. Elements of transportation, a discussion of steam railroad electric railway, and ocean and inland water transportation . reamempty. By far the greater share of the barge traffic onthe Ohio and Mississippi consists of coal, and in the trans-portation of this three types of craft are used: (1) Coal boats, propelled by their own engines, draw-ing from 8 to 8^ feet of water and carrying from 1,000 to1,100 tons; (2) coal barges with a draft of 6 to 7 feet and aburden of 500 tons; and (3) coal floats consisting of cheaplyconstructed barges of 200 to 300 tons capacity. The coal SERVICES OF INLAND W
. Elements of transportation, a discussion of steam railroad electric railway, and ocean and inland water transportation . reamempty. By far the greater share of the barge traffic onthe Ohio and Mississippi consists of coal, and in the trans-portation of this three types of craft are used: (1) Coal boats, propelled by their own engines, draw-ing from 8 to 8^ feet of water and carrying from 1,000 to1,100 tons; (2) coal barges with a draft of 6 to 7 feet and aburden of 500 tons; and (3) coal floats consisting of cheaplyconstructed barges of 200 to 300 tons capacity. The coal SERVICES OF INLAND WATERWAYS 341 l)arij:(»s nre constructed mostly of wood, but those made ofsteel are now used to some extent. After their car^o hasbeen diseharji^ed they are towed upstream for coal floats, however, are used for only one trip, atthe end of which they are broken up and sold for of River Transportation.—Traffic upon theHudson, Ohio, and Mississippi and other navigated riversis handled by lines of steamboats, by independent packetsand towboats, and by manufacturing and coal-mining com-. The J. Pierpont Morgan, a Typical Lake Ore Carrier. Length 600 feet, beam 58 feet, gross register 7,161 tons, average carrying capacity 11,128 tons gross. panics. The acme of comfort and speed in the passengertraffic upon the rivers is reached in the day- and night-lineboats on the Hudson River. On the Ohio River there arenumerous lines, less elegant than those upon the Hudson,plying between Pittsburg and Cincinnati and from Cin-cinnati to other cities in the valley. From St. Louis topoints north and south on the Mississippi River there areseveral lines of steamers. The Ohio and Mississippi steam-boats carry both freight and passengers. The freight serv- 342 ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION ice on the rivers is also handled by independent packets notoperated as lines; and there are also numerous towboatswhose services can be secured by any person desiring tohave traffic
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