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Upon the initiative of the Dominion Parks Branch, the E. B. 

 Eddy Company, of Hull, Quebec, are printing notices upon thou- 

 sands of their match boxes, warning the public against the danger 

 of forest fires resulting from carelessness with matches in the 

 woods. This would be a most excellent example for all match 

 manufacturers to follow. 



Canadian railways are taking a constantly increasing interest 

 in the matter of forest-fire prevention along their lines. Both the 

 Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific Railways have provided 

 public notices in smoking compartments, warning against the 

 throwing of lighted matches, cigarettes and cigars from the train. 

 The Canadian Pacific has printed fire warnings on the menu 

 cards. The Canadian Pacific and the Canadian Northern Rail- 

 ways print fire prevention matter in their advertising literature, 

 particularly in the circulars intended for campers, tourists, etc. 

 A large percentage of the fire loss is preventable, and there is a 

 steadily increasing realization of the fact that most of the loss can 

 be avoided through the creation of an intelligent public sentiment 

 along this line. 



The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway has announced that con- 

 tracts have been let and other arrangements made for the installa- 

 tion of crude oil as locomotive fuel on their passenger engines 

 to be operated between Prince Rupert, B. C, and Jasper, Alberta, 

 a distance of 718 miles. It is expected that this installation will 

 be complete by next Jime. The announcement does not cover 

 the use of oil-burners on freight engines, it being understood that 

 these will continue to use coal, at least for the present. 



The entrance of the Grand Trunk Pacific into the list of oil- 

 burning raiways will nearly double the oil-burning mileage of 

 Canada, the total of which is 726 miles at the present time, all 

 in British Columbia. This is made up of 477 miles of Canadian 

 Pacific lines, 134 miles of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo, and 115 

 miles of the Great Northern. 



The use of oil fuel by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway will 

 undoubtedly reduce the fire hazard along its lines, but will by no 

 means do away with it altogether. Experience has shown that 

 if oil-burning engines are properly handled, the danger of starting 



