New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-25
SAVING THE STATES TREES.
4. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT ALBANY.

CHARLES L. BRACE GIVES THE RESULT OF i"HNii
RIGHT YEARS EXPERIENCE.
Tho committee on the Adirondack Forests met
,.asterdav in the Chamber Of CommIce at 1:3O
%d MOTIFS a. Smith Bliss and Humphreys
we're present The chairman said that the oeha nS
Committee upon the Adirondack Forests question had
sent 10 the committee letter requesting CONFER
enee ON December %, at Albany; 1t was unanimous
ly agreed that all should go VINO could SPARE .n1
time from business or who were NOT =. stsni
the majority of the committee promising TO attehu
fhe conference Mr. Wilson, the secretary, read
communication from the Constitution Cluoi sta.rug
what had been done b their
and offering cooperation. Mr.: Wilson was greeted
to acknowledge the receipt OF the c9mmunlcation'
and express thanks for the protered c0-operatiUn'
The following letter from Charles L. Brace to Mr.
Jesup was then read:
Yon have asked me TO state briefly any iacts may
know 10 Iessr1b re have been frequenter during the
last years There can be no question Oh te
oion They come from various sources from the burn
Ing of the forests b. chance hunting parties from burning
from our flooding large regions for the sake OF dam OF
steamboat landing During the resOI past ScS haa not
seen before for twenty years The change was e
and mournu in the extreme Many mountain s so a
burned Also viii be ages before the forest grows %
on the road I'D from Keene Valley toward North Eos
Shole mountain sides Of beautiful forest have been
burned by an iron manufacturer In keene Ior tne
getting charcoal at an arond the head
~ ne ansabe River during the last three years
aas already affected the water supply IN the river o a
TpTer lake are lined for miles and miles with dead trees
filled nv the overflow caused by dam Few miles DC
low No one OF course had the right 10 commit tne
destruction, but no one OF tue 1be Hnd
ION south OF the Indian Pass are peginmhS 10 pe IN
6v the charcoal burner and the lumberer, ana IN
reat river will be very much dried 1t happens LOT
unately for the interests OF the state tnaI uus Ia
WINS the forest lands in the most remote ocaes AZ JUG
of the principal rivers and where does not own
,etno VET ACCESSIBLE Now the time TO get posses
on OF them; in O few years they will be too valuable
Proper numbering under charge Oh otas t wiIS and
reckless destruction OF the woods ny caIe d no
umberers which does the great t Hs
age The line OF lumperlng, Is Oon'I nd
lily advancing inward toward the wlidest spo's' anu
oow is the time to save them. ,,, 4. o. ,ro
m shoud be that the land which IL IL pro
he worst In the whole country and the purchase woo
cost comparatively little; yet Is these lanus "Gn
rol Inc sources OF the rivers and form the pmeVa
wilderness. -, - rod h,
the nearer Of the Adirondack Railroad when VIII
especially touch the headwatefs OF the Hudson Ala
VITO are familiar with that region can detect ALREADY
1imnutiOn OF the water supply as result OF tnls
,ale destruction of forests. What THIS dlminutOn
viii be twenty years hence II this destruction goes
! as rapidly as it ms done we can an esuhate ~
lie park IL will be watched toy officials vino win pteVeht
all useless destruction of the woods II cft 10 iisei ~
viii not be generation before tne wnoiS ,h Tiho or
the desolate swamp which lines the lower ha9ue..e.
The progress is toward an absolute waste OF 'se
venerable forests The Legislature alone can act IN tns
matter and now is the time' they ever c~pe'' " Wv
anything
After some discussion on this letter, which was
warmly Endorsed by all presen t. the committee ad-
iourned.