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threatens land adjacent to the right-of-way, shall report the same by wire to the Super- 

 intendent, and shall also report it to the agent or persons in charge at the next point 

 at which there shall be communication by telegraph or telephone, and to the first sec- 

 tion employees passed. Notice of such fire shall also be given immediately by a system 

 of warning whistles. 



(b) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent or agent or person so informed ta 

 notify immediately the nearest forest ofiicer and the nearest section employees of the 

 railway, of the existence and location of such fire. 



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(c) When fire is discovered, presumably started by the railway, such sectionmen 

 or other employees of the railway as are available shall either independently or at the 

 request of any authorized forest oflicer proceed to the fire immediately and take action 

 to extinguish it; provided such sectionmen or other employees are not at the time 

 engaged in labours immediately necessary to the safety of trains. 



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(d) In case the sectionmen or other employees available are not a sufficient force- 

 to extinguish the fire promptly, the railway company shall, either independently or at 

 the request of any authorized forest officer, employ such other labourers as may be 

 necessary to extinguish the fire; and as soon as a sufficient number of men, other than 

 the sectionmen and regular employees, are obtained, the sectionmen gnd other regular 

 employees shall be allowed to resume their regular duties. 



(e) The provisions of this section shall apply to all fires occurring within 300 feet 

 of the railway track, unless proof shall be furnished that such fires were not caused bjr 

 the railway. 



14. Every such railway company shall give particular instructions to its employeesr 

 in relation to the foregoing regulations and shall cause such instructions to be posted 

 at all stations, terminals and section houses along its lines of railway. In case said 

 instructions are not also carried in employees' time tables during said prescribed period, 

 or in " operating " and " maintenance of way " rule books, they shall, previous to April 

 1st of each year, be re-issued to all employees concerned, in the form of special instruc- 

 tions. The Chief Fire Inspector may waive the above requirements in whole or in part, 

 as to lines or portions of lines where, in his judgment, the fire danger is not material. 



15. Every such railway company allowing or permitting the violation of, or in any 

 respect contravening or failing to obey any of the foregoing regulations, shall, in 

 addition to any other liability which the said company may have incurred, be subject 

 to a penalty of one hundred dollars for every such offence. 



16. If any employee or other person included in the said regulations, fails or neg- 

 lects to obey the same, or any of them, he shall, in addition to any other liability which 

 he may have incurred, be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for every such> 

 offence. 



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17. The Board may, upon the application of any railway company or other party 

 interested, vary or rescind any order or direction of the Chief Fire Inspector made pur- 

 suant to the provisions of this Order. 



(Sgd.) H. L. Drayton, 



Chief Commissioner, 

 Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada. 



] have ihe honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



E. J. Zavitz, 



Forester^ 

 The Honorable W. H. Hearst, 



Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



