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Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1915. 



Use of Tank Cars. 

 The Commission of the Temis- 

 kaming and Northern Ontario Rail- 

 way feel that they realize the impor- 

 tance of the question of the preser- 

 vation, conservation, of the remain- 

 ing forests, and to that end take a 

 large interest in this question. They 

 have tank cars made especially for 

 that purpose, situated at all junc- 

 tional points, filled with water ready 

 for the fire alarm. They have their 

 sectionmen ready to go and fight 

 fires any and everywhere along the 



line. Their engineers and train 

 hands lend their help as often and 

 whenever the occasion arises, set- 

 tlers' pulpwood piles, other timber 

 piles, as well as their homes being 

 saved by train hands in the employ 

 of the Commission. Realizing in 

 every way the importance of this 

 matter of conservation, the T. & N. 

 O. Railway Commission is prepar- 

 ed to do all in their power to for- 

 ward the good work and they are 

 cultivating the same spirit in their 

 employees and amongst the settlers 

 and citizens of the Northland. 



(Published in Collaboration with Canadian Society of Forest Engineers.) 



Lieutenant H. K. Robinson, B. C. 

 Forest Service, District Forester, 

 Island Division, crossed to England 

 in October with a draft of 50 men 

 from the 5th C. G. Artillery. Vic- 

 toria, and expects to proceed shortly 

 to the Front. 



1914, is reported to have been killed 

 in action, September 25th, in the Al- 

 lied advance in France on that date. 



Forest Ranger E. E. Frost, of Al- 

 berni, B.C., lately left Vancouver 

 with a company of the "B. C. Pion- 

 eers" en route to Winnipeg on their 

 way to the Front. Sergt.-Major 

 Frost several years ago completed 

 21 years continuous service in the 

 Imperial Army, and obtained an 

 honourable discharge ; he could not, 

 however, resist the call of the pre- 

 sent war. 



Lieutenant A. J. Pickup who was 

 Field Assistant in the Fort George 

 Forest District during the season of 



On the Middle and South Forks 

 of Pine River, situated in British 

 Columbia, south of the Dominion 

 Government Peace River Block, 

 4680 square miles was covered by 

 reconnaissance this season. 



Preliminary reports to hand show 

 that in common with many other 

 parts of the interior of B. C. destruc- 

 tive fires burned large areas within 

 the last generation. It was found 

 that 77% of the area covered was 

 swept by fire 25 years ago, and an 

 additional 10% about 8 years ago. 

 434 square miles of the balance has 

 4166 million feet of merchantable 

 timber, consisting chiefly of Engel- 

 mann Spruce, Jack Pine, and Cot- 

 tonwood, in the order named. It 



