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the erection of a 30-foot steel tower, with observation room at the top, 

 from which this territory will be completely covered. 



District No. 4. — In this district we have Mount Tom at Holyoke, 

 Grace Mountain at Warwack and Massamet Mountain at Shelburne 

 Falls. At Mount Tom we have also been extremely fortunate in being 

 allowed the privilege of using the large observation room in the Summit 

 House free of charge, where we have had at our command the use of 18 

 powerful telescopes. This station has an elevation of 1,214 feet and 

 covers a large jjortion of Hampden and Hampshire counties, and also 

 protects the watersheds of the Connecticut, Deerfield and Miller rivers. 



Grace Mountain, with an elevation of 1,620 feet, protects the water- 

 sheds of the Connecticut, Deerfield and Miller rivers. At this station 

 it was necessary to install a telephone system connecting with the New 

 England Telephone Company at Warwick. We have also erected a 50- 

 foot tower to completely cover the territory. 



Massamet Mountain, with an elevation of 1,645 feet, covers a large 

 portion of Franklin County and protects the watersheds of the Con- 

 necticut, Deerfield and Miller rivers. At tliis station we were donated 

 the free use of the 63-foot stone tower, which completely covers the terri- 

 tory. It was necessary to install a telephone system on this mountain 

 connecting with the Heath Telephone Company at Shelburne Falls. 

 This station was placed in operation August 30 and was discontinued 

 November 10. 



District No. 5. — We have completed no permanent observation sys- 

 tem in this district. An observer was placed on Greylock Mountain 

 October 17, and his services were discontinued November 10. The prin- 

 cipal reason for this was to determine the length of time this mountain 

 was obscured by clouds. Owing to its elevation of 3,505 feet above sea 

 level, the results were not perfectly satisfactory, but since it is a State 

 reservation of 8,147 acres, and is already equipped with a telephone service 

 and an iron tower 50 feet high, I feel that arrangements should be com- 

 pleted for the estabUshment of a permanent observation station at this 

 point, to be placed in operation in the spring. 



We have also had in view the advisability of establishing a station on 

 October Mountain, but, owing to the delay in getting permission for the 

 use of this mountain, it being a private preserve, we were unable to de- 

 termine its value. We shall also establish a station in the southern part 

 of Berkshire County, but nothing definite as to location has been arrived 

 at as yet. 



The above system, when completed, will cover practically every inch 

 of the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from Cape Cod in the east 

 to and including the Berkshire Hills in the west. 



In explanation of our present system I wish to say that each observa- 

 tion station is in charge of a competent observer, a man thoroughly famihar 

 with the territory surrounding his station. These men are equipped with 

 powerful glasses and maps of their respective territory. They also have 



