198 OUR NATIONAL FORESTS 



measured by a Forest officer. In some cases this 

 requirement is waived when by it the needs of the 

 users are met with greater dispatch and the cost of 

 administration is thereby reduced. The free-use 

 applicant is required to utihze the trees cut in ac- 

 cordance with local Forest Service practice and he 

 is required to avoid unnecessary damage to young 

 growth and standing timber. 



TIMBER SETTLEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE USE 



When timber on National Forest land is cut, 

 damaged, killed, or destroyed in connection with 

 the enjoyment of a right-of-way or other special 

 use, it is not necessary to advertise it for sale, but 

 payment therefor is required at not less than the 

 minimum rate established by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture. Timber removed in this way is usually 

 scaled, measured, or counted and the procedure is 

 identical with that of a timber sale. But where 

 timber is destroyed or where it is not worked up in 

 measurable form or where the cutting is done in 

 such a way that scaling is impracticable, settlement 

 is required on the basis of an estimate. 



In 1912 a new branch of the Southern Pacific 

 Railroad was built across a portion of the Lassen 



