The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-10
NEW FISHERIES CAR.
Has Been Placed in Commission for U.
S. Government.

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Washington, d. C., July lo.-The ne,
bureau of fisheries car, constructed a
Wilmington, Del, arrived az Union sta
tion, Washington, July |, The ear wa
delivered 10 the bureau and accepted il
May, but has since been at Wilmington
for the installation OF special equipmen
preparatory 10 being placed in commits
sion. A crew of five men has been as
signed TO the new car, transferred from
one Of the old wooden ears.
The car is entirely of steel, including
all interior bulkheads, partitions, doors
berths, lockers, and water tanks, aud /,
thoroughly insulated by the latest i'm
proved method 10 insure against heat
aud cold. IL has length of 60 feet am
one.half inch over ends Of body plates
and standard width of 10 feet. The
weight Of the car with equipment il
10000 pounds, and Is designed to ear.
ry a load of $4,000 pounds, including
water, fuel, ice, and other supplies, max
ing its total weight when loaded. ls5,Oa0
pounds, or 921s tons.
The car is specially designed for car.
rying live fishes long distances. In the
center, running lengthwise on each size,
are insulated tanks with a total capacity
for 1870 ten-gallon cans in which the fish
are held. During transportation the dsh
viii be furnished with oxygen and fresh
water by means Of air and water pumps,
operated by a six horse. power steam
boiler. The boiler will also furnish heat
to the car, but in addition to this indie
pendent heating system the usual train
attachment for heating the car from the
locomotive is provided for.
Tanks for carrying a reserve water
supply are located beneath the car. and
an Ice box of capacity of one ton OF
ice provided. In addition TO the facili.
ties for the transportation of fish, the
car is fitted with living accommodations
for a crew OF five men. cook gallery
as office, and space for dining table
Fish are distributed by the bureau Of
fisheries in every state of the union,
some 10000 individual applications beng
filled annually in addition to the large
public plants OF the so-called comma cial
species in the Great Lakes and coastal
streams Of the sesboards.
This phase OF the bureaus work has
grown to enormous proportions and in /
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1915, for. |
~ nine species were propagated, these /
including. in addition TO fishes, the lob. |
'ter and several species OF economically
fresh-water mussels. The total /
'utput OF these was over four and hafr
billions, which were planted in every Il
tate and Alaska. Some idea of the mag
litude of the work of distributing fish
: indicated by the fact that it involved
3I7l6 miles TO travel, of which 1864
vas by the bureaus special cars and the
by ear messengers. These
marine and fresh-water fishes and invert-
brates were collected and Matched by 30
tatlons and % sub-stations located in
4 states and Alaska In addition s,404..
rom overfiowed lands and returned in
afety to the streams; otherwise they i,
'ould have persisted in the temporary ;
onds lett by the receding waters.
Solely by reason OF these fsh-cultural
perations and similar activities on the
art Of the states, the supply OF trout
nd other game and food fishes in
reams and small lakes is being main
tined and increased the whitelish OF .
lie Great Lakes is holding its own, the !
lad in certain waters is being saved :
ON extinction, and the effects oil ex y
lustive fisheries for the Pacific salmon :
ID certain marine fisheries are being 3
fset. As a result of transplsnting, the !,
tlantie shad and striped bass are abun .
mt on the Pacific coast, and the former ;,
e being shipped back In large mum :,
rs TO supply the markets OF the East. -
,rtain depleted salmon rivers oil Maine :
Gently have been planted with hump Il
ok salmon from the Pacific coast and :,
nall runs of breeding fish already have h.
peared in several OF thesse streams, in n
eating that the nearly exterminated :;
,lantic salmon may be replaced by a II
,rthy successor, better able to cope =,
tn the new conditions in the streams 7
,ident TO industrial development ~