III. -DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION 

 CAR NO. 2, DESIGNED FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF YOUNG 

 FISH. 



By Frank S. East^man. 



This car was built for the transportation of young fish from the hatch- 

 ing stations of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries to 

 the several sections of the country to which it is desirable to transport 

 young fish for the purpose of propagation. It is of the F. S. Eastman 

 l^atent, adapted by the patentee to the special uses of the Commission, 

 and is constructed with sufQcient strength and durability to safely 

 transport a load of 20,000 pounds over any road in the country at pas- 

 senger rate of speed. It also affords comfortable and tasteful accom- 

 modations for the officers and employes of the Commission who super- 

 intend the distribution of the load. 



The material used in construction is of the best quality of its several 

 kind, and put together in the" best and strongest manner. 



Plates I and II represent the general appearance outside of the car. 

 Having been built at the car-shops of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 

 Company the name of their road is by courtesy retained upon the letter- 

 board, but that in no way signifies ownership. It is of the standard 

 passenger car style, with moderate ornamentation. It has two six- wheel 

 standard trucks of 4 feet 8^ inches gauge, each truck complete in all 

 its parts, fitted with springs of unusual strength and standard quality. 

 The brakes are of the Westinghouse air patent, complete in all their de- 

 tails, ready for attachment to any passenger train. The Miller plat- 

 form has been used, with Janney couplers and continuous draw-bar. 

 The car has extra susii3nsion trusses under the intermediate as well as 

 under each outside sill, springing over body bolsters, and attached to 

 head frames. The doors at the sides are for convenience in handling 

 the cans containing the young fish into and from the middle and refrig- 

 erating compartment of the car. 



Plate I shows the side opening and the cans in process of handling, 

 with the grating for protecting the side of the car from injury, which is 

 thrown up when the doors are closed. 



Plate III shows the interior arrangement of the middle section of the 

 car, with the covers to the refrigerator chambers in place. The seats 

 for passengers are hung \\]) and out of the way to facilitate work among 

 the fish cans. The intermediate sills of the car are spaced to conform 

 to the dimensions ofthe refrigerator chambers, with diagonal brace and 

 counter-brace, post and panel, trusses constructed upon them ; each 



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