ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES 161 
21-November 6. South-bound voyages covered the following periods: 
March 18-31, May 22-June 2, July 30-August 11, September 22- 
October 5, and November 12-26. On these voyages transportation 
was furnished to 76 passengers for the Bureau, including 25 employees 
of the Fouke Fur Co. who assisted with the season’s sealing activities 
at the Islands and 3 connected with the Bureau’s salmon investigations 
in the Kodiak area. The vessel also transported 13 passengers for the 
Navy, 8 for the Office of Indian Affairs, 3 for the Department of 
Justice, 2 for the Coast Guard, 11 for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
and 8 unofficial travelers. 
The Penguin cruised 29,210 nautical miles during the year. 
Roaps 
St. Paul Island—No road work was done at St. Paul Island other 
than the upkeep and improvement of roads already in use. The 
Northeast Point Road was widened and straightened, and the plank 
section extending the entire length of Big Lake was covered with 
scoria, the low spots being filled to a more uniform grade. The section 
of Northeast Point Road which crosses the big sand dune was elevated 
by a scoria fill to 12 inches above the level of drifting sand, in order 
that the wind might keep the surface of the road swept clear. 
St. George Island.—Soon after the completion of sealing operations 
repairs and improvements were begun on the village roads, the upkeep 
of which had received little attention in the past few years. The 
main road from the center of the village to the landing was widened 
several feet and fills were made in low places. Additional surfacing 
and grading were done on other village roads, large rocks were removed, 
and ditches and culverts were constructed at various points. Lateral 
branches were made from the village road to the new native bunk- 
house and to the canteen, and the road in the rear of the cottages of 
white employees was widened and repaired. Repairs and resurfacing 
of parts of Zapadni Road included the replacement of several hundred 
feet of planking with scoria fill. 
BuILDINGS 
St. Paul Island.—Construction of four new frame houses for natives 
on St. Paul Island was begun in the fall of 1939. One of these has 
five rooms and each of the others has three. All have the same floor 
plan as the three-room native houses built in former years, but the 
pitch of the roof has been raised to permit the addition of two rooms 
on the second floor. Three frame houses built for natives in 1918 
were moved a short distance to bring them in line with other native 
dwellings and were placed upon new concrete foundations. In order 
to make the living quarters more habitable, nine outside laundry 
houses for natives were built and partial basements for laundry pur- 
poses were constructed beneath several houses, under the direction of 
the Bureau foreman. 
The new machine shop was virtually completed. Other permanent 
improvements included an addition to the boatways, the erection of a 
small pump house, and the building of a reindeer corral. 
St. George Island—The bunkhouse for natives on St. George Island 
was completed. Fences and cement sidewalks were placed around the 
