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where they could be loaded upon cars, or to the Outlet, down which they 

 could be driven to the markets below, or to some point on the lake where 

 there might be a mill erected to manufacture the lumber. The railroad, 

 which has been completed from Clearwater to Raquette Lake, and the 

 steamboat lines on the lake, could well be vised to bring in the necessary 

 men, supplies, tools, and outfit for removing the timber. At present there 

 are several steamboats which could be hired with their crews at very reason- 

 able figures. These boats would make it entirely unnecessary for the lum- 

 berman to incur the expense of building steamboats to do this portion 

 of the work, or of hauling supplies over a long supply road with teams. 

 Supplies could be moved quickly and cheaply to any desired point on the 

 lake, whence it would not be a long distance by road to any place where 

 a lumber camp would naturally be located. Long distance telephone 

 and telegraph lines traverse the township, making possible quick communi- 

 cation with a base of supplies — a condition which is found in hardly any 

 other locality which could be selected in the New York State Forest 

 Preserve. 



It is plain from these facts that unusual natural advantages, together 

 with the excellent facilities for transportation, make this tract an especially 

 favorable one for profitable lumbering. 



Division of Tow^nship into Compartments. 



It was, as has been explained, considered advisable, for the purpose 

 of estimating the stand of timber, to divide the township into six compart- 

 ments. Map III shows the boundaries of these compartments by broken 

 lines. 



Compartment No. I contains all the northeast quarter of the township 

 naturally tributary to Forked Lake or Brandreth Lake Outlet, except thar 

 portion which, although naturally tributary to Brandreth Lake Outlet, has 

 been included in Compartment No. V. This exception has been made 

 because the log haul would be materially shortened by leaving the brook 

 at the point indicated as " available short haul "' on Map III, and going 

 south across the marsh to strike the small brook running into Stillman Bay 

 on Raquette Lake. The cost of hauling logs, for that portion of the tract, 

 would in this way be greatly diminished. Compartment No. I is an import- 

 ant one, for the reason that its timber cannot be lumbered into Raquette 

 Lake cheaply, but must go into Forked Lake, and thence north by way of 

 the Raquette River. 



