36 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
bushes on trails and around cabin, also cleared away 25 feet around 
foot of tower. The inspector this year recommended a steel tower 
for this mountain, a 27-foot tower, and I agree with him, as the old 
one is a wooden structure and is in poor condition and only 12 feet 
high. The watchman on this mountain needs a new camp. The 
present one is old and rotten and not fit to live in. I would recom- 
mend that some changes be made on the gauntlet line to make it 
shorter, as the line now goes to the different old lumber camps of 
Mr. Pride’s, and would be less distance to patrol. With the consent 
of the Forest Commissioner I have purchased a camp at a reason- 
able cost to be used by the lineman, and there should be some 
repairs on the camp at the gauntlet to make it comfortable. This 
line is some 32 miles long from Arbo’s to top of mountain and there 
is no stopping place along the line; only some old lumber camps 
broken in and fallen down. 
Mattamiscontis Line: The distance from the tower to Seboois 
Plantation on the Canadian Pacific Railway is about seven miles 
and until this year we have had no line to this settlement. I got 
permission from Mr. V. R. Nason to connect onto his line near 
his lumber camps. We cut a trail two miles and strung new wire, 
so we get good service from tower to the settlement. I also had 
Mr. Nason appointed deputy warden. We have also cut bushes on 
the trails and around the tower and camp, painted the house on the 
tower and have on hand paint to paint tower next spring. It was 
painted two coats last season. 
Ragged Mountain Line: This line is in good repair but could 
be improved by -putting in some new wire in places and taking out 
some of the old where it has been repaired with short pieces. We 
have cut the bushes (or Mr. Monroe did) around tower and trail. 
Painted the tower house and steel tower and put on shutters for 
winter. 
Boarstone Mountain: We started in to clear up around the 
camp, where the lumber was cut to build the camp, and got it well 
along when called off. The tower has shutters on and everything 
is O. K. for winter. 
I think all the towers and camps are left all right and am in 
hopes will find them the same in the spring. The watchmen on the 
different towers cut the bushes around towers and trails. 
