REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 15 
stantial but in keeping with their surroundings. On the property 
originally purchased are a seven-room frame dwelling, a small stable, 
and a storehouse, which, with some repairs, have all been utilized to 
good advantage. In July, 1903, the hatchery and a pumping plant 
were begun. The hatchery isa 14-story frame structure on a heavy 
stone-and-concrete foundation. The main part is 70 by 48 feet, with 
an extension 18 by 11 feet on the north side, surmounted by a tower. 
Besides the hatching room, 66 by 44 feet, which when equipped will 
accommodate several hundred million lobster and cod eggs, the build- 
ing contains a sleeping room, office, storage loft, closets, etc., is well 
lighted, has concrete floors, and is finished in natural wood. At a 
short distance from the shore has been built the pump house, circular 
in form and 22 feet in diameter. It is of heavy masonry to a height 
of 194 feet, and supports a tower containing a cedar tank with a 
capacity of 7,500 gallons. Leading from the bottom of the pump 
well a suction pipe extends into the water to a point 2 feet below 
extreme low-water mark, and a 6-inch pipe from the pump house sup- 
plies the hatchery. -Between the hatchery and the pump house is the 
boiler house, also of masonry, 31 by 30 feet. A frame storehouse and 
carpenter shop, 32 by 20 feet, has been built on the wharf, and a brick 
cistern is conveniently located near the buildings. 
Owing to the severe Maine winter and the rocky character of the 
site, which necessitated much blasting, progress was necessarily slow, 
but at the close of the year the buildings were ready for machinery 
and equipment. Two boilers and two pumps have been purchased and 
are ready for installation. On July 2, 1904, there was added to the 
property a third parcel of land of 1$ acres, making a total area of 
about 10 acres. This purchase included a 2}-story frame dwelling, 
containing 11 rooms, which can be easily remodeled into a superin- 
tendent’s residence. 
At White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., good progress has been made 
toward completing the station, and fish-cultural operations are in prog- 
ress on an extended scale. A residence has been constructed for the 
superintendent—a two-story building 53 feet square, erected on a 
brick foundation, containing 10 rooms and an attic, and heated by a 
furnace. Two stock ponds, respectively 0.45 and 0.24 acre in area 
and 54 and 6 feet deep, have been completed, and a third one, nearly 
0.3 acre in area, is well under way. Ten spawning ponds 66 by 12 feet, 
and six spawning ponds 20 by 8 feet, all from 2 to 24 feet deep, have 
also been constructed, Lines of supply and waste pipes for the ponds 
have been laid, a wagon bridge has been built over Harpers -Run, and 
the grounds have been graded and partly fenced. 
Improvements for which special appropriations were made have 
been in progress at several stations, resulting in increased efficiency 
and economy of operation: 
