XXVIII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



spawning-ponds 84 by 20 feet, all 3 feet deep, liave been completed, 

 besides 3 stock-ponds, aggregating 15,000 square feet. To protect 

 these ponds from floods it was necessary to excavate an SOOfoot chan- 

 nel, 10 feet wide and G feet deep, to carry off water from a gulch located 

 above them. An ice-house, 20 feet by 14 feet, has been built, and the 

 necessary walks and roadways have been completed and the property 

 fenced with wire. 



At Nashua a hatchery similar in construction to the one at Spearfish 

 has been erected. The building is 100 by 18 feet, and is equipped with 

 40 troughs 12i feet by 12f inches, with a capacity for handling 1,000,000 

 eggs. Two other buildings have been erected; one a frame structure 

 34 by 18 feet, on post foundations and containing a cari^enter-shop, fuel- 

 room, and refrigerator, the other an ice-house 20 by 14 feet, affording 

 storage for 30 tons of ice. There have been completed 14 rearing-i)onds 

 100 by 8 feet by 2 feet deep, 3 spawning-ponds 64 by 30 feet, and 2 

 spawning-ponds 70 by 48 feet, all 3 feet deep, aud 2 stock-ponds, one 

 about ^ acre and the other li acres in extent. 



The hatchery and i)onds are supplied with water flowing naturally 

 from springs above them, and these sj^rings can be supplemented in 

 dry weather, if necessary, with ample water from a dozen driven wells 

 on the i)remises. The grounds have been graded and the necessary 

 roadways and walks completed and the reservation surrounded with 

 a fence. 



The development of the Erwin station has been continued, and there 

 have been erected — besides the hatchery and superintendent's dwelling 

 mentioned in the last report — a foreman's house, barn, ice-house, and 

 fuel-house. The hatchery is a frame building 100 by 18 feet, equipped 

 with 34 troughs 12| feet by 12| inches, with a capacity for about 

 1,000,000 eggs. The superintendent's dwelling is a two-story frame 

 cottage 27 by 30 feet, and contains 6 rooms. The foreman's dwelling 

 contains 5 rooms, and is a frame structure 50 by 38 feet. The barn, 20 

 by 30 feet, has 2 stalls and wagon room; and the ice-house, 20 by 14 

 feet, has storage capacity for 30 tons of ice. There are now completed 

 6 spawning-ponds 100 by 10 feet, 5 feet deep; 2 spawning-ponds 100 

 by 50 feet, and 2J feet deep; 24 rearing-ponds 50 by 12 feet and 2 feet 

 deep, and 4 stock ponds with an aggregate area of 30,155 square feet. 

 The water supply is derived from a spring, and is led to the hatchery 

 and ponds by gravity. As no railroad station is near, a siding has 

 been built for convenience in handling shipments of fish. The grounds 

 have been surrounded with a substantial wire fence. 



An act of Congress approved July 1, 1898, directed the establishment 

 of fish-cultural stations in the States of Georgia and Washington, in 

 both cases providing that the land should be donated to the Government. 



In Georgia the location near Bullochville, in Meriwether County, 

 described in the last annual report, being satisfactory, negotiations 

 were entered into with the owners, and on February 14, 1899, 18.97 acres 

 were given to the United States by Messrs. Benjamin F. and Cyprian 



