﻿THE 
  TRANSPORTATION 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISH 
  EGGS. 
  

  

  J)uring 
  the 
  earlier 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  young 
  tish 
  were 
  carried 
  

   by 
  messengers 
  in 
  baggage 
  cars 
  on 
  reguhxr 
  passenger 
  trains, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  

   work 
  increased 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  this 
  method 
  was 
  inadequate 
  and 
  that 
  

   other 
  arrangements 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  transport 
  the 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   fish 
  which 
  were 
  being 
  hatched. 
  Accordingly, 
  in 
  1870 
  and 
  1880, 
  experi- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  successfully 
  made 
  in 
  moving 
  shad 
  fry 
  in 
  S])ecially 
  equii)ped 
  

   baggage 
  cars, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  fish 
  could 
  be 
  

   economically 
  moved 
  with 
  little 
  loss. 
  A 
  car 
  was 
  therefore 
  constructed 
  

   specially 
  adapted 
  for 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  live 
  fishes, 
  the 
  requirements 
  

   of 
  such 
  a 
  car 
  being 
  a 
  compartment 
  for 
  carrying 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  which 
  an 
  

   even 
  temperature 
  could 
  be 
  maintained, 
  proper 
  circulation 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  

   air 
  in 
  the 
  vessels 
  containing 
  the 
  fish, 
  and 
  sleeping 
  and 
  living 
  accom- 
  

   modations 
  for 
  the 
  messengers 
  attending 
  them. 
  

  

  A 
  baggage 
  car, 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  .ll 
  feet 
  long, 
  9 
  feet 
  10 
  inches 
  

   wide, 
  13 
  feet 
  8 
  inches 
  high, 
  was 
  purchased. 
  At 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  car 
  was 
  

   a 
  room 
  containing 
  a 
  stove, 
  sink, 
  and 
  berth 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  cook, 
  

   besides 
  a 
  boiler, 
  pump, 
  etc. 
  ; 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  were 
  two 
  sections 
  of 
  

   berths, 
  like 
  those 
  in 
  a 
  Pullman 
  car, 
  which 
  would 
  accommodate 
  two 
  men 
  

   on 
  each 
  side. 
  Each 
  compartment 
  was 
  about 
  7 
  feet 
  long. 
  In 
  its 
  center 
  

   was 
  a 
  refrigerator 
  compartment 
  30 
  feet 
  3 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  the 
  full 
  width 
  

   of 
  the 
  car, 
  and 
  extending 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  clear 
  story. 
  The 
  ice 
  was 
  carried 
  in 
  

   two 
  racks, 
  holding 
  1 
  ton 
  each, 
  which 
  were 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  

   refrigerator, 
  diagonally 
  oi)posite 
  each 
  other. 
  Cylinder 
  cans, 
  placed 
  on 
  

   galvanized 
  iron 
  tanks 
  9 
  feet 
  -1 
  inches 
  long, 
  28 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  8 
  inches 
  

   high, 
  were 
  provided 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  fish. 
  The 
  tanks 
  were 
  placed 
  

   on 
  op]>osite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  car, 
  with 
  a 
  passageway 
  between 
  them. 
  

  

  An 
  apparatus 
  for 
  circulating 
  water 
  was 
  arranged 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   manner: 
  In 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  car, 
  extending 
  the 
  full 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  clear 
  

   story, 
  was 
  a 
  long, 
  semicircular 
  iron 
  tank 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  which 
  

   was 
  filled 
  through 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  car. 
  From 
  this 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  brought 
  

   into 
  a 
  6 
  inch 
  pipe 
  extending 
  all 
  around 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  refrigerator 
  

   compartment. 
  The 
  pipe 
  contained 
  a 
  sufidcient 
  number 
  of 
  i)et 
  cocks 
  to 
  

   sui)ply 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  cans 
  carried, 
  the 
  water 
  being 
  conveyed 
  to 
  the 
  

   cans 
  through 
  rubber 
  tubing. 
  From 
  the 
  cans 
  it 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  tanks 
  

   through 
  the 
  same-sized 
  tubing, 
  whence 
  it 
  was 
  drained 
  into 
  2-inch 
  pipes 
  

   underneath 
  the 
  car, 
  and 
  from 
  these 
  pijies 
  was 
  pumped 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  tank 
  

   in 
  the 
  clear 
  story. 
  

  

  While 
  this 
  circulating 
  apparatus 
  worked 
  well, 
  its 
  arrangement 
  neces- 
  

   sitated 
  the 
  carrying 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  car, 
  

  

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