The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-24
Local Fisheries Commissioners
Received American Society.
BROUGHT A SHARK ALONG
Visitors Came From Woods Hole In Gov
srnmsnt Steamer Fish Hawk, and En-
lOysd a Clam Dinner.

When the United States fsh commission
steamer Fish Hawk arrived at Crescent
Park yesterday a cannon doomed out
noisy welcome from the inland fish COM
missioners OF Rhode Island To the Ameri-
can Fisheries society which came round
from its two days meeting at Woods
Hole Mass. to be guests of the local sq-
ciety.
The sessions held at Woods Hole Tues
day and wednesday were OF unusual in
terest and Importance and with officers
for the ensuing year elected was one OF
the Rhode Island commissioners, Charles
". willard OF Westerly. treasurer OF the
society. The other officers are Frank N.
Clark. superintendent OF the Worthwhile
fsh commission station at Worthwhile,
Mich. president: DR.. Tarleton IL. Beane
OF ST. Louis, vice president, and George
II. Peabody OF Appleton. Wis, secetary.
i Among the distinguished guests we're
United states Fish Commissioners George
n Bowers. president OF the society dur
ing the past year: Dr. Tarleton IA. Beane,
chief OF the department OF nsh culture al
the st. Louis exposition; John w Tit
comb, general superintendent OF the
United States fish commission; John ID.
Whish, state fish COMMISSIONER OF Nep
York: Gen. b. T.. Bryant, president OF the
Wisconsin fsh commission and dean of
the department of law I'm the University
OF Wisconsin,; Chester V. Greene and w.
ID, G. Rsvenel OF the United states hsh
commission at Washington. ID. c.; Dr.
J. A. Henshaw. superintendent OF the
United States fish commission station at
Boseman. Mont: Livingstone Stone OF
fsh culture James Nevlns. superintend-
ent OF the station at Bayfield,, Wis;
Dwight Lydeil of Mil Creek. Mich
ture; @. f. Peabody or Appleton. Wis,
DIR. Charles c.. Atkins OF Maine. Prof 70.
w. Blatchford Of Chicago Prof; +, r
Gorham OF Woods Hole. Frank n, CTars
of Worthwhile, Mich. and Capt. Smit< OF
the steamer Fish Hawk. Representatives.
were present from nearly all the state
FISH commissions in the country, includ-
ing Texas, California and other Western
and Southern states.
The Rhode Island Ash commissioners
were the hosts OF the occasion and came
with the rest OF the party on the Fish
Hawk. They are Henry T. Root OF Pfovi-
dence, president: William T. Morton OF
Johnston. secretary: j. NJ ,,1is X s southSlck ut yhl
terly 'Adelbert Roberts OF woonsocket.
Prof. Albert Davis Mead OF Brown uni
eersity and William Ii. Boardman OF Cen
Among the Rhode Islanders present
were Governor Garvin. Executive. Secre-
tary Robert Grieve. Secretary of State
Charles p. Bennett. Assistant Secretary
J. Fred Parker, State Treasurer Walter
A. Read. Assistant Treasurer Clark, Col.
James II. Arlington. ex-speaker OF the
representatives,
OF Richmond. Representative ID. Court
Bentley of Westerly, Jacob G. Bell OF
Lonsdale. of the Blackstone Fish and
Game association: Judge Lyman, Charles
II. Rowland and George n. Kingsbury,
secretary OF the Rhode Island commission
to the st Louis exposition.
Though there were many of the party
from Woods Hole. who had suffered from
sea sickness on the trip. all were ready
for the special shore dinner, which con-
sisted of large number Of the dainties,
were familiar with. The CLAIMS used were
official Rhode Island bivalves as they
were raised at the state experimental
station at WEXFORD. and from the COM
ments of the visitors were pleasing TO
the palate.
In the tanks on the Fish Hawk were
. number OF specimens for the fish ex-
hibit at the Arts and Crafts exhibit. In
cluding a five-foot sand shark. dog fish.
pilot fish. conger cells and sea robbins. and
although ',dusky" shark and sturgeon
were received these were left at Woods
Hole. because OF the rough sea which
would be encountered
IL was about 4 o'clock when dinner
was over and as the time remaining
was extremely brief there was very little
speechmaking. hut President Henry r.
Root OF the Rhode Island fish cSmmis-
eioners, spoke OF the work carried on by
the society. and called attention 10 the
fact that n superintlndents of hatcher
ses were present at tlN meeting He then
introduced united StfeS Commissioner
Bowers, the retiring president. who con-
graduated the governor on the efficiency
OF the members OF the Rhode Island
commission.
President Frank N. Clark said that
he had attended all the meetings OF the
society for some years, and that they
had never been so pleasantly entertained
as at the meetings In Rhode Island Sec
retary George F. Peabody offered reso-
luton OF thanks for the hospitality ex-
tended by the Rhode Island commission
ers, which was passed unanimously. He
further said that In speaking OF this
state. friend had said that Rhode Is
land was not big enough TO have lakes
but he wished that friend were present
for he would probably decide that in
come ways Rhode Island Is as big as
Texas.
About Is OF the party embarked In the
Fish Hawk about o'clock and started
on return trip. while the rema !nder
vent TO their homes in the different
states from this city.