4o8 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



HERSCHEL ROBERTS, Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor, who had charge of the construc- 

 tion of the Mohawk & Malone Raih-oad, testified that the railroad across the Twitchell Creek is forty- 

 two feet above the level of the water; that the railroad is upon an embankment at each end of the 

 bridge, the embankment on the southern end being 200 feet long and on the northern end over one 

 hundred feet; that the grade of the railroad at the crossing is eighty-four feet to the mile, and there 

 is a sharp curve at the crossing, and that it would not be feasible to build any branch line or spur at 

 that place ; that to build a wagon road on the south side of the ravine would be very expensive, as it 

 would be necessary to cut through a hard bastard granite; and to build a wagon road upon the south 

 side feasible for drawing logs would cost $3,000 a mile : and that the stream at the point of crossing is 

 a rapid stream. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES testified that he made an examination of the Twitchell Creek Railroad 

 crossing and the land in the vicinity for the purpose of ascertaining whether it was feasible to take the 

 logs out by railroad, that the grade of the railroad would be quite a hindrance to any branch tracks; 

 that on account of the height of the bridge, the curve of the railroad and the unhandy place to take 

 logs out at that place, that to put logs in the stream, run them down and then take Ihem out and put 

 them on the railroad, would be an expense of sixty-five cents a thousand feet. The lands upon 

 Township 8 and Twitchell Creek Valley are unusually well timbered, cutting at least 4,000 feet per 

 acre, which would make a difference per acre of $2.60. There are 6,582 acres of this land; and to 

 lumber the Twitchell Lake country in this way would entail a total expense of $17,213.20 which did 

 not exist before the reservoir. 



(_§".) Prior to the raising of the reservoir there -were 15,096 acres that could ha-oe been lumbered 

 by rail, lohich are now completely isolated. 



If the dam had not been raised the last time it would have been possible to have built a mill 

 opposite the Red Horse Chain, and by means of the mill and branch to have lumbered the entire tract. 



JOHN McFARL.^ND testified that if the flow line of the reservoir had extended back no farther 

 than to the line of dead trees caused by the first dam just to or below the Red Horse Chain outlet, 

 and that the balance of the Beaver River was in its natural condition, then all the timber in the Red 

 Horse Chain and South Branch could be floated down the river, and by putting a boom across the 

 river and building a mill there the lands in the Red Horse Chain country could have been lumbered. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES' testimony is to the same effect : that if the original flow extended no 

 farther than to the entrance of the Red Horse Chain, those lands could still be lumbered by rail. 



Five: The Sianding Timber upon claim.\nt's Land. 



The claim being made up largely of damages to the claimant's standing timber, an inquiry is 

 therefore necessary into the kind and amount of timber. 



TOWNSHIP 5 : The forests upon Township 5 are virgin forests, e.xcept a small cutting done by 

 Ouderkirk. The forests consist of 50 per cent, hard wood, 30 per cent, spruce, 10 per cent, pine, and 

 5 per cent, hemlock. 



The estimates of the yield per acre are as follows : 



DAVID C. WOOD estimated a cut of 2,000 feet of merchantable soft wood per acre upon Town- 

 ship 5, and in addition two cords of pulp wood. 



JOHN McFARLAND estimated a yield of 2,260 feet per acre, or 6 cords of pulp wood per acre. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES estimated a cut of 3,000 feet per acre. 



TOWNSHIP 43; The forests upon Township 43 are composed of 40 per cent, hard wood, 40 per 

 cent, spruce, 20 per cent, pine, cedar, hemlock and balsam. 



The estimated yield per acre is as follow-s : 



DAVID C. WOOD estimated 2,000 feet per acre, and three cords of pulp wood. 



JOHN McFARLAND estimated 3,000 feet per acre, seven cords of pulp wood. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES estimated a yield of 4,000 feet per acre. Pine in certain parts of 

 the township, especially in the James or Pine lots, is very prevalent. 



TOWNSHIP 38 : The forests upon Township 38 are composed of thirty per cent, hard wood, 

 twenty five per cent, pine, forty per cent, spruce, five per cent, cedar and balsam. 



