312 



A. I really couldn't give you the exact number, but in all proba- 

 bility seventy-five or more. 



Mr. Piebo. — I offer in evidence the one already read by the witness" 

 and also the description of lot No. 10, Old Military Tract, and of the 

 gore east of Township 47. I offer the whole of them in order that it 

 may appear what the character of the work was, arid also because 

 there may be some that the committee desire to examine which were 

 testified to by Mr. Powers. I would like to call the attention of the 

 committee right here to the fact that this work was done? as there 

 seems to be criticism, and to a joint resolution which was passed last 

 winter, which resolution is as follows: 



" Resolved (if the Assembly concur), that the forest commission be 

 and hereby is directed to take into consideration the message of the 

 Governor addressed to the Legislature, calling attention to the sub- 

 ject of establishing a State park in and about the head waters of the 

 rivers having their source in the Adirondack wilderness, and after 

 thoroughly investigating the possibilities of such an undertaking, to . 

 report to the Legislature its conclusion thereon, and its recommenda- 

 tions as to the most effective methods to be employed to accomplish 

 that end — either by bill or otherwise — together with any pertinent 

 facts within the knowledge of the commission relating to the general 

 subject of forest preservation or extension, and further to report the 

 number of acres or square miles of land essential to fulfilling the 

 requirements of a suitable reservation or park, and the probable cost 

 thereof, and to report also in regard to the other subjects referred to 

 in said message of the Governor." 



Under that resolution an examination was made of the private 

 lands in order to ascertain what the conditions of those lands were, 

 and in reference to their utility for park purposes. That is all that 

 these special reports were intended for, and is the special work which 

 has been referred to here frequently. The following are the exhibits: 



Forest Commission, S. N. T., ) 

 Keene Valley, N. T.,' July 16, 1890. J 



Report of .forester, describing ; 



tract or patent, Totten & Grossfteld purchase, township 48, town of Keene, 

 county of Essex. 



Number of acres in the whole lot or parcel, 21,000. 



Number of acres owned by the State, 



How timbered, thickly or partially? Thickly. 

 Any cleared land; if so, how many acres? Yes, three or four acres 

 in east part. 



