38 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF Ff.Sli AND IMSHERIES. 



PUT.IN I5aV SlAlloN, Ohio (J. ,1. STKAXAHAN, 8i;i'Kl{IN IKXDE.NT). 



The siiiuliy civil Itill aj)prov('d Aliiicli 2, 1881), piovi<lc<l !i5LM),()()(» " lor 

 the purpose of estai)lishiii<»;iu(l e(piipi)in<;" a station atsoine('oiiv«'iii<'iit 

 point on Lake, Eric, to l)c. <lcsi_iinatc(l l>y tlic Coininissioncr ol" Fish and 

 Fisheries, lor taking spawn and the ])ro]>ai;alion ol' wliitclisli." Anex- 

 aminiition and consideration of the facilities olfered by the dift'erent 

 places ('(Mitignons to the spawniiiii-.^rounds of the wliilefish dt'nion- 

 slrated the ad\isal)ility of establishini;- tlu^ station at Put-in Bay, Ohio. 

 Through the efforts of Mr. Vaientine J)oller, of Tut -in May, the citizens 

 of that ])hice donated to the ITuited States a site on the south sliore of 

 Peach i'oint, and containing al>out three-fourths of an acre. On Au- 

 gust 31, 1889, the Attorney-General certitied to tlu^ suflliciency of the 

 deeds given to vest a valid tithi to tln^ ])roperty in the United States. 

 Cession of jurisdiction over the pro^terty having been given by an act 

 of the legislature of Ohio, passe<l Ai)ril 10, 1881), and the plans and 

 si)ecifications for the required hatchery having been prepared pending 

 the examination of the title, advertisement calling for proposals to con- 

 struct the same was made September C. The lowest bid received in 

 response thereto was that of Mr. George E. Gascoyne, of Put-in Bay, 

 with whom a contract was entered into on October 12. For the erec- 

 tion of the necessary steam and water plant, a contract was nmde with 

 Messrs. Shaw, Kendall & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, on March 11, 1890. The 

 erection of the hatchery was completed on August 11, 1890, and on 

 September 10 the machiiuny Avas ready for use. 



The act approved Septend^er 30, 1890, provided an appropriation of 

 $10,000 for the com})letion of the equipment of the station, including 

 the purchase of a steam hiunch for us(^ in the collection of the eggs of 

 the whitcilish. Plans and specilications for this v<'ssel were prepared 

 by the chief engineer of the ('Ommission, Mr. AV. 1>. liayley, U.S.N., and 

 after due adA'ertisenu'ut for jtroposals foi- her construction, a contract 

 was ma«le with the Craig Ship Ihiilding (-ompany, of Toledo, Ohio. 



18!)0-!n. 



On duly 1, 1890, Mr. J. .1. Stranalian was ajjpointed superintendent 

 of the station. On Noveml>er o active measures in the propagation of 

 whitefish were begun; 157, ."»00,000 eggs w(^re obtained from local livsh- 

 ermen; 200,000 were received from the ( 'oniniission's station at Alpena. 

 Of the eggs collected, 47,r)00,0OO were transferred to the Ohio State 

 hatchery, Sandusky, Ohio; 10,000,000 to the Wisconsin commissioners; 

 14,000,000 to the lOrie station of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission; 

 ami 125,000 to Mi. Carl G. Thonq^son, at AVairen, Ind. Fiom the eggs 

 retained, 10,000,000 fry were produc«'d and ]»laced in Lake Erie. The 

 hatching occuried in IMarch, 1891, and the try av<' re liberated t(> ward 

 the end of that month. 



About 1.^)0,000 whitefish eggs were fertili/ed with the, jjioduct of male 

 lake herring, the, result being a fair perciMitagi^ of hybrids. Late in the 



