62D congress, 3d Session. | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, | document ...   No. 1158.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL FOREST RESERVATION COMMISSION.

LETTER

FROM

TRANSMITTING

December 11, 1912.—Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed.

National forest reservation commission,
Washington, D.C., December 7, 1912.

sir: in compliance with the act of Congress approved March 1, 1911 (Public, No. 4.35), 1 have the honor-to transmit herewith the report of the National Forest Reservation Commission Tor the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912.
Very respectfully,

HENRY L. STIMSON
Secretary of War, President.

The speaker of the house ok representatives.

report ok the national forest reservation commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912.

During the fiscal year 1912 the National Forest Reservation Commission approved for purchase under the Weeks law 255,822 acres of land. On account of unavoidable delay in executing several of the purchase agreements after the commission had taken action 30,470 acres of this amount was not contracted for before June 30, 1912, leaving the net total covered by purchase agreement during the year 225,352 acres. The lands approved by the commission during the fiscal year 1911'; amounting to 31,876 acres, proved not to have title acceptable to the Government, the purchase agreement failing on this account. These lands have accordingly been brought under condemnation during the past year. The total area covered by purchase agreement or by suit in condemnation at the close of the year 1912 was 257.22S acres.

PURCHASE AREAS.

Purchases are being considered at present only in the Southern App lachian and White Mountains, and in these regions only within certain designated areas where the forest is believed to have especially large influence in protecting the flow of important navigable streams. The areas thus selected are designated purchase areas. Eighteen such areas, containing 6,383,000 acres, have been selected. Those areas are located in the States of New Hampshire, Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, 'Tennessee, and Georgia. Without exception they occupy the watersheds of important navigable streams, and include portions of the principal mountain masses of the Southern Appalachian and White Mountain regions. They are so distributed as to be of large strategic importance in the protection of the entire Appalachian region. The location as to States and watersheds and acreage of these areas are as follows:

Probably the lands ultimately to be acquired by (lie Government need not exceed from 50 to 75 per cent of each of the several areas. There is reason to believe that the purposes of the Government may be accomplished by the acquisition within the purchase areas of two or three compact bodies of land containing from 25,000 to 100,000 acres well situated for protection, administration, and use. These bodies may be separated from one another by distances of from 10 to 25 miles or more. With careful protection from fire and with the introduction of conservative methods of logging, these tracts will become demonstrations of practical forest conservation. With bodies of land so centered it will doubtless be practicable to cooperate with the surrounding private owners, both in fire protection and in conservative lumbering, and thus in the end bring most of the Appalachian region to a safe condition as to watershed protection and to a much better state as to forest productivity than now prevails. Certain additional purchase areas will have to be located before a substantial foundation is laid for the complete safe-guarding of the Appalachian region, but it appears unnecessary to acquire in this region more land than was estimated as necessary in the report to Congress made by the Secretary of Agriculture in December, 1007. It was there stated that 5,000,000 acres in the Southern Appalachians and 600,000 acres in the White Mountains would be all that need be acquired.

Within the 18 purchase areas which have been designated, the Government is now examining, with a view to purchase, such lands as it is believed desirable to acquire for the purposes of the Weeks law.

Examinations by the Geological Survey.—The Geological Survey, acting under section 6 of the act of March 1, 1911, examined during the fiscal year lands within these areas amounting to 2,536,845 acres. The previous year the Geological Survey examined and reported upon 92,955 acres, making a total examined by the Geological Survey to June 30, 1912, of 2,629,800 acres, or 41 per cent of the purchase areas.

All reports thus far made by the Geological Survey have been favorable in showing that Federal control of the areas under examination will tend to promote or protect the navigation of the streams on whose watersheds they lie. In the Southern Appalachian areas the Geological Survey has based its favorable reports mainly upon the damage to the mountain slopes and to the streams by excessive erosion where the forest is not systematically conserved. As an illustration of the conditions which prevail extensively in the Southern Appalachians the following summary is quoted from the report of the Geo-

Deforestation of the mountains in which rivers rise may affect the navigable portions by increasing sedimentation and by causing increased fluctuations of flow. Sedimentation results from excessive erosion near the headwaters. Factors aiding erosion are steep slopes, loose soils, large annual precipitations unevenly distributed, frost, paucity of vegetation, and (most important) activities of man.

In the Savannah area steep slopes are plentiful, loose sandy soils are the rule, annual precipitation is heavy and irregular, and frost action is strong. These conditions favoring erosion are offset over a large part of this region by a luxuriant natural vegetation. Portions of the Savannah area that have been cultivated, burned, or heavily pastured furnish examples of the excessive erosion to be expected if the rest of the area is similarly exposed by the activities of man.

In this region forest, cover tends to increase the quantity of rain water supplied to the reservoir of underground water. This results in greater regularity of flow of springs, and consequently of streams and rivers supplied by them.

Forest control within the Savannah area will tend to renew the natural protection of the forests on the slopes at present under cultivation and will protect those areas still covered with forests from destructive deforestation, thus preventing the waters rising in the area from receiving an excessive quantity of sediment and insuring a continued greater regularity of flow.

On the lands so far reported in the Southern Appalachians the damage from erosion has been so unmistakable and striking and of such serious consequences that the survey has not found it necessary to carry on investigations in that region to show what regulative effect the forest may have upon stream flow.

In the White Mountains the Geological Survey found but slight evidence of erosion, and therefore conducted investigations for the purpose of determining the regulative effect of the forest upon the stream flow.

Definite and emphatic results were obtained from observations carried on during the winter months of 1911 and 1912 on two areas selected with great care for the experiment. The following is quoted from the survey report:

The areas selected for the study are closely similar in every way, excepting in regard to the single aspect of forestation. One area which is still in an essentially natural state shows certain run-off characteristics, while the other area, which has been both cut over and burned over (from one to three times in different parts), shows characteristics which are in every way dissimilar. It is held as beyond doubt that the differences in respect to run-off are due to the fact that one basin is covered with a good forest growth, accompanied by a d_eep mat of vegetal soil, while the other basin has not more than 20 per cent of its area in a forested condition, and the natural ground mat has been materially reduced in depth by successive fires.

The figures obtained by the Geological Survey show:

First. That at the beginning and at the end of each period there was more snow on the forested than on the deforested basin.

Second. That the amount of water disappearing from snow stoiage during each period is approximately 70 per cent on Shoal Pond Brook (forested) of that which it is on Burnt Brook (deforested), and that during the three peiiods the total disappearance on the former is G.9 inches, against 10.5 inches on the latter.

Third. That the rate of run-off from Shoal Pond Basin is 63 per cent, 62 per cent, and 43 per cent, respectively, of that which took place on Burnt Brook, and that during all three periods the discharge from the latter was twice that of the former.

Fourth. That the maximum flood flow on Shoal Pond Brook is 45.5, 71, and 67 per cent, respectively, of that on Burnt Brook.

Fifth. That considering the precipitation during the entire period the Shoal Pond area added to ground-water storage, while the Burnt Brook drew upon that storage in large amount,.

The results of the Burnt Brook Shoal Pond studies are held to show that throughout the White Mountains the removal of forest growth must be expected to decrease the natural steadiness of dependent streams during the spring months at least. The foregoing conclusion forms a strong basis for arguing the desirabilty of painstaking methods o_f administration in respect to forest lands in the White Mountain region. Deforestation followed by fires, as in the Burnt Brook basin, results in conditions unfavorable to natural spring storage, because conducive to rapid snow melting and stream run-off. Control of White Mountain lands that would reduce fires to a minimum and promote normal reforestation must result in a great improvement over present tendencies, and this improvement in forest cover can logically be expected to favorably affect stream regulation to the extent quantitatively indicated in the comparison of the forested Shoal Pond Brook with the deforested Burnt Brook.

Examinations by the Forest Service.—The Forest Service has been designated as the bureau to receive proposals of land and to examine and value lands for purchase. The National Forest Reservation Commission considers the recommendations of the Forest Service and in accordance with the act of March ], 1911, approves such lands as it considers advisable for purchase and fixes the price or prices to be paid. Lands have been offered within the purchase areas to the amount of 2,102,330 acres. In addition 428,986 acres outside the purchase areas have been offered. During the year the Forest Service examined 665,891 acres lying within the several purchase areas. During the preceding fiscal year the examinations of the Forest Service covered 174,562 acres, making a total of 840,453 acres examined prior to June 30, 1912.

LANDS BEING ACQUIRED.

Negotiations have been successfully carried on for a considerable portion of these lands, and, as stated above, tracts amounting to 257,228 acres have been placed under contract or condemnation proceedings during the year. These lands are situated and described as follows:

Georgia area.—A tract of 31,876 acres of virgin timberlands situated in Faimin, Union, Gilmer, and Lurapkin Counties, Ga. The tract lies entirely on the watershed of the Toccoa River, a tributary of the Tennessee, and contains 3,500 feet per acre of hardwood, hemlock, and white pine timber of good quality. The mineral soil varies in depth from a few inches to more than 50 feet and is of such character as to be extremely sensitive to erosion where unprotected. The locality has been subject to lire for many years with the result that the soil has been much impoverished in fertility, the growth of young timber to some extent prevented, and the mature stand rendered thinner than it would otherwise be. The laud is capable of producing a very heavy stand of merchantable timber.

Massanutten area.—A group of tracts comprising 19,322 acres situated in Page and Rockingham Counties, Va., between the North and South-Forks of the Shenandoah River. Massanutten Mountain is a rough and prominent range 4 or 5 miles wide and 50 miles long separating the two portions of the great valley of Virginia. The tracts being acquired are thus in the center of a rich and well-developed agricultural community and have supplied timber for local use for 150 years. Being without protection and very rough and inaccessible the lands have suffered in an extreme degree from fire and very little timber of value now remains. However, timber suited to local uses can be produced in considerable quantity. Lands are being bought in this area cheaper than in any other, certain tracts having been bought as low as $J. 16 per acre.

Mount Mitchell area.—A group of tracts aggregating 18,701 acres in McDowell County, N. 0., on the upper watershed of the Catawba River. The lands lie comparatively close to Mitchell Peak, which is near the center of the purchase area. The soil is of such nature that it washes badly where the timber is cleared, and some erosion even takes place in the forest where the land has been frequently burned.

Nanlahala area.—A group of tracts comprising 27,815 acres situated in Maeon and Swain Counties, N. 0., on the watershed of the Nantahala and Little Tennessee Rivers. Some 20,000 acres are comprised in one tract of virgin timber of excellent quality, averaging 4,500 feet per acre. The remaining lands are in part cut over and in part virgin.

Natural Bridge area.—A tract containing 24.900 acres situated in Rockbridge, Bedford, and Botetourt Counties, Va. The tract lies principally on the James River watershed, but a small portion is situated on the watershed of Roanoke River. It is in part covered by a heavy stand of virgin timber, in part consists of vigorous second growth where the land was cut over some 40 years ago for the making of charcoal, and in part consists of burned land without merchantable timber and bearing a forest valuable only for watershed protection.

Smoky ^fountain area.—A group of tracts containing 59,213 acres and situated in Blonnt and Sevier Counties, Tenn. They lie on the watershed of Little River, a tributary of the Tennessee. Nearly all of this land is comprised in one tract, on which active lumbering operations are now in progress. The timber yet to be cut on this tract occupies 26,500 acres and is reserved by the vendor and will be cut under rules and regulations formulated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The length of the timber contract is 10 years.

White ^fo1/ntain area.—Three groups of tracts are being acquired in this area situated in Coos and Grafton Counties, N. II. One tract of 33.800 acres lies wholly on the watershed of the Wild River, a tributary of the Androscoggin. It consists of timber-land of good quality which was cut over for saw timber 10 years ago and is now reproducing to an excellent stand of spruce and hardwood. Certain portions of this tract were not cut and now bear merchantable timber. Another tract of 29,570 acres is aif nrt^rt ir> rf.rt on the Connecticut watershed and in part, on the Androscoggin watershed. This tract is partly recently cut over and partly covered by good second growth of timber now merchantable. There are also certain areas of valuable virgin timber. The third group of tracts in the White Mountains is situated entirely on the Connecticut watershed and comprises about 7,000 acres in the towns of Bethlehem and Franconia. It is land which originally had borne a heavy stand of spruce and hardwoods. The merchantable spruce has been completely removed, but a considerable quantity of hardwood timber remains. This tract was in part severely burned about iiir.e years ago.

White Top area.—Twit tracts aggregating 33.619 acres situated in Johnson and Sullivan Counties, Tenn., and in Washington County, Va. These lands lie wholly oil the watershed of the Holston River which forms the extreme headwaters of the Tennessee. The region has produced a very heavy stand of hardwood, white pine, and hemlock timber which has mostly been cut. The saw timber has been removed from the two tracts which are being acquired. The land and young growth have been to some extent damaged by fire, but not sufficiently to prevent the reproduction of a good quality of forest.

The lands are being surveyed by the Forest Service and the titles are being searched by the Solieitor of the Agricultural Department, preparatory for review by the Attorney General. Until the survey and title examination are complete it is impossible to ascertain the actual acreage of a tract or to know exactly what liability has been incurred in its purchase. It is therefore difficult if not impossible to utilize closely during any fiscal year the funds appropriated for that year. On June 30, 1912, no purchase had actually been completed so that the money had been paid to the vendors, but several eases were nearing completion. The lands being acquired are classified as follows:

Virgin timberland........................................................ (>8, 899

Cut-over or culled timberland........................................... 132, 524

Timber reserved......................................................... 26, 500

Abandoned farm land.................................................... 2, 533

Barren or noninerchantable............................................... 20, 772

Total............................................................. 257, 228

The average price per acre is $5.95, with a range of $1.16 to $15.

USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.

In several instances requests have been made that the commission authorize the use of eminent domain in acquiring land. The basis for such requests in some instances was the fact that certain desirable tracts were not obtainable by purchase at prices considered reasonable. In other cases such complications of ownership exist with respect to timber, mineral, water power, or surface rights as to make it practically impossible to comply with section 9 of the act of March 1, 1911. The commission, however, has so far deemed it inexpedient to make general use of condemnation, since it is believed that it would result in much litigation and fail to accomplish the ends desired from standpoint of educating the public to the necessity of conserving the forests. The commission holds that it is best to proceed by purchase so far as possible and to employ condemnation only in those cases where it may be necessary in order to perfect title, or where in the face of great public need it is impracticable to obtain the lands by purchase.

The commission has found much to delay its work in the character of the titles of the lands to be acquired and in the complicated situation with respect to boundary lines. In several of the States in which purchases are being considered great confusion has resulted from the system by which the land was granted by the State and by the lack of uniformity in the method of recording such grants. Frequently it is found that numerous grants have been made by the State to different parties covering the same lands, and this, together with the facts that the grantees have frequently neglected to place these grants of record, that surveys under the grants were poorly or carelessly made, and that subsequent conveyances of the lands granted were carelessly drawn, has occasioned many complications and delays and has necessitated a resurvey of all lands and required a close search of all records of the State and' county in which the various tracts are located, in order that the necessary information relative to the title of the lands might be placed in the hands of the Attorney General for his opinion on title.

It may therefore be expected that the progress in completing details .of purchases under the act of March 1, 1911, will be slow, but the final details of the negotiations will be completed as fast as is compatible with safety to the public interests.

Action has been taken by Congress during the past year which materially aids in carrying out the aims to be accomplished. The amendment of the act of March 1, 1911, making available until expended the $2,000,000 appropriated annually from the fiscal year 1912 to the fiscal year 1915, inclusive, renders certain the purchase of desirable areas at a price and tinder conditions more favorable to the Government than could have been accomplished with an appropriation requiring the expenditures of the money within a specified fiscal year, as originally provided. The action taken in the Agricul-

During the year Congress took action to transfer from the control of the Treasury Department to the control of the Agricultural Department to form part of the system of Appalachian National Forests certain timberlands aggregating some 30,000 acres in western North Carolina, These lands lie within the Nantahala purchase area and are wholly of the character desired for timber production and stream protection, and the commission believes the action to be for the furtherance of the public interests.

There are restrictions in the act of March 1, 1011, which operate to retard or prevent the acquisition of certain lands which ought to be acquired. Section 9 provides that lands may be acquired—

conditioned upon the exception and reservation to the owner from whom title passes to the United States of the minerals and of the merchantable timber, or either or any part of them, within or upon such lands at. the date of the conveyance, but in every case such exception and reservation and the lime within which such timber shall be removed and the rules and regulations under which the cutting and removal of such timber and the mining: and removal of such minerals shall be done shall be expressed in the written instrument of conveyance.

It frequently happens that the timber on a desirable tract has been sold under a long-term contract. The owner of the land may be desirous of selling it to the Government and may be willing to accept a low price, but the Government is prevented from buying because the owner of the timber is unwilling to enter into any agreement as to rules and regulations governing its cutting and removal. In the same way the minerals are often in the hands of a third party. In many instances the mineral lights were separated from the surface rights long ago and the present owner of the mineral rights may even be unknown. In these cases the Government is by implication prohibited from buying the lands unless the owner of the mineral rights can be found and is willing to enter into an agreement to mine and remove the minerals in accordance with rules and regulations approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, which rules are to be embodied in the instrument of conveyance.

In view of the commission it would be for the public interests if it were allowed more latitude in the purchase of lands subject to timber contracts and the alienation of minerals.

Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, President.

december 2, 1912.

The following statement shows in detail the expenditures incurred in carrying on operations under the Weeks law during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912: National Forest Reservation Comission............................. $25, 000. 00

Travel and station and field expenses:

Fisher, Walter L.................. 16.75

Hawley, W. C................... 91.75

Smith, Jno. Walter................ 16.75

Total................. 125.25

RECAPITULATION.

Total amount of appropriation.......... 25,000.00

Total expenditures under above groups................. 125.25

Balance to be turned back in Treasury (estimated)................. 24, 874.75

Acquisition of lands for protection of watersheds of navigable streams.................2, 000,000. 00

Lump-fund salaries out of Washington.

geological survey—continued.

Name     Title and rate     Amount paid for salary.

Niles, W. E......................... Field assistant, at $00 per month.................... $200. (X)

Watchie, L. M...............................do............................................. 412.00

Brill, Elmer........................... Field assistant, at $2 per diem....................... 78.00

Duchesncy, Wm. D..........................do............................................... 67. (X)

Fowler, J. W.................................do............................................... 40.00

Gale, Clinton.................................do............................................... 85. OB

Hunt, Leon G................................do............................................... 83.00

Liberty, Jos. H...........................do............................................ 59.00

Liberty, Mitchell P..........................do............................................... 142.00

Little, Frank 0..............................do............................................... 124.00

Rines, N. B..........................!.....do.......................................... 35.00

Silva, Paul...................................do............................................... 136.00

Titus, Chas. H...............................do...............................................i 13.00

Viall. J. E....................................do...............................................: 91.00

Barrett, Dan.......................... Field assistant, at SI .50 per diem.................. 9fi. 50

Brown, Roy Lyman.........................do............................................... 18.00

Castello, John.".............................do............................................... 45.00

Costello, John................................do............................................... 33. 75

Kilkenny, Thomas...........................do............................................... 83.25

Moore, Raymond...........................do............................................... 40.50

Phillips, Harry C............................do............................................... 74.25

Sawyer, Ray.......... .....................do.............................................. 5.25

Willoughby, Eugene.........................do............................................... 3.75

Hamilton, Richard M.................. Field assistant, at $40 per month................2.67

Corey, Walter F..................... Field assistant, at $35 per month...................140.00

Dearborn, W. L....................... Field assistant, at $30 per month................. 129.00

Dickie, William..............................do........................................... 90.00

Dubi, Joseph........................... Field assistant, at $0.90 per diem................ 42.30

Pubois, Joseph...............do......................... 29.70

Curtis, Gilbert C................. . Rodman, at $45 per month....................... 45.00

Kavanagh, Andrew .T........................do.............................................. 78.00

Collins, E. T... ....................Rodman, at $40 per month and $45 per month, and 117.50 per diem in lieu of subsistence, $22.50.

Shalibo, F. L.................. Rodman, at $40 per month and $45 per month, and 127.17 per diem in lieu of subsistence, $24.

Doore, Georirc S........................ Rodman, at $40 per month....................... 60.00

McCammon, Robt. L.,....................do.............................................68.00

Brewster, Chas........................ Observer, at $5 per month..........................; 13.00

Blanehard, V. S........................ Gage reader, at $5 per month........................ 5.00

Masterm, Fred.............................do.............................................. 45.(X)

Morton, Frank..............................do..............................................I 60.00

Clement, Morris T.................. Gage reader, at $0.25 per diem...................... 5.00

Diekman, Marian ..................... Under clerk, at $960..............................i122.66

Conroy, W. F........................... Laborer, at $3 per diem............................. 42.00

Little, Frank........................... Laborer, at $2.50 per diem........................... 67.50

Fahey, Wm.......................... Laborer, at $2.50per month........................... 70.00

Ferio, Jim........................l.....I Laborer, at $2 per diem............................. 30.00

Gooden, Tom................................do.............................................. 30. 00

Lantinc, Joe.................................do.............................................. 30. 00

OFFICE OK THE SOLICITOR.

Lanior, Alex. S......................... Law clerk, at $2,000................................ 727.78

Crowell, Lincoln........................ Forest examiner, at $l,500.........................266.67

Dieffenbach, R..............................do.............................................479.16

Grins, Alfred S.......................... Record examiner, at $1,500...................... 170.83

McRae, Cameron F..........................do............................................ 345.83

Morey. W. H. S......................... assistant topographer, at $1,500............... 162.48

Stickley, M. K.......................... Record examiner, at 11,500..................... 516.67

Taylor, Geo. E...............................do............................................. 550.00

Wrismt, Geo. 11..............................do............................................ 608.33

Froelieh, F. L........................... Typewriter, at $8.40.................................j 235.67

Graves, Frank........................ Typewriter, at $3.50 per diem.......................235.00

Musser, Burton W.......................do ............................... 101.50

Van 1 loy, J. W..............................do.............................................. 329. (K)

Wooley, Arthur..............................do..............................................! 136. .50

Dngan, Malcom......................... Laborer, at $3.50 per diem...........................i 108.75

Total for salaries........................................................................ 71,041.14

Baumgarten, Herman.. . Baumgarten & Sons, J..0.18

Chase, E. A.............3.70

Izard-Warren Co. (Inc.). Putnam, E. L..........22.80

Total...........38.31

MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES, ETC.

Abererombie & Fitch Co.............. 55.37

Adams, Chas. L.......................

Adams & Presly......................

Alleghany Ore & Iron Co..............

Anderson Co., Jim....................

Andrews Sons Co., 13. F...............

Angel, T. W..........................

Apple Valley Orchard & Nursery Co -.

Arve, Gus C..........................

AsJie Co., W. W......................

Ashley, John M.......................

Axley, Hattie.........................

Ballanlyne, R. Carter.................

Bannerman, Francis.................

Barbe, Mahala C......................

Barber & Ross.......................

Barney, Wm..........................

Barren, Merrill & Barron Co..........

Bascom, II. M........................

Batchelder, Moses A..................

liaughman, J........................

Baughman, L. F.....................

Berger & Sons, C. L................

Berger Bros..........................

Berlin Mills Co.......................

Berlin Timbcrland Co................

Berrong, E. C........................

Borry,E.C..........................

Billingsley, A. J.....................

Birdsall. Wm. O.....................

Blaine, D. W........................

Blanton Grocery Co., A..............

Bolanger, Alex.......................

Bottoms, John and Trios.............

Bowers, Virginia.....................

Boyce, T. J..........................

Boyd, Sarah A.......................

Brentanos' (Inc.)....................

Bretton Woods Co...................

Bret! on Woods Farm Livery........

Brown, A. M........................

Burkc-MeDowell Co.................

Burn-Boston Battery & Manufacturing Works.........................

Burns, A. F.........................

Burroughs Adding Machine Co........

Burtt&Co., A. F....................

Butt, J. A...........................

Bntterworth, O. Edith...............

Byrne & Co., John...................

Caldwell. Carson.....................

Candler, W.E.......................

Cannon & Co., J. H..................

Canup & Derrick....................

Carl, Frederick.......................

Carroll Electric Co...................

Carringer, W. B......................

Cash, L. F...........................

Chamberlin, W. II...................

Chandler, C. A.......-...............

Chase, E. A..........................

Chase, E. W.........................

Chntilloil & Sons, John..............

Coffin, Nathan H....................

Connally. Alice T....................

Cook. Philip.........................

Copclantl Co., M. G..................

Cornelia Wholesale Grocery Co.......

rornwell.G. G., & Son (Itic.)........

Amount.

SO. 18 3.70

22.80 7.68 3.95

38.31

551.37

320.00

37.45

1.00 79.70

1.00 25.00

1.00 14.37 23.71

5.15 10.74

9.20 15.90

2.00 47.57

1.00 705.30 57.63 24.09

1.00

1.00 25.20 206.00

1.00

1.00 16.12

1.00

1.00 50.00 53.25 106.97 187.55

1.00

1.00 19.30 10.50 36.00 94.27 72.00 78.67

2.00

22.40 126.00 20.00 11.50 13.80

1.00 17.50

3.25 24.00 11.65 46.96 104.00

2.26

7.75 11.80

9.00 10.00

4.35 10.00 48.90 51.40

1.00

10.50

837.16

51.33

218.24

Name.

MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES, ETC.—COH.

Cox, W. A............................

Cragg, H. C., Manufacturing Co.......

Crew, H. W., and Russell, A. M.......

Crow, Jas.............................

Cunningham, E. K...................

Curtis, G. A...........................

Davis, C. S............................

Deaver, M. C..........................

Deitz, John A.........................

Derrick, J. 11.........................

Dickey & Singleton...................

Divine, C. A..........................

Donahue, J. G........................

Donahue, Mrs. M. B..................

Doremus Machine Co.................

Douglas, Geo. H......................

Douglas Land Co.....................

Downing, Sidney F...................

Dunham, A. M.......................

Eaton, Sarah J........................

Edwards & Walker Co................

Eller, A.N..........................

Elliott. Carrie II.....................

Elliott's Hotel (Inc.)..................

Emanuel, Amy......................

Enswiler & Smith...................

Fabyan House.......................

Fadden, J.H........................

Fain, John E........................

Fairmoimt I.andCo. and Bristol Land & Improvement Co................

Firebaugli, G. T.....................

Flume House........................

Fox & Putnam......................

Friez, Julien P.......................

Funk, Isaiah.........................

Funk, Leslie.........................

George Tent Co......................

Gibson, R. L. C......................

Gibson, S. B. T......................

Goode, Frances S....................

Gordon, H. E........................

Gxirley, W. & L. E...................

Hamby, A. J..........................

Hamby, J. C.........................

Hanson, I. E.........................

llarrisonburg Grocery Co. (Inc.).....

narrower, J. W., & Co...............

Harvey, J. E..........................

llcad.C.C...........................

Heart), J.M.,& Co...................

Heisliman, Agnus W.................

lleishinan, D. W.....................

TTeishman, Emma...................

1 Icishman, E. J.......................

Heisliman, Harrison.................

Heisliman, J. E......................

Hcishman, John H., sr...............

Ileishman, Noah.....................

Heisliman, S. R......................

Heltzel, H. A........................

Henderson, L. M.....................

Henry, J. K., * Sons Co...............

Ileisliman, II. Riley.................

Holder, V. F........................

Holdeu, W. F........................

Houck, John M......................

Hudgins, D. E., and Houek, John M.

Hunt, Simon.........................

Hunt, S. G...........................

Hyde, Henry K......................

Interior Department, Geological Survey ..............................

Irlaud Press.........................

Irwin, W.S..........................

Jackson, W. D.......................

Jenkins, W. J........................

Jenks, W. S., & Son..................

Johnson, A. L........................

Amount

Name.    Amount.    Name.    Amount

MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES, ETC.—COH.

Johnson, James II.....................: tl.OO

Johnson, L. F.........................i 99.00

Johnson Lumber Co...................! 46.96

Johnson & Prescott...................i 10.00

Judd, A. K............ 1.00

Judd, Oscar K........................ 1.00

Kell, Lotha........................ 1.00

Kelly, Lassie......................:... 1.00

Kent, S. W....................:.. . 4.32

Leavitt, B. D.........................; 6.00

Lesohen, A., & Sons Rope Co.........' 143.89

Libbey, mien M...................... 1.00

Libby, E., & Sons...................., 302.21

Little Hirer Lumber Co............... 6.25

Long, W. M...........................i 1.00

Lyle & Franks........................[ 237.04

McCoy, Angelina......................! 1.00

McCoy, W. A.........................; 1.00

McDowell, Manly.....................: 1.00

McGraw, J. E......................... 72.00

McGuire, W. B.......................' 16.00

McGuire, \V. B. an I Margaret.........I 5.00

McGuire, W. P. and Margaret, and

Porter, James A. and Mary V....... 1.00

McKain, Claire........................ 1.50

McKinney, J. M.,Co.................. 61.98

McKinney, Millie..................... 3.48

Macon County Supply Co............. 19.25

Macon Lumber Co.................... 2.00

Makepeace, 11. L..................___ 28.15

Martin, .Tames W..................... 1.00

Martin, S. M., and Simpson, J. G..... 1.00

Mashlmrn, P. H...................... 85.03

Matson Manufacturing Co............. 59.90

Mauney, Kate........................ 2.86

Merrill, W. K.........................j 52.01

Moomaw, David......................i 1.00

Hunger, Mary T......................| 2.00

Muth, Geo. F.,&Co..................; 577.80

Myers, J. C. .1., & Co.................., 39.63

Natahala Marble & Talc Co...........: 1.00

National Electrical Supply Co......... 1.20

National Tube Co..................... 1.55

Natural Bridge Hotel Co.............. 36. (K)

Norvell, Margie....................... 6.39

Nuite, C. II........................... 24.00

Orr, J, E., sr..........................I 1.00

Owens, John H.......................I 1.00

Painter, W. C......................... 14.00

Patterson, William.................... 11.25

Pike, K. Bertram..................... 1.00

Pitts, N. O., and Giles, J. II.......... 1.00

Powell, John C....................... 1.00

Rabun Bald Apple* Nursery Co..... 1.00

Ramey, J. J.......................... 1.00

Ramsey, Robert...................... 116.12

Rand, A. M........................... 67.73

Randolph, W. J...................... 16.50

Ransom <t Lomax Lumber Co........ 1.00

Reed, E. M........................... 1.00

Remington Typewriter Co............| 240.00

Renner & Leas.......................I 97.23

Rich,C. E............................I 6.34

Rickman, Thos. J..................... 1.00

Rogers, David M.....................j 1.00

Rogers, Samuel L. and Mamie A......! 2.00

Rowell, D. Eugene................... 4.49

Royal Typewriter Co................. 627.75

Rudolph & West Co.................. .29

Russell, Win. G......................i 1.00

Ryan, James R.......................! 1.00

Sager, IT. B..................... 1.00

Sager, H. L...........................i 1.00

Name.

MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES, ETC.—COn.

Sager, Mary C........................

San born, 11. S........................

Scarborough Co.......................

Kchenck, C. A.

Schmidt, Fred'A.....................

Sheehe & Seymour....................

Shenandoah Iron & Coal Co...........

Shcnandoah Lumber & Iron Co.......

Singleton, F. D.......................

Slaglo, A. B...........................

Single, C. M...........................

Snmthers-Rono Co....................

Smith, A. M..........................

Smith, L. C., & Bros. Typewriter Co..

Smith, Rozetta V.....................

Smith, W. Burton....................

Stultz, James W......................

Sudwarth Printing Co................

Tappan, Albert D....................;

Taylor Instrument Co................;

Topham, James S.....................'

Townsend Mercantile Co..............j

Tueker-Toney Co.....................'

Turner, Frank........................j

Twiggs, J. V..........................

Underwood Typewriter Co............

Waldroop & Christopher..............

Walker, Wm. H......................

Wallace, G.O.........................

War Department.....................

Ward, Samuel Co.....................

Watts, Tho. N........................

Watts, Mrs. M. V.....................

Weaver, F. W........................

Weber & Co., F.......................

Welton.C. B.........................

Went worth, Ephriam.................

Whalen, J. F.........................

Wheeler, Fred N......................

Wightman, C. V......................

Wilkinson & Co., A. J................

Williams, H. N.......................

Wilton Hardware Co..................

Woodard, I/. B. & Mary J., and McCoy,

W. A............................

Woodstock Lumber Co.............

Wright, R. M......................

Young, Alfred T...................

Zirkle.C.L...........................

Total.

FURNITURE.

. Berry, II. E..........................

: Lincoln, Fred S. (Inc.)................

Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Co...

Total.

Amount.

$1.00

170.71

7.50

1.63

116.07

258.50

1.00

1.00

3.73

1.00

3.25

36.75 2.45

77.50 1.00 9.00 1.00 8.00 . 4.00 3.00 5.00 172.09

29.09

61. 94

13.75 332, 00

11.70 1.00

45.00

32.96 6.55 4.50

14.58 6.75 2.10 9.00 1.00 5.50 1.00

22.41 8.10 1.00 5.7.5

1.00 6.91 1.00 1.00 2.00

17,382.11

AshviUe Transfer Co.................

Boston <fc Maine R. R................

Chesapeake & Ohio Ry...............

Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co......

Maine Central R. R. Co..............

Norfolk & Washington. D. C., Steamboat Co............................

Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto. mac R. R. Co......................

Soul hern Railway Co................

TaUulah Falls Rv. Co................

Total.

10.00 6.25 16.51 68.08

100.84

6. 26 4.03 1.05

.26

24.59 15.97

C.4.41

A mcrican E xpress Co.................

National Express Co..................

Southern Kxpress Co..................

United States Kxpress Co.............

Total..

TELEGRAPH.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Co... Western Union Telegraph Co.

TKI.EPIIONE.

397.90

2.26

65. 34

White Mountain Telegraph. A: Telephone Co...........................

APPARATUS, INSTRUMENTS, AND LABORATORY MATERIAL.

Columbia Photo Supply Co.

Dalton Studio..............

Kastman Kodak Co.........

Harris , Ralph, & Co........

Leese, M. A.................

Pullman, 1C. ,T..............

Saks Optical Co.............

Sussfield, Lorsch A Co......

67.60

•13.83

Total.

TRAVEL AND STATION AND FIELD EXPENSES.

Adams, ("has. R.....................

Adams, 1). W........................

Allen, Samuel........................

Anderson, M. T......................

Ashe, W. W.........................

Barnes, R. S.........................

Beaumont, C. K.....................

Benedict, J. St. J.....................

Bishop, Loren L.....................

liohn, August J......................

Brill, Klmer.........................

Bruce, E. S..........................

Bryant, K. C.........................

Bu'shriell, E. P.......................

•Canfield, Ci.ll.......................

Chase, Frank A......................

Chittenden, A. K....................

Churchill, Percival...................

Clark, K. D..........................

Clark, K. V..........................

Coffin, Nathan II....................

Coffin, Knpert J.....................

Corey, Walter i".....................

Covert, C. C..........................

Crowell, Lincoln.....................

•Curtis, Gilbert C.....................

Cushing, C. D........................

Dam toft, Walter J...................

DeGolyer, C. S......................

Dickman, Marian J..................

Dieffenbach, Rudolph..............

Duchesney, Wm. D.................

Uunwoody, W. Brooke..............

Esser, J. K..........................

Fahrenbach, J. II...................

Fletcher, Elmer D..................

Frankenfleld, H. C..................

Fritz,.lay J.........................

Hale, Clinton.......................

Gardner, Fred'k A.......-..........

Garnett, Henry W..................

Gibson, I). M.......................

•Graves, Frank........................

351.3!)

TRAVEL AND STATION AND FIELD EXPENSES — continued.

Graves, H. S......

Origg, Alfreds... Hall, Geo. W... Ha!!, R. Clifford.. Hall, Willis E Hall, Wm. L . . Halsey, H. H...:

Halsey, W. S.....

Hammond, C. P. Hartwell, O. W... Hemingway, R. F Holloway, Jno. B. Hoover, W. H.... Hopson, Walter A

Hoskins, Wm. E......................

Howard, James O.....................

Hoyt, John C.........................

llundertmark, H. N..................

Hunt, Leon G........................

Hutter, Harold G......................

Ingall, O. D...........................

Ireland, E. I..........................

Jackson, Howard J....................

Jaenicke, Alex. J......................

KaU, Frank J........................

Kavanagh, Andrew J.................

Kiger, R. A...........................

Laney, F. B..........................

Lanier, Alex. S.......................

Leavitt, Clyde........................

Leavitt, C. A.........................

Le Feaver, J. H.......................

Leighton, M. O.......................

Liberty, Joseph 11....................

Liberty, Mitchell P...................

McCammon, Robt. L., jr..............

McFarlane, Carrington................

MacRae,Cameron F..................

Harsh, S eward H.....................

M arshall, l.eon C......................

Martin, 1 )ean W ....................

Merritt. Robert G.....................

Mctcalfe, J. B.,jr......................

Moore, Ilaroid K......................

Moore, Raymond.....................

iioran, Robert II.....................

Morey, W. H. S.......................

Munroe, Hersey.

Paige, Sidney... I'ressey, F. E... Pritcliard, J. L.. Reeves, Roscoe. Rhoades, Verne.

Uiues, N. B.....

Russell, H. L... Schober, F. C...

Sears, Harold M.....................

Shields, Robert W....................

Smcad, Ralph A......................

Smith, George Otis..................

Smith. Olinus......................

Smith, Percy T.......................

Sondereggeri H ugo....................

Sparvcr, K. Chester...................

Spencer, Arthur C.....................

Sterrett, Douglas IS...................

Stevens, G. C.........................

Stickley, M. B........................

Stoeckihann, Hans....................

Stone, B. H...........................

Stosc, George W......................

Sweigert, John A......................'.

Taylor, George K.....................,

Thompson, S. H.....................«i

Van Hoy, J. W......................t\

Viall.J.E...........................JU

Volkmar, A. C.........................

TRAVEL AND STATION AND FIELD EXPENSES—Continued .

Walker, C. F..........

Watchie, L. Maynard.

Webster, Ernest J.....

Witherspoon, E. E___

Withington, George J. Wood, Harold G......

RECAPITULATION.

Total amount of appropriation............................................................. 12,000,000.00

Expenditures under above groups:

Salaries, Forest Service............................,........................ $45,743.44

Salaries, Geological Survey.................................................. 20,224.53

Salaries, Office of Solicitor.....:............................................. 5,073.17

Stationery.................................................................. 88.31

Miscellaneous supplies, etc.................................................. 17,382.11

Furniture................................................................... 100.84 .

Freight..................................................................... 04.41

Express..................................................................... 397.90

Telegraph.................................................................... 67.60

Telephone.................................................................. . 43.83

Apparatus, instruments, and laboratory materials........................... ' 351.39

Travel and station and field expenses..................................... .23,645.79

113,133.32

Unexpended balance on Aug. 9, 1912................................................ 1,886,866.68

Repayments to credit of appropriation..................................................... 6.53

Balance available Aug. 10,1912....................................................... 1,886,873.21

On Aug. 9, 1912, there were outstanding encumbrances against this unexpended balance on

account of existing con tracts for the purchase of 257.288 acres of land amounting to a total of. 1,539,834.61

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