. Railway age . :-^^^:ii^^^°ci M-^-:^^V$ [■,verP°° »rP°%i >^:^^>l:;^^ oofrllai^ rrieif f>; Routes of Principal Steamship Lines Run Primarily in Railroad Service on the Atlantic. tempt to make them more prolitable. But this can scarcely begeneral. A recent British government report (Dept. Paper 210 ForeignMerchant Shipping, London, 1905), discussing the fact that theGreat Central Railway Co. runs steamei-s from Grimsby to Ham-burg and carries emigrants pursuant to all the expensive regula-lions of the (Jornian law, that this practice is rendered profit-able solely owing to t


. Railway age . :-^^^:ii^^^°ci M-^-:^^V$ [■,verP°° »rP°%i >^:^^>l:;^^ oofrllai^ rrieif f>; Routes of Principal Steamship Lines Run Primarily in Railroad Service on the Atlantic. tempt to make them more prolitable. But this can scarcely begeneral. A recent British government report (Dept. Paper 210 ForeignMerchant Shipping, London, 1905), discussing the fact that theGreat Central Railway Co. runs steamei-s from Grimsby to Ham-burg and carries emigrants pursuant to all the expensive regula-lions of the (Jornian law, that this practice is rendered profit-able solely owing to the fact that (bis company is able to carry theemigrants tliro\iRh England on its own railroad lines to the portof onibarUalion for their destinations. The building of terminal facilities is a necessary part of theconnection between railroads and ships. It might apparently beundertaken by either of these carriers, it being the essential toone as to the other, but as a matter of fact the dock is usuallybuilt by tho railroad because of the fixed location of the land car-rier. The freedo


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