16 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
This was done, and the site became vested in the United States by 
deed of Thomas Partridge, dated September 4, 1889. 
Active operations in construction were immediately commenced. 
During the year ending June 30, 1890, the principal items were, a one- 
story building 24 feet by 50 feet for the rearing of live food (maggots) 
for the young fish; for use in connection therewith, an ice-house 11 feet 
by 15 feet; a storage-house 12 feet by 20 feet; a cellar 20 feet by 20 
feet for the wintering of the live food; two small buildings 15 feet by 
31 feet, and 15 feet by 20 feet, one for use aS a mess-house for the em- 
ployés of the station and the other as an office and quarters for the 
Station’s foreman; a shed 20 feet by 50 feet, with cellar, and fitted with 
hogshead tanks for the wintering of fish; a timber dam at Craig Pond, 
with penstock running 60 feet into the pond, permitting the water to 
be drawn from the pond at a depth of 4 feet below the surface; astone 
dam across the brook, above the hatchery, to which the water was led 
by an 8-inch aqueduct about 425 feet long; a stand of 100 outdoor 
rearing troughs; a stone foundation for superintendent’s dwelling; a 
number of ponds, grading, ete. 
During the year ending June 30, 1891, plans and specifications were 
prepared for the suverstructure of the superintendent’s dwelling and 
office and a stable, and a call for proposals for the construction of the 
same was duly advertised on September 16, 1890, but no response 
thereto was received at the date fixed for their opening, October 15. 
Owing to the lateness of the season readvertisement was deferred till 
January 13, 1891. In answer to this three bids were received. The 
lowest bid was that of Carlton McGown, of Ellsworth, Me., at $3,970 
for the dwelling and $995 for the stable. In view of the limited funds 
for this work the building of the stable was deferred and contract was 
made, under date of March 5, 1891, for the dwelling only. The plans 
called for a neat two-story cottage of ten rooms, with woodshed, ete., 
in the rear. Work on the same was promptly begun. ‘The farmhouse 
on the property when purchased has received some repairs and is avail- 
able for quarters for the employés. The series of rearing ponds on the 
slope of the south bank of the brook, commenced in the fall of 1890, was 
completed. They are about 15 feet by 50 feet in size and nineteen in 
number, and receive their water supply from the brook through a pipe 
conduit. A road from the station to the town road was constructed 
and other improvements tending Ke the development of the station were 
made. 
An additional appropriation of $14,000 was made for these special 
constructions at Craig Brook and Green Lake by the act approved Au- 
gust 30, 1890. 
ihe saga fish-cultural work of the station during the period covered 
by this report follows. 
