﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XV 
  

  

  ments 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  building 
  a 
  new 
  hatchery 
  and 
  superintendent's 
  

   residence 
  ; 
  by 
  December 
  1 
  both 
  buildings 
  were 
  completed. 
  The 
  hatchery 
  

   is 
  a 
  two-story 
  building, 
  69 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  40 
  wide. 
  The 
  first 
  floor 
  is 
  utilized 
  

   for 
  hatching 
  operations 
  and 
  is 
  equipped 
  with 
  the 
  Clark-Williamson 
  and 
  

   also 
  with 
  ordinary 
  gravel 
  troughs. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  for 
  about 
  1 
  2,000,000 
  

   . 
  eggs. 
  Tlie 
  cottage 
  is 
  a 
  two-story 
  frame 
  structure 
  with 
  a 
  cellar 
  and 
  attic, 
  

   40 
  by 
  31 
  feet, 
  and 
  contains 
  four 
  rooms 
  and 
  a 
  hall 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  floor 
  and 
  

   six 
  rooms 
  on 
  the 
  second. 
  Improvements 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  supjily 
  were 
  made 
  

   so 
  that 
  the 
  flow 
  from 
  one 
  spring 
  was 
  increased 
  from 
  180 
  to 
  438 
  gallons 
  

   per 
  minute, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  appeared 
  that 
  the 
  rotting 
  timber 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  rearing- 
  

   house 
  was 
  injuriously 
  affecting 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  spring, 
  the 
  

   building 
  was 
  torn 
  down, 
  the 
  ground 
  graded, 
  and 
  a 
  stone 
  wall 
  built 
  

   around 
  the 
  spring. 
  Another 
  artesian 
  well 
  was 
  also 
  driven, 
  wliich 
  fur- 
  

   nishes 
  50 
  gallons 
  of 
  clear, 
  cold 
  water 
  per 
  minute, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  

   in 
  regulating 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  water 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  ponds. 
  

   The 
  cottage 
  formerly 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  superintendent's 
  residence 
  was 
  moved 
  

   to 
  a 
  new 
  location 
  and 
  remodeled 
  for 
  foreman's 
  quarters. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  new 
  station 
  in 
  Tennessee, 
  authorized 
  by 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  

   approved 
  August 
  8, 
  1S94, 
  after 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  various 
  localities 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  State 
  a 
  site 
  was 
  selected 
  at 
  Erwin, 
  Unicoi 
  County, 
  which 
  

   appeared 
  to 
  combine 
  all 
  the 
  important 
  features 
  necessary 
  for 
  a 
  fish- 
  

   cultural 
  station, 
  there 
  being 
  an 
  ample 
  supi>ly 
  of 
  cold 
  spring 
  water, 
  rail- 
  

   road 
  connections, 
  and 
  facilities 
  for 
  collecting 
  brood 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs. 
  The 
  

   liroperty 
  was 
  surveyed 
  and, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  a 
  title 
  was 
  obtained, 
  was 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  the 
  Fisli 
  Commission. 
  Plans 
  and 
  specifications 
  for 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ings, 
  ponds, 
  and 
  water 
  supply 
  were 
  made 
  and 
  a 
  railroad 
  siding 
  arranged 
  

   for. 
  A 
  telephone 
  line 
  was 
  constructed, 
  aiul 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  contracts 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  buildings 
  had 
  

   been 
  let 
  and 
  some 
  progress 
  made 
  in 
  excavating 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  

   and 
  ponds. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  station 
  at 
  Wytlie- 
  

   ville, 
  Ya., 
  formally 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Virginia, 
  the 
  necessary 
  appropriation 
  having 
  been 
  secured 
  for 
  this 
  

   purpose. 
  Upon 
  an 
  investigation 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Justice, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  act 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  Virginia 
  legislature 
  on 
  

   March 
  2, 
  1894, 
  was 
  defective, 
  and 
  an 
  arrangement 
  was 
  accordingly 
  

   entered 
  into 
  between 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  public 
  works 
  

   of 
  the 
  Commonwealth 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  Commission 
  assumed 
  

   control 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  pending 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  title. 
  

  

  The 
  act 
  approved 
  June 
  11, 
  1890, 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  

   station 
  in 
  the 
  Black 
  Hills 
  of 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  and 
  accordingly 
  in 
  Decem- 
  

   ber, 
  189G, 
  a 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  a 
  nnmber 
  of 
  available 
  localities 
  was 
  

   made, 
  and 
  a 
  site 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Spearfish 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  suitable. 
  

   An 
  abundant 
  supply 
  of 
  clear, 
  cold 
  spring 
  water, 
  with 
  a 
  sufficient 
  fall 
  for 
  

   a 
  gravity 
  system 
  for 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  ponds, 
  is 
  available. 
  The 
  point 
  is 
  

   close 
  to 
  a 
  railroad 
  line 
  and 
  easy 
  of 
  access, 
  and 
  the 
  topography 
  of 
  the 
  

   land 
  is 
  such 
  that 
  the 
  necessary 
  constructions 
  can 
  be 
  economically 
  made. 
  

  

  