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of plantations and eight observers on mountain stations. Sixteen regular 

 patrolmen hold over the winter, engaged in enforcing the law requiring the 

 tops to be lopped and to some extent employed in maintenance of the State's 

 property rights. 



Game Protectors ; 



Thirty of the protectors reside in forest preserve counties, and some of 



them do good service in protecting the State's property from trespass and 



otherwise helping out the work of this branch of the Commission. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Austin Cary, 



Superintendent of Forests. 

 Albany, Dec. 15, 1909. 



Report of the Assistant Superintendent 



Mr. Austin Cary, Superintendent of Forests: 



Dear Sir. — Complying with your request for a statement of the 

 number of telephones installed at different locations for the prevention 

 of forest fires, I submit the following: 



Mount Morris station was completed in June and is connected with 

 long distance telephone at Tupper Lake village; 6^ miles of double wire. 



White Face Mountain station was completed in July, connecting with 

 long distance telephone at Lake Palcid; 7^ miles double wire. 



West Mountain station at Raquette Lake, connecting with long distance 

 telephone via Old Forge and Utica; also connecting with Vanderbilt, 

 Morgan and Woodruff preserves, Blue Mountain, Long and Indian Lakes; 

 5^ miles of double wire. Completed in July. 



Gore Mountain station; single wire connecting with the North Creek 

 telephone line; 1 mile of wire. Completed in July. 



Snowy Mountain station; completed in August; town of Indian Lake. 

 Connecting at Griffin's with telephone line bought of E. Wilson; 3 \ miles of 

 single wire. 



