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A. No, sir. 



Q. Have you any interest or stock in the Everton Lumber Company ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. In the Everton company this same Patton and McGraw are 

 interested ? 



A. Not that I know of; I heard to-night that Henry Patton was one 

 of the incorporators of the Everton company. 



Q. He is the same one that is in the Beaver River company and in 

 the other company you have spoken of ? 



A. Tes, sir; I suppose so. 



Q. You are not in any way connected with the Trenton Falls com- 

 pany? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. Do you know where the Trenton Palls company is located, and 

 over what space its business reaches ? 



A. I heard to-night 



Mr. Adams. — By way of description to the committee, it is up above 

 Prospect on the Black river — 



The Witness (Interrupting) — I don't know where their shipping 

 point is, but I understand that their mill is the old Hinckley place. 



Q. Their operations extend in easterly of Prospect ? 



A. That is more than I can tell you. 



Q. Do you know where the Everton Lumber Company is situated, 

 and where their operations extend ? 



A. I don't know about that. 



Q. Do you remember the passage of what is called the Hadley act, 

 an act which amends section 7, 1 think it is, of the Laws of 1885 ? 



A. Tes, sir; I remember of it. 



Q. Under that act Were propositions made to the forest commis- 

 sion for leave to exchange individual lands for State land ? 



A. Tes, sir; 



Q. Were these propositions in writing ? 



A. I think so. 



Q. Presented in your office ? 



A. Tes, sir; I think so. 



Q. How many of those were presented after 1887 in your office ? 



A. I couldn't tell you. 



Q. About how many ? 



A. I couldn't tell you. 



Q. Give some idea of the number? 



A. I couldn't give you an idea of the number; it is a matter of 

 record in the office ; I can't tell. 



