PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1940 559 
fish remained on hand at the end of the year to provide for the distri- 
bution of large fingerlings and legal-sized fish during 1941. The new 
hatchery at Inks Dam, Tex., constructed with the aid of the N. Y. v2 Wee 
entered into production, distributing a moderate number of bass and 
pondfish in the waters of the Lower Colorado flood control impound- 
ments. 
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES 
The major part of fish-hatchery construction during the year was 
in continuation of projects previously started. The 1940 appropria- 
tion carried funds for the establishment of hatcheries in Illinois and 
New Jersey, a substation in Maine, and/or the enlargement of the 
East Orland (Maine) Hatchery. Difficulty in selecting a site, and 
absence of State enabling legislation, prevented any action in Illinois. 
In New Jersey it was not possible to obtain a suitable site at a price 
low enough to permit adequate development. 
A site near Salem, Maine, was selected for a small trout-rearing and 
bass-cultural unit, and the title was cleared late in the year. Con- 
struction of this unit was not started prior to June 30. At the East 
Orland Station, buildings and ponds were rehabilitated and provision 
was made for resumption of the propagation of Atlantic salmon. 
All appropriations for the above projects were continued available, 
and none of the projects were abandoned. 
At the start of the year, previously approved hatchery projects at 
Hebron, Ohio, New London, Minn., and Farlington, Kans., entered 
a more active phase of construction. At the two former, appropriated 
funds were supplemented by W. P. A. allotments, and a large work 
camp was assigned to New London. Construction of the Kansas 
project was retarded by adverse weather conditions, and none of the 
establishments were developed to the point where fish-cultural work 
could be undertaken by the close of the year. 
Toward the end of the 1939 fiscal year, allotments of P. W. A. funds 
were made available which provided $30,000 for the construction of a 
bass hatchery at Carbon Hill, Ala., and $60,000 for the development 
of fish-cultural facilities in Yellowstone Park. Of the latter sum, 
$20,000 was reallocated for the construction of the Glacier National 
Park hatchery at Creston, Mont. With the exception of the Yellow- 
stone Park project, these jobs were nearing completion at the end of 
the year. The construction of the Glacier Park hatchery was taken 
over by the Bureau when the project was in an incomplete status. 
This work was initiated by the National Park Service, and upon the 
exhaustion of funds available to that agency it was necessary for the 
Bureau to assume responsibility for completion. 
W. P. A. allotments totaling $188,047 were allocated to 20 fish- 
cultural stations for repairs, improvements, and further developmental 
work. Among the projects undertaken was the construction of four 
rearing ponds at Moorefield, W. Va., to serve as an auxiliary to the 
Leetown (W. Va.) station. This allotment supplemented the regular 
construction appropriations. Seventeen projects of a similar nature, 
which had been financed by W. P. A. allotments during the previous 
year, were continued in operation until these funds were expended. 
In addition, several W. P. A. projects were approved under State 
quotas covering similar work. The flexibility permitted under the 
procedure of transferring W. P. A. funds to the Bureau has been of 
