Report of the Forest Commission. HI 



Executive Committee. 



William Potts, Chairman, A. W. Gleason, 



Daniel S. Martin, Alfred Wagstaff, 



Wra. A. Stiles, Edward P. Ingersoll, 



Benjamin Strong, F. S. Witherbee, 



Edward M. Shepard, Albert S. Bickmore. 



The Adirondack Park Association 

 was organized in 1890 for the purpose of arousing public senti- 

 ment in favor of the purchase, by the State, of the entire tract 

 situated within the boundaries of the Adirondack Park, which, 

 when purchased, should be held as a forest preserve, natural 

 sanitarium, and source of water supply. This organization was 

 the outcome of special efforts and appeals to the public made by 

 Drs. Alfred L. Loomis, Martin Burke, George H. Fox, W. M. 

 Polk and E. C. Janeway, prominent physicians of New York 

 city, who understood the necessity of some practical legislation 

 that would insure the preservation of the Adirondack forests. 

 They saw also the need of some organization composed of 

 strong, influential men as an important factor in securing the de 

 sired legislation at Albany. 



The constitution was drawn by Mr. Amasa Thornton, the 

 active and efficient secretary of the association, and was 

 engrossed on parchment. It states that " its object shall be the 

 preservation of the Adirondack forests, and by practical means 

 the establishment of a State forest park therein." The officers 

 consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, and 

 an executive committee which has " full power to make all rules 

 and necessary by-laws for the government of the association." 



The officers of the association are : 



President. 

 Dr. Alfred L. Loomis.* 



Vice-President. 

 John Claflin, Esq. 



♦Deceased. 



