44 American Fisheries Society 



thusiasm for the cause, and will be able to help it along. 

 With your permission I move that Mr. Graham lie added to 

 the committee. 



President: That is a very good suggestion. 



The motion is that the committee be enlarged by the ad- 

 dition of Air. Graham. 



Motion seconded and unanimously carried. 



President : Mr. Graham is added to the committee. 



A recess was here taken until 8.00 p.m., at the Planters' 

 Hotel. 



The President called the meeting to order at the Planters' 

 Hotel, St. Louis, at 8.15 p.m. 



President : Gentlemen, Mr. L. A. Geserich, President 

 of the Missouri Fish Commission, wants to say a few words 

 to v< m in the way of extending an invitation. 



Mr. Geserich : Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the 

 American Fisheries Society: I was saying to Mr. Bower a 

 few moments ago, that I did not want to interfere with any 

 prearranged plan that you gentlemen may have; but I do 

 want to say this, that the State Fish Commission of Mis- 

 souri recently secured a new distributing car, one equipped 

 with every modern device for handling fish and water. I 

 thought if you would like to profit by our experience and 

 see what we have, we should be glad to have you visit the car 

 tomorrow. I really think we have something that no other 

 state has today, or even the Bureau of Fisheries at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, in the way of a fish distributing car — that is, 

 so far as the water and air plans are concerned. If you can 

 come out tomorrow afternoon we shall be highly pleased. 

 It will take about 20 minutes to run out there. I shall he 

 very glad to have you look the car over if you can. 



President: What time will the car be on view? 



Mr. Geserich: It is in storage at Compton Avenue 

 yards. I will have the superintendent arrange to fill a num- 

 ber of (he big tanks with water and obtain a supply of 

 air. We can then make a demonstration. I think, that will 



