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visitors are greatly interested in the working of the station and 

 a great many take a trip to the top of the mountain to see it. 

 It shows them the danger of forest fires and they see the 

 necessity of being careful with their camp fires." 



Geo. G. Nichols of Jackman writes us "Regarding improve- 

 ments for fighting forest fires in this district in the year of 

 191 1 that a fire station was established and a camp built on 

 Bald Mountain Boundary and a long distance telephone was 

 comiected through the Heald Pond Camps. 



"In 1912 a good trail was cut from Heald Pond Camps to 

 the top of said Bald Mountain and a good cellar has been made 

 at the camp. 



"At Wood Stream in Dennistown, a trail has been cut 

 from the East Branch to the West Branch dam, a distance of 

 two and one-half miles. Some work was also done on a trail 

 from the Harris and Holden saw mill to Little Churchill 

 Stream. 



"In this district a small amount of trail-cutting was done as 

 the season being so wet, not much patrolling was found neces- 

 sary. 



"The telephone connection at Heald Pond from said Bald 

 Mt. Boundary is not satisfactory and I suggest as a matter of 

 much importance that direct connection be made with the cen- 

 tral office at Jackman. 



"I further suggest that better results will be obtained by 

 further establishment of lookout stations on the surrounding 

 mountains and less money spent for patrolling.'' 



Fred C. Knowlen, chief warden at Stockholm writes: 

 "There is no lookout station in my district, and all the tele- 

 phone that the state owns any interest in is some four or five 

 miles that was put up in April 19 12 by Mr. John Yerxa to 

 connect his sporting camps with a private line owned by the 

 Stockholm Lumber- Co. The material was furnished by the 

 Maine Forestry District. Much could be done to improve the 

 service here, but the most important to all parts of the district 

 would be a lookout station on one of the high hills on Twp. 

 No. 15 range 6. The place is easy of access and would cover 

 not only my entire district but as large an area to the south 

 and west. 



