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up to the valley of the North Branch. A glance at the map and outline of the reservoir shows the 

 mountain ranges extending down into the flowed land, so that it is impossible to draw a load around 

 the reservoir. 



Upon cross-examination of Mr. Wood, it was stated that the hills came down on one side or the 

 other to the stream in different places, and where there is a hill on one side or an abrupt bank, the 

 other side will be low, and that it could not be drawn along the shore of the original stream e.xcept 

 by crossing the river because of the abrupt banks, and that it would not be practicable to draw so as 

 to avoid the reservoir : that to avoid the reservoir, a haul to the railroad, by the most feasible way, 

 would be twelve miles ; and that if the reservoir was not there the average haul to the reservoir 

 would be two and one-half miles. 



N. B. — We have already seen that logs can not be hauled with profit more than six miles. 



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The timber from the valley of the Red Horse Chain is entirely cut off by the reservoir. 



HON. MELVILLE W. VAN AMBER testified that in his examination of claimant's lands he 

 had examined the land in the valley of the Red Horse Chain with a view of lumbering it by railroad, 

 and that it can not be done ; that he noticed the mountain ranges intervening between the railroad 

 and the lands in the valley of the Red Horse Chain, and that with the reservoir in existence it would 

 not be practicable to draw logs from the valley of the Red Horse Chain to the Mohawk and Malone 

 Railroad; that the timber in the Red Horse Chain Vallev could not be hauled profitably more than 

 six or seven miles ; that it could not be hauled in a direct line to the railroad because of intervening 

 mountains ; and that the only feasible way to get around would be by a haul of twelve or fifteen 

 miles. 



JOHN McFARLAND testified that when he examined claimant's tract of land, he examined 

 especially with reference to lumbering by way of the Mohawk and Malone Railroad ; that you can not 

 get the timber on the lands north of the railroad to the railroad without first floating it down the 

 river, and then it could be towed up to the railroad, with a mill and branch built; that it would be 

 cheaper to build the mill than to tow the logs up. The expense of towing the logs up-stream to 

 the railroad was shown to be fifty cents a thousand after the reservoir was cleared out, which would 

 make it wholly impracticable ; that there would be too much up grade to draw- to the railroad. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES testified that he examined the lands in the Red Horse Chain 

 Valley for the purpose of ascertaining whether they could be lumbered by rail, and that the 

 lands in the valley of the Red Horse Chain could not be lumbered by rail, with the existing 

 reservoir, unless a branch track was built; that he noticed the height and abruptness of the moun- 

 tains intervening between the mountains and the Red Horse Chain, and that it would not be feasible 

 to draw the logs or lumber over the mountains to the railroad. 



JAMES COSGROVE testified that it would not be practicable to draw logs across the mountains 

 from the valley of the Red Horse Chain to the railroad ; that the cost would much more thaii eat the 

 profits up. 



JULIUS BRECKWALDT testified that it would not be practicable to draw the logs from the 

 valley of the Red Horse Chain to the railroad, because of intervening mountain ranges. 



We have already seen that because of the reservoir and the dam, the timber from the valley of 

 the Red Horse Chain can not be floated down the river ; that because of the manner of the use of 

 the reservoir by the State, the ice is so unstable that timber can not be drawn across the reservoir to 

 the railroad, even conceding that the haul of over five miles would be practicable ; that because of 

 the manner of the use of the reservior by the State it can not be converted into lumber upon the 

 tract, even after going to the expense of erecting mills ; and that because of intervening mountain 

 ranges it can not be drawn directly to the railroad. There is no escaping the conclusion but that 

 access to the timber in the valley of the Red Horse Chain has been entirely cut off by the reservoir, 

 and, as we have seen, there are in all 1 1,759 acres so situated. 



