PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 239 



The Startup hatchery, located near Startup, on the Skykomish 

 River, was formerly used as a collecting station for the Snohomish 

 hatchery. It is still used for this purpose, but also retains and 

 hatches a considerable quantity of spa\^^l. The station is about 4 

 miles from the Snohomish hatchery. In 1918 it was rebuilt and now 

 bears the name of Skykomish hatchery 



In 1900 the State established a fisheries experimental station at 

 Key])ort Landing, on the east arm of Port Orchard Bay, with Pearson 

 as the nearest post office. The work of the station was devoted to 

 salmon and oysters until it was abandoned a few years later. 



The State established a hatchery on the Dungeness River, about 7 

 miles from the to^^^l of Dungeness, in Clallam County, in 1901. In 

 1906 it constructed a hatchery on a small tributary of the Skagit 

 River, between Hamilton and Lyman. This was destroyed in 1917 

 by floods. The station built on Sauk River, a tributary' of the Skagit, 

 has been operated only occasionally since the Skagit hatchery was 

 built. 



The White River hatchery was constructed on Suice Creek, a trib- 

 utary of Gr(H>n River, some years ago. During the summer of 1909 

 a new hatchery was built at this station, the old one being too small 

 to accommodate the amoinit of spawn that could hi" taken. The new 

 hatchery is locatiul on the east sid*^ of Suice Creek near the county 

 road. The buihHng contains 140 hatchinp; troughs. TIk* plant has 

 a pond system, wh<'re the fry are kept and fed until they arc^ able to 

 shift for themselves. 



During the summ<T of 1911 the city of Tacoma constructed a large 

 concrete dam in th<' Green River, about 4 miles west of Eagle Gorges 

 As this dam prevented the salmon from reaching the spawning beds, 

 the State established an eyeing station the same year just Ik^Iow 

 the dam. In 191."^ the name was changed to Green River hatchery, 

 to conform to the name of the main stream. 



In 1912 the Ignited Stat<'s liureau of Fisheries completed the Quil- 

 cene and Duckabush hatcheries. Both arc on snnill trihiitaries enter- 

 ing the west side of Hoods Canal, an nrni of i'uget Sound. 



In 1913 a new station was operates! by the Bureau on the Duse- 

 wallij)s River, a tributary of Hoods Canal, l*uget Sound, near i>rin- 

 non. Two new field stations— on KIwell J^iver, a tributary of the 

 Skykomish I^iver, near Sultan, and on Sauk River, a tributary of the 

 Skagit J^iver, near Darrington were also i)ut into operation the 

 same year. The Sauk River had been worked by the State at one 

 time. 



In 1913 the Middle Fork Nooksak eyeing station was transformed 

 into a hatchery. In the same year the eyeing station on the south 

 fork was moved farther uj) the riyer. 



In 1914 stations were established by the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries on Day Creek and Illabot Creek, tributaries of the Skagit 

 River, while a substation was ojjcned on Ilamaliama River at Eldon, 

 distant about 9 miles up Hood Canal from the mouth of tiie Ducka- 

 bush Kiver. 



On May 23, 1914, the Baker Lake hatchery building was destroyed 

 by fire. In addition to the building and equipment, 1,305,820 silver 

 fry and 823,097 sockeye fry were destroyed. The station was rebuilt 

 but was burned flown again in 1919. It has since been rebuilt. 



