The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-14
FISH (ILIIRE IN COyyEC TlCuT.
IRON the New Haven Palladium. June IA

IRON the New Haven Palladium. June IA
Tne operations IN tnis state anii inc last year 80
neciicut with sliad and the Introduction Of tlacK
bass INTO lakes and ponds. la 1907 seth oreen VAS
employed BY the commissioners oi inls state an 4
Massachusetts To hatch shad arincIaiiy. 1ae
attempt was successful aud he put Ap.uou,0e0 VI
expected that these would return merchant
able shad IN 1870 or ISL. The calca last
year. II ~ stated, was the largest since 1850. aud
that II was IN consequence 0l seth Green's opera
tons at Holy oke In ls67 cannot admit OF reaSona-
BILE doubt. The Matching operations ~ Hoitoke
were continued In 1865 ny seth Green, under the
direction OF the Massachusetts, commissioners. ana
II Is estimated that sixty millions OF young shai
were artiacialy hatcned ana placed IA the ton.
necticut mat year. Last year the Matching opera.
lions were cUutlnued NJ sHoiyoke under the uifec-
TO July over nity-lour millions 81 shad were
hatcned and put INTO the Connecticut. Inc hatch.
ing operations are TO be continued al the same place
this year and eort IL 10 be made 10 rcstock other
waters than the Connecticut. the commissioners.
vote appended TO their report Just submitied 10 tte
them the fishing the river this year Uetter
even than It was last There Is no reason why shad
should not he as plentiful IN river ~ they
years ago, and the time Is not far distant when
they viii be.
to the artificial propagation OF shad. Most Of the
natural lakes and ponds In the state have been
stocked with block bass, and an effort is now being
made TO repeOpe our waters with salmon. THIS
royal fish was formerly plentiful IN the Connecticut
and other rivers o. our state but disappeared many
years ago. the connecticut ~ the best samoa
stream In the STATE, but the Holyoke dan
furnishes an insurmountape obstacle 10 The
passage Of tine aa the sow ysr 70 the
constructed at the dam, owing 10 dispute between
the Water Power Company AMI the state as 10
OF the state recently rendered by the supreme
Judicial Court but the company has carried the
case to the supreme Court oil the United states,
where it will probably remain for several years. Ia
the meantime Connecticut vermont and New
Hampshire are compelled TO suffer. II seems 10 n
that Massachusetts should have built the n-hway
after the company refused and then fought out the
matter III the courts.
Our commissioners now have on hand six thou.
sand young salmon, which they Will place during
the summer y the smaller streams, enjoying into
me noasatonic ma, rar'n,ngon, snetmcxe. ana ounae-
duce fry every year until 1875 or 1870 by which
time, II our nshways prove efectual as no douDt
they WILL II Is certain that the true salmon viii DC
permanently colonlzed In the rivers Of our stae.r
An effort has also been made to introduce the
land-locked salmon a fsh found In Maine and so
closely resembling tue real salmon rs hardly 10 he
distinguished from It. Nine thousand young fish II
this species were Matched and placed In ponds and
rivers throughout the State. Birmingham pond aud
the NaugatucK river are the only waters In this
county where any were deposited.
The report contains a diagram of the hshway Just
completed by the uusa,onlc Water Company at Bir.
mLglam. They say hat 1t is built upon The most
approved plan ana IN the most substantial manner
and rejects great credit upon the officers
and agents OF the company. The impor-
lance OF the work being performed by the
Glazed. Perhaps the extraordinary run OF shad IN
the Connecticut last year did more tnan anything
else 10 puUHc aItenIlou IN tnTce
hundreds or thousands OF dollars Will have been
added TO the material resources OF the state, and
this with only trliing outlay. The fact that the
French government In 1862 derived revenue OF
$4,000 900 from the fresh water fisheries OF France
win hep to give an idea OF the pecunlary value OF
this new industry. As said by recent writer ON
the subject:-'Waters hitherto worse Than useless
may be made a hundred fold profitable as any
equal number OF acres OF land, aud with not u 1.-THE
OF the labor.n
Many private individuals have become interested
In fish culture, ana efforts are being made In various
parts oil the State To resocK the ponds and streams
with trout. our State has numberess natural trout
streams, every one Of which could at trinlng ex-
pense, he MADE TO TEEN with this FISH, We under
stand that the Waltonian Club OF this city char
tered al the last session OF the General Assembly,
and comp sed OF some OF our most prominent
cillzen5 has just placed several thousand young
trout In Farm river ana It's tributaries, oil which tue
club has obtained n lease. The adjoining proprie-
tors have shown very liberal spirit In the matter,
and have done everything i'll their power TO make
the operations Of the club successful. Thousands
OF young trout Will De placed IN the stream every
J year. and the club further propose, In connection
with other persons, to stock other trout streams
about New Haven.