440 



LUMBER BUSINESS OF THE UPPER HUDSON. 



Market-logs received at the Big Boom from the time of its construction, in ] 851, to the present time. 

 [From the books of the Ilndspn Eiver Boom Association.] 



' No report ; estimated. 



' Equal to 2,461,880,000 feet of lumber in 27 years ; 



' 91,180,741 feet on the general average per annum. 



The manufacturing on the Upper Hudson (except the limited amount 

 above Jessap's Falls) is divided between Glens Falls, Sandy Hill, Fort 

 Edward, and Fort Miller, much the larger amount being at the first of these 

 places.^ In the absence of other data, we take the oflBcial canal reports, 

 showing the amount cleared at different offices in to7is of 2,000 pounds, 

 and value. Before 1858, entries were divided between the offices at 

 Glens Falls and Schuylerville, but since then at Fort Edward^ which 

 represents the business formerly transacted at both of the former offices. 



Tons and value of forest products cleared on the Champlain Canal and Glens Falls Feeder 

 since 1849, at points on the Upper Hudson. 



GLENS FALLS. 



SCHLYLERVILLE, 



' The Big Bend referred to in the text, ia about four miles above Glens Falls, where 

 the boom is located. Two miles below is the State dam for feeding the summit-level of 

 the Cbamplain Canal, and here at either end of the dam are two saw-mills. Two other 

 establishments occur at the Falls. Another large establisliraont, run by steam, is lo- 

 cated on the caual, two miles below Gleus Falls, and others at each of the jjlaces 

 named. 



