Concrete Pipe Association, pre:­semed an interest ing program :Ieeom­panic:J with slides.

Promotions: Donald Brockrogge wa~ appuintcd A~sistal1l Engineer of Main­ten;lflce on July 16111. D:m is filling the \<lC<lllCY left when Bill SI:lhl was promoted 10 District Engineer (If Yl:\in­tenancc in J,lIIuary.

1111r. Bmckrogge is a gnduatc: of the Uni"ersity of Illinois and came to work for the Divisiun of Highways ill 1950. H e has spent sume time in Design 'lIld ConnrUl:tion but the majority of Brock's time has I~en sIXnt in M:lin­tenance. H e was the Field Maintenance Engineer for Sr..me and McHenry Coum ies ullIil his recent promoti:m.

(jen Kra~ inski was appointed Main­tenance Field En):inccr uf Boone and Mel lenry Counties un July 16th.

In 1956, lien graduated from the University of l!1inois with u Bachelor of Science Degree. Ben has worked

almost exclusively in the Design I.>t-­partment until his recent ad\"an(ement. Both Brock and Ben ,;rr\'ed in the Uuilt:J States Marines.

Bye-Bre Hluu: The strong magnet , Springfield, has plucked :lIlother en_ gineer from our midst. Ralph Duncan was transferred to the Centrnl Office in SpringfielJ in the first paTlor July. He was assigned to the Bureau of Con­struction as Supervising Field Engi­neer. Ralph'J years in th is Dimlrt office have prin(:ipa lly hc:cn spent ill ('.onS[rucl ion. Hc is n past president of the Elgin Ch~pler of I.A.H.E. and is also ;l member of I.S.P.E.

Nelt' Faces: District I and the Elgin Chapter of LA.H.E. extend their wel­tome to the following new c:mployees, who ha\'e repclfted since I..he last issue. They are Ed Barto[amcnlli, who at ­rcndeJ Michj~an Tech al. Houghton, Michigan. He was employed by the Department of Coun ty Engineers, Los Angc:ln ('.oum)'. Eel is presently work­ing in /)esigl). He was married on

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September 1st 10 Lucy Kr:l.jc:w!ki. UpO!! completion of the Division of

Highways Trainee Cuurse ~t tIn: Uni­versiry of Illinois this summer. uur District received fOllr\l!cn tT:linces. who reported [m duty Oil ScptcmlJl!f 4th. They arc Rober! Blum. James Brown, Edward Cornell, Wayne E.1cllcr. leon­ard Fox, Barry Gl idmi, Allan l la tsma n, Roben H ochcl, LUfY Miller, Ronald I'a rtilla. John Ready, Thomas Scanlon, Richard Walker, and John Widmayer. Thcse young men went to school at [he University of Illinois from June: 17th w AuguM 31, 1962.

Retirement: Cecil OrtVi s {(tired on July 1st after many loyal and faith[ul YC:lrs to the Divisiun of Highways. H e has worked in the Bure:lus of Con­structioll, Right of Way, and Design. The fCtiring engineer was hOllurt:d with a brief ccremony In the Design Room. He. W35 presented with an a luminum cuoler, thermos bag and other gifts of appreciation. C~Ci I'5 futu re plans in\'olve taki~g life easy and enjoying numerous tnps.

Rnignations: Rnhen Sukkariyyah and John Stowe hit\·e resigned 10 ac­cept positions with the In(liana High­way Commission. Robert Reck has ;lea-pled a position with a Prestress Concrete Company in Chicago. Bob Schmitz also has resigned. I.inda Co\'ey Range, J. L. Calhoun's secretary, rc­signed to accept the position Ilf secre­ta ry til the principal of the new L.1rkin I ti~h School, Elgin. C>eorgc Bohlig has a ncw ~netaTy, Janet YUTS. Kathy Culver left us to erlter the state of Ill:ltrimony and will be Sl::cking employ­ment in Colorado. We also h:lVe lost the ~rYices of three part-lime !'iCcre­t:nies: Martha Ra:ww in Research and

Chapter Notes Planning, Sue Mack in Local Roads, :wd M:lry Ann Forl~.~ in Right-of_Way.

News Brit'!J: At the Regional Coufert:nce on Urhan T ransportation Plannillg helu in Chicago in May :1Il

"Act ioll Program" W:IS outlined, As a direCl re~ult of this "Action Program " the Lake County Transportation Study has been designated all the pilot study fur the State of lliinnis. Roy A. Bdl, Assistant District Eftgineer of Research and I>lalilling, has been a[>­p!lillled Director of the Lake CUUllty Tr;.I/lsportation Study.

The purpose of this study is to : I.) Develop experience. in transportation planning. 2.) Utilize thc tcchnique~ de\'eloped by the National Committee ()!l Urban Transportati:>n. 3.) Evolve methods Cur coo[lCrative and continuous efforts to prepM!!" integratctl acceptable transportation plans. 4.) Til use thei r experience and knowledge til pro­mote imerest and pro\' ide technique for similar projects in other :ll eas in thc state.

Did YOII Know that Chick uitner ;tnd Art Bishop made 32,000 prints on the Veri{ax alld 35,000 copies 011 the CopyRex in 1961? T~n Pi",: Th is season's howling

narte<l on Monday, September 10th at Schneider's in Elgin. There arc eight c\'cnly (l ividc:d teams which shoulJ provide keen competition throughout this year. DO/lb/~ f/urnt'Ss Diuisian: Sorry girls!

One of the most eligible young bache. lors of the District has becn removed from circuhltion. Richard \Vcrtcpny alld Mary Viola wcre married June 9th. Dick i .~ :111 cngineer in the Design De­partment. They are presently in the Eagle Ileights subdivision of Elgin.

Pete Porayko, Bureau of Design, was married to H enrietta Potempa 011

Jul y 7th at St. Walters Church in Ro· sdle, They are nuw Tt5iding near Ro­selle,

Miss Sally Pate, Bure:IU of Mainte­nance., marched duwn the aisle ~t the ImmanJcI Baptist C hurch to become the wif~ of Greg Fohrman. Bureau of Rescarch, on August 4th. They made a hr ief honeymoon trip to N iagara Falls and a rc at home at 109 N, Hi ll in Elgin.

Stork Nt'tlu: The stork hilS made three ddiveries to the Distrkt in the past four months. Mr. anu Mrs. I~obert Brunette are the pmud parenu of a six pound ten ounce girl , Gladys, born May 28th. Tbe new arrival is the kctJnd for the Brunettes.

A gi rl. Kimberly Sue, W;lS bam on May 31st to the ~eil MorlOns. Kim weighed in at seven pounds and eight ounces. She will hal'e plenty of COm·

pany al home with a bigger brothcr and sister.

~-[r. and Mrs. Tom Cie.~li ca have also been hlessed recently. A six pound {ouneell ounce b()y, Jmepb, was born July 2nd. This is the Ciesl i c ~ s' fourth child,

PainJ and Strains; Irwin Winje, Maintenance Engineer, suffered a slight heart attack in July. Winje is spending his time taking life "ery slow at his home in Elgin.

Izzy Isc.nbarger of Right-of-Way was at the VA Research liospital in Chi· C:lgo for surgery.

George Booth's secretary, Ircne Soko­lov, W:I$ in Sherman H ospital in Elgin, and is on sick leave now.

We wish all of them a spccJy re· cO\'ery.

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ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

DIXON District 2

By ROI~EltT E. C :J IlIl f. I"S

Promoud: Halph Davis has bcc:n prumotcO 10 District En,;-incer of Local Ru .. ds and Streets. Howard Morey has betn promoted to Dimict Engineer ur Materials. Otto (Bud) Gerlach has been promoteJ to Assistant DislriCl Engineer of Maintenance.

Tho.' fo llowing rromotion~ were made d JcCli\'c July 16, 1962: :-.Jdson Taber, Civil Engineer IV ; W;llter Beerli, Ch'ii Engineer HI ; John Aahy, Larry Bcar­man, Pranklin Ilerg, Ronald Brandau, Robert I luke, Kap Lieu and Alex Paisley 10 Civil Engineer II ; BUrlon Bailey, Ruben Currens, Kenneth How-11tH, Carl Schnake, George: Schwam­bergt'(. Warren Stultz and William Taylor to Engineering Technidan 1II ; Kcnnt'th nodil1et, Donald Lcbre and Darrell Moss to Engineering Tech· Ilician II .

Nrw Ex~mplio,u: Julie Ann Clark, (xnn May 26. weighed 7 (bs., daughtcr of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Clark.

Grcg Allen Ileckman, born ~hy I I, weig-hed 8 Ibs. II oz., $fJO uf Mr. and :-'-Irs. On'illc Heckman.

Brian Lee Favri, burn July 12, weighed 9 Ibs. 8 oz., sun uf Mr. and Mrs. Harry Favri.

John Philip LMkin, burn July 22, weighed 7 lhs. 6 oz., S(ln u£ Mr. and Mrs. Ken LMkin.

Jdfrey Allen Peterscn, born June 20, weighed 6 lbs. 5 oz., son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Petersen,

James Allen Schoenhnrd, bvrn July 1-1, weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz ., son (l[ Mr. and Mrs. Jamu Schoenha rd.

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Maria Lynne Pctilli, born June 20, weighed 5 Ibs. 15 oz., daughlcr (If Mr. and Mrs. Frcd Pctilli.

David Oscar Morey, born Nov. 18, 1961, .... 'Cighcd i Ibs. I oz., $fm of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Morey. (Sorry, we missed this onc in the last issue)

Michael Vcrne Knmerski, born August 13, 1962, weighed 9 lbs. I (,z., son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Knmcrski.

Golt: Sc::veral learn s from J)i$trict 2 attended the IAHE Golf T ournament "t St. AnnrewJ. The foursome repre. senting thjs district consisled of Fr::ank Schatb, Darreld Sun mark, John Shu· lar and Tom Ka\·anaugh. Others who attended were George Schwambcrger, D. LaCoursiere, Bill Dickson, Henry Oshack, John Ross, Boh Craven, :md Boh Currens.

N~t/.I Employus: Mrs. JoAnn Brand is working in the auditing department and Miss Sandra Benson is the /lew construction office secretary. Henry Rhee recently joined the organization as a Civil Engineer I. R~sigmllions: Harley Kittleson, Fred

Charles and Pete Wolf have resigned recently. Pcr Solberg resigned to do postgraduatc work :n Purdue Uni· versi ty. Mike McFadden is now on military leave 3nd is ill the Air For~e. Our construction secreury, Mrs. Shir­ley Taylor, res igned this summer aftcr working here fo r over twO yeus. Shi ro ley went home for the summer while her hushand wenl 10 school. Larry and Shirley will be back in DiNon this fall.

VacatiOns: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. C;ron~rg recently returned from :l

three· weeks western tour which in· cluded visits 10 many scenic areas. They attended me Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and visited with

their daughtcr Janet in Coloradu Springs, Colorado, where she is asso­ciated with the Walter Weher archi­tectural fi rm . Orner areas visited were Han " Natiollal Park and Lake Louise in southwcstcrn Alberta, Canada; Gla­cier National Pa rk, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Giese: and family recenuy spent a week in \Visconsin fishing, r ? ? ? ? No luck, fish weren't biting.

Gail (,j>,)rgt', ~rt' t~ry for Right.of_ Way, v:lcationed in Tennessee nnd the Smoky Mountains.

Dallas LaCoursiere and family va­ctu ioned in Wisconsin, Minnesota 311d the Dakotas.

Prank SchOlka recendy accompanied the SCOU IS un a camping tr ip.

Roo C raven and famil), spent a week in northern Miehigan. Their trip be· gan with a ride of si."!: hours on Lake Michigan, on the ship SS Badger, from Milwaukee, Wis. to Ludington, Michi­gan.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richards re­cently visited New Hampshire, Maine and l-.hssaehuoetts. They visited many points of interest includ ing a ~top at Plymouth where thcy went aboard the Mayflower n which was very re .. listie and interesting.

On July 12, 1962, a conference was held in ulis dinrict on Uniform Traffic Conlrol. Approximately eighty persons consisting of County Superi ntendents, Mayors, Traffic Engineers and Police Ollicials [rom the surrounding area at· tended [his tlJll{erellce to discuss respon­sibili ties of offici;!1 agencies with regard to the new Federal manual.

Kay Donoho, of the Maintenance !xpartment, and Lester Kubecka were

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marrieti on August 18th at the Bethel Chu rch. They pbnncd to spend their honeymoon on :l trip to California.

The annual fam ily picnic was hdJ :1( Lowell Pa rk on AugUSl 12 and a good time W3S had by all. A Ihanks to tilt. commillCC and their wives: Da \'t. Sulli van, Bill Dicksoll, Ken Larkin, DOll Cics<:, l im Schocnh:Jrd and Al Paisley.

OTTAWA District 3

By D. R. Bwr.-co

Ewing P. Daly Mr. Ewing P. D~ [y o[ Onawa rc­

tired on &ptcmber 19, 1 ~62, after 26 years with the Ill inois Division of High. ways. Mr. 031y received his n .S.M.E. [rom Ihe Universi ty of Illinois in ]917 and is a veteran of World War I.

At the lime uf his I'Cti rement, he was in charge of a Design G roup dealing in :lll phases of highway design.

Mr. Daly is :1 Registered Professional Enginttr anJ a Rcgistncd Illinois bnd Surveyor.

PromotioflS: R~lph A. Chiado of Spring V~lIcy has becn named Dimiet Design Engineer for Dimiet 3. Ralph .~ucceeds Roncrt C. Klugman who re­tired July 2. Chi ado, a nali \'e of Spring Valley was gwdu3ICd from H all H igh Sehuu1 and is a \'cteran of World War II. He has I)("(n with the nimict De­sign Department for 8 years. R~lph a!tended ,,·fill ik in University in De· catur two yea rs and cC'(ei\'cd his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civ il Engineering from thc South Dakota

Chapter Notes School of Mines and T echnolugy at Rapid City, S. D.

Before join ing the Swe Highway Department he was employeJ by the Peter Kiewit Construction Company on the Garrison D:lll, :I feder:ll project on the Missouri Ri \'er in I\'orth Dakota.

H e alsu was employed hy the Maxon Construction Company :11 Oak Ridge, T ellll., Macon, Georgia and Rome, ( ;cnrgi:l. \Vork included construction of atomic f:tci lities. Ch iado is married to the furmer Gemldinr. 1.ut7. (If Man· bto. Minnesota. Tlu:: couple h:lve three childrcn: Mark 9, Cad'ly 8 and William 6.

Halph is a mcmbc.r of the LA.H.E. :lnd h:ls recen tly become" Registered Professiunal Engineer. He is aClive in Roy Scuut work and enjuys hunting .

District J /laJ Ope" I/Q/lI(': On May 23. 1962, the Ottawa Office of the Illinois Di visiun of Il ig hways, iOO East Norris Dri\'e, helJ an Open H ouse in conjunction wilh Natiullal H igh­wa.y Week, ~hy 20 to May 20, 1962.

Gu ided tours were conducled (rom 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.l\L and an esti · mated crowd of 500 people were on ha nd to inspect Ihe build ing and view the displays th:n were set up by the various departments. T he displays in· eluded new machines thai regislered p.1\·cnlen[ smoothness. up 10 thc min· ute traffic CUlllrol dcvices, walkie·talk· ies used in sun"eys. phOlO£ram1lletry methods. r.ldar speed demonstra tion installatiuns, new design methods amI techniques, the latest in sun'eying in· struments, and equipment uscd in ruad mainten:lnce work including the mao chinery used to painL edge-li nes un highways. Visitors were able to learn first hand alxJut the m,\n y fun ctions

performed in the pl~n n ing and con· struction of new highways and in the maintenance of old ones.

Matu;'uh' Lob Ifolds Pim;c: On Sunday, june 10, the Materials Dcp.1ft­mem hdd :l picnic :It the Salt Well on Route il. It was an all day afh ir wilh 4 ! people in attendance. Food and re­fresh ments were served throughout Ihe day. A round robin bocc i ball tour­nament was won by Dan Reichen anu Rudy Ibnich. Their best efforts was a shut-Qui. Runners up were Bill Pier­son and Paul Wilkie.

Mr. and Mrs. William Heck were the bridge champs despite the \'e ry keen competition from Bill Pierson and Jerry H errmann.

The District W:lS well represented with families from Chicago, jaJiet, Bloomington, Oglesby, Spring Valley, La Saile, t.'lenduta, I>wi£ht, Streawr, G ranvillc. Utica and Ottawa.

Eycryane wishes to express their thanks t<.\ the picnic committee for a job well done,

News Brit:!J: l\lr. R, W. Gerling, Asst. District Engineer, hOl S returned ttl fulfill h i~ dulies "fter :In extended illness. After serving with the War Reservc Corps., Barry Hynd is IIllee again with us.

Tu: Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cosgrove - it's :I girl.

Best Wishes to: Ed jermenc, J:lck Mecte ~nJ Bulcnt Eken who took the "big" !.tep imu matrimony.

Vocal/'om: Mr. ( ;rayh:lck, Mr. Miller and l\1r. R:lffcllspcrger recently spent a rew days at Lake St. Germain in Wisconsin fishing .

Me. and Mrs. Earl C:lzel :lnd {:lmily spent 5Cver;11 weeks at Chetek, ¥,I isc. fishing and tak ing li fe easy.

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Mr. :md Mrs. Andy Mdoa n \ ' 3':1-

{ionet! to Lu Vegas. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Yannell0 traveled

throu)ih the east. Mr. :lnd Mn. Bcmi~ Rentz SpCnL

their vacation at Lake St. "ermain in Wisconsin.

Marti Ki traveled to Washington, D. C.

Mr. :lnd Mrs. Dick DU!l:H':m and son spent a few weeks up north fishing and relaxing.

Mr. Art Dierst!:in spent a week in I)cII\'cr, Coloradu.

~'I r . :Jnd Mrs. Ralph Chi:lIlo :lnd family spell( sevt!Cal weeks in South Dakota visi ting relativc$.

!-.ofr. and Mrs. Rolf Dcmoll spent a few Jays ill Wisconsin.

Coil: District 3 was represented at the Golf Tournament hdti at thc: SL Andrews Coumry Club by Don Old­man, Fred J'.Iariani, Claude Hershey, and W. H . Zumstein. Although they didn't place, they experienced a gOOII time:. Other golf clllhusi:15ts were lohn Piggott, Cy Burns, Ed Wiilen15, Art Dierstein, Del Hahn and Prancis Sex­Wll.

Ball/ling: Thc State Highway l..c;lguc opc:neJ regular season bowling on Sept. .. , 1962. There are four ')·man tcalm which are bowling un Tuesday nighu at 9:00 P.M. at the Dettore Lanes. HegulAr ~~heduk will rUI: fur 33 weeks.

PEORIA District 4

By ERV BESH:n .1t

PromotiollS; The following four eng ineers were promOled 10 Civil Engi. neer 3. effective June lsi: Sri Gofincl, Judson Leung, Dale Page and Ral ph Brooks. Ncw Civil Engineer 2 were: 1):l\'e DrurIc:!, Ralph Bush, Gerry Wor· ral and Rob ~1:lurice. Boh Myers and (;erry Meindcrs were promoled from ET 2 to ET 3 and Bill Ehlen. Larry Fullerton, Larry L1fary and ROil Zuck from ET I to ET 2. Dick W:mcld was pwmotetl from Landscape Architcct 2 to 3.

Cons/rlfetion; Much 10 e\'erya nc's liurprisc Ralph Brooks has completed hi~ protect on the Gn:::.11 Ri\'er i{oatl at \Varsaw and is nuw b.1ck homc again. He had been ab.ent from the officc .0;0 long that he was referred to

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Chapter Notes as one 1)( the new men. !-Ie was re­imroduced to the office crew.

$everal new projects were initiatcd since the last issue. Hal Johnson is residelH engineer ()II the tnodemizatiun of Ill. Rte. 9, Pekin to Tremont. He is assisted by Dave: Druffcl, AI Malm­quist, Ernie White and Stan Korisla. Ruy Czcpull is residelll enginccr on the modernization of U.S. Rle. 34, WI'S[ of RiggsviUe. He is assisted by Jim For­quer. us l'\"elson and his crcw have moved wCJtward 011 F.A.1. Rtc. 74 with the letting of Scniun 8 of that route. It appears thai the statement regarding the card playing tlf th~ Peoria and Tazewell County Intersulte crews was in errur. It has since been l~amed that chcss is the item of leisure.

Depart/lr~s; Hob Anderson l~ft the construction office to work for Cater­pillar Tractor Company. Frank Hew­itt returned to school. Jim Besett left Research and joined leTourneau Westinglllluk: and AI McCaw left 10 hecome an insurance Adjuster. We wish thc:>c fel lows 111C beSt of luck in their new vClllures.

Activiti~s: A traffic conference was hdd at the District Ollicc, june 28th. The conference was attenocd by ap­pro;;:imatcly 80 persons. 'Illese were city traffic engineers, county superin­tendents and culISulting engineers. T he aim of the conference was to familiarize cities and cou nties with Ihe require. ments of the new Uniform Traffic Manual and 1'0 rcqu~st their aid in its adoption.

A reti rement dinner was held Satur­day. June 30, 1962, for George H arney, Wayne Harney, Sr. and Ted Johnson. The dinner was hcJd at the Hotel Jef­fe rson ;md was attended by 94 persons. George H arney was prC:knled with a 35 MM camera and Wayne Barney re­ceived a sct of golf cI\.bs. Ted Johnson. who reside:s in Florida now, was not prescnt, con~quent!y Ihe watch he re­ceivcd was Knt to him. George and Wayne furnished those present with a shurt commentary on their experiences in Materials. Many of the previous reti rees and close friends were present to wish them gouu luck. Nate r '(\'y w:.~ chairman {or the d inner.

The Peoria Chapte:r had its annual d inner meeting July 19th, at thc Shady Oak Restaurant. Local ~clion memUen uf the American Society of Civil E.ngi­neers were in\'ited 10 attend. Mr. Wil­liam DeVilS, Jr., who is with Waldrun

and Associates Inc., management con­sultants, was the gllest speaker. His topic was "The Critical Path Meth()(I." This was a \'ery interesting topic and was well pr(sented by the speaker. Mr. DeVos, Jr. was provided through the cou rtesy of S. J. Groves & Suns. Mr. A. J. f-,'kKay and Mr. A. Malwick of the cOmp~ny were guesu of the chapter.

The: annuaI I.AH .E. picnic was hdd at Jubilee State Park, August 11th. The affair was attended by app,uxilllalc1y 80 persons (never saw so m:Jny kids). A delicious ham dinner with 10:Jds of trimmings was enjoyed by all. Les Ripka, the picnic chai rman, and Stel'e Lee are to be complimented for their fine joh. Softl all and horseshoes were: (he prineip>11 acti"ities 1)£ the day.

Marriages: C1rol Wallen£ddt was married 10 Wayne Ohlson, hllle: 16th at Bradle)' A\cnue E\'angclical United Brethren Church in Peuria. Wayne ha~ smce entered the Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant ::IS a maintcnance engi. neer, and he and his new bride are pres. ently at Luke Air Puree Base :It Phoe­nix, Arizona.

Eliz:lbeth Kempf was marricd to /)on Chrisman, July 14th. at St. Bernards Church in Peoria. Don is presently on duty with the 169th Air f'o:atinnal (;uard, but is to re turn sllon. Our best wishes ~o to the newlyweds.

Additions: The Marlin Siebrasscs adoptc:d a bah~ girl ill June. This gives lhem two girh and $uunds like a swee:t little pair.

A son was horn to Mr. and Mn. Etio Sua .. un Junc 25th; this is lheir fifth child.

The Hill Cordons rccei \'e:d a Mn on Juty 22n<1 ; this is their third child .

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fours ha\'e: a sun, their first child born on June 30d".

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wille:ms have a new oohy ~irl. This is their first girt and Ihei r fourth child.

The (klrdon Siebolds ~re parents of a new baby boy oorn on "ugust 9th. This is their third.

The Jim l-Ieinsmans arc parents of a h~by girl horn on Augusl 91h; this is thei r third child.

The blly5 won this round, f(lur to three. OUT congrarulatiollS go ttl the proud pan:lIIs.

Sports; The two H ighway Hawks softootl teams h"\'e ended their league play. In the AA !c.1gue, the leam had a record of 7 wins and i losses. The

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t~am in the I ndUM rial Le:tguc lin ishffi with a re<oed of -4 wins and 8 lo~s. Manager \Vorner is at a loss 35 to why his tcams didn't do betu:r, as they both loukcd good on paper. The lead~ ing 3 hitters arc::

lim Pierson Rill Milh Ron Zuck

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The tcams arc: looking ahe3J to the ci ty tournaments with the thought that only guud can rc:$ult. The major ea~u31 -

ry of the yea r wal a broken hand by Darrell March. AI Malmquist is han­dling the pitching chnres in the AA League anrl lim Pierson is doing the chucking in the Industrial League_

The District's first golf ouling was held prior to the Ch icago State Tourna­ment and Gus B:unham, Les Ripka and Monk Coffman qualified for the Peoria Teanl. Lee Un and Al Malm­quist tied for the fourth spot. In the play-off, AI Malmquin was the \·ictar. It might be added that the team finished s«ond in the State T ournament and lost p(jsscssion of the trophy. The Ollt­

ing was attended by 30 persons. Golf was followed with a line ch icken din­ner. )ui1n Hartwig was chairman of the event and should be: credited with a fine job. No date has heen SC I for the fall nuting.

Howlers Me beginning to Rex their thumbs in amicipatiun of the wming season. The Highway League is to have 10 teams this year, and is to howl in the n('w T ()wn and ClJuntry Lanes un Forrest 1-1ill 'he. All inter­ested bowlers should ~ that their nalnes arc addeJ 10 the list in the office as soon as possible, so that teams can be: formed.

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General: It has been learned that many of the hoys have passed the regis­tration exam and are now registered engineers. They are Roben Dale Page, Ralph Hrooks, Jack Harland, Bob Giles, I_'my Dutton, Dun Ibwlings and Harold Joh nSIJn. COllg r:lluiations w them, and to the unlucky ones there is :llways another chance.

T he OistriCl was saddened by the death of Mrs. Virginia Saville, the wife of Charles Saville, Assistant District Ellt;illccr. Ma. Saville had bttn ill for some time, howe,-cr, her dC:Hh on July 25th W:iS sudtlen and carne a5 a shock to many. &rvic~ were held at Wilton MonuMY and interment was in Swan L:tkc Memorial Gardens. She: lea\'es her hushand, a daughter Geneva and a SOil Robert. Ou r sympathy is expressed to Charlie and the children in their great Ion.

PARIS District S

By J'-\ I\.lES E. H OUGH

Promolions: On April 1, 1962, Murre! E. Luffland was promoted to District Design Engineer. Mr. Loff­land, after grad uation from Rose: Poly­technic Institute at Terre H aute, Indi­ana, in 1930 was employed by the ILli­nois Division o£ H ighways. He was Assistant District Design Engineer for the p:m II yt:ars.

On April 16, 1962, Rohc:n D. Shaw was promoted to Assistant District En­gineer. Mr. Shaw ca.m: 10 work for the Illinois O i\' ision of Highways after he graduated from Rose Polytechnic

Institute, al Terft Haute, Indiana, in 1950.

On April 16, 1962, H . G. Peper was appointed acting Assistant District Construction Engineer. Mr. Peper graduated from the Universi ty of 1lti­nois in lum: 1949, and has been em­ployed with the lIIinoi5 Di\'ision of Highways since that time .

New Emplo)'us: Joe F. Goodner­Ridgc:farm -e:mplo)'ed 5·25-62 as a temporary ET-I, reclassified to perma­nent ET-I; ~'f ichael G. bra-Dam'i1le - was transferred from Dist. 6. He is an ET-I; George A. Laszar - Paxton - was lransferreu from Disl. 4. He is an ET-I; Robert Reed Fisher - Monti­cdlo -employed 35 an ET- I; John I. Bennen - Dan\' illc -employed as a TA-II; L:trry K. Watkins - Findlay -employed as an ET-II ; Richard H. Price - Shelbyville -e:mploye:d as a CE-1.

TheTt arc te:n £T-I's going to the Unh'ersity of Illinois on the Enginttr­ing Technician Trainjng Program from June Ii. 1962 to &ptember I. 1962. They will report to work in this dis­triet on September 4, 1962.

Employas R<:tllrn From Leave: Dale J. D:lilcy returned from educational lea\'e on June II, 1962, Michigan State ; I{oger E. Day returned from edu­cation31 lea\'e on June 4, 1962, Uni­\'eni,y of Keillucky; George W. Con­klin returned from educalional leave on June 13, 1962, University of South­ern Florida; Robert I. McHenry re­lUrneJ [rom military Ie:lve on June 25, 1962, 6 months duty.

The following employ~s attende:d 2 weeks military training this sum­mer; L1rry L. Elliol, Robert L Mc-

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Transfers: Wm. E. Chasl:Ull, Jf. C E·II and Juhn M. Freeman, C£· II were both transferred to Ottawa to work on AASHO Test Road recon· struction. Freeman WCllI May 16, 1962; Chastain went June 13, 1962 after re­turning from 3 months military leave.

Resignatiotls: Donald R. Marchialldo, Mastcll M. Burrell, Gary L. Shcumaker. A. O. Anderson, Larry A. DeWitt, Jerry R. Hofmann, Eugene N. Lang, E. Paul Rouse.

Vacations: Mr. and M.rs. Harry B. Williams took a trip circling Lake Michigan visiting the Wisconsin Dells and the Indian Ceremonial, Mackinac Island, and the Huuse of David.

Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Tobias visited the World's Fair.

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Keller went to Jamaica for their vacatiull.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kelly also vis­ited the World's Fair.

SPRINGFIELD District 6

Hy DONM,n F. EDWARDS

As summer slowly sinks in rhe weSt we can recall pleasant memories on the baseball scene in which several of our members helped participate in KHOU­RY LEAGUE boy's baseball.

First of all, the Douglas Church Bantams ( age 9-10) , coached by yours truly and Ed Foutch, W a ll their Circuit Championship ( Eddie Mathews Cir­cuit) with a record of eleven wins and one loss ( that being a 6 to 5 colltest). The Edwards-Foutch team Ion its firsl game in the Springfield playoffs for Class A Champions by a score of 8 to 7. Nuw all they have left are pleasant' memories and a first place tfophy.

Other association memhers include Juhn I-Ijoe, who managed the P. H. Broughton team (Atom Division - age

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7-8). John's little boys started out great and won something likc eight straight games before dropping four games to cinch the second piace award in the Class B championship. In the Spring­field playorTs, 'uhn's boys won their first game and then were defeated by, of all people, John McKibbin's H awks. Anyway, congratulations to John Hine and Bah Davlin for ~ good sea~n of hasehall and fun and a lot of good crJachillg of 7 and 8-year-old boys.

The tcam !h~t 1x:at John H inc', boys (J ut in Class ··B" competition was coached hy none other than our Asso­ciation Treasu rer, John C. McKibhin . McKibbin's Hawks had a record of ten wins and two losses to capture the second place in the Sun Musi~ l Circuit. Incidentally, the two loss<:s suffered by the little McKibbin boys were only to the team which took first place, and then these scores were close, 5 to 3 and II to 10 contests. Unlike the other teams managed by our members who :lfe now only reminiscing about the past season, the John McKibbin Hawks are still going strong in playoff competi­tiun. The Hawks won the "whole thing" and are champions of the Spring­field nnd Central l1I inois Class "8" Division, .lind they are still going after defeating some six teams from Spring­field and Cenual Hiinois. Then they had the hunur of ua,'ding to St. L::Juis on August 18th to compete in the quarter final s of the National KHOU­RY LEAGUE for the Class " H" cham­pionship.

The other m,lin summer sport which created a great deal of talk and interest was the 5th Annual Meeting of the Springfield Chapter of Deer River Liars Club. As you lIlay or may not know, our Disuict 6 boY$ load up their cars with fishing eq uipment, long uo­derwear and refreshments aud head for Minnesota to have a pany and do a little fishing all the side.

This year, of cOllrse, was no different fro m the othe r years except some of the fish got considerahly larger and the ones that "got away" got lUore atten­tion than the ones ca ught. ( Thi s may seem like an old story, but I can only report the facts, ladies. )

A quick rundown of personnel re<lds like the all star team. Ralph Leslie, the old fishing pro, tried for the recmu catch, says he saw a fish swimming alongside his boat which was as big as his desk, however, when the smoke cleared, it was another fisherman, Mary

L. to R.: Georqe Shoenherr, Palll Pearson Wid Arch VanAu,dall

Louise Leslie, who proved his true competitor. However, it must be re­ported ( since this was his first award ) Ralph I.eslie hot the "hig one" and was champion fish catcher with a 6~ pound Northerll Pikr.

OUlers frem outside District 6 were old stand-bys like Charlie Jones, Henrv D iers, Arch V,lIlAusdali and L. E. ·Davidson.

Springfield Chapter

By AItTIJUR H. FASlIllNlHiR Aswciute Editor

Our May 21st meeti ng was again hdd at thc Elks Cluh. The following were elected to membership: William M<;,rris, Traffic ; Russ<:lI Ga rrand, Bndge Office; and T. R. Maslanka uf Design to active membership. Raben Mueller, Duane Weiss and Don Eastep all of Aerial Survey as Associate mem­bers. Aho reinstated as Assoc iate Mem­bers were Charles Burtle and H enry Fmmm, hath of Research. Director Ellis Hutehewn announced that the 1962 Coovention will be held in Peoria and thar the 1963 Conyention will he held in East St. Louis. Program Chair_ m,\n, S. E . Wiley presented all inter­e.s ting movie entitled, "One Road."

The June meeting was held on the

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J 8th and the members voted to COIl­

tinue the meetings a t the Elks Cluo in July and August. Gerry Zimmer and Carl \Vahl were reported Oil the sick list. Program Chairman, Dan [kt;S

presented a very interesting movie, "Mastery of Space," depicting Col. Juhn Glenn's flight.

The Jul y 16th meeting announced rnal the State Golf T ournament at St. Andrews ncar Chi:ago was won by the [cam reprcscllling the Springfidd Chapter. The founomc were Bernard Casey, Phil Madollia, Dean Metcalf and Don \Volavcr. Congratulatiuns to our "champs" (lild Ih:u Iwphy they brought homc is a beaut. Program Chairman, H. L. Hrantlcy of Aerial Survey inuo­Jueed Mr. Donald L. Ml:ycr of the Aeronautical Chart and In formation u mte, USAF, who showed 3. series of slides and disculscd th~ surface of the moon and the methods of photo­graphing and map?ing them.

The first International Conference un the Structural Design of Asphalt Pavements was hd d at the Universi ty of Michigan al Ann Arbor Lhe wt-ck of August 20·24. Our chapter was repre­Sented by E. M. Crump, Bituminous Engineer; John Dierkes, Bureau of Con­strunian and W. E. Chastain, Sr. of Research and Planning. They were ac­coll1panicd by A. D. H ill of the As· phalt Insti tute and by Professors More­land H errin and E\:gene Huang of the Civil Engineering Department uf the U niversity of illinois. The fim.ling$ oL this Confe rence will be published in future issues of thi$ magazine.

MEMBER

Chapter Notes W1AHE'S Springfield

By MARY Lou D,wls

In this issue we would like to ex­tend an invitation to all wives whose husbands are I.A.H.E. members to join l)O r group. Mrs. Dick Shdhurne of 1328 Fayette is in charge of new memo oersh ips and would be quite happy to give you full particulars on how to become "one" of us.

Our July program was .l!;iven by MT. Richard Pai of the State H ighway Bridge Office. H e showed us man y in­teresting slides on 1-lllIIg Kong and gave a lecture on Formo~a .

\Ve had a must enjoyable meeting in August with ( ;eorge's Ueauty Salon ill ~harge of th~ program. U\Vigs and Their Care" was th~ subject for dis­cussion during the evening.

"The Linculn Stury " will be pre­sented at our September mL'Cting by Mr. and Mrs. George Cashman who are caretakeu of the Lincoln Tomb. Several slides will be shown follow ing lhis lecture.

Wives, remember I If your husband is a member of I.A.H.E. you are eli~ib le for membership in our group, so don't delay, join us today and have fun.

EFFINGHAM District i

Va~ati()n news seems to he in order for this issue of the magazine.

The Ciary Uones were in New Eng­land where they visited former Asso­ciation memlxrs ~wis Stockwell in Massachusetts and Paul Minor in

Compliments

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Mai.!l~. Gary r~ports that it was a very enjoyable \'acation. but he hates to lhillk of the money he spent.

The Cyril Mathys returned to their old fishing waters in Pennsylvania where fi!hing was so good that they lished only for Walleyes. C. P. caught 47 of the legal-keeping si7.e. Conditions wer~ not as ideal as in other years, however, because Cyril reported it was necessary to ~w:n two mosquitoes.

\Ve salute Uob Stanley who spent a wt-ek of his vacation camping out with a Boy Scout troop. Bob once aga io pruved the veuatility of a Local Roads field engineer by w ming uuough with fl ying colors.

Allen Austin and Arch Hlackard took a float trip down the White Ri ver in Arkansas.

]Juck Rotramel and family touk a camping trip to Table Rock Lake and Big Springs Park, Missouri.

The David Smiths and Jerry Broom s also headed Missouri way to the Lake of the Ozarks.

Max Lamh and family battled the heat acrms Kansas to Laramie, Colorado ill their air-conditioned car. At last report, Max was going trout fishing.

The Harold \Vears are 011 a fis hing trip to r-.linnesuta. Nu doubt, H amid and Max will have several sturies to swap wi th the other ooys.

John Sills, Exalted Ruler uf the Effingharn Elks lodge spent part of hi$ vacation in Chicago altending tht Elks National Convention and ritual contest.

Vacations of another sort were spen t by Hoh Gamble, Ji m Calhoon and Leander Mehling on thei r ann\lal tour of duty with the armed forces res~rves . Dick Koe.ster, Wilbert Schader anu

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t.:tz were al c.'lmp Ripley, Minne­o(jQ .-ith the N:llional Guard.

It is a pleasu re to on!r aga in be able .. report scveral wdl-deservcd promo­tiow - all in the Hureau of Right-of­\\'ay thi$ time:

Allen Aust in, District Engineer of Right-of.Way, promoted to the posi. tiOn of Assistant Engineer of Right-of­\Vay in the celllf:.l bureau in Spring­field;

John Silh, Assistant District Engi­nee r of Right-o[. \Vay promoted to District Engineer of Right..(, f.WaYi

David Smith, Appraisal Reviewer, promoted tn Assistant District Engi­m:cr of Right-of-Way.

Tom (iodx: \ has hc-:en uJ\'cring the miles ill his pn"Knt job as resident engineer on the adJ iliun LO the office parking lot.

President Bill Cux has co<hairmcn Jack Klay and Ed Grcib.u busy com­pleting the arrangement> for the :lallual AsStlCiation picnic to ~ held in Bliss Park on August 18.

Chapter Notes Li fetime pnnnershirl!; form .... d sinc~

the: last issue of the: maga"lin~ ;1«: the following ..

Wilben & hnde:r, of lh~ Burenu of Hight--of.Way, look Miss Mnril yn Slllall­wood uf Route 4, t\'ewton for his bride June 17, 1962, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wheder, Illinois.

Jack Johnson of the Burenu of De­sign was unil~d in Illarriage with Miss Bonnie Jane Mauox of Allendale, Illi­nois, on June 24, 1962, at the Allendale Christian C hurch.

Miss Judy Esker, ~cr~[ary in tbe Bureau of Design, hc:C<lIl1C the uride of Mr. Ray Lohmnn, on August 4, 1962, nt St. Frnncis of Assisi Church in T eu­topol is, Illino is.

Word hns leaked out of the athlet ic prowess of Howard Haake and Charles Knight, "the OIJ I ron I Iursc," secund and first basemen respectively, of the: St. John 's Lutheran Church softball team. However, the "uld pro's" arc too modest anJ wlIuldll't even tell this reporter the da ti: of their next game,

hut referred all (IUe:SlioliS to puhl ici ty age:nt, Gary Bone:.

If any (If (lur re:aders ha\'e the need to take out life insurance on oxen. it is suggested that they contact Jim Dink­hellrr fur assistance. Jim had this uniqu~ ex perience while making the arT:lngt:ments for t h~ (ormal dedication of FA I Route 70 from t\ ltamont tu .\.1ontrose held in conjunction with ~atiullal H ighway Week.

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By A. H ASNA I N

CofltractorJ and Engineers P;rn;(',' Our annual dffai r contractor 's and en­ginccr's picnic tonk plaet' a l Freedom Fa rm, Bclbille, Ill., on August II, 1962. T here was quite a turn Out.

Fish sandwiches were in abundance and very delicious. K. P. Yauava from Design claims that he enjoyed a dozen

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()f fish sandwiches last year. I wonder if he reached hi5 record this year!

E. R. Ailes, (Champion of LA. H.E. Chess Tournament) sitting under a coo! shady tree with his beautiful chess set, had an open challenge to anyhody who is p roud of his game. Carlos Tohar, our che5.~ Veteran, =meJ to enjoy a few rounds with Eu. Writer.

Prbe diAtribulian 01 picnic in Belle ... iUo

Card game was d~e 2nd most popular event in the picnic after beer drinking. A good part of the population was husy pl~ying cards in varieties of games.

Audili: Most of the news is about vacations. Sylvia Baker is going North to Minnesota fishing. Dollinc Reed went Somh to Kentucky Lake and caught many, many fish. Alice Horton is going to Denver to look at the SliOW­

capped mOllluains. Edna Lurtz is going to Detroit to su what is cooking in the 1963 automcbile industry. Vicki Brown is sad because her spouse has heen sent overseas.

Jerry Rich acquired a Rambler st3· tien wagon 50 r guess he will be hitting the road too. Dave Mande had his car air conditioned so I guess he will stay home. Many of us attended the State Fair in Springfield starting Aug­ust 10th. Judy Landreth went to Chi· cago for a wcek-e.1d and expected tu take a dip in Lake Michigan. Trudy Wachtel's husband Don , will be out of the Armed Services on August 23rd.

COllifructioll Nr:lfJJ: Janel Rllrackcr, Construction Dept. stella, is taking her vacation in Hawa ii and is exploring the 50th state. All of liS certainly wish a good timt fo r Janet.

Harold Ruffner, assistant to Herb McCoy, is assisting the US Air Force [or two weeks. Congratulations,

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L. 10 If.: clockwise. unidentified. E. R. Alles. C. H. Tolx ... and JIm Taylor, a l ConlraclDr~ and Enqlneerl picnic.

Belleville

Harold. for passing the Professional Engineer's exam.

The new bridge over the Mississippi Riva is heing staked, using special equipment. This new Interstate bridge will carry Interstate Re ute 270 over the riva. The States of fllinois and Mis­souri are cooperating in the construc­tion of this bridge.

Dt'Jigll: \Vith everyone gone on vacation at one time or another, news from design is at its usual season's low.

The: big news from here is the recent bunching on the sea of matri· many of our secretary and friend Mar­jorie Meikamp and Paul Strom. Em­barkation day was August 18 at an 11 :00 :l.m. Nuptial High Mass in St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in High­land, Illinois. "BOil Voyage" from all of us.

Glenn Meek spent his vacation fish­ing down at Black, Missouri and besides whatever fish he caught, he. also caught a hnger - his. The hook went far enough in that it had to be cut off (the hook, that is) and pushed on through. This didn't stop him from finishing his vacation in Shreveport, La.

Our ~st wishes go with Jerry Lieher and Ray Scown, hath of whom left the Design departnlent. Jerry accepted a transfer to Local Roads, and Roy left the slate to he project engineer of the \Vren Lake Redevelopment program being c005tructed by the Corps of Engi­neers.

ReJt:arcn and Planning: There: have been many changes in Research and Planning since the last issue of Illinois Highway Engineer. Foremost of aU

is the retirement of Joseph P. DuFour, our boss and fr iend. There 3re many of us who served under Joe for many years and, to say the least, we truly miss him. H owe\'er, we are all happy with our new boss. John R. Danzer, formerly Mr. DuFour's assistant, has been promoted to the position of Dis­trin Research Engineer. Glen (Jim) Sawyer, formerly of Design, has been t ransferred to our department 10 fill the vacancy o[ Assistant District Re­search Engineer . Hath Danzer und Saw­yer are lOps and the lllen in Research extend to both their congratulations on the promotions and wish them suc· cess in their new jubs and wish them to know that they will have the fullest cooperation from all.

Danzer, Sawyer and Graham at­tended the: instruction sessions in Springfidd [or the Needs Study. The Needs Study and Sufficiency Rating is now well under way and [he entire personncio£ the office is snowed under on the work.

Glen Sawyer recently completed a two-week course at :Korthwestern Uni­versity on Urban Planning.

1962 Truck Weight Survey was made under the supervision of D ick Wilcox . It was really dull at the Collinsville scale house since most (,£ the heavy trucks are by-passing it and travelling on the recently opened section of In­terstate 55 and 70.

John Danzer is hearing again. Since the ear operation, his hearing has been steadily improving. The last test made showed that he now has average hearing in [hat one car. H owever, it seems that he must learn to hear again. It seems Mrange not to ~ him with hearing aid.

John (iot!ar has completed the 1962 Road Reinventory. This year it was in Calhoun, Greene and JerSt'y ('..ounties. As soon as the Needs Study is com­pleted we will all be working on his notes so that we may get the 1962 Re­visions dnne before required deadline.

Dick \Vilcox h3S recently returned [rom a '.'3cation trip to Cape Hattems, North Cawlina. We have been inter· ested in hearing alXlUt one of our newest Nation~1 Parks and arc looking forward to seeing the results of his photography there.

Larry Wuest is back with us after his sojourn with the Illinois National Guard at Camp Ripky, Minnesota.

Susan Danzer, daughter of Johrl and Millie Danzer, was one of the 8500

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~irl iCOUU ..-ho attended the Girl Scout Sauor Roundup at Button Bay, Vcr· ~ Whue: lhere: she was official KW'J WiiUpOildcnt fOf the: E. St. Louis -D-ztt and Sawyer spent two days in ¥it:&tfKId early in August on a wn­a:n:aa.: on the 701 stuuy fot ur!>.1" pboning.

Dick Wilcox h:u a broken leg as a muh of a bll. We arc hoping th:lt he will be back on the job soon.

Rigll!~f·Wa}' Dt!'pr; Bob G ilmour h3S returned frnm a three d:l)' vacation in the: Missouri Ozarks ( Dig Spring) .

Carl St:mford was in Peoria during his vacation. He was at the Y. W. C. 1\. . . . visi ting.

Jack Miller is on vacation. H e: d idn't 5:1y wh:u he was going to do hut we'll be l that golf is at [he fOp of his tist of things to dn.

Vern Wc:btr is cullspicu(luS by his absence. Vern is on vacation.

The T onies arc expecting their fifth addit ion around September ith. Con· gralUl:ll ions!

Traffic: Soon after Mr. CrawlC}' re­tirw, we recruited Dale Burroughs from the Construction Department as :J full time member of the Traffic Dc· partment.

Don Wab:, E.T. I, who has spcm the last few years at Ft. De\'ens anc! similar n:50rt areas, has joined us as a pcrrna­nent memhcr.

During the summer we have had three other E.T. I's worki ng with us. They 3Te : T ony C~rpani, Bob Krauss, 3ud Joe Rizzie. They have been kept pretty busy this summer with Traffic Counts. S~ed Studies and an inven· tory of signs now in pJ~ce in the f) i~·

trict.

Chapter Notes Bill Bunte, C.E. I II, who worked

with th is Dimict in his undergradualC days has returned and is learning the differences I:x: twccn rural traffic prob­lems and urban ones. He has been working in the City of St. Louis.

Mr. Crawley has been back to \'is it the wage Sla\'e5. He speaks most lightly of retiremellt. Frum the way he tells it, it is 3 \"ery desirable stale of af· fairs.

Fred Moore used his vacation for a trip to Vermont, whe", he and Mn. Moore spent their time as workers at the (;irl Scout Senior Roundup. H e reports that 8,500 (;irl Scouts call make a most interesting background for a IIcry worthwhile vacation expcrienct . Hc als.(J reports that Vennunt in the summertime is a lovely location for a vacation.

George Crawford used his vacation fo r a trip 10 Hunts" ille, Alabama. I think the Vermont are3 is preferable III the summertime. Alabama should be resuvN for the winter t ime.

CARBONDALE District 9

By LofTON ATNtl', JII.

District Nine is glad to welcome Robert W. Odom, C.E. I as a new employee.

Richard Brake, 13ill Wade lind Don­ald Crane have returned from Military Leave uf Abscnce.

There have been 51 summer Sl\l dent~ from different Engineering Schools working in the disuin in various de· parunen ts during the summer.

Charla Lu~kett has resigned to try his hand a t the conuacting business.

Ten new "tra inees" repon N Sep­temhc:r I, for work in the D istrict after compkting a Training Cou~ in Engi­neering :1[ the Un.i\"t~.IS ity of lilinois.

("jet Ollt your lxlwli.ug: balls and start getting in shape for the winter season. We're looking forward to havi..ng all· OUler fi ne leat:ue th is season, Su don't be ldt out.

DUIl' t forget 10 start planni ng- fnr Ihe CUll\"ell tion ir. Oct(lbc:r.

COl1gr:Hulations to a1\ the members who to(lk p~n ill the "Professional Engineers Exam" and passed (and it seems as though ~veryon~ passed).

Design and Right-of-W ay

By Bn.l ScnWI:GM,u.r

Desilln of fut ure highway projccts is continu ing ulis summer under the guidance of me .. ble DcsiJlIl staff and the hdp of 5C\eral summer college studenu. M. R. Lawrence's group is finish ing up design on F .A .I . Ruute 5i in !.he north part of the District ::tround West City and the), are thinking ;Ioout turning their ta lents loose on the remainder of the I nters t:lIe [rum Ullin South to Cairo. Dick Miley's su rvey parties arc busy in the field taking :l.Il· \"untage of t.hc hot, dry weather and gathering luts of informat ion fur u.o;c this w inICr. A lex Zedialis ' group is fi nishing up some widen ing and reo surfacing plans on Illinois Route 3, "T he ( ireal River Roud ." I under· stand !.he: p roj~ct has ca used a member of the group to ha"e ulcers. Bub Gates'

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ooys have been trying to figure out how lu get tu and hom Kaskaskiu is­land when the Mississippi River is in !lood stage while Bob has been vaca· tiuning ill Mississippi. CharlCll Smith and the: boys downstairs have lx:cn keeping busy working on [merst:Jtc projects.

H ats orr to Mr. C. K. "Cuh" Hair who has just been honoreJ for his 25 years continuous suvice with the I!li­nois iJivision of Highways. Also. it j, Illy uIIJ""laLlJilltl tb"t "Lt,st ,,[ the fell ows that took the f..ngineer's exam bst May did better lhaJl they thought, they pa,seJ!

Herb Stulc and Paul Ramsey of the Right-of-\Vay Department have just returned after a hard month of study at the University of \Visconsll working toward their Master Appraiser's License.

Mr. and Mrs. Ghani Rahman of Right-of-\Vay were prcscillcri with a daughter sillce uur las!' issue. Ghani has ~en in the hospital with other (umplie<llions and we hope that he is back with us soon.

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Traffic Notes

By LoUIS V U S B t;HHN

District Ninc's ncw safety repre­sentaTive is Jesse Hil bm. This is a new posi tion which deals with cmpluyee safety and accident pre\'cntion. In his post, Jesse will a lso be concerned with safety conditions around construction jous.

Jesse, on ET. ill, has btCIl with the Division about SLX years, muSt of the time being spent all construction. He lives with his wife. Sarah, and their three child ren in Murphysboro.

Bureau of ConstnlCticHl

By BII .I_ ZI P. BA

The COllslructinn lkpartment in OUf

lJislri~ t is ill the midst of another uusy mlllmG. The majori ty of our men ha"e beca working on F.A.1. Route 5 7 north of Marion where paving op­erations ha ve been moving along swinly and wurk on I () structures is in

progress All work south of Marion, except one hridge, is complete all<1 open to traffic.

Several of otlr employees were blessed with new addit ions recently . Jack Li­cata is the proud fath er of a girl, while Ellgent." Eist."nhallt."f and Jim Carpell ter art." tltt." proud fathers of baby boys.

The kmg hOllrs o[ studying sn:mcd to pay off tor all our members who took the Prof~ssional Engineer's examination in M~)'. Rill Srewan, Charley Miller. Roy K . H arris and Boh Arplelll(u\ <Ire proudly showing their Profession~l En­~i nec r 's C~rtificates .

CHICAGO District 10

By G. F. I -I AGENAlIR, J R.

D istr ic t 10 HOllors J. P. Tuthill

On 'uly 26 a lmost two hundred per­$:JIlS, engineers and their wi \'es, par­ticipated in a family dinner in honor of J. P. T uthill 011 tht." occasion of his

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Icaxing the [)i5lrict after many years as iu Distri ; t Engineer.

Tht: formal ponion of the c\'cning lIlOlS prceded hy a congenial period ol reception of the many guests and 3

~Cr.J.l renewal of acquaintances. T he d inner W;15 opened with an invocation by Carl Andason and a series of rem­iniscences hy Elmer Brunke, District Constru::tiun Engineer and toastmaster fo r this occasion.

Then followed a pleasant surprise with the presenting to TlIIhill (and his wife) of a rash of gifu of va rying sentiment and utility from ind ividual groups or the Distr ict family.

Highlight of this portion of the eve­ning was a "This Is Your Life, Mr. TuthiIr ' program put on with some­what less than prufcssiunal excellcnce hy the F.xpres~way S("Clion.

Suloway makes Tut the District'. l ir. ' FlNAL.INSPECTOR·EMERITUS

Contributing h~a\' ily to the gener:ll feel inJ; of good fellowship which pre· v:likd was the surprise presentation of g ifts to the guest of honor. These toke n~ of esteem ranged the whole g:lmut from scntimcntali[y to just plain fut ure utility.

A spirit o f sacrifice was evident in the offering of the office of the Deputy Chid Engineer: AI Baker of th<lt officc prcsented <l true museum piece, the ac­tual tool, nicely restored, which re­leased [he water during the flood of e<lrly this ye<lr in Huboord's C<lve.

For fu ture use the 1hintenance Bureau presented Tut wi th a very complete salt-it.yourself kit for winter driving wand from Florida. Along this same lille the Motor Fuel Bureau ( [51) ) parted with a supply of motor fllel in <l most healltifllll}' designed and decorated container.

Anothe r gift that will undoubtedly see considerable future servict: is a complete golf outfit including a carry all (but not cover all ) costume and a

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Chapter Notes moSt ingeniUltsly contrived Sillg l~ golf dub to sefl'e all pussible purposes for which such :In instrumclll might be used.

The newe_~t group in the District family - the Expressway Surveillance Research Project - gave, through its manager (and probably newest State employee) Dr. Dulph May another museum piece - the firsl blown-uut tulle from the project equipment. This p resentation W:JS delicately and warmly made with the kind admonition that man}" many more will he fo rthwming if the :lir conditioning equipm~nt is not soon arri\'ing.

A gadget which will be long trcasured is the safety helmet of a color which designates the wearcr to be of thc high. est status, and in addition carries the we<lrer's name. rank, and new title of Final. lnspector-Emeritus. Th is from Construction.

Bub Kronst, who was prep.1red to go all out on behalf of his expressway j\roup with a beautifully prepared per­petual pass fn r all expre$sways, free as well JS toll, was squelched at the last moment whcn clearallces wer~ not forthcoming from thc Calumet SkywJy and the West Virginia Turnpike. Hence at the last moment the presenta­tion was radi~all\' modified and thc ,gift merely ga\'e 00 the bearer permis­sion to use Ihe fr~ roads of the nation - a pretty blJlld present to come from such J lar,ge and active sectinll of the District office.

This PlJrtioll happily bisected and impressi\'c

of the e\'ening was by :J most dramatic presentation of an

J. P. Tuthill.. Do.::tor of Traffic:

hono rary Doctor u[ TrJffic degree to Mr. Tuthill. This r:lre honor, very seldom bestowed, came from the well known Sam Houston, Insti tute of Traf­fic Technology, whose famous emblem is revered by trJllic engineers the world o\,cr.

The consenms of those attcnding th~ recent dinller in honor of J. P. Tuthill is tha t thc affair was one of lhe warm­est :lnd happitst occasinns ever atteJl(led by the members of the District family.

District Traffic Conference

On July I I, 1962, this District held their conference on "Uniform T raffic Control" al the Q l-Iare Inn, Manheim and Higgins RO<lds, Rusemont, Illinois. 230 persons attended the Jay lon~ meeting during which the need for uni­formity in th~ \ISC of traffic control de­vices was expb ined to the dtlegates. Em inent spcakns from Northwestern University, l\·atiooal Safety Council, Chicago Mutor Club, Instimte of Traffic Engineers, and the Al!orney General's Office, explair.cd IlJ all present the im­portance uf uniformity as it related to their villages and rities. The rollowing representa tives of the Division ut High­ways wer~ on the podium during the {by: R. P. Nusbaum, Deputy Chief H ighway Engineer; M . K. Lingle, Engineer o f Traffic; Ma r.~ h all Su!oway, District Enginttr; R. J. Kewell, D is· trict T rafftC" Engineer; M . J. H artigan, Distri: t Expressway Traffic r.ng i n~r ; C. E. Leer, Asst. Engineer of Local Roads & Streets; L. Gassman, Access Pcrmit Engin~r and W. R. S t~hhins, Jr. The conference was attended hy Villagc Officia ls, Safety CoullCils, Township Ilighway C'()!llmissioncrs. l\'ewspapcrs, COIlllulting Firms ~nd Contractors who sell traffic devices .

The afternoul\ session was devOled to descr ibing the role each community :md oflicia! lllust take in order for Illinois to achieve uniformity by Janu­ary I, 1967.

St:vnal of the morning talks were illustrated by slide.~ showing new and old standard signs.

The committee who <lrranged and conducted the meeting for our disuict was L. Ga$sman, Chairman ; A. L . Raker, C. F. King, C. E. Leer, and C . McLean.

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i\ rcression is a period when you tighten your belt. In a depressioll, you h~ vc no bdt to tighten, and when you have 110 pants to hold 01', it's a panic.

Two little boys in kindergarten were lookin g at ~ plane (ram the playground during recess.

"Look at the AX SO," said one five-year.o(l ld. "That is not a HX 50," said the other, "it 's a BX 52:

you can tel l hy the w ntollr and wiIlg sweep:' Alter another look the first lad agreed and remarked, "!l's

amazing the pressure that devclop.~ on those pl~nes when they go into a divc ~ over 1200 pounds per square inch:'

Jun then the bell rang Jenoting the end of recess, where­tl\X11l the ~cond boy sighed, " Well, we better get back to stringi ng those d:lrn:d bc:~ds:'

Capacity fo r sinning differs ~mollg individuals, a preach. er once sa id . We agree. A lisherm~n with short arms isn't ~s big ~ liar as on.: with long arms.

Mother: " Jim mie, I wiJ;h you would run over and see how okl Mrs. Smith is th is morning."

Jimmie ( rduming): "She said to tell you it was none of your husiness."

Mother : " Why, Jimmie, what in the world did you ask her?"

Jimmie : " Just wh:H you told me to. I sa id you wanted to know how old she was:'

"Two hund red dolbn for this beautiful sedan?" de­manded an outraged motorist of a $econdhand dealer. "Do you realize I've owned th is car eight years and never had a wreck!'"'

"What you mean," corrected the dealer, " is tha[ you\'e owned this wreck eight years ami never had a car ."

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Fast Exit Waiter: '".Lady, your husband just slid under the tahle:' Lady: 'That wasn't my husband ~ that 's him coming in

the door,"

An English lIuL.bor broke ofT his lecture tour in Iowa. ''I"ve ncvt::r minded people lookin.g at their watches whilt:: I talked ," he wid his agcm, "but out there they shake them."

"1 don't feel right about suing in there," sa id Pete Jones III front of a ph ysi..:i:m's huuse.

"Pshaw ! He's one of the rn,St doctors in lh(; city," repl ied Bill Smith,

" 1 know, but look at his sign -" 'S to I .'" "Well?"' ""\Vell, I dOll't take any such chan..:es as that."

" Thanks very much fur lh ~ IX.":lutiful necktie," said Jun­ior, kiss ing Grandma dutifully on the chtek.

"Oh, that's nothing to thank me for," she murmu red. "That '~ what I thought, but Ma sa id I had to."

Green told his fr iend that he had made up his m ind to speak to his wife about lIs ing a little more economy in the household. Next day, howe\'er, Green looked pretty glnm.

"Was your lecture effective? " his friend asked. " You bet. It seems I'm going to give up beer and cigars."

She: " Didn't yon tell me you hunt bear ?" H e : " Madam, you wrong me. I always wear a hunting

outfit."

Friend: " My doctor tells Ille I ca n't play golf." Another friend : "Oh, so he 's played with you, LOO."

Diswssing the different kinds of taxes, students in a fifth grade were asked to Ilame as many kinds as they could . They ran through the usual: poll, gasoline, sales, luxury, amuse­mt nt and income taxes. Tllt:n ant: chap raised his hand and ,'olunteered, " I've also heard my dad talk about damn taxes."

By the liUle a fellow is wise enough to watch his step, seems he is tOO ol d to go anYlllore.

Prosecuting AtlOrn..:y: " YOll mean lO say you had 16 beers and didn 't mOve from the table the night of the murder?"'

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OFFICERS of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION of HIGHWAY ENGINEERS H All IS F. LUND, Sccreury FUSK SU::IU, Tr~suetr

ELGIN N EIL MORTON, Pres. AM111 0 ," R .UDU, V .• Prts. R .n ' Rl<": KI1RT, Sec. E f,WAIW S ISLU. Tre:u. J. L CAUIOUS", Dir. Roy BEu., Die. HUBElT R ENWI CK, A IL Dir, NOI.L T um.us, Alt. Dir,

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ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER Volwne XIV Nwnber • Entered a s third dan matler at the Pos! Offke at EJqm. Dinoia. under Section 34.66 01 P. L. and R. Yeorly eubscrlp!lon $2.00, payable in odvanct-; einqllt CJIlw. 5Oc. Mallln<,J address: 209 Jeffel'1lon Ave .. Elgin, 111.

STATE BOARD

Mr. David Brinkley ". National Broadcast1Ds Co. Wash1Ilgton, D.C.

Dear Sir:

November 15, 1962

OF DIRECTORS

The nUncis Association of' Highway Engineers in convention at Peoria, nlinols, cn October 13, 1962, took cognizance of' the disservice performed to the bighway engi­neering profession by your October 1, 1962, television program entitled "The Great High­"ay Robbery". To this end the Conventi on ordered that this Association' 8 Board ot Directors indicate disapproval of' the slanted attitude of the program and the innuendos that graft BOd irregularities are costing the American Taxpayer an additional $100,000.00 tor each mile of the Interstate HighWay System being constructed.

Factual data presented by the program, including edited portions of interviews \lith engineer!! and contractors "8S undeniably gleaned frail teatimoQY g1ven in bearings held by the Blatnik COIIIII1tt.ee. Conclusions infer that parallel irregul..&r1tles exist in IIBDY other States engaged in constructing the Interstate System.

The stigma of' dishonesty and. criticism directed to the higbway engineering profession by citing isolated instances of violation of public trust is not in keeping witb democratic edi torialization but reeks of Journalistic sensationalism. Such deg­radation ot any profession by the use ot a mass communicaticne medis such as televiSion, without opportunity of the profession to detend itself or deserved praiae being given for integrity in job accomplishmerrt, stUles progress in recruiting engineering students for h1gbw~ work. Many of the hitherto public1t.ed irregularities would have been avoided U a sufficient mD.ber ot qualUied engineers bad been available OD H1ghw'e.y Department statfs .

Certainly greater benefits would accrue \lere you and the producers of your sbow to prepare and present, &fI rebuttal ot y~ur October 1 program, a program ot ob­Jective reporting of tbe progreso JMde in conetructing the Interstate Higbway System to tbe end tbat the television audience would be made aware ot the a.c:compl1abments of bigb­\I8:J eng1Dcer1ng. pel'srumel aDd construction contractors in br1Dg1.ng to the motorins publ1c a new conc~ in btgbway facilitiee.

FOURTH QUARTER 1982

Very truly youre,

~Q~. &.W~ Glenn D. Worner President

/./1.' ¥-/ H. F. Lund Secretary

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Chicago's South Expressway Opened to Traffic

Chicago's South ( Dan Ryan) Ex­pressway was opt~ned t() traffic in the lalter part of December. This 5 180,000,-000 project will ptrmit the motorist to cross the district fwm the north, nort hwest, west or south on an expre~s­W:ly constfUCfeJ to full interstate stand­:u ds.

Taylur Sop<:r. Executive Scuetary of the Illinois Roadhuildns' Association, said the project rCljuin:d the greatest and heaviest concentratioll of heavy highway equipment evu assembled, for any une project in the world.

The over 3000 pieces of equipment used represented an investment Lo the contractors of S53,0(10,OOll. T here were approximately 8,400 persons active on the project.

Some interesting facts on the facil ity :ITC:

SPECIAL FEAT URES

1. First Collector - l)istributM type expressway in the Midwest.

2. [oint continuously reinforced con­crete pavcmcnt in the Chic;lgo area. (This pavement will have no trav· erse j{)ints.)

3. Pr{)visi{1I1 in median for snme furm of mass transportation hcility.

4. Two pumping stations are utilized to drain tht: t:xprcssway with a com· hined capacity of 170,000 gallons per minute.

5. PAVEMENT WlDTH (each lane is 12' wide)

From Congress Expressway to 28th Street 8 lanes

28th Street to 47th Street H lanes 47th Stret:t tu 67th Street 12 lanes 67th Street to ~hh Street 8 lanes

TRAFFIC SERVICE I. An ticipated 1963 Traffic Volumes:

Congress Expressway to 2Sth Street ADT I IS.OOO

28th Sueer [{) 67th Street ADT 180,000

67th Street to 87th Street ADT 130,000

87th Street to 97th Street ADT 100,000

View of C h lcaqo'. South Expressway, Iookin'l norlh wlth 35th SIreet bridge in fore · q round. Note wide cross.seclion containinq median provl8lon lor tranllit bordered by Iw o 4·iclDe express roadways and. on ou\3lde . Iwo 3·kme collector-dilltributor roa<h which h ave dlreCl (Icce u to enlrance W1d exit romps. In distance can be lIee n ap proa ch to Ch icaqo River bridqe and connecllon ll to lnte.chanqe with future Southwest Exp.-ellswgy (F AI 55).

RIGHT OF WAY I. First pared acquired in 1956. 2. Total parcels acquired 3. Relocations

Familics . ... . ..... . Single persons Commercial So Industrial

CONSTRUCTION Construction began in 1\)5i

1. Structures

3,249

4,945 1,521

901

Highway bridges 27 Railroad bridges 5 Elevated H ighway 1.9 miles

2. Major Items and Qualltities ( Ap­proximate) 471 ,000 Sq. Yd~ . Continuously rein­

forced concrete pavemC:1ll 550,000 Sq . Yds. P.C.c. Pavement 238,000 Cu. Yds. Class "X" Con-

crete 42,905,000 Lhs. Reinforcing steel 47,800,000 Lhs. Strmtural steel 11,200,000 Cu . Yds. Exc;lVation

233,000 Lin. Ft. Sewers 5,OO{) Each Drainage Structures 152.000 Lin. Pt. Guard Rail 623:000 Cu . Yds. Embankment 2,6G6 Each Lighting units complete

There are two pumping stations that have been constructed exdusivd)' for maintaining proper dra inage of this facility. The combined capacity of rncsc stations is 170.000 gallons pt"r mm ute.

The problem of acq uir ing right-o[. way was one of the monumental tasks successfully accomplished on this pro;­eel. The n:: were a (otal of 3,249 parcels of propc:n y acquired. T his resulted in the relocation of 4,945 famil ies; 1,520 single persons; and 901 commcrcial and indust rial establishmcnts. O nc of the unusual aspects of the right-of-way process was the relocation of the Chica· go, Rock Island and PacifiC Railroad trackage south of Root Street tf) a suhstitute yard area between 51 St and 53rd Str~ets.

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

The $Oil condilions (ncoull/crcd Jur~ iag the construct ion 0: the: expressway al50 posed serious pruul~lns. In addition to rock out~wppings ill certain areas of the route, tht're were areas of water bearing sand that required ~pc:ci:ll treat~ ment. Peripheral lII:dadrains were constructcd along with tight sheeting and filter materials that were utilized to keep the ground w~ter frOlll cnu~ring the excavatioll and tu shlbi!iu ,he si lt underl)'ing the waterfilk:t1 sand Str:!tum.

Another problem that was success· fully solved wa.~ the 'ro~sing of the South Branch of the C hicago Ri \'er. The fami liar "Chi::agu" l )'pc: o;1Scule hridge was deemed inw111patihle with rht' "Ilt'r~ tion uf an Intent,,!e highw3Y. !\ cumpromisc high Incl suucturc was connructetlthat provides a 6j foot n .. rti· cal clearance. That structure will (ause the least d isruptiun of shippi ng while mttting the geumetric rcquiremcllls needed for expressway traffic oper:llion.

One of the uniquc features of this route is the l:ominuOliS col1ector.o is­trihUlOr roadway which hlS been con· structed between 27th Stren and 65th Street. In effect. th is provided twO separatc sen of expre\s roadways with a lllM,il11UIIl {)f 14 lanC's o( traOic in sumC' sections. T bis consists of a pair of inner roadwa ys for through traffic and a pair of outcr roadways for the morc localized traffic ..

This design permits more frequent puints of accen to ::Uld from the "Illcar' exprcssway while restricting the lllllnl~r of ramps and their resu ~ ting turuulence on the "thru " expressway. This meth(K1 o[ col1ecting :lOd distributing the traffic will effeclively reduce the wea\'ing and merging maneuvers that have ch3racter­ized the previous urblln expressways.

Another innovation for this area is the uSC' of continuously reinforced con· (Tt'te pa,'cment. This type of pa\'ement eliminates the need ior the wnventinnal trans\'erse joints which are always fllr tcntial trouble spots. 'l~,e longilUd inal movement of pavement due to tem­perature changes is counteracted hy a series of "cry substantial end anchorages that arc embcd(lcd in the subgrade. The d imination uf the standard trans· verse: ioints will result in a smoother ridillg surface and is expected to be more maintenance·frec.

One funher special feature of the Dan Kyall Expressway i5 the pw\'ision for a (ulUre mass transit fac ility in the median of the rOllle ..

According to the City of Chicago"s fu ture plan, the mass transit location will sta rt from the existing subway nubs ncar 13th Street which were huilt in 19-42 for the fu tun: extension of the

FOU RTH QUARrEl! lU 2

DISTRICT 10 REORGANIZATION

New Olltttlci 10 .Iaif, Top. Harllqcm and Braminq .. 11 . 10 .... . Kirchner. 5 .. 10",0'1 and Iron. 1.

Marshall Sull)way .. District Engineer of the Chicago ])istri ~ t , announ~·ed on !'\ovemher first the reOTll;aninltiou of his d istrin office. With the increase in the numhc:r and complexity of functions hcing ca rried ml within the Chi~agn ;UC:I, it was llc!corning impossible for the Disrri~ Engineer tu operate under lhc typi::al orS::ll1ization;11 arrangements whercin th, lcar.ler uf eac h hureau or section reportcd directly tl) him.

Tu init iatc the new reorganized lay­out, the functiolls of the Dislrin were groupt:d intu four catagories. The Assistant District Engineer for Engi. neering would have ch3rge of Right­of.Way, Design, Local Roads, COllStructioll and .r..1ateri;lls_ The second grouping, Operations, would consist of Traffic, Research and Planning, Main·

State Strt~t subway and extend in tun­nel to Archer Avenue, ,hencc south. west in Archer tn the area between Clark Stre<:t and Wcntworth Al'enue. This fadlity will thcn continue smith in lUnnel and emerj:le in the expressway meJian about 30th Stree!. It will then proceed in the median to the 96th Street interchange with one branch cuntinu· ing along thc west lcg to I 19th Street and Ashbnd Avenue. A second uranch will proceed along the east leg to a t.crm inal in the ,·icini ty of 103rd SHeet.

It is :lIlticipated th:lI l)Qrtiolls of the Dan Ryan Expressw3Y will c;lrry an a"erage da ily traffic I'olume in excess of 180.000 vehicles .. Ovcr one quarter of a million persons will travel this rOllle daily. The interchange hc:twcc.n Dan Ryan, Congress and Nurthwest Express.

tenance and Machinery.

Tbe third section would includc the cxprc:sswa), rcsponsibilities as they arc noll' grouped in the expressway section. but the Expressway Engineer would be cleva('ed to the status of an Assistant District Engineer. TIle fourth gruup would cmclup all of the administr:ni,'e operations 01 the district office - Au· dits, Personnd, etL

Arthur Braming, forme r Rip:hl-<lf­Way Bureau Chief, was selected to lead the Engineering group; Michael Harti· gan, previuusly Expressway Traffic Engineer, will take over the Operations ullit; Robert KronS! will eonrinue !U be responsible for the Expressw;'ly func· tions: and Fred Kirchncr win he: in chargl! of all admin istrative duties.

ways at Halstead Street is expected 10

become unc of the husit:St traffic huhl; in the world.

The s.wings in time to thc motorists will approach ~8,()OO huurs a day which reprt:sc:nts a monetary 5a\' ings to the uscrs of appmximatc1y $50,000 a day.

Perhaps the mon imporrant of all the facts and statistics is that there will be a So1\' ings in li\'e~ of about 15 pefSOIU per ye;lr resulting from the usc of the expressway rathcr than the arteri .. 1 $lreet system.

nle cornpl~tion of this major artery will herald a valuable link til the vast sollth side of :he Chicago Metropolitan Area. It will mark the termination of one mlJre phase: of the greatest coopera· tive public works project undert.1ken in Chicagoland.

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Historical Chronology of Chicago's

South {Dan Ryan}

The site of the Dan Ryan Express­way is rich in historical lure. The lo­cation of the Chicago Metropolitan Area's most modem expressway was once a famous pioneer and trading route known as the Vincennes T race. This historic road cnnl1c.:lcd the old Village of Chicago with Vinct"nnes, Indiana, which was then the capital of the Indiana T erritory. It is imcrcsting LO note that the InJi:m:1 Terriwry, OH:r 150 years ago, included all of present I.by Indiana, Ill inois, \Visconsin :and Michigan.

Over this LIail, the early senlers, ad­Venturers and fur traders tr;wc\cd from tht: Wahash River Valley and points south to the Chicago area.

The northerly portion of the old Vincennes Tr~ce is actu:llly called Vin­ccnnes A venue tOO;]), :lnd makes its juncture with the Dan Ry:m Express­way in the: vicinily of 69th Strttt.

H istorically, the old Trace: disap­pearcd in 1834 when a stale ro.1d Wali

est;tblished hc:twem Vincennt$ and Chicago and was aptly called "Sutl:': I{o.,d:· With the development of the: highway :Ind Toad system of the: State: or Il linois, the old State Road was abandoned. H uwever, ils name SU T­

\·ives lu this Jay iu the modern State: Streel which is immediately adjacent to the n an Ryan Exprc:uway for many miles.

The early planm:rs of express road­ways in Ihe C hicago :lrea had visions of a south route to serve the southern por­tiCln uf the city. Huwever, early plans indicated a more westerly locatiun for this route.

The comprehensive SIIperhighway plan. developed for the City of Chicago in 1939, proposed a southerly link from Ihe Congress Expressway in approxi­mately the: same location as today's route:. This original plan, howe\'cr, devialed at Cerm.1k Road where it vcere:d southwesterly 10 Damen A venue, and thence southerly to 71st StrCCt.

In August of 1940, the Cook County Highway IXpartmc:nt de\'elop<'d a plan

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Expressway

which included a South Expressway, approximately une mile west of its pres­em itx:atioll.

The initial indication of a need fur an expressway in the prtsc:nt area of the South Route was a di rect rtsult of the massive Boy SeOUl origination des· tinatiun survey conducttd on Sc:pttlllbe.r 9,1941.

This 5Ur\·ty was ini tiattd, suptrvised and analY<l:w by the following partici. pating :tgtncits: SL11C of Illinois, SVlle of Indiana, City oe Chicago, Chicagu Park Dinric!, CClok Count)', DuPage County, Kane: County, LIke County, and Will County.

Tht 1939 pl:ln was muclified as a result of this and subsequent traffic studie.~ and a new plan was adopttd in 1945 that is basically the same as the one now hecoming :I fC<tlity.

During the early 1940's there was nil formali:«:d procedure (or coordinating mator highway programs between the highway agencies. In 1944, a significanl step was taken toward th is end with the formation of the Joint Highway Design Committee officially comprised of City, Stale and County engineers with Fed­eral engineers acting in an advisory capacity.

This committee was esL1blished ini­tially w furmul:ltc stand:trds for the de­sign of the Congf(ss Expressway. How­e\n, it suon became apparent that Ihis regular mccting of decision making per§Onnd was extremely helpful in expediting, coordinating :tnJ establish­ing uniformity in all phases of the e)[prtssway program.

Their work has been conti nutd and expanded through suocommitttes and the rapid completion of the: tntire cx­pressway system will be:: directly attrib­utable W Ihe action of tht Design Committee.

Antr the: adClption of the wmpre. hensi\'e superhighway plan, it was ub­vious that this monumtntal project wuld not be handled by any single highway agency. Consequently, a joint thrte-way agreement was executed in

19 .. 5 by the City uf Chicago, County of Cook and tht State of Ill inois wherein the b.'lsic formulation fuf the financing and constTllction o( the expressways was set forth. Although this original agreement covne:d only tht Congress Expressway, it was extended to include ~'i rtually all expressways in the Chicago ~re:l.

The responsihility for the design and const'ruclion of the Dan Ryan Express­way was aplxntinned among Ihe high­way agencies in ,he following manner:

The City of Chicago section extends {rom the intnchange of the Cong ress ilnd Northwest bpressways southerly ttl Pershing Road (39th Street).

The State of Illinois sectioll txtends from 39th Street 10 63rd Street.

The C..ook County sc(tion extends from 63rd Strttt to 90tb Street and tht junClion with the west leg of tht South Expf(ssway.

This route was made an integral part of the Kational System uf Interstate and Defense Highways. It carries the desig­nation " Interstate 90 and 94" from Con­gress to tht Chicagu Skyway at 67th Street. South of that point it is desig­nated " Irl(erstatt 90" and cnnnect5 :llong its easl leg with the Calumet Express­way.

The initial purchase of right-of-way (or this prujcci was made in 1956 and lhe first COnsnu(tion conua(t was awarded in 1957. This ((Insisted of the installation of a main drain between 72nd and 90th Streets.

In ac:ordan(e with the pulicy of utilizing (ompkted 5('gmems uf ex­prc:.ssway before the tntire route is lwai lablc for usc, that 5('([10n ocnvcen 71st Succt and 95th Street was ojlCned to traffic on Ikcrmhcr 12, 1961.

The remaining sections of tht express· way are expcctt:d to be opc:ned to traffic on Decemhcr 15, 1962.

The: w mpktion of this link will enable a mutorisl 10 ua\'d from the northerly boundary of Cook County to its southern limits by mtanS of access controlled high sp<'ed expressways.

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

NOW ... FOR CITY AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS:

Official results of the AASHO Road Test prove Asphalt-treated bases 1.3 times as effective as cement-treated bases!

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Chart from HRB Special Report 61 E

For city taxpaye rs, this proved st ructural superiori ty of Asphalt bases (example: 4.5 inches of Asphalt base is equivalent to 6 inches of cement·treated base) means reduced pavement t hickness- bet­ter, more economical city and residential street construction.

Coupled with DEEP STRENGTH Asphalt pavement's lower annual cost, lnclud ing maintenance, this shows that inch-for-inch and dol­fllT·for·doliar DEEP STRENGTH Aspha lt const ruction Is your sound­est pavement investment!

For more of the advantages of Asphalt pave­ments, write for the free booklet , " The Betler Way to Better Roads."

THE ASPHALT INSTITUTE 1951 Unlv."Uy A" .n ... , St. Pa .. t 4, MlnnuotCl

"Expreuwoy Emerqenc;y Potrol vehIcle showlnq equipme nt ond .uppU .. n_u0f}' lor hondllnv on_the·.pot emarqency prohlem • .

Morsholl Suloway. District Enqlne ... (Dlslrict 10) points out leature. 01 . urveUkmce re~ ecrrch equlpment to Fred Fanoll nelt). Reqlona l Enqineer lor the U. S. Bureou of PubUc Road.. and Lloyd Johnson. Comml .. loner of Str.-etl ond Sanitation for the City 01 Chic:aqo.

Expressway

Traffic Emergency

Patrol Marks

First Anniversary

T he Exprcssway Emcrgency Patrol completed its first ycar uf o[X"ratiull this OctoUer. The patrol, a funct ion of the Chicago District of the Division of Highway.." cdd mltcd ils birthday with an Open Huus..:: at its hcadquartcrs at 71 1 West VanBurcn Street in the shad­ow of the hugc Congress-Northwcst ExpressW;ty intcrchange.

The constant prt)(cssion of visi tors throughoulthe day wcrc treated to demo on51rltions of thc variou.~ activitics which keep thc palrol operating - the cornmunicatiuns system. the vehi:les lml their e{luipmem, etc.

Expressway Traffic Enginttr, Mike Hartigan, and the hCl d of the Patrol. John Kostial. were husts of the party and accepted c(Jng,atuiations a5 well as thanks for the resullS of the year s work: a total of almost 15,000 ·'assists·' in· duJ iog the dcari ng of o\"er 3000 acci· dents. the rescoing of 1600 pcrsullS out of gas and 5700 with mechanical or lire Hou!>le.

The p~l trol. which now watches I1\'e r the 47 miles of expressway now open to traffic. is look ing forward to adding the very complex South expressway to it.~ operat ilmal responsibili ty by thc end of this year.

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Expressway Surveillance Pilot System Activated

On s.:ptemhcr 9th the State's expres.~ · way surveillance research projc(I in Chicago officially ··turned O)n '· its pilot system. This system, which comprises the princiPll data producing purtiun of the research project. cons i~ts of a b.1t­lcry uf detectors over the p.wements and ramps uf five miles of wcstbvuntl Congress Strcet F.xpressway, va,iuus computers lud level monitors, a punch out device to produce :111 dat3 in punched tape form, ll1d a huge display pand to dispby the datl in \·isual form.

The cercmony WlS attended by SWIlC

fifty top gO\'crnmentll officials, high· way administfltors. and the press. In

the following weeks other groups took alh'antaKe of the o pportunity to \'isit the project. Among the laner W(Te the Frr:r:wlly Operations Cornmintt of the Highway Research Bo.1rd, the adrnini s-­tr3ti\'e groups of D istr i: ts One and T en of the iJivision of Highways. top engi· neers 2nd police ofTi(er~ of the illinois Tollway. top enginttn and po!i~c officers of the City of Chicago, and officials o ( thc Ci!i7.ens Traffic Slfety Board.

The pro ject staff rxtcnds an invitatiOIl to all others to visit this most interesting Stale highway projcct at 22 1 Lake Street in Oak Park. Illinois.

Engineering Conference Dates Announced

i\-Ir. John W. II UI ~hinso", Ass i ~!a"t Director of H ighway Cunfercnce, of the Department of C i\' il Engineering at the Uni versity of Illinois. Urbana, ilL, hlS 5~nt us the information 1m conferences to he held in UrOOna. a5 follows:

4; th Annual lIlinuis H i:~hway Ertginccr in~ Conference March 5th. 6th. and i ,h, 1 ~63

Assistant D irettor: John W. H utchinson 304 C il' il EngineerinJl H ~l1 Urbl!)a. Illinois.

15th AnnUli lIlinnis Tr.lllie Engineering Conference March ith and 8th. IS63 Director: lohn E. B~erwald

404 Civil Engineerin); Ha!l Urbana, Illinnh.

ILLINO I S H IG HW AY E N G I NEER

PROVEN, LOW-COST WAY TO AVOID THIS

' ·SH U.S. 41) AND TOllWAY STATE LINE ILL. AND WIS.

AFTER USE OF LUDLOW SOIL SAVER

immediate protection ago inst roadside erOSIon Each day, erosion from rain and water run-off cuts illto the highway invesbnent of every state. If YOIl share in the responsibilities of highway planning, building und renewal, then ero.~ioJl , its defeat and preven­tion, is your concern. You, of all people, should kllOw about Soil Saver.

Soil Saver is a heavy jute mesh. It is simple as dirt , and almost as cheap! It costs, in fact, some 75% Jess than sod, and 1400% less than asphalt or concrete paving. \ Vincl, waler or growing grass cunnot displace it. Currently over 36 state h ighway design engineers across the nation now include it in their original specifications. They havtJ seen how it protects seed alld soil in critical areas until grasses take over.

SOIL SAVER Heavy Jute Mesh

Distributed Through LAWN & GARDEN SPOT '17 E. Northwest Hwy., Barrington, Illinois Phone 381 · 1030

FOUB T H QUART E R 19 62 1

Orthotropic

Test Bridge By S. A. H ASNA I N

Eo!1 51. Louis

The: Sl:ltes of Missouri and illinois, in connc:clion with th e: Bureau o[ Public Roads. U. S. Department of Commerce, h:we decided to construct, 35 a joint ycnturc:, an oTthntTopic plate bridge spanning the Mississippi River at St. Louis. Missouri . This structure will carry FeJc:ral-Aid [ntcntnte Routes 55 and 70, and will (onnen East St. Louis, llliJl0is Wilh Missouri in the vidnity of PoplM Street in St. Louis.

In the (bign or th is orthotropic plate bridge, two difficult (jut$l ions were to be: faced: ( I ) H ow to t reat the sted­plate: deck to Tesist corrosion. (2) How 10 adhere: the wearing surface to steel­deck pl"tc. The States of Missouri and Il linois, through Sverdrup and Parcel and A Hociates, Inc., of 51. Lnuis. Mis­souri. have: commh.sioned the Kentucky RCScMch Foundation to conduct a series of labor3\Ory tests on a num ber of \':uious epoxies and a~ph:, lt wearing surf3Cd. The foundation has arri \'ed

at fou r ( 4) sdcctive SCtS to be fidd tcsted. The twO stares decided \0 build an orlnotropic test bridge designed by Svcrdrup &. P:m:d :md Associates of SI. Louis, Missouri. The tcst bridge: is ncar compktion and is supposed to be opened to traffic by e3rl y Novemocr. 1962.

The onhulrupic lest Slructure south· west of T roy, minois, consists of n small ~ irllilar design of the fUIUTe Pop­lar Street strU(1ure. The structural steel used i5 corrosive res istant A-242 fur· nished and fabr icat~ by Bethlehem Steel Co., Beaumon!. Texas plant. The deck plate of the on hotrupic bridge is Yz inch thick. It is supported on niue longiwd inal ribs sp3ced 2 Ct . 2 in. c. c. The 9 inch dccp ribs. made of 5/ 16 inch plate, mcasurc 13 inches wide at the top and 6Yz inches at the bottom. TranS\'erse noor beams at the piers and ahutments hav(: a 36 x ~ inch web plate welded to Ii x ~ inch Range

*~---------~-loa Cllaney , Re sident Enqlneer, On lelt, and J. S. Molecki. Steel Inlpe(:tOt.

plates. Two longitudin31 girders. spKed 8 ft . each side of !.he centerline of the roadway to help carry !.he deck and to stiffen Ihe trans\'ersc Aoor beams, arc made of Ye inch weh plate with a 6 x liz inch bottom Range plate. T he top of the web plate, which is 28 inches deep O\"er the center span of the bridge anti slojlCS up to 12 inches deep al the. abUlnl<'nts, is wdded to the bottom ~ide of the Yz incb !.hick deek plate.

The deck plate is sand blasted and m~tallized with .005 inch of electro­Iydic zinc. On lOp of the: zinc. (wo types or .sealants arc applied - Tauet and Carhomenic No. 12. bulb of which ha\e sand griu in the surface of the S«"ond lI.pplieations.

(Ca",i"""J a" pa~ 12)

The middle .. ello n of .I.uelll,e, . howln'l Itannerse lloor be a l1ll. The Ihlrd and laal .. ellon of .lr":I,,re beln'l place d - I/o" Orlho­tropk plat. I howlnq On kip.

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENG I NEER

DIRECTORY

Consoer, Townsend & Associates Consulting Engineers

Sewage treatment, sewers, storm drainage, flood control ~ Water supply and treatment - Highway and bridges - Airports - Urban renewal - Electric and gas transmission lines - Rate studies, surveys and valuations - Industrial and institutional build­ings.

360 East Grand Avenue Chicago 11 , Illinois

ROBERT HOFMANN & ASSOCIATES

Consulting Engineers Reqislered Pro/euioned Enqineer. cmd Lcmd Surveyora

Reg-liteM Structural Enql:neel'l

106 River Street Dixon, Illinois Pho. 284-0641

320 N. Fourth St. Rockford, Ill inois

Pho. 964-2891

ROBERT HOFMANN. C. E. SCHROEDER. THOMAS GAZDA

Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Consulting Engineers

Expressways - Highways

Streets

Complete Civil Engineering Services

Phone: 217-528-5619

755 So. Grand West Sp ringfield. Dl

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May the Year of

, 9 63 Be Your Healthiest

and Happiest

De Leuw I Cather & Company Consulting Engineers

Subways Public Transit Traffic & Parking Expressways Grade Sepcrrations Urban Renewal

Railroad Facilities Industrial Plants Municipal Warks Port Development

16S West Wacker DriV'e. Chicago 1. Illinois

San Francisco New York Boslon

WALTER E. HANSON & COMPANY li':NGINEERS - CO~SULTANTS

Registered Structura l and Professional En­gineers. Bridges and Grade Separation Structu res. Dams. Soil Tests and Founda­tions. Roads and Streets.

1227 South 61h 51. Springfield, Illinois

Phone: 217-527-2566

JENKINS, MERCHANT & NANKIVIL Consulting Engineers

Municipal Improvements Highways & Airports Power Development Traffic Surveys

Gas Systems Water Systems

Sewerage Systems Industrial Plants

Flood Control Recreational Facilities

Investigations and Reports

801-805 East Miller St. SpringfieleL Ill. Phone: 217-523-5694

COLLINS and RICE CONSULTING ENGINEERS

... Bridge and Grade Se parations

... Roads and Streets

... Municipal Improvements

1622 Soulh Sth Sireel Springfield Illinois

1962 I. A. H. E. Convention

MOnllDV Sldmen Seulo", Glenn Womer frl",hlJ. Cbc:llrman of Board of Directors, presid.iD9' Fronk Seeber (lefl), t,.oaw.r 01 Boord: allod, K. F. LUlld (cenle . ). ~lg'T 01 Board.

Afte moon 5& ... 1011, C. G. Sayrn. (nqhl) prp idillq, with Mr. W. C. WilhOftl III Ihe U. S. R~k>nal l4bor<;lk>l"J' _ a tH..

T ht': we:lt haman looked with r~vor 011 our 1962 cOl1n:llliun so a crvwd (If tlVO hundred couverged on h~J­quarte(s room Friday afternoon fur cocktails.

Five busl(),1us Jd, the hOld for a tour of the C:lIerpillaf Plant a l Mo:>s· ville about 5:45 I'} . .{ and it is rurnon:d two hundred and fifteen were .'len'c:d a good me:.] [IS Jlart of the trip.

The group returned in time to juill olhcr latc arrivals for a "m ixer" in the C'..otillion room of [Imel Perc MartludlC. Becr and snacks were scrvc:d throug h­out the (\'ening and a l:J.rgc l1umtx:r danced to Dick Mitche\J's orchestra. T otal :l1lcnd:lnce for the mixer \\IllS

over two hund red ar.d fifty. Sawrda), was jnother nice: day to

start thl: cocl\'emioll with fin:![ rl:gislra~ tions and cofltt with rolls.

The business scMion wa.~ c:! lIed to urder by O. t· .. 1. Costcllo, Distri':l Engi­netr, wh!) gave a short calk :lI1d intro· duced Mayor Hobert G. Day who \Jf· ficial!y welcomed the group to Pt~)ria. The meeunji was then turned (wer to Glenn O. Worner, Chairmall of me Board of Directors. fo r the regular business SCMion.

This session closed for lunch and men we re on their OWIl until 2 P.M .. hut not th e: ladies. They were whiske:d through town by uuses to VO!lache:n's Junct ion for a noonday lunch. which I underuand was "cry O.K. After the: meal thcy were: e.ntert.1ined by Mrs. Dana Stewan who spoke un "Pig and P~try," anJ regardless o[ subject this

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lady is ~Jwa ys good, SO I :lIn surc it was cnjoy.w by alL i\ novc:l disphlY of jewelry W:15 also prcst:'ntcJ by ~·I rs. Alice' Brooks, with somc "Du's and Don h " oil tha t suhicd. h was also rumored there were ;t few door prizcs [0 complete the entcrl:!iumCIll. The reo turn trip was hy way of Gral\n Vi~w Drive.

'lllC :tfternoon sessiull was pre.~ideJ over by C. (I. Saville and although hotll of ou r original sla ted speakers wcre cancelled out on short notin:, the sub­stitutions were quite s.1ti~factory.

Mr. W. C. Witham, t\s.~istant Di­rector of the United States Rcgional

Mr. W ... Guyer. Preaide .. , 01 the Indl· em(l Hiqhwcy EalpIOYM.' AuodotioD. aDd Mr. Paul Neum.lsl.r. both 01 the Tndiema Hl9hway Departme nt , who at· tend.d lb. CODyention.

Lahoratory. sp()ke on new de:velopments with agri.:ultl.Hal pmducts in this area. I am sure "ery few of us rt'alized the scopc 3ml importallce of their work to the community and nation. His t.1lk was jJhlStrateJ with slides.

All intercsring talk. an:ornpan icu widl tolored slides c)n Russi:ln high. ways, citiu and rural areas, was given by Mr. Robert C. Morrill, Manager Product Division of Caterpillar Tractor Cu. These were n:n:m pict'U rcs and his conlinenlS on all types of conSlrucl ion, the people anJ their foud and cloth ing was cspccially imerestiug by way of contrast.

AIl present at convention Ihank you, Mr, Buchanan. and your very capabJe commillee. lor Ihe line

program

CoDyeDllon Plo;tuno. at Righi' ... - Ladl •• om1"lnq al luncheon 8 - Lunch 01 Vo .. o ch . .. ·• C - Cocklall hour b.lol. banquet D - At Ih. ba .. qu" E - At the banque t F - At lb. bonquet G - Dendno; aher banquet H - c.m OUr enq{nee,... do t!le IwlsH!

ILLIN OIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

•

-FOURTH QUARTER 1962

4J. _ .•. ~ .~ II

nll~ cocktai l hour (rom 6 P.M. to 7 P.M. was wdl :utended and there were three hundred and 5C\'en attending the banquet. The following fourteen retirees and their wi\·e$ attended the banquet and were presenteJ citations by Ell is HUlcheson:

Dixon District Mr. and Mrs. Allx:n H. Ferger Me. and Mrs. I.krnard A. Kennedy

Peoria District Mr. and Mrs. fohn D. MattiSon Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Dragoun Mr. and t-,·Irs. r.corgc W. Harncy

Springfic:ld D istrict Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Corcoran Mr. :mn Mrs. Frank V. H ouska Mr. and Mrs. William H. Schneider Mr. and Mn. Elmer O. Sellars Mr. and Mrs. 5 . Ernest W iley Mr. and Mrs. Leslie W . Adams Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Atkins

Effingham District Mr. and Mrs. John L. Van Oc\I~n

East SL Louis District Mr. and Mrs. JOS("; ph P. DuFour Other guests in attendance were

Mr. William Guyer, President of the Indiana Highway Employees Associa­t ion, and Mr. :lnd Mrs. Paul Neu­meister, Treasurer of the same organi­z:Ltion.

Attendance by Districts was as fol­lows: District One-22, District Two - 18, District Three - 14, District Four - 90, District Fi\·e - 23, District Six :llld main office-no District Se\·en - IO, District Eight-'H, Dis(rict N ine -lO, and District T en - 19. Dis­trict Eight certainly descrves credit for their work ill getting out such a large attendance and it was :Ippreciated.

H. C. Hankie W3S to3StlllaSter for the evening and from the pictures in this issue, I am sure UIO$t: !lilt able til clime will knnw they missed 3 good cunvcntion.

H ONORARY MEMBERS

CITED OcrOBER 13, 1962

Retirees: Elgin

{"'..ccil C. Davi~, Luthc:r M. White. Dixon

George D. Bort, Harold H. BQwen, David Crawford, Albert H. Ferger, Bernard A. Kennedy. OItOtllO

Arthur L. Di:::lSIcin, Ewing P. Daly, Robert G. Klugman. P~Qn·a

John D. Mattison, Fr:.nk A. Dragoun, Wayne F . Barney, Sr., Theodore B. Johnsoll, Georg ::: W . H arney.

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Paris Ralph G. Ghe:r

Spn·ngfidd Charles G. Corcoran, Frank V. H ou·

ska, Pritchett R. Patterson, Roland E. & hermerhorn, William H. &hneider, Elmer o. Sellcrs, S. Ernest Wiley, I..cs· lie W . AJams. Edwin R. Clemmons, George W . Rohinson, Bernard Atkins. Hffingham

John R. Fiedler, 101m L. VanDeusc:n. Hast St. Lollis

Errett A. Post, Joseph P. DuFour, Verla Crawley, Fred L. Ray. Carbondo/~

R:. leigh A. Whiteside, Robert E. H aroldson, lack Day. Chicago

1. P. Tuthill, Allan L. Ku kra!. Deceased: Dixon 1. Arthur P. Mueller

December 30, 1961 2. i)(ona v:ln D. Anderson

September 10, 1961 Ottawa 3. Jerome F. Herl ihy

September 20, 1961 Paris 4. Thomas C. Kennedy

March 18, 1962 Springfield 5. Spencer M. I'eters

May 21, 1962 6. c. A. Pursell

March 8, 1962 7. Oscar s. Rhodes

November 23, 1961 Effingham 8. Otis O. Dappert

No\·embcr I I, 1961 Hast 51. Low·s 9. Edward W. Ric:Rer

NO\'e mher 15, 196 1

ORTHOTROPIC BRIDGE (CQn/i>mrn from pllgt 8)

The following are the four ( 4) wear­ing surfaces which will be. under ten for severa l years, S,1YS Mr. W. E. Bau­mann, Enginccr o[ Bridge &. Traffic Structures, bc.fore the Ix:st materials can Ix: picked for Poplar Street Bridge: ( I ). Asph:zlt Pavement Type I con·

Jists of 2 liz ~ asphalt conc:rde with Firestone Syn thetic Latex. Type R-504 add itive.

(2). Asphalt 1':lvement Type II consists of 2 liz ~ of asphalt concrete with Goodyear Rubberite Asphal t Rub· hcrizer additive.

(3). Asphalt Pavement I II cOllsists o{ a I Yz ~ levd ing course of Type II and I" thick sand asphalt sur· face course containing asbcsto~ fiber and R-504 Liquid Latex addi· tive.

Highway Employees Form New Group

In District 5 A grou p ot former engineering and

seact:lri:.1 employees, also presen t em­ployees, of District 5, Illinois Division of Highways, Paris, mel at the farm home of Ralph H. Major, Stillman Valley, Illinois on Saturday, October 6th rur the purpose of forming an asso­ciation of the ··Old T imers." Those pre5C.nt were Mr. and Mrs. R. T . Gash, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Apple, Mr . .and Mrs. R. H. ~hior, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kenntdy, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gyehol, Mr. and Mrs. F red ( Mame Peck) H ow­ard, Mr. and Mrs. Ted ( Florence An­thony) Piper, Mr. and MrS. H. B. Wilhelmi, Mrs. N. E. (Ed ith ) Spraglle, Mr. Herbert I. (Geneva) Truman, Mrs . .'\ rthur ( Fern) Mueller), Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gaffney.

After an aftern()()n of eating, remi­niscing, " what you doing now," sight­~eing, and vari()u5 o ther fo rms of amusement, a banquct and husiness meeting was held at the Faust H otel in Rockford . With Mr. Major act ing as chairman, and Maille Peck H oward acting as secretary, the association was formcO and named "The Trail Blazers." w. c. GaHll~y was elected Chairman for the year of 1963, and Maone Howard for Sc:cretary-Treasurer.

Eligibili ty fur membership in the associa tion for the wming year is for engineering emplny«s or sccre(3ria l ernploycc:s in District 5 prior to and including the year of 1930. All those: eligible for membership witt be invited and 3 cory of th~ minutes of the orig­in al meeting will be forwarded to you if we have your a(ldrc.~s. Aher read­ing this article, if you do not think we h3\'e you r address and you are inter­ested, please writ.e tu Mrs. F red A. Howud, 402 CheSlIlut St., P:lris, Ill.

( 4). A~phalt Pavem~nt T ype IV con· $islS of 2 ~ H of asphalt concrete with 7 M06 asbestos fiber addi+ tive.

The construction of the test bridge is by the $Ia!e of Illinois under the super­vision of Mr. G. H. Shanahan, Disuin Engineer ; Mr. H . V. McCoy, Con­struction Engineer; :md Mr. Joe Cha LlCY, Resident Engineer. Gorman &. Sons, I nc., East St. Louis, Ill inois, buil t the suD-structure on the tCSt bridgc.

Ref: Eng. News Record, Sept. 20, 1962 p. 43)

IL L tNOIS HI G H WA Y E NG I NE E R

RETIREMENTS BERNARD ATKIN

Ah~r ovcr 40 y~ars of service in the Division (If H ighways, Mr. Bernard ("Barney") Atk in rt:tirffi all May I, 1%1. Ht is a gnuiwltc of the Uni· ,'crsit)' of Cincinnati with :1 degree in Civil Engineering.

Mr. Atkin started in the District 2 di,"isiun in Dixon in 1921. In 1923, he Uans[crrcd to the: Springfield, District 6 ,,!lire and spem the next 5(:\"cn years there on surveys, construction and de­sign. following which he was assigned 3S ;\SSiSl:lnl District Engineer of Con­struction in DiSLIict 6.

Between 1935 and 1951 he ~m~J in the Bureau of U:Jnstructiou as a State­wide (;cncrallnspcclOT of Construction. In this period he also :Icted as Eng ineer of Priorities for the Divisiull of H igh­ways du ring World War II .

E.:uly in 195 1 he was appoimcd tu the newly created position of Engineer of ESlimates, a position he still held until his retirement. While .serving in th is capacity he reviscd the system of pre­paring Ttalistic COst estimates, which resuhed in a s:n- ing of over 8 m ill ion dollars for the State of Illinois by the ~jeC[ion of bids which appeared high in com parison with the COst estimates prepa.rcd by his unit.

Mr. Atkin is a charter member of the l.A.H .E. and scrved on the Board of Directors in 1937 and 1938 as Chair· man. As he explains, the creation of the I.A.l-!.E. was fru wned upon ill ce.rlain quarters and "the only reason he was elected chairman was because DO one else cared to acrept the posi. tion"l However, knowing him as we

TOURT H QUARTER 1962

GEORGE W . HARNEY

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Genrge \V. Harney, D istrict Materia ls Enginccr in Peoria, retired July 19. 1962. (;emge was born UII November 23, 1899 in Jacksonville, IIlin(lis.

He attended Illinois uillege at JKk­s()llvillc, Illinois and the University of Illinois, where he rcceived a B.S. degr« in mathematics.

He beg~n with the Illinois Oiv;sion of Highways in the summers of 1921, 1922 and 1923. In 1922 and 1923 he taught high school at Lawrenceville, Illinois. In 1925 he IxC31ll~ Assistant Materials Engineer in the EaSt St_ Louis Oistrict. In 1926 he was lransferr~d to Peoria as the Assistant Materials Engi­nccr. In 1933 he br:canle District Ma­terials Engineer, which position he held UIHil his relir~men t .

George and his wife Mary, r~sid~ at 2140 North Street in Peoria. They have two daughters, Betty and Ellen, who arc both nlarried. They have fiv~ grandchildren. His futu re plans are to remain in Peoria and to tr2"eL He also plays golf with his District 4 friends. We wish the Hameys the best of luck and look forward tf) seeing them at Highway {unctions.

do, we can't believe that! Sinc~ his retirement, Mr. and Mrs.

Atkin have spent several weeks ill lei­surely traveling in the eastern States. They plan to continue li ,·ing in Spring­field. H is future plans - Bamey says ··raking li fe c:uy·' !

H. F. WALDER

H. F. (Hy) Walder, District 2, Dix­on, re tirc:d recendy after more than H years uf service with lht Illinois D i­\"i~ion uf I-l ig;'way~.

Hy began hi~ career with the Divi­sion in 1917 while the District O ffi ce w~s luc:uc:d in Moline. H e graduated ill 1917 (rum Armour Institute of Tech­nology in Chicago. After serving in the Na\'al ReSef\"e Force during W orld War I, he returned to the Division of Hi~hways .11 ])ixon, which haJ been mo"cd {rum Moline.

He is a Registered Profess ional Eng i­neer and L::md Surveyor; past presi­dent of both the local chapter of the lllinois Association of Highway Engi­m:ers and the Rock River Chapter of the Illinois Society of Profess ional Engi­neers. He is a member uf the Masonic Lodge, a past colllmander uf the Dixon PUSt, Lee CouIllY Council, and 13th D istr iCl o [ the Arnerican Legion, and a member o( the 40 and 8. He is secre­tary of the Dixon Elks Lodge, having sen-cd as exahed ruler and as a district deputy.

Hy's family includes his wife, Esther; ;l daughte r, Wanda Paul, who resides in Newpurt, R. I.; a son, Warren, Dixon; and six grand.:hildren.

The \Valders plan 10 contiuue li"ing in Dixon and do some traveling .

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RETIREMENTS S. ERNEST WILEY

In July of 1962, Mr. S. E. Wilc:y. Field Engineer in the Hurtau of ConStruc· tioll. retired afu:r almust 40 years o[ sc:rv ice.

Mr. Wiley graJu:ltC!d from Iowa St:ltC University with honors in 1919. receiving a Rachdor of Science degree in Ci\'ii Engineering. From 1919 to 1920 he ~r\'ffi :u Assisl3m City Engi­neer in \Vater]oo, 101'13. For the next three years he was employed by Koss Constmcuon Comp:my of Des Moincs, Iowa. In 1923 he C:UTIC to IlIinuis and worked fnr a time with the County Superintendent of H ighways of Bureau County before joining the Div ision of Highways in O istrict 4 at Peoria, as Jun ior Engineer.

In D is triCl ,. E rn ie worked in the Design and ('..on structiOIl Bureau of the D inTict. becoming Assisl:lm Construc­tion Engineer in 1925. From 1925 to 1941 he was allsigned at various limes, duties in design, location, right-of-way and Resident Eng ineer un Comtrm:­lion. rn 194 1 he was appointed Supt' r­I'is ing Field Engineer with the Bureau of Construction in Springfield.

\Vhile with the 8urc::1U of Construc· tion Mr. Wiley served on the Soils Com· mittee: and as Chairman of the Speci. fication Comm ittc:c:. Hh h:Kkgruund of knowledge and experience was great­ly apprcc.iated ill solving construction problems.

Mr. Wiley is a Registered Prufessional Engineer and a member of the Illinois Association of H ighway Enginc:c:rs, Tau Beta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Shrine, lsland Bay Yacht Club and H d2 ..

ELMER O. SELLERS

On Oct. 17, 1962 the Ch id Chemist in the lIureau nf M:ncrials, ,,-IT. Elmer Sellers, retired after 3910 years service. His emire carter in the Dil'ision of H ighways has been with the Bureau of Materi:lls.

Mr. Sel!ers \\"a .~ born and raised in Douglas CoUIlIY, Missouri. H e is a graduate of Illinois College. Majoring in chcmistry he has a H.S. {film that college and also an M.s. in chem istry L-om the University of Illinois.

Mr. Sellers started his long service with the state on June 6, 1923. He was appointed Chief Chemist in 1928. a po. sition he held until his retirement.

Mr. Sellen is also <I charter member of the l.A.H.E. and S!.'f\'cd as President of the Springfield Chapter in 1945. He is a veteran of Wurld War I, serving two years Ol'erscas. He is a Registered Professional Engineer. a life member of the Associati:m of Asphalt Pal·ing T echnologists, and other scientific :Ulcl social organizatiolU.

Although they will Ctlillinue to reside in Springfield, I\-Jr. and Mrs. Sellers arc looking forward to somc lra\·c:ling. and also more frequent trips to a fa rm they own near Mexico. Missouri.

Lunchcon Cluh. ~r. and Mrs. Wiley Me members of the Central Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Wiley reside on Long Ba y at Lake Springfield. Their daugh. ter Margaret is the wife uf Glenn Youn­kin of the Bureau of Construction.

(CfllllmIJtd 011 pUK~ 15)

ALLEN L. KUKRAL

Allen L Kultro.l and MH. Kukra l

A. L. Kukral resigned from t.he: po­sition 1/£ AssistaJII Distrin Enginc:c:r ol the Chicago District un September 8, 19G2 ,Lfter $CninA the Dil i~ion with distinction (WeT a periOlI of more than thirty years.

Kukral. a native of ,\1aniLowOC, Wis· Cflllsin. graduated frOIll Chiatgo T ech in 192;. He held positions ill private fi rms gain ing experience in design, (on· Strl1ctiull and !\ales umil 1931 when he was employed by the Divisiuil of High. ways. He also during this periud sen 'ed the C ity of Chicagll in il!' Board of Local lmprol'emems.

His ea rly years wi th the Chic:lgo District oRlce wac slX'nt in the design and construction secLi:ms. In \942 hc was promoted to head of \he l.ocal [{oalls and Streets s«tion.

An cxprc~sway sectlun was created in the d i!>"tr ict in early 195 1 and Mr. Kukral was given the responsihil ity of getting it under way. Lale in the s.a me year George j:lckson was named Expressway Engineer and Mr. Kukral was promoted to the positiun of Assist· ant ])i~trict Engineer.

In the ensuing yean he was respom i­hIe for the myriad of adlninis t r~ ti vt: details of till: dis lritl. ill addition to the technical problems uf several o( the local bureau o(Jiccs. H e was alSo eharged with many othcr actJvlUcs of the dinrict which nel"cr show up in a summary uf normal work load yet are heavy in responsibil ity and t ime consum ption. Among these oUlside ac­t ivit ieS his faithful presence at the Personal Advisory Comminee uf the

ILLIN OIS HIGHWAY ENGINEElI

RETIREMENTS Highway Division will be most sorely missed.

After a rousing £arC\~ell party on the ~H:ning of September ?Lh, Al and his wife tonk off for Florida where he re­pons that the life of sunning and swim­m ing and juSt plain loafing is c:x­cttJi ng an of his expcctatiom. He also .slated that the door is always open fO any of the buys who happen to drop in his way. And Ihn he can lind a hreak in his loafing to reply to any letters you might care to ~cnd . His address : 22]5 Bispham Road, Apt. 4, Sarasot3, Flori­da .

JACK DAY On Octoocr 3, 1962, Mr. lack Day rc­

ured [rum the Divisiun uf Highways with 35 years ()f service :n District 9, Carbondale, lllinois.

lack was born April n, 1900 in Mari­etta,Ohin. He :Iltendcd college at Ohio State University.

lIe worked in District 7 for approxi­mately 6 m()nths hero:e reponing to District 9 in June of 1927. While in District 9, Jack worked for some time in Construction and Design and was promoted to Maintenance Fidd Engi­neer in September 1941 , a job he hdd until his retirement.

Good Luck and many happy y~ars

ahead, lack!

S. ERNEST WILEY (C,.mfmurd from ~u!!r 14)

Their son \V. C. is a Research Physicist for me Bendix Corporation in Detroit. lky have fo ur grandsons and are very proud of them.

Ernie is relaxing at his home on the Lake. fishi ng and working in [he yard. .\ gnndson has revived his interest in pi and he now spends ~veral days a -a. «I the golf course. Mr. and Mrs. \\,"*1 plan to spend a "winter vacation" ill F1oricb.

'"'So fOU met your wife at a dance, did you? Gosh. that must have been romantic.. ..

"No - embarrassing. I thought she: was at home: uking care of the kids."

f O IJRTH Q UAR TER 19 62

ALDO D. REID APPOINTED CHIEF CHEMIST

Aldo D. Reid

Aldu D. Reid, [ormer Assinant Chief Chemist in the Springfield Lab­ora tory. was promuted (Jil October 16, 1962 t() th~ position lJf Chid Chemist. filli ng the ~'aeaney ere.ned by the retire­mellt of Mr. Elmer O. &.lIers.

Mr. Reid, a tw tive of Illinuis. re­ceived his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 [rom Carthage College, major­ing in Chemistry. He then joined the starT uf the Ma in Chemistry Labora tory in the Bureau of Materiab in Spring­fidel .

In September 1942, M.r. Reid became a member of the U.S. Army Air Force, where he served as :; Photo r nstruetor for twO )'ears and a half hcfore joining a photographic unit in the China-Bur­ma-India Theatre.

Returni ng from se rvi ~e in 1946, Mr. Reid rejoined the staff in the Chemistry Laboratory where he worked until his appointment as Assist~nt Chief Chem­ist in August 1959.

Mr. Reid married the former Miss Dale Bone of Carthage, Ill inois. They have two child ren, Ron ald I I and Lynn Alice 7. The Reids resid~ at 22"1 Circle Drive in Springfield .

Mr. R~id has been very active in his church and with Hoy Scouts. He is past president of the SpringfidJ Chap­ter of th~ lllioois Association of High­way Engineers and served two years as chapter representative on the State Board of Dir~nors. Mr. Rl:id iii also P:lst Master of his Masonic Blue Lodge and hulds membership in several Ma­sonic orders. H e is a member of the lHinois State Emplo)'ecs' Association lind is a Registered Professional Engi­neer.

.]n ~£l1tllri lt l1t

C. B. OLSON

c. H. (Sam) Olson. 67. died sudd~nly on October 27, 1962 ill his ho:n~ in La­loila, Califor nia . H e had r~signed fro m his position with the Division of High­ways, District Scven, (,Il October 7 Jue to a heart condition .

He was a native of Proctor, Vermont, where he graduated from Nurwich University in civil engineering. His employment wi th the Division of High­ways in Effingham hcgan in August 1920 and continued until July 1943. During most of this pr:- riod, Sam wa~ the office engineer in the Rureau of Maintenance. He and his wife, the former Daphne York. then moved to California where M r. Olson was in the service of the Ryan Aeronautic Com­pany of San Diegu for 17 years. H e rdurned to [he Dil·isioll of Highw~y5 in April 1960 and worked in the audit­i:lg section 0: the Bureau of Construe­tmll.

Mr. Olson was a member of Centen­ary Methodist Chmch, 1I1itlois Associa· tiun of Highway Engineers, a charter member and past commander " f the Theodore Hoffman VFW Post 1769, Past Master of Effingham Lodg~ No. 14.9, AF and AM and a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rit~.

May God bless and keep you

and yours in the New Year ot

1963

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BUREAU OF LOCAL ROADS AND STREETS Bv R. I. CIO:OSS

Fritz Heine, Ken Momgomcry, Bob Hiegel, Roy Schlcyhan, J~ollic Lyons and Ronnie C ross were the duck hUlH­ers of local ro.1ds. The boys were lucky in the drnwing of blinds fnr the Sanga­oois Conscn-alion Arc:l. H ours (md hours of work were put illlu huilding "a oem-house: hlind," with rollf and side cn'=losu rc~ :m.I (undine a cnuple of feet out of water - It eyen had an endosure for me boat. DB! It was beautifull­but nut man y ducks - right, boys?

Nick Cian ferri i.s the proud owner of a Itew Buick Ri,"cria - boy. what a wagon! bucket seats, electric windows., fl oor shift, fX)wer stcering, power brakes, and air conditioning. They gave him a baseball bal to heat the g irls away!

Dick Kraus and Frank McC:uthy took the examination for Engineer in Training and for future registrat ion.

Bureau Notes The boys came through with flying colors. D ick allended Bradley Uni­versity and Frank g raduatetl from Northrop Institute of T echnique with a degree in Aircraft Maintenance Engi. nct:ring.

Joe lllackshaw has moved from his f:um near Palmyra and is now living in Springfield. Of course we can't blame him with all the auto accidents he has bc::en involved in while commuting.

Charlie Marlin on the other hand has pulled a rC\'en a) and bought himself a new home for his bride al C limon.

Mr. and Mrs. L1 rry Kelly arc the proud parents [Jf a baby girl weighing in at i lbs. 11 oz. Michelle Marie Kelly, strictly :I French-Irish name and cute as a hutton.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Dutcllc's daughte r "ANNE" recently made Lhern grandparents for the third time. and the grandparents arc still in the douds!

Bob Riegel. Ken Montgomery and Ronnie Cross were ill South Dakuta for opening day :lIld :I four day hun ting

trip for pheasants, and the boys reall )' got the birds.

Mel PatS005 was also out for pheasant on open ing day and the week end in an area up ncar PontiaC.

Mr. and Mrs. James Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Patterson made a recenl va­cation tr ip \·ia Moline. Illinois, up through Iowa and Wisconsin to Du­luth, then north of Lake Superior via the new Tralls-Canaui:1Il Highway to Port Arthur, and Sault Ste. Marie. They s31' the new highway has an e>:cd­lem sur ace and some or the moS! beau­tifu l scenery uf the north, and that accommodations arc o£ the latcst con­\'cnience and were excellent. On the rClurn trip they came duwn the Michi­gan and Wisconsin peninsula and into Illinois.

Rullic Lyon~ and pJ rly were among (he phe3$.1n t hunters on opellillg day ncar Pontiac and wc'fe all invited o\'er fflr d in ner.

Buzz l.unu made a fast trip to Flori­ua the first part of No\'ember, openi ng

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up th~ r~sid('ncc of his mother and b.ther and gt'Uing everything in rcadi­ncu for their winter li\·ing. Buzz states he had a vcry nia Aight back via the jet stream at nearly 40,000 feet.

Henriet ta Donner spent SOulC time ~ently at her pro~rty nea{ H ardy, Arkansas, where she plans SOllie: day to retire. \Ve understand (h:ll it's lake property and rcally nice, and that the weather is gOCKI most of the time WitIl no S(vcre changes.

l1.!wcy Connors r«ently showed his age at the Hlack T op Roads banquet when several o( the dancing g irls Wanted him to twis t with them; he claimed it was a sore back, but we know it was in the head. Boy what g irlsl­and Dew!":)' tOO old, it's :I ~hamc - poor l1c:wey.

BUREAU OF TRAFFIC By A. J. CoPE

New Employee: William F. Bunte: joined the engineering staff of the Bureau (jf T raffic on Octol~r I.

~·I r. Bunte is a nalil'c of Bunker H ill, Illinois. He attended thc Un iversity of Illinois where he received his B.s. and M.S. degrees in Civil Eng ineering in 1957 and 1959 respectively. Beginning in 1959, hc worked as a traffic e.ngi­nttr with the City of St. Louis for ap­proximately three years.

He holds memberships in the insti· tute. nf T raffic Engineers aJld the Na­tional Socicry of Professional Engineers. In addition, he is a 1st Lieulenant in the Ai r National Guard.

Bureau Notes Ruignations: John May Ide the

servicc uf the D ivision of H ighways September I. Hc had hee.n in the Hureau of Design in D istrict 4 hom 1954 to 1960 whcn he movct.! to Spring­field to work in the Bureau of T raffic. In his new position, he is a highway dist rict traffic cngineer for thc Sute of Pcnnsylvania.

V. W. Suhr, who had heen in thc Bu reau uf Traffic during the past 4 Yz. years, left the Division of H ighways August 15 tn join Ihl' brulty of Nonh_ ero Illinois Univcrsity in IkKalb. Al­though Dr. Suhr was not :l.ll engineer, he was kuown to members of the Asso­ciation as he had charge of Statistics and Re.search in the Bureau. Undcr his direction the Dil' ision received a perfttt score for the Accidcnt Records .section of [he Annual Traffic i lwcnwry of the l'\a tiona[ S:lfety Council last year.

BUREAU OF MA INTEN ANCE By P. J. M" I .. u

Three seminars were held during Oe­tohcr and No\'embc.r for maintenance personnel at Allerton House :Iud Hou Memorial I-louse at Monticello. Main­tenance enginecrs, their assistants and field CJlgineers participatct.!. Instruc­tions in management were gi\-cn by Univcrsity of l1linois Professors, and maiJllCJ1!lllCe prohlems wcre discusscd hy panels uf Ollf own personnel from the District ii and the Bureau .

Group mcc.tings are hcing held throughout thc state with those em-

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As this is being written news was received uf the fai lure of :1 long truss bridge Oil Roule 146 just north of Golcond:a. P1I.ns arc beiug studied :U

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BUREAU O F MATERIALS By W '.IIRE."I MciNTYRE

In the last issue we fai1cd to repon that Mi1cs Byers ' family v:lc:nioned in Ft. Pierce, FloriJa. Sorry, Ph)'llist

The Larry Dodges vacationed at thei r u~u:l1 spot on the L:lke of the OZ:lrh and report an appropri:lte I 1 numhcr of fish.

The Ole Larsons recently returnct.! from :I visit to their daughter's family and new grandson in Concord. Cali_ fornia, plus a [Our of the Seattle World's Fair. T hey arc presently in New York (u attend the wedding of their son Erick, formerly;. Bureau employee, now with McMillan Publishers.

F. A. Dykills i~ now on his ,lnnual trek to Denver and Greeley, Colorado.

Bernard Casey left us to re!Urn to St. Louis Univcrsity.

J. D. Lin(lsay ,I!tended a meeting of

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miuee. Lurnar 015.1/1, mcdlanical cuginttr

with the bureau retired on Nov, 15. He claims he docsn '( know wh:n he will do with his lime bUi his wife has plellty of ideas on that problem.

\Ve ha\'c the following new elll­ploytts: Concrete 1.1horatory - Frank Madonia. Leon Mm:7.Y. anJ Tom Cul­nan. Bituminous Laboratory - Neil Ourgan. Filcs- Mary Jane Ahraham. Typing Poc)\- Bn'cdy lune Ciscn.

The fidd men of the chemistry sec­tion are beginning 10 drih in fOf the winter with Ed Varble being first to return.

E. M. Crump trawled 10 Kan$a~ University on Oct. 25 and 26 10 dc:livn an address on the "Studie~ of the 1m· ptJrI .lnce of Density 1)!1 Asphalt Mixcs."

Uob Ddkrt and Warren Mcintyre have been keeping the highways husy bc:twc:t:.n Springfield and E. St. l.(luis com pItting the work on the "Ortho­tropic T eSl Bridge:'

BUREAU OF RESEARC H AND PLA NNING

By J. A. BIlA:iln.oSSOM

F.ffective Scptemher 16, 1962, Mr. \V. E. Chastain, Sr. was promoted 10 the: position of Assimml Engineer of Research and Planning - Research Aranch. and Mr. John A. Shaneman was promoted to the position of Assist· ant Engineer of Research and Planning - Plannjng Hranch, in the Bureau of Re:search and Planning, Springfield.

The Bureau wc:lconles tht following ne:w employees: D<;ris Gosnell, Ad· ministrati"e; Sue K:uraker, Darlene

Bureau Notes Gr~nw()C)d, Harold Hanlin and Eu­gene Jacobs, Pl:mning and Program­ming; Thom;ls COllley, Gerald Gardiner and lames Rape, Ruad Inventory; and Lyle Morrison, Physie:!l Research, Ot · tawa.

Lloyd Phillips tral\S[erred from Dis· trict 6 to Road Inventory: Jaill Rajcn­dra is now working in the Urban Plan­ning S«tion, and Karl Leman has rc· turned tl) the T raffic $cctiun. Ray Ram· bo is hack from military duties ttl re­sume work in the Traffic Section.

Kahliu Yasin reSigned from the Hureau anu is rww employed hy the Ministry of Public Works, Kuwait, Arah.ia. Kahlid was forme rly from Aman, Joruall.

There is much Schwan;>; '5 home. A riv~dl l ! Positive claims - the little

joy in Don Boy Has Ar­

th inking, p.1pa fe llow has 4 big

si~ters. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Rohen Spreet. Mrs. Sprect (Ch:lr­lene) is a former employee of our Bur· eau.

A few employees arc taking ;lU' vantage of the au tumn ,<;eason for vacil· rions. Mr. and Mrs. John Voorhees will be in Florida for two wecb; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller in the Ozarks: the Rartuse\' ich's arc lOuring the Smok­ics: Kcnny Fromm has been humi.ng pheasants in South Dakota ; and Mrs. Lily Eyer spent her vacatioll in Chicago. Roher! Mulvey a ttcnued [he ASCE Convention during October while on vacation in 100.Iian:1-

Gerald Zimmerman (Traffic) and Evelyn lean wcrc married October 6, 1962. After honeymooning in the Smokies, West Virginia and South Carolina, they arc residing at 1516 Gov· ernor, Springfield. Bill Midden, Draft·

ing, also Iled the knm in July. Steve Gdlden was htJspitalized fo r a

short perio.:l and is back at wurk. H ar­old Anoc'! wife was also hospitalized.

\Ve arc: lorry to learn of the deaths of S. A~hworth's brother, F. i i3)'eS' sister, Ma.ry Sue Duffield's brother·in·Jaw, Jack Rubley's ~Iepfathc:r, L. D:l\idsUIl's mother and Leslie Eastcp'~ f'l\he r. We extend condolc:nccs to thcm and their families.

Arthur "roseni iookeu out of lhe Bureaus' booratory (Otlaw<l ) last No­vcmbcr I and saw the acwmplishmem of long pl:lIlning and wurk. The ["Tiner test ronu site has been rehabilitated and tmffie n{Jw flows smoot.hly 1111 a high. Wily once tr ~ ve led by teSt trucks. The AASHO Hood Test site is pan of lmer· state: 80.

BUREAU OF DESIGN Planning and Programm ing Scction

By l\' Il:K B.u T CSEV IC H

The summer \'acarion scnsan found Nick Baltusc\'ich and family enjoying the scenery at the Wisconsi n Dells, Bill and B:1tbar3 Archer in Ne:w Orleans. and the Al Aners surf-fi shing oft th~ South Camlilla Clast.

Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Houska are the: proud parents CJ{ a baby boy, lohn Wes.. ley, 8 Ills 6 oz., born October 6, 1962.

Married in a lovely Augost wedding in St. AJOues Church were Andrew 1. G:ll da, Head of the Geometric Design Unit, :md Sandra Wicklein, secretary in the uffice uf the Chief Highway En· giru:c:r. They huneymooned at N iagara Falls and travelled throughout the e:1SI.

Another euuple, recently wed, are the Robert c,. Zukas. The former Nancy Luttrell married Bob at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception In

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Springfield. T hey took a trip to New Orleans and the South.

Because of the retirement uf Bern:nJ A. L.1wler, Al Arter w~s prumuh.-d 1O C hief uf the Federal Aid Unit. Bill Bolt is Mr. Arter's new assistant and 1v;In Burns was IIppoilllcn head of the Federal Aid Drafting Room.

The Landscape Unit welcomes MT. Thomas Mmcck, a recent tr:1115fc r {wm Chicago, who was mluk Chid Land· !\Capc Architect. He anll his wift: and thrtt chi ldren will li\'e in Springfield.

Sc\'c ral 1I31lsfers within the Pkmning a nd Programming Section h;1I'c been :lCcomplishcd recently. '\-1r. nun H en­ning, formerly with (;wrnetric D<:sign, was assigned tI) handle City AgrcclilclIls when Earl Bnwman was assigned to the newly (l1::<ltcd Urh:m Plann ing Sec­tion.

Geornetric Design Unit wdromcs G:lry Tumulty frorn the Federal Aid Unit. ~nd Beverly A. Proves who was formerly with th~ Bure:1U of Adrninis· [Tarin:: Scn'icc:. Bruce elry transfc:rr~tI from Federal Aid fO the R~ilroad Sec· tion. Joseph T. Ray, Jr. is a new ern-

Bureau Notes pluyt:t: in the d rafting room of the Federal Aid Unit.

The Programming and Planning Section hade affect ionate good bye w two long·time employees, Robnd E. Schermerhorn and Bernard A. 1 ~1wler,

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who reti red u:centl y. TIle section will mis~ their wisdolll and advice and hope~ they both fi nd time in their retirement to do a ll of :he things Ih~y'\"e always wanted In do. We're send ing along a photo of Mr. 1_1wler taken d uring the fa rewell part)" at the office.

\Ve an: g lad to sec our arm y reserv· ists back from their emergency ' \:all to arms." Torn Rright. John Reynolds • and Tom Williams spent the henet part of the year at the depot in Savannah, llI inuis. We found chairs and desks for them anti they arc graJually begin ning to think again as enginee r~ rHher Ih;m soldiers. Congra tulations II! Tum Aright. a hr:md lIew Capt:lin in the: U. S. Army resencs.

On I':o\'cmber H , the fi re alarm in the Ne:w State O ffice Building snunded for the fi rst time "fur real." We think the men in the Geomctri: Design. untier the leadership of their Chief. SCt a [lCW

record fn r speed in clea ri ng the office:. T he alarm sounded at 10:40 A.M. and some stalwarts; were seen nn the law'l 30 s.cwnds lal'er. Pr"uy good, (ollsider. ing they work on the !iI': \'en th Auut.

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'-c ~ gbd 10 welcome hack Pa­D'1CD ~vt'C.n following her had auto xri&:Dt 2. f(:w weeks ago in which *' JUa\"td pamful InJunes.

In the \' iui natistics department, con· p;IIularions to these parents: Mr. and )in. Allxn Ray with a 7J1 lb. baby girl; and Mr. and MI'5. Frank Mercado, a 9th. baby boy.

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Since going to the press in August of Ihis yra r, we h:I\'c had some 5.,d news. Henry \V. Squires lost his sister· in.law, Miss Florence McDonough of Urbana, Illinois on Septcmlxr 22nd. His mother, who h.,d been ill pour

Bureau Notes health for w past year, died on Ce· rober 17. She was Mrs. Frederick Squires of Champaign. Illinois. His brother David um.lcrwent an opcr:uiun on N()\'~mbc:r 7 at the Mayo Clin ic in Rochest~r, Minnesota, H e is recuper­ating splem.l idly. Dooald N. Easlep lost his fath~r, Mr. Paul E. E.1Step of Springfield, \'~ry suddenly on Septem. ber 27 Jue to a heart attack. OUf sin· celt: sympathy to both Henry and Don.

Now for more enjoyable news. We held our fall picnic on Sunday Ocwber 14, al Lak~ Sprinlifi~!d. The usua! gam~s, faces, and eUlertainment for the group w~nt over big. They all en­joy~d th~ hot dogs, etc., also the baked beans. This picnic w~s originally set up for the first Saturday in September, hut the r3ins came, and wt: had to postpone it three diITerelll times.

R~cent!y we h~ve added a number of new employe~s. Roland D. Marshall of Springfield, is one of our bten addi· tions to the drafting sect ion. Joseph S. Cacioppo of Sprins::fidd joined our photo lab. Rev. William R. Loafman h3s returntd to our drafting section

after being absent for about 2 yuu. Michad W. Davis of Versai lles. Rich· ard P. Meyer of Springfield, John W. Petri of Meredosia, and Russcll E . Wea\'er of Mt. Sterling arc all high school gmd u3tcs of WI June, then 3t· tendtd the Uni\'ersity of minois' Engi. neering schulll (or a three month tmin­ing session bdure reporting to our of­fice. They all rccei\'cd two months training in phowgrammetry work un­der the tu telagc of Richard T. Church. We wish all of the new pcrsonlltl a pleasant stay and hopr: that they will be with us fot a long time to come.

Our ofii...:e bowling team bowls 011

Thursday nights at the King Pin Lines. Some of us arc embryo bowlers. We: consider th3t hulding on to 8th ar 9th place in our league is Joing quite well. Melllbcf$ of lhe tcam are Orvis N. 0 .. 1-hcy, John H. Becker. Jr., H. Russell Garrett, Henry C. H eine, Jr., Duane E. Weiss. 'ames D. Wheeler, Jr., and Dun· aid N. E.1Step. Before the cnd of Ihe season a few of us hope 10 break into the 225 dub.

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Srxilll: Eileen and Roy Bdl, Lila and B. M. "Senator" Borrud, Lcwic and J. L. Calhoun, Cdc and Gordie Dcxringsfdd, Kay and Dave Eberly, Louisc and H erb Herbeck, Grace and Fritz Jenkins, DorOlhy and Gordon "Nick " Nich()l~on. Ann and Lou SchlacAi were the Elgin dc1egdtion to a ttend the 26th Annual Illinois Associ­;Ilion of Highway Engineers Conven­tion at Peoria on October 12th and 13th . According to all n:pons, a fine lime was had hy all. The 1963 Con­vention wil! be held ir. East St. Louis in October.

The hrst meeting 0[ the Cha pter s ince j\lay, was held September 13th at the American Legion Horne in EI­Zin. Mr. Dahlstrom, of Illinois Con­crete Pi pe AsS()(iation, presented some new and interesting information con­cerning the use of com rete pipe.

Chapter Notes On October II th the meeting was

held at the Rlue Moon. Mr. Roy Peach, or the Illinois &11 Telephone Company, presented a program on the T cllstar Com munication Satellite.

The November 8th meeting was held at the Eagles Country Home. Mr. John T owers, of the Armco Metal Products Division of Armco Steel Cor­poraLlon, showed a film on "Structures or Earth and Steel." The film presented the Ring Compression Tht:Ory of de­sign fo r underground steel structures. Th is theory enables the use of much larger structures than previously thought possihle.

The annual onice Christmas party was held on Thursday, December 20th at l.b c: American Legion. A dclicious ro;.\st beef dinner with all the trim­mings was served. I am sure everyone that attended will agree that it was ,\ good beginning to the holiday festiv ­ities. Our expression of appreciation goes to the Committee of Nod Thom­a.~, Chairman, Sally Fohrman, Jan

PfingMen, Don Schietzelt, and Eric T horson.

PrcmlOt;ons: Robert H. Blasius was appointed District Engineer of Right­of-Way on October 1st. H is former position was Construction Supen'ising Engineer. Bob graduated from the University uf Illinois in 195 1. H e lVorked in the Hureau of Construction until 1957. From 1957 to 1959 he was employed by E. L. Pm'lo, a Consulting Engineer for the Illinois Tollway Com­mission. He- returned to lhe Illinois Division of Highways in 1959 and was assigned to ROW. In 1960 he was lrans[crret! to the Bureau of Construc­tion and remained there until his re­celll promotion.

On Septemher 15th, A. John Nichol was promoted to Assistant District En­gineer of Design. H e was formerly Of­fice Engineer in the Bureau of Design. In 1950 John graduated from the Mis­souri School or Mines. H e was first employed hy the Oivision in the Bure.1u of Research in Springfield. From 1951

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until 1953 John served in the U.S. Army Corp5 of Engineers. lie has been assigned to the Bureau uf Design in Elgin since 1953.

NI:IfI Fact's: The folluwing m:w em­ployees have rect:lllly reported to work in the District. William C. Shankieul­cr, TA 3, ROW; Raymond A. Jadrick, RO\V ; Ciarence H . Nelson, ACCOtrnl­

ant 2. AJmini~tratil'e Scrvice~; Ronald Bryan, CE I, Trallic; and Richard F. Zaccarelli, CE I, TraffiC. N ew mem­bers of the clerical scalI arc Susan J. Hartley, Permits; Katherine M. Jawb­son. ROW; Janet E. Willis, Mainte­nance; Emclia E. OISOIl, Research and Planning; and Lois M. Ennis, ROW , Joliet Field Office.

Nel/! Mr:mhas: The Elgin Chapter of LA.lI.E. WelCOIlle.~ the following new members: Thc()(iorc Furoo, Rill Madison, John Ready, (ieorge Schmidt, lim Stowe, and Da\'e SllI rn. \Vc1 come1

Ruignutions: Virgilio "Poncho" Pereira has resigned [rom the Tllinois Division of Highways to accept a posi­tion with fose M. On~ te, a private. con­sultan t ill Santa Marta, Cvlomhia, South Americ<l. TIle firm is engaged in municipal engin~ring . Poncho came to work for the Di vis ion in June of 1956. He has worked in the Bureau of Dt:sign and ConHruction. His most intere~ting eonSlTllction assignment Wa.'! the Woodstock By.Pass. He was affiliated with I.A.H.E.

Tell PillS: T ht lloliJay Turkey Shoot was held at &hneider's on No­vcmlx:r 12tb. The following howlers won 12 pound turkeys: Don Bohlin, Gordie Doeringsfeld, D ick H ampton. l~aul H ieher, DOll Lorentzen. Neil Morton, Paul Riddle, and Red Wyman.

Did yOIl know that the Elgin Dis·

Chapter Notes triet has 49 state OWIlt:J cars which were driven 979,306 miles in 1961 and 211 tfULks which were driven 3,245,· 983 miles? These vehicles cunsumed 5 18,414 galluns of gasoline and 16,935 quarts of oil. The trucks dispbLed 23,919 tons of salt in the past wint.:r costing $289,000. This information was supplicd by Me. Earl Salomon o{ Administrative Scrvices.

What IS yOIll' opinion of Pat Dougherty's proposed plan for form· ing " Ch"ptcr Blood Banki' For ap. proximately me past nine months. the Elgin Chapter has been altempting to institute a Blood Uank within the or· ganiz:nion. Our organization consists o( approximately 100 memhers of ae­ti\'e and associate g rade and about 15 affiliate and honorary members. It is felt that \\'e should ha"c 50 or more members in the Blood Hank plan be· fore a plan can definitely be estab­lished. As of now, it appears that we may he able to ge.t the minimum amount of 50 in order to go ahead.

i\ Blood Bank consists of a group of indi"iduals that dunate blood into a common fund. or "Uank" as it is rall~d. su lhat whenever a memher of that group has a need fo r blood, it will be readily availahle :It no cost to the individual.

This Blood Bank call be registered at onc or more hospit:lls in an area :\lld muSt have. sumeone de.sigll~ted tu be chainnall of the group. The mem­ben dunate blood to that group's "Bank" alld the "Bank" rbe.Teby builds up credits that \\'ill be charged of{ at the. rate of 2 to 1. T hat is; [or each pint donatcd, one credit is received and for earh pint required by a member, two cred its arc deducted.

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If you are interested in joining the Hlood Rank, pleasc notify Pat Dougheny as soon as possible.

N~UI" Rrie/s: T he annual spri.ng dance \\':11 be held on I line 8th al the Fox Valley Country Cluu near lJatavi:l. Pbn now LO attend.

Bou Nem.:lZ was rel;ently trans­ferred [rom the Bureau of Construc· tion to the Bureau of Hight-of-Way. Bob has betn :lssigned to the Joliet Field Office.

Nathallicl Wright obtained his Civil Engincering Degree from tbe Chicago Technical College on September 28th. He obtained bis degree by going to night school and working for the Bureau of Construction during the day.

Dec Broeker, a former clerical em­ployCl" adopted a uaby boyan OClOher 1st. The young man is named Thomas Cordon.

Chir Chat: The RUTeau of Locll Hoads had its annual paid vlIcation frorn 1\'ovember 12th to 14th in Springfield. The 1962 delegation to Springfield consisted of Noel Thom:lS, George Bohlig, Chan Wells, Lou SchlaeHi, John Friedrich , H erb Ren· wick, and H erb Richmann.

Thc homes that Al Gunderson and

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Herb Renwick arc building ~hould be finished ill time (or a New Year's Eve christening.

Syeu Ally has purcll<lseu n vacation uailer for his family. l ie has had only one problem so far and lhat is to keep the trailer warm on cold nights. H is first venture in camping was to \Vhite Pines State Park near Oregon, Ill. in October.

Cordon "Nick" Nicholson 1V0n first plm:c in ~ fishing contest on his rcrent vacation La NaSs,1u. H e caught a 40 n

lbrr:tcud:l. Pains UT/d Strains: Mr. R. T. Cash,

former District Enginen. illS had a succes.~fu! operat ion in Sherman H os­pital and is on the r03d to recovery.

Elmer Basemen, who has taken 311

extended vacation. will return to work on January 4th.

Bud Walters was also missing &om his desk in ROW (or a few weeks, but is now back on th t: job.

Our Chapter Presidem, Keil Mor­tUIl, wishes all $eason's C;reet ing!

DIXON District 2

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Rirths: L1urie Ann, horn August 14, weighed 5 1hs. 13 07.., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lathrop. BrCl1da Sue. horn August 26, weighed Sibs. 12 oz., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Currens. Kevin Lee, born September 22, weighed 7 Ibs. 4 oz., sun of Mr. an..d Mrs. Dick Bussan . Karen Marie, born Scptemtx:r 29, weighed 7 Ibs. 3 oz.) daughter of Me. and Mrs. Darrell Surunark . Mark Thomas, born Octo­ber 7, weighed 6 los. 6 oz., son o[ l'lr.

Chapter Notes and Mrs. i\1.ike Mirocha.

Rr:minder: Do not forget cite 14th annual Christmas party to be held De­cember 15 at the Elks Club. Keep this date open.

SociiJl: On November 2, a retire­men[ party W,IS held in Bill Dickson's hasement to honor H y "\lalder. There was a very good turnout for the oc­casion. John Shular, our chapter Presi­dent, presen ted Hy with a gift which he intends to ll.~e toward~ purchasing " hi-fi ..... 1. Ch~rl("s Richarrl .• then gave a short speech thanking Hy for his many years (almost 45) of out­standing service to the Division of Highways. H e also prescntcd Hy with a rdiremeJU pin from th~ Illinois State Empluyees' Associatiun, an organiza­tion in which he has ~n very active. H y th:mked everyolle for the gift ;llld

for hunDring him Oll this occasiD"_ Everyone then moved to the refresh­ment tahle and a few even found card table_~ . A special thanks to the commit­tee who arranged for the parry, and to Bill Dick~on for the usc of _his basement.

Pr:rSQllflf:/ Chal/ges: S"'eral boys who were mem hers of the [961 En­g ineering Technician Training Pro­gram have resigned to enter college and advance their education in the field of engineering. Best of luck to John Carlson, Da\'id M. Kollmeyer, Stephen R. Myers, Roger E_ Smith, and Da vid L York_

Gerald Emmason, EA I, is all mili­tary leave beginning Octuba 25, 1962.

New: George O . Porter, ET II, on October 8, 1962, previously employed with Iowa H ighway Corn mission. Ardishir Mansour, CF. I, new Octob::r 16, 1962. A native of Iran, Mr. Man-

sour attended Arkansas A &: M, Monti­cdlu, Arkansas ; Univ. of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and graduated from the Univ_ of Arkansas, Fayen"' ille, Ar­kansas with a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering in August !Y62. Sigurd S_ Larsun, CE II, new No-­vember I. 1962_ Graduate of Purdue University '5~. H orne is in Rockiord, Illinois. Previously associated with Dejong & Associates while attending college, and worked for two years with Los Angeles County Road Dept., Los Allgdes. California, and approximate­ly 14 months with R.C.A. Service Coo. Los Angeles, Calirornia.

onAWA District 3

By D. R_ BUN l;U

On August 30, 1962, the Ottawa Chapter of the lllinois Association of Highway Engilll':crs hdJ a steak fry Mag at !he Enginecrs' Roo anJ Gun Club dubhotlsC in honor of- retiring Robert C. Klogrnan, Arthur L_ Dicr­stein and Ewin g P. Daly_ Chairman for the stag, Cy Burns, I':s timated [hat there were some 90 men on hand tn pay tribute to these reti ring men_ !esse Gulick passcJ out the steaks and cach man cooked his steak to his own liking_ "Refreshments" were served throughout thl': evening.

Art Tosetti, I'resiJetlt of the Chap­ter, was M:lster of Ccremunies. Orville Evans, District Engincer, presellted Me. Klugman, Mr. Dicrstein and Me. D;tly with engraved watches.

Ed SpayCf and his accordian pro-­vided the music for the bar room "s ing along."

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~Ir. Bums wishes to express his sill­CCR thanks tQ all who made this stag :l sun:ess.

On SWluay September 9, 1962, the OU:l\va Chapter of the Illinois Associa­tion of H ighway Engineers held its annual picnic at Starved Rock St:1te Park. Approximately 250 persons wece present to elljoy the outing. A complete ch icken dmner was served and ham sandwiches were served dur­ing the evening. Refreshments con­sisted of beer amI soda. Games were played throughout the attcrnoon and prizes wnc awarded to the "Lucky \Vinncrs."

On September 11, 1.962. a ditlller meeting of the local Chapter was held in the Skyroom of the Heinz Cafe in Onawa. A cocktail hour preceded the chicken dinner. A representative of the Asphalt Institute showed two movies. One film was on the history of asphalt and the otha film illustrated the uses for asphalt.

At the November meeting, Mr. Cavanagh of !.he Portland Cement As­sociation showctl slides on Soil Cement .

NEW FACEs: Vincent Capobi­anco. C.E. II ; Yukarram Alomari, C.E. I ; Reza Sheibani, C.E. I; and James Horn, E.T. [

Barry Hynd and J ~rome YenJro have returned afTer :1 "shan stllY" in the army.

\Ve wish to welcome new It:ehni­cians: Jarne~ Baxter, Jolm Bowen, Herbert Clatterbuck, D'lIlid Crocker, Rohen Jaskowiak, Lance Knutsen, Lee Roy ~-l(CUm!iCll, Raymond Schnei­der, Virgil Taylor, and Frederich \Vaguer.

Population Explosion hiLS District Three: To Mr. and Mrs. Russ Bidwell,

Chapter Notes a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Manley Knutson are parents of a baby boy, David Charles, born June 2U, 1962. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Mast are parents of a baby boy, Hryan Keith, born on Au­b'"Ust 11 , 1962. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Safranski, a boy, JdJ Anthony, born on August 17, 1962. To Mr. and Mrs. William P(!arson, a boy, Jeffrey Scott, born all September 12, 1962.

Physical Resea rch Laboratory Construction operations all t.he rc­

habilit:ltiun of the AASHO Tcst Road are cumpleted, and the pavements have been opened to traffic as part of lnter­state Route 80.

Tilt: Physical Research Branch of Research and Planning is using the former AASHQ Road Test adminis­tration and garage buildings as a Physical Research Laboratory for COD­

tinuing studies on the rehabilimtoo test road and for carrying all portions of the regular research being done throughout the state.

Permanent personnel assigned arc A. C. Tosetti , H. R. H ubbell, R. , . Little, f). R. Scott, H. Y. Fang, A. J. Wright, W. T. Sulli\·an. K. W. Wicks, ,. H. Brown. L. R. Morrison and V. P. Poskin.

Harold R. H ubbel thought he was too sm~lI to he a grandfather, but his daughter, .Mr.~. Arlinda Lowers, proved different by presenting him with a grandson.

PromOTions: Mr. Tom Holderby has beell appointed Assistant Engineer of Research & Planning for District Three.

Mr. Al jensen has been appointed Assistant Engineer of T cafEc for Dis­trict Three.

PEORIA D istrict 4

By ElI.v Ihss.t:R.I(}I,

Promotions: Joe Vespa was pro­moted to District Materials Engineer dlecti\e Seplember I, 1962. Joe had been the assistant pr ior to his appoint­rnent. Also promoted was Elio Suau to Assistant Disrrict Design Engineer. He had OCC11 in design prior to his appointment. We wish these men the best of luck in tht:.ir new positions.

Construction: Construction is still very active in the District, as projects arc COlltinuously Ixing awarded. Larry Hughes is Resident Engineer on Un i­venity Avenue in Peoria. He is assisted by Mark Munns, Chuck Good­ale, Gene Finch and Jim W illiamson. Tim Heinsman is still working on U.S. RIC. 136 east of Macomb. H e is as­sisted by Jim Enos, Willis Gould, Roy Clark and La: Rosenboom. We un­derstand that Don Sharpe and his crew have finished l.hcir wurk on the Mor­ton by.pass.

Also Red Uhl and Bruce Funston are completing their work on McAr­!.hur Blvd. in Peoria.

Jerry Lyons is to he Resident En­g ineer on two ~lructures of the Cedar Street extension in East Peoria. Doing hridge repairs are John Hartwig, J. T. Hackler and Paul Kjelshus.

The two large Interstate crews are still very active - Les Nelson and his ( rew in the Peoria area, alld Henry Chan and his crew in the Galesburg area. The following mell are Oil Inter­stale britlges: Kell Wagoner at the Kickapuo-EJw11rds Road, Chuck Glick :It Konner and Gilles roads, and Chuck Harton is on the U.S. Rte. 150

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conne<:tioll. Jim Davis and Larry Dut­IOn arc ~uperv isillg work on the Uni­\'crsity Avenue Interchange:: ;md the Dry Run Creek flume:. At Galt:Sburg Hcruy Chan has Jerry \Vorra], Rex Livingston, Maurice Fox, Pat Kennt:dy (no rdative of the President). Floyd Layton and Don Gord:ln.

Depllrlurrs: Syl Goffinet could not resist the temptations of the "Yukon" and was off to Alaska November 29, 1962. He:: is to join the Alaskan High­W:ly n"p~ Tr m .. nr :1I V:l1rk.z, Alaska. It is his claim thaI the weather is no cold­er than in this area. Rt:ip.rdlcss to say a 50 percent salary increase shou ld keep anyone warm. Good luck to Syl and we expect to hear from him occasionally.

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Dcpartun:s: Glenn "'lorna was Willstcrred from District 4 to the main office in Springfield. Hil new position is Assistant to Mr. Dmdle. Glenn had been field engineer fo r Local Roads in this District. We ceminty wish him the best in his new position, but wil! c~rtainly miss his sm iling face. It is good to see that he will still be with tbe Division and that we will see him occasionally.

FI ... exlinqulaher demonst ration to Di. trict • ottice personn.l Phyllis Willinqham 01 Payroll u.lnq carbon dioxide extlnqulaher on a q ... lire.

JVCIlI Employt'cs: Tb~ following men bave been hired: Chuck Glick a nd

Committee 01 annual Enqineer.' IiIh Iry. Front row. left to righI, Rex LivingBton, Ben ROBenberq. Erv Benerer. Len Gi iJDore and Joe M(IUrer. 2nd row. I. 10 r.: Bob Burhan • . Max Son •• and Duke MUIs (MaIre D). 3rd row, l 10 r.' Darrel March. Tom Buckley and Jerry Lyon •.

FOURTH QUAR T ER 1962

Wilry Keith, as CE- If1 ; Ron Staub as CE-II (Recently returned from the U.S. Air Force); Don Chrisman ET-li (Recently returned from U.s. Air Force); Tim Siegle, Mark Munns and Charles Barton, Ir. as CE-I (Jim re­turned from the U.S. Air Force and it's rumored that CharlC$ is an ex­bartender); us Scraggs ET-II , T om Pickering, Art Palmer, \Varrcn Smith and Antoine Eldaher as ET-I (Pick­ering and Palmer wen: previous em­ployees) and LeRoy l.o\lCk EA-!. We welcome these new men and those old new men to the District.

Act;v;lio: The District Safety En­gint:er. Wilbur Samp, provided all of­fice employee, to a gala safety show November 7. 1962. A movie H"okr:lI Clau prepared by thl:: University of California wal .<hown . The emphasis was the use of .<.eat helts in all State vehiclts and the encouragement of pro­viding tht"fn on family cars. The movie was fol.lowcd by a demonstra­tion of the building fire extinguishers. Mr. Getz, of the Gctz Fire Equipment, was in charge of the demonstration (sec picHlfe). Wilbur is 10 be com­mended for his fine program, as every­one should have learned something regarding safety.

The Annual Christmas party was held DeCl:mbcr 15th at the Youth

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Building at Exposition Gardens. Tur­k<'y was on the menu and music was furnished by the Dick Mitchel Orches­u-a. Lee Un was chairman of the affair, assisted by Dale Page, Ed Coun­cil. Rex Livingston, Jim H cinsman, v~ Taylor anu Pat Dimagllo. (With a crew like that, you could host a W hite House affair).

The 27th Annual Engineer fish Fry was held September 7, 1902 at Keen­land Park in Peori;'l, As was expected, the hC:lu chef, Duke Mills, left no nOlle unturned in providing the ben ill cuisine. He was ably assisted by an dlicicnt committee ( Sec Picture). Approxirn:Hdy 120 persons attended and enjoyed the waH-eyes, channel cat­fish and trimmings. T he draft heer was kept wId and flowing so no one could complain of thirst. After attc::nd­ing a dilmer of this type, it's easy to see why we all look forward to next year'~.

Additions: A L<lby hoy, David Thomas, was born to the Tom Buck­leys Nuvember 19, 1962. This is the.ir second child, their fi rst being a girl.

A bahy girl, Cindy Marie, born to the. Pat Dirnagnos, September 4, 1962. This is their second girl.

Sports: The. Dimin fall golf outing was held September 15th at Coal Creek Country Club. near Sheffidd and everyone enjoyed the nice golf day and fine chicken dinner. AI Malmquist was the chairman (His dad is the Pro at the course and his mother was head (het of the. Dinner). Thanks to the Malmquists for their fine job. Medalist for the day was AI Malmquist. Hill Mills spent his lL~ual amount of time in the apple. orchards

Chapter Notes which line the fairways. H e is serious­ly thinking ot picking apples in the future and giving up that crny game.

Baske.tball playas have been re­cruited and the team should he under­way in the City IndlL'Suial League at this printing. There are many of the old gang back and several new rc­cruits. The team WOIl their division last year. Let's givc them ou r support this year.

At this writing the Howling League was in their Hth week at thl:: Town and Country Lanes. This is the first year as a ten team league and with all the eonstrunion work in progress, it's a little rough getting the teams rolling at 6:30 P.M. The league is showing the usual close racc with little sprcad between top ,md bottom places. Top five bowlers at this writing arc: (15 games or more) Al Malmquist 176, Hal Johnson 175, TOIll Buckley 171, Don Chrisman 168, and Gary Wilson 164.

Gent'rat: Robert McCumber has finally finished his house in Peoria, ncar the office and has movcd his fam­ily [rom Canton. This should reduce his g~s mileage and travel Lime considerably.

Vern Tarr has been missed around the offiCI::. Vern is home on sick leave and probably causing the wife and ncighbors a lot of problems. We wish him a speedy recovery - the design room is just too quiet. Hurry back. Vern.

Marriagf:s: Rimtis Tallat-Kelpsa was married to Marija Krygeris on NO"em­ber 3, 1962, at the Nativity BVM Church in Chicago, Il l. They arc now residing at 901 E. Kinsey Street, Penria, Tllinois. Good luck to them.

SPRINGFIELD District 6

By DOSALL> F. EDWAJWS

Construction in District 6 has been in full swing and is still going strong. H ere- i~ a list of members and where they arc working! Les Win510w, Edin­burg to Taylorville widening and re­surfacing; Dean Metcalf, bridge :1l

Palmer ; Gordon Roughley, Chandler­ville tll Virginia ; Myron Haynes, Mason City Belt Line; Vem Reichle, U.S. IJ6 to Delavan; Jim Sanmrdli, National Guard Interchange on Inter­state around Springfield; Jack Dav­ison, imerstate-rtlinois Central Railroad overhead; Nick S .. abo, north end of Interstatc: Ed Brooks, Interstate-East Lake Drive Interchange; Bob Burris, Intcmatc cast of Springfield; John Swemkc, lmerstate-Sangamon Avenue overhead; Bob Vtho!!, Interstate-G. M. 6; O. overhead; John H ille, Intcrstate­Natiunal Guard Interchange; Casey Taylor, Springfidd to Rochester; Lew­is Keri, Brush Creek Bridge, Sanga­mon County.

Thl:: Dean Metcalfs were blessed with a son in November, while the Rohert Rrozios added Julie Ann to [heir f2l11ily.

The Bill HofTmans will be: passing out cigars and candy, but it won't be until after this issue is publishcd.

Ralph Bakcr leaves District 6 Bureau o[ Materials to go "out in ind ustry."

"Rambling Rose" Bill DeHart is still in the office, as well as "Dean" Babu, Wayne Briggs, Cecil Cop<::nhaver, Neil Pruitt and Fred Krueg<::r.

Thanks to George Moberly for the information on the "boys on construction_"

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Don \Vol:l\'~r is still on the South Sixth SUed joh.

Wc"1l close with this thought. "Yes, Virginia, there is ;I Santa Clause and 005l:b ... 11 is slill America's (:'voritc sport."

WlAHES Springfield Chapler

By M"RV Loc DAv!)

Looking back to the October meet· ing we find we had a very nice pro­J.:ram presented to us by Mr. John Satterlee who showed a movie Oil the American Aag and also g3\'1: a short talk Oil patriotism. Door pri'le~ wen: :Iw:mleu LO several lucky members at this meeting.

O ur November mecting was of greal interot to everyone. Since the: holiday 5e.1S0n was appruLching a pro­gram on holiday home decoration was pr~c:nteJ by ~·[rs. Eloi~ H ill.

Dc:cemlX'r found us );3thercd at the State H ouse Inn where the wivcs and husoonds enjoyed a wonderful dinner, after wh ich there was dancing to the lIlusic of the "Statesmen" orchcsua. Those who were unal.lle to attend missed a gala event.

We st ill wish to urge all wivct of IA H E members 10 join our group and to share with us all good times. As of this issue we: have li S members in the Springfield Chaptcr.

EFFINGHAM District 7

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The annual olliec picnic was held :It Bliss Park in Effinghaln on AuguSl 18 under the able chairm.1nship of Ed

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Chapter Notes G reifzu and Jack Klay. The 1;0 in :lttcndance thoroughly enjoyed the fine food and good fellowship. Charles Knight was somewhat disappointed in the results of the drawings for prizes, because only three out of four of his famil y's tickets turnc:d out to be winners.

The following melll Uers :Iltended the 1961 I.A.H .E. COIWCJl tioll at the Perc Marquette H otel in Peoria : Mr. and Mrs. William Cox, Mr. :lnd Mrs. James Oinkhd!cr. Mr. ;mcl Mrs. R:"IY \Vente, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. V~nOeuscJl, and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Tryon . Mr. VanDeuscn was given recognition:"ls:"l1\ honorary member of the Auociat;on.

For its Octuber meeting the Chapter was fortunate in having Mr. Emmell Chastain speak to us on the results of the AASH O rood test al Ouaw;!. T he muting was well attended and numerous questions were asked of Mr. Chastain.

True to its tradition of keeping up with the limes, the Chapler had as the speaker for the No,tembt:r meeting Mr. Buck Rotramel of the District Bureau of Righl..()f-Way, who is the Effi ngham County Director of C ivil Defense. Inl(reSI in this general aro of acti"ity has increased somewhat in recent weeks.

Robert Bliss. scm of D istrict En· gineer I. C. Bliss and Mrs. Bliss, was ultiled in marriage with Miss Ann Davidson of Effingham, Illinois, Oil

August 16, 1962, 31 the First Baptist Church in Effingham .

The neweSt and most proud, na tur· ally, grandfather ill the District office is Wilmer W()Clfcr. Engineer of Re­search. H e and Mrs. Woelfc:r had Thanksgiving dinner with grandson,

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jeffrey Scon, in Cleveland H eights, Ohio. Jeffrey was born to Mr. antI Mrs. Wilmer Wor:ifer, Jr., Oil Septem­ber 17 and weighed 6 lbs. 10 02S_

Future highway engineers and fu ­ture homemakers are the follow ing: a daughter, Rhonda Ann, wcighing 6 Ills. 3 oz..~., hor!) October 18 to Mr. ;lIld Mrs. Ron Smith; a son, Cary Eugene. weighing 7 Ills. 7Yl OZS., born Novem­her 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powell; :1 daughter, Lisa Louis.:, weighing 7 lb$. 6 02.~., born November 9 to Mr. and Mrs . Kenneth Longwell; a son, Scott Owen, weighing S Ins, born No­vcmber 13 to M r. and Mrs. Lenard Swectlllj and Phillip Ant hony, speci­ficatiuns unknown to this reporter, mUM he doing all r ight, because he has u:ld and mom, Mr. and Mrs. Phil­lip Zaccari, on vacation.

To while a. way his extra hours when not on collSuuaion, Uon Ut..z has taken up S,1W, h:ammer and nai ls and built his family .a house. Gary Bone is also in the house building business, not as a. builder, bUl a ~ resident engi.nccr sec­ond in command to Mrs. Bone. The Jerry Vonderheidcs also M\'e pur­chased a new home.

Greener p..1Stures have beckoned to John Re ichm~n, E.T., who has re­signed to go into [he insurance business.

We wclcome ncw emplo)'~s E.T . 1'5 Jim Wernsing and Kem Piper.

We are happy to report that Art Fue~ting is recovering nicely from a lcg operation.

As is the csutom at this time of year, sevcral of our honorary members are heading [or warmer climes; Mr. and Mrs. H . S. Bateman to Cal iforn ia, and Mr. and Mrs. ). L. VanDeusen and

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Mf. C. C. Rice to Florida. As the winter winds sweep across the parking lot and howl around the office build­ing, but having no effect whatsoc\'cr on the Local R03ds and Streets office with its southern exposure, we hope that our friends faraway w ill be think­ing of us once in a while.

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Audits: DaYe MantI.: enjoyed his vacation in August participating in trap shooting tournaments, 1600 h3nd­icap and 1 SOD 16 Y ds. targets. The tournaments were conducted by Grand American H andicap Trap Shoot at

Vandalia. Ill. Cons/ruction : Charlie Scheibal won

thC' Nelson Concrete Golf T ournament at the Greenhills Country Club in Mt. Vernon, with a six over par 78 for IH holes, not to mention a very thrilling eagle 3 on the 18th hole. Congratula­tions. Charlie!

Major H arold Ruffner has been summoned by Uncle Sam for an in­definitC' tour in the C3ribbean.

Jim Alderson had a fracture skull in a serious accidelll during construc· tion of a black top road ncar Gillespie, Ill. Jim is out of the hospital and reo cuperating ill his home. We all wish him a fas t recovery.

It has been reported that Henry Buser had a wonderful vacation on the \Vest Coast. H e and his wife and son Dave visited his .ron 0011, who is a resident physici3fl in the Contra Costa H nspital in Concord, California.

Dl'sign: On September 1'5,one of our

Chapter Notes most illustrious compatriots and play­boys succumbed to the inevitable and said "1 do." The solemn occasion took place within the confines of Unity Roselawn Baptist Church in Fairview, and former Sallie Jo Burton is now the proud possessor of the name of Mrs. John R. Haxter.

F3rrel Hill is doing a good joh as captain of the Design Bowling team, which is making a strong hid for il'l third consecutive league champion~ ship. We hope he manages to k«p the team right where it is now, in first place.

Local Roads: Our former Depart. ment head, Bill Krause, has mO\'ed up the ladder and is now the Assistant Dis­trict Engineer. As a result, Louie Berg is the District Local Roads Enginet:r with John Kusior as his assistant. Jerry Lieber has joined us as a field engineer. Congratulations to all.

Bill Meyer, who 3ssisted the field engineers with office paper work, is now employed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Bill's wife presented him with a baby boy before he left the Division of Highways. Jim Taylor now has a boy named Tony who is growing like 3 weed . J ~rid On has a hahy girl named Cyndy.

Jim Taylor 30d family have moved (rom thcir apartment to a home in Belleville. Louise and Mel Barbro arc in the process o[ moving to a new home, also.

Our tl\(~spian. George Ad:lmson, and his wife Ruth recently appeared in Collinsville's Little Theater group pro­ducrion of "Bus Stop."

Mai,/lemwa:: Harold Gegcl was prO­moted from Maintenance Engineer to Assisl3nt to the District Engineer.

The other promotions are as follows: Marion Norris lO Maintenance En­gineer and Bob Drummond to Field Engineer. ~ongratulations men on your promotions.

New Llcts in the Deparuncllt in­dude DI.:Jley Louks, who has been appointed Bridge Engineer, from De­sign, and Ray Wiedle, Engineering T echnician I, who attended the mm­mer school program at the University of Illinois.

L. R. Bailey, our Field Engineer. reti red all November 16th. H e had been a Fidd Engineer here for 13 years and with the Illinois Division of H igh­ways [or 36 years. Mr. and .Mrs. Bailey plan to depart the first of next year for ArizQn3 3nd California on a 3-month vacation, 3nd eventually .:nd up in Minnerota to b3g a few tIout. As you might guess, R3Y is an avid fisher­man . lle~t of luck, Ray. R~st:arch &' Planning: At the time

of sendi ng in news for the last issue we reported that Dick Wilcox was inc3p3citated for work with 3 brokcn leg. We are happy to report that he is back again on the job. For many wceks he hohhled around on crutches, but lately he has graduated to a cane.

A note was received from Joe Du­Four who seems lO be enjoying retire­meli lo H e certainly retired at the right time - before the Needs Study, Post Road r-.lileage Study. and the many other changeS and 3dditional work which rt:<cnlly ha\'e been alloned to Research.

Mal (iraham took several days of his v3cation to attend the r:lIllt:r­Daughter dinner at Rosary College in River forcst. His daughter, Mary.Lee, is now a Knior and he will miss these

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Research was kept busy on the POSI

Rood Mileage Study for !C\'cral weeks. \Vc wonder hnw the rural carriers C\'ct

get the m .. iI dcl.i\'c:.rcd from some of the route descriptions.

\Vc were assigned three new men who took the special course: for tech· nicians at the V. of I. Ilist summer, Dan Kohnz, Orville Fddt, and Kenny l...ohr. Dan Ralrrm:Jn, who formerly made manual LURiC (oums, was brought inm the office. Jim Cret:nl~ has returned to Construction, after ahout ten months in Rcse-Jcch, :md Rowan Woolfolk wcm back to Design afler a few months with ll!!.

Right-of-Way: At the Annual I.A.H.E. wuvellljon in PL'Oria, Jack :\Iiller and his guc:st George Bender ~plC.' a fabulous demonstration of their twisting ability and have since been besieged with numerous requests to perform in various pa rl ies.

Gerard Leon Ton ics was elected FirM Vice-President of the American Right-of-Way Association, Gateway chapter, SI. Louis. Mo. \Vc extend our congratulations and otl r thanks fo r his endeavor 10 elevate ollr profession. In­cidentally, Tonies took time to b.1by sit with one, two, three. 3.1x! four while: Mrs. Tonies had a ··fifth." Also Jerry found time to attend 3. three-dny scm· inar for the Society of Re.~id('ntial Ap· praisers in Omaha, Ncb. Jerry i~ prcsidem of the Southc:rn Illinois chapter.

Traffic: Work in the Traflic Bureau kttps growing, so now we have added two new men to try to kl.'{:p up with it. Mike Kuhn and Dan H ulliung, both E.T. I's, Sta rted work Septemher 4. We are s13r1ing to

layout No Pusing Zones in accord­ance with the: new nandHd, so the:y will have an excellent chance to get 3ClJuaimr:d with the roads of District 8.

Mr. Crawle:y, who retired last Pcb· rUMy. comes in to visit us now and thell. He apparelltly has found that life in retirement is kind of mOnoto­nous, so h.15 joined Da vid Johnston and Associau:s, Consulting Enginttrs. He looks like he is enjoyillg it , too.

Back in August f r('ci Moore had a vacation and spent it in Vnmollt at the Girl Scout National Roundup. Mn. Moore was a hostes~ and Fred was a handy man with hanlmer, saw,

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Chapter Notes pipe wrench, pick and sho\'c! and whatever other working tool5 were necessary to keep some ten thousand tent-dwcllers mnre or less comfortable ~or a cou~le of weeks: H e: reports that It was qUIre an elCpen ('ncc:.

CARBONDALE D istrict 9

By LOPTON ATNIP, JR.

The Thursday night Carbondale Highway Bowling wgue got off to a glXXi start on Octoher 25 with eight teams participating. Each team con· sists of four members and are Ir:d by the following captains: Bill Zieba, Bob Zieba, Del Arndl, Tom Gilchrist, Alex Zedialis, HiU Russell , Max Burgett and Larry Meyer. Offieeu elected at the first mec:ting are: Alex Zc:dialis. Presi­<lent: Lofton Atnip, Ir .. Vice·President; GeJlt: Bre:nninK, Sccrebry-Treasurer. At the present tillle th(' Misfits and Champs arc leading, but it niH is too early to predict anything.

Thosc :lItending Ihe Convention at Peoria were: Lofton and Shdba At­nip. Bill and ~{jke Stallman and Bob and Ellen Gates.

Wayne P. Wclch has transferred to District 9 from the Hure:au of Research and Planning in Springfield.

Richard Wright, Theodore Cald· well, Jame:s Pien:y. Don Rightnowar, James Hartsock and D3 ve Austin ha" e taken an educational leave of 3hsence.

Gary Pul!ey has returned from a Military Leave of Absence.

Dale Usher has i:lc1::11 promoted from E.T. n to C.E. I after having suc· ces~fu!ly passed the Enginecr.in-Tr3in . ing Examillation for i'rofeuionn l Enginecrs.

Harry Kerr, C.E. III with the Con­struction Department, has been sick and aW<lY {rom work for some time. E\'eryone wishes you a speedy recov­ery, Harry!

Mitchell R. Miller his position with Depart!11CIll.

resigned l'.hlerials

Jack Day. Maimenance Field En· gineer, retired at the close of business on Oetober 3. 1962. ( Heier tu Relire· ments for further details.)

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District Nine, being the home of the Sh3wnr:c National Forest., has lx:<:n a

fury of act i\·ity in preparing Forest Highway plans for [he Federal Gov­ernment's Publ ic Works Progr3m. Al­though our de$ign sraff prepared more plans than were let, we were successful in getting portions of Illinois Route 3, [46 and 43 under a resurfacing contract.

One bridge. on Ill inois Route 146 by Golcondo:t will not gel resurfaced ~s p!a~ned, due to the fact it presently IS reSlIng at the bottom of Lusk Creek in5 tc. .. d of 'pannin):; Lusk Creek, due to a trucking accident.

As wimer begins to close in all us, Mlme nf lhe Construction personnel arc coming in looking for a nice warm winter office. One of our Design per­.'iOtlncl, however, has Inovcd out 10

plant trees on Interstate Route 57. It ~ms P:lul Uiggers. who prepared the Landscape piau, was the only one whn could read the Latin names, so they sent him out. Do you know what a Quercus PalUliuis is? If so, perhaps you could help him out this winter in the snow.

Two <Iesigners have left liS in sC<lrch of greener pasture-so Ed A \'ant has gone to work for the Brown Engineer. iog Company of Huntsvill~_ Alab.lma. a missile sub-contractor. Kohen R. Gates. a long time employee of the Di\·ision. is going in with the E. M. Wehb Consulting Engincering firm ill Carbond:lic. All of us here: wish them the beSt of luck.

l\bjor H. B. 5c:nle, the Utilitie:s Enginc~r in Right-Qf-Way, spent two nice No\'ember we:eks in the Army in Ollr sister State of Missouri.

We h:l \'e 50nle Design l'lCrSOnnc:i who arc going to tackle th~ Profession. al Engineers' Examination in Chicago this munth, and we all hope they pass because it is a long way to Chicago.

Construction Department By BILL Z t EBA

Work in (he Construction Depart­ment has slowed Jown considerably in the p..ut two w('Cks. to the delight of Resident Engineer and E,T .'s who have- ~rcnl many Ions and hard houn during the mmme:r months. Many o£ them should he repon ing to the District office soon to work on final papers and for transfer to the Design Oc:.partment.

During the. past quarter, most of our work has been on F .A .I . 57 10

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F~in and Williamson Counties where numerous hridges and fuur grnding sccriolls have been under con­struction. We also h:wc two bridges under construction in Pul<lski County, and four Lmdscaping sections between Dongola and Marion wue recently awarded. The s~ctioil of EA.!. 57 between Juhnstun City llnJ Marion was o~ned recently. bringing the total length compJ.:teJ tu approximately 40 rnilt:s. The remaining work now in progress outside of [he Intnslatl" which is handled hy our Kelmlent i:'.llglllCcrS and E.T.'s, consists mostly of bridges under construction thruughout the District.

Glenn Clarida, a Resident Engineer in our Department, recently resigned and hus accepted a position with a materials testing compa ny.

We would like to express our sym­pathy to Bill Stewart and family , whose falher passed away Novemher 15 in uxington, Missouri.

CHICAGO District 10

fh (i. F. HAmr.;AuK, JIt. \Ve therefore heartily congratulate

the four llew Anistant District En· gineers - An Braming, Mike Harti· gan, Boh Kronst and Fred Kin:hncr­on their new respon~ibilities and wish them success along with any help we might give in surmounting the chal­knges facing them.

An, Bob and Fred have spent their entire professional careen with the Di­vision in this District :lIld their recent promotions are well·earned rewards fo r their many years of faithful sen'ice.

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To fill the gaps created hy the above moves, we welcome AI Baker to his new post of District Right.of.Way En­gineer. If you are interested in refresh­Lng your memory on the great things of Ai"s past you can find his biography in a recent issue of the Illinois High­way Engineer.

Hartigan 's expressway tramc empire is bei ng taken over by Lury Gassman, another serious anu able veteran uf the distri<.:t ranks. While to step into /I.·like's shoes would make most sane men s(]uirm , L1rry has spent long years in the traffic game and wound up in one of the most difficult and frustrating responsibilities - per­mit ~ngiJleer. The expressway task should look simple and neat hy com· parison and we wi~h him well as h~ continues to extend the operational empire,

\Vc also extend Ollr ben wishes to Lcs Dick~nson who was rescued from a south rotlle paving contract to fill

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the pmt vat:lted by Al Baka duwn in Roger Nusbaum's uffiee. \Ve needn't dwell on Les's ability to carry on where AI leh off - Les was fo rmer· ly a kC)' man in the local Research and Planning section and that should qual. ify him to do anything.

\Ve were most happy to hear that Carl Anderson was named "Engineer of Contract Plans and Estimates" last August. Nobody has to be told of Carl's cuntrihutions to the district and to the Assoc:;iation and any good thing that comes his way is well·deserved,

Last, hilt nO( least, we ofTer the b~st of ever),thing to Tom Mracek who left the district forces tn take the position of Chief Landscape Architect [or thl: Division.

Among those leaving is Al Kukral. Words (<lllllot convey the k eliniP uf the district <ll the loss of our AI, our long time Assistant DislriCl Engineer, who retired bst September. On Sep. tember 4th he was the guest o[ the

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Bure;au Chids and other long time employees, at which time he: was pre-­Knla) with a set of especially designed cuff links and tic: bar, embellished with th<: emblem of the Associ.1Iion. S~aking of those wOO arc missing,

we would like 10 transm it the dismay of the C ha pter otl1cers and d irectors at the number of loc11 members who arc missing [rom the monthly mcct· ings o( the Ch:tptcr. The Chicago Chapter has one of the brgest mem­bership roslers of any chaptu in the SI'Ht:- yet business was impossible to

transact at :I recent chapter mc:ding because a lj\IOrUm of jmt :I ftw memo hers could nOI he ohtained.

Any group is only as strong a~ the interest and activities of its members, :lnd one of the easiest ways to be :lctivc is to partidp:u c in the monthly meet­ings. If one docs not care to take any parl in Association afhirs, the qnotion might be: raised as to why the indi\'id­ua! even desires membership in the organization.

But, if mere is a just reaSOIl for nO( being able to attend, the meetings arc on nights which conflict with other groups, me format of the meetings is nul to yuur liking, ,he ptlce is incon\'enient, etc" - please: let the of­ficers know.

While spe.1king of wishes, we wish that a method could be de\·ised to r-=rmit all employees of Dimicts One and T en to have the opportunities now available to the "Administrative Per­sonnel " of the districtS.

Deputy Chief Highway Engineer, Roger Nusbaum, has been sponsoring a st:rieS of mOSt intaening monthly meetings for the:se lH.im in;str:u.ive groups.

Chapter Notes Among me topics of the pan have

bc:cn a sneak pre\'iew of the C.A.T.S. report, a defin it ivc rcportinlI on the financing o( highway ... , a \'isil to the Illinois ExprC3.'lway Surveillance Re­search Proj«t in Oak Park, and an inuiguing d iscussion of the Ott:lwa T cst Road find ings and their possible applications.

Thtse meetings have been eXcellent­ly prepare([ and arc del ivered by those most expert in the fields under dis­cussion . The almost perfect attend­ance at these affai rs is the beSt testimonial possible: as 10 the:ir all ~roulld excdknce. So we: offer the gratitude of the administrative: group to Roger Nusbaum and adclthe change of cre:J.ting :J. medium where our " less than administratiH:" ta lent Co1n also have benefits in the inte resting story of me mings hapr-=ning all around us.

Mc. Leo Cavanaugh of the: de:s ign dep:utmem spent a delightful three weeks in Florida resting up from the rigorous assignment on Route 53 plans.

The natural habitat for Mr. K. L. Brown is Lake of the W oods where: the fish just wai t for )'ou 10 throw in the line.

On Thursday e:vening Septe:mber 6th one hundred fifty-eight friends and associates honon:d Mr. and Mrs. A. I.. Kuhal at a farewdl dinner in the Builders ' Cluh. The evening hegan with an invocation by C.1rl Anderson of the design department with Mr. J. P. Tuthill as toastnl~ster. During the evening Mr. Tuthill call ed on all the Bureau Chiefs who presented Mr. Kukr~1 with appropriate hilarious gifts which Mr. Kukral said will be useful

in his new home. Mr. Kukral was a lso presented a Polaroid camera from the guests present and also a portable tde­vision set from anonymous donors. At the' dose of the festivities, Carl Ander­son pronounced a beautiful and touch­ing benediction as our honored guests left us to eSlablish their new home: in Sara sota, Florid1.

O ur sincere sym pamics go out to Ken Johnson on the dea th of his wi[c, and to Lonnie Lanier whose brother passed away. Also to Hon Mathi~s and John Sedivy in the death of their dads. \Ve also extend this note of condolence to Lcs Diektnson-Mr. Sedivy was us's father-in-law.

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Aerial Sun~ys first Christmas party was held in Mr. H. L. Brantlr:y's Rum­pus Ruom at his home in 1956. At that time there were about ten employees. T O(l;.y we ha\'e a total of fort y--ol1e em· ploytts. Our Christmas party this ),eOl r will be on December 15 at Grier's Vil­lage Inn. The entertainment committee wnsists of Mrs. Doris L \Vhite, Emest E. Myers, Robert J. Mueller and Rirhard T. Church. We have a lways enjoyed our parties for the re3SClIl that e\'eryone el1tt'fS into the spirit of the occasion . After the dinner we have dancing and numerous ole-fashioned parlor games until aOom one a.lll.

FLASH I ! ! ! ! nuane E. Weiss just announced that he is the proud fath er of :l six pound daughter, Carin Maxine, horn November 14, 1962. Congratu. lations.

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When the little mink died and went. to hea ven St. Peter mId rum, " We haven't had any minks up here before, So we don't kow exactly what to du for you, However, you were ;J good little mi.nk on earth and we want you to be happy, so we will give y()U anything you want,"

" Please, S1, Peter," plcadcd the little mink, "could I have a coat made outo£ chorus girls?"

Yean ago a WOnl,lfl went to the doctor to see if she could have children - now sht: got:s to thc landlorcl,

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Concluding a b~asting sermon on the evils o [ liquor, the preacher cried: "And I say that all the liquor in the nation should be thrown in the river,"

Choir leadcr : 'Thc ncxt selectioo by tbe choir will be 'Shall We Gathcr at thc River ?'"

Employcr, tu newly hired steno : "Now I h()pe yuu thor. ougbly understand the importance of punctuation."

Slenu: "Oh, yes, indeed, [ :! lways gel to work on Lime:'

Wife: "How helpless you men are! What would you do if there were no women to sew on your buttons (or you?"

Husband: " Has it occurred to you, my dear, that if there were no women we men would n~d nu buttonsi'''

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Because ot his refusal to eat, the frantic mother took her little SOil t() the great psychiatrist, who coaxed the boy with every conceivable goody ill vain. Finally he said, "What would you like to cat?"

"\Vorms," was the ca lm reply. Nut to be outdone, the medico sent his nurse out for a

pbte fu ll uf wrigglcrs. "Here," he harked [0 the boy. "I wam them fried ," ..:ame the answer. The nurse fried them and returned with the plate. " I oilly want olle," said the food hater. The doctor gut rid of all but one. "Now," he exploded,

"eat! " The boy protested, "You eat half." The doc did, tht:u he dangled the remaining half in the

linle fellow's face. The ooy burst into loud tears. "What's the matter now?" yellt:d the in furiated medic.

"You ate my half," the little: boy wailed.

Sadie: That husband of mine is a worm if there ever was one.

Daisy: Yes, I JUSt saw u chicken pick him up.

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The customer was poking around the fru it counter. try­ing to get something as cheaply as possible. H e finally settled 00 live apples and handed them to the clerk.

"That will be 8sc, please," the clerk said . The customer handed the clerk a dollar hill and started

to walk out. "You forgot your change, sir," the clerk called aner him. "That's all right," the customer said, '" stepped on a

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To develop the new system, standards of serviceability were established in the form of an index for rating pavements from 0 to 5, 0-1 being "Very Poor," 4-5 being " Very Good." A rat­ing panel of qualified people from the h.ig,hway field was set up. Using this index, panel members each rated, on the basis of personal judgment, 138 in-use sections of concrete and asphalt in 3 states and at the Road Test.

The 138 pavements were a lso instrument mea­sured. From these data, a formula was developed which permitted instrument measurenlents to duplicate closely the rating panel's judgments on the 0 to 5 scale. The measuremen ts were primarily

The superior performance demonstrated by coo­crete at the Road Test was made technically mean­ingful by the index. It indicated on all 5 traffic loops the ability of concrete to retain a greater degree of rideability.

The serviceability index provides new evidence that concrete can assure long-range driver satis­faction on pavements of all classes . Write for your free copy of " Pavement Performance in tlte 'National Road Test," (U.S. and Canada only).

Portland Cement Association 111 West Washi:lgten Stre~. Chicage 2, III

A national or"",i_rion to impro". end Il"tend tl,e UII'~ of concretE