. Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1919. Forests and forestry. MAINE FORESTRY DISTRICT 27 lowered about three miles of line, began using sleeves at splices and tried several new methods of fastening insulators. The main improvement in the district this year was the erec- tion of a thirty-six foot steel tower, on the north peak of Number Nine Mountain. This tower adds very much to the usefulness of our lookout. The patrolmen and watchmen cleaned up the trails around the lookout in better shape than I have ever succeeded in having them. We had good connections with the Maine Last Blo
. Forest protection and conservation in Maine, 1919. Forests and forestry. MAINE FORESTRY DISTRICT 27 lowered about three miles of line, began using sleeves at splices and tried several new methods of fastening insulators. The main improvement in the district this year was the erec- tion of a thirty-six foot steel tower, on the north peak of Number Nine Mountain. This tower adds very much to the usefulness of our lookout. The patrolmen and watchmen cleaned up the trails around the lookout in better shape than I have ever succeeded in having them. We had good connections with the Maine Last Block Company's camp on Tw^p. 8 R. 3, where the Company kept a watch- man nearly all summer. I had my man do quite a lot of work on. ABANDONED .FARM SCENES—6. In the background is merchantable pine old field abandoned fifty- two years. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. this line, as we might need it very much some time, and it con- nected on to our wire about half way out. For next year I would like very much to see a better camp built for the watchman, as the present one is 9 by 12, with a three-and- one-half-foot wall, and has a roof of cedar splits covered with roofing paper. This is too small, as the patrolman makes this his Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maine. Forest Commissioner; Colby, Forrest H. [Lewiston, Me. , Journal Printshop and Bindery]
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