New-York tribune., 1883-12-18
Counties.


The largest portion of the Adirondack wilderness
was however within the Counties OF HamiI,,ton,
Herkmer, Lewis, St. Lawrence Franklin ,d ESSe1 of
and Warren and had approXunate area Ol
730, 600 acres. BY the term wldernesS MT'
COlvin said he meant wild timbered lands whlch
seldom visited except by sportsmoh ana OK
few weeks agoI stood on The summit OF one ,S oI
tho high peaks in this region IA my eye swept INC
forests on rnountain-sdc aud valley, 1 m" what
thought at first was stream OF wafer 10Y ,'C%n @
nedc and found it To be huge shutc which lumber
men had erected, which extended far up toward Ine
crest Of the mountain, to convey their logs 10 h' yaey
hcloy IL viii take but very short time for these men
10 strip that mountain Of IT'S timber and leave nohinR p
hind them hut waste and wreck rms region y 50 @
siye that It IL extremely difficult for the state land
Agents prevent the rayages which 3wss PeoPG P Jc
continually making upon the forests OI DOtn tuc Pulo @
aud OF private Speculat0rs nave b0hShI sec
tions OF land and have succeeded ~ evmL
ing the payment OF taxes, but at the same
time managed to strip it of its valuable timbcr
It has become difficult matter to tel Just what m @nG q me ne
state does own, because o the complications "Hlcn
arisen IN transferring property from one parry 70 atul
The titles t. tracts bOnght and sold by spccula0rs be-
confused aud complicated 10 an l1Il3ie GA,r,
II was the past that one section OF loo acIs
via discovered which at the Collectors Office was not
Mf Jc,up-Do You think that the Importance OF pro
tecting this region has been oyereetmatGdt ,.,,
Mr Colyin-So, do not. Tho Champlain. the EhG and
Black River Canals and tae headwaters OF the Hud
dackA Ny y-ls region cover period OF eighteen
years. and the last six years have been among me
vnced that trees the forest have most npor ant
mission condcnsing the moisture o. the aino7
Prom experiment, made under my direction we ioIul
that while the rainfall AT the edge ~ Ldsc Chaihn W.
twenythre inches at Keens valley LOCO lcet mYn@L Y
IL was thrty.two inches, AMI nj an elevation OF %OOg
feet Il was nearly sixty inches. From these figures ana
other Observations made 1t appears iGa tae Increase ~
iectcd by the density and extent of forests
Mr. Coivin said that the forest lands a. ruio were
worthless for agricultural purposes.
Era,tus Brooks expressed his belief that rs n
Commercial Question The protrii"m %. tc c Atit t E
dack forests was ono ~ SPECIAL Importance u" 'ur
Chamber of Commerce After giving skctch ot
what had been done by the Legislature ~ regard 10
the matter. b" said that he believed thdt h) more
forest land, belonging to the stat should bc ourftd
Tor sale under any consideration. The destruction
of the timber should be stopped at once. Nh
,oWIra has been cut and 80 much waste las been
thrown int the streams and lakes at the Leulh of th
people wing along their bank, ha. n''h tAI'ht''
iniI YOU viii nud that the HUDSON River nj Troy viii be-
conn entirely nh-Urtcd u g t'w year. unr-- -"h'u
Ihr or .iul' TIMBER ot n- section Is E,n'rIy sgc'.
pine hruio,k and other cNrf-rrth7 men .'l' ,'lnot
d.ciuuu. woods. lao sprucr- aio th' most n'nn'dhI
IArr, n perhaps. no timber county we h"tp.s ] ,'i =.
spruce dan irun one ~ four ,"t IN 'hl Ah' coy ne % %
=. .p.ira IuruIrh the long summer heat CO." moist
mo slowly oozrs aud ind, a. WY down tn' noun
, .t,r INTO IN 10 rivers aud Lakes below When the for
,.i. , ,it Away ta., sprdrr dan dIc, up ahu becomes
usu, ul4uu.suir. The mountains thiN o'''hN pare
Tro.cssorN H. Egglcston said that President Arthur
lad Arrr,,cd h, interest III The preservation ol the
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formed a, To the proceedings If the Chandler oi
Comm, rc" m regard to the matter. e ais" a9.uT,
thr committee that Congress Wond undoubtedly
h. n-<rd this winter 10 stop the sale OF UuDhC
forest lands. ,,..
uight. Professor Albert X. Leeds gave some
" ilcts gathered from eight years OF personal !
iu.pcctI"u a. To the alleged destruction OF
The Adirondack forests" lie said mat a
rnr,d course of spolatou was gong OH in the our
I the forest and the effect OF IL would soon
br lclt in tie low OF the Hudson. The impression
tbat the AdrundaCko were pinc-pIoduclAg was u
t,I-r one Pine trees were seldom seen aud the
mountains were covered with spruce ana heinlock;
Eut The ,pruccs owing 10 disease winch attacked
Them few years ago, are rapidly dying "iI VA lhc
| Au.nLIe River and along the shores "i
Ink Champlain the destruction Of the forest
| il c.pcciAlly great Persons hvlug about
The forest start IN, in the woodland winch spread
,nndl, and are more destructive 10 the trees than
he ZIMMERMAN. Professor Leeds thought tEAt the
railways which are making their way through lhc
C,r.st, would bc an important element IN their ar,
| Sin ction for the sparks of the locomotives WoulI
originate forest iics lie SAID tia' III, purchase oi
tLr forests by the state might not require 50 great
! an expenditure of money n was anticipated