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in managing similar lands in the national forests. The cost of admin- 

 istration for each disposal class will vary considerably as between 

 States, depending on such factors as topography, fire hazard, probabil- 

 ity of erosion, and present range condition. 



National forest additions (class I), 4.75 cents per acre: total cost, approximately 

 $900,000. 



National-forest additions (class II), 4.24 cents per acre; total cost, approxi- 

 mately $138,000. 



Public control areas (class III), 1.21 cents per acre; total cost, approximately 

 $1,812,000. 



PROBABLE RECEIPTS 



The immediate receipts which may reasonably be expected from 

 these lands are small. The present depleted condition of most of the 

 lands, resulting from abuses previously discussed, makes the present 

 problem one of rehabilitation. Efforts to obtain immediate receipts 

 should be subordinate to the task of rebuilding the property to its 

 original usefulness and productivity. 



On the basis of charges now being made for timber, forage, and 

 special uses on the national forests and in view of the depleted condi- 

 tion of the property, it is believed that the revenue immediately ob- 

 tainable is substantially as follows: 



OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD AND COOS BAY 

 WAGON ROAD LAND GRANTS 



Two properties in western Oregon, aggregating nearly 2^ million 

 acres, are in somewhat unusual legal and financial status. 



The Oregon & California Railroad land grant, known briefly as 

 "O. & C. lands", included the odd-numbered sections within a strip 

 extending 20 miles on each side of the right of way, and an indemnity 

 strip extending an additional 10 miles on each side. The Oregon & 

 California Railroad line, running from Portland, Oreg., to San Fran- 

 cisco, Calif., is now a part of the Southern Pacific Railway system. 

 The terms of the grant provided, among other things, that the lands 

 should be sold to any applicant for not more than $2.50 per acre and 

 in units not exceeding 160 acres. The grant to the Coos Bay Wagon 

 Road Co. was made on approximately the same terms, but involved a 

 much smaller area. Compliance with the terms of the grants was 

 poor. Applications for the purchase of small blocks were refused, 

 blocks above the stipulated size were sold, and prices were raised 

 above that stipulated. This defeated the intent of the act. For 

 these and other reasons, the Government brought suit against the 

 railroad and wagon road companies in Oregon, and the grants were 

 forfeited. An act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), revested in the 



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