﻿FUR-SEAL 
  SERVICE. 
  79 
  

  

  WATER-SUPPLY 
  SYSTEM, 
  ST. 
  PAUL 
  ISLAND. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1914 
  a 
  repair 
  party 
  landed 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  S. 
  

   Buffalo 
  placed 
  the 
  gasoline 
  pmnp 
  in 
  working 
  order 
  at 
  the 
  Navy 
  well, 
  

   and 
  installed 
  a 
  new 
  pump 
  at 
  the 
  radio 
  station, 
  which, 
  by 
  relaying 
  

   from 
  a 
  tank 
  located 
  there, 
  has 
  kept 
  a 
  full 
  supply 
  of 
  water, 
  slightly 
  

   brackish 
  but 
  still 
  suitable 
  for 
  drinking, 
  in 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  tanks 
  on 
  

   Village 
  HiU. 
  During 
  the 
  fall 
  the 
  hydrant 
  house 
  was 
  removed 
  from 
  

   near 
  the 
  senior 
  school 
  to 
  a 
  central 
  position 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  

   principal 
  buildings: 
  Government 
  house, 
  company 
  house, 
  shop, 
  and 
  

   store. 
  Hose 
  sufficient 
  to 
  serve 
  the 
  chm"ch, 
  hospital, 
  laboratory, 
  dis- 
  

   pensary, 
  stable, 
  salt 
  house, 
  several 
  warehouses, 
  and 
  about 
  a 
  third 
  

   of 
  the 
  natives' 
  dwellings 
  was 
  installed, 
  partly 
  on 
  racks 
  in 
  the 
  hydrant 
  

   house 
  and 
  partly 
  on 
  a 
  hand 
  reel 
  cart. 
  Over 
  800 
  feet 
  of 
  2-inch 
  gal- 
  

   vanized 
  iron-pipe 
  main 
  were 
  laid 
  down 
  the 
  hill 
  from 
  the 
  tanks 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  plug 
  in 
  the 
  hydrant 
  house. 
  Arrangements 
  

   were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  radio 
  station 
  to 
  operate 
  the 
  pumps, 
  the 
  fuel 
  

   consumed 
  thereby 
  to 
  be 
  replaced 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year. 
  Under 
  the 
  instruction 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  operator 
  of 
  the 
  radio 
  

   station 
  a 
  native 
  was 
  trained 
  to 
  run 
  the 
  pumps 
  and 
  has 
  proved 
  fairly 
  

   competent 
  in 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Running 
  water 
  was 
  piped 
  into 
  tanks 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  attic 
  of 
  the 
  

   Government 
  house 
  and 
  thence 
  into 
  the 
  bathroom, 
  and 
  plans 
  are 
  

   made 
  for 
  extending 
  the 
  service 
  to 
  the 
  company 
  house, 
  laundry, 
  dis- 
  

   pensary, 
  laboratory, 
  and 
  hospital, 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1915. 
  

  

  NATIVES' 
  BANK 
  ACCOUNTS. 
  

  

  ^ 
  As 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  fisheries 
  and 
  fm* 
  industries 
  in 
  

   1913, 
  the 
  trusteeship 
  of 
  the 
  natives' 
  savings 
  accounts 
  was, 
  with 
  agree- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  natives 
  except 
  one, 
  transferred 
  in 
  1913 
  to 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  M, 
  

   Chamberlain, 
  then 
  naturalist 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands. 
  Owing 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Chamberlain's 
  retirement 
  from 
  the 
  service, 
  no 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  Bureau 
  had 
  

   authority 
  to 
  supervise 
  these 
  fmids, 
  which 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Union 
  

   Trust 
  Co. 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  have 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  become 
  trustee. 
  On 
  

   aecomit 
  of 
  the 
  mfrequent 
  communication 
  with 
  the 
  Pribilofs 
  and 
  the 
  

   difficulty 
  in 
  securing 
  proper 
  execution 
  of 
  the 
  necessary 
  documents 
  

   involved, 
  the 
  matter 
  was 
  stiU 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  adjustment 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  FOXES. 
  

  

  Both 
  St. 
  Paul 
  and 
  St. 
  George 
  Islands 
  are 
  inhabited 
  by 
  blue 
  foxes, 
  

   and 
  the 
  proceeds 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  pelts 
  of 
  these 
  animals 
  

   yield 
  a 
  revenue 
  to 
  the 
  Government 
  sufficient 
  to 
  warrant 
  considerable 
  

   attention 
  being 
  paid 
  them. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  fur 
  

   seals 
  killed 
  upon 
  the 
  islands 
  annually, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  secure 
  from 
  

  

  