Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Merchant marine |
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... mail service - report on Frye bill to House 221 The postal service bill improved . 237 Estimates for yearly payments .. 241 Cost account and running expenses of American ships . 214 List of fast foreign ocean steamers 252 On ...
... mail service - report on Frye bill to House 221 The postal service bill improved . 237 Estimates for yearly payments .. 241 Cost account and running expenses of American ships . 214 List of fast foreign ocean steamers 252 On ...
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... post . ( 6 ) This act may be cited as the merchant shipping act , 1890 . The " freeboard problem " will be ... service has no rules for determin- ing the safety of hulls as it has of boilers . The Conference refused to create ...
... post . ( 6 ) This act may be cited as the merchant shipping act , 1890 . The " freeboard problem " will be ... service has no rules for determin- ing the safety of hulls as it has of boilers . The Conference refused to create ...
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... mail service , and if they were compelled to obey existing rules regarding moderate speed in fogs at all times and in all places , they would avoid the banks still more in order to go clear of fogs ; and thus it seems that the solution ...
... mail service , and if they were compelled to obey existing rules regarding moderate speed in fogs at all times and in all places , they would avoid the banks still more in order to go clear of fogs ; and thus it seems that the solution ...
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... postal and naval subsidies , and building and sailing bounties paid by chief shipping nations . Second . Lower ... service to the will and caprice of our rivals and enemies , driven our people and our flag from the high seas , and ...
... postal and naval subsidies , and building and sailing bounties paid by chief shipping nations . Second . Lower ... service to the will and caprice of our rivals and enemies , driven our people and our flag from the high seas , and ...
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... Mail service was not the chief object of Great Britain . The paramount purpose was British control of our commerce ... letter of fair play and equal footing . The only protection applied to shipping had been discriminating dues ...
... Mail service was not the chief object of Great Britain . The paramount purpose was British control of our commerce ... letter of fair play and equal footing . The only protection applied to shipping had been discriminating dues ...
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