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not entirely so, as there seems as yet 

 to be no satisfactory appliance that 

 will wholly prevent the escape of live 

 sparks from stacks under extreme 

 conditions. 



{Second.) The extinguishing of 

 fire, live coals and ashes deposited up- 

 on tracks or rights of way outside of 

 yard limits. Fortunately there now 

 seems to be very little trouble from 

 this source. 



{Third.) The non-use of lignite 

 coal. There are vast deposits of lig- 

 nite in the prairie provinces, and 

 much trouble has been experienced 

 in the past through fires caused by 

 the use of this fuel on railw^ays. It 

 finally became necessary to prohibit 

 its use entirely as locomotive fuel. 



{Fourth.) The establishment and 

 maintenance of fire guards in the 

 prairie sections. The application of 

 this requirement has so far been lim- 

 ited to portions of Alberta, Sas- 

 katchewan, and Manitoba, where 

 there is danger of grass or stubble 



fires. The Chief Fire Inspector is 

 given full authority to prescribe 

 how, when and where fire guards 

 are to be constructed. 



{Fifth.) Regulation of burning of 

 inflammable material along rights of 

 way. The Railway Act requires that 

 railway companies shall at all times 

 maintain and keep their rights of 

 way free from dead or dry grass, 

 weeds and other unnecessary com- 

 bustible matter. It has been found 

 that a certain amount of regulation 

 is necessary, in order to prevent the 

 burning of debris at dangerous times 

 by irresponsible employees, tlnis con- 

 stituting a serious fire menace. 



{Sixth.) The last of the special 

 requirements is with regard to the 

 reporting and extinguishing of fires 

 by railway employees. Where the 

 fire danger is not great, the situation 

 is sufficiently taken care of as a rule, 

 by the requirement that conductors, 

 engineers, and trainmen shall take 

 particular pains to report any fires 



Snow fence consisting of row of maple trees along railway right of way. Forest 

 planting is gradually replacing the old style of wooden fences to protect railway 

 tracts against drifting snow. Note plowed fire guard to protect trees against fire. 



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