. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 30, 1916. MT. V/HITNEY HATCHERY ALMOST READY. Greatest Plant of its Kind in the World Has Been Officially Christened. On Oak Creek, four miles northwest of Independ- ence, stands practically complete a great and pictur- esque structure architecturally unique in America— the lit. Whitney Fish Hatchery, now officially chris- tened. Workmen are putting on the final interior touches. By January 15 it will he turned over to the California Board of Fish and Game Commission- ers in readiness to receive a few months later t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 30, 1916. MT. V/HITNEY HATCHERY ALMOST READY. Greatest Plant of its Kind in the World Has Been Officially Christened. On Oak Creek, four miles northwest of Independ- ence, stands practically complete a great and pictur- esque structure architecturally unique in America— the lit. Whitney Fish Hatchery, now officially chris- tened. Workmen are putting on the final interior touches. By January 15 it will he turned over to the California Board of Fish and Game Commission- ers in readiness to receive a few months later the 6,000,00 to 10,000,000 eggs which will be the initial yearly capacity. It is the most artistic, modern, complete and beau- tiful institution of its kind and will ultimately be the world's largest This is the first unit of a group for which plans have already been prepared. It cost about |7o,000 and modestly shows its class, which is A. Instead of being the last word in hatcheries it is the first letter or which words are made. Even the aristocratic trout of the future must be proud to have made a start in such a place. The building holds a commanding position at an altitude of 4300 feet and is strikingly distinctive in many ways. It is a fine example of the Swedish type, particularly the massive tower. In a different invir- onment it might easily be mistaken for an old Eng- lish church, since the Britons borrowed that style of orchitecture from the Norsemen: But it was designed to harmonize with its grand setting out there on the sagebrush slope at the feet of our own Alps, the profile of its majestic range especially considered. It fits snugly and impressively. It fronts east. Before it stretches the Owens Val- ley to the towering barricades of the White Moun- tains and up and down as far as the eye can reach. Near by work is in progress on El Camino Sierra, the State highway which bisects the valley length- wise. Behind it rises an eternal gray wall, granite pile heaped
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