Evening star., 1897-01-07
WONDERFUL RESULT
Thousands of Bass and Other Food Fish
Being Saved.
he SEEMING of the Canal Proving
succesSful Beyond the Anticf-
patton of It's Protectors.

ne results of the work of Seining the
canal and transferring therefrom the black
bass and other food fish to the waters Of
the potomac were surprisingly good yes
terday and a total of over 1900 small
mouthed black bass. ranging in size from
three to fifteen inches, were taken from
the pools In the canal and transferred alive
and kicking, the saying is, to the clear
waters of the Potomac The division work.
iEg northward from Hsrper's Ferry to VIII
Transport reached Shepherdstown last night
with record for the distance of 1882 fish
Six hundred bass were caught in two hours
during the morning. This was in the big
pool at Wade's Level. In the afternoon at
point near Shepherdstown, 800 bass were
caught at one haul of the seine and later
In the day nearly as many were taken at
each OF three additional hauls The men of
tnls division are under the direction of
DaVlo dement, of the United States fish
commission.
Coming Toward WashfngtOn
The party working south from Harper's
Ferry, under command of Capt L. H. Har-
ron OF the fish commission, reached Point
OF ROCKS last night, having caught over a
thousand bass during the day. The water
seined was between Catoctin and Point of
Rocks: In addition to the bass thousands
or white perch, sinners, club and minnows
were captured by both parties and also
placed In the Potomac, while a number of
carp were killed.
The work above Williamsport was also
carried on yesterday by a party under the
direction Of Mr. j. Scott Bowers of Hagers-
town, and a large nun her Of bass were
caught along Dellinger's Whitewater.
DR.. Massamore's Views.
DR.. George W. Massamore, the chief
deputy game warden of Maryland, who is
general superintendent of the applautlable
work of restoring to the Potomac the
thousands Of fish that would otherwise
perish in the canal during the winter. spent
last night In Baltimore, but returned to the
scene OF operations today. Dr. Massamore
IN a letter received in Washington states
that the value of the experiment has been
apundantly established, and that it would
pe the helght OF folly to allow anything to
prevent continuance OF the work to its
completion. The expenses of it, he states
nave been unusually heavy, owing to the
necessity of purchasing outfits for the men
ana Transporting the seines and other para
pnernaiia used in the work, and he urges
an anglers to respond literally toward
nelplng to swell the fund which will he
devoted to saving the bass, an investment
that Will be amply repaid in the better
sport they will have a chance to enjoy in
future. "
Capt. Harron, who is an expert on the
subject of fish and one of the most yaiua-
bic attaches of the United States fish
commission. stated that a large number of
the bass being caught were females or
breeding bass. and that their transfer to
the Potomac would undoubtedly go far
toward restocking that stream with the
gamest fish that swims in American
waters.
Should the ice form too thickly to permit
the se1ning operations being steadily con-
tinued, II Is proposed TO wait for thaw
and begin again Immediately upon the
water being cleared Of ice.
Additional Subscriptions Received.
That the interest Of anglers is being
aroused and that they are becoming ac-
quainted with the necessities which con-
front the project is shown by the addi-
tions to The Evening Star fund for the
saving OF the bass received today. The
fund now stands as follows: