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INTENTIONAL 2ND EXPOSURE

FISH COMMISSIONERS

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PENNSYLVANIA.

PRESIDENT :
Henry C. Ford, 1823 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

SECRETARY :
John Gay, Westmoreland County.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY :
S. B. Stillwell, Scranton.

TREASURER:
H. C. Demuth, Lancaster.

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F. W. Ebel, Harrisburg.

1-20-94

Opfioul Document.

No. 20.

REPORT

OF THE

STATE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES.

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To His Excellency Robert E. Pattison, Governor of the Oomniou-

wealth of Pennsylvania:

Sir: The Pennsylvania Commissioners of Fisheries have the honor
to submit the following report from June 1, 1891, to June 1, 1894.

The commissioners report a large increase in the number of tish
raised and liberated in tlie waters of the State.

The total distnbution of brook trout from 1S91 to 1894

was, 8,592,040

The total (listribution of oilier tiout ansl salnwui

from 1891 to 1894 was, 3,430,400

The total distribution of white fish from 1S91 to 1S94

was, 59,800,00()

The total distribution of pike perch from 1.^ !H to lS9t

was, l(;i,450,000

The total distribution of lake herring from 1891 to 1S94

was, 4,040,000

The total distributi(m of miscellaneous tish from IStll to

194 was, -^'^-^-^l

Making a total 237,361,771

In addition to this 45,517,000

Shad were distributtnl in Pennsylvania watei's by the

United States Fish (Jommissituj, making a total of,. . 282,878,771

Fish distributed in PennsylvaJiia from 1891 Ui 1894 as

against a total distnbution from 1888 to 1891 of 152,118,100

Thus showing an increase of, for the thrt^' years ending

June 1, 1894, 130,760,671

REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

As the annual output of trout and game fish now averages about
four millions and the yeaily distribution of food and commercial fish
reaches from sixty to seventy millions it will be readily seen that
the work of the Commission is not for the benefit of the angler alone,
but mainly to increase the food supply in the waters of the State.

How well this work has been done is evidenced by the annual shad
catch of the Delaware, and the whitefish and pike perch catch of

Lake Erie.

The shad catch of the f onner river, though varying as the produc-
tion of fish always will vary through causes over which man has no
control, now surpasses in value that of any of our Atlantic rivers.

The statistics of the United States Fish Commission for 1892 make
the value of shad caught in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware,
$752,676, of which it can safely be said that |650,000 represents the
value of those taken in the Delawaie bay and river.

The aggregate catch of North Carolina and Virginia, with their
wide area of magnificent bays and sounds, the Potomac, James, Cape
Fear and Roanoke rivers, comes next with a valuation for 1892, of
$516,000; thus, showing in the greater value of the Delawai-e pro-
duct' the advantage of artificial stocking iuid the benefit of restric-
tive laws that prevent the destruction of the young fish in the upper
river by illegal devices.

The successful result of restocking is not always immediate nor,
in the case of anadromous fish, are the annual returns always pro-
gressive. I I ».

Atmospheric and physical conditions affect the yeariy run of fish.
A late, cold spring, with abundance of melting snow-water from the
mountain streams, often retards the ascending fish or forces them to
remain in the wai-mer tidewater reaches, where by far the larger

number is taken.

The husbandman sometimes for successive seasons reaps disap-

])<)inted hopes instead of the anticipated harvest; so also, the hardy
fishermen are disheartened with lighter catches than their expecta-
tions warranted, owing to unforeseen causes of low temperature or

freshet.

At such times the ripe fish will not ascend the rivers in such num-
bers as when conditions are more favorable, tlieir eggs are seldom
exuded and they fall back into the higher temperature of tidewater,
causing those ignorant of these extraneous conditions to deplore a
decreased catch and the presumed inutility of artificial restocking.

It is only by a comi>ai'ison with other coast rivers in any year that
the superioritv of the Delaware as a shad producing river is cleariy
demonstrated^ and the conditions that give rise to this excellence
are more forcibly evidenced, namely, the thorough protection of the
upper river and spawning grounds and artificial restocking.

No. 20.)

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Perhaps, too, another important element of this superiwity should
be considered.

The Delaware is a boundary stream. Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and New York have always been opposed to its obstruction by dams,
above tidewater, or three hundred and thirty miles from the ocean.
The fish now have a free run of the river for over two hundi*ed miles

All the other coast rivers from Maine to North Caiolina ai'e ob-
structed a short distance above tidewater, either to furnish water
power to factories or as feeders to canal navigation.

The Delaware has been free from this; though bills for the pur-
pose of damming the river above Trenton have several times piissed
the New Jei*sey legislature; but, requiring concuri^nt legislation in
Pennsylvania, have invariably been defeated in the latter State.

It is to be hoped that any legislation tending to close the Dela-
ware, and, consequently, involving the destruction of the valuable
shad fisheries of the river and bay will be jealously opposed and de-
feated by the friends of fisheries in New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware.

The obstruction of the Susquehanna by dams and the destruction
of the young shad in fish baskets in its course through Maryland,
and frequently in Pennsylvania, has practically ruined the once valu-
able fisheries of that river.

Until these fish weirs are entirely abolished and the dams removed
or the river above them is made accessible to the shad by tishways,
the Susquehanna will never reach its former high standard.

This is simply proved by the betterment of the Delaware shad
fisheries since the removal of the fish baskets in that river.

Tliough the Maryland Fish Commissioner, the Honorable James
Sudler, in his last report, thoroughly agrees with the Pennsylvania
commissioners as to the destructiveness of the fish baskets in the
Susquehanna and strongly recommended their immediate abolition,
no steps were taken in that direction by the Maryland legislature.

It is to be hoped that an act for their abolition will be passed by
the present Maryland legislature, not only for the benefit of their
own fisheries on the Susquehanna and Chesapeake, but as an act of
justice to the citizens of Pennsylvania whose fisheries have suffered
from the nefarious devices tolerated by a neighboring State.

The work of shad hatching in Pennsylvania has hitherto been done
by the United States Fisli Commissioner, who has stationed the
steamer Fish Hawk at Gloucester, below Philadelphia, where the
eggs were hatched and the fry carried to Jersey City and transported
by the New York and Erie railroad to the I'pper Delaware, in Wayne
and Pike counties.

A portion of the fry were also sent by the Pennsylvania and Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad to tlie Water Cap.

' REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

This work of distributing shad fry was accomplished^ by the mes-
seugers of the Peunsylvauia Fish Commission, acting jointly with
those of the United States Commission. ,. , „

The last legislature made an appropriation for the erection of a
shad hatchery on the Delawa.^. An experimental station wa« ope-
rated in the spring of 1894 at New Hope, twelve miles above Tre»_
ton. but without ade,,,.ate result, owing to the low temperature of
the water and frequent freshets that prevented the spawning shad
from asiending the ripe in ripe condition.

The .-ommissiou has. therefor.-, decided to e.-e.-.t the hatchery near
Philadelphia, where the ripened shad are more easily obtainable

from the larger fisheries.

Tl„. plans of the building aud its accessories are now completed
,„ul its erecti.u, will ass.ue in futur.- a iK-rmanent s.ipply »f young

frv for the river. , . ,, „

The hatching and distribution of whitefish and pike perch from the
Krie hatcherv has increased to large proportions.

\11 the wliiti-fish frv have been liberated in I^ke Erie, as the State
possesses no other water fit for their propagation

m the case of the pike perch, however, while the grea est numbe.
of these have been liln-rated in Lake Erie, the principal rivers and
la,«er streams of the State have been stocked with these excellent

"'ihe transplanting of pike per.h to the Upper Delaware ha. shown
„„>st favorable results. They are now very numerous in that nvei,
supplying the inhabitants with a new and desirable food hsh.

A W^- increase of these tish in the Susq.iehanna is also attribu-
table to the annual restocking of the river.

Alanv thousands of mature bla.k bass, strawberry baas, rock bass,
white bass and yellow perch have iH-en procured by the .oinmission-
ers fr..m I^ke Erie and transp-ated through the agency «' "■ ^f^
,.ar to the less favored waters of the Commonwealth, suitable for

their reception and increase. , „ „„

These have all been mature tish, and the commissioners have re-
,...ived many reports erf their successful re-establishn.ent and increase
in the waters wheiviii they were lilK-rated. . , _j :»„

K tlu.rough trial of (he present warden system has develop^-d Us
inability to thoronghly protect our waters and enforce the hshery

'^The IVnnsvlvania fish warden receives little or no salary and is
paid a per diem compensation only when ordered on special duty by
the commissioner of his district.

He is generally pla.ed on duty when some gross violation of the
fishery laws is reported. At other times, as be cannot depend on tis

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FISH COMMISSIONERS.

wardenship for a living, he is pui-suiug some other avocation, and
oflfenders against the tisheiy laws, aware of this fact, are always on
the alert when the warden is absent.

The appropriation by the State for warden expenses is only |5,()0U
per annum.

In this matter we are far behind t>ur neighbors.

The State of New Jersey, with one-fourth the area of l*eunsyl-
vania, in the last year expended |12,000 for warden expenses, aud
the appropriation of New York for the same purpose was much
greater.

The warden system of our State needs an early revision. Men
should be appointed with a living salary, so that they can devote
their entire time and attention to the suppression of ott'ences against
the laws.

The streets of a city would be but poorly guarded if every iwlice
man had to be called from his shop or forge to prevent crime, o.-
arrest the fleeing thief.

Our State waters will never be properly protected until depredat-
(U's on them know that they will encounter a constant and watchful
patrol when they are inclined to practice their nefarious calling.

What is done in other states should be legalized in this and the
wardens should be given a salary suflficient to keep them constant
to their duty.

Fish culture and its requirements is no longer an experiment but
an accomplished and acknowledged fact and the results should be
adequately protected.

A board that with so small an expenditure as that made by the
Fishery Commissioners, but which at the lowest computation an-
nually adds a million and a half or two millions of dollars to the
wealth of the Commonwealth, should be properly supported with
the means to carry on its work, and all i-equisite legislation shoidd
be given it to protect to the fullest extent the results of its work in
our waters.

The Pennsylvania commissioners would, therefore, recommend that
the appropriation for wardens be increased to )|ir),000 p»M' annum
to secure efficient service and thorough protection to the fishery in-
terests of the State.

The commissioners would also advise that all acts relating to the
fisherv interests of the State should be referred to them for their ctm
sideration by the legislative committees having them in cliarge.

By this course much confusing and conflicting legishition would
be avoided and the fishery interests of the State would be protected
from the harmful influence of detrimental laws.

The commissioners also advise some necessary changes in the
fisherv laws.
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REPORT OP THE

(Off. Doc.

They would recommend that no trout should be had in possession
or for sale under six inches in length, and would also ask for a law
forbidding the taking of black bass or pike perch under nine inches

in length.

The conmiisBionorK, from their experimental experience of stock-
ing our streams with fish other than the native indigenous varieties
or native fish adapted to them, have reached the conclusion that for-
eign varieties of trout or carp are unsuited to American waters.

The latter tish especially has been greatly overrated. It is unde-
sirable as a food fish and although originally introduced as a vege-
tarian, there is unquestionable proof as to its destructive habits in
devouring both the spawn and fry of better fish.

It is, therefore, recommended that the close law hitherto protect-
ing them should be repealed.

As the interest in the work of the commission increases among the
people, complaints of the polluting effects of the refuse of tanneries,
dyeworks, bleacheries, wood acids and sawmills have become so
general that legislation against this abuse is imperatively demanded.

The connuissioners would, therefons advise for the consideration
of the legislature a bill preventing the contamination of our streams

by such refuse.

This deleterious matter could be leached away in pits or, in the
case of sawdust, burned at but slight expense to the mill owners.

The commissioners have urged in several successive reports the
purchase of the Eastern hatchery grounds, near Allentown, now only

leased by the Htate.

The production of trout fry, now over three millions annually,

falls far short of the demand for this fish.

If the ownership of the Eastern hatchery was vested in the State,
the commissioners at no great expense could erect additional build-
ings that would add greatly to the present facilities for the propa^

gation of trout.

For obvious reasons it would not be advisable to improve property
in which the State has no title, and the commissioners would again
recommend an appropriation for the purchase of this property.

The ronimissioners of Fisheries having secured an appropriation
fr(»m the World's Fair Commissioners of the State, in order to illus-
trate at the Columbian Exposition, the advance made by Pennsyl-
vania in fish cultural methods and the successful propagation of fish,
made a live fish exhibit at that exposition.

But few realize the difficulties attending the inception and mainte-
nance of such an exhibit. The fish had to be transported over a
thousand miles and carefully tended after their transportation to
the aquaria erected at Chicago to receive them, and in order to main-

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

tain their creditable appeai'ance it was necessary from time to time
to replenish the original plant. This work under the superin
tendence of the Hon. John Gay, a member of the present board, was
intelligently and carefully done.

The Pennsylvania fish exhibit received the eneoniums of thousands
of delighted spectators as well as the praise of scientists and fish
culturists of both the old world and the new.

As but one other exhibit of a similar character was made by an
American state, the enterprise of the Pennsylvania Commissioners
of Fisheries has placed their State in the front rank of fish cultural
commonwealths.

It is a matter of pride with the Fish Commissioners, as it should
be to every citizen of Pennsylvania, that this State should retain
the advance that has been made.

If Pennsylvania would keep her place in the van of progressive
fish cultural effort its legislature must assist the Fish Commissioners
and give them the appropriations and laws necessary to maintain
its position.

Despite the vastly increased output of fish the appropriations to
the Fish Commission are no greater than those granted ten years
ago.

The commission has with its present means reached the limit of
its output and cannot without greater means supply the increasing
demand for fish from citizens of the State.

The New York commission asks its legislature for ffiO.OOO annually;
Maine's commission is not satisfied with less than 130.000, while tli >
Pennsylvania commission receives but |20,000 annually for the ex-
penses of its hatcheries and wardens.

If we would make our work progressive, establish a perfected war
denship and supply the demand for fi^h and fry to the extent called
for by the citizens of Pennsylvania, the ap|>ropriations to the Com-
missioners of Fisheries should be largely in^^reased.

The commissioners desire to th.mk the railroad companies of the
Commonwealth f*^^ aid afforded them in the free transpor^'^tion of
fish and fry.

Thanks are especially due to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for their assistance given durincr the Columbian Evnom'tion in frc^lv
transporting the fish car to Chicacro. also for the free trnn««oort-itio-»
of fish and fry throncrhont the State.

The commissioners are similarlv indobt«Hl to fl»o Philnd^lnhi'i nnl
Readin^-, the Dolnwnro. Larkawnnnn MTid TWqf'^"n T,oln*q-h VmH'^v.
Baltimore and Ohio and other railroad companies in the Co'^'^on-
wealth.

The example of the Lehicrh Vallev is esnecinlU- comniondf'd to the
railroad companies of the Cunnnonwonl^'

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REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

This compauv has determined, with the aid of the Fish Ooinmis-
siuiieis to st(Kk the principal trout streams along its route within
the State, a policv which will amply repay the company by the in-
creased attraction of future good fishing to anglers and tourists.

The connnissi<Hi is also indebted to the United States Fish Com-
missioner for the hatching and liberation of shad fry in the Delaware
viver and for the gift of Atlantic salmon eggs subsequently
hatcluHl in the Eastern hatchery at Allentown.

The formaticm of fish i»rotective associations has extended thi-ough-
out the State with most benettcial results to the work of the Fish

Commission.
There is now hardly a county in the State in which one or more

«»/ these organizations does not exist.

These societies bv creating a strong public sentiment in favor of
the Fish (\)mmissioirs work, and by their etforts to facilitate the en-
forcement (.f protective laws, have done much to facilitate tish cul-
tural work. Their etl'orts in this direction lighten the labors of the
(onimissioners an<l hasten the progress of restocking throughout the

State. , ^ ^ ,

The commissioners desire to express their acknowledgment of
nianv courtesies extended by the Pennsylvania Fish Protective Asso-
ciation, the oldest of the State societies interested in ichthyological
work, as w(^ll as for their constant appreciation of the commis-

tsioners' labors. , .

Encouraged bv the approbaticm and aid of our fellow citizens,
interested in increasing the food supply of the Commonwealth's
waters and with the knowlege that our efforts have been serviceable

to Pennsylvania, we remain.

Very respectfully.

Your obedient servants,

HENRY C. FORD,
H. C. DEMUTH,
S. B. STILLWELL,
t LOUIS STREUBER,

I JOHN GAY,

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No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

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THE ERIE HATCHERY.

The fisheries in Lake Erie continue to show a marked impro^^ement
as the result of the planting of large numbers of whitetisli, pike
perch and lake herring in the waters of that lake. Originally built
as a hatchery for whitetish, the output of these tish has been greatly
outnumbered by the production of pike perch at that station.

Though the majority of pike perch are deposited in Lake Erie, yet
many millions are also liberated in the Susquehanna, Delaware and
the larger streams of the State. The planting of these tish has.
been very successful — most notably in the Delaware river — never-
known before their liberation by the State Fish Comuiissiou, where
they are now as plentiful as the black bass.

From this station also great numbers of black bass, large and
small mouth, white bass, strawberry bass and yellow perch, mature
fish caught in Lake Erie, have been transported to less favored
waters in the interior of the Conmionwealth.

The production of fish in the Erie hatchery has risen from 14,000,-
000, in 1888, to 110,840,000, in 1804, an increase probably unparal-
leled bv anv other hatcherv in the United States.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Pike Perch Fry.

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J. D. Thomas

J. H. Hays

Enos Meyer,

G. S. Good.

Hon. P. Gray Meek
W. H. Pickerlll, ...

E. K. Meyers,

W. L. Powell

Van Gandt

E. Meyers

W. L. Powell

C. Porter

J. Olmstead

R. S. Church

L. Streuber

L. Streuber

L. Streuber

Ralfe Tanning Co.,.

Jas. Eachus

Bruce Fisher

James Kelly

Wm. Hertzler

A. R. Griar

Thos. Stem

J. D. Stoker

S. W. Cook

S. B. Stllwell

N. B. Bubb

H. C. Demuth

J. P. Crevellng, ...

A. Blllmeyer

J. Ellis

I ostofflce address.

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county

Reading. Berks county,

Hollidaysburg, Blair county

Catawissa Columbia county,

Meadvllle, Crawford county,

Cochrantown, Crawford c<-unty

Cochrantown, Ciawf. rd c un>y, —

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Renovo, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Bellefonte, Centre ci unty

Mineral Point, Cambria ciun y

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county,

Union City, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county,

Johnsonburg, Elk county

Greencastle, Franklin county,

Greencastle, Franklin county

Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,..

Port Royal, Juniata county

Port Royal, Juniata cou.uy

Pittston, Luzerne county

Jermyn, Lackawanna county

Jermyn, Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Wllllamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Lanca.ster, Lancaster county, ......

Allentown, Lehigh county,

Washingtonvllle, Montour county.
VVashingtonville, Montour county,

.Vo. shipped

1,000,000
850,<J00
850,000

800, 1 nx)

540,000

1,00 J, 000

800,000

^0'J,000

800, UOO

8'iO,oOO

825,000

8u0,000

8.W,000

SOJ.O^O

l,00i>,000

8.0,000

8)0,000

80J,0J0

2,0JiJ.0OO

825,000

840,000

3,000,000

8,000,000

1.000.000

800,000

825, UOO

ti25,i>00

800,000

500,000

r,00,(J00

."i40,»jO<J

840.000

840,000

800,000

800,000

800,000

500,000

800.00

800. 0->

Total.

34

REPORT OF THE

Pike Fetch i'V^— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1892. ^

May 13 J. L. Breman, ...

16 R. T. Altxaniler,

17 Hon. J. S. Fruit,
10 Hon. P. J. Crist,

18 M. Van Gordon, .
W. Orr

18 Sanford Burns, ..

12 H. F. Donehower.

18 C. A. Myers

10 Riley Sickler

18 I G. White

18 L. N. Dow

18 W. L. Loyd

18 G. Smith

J. Hendersim

18 J. M. Miller

Fostoffice address.

May 15

le
ir.
15
1.^
15
1.5

in

23
24
24
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12

F. L. Klnner

Henry W. Beecher,

F. M. Wheatun, ..

R. P. Kelly

S. D. Carney

Chas. Borket.

J. Pierson

JameB Miller

W. G. Sargeant, ..
J. Frarik Allen, ...
W. D. Rider, Jr., .

D. Leipoldt

J. C. Smith

A. .T. Sh:irl»augh, .

G. VV. Smith

A. H. Woodwards,

J. F. Harder

J. K. .Johnston, ...

A. Z. Wolf

J. S. Graff

W. A. Sweney, ....

Washlngtonvi.le, Montour county,.

Milroy, Milllln county

Sharon, Mercer county,

Milton, Northumberland county,...

KKypt Mills, Pike county

New Bloomfield, Perry county

I'niondale. Su.squehanna county,...

Lewishurg, I'nign county

Franklin, Venango county

Falls, Wyoming county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Starucca, Wayne county

Starucca, Wayne county

Dunmore, Wayne county,

Columbus, Want n county

Calllcoon Dei ot, Sullivan Co.. N.Y.

Athens, Bradford county

LeRaysville, Bradford county

LeRaysville, Bradford c<iunty

Bellow svllle, Beaver county

Wolfsburg, Bedford county

Wolfshurg, Bedford county

Wolfsburg, Bedford county,

Wolfsliurg, Bedford county

Meadville, Crawford county

liintsville. Crawfctrd county,

Cambridgeb ro, Cr.iwford county,.

Clearfield, Clearfield county,

<^learfleld, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county,

Clearfield, (^learfleld county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county,

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county, .
Curwensvllle, Clearfield county, .
Curwensville, Clearfield county, .

No.shipped

8)0,000
U)J,000
800,000

1,000,000
800,000
800.030
800,000
800,000
8*10,000
540,000
800,000
800,000
800.000
800,000

2,0Ij0,0ijO
800,000

100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100.000
100,000
100,000
100,000
200,000
100.000
250,000
100,000
10<>.000
10i),(HW
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,0i)0
100,000
100,000
100.000

Total.

49.»40,000

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Pike Perch i*Vy— Continued.

16

Date.

18W.

May 12
12
15
15
15

Name.

J. L. Drauker,
W. O. Smith,

Peter Campbell,
Chas. Yagley, . . .
Dr. W. F. Sloan,

15 Dr. G. H. Sloan,

IS
15
15

Ed. R. Stewart,
Dr. B. Green, ..
J. D. Plummer,

22 Enos Moyer,

15
22

13

27

15

12

12

12

12

15

15

15

15

16

11

11

11

11

11

11

15

15

15

12

12

15

15

12

Hon. W. L. Powell, ..

A. Roat

A. Keefer

C. Porter

L. Streuber,

Hon. Andrew Stewart,
John M. Dougherty, . . .

J. L. Paul

H. S. Keepers

A. K. Stoneback

J. H. Rochester,

W. A. Pennabaker, . . .
W. H. Sicbeoker

A. W. Dickson

C. A. Sherman

J. W. Frlckum

E. M. Crawford

B. F. Miiwhead

E. Phillips

C. H. Akens

H. W. Orlsby

Dr. C. S. Beck

Thofl. Stern

Hon. H. C. Demuth

W. J. MulMn

C. B. Frantz

P. WIrtz

J. H. McClintock,

PoBtofflce address.

Curwensville, Clearfield county, ..

Curwensville. Clearfield county

Carrolltown, Cambria county,

Carrolllown, Cambria county

Carrolltown, Cambtii county

Carrolltown, Cambria county

Conemaugh, Cambria county

Summer Hill, Cambria county

Summer Hill, Cambria county

Renovo, Clinton county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

i

Corry, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Ohio Pyle, Fayette county

Indiana, Indiana county,

Indiana, Indiana county j

Indiana. Indiana county j

Black Lick, Indiana county

Indiana, Indiana county i

East Waterford, Juniata (o n y, ... |

Scranton, Lackawann i oi unty

Scranton, Lackawanna county, . . .

Glenburn, Lackawanna county, ...

Pulaski, Lawrence county

New <'a.stle, I.«awrence county

New (^astle, Lawrence county

New Castle, Lawrence county. .,
New Castle, Lawrence county, .,
New Castle, I.rfiwrence county, . .
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Plttston, Luzerne county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Montgomery, Lycoming county,..
Montgomery. Lycoming county,..

Reedsvllle, Mimin county

Belleville, Mifflin county

No.shipped

J. Hoffa. Washinjstonvllle, Montour county,.

100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000

100, coa

10).000
2"MJ,000
lOO.O^M
100,000
500.000
525,000
150,000
1C0,000
100,(X)0
15,000,000
500,000
KW.OOO
100.000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100.000
60,000
100,000
50,000
150,000
150,000
150.000
K4).0OO
150.000
150,000

100.000

2.50,000
7.50,000
1()0,000
lOD.OoO
100 000
250,000
100,000

Total.

18

REPORT OF THE

Pike -Perch Fry — Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Pike Perch i^rv— Continued.

Date.

Name.

1893.
May 15
15
15
15
15
24
11
12
12
12
15
15
15
15
15
15
22
24
15
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
15

1894.

May 10 Dr. L. W. Schnatterly, .

10 W. I^. Peart

10 H. E. Jack

Lloyd Weill ver

Bigler Deen,

J. K. Geinger

C. Clawson,

Capt. W. Shepier

A. tS. 5xTies

Daniel William

H. Gauger

Hon. P. J. Crist

G. E. Rohrback

I. Winter and W. Keller.

M. Hays

J. P. Taylor

C. M. Reed

W. Taylor,

H. F. Donehower

J. B. Myers,

B. C. Simpson,

F. Slebecker

G. S. Davis

H. Isaac

W. Davis,

L. M. Ridelsperger,

J. Ray,

H. P. Hunter,

C. A. L. DeForest

C. A. L. DeForest

J. D. Keller, M. D

10
10
10
10
10
10

H. Reynolds

F. D. Henry

G. Tuver

E. E. McCafferty

Dr. L. W. Schnatterly,
E. B. Simpson

r( f.tolflce address.

Exchange, Montour county

Danville, Montour county,

Danville, Montour couniy

Merce»*. Mercer county

Mercer, Mercer county,

Stoneboro, Mercer county,

Sharon, Mercer county

Milton, Northumberland county,...
Milton, Northumberland county, ..
Sunbury, Northumberland county,.

Beavertown, Snyder county

Great Bend, Hustjuehanna county,..

Montrose, Susquehanna county

Montrose, SusQuehanna county

Montrose, Susquehanna county, . . .

Lewisburg, Union county

Franklin, Venango county

Oil City, Venango county,

Hawley, Wayne county

W^arren, Warren county

W^arren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county,

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county,

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

GlenvlUe, York county

Freeport, Armstrong county, ,
Kittann.'ng, Armstrong county,
Klttanning, Armstrong cnunty,
Klt'auning, Armstrong county,
Kittannlng, Armstrong county.
Ford City, Armstrong county,
Mahoning, Armstrong county,
Freeport, Armstrong county, .,
New Br(g:hton Beaver county,

No. shipped Total.

100,000
175,000
1(>0,000

100. ooo

100,000
l.'.0,000

ir.0,000

10,000

2rA00O

25 t, 000

100,000

300,00*
100,000
100.000
550,000

2:^0,000

750,000

a)a,ooo

300,000
100,000
10<J,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
lOo.OOO
100,000
100,000

200,000
300.000
300,0^)0
300,000
300,000
300,000
300. JOO
200,000
200,000

28,670,000

Date.

1894.
May 10
10
7
7
2
2
4
4
4
10
10
10
10

Name.

Postofflce suldresB.

Jas. Wetgle,

John Luta

A. J. Snyder

G. Moody Krause,

J. S. Evans,

T. J, Moore

Juniata F. & H. Club,.
Juniata F. & H. Club,.
Juniata F. & H. Club..

J. D. Stewart

A. R. Trough

S. E. Koehenderfer, ...,
J. G. GromlUer

2 1 W. G. Miller,

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

7

7

7

7

7

B. K. Hall

L. F. Bower,

J. M. Tritt

F. L. Loland,

L. J. Durell

F. Durell

J. H. Morgan

J. H. Morgan,

J. Morgan

M. H. Morgan

M. C. Morgan,

M. C. Morgan

L. H. Durell

D. H. Buchanan, ..
G. S. Pinkerton, ...
H. Kenworthy

C. H. Keene, M. D.
W. M. Foulks

E. B. Ross,

E. P. Hershey

Q. W. Austin

Pinkerton

D. H. Branson

P. B. King

Zellenople, Butler county,

. Bedford, Bedford county

• Plumstei'Jsville, Bucks county, .
I'ljmsteiilsville, Bucks county, .

• [ AUi'iinn, r lair county

. AlK.cna, B'lPlr county

. Allccna, Blair county,

Ai.->.ro, tialr county ,

AMvona, B!ali county

Williamsburg, Blair county

lio'iidaysDurg, Blair county,

Ilctlidayei-urg, Blair county

FJollMt.ysburg Blair county,

Miller'* Family Park, Berks Co.,.

Crti lisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county,

Cariislo, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, C umberland county,

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county, ,

Carlisle, Cumberland county,

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland coimty,

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Honey Brook, Chester county

Mllford Mills, Chester county,

Coatesvllle, Chester county

Collamer, Chester county

Collamer, Che.-ter county

Collamer, Che.ster county,

Frazer, Chester county i

Glen Moore, Chester county j

I
Atglen, Chester county l

Atglen, Chester county ,

Phoenlxvllle, Chester county, i

No. shipped

200,000

200,000

200,000

200, OvX)

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,0<)0

200,000

200,1300

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200.000

300.000

200,000

I

200.000
200,(00 I

200,000 j

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

Total.

2-20-94

If

REPORT OF THE

Pike Perch Fr^— Continued.

(Off. n«^c

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Pike Perch i^ry— Continued.

It

Date.

1894.
May

7
7
7
7
7
7
7
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
7
7
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
10

Name.

W. H. StoU

J. H. Harden

Wm. McKinley, —

D. Sharp

W. B. Oberholtzer, .

J. F. Wall,

O. P. Calhoun

Enos Mayer

J. H. Hayes

M. Fredericks,

H. B. Geary

G. L. Morlock

Tltusvllle Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
W. W. Deionman, ..

J. L. Thompflon

J. L. Kelchner,

C. E. Randall

E. Yeager,

W. G. Hoover

Dr. P. D. Thorn, ...

G. W. Smith

J. W. Smith

G. L. I^'ipoldt

D. L«ipoldt

S. B. Smith

J. C. Smith

H. Bridge

H. P. Bridge

A. J. Gulick

O. Mitchell,

R. A. Chorpenning,

T. K. Clark

T. Jebhs

J. K. Johnston

A. B. Leavy

F. B. Rau

W. Russell

W. A. Sweney

Postofflce address.

Phoenixvllle, Chester county

Phoenixvllle, Chester county

PhoenixvilU, Chester county

Phoenlxville, Chester county

Phoenixvllle, Chester county

Phoenlxville, Chester county

Phoenixvllle, Chester county

Renovo, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county,

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Titusville, Crawford county

Titusville, Crawford county

Seagertown, Crawford c.unty

Spartansburg. Crawford county, . .

Rupert, Columbia county

Catawlssa. Columbia county

Roaring Creek, Columbia county,

Kylertown, Clearfield county,

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Cle.arfield county,

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county, ... .
CurwensvJlle. Clearfield county, ..

No. shipped

200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
300,000
200,000
iOO.OOd
20J.O0O
200,000
500,000
500,000
400,000
400,000
200,000
200.000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200.000
200.000
200.000
200,000
200,00»
2.)«),000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
20^),000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200.000
100 000

Xclal.

Date.

1894.
May 10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
2
7
2
2
2
3
4
10
2
2
2
10
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

10
2
2
2

Name.

A. M. Kline

C. F. Sweney

G. L. Benner

H. Thompson

O. G. Snyder

W. O. Smith

H. O. King. M. D., ....

H. O. King. M. D

Jos. Rhady

W. E. Park

W. W. McAteer

B. C. Seeds

W. J. Shaffer, ,

W. G. Wilson

D. B. Reichard

J. J. Reichard

J. Twaddle

F. Ebel

J. C. Merrill

C. R. Rice

L. Dougherty,

C. Porter.

L. Streuber

L. Streuber

C. A. Yoh

A. J. Small

A. J. Small

O. H. Swearlnger,

W. H. Wilton

W. H. Wilton

C. F. Hatfield

D. B. Wilson

O. M. Gage

T. W. Black

H. N. Leister

T. J. C. Rlpmc

S. Barrett,

Samuel Ard,

J. W. Mitchell

I'oBtofflce address.

Curwensville, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county,

Curwensville, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county,....

Curwensville, Clearfield county,

Curwensville, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county.....

Cresson, Cambria county

Cresson, Cambria county

Mineral Point, Cambria county,....

Mineral Point, Cambria county

Mineral Point, Cambria county

Mineral Point, Cambria coun.y

Chadda Ford, Delaware county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

Dent's Run, Elk county

Dent's Run. Elk county,

Rathbun. Elk county

Corry, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Chambersburg, Franklin ci unty, ..
Chambersburg. Franklin county. ..
Chambersburg, Franklin county. ..

Dunbar, Fayette county

Barre Forge, Huntingdon county...
Barre Forge, Huntingdon county,.
Alexandria, Huntingdon county, . . .
Huntingdon. Huntingdon county,..
Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,..
Huntingdon. Huntingdon county...
Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,..
Huntingdon. Huntingd' n county,..

North Point, Indiana county

Patterson, Juniata county

Hamilton, Jefferson county

No. shipped

103.000

100.000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
2,000.000
2,000.00i
200,000
200,000
200,000
200.000
200.000
200.OTO
200,000
2.000 000
300,000
300,000
590.000
600.000
15.000,000
15,000,000
300,000
200,000
300,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200.000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200.000
200.000
200,000
200,000

Total.

REPORT OF THE

Pike Perch Fry — Oontiaued.

(Off. Doc.

May

2 A, H. Shenk

2 H. Davis

7 H. C. Demuth

2 T. H. ReinhaM. ...

2 S. S. Shirk

2 j K. P. Kivnier

2 "W. E. Welmer

2 S. Weiss,

2 G. L. Weiss,

% A. J. Meredith

2 J. Beyer

2 ! J. Young,

H. Beyer

A. D. Lewis

2 j J. Cardon,

2 G. S. Horn

2 W. ConneU

7 S. B. Stilwell

10 W. D. Decker

2 S. B. Henderson. ..

2 W. H. Halter

2 J. Donahoe

2 J. G. Hess

2 G. M. Kissinger, ...

2 E. B. Westfall

2 A. P. Balllett

2 Lewis Folk

3 R. M. Allen

3 R. M. McConahy, .,

3 F. Grace

3 W. H. Van Gorden,
2 E. I. Phillips

10 J. D. McCowan

10 O. Z. Blddle

10 D. Newel ,

4 Avery Long,

4 A. W. Jackson

4 J. Curt

4 J. Curt ,

Salunga, Lancaster county

Christiana, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon , Lebanon county,

Lebanon, Lebanon county

ebanon. Lebanon county,

Dunmore, Lackawanna county, . . .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, . . .
Carbondale City, Lackawanna Co.,
Scranton, Lackawanna county, —

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county, —
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, . . .

Montgomery, Lycoming county

Willl.'imsport, Lycoming county. ..
Willlamsport. Lycoming county, ..
Willlamsport, Lycoming county. ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Willlamsport, Lycoming county, ..

Copley, Lehigh county

Copley. Lehigh county

New Castle. Lawrence county

New Castle, Lawrence county, —

New Castle, Lawrence county

New Castle, Lawrence county

New Castle, Lawrence county,

Enon Valley, Lawrence county, . .
Enon Valley, Lawrence county, . .
Mahonlngtown, Lawrence county,.
Sweeet Valley, Luzerne county,...

Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne county

Plttston, Luzerne county

Plttston, Luzerne county

No. shipped

900,000
200,000

1,080,000
200,000
200,000
200.000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
900,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200.00^

1,080,000
100,000
300,000
300.000
300.000
300.000
300, roo
300,<100
200,000
200,000
300,00<J
300,000
300.000
300,000
300,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200.000
200,000
200,000
200.000

Total.

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Pike Perch i^ry— Continued.

Date.

- 1

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.shipped

Total.

1894.

May 4 J. Curt

2

W. M. Allison

Mifnin. AlifFlin roiintv 9aa aaa

2

H. Miller,

Matland Mifflin fniintv oaa aaa

2

D. Muttersbaugh

Lewistown, Mifflin county 200,00)

•

2

J. B. Thomas

Lewlstown. Mifflin countv

200,000

2

E. Hoot

2 ! J. M. Woods

Lewistown. Mifflin count j',.. 2oo,000

Lewlstown, Mifflin county 2iO,000

2

F. H. Wentz

1

1

2

C. M. Shull

Lewlstown, Mifflin <ounty 20;),000

illcnsido, Montgomrry county. .. . 200,00<)

2

W. W. Harrison

2

Pottstown F. & G. Asso.

Pott.stown, Montgomery county,... a)tl,000

2

Pottstown F. & G. Asso.

Fr.ttstnwn, Montgomery county... 200.000

2

Pottstown F. & G. Asso.

Pi tt.<t"\vn. MoiitETomery county,.,. 200,000

2

W. C. O'Neill,

Phlladol|>hii. Montgomery county.. 200,000

3

C. R. Beatty

Grear.ville, Mercer county 300.000

3

A. S. Wick

Gl'Oen\'iIlo \T*'ri'pr pniinfv

300.000

3

J. T. Blair

3

F. W. Hill

Gre**r!\'i!le Mt^rcor coiinfv iiiA rnA

3

A. F. Henlein

Greenville. Mercer countv Virt fifift

3

E. S. Templeton

Greenville. Mercer county, 300.000

10

Hon. J. S. Fruit

Frank Miller

Shan n. M^n er countv

\ 300,000

J. D. Magill

W. M. Gearhart,

J. Scarlet.

Danville, Montour county

200,000
200.000

Danville, Montour county

J. J. Kline

Danville Montour countv 5!im onrt

N. W. Voorhees, M. D.,

1
Danville, Montour county 200.000

B. F. Foulk

Danville, Montour county i 200,000

Danville, Montour county 200,000

M. H. Schram

J. R. Klmeror, M. O...

Danville, Montour county ' 200,000

R. M. Grove

Danville. Montour countv Srtft ftdO

Ed. Y. Selde

Oanv'illp ATor fdiir ("^.^imtv i OArt Arwi 1

S. Y. Thompson

C. Shultz. M. n

Danville, Montour couniy

200,000
200.000

Danville, Montour county

C. P. Murry

Danville, Montour ci'un'v

2"1O.00O

G. A. Beck

20t).000

r.so..«oo

2

J. B. Stewart

Dalni.illa, Noithumberl;in1 county.
Juniata, Perrv county.

m

L. F. Smith

10

E. F. Hoffman

Dflnw-irc, l^ike c>-)unty

100,000

22

10

2
2
10
10
10
10
W
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

Date.

1892.

Mar. 9

18

26

30

Apr. 2

Apr. 3

REPORT OF THE

Pike Perch Fry— Ooatinued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

1894.

May

2

2

2

2

2

2

10

Name.

W. M. Schrum

B. F. Kautz,

H. D. Schr«u ,.

H. J. Doebler

C. li. Eiong

A. Gordon

J. F. Taylor

P. L. LlverKood.

Oil City B. & G. Club,.

C. H. Marcy

G. A. Flke

W. H. Baldridge

W. H. Baldridge,

J, K. Griffith

Dr. G. B. Anderson, ..

F. K. Weaver

A. Atkinson,

J. Salliday,

F. Brlttenbaker,

E. F. Dudley

G. White

R. W. Ham

R. W. Ham,

R. W. Brady

G. White

Jesse M. Miller

Fostofllce addrefcs.

Selinsgrove, SnydiT county

Selinsgrove. Snydtr com ty,

t-'elind;irove, Snyder county

Sellnsyrovo. Snyder county

SellnsMrrove, Snyder c-uniy

Selins^rcvr. Snyder county

Montrose, Susquehanna county

Elk Lick, Somerset county

Oil City, Vi'nango county

Fall, Wyoming county

DundolT, Wyoming county

Youngstown, West mm eland cour.ty.
Youngsto'wn, Westmcre'and county,
Latrobo, Wfstmori land county,....

Latrobc, Westmoreland lounty

Lucesco, Westmoreland county

Uawley, W'ayne v>ounty

Haw ley, Wayne county

Honewlale, Wayne county,

Honesilale, Wayne county

Hone.id;vle, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Calllcoon Dei- 4. Sullivan Co.,N.Y.,

No.shipped

2 o,o:o

20*»,OOO
200,000
200,000
200,000
2(>0,000
200,')00
200,000
500,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
300,000
200,000
2J0,0J0
300,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100.000
100,000
10.J,000
500,000

Total.

White Fish Fry Planted in Lake Erie.

82,840,000

Name.

Tug Gmyling,
Tug Grayling,
Tug Grayling,
Tug Grayling,
Tug Grayling.
Tug Grayling.

I'cstoflice address.

Captain John Dash, ...
Captain John Dash, ...
Captain John Dash, ...

Geo. F. Miller

Geo. F. Miller

Captain John A. Dash,

No.shipped

2,000 '"•0
3,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
2.00>,0fK)
1,000,000

T< tul.

15,000,000

No. 20.) FISH COMMISSIONERS.

White Fish Fry Planted in Lake Erie — Continued.

Date.

Name.

1893.

Mar. 24

30

Apr. 2

3

6

Tug Bacon, ..

•
Tug Bacon, ..

Tug Hays, ...

Tug Hays, ...

Tug Beckman.

Postofflce address.

1894.

Mar. 10 1 Tug J. R. Cooney,

I
11 I Tug J. R. Cooney,

15
19
24

Tug J. R. Cooney,
Tug J. R. Cooney,
Tug J. R. Cooney,

A. G. Buller,

A. G. Buller,

F. Munea, .

F. Munea, .

F. Munea, ..

A. G. Buller,

H. Douglass,

H. Douglass,

H. Douglass,

H. Douglass,

No.shipped

3,300,000
6, 60:), 000
3,300,000
3,300,000
3,300,000

5,000.000

n,ooii.ono

5,000.000
5,000,000
5.000,000

Herring Fry Planted in Lake Erie.

1893.
Apr. 5

1894.
Mar. 19

Tug Beckman,

Tug J. R. Cooney,

F. Munea,

H. Douglass,

1,540,000

2,500.000

Total.

19,800.000

25,000,000

4.040.000

24

REPORT OP THE

(Off. Doc.

WESTERN HATOHEKY.

This hatchery, since its eulaigemeut, has greatly increased its
yield. Originally established with a view to the hatching of brook
trout exclusively it has also produced large numbers of brown trout,
rainbow trout, lake trout and hybrid trout

In the ponds attached to this station the white bass, rock bass,
black bass, yellow perch, strawberry bass and oth'>r mature lish pur-
chased bv the commissioners at Lake Erie, are held until sufficient
numbers are obtained for transportation in the lish car to the larger
streams of the States.

This stocking has been successful in introducing game fish into
State waters that have previously supported only inferior tish, such
as catfish, chub and sunfish.

The attention of the legislature is earnestly called to the necessity
of still further enlarging both the Eastern and Western stations.
The demand for trout fry has so increased that the commission is
unable to supply the demand for these fish, and consequently many
applicants are disappointed.

This state of affairs can not be remedied until the legislature gives
sufficient appropriations for enlargement.

Mr. William Buller, the able superintendent of both the Western
and the Erie hatchery has, by careful attention to the details of the
hatcheries, enabled the commission to distribute the large number of
fish in good and healthy condition.

The fish of the Pennsylvania Commission are held four or five
months in the hatching troughs before liberation, and, consequently,
are in a forward state of growth when placed in the stream.

This has seemed to us a better plan than to distribute throut fry
when barely hatched and it avoids the excessive mortality conse-
quent upon too long confinement before distribution. With pike
perch, whitefish and shad fry this method would be im];ossible or
impracticable from inability to provide their proper food. An early
liberation with these fish is more judicious.

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REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

WESTERN HATCHEKV.

This hatchery, siuce its eulaigemeut, has greatly increased its
yield. Originally established with a view to the hatching of brook
trout exclusively it has also produced large numbers of brown trout,
rainbow trout, lake trout and hybrid trout

In the ponds attached to this station the white bass, rock bass,
black bass, yellow perch, strawberry bass and otb'^r mature lish pur-
chased by the commissioners at Lake Erie, are held until sufficient
numbers are obtained for transportation in the tish car to the larger
streams of the States.

This stocking has been successful in introducing game tish into
State waters that have previously supported only inferior tish, such
as catfish, chub and sunfish.

The attention of the legislature is earnestly called to the necessity
of still further enlarging both the Eastern and Western stations.
The demand for trout frv has so increased that the commission is
unable to supply the demand foi' these tish, and consequently many
applicants are disappointed.

This state of affairs can not be remedied until the legislature gives
sufficient appropriations for enlargement.

Mr. William Buller, the able superintendent of both the Western
and the Erie hatchery has, by careful attention to the details of the
hatcheries, enabled the commission to distribute the large number of
lish in good and healthy condition.

Tlie tish of the Pennsvlvania (,^ommission are held four or five
mouths in the hatching troughs before liberation, and, consequently,
are in a forward state of growth when placed in the stream.

This has seemed to us a better plan than to distribute throut fry
when barely hatched and it avoids the excessive mortality conse-
quent upon too long c(mfinement before distribution. With pike
perch, wiiitefish and shad fry this method would be impossible or
impracticable from inability to ])rovide their pro]»ei' food. .\n early
liberntion with these fish is more judicious.

INTENTIONAL 2ND EXPOSURE

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No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry.

Date.

July 1
1

June 4
4
4

July 30

July 30
U
U
30
30
30
1

June 4
4

July 14
14
14

June 4
4

Name.

H. C. Dern

A. P. MacDonald,

£3. Huidekoper,

E. S. Skeel

H. J. Copner,

W. F. MoBser,

W. F. MoBser

T. B. Whipple

Dan Walder

R. L. Martin

A. B. Hutchinson,

A. Brownfleld

J. H. Martin

R. W. Amhtaer, ...

J. O. Boyle

E. Swingle

Q. Detrick

J. H. Snyder

G. M. Reynolds

W. H. Shoemaker,

July 14 |E. K. Ripple.

14
14
14
14
14
I
1
1
1
June 4
4
4
July 14
14
30
30
30
30

J. H. Snyder, ..
J. H. Oplinger,

D. Morse,

J. A. Rogers, ..

0. S. Davenpcrr,,
J. B. Thomas, ..
A. Wolfkill

1. B. Selheimer,
I. B. Selheimer,

C. E. Voss

D. D. Layton, ...

E. Tilman,

F. Qreeenwood, . .

Wm. Messerale,
H. S. McClune, .

Geo. Wass,

L. M. Limenger,
H. C. Green

Postoffice address.

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county,

Meadville, Crawford county

Hayfleld, Crawford county,

Orangeville, Columbia county, ..

Westover, Clearfield county ,

Westover, Clearfield county

Erie, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county,

Fairchance, Fayette county

Falrchance, Fayette county

Haydentown, Fayette county

Ccrmprosh Mills, Huntingdon Co.,.

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Clifton, Lackawanna county

Kizers, Lackawanna county

Elmhurst, Lackawanna county, . . .

Elmhurst, Lackawanna county, . . .

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Wyoming, Luzerne county

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Larkesville, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Plttston, Luzerne county

Huntsville, Luzerne county

Fade's Creeek, Luzerne county

Lewlstown, Mlfllin county

Lewistcwn, Mlfllin county I

Lewlstown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Auburn Four Corners, Susque. Co.,

Elk Lake, Susquehanna county

Dlraock Corners, Susquehanna Cn.,

Lynn, Susquehanna county

Spragerville, Susquehanna county,.

Confluence, Somerset county

Llstonburg, Somerset county

Listonburg, Somerset county ,

Wellsboro, Tioga county,

No. shipped

1,500

1.500

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

3,000

3,000

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,50»>

1.500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1.500

\,:^

1.509

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500
1,500
1,500
l.SOO
1.500

Total.

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address. No.ahlpped

Total.

1891.

G. M. Spalding

1.600

July 30

WellsDoro, i loga couuiy ,

30

Crooked Creek, Tioga county

1,500

T in«r<l T^lnsr:! OOUntV. ,......•••

1,500

30 T. tiiacKweii,

Scrubgrass, Venango county

1,500

G. S. Weaver

Scrubgrass, Venango county

* 1.500

1,500

June 4

H. S. Harvey

Gouldsboro. Wayne county

Ortiiidnhoro Wayne c«>unty,

4
4

4

G. iritonier,

R. B. l>efker

R. K. Detker

Gouldsboro, Wayne lounty

Gouldslwro, Wayne ocunty,

1.5.0
1,500

1
.luly 1 1

1891.

Mar. 30

^. C. Brown

•

W. L Stufly

York, York county

Tyrone, Blair county •

1.500

1.500
1,600
1,500

76,50(

30
30

F. Guyer,

H. C. Love

Tyrone, Blair county

Tyrone, Blair county

S. B. Templetm

1.500

30

Tyrone, Biair couuiy

30

\\T T Uinkn

Tyrone, Blair county

1,500

1,500

1

30 W. t\ layior

Tyrone, rsiair coumy, • •

1.000

Apr. 13
13

G. W. wneien

E. L. London

Altoona, Blair county

1,000

13
13

I. N. Eaby

J. G. Davis

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county

1.000
1.000

1

.43

W. C. Westfall

Altoona, Blair county

Altnrtna Rlalr COUntV

1.000
1,200

May 27

H. C. Dern

A itorin;< Blair county

1,200

1

1

27

1 H. C. Dern

Ai»,->i->nn Riair county

i.ato

27

B. L. Mauer

A. P. McDonald

1.200

27

Altoona, bJiair counij,

1

Wm. D. Canan,

1,200

27

Altoona, Biair touniy,

27

wj Tj On 1 vert

Altoona. Blair county

1.200

Aitni-insi Rlalr county

1.200

27
27
27

1 H. C. Dern

Hollldayaburg, Blair county

HollldaysburK. Blair county

1.200
1,200

W. H. Goodfellnw

27

J. A. B. Melvin

. Hollidayslmrg. Blair county

1.200

27

B. L. Hewet

. Hollldaysburp, Blair county

2,400

27

J. I^ee Plummer

. Hollidaysburg, Blair county

1.200

27

27

2

ct "wr Wf^ft BTv

. Martinsburg. Blair county

1,200

, Martinsburg, Blair county

1.200

Dr. S. M. Royer

. ^':irtinaburg. Blair county

1,200

2

M. G. Hlleman

. Vllliainsburg, Blair county

1.200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Gontinued.

27

1.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.ahlpped

Total.

1892.

May 27

July 2

May 27

27

27

27

July 2

2

2

2

2

2

Mar. 10

10

10

10

Apr. 18

Mar. 8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

S

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

O McAllister.

1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.600
1,500
1,500
1,500

2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.01^
»,ooo

2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,(m

A. P. McDonald

H W Oellinc

Altru^na Rlnir fnilTltV ...a.

Woodbury, Bedford county

Woodbui-y, Bedford county,

Woodbury. Bedford county,

Woodbuiy, liedford county

Yellow Creek, Bedford county

F. B. Berkhlmer

J Laat Sharr

T A dRDDer.

E. C. Whltehill,

A K Kvan

PtoHfnrH ■Rprfford OOUntV. ..........

S T AlsiD

UAHfnril Kprlford C'OUntV.

9 T MA-Itinffv ........

RAiifnnl Hpdfoni COUntV

AipY Kins: •

Dr. J. W. Parsons......

Oonfrrm Vlradforil ooiintv •■

ILff W TJIIpv

/^oTitrkn l^i*nH^rirr1 ooilntv ..........

'P P*4Ar^p .......■■■■•

r^anffxn "UraHfnrH pountv

J. S. Campbell

Trov Urarlford COUntV.

Lock Haven, Clinton county.

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county,

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county,

Lock Haven. Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven. Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county,

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county,

McElhatlan, Clinton county

W. W. Armstrong,

C. E. Shoemaker

IV A KuId

E. 'B. Shoemaker,

IT TCintzinr •

^

T M Trnvell

T K Kellv

W. M. Frederick

W. C Troxell •

R. B. Loveland

T Mmlth

A T Liesher

C K Sober

XV B Sober

W.A J Sohpr

W. Leisher, M. D

T. C. Quiggle,

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout jPry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Total.

189S.

Mar. 9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

«9

9

21

21

21

21

\pr.

C. B. Bullock, ..
K. S. Mobley, ...
S. L. Heard. ...
C. J. Sigmund,
T. C. Censer

B. M. V. Sloot,
H. A. Stevenson,

J. M. Furey

W. Blesh

K. D. Smith, ...

J. Dary

K. D. Packer, .,

E. K. Parsens,
W. E. Parsens,
J. F. Shafer. ...
J. H. Smith, ...
R. S. Welsh, ...
J. Harder,

F. Burd

G. L. Morlock, ..

J. Hamp

J. Morris

A. C. Mann, ...

Geo. Emert

J. Shaffer

M. Earon,

W. F. Leland,
T. T. Parker, ..
E. H. Hastings,
Enos Moyer, . . .

C. H. Rich

J. Q. Dice

G, W. Saur, ...

J. Quiggle

J. Pluff

S. Sykes

C. Grugan

M. Fluff

If J. H. Schwenk,

Beeech Creek, Clinton county,.
Beeech Creek, Clinton county,.

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ..

Loganton, Clinton county

Mill Hall, Clinten county

Mill Hall, Clinton county

Cedar Springs, Clinton county,.
Cedar Springs, Clinton county,.

Lama, Clinton county

Loganton, Clinton county,

Beech Creek, Clinton county,

Renovo, Clinton county,

Woolrlch, Clinton county

McElhattan, Clinton county,...

Pine, Clinton county

Pine, Clinton county

Hyner, Clinton county

Hyner, Clinton county

Hyner, Clinton county

Hyner, Clinton county,

Carroll. Clinton county,

2,000

2,0uU

2,000

2.000

2,000

l,i00

1,500

1,500

1,600

1.G00

1,800

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.600

1,500

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

29

Date.

Name.

1892.
Apr. U
U
U
U
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12

12
12
12
12
U
12
12
12

May

27

27

27

27

27

27

Apr.

13

Mar.

2

N. R. Brumgard, .
R. Whlteman, ...
S. S. Schwenk, ..

J. H. Earner

B. L. Hackman, ..
G. L. Herr,

B. C. Brown

J. H. Furst

Dr. B. S. Hall, ...
M. Brown,

C. Leltzel,

R. Myers

G. W. Fredericks,

0. A. Harvey, ....

B. F. Hursh

J. B. Kryder

G. C. Harvey,

C. J. Walt

S. D. Furst

C. F. Logan,

B. F. Protest

1. J. Sioner

B. F. Krape

J. R. Thomp.son, .

C. J. Sigmund. ...

C. T. Miller

W. A. Erenwino, .
J. E. Caldwell, ...

E. C. Ernient

W. A. Snyder, —

W. J. Eddy,

L. S. Good,

W. A. Snyder

A. S. Furst

J. A. Herr

Enos Moyer

Enos Moyer,

J. M. MoTandlish,
J. IVIcCarf,

Postofflce address.

Carroll, Clinton county,

Carroll, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county

Mackeyvllle, Clinton county, ...

Mill Hall, Clinton county

Beech Creek, Clinton county,

Cedar Springs, Clinton county,,

Flemington, Clinton county

Flemlngton, Clinton county

Flemington, Clinton county

Flemington, Cllntim county

Flemington, Clinton county,

Flemington, Clinton county, . . . .

Flemlngton, Clinton county

Flemington, Clinton county,

Flemington, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county, . . .
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ...
Lock Haven, Clinton county, ...
Lock Haven, Clinton county, . . .

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county,

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county,

Salona, Clinton county,

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county

Salona, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton coun'y, ...

Salona, Clinton county

Cedar Springs, Clinton county. ..
Cedar Springs, Clinton t^nunty. ..

Renovo, Clinton coimty

Renovo, Clinton county

Newvllle, Cumberland county, . .
TItusvllle, Crawford county

No.sblpped Total

1,000

1.000

1,000

1,000

1,500

1,000

1,500

l,a00

1,000

1,000

1.000

1.000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1.500

1.000

1.000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1.000
1.210
1.2i)0
1.20»
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,000
2,000

m

REPORT OF THE

Brook IVout Fry — Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

isn.

June 18 !
Mar. 9 \

'I
9 I

9

9

9
9

9
Zi
"£1
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22

Name.

Apr. 5
5
5
6
5
5
6
6

Mar. 11
11

J. Riser

Li. N. Hubler

L.. M. Garrett

T. L. Snyder

A. J. Ames,

T. F. Toole

C. B. Mons

W. Hoover

L.. Kyler

E. l>ale

C. D. McGaughy,

F. D. Harris

F. D. Harris

W. E. MoUack. ..

M. B. Bettts

S. W. Lee.

J. Kerr

W. A. Sweney. ..,

A. E. Patten

A. Bloom

G. W. Coll

A. K. Draucker, .

E. C. Bates

W. A. Crist

G. E. Jones

J. B. McGrath, ..

H. I*^ngton

G. McDeck,

R. R. Hlnning, ..

J. L. Scotteld

J. W. Cole

P. J. Elsenhauer,

D. E. Hibner

W. Hatter

H. M. Cullougrh, .

H. A. Landls

J. A. Johnston, ..

H. H. Kline

L. P. McHenry, .

Postofflce address.

Meadville, Crawford county, ...

Kylertown, Cleartteld county,

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Kylertown, c leartteld county,

Kylertown, Cleai field county

Kylertown, Clearfleld county

Kylertown, ("leartleld county

Kylertown, thai field county,

Kylertown, clearflold county,

Grahamton, Clearfield county, ..
Belsina Mills, Clearfleld county,

Clearfield, Clearfleld county

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county, —
Clearfleld, Clearfleld county, ....

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county

Clearf eld, Clearfleld county

Curwensville, Clearfleld county,.
Curwensville, Clearfleld county,.
Curwensville. Clearfleld county,.
Curw<msvllle, Clearfleld county,.
Curwensville, Clearfleld county,.
Osceola Mills, Clearfleld county,
Osceola Mills, Clearfleld county,
Osceola Mills, Clearfleld county,
Huntzdale, Clearfleld county, ...
Huntzdale, Clearfleld county, ...
Huntzdale, Clearfleld county, ...
Huntzdale, Clearfield county, ...

Pennfleld, Clearfleld county

Pottersdale, Clearfleld county, .
Kylertown, Clearfleld county, ..

Du Bols, Clearfleld county

Du Bois, Clearfleld county

Du Bois, Clearfleld county

Du Bois, Clearfleld county,

Du Bois, Clearfleld county

Benton, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county,

No. shipped

2.000
2,000
2.000
S.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

8,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

3,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

Total.

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trovi i^r^— Continued.

31

Date.

Name.

1892. j

Mar. 11 S. Lemons,

11 G. W. HlBleman

11 J. B. McHenry

11 C. W. Fiedler

11* W. C. CoUey

11 D. H. Kans

11 W. F. Keefer

11 D. W. Campbell, ...

11 F. M. Leader, ,

11 C. D. Miller ,

11 L. E. Waller

11 J. M. Amorman

11 B. S. Hess

11 H. J. Conner

Apr. 6 S. A. Goodhue

6 E. Kamouse

6 W. M. Kline

6 S. H. Obrien

18 C. Randall,

18 H. M. Learch

6 W. H. Henrle.

18 C. B. Jackson,

6 J. R. Gould

« W. G. Girton

6 P. S. Harman

6 W. E. Lewis, ...

Mar. 21 J. H. Drumm

21 Ed. C. Connsil

21 B. V. Wykoff

21 J. R. Batcheletes

21 R. C. Heilman. M. D.,

Apr. 5 L. Daugherty

11 H. S. Leopard,

11 J. F. Parsons

11 F. Julian

21 Bailey Bros., .

21 J. v. Hanscom ,

n S. H. Wykorf.

June 25 , T, H. Drumm. ..

Postofllce address.

Benton, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county,

Benton, Columbia county

Bloomsbursr. Columbia county, ....

Bloomsburgr, Columbia county

Bloorasburer, Columbia county

Bloomsburff, Columbia county

Forks, Columbia county,

Cole's Creek, Columbia county

Orangeville, Columbia county

Jainison City, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county,

Benton, Columbia county,

Benton, Columbia county,

Catawisfia, Columbia county

Catawissa, Columbia county

Catawlssa, Columbia county,

Catawissa, Columbia county

Berwick, Columbia county,

Bloomsburgr, Columbia county,

Bloomsburg, Columbia county

Forks, Columbia county

Sinnemahonlng, Cameron county... i
Sinnemahonlngr, (^ameron county,..
Sinnemahonlng, Cameron county,..
Sinnemahonlng, Cameron county...

Emporium, Cameron county I

Buckwalters, Cameron county

Emporium, Cameron county

Emporium, Cameron county |

Emporium, Cameron county,
Sinnemahonlng, Cameron county, .
Sinnemahonlng, Cameron county, .
Sinnemahonlng, Cameron county,..
Sinnemahonlng, Cameron county,..

No.shipped Total.

8

2,000 [

2,000

2,000

2,000 .

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

1,000

1,00»

1,000

1,000

1,000

1.000

1,000

1.000

1,000

1.000

1,000

i.aoo
i.aoa

1.500

1.500

1,500

l,50t»

1,500

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

2,000 '

1.600

1,600

2.000

S2

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

1898.

June 25
25
25

July 2

9

Mar. 9
9
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22

Name.

W. L. Barclay

W. L. Barcl iv, . .

E. C. Council

B. Alexander,

E. R. Stewart

J. H. Holt

F. J. Kechold,

A. Hall, ..

p. S. Fisher M. !">.. ••

S. E. Shoners ■

D. L. Mec

C. F. Cook . . . .

W. F. Reyn-'Ms.

A. Mulen

A. A. Daie.

S. D. Ryin

A. O. Fursji,

J. K. Cott.

J, L. Davis,

I. Thomas

I. D. Shug'jrt,

S. Cowher

J. Cow'ier.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Port Matilda, Centre county..

S. Reese Port Matilda. Centre county..

W. V. Beckwith • Port Matilda, Centre county,,

G. F. Amerraan 1 Port Matilda. Centre county.

1
Port Matilda, Centre county.

Port Matilda. Centre county.

Port Matilda, Centre county.

Fleming, Centre county

Fleming. Centre county

Fleming', Centre county

Snow Shoe, Centre county...

Snow Shoe, Centre county,..

Philipshurgr. Centre county,

J. I. Woodring, .

A. R. Woodring,

\ C. Shaner,

A. Hall

D. Hall

B. Rich

J. H. Bogert, ...

J. I. Yarnell, ...
Q. E. Lamb, —

Q. E. Leister ' Phllipsburg, Centre county,

Phillpsburg, Centre county,

Phillpsburg, Centre county,

Philirsburg, Centre county.

G. W. Naugle,
A. E. Gearhart,
P. Jones,

Sinnemahoning. Cameron county,.
Sinnemahoning, Cameron county,.
Sinnemahoning, Cameron county,., i
Conemaugh, Cambria county, ....

Conemaugh, Cambria county

Moshannon, Centre county,

Blanchard, Centre county

Unionvllle, Centre county,

Zion, Centre county

Zion, Centre courfty

Buffalo Run, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centr* county,

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county,

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Port Matilda, Centre county

8,000

2,000 1

2,000 I

1
2,000

2,000 i

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,00»

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2.O00

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,(}W

2,000

Total.

No. 20.)

Date.

Name.

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry- Continued.

1892.
Mar. 22 O. W. Naugle,
22 J. D. Sakey, ..
22 W. T. Hart. ..

22 J, H. Harper.

23 P. B. Kephart,

22 J. Fye

22 A. Keller

22 C. Treillian, ..,

23 H. C. Musser, .
23 J. F. Harter, ..
23 VV. Jannson, ...
23 W. A. Tobas, ..

23 F. Hurtz

23 R. D. Mnsser, .

23 W, Peale

23 W. Jamison. ...
23 W. M. Walker.
23 A. S. Qarman, .,
80 R. Goheen

Apr. 5 H. R. Meeker, ...

6 G. R. Beck

12 C. H. Beates, ...
tt G. W. Farnsler,
12 VV. TI. Williams,

12 S. Hary

12 S. Aley,

May 27 B. Hall

27 C. Hall

27 ' 3. Rich,

27 W. R. Gardner, .
27 G. W. Musser. ..
27 B. F. ShafTer, ...

27 I J. Mulflnger

2? j W. Riddle

June 25 G. L. Potter

26
25
2S

E. Allison

G. W. Bushman,
J. S. Rowe

I'obtofflce address.

Phillpsburg, Centre county,

Phllipsburg, Centre county,

Phillpsburg, Centre county,

* Phillpsburg, Centre county,

Fillmore, Centre county,

Pine Glen, Centre county

Pine Glen, Centre county,...,

Pine Glen, Centre county

Willheim, Centre county, ...
Willheim, Centre county, ...
Willheim, Centre county, ...
Willheim, Centre county, ...
Centre Hall, Centre county. .
Spring Mills, Centre county,.
Spring Mills, Centre county,.

Sober, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county, ..
Bellelonte, Centre county, ,.,
Rock Spring, Centre county...
Pine Glen, Centre county.
Pine Glen, Centre county,
Pine Glen, Centre county.
Port Matilda, Centre county,.
Port Matilda, Centre county,.

Walker, Centre county,

Walker, Centre county

Fleming, Centre county

Fleming, Centre county,

Fleming, Centre county

Howard, Centre county

Fillmore. Centre county

Nittany, Centre county

Pleasant Gap, Centre county.
Pleasant Gap, Centre county,

Bellefonte, Centre county

Potter'a Mills, Centre county,..
Centre Hall. Centre county.
Centre Hall, Centre county, ...

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

:«.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

1.500

i.soo

l,.50O

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500 •

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.500

2.000 I

2.000

2,000

2,000

No. shipped Total.

3-20-94

84

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout jPry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1892.

June 25 S. Harper

26 • S. H. Elsenberg.

April 13 M. L. Hershey. .

June 8 John Klnsy

8 A. Roat,

g H. E. Hershey. .

g W. B. Moore, ...

8 S. F. Miller

Mar. 4 G. A. Green

4 J. H. Welk

4 B. W. Spettlgue,

4 G. D. Darling,

4 S. Li. PbilllPS' .

30 J. H. Beadle. ..

30 J. H. Steell Co.,

April 2 V. E. Parshall.
2 J. Andrews. •••
2 O. Bunnelster, .
2 J. H. Seeeley, .

Centre Hall, Centre county, .
Centre Hall, Centre county. .

Derry, Dauphin county

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county,
HarrisDurg, Dauphin county,
Harrlsburg, Dauphin county,
Harrlsburg, Dauphin county,
Lochlel, Dauphin county, ...

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county ••

Wilcox, Elk county

Dangus" Mines, Elk county.
Dangus' Mines. Elk county.

Wilcox, Elk county.

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county,

O. M. Head i Wilcox. Elk county.

5 J. C. Merrill,

Mar. 2 Dr. EUston.

April 2 C. F. Adams,

2 H. Shannon,

2

Dent's Run, Elk county, ..

Corry, Erie county

Erie, Erie county,

Erie. Erie county

2 A. B. Dickinson Erie, Erie county

Q. Bros Erie, Erie county

2 F. Thornton , Erie, Erie county

2 H. S Thurston Erie, Erie county

2 Ed. Slocum Erie. Erie county

2 F. M. Slocum Erie, Erie county

2 G. A. Hampson North East, Erie county,

2 G. A. Hampson North East. Erie county.

H. C. Fralzer Corry. Erie county

Wm. Berliner Corry, Erie county

J. P. Oliver Corry. Erie county

C. L. Olmstead Corry, Erie county

W. H. Howard Corry, Erie county,

W. Kelleber

A. M. Howard,

2

2

2

2

16

16

16

Corry, Erie county.
Corry, Brie county.

Total.

2,000

2.000

2.000

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

2,000

2.000

2.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

S.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1,000

1,000

1,000

4,000

1.100

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

2,000

2,000

t,000

t.001

S,000

1.000

2.000

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout ^ry— Continued.

I>ate.

IM.

Avr. 10
16
10
16
S7
May IS
18
13
13
13
13
June 16
16
16
Aug. 10
19
19
19
19
June 18
IS
18
Mar. 22
22
22
April 13
13
13
July 2
13
Mar. 8
8
8
8
8

8 ;

8

8

I
8 I

Name.

i W. W. Smith. ..

i O. W. FoUett, .

E. 12. Wheeler.
C. M. Wheeler,

F. Laurie,

J. E. Ashby. ...
C. L. Baker, ...
H. S. Thurston,

M. Crosby

R. S. Church, ..
L. S. Clough, ..

W. R. Stone, ..

Dr. Ellston

W. J, Weed. ...

T. Smarte

F. Cooler,

F. Cooler.

F. Cooler.

F. Cooler

J. M. Sandris, ..

J. B. Wenk

H. Ehleiq

G. a. Hutchison.
J. F. Mattem, ..

J. H. Walte

H. H. Swope, ...

E. B, Isett

G. W. Barrlck. .

L. B. Kline

C. Adams.

W. Linck

W. H. Halter. ..
E. B. Wltfail. ..
H. H. Baker, ...
E. H. Wright. ..,

J. G. Hess

J. Donhre

A. Price

8. I. Price

I'cstoflice address.

No. shipped Total.

Corry. Erie county

Elgin. Erie county

LeBoeuf. Erie county.

LeBoeuf. Erie county

Corry, Erie county,

Krie. Erie county.

Erie. Erie county

Krie. Erie county

'orry, Erie county,

Union City, Erie county.

Union City, Erie county

Corry, Erie county.

Corry, Erie county,

<'oriy, Erie county

Swanvllle, Erie county

Erie. Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie. Erie county

Tionesta. Forest county

Tionesta. Forest county.

Starr, Forest county,

Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,.
Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,.
Warrior's Mark. Huntingdon Co.,.
Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon Co.,.
Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county,,
Spruce Creek. Hunting Ion county,,
Huntingdon. Huntingdon county,..

Mifflintcwn, Juniata county

Willlamsport, Lycoming county,...
Wllliam.<?port, Lycoming county,...
Willlamsport, Lycoming county,...
Willlamsport, Lycoming county, . . .
Willlamsport, Lycoming county,...
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county,...
Willlamsport, Lycoming county,...
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county,...
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county,-...

2,000

2,000

3.000

3,000

2.000

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,600

2.000

2.000

1.500

4.000

1.500

2.000

4,000

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

2,000

ll.tKV)

2,000

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,200

1,200

8,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

36

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout iVy— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Fostofflce addren.

No.Bhipped Total.

1892.

Mar. 8 A. Reed, WUUamsport, Lycoming county,

8 J. F Hartley WUUamsport, Lycoming county, . . . |

8 J. A. Shoemaker WUUamsport, Lycoming county, ... |

8 J. G. M. Long i WiUiamsport, Lycoming county....

8 H. Coder ' WiUiamsport, Lycoming county,...

8 M. B. Fuherman Nisbet, Lycoming county

10 K. A. Jaggard WiUiamsport, Lycoming county,...

10 A. Mansey Fields, Lycoming county

10 Q. B. Dale, | Fields, Lycoming county

I

10 P. Fields '< Fit'ld.s, Lycoming county

10 L. P. Shaffer j Maple HiU, Lycoming county

I
10 W. H. Proctor Ralston, Lycoming county

i

10 M. J. C. Woodmart, ..•! RaLstun, Lycoming county

10 P. T. Kllborn Ralston, Lycoming county

Ralston, Lycoming county

Bodines, Lycoming county

Trout Run, Lycoming county, ....

Trout Run, Lycoming county, ....

Trout Run, Lycoming county, ....

Trout Run, Lycoming county, ....

Trout Run, Lycoming county

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

30 D. B. Stryker | WiUiamsport, Lycoming county,...

30 Wm. E. Kanson [WiUiamsport, Lycoming county,...

30 W. D. f 'rocker

10 W. H. Van Wert, .

10 O. P. Colver

10 H. Caldwell

10 J. C. Neyhart,

10 T. S. Barger

10 G. Moing

21 C. Porce

22 R. Neilson

30 W. W. Achenbach,

30 W. H. Paulhamus,

30 G. M. Wingate,
30 C. Butler. Jr.,
30 W. P. Bradley.

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

WiUiamsport. Lycoming county,...'

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

30 H. G. Troxell \ WiUiamsport, Lycoming county,...

3u J. A. Gamble i WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

30 H. C. Bubb i WiUiamsport, Lycoming county,... ^

30 W. M. Dauley | WUUamsport, Lycoming county....!

30 W. M. Harrison j WUUam.sport. Lycoming county,...

30 1 W. H. Sloan WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

80
30
80

A. D. Hermance,

C. B. Seeley

J. G. Reading, Jr.

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...
WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...
WiUiamsport, Lycoming county,...

S,OM

8.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000 I

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

8,000

2,000

2,000

8,000

2,000

2,000

4,500

1.G00

1,600

1,500

1,600

1.500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.500

1,500

1.500

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^r^/— Continued.

Date.

Name.

lostofllce address.

1892.
Mar. 30 S. B. Treon,

30 O. H. Relghara

SO F. Kelss

30 R. F. Alien,

30 H. H. Rutter

30 H. G. Caaner,

30 L M. Else,

30 J. F. Denrene ,

31 J. A. S. Ball

31 C. W. Youngman, M.D

31 J. M. Youngman

31 B. E. Lewis

31 G. W. Youngman

at P. M. Welsel,

81 ' J. L. Qunter

April 5 Wra. Ulrlch

6 J. S. Steffen

5 J. Eichelberger ,

6 G. M. Kissinger,

6 C. A. Quiggle

6 H. W. PamaU

6 N. Miller,

5 W. A. Weaver

n A. G. Rathfues

11 G. A. Ramsey

11 S. M. Carson

11 J. G. Wolf

11 T. Spean

11 P. Campbell, ...

11 ' S. Palmer

11 W. H. Davis. ...
11 W. J. MulUn, ...
11 F. B. Paulhamus,
11 F, B. Paulhamus,

11 J. Ainsworth

11 W. Puysher

II H. W. Hammon.
II S. B. Henderson,
18 J. W. Kllborn, ..

WMUiaiiisport, Lycoming county,.
VViUian>|iort, Lycoming county,.
UiUtaii. sport, Lycoming county,.
HughesviUe, Lycoming county,..
WarrensviUe, Lycoming county,.
WarrensvlUe, Lycoming county, .
WarrensviUe. Lycoming county,.,
WarrensviUe. Lycoming county,.
HughesviUe. Lycoming county, . . ,
HughesviUe, Lycoming county. . . .
HughesvUle. Lycoming county,...
HughesviUe, Lycoming county,...
HughesvUle, Lycoming county,...
HughesviUe, Lycoming county, . . .
HughesviUe, Lycoming county,...

Nisbet, Lycoming county

Nlsbet, Lycoming county

Nisbet, Lycoming county

WiUiamsport, Lycoming county, .,
WiUiamsport, Lycoming county, .,
WiUiamsport, Lycoming county, ..
WUUamsport, Lycoming county, ..
WUUamsport, Lycoming county, ..
WUUamsport, Lycoming county. ..

RamseyviUe, Lycoming county

WatervUle, Lycoming county

WatervUle, Lycoming county

Cammal, Lycoming county

Cammal, Lycoming county,

Cammal, Lycoming county

Cammal, Lycoming county

Montgomery, Lycoming county....
Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Montgomery, Lycoming county....
Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Ralston, Lycoming county

No. shipped

1,500
1.500
1,501
1,500
1,500
1,«U

1,500

1.500

1,600

1.600

1,600

1.600

1,600

1,500

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

I

1,200 I

1,200 I

1,2<30 !

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200
1.200
1.200 !
1.200
1.800 i
1,200

Total.

K

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

1892.

Apr. 18 M. Kneer, ! Lycoming, Lycoming county,

18 E. L. Carpenter Carpenter, Lycoming county.

18 R. M. Penbryn ; Carpenter, Lycoming county,

1

18 R. Newell, ' Carpenter, Lycoming county,

18 A. D. Hermance

18 N. B. Bubb

18 W. M. Danley

18 'f. E. Rellly

18 H. A. Bubb

June 8 Mi-s. E. Remington, ..

8 M. C. L. Ellis

8 J. M. English.

24 W. W. Shonk

Mar. 11 S. W. Cook

11 F. M. Graves,

11 J. D. Stocker

April 6 J. W. Houser

6 M. W. Hivley

6 F. Jermyn

6 G. Bogart

6 Dr. J. T. Everhart, .

6 C. C. Rose

6 S. B. Burkley

6 W. D. Decker

June 24 A. J. Reilly

24 B. F. KiUam

24 J. J. Jermyn

24 F. S. Huges

24 H. W. Conley

April 13 S. S. Herr

13 Hon. H. C. Demuth,

July 2 ST. R. Buller

Mar. 11 J. Oliver

11 J. R. Bar

11 E. Dodson

11 E. W. Garrison, . . .

11 I J. C. Harvey

April 6 I J. Bird,

6 ! C. S. Forge,

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..

Muncy, Lycoming county

Muncy, Lycoming county.

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...

Jermyn. Lackawanna county

Jermyn. Lackawanna county

Jermyn. Lackawanna county

MInooka, Lackawanna county.

Dalevllle, Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county, —
Scranton, Lackawanna county. ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

Dunmore, Lackawanna county. . . .

Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...

Scranton, Lackawanna county, . . .

Scranton, Lackawanna county, . . .

Scranton. Lackawanna county,...

Scranton, Lackawanna county,...

Scranton. Lackawanna county,...

Pleasant Grove, Lancaster Co.,...

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Florin, Lancaster county

Prlchard, Luzerne' county.

Town Jylne, Luzerne county

Roaring Brook, Luzerne county,

Shlckshinney, Luzerne county,...

Harvyville, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county.

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Total.

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200

i.aoo

1,200

i,aoo

1,SW
1,200

i,aoo

1000
2,000

tarn

2,000

1,000
1,000
1,200

s.oo»

1.20O

1,200

1,200

1.000

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

2,000

8,000

2.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

1,000

1,000

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

Date.

Name.

Apr. 6 A. K. Mowry

« H. Roth

14 J. H. Oplinger, ...

14 D. Mark

14 S. Davenport

14 J. A. Rogers,

14 J. H. Snyder

18 S. M. McHenry, ..

18 J. P. Krauae

18 R. Krance.

U S. Lb Holly. M. D.,

18 R. C. Hitchler

18 O. K. Bennett

18 T. B. Montanges, ..

18 Dr. R. B. Pealer. ..

18 J. Q. Creeeling

Aug. 10 M. C. Carmes

10 Hon. J. S. Fruit, ...

April 1« G. M. Potter

16 R. Edeth

16 W. J. Berry,

13 1. B. Selhlmer

13 L B. Selhlmer

13 G. H. Bell

M , T. B. Beed

18 T. B. Beed

13 8. B. Weber

13 J. B. Thomas

13 S. E. Hoover

18 H. T. Reed

13 J. L. Roper

13 N. A. Mumpher. ....

18 A. M. Thompson. ...

18 ' R. T. Alexander, ...,

July 2 A. J. Walfklel

i
Mar. 11 R. D. Maglll ,

April 18 J. R. KImerrer

18 M. H. Schram

18 R. M. Grove

Postofflce address.

Nanticoke, Luzerne county i.ooo

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county I.OOO

Nanticoke. Luxerne county i.soo

Pittston. Luzerne county 1,600

Fades Creeek, Luzerne county 1.500

Huntsville, Luzerne county l,500

Larkesville, Luzerne county 1,500

Cambra, Luzerne county 1,000

Pittston, Luzerne county 1,000

Pittston, Luzerne county 1,000

Nanticoke. Luzerne county 1,000

Nanticoke, Luzerne county 1,000

Nanticoke, Luzerne county, 1,000

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county l.ooo

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county l.ooo

Plymouth, Luzerne county 1,000

Sharpesville, Mercer county 2,000

Sharon, Mercer county 4,000

Bradford. McKean county 1.500

Bradford. McKean county. 1,600

Bradford, McKean county l.EOO

Lewistown. Mifflin county 1,200

Lewistown, Mifflin county 1,200

Lewistown, Mifflin county. i,20O

Lewistown. Mifflin county i.aoo

Lewistown, Mifflin county 1,200

Lewistown, Mifflin county 1,200

Lewistown, Mifflin county, 1.200

Yeagerstown, Mifflin county 1,200

Reedesville, Mifflin county 1,200

Belleville, Mifflin county 1,200

Granville, Mifflin county 1,200

Milroy. Mifflin county 1,200

Mllroy, Mifflin county i_200

Lewistown. Mifflin county i.aoo

Danville, Montour county 2,000

Danville, Montour county i.aoo

Danville. Montour county 1,200

Danville, Montour county 1,200

No. shipped Total

3*

10

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ri/— Contiuued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postoflice address.

No.shipped Total.

1892.

rkanvUii* Montour county,

1.200
1,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2.000

Apr. 18 S

. A. Lierks

t w n.^ilhiir

South Bethlehem, Northampton Co.,
McEwensville, Northumberland Co.,
McEwensville, Northumberland Co.,
McEwensville, Northumberland Co.,
McEwensville, Northumberland Co.,

5

X

Mar. 10

L nnlH

10

10

. H. Reiser

10
10
10

3. P. Armstrong

3. T. Rothamei

McEwensviUe, Northumberland Co., 2,000
McEwensville, Northumberland Co.. 2,000
Milton. Northumberland county, .. 2.000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. *.000
Milton, Northumberland county. .. 2.000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 1 *.000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton. Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2.000
Milton. Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 3,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county. .. 2.000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2.000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2.000
Milton. Northumberland county, .. 2,000
Milton, Northumberland county, .. 2.000
Milton. Northumberland county.... 1.500
Riveraide, Northumberland county, 1.500
, Milton. Northumberland county,... 1.500

•

10 i
10 .
10 <
10 .

10 :

10 1

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

2S

23

23

23

23

23

2S

23

April 5 '
6

11 1
11
11
12
12
May 27
27

r. Goodcharles

2. A. GooachArles

r r" 'Spvdpll

•

n w Wilson

M Tlpid

H. Goodchildes

TTir XT "Rarr ■•■

rn f~% T-TplrnATl • •

X> T Prints ■

W. B. Chamberlin, ,...

"P T ("*rlRt*>

■C CI1lmm^^^

C. D. Bschbach

n M fitrinp

T Tl RAPd

TET T. fUrtnn ■•••

rp QwanW • •

■p T Priate

T~\ TTlf m an > •

f^ CiiiTYimprR ••

D. Montgomery

W. W. Watson

Turbulvllle, Northumberland Co.,.
Turbutville, Northumberland Co.,.
McEwensville, Northumberland Co.,
McEwensville. Northumberland Co.,
Northumberland. Northumb'd Co.,.
Northumberland, Northumbd Co.,.

1,600
1.500
1,500
1.500
1,500
l.fi^

O. B. Lembach

H. H. Whltmer

1

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^rg^— Continued.

41

Date.

Name.

1892. I
April 5 I R. W. Griffiths,
5 R, W. GrifflthB.

Fostoffice address.

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co......

6
5
5
5
12
12

W, L. Rowland | Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.

J. A. Slgflis.

G. E. Kilpatriclc,
A. McDonald, .;..
J. B. Drinker, ...
H. S. Drinker, ...

Mar.

12 H. S. Drinker

21 W. B. Churchman,

21 W. Warner,

21 G. Wagner

21 Wm. W. Wagner,

21 J. Wagner,

21 R. B. Wells

3 J. Manger

3 W. Miller

3 L. Frank,

3 J. Grathmold.

3 J. S. Supthen

3 Wm. Schaeffler. ...

3 C. Leening

16 E. T. Rivirer

16 E. Kimble

16 J. W. Hull

16 G. Brown

16 L. Rowland

16 J. L. Burcher

16 A. G. Rowland, ....

16 F. Quick

16 E. Fisher

16 L. Burcher.

16 T. Weeks

16 T. Farley

16 T. Farley ,

Apr. 21 M. H. Lassly

June 18 L. Chatllllan

18

18

J. P. Lamer,
L. J. Susson,

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co

Philadelphia. Philadelphia Co

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co......

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co......

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co......

Philadelphia. Philadelphia Co

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co

Philadelphia. Philadelphia Co.

Philadelphia. Philadelphia Co

Philadelphia. Philadelphia Co.

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co

Egypt Blooming Grove, Pike Co.,.

Egypt Blooming Grove, Pike Co.,.
Egypt Blooming Grove, Pike Co.,.
Egypt Blooming Grove, Pike Co...
Egypt Blooming Grove, Pike Co.,.
Egypt Plooming Grove, Pike Co.,.

Shohola Falls. Pike county

Milford, Pike county '

Kimbles, Pike county '

Rowland. Pike county |

Rowland, Pike county, [

Rowland, Pike county

Rowland. Pike county

Rowland. Pike county, .'

Rowland, Pike county i

Rowland, Pike county

Rowland, Pike county, ;

Rowland, Pike county

Rowland, Pike i-ounty I

Rowland, Pike county '

West Colang Park, Pike county,..

Milford, Pike county,

Milford. Pike county

Milfor<l. Pike ccunt>

l.SOO

1,000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1,000

1,300

1.500

1,500

1,000

1.000

1.000

1,000

1,000

1,000

2,900

2,000

2,000

2.000

2.000

2.000

2.000

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,600

1,600

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,000

1.000

1.1M

1,1W

1,200

No.shipped Total.

42

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

July

1892. j
June 18
18

r

18
18
24
April 11
13
13
13
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
July 13
13
Mar. 16
16
16
April 14
14
14
Mar. 31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31

n

E. F. Hoffman,
D. M. Lawrey.
R. Nells

Fostofflce address.

Dingman's Ferry, Pike county,

Dingman's Ferry, Pike county,

Dingman's Ferry. Pike county.

R. Nells i Dingman- s Ferry, Pike county,

A. J. Kimble Paupack, Pike county

A. L. Ewell. Genesee Forks, Potter county,

F. Sheaf er Liverpool, Potter county

Millerstown, Potter county, ..

Mlllerstown, Potter county, ..

Selinsgrove, Potter county, ..

Middle Creek, Potter county, .

Middle Creek, Potter county, .

Troxelvllle. Potter county, ...

S. Banks • •

S. Taylor,

H. D. Schunt,

J. H. Knepp

J, H. Knepp,

p. L. Middlesworth, .

p. L. Middlesworth,....! Troxelville, Potter county,

W. F. Ettlnger,
J. A. Wagner.

Troxelville, Potter county.

Troxelville. Potter county

A. H. Swortz Troxelvllle, Potter county

J. A. Fetterolf j Troxelville. Potter county

G. W. Johnson I Freckville. Schuylkill county

T. Purcell Tamaqua, Schuylkill county,

W. W. Larrabee | Jackson, Susquehanna county

H F. Manzer \ Susquehanna, Susquehanna county

C. F. Wright, .

D. Bennett

Wm. Messerale,
F. Greenwood,
J, W. Aumiller,

E. V. Ingham,

A Bennett

V. H. Upman,
T. Bentley, . . .
C. F. Cheney,

Susquehanna, Susquehanna county,
Forest City, Susquehanna county,.
Springviile, Susquehanna county, .

Lynn, Susquehanna county

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county, ....

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county,

J Q Clayton I Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,

A. Lysson I Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,

D. E. Upman | Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county.

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county.
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,
Eagle'Ji Mere, Sullivan county.

A. S. Avery,
C. V. Colt, .
A. Lawrence.
A. JenkP, ..

i,aoo

1,209

1,200

1,200

1,000

1,000

1,000

1.000

6,000

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.600

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

I.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

No.Bbipped ToUl.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook TrotU Fry — Continued.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total.

1892.
Mar. SI

W. H. Allen

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ...

• Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ...

• Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ...
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, . . .
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ....

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ....
Hill's Grove, Sullivan county, ...
La Porte. Sullivan countv

2,000

i

2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000

U
31

D. R. Hardmett

C. Q. Fleming.

n

Q. Johnson.

Si

G. B. Mertz

31

E. S. Chase

81

D. Reynolds

31

L. B. Speaker,

31

T. Sharpe

31

A. A. Baker,

31

S. B. Kams.

J^dA. PortP RiilHvnn /«rtiin^i/ o /\rn\

31

C. Flnklepaugh

C. S. Maber

La Porte, Sullivan county

£,UUU

2,000

2.000

2.000

1 2,000

31

La Porte, Sullivan county

31

A. L. Grimm

La Porte, Sullivan county

31

S. B. Kams,

La Porte, Sullivan countv

31

H. A. Kams

i-tSL Porte S^llllivnn nniinfv

31

J. F. Bennett

Muncy Valley, Sullivan county, ... 2,000
Sonestown. Sullivan munf-v n ,\n,

31

W. Sheets

Mar. 17
17
17
17
17
17

»l

17
17

17 .
17 <
17 .
17 '
17 ]
17 1

17 ]

1
17 ]

April 11 j 1

11 I

O. L. Coolings

Hoytville, Tioga county

1.500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1 l^AA

C. E. Maneval

Nanvo, Tioga county

W. H. Maneval

J. B. Desmond.

Nanvo, Tioga county,

Nanvo, Tioga county

J. F. Llnch

Nanvo, Tioga county,

J. R. Childs,

Nanvo, Tioga county

t. H. Moyer

Nanvo, Tioga county

Wm. W. Seaman,

J. S. Childs.

Nanvo, Tioga county

Nanvo, Tioga county,

r, Pelchy

Nanvo, Tioga county,

3, Pelchy,

Nanvo, Tioga county,

r. Blxby

Mansfl-jld, Tioga county

r. Adams

Mansfield, Tioga county

E3d. Heston

Mansfield, Tioga countv.

'. P. Squires

Maln.sburg, Tioga county

B. Squires,

Mainsburg, Tioga county

B. Gray

Mainsburg, Tioga county

1.500
1,000

1 RAA

'. Reese

Eventoa, Tioga county

I. C Green

Ansonla, Tioga county,

11

J
J

F. Parkhurst,

Lawrencevllle, TInga cnunty

WellsboiM, Tioga county

1,0VU

1,500

Ksno

11

. N. Bache j

44

REPORT OF THK

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

Date.

i
1892.

Apr. 11

11 I
11
11
11
11
11
11
II
11
11
11
11
11
Mar. 23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
April 18
IS
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
June 25
Jdar. 2
2

Name.

Z. T. Hall,

H. Steever

C. E. Genmilson,
A. R. Nilea

D. Thompson, . . .
\V. H. Thurbur,
F. H. Rockwell,
A. WalbrldKC, . .
H. 1. Wilson, ...
J, B. Tuman, ...
J. L. White

Postofilce addreai.

Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county,

G. Jennings, i wellsboro, Tioga county.

J. A. Boyce

G. M. Spalding,
E. Datesmen, ...
J. R. Datesmen,
J. Datesmen, ...

S. Boyer

R. Datesmen, ...
P. F. Datesmen ,
A. M. Keisher. .
T. Ranke

Wellsboro, Tioga county, ...
Wellsboro, Tioga county, ...
West Milton, Union county,
West Milton, Union county.
West Milton, Union county.
West Milton, Union county.
West Milton, Union county,
West Milton, Union county.
West Milton, Union county.

West Milton, Union county,

B. F. Kelser, | West Milton, Union county,

A. Kelser, I West Milton, Union county.

H. Rumberger, . . .

B. Bickel

H. F. Donehower,

T. D. Baker

T. N. Reber

Dr. F. Byers

C. Fry,

West Milton, Union county.
West Milton. Union county,
Lewlsburg, Union county, ..
Lewisburg, Union county, ..
Lewlsburg, Union county, ..
Lewlsburg, Union county. ..
Lewlsburg, Union county. ..

G. Schrack Lewlsburg, Union county.

J. Shaffer, . .
C. Griffln, ...

R. Eby

E. Reber, ...
W. L. Mench,

Lewisburg, Union county,
Lewlsburg, Union county,
Lewlsburg. Union county,
Lewlsburg, Union county,
Hartleton, Union county.

H. H. Noyes ••• Pleasantville, Venango county,

B. Convln Pleasantville, Venango county.

No. shipped

1.600

1,600

1,500

2,500

2,500

2.500

1,500

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,000

1,000

1.000

1.010

1.0M

um

1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
2,000

Total.

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

Date.

Name.

PoBtoffice address.

No. shipped

Total.

1892.

Mar. 2

F. Hasklll

Pleasantville.

Venango

county, . . .

2,000

2

J. M. Daugust .

• Pleasantville.

Venango

county, ...

2.000

2

J. J. McCaslln

Pleasantville,

Venango

county, . . .

2,000

2

F. G. Glgel

Pleasantville,

Venango

county, ...

2,000

28

M. Shellnadlne

Pleasantville,

Venango

county

1,500

28

C. A. Dodge

Pleasantville,

Venango

county,.... 1,500

28

N. A. Shellnadlne

Pleasantville,

Venango

county 1,500

28

W. Benedick,

Pleasantville,

Venango

county 1,500

28

H. C. Mapes

Pleasantville,

Venango

1
county, 1,500

28

G. Benldick

Pleasantville,

Venango

county 1,500

28

L. A. Bugbee

Pleasantville,

Venango

county, 1,500

28

E. McClune

Pleasantville,

Venango

county 1,500

28

H. Montandon

Pleasantville,

Venango

county 1,500

28

J. D. Glum ..

Pleasantville,

Venango

county 1,500

28

J. McQuald

Sugar Creak, Venango <
Franklin, Venango cour
Frankllin, Venango coun
Franklin, Venango coun

28

A. G. Egbert

tv

1,500

« can 1

28

J. Bryden,

tv i

28

J. D. Chadwick

'■y 1 Mww 1

tv 1 Rrtft

28

Hon. S. B. Myers

Franklin, Venango county 1,500

28

S. S. Deckmuen

Franklin, Venango county 1,500

28

W. H. Forbes

Franklin, Venango county i,500

28

D. Sullinger

Franklin Vpn

ancri-k rk/Mm«-«f 1 CAA

28

T. Alges

Franklin, Venango county 1,500

April 16

W. S. Adams

Utica, Venango county.
Canal, Venango county,
Iteno, Venango county,
Reno, Venango county.

1 R/Wk

16

W. Mead

l.OW

1 KM

16

J. Hickman,

l.OW 1

1 R/in

U

Q. P. Brockway

1,500

1<

J. P. Freed

Reno, Venango mimfv

1 nflrt

10

S. Y. Ramage

Reno, Venangc

) county,

1 snn

July 2

H. S. Brunot,

Greensburg, W
Spring Creeek.

%A /%nimf m, n mmjS

Mar. 4 \

H. E. Whltsby

Warren county 2,000

Warren county 2.000

Warren county 2,000

Warren county 2,000

4

W. Baker

Spring Creeek,
Spring Creeek,
Spring Creeek,

4

J. Donaldson

4

R. A. Patterson, M. D .

4

F. W. Smith

Spring Creeek,

90

N. A. Kidder

Warren, Warren county,
Hawley, Wayne county,
Honesdale, Wayne count
Honesdale, Wajrne count.

2,000
2.000

Mar. 3

E. L. Schlager

P. A. Clark

3

8

W. M. Gardner.

y

'•'

2,000

M

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

U92.
Mur. 3
3
3
3
3
S

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

11

IC

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

R. W. Sears, ..
P. W. Gardner,

B. Gardner,
W. D. Gardner,
S. E. Gardner, .
U. C. Gardner, .

J. R. Rose,

J. A. Kfoft, ...

L. O. Rose

< •. McCarty

M. J. Hanlon, .
W. H. Stone. ..
R. L. Graube, .
E. M. Spattgue,
A. T. Searle, ..
O. J. Rowland,
G. J. Knorr, ...
P. Grossman, . .
L. H. Snyder, ..

C. Apple

H. Manger

A. Barthelmes

E. Highhans

J. Knorr,

C. Snyder,

P. Henrltz

Walter Carr

J. R. Handby

H. A. Blgart.

C. E. Beach

Hon. J. H. Beech,

S. A. Brush

C. H. Dorflinger

C. Holgate

A. Rutledgp

F. E. Sherwood

J. W. Kesler

I C. P. Bldred,

I'ostofflce address.

a ft • f « t •

J, B. Eldr^l

No. shipped

Honesdale, Wayne county, liOOt

Uonesdale, Wayne county, 2,003

Honesdale, Wayne county 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county, 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county 8^000

Honesdale, Wayne county, ~T. 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county, 2,0JO

Honesdale, Wayne county 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county, 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county, 2,003

Honesdale, Wayne county, 2,000

Honesdale, Wayne county, 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county ." 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county 2,000

(Hrdland, Wayne county 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county 2,000

Girdland. Wayne county 2,000

Girdland, Wayne county 2,000

Waymart, Wayne county 2,000

Hawley, Wayne county 1.500

Hawley, Wayne county 1,500

MilanviUe, Wayne county 1,000

Milan ville, Wayne couhty 1,600

Mllanvllle, Wayne county 1,500

White Mills, Wayne county 1,500

Glrdlard, Wayne county 1 ,500

Galilee, Wayne county 1,'hX)

Honesdale, Wayne county, 1,500

Honesdale, Wayne county 1,500

li'nesdaie, Wayne county 1,500

Honesdale, Wayne county I 1,600

Total.

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^r^— Continued.

47

Date.

1802.
Mar. 16

Name.

C. Hartmuf , . . .

16 C. Hartrauff, ...

16 W. S. Dirdsley,

16 J. C. Blrdslcy, .

16 T. M. Fuller. .

16 C. Dunland

16 J. Kuhbauch, .

16 A J. Rehbeln, ..

18 J. O. Firrel, .. .,

18 J. L. Cakes, ...

18 C. Keller

18 L. Nelson

18 D. W. Bolkcom.

18 C. E. Bolkcor..,

18 A. Roeher,

18 L. N. Dorr,

18 W. C. L.loy.1, ..

April 6 S. H. Rhoads

18 A. D. Campbell, . .

21 J, Learch

21 W. N. Curtis

21 P. Swigle,

21 H. A. Williams. . .

21 J. Atkinson

21 J. Schoeder

21 O. B. Miller

21 A. R. Kimble

21 A. Lelter

n I. Woolhlat3r

tl O. Sherwood

21 J. E. Woodmember,

tl j A. Kinkley

21 F. R. Holbert,

11 I C. A. Kar.lm.tn. ...

21 ! C. Lord,

21 J. R. Horn beck, ...

18 C. H. Qriffln

21 T. L. Fltcn

21 W. G. Blarkney

Postoffice address.

No. shipped Total.

Honesdale, Wayne county, ,,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Rileyville, Wayne county

RileyvUle, Wayne county

Rileyville, Wayne county ,

Rileyville, Wayiie county

Starruca, Wayne county

Starruca. Wayne county

Starruca, Wayne county

Gouldsboro Station, Wayne county,

Tallman ville, Wayne county,

South Canaan, Wayne county, ...
South Canaan, Wayne county, ...
South Canaan, Wayne county, ...

Lake Como, Wayne county

White Mills, Wayne county,

White Mills, Wayne county

Dyberry, Wayne county

Dyberry, Wayne county

Equlnunk, Wayne county

Equinunk, Wayne county

Equlnunk, Wayne county

Equlnunk, Wayne county

Equinunk, Wayne county

Equlnunk, Wayne county

Equinunk, Wayne county

Equinunk, Wayne county

Equlnunk, Wayne county !

Honesd.Hle, Wayne county I

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, W^ayne county ,

1,600

1,500

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,500

1.600

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

1.600

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1.000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1,000

1,000

m

REPORT OF

THE

(Off. Doc.

Bvook Trout Fry-

-Continued.

Date.

Name.

!
I ostofflce address. No.shlpped Total.

1892.

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale. Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Way

Honesdale, Wa>

Honesdale, \Va>

Honesdale, Way

Hawley, Wayne

Hawley, Wayne

Hawley, Wayne

Hawley, Wayne

Hawley, Wayne

Hawley, Wayne

Hawley, Wayne

Bridgeton, Yorl

Coming, Steube

Corning, Steube

ne county.

1,000
1,000
1,000
1.000

1,000 j

1,000

Apr. 21

hi, C oiaKney,

n*» r»mintv . . ■ ■ . •

21 w. u. iiiioroa,

n(^ poiintv

21 O. Griffln

21 W. F. Brlggi'

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

T. A. uaKer,

ne county

A. R. Faubr.er

1.900
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

ne county.

w . o. X ems

C. O. Rutled^e

T Oorr

TiA f*oiintv •

ne county,

C. F. BuUocif.

ne county •

W. E, Bennett

•C^ M a1 1

1.000

county,

%m

county

1,000
1,000
1,000
1,006
1,000

E. J. Richardson

county

21 f. J. Esuw«-r

21

W. ci. xiausf

F. W. S3'ialm,

piiiintv ■■

21

county, ....••

1,000
2,000
1,500
1.500

21
April 13
Mar. 17

17

M, P. Stlflir,

G. G. J. MuKOf!

G. G. J. Mageti,

c county, — .......

n county, N. Y

n county. N. Y.....

1 907 9n

1893.

Tyrone, Blair
Tyrone, Blair
Tyrone, Blah-
Tyrone. Blair
Tyronf, Blair
Tyrone. Blair
Tyrone. Blair
Tyrone, Blair
Tyrone. Blair
. Tyrone, Blair
Williamsburg,
Hollidaysburg,
Hollidaysburg,
Hollidaysburg,

county,

1.200

April 4

T. J. Fitzpatrick,

' 1,200

4
4

county

1

1,200
1,200
1,200
1 1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200

H. M. Cirlitins

county

4

J, K. xJowser

W. H. Daughenbaugh...
I. H. Holtzinger

poimtv

4

4

county

4

F. Loneruer

county

4

F. B. Keller,

county

4

M. Bollinger

county

4

16
16
16
16

E. S. Isenberff,

a "W T>4:»nn

Blair county

Blair county

Blair county

Blair county

T T^ WAVflTlflt

T 1~V WflVflTlfJt

D. B. Sudsley

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

Date.

Name.

April 16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

1<

16

16

W. H. Westover,

Postoffice address.

Hollidaysburg, Blair county.

W. H. Goodfellow \\ Hollidaysburg, Blair county,

W. B. Reed

W. I. Woodcock,

M. Bell

J. L. Plummer, ,

T. Eckley,

T. M. Moore

O. J. McAllister.

J. H. Flske,

C. H. Kendall, ..

O. Fox

G. F. Fresh

J. A. Curtis

I
16 H. C. Dern

16 H. C. Dern

16 J. Ermlre

16 T. S. Hughes

16 J. B. Cowen.

16 J. W. Smiley

25 Q. W. Wheler

16 E. Li. Loudon

25 W. C. Westfell. ..

25 F. E. Jameson. ...

85 J. G. Davis,

25 I. W. Eaby

May 1 J. W. Smiley, ....

I , J. Brmine

1 G. W. Gromiller, .

July 2 A. P. MacDonald,

Mar. 14 J. W. Parsons. ..

M j B. E. Van Syckel,

14 M. W. Whitman, .,

14
14

14

14
14

T. Pierce, .
Ij, Thomas,
A. J. Fox,

Hollidaysburg, Blair county,

Hollidaysburg, Blair county.

Hollidaysburg, Blair county,

Hollidaysburg, Blair county.

Cove Forge, Blair county, ...

Camoe, Blair county,

Boyer. Blair county

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona. Blair county

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona. Blair county

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona, Blair county.

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona, Hlair county

Altoona. Blair county,

Hollidaysburg, Blair county,...

Altoona, Blair county

Canton, Bi-adford county

Canton, Bradford county

Canton, Bradford county

Canton, Bradford county.

Canton, Bradford county,

Canton. Bradford county,

Canton. Bradford county

Li. Brooks

T. J, Channell, Canton, Bradford county

I
14 I D. G. Llndley Canton. Bradford county

No. shipped . Total.

1,200

1.2U0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200 j

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

6,000

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200 ,

1.200 '

4-20-94

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout jPry— Continued.

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No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

51

Date.

1893.
Mar. 14

"I

14 I
14 ,
14 '
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
April 4
4
4
May 19
19
June 8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
July 2
13
13
April 16
16
16
16
16

Name.

D. M. Oampbell

Dr. A. M. Ingham,

J. Morse

D. D. Holcomb,

B. Bailey

T. S. Wilcox,

T. S. Churchill

E. A. Holcomb,

S. Churchill

W. D. Holcomb

H. A. Holcomb

C. S. Holcomb,

S. W. Harris

P. Marten

M. M. Grlswold, P. M.,

J. B. Smith

G. W. Gregory

F. Campbell

W. H. Pettengill

J. S. Campbell

T. M. Fassett

J. H. Starch

L. C. Lewis,

E. Davis

E. W. Batres,

J. Griffin

J. S. Hamaker

J. F. Struble,

W. Snyder

W. W. McCain

W. W. McCain

W. W. Brown

O. D. Bartlett

W. T. Davies

C. F. Zlgler

I

I D. N. Farry

B. F. Gates,

O. F. Guyer

J. M. Woodcock,

Pcistoffice address.

Hurlington, Bradford county, ..
Burlington, Bradford county, ..

LeRoy, Bradford county

LeRoy, Bradford county,

LeRoy. Bradford county,

LeRoy, Bradford county

LeRoy, Bradford county

LeRoy, Bradford county

LeRoy, Bradford county

LeRoy, Bradford county

LeRoy. Bradford county,

LeRoy, Bradford county,

LeRoy, Bradford county

LeRoy, Bradford county

West LeRoy, Bradford county,
Troy, Bradford county

Troy, Bradford county

East Troy, Bradford coimty,...

Gillets, Bradford county

Troy, Bradford county

Canton, Bradford county

Wetona, Bradford county

Stevensville, Bradford county,

Athens, Bradford county

Athens, Bradford county

Athens, Bradford county,

Wyalubing, Bradford county,..

Litchfield, Bradford county, ..

Sheshequin, Bradford county,

Stevensville, Bradford county,

Stevensville, Bradford county,

Bradford, Bradford county,...

Wyalusing, Bradford county,..

Towanda, Bradford county, ..

Waterside, Bedford county, ..

Waterside, Bedford county, ..

Waterside. Bedford county, ..

Waterside, Bedford county. ..

Waterside, Bedford county, ..

No. shipped ToUl.

1,200

1,200

i

1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200

i.aoo

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
6,000
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
10,000
1.M0
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.10O

i.aoo

1,100

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

isn.

April 16 J. F. Lantz.
16 J. Curry

16
It

May

C. H. Eversole, ..

J. L Brown,

16 Q. L. Baird.

16 B. Bums

16 J. Carson.

16 J. Latshaw

16 A. B. Hoffman, .
16 F. B. Berkhimer.
16 H. W. Oellig, ...
16 W. R. Lecrone, .
1 8. B. Sparks

Waterside, Bedford county.

Waterside, Bedford county,

Waterside, Bedford county.

Waterside, Bedford county.

Waterside, Bedford cotmty.

Waterside, Bedford county,

Waterside, Bedford county.

Waterside, Bedford county,
Bedford, Bedford county, ...

Woodbury, Bedford county.

Woodbury. Bedford county.

Woodbury. Bedford county.
Everett, Bedford county, ...

1 A. D. Stayer Everett, Bedford county.

1 W. B. Pierson,

1 J. Stauffer,

1 F. Bolger

1 H. R. Hershberger, ..

1 A. King

1 A. L. Little

1 L Ake

1 L. Saupp

1 G. C. Stlffler,

1 E. Smith,

1 G. Smouse

1 J. C. Roberts .,,

1 X L. Bedford,

June 30 A. Enfield. M. D

30 A. Enfield. M. D

Mar. 8 J. Brown.

8 C. R. Sober

t F. Hare

t F. W. Sober

8 Glen Union Lumber Co.

S A. F. Shank,

t A. J. Campbsjl

8 C. R. Sober

8 E. I. Sober ,

8 J. W. Deis, ,

8 R. J. Johnson,

Wolfsburg, Bedford county,

Foesilville, Bedford county,

Woodbury Bedford county.

Bedford, Bedford county, ..

Bedford, Bedford county, ..

Bedford, Bedford county, ..

Bedford, Bedford county, ..

Bedford, Bedford county, ..

Bedford, Be^^ford county, ..

Bedford, Bedford county, ..

Bedford, Bedford county, ..

Bedford, Bedford county. ..,

Bedford, Bedford county. ...

Bedford, Bedford county, ...
Bedford. Bedford county, ...
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
Glen Union, Clinton county, .
McElhattan, Clinton county,
McEIhattan, Clinton oounty. <

1,K»

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.10O

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200 '

i

1.200 j

1,200 I

1,200 \

I

1,200 !

I
1,200 I

1,200 I

I

1.200 I
1.200 i

1,200 ;

1,200 I

1,200 !

1.200 i
1,200

1.200

I

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.100

1,100

1.200

1.10O

j No. shipped Total.

62

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

1893.

Mar. 8

8

t

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

14

14

Mar. 14

14

14

M

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

24

26

»

28

28

88

May 1

1

1

June 8

Name.

Q. W. Iioung

T. G. Slmcox,

J, Chasham, Jr

J. C. Quiggle

W. Smith

J. Q. Delae

J. Quiggle, Jr

J. C. Quiggle

J. C. Quiggle,

L. E. Snyder

S. Motte

J. Q. Dice

J. W. Rlcker

J. M. Peoples

W. F. Elliott

J. G. Christ

W. H. Klapp

J. F. Brown i

J. H. Mussina

G. la. Morlock

C. W. Schadr

A. Stener

E. D. Blint

W. L. McCllntock

Q. W. Mason

C. J. D. McCllntock, ..

J. T. Beadley

M. Fredericks

G. Ney worth

R. W. A. Jameson

T. T. Parker

C. J. Walt,

C. McGhee

E. H. Hnistings

J. Hunter,

I. Syler

E. Moyer

F. B. Harder

L. v. Edmondson, .....

Foctoffice address.

McElhattan, Clinton county,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
McElhattan, Clint n county,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
McEll-attan, Clinton county,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
1^ fElhattan, Clinton county,
M'.Elhattan, Clinton county,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
V(.Elhattan, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county,
IiC« K Haven, Clinton county,
Jrf>ck Haven, Clinton county,
l.ccrc Haven, Clinton county,
l^ick Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county,
Lfick Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county,
Ijock Haven, Clinton county,
Rosecrans, Clinton county, ..
Loganton, Clinton county, ...
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven. < 'linton county.
Lock Haven. (Minton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county,

j Rosecrans, Clinton county, ..

I
Renovo, Clinton county,

Lock Haven, Clinton county,

Renovo, Clinton county

No. shipped

i,aoo

1,200
1.200
1,S0«

i,aoo
%%»

1.200
1,200
1,2J0
1,200
l.iXX)
1.2M
1,200
1,200
1,2)0
ISX)
l.WO

i,aoo
laoo

1S90

1,M0

i,aoo

i,«o

1,200
1,200
1,'JOO
1.200
1,230

1 aoo

1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

Total.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout jFVy— Continued.

63

Dale.

Name.

PoBtofflue address.

No. shipped Total.

1893.
Mar. 8
8

L. Daucherty

H. Lloyd

. Buckwalter, Camero
. Emporium. Cameron
. Emporium, Cameron
. Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
ip' riimi. Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Sinnemahoning, Can
Sinnemahoning, Can
Sinnemahoning, Can
Sinnemahoning, Can-
Sinnemahonlng, Cam
Sinnemahoning, Cam
Sinnemahoning, Cam
Sinnemahoning, Cam
Sinnemahoning, Cam
Eniix»rlum. Cameron
Emporium. Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, C:ameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Emporium, Cameron
Buckwalter. Cameron
Sinnemahoning, Came
Nittany, Centre count
Fleming, Centre coun
Fleming, Centre coun
Fleming, Centre coun
Fleming. Centre coun

—■ -■■ — — i .

n county, l.MO

8
8

;Dr. R. P. Heilman, ...

M. M. Larrabee

J. D. iMgAn

county

county,

county

1,Z0(

..; i.20(

1,20C

)

)

8

8

F. Julian,

)

8

D. H. Lamb

county i,au<j

county 1,200

county 1,200

county 1,200

leron county, . 1,800
leron county,. 1,200
leron county,. i,?ioo
leron county,. 1.200
eron county,. 1,200
eron county,. 1,200
eron county,. 1,200
eron county,. ],200
eron county,. l,20o

county 1,200

county 1,200

county ^800

county 1.200

county 1,200

county ■* **'*'^

8

H. C. Blum

8

8

J. F. Parsons

J. H. Drum

8

A. Bailey

8

W. L. Barclay

8
8

W. H. Metzgar

W. J. Emery

8

B. Counsil

1

8

G. F. Wykoff

24

F. E. Gordon

24

W. L. Confer

24

J. A. Johnston,

24

J. M. Dalnson

24
24
24
24

1
j

24

1

24 (
24 ]
24 <
24 : (
24 ]
24 I
May 1 1
June 14 1

G. A. Walker

N. M. Judd

H. H. Mullen

R. C. Dodson

M. O. Conner,

county

county,

county

county

county

county

county

county

county

ron county, .
ty,

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.20O

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

[. R. Hockley

?. T. Logan

L. Taggart

3. A. Walker

3. F. Balcom

€. Day

r. Gallagher

i. Daugherty

r. McGuire

Mar. 26

1

B. F. Shafter

26

Bennet's Run Asso \

ty

26

5. Rich

tv

26

I. Hall

f V

26

Z. Hall

ty

54

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout i^r^— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Pofitofflce address.

No.shipped

Total.

1893.
Mar. 26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26

A T» TTall

1

viominflr Pentre county. .....*••*• ^

1,200
1,200
1.200

1.200

1

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.20O

1.20O

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

A. o. nail, ■

A A GHxror

TPiAmlnir Ppntre county. • * •

W. A. Weyland

Milesburg, Centre county

PhllloaburK. Centre county

Phtlinuburir Centre county

Phillnsbure: Centre county,

PVi 11 i Dsbure Centre county,

TT .Tnnes ■ ■ •

Phllipsburg, Centre county

Philinsbursr. Centre county,

ci- TV TTfl-TTipr ......•••■

PhiUpsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Phlllp.sburg, Centre county

Philiusburg. Centre county

T TWi^OlnBlcpv ■■••

"KXT T. TTamer

T TXIt<af ...

A. E. Gearhart

'PHiUrisshnrp' Pentrc county

26

Philiosbure Centre county,

26
26
26

PhlliDsburg, Centre county

C* TJ Davis ..••«

PhiUpsburg, Centre county

PhiliDsburg. Centre county

26

J. u , H-Oover,

Philipsburg, Centre county

26
26
26

rC. sanKey,

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

C rl. metat •••••••••••••

Phillppburg, Centre county,

26
26
28
26
26
26
St
M
26
M
26
26
26
36
26
96
26
26

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county

T irpfit

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Phillppburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

T in 'Rlrtnm

17' G 'Wnnpr

ii V* TjAister

T. PlIHott

a XT TYVirta/^a

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg. Centre county

'

T* "M" Tliirrls

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg. Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

T» K^rf not

1

1

in c* "XVfiv •■•

T P! Starrett

8. N. Causland

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

1 ate.

1893.
Mar. 26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27

27

28

28
28
28
iS
28
28

Name.

A. Hunter,

W. J. Jackson, ..

R. L. Scott

J. R. Herd,

W. W. Reoheart,
C. H. MuBser. ...

C. W. Naugle, ..,
H. E. Wever, ...
Wm. Miller

D. Nolan,

W. R. Saxton, ..

G. E. Lamb

J. Swift,

J. R. Swartz, ...

H. Emery

J. Stevenson,

Postofflce address.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county, .

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philip.sburg, Centre county,.

Fhllipaburg. Centre county, .

Philipsburg, Centre county. .

Philipsburg, Centre county, .

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centra county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

Philipsburg, Centre county,.

C. W. Fleck i Philipsburg, Centre county,..

N. N. Davis I Phllip&turg, Centre county...

S. M. Graham. ! Phiiipshurg, Centre county,..

T. Ashcroft | Philipsburg, Centre county,.

S. S. Crissman j Philipsburg, Centre county,.

J. C. Rowe, ; Philipsburg, Centre county..

J. G. Robinson

Q. R. Mock

L. Hudson

H. W. Buckingham,
G. Llchtenthaler. . . ,
A. James

Philipsburg. Centre county. .

Philipsburg, Centre county, .

Philipsburg, Centre county, .

Philipsburg, Centre county, .

Philipsburg. Centre county, .

Philipsburg, Centre county, .

H. S. Schmidt Philipsburg, Centre county.

T. Adams, . . .
N. C. Warfel.
J. T. Bowes,
J. J. Tarnall,

Philipsburg, Centre county,
Philipsburg, Centre county,
Blanchard. Centre county. .
Snow Shoe, Centre county.

J. C. Bair I Bellefonte. Centre county.

T. P. Green ' Bellefonte, Centre county.

A. S. Farman,
J. C. Meyer, ..
J. C. Miller, ..
J. H. Holt, ...

Bellefonte, Centre county.
Bellefonte, Centre county,
Bellefonte, Centre county.
Moshannon. Centre county.

]

No.shipped : Total.

1.200

1,200

1,^

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.20O

1.2W

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,2>0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fiy — Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

May

1^8.
April 4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

19
June 30
Mar. 26
28
28
28

A. Reshmecker, . .

M. Heaton

J. Kitchen

T. R. Benner

J. L. Havis

N. H. Irwin,

J. D. Shugert

S. D. Ryan

I. Thomas,

A. O. Furst

A. O. Furst,

A. Mullen

C. F. Cook

S. H. Griffith

J. L. Kreamer

D. C. Hall

F. Houser

J. F. Harter

G. S. Springer,

P. H. Musser

S. R. Pringle

J. Harpster

M1S.S M. Potter

W. P. Shope

J. S. Rowe

G. W. Bushman,

W, B. Swingle

Rev. S. H. F.isenberg..

n. W. Kreamer

Dr. W. A. McGehon, ..

S. Hamper

M. Austadt

D. H. Kustenbander, . .

H. C. Mlllewood

J. R. Taylor

T. L. Snyder

A. J. Ames

J. I. Harry

J. Hartle, .

Pcstofflce address.

No. shipped Total

MUesburg. Centre county,

Milesburg, Centre county

Milesburg, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county,

Bellefcnte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county,

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefimte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Axe Mann, Centre county

Woodward, Centre county

Fleming, Centre county

Houser\ille, Centre county

Mill Hall, Centre county

Mill Hall, Centre county

Mill Hall, Centre county

Port Matilda, Centre county

Port Matilda, Centre county

Linden Hall, Centre county

Centre Hall, Centre county

Centre Hall, Centre county

Centre Hall, Centre touniy

Centre Hall, Centie « ounty

Centre Hall, Centie county

Centre Hall. Centre county

Centre Hall, Centre c-unty,

Centre Hall, Centre county

Fairfield, Centre county

Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre Co.,

Wigtor. Clearfield county,

Kyleriown, Clearfield county

Kylertcwn, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Peale, Clearfield county

1,200

i.aoo

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
l.ZOO
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,280
1,200
1,200

i,a)o

1,200
1,200
1.200

1.20^
1.200

i.aoo I

1,200
1,200 j
1.200
1,200 I
1.20f 1

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout ^ry— Continued.

67

Date.

Name.

1883.
Mar. 28
28

28
28
28
28
28
28
April 16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16,
16 I
1«
16
16
16
16
16
16

A. M. Raymond ,

C. N. Stewart

M. P. Boclt ,

I O. Beeoher, ,

L. N. Hubler,

P. F. Toole,

W. G. Hoovtu'

C. C. Howe

Dr. P. D. Thorn

H. L. Jones

G. W. Snyder .

H. Kracht

S. Wilson,

M. E. Park

D. W. Fry.

B. B. ThUfStoD

N. S. Cftldw^il

D. W. Fry. ...

J. O. Gabriel. '.

H. Wilson

W. F. Musser.

J. N. Thomps.>n

C, E. Patton, ..,

A. R. Dracker.

G. G. Snydjr

J. S. Groft, ..
F. I. Thooipson,

A. Bloom.

W. O Smith, ,,

F. H. Grorf

W. A. Sweney, .

C. F. Swaney, .

G. E. Jones.

D. Warron.

J. A. Boyd

E. A. Wigler, ...
J. C. HalbrW.r.

D. LeipolJt

J. C. Smith

Postofllce address.

• • • • • • • I

Peale, Clearfield county

Peale, Clearfield county,

Viaduct, Clearfield county.

Viaduct. Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Kyleriown, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county,

Westover, Clearfield county,

Westover. Clearfield county I

Westover, Clearfield county,

Westover. Clearfield county

Westover, Clearfield county

Westover. Clearfield county

Westover, Clearfield county,

Westover, Clearfield county

Westover, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county, ..
Curwensville. Clearfield county, .. i
Curwensville, Clearfield county, .. '
Curwensville, Clearfield county, ..

urwensville, Clearfield countjr, ..
Curwensville. Clearfield county. ..
Curwensville, Clearfield county, ..
Curwensville, Clearfield county. .
Curwensville. Clearfield county. .
Curwensville. Clearfield county, .
Curwensville, Clearfield county, .
Osceola Mills, Clearfield county,.

Wallaceton, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield. Clearfield county

No.slilpped

1,200

1,200

1,200

l.m

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

i,ao»

l,20w

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200 ,

1,200 !

1,200 ,

1.200 I

i.aoo

1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

Total

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout Fry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date. Name.

PcBtofflce address.

No. shipped

ToUl.

1S93.

April 16 C

16 J

1. B. Shaw ,

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county,

1,800

r. R. Johnson

1.100

16 G. C. Moom ...

Clearfield. Clearfield county, 1.**

16 J. Schaw

Clearfield, Clearfield county, 1.200

May 1 A. Vlard

Frenchvllle. Clearfield county l.*)0

1 F. A. Mifnot,

Lecoufs Mill. Clearfield county,... 1.200

1 P. Cutley,

William's Grove. Clearfield county. l.*>0

1 ',

June 30

I Humell

William's Grove, Clearfield county. l.»W

J. H. Friday, .

Osceola Mills. Clearfield county... l.MO

Mar, 6 H. Olds ••

Pleasantville. Crawford county,... l.WO

ft f! 'Ruirbee

Pleasantville, Crawford county,... 1.B0O

6 C. Convln.

Pleasantville, Crawford county,... l.MO

6 C. F. Emeraon. ...

Titvisvllle, Crawford county 1.500

6 J. Li. Emerson

Tltusvllle, Crawford county 1.6W

f B. V. C. Wheeler

Titusville, Crawford county ' l.MO

6
6

A Mandell

Tltusvllle, Crawford county 1.500

J. L. Duon, M. D

Titusville, Crawford county, l.MO

May 6 G. H. Wells

Meadvllle, Crawford county l.»0 , •

1 E. Huidekoper

MeadviUe, Crawford county 2,400

6 A. Lb Henderson

Meadvllle, Crawford county 1.**

6

5

19

W T) Rider

Cambridgeboro. Crawford county.. 1.20O

W D llider

Cambridgeboro. Crawford county,. 1.200

A Wheel03k

Townvllle, Crawford county 1.300

1,200

19 Hon. w. ti. Anarews...

1,200

19 Hon. W. H. Andrews,..

28
28

S Haxch

McGlnnett. Crawford county ' 2,000

O C Flsn

McGlnnett, Crawford county 2,000 i

1.200

July 6 A. W. .'JlCKinuon

1.200

Mar. 14 J. H. Catterail

1

4 4 TVr us XTa iv^i*.

Berwick. Columbia county

1,200

14 Yf. M. uager,

i

1.200

14 ; O. E. McBride

t3a— vni^i. i~*/\1iimKla ^niilitv ...>••

1,200

14 W. H. Mart*

U i J. Sherman Hoyt

Berwick. Columbia county ' 1.200

TSAatnvl^tv /^r\1limHlQ l^nllTltV ^..mm

J 1.200 1

14 ' F. E. Bloss,...

1

A .^..11 1A T* y^ AHamia

FowlesvUle, Columbia county

1,100 !

April 14

Forkes. Columbia county

1,200

14

a. E. Reicbart,

Forkes, Columbia county

1,200

14

O. A. Feaier,

Porkes, Columbia county

1,200

14

W. E. Lewis

J. M. Arnerman,

vn^MlrAa r^rtllimlllfl PrtUntV .....><■•

1,200

14

1

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

69

Date.

Name.

1893.
April 14 W. B. Call

14 J. Conens,

14 D. L. Husted, ..

14 I. R. McHenry,

14 J. S. McHenry,

14 W. F. Keefer, ..

14 L. P. McHenry,

14 W. B. Gibson, .

July 12 W. L,. JefEands,

12 T. Brown

12 T. F. Krebbs, ..

12 J. Z. Hunter, ...

April 4 Jno. Ford

16 W. D. Shupe, ..

10 E. L. Edwards,

16 P. L. Carpenter,

16 H. A. Shields, ...

16 F. Leoyd

16 W. Jones

16 J. A. Gray

16
16
16

J. V. Mancher,

W. Miller

C. H. Sloans, .

16 C. Wenderoth,

10
16
16
16
10
10

A. J. Raser, ...
W. H, Plckerill,
E. Reighard, . . .
J. H. Neville, ..
D. B. Wilson, ..
H. E. Patterson,

16 R. D. Evans,

16
16
10

Postoffice address.

P. Moran

C. L«eahery

v. C. & G. Asosclatlon,

16 E. R. Stewart,

10 E. R. Stewart,

June 30 W. A. Brady,

14 A. W. Kyner,

Mar. 6 I. W. Pray, ...

Jamison City, Columbia county,..

Elk Grove, Columbia county

Elk Grove, Columbia county,

Benton, Columbia county, ,

Benton, Columbia county, ,

Benton, Columbia county

Benton, Columbia county,

Benton, Columbia county

Knox, Clarion county

Knox, Clarion county

Knox, Clarion county

Knox, Clarion county,

Mineral Point, Cambria coimty, .

Johnstown. Cambria county,

Johnstown, Cambria county

Johnstown, Cambria county,

Johnstown, Cambria county, ,

Ebensburg, Cambria county

Ebensburg. Cambria county

Ca rrol Itown, Cambria county,

Carrolltown, Cambria county, ....

Carrolltown, Cambria county, ....

Wilmore, Cambria county,

Wilmore, Cambria county

Mineral Point, Cambria county,..

Mineral Point, Cambria county,..

Mineral Point, Cambria county,..

Mineral Point, Cambria county,..
Mineral Point, Cambria county,..

Vetera. Cambria county

Vetera, Cambria county

Laretto, Cambria county

Lllley, Cambria county

Vinco, Cambria county,

Conemaugh, Cambria county,

Conemaugh, Cambria county,

Wilmore, Cambria county

Shippensburg, Cumberland county.
Otto Glen, Elk county

No. shipped

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.21k

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.80O

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

UM

1.100

S.400

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.100

1.IM

Total.

m

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1893.

Mar. 6 R. A. Brookhart,

14 R. Brennen

14 I H. Cole

14 I C. W. Spettlgue,

i

14 J. Harris

PoBtofflce address.

May

14
14
14
14
24
24
24
1

F. W. Logan, —

W. Holquist,

J. Perry

G. A. Green

J. Klingel

I. N. Steel & Co..
H. Beadle

R. Robertson *

I

J. Wainwrighi,

1 G. B. Merrill

1 J. C. Merrill

June 14 P. Kerstetter

Mar. 6 J. C. Thornton,

t J. T. Slocum «

6 Ed. Slocum

6 U ('. Thurston

6 J. L. Glbsffn

6 Wm. Brown

6 C. F. Adams

6 F. F. Adams

April 4 J. S. Blair

4 C. Nelson

R. Akam

A. F. Plate

P M. Franz

D. B. Marven

7
7
7
7
7

7
7
18
18
18
18
18

J. N. Marks j Torry, Erie county,

C. H. McGren Corry. Erie county,

T. Dempsey I Corry, Erie county,

E. J. Kelso Erie, Erie county, .

D. Weidler

C. B. Chidester «

F. W. Bacon «

J. S. Rilling

Erie, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county,

Erie, Brie county.

No. shipped Total.

Otto Glen, Elk county,

Wilcox, Elk county,

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county,

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county

Wilcox. Elk county

Wilcox, Elk county

Daguacahonda . Elk county

DaguBcahonda, Elk county

Daguscahonda, Elk county

Rldgeway, Elk county

Grantonla, Elk county

Dent's Run, Elk county

Dent's Run, Elk county

Chaffeo, Elk county

Falrview, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Brie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

2,400

2,400

1,20»

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,600

1,500

1.500

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

\200

1.200

1,200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

iNan)«»

Pc stofflce address.

April 18 C. E. Bacon, Erie, Erie county,

18 I H. Hills I East Springfield, Erie county,.. .,

I
18 G. S. Stone I Avonia, Erie county

18 G. A. Hampson, North East, Erie county

18 I J. Chidester Fairviow, Erie county,

May 5 E. E. Wheeler Le Boeuf, Erie county,

5 E. E. Wheeler J^e lioeuf, Erie cuunty

5 H. E. Moyer KIkjii, Krie county,

23 C. L. Baker Krie, Erie county

28 I. A. Pond, « orry, Erie county

28 : J. McLaughlin i Corry, Frle county

28 I M. McLaughlin Corry, Erie county

June 8 E. Richards Corry, Erie county,

8 G. Spencer , Corry, Erie county

Mar. 6 Slye Neill i Perry, Forest county

June 30 J. S. Sullivan Mill Run, Fayette county

30 S. S. Graham, ^ Brownsville, Fayette county

30 A. D. Elllate Ohio i'yle, Fayette county

30 A. Stewart ^ Ohio Pyle, Fayette county

30 J. Hann, Ohio Pyle. Fayette county

April 25 J. Phillips? I Alexander. Huntingdon county, ...

2.5 W. H. Hilson I Barree Forge, Huntingdon county,

25 H. A. Mumper , Barree Forge, Huntingdon county.

25 R. C. Yocum,
E. B. Isltt, .

25
25
25
25

Mapletcn, Huntingdon county

Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county.

R. J. Myton | Petersburg. Huntingdon county,...

L. E. Jones j Neff's Mills, Huntingdon county,..

W. Gettls Neflf's Mills, Huntingdon county...

M. Henderson Neff's Mills, nuntlngdon county,..

May 1 T. W. Myton Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,.

1 Hon. J. W. Grisslnger,. Grafton. Huntingdon county

Hon. J. W. Grlssinger, Grafton, Huntingdon county

^- ^^^^ '••• Warrior's Mark. Huntingdon Co...

J. L. Walte I Krider. Huntingdon county

J. D. Finley Decoun, Huntingdon county

J. W. Clarke Cash Creek. Indiana county

I. Sawjer j Qien Campbell, In-liana county,

J. W. Carson , Indiana, Indiana county

M. B, Stephens Dllltown. Indlma county

June 30
30
30

April 16
16

9une 30
30

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
4.400
4,400
2,400
6,000

i,a)o

1,200
l,20o
4,000
1,200

1.500
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

i.aoo

1,200
1,200
2.400
1.200
1,200

i,aoo

1,200
1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

I No. Shipped T.iai

m

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

PoBtofflce address.

No. shipped

Total

188)
April

t.

25

25

25

25

25

25

2.j
1
1

14

14

30

30

30

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

14

14

14

14

14

14

li

H

1>
1

1

Txr T-T TTnoDB .....••

i 1
Mifflintown, Juniata county 1.200

Mlfllintown, Juniata county 1.200

Mifflintown, Juniata county. 1.2<»

n W Wn^wpr ......•■>

TTrtrk T T ^vons •

Walnut Juniata county

1,200
1,200

I

i.ax)

1.200

J. Baraell, - • ••!

R. W. QiUiford, |

Wm. McKnlght, *j

TXr WprtTil^r ■

Spruce Hill. Juniata county

Spruce Hill. Juniata county

Port Royal. Juniata county

V i ■• Tf^nl^

Thompsontown. Juniata county, .. 1.200
Thompsontown, Juniata county. .. 1.200

May

T M nnihb

June

W. H. Henderson,

Dr. S. A. Suleff,

J. J. Hoblitzell

J. J. Hoblitzell

J. J. Hoblitzell

TJ Miller

Patterson, Juniata county

1,200
1,200
1.20O
1.200
1,200
1,200

Mar.

Williamsjport, liycoming county. .

r% "D Ora-f t a

Williamsport, Lycoming county. .. 1.200 j

Willlamsport, Lycoming county, .. 1.200

Williamsport. Lycoming county. .. 1.200

Williamsport. Lyioming county, .. 1,200

Williamsport, Lycoming county, .. 1.200

\ Williamsport, Lycoming county, .. 1.200

Williamsport, Lycoming county, .. 1,200

Willlamsport, Lycoming county, .. 1.200

< Williamsport. Lycoming county, .. 1.200

1 Williamsport. Lycomins county, .. 1.200

,i Williamsport, Lycoming county, .. 1,200

W. T. Johnston

A. L. Rathiman

WT \J $41»t^

i''^ A OiiicTErlP .....■••■

fT* UiiTinlncrpr

C. E. Mendenhall

A. W. Callman

W. J. McCarty

C G "MnAtv ... a

, Oensdale. Lycoming county

i.aoo

1,200
1,200
1,200

J Roaring Branch, Lycoming counts

/^ rn C^yA£kT\

1 Roaring Branch, Lycoming county. ^ 1.100
Roaring Branch, Lye* ming county. 1.2M
Roaring Branch, Lyc-ming rounty, ] 1,200

\ A. B. Ebersole

TT c^ r^T*Apn

' Ralston, Lycoming county

i.aoo

{ J. W. rlieoorn

1 M. W. Van Wert

I ' W. H. Procter

1 M. J. Woodworth

1 Tdf T. "Mpnoh

1

Ocklafrkn T.v*^r»minfir PfiiintV

1,200

i,aoo

1,M0
1,200

, Jersey Shore. Lycoming county....
Jersey Shore, Lycoming county. ...

I ' J. R. Williamson

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^r^— Continued.

63

Date.

Name.

PostolHce address.

No. shipped

1

T.>tal

1893.

&Iar. 14

M. P. Hepburn

. Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,...

1,200

8

M. L. Staver

. Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,...

1,200

8

J. G. Itealllng, Jr

.. Willlamsport, Lycoming county...

1.200

8

M. L. Kessler

WllllamsDOrt Lvpnmincr pniintv

1,200
1,200

8

J. M. Youngman

. Williamsport, Lycoming county. . .

8

A. D. Hermance,

. Williamsport, Lycoming county...

1,200

8

W. M. Danley

8

G. W. Youngman

willlamsport, Lycoming county...

1,200
1,200

8

L. Knaub

. Williamsport, Lycoming county...

1,200

8

I. T. Huff

8

A. Laedeln,

Willlamsport, Lycoming county... , 1,200

8

C. V. Hage.

Warrensville, Lycoming county,.. 1,200

8

S. W. Carothers

Williamsport, Lycoming county,... 1,200

8

J. F. Porter,

Williamsport, Lycoming county,... 1,200

S

Q, H. Reighard

Willlamsport, Lycoming county,...

1,200

8

D. R. Stlltz

8 ; W. D. Crocker

Willlamsport, Lycoming county,... 1,200

8

C. Bartles. Jr

Williamsport, Lycoming county,... i,2J0

t

H. O. Troxell

Williamsport. Lycoming county.... 1,200
Williamsport, Lycoming courtty,... 1,200
Williamsport, Ly«omlng county,... 1,200

8

J. Harding

8

H. M. Hamson,

8 iM. L. Mitchell

Williamsport. Lycoming county, .. 1,200

8 a. L. Crist

\V illieimsiH)rt LvciiniitiE' <*<iiint\f •• *^».-v

8

J. W. Bailey ,,

Williamsport. Lycoming county, ..
Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..

WilliamSDOrt. Lvconilnc rrinnti-

1,J«JU

8

F. Fulmer ,

1,200

8

J. H. Hulman ,

1,200

8

A. G. liuthfus

Williamsport, Lycoming county. .. 1,200

WilliamSDOrt Lvcominir <>r>iin»\- « «.~^

8

P. M. Weisel ,

8

J. L. Hough, Jr

Williamsport, Lycoming county....

i,auu
1,200

8

R. A. Jaggard

Williamsport, Lycoming county....
Williamsport, Lycoming county,...

8

W. E. Creamer

1,200
1,200

8 <

a. W. Harder

Williamsport. Lycomlne countv

8 D. B. Styker

Williamsport, Lycoming countv ' '^"^

8 W. H. Paulhamus

Willlamsport, Lycoming county....

1.200

8 (

:. H. Aneltun

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...
Willlamsport. Lycoming county,...
Warrensville, Lycoming county, . .
Warrensville, Lycoming county...
Warrensville Lvcnminir r*nim#».

8 I

i". C. Riess

1 9ni)

8 I

. A. Lundy

1.200
1.200

8 J

. 15. Lundy

8 I

). J. Trean «

64

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout iJ'ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Fostofflce address. No.shlpped

foial.

1893.

Mar. 8

8

8

8

A "W r'A_lv»^rt ......■••

Warrensvllle, Lycoming county,..
WarrenfavUle, Lycoming county,..

Trout Run, Lycoming county

Trout Run, Lycoming county

Trout Run, Lycoming county

Trout Run, Lycoming county

Trout Run, Lycoming county

WllllamsiKirt, Lycoming county,...
WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...
WUUamsiKjrt, Lycoming county,...
WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...
WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...
WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

i,aoo

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

l,20l»

1.200

i.soO

1,200

1,200

\X l^alrlurpll ■ ■ • ■•

T f^ ICtfkvhnrt' •

8
8

8
24

G. M. Kissinger

24

24

24

S4

April 4

W- M. Stephens,

XKT TLT TCInn

T XKT T4Ai1lTIAn .......

Muncy, Liycoming Luumj',

Muncy, Lycoming county

G. W. Crawford

W. C. Crawford

TI T^imm ..••••

Muncy, ijycomiiiB i-uum.jr,

Muncy, J-jycoming i,uuin,jf,

Muncy, Lycoming county

HughesvlUe, Lycoming county

IIughe«vlUe, Lycoming county

Pensdale, Lycoming county,

Picture Rocks. Lycoming county,.
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.
BordlnesviUe, Lycoming county,...
Bordln6svllle, Lycoming county,...

Carpenters, Lycoming county

Carpenters, Lycoming county

Carpenters, Lycoming county

Maple HUl, Lycoming county

Maple Hill, Lycoming county

Roaring Branch, Lycoming county,
Ralston, Lycoming county,

G.W.Fox,Supt.E.M.R.R,

T A Wa rTit*r *••

C. H. Malynex

W. H. VanBusklrk

A TPn trwt^ ••■••

n Fiold

x> XI Tnnos ■

Tp T. MrNett «

■R "R Sw?*»et

W. H. Manley,

Q T> !3hsiffpr

■R M npppn

S. C Plummer

T T, Mill(>r

Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Montgomery. Lycoming county,...
Montgomery, Lycoming county....
. Montgomery. Lycoming county....

A V Hull

\KT T Miillin

T^ A nH*>nHfif*}l ......••

R. A. Sechler

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

65

May

4

16
16
16
16
16
16
16
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

F. B. Paulhamus,

W. A. Ball

J. A. S. Ball

J. A. S. Relss, ...

W. M. Fry

W. S. Kimble, ...

T. Fry

A. Wilson

I. Aderhold

E. L. Adderhold,

J. E. Mohn

R. Bryan,

A. G. Blaker,

W. McLice,

D. Rlndt

Montgomery, Lycoming county,...
Hughosvllle, Lycoming county,...,

HughesvlUe, Lycoming county,

MontoursvlUe, Lycoming county,.,
WamersvlUe, Lycoming county,...
WarnersvlUe, Lycoming county,...
WarnersvlUe, Lycoming county,...
WarnersvlUe, Lycoming county,,..

WarnersvlUe, Lycoming county,...

WarnersvlUe, Lycoming county, ..

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,...

Loyalsockville, Lycoming Co

WarnersvlUe, Lycoming county,...

Elemsport, Lycoming county

Elemsport, Lycoming county

F. E. ReiUy I WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

J. H. Noll WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

1 J. F. Hartzell,
1 L. Faust,
1 H. C. Bubb,

1 N. B. Bubb

19 C, L. Marian, ..
19 W. Morrison, ..
19 D. W. Dlngman,
19 E. W. Calvert, .

19 Wm. Rea

R. Dingier,

28 [ G. C. Tomb

J. F. Gray

D. A. Cochran, ..

28 M. Forb,

Mar. 14 H. C. Bacon, ...

14 E. H. Kulp

14 C. B. Sutton, ...
14 E. H. George, ...

14 J, Bird, ,

14 R. C. Hitchler. ...
14 J. H. Oplinger, ..

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

WlUlarasport, Lycoming county,..,

WUUamsport, Lycoming county,...

Cedar Run, Lycoming county

Cedar Run, Lycoming county

HuntersviUe, Lycoming county

Fields, Lycoming county,

HughesvlUe, Lycoming county,.

Cedar Run, Lycoming county,..,

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,,
Jersey Shore. Lycoming county,.
Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,.
Jersey Shore. Lycoming county,.
HarveyviUe. Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes -Barre, Luzerne county....
Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county,..,

Nanticoke. Luzerne county

Nantlcoke, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Nantlcoke, Luzerne county,

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.20O

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,300

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

6-20-94

66

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout i^r?/— Ooutinued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1893.
Mar. 14 W. N, Gregory. ..
14 H. D. Flanagan, .

14 C. D. Fargo

14 W. A. Campbell, ,
14 L. H. WoodrufE,
14 C. S. Simpson, ..
14 T. C. Baston, ...
14 B. B. Koons, ....
14 J. S. Llewellyn,
14 J. D. Reynolds, .
14 D. Zimmerman,...
14 J. H. Harvey, ...
14 J. W. Hayman, .

14 H. L. Koons

14 W. D. Fritz

14 F. M. Lewis,

14 S. C. Buckalen,

14 w. J. Scott

14 C. Wilson

14 H. H. Monroe, .
14 V. F. Heller, ...
14 B. J. Harvey, ..
14 J. C. Harvey, ...
14 C. H. Alexander,

14 E. Dodson

14 P. Cragle,

14 w. H. Shoemaker,

May 19 Wm. Butler

June 8 A. Gobel,

April 16 H. Woods

16
1«
18
14
14
14
June 8
8

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

k:«-««4l4'^4 ••

8

W. H. Vangorder,

C. E. ZeKner

J. C. Johnston, ...

H. M. Boies

E. G. Cousen, —

A. Hampton

P. C. Connolly, ...

Nantlcoke, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Shlckshinney, Luzerne county, ..

Shlckshlnney, Luzerne county

Harveysville, Luzerne county

Harveysvllle, Luzerne county

Harveysville, Luzerne county

Pittston, Luzerne county

Pittston, Luzerne county,

Huntington Mills, Luzerne Co

Huntington Mills, Luzerne Co

Huntington Mills, Luzerne Co

Huntington Mills, Luzerne Co

Huntington Mills, Luzerne Co

Falrmount Springs, Luzerne Co.,..
Fairmount Springs, Luzerne Co....

Belbend, Luzerne county

Huntington Mill;?, Luzerne Co

Huntington Mills, Luzerne Co

Uelbend, Luzerne county

Harveyville, Luzerne county

Harvey vllle, Luzerne county

Wllkcs-Barre, Luzerne county, . . .

Pritchard, Luzerne county

Pritchard, Luzerne county

Wyoming Luzerne county

Lake, Luzerne county

Huntsville, Luzerne county,

New Castle, Lawrence county,...

New Castle, Lawrence county,...

New Castle, Lawrence county,...

New Castle, Lawrence county,...

Scianton, Lackawanna county,..,
Scranton. Lackawanna county,..
Scranttin. Lackawanna county,..
Minooka, Lackawanna county, ..
Carbondale, Lackawanna county.

Total.

N. H. Smith

J W Floist I Carbondale, Lackawanna county.

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200 I
1.200
1.200 I
1,200 I
1,200 i

i.aoo

1,200 j

1,200 ,

1,200 ,

1,200 I

1,200 !

1,200 j

1,200 I

1,200 I

1,200 j

1,'JOO I

l,2i-K) I

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1^200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.800

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^r^/— Continued.

tr

Name.

Date.

1893.
June 8 P. E. Moulder, ..,
8 C. M. Hagan,

8 J. J. Boland,

I

July 2 N. R. Buller

20 S. A. Dauner.

20 P. Brown

20 J. C. Wltmer

20 F. Schoeff

20 Hon. H. C. Demuth.

April 25 R. M. Johnson

25 E. Conrad

25 A. Gro

25 I, H. Rodgers

25 J. B. Thomas ,

25 F. J. Zerhe

25 S. S. Woods

25 D. Mutthersbaugh, ..

25 I. Amand,

25 W. G. Raper

25 L B. Selheimer

25 F. H. Mentz

25 T. M. Reed

25 J. R. Campbell

25 j J D. McCIintlc

25 R. D. Campbell,

25 I T. A. Well & Son

25 J. H. McCormick

25 j F. H. Taylor

25 j R. H. Qebbony

25 i G. W. Reed

25 j M. Wertz

18 ' C. C. Trout

18 W. Loyd,

May 28 L. D. Durban

June 8 I H. A. Chase

April 14 j Dr. N. W. Voorheed....

14 Dr. Kemer

14 M. H. Scham

14 J. D. Maglll

Postofflce address.

Carbondale, lAckawanna county,.
Carbondale, Lackawanna county,.
Carbondale, Lackawanna county,.

Florin, Lancaster county

Fite's Eddy, Lancaster county,...
Flte's Eddy. Lancaster county,...,
Washington, Lancaster county, ,
Fite's Eddy, Lancaster county,...,

Lancaster, Lancaster county

McVeytown. Mifflin county

McVeytown, Mifflin county,

McVeytown, Mifflin county

McVeytown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county .,

Lewistown, Mifflin county '

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Belleville, Mifflin county

Belleville, Mifflin county

Belleville, Mifflin county

Allensville, Mifflin county

Newton Hamilton, Mifflin county,.

Reedsville, Mifflin county

Reedsvllle, Mifflin county

Mllroy, Mifflin county

Mllroy, Mifflin county

Sharon. Mercer county

Sharon, Mercer county

Stoneboro, Mercer county

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county,

Danville, Montour county

Danville, Montour county

Danvillo, Montour county

Danville, Montour county

No. shipped j Total

l,2i)0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

6,000

1.200

1,2)0

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.20O

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

i.aw

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

I

68

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout f'rj/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

1893.

April 14 A. Garhart,

14 M. C. Finch, ...

14 J. R. Goslnger. .

14 I J. Stewart

I

14 M. W. Gearhart,

14
14
14
14
14
14
14

R. M. Grove

C. Shultz

S. Welllver

W. B. Chamberlln,

F. Miller

S. J. Thompson, ..
S. A. Forke,

Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county, •
Danville, Montour county, .
Danville, Montour county.
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county.

14 I R. M. Grove

McClure \ Danville. Montour county,

14 IW. C. Fink \Ty.r.vme, Montour county

Northumberland, Northumta'd Co.,

14 iW. L.

Mar. 8 ' J. B. Whltmer.
April 4 D- Montgomery

J. C. Gibson

W. S. Coones

T. R. Smith,

"l. N. Frymlre

W. A. Robblns, ...

I W. A. Taylor

D. W. Watson, ...

A. H. Cooner

G. W. Walllze

R. F. Fisher

T. L. Mitchell, ...
W. S. O. Pelfer, .

May 1 W. Whltmen

E. W. Groenaugh.

C. Steele

June 8 T. Swank, Jr.,

April 2r. I B. F. Inhoff

4

4
4
4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

1

1

1

23
23
23
23
23

S. Sheridan, . .

E O. Bollotat,

E. F. Rlvler, .

J. Lamar

C. H. Wood, ..

TurbutvlUe, Northumberland Co.,
VVatsontown, Northumberland Co.
Watsmtown. Northumberland Co..
Watsontown. Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown. Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown, Northumberland Co..
Watsontown, Northumberland Co..
I Watsontown. Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown. Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,
Sunbury, Northumberland county,.
Runbury. Northumberland county..
Sunbury, Northumberland county,.
Milton, Northumberland county...

Donally's Mills. Perry county

Topton. Pike county

Mlltord. Pike county

Milford. Pike county

Mllford. Pike county

Milford, Pike county,

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,^)0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.900

1,200

1.200

1.200 I

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

69

Date.

1893.
April 23
23
23
23
23

Name.

G. Dauman,

23 C. Bollleau,

F. Crlssman. . .

H. Tlsot

L. Fanehur. . . .

23 I C. Huell

23 j L. Frank.

23 C. Miller.

i

23 I E. Howell

23 C. Frank

23 I J. Stadia

Fostofflce address.

Milford. Pike county

Milford, Pike county. ,

Milford. Pike county,

Milford. Pike county

Milford, Pike county.

Blooming Grove. Pike county

Blooming Grove, Pike county

Blooming Grove, Pllte county

rioiminj? Grove, Pike county

Dlooming Grove, Pike county

DloomluB Grove, Pike county,

J. Grathold I.iooming Grove. Pike county..

May

D. McKenn,

N. He.ss, Sr.,

J. T. McKean

J. C. Broming,

West Colony Park,
O. H. Ormsby, ....
G. D. Hellwlg

1 W. V. Harvey,

1
1
1
1
23
24
1
C
June 8
July 13
June 14
14
14
14
14
Mar. 14
April 4
4
4

A. S. Heck

W. H. Sullivan

H. D. Caskey

W. T. Lewis

A. L. Emell

S. W. Crittenden

R. F. Whltmer

C. N. Caster! ine

J. M. Keely

E. A. Saxton

J. Merser ,

P. Bellhardt

D. L. MIddlesworth, ..

M. E. Lilley,

J. A. Wagner

E. W. Hill

C. A. Brink

C. Peale, Jr

Shohola, Pike county

Shohola, Pike county,

Shohola, Pike county,

West Colony Park. Pike county. .

West Colony Park, Pike county, .

Martinsburg, Potter county

Austin. Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin. Potter county ,

Austin. Putter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county,

Genesee, Potter county

Oswago. Potter county

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county.
Thompion, Susquehanna county. . .
Montrose, Susquehanna county, ...
Thomp.son. Susquehanna county,...

Mersersville, Snyder county

Middleburgh, Snyder county,

Troxelvllle, Snyder county

Canton, Snyder county

Troxelvllle, Snyder county

Shunk, Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, .
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, .

J. D. Beaver I Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ...

No.shipped

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

2,400

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

Total.

TO

Date.

1893.
April 4
4
4

Name.

REPORT OF THE

Brooh Trout i^rj/— Continued.

Postofflce addresB.

(Off. Doc.

No. shipped

J. R. Stevens,
C. McCleary,
T. Kerman,
4 I A. I-". Mayes,
4 ' J. Redding, .
4 i T. Shlnn

4 B. S. Chase, ...

4 A. G. Man

4 J. W. Green, ..

4 H. Peck

4 L.. B. Speaker.
4 E. M. Dunham,
May 6 E. F. Hoffman,
6 I E. F. Hoffman,
6 1 J. J. Seeds, ...
6 ' J. J. Seeds, ...
« I J. J. Seeds, ..

Eagle's Mere. SuUlvan county. ..
Eagle's Merc, Sullivan county, .-
Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county. ...
Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county. ...
Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county, ...
Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county, ...
Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county. ...

Hill's Grove. Sullivan county

Hill's Grove, Sullivan county

Hill's Grove, SuUlvan county

Hill's Grove, Sullivan county

La Porte. Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county,..
Eagle-8 Mere, Sullivan county,..
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county...
Eagle's Mere, SuUlvan county,..
Eagle's Mere, SuUlvan county,..

' . 1 Eaele'? Mere, Sullivan county,..

8 ' C. B. Krelm li.agie » ^mi.

I . Faele's Mere, SuUlvan county,..

i,® B. Krelm Eagie s a^^

Eaele's Mere. SuUlvan county,..

f O W. Peff er ii.agie s «*

. Eagles Mere, SuUlvan county...
J Eagle's Mere. SuUlvan county...

.. La Porte, SuUlvan county

.. La Porte. SuUlvan county

\ La Porte. Sullivan county

Kuhn. Somerset county

Elk Lick. Somerset county

Somerset. Somerset county. ...

6 G. W. Peffer

e i W. Vaux

19 ! H. A. Kans

19 W. C. Spencer.

19 ' J. Boyd

June 30 ' E. L. Knupp, ..
30 M. B. Merchant,
30 r). Fayman, ...
ao U. M. Miller, .

80
80

May 9

I. D. Sydig

J. J. Hoblltzle. .
30 I J. J. Hoblltzle. .
Mar. 14 W. F. Hauer. ..
W. N. BlackweU.
9 F. Watklns

9

M.

W.

Hart,

9

C.

w.

Mr-cum

9

N.

M.

Steele,

9

R,

R.

Keltz,

Summit HiU. Somerset county

Glencoe. Somerset county

Myersdale. Somerset county

Myersaale. Somerset county

East Point. Tioga county

Launton. Tioga county

Covington. Tioga county

t Hartford, Tioga county

Morris, Tioga county

Morris, Tioga county

Morrle, Tioga county

Total.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.800

1.800

1,200

1.800

1,800

1.800

1.800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1.80O

1,800

1,200

1,800

i.aw

1,200 '

1,200 I

1,200 I

1.200

1.200

2.400

1,2<)0

1.200

1.200

1,800

1.800

1.800 I

1.800

1.800

1,800

1,200

1,200

1.800

1.800

No. 2C.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry— Continued.

n

Date.

1898.
May 9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
•
9
9
9

Name.

S. F. Hart,

G. E. Bison

I. M. Hart

J. B. Desmond.

G. Gleckner,

C. E. Maneval,

G. Pelchy,

S. Heyler

A. Coppersmith

T. F. Rephard

J. R. Childs

H. E. Bartlett

C. F. Parkhurst,

H. P. Maine

C. R. MUler.

F. Shaw

R. H, Hartatrock, —

F. M. Sheffer,

W. Bastiun

C. Zink,

W. Kaupp n

O. L. Cooledge

C. C. MUler

J. L. Bloomer.

C. A. Cross

S. D. Darby

L. C. Smith

J. F. Parkhurst

L. C. Smith

G. G. J. Magee

G. G. J. Magee,

G. G. J. MaKee

G. G. J. Magee

J. S. Ohilda

O. 15. Brion

G. L. Thomap, ...

W. H. Maneval

F. D. Fletcher

C. A. Urell

FostofDce address.

Hartford, Tioga county

Hartford, Tioga county,

Hartford. Tioga county,

Nauvoo. Tioga county

Nauvoo. Tioga county

Nauvoo, Tioga county

Nauvoo. Tioga county

Nauvoo. Tioga county

Nauvoo, Tioga county.

Nauvoo, Tioga county

Nauvoo. Tioga county

Mainesburg, Tioga county, ..
Mainesburg, Tioga county, ..
Mainesburg, Tioga county, ..
Mainesburg, Tioga county, ..
Mainesburg, Tioga county. ..

Liberty. Tioga county

Liberty. Tioga county

Liberty. Tioga county.

Liberty. Tioga county

Liberty. Tioga county

HoytvlUe, Tioga county

HoytviUe, Tioga county

HoytvlUe, Tioga county

HoytviUe, Tioga county

HoytvlUe, Tioga county

HoytvlUe, Tioga county

LawrencevUle, Tioga county.
Lawrenceville. Tioga county.
Fall Brook. Tioga county, ...
Fall Brook, Tioga count©'. ...
Fall Brook, Tioga county. ...
Fall Brook, Tioga county. ...

Nauvoo. Tioga county

Nauvoo. Tioga county,

Morris. Tioga county

Nauvoo. Tioga county. ......

Lawrenceville. Tioga county.
Tioga, Tioga county

I No. shipped

1,800

1,200

1,809

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,800

1.800

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,800

1.800

1.200

1.200

1,800 j

1.800

1.800 j

1.200

1.800 ,

1.200 I

I

1.800 I

1.200

1.800 j

1.200

1,800

1.890

1.^

1.800

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,800

1,200

1.20O

1,200

Total.

6*

n

Date.

1893.
May 9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

Name.

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^^rj/— CJontinued^

Postofflce address.

(Off. Doc.

J. H. Westbrook,

G. B. Horton

H. J. Wilcox,

F. J- Siemens

E. M. Johnston

W. T. Bodlno,

Mrs. D. A. Stowell,
J. L. White P. M.,
J. A. Boyce,

F. C. Peake

R. K. Fork,

J, B. Mathews

10 J. I. Mitchell, ..
10 ] W. D. Kriner, .

19 M. S. Klock, . . .

I
10 'h. C. Cox

10 H. C. Cox,

I

10 H. C. Cox,

10 ; H. C. Cox,

10 H. H. Blair, . . .
10 |J. U. Smith. ...
10 I Li. Harrison, . . •

10 . S. G. Keys

10 H. D. Wheeler,
10 H. L. DavlB, ...
10 It. Downaux, ..
10 a. H. Derby. .
10 G. M. Spalding.
10 J. B. Truman.
10 E. L. Wilcox,
10 J. B. Wilcox. .
10 R. Siemens, ...
19 J. A. Darling,
19 R. D. Wilson,
19 E. H. Stone, ..

19 H. D. Howe

19 P. E. Brown,
10 J Brown. ..
19

Tioga, Tioga county

Tlodaghton. Tioga county,

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county,

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county,

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county, ...
Wellsboro, Tioga county, ...

Delmar, Tioga county

Pelm.ir, Tioga county

Delmar, Tioga county

Delmar. Tioga county

Crooked Creek, Tioga county.
Crookel Creek, Tioga county.

No.shipped

Total.

Scranton Asaph, Tioga county.

1,200

i.aoo
i,aoo

1,200

i.aoo

1,200

i.»o

1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200

i.aw

1.20O
1.200
1.100

1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.2W

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

n

Date.

1893.

May 19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

July 6

6

6

<

6

6

<

6

6

S

6

6

6

6

6

6

Nf.nr. S

Name.

D. Butler,

C. E. Monks

S. S. Scranton,

E. J. Vermlbyea

R. B. Ferry ,

J. A. Fletcher

R. B. Ferry,

C. Butler

C. E. DImmick.

W. A. Vermilgra, ...

M. M. Smith

B. D. Phillips

J. Blackwell,

F. Mast

H. Johnson ,

F. A. Barton

M. L>. D. Blackwell, ..

J. D. Campbell.

J. E. Briggs. ,

W. Blackwell

S. D. Blackwell,

G. M. Blackwell

M. T. Merrick

O. L. Stebbins

T. A. Bair

E, W. Southworth

B. S. Ackley

A. H. Short

C. W. Stone «

G. H. Simmons

J. R. Dengle

J. King

L. R. King

W. W. Dunham.

J. Ailams

E. A. Thompson

G. W. Manning

J. D. Seely

W. Bland Saber

E'ostofllce address.

Asaph, Tioga county,

Chatham Valley, Tioga county

Asaph, Tioga county

Marshfield, Tioga county

Nile's Valley, Tioga county, .
Nile's Valley, Tioga county, .
Nile's Valley, Tioga county, .

Ebenton, Tioga county

Gains, Tioga county, ,

Gains, Tioga county,

Gains, Tioga county

Gains, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county »•

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county,

Lloyd, Tioga county,

Lloyd, Tioga county,

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county,

Blossburg, Tioga county, —
Sabrinsville. Tioga county. .
Sabrinsville, Tioga county, .
Sabrinsville, Tioga county, .
Sabrinsville, Tioga county, .
Sabrinsville. Tioga county, .
Sabrinsville, Tioga county, .,

Westflold, Tioga county

Westfleld, Tioga county

Westfield, Tioga county

Westfleld, Tioga county

KnoxvlUe, Tioga county, ...
Knoxvllle, Tioga county. ...

Azclta. Tioga county. ,

Little March, Tioga county,

Oscola, Tioga county

Lewlsburg, Union county, ..,

No.shipped Total.

1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.20O
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.IW
1,IM
1,200
1,200

tiw

1,200
1.200

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
2,400
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.210
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200

r4

REPORT OF THE

Brooh Trout i^ri^— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Fostoflice address. Ko.shipped

Total.

1893.

1,200
1,200
1.200

Mar. 8

I
D
P

t

>r. T. C. Thornton, ....

Lewisburg, union coumy,

T pwishure Union county,

8

r. W. Lelser,

T.owisbure. Union county, i

April 4

. B. Wolfe,

)r. R. S. Helser

1,200

4

Lewisburg, union couniy, .........

T^wiflhure: Union county, ••

1,200
1.20O
1,200
1.200
1.M0

4

^. W. Brown

4 S

Lewisburg, union couniy

4 J. W. Cornelius •

Lewisburg, union couniy,

4 H. B. Spyker

Lewisburg, union county ,

4 C. J. Wolfe

Lewisburg, union couniy, ••••

1.200
1.200
1,200

4 H. J. Nagle & Brc......

Lewisburg, union couniy

8 Dr. T. C. Thornton, ...

Lewisburg, Union couniy, i

4 -^

vr T> Qmifh ....•.•>..

Lewisburg, union couniy.

1.200

4 D, P. Higgin • •

)

Lewisburg, union couniy

1.200

4 'r. F. Halfp-anny

Lewisburg, union couniy i

1.JW
1.20O
1.20O

4 ^

1

4 '^

4 ]

1

4 <
4 •
4

4

iV. B. Sober, ..

Lewisburg, union couniy

T f^wlsbure. Union county

^. B. Sober,

T.<>w{sbursr Union county

F. Halfpenay,

T.owisburtr. Union county

1,200

2. It- Pry ••

T.pwisbure. Union county

1,200

r. li. Baker,

Lewisburg, Union county,

T^pwisbure Union county

1,200
1,200

W. •I-'- ••? wi

E. M. Reber,

1,200

MM

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

2,40*

2,400

1.200

1.20O

1,200

2,»)0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

l.SOc

1.200

4 H. E. Gutelius,

Lewisburg, union county » •■••

4

* i
4

4

May 1

May 23

23

1

24 i
24
24
24

July 12

A. L>. Gearhart

Lewisburg, Union couniy

T.PwiKburc: Union county

A. Tallmer,

H. F. Donehower

Lewisburg, union county

T pwishurc Union county,

J. w. Smith

T iawi«4hurr Union county,

J. F. Doucan

G. P. Brockway

Reno, Venango county, ...•

T:>Avtrk VAnnniro COUntV. ,....•••••••

S. Y. Ramage,

«T xw ^nv^n

PleasantvUle, Venango county. ..
PleasantvUle, Venango county, ..
PleasantvUle, Venango county, ..
PleasantvUle, Venango county, ...

Scrubgrass. Venango county

. Scrubgrass, Venango county

Htinpsdale. Wayne county

F. G. Gclgel, Jr

J. larr,

u \V Rlii^lc ..■•■■••

12

April 14

G. A. Smith

. Wavmart, Wayne county

14

J. F. Lee

Prnninton Wayne county,

14

C. L. Bryant,

R. W. Stephens

14

M Prompton, Wayne couniy

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Oontiuued.

Date.

Name.

Fostoflice address.

No. shipped

Total.

1S93.

April 14

L. B. Smith

Newfoundland. Wayne county.

1.200

14

D. A. J. Simons,

Newfoundland. Wayne county, ...

1,200

14

J 'W B<»f>hn

Newfoundland, Wayne county, ...
Newfoundland, Wayne county, ...

1,200
1,IOO

14

F. Waltz

14

L. R. Smith

Newfoundland, Wayne county, ...

1.200

23

S. Warfeld

Beech Pond. Wayne county

Hawley. Wayne county

l.iSO

23

W. Schardt

1.200

23

W. Daniels

Hawley. Wayne county

1.200

2S

T Dreyer • . .

Hawlev. Wavne county

1,200

23

G A Snail

Hawley. Wayne county

1,200

23

N R Hfl.use

Hawley. Wayne county

1,200

23

G Hittlneer

Hawlev Wavne countv

1.200

23

C H. Schardt

Hawlev. Wavne countv

1,200

23

S. Warfield

Beech Pond. Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

1.200
1,200

23

O. M. Sputtegue

23

P Dppker .•

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

1,200
1,200
1,200

23

H. Brummer

23

R. W. Ham,

23

.T H. Bromers

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

1,200
1,200

23

H. N. Lawrence

23

J. Dilger

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

1,200
1,200
1,200

23

S P.irkman

23

F. H. Andrews

23

F. Mang

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

1,200

1.200

23

P. E. Sherwood

23

Dr. J. W. Kesler,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

1,200

23
23

1 fi L Me ver

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

1,200
1,200

1

J. H. Bromers •

23
23

May 6
«
6

PJ Hubbard

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Damascus, Wayne county,

1,200
1,200
1,200

G 'White >

"P "Rrierham •

M N "Briffham

Damascus, Wayne county

Lake Como, Wayne county

1,200
1,200

H, L. Gransbury •

0

H. A. WiUlams

Lake Como, Wayne county

1,200

6

D. C. Klngehery

Lake Como, Wayne county

1,200

6

C A Mahins ■

Lake Como, Wayne county

Park Side. Wavne countv

1,200
1.200

June 8

July 13

IS

Mrs. W. E. Henri'

J. J. Fulkerson,

J. W. Sanderook

Pnvnf pIIp Wavne eountv

1,200

NIpktoxvn Cambria countv

1.200

76

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^^rj/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

1893.
Mar. 14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14

Name.

PoBtoftlce address.

F. E. Windson.
C, H. Smith. ...
T. Mf ssner

Warren, Warren county,
Warren, Warren county,
Warren, Warren county,
F. E. Reed J Warren, Warren county.

No.shipped

29

29

29

29

29
29
29
29
9
9
29

P, M. Moore

O. J. McAllister,
J. M. Llngalfelt, .
C. D. Bowers, ...
J. L.. Hartman, ..
W. H. Westover.

M. H. Fagley, ..

S. S. B. Ramey,

F. P. Burk

W. H. Irwin, ...

W. W. Lrf'n

29 W. B. Reed,

29
29
29
29

J, H. Burley

H. L. Dalghnbaugh,
J. H. Holtzlnger, ..

G. B. Reed

M. Long

T. J. Foley.

J. H. Fuellhart, ..

H. P. Hunter

H. A. Kltchan

14 ' L.. M. Ridelspergpr,

14 1 J. L. O'Donnell, ...

May 5 H. P. Rldelsperger.
1
6 A. C. Merck.

5 G. Noyes

5 A. Hertzel, ..

June 30 J. F. Menoher,

30 R. W. Kerns.

30 G. R. Taylor.

1894.

April 9 B. W. Mitchell. ..

9 Rev. S. S. Gllson.

Mar. 29 W. H. Harpster,

Warren. Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Stoneham, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county

Warren, Warren county,

Llgonler. Westmoreland county....

Boyc. Westmoreland county

Llgonler. Westmoreland county, ..

Allegheny, Allegheny county.

Pittsburgh, Allegheny county.

Canoe, Blair county

Canoe. Blair county

Boyer. Blair county

Hollldaysburg, Blair county.

Hollldaysburg, Blair county.

Hollldaysburg, Blair county,

Hollldaysburg, Blair county.

Hollldaysburg, Blair county,
Hollldaysburg, Blair county,
Hollldaysburg. Blair county,
Hollldaysburg, Blair county,
Hollldaysburg. Blair county,
Hollidaysburg, Blair county,

Tyrone, Blair county

Tyrone, Blair county

Tjrrone, Blair county

Tyrone, Blair county,

Tyrone, Blair county

I.t00

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

i.aoo

1.S0O
6,000
1.200
1.200

Total.

1.200

1.300

I.aoo

1.200

l.S-IO

1.200 I

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.2)0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

i,M3.eoo

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

77

Date.

Name.

Postoince address.

No.shipped

Total.

1894.
Mar. 29
29

M. A. Bollinger

G. Kiluzle

Tvrnne Blair count7. •

1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.S0O
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

Tyrone. Blair county

29
29

W. H. Daughenbaugh, .
J. S Harnpr

TvmnA PllAlr #*oilfltV .......*.

Tvrnni* Tilair countv. .......••..•••

29

Q. H Oarnpr

Tvrnne Blair county

2d

H. M Oraftins

Tyrone Blair county

29

3. Burlev

Tyrone. Blair county.

29
29

P. J. Opperkuch

E. Garber ...

Tvmnp RlA.ir roiintv .•..-•

Tyrone. Blair county.

29

J I*" Rftivsi^r

Tyrone. Blair county

29

J L Porter

Tyrone. Blair county

29

R. Goteen

Tyrone. Blair county,

1

7S

G C Waite

Tyrone. Blair county >•*

29

J H Fiske

Altoona, Blair county

29

J 'Rruire

Altoona, Blair county,

29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
2»
29
2t

"^XT T^ f^anQfi

Altoona. Blair county

n Tlrtlllnc^AT*

Altoona. Blair county.

XT p ■n*»m

Altoona. Blair county,

H P Dprn

Altoona. Blair county

W P FltfirTi

Altoona. Blair county

T Im TTirt

Altoona, Blair county,

4

T A PiiT-tta

Altoona. Blair county

E. E. Goodman, M. D.,
A. L. Spanogle, M. D.,.
T T\ Fries

Altnnnn miLlr ooiintv ■•••»

AltnnnA. "Rlair countv

Altoona. Blair county

Dr. G. F. Coney

O. Fox

Altnnnfl. Tllftlr oountv ..........•••

Altoona. Blair county.

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona. Blair county

If

J. B. Lafferty

29

n

Altoona, Blair county

Altoona, Blair county

1 . rc. maner,

Dr. A. L. FeUwpll

Altnonct Rlalr oountv

29

April 2

2

2

Altoona, Blair county

^ A Tf #^iiAlr

Altoona, Blair county,

Altoona. Blair county

Altoona, Blair county,

2

F. ifl. jafnison

Bellwood. Blair county

9
9

W. S. Bell •

Bellwood, Blair county

J, E. Hell

Bellwood, Blair county

•

9

J. F. DICK,

»

78

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ri/— Continued.

(Off. Do«.

No. 20.)

Date.

Name.

PoBtofflce address.

1894.
April 9 j J. E. Bell,

9 J, Condron

Mar. 27 S. W. Harris. ..

27 I N. G. Ray

27 H. A. Holcomb,

27 Wm. Matt

27 D. Burk

27
2?
27

F. M. Fassett, .
E. W. Griswold,
C. H. Bailey, ...
May 8 L. G. Thomas, ..

17 j L. Saxe

17 j I. H. Saxuseii,
17 S. P. Tupper, ..
17 I C. F. Jones, . . .
Mar. 29 J. F. Lantz, ...

Bellwood. Blair county

Hollidaysburg, Blair county

Le Roy, Bradford county

Le Roy, Bradford county

Le Roy, Bradford county,

Le Roy, Bradford county

Le Roy, Bradford county

Canton, Bradford county

West Le Roy, Bradford county.
West Le Roy. Bradfor.l county,

Canton, Bradford county

Wilmot, Bradford county

Wilam, Bradford county

Stevensville, Bradford county,.

Stevensville, Bradford county..

Waterside, Bedford county, ...

29 W. R. Lecrone,

29 A. R. Snyder, ..

29 J. S. Guyer. ...

29 I. Boyer

29 M. S. Bochtel, ..

29 G. M. Over Woodbury, Bedford county,

Woodbury, Bedford county.
Ltiysburg, Bedford county.
Loysburg, Bedford county,
Loysburg, Bedford county,
Loysburg, Bedford county.

29 H. B. Aron Loysburg. Bedford county.

Bedford, Bedford county.

May 23 A. King

V. F. Beegle

23 J. Booe

i

23 J. V. Kelllnger,

1

23 J. C. Roberts, ..

23 J. Lutz

28 G. Smouse, Jr.,

Bedford, Bedford county.
Bedford, Bedford county,
Bedford, Bedford county,
Bedford. Bedford county.
Bedford. Bedford county,
Bedford. Bedfor.1 county.

3S

C. Lesslg Bedfm-d. Bedford county,

23 H. R. Hershberger.
23 1 S. J. MattVngly. ..

23
23

23

Mar. 29

29

29

Dr. A. Enfield . ..

L. Saupp

.T. Mitrhell

F. T. Harris. —
J. F. Leitzinger,
W. Thorn,

Bedford, Bedford county

Bedford. Bedford county

Bedford. Bedford county, ...
Bedford, Bedford county, ...
Bedford, Bedford county, ...
Clearfield. Clearfleld county,
Clearfield, Clearfleld county,
Clearfield, Clearfield county.

No. shipped

Total.

1.200

i.aoo

1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
i,ajo

1,200 I

1,200 j

I
1,200 i

1
1,200 1

1,200

1,200.

1,300

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,2<T0

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200 j

1,200 I

1,200 I

1,200 I

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

»

Date.

Name.

Postoftice address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.
Mar. 29

O. L. Moore.

Clearfleld, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfleld county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield. Clearfleld county

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county.

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county

Clearfield, Clearfleld county

Clearfield, Clearfleld county

Clearfleld, Clearfleld county

Kylertown, Clearfleld county

Kylertown, Clearfleld county,

Kylertown, Clearfleld county

Kylertown. Clearfield county

Kyleriuwn, Clearfield county

'Pf>al0 P'f-nrfleld eountv

1.200

i.aw

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.20»
1,200
\,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.2<)0
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200

29
39

J. R. Johnston

J. C. Smith.

29

F. B. Ross.

29

D. LeiDoldt

29

D. Leipnldt

29

G. Smith

29

J. W. Smith

29

G. C. Moore

•

29
29

A. J. Sharbogh

F. L. Jebbs,

29

J. L. Kragle,

29

F. Fisenhauer

29
29

L. P. D. Thorn

J Eisenhoure

29

'W. Hoover

29

29

April 9

9

9

Wm, Eisenhouer,

J. A. Folmar, ..........

"P RfiTTiin .

fiuimdr.le, Clearfleld county

Huntzdalo, Clearfleld county

Huntzd-ale, Clearfield county

Huntzdale, Clearfleld county

Huntzdale, Clearfleld county

Westover. Clearfleld county

Westover, Clearfleld county

Westover, Clearfield county

Westover, Clearfleld county

Westover, Clearfleld county

Westover, Clearfleld county

Westover, Clearfleld county

Westover, Clearfleld county

Colfurt. Clearfleld county

G. W. Deckey

W^ Ironahon

9
9

R. R. Pluming

W. C. Davis

9

B Thurston

9

D W. Fry.

9

R. O. Park

9
9

M. E. Park, M. D

J O Gabrll

g

1

N S Caldwell

g

H S Burner

9

H. F. Mosser

9

T Rhodv

•

J Rhodv

Colfurt, Clearfleld county

A S "nrowH

Osceola Mills, Clearfield county....
Osceola Mills, riearfleld county....
Osceola Mills. ( learfleUl county,...
Osceola Mills. Clearfleld county....
Osceola Mills, Clearfleld county,...
Osceola Mills, Clearfleld county,...

A 9 Brown

■W W. Soeddv

9
9

Q. E. Jones

J. L. Hendersm

S. R. Haucreton

j

SI

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout ^ry— Continued.

(Oft. Doc.

Date.

Name.

FoBtofllce address. No.shipped

Total.

1894.
April 9

Mar. 22

•f pip

Osceola Mills, aearfleld county,...
Curwensvllle, Clearfield county, ...
Curwensville, Clearfield county, ...
Curwensvllle, Clearfield county, ...
Curwensville. Clearfield county. ...
Curwensville. Cleai field county, ...
Curwensville, Clearfield county, ...
Curwensvllle, Clearfield county, ...
Curwensvllle, Clearfield county. ...
Curwensvllle, Clearfield county. ...

Curwensvllle. Clearfield county, ...

Curwensvllle. Clearfield county, ...

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

1.100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1.100

1,200

1,200

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1.100

1,100

1,200
1,200

J. R. Ploom, ...

W. H. Thompson

A. M. Kirk

i~^ C^ QmVflpn

T^ Ctvciff ...■■••••••■•

Tur Ci Qmlth ......••••

T Q rirAff

J. A. Thompson

Q O Qwift

D. R. Woolridge

T lUTr^Tllnir ••

XT 1^ "Pptprs ••

"C AlVkArt •••••

c^ T .tfktcryiArn ....■••■•i*

17 A lh**rt

1,200

T? r'hHQtma.n

1.100

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.100

Hyner. Clinton couniy,

Hvnpr Clinton county,

22

L, R. Condon

T Tx l^lAmnn

22
22

Hyner, Clinton couniy,

' "O T 'E'nrxvAH •■••

Hyner, Clinton couniy, ••

22

Wm. C. Weaver

J. B. Powers

Hyner, Clinton county, .-.-••

22

Hyner, Clinton couniy, •■•

22

Hyner, Clinton couniy,

i?LAn*>cra 1Urr\rkr^ ....■■••

22

Hyner, Clinton couniy» ••••

Tivner Clinton county

22
22
22
22
22
2S
2i
2"
2
2

W. J. Emery

H Ttlenh

Lock Haven, Clinton county

. Liock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

n XX flViAfflpr

E. B, Shoemaker

5 C. L. Leonhardt

Lock Haven. Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

. Lock Haven, Clinton county

Lock Haven, Clinton county

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

81

Date.

1894.

Mar. 22

22

22

22

22
22
22
22

11

22
22

Name.

Postoffice address.

J. Heineman

J. Ricker

C. F. Datesman, .,
Wm. H. Heages, .

W. P. Shafer

R. T. Leon

Geo. S. Lood

B. Walker,

Geo. Weymouth, .
L. M. Patterson, .
J. H. Hays, M. D.,

J. Graflns

T. M. Stenson, ...
G. L. Morlock, ....
M. Fadenecks, . , . .

Lock Haven, Clinton county,
Lock Haven. Clinton county,
I<ock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven. Clinton county.
Lock Haven. Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.

22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
21
22
22
22
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
April 9
9

iMck. Haven, Clinton county,

J. T. Beardsley Lock Haven, Clinton county,

P. Keller Lock Haven, Clinton county,

J. M. Peoples Lock Haven, Clinton county,

U. F. Karstetter Carroll, Clinton county,

C. F. Karbach,
J. H. Sohwenk,

D. Barner

R. Whitman, ..
H. E. Frank, ..
S. Lupoid

A. Shroyer

Wm. L. Smith,
W. E. Philips, .
C. W. BIser, ...
J. Welnklebtck,
R. H. Clark, ..
J. Clark. Jr.. ..

E. E. Leln

C. B. Bullock, .

B. H. Hastings.

J. Hunter

Enos Moyer, . . .
W. Blosser

Carroll, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county,

Carroll. Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county,

Carroll, Clinton county

Caldwell, Clinton county, ....
Beech Creek, Clinton county.
Beech Creek, Clinton county.
Beech Creek, Clinton county,
Beech Creek, Clinton county,
Beech Creek, Clinton county,
Eeech Creek, Clinton county.
Beech Creek, Clinton county,

Renovo, Clinton county

Renovo, Clinton county

No.shipped

1,100

1,S»0

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

Total.

6-20-94

82

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fry— ConimMed..

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

I ostofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.

May 17

J. M. Deeman, M. D.,..

Mackeyville. Clinton county

1.200

17

J, M. Deeman, M. D.,..

Mackeyville. Clinton county

T oTnir Plinton county

1.200
1,200

17 1. C-. Jiiaay

April 9 S. I. HershbPfger

Gelstown, Cambria county

1.200

9 Francescon Brothers

St. Francis ColURe, Cambria Co.,.

1.200

Nicktown, Cambria county, ^'^'^

9 G. II. Sloan. M. D

Carrolltown. Cambria county l-^W

9

W. F. Sloan, D. D. S.,

Carrolltown. Cambria county i 1.2«0

•

9

T Tl 1!!ok

Carrolltown. Cambria county 1.200

» \r Q/»an1llTI

Carrolltown. Cambria county 1.200

J. V. Mancher, M. D., .

Carrolltown. Cambria county 1.200

9 M

r Millar

Carrolltown. Cambria county 1.200

Carrolltown, Cambria county 1.M0

A r«««v

9 Wm. H. Pickerlll

Mineral Point, Cambria county, ...\ l.»0

Mineral Point. Cambria county, ... !.■•

9

Wm. McCoully,

Mineral Point, Cambria county, ... 1.8(9

1

Mineral Point, Cambria county. ... !.»>

Ebensburer. CambrLa county 1.200

9 T. M. Richards

Ebensburg. Cambria county 1.200

Ebensburg. Cambria county 1.200

9 c. Huntl'-y

Fbensburg. Cambria county 1.200

9 G. J. .Tones

Ebensljurg. Cambria county 1.200

Kbensburg. Cambria county !.«• |

9 "

1

9

Ebensburg, Cambria county

1.200

A. Llyn,

• C9 a>iln1<4a

Johnsrown, Cambria county

1.200

9 A.. S3. ►^lii^i*^*^^,

A TT A Glilalrln

Johnstown. Cambria county

1,200

ft TT A Qlif i-^1^n

Johnstown, Cambria county

1.200

1,900

9 E. Ij. Edwards

. Johnstown, Camoria couniy

9 H. E. Kestler, M. D...

. Johnstown, Cambrta county.

1,200

1.200

9 J. B. Brlco, Jr.,

. Johnstown, Cambria county

9 H. E. Kisler. M. P.. ..

. Johnstown, Cambria county

1.200

9 H. E. Klslpr. M. D., ..

, Johnstown. Camlirla county

1,900

1,200

9 J. P. Oonloy

. Cresson. CamDria couniy,

1,200

9 B. C. Seeds.

C'resson, Cambria couniy.

AIT "n TT i trh

Cresson. Cambria county

1,200

1,200

o ' n C! Mifphf^ll

Cresson, Camoria county, ••••

1.200

A 1 A T? TT'^pVinrt

Cresson, Camnria county,

1,200
1.200

9

C Plnrk

Cresson. caiiiuii«i hjuhl^.

W. W. McAteer

9

1

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

1894.

Mar. 22

22

22

A|>ril 2

2

2

2

8

2

9

2

2

2

2

2

Mar. 13

13

13

19

13
13
13
13
13
13
13
IS
13
12
13
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
April 9

Name.

J. D. Liogan

I. R. Holkley.

R. C. Dodson,

A. C. Blum,

I J. F. Parsons

■ C. F. Markley

G. M. Judd

j F. Julian,

H. S. Lioyd

I D. Sampson,

I M. M. Larrabee,

C. T. Logan, ,

J. E. Peasley

T. Gallagher

1 D. E. Peasley,

E. H. Beardsley,

I

C. V. Emerson,

J. L. Emerson

D. P. Roberts

E. J. Sayre

Titusville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club,
Titu/iville Gun Club,
Titusville Gun Club.
W. C. Himebaugh. ..

J. V. Porter

J. V. Porter

J. V. Porter

J. V. Porter,

S. Hutch

S. Hatch

S. Hatch

E. Hultlekoper

Postofflce address.

Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Emporium, Cameron county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..,
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titus\ille, Crawford county, ..
Titusville. Crawford county, ..,
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ..
Titusville, Crawford county, ...
Titusville, Crawford couniy, ...
Titusville, Crawford county, ...
Centreville, Crawford county. .,
Little Cooley, Crawford county,
Little Cooley, Crawford county,,
Little Cooley, Crawford county,,
Little Cooley, Crawford county,.
McGlnnett, Crawford county,...
McGlnnett, Crawford county,...
McGlnnett, Crawford county,...
Meadville, Crawford county, ...

No. shipped

Total.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,800

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,900

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,20»

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

l.*200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.900

9.400

s«

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout Fry— Gonimned.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

PoBtoffice address. No.Bhlpped

Total.

UM.

April 9 ]
25
2S
25

IP -tr iciAtipr

Meadville, Crawford county

Meadville, Crawford county

Meadville, Crawford county

Mealville, Crawford county,

1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200

i,aoo

1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200

1,200

i
1,200 ;

1

1,200

1,200 1

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200
i
J 1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

J. E. Reynolds

A T, K»tps

■p ci Meeic

9

Belief onte, Centre county,

u ni<.h

9

Fleming, Centre couniy,

r> W Hall

9

Fleming, Centre couniy,

vipmins: Centre county

9

R. Hall,

Kieminir. Centre county

•

B. Hall,

Flemintr. Centre county

9

B. Rich,

Fleminic. Centre county

9

J. Rich

B. R. Wanbauch

T IP AVricht

May 8

CiUava, ColumDia coum.y»

8

Benton, ColumDia couniy

■nr fJt Kline

8

Benton, ColumDia couniy.

J. B. McHenry

■0 Ci Belle

8

Lcnton, ColumDia county •

8

Benton, ColumDia couniy

J. M. Amraerman,

Ttr Mnrtlp

8

i
8

8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Mar. 23
23
23
23
2S
23
23
23
23
22

2:
2:

Forks, ColumDia couniy

IleltervlUe, Columbia county

Soaring Creek, Columbia county,,.

Roaring Creek, Columbia county...

Catawlssa, Columbia county,

Catawlssa, Columbia county,

I.ightstreet. Columbia county

I.ightstreet, Columbia county

.Tamlson City, Columbia county,...

Jamison City. Columbia county,...

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

. Philipsburg. Centre county

. Philipsburg, Centre county

. rhillpplurg. Centre county

. Philipsburg. Centre county

. Philipsburg, Centre county

. Philipsburg. Centre county

. Philipsburg, Centre county

"C "P j^mnll

tt* c* Vpa cpr

t^ tt' Ttfrndnll

n "R Mplick

P "Rent

•R Cole

Q A riooflhue

XJ Q T^inclp

F. G. McCausland

T A Hatch

Xi* Ct Tonpfi • ■ •

"IV A "RiiPT

W T. 1-Tf>ri»pr

W. H. McCausland, ..
1 T-i n Woffpr

1 r" TV Tflpok

. T'hlllpsburg, Centre county

J .1. H. Harper

. I'hlllpsl'urg, Centre county

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Troid Fry — Continued.

85

Date.

Name.

. Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.
Mar. 23

M. Lt. Bennett

Ihllipsburg. Centre county.

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg. Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre coimty.

Philipsburg. Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

PhlHptburg, Centre county

r'hlUpsburg, Centre county ,

Pbilipsburg, Centre county,

Pbilipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county

rifllcfiintp Centre county

1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1 200

23

J. 0. Relley,

23

C. D. Lioraine

23

J. A. Liorrets

23

J. D. Loraine,

23

G. S. Reed

23
23

W. W. Kephart

H. James

23

W. M. Mellck

23

C. E. Murray,

23

J. Relley

23

0. Caseleer

•g

J. C. Hlckler

1,200

23

C. E. Frubach

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200

23

C. A . Gette

■

23

B. F. Harvey

23

A. Janes

23

T. E. Lamb,

29

D. Harter

29

2a

A. 0. Furst ,

J A Maenet .

Belief onte. Centre county,

ispllpfonte Centre county

29

C H. Beates

PInp Olen Centre county

29

H. di Goshen

Rock Springs, Centre county

Port Matilda, Centre county,

Port Matilda, Centre county

Port Matilda, Centre county

Snow Shoe, Centre county

Snow Shoe. Centre county

29

J. Cowhn

29

B. Cowhn

29

R. Chrone

1,200

29

W. R. Haynes

1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
l,i)'i

29

T McCoun

April 2

J Knoffslnger,

rieasant Gap, Centre county

Pleasant Gap, Centre county

Pleasant Gap, Centre county

Mlllhein>. Centre county

2

J. Sliowors

2

J. Horner

2
2
2

V 1*^ A\'f>t7Pll

M. E. Plunistead

J. M. Moyer

Hdincst.uig, Centre county

l.usseyville, Centre county,

Pine Gi.ve Mills, Centre county,..

Hfuserv"le, Centre county

Houser/- )e, Centre county

Woodwird, Centre county

WofTvard. Centre couniy

2

B. F. Bottoy

2

D. F. Houser

2
2

D. F. Houser

M. Hess

0

J T,. Krcimer

86

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^rj/— Continued.

(Off. Doc,

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Broolc Trout Fry— Continued.

87

Date.

1894.

April 2

2

2

2

Name.

Dr. W. A. Jacobs, ..
Rev. C. H. Goodling,
F. Kurtz,

F. Gferer,

G. W. Bushman, ...
a J. Sharer

8 G. H. Emerlck

2 J. S. Rowe,

9 H. McCoUBland, ....
May 17 13. F. Shaffer

17 B. F. Shaffer,

17 I R. F. Emerick

17 R. F. Emerick

17 Wm. Zimmerman, ..

Mar. 22 L. Daugherty

a I Dr. A. Mullhaupt, ..

22 A. Kaul

22 J. Dietz

22 D. H. Hanes,

22 C. Lion

22 J. C. Merrill,

22 G. 13. Merrill

28 I Wm. Whitcomb, ...

22 ! F. T. Wickoff

22 A. Dent

22 I I. Dent

22 A. Marlon

22 Warren Dent,

22 C. R. Rice

I

22 I J. M. Hanscom, ..

22 I H. M. Kime

I
22 I W. C. Beman,

22
22
22
April 9
Mar. 12
12
12

PoBtoflice address.

R. A. Park

J. W. Healy

F. G. Early

J. B. Foster

J. S. Gilson

C. B. Chidester. M. D.,
C. R. Dickinson

Centre Hall. Centre county.
Centre Hall, Centre county,
(outre Hall, Centre county.
Centre Hall, Centre county,
Contre Hall, Centre county.
Centre Hall, Centre county,
Ctntre Hall, Centre county.
Centre Hall. Centre county.
Fhilipsturg, Centre county.
Nittany, Centre county. ...
Nittany, Centre county, ...
Nittany, Centre coxmty, ...
N;ttany. Centre county, ...
Nittany, Centre county, ...

Rathbun, Elk county,

St. Mary's, Elk county

St. Mary's, Elk county, ...

Su Mary's, Elk county

St. Mary's, Elk county, ...
frt. Mary's, Elk county, ...
Dent's Run, Elk county, ..
Dent's Run. Elk county, ..
Dent's Run, Elk county. ..
Dent's Run, Elk county, ..
Dent's Run, Elk county, ..
Dent's Run, Elk county, ..
Dent's Run, Elk county, ..
Dent's Run, Elk county, ..
Dent's Run, Elk county, ..

Kidgway, Elk county

Fiidgway, Elk county

Kidgway, Elk county

Ridgway, Elk county

Tiidgway, Elk county

Eidgway, Elk county

£t. Mary's, Elk county, ..

Frie. Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Frie. Erie county

No. shipped

Total.

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,2)0

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.100

1.200

1.200

1.800

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,900

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

Name.

Date.

1894.

Mar. 12 W. M. Kreidel,

12 C. E. Bacon,

12 C. E. Bacon.

j

12 I W. F. Wright

12 ' George Wright, ..,

12 H. S. Thurston, ..

12 C. E. Sloum

12 F. Sloum

12 J. C. Thurston, .

12 J. Chldister

19 H. E. Mayer

19 ' H. Kelley

April 20 F. E. York

20 H. A. Frank

a) W. R. Stone

20 C. Johnson

20 E. S. Wilson, ....

20 A. D. Croker, ....

20 N. F. Ames

20 R. F. Llvermore.

20 S. W. Brown, ...

20 W. R. Stone, ....

S> T. M. Brown, ...

2S D. O. Spauldlng,

25 H. L. Barnes, ..

25 F. W. Holman, .

25 I H. A. Clark,

26

25
25
May 30
80
30
SO
30
30
30

Wm. Gray

T. Elliott

0. A. Hampson, .

E. N. Fuller

W. F. McCord, ..
T. H. Hank

1. Shields

F. Shields

I. H. Waterkrose,

J. F. Austin

D. Potter

J. Donohue

Postofflce address.

Frie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie. Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county.

Erie, Erl« county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county,

Fairvlew, Erie county,

Fairview, Erie county,

Fairvlew, Erie county

Curry, Erie county,

Corry. Erie county

C(»rry. Erie county

Corry. Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county.

Corry. Erie county

Corry. Erie county

Corry. Erie county

Corry. Erie county

Corry. Erie county

Niles Grove, Erie county, .

Piatea, Erie county

riatea, Erie county

Frie, Erie county

Harbori-reek. Erie county,
Ilarborcreek, Erie county.
North East. Erie county, .
North East, Erie county.
North East, Erie county.
3*1 ill Village. Erie county.
Mill Village, Erie county,
Mill Village, Erie county.
Mill Village. Erie county.

Corry. Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county,

No. shipped

Total.

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,»0

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.20O

2,000

2.000

2.000

2.000

2.000

2.000

2.0I»

2,000

2.000

2.000

2,000 I

2.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000 \

2.000

2.000 I

2.000 I

2,000 <

2.000 .

2,000 i

2.000

2.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

88

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout iJ'ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^Vy— Continued.

Date.

Name.

Pcstofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total.

1894.

May 30
30
30

April 2

S. Kancaid,

Corry, Erie county

Corry. Erie county

2,000
2,000

F. AVeeil

J. H. Isett,

Corry. Erie county,

Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county,.

2,000
1,200

2
2

J H Isett

Si»ruce Creek, Huntingdon county,.
Spruce Creek, Hunting.lon county,.

1,200
1,200

W. D. Isett

2

E. B. Isett

Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county,.

1,200

2

Wm. Brumbaugh

Mapleton, Huntingdon county

1,200

2

Wm. M. Yocum,

Mapleton. Huntingdon county

1,200

2

J. Yocum,

Mapleton, Huntingdon county

1,200 i

2

O. M. Bumbaugh

luntingdon, Huntingdon county,..

1,200

2
2

w H Wilson

Barree Forge, Huntingdon county,
Barree Forge, Huntingdon county,

1,200
1,200

H. A. Mumper

9
9
9

9

9

J H Waite

Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co...
Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,.
Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,.

1,200
1,200
1,200

n TK Spvpr •

T TT "Mnttprn ........

T W^rtninpr ■•

Graysvine, Huntingdon coutny

1,200

.T I.. Waite

Krider, Huntingdon county

1,200

IMav 91 ! W f\ ■RrtfiTfirB

Orbisonla, Huntingdon county

1,200

xaay a» i

XT Orfttz

Orbisonla. Huntingdon county

Tiamiitnn Jefferson county,

1.200
1,200

April 9
9
9

T n Mitchell

Hamilton, Jefferson county

1.200

R. W. P. Neal

Hamilton, Jefferson county

1,200

9

9

9

Mar. 22

22

TIT T TAAmnon ....•■■■.

HamiUon. Jefferson county

1,200

■Hnmlltor Jefferson county

1.200

Hnmilton Jefferson county

1.200
1,200

H T Harris

Tombs Run, Lycoming county, ...

C. B. Seeley,

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,..

2.400

22
22
22

22
22

y\ H Wrifirht

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..

1.200

r' A OulfTfirle ....■

Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..

1.200

¥ n M"f»Tjrin£r , . . ,

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county. ..

1,200

W I^inclc

Williams|K>rt, Lycoming county, ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..

1.200
1,200

a. M. Kissinger

22

22

J n Hess

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Wllllams|x>rt, Lycoming county. ..

1.200
1,200

J. A. WllHamB

22
22

0"**^ Wintfall

Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..

1,200
1,200

J. W. Christ man

22

W. A. Weaver

WllliamEport, Lycoming county, ..

1.200

22

W. H. Halter

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..

1,200

Date.

Name.

Postoflice address.

No.shlpped

Total.

1894.

Mar. 24

P. J. Vandine,

Lairdsville, Lycoming county

1,200

27

C. M. Washburn

Roaring Branch, Lycoming county.

1,200

27

C. A. Veckery

Roaring Branch, Lycoming county,

1,200

27

J G SDaldlnc:

Roaring Branch, Lycoming county.

1,200

27
27
27
27

A. B. Ebersole

Roaring Branch, Lycoming county.
Roaring Branch, Lycoming county.
Roaring Branch, Lycoming county,
Huntersville, Lycoming county,...

1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

D. B. Allison

W. Webster

J. R. Louvenvon

27
27

S Bosler

Huntersville, Lycoming county,...
Cogan Station, Lycoming county,..

1,200
1,200

L. E. Bowen

27

S. Ball Boore

Cogan Station, Lycoming county...

1,200

27

M. MahafFev

Cogan Station, Lycoming county,..

1.200

27

G. M. Mltterer

Durlingame, Lycoming county

1,200

27

Wm. F. Mitten

Burlingame, Lycoming county

1,200

27

A. L. Halleran

Ralston, Lycoming county

1,200

27 3. Kulburne

Ralston, Lycoming county

1,200

27

M. E. Green

Ralston, Lycoming county

1,200

72

27

C M Moore

Trout Run, Lycoming county,

Trout Run, Lycoming county

1,200
1,200

O "R Rurirer

27

J C Nevhart

Trout Run, Lycoming county

7,200

27

L. Mitstirper

Trout Run, Lycoming county

1,200

27 T H 'Rarcc'r

Trout Run, Lycoming county

1,200

27

A. E. BuxTOWS,

J'icture Rocks, Lycoming county,.

1,200

27

27

C H Holvnez

Picture Rocks. Lycoming county,.

1,200

E. T. Webster

Picture Rocks. Lycoming county,.

1,200

27
27

W Cummer •

Picture Rocks. LyComlng county,.
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.

1,200
1,200

J. D. Margrave

27

27

TJ R Haas

Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.

1,200
1,200

W. H. Buskirk

•

27

M. Van Buskirk

Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.

1,200

27

W. E. Crawford

Hughesville, Lycoming county, ..

1,200

27

27

C* "M" Walonev

HuehesvlUe. Lycoming county. ..

1.200

W. A. Ball

Hughesville, Lycoming county, ..

1,200

27
27

TViTi Strnu<( ••

Hughesville, Lycoming county, ..

1,200

Wm. Rea,

Hughesville, Lycoming county, ..

1.200

27
27

27

O VI Clark

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county,...
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county,...

1,200
1,200

T A ^Vflcrner

H. A. Ulman,

W'illiamsport, Lycoming county,...

1,200

27

•m w Bloom

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county,...

1,200

90

REPORT OF THE

Brooh Trout i^ri/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1894.

Mar. 27 F. Fidmer

27 A. O. Ilothfuss,

27 F. V. Myers

27 ' R. V. Clark

27 J. F. Eder

27 Miss M. H. Rammlgton,

L. J. Moyer,

M. L.. Stine

Ij. V. Moyer

A. Rehm

Postofflce address.

No.shlpped

27

27
27
27

27 W. H. Paulhamus,

27 ; R. L. Carpenter, ..
27 ! C. E. Paulhamus,

J7 I J. G. Rhoads

27 D. 13. Stryker

27 C. Du Four,

27 J. Losch

27 J. C. Noll

27 M. H. Calwell, ..
ApHI S i 6. W. Crawford, .

2 M. Anstadt

2 F. Warner

t H. Dlmm

S I W. C. Crawford, .

2 M. Nevel

2 R. P. Eger

2 R. A. Sochler, ...

2 C. B. Frontz

8 A. F. Hull

2 S. Shoemaker, ...
2 C. E. Chadwick,

2 J. Stark, Jr

2 W. E. Stutzman,
2 A. T. Palmer, ...
2 W. A. Selts, ....
2 P. D. Backer, ...
O. E. Earon, —
2 J. F. Forbert, ...
2 J. B. Forbert, ...

Williamsport, Lycoming county,.
Williamsport, Lycoming county,.
Williamsport, Lycoming county,.
VVilUamKport, Lycoming county,.
Williamsport, Lycoming county,.
Williamsport, Lycoming county,.
Williamsport, Lycoming county,.

V 'illiamsport, Lycoming county, .
Williamsport, Lycoming county,...
Williamsport, Lycoming county,...
Williamsport, Lycoming county,...!

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...

Williamsport, Lycoming county,... |

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...'

WMlliamsix)rt, Lycoming county,...

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...

Williamsport, Lycoming county,...

Muncy, Lycoming county

Muncy, Lycoming county

Muncy, Lycoming county

Muncy, Lycoming county

Muncy, Lycoming county ••

Huntersville, Lycoming county,....

Montgomery, Lycoming county

I
Montgomery, Lycoming county,....'

Montgomery, Lycoming county,.., .|

Montgomery, Lycoming county,....,

Montgomery, Lycoming county,...

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jersoy Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jepecy Shore, Lycoming county,.

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county.

Total.

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200

1,200 ;

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

i.ao

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200 '

1,200 ;

1,200 ,
1.200 '
1,200

1,200

I

1,200 :

1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

91

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.

Ainii 2
2

J Barrie

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,..
Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,..
Burlingame, Lycoming county

1.200
1.200
1,200

J F. Forbert

May 8

N. K. Carcthers,

8

Wm. Smully

Burlingame, Lycoming county

1.200

8

g

R lt*\ M^vprs

Fields. Lycoming county

1.200

W. H. Reeder

Hughesville, Lycoming county, ...
Hughesville, Lycoming county, ...

1.2C0

8

J. A. S. Ball

1,200 1

8

C. W. Killiamor,

Salladasburg, Lycoming county,...

1,200

-

8

0. B. McCullough

Salladasburg, Lycoming county,...

1,200

8

g

P Bruckiocker. .........

Ball's Mills, Lycoming county, ...
Williamsport, Lycoming county,...
Bodines, Lycoming county

i.aw

E. Bussell

1.200

8

F. O. Conley

1,200

8

C. O. Cobrer,

Bodines. Lycoming county

1.200

Ralston. Lycoming county

1,200

•

8
8
8

a O Kevs

Ralston, Lycoming county,

1.200
1,200

ir O frrppn

Ralston. Lycoming county

J. B. Green

Ralston, Lycoming county,

Ralston. Lycoming county

1,200

8

g

\KT *^ni]irpR

1,200

J W. Guthrie

Ralstou, Lycoming county

Ralston, Lycoming county

Ralston, Lycoming county

Ralston, Lycoming county,

1.200

•

M H Sauires

\,2m

P J Kilburne

1,200

s

Dr. F. H. Bailey

1,200

17 S. Ruabaugh

Jersey Sliore, Lycoming county,...

1,200

It J. 11. Roabaugh

lersey Shore, Lycoming county,...

1,200

17
17
17

May 25

C. B. Seeley

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county,...

WaterviUe, Lycoming county

WaterviUe, Lycoming county

*

Wyoming, Luzerne county

1,200

M S Elden

1,200
1,300

M S. Elden

\V. 11. Shoemaker

%

W. S. Jacobs

Wyoming, Luzerne county

1,200

23

J, Vanhorn

Gregories, Luzerne county

1,200

25
26
25

25
25
25
25

Siikworth, Luzerne county

1,200
1,200

W. H. Schooley

■W Itannincr

ijilkworth Luzerne county

Siikworth, Luzerne county,

1,200

Silkwoith. Luzerne county

1,200

Siikworth, Luzerne county

1,200
1,'JOO
1,200

W D Fritz

Huntington Mills, Luzerne county,
Prichard, Luzerne county

E. E. Harrison,

25
25

O V Craerle

Prichard, Luzerne county

1,200

J. Garnett

Prichard, Luzerne county,

1,200

92

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trovi i^ri/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

1
Date.

Name.

Fostofflce address. No.shlpped

Total.

1894.
May 25 ^
25
25
25
25
25
25

XT fia m t f>P ....■■•■■•••

Prlchard, Luzerne county

Shlckshlnny, Luzerne county

Shlckshlnny. Luzerne county

Shlckshlnny, Luzerne county,

VVUkes-Darre. Luzerne county

Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county

Rlttenbouse. Luzerne county

1,200
1.200
1.200
1,2J0
1,200

I.aoo

1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,20')
1.200
1,200

uw

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200

J. D. Wood worth

R. P. Robinson,

■B* Ui "wrnfirner

a TWnWpnrv

25
25

Cambra . Luzerne couniy

Maple Run, Luzerne county

C. H. Buckalew,

!?• VI T^nniF

25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
17
17
17
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
April 25
25
25
25
25
25

Pittston, Luztrne couiiiy

Harveyvllle. Luzerne county •

Harveyrille. Luzerne county.

Nantlcoke. Luzerne county

Nantlcoke, Luzerne county

Nanticcke, Lu«ern c unty,

Nantlcoke. Luzerne county

Nantlcoke. Luzerne county

Nantlcoke. Luzerne county

Nantlcoke. Luzerne county

White Haven. Luzerne county

Wilkes- Barre, Luzerne county, ...

Hazleton. Luzerne county

Kite's Eddy. T..ancaster county. ...
Flte'8 Eddy. Lancaster county, ...
Flte's Eddy. Lancaster county. ...
Washington boro'. Lancaster Co...
Washington boro'. Lancaster Co.,

Wlndom, Lancaster county

Bethesda, Lancaster county

New Castle. Lawrence county, ...
New Castle. Lawrence county. ...
New Castle, Lawrence county, ...

New Castle, Lawrence county

Neshannock Falls. Lawrence Co

T Rird

Wm. N. Grlgony

A "ic TWfnwrv .-

G. F. Ripple. .......

J, N. Conyngham, ......

1.200 1
1.200
1.200 \
1.200

1.200
1,200
1.200

IP c^ 'Witmpr

T n Witmpr

1.200 1 1

T* "M T.fniHls .....*.•

2.400

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,2U0

7.000

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.20(

1.20(

1.20(

1

T T^ Aiihler

W. D. Wallace

Ti' T^Villllns

T Rider

XT TLf /»Ortfl*lhV

Prlncetown, Lawrence county, ...

Scranton, Lackawanna county. .

May 8

., Scranton. Lackawanna county. ..

.. Scranton. Lackawanna county. ..

)

1

i C. Kampel

,. Scranton. Lackawanna county. ..

Date.

Name.

1894.

May 8

8

8

8

8

17

17

17

17

April 25

26

2S

25

26

May 8

8

April 2

2

2

2

May 8

•

8

8

. 8

8

8

8

8

8

April 6

6

6

6

6

May 30

April 2

2

E. C. Dean

E. T. Cumsen, ...
J. W. Hallstead, .
J. Wagenhurst, . .

J. W. Houser.

C. S. Fowler, Jr..

C. Knight

R. Sly

C. R. Manvlll. ...
J. McCleary,

D. Armstrong, . . .

R. T. Lain

C. F. Newton. ...
H. S. Southard, .

T. J. Price,

C. M. Gearhart, ..

J. Aitken,

Ob Umberger

J. Close

McClintoc

J. W. Carrell, ...

P. Fox

C. Rader

E. Hay

1. Staufter.

T. Miller

L. Slutter

J. Hamblln

Mrs. A. MaGlnnes,

H. Woodling

A. J. Johnston. ..

J. C. pfflt

J. W. Byers

L. D. Durban, ....

I. M. Bracken,

Jas. S. Fruit

Wm. Taylor

J. Taylor

S. Folk,

Fostofflce address.

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Scranton. Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Clifton, Lackawanna county

Taylor, Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Lalton, Lackawanna county

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,..
Carbondale. Lackawanna county. . .

Bradfoid. McKean county

Bradford. McKean county

Bradford. McKean county,

Bradford, McKean county,

Bradford. McKean county,

Danville. Montour county

Danville, Montour county.

Lewlstown. Mifflin county.

Lewlstown, Mifflin county.

Lewlstown, Mifflin county

Lewlstown, Mifflin county

Easton, Monroe county,

Houser Mills. Monroe county

Houser Mills, Monnie county

Houser Mills, Monroe county

Houser Mills. Monroe county

Houser Mills, Monroe county,

Houser Mills, Munroe county

Swlftwater, Monroe county

Swlftwater, Monroe county.

Swlftwater, Monroe co«nty

Leesburg, Mercer county

Leesburg, Mercer county

Mercer, Mercer county

Stoneboro, Mercer county

Indian, Mercer county ,

Sharon. Mercer county.

Watsontown. Northumberland Co
Watsontown. Northumberland Co
Watsontown. Northumberlan 1 Co.

No.shlpped

Total.

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,300

1.200

1.200

1.200

l,2iiO

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.800

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

7,000

1,200

1,200

1,200

94

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1894.
April 2 D. W. Watson,

i

2 ' A. H. Conner,
2 W. S. Conner,
2 J. Frederick, .

F. Frederick

J. Frederick,

May 17 P. J. Criste

17 I M. Reld

17 C. A. Godcharles.
17 T. C. Heilin

Mar. 19
I
19 I C. Greevlng

19 C. O. Billings, ...

19 A. B. Payne

19 R. H. Kinney, ..

9 J. f . Ramsey, . .

19 I. M t«nii'h,

19 S. W. Crittenden

19 T. F. Good

IS D. M. Ramsey, .

19 J. F. Spencer, .
22 i W. Li. Lewis, ..

22 \V. V. Harvey,

22 K. N. Weed, . . .

22 F. H. Davis, ...

22 M. Taylor

22 H. G. Evans, ..

5a I CD. HlUwlg, . .
22 W. H. Sullivan,

22 A. Deiches,

22 J. O. Corbett, .
22 J. B. Coulston,
22
22

22

May 17
17

S. E. Inland,
J. D. Lewis,
22 F. Rhodes, ..
J. Ireland,
C. S. Floyd,

Postofflce address.

No.shipped

Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,
Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,
Pottsgrove, Northumberland Co.,.
Pottsgrove, Northumberland Co..,
Pottsgrove, Northumberland Co.,
Milton, Northumberland county,...
Milton, Northumberland county....
Milton, Northumberland cuunty,...
Milton, Northumberland county,...
J. Shields 1 Shohola Falls, Pike county

Shohola Falls, Pike county.
Lord's Valley, Pike county,.

Oswayo, Potter county,

Oswayo, Potter county ■

Oswayo, Potter county

Oswayo, Potter county

Oswayo, Potter county,

Oswayo. Potter county

EUisburg, Potter county, ...
t'hrystal. Potter county, ...

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, I'otter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, I'otter county

Austin, Potter county

Austin, Potter county

Germanla, Potter county.

J. R. Mlklans

^ jjygp I Germanla, Putter county,

Total.

1,200
1.200
1.200
l,a)0

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200

1.200

I

i.aoo

1,200 ,
1,200 j
1,200 I

1,200

I

1,200 '
1,200
,1200 '
1,200 1

I

1,200 I

1,200 I

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200^

i.aoo

1.200

i.ao

1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook TrotU Fiy — Continued.

Date.

18M.
Mar. 27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27

May 8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8

May 17
17
IT

Mar. 13

13

I
18

13

13

13

13

13

IS

13

IS

18

13

13

Name.

I'ostofllce address.

B. W. Hill,

L. B. Speaker,

D. Qraflns,

J. W. Green,

E. S. Little

I

I M. Painton,

G. W. Simmons

K. Wilson.

C. D. Corderman, ...

J. B. Magargel,

A. Dunham,

Geo. Donnelly

J. W. Aurvilke, ....

S. Burkholder

C. Peale, Jr

R. W. Bennett

J. Logan,

A. Lissen

C. F. Cheney

L. Lissen

C. A. Brink

G. B. Mentz

D. T. Brewster

J. P. Taylor, ,

L. R. Tiffany, ,

D. Ewens ,

C. E. Armstrong

J. Sacks

E. M. Haley. M. D.,

J. Axelsworth

Wm. A, Shields

C. Shifller

J. N. Patterson

D. Mills

E. H. Masher

H. Kendrick

J. H. Martin

H. B. Leach

W. H. McCarty

Shunk, Sullivan county ,

Hlllsgrove, Sullivan county,...,

HlUsgrove, Sullivan county

Hlllsgrove, Sullivan county,

Hillsgrove, Si^Uivan county

Sonestown, Sullivan county, ...

Sonestown, Sullivan county,

Sonestown, Sullivan county

Sonestown, Sullivan county. '

Sonestown. Sullivan county

Kagle's Mere. Sullivan county,...
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,...
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,...
Eagle't: Mere, Sullivan county,...
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,...
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county....
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,...
Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county....
Eagles Mere. Sullivan county,...
Eagles Mere, Sullivan county,...
Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county,...
Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county,...
Montrose, Susquehanna county,....'
Montrose, Susquehanna county, ...'

Kinsley) Susquehanna county,

HlossbuiK, Tioga county

iUossburg, Tioga county ,

Mlossburg, Tioga county I

lilossbuig, Tioga county,

Blossburg, Tioga county.

IUossburg, Tioga county,

Mlossburg, Tioga county

Blossburg, Tioga county,

Mlossburg, Tioga county

Mlossburg, Tioga county

Mlossburg, Tioga county

Mlossburg, Tioga county.

Mlossburg, Tioga county

MlossburiT. Tiogra county

No.shipped

Total.

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.8I»

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.20t>

1,200

1.200

1,200

4,000

1.200

1.200

1,200 !

1.200 I

I

1,200 '

1,200 j

1.200 j

1.200 I

1,200

1,200 ;

1.200

1,200 .

1,200

I
1,200 j

1,200 1

96

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^^ri/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

1894.

Mar. 13 B. R. Miller. ..

13 D. O. Merrick,

13 Wm. B. DavlB.

13 B. P. Sexton, .

Blossburg, Tioga county,

Blossburg. Tioga county,

Blossburg, Tioga county,

Blossburg, Tioga county,

Blossburg, Tioga county.

13 F. H. Stratton ■

13 H. W. Babcock Blossburg. Tioga county.

13 M. Davis Blossburg, Tioga county.

13 R. Klllbourn Blossburg, Tioga county.

; Blossburg. Tioga county,

Blossburg, Tioga county

13 J. D. Canimer

13 L. Q. Harler.

13 W. C. Babcock ; Blossburg. Tioga county,

13 B. F. Jones \ Blossburg. Tioga county,

13 W. C. Lewis I Blossburg. Tioga county.

13 G. D. Crandal ' Blossburg. Tioga county.

13 T. Leglen Blossburg. Tioga county.

13 D. F. Aylesworth Blossburg, Tioga county.

13 E. B. Greve

13 J. J. Wetlne

13 L. Klse

13 L.. H. Ferguson

Bastlan ' Liberty. Tioga county.

Liberty. Tioga county.

Blossburg, Tioga county.
Liberty. Tioga county,
Liberty, Tioga county.
Liberty, Tioga county,

13 W. W.

13 A. Sensey,

20 G. Heyler &-Sons Sebrlng, Tioga county.

20 W. W. Seaman Nauvon. Tioga county.

20 P. Maneval Nauvoo, Tioga cflunty.

20 W. H. Maneval Nauvoo. Tioga county,

» E. Pelchy Nauvoo. Tioga county,

20 C. S. Maneval, Nauvoo. Tioga county.

20 J. B. Chllds Nauvoo, Tioga county,

I
20 W. M. Truax,

20 W. M. Truax

^ ,^„ Tioga, Tioga county

20 F. D. Reynolds ai"6 .

20 J. T. Davis, ..

20 ! C. A. tTrell. ..

20 1 E. A. Rundell

Tioga, Tioga county.
Tioga, Tioga county.

No. shipped I Total.

. .^*»*»»«

27
27
27
27

H. A. Lawrence,
H. A. Lawrence,
T. M. Wlttney,
D. Irvin,

Tioga, Tioga county

Tioga, Tioga county

Tioga, Tioga county

Ogdensburg, Tioga county,
Ogdensburg. Tioga county.
Ogdensburg. Tioga county,
Ogdensburg. Tioga county,

1,200 I

i,aoo !

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

i
1,200 ,

1,200

1.200

1,200 '

1,200 I

1.200 j

1.200 I

1.200 '

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1 200

1,200

1,300

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,20*^

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trovi Fry — Continued.

m

Date.

1894.

Mar. 27

May 8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

April 2

2

8

8

2

2

2

2

2

2

Name.

Postofflce address.

L. M. Baldwin, .....

8. Blackwell,

F. Blackwell

A. Blackwell

W. Blackwell

J. Broadhead

M. Blackwell,

R. B. Ferry,

W. B. Rlddell

A. J. Nlles

J. L. White. P. M.,

H. C. Fox.

C. W. Bodlne«

R. K. Frung

L. Gernmaux

R. B. Gambell, .....

L. Harrison ,

W. L. Klock.

J. W. RItter

C. LllUbrldge

R. B. Ferry

B. Walkridge,

W. Warbridge, .....

J. F. Smith

S. P. King

Dr. M. L. Gearhert,

W. W. Brown,

J. H. Nagei

C. J. Wolfe

F. Stener

G. W. Schroh

J. W. Cornelius, ....

F. Troxel,

H. B. Spryker,

B. M. Beale

Dr. Lelser,

I C. R. Sober

B. Sober

Gleason, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county,

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county,

Lloyd, Tioga county.

Lloyd, Tioga county,

Nile's Valley, Tioga county,.
Manhattan, Tioga county, ..
Wellsboio, Tioga county, —

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro. Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county. ....
Wellsboro, Tioga county, ....

Wellsboro, Tioga cqunty

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county

Wellsboro, Tioga county, ....
Wellsboro, Tioga county, .....

Balsam, Tioga county

Nile's Valley, Tioga county,
Stony Fork. Tioga county, .
Stony Fork, Tioga county. .

Leetonia. Tioga county

Knoxville, Tioga county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ..
Lewlsburg, Union county, ..
Lewisburg, Union county. ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ..,
Lewisburg, Union county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ...
Lewisburg. Union county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ...
Lewisburg, Union county, ...

No. shipped

1.200

i.aoo

1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200

Total.

7-20-94

98

REPORT OF THE

Brooh Trout Fry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

18»4.

I
April 2 C. A. StuiKi

2 G. O. Martz

2 Wra. Oldt,

2 M. H. Kulp

2 I. H. Fulton,

2 I J. Riik

2 J. Rumfert,

2 i J. Bly

I
2 P. Bly,

2 JC. lily

2 i B. M. OrilYey

i
2 I J. W. Eib

2 j C. Erb

2 C. Ranck

2 C. Llmbuch

2 W. A. Berkenstock, .

2 J. Eysenhart

2 T. B. Hunslcker, ...

2 ' J. M. Rothford

2 G. C. Mohn, M. D...

2 H. Wetmer,

2 J. Wetmer

Mar. 13 S. T. Bamagc

13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
April 6
«

M. W. Splare

J. B. Crawfort, ..

B. C. Simpson, ...

C. H. I^ay. Jr., ..
J. R. Campbell, .
H. M. Sweeney, ..

G. Lewis

W. Scheide,

H. H. Noyes

D. M. I^ockwood,
F. G. Oelgel, Jr.,
W. A. Haskell, ..

F. Haskell

J. H. Borland, ..
J. H. Borland. ...
J. H. Borland, ...

PoBtoffice address.

Lewisburg, Union county,

Lewlsburg, Union county

Lewisburg, Union county

Lewlsburg, Union county

Lewisburg, Union county

White Deer, Union county

White Deer, Union county

While Deer, Union county

White Deer, Union county,

White Deer, Union county

White Deer, Union county

White Deer, Union county,

White Deer, Union county

White Deer, Union county,

White Deer, Union county,

White Deer, Union county

White Deer, Union county

Laurelton, Union county,

Laurelton, Union county

Laurelton, Union county

Laurelton, Union county

Laurelton, Union county

Oil City, Venango county

Oil City, Venango county

Oil City, Venango county

Oil City, Venango county

Oil City, Venango county,

Oil City, Venango county

Oil City. Venango county

Oil City, Venango county

Oil City, Venango county,

PleasantvUle, Venango county,.
PleasantvUle, Venango county,.
I'leasantvllle, Venango county,.
PleasantvUle, Venango county,.
PleasantvUle, Venango county,.

Franklin, Venango county

Franklin, Venango county,

Franklin, Venango county

No. shipped

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.20O

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.100

1.200

1.20O

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.209

Total.

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brooh Trout Fry— Continued.

99>

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

ToUl.

1894.

April 6

J. H. Borland

Franklin. Venango county

Big Bend, Venango county.

Scrubgrass, Venango county

Scrubgrass, Venango county

Clintonvllle. Venango county

1,200
1,200
1,209
1,200
1,200

Va

G. P. Clay

26

Q. 8. Weaver,

26

Q. S. Weaver,

25

Wm. P. McKee

25

Wm. P. McKee

CUntonvlUe, Venango county

1.200 !

26

Wm. P. McKee

Clintonvllle, Venango county

1,200

Mar. 19

E. P. Dudley

Honesdale, Wayne county

1,200 1

19

R. W. Ham

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county.

1.200
1,200

19

E. C. Mumford

19

C. T. Weeks,

Honesdale, Wayne county

Hone^ale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale. Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.2fl0

1.200

1,200 1

1.200

19

G. S. Purdy

19

1
E. F. Dudlev

12 Dr. O. Averv

19

I. F. Ham

19

G. White

19

F. E. Sherwood

19

J. W. Kesler

Honesdale, Wayne county *

Hawley, Wayne county «

1,200
1,200

19

C Shumann,

19

R. P. Warg,

Hawley, Wayne county,

1,200
1.200
1,200

19

C. Schardt

Hawley, Wayne county,

19

L. Atkmon,

Hawley, Wayne county,

19
19

N. E. House

Hawley, Wayne county,

1 200

C. H. Schardt,

Hawley, Wayne county, .»

1,200

19

J. D. Ames

Hawley, Wayne county

1,200

19

R. P. War«r

Hawley, Wayne county

1,200

19

C T. Armbruster

Hawley, Wayne county

1,200

19

L. Hensel

Hawley, Wayne county,

1,200

19

J. N. ThomDSon

Hawley, Wayne county,

1,200

19

G. Atkinson

Hawley, Wayne county,

1 200

19

P. Atkinson

Hawley, Wayne county

1,200

19

G. C. Atkinson

Hawley, Wayne county

1,200

19

H. T, Menner

Beech Pond, Wayne county

Alderville, Wayne county,

Milanvllle, Wayne county

1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200

19

B. O. Dell

19

Hon. J. H. Beach

Wm. Pulls

19

Milanville, Wayne county ,

May 8

J, C Lamm

Newfoundland, Wayne county, ...
Newfoundland, Wayne county, ...

8

R. Sleg,

8

J. B. Smith

Pleasant Mount, Wayne county,...

1.200

100

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^r^— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address. No. shipped

TOUI.

1894.
May 8 J
8 ]
8 1

17 -
17

April 9
9

r T> miov !

Pleasant Mount. Wayne county,...
Pleasant Mount, Wayne county,...
Pleasant Mount, Wayne county,...

StorkvlUe, Wyoming county

Storkvllle, Wyoming county.

1.200
1,900
1,900
1.90O
1.90O

a. C. Noble, M. D.,

i

tJ llallAV

K. B. Stephens i

T Flnnnliifion ■

Spring Creek, Warren county, >.090

F. R. Donaldson,

Spring Creek, Warren county

2.000
1.900
1.900

May 80 W. Li. McGowan

Warren, warren coumy,

SO
au
30
30
80
April 9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
May SO
90
Mar. 2C

H. P. Kldelsperger, . .

W&rren« Warren coumy, ..•• •

^xTfirr^^n Warren county, ,.•.•••••••

1.990
1.900

A. Merck

"sxTtkTTf^n Warren county •.•...•

F. Merck,

tt'a v^^n TXTarren county* •••■•• •

1.900
1,900
1.900

H. R. Hunter,

L. M. Rldelsperger

Warren, Warren county,

Millwood, Westmoreland county, ..

xrr XT TCInff .- .•••

Derry Station, Westmoreland Co... 1.900

Derry Station, Westmoreland Co.,.
Boucher. Westmoreland county,...
Boucher, Westmoreland county,...
Boucher, Westmoreland county,...
Llgonier, Westmoreland county,...
Llgonler, Westmoreland county,...
Llgonler, Westmoreland county,...

1.900
1.900
1.200
1.9I9
1,200
1,200
1,200

a, W. Megary

n. TXT lUf AflPArV .....•■•■•

■R »j "White ...-.

J. F. MeUncher

a "R. Tivlor

:

r« ■R' Marker.

L«gonier, Westmoreland county,... 1.20O

T W Miller

Llgonier, Westmoreland county,... 1.200

Llgonler, Westmoreland county,..., 1.200

A IT li^nwler

Llgonier, Westmoreland county,...

Llgonier, Westmoreland county,...

Llgonler, Westmoreland county,...

Ugonler. Westmoreland county,..

Llgonler, Westmoreland county,..
. Llgonler, Westmoreland county,..
. Llgonier. Westmoreland county,..
. Latrobe. Westmoreland county, ..

Lntrobe, Westmoreland county, ..

Latrobe, Westmoreland county, ..
. Youngstrwn, Westmoreland Co.,.

. York Furnace, York county

.. York Furnace, York county,

.. Callicoon Depot, Sullivan Co.,N."l

1,900

T A AnTipnin

1,900

J. W. Crawford

1,200
1,200
1.90O
1,900

I.aoo

1,900
1.200
1.200
1.200
l»0
1,200

^j. 1.20"

J. E. Wlthrow

T. J. Laughery

F. A. Knock

1 W. A. Johnston

T f» l\r\fRiYi .....

O. B. Anderson

J. M. Mtller

1

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

101

Brook Trout One Year Old.

1893.

June 30

W. F. Reber

July 20

Hon. W. L. Powell. ..

June 19

D. Rowel

Aug. 9

Hon. L. Streuber

June 30

Unlontown F. & G. Ah

June 8

S. B. Stilwell,

8

G. B. Smith

June 14

Dr. B. O. Stockupuer.

May 19

W, J. Dane.

19

D. Widdoss. ..

19

D. W. Bowman.

June 8

C. H. Fitzgerald

8

J. Wlnset

8

J. A. Boyd

8

G. W. Reader,

8

T. H. Stites

8

M. G. Sellers

8

W. J. Sellers

8

D. Henry,

9

E. R. Henry

8

Q. W. Bush,

8

E. Arnds

8

F. W. Brown

8

W. C. Henry

9

Mrs. W.E.Henry & .Son

8

H. Sayers,

9

M. Hannon

Bdlefonte, Centre county,

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Corry, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county

Unlontown, Fayette county

Scranton, Lackawanna county. ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...

Rosemont, Montgomery county

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county,

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county.

Mt. Pocono. Monroe county

Amalomlnk, Monroe county,

Amalomlnk. Monroe county.

Amalomlnk, Monroe county,

Amalomlnk, Monroe county.

Amalomlnk, Monroe county

Amalomlnk, Monroe county '

]

Park Side, Monroe county

Park Side, Monroe county,

Park Side. Monroe county,

Park Side, Monroe county ,

Park Side, Monroe county.

Park Side, Monroe county,

Park Side, Monroe county

Park Side, Monroe county.

Park Side. Monroe county

Park Side, Monroe county,

176

8.000

n

1,600
350
350
150
200
120
120
190
160
ISO
150
150
150
150
160
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
160

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.
Mar. 20

J. B. O'Rlley

Cocheton. SuIHvan pountv W V

1 OAA

90

C. B. Beach,

Cocheton. Sullivan countv NY ■• *—

X.«fV

1,194,700

1

7,G60

1^

REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

Lake Trout Fry.

Date.

Name. \

Fostofflce address. No.shlpped

ToUl.

mz.

Lat'ejville, Bradford county

4,000

June *f o« *!*• AM^rfiMo****

8,000

Mar. 18

C. W . L/ewiB,

nenton. v.ciuiiiui<* cuuuijr •

AUff. •

W. R. McCoy,

MeadviUe, Crawford county

S.OOO

S

F. R. Shyack, ••

Meadvllle, Crawford county,

8,000

s

S. T. Dick •

Miadville, Crawford county

3,000

8

June 18
Aug. 4

D. A. GUI,

M.'auvllle. Crawford county

lOrle, ITrie county,

3,000
74,000

C. McGraw,

Corry, Erie county

2.000

April 18

J. J. Lee .- •

Jermsn, I.ackawanna county

2,500

18 Dr. G. A. Flke

Dunc'ofr, Lackawanna county |

10.000

June 24 A. D. Blacklntaw

Duninoie, T-ackawanna county

2.000

24

Walter Dickson

Eortintcn, Lackawanna county, ...

10.000

July 13
June 24

fccrurlon, Lackawanna county, ...

4,000

Dr. J. A. Bullai 1, ...

WlikeE-Barre, Luzerne county

2,000

M&r. 16
April 31

■p Riirritt

L'liltndale, Susquehanna county,...

25,003

J. Ijogan, • •

Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county

20,000

T* TT* Ql"lAflOf*l* ...a. •■••

Columbus, Warren county

6.000

Aug. 3
Mar. 11

H. O. Silkman,

MapUwcou, Waj-ne county

J)an)!;Eciis. Wayne county,

16.000
8,000

April 21

J, W. Kessit'r •

Honcsdale, Wayne county

6,000

21

199,5

1893.

6,000

July 2 A. P. Macuonam.

.

April J.

Et'.Ufonte, Centre county, ••

3,000

1

A. Wagner,

1

June 30 W. Plummer

gurnmcr Hill, Cambria county, ..

Trio Ti^lf* OOUntV

12,000
00,000

May 20 L. Streuber

TTninn Citv Erie county,

2.000

July 8 D. S. Daves

i;iownf<vllle, Fayette county

12.000

June 30

Montgomery. Lycoming county

3,000

April 4

MontEoniory, Lycoming county, ..

4,000

May 1

J. r. i-'cn

Mrntgomery, Lycoming county, .

4,000

1

April 14

G. H. Butler ..•

. Wilkcs-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
. Doiranceton, Luzerne county, —

6,000
C.OOO

14
14

B. Dorrance

. Doirancfeton. Luzerne county

6,000

May 19

Dr. C. L.. Beck ••

. AMlkes-riarre, Luzerne county, ••

6,000

April 18

W. D. Elliott

. Elliotts Mills, Lawrence county,.

6,000

. Eagle's More, Sullivan county, ...

3.000

April 4

A. la. v^neiicy

. Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ...

3,000

4
4

J. Clayton,

. Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ...

3.000

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Lake Trout Fry— Contmned.

103

Date.

Name.

Fostofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total.

1893.
April 4

' J. B. Warner,

Muncy Valley, SuUtvan county,...
Muncy \ alley, Sullivan county,...
Muncy Valley, Sullivan county,...
Muncy Valley, Sullivan county,...
Muncy Valley, Sullivan county,...

Montrope, Susquehanna county

Ho7Ktdal(. Wayne county

Way mart. Wayne county

3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
8,000
6,000
6.000
6,000
5,000

t

4

4

j
S. P. Worthington

J. Emanuel,

4

J. H. Warner

May 19

J. B. Warner,

June 8
April 14

Q. R. Lathrop

G. White

14

G. M. Patterson

A. L. Patterson,

E. Spencer,

May 14

Waymart, Wayne county

July 2

Columbus, Warren county,

Konovo, Clinton county

W. Blosser

180.000

1894.
April 2

3,000
5,000
30.000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4.000 \

9
May 30

H. C. Ullery

L. Streuber

JohnEtown, Cambria county

Erie, Krlfi county,

17

G. R, Wright

Wilkts-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Montrose, Susquehanna county, ...

DundofT, Susquehanna county ^

Eaclf's Mere, Sullivan county

17
17

D. P. Taylor,

G. A. Flke

April 8

E. V. Icgham

,

54,000

California Trout Fry.

1891.

June 23

SS

23

23

23

26
23
23

26

R. Meyers

Glen Union Luml)er Co.,

I. B. Sober

C. R. Sober

J. Ebert

Glen Union Lumber Co.,

H. M. Grove

J. Morris,

J. B. Furst

B. H. Hastings

P. M. Leltzel

B. F. Hursh,

B. 8. Hall

P. B. Waddle

Flemlngton, Clinton county,
Gkn Union. Clinton county,
Glen Union, Clinton county.
Glen Union, Clinton county,
Glen I^nion, Clinton county.
Glen l/nion, Clinton county.
Glen Union, Clinton county,
Loganton, Clinton county,...
Rosoetans, Clinton county, .
Beech Creek, Clinton county,
Flemlngton, Clinton county,
Flemlngton, Clinton county,
Flemington, Clinton county,
BuiTalo Run, Centre county,,

1,500
1,500
1.500
1,500
1.500
1,500
1,500
1.G0O
1.500
1,600
1,600
1,500
1.500
1,500

7*

IM

REPORT OF THE

California Trout Fry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

Date.

Nsini#.

June 26 T. V. Hunter,

26 J. A. Wagrner

26 P. B. Waddle

26 J. H. Crlssman. ..

26 H. H. Thompson,

26 J. S. Sommerville,

24 i H. F. Smith

July 30 L. Hartman

10 J. C. Patterson, . .

Postofnce address.

No. shipped

Oak Hall, Centre county

Belief on te. Centre county

Buffalo Run, Centre county

Beleenti Mills, Clearfield county,

\Vint.'wrn. Ckarfleld county

Winl'um, Clearfield county

Sterling Run, Cameron county,

Hastings, Cambria county

Hastings. Camlria county

Hastings, Cambria county

Hastings, Cambria county, ....

30 i T. W. Thompson

I

SO G. L. Jackson

June 6 J. L. Qtbson i Erie, Erie county,

6 I E. C. Slocum I i:iio, Erlo county,

6 J. C. Thurston, ...

6 H. C. Young

6 C. F. Adams

6 H. S. Thurston, ..

6 W. Brown,

6 H. C. Shannon, . .

6 J. F. Mallony

July 1 H. M. Selders,

June 26 G. G. Hutchison.
G. G. Hutchison,

at

26
M
28
M

as
as
as

26

as

J. H. Walte,

J. H. Walte.

J. T. Fatten

E. L. Williams, ...
Miss S. A. Glenn,

J. B. Goheen

A. E. Clemson, ...

S. Musser

W. E. Hlldebrand,

R. D. Hetrlck,

G. W. Hood

Dr. H. S. Keepers,

F. M. Smith

J. M. Watt

T. B. Hlldebrandt.

N. F. Bnfleld

•••I Erie, Erie county

i^ne, Kirie county

Eric, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Eric, Erie county,

Eno. Erie c< unty

Eric, Erie county

( hamliciibuiK. Franklin county,..

rv'arrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,.
Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,.
Warrior'f Mark, Huntingdon Co...
Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co...

Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,.

Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,..

J'cnn'a Furnace, Huntingdon Co.,,

Pcnn'a. Furnace. Huntingilon Co.,. I

fcnna Furnace, IIuntinf:don Co.,

ronn'a Fiirn. cc. r.untingdoii Co.,

Indl-iua, Indiana county

Indiana, Indiana county

Indiana, Indiana county

IndlMna, Indiana county

in-.Mana, Indiana county

Indiana. Indiana county

Indiana, Indiana county

'idiana, Indiana county

TotaL

1,600

1,500

1.H0

1,500

1«600

1,500

1.500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

i.roo

1,500 I
1,500

1,500
1,500
1,.=,00 ^
l,oUO !
1,500

%m

1,500

i,.-.oo

1,500

'-,f.00

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

i,r»o

1,500
1,500

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

California Trout Fry — Continued.

105

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

^No. shipped

Total.

im.

June as

F. Sumson,

Indiana. Indiana eountv

1,500
1,500
3,000
1,600

- - ^

as

S. A. Smith

Indiana. Indiana eountv

July 1

S. 8. Thomas

Fort Rcyal, Juniata county

Tort Royal. Juniata county,

C. T. Balsbach

R. W. Gllliford

Spruce Hill, Juniata county

! 1.500

June 4

S. M. Henry,

Cambra. Luzerne eountv

1,500
1.600

I. R. Krlokbaum

Cambra. Luzerne county

J. G. Bailer

Gouldsbcro, Lacakawanna county,
Oou'dsboro, T<acakawanna county,

MoFcow. Lackawanna county

Gouldsboro, Lacakawanna county,

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Plttston, Lackawanna county, ....
Cosran. Lvcomin? eountv

1.800

1,500

troo

1,500
1,600
1,600
1,500
1,500
I 500

J. S. Badman

W. R. Beck

R. C. Drumm

W. B. Hopkins

O. '^. Ovall

W. C. Price

June 23

li. E. Bowen,

at

John Bird

Misbfit. Lvcominir oountv . ..

IS

C B. Liamm.

Wllllamsport. Lycoming county, ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..
WiUiamsport, Lycoming county, ..

1,500
1,600

1.500

a

J. V, KnADD.

as

H. Coder,

as

B. H. Troxell

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..

1.B00

as 1 xir. a. Aii*n

W^lUIamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county. ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, .,

1,600
1.500
1,600

1 500

ss

D H. Snvder

B

Mat B. Dunn

33

J. Donehoe

28

Geo. M. Kissinger

1,500

2S

Adam Reed

Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, ..
WllliamsDort. Lvcomlne eountv. ..

1,500

1,500
1.600

S3

M Xj Stumn

Aug. 4

Litman

Cammal, Lycoming county,

D SheDD

Cammal. Lycoming county,

1.500 '

1
1,600 1

A. O. Keim ....

Cammal, Lycoming county,

O. A. Ramsey

Ramseyvllle, Lycoming county. . . ,

1.600

1

1.600 j

*

June 4

C. Rader

Houscr Mills, Monroe county

D. Damler.

Tannersvllle, Monroe county

Houser Mills, Monroe county, ....

Houser Mills, Monroe county

Houser Mills, Monroe county

1.500
1,600

1,500 '
1,500

T Miller

Isaac Stauffer

S. E. Bschenbach

T. Anglemyer,

Easton, Northampton county

1,500

23

B. Sterner

Derwart, Northumberland county,.
Derwart. Northumberland oountjr,.

1,600
1,600

23

W. Reynolds.

106

REPORT OF THE

California Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postomce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1891.

Rev. E. Li. Knupp,

T. C. Thornton, M. D.,.|

l^iiVin »4<»mf>rR<»t. rOlintV- ........••.•

8,000

1,500

1.500

1.500

1.G00

1.500

1.600

1.600

1.500

1.600

1.G00

1.B0O

1,500

1,500

1.500

July 30

June 23
23

Lewisbure. Union county j

A. D. Gearhart

T .i^uHshiirr JTnion ooiintv ....<

26
26
26
26
26
11
11
11
U
11
U

Lewisburg, Union county

1

T rVirnellus •>•<

Lewishurg, Union county

Lewisburg, Union county, '

t-* Q "Wroff*

13^ Ui T^i^alfs

Lewisburg, Union county,

J B if^ldred.

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Honesdale, Wayne county

Han/lpv Wavne coutnv

A M Eldred ...........

xnr w 'RricTfirs

W D Eldred

H Hardine

W. G. Blackney

W. F. Tuydam

T R Onsler

11

26

Latrobe. Westmoreland county

iVirninff New Tork. •.

1.100

G. D. Magee

M MoCann

6.000

Aug. 4

Tyrcne, Blair county

T'vrnnp Rlair countv ..............

170,00«

1892.
June 24

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

8.000

8.000

2,000

8.000

8.000

8,010

3,000

8,000

3,000

1^000

8.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

3,000

3,000

D. H. Haagen

/*2. O "Ofi viRdfi

24
24
24
24
July 13
13
18
June 8
8
8
July 2
8
2
2
2
June 24
24
25
25

Tyrone, Blair county

Tyrone, Blair county

Tyrone, Blair county

W. T. Davis

■R' Wp11»<

Towanda, Bradford county

Wyaluslng, Bradford county

Wilmot, Bradford county

ILK CnvA

M. Baxe

W Rtpplp

Stillwater. Columbia county

Catawissa, Columbia county

Catawissa, Columbia county

Rohersburg, Columbia county

Pine Summit. Columbia county, ..
Pine Summit, Columbia county. ..
Pine Summit. Columbia county, ..
Pine .Summit, Columbia county. ..

Beech Creek, Clinton county,

Beech Creek, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

Glen Union, Clinton county

C E Ttandall •

Ti TL/f T.earch

w "P Tkf>l«»i

T W Tdwier

W. Davis,

A J Derr

T Phrlstiaii

W. D. Cammll

Dr. T. C. Thornton, ...
J. Brown, ..............

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

California Trout Fry — Continued.

107

Date.

Name.

1892.
June 25
25
85

26

25

25

July 2

June 25

25

July 2

8

2

t

2

2

8

2

2

Aug. 28

July 2

13

June 18

July 14

li

14

14

14

14

18

20

July 2

8

8

8

2

2

8

I

Postofiice address.

C. L. Bullock

J. W. Beecher,

C. R. Sober

T. E. Harder

J. P. Pluff

A. £}. Qrugan

A. B. McClusky

J. E. Moyer

C. W. Hartman

F. F. Jamison

W. v. Beckwith

W. V. Beckwith

F. T. Harris

t. R. Johnson,

E. A. Blgler

A. C. Dansberry

I P. Li. Carpenter

E. Reighard

W. F. Jackson

W. D. Rider

W. L. Powell

i W. L. Powell

F. Weeks

J. P. Oliver,

j C. H. Wetmore

H. C. Frazer

J. F. Austin

J. Edwards

C. B. Kebler

H, Martin

F. Cooler

J. T. Patton

A. C. Hutchison

J. M. Daugherty

W. E. Hildebrandt

J. Li. Paul, «

N. F. Ehrnfeld

i. F. Shields

4. R. Stoneback.

Glen Union, Clinton county,

Glen Union, Clinton county,

Glen Union, Clinton county.

Jjock Haven, Clinton county

Hyner, Clinton county

Hyner, Clinton county,

Hyner, Clinton county

Renovo, Clinton county

Millheini, Ct-ntre county,

Sober, Centre county,

Port Matilda, Centre county

Port Matilda, Centre county,

Clearfleld, Clearfield county

Clearlleld, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Butment, ClearlielJ county

Johnstown, Cambria county, ...,.
Mineral I'ulnt, Cambria county,...

Johnstown, Cambria county,

Cambrldgeboro, Crawford county,

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

Ctirry, Erie county,

ferry, JJ> le c unty

Corry, Erie c( unty

Corry, Erie c( unty

Corry, Eile « ,M:nty

Corry. JCrie county,

Coiry, Erie c<.unty ,..,.,

Elgin, Erie county

lirie, Erie cdur.ty

Warrior's Mark, Hun<ingdon Co.,.
Warner's 'y.i.arV, Huntingdon Co...

Indiana. Indiana dunly,

Ir-.iiana. Indiana ccunty

Indiana, Indiana cuunty

Indiana, Indiana coiinty

Utuh, Indiana c< unty

Blark Lick, TiidiaQn county

No. shipped

Total.

3,000
3, QUO
3.000

3.000 I

3.000

3,U00

3,000

6,000

3,000

3,000

2.000

2,0J0

2,000

2,U00

2,000

2, 00 J

2,000

15,000
2.003
6,000

22.000
8,000
4,000
4,000
4,000

•

4,000

4,000

4.000

4.000

4,000

4.000

2.01)0 '

2,000 I

2,000

2,000

2.000

J, 000 \

2,000

2,000

IM

REPORT OP THE

California Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

July 2 J. Woodward,

13 L. W. BankB

June 8 W. Helstecl

8 I E. Hubberd,

g Id. C. Keynon

8 F. W. Gunster

24 S. Crow,

8 W. D. Shencer,

8 F. R. Bonham

8 A. Lape

8 E. B. Lens.

8 D. Morse, '

8 G. W. Kern,

8 S. M. Henry

8 , B. J. Harvey

8 H. C. Chahoon

8 W. Hampton

8 A. E. Winkack,

8 J. Dewitt

June 25 C. V. Hage

25 C. R. Crafts

25 D. W. Fletcher

July 2 S. B. Cameron,

2 N. R. BuUer

2 J. A. McDonald

2 A. Billmcyer

1 I J. A. AHls

18 T. M. Kesser

June 14 Q. It. Still?

8 Dr. T. yf Thornton, .

8 Col. G. Kauff man,

{ H. F. D nehower. ..

8 D. W. Lt'.sfr, .

I
8 C. J. W. Hii!?hton, ..

8 W. C. Hlmmelrlch, ..

i
8 1 W. Hausel

18 S. W. Rutherford, ...

25 A. Farmer

4S I F. B. Htinslcker

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

McCarysvUle, Juulata county, ....

Mifllinburs, Juniata county

Carbondale, Uicka wanna county,.
Carbondale. Lackawanna county,.
DundofE, Lackawanna county, ....
feciantun. LacUuwanna county, ...
Dunniore, Lackawanna county, ..

Town 1 .-no, Lurernc county

'J'dwn Line, Luicnic county,

Nanlicoke, lu/crne county,

Pittston, I u/trne county

Plttston, Luzerne county

litlston, Luzerne county

Cambria, Luzerne county,

HarveysvIUe, Luzerne county

Wiikcs-Uarre, Luzerne county, ....
Willfs-Barre, Luzerne county, ....
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ....

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Williamsport, Lycoming county, .
WlUlamsport, Lycoming county, .
Wllliamsport, Lycoming county, .
Schock's Mills, Lancaster county,.

Florin, Lancaster county

Mifflin, Mifflin county

WashingtonvlUe, Montour county,.

Exchange, Monto«r county

Northumberland, Northumb'd Co.,

Gibson, Susquehanna county

Lewlsburg, Union county, ♦

Lewlsburg, Union county

Lewlsburg, Union county,

Lewlsburg, Union county

Lewlsburg, Union county

Lewlsburg, Union county

Lewlsburg, Union county

Laurelton, Union county

Laurelton, Union county

Laurelton, Union county ,

2,000

2,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

3,00<

3,000

3,004

3,000

3,000

3,0J0

3,000

3,000

3,000

3.000

3,000

3.000

3,000

6,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

8,000

2,000

3.000

8.000

8.000

3.000

S.00O

8,000

S,000

8,000

8,000

8,000

Total.

FTSH COMMISSIONERS.

California Trout i^r?/— Continued.

109

Date.

Name.

June 25 C.

25 Dr.

25 C.

25 J.

25 J.

85 J.

Aug. 28 J.

July 13 R.

June 18 M.

18 W.

21 W.

24 C.

24 T.

24 A.

July 13 H.

Vanado

G. C. Mohn. ..

Brown

M. Rutherford,

R. Ritter

R. Ritter

Briggs Myers, ..

Slckler

N. Brigam, ..,
Shumer

M. Weed

H. Schardt

L. Tuttle

E. Patten

P. -Hunter.

1893.
June 8
8
t
14
14
May 29
29
July 12
12
Aug. 20
June J.
8
8
•
July 13
13
13
13
13
June 30
Aug. 23
July 2

S. D. Vandmark, .
C. B. HoUenback, .
W. C. Bradshaw,
W. B. Gernet, ...
Lee Brooks

F. L. Hyde

W. D. Kernicham,

A. Mandell

O. J. Gunning

W. D. Rider

W. Perry

A. Hockman

J. D. Henrle

G. P. Stlner

S. Appleman

R. M. Grove

B. E. Karshner, ..

P. Jackson

A. Llllie

p. P. Green

C. Thomas,

J. E. Moyer,

Postofflce address.

Laurelton, Union county ,.
Laurelton. Union county ,.
Laurelton, Union county ,.
Laurelton, Union county ..
Mlfflinbui*. Union county. .
Miffllnburg, Union county.
Franklin, Venango county,
Falls, Wyoming county, ..
Damascus, Wayne county,
Milanvllle, Wayne county,
Mllanville, Wayne county, .
Hawley, Wayne county, ..
Waymart, Wayne county,
Wayraart, Wayne county,
Warren, Waren county, ...

No. shipped

Sugar Run, Bradford county, ....
Wyalusing, Bradford county, ....

Stevensville, Bradford county,

Columbia X Roads, Bradford Co.,,

Canton, Bradford county

Titusville, Crawford county

Titusville, Crawford county

TltusvlUe, Crawford county,

Titusville, Crawford county,

Cambrldgeboro, Crawford county,

Elk Grove, Columbia county

Orangevllle, Columbia county, ...
Orangevllle, Columbia county, ...
Orangevllle, Columbia county, ...

Benton, Columbia county

Danville, Columbia county

Almedla, Columbia county

Almedla, Columbia county

Catawissa, Columbia county

Bellefonte, Centre county

Whltford, Chester county

Renovo, Clinton county

8.000
8,000
3.000
3.000
8,000
8.000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8.000
4.000
8,000
2.000
8,000
14,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

6,000

6,000

4.000

4,000

6,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

20,000

2,000

2,000

2,<D00

2.000

2,000

0,000

Total.

362,000

110

REPORT OF THE

California Trout i^ry— Continued.

Date.

1893.
July 14
14

Name.

Fostofflce address.

T. G. Simcox, ..

J. C. Quiggle, .,

12 P. F. Kribbs, .

12 I J. L. Hunter, .

12 I T. Brown

12 i W. L. Jeffords,

% W. L. Powell,

IS W. L.. Powell, .
i
4 C. B. Kebler,

14 W. Mulkie

No. shipped

Total.

Aug. 20

F. Cooler,

June 80 C. E. Fetter,

30 I I. H. Rochester, .

8 C. Kaempel,

8 W. H. Sessup, Jr.,

8 j W. Farman

8 E. E. Dale

McElhattan. Clinton county, ....
McElhattan, Clinton county, ....

Knox, Clarion county, .

Knox, Clarion county

Knox, Clarion county,

Knox, Clarion county,

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county, ...
Harrrlsburg, Dauphin county, ..

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county *.♦«#

Chambersburg, Franklin county, .
Marion Centre, Indiana county, ..
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

Dalton, Lackawanna county

Daleville, Lackawanna county, ...

Moscow, Lackawanna county, '

Moscow, Lackawanna county

July 30 G. B. Smith Dunmore, Lackawanna county,

30 Hon. W. H. Beck, ..

30 ' D. W. Dale,

30 J. J. Wagenhurt, ...

June 8 M. F. Map

8 j E. W. Stark

8
8
8

8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8

July 13
13

June 30
30

E. W. Campbell,

F. H. Gates, ...
A. W. Rhoads. .
H. M. Horton, .
H. M. Horton, .

A. Lape

C. S. Fargo, ...
S. S. Smith, ...

A. R. Mowry, ..
L. S. Basten, ..
J. L. Glace, ....
C. A. Long

B. Shaf er

B. Sax

H. P. Clapp, ...
P. Hlnkelman, ,

Gouldsboro, Lackawanna county,..

Maple Run, Luzerne county

Pittston, Luzerne county

Pittston, Luzerne county

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
WUkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Lawn Hill, Luzerne county

Muhlenburgh, Luzerne county, ...
Muhlenburgh, Luzerne county, ...
Mountain Top. Luzerne county, ..
Mountain Top, Luzerne county, ..
Willlamsport. Lycoming county,,.,
Lycoming Lycoming county [

4.000
4,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2.000
22,000
8,000
2,000
4.000
4,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
6,001)
8.000
8,00t)
6,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2.000
2,000
2,001)
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000

a.000

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

California Trout Fry — Continued.

lU

Date.

1883.

July 12

17

17

Aug. 23

June 8

July 8

13

13

13

13

June 14

14

14

M

14

14

14

U

14

14

June 30

30

80

July 6

Aug. 24

24

24

24

24

24

24

14

14

14

14

14

14

t4

24

Name.

W. W. Brown, ....
W. H. Kandell, ...
W, H. Kandell, ...
W. B. Crawford, .
P. T. Marryatt, ..
D. T. Brewster, ..
W. W. Larrabee, .

T. Arcker,

S. Walkes,

A. Smith,

A. C. Jenkins

R. Kans,

H. T. Downs

J. H. Ganse,

T. J. Keeler

R. Rams

j J. A. Jordon

A. A. Baker

J. W. Ballard, .

C. Yutzy

C. Yutzy,

C. Yutzy

J. C. Goodspeed, .

W. T. Merrick,
W. R. Davis, ....
J. Aylesworth, ...

D. F. Aylesworth,

L. J. Rohena,

J. Rohena

W. H. Mccarty, .
D. O. Merrick, ...

B, S. Scofleld. ....
F. D. Andrews, .
W. C. Babcock, ..

F. H. Dartt

L Williams,

A. Rohena,

H. Treat

Postoffice address.

Bradford, McKean county

Duke Centre. McKea.n county,

Duke Centre, McKean cuunty,

Brj'n Mawr, Montgomery county,.

Lynn, Susquehanna cuunty,

Montrose, Susquehanna county. ...

Jacksun, Susquehanna cuunty,

Herrick Centre. Susquehanna Co.,.
Uniondale, Susquehanna cuunty, .
Unlondale, Susquehanna county,...

La Porte, Sullivan county,

La Porte, Sullivan county,

La Porte, Sullivan county

La Porte, Sullivan county,

La Porte, Sullivan county

La Porte, Sullivan cuunty

La Porte, Sullivan county

La Porte, Sullivan county

La Porte, Sullivan county

La I'orte, Sullivan county

Berlin, Somerset county

Berlin, Somerset county

Berlin, Somerset cuunty

Knoxvllle, Tioga county

Blossburg, Tioga rouiily,

Blossburg, Tioga county

Blossburg, Tioga county

Blossburg, Tioga county

Blossburg, Tiuga county

Blossburg, Tioga county

Arnot, Tioga county.

Arnot, Tioga county

Arnot, Tioga county,

Arnot, Tioga cuunty

Arnot, Tioga county,

Arnot, Tioga county

Arnot, Tioga county,

Arnot, Tioga county

Morris, Tioga county,

No. shipped

10,000
6.000
6,000
2.000
8.000
2.000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2.000
1.000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
4,009
2,000
2.000
4.000
8,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2.000
2,000
1.000
2,1)00
2,000
2,000
2,000

Total.

112

REPORT OF THE

California Trout JT'rj/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1893.
Alls. 24
24
24
24
24
24
24

July 13
May 2a
July 12 i
12 I
28
June 8
8
8
M
July 4
18
IS
IS
18

1894.
May 30
SO
80
17
17
80
80
17
80
80
30

80
30
30
17

W. Chllda,

Postofflce address.

Morris. Tioga county,

W. McDougall I MorriB, Tioga county,

P. Cluck I Morris. Tioga county,

W. Muir

W. S. More

W. O. Conner

W. Webster

Hon. P. J. Crist. .
J. Biiggs Myers, ..
T. Wltherup

B. W. Black,

J. Briggs Myers ..

E. Dougherty

L. S. Lewis,

C. Brooks

W. N. Brlfbxra, .,

W. Skinner,

E. A. Wil-Jox

A. Bies«2ktr. ...
O. T. Wsycnhort,
J. J. Way^nhort,.

A. J. Darling, ...
J. C. Kreamer, .

J. Connoy

H. M. Qellinger,

J. B. Martz

S. Lemons,

L. P. McHenry,
P. C. Connally, .

B. Hubbard, ...

G. White

F. A. Fennell, .
H. T. Hudson, .
P. Behle

C. H. Gerbig, ..
C. P. Savage, ..
B. H. Kulp

Morris. Tioga lounty, ••

Morris, Tioga county

Morris, Tioga county

Morris, Tioga county, •

Milton, Union county

Franklin, Venango county

Scrubgrass. Venango county, ....

Scrubgrass, Venango county

Franklin. Venango county,

Neshot'pen, Wyoming county, ...

Ransom, Wyoming county

Waymart, Wayne county

Damascus, Wayne county

MilanviUe, Wayne county

Hamilton, Wayne county

Hallisterville, Wayne county. ..

Gouldsboro Station, Wayne Co.,.

Gouldsboro Station, Wayne Co.,.

No.shipped I Total.

Lehighton, Carbon county

Lohifhton, Carbon county

Mr.uch Chunk, Carbon county. ....

Catawlssa, Columbia county

Ewens\ille, Columbia county

Ik-ntor, f.oliunbia county

i^C'iitoi. Columbia county

Mu-ooka, Lackawanna county,...

Carboiu'ale, Lackawanna county,

Hi'n«>?dj'le, Lackawanna county,..

Waymart, Lackawanna county. ..

Wiiymart, Lackawanna county, ..

Areliibfild, Lackawanna county,..

Arclittald, Lackawanna county,..

Dunmore. Lackawanna county. ..

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county

2.000

2,000

2.000

2.O0O

2,000

2.000

2.000

80,000

8.000

2.000

2,000

S.000

2.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

%m\

2,000
8,000
2,000
2.000

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,600

1.600

1.600

1,600

1.600

380,000

No. zu.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

California Trout i^ry— Continued.

lit

Date.

1894.
May 17
17
17
17-
17
17
17
17
80
30
30
30
30
SO
30
30
SO
80
SO
30
SO
17

Name.

A. J. nil

E. F. Bogart. .
W. B. Robinson,

A. A. Enke. ...
J. Martin

B. Wagner, ....
R. E. Kyttle, ..

J. Harvey

E. Harvey

G. S. Magee, ...

S. McCurry

H. Funke,

C. Kastrup, —
R, W. H«ydr, ..

J. Foot,

P. Conlen,

S. Block

D. T. Brewster,
G. C. Howell, ..
O. C. Howell. ..
G. C. Howell. .,
S. F. Miller. ...

Fostofflice address.

No.shipped

Wilkes-Earre. Luzerne county,...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county,...
Wilives-lArre, Luzerne county,...

Kanticoke. Luzerne county

'<CeL'tIocke, Luzerne county

Biitcnliouse. Luzerne county,

Rittenhouse. Luzerne county

liuulingdon Mills, Luzerne county,
Huntingdon Mills, Luserne county.
White Haven, Luaerne county, ....

Caml>ia. Luzerne county,

Albert, Luzerne county

Ashley, Luzerne county,

Ashley. Luz.erne county,

Hudson, Luzerne county.

Hudson, Luzerne county

Danville, Montour county

Montrose, Susquehanna county, . . .
New Milford. Susquehanna county,
New Milford, Susquehanna county.
New Milford, Susquehanna county,
Lochiel, Union county

1,600
1.600
1,600
1.500
1.600
1,500
l,50o
1.600
1.500
i.faOO
1,500
1.500
1,500
1,500
1.500
1.500
1,600
1,500
1.500
1,50a
1.500
2,000

Total.

57,600

Hybrid Trout Fry.

1888.

Mar. 18
18
18
18

w n^ Itonf^nll ...■••>•

Catawlssa, Columbia county

1.600

T T T ^kwi ■. ....■■•••••

Catawlssa. Columbia county

1,600

x%T XX 14«»nH^

Catawlssa. Columbia county

1,500

XX TLf T ^n rpll » - ^

Catawlssa, Columbia county

1.600

Union City. Erie county

3,000

18

L. S. Clougn

Corrv Erie county,

4,000

July 8

w. M. Weed.

Mar. 11

W. F. Hallstead

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

3,000

11
11

r%. "Rnff a rt •

Scranton, Lackawanna county. ...

3.000

p, W. Gunster,

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

•

3.000

April 18

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

8,000

It

H. M. Boles

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

8.000

1

1

8-20-94

U4

REPORT OF THE

Hybrid Trout if'ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

1892.

April 21
21

June 24
13
13

Name.

S. B. Buckley.
8. B. Stllwell,
C. P. Savage,

G. O'Kell,

E. N. Willard,

Mar. 6 ' A. Mitchell. ..

April 6 S. F. Detrick,

6 N. R. Detrick,

6 Mrs. McHenry.

< W. C. Henry, .

6 W. J. Sellers, .

« M. G. Sellers, .

6 W. C. Henry. .

June 24 W. Winsel

24 N. Row

1

Mar. 4 ! Wm. Baker, .

4

16

1893.
April 26
25
25
25
25
June 19
May 19
19
23
28
28
22
18
June 8
19
19
April 14
14
14

H. E. Whitsley,
A. Rutleage

V, W. Grlswoia. .
J. R. DeHa«.s, ...
A. L. Shoemak?r,

J. Counsil •

E. S. Mabley. ...

A. W. Dickinson,

B. Merien

C. Porter

C. L. Baker

L. A. White

A. E. Sullivan, ..

C. B. Halter

R. S. Johnson. ..
G. Spencer

D. Rowel

W. Mulkie

M. A. Goodwin,

C. Ix)renz

C. Koempel

PoBtofflce address.

No. shipped

Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county,...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..
Scranton, Lackawanna county, . .
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county,

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county,

Amalomink, Monroe county

Amalomink, Monroe county

Spring Creek, Warren county....
Spring Creek, Warren county, . . .
ialil^t', Wayne oouoty* ..••••••••••

West Leroy, Bradford county,...

Westport, Clinton county,

Beech Creek, Clinton county. ...
Beech Creek, Clinton county, ...
Beech Creek. Clintm ct>unty, ...

Titusvllle. Crawford county

Corry, Erie county,

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county,

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county.

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Cori-y, Erie county.

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county,

Scranton, Lackawanna county,
Scranton, Lackawanna county,
Scranton. Lackawanna county, ...

1.500

1,500

2.000

2.000

4,000

1,500

1,500

1,5}!)

1,600

1,500

1,S00

1,500

1,500

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

3.000

Total.

2,000

2,000

8,000

8.000

2,000

2.000

4.000

4.000

4,000

2,000

2.000

8.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

8,000

2,000

8,000

59,000

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Hybrid Trout i^ry— Continued.

m

Date.

Name.

Postoflflce address.

No.shipped

Total.

1893.

April 14

June 8

8

April 14

14

25

D W- Dale.

Daleville, Lackawanna county, ....
Elmhurst, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Kingston, Luzerne ocunty,

Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Nantlcoke. Luzerne county.

8,000
8.000
8,000

2,000

•

R. Imes

A. W. Dickinson

J A. Bullard

E. F. Pa vne

2.000 1

J. Robinson

2,000

26
2B

R. P. Robinson,

M. C. RIssinger,

B. F. Roth,

2,000
2,000
8.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
8,000
8.000
8,000
8,000
2,000
2,000
2,0CO
2,G00
2,0C0
8.080
8,000
2.000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000

May 19
19

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county. ...
WilUamsport, Lycoming county,...
WilUamsport, Lycoming county,...
Salladasburg, Lycoming county,..
Salladasburg, Lycoming county,..
Salladasburg, Lycoming county,..

Parkside, Monroe county,

Parkside. Monroe county.

C B. MetzKer

19
19

J. Thomas,

F Rail

April 25

ss

A. McNaughton

25

L. F. Metzger,

85
14

J. D. Maneval,

"W J Sellers.

14

14

14

May 19

19
6
19
19
19

May 24
84

April 28
23

Iff a Sellers

J A BoTd

Parkside. Monroe county

in TTa^ Art

Parkside. Mom oe county

T J l^nniffAn. ...........

Parkside. M( nrce county.

"WT" TyAllf*v .......... ■

Parkside Mf^nroe county

P^ A Sji.icton ......>>•■■

Thompson, Susquehanna county,

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Lloyd. Tioga county

W Hadestv

"Wr Tjlovd •

I* manlrivpll .........

Tjinvd Tioffa countv. ;....

"XAT C^ri\Tnsio\c .........

Rauseville. Venanco county,

UV HaskiU

Pleasantville, Venango county,....
Honesdale. Wayne county .«

T> tv TTflm

1
8,000 i

Honesdalo. Wayne county

8,000 '<

A J B*arrill

Hollidaysburg, Blair county

Tvrone Blair county

106,000

1894.
Mar. 29
89
89
89
29
29

2.000
2,000

T 'Wike

Tvrone. Blair county

i
2,000 !

Tvrone Blair county

2.000
HOOO

T nlntop .

Tvmn^ Blair countT

A T TRntntAf* .- .

Tvrone Blair county

116

REPORT OF THE

Hybrid Trout jPry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postofllce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.

Mar. 29

29
29

Mar. 29
27

April 8

t^ 13^ li^vtAah

Altoona Blair county

2.000

Q. s* r resn,

Altonnn Blair countv. •..• ••

2,000

Altoona. Blair county,

2.000
2.000

T> "W TTurrv

Waterside, Bedford county

t\ XXT TTartflv

T.f^rnv Rrad ford countv

2.000

1> r* TTani^flll

Trnv Rrad ford county. •• •

2,000

T a ■XM^'K3t%v^v>tr

npntnn Pnlumbia county. ..•

4,000

17 C. B. Randall

Catawissa, Columbia county

2.00O

17 O. B. Hummer,

Elk Grove, Columbia county

1000

17

Mar. 29

3 "R IRSarhart

Elk Grove, Columbia county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

1000

ieo»

H. B. Hartsmlet

29
29

S B. Smith

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

1000

1000

D. Lelpold •*•«<« M-c

29
29

H Kracht

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Kylertown, Clearfield county

1000

2,000

C. Bisennauer,

29
23

P V Toole

Kylertown, Clearfield county

Philllpsburg, Centre county

looo

1000

Wm. Burchfield

29
29

A vivtl Q

n "R TTzTEsee •

Snow Shoe, Centre county

Pine Glen. Centre county

1000

1019
1000

1001

€^ TT 'Rc^afAa

T Cviinsa.llus.

Beech Creek, Clinton county

Renovo, Clinton county,

13*«^i-kei Uir\-\TAV

May 8 S. D. Forst,

Lock Haven, Clinton county,

1000

Anrll Q T* Wpnderson .•..

Mead%-ille, Crawford county

1000

Corrv Erie county.

1000

23 r* *R Powell •

Corry, Erie county

1000

OO TV IJr "OviAwn

Corrv Erie county

1000

23

Mar. 22

27
27

T. T>niiffhprt.V *

Rathbun, Elk county

1000

"W "E Clark

Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,.

III!

■Wm Frv

27
27

J H Girton.

W. M. Bobbins

27

27

O W Kinir

Trout Run, Lycoming county

Roaring Branch, Lycoming county,

Ralston, Lycoming county

Ralston, Lycoming county

Maple Run, Luseme county

mo 1

I Allen

looo

1000

May 8
8
8

w w Green

IT TThArflote ..«.

S. R. Buckalew

17

17

T) TV Dale

Daleville, TiBckawanna county, ...
Carbondale, Lackawanna county, .

. 1000
1000

C. R. Manvllle

April 6

D. Swoeser ......>.

Neshannock, Lawrence county, ..

1000

1

No. 20.) FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Hybrid Trout Fry — Continued.

m

Date.

1894.
April 6
8
6
May 8
8
Mar. 27
87
27
27
May 8
8
8
8
8
8
8
April 2
2
t
Mar. 19
19

Name.

H.
G.

G.
M.
R.
R.
G.
IE.
G.
A.
R.
A.
H.
S.
R.
j«.
M.
M.
8.
T.
G.

Acken

W. Newcastle, ..

W. Permar,

G. Youngman, . .

M. Grove

R. Magargel

Phillips

C. Burk

A. Morgan

L. Moyer

Hrank

Lisson

S. Watts

E. Worthington,
J. Blackwell, ...

Blackwell

Ijarkin

J. Leinbach, ...

F. Miller

J, Ham

Atkinson

PostoflDce address.

Neshannock. Lawrence county, ...
New Castle, Lawrence county, ....

New Castle. Lawrence county

Danville. Montour county

Danville, Montour county

Sonestown, Sullivan county,

Sonestown, Sullivan county

Sonestown, Sullivan county

Sonestown, Sullivan county

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ..

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ..

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ..

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ..

Eagle's Mere, Sullivan county, ..

Lloyd. Tioga county

Lloyd, Tioga county

Lewisburg, Union county

White Deer Mills, Union county,

Lochlel. Union county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county

No. shipped

Broivn Trout Fry.

1000
1000
1000

1000

1000

2,000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

2,000

4,000

1000

4.000

Total.

148,010

1898.

— ' --

July 13
13
Mar. 2

O.
W.
J.
D.
R.
W.
J.
C.
C.
E.

n "Rartlott

Wyalusing, Bradford county

Towanda, Bradford county, .... . »••

1000

T^ T~lnvifl ..•••••

3.000

fUr nC^a rt

Titusville, Crawford county

1,500

FleminPT. Centre county,

1000 '

21

June 2.T

April 18

18

18

18

Jan. 25

rrail

\\T WnftVAl*

Shingletown, Centre county.

2.000

f1 nirfon • > •

Bloomsburg. Columbia county

1.500

Almedia, Columbia county

1.500

tUT T.pTvla

Cole'.^ Creek, ColumMa lounty

1,500

■R Tfl olcROTI

Berwick, Columbia county

1.500

Lock Haven, Clinton county

2.000

Glen Union, Clinton county

1000

25

B.

C.

tl, warit;ii

Corrv Erie county

1400

Mar. 27

Porter,

118

REPORT OP THE

Brown Trout i'Vy— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1892.

April 26 IC. H. Wetmore, ..

July 4 G. Stone

26 S. Clover,

26 J. Koehler

26 R. R. Bassett

April 6 H. Roth

6 O. O. Esser

18 J. P. Rosenkrans,

18 S. McHenry,

IS j J. Q. Creveling, ,

Mar. 10 F. Field,

11 W. P. HallBtead

11 W. H. Starrs

April 18 W. W. Wiley

21 W. D. Decker,

Juno 24 B. M. Beyer

24 J. T, Fear

July 2 N. R. BuUer

April 18 R. M. Grove

18 M. W. Hurley

18 S. A. Yorks

6 Mrs.W.B. Henry & Son,

6 W. J. Sellers

8 I E. Hasert

6 J. A. Boyd

A. R. Denck,
6 I S. T. Detrlck,
June 24 S. Lee,

M

24

^lar. 10

T. N, Stltes,
A. A. Chase,
P. J. Crlste,

April 11 I A. L.. Ewell.

Mar. 16 ' C. E. Beach,

Postofllce address.

No.shlpped

April 21

n

Mar. 16

F. Nell,

P. Beahan, ..
J. M. Miller,

Corry, Erie county

Falrview, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes-Barie, Luzeine county, ...

Plttston, Luzerne county,

Cambra, Luzerne county

Plymouth, Luzerne county,

Field Station. Lycoming county,...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Dalevllle, Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county,....
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...

Florin, Lancaster county

Danville, Montour county

Danville, Montour county

Danville, Montour county,

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county,

Parkside, M( nroe county

Parkslile, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county

Amalomink, Monroe county,

Amalomlnk, Monr< e county ,.

Mt. Ponoco, Monroe county,

Milton, Northumberland county,..

Genesee Forks, Potter county

Mllanvllle, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county

Calllcoon Depot, Sullivan Co.,N.Y.,

Tot.il.

20,(M)0
4.000
4,000
8,000
S,000
1,500
1,M0
1,100
1,200

2,000
8,000
3,0CO

i.roo i

1,500 I

2,000 I

8,000

2,000

8,000

2,000

2.000

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,B00

8.000

2.000

6,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

2,000

2,000

6.000

123,500

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSION BkS.

Brown Trout jp'ry— Continued.

Hi

Date.

Name.

1981.
April 4

J. B. Dobbins, ...

May 19 L. D. Hill

18 Dr. A. F. Yetter,
June 8 W. D. Brodshow.

Postofflce address.

Troy, Bradford county

Burlington, Bradford county

Burlington, Bradford county

Steven's Mills, Bradford county,...

8 L. McCooley j Steven's Mills, Bradford county,...

8 L. H. March, Steven's Mills. Bradford county....

8 W. W. McCain Steven's Mills, Bradford county,...

Mar. 27 W. J. Clark Lock Haven, Clinton county

27 C. W. Reger i Lock Haven, Clinton county

27 S. M. McCormlck | Lock Haven, Clint n county

27 G. J. Vieet i Lock" Haven, Clinton county

27 I. Q. Bennis 1 Lock Haven. Clinton county

27 J. F. Grltnn. .
37 ; W. F. Kinley,
87

Lock Haven. Clinton county.
Lock Haven, Clinton county.

t. W. Harris Lock Haven, Clinton county,

27 J. Glbb \ Loci* Haven, Clinton county,

27 , H. T. Marven Lock Haven, Clinton county,

i

27 E. J. Iseral j Lock Haven, Clinton county,

27 C. S. McCormlck I Lock Haven. Clinton county.

i

ZT J. H. Furst I Lock Haven, Clinton county,

April 25 W. P. Bullock ' Beech Creek. Clinton county,

26 J. A. Harvey Beech Creek, Clinton county,

25 C. E. Bullock Beech Creek, Clinton county.

26 B. A. Gardner, ,
25 W. A. Cransln,

Beech Creek, Clinton county.
Beech Creek, Clinton county.

25 W. Closk, i Beech Creek, Clinton county.

May 1 J. Q. Dice, ! McElhattnn. Clinton county,

1 |j. C. Qulggle I McElhattan, Clinton county.

June 14 J. I. Smith. ..

14 J. Q. Dice, . . .

14 I J. C. Qulggle.

Mar. 27 J. Ford

April 16 P. J. Deltrlck.

McElhattan, Clinton tounty. ,
McElhattan, Clinton county,
McElhattan. Clinton county.
South Fork, Cambria county.
Carrolltown, Cambria county,

rune 30

J J. Barke ' Ashville, Cambria county.

April 14 B. Hartman,
14 B. G. Keller,

14

J. B. McHenry,

Forks, Columbia county, .
Benton, Columbia county,
Benton, Columbia county.

14 Q. A. Tubbs Benton. Columbia county,

July 13 JA. M. Neumiller | Lansford, Carbon county.

No.shlpped

2,000

2,000

2,000

8,000

8.000

2.00D

2.000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000 I

2,000 I

2,000 I

I

2.000 '

2,IK)0

2,000

2,000 I

2.000 \

i

2.O0O I

2.00O

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

8.000

2,000

8.000

2,000

T.otal.

120

REPORT OF THE

Brown Trout i^Vy— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Broivn Trout Fry — Continued.

121

Date.

1893.

July 13

Mar. 6

A.prll 7

U

18

18

18

18

18

May 18

18

18

28

June 8

27

May 1

Mar. 14

14

14

14

14

14

14

April 12

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

May 19

Name.

F. Heister,

F. Thornton

C. H. McGrau, ...

E. J. Kelso

D. Weldler,

C, B. Chidester, .,

F. W. Bacon, ...,
J. S. Rilling. ....

G. S. Stone

P. W. Bacon, ...

J. S. RlUlne: ,

a. S. stone

H. E. Davis

G. Spencer,

C. S. Wilson, ....

E. S. Thompson,
J. D. Woodworth,
H. N. Philips

C. A. Boone

S. Ohmsteed

A. Cooley,

A. A. Enke

B. P. Smith ,

S. M. Blanchard,

D. S. Van Horn, .

V. A. Burner

W. W. Buttain, ..
W. W. Blttian, .

E. F. Payne

J. H. Oonkin, ....

P. H. Gates,

H. Wilbur

B. F. Stark.

F. H. Gates

J. H. Trimmer, .

C. W. Lewis

F. Hummel

J. Zimmerman, ,
C. Enath,

Postoffice address.

Lansford, Carbon county,

Fairview, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county.

Erie, Erie county,

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Avonia, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Erie, Erie county

Avonia, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county

Thompsontown, Juniata county, ...

Shlckshinny, Luzerne county

Shickshinny, Luzirne county.

Shlckshinny, Luzeine county,

Pittston. Luzerne county

Lehman. Luzerne county,

Nanticoke, Luzerne county,

Fairmount Springs, Luzerne Co,»..j
Bloomingdale, Luzerne county, ...
Bloomingdale, Luzeine county, ...

Wyoming, Luserne county

Cambra, Luzerne county

Cambra. Luzerne county

Kingston, Luzerne county.

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Wilkes-Barre, Luserne county

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county,

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Bloomingdale, Luzerne county. ...

Silkworth, Luzeine county

Town Hill, Luzerne county

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

No.shipped

2.000
S.000

%m

2.000
2,000
2.000
t,000
1.000
8.000

>.000

2,000
2,000
1,000
8,000
1,000
2.000
1.000
2.000
2,000
2.000
2,000

%m

2,000
1^000
2,000
2.000
2.000
1,000
1,000
1.0M

i^oio

2,000
8,000
2,000
2.000
2.000
2,000
2.000

Total.

Date.

1893.

May 19

19

18

June 8

8

April 14

14

U

14
14
14
14
14
H
June 8
8
14
14
April 26
25
25
July 20
April 14
14
June 8
May 19
19
19
June 8
8
8
June 17
17
8
April 4
4
May 19
U
10

Name.

H. L. Mone

B. F. Roth.

F. Moon

B. P. Payne, ..
I. Coolbatigh, ..
B. F. Ackerly, ,

E. E. Dale

M. W. Hurley.
W. W. Mitchell.
A. E. Phelps, ..

Postofiice address.

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county,

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Alden Station, Luzerne county, ...

Kingston, Luzerne county

Dorranceton, Luzerne county

Clark's Green. Lackawanna Co.,..
Daleville, Lackawanna county, ..
Daleville, Lackawanna county, ..
Hornshurst, Lackawanna county,.

I Hornshurst, Lackawanna county.

i
A. W. Dickson i Scranton, Lacakwanna county,...

W. H. Richmond Scranton. Lacakwanna county.

G. I. Fowler,

Scranton, Lacakwanna county

Judge F. W. Gernster, : Scranton, Lacakwanna county,

B. F. Butterfleld, 1 Elmhurst. Lackawanna county, ...

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,..!

Gouldsboro, Lackawanna county,..

Gouldsboro, Lackawanna county,..
.. Salladasburg, Lycoming county,...

B. Maneval, I Salladasburg, Lycoming county,...

J. D. Maneval | Salladasburg, Lycoming c unty...

H. C. Demuth I Lancaster, Lancaster county

H. L. Smith

li. Harvey,

T. Phelps,

L. F. Metzger, ..

B. R. Gearhart. ...

W. M. Russel

M. Grove

E. Amdt,

G. Berecker

H. C. Well

Mrs. W. E. Henry,

Danville. Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Danville, Montour county,
Parkslde, Monroe county,
Parkslde, Monroe county,
Parkslde, Monroe county,
Parkslde, Monroe county.

J. Wells I Parkslde, Monroe county.

H. A. Chase. ...
W. W. Brown,
W. H. Randall.
P. J. Criste, ...

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county

Bradford, McKean county,

Duke Centre, McKean county, ...
Milton, Northumberland county, .

Dr. W. B. Hill I Laport, Sullivan county.

R. A. Conklin, ..
W. T. Follweiler.

H. A. Weldy

C. W. Hardt

Laport, Sullivan county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county,
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county,
Wellsboro, Tioga county, ...

2,000
2,000
2.000
6.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
8,000
2,000
2.000
2.000
8,000
2.000
2.000
2,000
2,000
8,000
8.000
2,000
2.0J0
8,030
6.000
8.000
2,000
10,000
2.000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
10,000
2,000
10,000
2.000
8^008
1.000
1,088
81OO8

No.shipped Total

128

REPORT OP THE

Broum Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

JNO. i\}.}

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brown Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

1893.

May 10

24

24

24

April 14

23

July 13

May 23

June 30

1894.

April 25

Mar. 29

29

29

29

29

May 23

23

a

Mar. 27

27

27

May 8

8

8

8

Mar.' 29

29

29

29

29

May 23

23

28

88

28

28

I

Name.

J. Dommauz, .
F. Haskill, ....
J. J. McCaslin,

C. Noyes,

3. A. Smith. ...

P. Nell

R. Templeton. .
C. L. Baker, ..
J. Menoher, . . .

roj.tofflce address.

J. M. Arters

G. K. Haller

P. J. Moore,

T. B. Keller ,

Dr. D. J. Appleby,

Wellsboro, Tlogra county,

Pleasantville, Venamro county, ...
PleasantvlUe, Venango county, ...
Pleasantville, Venango county, ...

Honesdale, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county

Lakln, Wayne county

Sheffield, Warren county

Ligonier, Westmoreland county, .

Llgonier, Westmoreland county,.

Altoona, piair county

Altoona, Blair county

Tyrone, Blair county,

Tyrone, Blair county,

R. Oingerlch Tyrone, Blair county,

W. E. Belknap i Altoona, Blair county.

J. L. Porter, ...
W. L. Hicks, ...
S. W. Grlswold,
P. Wooster

Tyrone, Blair county

Tyrone, Blair county

West LeRoy, Bradford county,
West LeRoy, Bradford county.

E. H. Thomaa, Canton, Bradford county,

i
D. A. Lament I Troy, Bradford county, .

G. A. Grigory ' Troy, Bradford county, .

A. A. Case, ..

B. J. Hill

R. O. Klepser,

Troy, Bradford county,

Troy, Bradford county,

Woodbury. Bedford county,

H. W. Gelling ' Woodbury, Bedford county.

C. C. Lecrone Woodburj', Bedford county,

W. H. Bums Woodbury, Bedford county,

i

W. H. Bums Woodbury, Bedford county,

B. P. Ashcom Everett. Bedford county, ...

W. C. Luts Lutzvllle, Bedford county,

W. E. Arnold, Wolfsburg, Bedford county,

S. Sauser ,

P. Hughes

M. H. Rltchey,
C. B. Randall,

Wolfsburg, Bedford county,
Bhf llsburg, Bedford county,
Sypher, Bedford county, —
Catawissa, Columbia county,

No. shipped

1,009
1009

S,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
1.011
8,000
0,000

10,000
2,U00
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2.0J0

2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2.M0
2.000
2,000
2,000
1.000
2,000

Total.

807.000

Date.

Name.

1894.

May 8

8

April 9

»

9

Mar. 83

23

23

23

29

23

23

23

23

29
April 2

ilay 23

23

23

23

Uar. 29

4pril 9

9

9

9

9

9

9

Ilay 23

23
23
23

B. R. Laubach,

B. Ruch

C. Port,

F. Lloya,

D. W. Hershberger, ...

J. P. Ludwig

A. J. Jones,

W. H. Frank,

H. C. Williams,

S. M. Cowher,

J. T. Hoover,

J. R. Herr.

R. Curter

J. H. Fernbach

J. A. Wolfe

D. Hall

S. M. Cowher

S. Harper

S. H. Eisenberg

C. H. Meyer,

S. S. Kreamer

F. P. Green

S. M. Buck,

S. H. Griffith

M. A. Riddle

F. B. Folmar

A. S. Brown

A. S. Brown

J. Pie

J, Henderson

C. Leighorn

Dr. H. O. King

W. C. Davis

J. Bosler. Jr.,

H. Rhoads

H. G. Fackler

W. M. Watts

D. A. Sanger

W. A. Brvlng

Fostofflce address.

No. shipped

Guava, Columbia county

Berwick. Columbia county

Ebensburg, Cambria county

Ebensburg, Cambria county

Johnstown. Cambria county,

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

I'hilipsburg, Centre county,

I'hiUpsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county,

Philipsburg, Centre county

Philipsburg, Centre c( uniy,

Fleming, Centre county

Port Matilda, Centre county

Centre Hall, Centre county

Centre Hall, Centre county,

Centre Hall, Centre county,

Centre Hall, Centre county

Belief onte, Centre county,

Bellefonte, Centre county

Axe Mann. Centre county

Pleasant Gap, Centre county

Peale, Clearfield county

Osceola Mills, Clearfield county,...
Osceola Mills, Clearfield county,...
Osceola Mills, Clearfield county,...

Osceola Mills, Clearfield county

Woodland, Clearfield county

Curwensville, Clearfield county

Huntzvllle, Clearfield county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle. Cumberland county,

Carlisle, Cumberland county,

Carlisle, Cumberland county,

1,000

8.000
2,000
1,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,009
2.000
8,009
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2.000
2.000
2,000
2,000
8.919
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
l,5n0
1,500
1,500
1,600
1,600
1.600

Total.

M

REPORT OP THE

Brown Trout f'ri/— Contimued.

(Off. Doc.

1894.

May S3 i. Bosler

23 M. Conlyn

23 R. Strong

Mar. 13 TltusviUe Gun Club,

13 TitusvlUe Gun Club,

13 Tltusvllle Gun Club,

U I Tltusvllle Gun Club,

18 E. H. Beardsley, ,.

13 F. C. L. Hyde

13 E. J. Say re, Esq., .

27 I. V. Porter

Mar. 22 J. Shoemaker,

22 G. A. Shroyer

29 E. S. Mobley

May 17 J. M. Dumm

17 J. C. Eddy

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county,

Shiremanstown, Cumberland Co.,.

Tltusvllle, Crawford county

Tltusvllle, Crawford county

Tltusvllle, Crawford county

Tltusvllle, Crawford county

Tltusvllle, Crawford county

Tltusvllle, Ciawford county

Titusvllle, frawford county

Tltusvllle, Crawford county

Liock Haven, Clinton county

Carroll, Clinton county,

Beech Creek, Clinton county, ..

Mackeyvllle, Clinton county, ...

Lamar, Clinton county,

Mar. 12 J. P. Slocum Erie. Erie county.

12 F. Thornton

Mar. 22 L. Dougherty

May 23 J. J- Marshall

31 R. M. Hartley

28 J. Neckle

April 6 r. Hill

6 H. W. Grlgsby

6 R. C. Eckels

Mar. 27 J. B. Every

27 Mrs. B. Remington,

27 R. B. Foresman

27 C. S. Green

27 G. M. Mltterer

27 A. Fague

27 D, C. Philips

27 J. Busier

April 2 C. D. Eldred

2 J. F. Crawford, ...

2 J. McH. Brlcker, ...

May 17 W. N. Roberts

17 C. B. Seely

11 C. Raubaugh,

Erie, Erie county,

Rathbun, Elk county, ]

East Waterford, Juniata county, .
East Waterford, Juniata county, .
Bast Waterford, Juniata county. .
Lawrence Junction, Lawrence Co.,

New Castle, Lawrence county

New Castle, Lawrence county

Wllllamsport, Lycoming county,..'

WllUamsport. Lycoming county, ..;

I

Wllllamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Roaring Branch, Lycoming county,
Burllngame, Lycoming county, ...
Picture Rocks, Lycoming county,

Lalrdsvllle, Lycoming county

Huntersvllle, Lycoming county. ...

Muncy, Lycoming county

Muncy, Lycoming county

White Haven, Luzerne county

Burllngame, Lycoming county, ...
Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, .
Tersey Shore, Lycoming county.

1,600
1.BI0
1.500
1.000

%^

1^000
S.0OO

i^foo
a,MO
%w
%,m

%<¥»

t,oo*

1000

S.MO
liMO

1.500

iilM I

2,000

1.600

1,600

1.600

2,000

2,000

S.000

6,000

1,000

2,000

2.000

2.000

1,600 I

2,000

2.000

2,000 i

2.00O i

1,000

1.000

1,000

t.010

XNO. £i\J.)

Brown Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

U94. I
May 8
8
8
8
8
8
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
23
30
May 8
8
8
8
8
30
30
30
May 23
23
23
23
23
April 26
25

May 23
23
23
23
'• 23
13
2S

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

C. M. Hileman, ..
R. K. Hileman, .
J. P. Rosenkranc
R. C. Hitchler, ..
S. B. Coleman, .
S. McHenry, .

F. Saxe

G. F. Ripple,

F. Drumheller, ..
J. N. Conynghani,

F. H. Gate.s

H. Trexler,

• •••• ••#■

Total.

Pittston, Luzerne county,

Pittston, Luzerne county,

Pittston, Luzerne county

Nanticoke, Luzerne county

Huntington Mills, Luzerne county,

Cambra, Luzerne county

Pittston, Luzerne county,

White Haven, Luzerne county

Hazleton, Luzerne county,

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
W likes- Barre, Luaerne c unty, ...

Wilkes- Barre, Luzerne county, ...

E. T. Rotn, P Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...

J. C. Horlon, Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne cuuniy, ...

L. Mendle ; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...

G. H. Boas I White Haven, Luzerne county

A. E. Phelps Thornhurst, Lackawanna county,..

P. Phelp-s, Thornhurst, Lackawanna county,..

G. S. Sayers, | Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

M. W. Hurley,
D. Wagenhurst,

Dalevllle, Lackawanna county, ..

Clifton, Lackawanna county,

L. G. LaBar Scranton, Lackawanna county, .,

Wm. Silkman Scranton, Lackawanna county, .,

Wm. Connell Scranton, Lackawanna county, .,

E. H. Haltnian,
J. Lalterson, ..
J. M. Woods, .
J. M. Woods, .

Milroy, MlflSin county

Lewlstown, Mifflin county

Lewistown, Mifflin county

Lewlstown, Mifflin county

J. M. Woods -Lewlstown. Mifflin county

E F Williams I Bradford, McKean county,

1
T. J. Melen ! Bradford, McKean county

H. S. Southard ! Bradford, McKean county

T. B. Dreher ! Shamokln, Northumberland county,

i
J R. Hawley i Shamokln, Northumberland county.

J Roseman Shamokln, Northumberland county,

J. E. Herrold Shamokln, Northumberland county,

A. R. Thompson Shamokln, Northumberland county,

A. O. Goodwill ' Shamokln, Northumberland county,

B. T?. Smith, ' Shamokln. Northumberland county.

1,000
1,0Q0

1,000
1000

1000
1000
2,000
1000
1000
2.000
1000
1000
1000

1000
2.000
1000
2.000

looo

1000
1000
1000
2,0<)0
1000
3.000
1,600
1,600
1,500
1,500
1000
1000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1000
1000
1000
1000

126

REPORT OF THE

Brown Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Oii. i^oc.

Date.

Name.

1894.

Mar. 19 S. Bube,

19 J. B. O'Relley,

27 L. Harvey.

27 B. J. Wilson

May 17 Dr. P. B. Brush, ...
Mar. 13 D. Hroadstraw, ....

13 I C. Cook

13 M. C. Clark

13 P. Donuho

28 C. A. Urell,

22 E. A. Randell

22 F. D. Roynolils, .•■

April 17 B. Doom

17 T. B. Culver,

2 D. Fisher,

2 J. Huff.

2 S. liiddle,

2 S. W. Rutherford,

2 W. H. Glen

2 F. Halfpenny

2 J. C. Gundy,

2 J. C. Bucker,

2 J. A. Kauffman, ..

2 W. B. Smith

Mar. 13 T. M. Hasklll

13 S. Y. Raniage, ...

April 25 G. P. Clay

Mar. 19 G. Atkinson

19 G. White

19 T. J. Ham

May 30 F. Rowe, ..*.

SO C. Daniels

80 W. Schardt

80 F. W. Hittlnger, .

30 J. LoFenhauser, ..

30 G. W. Simons, ...

30 L. Watson,

30 G. HUllnger

30 E. B. Holllster, ..

lostofflce address.

No. shipped Total

oswayo. Potter county

Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N. Y.,..
Sonestown, Sullivan Co., Pa......

Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N. Y., .
Springvllle, Susquehanna county,

Hlossljurg, Tioga county

Hlossburg, Tioga county

lilossburg, Tioga county

Hlossburg, Tioga county

Tioga, Tioga county

Tioga. Tioga county

Tioga, Tioga county,

Knoxville, Tioga county

Round Top. Tioga county.

White Deer Mills, Union county,..
White Deer Mills, Union county,..
White Deer Mills, I'ni n county,..

Laurelton, Union county

I^aurrlton, Union county,

I.ewisburg. Union county

I^ewisburg, Union county

I^ewisburg, Union county

Lewisburg. Union county

T.ewisburg, Union county

IMeasiintville, Venango county, ..
Oil City, Venango county,

r.ig Bend, Venango county

Ilawley,^ Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county

Hawley. Wayne county,

Hawley, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county,

Ilamlington, Wayne county

White Mills. Wayne county

White Mills, Wayne county

2.000
2.000 '

2,000 ;

2,000

2,000

1,500

1,500

1,B00 I

1.500 I

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

1.009

8.000

8.000

8.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2.000

8,000

2,000

2.00*

2.000

8.000

2.000

2,0!l0

1,500

1,6)0

i,m

1,500

i,r.oo

1,500
1,500
1,500
1.500

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Broivn Trout Fry — Continued.

127

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.
May 17

17

H. P.

F. C.

G, F.

Wilcox

Nicholson, Wyoming county

Nicholson, Wyoming c unty

Millwood, Westmoreland county,..

2,000
2,000

Decker

April 9

Austran

'A^tl filKJ

.

Land Locked Salmon.

Houser Mills, Montour county,

ISM.

June 8 Isaac Stauffer

April 23 Jesse M. Miller Callicoon Depot. .Sullivan Co.. N.Y.,

June 4 Jesse M. Miller CalUcoon Depot, Sullivan Co.,N.Y.,

German Carp.

1891.
Dec. 14
21
80
30
10
14
10
30 '
30
3U
10,
2li
10 I
14 I
14!
21
10
10
14
14
21
21

J. E. Knepschlelds

J. E. Knepschields, ....
J. E. Knepschlelds. ....

J. F. Walker.

J. A. Ewing.

Jno. Gephardt

E. H. Hastfngs

W. F. Loveland

J. C. Eddy

J. H. Osman

M. W. Hayes

Milton S. Lawhead

M. Fitzharrls

R. L. Veil

D. W. Bukf-rstaff

Robert A. Ross

Simon Travity,

A. M. I'-iirkhouse.

Chas. I'orter

Owens Darn,

Henry Steva. ,

I
Thos. Smart.

Leechburg. Armt-trong county

Leechburg, Armstrong county. ...
Leechburg Armstrong county, ...
BrattonviUe, Armstrong county, ..

McCleary, Beaver county

Sarversville, Butler county

Beech Creek, Clinton county

Lamar, Clinton county

Lamar, Clinton county

Lamar, Clinton county,

Suthensburg, Clearfield county, ...

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Gallitzin, Cambria county

Scalp Level, ('ambiia county

Cochrantown, CJrawford cuunty, ...
New Cumberland, Cumberland Co.,

Centre View, Dauphin county

Corry, Erie county

Corry, Erie county,

Corry, Erie county

Erie, Erie county,

Swanville, Erie county

15,<mjO
64,01^
86,0'jO

30
2".
2".
50
25
25
50
50
50
50
50
25
50
25
50
85
.-.0
100
100
100
25
83

165,0<.10

9

1^

REPORT OF THE

German Car/>— Continued.

tr\ff T%f\t*

Date.

Name.

1891.

Dec. 30 P. D. Nlles

30 W. E. Doggert

30 L. M. Daily

30 R. Jobs

30 B. W. JobB

21 A. Fledderman

21 Patrick Mooney

10 Edw. H. Greene, ...

10 C. J. Dickie

10 McKee Davis

10 W. A. Patton,

10 R. W. Gilliford

10 J. C. Coon

10 Sam. Matter

10 W. L. Grovrich, ...

10 C. Bartles, Jr

10 J. M. Wilson

14 F. H. Biiley

30 H. F. Grover

10 Jno. F. F.jpler, ....

14 H. O. Kuns

10 W. H. Warner

21 L. Dalloa

14 Rev, E. L.. Knupp,

14 S. E. Knupp

21 A. Waist

14 Columbus Darn, ..
14 A. F. Uncopher, ..

1892.

Feb. 17 D. W. Kephart, ..

April 4 Joslah Coleman, ..

Mar. 2 Thos. Smart

Dec. 9 H. Martin

12 E. Frlfket

12 J. Crlat

12 B. S. Baldwin, ....

Feb. 11 B. F. Earhart, ...

Mar. 2 J. M. Youngman,

I'ostofflce address.

Mo. shipped

Mile's Grove, Erie county,

Mile's Grove, Erie county,

Mile's Grove, Erie county

Mile's Grove, Erie county,

Mile's Grove, Erie county

St. Mary's, Elk county

Fagundus, Forest county

Mill Creek, Huntingdon county, ... 1

Indiana, Indiana county

Plumville, Indiana county

Spruce Hill, Juniata county

Spruce Hill, Juniata county

Spruce Hill, Juniata county,

Lioganton, Lycoming county

Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, ..
Williamsport, Lycoming county, .

Bodines, Lycoming county

Bradford. McKean county

Plymouth, Montgomery county, ...

Northumberland, Northumb'd Co.,

Turbo tsvl lie, Northumberland Co.,

Milford, Pike county

Milford, Pike county,

Kuhn, Somerset county

Kuhn, Somerset county

Dushore. Sullivan county

Columbus, Warren county

Llvermort-, Westmoreland county.

Shiloh, Clearfield county

Benton, Columbia county

Swanville, Erie county

Elgin, Erie county

Hatch Hollow. Erie county

Hatch Hollow, Erie county

Elgin, Erie county

Saltsburg. Indiana county

Williamsport, Lycoming county.

Total

SO
50

GO
60
GO I

21
»
85
80

16
SO

w
w

60
G»

II

w

so I

1
25

25

50

IB
50
25

m

100

26

2.200

I

as

20

85

126

150

160

180

85

85

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

German Carp — Continued.

■taa

xtta

Dat*.

1

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1811

Mar. 1

1

J. Stlckel, M. D

WilllamBport. Lycoming county, ..

85

Dec. 9

reb. 11

11

11

April 6

L. E. Jackson

T T Griffith

Hoadlev Mercer county

60

Kane. McKean county

36

36

J. T. Griffith,

TCfl.ne McKean countv

La Porte, Sullivan county

35
20

B. F. Kelser

West Milton, Union county.

•

Mar. 2

Thoa. Alger ,

Franklin, Venango county,

8S

Mar. 2
Dec. 9

Carsona Theobald

J. M. Vangorder,

Onlllop "Wftvnp rountv

35

Holllstervllle, Wayne county,

60

1 OlS

1898.

Dec. 8

W. B. Plerson,

Wolfsburg, Bedford county

46

8

Frank Todd

Wolfsburg, Bedford county

46

Nov. 17

W. A. JacotM,

Centre Hall, Centre county

46

17
17
17

H Carnenter

Summer Hill, Cambria county, ..

46

T> T Ibrnmn

Loretto. Cambria county,

41

45

W. Burket

Warrior's Mark, Huntingdon Co.,

17

K. Kaufman

Miflilintown, .Juniata county

46

17

TC ICauf man

Mlfflintown. Juniata county

HughesviUe, Lycoming county,
Stnnphoro Mercer countv

15
45

17

J A. S. Ball

Dec. 8
8

L. D. Durban

R. Raymond, . .

Rowland, Pike county

m

8

L. Raymond,

Rowland, Pike county

m

8
16

Rowland, Pike county

100

C. Billings & Ixjrd

Lord's Valley, Pike county

17

Nov. 17

R. Galler,

A. Dinger,

T.npkA.i)irAT(>n Pike eountv

m

Aline, Snyder county

41

17

E. C. Manning

Little Marsh, Tioga county

45

17

J. A. Hilliard

Coal Hill, Venango county,

Fagundus, Warren county,

41

41

17

J. J. Mooney

17
17

W. O. Sherman,

O. Gc*r.

ShArmATi WRvne countv.

45

Preston Park, Wayne county, ...

48

1 oa

9-20-94

130

Date.

1S91.
June 11
11
July 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
June 11
11
11
July 1
1
1
1
1
Aug. 6
6
^une 11
11
11

Name.

REPORT OF THE

BloAik Bass.

PoBtofflce address.

(Off. Doc.

No.shipped

Total.

J. Dick,

Meadville, Crawford county

A. McLean Wh te Meadville. Crawford county

H. Johnson. Chester. Delaware county

J. M. Baker Media. Delaware county

J. M. Baker ... • i Media. Delaware county

J. M. Raker ; | Media. Delaware county,

J. M. Baker. j Media. Delaware county

J. M. Baker ' Media. Delaware county

J. M. Baker ^ Media. Delaware .ounty

Henry Green .'Media. Delaware county

W. L. Powell Harrlsburg. Dauphin county

J. H. Wait Warriors Mark, Huntingdon Co...

Rupert Niles Dingmans Ferry. Pike county. ...

J. C. Fraley ' Dlngman's Ferry, Pike county. ...

F J Hf'ller Bustleton, Philadelphia county,...

J ji Kline. ■ Somertown, Philadelphia county,.

S. E. Landes Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

J E Hall .. Frankford, Philadelphia county, .

F.Harding Frankford, Philadelphia county, .

J. F. Bennett i Muncy Valley. Sullivan county...

S. B. Myers Franklin. Venango county

G. S. Purdy Honesdale, Wayne county.

I
O. L. Rowland , Honesdale, Wayne county.

F. P. Kimble, i Honesdale, Wayne county.

Reading. Berks county,

1892.

June 11 C. H. Arnrnur

11 C. IL Armour [Reading. Berks county

11 C. H. Armour Reading. Berks county

July 13 S. R. Seyfert , Gtbralter. Berks county

13 F. LeFever, New Britain, Bucks county

13 C. H. Groff Schlichter, Bucks county

2 J. E. Moyer ! Renovo. Clinton county

2 W. J. MuUer Montgomery, Clinton county

2 Hon. W. L-. Powell. ... Harrlsburg. Dauphin county, ...

13 Hon. W. Ij. Powell Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

2 E. S. McKnight Chambersburg. Franklin county.

2 F. Samson Indiana, Indiana county,

June U Hon. H, C Demuth, ... Lancaster, Lancaster county, ...

» I

»

20
ID

SO

II '

» '

19

tt

»

1&

10

]»

10

ao

10
10
10

100

II

10
IB
10

480

71

7S

ISO

10

10

10

75

70

100

SO

10

MO

15

PISK COMMISSIONERS.

Black Bass — Continued.

m

Date.

1

Name.

PoBtofflce address.

No.ahipped

Total.

1892.

June 24

G. M. Miller

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

24

24

G. W. Davison

Wallsville. Tiackawanna county, ..

50

24
24

N H CaBton

Scranton, Lackawanna county

Scran ton, lAcliawanna county, ...

Scranton, Lackawanna county,

Willlamsport, Lycoming county, ..
Delaware Water Gap. Monroe Co.,
Ashbourne. Montgomery county, . .

2Q

123

80

60
2U
50

W. Dickson. . .

24

O W. Nass

25

M H. Llndy

24

f! Brodhead

■

July 13

P. A. B. Widner

13

T. Mery weather.

Valley Falls, Montgomery county,

50

13

M. A. Bean,

Delphi, Montgomery county

50

13

Q D Ardiner

Ogoniz, Montgomery county

25

200

AUff. 10

Hon. J. S. Fruit

June 11

G. Handy Smith.

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

25

18

R. Nilis

Dingman's Ferry, Pike county. ...
Dingnians Ferry. Pike county,....

10
2J

18

R. Van Gorden

18

R. Van Gorden.

Dingman's Ferry, Pike county, ...

10

18

R Nilis

Dingman's Ferry, Pike county, ...

24
10

18
24
84
24
July 13
13

M. W. Van Gordon, ...
O TCinlinff'

Oldn Evre Pike county,

10

\KT T OnrtTi

Olen Evre Pike county

15

Glen Eyre. I'ike county

20

fi "W .Tnhnson . .....

Frackville, Schuylkill county

50

w A Davis

Frackville, Schuylkill county, ....
Frackville, Schuylkill county

50
50

13

H. S. Thompson

24

24

C V. Mills

Ariel. Wayne county

20
10

T-.. O. Rose

Honesdale, Wayne county

2 OJ

1898.

June 8
8

c* Tl "Porter . ........

Towanda, Bradford county

Towanda, Bradford county,

25
25

Hon. W. T. Davis

8

8

Aug. 23

Dee. 16

16

10

10

June 14

IT! RfiQwrorth ........■•

Wyaluslng, Bradford county

25

17* T W1nn<&r

Athens Bradford county

2*.
lOO

T T^ TM/%lr

Bethel Berks county

T ItC/^IVTiillAn

Reading. Berks count y

25
25
25
25
20

Reading. Berks county

Reading. Berks county,

Reading. Berks county

P Pamnbell

Oarrollton. Cambria county

W. R. Nicholson

150

1

AUflT. 23

ISS

REPORT OP THE

Black ^ass— Continued.

(Oft. Doo.

Date.

Name

189S.

Dec. 16 P. W. Nagle, ....

June 14 Cove Forge Club,

Oct. 12 C. E. Meyer, ....

PoBtofRce address.

21

Blue Rock, Chester county, ...
Cove Forge, Dauphin county,

Wama. Delaware county,

T. R. Darlington I Thornton, Delaware county, ..

Edgmont, Delaware county, ..
Glen Mills, Delaware county,
Glen Mills, Delaware county,

Media, Delaware county

Media, Delaware county,

Media, Delaware county,

No. shipped

12 L. Dotts

12 R. Harper

12 F. N. Nibecker,

12 W. F. Lewis, ..

12 H. Sloan

12 H. Green,

Dec. 16 Hon. J. M. Baker I Media. Delaware county

Mar. 14 W. R. Graham j Montgomery, Lycoming county.

Rosemont. Montgomery county, ...
Pottstown, Montgomery county,...
Pottstown, Montgomery county, ...
Haverford, Montgomery county,...
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county, .

23 F. H. Snank i Bryn Mawr, Montgomery countr,-

Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county, .
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county, .
Hendricks, Montgomery county,...

June 14 Dr. E. Shokeper

Aug. 23 A. Malsberger ,.

23 W. S. Rhoads

23 J. J. Kerlgan,

23 J. H. Yocum

23 M. B. Llppincott, Jr.,

23 W. H. Soley

Dec. 16 W. M. Hllteleitel. ..

16 E. Longacre, ' Terkes, Montgomery county

16 W. H. Bean Delphi, Montgomery county.

June 8 Hon. P. J. Crist Milton, Northumberland county...

May 6 E. F. Hoffman Edgemere. Pike county

6 E. F. Hoffman Edgemere. Pike county

Aug. 23 C. W. Parkin Pottsville, Schuylkill county

23 F. C. Palmer Pottsville. Schuylkll county

23 D. S. Philips Pottsville. Schuylkil county

23 W. KlUlan Schuylkill Haven. Schuylkill Co.,

Large Mouth Black Bass.

1891.

June 11 A. McLean White Meadville, Crawford county

14

U

B. P. Myers,
J. C. Fraley,

Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne counnty, .
Dingman's Ferry, Pike county,...

76

160

GO

SO

GO
60
60
50
GO
360
25
26
150
100
160
160
100
150
160

16

150

100

m

Total.

IB
lA

8,077

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Large Mouth Black ^a«s— Continued.

133

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

TotaL

189L

June 11

Rupert Nilis,

Dingman's Ferry, Pike county,..,

Egypt Mills, Pike county.

Honesdale, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county

Tlpfldinszr "Rprks countv

10
100

1*

10

U
11

M. W. Van Gordon

G. S. Purdy,

11

G. S. Purdy,

C. H. Armour

L E. Houck

175

June 11
11

n

160

July 2 J. E. Moyer Renovo, Clinton county

June 11 G. B. Goetz Greenoastle, Franklin county

11 Hon. H. C. Demuth, ... Lancaster, Lancaster county

24 C. H. Price Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county. . . .

11 G. Handy Smith Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

18 Rau Va« Gorden Dingman's Ferry, Pike county

24 L. O. Rose Honesdale, Wayne county,

1S9S.
June 30
Oct. 2!
23

W. E. Blanshard , Altoona, Blair county

H. H. Souder Richland Centre, Bucks county, .

H. O. Nell Richland Centre, Bucks county,...

G. M. Krause Thumsteadville, Bucks county

June 30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30

Oct. 23
23

23
23
23
June 23
30
30
30

C. Jogley

J. A. Gray

A. Darby

Dr. G. H. Sloan

J. D. Plummer

Dr. A. B. Green

J. B. Eck

J. Overberger

W. J. Wells

J. B. Wells

J. Murphy,

H. Mason

J. Burnley

R. Burkmll

Hon. W. L. Powell,

C. S. Beatty

W. R. Jacobs

B. B. Coursin

CarroUtown, Cambria county, —

Carrolltown, Cambria county

CarroUtown, Cambria county

Carrolltown, Cambria county

Summer Hill, Cambria county

Summer Hill, Cambria county

Carrolltown, Cambria county

Cambria, Cambria county

St. Peter, Chester county

St. Peter, Chester county

St. Peter, Chester county

Chester, Delaware county

Lenni, Delaware county

Eddystone, Delaware county

Harrisburg. Dauphin county. ...

Leisenring, Fayette county

Brownsville, Fayette county, ....
Ohio Pyle, Fayette county

20
»
15
1»
10
10

45
30
15

15
20
10

SO

»

20

m
»

to

M
30
15
15
II
100
M
»
10

.145

184

REPORT OF THE

Large Mouth Black ^ggs- Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. M.)

June 30 B. B. Coursin | Ohio Pyle, Fayette county.

30 F. Samson

30 F. Samson

30 I. H. Rochester,

8 S. Kellum

3 S. B. Stilwell 1 Scranton, Lackawanna county. ..

.Tnly 13 G. M. Harding j Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne county. ...

13 J. S. Har.ling

Indiana, Indiana county,

Indiana, Indiana county

Indiana, Indiana county

Scranton, Lackawanna county.

13 T. Stern.

Aug. 23 A. T. Malsberger,

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, .

Pittston, Luzerne county

Pottstown, Montgomery county.

Oct. 23 Mrs. K. A. Baeder , Jenkintown. Montgomery county,

23 H. R. wait j Wincote, Montgomery county. ...

23 Q. D. Widener | Ashbourne. Montgomery county. .

23 P. A. B. Widener | Ogontz, Montgomery county

P. A. B. Widener | Ogontz, Montgomery county

P. A. B. Widener. .

23

23

.lune 30 L. D. Durbons,
Aug. 23 W. Killian, ...

Ogontz, Montgomery county, ...

Stoneboro, Mercer county

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co.

Bock Bass.

1891.

.lune 4 J. Dick

1 W. L. Powell ' Harrisburg. Dauphin county.

Meadvllle, Crawford county,

.Inly

1 J. M. Baker Media. Delaware county

14 G. M. Elanling i Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county.

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county.
Egypt Mills, Pike county

I

14 B. T. Myers

June 11 M. W. Van Gordon,

July 1 S. E. Landis Philadelphia, Philadelphia county.

1 F. J. Heller I Busseltown. Philadelphia county..

J J J, jjall Frankford, Philadelphia county...

I F. F. Hgr.ling Frankford, Philadelphia county...

A,.g. 0 S. B. Myers Franklin. Venango county

.Tune n Hon. T. J. Ham Honesdale, Wayne county.

18!)2.

July 11 C. H. Armour Reading. Berks county,

II Bd. Helems Reading. Berks county.

2J
20
20
20
WO
20J
60
50
SO

w

]£

li

W

15

16

15

U

TS

I

17
30
35
20
20
200
10
10
10
10
30
15

2o

1,460

W7

FISH CUMMISSIONKRS.

Rock Bass — Continued.

im

Date.

1892.

July 11

U

13

13

Name.

J. J. Houck.
J. J. Houck.
H. O. Hell. .

PoBtofflce address.

Reading, Berks county. ...

Reading, Berks county

Quakertown. Bucks county.

T. C. Harpel Ottsville. Bucks county.

13 I T. C. Harpel

13 C. H. Groff

S4 1 F. Quyer.

24 F. Gayer

24 P. Guyer

24 F. Guyer.

2 Game & Fish League,.

2 E. P. Dickison.

11 J. F. Hayman

11 A. P. Bye

U I G. W. South

11 ' G. W. South

11 F. Jacobs.

11 W. Shaw.

11 E. Hemphill

11 G. M. Strade

11 T. W. Baldwin,

11 J. A. Wagner

2 Hon. W. L. Powell, ...

11 Hon W. L. Powell, ..

tt

H. W. Plttenger.

11 G. B. Goetz,

11 G. H. La we

U F. T. Seipple

11 C. Brand,

Ik J. A. Hamilton

11 Hon. H. C. Demuth.

24 G. M. Miller

24 C. H. Price

24 W. H. Shephard, ....

24 : G. M. Harding

24 8. Drum

24 P. Rosenback

24 B. F. Myers

?4 H. H. CaBton

Ottsville, Bucks county

Schlichter, Bucks county

Tyrone, Blair county,

Tyrone, Blair county

Tyrone. Blair county

Tyrone. Blair county

Mineral Point, Cambria county....

Coatesvllle. Chester county

Leopard, Chester county,

Hickory Hill. Chester county.

Berwyn, Chester county

Berwyn. Chester county

West Chester. Chester county

West Chester, Chester county

West Chester, Chester county, ....

West Chester, Chester county,

West Chester, Chester county

Bellefonte. Centre county.

Harrisburg. Dauphin county

Harrisburg. Dauphin county

Greencastle. Franklin county

Greencastle. Franklin county

Chambersburg. Franklin county...
Chambersburg, Franklin county, ..
Chambersburg. Franklin county. . .
Chambersburg, Franklin county...

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county. ...
Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county. ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...

i
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county. ...

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

200
%
50
60
50
SO
23
25

2i

2r.

100

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

2S

25

25
125
200

50

75

50

50

76 (

50

50

7S !

50

ml

RO

50

50

50

50 I

25

I No. shipped ! Total.

9*

136

REPORT OF THE

Bock ^oss— Continued.

Date.

Name.

PoBtoffice address.

1892.

July 24 j G. W. Noll,

1
2i W. Dickson

24 S. B. Stilwell,

25 M. H. Lundy

25 M. H. Lundy

July 11 J. R- GernJnger, ..

13 E. F. Kunkle, ....

13 H. C. Register, ...

13 G. Qaiainer

24 C. Bradhead

24 C. Bradhead,

Aus. 10 Hon. J. S. Fruit.

(Off. Doc.

No. shipped ! Totiil.

Scranton, Lackawanna county. ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scrantcn, Lackawanna county, ...
WilHamsport. Lycoming county...
Williamsport, Lycoming county, ..

Danville, Montour county

Fort Washington, Montgom'y Co..

Ardmore, Montgomery county

Ogontz, Montgomery county

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

Sharon, Mercer county

Dingman's Mills, Pike county,....

July 18 Rau Van Gordon

18 E. F. Hoffman ' Dingman's Mills. Pike county

18 R. Nills Dingman's Mills, Pike county

18 Rau Van Gordon 1 Dingman's Mills, Pike county

18 M. W. Van Gordon Egypt Mills, Pike county

24 F. Blbble Glen Eyre, Pike county

24 D. Halton Glen Eyre. Pike county

24 Otto Kenling Glen Eyre. Pike county

24 W. J. roon Ol^n Eyre. Pike county

24 E. Bradley Glen Eyre. Pike county. ..

28 J. F.riggs Myers Franklin, Venango county.

18 J. W. Kessler | Damascus. Wayne county, .

24 L. O. Rose | Honesdale, Wayne county.

24 J A. Kraft Honesdale. Wayne county,

24 L. O. Kase Honesdale, Wayne county.

24 F. Buttonhaker ^ Honesdale. Wayne county.

24 O. M. Stemgue ! Honesdale, Wayne county.

24 J. K. Rose i Honesdale. Wayne county.

24 C. E. Mills, i Ariel. Wayne county

14 I C. E. Mills

1893.
June

Ariel. Wayne county,

8 J. H. Wilson Athens, Bradford county

8 J. Grlffln Athens. Bradford county

8 F. L. KImmer ; Athens, Bradford county

8 J. S. Williston

8 I. Burk

Athens, Bradford county.
Sayre, Bradford county.

25
25
100
E» I

EO
K
60
25

75

I
150

25

50

26

50

25

50

50

50

50

50

225

25

60

N

»

m

10

s

23

z.m

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Rock Bass — Continued.

lOf

Date.

1898.

June 8

8

Aug. 23

Dec. 10

Dec. 16

Dec. 16

June 14

14

Oct. 12

12

12

Dec. 16

Mar. 24

June 14

14

Aug. 23

28

28

28

»

23

23

28

Oct. 23

Aug. 23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

28

28
32

Name.

Postofflce address.

O. Marley

Dr. Chamberland,

J. G. Rick

J. J. Houck,

J. J. Houck

J. J. Houck

O. P. Suppes

Cove Forge Club,

J. M. Baker,

J. M. Baker

O. A. Haylest

P. Snyder & J.M.Baker.

W. R. Graham

J. J. Holmes,

O. E. O. Suakeeper, —

S. S. Richards

W. M. Brownback

W. H. Soley

F. H, Shank

J. W. Evans

D. M. Shaner

Dr. W. B. Shaner

W. S. Rhoads

Geo. D. Wiaener

D. S. Philips

W. Jones

W. Shutz ]

A. C. Ent, !

C. W. Parkin |

E. G. Hoover,

C. W. Parkin,

C. W. Parkin

Geo. Dewald

H. S. Hoover

F. C. Pahner

S. Buehler,

8. Buehler

W. Killian

Ulater, Bradford county

Wyalusing, Bradford county

Bethel, Berks county

Reading. Berks county

Readinir. Berks county.

Reading. Berks county

Johnstown, Cambria county,

Cove Forge, Dauphin county

Media. Delaware county,

Media. Delaware county

Media, Delaware county

Media, Delaware county,

Montgomery. Lycoming county, . . .

Langdon, Lycoming county

Rosemont. Montgomery county, ...
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county,.
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county,.
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county,.
Bryn Mawr. Montgomery county,.
Pottstown, Montgomery county, ..
Pottstown, Montgomery county,...
Pottstown, Montgomery county,...
Pottstown, Montgomery county, ..

Ogontz, Montgomery county

PottsviUe, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county,

Pottsvllle. Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

PottsviUe. Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county,

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co.,.
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co...
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkm Co.,.

No. shipped Total.

25
100

IS)

100

160

25

80

50

50

30

300

50

85

25

150

125

75

50

75

I'TS

175

76

25

75

76

75

75

75

75

50

60

75

75

75

75

160

75

3.310

138

REPORT OF THE

Bock .fiass— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Poelolllce address. No.shipped

Totil

1894.

Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadville,

Bucks county

SS

May 30 'j
30 G
80 G
30 G
30 G
30 C
30 I
30 ^
30 ^
30 ^
30 I
30 I
30 I
30 I
30 I
30 ]
30 ]
30 .
30

23 .
23
23
23
23
23
23
30
30

30

•

30
30
30
30

AC T^fSllIQA ■ • • •

Bu.ks county 25

Bucks county 25

"KK t^milRf* ....■■•■

"KM l^l»ailQP

Bucks county,

25

"M" Vrniisip ....•••••

Bucks ctunty 25

Bucks c unty 25

Bucks county. 25

T tinvH*ir •

Bucks county 25

T Cln V/l*'!" . . ..■••••

Plumsteadville,
Plumsteadvillc,
Plumsteadville.
Doylestown, B
Doylestown, B
Doylestown, B
Doylestown, B
Chadd's Ford.

Bucks county 25

1 Gnvrf^PF • • • '

Bucks county, ... 50

> Ti' 'K'^'fl t7 ....>■■■••

Bucks county 85

ucks county 25

ucks county.

ucks county

ucks county

Delaware county,

25

25

ur Wiilshlzer

26

tT T>v1p ,

2S

rr "Pvlo ■••

Chadd's Ford.
Chadd's Ford.
Chadd's Ford.
Chambersburg,
Spruce Creek,
Spruce Creek,
Spruce Creek,
Spruce Creek.
Montgomery,
Montgomery,
Pottstown, M

Pottstown, M

Pottstown, M

Pottstown, M

. Pottstown, M

. Pottstown, W

. Pottstown, »

Delaware county, *

T n^iwar^j1*»11 ....*■••

Delaware county, S

Delaware county, •

Tnf\r\\\ T)inlr*1l . ...•■■«

Franklin county... %

V%T T^ TQ^t t" .. ..■•>•■■

Huntingdon county, H

J. H. Isett,

T*' XI T«Ptt ,.-...

Huntingdon county, •
Huntingdon county. •

Tp "D Taptt •

1
Huntingdon county. N |

Thos. B. Fowler

F. B. Paulhamus

W. B. Shaner, Pres, ...
Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Ass

Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Ass

Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Ass

Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Ass

Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Ass

Pottstown Fish & Game
Prot. Ass

Lycoming county,...
Lycoming county....
ontgomery county,...

ontgomery county,...

ontgomery county,...

ontgomery county,...

ontgomery county,...

[ontgomery county,..

[ontgomery county,..

II
II

m
m
m
m

m

1

1

No. zu.j

Hock Bass — Continued.

130

Date.

May 80

Nam J.

Pottstown Fish & Game

' Prot. Ass.,

I

M '' Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Abs

80 Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Ass

30 Pottstown Fish & Game

Prot. Ass

80 Pottstown Fish & Game

I Prot. Asa

80 Pottstown Fish & Gamfe

I Prot. Ass

30 Pottstown Fish & Game

I Prot. Ass

30 Pottstown Fi.sh & Game

Prot. Ass.,

30 Pottstown Fish & Game
Prot. .•\ss

Poslotfice address.

No.shipped ; To^al

Pottstown, Montgomery county,...
Pottstown, Montgoratry county,...
Pottstown, Montgomery c>'un,y,...
Pottstown, Montgomery county,...
Pottstown, Montgomety county,...
Pottstown, Montgomery county,...
Pottstown, Montgomery county,...

Pottstown, Montgomery county, . . .

Pottstown, Montgomery county,...

30 H. C. Michener, Philadelphia,

30 W. E. Meehan, Philadelphia,

30 L. Clark Davis, PhiUdelphla,

t

SO H. W. Lanigan Philadelphia,

30 H. W. Lanigan , Philadelphia,

30 L. Clark Davis i Philadelphia,

30 W. C. Jaggers

80 Prank Williamson,

90 Frank Williamson,

30 Frank Williamson,

Philadelphia,
Germantown,
Germantown,
Germantown,

Philudeli-hia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphi.i
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia

county,
county,
county,
county,
county,
county,
county,
county,

county,

I
county, j

2i

25

25

25

25

25

25

50
§0
50
50
50
50
50

50

SO

60

1,725

Whiie Bass.

1898.

Oct. 23 G. M. Krause,

23 H. O. Nelll, .

Dec. 16 J. J. Houck,

I

Plumsteadville, Bucks county, ...I
Richland Centre, Bucks county,-.,.,
Reading, Berks county

50

00

8P

146

REPORT OP THfi

IVhite 5ass— Continued.

(Ott. l>o<i.

Date.

Name.

PcstofBce address.

P. Flchthorn

J. McMullen,

R. Burkwill

J. Burnley

H. Mason.

Wm. James,

R. Harper.

F. H. Nibecker

L. Dotts,

H. Green

Wm. L. Lewis

H. Sloan

G. A. Haylest. ....
T. K. Darlington, .

C. E. Meyer

L. L. Baker

Geo. D. Widner, ..
P. A. B. Widener,
P. A. B. Widener,

H. R. Walt

Mrs. R. A. Baeder,
C. E. Ellis,

No. shipped ToUl.

189S.
Dec. 16
16
Oct. 23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23

1894.

May 23 J. Klnick Chambersburg. Franklin county....

23 J. Phillips, Alexandria. Huntingdon county,..

23 C. M. Gaye Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,..

23 M. S. Hallmen Huntingdon. Huntingdon county...

23 J. T. Galatian Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,..

2S J. H. Isett Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county,.

30 W. E. Meehan Philadelphia. Philadelphia county.

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county

Eddystone, Delaware county

Lenni, Delaware county,

Chester, Delaware county,

Glen Mills. Delaware county

Glen Mills, Delaware county

Glen Mills, Delaware county.

Edgmont. Deftiware county

Media, Delaware county,

Media. Delaware county

Media. Delaware county

Media, Delaware county

Thornton, Delaware county

Warren, Delaware county

Gradyville, Delaware county,

Ogontz, Montgomery county

Ogontz. Montgomery county

Ogonta, Montgomery county

Wyncote, Montgomery county

Jenkintown, Montgomery county,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

Strawberry Bass.

189L
July 1 Hon. J. M. Baker,

Media. Delaware county, ....

1 Hon. J. M. Baker Media. Delaware county

I J. C. Grady, ... Gradyville. Delaware county.

1

40

GO

«0

BO

to

80

m

m

40

m
w

M
GO

GO
60

40

23S

26

13

188

10

No. 2«.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Strawberry Bass — Continued.

141

Date.

Name.

Pc&tofnce address.

No. shipped

Total.

un.

July 1
14

T C^ ClrtkAv .,.....»•■••

Gradyville, Delaware county.

S5

a M Hardintr. .........

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county. ...

20

Moses Van Gordon, ....

"C^o-im*^ lijfllla T^lfeA <»01intV_ ........*•

160

U

11

E. F, Hoffman

Dingman's Ferry, Pike county. ...

20

mil

i

1892.

Rpadine Berks couniy.

100 !

June 11 C. H. Armour

11 C. H. Armour

Reading, Berks county

Reading. Berks county,

30 \

1 25

11 C. H. Armour

11 J. J. Hauck,

11 A. Merser

Reading, Berks county

Reading. Berks couniy

1 2^
25

34

24 F. Guyer

1 1 'TXT QH o or ••••

Tyrone, Blair county

West Chester, Chester county

11 IT TTomnhill ..•

West Chester, Ch ster county

»

West Chester, Ches.er county

K

West Chester, Chtster County

1

T .»nn9.rd Chester county,

%

11 J. F. Hayman

Rprwin Chester county,

as i

11 " "^"
11

44

Lr. W. &OUin •

Hickory Hill, Chester county

West Chester, Chester county, ...

»

m

11 Hon. W. Li. Powell

Harrisburg. Dauphin county

m

11 J. A. Hamilton

Chambersburg, Franklin county...

1

80

(^hambersburg, Franklin county...

•0 ^

11 v^. oraiiu,

11 Hon. H. C. Demuth. ...

i Lancaster. Lancaster county

50

etA xs T.I Oafttnn

Scranton, Lackawanna county. ..

u

oj i"* XXT 'Mnll . ..■■■••••

Scranton. Lackawanna county. ..

15

Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county, ...

u

24 B. r . Myer»

Wilkes-Barre, Luzemp county, ...

IS

Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county. ...

IS

11 G. Handy Smith

Philadelphia. Philadelphia countj

m

15

18 M. W. Van Gordon, ..

Egypt Mills, flKe founiy

«

18 M. W. Van Gordon, ..

Egypt Mills, r iKe couiiij', •

Dingman's Mills, Pike county. ..

M

18 R. NillB

. Dingman's Mills, Pike county. ..

M

18 R. Van Gordon

. Dingman's Mills, Pike covnty, ..

«4

Glen Eyre. Pike county

IB

Z4 i? • XJiuivr, •••

Glen Eyre, Pike county

n

24 D. Holten,

i

5

«

o T TC TTitaaler

Damascus. Wayne couniy

142

REPORT OF THIS

Strawberry ^ass— Continued.

O. £.\).)

Date.

Name

PoKtofflce address.

1892. I

June 24 J. R. Rose Honesdale, Wayne county,

24 C. Mills, Lake Ariel, Wayne county,

1893.
May 1
June 8
8
14
14
14
May 1
1
June 14
14
14
30
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
%)
30
1
14
May 29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
June 14
14
Dpo. 16

Miiy

C. F. Blair

E. W. Davis

F. L. Kinner

L. Frantz

G. Peters

W. H. Goodman, .
H. E. Holsworth, .
H. E. HoLsworth,

T. Cii>oung

J. L. Armstrong, .

T. Boyd

J. P. Sipps,

Cove Forge c'lub,

J. N. Winter

J. A. Halimton, ..
F. T. Seippel

D. Appenzeliar, ...
C. J. S. Kennedy,

F. T. Seippel

I. H. Rochester, ..
I. H. RochesttT, ..

W. J. Mullin

H. G. Walter

C. H. Akens

C. E. Zehntr

A. F. Young

G. W. Reynolds, ..

B. F, Moorheart, .,

A. Seaton

J. I. Gordon

C. W. Chepler, ...
L. D. Durbon, ...

' J. H. McClintnck,

E. O. Shopepon, .
O. S. Gottshalk, .

No. shipped

Tyrone, Blair county

Athens, Bradford county,

Athens, Brkdford county

Bethel, Berks.^ county,

Bethel, Berks county

Bethel, Berks county

Fleming, Centre county

Fleming, Centre county

Parkesburg, Chester county

Parkesburg, Chester county

Parkesburg, Chester county

Johnstown, Cambria county

Cove Forge, Dauphin county

Orrstown, Franklin county

Chambersburg, Franklin county,...
Chambersburg, Franklin county,...
Chambersburg, Franklin county,...
Chambersburg, Franklin county....
Chambersburg, Franklin county,...
Merion Centre, Indiana county, ...
Merlon t'tntre, Indiana (ouniy, ...
Montgomery, Lycoming count.v. ...

Lebanon, Lebanon county

New Castle, I..awrence county

New Castle, Lawrence county

East Brook, Lawrence county

East Brook, Lawrence county

Now r-RPtle, Lawrence county, ....

Mercer, Mercer county

Mercer, Mercer county

Mercer, Mercer county

Stoneboro, Mercer county

Belleville, Mifflin county

Rosemont, Montgomery county, ..
Iron Bridce, Montgomery county,..

»

to

Total.

m

40

as

ai

23

40

•I

» J

15

•
25

26

lOU
15
So

2->
25

2.-.
»
40
25

N
80

10

N

30*

SO

ao

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Strawberry Bass — Continued.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.shlpped Totai.

Milton, Northumberland county, .

1893.

May 12 Hon. P. J. Crist,

June 8 Hon. P. J. Crist i Milton, Northumberland county,

May 26 G. W. Pepper, Edgemere, Pike county

26 O. W. Pepper, Edgemere, Pike county

26 P. NillB Edgemere, Pike county,

26 P. Nilis Edgemere, Pike county

14 C. E, S. Chase | Eagle's Mere. Sullivan county,

14 J. H. Warner \ Muncy Valley, Sullivan county,

14 J. B. Warner, ': Muncy Valley, Sullivan county,

14 W. Remsnyder Muncy Valley, Sullivan county,

14 J. Emanuel Muncy Valley, Sullivan county.

May 29 J. Brlggs Myers Franklin, Venango county

1894. I

May 23 J. Phillips

0. M. Gage, —
2S W. S. Ilallmen,
30 W. E. Meehan,

Alexandria, Huntingdon county,...
Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,.
Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia county.

Yellow Perch.

1892.
July 2
13
June 24

1893.

Aug. 23
23
23

Mar. 14
14
14
14
14

June 14

July 20

Hon. W. L. Powell, .
Hon. W. L. Powell,
Hon. S. B. Stllwell,

. . Harrisburg, l>auphin county, .
Harrisbuig, lauphin county, .
Scranton, Lackawanna ounty.

J. W. Parsons

T. Pierce

M. B. Lllley

J. James

W. F. Lewis

M. R. Miller,

H. Sloan

Hon. W. L. Powell,
Cove Forge Club, ...
Hon. W. L. Powell.

Canton, Bradford county

Canton, Bradford county, ....
Canton. Bradford county, —
Glen Mills, Delaware county.
Media, Delaware county, . . .
Media, Delaware county, ...
Media, Delaware county, ...
Harrisburg, Dauphin county.
Cove Forge, Dauphin county.
Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

280

m

8«
S6
S8
SS
»
25
2S
S3
85
200

2,0€»

IS

s;

23".
20J
230

683

GOO
600
600
275
275
275
275
1,100
100
700

144

REPORT OF THE

Yellow Perc^— Continued.

Date.

Mar. 14
14
14
14
14
June 14
30
30
May 19
Mar. 14
14
14
Aug. 23
June 14
May 19

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.sbipped Totat

J. N. Forbes,

J. R. Wingert

J. Black,

F. Duncan,

J. Holizworth,

P. M. Snider,

M. K. Jacobs,

J. H. Hill

W. Connell,

J. Lewis,

C. H. Oberger,

Public Park,

W. M. Brownback, ...

Hon. P. jr. Criste

C. Mills,

Chambersburg, Franklin county,...

Chanibersburg, Franklin county,...

Chambersburg, Franklin county,...

Chambersburg, Franklin county,...

Chambersburg. Franklin county,...

Waynesboro, Franklin county, ..■

Brownsville, Fayette county,

Indiana, Indiana county,

Scranton. Lackawanna county,...
Holmesburg. Montgomery county,,
Haverford, Montgomery county,...
Philadelphia, Montgomery county
Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county.

West Milton, Union county

Lake Ariel, Wayne county

1894.

May 23 F. Meehartey

23 I. J. Davis,

23 J. S. Remedy

23 C. M. Davis,

23 J. A. Small,

23 J. H. Aughenbaugh,

Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

Chambersburg. Franklin county,..

Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

Chambersburg, Franklin county...

32 C. E. Fetter j Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

23 W. L. Ritchey Chambersburg, Franklin county...

23 F. J. Zerbe j Lewistown, Mlflrtin county

23 J. M. Woods, I Lewistown, Mifflin county

23 R. Rowe | Lewistown, Mifflin county

I

Lewistown. Mifflin county

Lewistown. Mifflin county,

Lewistown, Mifflin county ;

Milton, Northumberland county,..,!

23 J. Kennedy,

23 W. V. B. Coplin.

23 O. L. Umbager, .

May 23 C. C. Miexell

3. F. Colvln Milton, Northumberland county,.

23 E

80 W. E. Meehan.

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county.

MO
ISO

a»

MO
MO
126
75
1»
1,200
200
125
880
100

soo

MO

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

26

50

60

iO

50

■0

iO

m

8,8SO

600

Ko. 20.)

FiSIt COMMSSSIONE^g.

14S

Sunfish'

Date.

Nam*.

Postofflce address.

No.sbipped

Tota..

1^.

June 14 i

Cove Forge Club

Co\e Forge, Dauphin county, .... 166

i '

1894. ,

1

May 23
23
23

ar T, Ritchey

Chambersburg, Franklin county,... M

O E Fetter

Chambersburg, Franklin county,... 15
Chambersburg, Franklin county,... *

J. H. Augbuibauch, ...

22

J L Small

Chambersburg. Franklin county.... ■
Chambersburg, Franklin county,.,. »
Chambersburg, Franklin county,... »

2^

O M" jDfl.wson ■

■23

J. S. Kennedy, M. D.,..

23

I J Davis

Chambersburg, Franklin county,... K
Chamberfcbuig, Franklin county,... ■

23
23
23
30

30

E F Colvin.

Milton, Northumberland county,.. 16
Milton, Northumberland county,., | 16
Germantown, Philadelphia county, »

C C Miexell

Txr r* .Tafircrus

H. C. Mlchener

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, 60

30

H. C. Mlchener

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, 6*

■

M

H. W. Ganigan

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, 10 i

to

T. c Davis

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county.

86

660

Catfish.

1982.

i

ReadlnK. Berks county, •

m

July 11

J. Hoffman,

45

1893.

_

I

St Mary's. Elk county W

May 8

June 8

Gust. Fox

Hon. P. J. Crist

Milton, Northumberland county, .. 106

1

170

1894.

1

May 30
»

TST T. r*1<irk

Doylestown, Bucks county, *

L. Sollenberger

Chambersburg, Franklin county,.. li

S

O. M. Brumbaugh

Huntingdon, Huntingdon county,.. K

I

84

i

Blue PiJct.

llitl.

7

I

4

July 2

Hon. W. L. Powell

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

600

18

Hon. W. L. Powell

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

76

S76

1 1

10-20-94

146

REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

EASTERN HATCHERY.

This hatchery, nestled among the hills of the Little Lehigh, four
miles from Allentown, of about equal capacity with the Western or
Corrv hatchery, perhaps somewhat exceeds it in the number of brook
trout by there produced. Nearly the whole eastern portion of the
State is dependent for its supply of trout fry on this hatchery.

The mountain brooks of the Pocono, the streams rising in the Blue
Ri(l-(S the tributaries of the Lehigh, the Schuylkill, the Juniata, and
the "middle Susquehanna receive their trout supply from this
hatchery. Under the skillful management of its superintendent, Mr.
John r. Creveling this station has constantly increased its output
of fish until it has reached its utmost capacity.

It would be advisable in the near future to still further enlarge
the hatching houses— but the State should also make an appro-
priation for its purchase, as it would not be judicious to make ex-
tensive improvements on property that is leased and not owned by
the Commonwealth.

/.

2i

■J\

A

I

X

INTENTIONAL 2ND EXPOSURE

No. 20.)

nISH COMMISSIONERS.

M

Brook Trout Fry.

Date. '

1891.
Aug. 8
9
9
9
9
13
IS
13
13
19
19
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
29
29
30
30
30
30
30
July 28
28
Aug. 5
28
14
14
14
1892.
Feb. 16
16
16
16

Name.

Thomas Goyne,

G. L.. Deltfenbach, ...

J. G. Rich,

G. R. Van Reed

Daniel LaBar

C. E. E. Arndt,

J. J. Bruce

J. J. Bruce

H. C. Ford

C. F. Chase

Jno. Brink,

James Meighan

S. S. Staples .-

A. C. Snyder,

Jno. J. Baker, Jr

M. G. Peters

I. A. Drlggs

G. L. Halsay

Jerome Scott

J. S. Fryant

W. F. Boyle,

W. Brogan

W. J. Dougherty

H. C. Mann

A. Depue

D. Kelly. M. D

Postofflce address.

No.shipped 1 Tuiai.

W. E. Sturllng,
H. C. Demuth, .
W. Li. Powell,

J. B. Shaw

Jno. Brodhead, .
E. F. Hoffman,
J. Donaldson, . .
Jno. A. FYeas, .

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Bethel, Berks county,

Bethel, Berks county

Reading, Berks county

Equinunk, "Wayne county

Durham, Bucks county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

figypt MlUt, Fike county

La Plume, Lackawanna county,..
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county

White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, Luzerne county. ...
White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, Luzerne county, . . .
White Haven, Luzerne county. ..'.

Freeland, Luzerne county

Freeland, Luzerne county

Meshoppen, Wyoming county

Wyalusing, Bradford county,

Mill City, Wyoming county,

Mill City, Wyoming county

West Auburn, Susquehanna Co.,..

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

Egypt Mills, Pike county

Egypt Mills. Pike county

Egypt Mills, Pike county

M. C. Luckenbach Bethlehem, Northampton county...

L. F. Liebfried Bethlehem. Northampton county,..

A. D. Shimer Bethlehem, Northampton county,..

J. M. Lelbert. Bethlehem. Northampton county... |

1,600
1,500
3,000
1,500
1.600
1,500
1,500
1,600
4,000
1,500
1,500
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
10,000
8,000
4.000
4,000
3.000
3,000
3.000

2,000
2,000
2,000

nooo

148

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No, 20.)

FISH uuMMIaSIONjiiRS.

Brook Trout Fry — CJontinued.

143

DatP.

Feb. 16

Nam%

C. F. Hankey

16 I. H. Shlmer

16 C. F. Hankey

16 I. H. Shlmer,

16 M. J. Shlmer

16 J. A. Landpnbefger,

17 D. C. N. Collins, ..

17 D. Sharp

17 B. M. Krohn

17 F. H. Wells

17 A. Mehel

17 M. Merkel

17 G. H. Zerr

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Bethlehem. Northampton county,
Bethlehem, Northampton county,
Bethlehem, Northampton county,
Bethlehem. Northampton county,..
Freemansburg, Northampton Co.,.
Freemansburgf, Northampton Co.,.

PhoenUville, Chester county

Phoenlxvllle, Chester county,

Phoenlxvllle, Chester county

Philadelphia. Philadelphia county,

Western Springs, Berks county..

Western Springs, Berks county,.

Gelger'B Mills, Berks county

Reading. Berks county

17 Chas. Armour

17 J. J. Houck. i Reading. Berks county

17 S. M. Meredith Reading, Berks county

17 Chas. Badder Douglassville. Berks county.

17 Alfred Yocum Shenkel, Chester county

17 H. C. Evans j Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

17 A. Cysler : I Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

1

17 H. C. KnuU Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

17 E. K. Blanch Vinemont, Berks county, ....

17 G. H. Smith smlthvllle, Lancaster county.

19 I. Z. Keen Unicorn, Lancaster county.

19 J. H. Montgomery,

19 H. W. Slegelmlnlch,

19 John J. Weakley, .,

19 T. G. Glatfelter, ..

19 Adam Lehr

19 H. Smyser

Quarryville, Lancaster county,
Columbia, Lancaster county. .

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county

19 P. A. Small

19 R. F. Wilson I York, York county

19 J. H. Tyson York, York county

19 , Z. T. Spangler 1 York, York county

19 1 H. E. Jordan fltrlnestown. York county,

19 H. H. Hollenbush Strlnestown, York county,

19 W. Brenneman Holtz, York county

19 H. H. Meyers Codorus, York county, ...

Total.

S.00O

2.000

a.000

8.000

tooo I

2,000
2,000
4,000
2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

4.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2.00O

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

S.Q0O

S.000

t.000

Date.

1892.
Feb. 19 \
23
28
23
28
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
22
22
25
25

25

23

25

23

23

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

Nab.e.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped 1 Totul.

E. K. Bollinger

F. Evans

J. B. Kremer

H. G. Fackler,

C. F. Albright

L. M. Snyder

H. W. Caufman,

W. H. Stoneslfer

Will H. Eppley

B. K. Spangler

W. H. Dlnkle

E. I. Spahr

W. Z. Bentz.

W. W. Evans,

J. H. Morgan

C. W. Mountz

H. B. Jacobs,

H. H. Dash

O. B. Hash

Geo. Kramer

Samuel Kelm

Jno. F. Ranch

H. M. Rltter

E. J. Warren

M. T. Warren

R, K. Blechman

H. J. McMannes

Hugh Kenworthy, Jr..

E. P. Dickinson

A. Brenninger

Jas. M. Scott.

G. S. Moore

G, P. Plnkerton

R. W. Head

W. M. Scott

J. B. Lincoln

A. L T\'Tiltaker

J. M. Spring.

Seitzland, York county, 2,000

I

Carlisle, Cumberland county, 4|000 I

I

Carlisle, Cumberlmd county 2,000

CarlLsle, Cumbcrlind county 2,003

Carlisle, Cumberland county, 2,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2.000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2.000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2,000

CailiFle, Cuiiiberland county 2,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 4.000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 4,000

Carlisle. Cumberland county 4,000

Carlisle. Cumberland county I 2,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2.000

Bethlehem, Northampton county... 2,000

Bethlehem. Northampton county,.. 2,000

Bethlehem, Northampton county,.. 2,' 00

Bethlehem, Northampton county,.. 2,000

Bethlehem, Northampton county,.. 1.000

Santee, Northampton county 2,000

Easton, Northampton county 2,009

Easton, Northampton county 4,000

Doylestown, Bucks county 6,000

Coatesville, Chestpr county 2,000

Coatcsvllle, Chester county 2,000

Coatesville, Chester county 2,000

Coatesville, Chester county 2.O0O

Milford Mills. Chester county *,000

Mllford Mills, Chester county f,t)l

Wyebrook, Chester county t.OW

Wyebrook, Chester county. 2,000

Churchtown, Lancaster county, ... 8»0i0

Nasoon. Lancaster county, j " W*

ROicJenbach, Lancaster county. ...j t,¥^

150

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fr^/— Continuetl.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Pf.stofflce address.

No. shipped Total

1892.
Feb. 2tt

26 W. H. Lawson, ...

C2 "tr "Ratlpr •

Honey Brook. Chester county, ...

i
2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

26

Joanna, ueiKs oouuvy

C. L. Van Reed,

James Van Buskirk, ..

J. D. Eisenberger

James H. Lytle,

Jno. A. Gardner

26

26
Mar. 1

New Cumberland, Cumberland Co.,
New Cumberland, Cumberland Co.,

Uriah, Cumberland county,

Hatton, Cumberland county,

Montsen, Cumberland county

LongBdorf, < Cumberland county, ...
Dickinson, Cumberland county, ...

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Plainfleld, Cumberland county, . . .
Newville, Cumberland county, ...
Newville, Cumberland county, ...
Carlisle, Cumberland county, ...
Carlisle, Cumberland county, ...
Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, ..
Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, ..
Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, ..

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Slatlngton, Lehigh county

Cl T> Mn rf>h >

1 iflvid Vam^i'

"W 'Ppf*liart «■

R H. Conlyn

C. S. Heckman

Tn « M Darr

George A. Best

George A. Best

■R 'Wentz

J W Kckels

2
2
2
2
2

Trfifayette Lentz,

B. L. Mulheam

J. H. Handwerk,

D. L. Emanuel

C 155 Milann

2
o

2

E. C. Koons, . .

T. W. McKeever

Ci W Odd

•>

■R D ThomRS

2

Trtflf x\Y\ TlTil<»OTi

2

D. W. Coffin

<"• Stahlev

xv6ia.yf lortt. cuuuLjf •

B. F. Baisllnger,

D. C. Uffelm-'n

J. J. Flaherty

Wm. Montgomery, ...
B. C. Weight

«Tr - <^^VvimA V/M^lf ooiintv

wooaDine, xorit ^uuxitjr,

Woodbine. York county

C. T. Grove

H. W. Anderson

Oeorge F. Shlve

/^n4>.nVtAl'vrt1lA \'nrk rnuntv

StewartBtown, York county,

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i'V?/— Continued.

151

Date.

Nasne.

Postcfflce address.

l5i:.2

Mar.

4 J. A. Klinefelter, Qlenville, York county

4 I. N. Stiver, Shrewsbury, York county, ..

4 H. Briilinger EmlgBville, York county

4 Chas. Kehniyer New Frtedona, York county

4 J. C. Kreidler Jacobus, York county

4 B. F. Stine Holtz, York county

4 G. B. Rengold Brlllhart, York county

4 J. B. Budding York, York county

4 M. R. Swartz York, York county

4 ! G. S. Hause <

4 Geo. D. Rutter,

4 M. Shindler

4 J. E. Decker,

H W. M. Rice

b A. K. McCurdy

8 Jno. N. .^upplll

8 C. i&. Beson

8 S. Haeflich,

ii W. A, Trille

8 E. E. Snider

8 P. M. Snider

8 W. W. Frantz

8 Geo. W. Bute'.er, ...

8 W. H. renslnger, ..

8 M. W. Kl>ecker, ...

8 R. C. Snider

8 P. U. Hollar

8 Albert Snyder

8 P. S. Wilhelm, ..,..

8 G. W. Crounkleten,

8 W. I.e<i Rhodes, ...

8 J. S. Snively

8 H. Buller

S N. Buller

8 N. Buller

8 A. R. Strlckler,

10 A. Hartman,

10 I B. M. Wise, ...

10 ' William Wilde,

York, York coxmty,

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county

Willow Hill, Franklin county,
Fanneltsburg. Franklin <ounty.
Waynes^boru, i-r.tnklin county,
Wayne.'^b ro, Franklin county,
Wayntsboro, Franklin county,
Waynesboro, Franklin county,
Waynesboro, Franklin county,
Waynesboro, Franklin county,
Waynesboro, Franklin county,
Waynesboro, Franklin county,
(c,reencastle. Franklin county,
Greencastle, Franklin county,
Greencastle, Franklin county,
Greencastle, Franklin county,
Greencastle, Franklin county,
Greencastle, Franklin county.
Greencastle, Franklin county,
Greencastle, Franklin county,
Greencastle, Franklin county.

Florin, Lancaster county

Florin, Lancaster county

Florin, Lancaster county

Mt. Joy, Lanca.ster county, ..

Hess, Lancaster county

Gap, Lancaster county

Parkesburg, Chester county.

I No.shlpped Total.

2.000 1

2,000
2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000

ijm

2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,0J0

2,000

2,030

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2.000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2.01<)
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000

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l>ate.

Ni-Tie.

189S.

Mar. 10 H. M. Breneman

Vi W. T. Smedley,

10 W. P. Moore, ..

10 M. Clower

10 E. W. Boyd, ....

10 D. H. Branson,

10 Geo. Massy

10 J. F. Reed

10 Geo. W. Snead,

10 Geo. W. Worst,

10 A. White

I oBtcftice address.

No.shipped

Strasburg, Lancaster county,

LlnevlUe, Chester county

GuthriesviUe, Chester county

Downlngiown, Chester county, ....
Fhiladc'.pbia, Philadelphia county,

Atglen. Chester i-..unty

Atgleii, Chvstr county

Chri.-tiana. Lane ster county, i

Nlckle Mln^s. L.anca.«ter county,...
Learn Place, Lancaster county, ...

Octoraro, LancasttT county

10 Jerry Boyd, I Klrkwood, Lancaster county

10 Geo. W. Haket, QuarryviUe, Lancaster county, ...

11 H. M. Carpenter. | Avondalc, Chester county

U W. R. Shilmire 1 Avondale, Chester county

11 A. W. House i Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,..

11 L. H. Hooyer I Chadd's Ford, Delaware county...

11 W. L. Clinlff, i Chadd's Ford, Delaware county...

11 Jno. H. Twaddell \ Chadd's Ford, Delaware county...

11 J. L. Twaddell Chadd's Ford, Delaware county...

11 E. W. Twaddell Chadd's Ford, Delaware county...

11 C. G. Gllmcre Frankford. Philadelphia county,...

11 C. Summers Frankford, Philadelphl.i county....

11 David Taylor I Morrlsville. Bucks county

11 Charles Weston, I Frazer, Chester county

11 M. C. CoUon I Toughkenamon, Chtster county, ...

11

J. E. Brinton I Thornton. Delaware county.

11 John James

11 D. M. Closkey, .

11 W. Hickman, ...

11 E. Wain.

11 W. H. Scaslett,

14 J. R. Peidel

14 A. M. Filbert, ..

14 J. K. Funck. ..

14 I W. G. Heilman,

14 J. E. Mills,

14 J. C. Bucher, .

14 i B. E. Schartel,

West Chester, Chester county. ...
West Chester. Chester county, ...

Westtown, Chester county

Westtown, Chester county

Willowdale, Chester county, ....

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon Lebanon county

Lebanon. Lebanon county

Total.

1,000

2.000

2.000 i

2.000 >

2.000

2.000

2.000

2<00

2,000

4,000

2.000

2, too

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.(»flO

2,000

2.00U

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.003

2,000

2.0O0

2,000

2.000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

2,000

2.000

2.000

No. m.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS,

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

168

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.shipped

Total.

miL

Mar 14

S
C
C

W Huston

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon. Lebanon county

2,000
2,000

14

'. 8. Shaak,

14

:. B. Comstock,

2,000

1
14 ! E. P. Kremer,

Lebanon. Lebanon county

2,000 j

14 , I
14 C

I Lutz,

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

West Fairview, Cumberland Co....
West Fairview. Cumberland Co.,..
West Fairview. Cumberland Co,..

S.000

I T Malts

2.000

14 C Ed Wilber

2.000

14 H. J. Dunbarr

2,000

14 ]
14 ]

a. J. Dunbarr

West Fairview, Cumberland Co....
Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

2,000

tf Barley

2.000

14 ]

M I ]

15 J
15 (

B Kell

Hirrlsburg, Dauphin county

Pottsville, S huylkill county

PottsviUe, Schuylkill county

Pottsville. Schuylkill county

2,000

Liewls Grant

2,000

r J. Clemens

2.000

G. W. Ryon

2,000

15 H J. Mills

PottsvUle. Schuylkill county

Pottsville Schuylkill county

2.O0O

15 B Lvnch

2.000

15 W. Jones

Pottsville, Schuylkill county,

2.000

15
IS

H C Ent

Pottsville. Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

2,000

r» a T»il1Hna

2,000

15 C. H»fbrlcli,

Pottsville, Schuylkill county,

2,000

15
15
15

H R. Foster

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsville. Schuylkill county,

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

2,000

.Tno A Bart

2,000

C P. Seltzer

2.000

IB H. J. Hendler,

Pottsville. Schuylkill county

2,000

15 H. S. Hoover,

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

2,000

16 F C. Palmer.

Pottsville. Schuylkill county, ....

2.000

15 C. H. Paskin

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

2.000

IK IT T. P'ffciiPtl ........

Pottsville Schuylkill county

2.000

Pottsville Schuylkill county

2,000

15

Frank Partz. ...

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

2,000

15

C. H. Schempp

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

2.000

19

T«^kA>^ TToIaip .

Lockdale, Lebanon county,

2,000

11 tflHiWU *».c*.'i..,

*f TV7 TT T?AO^

. Suedberg, Schuylkill county, ...

2.000

17
17

T 'RoAil

. Suedberg, Schuylkill county, ...
. Suedberg. Schuylkill county, ...

2.000

L. B. Strubh?r,

2,000

17

17

r> Tt Vettpr .......

Mortonville. Chester county

2.000

Chalkley Tpt»e.-

Mortonvllle. Chester county

..I 2.000

17

17

T TT T.nnH{fl

Leacock. Lancaster county

Leacock, Lancaster county

2.000

K. B«nder,

2,000
1

154

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Date.

Name.

Pcstofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total

1892.

Coatesville. Chester county ' 2.«»

17 J. W. Thompson,

CoatesvlUe, Chester county a.000

17 r* T WiilTnpr ......

CoatesvlLe. Chester county 2.000

17 W. W. Mast,

Coatesville, Chester county 2.000,

17 J. W. Rlday,

Coatesville. Chester couniy «.000

17 Li. B. Henson

Coatesville, Chester county 2.000

17 W. A. P. ThompBon....

Coatesville. Chester county 2,000

17 J. Y. Woodward,

Coatesville. Cht^ster county 2,000

17 S. P. Stonebaok

Bamestown. Chester county, 2.000

18 J. W. Rearlch

Chamberaburg. Franklin county, .. 1.500

18 D. H. Burkholder

Chambersburg, Franklin county, .. 1.600

18 S. H. Shuman

Chambersburg. Franklin county, .. 1.500

18 C. E. Fetter

Chambersburg. Franklin county, .. 1,500

18 W. 8. Clark

Chambersburg. Franklin county, .. 1.500 .

18 F. T. Selpple,

ChambersLurg. Franklin county, .. 1.50W

18 R K Bady

Ohamb rsbu g. Franklin county, .. 1.500

18 H. W. Wltmer,

Greencastle. Franklin county 1-500

18 R. T. Davison,

Greencastle. Franklin county 1.500

18 O W Shimer

Big Cove Tannery, Fulton county.. 1,500

18 Peter Kirk,

Big Cove Tannery, Fulton county,. 1.600

18 J. H. Parker

Big Cove Tannery, Fulton county,. 1.500

18 J. S. Armstronr

Graeffenburg, Adams county 1.500

18 Samuel Sheanu-an.

FayettevUle. Franklin county. .... 1.500

18 C T Mahor. ...

Fayetteville. Franklin county 1.600

18 E. C. Ross ...

FayettevUle, Franklin county 1.600

18 H. H. Ross

Fayetteville, Franklin county 1-500

18 J. Fuller

Laurel Forge, Cumberland Co., ... 1.6W

18 W. P. Phillips, .

Blosservllle, Cumberland county. . 1.500

1,600

21 Chaa. Dengler, .

Clapperthall. BerKS couniy

3,000

21 H. D. Green,

Reading, BerKs couniy

21 Isaac Burrett

Reading, Berks county L^W

21 Isaac Burrett

Reading, Berks county l*"**

21 P M Durn

Mlnersvllle, Schuylkill couniy, ... 1-200

a R. F. Potter

Mlners^vllle. Schuylkill county. ... 1200

•1 T. Tr Hix^hriir

Mlnersvllle. Schuylkill county. ... 1200

21

n

f* R Kear

Mlnersvllle, Schuylkill county. ... !.■•

J. S. Lawrence.

. Mlnersvllle, Schuylkill county, ...

1.20O

u

H. F. Llndemuth,. . .

. Rlngtown. Schuylkill county

1.200 1

U

Miller & Bachert

. Rlngtown. Schuylkill county, ..

1,IM>|

No. 20.^

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

1SB

Date.

Name.

1892.
Mar. 21 \
21
21
21
21
21
21

'i\

21

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

S4

24

M

H. D. Rentschler

James Banker

Peter Dresher

D. M. Staufter

H. B. Grauff,

James Lord

F. B. Kreps

W. S: Allebach

Vi. Anstock

N. W. Buddall

J. P. Thomas .

B. R. Myers

J. ij. Soaders,

J. A. Bergey

B. Redfleld

B. W. Chllds

A. B. FauBt,

H. W. Comf-ort.

J. E. Baldwin,

James Hood

D. King

J. P. Twaddell

John Moore

G. B. KIpe

Pcstofflce address.

No. shipped

Rlngtown, Schuylk 11 county

Rlngtown, Schuylkill county

Rlngtown, Schuylkill county

Rlngtown, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua. Schuylkill county,

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Tamagua. Schuylkill county,

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Shenandoah, S<hu>ikill <ouniy, ...
Shenandoah, Schuylkill c^uiit'. ...
Whltford. Montgomery county, ...

Ogantz, Ml ntgomery county

Telford. Montgomery county

Telford, Montgomery county

Glenslde, Montgimeiy county, ....

Glenslde, Montgomery county,

Ambler, Montgomery county

Fallslngton, Bucks county,

Marshallton, Chester county

Brandy Wine Summit, Dela. Co...
Chadd's Ford. Delaware county,..
Chadd's Ford. Delaware county,..
Chadd's Ford. Delaware county,.,
Chadd's Ford, Delawaie county...

Jno Burk ' Chadd's Ford. Delaware county,.

.... \^ Toughkenamon. Chester county,..

W. E. Wilson, ..
T. E. Agnew. ...
L. P. Webb, .. .
R. J. Williams.
D. J. Marshall, .
T. F. Barron, .
T. J. Hlggins. ..
Frank Kurt«, . .
Jacob Lesslg, ...
Jno. Lazarus.
W. A. Woeff, ..
G. W. Blddall.
W. W. Blddall,
Arthur Frselae,

New London, Chester county

Unionville. Chester county,

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill louniy

Ashland. Schuylkill county

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county. ...
Shenandoah Schuylkill county, ...

Ashland, Schuylkill ctunty

Ashland. Schuylkill ctunty,

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ...
Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ...
Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ...

1.2)0

i.ajo

1,2 0
1,2)0
1,200
1.200
l.»)0
1.20O
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,2 0

i.ao'j

1.200
1,200
1,209
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
],20»
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1200

Total.

1B6

REPORT OF THE

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Brook Trout iJ'ry— Continued.

J)ate,

Namo.

PoBtofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1892.

M.I. 24
24

r> "W Straub

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ...
Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ...

i.i:o

H. A. Swalm,

1,SOO

24

Frank Schmidt

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county. ...

i,aoo

24

James Robbins, ...

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county. ...

X.20B

24
24
24

Delano. Schuylkill county

1,200

Delano, Schuylkill county

1.M0

Nels Nelson

Delano. Schuylkill county

1.I0O

24

O. K. R. Haas, ..

Delano, Schuylkill county

l.»0

S4

Geo. W. Hoffman

Delano, Schuylkill county

1,200

S4

24

■a V Perrv

Delano. Schuylkill county,

1.280

Peter Green

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

1,200

24

H. A. Keyn

Mahan< y City, Schuylkill county..

1.200

24

R. D. K. Hatenbugh. .

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ..

1,200

24

f3«n Wolf

Norrlstown, Montgomery county,
Conshohocken, Montgomery counts

1.200

[ C. C. Rlihter

1.200

U

\ G«>. Wolf

Gelger's Mills, Chester oounty, ..

1.200

t^

1 D. S. Beiler.

Blue Rock. Chester county

1,200

s

! w. M. Shrlyer

Phoenixvllle, Chester county

1,200

21

5 Nathan Waltrlght

Phntn'xvllle, Chester county

1.2W

t

5 J. Wesley Nice

Pho nixvil.e, Chester county

1.200

f
f
2

e T XIT DtPdl •

Phoenixvire, Chester county

Packer's Ford, Chester county, ..

1,200

1 T H Tft vlor. • •

1,200

6 H. li. Buckwalter

Spring City. Chester county

1.200

9e T T> VroAA

Pottstown, Montgomery county, .
Blandon. Berks county

1,200

1.200

25 IS. O- JLieonara,

Blandon Berks county

1.200

25 H. D. ^esner,

w TV T> TTilbert

Womelsdorf, Berks county

1.200

Sfi H D Lavsor

Richland, 1 ebanon county

1,200

fH r ft TBrh

Kleinfelters, Lebanon county, .
St. Clair, Schuylkill county

1.200

a Walter Hughes

1.20f

28 M. P. Walsh

St. Clair, Schuylkill county

1.200

M Tun J Duffv

St. Clair, Schuylkill county

1.200

.

2X J W I..lttle

St. Clair, Schuylkill county

St. Clair, Schuylkill county, ....
St. Clair. Schuylkill county

1,200

9S 'R 15 Geisrer.

1.200

28 H Ij Dacldow

1.200

28 S. H. Lee

. St. Clair, Schuylkill county, .. .

1,200

2S O. D. Zimmerman, ...

. Onion, Schuylkill county

1,200

28 B. H. Klauser,

. Onion, Schuylkill county

1,100

28 E. Brown,

. Onion. Schuylkill county

1,100

No. 20.)

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

Nauie.

Postofflce address.

No.sblpped

Totii 1

1892.

Onion, Schuylkill county

1,100
1,»0

1,2(K)
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200

M:.r. 28

J. w. riana ••••

Onion, Schuylkill county

28

Frank Hand. ••..

D. D. Remberger

J H Kessler.

rintnn *?/»hilvlklll rOUntV

28

Oninn Srhuvlklll countV

28

rjntnn Sphllvlktll COUntV. ..........

D Heastler

28

M. A. Reizenstlne

J. A. Bollman. .... ..

28

28

Leb^inon, Lebanon county

28
28

28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29

29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29

Jno. Benson

Jno. H. Cilley

J. W. Tobias

H. R. Hellman,

Jno. Mlllow

I. Houck

A. Boyer,

A. R. Roth.

J. V Eck

A. J. Ebenoin.

p. J. Lentz

H. S. Semmel i

i
James J. Andries

R. A. Butz ,

J. W. Kckert

L. H. BellesfleM

T. A. Scherer

D. F. O'Brlne

C. C. Matten,

R. F. Leiby

E. Werkheiscr

O. E. E. Arndt,

J. J. Bruce,

J. P. Hahn,

B. F. Schnable

G. B. Delmer

C. J. Weidman

H. D. Heller

O. B. Frackenthall

S. L. Weber

W. P. Kelly

A. C. Brodhead

Lebanon, Lebanon county.

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon. Lebanon county,

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county.

Minnich, Lehigh county.

Schadts, Lehigh county

Minnich, Lehigh county

Slatington, Lehigh county

Slatlngton, Lehigh county.

Ashfleld, Lehigh county

Coplay. Lehigh county

Coplay, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh lounty.

Catasauqua, Lehigh county,

Pottsville. Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Hchuylklll county,

Lelbysville. Schuylkill county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton ct unty

Easton, Northampton c unty

Morgan Hill, Northampton county,
Butztown, Northampton county,
Hellertown, Northampton county..
Hellertown, Northampton county,.
Hellertown, Northampton county..

Spring Town. Bucks county

Doylestown, Bucks county

Doylestown, Bucks count.v

Lehighton. Bucks county

1.2)0
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,»)0
1,200
1.200

i,aw

1,200

1.200

1.21)0

1,200

1,»0

1.200

1,200

l,2ti0

1.200

1,200

1,21 !0

1.200

1,2'10

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1^

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout i^ri/— Continued.

(Off. IXX5-

Date.

Nanu>

p(.stofflce addresB.

Lehlghton, Bucks county,

Lehighton, Bucks eounly,

Lehighton, Bucks county,

Lehighton, Bucks county,

Lehighton, Bucks county,

Naznreth, NortJiampton tounty.
BanKor, N< rlliamiit"n c unty, .
Saylorsburg, Monroe eounly.
Saylorshurg, Monroe county.
Saylorsburg, Monroe county,
Saylorsburg. Monroe county,
Saylorsburg, Monroe county.
Saylorsburg, Monroe county.
Saylorsburg, Monroe county,
Mcllhaney, Monroe county, ...
Scioto, Monroe county

1892.

Mur. 2'J J. A. Dunlevy

29 J. S. Lmtz

29 T. A. Snyder,

29 J no. SeaboMt,

29 E. W, Clause

29 J. E. Summel ; Lehighton, Bucks county.

;!1 E. T. Mack,

31 li. If. Oanidun

31 \\, L. Haney

31 David Th yli jr.

SI B. Kinker

31 S. S. Lesh

31 G. Fanestich

31 S. S. Brewer

31 A. Shoemaker

31 F. Weiss

31 T. F. Feher,

31 N. M. Lesh ! S-^'^to. Monroe county.

31 C. Brodhead

$1 Jno. Qarls

31 Geo. White.

81 T. F. Fritchman, ...

31 S. Williamson

31 C. E. Snyder

31 B. F. Schnabel

31 W. S. Lowell,

31 L. B. Canibilnn. ...

31 E. Schoch

81 L. B. Camdon

April 1 W. Lutz

1 Hpnry T. Kolhe, ...

1 George Q.-lser

1 J. F. Wentz

1 w. T. Grayham, . .

1 H. A. Boyle

1 H. J. Kerciienth .11, ... Weatherly. Carbon county

1 B. S. Kistler

1 Frank Whlll

Bethlehem, Monroe county,

Wind Gap, Monroe county

Wind Gap, Monroe county

Hanoversv ille. NorthamiJton <o...
Katellen, Northamiton county, ...

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Noithampton .ouniy

Bangor, N< rthampt' n county

Bangor. Ni>rtlianipt n county

Bangor. Nortlianu'toii c< UMty

Tamonend, Schuylkill county, ...

Orwig.sbuig, Schuy'kl 1 county. ...

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county.

Delano, Schuylkill county,

Ashland. Schuylkill county

Fountain Spring.^, Schuylkill Co...

No. shipped ! Total.

Weatherly. Carbon county,
Weathf-rly. carbon c unty.

1.200

i.aoo

1,S^

1,»)0

1.800

1,2.10

l.-OO

1,200

1,200

1.2IW

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

\,tm

1.200

i.aK)

1,2(J0

1,280

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.20)

1.2'W

1,20)

1,21)0
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200 ;
1.200 I
1,2 0 i

No. 20.)

I'ISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

10i>

Date.

Name.

VHHL

April 1 C. H. Hagenbauuh,

1 M. N. Kehler

1 D. W. Williams, .,

1 R. B. Hunt,

I \. . Kemmel,

i J. £7. Johnson, ..

1 O. S. Kehler

1 John Snyder

1 M. NelBwender. ..

1 E. M. Kehler ..

1 Mahanoy Fish & Oamo

! Protective AHSOclat'n..

2 A. B. Gamer,

2 C. R. Kehler

2 D. J. Kelfer

2 H. H. Gelst

2 Frank Kehler

2 Jno. Roberts

2 E. K. Bitterman

2 S. Kehler

2 John J. Sallada

1 Chas. Tanner

1 George John

2 Jno. D. Hardcastle,

Sj Wm. Brogan

2 B. W. Laughlin

2 Pat Ferney

2 J. P. McDonald,

2 j W. T. Boyle

2 James McHurfi".

2 J. J. Ward

I W. V. Nichols.

Postotllce address.

No. shipped Total.

Shenandoah,
Shenandoah,
Shenandoah,
Shenandoah,
Shenandoah,
Shenandoah,
Shenandoah.
Shenandoah,
Shenandoah,
Shenandoah,

Bchuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill

county, . .

county, ...

county. . . .

county, . . .

county, ...

county, ...

county, . . .

county, ...

county. . . .

county. ...

2 ' Hugh Malloy, .

2 J. C. Blddle. ..

2 W. Lelsenrig, .

2 W. C. Kent. ..

2 David Hunt, ..

2 J. E. Walters,

2 I L. H. McHove,

Mahanoy City, Scliuylkill county.,

A.shland, Schuylkill county

Kehler, Schuylkill county,

Kehler. Schuylkill county

Kehler. Schuylkill county ,

Kehler, Schuylkill county

Shenandoah, Schuylkill c mnty, ..,
Shenandoah. Schuylkill county. ..,
Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ..

Ashland, Schuylkill county,

Audenreid. Carbon county

Audenreid, Carbon county

Ashland, Carbon county,

Freelanrl, Luzerne county

Freeland, Luzerne county

Preeland. Luzerne county

Freeland, Luzerne ci unty.

Freeland, Luzerne county

Freeland, Luserne county,

Freeland, Luzerne county,

Freeland, Luzerne .ounty

Freeland. Luzerne county

Fountain Springs, S< huylkill Co.,.

Sandy Run, Luzerne county

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, ..

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county.

1.^

1.200 ,
I
1.8)0

1.200
1.^)0
1.200

1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200

0,000
1,2)0
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,2C0
1.200
1.2'10
1.200
1,200

i,aio

1,200
1.200
1,2")0
1.2.)0
1.20O
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
2.400
1.200
1.20O

11

160

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^V^— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

1892.
April 2

F. M. Horn

2 H. H. Ashley

2 A. Nebruth

2 Jerman Scott,

2 C. E. Keck

2 S. S. Staples

2 J. J. Baker

2 D. S. Penael,

S J. W. Ray

2 E. Pattershall

2 S. Murphy

4 J. R. Smith

4 W. H. Hines

4 JacoVi Soxe

4 T. Rose

4 C. E. Butler

4 Al. Morgin

4 Thomas Tucker. ...

4 Frank McCormick.
a J. R. Coolbaugh, .

5 S. P. Swartwood,

5 E. P. Roth

5 C. J. Wentzel

5 Henry Hunter. ...

Z H. L. Moore

5 C. W. Erath

5 John Thuma

Catasau(iuii, l..hlgh county

AUentown, Lthigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county,

White Haven, Luzerne county, ..
White Haven, Luzerne county, ..
White Haven. Luzerne cuuniy, ..
White Haven, Luzerne county. ..
White Haven, Luzerne county, ..
White Haven, Luzerne county, ..
White Haven. Luzerne county, ..
White Haven, Luzerne county, '..
White Haven, Luzerne county, ..
Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county, ...

Bear Creek, Luzerne county,

Bear ireek, Luzerne c unty,

Bear Creek, l.uztrne cunty.

Be;ir Creek, Luzeine county,

Bear Crtek, Luzerne c unty

Ashley. Luzerne county,

WUkes-Bane, Luzerne county, ...
Mountain Top. I-uzerne county. ..
Wilkos-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes-Barre, I-uz mo county, ...
WMlkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wllkts-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
Wilkes-Barre, Luzem- county. ..
Wilkes-Barre, Lu/ern • county, ..
WllkfS-Barre, Luzernp county, ..

5 T. S. HiUard

, T.. W. Chase I Wilkes-Barro. Luzerne county.

5 C. B. Metzger, ...

B C. H. Price

.^i I. H. Moore

T) W. C. Hooper, ...

Ti W. H. Sheppard.

5 T. W. Hart

5 rj. S. McGroarty,

6 W. H. Lueder. ..

5 C. D. LeGrand, .

6 Isaac Bush

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county. ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county. ...
Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county. ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county. ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..
Mountain Top, Luzerne county,..

1,20) ;

1,200
1,200
1,200

1,200

1,800

1,200

1,200

1,200

]«1M

1.200

1.200

1.200

l,2i)0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,2.)0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

l.SO)

1,8'0

1.2 lO

1200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,210

120

1.tlO '

1,200

1,200

1.2'0

1,200
1,200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

161

■■- •■-■ «

Date.

Name.

April 5
6
5
«
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
T
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

Postoffice address.

No. shipped

B. R. Jones

H. C. Calxoon

Jas. G. Wentz, ...

H. D. Green

S. Urlch,

C. Weller,

E. T. Masley, ...
G, G. Meyert, ....

I. Yedrsley,

J. G. Downwood,
W. T. Lamborn,
W. S. Rutherford,
Jas. R. Piper, ...

J. H. Ciliy

J. W. Jacobs, ...

C. B. Swisher, ...
R. B. Daniels, ...
Milton A. Mory,
S. E. Landis, ....

E. Flager

Robert Gurver, ..
Joseph Shiffler, . .

J. A. Harps

J. A. Stackhouse,
A. L. Marsh

D. R. Brown

David Williams, .

M. Evans

G. L. Dreher

Jno. S. Frantz, ,.
L. C. McGale. ..
Charles Bell

E. R. Wallace, ..
C. E. Hawkins, .

A. B. Mellck

T. C. Wallra, ....
G. W. Meredith, .
W. V. Kantz, ...
Daolel Rhne

• • • • • •

Peely, Luzerne county 1,200

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county 1,2 0

Wilkes-Barre, Lucerne county 1,2.0

Reading, Berks county, 6,000

Myerstown, Lebanon county, 1,200

Coatesville, Chester county, 1,200

Coat'^Bvllle, Chester county, 1,100

Coatesville, Chester county, 1,100

Coatesville, Chester county, 1,200

Coat€SviUe, Chesfter county 1,200

Glen Hall, Chester county, 1,200

Harrisburg, Dauphin county 1,200

Harrisbursr, Dauphin county 1,|0|

Lebanon, Lebanon county 1,200

Joanna, Berks county 1,200

Embreevllle, Chester county 1,200

Modena, Chester county, 1,200

Boyertown, Berks county 1,200

Barts, Berks county i.aoo

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monro ■ county i,200

Snydersville, Monroe county, 1200

Snydersville, Monroe county 1.200

Snydersville, Monr e county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county, 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county, 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county I,f00

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,100

Stroudsburg, M.-inroe county 1,209

Stroudsburg, Monn e county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,2C0

Stroudsburg, Monroe county, 1.200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,2)0

Stroudsburg, Monroe county, ..... 1,200

StroudaborK, llnnroe county, 1,200

Total.

11-20-49

1^

REPORT OF THB

Brook Trout i^rj/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

l>ate.

April 7
f

7
7

Name.

Poatolrice addreBB.

No.sbipped

M. Nauman

C. H. Palmer

A. J. Heller

B. F. Metzger

7 W. H. Truslow,

7 H. A. Marsh,

8 F. Wright

8 M. L. Wright

8 C. L. Wright

8 W. W. Blaln

8 R. B. Hyson

8 H. Barnhart Woodbine. York county

StroudBburg, Monroe county.
StroudBburg, Monroe county,
SiroutlBburg. Monroe county.
StroudBburg. Monroe county,
Btroudsburg, Monroe county.

Stroudsburg. Monroe county,

Meford, York county

Meford. York county

Meford, York county

Alrville, York county,

Bridgeton, York county. ...

8 M. Harrison

8 Noah Seely

8 p. J, Barnhart, ..

g W. H. Hoff

8 Jno. W. Robert.
8 G. W. Stover, ...
8 S. B. Gelsey, ...
8 Samuel Fullerton
8 W. B. Gemmell,
g I Jacob Grove, ...

Jno. Wiley

O. J. Jordan, ...
D. F. Stauffer,

8
8
8
8
8

8

8.1

8

t

9

9

9

»

9
9
9
9

Woodbine, York county

Cashtown,- York county

Bandana, York county

Brodbeck. York county

Codorus, York county

Railroad, York county

Shrewsburg, York county, . .

Shrewsburg, York county, .

Btewartstown, York county,

Draco, York county

Btewartstown, York county,

Btewartstown. York county,

York. York county

W. H. Shearer | Jacobus. York county

D. strickler , Wrightsville. York county.

8. K. Stouffer
Albert Swart*

Ironore, York county

Yorkana, York county

G. C. Brown | Yorkana, York county

J. K. Budding I Yorkana, York county

W. T. Reed ] Ashley. Luzerne county,

C. Castrup i Ashley. Luzerne county

J K. P. Penner Ashley. Luxerne county

R. L. Heydt ' Ashley. Luzerne county

W. T. Colbom. i Ashley, Luzerne county

G. B. Starblrd ; Ashley. Luzerne county

B. J. O'Donnell Lansford. Luzerne county, ...

J. Woodrlng Sandy Run. Luzerne county.

Total.

LMO
1.2)0
1.110

1.M0

i,ioo

1.800

1,200

1.900

1.900

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

l,2i]0

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout ^ry— Continued.

HI

Date.

Name.

Utt.

April 9 Wm. Thorpe,

9 George T. Welia,

9 Jno. Graef

9 D. P. Ginder. ..

9 J. Jones

9 B. H. Lowall, ..

11 Jno. Beck

U J. B. Miller. ..

U M. H. Brillian,

PoBtofflce addreB-4.

White Haven, Luzerne county

Rockport. Carbon county,

Rockport, Carbon county >..•

Rockport. Carbon county

Wilkea-Barre, Luzerne county, . .

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...

Belvidere, Northampton county, . .

Richmond, Northampton county, .

Martin's Creek, Northampton Co.,

11 A. 8. ShuU, I Martin's Creek, Northampton C-l,

11 William Vaui Gordon... stroudsburg, Monroe county

11 Geo. Fable I stroudsburg, Monroe county

11 J. L. Purington , stroudsburg, Monroe county.......

i
11 James Kuntz stroudsburg, Monn e county

Stroudsburg, Monr. e county

stroudsburg, Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg. Monroe county

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

Philadelphia, Philadelphia c unty,

Philadelphia, rhiladelph'a county,

Overbrook, Montgomery county. .

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county.

Stroudsburg, Monroe couity

No.shipped

11 David H. Abel. .

11 John O. Saylor, ...

11 A. C. Jamison, ...

11 A. J. Hunt.

11 J. B. Townsend, .

11 J. B. Towneend, .

11 W. H. Badger. ..

11 J. P. Townsend, .

11 E. A. Bill

11 8. Holmes

11 James Bdlnger, .

11 H. B. Holmes Stroudsburg. Monroe county

11 Robert Qalver, Stroudsburg. Monro3 c u ity

11 Michael Blrsh Stroudsburg. Monroe county

11 E. Hauser ! Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

11 H. W. Hauser ' Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

n E. L. Rrodhead 1 Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

11 H. G. Grover Delaware Water Gap. Monroe Co.,

11 J. B. Shaw Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

11 P. 8. Transue Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

11 G. D. Shannon,
11 I A. H. Transue,

11
11
12

J. R. P. Wilson,
Patrick Quinn.
J. M. Place

>••••• e

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.

Cresco, Monroe county

Cresco. Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Total.

1,200

1.200

1.209

1,200

1.900

1.200

1.200

1.900

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.800

1,200

1,200

1.2D0

1,209

1,200

1,200

1.2:0

1,200
1,200
1,209
1.200
1,900
1.900
l,t»
I.IM
1.200

1,200

I
1.2)0

1.800

1,9)0

1,200

1,900

1.200 i

t

1,200
1,200 I
1,900

164

REPORT OF THE

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(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

1892.
April 12 Wesley J. Price,

12 Paul Price,

12 Lewis Boyer,

12 M. D. trice,

12 Mahlon Price

12 Townsend Price, ...

12 E. O. LaBar,

12 William Bush

12 Jno. Wensel,

12 C. A. Wolona,

12 T. M. Ferris

12 G. R. LaBar

12 Daniel LaBar

12 B. D. Fenner,

12 S. T. Dietrich,

12 Edwin Hayest

12 W. J. Sellers,

12 M. K. Smith,

12 J. Klsterbach

la W. C. Henry

tt Harvey E. Bush, ..
12 W. Dietrick

12 C. H. Miller.

W F. F. Selberllng, ..

13 L. G. Groff

13 C. W. Housena, ...

13 Isaac T. Ux

13 W. H. Mlnlch, ....

13 C. C. Mohrey

13 Robert Kleese, ....
13 Robert Kleese, ...
13 Geo. W. Esser, ...
13 .Tno. S. Harding, .

13 W. F. Dodge

13 S. W. Trimmer, ..
13 J. Gerhard

• 18 G. H. Sutherland,

18 W. C. Price

l« B. W. Btark,

No. shipped

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county,

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county,

Amalomlnk, Monroe county

Amaloroink, Monroe county

Amalomlnk, Monro? county,

Amalomlnk, Monroe county

Amalomlnk, Monroe county

Parkslde, Monroe county

Parkslde, Monroe county

Parkslde, Monroe county

Parkslde, Monroe county,

Parkslde, Monroe county,

Parkslde, Monroe county

Parkslde, Monroe county

Parkslde, Monroe county,

Parkslde, Monroe county

Paradise Valley, Monroe county, .

' Btembersvllle, Carbon county

Acquashlcola, Carbon county

Walnutport, Northampton Co......

Pomlel, Carbon county

' Cherryville, Northampton county,..
Cherryville, Noithampton county...

GlrardvlUe, Schuylkill county,

Glrardville, Schuylkill county

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county

, Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ...'
, Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne county, ...
. White Haven, Luzerne county. ..
. Beaver Meadow, Carbon county, .'

Plttston, Luzerne county

Plttston, Luze:ne c lunty

Plttston, Luzerne county

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,2 JO
1,200
1,2(X)
1.210
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200

i.ax)

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,2')0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

Total.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1892.

• •

April 13

B. W. WUliamBjn

PLtston, Luzerne ci u..ty

1,200

13
18

■W D Evans

Plttston. Luzeme c unty

Plttston, Luzerne county

Plttston, Luzeme county

1,200
1,200

E. B. Long,

13

Henry Zugler.

1,200 i

13

D Moore

Plttfl^nn 1.ii2e;ne countv

1,200 '

IS

S Olmstead

PHI-aInn T.uzeme cnUnty

1,200

13

Urbln DlUy

Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne county. ...

1,200

13
14

E. Schmaltz

Plttston, Luzerne county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

1.200 \

H. C. Demuth

IC.OOC

14

H. A. Hollenbach

TnrdRn Lehieh countv •

1,200

14

D Bllse

TiiFflfln T.rf*hiir]i Ooiintv •

l,2iX)

14

George M. Snead

Nickel Mines, Lancaster county, .

1,200

14

Gf-oigf- M. Snt-ad

Nickel Mines, Lancaster county, .

1,20»

14
14

14

M Eslielman

Fagg's Manor, Chester county, ...
Rifton. Lancaster county,

1,200

R D Herr

1,200

R. C. Collins.

Collins, lAncaster county

1,200

14
14
14

Hugh S. Long.

Mechanics, Lancaster county,

Reinholds, Lancaster county

Rvprs Cheater countv

1,200

J. M. Gockley ,

1.200

W. T. Smedley

W. H. Palsgrove

J. M. Coffin,

1,200

14

Pont ( "heater countv

1,^

14
14

Phoenlxvllle. Chester county

Coventry ville, Chester county

1.200

S. L. Bingaman

L200

15

G. W.. Beemer.

Schultzville, Laclta wanna county,.

1,20»

15

B. F. Evans

Clark's Summit, Lackiwanna Co.,.

1,200

15

15
15
15
15
15

N. J. Davis

Clark's Green, Lackawanna Co.,..

Gipson, Susquehinna county

New Milford, Su.«qu>h nna c un'y

New Mllf'id, Sus.|U'h;inna c-'unty.

•

Nlchol-on, Wyoming county

Nlcholso:i, Wyoming county

1.200

G. R. Stiles

1.20:}

H. Grlnnell

1 200

P. Grinnell

l,2i10

C. Stone

X.200

F. P. Stephens

1.200

15
15
15
15

A. L. Titus

Nicholson, Wyoming (ounty

Nicholson, Wyornlig oounty

Nicholson, Wyoming rounty

Nicholson, Wyoming county

VIA

Jerome Lord

l.WO

H. P. Wilcox

1,300
1200

Arthur Smith

15

Prank W. Rrown, ....

Nlchol.«on, Wyoming county

1.200 ;

15

E. L. Day

Nlcholi-on, Wyoming county

i.aoo

15

G. W. Hollstead

Scranton, Lackawanna county....

1.200

15

O. M. Hallstead

Scranton, Lackawanna county,...

1.8<J0

15

C. Kaempel

Scranton, Lackawanna county,...

1.200 j

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(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

Postotnc. f/idress.

No. shipped Total.

1892.

Al.

10
15
15
15

15 Geo. W. Okell Scranton. Lackawanna county

15 Frank M. Hallstead, ... Scranton, Lackawanna county.....

15 P. C. Connolly, Scranton, L.ackawanna county

15 Frank T. Okell Scranton, ^.ackawanna county....

15 S. Swinderman. Alf'.rd, Susquehanna county

Oeoige a Fowler. . .. scranton, Lackawanna county

W. H. Shoemaker Wyoming. Luzerne county,

A. A. Enke • Nanticoke, Luzerne county

J. H. Oplinger Nanticoke, Luzerne county

John Turner Xau Aug. Lackawanna county. ..

15 W. E. Ruke, Allentown, Lehigh county

J5 F. B Saeger i Allentown, Lehigh county,

18 S. W. Cope i Leonard, Chester county

IS L. H. Flsk Leonard. Ch ster county

18 David Cope Leonard, Chester county

18 K. Moore I Leonard, Chester county

18 Isaac Good ! Leonard, Chester county

18 J. G. West Klmblesville, Chester county

IS W. A. Hall Klmblesville, Chester county,

18 H. C. Greenfield Klmblesville, Chester county,

18 L. W. Crossan, Jr., .... Klmblesville, Chester county

18 W. Flsk [.mslowne, Delaware county

18 P. J. Walsh Burmont, Deliware county

18 Jesse Heacock i Newtown Square, Delaware Co.,..

18 Jesse Brownback ] Vincent, Chester county

18 Ellas Latshaw , Spring City, Chester county

18 S. E. Lerch I McEwensvlUe, Northumberl'd Co.,

18 J. M. Woods I Lewlstown, Union county

IS Geo. Bender | Lewlstown, Union county

18 F. A. Donohower ' Lewlstown, Union county

IS Ruben El/, Lewlstown, Union county

18 H. D. Schmure. Sellnsgrove, Union county

18 II. Tl. Schock Selinsgrove, Union county

IS AV. V. Barrett Lykens, Dauphin county,

18 C. D. Orieff i Lykens, Dauphin county

18 Henry Bowman | Lykens, Dauphin county ■

18 J. M. Ludes I LyUens. Dauphin county

18 S. B. Byler [ Belleville, Mifflin county

18 T. S. Thompson,

Thompsontown, Juniata county,..

1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200

\m ,

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.20)

1,20<)

1,200

l.»JO

1,200

1,200

I.IK)

1.200

1.200

1,200

vaoo

1.20«)
1,200
1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

!,«•

l.KH

1.200

1,M0

1,200

l.tOO

1,200

1,200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

167

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

1

Total.

18SS.

■

1

April 18
18
18
18
18

TXT "IT Ronn^tt

r.n?nnin Perrv countv.

1,200

W Li Coover

Duncannon. Perry cuntv, ...

1,200

a^e\ 'PAnnAll

nimr'annon I'eri v county

1.20'J

Tnn Winter

I liin/»aTinrtTl Ppri V POUntv .. .....

1,2<)0

■*•

L. W. Gilllfond

Port Royal, Juniata county,

1,200

IS

Theo Smittle

Port Royal, Juniata county

East Waterford, Juniata county, . .

1,200

18

J H. Winn

XSOO

18

C. T. Balsbach

Port Royal, Juniata county,

1,200

18

C. C. Sarvls

Port Royal, Juniata county

1,200

18

S S. Thomas.

Port Rryal. Juniata county,

Towanda, Badfi rd county,

1.200

20

W. A. CUamberlan

1,200

20

A. B. Chamberlan

Towanda, Bradford coBsity.

1200

20

W. T. Davis

Towanda, Bn df rd c uuy

1200

20

■^f^^A Stevenson

Savrp Bradford countV

1,20C

20

F W Walletlan

Tjfinpz Sullivan countv

l.::t)»}

20

Ed. Trexler

Rlcketts, Wyoming county

1.20)

"0

Henrv Trvler

Rlcketts. Wyominc C"unty

l,2l'0

20

H. E. Babcock

Jerre Deegan

Towanda Bradford tounty

1,200
1,2^0

»)

T^npz Sullivan countv

20

A, E. Parrell.

Tjonftz Su'Hvan eountv ....*.....

1.20'>

20

Clark Bros

Lone? Sulll\an county

1,2'10

20

Tjrtnpv: ;^iilH\'ftn ooiintv . ....

1,2 0

20

G. B. Owen

Towanda, Bradford county

Towanda. Bradford d unty.

Montr iFe, Su.=quehanna county, . , .

1,2'"0

20

•Tno. M. Rahm

1,-00

20

W. W. Woodruff

1.2"0

20

George E. Woodruff, . . .

Montrose. Susauehanna county. ...

1.201

20

James P. Taylor

Montrijse, Susriuehanna county, ...

1.200

20

N. H. Shennan

Sprlngville, Susquehanna county,.

1.200

20

W. W. Prlchard

Sprlngvllle, Susquehanna county..

1,200

20

P E. Brush

Sprlngrx ille, Susquehanna coui.ty,.
Rprnlop Sullivan countv.

1,200

20

W J Lull

1,200

20

J. P. Taylor

Bemlce Sullhan o untv

1,200

20

J. O. Blight

Bernice. Sulli\;'n r. unty

1 80 »

20

T. Ackley

Monroeton, Bradford c unty

1 20O

20

G. H. Ripking,

Monroeton, Bradford county,

1.200

20

Jno. M. Muster

Elwell, Bradford county —

1.200

20

Linooin Wells,

Wyaluslng. Bradford county. . .
Dall.TS, Luzerne county %

1,300
1.200

22

.Tohn J. Rymer

22 .

F. H. Gates

Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne county, ..

1.200

ir

168

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ri/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

1892.
Ai-iil 22

Name.

F. H. While

22 ' HUL'stln Piollet

22 D. Kelly

22 Albert Depew

22 J. R. Hubler

22 Jno. Erwin

22 L. S. Lewis

22 J. S. Sechler

22 E. L. Kepple,

22 E. W. Stark

22 E. W. Leavenworth,

22 H. C. Palmer

22 Elmer Forest

22 C. F. Templins, ...

22 A. C. Leisenring, ..

22 H. B. Price

25 Geo. \V. Werner, ...

Fostofflce address.

2fi C. Brown,

25 Mrs. A. Maginnis,

Towanda, Bradford county

VVysox, Bradford county

Will City. Wyoming county

Will c:ty. \Vy> ming coun.y

Will < ity. Wyoming county

Win » liy. Wyoming couny

Ranson, Wyoming county,

Ranson, Wyoming county

Raneon, Wyoming county

Pittston, Luzerne county

Wilkes-Bane. Luzerne county,

Shenandoah, Schuylkill counnty,

Ulster. Bradf < ird county

Trinket, Bradfoid county

Upper Lehigh, Luzerne lounty.

Upper Lhigh, Luzeri-.e i ounty,

Tannersville, Monrue dunty. ..

Tannersvllle, Monroe county. ..

Swiftwater, Mi inrre county,

25 I. S. Case Tobyhanna. ^Tor.roe c-^unty,

25 W. H. C6.66 ' Tobyiianna, .^!^n^ e county.

25 G. Shafer

25 N. S. Brittain, ...

S ; I. Stauffer

25 Thns. Miller

25 C. Stewart

25 C. Rader,

25 F. K. Steward, ...

25 J. Warner

25 H. M. ftieffer, ...

25 .T. Anglemeyer. ...

25 T. II. Stites

25 J. J. Wagenhurst,

25 A. E. Phelps

25 Geo. Fritz

25 W. S. Harney, ..

25 A. C. Caryl

25 ' S. J. Matthews. .

No. shipped | Total.

Tobyhanna, Monroe county

Tobyhanna, M-ni' e county

Houser Mills, Monroe county,

Houser Mills, Monroe county

Houser Millfs. Monrce county

Houser Mills, Monme county

•

Houser MUUs, Monroe county. .....

Houser Mills, Monroe county

Easton, Northanipti n county

I
Easton, Nirthampton county

Amaloniink, Monroe county,

Gouldi-bi ro. Wayne county

Gouldsboio, Wayne county

Gouldsboio, Wayne coui.ty

GouMsboro, Wayne county ,.|

Scrant' n, Lnckawanna county \

Olyphant, Lackawanna county. ...i

25 ' John Oliver | Prlohard. Lusserne coonty.

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,2)0

l.DO

1,200

1,200

1,2)0

1,200

1.200

1,200

l.*M> I

1,200

1,200

1100

1,200

1.200

S.OOO

1.200

1,200

1.900

1,200

1,200

1,2X)

1,200

1,2X)

1,200

1,200

1.200

120

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,300

1.2f^

1.800

1,200

vzoo

No, 20.)

FIBU COMMiSsIONjBjRS.

Brook TroiU Fiy — Continued.

Dat«.

1892.
April 25

•25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26

Name.

26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27

A. G. Hallister

C. G. Armbruster,

C. H. Schardt

Frank A. Ham, ....

P. A. Clark,

E. E. Hooker

E. E. Hooker, Jr.,
M. O. Coustright, .

E. D. 'Hoffman, ...
N. Hoffman

B. F, Miller

D. W. Bush

Wm. Warner

Jno. Little

Harry Peters

Van Peters,

C. Heller

Frank Beers

A. Ledevan

E. F. Peters,

C. L. Heller,

J. Ottenhelmer

C R. Maguire

G. T. Alllger

M. B. Woodling, ..
Daniel Paul

A. D. Krelchbaum,
H. M. Seltzenger, .
W. J. Elliott

B. Halberstadt

J. W. Royer

H. Royer,

B. C. Weidman, ...

W. L Rohn

H. M. Phillips

F. A. Schneider, ..

C. F. Seltier

F. W. Weaver

Frank Strouse, —

PostotBce address.

No.shipped Total.

HoUerstvllle, Wayne county

Hawley, Wayne county,

Hawley, Wayne county

Honesdale, Wayne county,

Cherry Ridge, Wayne county

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county

Marshall's Creek, Monroe county.
Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,
Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,
Marshall's Creek, Monroe coui ty,
Marshall's Creek, M^moe c 'Ui ty,

Egypt Mills, Monroe county

Egypt Mills, Monroe county

BushkiU, Pike county,

Bushkill, Pike county,

Bushkill, Pike county

Bushkill, Pike county

Bushkill, Pike county

Bushkill, Pike c unty

Bushkill, Pike county

Bushkill, Pike county

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

Bartonvllle, Monroe county

Apr enzell, M' nroe co jnty,

Appenzell, Monroe county

Suedsburg, Schuylkill county, ...
Fountain Springs, Schuylkill Co..,

Modena, Chester county

PottsvlUe. Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill c< unty

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county,

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill C( unty

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill ctunty

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Hammond, Schuylkill county,

1,200

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.20)
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.20O
1,200
1,200

i,2i:o

1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.2 0
1.200
1,200

t70

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Ddte.

Name.

Postottice address.

No.shlpped

Total.

\892.

*

T. I. Lawrence i

1,200

April 27

Pickering, cneBier couniy

27

J. B. Emerlch

Port Carbon, Schuylkill county, ...

1.M

27
27

Ringtown, Schuylkill county 1.200

Isreal Applegate

Rlngtown, Schuylkill county 1.20O

27

M. P. Rentschler, ......

Ringtown, Schuylkill county 1.200

27
27
27
27

Rlngtown. Schuylkill county 1,100

XT c* riardner

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county 1.200

r% g "Wpldv

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county ; 1.200

W. E. HendrickB,

Tamaqua. Schuylkill county 1.20*

27

Samuel Buehler

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co.,. 1,200

27

xi> V Tlpphtel

Reading, Schuylkill county 1.200

Dow Schuvlkill county 1.20O ,

27
82

Masten Crlppen,

Olyphant, Lackawanna county, ...

\,ifm

28
28

P T Hitchler

Olyphant, Lackawanna county, ...

1,200

T. B. Williams

Olyphant, Lackawanna county, ... MM

28

C. R. Smith

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,.. 1,200

28

W« Histed

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,. 1,200

28
28
28

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,. 1.200
Carbondale, Lackawanna county,. 1.200
TVovmnrt VTavne county ■ 1,200

n R Smith

Henry Lohman,

Alfred 'Rn'WPll . ........

iniw^ianil XITavTifi pnnntv ....■■.. 1.200

28

28

28

28

29

29

29

29

29

29

2fi

Herrlck Centre. Susquehanna Co., 1,200

■p W Flvnn .

Herriek Centre. Susiuehanna Co., 1,200

C. R. McConley,

M" V\ Pue

Ttalf'a "VArlr rftllTlt,v ■• 1,200

"West Baneor. York county 1,8D0

LandinevlUe. Berks county 1,200

T> Fisher

I

Qreencaetle, Franklin county 1,200

Xjr*i«^nn Frnnklln COUntV. ..« •• liSOO

1

a TXT Qmall

Tnn X* 'Yoiinflf

Marlon. FranUUn county

Mnrinn Franklin COUnty

1,20»

T TT T.hHv

1,200

W W. Svkes

Sterrett's Gap, Cumberland Co.,..

1,200

29

P M. Rum

Sterretfs Gap. Cumberland Co.,..
Pine Summit, Columbia county, ..
Black's Gap, Franklin county, ..

1,200

29

T Tl Fowler

1.200

2d

HArv**v ITnirer

1.200

1

29

D. L. Grlssinger,

McConnellsburg, Fultm county. ..

1,20<»

29
29

H C Smith

. McConnellsburg, Fulton county, ..
. McConnellsburg, Fulton county, ..

1.200
1,200

Jno. Honry

May 6

J. P. Zabriskle

. Canadensis, Monroe county

1,200

fi

J. P. Drtpler,

. Canadensis, Monroe county

1.20»

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

m

Date.

Name.

1891.
May 6
6

t

e

6
6

6
6

6
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
20
24
31
31
31

1893.

Mar. 20
20

Feb. 25
25
26
25

r

27
27
27

Simon Lee

T. H. Walter

A. A. Miller

J. F. Foulke

Hiram ShlfCer.

Moses E. Miller.

George W. Bom,

Jno. D. Rausbey.

Arthur Staple

Adam Rhodes.

Samuel A. Ralsb

O. H. Montz

G. H. Monts.

A. B. Gamer

C. C. Matten

D. F. O'Brlne

A. H. Butler,

H. A. Butler,

J. W. Haslan

C. F. Rltter,

S. M. Meredith

S. M. Meredith,

Lb M. Maesurie,

H. C. Demuth

B. N. Bander

W. H. Sechler

J. P. Creveling

Postoiflce address.

No. shipped ; Total.

Samuel M. Bashron. ..

J. S. Witherow

W. H. Llvingood

Geo. R. Taylor,

J. W. Deppen,

R. D. Wenrlch

J. E. Eckenroad

W. A. Hemming

A. P. Boyer,

S. Dautrlch • •

Amalomlnk, Monroe county, 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county, 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county, .* 1,ZOO

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county, 1,20)

Stroudsburg, Monroe county 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county. ...... 1,200

Stroudsburg, Monroe county l,20o

Stroudsburg, Monroe countjii i 1,200

Stineville, Monroe county, 1.200

Snydersville, Monroe county, , 1,200

Lehlghton, Carbon county. 1,203

Lehighton, Carbon county : 1,200

Ashland. Schuylkill county 1,200

Pottavllle, Schuylkill county 1,200

Pottsvlllp, Schuylkill ci u ity, 1,200

Dellano, Schuylkill county 1,200

Mauch Chunk. Carbon county 1,200

Mauch Chunk. Carbon county 1,200

Freemansburg, Northampton Co.,. 1,200

Reading, Berks county. 1,200

Reading, Berks county 1.200

Dillingersville, Lehigh county, ... 1,200

Lancaster, Lancaster county, I,ij00

Alburtls. Lehigh county 1,200

Allentown, Lehigh county 1,200

Allentown. Lehigh county 1,200

Gettysburg, Adams county 1,500

Green Mont. Adams county, 1,500

Robisonia, Berks county 1,500

Robisonia, Berks county 1,500

Wernersville, Berks county 1,500

Wernersville, Berks county 1,500

Reading, Berks county 1.500

Reading, Berks county 1.500

Reading, Berks county 1.500

Reading, Berks county, 1.600

1.428.400

172

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout i^^r 2/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

Date.

1893.
Feb. 27

Name.

Postofflce address.

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county,

Chas. J. Tyson,

27 Irvln E. Hauck, ....

i

27 J. Kauffman

27 Irvln B. Hauck,

27 Ed, H. Helms

27 Fred. Qerhart Reading, Berks county.

27 J. J. Houck ^ ! Reading, Berks county,

27 H. D. Wesner | Blandon, Berks county

27 F. H. Brintzeghoff. •

27 E. J. Sellers, ... .

27 Angelic Milling Co.,

27 F. H. Hinnershitz,

27 Howard Merkel, .....

Mar.

$ j Joel Biehl, ..
IV ' Jacob Miller,

; selfm, Berks county, ...
BeckersviUe, Berks county.

11 J. F. Went«el Kutztown, Berks county,

n F. R. Hess Moselem. Berks county,

11 R K Hoch Moselem, Berks county,

U

n
22
22

a

Andrew Gelwlt Moselem, Berks county, ..

R. B. Rhoads Boyerstown, Berks county.

W. H. Schall Easto, Berks county

H. E. Schall Hamburg, Berks county, .

O D. Schoch i Hamburg, Berks county, .

I
D. K. Nlea Hamburg, Berks county, .

No. shipped ; Total.

DryviUe, Berks county

Kutztown, Berks county

Grill, Berks county

Moselem, Berks county

Moselem, Berk.s county

27 F. R. Hess, ' Moselem, Berks county

27 M. Merkel i Moselem. Berks county

27 A. Merkel ' Moselem, Berks county

3 John Bradley Birdsborough, Berks county

3 G. W. Focht Birdsborough, Berks county

3 G. H. Focht Birdsborough. Berks county

3 C H. Calr, Birdsborough, Berks county

3 J W. SUpp r.irdsborough, Berks county

3 Jno. B. Lacy Birdsborough, Berks county

3 Samuel Fair Birdsborough, Berks county

3 Wilson Stump i Kempton. Berks county

a M. C. Deltrich ' Kempton, Berks county

3 C. Ludwig ' Sinking Springs, Berks county...

3 w. G. Miller i Reading. Berks county

3 H C Eberly, , Womelsdorff, Berks county

1,500 I

1.500 '

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,600

6,000

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.600

1,500

1,500

1,500 j

1.500 '

1.500

1,600

1,600

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.500

1.500

1.500

1.500

1.500

1,500

1.600

FISH COMMISSIUNKHS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

lio

Date.

1893.
Mar. 22
8S

22
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
27
May 4
4
23
23
April 18
18
28
28
28
28
28
28
28

Name.

Geo. Reber

C. W. Bromvllle,
H. I. Reber, ....

P. K. Heller

F. P. Heller, ....
A. H. Tyson, ...
H. A. Gllllnger,
A. B. Roberts. .

A. D. Werner. ..

P. Snyder,

O. B. Roberts. .

D. S. Saul

C. L. VanReed, .

C. J. Lelnbach,

J. Bush

J. Seifrlt

B. E. Witney, ...
Lincoln Wells, .
Martin Saxe, ...
J. English

D. M. Hinman,

Postofflce address.

ShoemakersviUe, Berks county,
ShoemakersvlUe, Berks county,
ShoemakersviUe, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks cuunty

Topton, Berks county

Blandon, Berks county

Hlandon, Berks county

Blandon, Berks county

Hlandon, Berks county

ShoemakersviUe, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county

Heading, Berks county

Douglassville, Berks county, ...

Leinbachs, Berks county

Wickizer, Bradford county, ....

NVyaluslng, Bradford county, ..

Wilmont, Bradford county, ....

Monroeton, Bradford county, ..

28

;»

28

28

May 1

Mar. 29

29

29

29

29

29

29

G. B. Owen

J. G. June

W. -*. Stevenson,
D. K. Hamilton, Jr ,

R. M. Post

Assa McKee

David Taylor

Monroeton, Bradford county

E. B. Young i Monroeton. Bradford county

Jno. M. Rohm ! Towanda. Bradford county

P. T. RelUy Towanda, Bradford county

B. Condon I Towanda. Bradford county

L. W. Osborn Towanda, Bradford county

Towanda, Bradford > ounty,

Towanda, Bradfoid county

Sayre. Bradford county, *

Sayre, Bradford county

Black, Bradford county,

West Warren, Bradford county.

Morrisvllle, Bucks county

H. B. Harper | Morrisvllle. Bucks county

H. W. Comfort MorrlsviUe, Bucks county

C L. Horn Pleasant Valley, Bucks cunty,

J. H. Monroeborn , Pleasant Valley. Bucks county.

Paul Van Loor, ..
Garron & Sauman,

New Britain, Bucks county,
Doylestown, Bucks county.

No. shipped

Total.

1.500
1,5U0
1,500
1,500
1,500
1.500

i,rH)0

1.500 I
1,500..

1.500 I

1.500

1,500

MWJ

1,W>|

1,200

1,200

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200

1.2(10

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.500

1,.')U0

1,500

1.500

1,500

1.500

t,3M

174

i
f
f

REPORT OP THFJ

Brook Trout /Vy— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

1
No. shipped

Total.

1893.

1
1

May 11
11
11
11
11
11
11

New Britain, Bucks county

1,200

"H T Ts4ni*=»^ ........

Nf^w Britain. Bucks county

1,200

Willow Grove, Bucks county, ....
Richland Centre, Bucks county, .

1,200

1.200

w P W'inner

Richland Centre, Bucks county, .

1.200

TV^ P Seinle

Richland Centre. Bucks county, .

1,200

Richland Centre. Bucks county, .

r^Vialfnnt T^lirks POUlltV

1.200

r.oo

June 3

Mar. 28

28

28
2S
28
28
28

XT vT TC resse

Lehigh Gap, Carbon county

Lehighton, Carbon county

Lehighton, Carbon county

Lehlghton. Carbon county

Lehighton. Carbon county

Lehighton, Carbon county

Lehighton, Carbon county

1.500

T/»lhn 4^»hrtlflt

1.500 ;

w A Pf»tf»ra

1,500

r* T Horn

1.500

G T? nnham

1.500

r> ^ Bock

1.500

W. G. M. Seiple

1,500

Ai'ril 10

C. E. Benslnger,

Weatherly. Carbon county

1,200

10
10
10
10

T Ti' Dunn

Weatherly. Carbon county

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county. ...
Mauch Chunk, Carbon county. ...
Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, ...

1,200

TST V T?iitler

1,200

W Harlan

1,200

Charles T. Tumbler, ..

1,200

10
10

T S Hawk

Mud Run Carbon county

1.200

C. S. Feter,

Lehigh Gap. Carbon county

1,200

10

T. B. Craig

Lehigh Gap, Carbon county,

1,200

10
10

A. Luckman

Jno. Graff,

"RnoUnnrt Onrhon f*OlintV

1.200

Rockport, Carbon county,

1.200

10
10

l>niii*al OftnnnTi

Rni^lctiort O^^rhon countv

1,200

A. L. Brodhead

East Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co....

•

1,200

11

W. A. Lelsenrlng

East Mauch Chunk. Carbon Co....

1.200

28
28

C C McHuRh

•

T.ansford r!,irbon countv

1,200

J. Mllhparn

Lansford, Carbon county,

Lehighton, Carbon county

1,200

May G

\V, E. Ash

1.200

■ 6

A. B. Marsh

Lehisrhton Carbon cnuntv

i,2oa

G

W. O. Kuntz

Lehighton, Carbon county

1,200

c

W OnBBf>r

WeisBport. Carbon county,

Welssport, Carbon county

Welssport, Carbon county

1.200

6

John A^sti

1.200

6

W. E. Leed

1.S0O

1

6

Jas. Stranr,

Welssport, Carbon county

1,200

Mar. 3

S. Q. TuUock

Brandamere, Chester county

1.600

3

W. H. Rettew

1 West Vincent, Chester county, ....

1.600

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

175

Dat«>.

1893.
.Mar. 3

Name

PoatofiSce address.

No.shipped Total.

E. L. Buckwalter

3 N. G. Waltright,

3 J. T. Detweller

3 C. Wynn,

8 J. W. Cook

8 W. B. Ferres

8 J. E. Speakman

8 E. P. Dickinson,

8 C. J. Fulmer

8 W. A. P. Thompson, ...

e H. W. Carpenter

6 W. R. Shelmlre

6 E. P. Passmore.

6 Enoch J. Cloud

6 W. P. Walton,

6 David Cope

6 H. L. Davis,

6 A. Garrett,

6 W. E. Wilson,

6 Benj. Price

6 M. B. Carpenter,

6 M. E. Shields

6 W. Swayne

6 W. H. PMllips

6 J. H. Sharpless

6 J. L. Balderston

6 C. J. Pennoch,

6 B. Cope

6 J. G. Robinson

6 W. H. Scaslett

6 W. E. Webb,

6 L. P. Webb

6 J. M. Webb

8 G. W. Antrim

8 Geo. Thomas

8 H. W. Lukener

8 I F. R. Longanecker, ..

8 George Westler.

8 R. J. Davis

Phoenix vine, Chester county,

PhoenixvUle, Chester county

PhoenlxvUle, Chester county,

Nantmeal Village, Chester Co

Nantmeal Village, Chester Co

Coatesville, Chester county

Coatesvllle, Chester county,

Coatesville. Chester county,

Coatesville, Chester county

Coatesville, Chester county,

Avondale, Chester county

Avondale, Chester county,

Avondale, Chester county

Avondale, Chester county

Leonard, Chester county

Leonard. Chester county

London Grove, Chester county,....

Strickersvllle. Chester county

Toughkenamon. Chester county, ..
Toughkenamon, Chester county, ..
Toughkenamon. Chester county. ..
Toughkenamon. Chester county, ..
Kennett Square, Chester county,..
Kennett Square, Chester county...
Kennett Square. Chester county,..
Kennett Square. Chester cnunty, ..
Kennett Square, Chester county,..
Kennett Square, Chester county...
Kennett Square, Chester county...

WUlowdale, Chester county

Unlonvllle. Chester county

Unlonvllle. Chester county

Unlonvllle, Chester county

Glen Moore, Chester county

Whitford, Chester county

Berwin, Chester county

Berwln. Chester county

West Grove, Chester county

West Grove, Chester county,

1.500

1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,600
1,500
1,500
1.600
1,500
1.500
1,500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1.500
1,500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1,500
1.500
1,500
1,500
1.500
1.500
1,500
1.500
1,500
1.500
1,500

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No. 20.)

Dat.v Name.

•

Postortice address.

No. shipped

Total,

1893.

Mar. 8

S

8

11

If

XT f^r\r\ek

Lincoln University, Chester Co....
StrickersvUle, Chester county

1,500
1,500

li. cope,

A lU'tftnlViflm * • •

r» Wall

Malverne, Chester county

Honey Brook. Chester county

Brandamore, Chester county

1.500

A V \C^ri7.

1,500 1

W. TuUock i

1,500

11 Geo. W. TuUock

Brandamore. rhe.ster county

1,500 ,

<< ¥ Ti^r<»«TlPnlTI •

VVaynesburg Junctinn, Chester *o.

1.503 ,

Parkesburg, Chester county

1,500

1

13 Jos. L. Armstrong

I'arke.-burg, Che>t r county

1,500

13 T. E. Boyd

I'arkesburg. Che>ter county

1,600

la 0. P. M. Boyd

Paikesburg, Ch- st r cuunty. ,..,...

1,500

IS
IS

H. W. Plnkerton

Tnrv T-TipIcPV

Atglen, Chester county,

Pomeroy, Chester county

Chester Springs. Chester county...

1,500
1.500

T^ TTT TIqII

1.500

Chester Springs, ChtSter county...

1,500

(Chester Springs, Chest-r county...

i.r.00

31 G. S. Plnkerton

Milford Mills. Chester rouniy. ...

1,500

t'oatesvUle, Chester county

1.500

1

t^oatesvllle, Chester county

1,500

oi ini TWr Sfntt

<^oatesville, Chester county

1,600

^1 "W "W Mast.

foatesvlUe, Chester county

1.5W

April 6 Q. C. Bingeman

( 'oventryvllle, Chester county, ...

i

1.200

(^loud Chester county

1.200

May 10 B. Hawley

iA T* QHnFnlpas

West Chester Chester county. ...

• 2,400

Kennett Square, Chester county,.

1,200

2,400

11 E. W. Twaddell

West Chester Chester county

1,200

It TKTm r"Violfnnt

West Chester Chester county,....

1,300

19
19
19

"R \fnu1^

Rosenvlck, Chester county

StrickersvUle, Chester county,...

1,200
1,200

T P Rlnerlp**

CX R Moore

.Milford Mills, Chester county, ..
centralia, Columbia county

.i 1,200

1

.1 1,»0

T T Cnnrtnr

Sereno, Columbli county,

i.no

May 2 A. E. Gerton,

c T7 lur SoQ rf»Vi

i catawissa, Columlila oounty

1.200

I

1

, T T Liewls

< 'atawlssa, Columbia county

<'atawi8sa, Colunibl;i cunty

1,100
1,»0

: f IStfi-lcVif B

Catawissa, Columbia county. ...

8,600

1

Roaring Creek, Columbia county

1,100

trnrlfu Pnliimhia countv

1.5W0

8 ' "U". B. Pennington, ...

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i'V^— Continued.

Iff

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address. No. shipped

Total.

1893.

May 8

W. S. Laubach

Raven Creek, Columbia county, ..

1,200

8

i
S. Lemons {

Benton, Columbia county,

1,200

-

8

Jno. F. Wrl«ht,

Benton, Columbia county 1.200

8

8

n H. Hens

Hettlervllle, Columbia county, .... 1.200
Malnvllle, Columbia county 1.200

"

B. R. Yetter

8

J. P. Frey

Mifflin X Roads, Columbia county. l.^iOO

10
Mar. 20

S Huffnofirle '

MlffllnvUle, Columbia county 1,200

P. Morrison

Mount Rock, Cumberland county,. l.&OO

20

W. S. McKuhn

Kerrsvllle, Cumberland coimty, ... 1.600

20

C. S. Hecitmaa

Carlisle, Cumberland county 1.500

20
20

Rlina Mont",

Hollow. Cumberland county, 1.600

D. Keller

Huntsdale, Cumberland county, ... l.o*v»

20

Jerry Stamer, ...»».»»«

Olger, Cumberland county 1.600

20
21
21
21
21
21

Tofn.aii TTnwe

Hunter's Run, Cumberland county, 1,500

H M Pretz

Camp Hill, Cumberland county,... l.SOfc

fn 15! 'Wilson «

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co.,. 1.500

■R'rflnU TWartin

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co... 1,600

Tx Af ■R.iinl**v

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co.,. 1.500

Harry Baker

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co.,. 1,500

21
21

o*»o P Moltz

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co.,. 1,500

G. W. Moltz

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co., 1,500

21

Ell Day

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co.,. 1,500

21
21
21

TTH Wofiver

West Fairvlew. Cumberland Co... 1.500

Tiff Tj Dunbar

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co...

1,500

G. L. Schutt

West Fairvlew, Cumberland Co.,. 1.500

24
24
24
24

A TW TCvner

Shlppensburg, Cumberland county, 1,500

xj" "D ILffafn .......*•.■

Shippensburg. Cumberland county,^ 1500

T XT TTrlnh •■

Mechanlcsburg. Cumberland Co.,..

1,500

R. H. Thomaa, Jr., . ..

Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co.,..

1.500

Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co....

1,500 ,

24
24
24

TT* T . Ort VAI* ..>■••■••* •

Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co....

1,500

A. Z. Hade

1 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co.,..

1,500

Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co.,..

1,500

24

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1,500

24

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1,-^

24
24

M. C .YiorBttu,

Carlisle, Cumberland county,

1,500

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1,500

24

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1,500

24

J. ri. JuiloriS">"i

Carlisle, Cumberland county 1.500

24

K. D. ' aic, • • • •

12-20-94

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Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 2d.)

FISH COMMlSSlONJtGHS.

Brook Trovi Fry — Continued.

m

Dat-.

N-irae.

Postofflce addres.s.

No. shipped Total.

1

1893.

Mar. 24
24
24
24

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1.600

V niirpll

Carlisle. Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1.600
1.600

THrtmnQ "OlirpH

M R. Durell 1

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1.500

9A r^ Xi WrtT'TiimVi

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1.600

1
24

H. E. Jacobs

Carlisle, Cumberland county i

1.600

24

C. W. Montz

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1,500

24

24
24

T M Rhev

Carlisle, Cumberland county,

1,500

W Z Bentz

Ca'flisle, Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

1.500
1,500

A. C. Sheets

1:

24

S. M. Strohm

Kerrsville, Cumberland county,...

1,500

May 4
4

T. M Snvder

1
Carlisle, Cumberland county

1.200

O. C. Davidson

Mount Rock, Cumberland county,.!

1.200

25
Feb 25

XT A H/fAolfl

Uriah, Cumberland county

1,200
1.600

H. C. Knull

Harrisburg. Dauphin county

25

L. S. Hart. Jr.,

Harrlsburs, Dauphin county

1.600

i

25

A. G. Syster

Harrlsburg. Dauphin county

1,600

Mar. 11
21

Derry. Dauphin county

1,500

W. S. Rutherford,

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county,

1.600

21

S. A. Rutherford

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

1,600

21
21

T WT" .Tonps

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

1.500
1.500

W. N. Knisley

21

C. E. Wllbar

Harrisburg, Dauphin county.

1.500

1

21

ly* "CT7 Spilpr

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

1.500
1.500

J. F. Haehnlen

21
21

K Butz

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

1,500
1,500

W. M. Hargest,

&
21

■R fr Kellowa

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

1.500
1.500

F. W. Llesman

21

M L Reiele

Llnglestown, Dauphin county, ...

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

1,500
1,500
1.200
1.200

April 6
6
6

1 G C Bent

W. B Moore

W. R. Denehey

6
6

Abe Roat

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

1,200
1.200

W. T. Cole

6
6

R Palmer

1 Harrisburg, Dauphin county

, j HarrlRburg, Dauphin county

1.200
1,200

Frank Wettmer

«

May 2
2

H E Hershey

.' Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

. Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

1,200
1,200

T S HarEest

: T. Kile

■ \ Steelton, Dauphin county

1.20f

Date

Name.

Postofflce address.

1

No. shipped Total.

1891
May 2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

m p Keller

Steelton, Dauphin coimty

Steelton, Dauphin county

Steelton, Dauphin county,

Steelton, Dauphin county

EUzabethvllle, Dauphin county...
EllzabethvUle, Dauphin county, . .
Elizabethvllle, Dauphin county,..
Livkens Dauphin county i

1.200

1,200

1,200 1

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1

' 1.200
1 180

1

1.600
2,400
i 1,200
1,200
2.400

R. M. Rutherford

C* TXT IM'timmA

R. V. Fairlamb

A i*' ■Pnrm^r ■■

Phllin Hank

1>hl1ln 'ParmPr

Txr a ^/\fin<r

W. o lOUng^,

A. F. Thompson. .......

T vlrc^na "Dftiinhin muntv ..........

2
2
2

Lvkens. Dauphin county, ..•....«..

vvui. irvinsa ••••

J. J. Nutt

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lvkens. Dauphin county

2

J. F. B OBiera • . • •

Lykens. Dauphin county

2

J. Alvora, •

Lykens, Dauphin county,

2

J. M. Huaer,

Lykens. Dauphin county

2

F, J. Danaen, .-••

Lykens, Dauphin county,

2

A. G. Stanley,

Lykens. Dauphin county

2

C. J. Buerks

Lykens, Dauphin county

2

H. Bowman. ••

T. M. Williams

•R Kell

T wtr*anc Tiniinhin POUntV. ......■•••

2

4
4

8

8

10

Harrlsburg. Dauphin county,

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Georgetown, Dauphin county

Pillow. Dauphin county

T V Deeter

IT DmRN - •*

E. P. Hummel

It Q 'M*<Ki>r

10
10
10
10
10

C. H. Teager,

u x> TTrtfpTnan

Mlllersburg, Dauphin county

MUlersburg, Dauphin county

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

Derry Church, Dauphin county,...

T^ ▼ T ^sik Ar •

•D TCail

M. L. Hershey

T T , ITnrd

Mar. «
May 10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
IT

Brandy wine Summit, Dela. Co.,..
Chadd's Ford, Delaware county. .
Chadd'a Ford, Delaware county,
Chadd's Ford. Delaware county..
Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,..
Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,.
Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,
, Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,.
Media. Delaware county

XXT csiaiiirhtpi* .........a

O. B. Heybum

1

1

1

T "fcff 'RA.ker .........

, 2.400 1

TvtA TUfAnrfk ••••

2,400

T/\Kn ^vrfli^^pll .... •■•

1.200 1

1

2.400
1.200

1

H. J. Ledom

180

REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

Brook Trout jPrj^— Continued.

l>ate.

Name.

Postomce address. j No. shipped

Total.

1893.

May 10

Newtown Square, Delaware Co.,..

1,200

Jpsse M. Baker,

3,600 1
2,1(» '

10

Mfkdia. Delaware county,

10
10

J. M. BaKer

R. Vernon

Moylan, Delaware county

l.M) :

10

Mar. 20

20

Joa Miller

Moylan, Delaware county

1,200

Q T> 'RishoD .

Greencastle, Franklin county

1,600

H. W. Wltmer,

Greencastle, Franklin county

1.500

20
20

"R TTIaVier «

Greencastle, Franklin county

Greencastle, Franklin county

1,500
1.500

E. D. Hostetter,

20

Geo. Gensor

Greencastle. Franklin county,

1,500

20
20

ex. T^ "MllTTTV •••

Scotland. Franklin county

1.500

G. W. Palmer

Ke§/er's Store, Franklin county,..

1,600

20

J. D. Eyster

Chambersburg, Franklin county...

1,500

20 j

W. P. Bretsch

Chambersburg, Franklin county...

1,500

20

r c. Oelwlcks

Chambersburg, Franklin county...

1.500

20 C. M. Duncan,

Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

1.500

20 F. M. Duncan

Chambersburg, Frinklln county...

1,500

20
April 4

P A Ov^r

Chambersburg, Fr nklln county,..
Chambersburg. Fr nklln county...

1,500
1,500

riAA "H Lane

John Elder

Chambersburg. Franklin county...

1,500

Dp'Witt Uneer

1 Waynesboro, Franklin county. ...

1,200

W. A. Tritle

Waynesboro, Franklin county. ...

1.200

J. N. Stickell,

; Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...

1,300

J. A. Weagly

Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...

1,200

P M Snider

Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...

1,200
1,200
1,201
1,200

n W Rotler

C K Reaore

S. Haeftich

Jos. 0. Boggs,

FayetteviUe, Franklin county

1,200

C T. Waylan

FayettevUle, Franklin county

1,200

James Dechart

FayetteviUe, Franklin county

1.200

A. R. Blttmyer

FayetteviUe, Franklin county

1,200

S. Sheannan

FayetteviUe, Franklin county

1,200

Chas. Shaennan

! FayetteviUe, Franklin county

1.200

Samuel Sheannan

FayetteviUe, Franklin county

1.20O

tj' o T^rtss ...■•••

Black Gap, Franklin county

Black Gap, Franklin county

1,200
1,200

TXck «*«r AV T? mts ....■•■>•■

Marion. Franklin county

1,200

IS
13

J. H. Leay

S. H. Manon

j Marlon, Franklin county. -,

1,200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry— Continued.

m

Dat"

Name.

April 13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
May 10
April 18
18
19
tt
If
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
Ifl
19
2«

2-;

20
26

J. E. Latstraw, ...

J. V. Small,

L. Fauble

S. S. Ledy

J. P. Young

J. T. Miller

S. W. SmaU

A. Hassler

Jno. H. Walker, ..

W. A. Hice

F. H. Cooper. . ..
L. W. Partridge .
P. C. Schener, ....
$. F. Everhart, ...
Prank Jermyn, ...

J. H. Phelps

N. E, Rice

W. Faunmen

C. Thou'-ot

J. G. Bailer

E. J. Drum.

W. Bond

John Atherton. . .
Thomas Phelps .
Charles Labar. .
J. J. Wagonho;-?t

R. E. Scott

J. O. Bov'.»

O. V. BuBkirk. ...

D. W. Dale .. .

C. Cu^tier

P. A. OppMt

Reuben S. Ig

i S. A. Buehler, ...

J. A. Bush

A. H. Trail i?

F. L. «!m!th

E. Hubbanl

C. R. Smith

, 1. Davis

Postofflce address.

No. shipped Total.

Marion, Franklin county

Marlon, Franklin county

Marlon, Franklin county

Marlon, Franklin county

Marlon, Franklin county,

Marion, Franklin county

Marion, Franklin county

Kauffman. Franklin county

Fannettsburg, Franklin county,...
Bald Mount. Lackawanna county.
Bald Mount. Lackawanna county.
Elmhurst, Lackawanna county, ..
Scranton, Lackawanna county, . . .
Scranton. Lackawanna county, . . .
Scranton, Lackawanna county, . . .
Scranton. Lackawanna county, . . .
Scranton, Lackawanna county, . . .

Dalton, Lackawanna county

Dalton. Lackawanna county

Thornhurst. Lackawanna county. .
Thornhurst, Lackawanna county, .
Thornhurst, Lackawanna county,.
Clark's Summit. Lackawanna Co.,
Clark's Summit. Licki wanna Co..
Gouldsboro, lAckawanna county, .
Gouldsboro, Lackawanna county. .

Clifton, Lackawanna county

Clifton, Lackawanna county I

Bald Mount, Lackawanna Co.,....j
Daleville, Lackawanna county. . . . |
Newfondland, Lackawanna Co....
Newfondland, Lackawanna Co.,..
Newfondland, Lackawanna Co.,..
Newfondland, Lackawanna Co.,..
Newfondland. Lackawanna Co.,..
Carbondale, Lackawanna county, .
Carbondale, Lackawanna county,
Carbondale, Lackawanna county,
Carbondale, Lackawanna county,
Carbondale, Lackawanna county,

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1. 200

1,200

182

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(Off. Doc.

Dat».

April 26
S6
26
26
2&
26

Name.

J. J. Baland

B. S. ^^TjUe

Geo. Anderson. . . .

E. C. Kook,

E. M. Vernoy

C. S. F-iwler

26 W. M. i^owlcr, ...

26 S. P. Hull

M C. H. Pond.

May 1 B. M. Baytor

1 H. D. Beyen

1 J. B. Smith

I T. J. Fear

1 A. W. Clos?

I C. P. Savage

I Henry Beyen

1 W. Beardslee, —
1 L. Li. VanWenner,

1 D. McMurty

1 G. Bogart

I S. W. Kellum

Mar. 3 I Dr. J. B. Lincoln,

II Geo. T. Weldman,

II J. Snavely,

11 J. R. Bricker, —

11 I A. Q. Killian

11 R. W. Blckley, ...

II James Lut8

11 E. K. Blanch

11 S. W. Haine

II M. Hainley

11 J. M. Qockley

11 Job. H. Roop,

11 Abraham Roop, ..
11 Wm. McBlvan, . .

11 Harry Davis,

11 Geo. Boom

31 S. FranU,

31 W. D. Reltzel, ...

Postofflce address.

No. shipped I Total.

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,
Tomkinsville, Lackawanna Co.,.
Scranton, Lackawanna county, .
Scrantrn, Lackawanna county, .
Scranton, Lackawanna county, .
Scranton, Lackawanna county, .
Scranton. Lackawanna county, .
Scranton, Lackawanna county, .
Scranton, Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore. Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county. .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, .
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, .

Mooslc, Lackawanna county, ...

Scranton, Lackawanna county, .

Scranton, I^ackawanna county, .

Churchtown, Lancaster county,

Oregon, Lancaster county

Lititz, Lancaster county

Litltz, Lancaster county,

Lltltz, Lancister county

Ephrata, Lancaster county

Relnholds, Lancaster county, ...

Vinemont, Lancaster county, . . . ,

Reinholds, Lancaster county, ..

Blainsport, Lancaster county, . .
> Reinholds, Lancaster county '

Octoraro, Lancaster county

' Octoraro, Lancaster county

, Nine Points, Lancaster county, .
j Nine Points, Lancaster county, .
! Christianna, Lancaster county, ..

Hempfleld, Lancaster county,
Salunga, Lancaster county. .

1,200

2.400

1,200

1,200

1,200

l,a)0

1,200

1,200

1.20G ,

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

l.»)0

3,000

1,600

1,600

1,500

1.500

3.00©

1,500

1.509

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.500

4,500

1.500

1,500

1,300

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ri/— Continued.

183

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

JNo.shlpped Total.

IMS.

Mar. 31 A. L. Hostetter

31 N. R. Buller,

31 H. D. Herr

31 B. Devil

31 j J. H. Wickershani,

i
31 \ G. H. Smith

81 G. H. Oouchenower,

31 I H. B. Miller

81 Oliver Love

81 ] W. B, Boyce

81 J. B. Caffroad

I
81 ' W. Lemman

31 A. E. Burkholder,

April 6 E. H. Charles. ....

6 R. L. "Hines.

6 i J. Wise

6 M. Martin

6 ! Jno. Reiser

6 W. J. Caldwell. ..

East Petersburg, Lancaster Co.

Florin, Lancaster county

Refton, Lancaster comity

Mt. Joy, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Mothville, Lancaster county

East Petersburg, Lancaster Co.,.
Safe Harbor, Lancaster county,...
Shenk Ferry, Lancaster county,..
Chestnut Level, Lancaster county,

Beastown, Lancaster county

Beastown. Lancaster county

Farmersville, Lancaster county,..

Klnzers Lancaster county j

Klnzers, Lancaster county

Gap, Lancaster county

CompassvUle, Lancaster county.
Cains, Lancaster county

May

Intercourse, Lancaster county I

6 J. K. Diem ' Intercourse, Lancaster county

6 T. A. Dobson ' Penn, Lancaster county

6 ^ John Becker, ' Mt. Hope, Lancaster county

1 M. L. NisBley ' Hancock, Lancaster county

19 Ira Stener. ..
19 J. L. Porter,

Lancaster, I^ancaster county, ....

Lancaster. Lancaster county, ...

IB , F. A. Demuth I Lancaster, Lancaster county. ...

19 H. E. Muhlenberg i Lancaster. Lancaster county, ...

19 G. M. Franklin Lancaster, Lancaster county

19 G. M. Stelnman '> Lancaster, Lancaster county

19 M. Heidelbaugh ' Lancaster, Lancaster county

19 W. Wilde Parkesburg, Lancaster county, ..»

19 J. A. Landls, Greenland, Lancaster county

12 I Andrew Lane Oregon. Lancaster cunty.

12 I W. F. Gaul I Quarryvllle. Lancaster county, ..

Feb. 25 1 Henry Miller | Sheridan. Lebanon county

25
25

25
25

I. S. Whlttj, Sheridan, Lebanon coutty,

F. A. Shultz, Sheridan, Lebanon county,

D, B. Long Lebanon, Lebanon county,

H. R. Hellman j Lebanon, Lebanon county.

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500
• 1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500
1.500
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

I

1,200 I

1,200

1.200

1,200 j

1.200 '

l,2t)0

1.200

1.20-3

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

t84

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^rj/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Na:ne.

P

ostofflce addresB.

No.shipped Total.

1893.

•

Lebanon,
Lebanon,
'Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,500 ,

9y\ T TAT TnblftR ...•

Lebanon

county

1,500

25 A. H. Embrlck

Lebanon

county

1,500

2ii A M Filbert

Lebanon,
Lebanon,
Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,500

i*!! ^J T) I>amm

Lebanon

county

1,500

25 J. D. liindemuth^ ......

Lebanon

county

1,500

oc o T> I^rf^nflT .....a..

Lebanon,
Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,500

25 A. M. Kochenbergrer, ..

Lebanon

county,

1,500

25 Dr. Jno. Walter

Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,500

2^

A Garrett

Lebanon,
T^pbanon.

Lebanon
Lebanon

county

county

1.500

M n -wraltor

1,500

25 E. K. Clark

Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,600

25 A. A. Dlssinger

Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,500

25 W. G. Heilman

Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,500

25 G. W. Kinports

Annville,

Lebanon

county

1,500

25 Henry Hostetter,

Annville,

Lebanon

county

1.500

25
25

J F Smith

Annville.
Annville,

L<ebanon
Lebanon

county

county

1,600

T. D. Houser

1.500

Mar. 11 F. R. Dlssinger

Campbelltown. Lebanon county, ..

1.500

27 H. C. GuUinger

Cornwall

Lebanon

county

1.500

27 E. C. Freeman

Cornwall

Lebanoi]

county

1.600

30

J A Schoch

Mount Z
Greble, I
Onset, L
T^pbanon.

ion, Lebanon county

jebanon county

1,600

1,500

lebanon county

1.200

4 O E Baltz

Lebanon

county

1.200

4 C. S. Shaak,

Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

l,2i)0

4 C. Bothellne

Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

i.ax)

4 J. H. Kochendprfer

Lebanon,

Lebanon

county

1,200

4 Jos. Wilson

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1,500

4 E. C. Koons

Catasauqua, Lfhlsh C'unty

1,600

4

4

(i "W Add

Catapauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1,500

T. W. McKeever,

1,500

4 Dr. C. E. Wilson

Catasauqua, Lehigh cunty,

1,600

4 W. H. Schleicher

Catasauqua, Lehigh county,

1,500

4 '

R T. Davles

. Catasauqua, Lehigh county

. Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1.500

4

W. R. Thomas, Jr., ..

1.600

•

16

S. A. Hartman

. South AUentown,

Lehigh county,.

1,500

16

F B Saeeer

. AUentown, Lehigh county

Minnlch, Lehigh county

1,500

28

C. Peters

i,.to:>

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Dat*

1893.
Mar. 28

Name.

28
2&

April 11
11
11
11
13
28
28
28
May 1
1
April 10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

u

11
11
11

A. R. Roth,

A. J. Ebenone. .
Jno. W. Eckert,
Jacob Schaat, . .

Jos. Keefer

D. W. Coffin. ...
Frank Lauchner,
L. W. McCore, .

David Himt

A. W. Ulrich, ..

Postoffice address.

Minnlch, Lehigh county,

Minnlch, Lehigh county

Coplay, Lehigh county

Coplay, Lehigh county

Egypt, Lehigh county

Slatington, Lehigh county

Pleasant Co%er, Lehigh county,
Catasauqua, Lehigh county. ...

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

A. R. Lewis \ AUentown, Lehigh county,

E. A. Rhoads

H. C. Trexler

C. M. Wagenhorst,

W. J. Knerr

W. E. Ruhe ,

A. V. Keyl

No.shipped Total.

Schneckville, Lehigh county,

AUentown, Lehigh county,

Alburtis, Lehigh county,

ClauBsville, Lehigh county

AUentown, Lehigh county

AUentown, Lehigh county

S. D. Engle Hazleton, Luzerne county

J. W. Cooper Hazleton, Luzerne county

Philip Mane i Hazleton, Luzerne county

J. N. Borne Hazleton, Luzerne county

H. W. Jacobs Hazleton, Luzerne county,

J. H. Arnold Hazleton, Luzerne county,

Jos. McHugh, Freeland, Luzerne county

j

W. J. Bryan. Freeland, Luzerne county

Hugh Malloy, i Freeland, Luzerne county

W. F. Boyle Freeland, Luzerne county ..-

C. Boyle Freeland, Luzerne county,

J. Brelsford Freeland, Luzerne county

P. B. Ferry Upper Lehigh, Luzerne county. ...

Geo. McGee Upper Lehigh, Luzerne county, ...

Paul Dasch Tannery, Luzerne county

W. Leisenwing Sandy Run, Luzerne county

H. E. Meyer Hazlelen, Luzerne county,

W. T. Reed Ashley. Luzerne county

i. R. Smith, ' White Haven, Luzerne county. ...

T. Heslop Mountain Top, Luzerne county,.,

H. L. Morn Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, . .

L. W. Chase, ; Wilkes-Barre, Ltuierne county. ...

1.500
l.EOO
],:>)?
1,509 I
1.500

\,:m
i,.->oi

\M)

2,400

2.400

l.iJO

1.200

1,2J0

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,2')0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

i.aw

1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200

186

REPORT OF THE

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No. 20.)

r xbri KjKjm.m.xiSSx.xJi

IX'VCJXVt>3.

vm

D*te.

Name.

1893.
AprUU

R. Hartland.

11 E. F. Roth

11 C. Erath

11 John Thuma

11 J. R. Coolbaugh,

11 I. H. Moore,

11 H. C. Coolbaugh,

11 C. W. D^na

11 C. F. Bohee

11 John S. Harding,

Pustofflce adaresa.

Mo.Bhtpped Total.

WIlkes-Barre, Lurerne county, ..

Wllkee-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Wilkes- Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Wilkes- Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Wllkes-Barre. Luzerne county, ..

Wilk' B-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

11 G. M. Harding Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, ..

11 U. Dining : Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, .

11 S. W. Trimmer White Haven. Luzerne county.

13 S. Hous Hazleton, Luzerne county

13 Frank Dumheller, Hazleton, Luzerne county

13 J. W. Cale Hazleton, Luzerne county

18 G. M. Heldenrelch Hazlstcn, Luzerne county

13 F. L. Benner Sliver Brook, Luzerne county,...

13 G. A. Deach Hazleton, Luzerne county

18 William Thomas, Lake, Luzerne county

18 G. B. Rhoads Lake, Luzerne county

18 E. A. Rhoads Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, .

18 F. H. Gates Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, .

18 H. M. Horton Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county, .

18 W. L. McDougall Plttston, Luzerne county,

18 E. B. Long Plttston, Luzerne county,

18 W. D. Evans, ' Plttston, Luzerne county

18 P. Rader Plttston, Luzerne county,

i
18 E. H. Williamson Plttston, Luzerne county

18 W. C. Price Plttston, Luzerne county

18 D. Morse | Plttston, Luzerne county

18 C. Moore | Aldon. Luzerne county

18 G. Rlnehlmer Aldon, Luzerne county

28 E. M. Bradshaw Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county,

28 D. S. Smith : Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county,

28 R. Buchanan Parsons, Luzerne county,

May 6 A. J. Feeley, Hazleton, Luzerne county

A. C. Lelsenwing Upper Lehigh, Luzerne county.

S. S. Simpson.

Jeansville. Luzerne county.

1,200

i,aoo

1.800
1.M0
1,200

i.aoo
i.aoo

1,200
1.W0
1.200
1.200
1,200

\,w

1.100
1,200
l.»0
1,200

1.200
1.M

1.100
1,200
1.200
1.200

1,2(W
1.200
1,200
1,200

\.m\

1,200

1,200

1,200

l,t.C '

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200 I

1,200

1,200

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

Name.

Postoflftce address. *

No. shipped

Total.

un.

May 9

Thomas Heslop,

Mountain Top, Luzerne county,...

1,200

9
9
9

Paul Dash

Upper Lehigh, Luzerne county, ..
Morea Colliery, Luzerne county...
Bear Creek. Luzerne county

1,200

R R Beahm

1,200

Thomas S. Tucker

1,200

9
9
9
9
9
8

W V. Mever

Hazleton. Luzerne county,

Prlchard, Lu«eme county

Rock Glen, Luzerne county

Rock Glen, Luzerne county

Rock Glen, Luzerne county

Fairfield Centre, Lycoming county,

1.200

c M KraKle

1,200

1

!

Ellias Smith

1,200

1

\V o 'FnnBe

1,200

A W Maun

• 1,200

1

M M Anstadt

1.200

April 17 James Wray

May 25 M. B. Taylor

M I J. H. Taylor

25 M. T. Putt

25 C. P. Dull

25 Dr. W. B. Means,

25 C. L. Nail

April 3 E. M. Heller

3 L. Sandt,

O. K. Hoffner.

Joseph Baltz, . ,

A. Gower,

3 N. M. Lesh.

17
17
17
17
17
17
17

Soradsville, Mifflin county,

Reedsvllle, Mifflin county

Reedsville, Mifflin county

Reedsvllle, Mifflin county

McVeytown. Mifflin county. ..
McVeytown, Mifflin county. ..

Siglervllle. Mifflin county

Saylorsburg, Monroe county,
Saylorsburg. Monroe county,
Saylorsburg, Monroe county,
Saylorsburg, Monroe county,
Saylorsburg. Monroe county,
Sclota. Monroe county,

Sclota, Monroe county

Sclota, Monroe county

Sclota. Monroe county

Sclota, Monroe county

Gilbert. Monroe county,

Gilbert. Monroe county

Gilbert, Monroe county

Snydersvllle, Monroe county,

SnydersvUle, Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

H. Shifter | Stroudsburg, Monroe county.

J. H. Shull Stroudsburg. Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county.

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

Stroudsbunr. Monroe county.

3 E. Werkhelser,
3 J. S. Woodllng,
3 I C. M. Baltz, ..
3 E. A. Bossard,

Peter J. Shafer,
T. Altemost, . .

J. Kresge

E. Rlnker

3 S. S, Lesh,

James Edlnger,

P, B. Hahnes,

D. R. Brown,

B. A. Bell, ..

S. Holmes, . . .

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200 I

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1^

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^r 2/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

Name.

1893.

April 17 W. C. VanVliet,

17 Oscar Staples, ..

17 J. F. Bastean, ,

17 H. W. Hauser,

17 H. W. Brodhead,

17 J. M. Strunk, ..

17 O. Staples

Postofflce address.

No. shipped ' Total.

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Delaware Water Gap, M. nroe Co.,
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,
Delaware AVater Gap, Monroe Co..
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co..

17 Albert Staples j Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 J. D. BrodlK-ad, \ Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co..

17 A. H. Transue, Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 J. B. Shaw Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 D. G. Shannon i Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 E. L. Brodhead Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 H. A. Brodhead I Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 D. B. Frederick Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 A. Spraquel I Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 J. W. Graves Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

17 A. C. Graves | Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co.,

20 T. M. Lynch Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county.-

20 I. S. Case Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 IT. J. Meyers Tubvhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 J. K. Heller Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 W. H. Case, Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 John Lynch, ' Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 I. S. Case \ Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county..

20 N. S. Brittain Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 I. L. Leip Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 T. A. Compton ! Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

20 R. Newhart j Houser Mills, Monroe county

20 C. Rader Houser Mills, Monroe county

20 S. Stauffer Hous* r Mills, Monroe county

20 Peter Fox Houser MilL«, Monroe county

20 E. Hay i Houser Mills, Monroe county,

20 T. Miller

21 Frank Morter,

21 C. Brown

21 G. W. Warner,

21

C. W. Detrick,

21 1 N, R. Detrick,

Houser Mills, Monroe county,
Tannersville, Monroe county,.
Tannersville, Monroe county, .
Tannersville, Monroe county, .
Amalomink, Monroe county, ,
Amalomink, Monroe county, ,

1,200
1,200
1,200 :
1,200 '
1,200
1,200

1,200

I
1,200

1,200

T.aoft I

1,200 I

1,200 I

1.200 ;

1.20«)

1,200
1,200
1,200 i

1,200
1,200

\,v»

1,200
1.100
1.100

i,aoo

1

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

t.2D0

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

1^

Date.

Name.

1893.

April 21 U. G. Fish

21 W. F. LaBar

21 J. B. Chandler.

21 T. M. Ferris

21 N. Row

21 T. H. Stiles

21 W. A. Fish,

21 N. Row

21 A. R. Detrick

21 C. Strunk

21 J. Hamblin

21 W. J. Hamblin

21 Mrs. A. Maginnis. .

21 E. E. Hooker

21 L. Transue

21 H. Smith

21 C. Stamer,

21 John Shutt

21 M. Warner

21 L. a. Smith

24 A. M. Price

24 C. W. Bruten,

24 J. M. Gravle

24 Harry Baten

24 Jacob Gravle

24 Laban Lewis

24 W. A. Price

24 H. F. Nicholson, ..

24 S. Place,

24 H. E. Recker

25 J. A. Haines

25 H. T. LaBar

25 C. W. Stone

25 G. R. LaBar

25 B. F. Miller

25 A. B. Strunk

25 I D. W. Bash

25 I H. McCleskey

25 I J. Woodling

Postofflce address.

No.shipped Total.

Amalomink, Monroe county, ...... 1.200

Amal(ynink, Monroe county 1,200

Amalomink, Monroe county, 1.200

Amalomink, Monroe county, 1,200

Amalomink, Monroe county 1.200

Amalomink, Monroe county, 1,200

Amalomink, Monroe county 1,200

Amalomink, Monroe county, 1,200

Amalomink, Monroe county, 1.200

Swiftwater, Monroe coxinty 1,200

Swiftwater, Monroe county 1.200

Swiftwater, Monroe county 1.200

Swiftwater, Monroe county 1,200

Mt. Pocono, Monroe coimty 1.200

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county 1.200

Mt. Pocono. Monroe county 1.200

Mt. Pocono. Monroe county. 1.20O

Mt. Pocono. Monroe county 1,200

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county 1.200

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county 1.200

Canadensis, Monn e county 1,200

Canadensis, Monroe county 1.200

Canadensis, Monroe county 1.200

Canadensis, Monroe county 1.200

Canadensis, Monroe county, 1.20O

Canadensis, Monroe county, 1.200

Canadensis. Monroe county, 1,20»

La Ama. Monroe county. 1,200

Cresco, Monroe county 1.200

Cresco, Monroe county, %9^

Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,. 1,20»

Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,. 1,200

Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,. 1,200

Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,. 1,S8*

Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,. 1,200

aiarshall's Creek, Monroe county,. 1,200

Marshall's Creek, Monroe county,. 1,200

Appenzell, Monroe county 1,>00

Appenzell, Monroe county 1-200

19U

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Oft. Doc.

Date. I

1893.
April 25
May 1
.1
1 .
1
1
1

1 {
1
1
1
1
1

13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13

• A

■■>

13

13

13

13

13

18

It

18

18

13

13

13

16

16

Name.

John Overflew

T. Price

T. Kintz

J. S. Snow

W. J. Price

J. W. Seese,

M. D. Price

A. Price

B. Snow,

R. M. Hartley

W. C. Henry

W. H. Henry

E. E. Hooker, Jr.,
L. Crook

F. W. Borne

W. Kuntz

Henry Martz

Charles Yetter

S. Walter

J. M. Kerr

M. Brish,

H. E. Smith

E. Heller

David Abel

W. E. Miller

J, G. Palmer

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Shoemakersville, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Paradise, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroo cuunty, ....

Canadensis, Monroe cunty

Canadensis, Monroe county, ... .

Parkside, Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county,

Parkside, Monroe county, ...
Mt. Pocono, Monroe county,
Stroudsburs. Monroe county,
Stroudsburgr, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburgr, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county.

• • • •

Geo. L.. Dreher j stroudsburg, Monroe county.

E. Nixon Stroudsburg, Monroe county.

W. Van Gorden,
W. H. Ramsey,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

, F. K. Hess I Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

J. H. Stofflel I Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

' S. Flagler | stroudsburg, Monroe county,

W. Gullck i stroudsburg, Monroe county,

H. J. Kutz,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

A. Bettenbender I Stroudsburg, Monroe county

W. D. Palmer i Stroudsburg. Monroe county

t

M. G. Sellers Parkside, Monroe county

W. Deltrlch,

Parkside, Monroe county.

i,aoo

1,800

1.800

1,800

1,200

1,200

1,800

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,800

1,800

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.80O

1,800

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,800

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,800

1,200

1,200

1,200

Total.

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

191

Date.

Kanif

Pt>8toffl«'e address.

May 16 M. K. Smith, .

16 J. A. Boyd

16 W. .1. Sellers.

15 W W Hughes.

16 J. Kisterbeck.

Parkside, Monroe county,
Parkside, Monroe i-ounty.

Pfirksiile, M.inr^ "iint> .

Parksi'le. Monri.^ .oinitv

Parkside, Monroe county,

Parkside, Monroe county.

16 E. Hagert.

16 George W. Reader j Parkside. Monroe county,

16 Mrs.M. C.Henry & Son,.! Parkside, Monroe county,

16 Eugene Arndt I Parkpide, Monroe county.

16 Eugene Henry Parkside Monroe county

16 J. Besocker, | Parkside. Monroe county

Parkside, Monroe county,

^rar.

16 J. K. Wells. ....

16 H. C. Wells

16 E. D. Fenne, ...
16 W. W. Trimps, .
IS D. D. Walton, ..,
18 J. S. Williams, ..

18 Jos. Brish

18 Geo. Shackolton.

18 T. H. Welter

18 M. S. Stenberg. .

18 P. K. Hess

18 A. C. Janson, ...

18 A. B. Melick

18 Jno. O. Saylor. . ,
18 J. L. Purington, ..

18 G. W, Bono

18 E. S, Truslow

18 P. M. Mptzger, ...

18 G. Hufsmlth

M. Rinker

W. H. Truslow. ..

J. C. LaBar

A. Truslow

O. W. Meredith, ...

A. J. Hunt

H. Dale

N. M. Wiser

D. K Crater

18
18
18
18
18
18
24
«
6

Parkside, Monroe county. ..
Parkside. Monroe county, ...
Parkside, Monroe county, ...
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg. Monri'C county,
Stroudsburg, Mnnroo county.
Stroudsburg. Monroe county
Stroudsburg. Monroe county,
Stroudsburg. Monroe county,
Strou<lsburp. Monroe county.
Strou.lphurg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg. Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county.
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county, ,
Stroudsburg, Monroe county, .
Stroudsburg. Monroo county. .
Stroudsburg. Monroo county. .
Stroudsburg, Monroe county. .
Stroudsburg, Monroe county, ..
Stroudsburg. Monroe county. ..

Gilbert, Monroe county

Eureka. Montgomery county, .
N'arclssa. Monfgompry cnunt.v.

No.shipped I Total.

1.200
l.LIJU
l.'AH)

t.aw)

1,800

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,2«)0

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,20(1

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

I.2i1i1

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

I
1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200 I

1,200 I

2.400

1.500

1.000

13

ite

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ri/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

1893.
Mar. 6

22

22
22
AlTil 6
11
11
11
May 23
24
Mar. 8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
;i

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

J. B. Long

J. D. Soulier

G. H. Stclnmetz.

W. M. Dickinson

John Garrett

M. Christman

W. A. Fisher

W. H. Knudler

W. H. Knudler

W. Gamble

M. S. Kulp

C. J. Waidner

J. T. Wooding

W. Weiland

R. G. Schweitzer, ...

M. J. Shimer

J. O. Landenberger,

I. H Shinier

H. T. Drake,

H. Randolph

H. Schummel

M. T. Warren

R. K. Bufivimin,

J. J. Bruce

Dr. O. O. E. Arndt.

1. H. Shimer

C. F. Hankey

O. B. Desh

E. Hammonn

M. A. Boshek

W. H. Hoffman, ...

I,, w. Snyder

j M. C. Luckenbach,
I c. H. Waukenfield,

J. F. Rauch

J. H. Johnson

C. P. Snyder

p. Li. Woodrinp ■^•■

H. H. l>a«h

Narcissa. Montgomery county. .

Telford, Montgomery county

Norristown. Montgomery county..
Norristown. Montgomery county..
Bridgeport. Montgomery county. .

Sanatoga, Montgomery county

Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county,.
North Wales. Montgomery county,
Ashbourne. Montgomery county...
Gulf Mills, Montgomery county,..
Creamery, Montgomery county, ..
Hellertown, Northampton county..
Hellertown, Northampton county..
Hellertown, Northampton county..
Butztown, Northampton county, .
Freemansburg. Northampton Co.,.
Freemansburg, Northampton Co...
Bethlehem. Northampton county.

Easton. Northampton county

East.n, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton c utity

Kaston, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton. Northampton county

Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county...
Bethlehem, Northampton county... I
Bethlehem, Northampton county,., j
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county...
Bethlehem, Northampton county...
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem. Northampton county...
Bethlehem. Northampton county,..
Bethlfhem. Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county...

1,500

1.500

1.500 i

1,500 I

1,500

l,50o

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.500

1,500 ;

1,500 i

1,500

1,500 i

i
1.500

1.500

1,500

i,r.oo

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook I'rout Fry — Continued.

193

Date.

Name.

1893.
Mar. 9
f
9
9
9
9
28
April 3
3
3
3
3
13
13
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
May 2
6
16
16
16
18
18
18
24
24
Mar. 30
30
30
M
30
30
30
30

C. A, Hultsch

' Dr. P. Lebfrled

A. L. Shimer

G. E. L. Kramer

B. F. CoCfrey

C. E. Snyder

C. H. Mohrey

J. J. Roth

J. T. Oram

B. Mack

O. H. Knecht

John H. Oeiser ,

L. B. Camdon.

Geo. Bugf.-l

J. S. Osterstock

J. Anglemoyer

W. M, Shawda

F. S. Bixler

John A. Whlll

J. W. Correll

W. C. Edman

Rev. H. W. Keiffer, ,^

W. H. MInlch

H. M. Brlttain

A. S. Shuil

E. Werkheiser

James Rader

A. E, Stetler

H. LIghtcap

J. W. .Snyder

S. S. Messenger

Joseph Johnson

B. Bockmer

B. B. Smith

F. E. Shimer

O. R. Hanley.

P. A. Bender

Martin Markle

Geo. L.elblg

PostofRce address.

Bethlehem, Northampton county,.
Bethlehem, Northampton county, .
Bethlehem, Northampton county,.
Bethlehem, Northampton county..
Bethlehem, Northampton county,.
Bethlehem, Northampton county,.,
Cherryvllle, Northampton county,,

Nazareth, Northampton county,..

Nazareth, Northampton county,..

Nazareth, Northampton county,..

Nazareth, Northampton county,..

Bath, Northampton county

Bangor, Northampton county

Kunkletown, Northampton county,

Easton, Northampton county

Easton. Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

Cherryville, Northampton county,.

Martin's Creek, Northampton Co.,

Martin's Creek, Northampton Co.,

Martin's Creek, Northampton Co.,

Belfast, Northampton county

Edelman. Northampton county,
Middaghs, Northampton county, .,
Wind Gap, Northampton county,.
Tatamy, Northampton cotmty,
Treverton, Northumberland Co.,..
Treverton, Northumberland Co....
Shamokln. Northumberland Co.,..'
Shamokin. Northumberland Co....
Shamokin, Northumberland Co.,..
Shamokin. Northumberland Co.,..
Shamokin. Northumberland Co....
Shamokin. Northumberland Co....

No. shipped

Total.

1,500

l,iJOO

1,500

1,.500

1.500

1.500

1,500

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

i.ax)

1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,2110
1,200
1.200
1.300

i.aoo

1,200
1.200
1,500
1,500

1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200

13-20-94

194

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fry-Couimned.

(OfE. Doc.

No. 26.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

195

Date.

istti'..

Name.

I'utJtortice a.ldress.

Mar. 30 C. A. Johnsnii

April 17 J. W. Fryling

17 I. G. i^eJler.

May 10 E. S. Huusel. •

10 J. R- Housel.

U G. W. Armstrong.
10 G. T. Rotharmel. ..
10 R. L- Montgomen',

April 13 John Wlster

May 1 F. M. McKeehan,

1 Oliver Rice

1 J. Willis.

1 T. Darlington

1 J. E. Junkin

1 R. L. Magee

1 Dr Gulshall,

Mar. 8 C. Summers

8 C. G. Gilmore

May 11 W. C. Meehan, ...

April 25 W. Betisley

25 S. Schoonover

25 B. R. Schoonover,
25 H. J. VanV'.el, ..

25 Richard Dietz.

Mar

25 W. P. Townsend,

25 A. Ledever

25 J. Ottenhelmer, .

25 \V. M. Ladlee. ...

25 W. H. Stoddard. .

22 R. J. Miller

22 J. M. Kaufman.

22 J. S. Diebcpt, ...

22 A. Frantz

22 I. Stamm

22 I C. S. Bensinger,

27

27
27

p. Burkey

J. Reed

A. D. Krelf'hbaum,
Frank St rouse, ...

No.shlpped

Shamokln. Northumberland Co....
Sunbury. Northumberland county,
Shamokln, Northumberland Co....
Watsontowii. Xorthumb»'rland Ou..
Watsontown, Northumberland Co..
McEwensville, Northumberl'd Co.,
McEwensviUe. Northumberl'd Co.,
Turbotvllle, Northumberland Co.,.

Duncannon. Perry county

Ferguson, Perry county

New Bloomfleld, Perry county ...
New BloomfielJ, Perry county, ...
New Bloomfleld, Perry crunty. ...
New Bloomfleld, Perry county, ... '
New Bloomfleld, P^rrv >ounty. ...

main. Perry county

Frankford, Philadelphia county,..
Frankford, Philadelphia county,..
Philadelphia. Philadelphia county,

Delaware, Pike county

Buplikill, Pike county

Bushkill, Pike county

BushkUl, Pike county.

Bushkill, Pike county

Bushkill. PiUe county

Bushkill, Pike county

Bufhkill, I'ik'- county

Bushkill, Pike county

Bushkill, Pike county

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Auburn. Schuylkill county

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co...
Now ningg-dd. Schuylkill 'ounty,.
New Ringgold, Schuylki-.l c unty..
New Ringgold. S«huylklll county..

Lelbyville. Schuylkill county

Suedsburg. Schuylkill county

Sued«>burg. Schuylkill county

Summit Station, Schuylkill county.

Total.

1,200

2,400

1.20O

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

4,800

%m

1,2«W

1,2')0

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,500

1.500

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,^

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.20O

1.200

1.200

1.500

l..'.Ot)

$^000

1,500

1.G0O

i.iw|

1.600

!.■»
1.IW

t.GlC

Date.

.Same.

Mar 27 ' J. Archbald.

I'l.stullice address.

27 James Brestin

27 B. C. Greldner

27 Samuel Buckner

27 C. W. Parkin

27 G. Rlshap

27 W. H. Sowers

27 E. L. Kean

27 Geo. Dewald

27 W. Sheetz

27 J. A. Zimmerman. ...

27 W. Hartman

28 E. N, Hill

28 C. H. Fritzmeyer

2i« F. K Napp

29 I. M. Kehler

29 M. .S. Schalm,

29 J. D. Keifer

29 C. A. Weber

29 H. M. Seltzmeyer, ...

29 H. Conner

29 F. R. Price

21) S. I... Price

29 A. B. c;arner

29 M. J. Flanagan

29 Ashland Game & Fish

Protective Assot'n,..

29 S. G. Roberts

29 E. Hettennan

29 Jno. Roberts

29 E. K. Betterman

29 S. Kehler

29 H. H. Gelst

29 C. B. K«hler

29 Fr.ank Kehler

29 I Frank MUler

30 Ruf us Bohr

30

No. shipped

Tremont Game & Fish
Protective .Assoclat'n.

Llewellyn, Schuylkill county

Llewellyn. Schuylkill county

Minersvlllt^, Sthuylkill county, ...
Schuylkill Huv.n, Schuylkill »'o.,.

Pottsville, Schuyik 11 i ounty

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

i'ottsviMe, Schuylkill county

Pottsvillt', Schuylkill i ounty

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

sutler. Schuylkill county

Slttler, Schuylkill county

Locust Dale, Schuylkill county,..
Locust Dale, Schuylkill county,..
Locust Dale, Schuylkill county,..
LocuHt Dale. Schuylkill county,..
Fountain Spring, Schuylkill Co.,.
Fountain Spring, Schuylkill Co...
Fountain Spring, Schuylkill Co...
Fountain Spring, Schuylkill Co.,.

A.'shland, Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Shenandoah. Schuylkill ounty,...
Shenandoah, Schuylkill cunty....
Shenandoah. Schuylkill county....
Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...
Shenandoah. Schuylkill county,...

Kehler, Schuylkill county

Kehler, Schuylkill county

Kehler, Schuylkill county

Kehler, Schuylkill county

Kehler. Schuylkill county

Trcmr nt, Schuylkill county

Total.

1,5<10
1.500

a, 000

1.500
1.SU0
1.S00
1,500
1,500
1,500
3,000
1,500
1,500
1.500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1.500
1,500
1.500
1,S00
l.MO
1,500
1.500

lO.OfW
1,.500
l,50t1
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,.".00
1..500

i,axi

l..'iO<l
1.5<X»

10,000 I

196

Brook

REPORT OF THE

Trout ^ry— Continued.

Postofflce address.

(

Off. Doc

Date.

Name.

No. shipped

i

Total.

18H3.

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Potts\ine, Schuylkill county

Fottsville. Schuylkill county

Fottsville, Schuylkill county

Fottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Fottsville, Schuylkill county

Fottsville, Schuylkill county

Fottsville, Schuylkill county

Fottsville, Schuylkill county

Fottsville, Schuylkill county

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, ...

Delano, Schuylkill county

Delano. Schuylkill county

Delano. Schuylkill county

Delano. Schuylkill county

Delano. Schuylkill county

DpIrtio Schuvlklll county,

1,500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1.500
1,500
3,600
1.500
1,200
1,200
1,»0
1,200
1 2.400
1,200
1,200

1,200
! 1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.2'M)
1.200
1.200
! 1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200

alar. SO f

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30
April 4

T M Hover

T^ <l T'hillinH ..*

H C Ent

C. H. Schimpf

TT T. T^ooch

F. T. Wade,

A T W'lest

C Shutz

H "P Ton

'N7aYsp 'N'plann •

TTmnlf WpntZ

A "Paust

T* T> TWfirsd**!!

Tj V Perrv

A G T^£iJ-»ltir'

K "F Kehler

Delano, Schuylkill county

Delano. Schuylkill county

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.
1 Tamenend, Schuylkill county......

i 'Kf^v Sohuvlklll county •

M H Kehler

Peter Gurse,

W. A. Lutz

Henry Moyer

Frank Grasch

Nev Schuylkill county

Benj. Machamer, ......

T .TnHnson .....••■

Treventon, Schuylkill county

Treventon. Schuylkill county

St. Clair, Schuylkill county

St. Clair, Schuylkill county

Ringtown, Schuylkill county

Ringtown. Srhuylkill county

Ringtown. Schuylkill county

Ringtown, Schuylkill county

Ringtown, Schuylkill county

Ringtown, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1

^ Tamaqua. Schuylkill county

M .T Carroll

T. B. Gelger

E Miller

12

H. D. Rentschler,

J. Banks

H Dresher

'

12
12

Peter Dresher

>C S Dresher

1

12
12
12

James I..ord

H, B. Grauff

W. T. Follweller

1

No, 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

197

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

1893.
April 12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13

Name.

.May

5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

G. M. Baner

D. Relnhold.

F. P. Krebs

Li. Kleckner

U. G. Frldince

W. S. Ailebacb

A. L. Luts

Lewis Houser

J. C. Walters

A. H. Beitler

C. Winkle

C. S. Keath

Mahanoy City Game &

Fish Prot. Ass'n

B. J. Duffy

J. Enterline

Frank Lynch,

C. H. Weldy

S. J. AlUier

P. H. Clayton

H. C. Gardner

James Lord,

S. Brode,

W. S. Smith

J. W. Sheaffer

W. Sultz

J. Saltzahn

J. Hand

E. Brown

H. W. Reedy

R. R. Seitzinger

David Hand

H. F. Hand

J. W. Hand

J. H. Kessler

Henry Kessler

E. H. "Klousser

Frank Hand

Paul Kfssler

Postofflce addre.-s.

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county,
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county,
Tamaqua, Schuylkill couaty.
Tamaqua. Schuylkill county.
Tamaqua. Schuylkill county.
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county.
Tamaqua. Schuylkill county,
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county,
Tamaqua. Schuylkill county.
Delano, Schylkill county, ...
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county.
Mahanoy City. Schuylkill county.

Mahanoy, City, Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

Tamaqua. Schuylkill county,

Tamaqua. Schuylkill county

Tamaqua. Schuylkill county

Agna, Schuylkill county.

Delano. Schylkill county

Ringtown, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Fountain Springs, Schuylkill Co.,

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin. Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin, Schuylkill county

Orwin. Srhuylkill county

No. shipped

Total.

1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200

S,000

1,200
l,2uO
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,'JOO
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1,200

19S

RKPORT OP THE

Brook Trout i^^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

V.

•XI »

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

1>;U-

Name.

I»ostofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

\fm.

«

nttii Zimnu'riiian

rf-._„,i_- fc*^KiiY.llrtll ^mintv •

1,200

-May 4

Orwln, bcnujiKiii couniy

nrwin Srhuvlklll county

1.200 1

4

6

J. P. Hoffman

C. Brownmiller

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county..

1,300

G

1

■R XT TCIPf^RP

Gerardville, Schuylkill county

1,200
1,200

G. W. Brill

6

Jno. MiMuSlen, Jr

T\-\„^^n. C2<-kiii«Yrllr{11 f»r»iintv ....■-•

1.200

8

('. K. Uei>e\v

1.200

6

L)elano, ocnujiKiii cuumjr, ..•

• ■

r>piano Schuvlkill county,

1,20»
2,400

6

6

C. r^. <ilt*nn

Dr. J. C. Biddle

Fountain Sprlngrs, Schuylkill Co...

Coaldale, Schuylkill county

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co.,.
.Schuylkill Haven. Schuylkill Co.,

1,200
1,200
1.200

8
S

T TJ" Ruph

E. B. Peale

S
8
8

G 1-tiiMh1«T ■

S<huv,!.ill Haven. Schuylkill Co.,

1,200

Glen Carbon, Schuylkill county,.
Llewellyn, Schuylkill county

1,200
1,200

•

James Archbald

8

James Brestine

Llewellyn. Schuylkill county

1.200

8

8

c H PhllHits

Mlnersvllle. Schuylkill county,...

1,200

K. S. Xerrell

Cressona. Schuylkill county

1,200

8

J. \V. Reeber

Lenhartsville. Schuylkill ci>unty,.

2,400

;»

April 17

17

"1

Delano, Schuylkill county

1,200

T4 T 1 >n*»hlpr

1 Selinsgrove, Snyder county

M»

T K llnvis

1 SelinsRrove. Snyder county

i Selinsgrove, Snyder county

1,200

1.2J0

J. H. rish

17

James Mlrtdlesworth. .

Troxelvllle, Snyder county

1,200

17

W. <". KttJnger

Troxelville, Sny.ler county

1.200

17

N. M. Mlddlesworth, ..

Troxelvllle, Snyder county

1.200

\1

Paul Blllhart

, MIddleburg. Snyder county

1,200

17

28

T M Boerer

I

1 Sellnspntve. Snyder county

i

1 Klcketts, Sullivan county

1,200
l.SM

Trf'xler Lumber Co.. .

19
19

n Ti RtUps

. Gibson. Susquehanna county, ...
.1 Klngsley. Susqueianna county, .

1,200

i,wo

1.. K. Tiffany

24
24

24

■R 1 , Pn st>

Alford, Susquehanna county, ..
. j Montrose, Susquehanna county,
.; Montrose. Susquehanna county,

1

1.200
1,200
1.200

T T ) Preslvr

L. M. Tyrrell

24

A. W. Lyons

.] Montrose. Susquehanna county,

1

1.200

24
24

T P Tavlor

,; Montrose, Susquehanna county,
. Montrose. Susquehanna county.

1,200
1.200 ,

(

G. E. Woodneff

24

, W. W. Woodniff, .. .

1 r< -SK fiihnA

. Montrose, Susquehanna county,
i MonfroBp, Riisniiehann.n countv.

1.200 \

\

1.200 j

Date.

Name.

PoBtofllce address.

No. shipped

m

1893.
April 26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
17
17
17
17
17
17
17

T. W. Cunnlngnaul. ..

A. J. Cowley

N. Tonkens,

Alfred Bowell

Dr, A. L. Croft

Frank Lyon

P. H. Flynn

G. M. Gonegal,

T. E. Williams

E. C. Terrett

W. H. Richmond

D. Rauch

David Moure

S. WertB

Chas. Smith

C. Rauch

Jno. Pick.

Cyrus Lelnbach

Robert M. Griffey,

B. F. Kelser

Thomas Rauch

C. SpangWr

T. F. Walker

Robert Datesman

J. B. Leiser,

B. Blckel

P. F. Cromley

J. R. Datesman

W. H. Dlflfenderfer. ...

A. H. Krelsher

S. H. Boyer

E. Datesman

E. Elliott

Henry Kulp

C. Brentzenhoff

James Koch

James Ely

X. Plummer

J. Harris

Herrlck Centre, Susquehanna Co.
Herrlck Centre, Susquehanna Co.
Herrlck Centre. Susquehanna Co.
Herrlck Centre. Susquehanna Co.
Herrlck Centre, Susquehanna Co.
Herrlck Centre, Susquehanna Co.
Herrlck Centte. Susquehanna Co.
Herrlck Centre, Susquehanna Co.
Olyphant. Susquehanna county.
Forest City. Susquehanna county,
Forest City. Susquehanna county,
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills. Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county,

West Milton, Union county

West Milton. Union county

West Milton. Union county

West Milton, Union county

West Milton, Union county

Wsist Milton. Union county

West Milton. Union county

West Milton. Union county

West Milton. Union county

West Milton, Union county

West Milton, Union county

West Milton, Union county

Wost Milton, Union county

White Deer Mills. Union county,
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills. Union county.
White Deer Mills, Union county.
White Deer Mills. Unlcn county,
Wli'tc Deer Mills, I'nlon county.

13*

1,200

1,200 '

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,20»

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.2')0

1.2iJ0

1,200 ,

I
1.200 f

1.2<10 I

1.2<»

Total,

^w

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

COff. Doc.

Daie.

Name.

Postofflce address. No. shipped

Total.

18'J3.
April 17 W. M. Coloml

White Deer Mills, Union county, .
White Deer Mills. Unl. n county. .
White Deer Mills, Unl( n county, .

1,200
1,200
1.200

1

17 Joel Walter

11 T"" XTiifT

White Deer Mills, Union county, . 1.200
White Deer Mills, Union county, . 1.800

17 6

.. McColnu,

I. V. B. Lincoln,

White Deer Mills, Union county, .

1,200
1,200

17 I

T.aiirtf^itnn ITnlon county

1,200
1,200

17 1

5, W. Rutherford

"» W Smith ''

17 £
17 1

Laurelton, Union county

1,200
1,200

T. B. HuneBlcker

r R Huff

17 ]
10 J
10 (
10 <
10 •

10

1

10
10
10

White Deer Mills, Union county,..
White Deer Mills, Union county,..
White Deer Mills, Union county,..

1,200
1,200
1,200

1

l^fi Huff '

FVirtmo* ICnoh '

1
White Deer Mills, Union county,.. 1,200

White Deer Mills. Union county,.,) 1.200

White Deer MUls. Union county,.. 1.200

White Deer Mills. Union county,.. l.^K)

White Deer Mills, Union county... 1.200

Hnvld *R1v

r>nvlH Rlv

AiiAnvrnn^ TTnlon county.

1.200
1.200

10
18
18 '

18

Belvldere, Warren county, N. J...

E»lvidere, Warren county. N. J.,. kMI
Belvidere. Warren county. N. J... ^ifc 1

T T . Beck

G. C. Robertson

C. Bergman, . . ;

T W. T*iffaTiv.

TTii.iAcs^o la *\A/Qvnp ^niintv .......a

1,200

1

1 1,200
1,200

April 2«
26
26

May 1

•.Ij'iesdale, Wayne county

Pleasant Mont, W^ayne county. ..

CI T> Stpvens •

Mapiewood, Wayne county | 1.200

Eugene Quintin

1,200
1,200
1,200

1

Hawlev Wayne county

1

James Wlllham

XJavmrlAv TX^QV'flP ^nilTltV >••

1
April 18

IK

Ofi^erhout Wyomlns: county, ..•••

1.200

H B Miller

Lorelton, Wyoming county 2,400

Pj11<i Wyoming county. i 1,200

18 i
18
18
18

C C Marcy

T?11v Siplclpr

IT « lit; XVvnminer oountv. ..••••••••

1,200

S. A. Sturdevant

A H Russell

. Meshoppen, Wyoming county, ...
. Russell Hill, Wyoming county,...
. Meshoppen, Wyoming county, ...

. fTicholson, Wyoming county

. Xlcholson, Wyoming county

1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200

18

J A. Klntner

19
19

C. R. Newton

W. H. Quick

No. 20.)

PlSri OOMMISHlONiaKS.
Brook Trovi Fry — CJontinued.

201

Date.

I

1893.

April 19
19
19

Mar. 14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
1«
16
16
1«
1«
18
16

N.ime.

W. A. Wllcoji, .,
H. P. Wilcox, ..
F. P. Stephens,

Albert Sheir

J. H. Beck

J. L. BeclE

W. F. Logan, ...
C. H. Moyer, ...

H. C. Nlles

M. Schall

C. F. Hamme.
O. D. Hamme,

F. Wright,

Amos Harmer. .
Chester Wright.
E. B. Chandler.
C. F. Wilson, ..
R. G. Murphy, .

T. A. Neflf

H. A. Miller, ..

J. C. Neff

L. S. Moore, ...
J. W. Yeats, ...
J. M. Strevig, .
P. A. Small, ...

G. B. Gensler, .
M. Everhart, . .

E. Stoner

E. D. Strlckler,
M. R. Swartz, .
G. F. Shiver, ..
L. M. Bailey. ..

; C. G. Hartman,

I
J. O. Swartz, ..

W. O. Zigler. ..

G. I. Jordan. ...

S. A. Matthews.

P. R. Jordan. .

Postoflice address.

Nicholson, Wyoming county, .
Nicholson. Wyoming county, ,
Nicholson, Wyoming county,

York, York county

Qladfelters, York county

Shrewsbury, York county

Oross-Roads, York county, ...

York, York county

York, York county,

York, York county,

Smith's Station, York county.
Smith's Station, York county,

McFord, York county

McFord, York county

McFord, York county

McFord. York county

Sunnyburn, York county

vVoodblne, York county

Re J Lion, York county

Rel Lion, York county

Re 3 Lion. York county

Lucky, York county

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county,

Hcllam, York county

Hellam, York county

Hellam, York county

Codorus, York county

Nelman, York county

Shrewsbury. York county

New Oxford. York county. ...
Stewartstown. York county. ..
Stewartstown, York county, ..

New Park, York county

Stewartstown, York county. ..

No. shipped Total.

J. D. C. Young Seven Valley, York county.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,500

LtMO

1,600

1,600

1,500

1,600

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1,600

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.50»

1,500

1.500

1.500

i,Knn

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.600

1.600

1,500

202

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout JV^^— Continued.

^Off. Doc.

Date.

Ig93. i
Mar. 31
31
31
31
31
IS'J!.
June 9
10
10
10
10
10
10
April 23
Feb. 28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28

N 11)1'?.

Postofflce address.

J. B. Budding.
H. H. Alloways,
J. H. Terbest, .

C. L. Baer

C. I. Nes,

Mar.

7
7
7

19
19
10
19
19
19
19
19
19

H. C. Demuth,

L. L. Roney,

R. C. Relnsmith

W. J. Fenstermacher, . .
H. E. Haas

A. D. Berger

C. Ford

H. .r. Arendt

C. H. Armour

J. Dickinson

B. L. Gretli

Fred. Gerhart.

I. E. Houck

J. .1. HouL'k

J. P. Smith

J. W. Butz

R. Miller

G. H. Smith

A. H. Merkel

E. B. Griesemer

C. (". Sands

S. M. Meredith

H. R. Hull

D. F. Bittner

D. H. Schwoyer

E. D. Lung

A. H. Merkel

A. Kerohoff

W. H. Harris

Senator H. D. Green,
S. B. Kepper

I John Miller

W. D. Filbert

York, York county

New Park, York county,
Gulchelvllle, York county.

Delta, York county

York, York county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, I..th'gh county

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

Arendtsville, Adams county

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county

Reading, Berks county,

Reading, Berks county

Reading. Berks county

Reading, Berks county

Reading. Berks county

Moselem, Berks county

Griesemersville. Berks ctiunty

Blrdsboro, Berks county

Reading. Berks county

Sinking Spring, Berks county

Sinking Spring, Berks county, ....

Bowmans, Berks county

Bowmans, Berks county

Moselem, Berks county

Hamburg. Berks county

Hamburg. Berks county

Reading, Berks county

Sinking Spring, Berks county, ...

Wernersvllle, Berks county

Wonielfidnrf. Berks county

1,500
1,500
1.500
1.500

1,500

2,000

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

3,000

1,200

1,500

1,500

3.000

l.SOO

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.500

1,&X)

1,500

3,000

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.500

1.500

1.500

1.500

3.000

3,000

1,500

3,000

No. shipped Total.

1,613,980

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook TrotU ^ry— Continued.

Z06

Dat-^

Name.

Postofllce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.

Mar 19

J. S. Wenrich

Bemville Berks county

3.000
1.500

19

w p DeDoen

Reading Berks county.

19

L Hain

({irdfiboro Berks county

i.6oe

3,000

19

J C! Bradlev

R4r<1<»hnm Berks countv

19

L. H. Focht

Blrdsboro Berks county

1.500
1.500

19

J^ohn S Llovd

Hlr<lBhorn Berks countV.

27

W. Shingle

Blrdsboro. Berks county

1.200

27

J B Lacev

■Rlrrl^horo Berks countv

1,200

27

G H Focht

Rlriishnro Berks county

1,200

27

Samuel Fair

T^irdahoro Berks county

1.200

27

-T "M "Rrutzman

"RlrfjRhorn Rprks coiintv

1,200

27

J. K. Lendlman

Gelgertown, Berks county

1.200

27

D. W. B. Kupp

C w Snvder ..

«lihrnltar Berks countv

i.aoo

29

ICiitztown Berks countv

1,200

29

J F. Wentzei

Kiitytown Berks countv.

1,200

29

J. B. HerzosT

01<*v Rprks oountv

1,200

29

A. H. Houch

OIpv Rprks oountv

1,200

29

S. B. Melot

OIav Rprks countv

1.^)0

29

J. Van Besklrk

Pricetown, Berks county

1.200

29

J. Wagmer,

Mohraville Berks county.

1,200

29

J. D. Lambert

Sinking Springs, Berks county, ...
T^pfiiiinfir Rprks countv ...........

1,200

April 9
9

Larrv Ressler

1,200
1,200

R. L. Lawrence,

Readlne Berks countv

9

W. R. Hertzog

Eshbach, Berks county

1,200

May 2

C. M. Brownsmiller, ...

Shoemakersville, Berks county, . .

1,200

2

L. S. Reber

Shoemakersville, Berks county, . .
Shoemakersville, Berks county, ..
"Hflmhurcr f^f»rks countv

1,200

2

B M. Grubcr

1,200

4

O. D. Schock

1,200

4

H. E. Schoch

Hamhurcr Rprk*? countv

1,200

14

C. M. Heckman

Earlville, Berks county

1,200

14

H. B Crick

Sinking Springs, Berks county, ...
Reading. Berks countv

1,200
1,200
1,200

14

E. Wicklein

14

W. A. Hlnnershltz

Reading, Berks county

14

W. J. Shltler

ReadinGT Berks countv

1,200
1,200

14

J. R. Hlnnershltz,

Reading, Berks county

14

A. H. Flgely

Reading, Berks county

1,200

14

J. G. Stubblebim

Morgantown, Berks county

1,200

14

A. Albright

Blrdsboro Berks countv

1,200
1,200

14

P. Nally

Blrdsboro, Berks countv

204

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^^ry— Continued.

(Off. DOC.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.. No. shipped

Total.

1894.

Riniahoro Berks county

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.20O
1,200
1,500
1.500

i.r^w

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,200

1,200

2,400

1,200

2,400

1,200

2,400

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

2,400

1.200

2,400

2,40«

1,200

1,20C

1,20«

1,20C

1.20(

1,20(

1.20(

1.2«

\M

1.2>

1.20

May 14

J. R. T>angner

E. J. Sellers

i

Kutztown, tJerKS couniy,

Kiitztown. Berks county,

14

i

J. B. Esser

Mnm^ieni Berks county

14
14

F. A. Gehret

iri 1} l-TpRR

Moselem, Berks county

DaaiUnc Berks county «

14

John Shannon

nAiitflfne Berks county, •

14
Feb. 26

26 1

26
Mar. 12

12

April 16
23

Mar. 21
21
21
21

21
22
22

22

C. H. ArnrJour,

1, M Hlnkle

New Britain, Bucks county

New Britain, Bucks county

Rlcnl.and Centre, Bucks county, .

MorrisvlUe, Bucks county,

Morns. llle, Bucks county

Relplesvllle, Bucks county

Doylestown, Bucks county

Johnsvllle, Bucks county

Lehlghton, Carbon county

Lehlghton, Carbon county

Lehighton, Carbon county

Lehishton. Carbon county «♦

WelsBuort, Carbon county

Mnuch Chunk, Carbon county, ...

LehlgK Gap, Carbon county

Lehigh Gap, Carbon county

Lehigh Cap, Carbon county

Weatherly, Carbon county

Weatherly, Carbon county

Weatherly, Carbon county

Weatherly, Carbonc ounty

Weatherly, Carbon county

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, ....

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county, ....

Mauch Chunk, Carbon county

Albrlghtsvllle, Carbon county, ..
. Albrlghtsvllle, Carbon county, ..
. Albrightsvllle, Carbon county, ..

. Mud Run, Carbon county

, Weissport, Carbon county

.1 Welstiport, Carbon county

1

■aj T. Keller

Tsr P Merritt

■fjT la T-TArner -....

H. J. McManuB,

J. B. Heritage

▲ "n flnmbert

"W E Ash

r* A Of»lirer

lam Straner

I. W Miller

Tfihn Ora.iflr

T R Oraiir

Tnhn AsVi •.

as

26
26
26
26

H. J. Kehchenthal, ....
■ppank White

T "P "Drum

C. E. Bensinger

Tymnk Ouster

1

30
30

H. W. Sebbach

J W Harlen

1
1

30

H A Butler

>

30
30
30
30
30
Ai.rll 3
3

M. S. Kemmerer

T Chri«itman

»

)

J E Hawk

)

H. W. Searfoss

Tna "Hawk

)

Aimtpn Roirer

1

F. Laury

D

No. M.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Oontiniied.

aw

Date.

1894.

April 3

3

3

3

8

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

2T

May 3

3

3

Mar. 2

i

6

S

5

S

5
5
6
S

12
U
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
27
27

^ame.

P. Rehrig

Q, A. Horn

H. Knerr

T. G. Markley

B. F. Kuehner

G. W. A. Richard, ..

J. H. Koons,

P. F. Clark,

David Ebhert

H. A. Nicholas

D. S. Bock

D. T. Clauss

J. S. Andreas

C Rehrig

J. J. Kutz

C. A. '.Vagner

A. J. Durllng

John H. Harden, ...

H. HedricKti

C. C. Bailey

C D. Kune,

J. A. Holmes,

P. W. Miller

L. D. Miller

T. J. Foulk,

H. L. Dunrall,

W. M. Foulk

S. R. RosB

R. Helstand

C. H. Ash,

M. U. Shantz

E. R. Ruth

E. F. Paul,

N. B. Slack,

H. I. Garrett

David Cope

C. Mlehne

J. C. Fulmer

E. P. Deikinsun

Postofflce address.

Weissport, Carbon county

Weissport, Carbon county

Weissport, Carbon county

Weissport, Carbon county

East Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co....

Lehlghton, Carbon county

Lehlghton, Carbon county,

Lehigbton, Carbon county

Lehlghton, Carbon county

Lehlghton, Carbon county,

Lehlghton, Carbon county

Lehlghton, Carbon county,

Ashfield, Carbon county,

Ashfleld, Carbon county

Lehlghton, Carbon county

Lehlghton, Carbon county,

Lehlghton, Carbon county

PhoenlxvlUe, Chester county,

Downlngtown, Chester county, ...

Parkesburg, Chester county

CoUamer, Chester coimty

Collamer, Chester county

Collamer, Chester county

Collamer, Chester county

Collamer, Chester county

Collamer, Chester county

Collamer, Chester county

Collamer, Chester county,

Vincent, Chester county.

Vincent. Chester county.

Vincent, Chester county

East Downlngtown, Chester Co....

Cain, Chester county

Strlckersvllle, Chester county i

Strlckersvllle, Chester county, ....\

Leonard, Chester county

Leonard, Chester county

Coatesvllle. Chester county

Coatesvillp, Chester county

No. shipped

1.I0O
1.800
1,200
1,200
2,40<J

i,:iOo

1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200

x,a)0

1,200

3.000

3,000

1.500

1.500

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500 I

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500 {

3,000

1,500 I

1,500 j

1,500

3,000

1,500

1,200

1.200

Total.

206

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FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout ^ry— Continued.

I

I

Date

1894.
Mar. 27
27
27
27
27
27
27
April 23
23
23
23
23
23
23
28
26
May 2
14
14
1«
14
14
April e
6
6
6
27
May 14
Mar. 9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9

Name.

• • • ■ - • •

J. W. Reday

W. B. Ferree, ...

A. Brenninger,

W. A. P. Thompson, ..

J. M. Scott ..»

C. H. Sloan,

W. W. McConnell,

Henry Cope

E. Brown

H. M. Carpenter, .
\V. R. Sh-'nirj.
Mrs. Ed. Wain. Ir.
John M. James
L. Mendenhall, ..
J. C. Roberts .. .

S. H. Mudle

J. Anderson

D. Sharp

J. C. Meshinny, .

J. B. Wells

L. T. Wells

W. J. Wells,

A. Leitweiler. ...
H. M. Search, ....
T. M. Mensch. .
C. E. Ran.iaM, .
G. P. Dresbach, .

C. E. Yerks,

J. L.. Harglerji^d.

J. A. Miller

J. D. Miller

W. Bartholow, .
I. C. Wagner, .
R. Li. Koons, . .
H. C. Snyder, ...

J. B. Frey

J. H. Morgan, .
J. C. 'Morgan, ...
J. Morgan,

Postofflce address.

No. shipped | Total.

Coatesville, Chester county

Coatesyllle. Chester county

i
Coatesville, Chester county |

Coatesville, Chester county,

Coatesville, Chester county,

Coatesville, Chester county

Honey Brook, Chester county, ...

Lincoln University, Chester Co.,..

Lincoln University, Chester Co.,..

Avondale, Chester county

Avondale, Chester county

Westown, Chester county

West Chester, Chester county, ...

Thorndale Iron Works, Chester Co.,.

Roberts, Chester county

Lenovfr, Chester county

Williams* Comer, Cheater county,.

Phoenixvllle, (^hester county,

Spring City. Chester county

St. Peter's, Clieater county,

St. l^eter's, Chester county

St. Peter's, Chester county

Newlla, Columbia county,

Catawissa, Columbia county

Catawlssa, Columbia county

Catawissa. Columbia county

Olen City, Columbia county

Centrdl, Columbia county

NewvlUe, Cumberland county

Newvllle, Cumberland county ,

Newvllle, Cumberlan.l county

Newvllle, Cumberland county

Newvllle, Cumberland county ■

Newvllle, Cumberland county |

I
Newvllle, Cumberland county

•

.Shlremanstown. Cumberland Co....

Carlisle, Cumberland county, j

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Cnrlisle, Cumberlnnd county I

1.30O

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.501

1.500

l.liOO

1.500

l,r.00

1,500

l.-'iOO

3.000

1,600

1.500

1.500

Date.

Name.

I
1894.

Mar. 9 R. C. Anderson

9 John Souders

14 T. E. Oaks,

14 C. H. Kook

April 4 Robt. B. Vale

23 H. A. Meals

23 R. R. Vale

23 A. E. Sheets.

23 H. G. Boger

May 2 E. Vanderbllt

2 W. Hollinger

2 Vv • xJOyQf ■•..••••••••••••

Mar. 7 M. L. Hershey.

7 Allen Walton,

29 J. H. Moyer,

29 E. P. Shirk

29 H. M. Zimmerman, ...

29 E. G. Brady

29 Isaac Taylor ,.

29 H. E. Her»ney

29 G. C. Bent,

29 F. Kllmaker

29 A. C. Swope

29 S. S. Page

29 W. Sutton

29 W. R. Prowell

29 W. E. Mahaney

April 17 F. J. Dauden

17 A. Plappert

17 W. 8. Young

17 H. McKay

17 A. Platzer

17 A. O. Stanley

17 J. J. NuU

17 J. Alvord

17 S. Cox

17 ! T. M. Williams

17 ' W. G. Miller

17 i J. M. Luder

PostofSce address.

No.shipped ; Total.

New Kingston, Cumberland Co.... 1,500

New Kingston, Cumberland t;o.,.. 1,500

Carlisle, Cumberland county, 3,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county, 3,000

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2,400

Uriah, Cumberland county 1.200

Carlisle, Cumberland county 1,2W>

Carlisle, Cumberland county, 1.200

Carlisle. Cumberland county, 1,200

Carlisle, Cumberland county 1.200

Carlisle, Cumberland county, 1,200

Carlisle, Cumberland county 2,400

Derry Church, Dauphin county,.. 1,500

Waltonville, Dauphin county 1,500

Derry Church, Dauphin county, . 2,400

Derry Church, Dauphin county, . 1.200

Derry Church, Dauphin county, . 1,200

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county 1,200

Harrisburg, Dauphin county 1,200

Harrlsburg. Dauphin county, 2,400

Harrlsburg. Dauphin county 1,200

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county 1,200

Harrisburg, Dauphin county 1.200

Steelton, Dauphin county, 1,200

Steelton, Dauphin county 1.200

Steelton, Dauphin county, 1,200

Steelton, Dauphin county 1.200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1,200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1,200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1,200

Lykens, Dauphin county, 1.200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1,200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1.200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1.200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1.200

Lykens, Datjphin county 1 . 200

Lyken.s, Dauphin county 1.200

Lykens, Dauphin county 1,200

Lykens. Daujihln county 1,3no

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No. 20.)

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

m»

Date.

NAme.

April 17 A. F. Row, ..
17 J. M. Rlttlnger,

It I C. Cook,

17 W. Irving

17 J. W. Schreffler, ...

17 J. M. Johns

If H. Bowman

17 D. Hawk

17 J. W. Witmer

17 J. M. Miller

17 G. W. Hawk

17 S. P. Shale

17 E. W. Stroup,

17 N. Shoup

17 S. Travllz

April 23 A. F. Suse

May 2 A. Roat

2 W. H. Henderson,

2 C. C. Whltanan, ...

2 C. S. Trace

2 D. C. Deen

2 D. T. Boyd,

2 Harry Boch,

2 J. Long

8 J. F. Steward

Mar. 12 U. H. Porter,

April 23 G. Bachus

23 Hon. J. M. Baker,

23 I. Johnson,

23 John Moore,

23 J. Mitchell Baker,

Mar. 9 C. A. Kllllnger. ..

9 Nathan Zem

9 J. M. Mlntor

9 J. J. Roew

14 F. T. Selppel

14 J. E. Elder

14 J. S. Barnitz,

14 ! H. E. Graham,

Fostofllce address.

Lykens. Dauphin county,

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county,

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county

Lykens, Dauphin county

ElizabethvUle, Dauphin county, ..
Elizabethvllle, Dauphin county, ..
Centpevlew, Dauphin county,

Centrevlew, Dauphin county j

I

I

Dauphin, Dauphin county

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrlsburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Ward, Delaware county ...'

Brandywine Summit, Dela. Co.,..

Media, Delaware county

Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,..
Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,..
Chadd's Ford, Delaware county,..!

Orrstown, Franklin county

Orrstown, Franklin county

Orrstown, Franklin county,

Orrstown, Franklin county,

Chambersburg Fmnklln county, .
ChambersburK, Franklin county,..
Chambersburg, Franklin county,, .
Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

1,200

i.aoo

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

2.400

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.M0

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,500

4,000

4,000

1.200

2,400

6,000

1,500

3.000

3,000

3,000

3,000

i,r*o

1.500
1,500

No.shlpped Total

Date.

Naro>>.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

US4.

Mar. 14

G. W. Boteler

G. E. Croll

P. M. Snider

Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynesboro, Franklin county, ...
Waynebboro, Franklin county, ...
Marion. Franklin county

\Tarinn 'Pranklln COUntV

1,600
1.500
1,500
1,600
1,500
1,600

E. E. Snider

DeWitt C. Unger

M A Flant

J. A. Weagley

W. W. Frantz,

S. Haefllch, r^..

C. E. Besore

1,500
1,500
1,500
1,600

May 7

S. A. Clevenger,

A. S. Statler

1,500
1,200

G. W. Myers ^

Daniel Statler

1,200

Marlon, Franklin county

Marian, Franl<lln county

Marion, Franklin county

MM

S. Bender,

1,200
1.200

J. C. Fuss

Marlon, FranKlln county

Marlon, Franklin county

Marlon, Franklin county

Marlon, Franklin county,

1,200

A. S. Schaff

1,200

J. V. Small

1,200

A HasBler

1.200

Marion, Franklin county

1,200

J A. Diehl

Marlon, Franklin county

Marlon, Franklin county

1,200

CX VI tflnrnci

1,200

Marion, Franklin county

1,200

Jno. E. Latsbraw

J Y Miller

Marlon Franklin countv

1,200

Marlon, Franklin county

1,200

John P. Young

H. Barntrast

John H. Ledy

Marion, Franklin county

Marlon Franklin countv

1

1,200
1,200

Marlon, Franklin county

Marion, Franklin county

1,200

S S L^dv

1.200

Marlon, Franklin county

1,200

Stensrer, Franklin county

1.200

g

Arlflm 'RlTrnfH

Stenger, Franklin county

1,200

8
8

G. W. Mackey

S A Keefer

Steneer Franklin countv

1.2IX)

Stenger, Fronklin county

1.200

fi

^oaH \fAr*1<Pv

Stenger, Franklin county,

1.200

8

J. W. Rearick,

Chambersburg, Franklin county, .
Chambersburg, Franklin county, .
Chambersburg, Franklin county, .

1,200

8

J. W. Elder

1,200

8

1
A. C. Fromyer

14 20-94

1.200

210

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FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook TrotU Fry — Continued.

211

Date.

Name.

Postoflice address.

May 8 J. F. Gelerlcka

8 Frank Creamer

8 C. D. Minehart

8 Q. D. Flautt

I
8 ' D. H. Shoemaker, ...

8 J. F. Hade

8 W. M. Rice

I

8 A. K. McCurdy

g I R. B. Vaxdon,

18 S. Heintzelman

18 A. S. Heintzelman, ....

April 4 J. L. Zook

4 C. Hamlng,

23 I. B. Clark,

23 J. J. McCuUen

23 T. S. Morehead

23 D. C. Morehead

23 H. T. CohlU

23 Frank Simonton

May 18 C. T. Balsbach

18 E. M. Dllsbach,

18 S. S. Thomas

April 12 C. Kempel

12 O. M. Hallstead

12 Roscoe Dale,

12 John Schener,

12 Geo. W. Okell,

12 F. N. Hallstead

12 F. T. Okell

12 G. S. Horn

12 B. F. Buitterfleld

12 J. H. Snyder

27 J. H. Schnerr

27 E. T. Conner,

27 C. R. Manville,

27 Patrick Karley

27 C. R. Smith

27 R. P. Patterson & Son,

27 8. C. WUmore,

No. shipped

f

Edenville, Franklin county

Orrstown, Franklin county

Orrstown, Franklin county

New Bridge, Franklin county

Amberson'B Valley, Franklin Co,,.

Greencastle, Franklin county,

Willow Hill, Franklin county

Willow Hill, Franklin county

Mereersburg, Franklin county, ...
Guilford Springrs, Franklin county,'
Guilford Springs, Franklin county,

Patterson, Juniata county

Patterson, Juniata county

East Waterford, Juniata county,.
East Waterford, Juniata county..
East Waterfc>rd, Juniata county,.
East Waterford, Juniata county,.
East Waterford, Juniata county,.
East Waterford, Juniata county,.

Port Royal, Juniata county

East Waterford, Juniata county..

Patterson, Juniata county,

Scranton, T-acka wanna county, ..
Scranton, T^ackawanna county, ..
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..

Elmhurst, Lackawanna county,...

Elmhurst. Lackawanna county,...

Wlnton, Lackawanna county

Winton. Lackawanna cmnty

CarbondalP, Lacakawanna county,

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,.

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,.

Carbondale, Lacakawanna county,

Jermyn, Lackawanna county, ....

1,200

1,200 I

1,200

1.200

1,200

2,400

1,200

1,200

2,400

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

l.SOO

1,200

1.200

2.400

1.200

1.200

2,400

1,200

Total.

Date.

1894.

April 27
27
27

May 10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
12

Feb. 28

m

28

28

28

2S

Mar. 5

6

6

6

6

6

5

5

6

«

27

Name.

J. G. Biselo

R. A. Wambold

E. M. Vernoy

George Bogart,

E. F. Ch'»ml)erlaln, .
S. P. Hall

C. H. Pond

W. A. Goodrain

E. Swltngle,

L. L. VanWermt^r, . . .

E. M. Beyea

J. T. Fear,

Henry Beyea

A. D. Lewis

D. McMurtrle

M. W. Hurley

D. W. Dale

R. C. Drum ,

J. G. Bailer

A. E. Phelps,

Thomas Phelps ,

Hon. W. K. Beck, ..

M. Hainley

W. L. Frantz

M. G. Schaffer

S. S. Lehman

R. D. Herr

F. A. Achey,

S. Ruth

T. M. Good

E. M. Townsend, ...
J. F. Reed

A. Heidelbaugh,

S. W. Swisher

H. Davis,

B. Walter

B. C. Kauffman,

R. Bllckenderfer. . . .
E. H. Yundt

Postofflce address.

No. shipped Total.

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

Kinzers, Lackawanna county

Dunniore, Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore. Lackawanna county, ...
Dunmore, Lackawanna county, ...

Moosic, Lackawanna county

Daleville, Lackawanna county, ..
Daleville, Lackawanna county, ..
Thornhurst, Lackawanna county, .
Thornhurst, Lackawanna county. .
Thornhurst, Lackawanna county..
Thornhurst, Lackawanna county, .

Moscow, Lackawanna county

Blainsport, Lancaster county

Ephrata, Lancaster county.

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Marticville, Lancaster county

Refton, Lancaster county,

East Petersburg. Lancaster Co.,..
Intercourse. Lancaster county, ...

Eby's. Lancaster county

Smyrna, Lancaster county

Smyrna, Lancaster county

Bart, Lancaster county,

Kirkwood, Lancaster county

Christiana. Lancaster county, ....

Christiana, Lancaster county

Windom, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Blue Ball, Lancaster county

1,200

1.200

1,2U0

1,21)0

l,2iJU

1,200

1,200

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,20«

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.500

1.500

1.500

1.500

3.000

1.500

1,500

1,500

1.500

3.000

1,500

1,500

3,000

1,500

1..500

1.500
2.400

212

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(Off. Doc.

Datp.

Name.

1894.

Mar. 27 W. H. Roland,

27 D. W. Harner,

27 J. B. I^lncoln,

April 25 W. R. Pieles

25 A. M. Noble

25 I. W. Scokem, ...

25 R. F. Thompson,

25 B. Draucker

25 H. N. Homsher, .

25 R. M. Coulter, ...

25 C. E. Eby

25 David Frantz, ...

25 A. R. Strlckler, .

25 G. H. Smith

25 Amos Lee,

25 David McMullen,

25 M. Heidelbaugh, .

36 I G. S. Franklin, .

Postofflce address.

Lancaster, Lancaster county, ...
New Holland, Lancaster county,
Churchtown, Lancaster county,
Christiana, Lancaster county, .,
Christiana, Lancaster county. .
Christiana, Lancaster county, .

Bart, Lancaster county

Bart, Lancaster county

Bartville, Lancaster county, ...

BartviUe, I^ancaster county, ...

Bellemonte, Lancaster county, .

Gap, Lancaster county

Mt. Joy, Lancaster county

Smithville, Lancaster county, ..

Lancaster, Lancaster county, ..

Lancaster, Lancaster county, ..

Lancaster, Lancaster county, ..

Lancaster, Lancaster county, ..

No. shipped Total.

26 G. M. Steinman .| Lancaster, Lancaster county.

M J. L. Porter

26 H. E. Muhlenber,

26 F. A. Demuth, ...

26 H. C. Demuth, ...

26 G. M. "Franklir, ..

26 John Long

26 J. Ridenour,

26 John Himmens, ..

26 H. E. MuhU-nherg,

26 M. L. Gatr

26 E. B. Ilyns

26 Geo. Leaman, ....

26 D. H. (Jochwaner.

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster. Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county,

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Lancaster, Lancaster county

Binkleys HriOge, Lancaster Co.,..

30

May 18

18

18

East Petersburg, Lancaster county,

26 A. Hostetter, East P< tersburp. Lane iBtrr county,

30 ! B. F. Devil Columbia, Lancaster county

30 B. F. Bury Washington boro., I^ncaster Co.,

Landisville, Lancaster county, ...

Bart, Lancaster county

Bart, Lancaster county

Christiana, Lancaster county, ....

B. N. Nutt

M. Scott

G. S. Hart man, ..
J. C. D. Pownall,

2,400

1,500

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.300

1,200

1,200

3,400

1.300

1.200

1,200

1.3Qt I

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

2,400

1.2U0

1.201)

2,40()

1 2W

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

No. 20.)

IM

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.

Mar. 7 { L. H. Kim ports

Annville, Lebanon

county

1,500

^

7 A. WUmoyer

Annville, Lebanon

county

1,500

7 G. W. Klmports,

Annville, Lebanon

county

1,601

7
7
7
7

E. Hostetter

Annville, Lebanon
Annville,. Lebanon
Annville, Lebanon
Annville, Lebanon

county,

county

county

county

1,500
1,500
1.50U
1,500

J. F. Smith

J. H. Sellers,

H. M. Wagner

7
7

J. H. Thomas

Annville, Lebanon
Annville, Lebanon

county

county,

1,500

A. C. Rlgler.

1,500 i

1

7 H. A. Hostetter,

Annville, Lebanon

county

1,500 1

T 1 JPeter Kernetzth,

Lebanon, Lebanon

county

1,500

7 H. R. Heilman

Lebanon, Lebanon

county

1,500

7
7

J. W. Corbit,

Lebanon, Lebanon county,

Myerstown, Lebanon county

Myerstown, Lebanon county,

1,500
1,500

S. ITrinh

7 W. W. Urich.

1.500

.1

29

29

May 4

IL, G. Billman

Lebanon, Lebanon county,

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Lebanon, Lebanon county

Ney, Lebanon county

1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200

W. D. Lamm,

A. M. Filbert

It. Mover

4 W. H. Brandt,

Ney, Lebanon county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county,

1.200

Mar. 21 R. D. Thomas

1,200

21 Dr. C. B. Wilson

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1,200

21 gTw. App

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1,200 i

21 Jos. Wilson

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1,200

1

21 W. R. Thomas

1,200

21 R. T. Davies

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1.200

21 W. H. Schleicher

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

1,200

21
21

H. E. Graffln

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

PRtasauaua Lehigh countv

1,200
1,200
1.200

J. P. Griffltht

1

m.

C. E. Koons

a

H. B. Weaver

Allentown. Lehigh

county,

1,200

22

J. S. Erb

Slatington. Lehigh

county

1,200

22

E. German

Slatington, Lehigh

county

1.200

23

J. O. Haines

Slatington, Lehigh
Lynnville, Lehigh

county

county

1,200
1,200

22

8. W. Bachman

i

27

T. F. Ayres

New Triboll. Lehigh county

Weisenburg, Lehigh county

Weisenburg. Lehigh county

1,200
1,200
1,200

39

Alfred Grim

29

H. A. Gehringer

30

C. O. Fuller

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

2.400

214

REPUKT OF THE

Brook Trout i^'ry— Continued.

DaU.

1

Name.

PoBtofflce address. No.Bhipped Tutal.

1
1894.

W.

#
Da'

L.

A.

W.

C.

A.

L.

J.

W.

S.

A.

J.

H.

O.

J.

R.

J.

F.

E.

LI

H.

H.

C.

F.

A.

W

H.

H.

R.

J.

T.

J.

S.

c.

E.
H
E
S(

»« F^vratt ....■••

Catasauqua, L.ehlgh county,

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua. Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Catasauqua, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

AUentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, T.«hlgh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

SaegersviUe, Lehigh county

Saegersville, Lehigh county

SaegersviUe, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Coplay, Lehigh county

1
2,400

Mur. 30

2,400

3U

XX \f i»T-TnKP '

2,400

30

mt TTlrinh

2,400

30
30
April 16
16
16
16
16
27
27
27
27

"Wvnkoff

2,400

Tl Rnas

1.2»0

a XITrfiilt^r •

1.200

F. Grammls,

C. Bitterllngr

A. Wentzell

T triatlpr

1,200
1,200

1.20<)
1,200

J. Eberwlne,

O. Hollenbach

1,200
1,200
1,200

1,200

May 3

H. Len

■wr V.f>Uprt

j-^y^, lo »' T ohiirVi Prtimtv •

1,200

3

CoDlay. Lehigh county

i.aoo

3

A. But'z

Egypt, Lehigh county

1,200

3
3

Scnant, ....•

Slatington, Lehigh county

^Cekffa. T^khifih f*oiintv

1,200

O. Rhoads, — ......

ewelhTi Mink. ......

T . Oiiipr •

1,200

3

19
19
19
19
19
19
19
Mar. 30
30
30

Allentown, I^high county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lthigh .ounty

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Allentown, Lehigh county

Hazleton, Luzerne county

Hazleton, Luzerne county

Hazleton, Luzerne county

Hazleton, Luzerne county

Bear Creek, Luzerne county

White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven. Luzerne county. ...

r>t. «.c<^na T.ii5ffr»f*ne coufltv

i.aw

1,200

1.2'KJ

T . ivflnk

1.200

T Stltler

1,200

V Heele

1.20O

P! Rutie

1.200

■R Mver

1.20"J

XIT M'r»nr(*e

1,200

Martin

1,200

^0

T. Pottieeer

1,200

30

S Tucker

i.aoo

April 3
3

O Transue

1,200

T Cochran

i.aoo

3

IClpckner

1,200

M. Bradshaw

1.200 ,

3
S
3

Parsons, Luzerne county

1,200

Smith

Parsons, Luzerne county

Pars-^ns, Luzerne county

* l,2i10

3

1.2IK)

No. 20.)

OIK

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

Date. I

. I,

1894.
April 3
3
3

^ i

11

11
11
11
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
May n

ICaino.

Postofflce address.

I No, shipped Total.

T. (Jrimes

George Davis

T. F. Quigley

W. OpUnger

F. Drumheller, ..

J. N. Boone

J. W. Cooper,

Philip Mane

G. W. Kick

E. Patteshall

J. R. Smith

H. C. Dewey

E. W. Kampbell. ..

R. K Hlleman

K. W, .^tark

Jo.s. Hileman

I, P. Rosenkrance, ,

E, F. Koch

H. L. More

J. H. More

C. B. Metzger

Frank It.'li

W. D. Whltet

J, H. Moore

T. Heslop

G. RInehinier

S. S. Staples

M. McGarrltz

A . J. Feeley

A. S. VanWlckle. .

E. Gunster

J, H. Trimmer

F. H. Gates

C. H. Alexander, ..

H. M, Horton

J. C. Horton

A. W. Rhoada

W. G. Gregory, ...
W. G. Reeii

Hudson, Luzerne county 1,200

Hudson, Luzerne county 1«200

Miner's Mills, Luzerne county,,... 1,200

Miner's Mills, Luzerne county 1,200

Hazleton, Luzerne county 1.200

Hazleton, Luzerne county 1.20O

Hazleton, Luzerne county 1.200

Hazleton, Luzerne county 1.200

White Haven. Luzerne county, ... 1.200

White Haven, Luzerne county, ... 1,200

White Haven, Luzerne county, ... 1,200

Plttston, Luzerne county 1.200

Plttston, Luzerne county 1.200

Plttston, Luzerne county 1.200

Plttston Luzerne county 2,400

Plttston, Lu'/.eme county l,20l»

Plttston, Luz»-rne county 1,200

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, .. 2,400

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county 1,200

Wllkes-liarre, Luzerne county 1.200

Wilkes-Barre, I,.U/;erne county 1,200

Wilkes- Harre. Luzerne county 1,200

Wilkes- 1 '.arre. I,,uze ne c lunty, — 1,^)

Wllkep-Harre. l.uz rne c lUnty 1,200

Mountain Top, Liizerne county, .. 1.200

Rlocum, lA./eine county 1.200

White Haven, T^uzerne county, ,.. 1.200

Hazleton, I,.uzerne county l.'J"0

Hazleton, Luzerne county 1.200

Hazleton, liuzerne county 1.2i)0

Wilkes-Barre. Luzerne county 1.200

Wilke.s-Barre. Luzerne county 1.200

Wllkes-Karre, Luzerne county 1.200

Wilkes-Barre, l..uzerne county 1.2ii0

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county 1.200

Wilke.'^-Barre, Luzerne county 1,200

Wilkes-Harre, Luzerne county 1.200

Rock tf len, Luzerne county 1,200

-\shley, Luz.M-ne county 1.20«

216

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout i^r^^— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

•M-> on \

L^\J. itM.f

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

ill

h

i

Datd.

Nam^.

Postofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total.

vm.

!

May ir.

f^aiirtrt* Rlnul*^ ........

White Haven, Luzerne county,

1.200

.1. E. Prufih

2,400

Frank Zeibe

T Aorie** /-^ntn ILfifHin i^rtiinfv ....

1,200

April 4

T anrlatn-orn Mifflin COUntV. ..-

1,200

T <iwi<»tnwn Mifflin county, ... ....

1

1,200

W. H. Stevenson. ......

McVeytown. Mifflin county ...

1.200

1

T* R Oreen .........•••

McVeytown, Mifflin county...

iLfy^'XT ^■%r*r\-af rt Mifflin COlintV ...

1,200

X> \1iiAtifP

....

1,200

T. F. Sheaffer,

1.200

F. R. Macklin

McVeytown, Mifflin county ...

1.200

.

R. B. Brimmer

1,200

4 1

23

23
23
23

f "P #'kiiii

iijri-»"i7iai'trkTpn Mifflin county. . . •

2.400

TWrtVovtnwjn Mifflin county ...

1,200

Austin Grti.

McVeytown, Mifflin county ...

1,200

Walter Mann

J. O. McDonald

A. M. Thompson

W T r'omn

1,200

, 1.200

mjr|«_— .. IkJfflfnin nmintv ....

1

1.200

Ttf ilrnv Mifflin COUHtV

! 1,200

D. Muthersbaugli

1.200

23

23
23

M T. ^3Vt>rt7

T^wiatown Mifflin county, . . .

1.200

S. B. Weber

Lewistown, Mifflin county, ...

^1

J. M. Selheimer,

T A««ric34'i-t'arn M^ifflin f»ntintv ...

1.200

23

23

R. D. Campbell

Lewistown, Mifflin county, ...

MP

23

Pptpr Werta

Reedsville, Mifflin county. ...

IMM

Peter Werkheiser,

1.500

Mar. IG

16
1«

r< "M v^a^t•r

Scioto Monroe county,

1,500

Frank Warant

1,500

16
16
16
20

J. M. Altemos*

1,500

Effort Monroe county

1,500

Effort Monroe county

1,500

D. B. Frederick

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe

Co.,

1,500

20

A. H. Transue, „

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe

Co.,

1.500

20

K. W. Hauser

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe

Co..
Co.,
Co.,

1.500

20

J. B. Shaw

1.500

20

Q. D. Shannon

1.500

20

W. S. Depuy

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe

Co.,
Co.,

1.500

20

H. A.^Brodhead

1.500

20

A. C. Graves

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe

Co.,

1,500

20

J. B. Brodhpat],

Delaware Water Gap, Monroe

Co..

1,500

Dtit?.

Name.

Postofflce address.

1894.
.Mar. 28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
2&
28
28
28
28
•April 2
2
2
2
2

2

o

..

2
2
2
2
2
2

G. A. McFetridge

P. W. Metzger

W. H. Truslow

J. M. Moyer,

W. A. Flanagan

M. G. Sellers,

N. H. Bovard

C. P. Hardick

B. L. Bovard

F. W. Comman,

A. R. J. Wallace

C. E. Hawkins

S. D. Holmes

F. B. Holmes

E. A. Bell,

E. H. Bell

C. S. Flagler

J. M. Flagler

James H. Shull

W. S. Dutch

W. VanGorden

N. Swlnk

C. Deitnch.

Chas. Drake

Allen Metzger,

J. L. Stackhouse

N. Row,

A. G. Hagen

T. H. Stltes

T. M. Lewis

J. B. Chandler

George W. Bates,

Charles L. Hardy

W. W. Hughes

M. G. Sellers

F. R. Ash

J. A. Hoyd

W^. Dietrich

W. .T. Rellars

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg. Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county,

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Amalomlnk, Monroe county

Amalomink, Monroe county

Amalomlnk, Monroe county

Amalomink, Monroe county

Amalomink, Monroe county

Amalomink, Monroe county

Amalomink. Monroe county

Parkside. Monroe county

Parkslde. Monroe county

Parkside. Monroe county,

Parkslde, Monroe county,

Parkside, Monroe county,

Parkside, Monroe county

No.shipped Total.

1.200
1.200
),200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
.1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200

218

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout i^'r^/— Continued.

(Off. Due.

Dat?

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total.

1894.

T>arURide Monroe county

1,200

April 2 M. K. hmltn

Pnrk<5ide Monroe county,

1.200

2 J. KisteroocK

2 John McCutcheon

1,200

1,200 I

2

t,. Hagert,

1
1,200 '

2

X. K. wens,

1,200

2 i Jl. U. wens

Parkside, Monroe couniy, . . • •

i

tk

' 1,200

2 w. C xieniy

2 Mrs. W. C. Henry

Parkside, Monroe county

1.200

! 1.200

2 C. S. McFall

Parkslde, Monroe county

1.200

1.200

2 Eugene Arndt,

j'aiKSlue, Monroe cuunvi

1,200

2 John H. Henry

10 Frank Morder

Ifir.i.eJEviUe Afonroe coun y

1.200

irt TQr»i"4h Mpnrv ......••

1 iinnersvil'p MLnroe county

Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.
Totyhanna Mills, Mf.nroe county,.

1,200

1A C\ T. r^lfllt* ... •••••••

1,200

10 John Lynch

1,200

10 D. C. Yothers

Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,.

1.200

10 I. S. Case

ToLyhanna Mills, Moi roe county.

1,SOO

10 W. L. Case

Tibvhanna Mills, M.>nroe county.

1,200

1A Tsl Q 'Rrittflin .........

Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe county,
rt.jadiso Valley, Monioe county,.

1,3)0

10 F. Boorem

1.200

10 Seymour Placr

1,200

1.200

1.200

10
10
10

rt A Bills

Mountain Home, Monroe county,.
Mountain H. me. Monroe c-.unty..
Canadensis. Monroe county

1,200

Allen PrliM.

1,200

r. -W. Rruton

1.200

10 p. R. P. Wilson

Canadensis, Monroe county

1.300

10

10

10

10

10

10

H c Tjour

Canadensis, Mon'o* county

Canadensis, Monr.e county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monn e county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis, Monroe county

1.200

C A Blitz

1,200

C. Smith

1,2.)0

l^aiil l*rio<*

1210

W .T Price

1,200

M. D. Price

1.200

10
10

David Price

Canadensis, Monro* county

Canadensis, Monroe county

Canadensis. Monro? county

1.200

Jacob Graul

1.200

10

Ira Edwards

1.200

10

S. M. Edwards

Canadensis, Monne county

..| 1.200

1

0

H. L. Only

. Canadensis, Monroe county

..1 1.200

No. 20.)

Brook Trout JFVy— Continued.

219

Date.

N u\\^

Postoiflce addr«-s».

No.shlpiK'd

1894.

April 17 E. E. Hooker, Jr.,

17 B. E. Hooker

17 W. Heckman

Mt. Pocono, Monrof county,
Mt. Pocono, Monroe county.
Mt. Pocono. Monroe cotintv.

17 J. Holland i Mt. Pocono, Monro- .u.unty.

17 E. H. Smith Mt. Pocono, Monroe county

17 G. J. Fansun

17 C. T. Chase,

17 D. W. Bowman,
17 David Wlddop,
IT Geo. Wagner

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county,...

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county, . . .

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county, . . .

Mt. Pocono, Monroe cotmty, ...

Mt. Pocono Monroe county,

1- w. H. Wagner. Mt. Pocono, Monroe county....

17 A. M. Minvin Mt. Pocono, Monroe county....

17 A. B. Feal * ^t. Pocono. Monroe county....

17 O. Everett i '^^ Pocono. Monroe county....

17 F. E. Place I ^t- Po<=°nO' ^""^^ county,...

17 Jos. Learn | Mt. Pocono. Monroe county....

17 M. S. Bush, ! Swift water, Monroe county, ...

17 Geo. Engle swiftwater. Monroe county, .. .

17 W*. J. Learn

17 Frank Strunk, ....

17 C. Brown

17 G. W. Warner. ..

17 Allen Keller

May 1 C. H. McDonnugh,

12 Amos Lee.

12 W. O. B. Hinton.

H. Learn,

J. M. Ace

12
12
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Swiftwator, Monroe county

Swiftwater, Monroe county

Tannersvillo, Monroe county

Tannersville, Monroe -county

Paradise Valley, Monroe county,.

Bossardville. Monroe county

I AmalojTlnk, Monroe county

I Stormville, Monroe county

' Tannersville, Monroe county

Swiftwater, Monroe county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

W. M. Burnell.

A. Bittenbender ^ Ftroudsbur?. Monroe county.

W. D. Palmer i Stroudsbur^'. Monroe county.

J. Edinger. Stroiirlsbur?, ^TonToe county,

r. H. Van Allen t RtroudBhurpr. Monroe county,

R. K. VanAllen.

W. C. VanAllen,
Feb. 26 D. L. Crater. ..
26 S. E. Landis. ..
26 I C. A. J. Shutt,
20
2<'. ' K. R. Freed

Stroudsburp-, Monroe county

Stroudslmrg, Monroe county

Narcissa, M..ntfomer>- county, ...
As'hboume, Montgomery county,...

Pennlyn. Monlptmery county

S W Shutt I f'f^nn'y"- Wonlgomery county. ....

N'crth Waiej?. Mmtgomery county;;

Total.

1.2iJ0
1,200
1.20»
1.200
1.200
1.200
l,20o
1,200
1,200
1.200

i.aoo
i.aoo

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,20<5

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

2,400

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

1.500

1,S09

1,500

1.500 1

3.000 I

220

REPORT OF THE

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

221

Date.

NatiK'.

Postofhce address.

No. shipped

Total,

1894.

Feb.

26

W

W. Harrison,

Glensido, MuntEomrry county

3.000

26

J.

A Rf*rcpr

Telforl, Montgomery county

1,500

26

W

S Rover

Pot (Flown. Mtntgomery county,...

3,000

26

Pottstciwn Fish & Game

Protective Assoc'n, ,.

Potlstown, Montgomery county, .

15.000

26

M.

A Withers

Pc-ttstovn. Montgomery county,...

3.000

Mar.

2

M.

S. Missimer

Pott.stown, Montgomery county,...

3,000

12

c

Kinsev

Willow Grove, Montgomery county,
Willow Grove, Montgomery county,

1,500
1.500

12

s.

H. Dennlson,

27

J.

H. Gehret

Bridgeport. Montgomery county,..

1.200

27

M.

M. Missimer

Pottstown, Montgomery county,...

1,200

Apri) '>^

fr,

B. Roberts

1.200

May

3

B

Hooner

Ambler, MontRomery county

Danville. Montour county

1,200

14

J.

R. Bennett

1,200

14

W

C. Prick,

i.aw

14

T

R. Kimmerer

r)sinvillp Hffintotir nountv

1.200

14

p

M Boyd

Danville, Montour county

r)nnvinp Montour eountv ......

1,200

14

s

T. Thompson,

1.200

14

w

L. McClure,

Dnnville Montour county

i.aoo

14

s.

A Ynrks

T^anvlllA Mnntmir ooiintv .....

1.200

14

Frflnk MJll«»r

1,200

14

B

R. Gearhart,

Danville Montour county

i.aoo

14

R

M. Grove

Danville Montour county

1,200

14

W

M. Gearhart,

Danville, Montour county

i.aoo

Feb.

26

R.

T. Schweitzer »

Butztown, Northampton county,...

1,500

26

W.

V. Schweitzer

Butztown, Northampton county,...

1,500

26

S.

D. Rltter

Freemansburg, Northampton Co.,.

1,500

26

M.

J. Shimer

Freemansburg, Northampton Co.,.

iwi

26

J.

A. Landenberger, ...

Freemansburg, Northampton Co.,.

1,500

26

A.

F. Jacoby

Easton, Northampton county

1.500

26

H.

D. Heller

Hellertown, Northampton county,.

1,500

26

C.

A. Waldner

Hellertown, Northampton county,.

1.500

Mar.

n

T

E. Daub,

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

1.500
1,500

13

B.

F. Schnabel,

13

A.

F. Jacoby

Easton, Northampton county

1,500

13

C.

H. Lerch

Eaaton, Northampton county

1,500

13

D.

Nunnemacher,

Easton, Northampton county

1,500

13

T.

A. H. Hay

Easton, Northampton county

1.500

13

H.

Pchlmmel

Easton, Northampton county

1,600

13

H.

T. Drake

Easton, Northampton county 1

1,500

Date. Name.

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894.

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton county

1,500

13 H. A. Sage, Jr a

1.500

13 A. F. Jacoby

Easton, Northampton county

1,500

n Q n Shartle

Nayareth Northampton county, ..|

1.500

13 B. A. Luckey

Nazareth. Northampton county,., j 1,500

13 O. H. Knecht

Nazareth, Northampton county... 1,500

13 E. T. Mack

Nazareth, Northampton county,.. 1,500

13 J. T. Gram

Nazareth, Northampton county...; 1,500

13 J. J. Roth

Nazareth, Northampton county... 1.500

1« 3. H. Gelser

Bath, Northampton county 1.500

1 fi XT n*»nrflrp

Bath, Northampton county 1.500

16 M. R. Bellheimer, ....

W^lnd Gap, Northampton county,. 1.600

4ji A rn«»ty ■•

Bangor, Northampton county 1.500

Bangor, Northampton county 1.500

16 L. B. Camen d..

itf O "R "Morton. m

Rnneor Northampton county 1,500

1# O irirtfV

Baneor Northampton county 1,600

16

1ft

o Pale

Bangor, Northampton county 1.800

Bangor, Northampton county 1,500

Bangor, Northampton county 1.500

Bangor, Northampton county ' 1.500

Bangor, Northampton county 1,500

Bangor, Northampton county 1,500

Martin's Creek, Northampton Co., 1.500
Martin's Creek Northampton Co., 1.500

1ft IT A SflTirtt ...•

16

A Smith -••

C3 T4^iif r<htcu-tn . . . .

•^o M H Brittain

^ A S Rhull

Martin's Creek. Northamiiton Co..

1,500

AckermanviUe, Northampton Co.,.
Ackermanville, Northampton Co.,.

1.600

20 H. J. Hoffman

1.500

1

Oft TnVin tCtnilt

Belfast Northampton county. ' 1,500

9n A I*! Stetler

Edelman. Northampton county,... 1,500

20 L. O. Eilenberger

Mt. Bethel, Northampton county.. | 1.500

i

20 Tnmpa Sondt

Mt. Bethel, Northampton county.

1,500

20
20
28

"T* T Qtrtink •

Slateford. Northampton county,..
Slateford. Northampton county...

1,500

TT* \f Tjfl Rarre

1,500

M. C. Luckenbach, ...

Bethlehem. Northampton county,.

1,200

22
SS
22

A Pnnraile

Bethlehem, Northampton county... l,axi

1
T. "M" Snvflpr

1
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..) 1.200

H. B. Luckenbach, ...^

y Bethlehem, Northampton county... 1.200

22

E Hammann

. Bethlehem. Northampton county... 1.200

22

E. M. Eberman

. Bethlehem, Northampton county,.

.j 1,-'00

222

KEPOKT OF THE

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No. 20.)

FISH COMMli3SlONJKKS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

223

Date.

1894.
Mar. 22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
April 3
16
16
16
16
May 12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
April 4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
May 3
4
4

Ni n '.

0. B. Dash

J. F. Rauch

C. C. Snyder

H. H. Dash

W. H. Hoffman, ....

1. H. Shlmer

C. F. Hankey ,

C. G. Heller

C. Hallet

I. IL Shlmer

W. O. Hay,

J. McKeen

C. A. Mohrey

J. F. Woodrlng

John Mendean,

F. L, Fehr

H. A. Nelf,

W. J. Daule

J. Anglemeyer

S. Railer

J. S. Osterstotk

O. Hagenbach

A. C. Frey

Rev. H. M. Keiffer, .

E. S. Robert

S. W. SavidEfe

T. M. Kessslen

John Bower

Samuel Sloan

Z. T. Hettrlch

J. K. Watson

G. T. Rotharmel

G. I. Armstrong,

W. A. Dean

J. Buoy,

G. W. Armstrong, ...

G. R. Hanley

Jos. Francis

F. C. Eckman

Postofflce address.

No. shipped Total.

Date.

Bethlehem, Northampton county...
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northaniptun county...
Bethlehem. N'tirthaniptofj county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county...
Bethlehem, Northampton county,..
Bethlehem, Northampton county...
Bethlehem, Northampt'in countv. ..
Bethlehem, Northampton county, . .
Easton, Northampton county, ....

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, N(trthampton county,

Hellertown, Northampton county,.
Hellertown, Northampton county,.
Hellertown, Northampton county, .

Easton, Norihampt < >n ci mnty

Easton, Northampton count>

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northampton ci unf y, ......

Easton, Northampton county,

Easton, Northampton county

Easton, Northami t n county

Easton, Northampton county,

Easton, Northampton county

Sunb'iry. Northumhorland county,.
Sunbury, Noittiumbfrland county,.
Bunbury, Northumberland county,.
Northumberland, Northumbd Co.,
Shamokin, Ni rthumberland county,
McEwensville, Northumberl'd Co.,
McEwonsvillp. Northumberl'd Co.,i
McEwenFvill'. Northumhorl'd Co.,
McEwensville, Northumberl'd Co.,
McEwen.sville, Northumborl'd Co.,
McEwen.svillo, Northumberl'd Co.,
Bhamokin, Northumberland Co.,..
Treverton, No thumberland county,
rrevfrtnn, N" t'n m erar d i ounly.

1,200

1,200

1.200

l.2t30

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,2('0

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.20(j

2,400

2.400

2,400

2,400

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.209

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1.200

f.OO

1894.

May 4

18

18

April 4

4

23

23

23

May 28

18

Mar. 2

12

12

23

May 1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

i
1

i
1

1 I

1

1

12

12

12

12

Mar. 23 i

23

28[

23

23

23

23

Name.

B. Mackemer. . . .

E. L. Housel. ..
I T. K. Smith. ..

Harry Smith. . .
I W. K. Kough. .

T. Darlington. .

J. Wilson

J. E. Junkln, ..,
R. H. Shuman. .
G. D. Wilson, ...

Lewis Scherer, .
C. G. Gllmour, .

C. Summers

W. E. Meehan, .

A. Leder,

J. Ottenbeimer. .
David Bonchen.

F. Mlsserll

F. S. Smith

Eugene White, . .

A. Bogart

H. S. Wolflnger,
H. P. LaBar, ...
C. V/. Stone

C. S. Bush

D. W. Bush

J. T. Bush ,

B. F. Miller.

T. M. Starner. ...

E. S. Taylor

M. Oney

Emitt Oney

W. Haldeman,

T. H. B. Lyon. ..

D. B. Dress.

E. S. Sllllmon. .
W. A. Benslnger,

L. Wehr,

John J. Coyle, . . .

Postofflce address.

r **•*!*• I

Treverton. Northumleriand county,

Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,

Watsontown, Northumberland Co.,

Newport, Perry county

Newport, Perry county

New Bloomfleld, Perry county, ...

New Bloomfleld, Perry county, ...

New Bloomfleld, Perry county, ...

Landlsburg, Perry county

Duncannon, Perry county

Manayunk, Philadelphia county,..

Frankford, Philadelphia county. . .

Frankford. Philadelphia county...

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county.

BushklU, Pike county, .
Bushklll, Pike county, .
Bushklll, Pike county, .
Bushklll, Pike county, .
Bushklll, Pike county, .

Bushkill, Pike county

Bushklll, Pike county.

Marshall's «'reek. Pike county^*....
Marshall's <reek. Pike county,....

Marshall's Creek, Pike county

Marshall's c^reek. Pike county

Marshall's Creek, Pike county

Marshall's Creek, Pike countjT^....
Marshall's Creek, Pike county,....

Laanna, Pike county

Laanna, Pike county

Laanna, Pike county

Laanna, Pike county

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county.,
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.
Mahanoy City. Schuylkill county,.
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.
Mahanoy City. Schuylkill county..

No. shipped

Total.

1,20)
1,200

i.aoo

2,400
1,201

1,200

1,200

1.200

2.400

1,200

1,500

1,500

1.500

2,400

1,200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

1.200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1.200

1,200

1.200

15

I

I

224

RKPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

Brook Trout i^^r?/— Continued.

i

Date.

N.im*?

Postofflce address. No.shlpped

Total.

1894.

IT !*'■ Qmitll

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

1,200

Mar. 23
23

T. Treyelles

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county..

1,200

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

1,200

na • T.'^-CmitVi

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

1.20O

23

23

A. iV. tJliii".",

John Kutz

Mahanoy City. Schuylkill county,.

1.200

fr* Wnlfff . ....*.••••••

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county..

1.200

23
• 23

' F. S. Miller,

Mahanoy City. Schuylkill county..

1.200

23

H. Ball,

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county..

1.200

23

Peter Guers

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county..

1.200

23

C. Brownmiller,

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

1.200

23

C. WinkeU •

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

1,200

26

M. F. Kemerir •••

Shenandoah. Schuylkill county....

1,200

26 O. S. Kehl2r

Shenandoah. Schuylkill county,...

1.100

Shenandoah. Schuylkill couuly....

1.200

Shenandoah. Schuylkill county....

1.200

o/» "C^ TJ* 'K'isVllAI* - . . • • • • •

Shenandoah. Schuylkill county,...

1.800

26 J. F. Eisenhaur, ..... .

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...

1,200

26 H. E. Kelper,

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ...

2.400

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county. ...

2.400

1
26 C. H. Hagenhuch

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...

1,200

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...

1,200 1

Oi? T#» VbtAO Hll}.f»l*t •

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...

1.200

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...

1.200 1

26 1 J. Iliblnson

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...

1,200

26 R. 1>. R- H'.nTiMibueh, ..

Shenandoah. Schuylkill county....

1,200

26 Rev. M. T. Kane

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,...

1,200

26 Rev. H. F. O'RtlUy, .

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county...

1,200

1

AiTil 8

. Coledale, Schuylkill county

t.!W

3 John Ilering •

. Coledale, Schuylkill county

1,200

3

. Coledale. Schuylkill county

1.200

. Tamaqua. Schuylkill county

1.200

6

6

A. W. Hartwi?

. Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1,20!)

6

J, W. S^n'*.r3CK

. Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1.300

6

R, A. Haldenum

. Tamaqua, «chuylklll county

1.200

6
6
G

Q 1 Rrnilp

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

. Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1.200
1.200

T C* "WTnltpr .........

W. S. Allebach

. Tamaqua. Srhuylklll county.

1,200

tr j"'^ f^ird»ii^f .... m

. Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1.200

0

G

W. Wndsay,

.. Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1.200

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout Fry — Continued.

225

Date.

Name

Postofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total.

1S94.

April 6

Alex. I^lndsay

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1,200

6

G. L. R. Walker

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1,200

6

G. M. Bower.

Tamaqua, Schuylkill county

1.2M

6

Harrv Endv

Tamaqua, Schuylkill cnunty

Rlnfftown Schuylkill county

1,200
1,200

6

J. Lindemuth

e

J. A. Archball,

Llewellyn, Schuylkill county

6

C. Soencer

Wewellyn, Schuylkll! county

1.200

7

Tremont Fish & Gaine

Protective .\.sHon, ..

Tremont. Schuylkill county.

j 20,000

» 9

C. Bubeck

Schuylkill Haven. Schuylkill Co...
Schuylkill Haven. S< huylklll Co.,.

1,200
1,200

9

G. Bohrman,

9

J. F, Buck

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co...

1.200

9

8. Buehler

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co...

2,400

9

J. S. Delbert,

Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co...

1.200

9

B. Stanner

New Ringgold. Schuylkill county..
New Ringgold, Schuylkill county,.
Plnegrove, Schuylkill county

1.200
1.200
1,200

9

James Seltzer

9

W. Sfltiltz

9

C. W. Palmer

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

2,400

i

1,200

1.200

1,2U0

1,200
1,3)0
1,200

9

C. Shultz,

9

F. C. Palmer,

9

H. S. Hoover

9

E. G. Hoover

9

D. S. rhllUps

'1

H. C. Ent

9 H. H. Drumh^rlier

Pottsville, Schuylkill county

1,200

9 W. W. Kline,

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill county.

Ashland. Schuylkill county

1,200
1.200
1,200

11 T. T. Burron

11 R. J. Williams

11 .Tapoh T.pssier

Ashland. Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill countv

1.200
1,200

,.'

J. G. Grueber

11

J. M. Merwlne

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkill county

1.200

1.200

11

J. J. Salado

11

Pred. WUller

Frank Kehler

Kehler, Schuvlklll county

1.200
1.200 I
1.200
1,200

11

Kehler, Schuvlklll county

11

H. H. Gelst

Kehler, Schuvlklll county

11

E. Roberts,

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ...

11

A. Schmucksr, ....

Shenan-lojin. Fchiiyiktll Ci unty. ...

1.»1')

11

E. K. Betterman,

Shenandoah, "chuylklll county, ...

1.200

1
11

R. A. McHale

.Shenindoah, Schuylkill county, ...

1.200

15-20-94

22«,

REPORT OP THE

Brook Trout Fry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

.)ate Name.

1

Postofflce address. No.Shipped Total.

i

1
1894.

April 11 t

11 V

11 S

11 J

13 I

13 I

13 I

19 I

19 A

19 I

19 J

19 ]

27 '

27 '

Vt 1

if "Wiihlpr

Siienandot.h. Schuylkill county, ...
Shenandoah, SchuylkUl county. ...

1,200
1,200

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county, ... l.»>0

Shenandoah. Schuylkill county, ... 1.200

Tank J. Wentz

■w-k 1 ^ CjAlt.ivrllf ill #»n11TltV ...■...•.

1,200
1,200
1.200

Delano Schuylkill county

L V. Perry

Delano, SchuylUin county

Silver Brook. Schuylkill county.... 1.200

XT A T.iit9; . ..•>■•••

Tamanend. Schuylkill county

1,200

A. S. Greenawald

Onoigsburg, Schuylkill county, ...| 1.200 ,
Rauschs, Schuylkin county 1.2<»

o 13^ T ,pihv ...••••

Leibysville, Schuylkill county 1.2W

r T* Ttlddell

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county 1.200

W. W. Bidden

p T Waslev • •

Bhenandoah. Schuylkill county 1.200

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county , 1.200

at

i

S. W. Bidden

n xrtpsivpnder

1

Shenandoah. S. huylkill county 1.2')0

Shenandoah. SchuylkUl county i 1200

27
87
May 3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4

3. G. M. Hollopeter, ...
Chas. Skeith

Shenandoah, SchuylkUl county j

Bhenandoah, SchuylkUl county

Onplda Schuylkill coxinty

1.2J0

1
1,200

1,200

1.200

R. C. Jones,

T Tk/i fjrav

\ Ashland. Schuylkill county

■R T MlHard

Fountain Spring. Schuylkill Co.,.. 1.200

Dr. J. C. BIddle

r* O Neill

; Fountain Sprlns. Scliuylkill Co.... l.»0
Fountain Spring. Schuylkill Co.,..| 1.200

Kehler. Schuylkill county

1.200 1

H. Siliitn,

Kehler Schuylkill county

1.200

C. R. Kenler,

E. K. Bitterman

H. S. Thouipson

J. X. Dence,

Shenar.c>ah. Schuylkill county, ...
. Pottsville. Schuylkill county

Ashland, Schuylkin county

. Shenandoah. Schuylkill county, ...
. Shenandoah. ^cVuylkill county. ...
. Mahanoy City. Schuylkill county,.

New Boston, Schuylkill county, ...
.1 New Boston. Schuylkill county, ...

i.aio '

1.2'"0 1
l,2tJ0
1.2.W ,

r> c* TCrpiflTPr

1.200 1

TUT T,4*«f»ti

1
1 1-200 !

C. F. Eians

Jos. Zimmerman,

T *P Miller

1.200
1,200
1.2)0
1.200
1,200
1,200
2.1«'0

. Drehersville, Schuylkill county...
. Drehersville. Schuylkill county,..

Pottsville. Schuylkill county. ..,.

Summit Station. Schuylkill county

Thos. Kershner

W. H. Sow«r8

F. Strause

no. £,v.f

Brook Trout Fiy — Continued.

227

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address. 1

[No.Shipped

Total.

1894.

May 4
4
4

itflvlil Ro*>fl*»r

Summit Station, Schuylkill Co

1.20O

T Walter

Summit Station, Schuylkill Co j

Summit Station, Schuylkin Co

1.200
1.200

O. O. Strause

4

J. B. Kremer

Summit Station, Schuylkill Co....

1.200 !

1*
15 :

April 4

4

o V Str.iuse

Summit Station, Schuylkill Co

Schuylkill Haven. Schuylkill Co...

Leibysville, Schuylkill county

Mlddleburg, Snyder county

1,200 '
1,200

a A Liosch

David Reriar

1,200

Calvin Stetler

1.200

N. M. Middlesworth, ..

Troxelville, Snyder county

1,200 i

4

C. W. Blngaman,

Troxelville. Snyder county

1.200

' 4
19
19

V W Kreba - ....•..•

TroxelvUle, Snyder county

Selinsgrove. Snyder county

1.20O ,

1,200

A. Gerdon

Selinsgrove, Snyder county

1,200

19
19

T M Bover

Selinsgrove. Snyder county,

:.20O

B. F. Kantz

Selinsgrove, Snyder county

1,200

19
19

"W M Schmull

Selinsgrove, Snyder county,

1,200

H. D. Schmuil

Selinsgrove, Snyder county

1.209

19

H. J. Daubler,

Selinsgrove, Snydei* county,

1,20«

19
27

T M" "Raum • •

>
Hummell's Wharf, Snyder Co., ..

Lrfine-' Sullivan county

1,200

f\kkt\ T^aViT*

1,200

H. Behr ...

-r v\a

27

May 17

Dushore Sullivan county, .........

1,200

Kj, w . iuosicr, • .

W. Murray

1.200

17

17

S. S. Merethew

Campbellville, Sullivan county, ..

1.200

17

Powell Norton

Campbellville, Sullivan county. ..

1,200

April 12

L. M. Tyrren

Montrose. Sullivan county

1.200

12 J. P. Taylor

Montrose. Sullivan county

1.200

12

J. R. Belbe,

Montrose. Sullivan county

1.2.50

12

C. D. Beck,

Montrose, Sullivan county

1,200

12
12
12

Jfnhn MoPabe •

Montrose. Sullivan county

1,200

A XIT Tjvnrm . ...•

Montrose, Sullivan county

1,2 0

Geo. E. Woodruff,

Montrose. Sullivan county

1.200

12

W. W. Woodruff

Montrose. Sullivan county

1,200

12

C. M. Read,

Montrose. Sullivan county

1,200

May 17
17

T> U! 'Rpunh .........a*

Springville, Sullivan county,

1,200

•

W. S. Prichard

Springville. Sullivan county

1.200

April 4
4

Lewlsburr. Union county

1.200
1,200

F. A. Donehower,

T.ATU'lahiirff' TTnion oountv

4

Frank Rangier

Lewlsburg, Union county

1.200

I

228

REPORT OF THE

(Off. Doc.

Brook Trout ^ry— Continued.

Date.

Nam*

Postofflce address.

No. shipped

Total.

1894. '

April 4

«! T) Rater

Lewlsbursr. Union county

1,200

T. C. Thornton,

T f^nrtc!Vkii«*<y TTrii^Mi /*fi1iritV ■

1.200

4

4

T^pwisbure' Union county,

i,aoo

H. F. Donehower, ......

T A««r<c>\ii«*fr T^rklitn f^AlintV .■■■■..••

i,aoo

4

4
4

4

4 !

1

4

19

T.#»wishurflr Union county, •.......*

i.aoo

T.owlaHiirfir TTnion countV •

i.iio

T.pvrlfibure Union county,

i,aoo

T^Awfai-iiirfir I^nion county. *

1,200

i^pwlsbure TJnion county,

t»o

A Mitchell. ...........

West Milton, Union county

West Milton, Union county

1,»0

19

W. S. Barreu,

19

W. Selgler

West Milton. Union county

1.200

19

B. Bickel

West Milton, Union county

1,2 JO

19 C. H. Ranck

West Milton, Union county

1.200

19

W. F. Reiser, ..

West Milton, Union county

1,200

19
19

r* Rnnncrlpr ......••

West Milton, Union county

1.20»

Robert Datesman ri

West Milton, Union county,

1,200

19

E. Datesman

West Milton, Union county

1.200

19

R. Datesman

West Milton, Union county

l,2i)0

19

19

S V Bover

West Milton, Union county

1.200

A. H. Kreisher

West Milton, Union county

1,200

May 10

April 12

12

Jubilee Wayne county

1,200

L. Frasier

T. W T^il*Kois .........

Nicholson, Wyoming county

1,200

Tir w Oulek

Nicholson, Wyoming county,

Falls Wyoming county

1.200
1,200

j^ TV ^r^^^^m

13 yj. n.. maivj

Falls. Wyoming county

1,200

13 R. Slckyer

13 C. W. TiCe ;

Tunkhannock, Wyoming county, .

1.200

13
13
13

A K^eler

Tunkhannock, Wyoming county. ,
Tunkhannock, Wyoming county. .
Meshoppen, Wyoming county

1.200
1.200
1,200

w P Prpvofit-

S. A. Sturdevant, ....••

13

Henry Lelphan,

T:>/ssell 11 !l, Wyoming county, ...

1,200

13

Mar. 6

Mi'li* crar.y. Wyoming county

1,200

Daniel Keller

Wnrl.lfville. York county

1,500

F. W. Keller

i:ast I'n.t-jicct, York county

l.GiO

1

Bridgetfin, York county

1,600

W. J. Stiner,

Bridgetnn, York county '•

1.500

K. ±5. riyson

C. C. Smith, .

TJttl T (r»n Vnrk p*»lint V

1,500

C. C. Stiller

"Vi-krlr VnrV poiintv

1,500

T /~^ TJatf

Brl<1geton, York county

1,500
1,500

S. M. MannifoM

RrlilcrAt^iti Vrirk r»i")Untv

6

N

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Brook Trout i^ry— Continued.

Date.

1894.

Mar. 6

«

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

30

30

30

80

20

20

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

May ys

Name.

C.

G.

J.

G.

M.

C.

G.

W.

8.

J.

R.

M.

J.

J.

J.

J.

R.

T.

M.

E.

G.

F.

B.

F. Wilson,

C. Stone

C. Rutter

EW Rutter

A. Mltzel

I. Nes

C. Brown,

B. Gemmill, ...

R. Gelsey

A. Melshimer, ,

F. Wilson

R. Swartz, . . . .

W. Stetler,

D. Keller

H. Kllngfelt^r,
M. Brown,

Torbert,

Postofflce address.

W. Brown, .

J. Herbert,

F. Ilyenfritz

W. Loucks, .

Wilson

A. Shelley, ,

Sunnybum, York county, ...
New Freedom, York county,

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county

York, York county,

Yorkana, York county,

Stewartstown, York county,
Shrewsbury, York county,

Hanover. York county,

York, York county

York, York county

Long Level, York county, ..

Glenville, York county

Glenville, York county

Gatchelville, York county, ..
Gatchelville, York county, ..
Fawn Grove, York county.
Fawn Grove, York county.
Bald Eagle, York county, ...
Bittersvllle, York county. ..
Gatchelville, York county, .
Etters. York county

Brook Trout One Year Old.

No.shipped

May 2 George B. Luper.

California Trout Fry.

1891.
.Tune 19
25
2.1
25
2B
25

Jno. Brink

M. C. DriggH

C. A. Schum.-iVor, .

C. E. Adami,

D. S. Plrslll

P. Kleokner

Dunmore, I^ackawanna county.
White Havt-n, Luzerne county.
White Haven. Luzerne county.
White Haven. Luzerne county,
White Haven. Luzerne county,
White Haven. Luzein^ county.

1,500
3,000
1,500

x.'m

1,500
1.600
1,8001

1.500
1.600
8.000
1.210

1.200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1.200
1,200

l..M»0
1.000
1,(jOO
1,000
1,000
1,000

Total.

1,509.700

3^6

j REPOHT OF THE

California Trout i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doa.

Date.

•

Name.

Postofflce address. No. shipped

Total.

1891.
June 25

i

Frank Wallace

Dennis DInan

White Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, l-uzerne county. ...
White Haven, Luzerne county. ...
White Haven. I.,uzerne county, ...
White Haven, I..uzerne county, ...
W^ite Haven, Luzerne county, ...
White Haven, Luzerne county, ...

Bear Creek, Luzerne county

Bear Creek, Luzerne county, ;

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Tunkhannock, Wyoming county,...

1,000
1.000
1.000
1,000
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1.500

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2.000

^ 1,210

1,200

1,200

. 1.2X)

1,2M

3,<X>i

1,200

! 1.20fl

! 1,20Q

i.ax

1.20(
1.W
1.20(

i,a«

1.201

1,20
1.2*
1,20
1.20
1.20
1,»
1.20

£a 1

25
25
25
25

25

i
25

25

30

1892.

Mar. 8

8

15

15

15

22

22

22

22

22

April 4

4

5

5

5

15

15

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

PkAnnia T^inA 1 ■■•

J. C. Trans'i**. .

ti \M Trimmer ••

t

i-T T T.nir<1

A. Garls.

Daniel Stu 1

w H Hiner

Jno. Alden, ... . ....

H, BuUer, .. •

Greencastle, Franklin county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Marshallton, Chester county

Brandywine Summit, Dela. Co.,...
Chadd's Ford, Delaware county, ..
Chadds Ford, Delaware county, ..
Chadd's Ford. Delaware c unty, ..
White Haven, Luzerne county, ..
White Haven, Luzerne county, ..

Wllkes-Barre, Luzerne county

Mountain Top, Luzerne county, ...
Mountain Top, Luzerne county, ...

T>A_i.^i^A 'M'nnT'rkA pnlUltV .....••■

1

T T "RnwJW* .....■•

I
1

1 IT Tlnlrl^vin . .......

T) Kine"

Jno. P. Twaddell,

()

A TWff T-f^pfS ....A

■R TTftrtlanrl

"W. C. Brodhead

r;pn Miller

1

T A Rnvd •

\

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ...

Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg. Dauphin county

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Harrisburg. Dauphin county

. Sellnsgrove, Snyder county

. Selfnsgrove, Snyder county

. Sellnsgrove, Snyder county

. Selinsgrove, Snyder county

p. C. Connelly

B P Etter

)

C F Ktter

}

a Ti! Etter

>

Eugene Snyder

•

O. W. Markley

0

0

H. D. Schmure

F. J. Wagenseller

H O Dietrich

0
0
0

No. 20.)

1892.
May 12

PISH COMMISSIONERS.

California Trout i^ry— Continued.

Rainbow Trout Fry.

Mahanoy City Game &
Fish Pro. Ass

Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county,.

4,000

231

1
Date. 1

Names.

Postofflce address.

No.shlpped

Total.

1898.
April 18
18

David Hawk

l^vkpnR Daunhin county

1.200

H. H. Gemberling

S. A. Sturdevani

H. C. Truilow

T.vkpnc Daunhin countv

1.200

22
28

Meshoppen, Wyoming county

Stroudsburg, Monroe county

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Dplffi York countv

1,200
1,2(X>
1,200

27

Cvrus Sheetz

29
29

C. R. McConley, .

M. E. Pue

1,200

West Bangor, York county

1,200

68,600

California Trout Fry.

1893.

May 6

April 19

Mar. 13

20

20

April 3

3

3

3

May 4

Mar. 29

30

30

30

April 12

12

12

A. H. Gombert,
John Turner, ..
N. R. Buller, .
Geo. F. Murry,

A. C. Froonyer,
T. M. Nelson, .
Geo. Murray, .

R. Wentz

Augustus Wolf,
W. G. Hellman,

B. J. Milland, ..
F. C. Palmer, .
E. G. Hoover,
H. S. Hoover,
Thomas Purcell,

C. S. Shlndel,
A. W. Hartwlg,

Pleasant Comer, Carbon county,
Kay Aug, Lackawanna county,

Florin, Lancaster county,

Scotland, Franklin county.

Chambersburg, Franklin county,
Fort Loudon. Franklin county.
Fort Loudon, Franklin county.
Fort Loudon. Franklin county.
Fort Loudon, Franklin county,

Greble. Lebanon county

Centrolia. Schuylkill county. ..
Pottsvllle. Schuylkill county, ,
Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county, ,
Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county. ,
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county. .,
Tamaqua. Schuylkill couniy, ..
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, .,

1,200
^SOO

1.500
1,500
l.-'iOO
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,200
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1,200
1.200
1,200

22,500

15*

232

REPORT OP THE

California Trout i'Vy— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

No. 20.)

Date.

Name

Postofflce address. No. shipped

. -

Total.

1893.
Oct. 18

1

1891.

April 7

19

4

27

■aj M <3f>i--hlpr

Allentown. Lehigh county

Emaus Lehigh county

6,000

1,M0
1.900

1.209

i
200

1,200

1,200

♦

rk %i Millor

XX XHT H/fAvora

Hazleton Luzerne county,

Q CS T^fKv

Marvsville. Perry county,

J F Wairner

Gouldsboro, "Wayne county,

Pleasant Mount. Wayne county,..
Tunkhannock, Wyoming county, ..

27

J. P. Riley

May 17

T. M. Uortwlg

.

12 200

!

Broion Trout Fry,

18M.

April 27

27

7

23

f T* T-TiiErhes

Audenried. Carbon county

Audenried. Carbon cuunty

Emnus Lehigh county

2,000
2,000
2.000
2,000
2,000
2,000
4.000
2,000

"D "R Roberts

■n TJ HfUlpr

H L Quier

Allentown, Lehigh county

Bear Creek, Luzerne county

Mt. Pocono, Monroe county,

Mt. Pocono. Monroe county

Marysville, Perry county,

May 15

April 17

17

T S Tucker

D. W. Bowman

H A. Chase

I

4

CS Q T^Aihv

18.300

Atlantic Salmon Fry.

1894.
May 8

H. C. Ford, Philad'a...

1

Planted In headwaters of Del. Rlv.,

40,000

German Carp Fry.

1891.
Nov. 12

1892.
Mar. 7

1891.
Nov. 11

1892.
April r,

\

\

J
J. E. Knepschild,

J. E. Knepschild

T Mr>Mll11pn

Leechburg, Armstrong county

. Leechburg, Armstrong county,....

. Geiger's Miil.s, Berks county

. Douglassiville. Berks county

ft
60

11 15 nilmcr

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

German Carp Fry — Continued.

233

m%

Date.

1892.
April 6

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.shipped

H. G. South,

Jan. 1 J. M. Benbam. .

i
Mar. 7 W. W. Paxson, .

1891.
Nov. 10 M, J. Stout, ....

1892. I
June 1 W. Tippett. ....

1891. I

Nov. 12 W. J. Confer. ..
12 E. W. Jamison.

11 I J. J. Jamison, .

12 J. E. Kline, ....

1892. I
J. Q. White, ...

C. McCloskey. .
M. Glower. . . . .

D. F. W. Rey.
S. H. EUinger.

Lucern. Berks county

LeRaysville. Bradford county.
New Hope. Bucks county,

Sun.mit Hill. Carbon county.
Houto, Carbon county,

June 1
1
Mar. 7
June 1
Mar. 7

1891. i
Nov. 12 \ C. Q. Lanks,

Spring Mills, Centre county.
Spring Mills, Centre county.
Spring Mills. Centre county,
Lusseyville. Centre county,

Total.

Kemblersville, Chester county, ...

West Chester, Chester county

Downlngtown. Chester county

Clearfleld, Clearfield county

Luthersburg. Clearfleld county

Chatum Run, Clinton county, ....

12 J. Qulggle 1 pine Station, Clinton county,

12 J. P. Qulggle.
Dec. 10 D. J. Waller. .

McElhattan, Clinton county. ..
Bloomsburg, Columbia county,

10 C. W. Miller, < Bloomsburg. Columbia county,

Nov. 10

10

1892.

Jan. 1

Mar. 7

1891.

Nov. 12

25

26

25

189S.

April 6

6

6

H. H. Clever j Cleversburg, Cumberland county.

J. L. Kutz. ....

C. S. Heckman,
J. L.. Kutz, ....

Carlisle Springs, Cumberland Co.,.

Carlisle. Cumberland county

' Carlisle Springs. Cumberland Co...

Henry Cordes. Millersburg, Dauphin county,

John Killlnger Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

R. R. Haldeman, Harrisburg, Dauphin county,

Frank Walters Harrisburg, Dauphin county.

W. Shaffer Progress, Dauphin county,

I

R. W. Koons I Progress, Dauphin county,

D. W. Swartz, I Progress, Dauphin county,

AImt. 12 ' H, C. Montgomery.

Ithan. Delaware county.

2S

25

15

25

25
25
25

25

25
25
25
25

25

25

25
26

26
25

25
25
25
25

234

REPORT OF THE

German Carp i'Vy— Continued.

(Oft. VOQ.

Pate.

Ndiue.

1892.

Nov. 12

25

Jan. 1

1

Mar. 7

Dec. 10

10

10

10

10

Nov. 16

1892.
Jan. 1
1
1891.
Nov. 11
11
11
12
12
12
12
1892.
Mar. 7
7
April 6
6
1892.
Mar. 7
7
.Ian. 1
Al>ril 6

1891.
Nov. 11
11
11
16
16
16

J. H. Sollenberger,
J. A. Johnston, ...

J. p. Waltz.

G. W. Hass

T. K. Henderson,
Samuel Evans, . . .
Geo. Van Fleet, ..
B. F. Van Fleet, .

J. J. Jermyn

P. J, Lee,

P. S. Jones

J. L. Beavers, .
G. M. Richards,

A. H. Hershey, ...

H. K. Daus

C. F. Zimmerman,

C. H. Artz

J. H. Hershey, ...

Frank Preston, . . .

W. A. Bates

A. M. Kedwell,

J. Shinier

J. V. T/?nt/., ...,
Robtrl Gilmore,

B. C. Cubblson,
J. C. Kearns, .
S. B. Byles, ...
L. T. Smith, ..
T. M. Mann ,..
L. K. Graver, .

Postofflce address.

No. shipped i Total.

L. G. Lord

L. W. Franlthauser, ..

I. N. Keen

R. D. Heer

Chambersburg, Franklin county,..
Pen Mar, Franklin county, ........

McConnellsburg, Fulton county,...
Mill Creek, Huntingdon county,...

Morrell, Huntingdon county

FleetvUle, Lackawanna county, ..
Fleetville, Lackawanna county, ..
Fleetville, Lackawanna county, ..

Jermyn, Lackawanna county

Jermyn, Lackawanna county

Carbondale, Lackawanna county,.

Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..
Scranton, Lackawanna county, ..

Cordelia, Lancaster county,

Columbia, Lancaster county,

East Earl, Lancaster county,

Terre Hill. Lancaster county, ...

Cressvllle, Lancaster county

Spring Grove, Lancaster county, .
Conewago, Lancaster county

Muddy Creek, Lancaster county,..
Muddy Creek, I^ncas-ter county,..

Unicorn, Lancaster county

Refton, Lanca.ster county,

Dallas, Luzerne county

Beach Haven, Luzerne county, ...
Tomb's Run, Lycoming county, ..
Duke Centre, McKean county

Lewlstown, Mifflin county

Maitland, Mifflin county

Bellville, Mifflin county

Mt. Pocono. Monroe county

Ambler, Montgomery county

Plymouth Meeting, Montgom. Co.,

15

as

25

25
2S

NO. 20.;

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

German Carp Fry — Continued.

Date.

Nan.i:.

1891.
Nov. 16
16
Dec. 10
10
10
181^
Jan. 1
7
1891.
Nov. 25
%',
25
18M.
vlar. 7
1891.
Mar. 17

1892.
Jan. 1
8
1891.
Nov. 12

1892.

Mar. 7

7

7

7

J. S. Young, ..,
B. S. Krauss,
Otto C. Wolf.
F. W. West, .
H. C. Hopper,

J. V. Thompson,
W. Camburn, ..

Jesse llmstead,

David Billing,

J. D. Siegfried.
.Tos. Ifagerman,

J. Siders,

E. Lons

G. E. Long,
I. Wltmer, ..
D. Lonir, . . .

Nov. 16 Louis Bergdoll, Jr.,

16 R. C. McMurtrle. .

11 A. C. Gamer

11 J. Elsenhower

11 H. J. Howdler, ....

U
U
11

1892.
Mar. 7

J. P. Hoffman,
Peter Bohe, . . .
L. E. Strubher,

Cal Yackel,
A. Artz, . . .
W. KllUan,

Postofflce address.

P. C. Maus

H. Billinger

J. Billinger

Plymouth Meeting. Montgom. Co.,
East Greenville, Montgomery Co...
Bethayres, Montgomery county, ..
Bethayres, Montgomery* county, ..
Nasbroth, Montgomery county, ...

Ambler, Montgomery county

Ambler, Montgomery county

Mau.sdale, Montour county

Pottsgrove, Montour county

Limestoneville, Montour county,..

Washingtonville, Montour county,.

Siegfried's Bridge, North'p'n Co.,

No.shipped Total.

Bath, Northampton county,

Mt. Bethel, Northampton county.

Acker, Perry county.

Pfoutz's Valley, Perry county

Pfoutz'a Valley, Perry county

Pfoutz's Valley, Perry county

Pfoutz's Valley, Perry county

Philadelphia. Philadelphia county,
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia Co.,..

Ashland, Schuylkill county

Ringtown, .Schuylkill county,

Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

Tower City. Schuylkill county, ...
Suedsburg, Schuylkill county, ...
Suedsburg, Schuylkill county. ...

Orwigsburg. Schuylkill county

Sacramento, Schuylkill county. ...
Schuylkill Haven. Schuylkill Co...

25

25
25

25
25

25
25
25

25

25

25
25

2S

25
25
25
25

25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25

25
25
25

236

REPORT OF THE

(Off. Etoc.

German Carp JF'ry— Continued.

Date.

Nime.

Postofflce address. No.shipped

Total.

1891.

Nov. 16
16

C* "P RwlniflA ....••■•••

PaxtonvlUe. Snyder county

2K

J, R. Hendricks

Selinsgrove, rinyder county,

25

17

T. H. Harter ....1

Middleburg, Suyder county

2S

26
1892. 1

Mieseraville, Snyder county

26

Jan. 1

J. F, Wagenseller, ......

Selinsgrove, Snyder county

16

April 6
1891.

Miesersville, Snyder county

S

T^nA7 S^ullivan county,

25

Nov. 17
17

S. S. Rosengrant

Bella Sylva, Sullivan county

26

1892.

Mar. 7

1

1891.

fA C^tkWtkStYif^T .......>■■•

Ringvllle, Sullivan county

«

a U "Riirrltt

Unlondale, Susquehanna county,..

S

IJ p. Burritt

Uniondale, Susquehanna county,..

25

17

D. H. Wheatcraft

Forest Lake, Susquehanna county.

25

Dec. 10

1
1892.

T < 'Warner. •

Auburn 4 Corners, Susque. Co.,..

25

Tati 1 P 'Harf«»tt

Unlondale, Susquehanna county,..

1 ^

1

D. C. Pittman ...

Auburn 4 Comers. Susque. Co.,..

w

1892.

April 6

1891.

Mlfflinburg, Union county

m

Dec. 10
1892.

TnVin Aldpn ••••.

Tunkhannock, Wyoming county...

K

Mar. 7
Nov. 12

J. 8. Decker

W. G. Steyer

Lake Minola, Wyoming county...
Hanover, YorH county

25
25

1892.

Nov. 10

Exra Miller

G. C. Elchensetter

Hanover, York county

Elton, Cambria county

25

ts

35
35

i| 8,0(

19
It

J. Pine

Stevenson & Brother, ..

Equinunk. Wayne county

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia Co.,..

i

10

E. P. Kunkel, «

Fort Washington. Montgom. Co.,.
Fnrt Washlneton. Montgom. Co.,.

35

as

10

C H Kunkel

1

10

F. E. Hasenauer

. Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

ts

10

E Q. Hoover. a

» Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county

, Pottsvllle, Montgomery county,..
.1 Pottsvllle, Montgomery county...

m

IS

in

H .T Hendler

10

A. S. Kelser

No. 26.)

tm

German Carp Fry — Continued.

Date.

Name.

Postofflce address.

No.shipped

Total.

1892.

.

TJnv 10 '^ a T>hUHn« 1

Shenandoah, Schuylkill county. ...
Red Hill, Montgomery county, ....
Dougkisaville, Berlcs county

85

10
10
10
10
10

10

M P Markley

35

^V A .Ton^R

85

li. C. & H. G. Emery,.
T Jf nnps ...

85

Miller, Northampton county

McCall's Ferry, Lancaster county.
Cherryvllle, Northampton county,.

86

C HRrtman

85

J. P. Engleman

86

10

C. F. Zimmerman,

Spring Grove, Lancaster county,..

35

10

10

Tnlin "Rardpll

Tx^alniif TiinfntA. coiintv

85

XU^ A TaonVts

Centre Hall, Centre county

Spring Mills. Centre county

Talesvllle Bedford county

3i

10 J J Jamison

85

M Ml/, nnrlinlr

85

10

»

10

C H. Knellv

Conyngham, Luzerne county

Franklintown. York county

85

Tjfe/«nK Inlpfl CTAfl

86

M. J. Rucher,

Jermyn, I-ackawanna county

35

10
M

10
10

T 'Roh1(>tt'

T>rhT*fracr» C*Sk mhria. oOUntV

85

A L Pierce

Berwlndale, Clearfield cuunty

Lewistown Mifflin county

86
86

■W ft RAoer

baao Feaster *.,•••

Fishers, Northumberland county,..

35

10
10

W Orr

New Bloomfleld, Perry county. ...
Upper Mt. Bethel, North' pn Co...

80

35

Frank Hageman »

10
10
10

E IJhler

Stockerton, Northampton county, .
Tllstpr Bradford county

35
85

86

A. Smith.

Bangor, Northampton county

10

A, G. Messlnger

Easton, Northampton county

86

10

T. G. Goldschmit

Frankford, Philadelphia county. ..

35

10

W- L. Buckwalter,

Spring City. Chester county

86

n

IT

W H "Pftlmer .....■■■••

Smithvllle Lancaster county

85

C. LAndla,

Zlon's Grove, Schuylkill county...

86

17
17
17
17
17

Q W Tft-vlor .......>•••

HarveyviUe, Luzerne county

Sllkworth, Luzerne county

TVr l/t)iOT*/1 T.||5^pf*nA POlintV

86

T^lillin Pr^flrlf*

85

C* IT f^rftiylp .....

36

/^lf«*nn Ornflrlp .....

T>».|r»ViQril T.ny**rnp CKlintV

88

W. R. Brobst,

Mlnersville. Schuylkill county

45

17
17
17

XT \T PhlHiDS

Pottsvllle Schuylkill county

86

A A Stumor

Pottsvllle Schuylkill county

85

Sam. Davis

Fountain Sprinifs. Pchuylklil Co...

3b

17
17

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county.

88

H. D. Helns

Eshbach, Berks county

35

23S

REPORT OF THE

German Varp i^ri/— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

Date.

1892.

Nov. 17

Name.

C. G. Cyphers

17 1 C. Landis,

17 M. Ij. Hershey

17 H. M. Zimmerman.

17 ^ F. R. DisBlnger

17 C. Stlckel

17 S. Holsapple

24 Peter Welser

24 J. D. Lytle

24 H. Conrad

24 L. Daugherty

PoBtofflce address.

No. shipped

M I J. W. Odenwelder

Dec.

27

27

1893.

April 11

11

84 ' Peter Besore

24 B. B. Besore

24 Chas. Gabler

24 Lewis Hammel, ...
24 J. W. Biery

1 G. McVey

1 Simon TraveU, ...

1 G. W. Cnim,

1 M. S. Qreenawalt,

1 W. W. Prlchard, .

1 G. S. Oingley,

1 P. H. Flynn

1 C. B. Jackson, ....

1 Silas White

1 E. W. Brundaare, .

15 H. Conrad

IB P. F. Drumhell*r,

16 W. F. Conrad

15 J. M. McMemar, .
15 W. A. Jacobs, ...
22 Geo. Myers

John Vandermark,

E. Dodson

C. G, Cyphers. ...

Shawnee. Monroe county

Zion's Grove. Schuylkill county,.
Derry Church. Dauphin county,,
Derry Church, Dauphin county,,
Campbelltown, Dauphin county.

Mill Run. Fayette county,

Holsapple. Somerset county

Asherton. Northumberland county, j
Mile Run. Northumberland Co....

Mile Run. Northumberland Co.,..

Buckwalter, Cameron county

Easton, Northampton county.

Chambersburg. Franklin county,..

Chambersburg, Franklin county,..

Chambersburg. Franklin county,..

Passer, Bucks county •

Macungie. Lehigh county

Courtney, Washington county, ....

Centre View, Dauphin county

Salter, Huntingdon county

Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, ...

Prichard, I^uzeme county

Herrick Centre, Susquehanna Co.,

West Lenox, Susquehanna county.

Benvick. Columbia county.

Clark's Green. Lackawanna Co.,.. I

est Lenox, Susquehanna county, ., '

Mile Run, Northumberland county,

Asherton, Northumberland county,

Delblers, Northumberland county,.

New Bloomfleld, Perry county, ...

Centre Hall, Centre county

Slocum, Luzerne county.

Dorrance. Luzerne county

Prichard, Luzerne county

Shawnee, Monroe county

A. L. Worst. ..
T. Krelder , . . .

Lebanon. Lebanon county

Gordonvllle. Lanmaster county.

Total.

SS

25

ao
m:
ao
ao

20

11

ao

10

10

ao
m

80

80
80
30
30

25
25

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

Gerraan Garp Fry — Continued.

Date.

1893.
April 11
11
11
11
U
11

Name.

S. W. Shutt, .
E. H. Moran,
S. Vail

p. .1. Lee, ...
Liee Ross. . . .

11 Dalph Coal Co.,

U
U

11
11
11

u

u
11
11

10
10
10
10
21
21
21
21
81
10
21
10
81
21
10
10
10
10
28
21
24
Dec. 2

W. H. Christian,

8. B. Kanis

Lewis MakafCa. .
P. G. Maryatt, .

E. Hopper

Jacob Knecht, . .

F. A. Wltmac, .
Jos. Wllhelm, . . .
Samuel Buehler,

David S. Frey, .
J. E. Arnold, . . .

D. Zimmers

Geo. B. Fox

8. H. Stem

W. H. Qruber, .
8. A. Brutzman,
H. E. Ziegenfus,
J. Ziegenf us, . . .
P. McCorkle, . . .
J. C. Singles, ...

Isaac Pooe

Geo. Kissner, . . .
W. W. Hanley,
W^ G. Stewart,
L. M. Snyder. ...
S. A. Garland, ,
J. N. Martin. ..
P. W. Bbel, ....
Simon Besore, . ,
T. A. Harris. ..
P. P. Bear

Postoffice address.

Pennlyn, Montgomery county, .,
Pennlyn, Montgomery county. .
Jermyn, Lackawanna county. ..
Jermyn, Lackawanna county. ..
Jermyn. Lackawanna county. ..

Jermyn. Lackawanna county

Scranton, Lackawanna county. ...
Skinner's Eddy. Wyoming county.

Laporte, Sullivan county

Laporte, Sullivan county

Lynn. Susquehanna county

Berwick, Columbia county

Berwick. Columbia county

Berwick. Columbia county

Host, Berks county

Schuylkill Hav>en, Berks county, ..

Jack's Mountain, Adams county,..

Wolfsburg, Bedford county

Wolfsburg. Bedford county

Altoona, Blair county

Rich Hill, Bucks county

I.«high Gap, Carbon county

Lehigh Gap. Carbon county

Aquashicola. Carbon county

Aquashlcola. Carbon county

Brandamore, Chester county

Strickersvllle. Chester county

Clearfield, Clearfield county

Berwick. Columbia county,

Berwick, Columbia county,

Newville, Cumberland county

Carlisle. Cumberland county

Carlisle, Cumberland county

Shlppensburg. Cumberland Co., .

Harrisburg, Dauphin county

Chambersburg. Franklin county..

Walnut, Juniata county

Seipstown. Lehigh county

No.shipped Total.

85
85

as

85
25
SO

25

aB^

25

75
75

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

4*)

M

80

40

40

40

40

45

40

40

40

3.8K

240

REPORT OF

Black Baas i^ry— Continued.

(Off. Doc.

I

Date.

1893.
Dec. 2
Nov. 21
10
21
29
29
10
10
10
10
28
28
10
10
28
21
21
21
21

10 ;

i
10 I

10 I

!

10 I

10 I

10 !

10
10
10
10
10
21
10
10

Name.

1894.
Mar. 30 C. L. Case.

30
30
SO

J. W. Hill

A. R Boardman,
O. B. Ca«i

Postoflice address.

P. F. Bear

Philip Teal

Dewitt Lewis

S. W. Shutt

W. F. Romig

E. Russ

B. C. Drumheller, ...

H. W. Reitz

D. Montgomery

J. O. Renn

W. Fox

J. Frederick

J. Clay,

G. W. Smith

A. T. Huss

J. C. Huss.

Cbas. Boch

M. L. Bach

C. Anderson

Barker & Brown, ...

R. F. Lelby

W. Knepper

I. Schellhamer

R. F. Lelby,

Charles Landigrf

F. H. Jerrett

L. J. Hendricks

L. C. Beckwlth,

C. F. Merritt

8. S. Smith

A. Johnson

E. K. Bollinger, ...
A. Byera

Seipstown, Lehigh county

White Haven, Luzerne county,....

Carpenter, Lycoming county

Pelillyln, Montgomery county, ...

Stockertown, Northampton Co

Stockertown, Northampton Co

Asherton, Northumberland Co.. ..
Asherton, Northumberland Co., ..
Turbotvllle, Northumberland Co.,.
Turbotville, Northumberland Co.,.
Elysburg, Northumberland county,
Milton, Northumberland county, . .

Duncannon, Perry county

Duncannon, Perry county,

Loganla, Perry county

Philadelphia, Philadelphia county,

Bushklll, Pike county

Bushklll, Pike county

Bushklll, Pike county

Port Carbon, Schuylkill county, ..

Lelbysville, Schuylkill county

LeibysviUe, Schuylkill county

Lelbysville, Schuylkill cnunty

Lelbysville, Schuylkill county, ....
Zlon's Grove, Si?huylklll county, ..

Sellnsgrove, Snyder county,

Sellnsgrove, Snyder county

Covington, Tioga county

Nelson, Tioga county,

Laurclton, Union county,

Cohn, Union county

Seltzland, York county

Franklintown, York county

No.sbipped

North Orwell, Bradford county,...

North Orwell, Bradford county,...

North Orwell, Bradford county,...

North Orwell, Bradford county,...

40
40
40
4B

#
4»

m
m
«

m

Total.

m
4»

40

40

40
«

m
m
m

40

40
40

25

26

2,285

No. m.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

German Carp Fry — Continued.

241

Date.

Name.

PoBtofflce address.

1
No. shipped 1

ToUl.

vsn.

Mar. 30
ao

V D Cass

North Orwell Bradford county, . .

26

O 'P Moore.

North Orwell, Bradford county,..
North Orwell, Bradford county...
North Orwell, Bradford county,..

26
26

as

ao

W. J. Hill

ao

W. M. Cheeney

M

8. Wlckham •

North Orwell, Bradford county,..
North Orwell. Bradford county,..
North Orwell, Bradford county...

as
as
as

M

F. Gibson

ao

F. Robinson.

ao

B. Boardman

North Orwell, Bradford county,..

25

25

30

ao

M. C. Cristopell

P. J. Sell

Hombrook, Bradford county

25

80

Milton Sell

Hombrook, Bradford county

25

April 4

B. H. Hastings

Beech Creek, Clinton county

10

Mar. 30
April 4

l^iphftrd Mesfl.

Rohrsburg, Columbia county

Mnrlon FVAnklin countv

60

r\ c Croft

1

SO

r> T- Allen ....

Marion Franklin county

30
30
30
30
80

B F Kuhn

Marion, Franklin county

Marion Franklin county

T W Tj^v

a q T«iuiv .. M

Marion. Franklin county.

G. W. Pheasant

Calvin Huntingdon county,

W. A. Crotsley

Colfax, Huntingdon county

30

■ l~)*ivif1 Roon . ... .....a

Pleasant View, Juniata county, ..
Scranton, Trficka wanna county, ...

30
86

Mar. 30

C. Mayer, ....

30

A Busfllch

Scranton, Lackawanna county. ...
Slocum. Luzerne county

25

25
25

80
80

r* A Omi^K

J. Vandermerk,

Dorrance, Luzerne county

80

! Peter Bishop

Conyngham, Luzerne county

25

April a

▲ Crordon

Prospectvllle, Montgomery county,

26

Joseph Koons

ibTaKlA Q/«hiiv1kni ^nuntv •

as

2

t

Amos Coryell

FactoryviUe, Wyoming county, ...

as

•

N Row

FactoryvlUe, Wyoming county, ...

as

3,205

Black Bass Fry.

18M.

Shellv Bucks county

110

July 22
22
22

R. rl. weaver,

Jenklntown, Montgomery county,.

110

Geo. D. Wldner

Ogontz, Montgomery county

Ob

22

W. S. Bills

1

Ashbourne, Montgomery county,..

220

16-20-94

242

REPORT OF THE

Black Bass ^ry— Continued.

(Off. L>OP.

No. 20.)

J} LOO. K^KJSaBai.001.\jS*£4D,S,

049

Date.

1893.
June 6
6
6

Name.

John Deltrlch,
C. W. Parkin.
P. L. Cooch,

Postofflce address.

Minersville. Schuylkill county
PottsvlUe, Schuylkill county.
Pottsvllle, Schuylkill county,

No.8hipi)ed

600

1,150
1,150

Total.

3,!ir.O

STATEMENT OF SHAD FRY DEPOSITED IN THE DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA
RIVERS DURING THE SEASONS 1892-93 AND "94.

Date.

1^1

vm

1892
1^

vm
vm
vm.

vm
vm

1^

1893

1893
1893

1894.
1894.
1894.
1894.
1894.
1894.
1894.
1894.

Name of stream.

Point of deposit.

Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
DeU.ware river, .
Delaware river, .
Delaware river, .
Delaware nver, .
Delaware river. .

Delaware river, ...
Delaware river, ...
Delaware river, ...
Delaware river, ...
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,

Susquehanna river
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
Susquehanna river,
£>elaware rUer,
Delaware river,
Delaware river,
Delaware river.

Near Havre de Grace, Md

Peach Bottom, Penna

Flte's Eddy, Penna

Columbia, Penna.,

Lambertville, N. J

Calllcoon, N. Y

Port Jervls, N. Y

Lackawaxen, Penna. ,

Delaware Water Gap, Penna.,

Port Jervls, N. Y

Calllcoon. N, Y.,

Delaware Water Gap, Penna., ..

Liackawaxen, Penna

near Battery Island, Md

Port Deposit, Md

Columbia, Penna

Flte's Eddy, Penna

Peach Bottom, Penna

Port Deposit, Md

File's Eddy, Pa

Peach Bottom, Pa.,

Columbia, Pa

Trfimbert vllle, N. J,,

Port Jervis, N. Y

Calllcoon, N. Y

Delaware Water Gap. Penna..

Number.

Total.

1,025,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
1,200,000
450,000
1.450,000
1,515,000
2,069,000
2,600,000

900,000
450,000
1,729.000
750,000
7.224,000
3,650,000
1,761,000
1,770,000
1,800,000

1.104,000
757,000
8.^,000
870,000

1,100.000

917,000

400,00

5,576,000

13.909.000

20.034,000

11,574,000

m

Date.

1^2.
1S93.
18?.<.

1894.
1894.

REPORT OF THE
SUMMARY.

Name of Stream.

Delaware river

Susquehanna river,

Delaware river

Susquehanna river

Delaware river,

.Siisiiu» lianna river.

(Off. Doc.

Number.

8,084,000
5,825,000
3,829,000
16,205,000
7,993,000
3.581.000

Total.

45,517.000

No. 20.)

nSH COMMISSIONERS.

245

SUMMAKY OF DISTRIBUTION, 1891 TO 1894.

BROOK TROUT FRY.

1889-92. Eastern hatchery.
Western hatchery.

Distributed 1891-92,

1892-93. Eastern hatchery

Western hatchery

Distributed 1892-93,

1883-94. Eaetern hatchery

Western hatchery, ,

Distributed in 1893-94,

BROOK TROUT— YEARLINGS.

1892-93. Western hatchery,
1893-94. Eastern hatchery.

Total,

LAKE TROUT FRY.

1S591-92.
1892-93.
1893-94.

Western hatchery.
Western hatchery,
Western hatchery.

Total,

CALIFORNIA TROUT FRY.

1891-92. Eastern hatchery

Western hatchery,

Distributed in 1891-92.

1892 93. Eastern hatchery

Western hatchery,

Distributed in 1892-93.

1,428,400
1,473,700

1,613,980
1,363,600

1,509,700
1,194,700

68,600
532,000

22,500
380,000

2,902,100

2.977,580

2,704,400
8,584,080

7,660
300

7.960

199.500

180,000

54.000

«3,000

€00,600

402,500

246

1893-94.

1891 92.
1892-93.
1893-94.

1891-9a.
1892-93.
1893-94.

REPORT u* THE
CALIFORNIA TBOUT FRY-Contlnued.

Eastern hatchery

Western hatchery

Distributed in 1893-94,

Total.

Western hatchery,
Western hatchery,
Western hatchery,

HYBRID TROUT FRY.

Total,

BROWN TROUT FRY.

Western hatchery,
Western hatchery,
Eaatern hatchery, .
Western hatchery,

Distributed in 1893-94.

Total,

Ljfifi© LOCKED SALMON FRY.

1891-92. Western hatchery.

1893-94. Eastern hatchery.

1891-92. Eastern hatchery.
Western hatchery.

ATLANTIC SALMON FRY.

GERMAN CARP FRY.

Distributed in 1891-92.

1892-93. Eastern hatchery

Western hatchery

Distributed in 1892-93,

1893-94 . Eastern hatchery

Western hatchery

Distributed in 1893-94,

Total.

12,200
57,50*

69,700

1,072,800

59,00*
106,000
148,000

313,000

123,500
307,000

18.000
357,500

375,500

806,000

165,000

40,000

3,000
2,200

5,200

3,265
1,015

4,280

3,205
1,000

4.205

13,685

No. 20.) Fipjn »jox»|MISnn^*fNn.n.».

BLACK BASS.
1891-92. Western hatchery

1892-93. Western hatchery

1893-94. Eastern hatchery - *'*^

Western hatchery 3,077

Distributed in 1893 94

Total

LARGE MOUTH BLACK BASS.

1891-92. Western hatchery

1892-93. Western hatchery

1893-94. Western hatchery

Total

ROCK BASS.

1891-92. Western hatchery

1892-93. Western hatchery

1893-94. Western hatchery

Total

WHITE BASS.

1892-93 . Western hatchery,

1893-94. Western hatchery

Total

STRAWBERRY BASS.
1891-92. Western hatchery

1892-93. Western hatchery

1892-93. Western hatchery

Total

YELLOW PERCH.

1891-92. Western hatchery

1892-93. Western hatchery

1893-94 . Western hatchery

Total

^m

2,033

6,427

8.940

im

1,460
1,980

4.332
3,310
1.725

9,367

181

1,286

2.069

87

3,442

8.880

10.165

248 REPORT OF THE (Off. i^oc.

SUN FISH.
1892-93. Western hatchery,

GM

1893-94. Western hatchery

Total.

CAT FISH.

10

1891-92. Western hatchery,

.. tW

1892-93. Western hatchery

1893-94. Western hatchery

Total **

BLUE PIKE.

mi

1891-92. Western hatchery

PIKE PERCH FRY— WALL. EYED PIKE.

^ . , . . 49,940,000

1891-92. Erie hatchery

„ . ^ ^ 28,670,000

1892-93. Erie hatchery

„ . ^ ^ . 82,840,000

1893-94. Erie hatchery

_ . , ' 161,450,000

Total,

WHITE FISH FRY.

„,^,. 15,000,000

1891-92, Erie hatchery

19 800 000
1892-93. Erie hatchery ^^.ow,

1893-94. Erie hatchery 25.000,000

Total 5»'«»'<^

LAKE HERRING FRY.
1892-93. Erie hatchery 1.540,000

1893-94. Erie hatchery 2.500,000

Total *'^'^

Total distribution brook trout, 1891 to 1894 8,592.040

Total distribution other trout and salmon. 1891 to 1894 3,430,400

Total dlstriliution white fish, 1891 to 1894 59.800,000

Total distribution pike-perch .1891 to 1894 161,450.000

Total distribution lake herring 4.040.000

Total distribution shad 4r.,517,000

Tr.tal distribution miscellaneous fish, 49,331

Total distribution of fish from 1891 to 1894 282,878.771

No. m.)

FISH COMMISSIONERS.

^

REPORT OF W. L. POWELL, FORMER TREASURER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COM-
MISSIONERS OF FISHERIES, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR VIZ: FROM JUNE 1, 1892.
TO MAY 31, 1893, COMPILED BY H. C. DEMUTH, PRESENT TREASURER.

Cash received for flsh warden account $5,000 00

Cash received for hatcheries and general expenses, 15,000 00

Balance on hand May 31, 1892 855 38

( '^ $20,855 38

Cost of Eastern hatchery $3,968 15

Cost of Western hatchery, 3,526 20

Cost of Erie hatchery, 1,834 73

Cost of fish wardens 3,869 22

Cost of general expenses, 6,754 62

19,952 92

Balance on hand May 31. 1893 $902 46

REPORT OF H. C. DEMUTH, TREASURER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSIONERS
OF I'lyHERIKS FROM JULY 29. 1893. AT WHICH TIME MR. W. L. POWELL TRANS-
FERl:ED ACCOUNT TO ME.

Cash received from W. L. Powell, treasurer $5,003 08

Cash received for flsh warden account 3.750 00

Cash received for hatcheries and general expenses, 11.250 00

$20,003 08

Cost of Eastern hatchery $4,216 64

Cost of Western hatchery 4,178 69

Cost of Erie hatchery 2.633 30

Cost of flsh wardens. 3,406 48

Cost of general expenses 3,494 40

17,929 51

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Balance on hand May 31, 1S94 $2.073 57

On account of a fire which occurred In the store of Messrs. Bates & Vance, of which firm
Mr. W. L. Powell was a member, the accounts of Treasurer were destroyed, from May 31. 1891.
to June 1, 1892. and cannot be furnLshed.

H. C. DEMUTH,

Treasurer.

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LIST OF

FISH COMMISSIONERS OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

THE UNITED STATES.

Marshall McDonald, Commissioner.

Herbert A. Gill, Chief Clerk.

Richard Rathbun, Assistant in Charge Inquiry Respecting Food Fishes.

W. de C. Ravenel, Assistant in Charge Fish Culture.

Hugh M. Smith. Assistant in Charge Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries.

W. P. Titcomb, Disbursing Agent.

SUPERINTENDENTS OF STATION.

E. E. Race Maine

Charles G. Atkins East Orland, Maine

J. W. Titcomb, St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Gloucester, Massachusetts

John Maxwell, ..'..'.*.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.*.'.'...'..... Woods Holl. Massachusetts

Battery Island. Harve de Grace, Maryland

S. G. Worth, Central Station, Washington, D. C. and Bryan's Point. Maryland

Rudolph Hessel Fish Ponds, Washington. D. C.

George A. Seagle Wytheville, Virginia

J. J. Stranahan Put-in-Bay. Ohio

Frank N. Clark, Northville and Alpena. Michigan

S. P. Bartlett. Quincy. Illinois

g p "Wires Duluth, Minnesota

W F Page Neosho, Missouri

E. A. Tulian Leadville, Colorado

Livingston Stone, !.'.'."! Baird. California

W. F. Hubbard Clackamas. Oregon

Capt. W. E. Dougherty U. S. Army, Fort Gaston, California

In addition to the above, stations have been authorized for the following
places:

Cape Vincent, New York.

Manchester, Iowa.

San Marcos, Texas.

Bozeman, Montana.

Tennessee.

ALABAMA.

Col. D. R. Hundley Madison

Hon. Charles S. G. Doster Prattville

ARIZONA.

T. W. Otis Prescott

John Howard Prescott

C. W. Stearns Phenix

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ARKANSAS.

H. H. Rottaken. President Little Rock

W. B. Worthen. Secretary Little Rock

J. W. Callaway kittle Rock

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DOMINION OF CANADA.

Hon. C. H. Tupper. Minister of Marine and Fisheries Ottawa

Hon. John Tilton, Deputy Minister Ottawa

S. P. Bauset. Chief Clerk Ottawa

Samuel Wilmot. Superintendent of Fish Culture Ottawa

Inspectors of Fisheries: J. R. Kinney. Yarmouth. N. S.; R. C. Hockin. Pictou,
N. S.; A. C. Bertram. North Sydney. N. S.; J. H. Pratt, St. Andrews, N. B.;
R. A. Chapman, Moncton, N. B.; D. Morrow, Oromocto. N. B.; E. Hackett,
Tignish, P. E. I.; W. Wakeman, Gaspe Basin, P. Q.; Thomas Mowat, New
Westminster, B. C; Alex McQueen. Winnepeg, Manitoba; F. C. Gilchrist,

Fort Qu'Appelle. N. W. T. , . ^ ^

Officers In Charge of Fish Breeding Establishments: S. Wilmot, Superintendent
of Fish Culture. Newcastle, Ont.; Charles Wilmot. Officer in Charge, New-
castle Hatchery. Ont.; Wm. Parker. Sandwich, Ont.; L. N. Chattelier.
Tadoussac, Q.; H. Davis. Gaspe. Q.; A. H. Moore. Magog. Q.; Alex. Mowat.
Restigouche. Matapedia. P. Q.; A. B. Wilmot Bedford. N. S.; C. A. Farquhar-
son Sydney. N. S.; Isaac Sheasgreen. Miramichi. N. B.; Charles McCluskey,
St. John River. Grand Falls. N. B.; Henry Clark. Dunk River, P. E. I.;
Thomas Mowat, British Columbia Hatchery. New Westminster, B. C.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

Hon. A. W. Harvey, Chairman f'- ^^J)"^

^ . St. Johns

M. Harvey. Secretary

Adolph Neilson. Superintendent of Fisheries s»t- JO^ns

CALIFORNIA.

JOS. D. Redding. President Sacramento

H. L. MacNeil « '^^"/"^-I'n

, . .^ i. ...San Francisco
Wm. C. Murdock. Secretary """'

C0L0RA1>0.

Denver

Gordon Land

CONNECTICUT.

jas. A. Bill. President ;:;;;;;.;Har«^oTd

S. M. Bronson Secretary ^^^^

R. E. Follett, Supermtendent.

CONNECTICUT SHELL FISH COMMISSION.

Norwalk

Christian Swartz ••- Bridgeport

Oeo. C. ^aldo ^j,^^^^

C. W. Bear^«»^>''^ ;;;;;; New Haven

F. Bottsford. Clerk

DELAWARE.

Charles H. Shubert •••• wiir«in«rton

Dr. E. G. Shortlidge. Superintendent of Hatcheries Wilmington

GEORGIA.

Atlanta

R. T. Nesbit La Grange

Dr. H. H. Cary. Superintendent ^^ urange

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ILLINOIS.

N. K. Fairbank, President Chicago

S. P. Bartlett Qulncy

George Breuning Centralia

INDIANA,

Col. W. T. Denis Richmond

IOWA.

E. D. Carlton Spirit Lake

Ole Bjorenson, Superintendent.

KANSAS.

John M. Brumbaugh Concordia

MAINE.

E. M. Stillwell Bangor

Henry O. Stanley Dixfield

E. W. Gould, Sea and Shore Fisheries, Searsport

MARYLAND.

J. J. Sudler, ,,,,, .Manokin

G. R. Rider, Salisburj

MASSACHUSETTS.

E. A. Brackett Winchester

I. C. Young Wellfleet

E. H. Lathrop, Springfield

MICHIGAN.

Hoy t Post Detroit

Herschel Whitaker Detroit

Joel C. Parker, M. D., Grand Rapids

AV^alter D. Marks, Superintendent Paris

George D. Mussey. Secretary Detroit

William A. Butler, Jr., Treasurer Detroit

MINNESOTA.

William Bird Fairmount

Niles Carpenter Rushford

Robert Ormsby Sweeny, President, Duluth

S. S. Watkins, Superintendent, Willow Brook, St. Paul

MISSOURI.

H. M. Garlichs, Chairman, St. Joseph

J. L. Smith Jefferson

Edw. Cunningham St. Louis

A. C. Garlichs, Secretary St. Joseph

Phillip Kopplin, Jr., Superintendent St. Louis

James W. Day, Superintendent St. Joseph

NEBRASKA.

William L. May Fremont

J. C. McBride Lincoln

B. E. B. Kennedy Omaha

M. E. O'Brien, Superintendent South Bend

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George T. Mills Carson City

Ernest HarriS, Deputy Carson City

NEW HAMI'SIIIRE.

Nathaniel Wentworth Hudson

Elliott B. Hodge Plymouth

W. H. Griffin Henniker

Elliott B. Hodge, Superintendent of Plymouth and Sunapee Hatcher-
jgg Plymouth

NEW JERSEY.

George PfeilTer, Jr., President Camden

H. P. Prothingham, Secretary Mt. Arlington

W. Campbell Clark Newark

Parker W. Page,

.Summit

NEW YORK.

Barneth H. Davis, President Palmyra

Henry H. Lyman. 0«wego

William R. Weed, Potsdam

Charles H.

Babcock Rochester

Edward Thompson,

.Northport

Edward P. Doyle, Secretary 53 Broadway, New York

Edward Thompson, Shellfish Commissioner.

OHIO.

...Dayton
Cincinnati

Toledo

.Cleveland

C. V. Osborn, President

H. B. Vincent, Secretary,

I. H. Shaw

William R. Huntington

L. K. Buntain. Chief Warden Dayton

William Lantz, Superintendent of Fisheries, Sandusky

OREGON.

F. C. Reed, President Clackamas

G. T. Meyers Clackamas

R. C. Campbell ^^^^^^

PENNSYLVANIA.

Henry C. Ford. President 1823 Vine St., Philadelphia

H. C. Demuth, Treasurer Lancaster

S. B. Stillwell, Secretary

Louis Streuber

James A. Dale, Corresponding Secretary

D. P. Corwin

Jfohn P. Creveling. Superintendent

William Buller, Superintendent

RHODE ISLAND.

Henry T. Ro<.t. Treasurer Providence

William P. Morton. Secretary Johnstown

Scranton

Erie

York

609 Lewis Block, Pittsburgh

, Allentown

Corry

J. M. K. Southwick.

.Newport

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Hon. A. P. Butler,

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TENNESSEE.

W. W. McDowell Memphis

H. H. Sneed TChattanooga

Edward D. Hicks, Nashville

UTAH.

A. Milton Musser Salt Lake City

VERMONT.

John W. Titcomb Rutland

C. C. Warren Watterbury

VIRGINIA.

Dr. J. T. Wilkins Bridgetown

WEST VIRGINIA.

C. S. White, President Romney

F. J. Baxter, Treasurer Sutton

N. C. Prickett, Secretary Ravenswood

WISCONSIN.

The Governor, ex-offlcio.

Philo Dunning, President Madison

C. L. Valentine, Secretary and Treasurer Jamesville

Mark Douglass, Melrose

A. V. H. Carpenter, Milwaukee

Calvert Spensley Mineral Point

E. S. Miner Sturgeon Bay

James Nevins, Superintendent Madison

WYOMING.

Louis Miller i Laramie

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STATE FISH EXHIBIT AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.

Amoug tlie acts of the Legislature of 1892-93 was an appiopri.i
tiou of $8,000 to the Pennsylvania Fish Commissioners in order th-
ihey might make a creditable exhibit of its work at the Columbian
Exposition in Chicago. As soon as the measure became a law, the
Commissioners began to prepare for an exhibition which would be
a credit to themselves and the great Commonwealth which they
represented. A kite-shaped space of 1701 square feet was allotted
thHU in one end of the Fisheries building adjoining the space given
the state of Wisconsin. Contracts were made for a number of
aquaria of French plate glass and iron with J. W. Fiske of the
Variety Iron Works, of York, l*a.; for plumbing with E. Baggot &
i4on of Chicago, and for decorative work with J. J. Stoberniche & iSon,
of Philadelphia. The management of the whole exhibit was placed
by the Commissioners in the hands of Col. John Gay of Greensburg.
\\ hen the exhibit was in place there was an artistic presentation
which for tlie money expended, in the opinion of many, rivalled the
work of some of the other states whose commissioners had at their
command nearly or quite double the funds of the Pennsylvania Com-
missioners.

The entrance to the exhibit, which was at the narrow end of the
Kite-shaped space, w^as surmounted by a cedar and oak bark rustic
arch, bearing the Keystone State coat of arms. Directly inside the
iiiclosure were two limpid pools of water fed by the streams of a
V aterfall which fell from among a realistic grouping of rocks, moss,
Unn and plants covered to the top of the exhibit. Within the two
pools, connected by a model of the Roger's fishway. were many small
fish and the ease with which these finny inhabitants of the water
constantly passed from one pool to another by means of this in-
genious contrivance was a perfect object lesson of its utility.

In front of the lowermost ]tool were models of the State hatch-
eries at Allentown, Corry and Erie, and the sides of the arch at the
entrance were ornamented with large photographs of the interior
and exterior of the hatcheries and by fifteen beautifully executed
colored drawings of fish which frequent the waters of the State.

Bc^hind the waterfall and under the bank over which it tumbled
was constructed a tunnel, lined with oak bark and adorned with
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jiiaria containing the various food fishes of the State. The onlj
iifiht in the tunnel was that which came through the waterfall, and
through tlie water of the aquaria, thus the movements of the fish
as tliey swam about could be observed to the best advantage. There
were altogether twenty aquaria, the largest of which were each
six feet long and three feet deep, and the water which sustained the
fish life within was all filtered lake water and constantly changed.

The aquaria around the sides of the exhibit, like those in the tun-
nel, were with the exception of their faces, buried within masses of
oak and cedar bark, so that the machinery of the exhibit was hidden
from the view of the visitor. In the aquaria were shown trout from
all ages from babyhood to maturity. There were brook trout, brown
trout, California trout and a few hybrids. There were besides five
si)ecimens of nearly all the valuable food fishes which thrive in the
fresh waters of Pennsylvania.

To kc^p these fish alive and healthy was one of the most diificult
tasks of those entrusted with the care of the exhibit. The least
carelessness in handling or any abatement of vigilance in other par-
ticulars would result in the appearance of a fungus on the eyes and
bodies of the fish, which, unless checked would speedily cans*'
their death. Tt is to the credit of those in charge that there was
comparatively little mortality from this cause, and in consequence,
the Pennsylvania exhibit was particularly noticeable for the fine,
healthy appearance of the living fish in the aquaria.

In a little corner back of the exhibit was the office of Col. John
Oay and his two assistants, Mr. Buller and Mr. Brady.

In order that visitors to the World's Fair who were particularly
interested in the work of fish culture, the Commissioners employed
Mr. William E. Meehan, an asociate editor of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, to compile a pamphlet on the "Fish. Fishing and
Fisheries of Pennsylvania." This pamphlet was profusely illus-
trated and gave an interesliug history of the Indian methods of
catching fish: tho causes which led to the depletion of our streams
of its most valuable food fishes, and an exhaustive account of the
work of restoration by the Fish Commissioners. The demand for
this pamphlet was so great, and its value, both from a historic and
scientific standpoint so universally recognized, that the Commission
ers deemed it proper to have the pamphlet revised and elaborated
and inserted in the present report.

EARLY INDIAN METHODS OF FISHING.

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FISH COMMISSIONERS.

FISH, FISHING AND FISHERIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BY WILLIAM E. MBEHAN. Associate Editor of Philadelphia Public Ledger.

CHAPTER I.

Primeval Fishermen and Fishing.

Less than three hundred years ago the rivers and streams within
the confines of what is now the State of Pennsylvania were fairly
alive with fish. Shad, herring and other migratory fishes annually
ascended the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers and their tribu-
taries in such vast multitudes that, according to one old writer, the
still waters seemed to fill with eddies, while the shallows were
beaten into foam by them in their, struggles to reach the spawning
grounds. As the rivers of Alaska are said to be filled to-day with
salmon, so were the Susquehanna and Delaware described to have
been with other fishes some two hundred and fifty years ago.

As the rivers were in those days with migratory fish, so were the
mountain and meadow streams with trout Whenever the water
conditions were at all favorable, this great game fish lived in count-
less numbers, and like the shad and other migratory fishes, grew to
much larger size than are now commonly found. Even catfish,
suckers and other finny members of life in those early days reached
a greater fulness of growth.

At that time, the Indians, of what is now Pennsylvania, through-
out its whole extent, and indeed, for some distance north, west and
south depended almost wholly on the fish supply for food. These
])eople could with much truth be called fish-eaters. Proof of this is
found in every ancient Indian village site, where the ashes and char-
coal of primeval camp fires have preserved bones of animal food de-
voured by the' redskinned hunters. In every case, no matter
whether the village was localed beside a large water course or at
some distance from it, bones of fishes have been found among the
camp fire ashes. Bones of deer, elk and bear, the principal animal
food of the Indians, are also discovered in great quantity, but insig-
nificantly so when compared with the number of fish bones found.

If further proof be wanting as to the great dependence on fish, it
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EPvS.

FISH, FISHING AND FISHERIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BY WILJJAM K. MKEIIAN. Associate Edit nr nf PI, iladi I phia Public Ledger.

CUAPTEK 1.

rriint'Vitl Fisheimen and Fisbinjj.

Less than three liiiiidred veais ago (In* rivers and streams within
the coulines of what is uow the State of IVuusylvaiiia were fairly
alive with fish. Shad, heniiij; and other nii}j;iatory tishes annually
ascended the Susquehanna and Delaware livers and their tribu-
taries in such vast multitudes that, according to one old writer, the
still waters seemed to till with eddies, while the shallows were
I (eaten into foam by them in their struggles to reach the spawning
grounds. As the rivers of Alaska are said to be filled to-day witli
salmon, so were the Susquehanna and Delaware described to have
been with other fishes some two hundred and fifty years ago.

As the rivers were in those days with migratory fish, so were the
uiounfain and meadow streams with trout. Whenever the water
conditions were at all favoralde, this great game fish lived in count-
h'ss numbers, and like the shad and other migratory fishes, grew to
much larger si/e than are now commonly found. Even catfish,
suckers and other tinny members of life in those early days reached
a great <'r fulness of growth.

At that time, the Indians, nf whai is in»w Pennsylvania, thr(High-
eiit its wlinle extent, and indeed, foi' some distance north, west and
south de|M'nded almost wholly <»ii the tish stijq)ly for food. These
l>eo])le could with much truth be called fish-eaters. Proof of this is
f(Uind in every ancient Indian village site, where the ashes and char-
coal of primeval camp fir<»s ha\e preserved bones of animal food de-
voured by tliC redskinned hunt<M's, Tn every case, no matter
whether the village was located beside a large water <'ourse or at
some distance^ from if. ])ones of fishes have ])een found amoncr the
camp fire ashes. I'ones of deer, elk and bear, the principal animal
food of the Indians, are also discovered in great <piantity. but insig-
nificantly so when compared with the number of fish bones found.

If further j)roof be wanting as to the great dependence on fish, it
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is found in the ancient shell heaps on the sea coast, the accumula-
tions of the Indians who visited the ocean annually from miles in-
land for niollusks which they smoked for winter use. Among these
shell heaps are discovered numerous tisli spears and hooks, together
with abundant remains of fishes. Thus while mollusk gathering
was the primary object of the ocean visits, the Indians kept well in
mind the value of sea fishes as an article of food.

It is by the remains of bones found in the ashes also that the
sreat size of the fisli of those davs, as compared with those of the
present, can be determined. Bones of catfish and suckers of more
than double ihe size of those now cauglit are frecpiently found, skel-
etons of trout, which must have weighed when in the flesh from two
io four pounds are quite comujon, and there are no lack of remains
of shad which would have tipped the scales fairly at twelve pounds.

As might be expected, depending so largely on this class of
food sui)ply, the Indians were <*xpert fishermen. Men, women and
children engaged regularly in the calling, not only to supply imme-
diate wants, but for future needs, preserving their stock by sun and
smoke curing. John Ogelby, a well-known writer, in treating of
the New p]ngland Indians says: "In the trade of fishing they are
very expert, being experienced in all bails for different kinds of
fishes ♦ * * * Since the English came they are furnished with
English hooks and lines, for before they made the latter of hemp,
being more curiously wrought and of stronger material than ours
and hooked with bone hooks ♦ • • ♦ They make likewise very
strong sturgeon nets, with which they catch sturgeon of twelve feet
or more in Ungih. Tlurr cordage is so even, soft and smooth that
it looks inore like silk than hemp." The same skill and knowledge
possessed by the Indians of New England, were had by those in and
about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and undoubtedly both
were the result of long acquaintance and practice.

Another writer says: "The Indians always carry hooks and small
harpoons wHli them whenever they are on a hunting party; but
at certain seasons of the year they go out purposely to fish, either
alone or in parties. They make use of the neat and light canoes
made of birch b,irk * * * * and venture with them into spa-
cious rivers."

It will thus be seen that the savages who occupied the soil of
America before the white men, wer no tyros in the art of fish catch-
ing. They were learned in a!i that pertained to it. In the pursuit
they used weirs and traps; seines, gill and scoop nets; spears, bows
and arrows and gigs; liand. pole and set lines. They even knew
how to stupefy fish by using intoxicating substances. Besides these
things they constructed pens and preserves in which fish could b<'

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kept alive until wanted. To ihe children mainly were left the use of
the bow and arrows in fish killing, and in this art, by no means easy
of acquirement, they were, according to Loskiel, a Moravian mis-
sionary, adei>ls.

These youthful hunters appear to have followed this species of
game hunting with the greatest assiduity, for fish arrowheads are
found in great abundance in the valley of the Delaware south of
Trenton, on the Siisquehanna river shores, particularly near Colum-
bia, as well as in and about nearly all the creeks and streams enter-
ing these two rivers. While the youngsters eagerly waded the shal-
low brooks in pursuit of the speckled trout, or sluggish moving
sucker, their favorite resorts were the creeks which were affected
by the tides. Here, when tlie water was high the boys and young
men were fond of congregating and shooting the river fishes as they
swjim up to feed. The arrow heads were peculiarly adapted to the
use for which they were intended, and entirely unlike in shape those
used for the killing of land animals. The arrow heads were often
as much as five and six inches huig and very narrow, and on account
of their slender character only the hardest and choicest stone was
used.

Wherevei' the streams were shallow, a favorite method of catch-
ing fish was bv the use of drive wavs. As soon as the shad and her-
ring appeared (m their annual journey to the spawning beds no
time was lost by the Indians. Large stones were placed close to-
gether in the water so as to make a huge V shaped pen, much after
tlie pattern of the brusli built drive ways used by them for capturing
land animals. Then (nery redskin in tlie village or villages, if
friendly relations were in order, men, women and children fell in
line across the river, and moved slowly towards the oi>en end of the
drive-way, yelling at the top of their voices and beating the water
vigorously with brush, which each were armed with. Affrighted,
thousands of fish fled stiaight to the pen built for them, and w^hen
they were well within, escape was barred by a huge net stretched
across the entrance. Thus the fish were imprisoned to be slaugh-
tered at leisure by their captors.

In 1680, Mahlon Stacy, one of the fiist settlers of New Jersey,
wrote a letter to a brother in England, in which he gave a some-
what similar method used l»y the Indians for fish catchings. The
letter is so interesting that, though it contains s<nne other matters
not gcrniain to the subject of this work, it is herewith given entire:

"But now a word or two of those strange reports you hear of us
and our countrv: T affirm thev are not true, but fear they were
sjjoke from a spirit of envy. It is a country that produceth all
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if it were not so, I should be iushamed of what I have before written.
But I can stand, having truth on my side, against and before the face
of all gain-sayers and evil spies. I have traveled through most of
the places that are settled and some that are not, and in every place
1 find the country very apt to answer the expectations of the dili-
gent. I have seen orchards laden with fruit to admiration, their
very limbs torn to pieces with the weight and most delicious to the
taste and lovely to behold. I have seen an apple tree, from a pippin-
kernel, yield a barrel of curious cider; and peaches in such plenty
that some people took their carts a peach gathering; I could not
but smile at the conceit of it. They are a very delicate fruit and
hang almost like our onions that are tied on ropes. I have seen and
known, this summer, forty bushels of bold wheat off one bushel
sown, and many more such instances I could bring, which would be
too tedious here to mention. We have, from the time called May
until Michaelmas, great store of very good wild fruits, as strawber-
ries, cranberries and hurtleberries, which are like our bilberries in
England, but far sweeter; they are very wholesome fruits. The
cranberries are much like cherries for color iind bigness, which may
be kept till fruit come again ; an excellent sauce is made of them for
venison, turkeys and other great fowl, and they are better to make
tarts than either gooseberries or cherries. We have them brought
to our houses by the Indians in great plenty. My brother, Robert,
had as many cherries this year as would have loaded several carts.
It is ray judgment, by what I have observed, that fruit trees in this
country destroy themselves by the very weight of their fruit. As
for venison and fowls, we have great plenty; we have brought home
to our houses by the Indians, seven or eight fat bucks a day, and
sometimes put by as many, having no occasion for them. And fish,
in their season are very plentious. My cousin, Revell, and I, with
some of my men, wont last third inontli into the river ("The Dela-
ware") to catch herrings, for at that time they came in great shoals
into the shallows. We had neither rod nor net, but, after the Indian
fashion, made a round pinfold, about two yards over and a foot high,
but left a gap for the fish to go in at, and made a bush to lay in the
gap to koo]) the fish in ; and when that was done, we took two long
birches and tied their tops together, and wont about a stone's cast
above our said ]>infold; then hauling those birch boughs down the
stream, whore wo drove thousands before us, but so many got into
our trap as it would hold. And then we began to haul them on
shore, as fast as three or four of us could, but two or three at a time,
and after this manner, in half nn hour, we could have filled a three
bushel sack of as good, large herring as ever I saw. And as to
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sheep. The common grass of this country feeds beef very fat; I
have killed two this year and, therefore, I have reason to know it;
besides, I have seen this fall, in Burlington, killed eight or nine fat
oxen and cows on a market day and are very fat. And though I
speak of herrings only, lest any should think we have little of other
sorts, we have great plenty of most sorts of fish that I ever say in
England, besides several other sorts that are not known
there, as rocks, catfish, shads, sheepsheads, sturgeons; and fowls
plenty, as ducks, geese, turkeys, pheasants, partridges and many
other sorts that I cannot remember, and would be too tedious to
mention. Indeed, the country, take it as a wilderness, is a brave
country, though no place will please all. But some will be ready to
say he writes of conveniences, but not of inconveniences. In an-
swer to those I honestly declare, there is some barren land, as (I
suppose) there is in most places of the world, and more wood than
some would have upon their lands; neither will the country produce
corn without labor, nor cattle be got without something to buy them,
nor bread with idleness, else it would be a brave country, indeed.
And I question not but all then would give it a good word. For my
jtart, I like it so well I never had the least thought of returning to
England. ex('ei)t on account of trade."

That nets were largely used by the Indians, has been proved l>e-
yond the shadow of a doubt. Not only do Ogelby, Loskiel, Mahlon
Stacv, Petor Kalm and other earlv writers bear witness to having
soon them, but still more ancient signs of their use have been dis-
covered. On all village sites are found remains of Indian pottery,
and this pottery the Aborigines were fond of ornamenting, and much
of it in this connection bears the imprint of fish nets. Besides this,
a few meshes, evidently centui-ies old, have been found in the Mam-
moth cave. These impressions and the meshes found show, cur-
iously enough, that the knots with which the nets were made are
identical with those in use to-day by the whites.

Seines and gill nets had load linos made of small circular flat
stones having two deep notches to keep the lines from slipping.
Those "loads" have boon found by the thousand in the delaware and
Busquohanna rivers. One of the most curious finds of these relics
was made by Dr. 0. C. Abbott, formerly curator of the Archaeolog-
)ral De\>artmont of the TTniversity of Pennsylvania, from whom the
greater number of the facts contained in this chapter are obtained.
Some yoars ago. in a mud deposit on the banks of the Susquehanna,
r>r. Abbott came upon a series of about thirty seine "loads"
stretched in an irregular lino about eighteen inches apart. From
their y)Osition and other evidence found in ronnootion therewith, it
was apparent that they formed yart of a not which had boon sot and
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Instead of by buoys, as now used, nets were anchored by stones,
carefully trimmed and weighing from fifteen to twenty pounds each.
Many of these are frequently found in the main rivers and their
tributaries of Pennsylvania, mute testimony to the great extent to
which aboriginal fishing was carried on.

Ice fishing with gill nets was also a favorite method with the In-
dians and these were let beneath the ice with wonderful skill and

effect.

The best cord with which the nets and fishing lines were made
was fashioned from what is termed Indian hemp, botanically known
as Apocynum cannabinum. It grew in great abundance in the old
corn grounds, in woods, on hills and high glades. The stalls could
readily be divided into filaments and easily prepared. The hempen
cords made from this material were much stronger and kept from
rotting longer in water than twine made from the common hemp.
The net twine was manufactured almost exclusively by the women,
and in the oi)eration they used neither spinning wheels nor distaff.
They simply gathered a certain number of filaments in one hand and
rolled them rapidly upon their bare thighs until thoroughly twisted,
locking from time to time the ends with a fresh supply of the
hempen fibre. This cord thus made Avas strengthened and dressed
with a mixture of grease and wax and drawn over a smooth groove
in a stone.

That gigging and spearing were carried on to an enormous extent,
is shown by the countless number of spear-heads and gig-heads
found by archaeologists and relic hunters every year. The spears
were either tipped with barbed bone or with long slender pieces of
chipped stone of a flinty character. As a general rule, much pains
were given to their manufacture for most of the specimens found
show evidences of beautiful workmanship.

All bone spears, however, do not appear to have been in general
use by the Indians of either Pennsylvania or New Jersey, for they
are almost entirely unknown to relic hunters. Quite recently Dr.
Abbott came upon a fragment of a spear made from a piece of bone,
and it was of such a rarity that it attracted quite a sensation among
archaeologists all over the country.

On the gigs the Indians expended a vast amount of time, care and
workmanship, for these were as a rule much more delicately chipped
than any other implements of their size. Although found in great
abundance along the Delaware and the Susquehanna rivers, almost
AN ithout exception they are of exquisite finish. As the gigs were for
the purpose of spearing the larger fish and even sturgeon, and also
for the capture of the larger water turtles like "snappers," only the
finest stones could be used, thus no fish gigs are found except made
of jasper and quartz.

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It is interesting to note that gigs seem to have been used almost
exclusively by the Indians of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; for,
although plentifully found in both these States, this implement is
rarely come upon elsewhere.

Of the exquisite character of the lines used, mention has already
been made, and the hooks which were used were scarcely less cred-
itable to their skill. These were usually fashioned from bone or
stone and occasionally of bird claws (probably of the hawk). So
effective were these articles, that Peter Kalra, a pupil of the famous
botanist Linnaeus, who traveled in this country about the middle of
the last century, asserted that many white people used them in pref-
erence to their o\\ n brought from abroad.

The dipsies for hand and pole lines, were also very carefully and
s\mmetrieally modelled. The most elaborate and handsome were
fashioned of hematite and shaped like a common plumb bob. Some
had the upper i)ortion groved and were encased in netting, while
others had holes drilled through them and were fastened to the line
w ithout the precaution of a net to prevent loss.

Harriot, a writer in 1585, thus quaintly describes the Indian
methods of fishing:

''They haue likewise a notable way to catche flshe in their Rivers,
for whereas they lacke both yron and Steele, they fasten vnto their
Rcedes or longe Rodds the hollow tayle of a certain fishe like to a sea
rrabb, in steede of a poynte, wiierewith by nighte or day they stricke
fishes and take them off into theire boates. They also know how to
vse the prickles and pricks of other fishes. They also make weares,
with settinge opp reedes or twigs in the water, which they soe plant
one with another that they growe still narrower and narrower, as
appeareth by this figure. Ther was neuer seene among vs soe cun-
ninge a way to take fish withall, whereof sondrie sorts as they
fownde in tJieir rivers vnlike vnto ours, which are also of a verye
good taste. Doubtless yt is a pleasant sighte to see the people,
sometymes wadinge, and goinge sometymes sailinge in those Rivers,
which are shallowe and not deepe, free from all care of heaping opp
Riches for their posterite, content with their state, and lining frend-
lye together of those things which god of his bountye hath giuen
vnto them, yet without giving hym any thankes according to his
<l('sarte.

"So sauage is this ]>eople and deprined of the true knowledge of
god. For they haue none other than is mentioned before in this
wopke."

Resides telling us liow the Indians catch fish, Harriot also tells us
how thev cook them. He savs:

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fltt to dress yt. Ther they sticke vpp in tlie grownde 4 stakes in a
square roome and lay 4 i>otes vpon them and others ouer thwart the
nlnie the name like vnto an hurdle of sufficient heigthe, and laying
tiieir'lishe upon this hurdle, they make a fyre vnderneathe to broile
the same not after the manner of the people of Florida, which do
but schorte (schorehe) and harden their meate in the smoke only to
Keserue the same during all the winter. For this people, reseruinge
nothinge for store, thei do broile, and spend away all att once, and
when thev haue further neede they roste or seethe fresh, as we shall
see hereaffter. And when as the hurdle can not holde all the fishes,
they hange the Reste by the fyrres on sticks sett vpp in the grounde
•1 gainste the f vres, and than they finishe the reste of theire cookerye.
They take good heede that they bee not burntt. When the first are
brovled thev lav others on that weare newlye brought, continuing the
dressinge of their meate in this sorte vntil they thincke they haue
sufficient."

CH AFTER II.

Early Fishing on the Susquehanna.

The vast abundance of fish in the rivers and streams of the colony
of Pennsvlvania excited the astonishment of the early European set-
tlers, prepared as they had been beforehand by tales of the multi-
tude'of animal life in the new country. One amazed traveler on his
return to England in 1588 writes: For foure moenthes of the yeere,
Februarv, March, April and May, there are plentie of Sturgeons and
also in the same moenthes of Herrings; some of the ordinary big-
nesse as ours in England, but the most part farre greater, of eigh-
teene, twentie inches, and some two foote in length and better; both
these' kinds of fishe in those monethes are most plentiful, and in
best season which were founde to bee most delicate and pleasant

meate.

'There are also Troutes, Porpoises, Rayes, Oldwiiies, Mullets,
Plaice, and very many other sortes of excellent good fish, which we
have taken and eatan, whose names I know not but in the country
language; we have of twelve sorts more the pictures as they were
drawn in the countrey with their names."

William Penn also in a letter from Philadelphia dated January
9th, 1683, to the Duke of York, writes that: "Our rivers have also
plenty of excellent fish and waterfowl, as sturgeon, rock, shad, her-
ring, cod fish, flat-heads, roach and perch and trout in inland
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PISH COMMISSIONERS.

The fame of the fishing, especially that of the shad of the Susque-
hanna, even reached the hardy and thrifty settlers of Connecticut,
and many of them left their homes in that part of the country and
came to and settled in the picturesque Wyoming Valley, from Wy-
oming to Tioga Point, now known as Athens. They brought their
nets with them and each neighborhood established a fishery for its
own accommodation. For a long time the chief food of these hardy
people was taken from the river. Soon after their arrival trouble
arose between them and the government of Pennsylvania over the
right of possession of the Wyoming Valley, and a war was begun,
which lasted for thirty years, during which buildings, farm produce
and personal effects were destroyed by fire or carried away as plun-
der, and much suffering was caused. For much of this time the Con-
necticut settlers had to live almost altogether on the fish caught.
Indeed it was sometimes diflScult to obtain even these, for, according
to records, it was a matter of bitter complaint in 1784 that the Penn-
amites had destroyed their seines, and so reduced them to the verge
of starvation. To such destitution were they driven in some in-
stances that, according to one old settler, on one occasion when he
came back from a short excursion with a companion he found
everything destroyed, and the only edible thing they could discover
were two dead shad on the river bank. These they cooked and ate,
and in their famished state they declared a more "delicious meal
was never partaken of" by either of them. In addition to these trou-
bles the Wyoming settlers were great sufferers from other sources,
the terrible massacre by the Indians on July 30, 1778, is a matter of
history with which evei*ybody is acquainted. Notwithstanding
these things, the hardy pioneers persisted in their location, but it
was not until after the close of the Revolutionary war when all
differences were settled that the fishing industries of the Susque-
hfinna were allowed to be conducted in peace, and their vast product
made manifest. The bloodshed through which they passed left the
settlements with so many widows and fatherless children that spe-
cial provisions of bounty had to be made for them. In this particu-
lar fish formed the chief article. An arrangement was made among
the fishermen by which one of the hauls at each fishery every year
was given to the widows and the fatherless of the neighborhood,
and to this was given the name of the widow's haul." By common
consent it was agreed that the widows should have every fish of a
haul made of the first Sunday after the shad-fishing commenced.
In one of these annual widows' hauls, it is given on good authority,
that at the Stewart fishery alone, about midway between Wilkes-
Rarre and Plymouth, ten thousand shad were caught and turned
over for the fund.
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torioal society of Lu.erue county a deeply mterest.ng pape on he
ea y lisheries of the Susquehauua. After noting the arnval of the
Co uec ut settlers he «ay.: -Say ten men (and it took about tha
irmbei- to >nan a seine) would form themselves into a company fo.
rm, n ose of a shad tishe.y. They raised the ftax, then- wxves
."u Id s i. and make the twine and the men would knit the se«e.
The ve being on an average forty yards wide, the seme would be
L sixty to tighty yards long. The shad -"S-^^^f J^f J^
shoals on the point of some island for spawnmg, and there the fish
eS were generally established. Shad fishing was most y done m
the night, con.mencing soon after dark, and continumg t.ll dayUght
„ the morning, when the shad caught would be made mto as many
p"les as .here were rights in the seine. One of their number would
then tun, his back and anotlu'r would touch them off saymg, pomt-
m<r ,0 a pile, "who shall have this, and who shall have that," and *o
on%ill all were disposed of. when the happy fishermen would go to
the ho-nes well laden with the spoils of the night. Between the
times of drawing the net, which would be generally about an hour
the time was spent in the recital of fish stories, hmr-breadth escapes
from the lieasts of the forests, the wily Indian, or the \ankee pro-
duction, the ghosts and witches of New England.

This method of dividing fish lasted for many years, for a gentle-
man named H. C. Wilson, in 1881. a resident of Mt. Vernon Ohio,
and in his bovhood days a dweller on the banks of the Susquehanna,
gives testimony to the same effect. He also learned to knit nets the
work being done on rainy and cold days and evenings. The nets he
savs were knit in sections by the shareholders, each one owning so
manv vards of net. and each one receiving his share of flsh, accord-
in- to the ...imber of yards owned. When the sections were all done
one or two of the most expert would k.iit them together and hang
them besides, putting on the corks and leads.

The earlv shad fisheries were not common property. The owner
of the soil was the owner of the fishery, and no one was allowed to
fish without a permit. When the owners were not using the seines
they often hired them out to others and take pay in fish. The
seiner's share was alwavs (mehalf the catch.

In working up the early fisheries of the Sus<iuel.anna (hose inter-
ested in such malfrs are indebted chiefly t.. the Wyoming Histor-
ical and Pxeological Society of WilkesBarre. who appointed a com-
mittee with Hfr. Harrison Wright as chainnan. to make thorough in-
vestigation. These gentlemen gathered every scrap of informatiok
pertainin" (■> the snliject that was obtainable from all parts of the
vast stret'ch of six hundred and thirty five miles of the Susquehanna
and it groat branches. In preparing this chapter, a large portion of
the report of this work has been used.

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The county records, according to the report, only go back to 1787.
In that year it was found that one CaJeb \A' right purchased a half
interest in a fishery between «hickshinuy and Nanticoke, called the
"Dutch fishery." For this share he paid £20 in "lawful money of
Pennsylvania," equivalent to |53.3y. In connection with this pai--
ticular case is a note which gives an idea of the vast amount of fish
that must have ascended the Susquehanna in those days, it being
related that a son of Caleb \Vright one received as his share of one
night's fishing 1,000 shad. From other investigations it is shown
Jibout the same period a right in a fishery was worth from ten to
twenty dollars, while once in a while such a right was held at as
much as one hundred dollars. To the holders of these rights the
returns seem to have been very large. One Jonathan Hunloch's
half interest in the Hunloch fishery was considered worth from five
hundred to six hundred dollars per annum. Others ran from three
hundred to four hundred dollars a year, while sometimes from thirty
to forty dollars a night were taken in by each fisherman. These
fisheries, as far as research can determine, netted some |12,000 an-
nually, though some are inclined to place the returns at a verv much
higher figure. Even at |li>,000 a year, the fisheries of the Susque-
hanna were much more profitable than at the present day.

Early in the present century, according to the finding of the
Wilkes-Barre Society, there were some forty permanent fisheries be-
tween Xorthumberland and Towanda, to wit:

At Northumberland, or just below, was Hummel's fishery be-
tween Xorthumberland and Danville there were eight fisheries im
order from Xorthumberland up, as follows: 1. Line's Island low«f
fishery; 2. Line's Island middle fishery; 3. Smith's fisherv a
Lme's Island upper fishery; 5. Scott's fishery; 0. Grant's fis4 -v
7. Carr s Island Fishery; 8. Rockafeller's. Thc4 next fisheiiy f'
which there is a record was the fishery of Samuel Webb Uw ,, I
al>out four miles above Bloomsburg. Above this point aboinr flZ
miles, and six miles below Berwick, was the fisherv of Bter •
Boon; the next was located just above the town of Bscwf l"'^"''^
about a mile and a half above Berwick was the Tuckah,«r ^glw^
(this last IS the same as the Xescopeck fisherv mentionedi iir ,'^
history); the next was at Beach Haven. Betwoon thi^ Ir .^^''\''^^
and Nanticoke dam there were three, viz: One at ^I'n^kf \ ^

just below the moutl, of Hunlock's creek, and one ca^/T.! the"^)n.!v^
fishery on Croup's fnim. Above Xanticoke there m -m- r n k i
to James Stewart, about opposite Jameson Harvr^.^'^' 'i, ""^^^"^"^
Fish Island, and one at Steele's Ferry, called the Mini Vshl^v'^^T^
next was on Fish's Island, three-quarters of a mile bellf .w tlm wmi
Barre Bridge; the next was Bowman's fishery, imnt ediatelv hliT
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above the bridge; the uext wdn at Mill creek, a mile above the
bridge; the next was the Monocacy Island fishery; the next Carey's;
the next was on Wintermoot Island, this last landing on the left
bank above the ferry at Beauchard's; the next was at Scovel'a
Island, opposite Lackawanna Creek; this and the Falling Spring
fishery next above belonged to parties living in Providence, away up
the Lackawanna. The next above was at Harding's, in Exeter town-
ship; the next above was at Keeler's in Wyoming county; the next
was at Taylor's (or Three Brothers) Island; the next was at Hunt's
ferry circa, live miles above Tunkhannock; the next was Grist's Bai*,
about a mile above Meshoppen; the next was at Whitcomb's
Island, a mile below Black Walnut bottom ; a half a mile above this
fishery was the Sterling Island fishery; and the next above was
Black Walnut, and half a mile further up was the Chapin Island
fishery; the next was at the bend at Skinner's Eddy; the next was
at Browntown, in Bradford county; tlie next was at Ingham's
Island; the next was at the mouth of Wyalusing creek; two miles
further up was one at Terreytown; the next and last that there is
any record of was at Standing Stone, about six miles below To-

wanda.

At the eight fisheries near Northumberland three hundred shad
was a common haul, while some ran from three to five thousand.
About the year 1820, the Rockafeller fishery, just below Danville,
gave an annual yield of from three to four thousand, worth from
tw elve and a half cents to twenty-five cents a piece.

The most productive fishery, according to a Mr. Fowler, was the
one just above Berwick. Here, he says, he has assisted in catching
"thousand upon thousands," but does not give the annual yield. The
same gentleman also relates that at the Tuckahoe fishery "many
thousands were caught night and day in the early spring." At the
Webb and Boon fisheries the hauls were immense. Indeed, so many
shad were taken at the last named place that it said a market could
not be found for nearly all of them, and that they were actually
hauled to Boon's farm where they were used as manure to enrich
the ground.

The annual catch at Hunlook's fishery is stated to have been more
than ten thousand. At Dutch fishery, in one night, thirty-eight
hundred shad were taken, while at the Fish Island fishery it is re-
lated on unimpeachable testimony, that nearly as many shad were
taken once at a single haul as were taken at Hunlock's in a whole
year. i

Just before the dam was put in, a Mr. Jenkins recollects having
seen a haul at Monocacy Island of twenty-eight hundred; at Sco-
vel's Island the ciitch was from twenty to sixty a night; at Falling
Spring, fifty to three hundred a night; at Taylor's Island, from two

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hundred to four hundred a night; at Wyalusing the annual catch was
between two and three thousand, and at Standing Stone between
three and four thousand. Major Fassett says that at the Sterling
Island fishery "over two thousand were caught in one day in five
hauls."

The Sunbury Beacon of Monday, April 26, 1830, says: "Not less
than from four to five thousand shad were caught on Saturday last
within a quarter of a mile below the dam. Upward of 500 were
taken by one dip net — and several others averaged two and three
hundred each. We understand that several hundred were caught
with dip nets yesterday."

The Perry Forester received a note from Bloomfield on April 2,
1S31, that at "no former period within the recollection of the writer
has a greater abundance of shad been caught in the Juniata river
than the present season. At the mouth of the Juniata we are in-
formed, on Monday last, 230 were caught at a single haul."

From the foregoing, it is deduced that the fisheries down the river
were much more valuable than those above. Above Monocacy no
catches were heard of that were over two thousand, while below that
point they were larger, and while from three to four hundred dollars
seemed to be the general value above, the fishery at Hunlock's,
twelve miles below, was worth from a thousand to twelve hundred
dollars per annum. As the river was ascended the shad appear to
have decreased in number but increased in size.

The opinion seems to be general that the great size obtained by
the Susquehanna shad was due to the long run up the fresh water
stream (carrying the idea of the survival of the fittest); that they
were of great size, is beyond doubt, nearly evei*y one who recollects
them insists on putting their weight at almost double that of the
average Delaware shad of to-day.

Mr. Van Kirk gives as the weight of the shad caught at the fish-
eries in Northumberland and Montour counties as from three to

nine pounds.

Mr. Fowler says he has assisted in catching thousands weighing
eight and nine pounds at the fisheries in Columbia county. Mr. Har-
vey, speaking of the Luzerne county shad, says: "Some used to
weigh eight or nine pounds, and I saw one weighed on a wager
which turned the scales at thirteen pounds." Major Fassett, speak-
ing of those caught in Wyoming county, says: "The average weight
was eight pounds, the largest twelve pounds." Dr. Horton says of
the shad caught in Bradford county, that he has seen them weighing
nine pounds: ordinarily the weight was from four to seven pounds.

The price of the shad varied, according to their size, from 4d. to
25 cents, depending, of course, upon their scarcity or abundance.
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were set on articles of sale, inter alia, a» follows: Winter-fed beef,
per pound, 7d.; tobacco, per pound, 9d.; eggs, per dozen, 8d; shad
apiece, Gd. At one time they brougiit but id. apiece. A bushel of
salt would at one time bring a hundred shad.

At the time the dam wa^s built they brought from 10 to 12 cents.
On the day of the big haul Mr. Haivey says they sold for a cent
apiece (Mr. Dana says 3 coppers). Mr. Isaac Osterhout remembers
a Mr. Walter Green, who gave twenty barrels of shad for a good
Durham cow.

Mr. Roberts says that in exchanging for maple sugar one good
shad was worth a pound of sugar; when sold for cash shad were
worth 12 1-2 cents apiece. Major Fassett says tlie market price of
the shad was |6 per hundred. Dr. Horton says the shad, according
to size, were worth from 10 to 25 cents.

Mr. Hollenback, in calculating the value of the fisheries near Wya-
lusing, has put the value of the shad at 10 cents apiece. In 1820
they were held in Wilkes-Barre at |18.75 per hundred. Mr. Fowler
says they were worth 3 or 4 cents each.

Every family along the river having any means whatever, had its
half barrel or more of shad salted away each season, and some
smoked shad hanging in their kitchen chimneys. But those living
immediately along the river were not the only beneficiaries of this
magnificent food supply. Its vastness and its cheapness was spread
abroad throughout the Commonwealth. Country folks from a ra-
dius of fifty miles came to the Susquehanna to get their winter sup-
ply. Even the waters of the Delaware seemed to yield an insignifi-
cant number as compared to the Susquehanna, for people journeyed
to the latter river from the New York state line on the north, and
from Easton on the east, at the junction of the Delaware and the
Lehigh rivers. Among the seekers for this splendid food fish that
joined this army were large numbers of residents from and about
Philadelphia.

All these peo]>le, or a large portion of them camped on the river
bank, and they brought with them whatever they had of a market-
able nature in j^ayment as well as to partial reimbursement for the
journey. From the New Yoik line and Easton was brought maple
sugar and salt : from Milton, cider and whiskey and a mixture of the
two which when imbibed, even in moderate quantities produced
such violent intoxication that it was called "cider royal," and was
analogous to a purely American drink known as a "stone fence."
The Quaker City folks brought leather, iron and commodities of a
like nature.

Sometimes residents along the Susquehanna river took their sur-
plus catches of shad to distant markets without waiting for trade
to come to them. Mr. Isaac Osterhout, an aged gentleman, says he

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recollects well when a boy about the year 1822 or 1823, he went with
a neighbor to Salina, New York, after siilt, taking with them shad
and whetstones with which to trade. A relative of the same gentle-
man tells of a firm named Miller & McCaid trading at Tunkhannock
which did quite an extensive business in shad, sending the cured
ones up the river into New York state and far down the river, pre-
sumably Baltimore.

The two gentlemen who composed this firm were originally resi-
dents of Coxestown— a small place on the Susquehanna, about five
miles from Harrisburg, but as early as 1800 moved up the river to
Tunkhannock in a Durham boat, on which they carried their stock
of goods. They cured large quantities of shad which they bought
from the fisheries in the neighborhood. The difficulties they labored
under in this work of curing must have been very gi'eat, for salt
was extremely scarce, in fact, it is said, there was none except what
was brought in wagons from the cities in the way of trade, or by the
same kind of vehicles from the salt works at Onondaga, New York.
So precious was this article that it was not unusual that a bushel of
it would purchase one hundred shad.

Besides the i)eople who traveled to the Susquehanna river for
shad, and the residents there who took them to distant points for
sale, nearly every boat which plied the Susquehanna, took do^vvn
shad, paying therefore in leather, cider, whiskey, cider royal, salt,
iron and other material.

Besides that no other deep sea fish appears to have gone up the
west branch in such quantities as they did up the north branch, un-
less it be inferior grade food fishes like the eel.

In the performance of the work of securing data for their r-^^port,
Mr. Harrison Wright and his committee interviewed by letter or in
person a large number of the old settlers. Besides this, country
records, files of old newspapers, the numerous printed historie;^, were
all consulted. Most of the letters and interviews were of such an
interesting character that some are here given. Joseph Van Kirk,
a resident of Northumberland, says: "An incident in connection
with shad fishing presents itself to my mind, related often bv my
grandmother: A party of Indians, returning from a treaiy at Phila-
delphia, landed their canoes, came to her house to boiAw her big
kettle to cook their dinner in. After building a fireJM hanging
over the kettle, they put in the shad, just as they w^^ftven from
the river, with beans, cabbage, potatoes and onions.'J

According to Jameson Harvey, the owners of
to have arrangements so that when they run out
dry and smoke the shad, as they now do herring aj
of the shad used to weigh eight or nine pounds,
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or eighty would till a barrel. The shad improved very much coming
up the river, those caught in this valley being very much larger and
liner than those caught at Columbia.

Mr. C. Dorrance, of ^cottsville, says: 1 cannot better illustra e
the value and importance of the shad lisheries at that early day to
the people on the Susquehanna river than to repeat an anecdote
told me long years after by a genial gentleman of New England, who
in youth visited my father at his home in Wyoming.

Sing on the front gate, after breakfast, as the little children
were passing to school, each with a little basket, the universal an-
swer from their cheery, upturned little faces was, "bread and shad,
"bread and shad" (corn bread, at that).

The cheapness with which shad and other fishes could be had, es-
pecially in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, was not altogether an un-
alloved pleasure to every dweller in the Commonwealth in the ear-
lier \ears of the present century. The low prices tempted many
master mechanics to keep their apprentices almost altogether on a
lish diet To this the embryotic workmen at length objected, and a
better, wordy strife ensued, a battle which ended triumphantly for
the apprentices who succeeded in having inserted in their inden-
t.res a clause that they were not to be fed on fish more than twice a
wi ek. One old gentleman with whom the writer is acquainted says,
ho'.vever, that he thinks the condition of the apprentices was
scarcely bettered through their triumph for about that time the
"merino sheep craze" swept over the conntry, and for fish was sub-
stituted mutton and molasses in generous quantities.

CHAPTER III.

Early Fisheries of the Delaware.

To the world the Delaware river is known. On its banks is nesUed
the third largest metropolis in the Union, and one in which its inhab-
itants justly take pride in calling tlie "city of Brotherly Love" and of
"Homes." ion the broad bosom of the stream for thirty miles above
tliousiinds of craft, great and small, are constantly mov-
Pennsylvania from New Jersey, tuid in part from New
is through a country famous in history and in verse,
ificence of its scenery,
the capital of New Jersey, shallowing suddenly,
8 way southward in sparkling wavelets and foam
rough, stony bottom, resting frequently in long
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To the traveler journeying along the banks of the Delaware in the
swiftly moving trains of the Belvidei*e Division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, there seems to be a contest between the hills and the
meadow lands going on. At the outset the meadows, cai'peted with
tiowers, grass or grain, appear to have the best of it and to be push-
ing the rolling hills, clothed in evergreen and deciduous trees back-
ward, but as the ti'ain speeds along, it is seen that little by little, the
rugged hills blot out the low lands till below Easton they seem to
dare even to attack the river itself, thrusting themselves in sheer
precipices several hundred feet high at the very waters edge and in
their picturesque features rivalling the famous palisads of the Hud-
son river.

Above Easton there is no handsomer scenery in the* State. The
hills become more and more lofty, till at the Delaware Water Gap,
now a famous summer resort, but in the misty past the teiiuinal
point of a vast lake, the river cuts its way through the Blue Ridge
mountains.

The DelawiU'e is to-day among the best, if not the best, of the shad
rivers on the Atlantic coast, and though the Schuylkill has become
barren in this respect, there are many other of the tributai'ies that
still rank high. Among them, and all in New Jersey, are Cooper's
creek and the Rancocas, above Gloucester city, with Big Timber
creek, Salem creek. Raccoon creek. Old Man's creek and Woodbury
creek, emptying in below that city.

In Big Timber and Rancocas creeks, tt# »had run up a distance of
fifteen or twenty miles. The former is one of the best shad fishing
streams on the Jersey shore, and has been successfully fished for
many years, some of the fisheries bcMug located eight and ten miles
above its mouth. It is a singular fact in connection with this stream
that shad have been caught at these fisheries a week or ten days
earlier than the nets in the main waters of the Delaware. Many
theories have been advanced to account for this curious fact but none
give general satisfaction.

Big Timber creek is about thirty miles in length, rising in the
water shed between the Delaware and the Atlantic, and has many
sinuosities, with deep holes, from thirty to forty feet of water.

It is unfortunate that, as compared with the Susquehanna river,
but little is known of the early fisheries of the Delaware, though it is
said that the original Dutch and German settlers either did not know
of or did not make use of the seine for fish catching until hmg after
the Connecticut colonies in the Wyoming Valley.

While there is no particular reason for making the assertion, it
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sentiments towards shad that some of those did who settled on the
banks of the Connecticut river about two centuries or more ago.

According to Judd's History of Hadley, Massachusetts, "the shad,
which were very numerous, were despised and rejected by a large
portion of the English for nearly one hundi-ed years in the old towns
of (X.iinecticut, and for about seven ty-tive years in those Hampshire
towns above the falls. It was discreditable for those who ha4 a
competency to eat shad, and it was disreputable to be destitute of
salt-pork, and the eating of shad implies a deficiency of pork.

"There is told a story in Hadley of a family in that place who were
about to dine on shad when it was not reputable to eat them. Heai--
ing a knock at the door, the platter of fish was immediately hid un-
der a bed."

The brief mention of the vast resources of the Delaware m the
way of fishes was mentioned by Mahlon Stacy in a letter to his
brother in England in 1G80, and which has been quoted in the first

chapter of this work.

About this time William Penn came, and recognizing the import-
ance of the fisheries, one of the first stipulations he made with the
Delaware Indians at a council held in the forest, was that he and
his colonists should have the right to fish in the river Schuylkill.
Whatever may have been the amount of fishing in the lower Dela-
ware in the early days of the colony, it appears certain that as much
attention was not given it as might have been until the middle of the
eighteenth century. Previous to that period the trade in Philadel-
phia seemed no more than sufficient to support those who sold them
at the shambles east and west of the court house at Second and
Market streets. In 17G4, however, a fish market was erected, but
even then for some time, it is said, not many fish were sold except in

cool weather.

Although the early Philadelphia residents themselves did not
seem to be very heavy consumers of fish, or at least liberal patrons
of the fish hucksters, the trade in this article with other sections of
the country appears to have been quite large as for example, Ste-
phen Higginson, of Salem, was in England in the spring of 1775 and
appeared before the bar of the House of Commons, in support of a
pf titicm of c(»lonists of Nantucket against a pending bill to forbid,
codfishing. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Higginson complained
that the "bill would work inexpressible hardships to the people in
Massachusetts engaged in tlie fishing business. He pointed out that
there were engaged in the cod fisheries at that time about 700 ves-
sels from 15 to 70 tons, which carried about 4,200 men, and that
somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,100 more found employment on
the shore in curing fish; that about 350 vessels from 50 to 180 tons
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employed about 3,000 men, or more than 10,000 in all were engaged
in the fisheries business direct. "Notwithstanding," said Mr. Hig-
ginson, "the large business which is being done Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut and Khode Island do not produce sufficient
for the subsistence of the people and they are compelled to receive
large quantities from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Caro-
lina.''

The export of pickled fish from Philadelphia in the early days was
also quite large for the times, and between 1821 and 1839, 519 bar-
lels, valued at |1,902, were sent to China alone.

Among the very earliest settlers to write concerning the fishings
in the Delaware was Richard Townsend, of Chester. In a letter he
says: "After some time I set up a mill at Chester creek, which I
brought from London, which served for grinding corn and sawing
of boards, and was of great use to me. Besides, I with Joshua
Tittery, made a net and caught gieat quantities of fish, which sup-
plied ourselves and many others, so that notwithstanding it was
thought near :5,000 persons came in the first year, we were so provi-
dentially provided for, that wo could buy a deer for about two shil-
lings, and a large turkey for about one shilling and Indian corn for
about two and six pence i)er bushel."

In Martin's History of Chester appears the following: "Tn ir>83 it
is stated that they (fish) were 'exceedingly plentiful,' and the early
fishermen could take 000 at a draught. They were proportionately
cheap. Six rock fish could be bought for a shilling; six shad for
the same, and oysters for two shillings a bushel."

In the upper waters of the Delaware the earliest shad fisheries
se(»m to have been established somewhere about 1751, and presuni-
ablv was known as the Point fisherv. and was a "day" fishery.
That is, contrary to the usual custom, no hauls were made at night
When it ceased to be a fishery is not known positively, but was cer-
tainly still in existence in 1815, for among some old papers found
bearing that date was one which conveyed a single share, or one-
fifteenth interest in the Point fishery. This deed recites three trans-
fers, beginning with one Roger Clark.

Shortly after this there was another fishery established, which
iM^longed to Benjamin Van Crampen, and it was according to Mr. L.
W. Brodhead, of Delawaie Water Gap, on "the shore of a tract of
land formerly Ryerons (Ryersons), in the township of Walpack,
Sussex county. New Jersey." The place is now known as Shoe
maker's Ferry, and is five miles above the Delaware Water Gap.
The fishery of Van Cram]>en joined "the land of Robert Hooper and
others in tenure and occupancy of William Coolbaugh," and the
place for drawing the net was downward fi'om the mouth of
Duncan's Creek. Tn 1787 Van Crampen leased the fish-
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John Ydu Crampeu, Cornelius Depue and Daniel Labar, Jr.,
for a period of ninety-nine years for the consideration of twelve
shad a year. Thus it will be seen that Benjamin held his rights at

slight value.

Whether the lessees of this fishery used seines is not stated, but
there is a possibility that they did not, but practiced the favorite
method of the Indians of driving the fish into pens. This possibility
is based on the following letter written by an old resident of Port
Deposit, New York.

"In my youth immense numbers of shad came up the Delaware
every spring to and above this place on the east or main branch of
the Delaware, and shad fishing was a regular business among the
early settlers, furnishing an abundant supply of food. About the
first of June some ten or a dozen neighbors would assemble and se-
lecting a suitable place would construct a large pen or wire near the
shore, with an opening for the fish to enter. From this a brush
wing or dam was extended diagonally up and across the river to the
opposite shore. They then went up the river some two miles or
more and constructed what they term a 'brush seine,' composed of
limbs of trees with the leaves adhering and reaching from shore to
shore. The branches were bound together with withes. The men
were then placed at regular intervals in the water, pushing the brush
seine and driving the shad before them into the pen below. In this
wav manv hundreds and sometimes thousands were secured. The
same process would be repeated below forcing the shad up the river
to an opening made in the opposite side of the pen."

About what time seines came into general use on the upper Del-
aware is not positively known by the writer, but seemingly it was
not much before the beginning of the present century.

Apropos of the use of nets, Mr. William C. Crawford, of Mata-
moras, in a communication to the Milford Dispatch, of November 5,
1801, relates the following method adopted in his early days at the
"Yankee" fishery about 1826 and later: "During these years,"
he says, "♦ • * * the fishing was done in the daytime and thou-
sands were taken at a haul. The fishei-men's nets (with ropes)
reached across the river where they started, a half a mile below
where the Milford bridge now stands. The men on each shore
walked down, and a canoe that would hold five men, four to pole and
one to hold the rope, was at each end, with smaller canoes to watch
for hitches, and when opposite the point of the Minisink island the
canoes left the shore and met on the point of the island. A haul
over this fishery swept over what has been called the Yankee,
Crooked Billet, Cabin, Streak and Barn fisheries, and covered about
one and a half miles."

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Delaware to the present time, those engaging in that work above
Easton, with scarcely an exception, fish at night, while below take
advantage of the daylight as well to work their nets. The fishermen
of the upper Delaware give as a reason for this comparatively ex-
clusive night work, that the habit of the shad is to run more freely
during darkness and keep quiet in the deep pools and eddies through
the daylight, and there seems to be force in this reasoning.

In the use of the net in the upper waters of the Delaware also, it
is necessary to use very short dobber lines or generally none at all,
for as soon as the shad gets out of the deep water it rises nearer the
surface relatively than far down the river. In the upper reaches of
the river it is no uncommon sight to see hundreds of shad making
their way upward with their backs frequently showing above the
surface. Besides of this tendency of the shad to breakwater in the
upper Delaware, there is another reason, not only for the abandon-
ment of the dobber lines, but for much shallower nets than the south
Delaware fishermen employ. This is, that the water is for the most
part only from five to six feet in depth, though occasionally there
are fisheries where the river has a depth of ten feet or so and boats

must be used.

The early fishermen of the upper Delaware adopted the same
method of dividing the fish caught as those of the early days of the
Commonwealth on the Susquehanna, and it is worthy of note that
the peculiar custom is still in vogue.

Mr. Alexander A. Larzelere, formerly a resident of Burlington,
New Jersey, now Frankford, Philadelphia, in speaking of the shad
fisheries of the Delaware many years ago says: "There was in 1806
at Moore's Point, or Biles Creek, Pa., above Perewig Island, a large
fishery owned by the Moore family. The current of the river is very
strong here and the lines of the net were drawn by a horse at full
speed to where the windlass is, which is worked by men when the
net is drawn ashore. This has always been a good fishery and is
still operated by the Moore family.

"At Starve Out, Pa., opposite Wliite Hill, is another fishery of
note. This was fished by Daniel Williams in 1883, which season
was considered a remarkable one. On the third day of May, in that
year, there was caught by Mr. Williams 581 shad at a single haul,
and two days later he caught 642. At the Dutch Island fishery,
just above, on the snnie day were caught 2,440 shad at one haul.

Betley's Point wns fislied by Daniel Williams in 1811. and from
that period for eight yenrs in succession he worked so successfully
that he cleared requlnrly nboiit $1,000 a year. He also fished the
place airain in 183.5. but with poor success. It is stated as a remark-
able fact, in connection with this fishery, that about the year 1809
thirteen water hauls were there made in succession, but on the four-
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"Ivius' fishery in I'eimsylvania, opposite Kenkora, N. J., is an old
tisLeiy and lias been fished since about 1850 by Barkley Ivins and
his relatives with generally good success.

''Cash Point, on the same side of the river, opposite Florence, N.
J., has been since 1883 and still is fished by Daniel English.

"Tullytown creek, or Hadley's, Pa., in 1833, was fished by William
Vandegrift and Daniel Vansciver, and is considered one of the prin-
<ipal fisheries in above Philad€^l])hia and below Trenton. On the
first of May, 1833, 30,000 shad were taken.

"Upper Dutch Neck fishery was owned from 1812 to 1821 by
Daniel AMlliains and was at that time a profitable fishery though it
is now abandoned. The last haul made at this place only resulted in
the capture of 75 shad.

"Lower Dutch Neck, another place was from 1810 to about 1834,
owned by Michael Hays, and was a good paying fishery and is still
fished. In the year 1814, 1,500 shad were taken at this place in one
haul. For some years past this fishery has been operated by Sam-
uel Estelow and Elija Brown.

"The Burlington or Matinnakunk island fishery opposite Bristol,
was operated by Daniel Williams and Mathew Force, in 1820. In
that year more than 1.000 shad were taken here every day for eight
davs in succession. Daniel Vansciver, William Vandegrift and Jo-
soph P. Deacon also leased and operated the fishery in later years.

"The northwest front of Burlington island was fished by Daniel
Vansciver and William Vandegrift about the same period, and in
1853 by John Smith, though the fishery was esteemed as of little ac-
count. Tt has been abandoned for some years.

'T?adgers island. Pa., opposite Burlington, in 1812, was fished by
Benjamin Shepherd and a Mr. Turner, and captured large numbers
of fish. About 1820, Charles Vansciver leased the place and fished
it for twenty-two years. In the season of 1833, 2,100 shad were
caught at this fishery on the first day of April, and 54,000 were
caught during the entire season, and one of these shad weighed
13 3-4 pounds. Tt was purchased by Christian Larzelere, Esq., a
judge in Burlington county. After Mr. Vansciver retired, the fishery
was conducted by Daniel Dwire. and after his death by his sons,
now residents of Kensington. This fishery is considered the very
best on the Delaware above Gloucester. At this fishery in 1837, a
stii])ed bass, or rock fish was caught that weighed 7fi pounds. Tt
had scales aboul the size of a Spanish quarter dollar. This huge
fish created much excitement in the neighborhood, and many people
came to see it. Tt was finally bought by Samuel R. Gummire, the
principal of an Academy for young ladies.

"Dunk's FeiTy, at Beverly, was a shad fishery previous to 1840,
and during the months of .Tuly and August was renowned as a stur-
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number and immense size of their nets, made sturgeon fishing in
tlie river unprofitable.

"At Troy Town, above Andalusia, the river is very d<'ei»; in many
places it is said to be more than seventy feet. As a result the shad
fisheries there are hard to work. The herring fisheries, however,
is reputed to be excellent.

"Hawk's Island, at the mouth of the liancocas creek, was fished
from ISlM; to 1820 by Daniel Williams and afterwards byJohn\N'.Fen-
nimore, a relative of Fennimore Cooi>er, the celebrated novelist,
Joseph Adams, Peter K. Heisler. For years this fishery was noted
for its large shad, but the place is abandoned now."

In speaking of the shad fisheries in this part of the river, Mr. Lar-
zelere says, the fishermen at New Hope used to have hard work on
account of the swiftness of the current. Often when I was a boy I
have seen the nets strung in a straight line along the shore by the
time the nets had been laid from the boats, and have seen men go
into the water with boathooks to keep the fish from jumping over
the nets. "The method of dividing the fish as i)ursued on the upper
Delaware," he says, "was not followed in this part except by the
'frolicing parties.' " One of the jolliest of these parties used to
gather at Hayes fishery, generally on the last day of the season, and
it was composed entirely of railroad otticials, among them being
General Clarke and Mr. Van Kensslaer. This party would go to
the fishery, and before the last haul was made would bid for its
j)0ssible results. Sometimes the catch would be small, and the
fishermen would be benefited thereby. At other times, a very large
haul would give the advantage to the bidders. Whichever way the
matter ended, the best of humor prevailed and after a supper, the
members of the frolicing party would return to their homes and
distribute their catch among their friends."

Mr. Samuel Williams, an aged resident of Burlington, says:
"When I was a boy farmers from ^lontgomery county and even as
fai distant as Warren countv used to drive to the Delaware between
Dunk's Ferry (now Beverly), and Trenton to get shad for winter use.
One of their favorite places was Badger's island. These farmers
could not alwavs be accommodated at once, and sometimes thev
have had to wait for davs and even weeks before their wants were
supplied, although at Badger's island the haul oft<'n averaged 1,000
a day. I have often seen several hundred wagons at once waiting at
the fishery to get supplied. The shad at Ihat time sold to the farm-
ers at from seven to fifteen dollars a hundred. There never was any
trouble in selling all the shad that could be caught to the farmers.

"The fish also ran very large in my young days — eight pound fish
were very common, and often they ran larger.

"The fisheries brought good rents. Headley's fishery rented in

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1835 for |1,400 a year, and the one at Badger's islaud brought the

same sum.

"We used to have some trouble between the shore and the drift
net fishermen, but it was rare that any collisions took place as a
result. I remember once in 1824 that some parties ran their drift
net through my father's shore net and destroyed part of it The
next night my father hired watchers and when the parties tried the
same triclv, the watchers shot at them. We had no more trouble af-
ter that.

Mr. Fennimore said, "the shore nets were made out of Calcutta
twine, the material for which came to this country as dunnage. It
made poor nets, for the knots would come open. To overcome this
to some extent the nets had often to be laid on the grass and
stretched by men. The gill nets were made of tiax and the women
were paid a dollar a day for spinning it. The nets wei-e all home
made and knit during the winter. The law called for meshes of six
inches, and often the fishermen made them six and a half inches.

Another old fisherman said that many reprehensible methods were
employed by some to make their catches larger. A favorite means
was "shingling." This device consisted of a large number of shin-
gles sharpened at one end and anchored in the river in a line with
the broad end up. These shingles would whirl with the wind and
current and drive the fish to whichever side of the river it was de-
sired. This device was so deadly that severe laws were speedily
enacted to suppress it."

The lower river fishery begins below Marcus Hook and extends to
Trenton, and both shoic and drift nets are used. The former are
about 150 fathoms in length and it takes from 15 to 20 men, who
receive from |10 to |15 a week to handle one.

In the first third of the ctmtury Delaware river fish brought a very
low price. In this connection in Martin's History of Chester, is the
following: "In 1835 we used to get five large shad for twelve and one-
half cents a piece; herring were |2 a hundred; shad from |9 to fl2
per hundred." "I remember," says one old gentleman, ''going with
my ste])-grandfather, John F. Hill, to Effinger's fishery at the mouth
of Ridley creek. to buy shad and herring to salt down for winter use."

While prices in these days were generally agreeably low there
were times wh(*n shad at least commanded almost extortionate fig-
ures. As, for <»xample. during the week ending A pill 4, 1820 when
the first to come into market brought from |1 to .f 1.2.") each. And on
March 15. IS.'^O. when the first specimen sold for $2 and was served
to a party of four epicures at a tavern on Walnut street.

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ance may be inferred from the fact that in 1818 there were 1,336
men directly engaged in them, and that the capital employed in the
industry in that year amounted to |164,610.

CHAPTER IV.

Heriing Fisheries of the Delaware.

Burlington, New Jersey, as far back as the last century, has been
noted for its cured hams. Much of this fame was brought about by
a man named James Sterling, who possessed a special receipt for
their perfect curing. For years the pickle which was used in this
work was thrown away as useless, but somewhere in the 30's George
B. Mitchell, who afterwards had a place near the corner of Wood
street and Delaware avenue, Philadelphia, conceived an important
use to which this liquor might be put. Readily securing pennission
to take it, Mr. Mitchell started a business of curing herring. The in-
dustry speedily became a very large one, requiring many hands, and
quite an extensive establishment for the work was so well done, the
herring given such a delicious flavor by Mr. Mitchell's process that,
as "Burlington herring," they became speedily well known all over
the United States, and so eagerly sought for that for years it was dif-
ficult to supply the demand.

Shortly after the establishment of this industry, a Mr. Rowland J.
Dutton, a Burlington gentleman, undertook to establish the business
of preserving herring roe. This delicate tid-bit was put under a cer-
tain process and then packed in small tin boxes, not unlike the can-
ned meats of today. This industry, although it promised well at
first, soon languished, and Mr. Dutton, after a year or two, aband-
oned it.

Until the establishment of the curing establishment by Mr. Mit-
chell, the herring was not esteemed of great account as compared
with some other fishes in the Delaware river. Like all other mem-
bers of the finny tribe, their abundance almost surpassed belief.
The river fairlv swarmed with them: indeed, sometimes they seri-
ouslv incommoded the shad fishermen in their work of taking this
<i:reater food fish. To use an expression of an octogenarian, who
fives on the Delaware: '^n my young days we did not take much
stock in herring, and when a shad net got clogged with the bony
little things there were more curses than blessings heaped on them.
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unless some farmer came along and caited them away as manure for
his fields. Those my father did sell did not bring more than a lip a
bushel" (six and a quaiter cents).

xMr. liurzalere says he has often seen tishermen raise the lead lines
of their nets and allow all the herring to escape— they had almost
absolutely no use for them. At Badger's Island, just below Burling-
ton, millions were caught and cairied away by the fanners for ma-
nure annually."

The rare quantity of herring in the Delaware was sometimes used
by practical jokers as a basis of some of their pranks, as an instance
of this one of these wags, named Ben Turner, ran into a church near
Burlington one fine Sunday morning somewhere in the 20's and with
a good semblance of great excitement shouted that the river was sofull
of fish that oars could not be put down in the water. The worship-
per thinking, of course, that Turner meant shad, wei'e so borne away
by the news that sermon and everything else was forgotten, and the
church was abandoned in a twinkling by the men who hastened for
their gilling and shore nets, only to discover that the great run of
fish was nothing but a phenomenally large school of herring. What
\\ as done to Turner did not transpire.

Of course, even from the beginning of the fisheries some use was
made of herring as a food fish. A few were smoked or pickled by
the farmers every year; many were consumed by the people of Tren-
ton and Philadelphia, and heavy shipments were made abroad and to
the New England States, Massachusetts particulaiiy ; but there were
only a tithe of quantity used as manure to say nothing of the my-
riads thrown back into the river. But the industry established by
Mr. :Mitchell and others of curing the fish in a scientific manner gave
a much larger field for their consumption. As proof of this it is
cited that about 1840 l?adger's Island shad fishery was rented for
:!Sl,400 and that the sale of herring alone netted the lessee a sum far
in excess of that amount before the season was over. As far as
known the greatest draught of fish ever taken from the Delaware at
our time was opposite the Fish House at Gloucester on or abcmt
May 13, 1873. On this occasion over 60,000 herring alone were
taken. These fish were sold for fifteen cents a hundred.

Env^lislimcn, a century and a half ago, looked upon the herrinij: as
a fish created by Heaven solely for their own benefit, and they had
some peculiar ideas regarding its habits. One writer, about 1750,
savs: "There have been nianv Conj<'ctures from whence they come to
England, and most have concluded that it is unknown, but it must
be somewhere very far north; And we may reasonably suppose that
some providential Tmi)ulse causes them yearly, and at such a Period,
to send off a Detachment to us for human Use."

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trotter, but with the steady object ahead of pulling up at the British
Isle to transform themselves into food for the Britons. In his work
he gives his ideas as to the route the herring annually take. He be-
lieves they come over from the Greenland coast and appear first at
Shetland. From this place they proceed in an unaccountable mul-
titude to the Scottish coast. At this point they divide into two
great schools, one going down each side of Great Britain, taking in
all the streams on the way so that the fishermen may reap a rich
harvest. The major part of those that are left, this writer then be-
ll* ves, cross the Atlantic to the North American coast which thev
follow as far south as the Carolina river. As America was then an
English colony this writer does not appear to think this odd, and
congratulates himself on the fact that though many herring visit the
shores of the "Dutch," very few go near the south of France, Portu-
giil or Spain, and as expressing his bclit^f that the herring is a heaveji
sent fish for England alone, renmrks gravely on this circumstance it
looked ''as if they were forbidden to go that Way, on purpose that
we might Supply them."

In those days the herring was also looked upon as possessi ig con-
siderable medicinal virtues. A salt herring applied to the soles of
the feet of a patient afflicted with fever would drawn the "Humours
downward and therebv relieve the head." When taken inwardly it
brought relief to pestilential fevers since "it is certain that it dries
the stomach exceedingly. Causes an Appetite and Immoderate Thirst
and Settles a subverted and nauseating Stomach." The ashes of the
fish cured sciatica, dropsy and pains of the throat, and the fiesh ap-
I>lied to the wound of the venomous "Prester," "supposed" savs a
writer of the middle half of the last century, "by the ancients to be
the fiery serpent of the Israelites," a cure would be effected. Even
the bones of the herring finely powdered and mixed with other in-
^ledit'uts was a valuable medicine for fully a dozen dangerous mala-
dies.

CHAPTER V.

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Sturgeon Fisheries of the Delaware.

Almost without exception the early settlers along the Dclaw ire in
writing home to their friends in England or Germany, remarked on the
abund:mce of the sturgeon in the river. William Penn made special
note of this fish. Peter Kalm speaks of it and others rell of its cap-
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were btill very plentiful. Men not yet sixty years old say that even
after they had passed their majority it was not an uncommon sight
to ^ee several sturgeon during a single trip between Camden and
Philadelphia jumping in the river. Mr. Samuel Williams, a resident
of Burlington, N. J., now in his eighty-fourth yeai-, says that when he
was a boy, on one occasion he went with his father on a shad lishing
trip in the lower Delaware and during it he saw thousands of this
huge lish. Once on this trip his father and his companions were
compelled to take their nets in with great speed in order lo save it
from utter destruction, as it was many fathoms were badly torn by
this (ish. The sturgeon passed their boats in such vast numbers that
in a little while the occupants had killed and secured eleven. This
was as many as they could take home, and as the run continued, they
slew mauy more on the principle that it was a fish not only of
scarcely any value, but was actually a nuisance in the river on ac-
count of the damage caused the nets. Mr. Larzalere states that
when he was a young man one night, he with a number of young men
and women went rowing on the Delaware, in two boats. While pro-
ceeding up the river only a few feet apiu-t, a large sturgeon six or
seven feet long jumped from the water and nearly capsized one of
the boats, and the occupants were thoroughly drenched and fright-
ened. Ihe same gentleman also stated that William Stockton, the
father of the Kev. Thomas H. Stockton, for a space chaplain of the
House of Representatives at Washington, was one time out boating
when £1 large sturgeon actually jumped into the boat and was se-
cured.

Mr. John Fennimore, connected with the family of which Fenni-
more Cooper, the celebrated novelist was a member, related the fol-
lowing:

Many years ago there was a little steamboat which plied the Dela-
ware above Philadeli>lna called the ''Sally." On each side, near her
bows, were two large round windows, which, in the summer time, were
often open. One day when the "Sally" was on one of its trips up the
river, a large sturgeon in jumping, made such a leap that it passed
clear through one of these windows and landed in the vessel, where

it w as killed.

Stories like the foregoing are quite common and many of them are
well authenlicatod, and they serve as nothing else can to illustrate
how numerous this species of fish were in the Delaware river, for
until recent years the sturgeon seemed to be little esteemed by the
people living along this great stream. Neariy all the old fishermen say
that in their boyhood days few ate sturgeon except the colored
people, though occasionally a family would fry a few steaks and
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bait with which to catch eels and perch or to feed to the hogs. From
three to four cents a pound were the best prices that could be ob-
tained retail for the meat, and it was not often more than 25 or 30
cents could be had for a whole tish.

Mr. John Fennimore made a practice of fishing for sturgeon with
nets at Dunk's Ferry, now Bristol, in the latter pai't of the 20's and
until about 1835. Mr. V'auschiver and Mr. McElrov, two other tish-
ermen of that neighborhood, also carried on the same business; they
used a twelve-inch mesh and drew tlieir nets over the bar near the
Pennsylvania side, a favorite spot for the sturgeon. Sometimes 25
or 30 were taken at a single haul. The fish brought very little
money, however, st^ldom more than 30 cents apiece and sometimes as
low as 12^ cents. Mr. ^^'ilIianls says that a favorite method with
many fishermen of catching sturgeon in the month of August, prior
to 1835, was with the harpoon, and that the favorite spot for this
method was about Dutch island, n<nir liordentown. One of the most
skilful users with this instrument was a man named James Douglas.
According to the narrators, this person very rarely missed his tiim.
In following this manner of fishing the harpooner stood in the bow
of a boat and w hen he approached near enough to his prey threw a
heavy harpoon with a short length of line attached. Should the har-
pooner find he could not hold the fish after it was struck he dropped
the rope overboard and a large cork fastened at the loose end saved
it from being lost and materially helped to tire the fish out. A few
sturgeon were also caught by lassoing, but this was very rarely done.

There are no regular sturgeon fisheries in the Delaware now above
Philadelphia, although the industry is a large and profitable one
below.

According to Mr. Martin, in his History of Chester, sturgeon fish-
ing as a regular industry in the river below Philadelphia, at least on
the Pennsylvania side is not more than twenty years old. In treat-
ing of the subject, Mr. Martin says: A new source of industry has
lately (1873) been started in the vicinity of Chester, the catching of
sturgeon. As far as T can learn the first effort in this enterprise was
made by Henry Schacht who, sometime ago, with scant means and
but one boat located himself on Ridley creek, from which place he
removed to Chester creek, and afterwards, with wise forethought,
when moi'e prosperous purciiased Monas island, o]>posite Chester;
there, by means of piles, ofc he erected a pen in which to retain the
fish alive for the most profitable market.

Mr. Schacht was drowned on a dnrk and dismal uiffht last sprimr
and a relative, TTenry Henry, succeeded to the bn«!iness which hnd
jrr(\'itlv increased.

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ranaed for the comfort of those employed. There are bunks for
their shepiu^ arrangements and a cook to provide their meals.
Here Uie tish are brought, the meat sent to New York, where it com-
niMHils a rcndv sale at about sevi'U cents per pound and is known as
-Vlbaiiv iMHir the head, skin, and ]»ack bone being rendered mto
oil passiiii; through a boiling process. Of this, on an average six
barrels per week are produced during the season, netting 60 cents
i,er <n\\\im Of the roes caviare is made. It is prepared in this way:
The'roes are taken from the dead fish and run through several
s<.:ves of graduated fineness, and then treated with the finest of
Oernian salt, an indispensable article in its preparation; it is then
packed in oaken kegs and placed in a cool position until the season
o\- shipment-the fall-when it is transported to Germany where it
ccnnnands, on an average, one dollar per pound.

*'Mr. Henry has six boats engaged which are substantially built,
aNernging L'5 feet in length. They are, in regular parlance, "cat-
liooed •' The lishermen are paid |1.75 apiece for the sturgeons they
capture: tln-v sometimes realize from |20 to |:50 per day. The stur-
geons are taken in long diift nets, niade of heavy twine, and man-
aoed usually bv two ].ersons to a boat. These fish weigh from 50 to
Itm pounds eadi. The tlesh, which is shipped to New York daily, is
packed in ice, and is served in some of the hotels in that city in the
form of steaks. Large quantities of it is smoked, and in some cases
is sold as smoked salmon. The roe or eggs, after having been sent
to Germany and converted into caviare, is often reshipped to this
countrv and is consumed generally by our German population."

CHATTER VI.

Early Fisheries of the Schuylkill.

Not less beautiful in scenic effects than the Delaware is its great-
est tributory, the River Schuylkill, named by the early Dutch settlers
from the windings and hidden character of the stream. Near Phila
delphia this liver and its surroundings bear a remarkable resem-
blance to the Riyer Rhine. A few miles above, the river dividing
winds its arms like huge silver serpents in and out among mountains
and hills wild and grand.

The Schuylkill was once a famous shad river; William IVnn in
one of his letters mentioned that "six hundred shad had been taken
with one sweep of the seine." But now, through dams and pollution,
its glory in this respect has departed, and since 1830, as far m
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On the banks of this river was founded, in 1732, the "Schuylkill
Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill,'' one of tho«e institu-
tions for which Philadelphia is at once famous and iieculiar. This
organization flourishes to-day as vigorously as it did one hundred
and sixty years ago, although its quarters have been removed from
its original Im-ation. For years the society occupied a building on
the slope of Warner's Hill, paying an annual rental to William War-
ner, the owner of the land, of three fresh sunfish. Still /uiother
famous fishing club of pre revolutionary times was that of old Fort
St. Davids, where Falls of Schuylkill now is. This organization,
which was composed of many notable men, after the war for inde-
IK'udence, was mergetl into that of the State of Schuylkill.

Mr. Samuel W. Pennypacher, one of the most eminent antiqua-
rians in the State, has been at much trouble in rescuing from ob-
liyion the early fisheries of the Schuylkill, and has embmlied the re-
sults of his researches in a deeply interesting work entitled IMioe-
nixville and- Vicinity." Of the fisheries, Mr. Pennypacher says,
'*that in the early part of the last century every spring the shad
came up the Schuylkill in immense numbers, and the inhabitants
along its banks engaging en masse in fishing, secured enough to fur-
nish their families with this article of food until the next annual re-
turn. The earliest place for fishing now known was at the Long
Ford, opposite Port Providence. The pond there constructed be-
longed in common to the dwellers upon both shores of the river, and
they iinited their forces in the pursuit and divided the spoils after
the capture. A wall, in the form of a segment of a circle, and am-
swering as a pen into which the fish could be driven, was built in the
middle of the stream with an entrance towards its source. From
the edges of this opening, racks were stretched obliquely to each
shore, and were secured in their positions by being tied with withes
to stakes which were driven into the ground at the bottom of the
river. A rope of grape vines and bushes, long enough to reach from
<me shore to the other, was made, usually at the mouth of Mingo
<'reek, about fiv(» miles above, and when it was completed the fisher
men started in canoes to sweep the river. By this means the shad
were forced into the pen, and were caught with a small net. Whole
days were devoted to the work, sometimes as many as forty men
engaged in it, and John Shaw, who was a person of veracity and
had frequently assisted, when an aged man told Moses Robinson
that he had seen eight thousand five hundred shad driven in the
pound at one time. The fishermen who were present when this as-
sertion was made accredited the statement.

"Another method of fishing was afterward adopted. Racks extend-
ing from shore to shore were placed in the stream with their bars so
<'loso together that the fish could not pass, and a pool or basin was
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cleared away bdmv. The shad asceudiug the river to deposit their
s nvn cio«"<led agaiust the racks iu sueh uumbers as some Umes
o push each o.he. out ot the water, and a pole eould not be thru.t
to the bottom without displaeing them. As mauy were talien as
were wanted, and the rest struggled iu unsuccessful efforts to escape
the in,i.ediment. This plan, though effectual, was very wasteful
m.d destructive, and awakened the angry opposition of those who
lived further up the river, lu fact, these tisheries, from the.r com-
n.encenient, were the source of continual jealousies and disputes,
■md their regulation was the subject of much early legislation.
' ..In M-,v 17-'4, a bill was passed for •demolishing and removing
Fishing Dams, \\ears and Kedles set across the Kiver Schuylkiir
„„,, w^s followed on .he 15th of August, 1730, by an act to •pi^vent
,l,e Erecting of Wears, Dams, &c., within the Schuylkill. The et-
feet of these enactments was, however, evaded, and among the
\rchives of 1732 is fouud the following deposition: -Marcus Huliug
Suith That as he was going down the Schuylkill with a Canoe
Loaded with wheat, that striking on a fish dam, she took in a great
deal of water into ye wheat, by means whereof his wheat ^^^ ^^^
damnified, and that it was in great danger of being all lost; and that
another time he stroke fast on a fish dam, and should have lost his
«hole Load of wheat, if he had not leaped into ye river and with
iiard Labour prevented ye Canoe from Swinging round and so suf-
fered verv much in his body by reason of ye water & cold; and tha
at am.llu'r time he stroke fast .ui one of ye Itock dams & with great
hazard and hard Labour escaiied with his Life and Load.

...J..nas .Ions Sailh Thai iu v.. m.-nlh of February, if being Kxlrean,
Cold, he stroke fast on a fish Dam, and to save his Load ol wheat
was obliged lo leap ii.K. ve Kiver lo ve middle of his body and wuh
all his I-abour ami Skill .ould not get olV in less than half an hour,
aflerwards pro.-....diug on his journey with ye said wet clothes they
were fro/..'!! stiff on his back, by means wlu'reof he underwent a great

deal of misery. . , . , , ,

...Tacob Warren Saith That he with a Canoe loaded with wh.-al
stroke fast on a dam. where he wi(h his partner were f-u-c.-d into ye
Kiver and <>w with all his might was i.blieged to hold ye Cano<'
whitest ve other diggi'd away V(. stones of ye Dam. and with much

difficult v i,M)t off.

..Isaac Sinallv Saith That going down ye Siiid River with 140 bus.
..f wheat in a Canoe. Ilu'v stroke fact on a Rack Dam and in ord.>r U>
save ye Load fr.un heiiigall h.st.hewas muchagainst his mind oWieged
to leaii into the Kivi'r. th(> water being to his Chin fre.inenflv dashed
into his mouth, where between whiles h<. breathed, and both he and

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his partner held ^e Canoe with great labour; whiles a >ouug uiiui
there present ran above a mile to call help to get off.

"Walter Campbell 8aith That he hath stroke fast mauy times on ye
lish dams with his Canoe Loaded with yheat, and been forced^ to leap
iuto ye Kiver before he could get off.

"Jonas Yeokam; and Kichard Dunklin say, That they got fast on a
fish dam with their Canoe loaded with 00 bus. of wheat & ye s'd
Kunklin's Wife and a Young Child in ye Canoe, and were for more
than an hour in great danger of being oversett into ye Kiver, where if
they had, undoubtedly ye Woman & Child would have been lost.

"Barnabas Rhoades Saith That he stoke fast on a tish dam in
Schuylkill for several hours in ye Cold winter Season, destitute of
any help, in which time he underwent a great deal of hardships and
at last gott off, during all which time Ik.' was in great danger both of
his life and Loiid. And that he has at divers times been fast on ve
said Diuas ajid in great danger.

"George Boone, John Boone, Josept Bt>one, James Boone, Samuel
Hoone, Say that they have been sundry times fast on ye said Fish
Dams and Rack Dams, and to preserve the Loads of wheat have been
forced several times to le«^^ "Mto ye River, and have very narrowly
Escaped with the lives & Loai.. '

"In consequence of these ana other representations, an act was
passed, in 1734, of similar puriK>rt with the preceding. In 1735, peti-
tions were presentcMl by both parties, without any cliangv of legisla-
tion; but in 17:i(), those wlio wen* in favor of tlie weirs and dauis
swcweded iu getting the Legislature to give them the privilege of
erecting th(Mr racks in April and May, during the fishing season.
This ought, ]>erhaps, to have obviated the objectiims of the poor fel-
lows who uriderwent so nwuh misery from being <-ompeHed to h*a|»
into the river in the midst (»f winter, but it did not meet with the aj>-
pi'obation of the (Jovernor and c<MinciI, and was the cause of some
dissension between tiieni and the Legislatun'. The bill was returned
by the Governor with the objection tliat, instead of being an amend
nient to previous acts, as it purported to be, it was in reality a
repeal.

"The assembly endeavored to remove his o])position to it and he
n'plied in a message in wliicli tlie whole snbject is reviewed. H<'
said that the policy of the jU'oprietor hath always been against the
erection of the dams and wiers, because tlu'V were an <vbsti'uction to
navigation, and that the racks were worse than the wiers. for while
tlie latter were only made of light sticks the former wore constriicted
of more substantial mntei-inl. like horse-racks, and wore sustained in
their places by largo stones cariied into the vWov to support thorn.
A more serious objection was the threatened destruction of the fish.
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The l.nitlice fuUoWi'd by those who Ushed willi laeks iu the Schuyl-
kill was the most, luiuoiis that could possibly be coiiU'ived.

"This oraclice is tor Ureal iN umbers of People mostly on Horse-
back for a mile or Lwoor more, with large liushes, Stakes or other In-
slrumeuts that may best answer the Kud, to beat the w.tter with
o,eit Noise raike the Uottom of the lliver above the Hacks aud, to
TikL all the methods iu their Tower to force the Fish down iuto the
Kicks- and if tills was the Practice heretofore, now when halt the
Kiver is to be left open it will follow of course that others m aud
about the vacant Part must use equal or greater Industry to prevent
their getting that way by the ll^icks, by which means those that can
escape must be more frightened and disturbed, the Spawn by the
treading of Horses or other Feet, and by raking with Hushes and
Trees must be destroyed.' , ^. ,,

'-Not onlv wen' the people residing on the upper part of the river
deprived ot- that to which they had an equal right with the other
settlers but it would result in the extermination of tlie tish, and the
inhabitants and tlieir posterity would be robbed of this great source
of benefit and profit. He also gave as an objection the moral con-
sideration that the erection of racks was attendcnl with 'tumultuous
Meetings, riotous Hehaviour, Quarrels, Contentions and even Out-
rages amongst the Young People and others who assemble as to a
Merrv-making or a publick Diversion, at the time of fishing by Racks,
which are so unseemly Returns for the benefits conferred.'

-rhe opponents of dams and weirs smreeded in preventing the »ct
from becmuing a law, but tlu'ir views were not enforced without re
sistance. The fishermen of Long Ford were too stout hearted and
too tenaci<uis of their privilege they had for years enjoyed to yield
without a struggle, and the use of the racks was contiimed despit<' ol

the legislators.

"Finallv in 173S, their exasperated adversaries up the river organ

i/ed a force of volunteers, as formidable from the numbers and cour

aero of its constituents as possible, collected a fleet of caiuK-s, and

under the command of Timothy Miller, a man of great muscular

strength, set sail on the 20th of Ayiril, intent upon despiM'ate de<'ds

and in the full anticipation of success. Arriving at Long Ford they

commenced a work of havoc among the racks, which th<^v broke

awav from the moorings and sent adrift down the stream. A few

of the fishermen, who chanced to be there when the fleet appeared.

at first attempted with soft words to stay the destruction which was

being committeed, and, finding prayers and entreaties ineffectual.

seized upon the loosened racks and endeavored to carry them away.

"This did not suit Ihe purpose of the assnilants, who pursued and

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them iuto pieces. It wuh more than could be endured. Abandoning
temporarily the disputed ground, they fied iuto the settlement,
sounded the slogan and summoned to the rescue every man who
could handle an oar or wield a club. Thus reenforced thev returned
to the encounter, and in their canm*s made a furious assault upon
the fleet of the enemy, which still unwisely lingered about the
seem? of demolition. The struggle that ensued, whose issue per-
chance depended more upon individual strength than skillful ma-
noeuvering, became desperate, and for ii long time Mars or Neptune
whichever we may suppose to have been the presiding divinity, main-
tained the utmost impartiality. The scale was finall3' turned by the
valor of Thomas \'aleutine, the tenant at the Knoll, w ho leaped iuto
the canoe of the opposing commodore, Timothy Miller, struck out
liistly upon all sides with a club, and after beating down every man
of its crew succeediHl in effecting its capture.

"This serious loss dajiipened the ardor of the assailants, and Miller,
his thumb broken and his companions overpowered, was compelled
to order a retreat. Encouraged by the unexpected advantage, the
victors presseii their antagonists closely and the retreat soon became
a route. The beaten squadron fled rapidly down the Schuylkill, and
in order to escape their pursuers, who followed with the utmost per-
tinacity, made the grave mistake of entering the Perkiomen.

"This stream was too shallow for navigation, and the canoes soon
running aground, the ciews were compelled to s<H'k the shelter of the
forests for safety. A comph'te destruction of the boats and their
••(mtents satisfied the vindictive ire of the fishermen, who returned
to their homes elated with a triumph whi<h had been dearly pur-
chased with many severe wounds and the loss of tln*ir racks.

"This is the description of what was perhaps the only Naval battle
ever fought u]>on the Schuylkill, as it has }>een handed d(»wn to us
by those who participated in it on tlu' side of the victors. TIm' story
of their opjMUients was detailed at the lime as follows:

"\A'illiani Richards, Constable of the Townships of Amily, in the
<'ounty of Phihidelphiu, makes <»atli,That on Ihe tw«'nlieth day of this
Instant A]uil, he re<'eived a Wurrant from CHMirge P.oon, Ksq., one ol
his Maj<'sties Justir-es of the Peace of the said County requiring him,
this r)e]>onent, to lake to his Assistance such ]>ers<uis as this T)o-
jMuient should think ]>ro]>er, & go down the River Schuylkill & re
move all such obsl ructions as should be found in the sjiid River, in
obedience to which Warrant this i)e]>onent to<>k s<'veral persons. Tn
hnbitants of the s'd County as his assistants, & together with one
Robert Smith. Constable of the Township of Only, who had received
a warrant to the same ]mr]>ose, went down the snid Riv<'r in thi'e«
Canoes to MingcM' Cioek where thev found a Lnrge Niim]>er of Racks

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& obstructions iu the said Itiver, & saw I'oui- uieu upon an Island
near the said Kaeks, that this Deponent & Company removed the s'd
Hacks without receiving any opposition, from thence they proceeded
down the Kiver to tlie Mouth of Pickerings Creek, near which tliey
found several Hacks, which Heacht Across the s'd River to an Island,
which Hacks this Depon't & Company also removed, that imme
diately after the s'd Hacks were removed, about the Number of two
liJudred Men came down on both sides of the s'd River & were very
Hude and Abusive & threatened this Depon't & his Company, that
the s'd Depon't expecting from the ill Language ajid threats given
that some mischief or a Quarrel would Ensue, he took his Staff in his
hand & his Warrant & Commanded the s'd Men in the Kings Name
to Keep the IVace .^t told Ihem that iu- cauie there iu a peaceable
Manner & according to Law to Move the Hacks & Obstructions in
the River, upon which some of the s'd Men Damn'd the Laws & the
Lawn.akers & Curs'd this Deponent & his Assistants, That on^
James Starr Knockt this Deponent down in the River with a large
Clubb or Stake after which several of the said Men Attacktd this
Deponent & Company with large Clubbs & Knockt down the s'd
Robert Smith, the (Nonstable as also of several of this Deponent's
Assistants that one John Wainwright, in company with this De-
ponent was Struck down with a Pole or Staff & lay as Dead with his
llodv on the Shoar & his tteet in the River, That this Depon't &
c,mipanv finding that they were not able to make Resistance, were
Obliged \o make their best of their Way in order to save their Lives,
after which this Depon't, together with the Constable of Only &
some of their Coiui)any, ])roceeded down the River, in order to go
to Philadelphia, to make Complaint <»f the ill Usage they had re-
ceived, Ihat as th(^v came near Parkyooiuan Creek they found an-
(,lher Set of Hacks, which were guarded by a great Number of Men,
Ihat this Dep<m'f & (Nmipauy, Heiiuested the s'd Men to let them go
down the River. & if they wou'd SulTer them to pass that they would
not M<Hldle with their Rjicks, upon which the s'd Men abus'd &
(Mirsed this Dei)on't in a xory Cross Manner, telling the s'd Depon't
& his Compauv Ihat they should not pass by them. That one of the
s'd Men called out aloud & offered ffive Pounds for Timothy Millers
head, the s'd Timothy being (»ne of the Depon'ts assistants & another
of the s'd men called out to the s'd Timothy to make haste away.
And afterward the s'd Men pursued this Depon't & Company, who
for fear of Murthered made the best of Hieir way with then-
r\Mnoes to the Mouth of Parkyoomnn Creek & there went ashore &
left their Canoes there with several Cloaths. which Canoes are since
Split in Pieces (as Reported) & several of the Cloaths turn'd adrift
on the s'd River.

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"The X mark of William Richards, sworn on the -7th day of April,
17.'?X, Before me Has Assheton."

* * • * * This difficulty was the cause of considerable agita-
(ion in the colony and resulted in tlie termination of rack fishing.

"* * * • After the racks had been remove<l from the Schuyl-
kill, fishing enstea<l of being an oc<'asional pursuit for the whole
iieighborliooci, became Ji regular avocation, and was conducted by a
few skilled jjersons, who gave their time and attention to it. Pools
were cleared away in the River and the lish were hauled into the
shore by means of seines.

"The Islands, since they contained the best landing places, grew
to be very valuable. Four hundred shad were caught at Long Ford
in a haul, which is the largest upon record. Twenty-three hundred
were caught in one night at the Island opposite Phoenixville.

In 1820 "there were fisheries at Longaker's l*ool, where the rail-
road now crosses the Schuylkill at the mouth of the tunnel, at Buck-
waiter's Pool, near liuckwalter's Island; at the mouth of the French
Creek, at Long Ford, Green Hill, P<*rki<mien and Valley Forge. At
Ituck waiters in 1812, one hundred shad were caught in a seine at
<uie time.

"When Samuel Lane owned the Bull Tavern, he had an arrange-
ment with tlie fishermen at tlu' mouth of the Pickering, that he was
to furnish them each moining with a <|uart of whiskey, and they
were to give him in return a shad weighing eight pounds. The con-
tiact was continued for senile v<^ars with mutual satisfaction. After
a time, however, shad dc^erituated so imicli in (]uality that those of
that weight bcM-ame extremely rar(*. Finally, one morning the fish-
ermen saw 'Old Sammy' coming along as usual with his quart jug,
and, on looking over their ca]»tnres, no fish of tin* requisite propor-
tions could be found. In this unfortunate emergency a happy
thought occurred to one of them, and, seizing the largest of the fish,
In* held its mouth open while a <*onirade filled in pebbles enough to
give it the pro])er weight. The old man carried it off to his home,
saying it was a heavy fellow, but the whiskey contract was after
ward abandoned.''

One of the most valuable of the shad fisheries on the Schuylkill,
near TMiiladelphia, was at Manayunk. l^efore the beginning of the
present century then^ had been made in the river, from time to time,
a suc<-ession of rude dams from one to three feet high. These dams
ext<'nded (inly a portion of the way across the river and were in-
tended incicly to force the water into a ]>articular channel. Be-
tween the island .it Manayunk and the western shore was one of
these <lanis, for<Mng the water into a narrow channel on the eastern
side. Tlie fishermen at this fishery used to station their boats with
tlM'ir seine at the head of the island and a man at the lower end to
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would j-ive the signal to the party in the boat, who immediately ran
out with the seiue, going downward.

Some of the old residents along the Schuylkill river near Philadel-
phia, relate marvelous tales of the catches of fish to be made in
their boyhood days, and some of them almost surpass belief. One
of these who spoke in a more moderate strain was Godfrey Schrout, a
one-time resident of the Falls of Schuylkill. He related to a friend
about seventy years ago, that in his younger days he could often
catcli with his dip-net 3,000 catfish in one night; the perch and rock-
tish \N ei'c numerous and large. Often he has caught 30 to 80 pounds
of a morning with the h(K)k and line. Other persons who were
neighbors of Mr. Schrout asserted that there was nothing extraor-
dinary in a catch of 3,000 catfish in one night in a dip-net. Up to
the year 1817, they say, more than that number were taken repeatedly
in the same period of time. It has been claimed that so plentiful were
this species of fish, that one scoop of the dip-net has brought up
more <attisli than could be lifted into the boat by one man. There
were said to have becMi people at the Falls in those, days, who, in the
lishing season which lasted some three months, made enough by
catching shad in a simile scoop or dip-net to support th(^ir families
in fish for a whole year. In their work they anchored or fastened
to the rocks in the rapids, the small boats from which they fished;
some of the particular stations were more valuable than others, and
there was much rivalship in the early spring who should first get
possession of the favored spots, which the boat never left during
the wlu^le season; if it did, by a rule among themselves, any one
else was at liberty to take ]>osse8sion.

The catfish were the kind known as the white catfish, a migrating
species that came fioui the s(\a, annually in immense numbers, so
numei'(»us in some instances as to blacken the narrow passages of
the liver. They came regularly ou or about May 25, the run
lasting scune two or three weeks. They were caught in
ininicn^tc nnmbeis during the season, put in artificial
]>on<ls niad<* for the purposes, and taken out as wanted
diirin«^ ihc summer and fall months. They were delicious
eating and lh<' p<»ople thereabouts learned the art of cooking thcni
so well tlial jliousands of ]»eo]de were attnicted thither, and the
fjinie of Hie Sclinylkiirs cattish, waffles and <*ofFee became of more
than locsil fame.

CHAPTER VII.

Efforts to Erect Dams in tlw Dc^laware Kiver.
The residents along the Schuylkill were not allowed a lengthy time

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in which to enjoy their well-eai-ned victory over the rack fishermen.
Other iufiuences were at work which were to utterly ruin their fish-
eries. Ou March 8, 1815, the Schuylkill Navigation Company was
incorporated, and that concern immediately began the erection of
two huge dams across the Schuylkill, one at Flat Itock, now Shaw-
mont, and the other at Reading, and had them completed by the
latter part of 1818. A few years later the city of Philadelphia con-
structed a third dam at Fairmount for water supply purposes. As a*
result the migratory food fisheries above this last mentioned dam
were immediately ruined. The fishing below Fairmount was still
good, however, for a few yeai's, then the gas works were built, and
the refuse which was emptied into the river drove the food fishes
even from the still open part of the Schuylkill.

In the meantime so great was the feeling engendered among the
people against the Schuylkill Navigation Company for the part it
took in the destruction of fisheries, as well as for other arbitrary
acts, that every opportunity was seized for reprisals. For a long
time whenever a suit for damages came before a court juiy in which
the company was involved as defendant, it was pretty certain to be
heavily mulcted.

About the same time, also, the fisheries in the Lehigh river were
destroyed by a dam built near the point at whi<h it discharges uiio
the Delaware. Almost ccmtemporaneously with this a dam was built
at Lackawaxon, on the Delaware itself. Fortunately this, while it
greatly obstructed the passage of the shad to their spawning grounds
was yet low enough to allow this fish to surmount the obstacle when
ever the water was high. Nevertheless, while this was the <'ase,
shad were scarce above in the river after tlie erection of the Lacka-
waxon dam, as compared to the years before it was built when the
fish had free passage to within thirty miles of the headwaters in New
York State.

At various times since the ert^t'tion of the Lackawaxon dam efforts
have been made bv citizens of New Jersev to have built similar af-
fairs at other points, for water supply purposes, and acts to permit
the erection of such have, from time to time, be<Mi passe<l by the h*g-
islature of that stat<\ Fortunately these acts have all failed through
the necessary <*oncurrent legishifion in IN'nnsylvania.

Some of tin* efforts for the erection of these dams are <iuite inter
esting from a historical point of view and illustrate how strong w(M*e
the efforts put forth for or against these obstructions to fish and
navigation. For a clear understanding of the matter it may be well
to note an agreement entered into bv Pennsvlvania and New Jersev
in 1783. In consequence of many disputes in that year these two
states ap])ointed commissioners to formulate an agreement concern
in"- o mutual government of the river. This ngre«Mnent was nitifiel

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bv New Jersey in May, 1783, and by Pennsylvania on September .0
followinL^ The first and principal article of this document recited
that the river Delaware betwc^^n certain points "in the whole length
and breadth thereof, is and shall continue to be and remain a com-
mon highway, ecpially free and open for the use, benefit and advant-
age of the said contracting parties."

This clause, it would naturally be thought, would have prevt-nted
anv future complications and argument, but is seems not, for it was
not long before there were charges of violations preferred against
both states. This resulted, in 1814, of the appointment by iKvth <'om-
monwealths of commissioners to endeavor to secure an adjustment
of the difficulties. This measure failed to produce fruitful results,
and before long more charges of violation were made. The first
was bv Pennsvlvania on February 17, 1815, Messrs, Erwin and
Frailev presented a preamble setting forth that New Jei-sey had
-ranted, in defiance of the agreement of 1783, to Daniel W. Coxe,
Samuel Wright, Jr., and Peter T. Smith, or their heirs and assigns,
the right to erect and maintain a wing dam in the Delaware to c<m-
nect Yard's Island with the main land at Bloomsbury, to secure
water for milling purposes. This preamble was followed by a reso-
lution protesting against this act, and that the protest be sent to the
legislature of New Jersey.

This was followed by a correspondence between Governors Sny-
der, of Pennsvlvania, and Pennington, of New Jersey, in which the
latter protested that the legislature of his state never intended to
violate their agreement with Pennsylvania: that the concession t«»
build the dam was only granted after it was shown conclusively that
bv so doing none of its interests would be injured. He felt sure that
Pennsvlvaniahad not been correctly informed of all thecircumstan<-es
and suggested a commissioner be appointed to get at the truth. On
the advice of Governor Snyder, the legislature authorized him to ap-
point William Mitchell and John Ross commissioners.

These two officials made a careful survey of the case and in a long
report submitted to Governor Snyder strongly expressed their opin-
ion that the dam in question was objectionable in every way and in
direct violation of the agreement of 1783. A similar paner was sent
by them to the Goyernor of New Jersey, with the intimation su<h
acts were lil^ely to endann-er the neace aufl harmony between the
two states, which mi-ht involye them in unpleasant controversies
and compel ludicial action.

Tt was then intimnterl on the part of Xew Jers-v that Pennsylvania
had also been an offender in the matter of eveetinrr dams: but to thi^
it was replied that the lefrm,,tnro of that state had uniformlv acte-^
up to the agreement and had "noyer pass-d n low mitiioH'.in- th-

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erection of a dam in the river Delaware, although many individuals
have ventured to do it at their own risk, without authority."

In a message which Governor i*euuington sent to the New Jersey
legislature on October 10, 1815, he retorts that since these dams were
a matter of notoriety, if Pennsylvania wanted to act in good faith
towards New Jersey it would have punished the offenders.

The only effect of the protest and the correspondence was to cause
the New Jersey legislature on February 10, ISU;, t<» pass a supple
uientary act which seemed an aggravation of its earlier action.
This caused Mr. Erwin, of the Pennsylvania legislature, to offer a
resolution that the matter be "sulanitted in argument to the de-
termination of the circuit court of the United States, for the circuit
including the two states."

Here this incident closed for the time being. Almost immediately
after the troubles over the nver broke out again concerning the mat-
ter of the erection of dams for the purpose of sup]>lying canals and
of furnishing water power for Trenton. The agitation was such
that in December, 1829, commissioners appointed by Pennsylvaniji
and a similar body of men named by New Jersey agreefl to submit
as a basis of a compact between the two states, that P<Minsylvania
<ould erect a dam at Thornton's rift, not exceeding ten fei^t in height,
with a sloping apron for arks and rafts; that either state might erect
a dam below Milfred bridge, near the house of William Brink, FiSc].:
that either state might build a dam not exceeding four feet in height
at the head of Foul rift; also one at the head of Phillipsburg rapids,
of the same height: that New Jersey could build one at the head of
Warford's falls, also of four feet, and Pennsylvania one of four and
one-half fe(4 high at the head of Wells' falls, and both one of four
feet at the head of Scudders' falls, and that either might improve
the navigation of the river Delaware below the falls of Trenton in
such a way as to create no obstruction to the natural navigation or
to the passage of fish.

The commissioners were: For New Jei-sey, John Rutherfoid, G'l-
leb Newbold and Garret D. Wall. Esq.; for Pennsylvania, Nathaniel
B. Eldred, John Ross and David Scott. The commissioners recom-
mended that in each dam should be "two fishways, one on each side
of the sloping apron," and that they should be on the prin<'iple of
givins: such prolongation to the fall as that the current shall be
greatly diminished and at the same time afFordinir restinir places. To
proloncr the current the commissioners advised that the slope should
be divided by partitions projected fi'om its sides alternately, but not
extending the whole width. Tf these soaces be tln-ee feet wide and
two feet deep, they believed there would he rooin for fish to nass in
crreat numbers. Th«'v nU^A odvi*5ed that th" tishwivs b«^ T>lnnked
ov«^" ^"^ fit' ^r^ oxclude th<^ li<'hf.

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Naturally these propositious caused violent opposition among
those who felt that such dams would, despite the tishways, rum the
lishiug iudustiv, and among the most outspoken of the opponents
was the Kunil Kecoid, a New Jersey newspaper, which, m an edi-
torial the latter part of 1829, said: "There is perhaps no subject that
will be brought before the legislature that will more deeply attect
the interests of the citizens of West Jersey, than the Shad Fisheries;
as the clear revenues arising from them is more productive than any
other branch of our trade or commerce. The taxes on them only
amount to about |400 annually, of which the township, of Debtford
pays about |25(>/ There are forty fc^had Fisheries in the limits of
(Jloucester county, which employ about 000 men; the wages paid
to the men employed in carrying on these fisheries amounts to about
"0 000 dollars annuallv; llM-se men m<»stly came from the interior
and poorest part of our <ountry, the IMnes and Kgg Harbour; they
are paid from the sale of tlu' shad, and it is calculated tive-sixths of
which are sold in rhilad<'li»hia market, thereby deriving a ccmsider-
able source of revenue from a sister state and diffusing of it to a class
of our citizens who inhabit our most barren soil (in which our coun-
try abounds, our fishing places afford a good market for the farm-
ers to dispose of their flour, pork, potatoes, etc., etc. They also af-
ford us a full supplv of a go<Kl cheap and delicate food.

We mav safelv nuisider this branch of our trade and commerce
of as much imiMUtance, and as productive to the citizens of the
ecMintv of (Jloucester as any «»ne branch of trade and commerce in
fhe rnited States: see with what rare and cautiim the general gov-
ernment prcMect its tra<le and coinmene and particularly how they
foster the fisheries, and how zeahnisly they maintain their rights
wher*' aiiv f(U-eign power attempts to invade them. Surely then,
any citizen of the nmntv of (Jloucester, must have very limited views
of^K)litical eciuiomy, who d<.es not feel interested in maintainmg
our just rights ami privileg<'s, which Providence has, as it were, of-
fered us f<»r our acceptance, (and which would, if wisely losleved,
in a measure compensate for our wide extent of barren soil): but on
the contrarv, say the fisheries are <mly a numopoly on the part of a
few landholders un the banks of the Delaware, and they only are

interested.

"As it is a i^retty well established fact that the shad generally as-
cend the river to deposit their spawn, if the contemplated dam is
made at Trenton, so as to prevent the shad from going up, it will
luobablv expel them from that river. There were some fisheries on
the Schnvlkill below the dam, that previous to the erection of that
were worth from ^500 to ^l.OOO annually, that are not now worth
fishing. And in order to shew the value of the fisheries in the Dela-
ware.'from Trenton down on both sides of the river, the following

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statement is exhibited. It was made in 1818, for the information of
a committee of the Legislature of New Jersey, who had under con-
sideration the law respecting shad fisheries; there are a few of them
that are not now occupied:

70 fisheries that employ 1,336 men.

Amount of wages annually paid the men, $80,160 00

Cost of fishing apparatus, 82,800 00

Taxes, 1,650 00

Capital annually employed in all the fisheries below the

Falls at Trenton, f 164,610 00

^Nevertheless, certain dams were erected, notably one tttf Wells falls,
and another at Scudders falls. Both were put up in an irregular man-
ner, and in December, 1831, a bill was introduced into the New Jersey
legislature which had for its object the removal of all dams in the
Delaware river, erected under the authority of the canal commis-
sioners of I'ennsyivania at Wells Falls. This, it is believed, was
by way of reprisals or objections made by Pennsylvania to Scud-
ders falls dam.

Apparently the effect of this was another joint commission, for
on December 13, 1834, there was read before the Pennsylvania Leg-
islature a report of Commissioners appointed under a resolution of
the Ijt^gislature relative to the use of the waters of the Delaware, in
effect that there was a controversy between the State and New
Jersev over the matter. The Commissioners found that the Dela-
ware & Itaritan Canal Company were using the waters to supply
their canal by means of a feeder at Bulls island ; that the canal com-
missioners had erected temporary but very inade(iuate
works at Wells Falls by means of which the I'ennsylvania Canal
below New Hope was partially supplied with water. Both had been
constructed in violation of the compact of 1783 between the two
States "for the purpose of settling the jurisdiction of the river Del-
aware."

The Commissioners then proposed to obtain the consent of New
Jersey to the erection of such a dam as would at all times supply
the Pennsylvania Canal with water. This they thought could be
d(u»e by const lucting a dam at Wells Falls not ex<*<'eding three feet
in height, above the surface of low water, with a sluice sixty feet
wide. It was urged that the construction of such a dam would be
a lienefit to navigation, since it would enable raftsmen and arkmen
to do aw^ay with the necessity of employing pilots at that point, as
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pelled to do. Such a dam would also, the Commissioners affirmed,
provide a means without additional expense, of a communication be-
tween the two canals.

The New Jersey commissioners made similar recommendations
and also stated that an agreement had been entered into by which
the obstructions to the navigation at Srudders falls which had been
placed tliere by the Trenton Delaware Falls Co., should be removed

or otherwise obviated.

It looked for a time very murh as though the scheme would go
throu-li 15ut neithor tho (Jovernor of Pennsylvania nor the Legis-
lature^were satisfied, and a committee of the latter was appointed
to probe the matter. This committee on January 27, 1835, made an
(.xhaustive report, in which it was unanimously recommended that
the Legislature not ratify the agrcM-nient entered into by the Com-
missioners of the two states.

Other efforts were afterwards made to reconcile the differences.

The most serious attempts, howcner, wcm'c those to erect a large
dam bv concurrent legislati<ui by almost every legislature since
those (iavs, the latest attempt having been made at the last session
at Harrisbnrg, when not only the mnvsi)aiiers unanimously protest-
ed, but the city of Philadelphia itself strongly <ondemned it. Hap-
pily this, as the previous ones, failed of accomplishment.

CHAPTER VIII.
Decline of the River Fisheries.

Worse than the dams, so far as tish life is concerned, were the
tish traps and the outrageous methods adopted by many of the peo-,
pie in the upper reaches of the Delaware to secure their prey. For
miles above Trenton tish baskets were set one above the other until
the wonder was how a single fish managed to escape.

But fatal as these fish traps were to the continuance of the fishing
industry by the impossibility of more than a small percentage of the
mature fish escaping to the spawning grounds, they were far more
so to the young shad on their way in the fall of the year from the
upper reaches of the river to the sea. So delicate is the structure of
the young shad that the loss of even a few scales means death. Into
the fish baskets nearly every young shad was forced to go, and thou-
sands upon thousand annually perished there. As many as fifty
thousand dead young shad, it is said have been taken from one of
these fish baskets at a time, and it is estimated that as many more

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fish of those that succeeded in passing through the slats died
through injury to their delicate bodies. Mr. Howard Reeder, who
was at the head of the State Fish Commission in 1874, in making
his report, speaks as follows concerning fish baskets and traps:

"Of all implements for the wanton destruction of fishes which
have ever been constructed by human skill, the one most worthy
of condemnation is the ordinary fish basket. These instruments of
extirpation are placed in the mid channel of the river, with long
arms or wings made of stones, extending up<m either side towards
the shores. Every living creature carried by the current is swept
into these baskets. Young shad are particularly delicate. A blow
which displaces a scale will result in the death of the fish, so that
scarcely a young shad which succeeds in going through the slats of
I he basket will live, while millions are stopped upon the basket and
there allowed to die. Instances have come to our knowledge where,
in 1870 and 1871, parties owning baskets were obliged to shovel out
with a wooden scoop the young shad that had accumulated in their
baskets in less time than one night. In one instance the owner of the
basket said that he thought in one night he had thrown from his
fish basket more than a cart load of young shad. It is not probable
that one survived.

"» • ♦ * ♦ ♦ As an engine used for the destruction of fish,
the set-net or fyke net is surpassed only by the fish basket. This
net is an elongated trap with a large mouth set directly in the cur-
rent of the stream, sometimes with long arms or wings of stone ex-
tending out similar to the fish basket, turning the entire current
through the net and sweeping into it every living creature carried
by the current. These nets require no attention and no labor.
They are simply deposited and left to take care of themselves until
the owner is ready to take them up and empty them of their catch.
Occasionally along our large rivers you will find a man owning as
high as thirty or forty of these nets."

The bush seines, eel weirs, and the like, also, were the means of de-
stroying thousands more of shad. So great was this slaughter' from
the upper stretches of the river to tide water, that at Mil ford they
almost entirely disappeared, and in 1872 the fisheries at that place
yielded only a single shad, where about the beginning of the century
tln» annual catches had run into the thousjinds.

All along the Delaware the fishing fell off. until in 1S7:{ the fish
eiies failed to pay expenses, the total yield being the year previous
but 181.000. Of one fishcM'y belonging to the l[(Mvell family of \V(x»d-
bury. New Jersey, a record of catches has bet^i kept for more than a
century and a half. From that record it appears that prior to 182r)
the average annual returns were about 130.000: from 1845 to 1840,
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were UO,<aU; liom i»'<U tu l«<a tne yearly average wiui le»s tiiaii

25,000.

A company composed of Mr. B. Wilkius and two paituers carried
to market and sold the product of sixty-three nets for about thirteen
years prior to 1840. From Mr. Wilkins' statements it appears that
in 1870 and 1871 no single gilling-net approached in the number of its
catch to the quantity formerly obtained, though the length of the
nets had been greatly increased. He instances the cajse of one gil-
ling seine of 200 fathoms, in the vicinity of Fort Delaware, as having
taken, while he was carrying for its owner, 850 shad in one drift; and
says that at no time for live years previous to 1870 were over 200
taken iki the same time, and 100 perhaps would be a high average.

Not only did the number of Ush caught fall otf thus rapidly in the
Delaware year by year, but their size appreciably decreased. In
1843 shad of seven and eight pounds in weight were by no means
uncommon, and the average run was between live and Ave and a half
pounds; but in 1873, and for many years before, a four pound tish
was a curiosity. The writer remembers well in 1879 capturing in a
net at Bay Side a shad weighing eight and one-half pounds. On
bringing it to shore, from its size, it attracted the flshermen of the
place, and at their request, was hung upon the wall of a bulling on
the wharf and attracted lishermen from along the shore for several
miles above and below. In 1843 and thereabouts forty shad usually
tilled a pork barrel; in 1873 it required over one hundred to occupy
the same space.

The story of the devastation of the lisheries on the Susquehanna is
equally a gloomy one. Although tisli weirs and baskets and other
deadly devices were practiced for the capture of shad from the earli-
est coming of the whites, yet the river yielded enormous returns
until about 1830. Then the Columbian dam, which belonged to the
Tide Water Canal Comi)any, was erected. Other dams were after-
wards put up above and below this as feeders to the canals along the
Susquehanna.

Some years after the one below Columbia, called the Safe Harbor
dam, was carrit^d away by a flood and was not rebuilt. These dams,
unlike the one at Lackawaxon, completely destroyed the shad-fishing
industries above them. It is true that the Tide Water Canal Com-
pany was bound to keep an o]M^n ])assage for fish in its dam, but for
many years it failed to carry out this portion of its duty.

After the erection of the Columbian dam, the peo])le who dwelt be-
low seemed to think that the future of tlH» shad fishing industry in
the Susquehanna was about at an end, foi* they thrcnv all discretion
to the winds, and adopted all kind** of outrnireons methods of taking
fish. The river for miles and miles below the dim is studdtMl with

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innumerable rocks in e\ei\) lorui oi grouping. Jdany of tnese rocks
occur in twins, with a small space between them, through which the
water washes, "and,'' says Commissioner James Worrall in his report
for 1870, "there is no care of the kind which has been neglected by
the kiddlers. Between these twin rocks a tish basket is certain to
be found." As a natural result of such work in 1870 there were not
five shad caught where there were a hundred in earlier times.

In May, 1820, the run of shad in the Juniata was phenomenal, the
Mittiin Eagle on the 19th of that month says that "it is stated that
the shad ai*e caught in much greater abundance below the dams at
North's island, in the Juniata, than has ever been known at any pre-
vious time. * * * The dam at North's island retards their further
l)rogress and the consequence is that the people further up the Juni-
ata are deprived of the luxury of fresh shad, which so abundantly
falls to the lot of their neighbors a few miles further down." Thus
was ruin brought to a profitable industry in the upper wateia of the
Juniata.

It is well known that shad on their way from the sea will make al-
most preternatural efforts to reach the grounds on which they were
spawned, tliere to deposit their spawn in turn. The story told by an
old gentleman, therefore, of a sight he witnessed at the base of one
of these dams has much of pathos in it. Thousands upon thousands
of tish, he said, w ere in the [jools, darting hither and thither in fran-
tic efforts to pass the barrier, sometimes great numbers of them,
their silver sides glittering through the water, could be seen follow-
ing along the base of the dam in vain hopes of *uiding an opening.

On such occasions as this the fisherman was in his glory. A Ivan
Dams an old gentleman now living at Kansas City, but formerly a
resident on the baJiks of the North Branch of the Susquehanna, says
that when the Nanticok<' dam was built the shad could not come over
it, and men were in the habit of fishing there with a three pronged
lMM>k, sinker, and stout line and p(>le. This was sunk, and after a few
minutes quickly jerked up. "I caught two in that way; others had
better luck, and it was reported that one man caught seventy in one
day; but I think a large reduction would come nearer the truth."

While the great shad industry in the Sus(iuehanna, Delaware and
llieir tributaries was being thus ruthlessly destroyed by dams, fish-
baskets, traps and other ini(piitous contrivances, the mountain and
otlu'r streams and the mountain lakes were being as wantonly de-
pleted of otluM- food fishes just as rapidly. Wliei-ev<M' there was a
body of water that contained trout, ]»ickerel, catfish oi* in fact any
member of the finny tribe worth hnviuL'. there were to be found ]>eo-
ple using the most detestable methods for their capture. Every
mountain stream contained numbeih^ss fi^^i baskets, s-t lines were

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Zigzagged from bauk to bank, and under the overhanging bushes.
JSot only were seines used to sweep the pools, but lime, cocculus in-
dicus, and other deleterious substances also. In the natural ponds
or lakes, besides all these things, t}ke nets, dynamite and other ex-
plosives were used, and excessive ice lishing was indulged in. In
this last particulai- the wnter saw recorded, as a matter to take pride
in, in a registry book of a backwood hotel in Pike county, that a
party of live, whose names were given, had in one winter's work in
the early "seventies," caught from one pond more than seven hun-
dred pickerel; and the same boi»k showed that during the same
winter more than three thousand pickerel had been taken from that
body of water. It was no wonder that in the season of 1891, less
that one hundred of that si)ecies of fish were caught in those waters.
But worse even than fish baskets, dynamite, deleterious substances
and unfair lishing, because farther reaching, was another element-
stream pollution. Saw mills were erected in the backw<KKls on the
banks of trout streams and the sawdust dumped into the water. By
this means millions of fish were killed. Within the coal bearing
area mines were opened and the filthy culm, composed of carbon and
clay, emptied into the water; and thereafter pure sparkling streams,
richly populated by mountain trout, were emptied of th(4r fish, and
lan, i)la<k, filthy and malodorous, to the rivers, which thereby became
befouled, and, in many cases, almost absolutely Ashless. Two not-
able exam])les of this lamentable result may be named— the Lehigh
riv^^d the upper wafers of fhe Schuylkill. '

CHAPTER IX.

Work of Restoring the Shad Rivers.

From the time of the establishment of regular fisheries, there was
trouble between the owners, or shore net fishermen and the drift
fishermen. Only in one particular were they mainly agi-eed and
that was in fighting against restricting laws for the protection of the
shad and herring. Such was the pressure brought to bear on the
Legislature of Xew Jers<\v st^ssion after session that in is:5:i that
bodv passed an act extending the open season, and cutting down
the weekly period of rest. This was submitted to the Pennsylvania

Legislature.

Of cours<', this and the (^ther work of destruction did not go on
without protest from the more thoughtful people of the day. Pe
titions flowed into the Pennsylvania Legislature to do something fo
arrest the evil. Finally, these were referred to a committee of

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y.i..z;.-{.tMl liom luiiiU lu bank, Mild uiidci- llir over liaiigiii}^ bushes.
:SuL oTlv Wfie seiutvs used lu sweep the puuls, bul lime, cocculus iu
diius, and uther deleleiiuus subsiaiuvs alsc. In lli.- naluial ponds
,»!• lakes, besidrs all ihese liiin-s, Ivke nels. dvnainile and oilier ex
i.losiv.s'weie used, and exrrssive ire lisliin- was indnlj;vd in. lu
ihis last pailiiuiar lln- wiiler saw leeurded, as a, matlei- lo lake piidc
in, in a ri'j;isti-.v book of a baekwt.od hotel iu Tike eonni^N, ihaL a
parl> of n\v, whosr names were -iven, had iu one winiei's work in
the eai-b "seventies/" caught litMn one pond more than s.veii hun
died piekerel; and the same book showed that dnrin- the sann'
winlei- more ihan three Ihuusaud i.i»kerel had been taken from that
body trf water. It was no wonder that iu the season of Is-H, less
tkat one hundred of thai speeies «»f lish were cauj^Hil in those walers.
Hut worse even than lisli baskets, dvmnnilo, deleterious substanees
and unfair lishinji, beeause fariiiei- r.-aehin^, was another eWmeul--
stream pollution. Saw mills were t^i-eeted in ihe backwoods (m tin-
banks of tl'ont streams and the sawdust dump<'d into the wab'r. \\\
this means millions oi' hsh were killed. Within the etial bearing
aminifnes were opened and tho lillhy eulm. composed <»f eaibmi and
elay, *»midled into the water: and thereafter pure sparkling stream*,
richly p«»piilaled by mountain trout, were emptied (.f thoir tish, and
ran, idaek. lillhy and urnhMhuous, to the rivers, which thereby beiame
b.'fonl.d. and. In many eases, nlniosl absolutely lishlcss. Two act
aide «'xamides of this lamentable result may be named the Lehigh
river «Jwi tht* tti^f waters of tin* Schuylkill.

CHAl'TKH IX.

Woik of Hestoring the «^i WvW8.

From the tlttie of the e«tahll«hmettt of regular ftsheries, there was
troubh^ lietween the owaero, or shore net fisteimen and the drift
llshermen. Only in one particnlar were they mainly agreed and
that was in lighting against restri<ting laws for the prutection of the
shaa and herring. Such was the luessure brought to bear on thi!

I islatww* of Ni*w ^rs«n' st^ssion after session that In 1h:U1 thiit

iMuly passed an net extending the open seastm, and culling down
t^ we.kly period of re»t. This was submitted to the i»i'nnsylvani:i

Legislature.

W course. Ihis and the other W(uk <d' destruction did not go on
witlMHii protest from the more thoughtful peoj.h' «d" the day. V*
titions flowed into the Pennsylvania Legislature to do something !••
arrest the evil. Finally, these were referred to a committee of

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which a Mr. Gibbin was chaiimau, and the New Jersey act just re-
ferred to was given at the same time to the same committee. On
Afarch 13 Mr. Gibbon made the following report: "That from an ex-
amination of the statements made by the petitioners, and of individ-
uals well acquainted with the habits of lish, and with the laws af-
fecting the fisheries, the committee are of the opinion that the causes
which i)roduce a diminution of the quantities of shad and other tish
which periodically frequent our waters, do not arise from the prac-
lice of fishing with gilling or drift nets, as some are inclined to be-
licjve; unless it may be, that in seasons, when from the heat of the
weather in the early part of the summer, the fish deposit their
sj>awn more promptly than usual, the present law which permits
the fishing to be continued till the 10th of June may prevent so lai-ge
a number from ascending the rivers, as would otherwise proceed to
1 he headwaters to propagate their kind. The great quantity of the
sujiply, howevei*, seldom allows this practice to be felt injuriously.
The committiM' are not thert-fore prepared to recommend the adop-
tion of the law sent by the (lovernor of New Jersey for the assent of
this Legislature, because it provides for a greater extension of the
season for fjikiug fish, and also proposes to contract the period of
rtst in each week, which by existing laws is now insisted upon.

"The committee perceive a disposition in some of the owners of the
land fisheries, as they are called, (that is of those who hold land on
the banks of the Delaware, opposite to which there are pools fre-
<iuented by fish), to interfere with a privilege which is exercised
under certain restrictions by individuals who seek a livelihood dur-
ing the fishing season, by taking shad in drift nets. The committee
are of opinion that such fishing under the present arrangement,
neither interferes with, nor injures the rights of property of anyone;
but it is advantageous both to the individuals and to the public.
They deem the fish, in the public highways of the State, the common
bounty of the Creator, and the common property of the citizens of
the State. It has been alleged in remonstrances signed by a numer-
ous list of respectabh^ persons, who resist any alteration in the laws
to regulate the fishing by drift nets, that "such fishing gives support
to industrious individuals and their families, and is a considerable
advantage and accommodation to inhabitants in the vicinity of the
Delaware, who aie thereby su])plied during the season with fresh
fish which are distributed in the different neighborhoods and vil
lag(-s in a few hours after they are taken, and sold at a reasonabh'

rate."

"The committee are inclined to believe that the interests of the
community would be advantaged by an act of the Legislatures of the
states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania which have concurrent juris-

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diction of the waters of the Delaware to otfer iucreased faciliUes to
the drift nets, having proper care to the just rights of the landhold-
ers on the banks of that river and establishing nioi-e moderate tines
or penalties for illegal interference and unseasonable fishing bearing
equally on all persons offending.

The article advanced by some of the petitioners that the quantity
of shad in the Delaware has greatly diminished in consequence of
the increase of gilling seines on the river appears correct, when we
consider the great increase of the eaters of the shad in that vicinity.
Jiut to make an enactment to prevent the use of drift nets would
give the exclusive rights of fishing to the owners of the river banks,
to which the committee do not consider them entitled.

-The shad and herring fisheries in the Delaware generally begin
in the middle of March, if the season is early, and should cease, by
the present law, on the first of June, below the mouth of the
river Lehigh, and on the 10th of June above the mouth of that river.
The fish advance in great quantities from the sea, to search, by an
unerring instinct, their necessary food, and to deposit their spawn
in the upper branches of the stream. This process is commenced
early or later, according to the warmth of the season. It is reported
to the committee that in a genial spring, the spawn is deposited so
early as the middle of June. The female fish selects the eddies and
coves in w hich to leave the immense quantities of the minute germs
of their progeny, which are eagerly devoured by rock and other fish
yet still the myriads which annually descend the nvers are count-
less.

"A practice exists in the upper branches of the large rivers,
against which the penalties of existing laws are sutticient if they
were effectually put into operation for the public benefit. It is that
of erecting fish baskets for catching rock fish in the summer and
autumn of the year, when the young shad descend from their birth
places to the sea in quantities as vast as the dry leaves which are
drifted by the winds. Tliese fish baskets are connected with dams
which jut out from the shores to the centre of the river— where a
fall of one or two feet throws all the fish into a latticed apartment,
through which the small shad cannot escape. Into these baskets
thousands and millions of young shad from three to six and eight
inches in length, are cast and die; for they are so tender in that
stages of their <'xistence that the slightest blow or resistance cause
their imnKHiiate death. Some of the representatives of the Legisla-
ture have seen large (juantities of these dead fish thrown out from
the baskets; floating on the water or offending the senses on the
shore.

"The young shad, according to the peculiarities of the season, are
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proach of cold weather in the fall. Their wanderings during the
winter are directed by their peculiar sensations, instigated greatly,
no doubt, by their desire for and the supplies of food. The next
spring the full grown fish return to search for the place they first
respired, as is seen in well known instances to be the custom of
many animals, birds and fish.

"After depositing their spawn we are told that the female shad
grow very thin and sometimes become blind; they are seen upon the
surface feebly exercising their powers until they reach the shore or
die on the water. It is of the opinion of many that the parent fish
do not return to the sea — although the males are often found late in
the autumn, fat and solid as in their full season.

"It is considered a matter of importance that proper attention
should be given to the preservation of a fish of such delicacy, and so
highly valued as the shad, which affords a healthful and timely va-
riety of food to all classes of our citizens. We may also be benefited,
in a manner seldom appreciated, by the purification of the water, in
the destruction which they cause of a great multitude of insects,
and of the excessive spawn of various reptiles, upon which they are
said to feed, and but for their annual appearance might, by the dis-
turbanc<* given to the (uiginal plan of the (Jreat Contriver, <'ause
deleterious influences which should be guarded against by a due
j»rotection of the fish.

The committee thinks much more injury is done to the fisheries
by the baskets and other ways, whi<h will hv mentioned, than by the
competition between the shore and drift nets, during the proper

season.

A petition from the inhabitants of the county of Northampton
r<^presents that for some years past a number of pei'sons have made
it a common practice to use cocculus indicus or other "crazy bait,"
for fishing pu!*iM)ses by which means thousands of flsli are destroyed
in our rivers and creeks, and that the practice has increased to an
alarming degree. Citizens of Somerset county also state that com-
panies go along the creeks in that county, when the waters are low,
with sledges, and by striking on the large stones which afford a
slielter for fish, kill them, when not one in twenty is a size fit for
use. The ()thers hatil out quantities of lime and throw several
bushels in d(»ep holes in the creeks in dry seasons, and by stin-ing it
up kill nearly all the fish that come down the stream when the mills
above are put into operation, thereby destroying all prospects of a

future supply.

The committee find laws already existing which interdict such
practice in particular sections of the State, and have thought it ex-
pedient to offer a bill, which shall have a general influence, provid-
ing against all the various means which may be resorted to, to de-
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Nothing effectual was the outcome of this report, and matters

went from bad to worse.

This was brietiy the condition of affaire in Pennsylvania about the
close of the CivilW'ar: One dam impeded the passage of shad in the
Delawaie, and others near the mouths of the Schuylkill and Lehigh
and on the Suscjuehanna prevented this food fish from ascending the
>vai.Ms at all. Through these obstructions, destructive fishing and
water pollution, the shad fisheries of the Schuylkill and Lehigh were
utterly destroyed, the Susquehanna nearly so, and those of the Del-
aware were run at a loss. The mountain lakes were in a bad condi
(ion, and the trout streams generally were either utterly ruined or
yielded poor returns. Pennsylvania was not alone in this deplorable
situation. The waters of the other Middle states and the New Eng.
latid slates were little, if any, better. General alarm was felt, and
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York and Pensylvania appointed, through the
respective legislatures, commissioners to investigate the extent of
the trouble and report on the best method of restoring the fishing
interests. IVmnsylvania's commissioner was Mr. James Worrall, of
Harrisburg. His appointment was the result of a convention held
at Harrisburg in (he early par( (»f IStHJ. At this convention a law
bas(Ml (m a Massachuset(s <Miar(nient of the year previous was drawn
with gi'eat care and i^assetl pi-omplly by the Legislature, then in ses-
sion, and signed by (he (Jovcrnor on March 'M). This law, after re
citinir that by the c(ms(ru<tion of a dam across the Susquehanna,
shad, sabiKm and o(her fish were prevent<*d from passing up (lu'
said str<*am to the great d<'(rinM'n( and injury of persons and <'oni
munities along said river, provided that the several companies own
ing or interes(ed in dams on the Susquehanna, or in the North or
West branches of the same, between tidewater and Wilkes Barre on
the West branch shoubl, widiin six numths from the ])assage of the
act, erect such under gates, shiices, <hu(es, or other devices in all
dams as would i)ermit the free passage of shad, salnnm and other
fish up said streams.

A second sec(ion of (he law provided that, if th(^ owners of snid
dams negle<(od or refused to construct sluice's as would allow^ tlM-
free passa.uv of fish up the sjiid river within six months after tin'
passage of the aci, (hey should ho ]\nh\o (o a fine of (wo hundred
dollars, lo be recovered as debls of like am<nin( are recoverable by
law.

As soon as the act was ])assed and becjime a law, Mr. Worrall en
tered np(m his dn(ies and endeMvored to enforce its ]n'ovisions.

Finding that the Tide Water TmumI Tompany was under obligation
to keep an open fish-wav in the rolnmbi;! d:nn, Mr. Worrall notifi<Ml
tbnt rornoration to fulfill its o>'^i • «<'"ii nid I'let with n proinut mvl

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affirmative response, and an opening was immediately made in the
dam by the company, at an expense of some five thousand dollars.
With the other companies, how^ever, Mr. Worrall met with opposi-
tion. These claimed that they had purchased the dams above Co-
lumbia from the State fviHi of incumbrance and that the act of the
legislature was unconstitutional, as it infringed on tlu^ir vested
rights. On Uiese grounds they either refued or neglected to comply
with the demands made upon them. Suit was thereupon begun
against the companies by the State and a long and bitter legal batth?
of nearly four years was waged. The court of Quarter Sessions of
Dauphin county, where the cases were first tried, decided against the
State, sustaining the plea of the companies that they were not com-
pelled at their own expense to make these openings. The fight was
(hen transferred to the supreme court; but that tribunal affirmed the
opinion of the lower court.

According to Mr. Worrall, in his report for 1870, the result of the
opening at Columbia, for the first two years, appeared to be a com-
plete success. The year 1867 showed a catch reported from fift(HMi
to twenty thousand in number, above that dam. In 1868, however,
(he catch fell off one-half and in 1S(;0 and 1870 the catches did not
exceed five thousand in ea<h year. This great fall off in the catches
Mr. Worrall attributed to various reasons: first, ]»robably because
even the highest number caught scattered over a distame of rtft^
miles was no temptati<m for the number of hands required to man-
age large seines; second, because it was too expensive to clean out
the old fishing grounds for seining: third, because the kind of seines
ne.essary for shad fishing on anything like a profi(able scale weiv
(oo expensive and finally ln'cause the inducements were insutrnient
for fishiuff in the fiftv mile reach' above the (Ndumbia dam.

The one fishway constructed was from a plan chielly devised by
(he sui»erintendent of the «'anal company with scune modifi<a(ions
suirir(.sted bv Mr. W(M-rall, and was ]ilaced about one fourth of a mile
from the York county shore. In i(s construction a section forty feet
long was taken from the dam, in which a new sub dam was erected,
so (hat its highest elevatimi wouhl about equal the level of tlu* water
below the dam. The lower slo]»e of the sub dam was jdaced at an
inrlination of <me in fifteen, ami the sides of the ai>erture in the mnln
dam were dentated or framed in a st'iies of offsets so as to promote
the fiu-mation of eddies in the current passing over the sub dam.
Slijid and other fisli, in (heir endeavors to ])ass up, were exiHM(ed (o
be under the infiiUMice of jiravity in <qqiosite diree(ion, the lower
water seekinir to obtain its level, the top of the sub-dam, the other
waterrushimrthrouLditlMsuierture would meet and drive it back with
a force considerably impeded by the cushion, so to speak, of lower
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they would endeavor to pass up. If they failed in the first few trials
they would uaturally seek the eddies iu the recesses at the sides of
the sluices where they would gather strength for a new trial.

It was soon recognized that this lishway was a failure and aban-
doned, the weak point bt-ing that the fish met with the greatest re-
sistance at the top where they were expected to enter the dam, when
thev were in their most exhausted condition.

Notwithstanding this laudable effort on the part of the Htate to
improve the tishiiig, residents on the fc>usquehanna, especially in the
neighborhood of th<* (-olumbia dam, did all they could to make the
work abortive by using every device, however unfair, which came in
their way to catch shad. The legislature then passed a law, in 1868,
making it unlawful to fish with any seine or by any other system of
entnqjping in numbers within two hundred yards of any sluice or
other device erected for the passage of fish as d(»scribed in the act, or
upon or about any dam in or ui)on which such sluice shall have been
erected.

"Yet," says Mr. Worrall in his report of 1870, "regularly as the
spring conies round, there are dip nets worked by sweeps, like well
sweeps, at every few rods, kept in operation perpetually during the
whole twenty-four hours in front of the Columbia dam, rising out of
and falling into the reacting water of the dam as it falls over its fac<'.
These dip n«'ts are used for catching mullets, their very op<M'ation
precluding the possibility of catching shad in them, for their inter-
mittent motion has a tendency, nay is absolutely certain to scare
away those timid fish from the face of the dam.

"Ten or a dozen such machines working night and day, in a row, in
front of the dam and in its reaction water, at distances not mon'
than six or eight rods apart, effectually stop the approach of the fish
to the dam to seek a means of passing through it. Tt is well known
that the shad upon reaching the dam rose along in front of it, in the
reaction, seeking some o])posing current against which it is their in-
stinct to propel themselves. But interrupted as they are by this
constant rising and falling of thes<- gn^at dip nets, ten or twelve feet
square; the timid fish are baffled and driven away."

Notwithstanding tliis first effort to restore the Susqu(»hanna fish
eries was esteemed a failure, there were enough elements of succ<»ss
to afford enoouragemnt to persevere. An act was therefore ]»asse(l
and signed. April 20, 187.*?, providing for the establishment of a fish
commission of three persons, in order that the work of restoration
might be the more systematically carried out. They were given ex-
tensive powers and an appropriation. The three commissioners
chosen under this act were Howard T. RcMMier. TJeniamin L. Hewit
and James Duffv. They made a \'iny careful studv of th(» situitioM
as it then existed and came to the conclusion that the deterioration

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was due principally to the following causes: (1) The practice of fish-
ing with drift nets iu ithe lower portions of the rivers, (li) The "close
time," or the time during which fishing is forbidden in the rivers not
being sufficiently long and not being observed. (S) The destruction
of the young, when returning to the sea, by fish baskets.

The annual supply depends, of course, upon the ability of the
shad to reach proper places for the deposit and hatching of their
eggs. In their progress up the river they met net after net thrown
across the channel for their capture. All the contrivances which
man, their most destructive and unrelenting enemy, could devise,
were placed to entrap them, and as a natural result very few of those
which originally started from the sea reached their spawning
grounds. The "close time" commenced at midnight on Saturday of
each and every week during the fishing season and continued until
midnight Sunday.

The first act of the commissioners was to endeavor to better the
condition of the shad fisheries. They began operations on the Sus-
quehanna which, at that time, were stated to be in rather a better
condition than the Delaware, through the fact that about that peri<xl
the Columbia dam had betMi pjirtially destroyed by immense quanti-
ties of ice which were swept down the river by the winter and spring
Hoods, and which fornunl in a huge g(uge immediately upon the crest
of the dam.

The efforts of the commis.sion wen* first bent in having the deadly
fish baskets remov(Ml, but they met a serious legal diflflculty at the
very outset. They found that there was a iieculiar constrnction of
the law wlii<h re(|uired that ten days' notice be given by the sheriff
before pr(K(*eding with a ]>osse c<miitatus to destroy the basket. As
a result of the lawr«M|uiring the removal of these wretched contrivan-
\-es was rendered practically ino]>erative. The commissioners there-
upon earnestly recommended that that i>art in the law reipiiring ten
(lavs' notice be stricken out, and that the* passage of tiie law should
be iu itself sufVtcient n(>tice, and that in addition to tlu* recpiired
destructi<m of the baskets, an act imposing a ])enalty f(M* the erection
or maintenance of fish baskets be passed. With this law upon the
statute books the l)oard believed that in another year they would be
able to annouiH-e the eiitin* removal of the d<'structive tish baskets.
With the <piesti(Ui <►!' drift nets also the commission had long de-
bate. While it was admitted that by tliis means more fish were cap-
tured than should be, yet this interest was too large and t<M> valuable
to be swept away by an enactment, esi)ecially since the ground is
often inaccessilde to shore fishing and consequeutlv tlie only means
of fishing would be with a drift or gilling net. They, therefore,
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it be eu forced. This (hey believed woiihl be a gmil assistance in
r(^l>aiiint? the losses caused by these nets. The le-islature siibse-
(liK-iilly adopteil Ihe reconiiueiidation of the c<Mumissioneis, and war-
dens niav now seize and destroy tish basktMs immediately on being
found, it was soon made manifesi that the chief reliance in ivviv
ing the shad lisheii«'s must be by artificial propagation. A IVw years
previous Mr. Seth Ureen, the distinguished tish cultuiist of Ro-
chester, New Vork, had inventeil and patented a convenient hatch-
ing box. Marvellous results, it was claimed, had been <d»taine<l in
the rivers and other states by the use of this appliance. In the Con-
necticut river, where the lisheries were rapidly b(Mng abandoned on
account <d" the scarcity (►f tish, the thinl year after these boxes were
first used in the hatching, it is said, the catch excin^ded that of any
year in its history. The young shad returned mature tish to the rivei-s
when three U> four years old. Fisheri«^s whi<h had becMi in existence
for nearly a century, and at wliich records of their annual catch were
kept, rejiorted their yield of 1870 as being larger than eviM- before.
Referring to this result, the Fish nonimissioners of Connecticut in
their report of 187:i said:

"The number of shad running in the Connecticut river has in-
(rreased to such an extent that the c<unplaint of the fishermen is no
longer a scarcity of tish; but that the market is so overatoeked that
tliey do not <d)tain a remunerative i>rice for them."

The same desirable result was <'laimed by the use of tliese hatching
boxes in the Hudson river; but not to so marked a degree, owing ^
a scarcity of good spawning grounds u]»on which to take the shad
(Carefully <onsid(M'ed what had l)eeu acciuuplished by artiflcial pro]»a
gation, and believing that fully as much could be done for the shad
streams of Pennsylvania, the commissioners of I'ennsylvania f<dt jus-
tified in introducing them. They, theief<ue, ent«Med into c(ures])(md-
ence with Mr. Green, and s]»eedily made arrangements with him by
which they purchased fnun him tli(^ right to use his hatching boxes
for three vears in the State of Pennsylvania for the sum of |2,(MH)
and soon after they WMM'e received.

The ]»»>int of o])eratioii was establisiuHl at Newport, in Perry
county, at the tishery of Messrs. Milh*r and K<nigh, with Mr. lilianie,
one of Mr. Creen's assistants, in <harge. From tin' beginning tlu-
W(uk was juosecuted under gr<*at dilticulties, the watcM- at first too
cohl became suddenly ovcrheat<Ml. Nevertheless Mi*. Pdiame sue
ceeded in turning into the Sus<piehanna at Newport in IS?:?, 2,7(MK-
tHM) y(»ung shad. In additicm to this Mr. Whelcher. another assistant
of ]\rr. Oi-een and emi^loycd by Prof. Spencer Paird. the TTnited
States Fish Cemmissionei-, who had been scmt by tlu' latter at the
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the Susquehanna at Columbia and .Marietta, about 500,000 young
shad, making a total hatching for the first year of the new commis-
sion of a little over 3,000,000 shad. The same year also about a mil-
lion fry of the same species hatched at Point Pleasant, Jiucks county,
l>y Di*. J. H. Clark, one of the Fish Commissioners of New Jersey
were tuined into the Delaware. In 1874, .3,005,000 were hatched for
the Sus<iuehanna, but none for the Delaware owing to the fact that
tJie legislature of New Jersey failed to appropriate |3,000 for tlie
work as Pennsylvania had done conditi<mally.

Besides their work in shad hatching the commissioners continued
to struggh^ with the problem of perfect tishways and in the fall of
1873, completed one in the Columbia dam, which they believed would
ultimately i)rove successful, and ind(HHl for a time, while the water
was liigh, it looked as though it would be, and it was in fact a great
advance over anything that ha<l preceded it. Its im])erfections, how-
ever, are best ])nt in the <*ommi8sion(M*s' own words: "We are firmly
convinced," they said in their report for 1S74, "that our fishway, as it
stood in 1874, was operative in a high stage of water; we are just as
firmly convinced that during a low stage our fishway was inoperative
and inetficient."

To better this weakness alterations were made at an expense of
some 14,000. Put even these failed to give satisfacttu-y results.

CHAPTER X.

Work of Restoring the Shad Fisheries— ('on tinned.

The condition of iiffairs in 187S in the Susipiehanna river was as
follows: There were no new breaks in the Columbia dam by which
shad could pass up the river. There were, however, first, the State
fishway, about fifty feet wide, with a current through it about seven
and three-quarter miles per hour; second, the old company fishway,
forty feet wide at its mouth and twenty at its head, with a current
about eight and one-half miles an hour, and third, the navigati<)n
chute, forty feet wide, with a cnri-ent of from five to seven miles an
hour through it, but much longer than either of the others. Besides
these there were two old breaks, one w ithin three hundred feet of the
York county shore, and one within about one thousand feet of the
same shore; the first was tliirty five feet wid<N the other twenty fet-t
across, and both extended to the bottom of the river. Through these
openings numbers of shad passed, but not in satisfactory (piantity,
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lA-isisieuce with which the avaricious tishermeu defied the law and
cast their nets continuously before the lower opening, frightening
the timid lish away. But hb the commissioners at the time put it,
"the average fisherman thinks that his right is one of the original in-
alienable rights of the Declaration of Independence, the greatest in-
deiHl of them all, and he respects no statute that impedes his opera-
tions."

Thus, while the commissioners were doing their best to restore
the shad fisheries, a large percentage of the people who lived along
the streiuns were actively practicing that peculiar policy, the funda-
mental principle of which is that to secure the greatest number of
eggs in the shortest space of time, kill the hens. No wonder there
was a discouraging ring in the report of the commissioners of fisher-
ies in the early days of their work, and that their cry year after
year to the legislature, "abolish fishing within half a mile of the Co-
lumbia dam; increase the openings of the fish-ways; abolish the fish-
baskets and punish tlu^ owners," was pathetic.

In 187J) the Fish Commission was riilarge<l by the adition of three
members, John Hummell, of Selinsgrove; Robert Dalzel, of Pitts-
burgh, and a. M. Miller, of Wilkes P.arre. The legislature at the
same time authorized the commission to extend the experiment of
fishways in the Columbia dam. Plans and proposals were theref<u'e
invited by advertisements in the Harrisburg papers and several were
submitted on June 28, the day named, and models were ordered to
be put in trial on July :\. Four nuMlels (m that day were set in a
dame erected for the i)uri>ose in Paxtang, or Paxton crtM-k, at Uar
risburg, the ((unpetitors being H. S. Dimm, of Newi)ort ; S. M. Gross,
of Shamokin dam; <!. S. Purr, of Lewisburg, and Krause and ITpde-
grove. of Hanisbui'g. Pesides these, G. W. Parsons and Peter
Fraley, of Columbia, each showed models in a second dam, and J.
Krup! of (N)lumbia, exhibited <>n<' farther down the stream. None
of these uKKlels was accepted, howev«M', but a modificati^Mi of a plan
submitt<Ml by i\ K. Whitney, at one time a resident of Harrisburg,

was tried.

This was simply an oi)ening in the dam one hundred and twenty
five feet wide at the face of tl»«» dam— the dam itself turning two T/s
up stream and converging to witlnn forty feet of each other, and
being paralh-l at that width for about forty feet. At the inlet, hoAV
ever, the water was shoaled by a platform to the depth of five feet,
which platform (extended down stream about forty fe<4, where its
level was abont f(Mir fe<'t above the smooth, rocky bottom of tlu'
river. This plan was chosen because it came nearest to the form
of a break in the dam, and breaks appeared to have been the most
successful fishways known up to that time.

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The work was not disturbed by the ice in the winter of 1879 and
1880, but when the season of shad fishing came round, drawbacks to
the success of the fish-ways showed themselves. The dam does not
lie exactly at right angles to the current of the Susquehanna, so that
in i>assing through the fish-way, the water sagged, as it were, some-
what to the left side. The shoaling platform extended some forty
feet down stream from the nu)uth of the fish-way.

In front of it was deposited the debris from the old coffer dams, con-
sisting of cinder, and this was covered by a pavement of solid stones,
I'one weighing less than one himdred pounds and many heavier.
The oblique course of the water disturbed this and produced consid-
erable reaction, which in low water presented an obstacle to the up-
ward passage of the fish. In addition to that, the low water per-
mitted the working of seines on the very fioor of the fish way, a cir-
cumstance which the lawless fishermen were not slow to take ad-
vantage of, and they defied the Stat<' authorities placed there to
watch the fishway, and on one occasion destroyed the State boat and
ill treated the crew. The Lancaster authorities were applied to for
a remedy and assistance against this lawlessness, but the State po-
lice were informed that they had their remedy already — that of any
citizen for assault and battery.

As may be imagined, against numerous bands of men united to-
gether, fjir outnumbering the State police, this was an ineffective
defense. Still, although plainly the commission and their police
were witliout sympathy from the Lancaster authorities, they deter-
mined pbnkily to do what they could, and the latter were instructed
to do their best to fasten illegal acts upcui individuals of these bands.
Tlu'se instructions were faithfully carried out during the season, and
at the end the commissioner had the satisfaction of having secured
the imprisonment of some half dozen or more delinquents for their
illegal acts.

Notwithstading all tliis. however, large numbers of shad succeed-
ed in passing up the river. At an island, some few miles above the
Columbia dam, a catch of one thousand five hundred was made, and
at other points between Columbia and Juniata the catch was quite
respectable, reaching at the main batteries to some five thousand.
Tielow the dam to Turkey Hill, a distance of little less than five miles,
in 1S70, .•^2,000 were taken and in 1880. 47,000.

In the latter year the commissioners addressed a letter to th Mary-
land commissioners, suggesting that shad fishing should be made
free to all comers on the Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in each
week of the season, making the balance of the week a "close time" in
which fishing by all parties should be prohibited. The Maryland
commisisoners , however, stated their inability to do this thing, first,
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later, and in the second place they considered the "close time" im-
practicable. They suj;gested, however, a shorter one, namely from
Friday nij-ht to Monday morning and the total cessation of fishing

on the 10th of June.

After the first two or three years the hatching of shad seems to

have been abandoned by the earlier members of the commission, for,

. according to the reports of 187i)-8U, it was found that the 450,000

shad fry placed in the Susijuehanna had been received from the

United States Fish Commissioners at Havre de Grace.

In 1881, Mr. Howard J. Keeder retired from the fish commisison,
and Arthur Magiunis, of Swift Water, was appointed, and Hon. li. L.
Hewitt was placed at the head. Beyond a few attentions to the fish-
ways already in the dams, nothing was done in this important mat-
ter! The hands of the commissioners were tied for lack of funds, and
they could do little more than make repairs. Strong efforts were
also made to bring illegal fishermen to justice, but as they had
almost uniformly the sympathies of the grand juries, before whom
their eases came, but little was accomplished. Through the United
States Commission there were received and put into the Susque-
hanna and Juniata in 1881, 3,500,000 shad fry, but none in 1882.

In 1883, there was almost an entire change in the make-up of the
commission, only Arthur Mnginnis, of Swift Water, being retained.
John Gay, of Greensburg, was made president, an-d with hira were ap-
pointed as associates H. H. DcM-r, WMlkes-Barre; A. M. Spangler,
Pliilad(l|»liia; Aug. Duncan, Chambersburg. and Charles Porter,
Corry. To Ihese genllemen must be given llie credit of introducing
the only tishway wliicli has ]»roved emineully su<'cessful. For two
v«ars or nwire thev carefullv studied various models submitted, but
all which gave pronnse of efficiency were of such a costly character
as to ]>reclude any idea of their adoption.

At length their attention was drawn io the Rogers "ladder," a
Nova Scotia invention, which combined sim])licity, durability and
<'ffici(Micy with comparative inexpensiveness. A ])ers(mal inspection
of a numlM'r of these "ladders," or "fish-ways" in Nova Scotia waters,
where u]» to that i^eriod forty-three of them had been in practical
and successful use for a number of years, demonstrated to the com
mission, without doubt, that they possessed i\\\ the merit that was
claimcMl for then). They had been introduced there by and with the
consent and approval of the Dominion government and had been
found effective. The gaspereaux and salmon of the Nova Scotia
rivers ascended the "ladders" freely, and it was the decided o])inion
of tlie patentee that shad would ascend them as readily as the salmon
or gaspereauz. So sti-ong was Mr. Rogers' faith on that point that
he agreed to erect one of his ladders in the dam that spans the Sns
(inehiiniiM at Columbia at his own expense, and waive all claims for

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pay until it was satisfactorily demonstrated that the "ladder" would
sucessfully resist the destructive action of the ice freshets, and that
shad in reasonable numbers would ascend it.

As the engineer of the first fish way erected in the Columbia dam
was deeply impressed with the importance of having two ladders at
that point, and as the commissioners had every reason to believe it
would prove a success, a second one was ordered to be built at the
State's expense without any guarantee from the patentee.

The building required about four weeks, and while the work was
under way, and before it was completed, and during the period thai
the men were at work, two black bass and a sun fish tried the experi
ment of going uj) through, the first accomplishing two-thirds and the
last one-half the distance, just from what water collected in the
buckets after they wer put in from the leakage from the top end of
the way. It was presumed, and no doubt truly, that many went
ihrough the ladder while the men were away from the work at
night.

The Rogers' fishway successfully withstood the great ice freshets,
and the shad every season passed through them with great freedom.

While accomplishing this great work, the commission were not
idle in other direction in their efforts to restore the shad fishing in-
dustries to their pristine richness. Their fish wardens acting under
orders waged a vigorous warfare on the fishermen who used illegal
devices. In Huntingdon county the sheriff failed to give the w^arden
support in his desire to have the fish baskets removed, saying that
he was averse to jmtting the county to any expense on that score,
>\ li{'!'euiM>n the warden acted upon his own i-esponsibility and ilemol-
islied eighteen tish baskets in the Juniata riv«'r. Hesid<*s these
nearly two hundred of these illegal tish traps were destroyed in th<'
main waters of the Susquehanna.

With the expiration of their term of office, the gentlemen who had
accom]>lished this work, t'ncouraging the first great advance in the
task of restoring the shad rivers, retired and an entirely new board
was appointed. Th(» a]qHiintees were Henry C. Ford, Philadelphia,
]>resident: H. C. D<'muth, Lancaster, secretary; James L. Long,
Pittsburgh, corresponding secretary; W. L. Powell, Harrisburg,
treasurer; S. H. Stilwell, Scranton, and A. S. Dickson, Meadville,
associates.

The new board found a mu<li more encouraging con<lition of af
fairs than its ]>i'edecessors had done in their assuming office. A sat
isfactory fish way for dams had been found, and the work of getting
rid of fish baskets seemed to have made some progress. Feeling
sure that there was little use in undertaking the work of shad
piopagation and river stocking until the illegal devices were entierly
removed from the waters, thev started vigorous work in that direc-

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tiou Hearty co operation in thin was offered by the commissioners
of New -Jersey and New York, and ilie j-ood work in the Delaware was
iH-un. lion! L. M. Ward, the New Jersey fish commissioner, for
the npi»er ]M)rtions of that state, took an active personal share of the
work and the New York connnisison detailed their game protectors
to operate in. conjunction with Mr. Jesse M. Miller, the efficient
warden (►f (lie Delaware from llanroek to Port Jervis.

Eveiy fish weir that was eonie n]H)n was destroyed promptly, but
the W(irk was not aceomplished without ditticnlty and danj-er,
collisicms between the wardens and the enraged fishermen were
common, and on <me occasion Mr. Moses W. Van Gordon, the warden
from Port Jervis to the Water Gap. was fired upon in the prosecu-
tion of his duties. The wonld-be murderer was promptly ariested
and |)unislied, and the fish weirs he had owned destroyed. I^iei-e
had been numerous threats of killing the wardens about this time,
but the summary and stern manner with which this case was dis-
posed of had a wholesome effect, and the wardens thereafter had
little trouble. Mr. John L. Bruce, the warden who patrolled the
river between the Water Gap and Trenton was equally vigilant
and cleared the waters of all illegal devices. So thorough was this
patrol work done that by the close of ISSS, it is said that for the first
time in a century, the Delaware river was entirely free from fish
baskets, weirs and traps.

Although an equally vigorous policy was adopted for the Sus-
quehanna river, the results, it is to be regretted, were not so en-
couraging. From the nature of the river, with its great breadth and
numerous islands, the work presented many difficulties, besides
which the numerous tributaries and their great length were draw^-
backs to complete success.

Although the commissioners succeeded in getting rid of the fish
baskets in the Delaware, they found they had another and serious
trouble to surmount in their efforts to restore the fishing industries.
This trouble was in the laxity of the prevailing laws, the confusion of
conflicting enactments and hindrances in the way of prompt prosecu-
tion. Indeed, the code of fishing laws in some instances seemed
better designed for the esca]>e of the offender than for the benefit of
the prosecutor.

To remedy this anomalous state of affairs the Commissioners of
Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Delaware held several meetings in
Philadelphia and formulated a code of laws that would be uniform
for the entire river. At a conference with the New^ York commis-
sion, a similar bill was submitted and endorsed bv them. All these
inter-state bills were subseouentlv oassod bv the legisla-
tures of the respective states nnd nnotber bic: point was gained in
the work of the restoration of ihe fisheries.

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The design of these bills was principally to define a close season
throughout the river for shad; to designate a close season for stur-
geon before unprotected below Trenton Falls; to guard for a limited
time new species of food fish introduced into the Upper Delaware,
and to protect the shad spawning ground of the river above tide-
water.

There remained now nothing to prevent the river from being once
more prolific from one end to the other but a fishway in the Lacka-
waxon dam, and restocking with artificially hatched fry. The first
was accomplished in 1890 and the other was begun at Gloucester by
Ihe United States Fish Commisison in 1887, who sent the steamer
"Fish Hawk" there for that purpose at the solicitation of the Penn-
sylvania Fish Commission. In that year 35,000,000 shad fry were
hatched and deposited in the Delaware and its tributaries.

At the same time a similarly large amount of fry was planted in
the waters of the Susquehanna hatched at the station at Havre de
Grace.

While the Pennsylvania Commission was busily engaged in clear
ing the Delaware of traps, baskets and other illegal devices, and
striving for uniform laws between the states bordering on the Dela-
ware, they yet found time to construct six additional fishways of the
Rogers- pattern in the Columbia dam, to open the Juniata so that
shad could ascend its waters, and perform other creditable work,
the details of which will be developed later in this work.

In 1889 the fish commission of the State induced a resident of Glou-
cester. New Jersey, to set apart a piece of ground on the river side
and built thereon a structure for a shad hatchery. This was donfr|
and on the request of the commission the United States commisio*
began operations there with Mr. John Gay in charge. Under his
skilful management many million shad eggs were hatched and depos
ited by the Pennsylvania commission in the headwaters of the Dela-
ware. For reasons, however, not given, this hatchway was aban
doned bv the government commission after the second vear. The
success of the work was nevertheless so great that the Pennsylva-
nia Commissioners determined to establish a hatchery of their own,
and one is to be fitted up for operation next year.

The work of restoration in the Delaware was almost marvelous in
its success. The fishways in the Lackawaxon dam, put in jointly by
the Pennsylvania and the New York Commissioners, gave one hun-
dred miles more of the river to the shad, yielded that much more
area for spawn'^jg purposes and enabled the people of the far upper
valley to onte more enjoy a food fish of which they had long been
deprived.

To what extent the fish passed to the upper waters of the Dela-
ware is shown by the following extract from the report of Fish Pro-
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tector Snyder to the New York commission in 1891. He says: "Since
the building of the Lackawaxon dam, forty five or fifty years ago,
not a shad was seen above the dam until tlie spring of 1890, after
the fish-wavs were put in, which have proven a great success.

"The Burrow's dam (in New York) is about seventy miles above
Lackawaxon dam. I was informed by reliable witnesses that last
spring there were vast numbers of shad below the apron of the dam
and that for many rods the water was a solid mass of fish.

"On the east branch of the river, last spring, the shad ran up to
within about thirty miles of the headwaters.

"At Downsville (in New York) thirty eight were caught at one
haul with a net made of coarse grain sacks."

The great success in restoring the fisheries was not, however, con-
fined to the upper Delaware. It was quite as marked below Tren-
ton, where the largest and most valuable fisheries are. All the way
from Trenton to Cape Henlopen the fisheries, most of which are on
the Jersev shore, though owned principally by Pennsylvanians, he.
came, bv 1889, profitable, and by 1890 from |81,000 in 1873 they had
reached in the aggregate to the splendid figures of half a million

dollars.

Tlie increase, when the work of restoration was fairly begun, was
so marked that many of the fishermen became alarmed and their
old complaints were changed to expressions of fear, lest there
would be such an over production of shad that they would not be
profitable. But the facilities of modern transportation were so great
that a market was readily found for the surplus in distant cities, and
today in the fish markets of rincinnati. Tleveland. Chicago and
ofher western cities the signs "Delaware Biver Shad." are witnesses
to the returned fecundity of the river and the value of refrigerator
cars.

CHAPTER XT.
Marietta Hatchery.

With the formation of the rennsylvania Fish Commission in 187^^,
there arose the necessity for a fish hatching house. To have such
an edifice the new Commissioners looked about them at once for a
proper site. In the selection of such a place they were governed by
two considerations, first, that of an abundance of suitable water,
and second, that of accessibility to railroads connecting the different
sections. After visiting and making inquiries in regard to the nu-
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canvassing the advantages of each place, they decided to locate the
hatching house about two miles from Marietta, Lancaster county, on
Hoover's spring, one of the group of the famous Donegal springs.
The piece of ground selected belonged to Mr. Michael Hoover; the
spring from which the Commissioners exi»ected to get their supply
of water bubbled up almost beneath Mr. Hoover's house. The water
sfcmed exceedingly well adapted to the purposes of fish culture, as it
rarely varied more than two degrees in temperature throughout the
entire year. Coming as it did from limestone, the waters welled forth
Irom the earth clear and si»arkling, and of a splendid quality for
liealthy tish life. The si)ring, too, had an enormous capacity, yield-
ing a How of water equal to :J,(KK),0(M) gaHons a day.

In the autumn of 1ST.'», therefore, the (Commissioners purchased
of Mr. Hoover one acre of ground in the immediate vicinity of the
sjuing and cm the banks of Dcmegal creek, then a well known trout
s(ream, a tributary to Chiques. \\'ith the ground they also pur-
chased the right to use from the spring so much water as they might
desire for the use of the hatching liouse. The price paid for the
pi-operty, and perpetual right to use the water of the Hoover spring
for the hatching house, was |2,00(), Btnond a few willow trees this
(ra<t of land was bare.

The spot selected for the hatching house was some 750 feet from
the spring, and the contract for its building was let to B. F. Hies-
tand, the lowest bidder, his ])rice including plumbing and fixtures
iM'ing about |3,700. When the time came for its erection it was
found that the ground on which it was to stand, was some two feet
above the level of the spring, and to remedy this, while construction
was going on, the Commissioners enclosed the spring with a tight,
compact wall, so as to increase the height of the water in the foun-
tain.

The new building w\is one hundred feet long, and thirty-two feet
wide, and in it were seventeen hatching troughs, each eighteen feet
long and fourteen inches wide. Owing to the highness of the
giound. it was necessary to place the troughs almost upon th(»
ground, so that the work of attending to them was anything but plea-
sant. The water which suppliful them was brought from the spring
to flio house by means of a six-inch iron pipe. Thence it flowed
Ihrough a trough running the entire length of the building; was
cleansed by a number of flannel scn^ens, placed at intervals through
llie boxes, and fed into the hatcln'ng troughs by iron spiggots an inch
in diameter.

While looking about for a site for the hatchery, the Commission-
ers were also on the look-out for a suitable man to superintend the
o]ieration of hatching the ova of such fish as might come into their
hands. On the recommendation of Mr. Howard L Reeder, Mr. John
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V Ceveling was appoiulod lo that posiliou, aud lie has smce re-
mained and bv hi« skill in his chosen calling, his strict attention lo
duties/and h,; dev.-lion ,o the interests of Hsh culture, he has won
for himself the respect not only of the Fish Oommissioners of the
State, but of all those who have been brought into contact with

'""ohn v. freveling was born near Belhlehem, New Jersey and his
f..,her-s farm was separated from that of the genial a"d widely
known angler and tish culturist, '•Thad" Norris, only by the Muscan-
et.ongal c^-ek. The buildings of Mr. Norris and Mr. Oreveling were
so close t..gelher that their owners could readily converse with one
;,„.,„„.,. wilhont stei.ping out doors. Mr. Norris took a_ great ancy
to the bov (-reveling, and initialed him into many of the mysteries
„f his gentle art, and when he entered the work of fish culture at
Troutdale. New Jersey, took the lad into hi«;>ni''ov. Here Mr.
^reveling laid the ground work of his knowledge of "sU <^ultu.e.
One vear after Mr. Norris sold out his Hsh hat.-hing establishment (..
Or. J. H. Slack, one of (he Kisi. Coininissioners of New ;I^''«ey. »■"'
this sale Mr. Norris said at llu' time, was made .m con.lK.on that Mr.
(^reveling remained will, the new pur,has..r. This he did for four
vears. At the end of that period lie enleied (he emplovinent of the

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\8 soon as tl.o halchinir Inuise on Uoni-al creek, near Marietta,
was completed the work of liat<-hin^^ e-s was begun. The tirst spe^
.ios pnt in the troughs were on<« hundred and fifty th<.usand eggs o
llH. California salmon. These had been received from the United
States commissi<ui, but owing to sev,M-al warm da.vs, to the heat of
whi<li thev were exposed during their j.Mirney, they arrived in such
H poor conditicm that it was only possible to save and hatch from
them on(« thousand fish. These were set at liberty in erne of the
tribularies of the Susquehanna. ,. a n

\bout the same time the Commisisoners purchased fnmi Mr. Seth
(Jreen the superinlemhmt of the hatching house of the state of New
York 'one hundred thousand eggs of the salmon trout. These eggs
were'conveved with little or no loss, from near Rochester under the
personal supervision of Mr. Creveling, and a large percentage were
successfully incubated and the fry placed in the waters of the west
crn part of the State in the following spring.

The Commissioners at that time did not think it advisable to g<»
heavilv into brook trout culture. They argued that as there were
far more fruitful fish it was better to devote their best energies t(»
wards increasing the river supply with such fish as the black bass,
and shad, leaving the work of trout culture as an extensive opera
tion, together with the restocking of trout streams, to future Com
missioners.

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In order, however, that future commissioners might have a basis
on which to work, trout ponds were built on the grounds of the
hatchery, and Mr. Duffy, one of the Oommissioners, who had some
ponds of his own at Marietta, gave the State Commission the priv-
ilege of stripping his trout of their eggs.

This was done, and something less than one hundred thousand
trout fry were thus obtained. This, when compared with the produc-
tion of trout from the two trout hatcheries in the State in 1894, 3,500,-
000, seems ridiculously small. But few as the numbers seem at this
time, after the Commissioners had used as many as they needed to
stock their own ponds, they had great difficulty in disposing of the
remainder. The work of the commissiiui was not yet known, aud,
therefore, no applications were sent in, not even of the unintention-
ally humorous kind such as are now often received, like the follow-
ing, for instance, some time since by Mr. Ford, from a colored man
in the heart of IMiiladelphia: "Dear Sir: Pleas send me some of them
trout fry 1 hear of as 1 am fond of fried trout." Most of the young
tish hatched were deposited the tirst year in various waters by the
('ommissioners themselves. Nor was this an easv task for the cans
in which they were then carried held fifteen gallons of water —
double what those now in use do — and to the tired men who had to
carry them they seemed as one of them said recently, to "weigh a
ton."

The work was hard, much harder than at the present time, es-
pecially since, sometime after erection of the hatchery, it was found
that the enclosure built around the spring which supplied the water
failed to work properly. During the seasons that were wet, the
water would rise to the desired height, but as soon as a dry spell
came on the water would sink to the level it held before the enclo-
sure was built. For some time this was inexplicable, but at
length it was discovered that there were cracks in the limestone
rock above the normal hnel, through which the spring water found
an outlet as fast as it flowed, except in long-continued wet weather.

In consequence of this lack of water, the trout eggs were placed in
floating boxes in the ponds and kept there until they had been
brought to a certain stage of incubation and then were shipped to
Corrv, wIh'I'c a sec<uid hatcherv had been established and there fullv
hatched. The fry were then shipped back to Marietta for distribu-
tion.

With Mr. Creveling at Marietta as assistant was William Biiller,
now superintendent at Corrv, and for two or three years their lives
during the winter were sometimes times of hardship. On one oc-
casion, in the middle of a winter's night, when the thermometer had
sunk far below zero, they both had to hurry from their beds to res-
cue the trout eggs from the floating boxes, the water in which they
were freezing solid.

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Mr Duffy, who lived at xMarietta, took a deep interest in the hatch-
erv 'He was a geuial, whole-souled man, who hated and despised
buV two classes of uieu, dishonest men and tishermen who plied
their trade illegally. As long as the hatchery was at Marietta the
lish in his own ponds were freely loaned the State for spawning pur-
poses and from them <ome most of the splendid stock which are now
in the ponds of the other hatrluM-ies of the Commonwealth. ^

CllAl^TKK XII.

Western Hatchery.

Tlie work at the Marietta hatchery grew to such proportions with
such rapidity tliat the need of another station was speedily made
apparent. The Oommissicmers, in J 875, therefore, began again tlie
work of ''house hunting. ' Among the places which attracted then-
attention was one at Cony, on the line of the Philadelphia and Erie
hianch of the Pennsylvania Kailroad, forty miles from the city ot
Krie, on the lake of that name.

The place was owned by Mr. Seth Weeks, and on it he had been
conducting a small hatchery for brook trout. It was particularly
well situated; its area was a little more than nine acres embraced
in a compact oblong form. Smith street, a thoroughfare extending
to it from Corry, divided the property in two parts, one of which,
the lower, is heavily wooded, chietly with white pine, one of the most
graceful of American evergreens.

About two miles from the centre of Corry nearly the whole area of
ihe lot is gemmed with si>rings of delicious water, but as the prop
erty has a gently inclined surface, except on one portion, there was
no extra dampness or iiuMsliire. Tlie sireams which run from the
springs flow over heavy blue clay; thus the water, though clear as
crystal, appears dark by reflection, a color, rarely seen in spring
water. So intense, indeed, is this reflection, that, except on very
sunny days, the lM)lloms of the trout ponds cannot be seen.

Hut mucky though tbe waters api)ear, they are for the entire year
of a singularly even temperature, varying scarcely a degree in win
ter or summer, and fishes of all kinds seem to grow rapidly and
thrive, for at the present time there are brook trout in the ponds
which, for size, are more like shad than anything else.

Besides the springs and woods a pond or two graced the grounds,
and there were also a very comfortable dwelling house and a large
barn. This barn was an ancient edifice, and had been at one time

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a primitive saw mill, one of the very first in that section of the coun-
try. The timbers in it are of enormous strength and look as though
they would last for a thousand years.

For the purchase of the property the Legislature appropriated
|2,000, and for its immediate improvement |3,000. With a portion
of this latter money a first-class hatching house was erected. It
was sixty feet long by thirty feet wide, and contained troughs of the
most approved pattern, and much better adopted to the purpose for
which they were intended on account of the magnificent supply ot
water of the most uniform flow. Owing to the conformation of the
ground also, the troughs could be built high enough from the ground
that the men employed in the building could work without undue
weariness.

The new acquisition was named the Western Hatchery on account
of its being on the Pacific ocean side of the Allegheny mountains,
and Mr. Weeks, the former owner was made superintendent

During the first year there were hatched and distributed from this
new hatchery one hundred and fifty-four thousand brook trout, and
eighteen thousand five hundred salmon trout. Besides these there
was planted in the ponds on the grounds three thousand adult brook
trout and two hundred and fifty salmon trout.

Soon after Colonel Gay became one of the Fish Commissioners,
Mr. Weeks resigned his position of superintendent. But there was
no difficulty in filling his place. For some time Colonel Gay had
been observing the work of Mr. Wlliam Buller, Mr. Creveling's as-
sitant, and it was characterized by so much intelligence and faith-
fulness that he was at once offered the vacant position. Mr. Buller,
however, was an exceedingly modest man and had but little faith in
his own ability. He would, therefore, have refused, but was finally
prevailed upon to accept.

Mr. Buller, is a native of Maytown, Lancaster county. When the
hatchery near Marietta was ercted, Mr. Buller assisted in its con-
struction, and on its completion entered the employ of Mr. Creveling,
the superintendent. Here he gave such satisfaction that when the
Marietta hatcherv was abandoned, and the Eastern or Allentown
hatchery was established, Mr. Creveling took him with him, and
kept him until Mr. Week's resignation as superintendent of the
Corrv hatcherv created a vacancv which he was admirablv fitted to
fill, and which gave to the State two ofticinls of which the commis-
sioners of fisheries of other states exhibit good natured envy, as
being among the very best in the country.

Although a delightful situation with a good house and barn there-
on, magnificent springs and handsome trees, when the Commis-
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piimeval forest. Fallen tiuuks of trees were all over the place,
sound and rotten stumps abounded, not only on the grounds but in
the ponds, where submerged logs were also. The growing trees
overcrowded the place, and tangled vines clambered about at will.
To the right of entrance the tangle was so great and the mud
and marsh so plentiful that one could scarcely penetrate it.

The appropriation for improvemnt had not gone very fai- beyond
the erection of a hatching house, and like necessary matters, so that
when Mr. BuUer arrived at Corry to take charge it seemed like an
endless task to make an orderly place of it.

Colonel Gay acompanied Mr. BuUer to the hatchery and the two
undismayed by the Augean stable-like appeaince of the place, went
each manfully to work. They labored early and late. The fallen
timber aud underbrush and tangled vines were cleai-ed away, the
overplus of trees cut down to give the rest room to spread, the maish
was drained, logs aud stumps taken from the ponds, and the place
generally put in ship shape condition, and a new office and sleeping
room was built. Eight additional ponds were constructed, a hand
some carriage drive built, a number of wiuding graveled walks laid
out, a good portion of the property sodded, some fountains erected,
(wo or three rustic bridges thrown across the streams and ravine,
and the whole place given a park-like appearance, all at a trilling
cost, for being deeply interested in his work, everything was done
either by Mr. Buller himself or uuder his direct supervision, and the
State, as a result, received all the benefit.

kSo attractive was the place made that it speedily became a resort
for the people of Corry. Its handsome grove of white pines and
rows of shapely maple trees set along the carriage drive made it
a place for strangers from even distant points to come to. The pub
lie were made welcome under certain rules aud regulations. Picnit-
l)arties, for instance, were, of necessity forbidden, as also was the
feeding of fish or the disturbing of them in any way.

As the years went on and the work of the Pennsylvania fish com
mission became better known to the people of the Commonwealth.
Iliere came constantly increasing demands for fry for restockiiiji
pni'poses. Of course, the heaviest was for the great commercial
fo(Ml tishes like the shad, pike perch and white fish, but a vast num
iM'r of trout fiv were demanded by farmers and others, with which
1o stock alrcnims wliich had became depleted by illegal fishing and
water pollulicm. To meet this demand, the Fish Commissioners, in
1S90, enlarged Ihe Western hatching house and purchased several
additional acres of land adjoining that which they had, and on this
new ponds were excavated. Even though this was done, and th.-
capacity for hatching trout fry was doubled, the demands of the
]>nblic are growing faster than tlie ca]UMity of the plant, and more
pioperty will be needed at (Jorry before long to meet that demand.

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The hatchway was lengthened to one hundred and ten feet and
raised four. It contains eighty-eight hatching troughs, forty-four on
each side the building. They are arranged in pairs, with narrow
pathways between them, to enable the superintendent and his as-
sistants to w atch the process of incubation more closely.

These troughs diifer from those in use in the other hatchery owned
l»y the State, in that they are each twelve feet long, eighteen inches
wide and seven inches deep. Besides their capacity, these troughs
differ in being higher and much easier to work. Each one has a
capacity for 20,000 freshly hatched fish, although at the end of two
months this number must be lowered to 15,000.

Besides the addition made to the hatchway and to the grounds
through appropriation of the State, Mr. Buller last year erected at
odd times in one corner of the place a meat house and a water wheel,
so that the labor of cutting meat by hand to feed the fish has been
done away with, and is now done better and more expeditiously by
marhinerv.

«

The Corry hatchery now has thirty one ponds for breeding pur-
]>oses. One of these are for large lake trout, and there are here fish
which weigh eighteen and twenty pounds, while the average of the
fish will tip the scales at ten pounds.

Two other ponds are for large hybrid trout, some of which weigh
as much as five pounds, while there are few under two.

Two ponds are for large brook trout, not one of which will weigh
less than a pound.

Two more are for the brown trout of Europe, which was first in
trodnced into the Ignited States from Germany, in February, 188.^,
and of which much is expected. The fish in these ponds are but
three years old and they run almost uniformly about three-quarters
of a pound, although there are a few of more than two pounds.

One pond is set aside for California trout, of which much was ex-
pected some years ago, and the fish in them average two pounds
each.

The other ponds, except three, are for two and three rear old fish
and yearlings, the three exceptions are generally used for yellow
perch, or as they are better known about Philadelphia, "yellow
neds.**

While the work of this hatchery is supposed to be for trout of
various kinds |only. other fish are sometimes hatched. During
autumn of l^O.*^. for instance, several million white fish eggs were
cleaned up and later transferred to the hatchery at Erie, and in 1804
Mr. Buller relieved the overcrowded hatchery at Erie, by hatching
many million pike-perch eggs at the Corry station.

Mr. Buller has been very successful in taking and handling pike-
perch eggs and during the past two years has taken and hatched
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more than a hundred million eggs of that species at Erie, of which
he is also superintendent.

CHAPTER XIII.
Eastern Hatchery.

For nine vears the hatchery near Marietta was maintained by the
Pennsylvania Fish Commission. But for some timt^ previous tW
members had been dissatisfied, not with the quality of the water, but
with the quantitv. During? lonp; continued rainy spells there wcnild
be an ample supply; but as soon as the weather became anyway dry,
searcelv enough could be had to carry on the work of the hatchery.
This was due to its position and the impossibility of raising the
water in the Hoover spring to a sufficient height.

An advertisement was finally published in the newspapers, asking
proposals for a suitable site. Seeing this advertisement Mr. William
Lewis, of Allentown, wrote to Commissioner Hewit that he thought
Mr Troxeirs property and springs in the Little Miigh river, aboul
four miles from Allentown, would just suit for the purposes desired.

On receipt of this letter Mr. Hewit and Mr. Creveling paid a visit
to the site proposed. The found it an ideal spot for their require-
ments on the banks of a wide and boiling stream of water, so cold
from multidinous springs that empty into it and bubble up from its
bed as to offer a refreshing drink in the hottest day in summer. The
land sweeps away in a nse so gentle as to be almost imperceptible
for several hundred yards to the base of a steep hill which rises for
nearly two hundred feet and forms a complete break against fierce

winds. , ,

On this little patch of land they found an immense spnnir which
bubbles up from the earth with such force that gravel and pebbles
are thrown to some height, and discharges vast qunntities of pure
sparkling waters daily, far more than enough to supply the needs of

the commission.

Mr. Reuben Troxell, at the time, conducted n small private hatch
ine house of his own on the premises. Tlie buildin-r wns n little old
dilapidated concern.that contnined four trousrhs set upon the frround
and one or two little nools with ndult trout therein.

Mr. Hewit and Mr. Crevelincr were so delighted with the nlnce thof.
with the approval of the Board of Commissioners, nesrotiations fo^
securing the property were entered into, nnd flnallv Mr. Trove^i

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agreed to the following terms: That the State should have the prop-
erty, including what trout were in the pond, at an annual rental of
|L*25 for five yeai^s, and |oOO thereafter, with the option of purchase
at the end of five years for |12,000, and at the end of ten years for
115,000.

Q'his lease was signed January 1, 1S8:>, and the Marietta hatchery
property was sold to Hon. Simon Cameron for the price originally
paid for it. Immediate preparations were made to transfer the stock
to the newly acquired possessions. This was a herculanean task, for
a large (juantity of fish had l)een accumulated in the ponds, besides
the fixtures on tlie place. But it was safely accomplisiied. Not a
single fisli was lost in the journey. For tliis happy result tlie Com
missioners and Mr. Creveling, wlio superintended the work, were
largely indebt(»<l to the Heading railrnad. Mr. Wilson, the superin-
tendent of the Reading and Columbia branch of that company, was
untiring and ceaseless in his efforts to offer facilities and ni]>i<l trans-
portation. He could not have taken greater interest than if tin- fish
were his own. He had all the fish transferred from on«' tiain to an-
other at Reading, and frequently when he kn(>^w a batch was co uing
over the Pennsylvania railroad, he would hold his trains for fifteen
or twenty minutes in order that the cans of fish should not be de
laved in any way.

While not in as deplorable condition as Corry, the grounds at Al
lentown. to which was given the name Eastern station, were vet in
poor shape, and the buildings rapidly running down, and Mr. Creve-
ling and Mr. Buller found no small task before them. They worked
manfully, however, began excavating for the new hatchery and
straightening of things up, and to such good effect did they work
that by September 1 the hatchery was completed, the hatching
troughs in and the place looked ship shape.

Hatching work was then begun and since that time the number of
fish that have been there incubated and distributed is almost incredi-
ble, and only once did disaster overtake the efforts of Mr. Creveling.
This was in 188S.

In that vear the voung brook trout were stri<'ken with disease bv
wliich over 400.000 fry were destroyed. This epidemic resulted from
the overcrowded condition! of the fish, in consequence of insufficient
pond accommodations.

For various reasons aftei- the hatchery at Allentown was estab
lished it was detei'uiined to devote the most of the time to the propa
iration of brook trout, though large numbers of California trout, At-
lantic salmon, German carp and other fish have been hatched at this
station.

The building erected for this purpose contained thirty-four

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l,.,>,„.|,s sixfen foet in iH.gtU and eigUtfOU incLe* iu widU., affo.d-

r :^ pacity for about half a n.illiou f,y, wUU ^-mciont space o

;:! Xflsh and care for Iheu. until tlK,v wen- about fouf moutl.s

""'xfter Laving been settled a veai- or two several trout ponds were
added to those already had, bringing the total number up to twelve,
with 3«.0OO breeding trout of the brook and rainbow spec.es there.n.
; ve carp ponds were also constructed, but little success, compara-
tively speaking, was had from this species of fish on account of tlie
superlative coldness of the water.

The trout ponds were surrounded l.v graveled walks and neaH>
podded borders, and on more than one o.casion Comnuss.ouer Herr
forwarded choice flowers to be planted for summer adornn.ent
Handsome willowtreo«scat(ered .Indicionsly about the grnundsadde-1
,.,.„rm to the already picturesque place, so that it speeddy becan.e a
popular resort, not only for the people of .Mlentown bu for the
neighboring and thriving city of Bethlehem, on the Lelugh Valley

'' The disaster which occurred to the tn.ut fry in 1SS8. gave the Fish
rommissioners a strong argnn.ent to present before the «'"';'■':'-
lature for an .additional building at .Mlentown. and tl';/'>n"o«f - «
.ranted. Tts si.e is twenty by one hundred feet, makmg w,th the
old building, a l,at..hing house two hundred feet long.

rnlike the station at Torry. the hatching houses at .Mlentown
hnre all their troughs on one side of the building, occupying (he
w^ole interior save what is necessary for pathways. These troughs

are set lower than strict convenience for -"'"'''"S^"""' '"^i, ,„„;
not so much so as to over-embarrassing or weansome to the super-
intendent and his assistants. Tl,ey are neatly colored black, and
with white graveled bottoms present n pretty appearance bes.des
hein" effective as hatching apparatus.

Tn addition to the hat<hing house. Mr. Creveling has had erected
a meat cutting house, and utilised the waste water from the ponds
and springs to turn a wheel which operates the chopping machinery

Tt is unfortunate that the State does not own this PJ'>P;'-t;- ^n ^
picturesnue situation, not far from a railroad which affords facd,t,es
for reaching everv part of the State, it possesses all the nmd.fica-
tlons for the work of the fish comu,ission, as has been amply demon-
rtrated during the years it has used it. Tonsidenng the location, the
price ask..d for the place is reasonable, in fact, it may safVly be
stated that a property as well fitted for the incubation of trout could
not be secured in the eastern section of the State for the same

"•Vs^oJig as the State does not own the grounds it would be foolish

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to make exleusive improvements and develop it to its fullest extent,
and make it what it deserves to be, one of the very finest fish hatch-
ing stations in the Union.

CHAPTER XIV.

llistorv of the State Fisheries on Lake Erie.

Although Pennsylvania has but about forty-live miles of frontage
«»u i^ke Erie, its interests in the fisheries of these vvatei*s are consid-
erable, the city of Erie, a flourishing town on this great water way,
doing the bulk of the trade. The following history of the State
lisheries on J^ake Erie is contributed by Col. John Fleeharty, of Erie:

Ever since the appearance of the white man on the shore of Lake
Erie it has been noted for the quantity, variety and fine quality of
its fish. Long before the advent of the whites the Indian was
awtire and appreciated this fact, and fish in connection with game
was his whole food supply. In addition to the fish of the lake, all
of the small streams emptying into it abounded with brook trout
juid other species of small fish. And it is within the memory of
muny persons living when brook trout abounded within the present
limits of the city of Erie. The writer when a boy has taken them
wiihiu half a mile of the Union depot in a small stream coming down
from the ridge, some place about Liberty street, and emptying into
Mill creek in the neighborhood of Sixteenth and State streets. Big
Cascade creek also abounded with them, and the taking of them
was a source of great pleasure to many a disciple of Walton still
living. And it is a source of unlimited regret to those ardent
sportsmen that those days have gone forever. Upper Mill creek,
\\ alnut creek and TriMit run were noted for their fine fishing. In
fact, w ithout particularizing, all of the streams in Erie county were
prolific in tish, and all of them c(Uitained many brook trout.

When tin' pioneers located at Preskue Isle, in 179,"), they had to
resort to tishin«» in their log canoes from the lake and bay for the
purpose* of adding their food sup]dy, and the soldiers in the forts
east of Mill cie<'k laid in a huge supply each season for their own
use. Log canoes for tishing puiposes were as much a necessity
to the early setthMs along the lake as log cabins to shelter their
families, and each went fishing as his wants required.

In 1790, some twenty or thirty Indian families belonging to the
Seneca tribe, resided at the head of the bay now known as "the

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In iiiakr cxhiisivc improvtMiKMits ami develup it to its fullest rxh-Mi.
aud make it what it deserves to be, one of the very finest fish hatch-
insT stations in the Union.

UllAlfKn XTV

iliiilorv of lilt* Siato Fisiicrios on Laiii- Kriu.

Allliuiii^ii IN'iiiis^ Ivania lias but about I'oily livo i>iiU*s ol" truniage
till JiaUc Kiif, ils intfiesls in the lislierics of lliose waleis aie it)nsid
< iabl«', the city oi Krio, a thniiishing town on this great waloi wa^,
duiiig ihf liullv oi' tho tiado. The loUowing liistory ol the State
lir belies on J-.ake Kiii* is eontiibuted by Col. Juhn Fleehaily, ol Kiie:

Kvor stnee the appearance ol the w bite man un the shine ot l.aU.*
Kiie it has been noted lor the quantity, variety aud line ciualily ot
its linll. i.<mg beloie the advent of the whiles the Indian was
aware and appreciated this fact, and fish in couuectinn with game
was his whele food supply, in addilinn to the fish of the lake, uli
ul ihe small streams emptying inlii ii abounded with bruok trout
niid uiher species of small fish. And it is within the memory id'
iiian\ persons living when breek trout alMiunded within tin* [uesent
limits of the liiv of Krie. 'i'lie writer when a bov has taken them
uiiliin half a mile of the Inion depot in a small stream coming down
liniii ih«- ridge, sonn* place about Liberty street, and emptying into
•Mill neek in the iieighbnrhotid of Sixteenth and Slate streets. l»ig
Cascade creek also abounded with I hem, and the taking of tlieiu
was tt mniice of great ideasiiif i<» many a disciple of Walton still
living. And ^ l» m source ol unlimited regret to those ardent
H|Hutsnien that those days have gtuie forever. Upper Mill creek,
S\ ainiit crec*k and Tmut mm were noted for their fine fishing, li
lad. without pai I iculariziti^, all <d" the streams in Erie county were
pi'olitic in fish, and all of them containetl tiuiBy hfoi»k tWMit.

Wto» tlw* ^mt«»ii» kM-atwl at Pr«*iit«e We, m I'Ww, they Iwi to
tt^^4 tti ^shifig in tlw»lr lojf caiMws frmm the laki* aud l«y tm* the
purpose of adding theii- food supply, and the soldiers in the fo^«
»*ust nf Mill eiirk laid in a large supply eaeh season for their owB
Use. Log eaiioes loi tishiiig jtur|toses wt'ie as much a necessity
to the early settlers along the lake as log cabins to shelter their
families, and earh went tishing as his wants r«'<|uired.

Ill ITlttl. some twenty or thirl \ Indian families bebuiging to the
Seneca tribe, resided at the head of the bay now known as "the

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Head," or Massassaut^u I'oiiit. At'tei- the advent of the white man
they tished and sold their catch to the whites, and were the first
fishermen on the lake in northwest Pennsylvania. The beach was
then much larger than it is to-day, and a heavy forest covered the
low lands nearest the shore. But they gradually disappeared. This
was the last Indian village in Erie county.

After their departure the site was occupied by a half breed negro
named McKinney, who lived by fishing. He subsequently removed
to the upper Laird farm, where he met his death by a fish bone lodg
ing in his throat while eating. One of his daughters married Hen
Fleming, who was the last survivor of Terr's Heet residing in IVnn
sylvania Following him came Moses Muzzy, and then Hen Flem-
in«'- both of whom made Uieir living by fishing in the bay from log

canoes.

At liiat lime the bay of Prosque Isle abounded in all varieties of
lake lish. particularly the black bass, and all fish were taken with
the hook and line prior to lS:iO. Then followed David Fowzier, who
was the first seine lisherumn. About this lime. 1s:;o or :U, Thomas
Horton, \Vm. Huchingham and Abram nunlsbuig<M', w(Mit into «lraw
ing the seine. Hen Fleming adhered to the ohl mi^thod of hook and
Mm' tishing, at which he was remarkably successful, he always
claiming that David Fowzier had taughl him the secret when he
(Fowzier) embarked in seine tishing. At all events he was, and is
still known, as one of the most expert and successful fishernnni that
ever fished in this vicinity. What success he would have now in
his old fishing ground, where fish, particularly black bass, once so
abundant, now so scarce, can only be conjectured, but it is most
likely that he like Othello, would find his occupation gone.

The ponds in the peninsula, and I'ike pond on the south side of the
bay near the harbor entrance, were the spawning grounds for a
large variety of fish. Pike pond was rated for the number and size
of the grass pike. They lay upon the bottom, in about two and a
half or three feet of water and were taken by shooting or spearing.
Some of these were extraordinarily large fellows.

But the black bass and lake pike have always been the game fish
of the lakes, and trolling in a school of black bass is the finest sport
for a tour fisherman that lan be conceived.

Hon. James Hoskinson, of Erie, ccuilributes the following: "Tn
early days the abundance of fish in the bay and lake was beyond
comprehension. About 1820 or 1S27, when a boy about fifteen. I
went fishing with David Fowzier in his log canoe. We crossed to
Big Bend on the peninsula, and had just got ready to begin fishing
when it came on to blow heavy down the lake, we were forced to
land and w^as storm-stayed on the peninsula for three days. We got
out of provisions, and the last day I was the hungriest, most un-

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happy lad ever known. 1 wanted to get home, and I wanted some-
thing to eat, but 1 could not keep still and 1 wandered off into the
woods to hide my feeling from Fowzier. 1 had gone I suppose two
or three miles from the bend when 1 came across old Mr. Slocum,
who was on the peninsula trapping, it was then the middle of the
afternoon. He asked me where 1 came from and 1 told him and
who my parents were. He knew them well. He asked me if 1 had
eaten my dinner, 1 told him no, I had eaten nothing that day. He
immediately produced from his bundle, a large piece of corn bread
and a big piece of raw salt pork. 1 had never eaten raw meat be^
lore, but 1 think it was the sweetest morsel 1 ever tasted.

"Thomas Horton was the first man to send fish to the surrounding
towns and villages. I have seen plenty of four and five pound black
bass sold for three cents each. Moses Muzzy had formerly been an
ofiicer in the American army in the llevolutionary war. In addition
to fishing he at certain seasons of the year lived on the peninsula,
trapping for musk rats, foxes and other game. This was as early as
1«1G or 1818. He was an eastern man coming from the vicinity of
Boston. Owing to some family trouble, he had not informed them
of his locality since the war. One of his sons embarked in business
in Boston, becoming wealthy, and in some manner learned where
his father was, and his mode of life, came on here and persuaded
him to return home with him. He had always preserved his uniform
and every 4th of July put it on and visited Mr. Hoskinson's father,
who had been an oflQcer in the army with him.

"About 1824-25-2G small vessels used to go from Erie to Machinac
every fall to fish for white fish and trout; cured them there, packed
them in barrels, and when full loaded brought them to Erie. On
one occasion they came back so late that they had difficulty getting
into the harbor owing to ice. A good market for them was always
found; many of them were shipped to Pittsburgh. There were eight
or ten vessels engaged in this trade every fall for several years.
Hon. Seth Reed, P. S. V. Hamot and Capt. John Dixon, had vessels
so engaged.

"Capt. John Dixon built the first dock and warehouse in Erie and
from there all of the limited fish business was transacted. Grass
pike were plenty in pike ponds, lying in about two and one half feet
of water. We sjK^ared and shot them. Fine turtles abounded there

also.

"I remember on another occasion going fishing with David Fow-
zier, when about twelve or fifteen years of age. We paddled in a
canoe from the old navy yard about the foot of Sasafras street, up
•along south shore of the bay to the "Head," which was then all
forest. We had no luck and caught only two bass. Then w^e pad-
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the White banks nearly opposite to where the pumping station of
water works are now located. We got there about 5 o'clock in the
evening, and found eight or ten canoes fishing, all having excellent
luck. Fished for about two hours and loaded the canoe with
line bass. fcJo many that when we started back (about dark) we
could not carry them home. We took what we could, and left the
remainder in the canoe and went back for them in the morning. In
those times many of the farmers in the vicinity of Erie owned
canoes which they brought in on wagons when they wanted
to fish. I have seen forty or fifty canoes fishing on the
bav at the same time." Mr. Albert Bosburgh, who has been
more or less conversant with fishing and fishing interests since
l.SJO, says he remembers Ben Fleming, Morton, Fowzier, Hunts-
burger and William Buchingham, all of whom fished with seines
except J^en Fleming. He fished mostly in Big Bend from a log
cjinoe about eighteen or twenty feet long which he propelled with a
paddle. His fishing was generally done by trolling. He used crabs
for bait and kept them in an old cotfee pot, into which he always put
a small quantity of asafeotida. He was wonderfully expert as an
angler and invariably had good luck. He started very early in the
morning and usually returned between two and three o'clock in the
afternoon with his canoe full of fish, mostly black bass, weighing
from four to five pounds. He would clean them and put five of them
on a string and sell them for twenty-five cents, going from house to
house. The other fishermen drew their seines in the bay or Misery

bay.

fn those days he says, "little or no fishing was done in the lakes,
as the bay abounded in fish and there was no necessity of going out
side. The cateh was bass, i>erch, cat fish, pike and sturgeon, and
always large. They were sold from house to house, excepting a
portion which was peddled in the surrounding country. Brook trout
were plenty in all of the small streams, as well as rock bass and
sun fish. There were also plenty of grass pike in pike ponds besides
large fine turtles. Misery bay and the mouth of Mill creek has
always been a fine place for rock bass fishing, as well as sun fish and
perch,"

From IS.'^O to IS.^iO the fishing along the Pennsylvania frontier
was followed in about the same nuinner. There were no railroads
into Erie and the mnrket f(»r fish was limited, as it always had bcHMi
up to this time, and fish increased astonishingly. Erie was un-
doubtedly on<» of the finc-st fishing points on the lake, as it is to-day,
notwithstanding' the constant depletion which was going on for
vears after this.

Regarding the first white fish taken in Lake Erie, the writer be-
lieves he can speak definitely. In 1852 Captain Nash, a fisherman

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from Mackinac, took from there to Dunkirk, N. Y., two Mackinac
fish boats with gill nets and complete outfit and began fishing at
that point as an experiment. He set his nets about eight miles
northwest from the harbor, and his first catch was a large one of
white fish. The writer was there engaged in railroad construction
and distinctly remembers the excitement it created. It was men-
tioned in the Dunkirk, Buffalo and Cleveland papers of the day as
the first catch of white fish on Lake Erie, and Captain Nash pos-
itively informed the writer of this. The writer has often heard of
catches at other places about this time, and there was a gi'eat deal of
notoriety given to the fact by the daily journals on account of its
opening up a large trade in a very desirable fish.

Previous to finding the white fish it had been the custom all alon^
the lake for persons who could afford it to send to Mackinac or De
troit every fall for a barrel, half barrel or kit of sugar-coated white
fish for winter use, which were remarkably fine.

As soon as it became known that white fish had been taken in
Lake Erie people began fishing for them in these waters. Barcelona
followed Dunkirk, and then came Erie.

There are no brighter men than the fishermen along the lakes, nor
any who can sooner see the advantages of such a discovery as this.
Althougli these men may not be educated, they are of unusual in-
telligence, and know the ways of the fish as well as the fish them-
selves. Note the way they follow the fish from day to day and from
point to point. The fish, driven from their favorite grounds by the
gill nets seek other points. The prey is no sooner there than the
fisherman has the same nets readv for it. It is not instinct, it is
knowledge. They know every foot of the bottom of the lake in the
locality they are tishing, and can find their nets in the dark, or in a
fog if necessary. They go outside in ail kinds of weather, and when
the large steamers are storm stayed the* fisherman is on his ground
pulling his nets. He is fearless, and yet cautions; a man to excite
the greatest admiration.

"Captain" Michael Bowman says he commenced seine fishiug in
1853. The catch was usually black and white bass, sauger, pikc»-
perch, cat fish, suckers, etc. The fish were veiy plenty, the catch
averaging fifty pounds per day per man. Mr. George Schaffer says
the first white fishing at this point was in 18.^.S. At this time Cap-
tain Bowman savs that onlv ten or twelve nets were used in a string,
and the fact that white fish could not be taken here created consider-
able excitement and gave a great impetus to the fishing industry.

The first shippers were George Witter and John Sutter & Co.
All fishcM-men, Jake Heidt and Michael Liebel. were of the firm of
Sutter & Co. August Schutte was also actively engaged in fishing
and shipping. The average weight of the white fish at that time was
from six to twelve pounds. About this period the fishermen used

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mx and six aud ouehalf inch mesh nets, of No. 22 and 25 thread.
About 1856-57 more trout were caught than white fl«h. Ve hshed
in fourteen to sixteen fathoms from twelve to fifteen miles m the
like There were only three or four sail boats in all. The cost of an
outat about that time, about t«00. Pound nest fishing was began
•It Erie in 18US. At that time there was no sale for hernng, and
"they were put immediately back into the lake if caught, and they
were abuudaut in shoal water. , , „ . a

In im there were only nine fish boats fishing out of Erie, and
all were sailboats. The first steam fish boat came to Kne from
Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1874 or 75. Captain Clark Jones -^'^'^
„„.„..ed gill net fishing in 1854 or '55. Kegan shipping white fish
east and west about 1850. Shipped in barrels and kegs of about
1 (.00 to 1,500 pounds and 2(»0 to 300 pounds. Also sold to peddlers.
On a .-aug of ten nets three men. Used jerk rtoa.s and jerk stones;
stur.-eon twine for nets. Then we introduced snap floats, same
stones as before. Then Daniel Weeks introduced iron rings from
H,^ ,0 six inches across, in place of stones. Used a five-inch mesh
„„„,,..a.,e net. C. Charles & Co., of Huron, Ohio who were fishing
hue decreased si.e of mesh to four and one-half inches and cotton-
wood bark for floats. This was about 1800. About tins time the
cat.h of white fish and trout was small here for some reason, and
Clark & Co. brought a gill net to fish at thirty feet '■•«>" />»"7';^
lake but it was a failure as the fish would not rise; but soon the
catch improved again. They set trap nets in bay and caught cat

fish and sturgeon. , 4^ i «„

"At that time sturgeon were considered of no use and were taken
to the peninsula and buried. Thousands of them have been buried
there Today they are worth two dollars and fifty cents each
smoked sturgeon is considered fully equal to su.oked ^''^
the roe is very fine, making an excellent 'caviare.' Each fish yields
from twelve to fourteen pounds. Most of the meat is sent to San^
duskv, Ohio, for curing and smoking. It is worth from five to e.gh
cents per pound for smoking. This is mention.-d here to show what
an inordinately large number of valuable fish were thrown away as
useless that are now very scane and valuable.'

Captain Jones continues, and says that in these days (about ISbO)
the largest catch of while fish ho reinemb.-rs were 3,500 pounds
when d'ressed. averaging live pounds each. This was ^-f^^^^JZ
boat Ihree men and thirlynine nets. This catch was sold to Buffalo
Irties for seven dollars per hundred. The largest vvhite fish he ever
cau-rht was fifteen and one-fourth pounds. They have frequently
been caught at Put-Tn bay weighing twenty-five pounds

William Terry savs he began fishing in Green bay. Lake Michigan.
He came down to Erie about 1857 or '58. At the time he came here

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he found them fishing for white fish and trout. The catch was about
equal. At one time soon after he came, K. P. Burke and himself,
each with a boat took forty-eight trout apiece weighing forty or fifty
pounds each, besides all of the white fish the boats could carry. It
was an enormous catch and was taken about twelve miles outside
of the harbor with live and one-half inch mesh, one pound of thread
in each net, twelve nets to a gang. They sold to a peddler named
l^urton one hundred dollars' worts of white fish and had more than
half of them left. They shipped eighty-eight trout to a dealer in
Sandusky. This was in 1859 or 'GO, and was the largest catch he
ever saw in those days. In those years fish were very plentiful. At
the head of the bay sturgeon were very abundant but no sale for
Ihem. When caught were buried or given to farmers for manuring
land. Among the fishermen were Loramer and R P. Burke, who
canie from Green Bay, Dan. Weeks, John Dash, Sr., Robert Tuttle,
William Oakum and Frederick Dunn, besides others mentioned pre-
viously. "1 have seen," he says, "white fish sold for one cent a pound.
The overplus was cured, packed and sold to grocers by the hundred
jMMinds. These were called slime fish. We also sugar-cured white
lisli for families; this was done in the fall of the year. They
were put up in half barrels and sold for five dollars per hundred
p<Hiuds. They were not salted n»u<]i and were nearly the same as
fresh fish. They were very fine and always in demand.

Mr. Terry is the first man wiio ever skinned a blue pike in Erie. It
was a hard thing to do and was considcrrd his secret and was always
done "sub-rosti;" but a boy named Jocob Staub got on the t(>p of a
shed once when he was skinning them, peeped through a crevice, dis-
covered the secret, and afterwards practi(<Ml it, murh to Mr. Terry's
discomfiture. Now they are skinned when fi-ozen, but it is a very
ditficult thing to do when not frozen. The largest white fish Mr.
Terry ever saw was one weighing thirty three pounds, caught at
Spider Island, near Death's Door, Lake Michigan, and was an im-
mense fish.

In 1857 or 1858, when Mr. Terry came to Erie, they used No. 25
cotton thread for making gill nets. Now nothing but linen thread is
used — N(»s. 45 and 50. The year he came here, in July, the fishermen
had not had very go<Ml su«'cess that season, and could not account for
it, and some thought that the fish were getting searce, and most of
them had pulled up their nets to wait for fall fishing. He brought
as a piM^sent to R. P. Burk<» sixtetAii No. MO linim thread nets. He and
Mr. Burke went out and set them. The next dav thev went out and
took them up and brought in a big haul of white fish and trout.
This astonished all of the old fishennen. They began setting the
cotton nets again with no success. When the nets were taken up,

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Dauiel Weeks, al lUat time oue of lUe mosL pioiniueuL oi LUe nsaei-
men, wa« very much mystiticHl ami after exainiuiiig the uets aud hud
iug that they were made of hue liueu thread, concluded that that
was the explanation of it and immediately discarded his cotton
thread nets and made new ones of linen, and met with good success
in his fishing. This was the first change from cotton to linen thread

nets at this point.

Mr Terry is one of the oldest fishermen here. He is a man ot in-
telligence and has kept thoroughly posted on all matters relating to
fishing in this locality from the time of his arrival to the present

The Dash family is a family of fishermen, father, son and grandson,
John Dash, Sr., Adam Dash, John Dash, Jr., and John A. Dash.
Oapt. John A. Dash gave to the writer many interesting items relat-
ing to fishing in this locality, the sum and substance of which is very
similar to what Mr. Terry and Capt. Clark Jon.>s have furnished.
(3apt. Joseph Wick says that the largest trout ever caught in Lake
Erie was caught by William Johnson in a trout net at Dunkirk .N.
Y in 1859. It weighed seventy-five pounds. He says he has fre-
quently seen them weighing sixty-five pcninds. He has bei-n fishing
all along the lake since 1857 and the largest black bass he ever saw
wei-hed five and one half pounds. He thinks the herring were gel-
ting" more scarre eve.v vear, but (hat tluMv were a great many salted
during summer season all along the lake. (^apt. CI W\ Pruyn says
that he caught a gold fish inside of the headwaters at Cleveland, y^-ar
before last, weighing one pound and one and one half ounces. This
lish is probablv sc»me of the gold fish pul into the lake by Dr. A<kley,
„f Cleveland. He has no doubt l>ut that they will propagate and in
crease in the lake, as he considers them a hardy fish when once accli

mated. . /./.^

He relates the following story about sturgeon: About fifteen oi
sixteen vears ago, the north channel pier at tliis point canted over,
owing to currents washing out the sand foundation on the north side.
He was engaged on one of the tugs employed by th<' coustru.'tion in
making repairs. The tugs lay at the piers all night. Just before
daylight one morning, stepped (m to the pier and saw something
moving in thr* water. Tt was too dark to see what it was, bat after
waiting awhile it became light enough and he discovered that it was
a compact mass of sturgeon (hundreds of them), with their In-ads just
at the edge of the water sucking the moss from the pier limbers.
He steppc^l aboard of the tug and got a slack bur (used in tiring),
with a hook on it, and himself and two others, landed about twenty
of them on the pier in a few uiinutes by hooking them in the gills.
He says he could have landed many more of them, but at the time
they were very plentiful and there was no sale for them. This was
before they began smoking them and using the roe for caviars.

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PISH COMMISSIONERS.

In Lake Erie, according to the review of the fisheries of the great
lakes recently published by the United States Fish Commission, the
cat fish ranks next to the white fish in numbers of pounds taken.
This may be so in some localities, but it is not so at Lake Erie. They
were formerly very abundant there, but are growing less plentiful
every year. Erie receives her supply from the pound nets and from
the fishermen working between here and Conneaut, Ohio. They
average from eight to twelve pounds, but are sometimes taken at
twenty-five or thirty pounds.

As has been shown the black bass, the gamiest fish in the lakes, are
bocominsr more scarce everv vear. Erie used to be noted for its fine
bnss fishing, and parties came here from abroad for that purpose.
They are now becoming so scarce that they are seeking other locjili
ties for fishing. Within ten years the writer has seen two men going
through the streets with a string of bass suspended on a polo be-
tween their shoulders, dragging on the pavement, the result of a half
days fishing. The reef at Four Mile creek was a favontp place to
fish for them, and it was cnstomarv during the fishing season for the
steam pleasure yachts to make daily fishing T>arties to their grounds.
Tlie channel nnd piers were also fine spots for these most excellent
fish.

Formerly perch abounded in the bav. particularly in Miserv bnv,
but they were by no means as plentiful as formerlv. and yet thev are
not nearly as scarce as black bass in proportion. "Rock bass and sun-
fish were some years affo exceedincrlv abundant. The different va-
rieties of pike indigenious to the lakes formei'lv were in jjreat nam
hers, but are not now nearly as numerous. The herring are also not
nearlv as plenteous as formerly, although they are caught in large
quantities still.

Tt used to be occupation durins: the winter months of many i»er-
sons to fish for them through the ice and as manv as five to eicrht
hundred persons have been seen fishing for them through the ice in
the bay and in the lake near the piers. The catch in the nets during
the summer is large. They are taken from the fish boats, put into
pans and into large refrigerators and frozen. The amount of salt
used is three barrels to two tons of fish. Tn freezing this amount of
fish about 2.500 pounds of ice is used. Tn shipping them they are
put in boxes made for the purpose, holding about 250 pounds, nnd
when taken from the refrigerator come out in slabs, of about thirtv
fish weighing about twentv five pounds each slab, iust as they are
taken from the pans when frozen. There is also a large amount of
them put UP and salted in half barrels, kitts and nails for shipment
and sale in the home market. The amount of white fish put up in
this wav is comparatively small.

Within the last few vears there have been put into the lake differ-

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eut species of tlu- eaip, whieh piobably have propagated and in-
creased for several French and (Jernian carp liave been cauglit in
ponnd nets in this vicinity. Mr. Charles Lamb says that the average
catch of white tish in 1888 was about 5,000 pounds per tug. In 1890
one catch was 7,900 pounds. From 1892 the average catch was 3,000
pounds. All of this was with one gang of nets. The pound nets
often caught double this amount with fifteen or twenty nets in a

string.

The white fishing grounds are about eighteen or twenty miles east
or west of the harbor and about twelve or fifteen miles in the lake.
Nets are set due north and south, and on the bottom, in twenty five
or thirty fathoms of water. Oftentimes good catches of white fish
are made in pound nets near the shore.

The largest white fish ever taken at Erie, so far as known, was
twentv-one and one half pounds, and was taken by H. M. Parker, a.-
cording to the Hon. Louis Stru^'ber, one of the Fish Commissioners

of Pennsylvania,

The muscalonge used to be quite plentiful in this vicinity, and is
known as a game fish, affording the sportsman plenty of active exer-
cise in taking them. The largest one taken at this point was sixtv-
two pounds; the next largest forty-four pounds. The average weight
of them would be from twenty five to thirty pounds.

E. IX Carter embarked in the business of fishing and shipping fish
in 1874, and to him is given the credit of opening up a permanent
nuirket abroad. It is true, there were shipments of fish pi'evious to
this, as has been already shown, but it was only at times when ther«-
was an overplus on the market, and it might, therefore, be termed
spasmodic. Hon. Louis Strueber went into the business in 1877.
and the two were for years the only shippers from Erie, and they
have always done a large businc^ss. Frank W. T>a<'on & Co. have also
been large shi])pers for som<' y«»ars.

On the 24th day of September 1802, the Erie Fish Association was
formed, by consolidation of the following houses: E. D. Carter, Louis
Streuber, Frank W. Bacon & Co. and E. Knoblock & Co., making a
very strong concern. The first day after the consolidation the
catch of fish was forty-eight tons.

The following is a statistical account of the fish business on the
hike, in Pennsylvania, for the year 1892:

28 steam fish boats and fishing gear valued at. . |1 12,000

14 sail fish boats and fishing gear valued at 7,000

40 pounds nets, boats, gear, etc., 20,000

Estimated capital employed 111.000

Estimated total capital invested, |250,000

No. 2a) FISH COMMZSSXONBRS.

Number of men employed:

28 steam fish boats, 5 meu each,

14 sail fish boats, 3 men each,

40 pound nets,

Otherwise employed,

Estimated total men employed, . .

m.

140

42

150

168

500

An accurate account of the fish taken fur commercial purpose;^
during 1892 has been kept, with the following result:

Blue pike, in pounds 2,968,659

Herring ^ " 8,300,633

No. 1 white fish, " 524,428

Trout, - 131,337

Pickerel, ** 130,107

Perch, *' 494,671

Mullett, " 63,146

Catfish, " ^>.^33

l^lack bass, '* 4,286

White bass, " 40,675

Sheepshead, " ^'669

Sanger pike, " 24,6.33

Sturgeon, " 90,702

Total pounds 12JS(;,.~.79

CHAPTER XV.

Erie Hatchery — Restoring the Lake Fisheries.

From the previous chapter it will be seen to what an enormous
extent the fisheries of Lake Erie were conducted on the Pennsyl-
vania borders, and yet this was but a tithe of the work of this char-
acter that was carried on elsewhere. Here, too, is the same wretch-
ed storv of wanton destruction of food fishes and utter disregard
for the future that has been told of the fisheries of the Delaware,
Schuylkill and other waterways of the State. Previous to 1848, and
the introduction of the villainous pound nets, white fish were, as
already noted, abundant, but these destructive traps, together with

No. 20.) flSH COMMISSIONERS.

Number of men employed:

-8 steam tisb boats, .5 in»*ii each,

14 sail flsh boats, ."> men eaeli

40 pound nets,

Otherwise empbiyed,

Estimated total men employed^ .....

341

140

42

150

ir»8

mi)

An aeeurate account of the tish taken for conimeicial puriM>se;4
durinjr isjrj has been ke[>t, wilh \hv fnljowiny: result:

jUtttt ^ke, in jujuuds ii,t>OS,<Jr)l)

Heiiinj? ^ " S.::o(KO:53

Ko. 1 white tish, *• r,L'4,42S

Trout, " 1«*1^ob7

IMckeiel, " 1:50,107

rerch, ** llU,«i71

^luib'H, ** mMn

rjiifish, " ♦»•<»•»•'

W«ek hmn. " ^'-^^'*

White bass, *• 40,n7ri

«heepshead, " <»''<»-^

San<i;<*r pik<'. " MAX\.t'\

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CHAPTER mV.

Erie Hatchery— Hestiuin^^ the Lake Fisheries.

Fioni the previous ehapter it will In- seen to what an «'noruioua
extent the tisheries of hsMe Erie were condu.hd on the PennHvl-
vania buiders. and yet thia Wtt» but a titln- of the w.irk of this char
aeter that was carried on elsowheie. Here, ttM», is the same wretch
ed story of wanton drstriKiion of food tisln's and utter disregard
for the future that has been told of the tisheries of the I>elaware.
Schuylkill and other waterways of the Stato. Trevious to 1848, and
the introduction of the villainous* pouml nets, white fish were, as
alrcadv noted, abundant, but these destructive traps, tojjethor with

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I he t'lTiM-t of liiiiiinn avaricr. «nsi«-<;ai<liiij; the limes and mode of
raplme. walked the iiievilalde disasdous lesuH. Little by little
lln' white tisli iiidustiv de.liiicd. until about ISSr», tiom a profitabh'
Imsiiirss tlie ratrhinu *)( whin* tish breamc iniprotitable, and as an
»'\«lusiv(' indnstrv was almost abandoned. The blue pike tlshinj^,
which had o.-mpied second plaro. and the herrin«i- tishinji. wliieh was
still fuithci- down on the list. for<ied to the frtmt and be<ame tho
rhief industries.

ll.sides this, by an almost uttei- disreijard of tho spawninjr season,
pirati.al fislnMUien inside the harbor of Erie had <iuite depleted what
was foTuierly an invitinir field for bbok bass and otluM* ^'ame tish.
Even at the present time, in defiar.n' of the laws, and of the know
lodiro of the ovil <'onse(|uenees thereof, there are inen who ply theit
nefarious trade in tho waters of tho l»ay. Durin<; a irood ]>ortion of
the past winter, nets were sot throujih the iee. and it w^as not an
unusual thin«r. it is said, to see bla«'k V»ass exposed for sale in the
market freshly eaujrht. So freqmutly, nideed w^s t^is done that
the Erie Herald, on March 18 of the present year, published the fol

lowinjr:

''The mayor and eouncils should do somethinir at once to break u]*
illetral fishinir m tTio bav. Now that tli« kc is disappearing: the pi
rates have commeneed to set nets anf! tfie hauls have been vory
irood. Tf the pirates are not run down, hook and line fishinir in the
bay will be entirely destioyed.

*',\ policeman riumld be assi<jned to duty as fish warden, and if
tho ]»irates are rau^rht they should be dealt with to th<> full extent
of the law.

''Eish were offored for sale on the street market this morninjr
whieh w«»re eaptured with nets in the bay. .\ 12 pound pike showed
sijins of life when exposed for sale, showinji that it had been lift^nl
out of the water only a f<*w hours previous. .\11 lovers of hook and
line fishinjr shoidd exert themselves in order to prevent the ilh^iral
eatchinir of fish.**

Tolonel Eleeharty says:

In 1882 or 'S3, it was not a difTirult thin?: for two ]»ersons fishiuL'
from a boat at the mouth of the harlM)r, just outside the piers, to
load a small boat in a day's fishiu<:. And durinjr tho winter months
it was not unusual to see five hundred persons fishinj: through the
ice for these fish, in and about the harbor. At that time their aver
a^M' rat<h would be about twenty pounds eaeh. Durinir tho ]>ast
winter. takin«r a eoneensus of opinion, it is estimated that for sixt.v
five days, there has been fishinir on the ire. one hundn^d and sixty
men eaeh dav, and the eateh would vield five to eiuht pounds a
man: but nearly nil perrh."

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PISH COMMISSION EHb.

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lu 1.^77 Ihe board of trade and ihe select and common councils of
Erie extended an invitation to the t?tate Fisheries Commission to
visit the section, in company with a special committee of the Legisla-
ture, to make examination ^tk« operations of the tish industries
there.

At that time the states of Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc., border-
ing up«m the lakes, were beginning to pay special attention to the
culture of while tish ioi its commercial value, and were aunuall\
making liberal appropria lions lor artificial hatching. Up to that
yeiiv Michigan and \\ isconsin had hatched 18,U00,UUU fry, while Ohio
was running four experiuieutal stations, and the object of the utlicials
at Erie was to induce tin* Slate aulhorilit*« to establish a hatch«*ry
in iheii- cily, in older ihal iv*nijsylvania migiit contribute her share
to I he common benefit.

The visit was made, but ai ihal lime nothing was aee«iui»lished.
i>n the eigiilh of October, 1884, totlf members of the fish commission
again visiied Erie for the purpose of ctmsulting wilh the citizens in
regard to the establislinient (d a while fish hatchery at that point.
They were warmly weleomtHi, a meeiino of the trade was culled and
the subject lht>i*oughly diwuwsed.

A temporary hatcheiy was first proposed, the eitizett* agreeing to
pay oiU'half the expensi*, but after making careful e^liiuates of
the cost and taking into c«msideraiion the lateness of the season, the
conclusion rea<hed WH«, thai il would be neithei- advisable ni>r
leasible to connnence «(peiati(Uis al ilial time. kA addition to this,
the funds in the hands of the conimissiun were no{ sufiicienl tu lueet
Ibat part of ilic outlay ihe Stale umild have been reqiiiied to as

The wiser plan, it was agreed, would be to make application to the
Legislature for an apinopriaiion for Jjsri.tKMK taj^ap[»lied to ilie eiec
lion of such a hatclier,\ as the Stale should have. Tliis N\«tuld in
elude the cost of a lt»t. frame building of adetjuate size, a ctimpleie
oiitlii of haicliing jars, cans for the iTansportaiion of the fry t© the
points where they were to be d<'p(»sile(l ill llie hike. Mild for employes.
The assurance was also given that the city of Erie would furnish the
needed water supply withoiii cost.

Aji^eMtion was at MMe made to tire l^iTte tr»^^tlire for tto» tm-
«'ssary af»propriai ion. an<l in iss.-j. s.~,.oo(i was M»ted for the estab
lisiiiiieiii of liiis liatclu'r,\. in order that reiinsvlvania niiglit fall In
line with <Miio and Michigan, who. by that lime, had liahlird :ind de
]»osited in Lake Erie hundreds of millions of white fish.

The first step in seeming ihe appropriaiion was ihe s«'lection of a
site which should at once be coiiiiiiodious and cliea|». Such a situa
ti(Ui was obtained in a cojinr loi fronting eiuhi iw«» and one half feet
on both Sassnfras and Second stie.-is. in the city of Erie, l-^u- this
lot ^*MU) was p;iid the owner. Mr. .lohii Welsh.

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the effect of huiiian avarice, disregarding the times and mode of
capture, worked the inevitable disastrous result. Little by little
the white fish industry declined, until about 1885, from a profitable
business the catching of white fish became unprofitable, and as an
exclusive industry was almost abandoned. The blue pike fishing,
which had occupied second place, and the herring fishing, which was
still further down on the list, forged to the front and became the
chief industries.

Besides this, by an almost utter disregard of the spawning season,
piratical fishermen inside the harbor of Erie had quite depleted what
was formerly an inviting field for black bass and other game fish.
Even at the present time, in defiance of the laws, and of the know-
ledge of the evil consequences thereof, there are men who ply their
nefarious trade in the waters of the bay. During a good portion of
Ihe past winter, nets were set through the ice. and it was not an
unusual thing, it is said, to see black bass exposed for sale in the
market freshly caught. So frequently, »ndeed w^s t*»is done that
Ihe Erie Herald, on March 18 of the present year, published the fol
lowing:

"The mayor and councils should do something at once to break up
illegal fishing in the bay. Now that the ice is disappearing the pi
rates have commenced to set nets and the hauls have been very
good. Tf the pirates are not run down, hook and line fishing in the
bay will be entirely destroyed.

"A policeman should be assigned to duty as fish warden, and if
the pirates are caught they should be dealt with to the full extent
of the law.

"Fish were offered for sale on the street market this morning
which were captured with nets in the bay. A 12 pound pike showed
signs of life when exposed for sale, showing that it had been lifted
out of the water only a few hours previous. All lovers of hook and
line fishing should exert themselves in order to prevent the illegal
catching of fish."

Tolonel Fleeharty says:

Tn 1882 or '83, it was not a difficult thing for two persons fishing
from a boat at the mouth of the harbor, just outside the piers, to
load a small boat in a day's fishing. And during the winter months
it was not unusual to see five hundred persons fishing through the
i<-e for these fish, in and about the harbor. At that time their aver
age catch would be about twenty pounds each. During the past
winter, taking a concensus of opinion, it is estimated that for sixty-
five days, there has been fishing on the ice, one hundred and sixty
men each day, and the catch would yield five to eight pounds a
man; but nearly all perch.**

No. 20.)

FISH COMMISSIOKEHS.

S4S

In 1877 the board of trade and the select and common councils oi
Erie extended an invitation to the fcState Fisheries Commission to
visit the section, in company with a special committee of the Legisla-
ture, to make examination of the operations of the lish industries
there.

At that time the states of Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc., border-
ing upon the lakes, were beginning to pay special attention to the
culture of white fish for its commercial value, and were annually
making liberal appropriations for artificial hatching. Up to that
year Michigan and Wisconsin had hatched 18,000,000 fry, while Ohio
was running lour experimental stations, and the object of the officials
at Erie was to induce the State authorities to establish a hatchery
in their city, in order that Pennsylvania might contribute her share
to tbe common benefit.

The visit was made, but at that time nothing was accomplished.
On the eighth of October, 1881, four members of the fish commission
again visited Erie for the purpose of consulting with the citizens in
regard to the establishment of a white fish hatchery at that point.
They were warmly welccuued, a meeting of the trade was <alled and
tile subject thoroughly discussed.

A temporary hatchery was first proposed, the citizens agreeing to
pay one half the expense, but after making careful estimates o\'
the cost and taking into consideration the lateness of the season, the
conclusion reached was, that it would be neither advisable nor
f«'asible to commence operations at that time. In addition to this,
the funds in the hands of the commission were not sutticient to meet
tliat part of tlie outlay the State would have l)een required to as
sume.

The wiser plan, it was agreed, would be to make application to tlu"
Legislature for an appropriaticm for $5,000, to be applied to the erec
lion of such a hatchery as the State should have. This would in
elude the cost of a lot, frame building of adequate size, a complet»'
outfit of hatching jars, cans for the transportation of the fry to the
points where they were to be deposited in the lake, and for employes.
The assurance was also given tliat the city of Erie would furnish the
needed water supply without cost.

Application was at once made to the State legislature for the nee
essary appropriation, and in 1885, |5,000 was vot«Ml for the estab
lishment of this hatchery, in order that Pennsylvania might fall in
line with Ohio and Michigan, who, by that time, had hatched and de
j)osited in Lake Erie hundreds of millions of white fish.

The first step in securing the appropriation was the selection of a
site wlii<'h sliould at once be commoilious and cheap. Such a situa-
tion was obtained in a corner lot fronting eight-two and one-half feet
on both Sassafras and Second streets, in tbe city of Erie. For this
lot |000 was paid the owner, Mr. John Welsh.

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iVoposals lor biUs lur ilie uiecLiuii oi ine liatcliei7 buildiug uclm
iuvitea by public advertisement JSeveial proposals were receivea,
aud the contract for the erection of the hatcner> was awarded to Mr.
K. McDonald for the sum of ^1,5L>1.70, the designs for the building
having been furnished by Mr. i). K. Dean, a professional architect.
The necessary plumbing was done by Messrs. II. T. & K. Williams.

The new hatchery is a story and a half frame building, fronting
thirty feet on {Sassafras street and about lifty feet on Second street.
It is a neat, artistic building, with nothing about its exterior to give
any idea of the character of the work to be done inside. Indeed, its
lines are such as to give one the impression of its being the residence
of a man of more than moderate means. To still further bear out
this appearance, a pretty fence was built around the property and
the grounds were tastefully laid out.

Within the building everything was arranged specially with an eye
to the practical purposes for which it was erected. The room de-
voted to the work of hatching is commodious and well-lighted, and
the floor is formed of cement.

At first five tables were placed in this room, and upon each was ai'-
ranged twenty McDonald improved automatic hatching jars, with a
capacity for 150,000 white fish eggs without crowding.

Adjoining the hatching room is a large and well-lighted otlice for
the use of the superintendent. On the second floor is a sleeping
apartment for attaches of the place, and a tank room, which con-
tains a tank with a capacity of 1,200 gallons. This tank supplies the
water to the jars with an even pressure, although in case of neces-
sity the jars could be supplied with water from the city mains direct.
For the first two years the water commissioners of the city of Erie
supplied the hatchery with all the water that was needed free.

The new hatchery, which is among the very finest in the country,
not only in point of beauty, but in perfection of appointments, was
got into operation on December 12, 1885. Between that date and
January J), 188G, there were received in various lots 16,000,000 white
fish eggs. Between March 17 and 31, 1886, there were hatched and
set into the lake outside of Erie 14,625,000 young white fish.

Of this hatchery William Buller, the head of the station at Corry,
was given the superintendency, which dual position he yet holds
with credit to himself and the State. Two years later 11,000,000
more white fish were hatched and deposited in the waters of Lake
Erie.

In the three succeeeding vears 35,570,000 fry were hatched and dis-

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tributed.

This work, in connection with thnt of Michigan and Ohio, had a
wonderful and inspiriting effect, and created a revolution in the fish-

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FISH COMMISSIONERS.

ing industries of Lake Erie. In 1886 the catch of white fish only
amounted to 61,500 pounds, while in 18»8 the catch leaped to the as-
tonishing amount of 2,200,000 pounds. The money value of the total
catch of the Erie fisheries in 1886 was but |175,200. In 1888 it was
$304,680, a ditt'erence of $129,480. This condition of affairs has in-
creased and the valuation of the catch was placed at more than half
a million dollars.

As evidence of what is thought of the work of the fish commission
in connection with Lake Erie, the following letter to Mr. Ford, presi-
dent of the present commission, from Mr. E. D. Carter, a prominent
business man of Erie, is submitted:

"Dear Sir: I enclose you a statement of the fish industries at Erie,
l*a., and amount of catch for the season of 1888, and I flatter myself
that it shows our industry at Erie to be in a most prosperous condi-
tion, and I am satisfied that the large increase in tlie catch of fish is
the result of re-stocking from our hatchery aud from the great work
done by the states of Ohio and Michigan.

"Our catch of white fish, you will see, is fully double of what it
was in the seasons of 1883, 1884, 1885 and 1886. Those in the busi
ness, after the very poor fishing of those seasons had concluded to
give up fishing for white fish, but the increased catch of white fish of
1887 changed the opinion of those engaged in the business and they
continued the work, and frcMu the result of this work the price has
been reduced fully on third and has brought this f<MMl from a luxury
to one of the cheapest foods that a poor man can procure for his
table, and my oi)inion is that this is entirely from the work of artifi-
cial hatching.

Yours respectfully,

E. D. CARTER."

But the hatching of white fish was not the only work carried on at
the Erie station. Large numbers of pike-perch were also incubated.
At first in this work some difficulty was encountered, but was soon
overcome, and owing to the rapidity with which the eggs of this
species of fish incubate, large numbers were hatched and deposited,
not only in Lake Erie, but in other waters of the Commonwealth. In
1889, 8,900,000 were planted in the Juniata, Spruce creek, Susque
hanna river, Delaware river and Warden's creek. In 1890 the nuni
ber was increased to 13,545,000. Of these 7,000,000 were placed in
Lake Erie, and the remainder in the rivers and mountain lakes of the
State. In ISJM the number of pike-perch hatched and distributed
was 40,600,000: (;,000,000 of these went into Lake Erie, 10,000,000
into the main waters of the Susquehanna, 5,000,000 into the Dela-

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ware and the leiuaiiider iu the important streams and lakes. Last
year the greatest number of young fish were brought into being, the
grand total of young pike-perch reaching 60,000,000.

(JHAPTKH XVI.
Trout Streams of the State.

To the majority of anglers, trout streams probably excite the
greatest interest. In the number of water ways containing this
great game tish, Pennsylvania admittedly takes the lead, ajid through
the ettorts of the State commission, seconded by the intelligent work
of numerous fish protective associations, others for many years barren
of trout, are being added annually. It is true that for a long time
this species of lish iu the waters of the Oonmionwealth have been
reputed to be on the average smaller than those caught in some
other states, but this has been due rather to over fishing than to any
defect in either the fish or trouble with the element in which they
live. Through the efi'oits of the fish commission, and through a bet
ter enforcement of beneficent laws, this slight drawback, not only to
thorough enjoyment of angling, but full value as a food product, is
being removed, and at the present time the average catches compare
favorably as to size with those taken elsewliere. Even were this not
case, and the average size of the trought caught annually were not
increasing, this slight defect would be more than counterbalanced
by the remarkable brilliancy of their coloring. Those caught in
Maine, New V«uk and W est Virginia are far inferior in this respect,
while of the other states only the trout taken from the waters of
Vermont can apjiroach those of Pennsylvania in beauty of hue.

Not only are the strejims more numerous and the trout iu them
more beautifully marked and tinted, but, taken as a whole, the sur
roundings of the former are unsurpassed, generally unequalled in
picturesque surroundings. So famous are they in this respect, that
multitudes of anglers are attracted from other states noted for the
prolific nature of their trout streams to the marked financial benefit
of the people of Pennsylvania.

The attention given by the fish commission to stocking the streams
of the State with brook trout is lo(»ked upon by many as a useless
ex])ense. They argue that this species of fish is valuable rather for
sporting purposes than for general food uses, though admittedly one
of the most delicious in fiavor of the denizens of the fresh water.

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wniM' nnd ihe ii'iuaindei- iu llio iiiip«)rlaul sUvains and lakes. Last
vear the greatest iniiuhei- of young tish wei-e brought into being, the
graud total «»t young pike perrli reaching r.O.ooo.OOO.

<HAJTKIC W I.
^niit mtf*Hmn *»f the m»iie.

To the niajoiilj. ol anglers, lit.ul streams probably excite lht»

greatest iulerest/ in the wunilier ot water ways cuulaining this

great game lish, Penu»ylvuuia adniiiledly lakes the lead, and ilir.Migli

Uie elluru ui the 8latu couimissiou, seconded by the inlelligent work

of numerous flsh protective associatb»ns, others for many years barren

„f troni, are being added annuaUy. It m tiue thai hn- a long lime

ihis si.ecies of lish in the waters trf the Ooniuion wealth have been

reputed to be on the average stMuHer than those caught in some

olh.r statt's, but this has been du.- ralh.r lo over Hshing liian t«i any

deferl in .•illier the tish or trouble with ihe .lenient iu whirh they

li\.'. Through the etVorls of liie tish .•ouiiiiissi«.n, and ihnuigh a l»et

hi ♦nforeomenl of boneliront laws, this sii-ht diawbark. not only b.

ihorough eiijoymonl of angling, but full value as a food piodu,l. is

JM-ing removtMk and at Mm- presoui lime tli.- avrage catclves comiKir.-

favorably as lo si/o witli Hios.- laUrn .-Is.u hno. Kvoii wore lliis noi

taso, and the average mm of ih.- iroughl ranghl annually were nol

increasing, this sli-hl d. I.mI would bo more ihan .ounloibalauced

bv iho romarkablo biilliaiiry of their coloring. Those caughl in

.\iaino, New York anil W est \ irginia are far inferior in Ihis respect.

while of t^ wlhei slates only the trout takon from Hie walers of

Vetw«»t mm i^i|>WMich those of INnnsylvania in boautv of hwe.

Kot ^ily »re the streams more nunuMous and the trout l« tteewi
nn.re tmitttifttily marked and tinted, but, takon as a whoh-. the sm--
roundings of Ihe former are unsurpassed, generally unequalhMl in
pieiuresque surroundiuirs. m UimowH me they in this resjieet, that
niulllludes of anglers ;ire attracted I'l-ow frtber states noted for the
prolitic nature of their tront streawii ^ Ae «ttrke4 lUtitHctal b.'netli
of the i^K>pl€ of Pennsylvania.

Tho attenticm given by ihr tish rommission lo stocking th«' streams
of ilio Slate with br..ok lioul is looked uj.on by many as a useless
expense. They aigno ihal this s|M'rios of lish is valuablo rath.-r foi
sjioriing puiposes ilian for gvnoial food usos. though a«lmill<'dl\ oim'
of Ih.- most .l.'li.i.Mis in lla\.>r <.f Ih*- <l.'iii/.'iis ..f the frosh wal.i

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FISH COMMISSIONERS.

J Jut a momeut's thought will show how erroneous this idea is. By
keeping the streams plentifully stocked, anglers brought by the fame
of the beauty of the country are induced to come again from the
sport they obtain. These followers of the gentle art leave much
money in the Commonwealth, and take nothing away, except, per-
haps a few fish. Indeed, in many sections of the State the trout fish-
ing, through boarders and incidentals, forms an important part of
the revenue. Apart from this, the sporting goods industry in the
cities and towns of the State by this means are largely increased.

Trout fishing in IVnnsylvania, by reason of the picturesque sur-
roundings, tends to instil in the hearts of those engaging, a greater
love for nature and her works than in most sections of the Union.
Even the backwoodsman who loves the "gentle art" for the art's
sake, becomes thereby ennobled.

A good specimen of this class of men is Philip B. Clark, a justice
o( the pi^ace of one of the townships of Pike county, and every an
irler who has beaten streams in that or other sections of the State,
must acknowledge having met many of his type. His mind is
stored with a wonderful amount of useful and out-of-the-way in-
formation. Some of it he gathered from state and government re-
porls, but the greater part came from the woods in which he has
lived all his life. From generous nature he has drawn his choicest
knowledge, and he delights to impart his gleanings to others. He
has a boundless love for all plant and animal life, except snakes and
noxious insects, which he classes under the general term of "divils."
Mcu'e than once when <he writer has been out with him on a stream,
h(» has known the 'Squire to di'op his rod, even when the trout were
jumping in numbers, to expatiate a moment on the habits of souu'
woodland flower or the beauties of the scenery.

The trout streauisof I'miisylvauia are divided iut(»\vhat are known
as the northern and southern tier. Those tributary to the north and
west branches of the Suscpiehanna river, to the Clarion and the A lie
gJK^ny, the Delaware, Lehigh and Schuylkill belong to the former, and
the remainder to the latter. Of the trout waters in the northern tier,
those situated in Pike <<.uuty are perhaps the best known; no pen
ran aptly describe the beauty of this region, the greater part of it
rovered by virgin forests, and the whole a mass of picturesqe moun
tains of the P.lue Bidge range, the tallest of which is High Knob,
near Blooming Crove, a ])eak which thrusts its bald head nearly
tliree t]u»usand fe<H above sea level. On every mountain side in the
county, through every valley How countless streams filled to reple-
tion with speckled trout, and it is believed that no amount of fishing
cculd clean the waters of them. The largest stream flowing through
this section is the Big Bushkilt. a noble stream which empties into
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its mouth is considered good rafting waters. It lias numerous trib-
utaries nearly all of vvliicli have their rise in deep cypress swamps,
so that the waters are colored a dark brown, and seem much deeper
than they really are. All their tributaries, as well as the Big Bushkill
itself, are splendid lishing brooks, and many are widely known, and
are famous resorts for New Yorkers, numbers of whom stoi> at Por-
ter's pond, and Cortright's, at Twelve Mile pond, where bass and
pickerel fishing are also to be had. The largest and most familiar
of these tributaries are the Little Bushkill, where there is also a
summer resort village of that name, SSaw Creek and lied Kock run.
Jlesides the liig Jlushkill and its feeders, there are Tom's creek,
l»echer's and Dingman's emptying into the Delaware; the last, a
particularly picturesque stream with numerous falls, one of which
makes a clean descent of one hundred and fifty feet. Then there is
the Kaymoudskill, also known for its beautiful scenic effects, as well
as for its fishing qualities, also the Sawkill, near Milford; the Sho-
hola, I'aupach, Marthope and Blooming Grove creek, and a tributary
uf the Lackawaxen and others in the same vicinity. But above
ihem all probably, not so much in the beauty of its surroundings,
though grand in themselves, but in the plentitude and size of the fish
in its waters, is l^right's run, a stream in the western part of the
county. Jt is singularly free from underbrush, and abounds in long
reaches where the fiy can be used without trouble and with splendid
results.

All of the waterways mentioned take their sinuous i)aths through
the most magnificent country that can be conceived of. They abound
in jMcturesquc falls, some more than a hundred feet high, and fre
quently the waters have cut their way in boiling rapids through deep
gorges of great beauty. As a contour to these wild scenes deep
pools and long, wide still waters are common, and in their dark
depths, fringed by alder clethra and rhododendron brush, lie trout of
noble size.

Adjoining Pike county is Monroe, and like it, is exclusively a
mountainous region, but it has more cultivated land and less virgin
forest. Here, too, are many splendid fishing waters. The largest,
bv far, is Brodhead's creek, which towards its outlet in the Delaware,
cuts through Stroudsburg, on the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad. Its largest tributary is probably Michael's creek, a
stream which runs from the direct i(Mi of the well known Wind (lap.
Near the mouth of Brodhead's Marshnll's creek empties in
This stream is not only a fine one for mountain trout, but is well
known for its beautiful water falls, its curious and interesting geo-
logical formations, as well as for the pleasant summering village six
miles from the Water Gap. and which receives its name from the
sparkling stream.

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Besides these, among other notable trout streams in Monroe coun-
ty, are Paradise creek, at Henryville, and further up, at Canadensis,
liovis, Bushkill and Middle Branch.

Besides these, the Tobyhanna and Tunkhanna, and the waters of
the upper Lehigh, are very fine trouting streams, with attractive sur-
roundings. The Tobyhanna, indeed, is reputed to have the largest
trout of any waterway in the State. Fish of that species
are said to have been caught there that weighed from four
to six pounds, while there are authentic instances of trout
weighing three and three quarters pounds having been taken
therefrom w ith the artificial fly. The Tobyhanna was the favorite fish-
ing stream of that genial and famous old angler, Thaddeus Norris.
Year after year this disciple of Isaac Walton was to be found upon
its waters, and famous were the catches that he made. He had his
headquarters at Henryville with "Jim" Henry, a local celebrity. He,
too, was agenial, angling-lovingsoul; a man fullof harmless eccentri-
cities that were the amusement of his countless friends, while they,
at the same time, made him the more lovable. Like the gentle
"Thad,'' he has passed over to the great majority, but the hostelrie
which he once ran, and where more fish stories were told in one sea-
son than are usually related in other sections in three times that
period, still exists and under the care of "Jim," Jr., a worthy son of a
worthy father.

Next to Pike and Monroe counties, in p unt of attractiveness, are
the streams of Wayne. Indeed, in the opinion of many anglers,
they fully equal those of the two first named sections. They are
more bushy as a rule, and are not broken into falls such as those of
Pike and Monroe, but thev are of a more dashv character, running
and tumbling over huge holders in foam tiecked stretches to the
rivers. They run through mountainous regions, however, quite as
picturesque as their rivals in the other counties, and their trout are
quite as large and game desirable in qualities. Some of the leading
streams of this county are the Dyberry, Little and Big Equinunk
and Hollisters.

Passing southwards towards the Bethlehem hills, in Northampton
county, the Monocacy and Bushkill creeks contain many and large
sized trout.

Among the Bethlehem hills themselves and in Lehigh county are
to be found good fishing waters. This is especially the case at Allen-
town, where three good sized streams, the Little Lehigh, -Jordan and
Cedar creek run through populous i-egicms, and partly through large
open meadows with scarcely a fringe of brnsh throughout their en-
tire lengths. Yet In spite of these drawbacks, from their sources to
their months, they swarm with trout, large, fat and fnll of game.

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This coiiditiou of aflaiis is due to the Peuusylvauia Fish Commission,
oue of whose hatcheries is on the Little Lehigh foui' miles outside of
Allen town, and all three streams are splendid examples of what per-
sistent stocking can accomplish in spite of a close proximity to built
up sections and repeated illegal fishing, such as unfortunately they

are subjected to.

Tioga, Bradford, Potter and in fact all the northern central coun
lies are full of trout fishing streams. The Sinnemahouing and West
Uranch of Pine creek are famous places. In Lycoming, the
Loyalsock, on the West branch of the Susquehanna, Muncy, the
White Deer on the East branch, Young Woman's creek, which runs
toward Lock Haven, and the headwaters of Clarion river in Elk
county, all afford fine fishing, although they are unfortunately some
of them contaminated by tanneries.

Of one of these streams in Elk county, not far from the line of the
Philadelphia and Erie branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, known
as the Toby, a tributary of the Clarion near Wilcox, a good story is
(old. A number of years ago some gentlemen, one of whom was the
late Colonel Kane, built a small hut on its banks and named it Min-
eral Shanty. Here they invited and brought General Grant for some
hunting and fishing. After a few days' good sport the nation's greal
general and President discovered he had been fishing out of season
and had, therefore, illegally killed a number of fine trout. Tndig
nantly he threw away his rod and straightway hied himself to the
nearest justice of the peace, where he lodged complaint against him-
self for violating the game laws. The justice of the peace, it is sai<l,
was disposed to be lenient towards the distinguished offender, but to
his amazement, it is reported. General Grant delivered a short lec-
ture to him for his weakness and insisted on being fine<l (o the full
amount and on paying it.

In recent years Chester and Delaware (Muinties have been affording
good fishing, and this has been due altogether to the work of the
fish commission of the State. Most of I he streams of these two conn
ties run through meadows and rolling hills carefully tilled and kept
clear of underbrush. As a consequence, unless carefully ])rote(ted,
the trout in waters in such locations must soon disappear. As soon
as the fish rommission began work in earnest not only to propagate
brook and other trout, but to secure further beneficial fish laws, and
their enforcement as well as of those already in existence, several
fish protective associationswere formedamong the farmers and other
residents to give them aid. As a result, fully one-half the water
ways of both Chester and Delaware counties contain large numbers
of brook and brown trout and occasionally the California or rainbow
trout.

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JSoi less interesting to anglers are the streams of the southern tier,
although not so widely known as those in the northern, except in a
few instances.

In this division of the State there is no spot more beautiful per-
haps than the Laurel Hill range, or so little known outside the people
who live thereabouts. Between it and Chestnut ridge the last of the
kind of the Alleghenies is Ligonier Valley. It extends eastward
twelve miles to the mountain town of Donegal, situated on a lateral
ridge which connects Laurel range and Chestnut ridge, and divides
Ligonier and Indian creek valleys. At the other end of the former
valley is the town of Ligonier and its situation is remarkably pictur-
es(iue, commanding a perfect panoramic view of natural beauty,
while within its figurative gates and about it reigns such a peacful
quiet that one is almost convinced of the possible existence of a
Utopia or a New Atlantis. To reach it one branches off from La-
trobe, where the railroad runs through a highly cultivated region for
several miles, then circles about the mountain's base and rushes
through a natural gateway into the valley, named in honor of Lord
Ligonier, far back when some of our grandfathers' fathera were toil-
ing with axe in hand and watchful eye on their stacked guns, as they
cut a clearing for the erection of their rude log cabins. This en-
trance is enchanting, and well deserves the name given it of Pennsyl-
vania Adirondacks, for rising on either hand are the noble peaks of
those lesser brethren of the Eastern Chestnut range of mountains,
their faces and bodies adorned with a heavy growth of deciduous
trees in garbs of light and dark green, with here and there a large
group of stately pines, that raise their gracefully clother bodies with
dignity above their leaf-shedding brethren.

Furrowing a tortuous way through the mountain gorge, shining
like a silver cord, and rushing by in rift and cascade in opposite di-
rection to the train is the beautiful Loyalhanna stream, named in
Revolutionary days for a maiden distinguished for her bravery and
loyalty.

The life of the stream is given from a congregation of springs
which bubbl(> its birth from the Laurel mountains whose tow^ering
forms, veiled with sheeny purple, rise in the distance.

A trifle further on is the old Kingston Forge, where more than one
disastrous Indian skirmish was averted bv Colonel Ramsev and his
small body of men. who acted as a bodyguard not only to Ligonier
settlement proper, but were ever ready to lend assistance to their
neighbors. Beyond this fighting ground, framed by a beautiful bor-
der of rhododendrons and mountain laurel, are the mammoth granite
deposits, while directly opposite and across the stream is the park
called Tdlewood, where man has figuratively harnessed, with modern

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improvements ami conveniences, nature's bills, vales and lakes into
a limitless mountain park.

Few localities in the State have played more active or important
I)arts in moulding its early history, and few have passed through
such bitter and fierce struggles with the Indian, the traitor and the
British. Here it was the first venturesome settlers, to protect tbeir
lives, erected the sturdy fort in which they found safe refuge.

Of' the many streams which flow into the Loyalhanna in that sec-
tion the largest is Four Mile run, which takes its rise at the head of
Ligonier valley. Four Mile run has been tbe mecca of many a truant
s<'hool boy who took his first lessons in chub fishing, and not a few of
whom afterward developed into expert fishermen, and extended their
field of operations to the western slope of Laurel hill, which is
streaked with a dozen or more trout streams, emptying into the T^y-
alhanna. All the waters iu this hx^ility have been stocked by the
fish commission for years, and they yield a return to the average fish-

erman.

In a southeasterly direction from Ligonier valley, and at the very
base of Laurel hill," is Laughlinstown, a favorite stopping place for
trout fishermen who desire to commence their fly fishing at daybreak.

The water shed of that section extends as far as Knupp's tunnel,
on the abandoned line of the South Pennsylvania railroad, or to a
point near it. Here, on the southern slope, the headwaters of the
Indian creek vallev take their rise. The stream of that name flows
through a rugged and well-timbered region and finally empties into

the Youghiogheny. „ ,, . ,

On the western or Chestnut ridge sido of the valley there is only
one stream known to contain trout, a <Teok .allrd the Champion, but
the western slope of Laurel hill is celebrated for its trout runs, as
thev are popularly called in that section.

Alon- the summit of the lateral ridge which ronnects Laurel hill
with th'^e Chestnut ridge, is an r»ld turnpike road running from Ml.
Pleasant to Somerset, passing thn.ngh Don.gal and the hamlet of
.Tones' mills. A drive over this picturescpn^ old pike to a point near
the top of the mountain, and three miles beyond the hamlet, brings
one to the propertv of the P.ig Springs Fishing Club, an m-gam.ation
composed of Pittsburgh gentlemen. Here is a club ^^-^^^^ ^^^<\'2l
hundred and fifty acres of worked land and more than a mile of fine
t luting waters. This is a preserve that has been in existence for
!>" tw;nty years and is well known to every one in ih. western so,-

lion of tliP state. t „.i,i.

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jn«t ovor tl,o crost of tl,o monntain. on tho oa.tcrn nlope. aro n« "i-n-

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equally good waters and well supplied with brook trout. In fact the
whole section here as far as the Youghiogheny on both slopes are cov-
ered with a perfect net-work of angling streams, though none of
them are large.

This section also is the home of the moonshiners, and in the past
few years many an honest fisherman has been spotted and marked as
a spy in the revenue service. Here the angler is apt to frequently
meet some hardy mountaineer with his hickory fish pole and horse
hair line with hook and worm, and with a large bottle of mountain
dew, a fluid on which we may be sure no tax has been paid, in his
capacious pocket. To the city angler this dweller of the hills will
give a kindly greeting, and when once assured that the former is
there only as a fisherman, and not as a spy, his hospitality is un-
bounded.

At this interesting point, where the lines of three counties, Somer-
set, Westmoreland and Fayette, meet with the famous old Shade
creek, are the favorite fishing rounds of the people of the old town
of Somerset, and a great resort of many people from Baltimore, who
take great delight in whipping the streams thereabouts with much
success. I

Years ago, when that veteran angler, George Shiras, of Pittsburgh
<he father of the present Justice of the Supreme Court of that name'
tramped over these hills and fished in all the streams there, that sc-
tion was comparatively in a primitive condition. But Mr. Shiras has
lived to see the country develope into a flourishing condition, with
railroads running through it, and large timber interests, and with the
years that have passed, the fame of Mr. Shiras as an angler has in-
creased, until the present day, on the eve of his ninetieth year, he is
the most venerable and respected follower of old Isaak Walton to be
found in the United States. The writer thus speaks of Mr. Shiras
because the latter has almost a national reputation as an angler, and
i« yet an annual visitor to the Sault de St. Mane, where he is an
honored guest of the old Chippewa house. There is a great arm
chair brought out on his arrival at this old hostelrie for his special
benefit on every fair day during his sojourn. The old gentleman is
on the alert for trout, and it is not an uncommon thing for him to
bring in several trout from three-quarters of a pound to three or four
pounds m weight. If, during his absence from the hotel, anvone
should be thoughtless enough to drop into the old chair, he is quicklv
reminded that it is the exclusive right of Mr. Shiras to occupv it, and
he IS politely invited to vacate.

East of this beautiful region in the Cumberland vallev is the New-
ville spring, a great flow of limestone water, located at the village of
that name near the line of the Cumberland Valley railroad. This

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stream is famous for its tine trout aud tlie uumber it contains. It is
one of tlie very liuest streams in the State, tlie banlvs of wliicU are
' lined with eager tishermen on the annual opening day of the lishmg
season. It is the natural home of the speckled trout, but it has been
plentifully stocked with California or rainbow trout, and it is one of
the very few streams in l»ennsylvania in which that species of hsh
has been known to propagate naturally. NewviUe spring has con
siderable depth and width and Hows through the most beautiful por
tion of the Cumberland valley.

In this vallev is also the Conodoquinet, a stream that has been
plentifullv stocked and is a favorite resort of tiie lonil tishermen.

At Shippensburg some years ago a Mr. Dyckman, who had accu-
mulated quite a fortune in business i-nterprises, located and became
owner bv pur<-hase of a large stream similar to that at Newville,
where he engaged in the work of trout culturi'. On this property he
spent much monev and made quite an attractive i»lace of it, so that
manv visitors came to his ponds. His work seemed quite successtul,but
whether his tish culture work still continues is unknown to the

writer.

There is also at Cai-lisle. which has been mentioned in history and
documents of record ever since the earliest of colonial days, a good
trout stream or two, and others have been lately stocked.

Striking southwest to Westmoreland county, is the neighborhood
of New Florence on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad is Tub Mill
Run, a most excellent stream, a tributary of the Conemaugh.

These streams mentioned are but a titlu^ of thos<^ which are to be
found in nearlv ev^My section of the State, and whhh have afforded
good sport for the angler for generations, and which are likely to for
venerations to come, of the beneficent laws now in operation con
t'inue to be enforced, and the wise policy now prevailing of assisting
the fish commissicui in its good work.

CHAPTEK XVII.

Mountain Lakes of the State.

The peiqde of Pennsylvania justly take pride in its natural lakes.
While none of these boilies of water are as large as the smalh'st ot
the chain in the central part of New York, yet the greater number
are much handsomer than they, and even rival in beauty and attra.
tiveness the most famous of those in the great Adirondack region-
The State abounds in these lovely sheets of water. There is scarcel;.
a county through which a mountain range extends that does not pos

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sess several, aud all are fair to look upon, while some have besides
such picturesque surroundings that they have become popular re-
sorts for people beyond the charm they hold for the angler. While
there are lakes scattered all over the State the greater number ai'e lo-
cated in the northeastern part, in Pike, xMonroe, Wayne, Susque-
hanna, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Carbon, Sullivan and Bradford coun-
ties. Of these counties Wayne probably has the lead in point of
numbers, there being some one hundred and fifty within its borders,
but IMke county is a close second in this respect, although in the
opinion of many who have been in both sections, is far in the lead
when inherent loveliness and pisturesque surroundings are taken
into consideration. Crawford county, in the northwestern part of
J*ennsylvania, is also i)rolific in natural lakes, and here too is the
largest body of water in the State; it is called Conneaut lake and
rcupies nearly equal portions of Summit and Sadsbury townships.
It is more than six miles long and possesses many charms.

The greater number of these lakes are the results of the great ice
age which swept its frozen mantleof unknown depth over a great por-
ticm of this country countless ages ago. When glaciers poured their
frozen masses down steep mountain sides some on retiring left be-
hind huge terminal moraines which banked up small streams into
pretty mountain lakes. Others in their awful glow gouged out great
holes in the mountain sides until springs were come upon, which
when the age of ice had gone, filled up to the brims the basins
which had been made.

In IMke county exovy lake is at least one thousand feet above the
sea and no two of them are alike. Some, such as Porters' pond, or
Lake Tedyuscung, in Porter township, are shallow and cover an
ooze bottom which cloud the waters a pale green; others, like Silver
lake, near Dingman's Ferry, and High Knob pond, or Lake Laura in
lilooniing <irove township, are as clear as crystal. Among the most
beautiful in the county are Silvei- lake and Lake Laura, the latter be-
huiginng to th<^ P.looming Grove Park Association. It nestles high
up on the sides of one of several isolated mountains of the Knob
group of the Pocono range and covers 447 acres. It is kidney-shaped
and in many places is said to be more than seventy feet deep. Its
bottom is covered with huge boulders, soem fully as large as a good
sized house, the remains of the glacial epoch. In this water and
among these boulders lie black bass in countless numbers and of
prodigious size, making it emphatically the best resort for this spe-
cies of fishing in the State. This lake was stocked many years ago
by some gentlemen before it came into the possession of the Bloom-
ing Grove Park Association, and before they preserved it it was
visited by illegal fishermen and others to such an extent that it was
rapidly becoming worthless.

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Tlie Blooming Grove Park Association, composed mainly of New
York sportsmen, own or control upward of 20,000 acres of tlie wild
land in I'ike county, where tliej maintain a rigid tish and game pre-
serve, though they aie by no means illiberal towards sportsmen who
desire reasonable privileges. More than a quarter of a million dol-
lais have been expended in this county in htting up and maintaining
this great preserve, and it has been of much beneht to the hardy
woodmen who live thereabouts. Last year alone over l|5,457 were
spent in improvements. Comfortable club houses have been erected
and a large hsh hatchery is maintained to keep well stocked the
many trout streams and the lakes within the borders of the associa-
tion property. At this hatchery, more than half a million trout fry
are annually incubated. During the year 1802, according to the
score books of the members, 3,iiGl trout were taken, and 2,32a black

bass killed.

From the top of High Knob mountain, one of the group in the
Blooming Grove Park Association's preserves, on a clear summer
day, no less than thirteen natural mountain lakes are to be seen,
glistening in the sun-light like gems of peail in settings of emerald.
From the summit of this mountain a glorious view is obtained,
though any one venturing to make the ascent had better be provided
with a bottle of water and a club for rattlesnakes, as there is none
of the first and plenty of the latter after beginning the rough climb.

It is singular that none of the mountain lakes of Pike, Monroe or
Wayne counties have trout in them except w here artificially planted,
for all the streams running into or from them are filled with this
great game fish. Pike or pickerel and yellow perch, catfish or bull-
heads and sunfish are the fishes indigenous to their w aters. This is
stranger when it is known that one or two lakes, notably Perch pond
or Lake Belle, after having been stocked with brook trout did well.

One of the best stocked bodies of water in the county is Silver
lake, near Dingman's Ferry. This enchanting sheet is of consider-
able size, with water limpid as dew and very deep. Originally, it
contained little else than pike, but now, through the Pennsylvania
Fish Commission, there is an abundance therein of wall-eyed pike,
black bass, rock bass, white bass and strawberry bass. Lake trout
wer also put in this lake as an experiment, but thus far there do not
appear to have been any good results.

As Wayne county has the largest number of lakes, the fish com-
mission paid particular attention to their stocking. Pike-perch,
strawberry, black, rock and white bass have been placed in great
quantity in all of them, and in the deepest lake trout have been
planted. These fish have nearly all done well, and have multiplied
to a most gratifyinfj extent.
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With pike-perch has been in Conneaut lake, in Crawford county.
These waters now abound in this valuable food fish, although, but a
few years have elapsed since they were first put in. Black bass
planted in this lake at the same time have also thrived to a marvel-
ous extent.

Eagle's Mere, in Sullivan county, is another lake which has re-
ceived close attention from the fish commission. The waters of this
lake are so deep and clear that they seemed especially fitted for
lake trout, though none were indigenous. Five or six years ago,
however, a number were deposited in this lake, and the results sur-
passed expectation. Lake trout twenty to twenty-four inches long
are frequently taken, while small ones are very abundant, showing
that they are naturally spawning and hatching.

Besides these lakes in the counties mentioned, there is Long Pond,
in Tunkhannock township, near the Phohoko mountains, in Monroe
county, a handsome body of water that extends nearly across the
township and aflords good fishing. Besides this there are one or
two otlier smaller lakes near the Delaware Water Gap, in the same
county.

Sus(|ucliauua county also has within its borders many pretty
lakes. The largest of these is the Stillwater, or great width of
stream, in the township of the same name as the lake. Silver lake,
in the northern part of the county, near Montrose, is also a beautiful
body of water and contains a large quantity of good food fishes, and
lake trout have recently been deposited therein. The best pond in
Luzerne county is Uarvey's. For many years this was one of the fa-
vorite fishing waters of ihe State, and to such an extent was it vis-
ited that finally it became almost depopulated. Then the Pennsylva-
nia Fish Commission had it re-stocked heavily, and with the assist-
ance of the residents thereabouts, laws governing fishing were en-
forced, and the results have been more than satisfactory, for once
more Harvey's lake is holding a prominent place among anglers' af-
fections.

In LackaNNanna county is Crystal lake— a body of water worthily
named— that lies partly in Lackawanna and partly in Susquehanna
county. Many people visit here annually and enjoy good sport.

A handsome pond in Wyoming county is Crooked lake, and its
irregular shaped body in Overfield township affords good fishing, as
doi's also Marcy's pond in Lemon and Tunkhannock townships the
largest lake in that section.

Nearly all the natural lakes in Pennsylvania have been stocked
from time to time by the fisli commission, and there is not one but
has been ])enefited there]>y. Tn some, certain kinds of fish have been
I'lt in that did not thrive, even though the water conditions seemed
favorable, hut n trial with some other sort eventuallv succeediHl.

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Black, strawberry, white and rock bass, pike-perch and lake trout
have been the species usually used for stocking pui-poses, though oc-
casionally some others have been tried with varying success. Of
this last class, the rainbow trout have yielded the best results.

When this far-western game flsh was first experimented with in
the east the mountain streams were tried, but for some reason they
did not generally seem to thrive. Van Camp's stream, in Pike
county; Hollisters' creek, in Wayne; Newvilie, in Cumberland, and
a few others elsewhere, there was greater or less success, but on the
whole the experiment was disheartening, and except on local appli-
cations the work of stream stocking with rainbow trout has beeu
practically abandoned. The reason for this failure has not beeu
satisfactorily explained. Placed in waters apparently suitable, they
often entirely disappeared almost immediately to turn up in another
creek some distance away, the waters of which seemed not nearly
as favorable for their habits of growth. A notable example of this
was near Erie a few yeare ago. Here a certain stream near the city
of Erie was plentifully planted with rainbow trout and for a time
they seemed perfectly satisfied with their new home, but suddenly
not one was to be found in the waters in which they had been de-
posited. A couple of years later fishes of this species wt»re caught
in great numbers in a stream two or three miles distant, where no
flsh of their kind had been placed. Both brooks tMni)tied into I^iko
Erie, and it is supposed that not being satisfied with their first home
they abandoned it for the lake and made their way into the waters
where they were subsequently found. In this connection it is note-
worthy that some of this fish must have remained in the lake, for re-
cently they have been caught (here in some numbers and they seem
to be increasing.

When the experiment of stream planting with rainbow trout
proved generally a failure, lake ])lanting with this fish was attempt-
ed. In this, as remarked above, some success has been met with,
probably because in bodies of this character they cannot indulge in
their seemingly migratory inclinations. Many mountain lakes of
the State, therefore, yield fair rainbow trout fishing, though not. and
probably never will, equal the yield that other kinds do.

CHAPTER XVIIT.

History of the Pike- Perch.

The shad was not the only great food fish that inhabited the
waters of the Susquehanna about three quarters of a century ago
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Black, strawberry, wliitc and ruck bass, pike perch and lake trout
have been the species usnalb "«t^'^ t«^»i' slocking purposes, though oc
casiouallv some others iiave been tried with varying success. Uf
this last class, the rainbow trout have yielded the best results.

When this far western game lish was lirst experimented with in
the east the mountain streams were tried, but lor some reason they
did not generally seem to thrive. \'an Camp's stream, in Pike
county; llollisteiV creek, in Wayne; Newville, in Cumberland, and
a few others elsewhere, there was greater or less success, but on the
whole the experiment was disheartening, and except on local ai)pli-
cations the work of stream stocking with rainbow trout has beeM
practically abandoned. The reason for this failure has not be«'n
satisfactorily explained. Placed in waters apparently suitable, they
often entirely disapijeared almost immediately to turn up in another
creek some distance away, the waters of which seemed not nearly
as favorable for their habits of growth. A notable example of thit
was near Erie a few years ngo. Here a certain stream near the city
of Erie was plentifully i)lanted with rainbow trout and for a time
they sseemed perfectly satisfied with their new home, but suddenly
not one was to be found in the waters in which they had been ife-
p(»sited. A couple of years later fishes of this species w&m eaughl
in great iinmbers in a stream two or three miles distant, where »<»
lish of their kind had been placed. Itoiii brooks emjilied into Lake
Erie, and it is sup]tosed that not being satisfied with their first home
they abandoned it for tin- lake and made theii- way into the waters
where they were snbsecjuently found. In tliis connection it is note
worthy that some oi' this fish must have reuiained in the lake, for re-
cently they have been caught there in some numbers and they mtm\

to l)e increasing.

When the experiment of streaiu jdanting with rainbow trout
proved generally a failun-. lake planting with this fish was alK'inpt
ed. In this, as remarked above, some success lias been met with,
ju'obably because in bodies of this character they cannot in<lulge in
tlieir seemingly migratory inclinations. .Many mountain lakes of
the State, therefore, yield fair rainbow front fishing, though not. and
pmliably never will, equal the yield that other kinds do.

riTAlTKH Will.

History of the Pike Pei-ch.

The shad was not the only great food fish that inhabited the
waters of the Susquehanna about three quarters of a century ago
in prodigious (pianfiti(*s. Pike-perch in counth^ss numbers antl of

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large nize were to be louud evei>\vliere fium the Chesapeake to the
headwaters of the main river, and. in the large tributaiies. Although
not indigenous to the river the flsh became widely known as the
Susquehanna salmon, and as such is still often offered for sale in the
markets and spoken of by many fishermen. It was under the name
of salmon also that the apprentices rejected it as food in their inden-
tures, more than once or twice a week.

In addition to these names this flsh was known by many of the
older residents along the Susquehanna as the swager salmon. It is
also called wall-eyed pike, glass eye, blue-pike, yellow-pike, green-
pike and grass-pike. It is also occasionally called the pickerel and
white salmon. The Cree Indians call it the okow and the French
Canadians dore or picarel. Among the fur-traders of British America
it is called the horn-fish, and in the Allegheny and Ohio it is called
the Jack salmon.

Just how the pike-perch became an inhabitant of the river is
something of a mystery, especially, as, until introduced recently by
the commission into other streams of Pennsylvania, the Susque-
hanna alone contained them.

The most plausible story of their introduction is related by Hon.
Simon Cameron. He says that shortly after the war of 1812 a Jesuit
priest and an Englishman living on the banks of the Susquehanna,
who had previously seen the pike-perch in Seneca Lake, New York,
conceived the idea of transplanting them to the waters of the river
on which they lived. They accordingly made the journey to this
lake and captured several specimens and brought them safely to Che-
mung river, a tributary of the Susquehanna, where they were de-
posited, at Elmira, then known as Newton, and there set them free.
While the distance between Seneca lake and Chemung river is but
twelve miles, the way in those days was beset by many difficulties,
and considering this the bringing of these few fish successfully from
their native waters to their new home is much more remarkable than
the feat wliich has been accomplished in the present generation of
carrying live fish several thousand miles.

From these transplanted pike-perch, it is said, the "salmon" of the
Susquehanna have all sprung.

They multiplied so ra]>idly that in a very few years they swarmed
in the deeper waters and became one of the staple food fishes of the
Susquehanna. Their solid, heavy meat, richer even in flavor than
the striped bass, sometimes called the rockfish, caused the people to
consider them even superior to the shad, and notwithstanding their
number they commanded a much higher price.

They were caught in seines, on hooks and lines, and were the sport
to the ffigger at night. Nescopeck Falls, directlv opposite Berwick,
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near where the Kescopeek creek empties into the river was a noted
place for ''salmon" fishing with hook ami line. Men standing on the
shore with long poles and lines would often, in drawing out the tish,
lodge tht^m in the branches of the trees, giving them the appearance
of salmon-producing trees. The present generation of fish for them by
two methods, by steel fishing with minnows and by trolling. In
angling by the first named manner, live minnows are used in prefer-
ence to all other baits, particularly such as are more or less trans-
parent with silvery sides, as the fall-fish or dace, the cori>oral roach,
the red fin and the gudgeon. When trolling, the favorite method be-
tween nolumbia and Harrisburg, a small lami^-ey eel is usually at-
lached to the spoon in place of the feathers, sunk very deep, near a
rocked ledge and drawn through the water much more slowly than
when after other species of fish. When a pike-perch first strikes, it
is not a strong, vicious try that is felt, such as other members of his
family give, but a steady pull such as might be made by n man haul-
ing in a line with his feet braced. This peculiarity often leads the
angler to imagine for a time that his hook is fast on a log. But
when the fish is brought near the sui'face it abandons the sullen
hang bflck policy and begins a vigorous fight for its life, nffordinir the
angler more than fair sport. Tt is a peculiarity of mnny of the boat-
men in this section, that when a fish is struck he will begin rowing
as endeavoring to escape from an enemy, and unless stopped very
nuicklv will succeed in drowning the pike perch, before the angler
has a chnnce to extract any sport from his catch. This curious hnbit
is due. it is said, from their own habit when fishing to get their prey
out of the wnter ns speedily as possible.

■Resides the name of Rusquehannn salmon, the pike perch is also
known as the "Jack salmon." thouirh the fish is not related in any
way to the salmon tribe, but belonirs to the perch tribe family.

Tn the report of the Pennsylvania Fi«h rommissiouers for 1S02. is
found the followinir excellent account of this valuable food fish:

"The pike perch or wall-eved pike inhabits the Oreat Lake region
and extends northward into British America, where it has been re-
corded as far as fiftv-eijrht deirrees north bv T>r. "Richardson. Tt
ranjres south in the Afississippi vallev to Arkansas, and in Atlantic
streams to Oeoriria. This species is said to reach a weiirhi of fifty
pound." thouf'h such are i-arelv found. The largest specimen from
the Pennsvlvania rivers was found dead ou the banks of the Susnue-
hanna under the Shamokin dnm some time af-o. This fish weighed
twentv two pounds and had evidentlv in life been a trifle heavier
"but the avera^i-e weight of the mnrket sneHmens is less than five
pounds." But fishes of ten or t^volvo oounds are not uncommon.

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charged even with destroying its own young. It prefers clear and

rapid waters, and lurks under submerged logs and rocks, from which

it can readily dart upon its prey. Spawning takes place in April and

May, and in Pennsylvania continues until June. The period of

hatching varies from about fourteen to thirty days, depending upon

the temperature of the water. The eggs vary from about seventeen

to twenty-five to the inch, and a single female has been estimated to

contain from two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand eggs.

In a state of nature only a small percentage of the eggs are hatched

out; the greater portion are driven upon the lake shores by storms

and devoured by fishes upon the spawning beds." "Dexter," in

Forest and Stream, August 14, 1890, makes the following statement

about its habits in the lakes: "These fish run up the rivers before or

as soon as the ice is out, and after spawning lie off the river*s mouth

feeding on and off the sand flats, as the spring rains bring down

plenty of worms and probably other matter which they feed on. As

soon as the water gets warm they sag otf and work along the shores

in two to thirty feet of water, preferring cobbly botton; from here

they go into very deep water, coming on the reefs to feed, and when

the wind blows very hard for a day or so after a big blow, you will

find them right on top of a reef. I think the wind changes the water

over the reefs, making a new current and cooler water, so they come

up to feed. They are a bottom fish, and to fish for them successfully

we must go to the bottom for them They are nearly as particular

as salmon trout about the water they inhabit, and consequently rank

very high as a food fish, being very white, solid and extremely free

from bones."

The pike-perch is fairly entitled to be called a handsome fish, even
though there is something of ferocity in the appearance of its jaw.
It is long and slender like a pike, with markings somewhat similar:
a general color of mingled olive and brassy yellow, and with the
strong shapely fins of the perch.

This is the characteristic appearance of the mature fish; the young
are equally striking, with rapidly changing color as they advance
towards maturity. They have, in their earliest stages, obligue dark
bands, very much like the king-fish of the sea. "The eye of the living
fish is like a glowing emerald," so green and fiery is it in its younger
days.

The same reckless disregard of the rights of posterity and of
others in their generation was observed by the fishermen on the Sus-
quehanna with regard to the pike perch as to the shad. As a result,
Ihis noble food fish, like the shad, became more and more scarce, till
from being in those waters in gre.it abundance they were rcwr^y rryr^t
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Wliile the Fish CN)nimissioueis of tlie Stale recognized the value
of tlie pike-perch as a good tish, and viewed with concern its rapid
destruction, nol onl.v in the Susquehannji, but in Lake Erie, one of
its native homes as well, they were so situated that they were unable
to do much towards their increase until isstl. In that year the at-
tention of the Inited States Commission was also directed to the
matter, and that year the latter body hatched about 12,000,000 fry at
Sandusky. Ohio. These were turned over to the Pennsylvania Com
missioners, who dei^osited the greater number of tiiem in the Sus
quehanna river and its beautiful tributary, the Juniata. Then, be-
lieving that the waters of the Delaware an<l the Srliuylkill were als.
well suited for this species of tish, the renuiinchM- were i>hnH«Ml in Ww
up])er waters of the first and in the other near the city <»f Reading*
These fry in the Delaware and Schuylkill took kindly to their new
<iuarters and grew with marvelous rapidity, so mucli so that in
March of the present year one was caught at Dingman's Ferry which
weighed nine pounds and three quarters, while large numbers have
been caught which tipped the scales at four and five pounds. For
the most part these pike-perch remain in the upper waters, being
seen most abundantly at Lackawax<'n, Hancock and Deposit.

In tlie same year (18S0) the Pennsylvania Commissioners jdso be-
gan the hatching of pike perch eggs, using their new liatchery at
Erie, and they distributed nearly 9.000.000 young fish of this species.
In 1890, from the same place, the commissioners sent out ia..54.'i.OOO
pike-])erch fry, and one year later they hatched the enormous num
ber of 40.r»00,()00, within 3.000,000 of the total number of young shad
that were hatched and placed in the Delaware and Susquehanna riv
ers between 18S0 and ISOl. Not content with this enormous num-
ber, the commissioners redoubled their efforts and last year hatched
out and planted nearly as many i»ike perch, as had been incubated by
them in the previous years combined, the figures being for 1802.
50,000,000. for 1880-01, 03.13.5,000. Most of tlw'se young fry w<mc
placed in the waters of Lake Erie, but a vast quantity were deposited
in the Susquehanna, upper Delaware and their tributaries. Large
numbers were also jjlanted in all the largei- lak(»s of Wayne county,
and some of those of Pike county, notably Silver lake, near Ding

man's Ferry.

Wherever they have been placed they have succeeded. Tn the Del-
aware, as already noted, many large fish have been caught, and the
stock is increasing naturally: some have been captured in the
Schuylkill river b(^low "Reading, and the fish of this species have in-
creased to an appreciable degiee in the Susquehanna. So marked
has been the success of this endeavor, that the Commissoiners have
strong hopes, can the present beneficent laws be maintained and en-
forced, that the pike-perch will become next to the shad, one of the
most important of the interior food fishes financially.

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OHAPTEK XIX.
History of the Black Bass.

When a survey of the waters of the State is made, and in every
liver and lake having haid rocky bottoms are found black bas8>,
soiiietiuies to the practical exclusion of other species of large lishe«,
it seems almost incredible that a little more than thirty-three years
ago, not a specimen of this member of the perch tribe was to be
found therein. Yet this is, as far as is known, absolutely correct.
For the introduction of this magnificent game and table hsh the peo-
ple are indebted, primarily, to the genial and enthusiastic angler,
"Thad" Xorris, and, secondarily, a number of ardent Easton and
riiiladelphia fishermen.

Early in 1870 Mr. iS'orris, who was thoroughly acquainted with the
habits, game qualities and table merits of the black bass, feeling
satisfied that this species of fish would do well in the waters of Penn-
sylvania, broached the subject of introducing a number to Mr. How-
aid J. Reeder and G. W. Stout. These gentlemen entered enthu-
siastically into the project and a considerable sum of money was
speedily raised, Mr. Norris collecting about $1,000 and Mr. Stout
^;{13.

With one-half the amount collected, about four huudred and fifty
black bass were purchased at Harper's Ferry. These fish were
mature specimens taken from the Potomac river, which was full of
them, the river having been incidentally protected through the civil
war.

The bass thus purchased were taken to the Delaware river, where
tlu'.v weie dej»osited, October 26, 1870, just below the Lehigh dam at
Easton. Shortly afterwaids a number of other public-spirted citi-
zens residing along tlie Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers, pur-
chased a nunilM r of fish from the same locality on the Potomac
l)aying therefore one dollar each, and planted them in those two
streams.

The le-^ult surpassed their expectations. The fish took kindly to
their new (pisi iters and nniltiplie<l in such amazing quantity that in
three years they wi^vo caught in the Delaware, Susquehanna and
Scliuvlkill rivers in great numbers. Fish four and five pounds in
weight were frecjuently caught in 187.'^. The voracity and eagerness
with which they took both bait and fly, the stubborness and vigor
with which they fought for freedom and life when hooked speedily
•made them a favorite game-fish among anglers, many old brethren
of the rod, indeed, declaring that the new fish yielded more sport
than the speckled trout

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Cil Vi'TEU XIX.
HIstovy ut the Black lias.s.

\\ Ueii a .survL'3 ul ihe waters ul ilii* State is made, and iu evecj'
river and Jake haviug hard loeky bottoms are louiid bhiek bassj,
suiiietimes to the practical exclusion of other species of large lishe*,
il seems almost incredible thai a lit lie more than thirty tliree yestrs
ago, not a specimeu of this member of the perch tribe was To be
found therein. Vet this in, us far as is known, absoluieiy correct.
For the introduction of this magnificent game and table lish the peo-
j»le ait* indebted, prinicirily, to the genial and eulliusiastic angler,,
••'i'h;i«r' Noiris, and, secondarily, a uumber of ardent Kaston and
1 'hiliidciphia lishermen,

iLarly in J>7(> Mv. Xorris, wko w^ thoroughly accinainled with the
habits, game qualities and table merits of the black bass, feelin!*
satislk'd that this species of lish would do well in the waters of Penu-
sylvnoia, broached the subject of introducing a number to Mr. ilow-
m^ S, Reeder and <l. \\ . Stoul. These gentlemen entered enthu-
siastically inio the project and a considerable sum u( money was
specdil.N raised, Mr. Nunis collecling about .sijmh) uud Mr. ritout

\\ itii one-half the aiaount collected, about four hutt^ed aiid fiftv
Idack bass were pur«-hased at lTarper*s Ferry. These tish were
mature specimens taken from the Folomac river, which was full of
them, the river having been incideuially |»i<»iec!«d ilnougli tlu^ civil
war.

The hmm thus purchased were taken to the Delaware river, where
Ihey were deposit e«l. ( htober 1*6, 1870. just below the Lehigh dam at
Kasfoii. Wnutly afterward* a number of other jMililic spirted citi-
yens residing ahmg the Huscjuelunina and Schuylkill rivers, pur-
cluised a Mnmbor #1 ^^ ^^ tbe wiae Joeality on the Potomac^
paying iherelnre *>ap dollar each, and jdanied ihem in those two
srream*.

The re'inlt surpassed their fX|«»rtation«. The lish took kindiv to
their new qmnters and miiliijilied in such amazing qnaTitity that in
tli?ce xcais !lie\ Were caught ^ t%e f>elaware. Susquehanna and
i^chuvlkill rivers in great numbers. Fish four and tlve pounds In;
\\ei;^hi w.ic Irequenily <augiit in 1S7.".. The \niacii\ and eagerness
with whirh they took both bait and ll,\. the stubborness an<l vioor
with which they fought for freedom and life when hookr'd speedilv
made them a favorite game-fish among anglers, many old brethren
of the rod. indeed, deohiring that the new fish yielded more sport
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A welcome surprise to the angler, the black bass was a disagree-
able one to the net fishermen. To the indignant astonishment of
the latter, when caught in the summer and fall, within the sweep or
bag of the seine, the black bass almost invariably made their escape
from the deadly contrivance by leaping out of the water and over
the upper or cork line of the net, and it was not until this species of
fish capturer found that the black bass could not escape the in-
iquitous fish basket that it rose at all in his estimation.

So rapidly did the bass multiply in the Delaware river that three
years after their introduction the fish commissioners were able to
stock other waters therefrom, and in 1873 no less than two thousand
and forty-four were captured near Easton and distributed through-
out the State. These fish were transported to their new quarters
under the personal direction of Mr. John P. Creveling, and so care-
fully was the work done that not a dozen fish were lost on the way.
They were conveyed in ordinary fifteen-gallon milk cans, the tem-
perature of the water being kept at about sixty-two degrees Fahren-
heit. From twenty-five to fifty fish were contained in each can, and
Mr. Creveling required six men to assist him in the work of caring
for them during the journey. These bass were deposited in the
Lehigh river, the North and West branches of the Susquehanna, the
Juniata and its branches, the reservoir near Hollidaysburg, Yellow
Breeches creek, Chiquesalonga creek, Octorora creek and Codorus

creek.

So great was the demand for black bass, almost as soon as its qual
ities became known, and so limited were the financial resources of the
Ooinmissioners that in 1873 these gentlemen were compelled to an-
nounce that they could supply but a limited number to each appli-
cant, and then only on the individual paying the freight. This, it is
related was cheerfully done.

Through not thoroughly understanding the habits of the black bass
Ihe Commissioners, in 1874, were able only to capture 1,985 fish for
stocking purposes. These were placed in Muncy, Swatara, Cones
toga, Mill, Brandywine, Pine, Conroy, Canton, Buffalo, Pine, Penn,
Wissahickon, Little Conewago, Conodoguinet, Marsh, Big Conewago,
Big and Little Chiquesalonga creeks, Susquehanna, Conoquenessing,
Allegheny and Lehigh rivers; also in Saylor's lake and Porters and
Twelve Mile Lakes, in Pike county. In Porter's lake the bass never
succeeded owing to the muddy nature of its bottom, but in the others
they speedily made themselves at home and multiplied, Twelve Mile
pond, indeed, being now well known as far away as central New
York for its bass-fishing qualities.

As may be supposed the wonderful success met with by the fish
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game itish, caused those gentlemen ,to, study them with great
eagerness and devise means to increase the supply by ai'tificial
propagation. This, however, was found exceedingly difficult
and uuprolitable; what lew were hatched were neither healthy
or suitable for planting. This attempt was therefore aban-
doned. There was, however, little need for artificial propaga-
tion. The black bass may fairly be put down as one of the most pro-
lific and valuable of our fresh water fishes. Their fertility is won-
derful, a pair of large bass will deposit from 20,000 to 30,000 eggs,
and these are guarded with Spartan like fidelity by both parents, al-
ternately watching all intruders with jealous eyes and attacking
them with great ferocity should they approach too near. Even after
the young are hatched the watchfulness of the parents is still kept
up for some weeks, theii* numerous enemies are battled with, and
the little ones are taught to forage aud obtain food suitable to their
taste and condition.

The very rapidity with which they increased caused in a few years
fear, less they would drive out all other fishes, but this fear soon
proved groundless. Discussing this possibility the fish commission-
ers, in their report for 1883 84, say "whih' all will admit that the
black bassisone of the most prolific, palatable and gamey of our fresh
\\ ater fishes, the question has arisen and is being warmly discussed,
whether its introduction into the waters of eastern l*ennsylvania
has been a blessing or otherwise.

'^Nearly everybody, but especially spoitsmen, anticipated great re-
sults from their introduction. Anglers were especially delighted,
while commercial fishermen, turning their eyes towards the Potomac,
which was producing great quantities of bass, l(M>ke<i hopefully for-
ward to the time when the streams of our own State would yield a
like harvest. As the trout streams in nearly every portion of the
State had become practically barren, the black bass were welcomed
with sincere joy. Anticipation ran high and it cannot be denied that
it was fully warranted by the almost immediate rapid increase in
numbers and size of the newcomers.

"That those bright anticii)ations were ephemeral, and that they
were realized but for a very brief periml, needs not the saying. In
some cases the bass were roundly denounced as nuisances, and
among the loudest and most vigorous com|>lainants were those who
were of those w^ho, only a little while before, had been their most
zealous champions. The stiangers were charged with not merely de-
vouring other fish too weak to defend themselves against such pow-
erful assailants, but that when they had exhausted that source of
food supply, with turning upon and devouring their own progeny;
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and that, eventually failing to find the required supply of animal
food, would themselves become extinct. In proof of the latter alle-
gation, the gradual dimunitions in the annual catches in the Po-
tomac and Susquehanna were pointed to.

"Now, all this may be true, and it may not. The friends of the
black bass while admitting their ravenous disposition, stoutly deny
that the bass are indiscriminate exterminators of weaker fish, or
that there is the slightest evidence of dimuuition in their numbers,
save such as can be readily traced to the deadly fish-basket and other
illicit contrivances for catching and killing them.

"They insist that as far as the Susquehanna and Delaware are con-
cerned, the minnows destroyed by the bass are those which depre-
date upon the spawn of the shad and the perch, or wall-eyed pike.
Moreover, they contend that if the rivers were depopulated of min-
nows, it would pay to the State handsomely to hatch shad largely for
the special purpose of supplying food for the bass.

"From this it will be seen that this fish may not be as black as it
is painted. Stronger evidence than has yet been presented is wanted
by the board before determining what course shall be pursued."

About this time a gentleman residing on the Susquehanna, a very
strong friend of the black bass, came forward in defense in a letter
to the Board of Fish Commissioners. In it he says :

"There is a very decided increase of the native salmon, pike perch,
or wall-eyed pike, in this river. Last year (1878) hundreds were
taken, averaging a foot in length and about three- fourths of a pound
in weight. This increase is accounted for by the fact that the bass
destroyed the small fish that preyed upon the eggs of the pike. If
the laws now on the statute books against fish-baskets and nets are
enforced, these fish, which grow to a weight of ten pounds, will nat-
urally increase. Until that is done, there is no room for the hope
that there ever will be a material improvement in the product. Last
fall, at the dam below Sunbury, there was taken out in a single night
by one of those infernal machines and seines, no less than fourteen
hundred pounds of bass and salmon. In other parts of the main
river, and in the Juniata, the average catch of each basket at night,
when the water was about three feet above the ordinary height, was
at least fifty young salmon, about twelve inches in length."

Another gentleman reported to the board that he had seen two
bushels of young bass taken from a single basket in one niglit. An
other, that a man of his acquaintance fed five bushels of young bass
to his hogs in less than one week.

Yet, at the session of the legislature concluded this year, there
were men who came to the members and claimed that no fish protec-

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tive laws were needed, and asked that the iniquitous fish-baskets be
legally restored to the rivers.

That whatever fall off there was in the supply of black bass, was
due almost entirely to fish-baskets and other illegal devices for catch-
ing them, was soon after abundantly demonstrated. By vigorous
measures the Delaware river was cleared of all fish baskets and traps
but such a laudable result did not follow similar efforts in the Sus-
quehanna. Almost immediately the catches in the former stream
began sensibly to increase, and does to this day, while those of the
latter water-course is steadily declining. As long as fish-baskets are
allowed to remain in the rivers just so long may the people expect to
have poor results either for sport or commercial purposes. Remove
them, and see that all the laws for the protection of fishes are en-
forced, and the waters will once more speedily teem with a valuable
table food.

CHAPTER XX.

Life History of the Charrs.

Besides the efforts made by the Pennsylvania Fish Commissioners
for the restoration of the shad-fishing industries in the rivers of the
Commonwealth, for the white fish industries of Lake Erie, for the in-
crease of pike-perch and for the establishment of the black bass in all
the suitable waters of the State, they early paid earnest attention to
the re-stocking of the trout streams of the State. In this endeavor
they have been eminently successful. As remarked in a former chap-
ter, the early output of fry was not only small, but the work of the
commission being but little known, there was only a slight demand
for the fry. But the light of the commission was not long hidden.
By 1877 the output of brook trout fry had reached 154,000, then con-
sidered an enormous numl>er. The following year 253.000 were dis-
tributed. From 1879 to 1881, inclusive, .595,600 brook trout frv were
deposited in suitable waters in the State, an average of 108,500 an-
nually. In 1882, however, a great leap was made and 449,200 young
trout were liberated in the mountain streams. Throngli various ad-
verse circumstances, only 110,.500 brook trout were distributed in the
next two years, but in 1885 the figures were nearly repeated, 400,000
being planted, and in 1880 it was slightly exceeded, the number
being 490,100. The following year another considerable advance in

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the number propagated was made, and 089,000 speckled trout were
sent out from the two hatcheries. This would have been exceeded
in 1888 except lor a disease which attacked the fry in the eastern
hatchery, at Allentown, which destroyed over 400,000. As it was,
applications to the number of 500,500 were tilled. With increased
facilities in the two hatching houses, in 1889 and 1890, 2,094,900 were
planted, and in 1891, 2,508,000. Altogether, since the work of arti-
ficial propagation commenced, to and including the present year
over 10,000,000 brook trout fiy have been hatched and distributed.
The rich yield of streams which a few years ago had become almost
barren, and the encouraging results of others which had been barren
for many years, are themselves indisputable evidence of the value of
the work done by the fish commissioners at a nominal cost to the
State.

As recently determined the beautiful brook trout of our waters is
not a true salmon but a charr, a circumstance which need not cause
the angler or the lover of this attractive fish any sorrow, since all
the members of this group of salmonoids are noted not only for their
beauty and grace but their game qualities. No truer words were
ever spoken than those uttered by an eminent ichthyologist when he
declared that "no higher praise can be given to a salmonoid than to
call it a charr. It came by the name of trout through the Pilgrim
fathers who, when they first saw it in New England, mistook it for
the same fish they knew in their own Devonshire streams. Had they
come from the north of England or from Scotland and been more
observing, the error would in all likelihood have never been made.
But brook trout or speckled trout or charr, or whatever name may
be applied to the fish it needs no description. There are few anglers
who are not well acquainted with this most beautiful and graceful
of fishes. It is more eagerly sought for and by the majority of fresh
water sportsmen in the east prized more than any other member of
the finny tribe, while the epicure regards its flesh as unsurpass m1
for delicacy and richness of flavor. Unquestionably, the pure cold
water and the usually picturesque character of the streams in which
the brook trout live has something to do with making this fish a gen-
eral favorite among sportsmen, but undoubtedly its splendid game
qualities and other inherent good points have done more than any-
thinor else to achieve this end. The merest tyro in the art of fishing
who has killed but few trout, while he may not agree, will forgive
the angler who dogmatically declares it to be the gamiest fish that
swims. A well known angler in Pennsylvania once declared that to
play a speckled front gave him' a higher and keener sense of delight
than to hook and play a lordly black bass. "Both," he said "make a
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ends. The trout fights like a trained boxer, the other like a savage.
One arouses all my admiration and the other my blood. With one
I feel as though 1 was engaged in a friendly contest, with the other
almost as though it was the life of either myself or the bass."

But there is still another reason why we of the east should take
a particular pride in the speckled charr or trout. It belongs to us.
It is indigenous to our waters as its natural habitat is east of the
Allegheny mountains and the great lakes, with a longitudinal range
from the upper rivers of Georgia to Labrador. Thus, we can feel
that while we have received from other sections many noble fish, we
have fully repaid by giving in return a gloriously lovely and great
game fish of equal and often greater value.

Like most of the members of the true salmon tribe, the charrs are
truly fresh water fishes, but as with all the salmon, when afforded
opportunities, delight to take excursions into the salt water, where
they seem to thrive and increase in size. It is doubtless this happy
adventuresomeuess which caused the development of the speckled
trout, as the brook charr is likely to continue to be called despite
ichchyologists.

In a recent monograph, l*rofessor David S. Jordan, an eminent
ichthyologist, gives an interesting a<count of the origin of the true
trout and its journey to the Pacific coast from Europe, and its sub-
sequent development into the many forms which now exist west of
the great plains. This monograph and many indications suggest an
equally interesting as well as somewhat similar story of the life his-
tory of the charrs which is here advanced, though not stated as a
fact.

Like the true trout, the charr doubtless had as its parent the
salmon, but born as was its relative with pronounced characteristics
of its own. \\'hetlier correctly or erroneously, the writer suggests
that its birth place was in the British Isles, where several forms are
found to-day, particularly in Wales, the north of England and Scot-
land. In course of time some venturesome specimens in taking an
ocean journey found themselves in Greenland's fresh water streams,
where the climatic conditions were far different from those which
exist to-day. Changes in environment brought a change of form
and the species known to ichthyologists as salvelinus stagnalis.

From Greenland, some of the n<'W species, perhaps, made the short
journey to Arctic America, and si)read north and south, and as
through glacial, or siesmic action these groups became isolated, they
took new and distinct characteristics, the most northern becoming
salvelinus narsei, and arctica, and the moderately southern sub-
polar species Salvelinus Rossi, and still lower S. Nitidis. Traveling
still further south [into Labrador these advejituresom(e cjharrs

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changed their form again and became our special favorite, Selvelinua
fontinalis, or speckled trout. Even when reaching the temperate
clime, they made other specific habits in some suitable locations. In
the Rangely lakes, Maine, they transformed themselves into Selve-
linus, or blue back charr, and in the great lakes and some other deep
water ponds of Northern America into Selvelinus Namaycush, or
lake trout. Other forms, generally rare, also exist. It is
noteworthy, whether this be a true account of the wander-
ings of the charr or not, that there are but two of the species
claimed to be indigenous in Pacific coast waters, namely the lake
trout and the Dolly Varden trout, the latter of which received its
peculiar but not inappropriate title from the landlady of a Sacra-
mento hotel on account of the fancied resemblance to the gaily
spotted type of dress named in honor of one of Charles Dickens'
characters.

But wherever the charrs have their home, the water must be pure,
and the speckled trout is no exception to the rule. It prefers a tem-
perature of from 50 degrees to 55 degrees, but will live and do well
if other conditions are favorable at 08 degiees or even 70 degrees,
especially if the water is largely foam tossed and otherwise very
rapid running and broken.

Given suitable water and plenty of food, the brook trout does not
appear to care much whether a stream be mostly sun kissed, or em-
braced wholly by dark shadows, piovided there are plenty of lurking
places from which to watch for the coining of its food. This fish
loves the fringes and tails of eddies; the shelter of rocks or stones in
broiling rapids and at the base of falls: the shadows of half sub-
merged logs or overhanging banks and bushes. Only in deep, placid
and dark pools do they wander at all. In the other localities the larg-
est and strongest fish takes the best lair, the next occupies second
place, and so on, and in thes<' chosen locations they remain nose up
stream waiting for their prey, seldom going more than a few feet,
except in spawning time, when frightened, or in pursuit of some-
thing edible that comes under its marvelous vision. In all these
cases, however, as long as they live, unless some better place chances
to offer, they return to the same spot. This well known characteris-
tic affords the basis of many an angler's story of the cunning of some
aged speckled monster that for years defied ])ersistent efforts for its
capture, even wiien the most captivating lures were offered until
the fortunate narrator came along. While the brook trout some-
times reaches the weight of three or four pounds in Pennsylvania
waters the average size taken are from seven to nine inches,
although from ten to fifteen inches are not rare. But the last
named size is seldom exceeded; anything over usually excites gen-
eral attention, and the story of the catch will wander some distance
bevond the vicinitv in which it was made.

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From October to February or March is the spawning period of the
broolc trout, and the eggs are laid in a nest of gravel, and in-
cubate in from 35 to 1G5 days, according to the temperature of the
water, and in about two yeara grow to a catchable size. It is in the
ai tificial hatching of brook trout that the Fish Commission of Penn-
sylvania, in common with those of the other states, have shown a de-
cided superiority to nature. By the latter's methods a large portion of
the 800 to 1,000 eggs laid by the female trout are not impregnated, and
of those that are, not over 10 per cent, are hatched. By artificial
impregnation and incubation from 90 to 97 per cent, of the eggs pro-
duce trout fry, and of these practically all live to an age suitable to
be dej>osited in the different streams of the State.

CHAPTER XXL
Rainbow Trout and Its Ancestry.

When ichthyologists took the charrs from the true trouts and
placed lliem in a tribe by themselves under the name of Salvelinus,
they designated the following distinctions which led them to take
iliis action: The charrs, they said, "differed from the true salmons
by a peculiar arrangement of teeth on the little triangular bone in
the roof of the mouth known to anatomists as the 'vomer' from its
resemblance in shape to a plowshare.

"The chan's are also distinguished from the salmon by their very
small scales, and usually by numerous crimson or orange-colored
spots, which are especially conspicuous in the breeding season."

The charrs also, as a rule, take their food from the surface by an
upward rush, while the salmons ordinarily do so on a downward
leap.

According to Professor Jordan, of whom mention in the previous
chapter, in an article i>ublished in the October (1894) number of
"Recreation," the trout was "born in Europe on the flanks of the
glacial mountains" and liad as its progenitor the lordly salmon.

Professor Jordan then goes on to state that it made its way grad-
ually by streams and salt water to Siberia and thence in time by way
of Kamtschatka across the Behring sea to Alaska, but not before
it had made a radical change in form from any previously held.
This altered character it held in its new home, and is known among
ichthyologists as salmo mykirs, and the non-scientists as the cut-
throat trout from a curious, inverted V-shaped blotch of scarlet
n cross the throat, and identical with the sign manual of the Sioux
Indians.

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Fi'Oin OctolMT t(» IVbiuarv or Maiih in tin* spawiiiug period of llio
lu'ook Hour, and ilii* t',u;4s air laid in a nest <d' j^rJivel, and in
ciihate in lioni .iri to \{\7) da_\>, accoidini; m llie l«'nii<eralnre of lli«'
waici-. and in alxnit i u u vcais uiow lo a (.atthahh' size. It is iu tin*
aj lilicial liairliin^ of bio«»k trout that the blsli T'oniiuission of l*enn-
sylvania. in toninion with thos<' of tlie othn- statos. liavesliowu a de-
rided supeiioiil V to nal \\\v. \\\ the latters luelliods a huge i>orlion of
tlie 8(K> to 1,IKM) e^ius laid hv the I'eiuah' tiout are not inipr<'guated.and
of those tliut are, iioi over 10 per cent, are hat«he<l. By artificial
impregnation and inmltation from !>0 to \\~ per <ent. of the eggs pro-
duce trout fry, and of tUe^* praetiuaUy all live to an age suitable to
bo dopomted in the ditT<'rent HtreuBis of the ^tate.

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llainluiw Trout and Its Ancestry.

\\ hen i( hiliNologists ttiok the eharrs from the tfwe trottts aad
jdnced them in a tftl»e tw thomselves under the nann* of Salvelinus,
linn- designah'd iho following ilistinctions which led them to lake
lids action: Tin* <|ians, they naid. •'dilTered from llie truo salnnnis
tw a peculiar arrangem«'nt of teeth on the little triangular boue la
the roof of the mouth known to auatomists as the vomer' from its
K'^emblance in Hha|je to a pk>wshai*e.

**Tho rharrs are also distinguisheil from the mttftion by Uieir very
small srah's, and usually hy numerousi crimson or orange-colorfti
.spots. wlii<h ai'o especially conspicuous in th«' breeding season.''

The rharrs also, as a rulo, take their foo«l frcm the surface by an
ttpward ru»h, while the salmons ordinarily do so on a downward
k*ap.

Aeeording to Professor Jordan, of wlnun nuMition in the previous
chapter, iu an urtirlo publisliod la the October (1S!»4) number of
**Recreati«ui." tho trout was "born in Europe on the danks of the
glacial niouniains" ami had as its i»rogenit«u' the loidly sahnon.

^ofessor .fordan then goes on to state that It made its way grad-
uaMv Iw si reams and salt water to l^iberia ami thence in time bv way
*rf Kamtschatka across the TIeliring sen to Alaska, but not before
it had made a radical rhango in foi-ni from any pn-viously held.
This abered character it held in its mw homo, and is known among
ichthyologists ris snlmo mykirs. and the non scientists as th<» cut-
tliroat trout from a mrious. inverted V-shaped blotch of scarlet
nrrnss the throat, and identical with the sign manual of the Sioux
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Like tho old Norscmoii, \\w lion I had a rovinj^ spirit, and in course
of tiiin' soiiie of the cut ihroal s]MMit's vt'iilmt'd into the Coluuibia
liver and its ti ibntari«'s. and set Med and nndiiplied, and wherever
free areess <an he U<'1M Nvilii I he sra, the descendants retain the
ciiaraeleiisiif inaikin.ns of their Alaskian brethren. 15ut a few become
imprisoned in \\ aha hd<e. \Vashin.uton. Ity <,da<ial ad ion. Tlie pro-
uenv of thes^ aiadualiv formed into a b»eal race, havinj? shorter
heads, and wiili bhuk spots uatlintd <»ii ilio tail. These are called
Salmo Mxkirs r.onvierii. (Mherfi «f the cut throat worked into the
Platte when there was an open way. and then, like their Waha rela-
tives, took new form and berrnnc jzreenback trout. Other colonies
found their way into the Colorado basin and established a distinct
form, having' a IcndiMicy lo oianne, rather than pnrplo shades on thr
fins.

One of these cohmies b<»eanie Isolated in Lak.- Tahoe, whore th<'
environiaents were so much to their likiuj; ihai they waxed stronj^
and almofst cut loose fnun their nnrestors. TIk y almost entirely dis-
carded the sanjjuinary mark on the throat, and chanjxed the color of
their bodies to a decided silvery tin^v. They also urew to giant pro
portiottft. olten reaeUlflff from S to 15 pounds.

"Comlnii back to the Colorado basin." says Profe^^ Jordan f«
the before noted number <d' "Recreation." '*we ft!i4 its trmit spread
far and wide in Ihe mountain stioiims, Ihdween the valley of the
Colorado and that of the Snn Jo;i.|uin stands the irreat nmin chain of
th<' Sieira N<'vadfl» full td trout lu-ooks. separated by rocky walls
which m^ fmmt cfm ever ]»ass. To the southward this p-eat wall
breaks up into detached raniies. now separated by valleys of death:
fiery deserts and alkaline sinks, some of them below the level of the
sea: burninir wast<»s of cactus and grease woo<l. enlivened only by
the rattle of the 'sidewin<h'r.' Tti the '.glacial ]»eriod this rejrion had
a different climate. Mcllini: id' one- tilled ilic teri'lbh- deserts of
Amar«j:osii and T^lnamiut A\ith sweet waters.

"Tims. fr<»m the Coloi-.ado to the Keiii. the trout must have come
into California. Tn the Kern rivei-. il seems to have lost most of the
red of its cut Ihro.it maik. bin not all of it. The scales became
somewhat larjzcr. the i-ed b;ind of the side more distinct, and the
s|)ots extended forw.ird. If we reco^Rke two species of trout in
.\mericn. as fimn other consideraffons we ou;:hf to do. we must
place onr lim- of divisi(»n InTe. Tlw desc.tidants of idl who crossed
the Sierra Xevjida froui the Colorado t(. the Smu JojiquiTi are the
raibow trout. S:ilmo C.nirdneri."

Thus, after huiu travel nud many chnnires in environment, and
consequent evolutioTi of form, a new species appears, for all ihe
ofliers did not chauire sufTiciently to do nuu-e than make them mere
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Followinji the custom of its ancestors that came to Alaska from
Kamschatka, the new species traveled indefati<iably. and by the
same processes there resulted also a number of variations. One of
these which followed from a settlement in the Sacramento, and
which a<loj»ted larger scales and a more pronounced color, has be-
come known as the rainbow trout, or Salmo iridius.

The rainbow trout early attracted the attention of the government
authorities engaged in fish culture, and they felt the desirability of
transplanting the speci<*s into eastern waters. While this was a
laudable sentiment they fell into <an error which, being spread broad-
est, for several years and even yet to some extent caused and is
causing mu<h useless labor in stream planting. Finding the rain-
bow ti'fuit were abundant and indigenous in streams of a verv warm
elimate, the government authorities before noted, without giving the
matter close attention, arrived to the conclusion that this fish would
thrive ia waters of a higher tem|ierature than the eastern brook
♦rout, or charr, and so publicly expressed themselves. The result
was that as soon as the first lot of fry were ready for distributi(ui»
theie was a widespn^ad and great demand for them, ^fany of these
littl<> fish were placed in streams the water of which was as high as
70 degi'ees. and in which there was not even the compensatioa of
aereatloTi by extreme rapidity of flow. To the surpiise of those who
stocked streams of this character and even many waters in which
speckled trout lived, there were no returns, and a few months after
^e planting there was not a vestige of the fish. Of the hundreds
«€ streams in this State stocked with rainbow tirnit fry su]>plied b?
il^ government and by the Pennsylvania Commissioners scarcely
any planted in the early years of the experiment yielded any returns.
At length the secret was discovered.

Tn taking the climate of Califc>rnia as a basis for the expression of
belief that the rainbow trout would thrive in water of a liigher tem-
perature than the ejistern brook trout, the autluM'ities made a grave
error. While the climate was much warmer, the water in which the
rainbow trout had their original home were of the coldest and purest
character, having their sources in the per|>etual ice and snows of the
mountains. As a matter of fact, instr'ad of thriving in warmer
Mater, the rainbow trout actually demanded colder water for their
well being than the eastern trout. Since this discovery the planting of
rainbow trout has been met with greater success, but the work is
still fnr from beinir satisfactorv.

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UllAi'TKK XXil.
Lake Trout.

The nearest relative u£ the game and beaiitiful easteiu speckled
liout, the hike trout is a giant among its tribe, and delights only in
\\w dct'p cold waters of the great lakes or uthers similarly consti-
tuted, though smaller bodies of water. Il is ijetuliar tn North
Ameriea, and like the laud locked salmon, among the true salars, It
has undergone some structural changes from the rest of its family,
the eharrs, only in an inverse ratio; and that these changes were
from the brook trout, Salvelinus fortinalis, seems certain, ridiculous
as this may seem wlieu the smaller size of the latter and the huge
proportions of the fonuer are noted. J Jul when the j«»urneyings of
the ehttri*« from Europe tbiwigh the Arctic regions to America, as
suggestwl in a ]»revious ehapter, are remembered, and the restricted
area trf tke lake trout In «4itnpart»t*n with the brook troul is c«msid-
ered, and furtlier that the deeper aBd the greater the volume of
waler the larger the lish tisually grow, the idea takes a more sensible
form. These things taken into aceount it is only necessary to point
out that the ditfeieni rliaracter of the food in the gr«*at lakes from
the mountain and nu»adow streams, that in pla<e of inse<-ts, wcunis
and minute fotwl. su«li ns ate generally fniiiid iu tiie latter, the lakt^
vield as food small tish of manv kin«ls and in vast almndance to coB-
vineethe skejuical that the «'nviton!nents have evolved the lake trout
frimi the beautiful fiuilivalis.

I'robably few other species of fl#h have caused as much ditTerenee
of oiunhm between anglers and ichthyologists as the lake trout, and
the differences have all arisen over the idcMitity of the many forms
which exist.

Wherever seTerel of a ^0e specif ^ tffft ^wh owe mnm tm *^*
other beronio isolated from others of their kind, such isolation is apt
in time to lead to at least a variation in appearance or structure, and
if these metamorphores be eontinuod often enough or long enough
may lead to the evolution of an entirely new species, as in the c&m of
Salmc* Onirneri which after many slow and numerous changes 6»t
loose entirely from the variations of Salino Mykirs and became, so to
sj.eak. a nati(m of its own. To this habit of variation the lake trout
is peculiarly liable, and f«»r this many things ai-e res])onsible. First
and formost is the practical isohition of each body or chain of bodies
of water in which the lake trout have th<'ir habitat. ?5econdly, th<»

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OHAPTEK XXll.
Lake Trout

The nearest relative of the game and beautiful eastern speckled
trout, the lake trout is a giant among its tribe, and delights only in
the deep cold waters of the great lakes or others similarly consti-
tuted, though smaller bodies of water. It is peculiar to North
America, and like the land-locked salmon, among the true salars, it
has undergone some structural changes from the rest of its family,
the charrs, only in an inverse ratio; and that these changes were
from the brook trout, Salvelinus fortinalis, seems certain, ridiculous
as this may seem when the smaller size of the latter and the huge
proportions of the former are noted. But when the journey ings of
the charrs from Europe through the Arctic regions to America, as
suggested in a previous chapter, are remembered, and the restricted
area of the lake trout in comparison with the brook trout is consid-
ered, and further that the deeper and the greater the volume of
water the larger the fish usually grow, the idea takes a more sensible
form. These things taken into account it is only necessary to point
out that the different character of the food in the great lakes from
the mountain and meadow streams, that in place of insects, worms
and minute food, such as are generally found in the latter, the lakes
yield as food small fish of many kinds and in vast abundance to con-
vince the skeptical that the environments have evolved the lake trout
from the beautiful fontivalis.

Probably few other species of fish have caused as much difference
of opinion between anglers and ichthyologists as the lake trout, and
the differences have all arisen over the identity of the many forms
which exist. '

Wherever several of a single species of fish from one cause or an-
other become isolated from others of their kind, such isolation is apt
in time to lead to at least a variation in appearance or structure, and
if these metamorphores be continued often enough or long enough
may lead to the evolution of an entirely new species, as in the case of
Salmo Gairneri which after many slow and numerous changes cut
loose entirely from the variations of Salmo Mykirs and became, so to
speak, a nation of its own. To this habit of variation the lake trout
is peculiarly liable, and for this many things are responsible. First
and formost is the practical isolation of each body or chain of bodies
of water in which the lake trout have their habitat. Secondly, the

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sort of food supply peculiar to the various waters. Third, the char-
acter of the bottoms of such ponds or lakes or of the waters them-
selves and, fourth, the use of the fundamental principle of evolution
itself — the survival of the fittest.

As an instance of the vast number of variations in the lake trout
it may be mentioned that in scarcely two lakes of New York and New
England are this species of fish exactly the same. In some instances
they are dark almost to blackness, in others they are gray and with
markings somewhat resembling a pickerel ; again, the crimson spots
are very vivid; in others they are scarcely visible. There are also
many notable differences in form, but all tliese alterations whether
of color or outline, ichthyologists say, are but variations of the na-
may cush and are not of suflftcient definiteness to warrant them ia
being conferred with the dignity of a distinct species, with the pos-
sible exception of one, which some students of fish life allow, namely,
Salvelinus Siscowet, or siscowet salmon. But to this thousands of
anglers refuse to concur and being debarred from the use of scien-
tific names, content themselves with the more popular ones of
"togue," "tuladi," "lake salmon," "salmon trout" and so on almost ad
infinitum.

While the lake trout in the great lakes are universally looked upon
as a good table fish and one of great commercial importance there
are yet many curious superstitions regarding the edible qualities of
certain portions of the fish among many commercial fishermen.
Thus, it is held that the offal of the lake trout should never be given
to hogs to eat, since after such a meal the animals are likely to be-
come first crazy and then die. Tlie liver of this fish is also reputed
among the fishermen of the lakes t(> be a violent pois(m to man and
is so persistent in its effects that should death not ensue it would
be months before ])erfect health is restored.

With the establishment of the hatcherv at Corrv the Pennsvlvania
commissioners undertook the incubation of lake trout, and annually
a vast number of fry have been placed in Lake Erie and in the deeper
and colder natural mountain ponds of the State. As an illustration
of the extent of this work it might be noted that between 1800 and
1S92 about 1,000,000 of various ages were distributed on application
nlone.

CH.APTER xx'irr.

Salmon.

There is a tradition that at one time the Delaware was a salmon
river, but of this there is little or nothing on which to test its truth.

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Hort of food suj>[>ly peculiar to the vaiiuiis waters. Third, the ehai-
aeter of the hot loins of siieh jtoiids ui- hik<*s or of the wahM's tliem-
solves and, fouilh, the use of llie fuiuhiiin'iiial |»iin«'ij)h* ol cvohition
ilself — the survival of tlie fittest.

As an instaiHT of tiie vast nuuiher of vaiialions in tlie lake trout
it may he nienti(uied lliat in srareely two lakes of X«'W Voik and New
Knjjland are this sjU'cies of tish exarily tiie saim'. In some instances
ihey are dark almosi i<» blackness, in others the\ arc j^ray and witli
markings somewhat resemhliii}^ a pickerel: a^ain, the ciimson spots
are \('V\ vivid; in olheis they aie scarcely visihle. There are also
many noiahle ditfcrcnces in fmni. hiii all ihcsc alterations wlietluM-
of eoloi- or outline, ichthyologists say. are hut \aiia lions ol the na-
Bmy ensh and are not of sutticient detiniteness to warrant them ire
heinj; <'onfei'red with the dignity of a distinct species, with the pos-
sible «'xre|itio!i of *»ne. whi<'li some students of tish life allow, namely,
Salvelinus Siscowet, or sisrowel salmon. lUil to this thousands of
anjilers refuse to concur and being debarred from the u«e of scien-
litic names, coa^t*iJt themiselve« with the rawe popular ones of
•lojiue." "tiiliidl/* "laki' salHM>n," "salwHm tiout" ttud^^^tw almost tti
intinitum.

While the lake trout in the <iieal lakes are iini\eisally looked uptm
as a j^ood table tish and one of jureat conimeicial impoitance there
are yet many curious superstilirms i-ej^aiMlin*- the edible (|ualiries of
certain jMutions of the tish am«ui<i many <*ommercial lishermen.
Thus, it is htdd that the otVal of the lake ir<Mit shoidd never be given
to hogs to eat. since afte?- surh a nn'al the anifuals are lik.-ly to be-
come liist crazy and then die. The ll\ti of this tish is also i-epuled
among the tishermeii of iln' lakes to be a \ioleni poison to man and
\h so persistent in its elTecls that should death nitl ensue it would
be immths before perfect health is restored.

With the establishment of the haicherv at Corrv the Pennsvivnnta
c«unmissi(»neis undertook the incubation of lake tront, and annually
a vast number of fry have been phned in I.»iike Krie m^ in the deeper
and colder natural mountain ponds of tiie iltate» As an lllnstrntion
of the extent of this work it might be a«*ted tbat between 1>iOO and
1*^02 about 1.000,000 of various ages were disfribiiled on ajtplicaticui
alone.

OTTArTi:!; \\iir.

Salmon.

There is a tradition that at one time the Delaware was a salnmn
riv<M*. but of tins theie is little o?- nothinjr <m which to test its truth.

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iL was, liowever, llie aluiusL umvcioui ui/iuiuu, mat vvnetnei- Lue ua-
ditiun was true or uot, tlie waters were suitable lor tliis great game
aua ii.mg of table lislies, aud as earlj as i»< 1 it was decidea to try tue
diiiou was true or uot, tlie waters were suitable tor tuis great game
experimeut by plautiug some iiy. A uumber oi gi emeu iu ijiastou
aud riiiladeipiiia, iuterested iu Hsk culture, accord .ij^i^ raised a sum
ot mouej^ aud purchased 10,UUU salmou eggs of a Mr. \N ilmot, of iSew
Castle, Cauada, tlieu iu charge of the goverumeut lial tliiug house of
the British Domiuiou. These eggs were placed iu charge of Mr.
Christie, a pisciculturist, of Duchess couutj', 2Sew iork. He hatched
them successfully, aud the fry, wheu about au iuch aud a quaiter
loug, were takeu by the late Heuy A. King, a conductor ou the Cen-
tral liailroad of ^'ew Jersey, to Eastou, which wa^j reached ou Deco-
ration day. Although carefully attended by Mr. King and Mr. Chris-
tie, who also accompanied the young fish on their journey, the
weather was so hot that only about 2,500 survived, and these were iu
a very weak condition. A portion of the fry were placed in the
spring of i'aul Kader, on the Bushkill, about four miles above
Eastou, and the remainder in the springs of Benjamin Lerch and
John Lerch, on the same stream, a tributary of the Delaware river.

In the following year, the same gentlemen made a purchase of
13,000 more eggs. Mr. Thaddeus :N orris took charge of these himself
and undertook to have them hatched under his owu supervision at a
spring about a mile from Eastou. Notwithstanding the hatching
boxes were of the rudest description, Mr. :Norris succeeded iu suc-
cessfully incubating 11,000. These were also placed in a tributary of
the Delaware. I

Noting the efforts of these gentlemen Prof. Baird, the United
Htates Commissioner, presented the State with 40,000 salmon spawn
taken at Buckport on the Kennebec river, and a like number to the
State of New Jersey in the early spring of 1873. Mr. Norris agaiu
put the hatching boxes at Eastou into service and brough forth 27,-
000 young salmon, while Dr. Slach incubated 33,000 of the 40,000
eggs given New Jersey, at his private hatching house at Troutdale
in that state. Eighteen thousand of these were deposited in one of
the tributaries of the Delaware along with those hatched by Mr.
Norris, so that in three years no less than 58,500 salma salar were
planted in the Delaware river.

In the meantime while this work was being done in the Delaware,
attempts were being made to stock the Susquehanna with another
species of salmon, the California. In 1873, six thousand of these fish
were presented to the State and deposited in the Susquehanna, near
Harrisburg, and in the fall of the same year 21,000 more were
placed in different cold springs, rivulets and creeks empting into the
snme stream.

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These two efforts naturally excite much interest and a close watch
was kept for results. The young fry were soon heard from, a num-
ber of those placed in the Delaware in 1871 and 1872 being caught
by ignorant fishermen and killed under the impression that they
were trout.

In 1877 much excitement was caused by the capture of a large sal-
mon thirty-two inches long in Givetzinger's mill race on the Bushkill
at the foot of Fourth street. In the same yeai* a number of others
were taken in the Delaware, and one "tine specimen," presumably a
Pacific salmon, in the Susquehanna. Between that date and 1879
several other specimens were captured in the Delaware river, some
of them weighing as much as twenty-five pounds, and on May 11,
1879, a female, measuring three feet four and a half inches, and
weighing about seventeen pounds, was captured in a gill net of
Spesuter Island in the Susquehanna river, by Mr. Frank Farr, of
Havre-de-Grace.

But these catches practically ceased after 1879, and the fish com-
missioners were compelled in 1884 to admit that the experiments
were failures, and concluded that it would "be a waste of time and
money to repeat" them. "The waters of Pennsylvania," they be-
lieved, ''are evidently not suited to this fish, however desirable it
would be to have it planted and thriving in them."

The succeeding board of commissioners, however, were not satis-
tied, that— though the experiments of Thaddeus Norris and others in
planting salmon in the Delaware river,were failures, further work was
hopeless. They saw that the New York commission had received a
fair measure of success in stocking the Hudson river with this noble
fish, and they felt that the Delaware ought to be equally as good as
that river. Its freedom from artificial obstructions, its long rifts
and splendid pools, the purity and low temperature of its upper
waters, so pure and cold that trout thrives therein for over one hun-
dred miles below its source, all filled the requirements of a salmon
river. Notwithstanding, therefore, the first failure, the present com-
missioners in 1889 secured 100,000 eggs of the Penobscot salmon from
the United States Commission and had them hatched at Allentown.
The fry, all strong and vigorous, were deposited in the streams trib-
utary to the headwaters of the Upper Delaware, in Wayne county.
Two years later, 300,000 more eggs were hatched at Allentown and
Corry and deposited in the same streams. Although yet too early
to speak positively at to the results of this work, there is every rea-
son to believe that the experiment will at least not prove a total fail-
ure. The young smelts were seen in the Delaware in considerable
numbers in 1S92, and in 1893 large numbers of the planting of 1891
were observed.
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been observed in the early portion began to disappear, and this
year (1894) those of the succeeding season's hatching also were no
longer seen. This is a strong indication that they have taken their
departure for the sea to complete their growth. Whether or not
they will return to the Upper Delaware to spawn can only be ascer-
tained by future events, but at present there seems every evidence
that they will do so.

CHAPTKR XXIV.

Introduction of the German Carp.

The German carp has been so long domesticated in North Euro-
pean waters that its original habitat is somewhat obscured, although
it is supposed to have been central Asia. When it was introduced
into Europe is in doubt, but it is known with absolute certainty that
it was regarded as an important food fish and was extensively cul-
tivated in Austria as early as 1227, and one celebrated establishment
with large, extensive ponds now in existence near the town of Wit-
tingau, Bohemia, can be traced back to the year 13G7. These ponds
to day cover an area of more than 20,000 acres, and the proceeds
amount to over 500,000 pounds of carp annually.

The fish is supposed also to have been introduced into Upper Lu-
soatia, Saxony, Silesia, Bavaria, and Poland in the beginning of the
fourteenth centurv, and in England in 1504. Now, nearly every
river and lake in Europe teems with them. Even the Black and
Caspian seas contain great numbers of carp.

In Germany the carp ai-e cultivated with as much care and indus-
try as anv domestic animal or fowl. Indeed, there are some Ger
mans to whom the fish is the chief source of revenue, and to others
among the most important. Besides the great carp ponds just men-
tioned and land owners with hundreds of acres devoted to this pur-
pose are not uncommon. By the Germans, Austrians and Russian
Poles the carp is not looked upon as a wild fish but as a creature as
much domesticated as cows, sheep or fowls.

Among most Americans the fish is not regarded with much favor,
but the Germans and those of some other European countries con-
sider it a fine table fish, ranking with the very best, particularly the
leather carp, although, the mirror carp is not far behind in the num-
ber of its admirers. Among the few Americans who were enthusi-
astic concerning the carp was Professor Baird. Many years ago
he believed the day would come when it would piny an important

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bcM-n .»bsorvod in tho oarlv portion. l.(-nn 1o disappoar. and tins
yv'AV (1S!>4) those of \hv suncrdin- scasonV liahliin- also ssvvo no
lon-or s(M-n. This is a stron- indicalhni (hat they have taken their
dei^irtnie tor the sea to eoniplHe their -lowth. Wheth^T or not
thev will letuin to the TpiMM- D.-lawaio to spawn ran onl.v !»■ aseer-
lained by fnluie evonts, bnt at pivsont there seems evei-y ovnlenee
that thr'V will do so.

ClIAITKIC XXIV.

Introduetion of the Coiinan Carp.

The German eari» has been so U»n- donu*stieated in North Euro-
pean waters that its urij-inal habitat is somewlial obscured, allhougU
it is supposed to have been eentral Asia. When it was introduced
into Europe is in doubt, but it is known witii abs<duie certainty that
it was regarded as an important food lish aB^ was extensively eul
livated in Austria as early as 122T, and one celebrated establishmeut
with large, extensive ponds now in existence near the town of W it-
lingau, IJohemia. can be traced back to the year i;>b7. These ponds
to day cover an ar.M of more than LM^UiJU acres, and the process
anioiint to over ."".(HKOOO jHnnids of carp annually.

The lish is sup]M.sed also m liavc bem intrndnc.'il into TTp|WP In-
suatia Sax.u.v, Silesia. Ilavaria. and Tohind in iho beginning of the
l,H,rtcenth century, and in Kngiaud in \:m. Now, nearly every
river and lake in Europe teems with iImhi. Even tUe Blttck and
Caspian seas «<uitain great numbers of .aip.

In <b'rmanv the carp are cultivated with as much eare and Indwe-
trv as anv domestic animal ..r fowl. Indeed, there »re »ome Ger-
mans to whom the iish t# tlie efelef source of reveane, and to others
annmg the most imp(utant. besides ihe great carp ponds just men-
tioned and land c»wners with hundreds of acres devoted to this pnr-
])0se are not uncommc.n. Ity the (lenuans, Austrians md Kussiau
Poles tite earp is not h»oked upon as a wild tish ^ w a creattt« m
mneli domeslicatinl as cows, sheep nv fowls.

Among most Americans the fish is aat regardetl with much favc^,
bnt the Oermans and those of some other European countries con-
sider it a fine table tish, ranking with the very lu-st. parthularly the
leather «ar]K although, the mirror carp is not far behind In the num
ber of its admirers. Among the few Americans who were enthusi-
astic concerniu- the carp was l»rof<'ssor Baird. Many years ago
he believed the day would come when it would play an impurlant

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part in our commercial food fishes. He attached much importance
to its introduction and believed it would "supply an oft experienced
want of a fish for the South, representing the more northern trout,
and at the same time a species capable of being cultivated in ponds."

It is to be feared that there are to-day not many who would be
willing to voice I*rofessor Baird's enthusiasm. On the contrary,
utterly ignoring whatever merits there may be attached to the carp,
it is quite certain that the majority of anglers are more apt to exe-
crate the man who first introduced the fish quite as heartily as they
might Benedict Arnold, or the misguided men who originally im-
ported the English sparrow. In fact, there are few fishes more
heartily anathemized by American anglers. They fail to see a single
redeeming feature in the creature, and charge it with many bad
t|ualities, the most serious among which is the allegation that it is a
more inveterate spawn eater than the eel. The fecundity of the fish
is so great that it is overrunning all the rivers and streams of the
country, and its enemies claim that since it does not take the hook
readily on account of its spawn eating habits, will in a few years
l>ractically oxteiminate all the valuable food and game fishes despite
the efforts of the various fish commissions.

Wliile ])erhaps the views of those who anathemize the German
cjirp niiiy be as wide of the mark as those of its admirers, there is
strong ground for believing it is not altogether a desirable fish to be
given tlie freedom of the public waters, or worthy of the protection
accorded it by the laws of Pennsylvania.

Just when or by whom the Oerman carp was introduced into this
country is not known. The first generally accredited importer i^
a Mr. ]*offe, a Californian, who, somewhere prior to 1870, brought a
few scale carp to his ]Kmds in Sonoma, where they increased so
rapidly that he went into the business of supplying them to the
markets. A little later it was reported that there were carp cap-
tured occasionally in the Hudson and Delaware rivers, but it is gen-
erally believed they were gold fish which had escaped from private
ponds and ninlti]>lied in these rivers. In the autumn of 1876 the
Tnited States Fish Commission made its first attempt to import this
tish, but the effort was a failure, as all the specimens died during the
voyage in consequence of furious storms which prevailed. A second
and successful attempt was made in the spring of 1877, and 345 lea-
tlier, mirror and scale carp were placed in the ponds at Washington.

Some of the |>rogenyof these were sent to the Pennsylvania Commis-
sioners, who distributed the greater number to farmers, a few only
being deyjosited in public streams. If, as is generally believed,
nearly all the warmer waters of the Commonwealth abound in this
fish, they have for the most part become so through escaping from
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is full of carp of an enormous size, and recently a few fishermen on
that river have devoted themselves almost entirely to their capture.
Near Burlington is at the present time an important carp fishery
which frequently furnishes the Philadelphia and Trenton market
close upon a ton of this fish weekly, the greater part of which is said
to be consumed by the Germans, the Hungarians, Russians and
Poles. The method employed in capturing the carp is by nets with
meshes too large to hold the other ordinary river food fishes, and
set as a "basket" net on the floats during high tide. When the tide
falls the imprisoned carp are lifted to the boats by means of scoop
nets. Carp weighing thirty and thirty-five pounds are, it is said,
often taken in this manner.

CHAPTER XXV.

The Striped Bass.

Prominent among the fish mentioned by the early Pennsylvania
settlers was the striped bass, or as they are more generally called,
the rock flsli. Letters to their friends in the old country often con-
tained mention of this fish. "The waters abound with fish," writes
one, "six alloes, or rock are sold for one shilling." "Shad and rock,"
affirmed another "are among our most plenteous fish and form an
important part of our food." That the waters of all the rivers of
this State having dire<t communication with the sea, must have been
literally alive willi this strijjed bass is evident, for notwithstanding
weirs and oilier deslrnetive nietliods of taking fish, the striped bass
are still fairly abundant both in the Delaware and the Susquehanna.
For example, in the spring of 180^ fifteen hundred weight were taken
at one haul of the net at a fishery in the Delaware near Burlington,
and equally good catches are reported from time to time in the lower
Susquehanna. A ISIarietta paper of June 10. 1829, tells the following
story, whi<li, whether true or not. illustrates the great abundance of
striped bass in the Susquehanna about the first third of the present
century. "Mr. B. Brown, of Marietta, caught some fine rock fish
last we<'k in a novel manner. Tlie ark which he was running, in pas-
sing through a sluice, gained so much headway as to dip water on
coming into an eddv, and on her raising from the shock, there were
found on and in the ark eight fine rock fish weighing from one to
four pounds each."

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is full of <'iii|» of an (Miminous size, aiul riM.'iiilv a few fishorraen on
thai livri- liavr dcvoird tlicinsclvrfs alinust ciillrcly to tlioir capluru
Ncjii- Ihiiliiiiilnn is ai ilic i>ies«'nt time an iniiHtitani rari) fislior.v
wliirh frtMiiH'iilly fiiinisln's die ]MiiIa<l«'lpliia and Treutou market
.lose npon a ion of iliis tish werkly. the <:ieat«'i' ]>aiJ of which is sai<l
to he consniiuMl hy the (ininans, liie llnnizarians. Hnssinns and
Poh'S. Thf nielhod ein]doyed in eapinrinu the earp is by nets with
meshes loo larjre to hold the other ordinary river food fislies. and
set as a "basket" net on the Ihuiis dnrin*: hijjh tide. When the tide
falls the itni»risoned rarp are lifted to the boats by means of scoop
nets. Carp w«M,Liliin.i: ihirly ami thirty-live pounds are. It is said,
often taken in thin manner.

OUAITKIIXXV.

The .Striked Bass.

Prominent amon<i ilir tish meniiom-d l»y the early INut'nsylvania
settlers was the striped bas^, m as they are more generally tailed,
tile rock tish. Lot tors to their frioiids in tin' obi rountry often con-
tained mention of liiis ijsii. -TIk* watei*s abound with tish," writes
one, **8lx a!hM»s, o* roek nva soM for one shilling." "kShad and rock,"
allirmed another '*are aiinrng our most plontoons fish and form an
important ]»art of oar food." That tho waters of all iho rivers of
this Sintf having; dirert romnnitnrntion with the sea, mast have be<*n
literall.N alive with this striped buss is evident, for notwithstanding:
weiis and other desiniilive iikiImmIs n\' i;d<in,ii tish, the slri|MMl bnss
are still fairly abniHlant both in i lie helaware and tin* Siistpiehanna.
Poresattiple. in the si>ringof lSl»:t tifteen hnndred wwgbt W4»re taken
at one haul of the aet at a fishery in the Dehiware near Tbirlin<iton,
and eqmilly ^^ood eatrhes are reported from time to time in the lower
Bnsqm'hanna. A ^Tarietta ]»a per of June lt». 1S2!). tells tin- followin.u'
«€^y, whieh, whether trne op not, Hlnstrates the great abundance of
fitrlped bass in th«* Susijuehanna about the ftrst thiwl of the pr<'seiit
eentury. ">Tr. B. Ibowti. <»f ^larietla. enuglit some tine ro<'k fish
Inst wei^lv in a novel manner. The aik whieh he was rnnning. in ]»as-
sing through a sluice, gnitied s.> iinirh hendway as to dip water <m
eoming in<<» an eddy, and en liei- rnising from the shock, there were
found on and in the ark eight fine rock fish weighing from one to
four ])ounds ea<'h."

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In 1840 in the lower Delaware the striped bass were so plentiful
that fishermen often caught more in their seines than they could
easily find sale for. This led to their erecting pens of pine logs on
the banks of the river where the fish were confined alive until a
market could be found for them. In 1860, 7,000 pounds of rock and
perch were taken in one haul from the river near Dover. Even in
1880, the time when the shad fisheries were at their lowest ebb on
account of the greed of fish pirates, more than 100,000 pounds of
striped bass were sold in the Philadelphia markets, the greater part
of which came from the Delaware river and there has been little or
of no fall off iu tho cjuantitj since.

The striped bass may be considered a remarkable fish in everv
way. It ranks among the best in the quality of its flesh for table use
and as a game fish for the angler is esteemed by manv as ranking
next to the salmon. Itdivides with this great game creature the honor
of havingnumerousanglers' clubs devoted almost exclusively to their
capture, and in which the size, weight, time of fight and everv other
particular concerning the fish hooked is religiously recorded and pre-
served. This fish also has probably been the direct cause of the
drowning of more anglers than any other member of the finny tribe,
and nearly as many books have been written about it as of the
trout and salmon.

Among ichthyologists it has an especial interest on account of its
many remarkable peculiarities, among the most startling of which
is a fairly well demonstrated knowledge that it will hybridize with
fish of a genus widely separated from its own. The matter was
pretty definitely settled twice, once in 1883 by members of the Na-
tional Fish Commission at Havre de (\viU'i\ and again by or througli
Mr. R. Vk Roosevelt, of New York. In one instance the eggs of a fe-
male shad were impregnated witli the milt of a male striped bass,
and in the other the eggs were of the latter fish and fertilized with
the milt of the former, and in neither was there seemingly any pos-
sibility of impregnation by the natural methods. In both cases the
eggs nearly all hatched but unfortunately the young were not kept
long enough to determine what their character would be.

Few fish make the wonderfully rapid growth of the "rock." It is
positively known that fry hatched in May will by June be nearly an
inch long, and that often a growth of from five to six pounds is
reached the first year of their lives. It adapts itself with great facil
ity to the water it is in. Although a salt water fish it appears to
love fresh water quite as well, and travels clear to the headwaters
of both the Delaware and the Susquehanna in search of its favorite
food, and although it is not an every day occurrence, it is not on the
other hand, extremely rare for fishermen to take them far up both
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The striped bass i« without doubt one of the worst enemies that
the shad has. As soon as this toothsome fish begins to ascend the
rivers to their spawning grounds, the bass also betakes itself up the
same streams devouring ravenously all the minnows and other small
fish in sight until the more delicate shad fry are born. Then the striped
bass waxes fat, millions of the little things fall victims to the voraci
ous appetite of the striped cannibal during the summer, and when
the fry begin their autumn journey from the headwaters to
the sea, they are followed by their pitiless destroyers. It has been
estimated that more than one-tenth of the entire natural hatchmg
are annually so devoured. .

Almost from the hour it gets rid of its ''sac" the young stnped
bass prevs on other tish. At this period of their lives they enter the
small creeks affected by the tide and pursue the small mmnows, and
as soon as they grow large enough they take to the river and live
largely upon young shad. Naturally beginning so young they rapidly
acquire a rare expertness. Dr. C. C. Abbott tells the story of the
perfection at which they arrive in this particular, in the following
interesting manner: .

«\ rock fish will freciuentlv corner up' a small school of minnows,
and then pick them up as rapidly and with as great ease as a fowl
will pick grains of <orn ; and while devouring the luckless minnows,
will keep them in a small space, close together all the time. There
is no cessation of this murderous work while a fish remains, for, after,
devouring all that it is possible for him to hold, a mere love of de
struction keeps him at work. I once had a very favorable oppor
tunity of watching the rock-fish feed in this way. It was a moderate
sized'^fish, about a foot long, and as near as I could determine it de
voured a dozen 'cvprinellas' (silver finned minnows^ in four mmutes.
If I err in my estimate it is on the safe side, and it may be it was
f,f(«MMi minnows in that length of time. I subsequently captured a
dozen of these pretty shiners and I found I could by no means
squeeze them into a bulk that was not much larger than the esti
mated interior of a rock fish a foot in length; and yet it is certain
that the minnows captured by the rock fish were swallowed without
decapitation or other reduction in size, for in that case I should
have seen the fragments of the minnows floating in the clear waters.
TTnlike its cousin the black bass, the striped bass may readily l.<'
hatched bv artificial means. This work has been successfully n.
complished to a limited extent by the United States governmeni.
but for lack of proper facilities has never been attempted by tlie
State Fish Commission.

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CHAPTER XXVI.
Habits of the Yellow Perch.

Among the perch tribe there are none that is a better representa-
tive than the yellow perch, sometimes called the yellow ned. Its
characteristics are so well defined, and so distinctively fill every struc-
tural condition which markes the family, that it almost might be
selected as its head and front. It does not possess the game qual-
ities of its cousins, the black bass and the striped bass, but it makes
a sufficiently good fight for its life when hooked, to warrant its being
placed among the game fishes. Along with another relative, the
sun fish, the yellow perch is a great favorite with the small boy, and
doubtless the short but savage struggle it makes to free itself from
the deadly hook, does much to give the youthful angler his first pro-
nounced desire to aim for higher finny game than it or the catfish
and sunfish or even the almost ubiquitous chub.

The yellow perch and the sunfish seem to have a partiality for each
other's company and ^hus where one is found the other is also soon
discovered to be there also. This is probably due to a liking for the
same kind of w^ater, and like the sunfish is not much given to wan-
dering into new waters. The yellow perch may be termed a home-
loving soul, and seems indisposed to move far from the spot in whi<'i
it was born, unless driven by influences beyond its control. Thus,
except where it has been planted by man, when it is found in vast
quantities in the mountain ponds, it may be assumed, without much
fear of ridicule, that it is one of the most ancient species now exist-
ing in those waters.

This manifest indisposition to travel far will partly explain the a]>
parent inconsistency often noted of one stream containing an a bun
dance of yellow perch, while another not far away, having seemingly
the same favorable conditions for their living, will be entirely
barren.

The yellow perch is so easily taken by the hook and the small ones
are esteemed so highly as bait for the larger food fishes, that in
some of the streams and smaller ponds of the State they have be-
come nearly exterminated, and in many others entirely so, notwith-
standing they breed with marvellous fecundity. This threatened
passing aw-ay of the yellow ned is greatly to be deplored, because
it is an excellent food fish apart from its other good qualities.

Fortunately, there is a revulsion in the prevailing carelessness
regarding the existence of this fish, as well as of some other sorts
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Haliits of the Vellow INmiU.

Aniou;; the pereh uilM' {hvve are none that is a better repri'senta-
five than the veUow pereh, sometimes railed the yelhiw ned. ItH
riiaiaeteristies are so well d<*tine(l, and so distinctively till ever\ strur-
tural ((Miditioir which inaikes the familv, that it almost mi^hl he
selected as its head and front. Il docs not possess the ;jamc qual
ities of its consins, the black bass and the striped bass, but it makes
a sutticiently good tight for its life when hooked, to warrant its lieing
placed among the game tishes. Along with another relative, the
sun fish, the vellow pereh is a great favorite w irh the small bu\ , and
doubtless the short but savage struggle it makes to free itself fi'om
the deadly hook, does much to give the youthful angler his tiist pro-
nounced desire to aim for higher finny game than it or the cattisli
and suntish or even the almost ubicjuitous chub.

The yellow perch and the suntish seem to hav«' a partiality for eac^
other's comjtany and t^hus where <»ne is foun<l the othei' is also soon
disc<»\ered to be there also. This is probably (bie to a liking for the
same kind of water, and like the suntish is not mncli given to wan
<lei'ing into new waters. The yellow perch may be termed a home
loving soul, and seems iiidispused to m<»ve far fr<un the spot in whirl
it was born, unless dri\eu by intluences beyond its coutrol. Thus,
except w lieie it has been planted by man. when it is found in vnsl
quantities in tlie mountain ponds, it max be assumed, witlmui iiiucji
feai' of ridicule, that it is one of the most ancient sp«'cies now exist
lag in those wateis.

ft^inanifest indispositkm t# Irave! far vrW fwirtty expttthi Hie aji
|>arei!t incon-sisteucy oftin noted of «»«* »tt^^m containing an abun
daji«'e of yeflfow |»ofeh. while anotlu'i* not f»r «way. haviHg seeiuingly
t^ same favorable eujiditioiw for thelf ttv!«g, witt be ejitirelr
barren.

The yellow p<M'ch is so easily taken by the honk and the small one«
are esti'eme<l so highly as bait for the laigei- food tishes. ihal iu
som«» «rf the streams and snialle?' pon<ls of the State they liave 4^».
come nearly exterminated, and in many otlwrs entirely so. notwith-
standing they breed with marvellous fecundity. This threatened
oassing away of the yellow ned is greatly to be dejdon'd. lu'cause
it Is an excellent food fish apart from its other good (qualities.

Fortunately, there is a I'evulsion in the prevailing careh'ssness
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which have been wrongfully despised as lacking game qualities.
Last year large requisitions were made on the State Commissioa
for yellow perch and sun fish by a number of Philadelphia gentlemea
with which to restock the Wissahickon creek, and applications are
evea noAV in for more than can be supplied next season, of these
fishes, for other waters. It is this demand for fish like the yellow
perdi which gives the greatest encouragement to the Fish Commis-
sioners in their work, as it indicates that a new and important part
of the community other than those whose interest centres in trout
or a few other noted game fishes, are becoming interested in the
great question of fish protection and the necessity of restocking the
waters.

Tint while yellow perch are becoming scarce or have disappeared
in some of the streams and ponds through the thoughtlessness of
anglers and boys, and Ihe ravages of pot hunters and criminals, the
lish seem <o be actually on the increase in Lake Erie and in the other
great chain of inland seas of which it is one. To such a surprising
extent is this true, that a large number of the lake fishermen became
firmly convinced that the Fish Commissioners of this and other
states, as well as of the United States government, had confounded
the identity of th(» yellow perch and the whitefish, and had taken
to hatching and depositing the fry of the former in the waters in-
stead of the latter.

The yellow perch has a leaning to the company of its kind. In-
stead of wandering about the water in ones and twos like some of
its cousins, its species have a habit of congregating in considerable
numbers, though not to such an extent as to be classed with school
ing fishes. Strange to say, this habit of semi-sociability does not ap-
pear to be out of any special fondness for each other, or for protec-
lion, but, according to that close observer, Dr. C. C. Abbott, "more
because the character of the locality is attractive to them. It would
be hard to sustain this stand by any conspicuous examples. It is
as the genial Doctor states it, "one of those impressions that a close
<>}>servei* will get without being able to point out any one or more
peculiarities in their habits, which seem to prove it true."

Like all the ju'rck family, the yellow ned is extremely fond of min-
nows, and in common with many of them, these small fishes consti-
tute theii' chief food. But the yellow ned never becomes so expert
in "rounding up" and devouring a whole school of minnows as its
distant cousin the rockfish. When a perch comes upon a school of
small fishes, instead of ])roceeding in the scientific and methodical
mannei- of the "rock," it rushes open mouthed at them as though it
ho]»ed to take two or three at one mouthful, or at least to take a
scMMmd in the same rush if the first should be missed. It must be
.Slid, however, for the yellow perch, that wild and erratic as its rush

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CHif^ER xxvn.

The White Perch.

It is of the white i)erch in the waters of this «tate that the aged
fishermen delights to affirm in his most melancholy tone of voice,
that "flshin' is not what it was when I was a boy.'' The truth of his
affirmation is beyond question. It may safely be said that at the be-
ginning of the present century there was no fish as abundant in the
waters of the Delaware and iSusquehanna and their lower tributaries
than the white perch. Fifty years ago as far up the former stream
as Burlington fish of this species weighing a pound were very abund-
ant. Twenty years ago the supply of fish of that weight at Better-
ton, admittedly the most famous white perch grounds on either the
Delaware or Susquehanna was not half what it was at Burlington
thirty years before, and at the present time it is questionable whether
half as many large fish are taken as there were in 1870. For the last
year or two there has been a slight improvement reported in this par
ticular, but it is doubtful whether this improvement is sufficiently
pronounced to cause a restoration of the old state of affairs in many
years.

The same causes which wrought partial destruction to the shad in
the rivers and the white fish in the lakes have brought about the de-
terioiation in the size of the white perch. Pot hunters, in order to
supply the markets, made use of small meshed nets for the capture
of this fish, and all but the very smallest, less than a year old in fact,
that got within their folds were kept and sold. Tiatterly, the use of
these nets have either been restricted or prohibited altogether. Tt
is this whi<'h has caused the slight increase of size of fish caught
within the past year or two.

The white perch is purely an American fish, and haunts all the
brackish streams on the north and middle Atlantic coast. Its gen
eral beauty and gra<'efnl form, its strong game qualities when its
comparatively small size is considered, its eagerness to take almost
whatever bait is offered it, renders the white perch one of the most
eagerly sought after estuary fishes by the ro<i and line angler. As
a pan ^^h it i«j delicious, for it is firm in flesh and sweet in flavor.

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seems to be, it is uot often tlie one aimed at tiiat escapes, but the
others that live for some other tishes maw.

chai*tt^:k XXVII.

The White I'eich.

It is uf the wiiile peieh in the waters a£ this State that the aged
Jisheinien delights to attiiin in his most melaneiioly tone <rf voice,
tliat -lishin* is not what it was when I was a boy." The tinth of his
ttttii niation is beyond .luestion. It may safely be said that at the be-
ginning of I he pi-esent centuiy there was no tish as abnndant in the
wal.Ts of the Delaware and Susciuchanna and theii' lower tributaries
than tin' white perch. Fifty years ago as far up the former stream
as Bui'lington fish of this siiecies weighing a poun<l were very abund-
ant. Twenty years ago the supi»ly of lisjj of that weight at Better-
ton, admittedly the most famous white perch grounds on either the
l>clawar«' or Susquehanna was not half what it was at Burlington
thirty years betore.and at the present time it is questicmable whether
half as many large fish are taken as there wen' in 1S70. For th«' last
year m- two there has been a slight improvement rejMirted in liiis |»ar-
tkttlar, but it is donbtfid whether this improvenu^nt is suttieiently
pMMiouiMi^ to vmim a restoratioa Qi the &M state of att'airs in tuany
yea rs.

Tke same catises which wrought partial destrurtion t(» the shad in
the rivers and the while tish in the lakt's have brought about the de-
tertoiiHion in the mm of ihe white perch. Pot hunters, Ir ^^N* to
supply Ihe markets, ma<le use of small mesiied nets for the capture
of this tish. and all but Ihe very smallest, less than a year old in fact,
that got within ijieii- folds were kept and sold. Latterly, the nse of
^^m iH'ts have either Ihmui restricted or prohibited altogether, ft
m this whi<h has «aused the slight im-rease of size of tish caught
*^'lthin the past year or two.

1^ white iiereh is purely im AmerlmTi fisli. i\n^ hnnnt» «K i^
Jwarldsfi »ti^*atj»s on the north and middle Atlantic coast. Tts gen-
eral beauty and graceful fortn. its strong game qualities when itp
eomparntfvply small size is considered, its eagerness to take almost
whatever bail is offered it. renders Ihe whit(^ i>erch one (»f the most
eagerly soughl aftc^r estuary fishes by the rod and line anghM*. As
a pan fish M is deliei<.»us. for il is tirtn in flesh and sw«m'| in flavor.
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Latterly the State commissiouers have been urging the National
commission to devote some attention to the artiticial hatching of this
fish and tlie matter, it is said, is receiving favorable consideration.

Of its own volition the white perch is not found in any con-
siderable numbers beyond the reaches of the tide. It appears to
l)refer (he brackish water. In . it differs materially from the
striped bass which seems entirely satisfied with almost any kind of
unpolluted water, thriving equis: -^ in salt, brackish and fresh
water. Kut while the white porih prefers streams and inlets having
at least a tincture of the ocean, it can live and multiply in wholly
fresh water. In such cases with its change of environment it takes
on just enough of an alteration in appearance to justify anglers in
bestowing on it the name of pond perch, but not enough to warrant
iflithyologists to dignify it even as a distinct variety. Whether
white i>erch could be taken fiom strongly brackish water and placed
in ponds of purely fresh and live, is a question which the writer has
frequently heard discussed but never satisfactorily settled. But
that the flsh after having been subjected to gradual changes towards
perfectly fresh water, can finally accommodate itself to other than
brackish is beyond dispute. For they exist abundantly in numerous
ponds of Massachusetts and elsewhere. One of the most noteworthy
instances is Burlington sea i-ar Plymouth. This lake is jnore than
a mile long and its lower '^iid i^ about that distance from the ocean.
Its outlet is by a large stream which a century ago was open to the
sea, and not only white perch but alewives, eels and other tish passed
freely !ip to the lake. As Plymouth grew in size, dams were erected
across the stream an<l what white perch were in the lake were unable
again to reach the sea. They l.ave evidently accommodated them-
selves to their new environments for they have increased and multi-
plied to a marvelous extent.

OHAPTP^R XXVlIf.

! Immigration of the Brown Trout.

It has been about twelve years since the introduction of the brown
trout into American waters. The alien has made itself perfectly ^t
home and has drawn to it a multitude of angling friends and raised up
a host of enemies among those w^ho believe that there is no fish the
equal of the American brook trout, and who are fully convinced that
the introduction of the foreigner will work injury to their favorite.

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L;ill«'ilv iIk- Slah' coimnissiuiicis have Immmi iii-j;inji llic Natioual
(MHiniiissinii lo ih'votc soiiH' aUciilioii to ihr artiMrial liatrliing of lliis
lisli aii<l lln' iiiallci', it is said, is icrcivin-i favorable ronsid^Malion.

UC its own vulilinii ilu- xshilc [wuh is not fuiiiul in anv «mmi
si<l<Mahlt' niiniltcis hovoml liic rravln's of lln* ['uU\ ll apju-ais lo
jr.-tVi- ilir luackisli wahr. In i( «lilVi'rs nialt'riallv from llw

siiiprd bass \\lii<|i si-cnis « uliiijv saiisliod with ahnosi anv kind of
iiniM»llnt<'d wairr, tiirivinji <M;ii.:, -'^ in salt, luarkisli and fn•^4h

watrr. IJtH whik' the wlii;*' \nv-\\ jsicb'is streams and inlets liavin«r
ai least a tijietnie of ilie oreici. it ran live and niultijilv in wlndly
fresli water. In snrii eases with its ehanp' of envii'onnieni it takoH
on JMsi eiioiiuli of an alt^iation in appearance to justify an<ile»s in
iM'stowin^ on it I he name of iH»n<l pei-eh. but uut enough lo warrant
iehthyolooists to dij^nify ii I'ven as a distinct variety. Whetliei-
while pereh iMnibl lie iak«'U fi«>in atrong^ly braekish water and plaei^d
in ponds of pniely fi-esh and live, is a question which the writer has
fre<|uently heard discussed but never satisfactorily settled. But
thai Ihe fish after having been subjected to jrradual chan<ies t«»wards
pcifecily fi-esh water, can linally aeconnnodale itself lo other than
brackish is beyond dispute. Fr.r I1m\v exist abundantly in numerous
pcuids of Massachusetts and elsewhere. One of the most noteworthy
inst.Mnces is P.urliu,iit«m sea lear Plynioulh. This lake is ju<»re than
a mile lonj: and its lower -Ld i< about thai distance from the oeean.
Its outlet is by a laijie stream which a cenlury a^o was open to the
sea. and not only white |»e!-ch bni alewivcs. cols a?id other fish passed
frerlv up to the lake. As IMmimmiiIi urew in size. daui*4 were orei'ted
jicinss the stream and what Avliih- perch were in the lalie were unabh-
ajrain to reach the sea. They have evidently accommodated them-
selves to tlielr new environments fnr tht^ liuve lnei»eased and multi-
jtlied to a maivelons extent.

rriAPTKK .\.\\ III

Immigration <# the Brown Trout.

1 1 has bfcii about i welve yenrs sinee the introdnci ion of the browa
trout inio American waters. Tlie alien has made itself peife«tly it
Innneand liasdraAvn to tt a mnltitude of ani:linj^^ friends and raised up
a host of I'ntMuies amonir those who believe that there is no tish the
( i|ual of the Ameiican Iwook trout, ind v. h(t are fidly convinced that
the introduction of the f( leimier will w )rk injtu'y to their favoi'ite.

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As proof of this those who do not have a foudiiess for the biowii
tiout point out the marvelous rapidity with w hich it grows under fa-
vorable conditions; its well known voracity, its reputed strong can-
nibalistic tendencies and the belief that it has an undue fondness for
fish spawn.

As some of the arraignments may be just, even many of the friends
of the brow n trout advise that it be not planted in streams in which
our brook trout are plentiful, but deposited in barren or nearly de-
pleted brooks where it will have no opoprtunity of doing damage.
The utility of following this plan is obvious when the habits of the
brown trout are considered, apart from the expressed objections to
its being associated with the American brook trout.

Where there is plenty of good, pure, cold water and an abundance
of food the brown trout fry grows with almost the marvellous rapid-
ity of the German carp. It is said that it is not uncommon for the
brown trout to reach a spawning age within two years, and reach a
catchable size in one year after being spawned.

As to its great game qualities there is no question. Izaak Walton
alone would iiave made the fish famous, but for more than a thou-
sand years Englishmen and others have justly sung its praises. Au-
sonius, a writer in the early part of the fifth century, wrote
strongly of (he beauty of the tish, and Dame Juliance Herners, the
authoress of "The Treatyse of Fysshynge," in WMl speaks in no un-
certain language of her fondness for it. The gentle prioress says
"The troughte, for by cause he is a right deyntous fysshe and also

a right feruente bvter.

From Apryll till Septembre ye

troughte lepyth; theune angle to him." So on*- might (juote page
after page from prose writer and poet in praise of the beauty and
«iuality of the brown trout. Every phase of its swift movements,
its marvellous leaps, its fierceness and cunning when hooked, have
been written time and again, and it must be r-onfessed adopted by
other writers to describe the movements of our own brook trout,
althougli there is no need for this, as the beautv of the American
streams has graces and charms of its own fully the equal of its for-
eign distant relative.

The brown trout is a lonspicuous example of a fish which is af-
fected by the (piantity of food and extent at water it is in. The
natural ten<lency of the fish is, as has been remarked, to grow to a
great size. Fiy planted in large, deep pools with an abundance of
food, may grow (o a weight of fourteen or fifteen pounds in this coun-
try. Dr. Bean mentions a specimen captured a cou]>le of years ago,
when it ha<l r<'a<'hed age of seven, that weighted about eleven
pounds. In the rivers of New Zealand, although of recent intr<»duc-
tion, the brown trout caught averages ten to eleven ])ounds.

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While this rapid growth geiieiallv results from a plauting uuder
the conditions mentioned, when the stocking is made in shallower
streams, where the quantity of food is restricted or confined to in-
sects, the arrest in growth is as striking as in the other instance the
increase is wonderful. There appears to be no fall off in the fatness
of the fish but an average size of eight or nine inches is rfll that may

be looked for.

The introduction of the brown trout into this country is due to
Herr von Behr, late President of the Deutche Fischerei Verein, and
after whom the fish is sometimes called von Behr trout. The first
planting was made in February, 1883.

CHAPTER XXIX.
The Rock Bass or Red Eye.

How long or by whom the rock bass or red eye was first introduced
into Pennsylvania waters is unknown. But for nearly fifteen years
it was confined to the Susquehanna and some of its tributaries. It
is not believed to be indiginous to the waters of this State, but is
rather supposed either to have been planted in the Susquehanna
with some of the first black bass for that fish, or been brought into
its upper waters from some of the lakes of New York where one of
its natural ranges is. About the Centennial year the State Fish
Commissioners seriously considered the advisability of extending
this fish to other waters of the State, but it was not until 1887 that
any attempt was made to carry the experiment into operation.

in that year one thousand two hundred mature fish were captured
in Lake Erie and deposited in the Lehigh, Schuylkill, Delaware, Per-
kiomen and other streams. The result was highly gratifying and the
rock bass is now considered one of the staple fishes to be distributed
in large quantities annually.

Almost uniformly this toothsome game fish have taken as kindly
to their new homes as their cousins the black bass. They have in-
creased and multiplied to a most encouraging extent in the Dela-
ware, the upper Schuylkill, the Lehigh, ^he Conodoguinet, the
Brandywine and other streams. In the Delaware they are very
plentiful from the New York state line to Dingman's Ferry, the an-
nual movement southward being very rapid and abundant. In some
of the lakes, notably Silver Lake, Pike county, the rock bass are
almost as common as sunflsh. At the rate the rock bass have in-

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Wliih- Ihis i;ii>i<l j^iiiwlli gnu-riillv rcsiills I'kuu ;i plaining iiiidt'i
I lie i(Hi<lilions iiicnlioiKMl, wlicii the slockinj; is mmW in shallowi'i-
stivams. wlu'i'o tlic (iiiaiility of Uhh\ is ivslrichMl or .ontincd lo in-
serts, the airest in growth is as slrikin^i as in the other instance tlie
inerease is wondeil'nl. There ai>iM-ars t(. ]»e no fall otV in the fatness
of the tish but an aveiap- size of ei^ht oi- nine inches is ;^11 tiiat n»ay

Im' looked for.

The introduction of the brown tnnit into this country is due to
ll«'rr von liehi-, late President of i he Moutihc Kisdicrei N'erein. and
after wlu.ni the tish is sometimes calle*! von Hehr trout. The tiral
planting was made in February. ISs:?.

CHAPTKU XXIX.
The l\ock liass or iivii Eu\

How long OP hy wfiom tto vmk bass or red eye was lirst introduced
into IN'nnsylvania waters is unknown. Ibit for nearly lifle«'u years
it was conlined to the Susquehanna and some oi its nibutaries. It
is not believed to be indij;inous to the waters of this State, but is
rather supposod either to have been planted in the Susquehanna
with some of the lirst black bass for that tish. i.r been brought into
its npper waters from s<»me <.f the lakes of New V.uk where one of
its natural ran«ies is. About the Centennial year the Stale Fish
Commissioners seriously considered tin- advisability oi extendin-
this tish t.. other waters of the Stale, but it was not until 1887 that
liny attempt was nuule to ciu-ry the experiment into operation.

in that year one thousand two hundred mature lish were captured
in J.ake Krie and de|M.sited in the Lehij;h. Schuylkill, helaware. Per
kiomen and other streams. The result was hi-hly patifyin^ and the
rock ]»ass is now considered one of the sta|»le tishes to b.- distributed
in larj^e quantities annually.

Almost uniforndy this 1oothsom«* jrame tish have^ f«keB m kin<lly
to their new homes as their cousins the black bass. They have in-
creas4*d and multiplied to a niofit encoura^in- ext.-nt W ttei» I^a-
ware, the upper Schuylkill, the T.ehi-h. ihe Conodo^Miinet. the
lirandywine and other streams. In tin- Ih-lawan' they are very
].lentiful from the New York state line ti. Din^iuan's Ferry, the an
nual movement southward t)ein,ii: very rapid and abundant. In some
of ihe lakes, notably Silver Lake. IMke county, the rock bass are
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c'l-eased in the seven years tliey liave been in tlie various waters east
<»f the Alle«(henies it will not be long before the rock bass becomes
one of our commonest fishes. This is a consummation the more to
be desired since it fulfils in every respect the demands for a fish for
all the people. It is a species which will not only increase rapidly,
but will take either the bait or the artificial fiy with avidity. It
makes a vigorous fight for its liberty and exhibits enough cunning
when hooked to make it pleasant sport for the trout and black bass
fishermen, and yet ladies and half grown children, without skill, may
angle for the red-eye with reasonable assurances of not returning
home empty handed. Not only is the rock bass a game fi«h, but it is
excellent for table use, its fiesh is white, firm and palatable, and
while it does not reach the weight and proportions of the black bass,
becomes three or four times the size and weight of a large sunfish.

Unlike the black bass, which travels either alone or at most in
twos and threes, the rock bass delights to gather in large numbers,
thus affording the angler an additional opportunity of returning
home with a creditable string of fish.

The natural range of the rock bass is from Canada through
some of tlie New^ York lakes and th<' great lakes, and
down through the Ohio and Mississipj)i valley to Texas. It a robust
fish, somewhat the color of the black bass, but may be distinguislied
from it readily by bright patclu^s of red on each t\ve, giving tlieiii
the appearance of being blood shot.

CHAPTER XXX.

The Calico Bass.

The phenomenal success met with in sticking the rivers, lakes and
streams of the State with black bass, led the commi^^sioners to try
the experiment with other members of the perch tribe. Among the
first to be introduced was the calico bass, a fish which loves deep
and sluggish waters, which yet will thrive in streams that are cold
and rapid running. In 1870 some two hundred one and two-year-old
lish were captured at the Licking reservoir, about 10 miles from New-
ark, Ohio, and brought to Pennsylvania. During the next two years
more than 2,000 of this species of tish were shipped from Ohio and
placed in the waters of the Juniata, near Hollidaysburg. The calico
bass thrived wonderfully well, surmounting all difficulties and socm
found their way into the Susquehanna, where they are quite numer-
ous, par1i<Mjlarly al)out Harrisburg.

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t rrascd in llic seven ye;ii-8 llie\ lijiNe heeii in ihe vniions \\;ihis ensl
ef llie Alle;^henies it will nul he lonj^ iM't'oie I lie liuk hiiss heeuines

on*' of uui- eoniiMonest lislies. This is a lonsiiniinaiion ihe nioie lu
he ilesii-ed sinee it fnltils in eveiv i-es[ieri tiie demands for a lisli for
all the iM'opIe. Ji is a sjieries wliieii will nui only inerease rapidly,
hnt will take either the Wail (»r ilie aiiifieial llv with aviditv. It
makes a vijzorous li^hi for its liheity and e.xhihits emmjih mniiin^
when hooked to make it pleasant sjioit for the trout and hlaek hass
llshermen, and yet ladies and half .i;iowii ehildr< n, without skill, may
auiile for tin* redeye with reasonahle assuranees of not returninu
home empty liande<l. Not only is the roek hass a uame lisIi. hut it is
exeelleat for tahle use. its llesh is white, firm and palatahle. and
wliil(» it does not reaeh Hie weij;ht and proportions cd" the hlark hass.
heeonu's three or four times tlie size and weight of a lar«ie sunlish.

Tnlike the hlaek hass, whirh travels either alone or at tt^wrt 111
tvriw and thw?t*s, the rock hass dfliuhts to uather in larire numherH.
llms affording the angler an additional opportunity of returning
ln»me with a creditahle strinj-- of lish.

The natural ranyv of the rock hass is from Canada through
some of the New York lakes and the jffeat i^m, aH#
d<»\vn ihrcMi^h the Ohio and Mississi|i|.i valley to Texji«u It a n»hu>*r
lish. souK-wbat the color of the hlaek hass, hut may lie distiiiirtnslie<f
from it readily hy hri^ht patches ttt m4 tm ettvh t*^**^ itiviwg iheiM
\\w a}>tM*araHee of iH^ing hlood shot.

rHAITKi; X\\.

ffce €^ffO Ikim.

The phemmienal sueeess met with in stoekitiir the rivers, lakes and
streams of the State wtffc hlaek hass. led the comnn? si«uiers to try
the i»xperimenl with other ttlemhers of the pereli tiihe, Amou" the
lirsl to he introduee<l was the calico hass. a fish which loven deep
MiMi i4lii.o«:lsh waters, which yet will thrive in streams that are cold
aii4 rapid runnin«r. In ISTU some two hundred <»ne and two-year old
rt»li Were ca|»tured at the Lickiii-: reserv<»ir, aheut ]() miles from New-
ark. Ohio, ami hrou;:ht to Pennsylvania. iMirint: ihe Mext tw(» vears
more than I'.tMMJ of this species ef tisji were s!iip|>ed from Ohio and
placed in the water-s of the .Juniata, near llollidayshuru. The cali<o
hass thrived wiuiderfidly well, surmoiinlinu all liitthulties and soon
huind theii- way into the Susipjehannn. where iluy ar«' (piite niinier-
oiis. p.ii licularly ahout I lariishuru'.

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The calico bass, or grass bass, as it is termed in the laws of the
State is next to the brook trout esteemed as one of the most beau-
tiful lishes that swims in our waters. The general color is a pale
olive green with strong silvery retlections, while the sides are plenti-
fully mottled with pale green and black; the fins are also beautifully
mottled. Its shape is somewhat similar to the rock bass, but some-
what more rounded. It grows to a greater weight but rarely ex-
ceeds two pounds. Like the rock bass it is prone to the company of
its kind and is a free biter at the hook.

Professor Kirtland, a well known ichthyologist, is strong in his
praises of this fish. He said some years ago: "The grass bass'' has
not hitherto been deemed worthy of consideration by fish culturists;
yet, from a long and intimate acquaintance with its merits, I hesitate
not to pronounce it the fish for the million. It is a native of our
western rivers and lakes, where it usually resorts to deep and slug-
gish waters; yet, it several instances, where it has found its way into
cold and rapid streams, and even small sized brooks by means of the
constructing of canals or by the hand of man, it has adapted itself
to the changes and in two or three years stocked to overflowing these
new locations. As a pan fish, for the table, it is unsurpassed by few
othtM- fresh water species. For endurance and rapidity of increase
it is 11 ne<j nailed. * ♦ ♦ • The grass bass is perfectly adapted
to sto<king ponds. It will thrive without care in very small ponds
of sufficient depth. ♦ ♦ ♦ • it will in no wise interfere with the
cultivation of any number of species, large or small, in the same
waters. It will live harmoniously with all others, and while its
structure and disposition restrain it from attacking any otUer but
very small fry, its formidable armature of spinous rays in the dorsal
and abdominal fins will ;»uard it against attacks of even the voraci-
<Mis juke."

TH AFTER XXXI.
The Rodgers Fish way.

The fisliway (jiiestion is one of such magnitude in the work of ])r<»s-
ervation and ])ropagation of the fisheries to-day, that no history
would be comjilete without showing the advanceiiHMit made in this
branch of the art.

Rivers mav be sto<ked each vear with millions of infant fish bv
artificial process, but being obstructed by dams and falls, the young

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life is cut off and destroyed before maturity. Provide a free and
easy passage over these obstructions, and the result will be a nmr-
velous increase of fish. Nature, with little artificial assistance, will
then stock the rivers, which will become a source of great revenue
as well as of noble sport.

The fishway which, after severe and most satisfactory tests, was
adopted by the State Board of Fish Commissioners, is the invention
of William H. Rodgers, of Nova Scotia, for many years identified
with the Canadian fisheries department as commission for that pro-
vince. Mr. Rodgers, being a thoroughly practical man, took advant-
age of the splendid opportunities there presented for research and
experiment in this branch, which terminated in a perfect solution of
the troublesome problem of the reconciliation of water power and
the fisheries, the value of which can only be understood by a knowl
edge of the interests involved. It is not, however, the purpose of
this sketch to discuss the many phases of this question, but simplv to
give a brief description of the invention, and together with illustra-
tions (see engraving) to convey a comprehensive idea of the general
principles of its construction; and to show that beside embodving
all the requirements for the ascent of fish over dams and falls, it
also, overcomes a most fatal objection common to other devices' of
this nature, namely, the liability to destruction bv freshets and ice
so common to the rivers of this State, which, during the earlv spring,'
are filled with immense quantities of broken ice, gorging and tearing
onward with the swollen tide, leaving behind vast trails of destruc-
tion.

In the application here shown the fishway is so closelv connected
with the obstruction and has so small a portion projecting above
that the ice can find no hold upon it. Heing on longitudinal lines'
with the dam, it simply takes the place of a portion of the apron in
shedding the water and ice. This, however, is but one form of the
many applicaticuis, all of which are equally staunch and efTe<tive.

As the construction of a dam is guided by the formati(ui and condi
tions of a river, so must a fishway be located and built to meet i\w
exegencies of both dam and river, and at the same time it must pro-
vide for the erratic requirements of the fish.

In all the api)lications, the entrance is located <lose to. the dam
where the fish, instinctively searching for a i>assage to the river
above, most naturally linger. This feature is a most important and
comnu^ndable one, and to if is largely due its unprecedented success

The interior arrangement is very simple, consisting of a sluice-way
five feet wide by three feet deep, running at a grade of about one foot
m nine or ten, provided with a series of fences (called bucket^) set it
acute angles on either side, leaving openings of fourteen inches al-

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lowing for the passage of a sufficient volume of water to accommo-
date the largest river tish. These buckets so retard the water that
its force is reduced to a minimum, and the arrangement is so perfect
that at whatever the height of the obstruction, or whatever the
length of the fishway, the current is no stronger at the bottom than
at the top.

The flshway proper is built solidly within square timber crib-work,
bolted to the bed-rock and to the dam and heavily ballasted with
stone, the whole being substatially covered with heavy plank, except
the lower side of the crib, through which the light is allowed to enter.
Against the small projecting portion at the head is provided a sub-
stantial ice head, which is given an easy slope, thus presenting little
resistance to the ice. A breakwater is also provided, which renders
the entrace clear from falling water.

Tn fact, so perfectly are all the requirements met, and so com-
pletely has Mr. Rodgers overcome the many heretofore existing diffi-
culties, that there is nothing further to be desired in a flshway.

The comparatively small cost of construction is another commend-
able feature, it being principally guided by the market prices of the
materials used and by the obstruction to be overcome.

Briefly summed up, its strong features are:

1. Applicable to any form of dam or natural fall.

2. The entrance is near the dam, where fish accumulate in search
of a pa sage to the water above.

',\. The strejim is as near a natural brook as can be produced.

4. The current is easy — just strong enough to be an attraction to
fish.

.5. Each bucket forms a pool such as fish delight to play in.
<{. It draws a \o\'y small quantity of water, and this can be shut off
at anv time if found necessarv.

• «

7. Tt is thoroughly ice-proof.

5. Not linble to clog up. re(juiring only ordinary care, as small
debris, can pass through very readily and large matter cannot enter.

0. Repairs are seldom necessarv when properly built at first.
I'O. Never known to injure a dam or water power in the slightest
degree, but on the contrary, it is a support to the dam.

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THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.

By JOSEPH W. COLLINS.

INTRODUCTION.

In preparing this paper on the commercial aspects of the fisheries
of lV-uii>.ylvauia, it has for >ariou8 reasons been considered udvis-
able to limit it to a consideration of present conditions, so far as
data is available. Indeed, this has seemed necessary, for the reason
that the space available did not permit of greater elaboration, and
also because the history of fishing within State waters will be i,re-
sented in detail by another. While, therefore, it has been the aim
of the writer to omit discussion of historical facts, it has occasion
ally been found almost imperatively necessary to mention some in-
ndents of the past in order that the reader might have a clearer
Klea of the circumstances which led up to the present conditions

It IS to be regretted that no comprehensive investigation of the
hshenes on the Delaware and Susquehanna, and their tributaries, has
ever been n.ade in recent years. It is true that enquiries have been
om.ially i.rosecuted in the lower reaches of those rivers, but nothina
has been systematically done higher up. Consequently the only in
formation available is fragmentary and inadequate for the presenta
ion of a satisfactory report upon existing conditions throughout the
cngth of these rivers. All that could be attempted was to give the
•gures and describe the methods for those sections of which there is
knowledge. While it true that what has been stated embraces pra.'
ually a I which can be considered commercially important, never-
.eless, large quantities of fish, that enter into the food supply of
he people are doubtless taken, of which no account has been ob-
• ained If complete information was available, which would make
possible the i.resentation of facts and figures comprehensivelv cover-
mg the methods and the entire fish product of the State, it is'bevond
question that this report would gain much of additional interest and
would more strongly en.phasize the value of the work already done
". restocking the State waters. .At the same time it would show the
necessity of supporting this work, not only by liberal appropriations
but by the enactment and enforcement of laws to prevent unneces-
sary pollution of streams and other harmful agencies that mav ren-
der abortive all attempts to make the waters yield the supply of food
which the welfare of the State, and a consideration of future as well
as pi<.sent needs, seems to imperatively deMiiiiid.

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However, while it lias not been practicable to enter thus exten-
sively into a consideration of the question of commercial fishing, the
facts presented cover the field so far as it has yet been recognized,
and may, at least, suffice to show how important these industries are
to the ^tate, and the desirability of preserving them unimpaired by
proper encouragement and watchful care.

Although the writer has freely consulted the literature bear-
ing on the subjects under discussion, and has, in some cases, quoted
more or less extensively from other authors, he has brought to this
W(»ik much original information, gathered by personal enquiry from
Ihe most reliable sources. Therefore, while he nuiy indulge a regret
that it was not in his power to jiersonally canvass the entire field,
and thus eipilp liimself with complete information up to the close of
ISO-t, it is hoped that the character of the inftn-mation presented, as
well as the arrangement of facts, may prove satisfactory. No pre
vious attempt has been made to discuss at length the fisheries and
fish trade of tlie State, and their relations to neighboring states, and
for this reastin, if for no other, this paper may prove acceptable, and
may aid the reader in gaining a better understanding of these indus-
tries and their needs.

Acknowledgments are due Colonel CJay, Secretary of the Pennsyl-
vania Fish (Nunmission, for information, and for facilities afforded
f(U' personal inquiry; to :Mr. Max Ams, of New York, and Mr. George
O. Shannon, of Penn's (irove. New Jersey, for valuaT)le data relating
to the sturgeon industry, and to Mr. E. S. Harris, of Penn's Grove,
for statistics and other information relating to the shad fishery on
the lower Delaware.

IMPOKTAXrK OF COMMKKCIAL FISHERIES.

The commercial fisheries of Pennsylvania are much more import
ant than is poi»ularly su]q)osed. The fact that the State has only a
shore line of about fifty miles on Lake Erie and does not touch the
Atlantic ocean places it at a disadvantage so far as commercial fish
ing is concerned. Then, too, the vast commercial interests it has in
other directions no doubt has tended to overshadow the actu il im
portance of its fisheries. But thai the latter are worthy of consider-
ation, and of encouragement on the part of the citizens of the State,
is evidenced by the fact that, according to the latest statistics avail-
able, the commercial fisheries of Pennsylvania employed 2,S.30 per-

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sons; a fleet of 73 vessels, valued at |177,810; 917 boats, valued at
162,911; the total investment was |1,525,373, while the product
amounted to more than 10,000 tons, chiefly of fish food, which had a
value at the price paid the fishermen of |521,495.

These figures, impressive as they are, do not include large quanti-
ties of products taken from the rivers and smaller streams by many
hundreds of people who fish to supply their own tables, or, perhaps,
for only a brief time in a semi-professional way, while the migratory
species are ascending to the headwaters. No adequate investigation
of this desultory fishing has yet been made, but beyond question the
amount of fish food so obtained, though it has not heretofore been in-
cluded with the statistics of commercial fishing, nevertheless, may
not be ignored, since it adds annually millions of pounds of f(^d to
the general product of the fisheries of the State, of which statement
has been given above. It is therefore probably safe to estimate that
a total ranging from 25,000,000 to 30,000,00(» pounds of fish products
is the annual yield of Pennsylvania.

FISHEKIES OF DELAWARE RIVER A\!) BAY.

(a) General.— The fisheries of the Delaware river and bay to
which reference will be made in this chapter, are engaged in chiefly
by citizens of Philadelphia and vicinity, and are limited to that sec-
tion of the river below the city. The present condition of the fish
eries of the upper river, as well as their history, have been discussed
elsewhere, and for this reason mention of them here will be omitted

The fisheries of Delaware bay, and of the river below Philadelphia
have always attracted the attention of citizens of Pennsylvania to a
greater or less extent, and in recent years they seem to have en-
gaged in fishing in the lower river and bay to a lai-ger extent than
formerly. While some of them operate seines and gill nets alonir
the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware, making their headquarters
remporarily on the shores of these states, others have vessels upon
which they live while engaged in catching fish or ovsters

(b) Oyster Fishery.-The oyster industry is one*^ of the most im
portant branches of commercial fishery prosecuted hy citi/eus of
Pennsylvania, since it employs a large fleet of vessels durin- six or
eight months of the year, and is a factor in supplying the markets of
Philadelphia with this highly prized bivalve.

Crews, Wages, etc.-In order to comply with the laws regulating

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sons; n fleet of 7:; v.'s.sds, valin-d jii .^I77,M(); in7 boals, valued at
S(;lVUI; the tolal iiivestuieiit was si.r,L':,.:;7;:, wliil.. \\w piudiin
aiiiouiiHMl to more than lt),000 tons, .hirilv of tisli f«MHl, wliidi had a
\aliie al the price j»aid the fislipinieu of .S~)L' 1.411.'.

These tiouies, inipiessive as tlu-v aiv. do not include lai-c (pianti-
lies of products taken fnuu the livcis and sniallci- streams hx nianv
hundreds of pe<»plc who lish to supplv their own tahh's, or. perhaps,
fur onh a luief time in a st-nn juofessiiuial way. while the mi-ratt»rv
species are ascendinj.- to the headwaters. .\n ade(piate invest'l-atiiUi
of this desultory lisliin- has yei Imcii made, hut heyond question the
amount of lish food so obtained, thou-h it has not liereK.fnre been in
<Iiide<l with the statistics of ccunmercial tishin- nevertheless, niav
uol be i-noi-ed, since it adds annually millions of pounds «d" food to
the ue,u.,,,i product of the fisheries of the State, of which state„MMit
has Immi, oiven above. It is therefore probably safe to estimate lUal
a total ran-in- from L':».IMMMMM» to ;JO,tMKMMM» pounds of fish ppr.ducfs
is the annual yield (d' l*ennsylvnTiia.

I'lSilKUiKS OF Jih'LAWAKK Kr\ EK AX!) lUV.

W <*(«B^.-^flie fisheries <,f the Delaware river and bay to
wfcteh Inference will be made io tkb chapter, are engaged in chietiv
by eitlmis of JM.iladelphia and vicinity, and are limited to that se,'
ttott of tiw river beh»w t^ ,.iiy. Ibe ^mmX condition of the fish
til'fei* «rf tfce ui.per river, as well m their liistcuy, have been discussed
elsewhere, and for this reason mention of them here will be omitteA

ym hshencs of Delaware bay, and of the rim- Mow I'hiladelphia
have always attracted the attention of citizens of IVuusvlvania to -i
greater or less extent, and in reeent vears thev seen/to have en
gaged in fishing in the lower river and bay to a larger exteui ikan
tormerly. W hde some of them operate «eiues and gill nets alou^^
t^ coasts .d- New Jersey aud ^toware, nuddng their headquartei's
fvii.porard.v on \\w shores of ffw«* states, others have vessels „p..,i
Vhich they live while engaged in cHtehfiig fish or ovslers

.bi OvMt^r ^^ery.-Tl.e oNsier iuUu^irN is one" of ,h.. ...o., i...
portanl branches of connuenial fishery prosecuted bv citi/.ens of
Pennsylvania. sin<e ii employs a large tied of vessels durii... .iv or
eight months of the year, and is a factor in supplying the nu.rkets of
rhiladelphia with this highly prized bivalve.
Crews, Wages, etc. -In order to comply with the laws reouPaiu.

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the oyster tislierj', it is necessary lor tlie captaiu of the vessel engag-
ing in this industry to be a resident of the State from which license
is obtained for carrying on the business. For this reason, the cap-
tains of the vessels owned at Philadelphia, and who participate in
the oyster fishery of New Jersey, must reside in that state in order
to be entitled to hold and cultivate oyster grounds. There are no
limitations as to the residence of other members of the crew.

The men who engage in this fishery are for the most part native
born Americans varying in age from 10 to 50 years, though as a rule,
the oystermen are from 25 to 40 years old.

In some cases the captains own their own vessels in part or in
whole, but many of them work on a monthly salary and the other
members of the crew are also hired by the month. Those who are on
salary are called "monthlies," or ''monthly men." Most of the men
employed in this fishery have gained a thorough knowledge of it
through long experience and are thus enabled to command higher
wages than is paid to those who are novices. Wages also vary
considerably in the diiferent season. Captains are usually paid |50
and upwards per month, while the common hands who are experi-
enced in the fishery receive fHS per month. The rate of wages quoted
by shipping agents is sometimes as low as f 17 per month.

1. Fishing grounds.— The fishing grounds resorted to by the oyster
men are in the lower section of Delaware bay, and chiefly on the New
Jersey side in the vicinity of Maurice river. The value of these
grounds for several years has depended largely, if not entirely, upon
artificial cultivation, or the planting of oysters. The following ex
tract from a paper on "The Oyster Industry of New Jersey," by Ans
ley Hall, will convey a very fair idea of the oyster grounds in which
the fishermen of Pennsylvania are interested, and upon which they
prosecute their industry:

"At the present time the region which includes the oyster-plant-
ing grounds may be approximately bounded as follows: Beginning
at Egg island lighthouse and running direct toward Cross Ledge
lighthouse, about two and one-half miles, thence south-southeast
one half east, about nine and one half miles, thence easterly by an ir-
regular course (excluding Dead Man's shoal) to the cape shore near
the north end of Fishing Creek shoal, thence following the line of the
shore at a distance therefrom varying from one-half to one and one
lialf miles and sweeping several miles seaward off the mouth of
Maurice river to the place of beginning, and containing about sixty
eight square nautical miles, or 57,654 acres. Of this area, probably
not more than one-fifth is under cultivation. The depth of the water
on the cultivated beds varies from about five to twenty-four feet and
the extreme distance from the land is about ten miles.

"Tne beds are located in various portions oi the above descriueu
territory wherever the conditions are thijught to be the most favor-
able for oyster cultivation. If a ground proves unsuccessful it is
abandoned and a new one is selected. In this way the greater part
of the entire space has been planted at one time or another. If not
unfrequently happens that a ground that has yielded unsatisfactory
results and has therefore been vacated by one planter, is taken up
the next year by another and the oysters do well. Experiences of
this kind have prevalence to the idea among the oystermen that the
constant use of the same ground either exhausts the food supply or
superinduces an unfavorable condition of bottom, which requires a
period of rest to correct. The general character of the bottom in the
lower part of the cove toward Cape May is mud, while that of the
upper part, in the vicinity of Egg island, is sand. In many localities
the sand is shifting and renders the bottom unsuitable for oyster
planting and in some instances entirely useless.

"Before any grounds can be planted it is required by law that they
shall be marked by buoys or stakes to which a number, painted in
black figures eighteen inches long and four inches wide, shall be se-
curely fastened. It is also required that the vessel operating these
grounds shall have a corresponding number of the same color and
dimensions painted in the middle of her mainsail one third from the
head, on the starboard side, and in the middle of the jib one third
from the head on the port side. The grounds are divided into lots
of such form and size as are most convenient for dredging. They
are usually made as nearly square as possible and are approximately
five acres in area.

"A line running direct from Egg island lighthouse to Cross Ledge
lighthouse forms the legal boundary line between the cultivated
grounds on the south and the territory which includes the natural
oyster beds on the north of said line. The natural grounds extend
from this line for a distance of about twenty miles up the river to
Stony Point and embrace all the territory between these points lying
in the waters of New Jersey, or from the shore to the main ship
channel, and contain an area of about eighty seven and one-half square
nautical miles, or 74,187 acres. It is not entirely covered with oyster
beds, although there are, probably, few places where oysters can not
be found. Beds of various sizes lie scattered all over this part of the
bay. Some of them are large and afford ample space for dredging;
while others are so small that a vessel cannot dredge continuously
upon them; but when she reaches the om\ of the hod the dredges are
hauled in and she returns to the other end to begin again. Tlu^se
are called by the oyster men "one haul places," and are fre(]iiented
by small vessels, larcro ones requiring more room to operate profit-
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i^reater part of the native seed oysters used for planting on me cul-
tivated beds in Maurice River Cove and Delaware bay."

2. Vessels. — The vessels employed in this fishery are small
schooners and sloops, some of which resemble in appearance the typi-
cal oyster pungy of the Chesapeake bay region, while others are of a
tjpe peculiar to Delaware bay. The latter is a awide, shallow, center-
board vessel, with sharp bow, wide, square or elliptical stern, with
moderate sheer and low bulwarks. Vessels of this class almost in-
variably have raking stems and "long heads." They are heavily
rigged, but as a rule the masts do not rake so strongly as is charac-
teristic of the Chesapeake bay boats. The schooners have tall masts
but carry only one top mast of moderate length, upon which is set a
main gaf -topsail in light winds. Three lower sails, jib, foresail and
mainsail, are also carried. The sloops have a single tall mast and
top mast, upon which are set the mainsail, jib and gaf-topsail. A
large cabin trunk is placed on the after part of the flush deck and the
cabin room is ample for the accommodation of a crew of from three
to seven men, which is the number usually carried. Nearly amid-
ships are located the winders by means of which the dredges are
raised.

Vessels of this class range in size from less than fifteen to
nearly forty tons and in value from $2,000 to |5,000 each.

In 1892, thirty-one schooners and one sloop hailing from Philadel-
l»hia, with an aggregate tonnage of 819.51 tons engaged in the oyster
fishery on the New Jersey side of Delaware bay, rendesyousing at
Maurice River (Jove. Following is a list of the names, tonnage and
rig of these vessels:

Name of Vessel. Net tonnage. Rig.

Annie Coouey, 23.32 Sch.

Daniel A. Davis, 21.82 Sch.

Eden, 38.87 Sch.

Edward C. Burton 14.32 Sip.

Ellen Weissinger, 20.47 Sch.

Elvina E. Schoeh 23.49 Sch.

(\en. McClelland 22.02 Sch.

H. H. Meekins 18.20 Sch.

.Fohn S. Myers 24.09 Sch.

-John W. Willing 22.42 Sch.

Jolin Bierly 26.05 Sch.

John Guyant 34..30 Sch.

Katie Rurton, 25.92 Sch.

La Fayette 25.13 Sch.

Lavinia V. Tall 31.46 Sch.

Lewis Hess 28.94 Sch.

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Name of X'essel. Net tonnage. Rig.

Mary Elizabeth, I6.45 Sch.

Mattie T. Flavell, 32.23 Sch.

Melvina Condiflf, 22.88 Sch.

N. R. Godfrey, 24.40 Sch.

New Jersey, 20.65 Sch.

Ocean Queen, 18.55 Sch.

Protector, 29.96 Sch.

Rebecca C. Schoeh, 20.17 Sch.

I^escue, 26.30 Sch.

S. J. Delan, 34.49 gch.

Sarah A. Melson, 25.42 Sch.

Susie C. Raynor, 28.07 Sch.

William F. Cullen, 31.38 Sch.

William H. Gatzmer, 24.22 Sch.

3. Apparatus, Methods of Fishing, etc.— No important improve-
ments have been made in the methods of dredging employed in the
oystev fishery, and, indeed, none would be tolerated. So far as the
writer is informed, steam has never been used for dredging. Each
vessel operates two dredges; these are attached to dredge chains,
and are hove in by hand, on two winders fastened on the deck.
These winders are commonly ^lade of iron. While only two dredges
are used, each vessel is ordinarily provided with four of these im-
plements, so that, in case one is lost, its place can be readily supplied.
There is a law which limits the size of the dredges to "the tooth-bar,
not exceeding forty inches in length." It will thus be seen that the
equipment is simple in the extreme, and the cost of the entire appa
ratus would not exceed |100 for the largest vessels employed in the
fishery.

The winders are operated by two iron cranks which the men la-
boriously turn when heaving in the dredge chain that passes over a
roller on the side of the vessel. When dredging, the vessel is kept
under suitable sail, the amount of which usually depends on the force
of the wind, so that she will move along steadily and at a nearly uni-
form rate, while at the same time care is taken to keep her within
the liinits of the area over which her owner is entitled to operate, it
is generally necessary to make frequent changes in the course so
that she may lv(»ep within proper limits. In the meantime, the crew
are busy at work heaving in the dredges, from time to time emptying
their contents upon the deck and, perhaps, culling the oysters.

"The season for taking oysters from the planted areas and for
marketing them," says Hall, "begins September 1 and continues
until June 15 following; that for taking oysters from the natural
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iu. l>uiiug the moiillis ut Juue, Jul^' and August it is unlawful to
take 03'sters for any purpose whatever from certain natural beds in
Maurice Itive Cove and in the creeks along the shores of Cumberland
county, known severally as the East Point beds, Andrews Ditch
beds, the beds at the mouth of Dividing Creek and Oranoke creek,
and in creeks where there is a natural growth of oysters which be-
come exposed at low tide. These beds are also exempted from
dredging.

"During the latter part of March all necessary preparations for
beginning the work of catching natural oysters from the public beds
and planting them in the cultivated areas in Maurice Bive cove is
completed. The vessels usually leave port on the 31st of March,
providing that day does not fall on Sunday, in order to be on the
grounds and ready to begin work at sunrise on the morning of the
lirst of April. The law prescribes that oysters shall not be taken
before sunrise nor after sunset, nor on Sunday. The business of
dredging seed oysters is prosecuted vigorously until the 15th of
June, when the season ends. The oysters and shells are dredged up
from the beds or natural reefs together, and are loaded on the decks
of the vessels. No 'culling' or separating of the loose shells from the
oysters is done. The culling law, which prohibited all persons from
taking away any old shells which could be separated from the
oysters without injuring them, or any other materials which might
be useful to the beds for the young oysters or "spat" to adhere to,
was unfortunately repealed in 1877. This law made it compulsory
for the oystermen to cull out, or separate from the oysters, all the
old shells and throw them back upon the beds. Since that law was
repealed the oysters and shells have been taken together and planted
in the cove.

"Naturally, the proportion of oysters to tlie entire* cjuautity of
ovsters and shells in each deck load becomes smaller as the season
advances. According to the estimates of the oystermen, the number
{)f bushels of shells annually taken from the beds during the planting
season considerably exceeds that of the oysters. These shells are
not altogether useless for planting. Many of them are covered with
small or "blister" oysters, which are sometimes not larger than a
finger nail. These, if they live, will in time grow to marketable size.
Shells that do not have oysters on them are also valuable, especially
when planted on soft bottom, for rendering the beds sufficiently hard
to bear oysters.

"The size of the deck loads are estimated to vary from 100 to 500
bushels, according to the capacity of the vessels and the abundance
or scarcity of the oysters. When a vessel is loaded she carries her
freight to the cultivating grounds in Maurice River Cove, where the
oysters are thrown off (overboard) on the oyster lots with shovels in

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such a manner as to scatter them over the grounds. This process is
called 'planting' oysters. It is customary, during the planting sea-
son, for the vessels to leave port on Monday morning and remain at
work until Friday or Saturday afternoon, unless compelled to seek
shelter from storms. The number of deck loads taken by each vessel
ordinarily varies from 20 to 40.

4. Marketing the Catch.— The product of the oyster fishery is
landed chiefly at Bivalve or Maurice River, which are the shipping
points for the vessels operating off the New Jersey coast. In some
instances, however, vessels take their catch to Philadelphia or else
where.

"After the oysters are planted they are allowed to remain undis
turbed on the beds from two to four years to give them time to grow
large enough for market. They are sometimes shifted before being
taken up for market, from the grounds where they were first planted
to other grounds, in order to facilitate their growth and fattening.

"The season for marketing oysters is a busy period. Large num-
bers of vessels may be seen in favorable weather dredging oysters
from the cultivated areas. The oysters are hauled up by the dredges
and placed on the vessel's deck, where they are culled, or separated,
chiefly into two grades, the large and the small ones. The large
oysters are called 'primes' and the small ones 'cullens,' or cullings.'
These are placed in separate heaps on the deck, and the shells, to-
gether with such oysters as are unsuitable for market, are shoveled
overboard upon the beds again. When the day's work is finished
the oysters are carried to Bivalve or Maurice River, where they are
put into large floats, which are so arranged as to admit the water.
They are left in the floats for a period sufficiently long to allow them
to "drink" the brackish water of the river, which makes their meat
white and adds to their appearance of fatness.

"The oysters are removed from the floats by men whose especiai
duty is to prepare them for shipment. These are termed 'scowmen,'
or 'scow gangs.' The scowmen count out the oysters into baskets
and put them in sacks and barrels. The baskets hold 200 'cullens'
or 100 'primes,' or, approximately, one-half bushel. It is generally
considered that 400 'cullens' or 200 'primes' make one bushel. A
sack will usually hold from 000 to 700 'primes,' or about twice that
number of 'cullens.' The barrels are said to hold about the same
number as the sacks. When this work is done, the oysters are hand-
ed ovei' to tin* shippers, who purchase them from the oystermen or
catchers. The shippers furnish the sacks and barrels, and the own-
ers of the oysters pay the scowmen for their work at a rate per thou-
sand for the number of oysters handled. The prices which the
oystermen receive from the shippers have gradually increasedv dur
ing the past few years. In 1888 the price per 1,000 oysters was |5
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for 'primes' aud |2 for 'culleus'. In 1892 it was from |6.50 to ^7 for
'primes' and |2.50 for 'cullens.' They are all sold by the thousand.
About one-third of the entire quantity in number are 'primes' and
two-thirds are 'cullens,' which would make an equal number of
bushels of each grade. The catch of almost the entire fleet of ves-
sels is landed at Bivalve and Maurice River for shipment by rail."*

(c) Shad Fishery. — For many reasons the shad fishery is the most
important of any of the fisheries of the Delaware river and bay. It
has a special interest to citizens of Pennsylvania from the fact that
Us successful continuance depends largely, if not entirely upon the
efforts which have been and are being made by the State au-
thorities to maintain an adequate supply of shad in the river. While
it is true that there are but few fisheries for shad on the Pennsylva-
nia shore, and that this industry is prosecuted from the New Jersey
side of the Delaware, the fact nevertheless remains that many cit-
izens of Pennsylvania are engaged in this fishery and those have in-
vested a considerable capital. It is to be regretted, however, that
the peculiar nature of the fishery causes it to be so complicated that
no definite statistics are available as to the amount of capital and
the number of men employed from this State. The figures which will
be given relate more to the aggregate of the fishery, as prosecuted in
New Jersey, since it is impracticable to draw a definite line concern-
ing the specific interest of Pennsylvania.

1. Personnel, Wages, etc. — It is estimated by competent authority
that from 1,000 to 1,200 fishermen are employed on the shores of
New Jersey in the shad fishery ])elow Philadelphia, and the average
earnings of a fisherman during the shad season is |150. I was told
at Gloucester that fishermen were often hired at a salary of |18 to
$20 per month to operate the seines. When the shad season closes
some of the seine masters go to more southern waters to continue
fishing; at least a few of them go to Cape Charles, Va., for the bal-
ance of the fishing season.

2. Fishing Grounds. — The fishing ground, so far as it is considered
in this report, extends from opposite Philadelphia to Stow creek,
which is the dividing line between Salem and Cumberland counties.
New Jersey. This line is the lowest point on the New Jersey side
of Delaware bay where shad fishing is prosecuted. Between the
points mentioned are a number of seine halls, while a large part of
the river and bay is resorted to for drift net fishing. At Gloucester,
New Jersey, and immediately below it are several noted "fisheries"
where seines are operated.

3. Boats. — The boats employed in the shad fishery are chiefly of
two types, one of which is specially designed for gill net flshing and

* Notes on the Oyster Industry of New Jersey, by Ansley Hall.

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the other for seine fishery. In addition to these, however, there are
sometimes various other kinds of boats employed of no special type.

The typical gill net boat is carvel built and open. It is broad and
shallow, with sharp bow, nearly vertical stem above water, slightly
rising floor, flaring side, long easy run, skag, and wide V shaped
square stern. It is usually rigged as a sloop, carrying a boom and
gaff mainsail and jib, the latter tacking down to the stem head.
Boats of this type range from 18 to 21 feet in length and from 5 to ♦>
feet beam. They are all fitted with centre boards and are swift
sailers. They vary in value from |45 to |60.

The seine boat of the Delaware is generally of the sharpy pattern,
with flat bottom, long sharp bow, square stern and skag. It is pro
vided with a roller across the stern, over which the seine runs out
when it is being set, and it is fitted for 14 to 18 oarsmen. Boats of
(his type range from 30 to (>0 feet in length and from 8 to 12 feet in
width. The seine boats used at and near Gloucester are about 50 to
00 feet long and have 9 oarsmen on a side. Some of these boats are
lap streaked, while others are carvel built. They range in value
from JiplOO to |200.

At Gloucester and vicinity market boats are used in connection
with the seines. These are cat rigged, carvel built, centre board
boats, about :^0 feet long, practically of the same type as the gill net
l>oats. They are used for carrying the fish from the seining shores
to Philadelphia and during the shad fishing season they make a trip
each day. These boats are valued at ^^150.

From all the information obtained, house boats or ''arks" are not
generally used by i\w gill net fishermen on the Delaware. However,
one of these boats was seen by the writer at Gloucester. This was
a square ended scow, 15 feet 0 inches long, and 8 feet wide. On this
was erected a house 12 feet 10 inches long and S feet wide fso that
its sides came flush with the sides of the scow) and 5 feet 7 1-2 inches
extreme heiglit. The highest point was in the middle from which
the top <'nrved downward so that it was only 4 feet S inches high at
the sides. The rear end of the house was flush with the stern, but
at the forward end there was a deck or platform 2 f(»et 8 inches long
and extending the entire width of the scow. This house had win-
dows along its sides and was fitted with sleeping berths. Tlie boat
was exactly the same type as tlie arks used on the Potcmiac river by
the gill net shad fishermen.

4. Apparatus of Capture. — The two forms of apparatus employed
in the shad fishery are haul seines and gill nets. The seines used at
Penns' Grove vary from 200 to fiOO fathoms in length, from 100 to
200 meshes in depth, wlnle the size of the mesh ranges from two
inches in the bunt to 4 inches at the wings. The average value of
reinos of this description is |1.000.

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According to Mr. E. S. Harris, of Penn's Grove, the average length
of shad gill nets is 400 fathoms, and the depth is 48 meshes. The
writer was told, however, that the gill nets used at Gloucester were
much shorter than this.

In many places a shad gill net is 50 fathoms long, 4 fathoms deep,
with a 4 12 inch mesh, and made of 35 3 twine. In fishing several
of these can be fastened together end to end, so as to make prac-
tically a continuous net of any desired length.

5. Methods of Fishing. — From ten to fifty men are required to
handle a seine, the number varying with the size of the net. Two
gangs of men are needed for operating one of the large drag seines,
each of which is controlled by a captain. I was told that the seine-
ing gang at Gloucester numbered about 45 men, including the crews
of the seine boat, market boat, lookout boats and the "beach gang."
Eighteen to 20 men constitute the crew of one of the large seine
boats and, acting in conjunction with these, are the men who go on
the lookout boats, whose duty it is to watch the net and warn sjiiling
vessels and steamers to keep clear of it. A seining crew is nearly
e(|ually divided, and this leaves from 18 to 20 men on the beach under
the control of a captain, and these are known as the shore gang or
beach gang.

The seines are set at the turn of the tide, and at Gloucester T was
told that one haul was made at high water slack and two hauls were
made on the ebb tide. The so-called "high water haul" is made on
the last of the flood tide. A little while before high water the seino
boat is put in a position for setting the net, a "shore line" reaching
from the beach to the boat. At a signal from the captain of the
shore gang the boat starts out and the net is set so that the current
sweeping along the river bottom will assist the work of the fisher-
men in dragging it to the shore. The object is to lay out the seine
not far above or below the landing shore as the tide may be running
out or into the river, so that when it is hauled to the beach it will
be in the most favorable position for landing. The seine is run out
in a semi circle, and as soon as it is in the water the hauling warp is
swiftly carried to the shore when the boats crew spring out and in
stantly begin hauling in on it. In the meantime the "shore gang"
pull away at the line attached to the other end of the seine, and
every effort is made to land the net as quickly as possible. In this
manner a large area of the river bottom is swept and the work is
done so skillfully and so rapidly that the chances are all the fish
that come within its reach are captured.

As soon as the seine is landed at the Gloucester shore the fish are
transferred to the market boats, which lies in waiting. Ordinarily,
the market boat waits until the close of the day's fishing when she
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llrstcast of the seine she starts off immediately with the fish and re-
turns as soon as possible, to make another trip later in the day. The
boat is managed by one man, who performs the important duty of
taking all the fish to market.

At points more remote from Philadelphia the fish may be shipped
by rail or steamer, and the method of handling the catch differs
somewhat from that above described as being in vogue at Gloucester
and vicinity.

The methods of seine fishing appears to have preceded that of fish-
ing with gill nets in this section of the Delaware river, if we are to
accept the statements of Dr. Samuel Howell, who in an article enti
tied "Notice of the shad and shad fisheries of the Delaware," which
appeared in the American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 32,
1837, made the following statements:

"The usual and most efficient method of taking the shad is by
means of seines. (The description of the construction of the seine, the
laying out and hauling is similar to the methods now in use, and is
not therefore reproduced.) The regular shore nets vary in length
from 150 to 500 fathoms. Formerly they were drawn in by manual
labor alone. Of late years, however, capstans have been employed
to aid in this laborious operation.

"The number required to manage a net varies from fifteen to
twenty five. The whole number employed at the Fancy Hill Fish-
eries, including foremen, clerk, marketmen, tide watchers, etc., is
nearly one hundred.

"Besides the production of such an amount of healthful and deli-
cious food in quantity generally sufficient to supply the States of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the fisheries give profitable employ-
ment to a gi-eat number of men at a season when their services are
not practically required in agricultural labor.

"The fisheries, therefore, constitute an important interest to the
states bordering on the river and one that merits the fostering care
(►f their respective legislatures.

"The importance of this species of pro[)erty was recognized at an
(\arly period of our history, when fisheries were comparatively few,
and numerous salutary provisions were enacted from time to time in
relation to them, whose object was to perpetuate their benefits and
secure them to their rightful possessors.

"Amongst others were those protecting the fisheries from unneces-
sary interruption by vessels and rafts, which are expressly required
to avoid the seines while fishing and prohibited under severe penal
ties from anchoring within the fishing range of any of the fisheries.
"But of late years the legislatures of these states have been so oc-
cupied with political mano<^uvering and management thwi they seem
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states, and amongst others of the fisheries. For, while they are com-
pelled to pay heavy taxes into the State treasury in common with
other real property, and are subjected to several onerous restrictions
which have been artfully imposed upon them upon the ground of
preserving the breed of fish, they have been so far neglected by their
legal guardians that the river has of late been virtually thrown open
to common right, and a class of outlaws — men without a local habi
tation or name — are now enjoying privileges and rights without the
shadow of benefit to respective states, which laws and usages from
time immemorial had secured to the riparian propriMor.

"I allude to the gill-net fishermen, who have literally taken forcible
possession of the river Delaware under the plea of its being a com-
mon highway, and have virtually dispossessed the lawful owners of
the fisheries of property which they considered as secure and as
much their own as their farms.

"The several rights of fishery had been the fruitful source of liti-
gation in this country from an early period of its history, but it had
been so long recognized by legislative enactments and confirmed by
the decisions of thehighest judicial tribunals that the question seemed
to be finally and incontrovertibly settled. This right, too, seemed to
be eflPectually secured to the riparian proprietor, by the circumstan-
ces that it was necessary in order to its enjoyment that a foothold
should be had on shore, whereon to manage the seine and secure its
contents. This, of course, would subject any person who attempted
to encroach on the fishing rights of another to an action of trespass,
and, con»<^quently, operated, as an effectual protection. ,

"But the ingenuity of man, ever ready to evade restrictions that
clash with his interest, has devised a mode of fishing by which all
connection with the shore is rendered unnecessarv. Bv this method
the net is constructed as to enlarge or to 'mesh,' as it is technically
said, and not to inclose the shad, as is the case with the regular shore
nets alreadv described.

"The seine used by these freebooters is formed with meshes so
large that fish are permitted to pass their heads though and on at
tempting to retreat they become entangh^l by the gills.

"The twine, too, of which the nets are made, is so fine that it is not
perceived by the fish until his head is in the toil and it is too late to
escape. The nets are kept extended by means of a small boat at
each end across the main channels, and thus extended they are per-
mitted to drift for miles until thev have become loaded, when thev
are taken into the boats, the fish secured and they are again
stretched off Into the river as before.

"These contrivances are hence denominated drift nets, or gilling
seines and theso gilling seines have increased to such an extent a'^
already greatly to depreciate the shoro fi^hevie^."

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I'rom the statements made by Dr. Uowell it would appear that he
was writing of the river fisheries in the vicinity of l»hiladelphia.
Also, that it had not been customary until the early part of the pres-
ent century to use gill nets in the Delaware for catching shad, a
method of fishing which he seems to have considered a great evil, as
well as an innovation, since he claims that only those fishermen who
pursued a certain method had any legal rights or could be of "bene-
fit" to the states where they resided. It is interesting to find that
such arguments were advanced so early in this century, and it is
especially noteworthy that this writer in speaking of the gill net, a
device for fishing which is as old as history and probably antedates
it, should have apparently considered it a modern "mode of fishing"
devised by the ingenuity of man," which he states is "ever ready to
evade restrictions that clash with his interest."

Regarding the present methods employed in the gill net fishery the
following statements may be made: Two men constitute the crew of
a boat; one of these, the "bowman," rows, while the other sets and
hauls the net. When laying out the net, the oarsman pulls the boat
along at a moderate speed while his companion lets the net run oft'
tile "shad board," or tray, at the stern of the boat, until it is all out.
Then the boat lies quietly at the end of th<' net, thougli the oarsman
may pull easily froni time to time to keep the net straight in th*-
water and prevent it from being kinked or tangled. The nets are
usually set about a half hour before high water and are allowed to
drift until the tide changes, when they are taken in, the fish removed
and they are again set so that the boat and net drift back with the
current. The time of a drift ranges from thirty to forty five minutes.
It is necessary to lift the gear when the tide changes, otherwise the
shad whieh were meshed on the fiood tide wciuld be "run out" of the
nets on the ebb, for the fish almost invariably are fouml with their
heads against the current.

Tn taking up the net the oarsman backs water, keeping his boat
stern to the apparatus while his mate lifts the net carefully in over
the quarter or stern of the boat.

Ti. Fishing Season.— Th«^ shad season begins early in March and
continues until the middle of June. The beginning and ending of
the fishery is materially intlnenced by the weather. Dr. Howell
Uiakes the following reference to intluences of this kind and to other
matters of interest in this <onnection:

"The shad usually make their first appearance in the Delaware
about the middle of March. In early seasons, however, they are oc-
casionally taken in February.

"It is a singular fact that they were caught within a few days as
early above the rapids, 1(10 miles fnun the ocean, as at the lowest

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iLslieries ou the river; but, although theh- advance guaid wuultl thus
seem to move ou with such celerity towards their place of destinatiou
the main body evidently pursue their course more deliberately, and it
is obvious from the operation of the successive fisheries that their
progress upward is slow, and that they do not move as fast as the tide
would carry them, even admitting that they remain quiescent during the
ebb. While they work their way slowly against the ebb-tide, it
would seem that they head about and rather stem the upward drift
of the flood. This is proved by the fact that the drift nets or gilling
seines, which catch them meshed on their lower sides during their
ebb drift, have them entangled on the opposite side when drifting
upwards with the flood tide.

"While their general movement is upwards, for their tinal destina-
tions seems to be the clear shallow waters above the tide, their in-
stinct instructs them to loiter by the way to enjoy their appropriate
food, with which the turbid fresh waters of the river seem to abound;
what this food is is conjectural.

"They certainly are not a fish of prey, and their alimentary canal
on dissection discloses nothing but a greenish earthy slime, which
is probably strained through their fringed throats as they suck in
the water.

"We may fairly infer that their nutriment consists of the mucilage
or matters held in solution by the waters. That they find congenial
ailment in these waters is obvious from the fact that thev increase
in fat and flavor the longer they remain in the rivers.

"Whether all the mvriads of shad which enter the Delaware annu-
ally would j)roceed to its headwaters of unobstructed is (juite doubt
ful.

"There is some reason for believing that, like some of the migra-
tory birds, they return annually to the parts of the river in which
they were bred. How else are we to account for the marked differ-
ence observed in the shad taken in the different ]>arts of the Dela-
ware and its tributary streams? Those, for example, which are
<aught in the creek are so snuill and so inferior in flavor to those
caught high up in the river as almost to form a distinct variety of
fish.

"The Trenton shad, or those caught tit the falls, have from time
immemorial been proverbial for their sup(M-iority in quality as well
as size to those taken in the waters below.

"It would seem that these fish enter the Delaware in successive
'runs,' or shoals, and the experience of all observant fisliernii^u goes
to prove that these runs make their ap])earance in ordinary seasons
at definite periods. For example, there is a scattering run from the

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middle of March to the middle of April. These for the most part are
small in size and not remarkable for flavor.

"From this period to the 25th of April occurs the great run,
and this is felt at each successive fishery for nearly a week if no
storm occurs to drive them into deep water, for it is a fact well ascer-
taiued that while in pleasant weather these fish swim near the sur
face, yet the moment a cold easterly wind commences blowing they
sink so near the bottom that the deepest nets will sweep over their
usual grounds in vain. This run generally continues until the begin
ning of May, after which period the successive shoals which enter
the river are small and scattered until the termination of the season,
which is usually about the 20th of June, though by an existing legis-
lative restriction it (the fishing?) is limited to the first of that month
in the lower waters of the river and to the tenth in the upper.

*'The distinctness of these different runs is proved by the appear-
ance of the fish, by their quality and by the state of roe in the female,
those of the late runs being for the most part less forward than those
of the great run in April.

"The final cause of their annual visit is doubtless to seek a suitable
I)lace for the deposit of their eggs, which probably require a tem-
perature higher than that of the ocean for their development, and a
safe and appropriate nursery for their young during the early period
of their existence, when they are of all others the most delicate.

"After having spawned the old fish disappear. They are occasion
ally caught, indeed, in the nets but they are thin and worthless and,
from their attenuated condition, are called by the fishermen 'racers.'
"The young fish remain in the river imtil towards autumn, by
which time they have atttained the size of small herrings, when they
in turn disappear. They are caught in immense numbers in the
wiers and racks and baskets which are constructed in the shallow
waters above the falls for the purpose of taking the common river
fish, and they are so tender as to be destroyed by the least violence.
These contrivances, so destructive to the young fish, have conse-
quently become objects of legislative prohibition.

"The destination of these fish after they have quit the fresh water
is unknown. 1 have never yet met w ith an authentic account of their
being caught or even observed at sea, nor have naturalists attempted
to trace their route through the ocean, as in the case of the herrings.
"Their term of life cannot be ascertained, but it is fair to infer that
they attain their growth in a year, from the size to which the young
attain during their short sojourn in our waters, as well as from the
general uniformity of size observed in each of several runs.

"Their average weight may be about seven ])ounds, but individuals
are occasionally caught which w<Mght as high as twelve and even
thirteen pounds.

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'The numbers of shad taken iu the Delaware vary iu diffeieut sea-
sous. l*erhaps it would not be far fioui the truth to estimate them
at .»0,000 at each shore fishery. Formerly, wheu fisheries were
fewer, the number far exceeded this amount.

"I have no data by which to estimate the number caught by the
gilling seines, but from the rapid multiplication of these destructive
contrivances it must be very great.

"The aggregate amount taken annually by the shore seines and the
drift nets is probably from three to four millions, which, at |15 per
100, would be worth upwards of |500,000.

''The principal market is Philadelphia, but immense numbers are
vended at the fisheries, to whicli people Hock from all quarters in
wagons and boats."

While the writer last quoted gives many interesting facts concern-
ing the shad and the shad fishery, at the time when he wrote, it is
to be regretted that in certain statements made by him, there ap-
pears to be a lack of knowledge on his part which calls for com-
ment in order to prevent the reader from being misled.

Dr. Howell has reached the conclusion that the delay which often
occurs in the progress of shad up the Delaware is due to the fact that
they 'ioiter by the way to enjoy their appropriate food." A different
view regarding this matter is held by those who liave given the sub-
ject careful attention. I believe it is the general impression among
experts that the shad eats little or nothing after it enters a river for
purpose of spawning, and this would seem to be substantiated by the
fact stated by Dr. Howell that "their alimentary canal on dissection
discloses nothing but a greenish earthy slime."

In considering the causes which influence the rate and duration of
the migration of sliad in our rivers, (Joode makes the follow ing state-
ment :

"If, in consequence of warm rains at the river's source, the tem
perature of the water becomes suitable to the shad at an earlier date
than usual, then their upward movement takes places very rapidly
and, we may say, tumultuously, the great schools of fisl^crowding
in and moving up all at once so as to produce wliat is termed a 'glut.'
Tf, however, the temperature of the river rises by insensible degrees
with the advance of the season, then the upward movement4»begins
when the water temperature of the river has passed ab(>ve that of
the sea, and takes place gradually, the rate of movement in siicli
rases being slow and the period prolonged. Again, when the shad
have entered the rivers, the temj>erature conditions being such as to
determine a rapid upward movement, yet slunild the fish encounter
floods and consequent muddy waters, their upward movement is ar
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be prolonged, may be driven entirely out of the river. In short fluc-
tuations ,n the river temperature have corresponding influences upon
the shad movements; any sudden change, whether to a higher or
ower temperature, apparently arresting their upward course for a
time, and sometimes even determining a retrograde movement *

The point made by Dr. Howell that the early run of shad are, "for
the most part, small in size and not remarkable for flavor," will not
surprise those familiar with the habits and movements of this spe-
(•les. It IS a fact well known to all experienced shad fishermen that
the small fish which first enter the river are generally males, which
apparently reach maturity at an earlier age than the females "It
appears that the first part of the run of fish up the rivers " savs
Cxoode, -consists almost entirely of males, which precede the females
by several days. The records of the fishing shores agree with this
statement, their main catch in the earlier part of the season being
composed of 'bucks,' with a very sparing intermixture of "roe shad "
which latter, in their turn, increase in proportion as the season ad-
vances."

The statement that the spring brood of shad or "young fish" have
attained the size of small herrings when they leave the river in the
fall is misleading, if the intent was to convey an idea that this would
represent dimensions nearly approximating those of a full grown
herring. T helieveit safe to say that the size attained bv a voung shad
m Its first season varies from about 21-2 to 4 inches.' It is pos-
sible that fish of this species rarely attain to 4 inches in length before
Ihey leave the river in the fall, and all evidence is opposed to the
statement made by Dr. Howell that shad "attain their growth in a
year. ' Goode reaches the conclusion that the male shad mav not
exceed two years in age when they enter the rivers, but he thinks
'^the period of maturity for the male, if the relative size of the two
sexes be taken as an indication, is much earlier than for the female"
While the age when the shad matures has not been definitely deter-
nimed, those who have given special attention to this species believe
that the female shad becomes capable of reproduction when three or
four years old.

6. Statistics of the Fishery.-Mr. E. S. Harris, who has had 3S
years experience in the shad fishery on the Delaware, informs me
that from 1,000 to 1,200 men are employed in this industrv along the
^ew Jersey shore. These men use 500 boats, having an aggregate
value of ^50.000: ten shore seines, worth 1^10,000; three hundred
gill nets, valued at |1 0,500; and he estimates that the total citch
of shad for tlie season of 1S04 was 4,000,000 pounds, worth at the
imcepaid to the fishermen f 150^000; hut Mr. Harris makes no estimate

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of the large nuiubers taken on the Delaware and Pennsylvania shores
and in the river above the bay, which would increase this valuation

three-fold.

Concerning the abundance of shad and the consequent product
of the fishery, Mr. Harris makes the following statement: "The
catch of shad has decreased every spring since 1891. Previous to
that season there was an increase in the catch of shad for many
years. The general impression among the fishermen is that the de-
crease in the catch during the past four springs is due to the increase
of coal oil, gas and bone factories along the Delaware river. The ob
noxious poisons and gasses are all turned into the river, killing the
young fry; at least we believe that to be the main cause of destruc-
tion of millions of young shad. I think the limited catch during
the spring of 181)4, which was less than for any year since 1874, was
l>robably due to the prevalence of extremely dry weather."

In 1890 at one haul of a seine at Gloucester, N. J., 1,300 shad were
taken, but a resident of that place told the writer that the biggest
catch in 1894 did not exceed 500 fish.

Regarding the pollution of the Delaware, the writer was told that
the river below Philadelphia is so impregnated with coal oil that its
peculiar flavor can be detected in the shad, if they are detained long
in the vicinity where the refuse from the coal oil factories is emp-
tied into the water. Whether this is true or not, no one will deny
that the discharge of waste into the river from the numerous refln
cries that are located only a short distance below Philadelphia, fills
the water with poisonous substances which would probably prevent
shad from attempting the ascent of this stream except for the com-
bined instincts of nativity and procreation— impulses is so overmas
tering that nothing but death or impassible barriers will restrain

them.

(d) sturgeon Fishery.— The sturgeon fishery of Delaware Bay has
grown to be an important industry in recent years, and, except for
the fact that there is danger of a serious diminution in the abun
dance of sturgeon, the limits of this industry might be materially
extended. This is due to the fact that lately the demand for the pro
ducts of the sturgeon fishery, and especially for caviar, has increased
nhnost abnormally.

The ivrincipal point for the fishery is at Bayside, N. J., where, dur
uig the fishing season, there is a village on the marsh containing, in
addition to the slee])ing cabins occupied by the fishermen, and the
plant for the pre])aration and utilization of the fishery products, two
stores, a post ofTice, butcher shop, restaurant, etc.

1. Fishing season. Abundance of Fish, etc. — The fishing season for
sturgeon begins about April .^th and continues until about the mid-
dle of June, though sometimes it closes at an earlier date. "As the

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season advances," says Prof. Ryder, "the spawning schools move up-
wards from the salt waters of the Delaware bay and in the neighbor-
hood of I-ort Delaware and Delaware city, 45 miles south of Phila-
delphia, where they pass into brackish or nearly fresh water. From
th.8 point southward 20 miles, and northward as many more, it is
probable that a large part of the spawning now occars. Those thates-
cape the meshes of the hundreds of sturgeon nets which are everv
day stretched across their spawning grounds go farther north to get
nd of their burdens of ova. Many more are deprived by the fisher-
men of the privilege of thus unburdening themselves, and are taken
Int t^ ^"^ . butchering float at the wharves of the dealers
along the river at various points where the nearly ripe roe is re-
moved for the purpose of being made into caviare

..vir^ h^""'"'' "'TT*"*^ "' *•"« ««"««' «eem to be affected to some
xlent by a nse of the prevalent teu.perature of the water and air
(bus nu.kmg the flsluug for the time more profitable. Conversely a
decline in (he prevailing temperature is often apparently followed
by a diminution in the numbers of fish on their way up the rive
and a cold, late season retards the appearance of the fish from the
salt waters further south. A very rainy season, which has caused
an unusually abundant flow of fresh water down he river also tnter
feres with their early appearance in the waters above Delaw re" tv
This IS supposed to be due to the fact that the water becomes fre^'
farther south than usual where the schools then remain to discharge
heir spawn. The fishing season at Delaware city is at its hdghl
.luring the months of May and June, but fish are caught during S
summer and autumn and until as late as September and October

The spawning fish or "runners" (those with the eggs set free f on.
the ovarian f,^licles and lying loose in the abdomfnal can"'."",
usually most abundant about the middle or end of a "run" or schl I
o fish. The period during which the most spawning fish hav'e bel
..l.served at Delaware city is during the month of M.y. espeoiallv th"
as half of the mouth. It is then that the greatest success may be
»<.ked for in getting the eggs for purposes of artificial incubation in
l«rge enough quantities to make such an enterprise important fro "
an economical point of view. <>"i "om

"The young sturgeons, which aiv found h. certain places in .h,-
Mver ,n such numbers as to be a great annoyance to ho shad and
l.-rr,ng fishermen, in whose nets they be,-ome entangled, are found
.....stly over certain kinds of rather fi,™ bottom not far from the
shore, where they may be suppo.,ed to feed, and where thev .re
known topassthegreaterpnrt of the year. Tnnono of the voungshar,.:
nosed forms of A. sturio have T been able to find any evidence o a
fully developed roe or milt, and I infer that the anadromous or mi-
Rratory habit is probably not developed until the reproductive

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I>(»wers are fully matured, when the migratory impulse assumes
control of the movements of the animal. ♦ * ♦ ♦

"The young of the common sturgeon reaches a length of about
three feet before it begins to loose to a marked degree the sharp or
acuminate snout which gives it such a characteristic appearance,
and which has misled not only naturalists, but fishermen also, into
the belief that these sharp-snouted forms were a distinct species.
Naturalists, as well as fishermen have bestowed names upon the
young fish in the belief that they were specifically distinct from the

large fishes.

"Tlie mature fishes seek a hard bottom upon which to deposit their
spawn in from one to five fathoms of water. Except when leaping
out of the water and when moving upstream rapidly they do not
seem to habitually rise to the surface."*

Mr. (leorge 1). Shannon, secretary of the Sturgeon Fishermen's
Association, at Penn's (Jrove, N. J., states that "the sturgeims are
rapidly decreasing and must have some protection in the way of a
closing season or soon one of the most flourishing industries will be
no more." He informs me that for several years an effort has been
made to get uniform laws enacted by the States of Tennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware for the preservation of the sturgeon, but
nothing satisfactory has yet been accomplished. He suggests "that
the three states bordering on the Delaware bay and river have laws
enacted by their respective legislatures tliis season — winter of lSt)4-
95_for a close season. Also, that the State of Pennsylvania enact
a law for the protection of young sturgeon (or mamoose) under three
feet in length. He also urges the necessity of propagating the stur-
geon. Tn view of the importance of maintaining a reasonable abund-
ance of this highly valued species much surprise and dissatisfaction
have been expressed because the artificial propagation of it has been
so much neglected by the United States Fish Commission. This
neglect would not be so apparent were it not for the fact that, in his
paper on "The Sturgeons and Sturgeon Industries," Prof. Ryder made
a very exhaustive study of the embryology of the sturgecm and
pointed out how important it is that tlie work of propagation of it
should be begun and how it may be done in a simple and an inex-
pensive way.

"The experience of the dealers and fishermen." he says "shows
that a steady falling off has occurred in the catch within a few years.
This, coupled with the circumstance that the fishery is now only
profitably conducted south of Wilmington and that the Delaware
now has the only profitable sturgeon fishery north of Florida, is suffi-
cient to prove that it is high time that something was being done to

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Stay the extinction of this fish." And he adds: "This industry may
be maintained by prompt and efficient action, and to this end it is the
hope of the writer that the foregoing account of experiments, results
and observations may successfully contribute. The only means of
maintaining and increasing this industry is through the artificial
propagation of this fish, which 1 have every reason to think may be
successfully accomplished at a comparatively insignificant outlay."

He makes the following mention of his experiments in hatching
the sturgeon on the Delaware.

"The floating box in which the writer succeeded in hatching out a
batch of the eggs of the sturgeon was exceedingly simple in construc-
tion and consisted of a soap box with Uie top and bottom removed,
the bottom for which was then replaced by tacking cheese cloth to
the lower edge of the rim, and by nailing wooden strips to serve as
floats to the sides of the box, a very efficient hatching device was
extemporized. These boxes so modified were placed at the edge of
the large fresh-water pool near the extreme eastern end of the Chesa-
peake and Delaware canal at a point where there was a constant
flow of fresh water under them. The only lot of fertilized eggs
which the writer succeeded in obtaining were spread on the bottoms
of these boxes and left to hatch. In six days from the time of ferti-
lization the young fish made their appearance. The rapid appear-
ance of a parasitic fresh-water fungus, however, caused such exten-
sive mortality amongst the eggs that very few embryos survived to
escape from the egg membranes. This fungus, which appeared to
be a saprolegnia, is developed from spores which seem to be almost
everywhere present in fresh water. The mycelium spreads very
rapidly, attacking dead eggs first, and spreading from them to the
live ones, which are then invaded and killed or asphyxiated by the
fungus. The only way in which this pest can be kept down is to go
over the trays and with a small forceps pick off the dead eggs and
keep the living ones as clean as possible. Where the work of propa-
gation was being conducted upon a large scale the attendants would
probably have to be very vigilant in their attention to the eggs in
order to keep the fungus under control.

"The method of incubating the eggs upon trays of cheese cloth will
enable the attendants to readily handle the attached eggs in shallow
troughs of running water, and in a good light all the dead eggs or
those w ith any fungus may be very readily removed. With close at-
tention to the details of the work of propagation very important re-
sults might be obtained and the work of re-stocking the Delaware
and other streams might be undertaken with a very fair prospect of
success. This view I think may be assumed as' fullv warranted
when it is remembered that as many as 800,000 eggs may be obtained

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from a singe fish. These would cover fifty trays measuring 12 by 18
inches, or about 75 square feet of surface.

"This large number of trays might be operated in a small space in
troughs aboard a vessel adapted to fish hatching or the trays might
be placed in wire cages to keep out predaceous fishes, insects, etc.,
and partly sunk into the water in such a place as the fresh water pool
near the canal lock at Delaware City. With a small pumping engine
the supplies of fresh water might be supplied for the purpose of
cleaning and overhauling the eggs in a small building near by which
might be provided at a slight expense for this purpose."

As bearing on the question of the importance of maintaining an
adequate supply of sturgeon through artificial propagation or other-
wise and as showing the rapid increase in the price for the products
of this fishery, the following statements submitted by Mr. Shannon
will prove interesting. In 1892 he said he paid |1.00 each for buck
sturgeon and $1.50 for roe sturgeon, while he sold caviare for |9.00
per keg of 130 pounds. In 1885, '8G, '87 and '88 he paid fl.OO for
bucks, $4.00 each for roe fish, and the price for caviare was |20.00
per keg. In 1889, '90 and '91 the price of buck sturgeon was |1.50,
roe sturgeon sold for |5.00 each and caviare brought |25.00 per keg.
During the past three years the prices have been as follows: Buck
sturgeon, $1.50 each; roe sturgeon, $8.00 to $10.00 each, and cavaire
$40.00 i>er keg.

2. Fishing grounds. — The region covered by statistics which will
be given here is situated between Fishing Creek, Cape May county,
and Bridgeport, N. J. As has been stated, the chief center of this
industry is Bay side.

3. Personnel, wages, etc. — In the region under consideration 1,072
persons were employed in the sturgeon industry in the season of 1894.
Of these Mr. Max Ams says that between 800 to 900 men were em-
ployed in fishing and from 150 to 200 in the preparation of products.

Part of the men are employed on a monthly salary, while others
work on shares, and still others own their ''rig"— boat and net—
and work independently. The average monthly pay is $50.00. The
earnings of those on shares or who work independently varies ma-
terially. I am creditably informed that the sharemen sometimes
earn as much as $25.00 per day or more, while those who own their
own "rig" might make as much as $500.00 in the fishing season of two
months. Of course others are less fortunate and it is probable that
the sharemen earn an average not much in excess of $50.00 per
month, while the average of those using their own gear may not ex-
reed $100.00 per month.

Mr. Shannon assumes that two-thirds of the men employed in this
industry are Americans and he informs me that four men, who own
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is also probable that the men who assist in fishing also belong in this

4. Vessels and boats—The Delaware sturgeon fishery employed in
the season of 1894 three steamers, nine schooners, nine sloops and

fLV'^'l "'"^ '*"""*'" "« «"■«" '"'<» ^«» adapted to this
fishery. The schooners are of the type ordinarily employed in the

fisheries on the Delaware bay and river. The boats employed in the

sturgeon fishery are open, large "giUing skiffs" and are locally known

as "sturgeon skiffs." In generaJ appearance they resemble the^^"

Img boats used in the shad fishery. They will carry five tons each

and are about twentyfive feet long on the keel and eight to nine feet

beam. The average value Is |225. Two men constitute the crew L

good wea her, but when there is a strong wind and rough sea three

and sometimes four men are required to operate one of these boats

5. Apparatus for capture.-The gill nets now employed in the stur^
geon fishery have an average length of 250 fathoms, a depth of »o,;n
fathoms and a mesh of thirteen inches. Nets of this kind are vahu-j
at f 125 each As a rule, all the fishing firms have a reserved supply
of nets, so that m case one is lost or injured there will be no inter'
ruption to the fishery.

According to Ryder, "the meshes of the nets used in gilling the
sturgeon measure eight inches on a side, or sixteen inches across
when stretched taut. These nets will gill fishes ranging in length
from about five to ten feet. The small blunt-nosed sturgeon, A. bre-
virostns, ,« never taken in these large-meshed gill nets as far as I am
aware, and, judging from the advanced condition of the reproductive
organs in individuals only twenty inches in length, it is probable that
It never reaches a great size in the Delaware."

The statements made by Kyder refer to conditions in 1888, and the
dimensions of meshes now used, which are given on the authority of
an expert sturgeon fisherman, indicates the change that has taken
place m the last six years, and suggests that it has been found neces-
sary to reduce the mesh in order to .apture some of the small stur-
geon.

6. Methods of flshing.-The nets are set wholly at a drift Thcv
are generally put out about two hours before slack water and are
allowed to drift from four to six hours.

"The tendency of the fish to seek the bottom is taken advantage of
by the fishermen in the construction of their gill nets," savs Ryder
the cork-line of which is not made to .'ome to the surfac^, but tho
wooden floats are attached to cords so as to leave the upper edge of
the net about a fathom below the surface. The nets of about WO
fathoms length and three to four fathoms deep are laid out from sail
boats specially constructed for convenience in stowing and liming
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the net in a slightly raised compartment at the stern. The fishing is
done during the daytime on the Delaware, each boat being manned
by two men, who put out their net at the beginning of flood tide and
drift upstream. The net is fished during slack water and the fish are
hauled on board by means of stout, long-handled hooks made of five-
eighth inch round iron. The fish usually reach the wharves at the
beginning of ebb-tide and are usually alive if they have not been too
much exposed to the sum. The fish as soon as they are gilled make
but little effort to get free, being singularly tractable and manage-
able in spite of their great size, individuals of from nine to ten feet in
length being sometimes taken. The most usual size of the "cow
fishes," of female, is about eight feet, and they are also stouter and
longer than the males, which are usually shorter and more slender,
ranging in size from six to seven feet, with a slightly more narrow
head, as is shown in the accompanying plates."

7. Preparation of products.— At Bayside a "digester" has been
erected at a cost of |10,000 for extracting oil from the heads and
hides of the sturgeon, and to prepare the residue as fertilizer. It
may be remarked here that the oil sells for thirty-five cents per gal-
lon and the offal or residum, which is used as a fertilizer, sells from
$25.00 to faO.OO per ton. The heads and hides of thirty-three stur-
geon make one barrel of oil.

A "freezer," or refrigerator plant, has also been erected at Bayside
at a cost of |8,000, and an ice house has been built which will hold 500
tons of ice. There is also a house for the preparation of caviare. The
freezer makes it possible to hold the fresh sturgeon in storage for any
desired length of time. The sturgeon meat is sold fresh, the maxi-
mum price in early spring being ten cents per pound and the mini-
mum price, during the height of the fishing season, three cents per

pound.

"Except the eel and cattish the sturgeon is one of the few fishes
which is skinned and dressed before it is sent to market. Attempts
have been made to convert the skin of the sturgeon into leather; the
microscopic structure of the integument of this animal is in some
respects very favorable to its conversion into leather, since the
deeper layer of the skin contains a great abundance of fibrous tissue.
The presence of the great dermal bony bucklers or scutes, however,
interferes with the necessary processes of manipulation in tanning,
so as to leave holes in the tanned skin. These bucklers are so firmly
embedded and form such an integral part of the skin that it is not
probable that it can be successfully or profitably converted into

leather.

"The fish, when brought in to the floats to be opened to remove the
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to cut about eight short longitudinal slits in pairs on either side of
the middle line in the inferior part of the abdominal walls. These
are very quickly made by thrusting the points of the butcher's knife
through the abdominal walls with a rapid stabbing motion.

"The abdomen is then slit open along a line midway between the
four pairs of short slits, from a point just behind the inferior part of
the pectoral arch backward to the anus. The short slits which are
thus left near the edges of the great flaps formed by slitting open the
abdomen, serve as "hand holes" and assist in a most important way
in removing the skin, which is removed from the flesh of the trunk
and anterior caudal region by freeing it first along the ventral and
lateral region and at last along the back.

"The head is removed with a cleaver, cutting through the fore part
of the trunk and so as to remove the lower part of the pectoral arch
and pectoral fins. The tail is also cut off across the narrow ped-
uncle. The tail is often cut off first in order that the fish may bleed
freely from the caudal aorta and die quickly, as the powerful tail, if
the fish is stUl alive and struggling, may strike the operators dis-
agreeable or even dangerous blows. The heads, tails, skins and vis-
cera are carried off from the floats, where the fish are dressed, by
small vessels which gather this offal and take it to guano factories
where the oil is extracted and the remaining flesh, bones and carti-
lage dried for the purpose of converting it into guano.

"After the removal of the skin the carcass of a large female stur-
geon will weigh 100 pounds, usually somewhat less. The value of
the dressed carcass varies, according to the condition of the market,
from three to ten cents per pound. The dressed carcasses are packed
in ice for shipment in the usual way. When the shippers are wait-
ing for advance in the price the eviscerated carcasses with the heads
and tails are removed are packed in their ice houses without removal
of the skin. This is done because it has been found that the flesh
keeps longer and in better condition in ice, under those circum-
stances."

The sturgeon fishery of the Delaware is peculiar from the fact that
it produces no isinglass. Mr. Ams informs me that the sturgeon
sounds "are thrown away as the quality is too poor to prepare them
for isinglass, but the offal of the sturgeon, head, tail, backbone, intes-
tines, etc., are steamed out and from all the catch during one season
gives about 150 tons of fertilizer, selling from $25.00 to |20.00 per
ton, and about 300 barrels fish oil, selling at |15.00 per barrel." The
figures given by Mr. Ams apply to the season of 1894.

It is estimated that during the season of 1894 there were about
1,500,000 pounds of sturgeon caught in the Delaware river, these
having a total value of |75,000. The secondary product of the fish-
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pounds, uet, or a total of 455,000 pounds, having an aggregate valu«
of 1140,000 was the yield of the Delaware fishery in the season q\
1894.

Concerning the preparation of caviare Prof. Ryder makes the tot
lowing interesting remarks: "The *cow fish' with ^hai'd roe' is the
only kind that is available in the manufacture of caviare. In thisr
type the roe is firm and the individual eggs are sufficiently resistant,
with their double covering consisting of the egg membrane and the
investing vasculai* follicle, not to be readily ruptured and discharge
their contents while being separated. The roe is carefully removed
from the abdominal cavity so as not to bring it in contact with water
and as soon after the capture of the fish as possible. From three to ^
five pailfuls of roe, each holding three and one-half gallons of eggs,
are removed from a single fish. This includes the investing mem-
branes of the ovary, the vessels, and supporting tissues of the organ.
These portions are in reality a very small pai't of the organ, so that
there is but little waste from this source. This waste from the stur-
geon roe is a favorite bait with fishermen who fish for eels, the eel-
pots being baited with this refuse by the fishermen operating near
the caviare packing establishments.

"The process of 'rubbing the roe,' as it is called, is very simple.
The fresh masses of roe are placed upon a screen, which fits over a
zinc-lined trough eighteen inches deep, two feet wide and about four
feet long, and with its bottom sloping to one end, where an outlet is
arranged. The meshes of the wire screen are just large enough to
let the separated eggs fall through as the masses of ova are rubbed
back and forth over it by the operator. The separated ova fall
through into the trough and are drawn off at one end through ap
opening closed by a sliding door into clean half-barrel tubs. Aftei
the roe is brought into the condition in which the eggs are all separ
rated a certain proportion of the best German salt, from Luneberg,
is added and carefully stirred in with the eggs in the tubs. The ma-
nipulation of the eggs is done altogether with the hands, and at first,
when the salt is added to it, the effect is to dry the mass, but very
soon the strong affinity of the salt for the watery constituents of the
ova causes it to abstract their water and a brine is formed which
soon becomes so copious that the contents of the tubs may be poured.
The brine, formed as above, appears in about ten or fifteen minutes
after the salt is added. The salted eggs are then poured into selves
which hold from eight to ten pounds of the salted eggs. These
selves, with their contents, are then placed upon the sloping planks
with a strip nailed on each side, in order to drain off the brine. After
several hours the draining? is completed and the product is the cavi-
are of commerce. From the selves the caviare, as the separated and
salted ovarian eggs are henceforth known, is transferred to small,

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oaken casks holding about 150 pounds apiece. Into these casks the
caviare is carefully packed so as to till the vessel completely, and
when closed is ready for the market.

"Careful packers keep the dark and the light varieties of roe sepa-
rate, since mixing the two gives a spreckled appearance to the pro-
duct which is not desired by dealers. Cleanliness in handling the
product is also insisted upon by experienced caviare packers. The
finest caviare made in America goes to Europe; the inferior grades
are retained for the less critical home market."

8. Statistics of the Fishery.— The following statistics, though in a
part repetition of what has already been stated, may prove interest-
ing: Persons employed, 1,072; vessels, 21, valued at |80,000; boats,
208, valued at |46,800; nets, 350, valued at |4,.375; sturgeon, 1,500,-
000 pounds, valued at |75,000; caviare, 455,000 pounds, valued at
1140,000; oil, 300 barrels, valued at |4,500; fertilizer, 150 tons, val-
ued at 13,450. The total investment is estimated at |1.S4,175, while
the aggregate value of the product is |223,950.

(c) Miscellaneous River Fishing.— While the catching of shad and
sturgeon in the spring and early summer are the two important
branches of fishery on the Delaware river, there is more or less mis-
cellaneous fishing after the season is passed for catching migratory
species. In the stretch of river below Philadelphia some of the fish-
ermen engage in catching cat fish (known as "cataracting," in the
local vernacular) and carp, together with a few striped bass, etc.,
in the off season. Lower down, along the shores bordering the Dela-
ware bay, and particularly on the Delaware side, quite an extensive
fishery is prosecuted, chiefly for weakfish and sea trout (cynoscion
regale and C. maculatum), at the same season when the shad fishery
is at its height. Little fishing is done, however, during the remain-
der of the summer, though occasionally a few fishermen go out in
the bay to fish with hook and line. An exception to this is the fish-
ery for spot (liostomus xanthurus), which are taken in some numbers
about Lewes during August and September, and occasionally even
as late as November.

This miscellaneous fishing is of comparatively small consequence,
and only serves to, in part, occupy the time of the fishermen after
the close of the great spring catch. The writer was told that on
every week day morning in summer some 15 or 20 boats, each with
about 500 pounds of carp, arrive at the PhiladHphia fish market.
These boats often have more or less catfish, though that species is
less numerous than the carp. Rock or striped bass are taken in
some numbers about Bombay Hook, but are scarce higher up the
river. Carp are in reasonably fair demand and usually sell at from
two to three cents per pound, though the price is higher when there
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(d) Sea Bass Fishery. — During the summer season, from June to
the middle of October, some 15 sail or more of the schooners which
engage in the oyster industry during the rest of the year follow the
sea bass fishery. The grounds resorted to are chiefly off the New
Jersey coast, though it is said that these vessels fish on the banks
both north and south of the entrance to the Delaware.

(e) Apparatus, Methods of Fishing, etc. — The sea bass are caught
with hand lines, each man using two lines. When a vessel arrives
on the fishing ground she is anchored and all the crew, with the ex-
ception of the skipper and cook, go out in boats (two men in a boat),
to fish.

At the close of the day the fish are thrown on deck and are quickly
packed away in ice in pens made for the purpose in the vessels hold.
The fish are not gutted, but are iced round as they come from the
water, and are packed on shelves in layers in the same manner that
fresh mackerel are iced. It is a feature of this market fishery that
there is little or no demand for fish which have been cleaned before
being iced.

These vessels make a trip about every ten days, or ten trips a sea-
sou. They can carry an average of about 20,000 pounds of fish, and
it is estimated by competent authority that the average catch for
each vessel during a season is 150,000 pounds, chiefly of s«*:j
bass, which sell at an average price of three cents per pound.

The vessels vary somewhat in size and in the number of men they
carry. The maximum crew is 17 persons, while the average is esti-
mated at 14. The men go on shares, the crew paying the grub bill
and giving the vessel a certain percentage of the proceeds.

From the foregoing it would appear that about 210 men are em-
ployed in this fishery, and an invested capital, in vessels of f31,500,
while the product, at the prices paid the fishermen, reached a value,
in 1894, of |r»7,500. While the above figures are estimates, they are
probably nearly correct, as they have been obtained from one having
a long experience in the fish trade of Philadelphia and who is fa-
miliar with every phase of it.

FISHERIES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA.

(a) General — Considered only from a commercial standpoint, fish-
ing on the Susquehanna assumes comparatively important propor-
tions, which would be much enlarged if a correct account of the fish

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taken along the entire river, by farmers and others, could be ob-
tained.

The statistics of fishing which will be given in this paper are for
1891, and are the latest available. They were collected under the
supervision of the writer, and the inquiry covered the lower section
of the river, where, alone, it was understood there was any fishing
of commercial importance. It is undoubtedly true, nevertheless
that considerable quantities of fish are taken higher up, in a more
or less desultory manner, though no record of such fishing has ever
been obtained in recent years.

(b) Fishermen—The fishermen on the Susquehanna are chiefly of
American birth. In 1891, they numbered 637. The majority of
these men engage in fishing principally during the spring and eariv
summer, when the migratory species enter the rivers, and at other
times are employed in other industries or continue fishing elsewhere
Generally speaking, they own their "rigs" of nets and boats and work
in an independent manner.

(c) Fishing Grounds, Season, Species, etc.-The waters in which
the fisheries are prosecuted are in the lower reaches of the Susque-
hanna, and frequently the fishermen carry on their operations
below the line of the State, off Havre de Grace, Maryland, and
vicinity. '

The season begins in March and practically terminates with the
close of the "shad run," some time in May or June. A little irreir-
ular fishing may be carried on at other times, but it is not suffi-
ciently important to be taken into account.

The shad is the principal species taken; the product in 1891
amounting to 201,089 pounds, valued at |13,420. The other prin
cipal species taken are cat fish, eels, perch, pike and striped bass
beside which there are several miscellaneous kinds of which 46 500

^r*o an7^'''' *'*^^" '" ^^^ ^^^'' ^^''''^ mentioned, these having a value
of ^J,904.

(d) Boats and Fishing Apparatus—Various kinds of boats are
employed, among which are the seine boats characteristic of the
Susquehanna and the bateau. The latter is a flat bottom keelless
boat of the sharpy pattern, varying from 12 to 16 feet in length
The average value of these boats including those used for seining is
between |15 and |16. ^'

According to returns, the apparatus used are seines, fvke nets
and pots. There were fifty-eight haul seines, valued at |3,325 and
fifty-eight fyke nets and pots, worth an aggregate of |350, operated
by the Susquehanna fishermen. These seines are similar in tvpe to
those used on the Delaware and need not be described in detail

(e) Method of Fishing.-The manner of operating the haul seines
used on the Susquehanna is similar to that in vogue elsewhere with
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the exception that so-called floats or "shad batteries" are used by the
Susquehanna fishermen oflf Havre de Grace and vicinity, these being
so constructed that thev can be moored in the river and form an
artificial landing place or "seine haul." The net is run out in a semi
circle and is either drawn to the shore or to the "battery," when the
fish are landed in the usual manner. As soon as the landing is ef-
fected, or at least as soon as enough fish are caught to make it requi-
site, the catch is taken to the nearest shipping point and sent by rail
to Philadelphia or other markets.

As is well known, the fyke or pot is a fixed apparatus and all that
is requisite to do is to lift it at the proper time and remove the fish
which have been entrapped in the bag.

Practically the entire catch is sold fresh, being packed in boxes
or barrels with ice and shipped by rail to the large market towns.

(f) Statistics.— In ISOl, there were employed G37 fishermen, 383
boats valued at f 5,907, fifty-eight seines, worth 3,325, fifty-eight fyke
nets and pots, valued at |350, and shore property and other appa-
ratus aggregating in value f2,633, making a total invested capital
of ^12,275. The total value of products amounted to |19,574, while
the catch aggregated 201,814 pounds, divided as follows: cat fish,
4,500 pounds; eels, 13,725 pounds; perch, 7.800 pounds; piko. 4,000
pounds; shad, 201,080 pounds; striped bass, 14,200 pounds; other
fish, 46,500 pounds.

PIIILADELPniA FISH TRADE.

The fish trade of Philadelphia is divided into three principal
brar.ches as follows: The salt fish trade, the oyster trade, and the
fresh fish or market trade. The center of all these is along the river
front in the vicinity of Dock street.

The salt fish dealers handle various kinds of food products which
are prepared by salting, smoking or otherwise preserving in a per-
manent manner so as to bear transportation and storage for a con-
siderable period. Among these dry and boneless cod, pickled mack-
erel, herring, and pickled or smoked salmon occupy prominent posi-
tions. There are no statistics available to show the extent of the
salt fish trade of Philadelphia, though it is safe to assume that it
reaches millions, and not only receives and disposes of domestic pro-
ducts, but handles large quantities of material imported from foreign
countries, including the mackerel and herring.

The wholesale oyster trade of Philadelphia is an important factor
in supplying the city and state with food. The supplies are drawn

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chiefly from Delaware Bay, whence shipments of oysters are daily
received, chiefly by rail. A considerable number of firms are en-
gaged in this business and during the season there are few more
active places in the city than along the water front where the oyster
trade is conducted. Some of the dealers are reputed to be more op
less heavily interested in the cultivation of oysters in Delaware Bay,
and are also owners of vessels employed in the fishery.

While it is not practicable to give exact figures of the oyster trade
It IS considered safe to assume from data available that it annually
reaches an aggregate exceeding | .

The fresh fish trade of the city not only holds an intimate relation
to the fisheries on Delaware Bay and River, inasmuch as the pro-
ducts of those industries are marketed chiefly at Philadelphia, but
it draws largely from other sections, even including the distant
southern states, and the states bordering the Pacific.

The so-called "summer fish" come chiefly from the coast of New
Jersey, but at other seasons of the year the market receives and dis-
tributes a great variety of food products from distant waters. In
winter the chief kinds of fish handled are frozen herring, cod, had-
dock, hake and pollock from the North Atlantic fishing banks; smelts
from northern rivers; striped bass or rock, perch and cat fish from
the Middle Atlantic states; red snapper, sheepshead, Spanish mack-
erel, chub or black bass and pompano— the latter being rare— from
the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and shad from the southern
rivers. Tt is said that the best shad at that season are received
from Georgetown, South Carolina. Salmon come chiefly from the
Pacific, for few Atlantic salmon can be had. From the Great Lakes
come the white fish, lake trout and lake herring, also a few other
varieties.

The most important species handled in spring are the shad, striped
bass, cat fish, alewive or river herring, sea trout, Cape May goodies
(of which there are comparatively few), sea bass, red drum, the com-
mon mackerel, cod, haddock and halibut.

During the shad season— March 1 to June 1— comparatively few
fish of any other kind can be sold at Philadelphia, since the shad
is a great favorite and the demand for it is large.

Nearly all of the products handled by the market men are re-
ceived by rail or steamer, but occasionally a cargo of frozen herring
arrives on a vessel from Newfoundland, while a mackerel schooner
may sometimes come direct from the fishing ground with a fare of
fresh mackerel. In addition to this cargoes of sea bass are arriving
from time to time in summer.

There are 32 firms engaged in the fresh fish business, with an aver-
age investment in buildings, wharves, etc., of |7,000, while the aggre-
gate of trade is estimated at |800,000. All the merchants sell on

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commission or purchase the products in which they deal, but none
confine themselves exclusively to buying the goods they sell as is the
case ill 73oston and some other market centers.

Thursday and Friday are the busiest days of the week. On Friday
the sales are largely made to hucksters or peddlers with push carts
and wagons the latter drawn by one and two horses. Some of these
hucksters, however, are provided only with baskets in which they
carry the fish that they peddle. Formerly a considerable number
of women found employment as hucksters, but in recent years less
of them have engaged in this business. At present it is estimated,
by one prominent in the fish trade, that not more than 20 or 25 women
are thus engaged. On Friday morning trade begins early, particu-
larly in the shad season. Then the market is in full blast by two or
three o^clock in the morning and the bulk of the trade is over by six
or seven o'clock. In winter, however, it is seldom that the market
opens for trade before three o'clock on Friday morning and about
five o'clock on other days and trade for the day is practically com-
pleted by nine or ten a. m. Thursday, however, is an exception to
this, that is what is termed a "shipping day" and operations are con-
tinued until late to fill the orders from dealers in the cities and
towns throughout the Stae.

FISHERIES OF ERIE COUNTY.

(a) Geographical, etc. — The shore line of the State of Pennsylvania
bordering on Lake Erie and included within the limits of Erie county,
is about fifty miles long. The coast of this section of the lake is no-
ticeable for its straight even contour, which is unvaried except
where the harbor at Erie is formed by a peninsula, which stretches
out first to the northeast and bends around to the eastward so as to
nearly embrace a body of water from one to two miles in width and
from four to five miles in length. This constitutes a harbor variously
known as Erie harbor, Presque Isle bay, or Erie bay. This is one of
the most excellent harbors on the lakes, and adjacent to it is the city
of Erie which is a railroad center and has quite an extensive lake
commerce.

Some sixteen miles west of Erie is Elk creek, on which is located,
about two miles from its mouth, the village of Girard, which is a fish-
ing center of some importance. Fishing is also carried on from a
hamlet nearer the lake known as Elk creek, also from Avonia and
Swanville.

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commission or purchase the products in which thcv deal, bnt none
confine theniselv(»s exclusivelj to buying the j^oods they sell as is the
case ill Boston and some other market centers.

1Mniis<hiv and Friday are the busiest davs of the week. On Friday
the sales are Iarjj:<'ly made to hucksters or peddlers \vith push carts
and wajjons the latter drawn by one and t\yo horses, Som(» of these
hucksters. how<'yer. are proyided only wiih baskets in whi<'h they
carry the fish that they peddle. Formerly a considerable number
of women found em])loyment as hucksters, but in recent years less
of them haye enjrajxed in this business. At ]U'esent it is estimated,
by one prominent in the fish trade, that not more than 'JO or *J."» women
are thus engajied. On Friday mornin«j: trade begins early, particu-
larly in the shad season. Then the market is in full blast by two or
three o'clock in the morninjr and the bulk of the iv.uh' is oyer by six
or seyen o'clock. In winter, howeyer, it is seldom that the nunket
opens for trade before three o'clock on Friday mornin<r and about
fiye o'clock on other days and trade foi- the day is inactically com-
pleted by nine or ten a. m. Thursday. how«'yer, in an exception to
this, that is what is termed a ''shippiu}^ day" and operations are con-
tinued until late to fill the orders fi-om dealers in the cities and
towns throughout the Stae.

fi^!;heries of frie corxTV.

(a) tJeographical, etc. — The shore line of the State of Pennsyhania
bordering on Lake Erie and includ<'d within the limits of F^rie county,
is about fifty miles long. The coast of this section of the lake is no-
ticeable for its straight even contour, which fs unyaried except
where the harbor at Erie is formed by a peninsula, which stretches
out first to the northeast and bends around to the eastward so as to
nearly embrace a body of water from one to two miles in width and
from four to five miles in length. This constitutes a harbor variously
known as Erie harbor. TMesjiue Tsle bay. or Eiie bay. This is one of
the most excellent harbors on the lakes, and adjacent to it is the city
of Eiie which is a railrojid centoi' and has quite an extensiye lake
commerce.

Some sixteen miles west of Erie is Elk creek, on which is located,
about two miles from its mouth, the yillage of Girard. which is a fish-
ing center of some importance. Fishing is also carried on from a
hamlet nearer the lake known as Elk creek, also from Avonia and
Swanville.

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(b) Personnel.— In 1890, the latest date for which published statis-
tics are available, 403 persons were employed in the fisheries of Erie
county. This number included 92 vessel fishermen, 3 employed in
transporting fish, 250 shore fishermen and 58 shoresmen. It often
happens, however, that steamers from other ports fish from Erie dur-
ing a part of the year, at least, and thus augment its fleet and the
number of fishermen employed from that port, even though they may
not be citizens of the State. Thus, in 1894, Mr. Louis Streuber esti-
mates that 300 fishermen were employed from Erie and about 200
men in the fish packing establishments on shore.

From five to six men constitute the crew of a fishing steamer and
include the following: Captain, engineer and three or four deck
hands; three deck hands is about the average. The average pay is
as follows: Captains receive |18 per week, engineers |17 and deck
hands |12.

The shore fishermen, or those who operate pound nets or fishing
boats, may own their own gear or work on shares; their receipts de-
pend on the amount of fish taken unless they are hired.

Those who dress the fish on shore are paid a certain price per hun-
dred fish. Others, whose work is more general, are commonly hired
by the week or month.

(c) Species, Fishing Ground, etc.— The most important species
taken and the seasons of their abundance are as follows: Blue pike
and herring, during April and the early part of May; sturgeon, in
June; and white fish from July to November inclusive. Until' re-
cently sturgeon were comparatively numerous in this section of Lake
Erie, but not many were taken, since the gill nets used for white fish
and herring, would not hold them and no regular sturgeon gill nets
were employed. In recent years, however, there has been a marked
decadence in the general abundance of sturgeon throughout Lake Erie
and this species is less numerous than formerly. It has been stated
that "more white fish are landed by the fishermen at this port than
at any other on the lake, if not on the whole chain of lakes." Occa-
sionally, some large lake trout are caught, but these form a compara-
tively unimportant part of the aggregate catch.

The fishing season is nearly continuous, "the only intermission
being in winter, when there is too much ice in the bay and lake."
Some years ago— in 1884-'85— some gill net fishing was carried on
under the ice for blue pike and herring, the catch being hauled to
the shore. For several years past, however, there has been no ice
fishing worthy of mention.

The coast fishing grounds are along the shore of the lake within
the limits of Erie county, where the pound nets and traps were set
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wide mnge of fishing ground and frequently go to comparatively dis-
tant parts of the lake, changing from point to point as the move-
anents or abundance of fish make necessary. The area over which
they fish usually extends twenty-five or thirty miles in each direction
from the home port, and often they go within eight miles of the
Canadian shore. They fish in from fifteen to twenty fathoms of
water.

(d) Vessels and Boats. — At the present time, according to Mr.
Streuber, there are thirty-two steamers engaged in the lake fisheries
from Erie. These vessels range in size from 5 to 35 tons, and in
length from 38 to 85 feet, the average length being about 58 feet.
The horse power varies from 15 to 00, with an average of 40. They
*'are provided with iron-lined holds forward and aft to receive the
fish."

The general appearance of these vessels may be gathered from the
illustration of the fishing dock and fishing steamers at Erie. These
little steamers have a close general resemblance to the tug boats
used for towing vessels about the harbors of commercial ports, and
are commonly spoken of as ''fishing tugs." Indeed, they may be
occasionally used for towing, like ordinary steam tugs and for this
reason are generally provided with a towing post and cleats to which
hawsers may be fastened.

Vessels of this class are carvel built, round bottom, keel craft,
with sharp bow, more or less hollow water line, stem straight and
nearly vertical above water, curving sharply below to join the keel,
and a round overhanging stern. They have a strong sheer, low waist
and wide and rather heavy guard or chafing streak. As a rule, the
midship section is rather full, but the steamers are sometimes built
with a sharp floor. The boiler and steam engine, as will be seen, are
located nearly ajnidship and are covered by a deck house, forward of
which is a pilot house. The deck is raised at the stern, or at least
there is a sort of stern platform or grating upon which the net boxes
are stowed for convenience in setting the gear. The gill net steam-
ers are provided with large wooden rollers upon their bows, as
shown in the illustration, these being used for pulling the nets over,
when they are being lifted. A small flag pole stands at the bow,
but as a rule there is no mast.

In 1804 there were, in addition to the steamers, from 16 to 20 boats
employed in the gill net fisheries. These are open boats from 25 to
35 feet in length, with a capacity from two to five tons of fish, rigged
with two masts and carrying foresaid and mainsail.

The pound net boats are of the type common to Lake Erie. This
type may be thus described: It is an open, flat-bottomed carvel or
clinker built boat, with a sharp bow; slight flare to sides; a good
deal of camber to the after part of the bottom, and a wide, square

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Stern. It is not provided with a skag; the rudder is hung to the
stern, below which it extends. Commonly, the rudder is simply a
piece of board set into a slot in the lower part of the rudder head
and projecting nearly as much forward as it does aft.

"One of the leading peculiarities," says a writer, "is the steering
apparatus, which consists of a board placed crosswise in a sawed
groove at the bottom of the rudder-post, forming a sort of a cross
with arms of unequal length. One of these arms extends from 2 to
3 feet forward of the post and the other 4 to 5 feet aft of it The
board which forms the rudder is from ten inches to a foot in width
perpendicularly, and from 5 to 7 feet long."

The object of this contrivance is to obtain as much force as pos-
sible with the small immersion which the rudder has. The pound
boat has a large center board; there are two thwarts, one of which
IS placed at each end of the center board, and two bulk heads, one
under the forward thwart and one about 2^ to 3 three aft of the
after thwart. Between these is the fish room, into which the catch
IS thrown when taken from the pound nets.

It is necessary to have a wide boat in order to secure the stability
which is required for lifting the cribs or pockets of the pounds, and
It IS also desirable to have a boat for this work which will carry a
large load of fish on a very small draught of water. These boats are
roomy and well adapted to transporting fish from the nets to the
packing and freezing houses, and it is also claimed that they are fast
sailers, particularly when running before the wind. Of course, one
familiar with boats would readily understand that they could not
sail very rapidly close-hauled by the wind, especially if there was any
sea on. Their flat bottom and light draught cause them to pound so
heavily in rough water that they cannot work to windward against a
high sea with any success.

The pound boat has two tall, tapering masts. The foremast is
stepped close to the stem, while the mainmast is placed at the after
thwart, which, in a 40-foot boat, would be 10 or 17 feet forward of
the stern. Two sails nvo carried. The forseail and mainsail are
both provided with a boom, as a ruh^ The peculiarity of the rig of
the pound boat is that the sails are made to insert bt'tween a double
gaff, so that when hoisted up by a single halyard to the masthead
either of the two sails has the appearance of being divided into two
parts, the upper being triangular and resembling a gaff-topsail.

The relative proportions of a pound boat, such as are used at the
western end of Lake Erie, are as follows:

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Length) over all, 24 9

Beam, extreme, 9 •

Width of stern, 7 0

Width of bottom, amidships, 7 4J

Depth, amidships, 3 0

Depth of stern, 2 3

Depth of bow, with rake of stem, 3 7^

Length of center-board case, 5 1

Foremast, above gunwale, 23 0

Mainmast, above thwart, 21 6

Foreboom, 12 0

Foregaff , 8 6

Mainboom, - H ®

Maingaff, 7 •

Mr. Elliott gives the following as the dimensions of the pound
boats used in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio:

Length, Feet, 28 to 31.

Beam, Feet, 8 to 11.

Depth, Feet, 2^ to 3^.

Tonnage, Tons, 4^ to 7.

Area of fossil, about, Yards, 75.

Area of fossil, about, Yards, 60.

(e) Apparatus for Fishing.— The gill nets range from 38 to 74
fathoms in length and are 5 feet deep. There are two kinds of these,
one of which has a mesh of 4^ to 4^ inches, and is used for the cap-
ture of white fish and wall-eyed pike (locally known as "pickerel").
The other has a smaller mesh varying from 3 1-8 to 3^ inches, and is
set for herring and blue pike. "The white fish caught in the large
meshed nets have a weight of from 3 to 7 pounds. Some herring
averaging a pound each are caught in the large meshed nets; those
in the small ones weight half or three quarters of a pound and are
thus surpassed by the slender blue pike which average a pound.
Some of the nets are rigged with cork and lead and others with the
old fashioned floats and stones."

About 1855 the nets were made of sturgeon twine, and rigged
with "jerk floats" and jerk stones." At that time three men handled
a gang of ten nets. Later Daniel Weeks introduced iron rings
for sinkers instead of stones. At first the nets had a five inch mesh,
but about 1860 a Huron, Ohio firm— C. Charles & Co.— who were fish-
ing at Erie, used nets with a 4^ inch mesh, with floats of cottonwood.

As late as 1857 or '58 twenty-five thread cotton twine was used
for making gill nets, while at present nothing but fine linen twine—

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Length, over all, --i *J

Beam, extreme, ^ *>

Width of stern, 7 0

Width of bottom, amidships, 7 4^

Depth, amidships, 3 0

Depth of stern, - '^

Depth of bow, with rake of stem 3 7^

Length of center-board case, 5 1

Foremast, above gunwale, -3 0

Mainmast, above thwart, 21 <»

Foreboom 1 - ^^

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Mainboom 1 1 ^

Maiugaff, 7 0

Mr. Elliott gives the following as the dimensions of tiie pound
boats used in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio:

Length, Feet, 2S to 31.

Beam Feet, 8 to IL

Depth, l^'t-et, '2i to 31.

Tonnage, Tons, 4^ to 7.

Area of fossil, about Yards, 7r».

Area of fossil, about Yards, (JO.

(e) Appattittfs fm Ftshing.— %e gM! nets range from m to 74

fathoms in length and are 5 feet deep. There are two kinds of these,
one of which has a mesh of 4^ to 4^ inches, and is used for the cup-
tun' of white fish and wall-eyed pike (lo«ally known as "pickerel").
The other has a smaller mesh varying from :*» is lo 3] inches, and is
set for herring and bhn* pike. "The wliih* tisii caught in tht* large
meshed nets have a weight of from 3 lo 7 pounds. Some herring
averaging a lunind each are caught in the large meshed nets; those
in the small ones weigiil half or three quarters ol a jiound and are
thus surpassed by the slender blue pike which average a pound.
Some of the nets are rigged with cork and lead and otiiers with the
old fashioned tloats and stones."

About 1S55 the nets were made of sturgeon twine, and rigged
with "jerk floats" ami jerk stou<'s." At that time three men jiandle<l
a gang of ten nets. Later Daniel Weeks introduced inui rings
f<u' sinkers instead of stones. At first the nets liad a five inch mesli.
but about 18<)0 a Huron, Ohio firm— O. Charles & Co.— who were fish-
ing at Erie, used nets with a 4^ inch nu-sh, with tloats of cottonwood.

As late as 1857 or '58 twenty-five thread cotton twine was used
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No8. 45 and 50— is utilized for this purpose. In the summer of that
year the fishing had been unsuccessful ; the fishermen could not tell
why; some thought fish were growing scarce and the majority had
taken up their nets to wait for the fall fishing.

Mr. William Ferry, who went to Erie in July of 1857 or *58 carried
with him sixteen No. 30 linen thread nets. These he presented to
R. P. Burke, and he went out with Mr. Burke to set them. "The next
day they went out and took them up and brought in a big haul of
white fish and trout. This astonished all the old fishermen. They
b€gan setting the cotton nets again with no success. When the nets
were taken by Daniel Weeks, at that time one of the most prominent
fishermen, was very much mystified and after examining the nets and
finding that they were made of fine linen thread, concluded that that
was the explanation of it and immediately discarded his cotton
thread nets and made new ones of linen, and met with good success
in fishing. This was the first change from cotton to linen thread nets
at this point."

In 1888, while visiting Sandusky and the Bass Islands at the
western end of the lake, the writer made some studies of the fisheries
of those localities. He learned that from 30 to 50 nets were carried
by one of the small steamers on each trip. These were often, if not
gei.erally, set in several gangs or strings, and invariably at right
angles to the shore.

The white fish nets varied from 250 to 300 feet in length, when
hung. They were made of 32-2 twine, and had a mesh ranging from
4| to 4f inch, and were 14 meshes deep. Gill nets used for the
capture of blue pike, herring, etc., had a mesh of 3 1-8 inches, and
were from 18 to 24 meshes deep. These nets were not tarred, tanned
or treated with any kind of preservative— the sole reliance for their
preservation is in frequent drying. The webbing is "factory made;"
it is purchased by the fishermen who hang the nets themselves.

When ready for setting, the nets were stowed in unpainted pine
boxes holding five or six nets each. These boxes had an average
length on top of 3 feet 3 inches and were 2 feet 10 inches wide. The
sides and ends flared strongly, so that the dimensions on the bottom
were a foot less than those given for the top. In each end, near the
top, was a hand-hole for the easier manipulation of the boxes when
filled with "twine." The boxes are set at the stern of the steamer,
and the nets run out of them easilv.

In rigging their nets the fishermen adopted different methods;
some used the old-style floats and stones— the oldest method known-
while others had corks and leads or corks and rings. The rings are
preferred to other kinds of sinkers for reef fishing, because they keep
the foot line of a net off the bottom, and prevent it from being chafed
or the net from being torn. They were made of 5-16 inch iron, and

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were 5 to 5J inches in diameter. Lead sinkers are preferable for
muddy bottom. The floats were cedar 5 to 5^ inches long.

The pound nets used on the lake shore of Pennsylvania are of the
type common to the entire lake region. A net of this kind consists
of a leader running out from the shore and having at its end a heart-
shaped inclosure from which extends a net funnel that leads into
the bowl or crib where the fish ultimately find their way.

When the pound net was first introduced on Lake Erie it had no
funnel, or only one so extremely short as not to deserve the name;
the cut, bowl or pot, as it is variously designed was circular in form,
and the heart led directly into it. The modern pound net has a long
tunnel, extending from the apex of the heart into the crib, which is
now square. The leader and heart are fastened to stakes driven into
the bottom. The bowl is also held in position by stakes or by anchors
and buoys. Occasionally chains are used, in some parts of the lake,
for anchoring the heart or the mouth of the funnel ; while some fish-
ermen use large stones for anchors. Chain is also sometimes strung
along the lower edge of the netting to keep it down where the current
is strong, or the seas rough.

Blocks of cedar, jugs, and tin cans made for the purpose, are used
for buoys. In some instances the lake pound nets have a wing of
netting inside the lobe of each heart, leading to the mouth of the
funnel. Leaders vary in length. The ordinary pound net has a
heart ranging from 132 to 198 feet in circumference; the crib is 28
to 32 feet square, and the funnel varies from 30 to 60 feet in length.
Frequently two, three, four or more pounds may be set in tandem,
one beyond the other, a leader extending from the first to the second,
from the second to the third and so on. These pounds are set in
depths varying from 39 to 40 feet; they have a mesh of six inches in
the leader, four inches in the funnel and heart, and two inches in the
crib. I 'ill

Recently floating fish traps, constructed on the same general prin-
cipal as the pound net, have been operated from Girard in the imme-
diate vicintiy of the mouth of Elk Creek. Formerly the pound net
fishing was limited chiefly to the peninsula, which forms Erie harbor
since the bottom westward to Fairport and 15 miles or more to the
eastward, is composed of smooth rock, and it was not considered
feasible to set pound nets ui)on it. Now, however, both pound nets
and floating fish traps are employed and from the latest information
obtainable, 12 floating traps are operated from Girard, 2 pound nets
from Elk Creek, 7 pound nets from Avonia, and 7 from Swanville.

A few set lines or traw 1 lines are used. These have about 60 hooks
to the line and from 1,000 to 2,000 hooks are operated by a boat crew.

(f) History, methods of fishing, etc. — Only a brief allusion can be
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sections of the United States, the settlement of Erie county, is in-
timately associated with fishing, for the fish then swarmed in the
lake and harbor and were largerly depended upon by the pioneers
for food supply. Those who settled at Presque Isle in 1795 found
their log canoes, which served as fishing boats, as necessary to their
sustenance as the kaiak is to the existence of the Eskimo. As
necessity demanded, the early settler went fishing to supply the
wants of his family; and even the soldiers who manned the forts
east of Mill Creek ''laid in a large supply each season for their own

use.

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The following notes on the abundance of fish, and the early fish-
eries of this region, are quoted from Hon. James Hoskinson, of Erie,
since they contain much of interest in connection with the establish-
ment of the industry under discussion:

"In early days the abundance of fish in the bay and lake was be-
yond comprehension. About 1826 or 1827, when a boy about fifteen
I went fishing with David Fow zier in his log canoe. We crossed to
Big Bend on the peninsula, and had just got ready to begin fishing
when it came on to blow heavy down the lake, we were forced to land
and was storm-stayed on the peninsula for three days. We got out of
provisions, and the last day I was the hungriest, most unhappy lad
ever known. I wanted to get home, and I wanted something to eat,
but 1 could not keep still and I wandered off into the woods to hide
my feeling from Fowzier. I had gone I suppose two or thre miles
from the bend when I came across old Mr. Slocum, who was on the
peninsula trapping. It was then the middle of the afternoon. He
asked me where 1 came from and I told him, and who my parents
were. He knew them well. He asked me if I had eaten my dinner,
I told him no, I had eaten nothing that day. He immediately pro-
duced from his bundle, a large piece of corn bread and a big piece
of raw salt pork. I had never eaten raw meat before, but I think it
was the sweetest morsel I ever tasted.

"Thomas Horton was the first man to send lish to the surrounding
towns and villages. I have seen plenty of four and five pound black
bass sold for three cents each. Moses Muzzy had formerly been an
officer in the American army in the Revolutionary War. In addition
to fishing he at certain seasons of the year lived on the peninsula,
trapping for muskrats, foxes and other game. This was as early as
1816 or 1818. He was an eastern man coming from the vicinity of
Boston. Owing to some family trouble, he had not informed them
of his locality since the war. One of the sons embarked in business
in Boston, becoming wealthy, and in some manner learned where his
father was, and his mode of life, came on here and persuaded him
to return home with him. He had always preserved his uniform, and

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every 4th of July put it on and visited Mr. Hoskinson's father, who
had been an officer in the army with him.

''About 1824, 25-26 small vessels used to go from Erie to Machinac
every fall to fish for white fish and trout; cured them there, packed
them in barrels, and when full loaded brought them to Erie. On one
occasion they came back so late that they had difficulty getting into
the harbor owing to ice. A good market for them was always found;
many of them were shipped to Pittsburg. There were eight or ten
vessels engaged in this trade every fall for several years. Hon. Seth
Reed, P. S. V. Hamot and Capt. John Dixon, had vessels so engaged.

"Capt. John Dixon built the first dock and warehouse in Erie and
from there all of the limited fish business was transacted. Grass
pike were plenty in pike ponds, lying in about two and one-half feet
of water. We speared and shot them. Fine turtles abounded there
also.

"I remember on another occasion going fishing with David Fow-
zier, when about twelve or fifteen years of age. We paddled in a
canoe from the old navy yai'd about the foot of Sassafras street, up
along south shore of the bay to the "Head," which was then all for-
est. We had no luck and caught only two bass. Then we paddled
across to Big Bend, and thence down the north shore of the bay to
the White banks nearly opposite to where the pumping station of
water works are now located. We got there about 5 o'clock in the
evening, and found eight or ten canoes fishing, all having excellent
luck. Fished for about two hours and loaded the canoe with fine
bass. So many that when we started back (about dark) we could
not carry them home. We took what we could, and left the re-
mainder in the canoe and went back for them in the morning. In
those times many of the farmers in the vicinity of Erie owned canoes
which they brought in on wagons when they wanted to fish. I have
seen forty or fifty canoes fishing on the bay at the same time."

In the years preceding 1850 "little or no fishing was done in the
lakes," according to Mr. Albert Bosburgh, ''as the bay abounded in
fish and there was no necessity of going outside. The catch was
bass, perch, catfish, pike and sturgeon, and always large. They were
sold from house to house, excepting a portion which was peddled in
the surrounding country. Brook trout were plenty in all the small
streams, as well as rock bass and sunflsh. Misery bay and the mouth
of Mill creek has always been a fine place for rock bass fishing as
well as for sunfish and perch."

The two principal methods of fishing now employed are gill net-
ting and pound netting.

1. Gill Net Fishery.— Fishing with gill nets from Erie was estab-

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lished on a commercial basis as early as 1852, and from that time
until the present it has been systematically prosecuted. It is be-
lieved that in the year named the first white fish taken in Lake Erie
were obtained by fishermen operating gill nets from Erie.

"In 1852," says Meehan, "Captain Nash, a fisherman from Macki-
nac, took from there to Dunkirk, N. Y., two Mackinac fish boats, with
gill nets and complete outfit and began fishing at that point as an
experiment. He set his nets about eight miles northwest from the
harbor, and his first catch was a large one of white fish. The writer
was there engaged in railroad construction, and distinctly remem-
bers the excitement it created. It was mentioned in the Dunkirk,
Buffalo and Cleveland papers of the day as the first catch of white
fish on Lake Erie, and Captain Nash positively informed the writer
of this. The writer has often heard of catches at other places about
this time, and there was a great deal of notoriety given to the fact
by the daily journals on account of its opening up a large trade in a
very desirable fish.

"Previous to finding the white fish it had been the custom all along
the lake for persons who could afford it to send to Mackinac or De-
troit every fall for a barrel, half barrel or kit of sugar-cured white
fish for winter use, which were remarkably fine.

"As soon as it became known that white fish had been taken in
Lake Erie people began fishing fop them in these waters. Barcelona
followed Dunkirk, and then came Erie.

"There are no brighter men than the fishermen along the lakes, nor
any who can sooner see the advantages of such a discovery as this.
.\lthongh these men may not be educated, they are of unusual intel-
ligence, and know the ways of the fish aa well as the fish themselves.
Note the way they follow the fish from day to day and from point to
point. The fish, driven from their favorite grounds by the gill nets,
seek other points. The prey is no sooner there than the fisherman
has the same nets ready for it. It is not instinct, it is knowledge.
They know every foot of the bottom of the lake in the localitv thev
are fishing, and can find their nets in the dark or in a fog if neces-
sary. They go outside in all kinds of weather and when the large
steamers are storm stayed the fishermen is on his ground pulling
his nets. He is fearless, and yet cautious: a man to excite the great-
est admiration."*

For many years the fishery was earned on in open sail boats which
often went as far as twenty miles out into the open lake to set and
haul their nets. These small craft could be employed only whep
the weather was favorable and consequently the fishery was subject
to many interruptions and inconveniences. Fishing steamers owned

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at the western end of the lake were tried here, however, with much
success in 1881 and 1882. The result of these experiments induced
firms to provide themselves with steamers which they bought or had
built for the fishery. This action was so promptly taken that as
early as 1885 seventeen fishing steamers, valued at nearly |40,000
were engaged in the gill net fishery from Erie, while several others
were employed in collecting fish. At present steam has almost
wholly superseded the sailing boats.

Each boat or steamer operates a large gang of nets which may
vary from fifteen to two hundred. Each "tug" uses two hundred gill
nets for pike-perch. Generally a reserve supply of nets is provided
so that one lot may be repaired or dried while the other Is in
the water. The nets are fastened end to end so as to form a contin-
uous string or gang, and when being set they are run out over the
stern of the steamer. When the nets are taken up they are hauled
in over the roller on the bow of the steamer and the little vessel is, if
necessary, forced gently ahead to relieve any strain on the gear.
Ordinarily, as soon as one gang of nets is taken in another is set, and
thus it is feasible to keep the apparatus in the water continuously.

The method of setting and hauling gill nets on the sail boats is
substantially the same. When the nets are being set, sail is taken
in, if the wind is fresh, and the boat is allowed to drift or run along
gently before the wind as the gear is thrown out. In hauling the
nets on a boat the sail is lowered, the boat being allowed to drift
while the gear is pulled in over its side.

As soon as the nets are hauled, or while they are being taken in,
the fish are removed and are thrown into the hold of the steamers,
where they are kept cool in summer until they arrive at Erie, where
they are landed and prepared for market, which may be either by
dressing and shipping in ice or by freezing them in large refriger-
ators or by salting. I ' '
The gill net fishery suffers a serious handicap as a result of the
large quantities of white fish that are annually lost by spoiling in
the nets because of a high temperature, or the prevalence of bad
weather which prevents the fishermen from carrying on their opera-
tions. If there is much current, as generally is the case in this sec-
tion of the lake, white fish that are filled soon drown, after which
decomposition and '^bloating" follow in a few hours. The conditions
of the fishery are such that the gansrs of nets are not lifted oftener
than once in two or three davs, under ordinary circumstances, and
occasionally a much lonsrer time mnv elanse before it is possible to
lift them. 'Tn summer there is invnrinblv a oonsidornble number '^f
spoiled fish at each lift: not iinfronnentlv whpn n storm or bl^n'
occurs and the liftincr is delaved a day or two. more than half of the

fish are found to be rotten and are stripped out and thrown back into
the lake."*

It has been estimated by a prominent dealer at Eiie that "the
waste is nearly or quite equal to the entire white fish catch at the
western end of the lake, west of Sandusky, amounting to at least 400
or 500 tons."

In addition to the fish which are thrown overboard in the
lake considerable numbers that are "doubtful" are lauded, but those
are usually put upon the market in a salted condition. Mr. Seymour
Bower, who investigated the fisheries of this section some years ago
has stated that, even during fair weather and as late as October 10,
he "saw more than fifty white fish thrown into the offal barrels by
the dressers at the fish house out of a single boat load," and he con-
cedes that "there* was no telling how many the fishermen had thrown
out when lifting."

But despite these disadvantages the aggregate earnings of the
"high line" steamers often reach a considerable sum. In 1893 the
steamer Fred. B. Hall stocked |3,464 and the Frank Madison stocked
|3,437. While it true these figures represent the maximum earnings
at the latest date for which such data have been secured, and while
the average is considerably lower, they, nevertheless, indicate the
possibilities of gill net fishing on Lake Erie by vessels sailing from
Pennsylvania.

2. Pound Net Fishery.— The pound net fishery in this region began
in 1874, when the first net of this type was set. The use of this kind
of apparatus men with much opposition on the part of the gill net
fishermen, who succeeded in getting a law enacted in the Pennsyl-
vania legislature which, with certain exceptions, prohibited net fish-
ing of any kind in waters within the jurisdiction of the State. Lake
Erie, however, was not excepted. By the advice of counsel it was
held by the gill net fishermen that the State's jurisdiction over the
waters of Lake Erie, though not defined, did not extend beyond the
limit of a marine league from the shore. Under this interpretation
the use of pound nets was most effectually excluded under the
statute for the reason that on account of the depth of the water they
could not be set beyond the three mile limit, which, however, did not
interfere with the gill net fishing which is prosecuted farther out in
the lake. This led to the discontinuance of pound netting from 1876
to 1884.

'Tn the latter a prominent fishing firm of pound nets decided to
test the matter of jurisdiction. They accordingly set a number of
pound nets, and were promptly brought before the local court and
convicted. The case was then carried to the Supreme Court of the

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State, which decided that the law was constitutional, but held that
the State's jurisdiction over the Ashing interests of Lake Erie ex-
tended to the center of the lake. According to this interpretation
the gill net fishing was equally illegal with the pound netting, and
both factions being now on the same footing joined forces, and in the
spring of 1885 secured an amendment which removed all restrictions
from the fisheries on the lake shore of the State except in Erie bay,
where net fishing of all kinds is still prohibited."

In 1894, according to Mr. Streuber, there were twenty pound nets
operated in Pennsylvania waters.

At stated intervals the pound is lifted by the fishermen, who go
out in their boats for this purpose and take from the nets the fish
found there.

The writer recalls an interesting experience which he had a few
years ago on Lake Erie and which will, perhaps convey a sufficiently
accurate idea of the method of operating the pound net.

Strolling down on the wharf at early dawn, he arranged with two
fishermen to go out. on their boat. Sails were hoisted, and soon the
boat was skimming out of the harbor and driving away to the lee-
ward before a spanking breeze, far out into the lake where the net
lay which she was sailing for. The fishermen were quiet and rather
inclined to be reticent: their minds seemed to be occupied with the
duties that lay before them. They are not the men who tell "fish stor-
ies," as a rule. Finally, however, they gained confidence, and becom-
ing more acquainted, talked somewhat freely of their experiences
when hauling nets in rough weather, or when scudding away before
gales which suddenly arose, as is often the case on these inland seas.
Arriving at the pound net. down came the sails, and the men went
vigorously to work in a matter-of-fact way, demonstrating by their
actions their experience in gathering piscatorial harvests. Soon the
"slack twine" was pulled in; the fish, darting hither and thither to
escape, were gathered in a struggling compact mass in the bunt of
the pound net: then began the "bailing in." and soon the boat's "fish
room" was partially filled with an irridiscent, pearlv mass of gasping
and expiring life, too beautiful for pen or pencil to reproduce. But
this excited no sentiment in the minds of the fishermen: it was a
bread-and-butter job with them. As soon as the net was emptied it
was hauled back bv guy lines, and the incident was renenfed time
after time until the boat was loaded, and we started back on a long
boat to the harbor to laud the mornincrs's catcli.

3. Trap Net Fishery. — As has been stated, floating flsK traps have
recently been set along certain sections of the Pennsvlvania lake
Khovo where it is difficult to place pound nets. This is esneciallv
true of the vicinitv of the mouth of Elk creek, though the tran n^ts

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are owned and operated by parties in the village of Girard. These
nets are of small size and comparatively inexpensive, but have
proved efficient. Twelve of these small traps caugh 33,200 pounds of
fish last year.

These are lifted very much in the same manner as the pound nets
and a detailed description is deemed unnecessary.

(4) Cat fish hooking.— For two or three months in summer a few
persons engage in fishing for cat fish with set lines between Elk
Creek and Erie, their catch being disposed of at the latter point.

(5) Fishery of Girard and Elk Creek.— The fisheries at Girard and
Elk Creek have developed into comparative importance in recent
years. They employ 12 floating fish traps, 2 pound nets, 990 gill nets,
and about 33 set lines, having an aggregate of 2,000 hooks. Accord-
ing to the most recent figures obtainable the aggregate catch was
184,660 pounds, valued at |7,704.90, and consisted of all the varieties
taken in this section of the lake.

(e) Statistics.— The following present in a condensed form the lat-
est and most complete statistics of the fisheries of Erie county. The
statistics for 1890 are sufficiently detailed to give a comprehensive
idea of the character of investments, number or men, vessels, boats
and apparatus employed and the relative quantities and values of
each species or fish taken:

Statistical statement of the fisheries of Erie county, Pa., in 1890.*

Number vessel fishermen, 92

Number vessel transporters 3

Number shore fishermen 250

Number shoresmen, 53

Total number of persons employed, 403

Number. value.
Vessels fishing: (tonnage 97.10) 14 $41,800 00

^"*'*' 7,420 00

Vessels transportingr (16.76) j 2,000 00

<^"tflt 400 00

^O^^ 94 32,920 00

Apparatus of capture— vessel fisheries:

*5"J nets 10,177 33.512 00

Apparatus of capture— shore fisheries:

Pound nets and trap nets 2OO 29,270 00

<5*" nets 12,193 39.056 00

Lines and spears 160 00

Shore property 45,700 00

Cash capital 50,000 00

Totol investment $283,238 00

•These figrures are extracted from a paper entitled "Fisheries of the Great
Lakes." by Hugrh M. Smith.

4^ REPORT OF THE

Products of the fisheries:

Pounds.

Black bass 19,990

Blue pike. 3,245,945

Catfish 121,450

Herring 8,012,510

**erch, 208,640

Saugers, 31,160

Sturgeon 105,750

Trout 82,000

Wall-eyed pike 125,190

White fish 758,019

Other fish, 154,300

Total, 12,864,844

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Value.

11,032 00

70,406 00

3,301 00

80,433 00

6,420 00

410 00

3,265 00

3,280 00

5,620 00

36,157 00

1,788 00

1211,122 00

Of the above about one-half were taken by vessels, or, to be exact
the yield of the vessel fisheries was 6,048,343 pounds of fish having
an aggregate value of |98,038. From this it would appear that the
average value of the fish caught along the shore it considerably in
excess of that of the fish taken by the steamers, and it is probable
this is due to the fact that the latter are often no so fresh as the shore
catch when landed.

The following extracted from Meehan's paper is a statistical ac-
count of the fish business on the lake, in Pennsylvania, for the
year 1892:

28 steam fish boats and fishing gear valued at $112,000~o6 '

14 sail fish boats and fishing gear valued at 7,000 00

40 pounds nets, boats, gear, etc., 20,000 00

Estimated capital employed 111,000 00

Estimated total capital invested $250,000 00

Number of men employed:

28 steam fish boats, 5 men each, 140

14 sail fish boats, 3 men each 42

40 pounds nets 150

Otherwise employed, Igg

Estimated total men employed 500

An accurate account of the fish taken for commercial purposes
during 1892 has been kept, with the following result:

Blue pike, in pounds 2,968,659

Herring, in pounds 8,300,633

No. 1 white fish, in pounds 524,428

Trout, in pounds 131,337

Pickerel, in pounds, 130,107

Perch, in pounds 494,671

Mullett, in pounds 63,146

Catfish, in pounds, 6,633

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Black bass, in pounds, ^ ^286

White bass, in pounds, '. . 40 675

Sheepshead, in pounds 6 669

Sanger pike, in pounds, 24 633

Sturgeon, in pounds, ...!!......!... 90702

Total pounds 12,786,579

Mr. Louis Streuber, who is prominently identified with the fish
trade of Erie, and is one of the members of the Erie Fish Association,
presently to be referred to at greater length, states that in 1894,
there were employed by that association 32 steamers with an average
value of 13,800; 16 sail boats worth f300 each; 8,000 gill nets, valued
at 140,000 and 20 pound nets estimated to be worth |10,000. The
association, he states, employed 300 fishermen on steamers and
boats, and about 200 in the fish house. In 1893, the firm caught and
handled an aggregate of 11,400,000 of fish. Though the year had not
closed when he wrote, he estimated that the catch for 1894 would
probably be larger than it was in the previous season.

(f) Fish trade.— The fish trade of Erie is controlled chiefly by the
Erie Fish Association, which was formed on September 24, 1892, by
the consolidation of the following firms: Louis Streuber, E. D. Carter,
Frank W. Bacon & Co., and E. Knoblock & Co. This association oc-
cupies a large building (shown on page — ), where are received,
packed and shipped all the fish that the sent away fresh.

A considerable percentage of the catch is frozen and held in stor-
age in the refrigerators until the demand is sufficient to warrant
placing the products on the market. The summer catch is generally
large, and it is impracticable to sell all of it then to good advantage.
Those not immediately sold are frozen or salted.

As the fish arrive those that are not to be frozen are put into ob-
long galvanized iron pans, which are stored in tiers or layers in a
large refrigerator, where the temperature is kept below freezing
by the use of ice and salt. About 2,500 pounds of ice and three bar-
rels of salt are required for freezing two tons of fish. In a reasonably
short time the fish are frozen solidly and are then packed in bulk to
await shipment. They come out of the pans in slabs weighing about
twenty-five pounds to each panful, and numbering about thirty fish,
if they are small, or less if they are large. For shipment they are
packed in specially made boxes holding about 250 pounds each, and if
sent away in cold weather will keep frozen until sold to the con-
sumer. In this way the lake fish attain a wide distribution in a
fresh condition.

As early as 1885 there were four freezers at Erie; one of these had
a freezing capacity of 150 tons of fish and two others 50 and 60 tons
respectively.

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Large quantities of fish are salted in pails, kitts and half barrels
and are thus widely distributed to the local trade or to meet more
distant orders.

Fresh fish sent away packed in ice are chiefly shipped in barrels
holding 100 and 200 pounds each. A few years ago about four-fifths
of the fresh fish were shipped in these barrels, though the larger size
was most in favor. The manufacture of these barrels is quite an in-
dustry in Erie.

A dozen or fifteen hucksters with hand carts retail fish through
the city of Erie, and peddlers who go out into the surrounding
country get their supplies from the dealers.

RESTORATION OF THE FISHERIES.

As has been shown in the foregoing discussion of the fisheries of
the State, the maintenance of these industries depends on the success
attending the effort to restock depleted waters and to secure the con;
tinuance of a reasonable abundance of fresh water and auadromous
fish. When the region which now constitutes the great State of
Pennsylvania was settled, the streams, ponds and lakes within its
borders, and the waters which washed its shores, teemed with mul-
titudes of fish which, according to the species, remained continuously
throi/ghout the year or ascended the rivers at certain seasons and in
great numbers for reproductive purposes. But, as the population in-
creased, the drain made upon the fishery resources by the employ-
ment of destructive methods of fishing in those narrow waters, added
to the evils of pollution and obstruction of streams by dams, etc.,
resulted in a marked decimation of the abundance of fish life, and in
some cases absolute or practical extinction.

The limits of this article do not permit of a detailed discussion of
the decadence of abundance of fish in the waters resorted to by the
fishermen of the State, and this is probably unnecessary, since it is
understood by the writer that it be fully considered elsewhere.

It is, perhaps, suflBcient to say here that a few years ago the con
ditions were such as to cause much apprehension on the part of those
who were interested in the preservation of fish in Pennsylvania
waters, as a source of food supply as well as the object for the con-
tinuance of important commercial industries. The agitation of the
question led to the organization of a state fish commission in 1866
and, ultimately, to the establishment of fish hatcheries in those sec-
tions of the State where it was felt they were most needed.

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The work that lay before the State authorities at the inauguration
of this effort was not only important, but one which presented many
difficulties. It was not simply the question of increasing or maintain-
ing the abundance of fish in waters that were not exhausted, but it
was a matter of restocking streams already depleted. The commer-
cial fisheries could be improved in some regions by increasing the
abundance of those species which are most valuable for market pur-
poses. Two principal factors were relied upon, namely: (1) fish cul-
ture, conducted upon a broad and liberal basis; (2) the enactment and
enforcement of judicious restrictive or protective laws w^hereby de-
structive and injurious methods of fishing could be prevented, and
obstructions in the rivers could be removed or overcome by the loca-
tion of suitable fish ladders, which would enable anadromous species
to ascend the rivers to their natural breeding grounds at and near
the head waters.

In pursuance of this plan hatcheries for artificial propagation of
fish have been erected in the following localities: The Eastern hatch-
ery, at AUentown ; the Western hatchery, at Corry, and the hatchery
at Erie. The last mentioned is devoted to hatching white fish and
other commercial species. In addition to these, by recent legislation
the erection of a hatchery for the propagation of shad on the Dela-
ware has been authorized by the State, and it is expected it will soon
be in operation.

Through the efforts of the fish commission acting in co-operation
with the authorities of New Jersey, the Delaware has been cleared
of destructive fishery devices such as the so-called fish baskets, and
it is now said that the shad can ascend the river to it natural spawn-
ing grounds.

Whatever the cause, the fisheries of the Delaware seem to have
gradually declined from year to year until about twenty years ago.
It is of record that the catch fell off all along the river "until in 1873
the fisheries failed to pay expenses, the total yield being the year
previous but |81,000." A systematic record of the catches made at
the fishery owned by the Howell family, at Woodbury, has been kept
for more than 150 years. According to this the average annual takes
prior to 1825 were about 130,000 shad; from 1845 to 1849 the average
declined to 66,890; in the three years ending 1869 it fell to 60,739 fish;
while from 1870 to 1873 the average catch was less than 25,000. In-
stances of a similar nature might be multiplied. It is also claimed
that the size of the fish decreased to an appreciable extent.

Various causes have been assigned for the decrease in the abund-
ance of fish, and especially of the shad, in the Delaware and its tribu-
taries, and doubtless each of these has contributed more or less in
bringing about the result noticed in recent years, when these waters,
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the spring, became so nearly depleted that actual extermination
seemed to be imminent.

As a rule, those who have been called upon to consider the ques-
tion of the decadence in the abundance of fish in the Delaware and its
tributaries, and the consequent decline in the fisheries, have attri-
buted the results they have noticed solely to methods of fishing.
While it may be conceded that the methods adopted for the capture
of fish in the upper river have been destructive, and such as wisdom
would suggest the discontinuance of, it may, nevertheless, be safely
assumed that other agencies have played a very important part in
reducing the numbers of fish entering the rivers.

It is true that among the agencies which have caused a decrease
in the abundance of fish in the Delaware, and has led to the practical
discontinuance of commercial fishing on a large scale, above Philadel-
phia, the employment of lertain forms of apparatus, or destructive
and harmful methods of fishing, may hv counted as important factors.
All competent observers agree that the most destructive form of ap-
paratus employed for the capture of fish in the upper Delaware is
the so-called fish basket. This device is similar in idea to that form-
erly employed by the Indians. It is a sort of wooden trap located in
the middle of the river, with long wings built of stone extending to-
ward either bank, so as to form a V-shaped entrance into which the
fish, that are seeking their spawning grounds, naturally enter, to be
caught in the "basket" that is placed where the wings converge to a
point. There is seemingly no escape, and the wonder is that any
shad ever reach the head waters of the river where such devices are
employed. In a report for 1874, Mr. Howard Reeder, who was then
President of the State Fish Commission, made the following refer-
ence to the traps and fish baskets:

"Of all implements for the wanton destruction of fishes which have
ever been constructed by human skill, the one most worthy of con-
demnation is the ordinary fish basket. These instruments of extir-
pation are placed in the niidchannel of the river, with long arms or
wings made of stones, extending upon either side towards the shores.
Every living creature carried by the current is swept into these
baskets. Young shad are particularly delicate. A blow which dis-
places a scale will result in the death of the fish, so that scarcely a
young shad which succeeds in going through the slats of the basket
will live, while millions are stopped upon the basket and there al-
lowed to die. Instances have come to our knowledge where, in 1870
and 1871, parties owning baskets were obliged to shovel out with a
wooden scoop the young shad that had accumulated in their baskets
in less time than one night. In one instance the owner of the basket
said that he thought in one night he had thrown from his fish basket
more than a cart load of young shad.

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4^ ^ ^. ^° engine used for the destruction of fish, the

set-net or fike-net is surpassed only by the fish basket. This net is an
elongated trap with a large mouth set directly in the current of the
stream, sometimes with long arms or wings of stone extending out
similar to the fish-basket, turning the entire current through the net
and sweeping into it every living creature carried by the current
These nets require no attention and no labor. They are simply de-
posited and left to take care of themselves until the owner is ready
to take them up and empty them of their catch. Occasionally along
our large rivers you will find a man owning as high as thirty or fortv
of these nets."

From the foregoing it would appear that not onlv a large percent-
age of the fish ascending the river was captured, "^and thereby pre-
vented from performing the natural function upon which the con-
tinuance of the species depended, but even a greater evil seems to
have been accomplished by fish baskets in destroving millions of the
annual brood in the fall, when the young fish were moving down the
river toward the ocean.

However desirable and important it mav be to fish the river to
the maximum extent which it will bear, it is evident that the employ-
ment of devices in narrow waters, which prevent the ascent of the
shad to its natural spawning grounds, and destroys millions of its
young before they have reached an age to benefit mankind, must
prove ruinous, and especially is it harmful to those who rely in part
or in whole upon fishing as a means of obtaining a livelihood.

Although the Delaware has not suffered so much from dams as the
Susquehanna, the influence of such obstructions cannot be ignored
The erection of dams in rivers which are the natural spawning
grounds of migratory fish, like the shad, is one of the most potent
causes of a rapid decline in the abundance of such species, as one may
be convinced by the study of our fisheries in various parts of the
country. The instinct which prompts anadromous species to enter
rivers for reproductive purposes impells them to struggle on until
they reach their spawning grounds in the clear waters near the
sources of the rivers, and their efforts to attain their goal continue
until they come to some impassible barrier. Even then they are
eontinuously active and restlessly dart back and forth searching for
some place where they may surmount the obstacle which stands in
their way. It may fairly be assumed that in this ceaseless activity-
prompted by an impulse seems to craze them— when thus hindered
many fish die or are weakened so that the best result of nature's
effort to continue a species is interferred with or rendered abortive
However this may be, the fact is conceded by all who may have given
the matter careful consideration, that when shad or other anadro-^
mous fish are compelled to cast their eggs many miles below their

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natural spawning grounds, and consequently under unsuitable con-
ditions, the result is disastrous, since only a small percentage of the
fry may be expected to survive, while the number hatched under
such adverse circumKtanoes must be only a fraction of what would be
brought forth if the adult fish were able to reach the head waters of
the river.

The absolute destruction of commercial fishing in the Schuylkill
is doubtless in large measure attributable to the building of dams,
and undoubtedly the single structure of this kind has materially
aided in causing the decrease of shad in the Delaware.

It is believed by many that the most destructive agency to fish life
in the rivers and minors streams of Pennsylvania is sewerage and
drainage. If fish succeed in passing through the polluted waters of
the Delaware, at and below Philadelphia, they are by no means free
from the deleterious influences which, in some places, render the
upper reaches of its tributaries unfit for sustenance of fish life; the
propagation of the shad, or the subsistence of the young fry. So
impregnated with coal oil are the waters below Philadelphia that the
writer was told, by a resident on the river, that its peculiar flavor
could be detected in the shad if they were detained long in the vicin-
ity where this pollution is most potent. Whether this is true or not,
no one will deny that the discharge of waste into the river from the
numerous refineries, that are located only a short distance below
Philadelphia, fills the water with poisonous substances which would
probably prevent shad from attempting the ascent of the stream ex-
cept for the combined instincts of nativity and procreation — impulses
so overmastering that nothing but death impassable barriers will re-
strain them.

Meehan writes as follows concerning the evil results of pollution
of the interior waters:

"But worse even than fish baskets, dynamite, deleterious sub-
stances and unfair fishing, because farther reaching, was another
element — stream pollution. Saw mills were erected in the back
woods on the banks of trout streams and the sawdust dumped into
the water. Bv this means millions of fish were killed. Within the

•In referring to the question of the pollution of the river in his paper on "The
Shad Streams of Pennsylvania," published in the report for 1889-'90-'91, Col. Gay
spoke as follows concerning the belief of the fishermen that this furnished a sat-
isfactory reason for the decreased number of shad: "They believed the sewage
from the great city of Philadelphia, and the refuse from the gas works and oil
refineries, had driven away or killed off the numerous schools of fish; but such
does not seem to be the case, for authentic information received from persons
living on the upper reaches of the river show that the waters were alive with
shad, and they were seen disporting by hundreds for many miles above Egrypt
Mills, in Pike county, and well up in New York state, fully three hundred miles
from the ocean, a point higher than they have been known to reach since 1823,
when the canal company erected the dam across the river at L<ackawaxen."

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coal bearing areas mines were opened and the filthv culm, composed
of carbon and clay, emptied into the water; and thereafte7pure

Tth Ir^r".^' ''''''' P^P"^^^^^ ^^' "-^*-^ *-"*' were empt'd
I V. I ^ '^'^^ '^°' ^^""'^^ ^^^^y «^^ malodorous, to the rh-^rs

i\l "t?o Totll '^'^"^1' ^°'' ^^ "^"^ ^^«^«' almost absolutr;
TrnZ .J T u u \^ ^""^^P^^' ^^ *^*« lamentable result may be
named-the Lehigh river and the upper waters of the Schuylkill "

In addition to the removal of destructive fishery devices from the
Delaware, to which allusion has already been made, the State Com
mission has exerted itself to increase the abundance of shad in the
i^ver by "p,anting>' large quantities of fry which were obtained from
the Uni ed States Pish Commission. It has invariably been th^
policy of the State Fish Commission to put the fry at or near the

Ir It '"^J^V^^^^«P"^-«t of the young fish. There the fry not
only get an abundance of food suitable to their needs, but the water
IS pure and clear. Therefore the young fish are not subject to the
dangers of semi-starvation and possible suffocation which they must
encounter if put into the river near or below Philadelphia
The practice of the United States Fish Commission of "planting-

ZZ /.H^' '''" "''''' ^'"'* '^^"" *^^ '''^ ^^« "«t received the ap.
ters 1. '' ''"^'*'"* *^ ^"'^^ intelligently regarding such ma^^
ters and many experts believe that little or no beneficial results are

theTer. " "'''"''* ""° ''^"^' "^'"^^^ «^ '^^ ^^ P"* ^^to

In the repoi-t of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission for 1889 to
91 page 185) the following reference is made to the hatching of shad
on the Delaware by the United States Fish Commission-

The first attempt to hatch shad on an extensive scale on the Dela-
ware by the United States Fish Commission was in the vear 188^
when the steamer ^Tish Hawk'' was stationed at Gloucester ciJ

fo o"oo 007' "".'^ '' '^ ''""^ ''^ '""^ — -^-^ - securing abou;
10,000 000 eggs. The steamer ^^Lookouf' made two trips to the Dela-
ware for the purpose of collecting shad eggs, most of wh ch were

^^J^mT"^ 'IfT ""''' ^'-'^^ '^ ^^-^' Maryland
th. n ^"^'^'^ ^''^^' ^'^^^^'^^^ «^d the fry returned to

the Delaware, nearly all being liberated in tide water

itv?f T ^'V'""".' ^^'"'" "^^ ^^^^° ^^ ^^^ ^^^«--^' - the vicin.

olle tfnr? ' "?:' '"^^'^"' '"^ transporting spawn takers, and in
collecting transporting and depositing eggs. Thirty-four million
four hundred and fifty-four thousand five hundred ;ggs were ob
tamed, from which 23,196,000 fry were hatched on boa rd:^and 21^18
'Jisf Hawt" - the De,, re river. During the season of 1888 h;

Fish Hawk" collected 48,607,000 shad eggs at five of the fisheries
operated on the New Jersey side of the river below Gloucester ct,

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and from gilling nets near bj. Of the fry hatched 14,840,000 were
deposited in the river near Gloucester city, and through the Penn-
sylvania State Fish Commission 16,011,000 fry were liberated in the
numerous pools in the upper stretches of the Delaware river. The
following statement compiled, by the United States Fish Commis-
sion, shows the number of shad taken in the Delaware river during
the .years 1885 to 1889, inclusive:

1885, 1,148,496

1886, 874,017

1887, 800,265

1888, 856,662

1889, 984,941

Much surprise if not dissatisfaction has been expressed because
these millions of young shad were dumped into the lower river off
Gloucester, where they were exposed to such unfavorable condi-
tions— conditions which some believe so serious as to practically
nullify the work of hatching them. This action on the part of the fed-
eral officials was none the less unaccountable because the fry could
easily have been put into the head waters of the Big Timber Creek —
one of the best shad streams in New Jersey — by using the steam
launch of the "Fish Hawk." The Big Timber empties into the Dela-
ware at Glocester, and the Rancocas Creek, another good shad
stream, is a little higher up. The former is about thirty miles long
and a trip of fifteen or twenty miles at the most on a steam launch
would have sufficed to place the fry hatched by the "Fish Hawk'' in
the most favorable conditions in one or the other of these streams.

As a result of planting fry and the abolition of obstructive devices
in the river, it is said that shad have increased considerably in the
upper Delaware in recent years, though it is thought that much more
might have been attained if the fry had all been planted under the
same favorable conditions which attended the deposits made by the
State Commission. This has been so forcibly impressed upon the
State authorities that it had an important influence on the establish-
ment of a State hatchery for shad, and it is confidently anticipated
that the benefit derived from this will be very important.

Owing to numerous causes, the results secured on the Susque-
hanna have not been entirely satisfactory. Among these may be
mentioned the difficulty of overcoming the obstructions in the river.
It is also probably true that here, as on the Delaware, a large per-
centage of the shad hatched by the U. 8. Fish Commission are planted
in tide-water — at Havre de Grace, Marvland, and vicinitv.

In recent years the maintenance of a supply of the more important
species of fish in Lake Erie has become a most important problem to
all the states bordering on the lake. In this work Pennsylvania ha»
taken a most conspicuous place.

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SK COMMISSIONERS.

In 1880, 15,000 was appropriated by the Legislature for the estab-
lishment of a hatchery at Erie, and this was completed, with the
most approved appointments, and ready for operation as early as De-

onl^n 'l'^ ""^ '^^' ^'^'- ^''^''' ^"^^ ^'''^' ^'^"^ that date 16,-
000,000 white fish eggs were received-coming in in various lots.
During the latter half of March, 1886, 14,625,000 white fish fry were
hatched and placed in the waters of the lake outside of Erie The
same result was obtained the following winter, and during "the
three succeeding years 35,750,000 fry were hatched and distributed "
The effect of such extensive operations, combined with similar work
done by Ohio and Michigan, was soon apparent. Meehan says that
I'm 1886 the catch of white fish only amounted to 61,500 pounds, while
in 1888 the catch leaped to the astonishing amount of 2 200 000
pounds. The money value of the total catch of the Erie fisheries in
1886 was but |175,200. In 1888 it was |304,680, a difference of |12y -
480. This condition of affairs has increased, and last year the valu-
ation of the catch was placed at more than half a milllion dollars "

AA hile the propagation of white fish has alwavs been looked upon
as a most important feature of the fish cultural effort on Lake Erie
it IS by no means the only work of this kind carried on at the Eerie
station. Immense numbers of pike perch have been artificially bred
and distributed in the rivers of the State as well as being planted in
Lake Erie. The magnitude of this work may be seen, when it is
stated that, during 1889, 8,900,000 young pike perch were distributed
in the Susquehanna. Juniata, Spruce Creek, Delaware river and
^ arden's creek. In the following year the total hatched was 13,545 -
000, of which 7,000,000 were planted in Lake Erie, and the remainder
was distributed in other State waters. The aggregate output of pike
perch in 1891 reached the vast sum of 40,600,000. Of these 6,000 000
were planted in the lake, near Erie, 10,000.000 in the Susquehanna,
5,000,000 in the Delaware, and the remainder was distributed in
small lakes and minor streams.

The immensity of this work at the present time was impressively
stated by Hon. Henry C. Ford, president of the Pennsvlvania Fish
Commission, at the meeting of the American Fisheries Society, at
Philadelphia, during May, 1894. Among other things, he said :

"Within the last three months, from our hatcheries thirty mil-
lions of white fish have gone into Lake Erie, eighty millions of wall-
eyed pike have been deposited in the same lake, and in our larger
rivers and streams; over four millions of the different varieties of
trout have been placed in our streams. Five millions of blue pike
are hatching in the Erie hatchery for the benefit of that lake, or a
total of one hundred and nineteen millions of fish planted to replen-
ish the food supply of the people, to say nothing of the millions of

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shad fry that, during the season, will be deposited by the United
Btates Fish Commission in the Delaware and Susquehanna, by our
own hatching in the upper Delaware/'

There is a temptation to continue this discussion, and to invite
attention to the importance of a work which means so much to the
future citizen of the Keystone State, when its millions of inhabitants
must rely even more than now upon the proper utilization of all
food producing waters, not alone for the support of profitable fisher-
ies, but also for the physical improvement of tens of thousands of
jaded and worn out people who seek rest and recreation where fish
can be caught. But the space allotted to this article will not admit
further elaboration, and the few salient features of the work which
have been presented must suffice for the reader to draw conclusions
from.

THE COMMON KILLIFISH.

THE BANDED PICKEREL.

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THE LITTLE PICKEREL

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THE TESSELLATED DARTER.

THE BROOK LAMPREY.

THE LOG PERCH.

THE SEA LAMPREY.

THE PADDLE FISH.

THE BLUE PIKE.

THE EEL.

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THE CRAPPIE.

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HE BLACK-BANDED SUNFISH.

THE COMMON STURGEON.

THE LAKE STURGEON.

THE SPOTTED CAT-FISH.

THE GREEN SUNFISH

THE BLUE SUNFISH.

THE LONG-EARED SUNFISH

THE SAUGER.

THE WHITE BASS.

THE YELLOW BASS.

THE COMMON CATFISH.

THE MARGINED STONE CATFISH.

THE BIG-MOUTHED BUFFALO FISH.

THE GREAT CAT-FISH.

THE CHANNEL CAT-FISH.

THE LONG -JAWED CAT-FISH.

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THE RED-BELLIED BREAM.

THE LARGE-MOUTHED BLACK BASS,

THE SMELT.

THE ROUND WHITEFISH.

THE LAKE HERRING.

THE BIG -JAWED SUCKER.

THE RED -BELLIED DACE.

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THE CUT-LIPS OR CHDB.

THE GUDGEON OR SMELT.

THE RED -FIN.

THE BLACK-NOSEI] UACE.

THE TULLIBEE,

THE GRAYLING

THE STRIPED KILLIFISH

THE GOLD FISH.

THE NORTHERN MOON-EYE,

THE BRANCH HERRING.

THE STONE TOTER.

THE STRIPED SUCKER.

THE RED HORSE.

THE HORNED CHUB.

THE FALL FISH.

THE ROACH.

THE CARP SUCKER.

THE BLACK HORSE.

THE NORTHERN SUCKER.

THE FRESH WATER DRUM

THE MILLERS THUMB.

THE BURBOT.

THE CHAIN PICKEREL.

THE PIKE.

THE MASCALONGE.

INDEX.

Columbian Exhibition Page.

Commercial Fisheries of PennsylvanVa,'".. off1^!

Deposits of Shad 395-450

List of Pish Commissioners of Pennsyivanlar..V r. !////. '^'^ 2iZ-2U

« , , United States and Canada okq 0C4

Report of Eastern Hatchery (including distribution). ... "Z'tt

Erie Hatchery ' ' ^**"-*2

—Distribution of Pike Perch Fry. 1892. . . . . .... . 13.14

1893 14-16

18M 16-21

White Fish Fry. 1892-93-94 22-23

„ _^ , ^, Herring Fry. 1893-94. 2^

Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries , T^

Report of Western Hatchery '

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—Distribution of Brook Trout Fry, 1891 25-26

1892 26-48

1893 48-76

1894 76-101

Brook Trout 1 yr. old, 1893, 101

Lake Trout Fry, 1892 102

1893 102-103

1894 103

California Trout Fry, 1891, . . 103-106

1892... 106-109
1893,.. 109-112
1894... 112-113

Hybrid Trout Fry, 1892 113-114

1893 114-115

1894 115-117

Brown Trout Fry, 1892 117-118

1893 119-122

1894 122-127

Land L'k'd Salmon Pry, 1892, 127

German Carp Fry. 1891 127-128

1892 128-129

1893, 129

Black Bass, 1891 130

1892 130-131

1893 131-132

Large Mouth Black Bass,1891. 132-133

1892, 133

1893. 133-1.34
Rock Bass, 1891 134

(451)

452

INDEX.

Report of Western Hatchery-Distribution of Rock Bass, 1892 ififlg

1893 136-137

1894 138-139

White Bass, 1893 139-140

1894 140

Strawberry Bass, 1891, 140-141

1892 141-142

1893 142-143

1894 143

Yellow Perch, 1892 143

1893 143-144

1894 144

Sunflsh, 1893 145

1894 145

Catfish, 1892 145

1893 145

1894 146

Blue Pike, 1893 145

Summary of Distribution, 1891-1894 oik 0.10

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Treasurer s Report, -49

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