Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-24
Report Of Transfer of 10000 CaIifo,

Report lTaus1er 10000 eaIIfOr-
MA salmon from 4. =. Matching
House Of DIR. Slack. at BiOomsbu
n. J.. TO Winchester. Va and EuXf-
rons, in Charge Of H. Downs and ID.
+. Britain.
January 18th, 1874, at 5.25 p. M, left Blooms
bury on c. X. of \. j., with cans for Phillips
burg; weather cold, but fish lively and healthy.
At 40 p. m. lett Phillipsburg on b. ID. K. Il.
for Trenton, arriving at latter at about $50 p.
m. Here had to wait till Ills p. m; so placed
cans in sheltered position and added fresh wa
ter; weather much colder, but fish all healthy.
At Ills left for Baltimore on Penna. X. K,
where we arrived at 635 of morning of 18th, too
late to make connection on the b. * o. X. K.
I'LL $40 a. M During trip gave every attention
to the fish, which at this point looked all well;
ter seemed unnecessary, and the weather being
much colder here, the water here only Just 33S
Fair, whilst water in cans still kept AZ to 42o.
Lett Baltimore at $40 a. M, arriving at Har-
per's Ferry at noon. Fish still looking as well
AS possibly expected; to this point no loss at ALL
Here We had to wait till 80 p. IN. for train for
with passenger car attached, we did not make
winchester till As 2. m, where we at once
were met by agon, and without delay start
ed for Bakers and Jeffkins springs as directed
Loss of fish to this point imperceiyable On
arriving at Bakers spring. (six miles from Win
chester, and over very bad road,) found it i'm
from the spring itself the water all sinks
through loose sandy soil, and was
Informed no water was there at all
during a dry season. Then went to jeff
kin's spring, which in every way seemed a
very suitable place, but not large enough for
the whole of the fish; so L only placed 16 600
here, determined on putting the rest in the
Opequon creek, as directed. This could not be
done till the following morning, as the creek
laid seven to eight miles out OF Winchester in
exactly an opposite direction. So on arrival
again at Winchester placed the four remaining
cans In the stables, and gave fresh water and
attention for the night; (this was at 10i5 p. M
AT 8 a. m. Of 10th again tended fish with more
fresh water, and now it was that / found our
loss for the whole time since leaving the hatch
ing house at Bloomsbury was merely nominal,
thirteen being the number of dead fish taken
out Of the cans Immediately after breakfast
started for 'ONeil's dam, )" the PRINCIPAL source
of the Opequ0n. Here found q spring about
five feet square and six feet deep OF water at 49o
coming from the earth at about twenty gallons
per minute, and the outlet in every way favor
able for the young fish; 30 at once placed in
three cans or about ten to eleven thousand,
and returned to Winchester by 1.30 p. m.
Handed one can over previous to our start this
morning to two highly responsible citizens
Messrs. Gilbert and Barnhardt-who had a
reservoir on their premises, In which saw the
young fish $4,000 placed. These two gentlemen
undertook to transfer them themselves without
cost to the headwaters of one of the tributaries
Of the Shenandoah river, on Monday, Jan. 18th,
called the Saratoga Farm Spring, about Is
miles from Winchester. Every attention was
shown us at Winchester, the whole of the prin-
cipal citizens being enthusiastic in welcoming
such valuable addition to their waters as these
young salmon will be- and have not the slight
est hesitation in saying, from my own opinions
formed on the spot, that the young fish will be
well protected and cared for, as every one down
there sees and duly appreciates, the great bene
fits conferred on the community at large by this
voluntary and great boon granted to them by
the general government, by stocking the Poto-
mac and Shenandoah rivers with these import
ant and valuable food fishes.
We left Winchester on the evening of the 18th,
at 455, bringing our empty cans and apparatus
through with us, and duly arrived at Blooms
bury at 4:25 p. m. OF the Nth. must also men
ton that every courtesy and attention was
shown us by the officials of the different rail-
roads over which We passed, both going and en-
ret0ur.
HENRY B. Downs, Superintendent.
ID. F. BRITAIN, Assistant.
Troutdale, Blo0msbury,N. j., Jan. is, 1874.
The distribution is therefore as follows:
In Potomac.
In Jenkins Springs, about ....... 5000
In head Of Opequon creek, ab't 900
30 900
In Shenandoah.
In Saratoga Farm Spring, lhead-
waters of one of the tributaries OF
SHENANDOAH about.............. 1900