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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Note.— 
  Four 
  hundred 
  yearling 
  spotted 
  cat-fish 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Belgian 
  minister 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  

   Brussels. 
  

  

  NEW 
  STATIONS. 
  

  

  Ground 
  was 
  broken 
  Jul}^ 
  22, 
  1902, 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  

   station 
  near 
  White 
  Sulphur 
  Springs, 
  W. 
  Va. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  

   hatcher}^ 
  has 
  been 
  built, 
  and 
  sufficient 
  progress 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  pond 
  

   system 
  to 
  permit 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  to 
  begin. 
  The 
  hatchery 
  is 
  a 
  

   frame 
  building 
  on 
  a 
  brick 
  foundation, 
  is 
  li 
  stories 
  high, 
  74 
  feet 
  

   long, 
  and 
  32 
  feet 
  wide, 
  with 
  extensions 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  rear; 
  there 
  are 
  

   a 
  hatching 
  room, 
  an 
  office, 
  and 
  entrance 
  and 
  stair 
  halls 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  

   floor, 
  and 
  5 
  sleeping 
  and 
  2 
  storage 
  rooms 
  in 
  the 
  attic. 
  The 
  hatching 
  

   room 
  is 
  equipped 
  with 
  41 
  troughs 
  11 
  feet 
  8 
  inches 
  long, 
  12f 
  inches 
  

   wide, 
  and 
  8 
  inches 
  deep, 
  arranged 
  in 
  groups 
  of 
  four, 
  the 
  upper 
  pair 
  of 
  

   each 
  group 
  discharging 
  into 
  the 
  lower, 
  whence 
  the 
  water 
  may 
  be 
  

   turned 
  into 
  ponds 
  or 
  waste 
  drains 
  as 
  desired. 
  A 
  6-inch 
  pipe, 
  carried 
  

   along 
  under 
  the 
  floor 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  troughs, 
  supplies 
  each 
  

   pair 
  with 
  water 
  through 
  a 
  standpipe. 
  Water 
  is 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  hatch- 
  

   ery 
  from 
  the 
  spring 
  through 
  an 
  8-inch 
  Wyckoff 
  wooden 
  pipe 
  line 
  

   1,365 
  feet 
  long. 
  A 
  proper 
  head 
  is 
  maintained 
  at 
  the 
  spring 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  a 
  concrete 
  dam 
  50 
  feet 
  long. 
  Below 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  the 
  overflow 
  

   from 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  several 
  small 
  runs 
  a 
  similar 
  dam 
  35 
  feet 
  long 
  has 
  

   been 
  built, 
  forming 
  a 
  reservoir 
  for 
  the 
  pond 
  supply, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  

   water 
  is 
  conducted 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  an 
  open 
  ditch 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   reservoir 
  by 
  176 
  feet 
  of 
  18-inch 
  terra-cotta 
  pipe. 
  Twelve 
  rearing 
  

   ponds 
  50 
  feet 
  by 
  8 
  feet 
  have 
  been 
  completed, 
  besides 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  excavation 
  for 
  one 
  large 
  pond 
  0.45 
  acre 
  in 
  extent. 
  A 
  trussed 
  

   wagon 
  bridge 
  has 
  been 
  built 
  over 
  Wade 
  Creek, 
  and 
  5 
  smaller 
  bridges 
  

   over 
  the 
  open 
  ditch. 
  Several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  of 
  4, 
  6, 
  and 
  8 
  inch 
  terra- 
  

   cotta 
  drainpipe 
  have 
  been 
  laid, 
  and 
  suitable 
  roads 
  constructed. 
  The 
  

   old 
  channel 
  of 
  Wade 
  Creek 
  — 
  a 
  water 
  course 
  flowing 
  through 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  grounds 
  — 
  has 
  been 
  straightened, 
  and 
  retaining 
  walls, 
  cribwork, 
  

   and 
  levees 
  have 
  been 
  built 
  along 
  it 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  

   along 
  Spring 
  Branch, 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  spring, 
  to 
  guard 
  against 
  danger 
  

   from 
  overflows 
  and 
  erosion 
  of 
  the 
  banks. 
  

  

  One 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  lobster 
  hatcher}^ 
  at 
  

   Boothbay 
  Harbor, 
  Me., 
  containing 
  7.2 
  acres, 
  was 
  acquired 
  May 
  12, 
  

  

  