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included in Compartment No. I. As already explained, all the timber on 

 this compartment must of necessity go out by way of Forked Lake and 

 the Raquette River (outlet of Forked Lake), through Long Lake and the 

 Raquette River again, and so down to some of the many manufacturing 

 points below. But although there is only one outlet for Compartment 

 No. L there would be no trouble in disposing of the stumpage on this 

 compartment for its full value, as there are a number of responsible lum- 

 bermen and manufacturers who have already signified their intention to 

 bid for the timber if it is ofifered for sale. 



There is a small amount of timber on the northern slopes of Pilgrim 

 and Nigger Head mountains, near the north corner of the township, which 

 could be brought to Brandreth Lake Outlet, but which could be hauled 

 more cheaply direct to Forked Lake by way of High Pond. (See Map IH.) 



All the rest of the timber on the tract, except that upon Compartment 

 No. VI, could be brought to the lake on a down-grade road by follo,wing 

 the watercourses of some of the inlets and their small feeders, and would 

 have two available outlets to market, one by the natural w'ater outlet of 

 Raquette Lake into Forked Lake, from there into the Raquette River, 

 and so clown to che manufacturing plants which are located at various 

 points along the st^'eam below, from Tupper Lake to Potsdam and Nor- 

 wood; the other, by way of the Raquette Lake Railway, which, as will 

 be seen from the map, touches the lake at a point near the entrance of 

 Brown's Tract Inlet. This affords a means of transportation for either 

 logs or lumber direct from the lake to any desired point This fact should 

 have marked effect upon the bidding for the stumpage on this tract. It 

 will readily be seen that the manufacturer who has a plant located at some 

 distant point not on the Raquette River could get the timber to his mill 

 more cheaply and more quickly by loading it upon cars at Raquette Lake 

 and shipping it direct to his mill, than by driving it dow-nstream to the near- 

 est point where a railroad could be reached (which is at present Tupper Lake 

 village), as he would otherwise be compelled to do. When there, after 

 paying the cost of driving and of sorting the logs from the other timber 

 in the stream, he would still have the additional cost of loading and of 

 transport to his mill — an added expense which would not allow him to 

 compete successfully with the manufacturer whose mill is on the natural 

 outlet. But the railroad, coming directly to the lumbering center of the 

 tract, makes it possible to load and ship the timber right from the lake 

 without the expense of driving the logs, and the purchaser from a distance 



