184 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 



Table of apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of Mason and Manistee Counties 



in 1883. 





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+3 



r- . O 





White- 

 fish gill- 

 nets. 



Length 

 of gill- 

 nets. 



B ® 



o « 



fc B 



m 



.9 



ti.9 



B "E 



Length 

 of set- 

 lines. 



m 

 M 



o 

 o 



w 





1 

 1 

 1 



8 

 G 

 8 



4 

 3 



4 



590 



658 

 755 



Feet. 

 143, 900 

 168,400 

 247, 100 



6 



4 



1 

 4 



Feet. 

 660 

 1,400 



Feet. 





Manistee 



59. 200 

 32, 500 



7,600 

 4,500 



Portage Lake . . 



2 











Total 



3 



22 



11 



2,003 



559, 400 



8 



4 



5 



2,060 



91,700 



12, 100 



Ludington ... 



Manistee 



Portage Lake 



Total... 



Value of 

 foregoing 

 apparatus. 



£6, 225 

 7,796 

 8,234 



22, 255 



Value of 

 accessories. 



$190 

 100 

 150 



440 



Value of 

 wharves 

 and build- 

 ings. 



$395 



2,465 



185 



3,045 



Amount of 

 cash capi- 

 tal. 



$100 



100 



Total. 



$0,910 



10,361 



8, 569 



25, 840 



Table of products of the fisheries of Mason and Manistee Counties in 1885. 



Lndington 



Manistee 



Portage Lake 



Total 







Fresh fish. 









Salt fish 





Total 

 catch. 



White- 

 fish. 



Trout. 



Stur- 

 geon. 



Perch. J*""" 

 ring. 



Pike. 



Lbs. 

 100 



Trout. 



White- 

 fish. 



Stur- 

 geon. 



Lbs. 

 96,145 

 45, 300 

 95, 520 



236, 965 



Lbs. 

 31, 084 



22, 875 

 68, 098 



123, 057 



Lbs. 



2,075 



7,000 

 9,075 



Lbs. 



6,100 

 1,000 



Lbs. 

 4,500 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 

 2,000 

 3, 900 

 700 



Lbs. 



1.000 



Lbs. 



135, 904 



78, 175 



196, 278 





200 



22, 760 



7,100 



4,500 



300 



22, 760 



6,600 



1,000 



410, 357 



Value. 



64. FRANKFORT AND SOUTH FRANKFORT, BENZIE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 



Frankfort Harbor. — The villages of Frankfort and South Frankfort 

 are separated from each other by a small body of water known as 

 Frankfort Harbor or Bees Scies Lake. This lake, about one-eighth of 

 a mile wide, serves as an excellent harbor for vessels and boats, the 

 only entrance being by an artificial channel cut through a neck of sand 

 about 20 or 30 rods wide, with breakwaters and a light-house at the 

 outer extremity. The shore on either side for a distance of 6 to 10 miles 

 is a succession of low sand-hills, the nearest openings being Herring 

 Eiver, 6 miles south, and Platte Kiver, about 10 miles north of the 

 village. 



History of the fisheries. — Frankfort proper has about 1,500 inhab- 

 itants, and South Frankfort from 400 to 500. The fisheries were for- 

 merly of little importance, but for the past few years fishing steamers 

 and sail-boats from the fishing towns farther south (chiefly St. Joseph) 

 have been coming to Frankfort at certain seasons of the year, when 

 fishing was dull in other localities, to engage in common with the fisher- 



