42 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 
streams to the north of the hatchery than we are now able to do by 
shipping them on the trains. We are now endeavori ing to get estimates 
of the cost of the work, which will later be submitted to your board. 
Eel River Station. Hel River Salmon Egg-collecting Station will be 
operated during the coming season. We have practically all of the 
equipment necessary for egg-collecting work, and but very few materials 
will have to be purchased this season. 
Tallac Hatchery. Extensive improvements in the water supply sys- 
tem at Tallac Hatchery have been made, which will permit us to obtain 
far better results from this station. Heretofore it has been necessary 
to complete operations at Tallac by July 1 each season, on account of 
the high temperature and impurity of the water after this date, but 
with the new water supply system, we will be enabled to hold the fish 
throughout the summer months, permitting us to give the fish a wider 
distribution. The ‘fish will also be further advanced at the time of 
planting, and this should produce much better results than if the fry 
were planted so very young. We were enabled to make the improve- 
ments in the water supply system through the courtesy of Mrs. Anita 
Baldwin, who very kindly granted us permission to tap the pipe between 
Fallen Leaf Lake and the Tallac power plant, and to divert therefrom 
50 inches of water. On October 1, 1917, our lease to the Tallac property 
expired, but we secured a new lease from Mrs. Baldwin running for ten 
years. 
Tahoe Hatchery. With the acquisition of the Walker property near 
Tahoe City for a hatchery site, the commission has obtained the most 
favorable location for fishcultural operations in that vicinity. This 
property, which was procured by purchase at a price of $2,000, includes, 
with the three acres on which the hatchery is to be located, three springs 
which will give us a minimum of 30 inches of water during the driest 
season of the year. It is planned to construct an attractive and sub- 
stantial stone building with a capacity of 50 hatchery troughs, and 
equipped with the most approved modern fisheultural appliances. A 
new Ford auto truck has been purchased for the Tahoe and Tallac 
hatcheries for the purpose of distributing the trout fry. 
Bear Lake Hatchery. The Bear Lake Hatchery is too small for 
proper work under the new plan of operations. A larger and more 
modern hatchery should be constructed and fitted up with proper equip- 
ment for carrying on the work in that section. This matter should — 
receive the attention of the commission during the coming season, if 
possible. 
| North Creek Station. As stated in the report of fisheultural opera- 
tions, the construction of a new plant at North Creek has greatly 
‘nereased our facilities for egg-collecting operations, and the first year’s 
