9. 



the forestry district to fasten down or screen the windows 

 of smoking cars between Ivlay first and November 10, to pre- 

 vent the throwing of lighted materials from the car* 



Right -*of -Way 



The condition of the right-of-way along a railroad 

 has a great deal to do with the spreading of fires to ad- 

 jacent lands* The ptirpose of the various state laws is to 

 compel the railroads to keep their right-ef-way in such good 

 condition that there will be a minimum of danger from fires. 

 Fifteen states now have laws which require that the right- 

 of-way shall be kept cleared, and twelve states require that 

 no deposits of live coals or hot ashes shall be left on the 

 track near woodlands* The Wisconsin law says that "Every 

 corporation maintaining and operating a railroad shall, at 

 least once in each year, cut and burn or remove from its 

 right-of-way all grass and weeds, and burn or remove there- 

 from all brush, logs, refuse material, and debris within a 

 reasonable time, and whenever fires are set for such piarpose, 

 shall take proper care to prevent the escape thereof from 

 the right-of-way. No such corporation shall permit its 

 employees to deposit fire, live coals, or ashes upon their 

 tracks outside of the yard limits except that they be 

 immediately extinguished." Most states provide that rail- 

 road ties and material for shipment may be piled along the 

 right-of-way. In Minnesota the State Forester may pro- 

 hibit all burning along the railroad right -of -?/ay during 

 very dry and dangerous periods. 



