Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . ng of about 30,000,000shad eggs at a time. The water is obtained from Pembroke Creek,whence it is pumped into a 6,000-gallon tank for distribution throughthe hatchery. A frame pump-house 30 by 15 feet, with a fuel-houseattached, has been completed and a 15-horsepower horizontal SimplexBlake pump with a No. 5 boiler has been installed. It is proposed tofurnish water for the bass ponds from artesian wells, several of whichwill be driven, and during the coming year the ponds will be con-structed and other buildings erected. A T-shaped
Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . ng of about 30,000,000shad eggs at a time. The water is obtained from Pembroke Creek,whence it is pumped into a 6,000-gallon tank for distribution throughthe hatchery. A frame pump-house 30 by 15 feet, with a fuel-houseattached, has been completed and a 15-horsepower horizontal SimplexBlake pump with a No. 5 boiler has been installed. It is proposed tofurnish water for the bass ponds from artesian wells, several of whichwill be driven, and during the coming year the ponds will be con-structed and other buildings erected. A T-shaped landing-pier 95 feetlong has been built and the grounds surrounded with a wire fence. Plans for the new stations have been prepared by the architect andengineer, Mr. H. von Bayer, who has had the general oversight of theconstruction work involved, besides the more important alterations atother stations. Plans of these stations and of those completed duringthe preceding fiscal year are shown after page c. Report U, S, F. C. 1 899. (To face page XXX. Plate VI. REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXINEW TRANSPORTATION CAR. Tho new stations which have been placed in operation during thelast two or three years, and the consequent increase in the output ofthe Commission, have rendered necessary an increase of transportationfacilities to distribute the greater quantity of fishes now the authority of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1899,a contract was made with the Jackson & Sharp Company, of Wil-mington, Del., to build a fish-transportation car to replace the old oneknown as car No. 4. The new car is supplied with all the appliancesand conveniences which experience has shown to be essential, andis similar in construction, dimensions, and arrangement to car No. 3,described on page xxxvi of the report for 1898. It is, however, some-what higher than No. 3, being 14 feet over all. Bolted to the side sillsand running the full length of the car is a plating
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