90 FOREST COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. 



I think it would be advisable to build a new lookout station 

 at Rocky Mt. as the present one is unfit and I think that a steel 

 tower between 30 and 40 feet high would be what is needed. 



W. H. Hinckley, Bangor — A telephone should be placed in 

 the tower of the Hardwood Mt. Station the very first thing next 

 season. 



Leon C. Irish, Haynesville — The line on Mt. Chase is in very 

 bad condition and should be restrung. Also a floor and win- 

 dows should be put in the lookout. Also would recommend 

 moving the lookout house a little distance to the north west. 



R. L. Brick, Chesuncook — I suggest that there should be an 

 observation station built on Umbazooksus Mt., Saubury Mt. and 

 Pine Stream. Same to be equipped with telephones and field 

 glasses. This would enable the patrolmen to locate and report 

 a fire when Mt. Spencer lookout is unable to do so. There are 

 days when the watchman is above the clouds and the station 

 is practically useless. The stations suggested can be built at 

 a very small expense by using trees for the tower. 



There should be galvanized iron shutters for the Spencer Mt. 

 station as protection against wind and hail. Also there is im- 

 perative need of a complete hood for the motor boat and a 

 strong battery lamp, as many times, with heavy wind, the pa- 

 trolman in the boat is obliged to wait until nightfall before get- 

 ting back to camp. Without a strong light, this is made very 

 dangerous by reason of floating logs, etc., in the lake. 



There should be a building built at Ripogenus or Chesuncook 

 Dam suitable for storing the motor boat, tools, etc., and I advise 

 that it be so arranged as to be used in the fire season as a pa- 

 trolman's camp. 



D. H. Lambert, Oldtown — Would recommerd that another 

 season there should be a special patrolman to follow up the 

 drives as many fires start from this source. In this territory 

 there is about forty miles of traveled road. There shouid be a 

 patrolman equipped with a motor cycle to cover this whereas it 

 would take about three men on foot. New dishes and equip- 

 ment are needed for the watchmen's camps. 



C. H. Buswell, Milo — It would be a good plan to continue the 

 line from Yoke Pond to the line of the Great Northern Paper 

 Co. at Crawford pond. In this way the State would have a 

 continuous line from Moosehead to South Twin Lake. Would 

 also advise to connect the Boarstone line with the main line. 



