New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
PRESERVING THE STATES FORESTS.
BEEN DOING.

PRESERVING IHE STATES FDhhSlo.
TOWNSEND cox TELLS WHAT THE COMMIS SION HAS
BEEN DOING
Tho inheritance of preserving the forests on the
pnbhc domain IN this State is a subject when
Townsend Cox president Of the Forestry Commis-
SION, has much at heart. To TRIBUNE reporter
Yesterday he SAID:
when the Fores ry Commission fually ORGANIZED.
in september. 1883. with three c0mmisnoh.rs' taSS
syer loooooo acres Of forest land take Gaze
OF. scattered through fourteen oouho ooin, np
ever since there wa. first fouhd to be market for IT,
The people of he.e cnnes VINO Were d In me 10 ss
timber as If 1t their own. ana some OF then WHO
in good We're and aros in
the various c1nnes 10 report upon the matter ana as
VINO we're stealing the timber. so that TO prose
cute them successfully was u'.out nauei,
come TO us with their evidence. and in some OF the
counties find that we can 60 to the prominent
people and get the information thaI Is Necessary
The :rauders before the courts We think IL best 10
bring before the supreme Court IN the Gonhles %
joining those In which thay lye 80 that no hone iu
nce can brought bear to defeat the prosecution Tue
Attorney General to whom we are required refer tnese
matrrs has directed TO employ such local counsel as
we bert. We have done 80 and have vast
amour: Of information gathered from various sources
and partly furnished IRON the once or ne Coutaoei,
who had charge of the work before our commission was
am old law passed IN 1926 which We understand mas
never been repealed and by which nne OF 20 Is
imposed upon every person who cuts down tree on
Stale lands without authority. We think that II we can
convict two or three vioators OF TINS law tnat we t
preserve Will In connection with the Controiel
force we have inst seized 5000 logs that were Ct
IN Essex County anu ready for removal 10 tho
nearest saw-mis In the western part or tho Aultoh
dacks we nave men employed who have reported thHt
there are a large number of logs cut am reauy
fo- removal which they are watching ana are reauy w
seize. In the la which croated tho commission We
directed u make suggestions f0r amendmthts 10 estn
lsn rules, AMI to report to me .ss III "a
each year We made prelul iay report ana n'so
asked leave t. make a supplemental one Which W
are now pTcparng We nave ASKED Tor ceriain hIl"nu
Iuens to tne which the Sen tors and MemDels Oh
Assembly seem 10 approve ai'housa tGey nav" t 6
acted upon them. We have carefully estimated 'no
order to do the In tho 133 town
SINUS i'll the forestry preserve We nave
To- guard against res by sparks from locomotives
and The sluOudtrng res left 10y careless SUlucs' our
isis and owueTs OF private III The midst or those
belonging the state We are required 10 repant tuc
in dcnGled forest lands which Is matter OF vi,ai
impOrtauce TO the waller courses OF the stare
the fertnty OF the adjacent soil ana tne
health the people. IL mas seehtu 10 10
that $4,000 Is small amount 10 appropIIato
for this work France S0,OOO,OOO year rom
about 900 900 OF OF forest preserve EVon III
the future is derived by TINS state IN ms
way the benefits resulting from preserving the forests
Will Ue iucdlculdDle