42 Fiest Annual Report of the 



Number fires Number fires 



reported. reported. 



Stations. 1910. 1911. Stations. 1910. 1911. 



Kenipshall* — 13 St. Regis 55 16 



Lyon 3 30 TwadellJ — 8 



Makomis*t — 1 Vanderwhacker* ... — 26 



Morris 16 22 West 1 3 



Moosehead 9 7 Whiteface 7 28 



Owls Head*f — 1 



Pharoah 6 11 Total 366 



Prospect 13 16 



Snowy 16 17 



In connection with the establishment of these stations, it has 

 in all cases been necessary to build telephone lines. I wish to 

 call your attention to the hearty co-operation of landowners and 

 others in this work, without which, in many cases, it would have 

 been impossible to have established several stations. We enjoy the 

 free use of over 100 miles of private lines of lumber companies, 

 and, furthermore, the stations are in touch with their camps 

 and a source of help in case of fire. This hearty co-operation 

 demonstrates the value of the system and the landowners are 

 materially assisting. 



Your instructions to determine the actual demand for patrol- 

 men, define districts which they are to cover and thus place this 

 part of the work of the Commission on a definite basis, are being 

 carried out and such information will be ready for your considera- 

 tion at an early date. This will put the organization on a better 

 basis than ever before and must increase its efficiency. In 1910 

 each patrolman had about 120,000 acres to patrol and protect. This 

 year the number of patrolmen was judiciously increased from 

 forty-eight to sixty-four and the size of a district reduced to 

 approximately 100,000 acres each. The districts are, in many 

 cases, still too large and provision should be made to increase the 

 number of active patrolmen. 



* Not installed in 1910. 



t In use but part of present season. 



t Report for 1910 not available. 



