824 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [12] 



Consignee. 



S. G. Worth, Ealeigh, N. C 



R. O. Sweeny, Saint Paul, Minn.. 

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Reth Weeks, Corry, Pa 



Fred Mather, Cold Spring Harbor, 



N. T. 

 Charles G. Atkins, Bucksport, 



Me. 



Eemarks: 



Received in good ordor ; los.s very .small. 

 Arrived in good ordfT; los.s very light. 

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 Arrived in good condition, tliougli so I'ar 

 ndvanccd thitt a ffw hatched on the way. 

 General condition on arrival good, but a 

 smnll percentage hatched on the way. 



The fry from Northville were distributed by car No. 2, of the UDited 

 States Fisli Commission, in charge of J. F. Ellis, and assistants N. 

 Simmons, G. H. Ellis, and J. H. Horan. The Alpena fry were dis- 

 tributed by car and boat, the former connecting with the latter at Bay 

 City and Saint Ignace, Mich. In all, the car was run over 7,000 miles. 

 No charge for dispatching service was made by any of the railroad 

 companies excepting the New York Central and Chicago and North- 

 western. In making. dei)Osits care was taken to convey the minnows 

 to a point not less than 2 miles from shore, tugs being employed for 

 this puri^ose when procurable. Thirteen trips were made by the car, as 

 follows : 



Trip Xo. 1.— Left Northville February 24, at 4 p. m., with 2,000,000 

 minnows in eighty cans having a total capacity of GOO gallons; proceeded 

 to Toledo by the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad ; thence by the 

 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern to Cleveland, where the fish were 

 deposited in Lake Erie, at 7.30 p. m., February 25. The fish were taken 

 from water at a temperature of 40°, held in the car twenty-se^'cn hours 

 in water varying from 35° to 43°, and deposited, in good condition, in 

 water at 34°. The car returned to Northville by same route as 'out- 

 ward trip, arriving February 27. 



Trip No. 2.— Left Northville at 3 p. m., February 28, with 3,000,000 

 minnows in seventy-six cans; proceeded to Detroit by the Flint and Pfere 

 Marquette Railroad; thence to Niagara Falls by the Great Western Di- 

 vision of the Grand Trunk ; thence by the New York Central to Char- 

 lotte ; thence, by the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, to Oswego, 

 where the fish were deposited, in good condition, at 1.30 ]>. m., March 2, 

 in Lake Ontario. Temperature of water from which the fish were taken, 

 44°; average temperature of water in the can, 37°, varying from 35^ 

 to 39° ; temi)erature of lake at time of deposit, 34°. The car returned 

 by same route a.s outward trip, arriving at Northville March 5. Ar- 

 rangements had been made with the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens- 

 burg Railroad Company for free dispatching service between Suspen- 

 sion Bridge and Lake Ontario points, but the loss of a bridge near 

 Charlotte made it necessary to take another route as far as Charlotte. 



Trip Xo. 3.— Car left Northville at 3 p. m., March 7, with 3,000,000 

 minnows in seventy-six cans; proceeded to Charlotte, N. Y., by same 



