﻿EEPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONEE 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  81 
  

  

  A 
  bill 
  was 
  passed 
  granting 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  California 
  auihority 
  to 
  

   construct 
  a 
  State 
  road 
  through 
  the 
  reservation 
  at 
  the 
  Baird, 
  Cal., 
  

   fisheries 
  station, 
  and 
  right 
  of 
  way 
  for 
  a 
  boulevard 
  120 
  feet 
  wide 
  

   through 
  the 
  Louisville, 
  Ky., 
  fisheries 
  station 
  was 
  granted 
  by 
  a 
  clause 
  

   in 
  the 
  sundry 
  civil 
  appropriation 
  act 
  for 
  1915. 
  

  

  A 
  joint 
  resolution 
  givmg 
  authority 
  to 
  take 
  not 
  exceeding 
  30 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  fur 
  seals 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   passed 
  the 
  Senate 
  and 
  was 
  recommended 
  by 
  the 
  House 
  Committee 
  

   on 
  the 
  Merchant 
  Marine 
  and 
  Fisheries, 
  but 
  failed 
  of 
  passage 
  in 
  the 
  

   House. 
  

  

  RECOMMENDATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  recommendations 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  for 
  the 
  previous 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  regarding 
  (1) 
  a 
  lobster-rearing 
  plant 
  for 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  

   coast, 
  (2) 
  a 
  fishery 
  research 
  laboratory 
  for 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  (3) 
  

   iacreased 
  men 
  and 
  vessels 
  for 
  the 
  Alaskan 
  service, 
  (4) 
  relief 
  from 
  

   the 
  incongruous 
  duties 
  imposed 
  by 
  law 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  fur- 
  

   bearing 
  animals 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  (5) 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  fishery 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  station, 
  (6) 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  fish 
  pathologist, 
  (7) 
  

   the 
  granting 
  of 
  increased 
  aid 
  to 
  the 
  shellfish 
  industries, 
  and 
  (8) 
  a 
  new 
  

   office 
  building 
  for 
  the 
  Bureau 
  in 
  Washington, 
  are 
  reaffirmed. 
  

  

  Special 
  emphasis 
  shoidd 
  be 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  urgent 
  need 
  for 
  a 
  building 
  

   which 
  will 
  combine 
  adequate 
  office 
  accommodations 
  with 
  laboratories 
  

   and 
  a 
  national 
  aquarium. 
  The 
  building 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  was 
  

   built 
  in 
  1856 
  for 
  purposes 
  entirely 
  foreign 
  to 
  the 
  uses 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   being 
  put. 
  The 
  lack 
  of 
  every 
  modern 
  convenience, 
  lack 
  of 
  office 
  and 
  

   storage 
  space, 
  and 
  lack 
  of 
  laboratory 
  facilities 
  have 
  frequently 
  been 
  

   dwelt 
  on. 
  The 
  surgeon 
  of 
  the 
  Public-Health 
  Service 
  who 
  inspected 
  

   the 
  building 
  in 
  June, 
  1914, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  an 
  Executive 
  Order, 
  

   reported 
  on 
  tlie 
  congestion, 
  and 
  criticized 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  lockers 
  and 
  un 
  ven- 
  

   tilated 
  closets 
  for 
  clothing 
  and 
  cleaning 
  material, 
  and 
  other 
  antiquated, 
  

   unhealthful 
  conditions 
  which 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  ameliorated 
  in 
  such 
  

   crowded 
  space. 
  The 
  building 
  is 
  surrounded 
  on 
  two 
  sides 
  by 
  storage 
  

   sheds 
  whose 
  tin 
  roofs 
  reflect 
  and 
  radiate 
  heat 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  degree 
  that, 
  

   notwithstandmg 
  the 
  constant 
  use 
  of 
  electric 
  fans, 
  the 
  temperature 
  in 
  

   some 
  rooms 
  is 
  often 
  such 
  that 
  no 
  one 
  should 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  work 
  in 
  

   them. 
  Several 
  cases 
  of 
  prostration 
  have 
  occurred. 
  These 
  sheds 
  are 
  

   very 
  unsightly 
  and 
  a 
  blemish 
  to 
  The 
  Mall, 
  but 
  are 
  necessary 
  for 
  

   storage 
  and 
  shop 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Respectfully, 
  H. 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  

  

  Commissioner. 
  

  

  To 
  Hon. 
  William 
  C. 
  Redfield, 
  

  

  Secretary 
  oj 
  Commerce, 
  

  

  