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(6) Improvement Work, • 



During the season sixty-two lookout towers were constructed; these are 

 wooden frame towers running from thirty to ninety feet in height. In 

 addition, twenty-six observation points were built by ladder construction on suitable 

 trees. Along canoe routes trails were cut to all high vantage points. Owing to 

 labour shortage and the difficulty of obtaining materials the majority of these towers 

 are not yet connected up to telephone systems. In all only thirty miles of telephone 

 were added this season. 



The other main new improvements were: 



New trails built and existing ones repaired 1,931 miles. 



Rangers' cabins, 12' x 16' 44 



Boat houses 3 



Hose houses 3 



Motor car houses 3 



Oil houses 2 



Oowganda storehouse, 18' x 20'. 

 Gogama storehouse, 30' x 50'. 

 Bisco storehouse, 22' x 32'. 

 Cochrane storehouse, 40' x 70'. 

 Dams, docks, etc. 



The material for improvement work cost $7,000.00. 



(7) Equipment. 



The equipment for a force of 1,000 rangers represents a large outlay. During 

 the year there was spent on equipment $33,000, and $5,500 additional on ex- 

 pendable equipment. Specially might be mentioned a 40-foot power boat for Lake 

 -of the Woods, equipped with a Gould rotary pump and 1,000 feet of li/2-inch hose. 

 The boats on Winnipeg River and Lake Nipigon were similarly equipped with 

 pumps and hose. Four portable fire pumps were acquired, but delivered too late in 

 the season to be used. Five Ford auto trucks were purchased for use largely in 

 issuing permits. Twenty-eight railway velocipedes were added to the stock. Some 

 65,000 fire signs were posted. 



(8) Railway Inspection Under B.R.C. 



With the exception of the T. & N. 0. and C. G. Railways the lines operated in 

 the Province are subject to the orders of the Dominion Railway Board. Twelve 

 provincial inspectors were appointed officers of the Board to superintend the carry- 

 ing out of the regulations of Order 107. These men report on all fires originating 

 within 300 feet of the track, inspect fire appliances on locomotives, report on right- 

 -of-way conditions, and otherwise carry out the requirements of the Board. 



Appended is the annual statistical summary. 



