ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1926 305 
POWER SCHOONER ~™ EIDER 22 
At the beginning of the year the Hider was at Seattle undergoing 
repairs. These were spraaiated arly in March, when the vessel, 
having taken aboard a full cargo of general stores at Seattle and 
Bremerton, proceeded to Port Townsend, departing from that place 
on March 20 for Alaska. After making stops at Ketchikan and 
Seward, the Hider reached headquarters at Unalaska on April 5. 
During April two trips were made to the Pribilof Islands, one 
via King Cove, where passengers and mail were taken aboard tor 
the islands. In May three trips were made to the Pribilofs. Trips 
also’ were made to King Cove and Akutan, and one into Bering 
Sea in answer to a all for medical assistance from the schooner 
Wawona, a cod-fishing vessel from Seattle. 
In June two trips were made to the Pribilof Islands, these trips 
including three calls at Ikatan and one at Akutan. <A trip was 
made to Seward in the latter part of June and first part of July. 
Later in July and in August the vessel was engaged in transporting 
mail, freight, and passengers between U nalaska and the Pribilof 
Islands. During the latter part of August a trip was made to 
Michael; on the return, stops were made at St. Paul and St. 
George Islands, and Unalaska was reached on September 9. Later 
in September a trip was made to the Pribilof Islands. 
One trip was made to the Pribilof Islands in October, on which 
a full cargo of perishable supphes was transported, these having 
been delivered at Unalaska by the S. S. Victoria. A number of 
Pribilof Islands employees also were transported from Unalask: 
to Akutan at the end of the month for transfer to the S. 5. Victoria. 
In November two trips were made to the Pribilofs, when the land- 
ing of fall supplies was completed. A trip was also made to 
Biorka Island, upon the request of the local United States marshal at 
Unalaska in connection with a criminal case. In December one trip 
was made to the Pribilofs, when a number of foxes were exchanged 
between St. Paul and St. George Islands. 
During the year the Lider traveled 14,400 nautical miles. 
ROADS 
St. Paul Island—About 1 mile of the road between the village 
and Zapadni was cleared of rocks and boulders and leveled, so that 
trucks and traccors can reach the Zapadni killing field. In the past, 
when weather conditions made it impossible to use boats to transport 
seal-skins from Zapadni to the village, it was necessary to lengthen the 
seal drives in order that the skins “might be taken at a place where 
they would be accessible to the village ‘salt-houses. 
Improvements were made to the road between the village and 
Ice House Lake, and also to the roads in the village, including the 
building of some new roadway. Work was continued on the road 
from the village to Northeast Point, and the sodding and planking 
of the fill along this road at Halfway Point was completed. 
