. The ocean carrier; a history and analysis of the service and a discussion of the rates of ocean transportation . f the companyssteamers selected as being typical of four distincttypes of service. The express steamer Deuisch-land, twenty-three knots per hour, for someyears holder of the Atlantic racing record, is66i ft. long, and of 16,502 gross tons register,with 37,000 This vessel can carry 467 first-class passengers, 300 second-class, 300 third-class,but, owing to a large crew and coal consumptionand fine lines, she can carry less than 1,000 tonsof express freight. The President Gran
. The ocean carrier; a history and analysis of the service and a discussion of the rates of ocean transportation . f the companyssteamers selected as being typical of four distincttypes of service. The express steamer Deuisch-land, twenty-three knots per hour, for someyears holder of the Atlantic racing record, is66i ft. long, and of 16,502 gross tons register,with 37,000 This vessel can carry 467 first-class passengers, 300 second-class, 300 third-class,but, owing to a large crew and coal consumptionand fine lines, she can carry less than 1,000 tonsof express freight. The President Grant represents a combinationfreight and passenger ship purchased and fittedespecially for the Hamburg-New York emigranttrade. This steamer, 616 ft. long, gross tonnageof about 17,540, can carry 324 first-class passen-gers, 125 second-class, 1,000 third-class, and 2,320fourth-class on the middle and lower decks. Thisenormous steerage capacity is the direct resultof the enormous westward movement of emigrants,and the vessel can, at will, fill a large part of its » Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktien
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