50 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



Beddington and Cherryfield, as at present we have nothing but 

 a ground circuit line, and it is not dependable. 



September and October have been extremely dry, and owing 

 to the open season on game, the danger from fires was very much 

 increased. 

 Chief Warden Hairy D. Stewart, Scboomook, in his report for 



the two years writes as follows : 



Previous to the year 1913, there was no lookout station in my 

 district. In June 1913 two stations were established, one on the 

 summit of Green Mountain, (overlooking the North Branch of 

 the West Branch of the Penobscot River) on Township 4, Range 

 18, and the other on summit of Mucelsea Mountain, on Town- 

 ship 5, Range 16. Upon both of these Mountains wooden tow- 

 ers have been constructed, (built of logs). The telephones for 

 these stations are in small shelters near the foot of towers. 

 During the past season a lookout station was estabHshed on 

 Nulhedus Mountain, where a sixty foot steel tower was erected ; 

 this Mountain is near the North line of Township 4, Range 17. 

 The telephone for this station is in the house on top of tower. 



A camp for each watchman has been constructed as near each 

 station as a good supply of water could be found. 



This season there has been constructed, under my supervision, 

 a telephone line from the lookout station on Boundary Bald to 

 connect with line of the Great Northern Paper Company, with 

 central at Pittston Farm, a distance of fifteen miles. 



The lookout station on Green Mountain has central also at 

 Pittston Farm ; and stations on Mucelsea and Nulhedus Moun- 

 tains are also on the same line and have central at Seboomook. 

 When a fire is discovered the watchmen communicate with each 

 other reporting range, etc., and by so doing are able to locate 

 the position of a fire very accurately. 



With lookout stations on Boundary Bald, Kineo, Spencer, 

 Mucelsea and Nulhedus Mountains all reached by telephone by 

 the Chief Forest Fire Warden of this district from his head- 

 quarters, you are able to obtain the best of results. 

 Chief Warden Louig Oakes, Greenville Jet. : 



Some new improvements on the lookout stations and connect- 

 ing telephones have been made. At the Squaw Mt. Station a 

 new cabin has been built near the trail, 10 minutes walk from 

 the summit, commodious enough for the watchman's use in 



