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JOHN McFARLAND estimated it to yield 2,575 feet per acre, or six cords of pulp wood. 



HON. WESLEY B.'^RNES estimated it to yield 4,000 feet per acre. 



JAMES COSGRO\'E estimated it to yield 3,000 feet per acre. 



TOWNSHIP 37 : The forests in Township 37 are composed of thirty-five per cent, hard wood, 

 ten per cent, pine, forty per cent, spruce, fifteen per cent, cedar, hemlock and balsam. 



JOHN McFARLAND estimated it to yield 2,590 feet per acre, or five cords of pulp wood. 



HON. WESLEY BARNES estimated it to yield 4,000 feet per acre. 



JAMES COSGROVE estimated that it would yield 3,000 feet per acre. 



N. B. — In making their estimates, the witnesses took into account different kinds of cutting. 

 Hon. Wesley Barnes considered a closer cut than the others. 



Other witnesses named the tract as an entirety, viz. : 



HON. M. W. VAN AMBER estimated the whole tract to yield from three to three Rnd one- 

 half thousand feet per acre, or five cords of pulp wood. 



ERASTUS DARLING estimated the tract to cut 3,600 feet per acre. 



A cut of 3,000 feet is not at .nil an unusual cut. (Testimony William McEchron. See also 

 testimony of Augustus Kessler as to the yield of his adjoining land by actual measurement.) 



It is a fair conclusion from the testimony that the claimant's land would cut at least 3,000 feet per 

 acre of merchantable soft wood or five cords of pulp wood. 



Six: Da.m.\ges Done to claimani's Lands in rm-. Ukstkih 1 idn oi- Thkir Use for 

 Camp and Cottage Purposes. 



One of the class of damages entering into this class is the diminution in value of a portion of 

 claimant's land for camp, cottage and park purposes, caused by the reservoir. 



Prior to the construction of the reservoir there were camps and cottage sites all along the Beaver 

 River upon claimant's lands, which were actually in use, nearly all of which have been submerged by 

 the reservoir, springs covered up and polluted, and the whole region rendered so unhealthy as to 

 make the adjacent land unsalable. A beautiful lake — Big Burnt Lake — has been entirely submerged, 

 and the overflow extends up to the outlet of two others, namely, Trout Pond and Loon Lake. The 

 flowed ground has been extended so far that a cottage belonging to the claimant has been placed at 

 the edge of the reservoir. 



One of the qualities that give value to a given tract of land for camp and cottage purposes is the 

 ability of the tract to support fish and game. The Beaver River Valley, in its original condition, 

 was a natural feeding ground for deer. This feeding ground has all been submerged and destroyed 

 by the reservoir. In the winter time the Beaver River Valley was a natural yarding place for deer, 

 where feed could be found among the dried grasses of the low lands. All this has been destroyed by 

 the reservoir and the hunting practically ruined. 



{a.) Merchatitabh- soft wood can he taken from a tract of forest land and the I'aluc of the tract for 

 camp, cottage and park pnrposes be retained. 



It is to be borne in mind that the merchantable soft wood occupies only a small percentage of the 

 forest. To begin with, fifty per cent, of the forest is hard wood, and the remaining fifty per cent, of 

 soft w-ood is composed of all sized trees, many of them small, so that the removal of the merchantable 

 soft wood makes but little impression upon the forests as a whole. The evidence is; 



HON. WESLEY BARNES testified that with the merchantable soft timber taken off, the lands 

 would be just as valuable for park purposes. 



WILLIAM McECHRON testified that land from which the merchantable soft wood had been 

 taken was valuable for park purposes, and that he had sold land for such purpose. 



ERASTL'S DARLING testified that he had sold tracts of land for camp and cottage purposes 

 from which the merchantable soft wood had been taken, and upon which there were lakes that he had 

 dammed up for a few weeks in the spring of the year for lumbering purposes; and that removing the 

 merchantable soft wood made more and better feed for deer. 



