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4 trespassers would be inconsiderable, and fires would be detected while incipient. In nearly all cases fires of magnitude
arise just because no one takes the trouble to quench them while small. They don t burst out in an ungovernable extent all
at once. Occasionally a fire might occur too much for one or two men to suppress. Then help would have to come from the other
districts. But, as the patrolmen would have time to spare, they could by degrees run numerous fire-lines that would check
the spread of flames and make the work of suppressing fire comparatively easy. Five lines are merely strips, like roads or
trails, from which the vegetation is stripped. With a little exercise of judgment, the Park could be by degrees well furnished
with such fire-lines . Of course, figuring on the basis of say 8 men, the results of the work would not be showy. But I recognize
that the question of appropriations must be met. I estimate the cost of the service about as follows, the pay for men being
as low as will obtain and keep good service about too low. 8 men 75 per month 6 months 3,600. Officer s pay, by the year,
1,500. 10 saddle horses 750. 2 Pack 150. 2 Wagon 200. Wagon, saddles, harness, tools, c. 750. Feed for horses (much of the
time the horses would live on the meadow grass, and do well.) 800.- 7,750. Contingencies say 500 8,250