The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-07-24
OUR MERCHANT MARINE
Of Fleet In 1900 Bura
passes All Reeords Since 1850,
NAT Bx0BBD AaRO4a toms IN 1900

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pnlph juno fM lDDO, mo total TONNAGE
vi chipping officially NOMDpIn1 %inlOnlti
na ED llTIONA RvOhA IONS, lNMll lnlulna
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HAWAIIAN pOAAnlA WuIn entitled tO
American documents nhdnp tho MOI ~
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WNll. Porto lllnAn VpuAplA WDIn nlAO
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documents, ONl thpy N~AAlpAAln lnha
linn lUOO iona complete IlANlnA VIII
probably show thNt tho nolhnl Nunl'
lions ID thu American merchant. llnpt
during Tho ynNp llANu nDIl)NAAoO lhp
lDT,hlH ApDsA IONS UONnNlpMlnn DURING
lhn llanNl NNNp lhTj, Whpn mo INV ln
Qnlpnn MI mnNlbOnlA IN domestic tpNin
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additions ID on merchant Iloul 0lFlllA
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lhnn 0uIlnR any bnNl AIllnn lAbOl
lhn NpaaplA hnlll III llu lNIlNl states
and oIlulhlN numbered nIIlNN ,lp
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record VINE surpassed III 18th. Wlpli
AM, Tpb HlDaA IOllR wore DDlll III llu
United AlNtpH ANA aOpNmphlpn or Tic
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III bln,0hp AlOaa lDlA, Aln Alnlll NnAl
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vpHhnla, Including DNpAuH WITH Hlll pVW
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without power VI suIF pr0pNlAl0Di, Fnn
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addition W lhp ilppl N NNllp nh0, III
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tl0ns IN 1874 Or ANY other SoNl' u OuI
history
mo most Important additions oI no
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built for Tho IpNnu " Tho AIpnl IA kual
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nlno other llkn steamships ma Two
plonl schooner bnlApa, nApll OI over
b,UOO RlOaH lOnA, ANA llVN lAhu atnnlAl
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aoADOnll Tho lAlHtsl Vpahnl phlll IA lilo
steamship california; b,ATO 'NlOaa lONp,
lnNnpnpa nj BIN lpnNpla0O, WHEN VIII
be lle pioneer NDaapl IN opening luHlF
Mr. aIpnm nUlHMNllnDlOl nlWnnl Hhl
MnlI anu Tho AIlnhllp IlOllp ~ mo
United station No other VnAppl W h,OOO
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Dpun OnmlmpnO during mo Null, bNt
alA sleAmahlDH ~ over llOOO lOhA uA0ll
IOp me Atlantic oOnAlllA llnlo hNVn
ba0n Dlllll
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exclusively for foreign llNlu HIM bnon
tho steamship MnlNWlbO, ~ l,Tfl
gross IONS, for lhu ll0d h line III lilo
venezuelan mall lInNu Illu sister
steamships, AAn juAN inl Ponce, w
B,bOH ApOaa IONS, hlIn lNn lDplO lllo0l
hpbf AI0AA lOnH, giving llln Island Mo
b0al mems W Alnnll communication
With tho United AlntOs II over hAul
MO llln llpAl maritime results Or lhp
annexation 0f pOpl0 lllOO Thp Aiepl
ahlp Edward AeWnll, B,BOD gVObH lOnH
nnd Tho Alppl bark kAlnlAnl, l,bfD ArOHs
Tons, for mo Hawaiian llNnNl Ape ihn
sQNnIe llpR0d v0aAnlA hnlll, bnl
AnhOODnInl pnnh ~ over l,OOO AlOAA
tons, were constructed for mo Atlantic
nOAat llndn Additions from AONpOOa
other llNn construction dupInA Tho
kaRP hnvo ham rNpAlppH Wv0Gkal MblB
IONS HAWAIIAN vessels numbered u
MN FpAnglAQO since lunp III k,lWl
sODA yeaselk sOld 10 olllspDn by th0
government, f,BpO lOnhi admitted ny
special nets Of o0nNl0aAl b,fW iOnAj
American yeaanlA returned from for
6lun nnAa Moor IOnA
Full pplNpDA VIII probably show TINT
lhn l0lnl u%0euMeltnn l0lnnHn NJ iho
unltn1 hlAlaH Oh June IND, 1000 Tor ll0
llIhl tllnu since lhOhl Ilnp nunID pUn0hpn
b,OO0,0M gross TOM lho l0nnnaO
pnglalMrod FOR fOv0luD lVnnn, however,
VIII probably bp slightly bp|OW AiHpi
600 HI0AA lODa, tho nHlp0a for LNno M,
lADD 1h0 lnopnnH0 or Tho AlnAIMn
trade, eaHpl6d on mnlDlg by Registered
xnAhHlal Ina ll1llll anMnMAAl dining
tho F0np the Hl0nuy decline IN AmnplI
tpad0i
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hpla NJ bOhIHTf uIOaA IOna blIIl nnd
@nnlnhnped during Tho E0np IN M
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NJ hda ions IpOnl llV proportion
~ stool construction N ILuH much
Tho Hpnhleal IN 0IW history VlIA
l0nNlt n attributable hiA0 IN iIp grpnI
lnhna construction, whore M \ lOlnl M
ap0as ions nhOlh lOnH VI yNa
anls ware hl0pl aIOnln p0AApIal ma
construction IN Ihp AIInnllp
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