FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 25 



Settlement i6 R. 12. A new telephone line from St. Francis 

 to the mouth of the Little Black river, 16, R. 11 ; repaired tele- 

 phone line in Eagle Lake section. 



These different reports show about yy miles of telephone lines 

 constructed during the season. All lookout stations erected 

 were equipped with maps, glasses, alidade, compasses, etc. 



Railroad Patrol. 



Chief wardens were appointed for the territory along the 

 right of way of the railroads. These men were paid by the 

 department and the State was reimbursed by the roads. Under 

 the direction of these chief wardens, patrols, fire trains, etc., 

 were maintained and expense paid by the railroads. 

 Expenditures for the year were as follows : 



Chief wardens $8,460 24 



Deputy wardens 873 95 



*Expense extinguishing fires 32,452 62 



**Lookout stations 8,673 94 



Patrolling 22,733 70 



Tools and supplies 2,604 08 



Other expenses 1,989 78 



$77,788 31 

 Expenditures on the different watersheds for the year 1913: 



St. John river $15,130 41 



Penobscot river 26,944 27 



Kennebec river 1 1 ,916 59 



Androscoggin river 3,004 94 



St. Croix, Union river, Machias river, Narragua- 



gus river 6,058 52 



t63.o54 7Z 



*Includes 191 1 bills, $22,846.22. 



**Does not include federal appropriation $8,113.67. 



tThis total incktdes $8,113.67 federal appropriation, which was con- 

 fined to the salaries of lookout watchmen on ■the cooperative watersheds, 

 but does not include $22,846.22, bills of iQii which were paid during the 

 year. 



