REPORT OF THE COMMISSIOlSrER OF FISHERIES. 15 



stantial but in keeping with their .surroundings. On the property 

 originally purchased are a seven-room frame dwelling, a small stable, 

 and a storehouse, which, with some repairs, have all been utilized to 

 good advantage. In July, 1903, the hatcher}'^ and a pumping plant 

 were begun. The hatchery is a lA^-story frame structure on a heavy 

 stone-and-concrete foundation. The main part is 70 by 48 feet, with 

 an extension 18 by 11 feet on the north side, surmounted by a tower. 

 Besides the hatching room, 60 b}^ 41: feet, which when equipped will 

 accommodate several hundred million lobster and cod eggs, the build- 

 ing contains a sleeping room, office, storage loft, closets, etc, is well 

 lighted, has concrete floors, and is tinished in natural v/ood. At a 

 short distance from the shore has been built the pump house, circular 

 in form and 22 feet in diameter. It is of heavy masonry to a height 

 of lOi'feet, and supports a tower containing a cedar tank with a 

 capacity of 7,500 gallons. Leading from the bottom of the pump 

 well a suction pipe extends into the water to a point 2 feet below 

 extreme low-Avater mark, and a 6-inch pipe from the pump house sup- 

 plies the hatcherv. Between the hatcher}^ and the pump house is the 

 boiler house, also of masonry, 31 by 30 feet. A frame storehouse and 

 carpenter shop, 32 by 20 feet, has been built on the wharf, and a brick 

 cistern is conveniently located near the buildings. 



Owing to the severe Maine winter and the rocky character of the 

 site, which necessitated much blasting, progress was necessaril}- slow, 

 but at the close of the year the buildings were ready for machinery 

 and equipment. Two boilers and two pumps have been purchased and 

 are ready for installation. On July 2, 1904, there was added to the 

 property a third parcel of land of ig acres, making a total area of 

 about 10 acres. This purchase included a 2i-story frame dwelling, 

 containing 11 rooms, which can be easily remodeled into a superin- 

 tendent's residence. 



Ait White Sulphur Springs, W, Va., good progress has been made 

 'toward completing the station, and tish-cuitural operations are in prog- 

 ress on an extended scale. A residence has been constructed for the 

 superintendent — a two-storv building 53 feet square, erected on a 

 brick foundation, containing 10 rooms and an attic, and heated by a 

 furnace. Two stock ponds, respectively 0,45 and 0.24 acre in area 

 and 5i and 6 feet deep, have been completed, and a third one, nearly 

 0.3 acre in area, is well under way. Ten spawning ponds Q6 b}'^ 12 feet, 

 and six spawning ponds 20 by 8 feet, all from 2 to 2^ feet deep, have 

 aliio been constructed. Lines of supply and waste pipes for the ponds 

 have been laid, a wagon bridge has been built over Harpers Run, and 

 the grounds have been graded and partly fenced. 



Improvements for w^hich special appropriations were made have 

 been in progress at several stations, resulting in increased efficiency 

 and economy of operation: 



