FOREST COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. 91 



John E. Mitchell, Patten — There is need of a boat en Grand 

 and Second Lakes. Something about twenty feet, equipped with 

 an engine for patrolmen's use and for emergency cases in time 

 of fire. Such a boat would pay for itself in a very short time. 

 By the establishing a lookout on Twp. 8, R. 7, coun- 

 try not covered at the present time would be in range and the 

 line up Sebois River could be used in this matter. 



I am in favor of a law forbidding the smoking of cigarettes 

 in the woods between the first of May and the 15th of October. 



Edwin C. Mooers, Milo — I believe that the State should own 

 all its telephone lines instead of erecting a line jointly with some 

 camp owner, etc. Much valuable time is lost through either a 

 line being overloaded thus causing poor service or else through 

 too many using the line and engaging in long conversations 

 when a watchman is waiting to report a fire. . . . The 

 lumbermen should also be educated up to tne facl that the 

 State fire telephone lines must not be broken or damaged dur- 

 ing the winter months. 



Leroy Brown, Lee — The lookout station need- a new map. 

 On this station, (Cobb Mt.) I think that your plan of paying 

 $2.00 per day straight time through the fire season would work 

 to best advantage. 



George G. Nichols, Jackman — The telephone line that runs to 

 the Boundary Bald Mt. lookout via Heald Pond on the so-called 

 Dutilley Trail should be removed from same to the Jackman 

 Lumber Co's R. R. track and placed on their telephone poles 

 without charge. As it is now, the service is very poor and can- 

 not be bettered except in the above way. ... It would 

 be a great improvement to have a gasolene boat at Jackman as 

 we have a stretch of water-way of about twenty-five miles 

 which is navigable for a motor boat. This would do away with 

 the delay that is now experienced in getting transportation to a 

 fire. 



L. P. Barney, Tarratine — All buildings and towers should be 

 painted in the Spring of 191 7. 



Louis Oakes, Greenville Junction — Squaw Mt: A roofed 

 over tower about 15 feet high, constructed of wood, with win- 

 dows in the four sides. Kineo Mt. : A steel tower 50 feet high 

 which would permit watchman to be above the dense growth 

 of trees which cover the summit. This is very important for 

 in this vicinity there are a great number of fishermen, hunters 



