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Show Something New in the Way of Freighters ' I All VI' i -rTr Just what the name implies is the-steamship Sea train. New York, as it was christened and launched at Chester, Pa. The vessel will carry loaded freight cars between Now York and Ne,w Orleans and Havana. It Is the first freight steamer built in this country since the war. The Seat rain has four decks, with each accommodating a quarter of a mile of tracks. A crane transfers the cars from deck tn pier. Transfer of a full cargo takes 'JO hours or one-sixth the time required to unload an ordinary freighter of the same amount of .cargo. |