562 Forestry Quarterly. 



The construction of fire guards is also being handled under 

 Order 16570, in the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and 

 Manitoba. A plowed strip sixteen feet in width on each side 

 of the track, at a distance of less than three hundred feet, is re- 

 quired, throughout the three Provinces, except where a satis- 

 factory showing is made by the railway company that such con- 

 struction is either unnecessary or impracticable. 



Notice has been served by the Solicitors for the Canadian Pa- 

 cific, Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways, of 

 the intention of these Companies to appeal to the Supreme Court 

 of Canada from certain features of Order No. 16570 of the Board 

 of Railway Commissioners for Canada, issued under date of May 

 22, igi2, and covering the prevention and control of railway fires 

 in the Dominion. The specific points with regard to which appeal 

 is to be taken are as follows : ( i ) The provision in Regulation 

 4 which requires that each railway company shall provide in- 

 spectors for the inspection of locomotive equipment in use upon 

 its own lines; (2) The provision in Regulation 5 that engines 

 found defective with regard to fire-protective appliances may be 

 removed from service by any authorized officer of the Board; 

 (3) Regulation 8, which prohibits the burning of lignite on loco- 

 motive engines; (4) The provision of Regulation 14, which pre- 

 scribes the duties of certain railway employees in case a fife is 

 discovered along the right of way. 



It does not appear that the railway companies are attacking- 

 the authority of the Board to require the companies to establish 

 fire patrols, to extinguish fires along the rights of way, and to 

 construct fire guards, which are really the fundamental features 

 of Order 16570. 



At a preliminary hearing held August 8, leave to appeal was 

 refused with regard to Regulations 4 and 14. The other points 

 to which exception is taken by the railway companies will be 

 considered at a later date. 



An interesting color print accompanied by a pamphlet, comes 

 to us from the Netherlands, which would seem more appropriately 

 to have originated from Canada or the United States. It shows 

 a forest on fire and calls on the people to prevent forest fire,. 



