I might here state that no macadam road has been 

 built within or around the park. 



(The principle of the macadam road is first that 

 the natural soil will answer for the foundation if 

 thoroughly drained; second, that the surface shall 

 consist of a layer from six to ten inches thick of 

 hard stone, preferably granite, evenly broken to a 

 size that will pass every way through a ring two and 

 a half inches in diameter, using no binding material 

 like fine gravel or sand, but leaving the broken stone 

 to work in and unite by its own angles under the 

 traffic. Also that the stone is very much better to 

 be broken by hand. The system was invented by 

 John Londan Macadam, a native of Scotland, in 1816, 

 after many years' experience in road building, and 

 has been generally adopted by European countries 

 and to a considerable extent in the United States. As 

 showing what some countries are doing, Norway 

 which now has over 6,000 miles of main road, from 

 1880 to 1895 constructed 1,177 miles of road, mostly 

 on the macadam system, at a cost of $4,800.00 per 

 mile. Any road should be a little higher in the center 

 than on the sides to shed rain.) 



The late Mr. Frederic Weyerhauser was an earnest 

 friend of forestry and served as a member of the 

 Forestry Board for several years. It must have been 

 through him that the Pine Tree Manufacturing Com- 

 pany in which he had an interest made its offer 

 August 21, 1908 to donate to the State its lands in 

 Itasca Park reserving the right to cut timber of cer- 

 tain dimensions and allow the Forestry Board to 

 select, mark and ultimately purchase certain trees. 



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