The New York herald., 1921-10-24
HIRSHFIELD TALKS
OFPULP MIL GRABS
Rivers Canalized and Dams
Built to Help Private
Interests
BENEFIT TO PUBLISHERS
Commissioner Says Senator
Brown Helped Out Tim
Der Holders.
BENEFIT TO PUBLISHERS

David Hirshheld, Commissioner OF Ac-
counts gave out the following statement
yesterday:
THE International Paper Company Is
one of the largest paper manufacturing
corporations In the country. Ogden
Mills, the vice-president OF the Inteina-
tional Paper Company. is director Of
the New York Tribune Publishing Com
pany, and Ogden NJ Reid. a director in
the International Paper Company. is
president Of the New York Tribune Pub
fishing Company. OF course. the Mills
and Reds are also deeply interested in
railroads and other corporations.
TIE International Paper Company
has pulp mills or Beaver River In the
Adirondacks. That company wanted a
water course for floating pulp logs all
the way from the forest to Its mills.
Yesterday 1t was pointed out how, II,
I 9o4 Senator Brown. the chief counsel
Cor the Meyer Investigating committee.
introduced !, and passed bill allowing
private parties to condemn Adirondack
streams for floating logs and lumber
ard how that bill became law in spite
OF the protest to Gov. Odeli by the
Board of Trade and Transports ton,
which characterized it as being one Of
those measures adroitiy designed to ac-
complish a purpose forbidden by COM
mon law, constitutional! and moral law.
and declared that this bill was intro-
duced for the benefit OF some one who
had lumber somewhere on hand and
wanted the public waters for private
use"
To-day we show that the Black River
IN the Adirondack Mountains was cam
allied and that soon thereafter the pulp
mill and factory owners on Beaver River
claimed that by canalizing Black River
water was diverted from Beaver River
and that their power rights were dam
aged.
ITO compensate them for this the
State built dam at Saltwater in Lewis
County and the Black River Con,nlis-
sion WAS created to regulate the dis
charge OF water through the gates
The New York World of january 20.
1904, In referring to this subject said:
Tho International Paper Company
had pulp mills on the river, and along
about 1896 1t discovered that If dam
were built further down the stream
10000 acres of land would be flooded and
would furnish course for floating pulp
ogs all the way from the forests to the
mills. SO in 1897 Senator Elon r. Brown
OF Watertown had the Legislature pass
bill providing for. the construction OF
new State dam in Beaver River to re-
place the old dam which, II was repre-
sented. was going to pieces. The cost, it
was said, would be about 5000. The
dam was not built on the site of the
old dam, but down the river. where the
pulp mlll owners wanted it. The dam
rs ten TIM es as wide as the old structure
and since 1897 the State has spent on
i for construction and repairs over
so. coo.
state Department officials asserted
that the State practically made the pulp
mills present of this sum. AS not
ounce OF water has been diverted frori
the Beaver River to the Black Rive
Canal in some years. the Superinter
dent of public works in his report recon-.
nlends the abandonment of the canal,
1t is not surprising. therefore. tina
the 1ribHsta and tho HERALD, SUN and
Telegram, owned by Munsey, also o
heavy stockholder with Morgan In stee
and traction corporations. appiauded tn.
defunct Mire investigation, and il is NJ
wonder that Senator Brown was seIected
by the interests as the handy man to
come down TO the city of New York tc
duplicate his previous successes in con.
nection with legislation and investiga-
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