The Republican journal., 1888-04-05
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
THE SALMON FISHERY.

Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
THE SALMON FISHERY.
The Bangor correspondent of the Boston
journal says: The Maine Fish Commissioners
have lust taken $50, 900 salmon eggs the nun.
Der apportioned to this State for this year
from the United States Salmon Hatching Sta.
ton at Orland, a few miles below this city, and
have removed them to Enfield, 50 miles above
tide water, where they are now undergoing in.
cubatlon. preparatory to planting in the head
waters of the Penobseot 1t takes 100 davs for
the young salmon to develop itself from the
egg. and when that time expires in May nearly
$4,000 more young salmon will be added to
the already large number in the Penobscot wa
ters. Fish Commissioner Stillwell, who super
intends the work of Matching at Enfield and
the planting of the young salmon, says the plan
Of keeping these young fish and caring for them
until they are year old, and then setting them
adrift. cannot be put into practice until further
experiments III salmon culture have been made.
and appropriations granted for buildings in
some available location for the successful
working of the plan. He saws some further eX-
periments will no doubt be made by the United
States Commissioners at the Orand Station the
coming summer, with a view to trying the plan
of Keeping the fish for year, but ut present it
Is entirely beyond the means of the State Com
miSSioners.
Mr.. stillwell says that only about two per
cent. of the young salmon that are put into the
Penobscot ever attain maturity, but notwitI,-
standing this fact, if the salmon We're let alone
above tide water while making their way to
tile spaw ming grounds IN the spring. and not
shot at and cluhbed and destroyed in other
ways i'll shallow water, the river would be full
OF them in a short time. As it is. however, Mr..
Stillwell says the Penobscot is the best salmon
fishing grounds on the Atlantic coast and the
only river where salmon stocking can be carri-
ell on protitably. The work of taking salmon
eggs from the salmon at the Orland Park is now
going on and it is an interesting process. The
Government purchase the fish kept here alive
and put them in the reserve which is fenced Oft
from the main river to prevent their escape /;
then in the spring the fish following an instinct
OF nature 90 up the small stream AMI are easily
dipped out and kept in tanks until they are
ready to spawn, when the eggs are taken from
them and properly cared for. A ten-pollnd
salmon will produce 5000 eggs AMI twenty
pound fish twice that number. Mr.. Stillwell
says that these eggs, if properly packed. so as
to arrest the process of incubation. can be ship
ped III safety to New Zealand, Russia, or any
far off country While undergoing incubation
the eggs are kept in troughs, where the water
is continually clanging, and receive the con-
sfant attention of the man in attendance. who
each day picks out the dead fish or eggs. When
the tiny ii>! are developed enough to free
Themselves from the eggs they are taken in tin
cans to the head waters of the river and put
into the water to shift for themselves.
Salmon are becoming so plenty and the work
OF taking them so profitable that the down-rv-
er fishermen as well as the up-riyer fishermen
are complaining of certain restrictions put
upon them, though the former have an i'm
mcnse advantage oTer the latter. The salmon
fishermen OF Belfast SearSport. Stockton.
l>le>boro, Northport. Lincolnvie and all
along the bay, to the number of 600. have pre-
sented petition to the Governor and Council
a>kll. the right to fish unmolestcd. As they
claim they have been unju>tly intcricred with
in the past The up-rivtr fishermen are loudly
complaining because they have not many
privileges lis the down-riyer fishermen. Mr.
st!lwell says if they hold back a little there
Will hc salmon enough for all. and that the
greatest fly fishing grounds in the country will
be at the dam above Bangor.
HOW TIE LUMBER DUTIES ARE EvADED.
The lumbermen of kcnnebec county are
Vigorously protesting against the frauds which
they aiic.e are committed by the Provincial
luinhermcn in the evasion of the United States
duties. and Congressman Mlliken is doing all
III his power to bring about an enforcement of
the law and prevent further crooked operations.
a prominent lumherman says: This fraud up-
on the Governments pcrpetrated under the law
Of the nited States which gives the operator
the privilege of cutting logs in the Maine for
,>tS ,iliyin.r IA: n, INFO \.W Rrunx,y;.E ,v.tor.
s,Niu~ 1hrm in NV Ernn.w;@L Mil "nI rn'
shipping them again into the States free of
duty. The lumbcrmen will cut Il small portion
say a tenth Of their logs. in Maine, and the
large bulk in New Brun>w forests. then
manufacture them in the province mills. and
duty. This is nrnrticr,l vrrv l,rgeIv m no :,
Jon IN River. lhc cut on both sides of the line
= ~ ~ 'oW y the river as Maine luSS. Inc duty
pr W. ah"' "llhout thl>' the expenses OF
.,''ilnti'nI .,' an" wages neliiS SO ihurh lower
!h'h IN ~, M"ihe' lhe hehiiehec zimmerman iilts
1t nPhili business when nc offers his lumber for
sait. men we enter the markets OF Boston
,L I,.;,,, -, S, n, -, i .'',''i ~ ~ w o
~ " ih.' u -Ne" nl S"ich' a''" we are
opiiStu 10 cut prices lluch lower tnan we can
allolu TO. one OF the largest lumber commits
I'o'l n''n VI t>tN iolh 'o'u me ltecnl'l that
~ NV p'.',i any "u.! vi 81 'ohh 'uiiipei
,i, ni'"'Ji e'>'en'e .iiiit tie .uls Is eVaued Is
'!"p @ wiz NoN' 7rotl' ca', l"Fhis1 AN ap'ihu-
ahee oi nls-tia>s iuillper, pclhg well Woodeu
.oile - sh'Ppc" 49, ~ M .l,e Haa'cs' 10 SPEAK OF. "A
it" years ago 2oo'ooo'oGo leet OF deals We're
1n'Ppeu ~ 10 Eislah" aiih!'ally from ~. Johh:
Aetehii4 the puik ol ln> tfaue mas changed
az ai' 'arIe Iu"ni'tles oi ue'is are >hlppeu from
ne ha'lc 10 EhSiahI' ana the outlet for the
. New hf,'is"leh pfouHet must be ne nlted
9."tts' am S"tiHheu .hi't pul d slllail amount
our country eSpecially from ST. ,John uayS n
duty. W hat We want is IA law which shall pre-
vent all shipments OF manufactured lumber
INTO llle lhlleu States without the payment OF
the duty. We do not expect to obtain this,
however"
ms gentleman saIi the agent or the Treas
ury Department VINO was investigating the
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