12 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION 



Another Elk Mountain fire started on August 1 5th by lightn- 

 ing, burned the following area : 



Acres 

 Sec. Twp. Rge. E. Burned. 



5 38 V 160 _.. 



31 39 ~j JJQ ims was nearly all burned in 



32 39 7 220 1908 ' 



Telephone Lines Constructed in 1914 



Fourteen miles from Headquarters (Sec. 15-38-5 E. ) to the j->hn 

 Lewis Cabin, connecting with the lookout in Section 27-3! ' 

 -4 E., at a cost of $659.^54. 



Seven miles from Bertha Hill (Sec. 35-40-5 E. ) to the Moscow 

 Bar trail (Sec. 21-39-6 E. ), to 'be known as the "Elk Moun- 

 tain Line/' at a cost of $300.00. 



Seven miles of the Bertha Hill line (from Sec. 15-38-5 E. to Sec. 

 35-40-5 E.), which was constructed in 1911 with Xo. 12 line 

 wire, was rebuilt with Xo. 10 wire at a cost of $359.54. 



Two and one-half miles of line was rebuilt in Twp. 38-3 K. to 

 connect the Clearwater Telephone line with Joseph Duffle'.- 

 cabin instead of A. T. Rogers, in Section 19. The material 

 in the old line was used and the work was done by men doing 

 patrol duty at no extra cost to the Association. 

 The average cost of this construction was v$47.11 per mile, 



as shown below : 



Labor, 249 days.... .$647.50 



Provisions ! 149.80 



Wire and equipment 521.92 



$1,319.08 



In addition to the foregoing the Association built one-half 

 of the joint line from Freezeout to Hemlock Butte (11 Miles) 

 at a cost of $427.99. This makes a total of 26>< miles constructed 

 at a cost of $1,747.07. 



All the new lines constructed this year were built oft the 

 trails, so they could be built closer to the ground. AYe have found 

 from experience that when the line is built ten or twelve feet 

 from the ground and with plenty of slack, there is less danger 

 of the line being broken by falling trees, as it will give enough 

 to let the wire go to the ground without breaking. 



Sixty-four miles of telephone line were repaired this year. 

 Seventeen miles of this was taken down and rebuilt off the road 



