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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Ill 
  March 
  3,000,000 
  wliiteiisli 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  from 
  Put-iu 
  Bay 
  

   Station 
  on 
  car 
  Ko. 
  3 
  to 
  Bear 
  Lake, 
  Idaho, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  

   liberated 
  J 
  34,000,000 
  fry 
  were 
  also 
  deposited 
  in 
  Lakes 
  Huron, 
  Superior, 
  

   Michigan, 
  and 
  iu 
  Turkey 
  Lake, 
  Indiana, 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  April 
  

   and 
  May, 
  with 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  only 
  50,000. 
  The 
  average 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  in 
  wliich 
  they 
  were 
  transported 
  was 
  3T^. 
  Air 
  circulation 
  was 
  

   used 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  whitefish 
  and 
  resulted 
  iu 
  doubling 
  the 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  the 
  cars, 
  over 
  4,000,000 
  being 
  taken 
  on 
  some 
  trips. 
  

  

  The 
  black 
  bass 
  and 
  rock 
  bass 
  produced 
  at 
  Neosho 
  and 
  Wytheville 
  

   and 
  the 
  Washington 
  Fish 
  Ponds 
  were 
  distributed 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  as 
  

   the 
  yearling 
  rainbow 
  trout. 
  The 
  distribution 
  from 
  Quincy 
  was 
  made 
  

   during 
  summer. 
  Little 
  difficulty 
  was 
  experienced 
  in 
  transporting 
  

   these 
  species 
  (the 
  losses 
  not 
  exceeding 
  6 
  per 
  cent); 
  they 
  were 
  carried 
  

   as 
  usual 
  in 
  square 
  galvanized-iron 
  tanks 
  with 
  a 
  temperature 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  55° 
  to 
  00°. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  rock 
  bass 
  were 
  shipped 
  with 
  

   satisfactory 
  results 
  in 
  carp 
  pails, 
  about 
  30 
  to 
  each 
  pail, 
  on 
  trips 
  not 
  

   requiring 
  more 
  than 
  24 
  hours' 
  time. 
  This 
  method 
  of 
  shipment 
  reduced 
  

   very 
  nniterially 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  distribution 
  and 
  also 
  saved 
  much 
  time. 
  

   It 
  was 
  tried 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  bass 
  for 
  short 
  shipments, 
  but 
  with 
  only 
  

   moderate 
  success. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fall 
  carp 
  and 
  tench 
  numbering 
  131,152 
  were 
  distributed, 
  

   the 
  cars 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  traveling 
  9,836 
  miles, 
  with 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  only 
  

   8,459 
  fish. 
  In 
  the 
  spring 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  cars, 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  three 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  messengers, 
  planted 
  78,000,000 
  shad 
  fry 
  in 
  rivers 
  along 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast 
  from 
  Florida 
  to 
  Massachusetts. 
  They 
  were 
  transported 
  

   in 
  the 
  regulation 
  round-shouldered 
  cans, 
  in 
  water 
  of 
  a 
  temperature 
  

   ranging 
  from 
  02° 
  to 
  08°. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  work 
  the 
  car 
  and 
  messenger 
  service 
  was 
  

   called 
  upon 
  to 
  transport 
  the 
  tish 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  Commission 
  at 
  the 
  

   Cotton 
  States 
  and 
  International 
  Exposition, 
  Atlanta, 
  Ga. 
  Car 
  No. 
  4 
  

   was 
  si)ecially 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  transportation 
  of 
  marine 
  fishes 
  with 
  an 
  air- 
  

   circulating 
  plant 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  used 
  in 
  transporting 
  salt-water 
  fishes 
  

   to 
  Chicago 
  for 
  the 
  World's 
  Columbian 
  Exposition, 
  rectangular 
  tanks 
  

   with 
  submerged 
  covers 
  being 
  used 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  circular 
  ones, 
  as 
  it 
  

   was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  carried 
  much 
  better 
  in 
  them. 
  

  

  As 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  railroads 
  refused 
  to 
  haul 
  the 
  cars 
  unless 
  fitted 
  with 
  

   quick-action 
  air 
  brakes, 
  Nos. 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  were 
  equipped 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  as 
  

   required, 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  construction, 
  No. 
  3 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  equipped 
  in 
  

   this 
  manner. 
  

  

  In 
  January 
  when 
  No. 
  2 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  railroad 
  shops 
  at 
  Altoona, 
  to 
  

   have 
  the 
  quick-action 
  air 
  brake 
  put 
  on, 
  it 
  Avas 
  discovered 
  that 
  the 
  main 
  

   timbers 
  were 
  much 
  decayed, 
  and 
  further 
  examination 
  showed 
  the 
  car 
  to 
  

   be 
  so 
  unsafe 
  that 
  arrangements 
  were 
  at 
  once 
  made 
  to 
  rebuild 
  it, 
  using 
  

   as 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  material 
  as 
  practicable. 
  It 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  March, 
  

   at 
  an 
  expense 
  of 
  about 
  $4,000, 
  and 
  was 
  then 
  taken 
  to 
  Central 
  Station, 
  

   where 
  the 
  boilers, 
  pumps, 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  and 
  circulating 
  pipes 
  

   were 
  replaced 
  by 
  the 
  engineer 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  

  

  