﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  69 
  

  

  enforced 
  without 
  making 
  arrests 
  and 
  seizures, 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  June 
  20, 
  

   190G, 
  which 
  fails 
  to 
  provide 
  authority 
  for 
  such 
  powers, 
  is 
  inadequate 
  

   in 
  that 
  respect, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  its 
  other 
  defects. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  situation 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  law 
  is 
  regrettable, 
  not 
  only 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  failure 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  sponge 
  fisheries, 
  but 
  also 
  from 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  being 
  openly 
  flouted 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  being 
  developed 
  

   among 
  a 
  foreign 
  population, 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   seeking 
  and 
  attaining 
  citizenship, 
  a 
  contempt 
  for 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  

   land. 
  

  

  The 
  law 
  should 
  be 
  so 
  amended 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  enforceable, 
  or 
  it 
  

   should 
  be 
  promptly 
  repealed. 
  The 
  latter 
  course 
  would 
  be 
  regret- 
  

   table 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  interests 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  sponge 
  fisheries 
  

   and 
  the 
  valuable 
  product 
  whose 
  unnecessary 
  destruction 
  would 
  

   thereby 
  be 
  condoned 
  and 
  facilitated. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  ACTIVITIES 
  AND 
  RELATIONS 
  O? 
  THE 
  BUREAU. 
  

  

  NEW 
  STATIONS 
  AND 
  LABORATORIES. 
  

  

  The 
  fish-cultural 
  station 
  in 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  Ky., 
  authorized 
  by 
  

   Congress 
  in 
  1911, 
  has 
  been 
  located 
  at 
  Louisville, 
  and 
  20 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  

   adjoining 
  the 
  State 
  Fair 
  Gromids 
  were 
  donated 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Ken- 
  

   tucky 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  by 
  a 
  deed 
  dated 
  November 
  6, 
  1912. 
  Construc- 
  

   tion 
  work 
  was 
  delayed 
  by 
  floods, 
  but 
  was 
  finally 
  begun 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  

   of 
  February, 
  1913, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  excellent 
  progress 
  

   had 
  been 
  made. 
  The 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  ponds 
  and 
  hatchery 
  is 
  from 
  

   two 
  wehs 
  8 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  wliich 
  have 
  been 
  sunk 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  100 
  

   feet, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  60 
  feet 
  deep 
  for 
  domestic 
  

   purposes. 
  

  

  Plans 
  for 
  suitable 
  pump 
  houses 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  and 
  the 
  contract 
  

   for 
  their 
  construction 
  has 
  been 
  let. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  equip 
  the 
  wells 
  

   with 
  two 
  electricaUy 
  driven 
  pumps 
  each 
  having 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  over 
  GOO 
  

   gallons 
  per 
  minute. 
  A 
  steel 
  water 
  tower 
  and 
  tank 
  have 
  been 
  con- 
  

   tracted 
  for, 
  several 
  ponds 
  have 
  been 
  excavated, 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  

   supply 
  and 
  drain 
  pipes 
  have 
  been 
  laid. 
  A 
  dwelling 
  for 
  the 
  superin- 
  

   tendent 
  has 
  been 
  completed 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  $5,958. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  two-story, 
  

   eight-room 
  building 
  with 
  attic 
  and 
  cellar, 
  heated 
  with 
  hot 
  water. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  fish-cultural 
  station 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  authorized 
  in 
  1911, 
  

   50 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  were 
  purchased 
  for 
  $3,000 
  in 
  December, 
  1912, 
  near 
  

   Orangeburg, 
  a 
  town 
  somewhat 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  the 
  

   Southern 
  and 
  Atlantic 
  Coast 
  Line 
  Railways. 
  The 
  tract 
  contams 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  natural 
  ponds, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  springs. 
  

   Construction 
  work 
  was 
  begun 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May, 
  1913, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  'fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  excavation 
  of 
  jionds 
  was 
  well 
  imder 
  way^ 
  

   and 
  plans 
  had 
  been 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  necessary 
  buildings. 
  

  

  