New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19
arc situated IN tho following counties;



Counhcs. aGrEB' 20
i",sis .............. .............. 2sG32l3
'----''''-'-''''-'' " ..... 3SlG.i93
i..... ................ .......-- Dtsgoi W
H. inner ..... ......... 96fGG-6
Ham.l
~. Lawrence. ------------ 49, 1nn
warren .------'''-'-
Tot,I .573s72.5ss
The state does not mend to cell them. That has
been iorbi lden by law proposed this winter hy
senator FrcdrricN Lansing OF Naterto"n. anu
signed last week by the Governor. Nr LanfInRsus-
pe-ts an extension Of this enterprise on the part ol
the state namely thar the state should buy forest
lands owned in The Adirondack wilderness by pri'
vate persons. ON Thlr.iay asst at his request the
Senate passed o resolution appointing committee
Of three to learn what lands in the Adrondacks II
would be advisable 10 buy for tho benefit OF the
State. l. il not designed 10 buy vast amount OF
prorerty: hut 10 IL thought that hy purchasing
few tracts the property Of the state which Is IN
detached pieces can 10 linked together once
oincd together these constitute great state Iark'
a park to Ice maintained in its present Wild con
dIivn M guard against terrible foundations IN the
Mohawk ana Hudson valleys
notwithstanding the warning given by the
Western floods. there Is II uch opposition To TINS
scheme The opposition OF course is largely due 10
interested motives Lumbcrmcn in all parts OF The
United states arc aOnarcntiy looking toward the
Adirondack woods rs sources of new supplies OF
lumber when the Wisconsin and the Michigan
wood. are o1haus cd. The attack on the AdIron-
dack woods has already begun. a fortnight ago the
,tlcles Of association OF the Northern Adirondack
R,ilroad Company were filed with the Secretary Ct
state The road is 70 run from II. Regis Falls to
the Nora station OF the Oedcnsburg aud Lake
ChauinIain Railroad. There ~ no disguise made OF
the fact by tins company that they BALD their
road with the sole object Of transporting out OF the
Adiroudacks an Of tie lumber they can get to trans
mort. Connected With the railroad corporation Is
,.Iand lmproyemsnt Company which has
hourht an the forest lana along the line OF the
road and for miles IN advance Of it. Tho two
corporntioi.s 1t can now lo predicted, VII destroy
, ,ast ARA OF the forest 1h. attack on the forrso
will como from the northward. There il another
MANNED from the southwest Some capitalists have
bought the charter OF an old railroad which was 10
haNe been built from Port Lcyden on the Itca ana
Black River Railroad, into the Wilderness. ihry
,,te,d il ~ said to build tho road and run out
lnh.r still another Assault Oh the forests is 70 IL
innde at the h,adwaters OF the Eacquctte River.
There IA one railroad corporation which has the
uower enormously 90 deprte tho amount ol forest
land This is Tho Adirondack Railroad Company.
II owns 10000 acres OF land in the Adirondack
wilderness. The largo amount of 100000 acres
~ bought Dy the -ailrodd company from the state
for $1,000 l. or AT the rate OF five cents an acre
The company has large saw mills AZ North Creek IN
Warren County and is slowly clearing away the
tr,ps from its lands. slight increase IN the rrice
o( timber would without doubt have the elect OF
greatly accecraiing its destruction oi the trees.
Asa summer resort the wilderness s yearly grow
ing I'm popularity. MI. COlyin ia 1870 came upon
Blue Mountain Lake. by some regarded rs the
uo.t b,uutifh lake in tho region. IL WAS then des-
mint, of tire slightest sign OF human ha'ltatoh eH
cent the hut Of Chauncey lIathorn, Il guide. Three
vrars aftcrward spcrtsmcn had found tho Rake ana
Hr rolvin opAin visited It. llo discovered can OF
nicklrd oysters in liathorns hat civilization,
Cbapn,ey. said Mr. Colviu. holding mp the oyster
can Now Bno Mountain Lake has three large
,,,ola a little steamer and hundred, of boats ply
o,.r its surface IN the summer time, and ut night
el,,tric lphts flash on It's shores One OF the hotels
even ke.ps open throughout the winter, to acoomo'
date invalds who can live only IN the dry mountain
air The place is forty miles distant from any rall-
road rtauon and in the heart Of the Wilderness let
there is prugGcss at other points steamers l0f the
transportation OF tourists can now bo found on
Racuuetto Lake which has sixty miles OF coast lne'
and upon Long Lake. Several cottages have been
built on Racquette Lake.
MI. COlYlu balu yoSlcIud1 thhI uP"b 'i''' 'N'A'-
the throngs of iouristsln the Adirondacks last SIM
mer he thought the region ~ resort Tor those VINO
love nature was being spoiled But he contin-
ned IL is the same AdiroEdacks. Ion go nifty leet
hack from the hotels and the tourists camps ana
Won come upon the the primeval forest These sum-
,ner tonrists don't explore The women IKE TO
walk M and down the hotel plalzas ana Wrlto 10
their friends nj homo how they ale enjoying the
Wild life OF the mountains And the mon are not
much better. They let the guides take iheh "lere
thev will That IA usually ON Wel-Dealtu pains
Rut 20 outside these paths n niue hhu you are
instantly in the " wilderness. No, the Adlfondacks
he rot been spoilea They just tho Same.
front are little scarce, but there are more deer
th,n in veors before owi ing % stricter enforce
mont of tho game laws. Tho game constaDles are
dnirg a GOOD deal OF effective work. 1t would Do
good policy Ia the state 10 appoint game constable
for every one of tho sixteen routes INTO the wider
nrss Yon can sce tho effect of the game cOnstables
vioiauce when tell you that for the inst time dur
mo nv work la tho wilderness last summer came
mon drtr without hunting them; they had become
30 ulentifuL The beaver also are coming back
One of my guides IN crossing wild section OF
conntry near the ST. Regis this winter came upon
one of their dams | am decidedly in favor also OF
navnp State Foresters 10 protect tho forest lands of
the state The Prussian Government has an Ircome
oT ~ 900 900 yearly from its forests. They do not
.rut the owners OF forests to destroy all the trees
Their theory Is that such wholesale destruction
lessons tho value OF nelghborIng lands and that
therefore tho State has q right to interfere. man
can cut down certain nnmDerO of the trees belong
ing 10 him. but not all. There is another thing TO
bs considered also in this smatter of tree destrnc-
tivn that trees prevent destructive winds; De-