The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-27
Columbia River Salmon May Be
Shipped Any Place.
NEW KIND or METHOD FOUND
Fish Car, Which May Revolutionize
Mode Of Piscasoriai Shipping and
Serve As Stimulant 20
the Industry.

A translation Of German report
made BY the Literary Digest tells how
lish alive and kicking may now be re.
ceived At any distance from the waters
In which they are captured. In other
words, the salmon OF the Columbia, the
trout Of Maine, the bass Of Florida may
be shipped 10 any part Of the United
States with as great facility as bale Of
hay or carte Of oranges. And when the
fish reach their destination they are as
lively as II they were in their native
element. although they have not seen
water since they were taken from the
sea or river. The possibility Of doing
this we owe to the Germans, and In q
recent issue Of Der Tag Berlin Hans
Dominik tells us how It may be done.
Mr.. Dominik says:
"A short time ago went To the
laboratory Of DR.. Eugene Erlewein. and
this gentleman showed me large glass
which was filled with shelves like book
case; on the shelves / saw large num-
Der Of fish Of every variety. There were
fat carp and pike, trout and bass. and
other watery denizens, and they were
all well and happy-they moved their
gills and fins exactly as II they were in
water, although they had not felt this
element for 30 hours. The manner in
which this was accomplished was soon
explained to me-
Mr.. Dominik says the floor Of the case
was covered with thick layer of damp
cloth; this kept the air in the receptacle
moist, and the gills of the fish in con-
sequence never became dry. But further
investigation showed that the air In the
box was not air at all but pure oxygen;
beside the case there was large steel
cylinder filled with oxygen. A tube led
from the cylinder to the base OF a jar
filled with water and another tube led
from the neck OF the jar into the box
containing the fish. Says the writer:
"As l watched the apparatus | saw
the oxygen bubble through the water of
the jar and then, after being saturated
with moisture, pass into the case. But
the oxygen in the case was not stagnant;
there was a pipe at one send which al
lowed the excess oxygen to escape. II
was now clear to me how the fish could
be kept alive and happy without water
"The oxygen passed through their wet
gills and into their blood in exactly the
same way as il they were in water while
the carbonic gas from their lungs was
carried Off with the excess oxygen.
"The afternoon of my visit the fish
were taken from the case and put in
the water. For this purpose the oxygen
was cut off, the top of the case un-
screwed and the fish thrown into tubs
filled with water. 1t was at once appar-
ent that the treatment had in no wise
injured the creatures. The trench i'm
mediately became lively and animated;
the thick Polish carp at first seemed a
little dazed by the pure oxygen, but
after few minutes was thoroughly
awake; the pike were slowest to act.
After a period of 10 minutes the pike
were still sluggish; the oxygen tube was
therefore pushed under the water and
into the fishes mouths, and when the
gas began to bubble through their gills
the creatures were at once restored"