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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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CAK AND MESSENGER SERVICE. 



During the season of 1886 the cars of the Commission were moved 

 45,80 L mile's, as follows: 



Car No. 1 : 



Carp distribution 



Shad distribution 



Car No. 2 : 



Carp distribution 



Shad distribution 



Whitefisb distribution. 



Trout distribution 



Car No. 3: 



Carp distribution 



Trout distribution 



Shad distribution 



Miles. 



4. 183 



4,390 



10, 327 



637 



G, 153 



2, 536 



922 

 5, 004 



Total 37,711 



Paid. 



Free. 



Mil s. 



1,313 



74 

 3,919 



2,350 



488 



Total. 



Miles. 

 3,559 



4, 183 



5, 703 



10,401 



4, 550 

 a, 509 



2, 530 

 922 



5, 492 



8, 150 45, 801 



Of the above transportation 8,150 miles were furnished by the rail- 

 roads gratuitously, and 37,711 miles paid for at an average rate of 20 

 cents per mile. 



The number of miles traveled by messengers on detached service was 

 as follows (all paid) : 



Miles. 



Carp distribution 13,701 



Shad distribution 12, 259 



Whitefish distribution 7,784 



Trout and perch distribution 6, 802 



Soles distribution 989 



Total 41,535 



As heretofore many of the railroads, especially the great continental 

 lines, have responded freely and generously to requests for free trans- 

 portation, and we have thus been enabled to extend the benefits of the 

 distribution to remote sections of the country, which it would otherwise 

 have been impracticable for us to supply on account of the enormous 

 expense of such distribution. 



The following is a list of the railroads which furnished free transporta- 

 tion : 



CAR No. 2. 





Date. 



188G-'87. 

 Nov. 20 



23 



Dec. 1 



4 



Aug. 19 



20 



Feb. 



Species. 



Carp. . 



...do . 

 ...do . 

 ....do . 



Trout. 



....do . 

 ...do . 

 ...do . 



...do 



...do 



Railroad. 



Missouri Pacific 



do 



Utah Central 



do 



Saint Louis and San Fran- 

 cisco. 



do 



do 



Kansas City, Fort Scott and 



Gulf. 

 Flint and Pere Marquette . . 



do 



Route. 



Saint Louis to Kansas City and 

 return. 



Kansas City to Omaha 



OgdentoSalt Lake City and return. 

 Salt Lake City to Milford and return . 

 Saint Louis to Verona 



Verona to Nichols 



Nichols to Kansas City 



Nichols to Mammoth Springs and 

 return. 



Northville, Mich., to Reed City and 

 return. 



Northville, Mich., to Toledo and re- 

 turn. 



Distance. 



Miles. 



574 



213 



74 

 452 

 274 



32 

 242 



288 



336 

 124 



