6-i Fish, Fiihing and Fisheries of Pennsylvania. 



property was sold to Hon. Simon CameroD for the price ori^nallj' paid 

 for it. Immediate preparations were made to transfer the stock to the 

 newly acquired possessions. This was a hurculanean task, for a large 

 quantity of fish had been accumulated in the ponds, besides the fixtures 

 on the place. But it was safely accomplished. Not a single fish was 

 lost in the journey. For this happy result the commissioners and Mr. 

 Oreveling, who superintended the work, were lai-gely indebted to the 

 Reading railroad. Mr. Wilson, the superintendent of the Heading and 

 Columbia branch of that company, was untiring and ceaseless in his 

 efforts to offer facilities and rapid transportation. He could not have 

 taken greater interest than if the fish were his own. He had all the 

 fish transferred from one train to another at Reading, and frequently 

 when he knew a batch was coming over the Pennsylvania railroad, he 

 would hold his trains for fifteen or twenty minutes in order that the cans 

 of fish should not be delayed in any way. 



While not in as a deplorable condition as Corry, the grounds at Allen- 

 town, to which was given the name Eastern station, were j'et in poor 

 shape, and the buildings rapidly running down, and Mr. Oreveling and 

 Mr. BuUer found no small task before them. They worked manfully, 

 however, began excavating for the new hatchery and straightening of 

 things up, and to such good effect did they work that by September 1 

 the hatchery was completed, the hatchery troughs in and the place 

 looked ship-shape. 



Work was then begun hatching, and since that time the number of 

 fish that have been there incubated and distributed is almost incredible, 

 and only once did disaster overtake the efforts of Mr. Oreveling. This 

 was in 1888. 



In that year the brook-trout fry were stricken with disease by which 

 over 400,000 fry were destroyed. This epidemic resulted from the 

 overcrowded condition of the fish, in consequence of insufficient accom- 

 modations. 



For various reasons after the hatchery at Allentown was established 

 it was determined to devote the most of the time to the propagation of 

 brook trout, though large numbers of OaUfomia trout, Atlantic salmon, 

 German carp and other fish have been hatched at this station. 



The building erected for this purpose contained thirty -four troughs, 

 sixteen feet in length and eighteen inches in width, affording capacity 

 for about half a million fry, with sufficient space to hold the fish and 

 care for them untU they were about four months old. 



After having been settled a year or two several trout ponds were 

 added to those already had, bringing the total number up to twelve, 

 with 36,000 breeding trout of the brook and rainbow species therein. 

 Five carp ponds were also constructed, but little success, comparatively 

 speaking, was had from this species of fish on account of the superla- 

 tive coldness of the water. 



