New-York tribune., 1891-05-22
DR. WEBBS ADIRONDACK RAILRO4D
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE cAsE-A FRANKLIN
COUNTY VIEW OF THE ENTERPRISE.
From The Malone Farmer.


COUNTY VIEW OF THE ENrERPMsE'
From The Malone Farmer.
The announcement in the New-lork papers OF sac
urday last that the Forest Commission had taken sVs
nor,tion from constructing, operating or maintaining
any railroad through the forest preserve VII stlns %
The Intent Of the Legislature seems very cle;E:
Willie lands IN the main body Of the preserSe Saa0s &
in their wild and picturesque state as SahltaGh M y,
health and pleasure, how can they be reaehed D! !i @
Inc Legislature knew that by It's act railroads WeIo
only 10 be permitted 10 pass through te s'1e P PiH
serve uat unofp no ha mmDdreds Of beautiful lakes
and streams which have hitherto been ocAed up " I %
. S,y favored Observation-Disclosures who care not for
expense-woud be brought witilh tle means dllu ,
cities The sick and afflicted not in aiuent clreun.
stances are forbidden to breathe the baens az az
comparatvely few where they ought to be many ana
because Of the tlresone roundabout, deadly Journey
they must take Let II be great Alienean
s%tzeriand swift not an mpenerablc and almost unhnown
wilderness Fires do not follow railroads. The peops
Of this a te sHo% Drent sasS AZ roads We're built There
have been no fires Of consequence in the Franklin
serve serve the Interests OF the whole people 1t oNes
something 70 that portion residing within the shadow
pish forest preservation without the cooperation o.
The Inhabitants of Adirondack conntest - .
The Adirondack and -. Lawrence Railroad Is DVw
seeking passage through some OF the state lana, N
Our county. 1t Is not, az has been represel.ssz
It's lines It's inception sprung from Franklin County,
needs Of development and OF access 70 the CONNER
l l 'enir 9 ednars s Ss @ss much Of When 'Is Is cleared
1t has minerals and many other resources when ougm
and room enough here for ten times the present num-
Der OF inhabitants. Local trade has suffered iOF Wal
OF adequate railway connections sarsnac LIs 49,
village second In Size in the county tO Malone, ths
county seat is fifty miles distant and Jurors efe com
pIts peIsWare e and Hudson and ocdensburg aud La&s
Champain railroads, through Clinton County 10 teA,n
the Franklin County courts Are We forevei, 70 ,y ~
land intervenei In going TO Albany or New lors
We also forever 20 be compelled to travel neuy
sixty miles to the eastward before starting southHsn'
10 be then further from destination when the turn
ing point is reached than when our faces were st s
cltywardi What an immense sum II has cost us for
extra mileage freights in past years Have the
citizens Of Franklin County none OF the rights en-,
be Just reasonable for to ask that rapid trsii
be denied TO the metropolis for others to ask tt ou
right of ingress and egress TO our homes snail DC eu
The Adirondack and st. Lawrence Railroad ord.
Of Malone raised nearly $4,000 and Vet the contract
TO build the portion from this village to the Canadian
some corporation would complete the road to sche-
nectady. Twenty-Five hundred dollars OF this money
sntSoRe wsi by T receiving the money, sanctioned the
project Of building through the KdirohdscEs the ornt
1ation being for that express purpose. DR.. Webb
afterward contemplated building a road northward
from As 1S forests sf SS e S Ss oo Z,
by continuing the Adirondack and ST. Lawrence % that
place. Thirty thousand dollars more was raised ~
Malones citizens 81 secnre its continuation. with
knowledge OF these facts, the commissioners OF the
land Office, representatives OF the people ought 20
In the light Of an appeal from the 10000 inhabitants
OF Franklin County for outlet 20 the world. IL
along its route be destroyed II Is recognized by It's
projectors that the forests, II preserved, viii be
continual source OF pleasure 10 through travellers by
rs route and the beauties and attractions OF the wilder
ness resorts one OF its chief Of profit :.
Nearly all the State land to he tFavered lies In Frank
lin County. very little OF which Is included witeln
the boundaries OF the proposed state park No.s
OF the head waters of the Iiuds0h Is crossed-onD
81. Lawrence tributaries