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Canadian Forestrij Journal, September, 1918 



The establishment in Vancouver 

 of a Forest Products Laboratory by 

 Ihe Department of Forestry of the 

 Dominion Government, under the 

 direction of Lieut. L. L, Brown, will 

 ])e of immediate value to the develop- 

 ment of the spruce industry. One 

 of the first tasks to be undertaken by 

 the new laboratorv will ])e an ex- 

 haustive examination of the Engel- 



mann snruce, also known as the 

 White Spruce, which grows very 

 freely in the interior of B.C. It is 

 estimated that the stand of Engel- 

 mann Spruce is a])proximately fifty- 

 eight ])illion feet, and if found to be 

 practicable to bring thi? material into 

 line with the rigid requirements of the 

 Aeronautical Department it will pro- 

 vide a further huge supply of material 

 for the use of the Allies. 



Fire Pump Withstands Severe Test 



600 ft. Hose used Here. This Bush is all Burning — the Picture Hardly Shows It. 



On several occasions it has been 

 estimaied by practical men in forest 

 pro.eci.ion work that fwo hundred 

 men with water buckets cannot equal 

 in fire extinguishing efficiency the 

 services of one modern gasoline fire 

 pump. Proof of this contention was 

 recently encountered in the Cochrane 

 Division of the Ontario Forest Pro- 

 tection Service. Mr. E. G. Poole, 

 the Fire Superintendent, despatched 

 one of the Johnston pumps (F.M. 

 make) to a threatening forest lire in 

 the Kapuskasing district. A saw- 

 mill and other buildings were in the 

 gravest danger of destruction. The 

 elYorts of scores of men had proved of 

 little use. The pump was set to 

 Avork with several feet of hose stretch- 



ed across tree trunks to hold it above 

 the blazing ground. Much trouble 

 was encountered in preventing the 

 burning of the hose. A fifty-foot 

 stream was soon working on the 

 buildings and the surrounding ground 

 delivering a bulk of water that no 

 quantity of fire pails could have 

 equalled. For eighteen hours, prac- 

 tically without a stop, the portable 

 pump stuck to its job and saved 

 the properties. At one time, the 

 gasoline tank caught fire from a 

 leak and the engine was thrown 

 bodily down the bank and into 

 the Kapuskasing River. In a few 

 minutes it was retrieved, some of 

 the mud rubbed off and again starter 

 pumping with no loss of powed 



