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Northville to Detroit and to Auburn, N. Y., messenger shipments 

 being made en route. 



After finishing the Northville distribution the car was prepared 

 to make a trip to La Crosse, Wis., in order to take up the distribu- 

 tion of river fishes during the fiscal year 1924. The car was furnished 

 with 140 Fearnow aluminum pails with which to carry on future 

 distributions. 



During the fiscal year 1923 it was impossible to secure any free 

 transportation. In July, 1922, the Burlington Route agreed to 

 handle the car from Omaha, Nebr., to Denver, Colo., for five full 

 fares. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad refused free 

 transportation, but agreed to handle the narrow-gauge baggage cars 

 that are used to distribute carload lots between Alamosa, Colo., and 

 Durango, Colo., for five full fares. 



During the fiscal year 1923 car No. 4 traveled 9,362 miles and 

 distributed 46,355 river fishes and 1,080,500 trout. 



CAR NO. 7. 



[E. M. Lamon, Captain.] 



On July 20, 1922, the distribution from the La Crosse (Wis.) 

 station was taken up. Approximately 45,000 fingerling pond fishes 

 were distributed in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South 

 Dakota, by messenger shipments from La Crosse. From July 20 to 

 October 27. 128.825 fingerling pond fishes were distributed to ap- 

 plicants in Wisconsin, Michigan. North Dakota, South Dakota, Mis- 

 souri. Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Maryland, and New 

 York. The car left La Crosse on October 25 on its last trip for the 

 season with a carload of miscellaneous fishes for applicants in the 

 vicinity of Washington, D. C, the shipment including a number of 

 specimens for central station. The car arrived in Washington on 

 October 27, and after the distribution work was completed it was 

 placed in the United States Navy Yard for general repairs, and the 

 messengers were detailed to stations for the winter to assist in fish- 

 cultural work. 



On March 2, 1923, the car left Washington to take up the trout 

 distribution from the Erwin (Tenn.) station. Between March 2 

 and April 15, when the Erwin work was completed, 245,000 fingerling 

 brook trout and 465,700 fingerling rainbow trout were distributed in 

 Tennessee. North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. From 

 Erwin the car proceeded to Wytheville. Va., making a trip from the 

 Wythe^illo station to Pennsylvania with 52,200 fingerling brook 

 trout and 16,000 fingerling rainbow trout, returning to AAHiite Sul- 

 phur Springs, W. Va., and taking up the trout distribution from 

 that station. Between May 1 and June 15, 249,850 fingerling brook 

 trout and 156,100 fingerling rainbow ti;out wer^ distributed from 

 the "\Aniite Sulphur Springs station in West Virginia, Maryland, 

 Pennsylvania, and New York. 



The work at the White Suli:)hur Springs station could be greatly 

 improved if cooperation could be effected with the Chesapeake & 

 Ohio Raihvay Co. and the bureau's cars given the same service by 

 it tliat thej' receive from other leading railroads of the country. 



