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REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
In the work of construction at Sisson Hatchery, Chief Deputy Vogel¬ 
sang greatly assisted me in furnishing practical ideas in regard to the 
color schemes in painting and other valuable suggestions. His untiring 
zeal has in a great measure helped me to make Sisson Station one of the 
most successful fish cultural stations in the United States. We are now 
prepared to carry on successfully the most modern and improved 
methods of fish cultural work. The kindly appreciation of my work 
by your honorable Board has been fully realized. It has encouraged me 
to do my very best for the interests of the Commission and the State. 
Respectfully submitted. 
W. H. SHEBLEY, 
Superintendent Sisson Station. 
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT TAHOE HATCHERIES* 
YEARS 1908-1909. 
To the Honorable the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. 
Gentlemen : I herewith submit by detailed report of the work cov¬ 
ering the seasons of 1909 and 1910. 
Acting under instructions from your honorable Board, I started for 
Tahoe on March 5, 1909, to open the stations for the spring and summer 
work. March 6th arrived in Truckee with my assistants, Messrs. Ander¬ 
son, Calkins, West, and Shaw. We proceeded to Tahoe City in sleighs, 
making the trip in seven hours. The road was in very bad shape and 
we had to walk several miles. Encountered snow from three to twelve 
feet deep en route. 
March 7th I inspected the Tahoe Hatchery and buildings; found 
everything in good shape. 
March 8th I started for Tallac with my crew to complete the interior 
of the new hatchery that was built during the latter part of the season 
of 1908, and to place the seining ground in shape to commence opera¬ 
tions with the seine. The new hatchery building was erected for the 
State by Messrs. Lawrence and Comstock of Tallac, and the setting of 
the troughs and some unfinished outside work was done under contract 
by Mr. Matt Green. The building is a very substantial one. It is forty 
feet wide by seventy feet long, with a half pitch roof, and is covered on 
all sides with shingles, giving it a neat and attractive appearance. It 
has forty troughs, with hatching capacity for about three million eggs. 
It is supplied with water from Taylor Creek. A concrete dam was built 
on Taylor Creek some nine hundred feet from the building. The water 
is conveyed from that point to the hatchery in an eight-inch iron pipe, 
which is laid under ground practically all of the way. 
