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June 14 liberating all fish on hand at the station. On June 2S the 

 car left Dubuque to take up the distribution of trout from the Boze- 

 man (Mont.) station. 



Car No. 7 traveled 11,335 miles in the course of the fiscal year^ 

 made 16 trips, and distributed 1,905,800 fingerling fish. 



CAR NO. 8 



[E. K. BUBNHAM, Captain] 



During the fiscal year 1925 this car distributed fish from stations 

 located at Neosho, Mo., Langdon, Kans., and Leadville, Colo., and 

 assisted in the shipments from the upper Mississippi River field. In 

 connection with its work it entered 10 States, traveled 9,615 miles, 

 made 18 carload trips over 8 trunk-line railroads, and distributed 

 2,627 cans of fish to 471 applicants. The numbers and species of fish 

 handled in its work are shown in the following; table: 



In January this car was placed in the shops of the Denver & Rio 

 Grande Western Railroad Co., at Denver, (Jolo., for annual repairs, 

 which consisted of painting the exterior surface, generally overhauling 

 its trucks, and installing a hard-maple floor throughout. The crew 

 made minor repairs to the interior oi the car, changing its air, steam, 

 and water pipe systems so that an even pressure might be maintained 

 in all cans of fish. Its piping was also made self-draining to mini- 

 mize the danger from freezing, and its capacity was increased to 

 carry 20 additional fish pails, making its normal load 120 pails and 

 seventy 10-gallon cans. 



CAR NO. 9 

 [H. F. Johnston, Captain] 



The distribution work of this car for the fiscal year 1925 began on 

 July 22, when it left the Homer (Minn.) station with a miscellaneous 

 load of river fishes for delivery to applicants in Nebraska, Wyoming, 

 and Montana, en route to its destination at Bozeman, Mont. The 

 distribution work from the Bozeman station extended from July 28 

 to October 13 and included the shipment of 1,609,710 trout of 

 five species and their delivery in three States. 



The annual repairs to this car were made in February by the 

 American Car & Foundry Co. at Wilmington, Del., and included 

 numerous changes, the more important being the rearrangement of 

 the dining room and the construction of lockers for the storage of the 

 aerating equipment when not in use. The covers of the lockers were 

 upholstered, making very comfortable seats. During the month of 

 March the crew changed the aerating apparatus to handle 250 



