as this, and so very accessible, will more likely be worth $6. 

 per thousand, besides which, the meadows and some agri- 

 cultural land will have been opened up and rented out, and will 

 afford an income much greater than that estimated in No. 7. 

 The annual outlay, oti the other hand, after twenty years, 

 will not necessarily have increased much except for purposes 

 of planting and perhaps a little closer supervision of the 

 grounds. 



It would seem quite probable that the estimate for pa- 

 trolling this land for fire protection would be reduced very 

 materially by the assistance of the war department, which, 

 it is more than likely, would detail a company of cavalry for 

 this purpose. The estimate given does not take into con- 

 sideration any returns from the sale of firewood, and is fig- 

 ured on conditions now existing in our woods. It seems 

 certain that after twenty years 40 per cent, of the material 

 which is now left in the woods by our loggers will be readily 

 salable for fuel, if easily accessible. 



EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY. 



The immediate effect of putting this reservation intq a 

 park on this plan will be very apparent. Two-thirds of the 

 standing timber, to the value of $1,666,666.67, will be cut 

 at once. This will mean the employment of a large number 

 of men, and will start a period of great activity in the coun- 

 try near by. But when this has been done the source of 

 wealth will not have ended, as in the ordinary cutting of 

 -timber. There will still be employment in the park for prob- 

 ably one hundred or more men continuously, in the harvest- 

 ing of $74, 000 worth of annual increase, the building of roads, 

 the making of fire lanes and other employment; and should 

 the United States government decide to locate a company of 

 cavalry here for fire protection, there will be in addition the 

 supplies for this force. This will, with the families depend- 



