Word: freight
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...boatman, coach and substitutes, arrived here yesterday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The boats and other necessary articles came in an extra passenger coach by the same train. As soon as the men were out of the cars, they all went to work transferring the baggage and freight to the Skipjack, a small steamer. The three shells were taken in tow. After a light lunch at the quarters, the crew took a short row about dark. The men are all in good spirits and put an amount of energy and snap in the rowing that indicates that this...
...freshman crew is having some trouble with Waters of Troy about their shell. Waters demands that the freshmen shall pay freight charges for re-shipment; also for one or two extra coats of paper which are necessary to make the boat worth anything. In the meantime the freshmen are rowing in the '88 English shell, which is very badly rigged. If Theo get their own boat back by Saturday they will use it, if not they will have the English one re-rigged...
...York is best adapted for a World's Fair because (1) its position on the seaboard renders it most advantageous for importation of freight (2) its advantages for travelers are unsurpassed on account of (a) hotel accommodations (b) means of local transportation (c) suburban attractions. Mordecai, Terminal facilities of the port of New York, esp. P. 63. Black, Storage and Transportation in the Port of New York. Appleton, New York Illustrated...