FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 5 1 



storing the season's supplies and tools, and the telephone line 

 from the Moosehead State Hatchery road to the watchman's 

 lookout house on the summit of the mountain repaired and 

 reconstructed, and two new telephone boxes installed, one at the 

 watchman's cabin on the summit of the mountain and the other 

 in his home cabin along the trail, equipped with modern light- 

 ning protection. The improvements made on trail, telephone 

 line and camp for this lookout have been of great value during 

 the past season, as the w^atchman has been able to carry out a 

 system of making a telephone call each day for the season, one 

 at 7 o'clock A. M. and the other at 6 o'clock P. M., in order to 

 know that his telephone line and instrument was in good order 

 and report conditions. At the Kineo lookout station, repairs 

 necessary to put the telephone line in good order have been made 

 and one new telephone instrument installed. On No. 4 Moun- 

 tain station the telephone line and instrument were repaired and 

 put in good order and the watchman's camps connected wMth 

 the Central at Roach River House, and our service from this 

 mountain during this season furnished good results. 



In the building of a new camp on Sciuaw Mountain, repairing 

 and reconstructing the telephone lines for the three stations, 

 adding new modern telephone instruments, good results have 

 been obtained through the watchmen in quickly locating and 

 promptly reporting small fires in their territory, which has been 

 of great value in confining all fire to a small area. 

 Chief Warden J. L. Chapman, Milo, in his report for the 1914 



season writes as follows : 



We had very little rain fall from the early spring until the last 

 of October and the small streams being nearly all dry or free 

 from water. I think it has been remarked "the driest season 

 since the year 1825" or the least rain has fallen through the 

 month of October of any year since 1825. 

 Improvements made season 1914. 



We first built new telephone line from the Ladd's Camp, B. 

 R. II, connecting with the White Cap Mountain line at or near 

 B Pond distance four and one-half miles. This new line short- 

 ened the service and improved same to Milo. The line from 

 Schoodic Station to Rand Cove, a distance of three and one-half 

 miles, has been rebuilt, thus giving telephone service from 

 Ragged Mountain Station to the Railroad Station at Rand Cove. 



