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Raquette Lake from the different townships could be loaded upon cars or manu- 

 factured at -this point on Sucker Brook Bay, as fully described in the report on 

 Township 40. It is believed that this arrangement would be the most satisfactory 

 to all concerned. 



The most economical manner of marketing the timber in the Shallow Lake 

 Compartment, Township 41, and the timber in Compartment 5, Township 40, 

 tributary to Sucker Brook, would be to drive it direct to this point for manu- 

 facture, shipment or further driving. All timber coming into Raquette Lake 

 from Townships 5 and 6 via South Inlet could readily be towed to this point, or 

 to the foot of the lake, without in any way interfering with other interests. 



The timber naturally tributary to Seventh and Eighth Lakes would be greatly 

 lowered in value to the purchaser if the State were to insist that it should all 

 be removed by team, since this method would add materially to the cost of 

 removing the timber, and therefore reduce its value to the purchasers. 



A glance at the lumbering map will show that the advised railroad branch to 

 Eighth Lake is connected with the main line at Brown's Tract Pond, at the 

 same point at which the branch track advised to be constructed from there to 

 Sucker Brook Bay leaves. This would make it possible to use the separate rail- 

 road branches advised as one continuous railroad line. Electric power would be 

 the best for hauling cars of logs or lumber on the branch lines. One electric 

 track motor could handle all the loads of logs, do the necessary shifting, and 

 haul the loaded cars of manufactured lumber out from Sucker Brook Bay to the 

 main line of the Raquette Lake Railway. The use of electricity for the motive 

 power reduces the danger of forest fires being started to the minimum, when 

 compared with the use of steam locomotives. Should steam locomotives be used, 

 they should not be allowed to burn coal or wood, except in the winter when the 

 ground is covered with snow. Oil should be used for fuel at all other times. 

 The use of electricity as the motive power for operations upon any railroad 

 branches in the State forest is strongly advised. 



If timber tributary to Raquette Lake were to be manufactured at Sucker 

 Brook Bay, in a mill located there, or shipped to some distant point for manu- 

 facture, it would be good policy in either case to construct these branch tracks. 



It might be considered advisable to locate a plant at the west or Upper 

 Brown's Tract Pond for the manufacture of all the timber tributary thereto by 

 railroad branches. A mill there could take in all timber in Compartment 1, 

 Township 41, tributary to Shallow Lake, and the timber in Compartment 2, Town- 

 ships 5 and 41, tributary to Seventh and Eighth Lakes and Brown's Tract Inlet 

 by branch railroad tracks. All this timber could be very readily brought to this 



