826 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [14] 



ture of lake at time of deposit, 34°. This trip cleared tlie tanks of tlie 

 li^orthville hatchery, with exception of a few hundred retained for ex- 

 periments in feeding. 



Trip iVo. 7. — The starting-point for the car in the first four trips with 

 fish from Alpena was at Bay City, and for the remaining three trips, 

 Point Saint Ignace, the extreme southeastern point of the Upper Penin- 

 sula. 



The fish for this trip, 2,000,000 in number, were shipped from Alpena 

 in charge of two messengers, per steamer Arundel], leaving at 3 p. m., 

 April 24, and arriving at Bay City the following morning. Thej' were 

 then hauled to the car, nearly one-half mile, and placed in fifty of the 

 automatic cans. The fish were in fine condition when the boat arrived, 

 the water having been replaced with a fresh supply from the lake every 

 two hours since leaving Alpena, but some were lost before delivery to 

 the car, too few cans being employed in making the transfer from the boat. 

 The car left Bay City at 11 a. m., going to Holly over the Flint and Pere 

 Marquette Eailroad ; thence by the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwau- 

 kee road to Grand Haven, the fish being deposited about 5 miles 

 southwest of this point, in Lake Michigan, at 10 a. m., April 20. Tem- 

 perature of water at hatchery when fish were moved, 39^^ ; tempera- 

 ture of water used between Alpena ;ind Grand Haven, 36° to 44° ; tem- 

 perature of lake at time and i)lace of deposit, 38°. About 500 pounds 

 of ice were used by the car on this trip. 



Trip Wo. 8. — The fish for this trip, 2,000,000 in number, were deliv- 

 ered to the car and placed in sixty-four automatic cans on the morning 

 of April 27, having been shipped from the hatchery about noon the day 

 previous. The car left Bay City at 2.40 p. m., and was run direct to 

 Ludington, the point of deposit, over the Flint and Pere Marquette 

 Eailroad. The fish were deposited about 3 miles from Ludington, 

 in Lake Michigan, at 10.30 a. m., April 28. Temperature of water at 

 hatchery when fish were moved, 38.|o ; of the water on fish in transit, 

 38° to 45° ; of the lake, where the fish were released, 38°. Five hun- 

 dred pounds of ice were used on this trip. 



Trip Wo. 9.— The car left Bay City at 7.15 a. m.. May 1, with 2,000,000 

 minnows, shipped from Alpena the day before ; proceeded to Reed City 

 by the Flint and Pere Marquette road ; thence to Petoskey, the point 

 of deposit, by the Grand Rapids and Indiana road. The fish were de- 

 posited in Lake Michigan at 8 a. m.. May 2. Temperature of water at 

 hatchery when fish were moved, 40° ; of the water in transit, 38° to 45° : 

 of the lake where the fish were set free, 35°- Ice used, 1,000 pounds. 



Trip Wo. 10.— The car left Bay City at 8.45 p. m., May 4, with 4,000,000 

 minnows in 74 automatic cans ; was dispatched to Flint over the Flint 

 and Pere Marquette road, thence to Chicago over the Chicago and 

 Grand Trunk ; thence by the Chicago and Northwestern to Kenosha 

 and Milwaukee, the fish being planted one-half at the former and one- 

 half at the latter place, in Lake Michigan, at 2 and 5 p. m., respectively, 



