52 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



As the above mentioned station overlooks the entire length of 

 the road from West Seboois to Rand Cove this is a good im- 

 provement. We also obtained permission from the Jordan 

 Lumber Co., to use their line (built last season) from Katahdin 

 Iron Works to Randall Camps, upon West Branch Ponds, Pleas- 

 ant River, a distance of about twenty miles, thus giving good 

 protection to the West Branch territory, as this line was con- 

 nected with the Station on White Cap Mountain and other in- 

 struments at camps along the line. 



A log tower was erected on White Cap Mountain with por- 

 table house on same. Height of tower about twenty feet. As 

 this station overlooks a large area, I consider it an improvement 

 of much value. On Boarstone Mountain a new portable house 

 was built. As this mountain peak stands out abruptly it was 

 not necessary to have a tower. 



In my judgment the lookout stations are far ahead of any 

 other service that we have had here in Maine. 



By report from the Boarstone Mountain last summer to the 

 Selectmen of Bowerbank the Town was saved from what might 

 have been a serious forest fire and this is only one instance 

 where the station did excellent work. 



One new tool box with tools was added this season, part of 

 the tools went to Ladd's Camp, to replace the tools burnt there 

 last winter, and one other new box to the hermitage making two 

 new. boxes spring of 1914. 

 Chief Warden Ezra N. Williams, Great Pond : 



The season has been an unusual one on account of the small 

 amount of rainfall since early spring. At all times there was 

 great danger of forest fires. A telephone line has been con- 

 structed from Township No. 32 to my headquarters. 

 Chief Warden George G. Nichols, Jackman : 



In my territory during the past season there have been several 

 important improvements of considerable value. A telephone 

 line was constructed along the Canadian Pacific right of way, 

 from Jackman to Boundary Pond, a distance of thirty-one miles. 

 There are six instruments on this line, (connected with my 

 office,) as follows: Boundary Pond, Lowelltown, Skinner, 

 Franklin and Holeb. A new line was also constructed from 

 the Heald Pond road, so called, to Lake Parlin, a distance of 

 about twenty miles, with four emergency boxes connected there • 



