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could purchase the lands outside for their private preserves, and 

 would still leave a park for the State, and would cover the water shed, 

 and thereby satisfy all hands; that was the argument; that was all; 

 whether fallapious or right I am not prepared to say. 



Chairman Ryan. — This- would be a park surrounded by a series of 

 little parks, the center owned by the State ? 



A. Not necessarily; that condition of affairs could not take place; 

 the idea was, it would leave land on the outside for these people to 

 acquire, and thereby not interfering. 



Chairman Ryan. — JTor all. practical purposes for which the State 

 desires this park, this series of private holdings outside. 



A. Would cover more of the land, and would be, for all practical 

 purposes of the State, fully as effective as those the State owned. 



Q. In the appointment of the appraisers that appraised this land 

 under the Everton company proposal, did you have anything to do 

 with the appointment of appraisers ? 



A. No, sir; we had nothing to do with it; we didn't know who they 

 were until they reported. 



Q. Do you own any timber lands that are outside of the proposed 

 park that has sawable timber upon it ? 



A. Yes; I think I own somewheres around a thousand acres yet 

 that have still got the merchantable timber on it. 



Q. Your 16,000 or 17,000 acres are still inside the park lines ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. You spoke about owning this strip of land up there ? * 



A. You asked me if I owned any timber lands within the park; I 

 said, yes. 



Q. What timber land, if ,any, do you own outside of the park ? 



A. In that region where I told you I still have about a thousand 

 acres; I haven't cut over the 17,000 to 25,000 that I testified on my 

 previous examination, that I owned individually. 



Q. When you were appointed commissioner, were you a lumberman 

 at that time ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And had been at that time for how long? 



A. Ten or twelve years ; I understood I was appointed because I 

 was a lumberman, representing that interest. 



Mr. Anibal.— I want to ask the indulgence of the commission if, 

 on looking the matter over, we have omitted Borne few questions, I 

 call Mr. Basselin's attention to it; I have tried to hurry as fast as I 

 could. 



Chairman Ryan. — Are you through ? 



Mr. Anibal. — Yes, unless we have omitted something. 



