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... steerage passengers . The hull is constructed with 32 water - tight compartments , and there are nine decks . Since the construction of the Minnesota , which in 1917 was still the largest merchant vessel under the flag of the United ...
... steerage passengers . The hull is constructed with 32 water - tight compartments , and there are nine decks . Since the construction of the Minnesota , which in 1917 was still the largest merchant vessel under the flag of the United ...
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... steerage traffic which demands and receives the most painstaking attention of the lines . It is the very life- blood of the business , so far as these superior boats are con- cerned , without which their existence and further operation ...
... steerage traffic which demands and receives the most painstaking attention of the lines . It is the very life- blood of the business , so far as these superior boats are con- cerned , without which their existence and further operation ...
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... steerage passengers far outnumber those who travel in the first and second cabins . This is further indicated in table No. 9 , which shows the volume of the passenger traffic across TABLE 9. - NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CROSSING NORTH ...
... steerage passengers far outnumber those who travel in the first and second cabins . This is further indicated in table No. 9 , which shows the volume of the passenger traffic across TABLE 9. - NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CROSSING NORTH ...
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... steerage business is also more profitable to the steam- ship company . The steerage passenger pays a low rate of about one - third the average fare charged the first and second class , but his accommodations occupy little space , and ...
... steerage business is also more profitable to the steam- ship company . The steerage passenger pays a low rate of about one - third the average fare charged the first and second class , but his accommodations occupy little space , and ...
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... steerage passengers . The so - called Passenger Act of 1882 , as amended to date , regulates the maxi- mum number of steerage passengers that may be carried on American vessels and tends to safeguard reasonable accom- modations by ...
... steerage passengers . The so - called Passenger Act of 1882 , as amended to date , regulates the maxi- mum number of steerage passengers that may be carried on American vessels and tends to safeguard reasonable accom- modations by ...
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Page 257 - Part thereof; and in case of any Loss or Misfortune, it shall be lawful to the Assured, their Factors, Servants, and Assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the Defence, Safeguard and Recovery of the Said Ooods and Merchandises and Ship, &e., or any Part thereof, without Prejudice to this Insurance; to the Charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute, each one according to the Rate and Quantity of his Sum herein assured.
Page 256 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 71 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 257 - Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear and do take upon us in this voyage...
Page 252 - ... all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof...
Page 180 - If any person shall demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, from any seaman or other person seeking employment, as seaman, or from any person on his behalf, any remuneration whatever for providing him with employment, he shall for every such offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.
Page 416 - Vessels built within the United States and belonging wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States...
Page 256 - ... until she hath moored at anchor twenty-four hours in good safety, and upon the goods and merchandises until the same be there discharged and safely landed...
Page 180 - Justifiable, ana any master or other officer thereof who shall violate the aforesaid provisions of this section, or either thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two years.
Page 429 - That all materials of foreign production which may be necessary for the construction of vessels built in the United States for foreign account and ownership, or for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic nnd Pacific ports of the United States...