Daily Kennebec journal., 1890-02-18
eoLLu1IoH or TIE Psuossco4.
What United stai - Ptsh co0msasloe.
o. Mcdonald ssys On ths ssb5set
We are permitted. through the kindness
OF Hon. z. ". stilvell, To pabli.h the
following letter which will explain itself:

We are permitted, through the kindness
Of Hon. z. ". sdlveIl, TO publish the
following letter which will explain itself
L s. CoxnfssIox or
FfsR AVID FIsHERiEs,
WAsHfseTos. ID C. Dan. rs. Isy0.
e. N. !StIxeH Es9.. Commissoaer Of
Esshertes and Came, Bangor, Maine.
DfAR Mg sTnwELL: l delayed reply
ing TO your letter Of recent d. in orie,
that might advise With Mr.. Atkins A tn
the psaetIc@bility Of meeting your wishes
In reference 10 rearing the Penobsco. alsnsn
FRY for yoar State Commission. Though I
fet sell assured that se had already un.
deNaksn as much york Ia that direction n
i ~ouid be possible fos ~ TO see ,rapiisb.
Mr. Atkins letter confirms me in ,hi.
Vie~. Our ponds will be taxed to their full
capacity ;orezr fh. salmon fry With which v-
propose TO ock the tfibu1ries Of the Pen
obseot. and possibly other salmon strea ns
In the State. This work though done by
the United States is, Of course, a. directly
Ia the interest Of the State n il done b,
the State Com mission and II carried out on
The scale prop ,sed. I've expec. 10 h4,ch out
for rearing not less than 250 900 fry il
- ~ ~ tar AttAA iffF ctAtS tOui 11iDl
might sell intermit their own ~ork upon this
rver and apply the available means that
they have TO stocking other streams more
remote from B1cksport and which We will
not probably be able to reach by our ef.
flrs
I regretted very much not seeing you
when in ysine. ireqnested Mr.. Atkins to
noufy son Of my .xpected arrival there,
ara thiak he did so. but you we're absent
from the city at the time.
You have doubtless heard from Mr. At
kins Of the favorable results OF our
YORK With isni-locked salmon 90
Green Lake or Reeds pond The suppl,
already there II enforced by the large piani,
Of yearlina h'h that Ne propose to place il
,hls pond and IN the waters tributary To IT,
WI. no doubt In few years, make III
whole . si' m Of waters which drain by the
town OF EtIs~orth AFFORD magnificent dsh-
'ng Tor the land locked .almon. propose.
also, TO Place in the lake the Loch I.sven
H"at, ~h eh think ~,ll thrive in associa-
tion siih The land loe ked species
he prIt ted statement you sent me in re-
sar' to ihe smount OF lime ussd by a siGgie
paper mil on the Penob.cot, is q fearful
reminder Of the pollution of the waters of
that river, which must result each year
from the discharge of the waste from thi.
and other mills INTO the stream, and unless
State legislation can control the matter ~
as 10 improve sanitary condition, for the
h'h' It seems to me- undesirable for either
the State or the United States TO atemp to
establish salmon isniag in the wAters above
Baszor.
We can do more useful service by con
inning our efforts 10 stocking the small
streams 10 the vicinity Of Craigs Brook.
~hieh drain either directly into the gulf of
Maine or are tributary to the Penobscot be-
l1w Bangor. BY doing thorough work with
these IL viii be possible to maintain and
improve the commercial salmon fisheries
of the Penob-cot. But il serms to me that
in view Of the present condition of afAirs,
tie attempt t. establish good fishing for
anglers at Bangor and sbpve 10 hopeless.
Very truly yours,
NJ McDoNALD,
Commissioner.