Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-18

EASTERN FISH FOR CALIFoRNIA.--The
Springfield Republican of the 4th, thus
describes the " aquarium car" which passed
through that city, the previous evening,
with its novel collection of passengers on
their way across the continent
at consists of box freight car of the
Union Pacific Railroad, labelled brightly,
| Aquarium Car and contains within, a
large square tank in one half. and number
of small tanks in the shape of cones, trun'
Gated and with tunnels filling the aperture
at the top, in the other half-these smaller
tanks being SO shaped in order to retain their
liquid and living contents despite any amount
OF shaking and splashing. In these recepta-
cles are distributed. according to their hab-
its, this list of inny-and other denizens
of eastern waters, to be colonized on the Pa
breeding catfish, sixty full-grOwn yellow
perch, twelve full-grown horn pouts twelve
glass-eyed pike, fifty breeding cells, one thou
sand tautogs, twenty striped bass, fifty year
ling perch, seventy large Holsters, one blrrei
(selected) oysters; besides which one hun
bred thousand Hudson River shad are to be
taken on at Albany, and somewhat less than
one hundred thousand small eels will also be
conveyed. There is large quantity of sea
water on board for the benefit OF the Holsters,
| oysters and tautogs. This list includes
eleven varieties of fish not native to Cali
| f0rnia. Bunks for the repose of two attend
ants are fitted up in the car above the large
tank. The collection of these fish has been
made and they will be accompanied on their
-. II
Charlestown, New Hampshire. Assistant
United States Commissioner of Fisheries, an
enthusiast and authority in pisciculture.
| The success of the experiment, which is IN
dertaken at the expense of the State of Cali
fOrnia, is of course entirely problematic ; the
trip is long one, although they will travel
all the distance on passenger trains ; and the
water will have to be changed occasionally
Care will be taken to put in only the purest
of water, all places where it is bracklsh or
polluted or hard being passed, even at the
risk of stating the water In the tanks a lit
tie. Mr.. Stone hopes to bring to their des-
tination at least useful percentage of his
freight, TO populate the California streams
| He will remain on the Pacific slope this sum-
mer, to collect salmon eggs for transporta-
ton hither, thus making the matter one OF
tACudupc Ueth6eu Tue dE East anu L dr
West
This Aquarium Car was wrecked ten
days ago at EIkhorn River, thirty miles west
of Nebraska. 1t started from Charlestown
n H., o. the /. Mr.. Stone had the fish
placed in eleven tanks manufactured by the
Patent Churn Company at Springfield, Yer
mont. Arrangements had been made fo1
supplies of food and water at various points
on the road, and at Chicago several tons OF
lake water and ice were taken along. All
these precautions came to naught, for the
train was wrecked crossing the Elkhorn river
and the aquarium car especially SMASHED in
pieces. Tue fish were all emptied by the
crash into the Ekhorn, and if a part of them
can make live of it, it will be rather a
pleasant country for an angler in few years
Mr.. Stone, under the direction of Fish
Commissioner Spencer F. Baird, will make
another attempt to get a stock Of fish across
the continent to supply the California waters.