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pipe from the dam to the bulkhead and a 6-inch pipe from there 

 to the hatchery. Two 4-inch pipes distribute the water to dif- 

 ferent parts of the building. By this method the water supply 

 is doubled and the capacity for raising fingerling^ fish is greatly 

 increased. 



Kespectfully yours, 



WILLIAM EL BURKE, 



Foreman. 

 Old Forge, November 15, 1911. 



Linlithgo Station. 



I submit herewith my report of this station for the fiscal 

 year ending September 30, 1911. The work at this station has 

 been carried on as usual excepting that many repairs have been 

 made. The conduit leading to the main reservoir was originally 

 laid with 10-inch tile. This was broken by the frost of last 

 winter so that it had to be taken up and restored. The repair- 

 ing was done by putting in 100 feet of 10-inch iron pipe and 

 incasing the most of the remainder in cement. It will be neces- 

 sary to take up all the tiling and put iron pipes in its place 

 before it will be a permanent fixture. 



The pipe which conducts the water to the dwelling-house from 

 the hatchery was so near the surface of the ground that it was 

 practically frozen up all last winter. This has all been taken up 

 and put below the frost line. 



American field fence has been bought for all the line fencing 

 of the grounds and put up excepting on that portion along the 

 Bonneville estate. This would have been completed had we known 

 just where the line is. As no monument work was made at the 

 time of the condemnation proceedings of this tract, we have not 

 been able, as yet, to establish a line. 



A drilled well, seventy-five feet deep, has been put down about 

 six feet east of the hatchery, and an engine and pump bought 

 for pumping the water into the hatchery. Water at a tempera- 

 ture of 52 degrees was found and a flow of from fifteen to 

 twenty gallons per minute. We expect by this to hold our 

 brook trout up to fingerling size. 



