The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28
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We saws We Paid rW tee n Nurh an ArVe
Tee Ramp hin Mare - the state PAID.

ALHANT. Aug - Timothy I. Wood.
nuns explanation OF how he secured
tItl~ Ia kamp Nil Mare his Adirondack
estate. when he was president 81 IN.
forest purchasing hoard IA 1897 was ~
c"iv"d to-day IN letter to Commis-
S'on"rs Clark and Austin. who are invest,.
eating State forestry AFFAIRS under an
fointtneni Ivy the Governor Here u
Mr.. Woodruffs letter
NV NuHE. AUG -. 1910
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ItNTLIMrN Tn. New York papers quite
generally say that YOUR commission has
been ~'"urinK Information a. TO how
"'uT"d title &" my property IN The Ndiron-
ha'k~ knoNn "a Ramp XIII kare he
! statements assert that I purchased for
myself l.0lo ares for 81 nn and that the
state acquired all the surrounding land at
q cost ~ stsT on
fauur" tn state the number ~ acres
whrh tho state got for this tisI on may
imply almost any relation between what
raid and What the state paid yer are
The facts are. a. the ~, ord- whi'h you
nav" been examining will show. that this
phThHse made nv me for the state
announced To about -. oon acres. which Nas
~ ~ Yer acre. allowing nothing 'ur the
SI'" Nhhe oi several miles ~ me ~hofe
front OF RaGuette Lake I paid 81 Ter
acre for nv properly. and therefore twice
"a mu"h rer acre as the State. and n Was Of
less INT rinsr value
HUI the all importAn, point ~ tina, " "
burant. from whom purchased would
not consider any price whatever from The
state. a. the lake would become thereby
pubic property and ,niur. the value 81
Two adjacent preserves on wht"h he had
"r~''ed very costly buildings I only
acquired ~ when MIR I'urani puhlr.ly
offered II for sale 10 any desirable private
purchaser
paid for NV preserve the highest price
that ! had knoNn up 20 that time 20 have
heen paid tor unimproV~d ~ lid Adirondack
Lands lhe property twenty seven
mites from the near~sl railroad station
ana could only he rear he'd hy boats and
trails, no wagon road having been built
II - ! bought II largely for The purpose
Of furnishing me a base nf operations for
the work 81 the fores, preserve board. ~
which was for Ave and half wears after
It's pup ha-~ the president
The fact that man Who des,red 20 a.
quire a half interest tn this property with
m" refused 20 DO 40 ~ rho prir- " hirh |
paid. insisting that n Vas not worth more
than hall the money. together With the
facts have S'a'~d concerning The relative
prices paid 10y me and by the state. should
satisfy Won and any one else With regard
to IT. value a. he time ! purchased u
\ year or two subsequent TO NV pun
chase bought for 'he state tract stretch
ing from the -outherlv boundary nf my
property = distance OF nearly Ave miles
and smbra ing through ~ entire lenE'h
the outler 1T nv Ian. Tor - 80 n.r arr"
tor u hich would VillnslV have ps'd mu'
more to ompl~'s NV preserve ,upid have
pur'has~d It for mvSslt without violating
t.s Rlelf / "a IN "A
tIe desirable proper'v | ouli Tor The state
The nrv spaprr- say YOU have de- id-t
~ 'old ~ public hearing IN connection
v IN M. mater. hat viii simply make
statement ION ~ruIng - ~ votr report 70
Cuy Hughes You vii Of course agree
OItu me that the ahpv" mentioned fsCrs
-go4I4 DO embodied IN vour report 80 10
Governor beg "a r~nan vour~ ,--y
rn-pe.' fuIlv rtNorHY l. WnopFrFF
The real facts concerning MIR Wood.
rufa purchase a. shown by the records
will he covered IN our report 10 the Gov
ernor was all the comment the com
ml-sIoners would max" a. to the ,ett-r
Mr. Woodruff IN commenting Yesterday
on his Adirondack land purchases sAid
10 u - true. as stated. that the prop
"rtv referred 10 as having been purchased
or 'he state a. si'- .gp was offered 20 me
and INV associates IN the Forrest Preserve
Hoard for tln.Gs' or any other sum less
than thai which We paid COR IT, " IL the
dutv Of Nr clark and Mr. Austin. the
Comm ~ loner- 70 demand our criminal
prosecution. which should result IN con
voting rs ~ the crime Of de,rauding the
state ~ New Work whose servants
were " the difference bet tween the amount
N which the property WAS offered and
the price We paid FOR II ~ course. as a
matter ~ fat. We n~ver rad 20 secure
this or anv other piece ~ property on"
Jenny more than the lowest price ""
,~ould get u A. after hartcring with and
heating down the @ells-
have photographed N Commissioners
clark and AUSTIN az follows
In view of in0u'a'ion~ a. yesterdays
hearing and new -pap~- lnferenr~- drawn
'herefrom I respectfully demand public
hearing concerning 1ll idirondack matters
With which nv name ha- been associated
Pleas vire notifying ne tine. - NV
once RspIhilc cen state Com nit'@e. ~ N~s'
Thirty ninth street New York CITY
TIMurHV I. NounHrTF