The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-03-13
MEANS MORE Fish
SEVERAL TOWNS BIDDING FOR
The Fish HATCHERY
COMING TO this STATE

The Appropriation Made Through th'
Efforts of Senator Tillman for tn
Establishment Of the Hatcher,
Now Available and Investigation
to Determine Location Conducted
The Appropriation Act approved
March 4, 1911, carried the followin:
item:
"For the establishment of fish
cultural station, including purchase
of site, construction Of buildings ant
ponds, and equipment, at point il
the State of South Carolina to be Sc
lected by the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, s25, 1000"
The Washington correspondent Of
The News and Courier says the his.
tory Of that provision is that in Feb,
ruarv, 1911, when the sundry civi
appropriation bill was before the ap-
propriations committee OF the Sen
ate, and the matter Of confirming a
similar provision for fsh-hatchery
in Minnesota was taken up, Senator
Tillman said that he would not like
to object 10 any measure in which
his friend, Senator Nelson, OF Min
nesota, was interested, but that he
could not let this provision go
through without objection unless
something OF the same kind should
be done for South Carolina.
The Senator explained that at sew
ero previous sessions a bill for the
establishment OF a hsh-culsural sta
ton in South Carolina had been
PASSED By either the House or the
Senate. but that on each occasion
the measure failed because there was
not concurrent action. AS a result
of Senator Tillman's remarks. the
paragraph just quoted was inserted
in the Act by the Senate committee
and became law A number Of States
are still without Gsh-hatcheries.
though they are in great demand
Accordin- TO custom the Secretary
OF Commerce and Labor has left the
matter Of recommending site 10 the
commissioner Of the bureau Of fish
cries. the Hon. George n. Bowers.
and an agent OF the bureau is now
in South Carolina Investigating the
subject. Georgetown, Camden, Che
raw, Orange5u-g, Springfield and
several other towns have made
known their desire to get the sta
ton. In this connection It may be
noted that hardly more than half
dozen expert men will be needed to
look after the hatchery when it is
established and that the prize Of Sc
curing the location will not be OF
extensive industrial value to the CON-
mUnity securing it.
The station will be boon, how
ever, to the fish industry OF the whole
State and to lovers OF sport. 1t IS
the idea of Senator Tillman as well
as of Fish Commissioners Bowers
that both fresh and salt water fish
shall be propagated at the station
and it is proposed to stock the large
streams with shad. where conditions
are suitable, and to propagate such
fish as bass and trout for shipment
to upland sections.
Regular fish cars, specially built,
are used by the fish commission for
carrying the fish long distances from
the hatcheries, but where the fish are
to be planted at points not very far
from the hatcheries they are hauled
in 10-gallon cans in the ordinary
baggage cars under the supervision
Of agents Of the fish commission and
distributed in these cans to the par
ties making application for planting
purposes.
Means More Fish.
After the South Carolina fish cul-
tural station is established and gets
into working condition, the number
of fish planted in the State will be
thousands OF times as great as 1t has
been under the present condition,
when the State is without central
distributing and Matching station OF
it's own.
The amount Of $4,000 for the es-
tablishnent OF the station will be
supplemented as necessary from
time to time for the continuance and
DEVELOPMENT of the work.
The following table furnished by
.be commissioner OF fisheries at Sen
ator Tillman's request shows the
number OF species Of fish distributed
bv the bureau in South Carolina IN
The fiscal year ending June 80, 1911.
Rainbow Trout.
Grccnv;'le-