48 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



iJisirihution offish and eggs complete. 



Clackamas Station, Oregon (W. F. Hubbard, Superintendent). 



On account of tlie poor results attained on Clackamas River in the 

 past few years, it was decided to discontinue operations there and to 

 depend on Sandy River for the supply of eggs; also to operate, as an 

 auxiliary station, the hatchery on the Siuslaw River, belonging to the 

 Oregon Fish Commission. 



SANDY RIVER. 



A rack 400 feet long was built across the river to prevent the ascent 

 of the salmon. Much difficulty was experienced in carrying on this 

 work on account of sawlogs and cordwood, and it was found necessary 

 to make a gate in the rack through which the logs and wood could be 

 passed, also to build a boom 600 feet above the rack to direct them 

 to the gate. A small, temporary hatchery was built and hatching- 

 troughs erected, which were supplied with water from a spring brook 

 not far distant. Heavy rains in the first i^art of September brought 

 down an immense quantity of wood and logs, which broke the boom 

 and carried away a large part of the rack, thus permitting the salmon 

 collected to escape. The rack was repaired, and on the 18th of Septem- 

 ber 23,000 eggs were collected from six salmon. Additional rains 

 caused a rise in the river, and on the 1st of October the rack was 

 taken away again. As all of the salmon below the rack had passed up, 

 oiierations were suspended. The 23,000 eggs were placed in a small 

 brook emptying into the Sandy and left to hatch. 



SniSLAW RIVER. 



The hatchery on the Siuslaw River is located at Seaton, 25 miles 

 above the mouth of the river, and is well furnished with troughs and 

 everything necessary for carrying on salmon work, being supplied 

 with excellent water from a brook near by. In July arrangements 

 were made for the construction of a rack across the river about a mile 

 above the hatchery. This was completed on July 24 and the station 

 placed ill charge of S. S. Bass, assisted by George H. Tolbert. About 

 the middle of August salmon api)eared in the river in fairly lai'ge 

 numbers, but very few of them succeeded in getting up as far as the 

 station, as the fishermen set their nets below, clear across the stream. 

 iSTo eggs vvere taken, and operations were abandoned about the middle 

 of September, as the run of quinnat salmon was over. 



