PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES 



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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 down again in 1919. It has since been rebuilt. 



In 1915 the State built a hatchery on the Pilchuck River, a tribu- 

 tary of the Skykomish River, near Granite Falls. 



In lieu of building a fishway in its dam on the Elwha River, near 

 Port Angeles, the Olympic Power Co. furnished the funds needed to 

 build a hatchery below the dam, and this was opened by the State in 

 1915. It was discontinued in 1922. 



In 1916 the city of Tacoma furnished funds to build a hatchery in 

 lieu of a fish ladder over the Nisqually power plant dam, and the 

 hatchery was constructed by the State at Chambers Prairie and 

 opened in 1916. It is known as the Chambers Creek hatchery. 



In 1917 a new hatchery was established by the State at Orting, on 

 the Puyallup River, while in 1918 an eyeing station was established 

 at Tahuya, on Hoods Canal, near the Skokomish hatchery. 



In 1919 the Nisqually hatchery was destroyed by floods. 



The following tables show the total output of the salmon hatcheries 

 in the State of Washington owned by the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries and the hatcheries owned by the State itself: 



Output of the salmon hatcheries in Washington owned by the United States Bureau of 



Fisheries 



' 30,000 from Birdsview to Clackamas, Oreg., and 20,000 from Birdsview to Craig Brook, Me. 

 2 225,000 from Little White Salmon to central station, Washington, D. C, and 1,750,000 from same sta- 

 tion to Clackamas, Oreg. 

 ' 25,000 from Quinault, Wash., to Medford, Oreg. 



