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men and manufacturers attempted to form a combine to keep prices down. 

 They could hold the timber in a large storage boom at this point until they 

 had received a fair offer for it, since it could be shipped at any season of 

 the year when the lake is free from ice; or, with the concession advised, 

 if there were no possibility of their selling it in the unmanufactured state, 

 they would have the opportunity to erect a small mill and to manufacture 

 their logs into lumber. The advantage of having these different ways of 

 disposing of the timber can hardly be appreciated l^y those without actual 

 experience in lumbering and without knowledge of the difficulties which 

 are oftentimes encountered from unexpected sources. These concessions 

 would undoubtedly have a marked effect on the stumpage prices offered. 

 There would be no danger to the owner of getting his logs hung up in a 

 log drive as the result of low water, drought, or other causes, and of being 

 compelled to lose materially by his failure to deliver the timber at a cer- 

 tain time, since the water is of sufficient depth at this point to permit 

 of logs being floated to a mill slide or steam jack works without being 

 raised above its natural level. The shore at the place shown on the map 

 as a proposed mill site is of a firm, sandy soil. It would admit of easy 

 grading, and could be quickly and cheaply brought into proper condition 

 for erecting a mill, for the necessary side tracks for holding cars, and for 

 piling ground for lumber. It will be seen by a glance at Map III that 

 there is a large amount of timber on Township 40 which would come natur- 

 ally to this bay. This would include all the timber from the Cranberry Pond 

 district and the south side of West Mountain, as well as all from Compart- 

 ment No. VI and the Otter Pond country. That portion of the timber trib- 

 utary to Beaver Brook covild also be hauled directly into this storage boom, 

 without towing by steamboat, as there is a swamp running from the south 

 end of Sucker Brook Bay through to where Beaver Brook comes into the 

 lake (see Map III), and there is no grade between these two points. In 

 case it should eventually be decided to allow the timber on Township 41 

 to be cut, there is a heavy stand throughout that area tributary to Cran- 

 berry Pond, Shallow Lake, Pelcher Pond, and Queer Lake, all of which 

 could be driven down directly into the storage boom if some improvements 

 in the stream were made. All timber coming into Boulder Brook Bay, 

 Stillman Bay, and Outlet Bay could be quickly and easily towed across 

 the lake when the wind was favorable, and the only timber that would 

 require any long towing by steamboat would be the comparatively small 

 amount in Compartment No. IV. 



