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cottage was of a more extensive construction being a six-room stucco 

 building in conformitj^ with the existing architecture. 



A four-room cottage was constructed for the Bureau of Patrol and 

 located about seven miles from the town of Tulelake. This house was 

 equipped with heat, electric lights, kitchen range, hot water heater, 

 linoleum floor covering, pumphouse with well, pump, motor and pressure 

 system, and a three-car garage. 



The commission's interest in promoting fishing resulted in an exten- 

 sive program of construction and maintenance for the Bureau of Fish 

 Conservation. At the Mt. Shasta Hatchery two of the hatchery buildings 

 received concrete foundations, rearrangement of hatchery troughs and 

 water supply, flooring and incidentals ; concrete tanks, shop and garage 

 for several trucks, and incidental work. At the Fall Creek Hatchery a 

 concrete egg taking station replaced the wooden structure, improvements 

 to the hatchery water supply were effected and concrete floors were 

 placed in the five ponds. At the Lake Almanor Hatchery improvements 

 in the water supply were made and a 24-inch waste water line was 

 installed replacing a wooden stave line that was beyond repair. Additions 

 at Tallac Hatchery consisted of a garage and improvements to the water 

 supply and tanks. Repairs to a limited extent were made at the Burney 

 Creek Hatchery and a pump was installed as an auxiliary and safeguard 

 to the water supply. A bridge was installed at Basin Creek Hatchery 

 replacing one that was inadequate for the traffic and three small tempo- 

 rary buildings were constructed at Hot Creek Hatchery. On the San 

 Lorenzo River at the town of Boulder Creek a concrete egg taking station, 

 fish ladder and a two-room cabin were constructed. Near Visalia an 

 ageing station Avas set up consisting of a 24" envelope type well with 

 pump, motor and gas engine standby with water delivery of over 900 

 gallons per minute, meat house, public rest rooms, 10 tanks under an 

 open shed, two houses of three rooms each, roads, sewage disposal, etc. 

 Two experimental systems of ponds and cabins were built in Inyo 

 County to determine their value for raising fish. 



The major piece of construction during the biennium was for the 

 foregoing bureau and consisted of the complete construction of the Hot 

 Creek Hatchery 37 miles north of Bishop, Inyo County. About mid 

 April, 1941, the money for this work was made available and actual con- 

 struction started April 28, 1941, and seven months later the complete 

 job was turned over to the Bureau of Fish Conservation for operation 

 though the work had been carried on without stopping the output of fish 

 at any time. Prior to the commencement of construction field surveys 

 had been made and preliminary plans based on the desires of the Bureau 

 of Fish Conservation were prepared. These were the basis for the final 

 plans prepared by the Division of Architecture of the Board of Public 

 Works, whose excellent cooperation was greatly appreciated. 



The water supply of this hatchery comes from springs and the 

 topography of the site was such that the hatcherj^ was generally built in 

 two units about 2,200 feet apart. 



In the upper unit there is constructed in two spring runs a total of 

 about 1,800 feet of concrete flume with 17 concrete cross dams forming 

 30 pounds, each about 25 x 100 feet. For the operation of the hatchery 

 a large main garage was constructed fully equipped, a meat house with 

 its necessary mechanical appurtenances, including refrigeration, and a 



