REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XIX 



A comparison of this season's work with that of the previous year 

 shows a gratifying increase in the output of fry of most of the important 

 commercial species propagated, such as shad, salmon, lake trout, lake 

 herring-, cod, quinnat salmon, Atlantic salmon, flatfish, and lobsters. 

 The distribution from the various stations was made as in past years 

 by station employees in neighboring waters and by means of the four 

 cars owned by the Commission. Owing to the increased output of the 

 various species it became necessary during the spring to hire an addi- 

 tional baggage car from the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company to assist 

 in the distribution of shad. 



The total mileage traveled by the cars and messengers while engaged 

 in the distribution amounted to 200,615 miles, 84,892 of which were 

 free. The only accident which occurred during the season was at Ban 

 Francisco, where a freight train collided with car No. 3. The car was 

 repaired free of expense to the Commission by the Southern Pacific 

 Eailroad Company. 



Car No. 3 was utilized as a temporary hatchery on the St. Johns 

 River, Florida, during February, March, and April. At the opening 

 of the Nashville Exposition in May car No. 4 was detailed for the col- 

 lection and transfer of marine specimens for the exposition. 



Many changes occurred in the personnel of the messenger service 

 during the year, the most important being the promotion of Capts. R. 

 S. Johnson and G. H. Lambson to the superintendency of the stations 

 at Manchester, Iowa, and Baird, Cal., respectively. 



Green Lake Station, Maine (E. E. Race, Superintendent). 



The stock of fish on hand having been distributed during the month 

 of June, the time of the station force during the summer was devoted 

 to the improvement of the water supply, construction of ponds, and 

 general repairs and improvements to the buildings and grounds. The 

 main flume from Rocky Pond to the reservoir, 6,800 feet long, was 

 thoroughly overhauled and arrangements were made to run the water 

 from the flume direct to the hatchery instead of accumulating it in the 

 reservoir as heretofore. 



The old ponds between the hatchery and reservoir were condemned 

 and partly refilled, the two back of the hatchery were rebuilt, and five 

 new ones were constructed. The old ponds were 20 feet wide by 383 

 feet long, the new ones 16i feet by 38f feet. A 2-inch pipe was laid from 

 the hatchery to a spring on the side of the mountain, furnisliing an 

 increase of 25 gallons of water per minute during the dry season, at a 

 temperature of 43°. During the spring months the amount obtained 

 from this source is much larger. 



The usual arrangements were made for collecting eggs from wild fish 

 in Green Lake, Manns Brook, Great Brook, Winkempaugh Brook, Pat- 

 ton Pond, and Boggy Brook. The first landlocked salmon was captured 

 September 17 at Manns Brook and the first brook trout September 

 29. The run of golden trout at Floods Pond commenced November 1 



