FOREST COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 47 



Chief Warden Eugene H. Smith, Norcross : 



There has been during' this season a telephone hne run from 

 Norcross to Charles Daisey's camp at Sourdnahunk Lake. The 

 line from Joe Mar\' Mountain to the head of Pemaduncook 

 Lake has been repaired and fixed, which is almost the same as 

 running a new line. One mile of new wire has been added to 

 this line. 

 Chief Warden C. C. Murphy, Rangeley : 



On West Kennebago Mountain, the old wooden tower has 

 been replaced by a twenty- four steel tower with house on top 

 for the watchman. And on Saddleback Mountain a thirty-six 

 foot steel tower has been erected with house on top, and a log 

 camp has been built for the use of the watchman. 

 Chief Warden Fred C. Knowlen, Stockholm : 



The Forestry Department has erected a lookout tower on 

 Three Brook Mountain, Township 15, Range 6, W. E. L. S., 

 the same being of steel fifty feet from the ground to the por- 

 table house, which is seven feet square, having three windows 

 on each side, thus giving the lookout watchman a clear view in 

 all directions at all times. This tower is connected by telephone 

 line (built by the State this season), with the sporting camps 

 on Square Lake, thence private line with the settlement at Gue- 

 rette and the town of Stockholm. Arrangements were made 

 Vv^ith the New England Telephone Company to connect with 

 their lines at Eagle Lake and Stockholm, the wire was bought 

 and some twenty miles of it hung, but owing to the delay in 

 getting the tower up, the remainder of the line (ten miles) will 

 not be hung until spring. I would suggest that the best time 

 to finish the line will be on the crust, when it can be put out on 

 sleds. When this is completed the State will own thirty-five 

 miles of telephone, connecting with the New England Tel. & 

 Tel. Co., at Eagle Lake and New Sweden (central offices) and 

 with all points where help can be called for if the watchman 

 locates a fire in any part of this section. Each camp owner is a 

 Deputy Forest Fire Warden, on duty only when the occasion 

 demands. 



A watchman's camp was built about one hundred rods from 

 the tower where a never failing spring brook gives a supply of 

 line water. It is sixteen feet square, has three windows of 

 12 X 20 glass giving ample light and air, and is equipped with 



