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thousand — we had drew these lines as they are here ; we could neither 

 go north as far as the red line, nor could we go west as far as the 

 red line, nor could we go east as far as the red line, nor south; we 

 drew this as embodying what in our opinion was a feasible project for 

 a park covering all the points named. 



Q. Now, is it not true that the State owned north of this blue line 

 in this wooded country, other lands besides the 13,000 acres you 

 proposed to exchange with the Everton Lumber Company ? 



A. Tes, sir. 



Q. Can you tell about how many acres the State owned up there, 

 besides the 13,000 ? 



A. No, that I couldn't tell. 



Q. Wasn't it a large number of acres ? 



A. Quite a number of acres. 



Q. Up in the thousands? 



A. Tes. 



Q. Let me ask you another question; is not all of this country 

 north of the blue line so situated, the streams on it so situated, that 

 the timber and lumber can be brought down to the mills of the 

 Everton Lumber Company ? 



A No, I don't think so; I don't know about; I don't think so. 



Q. Does it not command the Everton Lumber Company and their 

 mills; command the matters of this country north of the blue lines 

 that you left out the park ? 



A.* I don't know; I don't believe it was. 



Q. Tou don't know? 



A. No, I don't know. 



Q. What lakes are those north of the blue line ? 



A. That is Mecham lake. 



Q. There are a large number of small lakes scattered through ? 



A Quite a number of small ponds. 



Q. This blue line is but a short distance north of the upper 

 Saranac lake ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. So you shove the park Bouth almost to the Upper Saranac; what 

 is the elevation of this country, how many feet above tide*water, 

 between the blue line on the north and the red line north of that ? 



A. I couldn't tell you. 



Q. That you can't tell ? 



A. No, I don't know. 



Q. I refer to Mr. Colvin's books to show, his report already in 

 evidence, the elevation of this country between the blue line Mid the 



