DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1931 123 



(8) Improvements 



The building programme was continued as time permitted, much work 

 being done during the winter months. Twenty-five steel towers were erected, 

 292 miles of permanent telephone line built and six radio stations installed. 



Radio stations are now installed at Cat Lake, Swains Lake, Red Lake, 

 Gold Pines, Goose Island, Lake St. Joseph, Savant Lake, Caribou Lake, Fort 

 Hope, Sioux Lookout (2 stations), Otter Lake, Kenora, Upper Manitou Lake, 

 Nesters Falls, Jackfish Island, Obonga Lake, Garden Lake, Macdiarmid, Port 

 Arthur, Pukaskwa, Sault Ste. Marie, Little Abitibi Lake, Adair Tower, Stimson, 

 Latchford Township, North Bay, Delhi Township, Maple Mountain Tower, 

 Mount Collins Tower, and Elk Lake. 



Permanent Improvements 



Completed to October 31st, 1931 



Cabins 321 



Storehouses 72 



Boathouses 36 



Combined Storehouses and Boathouses, etc 14 



Bunkhouses 62 



Offices 16 



Garages 52 



Other Buildings Ill 



Hose Towers 54 



Wooden Lookout Towers 114 



Steel Lookout Towers 140 



Permanent Telephone Lines (miles) 3,342 



Temporary Telephone Lines (miles) 72 



(9) Air Operations 



From the standpoint of personnel and machines the year 1931 was disastrous. 

 Two pilots, P. A. Hutton and A. J. Runciman, and two Air Engineers, C. V. 

 Greer and L. Mewburn, were killed and four machines washed out. 



Aircraft were originally alloted as follows: 



Goose Island 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Caribou Lake 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Sioux Lookout 1 Hamilton 



1 Moth 

 Kenora 1 Hamilton 



1 Moth 

 Fort Frances 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Port Arthur 1 Fairchild 



1 D.H. 61 

 Orient Bay 1 Hamilton 



1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Twin Lakes 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Oba Lake 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 



Remi Lake 1 Moth 



Sault Ste. Marie 1 Moth 



Biscotasing 1 Moth 



Sudbury 2 Moths 



Elk Lake 1 Moth 



