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XJ. S. BUBEAU OF FISHERIES 



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The distribution of warm-water species was begun from the river stations 

 on August 21, when the car maJe a trip from La Crosse, Wis., to Des Moines, 

 Iowa, taking fish from Homer, La Crosse, Marquette, and Bellevue stations. 

 On completion of the Des Moines trip the car returned to Marquette and 

 made a trip from Marquette, Iowa, to Duluth, Minn. After completing the 

 Duluth trip the car returned to La Crosse and made a trip from that point to 

 Bay City. Mich. From Bay City the car returned to Marquette, Iowa, where 

 a load of fish was obtained for Columbus, Ohio. On completion of the Colum- 

 bus trip the car returned to La Crosse where it received a load of fish for 

 Madison, Wis. From Madison the car proceeded to Bellevue, Iowa, where 

 it obtained a load of fish for waters in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, Pa., and on 

 completion of this trip it was ordered to Fairport, Iowa. After making the 

 Syracuse, N. Y., Albany, N. Y., and Cumberland, Md., trips from Fairport the 

 car returned to Bellevue, Iowa, where it obtained a load of bass, bream, etc., 

 for waters in the vicinity of Clarksburg, W. Va. From Clarksburg the car 

 returned to Bellevue and was loaded with 249 pails of river fishes for waters 

 at Cambridge Springs, Pa., returning to La Crosse on completion of the trip. 



From August 21 to November 11, car No. 7 made 12 long eastern trips from 

 the rescue stations, carrying from 249 to 252 pails and making as many as 9 

 messenger shipments on a single car trip. On the car's arrival at La Crosse 

 from Cambridge Springs it was directed to proceed to Lynxville, Wis., from 

 which station it made 2 trips to Miles City, Moiit., and 1 trip to Trempealeau, 

 Wis., with brood stock. The distribution from the rescue stations closed 

 November 27 at which time the car was returned to La Crosse and placed 

 on steam tracks of the Milwaukee road where it was held until January 8. 



The car was placed in the Milwaukee shops at Milwaukee, Wis., on January 

 for annual repairs. The repair items of most importance were the refinish- 

 ing of the car's interior, painting of exterior, removal of electric wiring from 

 the interior ceiling to outside top of car, the removal of wall-board ceiling 

 and the replacing of same with white wood veneer, and the simplifying of the 

 air line to prevent the sticking of the brakes. While the car was in the shops 

 the crew was left at La Crosse to renew the aerating equipment of the car and 

 to give the transportation pails a complete overhauling and thorough cleaning. 



The car left the shops on February 27 and arrived at La Crosse on February 

 28. The equipment of the car was replaced and a trip made with 200,000 

 brook trout and 50,000 rainbow trout from La Crosse to the Lynxville holding 

 station. A messenger shipment of 100 adult bream was made from La Crosse 

 to Crawford. Nebr., on April 19, for brood stock at the Crawford station. 



The car left La Crosse on April 28 with a load of trout for Wisconsin appli- 

 cants. After the trip was completed the car proceeded to Duluth, Minn., 

 and took up the distribution of lake trout, lake herring, whitefish, pike perch, 

 and brook trout from the Duluth station. 



After making 6 car trips, 3 boat trips, and a number of messenger shipments 

 from the Duluth station, the car proceeded to Manchester, Iowa, and made 1 

 trip to Waupaca and 1 trip to Milwaukee, Wis., completing this work and 

 returning to La Crosse on July 26. 



During the fiscal year 1930 car No. 7 made 27 trips, traveled 26,232 miles, 

 and delivered 24,095,787 fish. Messengers made 94 trips and traveled approxi- 

 mately 48,000 miles. The following table shows the number, size, and species 

 of fish delivered by car and crew : 



