St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-22
FRESH FISH !
Arrival Of the Government Car with
Young Fish-The Distribution
Of German Carp in the
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Northwest
There arrived at st. Paul from Washington
yesterday afternoon, via the Milwaukee 81
st. Paul railroad, fish car No. 2, of the
United States fish commission, in charge of
Mr.. George ii. II. Moore. This car left the
government ponds at Washin gton, d. c., at
O'Clock on Friday evening, the 14th, and it
is laden with carp, tench, goldenites, and
blue carp. The tencb is an entirely new
food fish, so far as this country is concerned,
but is well known in Germany. II is prolific
and hardy, though it does not attain so rapid
nor so great growth as the German carp. 1t
is a scale-ish, and of good flavor. The blue
carp is a new variety in this country, and the
present. spawn win be the first that has been
distributed. The goldenite, while it is
wholesome food fish, is not so desirable be-
cause OF its bony character; but, as it is of
very handsome golden hue, it is looked upon
as pretty fancy fish for ponds, etc. 1t also
comes from Germany. The car in which
the fish are transported is quite curiosity
in itself. To all outward show it is
just the same as an ordinary passenger
coach. But the interior is quite different. 1t is
finished in oak At one end is Mr.. Moore's
private apartment, heating room, lavatory,
linen lockers, stationery closet, etc. Just
outside of them is a cooling box for holding
ice, through which the air in the tanks on
either side sre kept cool. These tanks take
up both sides of the aisle for about two-thirds
the length of the car. In these tanks, cooled
by ice, are set little tin pals, each of which
contains from twenty to thirty little fish
floating in clear water. The fish are from
two to five months old, and vary in size from
one To six inches in length. Mr.. Moore, who
by the way, is quite fish expert, informed
reporter for the GLOBE that the fish would be
distributed fEom the car mostly consisting of
carp. This car came through from Des
Moines, to ST. Paul, and it is from st. Paul
that Minnesota, Wisconsin and Dakota will
be supplied. The fish are sent subject to ex-
press charges and a charge of so cents, the
actual cost of the tin pals, which could not
ordinarily be purchased at that price. Mr..
Moore stated that night hawks were great
enemies of the young carp, and that such
birds had been caught in the vicinity of the
Washington ponds, which revealed, upon in
vestigation, twenty young carp in their
stomaches. Carp, according to the
temperature Of the climate will
grow from one to five hounds
in year, and in instances they have been
known to grow seven. In Germany there
have been caught carp that have weighed
from fifty to sixty pounds, and as high as
ninety pounds. but it is related of these
statements that they are but "reminiscences
OF former glory IN the fish catching line. In
order to obtain these application has first TO
be made to Washington. In its memoran-
DUN, printed on the back of the form of an
plication, the fish commission say: 1T NAV
be well to state that it is no use 10 Introduce
carp in waters already occupied with such
fish as IS, sunlish, perch, trout, or any
other fesh-eatirg species whatever; even
chubs and minnows are Objectionable. Al
though the fish supplied might not be liable
to injury, their eggs and young would GER
tainly be deyoured, and no result would come
from the experiment"
The ear will remain here till Monday when
it will go TO Deer Lodge city, Montana. via
the Northern Pacific railroad, where appli-
Giants from Idaho and Montana win get their
supplies. The last stopping place will be
Portland, Oregon, from which point fish will
be distributed into Oregon and Washington
territory.