Canada's New Railroad Rules 



CANADA, as the United States, has paid it's yearly toll 

 of millions of dollars in fire losses. Profiting by the 

 experience of her neighbor across the border, she has 

 now fully awakened to the commercial and moral necessity of 

 doing all in her power to preserve and propagate the forests. 

 In such an endeavor there is work which only the government 

 can do and work which the government can cause to be done. 

 The Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada caused a set 

 of rules and regulations to be drawn up which were pre- 

 sented and discussed at a meeting of the authorities and the 

 railroad companies at Toronto, April 30, 1912. The regula- 

 tions were adopted in substance as follows: 



Rules the Government and Railroads Have Agreed to Enforce. 



"The size of netting mesh for all locomotives with exten- 

 sion smoke box, shall be not larger than 2y 2 x2y s per inch of 

 No. 10 Birmingham Wire Gauge, the openings of the mesh not 

 to exceed a quarter of an inch and one sixty-fourth of an inch 

 to the square. In the case of a diamond stack, the mesh shall 

 be not more than 3x3 per inch of No. 10 Birmingham Wire 

 Gauge, the openings of the mesh not to exceed three-six- 

 teenths and one sixty-fourth of an inch to the square. 



"The openings of the locomotive ash pans shall be covered 

 by heavy sheet-iron dampers where practicable, otherwise 

 with screen netting. Water connections shall be made with 

 either the injector or boiler, so that the ash pan can be 

 flooded. 



"The railroad companies shall provide inspectors, who shall 

 examine at least once a week each engine, noting its number, 

 condition and repairs made on the fire-protective appliances. 

 The records shall be open to inspection by the Board. In 

 case any of the fire-protective appliances are found defective, 

 such engine shall be removed from service until such defects 

 are remedied. Special inspectors shall also be appointed by 

 each road, who shall inspect each locomotive at least once a 



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