Fillmore Progress | 1917-12-07 | Page 7 | A "Tramp" Vessel

A tramp vessel A tramp la Is n vessel operating over no regu regular in r r route 0 ut C a and n a ha having vii i g no regular sch schedule ed u le of 0 ballings A chartered vessel operating a regular roote but with ith irregular sailings Is not a tramp aside from its function as a trade scout it la Is the potential rather than the real or actual composition of the tramp that keeps freight and passenger rates low it Is au though any motor car might wo use thi III right of way w ny of any anny railroad af nt any time line and offer cheap service should ld the regular service of the railroad prove to bo be unsatisfactory or ultra expensive always the trump tramp la Is present in the consciousness sub of a regul regular nir route sten steamship muri man as a sort of noxious weed of competition that Is in certain to sprout the moment lie falls to deep his service up and lie hie prices dowil dowd navy and marciw