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Natural Outlets for Timber. 



The timber in the northern and western parts of Township 41 is naturally 

 tributary to the North Branch of the Moose River via Big Moose Lake and the 

 streams discharging their waters into it. The timber in the southern and western 

 portions of Township 5 is tributary by natural outlet to the North and South 

 Branches of the Moose River, and a small portion of the timber in Township 6 

 is also tributary to the South Branch of Moose River via Silver Run and the 

 outlet of Lake Kora. 



The timber in the southern and eastern parts of Township 6 (given a dis- 

 tinctive color on lumbering map) can be taken either to the Cedar River 

 through Wakeley Brook or it can be brought to Raquette Lake by making a long 

 haul to South Inlet. The timber around Eighth and Seventh Lakes in Town- 

 ship 5, although naturally tributary by water course to the North Branch of 

 Moose River through Fulton Chain of Lakes, could be most cheaply and econom- 

 ically brought out upon a branch railroad track connecting with the main line of 

 the Raquette Lake Railway near Brown's Tract Pond (see lumbering map) either 

 to Raquette Lake or outside points for manufacture, or be driven down below 

 the lake. This timber could all be hauled by team direct to Raquette Lake, but 

 it would necessitate a long and costly log haul. If one party purchased all 

 the timber in this compartment it would be more economical to take the timber 

 out on cars. It could then be taken out just as it was desired for manufacture 

 at Raquette Lake or elsewhere. 



One of the main outlets for all this timber, and one of the greatest advan- 

 tages to the lumbermen, is the Raquette Lake Railway, which furnishes facilities 

 for bringing in supplies, outfit, men, etc., and at the same time opens up for a 

 purchaser whose manufacturing plant might be located in some distant part of 

 the State a possible means of transporting logs or timber to his plant for manu- 

 facture, and thereby gains for the State the advantage of additional bidders for 

 the stumpage. By the construction of branch tracks the greater part of the 

 timber on these four townships can be taken out by rail either in a manufactured 

 or rough state. Such an additional outlet cannot fail to add to the value of the 

 stumpage on these tracts, and it is certainly a wise policy to allow improvements 

 to be made that will so materially advance the prices of the timber stumpage on 

 so large a tract as the one under consideration. 



