﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XIX 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  this 
  season's 
  work 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  

   shows 
  a 
  gratifying 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  out^Dut 
  of 
  fry 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  

   commercial 
  species 
  propagated, 
  such 
  as 
  shad, 
  salmon, 
  lake 
  trout, 
  lake 
  

   herring, 
  cod, 
  quinnat 
  salmon, 
  Atlantic 
  salmon, 
  flatfish, 
  and 
  lobsters. 
  

   The 
  distribution 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  stations 
  was 
  made 
  as 
  in 
  past 
  years 
  

   by 
  station 
  employees 
  in 
  neighboring 
  waters 
  and 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  

   cars 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  Commission. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  increased 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  species 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  to 
  hire 
  an 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  baggage 
  car 
  from 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Railroad 
  Company 
  to 
  assist 
  

   in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  shad. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  mileage 
  traveled 
  by 
  the 
  cars 
  and 
  messengers 
  while 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  the 
  distribution 
  amounted 
  to 
  20G,G15 
  miles, 
  84,892 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  

   free. 
  The 
  only 
  accident 
  which 
  occurred 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  at 
  San 
  

   Francisco, 
  where 
  a 
  freight 
  train 
  collided 
  with 
  car 
  No. 
  3. 
  The 
  car 
  was 
  

   repaired 
  free 
  of 
  expense 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  by 
  the 
  Southern 
  l*acific 
  

   Railroad 
  Company. 
  

  

  Oar 
  No. 
  3 
  was 
  utilized 
  as 
  a 
  temporary 
  hatchery 
  on 
  the 
  St. 
  Johns 
  

   River, 
  Florida, 
  during 
  February, 
  March, 
  and 
  April. 
  At 
  the 
  opening 
  

   of 
  the 
  Nashville 
  Exposition 
  in 
  May 
  car 
  No. 
  4 
  was 
  detailed 
  for 
  the 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  and 
  transfer 
  of 
  marine 
  specimens 
  for 
  the 
  exposition. 
  

  

  Many 
  changes 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  personnel 
  of 
  the 
  messenger 
  service 
  

   during 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  most 
  imi)ortant 
  being 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  Capts. 
  R. 
  

   S. 
  Johnson 
  and 
  G. 
  H. 
  Lambsou 
  to 
  the 
  superintendency 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  

   at 
  Manchester, 
  Iowa, 
  and 
  Baird, 
  Cal., 
  respectively. 
  

  

  Green 
  Lake 
  Station, 
  Maine 
  (E. 
  E. 
  Race, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  The 
  stock 
  of 
  fish 
  on 
  hand 
  having 
  been 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  

   of 
  June, 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  force 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  was 
  devoted 
  

   to 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  supply, 
  construction 
  of 
  ponds, 
  and 
  

   general 
  repairs 
  and 
  improvements 
  to 
  the 
  buildings 
  and 
  grounds. 
  The 
  

   main 
  flume 
  from 
  Rocky 
  Pond 
  to 
  the 
  reservoir, 
  6,800 
  feet 
  long, 
  was 
  

   thoroughly 
  overhauled 
  and 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  run 
  the 
  water 
  

   from 
  the 
  flume 
  direct 
  to 
  the 
  hatchery 
  instead 
  of 
  accumulating 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   reservoir 
  as 
  heretofore. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  ponds 
  between 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  reservoir 
  were 
  condemned 
  

   and 
  partly 
  refilled, 
  the 
  two 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  were 
  rebuilt, 
  and 
  five 
  

   new 
  ones 
  were 
  constructed. 
  The 
  old 
  ponds 
  were 
  20 
  feet 
  wide 
  by 
  383 
  

   feet 
  long, 
  the 
  new 
  ones 
  16^ 
  feet 
  by 
  38f 
  feet. 
  A 
  2-inch 
  pipe 
  was 
  laid 
  from 
  

   the 
  hatchery 
  to 
  a 
  spring 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mountain, 
  furnishing 
  an 
  

   increase 
  of 
  25 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  per 
  minute 
  during 
  the 
  dry 
  season, 
  at 
  a 
  

   temperature 
  of 
  43°. 
  During 
  the 
  spring 
  months 
  the 
  amount 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  this 
  source 
  is 
  much 
  larger. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  collecting 
  eggs 
  from 
  wild 
  fish 
  

   in 
  Green 
  Lake, 
  Manns 
  Brook, 
  Great 
  Brook, 
  Winkempaugh 
  Brook, 
  Pat- 
  

   ton 
  Pond, 
  and 
  Boggy 
  Brook. 
  The 
  first 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  was 
  captured 
  

   September 
  17 
  at 
  Manns 
  Brook 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  brook 
  trout 
  September 
  

   29. 
  The 
  run 
  of 
  golden 
  trout 
  at 
  Floods 
  Pond 
  commenced 
  November 
  1 
  

  

  