. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . out at points where there areno streams coming into the lake should be made to come out to the lakewith as short a curve as possible, and never in a straight line. The shortcurve will break the view of the cutting up the road, except for a very shortdistance, and will prevent it from being seen from the lake. A little care in bringing out the roads properly and in keeping skid-ways away from the lake shores will prevent the lumbering from offendingtourists and the summer traveling public, as well as the resident
. Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York . out at points where there areno streams coming into the lake should be made to come out to the lakewith as short a curve as possible, and never in a straight line. The shortcurve will break the view of the cutting up the road, except for a very shortdistance, and will prevent it from being seen from the lake. A little care in bringing out the roads properly and in keeping skid-ways away from the lake shores will prevent the lumbering from offendingtourists and the summer traveling public, as well as the residents around thelake, who might not at first clearly understand its purpose and result. Theproper arrangement of the shore end of the roads is as necessary to preservethe beauty of the landscape as the leaving of reserve strips along the lakeshore. Scale Rule Advised. The 19-inch Standard Rule has been the basis for all estimates of thesoftwood timber on Township 40. This rule gives the contents ofall logs in terms of a standard log, 13 feet long and 19 inches in diameter PLATE Fig. i.—VIEW FROM PRESENT BRIDGE AND DAM, LOOKINGDOWN STREAM. PIERS OF ORIGINAL BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE.
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