436 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



This Agreement, made this 12th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 

 hundred and ninety-five, by and between WilHam Seward Webb of the City, County and State of New 

 York and the Ne-ha-sa-ne Park Association, a domestic corporation created and organized under the 

 laws of the State of New York, parties of the first part, and Lemon Thomson, of Thomson's Mills, 

 N. Y., Edward Thomson, Jr., of McKeever, N. Y., and John A. Dix, of Thomson's Mills, N. Y., 

 composing the Moose River Lumber Company, parties of the second part. 



WITNESSETH, that the parties of the first part hereby agree to sell and convey unto the parties of 

 the second part and the parties of the second part agree to take and pay for the right and privilege to 

 cut and take all the pine, spruce, balsam, hemlock, tamarack, cedar, cherry, ash, basswood and 

 poplar timber not less than ten inches in diameter, three feet above the ground and suitable for 

 lumber or manufacturing purposes, at the rate of six dollars ($6) per acre, now standing on the land 

 of the parties of the first part in Township eight (8), John Brown's Tract, so-called. Town of 

 Wilmurt, Herkimer County, N. Y., having a slope or water-shed to the Twitchell Creek, and Beaver 

 River or its branches or tributaries, excepting therefrom that portion thereof which is under contract 

 for lumbering with Firman Ouderkirk, such sale and purchase of the aforesaid soft wood timber is 

 upon the same terms, conditions and limitations, and the said six dollars per acre shall be paid in 

 the same manner as provided for in the contract, dated the 7th day of February, 1894, between said 

 William Seward Webb of the first part and the parties of the second part for the sale and removal of 

 the same kind of softwood timber upon that portion of said Township eight (8), John Brown's Tract, 

 having a slope or water-shed to the Moose River or its tributaries. The intent of this agreement 

 being that all the terms and conditions of said contract of the 7th day of February, 1894, so far as 

 applicable to the Twitchell Creek water-shed on said Township eight, shall apply to and be considered 

 a part of this agreement. It is expressly agreed and understood that no lumbering of any kind shall 

 be conducted within a line of twenty rods around Twitchell Lake without the consent in writing of the 

 parties of the first part, and that no lumber camps shall be built within forty rods of said Twitchell 

 Lake. The same restrictions to apply to such other lakes situate within the above mentioned 

 water-sheds as the parties of the first part shall designate in writing. This agreement to be annexed 

 to the said contract of the 7th day of February, 1894, and to be deemed a part thereof. 



In Witness Whereof the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals the twelfth 

 day of November, 1895. 



(Signed) WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB. [seal] 



THE NE-HA-SA-NE PARK ASSOCIATION. [seal] 



By Henry L. Sprague, 



President. [seal] 



Signed and sealed and delivered in the presence of C. H. Burnett as to W. S. Webb and H. L. 

 Sprague. 



LEMON THOMSON. 



JOHN A. DIX. 



EDWARD THOMSON, Jr., 



By JNO. A. Dix. 

 MOOSE RIVER LUMBER CO. 

 Signed and sealed in the presence of C. J. Cameron. 



"D." 



Articles of Agreement made and entered into this 21st day of October, 1893, between 

 William Seward Webb, of the City, County and State of New York, of the first part, and Firman 

 Ouderkirk, of the Town of Ohio, County of Herkimer and State of New York, party of the second part. 



WITNESSETH, that for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1) each to the other in 

 hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto mutually agree to and 

 with each other as follows, to wit : 



