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TELEPHONE LINES. 



In order to summon help readily and to get men to the scene of 

 any fire at short notice, a telephone line connecting witlj headquarters 

 should be erected. Telephone boxes should be located along the 

 patrol route, at the logging camps, and at other frequented spots. 

 A line along the logging tramroad already exists, and the expense 

 of slightly extending this should be small. 



ADDITIONAL MEASURES OF PROTECTION. 



To call the attention of campers, hunters, and the like to the fire 

 danger, warning notices should be posted in frequented places on 

 the tract. Every effort should be made by the patrolman and the 

 officers of the company to enlist the interest of the local inhabitants, 

 on and about the tract, in the prevention of fires. Public sentiment 

 is often one of the strongest factors in any protective effort. 



If the accumulation of debris on cut-over lands were disposed of, 

 the danger from fire would be greatly reduced, and any fires that 

 startevi could be far more easily controlled. The cost of piling and 

 burning slash may, however, prove prohibitive, and it is only by 

 experiments that its feasibility can be determined. 



COST OF PROTECTION. 



The following estimate of the cost of protection for the first year 

 is believed to be conservative. In actual practice many of the 

 expenses can probably be reduced. 



Fire lines 20 miles per township, at $15 $300. 00 



Patrol one patrolman, at $75 per month for four months 300. 00 



Three tool stations with tools, at $15 each 45. 00 



Cost per township 645. 00 



Cost per acre .03 



In the above estimate no account is taken of telephone lines, since 

 their cost will vary greatly. One patrolman is charged to a town- 

 ship, but in actual practice should cover nearly two, and this should, 

 in some measure, balance the cost of the telephone. 



THE PLAN IN EXECUTION. 



The fire-protection plan just outlined was put in operation by the 

 Forest Service in cooperation with the McCloud River Lumber Com- 

 pany in the summer of 1905. Some of the fire lines shown on the 

 accompanying map, however, were constructed the previous season. 

 The general execution of the plan was in the hands of an agent of the 

 Forest Service. 



CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE LINES. 



The fire lines at McCloud were constructed in the fall of 1904 and 

 in the spring of 1905, when the slash was not too wet to burn readily 



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