Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-10
Senator Griffith Has Fac ii.
ties for Matching 7, ooo,-
900 Trout Eggs.
LARGEST IN TIE WORLD.
a Remarkable Industry Located In Daub.
When the Contemplated Plans Are
Carried Out Is 1on,o Trout Per
Year Can be Eaisrd-Legis-
lative Visitors.
(From Our Staff Correspondent

Lake Griffith, Mt. Tabor, VI. Nov. G.
In the virgin forest Is not u pace wh.ra
enc would naturally look for Lawmakers
Dut the woods here are full OF them to-
day. Senator Griffith had invited a party
or senators, representatives, ana friends 10
visit his hsh h1tcheries and 81 end sun.
day at Lake Griffith about 1909 feet above
the station at Mt. Tabor. where the party
landed and they are here having one Of
the best times on record.
In the party were Senators 5. l.. Grif-
fth of Danny, T.. $. Fleury Of Isle la
Motto, q, Is. Hit Of Bratt.rbo + :.
Platt of ioultncy, ~ l.. CUdworth OF
South Londonderry Representatives, ".
II. Wall Of Randolph. G. II. DeiOuE Il
Shcrcham, II. J. Hyde Of Salisl ary,
Charles Downer of sharon, {. l.. soul. e
Cornwall, J-hu J. Paris Of Rutland. G. r.
Winchester Of Rutland Con. Edward l..
Bates, James X. Batchcldcr e Airing on,
IRISH mmission.r Jlhn ". T!tcon.y e
st Johnsbury and W. J. Bigcow of Bur-
lington.
irfftth's fish hatcheries have become
well Known but enc cannot ,et a per
idea Of tn place without Wis. Ting IL. Tho
party reached the station at = o'clock SAT-
Urddy afternoon and wei. Nlst IN WA
the senator's office which j. lifted up with
all modern improvements with m sale
floors and many fine portraits Here 70
,hr"e me double teams waiting TO convey
"
the track and In Danny. II his t-en sa.d
that Griffith Is crank on fish and C5w-
crS, but this is not exactly correct. lie -
specialist in these things and has met
with a very high degree Cf success Tho
lawn in front of his beautiful residence is
laid out in many differently designed flow
er beds and connected with his barn is a
large greenhouse filled with all the COM
mon varieties of flowers, and many very
rare varieties Of pants, TIL r is an cs-
pecially fine display of chry santh NUNS
ana carnations. Among the rare vari It's
to he seen are palms, orchids, ferns child
OF TWO words, cactl,GZallas. several va
ricties from Mexico and the strphanotis,
very rare plant Altogether tn. pants
represent an ouuy Of many thousands Of
dollars.
Getting into the teams again, a drive OF
two miles WAS made to the tish hatCheries
Here was revelation. one hundred
thousand trout, representing all the sizes,
from the lite fry Matched last February,
ranging from TWO To SIX inches in length
up 10 the king of the hatchery, great
rainbow trout Weighing six pounds To
speak OF tons OF trout seems like "A fairy
tale. but here one finds ii A reality. Sew
enty-iivo thousand is the number of fry
In the nursery ponds and 1000 is the num-
Der OF large trout. In several nursery
ponds are thousands Of trout weighing on
an average third Of Il pound each and il
the market with trout during the months
of February, March and April next In
the ponds whore the breeding fish are kent
the trout weigh from one to three pounds
ana these are now being stripped" for
spawn the work being in charge OF Mr..
Ialno' OF the United States fish commits
/ sion.
Senator Griffith has n hatchery with
capacity for Matching 200 eco trout Eggs
10 the eye period He Is then obi ged to
sell half his stock and can develop 35OO,C00
INTO Try hich he can Keep until they
become "hngerngs." This gives him the
largest commercial trout hatchery in the
world one expert saying that when he
gets his present plans carried out he can
raise 10 tons OF trout per year, but If
can raise 10 tons | shall be satisfied" is
the way the senator ends the estimate.
This shows the Importance of the pass
age of Senate bin No. %, which has be-
, come known as "Grfilths BILL" and al
| lows the sale of trout from private ha CHI
| cries during February, March and April.
| II simply want TO sell enough to pay the
running expenses of the hatchery" is tho
remark of the senator, Trout sell during
that period at from $500 TO 500 per ton
I and If he raises 10 tons as he hopes TO do
1t will give him quite a bonus, rs he says
the annual cost is about $1,000.
1t takes some water to raise $500, 600
, trout in, and the hatchery is supplied by
two brooks known as the Casey and James
Griffith brooks, The supply from one of
these streams comes to the distributing
tank through 10 inch circular fume. A
large spring supplies the hatchery build
ing and several nursery tanks with which
Senator Griffith originally began business.
/ But even with these supplies the place Ia
/ short of water and a compressed air pump
| brings large supply from the Otter
creek. This has been found too warm for
FISH culture, so two artesian wells have
! been sunk about l60 feet and furnish 90
gallons of water per minute OF a tempera-
ture of IS degrees, This is not enough and
more artesian wells will be sunk until a
Continued on the Sth Paga)