New-York tribune., 1886-06-07
SAVING THE FORESTS.
THE COMMISSION GETTING TO WORK.

Il
estry Commission, Townsend Cox, Sherman y. kneVals
and Theodore b. Bssscn, will held meeting Lore on
Tuesday next the purpose OF appointing force Oh
guardians OF State forest lands In the Adirondack
wilderness and IN other forestes regions OF the state
They will nppont fifteen oresters aud 232 nre wardeh
There will "A fire warden IN every township In the
fourteen counties which the State forest lands are
s.u,tcI B.sIes these they will commission the
visor o, every towa the state special fire warden
These mon viii see that the woods beongn; to citizens
ara nat DESTROYED In all there will be 1000 fire wardons
TO protect the forests from destruction fire.
With these appointments the special work OF the For
estry comuisson Of saving the Adirondack forests
will be,lu 40, but Tat the commissioners have
already done a good deal of work They were appointed
last fall and i'm lately appointed william f. Fox as
their secrotary, Charles r. Carpenter as engineer ana
Samuel l.. GOrma. rs 10 est warden. Ihcse gohtlcmeu
have besn busly engaged al winter In preparing ioe
thorough work this sunner As first step the Con-
,r llr honl. were examined and description obtained
f every acre Of forest Land owned by tho state in the
adircudack regon Fro these descriptions maps lave
been made showing the location OF tho state lands IN the
Adirondack It should Oe said That the state
Lands are not massl together. out are scattered III sei-
rate lots throughout tae Ado iask forest rescn They
are intermixel with forest ans belonging 10 private
czens. 1t impOSsipe for the state Fcrester'
TO protect tns state forest lnds from wood thieves or
from damage by lire unless they hid IosVc knowledge
q, tb, location OF these anis and able to dis
tineuish them the lands Of prvao pefsOn Every
one OF TIE :orcsers Will assigned TO certain district
and v III DO furnished with enlarged map showing the
lnc1on of le state luis his district Yesterday the
cLici warden, Mr. German, was busy making out the
districts OF the iOrcs.ers
Mt Gor,nau and Mf. Carpenter inspected nearly all
tbs STATE lands lately aud tue Information they gathered
VIII DC put IN the annual report OF Forestry conn-
SION wnirh Will Ue puDshc,. one result Of TINS
inspection proved the value OF the eonnission
II ,.as fouuI that amount The states lmD,r
10 tnc use O private peFsOns These
tncits were especially frequent IN Hamilton and Herk-
uef Counties. over thirty wnts against timber thieves
were issued as tue result OF .nis work. Mr.. German
also discovered that tue Northern Adirondack Halfway
Company had trcnched upon lho states land in Town.
sup ii OF FranAlin County and had cut oil the woods
he Forestry muissOn Las brought suit AGAIN the
AOrtAern AdiIondacd hallway Company for 10000
damages.
Mr. ,iorinau said to-day: Legislature early in
its session authorized lDat Hallway TO extend !ts line
do not tnk tnat members would have yOtd Cr tue
IL they hai known tBat the railway mao rest passed
upon te states lands. The road extends from MOifa on
tle lake Ohamplain and OgdensDurg Railway, to t.
Regis Fals ilos and IL has been authorized
to extend line twsnty ioar miles 10 Back Mountain
Tne extension passes through dense forest 10 Back
MoantAn, where Michigan lumber hrm has $4,000
ACRES OF forest lands intends 10 cu. The extern
of tie road Is great misfortune u the state be-
cause il is simply tmuer railway. The forests viii
pear before though they were swept Dy hfc
Already the woods from Regis Falls 10 Paul
Smiths Upper Saranic Lake. l was ashing fauI
lately liked and ne replied nonrniuy thai
soon there would stick OF timber left near his
house. rbat great misfortune to the reading MOTEL III
AdisoniacS region. AT first SAth was Delighted be-
cause raiIOad vOud bring tourists almost 10 ms
door. But now he grnals every time lie hears o the
progress the railroad 1t Is owned Dy Hurd holch
Conuectcat lumber lru. They cur the trees on
zoo the states land IN Township NO II, but
tDey will have to for H. Railroads destroy the forest
lands moro than any otler cause aud nope that no
Will be constructed Ono iay be sure that tho
forest Will disappear miles ehor side of rail-
road"
Tue Forestry Commissioners themselves look with ap
prenenson tue various Projects 20 build Iaiiroads
through Adirondack forest region In their report
they Will say:
While tAe whole northern region Is surrounded by
connected system OF rarOaGs, st since they traverse
open sections tlc damage to forests need be
apprenendei from t.e nnics. rph nre n ta, ~,
tnat unoerca, but wnen from these main arteries
Dancncs push out foowns the r' or valleys aud steadily
vf the Wilderness then there IS cause
apprehension OF tne gravest chaiactcr Tor not "ny
Iooiy dyestoi OF forest ero wh pat the fire inevitably
through Dunng all and foIeVer ueprivlnS IL oi
its aDlity 10 again grow foress
The Northern Adirondack road is clearing away all the
trees Not only is It making lumber, bat also lrc wo'd
for the Lake Chsmplan aud Osdensourg Railway COM
paBy.
the disposition MAZE by tho Legislature OF the
money apI roprstcd for the support OF the depart
They nominally gwen $4,000, but $1,000 OF
amount appropriated for counsel fees. which they
do not intend expend. But the most serious error IN
their opiuion Limiting OF the number CT forcsers to
They desire 10 employ the number OF iorestefs
hey may necessary for che piotectioa OF the for
ests In the spring the ground Is damp there Is
little danger OF forest fires Tuen two thr ee oresies
wOul be sufficient. But when the grOunl Is dry In sep
and October there Is difficulty in subduins
nIes the fures Is. Then the commissioners would EN-
oy % 100 foresters necessary. OF course not eI
penuing the of their appropriation for
nis purpose, $4,000. In saxony tue sano number OF
OF forest land aie protected by GOO orestrs The
Adirondack forests have been damaged by fire almost ~
nucu as lhey have Dy the wOodmans axe. Professor
Sargent of Harvard College has prepared map showing
tue amount of devastation caused by forest fires III the
Adirondack Wilderness. Tnis map will form ont Of the
Interesting features of the fol Incoming report The
coors; of the indca ang tho virgin forest an
forest from which the mercnantsDie soft woods
have been removed. still another the denudei reeous.
fourln the state forest Lands ani ittn the farming
lands Five thousand copies OF Professor sArgentS map
have been ordered for the report.
The thousands OF summer tourists from New York.
Philadslp aud Boston will visit the Adirondack
reson in July August aud september of the brosent year
will lind in every motel the following notice:
FOREST CoMMIssI oS-STATE OF NEW YoRK-RULEs AND
REGULATIONS
First All persons having occasion light fire for
burning falow, or for purpo-cs Of clearing improve
mcn sna give five sys nOtice Of such intention to the
PANTS OF adjoining lands, III least forty
eight previous TO setting fires. and nrrs
viii permitted only wnen tue wind Is favorable. |
Competent persons mt remain guard until the fire Is
SOM lelely extinguished, and no such fires Will be
allowed until the treas covered with matdre foil
SecOnd. -Besdes the rres specified In tho foregoing
rule fires permitted In OF tile forest Tor cooking
warmth and Insect smUdges and AL other fires alb
soutey prohibited. Persons kndling fire for any Of
the purposes herein mentioned are directed to clear
away all cOmbnstiDie material for OF six feet
about the piaco where 1t % be kindle, ana thor
Oughlv eXtnguish the lire before leaving the
ID Ol.e ei q
Ihrd d-UuDters i'll the use OF firearms are hereby
toned against allowing fires to start from
Smokers also reminded OF tue danger To the forest
from theiI carelcssuess, all persons hereby |
warned that damage or injury TO the forest which
may be caused by their acts omissions Will be deemed
result from their culIable carelessness
Fourth. Feeling girdllng trees OF tGeir bark for
covering camps or shantes IS hereby rrohIbtsl. For
such purpose the be fced ana all bark