34 Report of the Forest Commission, 



COUNTIES OUTSIDE THE PRESERVE. 



Marvin Cardot, supervisor of the town of Ark wright, Chau- 

 tauqua county, reports : 



About the 1st of September last a fire broke out on Lot 52. This 

 lot, with some adjoining lots, has been denuded of timber during the 

 last 30 years, and is growing up to brush and briers. The land being 

 of little value for farming purposes, but little effort was made to clear 

 it except for pasture in some places. The fire burned over about 350 

 acres without doing any damage so far as I can learn. No effort was 

 made to stop it, for no one seemed to care so long as it did not escape 

 from the slash. It was reported that this fire was set by berry pickers 

 who were making coffee. 



E. J. Griswold, supervisor of the town of Sheridan, Chautau- 

 qua county, reports : 



There was only one fire of any extent in this town during ,the past 

 year. This one burned over about six acres. The damages were 

 probably $200. Some 20 rods of old fence and 20 cords of wood 

 were burned; the balance of the damages being the loss on standing 

 timber. This fire was started for the purpose of burning some old 

 stumps. It spread into the timber, and as it was a very dry time it 

 could not be checked, but was put out by rain. 



Dutchess County. 



I. P. Carman, supervisor of the town of Pine Plains, Dutchess 

 county, reports : 



We had a fire on Stissing mountain, in the western part of this 

 town, in October. It is supposed to have been caused by the railroad. 

 It burned over about 1,000 acres of timber land and destroyed 100 

 cords of wood. The damages were estimated at $1,500. I could not 

 extinguish the fire, but kept men on duty watching it to prevent it 

 from leaving the mountain until it rained. 



Edwin Knickerbocker, supervisor of the town of Stanford, 

 Dutchess county, reports : 



A fire broke out on Stissing mountain, in the northern part of the 

 town of Stanford, about August 25, 1894, and burned about two weeks. 

 It run over about 1,000 acres of mountain land in Stanford, burning up 



