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mately forty millions of white fish, three million brook 

 trout, and five million salmon trout. The building is 

 two stories in height, and the upper floor has been fin- 

 ished off with living rooms for employees, a shop, and 

 a large room for storage purposes, etc. The interior 

 of the house will be equipped with fire pipes, hose, etc., 

 and the Electric Light & Power Company, located in 

 the immediate neighborhood, will be connected with 

 the hatchery by an electric alarm, and in case of fire 

 the whole hatchery can be flooded almost instantly, 

 thus affording ample fire protection. 



A railroad spur is now being constructed to a point 

 abreast of the hatchery on the mainland, and will be 

 separated from the hatchery by the narrow channel 

 above referred to. The cans of fry will be carried from 

 the hatchery to the car by a carrier running upon a 

 trolley wire, having a capacity of about a dozen cans. 



When completed there will be thirty ponds con- 

 structed immediately below the islands on which the 

 house stands, in which will be carried the stock fish 

 of brook trout needed in connection with the work of 

 the station. The main current of the rapids now flow- 

 ing over the pla:e upon which the ponds are to be con- 

 structed, with a depth of from two to four feet, will be 

 diverted and controlled by a dyke or embankment, and 

 inside of this dyke will be constructed the ponds for 

 holding the parent fish. A canal inside this dyke will 

 be made, from which will be taken the supply necessary 

 for the ponds. The water of the rapids is unequalled 

 for the purpose required, being thoroughly aerated in 

 the boiling and seething rapids will be ideal in its char- 

 acter for carrying fish in ponds, and the supply is limit- 

 less. 



The island itself and grounds connected with it, to- 

 gether with the ponds, will be embraced in and become 

 a part of the United States Canal Reserve on which 



