New-York tribune., 1870-09-10
FISH H-BREEDING IN CENTRAL PARK.

The following communication has been adj
dressed Commissioners Of Parks proposing the e'
tablishment of shbreedng operations in the waters Of
Central Park .
or public Parks in ne City OF Rec York
DEAR SIR: on behalf OF the Fishery Commissioners OF
your Board on matter in which You can be OF very
great assistance 70 them in the performance Of their d
ties while will at the same time gratfy the public,
add much TO the beauties and attractions Of the great
peasure-round under your charge, the Central PARK,
help I'M the Developments or all important national
The Central PARK contains within its limits two large
lakes several small ponds, number OF springs and
streams together with an almost unlimited supply OF
Hitherto these ponds and lakes have been valueess for
the Instruction benefit Of the citizens except by the
beauty they lend 10 the landscape ana lnslr use as
skating ponds during the few cold days OF ~ hTr Wtn
they are frozen over Inc Ps e rbem productye
possible and through them interest the PuDhc ia that
new PFactsa ana nt bois OF Instruction az Wei az
OF much additional ENJOY ynent ana c'en
desire TO suggest 10 you the propriety Of establishing
aquara and hshbreeding troughs and WORKS IN cohnec
examined the waters critically operation which VIII
come regular after your apprOVa OF te geheldl
tnre coIld he carried but am well that for ordi-
nary purposes nothing is required than what the
trout whtefi.h, and similar varfet would be manly
matter Of public amusement ana To lanni[e VI 20 IN, tT
people with process which Is now looked upon as raue
theoretical than practical and when Is apprecale anu
comprehended by 9ut very IeS dvg more
50 than most features OF z0OOgcai garden TOT ny
simple arrangement the process could De maze ysDie 70
all in its every stage from the laying OF the egg TO s
conversion into the mature fish, The eggs mere 1eeund
ated and the young thus produced could II they snod
become superabundant be distributed throughout the
State to anxious To stock depopuaed waters as Is
done in the large French national establishments at
In the ponds where the water is still and grows warm
in summer, and which are consequently not adapted 70
could be raised In abundance that would dOuDtiess
fully stock them to make them in several ways
more attractive than present Through their use some
important archaeological questions couid De seteu anu
on as applied to fish culture yet almost an unexpored
field of scientific research We import plants vegetables
trees and domestic animals from az s f our m most yai
able cereals have come from the east sorghum Is one Oh
of our most beautiful flowers have been obtained from
Japan and China within few years me Grossng 9 i o
our horses and cattle with foreign breeds mas Deeh Oud
TO improve them greatly, and the Leading European
strains are az well Known here as there; while me I'M
provement Of plants under change OF cLale anu uon'
| tication has been in certain cases remarkable.
BY analogy of reasoning there seems no lmpeIlheht
to our having the rivers and lakes OF America the best
varieties of fish that exist anywhere throughout the
world Certain kinds of creatures seem 10 attain ruler
thew Keen their distngushng attributes under all cir
cumstances afterward The trout OF Maine often grow
to a weight of tea twelve pounds, whereas those Oh
most of our streams will number many ouno es.
The carp Of Europe Is famous epcurean luxury,
whereas carp scarcely worth eating, both from de
| dciency i'm size and flavor. No place is admirably
ped to settling questions such as are raised by
establishment in the Central Park. while it would at
the time crafty the public curiosity at mere
Iw7 not go into any extended consideration OF the
subject, follow it in detail but merely present the
prominent point, that, matter OF Increased at
ractiveness in connection with the geological garden
which is being slowly formed, it would be vel worth 4
living n the City of NeTYork, will be happy to give
the 6stasamer- a2d Its operations persona, oHperyi1
shall hr cost happy to lend all the assistance in my
pow Yours, very respectfully, pedniy,, u poos,,r,r
Commissioner Of Fisheries of the State of New-York