Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-22
CALL HEARING
ON HATCHERY
ONAUCUST2
Game Commission to
Ask Water to Supply
Plant Proposed on
Olrnito Site

The Valleys dream Of a fish
hatchery which has lain dormant for
the past six weeks is again re-
awakened by the publication Of an
announcement from the state fish,
game and oyster commission that a
permit was applied for in Austin
July is to appropriate Of the I'M
appropriated waters of the state of
Texas from the Rancho Vieio resaca.
n tributary of the Rio Grande in
Cameron county. for fish hatchery
purposes"
Abandoning all technical phrasing,
the dream Of a fish hatchery. cover
ing about 20 acres. and TO be built
on a dry resaca a few miles south
of Olmito lake and west of the main
highway. has become 4 realty.
This property. a donation 20 the
state from the AL Parker Securities
company. is now to be developed
into a hatchery which will take care
Of some $500 brood fish supplying
all lakes and resacas Of the Valley
with about 100000 Young fish q
year. A superintendent house,
garage buildings, drives, flower
plots and dams are 20 be built by
the Texas fish. game and oyster
COMMISSION IN AHt D~SNNApbhHNhb u
the grant.
A hearing on the proposed project
Is 70 be held in the offices Of the
board of water engineers in Aus
sin, at 10 a. M. August Y.
In the notice Of the hearing Il Is
stated that a pumping plant. 70 con-
sist Of a No. 4 centrifugal pump,
operated by a four horsepower cleo
trio motor. having a height Of lit
Of 10 feet and "to divert Herewith
nct "a exceed 400 acre feet Of water
per annum for the purpose herein
stated" Is to be constructed by
said fish. game and oyster commits
sion.
And 80 Il all harksns hack 70
that day. not so many weeks ago
when a little group of men TOOK
their instruments. surveyed the pro-
rosed site and drove stakes here
there owe the acreage IN order thnt
il might Be properly marked when
the time came 10 begin the actual
construction or the hatchery.
II won't be long now.
This hatchery IL 20 be the sixth
built BY the state without use OF
tax money. funds coming from arti-
fetal bait license money. il Is said.
In explaining plans for the pro-
posed hatchery. s. C.. Garrett. eugi-
neer in charge Of plans. declared
that there would bee nine ponds.
six to be used for Matching and
three for raising. Each pond will
be approximately the same sixe and
will be fed from a main canal that
will run from the big canal Of the
Cameron county water district No.
hit LII 1A.-k. ~~nN~ Erwh
pond will drain through = six-inch
cast iron pipe 70 q concrete box.
thence to = large concrete drain
ripe. The boxes viii be arranged
in . horseshoe following the con-
tour Of the resaca.
Cropnie. beanie and bass ere 10
be raised BY the hatchery.
Nc fish will be sent out until six
or eight months old. All deliveries
will be made bv truck within a
radius OF 20 or so miles. IL IL said.
and lakes and resacas only will be
stocked from the hatchery. All
turtles. CARS and buffalo fish must
be destroyed in the lakes and resa-
cas- before the cronpie and bass
will be sent out from the hatchery
and this work must begin at once
in order that the waters might be
free Of these nests BY winter.
Garrett has announced that an
approved seine can be used in catch
ing the condemned fish and that
once these bodies Of water are
cleaned. keeping them clean il COM
parativelv easy. This work Is es-
pecially imperative In public waters
since the public waters will be stock
Cd first. then privately owned lakes
stocked from what e left on appli-
cation Of the owner 70 the depart.
ment.