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along the Alaska Peninsula to return native workmen to their homes. 

 A stop was made also at Cordova in order to land the ship's cook for 

 hospital care. Seattle was reached on November 7. 



The Penguin sailed from Seattle on December 8, via Ketchikan, 

 Juneau, and Seward, and reached its headquarters at Unalaska on 

 December 29. Cold and stormy weather during the latter part of the 

 voyage necessitated taking shelter in several harbors to ride out the 

 gale and to clear the ship of accumulated ice. On this first encounter 

 with particularly severe weather conditions, the vessel performed 

 remarkably well. During the year the Penguin traveled 20,621 

 nautical miles. 



ROADS 



St. Paul Island. — In the spring, when weather permitted, the entire 

 Big Lake Road was graded, making an excellent water-level road for 

 tractors. It is possible to drive trucks easily over scoria-surfaced 

 roads as far as Big Lake, but the sandy nature of the area between 

 Big Lake and Northeast Point precludes any possibility of driving 

 trucks beyond Big Lake until the roadway has been surfaced. A 

 sufficient amount of road lumber for this purpose is now on hand and 

 has been distributed at strategic points along the roadway. One- 

 half mile of road was built between Big Lake and Northeast Point 

 during June, and the power shovel was employed along the road 

 during July, August, September, and October. Considerable road 

 lumber was hauled from the village to various points along the road- 

 way during the year. A side road, about three-fourths of a mile in 

 length, to a scoria deposit in Polovina Hill was constructed. 



St. George Island. — During the brief period between the time when 

 the ground became sufficiently thawed to permit operations and the 

 beginning of the sealing season, a considerable amount of work was 

 done on the road to North Rookeiy, grading the road and digging 

 drainage ditches which are very necessary on account of the swampy 

 character of the terrain. In the fall after sealing operations were 

 finished, 700 feet of the North Rookery road was surfaced with plank, 

 which had been shipped to St. George Island the previous fall for 

 this purpose. 



BUILDINGS 



St. Paul Island. — The new schoolhouse, started last season, was 

 completed and ready for occupancy by the beginning of the school 

 year. The main floor consists of two large, airy, and well-lighted class- 

 rooms and the basement is divided, one side being for the use of the 

 boys and the other side for the use of the girls. The boys' side is 

 being equipped for manual-training work; practical carpentry, electric 

 wiring, painting, and other trades will be taught. The girls' side has 

 been equipped to represent a model kitchen in which sewing or 

 cooking classes will be held each afternoon. Connecting with the 

 main rooms on each side of the building arc dressing rooms and showers 

 which are used twice a week by all the children. 



A building, 32 by 74 feet, to house the electrical plant and cold 

 storage was com])leted with the exception of laying cement floor in a 

 portion of the engine room. In one end of the building are three 

 cold-storage rooms, of which the center room will be used for freezing 

 and the other two for storage of meat. Another room contains the 

 compressor and engine for the cold-storage plant — a 25-horsepower 



