ou the original design, which conteiuphited a. wooden buiklingj 

 but the Park Commissioners decided tliat a stone structure 

 would be more in unison with the surroundings of the locality 

 selected, and with the heavy stone bridge near by, they there- 

 fore caused to be erected tlic beautiful stone building which 

 adds so much to the beauty and attractions of the locality 

 about Garrett's Bridge, although it necessitated a considera- 

 ble additional expenditure which they generously provided 

 for out of their fund for Park improvements. In accordance 

 with the understanding Avith the Park Commissioners that 

 we should have the use of the ponds and hatching house free 

 of charge, we have placed the imported Carp in tlie ponds, 

 and have hatched over six hundred thousand California Sal- 

 mon in the hatching house, and have now, January 1st, 187G. 

 forty-five thousand 8almon-Trout eggs in the hatching jars. 

 The details of the construction of the j)onds and surround- 

 ings, have been admirably designed and carried out by Mr. 

 August Faul, the Park Engineer, and the ponds are models 

 of completeness. 



The great success of the hatching house, its capacity for 

 liatching large numbers of eggs, the completeness of its ar- 

 rangement, the ease and comfort with which the routine 



duties can be performed by tlie attendants, merits for it some 

 description of the interior. 



The building is of blue stone with white granite trim- 

 mings; the centre 18i x 33 ft., is two stories high_, and on 

 either side are octagonal wings 14i x 20 ft., whose sides are 

 almost entirely of glass. The greatest amount of light and 



. air is admitted through these, and two large windows in the 

 gable end of the main buildings, the inner door of the vesti- 

 bules is also of glass. The windows are all furnished with 

 dark green water-proof curtains, to exclude the sun and light 



^when desirable. The Avatcr is supplied from a strong spring 

 on the side of the hill near by, and is piped into the filtering 

 tank which is just below the ceiling of the hatching room, 

 which occupies the first floor of the building. The supply 

 pipe is so arranged with valves that the water can l)o con- 



. ducted into the ponds below the house without entering the 

 filtering tank should it be desirable. The water after pass- 



, ing tlirough a series of flannel filters is discharged from the 



