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Master Negative Storage Number PSt SNPaAg235 CONTENTS OF REEL 235 1) Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year 1877 MNS# PSt SNPaAg235.1 2) Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year 1 879/1 880 MNS# PSt SNPaAg235.2 3) Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year 1881/1882 MNS# PSt SNPaAg235.3 CONTENTS OF REEL 235 (CONTINUED) 4) Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year 1 883/1 884 IVINS# PSt SNPaAg235.4 5) Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year 1 885/1 886 MNS# PSt SNPaAg235.5 6) Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year 1 887/1 888 MNS# PSt SNPaAg235.6 CONTENTS OF REEL 235 (CONTINUED) 7) Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year 1889-1891 MNS# PSt SNPaAg235.7 Author: Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries Title: Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries for the year... 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Box 599 Ithaca NY 14851-0599 phone (607)272-8990 fax (607)277-7865 www.lightlink.com/challind/micro1.htm %. ^. ry% IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (QA-3) 1.0 ■ 50 '"" 1^ IIIM ■ 63 U •^ u I.I 1.25 1.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 150mm 6" /^PPLIED^' IIVU1GE . Inc .s^ 1653East Main street -=^='- Rochester. NY 14609 USA .^^=1= Phone: 716/482-0300 .=r.^^ Fax: 716/288-5989 O 1993, Applied Image, Inc., All Rights Reserved COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. V m )' j B E P O R T U ill ill 1 OF THE X \j I n 1, < Fi: '\M^ lllLi POK THE YEAR 1877. I HAKKISHURG: l-ANE S. HART, STATE PRINTER. 1878. IB U ^ I « • 4 • 4 • • • • • • C * • • • • • • • • ••• ••• «•• £ ' Leo. Doc] [No. 27 REPORT OF THE STATE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES, FOR THE YEAR 1877. Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, February 21^ 1878. To the Honorable the Senate and Houtse of Reprexentativea of the Com- monwealth of Fennttylvania : Gentlemen: I have the honor to transmit, for the information of your honorable bodies, the report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries, for the year 1877. J. F. HARTRANFT. OrricE State Commtsstoners op Fisheries, Harrisburg, February 11. 1878. Sir: The State Commissioners of Fisheries have the honor to submit the following report: The enterprise of improving the internal fish supi>ly of our State has progressed favorably during the past year. In addition to the extraordinary success which has been met with in simply ./7///»f/ the most important waters of our Commonwealth with ]>lack bass, (if Jcrop^^TMs .Sa/mo/(/f^,)* as set forth in our report for lS7<*.,we now have the pleasure to state that every proof that can be asked for, to show that the sea salmon (Salmo Salar) has concluded to make the Delaware, at least, a new habitat or place of living, is now at hand. The Rucksport salmon, the salmon of our north-eastern coaats, the queen fish of the tabic and of the angler, is now to be taken in small numbers, full grown, in the * This species lias also been designiitod Grinteaan <>. Syjricana, G. Sulmoides, &c. We adopt ProfessIoward J. Keeder. Escjuire. anl:{, and Mr. Norris about ^1.000 in Thiladelphia. The remainder of the funds not ajiplied to bass (about one half) was then applied by Mr. Norris to the experiment of stocking our waters with salmon. It had occurred favorably to him that salmon would live and thrive in waters of the |)urity an»'laware and its tributaries. In the winters of 1870-71, Mr. Norris made arrangements with Mr. Christif, who owned a hatching establishment in Dutchess county, New York, tor tiie purpose of this experiment. The late Henry A. King, conductor on the Central railroad of New Jersey, an enthusiast in fish culture and angling, took a deep interest in thes«' experiments, and he, with Mr. Christie, personally superintended the brinirinir of the salmon frv to Easton. where thev arrived with them on decoration day. May :{0, 1S7I. an excee t « Leg. Doc] State Commissioners op Fishekies. 7 is the period. But New York and the New England States have been equally expectant of returns with ourselves, and as yet they cannot feel sure that any returns have occurred. Tlie dei)Osits of the year 1874, ought to be heard from now, if four years be the period, but as there are none heard from for certain, then is it not to be presumed that the longer period is the rule? And if it be. why tiiere is time enouirh vet for us to look towards the fruition of the plant. There seems from these circumstances to be a very strong probability of the longer i)eriod, and as has before been mentioned, the streams of tlie Middle States are much more like the California rivers than they are like the Maine and Nova Scotia rivers, there is a much stronger a priori proba- bility of the success of the California salmon than there was of the Bucks- port or Kennebec species. But the latter liave proved a success. Why, therefore, shouUl not the former also prove a success?* We litive given some space to this subject, but it was, and is, worthy of it. If this be the beginning of the habitat of the Salmo Solar in our waters, it is a point almost, it may be called an era in the history of Pennsylvania, the event ranking as an accretion to the valuable animal productions of our State, witli the discovery of anthracite or of petroleum as mineral ad- dition to her productions. Land Locked Salmon. (Salmo Sebago, Baird.) A small school of these admirable fish were i>laced in Harvey's lake, Luzerne county, a yeur or two ago, and this is the nccount we now have of them : Wilkes Barre, January 11, 187S. Col. James Worrall: Dear Sir: Mr. Miner informs me that you wish some information with regard to the fish placed xn my pond at Harvey's lake. They are doing very well, having grown very considerably. We have seen them fre- quently. We do not deem it necessary to feed them, as the stream that feeds the pond runs for some distance through a dense hemlock forest, and supplies them with abundance of food. Have not seen nor heard of those placed in the (main) lake. Yours truly, H. S. RUTTEIL Of course, those in the main lake cannot l)e watched as they grow, for the expanse of water is so great that the utmost care wouM have to be observed to discover tiiem, until they shall become sufficiently numerous to be caught. Those which have been observed, are a small portion of the school which were placed in preserved or impounded waters, and have been thus confined to a very small space, where they can always be supervised * Since the above wa« written, ninny more Hpecimensof S. Salar have been taken in tiie Dolaware; and U. S. Coiuniissloner Hiiird reportH Imving received "nflne speci- men" from tlie Huwiuelianna, most probably {S. Quinnat.) 8 State Commissioners of Fisheries. [No. 27, Leg. Doc] State Commissioners of Fisheries. as they grow up. If, however, they succeed in the small adjoining water they must be equally successful in the main lake, and the plant may safely be considered as certain to be fruitful. Now, this is a most important fact to the fishery interests of Pennsyl- vania, almost equal to the success of the Kennebec salmon (S. SaUir.) We have very high authority for tlie statement that this fish, originating or first discovered in the lakes of Maine, " is identical witli the sea salmon known as Sahno Salar^ and that, radically, there is no difference between them, save in the habit of visiting the sea,"* and that it is not certain that it will reach the same size as its great congener seems capable of attaining. It is enough, however, to say that this delightful fish will thrive in waters such as are frequently to be found in the north-eastern portion of our State. We mean mountain lakes, such as Harvey's lake, the lakes near Minnequa, and the very numerous lakes of the kind which are scattered over Wayne county. The fish may possibly be also satisfied with the upper branches of our streams. But it seems certain that they will thrive in lakes. Now the sylvan landscapes that surround those lakes, are, perhaps, the most delightful and beautiful that can be imagined. They are all highly elevated above the level of the sea, and the atmosphere is purity itself. They are isolated, far ^rom the busy haunts of men, and attractive, therefore, to those who are obliged to pass their lives, to a great extent, in large cities. Thej' bear perhaps, some resemblance to the lakes of the Highlands of Scotland, which have recently become the summer resorts of the tired den- izens of London, and other great cities of Britain. In this connection a quotation may. perhaps, be permitted. Indeed, can a phase of human experience occur which the poet's eye and pen have not anticipated. Alluding to sylvans life the good Puke in " As You Like It," saj's : "Hath not old custom made this life more sweet, Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril, than the envious e^mrt? " *********** "And tliis our life exempt from pnlilic haunt, Finds ton>?ues in trees, b of the million. It is a native of our western rivers and lakes, where it usually resorts to deep and slug- gish waters. Yet, in several instances, where it has found its way into cold anound B. MARSH This device for the depletion of your waters of fish is kept for months in place and visited every day, sometimes twice a day, by the owners with a large boat, which is taken into pound B. the net " pursed up," and the fish scooped out. Immense quantities of fish are in tliis way prevented from reaching the streams emptying into the bay. In 1851, the first one was placed in Lake Erie, and they rapidly increased till at least five hundred ran out from the south shore to the mouth of Detroit river, about a mile and a half, into forty feet dei)th of water. Mr. Klippart, of the Ohio commission, estimates that these nots would average two hundred pounds of white fish per day, the run lasting spring and fall, say one hundred and twenty days ; in this time, twelve million pounds of white fish alone would be taken. They comprise two thirds of all taken, which, with herring, would make eighteen million pounds of fish. Total CHANNEL i ) \ 1 Leo. Doc] State Commissioners of Fisheries. 19 depletion is only a question of time, and scarcity of fish has already com- pelled these plunderers of the lakes to move to new fields, and they are now operating in Lake Superior. Severe penalties and rigid enforcement of law, have compelled them to abandon their nefarious practices near Erie, and good results will immediately show the wisdom of preventing their use in any waters. Breaches of the Law. If the laws enacted by the Legislature, from time to time, could be en- forced, there is, perhaps, no other means which would redound more cer- tainly to the success of the fisheries' restoration. Absolute freedom from restraint has been enjoyed so long by the fishermen along our rivers, that they seem to have come to the belief that to do anything they please for the purpose of taking fish, is an inalienable right. Until these breaches are certainly and generally prosecuted, we cannot hope for entire success. We have been doing what we could, but all that we can do will amount to little, until the general public, interested in the replenishment of our streams, shall join, heart and hand, with us, and relentlessly prosecute every infraction of the statute of which they are guilty. We are perfectly confident that if illegal fishing in the neighborhood of the dams of the Susquehanna were stopped, that we should have respectable takes of shad as high up as Williamsport, on the West Branch, and as Nanticoke, on the North Branch of the Susquehanna. The wardens on the main Susquehanna prosecuted several cases during the last season, and if this tends to decrease illegal fishing near the dams of the main Susquehanna, we shall have much better returns from the fish- ways than have been as yet made. The following is the report of the wardens and a memorandum from the Lancaster county docket : liei>ori of Josejyh Berrier and John A Waggoner, Fish Wardens : . According to instructions of the commissioners, we visited the Colum- bia dam, and found many, parties fishing. We ascertained the names ot the following: Samuel Head, Isaac Keesey, Joseph Keesey, Charles Kee- sey, Jacol) Todd, and Samuel ILimmaker, of Columbia, an'- ^'^y ^^oHars fine. Commonwealth ") . . „., ,0..* ^ , .., ^ , ,.^^ C August 23, 1877, true bill. October 3, 1877, trial. Charles Keesey. ) ^fuilty. Fifty dollars fine. Commonwealth ) . ^ _., ,„^^ ^ , .,. ^ , ,.^^ ^ August 23, 1877, true bill. October 3, 1877, trial. Joseph keesey. ) Guilty. Fifty dollars fine. Commonwealth "i SamuerRead. \ Cfuilty. Twenty-five dollars fine Commonwealth ") . ^ „„ ,r.** , .„ ^ ^.v C August 23, 1877, true bill. October 3, 1877, trial. Samuel Read. ) ^"•'^3- Fifty dollars fine. Commonwealth ") . ^ ^„ ,„^. , ... ^ ^8 (. August 23, 1877, true bill. October 3, 1877, trial. Thomas Wilson. \ ^"•^^>'- ^»^>' ^^^^l'*^* ^"e. Commonwealth ) , ^ «o , .-* . .„ ^ ,.^ r August 23, 1877, true bill. October 3, 1877, trial. Tempest Wilson. ) ^"V^^^' ^^'^^^ ^^""^^'^ fi"^- August 23, 1877, true bill. October 3, 1877, trial. . (S, 1) 1 Leo. Doc] State Commissioners op Fisheries. 21 Hatching Houses. The hatching houses liave last year been doing a good business. The eastern one has been formerly described. It utilizes, for fish culture purposes, a large portion of the water of the well known Donegal springs, in Lan- caste^'r county, and the number of living, active, young fish Tvhich it is capable of producing, in the course of a season, is simply incalculable It has sent out, to all parts of the State, many millions of these fish al- ready, and is capable of furnishing an innumerable quantity greater. We are certain of having added several first rate tribes of fishes to the streams of Pennsylvania, and more are giving the strongest evidence of equal suc- cess. The salmon trout of the lakes, (Salmo Namaycush,)is thriving in many of the smaller clear streams, branches of the Delaware, the Susque- hanna, and the Potomac. The following is the report of Mr. John P. Creveling, superintendent of the eastern hatching-house, for the year last past. Distributions from the eastern hatching-house in 1877. John P. Creve- ling, superintendent. California Salmon. (Salmo Quinnat.) 1877— January 6, Bushkill, Northampton county, Dela- ware waters, 78,000 January 6, Chicquesalunga, Lancaster county, Sus- quehanna waters, 32,000 January 8, Spring creek, Newville, Cumberland county, Susquehanna waters, 22,000 January 9, Newport, Perry county, Juniata waters, 20,000 January 11, Bushkill, Northampton county, Dela- ware waters, 23,000 January 22, Trout run. Perry county, Juniata waters, 22,000 January 25, Swatara river, Dauphin county, Susque- hanna waters, 25,000 April 2, Philadelphia, for the Schuylkill, through ^ Mr. Charles Wisner, Delaware waters, . . . .15,000 May 11, main Susquehanna, at Marietta, . . . .22,000 May 12, same, 20,000 May 12, same, 13,000 May 14, same, Chiquesalunga, 20,000 December 28, Penns creek, Snyder county, . . . .15,000 December 28, Chillisquaque, north branch Susque- hanna waters, Northumberland county, . . . .10,000 337,000 22 State Commissioners of Fisheries. [No. 27 Brook Trout. (Salmo FontinaUs.) 18t7-February 15,Henry M. Weller,for Spring run, Lan- ^^^ caster county, «' \ * i ^ March 23, D. W. Seller, Silver spring, Cumberland . . 2,oUll county, ' ■ ^ , f-rtA March 23, Honorable R. J. Hunter, Fulton county, 1 ,500 March 23, Honorable M. R. Wise, Greene county, . 3,000 March 27, Thomas Sterrett, Esquire, Carlisle, Cum- 11. .... 5,500 be rland county, q\c\c\ March 27, Honorable J. Creps, Indiana, . . ... ^,{>«" March 29, A. J. Quigley, Youngworaanstown, CUn- ^ ^^^ ton county, ' April 4, J. R. Sansom, Indiana, • • a»"" April 4, Honorable J. W. Kline, Green8burg,We8t. ,-11. .... 5 ,OUW moreland county, . . • April 4, Joseph Parks, Conemaugh, Cambria ^ ^^^ county, \. n (\(\(\ April 6, Samuel McCamant, Tyrone, Blair county, 2,000 April fi, R. L. Hewit, Hollidaysburg, Rlair county, 6,000 April 10, S. Van Trees, Rellefonte, Centre county, 6,000 April 10, Allport, Phillipsburg, Centre county, 1 ,500 AprillO, Clearfield, Clearfield county, • • • ; • 5»^»" April 13, A. F. Clapp, Sunbury, Northumberland ^ ^^^ county, *_ * ' * ' April 13, B. F. Dorrance, Wilkes-Rarre, Luzerne county, April 17, Walker Hays, Williamsport, Lycoming ^ ^^^ AprTlt Honorable C* A. Miner, Wilkes-Rarre, . 5,000 April 19,Isett, Spruce creek, Huntingdon county, 2,500 April 23, Hon. H. G. Fisher, Huntingdon, . . • • 2,500 April 23, N. Ramsey, Rell's Mills, Huntingdon ^ ^^^ county, 1 1 ' r;nf» April 23, — Slade, Ebensburg, Cambria county, . l j-^uu April 25, H. J. Reeder, Easton, for Northampton county, ^ c\(\{s April 26, Creutze creek, York county, -r^" May 1, Hon. G. H. Spang, Redford, 2,500 May 1, Hon. E.D.Yutzy,Ursina, Somerset,. -3 000 May 4 Wm. Allison, Mitllintown, Juniata county, . - ,{>"*^ May 4^, M. Freisinger, Lewistown, Mifflin county, . 2,000 MaV 11, Samuel Shirk, York county, ^.^"» May 20, C. MuhlcMiburg, York county, «"" May 20, G. F. Gross, Lehigh, Lehigh county, . . i,50« Leg. Doc] State Commissioners of Fisheries. Mav 20, Rerks County Game and Fish Association, T, A- .... 5,000 Reading, ' May 20, Dr. Yalerchamp, of Harrisburg, for Cum- 23 berland county. 3,000 114,. 300 LAKE TROUT. {Salmo Namaycush.) lS77_March 23, Williams' Grove spring, Cumberland , 1.500 county, March 23, Alexandria, Centre county, »"" March 23, Dr. R. J. Hunter, New Grenada, Fulton .... 1,500 county, ' March 28, G. W. Welch, Waynesboro', Franklin i. .... 1,500 county, ' March 29, Hon. J. Quigley, Youngwomanstown, Clinton county, ' April 4, J. R. Sansom, Indiana, 1^''^"" 75,000 BLACK BASS. authority, so tliat designation is atlopted. ADULT FISH DISTRIBUTED. 1877— January 1, Rellefonte, Centre county, 21^ March 3, Greene county March 8, Germantowu, Philadelphia, i"^ March 23, Alexandria, Centre county, -^^ April 17, J. Quigley,Youngwomanstown, Clinton, . -8 September 25, Rellefonte, Centre county, .... ^J^ September 25, Cleai-field, ^. September 27, Orbisonia, Huntingdon, 1^^ October 6, Indiana, October 6, Cresson, Cambria county, ^ October 6, Ebensburg, Cambria county, *^ October 17, Clearfield, '^ October 23, Reedsville, Mifflin county, »" October 23, Quarry ville, Lancaster county, . . 70 Octol)er 25, Shippensburg, Cumberland county, . . 1 1'» October 28, Westport, Clinton county, 21J November 3, York, Pennsylvania, ^o November 9, Sunbury, Northumberland county . . »» 24 State Commissioners op Fisheries. November 19, Selinsgrove, Snyder county, . . . November 20, Tottsville, Schuylkill county, . . November 20, Cressona, Schuylkill county, . . November 20, Llewellyn, Schuylkill county, . . [No. 21, 62 75 65 65 1,844 There were miscellaneous small distributions made of all the tribes, to those who came for them, which are not recorded. There will be for distribution, at the eastern hatching-house, the coming spring : 140,000 California salmon, {Salmo Quinnat.) 200,000 Brook trout, (S. Fontinalhs.) 75,000 Lake trout, (S. Namaycush.) Kennebec salmon, (l^- Salar.) Land locked salmon, (S. Sebago.) The spawn of the latter two species are not j^et received, so the numbers for distribution are not known, but the invoices of both will be as large as can be obtained. JNO. P.CREVELING, Superintendent Eastern Hatching-house^ Marietta, Pa. The Western Hatching-House. The western hatching-liousc property was only purchased about eighteen months ngo, and it will most likely prove itself to be one of the best estab- lishments of the kind to be found in the whole country. The lot embraces about nine acres, in a compact oblong form, a public road, indeed one of the extendt'd streets of Cony, Krie county, running through it lengthways. It is on a gently inclined surface, the part below the road, about two thirds of the area, is gemmed, as it were, with most copious springs, in fact tliey form a congeries below the road. Yet the fall being ample, there is no extra dampness or moisture. The water runs away as fast as could be wished, and is only retained by the artificial means of dams and pondings. The tendency of water to the surface made vegeta- tion specially heavy at this spot in the old days, and we consequently find its remains in great abuna\Taon trout, (S. Namaycush,) 250 3,250 Growing fry in hatching house. California salmon, (/S. Quinnat,) 45,500 Salmon trout, eggs and fry, (/S. iVia?Hr?//ru.s7i,) .... 160,000 Brook trout, " " {S. Fontinalis^) 250,000 455,000 An invoice of land locked salmon, {S. Sebago,) is on the way, which will also be for distribution ; numbers cannot be reported till safe in the hatching house — at least twenty thousand are expected. Fifty thousand more brook trout are ordered for each of the hatching houses. SETH WEEKS, Superintendent Western Hatching House, Corry, Erie county, Pa. The Shad Catoh above the Fish Ways. The fish ways in the Columbia dam remain as they were. The fish way built for the State is use, ^ ' oangor. Henry O. Stanley, .... rr « n MARYLAND. T. B. Ferguson r> u- p «r rk Baltimore. P. W. Downes, .... pk ^ ' • • ; Denton. MASSACHUSETTS. Theodore Lyman, . . n i i t,«T> , Brooklyn. E. A. Brackett, .... w i . A r^ ^ " inchester. Asa French, o ^i r» • ' South Braintree. MICHUJAN. Geo. Clark, F • Eli R. Miller, ..." u'''!T' , . , If/.. Rifhland. Andrew J. kc.nojTor, ., ^ . p*!^' IH'troit George H.Jerome, Superintendent, . Xjjj.^ MINNESOTA. R. O. Sweeny, ^J j,^^^j Wm. Golcher, g^* ,,' ' Robert Ormsby, St I»" I NEVADA. X. G. Parker, .... v - • r^- ' > irginia City. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Samuel Webln-r, ^, .,,.„„ Manchester. Allenia H. Powers, . . /> ., T ., I, „ ' (franth.nn. Luther H. Hayes, . , ,,.,, ' Milton. NEW .JEHSKY. B. P. Howell, ^, ,, T ,, o, ^ „ >> oodbury. J. R. Shot well, . . II , o 1 4 J Hahway. u. A. Anderson, .... m * • I renton. NEW YORK. Horatio Seymour ,t... * " 1^1 tic'i Edward M. Smith, .... ■ i> ,' . p , . „ „ ' ,, Rocliester. Robert B. Roosevelt, .... v x- , .,. ' >ew ^ ork C ty. 38 - State Commissioners of Fisheries. [Xo. 21, north carolina. Governor Z. B. Vanco, Kaleijih. Professor W. C. Kerr, Kaloio;li. Tresident R. P. Battle, Chapel Hill. Colonel S. W. Holt, Haw. River. Major Jonathan Evans, Faj'etteville. Captain S. B. Alexander, .... Charlotte. Ciiptain J. R. Thispan, Tarboro. OHIO. John C. Fisher, President, Coshocton. Robert Cunimings, Treasurer, Toledo. .lohn H. Klippart, Secretary, Columbus. p]naory D. Potter, Superintendent, Toledo. PENNSYLVANIA. B. L. Ilewit, Ilollidnysburg. Howard J. Reeder, Kaston. James Dutl'y, .• • Marietta. RHODE ISLAND. Newton Dexter, Providence. Alfred A. Reed, junior, Providence. John H. Burden, . . Scituate. UTAH TERRITOKY. A. p. Lock wood, Salt Lake City. VERMONT. W. IL Lord, .Montpelier. M. Goldsmith, Rutland. VIRGINIA. -V. Mosely Richmond. \V. B. Uobcrtson, Lynchburg. W. (J. Fllzley, Biacksburg. WISCONSIN. Governor Harrison Ludington, ex oflicio. Milwaukee. Wm. Welch, Madison. A. Palmer, Boscobel. P. H. Hoy, . . Racine. H. F. Donsman, .... Waterville. 1 > 4 H h END OF YEAR