Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-15
STATE P1sH COMMISSION.
Heated Debate Upon the Subject Of Estab-
Ushfnc Stata Hatchery

Heated Debate Upon the Subject Of Estab'
fishing State Hatchery.
The State Board of Fish Commissioner:
met at their Office, in the Union Hotel. at IL
a. NJ. yesterday, all the members present
The minutes of the last meeting were read
Commissioner Radding said he did not Object
TO anything in the minutes, but at the same
time they were not as full as he should have
liked, nor net nearly IS complete in some re.
spects as the report Of the proceedings which
appeared in the columns of the RECORD
UNION the day following the meeting. How
ever, as he had IN his possession the tran
scription of a shorthand report of the trans
actions of the meeting, lie would offer 10
amendments. The minutes were than
adopted. SIS read, by the votes OF Commls'
sioners Buckingham and Dibble.
The Secretary stated that under the head
of unfinished business were the propositions
of Webb Howard, of the Spring valley
Water Company, relative to the establish
meut of a State hatchery at Laguna de Ia
Honda or Lake Honda, and also the PROPOSE
tion of J. H. Logan and s. Denman, relating
to the establishment of State hatchery near
FELTON,, in Santa Cruz county. The Santa
Cruz parties offered to furnish everything ex-
cent the man to superintend the hatchery
and the ova required. They also agreed to
deed the land, buildings, ETC., to the State OF
California.
Commissioner Dibble moved to lay both
the propositions upon the table.
Commissioner Redding said the Spring
Valley Water Company was making very
generous proposition to assist fish culture In
the State, and be thought the Fish Commits
sioners for several reasons should consider
their proposition.
LAKE HONDA,
He said, YVES centrally located; wss in the
immediate neighberhood of three-ffths OF the
population of the State the peninsula upon
which It is situated is filled with numerous
stresms capable of supporting large guam.
tity of fish. There was an abundance OF
water of the proper temperature, and it was
in direct communication by telephone, tele-
graph, rail and steamship, and before their
proposition was tabled it should at least be
duly considered in all its bearings by the
Board
Commissioner Buckingham suggested that
if either was considered, that OF the Santa
Cruz parties should have the preference, as
theirs was much more libersl offer. they
proposing to donate the property to the State.
consider their proposition. If one is more
generous than the other, why lay them both
on the table:
Commissioner Buckingham said he saw no
good reason, for the present, at least, OF CON
sidering either proposition. The hatchery st
Shelley was only few hundred yards from
the Nevada County Narrow-gauge Railroad.
It was located on creek that was fed by an
abundance of good irou: streams.
Commissioner Redding asked, Why can we
not establish
HATCHERY AT SANTA CRUZ
Or Lake Honda as well as at Grass Valley
Either of the two latter locations, he held,
would be in more densely populated districts
than was the ore at Shelley, and the streams
and natural surroundings were much supe-
rior.
Commissioner Dibble said there was no
hatchery at Grass Valley. The ShebleY
hatchery, which lad proved such an entire
success during the past year, was in the
neighborhood of Colfax. He said so far as
any local benefits to himself was concerned,
he being & resident of Grass Valley, it was as
distant as Lake Honda.
Commissioner Buckingham thought that
before discussing the propriety of construct
ing additional hatcheries it would be well TO
ascertain whether the Commission would
have any ova TO hatch during the coming
wear. lie thought from present appearances
The Shelley hatchery would be able TO take
care Ct sll the eggs the Commission would be
abs TO get. He had written to Professor
Baird, of the United States Fish Commission,
on several occasions, but that official, f0r
some reason, had neglected to answer his
communications. Professor Baird, it seemed
to him, was inclined to ignore the existence
of the State Board Of Fish Commissioners Of
California.
Commissioner ReddiDg said he wss very
much surprised to hear that Professor Baird
had ignored tire correspondence of the Presi-
dent of the Commission. He had written
several letters to the Professor himself. and
his communications had always been prompt
ly answered.
Commissioner Buckingham said that he
was of the opinion that Commissioner Red
ding, or come one else, had written TO the
Professor, and had induced the latter to
something of this kind had been done.
Commissioner Redding Indignantly denied
the imputation /; said it was an
1MPUrATIoN MADE WITHOUT GROUNDS,
And that he was surprised at the remarks Of
the President As far az Professor Baird
was concerned, he did not think he would ig-
from the President of the Board.
Commissioner Buckingham said Messrs
Williams and Stone were very prompt in
their replies but that the head Of the depart
ment treated all communications with silent
contempt, and consequently he did not know
whether the State Commission would get
ANYTHING from TIE nited States Commission
or not.
Commissioner Red6ing-Well, l think it
quite late 10 the season to commence talking
about getting ova now.
Commissioner Buckingham replied that he
was aware of the fact that it was getting
quite late, but at the same time he had been
writing to the department upon that subject
for six weeks past.
Commissioner Dibblo said, as Secretary of
the Board, he had received but two conmu-
nications from the department. He had
written them On various occasions, and from
time to time had forwarded the prOceediL IS
of the State Commissioners.
Commissioner Reddi1g said he did not
think the Board would adopt the generous
proposition made by the Spring Valley Wafer
Company. That was toG much Of hope for
him to cherish, he being in
THE IGNORED MINORITY.
He was powerless to do any thing in the mat
ter, but he would beg of the Commission to
consider this proposition IL all its points.
Commissioner Dibb!e ssid that in reply to
the remarks of Commissioner ReddiDg, he
would state that San Francisco and its iun-
mediate vicinity had received from the pres.
ent Commission three times more money
than the balance Of tie State combined
When the Spring Valley Water Company
makes an offer like the one now before the
Commission, it is rather for the advantage of
the Spring Valley corporation instead of the
State of California. II the funds were at
the command of the Commission, and they
had the authority, be would favor the locat-
ing Of hatchery at Santa Cruz. The funds,
he claimed, had been exhausted in preventing
unlawful fishing in the bays and rivers, and
the acts Of the Commission in this direction
had been applauded by the people and press
throughout the State. 1t was impossible, he
held, at this time to construct a State
hatchery. In order to do so, they must rely
upon the generous action of the next Legisla-
ture, and induce them, if possible, TO furnish
the Commission with funds sufficient for that
purpose.
Commissioner Redding asked what would
be the probable cost OF Matching 100000
trout?
Commissioner Dibble said that at the
Saebley hatchery it would cost about $3.50.
He further stated that the present Commits.
sion hatched trout at an average expense oil