REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Tabic showing aid extended by railroads — Continued. 



Name of railroad. 



International and Great Northern 



Jacksonville Southeastern 



-I a< ksonville, Tampa and Key "West 



Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis 



Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf 



LaU e Erie and Western 



Lake Harbor 



Louisville and Nashville 



Maine Central 



Missouri, Kansas and Texas 



Missouri Pacific 



Michigan Central 



Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie. 



Mobile and Ohio 



Northern Pacitic 



Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City 



St. Louis and San Francisco 



St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern 



Texas and Pacific 



Union Pacific 



Wabash Railroad 



Wabash, Chester and Western 



West Virginia and Pittsburg 



Wilmington and Northern 



Wisconsin Central 



Total . 



Cars. 



234 

 206 

 112 



676 



170 

 161 

 20 



2, 205 



2,568 



1,444 



10, 868 



322 



126 



3, 312 



2, 142 



544 



1,026 



5, 038 



2, 700 



28 



208 



1,796 



Messen- 

 gers. 



2X2 



432 

 3 



76 



2,020 

 108 

 353 



342 

 909 

 879 



65, 093 



9,793 



Total. 



234 



206 



112 



958 



170 



161 



20 



2,637 



3 



2,568 



1,444 



10, 944 



322 



126 



5,332 



108 



2,495 



544 



1,368 



5,947 



3,579 



28 



208 



82 



1,796 



74, 886 



ADDITIONAL FISH-CULTURAL STATIONS. 



On June 9, 1894, Hon. H. H. Bingharn introduced in the House of 

 Representatives the following resolution : 



Resolved, That the United States Fish Commissioner he, and is herehy, directed to 

 report to the House of Representatives the desirability of the Government estab- 

 lishing a fish-hatchery in the grounds of the Zoological Society, Philadelphia, on 

 the Schuylkill River, in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. 



A similar resolution was presented to the Senate on July 19, 1891, by 

 Hon. M. S. Quay. 



In replying to this resolution the Commissioner expressed an opinion 

 adverse to the establishment of a station as proposed thereby, for the 

 reason that it would be improper to locate Government works on prop- 

 erty not freely open to the public, the Zoological Society charging an 

 admission fee for entrance to its grounds. It was also ascertained that 

 title to the site proposed for a station could not be vested in the United 

 States, as required by law. 



Fish-hatchery at San Marcos, Tex. — The release of the trustees under 

 the trusts given to secure certain bonds issued by the San Marcos 

 Water Company, mentioned in a previous report as required by the 

 Attorney-General as necessary before the deed of said company con- 

 veying to the United States certain rights would vest a valid title to 

 the same, were secured, and on September 27, 1893, the Attorney- 

 General certified to their sufficiency to convey with the deed a proper 

 transfer of the easements mentioned. Pending the erection of tbe dam 

 across the San Marcos River, agreed to be built by the San Marcos 

 Water Company and the citizens of San Marcos, settlement of the 

 consideration to be paid was deferred. Payment for the tract of land 

 purchased from Mr. W. D. Wood was made June 18, 1891. 

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