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Lake Kora (see lumbering map). Logs could be hauled by this route, without having 

 any serious up-grade, to the head of the still water on South Inlet, whence they 

 could be driven into Raquette Lake. The log haul by this route would necessarily 

 be a very long one, and would also have to pass through the private property 

 which includes all of Mohegan Lake and the land and timber lying immediately 

 adjacent '(see lumbering map). There would be no necessity for causing damage 

 or in any way impairing the usefulness and beauty of either of these private 

 properties, further than the unavoidable constructing of log roads for the purpose 

 of hauling the logs in winter. Roads around the lakes on either of these private 

 preserves need not be cut, as the logs could be hauled across them on the ice in 

 winter. 



No. 8. Bear Pond and Red River Compartment, Township 5. — The timber 

 on this compartment is tributary by waterflow to the South Branch of the Moose 

 River via Benedict Creek and the Red River. Timber from this tract would 

 have to be hauled a considerable distance along the banks of these streams, as they 

 do not contain a sufficient quantity of water to float logs, except for a short 

 distance near their junction with the South Branch of the Moose River. This 

 long haul would necessitate a slight reduction in the stumpage price which could 

 ordinarily be obtained for this timber, as it is an unalterable rule that the lum- 

 berman cannot afford to pay as much for timber which costs him one dollar a 

 standard. to deliver on some stream, whence it can be driven to his mill, as he 

 could if it cost him eighty or ninety cents. These points should always be taken 

 into consideration by those who have charge of selling the stumpage on the 

 different compartments or tracts. The descent of these streams is very steady 

 and regular, and excellent log roads can be cheaply constructed the entire 

 distance from their sources to their junction with the South Branch of Moose 

 River. Log roads have already been constructed a considerable portion of the 

 distance outside the lines of Township 5 on both streams. These would lessen 

 the primary cost of constructing the main winter roads for hauling logs. The 

 timber stumpage of the species advised to be removed from this compartment 

 will undoubtedly find ready purchasers among the lumber or pulp manufacturers 

 whose mills are located on the stream below the junction of these streams with 

 the Moose River. Moose River has been improved, for log driving purposes to a 

 point above where any of the timber from this tract would naturally be landed, 

 and log driving upon the South Branch of the Moose River has been conducted 

 for many years by different lumber companies whose plants are located on the 

 stream below. 



