The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-25
Carnegie Institution to
Make Biological
Researches.
FIRST USE OF 100000
Most Perfect Laboratory IN the World
TO Be Established at Woods Hole,
Mass, Where Gulf Stream Makes IN
vestigation Especially Profitable

Mass, Where Gulf Stream Makes N
vestigation Especially Profitable
The first tangible contribution TO sci
entifc research to be made by the Car
negie institution has been determined
upon It will consist OF the most per
fectIy equipped marine biological lab
oratory in the world, to be located at
Woods Hole. Mass.
The equipment of the new laboratory
will be designed with especial reference
10 the purusit of investigation Of the
problems of human life, which recent
discoveries have demonstrated can be
more effectively carried on by means OF
the simplest forms OF marine fauna
The executive committee Of the Car
negie Institution has contracted for he
purchase OF the plant now owned by the
Marine Biological Laboratory Company.
which viii be made the nucleus OF the
new project. and options have been Sc
cured on land adjoining that institu-
ton. which will bring the total area At
the disposal OF the committee up to ap-
proxiuateiy six acres.
The executive committee has ad-
dressed confidential circular to the
trustees Of the Carnegie Institution, out
ling the character and scope OF the en-
te-pF5se, and setting forth the plans
OF the committee in SO lar as they have
been perfected.
The munificent endowment Of the Car
negie Institution-S10,0 600, 900 in . per
cent bonds-is not TO be exhausted in a
single line of research, and il will be the
policy OF the executive committee 10
proceed along conservative lines, $50
0G0 having been set apart to be expended
at Woods Hole during the next two
years
Cost VIII Not Be Great
The Marine Biological Laboratory,
which was founded in 1856, fifteen yeas
after the laboratory OF the United States
Fish Commission was located at Wood
Hole, has been the property Of private
individuals, whose interest in scientific
research impelled .nem to erect labor
atory which would furnish an oppor-
tunity 10 scientists for the pursuit of
Investigations along biological lines. The
enterprise has never paid expenses, and
has necessitated frequent calls upon the
In the present summer Dr. Charles D
Walcott, secretary OF the Carnegie IN
stitUtion who, with his family, has been
spending some time at Woods Hole, be-
came interested IN the great POSSIBLE
ties for scientific discovery afforded by
the exceedingly prolific marine fauna
10 be secured in that vicinity, and,
learning the desire Of the owners Of the
marine laboratory 10 be relieved Of
Z -. - l.a-a IN,
terested other members of the eXecu-
tive commit ee, notably Dr.. John S Bill
Hngs, of New York, and Col. Carroll ~
Wright, of Washington, in the project It
was then determined 70 purchase he
entire plant of the present association
and sufficient land adjoining 10 permit
OF the erection OF several suitable
buildings.
Will Have an Unsurpassed Equipment.
The new laboratory is TO be equipped
with all the most up-to-date parapher-
MALTA known TO the scientific world and
q library which viii be unsurpassed. K
is anticipated that it will become the
Mecca Of biological students from every
part Of the globe, and accommodations
viii be provided for representatives OF
every educational institution which de-
facilities provided
In addition 10 the remarkably extern
siFe marine fauna 10 be found in the
vicinity OF Woods Hole, the climatic
conditions are exceptionally favorable.
A somewhat excessive humidity in the
summer months and an absence OF great
extremes ef heat and cold throughout
the year. due 10 the near approach OF
the Gulf Stream, contribute largely 10
~ 10 al
BeT5Ren1s.
The location Of the laboratory OF the
United States Fish Commission at that
point also influenced the executive com
mittee 10 select the location for the new
project. The officials OF the Commission
have assured DR.. Walcott that all pos
sible assistance and cooperation viii be
rendered by the scientists connected with
the Commission 10 those pursuing in
TestigaJion At the Carnegie laboratory.
This means much, in view Of the fact
that the vessels of the Commission are
constantly securing n The course OF
their customary explorations specimens
which viii prove Of great value 10 the
biogra phical investigators.
Il has been the custom for some years
for the Fish Commission to assign tables
in its laboratory TO the representatives
or leading educational institutions for
the prosecution OF biological research,
but the fact that the accommodations OF
the Commission were restricted, and that
II was obliged 10 confine its work TO
thalassography- study OF marine
physical conditions-and 70 the study Of
piscatoFiaI resources Of the coasts Of the
United States from commercial stand
point, have operated as a detrimenI 20
investigation OF the more intricate
problems Of biology
Problems Which May Be Solved.
Il is already understood that certain
scientists who viii avail themselves Of
the exceptional facilities afforded by the
Carnegie laboratory will devote them
selevs especially 20 the Investigation OF
the subtle problem OF life Certain
startling results in this direction have
been attained. while others have given
promise OF cary attainment. and under
the perfect conditions which vii prevail
there some remarkably valuable dis
coveries are anticipated
among the educational institutions
which have been represented at Wood 5
Hole IN the last few years are Harvard
Princeton. the Masss chusetts Institute
OF Technology, Leland Stanford Uni