Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
THE FISHERIES EXHIBIT
Capt Collins Tells About II Before nm A..oc,-
alton i'm New York

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Capt ]. W. Collins of the United States fish
commission, who is ut the head of the fish and
fisheries department Of the worlds Columbian
exposition, made an address before the United
States Menhaden Oil and Guano Association AT
Its annual meeting yesterday. In his address
Capt. Collins said: There VIII be three puild-
ings erected for the accommodation of fishery
exhibits. having a combined length of nhout
700 feet The central structure which will ba
devoted to commercial fisheries and fish cnl.
turc. is rectangular in form, $50 feet in length
by los feet in width, except in the center where
the extreme breadth is 200 feet In addition 10
the toor space in this building there will be
galleries for exhibition purposes thirty feet
wide, running the entire length and across
both ends, making an aggregate exhibition
floor area OF about o0.256 square feet
deem IT matter of imp ortsnce and one we'll
worthy OF mention on this occasion, that proyi-
SION has been made In the upper part OF this
building for an eating saloon, where il ia ex-
pected specially will be made of SUPPLYING
food composed Of FISH and other animals tak e5
from the water. This i'll be O practical and
most excellent illustration of the economic
Importance OF our fisheries. and it il TO be
hoped that this special work will be SO CON.
Quoted as TO give those who patronize fish
dinners at the exposition q better concention
than they now have of the value of f,h az
food. Connected with this structure on the
east by beautiful curved arcade will he a
polygonai building. l3o feet in diameter. which
will DC devoted to an aquaraI exhibit The
latter will be installed and maintained NV the
United States fish commission, and il win he
the effort OF the commission to show there. in
their natural surroundings. fish and other
aquatic animals suitable for such Installation
from the Atlantic, the Pacific. the Gulf of
Mexico, the great lakes and other interior
waters. There, practically side by side
We hope and expect to see the brilliant.
hued fishes OF the tropics the lordly salmon
the vigorous and gamey trout and the inhabi-
tants OF our northern seas, including the cod
and its allies, the mackerel, the menhaden and
other fishes that have gained wide rcnoyn for
their economic importance. West of the main
building and also connected with it bv a curyed
arcade viii be pavilion exactly like that de-
voted TO aquaria- In this will be installed a
magnificent display Of every thing illustrative
of angling or sport fishing. These buildings
have been designed in the Spanish Romanesone
style OF architecture and Mr. Henry Ives Cobb.
the architect, has boldly stepped outside of the
beaten track aud has yentured to decorate the
structures with representations of FISH and
other inhabitants OF the waters. 1t is conceded
by all that his effort has been most successful,
and many claim that even among the magnifi-
cent palaces that are now rising in jackson
Park MIR. Cobb's design will be gem of beauty
and something which no one interested in
| the fisheries can fail to be proud of.
1t only remains to DO added that these build
ings are most appropriately situated not far
from the lake shore and facing the lagoon
| which separates them from tho government
building. The latter will be reached by beau
| tiful bridge crossing the lagoon directl, in
front OF the entrance Of the main building
And hope it viii be as pleasing to you as it is
| satisfactory 70 me that the exhibit of the
United States fish commission, which will be
| located In the north end of the government
building, will thus be connected with the gem
eral fisheries exhibits in the buildings that have
been described. You will see therefore. that
by this arrangement all Of the fisheries ex-
hibits will be connected together. person
visiting the display OF the national commission
can cross directly from it to the main fisheries
bnilding and there take IN the entire subject Of
fisheries as illustrated by the various collections
sent BY the different states and territories"