E.C.Bissott and Conpany expect to start operations at 

 their shako and shingle mill at Uelder Grove as soon as 

 the snow is off so they oan get in. 



A crew will start baok Hay 20, weather permitting, to 

 rebuild the Northfork bridge, the old "soldier bridge" hav- 

 Ing gono out last winter. 



Northfork District. 



We of the Korthfork District wore very sorry to have to 

 give up llr.Redington, but if he had to leave us wo are glad 

 to know it was for a higher position. However, we know of 

 no one wo would rather have to take his place than Mr. Bene- 

 dict. Let us baok him -op with all there is In us. 



The forage crop on the lower ranees of this district 

 are about normal for this time of year, "but _cacd rain bad- 

 ly. On the Ohiqulto the forage is below norft-il i>ecaus<r~tr 

 lack of moisture. The last he%vy rain that fell at North-* 

 fork did not reach the Chl^uito. 



Although there was an unusually heavy snowfall this 

 winter, well above the average, the snow hao melted fast 

 and is now decidedly below normal In depth for this time 

 of year. 



The Forest Service telephone line to Ellis Meadow is 

 broken down badly, partly due to poles rotting at the sur- 

 face of the ground, partly to the" falling across the line 

 of six large trees besides numerous tops and 11rp]>s 



The telephone line within the Chlruito Basin , from 

 lo^an to a point about a r.ile north of Placer Station, a 

 distance of about three niles, Is in even worse shape, for 

 the region seems to have been struck by a cyclone of the 

 Eaiisas type. T7ithin a radius of one :-ile fron Placer Sta- 

 tion there were fully fifty 'trees uproote -.\ or broken off, 

 showing that there was a heavy wind while the ground was 

 wet. Inspection of the Chiquito linos shows, however, 

 that the swin^- linea stood up fifty percent better tlian 

 the solid bracket construction, 



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