ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1935 49 



The dates of the voyages north were as follows: February 16-28, 

 May 1-12, June 10-21, August 24 to September 5, and October 10-24. 

 Return trips from the Pribilofs to Seattle covered the following 

 periods: March 5-25, May 18-28, August 4-13, September 12-22, 

 and October 30 to November 14. 



In addition to the shipments of supplies on these voyages, trans- 

 portation was afforded 121 passengers for the Bureau, 18 for the 

 Navy Department, 2 for the Coast Guard, and. 1 for the Office of 

 Indian Affairs. Similar service was extended to a number of unofficial 

 travelers. 



The Penguin cruised a total of 27,708 nautical miles during the year. 



ROADS 



St. Paul Island. — Three thousand feet of new road toward Reef 

 rookery, on St. Paul Island, was completed, and considerable work 

 was done on resurfacing and widening roads previously built. The 

 improvement of the old roads included also the elimination of curves 

 as much as possible and the filling in of swales to make a more level 

 surface. Extensive repairs were made after the storm of October 7, 

 as the high tide washed out the road in a number of places, par- 

 ticularly on that part of the Northeast Point road between the village 

 and Icehouse Lake. 



St. George Island. — On St. George Island, 5,360 feet of plank road 

 was laid during the year. 



BUILDINGS 



St. Paul Island. — Only minor improvements were undertaken on 

 St. Paul Island during the season. Sod was put around the dis- 

 pensary, hospital, and three cottages for white employees. Cement 

 sidewalks were also built around the cottages, and a walk between the 

 dispensary and hospital. Repairs were made on the new dock, which 

 was damaged by the high tide in early October. 



St. George Island. — The new schoolhouse on St. George Island, 

 which was begun in 1933, and the school sewer system were completed. 

 A watch house was built at Staraya Artil. 



BYPRODUCTS PLANT 



The byproducts plant at St. Paul Island, which had been rebuilt 

 and equipped with modern machinery in 1931, was overhauled and 

 put in operation during the 1935 sealing season for the utilization of 

 fur-seal carcasses. Considerable difficulty was experienced in making 

 the machinery operate properly after being idle for 4 years. One of 

 the presses was found to be defective, and operations accordingly 

 were much curtailed. 



Approximately 14,000 carcasses and 395,200 pounds of blubber 

 were utilized by the plant and yielded 155,254 pounds of seal meal and 

 18,394 gallons of seal oil. About 6,300 pounds of ro.eal and 106 gallons 

 of oil were retained at the islands for use as fox feed. Seventy gallons 

 of grease and 600 gallons of foots, or residual oil, remained in the 

 settling tanks, some of which also m,ay be used for fox feed. Fifty 

 gallons of oil were used as samples and for experimental purposes. 



Of the remaining meal, 1,030 pounds were shipped to Seattle on the 

 Penguin in August for experimental use as fish food. The balance of 



