752 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Wells, Fargo & Company, 

 84 Broadway, New York, June 23, 1873. 

 Dear Sir : In response to your favor of tlie 9tb, we beg to hand you 

 herein a letter addressed to agents by our general superintendent, Mr. 

 Valentine, which will secure to your orders concerning the fish-shij)- 

 uieuts the requisite attention. 



We remain, dear sir, yours very truly. 



Hon. Spencer F. Baird, 



Commissioner, Washington. 



WELLS, FAEGO & CO. 



Wells, Fargo & Company, 

 84 Broadway, New York, June 23, 1873. 

 Dear Sir: Please extend to the Hon. Spencer F. Baird every facil- 

 ity likely to conduce to the successful trans[)ortatiou of the living fish 

 about to be forwarded by him and by his order. 



Please note particularly his directions concerning the care of the 

 fish, and comply therewith, when 5'ou can do so without conflicting with 

 our rules and regulations. 

 Tours, truly, 



JNO. J. VALENTINE, 



To Agents. General Superintendent. 



American Express Company, 

 Presidenfs Office, Buffalo, June 13, 1873. 



Dear Sir: I ana this day in receipt of your letter of the 9th instant. 



As I wrote you last summer, we will do, cheerfully, all in our power 

 to assist you in the matter of the distribution of fish among the western 

 waters, and to that end I beg to inclose a circular-letter to our employes, 

 requesting their co-operation. 



If you will iiuliciite the points where you specially desire to operate I 



will take pleasure in writing special letters on the subject. 



Yours, truly, 



WM. G. FARGO, 



Fresident. 

 Spencer F. Baird, Esq., 



Commissioner, Washington, D. C. 



American Express Company, 

 PresldenVs Office, Buffalo, June 13, 1873. 

 The agents, messengers, and other employes of this company are 

 hereby requested to aid in every possible way the parties who are 

 engaged in the transportation of live fish, with which to stock the 

 western waters, under the direction of Hon. Spencer F. Baird, United 

 States Commissioner Fish and Fisheries. 



WM. G. FAEGO, President. 



