18 



Des Plaines River 1,000 



Reservoir Illinois Central Railway, Clinton 200 



C, B. & Q. reservoir, Mendota 200 



Edwards River 1,000 



Quincy Bay 2,000 



This with a supplementary shipment, was the gift of the United States Com- 

 mission to the State of Illinois, as well as the expense of the car and crew, 

 engaged in the distribution. Car came into the State over the Indianapolis & 

 St. Louis Railway to Vandalia, from which point fish for Okaw, Big Muddj', 

 Saline and Little Wabash Rivers were seo^: by express. Car came over Illi- 

 nois Central Railway to Springfield, where the Sangamon River and Clear 

 Lake were stocked, car laying over there one day. From Springfield via Illi- 

 nois Central Railway to Clinton, where the reservoir was stocked; thence t© 

 LaSalle, where plant for Illinois River was made. From there to Mendota, 

 stocking the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway reservoir. From Men- 

 dota the fish for Rock River were sent to Dixon. Car then went over Chi- 

 cago, Burlington & Quincy Railway to Aurora, planting Fox River: then to 

 Naperville for the DesPlaines River, reaching Chicago at night. From Chi- 

 cago fish were sent to Kankakee River. Lakes in Lincoln and South Parks 

 were supplied from Chicago. 



Copied from Report of 1838: 



On November 13, 1887, car No. 2, United States Fish Commission, in charge 

 of Mr. George H. H. Moore, ai-rived at Quincy with a load of carp for distri- 

 bution in the public waters of the State. Leaving Quincy at 5 o'clock same 

 day, on Wabash Railway, 1.500 blue carp were planted in Illinois River, 500 

 in lake at Jacksonville, 1,000 in ponds on State Encampment grounds, at 

 Springfield. Car left Springfield at 4:30 p. m. of 14th, on Illinois Central 

 Railway, planting 500 at Clinton, Illinois Central reservoir, arriving at Kan- 

 kakee at 4 o'clock on morning of 15th. Planted in Kankakee River, at Kan- 

 kakee, 5,000. Left Kankakee at 7 o'clock same morning. Ran to Centralia, 

 where carp were left for the following points: 



Crooked Creek, 250; Clear River, 250; Little Wabash River, 250; Big 

 Muddy River, 250; Okaw River, 250. Leaving Centralia at 8:50 morning of 

 16th, ran to Decatur, where 1,000 carp were deposited in Sangamon River. 

 Left Decatur at 4:30 p. m., on Wabash Railway, for Quincy, arriving at 12 

 o'clock at night. Left Quincy on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway, on 

 morning of 18th. Left 250 carp in ponds of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 

 Railway, at Galesburg. Ar}ived at Meredosia at 12 o'clock, sending 1,000 

 carp by messenger to Rock River, at Dixon, and leaving 1.000 at Mendota, 

 for Mendota Lake. Arrived at Aurora at 1:15, planted 2.000 in Fox River, 

 and sent 500 by messenger to Naperville, for DesPlaines River. Arrived at 

 Chicago at 2:45, from there 250 carp wei-e sent to Rockford. for Rock River, 

 and 400 to Richmond, for lakes in McHenry county. Car left for Washington 

 on the night of November 18. 



Carp were distributed to private applicants two years previous to first plant 

 in public waters. Many of the ponds were destroyed bj- freshet of 1884-5, 

 which carried down into the rivers the fish from the ponds. A very large 

 number of largr :arp were taken the first year of the plant in public waters, 

 and must have been the fish so escaping. 



To quote from the report of 1886 again: 



Of this planting we have not as yet had any report, but that carp will 

 thrive in our rivers, has, we think, been demonstrated beyond a question. 

 About September 10, 1880, Messrs. Sehrall and Boles, of Meredosia, tele- 

 graphed to the writer, at Quincy, that they had caught a large carp in the 

 Illinois river near Meredosia, that it was alive and if we wanted it to send 

 for it. I at once sent a messenger and case for it. On its arrival I found it 

 to be a mirror carp, measuring 30^4 inches in length and weighing 15^ 

 pounds. The week following another telegram arrived from the same source, 

 telling of another large carp, which, upon arrival here, pvoved to be almost 



