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land, notably the Red Horse Chain, Twitchell Creek and South Branch, streams of sufficient size and 

 capacity so that all the softwood timber upon their water sheds can be floated into the Beaver River 

 and from thence to market. 



{c. ) Red Horse Chain tributary. 



HON. MELVILLE W. VAN AMBER testifies that the Red Horse Chain is a feasible stream 

 for the purpose of floating logs, or could be made so with an ordinary and usual expenditure ; that 

 the Red Horse Chain is a better stream to drive than the tributaries to the Beaver River lower down, 

 which he and Mr. Basselin are now actually driving. 



JAMES COSGROVE testified that the Red Horse Chain is feasible for driving by making usual 

 and ordinary repairs and improvements. 



JOHN McFARLAND, after an examination of the Red Horse Chain, with a view of determining 

 whether it was a feasible stream or tributary to drive logs, testified that it was a feasible stream to 

 drive, upon making the usual and ordinary improvements, which, as he figured, would cost in the 

 neighborhood of $4,000; and that streams which he had successfully driven in the Adirondacks were 

 worse to drive and rougher than the Red Horse Chain. 



AUGUSTUS KESSLER testifies as to driving Fish and Alder Creeks, tributaries to the Beaver 

 River, just below Township 5, which are not as large as the Red Horse Chain. 



Wesley Barnes testifies that the Red Horse Chain is a feasible stream for driving logs. 



((/. ) South Branch tributary. 



James Cosgrove testifies that $1,500 will do all that is necessary in improving the South Branch 

 of the Beaver River for floating logs. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES testifies that the South Branch is a feasible stream for floating 

 out logs. 



((?. ) Tuntchell Ci-eek tributary. 



S. O. BOULLIVANT has examined Twitchell Creek. He testified that Twitchell Creek is a 

 feasible stream for driving logs. 



From this testimony it is to be observed that not only did the Beaver River, in its natural 

 condition, have size and capacity to float the logs out, but its tributaries have also size and capacity 

 sufficient to float of? all the merchantable soft wood on their water-shed. Such was the condition of 

 the stream and its tributaries originally, before any interference with it by the State. It was a grand, 

 natural system of highways for lumber purposes. 



Second. The Beaver River is Tributary to a large Lumber and I'ulp-wood 

 Market. 



It is a well-known fact that all along the Black and Beaver Rivers large quantities of pulp wood 

 are consumed. Anyone at all familiar with the industrial developments of the State knows that 

 within the last few years a great many millions of dollars have been invested in pulp and paper mills 

 all along the Black and Beaver Rivers. 



(i.l Consumption cf pulp wood. 



HON. G. H. P. GOULD testifies that there is a large quantity of pulp wood consumed along 

 the Black River at Carthage, Felt's Mills, Brown's Mills, Watertown and Dexter. 



GEORGE C. SHERMAN, of Watertown, of the Taggart Paper Company, testifies that their 

 company float their pulp wood from Brown's Tract down Otter Creek into the Black River, and down 

 the Black River to their mills at Felt's Mills; that there are a number of pulp mills along the Black 

 River at Watertown, consuming annually 50,000 cords of pulp wood at least. 



EDWARD B. STERLING, manufacturer of paper at Watertown, testifies that at Watertown 

 fifty to sixty thousand cords of pulp wood are annually consumed. 



DR. FRANKLIN ROBINSON, of Carthage, who has recently erected a pulp mill, and is float- 

 ing his logs down the Independence River, testifies that his mill consumes from ten to fifteen tons of 

 pulp wood per day. 



Not only is there a large consumption of pulp wood along the Black River, but at Beaver Falls 

 there are three pulp mills. Pulp wood along the Black River is a staple commodity in the market, 

 and has a well-known and well-defined market value. 



