50 GEOLOGICAIv SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



hemlocks on the rocky slope north of Cranberry reservoir, on 

 the end of the mountain north of Alamuche, and near Waterloo^ 

 while the swamp north of Waterloo has some tamaracks. South 

 of the road from Alamuche to Waterloo there is a game preserve 

 or deer park, and the wood is chestnut and oak, with some 

 hickory, whitewood, birch, maple and elm. South of the road 

 from Warrenville across the ridge to Saxton Falls, the fimber is 

 very short, mostly chestnut and oak on the tops of the hills. 

 On the east slope, where it has not been cut, there is a thrifty 

 growth of chestnut and oak ranging from 6 to 14 inches in diam- 

 eter. A considerable portion has been cut within 3 years. 



Mr. James French, of Waterloo, owns 3,000 acres of timber in 

 this vicinity. Mr. Henry French, his son, reports that they do 

 not cut any cord-wood there now, as they do not find it profitable, 

 fiot being able to compete with the pine cordwood of South 

 Jersey. They sell a good deal of timber on special orders for 

 various purposes, getting out almost anything, for ship-building 

 or other purposes, which may be required. Their tract does not 

 produce timber quite as fast as they need at present. He claims 

 that they work up everything and waste nothing, and thinks 

 that forests are generally in a better condition now than they 

 were 40 years ago, as the larger mills are not cutting much and 

 cordwood is not profitable, that the demand is for the largest 

 timber, and consequently th^ younger growth is allowed to 

 mature. They also peel quite a good deal of butternut, hickory, 

 oak and birch bark for their trade. 



It is interesting to note that about 20 yearS ago Mr. French 

 bought a tract of woodland in these mountains which had been 

 cut off a few years before. This tract has not appeared to grow 

 since, and is said to be not much more than brush at present. 



Continuing southwest to the road from Hackettstown to Vienna 

 we find that the timber is inferior in quality. On the slope just 

 northwest of Hackettstown the timber has been cut within 

 three years, but on the hill-top it is 6 to 14 inches in diameter 

 and from 30 to 40 feet high of chestnut and oak. The timber 

 through this section is in detached, tracts, the larger part of 

 the area being under cultivation. Between Hackettstown and 

 Alamuche the timber does not appear to grow well, or is too 

 closely cut. West of Alamuche pond the ridge has a larger 



