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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  striking 
  illustration 
  of 
  how 
  unreasonable 
  public 
  prejudice 
  in 
  

   the 
  North 
  Woods 
  may 
  be 
  was 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  writer's 
  experience 
  

   at 
  Indian 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1897. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  investigations 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  foundation 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  Indian 
  lake 
  dam 
  were 
  in 
  process, 
  

   and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  expedite 
  the 
  study 
  it 
  was 
  proposed 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  

   water 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  lake. 
  This 
  fact 
  becoming 
  known, 
  violent 
  pro- 
  

   tests 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  people 
  living 
  several 
  miles 
  away, 
  who 
  

   urged 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  lake 
  were 
  drawn 
  down 
  there 
  was 
  certain 
  to 
  be 
  

   serious 
  sickness, 
  diphtheria 
  among 
  other 
  diseases 
  being 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  as 
  likely 
  to 
  occur. 
  Time 
  was 
  an 
  element 
  of 
  importance, 
  

   and 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  require 
  at 
  least 
  ten 
  days 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  

   water 
  to 
  a 
  level 
  low 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  special 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  

   study 
  in 
  hand, 
  it 
  was 
  finally 
  left 
  undrawn, 
  the 
  water 
  surface 
  of 
  

   the 
  lake 
  remaining 
  during 
  the 
  whole 
  summer 
  and 
  fall 
  of 
  1897 
  

   at 
  about 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  timber 
  dam, 
  or 
  at 
  about 
  twelve 
  

   feet 
  above 
  extreme 
  low 
  water. 
  In 
  spite, 
  however, 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   not 
  being 
  drawn 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  sickness 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Indian 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1897, 
  diphtheria 
  especially 
  attacking 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  children. 
  Certainly 
  had 
  the 
  water 
  actually 
  

   been 
  drawn, 
  as 
  originally 
  proposed, 
  no 
  amount 
  of 
  argument 
  would 
  

   have 
  availed 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  drawing 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  not 
  

   responsible 
  for 
  the 
  disease. 
  

  

  Power 
  development 
  at 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  The 
  truth 
  of 
  

   the 
  general 
  proposition 
  may 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  appreciated 
  by 
  con- 
  

   sidering 
  the 
  development 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Hudson 
  river 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   immediate 
  vicinity 
  thereof. 
  

  

  At 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  there 
  are 
  extensive 
  sawmills 
  turning 
  out 
  twenty 
  

   millioni 
  feet 
  of 
  sawed 
  lumber 
  annually; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  paper- 
  

   mills 
  in 
  the 
  country, 
  including 
  a 
  pulpmill, 
  with 
  other 
  industries 
  

   is 
  located 
  here. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  lime-kilns, 
  producing 
  500,000 
  

   barrels 
  of 
  lime 
  annually. 
  The 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  Portland 
  Cement 
  

   Works 
  produce 
  1000 
  barrels 
  of 
  cement 
  a 
  day. 
  In 
  addition, 
  there 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  town, 
  shirt 
  and 
  collar 
  factories, 
  employing 
  about 
  2000 
  

   people. 
  . 
  

  

  At 
  Sandy 
  Hill 
  there 
  are 
  large 
  bag 
  and 
  paper 
  establishments, 
  

   wall-paper 
  works, 
  iron 
  and 
  brass 
  works, 
  friction-pulley 
  works, 
  

   works 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  machinery 
  of 
  many 
  kinds, 
  lumber 
  

  

  