PROPAGATION AN"D DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1930 1189 



CAR NO. 8 

 [T. H. COPELAND, Acting Captain] 



At the beginning of tiie fiscal year car No. 8 was engaged in moving a 

 carload of adult yellow perch from Seneca, Nebr., to Strang, Okla., and on 

 completion of this trip proceeded to Malta, Colo., where the distribution of 

 trout from the Leadville station was begun. During this distribution, car 

 No. 8 made 7 trips from Malta to points in Colorado and moved 1,470 pails 

 of fish, or 1,809,000 brook, rainbow, and black-spotted trout. Messengers 

 on detached trips moved 426,000 brook, 10,000 black-spotted, and 90,000 rain- 

 bow trout. The car completed the Leadville distribution of August 30, and 

 moved to Bellevue, Iowa. 



The car loaded at Bellevue on September 6 with 210 pails of miscellaneous 

 river fishes for points in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine. On com- 

 pletion of this trip the car continued on to Bucksport, Me., and made trips 

 from that point to Dover-Foxcroft, and Grindstone, Me., moving 420 pails of 

 fish which completed the Maine distribution. 



Car No. 8 returned to Marquette, Iowa, and loaded on August 19 with 

 210 pails of miscellaneous river fishes for applicants in northern Michigan, 

 returning to Marquette, where another load of fish was obtained for delivery 

 in Missouri. On completion of this trip the car returned to Neosho, Mo., 

 where 2 carloads of fish were moved to nursery ponds. After completing the 

 Neosho distribution, the car proceeded to Langdon, Kans., where 5 car trips were 

 made from the Langdon station to points in Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, 

 and Tennessee. During this distribution 1,133 pails of black bass, bream, 

 crappie, rock bass, catfish, and yellow perch were distributed in various 

 streams in the above-mentioned States. 



On November 9 the car moved 210 pails of pond fishes from the Langdon 

 station to points in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, returning to Marquette, 

 Iowa, where a load of miscellaneous river fishes was obtained and distributed 

 in Pennsylvania. The car arrived at Washington, D. C, on November 25, 

 and the crew was detailed to the various stations for winter work. 



On January 15 car No. 8 was placed in the Pennsylvania railway shops at 

 Wilmington, Del., for annual repairs. The work was completed on February 

 20 and the car returned to Washington, D. C. 



The car left Washington April 4 for White Sulphur, W. Va., where 150,000 

 trout were obtained and distributed to cooperative nur.sery ponds in the 

 vicinity of Scranton, Pa. On completion of this trip the car returned to 

 Fishery, Tenn., to take up the trout distribution from the Erwin (Tenn.) 

 station. During the Erwin work the car moved 4 carloads of fish to points 

 in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. 



Upon completing of the Erwin distribution on April 30, the car moved to 

 Wytheville, Va., and obtained 40,255 rainbow trout for applicants at Hazleton 

 and Scranton, Pa. The car proceeded from Hazleton, Pa., to Great Barring- 

 ton, Mass., where 84,000 brook trout were received and delivered to applicants 

 in Pennsylvania, returning to White Sulphur, W. Va. The car moved 3 loads 

 of fish from the White Sulphur station to points in Virginia, West Virginia, 

 Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and then proceeded to La Crosse, Wis. At the close 

 of the fiscal year the car was completing the Manchester, Iowa, distribution. 



During the year the car traveled 32,819 miles, made 36 trips over 31 roads, 

 and delivered fish in 27 States. Detached messengers made 124 trips, traveling 

 approximately 40,000 miles away from the car. The following tabulation 

 will show the number, size, and species of fish delivered by car No. 8 and 

 messengers operating from the car. 



