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The Grand Trunk Railway placed a man in special charge of fire protection 

 work upon lines in the Algonquin Park region. 



Along with the development of a special fire protective organization within 

 the company, we find a definite effort to educate the various officials and employees. 

 Wliile the. Board of Railway Commissioners require a special Fire Prevention 

 Circular to he posted (see Order 107, Sec. 14), some companies go far heyond 

 this and are issuing special bulletins and letters to employees to make clear 

 the importance of keeping down the fire loss. 



RigTit-of-Way Cleaning. — Right-of-way cleaning is a problem which has been 

 given considerable attention by our Inspectors. Along many lines old logs, 

 stumps and other debris had been allowed to collect for years. This condition 

 frequently made it difficult to put out small fires. 



In many cases this cleaning up entailed more labour than the ordinary 

 section crews could devote to it. In a number of districts, special gangs have 

 been placed at this work. During this last season the Board have not felt like 

 pressing this question too strongly, owing to the financial conditions of the period. 



The Canadian Pacific Railway have devoted considerable special labour to 

 this problem and their lines through the forest regions are in a very creditable 

 condition. 



The Grand Trunk Railway have made a splendid start on their lines through- 

 out the Algonquin Park, Parry Sound and Muskoka regions, and debris which had 

 lain for years has been piled and burned or is ready for burning. Through a 

 co-operative arrangement, between the Grand Trunk Railway and the Province 

 in Algonquin Park, the right-of-way and a protective belt adjacent has been 

 cleaned up of all inflammable material. This work is being reported on by the 

 Park authorities and I shall make no further reference to it. The necessity of 

 the extension of this kind of work will be referred to later. 



The Canadian Northern Ontario, arranged with the Booth Lumber Company 

 to clean up certain portions of their line between North Bay and Pembroke. 



There is still much to be desired in right-of-way cleaning by the Canadian 

 Northern Ontario and I hope that during next season, when thedr organization 

 is complete, this question will be satisfactorily undertaken. 



Patrol. — The railway companies are required to furnish fire rangers or patrol. 

 (See Order 107, Sec. 10.) 



In ordinary cooiditions the section crews are instructed to cover this work, 

 but where bad fire hazards exist, special patrol is called for by the Board. 



The Canadian Northern Ontario had special patrol men on velocipedes be- 

 tween Ruel and Pembroke at sections where special protection was required. 



The Grand Trunk had a special man on the Algonquin Park line. They 

 also had a tank car equipped with a pump and one thousand feet of hose. This 

 car was in charge of a man and was always ready to be rushed to any point 

 where right-of-way fires were to be fought. 



The Canadian Pacific had a number of special patrols during the fire season 

 placed at dangerous sections where fire hazards were bad. 



The Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company had twenty-two 

 bridge watchmen between the Soo and Hearst, equipped with velocipedes, whose 

 duty it was to do fire patrol work. 



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