18 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Fish- hatchery, New York. — During- July, 1893, a further investiga- 

 tion for a suitable site for the establishment of a fish-cultural station 

 for the propagation of salmon as well as whitefish was made by Mr. 

 Frank N. Clark, superintendent of the Northville, Mich., Station. 

 The result of this examination demonstrated the impracticability of 

 securing, within the limited territory specified in the appropriation act, 

 a location such as was necessary for a station to be conducted on the 

 plan originally contemplated. It was therefore decided to confine our 

 attention to the increase of the principal commercial fishes of Lake 

 Ontario — whitefish, lake trout, and the pike perch. On May 26, 1894, 

 instructions were given the chief clerk and the engineer of the Com- 

 mission, Mr. Gill and Mr. Eeeves, to examine the eastern shore of Lake 

 Ontario in New York for a location affording facilities for the propaga- 

 tion of these fishes. They recommended Cape Vincent, on the St. Law- 

 rence Kiver at the outlet of the lake, and secured options for the sale of 

 two pieces of property affording the necessary requirements. One of 

 these embraced a lot having a water front of about 115 feet on the river 

 and extending about 200 feet to the main street of the village, and in 

 near proximity to the railroad station, improved by a substantial stone 

 building GO feet by 40 feet, with a lean-to of 24 feet by 65 feet, and a 

 large detached brick chimney tower. This building, which was for- 

 merly used as a grist mill, has walls between 2 and 3 feet thick, with 

 their foundations on the solid rock, and is in close proximity to the 

 river. It has three floors, a basement, and an attic, which afford ample 

 facilities for hatcheries and office and sleeping accommodations. The 

 option also provided in case of sale for the construction of a stone-crib 

 wharf into the river in front of the building for the proper placing of 

 the necessary water pipes for the supply of the hatcheries. The com 

 pensation to be paid was fixed at $3,500. The proposal has been 

 accepted, and the necessary steps will be taken for the acquisition of 

 the property. 



Tennessee. — Under provision of an act approved August 5, 1892, 

 authorizing an " investigation and report respecting the advisability of 

 establishing a fish-hatching station at some suitable point in the State 

 of Tennessee," investigations were made in that State during the Sep- 

 tember and October, 1893, and a report thereon submitted to Congress 

 January 24, 1894 (Mis. Doc. No. 52, Fifty-third Congress, second ses- 

 sion). The site appearing to offer the more favorable conditions for a 

 station was one several miles distant from the town of Athens, McMinu 

 County, though its distance from Athens, where the labor and supplies 

 needed for the maintenance of a station must be obtained, would prove 

 a serious drawback. It was recommended, however, that a final selec- 

 tion be deferred, should Congress direct the establishment of a station 

 in Tennessee, till further comparisons of the sites mentioned in the 

 report could be made. For the establishment of the station an item 

 of $12,000 was submitted. 



