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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  thus 
  causing 
  it 
  to 
  roll 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  

   unsafe. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  refrigerator 
  compartment 
  

   carried 
  the 
  fish 
  safely, 
  the 
  health 
  of 
  the 
  messengers 
  was 
  injuriously- 
  

   affected 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  sudden 
  changes 
  of 
  temperature 
  experienced 
  in 
  

   going 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  compartment. 
  Accordingly, 
  another 
  car 
  was 
  

   built 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  defects 
  were 
  remedied, 
  and 
  the 
  original 
  car 
  was 
  

   altered 
  to 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  improved 
  plan. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  now 
  has 
  four 
  transportation 
  cars 
  in 
  use. 
  While 
  

   they 
  differ 
  somewhat 
  in 
  construction 
  and 
  arrangement, 
  three 
  of 
  them 
  

   are 
  essentially 
  alike; 
  tlie 
  fourth 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  baggage 
  car 
  with 
  living 
  

   quarters 
  and 
  circulating 
  apparatus. 
  The 
  car 
  known 
  as 
  'No. 
  2 
  is 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  type. 
  Its 
  body 
  is 
  52 
  feet 
  7 
  inches 
  long; 
  from 
  

   buffer 
  to 
  buffer, 
  59 
  feet 
  9 
  inches; 
  width, 
  10 
  feet; 
  height, 
  from 
  top 
  of 
  

   rail 
  to 
  toj) 
  of 
  car, 
  14 
  feet 
  3 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  equipped 
  with 
  6-wheel 
  Pull- 
  

   man 
  trucks, 
  paper 
  wheels, 
  combination 
  couplers, 
  etc., 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   hauled 
  on 
  passenger 
  trains. 
  Underneath, 
  between 
  the 
  trucks, 
  are 
  boxes 
  

   for 
  carrying 
  provisions, 
  tools, 
  extra 
  couplers, 
  and 
  a 
  water-tank. 
  Inside 
  

   the 
  car 
  is 
  finished 
  in 
  white 
  ash, 
  and 
  due 
  arrangements 
  are 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  

   comfort 
  and 
  convenience 
  of 
  the 
  crew. 
  In 
  one 
  end 
  is 
  an 
  office 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  captain, 
  containing 
  a 
  sleeping-berth, 
  desk, 
  and 
  toilet 
  facilities; 
  

   at 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  is 
  the 
  kitchen, 
  with 
  lockers 
  for 
  dishes, 
  also 
  the 
  air- 
  

   pump, 
  steam-pumi>, 
  and 
  a 
  5-horsepower 
  boiler 
  for 
  furnishing 
  necessary 
  

   power. 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  are 
  carried 
  in 
  tanks 
  or 
  cans 
  arranged 
  in 
  two 
  refrigerator 
  

   compartments 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  passageway. 
  Over 
  these 
  compart- 
  

   ments 
  are 
  two 
  upper 
  berths 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  for 
  the 
  accommodation 
  of 
  the 
  

   crew, 
  whose 
  meals 
  are 
  served 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  table, 
  placed 
  when 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  

   the 
  passageway 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  car. 
  Chairs 
  without 
  legs 
  are 
  ])vo- 
  

   vided, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  placed 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  refrigerators. 
  

  

  The 
  refrigerator- 
  chambers 
  are 
  26 
  inches 
  high 
  and 
  31 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  

   provided 
  with 
  lids; 
  the 
  partitions 
  are 
  iilled 
  with 
  cork, 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  its 
  nonconducting 
  properties. 
  At 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  chambers 
  

   is 
  an 
  ice-box, 
  which 
  holds 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  ton 
  of 
  ice. 
  

  

  The 
  transportation-tanks 
  used 
  in 
  carrying 
  yearling 
  and 
  adult 
  fishes 
  

   are 
  made 
  of 
  heavy 
  galvanized 
  iron, 
  and 
  are 
  27 
  inches 
  long, 
  27 
  inches 
  

   wide, 
  and 
  24 
  inches 
  deep, 
  holding 
  52 
  gallons 
  each. 
  They 
  are 
  heavily 
  

   coated 
  with 
  asphalt 
  before 
  being 
  used. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  transportation 
  of 
  fry 
  ordinary 
  10-gallon 
  iron 
  cans, 
  tinned, 
  

   are 
  used. 
  These 
  cans 
  are 
  24 
  inches 
  high, 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  on 
  the 
  

   outside, 
  with 
  slojjing 
  shoulders 
  and 
  cover, 
  and 
  two 
  handles 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  moving. 
  The 
  water 
  is 
  introduced 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   a 
  rubber 
  hose 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  pressure 
  tank, 
  or 
  simply 
  with 
  a 
  dij)per 
  

   or 
  bucket. 
  

  

  The 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  carried 
  in 
  an 
  iron 
  pressure-tank 
  of 
  500-gallon 
  

   capacity, 
  which 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  car 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  office. 
  The 
  

   water 
  is 
  circulated 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  steam-pump 
  through 
  galvanized-iron 
  

  

  