New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21
Commissioner Whippe State Lease Adirondack ores'
in Small Plots to Public.

land easily enough The people would llot re re
near enough together to interfere win ma ~
you like, lease only alternate parceiS aronars
Intervening spaces for the transient c"Ili ign
The scheme broadens into numberlesS TalIIIoI Id
tons which I haven't even followed 1t 49, 49,
benefit the permanent dwellers IN the IOl 80
coIInrry-tba men who till little clearings ana
sell vegetables and butter and eggs anu G et.e
guides on whom depend for q fesu! -,
lighting force 1t would benefit the rallroauS
1t would be of lasting benett to Ihe peG ,t
themselves and 1 think it is safe TO say ma
I'm ten years 81 100000 would be added 10 'ii0
revenue of the State" z.5
plots of about five acres each We're leasen ~
Cottagers. The annual rental was from Fl'o -
5000
ONLY those familiar with the Adirondacks can
rightly appreciate the real significance OF Com
missioner Whpple's suggestion Large as til
Forest Preserve is. il must De reIllellipe Gu 80
Il forms only about one third of the Adlrondach
park and that the other two ml4hon-oou aces
are largely occupied by private preserves rITIn
these D1.vate holdings the summer VISITOR 70 tue
A.1trondacks is of course, prohibited ana II ne
elects to make of the state holdlIlsS III tl,o
face of the law to the contrary ne niusI $50
a nomad or squatter, erecting a IeilPott'lS
can1p and moving it about from place 10 pIdce
Certain beaten paths only are open 10 MN
SIZE OF PRIVATE HOLDINGS.
Residents Of the cities have for the most part
cn1v = hazv idea of the size of the private hold
inos tn be found in the Adirondacks. one of the
largest and perhaps best known of these estates
is that of William Rockefeller in Franklin
County This park in the establishment ,.
which the little town.of Brandon was wiped out
includes about ninety thousand acres OF some OF
tho finest mountain and lake country TO be
4ound in the state Another of about the same
size is that established by the late William e
whitney This lies mainly to the north anc
west Of Rauuette Lake and IS said 20 incluoe
sixty-four lakes and ponds NeiaSale' Nhe pr
,,are mark Of W Seward Webb, is fifteen square
miles II Is fenced in and contains moose ana
deer Litchheld Park. owned by Edward Lltch-
field Of Brooklyn, contains ten thousand iICItt9
and is stocked with big game In Essex ooulily
Robert G. Pruyn. OF Albany OWLS " Pdl -
over ten thousand acres There are many other
r,rivate estates of lesser size scattered through
ont the woods like those OF J. =. Morgan on
Nohegan Lake and Alfred Gwynne vanderbilt
on Sycamore Lake. each comprising ABOUT
fifteen hundred acres Timothy l. N--aFu'L
owns large estate on Lake hora
Aside from these private estates there are
large tracts held h. nearly half a hundred clubs,
in different parts of the mountains. ne AttseSt
of such tracts is that held by the AdirondacFt
League Club comprising about So,o0o acres ana
nearly twenty lakes and ponds III tAe Souliierl
part of the mountains. About 10000 acres IN
Guiding parts of Mounts Marcy. Mcintyre ana
Golden and ha;f dozen smaller mountains
and as MANI small lakes held Wi,hlf the
preserve Of the Adirondack club The Adtroq
dack Mountain Reserve Association NOUS
another large tract including parts OF Mounts
A3arcr aud Dix and all of Mount NoonFart,
Mount Haystack and the Ciothcs' pesiue ~
Upper and Lower Ausable lakes.
Nearly every acre OF the states holdings
would make a camp site. but the natural desire
of the camper u.s. % course. u get camp on
sorae desirable waterfront Ana III the AulIon-
dachs this desire does not spring from a mere
love Of the beautiful place remote from the
railroad centres Is desired. and yet aterway
affording easy access to some central point Is