FUR-SEAL INDUSTRY. 75 
Apparently the best and most economical way of improving the 
water supply at St. Paul Island is to install a concrete reservoir of 
approximately 500,000 gallons capacity on Telegraph Hill about a 
mile from the village. A reservoir 100 feet in diameter and 8 feet 
deep would be about of this capacity. Telegraph Hill is approxi- 
mately 200 feet high, and water could be pumped from the ice-house 
pond, about 300 yards distant, into the reservoir and thence be dis- 
tributed to the village through a wooden-pipe line. This pipe-line 
should be at least 5 inches, preferably 6, in diameter and would afford 
a good pressure of water in every part of the village. Hydrants 
could be placed at several important centers and adequate fire pro- 
tection would thus be assured. For lifting water to the proposed 
reservoir on Telegraph Hill, it is believed that a small gasoline-engine 
pumping plant would be most satisfactory. 
St. George Island.—Much less trouble with the water supply has 
been experienced on St. George than on St. Paul, though it is by no 
means what it ought to be. The main supply is from two wells 
located about an eighth of a mile from the village. There is also a 
line of 13-inch iron pipe extending to a small fresh-water lake about a 
quarter of a mile from the village. The lake appears to be about 3 
acres in extent and is said to be 4 feet deep. This pipe-line is in the 
form of a siphon. It is owned by the natives, having been installed 
about 10 years ago and paid for by them. There is no complaint as to 
the quantity of water that may thus be obtained, except during the 
winter, when the line freezes up, but the quality is such that it is not 
suitable for drmking. This objection can undoubtedly be overcome 
readily by the installation of a suitable filter at the intake at the 
lake. The cost of such a filter would probably be only a few hun- 
dred dollars. The pipe-line should be extended to other parts of 
the village. It might be well also for the Government to acquire 
ownership of the present pipe-line, thus removing any possible claims 
to which the natives might feel justly entitled in future manage- 
ment of the water-supply system. Certain changes could be made 
without great expense so that the line would not freeze in the winter. 
Improvements to the pipe-line system as herein suggested appear 
to constitute the chief step necessary to put the water supply of St. 
George on a proper basis. It might also be advisable to dig one or 
two additional wells. 
SCHOOLS. 
The Bureau has during the year made special efforts to improve 
educational methods upon the islands and toinstruct the children and 
also the older people along lines which will be of practical use to them 
and thereby enable them to bring themselves into the enjoyment 
of such comforts, necessarily limited at the best, as conditions and 
circumstances permit. Efforts have been made to introduce phases 
