. Railroad forest fire protection. Forest fires; Fire prevention; Fire extinction. 33. NATURAL FOREST CLEARCO & THINNED ZONE lOOrECTWIDE CLEAHXD a THINNED 20ME lOOEEETWlDE Fig. 4.—Diagram of Railroad Fire Line Constructed on Level Ground According to Chapter 74, Laws of 1909. Gaskill (1909) says "/. fire line like this is supposed to work thus: If a spark is thrown from the looo- motive stack, the foliage of the trees may so retard its fall that its fire is lost. If a spark is not so killed and reaches the ground alive, it is almost sure to fall with- in the bared strip* There it find
. Railroad forest fire protection. Forest fires; Fire prevention; Fire extinction. 33. NATURAL FOREST CLEARCO & THINNED ZONE lOOrECTWIDE CLEAHXD a THINNED 20ME lOOEEETWlDE Fig. 4.—Diagram of Railroad Fire Line Constructed on Level Ground According to Chapter 74, Laws of 1909. Gaskill (1909) says "/. fire line like this is supposed to work thus: If a spark is thrown from the looo- motive stack, the foliage of the trees may so retard its fall that its fire is lost. If a spark is not so killed and reaches the ground alive, it is almost sure to fall with- in the bared strip* There it finds little to burn, but if some grass or dry leaves are ignited the fire can gain little force or headway before it reaches the bared ;* In swampy land a three foot ditch will t&ke the place of the ten foot cleared fire line. The railroads in Hew Jersey reported that fire lines cost between $ - |500#00 per mile to construct with an average of per mile. Of course the cost depends upon the topography, nature of the ground, density of tim- ber, labor, and the like. The superintendent of the New Jersey Southern Railroad wrote that the number of fires had decreased at least one hundred per cent since the fire lines were established. The annual upkeep of the fire lines was and this becomes less each year. Some of the railroads take the stand that the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamont, John Donald. [Ithaca, N. Y. ] Cornell University
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