Assertion: railroad | /r/CapableOf | carry less than half much freight
Facets:
value: in 1860
type: TEMPORAL
value: than
type: DEGREE
value: as inland waterways
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In 1860 before the transcontinentals, railroads carried less than half as much freight as inland waterways, whereas by 1890 railroads carried five times as much freight as waterways.