One of Maine's Lookout Stations. 



[Courtesy Maine Forest Com'r. 



One Means of Fire Detection. 



The accompanying illustration shows the 

 'looltout station' located on Bald Moun- 

 tain in the state of Maine. These stations 

 take an important place in the work of 

 protecting the forests from fire, both in 

 this state and in its neighbour, New 

 Hampshire. Mr. W. C. J. Hall, Superin- 

 tendent of the Forest Protective Service 

 of the Province of Quebec, in his report 

 for 1908, thus describes the use of the 

 lookout stations: 'Lookout stations are es- 

 tablished on the tops of the highest moun- 

 tains in the territory to be protected and 

 are connected by telephone with the ex- 

 isting telephone system and provided with 

 range-finders, compass, telescope, etc. Each 

 lookout is placed in charge of a reliable 

 man, familiar with the use of these in- 

 struments; this man is also supplied with 

 a map of the surrounding country, and the 

 moment he sees fire in any direction he 

 locates it, rings up the nearest fire warden 

 and tells him approximately where the fire 

 is. He next rings up the limit-owner, 

 whom he also warns of the fire and imme- 

 diately makes an entry to that effect in 



his "log," stating the date and hour that 

 each was warned. The lookouts already es- 

 tablished in the state of Maine have cost 

 from $500.00 to $600.00 each to install, 

 apart from the instruments.' 



The state of Maine now has twenty-four 

 of these stations, most of them construct- 

 ed and equipped during the last two 

 years. A few were maintained by private 

 timber owners before this, and were taken 

 over by the state. The total cost of con- 

 struction and equipment during the two 

 years has been $14,664.49. 



Provincial Chief Fire Warden W. C. 

 Gladwin, of British Columbia, is urging 

 Vancouver and the towns in its vicinity 

 to buy the forested lands on the water- 

 shed of the streams from which they ob- 

 tain their water supply. 



The town of Dauphin, Man., is install- 

 ing a waterworks system. The water 

 will be brought from Edwards Creek, in 

 the Riding Mountain forest reserve. 



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