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lethal volts

on Hydro's
“het lines _

i ‘+ By RUTH HALLOCK
a have 287,000 *olts of lethal electricty coursing atone
a cable,
‘So you hat: wrap your hands around it,
_- Providing of course that you use the old bird-on-the-wire
tech a
:. And providing ‘ ‘aldo thatyouknow what theheck you're. doing
‘ike Dave Nelson and Gordie Ross.
Ross and Nelson are hot line men for the hydro company,
fellows who are pulled in when trouble develops on the lines.
They travel the provirce and they’re specialty ‘is to make '.
repairs 4 without turning off the juice.
: A power cutoff can cost thousands of dollars to industrial
. users of electricity. -
Dave Nelson, -58, and Gordie Ross, 31, both -hot-Line”
; experts from Vancouver, wereinTerraceldst’ Thursday waiting
for dry weather which would permit them to get out on the
: Terrace-Prince Rupert mainline and wrestle with 287,000
f 6§—sovolta, barehanded,
zz ‘Barehanded’’. is the term used in the trade, but of course
/ 6° the hot-lne men wear insulated gloves and clothing during
. the job, . If they didn't, B.C. Hydro would have a heavy staff
, turnover in this particular department.
. It’s a highly dangetons Je Job, and ghe that requires a clear
_ mind and quick but steady hand
: Nelson, who: started. hot-line Work in the late 1920's,
: using insulated sticks, said: “In this type of work we like to
* get in, get the job done, and get out just'as quickly as possible,
Waiting around for rain to stop is a rough business,"
‘This type of work’’ in the Terrace area last Thursday
> meant riding a copter into the Tyee tie-in point, climbing a
transmission tower, rigging a swinging 20 foot boonr stick
’ and cables with fibreglas and Epoxy, donning special carbon
lined suits and gloves and then ‘slipping into a small bosun’s
’ chair at the end of the three inch boom stick and filrting with
_ 207,000'volts of instant death,
The men spell each other off every 30 minutes. .
On'the Tyee job, Nelson and Ross, were required to place
dampers (18 pound weights) on conductors in order to stop
fatigue in the system from a vibration that had developed.
They were called in 80 that a power shutdown would not be
Necessary. - ;

The men don’t claim to be heroes. ,

Said Nelson, a lean, silver haired man with a soft accent:
‘We're always consclous-of the voltage when we do a.job, :
but, you get: used to’ it and it’s really no more dangerous than
driving ,a' car-on-a super ‘highway, provided you know what ©

; youre, doing,’

: Ross, a big, good humowred young man,.who leayned the

: Antricate hot-line profession from.Nelson, commented: “You

; sertainly never get bared with ydor work?”

3 But 287,000 volta is routine for the palr. . They've, both done
. barehanded work. on laboratory lines with a surgeas high as -

863,000 volts. Nelson also worked Canada’s top hizh voltage’
line in Quebec; one that registers at 760,000 volts. . -

; ‘Their next major dob will be the 500, 000 volt Line from the
Peace River, = «

“You have to like the - work in order: to do it,” Nelson
| pointed out, “And our assistants have. ta. be well briefed
before we start a job.’’ .

: The local hot-line job had Jim Meridey and Ray. Clifford.

‘of Terrace doing the assist and learning some pointers.

’ Insurance rates are no higher for the hot-line’ men than

‘for an’ ordinary hydro lineman, perhaps because of the low
accident incidence, |

When a man is touching high tension lines with only a thin

layer. of insulation between’ himself and eternity, he soon

develops an acuity and-adeptness that ensure complete safety.

Nelson: and Ross are ‘working constantly, and thelr joint

pet peeve is probably people who shoot insulators -off power:

ereThat Kind of thing usually sends us out on a job because
the only alternative would be a power shutdown, This‘can be
very costly to some’ consumers, if they’re running amine or
a smelter or @ kraft pulp mill,’

They ‘sum up their dob with B. C, Hydro as, “preventative

maintenance,’”.
5 But we'd rather you summed [t up for yourself, All you
‘have to do in order to get the picture is watch the birds when
- ‘they try to perch ona high tension line, « -
& ‘Hydro men call the method used by Nelson and Ross,
the “bird on the wire’ technique.
i ‘But birds don’t have to sit: out Terrace rainstorms,
! playing cribbage, and wondering if tomorrow will he the day.

A taste of
peanut butter

has registered 7.22 inches at
rainfall for this wettest of wet
months, So much for paper Hal-

oh ae Hee,

eynical male,
Currently

female face,

ity Centre.

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la note of recognition here for

‘the Ladies of the Order of the

Royal Purple, Terrace lodge, who: ,

alsa contributed a great deal’ “on masks!

of help in the-recent drive for. @ oe oe

funds for the Canadian National wo,

Institute for. the Blind, Cam un Sout Fn ae vr
wo

paign chalrman, Kar: Elling- nein iNee B t

| a few: | year,
hours 400 rushing init OORP |us_a‘total of 9,12 inches of rain

tg the Liat of helpera carried in: and 1,6 inches of snow.
the CNIB story last Maus. i * ce

“Add “itst of idlote, the | Guess welll have to trot out a|
to. jour rbage |name:.for- Lester Peargon that |

one who apirited:a full: ga
ean away fronithe Watmough rea- | packs 6: ‘lithe more whallo than
Prime. x, Seems everyone |.

idence at 4705 Graham Avenue
last Thurdday night, Lady house. | 1s using that these dayal
_ Roller, wanhed anti: eres : Le: “e, * i
a read tendry ” “Back to the vain stories. Met, |.

various, ‘and sundry refuse, |:
a very concerned young mother

Finder may keep the garbage
but owner would like the can jlast week, whose five year oid
son had. almost drowned in: a

back as it has sentimental val-
ve.” And it hag some: sentiment. |“‘inud puddle", He came ‘home |.
al value, ‘The lUttle boy ‘of the |wet to his armpits and said he
house: talked very long and ¢on- had" waded into: a pud: puddle on:
vineingly until a new one waa jthe | - Clarence’: Michtel school-
resplendent at- the. Graham Ave- grounds and ended up swimming
nue residence, Now they're hav /a- little’ to. “get out. RCMP were
oon Oe sor peo “puddle. ‘out ee
Bi m m6. e Joust
-_ ‘Grip cris thing hiding a hole 30: inches.’ wide, hin

| ral hole ba fled wih rate over. |
oi “enrace’s average yearly ne | hole (i over-
io fall. is 52° en and Ceteber: owed (and Tee appataatly

ap already given us more planks

43) per cont of it for 1067,’ Up |the hole . waa ae otover from:
to 4:00 a.m, ‘on Friday, “Oct- ali daya, It as quickly
_ be the leport me station ed in, 2 oie

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in’ Terrace ‘a “gal
by the name of Lorraine Byrd she objected.
is set to delve even deeper into
the mystery of making up the

She’s going to. talk about it
in the next of the. Housewives’
Colleze lectures at tha Commun-

‘The talk is ‘Scheduled for 8
p.m, November 1,.

; Thera's no sawduet onthe floor now.
No bellowing honky-tonk. But when aman ‘calls for a real
beer, he atl means tho samo thing, Beer brewed slow and —
natural In the henest-to-goodness Old Style way. Comin’. up:
serthies: more a t Bore , besheeiiing beer, aud Btyle. Seer,

' CHECKING BEAUTY AIDS is makewp exert Lorraine Byrd,
’ November ‘1. lecturer in Housewives College at the

; _Tamnity Centre. Sory below.

Dabs, drops,. topic:
for local. _women:.

Little dabs of powder, -

_ Uttle’ drops .
make the ladies’ faces
look like what they aint.
“That immortal verse’ was. put her list.
together by some: unidentified if are. on her *

‘o£ paint,

See

| wasran — By ‘wousows (1A): |

, ai id tp nt a

Lorraine has some pet peeves qa
-|.on the misuse of make-up.

“Beautifully” ‘dressed women
whose only make-up is lipstick’?

CAL. you gee ig ved ligstick
coming out of a white face,” ”

‘She objects - strongly. to the |-
use of soap and water — on
the female face — points out
that it takes eight rinses to
remove: soap from the pores.

Also on her list of nasties,

are younger girls who put on
too much make-up. ne

No filckering gaalight.

-

Terrace District Chambor of
Commerce hag labelled a cut in | W4
train services here “aatep backs

The Chamber criticized decl.
alon of Canadian National. Rall.
ways eit passenger train service
on the northern . BC, route in
half, .

The ‘move brovght a protest
from Skeena M,P, Frank Howard
in the House of "Commons, and
strong criticism from Terrace
Chamber of Commerce,

The Chamber letter, signed by
president -Willy Schneider, said:

"Road ‘conditions make car
travelling a rather hazardous

the winter time, This situation
is madé worse this yéar by healy
-| construction projects which make
the highway nearly impassable
at ce:

The chamber letter said that

preferred to travel by irain in
winter rather than risk cara,

“This area is growing at a
fast rate,’ Schneider said, “The
proposed cutback inrallroad-ser-

Lucky scouts

SUTTON COLDFIELD, Eng-
land (CP) — A troop of boy
1) scouts abandoned the tradition-

al cooking fire when they went
on a three-day expedition, Their
food was pre-cooked and deliv-
Sjered by a catering company, It
allowed more time for ‘adven-
‘ture’, sald the organizer.

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Terrace. “chamber wa aris: :

CN train cut ‘backward step’

undertaking. in this area during |.

many sales and business people | -

vies, f5 defintely a step back.

The Terrace Chamber: of Cons
merce sald that while the local

be considéred profitable, busl
ness would increase if passeng-
ors were assured of regular ser
ce, _
“We feel that, volume cannot
be built up by closing the door to
a service whichis much needed,’ a
Schneider said. "--
Effective Sunday, Octiber. 25,
Terrace will receive only one!

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