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for the hauling of fish purchased so that the fish can be delivered by 

 truck from the hatchery to the railroad and supplies carried to the 

 station. The tram system should be abolished. This is very important. 

 The foreman of Fort Seward Hatchery is to be commended for his 

 untiring efforts to make a success of the work under these very poor 

 conditions. When the hatchery was built, there were roads leading to 

 Alderpoint from the hatchery as well as to the railroad. The bridges 

 rotted and gave way and high water in the creek carried them away. 

 Funds were not available at the time to make all these repairs, so a 

 tramway with a skip or carrier, operated by a gasoline engine was 

 installed which has been the only means of conveying supplies to the 

 hatchery and the fish to the railroad. This condition has existed for 

 the last five years. It takes over an hour to deliver 15 cans of fish to 

 the railroad by the slow process of conveying on the tramway and 

 then onto a car placed on rails. When going to points south of the 



Fig. 7. The Grass Valley Sportsmen's Association loading trucks with fish 

 at the railroad depot. Rapid transportation from the fish car to the stream 

 has minimized loss in fish planting. 



hatchery, a hand cart is used Prom the end of the short car track to a 

 platform so that the cans may be loaded onto the trains. 



To overcome all these primitive and out of date arrangements for 

 transportation, the road should be rebuilt between the hatchery and 

 the railroad, a bridge put across the creek and a truck purchased. There 

 should also be a bridge built across Fort Seward Creek above the 

 hatchery to replace one washed and rotted away several years ago, 

 so that the crew can go by earth road to Alderpoint for supplies. 



An approximate estimate for these bridges and road work would 

 be $2,000. Any good make of truck would answer the purpose for 

 hauling. It will take at least $4,000 to put this station in such a 

 position that the old primitive and nerve trying way of handling 

 supplies can be discarded. 



Besides the above mentioned improvements, there should be some 

 work done on the troughs, a new feed preparing room should be 

 built, a large ice box built, some repairs to the foreman's dwelling are 



