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AS OTHERS SEE US 
HOW PENNSYLVANIA HAS SOLVED THE. 
STREAM POLLUTION QUESTION. 
Harrisburg, Pa., March io, 1916. 
COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED 
(VIGILANCE COMMITTEE TO ENFORCE FISH LAWS) 
- OF THE — 
UNITED ANGLERS LEAGUE 
HEADQUARTERS 
302 MADISON AVENUE. MANHATTAN. 
671 BUSHWICK AVENUE. BROOKLYN 
+ * * MEETINGS 
FIRST THURSDAY IN MANHATTAN 
...THIRD THURSDAY IN BROOKLYN... 
Dr. CARLETON SIMON. Chairman 
114 E. 56lh Street, Manhattan 
Mr. A. J. Crandall 
Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. Co. 
Ashaway, R. I. 
My dear Sirs- 
In reply to your inquiry I wish to say that ny 
first attempt to break the World's Casting Record consisted 
in searching for a line that would meet certain 
requirements. It was important that such line should be a 
specially fine line and yet be able to with-ctar.d the 
Blushing that I give a rod. It had to be a line that did 
not kink and which was hand laid with sufficient tightness 
to make it smooth running and furthermore it must be free 
of fuzz and as well even in caliber throughout its entire 
length. 
f 10 promote and protect' 
the interests of all anglers. \ 
I by uniting them in a progressive 1 
I body, B> see that ibe laws are up- 
. held, and generally maiding and , 
promoting laws beueficial lo 
the angling fraternity. 
M 
GUS CHRISTMAN, Secretary 
107 Bushwick Ave., B'klyn, N. V. 
For many months I experimented with lines that I 
imported myself from Europe and tried out every line in the 
American market until I corresponded with you and when you 
sent me a sample line of your "Surfman 100 lea thread No. 12 
I found the line that answered everything that I demanded 
with added advantage of being free from dressing and starchy 
sizing. 
Immediately I increased my distance in my 
practises and have gradually attained an average of casts 
that would have been unbelievable a few years ago. The 
absolute oertainty of the evenness of your line, one line being 
like a similar one has enabled me to perfect myself to what 
I believe is my extreme limit. 
As you know I broke the record a number of times 
last year with a final distance of 349 l/2 feet. This year 
I have gone some seventeen times over this mark once doing 
372 feet with an average cast of ten casts of 337 feet. 
As to your inquiry as to suggestions as to any 
criticism as to possible changes in the line, I would say that 
it cannot be done for I feel that your line cannot be improved 
upon and after all that is said upon the subject, the mar, 
who casts is the best judge of a lines perfection and your 
Surfman Line is the ideal line. 
Believe me, with best wishes. 
THE SMITH 
The Gun with a Conscience 
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Editor Forest and Stream : 
I read with much interest an article which ap¬ 
peared in the March issue of Forest and Stream 
by Percival Fassig on “Eatable Fish for Our In¬ 
land Streams and Lakes.” In this article Mr. 
Fassig deals with the purification of our streams. 
It is a fact that our streams are so polluted that 
they are unfit for fish to live in, but it might be 
of some interest to the many readers to know 
what Pennsylvania, the second largest industrial 
State in the Union, is doing along the line of 
purifying her streams and the following is given 
with the idea that it will place before your read¬ 
ers facts relating to the work being accomplished 
by Pennsylvania. 
The pollution of the streams of the great Com¬ 
monwealth of Pennsylvania is a stupenduous and. 
timely question facing the authorities who have 
charge of the enforcement of the law. This 
question is at the present time receiving the care¬ 
ful and serious attention of these officials, espe¬ 
cially so the Department of Fisheries. 
The law on the statute books says that the 
streams must not be polluted and then goes on 
to provide for a penalty for the violation of the 
law, but it does not say how this pollution is to 
be prevented. It is a very hard matter to go to 
a company and say, “You must not pollute the 
streams” when you have nothing to recommend 
which will take care of and purify said pollution 
or waste product coming from the plant or mine. 
This has been the proposition which had to be 
met and a solution found, if possible. This has 
been met and met squarely by the Pennsylvania 
Department of Fisheries and the solution found. 
A filtering apparatus has been designed and pat¬ 
ented by Commissioner N. R. Buller and Jacob 
P. Albert, a warden of the Department. The 
Commissioner and Mr. Albert saw that the ap¬ 
paratus did the work so thoroughly and deemed 
it advisable to have it patented in order to pro¬ 
tect the manufacturers and mine owners of 
Pennsylvania. This system of filtration has been 
tested and found practical in every respect and 
has been brought to such a stage of efficiency and 
practicability that the Commonwealth of Penn¬ 
sylvania has adopted the system and it is being 
recommended to the many manufacturers and 
mine owners located in the Commonwealth. The 
patent rights of this apparatus insofar as the 
use of the apparatus in the Commonwealth is 
concerned have been vested in the Common¬ 
wealth, free of any cost, and the manufacturers 
and mine owners may use this system in Penn¬ 
sylvania for the purification of their waste ma¬ 
terial without charges, royalties or payments 
other than the actual cost of construction. This 
eliminates the excuse which has always been put 
forth by the manufacturers and mine owners. 
The Department now has something which will 
absolutely do the work and save money for the 
manufacturer by saving his waste product, which 
formerly was allowed to run into the streams, 
and will save money for mine owner by neutral¬ 
izing the mine water before it reaches the pumps, 
thereby doing away with the necessary repairs 
to the pumps every month or so, owing to the 
eating away of the vital parts by the sulphur 
water. The manufacturers and mine owners are 
now being met more than half way. 
Robert R. Featenby. 
