. Elements of transportation, a discussion of steam railroad electric railway, and ocean and inland water transportation . Titanic, White Star Line. Largest steamship being constructedin 1909. Length, 860 feet. Breadth, 92 feet. Gross register, 45,000tons. Displacement, 60,000 tons. as he may desire while traveling in different recent years university bureaus of travel havemade their appearance to supply tourist parties with edu-cated conductors to lecture on the art and history of thecountries and cities visited. The result of all this is thata very large share of the people
. Elements of transportation, a discussion of steam railroad electric railway, and ocean and inland water transportation . Titanic, White Star Line. Largest steamship being constructedin 1909. Length, 860 feet. Breadth, 92 feet. Gross register, 45,000tons. Displacement, 60,000 tons. as he may desire while traveling in different recent years university bureaus of travel havemade their appearance to supply tourist parties with edu-cated conductors to lecture on the art and history of thecountries and cities visited. The result of all this is thata very large share of the people who travel now do so forits educational value. Formerly, men traveled mainly for 264 ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION business reasons, and, to some extent, because of their loveof adventure; at the present time, however, it is the desireto see other countries, and learn something of their artand culture, that causes most people to cross the sea. II. The Ocean Mail Service Volume and Growth of Ocean Mails.—It is estimated bythe Post-office Department that during the year endingJune 30, 1908, there were 308,001,320 pieces
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