New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-29
ADIRONDACK RAILWAYS.
CREEPING IN FROM EVERY QUARTER.
THU CuArEAUGAY AT SARANAC-TIE ADlRoN-
n.cx uE.nrD TO MEET 1T-rHE NORTH
DHN pNvADEs TUPpEE LAKE
,rpow spycIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBrSK.l

DpN pNVADEs UPPER LAKE.
IRON SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRBrSh'
Tupper Lake Station, Sept. 26.-Any lover OF
the Adirondack woods who happens upon re-
cent map of Northern Ncw-lOrk must ne us
MAYED when he observes the new railroads tha'
are "bazing" their way through the Adirondack
forests and marks the extension OF raliroauS
,h,, once only penetrated the Adirondack
rcr;or a few miles. Will these railroads, several
Of which have been constructed mainly for the
nurnosc Of TRANSPORTING logs, lumber and char
coal destroy the forests? Is the name "Adiron-
d,ct Wilderness soon to bc n misnOmer? Or, OH
tho other hand will the construction OF the rail-
roads 81 much increase the value Of the Adlron-
dack woods By making them accessible 10 IN"
lumlrrmcn. that greater care will be taken 10
guard them from fires. and under n careful Sys-
TEN of cutting only the ripe trees. the trees VIII
still cover the face of the country?' these are
the questions which the lovers of the woods and
the lnmhermcn now asking.
The railroad train beyond question is super
sedinr the buck board and the stagp-coach IN the
Adirondack country. 1t is not twenty years ago
when tie Delaware and Hudson ran no furthcr
north of Saratoga than Fort liconderoga, at the
southern end of Lake Chahpialt, ana one haa ~
,olo , Steamboat al Fort Ii" in order to reach
places on tnc Wcot oiuV VI WV i"hS ""A
were points of departure, by blackboard usually,
for camps in the Adirondacks. Then came the
extension of the Delaware and Hudson along Lake
Champlain to the Canada line, from Fort Ii to
Ronse's Point, a distance Of 100 miles. \ rail-
road WAS thus constructed which skirtcd the en-
fire eastern edge of the Adirondacks. Naturally
there quickly followed extensions Of this road
westward into the wilderness. Smith NJ. Weed
pcr,ladel the State Government to build a rail-
road from Plattsburg IL the state Prison al
Danncnora, seventeen miles. and then bought the
road and extended it year after year until now II
enters Saranac village. sevrnty-three miles from
PLAT sburp This railroad is known the
"Chatcaugay."
meanwhile the Delaware and Hudson has on
tended il, line in another direction. For many
wears a railroad known as " the Adirondack Kali
road" had been run at small profit between Sara
toaa and North Creek, at the hcadwaters Of the
Hudson River. distance, in northwestern dire
ton. Of ifty-cight miles from saratoga. lhis
railroad ha, been leased by the Delaware and
Hudson and has become virtually part OF lis
system The Clatcauray also has such friendly
relations with the Delaware and Hudson that no
one can doubt il also Is in It's pos,cs>."n. In
the oplnion Of railway EIcn. the Adirondack Kaii-
way will bc extended nortLward III few years I"
Long Lake and the Chatcaugay extended south
ward 10 Tie same lake. ana thus E,Ig" portion oil
the Adirondack forest will bc cnconpas>cd by these
railway lines
In the centre of the Adirondack plateau another
railway has been working It's way sou'hwaiI
dividing the forest region intItwO great %Ghich's
This Railroad which has the title of " The North
cru Adirondack starts AZ Moria. upon the Lake
Champlain and OgdcnshurV Railway. an'l runs due
soutA to this place, Upper Lake. dis'an'c OF
huy->i\ miles. TIP 10 the present summer THIS
road only ran t. Paul Smiths station thniy-fo"T
miles from Mora. but then il was c\'"nd"d
twenty ,wo miles Ia tins place: How much further
sou,iiGard is il going? is 1t 10 be constructed
southwark to the Mohawk River?
Some people think it Will abruptly turn west
war;, from Topper Lake. Any one who Will rA-
anime railway map OF the present year VIII
discover that while the Northern Adir"n-
tlacl has fccn constructing its track south
ward another railroad, the Carthage and
Adirondack which comes into the Adir"n-
,uck forests from the westward, has lacn
rAL.n,;ius IT'S line eastward The Carthage and
Adirondack starts from Carthage, III Jefferson
County. and ruils east 1ory-thrcc miles 10 the
henson Mines. An extension OF ia" road the
present s.inIncr has hron2it II within iour miles
OF the Inlet oi Cranberry Lake, which Is only
ll.o.t twenty miles distant from Topper Lake.
II will be an easy matter. therefore. 10 connect
tho Carthage and Adirondack with the Northern
Adirondack Railroad. There is Il belief H. the
Adirondack region that u Will he the Carthage
Road which Will make this extension 10 TnpI~r
Lake: aid that the Northern Adroniacn Will 'T
continued further southwark TO CONNECT with s"iiic
nnc which VIII ne nuilt nor'hward from the line
of the Newlork Central IN III" Mohawk River
Valley.
1t /, suspected that this line from the sou'i-
ward whlc!. will bf connected with the Northern
Adirondack is the llcrkiicr, Newport and Ponnd
Halfway rhi, il a narrow gauge RAILROAD running
fr.,,n 1larE irYnr u H..
i,.L I" la" n"ith~LrG. Fortnight ago ms
l road sold 10 syndicate. OF which TIE chief
Ienbcrs are Henry Po,icn. Of Albany: VI
". larsc. OF Olcan. and Ih"m4s H. j."
hTaw, Of PonVhkcrp>r. ali luml~r'n"n;
These gentlemen announce that ti"N lht""i
10 widen the railroad 10 the standard gauge and
extend il northward into the Adirondack vii
dcincss. for the pnIp,>c Of undertaking ">1"nsi"
numbering operations and transporting the lumber
to arkot From lIerkimcr To Poland by the rail
road. is eighteen miles II is now proposed I"
extend the road thirty miles I" Jock's Lake. max
ing It's total length forty eight miles: Tin" mem
iPiS of the syndcai" are said Ia have bought
400 600 acres Of wrltimlrrrd land in the vicinity
of Jocks Lake and intend 10 construct s,wmls
there and hcsin the saving OF logs into lumber.
There is suspicion. however. that the con
strurtors Of the road intend 10 connect 10 with
Inc Northern Adirondack and thus create rail
way through the heart Of the Adirondack region
for the Use Of summer tourists and nmbrrmcn.
\ railway thus running from Iicrkmcr on ia"
Ncw-Iork Central IA Mora, or upon the Lake
Champaign and Ogdcnsburg. would divide The
NIlrOnuafk region diHioS' 'NIOneH us fcn'rc mo
two great halves. "Thc Ncw-lork Central" said
a resident Of this region, would smil" swrctli
upon such project. since il would give
,ia, road chance to gain "A large amount
Of Adirondack Lnslne-s which is now done lv Tn"
Delaware and Hudson and the Rome and Water
town. IL would also give the Genital an indie
pendent route int, Montreal. For this r'ason il
is suspected tina, III" Central has very friendly
rc.a, .ons with The lI.rkimcr road and with the
Northern AdIrOndack
chef Fows, War zen Gormun speaking on this
.ubipct "a few DAYS auu said an s,rrV Ia 500.
Ills cNtrI-i0n OF milr0nds into this re2iUn. for
wherever the railroads 60 there is a swaii Of de-
structUn of the forest trees. here come forest
fires: then come clcarngs; then come. sawmlls;
then come charcoal kilns: then come pulp mills
all the factors that work for tho d- ructiG Of the
forests