SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF CONGRESS 
(FORMERLY BARRO COLORADO ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY) 
DRAWER C, BALBOA, CANAL ZONE 
March 21 1949 
Dear Wetmore: 
You will recall that when we were on the island that we sort 
of believed that there was not enough to show for the year* I now feel that 
sufficient has been accomplished since you were here last year. I believe you 
will agree. 
The new house was built next to the generators* It is practically finished. 
The lumber, roofing etc, must be brought over from Frijoles. 
Then we got the two new generators from the army, and I believe I wrote you 
of the added trouble we had in getting these into working condition. 
Then we got the generators you sent down and these had to br brought over 
from Frijoles, and some of the boxes were heavy and bulky. 
Then we had the storage cabinets and the herbarium cases. I believe (it was) 
the army equipment (tables, chairs, china, beds etc) also came, had to be 
checked and stored, tables had to be mounted, etc. Electric refrigerators 
also. 
Two of the small buildings were painted inside. 
Then we had scientists,- Sehneirla, Enzmann, Brown, Johnson? Per Host? 
Longenecker? the Schraders? Scholander and Walters ? Hartman and Albertin. 
Chichi had a lot of extra work to help especially Scholander, and you recall 
one of the generators had to be brought to the FMC house for him. Then the 
deep freeze, etc etc. But probably the more important of all, after each one 
leaves, it is necessary to clean up. This takes at least a day for each. Now 
that the Scholander and Hartman groups left, one whole day just to clean up, 
and I also to salavage whatever was worth-while that they left, and they left 
plenty. I have this for the present in a storage case, waiting for time when 
I can put it away better and make a list of all. 
Then our generators eat up more gasoline which means going to Gatun for gas. 
Then we got the SNOOK. Our other launches had to be taken up on our marine 
track and repairs made and bottoms |>ainted. And all this in addition to the 
regular chores. Then the hawling of sand and gravel to our upper level, etc. 
So I believe in fairness we must conclude that plenty has been accomplished 
which is not always in plain view. When I get the paint spray gun then the 
buildings can be repainted more easilly. 
I left out Kowal from the list,- this necessitated furnishing him with labor 
as well as other help. For the labor we were reimbursed. 
