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mountain at the forks of the West Canada creek, on the Herkimer and 

 Hamilton county line. This will command a large area of State land in 

 Herkimer and Hamilton counties. I also recommend that the forest 

 fire patrol work be confined to the fire towns under the old law instead of 

 to the whole of the Forest Preserve counties ; also that the mountain stations 

 be completed ready for use May 1 5th ; that the full patrol force for the Third 

 Forest Fire Patrol district be appointed at least as early as June 1, 19 10; 

 that a telephone line be installed at Grass River; that a telephone line 

 be established from Beaver River to Tupper Lake; that fire tools be pur- 

 chased for some districts. This Third District during the past season was 

 divided into nine patrol districts, and each patrolman made regular trips 

 over his district when there were no fires, through the lumbering section, 

 visiting the log and wood cutters, instructing them in top lopping and getting 

 the work properly done. At the same time they covered sections of their 

 district where fires were liable to start. They have also looked up trespass 

 cases, measured the timber thereon, and counted tops for penalty actions. 



Aside from inspecting seventy-two miles of the Mohawk and Malone 

 railroad and thirty-eight miles of the Carthage and Adirondack and Cran- 

 berry Lake railroad, by walking over the lines, there are 120 lumber jobs 

 in this district. 



James McBride, 



Superintendent, Third District. 

 Old Forge, December 23, 1909. 



Report on Fire District Number Four 



Mr. Austin Cary, Superintendent State Forests: 



Dear Sir. — I herewith submit my report of what has been done by 

 the Catskill Fire Patrol in the Fourth District, comprising the counties 

 of Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware and Greene, under the revised fire law which 

 took effect May 26, 1909. 



At that time notices were received by the fire wardens of the several 

 Forest Preserve towns, notifying them that they were legislated out of 



