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April 14th, 1910. 

 W. B. RECTOR. ESQ., 

 Chief Deputy, 



City. 



DEAR SIR: Please go to Elkins today or tomorrow and investigate pollution 

 of the Tygarts Valley river by the Elkins Tanning Company. Also collect a 

 sample or two of the water they are allowing to flow into the river and ex- 

 press same to Hon. G. M. Bowers, United States Fish Commissioner, Washing- 

 ton, D. C., for the purpose of having tests made to ascertain whether or not 

 this pollution is killing fish. Yours very truly, 



J. A. VlQUESNEY, 



Warden. 



April 16th, 1910. 

 J. A. VIQUESNEY, Warden, 



City, 



DEAR SIR: Complying with your request of the 14th inst. in regard to the 

 pollution of the Tygarts Valley river by the Elkins Tanning Company, beg 

 to advise you that on yesterday I made an investigation at this plant, collect- 

 ing two (2) samples of the water they are allowing to enter the river, which 

 samples I have labeled, sealed and expressed to Hon. Geo. M. Bowers, United 

 States Fish Commissioner, Washington, D. C. designating them as "Randolph 

 No. 1" and "Randolph No. 2." "Randolph No. 1," This sample was col- 

 lected in 5 one gallon jugs, and was taken from a stream flowing from the 

 sluceways of the Tanning Company directly into the Tygarts Valley river, 

 at a point about eight (8) feet from the edge of the river. This pollution 

 was of a very dark brown color, extremely nauseating, and w r as flowing about 

 a seven (7) inch stream. 



"Randolph No. 2" This sample was collected from a sewer running from 

 the plant emptying into a small drain that carries same down to the river, 

 north of the sluceways. This sample did not have the appearance of being 

 deleterious, although the grass near the opening of this sewer and down along 

 the drain had the appearance of receiving a highly colored pollution, at some 

 recent time in the past. 



Yours very truly, 



W. E. RECTOR, 



Chief Deputy. 



April 22d, 1910. 

 HON. GEO. M. BOWERS, 

 Washington, D. C. 



D.EAR SIR: On April 15th, I had some samples of water sent your depart- 

 ment from Elkins, West Virginia, which I would like to have you test and 

 ascertain whether or not these samples will kill fish. 



I could not get large jugs for both samples, so had to send sample No. 1 

 in five one gallon jugs. 



Yours very truly, 



J. A. VlQUESNEY, 



Warden. 



