Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-10
HATCHERY.
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built, the whole number being 80. AS said
above, 1t Is the largest trout hatchery in
the world and Indirectly furnishes a good
for a further supply OF money
for the State hatchery as Sen. Griffith has
demonstrated that 1t Is necessary to keep
trout until they become "fingerlings' be-
fore they can be probably distributed and
all the fish commissioners want is money
enough to furnish the State hatchery with
nursery ponds cnough TO enable them to
raise their trout to fngerlings.
But IL is not as a fish culturist that Sem
ator Griffith has won his greatest success.
He is the owner of 10000 acres of land,
1890 acres being in n solid tract in the
towns of Dandy, Mt. Tabor and Peru. He
owns six saw mills and is part owner in
three more, the total annual output of
which is l2,0O,00 feet of lumber He owns
LOO horses and ~ oxen, and makes his own
harnesses, wagons and sleds. He is the
engineer of one Of the greatest pieces of
road building in this country. Four miles
from his fish hatchery is al Griffith, n
body of water Is acres In extent, lying
halt in the town of Mt. Tabor and half in
Peru. This body of water is about 400
feet above the fish hatchery on the top of
one of the stccpcst, most rocky and inac-
cessiblc mountain sides TO be found in
Vermont, This description suggests very
hard climbing but the party rode over n
road on which any lady might safely drive
a team so far as grade or smoothness are
concerned. Here 1t Is that Senator Grif-
nth has shown his skill as n road builder
During his absence a few years ago an
engineer who had been in his employ for
30 years laid out and built n road up this
mountain side at a cost of $4,000. Upon
senator Griflth's return he found the
grades too steep to satisfy him so he look
out n route for himself. Some of the way
II was SO steep and rough that il was al
,,,.=s y,,n~1fll, fAr a Yaor 20 nliYNI nm
foot but it would give an easy grade over
which $50 feet of logs at a load are now
hauIed by a double team. In one place 1t
was necessary to blast about IL feet of
solid rock on the top and side of n ridge
for several rods. All this stone was used
just below in flling a gorge J6 feet deep
and backed up against the mountain on
the other side. In another place the
mountain side was so prccipitious that 1t
was necessary to drill into the rock and
drive In iron rods to hold the logs on which
stone work Is based in place. For over
three miles the road is dug right out of
tho side of the mountain, much of the way
IL being necessary to blast II out on the
upper side. piliny the stone on the lower
In enc place the road is blasted out of the
side OF an almost perpendicular ledge and
on the lower side the mountain side seems
TO hG rCar.y a hundred feet below. The
road is smooth. dry and solid. almost the
| SiflilS 4cnSln OF IL DtlnS COEuuTONtu On
the upper end wherever the soil Is too
soft. For about n mile along this road
runs the stream from the lake, sometimes
right beside it and then again with a sui
len roar. hundred of feet below. When
complete the cost was 10000 so that Sem
ator Griffith has expended 5000 in about
seven miles Of road but it gives him prac-
ticaily a belt line for his lumber teams to
work on. The last milo leads through a vir-
gin forest of tall straight sprUces. and as
the teams last night slowly wendell their
way up through the lanterns threw their
somhre light on many a forest giant which
Will yield rich revenue TO its owner. Good
Judges estimate that 100000 feet of
spruce lumber has been reached by this
road 50 the expense was not made in vain.
At the end of the road Senator Griffith
has built a cottage with eight sleeping
rooms and here 1t is the party mentioned
above is located. The cottage faces the
lak which Is full Of wild trout and its
hunks are lined with fish stories which
equal those of clden days. But this is not
oil the lshing Senator Griffith has charge
of. For two miles above the lake the
brook Is fenced in and altogether he has
L. miles of inclosed streams which he in
tends shall never be exhausted of their
sncCklcd beauties.
supply of go gallons n minute Is obtained.
The plant is not vet complete and n large
number of nursery ponds are yet to be