. Annual report . se, have corresponded. The eight Adirondack countiesof Clinton, Essex, Warren, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Lewis, Herkimer andHamilton have a gross area of 13,362 square miles; and in this district, atthe height of the past season, there were 31 regular patrolmen, or an averageof 400 square miles, or 11 townships per man. While the territory actuallycovered by the force was much smaller than this, because of the largeamount of land occupied or cultivated, the districts of some of the men werevery large and because of difficult means of communication and the numberof lumbering cre
. Annual report . se, have corresponded. The eight Adirondack countiesof Clinton, Essex, Warren, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Lewis, Herkimer andHamilton have a gross area of 13,362 square miles; and in this district, atthe height of the past season, there were 31 regular patrolmen, or an averageof 400 square miles, or 11 townships per man. While the territory actuallycovered by the force was much smaller than this, because of the largeamount of land occupied or cultivated, the districts of some of the men werevery large and because of difficult means of communication and the numberof lumbering crews in the district to be looked after, some of the men werestretched to the utmost. Special patrolmen, protectors and supervisors,of course, helped largely; but the bulk of the work and responsibility cameon the regulars. Here was where the observation stations came in. Withone of these overlooking his district, a patrolman could have some peaceof mind and save his strength for times when it was really called
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