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nected with the railroad, Mr. Chase became acquainted with the pioneer 

 fish cultiirist, Mr. Seth Green, who, recognizing his many sterling qual- 

 ities, induced him to enter the employment of the New York Fish Com- 

 mission. Mr. Chase took uj) the duties with that energy and singleness 

 of purpose which were characteristic of the man, and made rapid ad- 

 vancement in the principles and practical detail of the work. 



In the summer of 1875, Mr. George H. Jerome, then superintendent of 

 fisheries, applied to Mr. Seth Green for assistance in securing a com- 

 petent person to undertake Whitefish work at Detroit, expressing at 

 the same time a prefereuce for Mr. Chase. Mr. Green consented, and 

 Mr. Chase came here for the season to inaugurate that work. But little 

 time was required to satisfy the commissioners of Mr. Chase's entire 

 competency, and he was given full charge of the operations, which were 

 so successfully conducted by him that he was permanently employed. 



Mr. Chase remained in charge of the Detroit hatchery until Septem- 

 ber, 1882, when he was appointed State superintendent of fisheries. 

 He entered upon the work at Detriot with the crude apparatus then 

 used, in the face of many discouragements, and achieved most honora- 

 ble success. To his unfailing energy, consummate skill, and thoughtful, 

 intelligent application to his duties, we owe all that is permanently use- 

 ful in this department. He has perfected and simplified the apparatus 

 for hatching by his invention of the automatic jar ; and by his thought- 

 ful experiments and keen observation rendered safe and comparatively 

 easy the methods of gathering the ova, and thus made it possible for the 

 commission to meet the urgent necessity for oiDcrations that can be in- 

 creased almost without limit. 



In addition to the skill and industry that made him a competent over- 

 seer of a siugle work, he had also the business capacity, good judg- 

 ment, address, and promptness of decision that made him an invalua- 

 ble superintendent. He was just and considerate to those under him ; 

 loyal and most helpful to those uuder whom he worked. He never 

 spared himself or was afraid of M^ork that promised to avert disaster or 

 give results of value. He was progressive, ready to learn, and never 

 content to rest upon moderate results or partial successes. 



But admirable and valuable as Mr. Chase's official and technical work 

 has been, he was more than a good officer in the force, or at the head, he 

 was an honest, courteous, manly man. At this board we shall sorely 

 miss his ]n^actical counsel, and his ready sympathy with every sugges- 

 tion that looked to extended usefulness of the work in which his heart 

 was so earnestly enlisted. 



Mr. Brownell had been employed for a number of yeai-s at the Poka- 

 gou hatchery, where he won the confidence and respect of all by his 

 intelligent devotion to his work, and his manly bearing. Upon the 

 recommendation of the Michigan commission he was a[)pointed super- 

 intendent of the Nebraska commission. That post he relinquished on 

 account of a prolonged sickness in the winter of 1883, and upon his re- 



