4jO report of the forest, fish and game commission. 



this compartment, if they were to be taken out by rail. A small plant could 

 be located at this point for the generation of electric power for operating the 

 branch railroads, for loading logs upon cars, or for a manufacturing plant, if 

 the timber tributary to this point were all sold to one party. The Raquette 

 Lake Railway passes near the south shore of the Upper Brown's Tract Pond. A 

 siding _ could be cheaply and easily constructed here for the purpose of loading 

 logs or timber upon cars. Most of the timber in the Beaver Brook Valley could 

 be hauled to this point by team if desired. 



No. 3. South Inlet Compartment. — All the timber on this compartment can 

 be taken, most easily and cheaply, direct to Raquette Lake by the natural water 

 courses. 



The greater part of the timber is naturally tributary to South Inlet, one of 

 the main feeders to Raquette Lake,, and the outlet of Sagamore and Mohegan 

 Lakes. The timber tributary to this stream could be driven from the line of the 

 private land, near the head of the still water, down into Raquette Lake. 

 The absence of driftwood along the sides of this stream convinces the observer 

 that, the spring freshets and the prevailing winds would drive the timber down 

 this stream and out into the lake. Logs could be landed along the marshes on 

 the sides of the stream. It would be advisable to cut down the small, dead 

 timber standing along the shores of South Inlet, much of which has been killed 

 by the water being held at too high a level, in order that the free passage of 

 logs down the stream in the springtime, when the marshes are flooded, should 

 not be hindered. The removal of the dead timber- would be an improvement 

 to the appearance of the stream rather than a detraction, as the dead timber is 

 one of the most unsightly features along the banks. 



A catch boom hung across the mouth of the stream at its entrance to the 

 lake would prevent the logs from being scattered around the shores of the lake. 



When the logs had been driven out of the inlet, the boom could be closed 

 and swung around into the right-hand bay, away from the mouth of the' stream, 

 if it was desired to store them there for a while; or they could be towed by 

 steamboat to the foot of the lake, to Sucker Brook Bay, or to any point to which 

 it was desired to take them for further driving, loading on cars, or manufacturing. 

 The work which would necessarily be done on this compartment for the purpose 

 of making it possible to remove the timber quickly and cheaply, if properly 

 carried out, need not detract in any way from the beauty of the scenery. Were 

 it permissible to construct small flood dams upon the Mohegan and Sagamore 

 Lakes, the more distant timber could be very easily and cheaply driven from the 

 junction of the two streams (outlets of Mohegan and Sagamore Lakes) directly 



