Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-25
AT GREEN LAKE.
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE
AT THE HATCHERY.
FISH PLANTED IN THIS VICINITY-A
LARGE NUMBER OF FISH WILL BE
REARED THIS YEAR.

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miliar, and with 1t is always associated
the government fish hatchery. But there
out of the State, who perhaps familiar
with the name of Green lake, are ignorant
for the sportsman.
Green lake is undou btedly one of the
gems OF Names lakes. 1t is somew hat
out of the beaten roads OF the sportsmen
who year after year visit Maine, but
though this section OF the State is not SO
well known ash the Rangeley or Moose
head region, it is destined. before long to
surpass either OF them as fishing resort.
Green lake is in a setting worthy such a
gem. About it rise hills and mountains
clothed with forests. There are healt h and
rest III the very air of Green lake, and one
is almost startled when in the midst of
the restiul solitude vestibuled Pullman
train swoops by, with jarring reminder
of the nearness of the busy, busting
world.
But this very nearness is one of the
chief attractions OF Green lake, for in
these busy times, even in our vacations
and outings, much depends upon the ia
cility with which we can reach our para
disc and rush back again to the city wit h
new vigor from even brief visit.
Green lake, formerly known as Reed S
pond, is on the Mt. Desert branch OF the
Maine Central railroad, eighteen miles
from Bangor and eight miles from Els
worth. There is station at the lake, and
boats can be obtained near at hand. The
lake abounds in salmon and trout.
At the lake a colony of cottages has
grown up, mostly Of Bangor men, and the
number is increasing year by year. There
are several steam boats on the lake for the
accommodation of pleasure or fishing
parties.
From Ellsworth to he foot of the lake
is a beautiful drive, and at the lake a
steamboat may be taken for a sail around
the pond and visit to the fish hatchery
For the hatchery is one of the attractions
of the lake, and at the same time the chief
| factor in making Green lake, in fact this
whole region of the State, year by year.
more popular with the sportsmen. y
visit to Green lake is not complete with
olt visit to the hatchery.
| Visitors to the hatchery this spring
find it a busy place. Superintendent L.
+. Race is continuing the good work
which he began on his arrival at the
hatchery hree years ago. The Matching
capacity of the station has been increased
in the last three years from zoe, 900 to A.
| 100000 by the addition OF lroughs inside
and out.
The Improvements made in 1896, con-
sisting of a new system of piping for
water supply, and the rearing pond back
OF the hatchery, have been most salts
factory.
There Will be about 500, 900 salmon and
10000 steel-head trout raised at the
hatchery this summer, injaddition to the
$4,000 trout, making in all about 900
fish.
This is big number of fish to feed, and
necessitates additional provision for feed
ing them. These fish will consume about
500 pounds of beef liver month. This
has to be ground very fine, and i'll order
to handle SO large an amount it has been
found necessary to improve the liver
house. A two-horse- power Watermelon
is to be added, ample power being OBJ
tanned by tapping the spring on the
mountain near the hatchery.
Another Improvement this year is
large forty-trough nursery in front OF the
rearing ponds back Of the hatchery. The
buildings are to be newly painted. The
government recently bought the steamer
| senator" for the hatchery.
The grounds also are being improved
an orchard OF 100 fruit trees having been
set out between the superintendent
house and the hatchery.
During the past few weeks many fry
| from the government fish hatchery at
Green lake have been planted in the ponds
and streams in this vicinity. AS nearly
| as can be ascertained the number of fry
planted in the different streams is as fol-
| lows:
In Union river and its tributaries, 925,-
600 Pacific salmon. These were placed in
Branch pond stream, Patterns pond
stream and Union river above Brimmer's
bridge.
In Green lake, 10000 yearling Atlantic
| salmon.
There were distributed in The following
ponds $4,000 trout fry Branch, Hol-
| brook, Patterns, Floods, Alligator lake,
Phillips, Rocky.
About 10000 trout were sent to the State
commissioners.
1t is expected that the L. S. fish COM
mission car will be at Green lake in
| few days to take about 10000 trout fry
| for distribution to various ponds in the
State. The balance of the trout at the
hatchery, about $4,000, will be reared at
| the station.
| In addition to the plants of trout and
salmon in this vicinity there have been
shipped from the hatchery during the
past winter about $4,000 trout and sal
mon eggs, one case going to Paris, France.
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