New-York tribune., 1891-05-21
WATCHING DIR. WEBBS ROAD.
THE FOREST COMMISSION RESOLVED TO
DEFEND THE ADIRONDACK
WILDERNESS.

AUTHORIZED BY THE ATTORNEYGENERAL III
APPLY IN HIS NAME FOR AN INJUNCTION
AGAINST ANY ROAD CROSSING STATE
LAND COMMISSIONER BAs-
sELINs VIEW OF DIR.
wEBB's PROJECT
uRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT op THE rAi'oNA.l
Albany. NAV ao-The Forest Commissioners or at
least a majority Of them-Nlr. Rasselin and Mr ooA-
had conference today with MtoFhe! -"eIo'''i ,
in company with their counsel Recorder Hesspcrs' Oh
Albany In relation to the threatened nNaSo'i Vi '"0
state forest lands by various railways ana noabh one
srotcb from Herkimer to Malone, and announcer rom
North Creek to Malone across the AdirohdacA "nu''
ness. 49,. -r,r,,sscners
TINT an application had been made to te Llu pou-u
by the Adirondack and ST. Lawrence haliiVa1 ,
for pcrroisson TO cross the state forest lanos III
lin countv and that he would make report 10 the
land hoard giving his opinion upon THIS apphcauon vi
Nav os next week Thursday. The AdirohuacA "'lo
ST. Lawrence Railroad Is owned by Dr. W. Se"@u Wow
NJ the New-York Central and its route is 10 DO rom
Malone to Herkimer, touching such places III o.o
Adirondack wilderness as Paul Smiths, upon ST. KeSs
Lake: Tnpper Lake, the Upper Saranac Lahe' ~
Lake, the Forge House. al fuSV b'N' "a WY
ChaIns and Jacks Lake. 4 -,
General Austin ;. Lathrop, the superintendent Vi
prIsons has a contract for building seventy -hD nm"
of ths road in the heart OF the wlideITess io 90
TODAY that DR.. Webb would appear personally ooio,
the Board OF Land Commissioners on May % 'N' 1 ~
for permission to put his railroad across the etlte lu9
Tha Land Commissioners are Attorney General Aaoor'
socrotorv NJ State Rice Controller Wempe, state leas
rar Do nforth Lieutenant Governor Jones, spcaNoI 9"
han and State Engineer Bogart. This Is r~'ei p n
ing Board that DR.. Webb will face, but he wiz ny
| the support upon that occasion OF SUPERINTENDENT
| Lathr0p. -. VAIN
|
| nose meanwhile TO permit the railways to get ''o
start of the state officials. He ordered the foiv''
Commissioners to-day TO send men al ohce inO ~
| Adirondacks with orders to learn OF any ehcroa'"
| ments upon the States forest lands Dy ran"n' ~
nanies II any encroachments are discovered salu
tho Attorney General to The Tribune correspondent
" T. have authorized Recorder Hessburg, the couhsei
| of the Forest Commissioners in my name 10 Apply
IN the supreme Court for an Injunction to stop the
further building OF such roads. DO not Kno" ."d'
there has been any actual Tespass as yeo Al i@''
| | doubt il there has been, since d. "eDD "ds
formally asked for permission TO build MS ralroah
across the States lands That doesn't make IL look
- 20 +bo railroads were already under construction
unon STATE lands I doubt also II any railroad woud
dare to take such step at this time. IL might ho'
| have been regarded two or three years ago. "hen
| public opinion enent upon the SUBJECT uuV
| would be now. Besides, any railway WOULD hho"
that the moment 1t entered upon the possession Oh
|
would have all its expenses for nothing"
| aUave Won vet determined the relative authority
OF the Land Board and Of the Forest commissioners
grant permission to railways to cross the states lor'
| lands !" - ., ,o,
outbortes upon that subject carefully before snail
dare IN nronounce an opinion upon 1t. Tile rairoads'
,udonr from the application Of the Adirondack ana
ST Lawrence think this authority rests IN the Boar"
| Of Land Commissioners ~
Forest Commissioners Bassen and Cox, after OBTAIN
Ing Attorney General Tabor's authority to proceed
| o - srch railroads as have constructed railways
across the State forest lands instructed CHIEF Forest
Warden German proceed at once to Malone ioi'o"
the line laid out by surveyors for the AoiroacN al"
81 Lawrence and discover whether or not te ldpocie
Of that road are at work at any point upon state oes
| land The Governor Is instructed TO tehgraph III
| mediately TO Recorder HcssDers IL nc ui''o''' my
| such invasion Of the states lands
| at have inst arrived I'm Albany from the saranac
| Lake REGION" said Mr.. German today ana nave
| informed the Forest Commissioners that no ril"aS
| lines have yet been constructed tleie WHICH "u'"
| state lands The Adirondack and ST. Lawrence mas
| constructed aborers' huts at Tupper Lake. ana 10
manning 70 build railroad from Tupper Lake 10 the
Inner saranac Lake but none Of this railroad Will
cross state land. This, no doubt, 10 part Oh ouPeI
| tendent Lathrop's contract. Tie Ne"-ioih OeniaI
nronoses TO start trains out Of New-lOfH the coiine
summer and run them direct TO saranac Lake oy ts
| Is.
| central Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg, Northern
| Adirondack and the Adirondack and St. Lawrence
| Forest Commissioner Basselin said: 81 have made
careful inquiry respecting the extension OF lne IclRt
| mer Poland and Newport north"ald rom fOldhu ulu
6nd that II will be for only few miles, and none
at all state forest lahuS. III lao., utrS % 1r
| Wenh owns the lerklmer road but must say
| doubt whether he actually intends TO extend II 10
| Malone II he does the Forest Commissioners VIII
do ali in their power IN the courts TO prevent hm
| from crossing the state forest lands ! cannot but
| he suspicious that this Is an attempt OF Tie NeN
| York (entrals managers 10 scare the Delaware ana
Uudson Railway into selling their line north OF Albany
| io tbe Central at a comparatively low price. Dr.
| Welh is not paving out much money yet upon the
| Ierkmer and Poland road. The extension OF that
rad 1 understand. is to be from Poland TO Prospect
on West Canada Creek, and then to Remsen, upon he
| Rome and WatertOwn. At Rcmscn there Is the
| heaviest grade upon the Rome and Watert0wn. by
rat,ng the -ieikimer and Poland at Rcmsen the Cen
will save them miles OF distance between water
| town and New York. They viii not have to climb a
hill at Reinsen and then 80 on to Utica, but VIII run
| upon an easy grade from Remsen to Heridmcr and
| extending the Herklmer road to Malone Is 0lun on
the part 0f the Central II is the same tactics they tried
| with the Rome and WattrtCwn last fall, wRn they
bought that road. Why, the engineering dlhcultieS OF
| buildnc a road from Herhmcr to Malone across the
| Adirondack wilderness would be enormous. The
| amps and sink holes are almost lnhuihefiDle
When they building the Carthage and Adlrondack
they found IL almost impossible 10 I'LL one sink hole
and after they had filled one, as they thought, IL
swallowed UP railway train and they never have re
covered II TO this day.
But II DR.. Webb IS I'm earnest in his plans 10 con
siruct this road the Forest COMMISSION lltcuus I'd hSh
| The Forest Commission will meet at Commissioner
| Kneyals's Office in New York tomorrow at IL a. m.
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