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respect than ever, and in not a few instances their clearings have 

 been extended considerably beyond the right of way with the 

 consent of property owners. 



This is by no means an expression of satisfaction with what 

 has been done by all the roads, for some have failed to do 

 anything, and even in South Jersey the quality of the work is 

 variable. This, however, is only natural in view of the position 

 taken by the Forest Commission, that so long as the constitu- 

 tionality of the law is in question it will strive only to secure the 

 construction and maintenance of fire lines by voluntary action, 

 not by an attempt to enforce the provisions of the act. 



The new work done by each railroad may be summarized thus : 



Pennsylvania Railroad. 



In the fall of 1910 it was arranged that fire lines should be 

 extended at the following points : i . Along the Philaidelphia 

 and Long Branch Railroad, (a) between Pemberton and 

 New Lisbon, about two and one-fourth miles; (b) east of 

 Toms river, about four miles; (c) on the Browns Mills branch, 

 about three miles. 2. Along the Freehold and Jamesburg 

 Agricultural Railroad, (a) east of Fairfield, about five-eighths 

 of a mile; (b) west of Farmingdale, about three-eighths of 

 a mile; (c) between Farmingdale and Manasquan, about two 

 and seven-eighths miles. 3. Along the Camden and Atlantic 

 Railroad, (a) between Lucaston and West Berlin, one and one- 

 eighth miles; (b) between Berlin and Atco, one and one- fourth 

 miles. 4. On the Maurice River branch, at various points be- 

 tween Manumuskin and Port Norris, two 1 and one- fourth miles, 

 5. Ori the BHdgeton branch, at various points between Aura 

 and Finley, five and one-half miles. 6. On the Salem branch, 

 at various points between Tomlin and Riddleton, two and one- 

 half miles; a total of 25.6 miles. Of this construction only 2.4 

 miles along the Camden and Atlantic Railroad and 10.25 miles 

 along the Maurice River, Salem and Bridgeton branches, a total 

 of 12.65 miles, was carried through, although between one and 

 two miles of standard fire lines were made at points not ordered, 



