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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



BRIDGE OVER WEST FORK OF TATSOP RIVER. 130 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER. WITHIN 

 ONE MILE ON THIS SAME ROAD IS THE TWIN OF THE BRIDGE. IT IS ESTIMATED 

 THAT THE LAST lyi MILES OF THIS ROAD, INCLUDING THESE BRIDGES, COST NEARLY 

 $100,000 TO PUT INTO OPERATION. IT IS STRICTLY A LOGGING ROAD. SIMPSON 

 LOGGING CO.. SHELTON, WASH. 



selecting camp sites and in locating 

 landings. At the landing there should 

 be enough grade toward the main track 

 to drop the loaded cars by gravity and 

 yet not too much grade, as that would 

 make this proceeding dangerous. It 

 IS very easy to let a loaded car get 

 away on a grade, and even where prop- 

 er precautions are taken as to safety 

 switches and derailing devices a great 

 deal of damage may be done by such a 

 run away. 



While much more might be said on 

 this subject, to go into further detail 

 would more likely prove confusing 

 rather than enlightening. So I will 

 proceed to other phases of the work 

 with which you will probably come in 

 contact. 



Perhaps, next to the purely engineer- 

 ing side of your work will come fire 

 protection. It is quite true that the 

 greater part of this country is patrolled 

 more or less thoroughly by one of the 



fire protective associations. But in 

 nearly every instance the efifectiveness 

 of their patrol depends almost entirely 

 on the co-operation of the logging com- 

 panies. And nine times out of ten the 

 actual handling of any fire on your 

 lands will devolve on you. Hence, the 

 necessity of adequate preventative 

 measures, such as the burning of slash, 

 clearing up of the railroad right of way, 

 construction of fire trails, and organi- 

 zation of the logging force so that at a 

 moment's notice it may be converted 

 into an efficient fire fighting body with 

 proper equipment, ready for use. In 

 this one particular alone the logging 

 companies of this section have per- 

 haps more room for improvement than 

 in any other branch of their organiza- 

 tion. I sincerely believe that enough 

 property, camps, logs, donkey sleds, 

 etc., together with the often misplaced 

 energies of a typical logging crew fight- 

 ing fire, would fully meet the expense 



