82 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Unloading was accomplished speedily and the vessel left the 

 Pribilofs September 24. It is estimated that the cargo consisted 

 of approximately 2,500 tons. 



Early in the year the bureau contracted with the Alaska Com- 

 mercial Co. for delivery from the States to the Pribilof Islands of 

 approximately 325 tons of salt, 600,000 feet of lumber, 310,000 

 shingles, 5,200 sacks of cement, 5 tons of bricks, and 20 tons of 

 miscellaneous supplies. The salt was transported from San Fran- 

 cisco to the Pribilofs by the Apollo. The balance of the materials 

 was shipped from Seattle on the steamship Brookdale to the Una- 

 laska station of the Alaska Commercial Co., whence it was taken 

 to the Pribilofs by the Apollo. 



Other miscellaneous supplies were transported from Seattle on 

 Coast Guard cutters through the courtesy of the U. S. Coast Guard 

 and landed either at the islands or at Unalaska for transportation 

 to the islands by the Eider. 



POWER SCHOONER " EIDER." 



The Eider has rendered very useful service in connection with 

 activities at the Pribilof Islands, and during the calendar year 1922 

 made 13 trips to the Pribilofs, 1 to King Cove, 1 to Umnak, 2 to Bel- 

 kofsky, and 2 to Akutan. The total number of miles cruised was 8,749 

 in 96 days. The actual running time was l,228i hours. Two hun- 

 dred and three passengers, 320 tons of freight besides mail, 14 cases 

 of fox skins, 50 barrels of sealskins, and 12 live foxes were carried. 



CONSTRUCTION WORK. 



St. Paid Island. — Construction was continued on the new water- 

 tank house, and the four 40,000-gallon water tanks Avere set up. The 

 roofing laid in 1921 was damaged in a gale in the fall of that year, 

 and as the building is in a very exposed place it was deemed best to 

 lay shingles over the original roof rather than to attempt repairs. 



The roadway from the village to Northeast Point has never been 

 in condition to permit more than lightly loaded wagons to make the 

 trip. The distance between the places is about 12 miles, about 4 of 

 which are over sand dunes. In bringing to the village sealskins 

 taken at Northeast Point it is necessary to transport them by boats 

 on the open sea, a hazardous undertaking, practicable only when the 

 weather conditions are favorable, and subject to frequent delays. In 

 order that these sealskins may be washed and blubbered at the vil- 

 lage, as is now being done with the skins taken elsewhere on the 

 island, they must receive attention within a few hours after removal 

 from the seals. Material to lay wooden tracks for automobile trucks 

 and tractors over the worst stretches of sand was shipped to St. Paul 

 in 1922, and the work of grading and laying out those portions of 

 the roadway that could be made usable without tracks was begun in 

 the spring of that year and pushed vigorously until sealing opera- 

 tions demanded all the energies of the working force. It was de- 

 cided to abandon the old bridge, now in a state of collapse, across 



