Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-02
THE SALMON INTEREST.
Livingston Stone to Have Charge of the
Pacific Station


Pacific Station.
Livingston Stone, long connected with
the United States Fish Commission, and
now Field Superintendent for the Commits
sion Tor the Pacific coast, has been in the
city for several days on business connected
with his Office. Il am glad to see YOU"
said he 70 g reporter of this journal yos-
terday, for there are some things regard
ing the Government Commission that /
think the people here ought to know. The
essential point is that hereafter all the
work done by this Commission in this
state and on this coast will be conducted
solely for the benefit of the coast. Up to
present time, while some rivers have been
stocked with fish, yet the chief use of the
stations here has been for the breeding of
fish to be taken to Eastern waters. | have
been out here often, but heretofore have
come to get supplies and take them away.
Now am going to be here all the time
and do all my work for the Commission in
the interest of the coast. This change has
resulted since Colonel Mcdonald became
Government Fish Commissioner, succeed
ing to the office long held by Professor
Baird. The organization of the Commits
sion has been changed since Professor
Baird's death. | used TO be one of the
Deputy Commissioners: now there are no
Deputy Commissioners, but there are three
10! the AT
lantlc, one for the great lakes and one for
the Pacific.
The Government Commission is dis
posed to do all it can do for this coast 1t
has always been its policy to act in har-
mony with the State Commission, and it
Will do so now, that is, when we can learn
exactly who the State Commissioners are.
The State Commission will make sugges-
TONS and we will endeavor to carry them
out so far as practicable There are three
stations on this coast now The trout sta
lion on the McCloud river in Shasta, the
salmon station on the Clackamas in Ore
gon, and the salmon station on the Nc
Cloud. The trout station on the McCloud
Is to be shut down in few months, for no
more California trout are required in East
ern waters at present. We shall take over
O00OO trout eggs and fish from the station
and put them into the McCloud river about
September next, and then close the station.
About that time we will put thousands of
young salmon into the Sacramento and its
tributaries. We will also be prepared to
send salmon eggs to any of the rivers on
the coast where they may be desired. |
VIII make my headquarters at the McCloud
river salmon station. Baird is the post
office
1t is the plan of Colonel Mcdonald to
have eventually a Western distributing
agency of the Commission at Denver with
me in charge. This be considers will be
central point although for nae to make the
circuit of the coast stations from that point
will have to travel over four thousand
miles. There is now some talk of bringing
Holsters out here, and it NAV be done be-
fore long. | think J. D. Redding should
be retained in the State Commission. He
is enthusiastic and public spirited in the
work. The Albstross, the steamer of the
Government Commission, will be up this
way soon. She is row between here and
Panama. She has several scientists aboard
who will perform work of great value for
this coast. IS. F. Bulletin, May 1st