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(2) Relief should be granted In writing from requirements unnecessary owing to 

 weather conditions. 



(3) The matter of increased patrol, if in your judgment such is necessary, should 

 be taken up with the local officials; if no action can be procured, notify the Toronto office 

 of what steps you have taken, and what you definitely recommend. 



(e) Equipment: 



(1) Are patrolmen, velocipede men, and section (tool) houses equipped with fire- 

 fighting tools, as indicated in the patrol letter? 



(2) Are notices posted at terminals, stations and section-houses, as. required by 

 Regulation 14? 



(/) Locomotive Inspection: 



(1) This work Is primarily not under the Fire Inspection Department of the Board, 

 but under the Operating Department. However, by an arrangement between these two 

 Departments, provision is made for the instruction in engine inspection work of Divi- 

 sional Fire Inspectors by the Operating Department. Such Inspectors will, as far as 

 possible, inspect fire protective appliances on engines, and report on Locomotive Inspec- 

 tion Form. This report is of little value unless for each engine it is stated exactly 

 what appliances were examined, and what appliances were found defective. 



(2) Examine the Company's round-house inspection book (Regulation 4). 



(3) General complaints about the condition of engines are of little value; collect 

 specific instances of defective engines, and arrangements will be made for a visit by 

 an Official of the Operating Department of the Board, if the circumstances call for this 

 action. 



(g) Weekly Reports: 



The idea behind the system of Weekly Reports is that this office may be in touch 

 with the progress in all matters concerning each division. The reports should form a 

 continuous account of all steps taken week after week by each Inspector in connection 

 with the carrying out of Order 107, as indicated above. The headings on the form are 

 selected with this end in view. 



Railway companies are waking up to the seriousness Off the fire situation. . 



High stumpage values are making forest fires costly from the direct stand- 

 point of damage claims. 



Forest products give rise to freight, and forest fires destroy present and 

 potential sources of freight traffic. 



Additional cost of ties, poles and other forest products necessary in railway 

 operation, have awakened railways to the necessity of conservation. 



In some regions the scenic value of a right-of-way is a definite asset. Tourist 

 traffic is an important source of revenue. 



Special Fire Protective Organization. — All of the larger railways recognize 

 that a responsible organization within the company must exist for adequate fire 

 protection. 



The Canadian Pacific Railway have a well defined fire protection organization 

 with headquarters at Montreal for eastern lines. 



The Canadian Northern Railway have a. similar organization on lines west 

 of Port Arthur. 



A start was made for an organization on the Canadian Northern Ontario. 

 This was only partially carried out this past season as many parts of the line 

 were not organized for operation. 



