The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-08-10
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State Fish Hatcheries.

| Work has commenced on the White
river fish hatchery, the first of the new
plants which are to be built this year
| by the fisheries departments. "A site
has been selected on the White river
above Auburn and A. J. Gale is in
| charge of the work of construction
1t is expected the hatchery will be
completed in time to handle the fish
OF this season aud will be able to turn
its quota of fry
The White river hatchery will be
erected at a cost OF $4,000. 1t is ex-
pected, when completed, to have ca
pacity of 100000 fry. Work will be
commenced in a few days on the new
hatchery on the Nisqually, which is to
be similar in design and cost to the
White river hatchery.
The state is to erect, besides these
two, six other fish hatcheries this year.
The hatchery on the Methow may be
commenced before work is begun on
the Nisqually hatchery. Then will
follow the Colville, Stillaguamish,
Dungeness and Skagit river hatcheries.
All are to cost $4,000 and will have a
capacity of 100000 fry.
1t is doubtful whether the fisheries
department will be able to complete all
these hatcheries during the present
year. They must be constructed from
the hatchery fund, and there is a
heavy drain upon this source to fur
nish money for enforcing the fishing
laws and to keep in operation the
hatcheries already built. The last
legislature also provided that extra
money was to be spent on the hatch
cries built in 1899 during 1900.
The hatcheries built during 1899
will require $500 in the way-of ex-
tensions and improvements during
1900. Exclusive of operating expen-
ses, the fish hatcheries will demand
during the present year $24, ,5CO bull
ding and improvements. This is an
expenses it is altogether improbable
the fund can stand.
The hatchery bill will not permit
the construction of new hatcheries
until there is money enough in the
fund to continue the hatcheries already
constructed in operation during the
following year. This was regarded as
necessary to guarantee that the hatch
cries would not be closed for lack OF
funds. The hatcheries which were
built last year included those on the
Wenatchee, Skokomish, Nooksack, all
$5 900 hatcheries, on which $4,000 is
to be spent in 1900; the North river
81 900 plant, demanding 81 800 this
year; Wind river, S2,5O0 building,
with ST. 900 to be spent this season /;
the Snohomish, $4,000 hatchery, on
which $1,000 will be spent in 1900.
The Little Spokane hatchery, costing
$4,000. and the Samish hatchery, cost
ing 81 500, were completed last year.
The state fish hatcherles, when all
are completed, will have a total capa.
city of nearly 1O0.000,000 fry. This
includes the output of the Baker Lake
hatchery, now owned by the United
States government, and which during
the past season turned out 100000
fry. The government has promised to
spend large sum of money on the
hatchery and will increase its capacity.
This is the only hatchery owned in
this state by the government.
The Chehalis, Kalama and Chinook
hatcheries are the only ones owned by
the state which were in operation
prior 1899. Several of the new hatch
cries will have a greater capacity than
either the Kalama or Che halls hatch
cries and the location of all of them is
gocd.-Ledger.