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been nsinp; to transport the fish, have been hauled all over the 

 State on passenp;ei- trains, practically free of expense. As a 

 matter of fact our work would have been, to a great extent, 

 impossible, had it not been for this generous assistance. We 

 are especially indebted to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R: 

 R. and Wabash R. R., and, while every request made of the 

 other roads has been granted, we have been so located in our 

 work that we have, of necessity, been compelled to ask much 

 more frequent favors of the management of these two roads 

 than of any other. By the use of the U. S. cars, which are fitted 

 up with aerating apparatus, we were enabled to carry breeding 

 fish for a much longer time than by the old method. Our mes- 

 sengers, who have been making distribution with cans in bag- 

 gage cars, have been having much better success the past sea- 

 son than ever before, and have been making the plants with a 

 very much reduced percentage of loss. We give below a lislr of 

 the roads that have assisted us with transportation for cars 

 and tanks in baggage cars: 



Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 



Wabash R. R. Co. 



Illinois Central R. R. Co. 



St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R. 



Toledo, Peoria & Western Ry. 



Terre Haute & Peoria R. R. 



Chicago & Eastern Illinois. 



Mobile & Ohio R. R. 



Ohio & Mississippi Ry. 



Jacksonville Southeastern Line. 



Chicago & Northwestern Ry. 



Lake Erie & Western R. R. 



Elgin, Joliet & Eastern R. R. 



Chicago & Iowa R. R. 



Wabash, Chester & Western R. R. 



Grand Tower & Carbondale R. R. 



Fulton County Narrow Gauge R. R. 



Indianapolis, Decatur & Western R. R. 



Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. 



Rock Island & Peoria R. R. 



Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R. R. 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 



Louisville & Nashville R. R. 



Vandalia Line. 



Indiana, Illinois & Iowa R. R. 



St. Louis Bridge Company. 



avorld's fair exhibit. 



The legislature, in making an appropriation for representing 

 the State in its various departments at the World's Columbian 

 Exposition, provided that the State Fish Commission should 

 make an exhibit as follows: 



"An exhibit by the State Fish Commission of native and cultivated 

 live tish, with hatchery and appliances and equipments for transportation, 

 models of flshways in use." 



