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ALGERIA 



The foregoing table has given in considerable detail a tabu- 

 lation of the fire lines of different widths in the Conservation 

 of Oran. Through the courtesy of the conservator at Con- 

 stantine, the original record sheets for three inspections (Bougie, 

 Bone, La Calle) were secured in 191 2. A tabulation of these 

 sheets is given in Table 8, which follows: 



TABLE 8. — SUMMARY OF FIRE LINES IN ALGERIA, 

 CLASSIFIED BY INSPECTIONS AND WIDTH 



A careful study of the foregoing table shows clearly that 

 there is no similarity in the pohcy of the width of fire lines in 

 the three inspections (supervisorships) . In Bougie the popular 

 width seems to be 10, 30, 40, and 20 metres (11, 33, 44, and 22 

 yards), while in Bone and in La Calle the 25-metre (27-yard) 

 fire lines predominate, with 5 and 10 metre (5.5 and 11 yard) 

 lines of secondary importance, but in La Calle there are more 

 than 75,000 metres (82,020 yards) of 30-metre (33-yard) lines, 

 while in Bone there are none. Evidently, the width has de- 

 pended more or less on the ideas of the inspector in charge 

 and upon the year in which the lines were constructed. The 

 tendency seems to be to construct narrower lines and to have 



