16 MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



RAILWAYS AND FOREST PROTECTION we have heard so much in the rate hearings NEW WATER POWER PERMITS. 



By R. H. Aishton, Vice-President of the lately, would be particularly disastrous. A new form ()f water er mjt and new 



Chicago & Northwestern Railway. ^ =, remember the d^y ^ when .the north water m h 



An address delivered at the Lake States Con- g * ^^^^taSj g.-gfi 2?! forests have bee', approved by the Sec- 



successful agriculture carried on right up to retary of Agriculture. The important changes 



have been asked to prepare a paper on alu ] beyond Lake Superior, and where for- under the new regulations are, that they pro- 

 the interests of the railways in protecting m erly the forest held sway we find today vide for the issuance of a preliminary permit 

 forests. First, let us consider what are the prosperous and contented settlers improving which secures to the party making the first 

 interests of the railways in these three states tne land, raising crops and sustaining not only application protection during the time neces- 

 represented in the conference, and through themselves but the large communities incident sary to make his final surveys and procure the 

 which these railways pass. In Minnesota to th - at territory. Had this territory been data for the issuance of the final permit. 

 there are, approximately, 33,400,000 acres of deforested through fires, the ability to get The new permits will terminate at the ex- 

 forest area: in Wisconsin, approximately, se ttlers to go in here would have been limited piration of fifty years, unless revoked sooner 

 20,300,000 acres of torest area, and in Michi- as _ in a great many cases even the soil itself by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 

 gan, approximately, 24,300,000, making a total is destroyed or rendered unfertile through charge will be based upon the net horsepower 

 in the three great states of 78,000,000 acres of fires pass j ng over it, and the ability therefore capacity of the plant, beginning with a charge 

 forest that we are here to try to protect. to develop agriculturally is gone. of 10 cents per horsepower during the first 



In Minnesota, located within the forest area The q uest j on now occurs, what, with all year and rising gradually 10 cents per year to 

 alone, there are 2,000 miles of railway; in their varied interests in the prevention of for- $1 per horsepower in the tenth year, which 

 Wisconsin there are 2,300 miles, and in Mich- est fires> have the ra ii ways done to prevent charge will continue thereafter. 

 igan there are 3.200 miles, or in the three them? j know wnat the general practice has Computed for the 50-year period, the charge 

 great states 7,500 miles, lying wholly within been x]nder the new permit is about 3() per cent less 



the forest area, and this does not include log- First Maintenance of a clean right of way, than that under the old form. Provision is 

 gmg roads, double tracks, sidings, spurs or free from brush stu m ps an d rubbish. made for readjustment every ten years of the 



anything but main tracks. Second. Co-operation with the fire ward- factors upon which the estimated capacity of 



In the operation of these railways, and ns in kee pin g the right of way thoroughly t he plant is computed. 



used exclusively within ;this forested area. cleaned up and bur ned off. It is believed that the new regulations will 



there are, in the state of Minnesota in regu- Tn i r d. Absolutely prohibiting the setting encourage extensive water power development 

 lar service, 350 locomotives; in Wisconsin, Qf fifes by sect ; on men , O r other employes, j n t he national forests under provisions which 

 450, and in Michigan, 530, or an approximate t dur i ng tbe winter months or under the w jn fu n y protect the interests of the people. 



total of 1,330, employed regularly, and this direction cr order of the fire warden. 



does not take into account extra locomotives Fourth Installation of the very best and END O F A PATRIARCH. 



required for relief, shopping, or to meet emer- f anm-m-p^t npttinu in the front ends of 



opnrips rr exigencies in business- and it is approved netting in tne A i nte rested crowd watched the destruc- 



locomotives, and constant investigation and . rni.-i.jtt.-. 11 



safe to sav that to perform the service in, the ili-ince tint tlon of one of Philadelphia's old landmarks 



forested area in these states there are em- e ^ er n p ien "_* en Twelfth street above Chestnut, the 



ployed each year-at some period of the year Pm,ses ^> ve r r e y lle t f ho r r ^ gl ir s e yst m T , spec" gigantic elm tree which for years shaded the 

 or other approximately 1.800 locomotives. e V forr! nf the condition vard of the Friend-' meetinghouse, and wh'ch 



The magnitude of the traffic through these tlo at n d a rr' n ,u V rep' urf o has a pediuree second to none in Philadel- 

 districts can probably be best indicated by of netting, and phia The , ( , e]m was a branch of t]le famous 



the statements that in the forest area of ham ; 'L" , ar 'tic-,ilarlv drv oeriods the Perm treaty elm in Kensington, under which 



Minnesota there are moving daily 126 pass- J^LS of height Svic? d'uring day- William Penn made his treaty with the In- 

 enger trains; in Wisconsin, 240. and in Michi- ,. , t, r< . dians. 





total of 940 freight trains daily, all of which A S th By inTt?uing train crews and the erect.cn of the adjacent high buildings .t 

 move through this forest district. rewf on the importance of avoiding ceased to thrive, and recently showed signs of 



in decay, ami it was deemed necessary for he- 



ena crew 



It is hardly necessary for me to call your Suity of setting tires, and directing decay, ami it was deemed necessary or e- 



attention to the fact that the railways are, ^ ^Te if found on the right of way, safety of pedestrians to remove entirely the 



and will be for years to come, the greatest t(j their tfains whe rever practical and put W landmark. 



single consumers of the products of this tun- jt ' QT in cases where their own , or any CLASSY CAR 



her country, and furnish a ready market for Qther train> wou , d be elulange red by such 



the settlers, lumbermen, and for other inter- gt b leaving word with the first agent At the recent automobile show held at 'Ma 



ests. and they realize fully, I think, the bene- Qr S g ct j on crew an d having them start back ison Square Garden. Xew York, a feature that 



fits accruing to them through conservation of ^ thg he | poss i b i e to put out the fire. attracted special attention and commendation 



the remaining forest areas in these states vVhat further can the railways do? 1 am was the simplicity of the Case car. 



lying right at their doors, and they also real- v f ran k to say that I do not know. One of the most popular cars of last year 



ize fully that for every dollar they pay for They. believe that the protection of the for- was the Pierce-Racine, and the present Case 



pih'ng, posts, lumber or ties throughout this gsts now conserves the revenues of the rail- car is identically the same car. the factor 



district a certain portion of it comes back to w _j n the future, and to many of the rail- the Pierce Company being n<~ w tinder the 



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them necessarily through the cleaning up and w ' it means t heir future life and prosperity, management of the J. I. Case Threshing Ma- 



cultivation of the country; the bringing in of -fjhey believe that the protection of the for- chine Company, of Racine. Wisconsin. A' 



an additional number of people who are ca- ests m be be ttered by more efficient con- though the Case car is not generally known 



pable of earning a livelihood, and for whom j , the omcers o f the states over all the in the United States, the great interest shown 



they must transport the necessaries of life, j nterc | ts engaged in business in the timber in this car and the large number of orders 



and to whom they must look for their sup- , lleas taken at the show have encouraged the Case 



port. The believe ; n taxation that will enable a Company to believe that the Case car will be 



i-rom another standpoint: Minnesota north- well tra ; ne( i and efficient force to be organ- one of the most popular cars in America i 



ern Wisconsin and Michigan _ forest ]zed and mainta i ned in each state, and en- 1011. 



country is today the most attractive tishmg. dmved w ; t!l po i lce powers for the protection The Case car has earned a reputation for 



hunting and summer resort territory left in of the f ores ts both simplicity and silence, there being no 



this great country of ours and is tributary to T - believe the interests are so great and freakish ideas embodied in its construction. 



the greatest centers of population in the so i dent i c al that settlers lumbermen, manu- which, although extremely light, is neverthe- 



i-ountry w.th the single exception of the At- f acture r s and railways, and every other inter- less very strong and rigid. Through a 



lantic seaboard. The railways, more than est s h ou l d unite in a plan to which all can designs in valve motions, extreme sill 



anybody else, appreciate the possibilities of work which wou ]d be harmful to no interest obtained in the motor. 



the prr per conservation, care and develop- but beneficial to all When the J. I. Case Company decked to 



ment of these areas, and that where they now ' _ incorporate the selling of automobiles in their 



carry people by the hundreds to these resorts organization, they were one of the oldest 



they will soon be carrying them by the thou- A Case Torpedo car was driven by Mr. en gj nee ring firms in America, doing business 



sands with resulting benefit both to them- Stephen Bull Robinson, son of Mr. Frederick since 1842. It was decided to buy one of the 



selves and to the communities residing within Robinson, Vice-President of the J. I. Case very best automobile factories and to turn 



these districts. Threshing Machine Company, from Denver, O nt a Case car that would be unsurpassed by 



We have heard a great deal lately about the Colorado, overland to North Platte, Nebraska, a ny other builder of automobiles, and the 



cost of living. With the wiping out of the a distance of 279 miles, in nine hours. As the favor with which the public have looked upon 



tie, post and lumber supply through this country is not a prairie this is somewhat of an the Case car is a compliment to the brains 



northern lumber country, the effect on the endurance run. The Case Torpedo came of the Case organization when they selectee! 

 maintenance cost to the railways, about which through n. excellent shape and good condition, and acquired the Pierce-Racine, 



