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Mr. William T. Bellen, firewarden for the town of Mayfield, Fulton county, N. Y., 

 reports : 



April 27th, 1900. Number of acres burned, forty ; value of standing timber destroyed, 

 $50. Fire started from a burning match thrown in the dry grass by the roadside, where 

 a man had lighted his pipe. Extinguished by clearing away the leaves, carrying water, 

 digging a trench, whipping the flames with hemlock brush, and starting a back-f,re on 

 an old road. Number of men called out, eleven ; total number of days' labor, five 

 and one-half. If the wind had not been in the east it would have burned a thousand 

 acres over. We stopped the fire on an old winter road, and then watched it all night. 



September loth, 1900. This fire, which burned over about ten acres, was started by a 

 locomotive on the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville railroad on August loth. It was 

 supposed to be all out, but on September loth it broke out again. As we could not get 

 any water to put it out, it has been burning in old stumps and logs ever since, but without 

 doing any damage. The railroad company has agreed to settle all expenses and damages. 



October 22d, 1900. This fire was caused by some careless hunters who were looking 

 after their bear traps. It burned over about ten acres, and destroyed about $50 worth of 

 standing timber. After extinguishing it we removed all the old firebrands to a safe dis- 

 tance, placing them on ground that had already been burned over. 



Mr. Netus Lancaster, firewarden for the town of Stratford, Fulton county, N. Y., 

 reports : 



May 29th, 1900. Number of acres burned, twenty ; value of timber destroyed, $10. 

 Extinguished the fire by using water, whipping out with brush, and back-firing. Total 

 number of days' labor by men called out, five. This fire started near the highway in an 

 old brush lot, from where it spread into some green timber ; but we got control of it 

 before it did any serious damage. It was in the edge of the big forest and it might have 

 destroyed a large amount of timber. 



Mr. Duane Norton, firewarden for the town of Greig, Lewis county, N. Y., 

 reports : 



May 26th, 1900. Number of acres burned, 152 ; value of timber destroyed, $100 ; 

 value of cordwood and logs destroyed, $30. Warned out 17 men ; total number of days' 

 labor, forty-four and one-quarter. 



I just received the above report from the district firewarden. This is the second time 

 he has failed to report a fire when it occurred. After appointing a district warden have 

 I the power to remove him ? If so, I will do it, and appoint some one else in his place. 



Mr. Edwin Burdick, firewarden for the town of Port Leyden, Lewis county, 

 N. Y., reports : 



August 7th, 1900. About ten acres burned over on Lot 272, Brantingham Tract ; no 

 State land. Extinguished by shoveling dirt and drawing water, as it was on a ledge of 

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