62 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
QUINCY STATION, ILLINOIS (S. P. BARTLETT, SUPERINTENDENT). 
The prospects at the opening of the season seemed favorable for a 
large collection of bass and other fishes. They were particularly 
abundant in June, and as the river was falling rapidly it was believed 
and hoped that large numbers would be available for distribution; 
but on July 19, after several loads of fish had been sent to Mississippi 
and Indiana, a very heavy rain caused the overflow of the river and 
all of the ponds and lakes in the vicinity, scattering the fish all 
through the surrounding country and making it impossible to collect 
them in large numbers without incurring great expense. As soon as 
the river had subsided the steamer Reindeer was secured from the 
Illinois commission and vigorous efforts were made to accomplish the 
work laid out. The operations were very expensive, however, and 
the season closed before a great deal of the usual territory could be 
covered. Late in the fall several carloads of adult bass were collected 
and distributed. The output for the season amounted to 50,108 black 
bass (fry and adults), 13,345 crappie, and 72 wermouth bass, besides 
large numbers of the commoner species. 
Work was resumed the following May. The services of a gasoline 
launch were procured, and by the end of June large numbers of fish 
had been collected and placed in the retaining pools at Meredosia. 
MANCHESTER STATION, Iowa (R. S. JOHNSON, SUPERINTENDENT). 
Various repairs were made to the buildings, ponds, grounds, and 
waterway during the spring and summer, the most important being 
the reconstruction in cement of the old dry wall along the spring 
branch, which had been seriously damaged by freshets. The new 
wall was made 1 foot higher than the old one, and the land behind it 
filled in correspondingly. A new roadway was constructed, which adds 
greatly to the appearance of the station. Heretofore the retaining 
tanks at Bellevue have been covered with a temporary shelter, which 
was taken down at the close of each season and stored with the other 
equipment, but this year it was decided to construct a permanent 
building over the tanks, the city council of Bellevue having granted 
free use of the land for that purpose. The building is a one-story 
frame structure, 50 by 16 feet, with an extreme height of 15 feet. It 
stands on a hillside and is supported by white-oak posts, which raise 
it 6 feet above the ground on the lower side, thus giving ample space 
under the building for the storage of boats and other large equip- 
ment. In one end there is an office and storeroom 8 by 16 feet. In 
the main portion, which is 42 feet long, are 6 wooden retaining-tanks, 
12 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet, intended for holding young bass and crappie 
until ready for distribution. These tanks are supplied with water 
from the city works, conveyed through 1-inch pipes under a pressure 
of 100 pounds. The total cost of the structure was $439.39. 
Fish-cultural work was conducted on the same general lines as in 
previous years, except that the propagation of black bass has been 
