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Canadian Forestry Journal, September. igi6 



Fire Situation on the Railway Lines 



By Clyde 

 Chief Fire Inspector, Board 



The experience of the present sea- 

 son has proved conclusively that, 

 with very few exceptions, the Do- 

 minion chartered railways of Can- 

 ada have faithfully observed the re- 

 quirements relative to fire protec- 

 tion imposed upon them by the 

 Board of Railway Commissioners. 

 The proof of this lies in the fact 

 that, notwithstanding- the excep- 

 tionally dry season, practically no 

 forest fires of any serious conse- 

 quence have occurred which could 

 be attributed to railway agencies. It 

 is true that a good many fires have 

 started, many of them resulting un- 

 avoidably from the operation of 

 trains, but the records show that, in 

 general, the railway employees 

 have been prompt in discovering, 

 reporting and extinguishing these 

 fires before they had time to cause 

 serious damage. 



Especial care has been taken by 

 the companies in keeping the fire- 

 protective appliances of engines in 

 good order, and a large amount of 

 work has been done in disposing of 

 inflammable debris on rights of way. 

 Special patrols have been maintain- 

 ed in forest sections, supplemented 



Leavitt, 



of Raihvay Commissioners- 



on all lines by the observance of spe- 

 cial instructions to all regular em- 

 ployees relative to the reporting and 



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