CONTENTS. 9 



Improvements Continued . 



Transportation Continued. Page. 



Bridges 77 



Water transportation : . 77 



Speeders 77 



Purchase of equipment 77 



Communication 77 



Signals 77 



Mail service 77 



Telephones 77 



Telephone plans 78 



Range improvement 78 



Timber sale improvements 78 



Protective improvements 78 



Ranger stations 78 



Cost ; 78 



Survey of administrative sites '. 79 



Procedure 79 



Allotments 79 



Improvement contingent 79 



Cost keeping 79 



Annual statistical report (Form 446) 79 



Cooperation 79 



Rights of way 79 



Title to lands for improvement 80 



Signs 80 



Disposal of debris 80 



Contracts 80 



Requests for bids 80 



The purchase of material 80 



Contracted materials 80 



Purchase of barb wire 80 



Standard telephone equipment 81 



Telephone wire 81 



"U. S. F. S." stock 81 



Insulators and brackets Instruments 81 



Purchase of improvements 81 



Relinquishment of unperfected entry 81 



Property: 



Custody and accountability 81 



Responsibility 81 



Individual accountability 82 



Service accountability 82 



Expendable and nonexpendable property 82 



Supply depot, Ogden, Utah 82 



Requisitions 82 



Shortage or error in shipment 83 



Methods of shipment 83 



Property procured by purchase 83 



Forest custodian 84 



Property procured by transfer ! . . 84 



Property to individuals 84 



Property accounting on the National Forests 84 



Custodian's record 84 



Ranger's record 85 



Loss of property 85 



Abandonment 86 



Condemnation of property having no sale value 86 



Condemnation of property having a sale value 86 



Annual property return 87 



Property auditor's report 87 



Property inspection 87 



Storage 87 



Final settlement. . 87 



