. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ast FortHamilton and Fort Wadsworth, p^t thesummer resorts of Midland and SouthBeaches, the latter served by our StatenIsland Lines, the tug proceeded around thelower end of the island and came up intothe Kill van Ki;ll, that narrow body ofwater separating Staten Island from theNew Jersey Shore. One of the interring sights on the tripwas here disclosed in a group of fifty to ahundred ships owned by the United StatesGovernment and lying idle at their moor-ings. It seemed a great pity these staunchfreighters are now but the prey of wind andweather and su
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ast FortHamilton and Fort Wadsworth, p^t thesummer resorts of Midland and SouthBeaches, the latter served by our StatenIsland Lines, the tug proceeded around thelower end of the island and came up intothe Kill van Ki;ll, that narrow body ofwater separating Staten Island from theNew Jersey Shore. One of the interring sights on the tripwas here disclosed in a group of fifty to ahundred ships owned by the United StatesGovernment and lying idle at their moor-ings. It seemed a great pity these staunchfreighters are now but the prey of wind andweather and suffering great deterioration,instead of handling the great commerce ofthe United States on the seven seas. Andall because our government does not seemto be able to adopt a satisfactory policy fortheir operation! The whole trip through the Kill van Kullwas interesting because of the expansion ofindustries along both shores of New Jerseyand Staten Island, and it was with a pro-(Concluded on page 80) 24 Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, May, IQ23. 4y [.Vvyov Auditor s^Disbursements Note: All puzzles published in this department will he defined, as far as possible,from the New Standard Dictionary, edition of ig20. It is permissible to useboth geographical and biographical words in the construction of puzzles, but whensuch words are taken from any authority other than the New Standard Dictionary,the name of such authority must be stated at the end of the definition, in paren-thesis. Obsolete words will be marked at the end of the definition thus—(065). Variant spellings of a word must be marked at the end of the definitionthus—(var). Address all communications concerning this department H. Pryor, Room 800, Baltimore and Ohio Building, Baltimore, Maryland,and mark the envelope Puzzles. THE answers to puzzles published inthe February issue are: 1. Exhorbitant 2. S T A T U S ORATORC U T L E RT E D E U MR E V I E WRENTER 3- Pussy-willows 4- E N I G M A NAN 0 I D I N L A N D G 0 A
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