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there* Ash pans ere liable to warp so that precautions 

 must be taken to prevent any large openings from being 

 formed* 



Locomotives should be inspected every day, except 

 when there is snow on the ground^ to see that the spark 

 arresters and ash pans are in good condition* This work 

 should be done by an inspector employed by the railroad. 

 It should also be his duty to make out and send a report 

 each week to the State Forester showing the condition of 

 the engines examined* There should also be a state in- 

 spector to inspect the work of the railroad inspectors. 



The "hood'' spark arresters and ash pans can be ex- 

 amined while the locomotive is in use but in order to in- 

 spect the "front end" arrester the engine must be cooled. 



Rights of -Wfty 



Since spark arresters will not stop all the sparks, 

 the right -of -way must be kept in such a condition that 

 sparks will not set fire to it* Old stumps, logs, brush 

 and other debris on the right-of-way should be removed or 

 piled and bin^ned at the time of the railroad construction. 

 Then each year in the spring and in the fall the brush, grass, 

 and weeds should be burned* Old railroad ties which are not 

 removed should be piled and burned* Ties and other materials 

 which are to be used in construction work should be safe 



guarded by clearing a strip three or four feet wide around 

 each pile* Extreme care must be taken not to let the fires 

 excape to adjoining lands* When the wind is blowing towards 

 the track a man can walk along the outer side of the right- 

 of-way with a torch and set fire to the grass* Another man 



