The sun., 1894-10-01
j. & j. DOBSON,
2 East 18th St.
NEW TROUT HArCHERIEs.
Two Pia.ts 20 Be Put In Operation U.der
Improyrd Methods

Two new trout fry hatcherics for the replen-
ishnB OF streams In sullivan, Delaware, Ulster,
Greene, and Steuben counties are to he turned
over To the State this week, and from Oct. l.
$4,000 will be- taken annually from the state
treasury for their support One Is to be named
the Beaverkill hatchery, as IL 1. on the Beaver
kill River at Rockland. sullivan county. and the
other Is to be the Pleasant Valley hatchery, on
the Pleasant Valley River near Bath, Steuben
county. The buildings have been completed 1T
II cost Of $4,000 each. Ponds and other appur-
trnances have yet to be finished before the
plants will be fully equipped for service
These hatchcries are the result of good deal
of hamnering at the doors Of the Legislature by
the citizens Of the lower tier Of counties. The
people said, in effect:
Those New Workers come up here with their
scientific tackle and just everlastingly scoop all
the trout out Of the streams Now we say the
State has got to restore the fish to us"
The state has therefore erected the two
hatcheries with the hest modern appliances
The Fish Comm lssiOners from the start were
not enthusiastic in favor of the scheme They
had difficulty IN obtaining sufficient appr0pra-
tiohs from he Legislature to keep In operation
the hatCherics now under ;her control
With the hatcheries there will he seven sta
uols IN the state Tor turning out fry. ranging
through the scale from tolnCols up to brook
trout. There Is the Caledonia hatchery at Gale
uoni the Cold spring hatchery, the Adirun-
dnck, ut Little Clear Lake, IN Franklin county; /;
y.
county, and the Fulton Chain. at Old Forge In
Herkimer county. The Commissioners have
distributed In the past year from the five hatch
cries nearly 1O0,OOO.0OU of the best varieties
Of fish fry In the waters OF this State.
There has been u great advance IN the art of
building hatcheries In the last ten years" said
President Huntington OF the Commission.
When the cold Spring hatchery was built on
Long lslnnd Sound 1t was a rough contrivance
In shed: Those Just completed are built Of
tho very best material and will last u hundred
years. The main hatcheries ARE hfty-six feet
long and thirty six feet wide, and are stanchly
put together; The flooring is OF yellow pine
planking and II can he kept smooth and dry.
The sides OF the room are ceiled with North
Carolina pine finished In hard oil. There Is no
plastering. The chimneys are Of the hest phia-
dephia brick. There are In the buildings apart
ments for the family Of the superintendent Of
the hatchery. There is also n carpenter shop.
The practice OF stocking streams and lax es
from hatrheries has changed OF late. IL was
formerly thought that the best way was To hatch
out fry in the hatchery and send the fry In cans
TO the place of distribution. This necessitated
the attendance OF man whose duty IL was to
aerate the water by emptying IL from one can to
another with dippers. THAT Is changed now. IL
has been found that the best way Is to transport
eggs on moss BY this time greater percentage
OF sprightly fry Is obtained. Private fishing
clubs have offered the Fish Commission trout
for spawning purposes" added Mr.. Huntington.
but the Commission has enough stock fish to
start the new hatcheries running.