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partment but also that in the eastern portion of Compartment 4, Township 

 40 — direct to Silver Beach in South Bay, where there is a good storage area. 

 Here the logs could be safely boomed and held without in any way discom- 

 moding travel or navigation. 



In the case of this compartment, however, owing to the ease with which it 

 can be reached from Marion River carry by supplies and men, all of the timber 

 upon it which it is considered advisable to remove would undoubtedly find ready 

 purchasers. There is a small sawmill located at the west end of the Marion 

 River carry, near the line between Townships 6 and 34, which manufactures 

 lumber, laths, shingles, etc., for local trade. The owners of this mill would 

 probably be willing to pay as much for the stumpage on this compartment as it 

 is worth, as this timber could be more easily and cheaply brought to their mill 

 than any other which is available, and it would furnish them a sufficient stock 

 for some time. If the stumpage could be disposed of in this way, it would 

 bring in the largest returns with the least amount of labor. 



No. 5. Cedar River Compartment. — The timber standing on this compart- 

 ment is very peculiarly situated. The topography is such that the timber can be 

 taken out by either one of two directions. It can be hauled via Wakeley Brook 

 to the Cedar River, which outlets into the Hudson River, or it can be taken 

 through Sagamore Lake and South Inlet to Raquette Lake, the waters of which 

 flow north and discharge into the St. Lawrence River. All of the timber on this 

 compartment can without difficulty be taken to either of these streams, discharging 

 their waters in opposite directions. 



The mature spruce and pine on the greater portion of this compartment was 

 cut and removed about seventeen years ago. At that time the lumbermen who 

 removed the timber were cutting their logs no smaller than a nine-inch top diameter 

 limit, and were taking only trees that would furnish two logs. Since this timber 

 was removed there has been such a decided increase in the rate of growth of the 

 remaining trees of these species that to-day the stand of timber on this compart- 

 ment nearly equals that on other portions of the township from which no timber 

 has ever been removed. The timber formerly removed from this compartment 

 was taken to Glens Falls via Cedar River for manufacture. The old log roads 

 are still easily traced and show very plainly the direction and route by which the 

 timber was taken to market. There is nothing to prevent any or all of the timber 

 in this compartment from being taken out either way. In order to distinguish 

 the boundaries from which it would be possible and advisable to remove the 

 timber in either direction, the compartment lines have been given a distinctive 

 coloring on the lumbering map. There could be more timber taken in either 



