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returned to Nashua for a load of trout, which was delivered to the bureau's 

 cooperative station near Harrisburg, Pa. 



After completing tlae trout distribution in the East the car proceeded to La 

 Crosse, Wis., and Dubuque, Iowa, to assist in the distribution of fish from the 

 Mississippi River collecting stations. Trips were made from the collecting 

 stations to the following points : Engel, N. Mex. ; Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Conover, 

 Wis. ; Marinette, Wis. ; Jersey City, N. J. : Williamsport, Pa. ; and Louisville, 

 Ky. At Louisville minor repairs were made to the car. 



On February 19, 1928, the car left Louisville for White Sulphur Springs, W. 

 Va.. to take up the distribution of trout from that station. The first shipment 

 was to Elkins, W. Va., with a load of 440,000 trout. From White Sulphur 

 the car went to Wytheville. Va., where it obtained trout for applicants in the 

 vicinity of Abingdon and Roanoke, Va., and Knoxville, Tenii. From Knox- 

 ville the car proceeded to Erwin, Tenn., and distributed three carloads of trout 

 from that station to points in Tennessee. North Carolina, South Carolina, and 

 Georgia. 



Leaving Erwin with a load of yearling rainbow trout for delivery to the 

 Wytheville station, the car proceeded to White Sulphur Springs, where a load 

 of trout was taken on board for distribution en route to Washin,gton, D. C, and 

 various points in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The car returned 

 to Washington on April 9, where minor repairs were made. Upon completion 

 of the repairs the car returned to White Sulphur Springs and obtained a load 

 of trout and proceeded to Great Barrington, Mass., distributing its cargo en route 

 to applicants in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. 



A carload shipment of trout was moved from the Berkshire station near 

 Great Barrington to the bureau's cooperative nursery at Windber, Pa., the car 

 then proceeding to Nashua. N. H., where it made a shipment of trout to Port- 

 land, Me., proceeding from Portland to Bucksport, Me., where 8 carload ship- 

 ments of trout and salmon were made from the Craig Brook (Me.) station to 

 points in the State of Maine. 



During the fiscal year the car made 35 trips and traveled 2.3,737 miles. De- 

 tached messengers made 127 trips and traveled 30,079 miles. Altogether, 1,950 

 applications were filled. The distribution carried the car or its employees into 

 the following States : Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Vir- 

 ginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mary- 

 land, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The following table shows 

 the number and size of the species delivered during the year : 



CAR NO. 9 



(H. F. Johnston, Captain) 



On July 1 the car was ordered to proceed from Chicago to Manchester, Iowa, 

 for the purpose of obtaining a load of brook trout and rainbow trout, which 

 were assigned to applicants in Wyoming. The car left Manchester on July 5 

 and upon completion of the Wyoming distribution continued to Bozeman, Mont., 

 to handle the output of trout from the bureau's hatchery at that point. The 

 car arrived at Bozeman on July 9, and left on the same day with a special 

 shipment of brook trout assigned to the various streams of the Glacier National 



