New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16
FOR A GREAT STATE PARK
TWO INTERESTING RECOMMENDATIONS.

TWO INTERESTING RECOMMENDATIONS
,-no,r or THE, COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY OF
THE ADIRONDACK PARK ASSOCIATION.
IN. Committee on Forestry Of the Adirondack iarN
Association has prepared report OH uo p,..o,no
N anpeal TO the Legislature to pass law res.ii'
A. h,d,ng NJ railroads across State lands III Ve
.s,aa.r forests and to submit 10 the voters NJ 'ne
general election next year o proposuoh 10 ISSUE ,
IN enable the state TO purchase sumcleh' a"u' -.
Adirondacks which, together with the present ''
owned by the state, will form an immense o'v,' o,
serve and park The Executive Committee VIII hec0
IN parlor H. Murray Hill Hotel, at p m on NoVempo,
90. 10 consider the report ahd also the Npv's
Of the Committee on Location The following 10 '"'
report OF the Committee on Forestry A..
10 Edward Lauterbach. chairman OF the bAecu"'0
Committee Adirondack lttrk AssocatiOn .,,,
Your Committee on Forestry respectfully suoA''
the following preliminary report: a.. ooa ~ about
600 900 acres and constitutes by far the most I'M
potant water she'd Of the state Rivers ana streams a.
s e their rte Their peennsl dow dependent
upon the forest conditions around their as
u thoec forest lads in the last decades through
waseful methods of numbering and devatans ,hess
dreams The melting SHOWS and heavy rs,ni sas
suddenly the rivers TO overflow their banks dpv
rush in tSsr beds are dry and ali dependent
factories close The perennial dow Of former years no
on the northern side Of the AdrOndaes around
the Of thsaIsns0 RaSqSe@ 81 Hes Gsss,
G mm n"e stayed that section win pc stripped
Of it, oa forest soe Sections the ii Who
everything in the shape Of Nod Where 1 nSe
snS sprucs Interminged with hard woods Of ytous
kinds there nDw are nothing but black and desoia'e
This Is to be much deplorcd from every economic
standpoint. Leaving ont entirely the question OF aes
rspsrable The removal Of the forests causes the wa
ters to run OF quickly flooding the streams, and M
1s Suddenly and LEFT
necessary waters e temper err, the e, summers 0rou'h
CANAL INTERESTS INVOLVED
"The people of NewYork State paying annually
millions of dollars for the support Of the Erie Canal
Commencing at Rome, that waterway receives nearly
it's entire supply Of water from tho streams supped ps
the Adondacks and If that source falls, u VIII DC III
possible to maintain sufficient water In the canal IRON
and this great artery of commerce VIII De G9seo thu
nresent rate Of iScrease in the cities Of Brooklyn
New York. Albany Troy and Intervening cires S" e
h S1 h te Of 0v water supply for these
masses will be very serious one, ana tne most avn
basin north Of Troy The peculiar topography Of the
eastern portion Of New-York makes this quite certain
which 3n lspars as@ s eTs Fl valley
that Of The HUDSON River and few rrh e ssnarats
the Hudson. o." and Delaware and susquehanna water
sheds The State Of NewJersey will prevent any
Wealth. S rgm d tine to seeing
that within few year; b the SeS hat the mountains
Of that section Of the state viii furnish No engineer
for m 9s et1 a
win 4 the sGs s 19Gso Valley IA e
Of a %sa r Hfi rns ample water 1oH Vi, the
S s e. .'V . s,.yE5 s
ans its water suppl & r Long 'si S when called
upon to supply the number Of people indicated When
that point is reached, water VIII nave 10 oc Ts,
down the Hudon and carried NM sx ugS from T the
AdirondacEsY The people and statesmen who fall to
look ahead and consider such vital economic qc''O"S
On the north side of the AdrOndacks thirty years
there was. on all the stream, ,Tc cnst ooo 900
horse power Now there Is hardly water power on
any of the numerous rivers lowing into the 81 Law
renee in this State that can be considered permanent
As the population of the East becomes moro dense ana
the cost OF fuel increases a. must IoIne and be- in
pressing demand for manufacturing purposes that
The best physicians OF .cieS With hin Incident
SUMPTION sent to the Adirondacks recover ms cure
is due largely to atmospheric conditions ploa%ee tse
frem sanitary and humanitaran standpoint alone
makes The Of those orsssS w cSod ., snd
North Carolina are the principal outside states where
New-York physicians feel warranted In sending con
sad tSe expense incident to journey and stay there
IS very considerable. rhe Adirondaclss are close to
already been established there 70 which patients
OF limited means can be admitted dat, at nominal MAJ
doubIedly be founded, that the sick can 90 there
and be saved from of the greatest sconrges WHICH
These facts are stated warrant for the rec
concentrations which the committee hereinafter make,
will Re- generally conceded How they can be pre-
served and private and public rights and
be respected and snbserved is an Important question
| and one difficult to solve.
JUSTICE FOR THE LUMBERMEN
| .The lumbermen who most Of the lands In
the Adrondacks have bought II as citizens and bus
ne IS men for the purpose OF carrying On legitimate
business which Is OF absolute necessity TO the
public. for in order to build we must have lumber.
/ MANY of them have erected expensive mills, and
are busy utilizing their plants and products OF
| the forests TO secure return on the IN
| vestments Any proposition that seeks in any
WAY 10 do them all injustice, or which falls to compen-
safe them fairly for their property Is unjust ana one
which the American public would not entertain Tie
committee is Of the opinion. in considering the preser
walton of the forests. that these iacte m"SO pe co
u' THE State already owns about eight hundred
| ,houiand acres within tho area OF which
| nnbiIc park and forest preserve should be created
The remaining necessary lands should be purchased
Dt tt more than fair prices are demanded by the
| axners the right Of eminent domain should be ex.
| arci.e d and
| annr.isement The money and machinery necessary
to- do this have not vet been provided, and may not
be for some time. Railroads nave been bulit mo .
| snrests and conducted In manner winch leads Jle
committee % think that the managers have no regard
sor the public desires and interests IN TINS question
| Thay have been constructed in many cases, across
state land. and as the committee believes, without
due authority. , .,. M all
| road could be built across any state lands
i'm The forest preserve without the consent OF uie
rommissioIrs of the Land Office and the state Fores
Commission such consent TO be given after hearing
ON due notice 70 that all interested may be heard As
| The Law now stands the Commissioners OF the Lane
Once or any state officer has authority or power
in the premises, and the railroads may build acI%i
shosld not be as in no case docs the committee he
eve That State lands Should be used by corporations
without the consent Of the Commissi oners Of ts
Land ONCE. BY the change In the law sng
neSted the building Of railroads into or across
| he Adirondacks would not be possible unless i'm
ortnf boaris OF State officers should first be convinced
ihev we're necessary and then they would be permitted
only nnon such conditions would prevent injury
The forests which has heretofore prevailed to large