Forest Pirc^. 



PURSUANT to the requirements of Section 279, Chapter 395, Laws of 

 1895, we submit the reports of the various firewardens in whose towns 

 forest fires have occurred in the year 1895. 



There were two large fires in the Adirondack Park and one in the Catskill 

 region, neither of which occurred on State land. The large number of incipient fires 

 which were extinguished indicates that the firewardens were vigilant and prompt 

 in the discharge of their duties. 



By the Law of 1895 the entire expense of fighting forest fires was made a State 

 charge.* The aggregate bills presented under this law, including the expense and 

 services of the firewardens in posting the " Rules and Regulations," amount to 

 $1,919.95. 



Essex County. 



C. A. Jordan, Firewarden for the town of Elizabethtown, reports : 

 A fire occurred in Elizabethtown on Lots 173 and 177, Iron Ore Tract, on 

 October 24th and 25th, which burned over about fifty acres. The damage amounted 

 to about fifty dollars, I think. It being late in the fall, and the leaves all off the trees, 

 I can hardly tell the exact amount. I warned out Elbert Daniels, Ira Daniels and 

 Alexander Pasneau. We worked on the 24th all day, and at night we had it under 

 control. But the next day it broke out again, and I had to warn them out again. 



James Patten with six of his men fought the fire on the south side of the hill two 

 half days to keep the fire from burning his pulp wood. The wind being in the south, 

 we thought there was no trouble on the south side of the hill. It rained on the night of 

 the 25th and extinguished it. The reason I have not reported before was because I 

 heard it hinted that the fire was set. But I find that the report came from some hard 

 feeling between neighbors. The origin of the fire is not known. 



E. C. Wiley, Firewarden for the town of Ticonderoga, reports : 

 A fire occurred in this town on July 12th. I am unable to ascertain the cause, 

 but it was probably set by berry pickers. It occurred on what is known as " Cook's 

 Mountain," and about thirty or forty acres were burned over. The amount of damage 



Amended in 1896, making one-half the expense a town charge, and one-half a State charge. 



