MAINE FORESTRY DISTRICT 37 
Thomas Griffin, Millinocket, Chief Warden, Lower Lakes, West 
Branch of the Penobscot River, District No. 3. 
I wish to submit my report for District No. 3 for the season 
of 1919. In the early spring we repaired all telephone lines so that 
they were ready when the fire season opened. We built a 48-foot 
steel tower on Black Cat Mountain, 1 Range 9. This tower was 
fitted with table, map, glass alidade; and two telephones—one con- 
necting with the Great Northern Paper Company line, central at 
warden’s home at Millinocket; the other connecting onto Charles 
Daisey’s line reaching the sporting camp section to the west branch. 
We used about one and one-quarter miles of wire here. We built a 
watchman’s camp, put telephone in this; camp 14x20, sawed lumber. 
This camp was furnished with everything to make a man com- 
fortable. We fitted up an old camp on the East Branch, 2 Range 7, 
for patrolman and furnished it with dishes, stove and such things 
as are necessary for one man. Installed a telephone here and ran 
one-half mile of wire to connect with the East Branch driving line; 
this line runs into Mr. Robbins’ house at Grindstone and New Eng- 
land line to Millinocket. Built sleeping room onto camp at Double- 
top Mountain. 
I would advise that the lookout at Mount Katahdin be discon- 
tinued indefinitely ; and also Jo Mary until such times as the depart- 
ment sees fit to put a steel tower on it. I think this country is well 
covered now. Would recommend a tower for either Whetstone or 
Hunt Mountain on the East Branch to cover a place up the Branch 
that we cannot cover now; should we get this tower we have wire 
enough at Grindstone and I think telephones enough to equip this 
outfit. Would change telephone line now running from Millinocket 
to Norcross, then to Ragged Mountain, to run on New England tel- 
ephone poles from Millinocket to Norcross, cutting out about nine 
miles of line and possibly cutting out a central at Norcross. A 
car could be used in this district now to good advantage. We 
could cover Indian 3, A, R..7; 1, R. 7; 1, R. 8; 1, R. 9. There is 
only one train a day each way that will stop at Grindstone, and 
this causes a lot of waste time. 
John B. Mitchell, Patten, Chief Warden for Upper East Branch 
Waters of the Penobscot River, District No. 4. 
I have the honor to submit to you the following report of the 
forestry section of Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties for the year 
1919. There have been only four fires of any consequence in my 
territory this season. 
