382 U. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES 



Species and size of fish delivered by car No. J/ 



CAII NO. 7 

 [E. M. Lamon, Captain] 



Car No. 7 arrived at Bozeman. Mont., on July 1 and immediately under- 

 took the distribution of trout. Messenger trips were made to nearby points, 

 and carload shipments of fish were forwarded to Glacier Park and Lewistown, 

 Mont., and Casper. Wya The car and its crew were then detailed to work 

 under the direction of the Montana Fish and Game Commission, and from 

 July 23 to the end of August. 12 carload shipments aggregating 2,405,000 black- 

 spotted and rainbow trout were transported from State hatcheries at Emi- 

 grant. Anaconda, Missoula, Hamilton, and Great Falls. Mont., and distributed 

 at various points in that State. The car resumed its work from the Bozeman 

 station on September 1, making trips to Spokane, Wash. ; Lander, Wyo. ; and 

 Dubuque, Iowa. In the course of the season, 302,500 brook trout. 416.000 rain- 

 bow trout, 186,500 black-spotted trout, 53.000 Loch Leven trout, and 6,000 

 landlocked salmon were distributed from Bozeman. En route from Bozeman 

 to Dubuque applicants in Wyoming and Wisconsin were supplied, and 24 adult 

 grayling and 19 black-spotted trout were delivered for the aquariums at Lin- 

 coln Park, Chicago, 111., and Central Station, Washington. D. C. The car 

 reached Dubuque on September 2S, and after completing its deliveries of fish 

 it was placed in the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. shops for 

 minor repairs. 



The distribution work from the upper Mississippi River rescue stations was 

 taken up on October 5. In the course of trips made to Union City and Phila- 

 delphia. Pa.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn. ; Fort Wayne. Ind. : and St. 

 Louis. Mo.. 109,000 fingerling pond fishes were distributed by the car and its 

 messengers in the States of Pennsylvania, Alabama, Tennessee. Indiana. Mis- 

 souri. New Jersey. Maryland, and Ohio. In connection with the trip to Phila- 

 delphia the ear took on 20,000 fingerling brook trout from a commercial 

 hatchery at Mauch Chunk, Pa., and delivered them to the Northville (Mich.) 

 station of the bureau. On the completion of the distributions in the rescue 

 field early in December the car was placed in the railway shops at Dubuque 

 for general repairs and its crew was detailed for duty during the winter at 

 various fish-cultural stations of the bureau. 



On May 5 the car took on at the Manchester (Iowa) station a load of 

 ::ti.40o rainbow trout. 65.000 brook trout, and 30,500 Loch Leven trout for 

 delivery at Madison. Wis. From Madison it returned to La Crosse, and be- 

 tween May 9 and May 29 it received from the La Crosse station and distrib- 

 uted to applicants in Wisconsin and Minnesota 115.000 rainbow trout. 402.000 

 brook trout, and 85.000 Loch Leven trout. On the completion of this work 

 it proceeded to the Northville (Mich.) station, and on June 12 transported a 

 load of brook (rout from that point to Hillman. Mich., for the Turtle Lake Club. 

 Returning to Northville on the completion of this trip, a number of messenger 

 shipments of troui and smallmouth black bass were made by its crew, supply- 

 ing applicants in Michigan. Indiana, and Ohio. The numbers and species of 

 fish distributed during the year are shown in the following table : 



