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Q. Where are those lands situated? 



A. Both sides of the Beaver river. 



Q. How far east of No. 4 (Fenton's, as it was called), how many miles ? 



A- That is a very difficult question to answer; the river is pretty 

 crooked. 



Q. I mean in a general course, how far up into the Adirondacks is it? 



A. The townships are about five miles square; it is about fifteen 

 miles in a straight line. 



Q. That is, fifteen miles above Fenton's ? 



A Yes, sir. 



Q. How far east from Black river is that ? 



A No. 4 is seventeen miles from the Black river, and our timber 

 contracts begin at No. 4. 



Q. It runs twelve or thirteen miles back? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What kind of lands are those as to timber? 



A Timber lands; that is all I can tell you. 



Q. What kind of timber ? 



A Mostly hemlock, spruce, and a little pine. 



Q. Is it full timber ? 



A Fairly timbered. 



Q. How many trees from the acre can you get there ? 



A That is more than I can tell you. 



Q. About how many on the average ? 



A I don't know. 



Q. What is the value of that land there for lumber purposes ? 



A. I couldn't tell you. 



Q. This contract you and McGraw and Patton as individuals made 

 with the Beaver Biver Lumber Company as a corporation along about 

 the time the corporation was formed ? 



A About a month afterwards. 



Q. Under this contract what quantities of logs were you to furnish 

 the Beaver Biver Company yearly? 



A. I think the contract calls for the cutting of 10,000,000 the first 

 year, 20,000,000 the second year and 25,000,000 thereafter. 



Q. Logs enough to make 20,000,000 feet, board measure ? 



A Scale measure. 



Q. About how many logs will it take to make 1,000 feet of lumber ? 



A That depends. 



Q. Take it on an average? 



A We calculate, in estimating, about ten. 



Q. Thirteen-foot logs, standard logs, I suppose ? 



