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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  TRANSPORTATION 
  FACILITIES 
  

  

  Oneida 
  county 
  is 
  well 
  situated 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  lumber 
  in- 
  

   dustry. 
  It 
  has 
  numerous 
  streams 
  for 
  the 
  cheap 
  transportation 
  of 
  

   the 
  raw 
  material. 
  It 
  has 
  railroads 
  and 
  canals 
  that 
  reach 
  almost 
  

   every 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  and 
  that 
  bring 
  all 
  parts 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  

   the 
  best 
  of 
  markets. 
  It 
  has 
  unsurpassed 
  advantages 
  for 
  manufac- 
  

   turing 
  industries. 
  Those 
  already 
  established 
  that 
  require 
  timber 
  

   for 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  their 
  product 
  could 
  use 
  far 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  present 
  

   production 
  with 
  unlimited 
  opportunity 
  for 
  expansion 
  to 
  make 
  use 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  material 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  grow 
  on 
  the 
  natural 
  timber 
  

   lands 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  

  

  CONCLUSIONS 
  

  

  Oneida 
  county 
  occupies 
  an 
  important 
  position 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   drainage 
  systems 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  streams 
  that 
  are 
  

   the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  that 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  watershed 
  

   of 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  and 
  what 
  is 
  of 
  still 
  greater 
  importance, 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  drainage 
  basin 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  These 
  streams 
  

   are 
  all 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  as 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  power 
  for 
  its 
  

   manufacturing 
  industries. 
  The 
  canal 
  system 
  is 
  dependent 
  on 
  a 
  con- 
  

   tinuous 
  and 
  uniform 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  this 
  particular 
  section. 
  

   Any 
  plan 
  for 
  the 
  conservation 
  of 
  our 
  resources 
  must 
  take 
  into 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  especially 
  in 
  its 
  relation 
  

   to 
  a 
  water 
  supply. 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  county 
  is 
  better 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  

   production 
  of 
  timber 
  than 
  for 
  any 
  other 
  purpose. 
  Not 
  more 
  than 
  

   ten 
  per 
  cent 
  could 
  be 
  called 
  forested 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  and 
  some 
  

   of 
  that 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  agricultural 
  land. 
  It 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  30 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  is 
  land 
  that 
  will 
  never 
  have 
  a 
  

   permanent 
  value 
  approximating 
  its 
  potential 
  value 
  until 
  it 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  properly 
  regulated 
  forest. 
  This 
  would 
  not 
  only 
  give 
  these 
  

   lands 
  a 
  permanent 
  value, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  increase 
  the 
  net 
  income 
  per 
  

   acre, 
  protect 
  the 
  watersheds 
  from 
  erosion, 
  regulate 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  

   springs 
  and 
  streams, 
  decrease 
  the 
  dangers 
  from 
  drouth, 
  and 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  the 
  production 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  lands 
  for 
  agricul- 
  

   ture. 
  

  

  