. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 70 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER September 1, 1910 Forest Telephones and Fire Protection Immediate Communication All-important in Preventing Conflagrations—Recent Developments that Make Effective Work Possible By W. N. Millar* FOR the improvement of fire protec- tion on the Dominion Forest Re- serves, the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior has, during the past four years, followed out a policy of gradual extension of telephone lines into the large res
. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 70 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER September 1, 1910 Forest Telephones and Fire Protection Immediate Communication All-important in Preventing Conflagrations—Recent Developments that Make Effective Work Possible By W. N. Millar* FOR the improvement of fire protec- tion on the Dominion Forest Re- serves, the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior has, during the past four years, followed out a policy of gradual extension of telephone lines into the large reserves under its charge in the four western provinces. The total mileage thus constructed is at present about 710 miles, distributed approximately as follows :— British Columbia Reserves 75 miles. Alberta Reserves 265 miles Saskatchewan Reserves 50 miles Manitoba Reserves 320 miles Government officer describes methods worked out on forest reserves which are bringing good results and are applicable in large measure to privately owned timber holdings. Total 710 miles Compared with the 320,000 miles of forest telephone lines con- structed by the United States Forest Service on the National Forests during the past eight years, this is, of course, only a small beginning, but the intention is to enlarge the work of telephone construction as rapidly as proper experience and skill are secured in the work, and as funds permit. In line with this intention the Forestry Branch in- augurated during the present field season a systematic course of in- struction in certain specific phases of telephone work. Four meet- ings were held which were attended by some sixty forest rangers and supervisors of the permanent field staff in Alberta and Saskatche- wan. Each meeting lasted from six to eight days, and the entire time was devoted to lectures on the special types of telephone equipment used on forest protection lines, illustrated by samples of the equip- ment itself, and to practical work of
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