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Cdnailian Forestry Journal, June, 191S 



New Brunswick on the Right Track 



(From the report of lion. E. A. Smith.) 



M>' predecessor in office is enlitled 

 to the thanks of the people of this 

 Province when he organized the 

 Forest Surs-ey, and I am glad here 

 to place the credit where it belongs. 

 Here we have a staff of professional 

 men, non-partisan, with one great 

 object in view, the preservation and 

 care of the forests. The Depart- 

 ment of Forestry was carefully plan- 

 ned with a competent staff and an up 

 to date equipment. My proposal 

 for this new Crown Land policy is to 

 remove the administration of the 

 forests to a very large extent, if not 

 altogether, from the sphere of politics. 

 This does not mean that we are going 

 to eliminate the present service al- 

 together, but on the contrary we 

 propose to retain many competent 

 men now in the employ of the 

 Department. It is proposed to com- 

 bine the follo^^'ing services, viz.: 



Protection of forests from fires 



Scaling of lumber cut on Crown 

 Lands. 



Protection of game 



With one efficient staff the Chief 

 OfTicer of which will be The Director 

 of Forest Surveys under a Board 

 consisting of: 



The Minister, 



The Deputy Minister. ' 



The Director of the Forest Branch 

 and two others, one representing the 

 leaseholders and one representing the 

 owners of Crown Granted Timber 

 Lands. 



The Board will have authority to 

 appoint the necessary^ staff to carry 

 out these duties and the men employ- 

 ed to possess the necessary qualifica- 

 tion after examination. It is es- 

 timated that a fund of one hundred 

 thousand dollars will be reqiured 

 annually to carry on this service 

 and it is proposed this fund will be 

 raised as follows: 

 From taxes received from 



wild lands $30,000 



From "Licensees Crown Lands 



one half cent per 'acre 



about 30,000 



From Provincial Govern- 

 ment 40,000 



$100,000 



A new up to date fire service to be 

 inaugurated to include the organ- 

 ization of sufficient competent men 

 to cope with forest fires in all parts 

 of the Province, whether on Crown 

 or granted lands; building telephone 

 lines in the forest; erection of look out 

 stations; cutting fire trails; necessary 

 tools for fighting fires; gasoline en- 

 gines for railway work, in short 

 ever^lhing that experience has 

 taught is necessary in the prevention 

 of the great fire evil. Already we 

 have the co-operation of the Rail- 

 way Commission in extinguishing 

 fires along railway lines, together 

 with their valuable support and 

 advice in the past in all matters of afire 

 nature. It is my hope in the very 

 near future, the Canadian Govern- 

 ment Railway System will become 

 subject to the Railway Commission 

 in all matters regarding forest fires. 



At present the fire service is more 

 a name than a reality. It is true the 

 game wardens by their commissions 

 are appointed fire wardens as well, 

 but it is found when a fire breaks out 

 these men are left pretty well on 

 their own resources and are \\ithout 

 the necessary equipment and organ- 

 ization to cope with the fire evil. 



4. 



I PHILLIP T. COOLIDGE 



1 FORESTER 



Timber Estimating and Mapping. 



I Sup ervision of Lumber Contracts. 



s Sur veying. - - Forest Planting. 



I STETSON BLDG., 31 CENTRAL ST. 



j BANGOR, MAINE. 



