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enough in the bay to accommodate both branches of business satisfactorily, 

 is an additional reason why that location would be undesirable. Sucker 

 Brook Bay is much nearer to the middle of the lake and of the township 

 than the present station, and if it were selected as the terminus of a spvu" 

 track, long- towing by steamboat from a large portion of the tract would 

 be avoided. 



There are many reasons why it would be advisable to allow the erection 

 of a mill at the point shown, if a satisfactory bidder could be secured to 

 undertake it. It would open a means of manufacturing into shingles much 

 of the refuse Pine and Cedar, which it would hardly pay to ship or drive to 

 other markets in the log. If this Pine and Cedar could be manufactured 

 near the lake, the slight expenditure necessary to bring it to the mill would 

 be warranted. There would be a great many Pine butts and tops and 

 broken pieces of Pine which could be made into shingles. There are also 

 at present on the tract many Pine trees that have been cut and blown down 

 and shaved shingles manufactured from a small portion of the butt. The 

 remainder of these trees has been left in the woods and could in most 

 cases be s'awed into excellent shingles. It should be utilized in this manner 

 and sold at a reduced stumpage rate, if only for the purpose of removing 

 the trees, which no\A- not only increase the danger from fire, but entirely 

 prevent reproduction on the space they occupy and are almost indestruct- 

 ible by decay. 



Around the shores of the various inlets of the lake — more especially 

 along Marion River and Brown's Tract Inlet — there is a large amount of 

 dead Cedar which has been killed by the water having l^een held at too 

 high a point in the summer. The efl^ect of this is shown in PI. VI. fig. 2. 

 This Cedar could be utilized for shingles, fence posts, rails, and telegraph 

 poles. It might be sold at a reduced rate in the same way as the refuse 

 Pine. It is not likely that it would bring a very large price, but it should 

 be sold with the provision that the trees be cut very close to the ground 

 and that all the tops and branches be burned during the winter, or when 

 there "s no danger from fire. There is a considerable amount of Cedar 

 on the tract which could be sold, and there would probably be a market 

 opened for it if the erection of a mill were allowed. 



If the right to construct a mill and a spur from the main railroad line 

 were granted, those who did not own a mill, but who were desirous of 

 purchasing the stumpage, could continue their lumbering even if the mill- 



