The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-31
PROPAGATION
EXPERIMENTS
asaaa@s
Interesting Report Made hy Suprrln-
trndrat I. [, Reed oil the
hatcherIes.
A GREAT WORK IS DONE
full Details OF the Years kOfk at the
hatshsdss Large NUMBER Of
roaag Fish Tufasd Out--
The Prospects.
A GREAT WORK is DONE

Co,
Having boen engaged BY tho directors
OF tho above company on the 18th day
OF May, at meeting held Ia Astoria, 1
began preparations toward proceeding up
tho claekamaH river to build racks acrouu
the stream aud erect buildings necessary
Tor Matching salmon ogEs
ifior 10 this time. several OF tho colum.
bla river packers had engaged Game
Protector Mcclure to 20 w the Clacka-
mas WIN Mr. Hubbard. superintendent
of the United tHatea hatchery. To look
out suitable location for a salmon
hatchery Mf Hubbard secured tho
services ~ Mr Henry Meldrum an guide,
ahl they made tho trip and returned
10 Portland tho latter part OF May, ana
Mr Mcclure made hls report to tho u.
tvrtorE az = nrollHg held In Portland on
the @th day u May stating that thsy
had found u good location at certain
pulnt on tho upper Clarkanan. whore
the Indians had Tor ypara past caught
'h"lr salmon ! at once ordered q sup
plf VI tools ami provisions and engaged
ak men, and on the 9TH day oi juno loft
pryHon city for tho scene OF operation.
Mr Mrldfum having made an ofcr TO
PACK All Hut pllrn from Oregon city to the
hatchery at a satisfactory rate. was on.
gagged to do the packing Tor tho HuApoh
] engaged team TO take the mCn ana
our blankets from oregon Guy to Leon.
az faf aa We could so with a wagon, ana
on the morning of the IN took the trnu
TOT tho mountains After two hnfd
days travel We arrived at tho site ac.
L. I.s NNE
of the uiird day. June gth. looked
around a little and then asked Mr. Mol-
drum who're the hatchery site WAS lie
aaid. Right hvrv" True enough.
there was a Eood place to build hatch
oFy. as tho ground Was lrvul ana not
much timber on II. but tho site for build
inE racks and catching salmon to take
cgEu from was altogether different. being
a succession of rough ana rocky rapids
aa far an could bc ncvn both up ana
down stream, without ono spot OF gravel
where salmon could spawn. or deep
pool whero thoy could stay until they
werc ready 10 spawn. The place whero
the rack was 10 b. built was a bed OF
houllcra, from tho nlno OF small bucket
up 10 a amall hAyHtAck II Ia true that
tho Italians had built racks across here
Tor many years. but as they caught all
their nsh with spears Il answered their
purpose very we'll but for a place 10
collect salmon eggs for the purpose OF
propagation I did not consider u suitable
iioins fully aaiiuned that this was no
place for hatchery. got Mr. Austin,
who was Noil acquainted IN that LEGALITY,
90 80 with mo up thu river 10 look for n
location After going about two milvu
] found some gravel bars and some deep
pools. and lihaily aeleeted the place
WhoFp tho buildings now stand. ~ which
! viii EiSe you rough sketch with this
report On juno 10th l began a rack
across oak drove crpck (which In
tributary o, tho CiackAmaa and about
three miles below the hatchery, AZ
larsu number VI salmon would 80 up
this ntrram u no, stopped by thr rack,
We flnlnhrd this rack tho next day ana
moved camp up 10 the present site. ana
Immediately began building a rack across |
tho Clackanan. which wc had completed |
on the illh.
l then began clearing tho ground OF |
brush ana timber whore the buildings |
how stand Tho buiidingu consist Of a |
iGX2i feet. with s.toot wallis, |
and n bullt of round timber. with one
pr two sides hnwcd when necessary. with /
roof ahlnTlcd with shakes and walls |
covered with cedar bark. which makes /
a very comfortable house for warm |
weather
The hatchery IL In two buildlnEa, each |
Oxsu feet. with s.toot walls They stand
sldo by side. ain fcct apart, and Bro built |
N tho same material as the meHahouso,
with regular shake roof and no covering |
on tho walls. except tho gable ends, |
which arc boarded down TO the plates,
They have strong truss roofs. Onp.haif |
pitch TO shed the SNOW. and the walls
arr well braeci My reasons for putting |
nv two buildings instead OF one are;
ttrat timber OF suitable aiHo was hard |
10 Kut and had TO be packed some dis.
lance. ana for a building i0xN feet the
roof would have TO be built Of heavy |
timber 10 stand tho snow, which 1 was
informed by Mr. Austin falls from two
10 four fcot deep there some times Sec
,nd. In such Wide building with low
walls ana NO skylights In tho roof Il
would have been too dark In the cSntcr
10 tend eggs or young nsh Each OF
hcac buildings contains four double and
,no alnglc row of troaghs, each row hRy-
ng four trougha. or ig In all. each
rough Ia l6 fcct long, holding trays,
Witch, by putting ib,0oO cggs In each
ray. gives tho hatchery capacity OF
,bout dS0.OD Of eggs, or by cr0wding
he eggs, hA We were Obliged to do this
Iclson on account OF not getting wire
or trays fast enough. we put aOoo cggs
n tray, which would make the capa-
'ity about SioOpoO eggs
The lumber fnr the trougha had
nwrd with whip saw by contract, ana
n the iinoat OF cedar. sawed from large
imhcr. sound and clear OF knots, ana
hey are good for many years to come,
rhr price paid for the lumber was NV
,cr 1000 feet delivered at hatchery
Tho last and best building ON the place
\ u log house FOR winter or cold weather,
2xlG feet. S-toot walls, with log roof all
we'll chlnkcd between the logs ana Shin
He'd with shakes. II has good cham
,cr or loft IN which to hang aeincs, ana
tore provisions, tools. etc on the 9th
u July, having the buildings well under
way and not having received the wire
'rdcrod from Frisco, also needing u
mall seine and some supplies, ] started
or Portland, on arriving there ] found
part OF the wire had Just arrived, ana
Lftcr getting u aolne and what supplies
needed, had them shipped TO Oregon
'ity. and on getting there found Mr..
Ieldrum, and he Informed me that he
would give up tne conThct tuT puvhHlkl
,ut would take this lot OF goods out to
he end OF the wagon road, which he did,
nd there engaged Mr. Davis to pack
hem in and to do the rest of the pack
ng for the season at the same price
aid Meldrum.
WATER SUPPLY.
The wntcr for Matching purposes we
AXE from n small creek which howa
rom springs on the hills about one mile
rom the hatchery. | built dam about
hree feet high across this creek, about
10 yards above the hatchery, which gave
uffloient fall to run the wator through
ne buildings. There appeared to be
,lcnty OF water In the creek at this time,
nut as the season advanced with no rain
he supply OF water decreased and by
ne time we were done taking eggs. Sep
embor LIST, we had the very lowest sup
ly OF water with which we could hatch
he eggs successfully And when the
ggs began to hatch and the young FISH
ad 10 have more room we were Obliged
o put more troughs At the end OF the
mes in use 30 as to use the same water
ver again.
| consider the water supply the great
at II not the only, drawback to this