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team and scraper piling up the earth and sand. On the east side of 

 the creek from the lower racks to the county bridge, a wall was built 

 of concrete to keep the creek from overflowing and cutting the bank. A 

 road was built from the county road to the station by removing the 

 brush and filling in the low places so that it is easily accessible. All 

 this work was finished in October, 1926. 



During the winter of 1926-27 there was very high water, wrecking 

 both the upper and lower racks by upsetting the concrete piers and 

 breaking up the concrete aprons. Repairs were made by abandoning 

 one rack and then placing a wide apron across the creek with concrete 

 posts. At the end of the apron a concrete holding tank was built. The 

 wall on the east side was extended about fifty feet to the new bridge 

 over the creek and the wall raised to prevent high water from overflow- 

 ing. On the west side of the creek, a wall was run of concrete and 



Fig. 13. San Gabriel River Holding Tanks. Better distribution of fish is 

 expected as a result of a number of holding tanks of this type which have been 

 built In various parts of the state. 



extends from the holding tank to about five hundred feet above the 

 county road. It was made with iron posts driven into the ground and 

 tied together with reinforcing iron, and the concrete was poured around 

 this. This work was done in October and November, 1927. 



BURNEY CREEK HATCHERY 



During the fall of 1925 surveys and plans for the establishing of a 

 hatchery on Burney Creek were made. It was agreed that this hatchery 

 was to be constructed by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in lieu 

 of fishways over their high dams in Pit River, with the exception that 

 a salmon egg-collecting station was to be built at Hagan Flat or at some 

 other suitable site where the eggs of the salmon could be collected from 

 the run that ascends Pit River that would be prevented from ascending 



