26 REPORT OF SPECIAL FORESTRY COMMITTEE 



laws in the country for reducing the number of for- 

 est fires set by railway locomotives, donkey, traction 

 and portable engines. One inspector is employed 

 and each season he inspects between 600 and 700 

 locomotives, and sees that the railroad rights of way 

 are kept clean and free of inflammable material. 

 The inspector is paid $5 a day and his traveling 

 expenses. 



Cruiser and Trespass Agent 



One timber cruiser is employed and this man also 

 acts as trespass agent. His duties are to look after 

 the 88,822 acres of land owned by the State outside 

 of the forest reserve, to prevent timber trespass and 

 to report on all sales of land or timber. He receives 

 $5 a day and his traveling expenses. 



Care of State Parks 



The Legislature in 1913 gave the care and super- 

 vision of the State Parks to the State Board of For- 

 estry and made the following appropriations for their 

 maintenance and improvement for two years: 



Park Acreage Appropriation 



Peninsula State Park 3,700 acres $18,000 



Marquette State Park 1,671 acres 8,000 



Devil's Lake State Park 1,040 acres 10,000 



Interstate State Park 550 acres 2,000 



Total 6,961 acres $38,000 



Camp for Convalescent Consumptives 



The State Board of Forestry is co-operating with 

 the State Board of Control in establishing a camp 

 for convalescent consumptives on the shores of 

 Tomahawk Lake, in Oneida county. The patients 

 will be given work both in the forest nursery at 

 Tomahawk Lake and in forest planting. 



Forest Ranger School 



The State Board of Forestry is co-operating with 

 the University in conducting a course which trains 



