Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations, Consisting of Messrs. Holman, Sayers Breckinridge (KY.), Cogswell, and Bingham, in Charge of Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill for 1893 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...to be performed by the special timber agents. The statement inclndes complainte made by individuals of timber trespass in various localities, and it has been found that these complaints frequently, oninvestigation, involve a number of separate and distinct cases of trespass, requiring special examination and a separate report in each case. In addition to the usual run of timber trespass cases, the agents are frequently detailed to investigate matters of a special and extensive nature. As an example, two agents were engaged from August to December in making an examination of the watershed of the Rainy Lake River region, in Minnesota, for the purpose of establishing a permanent post in that locality, with a view to stopping the wholesale cutting, and exporting into Canada, of Government timber. The preliminary report has been received, which shows an examination of the banks of over 1,000 miles of water way, and that many millions of feet of timber have been unlawfully cut. This extensive trespass involves numerous individuals, and will require specific examination and report by the agents in a large number of cases. Also, two agents have been engaged since August in investigating, seizing, counting, and branding timber unlawfully cut ou the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota. This investigation is not yet finished, but information received shows large values involved and much work to be done. And in Michigan, an agent has been engaged since October investigating depredations in the northern peninsula, involving large amounts, and many reports yet to be made. There are also numbers of cases in which suits have been recommended, and which require further investigation by the agents under the direction of the United States attorneys. Cases of trespass are...