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and stockmen. These trails were used entirely by the general 

 public, and in this way the country was partially opened up 

 and developed. The main object in building these trails was 

 accessibility. At present the main objects besides (1) acces- 

 sibility, are, (2) administrative purposes, (3) routes for pack- 

 ing purposes (to mining camps, etc.), (4) pleasure (scenic 

 trails), (5) fire lines, to a small extent, and (6) stock trails. 

 The forest should be made accessible so that any part can be 

 reached in a reasonable amount of time and routes of travel 

 should be made for administration. Occasionally trails are 

 built by private parties to provide ;a route for packing pur- 

 poses, to remote mining camps. Scenic trails are built either 

 by the state or by private parties, for both pleasure and acces- 

 sibility. Trails are also used for fire lines but due to their 

 narrowness are not of great value for this purpose. Stock 

 trails are built for moving stock over rough country from one 

 range to another. 



USES OF ROADS. 



The first roads constructed in the forest regions of the 

 west were built for stage lines and for freighting purposes ; 

 logging had not been developed to any extent in the Rocky 

 Mountains. At present the purposes of building roads are 

 for (1) freighting, (2) logging, (3) stage lines, (4) pleasure, 

 (5) fire lines. Freighting is a very important item where 

 camps and towns on a forest are located at a distance from 

 the railroad. Where logging is going on in the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, roads must be built on .account of the extreme roughness 

 of the country. Roads, because of their greater width, are 

 well adapted for use as fire lines. In more level regions fire 

 lines can be used as roads. 



CONSTRUCTION OF TRAILS. 



Trails on the forest at present may be classified as: (1) 

 main trails, (2) secondary trails, (3) spur trails. Main trails 

 are those connecting ranger districts of the forest. They 

 should be well worked, well brushed out and well blazed, and 

 should have a fairly wide tread with a maximum grade of 

 from ten to twelve per cent, for most of the traveling in the 

 district will be on them. Secondary trails are those connect- 

 ing the main trails. They should also be fairly well worked 

 and blazed, and have a maximum grade of twelve to fifteen per 



