REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



XIII 



Summary showiny name of railroad and total number of mile* of free transportation fur- 

 nished the U. S. Fish Commission cars bu the railroads from January 1, 1887, to June 

 W, 1888. 



Railroad. 



Canada Southern 



Chesapeake and Ohio 



Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 



Chicago and Grand Trunk 



Chicago and West Michigan 



Detroit, Bay City and Alpena 



Eastern 



Eureka Springs 



Flint and Pere Marquette 



Florida Railway Navigation Company. .. 



Grand Rapidu and Indiana 



Illinois Central 



Lake Shore and Michigan Southern 



Louisville and Nashville 



Maine Central 



Mexican Central 



Michigan Central 



Miles. 



459 



104 



262 



553 



54 



630 



216 



26 



3,561 



414 



620 



425 



947 



11 



272 



2, 448 



1,941 



Railroad. 



Missouri Pacific 



Mobile and Ohio 



Northern Pacific 



Old Colony 



Oregon Rail way and Navigation Company 

 Rome, Watertown and Ogdenshurgh. . . . 

 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern . 



St. Louis and San Francisco 



St. Paul and Duluth 



South Florida 



Texas Pacific 



Utah Central 



Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific 



Western and Atlantic 



Wisconsin Central 



Total 



Miles. 



1,622 

 40 



2,087 

 19 

 404 

 346 

 980 

 351 

 304 

 230 

 738 

 GOO 

 264 

 170 

 462 



21, 560 



DIVISIONS OF THE COMMISSION. 



DIVISION OF FISH CULTURE. 



For the present the Commissioner has retained immediate and personal 

 direction of the work of artificial propagation and distribution, and to 

 relieve himself as far as practicable from the details of administration 

 has designated an inspector of stations and a superintendent of dis- 

 tribution. 



In view of the increasing number of fish-cultural stations and their 

 distribution over all sections of the United States, the services of an in- 

 spector will be in constant requisition, to maintain intelligent super- 

 vision of the stations and prevent irregularities and abuses. 



The increasing production of the stations and the wider area over 

 which the distribution is to be made render the services of a superin- 

 tendent of distribution equally indispensable for the effective regula- 

 tion of the car and messenger service. 



These offices will constitute an integral part of the permanent organi- 

 zation of the personnel of the Commission, which should as soon as prac- 

 ticable be established by law and the classification of the service and 

 the rates of compensation specifically prescribed. 



The effective work of the stations is measured by the number of fish 

 and eggs furnished each season for distribution. This is increasing 

 each year, with a proportionate decrease in the cost of production. 



The total production for the fiscal year 1887-'88 is given in the follow- 

 ing table, and for convenience of refereuce is arranged by stations and 

 species. 



