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trip, anioiintjng to $6,800. The case was tried in March 1934, and 

 was dismissed, as negligence on the part of the Penguin was not 

 shown. 



The final cargo of the year for the Pribilof Islands was shipped 

 on the Penguin from Seattle on October 10 and reached its destina- 

 tion on October 25. On the return voyage, which began October 30 

 and ended November 11, 12 passengers from the islands and 2 Bureau 

 employees from Karluk were brought to Seattle. 



At various times during the year the Penguin was used in the 

 transportation of natives from villages on the Alaska Peninsula and 

 the Aleutian Islands who were employed as laborer's in the sealing 

 activities of the Bureau. In July, it transported Commissioner Bell 

 and his party of five from Bristol Bay to St. Paul Island and thence 

 to Unalaska. Additional service was performed for the Navy De- 

 partment in the movement of employees and small lots of supplies to 

 the islands. 



The Penguin was also used on February 14 to rescue Bishop An- 

 tonin. of the Russian Greek Orthodox Church in Alaska, wdio was a 

 survivor of the wreck of the Umnak Native in Inanudak Bay, Umnak 

 Island, on January 24, wdien 11 lives w^ere lost. 



The cruises of the Penguin in 1933 aggregated 27,882 nautical 

 miles. 



KOADS 



St. Paul Island. — Road construction work was continued in 1933 

 by an extension of ll^ miles to the Northeast Point highway, includ- 

 ing turn-cuts for passing and branches to Lukanin and Kitovi rook- 

 eries. A good road to Zapadni, much needed because of the larger 

 number of sealskins now being taken at that point, was commenced 

 and more than 7,000 feet was completed. Further construction will 

 be pushed as rapidly as conditions permit. Roads in the village to 

 the extent of 1.200 feet were also reconditioned. 



St. George Island. — Part of the plank road to North rookery was 

 surfaced Avith scoria, and roads east and w^est of the village were 

 improved in like manner. Grading of the east road for an additional 

 1,000 feet was carried on and is now in condition for scoria, the 

 most serviceable material on the island for road building. A new 

 approach to the village dock also was graded and surfaced, thus 

 greatly facilitating the handling of cargo between the dock and the 

 warehouses. 



BUILDINGS 



St. Paul Island.— i:\-iQ dock at the west landing, 80 by 100 feet, was 

 completed, wliich. with the dock at the east landing, makes possible 

 the discharging of cargo at any stage of the tide Avithout interrup- 

 tion, except by higii winds, and constitutes a major im))rovement in 

 providing adequate dockage for scows used in the transfer of freight 

 from and to the supply vessels. Boatways at the east landing were 

 also built this year. 



C(Muent foundations for 3 dwellings for natives were ccmstructed, 

 and the bunk house for blubberers, comprising an assembly room, 

 bedrooms for 36 men, 6 shower baths and toilets, and equipped with 

 a hot-water heating plant, was completed early in the season. 



