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good typewriter in another Office TO copy i,
for your VS."
us sGol ySoy5iIc T, sp.l !; ns NAV
and CORRECTLY. May tn" gods preserve all
dICtntors, say
NEwAHK. y J, Nov u
To rHE EpIroI or Tue SvN-Sir' ! agree
entirely with Your editorial OF this morning.
The Jumping Hand of the StenoGrapher,
Just a have agreed with many other equally
pNhy r"wark- on III" sam" pax" IN Ia" past
H"r"'~ my experience
~ was graduated from shorthand
school In Philadelphia, after a two months
course. I got n lob with u -four commission
houS" M e. 1cr week Ny duties included
olruinv "a" ONCE NJ A. NJ. sweeping III"
door. busting the desks and arranging -four
aud grain samples When the boss came"
h. dictated whatever core i Ondcuc" Their"
va, requiring attention. and then | assisted
the bookkccuer and u0d" myself generally
useful about III" oNlc". Ait'r in months OF
this liberal education | struck for moi' pay
and was advanced To a. 80 Pretty soon a
discerning lumber merchant cam" along ana
offered M" Al y week To 70 to work for hun
Nv father Wa ia business and h" thought "
| wa worth 81 to another man was worth 81
tn him and n. invited m" to enter his service
ibid II remained about five weeks and applied
for aud secured u position ~ si2 a week then
and hrokc into the railroad business - -tyn-
ogrtrhrr for depart m"utdl chief clerk ~ 500
n
got a real good look ~ mo on" day VI, n his
private -teuogrnuhrr wa III liked ia" color
NJ my hair 'ni moved IN, INTO IN" prl,a''
olicc Chen ! oornrn"cd 10 jump, w4-
made secretary to th" "uld man and finally
sent out on Ne" road with y title aud hu-t ed
for passenger business Then OF" of thNs'.
things that often happens ia the railroad
u-tu"~s pryurr"d SourbodN' ltti" brother
wanted D. iOb moro 'uuu did, and i WIS me
to the woods Good-hy to q soft lob that
WIN al tho ~" cut Ma worth about $3.50
month Thor" i no plHc' ny" New Nork
for man who /, broke, - here cam" Went
TO thc.typrW ritter people and aid | wanted u
lob and wanted TO tai.r II with me Tho
mHn e1W I was H. earnest aul s'rt m" to
work Tor u manufacturing houS' AZ sls =
week substituting. hr>, one department ana
then auutUoI requiring -! sClNl."~. Nt'r
three hot months Of this de-, lined prrIuJ-
mont pc itiou M s"i with thr sliu" couc"rn
and ournpd a public onirr oI my own. First
weeks receipts al ~ months later TN sin"~N
amounted TO 500 month The work was
wearing and when n" president of the COM
pany | am NOW with, after seeing me work
eighteen hours a day for about two weeks,
asked me my price on y long contract ! said
Sos every week He told me 10 get aboard
| the ha nd wagon and her" 7 mn and expect tn
stay. don't sweep ont the Office. but l do
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ability to speak as an expert, makes tho fol-
owing statement Of his personal experience:
For the young man Who knows thiug-~ or
is capable and willing TO learn things and i
not handicapped with such IDEAS ns that
"hypocritical' and "hypcrCritical" have the
same meaning, there is in my opinion no
better opportunity for advancement in the
business world than through the medium
Of stcnography. It is work that necessarily
brings rim into clos" personal relations with
a chief who is presumably wiser better edu-
Gated and Of admittedly more executive
ability than HE assistant, the -tcnographcr
II the clerk will take the trouhl" 10 ask. ho
will discover that a. a general rule tat least
In railroad busincssi his chief has hin self
risen to hi' present position through IA"
grades of telegraph operator or -tsnographer
or both II, on IN" other hand, "hvprrcrti-
cal" means "hypocritical. q" and II his finished
product when presented for signature always
has q tendency 10 make his chief say things. q"
ar remember that signs Of 'mper nre signs
OF weakness" or nils the chief with in.en-lt.
lonenes 10 commit murder the clerk need
not expect to rise \ good stcnogrnph"r
means health and happiness. ScIlth and long
iifc 70 thousands Of general officers Of cor
porutIonS Nv word for IT that some of these
men n majority of them. in inct-N u, after
few years service. gratefully md gladly
pave III" way for tn" Advancement Of the man
who has "a-ed them Of 20 many burdens and
deserved 80 much az their hand
poor stenoRrHphcr-wo heaven foryv"
me. but | have sometimes washed that | had
IN" powc" 70 order something lingering ia
boiling oil. to be- appli a immediately ~ u
punishment to IL their crimes When | re-
member how many hair breadth escapes |
have had of writing myself down ~ n bloom
lug idiot because | signed letter hurrrlly
at the clos" of the day 1 am not exactly in
the franc Of nund to make me -on~idernt'
Of the alleged woes Of alleged stnno.;ra pliers
There ~ another phase OF tn" quest ion and
that do not venture to writ" about namely
the giIl -tenographer and typewriter from the
business college. one does not like To be
unkind to women One does not even like 20
say tninHs about some women that God " ollld
forgive him for saving have seen wonder
| fully expert and highly skilled women stem
o4rhphers These are not the women | am
writing about. they had a vocabulary cN-
cecding 30 wolds and they knew some thin gs
that they did not Learn At the shorthand school.
But the oth"r knd-well, n j. my hcloi TINT
| II the New Mexican religious sect that walks
on cactus thornS With naked feet by way #
penanC" knew about the businpss-collog e
| rlrl stenogr ipIers and their power 10 cause
| mental aud bodily pain, they,-thc New MeM-
cactus 10 punish themselves n
p : I did not dictate this but wrote II,
| for obvious reasons. and then persuaded a
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To TIM EDITOR or Tut SuN So; The list, Of
rcd" literature sent IN by your various CORE
SpondertS have Interested me because several
years ago | amused myself h, beginning u similar
list. have no, noticed Mr> StcrlS Red RouanS
or T., +, IjcnSpnS scarlet and S>SIp' among the
titles given In rHr SIN, OtUcrWl>' believe every
thing on ms old H.; has been handed ia dnd more
too.
Ny pian. however. was Of broader scope than
Mir Blahc'S and took ~ other Cuor> gS wrll rs red.
For instance. The Grrcu Flag" hy Conan Doylc,
The Green Gate" The Green Carnator.- The
Green book" by Joknl \ndrcW lAuC'> Green
Fairy Nnpi,. William Wt"k'S Green Pastures aud
pCCadny" Jaur RArluN'S Green Graves Of RAJ
gov RE" Weir Nrrnrl'N "Nnrn VI the Woo, :
Mere Green" The Green Cues, Book
IN" White COMPANY. h' Conan Duylo. White
Wings, by william Eidch. The White Coo kadc."
JokstS "Blt't Diamonds" and SCOTS Hack
DvaIt
- Pair Of Rlu" Eyes" hv Thomas Handy. The
Blue Flower, hv IN van Dyke ON Rhe Water "
bS he huicis INC Bluc ravilou>." by Ouillcr
Couch.
Tn" Grey Man by 5. II. Crockr,t Grey Roses
by Henri liaraud \ GrDv Eye or 50 by L. J.
Moor.
Tho Lilac Suuhornc'. " h, crockcti. Under tho
l.ilhcS. by Miss Aicutt
In Az shades" b. Grant Allen
TINS slrGt bcgnniug shows what might be don .
In the way ofchrOinlilr CLASSIFICATION al literature
GLEN iOvF NOV. - NJ Y
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SIEN0G RtPHER>.

To I'M EpIToE or 1ut SrN So. II j.
quito true thai very few Office -tenog-
raphers get over slS n week Tor tl"ir services.
That, beh-ve. l. not ON c'ount Of 30 many
girls m the business, h"Udu>" Go not believe
that The sexes seriously clash in the short
hand business, but on account OF the require
msnts OF most Offices not being beyond trnt
Standard al va JeS III the Office ! im In now,
the salary j. S6i u"r mon. to start on. Tits
fs TOO little money Tor . iir-i-cit-s mt!N stcnog-
yapher. A. j. evidenced 10y a." very few first
class men they get 10 start on tbs salary.
The poorer grade Of stcuoCrl piers applying
for these posi- ions ha- simply got tho firm
into feeling Of dl-tru,t g, al thugs stcno-
graphic. The consequence i, t"ry nav" re-.
0sntv DISCHARGED two men and taken two
Girls in their places Much less l. expected
oi the girls than vas expected of the men,
and. a. these particular VirlS are certainly
gifted with 4 higher faculty Of attention to
business and ~" possibly endowed with
more brains than ttosr Two uf,ticuhr mon
Il can he seen that IL" CON pafi-on is odiouS
10 men generally in NJ" cynS Of N" firm.
Thus do praises Of thc couuucrors prevail.
and II u even tinted that further reductions
In the ranks az tt" mon stouogra pliers will he
met by Nh. substitution Of sI,i- which viii
certainly bee nara on the 2irt jiu takes NY
job (Sec m, refer, noe to that tired f., l.
ing, which, l".l"Nc, goes with almost
every s?5 Job These gyls have been rcd
o. slS Per week, NrlSh .iuorl I, Pnll" likely,
That man stcnogra rh"r j. worth SIS per
month just toT hl~ ability 10 wire short "a nd
and transCrlht II corr, ctlv. tuu then, after
be has mastered the details OF tu" Office. h."
u worth iu.l ~ much moro as That knowl-
edee Is worth. hclirv,. that an eNamins-
tion nj the StenoCra ph'r- In almost an" large
ONCE would reveal tho tact tntf lmost to a
man they are capable" OF "rulding down
Hnv Job IN W." Office, aud some o. tIrn would
give the boss run for i money" Why
arelthey not tho hossrsf \ grrnt many do he
come bosses actual. not luCllu'd), but they
last quick Ia great mar Instances. Fact
Il, the Profession Il an uuluThv one, but, az
course, VI is phase would p"cP-' itat" a lon &
story. and the fact would b" hard to pro vc.
II Is fact, n"Ncrt less
Now, tl'c question, 30 employers demand
TOO much o. stenograpuer-t' No, bu these
demands should "" tempered nv working
limit o. not more than sixteen hours Der diy.
Nov ," or 90 THuSr s:5 MIS-.
To THE EpiroR OF THE SuN Sir As TO
stenographers and their pay, the writer be-
lieyes that he can give expert testimony in
chs connection. and. in order to establish bis
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Manhattan Elevated IMpTnNcmcnt

TO IHS l;ntrnE or rHr SuN .>u not" In to
days papers reports that Mr. August Belmont Is
to he the new Pre- ,iiCnt Of the Manhattan Elevated
Rlilwiy and that his policy Is to place the road In
thu highest state Of efficiency. just what this
means Il not explained, hut would Suggest to
Mi belmont that one Of his ur>i cares SHOULD hc To
provide 'wpl" acco nmOdatinn tor passengers whcn
II Is possible to dc -.
am well aNarr that from the nature ~ the
tram, N i Impossible Wlil III, present facilities,
To provide seats fur haf IbC WUpr who traVcl
during tlc rI,n hours uul mr. Is NO possible
excuse for The Manhattan 'nmpanS : t1king OIL
two ears from each irUiu on IhnnkNSNlng Pay
II speak ~ late Hil' moon and evening" and per
ui,tilg nay. Insisting on paSNongCr> standing
throughout long trp
'rn> point has bc' n brought ~ IN one shape or
another fot Ntar, 1ut with tnc usual results
Nov. - l.. THtPuLPFN.
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To rHs EDITOR or rnE SyS. Sfr. The necessity
OF raising funds to carry on the state government
renders II imperative to levy taxes wherever Il
seems possible and In tfpr Inst tnCe. the
tax on savings banks surplus, the party response
bic suffers for II at the succeeding election. Now,
" appears To me that a source Of rrNCuu" tn the
state migh, be made available hy making the bauiS
transfer 10 the state all accounts that arr unCJhlcd
after proper lapse ~ time
In the aggregate there must he an enormous
amount OF money la the banks Of This state that has
remained unclaimed for many years. most ~ which
Will never nave claimant, and docs not seem un
reasonable that thr state Shpuld hcrch' by u. To
the individual bank III" loss would hc Insignificant
hut the total amount would 20 far to pay the eN
peu>cs Of the state and cngh" the Legislature to
take oT some taxes that are now doomed CncrouS
INV YORK Nov. IN. \ TANPAYRR
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AUTOMATIC COALING BARGE.

other harhor in the world may 50 many
magnificent ard colu~e.l liners he seen
A. one time. T. /. not unusual to lind in
the North River IL un-urp,s- bile German
flyers. Deutschland and hronprlnz Will
helm, ths big tuuard"t-, Lucauii or Cam
pania the great Whit" star liner Oceanic
and a great ti"e' ut tine, but lesser craft &.
almost any one of which would excite won
dor III any other porI of th" United States.
Tho piers are not - interesting from
the point Of view of an old clipper com
mander. but they are infinitely better built
Tho long ilbboon- Of packets and clippers
from many foreign places 10 longer poke
into the windows of South street, forming
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made up Of skipper, mate and cook. Sh,
takes things DOM To IN" Caribbean tha'
N" natives Of the islands of the Coas, -
Nicaragua and IN" Nicaraguan- them
selves need and brings back coooanuts,
chiefly from the island Of ST AnreN..
She has made the trip north IN fifteen days
and the trip down in thirteen DAYS
One nf the oldest craft that are tow"d
about the rivers and bay where there is 10
sea on j. the Clarke a cualing barge. She
is steel vessel capable of carving .pN
tons Of coal She loads a steamship with
coal very much as a grain elevator fll- a
ship with grain The old process Of coalinp
steamship, Is Wy ,hov"lling he coal into
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lr" and in such Application it is beautiful
and divine
TO apply il to such bodies as the miners
union " o,ld h, To make the Christian Church
rc>lon- l,lc for all sorts Of unlawful aud
wicked dccd-. make II uphold the boycott
practice ~ dc~picabl" y practice a. was ever
devised TO iulurr FELLOW man.
so far as labor union, have displayed their
principles To the world We must say thai they
believe in the u-c of fore" to gain their ends.
even to iol"uCc in tn" maltr"HtlnG OF women
and children, Destroying the business ana
seen one such union that has not endeavored
to gain st. ends hv such means?
Therefore. ] LAY 1t l. a mon~trou- misuse OF
n beautiful teaching of scripture to attempt
to apply " 10 these organizations
The APOSTLE say: be We not unepually
yokcd iogsth her with unhclcvcr>: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unri sh' :
oou-uc-- and what communion hath Light
with darkness"
Thi- Scripture applies NOR" nttingly TO such
unions a. "" SEQ among the miners, or which,
indeed, exist anNW here l. j
T.lN
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Liverpool and other European ports,
Chicago celebrated the departure of the
fr-t ship with characteristic enthusiasm
and hope. She reached her destination
after voyage of about thirty-two days
by lakes. canals, rivers. the Gulf of 81 ,
Lawrence and the Atlantic, II was dan
gcrous, circuitou- voyage. The ship had
many miShaps.
After "A few months of experimental
yovaging bv the Iake-built ships. the
dream Of their owners and the hopes of
Chicago were shattered. Western grain
still comes 10 Atlantic ports 10y train for
trans sh ipm.nt To Europe. The four ships
that failed We're brought to New York and
found cOmpctilion with established huoS
in the uoastwise trade Improbable. II is
thought they may win money as American
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Tn. yalc.Iiarvard Wager.

To my ENRON or 1ht SUI sir Tic Vale
Harvard football score problem printed IN your
Issue of 10 day is pu1sug enough 10 raise a. grca,
controversy a. usually wages ~ this time Of year
over the merits ~ teams and individual players
YOUR q ,lSpn. however riNir- TIC pool lo the u !
gut ~ against me - forecast seems to me Ia
bc iuarcurr," under IN" conditions Imposed hy tho
participants Ia the wager
lirSt they asked Who Nnr tanA why 4 tho ngIre,
Of the actual ore N'tr tp Zee taken into ,un>GcrH
tiCn and under THIS CONDITION II seems 10 me that
the wager l. tie. Tn" actual score being 800
the ~ ) man gave 70 iaic >lN iC>N than she really
made and to N1r,Ard tNc more than sire scored n
dscrepanry OF II Tho ~ gueSser erred In On
eQuai ,otd iot I? trom - leaves II There Is clearly
a tie.
The second condition. however. asks for 4 de
cSion vh-r~ ne sctuai figures arc not to he con
sidcrru, and Aclt surely - q wins hands down
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IIarmonies In Two Chaiks ny Walter Wac.
Even.

At the galleries of Messrs Knoedler 4 Co.
an exhibition is being held of drawings
executed in two chslks NV Walter Nac-Ev,n.
who has recently arrived from Paris. The
colors ar, black and white and out of tho,e
two are rendered a considerable range Of
tones and tiuts. partly bv actual comhira-
ton. sometimes by "A clever iustaposi,iuu
that produces the illusion of a certain color.
The subjects are. for TIN. mos, mart Du,ch
,,,a.o,,, ,;,l. ~, cb;IIror -, ,.',,,,,, 10 H.,
~ W '.'r ~. ""'"
III 'a''''0 Po0'"''' VI E'"'''"' id'"E'
we'll drawn pleasing in color, and attrac-
tive in sentiment, even if inclined HttIs
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cargo carrier Of 3 $50 tons. and the reason
her masts are made shor, is TO let her go
under the bridges of the Manchester Ship
Canal She has been there and into many
ports .u-ther from New York. She if now
loading $500 tons Of wheat and -four for
Australia A. Mate John Sundbve said
the other day:
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Applaud. Post once order Asa,n., Marriage.

To rHf Enron or TuT SrN -. kinul, allow
me 10 applaud the action 81 tn NcV Nctk Post
once authorities IN your columns Tue pu>t
Once mas taken the buli 10y the hor..." and hop,
hw'l succeed IN oNotpowcring the ct azure. Wnirru
are not to support tn,ir husbands II I'M, Pa, ort.
Knows Itself. and the Slngl, WOMAN Is to have \
better chance To pursue the truor OF her siug,c
Hubby must buy MS own clothes nov. and mi,
w. trnl without waiting 10 uCuTr Wuat ne "a n
hHofi IN thr Way NJ cigars alter l.> v.,t hr,,'.r
hH.I nos dauru HrT VICE.. Niturt... MA ~,
~" u VII u" To Ia" pr",.oil,.r SCI! ,!pportirr
wiz 70 hhl ma h't regal protector IGC Tblc~
nM' 'hr "ottl' ~ AT last protecting her N,I
Wha' ptSNru barrier the order VII b, aeain,I
NV aNtthtt .fpol' marriage HOmsu vii loo :,
hIshcr 70 'ne needs OF HE dcrArtmcn'S. rerthanc{
snu h." hmutlon viii arise Throughout the fofrc
70 assume higher positions. u + time tlnt snJe
poos LOON We WORKING VIE husband by tho sol
anh S.u NhooH Nm ", h cnd put veto on the
sloll,ohs OF the nnt arried err ployee 10 st,, c,
hhnhseu permanently 70 some won ans pocke,
TO their yen,ur-l AMRRic. son D., Sooo i've
SBw YORK, Nov. a.
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big buckets. which are elevated when full
Ia the bunker ports and dumped in. THIS
il done at the rate of about twenty tons an
hour The Qiecr-looking barge PUSHES
the coal through TWO movable ,clescopic
steel tubes AZ the rate or about one hundred
and twenty-five tons an hour She has
managed to pour 900 tons into a ship
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tanks. Of which there is now a large fleet.
The biggest of these IL the Julia Lucken-
bach. formerly the Austrian steamship
Styria She was converted into tank
AT the Morse Iron Works al cost Of Sll0Op:
She IL under charter to the Texas OIL and
Pipe Line Company and will transport OIL
between Port Arthur, Tex, and this port
Her capacity is $500 barrels.
The most powerful f1ating derrick IN
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The mate said he didn't think the short
masts, which ar" merely the supports for
cargo booms. Improved the appearance.
I'D prefer" he said, so sec about thirty
feet more on top of those sticks. and sail
that would be- not only of some use bu,
also make Us look NOR" shpshapr. We have
canvas, but it wouldn't be worth bending on
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and some Of them are fair to look upon.
One, the Acacia, Is locked at Pier 3, Fast
River. She discharged the other day d
cargo Of 10000 cocoanuts, about 1900 Of
which were rejected That is about The
usual quantity thrown out The AGA eia,
herewith pictured, il rugged TO royals on her
foremost. She is cheaper to run thai,
brig would be, having only four men hc-
fore the mast. The rest of the crew l.
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katers about Staten Island will find him
leH repaid for his voyage. Particularly
be will find the wonders many in the
form of ancient ruins of tho ship hos
ptal, as Erie Basin II called worth taking
a mental snap eho, Of If no hasn't a camera
10 take real one.
There is no port that can offer 80 much
that is big. handsome, sNlft, curious and
unique a. the port Of New York. In no
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It's route is along the passageway, from
aft forward. up to the covered top of the
high steel Surers'ricture shown in the
picture
A. the conveyors buckets move along
tho passageway they are filled with coal
from three square openings in the bottom
Of each bin The buckets are carried up
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class modern vessel, EXCEPT in regard 10
her coal-eating capacity. She has tri-
umphed over many vicissitudes and is as
is not roller. Her beam and her big wide
wheels are almost a. eTectiv. a. hilgc
heelS in keeping her passengers COM
Portable.
Although she is thirty year, old and the
last ship of her type in these waters, size j.
rated frstclass by the American Iloyds.
She now belongs 10 tho fleet Of the joy
Line and plics between this port and Bos-
ton. Her owners believe that she is better
suited for her route than "a propeller and
they point To the employment Of side
Of their theory.
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York. She fies the Dutch flag. but she is
owned by the Standard Oil Company. As
may be seen by the picture she is rugged a.
three-masted schooner She does not
carry oil alone. Besides her sixteen oil
tight compar metsn. she has between her
forward water-iight cofferdam and col
! sion bulkhead hold Al feet long fitted
for general cargo. She can load a dead
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The A-framc Of the Monarch is 8S feet
high and her boom about the same length.
She l.. az may be seen. of grea, beam. She
j. balsstei 40 heavily tina il J. practically
impossible TO capsize her. Her lifting
cspacity is 26O tons.
The oldest Of the iron sidewheelers. the
Old Dominion in service more than twenty
five years between New York and Norfolk.
in the feet of The Old Dominion line. Is
still regarded nv the experts as a first
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in six hours Of uninterrupted working
The barge is divided by transverse bulk.
heads into several bins. the floor of each
being raised above the bottom of the barge
10 give room for passa geway running
along the line Of the lina keel. Through
this passa ge~ ay train of buckets Is drawn
an endless chain, worked ~ an engine In
the after part Of the barge IN, endless
chain apparatus is called the convevor.
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viii ply bet ween Texas and Northern ports
Unlike many Of the foreign oil tanks their
steam will he generated by fuel oil Four
of these ships are the Northeastern, North
western, Northman and Northtown. The
other is the Winifrrd, the first American
-ie Imship built as tramp. She was a
failure.
The four other ships were originally
grain carriers They were constructed
TO take cargo directly from Chicago to
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THE wheat crop was failure in Australia
and that's why We are carrying wheat ont
thore. We are not going by way of Suel.
The tolls are too high our ship il an
economical coal consumer and the fuel
that we might save by taking the short
Sucl route would not pay IA To go tha,
wav. We will sail by the way Of the Cape
Of Good Hope and expect To make IN" voy
age in about siNty-five days"
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90 the tower and dump Themselves into two
automatic weighing and recording scales
The coal then slides into the telescope tubes
and into the huuker- Of the steamship
Living in Erie Ba-in i n short-masted
steamship. the Arsgar, whit h has the dis
tiuction of being the biggest vessel ever
built in Scandinavia Sh" il a new steel