84 Fourth Annual Report of the 



Special efforts have been made to improve the service on the 

 telephone lines owned by the department. A number of the old 

 lines have been repaired and improved ; and some new lines have 

 been built to fill in gaps which appeared in the telephone system. 



In order to facilitate the making of prompt repairs to telephone 

 lines by observers and rangers, ten new linemen's test sets have 

 been purchased and distributed among the members of the field 

 force at points where they would be on hand in case of line 

 troubles. 



The following table summarizes the construction of telephone 

 lines during the year. Nearly all this work was done with ranger 

 labor : 



Telephone Lines 



Distr'ct 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



Total 



In order to render large unbroken blocks of forest land more 

 accessible to fire fighters, the rangers and observers have been 



directed to work at clearing out trails during wet weather. Con- 

 siderable has been accomplished along this line, as the following 

 table shows. 



Trails Cleared Out 1914 



District Miles 



1 20 



2 ,.- 30 



3 10 



4 9 



5 ... 6 



Total 75 



Miles built 

 1914 



Total miles 



State line 



to date 



1 



37 



30 



98 



5 



54 



3 



78 



2 



20 



41 



287 



