St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-15
CONGRESSMAN RAnSDELL DE-
SIRES INFORMATION
In Regard to the Location OF a
Fish station at some Ac-
cessible Point in
Louisiana.

Early this week Representative Rams
dell had an interview with Fish Com
missioner Bowers respecting the cstab-
fishing of fish cultural station in Lou
isiana. The commissioner desires to
locate such q station in one of the
Southern States, and Louisiana. through
Mr.. Ransden and others, has made an
effort to getsit, but before q site can DC
selected it must be found equal to all
requirements. Commissioner Bowers
requested Mr.. Ransdell to write him
officially in regard to the matter, saying
that he would reply, stating exactly
what was needed. The letter OF Mr..
Ransdell is as follows:
"Dear Sir-Referring to the subject
of INV conversation with you yesterday
morning, I would be much Obliged II
YOU would write me, explaining fully
the kind of water necessary for . nsh
cultural station in Louisiana, the
amount of land necessary for the same,
the physical characteristics OF the land,
and everything that may be OF use IN
determining the most suitable site for
same. l understood YOU to say that
the water of our lakes would not
answer, as it would be too warm In the
summer time, and that you rather
thought we would be obliged to have
either spring or artesian water. II you
will make all this perfectly clear to me
1 will set on foot some investigations,
so that when you send . specialist to
Louisiana to look over the field he will
know the most suitable points,"
To this Commissioner Bowers replied
today as follows:
"Sir in response beg to say that a
station established in that state should
be for the propagation Of BASES and
other fresh water fishes indigenous
thereto. II practical the water should
be supplied by springs flowing from 1000
to 1000 gallons per minute, Though very
successful work has been accomplished
with water supplied from artesian wells
A water supply from the lakes referred
t, would be satisfactory il it could be
taken from the bottom of the lake, and
ii the surrounding land where the
ponds were to be constructed was
so situated that the ponds could be
flowed by gravity. Not less than
twenty or twenty-five acres should
be purchased for a station of this
kind. We should avoid a site To-
Gated in a watershed with narrow,
steep valleys subject to overflows
during storms and freshets, and
the water supply should be free
from any possible contamination by
refuse from farms, mills, factories,
etc. The site should also be Of
easy access TO the railroad and tele-
graph. and to some town or village
where labor, building material and
supplies could be obtained"
81 should like as much publicity
as possible given Commissioner
Bowers letter." said MIR. Ransdell
tonight, $50 that the people of
Louisiana may communicate with
me in regard to sites which | know
not of that would meet all require
ments. l do not know of a spring
in the state flowing 1000 or 1000
gallons per minute, but if there is
one hope to hear of it.
ga representative OF another
southern state told[me yesterday
that there Was such q spring in his
County, but its presence was not
known to any person outside Of
that county. l trust that the citi-
zens of Louisiana will take interest
in securing this station, as | have
done, and send to me as soon as
possible such Information as Com
missioner Bowers wishes. The
specialist will not visit the State
until after our people have been
heard from, and his report, together
with any recommendation which
the commissioner may make, will
he sent to congress next winter. =
Picayune.
st. rammany Parish can meet
all the above requirements, and
should make an effort to secure the
fish culture station.