Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26
GREEN LAKE HATCHERY.
Close OF Very Busy Scason-lm-
proNemcnts Made.


The United States fish commission sta
tion at Green Lake has just closed a most
successful season. Considering the OBJ
stacles which had to be contended with,
the work accomplished has been really
wonderful. One of the greatest obstacles
met was the extreme low water, which
prevented trout and salmon from going
up he streams, and the lateness of the
fall rains All fish stations have suffered
from this, but, uevert heiess, the Green
Lake station has made a big showing,
and has in the hatchery more than
double the number of eggs it ever had
I before.
Among the eggs are about 100000 OF
German trout secured from trout Matched
from eggs imported from Germany five
years ago. They are an excellent fish,
differing greatly in appearance from our
native trout They grow to be very large.
/ A fine lot of Golden trout eggs were
procured at Floods pond, Otis, this year.
] This catch is very important one n there
is only one other pond in the country
where this fish can be caught
GREAT BROOK.
The works on Great Brook have been
/ made entirely new this year; he small
4 pens and traps have been replaced by
seven large pens, 15x30 feet. The brood
stock of wild trout and salmon held in
these pens this year WAS in excellent con-
dition when turned into the lake, and
the loss was practically nothing.
! Great Brook has been excavated and
cleared, and from the spawning house at
the station, to Green Lake, about three
quarters of mile, there is a clean gravelly
channel up which the fish may come to
| the traps. short distance below the
main works, another large trap was con-
structed, forming a large gathering pool
for early salmon, so that they do not have
to be confined in the pens until necessary
! for use in taking eggs. A lot OF trout and
salmon were caught in this lower trap
| that would not have come up to the upper
trap, but would have spawned on the
gravel beds below.
/ In the works at Great Brook this year a
bulk head was put in at the trap so that
in case OF drought, a. this year, he seven
large pens above will continually hold
two feet of water, which is necessary for
the large lake salmon.
At Winkumpaw, at the head of Branch
pond, new and larger pens and traps were
put in from which there were excellent
results.
AT Patterns pond, West Ellsworth,
from which it has never before been tried
to procure trout for spawn. works We're
put between he two ponds, and fine lot
OF eggs was secured.
BY putting in large pens and traps, and
taking every precaution for the preserya-
tion and good OF the fish, the best OF
results has been had in this fall fishing.
With the facilities for fishing near by this
station, it can be and doubtless VIII be,
i'll few years, one of the first in the
country, accomplis hing the best results.
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE STATION.
At the large reservoirs at the station,
which contain 200 brood stock salmon
raised at the station, heretofor there has
been no means of combining the fish Tor
overhauling in the spawning season.
This year there were built two pens,
15x30, and enc small one for ripe fish, at
the north end OF the south reservoir.
making it very easy to handle a large
number OF fish in short time.
Back of the station three nice ponds
have been squared up and boarded i'll for
The Loeb Leven, Won Brer and brook trout
latT oh he. Tod
by the overflow from the reservoirs and
hatchery. The stand pipes and pressure
hume, which take the waters direct from
the main fume, which have not been
used before, were excavated and repaired,
and used this summer, giving the young
fry clear and cooler water than that which
comes from the reservoirs.
The waterways from the reservoirs and
hatchery have been excavated, and rebuilt
or repaired. A good job was done on the
old wharf on the shore front of the COM
mission reservation. 1t is hoped in
another year to have the wharf enlarged.
Considerable work has been done on the
main tiume this fall to make it as safe as
possible for the coming winter and
spring.
With these and many other smaller i'm
provements, it has been very busy sea-
son at the Green Lake station.
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
In the government appropriations rec
commended by Secretary Carlisle, the
good results obtained at the fish com
mission stations at Green Lake and
Craig's brook have been recognized, as
considerable increase in appropriations
for their maintenance is requested.
At Green Lake station it is asked that
the superintendent salary be increased
from Il 500 to 81 500, and $500 is asked for
fish culturist in lieu of foreman, " no
is now paid salary of ESQ, besides s72o
for an assistant fish cuIturist in lieu of a