﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  13 
  

  

  1003, 
  and 
  another 
  portion, 
  containing 
  1.6 
  acres, 
  was 
  purchased 
  June 
  

   20, 
  1903. 
  These 
  purchases 
  will 
  permit 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  work 
  at 
  an 
  

   early 
  date. 
  Negotiations 
  for 
  one 
  more 
  small 
  parcel 
  needed 
  are 
  pro- 
  

   gressing, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  land 
  requisite 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  

   government. 
  

  

  The 
  sundr}^ 
  civil 
  bill, 
  approved 
  March 
  3, 
  1903, 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  

   establishment 
  of 
  a 
  fish-cultural 
  station 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Mam- 
  

   moth 
  Spring, 
  Ark., 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  month 
  a 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  visited 
  the 
  locality 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  favorable 
  report 
  on 
  a 
  site 
  near 
  

   the 
  town. 
  Negotiations 
  for 
  its 
  purchase 
  have 
  begun. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  maintaining 
  a 
  substation 
  at 
  Charlevoix, 
  

   Mich., 
  on 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  would 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  making 
  

   the 
  necessar}' 
  distribution 
  of 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity, 
  and 
  that 
  if 
  

   the 
  eggs, 
  after 
  being 
  eyed, 
  were 
  transferred 
  and 
  hatched 
  at 
  Charlevoix, 
  

   they 
  would 
  produce 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  for 
  distribution 
  and 
  in 
  

   better 
  condition 
  than 
  would 
  result 
  from 
  hatching 
  them 
  at 
  Northville 
  

   and 
  transferring 
  the 
  fry 
  to 
  their 
  destination 
  in 
  the 
  cars. 
  A 
  substation 
  

   was 
  therefore 
  established 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  frame 
  building, 
  

   18 
  by 
  36 
  feet, 
  with 
  10-foot 
  posts, 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Life-Saving 
  Service. 
  It 
  is 
  fully 
  equipped 
  for 
  hatching 
  lake 
  

   trout 
  and 
  white-fish 
  eggs, 
  and 
  an 
  excellent 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  furnished 
  

   free 
  of 
  charge 
  by 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Charlevoix. 
  The 
  total 
  expense 
  

   incurred 
  in 
  building 
  and 
  equipping 
  this 
  substation 
  was 
  11,260.69, 
  and 
  

   the 
  cost 
  of 
  hatching 
  and 
  distributing 
  the 
  output 
  was 
  $521. 
  22. 
  Another 
  

   season 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  station 
  can 
  be 
  stocked 
  with 
  25,000,000 
  to 
  

   30,000,000 
  white-fish 
  eggs 
  and 
  5,000,000 
  lake 
  trout 
  eggs, 
  and 
  that 
  

   these 
  can 
  be 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  not 
  exceeding 
  $600, 
  

   thus 
  efl:ecting 
  a 
  saving 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  $1,000 
  annually 
  over 
  the 
  old 
  

   method. 
  

  

  The 
  purchase 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  station 
  at 
  Tupelo, 
  Miss. 
  , 
  

   was 
  consummated 
  in 
  August, 
  1902, 
  when 
  a 
  topographical 
  survey 
  was 
  

   made 
  and 
  the 
  proposed 
  improvements 
  laid 
  out. 
  Construction 
  work 
  

   was 
  begun 
  February 
  21, 
  1903, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  11 
  artesian 
  

   wells 
  100 
  feet 
  deep 
  had 
  been 
  bored 
  and 
  2 
  large 
  ponds 
  of 
  over 
  3 
  acres 
  

   in 
  area 
  were 
  nearing 
  completion. 
  The 
  wells 
  furnish 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  80 
  

   gallons 
  of 
  water 
  per 
  minute, 
  of 
  a 
  temperature 
  of 
  63° 
  F. 
  

  

  An 
  acre 
  of 
  land 
  adjoining 
  the 
  property 
  at 
  the 
  Put-in 
  Bay, 
  Ohio, 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  purchased 
  in 
  May, 
  1903, 
  of 
  the 
  Independent 
  Ice 
  Company 
  at 
  

   a 
  cost 
  of 
  $500, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  erecting 
  a 
  superintendent's 
  residence 
  

   thereon. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  increasing 
  and 
  protecting 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  

   at 
  the 
  Duluth, 
  Minn., 
  station, 
  two 
  lots 
  which 
  adjoin 
  the 
  property 
  

   were 
  purchased 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Side 
  Land 
  Compan}^ 
  on 
  June 
  20, 
  at 
  a 
  

   cost 
  of 
  $1,000. 
  

  

  