The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
Aquatic Notes.

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Over forty canoes belonging to Philadel-
phia parties are stored at Birmingham.
Miss Hannah A. Moore has purchased q
canoe. and hopes to have It in commission
this week.
The Elva, batteau belonging to Rich,
ard B. Eckman, is being painted and
overhauled for early launching.
Two Mount Holly ladies, who enjoyed
the creek in canoe on Sunday, wisely
took life preservers with them, being un-
able to swim.
Benjamin E. Colkitt, Harold Worrell
William M. Cooper and Pierre H. Stanton
are the latest additions to the ranks Of
local canoe owners.
]. Morris Cope, of Philadelphia, who
has had canoe at Woodbury. for two
years past, brought 1t to Mount Holly on
Saturday, preferring the local stream.
Edward H. Rowe, of Burlington, who
spent day fishing at Browns Mills last
week, had pretty good luck. He caught
five pike that weighed over eleven pounds.
The southwest corner of the lot at the
junction of the creek and sawmill race,
has proved to be good place to catch
large cells and catfish during the past
week.
II. R. Bride, of Philadelphia, has
safety canoe of the sponsor build, the only
one in Mount Holly. Having air
chambers on the sides, 1t cannot be upset
or sunk.
Fish and Game Warden Charles G.
Morton went to Cranberry Hall, near
Cookstown, on Sunday, and shot a num-
Der of hound dogs which have been run
| ming at large In the pines there.
Space for storing eleven more canoes
has been made by Edward Hack in the
building In which his upholstery business
is conducted. They will remain there
until his boat house is enlarged.
Because of unreasonable weather and
the lack of sufficient entries to properly
fill the scheduled events, the Lakanoo
Boat Club, of Burlington, has been COM
PEELED to postpone Its spring regatta until
next month.
Kelsey & Killie. in connection with their
law and real estate business, are renewing
insurance on many of the canoes stored In
Hacks boat house, and also placing pro-
lection on some of the new canoes which
have recently been added to the feet.
A slight change was made in the pro-
gram of the American Canoe Associations
three days cruise down the Rancocas, their
Sunday night camp being made at Penn
berton, instead of New Lisbon, as
scheduled. The feet passed through
Mount Holly early Monday afternoon.
Smithyille and Ewanville furnished
material for polluting the water of the
creek, last week. On complaint of canoe.
lists padding that way, who came in con-
tract with an unpleasant atmosphere, a
decomposed chicken and dog were re-
moved from the stream at those two points.
While fishing off the bank at the bun
galow of the Early Riser's Club. on the
upper creek, Wednesday afternoon, Ed
ward, son of Harry Hawkins, Jr.. beat
his father mile In pulling out pike. The
young man caught fine one measuring
nineteen inches, while the one landed by
his father was just within the measure
ments prescribed by law
Allen Smith has applied to the State
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sion to catch carp In the pond at Smith
vile with a net in order to effect their
determination as far as possible. 1t is
proposed to make the island In the centre
of the pond bare by drawing of the
water. A net will then be placed at the
mouth leading to the creek, into which
the fish can be driven by men in boats
whipping the channel which circles the
pond. Carp are reported to be so plenti-
full In this pond that they are seen roofing
like hogs In the moss, hunting for fish
spawn.
If the Mount Holly Water Company
carries out its present intention of flood
ing its lot south of the mill dam In order
to insure sufficient head of water to oper-
ate the pumping station In the event of
an excessive drought, the large storage
basin thus created would prove an ideal
sheet of water for regatta purposes.
Persons desiring to erect private boat
houses, but who are unable to do so be-
cause of the lack Of suitable sites along
the creek. would doubtless find many at
tractive locations on the shores of this
artificial lake. The Ankokas Canoe Club,
of Mount Holly, would be among those to
erect building as soon as an opportunity
is offered, that organization having been
compelled to abandon its project of build
ing home because of the impossibility
Of obtaining a desirable lot.