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A. It is a little piece of frame road built over eight miles, about 

 eight miles, thirty-five rods, over an immense rough, rocky piece of 

 territory where mud wagons run before to take tourists in the woods; 

 it has wooden rails and put there for the express purpose of carrying 

 tourists, their provisions, baggage, etc.; takes the place of the mud 

 wagons and is used for no other purpose; as to State land it is good 

 twenty miles and over from there to State lands; this little piece of 

 railroad is right at the border of the forest, exactly. 



Q. Whose railroad is it ? 



A. G. H. P. Gould's, member of Assembly, and A. H. Crosby; Gould 

 owns two-thirds and Crosby one-third, as I understand it. 



Q. You don't own any of it? 

 ' A. No. 



Q. Mr. Gould is the present member of Assembly? 



A. Yes. 



Mr. Adams. — Anything against Gould? 



A. Not a thing; anything against a man that owns a railroad? 



Gross-examination: 



By Mr. Adams: 

 Q. You were one of the promoters of this railroad, were you not ? 

 A. Yes, originally. 



Q. When was it started and did you promote it ? 

 A. Three years ago, last fall, I guess. 

 Q. Did you put money into it ? 

 A. Yes, a little. 



Q. And you continued to have an interest in it until what time ? 

 A. Until the next spring; about, I guess, in May. 

 Q. So that you owned a little over a year ? 

 A. No, less than a year. 



Q. What year was that this road was being built ? 

 A Two years ago last summer. 

 Q. What year would that be ? 

 A. Eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. 

 Q. You did go with Turner once up by Loon lake ? 

 A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What year did you say that was ? 

 A. Eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 

 Q. What month? 

 A. February, first of February. 

 Q. Are you sure about the year ? 



