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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Title 
  to 
  the 
  property 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  hatchery 
  in 
  Wyoming 
  

   has 
  finally 
  been 
  secured, 
  and 
  construction 
  work 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  begun. 
  

   By 
  deeds 
  dated 
  April 
  17, 
  1914, 
  40 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  the 
  required 
  water 
  

   rights 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  $S00 
  and 
  $1,200, 
  respectively. 
  

   The 
  site 
  is 
  3^ 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Saratoga, 
  in 
  Carbon 
  County, 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  Saratoga 
  & 
  Encampment 
  Railway, 
  which 
  connects 
  with 
  the 
  

   Union 
  Pacific 
  at 
  Walcott. 
  Water 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  piping 
  from 
  

   Lake 
  Creek 
  Take 
  and 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  about 
  1 
  ,000 
  gallons 
  a 
  minute 
  is 
  assured. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  most 
  searchhig 
  investigation 
  extendhig 
  over 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   years 
  and 
  participated 
  hi 
  by 
  various 
  officials 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Key 
  West, 
  Fla., 
  has 
  been 
  determined 
  on 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  location 
  for 
  

   the 
  marine 
  biological 
  laboratory 
  already 
  authorized 
  by 
  Congress, 
  and 
  

   a 
  site 
  has 
  been 
  selected. 
  Legislation 
  was, 
  however, 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   acquire 
  the 
  property 
  by 
  dnect 
  donation, 
  and 
  an 
  item 
  to 
  this 
  end 
  is 
  

   contained 
  in 
  the 
  siuidry 
  civil 
  appropriation 
  act 
  for 
  1915. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Louisville, 
  Ky., 
  station 
  two 
  pump 
  houses 
  have 
  been 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  and 
  equipped 
  with 
  electrically 
  driven 
  pumps 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  GOO 
  to 
  900 
  gallons 
  each 
  per 
  minute. 
  The 
  pump 
  houses 
  are 
  18 
  feet 
  

   square, 
  are 
  of 
  frame 
  on 
  a 
  concrete 
  base, 
  and 
  cost 
  S2,S00. 
  A 
  steel 
  

   storage 
  tank 
  and 
  tower 
  holding 
  25,000 
  gallons 
  has 
  been 
  erected. 
  

   Two 
  stock 
  ponds 
  have 
  been 
  finishf^d, 
  three 
  more 
  are 
  under 
  construc- 
  

   tion, 
  pipe 
  connections 
  are 
  made, 
  the 
  grounds 
  have 
  been 
  improved, 
  

   and 
  roadways 
  and 
  paths 
  have 
  been 
  constructed. 
  The 
  appropriation 
  

   has 
  been 
  exhausted, 
  and 
  $30,000 
  will 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  

   station 
  m 
  accordance 
  with 
  plans. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Orangeburg, 
  S. 
  C., 
  station 
  a 
  superhitendent's 
  residence 
  33 
  

   by 
  36 
  feet 
  was 
  erected 
  by 
  day's 
  labor 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  $6,008.34. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   two-story 
  frame 
  structure 
  on 
  a 
  concrete 
  foundation, 
  containing 
  7 
  

   rooms 
  and 
  bath, 
  and 
  with 
  cellar 
  and 
  attic 
  rooms, 
  A 
  frame 
  workshop, 
  

   containing 
  office 
  and 
  storeroom, 
  has 
  been 
  built. 
  For 
  the 
  partial 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  six 
  brood 
  ponds 
  were 
  partly 
  finished, 
  the 
  

   mahi 
  drains 
  were 
  laid, 
  and 
  a 
  concrete 
  outlet 
  was 
  built. 
  The 
  original 
  

   appropriation 
  has 
  been 
  entirely 
  expended, 
  and 
  $25,000 
  additional 
  will 
  

   be 
  needed 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  station. 
  

  

  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  OFFICE. 
  

  

  The 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  are 
  extensive 
  and 
  

   diverse, 
  and 
  are 
  yearly 
  becommg 
  more 
  important. 
  It 
  has 
  therefore 
  

   been 
  decided 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  bi'anch 
  office 
  in 
  Seattle 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  closer 
  

   relations 
  may 
  hereafter 
  be 
  mamtained 
  with 
  the 
  fishery 
  interests 
  with 
  

   which 
  the 
  Bureau 
  has 
  to 
  deal. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  assign 
  an 
  experienced 
  

   assistant 
  to 
  take 
  charge, 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  tlie 
  office 
  a 
  center 
  for 
  collecting 
  

   and 
  disseminathig 
  information 
  regarding 
  all 
  fishery 
  matters 
  of 
  interest 
  

   to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States 
  and 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  fishery, 
  fish-cultural, 
  scientific, 
  

   and 
  general 
  administrative 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  hi 
  that 
  region 
  will 
  

   have 
  lieadquarters 
  here, 
  and 
  hicreased 
  economy 
  and 
  efficiency 
  should 
  

   result. 
  

  

  ALEUTIAN 
  ISLANDS 
  RESERVATION. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  authority 
  conferred 
  by 
  the 
  Executive 
  Order 
  of 
  March 
  3, 
  

   1913, 
  creating 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  Islands 
  Reservation, 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  

   Commerce 
  and 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  jomtly 
  issued 
  regulations 
  

  

  