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The Chauron-thtand ««»»»--■.................... Be si1isic The Protection and Propagation Erie lt;of Fish- ; furtliThe Herald received a pleasant ; AgenL^a call yesterday morning from Hon. g qVVf. T. Denn a, of Kicbmonl. Fish ' Trafl'a °* Commissioner of the State of Indiana 8|,'! who was in the city Wednesday and Thursday investigating matters per-ii5W turning t * h s office. Under an act of : lsec* the legislature approved March 5th j * h 1885, the owners of any dam a truss 0D 1 any ol the rivers, streams or water j clt5T 8ev courses of the state, when such dam j depo is of the heighth of four feet or over, j a8 *ze(* are required to conslrnct and niaui j the n*y* tain fish Udders on §ueh dam suffi- j JU8t 1 i*,C8 (dent to allow the ft-*h below such j 10 ^ttters’• •rriess en-Both le inrec*thatistoltoun-i wasi and st a and • aren beio«»*,ce to ipnbnyn data to pass over into the waters j PeoP Xl0n above the same. The law has not I dftde been observed in this part ot the ckdd State, and it was for the purpose ofareholt-1 ordering the construction ofauch hsh * s^chan(* * ladders on the dams that obstruct I ^ourrced the passage of the fish in the streams 1 tor of Delaware county, that promptedkeD’ Hr. Dennis' visit to Muncie.had In conformity with the provisionsof the law, the Fish Commissioner yesterday ordered ladders at the data at Daleviile, at Sprankle’s and Yiagting's (lams at Yorktown, at Jlm WjBQf Hibbits’ dam at this city, ^a_}° at Miller's da#t at Smitbfield, at the dam at Wheeling, at fiiland’s and at Carter k Sons' dams at Baton, at Zebner’s dam at Sharon, at Black’s dam at Black's mill, and at Witt’s dam across Back Creek, southwest of this city. With these ladders properly constructed and maintain ed, Mr. Dennis says the streams ot } I? I county will abound with great quantities ot fish in less than five years.Mr. Dennis is an interestJ*E1Irwined Slt;quarj was d said san atgun a whenW!Loi says 1N.iplcand .bis so liardiing conversatioi list and is deeply interested in the subject of fish propagation. He says there are more than 1,000 lakes having areas of five acres or more in the sevenInSeioenr’indorKinUQult; were 89c. ('W6 c;No. 2 opent closec4closetJuly,opem 113.441. , . Livnorth-eastern counties of the state, lowiiiin every one of which, bass are IOI2Y found, forming the finest spawning who end breeding ground in the world. ' ijyIn3tana Ka aann (a f ha nof nnal loWt Iactivlt; light (§*4.15 ! *nd Sr
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Muncie Daily Herald
Muncie, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 25, 1890
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