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discrimination, since it is wholly unreasonable to expect that such service can be 

 granted to all that may apply, as 1 would be done on commercial lines. These lines 

 are built for the specific purpose of assisting in the administration and protection of 

 the forest reserves, their capacity is extremely limited, the connections needed by the 

 Forestry Branch are subject to sudden and unforeseeable increases, and accidents 

 to which these lines are particularly liable may at any time very 'greatly impair their 

 carrying capacity. For these reasons any attempt to render commercial service will 

 inevitably fail, and no connections will be made Which are not in the opinion of the 

 supervisor and the district inspector essential to the proper administration and pro- 

 tection of the reserve. 



Forestry Branch lines, however, are open for public use free of charge so far as 

 the portion of the line owned by the Forestry Branch is concerned. Where provincial 

 or other foreign lines are used in connection with a forest line the usual toll charges 

 must be paid. 



Section 42 Telephone Improvement Plans 



Within one year after the issuance of these instructions all supervisors and rangers 

 in charge of Dominion forest reserves asre required to prepare and submit to the 

 district inspector and the Director of Forestry a complete plan for the equipment of 

 the reserve with telephone lines. This plan will include a map and a report 



The map should show existing Forestry Branch and private lines and their 

 character, and the location of exchanges and instruments, also the location and 

 character of all new construction which will be necessary to meet the needs of Forestry 

 Branch business during the next five years. In addition, the map should show high- 

 tension electric transmission lines, roads, trails, ranger stations, lookout stations, and 

 all other features which may influence the establishment of the system. 



The report should discuss, in the order of their importance, the proposed new 

 lines, their need, location, character, and cost. The telephone system should be 

 grouped by natural divisions, eaich being designated by its two terminals. A branch 

 line should be designated by its terminal and the division of which it is a branch. 



The district inspector will prepare, from the information furnished by the 

 supervisors, a map of the entire district showing the existing and proposed lines. 

 This will ensure co-ordination of plans between the various reserves and with private 

 systems. He will then issue instructions covering the general plan of the telephone 

 system for each reserve. 



Section 43 Standard Methods 



Since the Forestry Branch lines are primarily for fire protection purposes they 

 should embody the best principles of construction, and every precaution should be 

 taken to ensure continuity and dependability of communication over them at all 

 times and especially during fire seasons. 



1 DESIRABILITY OF STANDARDS 



To ensure that the best principles of construction shall be followed on all reserves 

 it is essential that the direction of telephone development be centralized and this 

 necessarily involves the issuance of uniform standard instructions. Such standard 

 methods may be based on the experience, not alone of all the various Forestry Branch 

 officers, but also on that of other protection services, and new discoveries or improve- 

 ments can, therefore, be applied generally throughout the forest reserves. Moreover, 

 it is only by employing standardized methods that the use of standard equipment is 

 made possible. 



2' AMOUNT OF LINE WARRANTED BY PROTECTION STANDARDS 



As yet, the determination of exact standards of protection on forest lands in 

 Canada has progressed only a relatively short dietanct*. It is possible to give only 

 792113* 



