| Show I Land and Water Vater Carriage I III the tOlU u e et Of t the tit l mor morel chant of ot the globe at n t ta ft a total of or tons tone or nearly nearo 2 tons tone more than a n 1 year Rr ago ngn Of Ot this total no less lees than Ulon toms tomi represent steam meant shipping and n 1 tons ton 1 one of It IK III I s under the limn 1 J nag flag The Thel TI me source l from which winch those thel figures are arc areen derived lI lka of ot thorn iu as 8 huge hug en and so eo they are lIe but whoa whon compared with wit h the facilities or of the hud hUl l i those thane of nf the H I SAC HJ U seem sects much less im The Time data for making m ft I conn comparison orison of or the tho merchant heels Herts of ot othe the world world with tho the carrying g gare facilities ot of tho time t are not noL available but hut we w have a Il report of or U the tho o railway of tin time United 1 State S tat en that on Oil Juno June 30 loon 1808 there were ere freight earn In operation with a n 1 capacity of ot 08 tons tone In addition there them were r ours oars und mind locomotives weight WM waa Obviously rosly then them tIt II on their face these Mire F e show eh ow that t 1 rat tho time n or of time the United States hae a It capacity tor for moving ing and nid passengers nearly twice as ue great as OR that of ot m tf it the Ihl merchant ma mn n of the tho whole world Hut a n com coin pa Wilson risen which effectiveness would be bo and amid HO so far BJ as wo Wl know no one him hlll yet ut attempted to make one mimic nf which would could the tIlI relative efficiency ot of railroads and steamships as Wo t 0 only Y can state in a 1 general way Wit that the tho average move movement ment of ot freight by hy soft sea is III perhaps not more men than half hair as 1111 rapid its ts that by h rail With th tho the exception of or the express summers few carriers maintain a IL Spent speed 1 of more than lieu ten knots and the tho consumed 0 In loading und and unloading Is III much greater In lu tho case cane of oC than on the Ihl modern On the tho latter steam lit ell I is s the lute chief mode mantic 1110 11 of propulsion while a R large part n o of the lw worlds ocean marine still depends on Oil tho the ot of the tho winds to progress S through the sho venter But tut tho Ilium railroads of tho the United States Slates RIO uro not tho time only freight carriers In time till merchant marine of or which eng cog cognizance og Is in taken ken by hy Lloyds II the thu I team steam boat mind and other craft which ply II out nth waters do not nut figure When hen the tho added to t work done doms hv hy these carriers Is III that ot or the tho steam railroads und and when to that we WI add 1 stilt still further the tho th vast 1111 service e performed by IJ h tho th electric ell rail railroads totals roads which ni Ill u ra IdI rid Iron lu tin lhea l road we WI get gel a Il degree V greo of of a 1 volume of III carriage which that of oC tho the 0 11 marina marine sink atilt comparative The rime m o of the scan M can marine cannot til hI b overrated nVer laic d JIlt hut It ft IH I cany ay for r those tha mix wh a arend i rend rond t of or time the U grant groat Improves e I ments 1 made lIe In n the navigation of tin i isea sea loa to lose sight of f th Tact fact that thai still I real re er r r progress a c a Is l a mode a in land r 1 ear car carriage slugs and that list i for very vary r lu t launched there are several scores ol mil powerful locomotives s put ut on rat our trucks which In to time the course of at a tl year will move moo l times as many mans passengers eIS and n a 1 proportionately n tI greater quantity n ol 01 t freight than the tho or of the tho vessels vessel I that ply pl the deep Cp 60 |
