﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CIX 
  

  

  34.— 
  LIST 
  OF 
  RAILROADS 
  FURNISHING 
  TRANSPORTATION 
  AT 
  REDUCED 
  

  

  RATES. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  mentioned 
  that 
  the 
  railroads 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  in 
  

   general 
  have 
  transported 
  the 
  cars 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  at 
  a 
  rate 
  of 
  20 
  

   cents 
  per 
  mile, 
  this 
  including 
  the 
  fare 
  of 
  five 
  messengers 
  — 
  a 
  figure 
  very 
  

   much 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  usual 
  charge 
  for 
  such 
  service, 
  and 
  showing 
  the 
  

   favorable 
  consideration 
  entertainted 
  by 
  the 
  companies 
  toward 
  the 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  For 
  many 
  thousands 
  of 
  miles 
  the 
  service 
  has 
  been 
  

   conducted 
  without 
  any 
  cost 
  whatever 
  to 
  the 
  Commission. 
  The 
  only 
  

   road 
  that 
  charged 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  cents 
  per 
  mile 
  is 
  the 
  Union 
  Pacific. 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  railroads 
  that 
  moved 
  cars, 
  and 
  messengers 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  five 
  accompanying, 
  at 
  

   the 
  rate 
  of 
  20 
  cents 
  a 
  mile 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1885. 
  

  

  Miles. 
  

  

  Alabama 
  Great 
  Southern 
  Railroad; 
  Chattanooga, 
  Tenn 
  143 
  

  

  Boston 
  and 
  Albany 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Springfield, 
  Mass 
  800 
  

  

  Central 
  Railroad 
  of 
  Georgia; 
  Savannah, 
  Ga 
  690 
  

  

  Charlotte, 
  Columbia 
  and 
  Augusta 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Columbia, 
  S. 
  C 
  489 
  

  

  Chesapeake 
  and 
  Ohio 
  Railway; 
  Richmond, 
  Va 
  1,032 
  

  

  Chesapeake, 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Southwestern 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Louisville, 
  Ky 
  392 
  

  

  Chicago, 
  Burlington 
  aud 
  Quiucy 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Chicago, 
  111 
  374 
  

  

  Chicago, 
  Milwaukee 
  and 
  Saint 
  Paul 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Milwaukee, 
  Wis 
  1, 
  220 
  

  

  Chicago 
  and 
  Northwestern 
  Railway; 
  Chicago, 
  111 
  580 
  

  

  Chicago, 
  Saint 
  Louis 
  and 
  Pittsburg 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Pittsburg, 
  Pa 
  381 
  

  

  Columbia 
  and 
  Greenville 
  Railroad; 
  Columbia, 
  S. 
  C 
  107 
  

  

  Cumberland 
  Valley 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Chambersburg, 
  Pa 
  222 
  

  

  Delaware, 
  Lackawanna 
  and 
  Western 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y 
  154 
  

  

  East 
  Tennessee, 
  Virginia 
  aud 
  Georgia 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Knoxville, 
  Tenn 
  242 
  

  

  Georgia 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Augusta, 
  Ga 
  171 
  

  

  Illinois 
  Central 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Chicago, 
  111 
  1, 
  756 
  

  

  Indianapolis, 
  Decatur 
  and 
  Springfield 
  Railway; 
  Indianapolis, 
  Ind 
  153 
  

  

  Louisville 
  and 
  Nashville 
  Railroad; 
  Louisville, 
  Ky 
  127 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Central 
  and 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y 
  298 
  

  

  New 
  York, 
  New 
  Haven 
  and 
  Hartford 
  Railroad; 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y 
  240 
  

  

  New 
  York, 
  Providence 
  and 
  Boston 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Stonington, 
  Conn 
  128 
  

  

  New 
  York, 
  West 
  Shore 
  and 
  Buffalo 
  Railway 
  ; 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y 
  705 
  

  

  Norfolk 
  aud 
  Western 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa 
  727 
  

  

  Ohio 
  and 
  Mississippi 
  Railway; 
  Cincinnati, 
  Ohio 
  43 
  

  

  Pennsylvania 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa 
  15, 
  329 
  

  

  Pittsburg, 
  Cincinnati 
  and 
  Saint 
  Louis 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Pittsburg, 
  Pa 
  5, 
  715 
  

  

  Richmond 
  and 
  Danville 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Richmond, 
  Va 
  2, 
  628 
  

  

  Richmond, 
  Fredericksburg 
  and 
  Potomac 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Richmond, 
  Va 
  40 
  

  

  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Keokuk 
  and 
  Northwestern 
  Railway; 
  Keokuk, 
  Iowa 
  262 
  

  

  Savannah, 
  Florida 
  and 
  Western 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Savannah, 
  Ga 
  666 
  

  

  Shenandoah 
  Valley 
  Railroad; 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa 
  909 
  

  

  Terre 
  Haute 
  aud 
  Indianapolis 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Terre 
  Haute, 
  Ind 
  3, 
  334 
  

  

  Union 
  Pacific 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Omaha, 
  Nebr 
  2, 
  603 
  

  

  Virginia 
  Midland 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Alexandria, 
  Va 
  4,506 
  

  

  Wabash, 
  Saiut 
  Louis 
  and 
  Pacific 
  Railway 
  ; 
  Saint 
  Louis, 
  Mo 
  902 
  

  

  Western 
  Railway 
  of 
  Alabama, 
  and 
  Atlanta 
  and 
  West 
  Point 
  Railroad 
  ; 
  Mont- 
  

   gomery 
  ? 
  Ala 
  •_. 
  525 
  

  

  Total 
  „_.„ 
  48,593 
  

  

  