The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-19

rais..d at the outset these objections
hnaliV uI-app.aI-d
/ la "A letter from Ostranier tu Haw kins
AMI ll-lah-ld h declared that ms ufrf
Tor the Pickhartt lands WAS ample under
N" circumstances. a. gOOI luCk ana iu-
ru-nC- only would MAKE. the Investment
profitable on. O-trandeT explained
'hi- that he usually had good luck ia sell
ing 10 IA" stat" and that there was no
point 10 his uS,' ~ th. wort influence
OstTandsr sWore that ne had never
pad cent to any legislator "a any state
utficial or state employee" IN connection
with his Adirondack land dealings
B. commissioner Austin tried 10 get O-tran-
der 10 admit that he had sounded the
state forest officials b-tur,. purchasing
the PIckhardt lands hut OstrandAr in
sisted that any knowlsds Z. n had Of the
NhIppl- correspondence ~ received from
the Plckhardt attorneys. Hawkins and
. nrlah.ld
o O-trand.r sa,d thar senator NlldS had
come IA thu room where the land pur-
chasing hoard was Considering the
PICkhardt purchase and had remarked
that an appropriation could be worded
to p"rmit the purchase OF the Pickhardt
lands within and without the park hound
ares Mr. Ostrandsr InsiSted he never
knew that the PICkhardt attorneys had
made a direct offer to the state AZ a
matter Of fact they had offered the land
4 within the park - the State for 81 an
acre AMI th' lands ou' >lds the ark
for s. an aCra
Included in this :? 90 acres sold nv
OStrander 90 the state IN his cleanup 81
November ipns. were s.sSs acres bought
for SiS.3ip IN lp01 which he sold 20 the
state Tor s62 as y profit Of -? go.
Alsn included ~ this ., on ;'arcel crigI-
nallV were 9ST2 acres which Ostrandsr
aiterward sold ~ the state for - an acre
Commissioner Austin brought out that
. Ostrtnder himself m lettar~ IN fle with
40.
thus land WAS worth rNIt 81 s., - and g.
an acr" Nr uStrander insisted that
Commissioner Austin must have copied
the 'gures wrong and that the figures
lIote1 we're ridiculous Another parcel
IL land bought ior 8, az Vas -old IN the
state TT SiSs
" was ds> sloCad that tho Fair Haven
Iron ore COMPANY was "ragnlned IN he
Dem''sr 1875 and that state Forest Fish
and Game Commissioner James : whip
;l" Who was appointed hN GOV Higgins IN
tp" -trlug ~ iS'S and was reappointsd
~ hnN hughes was ~" president II tho
ron urs rpmnany
VIZ Nhtg;,l" md former deputy state
Treasurer Rtrret n DAVIS and others
rad an opium - buy IN" Swity"r farm
~ STIRLING. tayuga county, f'r t2n On
no 'aru was supposed - contain a
yaluaDl" bed n low grad" orr. Tn"
lat' &C., ~" v Pinch Il Gl"ns Fall- and
pAfrind..r met CummissIpner WhIpple
n tram gong - New N'rk IN the fall
II ISr5 and 'h'. Commissioner asked them
- 20 m N the Irnn or. deal They thought
'h' fnirE over Tor whIl" and ~ the rUtsst
..tc' rad 81 l..i ~ som. stock
When ~" CpUparv vas formed Mr.
MuIl.. and hi- friends 60 tbnS' IN
Stock Zoo repay them fpr their 'Im" aud
.al-'r ~ ,-.ru-,frpn Wl'h ~" option. and
,t~N was I'r.IN"i for tS"Hs III" TO
uHaruN'' 81 the g.. ;Ital stock ANON (
rH" .rn"khuid"rs v"re IN" l''. R"uh.n l.
FuN - shares " Z Nth.ri-.a - shA-es
'avntf" " Gl'J an. q .. shAr's. Ar he
FeN'.I. - shs - Frederick u hilhuTu
~ shares, ex-senator Fanch"-. ~
sha-..,. Io.rg., y OstrandSr. - shares
george X Finch. ~ shares James "
LYON ~ shares. Jnthamr Aids IA shares.
Harry Render ~ shares and 'h- late
Supcrint on dent ~ FORESTS Nilliam = Fox.
~ share. T. was brought ont that Mr.
, Finch bought tho latter shares aftsrwRrd
s?5.uN plant Vas installed and oTer-
a'ed for wear when everything went
TO picc,,- and then bonds wsr'. iz-,Icd and
paid for - the amount " 80 Ip 20 pay
/ he debts ~ IN" company M'hl- amount
Wtherh-a peid 8lH. Dsirander 81, 7e
Whlppl" - sos. Aids 81 700. Lyon - go
F1nch.r sI.7pN. BINDER Si2i. the la'a
Reub.n /. Fox - sS2. Raxter t37S and
Deputy Forest Commissioner Lawrence
siG52
II develnpad that Senator William "
Armztrong ~ Rochester was an attorney
for the company IN some VI itH litigation
and that the bondholders forecloSed the
mort gag" last year and the property 81
tho cnmpTny ~ now owned 10y Ostrander
q. trustee Tor the bondholders Com
missioner Austin tried to tring OUT that
those who had dealings With the Forest,
Fish and Gene Department largely wer"
ind,cad 10 invest IN the company He
attempted 20 show tina, the books 81 the
company wero kept IN Mr. Whipple's
Capitol pffic- M To- about year ago and
thai IA. directors 81 IN" company had held
nesting. there Commissioner Austin
ha, is-cn trying 10 get the hooks ~ ac-
count ~ the company, hut up to date has
leon unsuccessful Mr. Ostrand"r said
h.. didn't know whether any had ever
b"en kept
IN. inquiry will be continued next
Monday