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other point where hatcheries can be operated. It will take fourteen 

 hours from Owenyo, the point on the railroad where the fish cars will 

 be loaded, to Los Angeles, and about seventeen hours to Merced. This 

 will allow of the planting of the fry in the shortest possible time from 

 any of the large hatcheries in California. This site can not be excelled 

 for many reasons : first, there is a great amount of pure water in Oak 

 Creek; second, the climatic conditions and altitude for the rearing of fry 

 are ideal ; third, a large number of spawn fish can be taken from the 

 Rae Lakes and transferred to the hatchery; fourth, the hatchery is 

 centrally located, where all southern California and the mountain 



Fig. 49. A near view of one of the Rae Lakes where trout eggs are to be obtained for the 

 Inyo Hatchery. Photograph by R. D. Duke, August 17, 1916. 



district adjacent to the San Joaquin Valley, including the Yosemite 

 National Park, as well as the region north to Mono and Alpine counties, 

 and the hundreds of barren lakes in the southern high Sierras, can be 

 kept stocked with less expense than under any other system of hatchery 

 work. 



Acknowledgments. 



The commission acknowledges its appreciation and gratitude to the 

 following railway and transportation companies : 



The Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Western Pacific Railway 

 Company, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company, Santa Fe Rail- 

 way Company, Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Company, Lake 

 Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company, Ocean Shore Railroad 

 Company, Sierra Railway Company, California AVestern Railroad and 



