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Show GREAT TROUT POND Fishlithe Hundreds of Thousands Within Four ,H Miles of Brigham City Ogden People Inter- H ested in the Big Ponds Statement 'IH of Officers and Expert. H ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MAPLE CREEK TROUT AND,RESORT CO., BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH. The following reportB were read at the annunl stockholders' meeting held at Brigham City, Utah. March 13. 1011, and show the condition of tho company up to Jan. 1, li)ll: Resources. Treasury utock $10,038.00 Real estate, water rights, etc 20,000.00 Subscription, not paid 1,430.00 Improvements 2,393.15 Fish on hand 7,000.00 Tools and equipment .. . 15C.G6 Total ?46,017.S0 Liabilities. Capital stock 110,000.00 Due bank 48C.70 Due sundry persons 1,182.00 Totnl $41,66S.70 Difference or net gain....? 4,349.10 Cash Report. Itcccived Collected on subscriptions.. .$2,450.00 Fish sold 192.80 Bank overdraft 48C.70 Total $3,130.50 Disbursed Material and labor for Improvements Im-provements 1.65S.15 Tools and equipment 122.1G Fry and eggs 439.30 Qeneral expenses 74.40 Operating expeusea, except fish food 795.85 Fish food 40.66 Total $3,130.50 Present value of fish on hand $7,000.00 Total cost of theso fish t 1,025.50 Eight months' increase In value , $5,974.50 Total expense $1,625.40 Net gain $4,349.10 Total stock subscribed.. 24, 962 shares Stock In treasury 15,03S shares Total 40,000 shares MURRAY, Utah, April 8, 1911. Mr. J. V. Nelson, Ogden, Utah: Dear Sir: I tako pleasure In complying com-plying with your request for a statement state-ment of tho condition of the Maple Creek Trout and Resort company. Soon after tho company was organized, organ-ized, ono year ago, tho cemented ponds or fish runs thnt were already H on tho place were fitted up with 1m- H proved , hcudgates nud screen, und H about three hundred thousand small H trout planted In ihcm. A new con- creto channel C2o feet long, 4 feet. I deep nnd 8 feet wldo wns constructed a j and stocked with thc growing trout ' us they became loo crowded Jn thc H nursery ponds. '1 The old hatchery was plastered, and utter uddlng two rooms and erecting a porch. It mndu very comfortable quarters for tho attendant who lives H there. A beautiful now hatchery 21x H SO feet was erected nnd equipped with H tho very latesl appliances, und the supply of pure spring water, clear ns crystal, was Drought Into it eight feet H ubove tho floor, which gives a greater fall for uereating the water than i.s found In any other hatchery. This in- jH surcs strong, healthy fry. H Thc largest or the trout planted H last seuson are now attaining market i H dlze. Thc breeding flBh produced a H quarter of; a million eggs this spring, IH and In addition to these tho company ' IH ha? ordered several hundredNlhousand eggs from other parties, so that iho , ,H hatchery Is now becoming filled with llH young fish nnd eggs in thc process of H hatching. Thc company has recently 'H acquired several acres of fine land 1 fronting along tho street and running H back to tho fish ponds., which very A H materially increases the valuo of thc H The olcctrio car lino has been ex- j tended into Brigham City und a sur- j jjH voy made up the canyon and over H to Cache valley, so that in the near ' H futuro the cars will run quito close to j H the fishery. Tho location of the company's prop- i jH erty is one of the very best for a re- H sort and is conceded by all who have j H seon it to bo tho ldeul homo of tho i IH trout. Tho company is planning u 1 H number of now ponds and othor lm- j H provemonts for this season, and ex- i H pect to plant half a million fry or j H more this spring. Wagon loads or i H carp can bo obtained Just west ot H Brigham City in tho sloughs by going H after 1L so that only $40 was ox H pended last year for flali food. This IH Is an item of considerable importance ' jH in conducting a largo fishery " H Hoping tho foregoing information IH will provo to bo what you desired to IH know concerning tho company, I am, IH Sincerely yours, H J. 13. EREKSON', H V Secretary. H i |