Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-08

cut from tho meadow in which the ponds
arc located. The inner surface OF tho
walls arc lined with pottcr's clay, which
is also found in abundance on tho land
leased by the company. Tho outer sur
face Of the walls are Iiprapped with stone
aud planted with dwarf English basket
willow, the tangled roots of which do
much in strengthening them. The upper
pond, or that nearest tho springs which
iced them, has higher bottom than the
ono next below II, and the third IL lower
than the second, and so on down to the
fish house, which is lower still. By this
arrangement tho ponds are fed by the
same water which passes successfully from
the upper to the lower onca and thence
into tho stream below
To avaid the possibility Of an overflow,
even during the heaviest transforms, large
bitches have been dug, with properly ar
ranged sluices, to carry off all surplus
water.
Tho company have not yet placed any
of their carp on market for table use, as
they have found it more profitable to sell
them to persons going into carp uulture, OF
which there are now great numbers In all
parts of the country. This winter. how
ever, it is probable the company will place
their fish on the market, rs besides the
hundreds Of thousands now in the ponds
| that have been described, they have over
l2, 900 carp in Mr.. Hershey's ponds, just
within the city limits, many of them be ng
of marketabls size. Our citizens will thon
| have an opportunity of judging for them
| selves of the merit of German carp as an
| edible fish.
| \ sUCCEsSFuL ENTERPRISE
The Pisca:orial company has been at
1 II 4 ~ n a -,
| up these ponds, and although they have
not yet placed fish upon market, wo are
| informed that their receipts almost eQua
their expenditures. Bosides tho moGeN
they have made by selling fish to stock
other ponds they have cut from their owl
ponds immense quantities OF the pures
| ice Last winter they built D temporary
franc ice house near the principal pond
and filed it with 400 tons of ice, ant
sold in addition | 600 loads moro whicl
was bought aud hauled to town by hessGs
Spreuger, Rsiker, Royer, D5muth an,
| others. All this icc was cut from a siugl
pond
The company is now engaged in til
erection OF q large new ico house, 100 fee
long and GO feet wide, capable OF holding
900 tons OF ice. It will be finished b,
the time cold weather sets IN, aud shoul
the winter bo favorable one, it will nc
only DO filled, but ice will DO stacked II
on the banks, as it was last winter, for til
use of others. Altogether the hnancis
outlook OF the company is very favorable
, as by next spring thoy will have cloaro
all expenses and have clear sevcntee
year lease during which they can cour
their gains.
We caunob close this skutch better tha
|, to say good word Tor J Martin EckmaI
, the manager in charge. He is the figt
] man in the right place. Intelligent, j!
dustIious, reliable, and deeply iutcrestc
. in fish culture, he is witha! q jolly goo
fellow, able and willing to give informs
tion to those who seek it OF him. Wit
his family ho lives pleasantly ia = nei
, cottage erected on the oonpauy's ground
, 4" May hs live long aud pTospar.'