48 FOREST COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. 



curred in this territory, five being reported as follows : On Town- 

 ship No. 15 Range 15, adjoining the Canadian Boundary. Start- 

 ed June 13, from fires left by river drivers coming from Big 

 Black river drive. This fire burned over 75 or 80 acres, one- 

 half of which was cleared land and the remainder a hardwood 

 ridge. On Township No. 15 Range 13 in the S. W. % a fire 

 started June 9, from fire left by river drivers on Big Black river, 

 burning over about eight acres of spruce, fir, cedar and hard- 

 wood growth at an estimated damage of $25 or $30. 



"On Township No. 16 Range 10, Northeast corner fire started 

 June 4 from a fire left burning by a driving crew on main St. 

 John river, burning over about six acres of spruce, fir, cedar and 

 hardwood growth, at an estimated damage of about $25. 



"Early before the patrols were put on a fire started by a driv- 

 ing crew burned over from 1500 to 2000 acres on Townships 9 

 R. 7, 9 R. 8, 8 R. 7 and 8. R. 8 on the Aroostook river. The last 

 of May a fire started on Township No. 20, Range 11 & 12, bor- 

 dering St. Francis river, supposedly from fires on the right of 

 way of the Grand Trunk Pacific Ry. which follows close to the 

 •Canadian shore of the St. Francis river. The burned area was 

 estimated at about 700 acres. 



"So far as known the total burned area in 1909 within the pa- 

 trolled district as above amounts to something under 2000 acres, 

 or less than one-tenth per cent, of the total acreage. 



"At the expense of the lumbermen and land owners the fol- 

 lowing telephone lines have been built during the past few years 

 and are available for the use of the fire wardens : Line from 

 St. Pamphile, P. O., to Seven Islands, ATaine, on the St. John 

 river passing through Townships 14 Range 16 and 13 Range 16; 

 thence from Seven Islands up the St. John river to St. John 

 Lumber Co's. depot camp near the centre of Township No. 12, 

 Range 15 ; thence across country to Jos. T Michaud's depot camp 

 at Clayton lake in Township No. 11, Range 14. From Clayton 

 lake Michaud has a line to the dam at the foot of Chemquassa- 

 bamticook lake in Township No. 10, Range 15, and to his camps 

 in Township No. 10, Range 15. 



"He also has a line from Clayton lake following Chamquassa- 

 bamticook stream to Long lake dam in Township No. 12, Range 

 13, and thence down the Allagash river to its mouth, where it 

 connects with the line of the St. Francis Telephone Company 



