110 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. 
NEW ESTABLISHMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS. 
The site for the fish-cultural station in Utah authorized in 1914 
was selected near Springville, and title to 24.3 acres of land was 
acquired by deed dated August 24, 1915, together with rights to 15 
second-feet of water so disposed as to furnish a gravity supply. 
Springville is in Utah County on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 
and the property immediately adjoins the town, being about 1 mile 
distant from the business center. Water is obtained from springs 
which flow about 5,000 gallons per minute. A topographical survey of 
the property has been made; plans of buildings, water supply, and 
drainage systems have been prepared; and construction work has 
been begun. The hatchery is a one-story frame structure, built on a 
cement foundation, and contains hatching room, office, storeroom, 
boiler room, etc., on the first floor and two bedrooms and workroom 
in the attic. The building is 32 by 95 feet and.is intended to accom- 
modate 120 troughs. 
The site selected for the marine biological station on the Gulf coast 
of Florida was acquired by a deed dated July 10, 1915. It is about 
3 miles distant from the city of Key West at the extreme eastern end 
of the island. The act authorizing the establishment of this station 
required that the land be donated, and the Key West Realty Co., from 
which the property was obtained, not only donated 4 acres of land, 
but, without cost to the Government, constructed a sea wall along 
the water front of the property and excavated a channel 30 feet wide 
and 6 feet deep from near Cow Key to the selected site. The full 
amount authorized in the original act, namely, $50,000, has now been 
rovided, and the preparation of plans and specifications for the 
(Seine building is under way. 
The hatchery authorized for Rhode Island will be located on Block 
Island and will be devoted to the commercial species of that region. 
The site has been selected and surveyed, but title to the property has 
not yet been secured. 
The special appropriation of $10,000 for the Orangeburg, S. C., sta- 
tion has been used chiefly in making improvements to the water sup- 
ply and drainage systems and in constructing six brood ponds and six 
concrete rearing ponds. 
The appropriation of $20,000 for the completion of the Louisville, 
Ky., station has been expended in part in improving the extensive 
grounds, providing a fish-culturist’s cottage, and constructing 20 con- 
crete retaining tanks under cover. 
With the sum of $18,000 provided for the Saratoga, Wyo., station, in 
addition tothe amount previously provided, there have been completed 
the hatchery, superintendent’s residence, fish-culturist’s cottage, tool 
house, ice house, one stock pond, six concrete rearing ponds, and con- 
crete distributing cistern and reservoir. A hydraulic ram has been 
installed and the main water-supply pipe lines have been laid. The 
hatchery building is 32 by 64 feet and accommodates 36 troughs. 
An additional tract of land containing 64 acres, adjoining the Cold 
Spring, Ga., station, was acquired by deed dated July 24, 1915, for the 
sum of $5,000. The property includes a dwelling, which has been 
repaired and is tiled to good advantage, and the possession of this 
