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This had been hauled up to the foot of the mountain the year before 
on a hand sled. The steel house and cement was hauled up to the 
top of the mountain by the Lincoln Pulpwood Company’s team and 
men, and the Forestry Department paid for the same. Owing to 
the mountain being so steep, it was a hard job to get it up to the 
top. By June 15th we had the tower up, the telephone installed 
and everything in running order. A cabin was built last year. 
We put in a call bell on the Sourdnahunk line to connect with Mr. 
Griffin’s territory. A switch was installed so we had connection 
through to Patten or Millinocket. 
INTERIOR OF WATCHMAN’S CAMP. 
It is the policy of the Maine Forestry Department to give the mountain 
lookout watchman just as comfortable quarters as possible, so that the job 
will attract and hold the better class of men. Photo by J. H. Gordon. 
The patrol and lookout on Center Mountain built a bedroom, 8 
feet x 14 feet, on the cabin. They painted the tower and house, and 
did a lot of clearing up around the lookout, and there needs to be 
some more done in the spring. The cabin at Beetle Mountain, 
which was used for the lookout and patrol, had two more logs put 
under it and moved back to be used for horses when hauling sup- 
plies or in case of fire. We also built a cellar in the side of the 
mountain, 6x6, and covered it with dirt. Then cut a trail from 
cabin to Lower Moose Pond, a distance of four and one-half miles. 
It was cut four feet wide, with logs and brush all removed. An- 
other one was cut from this trail to the east side of the mountain, a 
distance of one-half mile. On this trail we strung the wire that 
goes from Beetle Mountain to Sebois Farm. A line of spots were 
made from Beetle Mountain cabin to the Eagle Lake tote road and 
