4 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Craig Brook Station, Maine. — Completion of stable aud anuex to snperiuteudeut's 

 cottage; buildini;- of a small settling reservoir; deepening of ponds; repairing hatch- 

 ery anuex by laying a lloor in the former woodshed aud plastering the same for an 

 office and food room ; building a small smithy and annex to the farm house; repairing 

 water conduits aud Hume; aud some grading of the grounds. 



Woods Hole Station, Massachusetts. — Repairs to doors, windows, aud blinds of main 

 building; grading along water front of same; repairing flooring of coal wharf; 

 bottoms of boat-landing floats, woodwork around boat landings aud small flsh 

 basin renewed; and the movable coal hoist repaired. 



Fish Ponds, W<isMn(jton, 1). C. — Repairs to ponds aud embankments, to supply and 

 drain pipes, hydrants, grounds, etc. The north half of the first floor of the sui>er- 

 inteudeut's cottage was strengthened for storing books thereou. 



Bryan I'oint Station, Marijland. — Improvements on the grounds; the rebuilding of 

 a landiug; and miuor repairs to buildings. 



WijthtviUe Station, Virfjinia. — Repairs to ponds; laying additional supply pipes 

 from spring to ponds, hatchery, and railroad; new spawning beds prepared; pond 

 walls and embankments repaired; blind ditches opened; aud a flagstaff erected. 



Northvillv Station, Michigan. — The erection of a dam with tishway across the north 

 branch of the Rouge River, 2,400 feet southwest of the hatchery grounds; the con- 

 struction of a brick reservoir on the grounds, and the laying of an 18-iuch water 

 conduit of terra cotta from said dam to the reservoir on the grounds, capable of sup- 

 plying 2,000 gallons of water per minute; repairs to the telephone line between the 

 hatchery and the railroad depot; building of new jionds aud repairs to old ones; 

 laying new supply jiipes from reservoirs to hatchery aud f»onds ; aud miuor repairs to 

 buildings and outfit. 



Duluth Station, Minnesota. — Repairs to tanks, flume, crib well, hatchery flooring, 

 and grounds. 



Neosho Station, Missouri. — Building new ponds, new earth closet, and woodshed; 

 minor repairs to buildings, ponds, walks in grounds, etc. 



Leadville Station, Colorado. — Repairing the old hatcherj', ponds, and a break in the 

 embankment of Lower Evergreen Lake ; building a number of new ponds and grading 

 a portion of the grounds. 



Baird Station, California. — Rebuilding a bridge with rack across the McCloud River; 

 erecting a flagstaff; repairing stable, hatching and spawning houses, and current 

 wheel, and other minor items of damage done by the past floods. 



Fort Gaston Station, California. — A dam and trap were built at Mill Creek, a tribu- 

 tary of the Trinity River, about 4 miles distant from the station. The auxiliary 

 hatching house on Redwood Creek, 11 miles southwest from Fort Gaston Station, was 

 enlarged. Repairs were made to ponds, supply flume, aud buildiugs. 



Clackamas Station, Oregon. — A rack was built across the Clackamas River, as well 

 as across the Sandy River, a tributary of the Columbia River, 17 miles northeast of 

 the station, with a dam and flume at the latter; a flagstaff' was erected, fish inclos- 

 ures made, new conduits to hatchery laid, and grounds improved. 



FiSHWAY, POTOMAC RIVER. 



C(rtigress, by act approved August 5, 1892, made au additional ap- 

 propriation of $15,000 to complete tbe erection of a fisbway at Great 

 Falls, in the l*otomac River, sections 4, 5, and G having been completed 

 during the previous year. Plans and specifications for sections 1, 2, 

 and 3 were prepared, and proposals for the construction were invited 

 by advertisement. But two bids were received, of which the lower — 

 that of Isaac II. Hathaway, of Thiladolpliia — was accepted, and a 

 contract entered into with him by the Chief of Engineers, U. S. A., on 

 November 23, 1892. Sections 2 and 3 and a part of the permanent 

 deflecting dam were completed during the year. 



